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      -The Fustian Jackets, .The ^I -Fsffl&D - Hands, And Un-^N Chins ^ ; ; - : ;

      -THE FUSTIAN JACKETS , . THE _^ _i _-fSffl _& D - HANDS , AND _UN-^ n chins _^ ; ; - : ;

      Damn The Fagtort Bell..«. *\I. Tlie Swor...

      DAMN FAGTORT BELL . _. « . *\ i . tlie swords of former time ! J 0 _bj £ _j ? he _^ nen that bore them ! J * _^ _edfoSt , they stood sublime , _^ _Ss crouched before them . * Aod _tyrwe _cro- _™ __ _^ _^^ — „ ntra * _Athe r * reen hannerxeaiiBfr , - _** . Trite is virtue and Enn , 00 _"S _^ fa the Saxon ana guilt '

      _„„* the duty of a people torehel against a It is- * _„ r Smmoneas against a _Qrranmcalpnnee . ' _^ g _SS _^ _^ _-f" _* _- * _" _** - ,. „ , Mti'i <>** , _^ ' _^ y _^ _*^ _*^ ' * " en _* 't f _* _*** el _^« _rCthat tbey are determined to fight ; _*** *? _£% _Sve a _**** ° f the Uni 0 n - ' -T > ** _- _/ WVjSSJ- * - 11 - = _r Tomw enoug h to wield the sword in de-I _*^&' - * S 1 EL _O'Cossm . •*" t _hSTS-en you two quotations from r the poet . WaS P-31 _^ _01164 _ty ti » Jloo _Bti 1 v Q , _Q 0 S 3 fEtL , the Liberator , who _^""**^ Id hi" famdy and his relatives upon the _^ t * and fr om Lord BouSGBROKE , ahigh S ? and _what do you think would be my _* _7 ' % . this reformed age , and these days _Sbtcnment _, _l _^ m _™^ _*** ii uiuci

      . „?«? But , as 1 Struggle « your , _^ _"f fnr mv _« _elf-and as there is one Jaw f _MT'ri ch a _^ d a notlier for & e P ° _or-and for Jw for those who defend tlie rich , _* _T _Mother law for those who defend the poor I _Smld be transported , were I to give ex-Ze _^ on to such sentiments . _^ T chfldren-after a storm comes a _calin _JVr calm comes a storm . The British _Ssterhas , hitherto , based his policy upon _Satisfaction ; while his strength was S , " andis based , up _an-flie _^ _supportandco-Son of those who live and _rexeVrnlnihrf £ vour dependence-nay , upon your _sla-Sv- ' aud this does not more app ly to the _outfit of Pee l and his party , upon certain _S-Sons-of the Protectionists upon certain _Scr occasions-than it does to the support of _portion of the Free Traders , when they pre-Jne that their interests are at stake .

      If the Protectionists propose any measure trfrich is calculated to benefit your order , the peelites and Free Traders will join the _governmentin opposing it If the Free Traders _projjose anv measure which is calculated to benefit « Jnr order , the Peelites and Protectionists t joll ioin with the Government in their oppositi on . Thus yon will see , that you are _governed by the whim and caprice of faction , and not by policy or State requirement . _JIv children , I never give a vote which is

      repugnant to my own feelings , or opposed to vour interests ; aud , therefore , as an independent member , I command no influence _whaterer in the House of Commons beyond the power I possess of representing yonr mind and feelings there , of which the House would otherwise remain in utter ignorance . As a good thing can never be too often repeated , let me here g ive y ou a list ofthe ninety-six members who voted for Mr . Hume s motion on Thursday week , and from that you trill be able to form an estimate of the present svsteni of representation . Here follow the names ofthe minority of ninety-six who voted for that motion , with the amount of population they represenL

      Si 3 K . rLACE . ropu . Adair , IL E . Ipswich 24 , 600 Adair . K . A . S . Cambridge 23 , 435 _Ar-lioiibv , H . A . Cockeraiouth 6 , 420 Alcoek , T . Surrey ( East ) 447 , 742 Anderson , A . Orkney < fe Shetland 61 , 065 _Annstrontr , E . B . Lancaster 14 , 389 _Biss , M . t . Derby 32 , 407 Berkeley , Hon . _H . F . Bristol 123 , 188 Berkeley , Hon . C . L . G . Cheltenham 31 , 207 Bleiritt , " It . J . Monmouth District 17 . 596 Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Kilmarnock 33 , 373

      Briirht , John "Manchester 240 , 367 Broiherton . J . Salford 66 , 624 Brown , J . P . Knaresborough 5 , 382 Canlneld , J . M . Armagh ( County ) 232 , 39-3 Clav , Jame 3 Hull 65 , 670 ClaV , Sir William Tower Hamlets 419 , 730 Clifford , H . M . Hereford 11 , 367 Cobden , Richard York ( West Rid . ) 1 , 154 , 924 Colliiis , W . "Warwick 9 , 124 Covran , C . Edinburgh 136 , 692 Cnrrie , H . "Northampton 20 , 637 Devereux , J . T . Wexford ( Borough ) 11 , 252 _D'Evaconrt _, Bt . Mon .

      G . T . Lambeth 197 , 412 Date , Sir James London 120 , 702 Dmiea-i , Geor / je Dundee 63 , 825 Duncombe , T . S . Finsbury 265 . 043 "Ellis , J . Leicester 50 , 365 Evans Sir De Lacy Westminster 219 , _'JoU Evans , J . Haverfordwest 8 ,-582 E ** -art , W . Dumfries 22 , 327 _Fasan , W . Cork S 0 , 729 los , W . J . Oldham 60 , 109 Gibson , T . M . "Manchester GratUn _, H . Meath ( County ) 183 , 828 < 5 reene . J . Kilkenny ( County ) 1 S 3 _. 349

      -Gr exifell , _C , P , Preston 50 , 332 Hall , Sir Benjamin Marylebone 237 , 463 Hardeasile , 3 . A . Colchester 17 , 532 Harris , IL Leicester Hastie , Alexander Glasgow 237 , 592 Bastie , Archibald Paisley 48 , 125 _Headlam , T . E . "Sewcastle-on-Tyne 69 , 430 Henry , A . Lancashire ( South ) 850 , 548 _Herporth , Lawrence Derby Horsman , E . Gockermouth _Hmnghrey , Alderman Southwark 142 , 620 Jackson , W . Sewcastle-under-Lynel 0 , 038 _Seating , R . _TVaterford ( Co . ) 172 , 971

      Kershaw , J . Stockport 50 , 154 Eng , Hon . P . J . L . Surrey ( East ) _lusliington , C . "Westminster Jl'Cullagh , W . T . Dundalk 10 , 782 "M 'Gregor _, J , Glasgow lleagher , T . "W aterford ( City ) 23 , 210 -Marshall , J . G . Leeds 151 , 003 Miner , W . M . E . York 30 , 152 _-SfcSitt , G . Dartmouth 4 , 663 _Moleswortb , SirW . Southwark _Howatt , F . Penryn , & c . 12 , 160 _Sn-jent , Lord Aylesbury 56 , 764 _O _' liiien , Sir T . Cashel 7 , 036

      O'Conneil , "Maurice Tralee 9 , 562 O'Gonnell , M . J . Kerry ( County ) 293 , 880 O _' llahertv _, A . Galway ( Borongh ) 17 , 275 O'Connor , F . _2-Tottingham 51 . 441 Osborne , R . Middlesex 1 , 576 , 616 l _* echel _* _, S ' rG . B . Brighton 48 , 567 Peto , S . M . Xorwich 60 , 982 _rilkmgton , J . Blackburn 36 . 186 Power , Dr . Cork 773 , 393 Heynolds J . Dublin 232 , 726 Hicardo , J . L . Stoke-on-Trent 67 , 793 Hoelnick , J . A . Sheffield 109 , 597 « M"her , J . Carlow 9 , 012 ™ J . CM . Ludlow 5 , 171 _* _- " _'oiefield , W . _Birmihebam 181 , 016 j 3 cully , l \ Tipperary 435 . 553 th

      fmiJ . B . Stirling district 27 , 730 _tor-ck- _and , Sir G . Preston bIUOT , Lo _* NlDudlev ilarylebone Sullivan , _ M . Kilkenny 19 , 071 Talbot , J . H . Xewlloss 7 , 543 T ancred , IL W . Banbury 7 , 199 _« nisoD , E . K . Leitrim 155 , 297 ieM . ent . il . j . Belfast 75 , 308 if _Pson , Col . Br adford 66 , 508 _^ ompson , _Geoi-se Tower Hamlets _iS _^ _d _^ T . Wolverhampton 92 , 913 5 " , Hon . C . ditto _waUey _, Finsbury ttawn _. j . _'T . South Shields 22 , 942 _" Jicoi , B . M'Ghie Southampton 27 , 490 _"illian-us , 3 . Macclesfield 32 , 523 _"ilson , M . Clitheroe 11 , 324 wood , W . P . Oxford ( City ) 23 , 656 TELLERS . _** " » rie , j . Montrose 43 , 172 "almsley , Sir J . Bolton 50 , 163

      11 , 475 , 195 ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ' * " * , when you read the above , and when I ? " * find that little more than a seventh of the _-noose of Commons represent nearl y half the _Papulation of the empire , and -when yoa find e little benefit which you can expect to de-Ve even from the votes of those representing _** _"e than three fourths of the population of a empire—what , I ask you , have you to _J-Jt from the present system ? have asked you , over and over again , -what ten -, - fou _Would derive from a reduction of _^ milli ons a , year in the taxes of the country , of- * had taec 0 Htr « l of the exchequer w ? try _? * mu 8 t iee P facts before y ° _* the * _- ! f •? resome _& e repetition may be ; and *« ore let me remind yoUj that _estimating " _^ Population of the empire at thirty mil-

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      lions , and estimating each family at five , the reduction of ten millions a year , would be 6 s . 8 d . a head , or £ l 13 s . 4 d . a family—that is , ifyou had your share ofit ; and estimating the working days at 300 in the year , this reduction would amount to little more than a penny a day for one person ; while you may rel y upon it , that the reduction in your wages would amount to more than twopence , threepence , or fourpence a day : and , therefore , what I have here endeavoured to keep in view , is the fact , that your order will gain no benefit until the tax payer is the law maker . linnc ., r , A _«^" .: _« _, _ il TL K ., _ , _!•_ . .,

      How will any man tell me what benefit an operative and his famil y would derive from the abolition ofthe tax upon tobacco , tea , sugar , malt , hops , or any of those commodities which , if cheapened , would butlead to the greater dissipation of the working classes ? "What benefit would the poor man derive from the abolition of the window tax ? Not a particle ; nor from any of the taxes that I have mentioned . For rely upon it , that aa long as wealth preserves the ascendancy over labour , the wealthy man will reduce the wages of the labourer in a greater proportion than the taxes upon the _I' _-irourer _' slgxuries . or necessaries of life , are

      I have frequently told yon , that legislation in this country was not based upon justice , or upon domestic feeling , but rather upon foreign consideration . Up to the present time , the Special-Constable President of Fhance , has played with the French people like puppets , and the English Government relied upon his co-operation and support , as tbe means of preserving what they ludicrousl y term English satisfaction . But , alas , the weeping , the wailing , and evil foreboding of the Times , with reference to the result of the recent French

      Elections , will teach them a wholesome lesson . The representatives of tbe people are designated b y that organ as Socialists and "Revolutionists , while pity is expressed for those termed Moderates . But , surely , if the laws and institutions of a country are to be based upon the will of a majority of that country , we have no rig ht to interfere with the exercise of that will , or to denounce or repudiate the princip les which it seeks to acquire . "What would the English press say , if the press of France was to denounce a Whig Government , and its policy ? Would it not designate it as insolent and impertinent ? Is not the Times aware that the French oeop le understand then '

      position , and are capable of preserving their interests better than the " Times ? " And , however the Government may rest upon the support of this broken reed , you may rely upon it that the result of the French Elections will have a greater effect upon the English Government than all the gatherings of Protectionists , Parliamentary Reformers , and Chartists . You may draw some slig ht conclusion from the alteration that has taken p lace in the Stock Exchange pulse of England , even upon the first announcement of the probability of independent Members being returned from Paris , as there the pulse of England has materially declined .

      Let me now show you the folly of a Government opposing the fair and legitimate demands of the people , and you will learn it from the following short , but pithy , and significant report of the proceedings of a Parliamentary and Financial Reform Meeting , extracted from the " Dail y News" of Thursday ; and from the resolution , carried unanimously , you will see that it embodies the whole of the

      PEOPLE S CHARTER

      MEETISG AT _BETHXAL-GREEN . Last evening :, the second public meeting for the present year , of the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary and Financial Ueform Association was held at the Woodman , _Bethnalsreen . The chair was occupied on the occasion by George Offor , Esq . The Chairman * , in opening the proceedings , said the meeting had to consider a matter of deep importance affectin" their social welfare . Hitherto , the land alone had been represented , very few of those of tbe _^ working classes , upon whom the burden of taxation was imposed , having any voicein the House of Commons . It seemed a singular , but it was nevertheless an undeniable fact , that the poor man who honght a pound of sugar , had to pay exactly the same amount of duty upon it as the rich occupier ot the soil . The consequence was , that the poor man , who had a wife and five children , was paying seven times as much as

      the rich bachelor . The only means the working classes had of rectifying this unfortunate state ofthing 3 was by extending the sunrage , and empowering every man of adult age , untainted hy crime , to have a vote . He himself had seven votes , and he considered it most unjust that any individualshouldhave more than one , aDdthatpersonssuperior to him iu industrv should be dispossessed altogether of the franchise . He , moreover , held it to he unjust that the Tower Hamlets , _i *> _ssessing a population of 400 , 000 inhabitants , should only have two representatives , while much smaller localities possessed an equal number of members . He expressed a hope that the time was speedily arriving when electoral divisions wonld he made , when all parts of the _counti-y would be equally represented , and when it would be placed out ofthe power of parties in the nouse af Commons , to bamboozle the people by giving protection to land . ( Cheers . ) _ .

      Mr . J . B . _JIaskaix propose *" , the first resolution , to the effect that tlie meeting was of opinion that tlie present system of electing members of parliament , based as it was upon the exclusion of the people , and the predominance of the few , was radicaUy ricious ; and in order to abolish such system , a full and free representation in the Commons House of Parliament was of paramount importance , and should he tarnestly enforced . Mr . J . Bishop seconded this resolution , which was unanimously carried . Upon the motion of Mr . Davis , the meeting , impressed with the necessity for carrying out the foregoing resolution , pledged itself to assist the Tower Hamlets Parliamentary and Financial Kefonn Association . The usual vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman , and the meetinf separated .

      "Now , in the above resolution you will find that the meeting advocated a full and free rep resentation of tbe people , in the Commons House of Parliament . But , my children , what would you have said of me , and what would you not justly have said of me , if vanity or ambition on my part had justified this part y in denouncing Chartism and the Chartists , and in assisting the Government in persecuting us ? Our greatest folly has always been in preserving antagonism , to secure personal popularity at the risk of the national cause . I told you , that those Parliamentary Reformers would at last take a p lunge into the gulf of Chartism , if we did not , by our foll y and violence , throw any impediment or obstacle in the way , and now you find the truth of my prediction verified .

      M y children , it is my intention after Easter to make a tour of England aed Ireland , as I think I can render better service to your cause out of the House of Commons , than in the House of Commons , as at present constituted ; and while I hope thoroughly to cement the minds of both countries , I will undertake to say , that no man shall suffer legal persecution , and that no man s famil y shall suffer hunger , starvation , and sorrow from my folly . I have , for the last five years , devoted my time to the establishment and carrying out of

      the Land Company , because it was my desire and my wish , to show to the industrious classes , what the social result of Chartism would be ; and however it may be reviled by ungrateful ruffians , it has sown the seed of social hope , and the technicalities and quibbles ofthe law , have not shaken the people ' s confidence in the Land , however they may have been able to arrest the progress of my plan for a time . And much as I have been abused , I shall be prepared and read y to meet my assailants and yours upon every platform . Your Faithful Friend and Uncompromising Advocate , Feakgus O'Connor .

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      Ireland And Its Demo Cracy. To I1ib Edit...

      _IRELAND AND ITS DEMO CRACY . TO I 1 IB EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Mb . Editok , —After a slumber of more than half-a-centiiry _, there is at length beard from the - ' land ofthe west , " the sound of the longstifled voice of democracy , asserting its claim to the rights and dignities of manhood ; its power to save a brave and persecuted people ; its ability to provide for their physical and mental requirements ; and also its capacity , to unite with the master hand of genius the name of Hibernia , once more on the scroll of nations ! That it way be able to do all this , is the fervent hope of all good men and true patriots . TtiT > . i _mtv l _tvttv Tmn _i-v-r-. - m-. „ . — . _„ . _ .

      Those who view Ireland from the outside , and who judge o its people from the rude and uncultured specimens whom ruthless despotism has driven from its famine-stricken and persecuted shores , to find refuge in strange and distant lands , are . hut ill-fitted . to form an estimate of them , and ' arrive at conclusions upon ex-parle evidence . To know Ireland as she really is , justice requires that she shall be viewed upon a larger scale , and in relation to all her material and mental resources ; and if regarded from these ' points , it will be _discovW-ffi _& i _& e _^ fit her for a future , both great and brilliant .

      The effort which the democracy there , is , at this moment making , is the surest and truest sign that the nation is possessed not only of a soul , but also of an intellect pure and gifted , and which has neither been impaired nor destroyed by those late occurrences of death and slaughter , ifor which the annals of barbarism cannot exhibit a parallel . The _pipud spirit of the people , bowed down by unequalled misfortunes , has not been broken , but has lived even against hope ; and in the times coming , it will lend animation to courageous efforts , from which shall result victory to the oppressed .

      Had it not been for the false teachings of able , but , I fear , unprincipled leaders , that democracy , which is now but a child lisping the first accents of democratic truth , would have long since grown to the herculean dimensions of agiant , before the thunder of whose voice foreign rule would have fallen , and domestic oppression would have vanished . The past , however , dark and gloomy as it has been , has not been

      without its value—its moral is an admonition against misplaced confidence , so glaring that all who run must read . Self-reliance , and moral independence , are the lessons which it has taught ; and the quick perceptive faculty of Ireland , having been once awakened to its reason it will , ere long , reflect forth a light which shall illumine the whole land , and which shall guide thc nation to greatness and independence .

      The meeting in Dublin on Tuesday last is the most novel and startling occurrence in the modern history of Ireland . For , although that country has been the scene of meetings and agitations of unprecedented magnitude for the past thirty years , the ends at which they aimed were partial and inoperative , because , with the exception of those of 1848 , they purposely excluded the rights of the masses ofthe people , and were , in tho main , mere pretences , for the purposes of faction , and the aggrandisement of individuals . The meeting on Tuesday last , however , was of a different character , and had for its object the two-fold pur pose of making Ireland a nation , and the people freemen . It was convened openly and avowedly as a democratic assemblage , and

      the inalienable rig hts of man to self-government , was broadl y and fearlessl y asserted . It was called together , too , not b y the magnates ofthe land—the prestige of whose names has , heretofore , been supposed necessary to lend dignity , and even utility , to a meetingbut its originators were nearly all of them of the industrial orders , and many of them the men of " no property , " but who are the principal _, creators of all property . Nor was the meeting less novel and gratifying from the appearance thereof Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and his colleagues , Messrs . M'Grath and Clark ; and the cordiality of their reception was important in the hi ghest degree , as it spoke the desire for union with maligned and persecuted English Chartism . How proudly must Mr . 0 ' Connor have felt when hi 3 warm-hearted

      countrymen , with an united acclaim , greeted his presence amongst them with a " Cead mille fealtha , ' _* as an injured exile , ; to whom , after all , his native land was the fondly-cherished spot , round which his affections were twined , and which banishment and ingratitude had not severed . Methought—for I was present—that I could perceive his eye lit up with the fire of _benignant forgiveness for past injuries , and bis bosom heave with emotions that those only experience to whom home has been a stranger , and gratitude a rebel . "When he rose to speak , the large and compact mass presented a picture resembling the waters of the Atlantic , when agitated by the angry elements , differing , however , as it was set in motion by the boisterousness of

      heartfelt applause ; and when it settled down , the silence that ensued was tbat of reverence and resp ect . Never did I see the popular tribune to greater advantage , and I have witnessed some of his greatest oratorical feats . His majestic figure—the beau-ideal ofthe leader of a people , of whose daring impetuosity he is a most truthful embodiment—as it towered over the more diminutive persons of those by whom he was surrounded on the rostrum , and the impassioned tone of his bearing brought forcibly to my mind a passage from one of the Irish Poems by Emily Herbert , and entitled " The lament of O'Connor , the last King of Ireland , " ou the occasion of that monarch having been deserted by his titled followers , who went over to the English King Henry;— * **

      Or I the last left of & n heroic race , Thy freedom restore thee—their power efface , I know it—I feel it—iti passed from my hand , The crown cf my fathers , my kingdom , ray land , Thou isle of my dotage , bright beautiful spot , Let me bless thee , tho' lost , ere I wee * for my lot There stood the " last left" ofa race , a descendant ofthe last of Irish monarchs , and the representative of a family to whom _nersecuiion for Ireland ' s sake has been made a familiarity , and to whom Ireland owes a debt which she never can pay , and which she has not yet been permitted even to acknowledge . There he stood , not like his royal ancestor _lamenting the unfaithfulness of his liegemen for their

      connexion with the English , but as tho representative of an illustrious and heroic lineage , and also in the capacity of the representative-elect of the English democracy , in whose name he was urging upon his countrymen to unite with the English people , as the surest method—by their aid—of ridding themselves of Saxon misrule . Surely there never was position more anomalous , and yet ono so true to the spirit and philosophy of the present age . How much does it not speak for the democracy of Eng land that they have not permitted the prejudices of aristocratic birth , country , or creed to weigh with thorn in the selection of a chief and representative . His speech was a masterpiece for the occasion—bold , hut

      temperate—independent , but conciliatory—counselling union amongst Irishmen themselves , as the first and indispensable step towards the accomplishment of tho objects of the meeting . Mr . O'Connors own mission , as a politician , he thus briefly and pithily described : — " I have been struggling night and day from the period when I left Ireland , up to the present moment , in order to associate and weld the minds of England and Ireland , so that the power of the aristocracy and the oligarchy may be trampled in the dust . " Should Mr . O' Connor be instruwill

      mental in realising such an union , short indeed be the tenure of that power which is , at this hour , a severe affliction to both countries . What force could resist the united and intelligent democracies of England , Ireland , and Scotland , marching on together against this common enemy—oligarchial and _aristocratical dominion ? Let this truth once tako root in Ireland , and the " United Kingdom "as it Is called—will find itself ripe for a change . Rulers havo too long governed the world with a strong hand , solely because they have teen able to

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      set race against race , and , nation against nation , , but m this nineteenth century a " voice has gone forth , encircling the earth with its echo , proclaiming the fraternity _^ of nations , and the brotherhood of mankind I . The enthusiasm with whieh Mr . O'Connor and his colleagues were received by the Dublin meeting , is evidence strong aa possible that the insane hate of Celt to Saxon is fast dying out ; and it is highly creditable to Mr . O'Connor , that , with his _strongrCeltic feelings , and oppressed as he and his family have beeni by Saxon , rulers , that he has man- ' fully devoted his means , time , " and talent to the _establishnient of fraternal intercourse and democratic association _bel-veen the two countries . A marked feature of the meeting in Dublin , _W distinguished from former political gatheringsin that country , was the absence of what , in England ; is known as "Squireenism , " or ignorant purseproiid ' dictation . The man , and not the money ba _^ w ' _aV the staple on Tuesday week . Even at this dav th * _ _ .

      O'Conneil establishment— " Conciliation Hall " - _^ ifi divided into distinct compartmehts for the accem- ' modatioirofthe different classes , each being provided . for in proportion to the ' amount of _its . _donation-rcare being taken to ~ perpetrate the distinction of classes , byseparating ' tbe ¦ _'« freize"frbm the * 'broad doth ; ; ; But , to all appearances ; that institution'has worn itself out , and _seenlS ' ttfb _' eit present bankru oi in everything but a _stooK of the hi ' _iM delectable native assurance , which enables it t 6 : _'db _? K _tfifling ' business in a small way . , -The- bratory ; there _^ i _** -stale , flat , fortunates who have to go there for _their'jp e'hnysworth . The pride and power of Conciliation Hall is ' * gone by , " and , like the Monster Meetings , to which it owes its existence , in the future history of Ireland it will be recorded as a Monster Humbug . The reader must excuse the vulgarity ofthe expression , as it has been employed simpl y for its

      expressiveness . Tlie meeting on Tuesday week was the first assemblage of people in Ireland for an avowed , an intelligible democracy , and , as such , may be taken as the commencement of a new era . True , some of the speakers were not very practical , but they were equally earnest ; and although , at present , they appear to he at sea , as to the mode of operations , as they proceed in their agitation , the necessity for practical measures will make itself manifest , and the contingency wiil then have to be provided for . At the commencement , they must obviously content themselves with scattering their good seed abroad with a generous hand ; and in a genial soil like that of Ireland—prepared as it has been by the ploughshare of cruelty and tyranny—it cannot be long in taking root ; and when it buds forth blossoms , it is to bo hoped that it will be tended with a care that will

      preserve the fruit for the use , behoof , and benefit of the trodden-down children of industry . A good commencement has been made ; the metropolis has been set in motion ; let the provinces follow the example set them bj the citizens of Dublin—and let the announcement be energetically made , that henceforth , the governing faction shall have to contend with the united democracies of "England , Ireland , Scotland , and _corruptionists will straightway commence about setting their houses in order , so as to be prepared for the revolution whieh must follow . Ireland ' s strongest point i 3 tbe weakness of tlie English government with its own people—and as skilful generals invariable attack their enemies weakest positions , so , if the leaders of tho Irish movement be wise , they will not fail to make the most of English alliance , and English , disaffection , as I feel assured they may both be turned to the best account for the interest of Ireland . Mr .

      O Connor , I believe , has determined of making a tour through Ireland and England during the ensuing summer , with a view of promoting a union of the veritable people of both countries ; and once having succeeded in doing so , should he not live to accomplish more he will then be able , in his own favourite language , to say , " that he has left the world better than he found it . " March 11 th . S . K ., a Milesian .

      Wmrtiut Itofouiium

      _wMrtiut ItofoUiium

      Provisional Committee Of The National Ch...

      PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASCOCIATION . This body met at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , March 13 th , when the whole of the members were present , viz .: —Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , E . Stallwood , J . Arnott , Gr . J . HarneY , J . Grassby , T . Brown , E . Mills ,

      J . Milne , aud W . Davies . Mr . James Grassby was called to the chair . Mr . Arnott was unanimously elected secretary , and Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , treasurer . Correspondence , requesting cards of membership , and remitting cash , & c , & c , were received from Aberdeen , Bradford , Belper , Cheltenham , Merthyr T ydvil , Newcastleupon-Tyne , Sheffield , South Shields , & c .

      The question ofthe best means ot organising Chartism , was then taken into consideration , and it was resolved , " That the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , should be open every day ( Sunday excepted ) , from nine to twelve ; and on Monday evening , from seven to nine , for the convenience of working men , who may wish to apply personall y for cards , or to pay in contributions , or obtain information respecting the movement , & c , & c . ' " " That the Hall ofthe Literary and Scientific Institution be taken for the following six consecutive Tuesday nights , for public meetings . ' '

      " That each agent or sub-secretary , be requested to communicate immediately , to the secretary ( John Arnott , ) at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , stating the number of cards received by them , tho quantity taken up by members , and to remit cash received by them for such cards , & c . " " That the agents , or sub-secretaries for the metropolitan and suburban districts , be

      especiall y requested to communicate with the secretary , setting forth how many enrolled members there are in their several localities , as it is the desire of the Provisional Committee , so soon as there shall be a sufficiency of localities comprising twenty members each , to re-establish the Metropolitan Delegate Council , aud thus set the whole metropolis and suburbs in motion for democracy . "

      The g lorious news of the triumph of Democracy in the Paris election was reported , and hailed with expressions of enthusiastic delight . Mr . G . TV . M , Reynolds gave notice that he would move an address to thc country next week , He also announced , that accompanied by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , he had accepted a brief democratic mission in support ofthe National Charter Association , and that , they would be in Bradford , on Sunday , the 17 th ; Halifax , on Monday , tho 18 th ; and Sheffield , on Tuesday , the 19 th . Tho committee then adjourned until Wednesday evening next .

      Sheffield.-—A General Meeting Of Chartis...

      Sheffield .- —A general meeting of Chartists was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last , to consider the propriety of reorganising the Charter Association . On the motion of Mr . Iligginbottom , Mr . Itensbaw was called to the chair . After briefly stating the object of the meeting , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting do form itself into an association in conjunction with the " National Charter Association , as organised by the late Conference . " After the reenrolment of members , the following persons wero elected as the general council : —James Mitchell , Aaron Iligginbottom , John Craven , Joseph Caldll

      we , John Seward , . Nathaniel Uobinson , John Wallis , James Whaley ; Thomas ltcnshaw , president ; _M'Ambrose Buckley , treasurer ; Charlos Clegg , financial secretary ; George Cavill , corresponding secretary ; Thomas Hague , librarian . On the motion of Mr . George Cavill , 100 cards of membership were ordered to be sent for . It was also announced that the next meeting would he held on Sunday evening next , when Mr . Buckley will deliver an address on the prospects and policy of an union of the English and Irish democracy . After a vote of thanks to tho chairman , tho meeting was adjourned . City Chariist Bam , and _Athem _^ eum , 20 , Goldenlano , Cripplegate . —Wo regret to learn that the friends of this highly useful institution we some .

      Sheffield.-—A General Meeting Of Chartis...

      wliat pecuniarily involved , in consequence of the expenses incurred in its construction and _llttsig ! up . We understand that a benefit night will be held at tho Royal Albert Saloon , _City-raad , on Tuesday next ,. _theJO-th in & t _,, with a view _ta- relieve those friends from their pressing liabilities- and we trust that the demoeratic . cause , combined : with , the moderaite charge for admission , the atrraetive bill of fare , aad the popularity of the place , of amusement , _wilL ' xiiiduc ' e oaf numerous friends irathe City-ofLondm Finsbury , the- _Tovj-er Hamlets ,, amd South ' .-London , to rally _rouid ' the . brave _ladSof Cripplegate _^ CTOwd the Albert ' Saloon on SS ? _leeca-Mon ; ahd 'thus _seeure to the _denjeeratic

      cause ; _j _thab ; ' truly ' _valuable building , ''"Ihe City Chartist J & M and Athenteum . ¦ ; _H * Li ? J _>^ T ? -At & meeting of members , held on Monday evening , in the Working Man ' s Hall , the fjjlltft ' ing persons were sleeted to serve as council ; for : tie _ensuing : quarter , —John Blackburn ,, John Smith , Thomas ; Mitchel , John , Culpan , George . Walker , _RichanJ'MHchel ; Joseph Bhybrough , John _Shprry _^>' presick « t ; -John Edwards , secretary ; William Mattdfr , _* rtreasurer ; George Webber , _cbrrespohding ' _seerirtaVyi All communications for tho Halifax _oOnartisteij to - be addressed to George Webber , _correspoaiing . secretary , 7 , Range Bank-Halifax _^ _.. . ' . «•'

      ; _Livunppoi . —A meeting of members took place in ; Mr . Fdr ' reir 8 Teiiperahce Hotel , 63 , _Richmond-^ ow , on Sunday evinihg , at which it was agreed : •—1 " That _suo _^ _essiveifiejStings should be held oh Sun-$ j _^ _ft _* _# if < i _^* # _^ affording an opportunity to the old and sincere friends of the cause , to come forward with their wonted support : and also to all others who may be desirous of assisting in the accomplishment of political reform . " South London . —At a meeting held at the Ship and Mermaid , Snow ' s-fields , Bermondsey , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That as the grievances of the Provisional Committee were settled , that wo join the National Charter Association . Twenty-four new members enrolled their names , after which a council was elected for the conducting of business .

      • Debetknd and Bordsley _Distkict , Birmingham . — On Monday last , the members held their usual weekly meeting at the Swan , Warwick-street , Mr . Rcnsham in the chair ; when resolutions were passed , " that there should be a meeting of district delegates convened as early as possible . " Mr . Thompson delivered an address on the Rights of Labour , " which gave general satisfaction . Thanks were given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Macclesfield . —At a meeting on Monday night , at Mr . Thomas Jones ' , Mr . J . Wheston inthe chair , after the usual business of the society had been transacted , the sum of 10 s . _wat > handed iii for the Honesty Fund . Thc members are exerting themselves , and hope to send a goodly sum next week . Chartist Re-organisation . —At a delegate meeting held at Staleybridge last Sunday , it was unanimously agreed to send the following address for insertion in the Northern Star : — ADDBESS OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES , TO TUE

      ItKSPECT / VE 10 CAL 1 TIES OF SOVm LASCASUl & B . Brother Democrats , —At a time when thc forces of Chartism are scattered and isolated , it requires more than ordinary energy and perseverance to bring into one concentrated focus the slumbering embers of democracy . It requires the firm determination of all true and veritable Chartists to sound the tocsin of action , in order tliat the democratic mind of the country may he brought to hear upon a government who declare that the people do not desire reform . To prove this a libel upon the people , we call upen you to declare by your _representatives in the next delegate meeting to be held in Manchester , on Sunday , April 7 th , ' 1850 , that you do require reform , and that too of a sweeping character ; and that you will never rest

      _satisfied until tlie People ' s Cliarter , whole and entire , is made the law of the hind . You , tlie Chartists of . Manchester , Stockport , Staleybiidge , Ashton , _Duluntield . Alosslcy , Mottram , Glossop , Oldham , Water Head Mill , Drojlesden , Eccles , ltoyton . Ilollinwood , Bolton , Bury , ltochdalc , Middleton . Heywood , Hyde , Path-worth , and Todmorden , we trust will respond to this call in that spirit whieh was wont to animate your former exertions . Trusting that our efforts in the cause of truth and justice will ere long be crowned with complete success , We remain , Brother Democrats , Yours fraternally—The Delegates Assembled . Samuel Cooper , Chairman ; John Jackson , Secretary ; Thomas Storor , William Hill , James Williams , William Schoticld .

      A Crowded And Enthusiastic Meeting, Conv...

      A CROWDED AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING , CONVENED BY TUE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE _NATIONAL CHAil-TEU ASSOCIATION , Was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Joh ' n-street , _Fitzroy-square , on Tuesday evening , March 12 th , to discuss the Proceedings in Parliament . The members of the Provisional Committe were loudly applauded as they came on tlie platform . Mr . _Edwakd Miles , of South London , was unanimously called to the chair , and said : He thought _litttle was tobe expected from Parliament as at present constituted , and the Charter would never be Obtained but through the people , by spreading its

      principles far and wide . He conceived it better to be engaged iu disseminating social knowledge , than to be quibbling about small measures of Parliamentary reform . ( Loud cheers . ) lie would now call on . Mr . G . W . M . Uetnolds , to move tho following resolution : — " That this meeting views with indignation and disgust the conduct ot the House of Commons , in refusing to diminish to any really effectual extent the vast aiid intolerable burdens imposed in the shape of taxation upon the industry and labour of the peop le ; and it expresses its conviction that justice will never be done to the great masses of the population until the Charter shall have become the law of the land . " Mr . Reynolds on _comim : forward was loudly

      applauded , and said : Asa member ofthe Provisional Commmittee , he felt it his duty to state that he meditated only a peaceful and constitutional struggle . Looking at Continental affairs , he had great hopes that the elections in Frauce had terminated in favour of the glorious Socialists and Red Republicans —( tremendous cheering)—and if his hopes were well-founded—which he believed they were—nations would rise again , and France would not long be disgraced by tho presidency ot Monkey Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers . ) In this event , a great change must speedily ensue at home . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , in speaking on Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentary Reform , acknowledges

      the superiority of the Charter ; tlm appeared courting the vox populi . ( Cheers . ) Yes , they were watching the progress of events in Franco . ( Hear , hear . ) The failure of revolutions had been alluded to—but he denied that continental _revolutions had failed—they had brought forth fruit in abundance . Universal Suffrage had never failed . After the outburst in France , at a time when the people had been deprived of public meetings , and when they were thus suddenly called on to elect 900 men , they had , even under such adverse circumstances , elected men who had formed a constitution as far superior to ours as a guinea was to a farthing . ( Loud cheers . ) One of the points in it made the very President liable to impeachment , and , consequently ,

      responsible to Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) How did Louis Buonaparte obtain his election !! Why , by declaring himself a Ked Republican and Socialist ; and as a proof that he was so , pointed to his work , written when a prisoner in the fortress of Ham , and to his visits to Proudhon and Louis Blanc , and by his declarations in millions of placards , that , if elected , he wouid carry out the principles of Red Republicanism ; well , what did that prove ?—was it the failure of Universal Suffrage ? No ; but the scoundrelism of Louis Buonaparte . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , at its third test , candidates came forward and said , " The Republic is established , we accept it , we shall now feel it our duty to uphold Republican principles and

      institutions . " Under such pledges many had obtained their return ; and no sooner had they got fairly seated than thoy became the greatest tyrants and despots that ever disgraced civilisation . ( Hem-, hear . ) That was no proof of tho failure of Universal Suffrage ; but the best test of the noiifnilure was , that notwithstanding their evident incUnations , neither Monarchists or Imperialists davwi make an attempt to constitute either a King oi Emperor . ( Great applause . ) That the people-had not been more successful was not to be attributed to their ignorance , but to their magnanimity and mercy . ( Hear . ) But , iu thc event of auothw continental revolution , he sl . ould like to see- aU those

      tyrants who wore crowns , mitre ? , or titles , sent to the wilds of Africa , to expiate their enaios —( loud cheers)—so that they might no more infect misery and oppression on mankind . ( Ropeated cheers . ) This little episode he had been led into hy the opening address of the chairman , for whose houesty am * enthusiasm ho had the greatest respect . And now for the affairs in the Ilouse of Commons ; he perceived that thelastrelioof barbarism—the uisxek monarchy ol' Ireland—tlio _Lord-Lveuteuantcy—\ V ! IS about to be abolished ; every good man would rejoice at this . ( Land cheers . ) It was nothing but a piece of idle emptv gow-gaw , kept up far- tho purposo of finding place and patronage fov tho lfvwyers , or for the pauper aristocvaoy of _irotowi , ( Cheer * , )

      A Crowded And Enthusiastic Meeting, Conv...

      _J-Ih & _'hex . tquestion-wn _*' , Mr . Cobden ' s motion for _rejdweingtho expenditure to tlie standard of 1835 ; and , _[ _hlit known to allj . that under Victoria ' s mild rei gn , ' [ t "»; bud ** et had increased hy the enormous amount ' _oFten millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Now Mr . Cobden >™»; a * Ejnancial Reformer . ; He knew that at Man-« _Aestei _' . he . had . declared himself a Parliamentary _Krfoarmer ' as well ; but then he was before an _assem-2 *? . _^ O ' ifere' mainly Chartists , at other times ha . _WAv _??*' troubled himself to push Parliamentary Reiqrm ' ; ibnt be this as it may , he had done thepeople _«* _M . l Mv i _? e . 'the . ibthBr-night : ( Hear ) hear . ) But : wlry » h 0 _dd ; s uch : a wasteful and lavish expenditure _% * Ji \ £ _? ' M . money be spoken of in such honied _Sft _' _^ cotton lord of to-day hoped to-be the noble lord of to-morro ? ( Loud Cobden _' smotion for re- [ _dicing tho expenditure to the ' standard of 1835 ; and , _[*? f . _^ _^"" to allj . that under Victoria ' s mild rei I ' _-i' _^ _V _budget had increased by the enormous amount millions . ( Hear , hear . ) Now Mr . Cobden _**»»•* * Einancifil'Reformer . He knew that at

      Manw shouts of " Hear / hear . " ) As _regards Mr BerlcPley ' s motion for the Ballot , _only ° 121 _Sed Su favour ; the arguments used against it were , that was un-E » gJ _, sh ; but there were other things un-English that received great patronage from those who refused the Ballot . Had not John Williams stated in the He-use of Commons , that 1 , 000 electors of Westminster had abstained from using their franchise on this account ? Did not this show the necessity of the- Ballot ? It remained for the people to take these matters up , and be true to themselves and the ministers would ultimatel y bend to the public voice ; - ( Great cheering . ) Mr . "Vernok , in seeondiug the motion , said he must confess he was not one of those who -would wish . to seethe . little Charter carried ; ho would

      Srefer waiting . . until the people were prepared to ehiand and enforce something more . ( Loud cheers . ) Bethought it important that the people should understand their social rights , not as a qualification for the franchise , but that they mi ght tho better apply political rig hts when they had them . ( Hear , hear . ) They had now a Provisional Committee , in which he did not think there was any danger of a split ; and in whom ho thought the people might place implicit confidence , and they should rally round that committee in order to make its efforts successful , find the first step should he to enrol their names on the books of the Charter

      • _Associtition , and thus place the committee in a _posi- ' 'tion to know on whom they had to rely , when the a ! t !" u £ 'j' } e comes—as come it must . ( Great cheering . Mr ., Vernon then mado a spirited appeal to tha people ito do their duty ; all depended on them whether they , should ; have tho Charter ; in twp ( year » , sumed _hirsentloludly applauded . ' ' " _£ Mr . A . M . Ward dissented both from Mr . Yernon and Mr . Reynolds . He would not refuse thc littlo Charter , and he could not consent to send noblemen to the scorching climes of Africa . ( Cries of "Where have they sent Mitchel , Frost , Williams , and Jones ? " ) X ¦ rtd

      Mr . Reynolds having replied , the resolution was put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed , evidently delighted with the triumph of free discussion , and the great progress making in tho Democratic cause .

      To The Chartists Of The United Kingdom. ...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . "lie who allows oppression shares the crime . " Brotiikr Democrats , —In my former letter I endeavoured to show you tho characters of some of the scamps who appeared to give evidence on the late trial , "O'Connor versus Bradshaw , " and the truth of which has been fully confirmed by the men of Derby , Leicester , and Scotland . With respect to the tools taken from Nottimghnm , it is' only necessary for me to say that the Mr . Brown , eordwainer _, who gave evidence , is the same individual who purchased a three-acre allotment of a person of the name of Cox , and took possession of the same afc Snig ' s End , when , contrary to tho rules , he obtained aid-money , and lived for several months , paying no rent . Sickness falling upon him , his eldest son

      wished to retain possession of the allotment ; hut to this the father would not give consent , which quite unsettled the son , and caused hini to enlist as a soldier ; the elder Brown sold the allotment for £ 25 , and , after recovering his health , again offered £ _. } 0 for it back . In his evidence , he said he bad been deceived , and his expectations had not been realised . From the above facts , his evidence is untrue . The other evidence from Nottingham on tlie part of the defendant , proved nothing ; they merely stated that Mr . O'Connor , in his speeches before his election , promised to locate the members within a given period . But every man possessed of common sense must know , that neither Mr . O'Connor , or any other man could buy land , erect dwellings , nnd

      furnish aid-money to occupants , unless tlie means were forthcoming . And did they imagine , for a moment , that their £ 2 12 s ., - £ 3 18 s ., or £ 5 -Is ., would put them in possession of two , three , or four acres of land , without other aid ? The whole ofthe evidence brought forward failed to prove one single act of dishonesty against Mr . O'Connor ; whil e the great fact still remains ; that the Judge would not receive the evidence of Messrs . Gray and _Finlnyson _, who would have indisputably proved his honesty . Even the Jury could see this ; but a " Verdict for the Defendant" was recorded notwithstanding . Is there an unprejudiced person who " ciih " _i- ' eHa ' tfiefr '

      verdict without coming to tlio conclusion , that the intention of such a jury must have been to do their share towards " ruining him with expenses ? " It remains to be seen whether the hopes of tyrants will be realised ; hut if the men of England are what I take them to be—haters of oppression , and lovers of justice—they will , as with the voice of one man , denounce such a system , and furnish thc means to defend Mr . O'Connor from all his enemies , both open and covert . Shall it ever be recorded against Englishmen that they stood tamely by , and suffered the only man of his class who came forward to help them , to be sacrificed ? Hoping all will do their duty , I remain , yours truly ,

      James Sithei Nottingham , March 12 , 1 S 50 .

      To The Chartists Op Tiie United Kingdom ...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OP TIIE _UNITED KINGDOM OP GREAT _BttlTALV . Buotiiebs , —We , the members of the newly organised Chartist body , meeting at the South London Chartist IIa . lI . _Bliickfriars-roai " , _beliovin-r that the Provisional Committee , elected by the Conference , which sat in London in January last , havo violated the first principle and foundation of all liberty , in calling together the men who formed that Conference ( thcir fiinctions having ceased with the issuing of the plan of organisation , ) and voting themselves competent to do that which no defunct ; body had a right to do , without first appealing to the whole of the members , enrolled under the neworganisation , for their sanction . Secondly—They

      have violated that same principle in allowing that defunct body , conjointl y with themselves , to elect new member *! to till the vacancies inthe Provisional Committee , that duty belonging only to the enrolled members of the new organisation , while the _ma- > jority of the elected , and electors , wore not members of that body , tliey having not taken a _cai'J of membership . Thirdly—In extending the period of holding office two months beyond the tim _. ; fixed by the Conference , called together in January his . - , by the votes of the Chartist people , at public _Viieetinirs assembled , for that purpose . Fourthly—In passing

      a law , violating one of the most useful laws of the new organisation , which pledged us to assist all Reforms ; as far as they went , wo still going for the whole Charter . Each and all of these things havo thc Provisional Committee , with the full sanction of the majority ol the men who formed the self-elected Conference , done , whicli met in John-Street , Tottenham-court-road , on Wednesday evening , February 27 th , 1850 . Wc , the enrolled Chartists of Southwark and Lambeth , do hereby enter our protest against the whole of that evening ' s proceccling 3 of the Provisional Committee , and all those men who 3 at in that mock Conference—and

      declare that they violated thc rights of thepeople to a greater extent than did the French Assembly in their interference with tho Roman people—they only having violated a law pledging them to noninterference with other nations , while the Committee have struck at the right of free election , etc . We further declare , that we do not recognise any of the five men placed on that Committeo , and call on Messrs . Clark , Dixon , and M ' Grath to resume their offices , until the Committee shall have called on the enrolled memheys of tlie body , throughout the country , to elect a new one ( the same men being eligible for _re-election . ) The men agreeing with the new organisation , and praying for its support , being the only persons eligible for that purpos » .

      We do not believe the wrong dono was done intentionally by tho Provisional Committee ; but a wrong has been dene , and we hop * the Chartist body will claim that it be rectified , for we , who . complain ofthe _injustice of government !* , should _bejusfi ourselves . Si « n . » d , on behalf of the Chartists of ° Lambeth and Southwark , R . Sids _, Secretary , wra . tern .

      Oainsewjouoii.—We Are Informed That A Wo...

      _Oainsewjouoii . —We are informed that a Working Man ' s _Bfeading Room is . opened at Mr . " ftuiiel Bees , _Dittkeuso-i ' _s-yard , wheso subscriptions are received in aitiof the Chartis _^ wuso audits Victims . More thaa ten shillings is already realised for the above _obkets _, aud it is _aaiiteipated that tha amount would he considerably i _** _'j _* _-t < : ised when tbe friends at this _jkSuce are _appriwdi of thc object , Dcmocratiu _st ; uidni'd _works , wiolutling tlio Star , humanr , and Barker s Pe _(^ le % may be read every _Wednesday from eight till teu o ' clock . Cautiox to tiiis _Pubuc

      tho Soowty of Hygoi & ts and Medical _UofwuH" _*¦}• _£ *» , hereby caution the public that _thoy-iiJirtf _fintSoVtioC' _^ connexion with tho ointments , pllja ; fiirina « _-eo _^ SA ** ' _* N , powders sold in chemists' and dm o _^ ts _'i _-sliopH : _^^ - ¦•' British _Collie of * U _«>» Ulb SQW _^ f _^^^ _fr _^ _V- / February , l _^ _¦«; •¦? _r- ; _., - ; . ' - - _^ % ¦ ¦ ¦ ,. y ! V .- ' -i . " , ' ' _-i ' . ;" '" . ' ' /*'' iv .- ; '~ '• . : \ _f-X _* -X _£ A'X _,- ; :... , _c _* X / -. v .-ud Medical _Ri- _furmcrM-Si , . hat _they-Ji _' . _vrtffibWi'tloS ' ' & louts , _pWa ; farimieeo _*^* _*^ , and _dma _^ _ts'Ss ' hopH : _^' . _^ - ¦•' S _* 5 _** _?»^* _C _^ _\^ _" / : _^ i / _tx / _,:, 7 ; _£ _^ , \ Vy ! .. ¦ _' _t _r . WS . ' _-if- ' _i _^ . V _4 ' "' _^ V - !'' ' -. _; ... _*& / ¦ •> : ¦ ••

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16031850/page/1/