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A.X EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES, FIBULAS, &c.
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THE NORTHERN STAR . June 17 , 1848 . _^™ _J _»^ _f" _^ _________^_____^_ B _____?__— -P ___ _W- «—_____________________ B _^ _M- | 1 --- | ¦ _^^^_ - ' "" ' J _" 1 , = _* = _^ - _" _.=- 1 j
A.X Effectual Cure For Piles, Fibulas, &C.
_A . X EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , _FIBULAS , & c .
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_ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . _ij , « _pileg _» and comparatively how few ofthe afflicted bave beea _perma-TTTHAT a _p-dnful and nos ious _&***? ' }* ir _^^ _i skill ! Thi « , no doubt , arUes from the use of powerful aperients W nentlv cured bv or dinary * PP * _£ i !« _£ _^ . indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all tooftequeaUv adraraister _*^ hy thei _rro _™ - & ' _^^ ointment > after years of ac te suffering , placed himself under cases ot ' this compl-int- Tb « _" ° - "" Mr Abecnet _ y , was by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever tie treatment ot tiiat eminent * urg _ . Disorder , orer a period of fifteen years , durins which time the same Aber-__ cewii _ oatta _3 K _'« _Ht « 'jtr " _™ 'i ' ' ofheallnga T _ _et number of desperate cases , both in and out of the Pro-_ es _ ian ? res ? _ription *« _fscn we had been „_ iler Medjcs j care i 3 n ( j some of them for a _v-ery consider _, grietor _- _s circles of _^^ _olnment was introduced to the _TubKc by the desire of many who had bee _ perfectly ! ble __* . _^ _^ ' „ drinee itt introduction , the fame of this _omtmeat has spread far and wide ; even the he-led _lyite » PP : _' ' » _o _^ _to acknowleage the virtues of any Medicine not prepared by tbem . Medical £ r ofcE i ' V _„ T r ,-ws _idmit that Abemetby's File Ointmeat _. is not only a valuable preparation , but a selves , ddaowireely aad _^» _g _, ; _^ d rrietJ . _ _, ' appaiHng malady . _UeH iitoBWme _^ _me _^ _^ _J _?^ _ trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy _mJ ht _SttodW _^ e of _* be _wnptakt _^ render th 0 l , e wh 0 have been eured ' _unwUliDS t 0 P _ _je £ r n _ me =. .. _- quantity ot tbree is . 6 i . pots in one for lie ., with full directions Soldi * covered pot * . ta «•• ° _i _™ , _^ _™* J / _Napto . ItreetI Ho _ ton New Town , London , where . bo can _£ _pro ' CS S _£ _P-5 _ t _Setoufe o ! _££ „ _-, _direc ' t _froL the original makers , with an allowance on taking six _ t a time . . . tjF & vpT _ITY'S PILE OIVTMENT . * The public » re requested to be on their _ffuard * _S Be sure to _^ k ior' _ABERN ETH 1-s _' _^^ - _^ _Xserve that none can possibly be genuine , unless tie name _•^*?^^ _JgZ _^ £ _& _lw _^ _£ e > _* _!»* . - 6 d - ***** _* e l 0 WeBt P _™ 6 thC Pr ° Pnet 0 r W _SabledtosSTit _* t , owing to thegreat expense of the ingredients .
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND , Patronised . 6 h the Royal Family , _Mobility , Cicrgy , le ., a .. _^ p * _nrtho _« e _severe annoyances , without causing tbe least pain or inconvenience . Unlike Is a sure and spee-y cure , ml « " _* - _tf - _suci _^ reu _ er the cutting of corns altogether unnecessary ; indeed , _sll other remedies for corns , a _s' ° _»*™ ras is at aU times dan _< : roas . and has been frequently attended with lamentawe may say , the _frawce oi _* xua „ _^ . aereaS 8 _^^ growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an _fie consequences , besides us _naoui ) and _- _^ _perieverance in its application , entirely eradicates the mosi instant and delightful reliei irom _'" "" _> inveterate _csrns and bunions . onwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeon's ofthe greatest eminence , Testimom _^ hiwbeenreceivea _"" _p d nearf one _t _ ousa _ d priTate letters from the gentry in as well as from many officer . « rfr bo _«*»* _*« to _^ ble remed / . town and _conntry ,. sp _^ km _2 in bJgn terms « _" thre 9 £ maU boxesi ! lone foP 2 s . 94 , and tobe had , wit * full Prsparedby John _ tox , m _doxcs _^ _« t * _j = : £ ? Hoxton New Town , London , and all wholesale and retail Medi . _fiirections for use , of C . Kite ,, Ao . » _' . _£ _* pi _* name Joas _ _ _^ gf A 2 g _> _^ _^ cufe 8 { he _eine vendor * m town and country , i ae geniu _^ _^ _^ _^^ _ _^ _^^ _ riend _ , _° AO ° rnetfiv ' s _PiteOintment , Paul ' s Corn p iaster , and _Aberr-ethy ' s Pile _Pewders , are sold by the following respect . We _ChonUts _^ _Defers in . Paten _^ ime _^ _^ g Church , yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside _; Newbery , St _^ _SSfeSiS _^^ _. x . , __ . _: =, „ . Cocsm _AQEHi 5 . --ii _^ . « _^ arper p _ _ p « 0 _ _8 e , Cheltenham ; Brooke and Co ., Doncaster ; Sim-B n !! r _S sS _Sif _^ _- d Hod _8 ° ' Exeter ; Coleman , Gloucester ; Henry , Guernsey _; sends Dorchester , _Scsw . _sUcr- , fi w gtephtnson EuI 1 . PenBel Kidderminster ; Baines and Berry , HriAx ; _!*«»» . _?^'" ; o _^„ ' , LtaCota ; Jew . bury . Manchester ; Biackwe'l . Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Ke .- -. _ e . Ie * .: . _^ _^• " _^^ _S Ko » io _ - "S _. w . OSce , _Norwich Mennie . Plymouth ; Clark . Pilot l _^ °% _^ _lV . _^^ _S _^ itlL y . _^ i in _Sauarey , Salisbury ; _Ridfe and Jackson , _Me-co _ v Office , _ff « M X _^ c _7 c __ 0 Kic _ B 0 _^^ _^ Southampton ; Mort , Stafford ; Bagley , Stamford ; SheSe _" ' 5 f Vi _^ __ d Carr ff «« i > 0 _ i » . Sunderland ; Saunders , Tiverton ; Roper , Ulverstone ; _Card-^' _' -l _^ _fiW- _' sn-ro * __ weti . « _O-ce , _Warwick ; Gibson , Whitehaven ; Jacob and Co ., _Winchester ; _« 11 _, _^ cfiad , _^ rpe Worcester ; Mabso _ _, Yarmouth ; Bolton , Blanshard and Co ., _"IS _MSTL ll _^ d , cWdge ; Evani , Carmarthen ; Williams , Swansea ; Raines , Edinburgh ; Iff * ' _GeLoc ' -Marshall Belfast ; Bradftrd , Cork ; Batter , Dublin ; Thompson , Armagh ; and by all _respectable Chemists and Medicine Venders Ir every Market TovR _throughout the United Kingdom .
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« KE _AC-K OWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST -MEDICINE IN * THE WORLD . This medicine has been before the British public only a few years , and perhaps in the annals of the world was never seen success equal to their progress ; the virtues of this Medicine were at once _acknowledged wherever tried , snd _recomraeadatioa followed recommendation ; hundreds had soon to _acknowledge that Paer ' s Life Fills had gaved thera . Mid Were lOUd in their praise . The si _ _rdiB _£ acts that were continually _brought before the public at once removed any prejuiicewhichsomeniay baTefelt ; the continual good wliich resulted from tbeir use spread their _ame far and wide , at this moment there is scarcely a country on the face of the g lobs which has not heard of their benefits , and have seught for supplies , whatever might be the cost of transmission . The United States , Canada , India , and even China , have had immense quantities shipped to their respective couutri s , and with the game res _" . t as in _Eagla—d—Usivess _^ l Good . The sale of Pass ' s Life Pills amounts to upwards of S 0 _, 0 oo boies weekly , more than all other patent medicines put _together . This simple fact needs no further comment ; t tells plainly that the p ills of Old Parr is The Best Mediciae in the World . The following , with many others , haTe bsen recently received : — Communicated by ilr W . WHITE , Agent for Cirencester . Gentlemen , —Enclosed is a statement made to me in person , bv a female who requests that her case maybe made _ _ao * wa _, that others Mmilarly afflicted may receive benefit as she has _d"ne , through the use of r _ is ' s Lip _ Pills . 'I hadbeen _aEicted with a severs weakness , so much as to ultimately prevent me walking across the _floer of the house . I applied to a medical man for his advice , but his skill proved lo be _ 11 in vain . At last I was recommended by a person who had taken P _ bb ' s Life Pills to give tiem _' a trial I did so , and before I took the whole of fae first box , found myself greatly improved ; I coutimied the -use of them for six weeks , and am now _stronger and feel _better than I haTe been for years past ; and while I live I Shall bless the name of you and your Pass's Lifs Pills . ' By applying to me , l have the liberty to refer any one to her at her residence , I remain , Gentleman , _> _our obedient servant , 'W . White . —CireHcester , May ith , ISiT .
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fS _';^ _Sr _£ S _"_*__ 2 _^ tS _* S _# S extensive practice of f _ _*§* ' # 6 £ * _-jgf 1 | j MB Messrs R . andL . FERRY and K _^& g __ a !__ y _& JS-it- % -S Co ., the continued demand for _taeir _^ ork \? en _^ ed _~^ r _^ _SlLEST : FBISKD . _' _iona _hundrei aad twenty-five thou _ mu copies Ot which have beea sold ) , and the exteasive Eale and high repcto of their Medicines have induced some unprincipled perrons to assume the name of PERRY and closely imitate the title of the Work , and names of the Medicines . The public is hereby cautioned that such _perEOas are not ia any way connected wit _ the firm of R . and L . PERRY and Co ., of London , who do cot visit the Provinces , and are only to be consulted personally , or by letter , at their Establishment , 19 , Berners-ttreet , Oxford-street , London . _TvTEKTY-FIFTH _EllITlOK . Illustrated by Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings On Steel . On Physical Disqualifications , Generative Incapacity , end Impediments to Marriage . new and improved edition , enlarged to 195 pages , price 2 s . _££ . ; by post , direct from the Establishment , ss . 6 d . in postage stamps ,
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the bonds of matrimony . Disquietudes and jars between _carried couples are traced to depend , in the majority of instances , on causes resulting from physical imperfections andjerrors , aad the means for their removal are « hown to bs within reach , and efitctcul . Tho operation of certain disqualifications is fully examined , _andinfelicitous and unproductive unions shown to be the neces . tary consequence . The causes and remedies for this state farm an important consideration in this section of the work . THE CORDIAL BALM OP SYRIACUM expressly employed to renovate the impaired powers of iife , when exhausted by the influence exerted by solitary indulgence on the system . Its action is purely balsamic ! its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of _nerom and sexual debility , obstinate gbxtS , mpoteilCy , barrenness , and debilities arising from venereal excesses , has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in t ' _aousands of eases To those persons wbo are prevented _eneriog the married state by the _consequencen of early _rrors , itis jrvalttable . Fries lis , per bottle , or four quantities in one for 3 Ss . THB _CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying the system from renereal _contamination , and ia recommended for any of tfee varied fenns of _secondary symptoms , such as eruptions on the _sidn _, blotches on the _ ead and face , enlargement of the throat , toHsiie , and uvula ; threatened destruction sf the nose , palate , ic . Its action is purely detersive , «_ d its beneficial influence on fee system is undeniable . Price Us . and 33 s . per bottle . The 51 . cases of Syriacum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be had at 19 , Berners-sSreet , Oxfordstreet , London ; whereby there is a saving of if . l 2 » ., and the patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee , which advantage is _explicable only to those who remit 51 . for a _pack-st . PERRY'S P ¥ kIFYrN _& SPECIFIC PILLS _Constitute an effectual remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea , gleet , stricture , and diseases of the urinary organs . Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., aBd lis . per box . Consultation fe « , if by letter , ll . —Patiente are requested to be as minute as possible in the description of their cases . Attendance daily , at 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , Loudon , from eleven , to two , and from five to eight ; on _S-andays from eleven to oae . Sold by Satton and Co ., IO , Bow Church Yard ; W . Edwards , € 7 , St . Panl ' s Church Yard ; Barclay and Sens , _Farringdon-street ; Butler and Harding , 4 , Cheapside ; R . Johnson , 63 , Cornhill ; L . Hill , New Cross ; W . B . Jones , Kingiton ; W . J . Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; J B . Shilkock , Bromley ; T . Riches , London _. Etreet , Greenwich ; Thos . Parkes , Woolwich ; _Ude and Co ., Dorking ; and John Thurley , High-street , Romford of whom may be had tha 'SILENT FRIEND .
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CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THB GLOBE . _UOLLOWAY-S OINTMENT . CURE OF FISTULOUS SORES _AJfD _FLEUKIST . Extract of i Letter from ifr Robert Calvin , Chemist , Stokesley , dated , September 3 rd , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . _§ I 5 ) _ _MrThor _ pf 0 _ll | National Schoolmaster of tnis town desires me to send yoa the particulars _ofhissoa who had been bad for t ' _aree jears andahalf , _andhas received the greatest benefit bythe use ofyour pills and ointment . He is ofa scrofulous constitution ; a pleurisy had left a large collection of matter in the chest , and tbis eventually formed a passage through tbe wales ot the chest , and ended in three fistulous sores whieh discharged large quantities of pus , when he was induced to try your pills and ointment , at this date he was apparently in a dvisg conditioa ; the stomach rejected _everything it took " . Your pills and ointment had the effect of Completely curing both the coug h , and stomach affections , Ws strength andflesh _arealso restored , hit appetite keen , aod digestion good . There u every prospect that a little further continuance ofyour medicines will finish the cure ( signed ) Robebt Calvert . fhe _JTopcsscLrrE Kewspaper , published at _Meernt , has , ou the 15 th October , 1847 , copied an article from the Besakes _Recskd" _** , of whicb the following is an Er . tract : — The Prince of Maharajah Bissonath Sing , who was temporarily _residingat Chittercote , was suddenlytaken ill with S Da _* "modic Colic , and during his illness His Highness often asked for Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , Hi _ e _ ad heard much of their virtues , but none _cauld be obtained in the neighbourhood , and Professor Holloway , no doubt , unfortunately loses a certificate which would have grcaed and dignified his list of cures . ' The native Princes arenow _. using _Hollowav ' s celebrated FiHS and Ointment in preference to every other medicine , they being so wonderfully efflcaciousin the cure of digeases in India .
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visited by two cardinals , wno began to criticUe liia _fvork , aad found fault without understanding it . ' Tiie Apostle Paul na . s tm red a face , ' said one . 'He blushes even in Heaven to see into what hands the Church has fallen , ' said the indignant artist .
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The Currency Question. Ref9iu-, National...
THE CURRENCY QUESTION . REF 9 IU-, NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY , OR REVOLU T ION . [ The followinir postcript was attached to the letter signed ' A . Z ., _junior , ' which appeared lathe Star of Saturday last . ] Perhaps I ought to _e iplala to you why , In the face of my former ' Tory * predilections , I have adopted Chartist principle * - , not _bscauie of any importance attaching to the conversion of such a humble Individual as I happen to be , but became you might otherwise conceive that I om , ia some measure , insincere in addressing myself to you — the avowed organ of the Chartist creed . The truth is , the conduct of the overwhelming majority of the present House of Commons has proved to be so utterly _dUappoiating—not to say _dlngasllng- —as to deprive anj m »_ , _pos & _OBBftd of common judgment , of tho least hope
that they ever will or can attempt to pass any measure calculated to benefit tho labouring classes and the coun . try at large ; and while reading your papers I _discovered prinoiples therein advocated—nobly and warmly adrocated—which I had in vain looked for elsewhere , eo tbat I at onoe _camq to the conclusion tbat there was no othor course left tothe well-wishers of our country—to , I will add , the philanthropists of ihe age—than the immediate adoption of tho People's Charter . A Chartist , therefore , I am proud to avow myself , and , as suoh , I earnestly hope that there may be a speedy union sf all classes of Char _, tists , animated with one spirit , and seeking one common objeet , in order thnt no government may ever be able to Withstand tbe united demands of an united _peeple ! Let us take our stand upon high and noblo grounds ; It is a glorious mission , eatered upon at a moment tho moBt propitious , and big with grand results to England and to tbe world !
The enemies of the labouring classes have , fn their own estimation , achieved n great triumph , from the resuit of the meeting at Kennington Common , on the 10 th April , but they havo vastly deceived themselves ! They may haTe conquered , I freely admit , the _pinic , whieh their own guilty Imaginations , to their everlasting discredit aud disgrace be it spoken , had contrived to conjure into existence ; but that they have in consequence extinguished the genius of Onanism , the fervent breaikings of patriotism , I utterly deny ! Continue then , my countrymen , to rally round the glorious banner of Char _, tism , and ere long you muet have jour rights—the rights of labour and thorlghts of man . —for now yoa ara bat slaves ! slaves to Mammon—subjugated by the despotism of gold ! No wonder the' base , brutal , and bloody '
Tikes played such . __ desperate game . Ono pistolshot was to tura the world upside don-n , whicb means that our , present system , wbich the sapient editor of the Quaker Economist calls ' a delicate fabric '—delicate without miBtnke — would have turn blad to pieces at tbe bidding ot a trumpery pistol , and Mr Baron L . de Rothschild ' s occupation , liko Othello ' s , would have been cone ! What a lots to humanity ! The very name of Chartist _| _hae consequently , and wiih a deeply , sinister object , been reviled , spurned nt , and _snouted , but , I thank God , it has been reviled , spumed at , and scouted , in vain } The principles remain and the cause of them is still unmitigated . Hanger—not rascality—brought the Cbartist Convention together , and hunger took them to Kennington Common , where , instead of bread being given to tbem , they were told to behold the
cannon's mouth ! 1 And , gracious heavens , by whom ? The men of the Reform BUI—the mea who rode Into porrc-r in 19 S 2 , through a revolution , upon tho shoulders of thu labouring classes 1 ! Oh ye hypocrite Whigs I and have ye , too , like "* Louis Philippe , become blindfold tyrants ' . —tjrantB at the bidding of a hireling _presB , fipurred on by the muckworms and grubs of _Capel-COUrt —the drones of society—the ruthless enemies of the labouring classes , who , in their abject shortsightedness and blinded _seliUhness _, they forget , are the _main'tay of England—the bees who produce all the honey !! The present is a critical period—a period which may prove the most important in England ' s history , and yet ne find men , said to represent the nation , coolly telling ua that nothing can be done for the relief of the starving industrious ; they fold their hands and tell as that things must tako thtir course ] What a strange infatuation !
1 Quem Dens vult perdere _prius dementatl ' And so it appearB in the case beforo us , since they not only coatent themselves with doing no good , but , as fate would hare It , proceed to pass Gagging Bills , to hurry oa that _destruction . ' to hasten their _impecdisg- doom , ' . ' In tbe name of _goodness , I demand to know If It be not enongh , to make one ' s blood boil , when the condition of _oneclriBS _ofourcountrrmen , Is contrasted with that of the otter ? Did that Great Being , wbo called this world into existence , ever Intend that one set of men Bhould wallow in the vary _profnseness of luxury while another , and that thc more deserving class , shonld literally drsg out a weary existence , if snch yoa can call it , ia misery and wretchedness t for let political _eoonomists , those fienis in human shnpp , _tvristthe subject as they will , the workiHg classes of Britain and Ireland bave for the _' _past thirty years , and especially during tbo latter part of it , been most inhumanly treated : I belie te it to be a libel
on high heaven—a libel oh the _goodneBB of that God who is all good , that such a state of society should exist ; and yet those true patriots and philanthropists , who have so nobly placed themselves In tbe van of the people , _ a'd plead their cause with such earnest sincerity , are reviled and calumniated as firebrands , robbers , and destructives . We muBt mark well , however , from whence these assertions emanate , and then we can judge thoir value I Who represents the moneyooracy ? A corrupt and servile presB , whicb Immediately Is hounded en to the rescue , whenever the labourers demand their ownwbeaevtr tbey demand that of which they have been SO basely plundered ~ I mean the bread bequeathed to them from on high , the sweat of their brow ! It ia tho vile moneyooracy , my brethren , who aro the plunderers , the robb & _TS of our Wtthrlght J Union , then , my friends , and W _6 sball yet have our own—tho contest may be severe but the issue cannot be doubtful !
• Hereditary _bondsHun , know ye not , Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow !'
k . Z ., jun . N . B . —The people ought to bear In mind that , previous to the accession of the Honse of Han » ver , thtre was no Natioaal D : bt in this country : — 'Dutch finance , ' as Disraeli tells hs In his 'Two Nations , ' ( 'Sybil or tbe Tiro Nations '—a brilliant book , with a significant title , — a title , which in itself speaks _volumeo—nay , more , which , ig a true interpretation of and apology fer all Chartist discontent and agitation !) was imported Into _Enj-land by William III . My countrymen , In Scotland , especially In the Northern parte , where tbe poor but BOble-hearted Highlanders have been bo cruelly treated , are well aware of the fact ; often have I heard them
repeat It with sighs—at the same time doing justice to the memory of the Stuarts , by whom no such debt waa bequeathed to us . A noble bequest , in very truth , ob the condition of England now tells . Mr Cobden , in a late debate , made a pointed allusion , apparently witb a warning voice , to the Republic of the United StaUs , where , be said something to tbis effect—that the grand economical experiment of the day was going _succeoifullj on . Ho did prosperous and happy America no more than justice _. When will our aristocrats and money-mongers learn wisdom t I fear they have neglected , and are bent on neglecting their duty , The cry may soon be raited , ' It is too late ! ' * L = t us make no mistake thU time V _Vfe must bave a Paternal Government .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND—BROTHERS IN THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY . We embrace this opportunity of tendering yoa our sympathy , battling as we know you are against a system of misrule , injustice , and frau 3 , in the land of eur nativity ; but we hope the time Is not for distant When reason aad justice will gain tbe ascendancy , and convince the proud aristocracy , not only of England , but the world , that yoa—the working classes—bavo a right to s voice in making the laws that you aro compelled to obey , and that you will never _relas your _iffjrts until your righteous object Is gained .
Friends , wefeel proud of being members of your noble land . We , like you , have suffered _persecution ; but It is an eventful year—a year that has finished the political career of many a haughty despot . We love our father _, land , and we hope that you will be able to work out your political emancipation , and enjoy those privileges whioh are tho Inalienable _right of man , and without which you aro but serfs and _alavea to the powers that rule your destinies . Great _coaceBSionB have been grante ? _., and are Btill boing m _ de to the industrious classes , by most European governments ; and shall the toiling millions of Great Britain effect no amelioration of their condition —shall the working classes of England still be kept at starvation point—shall Sootland and Ireland remain the _ioup depots of th _« universe— shall it bo said that mil . lions die annnally of starvation , to tho shame of the British government , and that thousands are emigrating to distant land * for the attainment of lhat inherent right —the right to lire ™ which is denfod them la tho land of t _ eir birth ?
We meet together this day not only to sympathise , bnt to fraternise , and to form ourselves _la-. o an association . Bat oar objects are , first , to obtain correct information of the movement , and other affairs of _intorest—to proeuro the Noiherk Stab , as the news we get are mere extracts of Whig and Tory journals , calculated to give ns anythisg but a trao position ofthe state of the country . Second , to subscribe and send our remittances as ofcen as _neceSQity or occasion may require , believing , aa we do , that the Charter is calculated , if passed into a law , to give to the famishing millions their fair share of the bounties of a benefioent Creator , who showers down his blessings for the benefit of all bis creatures , without distinction of oasto , climo , or colour . We hope tho day Is fast approaching when nons , liko ub , will become volnntary exiles in a strange land , seeking liberty , in order to leave their children in the enjoyment of freedom and happiness , without which life ia a curse and not a blessing .
The Irish are holding lergo meetings here , and are subscribing their dollars freely in aid of their friends in Ireland , and we consider It our dut y to be up and doing . Wo havo corresponded with Mr William Jones , of Liverpool , the Chartist lecturer ; he is at Brookl _yn not far fiom New York , and he has kindl y _oiforcd to disseminate those great principles wo _etill _oherlsh , and are anxions to promote . Enclosed is _snorderfor £ for _No _ t _ een St _ bb _,
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Please to send eight papers every werk , and before the mmey is run out we hope to send a much larger turn . We want to aeo our old advocate , the _Nobtuern Siae . Hurra- for the Charter 1 Thomas Kendall , Newark , New Jersey , United States , 7 th May . 1848 . _-Bd _' _hefoM the
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MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE PRES 3 . TO THB EDOTO- OP THE _MOETnEElT STAB . gISi i am bound in vindication of my character to request you to insert this reply to a number of false statements made in the Leeds _MEacoar _, of Saturday last I here Inclose jou the HneB taken from tho columns of that paper , —statements the whole of which I emphatically deny , as I do not remember making a _singlo allusion either to moral or physioal force at our meeting held In the West ward . Proclamations wero ISBued by
the mag istrates of tbis borough , cautioning the people against training and drilling openly to the use of arms . Why Mr _Bdt'or , the onl y advice which I gave to that assemblage , was to give Hp training and drilling openly for tho safety of our cause , as I was well aware that this open praotico ooald be abandoned without the loaot _sacrifice of principle ; and I hereby publicly doclaro that my prinoip les are tho same , and former convictions unchanged . You will oblige by inserting theBe few lines , together with any comment you may be disposed to make upon ihem .
I am , yours , in tne struggle , JoBif Shaw .
' _CBAB . TIST PROCEEDINGS IN LEEDS . 'Several meetings of Chartists have been held ia Leeds ond the vicinity during the past week . Tho mea-PUrCS however , adopted by the authorities in this aad the neig hbouring towns appear to have produced a very perceptible effcot upon the bellicose tone of the Chartist leaders , and their speeches havo been tempered with a _decree of moderation to which for some time they havo beon _etrangors . On Monday evening a meeting was held on a plot of ground opposite tho Britannia Inn , Welling _, ton-road . The chair was occupied by Mr Councillor Robson . Tho meeting was addressed by Messra Pirtb , Lister , Barker , John Shaw , dso . The only feature of interest was the speech of Mr Shaw . It will doubtless have been noticed that tbis individual ever since his return from the ' National Convention , ' which he attended aa a delegate from Leeds , has invariably advocated the employment of physioal force as the only means of obtaining tiie Chartef . Upon tho present occasion ,
however , he appeared to bavo forgotten all bis previouB war . like sentiments , and cautioned tbe people against resorting to force for the accomplishment of their objeot . He warnod them that tho Charter was not to be obtained at the cannon's niouth , by the edge of tlio sword , or by the employment ofthe pike ; declared he was totally unaware that the peopio were arming , and urged them to agitate for thc _Charter hy peaceable and constitutional moans . The _eff . ct of this _fpaceh wai rather startling upon his hearera , nearly alt of whom entertained a very vivid recollection of hfa previous sentiments , and during its delivery ho was frequently assailed by loud expressions of' you are a tr . _iitar , ' ' you have been bribed to say that , ' & e . At the conclusion of his address a strong desire was expressed tbat Mr Shaw should be re . _quested to explain the motives which had _Induced him so suddenly to change his opinions , but upon the chairman looking round for him It was found that he had Ukou the precaution precipitately to decamp at the termination ot ' his observations . '—Leeds Mercury .
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MR _ZEPHANlAH WILLIAMS . TO TUB EDtTOtt OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sia , —The following , I trust , in justice to those whom it concerns will be allowed to appear in every paper in which tho report in question was inserted . I am , Sir , yours respectfull y , _Liewilin Williams . Boar ' s Head Inn , Caerphilly , Juno 12 th , 1818 . . A report having recently gone the round of the papers respecting . Mr Zephaniah Williams , tho following has been received by Mrs Zephaniah Williams , iu reply to a letter addressed by htr to Sir _George Grey : — ' No re . port has been received at this office from the _Lieutenant-Governor of Tan Dieman ' s Land with regard to the alleged circumstance of _Zsphaniah Williams having been sentenced to labour in chains at Port Arthur for having attempted to make hi 6 escape . '
Tee Ten Hours' Bill, To Mb Fielden . Sia...
TEE TEN HOURS' BILL , TO MB FIELDEN . Sia , —On seeing a paragraph in the newspapers that a tea party on a large e _calo _, was to be holden on the 7 th June , in the Fr _.-e Trade Hall , Manchester , to celebrato tho passing of tbe Ten Hours' Factory Bill , and that you and others friendly to tbat righteous measure were to be there , I thought it advisable to write to you on the opera _, tion of that bill la our quarter , hoping that you would there take our case into consideratum , and _dotlaa for ub the best method to be _adopted to get rid of that op . prcBsive system that some of our _employers have adopted . Wo aro sorry , sir , thit wo _ehould havo any cause of complaint , either against thathumano measure er our _employers , for wa looked forward with pleasing antici ' pa . tions and anxious hopes to tho 1 st of May , 1818 , when the Ton Hours'Bill was to come into operation . We cob . _sidered that we would have a time for meral and
religious instruction ; for heartfelt recreation , and eDJoying all the benefits that were _intended to be conferred upon us by the passing of tbe Ten Hours' Bill , but as yet none us have had any eauie to _rejoice ; not on account of are . duction of wages proportionate to the hours of labour , or of any evils arising to trade from such reduction , but on _accouat of the bad arrangement of tha hours of labour and meals that some of our _employers have adopted ; that is—dividing- the day into two parts , witb five hours each , With only one interval for a meal—that is one hour from one till two o ' clock—coinmeBcing in tho morning at eight , and leaving off in the evening at seven o ' clock , Thia system we nil find , sir , to be a grievous burden imposed upon us , _aperaiing against us physically , morally , aud mentally ; li ia more oppressive to us than when under the twelve hours' system—not that we wish to return to the twelve hours—although it is tho principle objeet our employers have in view , no doubt , to get us stirred up to petition for them .
We consider ten hours long enough to bo confined within the walls of a factory . Tbe benefits Intended to be _conferred upon us aro entirely overruled by our heartless employers . When , I would ask them , is our time for mental cultivation or healthful recreation ? Where is the time that was intended to be devoted for the education snd _instruc tion of the young , who comprise by far the greatest portion of those employed under the act , and for whoso benefit the measure was chiefly intended t Our employers tell ua that we bave two hours in the morning , and that one in the morning is worth two at night , In BOmo cages thia may hold good , but not so in ours , Tho two hours In tho morning are entirely taken up with preparing and taking breakfast , end getting ready to begin work at the appointed hour ; but allowing tbere was time in the
morning for education , where is the school tbat Is open at five o clock in tbe morning ? They may be in some places , but it is not in Kirkcaldy , thereforo wo consider tbo two hours in tho morning to bo entirely lost . The _framers ot tho bill certainly never Imagined that the factory lords would rido rough shod through it In this manner , or they would have been more explicit in this clause , which they seem to tako advantage of , which states that we are to be allowed one hour and a half for meals from halfpast seven in the morning till half-past seven in the evening , ! _Tboy consider if wo have anytime , either before or after the timo _spsoified , that thay are within the act , aud tbe factory _inspector cf the district
bas defined it in tbo oame way , and allewed them to go on with their oppressive system ; but we are of opinion that we should bave one hour and a half for _mtals , from the time we go on iu the morning till we leave effin the evening ; but we will not insist ou thie , but leave it for you and thOBe friends to our cause to define for us , and to devise a proper plan fer us to adopt to obtain redress , as we do not Intend to tako another Btcp until we get advice upon the subject . We have petitioned our employers again and _flgiin—wa have dotailcd to them our grievances—we havo appoaled to their sympathies aB Christians , hut they havo Btill turned a deaf ear to our entreaties . They tell as that we petitioned for tbo ten hours , end that wo should now petition against it _.
Now 6 ir , you will perceive from what I have written , that wo are grievously oppressed by oar employers , and without any hopes of redrcBB _exoept by compulsion ; wo , therefore , trust that you will tako our case into yonr _esrlouB consideration , and lot ub hear the result of your deliberations . Trusting that you will excuse the liberty I have taken ia writing to you upon this moat important subject—I have done it because I know you to be a lover of the whole human family , I am , dear sir , yours respectfully , Kirkcaldy , June G , 1848 . A F _ CTo _ -r Bot .
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T _6 THIS MEMBERS OP THE UNITED ORDER OF FRIENDLY BOILERMAKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Feli . ow-Wob . k _ i ; n , — As our annual delegate meeting assembles at Llvcrpool next week , I hope the last year ' s experience has taught us a _leason that we may profit by in future , and that we shall bo longer be guided b y any _antl-progres . _Bfonist party , as the reason la well-known wh y we as » body did not join the National TradeB last yoar although by Mr Newton ' s last lettor in the Stab , wc are led to Infer that we have partially joined , and may j 0 _[ n indivi " . dually . I had thought a gentleman of hia talent would have answered a humble individual jjke myself with
more courtOBy . He states that he knew nothing of tho ease of the shoemakers until his attention _rvaH called to it by my letter . He asks If I am 80 ignorant no not to know that the money paid to trades societies cannot bo appropriated to any other _purpose than that for which it is subscribed . My opinion of the principle of trades unions , is a mutual co-operation to carry practically into effect _by collective me 8 n 8 what a man would do indivi . dually if he had the means . He says ke had a hope that the money had been given with _o _pO 0 d will 08 _iji trades were _intonated in that trial . 1 acknowledge the latter to be the case I wish he would undertake the t .. k to convince the _hoUermakere that th , were _Intor _ested in tbe waits of that trial , I _ ave endeavoured to
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do so but I have signally failed . He says he expected the money was given freely ond not ' with a bad grace . I leave him to judge If such waa tho case , trie London No . 1 . Lodge after much _diacuislon , passed a resolution to levy oae shilling per member on those that were in werk , to the amount of 200 to raise £ 10 ; wa collected upwards of three- pound * by that means , and in Older to forward the money to Manchester with dispatch , we drew upwards of seven pounds from our treasurer to makeup the ten pounds ; the _rssult was , that after the indignity with which our delegates were treated , the members that had cot paid tbe levy would not pay B farthtng , and our lodge _liee . out of that money till this day ; let him reconcile that with bis dectrine of grace . Ha says I hate wilfully misrepresented them ; I have do « o but I have _eiffnaliy ' failed . He « ays he expected
the evidence of the four London delegates , whom I think areas worthy of credence as Mr Newton . I hope this will not be taken with a bad grace by -Mr Newton or any of th « body ; If there is an error it has no * ema . nated with mo ; but It is of the utmost importance that we Bhould know friends from foes , In order that the trades may know the sentiments of our respective orders , and tho reason tho iron branches aro so dogmatical In still adhering to the _factional system , and so averse to progress . Why keep aloof from honest Intelligent rasn ? as witness tho report . of the delegates atthe National Hall , Holborn , on tho 2 Gth April—a report that does Infia _' . te credit to those delegates , Such a combination of talent was displayed upon tbat occasion , that we ought
to vie with each other to carry out the _objects of their resolutions ; and ff the other trades _outntep ns in political knowledge , why should we lag behind in political movements ? Ia ic because no political question * _Sffl allowed to be discussed In the club rooms ? If that be tho _caee the sooner such laws and rules are aboliehed the better for society . Is it not in consequence of a want of confidence in the present Whig Ministry that all the foreign orders fn tho various shops in Loudon are stopped , although many of them in a Btate of forwardness ! Io it not owing to political influences and tbe pressure from without , that even oar own government orders are stopped and tho mon discharged ! _Thisie well-known to us .
Then , brothern , political rights will give us the power to control our social rights . I do not say that it would be advisable to discuss political questions and leave tbe business of the society undone ; but as our b . st efforts to effect social amelioration are controverted by political influences , I hold it folly on our part , if not criminal , _loagerto continue tho system . Times aud manners ch'angc , and so must we . We must _identify _ourselves with the other trades and no loager remain aa fossilated relic 3 of _antiqouted notions : let us , as men having but one aim in view , unite , and move forward , a mighty organised mass , and attack with irresistible force tbat citadel of corruption—class legislation , so long the worshipped Idol of our tyrannical oppressors .
I hope , fellow workmen , you will see the necessity of joining the National Confederation as a body ; by so doing we sball take the first step amongst the iron branches in tbe right of direction ; the others will , and must fol . low . Our Interests and that of thousands demand ub to do so , the voice ef millions calls on us to arouse from our lethargy and aeser : our natural rights ; humanity weeps for her degeneracy ; then Ictus do our duty like men determined to . be free ; Tho-other trades have already entered the field , let ub & 1 bo share the toils and beat of the day , that it may not be said of in , we entered the field after tbe battle was won , and claimed a share of the victory . ' Alex . Fletcher .
The Labour Question. To Tiie Trades ~ Of...
THE LABOUR QUESTION . TO TIIE TRADES ~ OF ENGLAND . The claims of labour are a fertile subject of discussion amongst political economists , who dogmatically affirm that supply and demand regulate the . price of labour . The axiom is correct in ths present commercial state of society , whioh supposes man ' s labour to be a saleable , and therefore , a marketable commodity ; bat I conoeiTe that _^ snob . » n affirmative goes but a short way to settle tha question satisfactorily . An _Ertglish tailor , starving in the streets of _Iiendon , asks for trade atthe shop of an _employer _, and is informed that he cannot be employed . To quoto the arguments of supply and demand , wil ! not either satisfy the cravings ef hunger , or render his frame impervious to the _s _* orra . The value of the tailor aa a producer cannot be doubted , and it must be
admitted that he does not receive a fair reward for his skill and industry . Such a man faa 9 claims on society that cannot be answered by the smart retort —that to buy in tbe oheapest market and sell iu tho dearest , is theonly law in commerce . Tbe most subtle roasoner haa never attempted to deny that labour giveB value to capital , and _therefora „ li tfas labourers give value to all the capital of the capitalists , and without labour capital is of no value , and cannot exist . I will not at this time push the argument to ita ultimatum , but if reason and justice , as abstract principles , _wet-G to decide the ease , judgment would be _Buorti ' y come at , snd we would never again hear of death from starvation , nor the heartless doctrine of 'let everything alone . ' which in a state where all the
land and rivers ; mines and quarries , factories , and accumulated property , are possessed by a few member ? of the Commonwealth , simply meat ; B— 'let the rich few _poBscss' & Ii , the poor man produce all ; or , in other words— ' let the nation consist bf slave _ewners and slaves . ' The great question ofthe day is what can be dono with the starving and unemployed labourers , who , _ after contributing to produce all , have nothing ; and if supply _and _ dernand , b 9 the cause that produce the result , the wisest step must be to get at the _meansthat control the supply , and balance the demand ; for as wo have to deal with facts as they are , rathe * , than & sm would wish tfecm to ba , it _ia _. ib a mixed stato of society , perhaps , not so important to endeavour to fully emancipate labour , as to
regulate the balancing power so as to secure the relative claims of classes as they exist . The present enormous burthen ofuhwiHir . gid _' _erB-pre 8 : ' _ 3 heavily upon all above the rank of labour , but is most keenly felt by you who are the first and most intimate suf . fcrera and you have endeavoured by various , methods to secure to yourselves a fair , or living share of tbe fruits ] of your industry . Your trades unions have bsen denounced bs conspiracies against the public , and it is considered illegal to conspire against the price of labour ; these conspiracies ( so called ) exist of necessity , and show tke honest desire of workmen to live independent ; but though _s _ pported by sick clubs , money clubs , & o ., they have proved ineffeomal for your protection ; yet despite of all the abuse heaoed
on them and their supporters , I think them of service to yonr interests , and though they have not been a solvent protection to your rights , thej- hare been in many cases a useful check against acts ofdespstisra and wanton aggression , and are at once indicative of your virtuous resolve to earn your bread by tbeaweat of your brow , and direct evidence of the oppression and wrongs you suffer . The _digorganiaation of these societies would be injurious to your interests—and it is to be feared , that a general introduction of political aud social questions would tend to break them up . Yet it ia lear that Labour
c _required a more extensive _repre sentation and protection than the medium of these Societies afibrdt d . When bad trade overtakes you , the unemployed workmen are a burthen , requiring aid , _a . nd unable to _contribute toward * - tho funds of the society , and _destitution , tramping from town to town _^ -in many caseB leaving young wives and families unprovided—with other horrors , _euch only as a workman knows , follow in the train . This is not an occasional circumstance , but one of every day occurrence to almost every ene of yon . At this hour there are many thousands of our best workmen and ataunchest unionists " , wandoring through our country in a state ot _vagabondage and mendicancy .
The _government of England , aa at present constituted , legielates for aud represents all interest ? , but the primary one , on which all others rest . The Law , Church , Ea'jt and West India interests , Army , Navy , and all tbe remainder , are represented , and we have actually a government department named tbe Board of Trade , and having a ministerial representative . Now , all these interests look to the _fraachise a ? their means of protection , and all make laws which affeot you and your interests . A declaration of war against America would endanger f * ur
trade , and affect tho price of your labour . " The Miniater declares war on behalf of the Crown . The Parliament supports the Minister . You pay the expense . An Enclosure Bill is passed , enclosing the common lands—tho property ofthe peeple . Your property Ib _tikea from you , hut you are not consulted . Now , if it be right to have a Board of Trade , to legislate on that which is produced from Labour , it is imperative to have a Board of Labour , so that the primary interest , on whicii all others rest , sball be represented in that legislature which makes laws bearing on the interests of all .
The elements of disorder , isolation , and _oppressioD , are fast gathering around us , and there is a _moroge doubting written on the faee of society that foretells the coming storm . Now is the time for Labour to buckle on its panoply and prepare for tbe struggle . The day has _arri red when you must become more comprehensive in your sphere of actionnot giving up the narrowed power you possess , but being organised for the acquirement of greater powers . Political _economy , or the _souroo of wealth producing , is no longer able fo control England wisel y , _irrespective of distribution and moral
_obligation . England has grown so rich that her workmen are without strength , and her merchant princes plethoric and dropsical ; whilst the scrutinising calculation and keen _competition ef her middle men absorbs her generous sentiments , and give no fruit , but a , sour and sod haired to all straggling for existence , crucified feetweon the poverty of her labourers and tho endless gold-loving ambition of her money lords . A society of the united trades , organised for political and social purposes , aa lately proposed by tho London stonemuKOUP , would have a lofty and grand field for useful action—gathering within itself the _changing ideas and sentiments of its members ; developing new sources of national industry ; _improving
and emancipating L . aU > ur , amidst the breakin » np oi factions and the wreck of enow , and throwin _" out a " flood of light on all _aocial and industrial _subjects , valuable to the prereat aad future _getieradocs . But good thoughts _unrefined are _li & cgood dreams , plea *
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_sajit for the moment , but useless ia the coming time . It is the practical working tbat makes conception valuable . Political power and social improvement are worth struggling ton A change musfe take place , where wealth reigns supreme over misery , or worse will follow . I shall shortly be in London , and , aa one of you , I will endeavoHr to do my share . The reoult rests with you . I am , fellow workmen , Yours , fraternally , Sajiu __ Ktdd . Birmingham , June llth , 1848 . sant for the _ moment bat _useless in the coming
The British Constitution. To The Working...
THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . _Fei-nds , —Oar glorions Constitution has been the boast of the ruling powers , and those who shared its patronage , ever since Magna Charta was wrung by the mail-clad Barons from the tyrant John , at Runnymedc . This I take to have been the birth of the British Constitution : since its birth , however , it has often ohanged its garb-haa sometimes enjoyed liberty but too often been kept in bondage , — -when it has received such cruel usage from royal despots , adventurers , adulterers and assaasins , and been physicked by state quacks , that the British Constitution has become an indefinite thing—an evanescent shadow—existing but in name , and consequently dead , and hence the difficulty in defining what the Constitution really is , and what are ua component parts .
Some laud our glorious Constitution in Church and State , and others the privileges of tfce subject ; such as trial by jury—thc right to meet in public , to discuss grievances—the right of going to law with the king—the right _& _petition parliam . e _ 6 —liberty of the press—liberty of speech , & i . & o . _; from all of which I infer , that if the body of the _Constitution is dead , the spirit or ghost of the Constitution has existed up to the present time . Now , however , tbe British Constitution does not exist even in name , fer the _liberty . _profesaiBg _, finalit y * loving , perfidious , ' base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , ' —tired of being haunted by the spectre of the Constitution—have , and are now ( by raking up obsolete acts never before enforced , and enacting a despotic _Gauging Bill , for tbe suppression _of-publio opinion ) - laying the spirit of the Constitution in the red seaofthe blood of British subjects .
" Alas ! poor ghoBt . ' * In proof of tho foregoing , we have but to glance at the recent acts otthe Whigs to prove the truth or falsity of those assertions . Many months prior to the French revolution , the then Chartist Executive had given publio notice that a National M os £ er Petition _shouid be presented to the House of Commons , sometime in May , by T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., ( it _beinR hoped that that gentleman would havo so far recovered his health , as to ba oapable of performing his parliamentary duties by that time ) and a Convention consisting of forty-nine delegates , elected at public meetings , was to meat in London for the purpose of arranging tho procession * < fcc . on the day of its _preaectttion .
The political events on the Coutinent expedited this movement , and the Convention met in March . The Whig Government recognised this body by sending two of ita reporters , to note the doings of the Convention , although it refused to acknowledge or receive deputations from that body . As before stated , however , the chief object of the Convention waa to hold a _lar _^ e meeting , and arrange the precession oa the 10 th of April , the day fixed for the presentation of the petition—due notice of which was given by large bills posted over the Metropolis . This had been done before , not only by Chartists , but by other bodies , without any interference on the part of Government , and waa believed to be the constitutional right of Englishmen , publicly to meet and discuss their grievances , and petition the _Legislatnrefor their abolition .
One member of the Government lays some claim to literary honours , and h _.-. s lately appeared in tha light df a dratnatic author . Be this as it may , tho Whigs were determined io prove
THE CONSTITUTION A FARCE , and apolitical drama of strange events was strung together , to show tbe world that the _Conatitutis-u of England was all moonshine , or at best but a spectre or sprite , whose _gambrjs , for the preservation of despotism—it was high time to put an end to .
THE FIRST ACT commenced by showing John Bull the vanity of boasting about his glorious Constitution . The state doctors thought him ill—too ill to walk _abroad-he must stay at home—take their physic quietly , and continue his low diet , —he had lived too well—waa too corpulent , and not dropsical , as he _asserted , from taking skillv , —and by a special act passed 100 years ago . LARGE BODIES , wera not allowed to wait abroad , particularly in the _neighbourhood of St . _Stephen ' s where they resided , without loss of liberty . Weil , John sent his petition . Dravine for a chan _? a
of diet ; but the doctors' boys who administer their nauseous drugs , wrote some filthy stuff in his petition , and the quacks , their pupils—lickspittles and boys , fror _ Colonel Tutiiahem _duwn to little _Jack—laughed at _tym for a fool , in . believing his Constitution strong enough to walk to his doctors , and seemed his petition for a change of regimeshis Constitution ivas so bad it could not bo allowed . Thus closed tbe first aot , after destroying the right of petition , amidst the applause of Whig and Tory , and a flourisk of bludgeons from the Special _shopO ' cracy , and Blue devils .
THE SECOND AOT . Although the right of Petition , and of walking to present it , was taken away , still the right of publio meeting , liberty of the press and of speech , wa 3 thought to be possessed by old John . A million of bis children had died of starvation , and the survivors were clamorous for -bread : they spoke in plain terms ; saying , they wonld not starve quietly in a land of plenty . The Whigs enacted a bill whioh _g »? ged the mouths of hira and his family , making it felony _. _should either he , or they , ( _oompass , imagine , invent , devise or intend , express , utter or declare , by publishing any printing or writing , or by open and advised speaking ) seek any change in their condition or food , or a change of state pnygcians , under pain of transportation for life .
This was fhe denouement of the farce of the British Constitution . Not only liberty ot speech , and of the press , but even of thought denied . This last would be rather is _surious prosecution . What thea has become of the glorious Constitution which hasmade this country 'the envy of surrounding nations , and the admiration ofthe world ? ' er rather , is there a Constitution in existenco f Alfred , who lived in the ninth century , said ' it was his duty tc leave his country free S 3 tha thoughts of man . ' Tho Whigs of the nineteenth century fetter thought-, and punish it with transportation to penal colonies . Perhaps I am wrong with regard tothe Press .
The Press has perfect liberty to act the part of bloodhounds . to the government—to libel and caricature the people—to be silent at their privations , but to trumpet forth the ravings of their despair—to issue forth garbled and lying statements of their movements and intentions— to arrest and prejudge political offenders before they are in custody—to give orders to soldiers and police to flesh their awords in the blood of tho people , and to prostitute their great pow _« of doing good . Yes , the Press has perfect liberty to be-as it is—filthv , venal , and corrupt . But , what liberty has the Press thafc _advoca-es the poor man ' s rights , and _proclaima'his wrongs ? Tbe _Gaging Bill for the «» ecarity of " the Crown is tbe best answer .
__ Thus has _Ubarty of speeoh—of the press—the right of petition and of public meeting-and last though not least—trial by jury-been destroyed . Ihe last state trial in Ireland , shows the fallacy of expecting justice irom trial by jury under a government _possessing-bsth the power ahd will to pack the jury against its victim . Courts of law are now a mockerv .
Tho laws corrupted to the bands that make ' em , S-rvo but as instruments of 6 _oine new tyranny That every day start up to _enilivo us de 3 per . _. v . 1 b ! v ra _° 3 t rabia of the _Tory P _' acknowledge ™™ J « r - V _^ s Packed thst tried the patriot Mitchel . The Examiskr , professing no sympathy ior Mitchel , eajs , he was convicted by jugglery , and _asKs by what marvellous chance was it , that Catholics being to Protestants en the Dublin jury list as three to one , the former were to the latter on the panel as ono to five , and upon the jurv KOiVB to twelve ? ' At the St . James ' s Theatre , Mr . Houdin will help a dozen persons to different liqueurs out of the samo bottle . In Dublin there is a magic not lesB wonderful , which out of a reservoir mainly Catholic will glva you a _samplo of pore Protestantism . Tcu see a field of Shamrock , and „ presto ! it is changed into an Orangery . ' Thust
, hen , wc havo not the shadow ofa Constitution . Whilst continental nations have wran » constitutions and concessions from their rulers , we haye _auik still deeper in the gulf of slavery . What _linglishman can read the preparations of a weak government to slaughter a defenceless people on Monday last , should they assert the right of publio meeting , wituout the blood tingling in his veins , and the conviction that he is a slave ? Truly a fearful responsibility rests upon those who have crushed an industrious people beneath a heavy pressure- of taxation , for the support of a pampered aristocracy , a _bloated _stite church , and a profligate government , while they have also wrested from that people tha last remaining vestige of their liberties . Oh I wben is itcoaiin _? , tho glorious time , When the _feitera of slaves shall burst _. And earth _sbuilba fair as Its Eden-yrime And man ahull bo free as the first . r , r , „ Edwin Gill . London , Jane 13 .
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Marriage . —Lure brought to trial . —Going home by daylight after courtship ' s masquerade . _pAwa-BoKER — The poir man ' s banker . —A man who holds your coat _ffhilafc you fight ,
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