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      France. Ia The Discussion Ou The Address...

      FRANCE . Ia the discussion ou the address in the Chamber 0 t Peers , M . Guizot and his two intimate friends and chief diplomatists . Saint _Aulaireandde _Brcfjlic , a ddressed the Chamber at length , all three _echoing _jjie one idea—viz .. r close alliance between France 3 nd Austria , The necessity of pleasing Austria _was boldly avowed by Count St Aulaire ,, who _declared . ' that nothing stable ur desirable could be done for Italian liberty without the consent and concurrence of Austria . ' The sime principle was 3 vowed with _respect to Swizerland . In short , the Austrian alliance is the programme and symbol of _ilieGuiMtminUtryoflSiS . and Prince Mettvmich is declared the arbiter ex' Europe

      Alm . » st the entire titling oi Fridsy was occupied bv a speech of Count _Montalernbcrt , whieh sought to prove that the Jesuits were the only true Libera ! .-, snd that the _IUdicals were despots uf the fame _= cb . wl as tbe Emperor Nicholas . In the Deputies , the Address was read ; and M Odillon Bairot has given notice tbat he should dem and , at the _easiest opportunity , explanations v romthe government relative to ihesale and purchase 0 f government _plxoes _. as b _.-ouuht to light by the _aJiir Petit . [ This affair is described in auotker wlutuii . ] . .

      As we expected , the government has decided not _io ratify the conditions on which the Duke d _' Aumale _acceded the surrender Cf _Ahd-el-Kader , and that the ex-Emir will not be _st-nt to Egypt , but will be kep t in close custody in France . _Tiiere have been ' a ' arrain K' rumours circulated respecting Louis Philippe ' s , hcahb . Tbe agiutun a"ii » ri £ st the rnoney-grn _^ _btrs is significant ! M . Ptr _^ inand Ca . _u-tidiM 6 . one ot the writers of the _RtFoaus lately deceased , was buried on Sunday . The funeral was attendtd by a precession of three thousand Democrats . The grave was guarded by a Strun _; ' force of police and municipal guards . The _Rrform dinner , intended to be holden in Paris . _, has bten prohibited by the _^ oiice .

      SPAIN . Espartero has been received with _greateRihusiasm in _Madrid . General _Licase . private secretary to the Ei . _Regent , died on the 10 th . The funeral of the deceased was attended by an immense procession . Sixty thousand persons - , including Espartero , are laid up ia Madrid _wiib the inrluenzi . The impe & cbmeEt ot Salamanca has ended in smoke .

      ITALY . LateBt _adviees teceived state that _tranquillity _h-s been restored at MilaH It is , however , the _trsrquilliiy of deJeimiiistiPD . and net of despair . The people have discovered the secret of passive _resistanee _. _Innumerable manuscript billets were _scattered srwitf the streets , _bearing Ihe _folJowinr ; - . _etructious to tbe people : — ' Courage 1 Turbulent asd inconsiderate _zeal . would be destructive to us ! Beware of being drawn into tbe snares laid for you by the police I Learn to put restraint on yourselves . This will be evidence of yonr _strencth . At present jB & _thtftife ttar . quillity ahd d ' _u-nity 1 '

      Tbe proceedings on both fides at Milan have been very systematic . The abstinence fraa _totaeco was commenced with previous notice in order to enable smokers to leave it off gradually , and on the 2 nd the object was _accomplished ; not a cigar was to be seen . Tub authorities began by hirirjs : persons to smoke _, and sending them " tbioiigh the town , followed by police scents and FoldienC to seize any of tbe people who should insult tbem . This not proving effectual , tie soldiers themsrlves were sent out , asd filled the most frequent cafes and promenades , places where they were not accustomed to he seen , _f-uffinff the smoke in the faces of the excited populace . The interchange of angry word * can be easily imagined , and indiscriminate massacre ensued .

      As evidence of the nmnedited nature of this military mRgsacre , it is stated that Rsdetski and _Torresasi , tbe chiefs of the railitary and the police , bad previously sent 9 rders to tbe hospitals on the morning ol the 3 rd to _prepare all tbe disposable beds and litters for the wounded . A letter from Milan says :- * Th < - attitude of the people was remarkable . Thry have offered the Best energetic resistance to the troops . Men wtre seen breaking down the roofs of honEe , in order to throw the tiles at their _BgeresEOTs . Window _frames , panes of glass , & c „ were ihrown at tbe Austrians . A placaTu ademsea to the liberals was stocK up , read with

      _svidity , and palled d wn on tbe approach of a patrol . At every step in the street of Milaa are found small written Eot * s , inviting the population te offer resistance . The _ennoureis cannot suffice to the sale of arms . Oae of them sold 180 pairs of pistols . It is evident the people are _preparing for the _strangle . _Vfe htar by the most recent intelligence that the lottery _hns been prohibited , as well as the Ufe of tobacco . All those who shall _gcmble 6 t the lottery are fo be dismissed frem their pl-ces if _ftrvants or men tn _wsEe-Iiirr _, _bsm ' _fhed if men of sn independent station . It is paid , ob the ether hand , that the Austrian _sgtntt , R & d . - _tski and Torresani have swsrn , if tranquillity be not restored , to set the town on fire and kill the inhabitants .

      Private letters from Milan of tbelOth inst . state , that the _greatest exasperation prevailed in tbat city . The number of persons killed by tbe soldiery in the evening of the 3 J . or who _subsequently died of their _wonsds , was calculated at upwards of SO . D s * urbances bave taken place in many cities of L _^ mbardy . At _Breccia the commandant of _theplace wa * killed . This officer had said in one of the public cafes— ' At Cracow tbe head of a man _wa- < worth five _fiorins . at Milan it is n « t worth more than five sous . ' On leaving the cafe he was poienarded . On his body was found a paper bearing tbe words— * This has been given gratis . '

      Letters from Milan of the 11 th inst . mention that six or seven persons bad been killed , and upwards of SOwcundtd . in a conflict between the students and ihe _Austrisns . Subsequent to that affair , the celebrated . University of Psvia wns provisionally closed _, and most of the students bad left the town . Accordins to the same letter , the police of Milan sent 150 _sien of _infantrv 3 nd civalry to surround the house of the Jockey Club , at two o ' clock in the mornine _, and to summoR the members present to retire . The establishment was afterwards _elosed . The grand theatre was entirely abandoned . The yonnc men belonging to the Lombardo-Ver . etian Noble Guard , instituted in IS 38 , at the crronation of the Emperor at Milan , had all tendered their resignation .

      It appears 1 mm reports which _. have arrived , tbat the league against tbe consumption of articles from which the government derives a revenue , has not been _coiifined to Milan , but has spread generally _tarf _; Ui ; h Austrian Italy . At Cremona , at _Como , at Lecco , an « J other chief places , there have been like movements on the part of the people . _Another popular manifestation took place at Leihorn Ml ihe Oh , the apparent object of which was to Exjtms the discontent of the peop _' e at the slowness of the _government iR organising and arming the civic guard . The correspondent of the Dailt News , wriiinp from Rome , says : — -

      1 We L . ve had a scene like those that marked tfee last years of the reign of _L-mis XVI-in Paris . The mob . headed by Ciceroacchio , brought up on the first day of the year a long demand of rights and _concessions _, resembling ; _, in wild ineoherency . tbe five points Ot your O'Connorite charter , The civic _enard , to the " number of * 3 . 000 men , was called out temeeta supposed popular insurrection at the _gutes of the _Qiiirinal . The doors were barred , and the raiu _dispersed the crowd . Meantime the senator ( mayor ) , Prince Corsini , went _throui-h the streets _haranguing tlic mob . ne told them that the Pope , whom he had just seen , had said . * Jo - 'on con popolo eperpopoh' ( I am with asd for the people ) . A mob gatheie _^ round the club of the _Cicolo Pwomane , from the balcony of which the senator adcre _^ seJ tbe people . _SUetiZlO - ' bawled OUt 2 . brawnr _ffclluw , _aiiil all were silent ,

      ' Tell " the _IVpe , " said he , 'that tbe people is f < r him aid with him alonp . and that if he listens to the scaur drels around _him'lWiianri ) . if ne ( , ws nf _» tse . r'd them to the right about , this _playthinc ( drawing out his Roman blade ) will do the business . ' Imreense shouts followed , and they all ultimately dispersed _, en the promise that the Pope would drive _thiouch the Ccrso publicly , which he has just done , amid immense ciamour of app lause . On the evening of the 4 th . a grand detnonstratien * _* ok place in tbe theatre at Venice . All the women wo _. _eafri-cJonred ribbon . The pi ece performed was Macbeth , ' and in that part m which tbe Italian _operatic version of the great tragedy makes the cfcerussku * . * The country weeps and calls lor _yen—Hastet , let u _< hasten , brethren , to save _tnr oppressed ! ' the enthusiasm was immense , _ar-d the chorus had to be repeated amidst tremendous applause

      . , ___„ At Turin , a mass bad been celehr & ted for the sonls of those who had been _taapsaered at Milan on the 3 rd . Sun-erous addresses had beenpre « _-nted to tbe kir . e , signed by persons of all classes , tffennp their properties and persons in defence of the country should its independence be attacked . ' Great excitement prevails at _Gen-ia . _JJ'Ufitq the Je-uits , ' and 'Viva the independence cd Italv . fire the popular cries shouted from the thousands who congregate the streets from morning till night .

      UKIIED STATES AKD MEXICO . __ By the sirivalof the Uibernia , we learn that little had been done in either House of Congress . The nerrs from Mexico is not important . _ We find reports ef two steam-boat exp losions ; by the one from Eixty to Eeremy lives were lost ; and by the other fifteen people perished . The steamer A . _N . Johnson , bound to Wheelis _? _- _; , blew upon the 29 : b of December , with a tremendous explosion , near _Maytviile , Ky ., from some unascertained defect in the machinery . Between sixty and seventy persons were killed on the snot , and a large number scaldtd . of whom some thirty are so horribly injured that their reo jvery was considered doubtful . The _steamor _^ _estwocd ws « going down the river laden with eoa . The fog was dense , and the beat unfortunately _rsn into the bank and _hune there about fifteen minutes . Tbe water in the boat ' s boilers wsf thus thrown aft , Ihe flues became excessively heated , and when ihe

      France. Ia The Discussion Ou The Address...

      b _al ft * 1 _< _-ff and the water rushed forward , the explosion was instantaneous , doinc dreadful execution en the sraa 11 number aboard . Fr _«> m twelve to fifteen lives were lost .

      France. Extraordinary. Revelations—Abd K...

      FRANCE . EXTRAORDINARY . REVELATIONS—ABD KL-KADER— _GUIZOl ' S FOREIGN POLICT . ( From our own Paris Correspondent . ) A curious _dement has just been published and d _i stributed , asif for a _Jnewlearb ' _gift _, to theChamber of Deputies It _wa statement of facts explaining how * certain M . Petit got the place of a tax collector (« ceic « r _perticuUer ) at Corbeit , near Paris , and has been _pubhdied by M . Petit himself . M . Petit haS been forced to this act in consequence of a suit for separation pending befveen himself and his wife , and m which action it had been alleged that he had _bouj-ht

      his place by _prostitutinn his wife to a centleman _iatimaiely connected with XL Guizot . He now declares in his publication— ' Yes , mv place waa bought , as all places ;< re bought _now-a-day ; but it was _beuuhfc not with prostitution , but with hard cash osly . ' Then he goes on to detail how he first aspired to the office ofa _y-juncibor Referendary at the Court of Accounts . How the ministry promised him that place , if he only could procure the resignation of one of the councillors ; how the minister ' s secretary intimated to him . which of the Councillors would most likely sell their charge ; how be then , for 15 , 000 francs , procured the _wished-for _resignation ' how then he was told he must

      procure a _resignation ofa Councillor Referendary , not of the second , but of the first class , as the government wanted such a one in order to fulfil a promise made by them on their coming into office ; how by makeshift- ' of different sorts , the difference of price of the two resignations was made up ; how at last the resignation was procured ; how then the ministry wanted _notonly a resignation like that tendered , but one of a highrr _deiree still , of a Master Councillor ; how this new resignation was also procured by tbe means of * cash down ; ' how finally it was offered to M . Petit to accept the tax coHectorship of Corbeil , rather than the place in the Court of Accounts ; how M . Petit accepted of this ; how then the different resignations were signed and exchanged _aeainst the amounts of money stipulated ; and _horr _, two days later , the whole of the royal ordinances were published , accepting the resignations , and promoting and naming the several _individuals concerned , to the iffices stipulated by the

      _transact-oB . These are the principal facts of tbe matter . There are some _others ol less importance , proving how M . Petit , as soon as he was once hooked by having paid the first sum , was made to pay raore and more . But the _* e 11 ass over . 1 only mention , that in the publication of M . Petit all the names are given in full . Tou will easily _imas ' _iie wbnt a noise this little pamphlet has made in Paris . All papers are full of it , and the mere so , as the Minister ef Finance ( to which department the Court of Accounts belongs ) under whose direction the above _transactions took

      place , bad openly denied anything of the sort ever havinc occurred , " when questioned about it ia the Chamber by JI . Luntau . M Luneau _, at the timr , _det'ared the sale of p laces in the above department to be a matter of public notoriety . Known to the majority , as well as to the opposition . Known to every one , in short , except , it appeared , to the minister himself . M . Lacave met this by a fiat denial . Now the matter has come out in a manner which makes all burking impossible . And yet , although all Paris has been full of it for almost a week past , the government has not opened its moutb .

      We only repeat the words of M . Dapin the elder , pronounced when M . Luneau brought the matter forward in the Chamber— 'ItwashaTdly worthwhile to make a _revolution to abolish tbe venality of places ; if this infamous system is suffered to lift up its head agisin . ' 'The nest subject occupying the papers 19 the capture of Abd-el-Kader , and the resolution which the government will come to as to his futute location . There is no doubt they will confirm and execute the Duke D'Aumsle ' s promise , and send tbe Emir to Egypt . * It is curious tbat almost all the papers of the Opposition , from tbe Natiokai , to the _Cosstitutioksel , demanded the breach of that promise . Now , there is no doubt the promise was granted conditionally , and

      leaving tbe government free to cenfirm , or not to confirm it . The refusal of confirmation would not directly _irnply , ss the Scs has it , an infamy . But thcreis no d < ubr , neither , that a similar act on the part of any other government , particularly the English , would have been treated by these very same papers as the most infamons treason . IUis evident , that it being impossible to replace- matters in the same state as they were ichen Abd-el-Kader conditionally _snrrendered it would imply a want of generosity of the first order , to refuse to him the confirmation of the conditions of surrender . But in such questions these national papers are blind , and would commit

      the _sameac _^ s fur _whesecommiision they blame ethers . The only two papers whick bave spoken in favour of cf _nSrming tbe treaty with Abd-el-Kader , are the Prfsse and the Reforme . The first , a monarchical paper , wanted it confirmed , because the government could not give the lie to a son of the king , to a eon of Franee ; thus reviving the old title of the princes of Royal blood before the revolution . 'No , ' said the _RKFeBUB , * the matter is a delicate one—the honour ot our country is implied ; in such matters we had belter be too cenerons than too narrow , and therefore confirm the word given , were it even _ih"t ofa prince ' Again , the _Resume alone has taken the right view of the matter .

      Upon tbe _\ _rho ! e it is , in onr _opision , very fortunate that the Arabian _^ chief has been taked . The struggle of the Bedouins was a hopeless one , and though the manner in which brntal soldiers , like Bugeaud , have carried on tbe war is highly blameable , tbe _coucuest of Algeria is an important and fortunate fact lor the progress of civilisation . Tbe piracies of the Barbaresque states , never interfered with by the English government as long as they did not disturb their Bhips , could not be put down but by the conquest of one of these state 8 . And the cor quest of Algeria has already forced the Beys of Tunis and Tripoli , and even tho Emperor of Morocco , to enter upon the road of civilisation . They were obliged to find other employment for their _people than _piracy , ar _. d other reeans of _fih'ing their exchequer than _tributes paid to them bv the smaller states of Europe .

      And if we may regret that the liberty ef ihe Bedouin ? of the desert has been destroyed , we must not forget that these same Bedouins were a nation of robbers , — nhnse principal means <* f living consisted in making excursions either upon each other , or upon the settled _Villagers ' , taking what they found , slaughtering all those who resisted , and selling the remaining prisoners as slaves . All these nations of fiee barbarians look very proud , noble , and glorious at a distance , but only come near them and you will find that they , as well as the more civilised nations , are ruled by the lust of gain , and only empfcy ruder and more cruel means . And after all , the modern bourgeois , with civilisatiop , industry , order , and at least relative enlightenment tollowine him , is preferable to the feudal lord or to the _marauding robber , with the barbarian state of Eoci- ty to which they belong .

      M . _Gaizit has laid before the Chambers part of the diplomatic correspondence relating to _Switzerland and Italy . The first proves again that he has been regularly done by _Lord _I'almerston , and both prove the intimate alliance France lias entered into <* ith Austria . That was the last iufamy which as yet bad been spared to Louis-Philippistic France . The representative of tyranny , of oppression attained by means the : most infamous . —tke country of stahi lity and reaction , the ally of prarce , as reconstituted by twa _rtvolutions ! Deeper she cannot , sick . But this is quite well . The deeper Ihe _lourgeoisk brings dowR this country , tbe nearer draws the day of reckoning . And it will come , before the bourgeoisie think of it . There is a party they do not take into KCC' _-unt , and that party is the noble , the generous , the IraTe French people .

      The dispute between the _Rj-fobme arid the National has been submitted to a jury selected by both parties . All hostilities are suspended . By the end of this month the decision will be given . May it be as it will , we hope the Rifobme will continue in the only course which can save the Democracy of Franee .

      Brussels.—A Few Days Ego The German Work...

      Brussels . —A few days Ego the German Working Men ' s Society celebrated a festival . The foreign democracies were represented by M . M . LeleweJl , lrabtrt _, General Mellinet , Picard , Weakens , and others . The following toasts were drunk : —To the ' Association Dtmocratique of Brussels , ' by Dr Marx . To the * German W _.-rking Men ' s Society , ' by M . Picard , ( Belgian ) . To * the Polish patriot Lelewel , ' by M . Bornstedt , editor of the German Bkvssels Gazettk . To 'the union of freed Germany and freed Poland , ' by Lelewel . To ' the Brussels Geemas _GiZETTf , ' by M . Wolff . To 'the two foreign _Demt'Cra--ic papers , the . Northern Star and the Reforms , ' by M . _Gigst . Other speeches woro deli _, vered by M . M . Bora , JuBge , & c . A democratic play was performed , snd the banquet ended by dancine . which was continued to an early hour .

      * Thus Iettw Should Hare Reached Us Last...

      * Thus iettw should hare reached us last week , but was only delivered to us , by the friend who brought it from Paris , on _Tussday last . Before this time our correspondent will have _clscovired his _« mr in imagining for a _mommt the possibility of Louis-Philippe , or his man of all work , performing a just or generous ache * . Al _d-el-Kader will not be sent to Egypt _; he is to be kipt a close prisoner in France . Another specimen of the honour of kings ]—the honour of Philippe the Infamous 1 —Ed . S . S .

      Braintree-Fire.—About Four O'Clock On Sa...

      Braintree-Fire . —About four o'clock on Saturday morning iast , a fire broke out at Mr West s brush _manufactory , in the very heart of the town , and adjoining an extensive eandle manufactory . Ihe _nra engines were soon ai the spot , amd although the flames raged with great fury , and threatened tor some time the destruction of the candle manufactory , and much other valuable property contiguously eituate the exertions of the inhabitants were successful in confining tbe mischitf principally to the brush manufactory and other property belonging to Mr " es _*' The damage h roughW ertimated at £ 4 . 000 . Mr West ' s loss is said te be covered by insurance .

      Extracts From Tub 'Edinburgh Weekly Expr...

      EXTRACTS FROM TUB 'EDINBURGH WEEKLY EXPRESS . REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM . The presentation of a petition to tho House of . Commoils against the return of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . l _' . for Nottingham , " will have awbkeued in tbe minds of Ml stern Democrats feelings of keen anxiety as to the probable issue of the base attempt to _unfeat bim . It will , _morjoTer , hare raised a _tmile of malicious triumph on tho withered faco of corruption and the onemies of freedom will be awaiting with impatience the _consummation of tkeic dovout wish , that the hero of a hundred prosecutions—the unflinching , the undaunted , and fearless _aesrrter of the rights of man—should bo kicked _outoftheCommont'IIouseof Farliament , never more to compt 1 the sapient gentlemen composing that anomalous Houie to hear the wrongs of the _unonfranchiBed

      millions reiterated in their hearing , with nil tho fervour aHd _eloquence of the patriot , fired with a keen sense of the grieToui wrongs perpetrated by the upholders of a con-apt and unholy system of legislation . Vfe doubt not but the rnacbinafion » of tbe enemies of Feargus O'Connor will be frustrated . But while anticipating a victory , we know that he will , along with that victory , incur a heavy pecuniary loss , in the shape of law _eKpensen , Ac —a loss whieh it would be an _indelible disgrace to any man claiming ; the name of Democrat to aHow him to sustain . The whole of his past history is interwoven with law _prosecutisus , tho payment of

      enormoui su m * of money _fjr daring to expose the base acts of basecoveruHientsi , and that , too , in a tone which none orter than himself would have the moral courage to give utterance to . The avowed policy of tho Whig government has ever been ( when they had ceased to have any control ov * rhls personal liberty ) to ruln him with expenses . ' Shall it then be recorded of the Democrats of Scotland , that they suffered such an occasion as tbe _presrnt to pass without coming forward as one man in behalf of not only their tried and honoured friend , but on behalf of tbe great cause of human liberty itself , which must suffer , grievously If the present attempt to unseat its champion prove successful . Heaven forbid ii !

      • It will be _sten by- a glance at another part of our paper , that tha men of Nottingham have taken up the _subjtct in right good earnest . As they have done them _, selves immortal honour by the selection of such a rcpre . Mdlalive , the dafitatdly _aUtvaptto _depriv 6 ili 6 m of _hiu services naturally Mils tbem with Indignation against the abettors of the foul persecution . We cheerfully offer our services in the cause , and bog to state that monies will be received by our agent , at the P * mocratic _Reading-Room and _Tublishing Office , 279 , _High-street , and transmitted to the proper quarter without delay .

      JiR O'CONNOR . Our great and _slngle-henrttd ' champion , Feargus O'Connor , has done us , ss yoti all know , the services of a father and a _V-rolher . Kut who , that _knoWB him , could bare expected aught else ? It is not _himself tbat he lives for—it is not his family that he wishes tn sggrandiir—it is tbe cause of humanity he _stniggltsffr _. It is _forhisfamilj—yes , the whole human _familj ~ . _that lie _ssrr'iices bis pillow , his peace , his ease of mind and body , that their wrongs / their great and fell sufferlnjcs _, may be removed from off their blteding und _mangled bodies . And every thing speaks to the fact of his being what he appears to be , and what be himself _aajs he is , and wh & the takeB bis whole _huppiness and glory from

      the fearless , powerful , and resolved aEBerter of theri < hts and liberties of the jeeple . And nothing more than another shows this , than the puerile and infantile attempt at present got up by the enemies of the working millions to dislodge him from his seat in the Commons ' House ol Parliament . Bat let them try ; the force and _strer . gth of the assembled country are behind him . And where is the man who would not eontribute bis mite to surround and protect , as if with a golden shield , the patriotic , the _disinterested , and the noble-minded O'Connor ! TJp , then , and te _deifig . Lose not oae moment ; for , recollectyou , your enemies are all vigi _. lant , and quick on the _alt-tt , to do by surprise , eorrup . tion , and money , what could never be done In the _^ fair field of fight .

      FEARGUS _O'COKNOR AND THE « WEEKEY EXPRESS . ' It was hinted to ub by some ef our wcll-raeaning , but mistaken , friends , that they had feats that our humble _journal would entreDCh on the _ground so lonr , so nobly , and _se successfully occupied by the _Nortdebn Stak . Tbey also expressed doubts aB to tbe reception our labours would meet with from the proprietors and conductors of that fearless journal _. Our estimate of the character of FearguB O'Connor has not been such ns to lead us fer one moment to coiRdde vith such doubts and fears . We have all along bern familiar with the noble disinterestedness of his heart—the r . ntir _: absence

      of all sordid motives in regard to the great cause of human _freedom ; and we well know that he would welcome with open arms aDy labourer in the Chartist _rrcks . Need we say tbat we feel honoured—stimulated—and more than ever determined to pursne with cnerpy the labours we have entered on—by the follow _, ing cheering letter which appeared iu the Koetbehn _Sta b of Saturday la « t . [ Here follows the letter of Mr O'Connor ] We duly appreciate tbe great service which the above letter will iffect for our interests in various parts of the country ; and are deeply sensible of ( he great obligation under which we lie to its _geaereus-hearted writer .

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Tbe Express republishes the address of the Fraternal Democrats to the Working Classes of Great Britain and Ireland , and appends the foUowing remark : — . _« We quote the above soul- stirring address from the Noethebb Star of last week , It is truly worthy of hting printed in letters of gold ; and we do hope it will awaken the dormant energies of the _Densocrats of Scotland , anrf stir them up to renewed energy in the coming struggle for political emancipation . —Ed . W . E . '

      _EDINBDESH CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting of the _council was held oa Tuesday evening—Mr John Gray In the chair . The _secretarj read minutes ef former meetings and also some correspondence which had taken place with Feargus O'Connor . The treasurer also submitted his _wetkly financial report . The following resolution was then moved by Mr John Cockburn : — Resolved , 1 st— ' That the present moment appears to us the must auspicious that has presented itself for many years past , for thoroughly organising the _Cuar-ist body of this district , ins more especially as we have now an organ of our own in this city , namel y , the _Wcek ' y Express , through which oar acts , wants , and wishes will get full and fair publicity . ' The motion was ably spoken to by several of the _nnmbiTRpresent ; and , using Bwn < jed . hy Mr Eking ? , was _carried unanimously .

      Mr J » hn Cockburn then ably , and at great length , submitted the following resolution : — Resolved 2 nd— Tbat this council appoint from its own body a sub-committee of five to be called the agita . ting committee , whose duty shall be to get up meetings ift the _varit . u ) towns surrounding this city ; and furtlier , tbat the _treasurer be empowered to hand over the sum of tea shillings to the above committeo , for the purpose of enabling them to work out theidea embodied in tbis resolution . ' Mr A . Walker , in bis usual _forclbls manner , seconded the resolution . He was followed up by Mr William Urquhart ( late of Dalkeith ) , in an eloquent address . The motion was put and carried unanimously . Tbe following gentlemen wtre then appointed an agitating committee : — _liessrs . John _Cbckbosh , John Ekikgs _, TVS . _USQCBABT .

      Arcud . Walker , and Dr Alex _Hi-nter _, F _. B . C . S . E . Mr Wm . Urquhart then brought forward the following resolution : — ' Tbat this mteting views with indig . nation the bate and unpriRcipled conduct of a party of the people ' s oppressors , in their malicious attempt to unseat _tfeat noble and dignified patriot _PenrgUB O'Conner , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham . But while we detest and record our aversion to the proceedings of our _libertj-hating _emmies , we would call upon our esteemed champion to bear the threats of his ignoble persecutors with calmness aud indifference ; and we _pledge ourselves to aid , by our pecuniary and by all other means t _' Eat lie In our power , the just _choiso of the _gl-rious constituency of Nottingham , and will not rest satisfied until tbe people ' s advocates are protected , and hare a fair and honourable position in the House of Commons . '

      The motion was seconded by Mr A Walker , various members having forcibly commented on the conduet of tbe enemies of their tried , persecuted , but indomitable friend , Feargus O'Connor , tbe motion was earned amid loud applause . Mr John Grant moved that Mr John Gray ba appointed treasurer , and empowered to receive money to defend Mr O'Connor . —Agreed to . Mr Walker moved , seconded by Mr Monro , ' That John Cockburn , and , Alexander _M'Donald , the sub-secretary , be appointed to draw up ac . appeal to tbo people of Great Britain and Ireland , to rally round their friend snd champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ; and tbat they prepare a droit of their address for next meeting of . council . ' —Agra d to .

      Mr Alexander M'Donald , of Georgie , suggested tht propriety of empowering a perion to receive subscriptions for the above purpose nt the Week ' y _Erpreis office ; the consideration of which was delayed till next meeting . A vote of thanks waa given to the chairman , after which tbe meeting separated .

      Thb Wokd * Speculative.'- This Is An Epi...

      Thb wokd * Speculative . ' - This is an epithet in use among official persons , for the condemnation of whatsoever proposition is too adverse toprivate interest not to be bated , and at the game time too manifestly true to be denied . —Bentham . How to Choose a Wife . —If you are courting n young lady , and wish , before you take her , as the _fashionable prints express it , to _thn 'hymeneal altar , ' to ascertai n- her temper , tear Ber ball dress , as if by accident . If she keep her equanimity lose net a moment in popping * the momentous question . ' She wil ! do ; and you may account yourself a happy man .

      The National Land Company . * To The Edi...

      THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . * TO THE EDITOR Or TKE BUFF 0 IK _CURONICLB . Sir , —In your paper of the 24 th ult ., yeu gave your readers a shore notice of Mr M'Grath ' s interesting ledum on the subject of the National Lind Company , A subject which , although it has been before the nation rather moro than threeytars , and _ewlted considerable _discussion in ether localities , and , with its author , met « itha largo share of abuso _, appears to be little understood hira . I take Ihe liberty , therefore , of making a few more remarks , which may not be uninteresting to your readers .

      The primary ohject appears to ' be fo _improre the social position of the large working _popaatioa of our great toA'ns by providing small landed e _> state 6 of t « o , three or four acres ; and _guch is thp growing desire on the part of our population for allotments of land , that at the present time thero are about 60 , 000 members . The books , however , are . I believe , now closed against further additions The Company now is in full operation , directing its attention to the purchase of estates , clearing , allotting , and building upon them , as it will be seen , with great rapidity . b Tho first estate of 101 acres , ' _Herringscate , ' has been purchased a _" _3 out two jearB , and with nil the difficulties and disadvantages of _Inenpsrience attending the first experiment , was taU « n possession of by _thirty-five families about twelve months back ; but as I shall refer to this again hereafter , I will proceed . Tiie next estate purchased was _Lowbands , ' in Worcestershire , of 164 acres , upon which are located forty . _six families .

      The next _wiw Minster Lovel , ' nrar Whitney , of 300 _ncres , upos which are erected ei _ghty-nine detached houses ready for their proprietors in February . The next estate purchased was ' Snig ' _a End' and ' Moat , ' of 274 acres , upon which tbere are about eighty houses in tbo course of erection , . Besides these , ' Mathon , ' near Gre << t _Mnlvern , Worccstersbire , of 500 acres , and 'Filkin ' s Hull . Oxfordshire , of 611 acres , aro in the course of preparation . The third estate or _« _Minsier Lovel , ' will be balloted for in allotments by its members , on the 21 tb . of this month ; the onlj . qualification necessary being , lhat their _sha « _s sheuld be paid up . An acre _is ' _oonsidered one share , and the sum required for each is 2 ( W . No member allowed to put in tor leBB than two , or more than four acres .

      Estates arc purchased as fast as tbey pmont tbem . selveB to advantage , and there appears to be at _presenf no other obstacle to the speedy allotment ot the vase number of aspirants for freedom . . Tbe _possessor is at once a freeholder , and qualified for that which he might hare lived and died in our large torrns without possessing , viz ,, the privilege of voting ia Parliamt'P . tary ekctions . Liberalising nnd extending the county franchise being an important element cf the scheme , ¦ . The mode of borrowing money to allot the whole of the

      members , fippe « _r > to have been the _nwt of the _businenB least understood and most _miertprosentad . Thia is effected by means of Savings . ' Ba / _iks opened in tho large towns , _pajing Interctt at four _ptr cent ., tbe land of the company affording the best of all security . These banks _h-ivo _becoma the _dejots for the accumulations of _bentfit Boe ' ietles , club » , and the careful of all domes , and _especiBlly of ita own members who are looking forward to the possession of their inheritance , when these suras will be transferred to tbe reduction of their mortgages , and , consequently , their rental or interest .

      It "ill be seen also that many of i « s members may have been more provident or _fortusato than ethers , and ennbled to purchase their freeholds at once , in which case tha money is available by tbe Society , I bad the good fortune to hear Mr M'Grath's lecture when be was in Ipswich , and from tbo interest I felt in the subject have since paid a visit to the * _HerringsgaU ' or ' O'ConnorriJle Estate , ' as ills called , and if you will permit me to encroach so much _upen jour space , I will give your readers a brief description of it . It is situated about two miles from _Rickmansworth , in Hertfordshire . Tho first appearance on _approaching it , is that ofa colony in _wininiure , It has a nuked appearance at preBent , the wood having bten all _cleared

      from the estate ; but , upon a closer scrutiny , every pre . par & tion was being made by its industrious occupants to make it ornamental as well as productive . A road-way is formed up the centre of the estate , at the top of which is erected a neat rod-brick school-house ; consisting of a residence in the centre for tke master , each wing form _, ing a _scbool-room for boys and girls respectively ; 'h ere are three acres of land attached to this . On each M-e of the road tbe cottages are erected , _fronting to . a .: _3 a sV . ort distance from it , the allotments of land _rnntiing back to the extent ef the estate , which is irregular . TheBe cottages present a very neat external appearance ; I entered several , and found them equally so inside , as well as convenient .

      The two-acre cottages consist of a good sized keepingroom In the centre , with ra nge , oven , & o ., for domestic convenience , and opens on each hand te another comfortable room on the ground floor , which form the wings of the building . Behind are erected , barn , outhouses , piggeries , sheds , inc ., and present the appearance of neatllttlo farms . The three-acre allotments have lour rooms , oae being upstairs . The four-acre allotments bave five rooms , tiro being upstairs . In a few instances two cottages are built together ; but I found the detached houses invariably preferred ; and it appeara in all futuro _ostates they will be so erected , and the wishes and tastes of the owners consulted _respecting the conveniences . Six of these small estates bave changed hands , the original occupants realising sums varying from £ 60 . to £ 100 . profit , which has put _' them iu _posaesjioa ofa little capital to follow various pursuits in towns more congenkl to their tastes .

      Among the residents I found all classes and tradesweavers , one of wh » m came from Nottingham , direct frora the Union _Tlouee , to Ms estate ' , and , although he is taunted with having Httle else but potatoes to eat the first year of his residence , he was healthy and happy , and the appearance of the yosng wheat on his land intimated that something better awaited bim for the next . Another weaver , from Manchester , whose wife was patting dawn a large pig they had just killed , and who told me she would not live in town again npon any consideration . There was a shoemaker from Northampton , an Irishman ; a toll collector from Worcester ; a chairmaker ; a mariner ; a cutler ; a tailor from Reading , who told me he worked twenty _yeui-B for Letchwortb _, Morris , and Co ., clothiers , and had little else but the union bouse staring bim in the face in bis old age There are three cows upon the estate , two borses , about 150 pigs , two goats , besides poultry .

      As far as I saw and conversed wilb the occupants , tbey expressed themselves contented and happy ; and , although some of them may have eudured privations and inconveniences tbe first year , coming as they have dene from towns where tbey have a bare existence , I could not leam that it approached in severity to the _sufferings of multitudes of our most indusirious and high-minded artisans , who emigrate to Canada and the United States of America , to escape a degrading position in their native country . Here the land is ready for tbem , and a market at hand ; there they may settle in the bush , erect a _shantee of rough hge aad mud , and labour for two or three years to clear an acre or two before he could realise the homely _potato-fare of our reviled union house friend .

      In conclusion , I congratulate that portion of the _narking classes who are excluded from the benefits of this company , that thero is a kindred society getting into operation ! and although differently constituted , will afford every facility for the industrious poor man lo obtain _small estates and independence—I moan the Electoral League . I am , Sir , your ' s _respecfully , A True Englishman .

      Ovebcro-Wpisg Op The Metropolitan Grxve-...

      OvebcRO-wpisg op the Metropolitan Grxve-YABPs . T _^ Aceu rate returns have been ronde of the _bBperfieial extent of the parochial and eonie other burial-grounds of the Metropolis , and of tho numbers of bodies annually interred in each . _vThe annual average number of burials per acre , for the seven descriptions of _burying-plnccs _comprised in the intramural ground ? , is stated by these omV . & lreturns to be 2 , 271 . Now , if we divide this by 7 , we hare the average for each , which gives 324 burials annually to the acre . From the total , we may fairlyabstract the burial-places of the Jews , and those of the Society of Friends , which aro well conducted . This will e _, ive us five species of grounds , with nn annual average of 2 , 130 burials te tbe acre , or an average ef 426 for each . The proper number , you will remember , is 136 to the acre ; in Germany , the average is only 110 burials per ace per annum . Thus , at the fust glance , it is evident that our

      parish _prave yards arc made to receive every year three times as many bodies as thty ought , and four times as many as aie permitted by the laws of _we'lri-gHlated Continental states . Tho inevitable crowding of our _grareoards may be illustrated in another way . The annual morfulityof the Metropolis , at a low computation , is 50 , 000 . Now , supposing tbe burials to be renewed every ( en years ( and this is tho shortest period that should be allowed for the decomposition of tbe human body ) 444 acres would be required , whereas we have only 209 . _llut this Is not all . There are 182 parochial grave-yards in London . Of these , only 43 are confined within the proper limit of 130 burials to the acre ; the rest exhibit various degrees of saturation , from 200 np to 3 , 000 per acre annually . This is _scarcely credible , but official returns confirm the truth of what 1 assert . In very many the annual average ' per acre fexceeds 1 , 000 . —from Mr G . A . _lYalker _' s Fourth Lecture on the Metropolitan Grave-Fards .

      Plan for tub _Seweiiagb of London . —A dock plan for the sewerage of London , and of the suburban districts included within a radius of eight miles from St Paul ' s , is about being executed under the direction of the Ordnance Survey Office , the estimated cost of which will be—execution of the plan with a proper system of levels , £ 24 , 215 ; tbe cost of having it engraved upon a scale of five feet to tbe mile , and upon 901 platen , of double elephant size , - - . including the copper , £ 12 , 614 ; total , £ 36 , 829 . Stefrage Passaoi to ETBRNn \' - ~ The congregation wlw worship in one of the most gorgeous churches in New Yo _» _-k are about to construct a separate and cheaper place of worship for . the poor . This , says tbe Ntw World , is making steerage passengers of tbe poor on their voyage to eternity ;

      Hush Democratic Coxfedeltatlun, ' This B...

      HUSH DEMOCRATIC COXFEDEltATlUN , ' This body continues its usual weekly meeting , steadily and unassumingly pursuing its courso , and notwithstanding tbo statement of the Nation some time back ( e . e . ) that it whs nn ' English tody , ' continues to enrol men into its ranks in whoso vi'hn flow , uotthe ichor ol some venomous reptiles , but the pure Celtic blood of the Irieh nation : that there area few Englishmen _amr-nt'st them is true ; and this seems to be the greatest pride of the Irishmen themselves , who will never allow a committee to be formed without having one or more of their English brethren on it . This 'is as it should be , and clearly demonstrates that tbe Irishmen in England sympathies with their fellow toilers . - Tha Democrats met on Sunday , January the 9 th , and wero ably ad . dressed by _Mubbis Gannon and Hanlon , two new

      _membirs , who seem to take a warm interest in the welfare and prosperity of the body . The meeting was also addressed by . Messrs M Cai'thy , Tucker , Joyce , and other members of the body , till a late hour . The usual lotter of Mr O'Connor ' was _rtad ana commented on . Several ladies attended , and _sermt-d to take a good _dsBl of interest in the proceedings . Tho _Demicrats met again on Sunday last , Mr Garnon in tho chair . Mr Trice brought forward the following motion , which was seconded by Mr _Joyco _, and _unsnimously adepted : •— ' Tbat the weekly meeting of this _Confi-deiation be called In future for seven instead of _eipht . '—Mr . Clancy commented at great length upon the letters of Messrs Duffy and Mltchel , which were read from the Star . He hud been tho first Confederate to denounce ihe policy of The Nation newspaper . Hb stood alono ! his would _nevor stand by and see an

      injustice done to his countrymen , if he got well abused , vilified , andcalumniatedfor it . He had tet _< n asked how ho dared to differ with the _tfllcnted"geutlemen oftho Confederation ; but his answer had been that he would never wave his common _acuso to e ' _oqutnce , or talent most refined , Tho _- jrentUmen bad now dared to dlft ' _etf with themselves . _Whi-n _hunrtiids of puor working mtw . in Dublin had been intuited in Dublin by John O'Connell , and they claimed a corner of The Nation to express themselves on the insult , did not . The Nation close _iiB columns to thtir complaints , and week ait _.-r week « leny them the privilfge _, till they had such a mass of communications , that tho _Edi-or could make a boast that he was ebliged to burn the lot ? ( Cries of ' Shame . ' )

      The Nation has tried to burko us , and out principles , but it bus failed , utterly failed •—Mr Tucker nested _, dressed the meeting in his usual able style , and was followed by Mr _Charlts M'Carth y , who ubly dilated on the folly of tbe doctrine , 'Divide ond c < _nquer _, ' showing what might bo done by a united , and determined people , lie agreed with Mr O'Connor , that the Irish people Were in the first stage of agitation , and it 6 hould be their object to endeavour to spread all the _itfbrtttiitioii amongst the people _pcssible . He highly approved of the plan for tbis , and propounded by their secretary , and trusted that nil geod men would back bim up in bis undertaking . Thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting broke up .

      The London Confederalists. The Soul-Stir...

      THE LONDON _CONFEDERALISTS . The soul-stirring policy of Mr Mitchel nnd the passive obedience of Mr G , C . Duff . . , ot Ihe _NaWOM , has _eftgrossed much attention here ; though very little is said either one way or the other , it is evident that a _strong feeling exists in favour of the former . The conduct of the English Confederate dtlfgates ( if the law will allow them so to be exiled , ) nt the late _agxregi-te meeting of Irish _Confederates in Dublin is bi-yond all praise , they showed at ence by their line of argument tbat they wero practical and experienced men . And ifr T . Daly , of London , at once boldly avowed that it was to Feargus O'Connor alone was the credit due for the high position ihe question of Repeal had attained among the working _cluseee of England ;

      At a meeting of the _Curban Confedebate Cicb , held on Sunday evening last , at tbe Blue Anchor , York-street , Westminster , Mr Lomasney in the chair . Mr _Ri-ynolds said , that the _pervereion of the funds of the association was enormous , osd that all those who took an activo part in tbat association , and remained silent , were as guilty as those who did it , Tbe evils that now existed in Ireland would shortly exist in England . Already had the poor rate swelled up to an enormous amount , and to what was that to be attrihu _' td ? Why to the infamous act of _Usion . AH classes iir Ireland were disorganised . —Mr R . Hosset 6 aid , he fully agreed with tho lust Bpeaker , that a great number of those wbo were in

      the Confederation had neglected their duty when , in connexion with Conciliation Hal ) , in allowing the funds to be perverted . When they were _receiTeS for _greater and nobler purposes . —Mr Reading , in an able _spcei-h _, called the _attmticn of the meeting to the able letter of Mr F . O'Connor ' to the Irish people , 'in the last number of the Nohtuebn Stab , which he said ought to be read by every Irishman , and that the opinions of the Continental press with _respect to that _sterling patriot ought not to be passed slightly ovir , they contained matter which would show the feeling that existed in the several p . _irts of . Europe with respect to Ireland . —Mr Hanson deprecated the whole policy of Mr _O'Conneli ' _s life as _ou _« great delusion . The _uuetuig then adjourned .

      Tbe Davis Confederate Ciub held a large meeting in their Lecture Room , _Daan- _^ treet , Soho . Mr J . J . Fitzgibbon in tbe ehair . The report of the late meeting of the Confederates was read by Mr _Lsoney ( secretary . ) The chairman then called upon Mr Daly , tu Rivo au account of his lute mission to Dublin , iff Duly then proceeded to state that it was with great pleasure he had to inform them , that the council of the Confederation wero determined not to desist until Ireland bad ber legislature . H * had visited several of the Dublin clubs , and he was highly pleased at the _gr > at progress tbey were making with respect to native tn ¦ nufacture . He was happy to state , although the L udon press had endeavoureJ to impress on the mind of 'be people of England that there was a split ia the C - ' . _^ deration , that tho council worktd _bcimoniousiy _together ,

      and that if Mr Mitchel had propounded doctrines that were deemed illegal by counsel ' s opinion , that he would at once witadraw from the Confederation , rather than place that body in jeopardy , The council brought forward ' the new rules of organisation , and Mr Mitchel moved an amendment to tb _.-m , which amendment was lost . He ( Mr Daly ) moved that the original motion and the amendment should be sent to all the clubs , for their adoption or refusal , which was carried . Although he differed with Mr Mitchel and Mr Devin Rtilly , he believed there were not two truer men in the Confederation ; he believed it was the heart-rending scenes witnessed by Mr Mitchel , throughout Ireland , that bad led him to form the opinion he had done . He ( Mr Daly ) did not deny tbe right of tbe people to possess arms _. The council of the Confederation had come to the wise

      determination of throwing overboard the IriBb landlords , who had joined the government to _oppreis the people . Tfce Confederation are not bound by tbe principles of any cue man . But the _ConfsdernVion are determined not to desert Mr Mitcbel , if set upon by the bloodhounds and harpies of government , and ultimately workout the salvation of Ireland . He was sorry that great apntby existed among the working classes in DuWlin—more to tbeir shime , thoy seemed to _disuust one another , ne "fa- ; sorry to say that though their proceedings Were open , there were some Jemmy O'Brions amongst tlum _. He was happy to fay that Mr Mitchel would not be expelled the council . He knew that Mitchel , Meapber , and Barry were bold men , and he admired tbem j and there wore bold men to meet any emergency . He had one fact to intorm them of , which was not scarcely

      known , that Mr D . enis Shine _Lalor , late High Sheriff of the county of Kerry , had writteh to Mr Dully to propose bim as a Confederate at their next meeting in Dublin . ( Loud ebeera followed this announcement . ) Ho had met Orange aud Protestant operutives in Dublin , who infoimedhim that they would join the _Confederation but from their dread of Catholic ascendancy . Now he ( Mr Daly ) for one , 6 hould like to see a declaration _M _^ ned _V-y all _Irisb _CatbolicR , _denying tbat they wtre locking for a 9 eondaney . There were many men in the Confederation that required to be looted after , Who were not to be _trus'ed , but who were on the balance . Mr Leech , the deputy from Manchester , stated , that the Repealers and the Orangemtn had merged their differences , and tbey wtre now _strongly imbued with v _viwcipWa < . <{ nationality , Tim Confederation were strongly determined to lay hold of the first opportunity ,

      whether locally , morally , or otherwise , to gain the object sought fer . —Mr Kencaly movid , and Mr O'Cuhnor seconded , a vote ot thanks to Mr Daly , which was carried _unAuimous ' . y . _—The CnAiEMAN thuu unuounced that a large number of Orangemen In London were about to join tho Confederation . —Mr John Lisdsav then moved the following resolution : — ' That we hail with delight the patriotic exertion of the council of the Confederation for the encouragement ot Irish manufactures , and we _hereby pledge ourselves , individually und collectively , to use every _exirlion in our power to assist them in such a noble aad praiseworthy undertaking . ' Mr _Looscv seconded the _resolution in an able speech , which was carried . Meetings were also held in Chelsea and Marylebone . A Confederate Club will be opened on _Tueiday , Jan . 25 th , at No . 15 _, Grenvillestreet , _St-ymour-street , Somers Town .

      Primrose Hill Park—At A Recent Meeting O...

      Primrose Hill Park—At a recent meeting oftho committee of the West London Anti-Enclosure Association at Clark ' s Rooms , 114 , Edge ware-road , January 10 th , Mr Sawers in the chair . Various letters were read from the Commissioners ef Woods and Forests , under two administrations , concurring in the general opinion that this park ought to he enlarged . The sec : etary said he had his attention directed to the footway leading trom the Park-road into the Regent ' s Park , through the Windsor Caatle Tavern , Park-terrace . He had visited that Bpot , and found there really was a footway through auoh

      tavern , and that it existed wholly through the parkkeepers exacting an annual tax ol halt ' -a-guinea from all who used the proper footway through tho enclosure between the KfDt and Park terraces . He thought such jobbing in footways ought to be looked into . After the transaction of the business , Mr George Wigga'l raoved , and Thomas Wiggall , seconded , a Tote of thanks to the- Press for services rendered , aud with a hope for the continuation of them . The army in Ireland is about being augmented One hundred and thirty horses are to be added to the present strength of the Queen ' s _Baye , now stationed in the south of that country .

      Inai'ioinal Defences. A Numerously 1 . «...

      _iNAi'IOiNAL DEFENCES . A numerously . « ttcn-i _« l _meeting was held last evening at the Brdg' ; House Hotel , for the purpose ' of _sanetioriini a petition to parliament against any _augmentation of the military and naval establishments , Mr _ArsLKv Peixatt took the chair , and stated that the meeting bad been summoned for the purpose of _obiaining an expression of tbe publio voice in the borough of _Southward on the subject which had been so prematurely called into public notice by tllO Duke of Wellington's letter . The principles upon which the Peace Society were founded were well known to all who were present , and those principles were no less popular than notorious amongst those by whom he was _surroundad . In _Soulhwai-k he , however , was prepared to assert there was no disposition to surrender the liberties of the nation until " they had made a vigorous effort to preserve England- "

      from being subjected to military sale . Was it to be supposed that alter thirty years of peace the nation was idly , and without the slightest cause , to be plunged into a state of alarm on the subject of invasion , nnd hurried into taking a defensive attitude for no purpose ' whatever but to swell the amount of tho yearly cxpendituie ? He had mixed much amongst the commercial and social classes of life in France , and his own ,-experience ot the sentiments Of that people taught him that they were growing more in friendly feeling towards England , and becoming much better acquainted with her institutions and inhabitants than they could erer have been under the state of things which Buonaparte maintained between the two countries . Foreign merchants of experience with whom he had conversed , had _txpressf d themselves to him to be utterly at a loss to conceive the grounds upon which the Duke of _Wellington had excited bo / much alarm as to invasion by tiie French .

      Mr S . Sr

      continental wins into which her rulers hud plunged her , and to this sacrifice must be added that of eight hundred millions of war debt , independent ! v of the cost of her warlike _establishments , which , since the peace of 1815 , amounted to upwards of five hundre _' _dmiilions sterling , le had bern _nrist unwisely and untruly stated by Lord Ellesmere , that the French and English-were natural enemies . This was , ia his opinion , am ;> Bt false and unchristian Eentim ' ent , for there was _nothing in the mere separation of two people by the English _Channel , to causa them to ba enemies , and there was no other ground _for-the _auaer . tion than was afforded by the prejudices tf " education . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously .

      The Rev . J . _BunKEir moved the second resolution : — That this meeting _deBireB to record its . _deliberate conviction that the apprehensions respecting war are . altogether unfounded , and that tbe increase of tbe . na . vy , or ,, of the standing army , as proposed , would tend to destroy tbe existing pence , to retard tbe moral progress of reform , to burthen the nation alread y so heavily taxed _,, and _ag-gravate ths commercial difficulties ot the , nation * . It might be asked what did he know about ships , armies , forts , and such matters ? He would answer , frankly , nothing . He would be called on to leave all that sort ef knowledge to the great man who was so intimately versed in the science of destruction ! He readily agreed to do so : bdt he would not agree to follow the ipse dixit of the Duke of Wellington , or to

      admit that it was to be the law of society . " It might probably be observed tbat it would be useless to combat the duke on the point of national defences , seeing thathe was so used to victory . He ( the speaker ) would reply no to this proposition , for . the . duke had , ' been beaten—yes—by public opinion ; _wiilcir _' _i _heVdis-. j covered had more power than all the . . French " arrnie 8 . He ( the speaker ) did not say this . to . disparage the . Duke of Wellington , but to _encourago tha . pejople to enter the field once more against him , and if they did _^ _, their duty on tho present occasion , there -was every ¦ _; reason to hope he would be beaten ' _agaip as he had been befare . What was the real object of the move f

      lie feared it was in order to stimulate the savage and tiger propensities of the people , which were be . coming lost in tho peaceful pursuits of tra _^ e , commerce and agriculture . J 3 ut , if the bull-dog spirit were to obtain prevalence , what was to become of commerce ? It might be said there wast plenty of commerce during the war , and that will again be the case . But let him remind his auditors of the nature of that war _commerce , which was the trade in gunpowder , muskets , provision , and clothing for the army ; the commerce , in short , of the eammisjariar , based wholly on the wants created by war and ending with it .

      Mr A . B . _Stevexs seconded the resolution , which was carried . Mr J . Barketi thea moved the third resolution— : That the following petition be adopted and signed by the chairman on behalf of ihe _meeting , and that it be confided to John Humphery , Esq ., to be presented to the House of Commor . s , and that Sir W . Molesworth be requested to support tbe prayer thereof , Mr J . Kent seconded the resolution , which , was carried . The Chairman then read the petition , which embodied the sentiments of the resolutions , after which a vote of thanks was passed to him , and then eetiog separated .

      ' The National Alliance.'—Under Our Engl...

      ' The National Alliance . ' —Under our English fcead we give a report of the meeting of the National Alliance held in London . We _rejoice at the efforts making by that party , or any other party , by whatever name they may be called , so that they tend in the right direction , and have for their ultimate aim the securing ef the ' People ' s Charter . ' But while thus avowing tke catholicity of our sentiments In regard to our fellow workers in the great cause of political equality , we feel sorely afraid that that spirit is not shared in by the parties who were instrumental in getting up the meeting in question . It will strike everybod y that there is something unaccountably strange , that in the returning : of their thanks to those gentlemen who had stood forward in behalf of

      universal suffrage principles at the late election , they should have stinted the measure of their thankfulness to Henry Vincent , Colonel Thompson , W . J . Fox , J . _Starve , J . 11 . Tarry , Dv Epp s , _acd E . Min . II , snd have wilfully omitted the bright names of Feargus O'Connor , Ernest Jones , Julian Harnoy , P . M'Grath , T . Clark , S . Kydd , _M'Crie , and other noble spiritp , ' There ' s something rotten in the state of Denmark , ' we fear ; for on the great and broad principle of man ' a political equality , it is not possible that men of great breadth ot soul , of expansive mind , of fraternal feeling , could have committed so flagrant a violation of the law of gratitude , as to exclude from the toast the honoured names we have alluded to , because of some petty feeling of rivalry—some matter of stra w .

      splitting—something anti-democratic , and enough to stamp with insincerity their love of the great cause itself . On no one point , in respect to the parties thanked , snd the parties passed over , will the latter suffer by any conumrisen with the former ; but the rather if their actions , _qualities , and consistency were weighed in the balance , the sca'e would turn immeasurably in their favour . We say not this in the spirit ol party feeling ; but are the rather painfully concussed into it by the evident manifestation of bitter animosity whicii dictated the policy we are castigating . In _tuch _feelings we know the ChartUtsof _Edinburgh do not participate . Thoy love and honour all men who love their cause , and show by their actions that they have . that cause firmly engraven on their

      hearts , whatever name they may _ehoese to be called by . Thoy _fondly cling to thoir own natno : for it is a name consecrated and endeared to them hy the sufferings and blood of those who sacrificed home , family and friends , for a glorious cause , and any departure from which would be as a condemnation of the dead and the living ; and they cheerfully acknowledge and accord thesarne liberty to others . In this spirit , at a meeting he'd in this city shortly after the recent elections , tiiey recorded their warm thanks to George Thompson , Mr _JVliall , Henry Vincent , Colonel Thompson , & o ., in the same breath with Fear _^ ua O'Connor , Esq ., Ernest Jones , P . M'Grath , & c . Noso with the _expausive-minded National Alliance democrats of tbe great metropolis . ' Fie on t , oh lie 1 * —Edinburgh Weekly Express .

      Popular _FuBut-tt xn _Ital ? . —The _ifyesse has the following from Trent , in the Tyrol :- 'As a dealer in images was hawking hiB wares about tho streets , a short time ago , an Austrian officer approached him and perceiving a statue of the Pope crowned with a wreath , angrily asked him if he could not _CXptiPfl other statues than those of that man . _^ ' A man . cried the _iiaage seller with great naivete , ' he is the man—he is the imra » rta ! Pope—our father—the friend and protector ot Italy ! ' ' Scoundrel 1 ' ejaculated the Austrian officer , in a fury , * he is a revolutioBist , and this ib what h e merits ! ' As he spoke

      he drew bis sword and swept off the head of the statue . A crowd assembled , and taking the part of the image dealer , laid violent hands on the Austrian officer . He would no doubt have been torn to pieces had not a patrol come up and rescued him . By a superior order he has since in arrest . ' . Shooting—To be let , the ing over the whole county sent season . __ The gatno consisting chiefly of overseers tors ,-bailiffs , process-servers and occasionally a few women cations to be made to Arch , ( noedajpl y _.-ABoi .

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      , it is _saidjjbjeeajdaeed ' _^ _y % _>^^\ _. . _ext _^ rve _^^ _iol _^ eort of TsBp _irltr _^ fb _* _i | Ee < r _3 _rei is exw rj _& fgl _^ btladan _{»;; , jgrj j _^ d _^' ic _^ s _^ _eolfei } - _^ . , _GSSfe nn _^ _ktpi ¥ _^? _lerEs , * _~ - _ffljdpiildrefr :- . A _^ _pK-jX * Je < _$ ih _liBfraov"ifo _Saseri . _&?^/ v _?^ _V _^ * , it is _said _Jbeeaj » laoed ' _excpav _^ rj _^ _'or _^ _MM T I TsBp ir | _tr _^ fo _* _i | Ee < r _3 _rei s efj §< rJ _^ gl _^ bUadan _{»; ra , _& _te ; d . fl / ir _^' _«^ _ljfe > _t ' . i , _Grn _^ e ih ' i _^ _HtpayicierEs , * _~ - _enpdte | _liidrefr _:- _i A _^ _pK-jX * _iwjnn mmn- ; _- _$ fo _iS _*»«^ , .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22011848/page/3/