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      _S-inide J " - * the people , not the- peopte for the _| *! _£ _^ _Plotted had ri * ed- % -dl on the _SrXs for thepe _^ p _lerThepeopIeliadrevei-sed " _^ _j _^ f . verdict and . gas * an _nnmistakeahle l » -EofwhW _^ y beufr- _^ d to be in the right . i off * _JJ ) * W hit was the occasion of the ' ( r _'„ S _« "Why the ingenious menemplojed _rrSS ciure _ofWrInache _, & c . by which _*? ! , \ _med some six or seven francs a day , were _ffiSmaX _iLe the atelier * _^ and go into the _*^ _S to break stones at one franc a day-it was SeSSe _^ n _^ ould _easUy submit to such a _* ° L _^ Ssion . The assembly that ordered it 2 _* 2533 KbH ; and they _weretold if they did Jit got _tfey _TOulVbe driven out of _P-iris-and Kow t _* _S p _3 e ° of l _' aris that we appreciate _^ _eirroaenanimous efforts , by _giving three cheers _^ _ftCm OOO electors who TOted for the brave ,

      _TAtriotic and p hilanthropic Caniot , Vidal , and Dc ? int * e . '( Tremendous cheering . ) _Ttrtus _Uavset . then came forward and was _( _rreeted with prolonged cheering . He said ' : Some _ipntleHKW bad _p-ace-1 a nolo in his hands , asking « i _ivas there any troth in the rumour that Ernest , „„ _- * was hberated . " He had heard nothing of the « , rt * Mr . Jones had been very ill , and he ( the _weaker ) had waited on several members of parliament to get them to intercede with the Home Secretary infavourof Mr . Jones . Those gentlemen l ad kindly g iven their aid to the good work , and m atters were in trim to obtain , if possible , the restoration of Mr . Jones to his family . ( Loud cheers . ) Be feared , however , that the report that their friend v-as already at liberty was premature . Would to

      Heaven it were true . ( Hear , hear . ) Commenting on Mr . "Ward ' s speech , the speaker exposed the nonsense uttered by that gentleman concerning mi p hysical force . " Mr . Ward had said that a former Provisional Government in France had been established , but had not brought the Charter ih this countrv- _2 " o ; hut that was because the middle classes _' g ave their support to the Whigs in opposition to the Chartists : and because also the _Provisional Government itself—at least a majority of its members—be trayed the "devolution , and thereby _prevented the progress of freedom in erery country m Europe ; Mr . Ward had carped and cavilled at everytlnn * done by the Chartists towards getting t he Charter , and intimated that he would enshould

      _Ikhten them as to the course they pursue . Well Mr . Ward ' s notable plan to get the Charter -was for the Chartists to join a movement which had for its object a great deal less than the Charter . ( land laughter and cheers . ) Mr . Ward had read with great gusto a paragrap h from the Democratic Ncvicu : Be ( the speaker ) stood by every word of that paragraph . He still advised the people not to offer factious opposition to the middle class reformers but he also advised them not to join that class , nor any class or party that would not adopt the princip les of equal justice embodied in the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Jlr . Ward had made « reat use of the name of Mr . O'Connor ; but with all respect for that gentleman ' s talents ,

      ser--rices , and patriotism , he ( the speaker ) must say he had no faith in the Chartism of men who voted indefinite resolutions in favour of what they called "full , fair , and free representation . " The Whigs in the time of the Heform Bill also advocated "full , fair , and free representation . " He ( the _speater ) demanded something more definite before he eould g ive his confidence to any set of men . ( Applause . ) Mr . Davis had already commented on the proceedings in parliament during the last week . He ( the speaker ) called their attention to two bills at present before parliament- ; the first was a bill introduced by Sir John Partingdon , which proposed to enact that any boy or g irl nnder sixteen , accused of stealing property worth less than a shilling , shall ,

      on the decision of two magistrates , be liable to be flogged . This was a most infamous measure . Wonld not Cobden and others , who had heen foremost in denouncing the women flogging Austrians , _jaise their voices against the flogging of their own country-women . He said women , for females above fifteen years of age were more than girls . It Blight be said this bill would only affect young thieves and prostitutes . What made thieves and prostitutes I The present infamous state of society . If persons were to be flogged for stealing less than a shilling ' s worth of property , then ( he said ) let all thieves , big and little , be flogged who had robbed the people to the extent , not of more shillings , but milliaas of pounds . ( Great cheering . ) The

      other bill he had alluded to had been introduced into the House of Lords by the Earl ol _Harrowby . It was designed to prevent the sale , or " even the delivering of a newspaper , or periodical , from twelve on Saturday night , till twelve on Sunday night . ( " Shame I" ) The poor man wonld also he prevented from obtaining even a potato , or any vegetables , tea , coffee , or sugar , & c after the hours of twelve on Saturday ni «* ht . ( " Shame ! shame I" ) Meat and 'fish would be allowed during June , July , _Augost , and September , —hut then only till nine in the morning . While the poor man was to he thus restricted , nnder the seventh clause , the nobility and gentry might Live goods delivered at their habitations until ten in the

      morning , all the yearround : namely , meat , poultry , £ sb , pastry , fruit , and ice . ( Renewed cries of " Shame ' . " " ) The penalties are five shillings for the Mist offence ; twenty shillings second offence ; not more than forty shillings ! for the third offence ; after the third , then every separate article sold would become a separate offence , and render the offenders liable to the heavy cumulative penaltiesviz ., 20 s . for every separate article sold or delivered —which , if not paid , the magistrate might issue a distress warrant against the goods ; if not _sufficient goods to cover the distress warrant and expenses , then to commit to some common gaol or house of correction , for any time not exceeding three months . Should this measure become law it would

      he necessary to form an association to protect those who would feel it a duty to break such a tyranniel law . ( Loud cheers . ) He congratulated them on the victories gained by the French democrats . The Ordermongers were furious , and were conspiring to crush the Republican press , destroy Universal Sufirage , and subvert the "Republic ; bnt these very means would ensure their destruction , and give France to the rule of the Bed "Republicans . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The " honest and moderate" scoundrels desired to drive

      the people into an unsuccessful insurrection , tbat they might murder every man who was known to be a Socialist Democrat . ( Hear , hear . ) What did they think of the atrocious words of one of the organs of the French Government , the Fatrie— 44 J ) o not despise the sivord . Contempt of force is foolish . The enemy within must be destroyed . The sword is holy I" [ Expressions of execration . ] He would advise the denunciators of "bloody democracies " if they had any virtuous indignation to spare , to expend it en these assassin Ordermongers . ( Great cheering . ) After some more remarks , the speaker resumed his seat amidst prolonged and enthusiastic applause .

      Mr . _Gerixd Massey said , the meeting was ostensibly called to discuss the proceedings in parliament , bnt he did not look at the daily papers , as he did aot expect to find much there to interest the people . Mr . Massey then proceeded to show the productive nature of our countrjj and the poverty of our people . England was called the " Glory of surrounding nations , " but with all her show , she was rotten at the core , and mig ht be bIo _*** n away by the first hurricane of revolution . ( Great cheering . ) The Charter was very good , hut we wanted EOmetbing _withit—ourseeialrights . The capitalists

      were the great bane and curse of the nation . In 1 S 4 S , khigsand priests were kicking about , but the capitalist could buy up both kings and priest's . The remedy was Co-operation , Chartism , and Socialism united . ( Loud cheers . ) They had already established a tailors , a printers , a shoemakers , and a provision store . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Massey concluded a highly poetical speech which elicited hearty applause . . - " dr . B . _O'Ubiej * suggested that landlords and capitalists should be both included in the condemnation , as without landlords there would be no capitalists . ( Cheers . )

      The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A Vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the meeting quietly dispersed .

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      "Embezzlemext at Makchesieb . —A man named William Moreland was brought up at the Manchester Borough Court on Tuesday , charged with embezzling several hundred pounds from his employers , the Messrs . Biundeil , coal merchants . Messrs . Blundell , who carry on business under the name of Jonathan Blundell and Sons , have an office in Oxford-street , Manchester , which some time ago was under the superintendence of the prisoner , whose duty it was to obtain orders and collect money owing to the firm , transmitting a weekly return of his receipts to Mr . Woolfall , the chief manager of the firm , at their office in Liverpool It is supposed that several large sums of money so collected he bas appropriated to his own use , Mr . _-Seswick , the chief superintendent of police at "Manchester , called Mr . Howarth and -fr- Broughton , coal-merchants , as witnesses ,

      ¦ _* " & o deposed to Lawn- * - paid at different periods during 1847 and 1848 , sums amounting to £ 17112 s . _t ° the prisoner on account of Messrs . Blundell and Co . Mr . Woolfall proved that the prisoner had « pt back £ 5312 s . of this amount ; representing it fs still owing to the firm by the parties from whom he had received it . —Mr . Beswiek said : On the 10 th January , 1849 , the prisoner ' s employers , having begun to suspect the embezzlements , sought an explanation , but the prisoner absconded and left the country . A warrant had been obtained against bimin February , 1849 , hut he was not apprehended "atil very recently . —The prisoner was committed to the sessions , where it is expected several other cases of a similar character to the above will be proved against him . The total amount of his defalcations , as stated above , is estimated at several I mdM pounds .

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      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXXX . " Words axe things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions think . " bibox . VIVE LA . FRANCE ! " HOLY _ALLIANCE ' " OFTHE ORDERMON GERS TO DESTROY THE REPUBLIC .

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      hells aud brothels of London . From that step he was dissuaded by those , who using him as a tool , were afraid of the crisis his resignation would necessarily have caused . Trembling iu their skins , and shaking in their s"hoes . the chiefs of the Ordermongers hastily assembled . All declared their determination to withstand the " barbarians , '' and give their hearty support to the President Special ; curious enough , however , Mole , Thieks , and Beebi-ee , declined the responsibility of taking office . Mole pleaded old age , —a hoary and impenitent sinner , is tbe saddest sight under the sun ! Thiers pleaded the state of his health—thc lies he has told , and the blasphemies he has uttered against liberty , having afflicted him with a cancer in the tongue .

      Brother _Proletarians , Of twenty-eig ht contested seats , eighteen have been won by the Red-Eepublicans ; an umnistakeable augury of that still greater and conclusive victory which will be gained by that party at the next general election ; unless , indeed , they are driven to have recourse to other means thaH the ballot-box , and thereby achieve an easier _iriumpb . That such a contingency may arise , is very probable _^ seeing the desperation ofthe several factions of Ordemiongers . It appears , that in the first stage of the panic , occasioned by the triumph of tbe Parisian Beds , the miserable Princs of Specials proposed to resign his office , and secure his precious carcase , by beating a retreat to his congenial haunts—the

      Bebrxer , the legitimist , appears to have been the most honest , ( if honesty and royalism can have any connexion ) , seeing that he demurred to engage in the service of the Eupublic , tis he openly desires its destruction . The conspirators , however , cordially agreed that they must all unite more closely than ever , and enibrce more rigorousl y than ever , the system of compression , to keep down the dreaded Eed "Republicans .

      The Chiefs of the Ordermongers having refused to take office , the Ministerial crisis , which had existed for at least forty-eight hours , onl y resulted in a mere chopping and changing of the third-rate tools , and puppets , who have for some time -past done duty as Ministers . The fact is , that Thiers and Mole are afraid to take office . They are hated , not merely by the Proletarians , but also by the great mass of the bourgeoisie , and their seizure of the reins of power would vastly accelerate the inevitable doom of the existing

      system . Before taking office , Thiers , Mole and Co ., desire that _Btjoxaparte , and his Ministry of _coatemptibles , should make all smooth , by annihilating the Republic Press , and destroying Universal Sufirage . Could these acts of treason be accomplished without causing a new Revolution , France , gagged and chained , would offer an easy prey to the designing villains , who would then step in to restore Monarchy , and re-establish therewith all the enormities which it has been the object of sixty years of Revolution to destroy .

      Those whom the Gods mean to destroy they first drive mad ; and it is evident that such is the present position of the ruffianly Ordermongers . If there was a last chance left for those scoundrels saving themselves from tbe punishment due to their manifold crimes , it was by their adopting a policy of conciliation , and resolving upon a course according with the allegiance they owe to the Republic . But , blind to the teachings of History , insensible to the lessons of experience , unconverted by the handwriting onthe wall so strikingly made manifest by the Paris election , the impenitents

      and impitoyables have sealed their own doom , by engaging in a " war to the knife , " not merely against the Reds , hut against also the very foundation of their own temporary authority . Yes , their organs in Paris , and in London , have announced , that all shades of the Ordermongers are agreed , that Universal Suffrage must be destroyed . "There is no other way , " say they , " to safe society . ' ' The hypocrites mean that there is no other way to save their own unholy usurpations ; their cunningly devised system of chicanery and fraud , by which they extract

      their wealth and luxuries from the plundered producers . Rightly , " Society" is a term only applicable to a state of things in which all would labour for the common good , and all reap the natural fruits of such labour . But the so-called " society , " existing at present , is a name for a state of things in which the mass of the people are helots , and the rest idlers , or employed at work inimical to the interests ofthe wealth-producers ; in whicli lazy drones , and brigand wasps , by the cunning devices of rents , profits , and taxes , suck the

      honey from the working _beea . Not to destroy , but to establish a veritable state of society—a state based on the righteous law—Do ye unto others as ye would they should do unto you , is the mission ofthe Red Republicans . To conserve the present system of robbery and murder , and oppose the triumph of a just and , therefore , veritable state of society , is the work to which the Ordermongers have pledged themselves . They will fail ; and their recourse to Treason and Terror , undisguised usurpation and sabre-sway , will hut hasten their downfall , and ensure their destruction .

      Behold the programme of these conspirators , as vouched for b y their London organs ;—The Ordermongers propose to 1 , Raise the caution-money of the public journals from 24 , 000 , to 50 , 000 francs ; 2 , Impose a Btamptax of four centimes on each journal ; 3 , The transportation to Algeria of all persons convicted of belonging to secret societies ; -i , Modifications of Universal Sufirage . It is at present all but impossible to establish a democratic journal , owing to the large amount ofthe caution-money ; it will be thoroughly so , should the amount be raised

      to the enormous sum of fifty thousand francs . While the caution-money is intended to prevent the establishment of new journals devoted to the Democracy , the imposition of the proposed stamp-tax , is designed to kill the democratic journals at present existing ; or , at least , to so reduce their circulation as to render them comparatively powerless . Of all forms in which Democracy can present itself the enemies of justice most dread its development in the shape of a free and honest press . The guilty wretches , like MACBETn , appalled at the appearance of Banquo ' s ghost , cry ,

      with whitened lips , and gasping breath , " Take any shape but that ! " Hence , in all countries , the means employed by the enemies of the people to fetter or corrupt the press . In Russia , tiie knout and Siberia ; in Austria , courts-martial and dungeons ; in France gagging laws of the most tyrannical description ; and in England , the Taxes on Knowledge . This last device is the most cunning , crafty , and diabolical ef all . "Wherever the censorshi p exists , there is nourished a hatred of the ruling powers which , sooner or

      later , is sure to result in an explosion fatal to the tyrants . Wherever that censorship is enforced hy atrocious punishments—as in the case of Russia—the Government is made odious , not merely to every one of its own people not absolutely steeped in _brutishness , bnt also to the mass of mankind . A war against Russia—that is , against the Russian despotism—would be hailed , by the people of Europe generally , with a display of enthusiasm not witnessed since the time of the crusades . Bat observe hovr differently works the system of press restrictions , established hy the

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      rulers of this "nation of shopkeepers . '' Nominally , the Freedom of the Press is enjoyed by Englishmen , and m , in _reality-enjoyedlike air other good things in : Englaud- _^ -by those who are rich enough to pay for it . The Press is freeenough for the aristocracy ' and middle classes ; but they have a monopoly of that freedom . The mass of the people " _cheated- _'—to use the words of OtwAY" with a show of liberty , which yet they ne ' er must taste of , " find" themselves almost as much excluded from the benefits which the Press _sftowM confer ,: as they could be under a Russian censorshi p . What matters it to the

      Proletarians that no censor ' s scissors deface the London dail y journals , when not , one of those journals but is the enemy of the political and social ri ghts ofthe masses ? Of the weekly newspapers , only one other ( the 44 Weekly Tribune ' ) , besides this , cku be described as heing really devoted to the cause of thoveritable people . Withoutcheapnewspapers —and especiall y cheap daily newspapers—the people are worse off than they would be if the Press had no existence . As regards foreign affairs , while two or three of the daily , and some ofthe weekly , journals give their support to the "Moderatereformers , " and liberal shams of

      the continent , the most influential of the dailies are the champions of every truculent tyrant , and every system of oppression , fraud , and privileged crime . The most Fandemonical incarnation of Milton ' s dreams pales before the consummate villany of the masked assassins by - whom the Ordermongering journals of this country are directed . ' Foreigners "—having been assured that wc possess a free press , judge of us by the " Times , " and the very name of our country stinks in the nostrils of the nations who

      confound the English people in general with the ruffianly articles of our "free press . " This very design of stifling the Democratic Press of France , by a stamp-tax , was first suggested and urged upon the French tyrants , by the infamous daily journals of this Metropolis . Several months ago the ''Morning Chronicle " remarked that French statesmen were , after all , but wretched bunglers , compared with those of England , who , by a simple tax , effected more in the way of making the press anti-democratic , than could be accomplished b y the most Draconian laws . " Continue , " observed the * Chronicle , ' "to permit an

      unstamped press in France and you will have cheap journals , and the extension of Socialism —no matter how severe the laws , for there will he no lack of fanatics ready to defy all pains and penalties , even martyrdom . But let another course be taken , let the stamp be re-imposed , and the cheap journals forced to rise their price , the poor will be unable to purchase them , and they will perish . " And when , three months ago , it was rumoured that the French Ministry intended to bring in a bill to impose a tax of four centimes upon the journals , Lord Palmerston ' s organ , the liberal " Globe" set forth the real aims of

      the French Ministry iu the following terms : — " One of the objects of the bill is evidently to check the circulation ofthe small Democratic-Socialist journals , most of which are sold at one sou ( about one halfpenny English . ) Itis by the lowness of their price that these journals have become danyerous . With a stamp duty of nearly one sou they could not be sold for less than two sous , and this increase would diminish their circulation one half . " As to the Times , I need not say that it has all along denounced the Democratic press of France as a pest to he got rid of by any means . Immediately after the triumph of the Parisian Reds —before even the votes were proclaimed at the Hotel de Ville—the correspondent of the Times announced the intention of Buonaparte

      and the Ordermongers to propose a law to fetter the Pres a la Anglais . Indeed , the first announcement made to the French people of the intentions of Buonaparte and Co ., was conveyed to them on Saturday last by the arrival of Friday ' s " Times . " In spite of the most diabolical laws ; almost daily seizures and weekly prosecutions ; in spite of enormous fines and sentences of imprisonment—amounting to even a score of years in the case of more than one democratic editor ; in spite of wholesale " suspensions" during a " state of

      siege ' ' t wice proclaimed in the course of a few months , —the Republican press has lived , flourished , and undermined the power of the betrayers and brigands , who for the present afflict France with their rule . What force could not effect , is now to be attempted by the British system of taxing the press ; and connecting with journalism a system of property qualifications . Disastrous for the French people , disastrous for the Human Race , would be the results were such a system firmly established . But that no one need fear . These

      desperate attempts of dying tyranny to prolong its existence , _are-thc sure precursors of the monster ' s final and fast-approaching doom . A law to transport members of secret societies may be made a frightful instrument of proscription . A Che _** u , and a De ia Hoddb , have only to swear , that any man , or number of men , belong to secret societies , and if a jury will convict , the work is done . Under such a law , worked by the police agents ofthe government , shoals of citizens , guilty o ? the crime of Bed Republicanism , may be torn from their homes , and consigned to death by torture in Algeria .

      It is impossible to discuss the intended modifications of the sufirage until brought forward in a definite shape . Enough , that any modification will be a violation of the constitution , and treason to the Republic . The constitution declares , that the suffrage is , and shall he , universal and direct . Any curtailment _. or the substitution 6 f indirect for direct suffrage , -would he treason ; and if perpetrated , or even attempted , may the doom of "traitors , " fall with pitiless severity on the betrayers of their country , and enemies to their race . I pray my readers to take note of this fact—a fact confirmed hy the history of all nations—that , although whlie the privileged classes are loud in their declarations of " loyalty , " as long as institutions and laws are

      framed and worked for their own exclusive benefit , none are so ready as themselves to turn " rebels " on finding that there is even a chance bf those institutions being employed to afford protection to the masses . Crouching to the people after the glorious revolution of February , the privileged classes of France dared not gainsay the institution of "Universal Suffrage . Presently , finding that tho people were as foolish as ever , in holding out tho hand ofreconciliafion to irreconcilable foes , the said privileged gentry set about scheming and conspiring to turn Universal Suffrage to their own account . Acting on the ignorance of tho peasantry , they were successful in inducing the people to stultify

      themselves , by returning a majority of royalists to the first assembly . Even that assembly did not dare to refuse to inscribe the right of Universal Suffrage on the tablets of the constitution . The " 10 th of December" followed , when thepeople committed the terrible mistake of electing that imperial ape , Louis Napoleon instead of Ledru Rollin , or Raspaix . Such a suicidal use of the franchise encouraged the privileged conspirators to hope that Universal Suffrage might be made the means of perpetuating their power , and even establishing a more grinding tyranny than France has known since the reign of Louis XIV : The election of the second Assembly , which resulted m

      greatly strengthening * ' the Mountain , " shook the confidence , but did not absolutely dispel thc hopes , of the _aristocrats . Those hopes have been finally shattered , by the late elections . The Ordermongers no longer doubt that which must be evident to all Europe , that if they permit the continuance of Universal Suffrage , the general election of 1 S 52 will result in giving the majority to the Red Republicans . To prevent that consummation " so devoutly to be wished" for by all tlie peoples of Europe , the " friends of Order "—the "honest and moderate" traitors—are at this moment in full conspiracy against the Constitution . their i f

      A few months ago , they were loud in prases o Universal Sufirage , because , so far , Universal Suffrage had enabled them to persecute Republicanism in the name of the Republic . Now , they denounce Universal Suffrage as an accursed thing , to be got rid of by fraud , if possible , and by force , if necessary . Finding that Universal Suffrage threatens to , ere long , deprive them of the power to play the part of tyrants , they forthwith tarn rebels , and make war upon the right to the exercise ot which they owe their present political existence . Since the foregoing remarks wero written , further information of the conspiracy of the Ordermongers has been made public through the medium of the " Times , " In that journal of this day ( _Thlirsdny ) ,

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      it is _ stated that the- French ministers are in eon--stent communication with the chiefs of the legislative _majonty _, to obtain tho agreement of all , preparatory to introducin g the- measures affecting the Press , the Suffrage , d _* o ., « fco . In addition to the measures above commented oh , it appears that the conspirators are manufacturing a bill affecting juries , to modify the humber of voters necessary to a verdict of guilty ; a bill to abolish not merely ordinary , public meetings , but even electoral meetings ; and some sort of Alien Bill . Besides these ? iy ro , e » - " " -- " " . ours are circulated " -by a 1 a « JPT _* v Preparatory , no doubt , to actual _s- _^ f ' in * £ _^ ational Assembly is to resolve SX 2 ? _f ? « fnt Assembly , and in this new ? SS «? - _* _i _- _institution ; the revision ififfl _!^^ de the prolonging of tho President ' s tenure of _rfhco the establishment of two chambers instead oi one , ifcc , ifco .

      „ ™ id & y . _^ _ay * the designs ofthe rebel , become more clearly revealed . 'Ihe worst has yet to be told . It ia behoved that these treasonable acts will drive , thepeople into _pi-cmatui'o insurrection . Buonapahti * _TniEns , Mole , Guizot , and the rest of the infernal gang ( any milder epithet would not adequately describe them ) calculate on such a result . They hope , they pray for it . Why so ? Becauso should an insurrection explode , and should the people be conquered , the assassins in power will put into execution their long cherished project-that of consigning the Proletarians to a second St . Bartholomew massacre . I tell you that the design of the _liends , who at present dominate over France , is to _slaughter every known Democrat and Socialist . In proof of this I could , if I had room , quote a column or two of tho most diabolical outpourings from the Ordermongering journals , but I must confine myself to two or three lines only , from tho Government journal , the ¦ ¦ _Patrio

      •"—m _*™( _te _^ " •« _*» ord . Conte mp t of fo rce is foolish . _HOlf _^ " mU 8 t beDES' _*"' _- * - 0 \ W . The sword is _^ Aword totheCkenus of Chartism . Behold a fit subject for the lightning of your indignation , the thunder of your wrath . But you are silent . You speak out only to denounce " bloody democracies . " So be it . The peoplo will judge you . For my part , I swear , that so long as I can wield a pen , 1 will unmask the criminals who force the people , in ' spite of themselves ; to defend by violence those ' natural rights which they desire to develope by moral means alone . If blood should again flow in Franco , on whom will rest the fearful responsibility ? On whom but the conspirators who are at this moment plotting to destroy the last vestiges of the liberties achieved by the Revolution of February ? Worse still , thoso conspirators , as I have shown , thirst for the blood of the democrats , and desire to drown the Republic , in a red sea drawn from the people ' s veins .

      These Ordermongers are very far from being fools , and must know , that tho lesson they aro at so much pains to teach the people , will not be forgotten by their pupils . Woe to them if tlie Proletarians , on the occasion of their next victory , act upon the formula of tho " _Patrie "—that , to save France , " the enemy within must be destroyed !" It is my earnest prayer that the French people —the noblest people on the face of this earthmay be saved from the dire necessity of again appealing to forco in defence of their rights ; but should it be otherwise—should the traitors in power bring about civil convulsion , then may they reap the full and richly-deserved reward of ' their diabolical treasoR and atrocious crimes . The Sieele , of Wednesday , contained tho _following : — ¦ ' -

      _Yesterday morning , at eleven o ' clock , pickets of the Gendarmerie Mobile were marched to the prisons of the Abbaye and Cherche-SIidi , in order t _« form an escort for the soldiers who are to be transported to Africa for their Republicanism . From the prisons these unfortunate men were taken to tlia terminus ofthe Lyons Railway , by wliich they proceed to Chalons , and thence by the steamers on the Saone and the Hhone to the Mediterranean . . Several of the barracks of the capital have furnished their _contingent .- among- others that of the 30 th _He-j ime n t , from which a sergeant-major , a corporal , and a private have been removed . At the moment when the men left the Abbaye the people assembled , b ourgeois , and workmen , and eagerly deposited in the kepis ofthe soldiers all the money thej could collect , and whicli , thoug h the quarter is a very

      poor one , amounted to a very considerable sum . The hawkers who werein the streets presented the men with some of their merchandise ; it was a _j-eneral outburst of feeling . Some cries were raised of' Vive la llepublique . ' Think you , tho comrades of these men transported to Africa for their republicanism are indifferent to the sufferings of their brothers ? Not so . Reflect on the scene above described ; connect therewith the deputation of soldiers to deposit immortelles at the graves of the buried combatants for Republicanism ; and , lastly , remember the votes given by tho miJitary majority to tho Red candidates in the late struggle . Reflect on these facts , and , Brother Proletarians , you will not doubt of the ultimate and speedy triumph of the good cause .

      Vive la France ! Vive la REruBLiquE—Demo CKAIIQUE BT SOCIALE ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE . March 21 , 1850 .

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      Merthtr Tydvil.—A Meeting Was Held Last ...

      Merthtr . was last Sunday evening to take into consideration tlio propriety of adopting a petition , similar to the Manchester petition , and all the members were of opinion that every branch , throughout the kingdom , ought to do the same . The secretary had instructions to write to SirBenjamin Hall , to know if he would present the petition to the Ilouse of Commons , for the members were not aware of any other member of that house -who took such delight in presenting petitions in connexion with the Land Company , particularly if they came from the grumblers . A very large portion of the Land members are completely cast down and their hopes vanished _. by reading the notice inthe Star , of Mr . O'Connor ' s intention of winding

      _uj ) the affairs of the Land Company ; but they are still in hope that he will commence a new company , and not bother the despotic government with legislation , for they havo greator confidence in Mr . O'Connor than all the governments of Europe put together ; but the only mode of clearing the Company of all the poisonous scorpions is to wind upand we are of opinion that none of the above characters will join the next company , for every branch have had a chance of knowing them . A subscription has been commenced-here for the Honesty Fund , and next week we shall remit tho amount subscribed . We trust Mr . O'Connor will pay us a visit during his intended tour this spring . Cheltenham . —At a general meeting of members

      held at the Temperance Hotel , at which an united feeling of honour and respect for Mr . O'Connor prevailed , and at whieh a motion that the Company be wound up was negatived by more than two to one , the following resolutions wero ¦ carried : — " That we have the utmost confidence in the ability and integrity of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the practicability | of bringingtheNational Land Company to a successful issue , and respectfully request that he will do his best to get the Company enrolled , before he seeks for power to wind it up , and tliat he will on no account transfer the property of tlie Company to other hands without tlie consent of the members , as we fear , tliat in the event of his so doing , tho hypocritical fourth estate ( the press )

      may make a handle of it lor the purpose of deterins us from starting another , which we hope to do if they will not let us carry the objects of this Company out . " " That we petition the House of Commons to legalise the National Land Company , instead of passing a bill to wind it up . " " That the members and other friends be requested to subscribe , and invite others to do the same , to make up the loss to Mr . O'Connor in the late trial for libel , and that the meeting adjourn until Monday evening next , at eight o'clook . " Leioh . —At a meeting held on tho 18 th instant , Mr . Roylaneo Hamblett in the chair ,, the following resolution was proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously : — "That this meeting , considering

      the position of the National Land Company's affairs , is of opinion that thoy should be wound up as soon as possible , and respectfully request Mr . F . O'Connor to use his best endeavours for that purpose , feeling ' confident that it cannot bo brought to a successful issue if carried on ; and further , that it is superfluous lo continue the services of the whole of tho Directors . " Lambeth . —At the last monthly meeting of the Land members of the above branch , held at Mr . Side ' s house , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — "That we call on tho four Directors , Messrs . Doyle , Clark , M'Grath , and Dixon , to resign at once , seeing that tlieir services are not required any longer . " The above resolution was

      passed on Sunday evening week Inst . I requested Mr . Side to send it to the Star ¦ for insertion , and we were surprised at not seeing it published . Wc suppose Side did not send it . —H . Edwards , 3 , New Weston-street , Snows-fields , Bermondsey . — [ The above is the only copy of the resolution whicli has reached this office . —Ed . N . S . KinjjALDY . —At a general meeting of members , held on thc 0 th inst ., in tho Meal Society ' s Hall , Links , the following resolutions wero agreed to : " Tliat as the Court of Queen ' s _Boncli is—to all appearance—determined to resist tho complete

      registration of the National Company , thereby retarding its progress to a successful issue , we , the members of the Kirkaldy branch , earnestly call upon Mr . O'Connor to wind up the affairs of tho Company , and thereby , relieve himself of the heartless persecution constantly levelled at him by our oppressors . " " That w ' hilo we desire tho dissolution of tho Company , we arc perfectly satisfied as to the practicability of tho small allotment system , so nobly advocated "by Mr . O'Connor , and are convinced , that with a more limited number of persevering progressionists , that patriot would soon demonstrate the value of free labour when applied to tho cultivation gf tho soil . " " TJint £ 1 bo sent

      Merthtr Tydvil.—A Meeting Was Held Last ...

      from the local funds tothe Honesty Fund , and that we increase that amount by individual subscription and that a notioe-of the meeting be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . " Coventrt . —A general meeting of members was held on Friday evening , March the 16 th , to take into consideration the present position of tho Company , and to adopt means to aid thellonesty Fund-Mr . W . Gutteridge in the chair—when the following resolutions were passod unanimously : —Moved by Mr . Hosier , seconded by Mr . Garlic— " That notwithstanding the attempts to crush Mr . O'Connor , and ruin him with expenses , we , the members of the National Land Company in Coventry , still have the most unbounded confidence in that

      gentleman , and , if possible , hold him more dear for the unprecedented persecutions he has been subjected to on our behalf , and are determined to do all . that lies in our power to sustain him in his glorious work of elevating the oppressed labourers of this country from a _stato of slavery to comfort and independence . " Moved by Mr . Gilbert , seconded by Alexander _Vates , —' ' That we beg most respectfully to differ with several branches as regards the board of directors . We cannot unite in censuring the whole of them for the act of one man . We behove that , as far as the Land Company is concerned ,, they have done all that men could do , and havo stood by the Company through good

      and evil report , and now to attempt to stamp them with the impress of impostors , and to call upon them to turn into the street , becauso the affairs are coming to a crisis , is unjust in the extreme . '" ' Moved by Alexander Yates , seconded by Thomas Hall , — " That while wo cannot agree with several branches in their wholesale denunciations of the directors , we hereby enter our protest against turning the office ofthe Land Company into a shop for the publishing of the most dastardly and malicious attacks on the character of ono of tho noblest advocates of pure unsullied democracy , 6 . J . Harney . " Moved by Alexander Yates , and seconded by Thomas Hall— " That the above resolutions bo sent for insertion inthe next number of tho Northern Star . " Our friends in Coventry will

      perceive that the appearance of the address of the directors in the Northern Star , of the 16 ch inst ., rendered _unnecessarj the latter part of the second resolution for the determination of the directors to wind up the Company , and puts on one side all further discussion on tho matter . A collection was entered into , and . the secretary was authorised to send ten shillings to the Honesty Fund as a first instalment ; and the committee announced that they had paid six weeks in advance for the large room at _Knnpp's Temperance Hotel , to hold their meetings on every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock , where they invite every Democrat residing in or near Coventry to attend . "Wm . Hosier , Secretary . P . S . —I here with enclose an order for 10 s . for the Honesty Fund , as a first remittance ; and 2 * . Id . for Mrs . M'Douail's Fund ; per Mr . J . Gilbert .

      Dissolution Of The Land Company. To The ...

      DISSOLUTION OF THE LAND COMPANY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , '—Ever since it was known that application to Parliament was to he made to pass a bill to dissolve and finally settle up the affairs of tbe Land Company , the members of this branch have been setting their minds to work how they could beat do justice to themselves and the persecuted projector of the scheme . In order to avert the calamity of placing Mr . O'Connor in a position in which he cannot carry out his darling project without having again to fall back upon the people , and in doing which it is not very likely he would succeed . The members here are all but unanimous to make a present of their shares in the Company to Mr . O ' Connor , and this they think would convince the world that the people of our country will do justice to those who

      labour for their benefit . Some few , indeed , I may say » a good many , arc of opinion that something ought to be done for Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Erne 3 t Jones ; but the general opinion is , a recommendation of them for Mr . O'Connor's consideration is only necessary . I have gathered this information from individual members , and I have reason to think from the tone and temper which has heen expressed " , the first meeting held by the branch will show that it will not allow the aristocratic Houseof Commons to make a cipher of Mr . O'Connor . I thought it right to hand ' you this note , in order to make known the opinion of the members here ; I hope the same will be general ; and if such be acted upon , it will give the enemies of the rights of the people such a blow as will suffice to alarm them for the coming hereafter . Yours respectfully , Aberdeen , March ISth . Join * Smabt .

      The Honesty Fund. To Mr. William Rider. ...

      THE HONESTY FUND . TO MR . WILLIAM RIDER . Bury , Lancashire , March 18 th . Sm , —The enclosed you will perceive is a postoflBce order for 12 s . 5 d ., which we send you for _, the Honesty Fund ; lis . od . are the contributions of a few of the Land members of tin ' s brand ) , and the remaining ls . is the contribution of T . Gillcbrand , near Bolton . The almost unparalleled trials and persecutions which Mr . O 'Connor has had to enduie many years , especially those relative to the Land Company , prove that the designs of his enemies are " To ruin him with expenses ;" and also , if possible , todestroy his popularity with the working classes . But in our

      opinion , those trials , < fcc ., prove Mr . O'Connor to be a real ard disinterested patriot . We , therefore , deem it our duty , to earnestly call upon the land members , and Chartists generally of this town , to come forward and join us with contributions to the above fund , and thereby show his enemies that we are determined to prevent theni from accomplishing their designs ; also , that our confidence in Mr . O'Connor is not in the least shaken , and that we are capable of distinguishing the disinterested patriot from such a mercenary trader in politics as a Bradshaw . For the Contributors , John Jones , News-agent .

      To Mr.'W. Riber. Sir,—I Send You A Post-...

      TO MR . _'W . RIBER . Sir , —I send you a post-office order for 10 s . 2 d . ; 5 s . to be acknowledged from tbe shoemakers ' society , per E . Sharland ; the remaining portion was collected at a general meeting of Land members , when it was thought , tbat as our first subscription was so small , if this could be acknowledged in the Star , witli the Jist of names paying it , others in the town might be induced thereby to follow their good example . Salisbury , Is . ; Collins , 6 d . ; Alger , 1 b . ; Shurmer , ls . ; Hiscox , Is . ; Maisy , Is .. ; Bragger , Is . ; Oakey , ls . ; Stone , ls . , * Thornton , ls . ; Steel , ls . ; Lawrence , ls . ; Willey , ls . ; the remainder by friends , Subscriptions received at thc Temperance Hotel , on Monday evenings , at eight o ' clock . Yours truly , Cheltenham , March 10 th . John Hemmin .

      To Feaito-Us O' Conno K, Esq., M.P. Este...

      TO _FEAItO-US O ' CONNO K , ESQ ., M . P . Esteemed Sir , —I enclose a post-order for seven shillings , for tho Indemnity or Honesty Fund . It is the joint contributions of the persons whose names aro affixed to this , all of whom are ( with ono excoption ) mombcrs of tlio Finnieston branch of the Land Company , men who believe that to a philanthropic ana patriotic mind , such as your own , nothing gives greater consolation , under per 8 ecution , than the sympathy of these with whom , and for

      whom the persecuted has acted . In token , therefore , of our hatred ofthe injustice and persecution , of which , we believe , you have been mado the victim , in your late action against Bradshaw , we desire to give expression to our sympathy , and to contribute our mite towards supplying the drain caused by that particular one , of tho many " force-pumps " that are unjustly made use of , for tho purpose of " squeezing the accumulations out of what thousands would willingly adopt as their " grand reservoir , " provided they had aught they could causo to flow into it .

      We desire , also , to express our most unbounded confidence in the Land Scheme , and likewise yourself ; and , can assure you , Sir , that that confidence has never yet been shaken ; on the contrary , every ordeal through which our enemies havo made you pass in reference to that scheme , has , to our mind , by bringing you into the more immediate proximity of such characters as Bradshaw , Roebuck , Pollock , and Co ., only served , by the glaring contrast , to make the dissimilarity between great and little

      minds the more apparent . And , as regards the winding . up of the Land Company ' s affairs , the opinion held by our members is , that for the sake of getting rid of the . malcontents—some of whom probably did at first—deceivo themselves by extravagant anticipations , it should bo wound up , and then allow all who would voluntarily agree , and pledge themselves to carry out the object for which the Company was established , to do so , if the great propounder of tho plan would consent to continue as its conductor .

      The names of tho individuals who sent this mite , and whose sentiments are embodied in the above , and their respective contributions areas follows : — Robert Langumir , Is . ; James _M'Lcnnnn _, ls . ; John Black , fid . ; David M'Lcnnan , Cd . ; James Young , Cd . ; James M'Donald , ls . ; John Walker , ls . ; John M _« Arthur , Gd . ; John Donnelly , Cd . ; John Shearer , Cd , I am , Sir , yours respectfully , For the Finnieston Branch , . John Walker . 7 , Stanhope-place , Andorston , Glasgow , 20 th of March , 1850 .

      To Fearous O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Most Hon...

      TO _FEAROUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Most Honoured and _rEiiSEOuii'D Fbiend , —As a member of the Land Company who has paid all dues and demands for four acres , it is my duty to help you to pay the debt which has been incurred by tho mock jury and trial with the proprietor of the Nottingham , Journal . It is tho debt of tMe members as _wollas yours , and I hope they will pay it Me

      To Fearous O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Most Hon...

      men . I am but a working man , and send you £ 1 for the _flonoBty Fund , for my share of the expenses . . . "Tours truly , Leeds . Georob Shaw .

      Tremendous Conflagration Near The London...

      TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION _NEAR THE LONDON DOCKS .

      One of the most fearful conflagrations tbat has visited the eastern portion of the metropolis for some years broke out on "Wednesday morning , _abojifc half-past two o ' cloek , in one of the largest sugar _refineries in London—viz ., the property of Messrf . Wackerbarths and Co ., situate in St . Gc ' orge _' _astreet _, Ratcliffe-hi ghway . The premises were of enormous extent , and originally comprised three distinct sugar-houses . Thoy were nine stories in height , and were surrounded by boiler-houses , furnaces , cooperage , offices , and other buildings required m the refining and manufacture of su _«* ar . Shortly after two o ' clock some ofthe _workpeople perceived a light in tho further extremity of the factory . An alarm was instantly raised , and . on that

      part of the premises in which the glare had been seen being opened , a strong body of flames was found raging within . Every effort was made at tha moment to stifle them ; but in consequenco of the inflammable nature of the stock , they rapidly extended to other parts of the floor . Tho brigade engines from the neig hbouring station in Wellclososquare was quickly brought to the spot and got into operation , and also those of the adjacent docks . Their exertions , however , were but of little service in controlling the fury ofthe destructive element ; floor after floor became one vivid mass of fire , and the whole metropolis was illuminated by the huge sheets of flame which rose high into the air from the blazing pile . Nearly every engine in the metropolis

      was brought into service , in endeavouring to suppress the ravages of the destructive element , and to preserve the two adjoining sugar-houses , which be longed to the firm , which , like the former towered above all the other buildings in the neighbourhood . Before five o ' clock this second house had shared the fate of the former one , and there being a third refining house attached to tho premises , apprehensions were entertained th 3 t it would also fall a sacrifice . For several hours it had been exposed to the preatest heat , and two or three times the upper floors had ignited . The brigade , however , took up a strong position for the preservation of this property . There being not the slightest chance of saving anything from these already fired , the brigade took possession ofthe floors ofthe remaining building , and in a masterly maimer kept the flumes at bay . Tliey brought the hose to bear on every part of the building , which was filled with machinery and

      a large stock , and after the most incessant exertions it was preserved . The Catholic chapel in Virginiastreet has not escaped . During the day the firm endeavoured to ascertain the origin ofthe disaster , but nothing accurate could be learned . One thing is known , however , that it broke out in that part of the place considered most free from fire , no portion of the boilers , machinery , or flues being near it . On Thursday morning , about two o'clock , another outbreak occurred on these premises , the smouldering fire amongst the ruins having burned into one of the sugar houses which were preserved on the previous day . A considerable time elapsed _beforft the firemen succeeded in suppressing tho flames , and not until much damage was done . The origin of the first outbreak continues in a state of mystery . As yet the firm have been unable to ascertain the exact amount of property destroyed—it is , however , upwards of - "" 50 , 000 .

      Suicide Bv Taking Opium".—An Inquest Was...

      Suicide bv taking Opium " . —An inquest was held on Wednesday , by Mr . Bedford , at Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , on view of the body of Ellen Bryan , aged 25 , who committed self-destruction with opium . Theresa Merritt , No . 2 , Chapel-street ,. St . Clement Danes , deceased ' s sister , said that on Friday night last , ahout ten o ' clock , she was informed that deceased had poisoned herself . Witness took her to the King ' s College Hospital . She was seen by two of the surgeons , who applied the stomach pump . She walked about the hospital a short time , when she was conveyed to the stationhouse by the policemen , who were told that they were to walk her up and down the yard all ni g ht , and not to let her go to sleep . The next morning , at eleven o ' clock , deceased was brought out of

      the station-house . She was nearly insensible and helpless . ( She was taken to the King ' s College Hospital b y policemen . On arriving there sho was carried up stairs on a chair . Witness asked to be allowed to go up stairs to her , but was refused by tlie porter . At three o ' clock a messenger called upon her , stating that deceased was dead . —Sophia Lyons , No . 6 , Clement ' s-lane , saw deceased about nine o ' clock on Friday night , when she swallowed something , which witness afterwards understood was opium . Deceased was much distressed about her child , six years old , the father having refused to support her . —Policeman , F 50 , stated that at the hospital he observed that he must have some one to charge the deceased with attempting to destroy herself . * Some

      one said that Mr . Steal would . That gentleman went to the station-houae and preferred the charge , and they ( the police ) were directed to see that the deceased should be walked about for several hours , and not be allowed to go to sleep . When the police court was opened , Inspector Black went to the magistrate , and reported the state in which deceased was , when she was ordered to be taken back immediately to the hospital . — Several policemen were examined , who deposed that the deceased during the night was assisted to walk about in the yard and in the cell , and that she was occasionally seen by the inspector . —B . Slater , assistant to Mr . Lovett , chemist , Clare-street , Clare Market , said that on Friday evening deceased

      purchased about twenty-five grains of opium , which she remarked was to destroy rats . —Mr . W . P . _Steill , house physician to the _Kind ' s College Hospital , said that deceased was received at the institution on Friday night about eleven o ' clock . Ho administered an emetic and the stomach pump . —Ia answer to questions by the coroner , Mr . Steill stated that he sent the woman to the police office because it was necessary that she should be walked ahout , and there was no means of doing it at the hospital . He had left directions at the station that she should be sent back to the hospital if she became worse . —Thc jury , after a short consultation , agreed to adjourn . The inquest was adjourned to Friday afternoon .

      Appalling Accident at Clifton . — An accident of a most frightful character occurred on Tuesday morning last , hy which a young Jady , Miss Mary Craven , daughter , of one of the most eminent solicitors in thi 3 neighbourhood , and only 17 years of age , lost her life . It appears that for some time past Mr . Craven , with his . family , had been residing at Clifton , and this morning the deceased was called about seven o ' clock by her maid-servant , soon after which she went out , as was her usual custom , and proceeded over Clifton Down towards St . Vincent ' s Rooks . The Down is on an elevation of upwards of 300 feet , on the summit of tho wellknown Clifton Rocks , and commands one of perhaps thc finest views in the world . It is , _accordingly ,

      much resorted to by visitors . The deceased must incautiously have approached too near the edge of tlie rocks , and she was precipitated to the bottom . She was seen in the act of falling by a woman named Emma Edwards , who resides in a" cottage under the rocks . The unfortunate Jady , she states , endeavoured to save herself by catching at some projecting points of the rock , but her efforts wero unavailing . Two men who wero walking at the foot of the rocks also witnessed thc accident , and hastened to her assistance but she was quite dead . Her skull was completel y beaten in on the right side , and her person altogether frightfully mutilated . These dreadful accidents aro unfortunately of but frequent occurrence at this spot . It is not many months since we had to record the death of a clergyman of tha

      church of England , tho Rev . Mr . Hicks , who fell from the same spot , called " Lion ' s Point , " and was killed ; and a short time before that , again , a young lady shared thesame fate . The Societv of Merchant Venturers have erected largo posts , warning persons against approaching too near the _eclgo of the rocks , but it would be much safer if there were an iron railing running along the summit of the cliffs , as , amongst the fashionable visitors who resort in such numbers to Clifton , thero must bo many wholly ignorant of the localities , and who are sometimes unfortunately not aware of tbeir danger till to late . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on Wednesdny evening at the Rownham Tavern , Hotwells , when the jury returned a verdict of "Accidentaldeath , " and recommended that soma precautions should be adopted by the authorities to prevent a recurrence of such accidents .

      Priestcraft . —At New Brampton , near Chesterfield , on the 10 th inst ., the following protest was delivered by tho officiating clergyman or the Established Church , against the burial of a young female , who had been reared in the Latter-day Saints : — "In the name of God , I , John Benidge Jebb , incumbent of the Church of Brampton , d © hereby protest against the use of the burial _serviCO used by the Church oi England , over any membeK of the community called Latter-day Saints , or Mormons . And were I not in this case compelled by the laws of the land , I would not thus knowingly injure my feelings , and do such violence to my con '

      [ science . And I hereby declare , that I will not , in future , inter within the limits of my church-yard , any member of the said society , and thus knowingly injure my feelings . This is my protest . " After this , tho corpse was permitted to enter , and tha service was performed bj the curate , mnch to tha annoyance of the pious incumbent . Tun Taxes on Knowledge . —On Friday evening last , Mr . C . Lushington , M . P . ior Westminster _, presented a petition , signed by the compositors in the . _Northei-n _Ster Office , praying for - the repeal Of the newspaper slamp , paper , and U , GS *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23031850/page/5/