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THE PROVINCIAL ESTATES OT * PRVSSIA . It affords us great pleasure to hi able to _aauounee to our readers tbat Chartism is at length _negiiinlu . to be understood _, on tbe European Continent , b .-ea-se represented in tits Continental journal *? . Our readers had proof os this in the highly-important artie ' e which lately appeared in the _Aorib-jm Star and Times , copied lrosi the _Augsburg _GaxtiC . The principal contents ot ib- - Sorihcrn Star now appear _regularlv in several of tbe must iniiu _ntial of tlie G-nuan * _paoers . Thus , the ' * Fraternal Meetings " held in the past year , the "Message" of the Chartist _Executive , the ' * l __ -oi _ utions" adopted by tbe late Chartist Conference , and the " Death ofthe Englioii Oligarchy , " ar e some of tlie _articles which have recently been republished ia severa German journals , carrying our princiulesand tiie name of this paper over the _C-iitinent .
Wc take thc _flowing article from thc 7 * sire , addressed asa letter to the editor of that _jon . _nal . If sonic ef tire sentiments contained therein do not accord with , or fail to express _eur own views , still the facts contained therein make the article valuable , | articularly at this moment , when the greatest agitati $ n pervade . Germany _, and all nations are anxiously awaiiiiig the stiuide which the insolence and imbecility of the _Prussiau King are so well calculated to precipitate >—" The provincial _estatvs were called into activity
in IS 53 _. but even at that moment tne _lnnustum w . _- > _considered , or at least expressly _amwmctd , by the Government itself , as ouly a partial snd introductory fulfilment ofa tar more serious fwmise—thegr uit of a national _representation to ail Prussia . It c-nnotbe said tbat in this promise the Xing and hi--€ . -ibinet were _nrsed on by any e _ qwc-s-. il desire or -wishes on the part of the Prussian _siati-m . In tbe _CTonth of _XovetEber , ISO *? , when iu the whole < _-f _tvirmany not a _-saul -. arcd to _taes _& s a loud word ab . _nt fiec-doni , tise famous _. _lint-terTun Stein issued a circular , fees v- 'dch the _foilov-inc passages ate
extracts : — A national - _rctiresentation is T _. _ej- ? _sary ; tbe _-loj . _ _ power is , _sad-a-S ahrsys he , _sacred xo me ; bnt in order that tbis power may produce ali -h _: goo-lit can , it-appears to _ _ae indispensable that we procure a _mea-cssjf -mowing thc -wishes of lie people , t _ n « _ginngstrength ar . d life to its resel _ t : _ons . If _allparcfeip-tion in the operations of tbe "Slate is _dei-ied to ths people , they snictl . v begin to look on the _gavc-nuBcS _. witb ir . di _ M _* cM _ - _ or even plse . _ -ff-iseh . es in _ojnsositiwi to it ; thenee _-icevcrsion toal ! -s-tri £ t _* es , or at l «* -3 t " - _*_ _. utter want of-selfttevorion -fiT & . e existence of the -State . The _represeniationof-fcercwdein countries where it has e _ i __ ted antil
thepreseatkinipcrfi-ct . _ l 5 ir . te _ . ti 0 n is , _thereferj _, tnat every w _ _Ejs _* _isvtsttd with t . _ _3 _rights of citt-. n « bip _^ _*_ oaM enjoy the Tt __ : of peine _rejvrsrseated , whether be . possess a hundred teres of land t < r no > r . e -5 _vbether he be a cultivator of Jane or _ __ aanfactur _ r , _whether he exercise a tra . lv or be only " by intellectual _tsnos conns-dee with tbe State . -Several plan * Iwnrbeen presented fey zne ; on their adoption or rqecdon _~« nll depend tlie vrelSae or misfortus-of our country ; fer it is only _ y _. ueli means that the _saii-nal spirit cau b-j _strenctheaedacdTirosjier . _"Itcannct bepretonled-thatlittle was promisednav . cSrrei here—the _ccnsiituiions in _ibre-j , then , _anionest which , certainiv . the English ocectied the
first place , were considered to " be _imiwjrie _.. —nor tbat the thing to bc off-red was not described in sneh precise terms as _scared to permit of any doubt . Entafrthattinie _Prwsi-j- statesmen were not satisfied -ith mere ptotesss—they really meant what _they-said . After Stein had , on the express demand _offianoleon , been rem .-ed from tbe _ *! ii » 3 try , his snece _^ or , _Uarfenbetg , rsmaiaed faithful to thesame system ; not only bad he , in the many libera ! laws he introdoced , alwavs a national representation in
• view—in February , £ ?} _., he actually realised the idea In assembling at L ' er ] m a _provisions ! national _representati _* . iD , under "hose co-operation several laws-ef ibe highest _, _icsportance were < _fisesssed and sanctioned . So _there-ce sec Berlin has actually witnessed within its precincts a national representation . 3 _tifi ac what __ n- __ sei . _-t ? Li 1-31 , _t _. ben th _<* power of _Xaiff-lconvt-s unimpaired , ami hafore the _Frtslau n ? . uon liad ever asked fov it , th ? national repre £ entatifnwassi _^ iit-dby the Kiug cu his own free impulsion .
" sEat tiic King _eqiieiit efforts of the same _Ivu-sir ., at the Diet . ' "Vf as this not emel ? Better they had never been given , than oniy as fl _ni-ans of _ aw-ru _ constant _hi-ariAnmiings and wide-spread _pi . _pubti- dis < : itisfaction ' . _It-yoes not _appear , however , liiai _««_ King at that perisd entertained less benevolent intentions towards _lis own _Subtests .
" Oc the _22 auof Jiay . _i * _jI- "> , the kingproumlgates _hisfeiaonsordinau-e _, v . hi * . b contained the-uiiowing short _paragiapbs : — 1 . A _ _3 ? r <* e-ta-ion of tie . _pi-ople shall be or _^ _acite-. 2 . To that end the lVorlacial _Estates _fliall . be con-TO S-d , _« c . o . Front _-nwngst _tiiose _iFrorihdal Estates sha _ l be elected _tlxe « _-presentative = _of-th _. _countrr , _wlik-b -will sit at Berlin . 4 . Tiie-C-phereof action of i _ e national _rerresratation will -stead to all that cur _. _« rr . 3 _lvgisit __ , __ au _ _jiU-iic taxation . 5 . A _cenniii s -ion , _compos __ of pu _. lic fim <*_ ion 3- _*_ ,- _ 3 d inha-iiactsof i » r _<> -. _iisce £ , shall , . v . ithout Iose of time ,,- ' _* conv _oksfl to Beilin .
6 . Tlas < onniii-si « n "ill occupy thfcir . _stlvts—first ,. _Tvith _theorgan-wtifin of ihe Provincial _Estati-ststcomUv . witli the _onraiii-ation of die s : i-ional _ri-prestiitatx-u thirdly , witl 1 . tlrav . lt 15 up a constitution on _tlitsc base * . 7 . flieyv . il- as ;« nfcle on tbe _Itrt of September . "Tbis hi of September of the year 1-2 . has still to come , to the i n-sent day I The promises , bowever , did cease less quick than the expectation mi > cd b- t ' em . In a Cabiuet order , dated from the iTtb 0 ? _Jannarv , 15 i _* 0 , _rcsitcetinsr the regulation of the
national debt , it _wsis said , that _frnai thence no lonti sliould be _tontrm-tui ' without ti .-e £ o-openition aud sanction of the future _ _N ~ ationai _iieprtseiit . _-itKii . " La = tly , in tbe _« :-J _. r . auee _itseif of the 5 th of June , lS __/ by wbicb the _rmvinci-U _Estates were created at last , " it w . i _< _acldt _^ d to a p ; L _« sa _*; e , in which the laws to be presented t ~ ___ em _wtreenumersted— * As long as a genera . _rei :: cssa-. tation had not been caikil in £ « esistence ; ' so tliat these Provincial Es- ' ates w . ic generally eouadei-ed ss oi : ly an _instaltficat- to the _aceiKaplishment of the more important _proiiiise of a General National _Iteitrisentation .
"In the third paiajiraph ofthe _general law just quoted , of t ! : __ 5 i _ 0 : . fane , _l _^ _I ' _-l , where tii _« sphere of action of the Provincial Estates was _deiii-ed , it _wasssid—The provisebil estates r . r * the legal organ of 'he different _cissst-s of our _suhj- ctfi in _aach _pr-jvinee . _Acsor _. ii _ : j to litis _desiination , _iv- « _-irjer—1 . That all projects o law whieii _ctnetrs _. . _- _>_» . province alone be subr . - . itteil to its _deliberation ; i _' . As long as a _j «_ era ! r < i . r « eraati < _. u - !_* - not exi t we s * n-l « also su-uiit to thtir ueli _ er . fion _ 11 prr _. jects of seneral laws _lesjM-cting tl' - riglitsof iif .-r . ui _ : anil _iiropcrty , and la __ a » _if _. _* n . iii _asftras _tiiesclaws con-Ct-rn thc _nravi-uce ; _* . V . * e shall accept from the _Estate ? their peiiiions or _eciiiplaials _rtftrriii ' .- to the _sjsi-cia welfare or intrf : _* : _? of the whole of the- province , or pan Of it : we sltail _oiatniu . * them , ami _ffcc-ifh * upon the :. _merits : 4 . Ti * . * lota * , affairs ofthe pr _< _vjnc- will oes-U tr . itttd to tbeir flf-ifiaii under a _rcsi-n atiou of our _aptro-Sation and _iii-jHrcfion .
" These were all the matters on which the Provincial Estate ? were to lie eoiMuted" aad asked tin ir advice , J-rthey _co-Id _- ivc no deci .-ion . I . kI Jittic as this was . even th : * - little was taken sway by _subseoueni _explanatory laws . Ths right » f _petii ; -i . _- vvas siirrouii < i <* u with su many forms ami _diiSeii t : _* - s as io it * rt _*_ ut « l to almost _nothing ; aud _j _espec-in . the protects ofla-s which were to lie submitted Jo _ti-f _deliheiatloas of tie l > tates , thc _governmenf di « i u « t even take the trouble to hear their af ! _vi _% on any « : them . Thus , until th ? year 1837 , the rej _.-re-f . i . _tativcs of the richest i roviht _* _. of Prussia , which eoniai ! _:.-neai- ] v two millions and a half of i :. hab ; t ; _r . ,
the Khcnish j = K > vinccs , had only been _<*« iv « , _« . « duriwitlio _^ _stventeeu years t « _u , ive their r 4 v : ce ovtlie btiiidini . ' and _regulations of a ma' ! h * . _'USi * ( at _Sithnrsh ) , some taint- laws , aiid the _nso ' c of _puitisw info _executioniutJieir proyicce some laws ah <* _- _•;<; / _fie : idcd and _promulirated without tlicm . The saint E *( _atcs ndoi . _' _- d , in their sitting ef the Htu of Jun- ; , ] fNJ 7 , a _mrmorable _aiiilrcss to the tin ? , _t-onchtd i : i the most _resj-ecifa > temw , in wlii « : h _notV . iv . _j _witg >? . ' _ d _aiicut a centra ! rcpi _* - _S-e __ ta ! inn , iu w . ' : k _* h they e . \ _Iflfcss-dtVittnseKts bitUy satisfied wiib tiie instil ¦ :-tion ofthe _I's- ' _.-vir . cia' E-tates , only pr . _i . » ing the ting to execute ai < d o __ _st-rve thc c : e _ n * _law __ bv wiiieh _liiiis
action was _ucSnctf and ri striated . TllC tomier raucli Taster promiv-S b _ s _< l k _* u a ! ix-a « v ft > n : otKii at tl' . _U time , and this sentiment was _seL-iva iu _ti . e nation : whose fault , _tltci * , wr . s it tbat tne air cf Prussia rin . Ls si « ahi with tho ? c cries for a _^ eneiai _reiivestiitatii . n : The _riaiifci ! _wasairtady _> atisl ! e « . with their 3 o ! , when , Itiiohl , Use ]! re ? a : 5 tin ! : _aiaa . r : iis . « ti _.-eii * es _j . « ial tions by l . oHintr at- _u-w _promfeesto thm ., wI . _' _h-I , hv & a « le , at it had been done by his lathe ., on bis own hq . ulse alone . . . . " _Ctsrsnfitd v . r . ih-r this point ot view , tic lloyal _PoIk-v of Prussia . . v . prars _Ti . Klh true * vr * _« L-. ! . g « -W : s . 1 h _:, ve in die ...--. feu ;*!! , _ihits : i = _* _i : e _ii' _-thing but nxrely i >; : ! i _=. _rjie < : « _.-rf-: __ nj « is and conen'i'y kno-.. frets ; but _v- i _iiit a i . _esvv M' ; u--''tio :. dt- they itnp . y :
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_l * ru « sia was tbe _fitst , on her own free impulse , to start thc cry for constitutional governmentallover Germany ; the constitutions in the smaller status ebieflv ewe their existence to the powerful efforts of Prussia in 1 S 14 and 1 S 15 , and the same Prussia was also the foremost to stifle them , and deprive them of all power ! Inthe same mode she has deliberately fostered the same expectations amongst her own _nibjects , only in order to _disappoint them . Indeed , Prussia has rendered as bad services to the Ahsolutistsas to the Liberals of Germany , And _thispolicy and system is not limited to ihe constitutional question . We have recently seen quite similar proceeilui « s in the religious movement : it was throuiili the proteetkm and " secret encouragement of Prussia tbat Ronge acquired the greater portion of "his influence : and when tbis man was uear destroying the
inthienccofthe Catholic Church in German } -, wnen the movement had already become few . strong to roaster it , in steps again Prussia at the eleventh hour to _thvatt aud opnose it , thus bequeathing to Piussiaand Germany the fruitful genus both oi p « - _Hfual ami reiigious revolutions , of her own malting and creation . It is the governments , in my opinion , which have the greatest interest iu discouraging and puttin « a stop to such a . -perfidious yolfev which can lead to nothing _buttunnoil and confusion . " London , Jaii . 19 . " A Fobeigxer . "
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TUE ORDER OF TUE GARTER . Tfi . vi . _St . E , Mo . v » -T . —Tbe Queen held a court tliis afternoon at the Caslle . Earl Grey bad an auuirnce of her Majesty , aad delivered the Ensigns of tbe Order of tbe Garter-worn fey bis late father . Her _Majesty held a Chapter of the Most Xt ?_ lc Order of tbt Garter , f iie _Kniglits Companions hicv - ivsg . eew robot :: _; the Armoury iu their mantles aud collars , passed into St . _GcoYse ' s-hall , _wl-. cre they were called-V _« r hy Garter King cf Arms . The _JCiiightf _Compaiiicns present wet * his _aUrt-al Highness rrince _Alberr , _Itis . _^ yal Highness the _ISuke of _Gainbridsie , his Koyal Highness Prince _tSeonte , the _Dulce of " Rutland , Dul > - - of _AVelliiigton , _Mstt-quis cf Exeter , Duke of -Kicln-ond _, Dnlteof _lluecleacli , Maquis of _lausdowiie , Duke « if Beasfort , _Duite of Cleveland , Marquis of Ab _. rcorn , Earl Teiuot , and the Earl of _P-cuis .
Tbe officers of _tbe-Order attended in their mantles , chains , and badges . There _ivrre present—the Pielate _, the Bishop of _""SinvhestK * ; the Chancellor , the B . s _ op of Oxford-, the Registrar , the Hon . ar . d Very Rev . the Dean of " _vTir-dsor ; _'< 3 arttr Principal King of , Aims , Sir Charles Toung ; aud Gentleman Usher of the Blade Rod , Sir _AugiKtusMV . J . Clifford , Bart . The Qaeen and Priitee Albert were conducted from the private apartments to tbe _Gavttr-roont by the Lord Steward , the Lord Chamberlain , the Master of she Horse , the Vice Chauibeilain , thc 5 _ reasurer of tlie Household , and tiie Comptroller of tbe Household . Her _Majesty _heins secttd on a chair * _af state , the Knights , a : t « nded b } - the officers of the Order , proceeded into the presence of the Sovereign ; tlie _Chanctllor-reaiainingaf- _' ae door , not luroiugbetnswovn .
Tiie . knights Companions being _seatrfi , the Registrar signified to the Sovereign tbat the _Uigtit'llev . Dr . Samuel ffilberforee . Lord Bisl'op of Oxford , _atteuded at the do < ic of _tte'Cliapter-rociii , and _JrornKy prayed to he & dinitttdto take the oath of office as Chancellor of the Most S « i > k * Order ; _whereupon , by her _Majesty ' s command , the Chancellor , weariKg his mantle of purple vtlvtt over his f _, _ti-tqial habit , was introduced batwetn Garter and Black Ro 3 , _thefonnw carrying on _-vvelvet cushion thc purse , geld chain , aad badge . The'C-sncellor knelt on the _leit-tattd of _tbtf * _. jvereign , _atidth _. _ ath waft administered tc him by thc Registrar . His'Lordship wa- th _« n _tnvcstwi bythe Queen with the _jrold-hain and b „ d {_ s , and _hariuf received from her _Msyesigr- the purse , had the honour tu kiss _hancs , and retired _to'bis place on the leit hand of the Sovertiirn .
The * Chancellor signified to the < . _ : _iptcr her _Majestr-s Koj « l . _pleasure , that the two vacant stalls iu the Royal Chape , of S :. _Gec-i-gc , at * A * iud £ or , -should b * - filled , xp & as by the statutes aone but _knigiits can iie elected , the Most'Hon . George Charles Marquis * Camden was _intradnt-.-. ' _' . by Garter King . f Anns and Black Bod . The sword of State , borne by Sir William Martins , Gentleman Usher , having be . u _ha-. ded to thetiueen bythe _Loiid _Chamberlain , her Majesty was phased to confer tlie _iiouear of knighthood _therewi'ii . - _^ His lordship , having kissed the Sover «_ £ «' s lianit , retired . _Ths-Most Hon . _Rich-nd _Marquis of Hertford was intro-cred , and kii . _** h : ed with the same ceremony .
Ti _* _e Knights C . _jmpamons _jirace-d _? . ! to tha _oUctioti , _atidiiiemffrs _^ es having been _adleCtd by the _Cltauw-ltt _. itnr . fres' . nttabyhim to the ( _Jueen _, her M-jesty comir . anCed him to declare that the Most Hon . George _Clias * _* _i _* s _Marauis Camden had -l _» £ * n duly _elci-ted __ _* . Kuighr Companion of the Most Xoblc -Order of the Carta ? . TJ « n by . the _Sovereign ' s command , his Lordship was _tve-.-r-ftd at the door of the Chapter-room by Eatl Talbot and the Essl -cf Po « is , tlie two . junior Knights Compa : i ! _2 . _* i > _ifies _.-nt , ami " jiras conducted between llieiu to her _-Jsjtsty , preceded by Garter ( _bssring the _ensigns of the oruer i ! _j :. _ n a _ciiuiS'jn velvet cusMon ) and by Biaul ; Rod . _Theilss-Miie Camden _Ui . elt ___ ar the Queen , and Gart-r Kin _? of Anas ttresentir _ g on his kt . ee the _Gartio _* , tlie _ttubleMavouiswa--invested tlier £ « ith by ilieliu _«* u _, assisted by the two senior Knights . present , tlie Ci __ _au-.-oll- j r _proaouadiis the usual admonition .
The -Queen -baring received _thetltinand and George from vaster . King of Arras , put die same over his Lordship ' s left _shiit _^ _der , the Chancellor pronouncing th * _eustoarary adm . uUi . ju . The M _ r « i-is again kissed her M _.-ijestj-s-ianti , and having received the < -ongi-. _ttulatious _oteacli of _tiiei __ igi ; ts <_ oiiipaiiioiis _,. ret ; red . The-Chapter proceeded , to a second election , and the _siifirnges h : ivi _ cg been collected by _= ! he Chancellor , were presented to -ths Queen , when the M ;» st Hon . Richard i . ' _arfjuk o / JIerrford wasdeclared . _duly-elected a Knight of the Most _. Kuble Order of the -Gaiter ; tlie n ( , * _ _l-Marnuis was _introdut-ed , and was invested by her Majesty with the ' _.-rter , aud the _Riba-tLan- George will lhe like « _ervi __ iouie 5 . The Cliay . _triHar . g ended , the Knights Companions were called ov-r by Garter , aud , together wilh the effi-ers of the 4 _' rdtr , retired from the presence of her Majesty .
Tl _ e Queen wore the mantle and _collarof the Order at the Investiture . The Prelate stood on the tight of the _Q-jcc-a , the Chancellor on ihe left , _theothor _^ _aiw-rs of the wvdtv T «_ t _ iui ___; at the _tiouoni of tlie -able . The _liuclit-ss ot Uucdeuch , Mistress of the _RtUies _, and the Visountess Jocdya . Lady in Waiting , were behind her _Maj _. sty _f-n _the-ieft , and the Lord Cbambeiiain , with the SJword of State , on the opposite side . The offices * « f tlie _H' . yal Iiocsahvld iu _naitingoecajiied their usual stations . Sir Rol ert Peel a . _id -Sir James Graliam wereoresent at tiie _ccgast ceremony . After the _iiivtstitur _., the Duke of Richmond had an __< . _'ienc- of her Majestr U _> present addresses .
i The C * . urt was attended by tlie Marquis of _Angbssy , Gold Stlik ia _Waiting ; Maifjuis of Ormonde , Lord in Waiting ; Admiral Sir Robert Otway , Groom iu _Waiiitig : Ci > _l'jael Cavendish . Silv « - Stick iu Waiting ; _Colom-i _iltK : ; . Je :, _E-.::: criy in Waiting ; Colonel _Bouverie , Efjuerry iu Waiiitig to Pii . ivc AR « rt ; the Groom of the Robes , Mr . Stuart Wortley . and the Hon . Mr . Fork * , Pages of Honour in Waiting , and thc Field Officer in Waiting . Tiie j " tone ?! Guard , in tlieir Coronatten costume , were on duty in St . George ' s Hal ) , the Armoury , and the Guard Chamber . -Sir _Gcni-ge Let , the Licutenaut , Mr . _EUertliorji , the Adjutant , and Sir Samuel Hancock , Exon in Wadng , _-tteiictd . A guar . ! of honour of the Grenadier Guards , coinlaandtd br Coifmel _? i .-. ttiswoode , attended during the COuit iu tht grand _fjuudningle with the band of the _re-ginseiit .
The Queea gave a grand dinner in the evening , to which a ' i the Knights of the Order of the Garter _prrse _* _-t at _tfcr Cb-ptvr were honoured _ivith invitations , and were pr _. _seut , with the exceptions of his Royal Highness ' . he l ! -k * of Cambridge , who left the Onstlc in the aftcnr . fju for Kew , and of the Marquis of Anglesey , _wj-. o was _jiriventeii hy indisiiosition from being preseut , aud who also _t-. v _.-k his _departure froui the Castle in tiltafternoon . Htr _ltfiyol II ghness the Huchecs of Kent , the Duchess of _Jjuccleuch , the _Maiel-. inn- ss of _t ' amden , the Jiai quis of Granhr , thc Earls o : Liveriioul , Delawarr , and Jersey .
Lady Fa _ uy Howavd , _itaroness de Speth . the Bisbnp of _vriiiclu-ier , the Bishop of Oxford , the Hon . and Very R ' .-v . _Jheli _,-. K of V'iiid » . jr , the Right Hon . Sir _Robert 1 _'tei , the Right Hon . Sir . Tames (' raham , _yiajw-Genera ! Sir _Hci . ry _Whi-jitiey , she 1 _'rovt . st of Eton , the Kev . Lord _Wriotlie ley li > : _sst-J ) , the Kcv . Dr . _ilawtrey , _Major-Giiitrsl and La- ' . y _Isahi-llu _Wetuyss , Mr . and Mis . W . H :, rcoiirt . iii _George and _LadyCouj-er , Hon and Kev . C .. _Leslie C « _ Kt « ay , Mr . _Baijiii _Seville , Sir John M . _Eui--gfijne ( _Grt-nadiirGa-rds ) . Li . utenaut-Colonel _Williauisi- Jii Li _; e _Gaard-1 , and Mr . Glovei were also present at the t-anuv . et .
I * i :. iier was served in the Waterloo Gallery , the c : _i : v dii .-ibruni of . St . _Gtoi-ge , the patron saint of the Most _Xoble Order of the Garter , and the most _magnificent in she !{<• . _* . al _Tivasmy , forming the principal ornament ii ; thi ( - . litre la : ' e . vhieh was rovered with _liuinaous vasts , Ure p .: ilf . a : ; . _ _j . _-ine _st-md-, and was brilliantly fllumin . _itff with numtiou- _candelabra ( tilled with wax lights ) , th-.-whole of silver g'dt . The beautiful lustres in this gallery ver ? _ul'o _liitlttcioii tiiis _<_ _ec-tsioii . Th _« -band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance in one « jf Tj . e _s-i _' _u-rics _diiiiusf dinner .
- Vfvstrraf-I-S Occiriatexce.—S.Sncio-S ...
- _vfvsTrraf-i-s _OcciriatExcE . —S _. snciO-S Case . —On _Wtvi-. _csv _^ y cviinag , or early on Thursday niurning , a _liiti't ' cr is st . 'j / _j _.-o _.-ctl io bate been c < iinnitted , iu a barn _bcbsiging to Mr . _Cluirk-swfirtlt , at Lon < _ _uor . On . -oiue of ihe .-ei vants goin _^ iuto the barn on Timrstlay raoraiv . !; . iliey discovered a female ' _t c : _« i > upon liie _tr _» : uMl , saturated with bl « od . The cap was irimmed with _piifK rlbimn , and appeared to be one tbat had _licbiKgC- to a _vejijiCi-talile p < rson . V . ' e do not hear til-it tlieie were any _iiuiieiitions ofa _stritctii * Laving taken _pjace in tbe ' nain , but there were _coiiMiierabk _f-i : a ::: it " :. 5 _^ of _l-lccd on different parts of the _Ib-f-r , ami _u ar in the c . _* ij * an open _razci * war . _foimil Jiketvise _tU-cpiy stained witL _ lA « Msd . A long track of blood was naced _^ Uu - a cou-ideraide di :-umce on tiie road which leads from the barn . Diligent search has been iu-. uk- by the police and the inhabitants oi _tliedistiici _, _wiihmn _siu-c-ss . Wli . it reuuei - the a / fair _nivst _nijiUrl- _^ u . - > . thc factt _! : at no _k-malc or otlur pci > eii :: ¦ - : he _z . ei _^ J . fjiirloed h mis * ing . — . V ' _.-ccl :.-f _> d : _t'i . rr _.- „ ir ! . '
L'He "Moral Lessos" Of Tue Gallows. (Fro...
_l'HE " MORAL LESSOS" OF TUE GALLOWS . ( From Punch . ) Thousands of breasts beat horrid hope ; Thousands of eye balls , lit with hell , Burnt one way all , to see the rope -iislaeken as the platform fell . _CoyEKiM _V-tmoke . Within these few days , the majesty of the law—as the Moloch is called—has on two occasions asserted itself by the bauds of the hangman . A great moral lesson has been preached to the _ nub . itut . e-the preachers a dead , law-slaughtered man and woman . -Martha Browning and Samuel Quennell—suffocated _carcasi-s!—hare been hung to a beam to illustrate
the sacrediiess of hu . ni . in life . The law , to show its horror of the bloodsjiedder , bas shed blood . The rope and tin * knife wer <_ the death-dealing instruments of th . murderer-:, but the homicide , themselves were kilkv _] with ail ihe solemnity of a statute . The first victims were smitten suddenly , secretly : but the hluodsheddevs , to expiate their ' crime , were strangled for a national sight . _Letsons of Christian love and charity were thought to issue from the dead , distorted mouths of the _law-Idlled malefactors . Titc hangman wasmade the schoolmaster ; and the priest preached the loving-kindness and forgiveness of Chi i _» t to miserable creatures , to be in an instant slain by the kw _' s revenge .
And there is uo mockery in this—none ! In many foolish phasts , under many wicked forms , appears the wonderful _knowledge of the legislature ; but il the great Enemy and Mocker of man wcuhl show the fiends the greatest and _foulest example of ' unman folly aud wickedness in tlie guise ofjus ' . ice , surely hc w < ml . i point to the hanging " carcase ol" a man , killed according to law , and , with a chuckle , cry , " Behold , the Wisdom of Parliament . '' True ; he may mourn the good old faggot times , ' when hc snuffed tbe sweet odour oi ' roastiii !_ flesh—of law-burntd men and
women in Smithfield ; nevertheless , there still remains for him neighbouring Newgate ; and still Sir James Graham sits paramount—Justice in granite—at the Home Office ! What _double lessons of morality did the wisdom of the Secretary set thc contemplative populace of Lond m last Mow . ay > eek . ' _ilow cunningly , too , were the practical themes ordered—tbat the half-taught of the Oh ! Bailey might , following the hangman , bo completely edified in llorscmongcr-. _' ane ! Should Parliament , in its growing tenderness for the multitude , some day aypoiut a national Master of the Revels , Sir James Graham , above ail other claimants , must Jill the post . His willingness
to deny the mob the execution of Mary Furley must ever he gratefully remembered by the visitors ofthe Oijl Bailey . And tltere again , thoughtful Sir James did alt he could : he at least whetted the appetite of thc multitude with tiie sweet death-warrant ; though only _eight-and-forty -hours afterwards ! , was _retailetl , —the woman having suffered only eiglit-and-forty _lioni- of needless agony . Nevertheless , it was a fine thought to threaten her , just in solemn sport , with tlie hangman—even it may be at tlte time it was determined ouly to -expatriate her . _3 < o \ v and then a wise , benevolent statesman may permit himself to play with beart-siiings , even as Sero played upon the fiddle .
Ism . a great reform has _taken-jdace . The press is excluded fiom the int _' . riorof a . prison on killing days . This tremendous sagacity of Sir-James will very soon Tender turnkeys reporters ; _for-somehowanecdeiesof * ti . e condemned cell j * ill find their way into print . We have lull _-evideWe of this . For instr . ne ? ,, wc gather the sulyoincd glad _tiilhigs Irom the newspapers : " In the course of s _^ mc conversation she . ( Martha _Browning ) had with the chaplin , she has expressed an opinion tbat the spectacle of liar being publicly _tci-eiited would be _calculated to have -the _ttl ' cct of _prt-reiiting others from committing a similar crime , and there is very little doubt she trill meet'htr dreadful _fatc-with tin * utmost _iirinnrfiS . "
Now , did the reverend ? Jr . Davis himself furnish our brethren-- - - ! - !! this intelligence ? On the oilier baud , did tlte enlightened chaplain—the month-piece of mercy , as the preacher of . a . New Testamtiit—did he himself first _suggest such an opinion te the _cultirit , to bc _afterwards blazoned as her own -penitent conviction ? "We more than suspect tht 3 of Mv . Davis ; _and'ftir this shrewd reason : we well remember his funml discoui > e to JJockcr ; in -which the chaplain took it upon hims-lf to answertbc opponents of legal _iiiaiiai .-iying , ir diiatiog _^ on it-he great moral example afforded by public hanging . ; it was so awful , . _< otr « F . _i _* i ! dous a lesson tothe depraved and thoncbtless . * Ami can _thisr-eally and _tVt ' . ly be the solemn _coiiv-ktion of Jlr . . 'Davis , minister of tlie Gospel ? Ant ! if it be , _we-Ask of thc ninn , is he blind—isheeeaf ? lias lie vo perception ?
Whati in the acting of his dreadful functions , -when he j issue * trout •_ _£ _«««»* _$ *_ door , * sast . flues he-sec—what I hear ? Does be behold au _awe-strii ken multitude ; a I mass of ashy Unman faces , smitten , with terMr—eyes i flowing with tears , lips moving with prayer against temptation ? __" ocshe listen to a low yet fervent muri mur of devotion ? No—no . Ho sees around him horrid looks—cannibal eyes , _vrhettcd witli a foul ap' petite , nurtured by thc _galloivc . And he hems a cry of " Hats oif ! " thatthe public killing of a manor woman may ije as fairly seen by all , as by die ex-, pecumt gazers . £ fan 0 ) ieniiigfantoniime . Ami yet with these sights and sounds : —things , we should think , apt to disturb the rest of Jioir men—with dhese horrors _aet-id about lumslMr . Davis _translates li _.-tiieiug into a moral example . The dreadful , curious looks of the Old Bailey , arc-the looks of ponitene _* . —and the savage oaths of blasphemy are muttered
_» i * ayers . But to return tc thc double horror of Monday week —to a consideration of its moral . efficacy . What was thc scene jn the Q 5 d Bailey on the previous _Smiday _? Let the _'< fob : answer - . — ¦ ' llurinj ; the whole ofthe day , a wast number ef idle and dissolute girls ar . d boys continued loiteviug infvout < if . - ihc _prisou , utteriitc the most _disgusting and ribald jests . " Hanging , however , imparts _adr _, antag « s to some peojik—namely , to tiic householder * - of the Old Bailer- ifor on the Sunday
evening"af any _n-spei-table _^ crsoii _wuspit'dng . his ears were _asf-ii _. t _.-: ! with the following quesiious by lhe jicvson * above . noticed : — ' Do joe want a room , _tir ? A line view of the _-sci-iie , sir . You _,- _ an have every -i-eoimi ; odatio _ i and plenty of rtfrc » biuei _ __ already ) irovid _ _id ; a good tire , sir , so that vou will not hsl the cold . '" And so pass the night with brandy awl cigars , awaiting thc adventofthe great moral teacher , hangman Calcraft At an early ho _ . tr the mob usscmulcdraud , according io the papers , brawled and fought . The kiiiiug at the Old Bailey perpetrated , the Chronicle tells us" Soon afiw tin- great bulk of the crowd began to disperse , a great portion of whore , we _rcgrtt to say , _jn-ocecded with gr * at speed to the next sad scene of action at llorjenion-cr-hiiie . "
And thus had the benefit of a twofold moral lesson—a lesson whose efficacy was shown in lights at the gallows' foot , and was most nipicssively declared by the subjoined _paragraph in ihe same copy of the Time * thai narrated the two acted moralities * " Gci ~ i > iia _~ . —John _Asbury and Henry l _ - e , two lads , were committed t © Bridewell for u mouth for attempting _YijiielijioiO . _- etsat the execution in the Old bailey . ' ' What says tin : Reverend Ordinary to tliis ? Is it net clear that the OM Bailey _gallows is too often the haU-way post to Bridewell—the _secmj : a Newgate exhibition merely preparatory to an abiding in Newgate trails ?
And now , a final word to Mr . Davis . We doubt not that he , and every otlier gaol chaplain appointed to _prca-r-h love and niticy to the culprit while the law waits to kill him , do conscientiously fulfil their duties " : we make no question that they ear : reconcile together the function of a minister of the Gospel , who preaches forgiveness , with the duty of the heathen priest who assisted at the slayin _;; oi' the victim . We cannot . To hear the peaceful words of the Redeemer _breathed iu thc ear of a man about to be strangled , is , to our mind , to listen to a most awful State _hypocrisy—a most appalling mockery of thc greatest attribute of Jesus . YYc speak as the ignorant laity ; but we speak our honest thinking . According to our view of Christianity , it ought to be as dillieult in a Christian Stale in find a Christian clergyman to assist at the deprivation of human life , as , thanks to
the hpiuanc instincts oi the common mass , it stems difficult to obtain a wretched inci-enary to do th * Killing , ls it to expect too much , to _liot . e that some day the chaplains of the gaols will _vindicate their Christianity ; and . as one mar ., / . _etitjo _. i _I _' ar . iamciit against death-punishment ? We throw out thissug-_ : cstir __ to Mr . _i'avis : let Newgate begin the work . Let the di . ipia ' nis learn the lesson set " them by the excellent Lord Nugent at Aylesbtny , and show with him , liiai even thc Bible , which is now made their great argument for the _linnpnitu , does ntd , truly translated , command man-slaying . We say again , lei the gaol chaplains , with one accord , lift their voices in 8 _ohi _!! i condemnation of tlie barbarous , tiic ignorant pra : _ticc ' vf judicial man-killing : nor trill their appeal to the wisdom of Parliament be less _l-cnevolent , _k-ss C _* . _ristianh'ke , if assisted by the dulcet accents of , here and there , a bishop .
__ Still , hare we this comfort : whether the men oi God a > sist thc gondly work or no , thc gal _' otvs is doomed , is crumbling , and must down—overthrown by r . o greater instruments titan a few goose-i . _uiiis .
Vomhn Cwsvicts Ion Vas Dii-Max's Land.—T...
_Vomhn _CwsvicTs ion Vas _Dii-max's Land . —The Lairy _st-ain-pat-ket , belonging to the Woolwich _Comjiany , _bt-fiis-ibt < t .. wi _ 72 . email , convicts on Monday _'R'ln . Yii _ il . a __ k _K-iiitcntlai-y , and put tlicm on board the _Lmiiia Eugenia hired convict ship , moored oil the ilf . y .-il _At-.-euul . 100 additional were expected at Hooiwich en Wtdnesdav for embaikiition fur conveyance to Van Dieman ' s Land . We hope tha ! these unfortunate women will have a better fate than tho- * who preceded them some time hack .
# In A Flea For The Abolition Of Co/...,...
# In A Flea for the Abolition of Co / _..., i . 1 ' vuishnent , liy _theitt-r . ifr . l _'» _m-. of _Hoolc , . _Sunvy , lie suites , on tlie _au-lioiiiy oltl . eUtv . Mr . li ., _U-rts , " tliat in one _inst-iii-v it was _proteii that *' outof I' . _T eriiuiu- ! s . Kit 11 .-1 i Iu ft * . tli _< v _ _is _ i * - - _-s _t- _* , wu _* i » t «* v _.-. oV _i-. \ _iciiti _( iiii , !*• _¦* _, ' , . _¦• >|| .- ( Iniiu- !! y of . _Sor-patt - .. vriu * i ' oi the _lii-n . Jil of li _.-iii _ ri « t ; , as _11 _'fiuj-u it were to thc _Uu'ituiv tt ; i « _as- and " vested _iiitci-esi . "
No Vote! No Musket!! Meeting In Tue City...
NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! MEETING IN TUE CITY OF LONDON . An overHowing and most enthusiastic public meeting was held at the City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Farringdon-street , to protest against the embodiment of the militia , on Sunday evening , January 18 th , at eight o ' clock . Mr . William Dear , a _'jV _* ' _^* lnan i was unanimously called to the chair . He said he could not agree with the idea of embodying the militia at the present time , as it did appear to him to- be done fur no other purpose tiuin that of putting down democracy iu America —( hear ,
heat *)—and he did not like the idea at any time ol taking away the son , the prop , and oven support , of an aged father or mother —( hear , hear)—or the new married husband frem tlie young wife of his early and best affections , * or the honest ird . istrio . is matt from his home , breaking up his business , aud sending hiin forth to be , at least , a wandering vagabond on the face of the earth , dressed in the disgusting habiliments of a Government slave . ( Loud cheers . ) i , _*'* . ' _^* * _**• Wheeler came forward , and read the following _resoiution , the reading of which was recewed with great cheering : —
That in the opinion of this meeting the contemplated embodiment of the militia force is an act of tyranny towards the unrepresented classes of the community , violating the first principles of justice , and that it would stamp the working clr _. _sses of this country with eternal infamy if they allowed it to be carried into effect without protesting against it hy the strongest effort the Jaw and constitution allows ; aud that this meeting further believes that the alleged cause for this tyrannic act , viz ., the prospect of a war with America relative to thv Oregon territory , is oue in whicli their best interests are perilled , which can only tend to throw into confusion th « dearest interests ofthe empire , and that they will not allow their famil y tits to be torn asunder , their domestic comforts to be invaded , and their liberty sacrificed , in order that their brethren in America may be _slnugliterod _, und tt fresh impulse given to despotism and misrule .
In moving the adoption of the resolution , hc said , it was an approve : ! maxim " that taxation without representation was tyranny , and ougiit to be resisted . " If this be true , by what stronger name shall wc designate the compelling of thc unenfranchised to serve , in the militia —( hear , hear )—in an ensanguined livery ? and where was the man that would not blush , aye ,. even deeper thaw tl \ _. «_ avl * l coat he would be compelled to wear , to be placed in such a disgraceful predicament ? ( Loud cheers . ) There was no necessity forgoing to war with America abm the Oregon territory . If land was wanted , tliere was plenty to be had at home . ( Great cheering . ) At any rate , he was resolved not to be a
militia man ; and if the giving vent to that assertion was treason , " hc was proud to be a traiter , ave , and prouder still to be surrounded by so manv hundreds of such " _traitsrs . " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . D . W , Huffy seconded the resolution , eloquently desciibing the militia force as a snare , designed to fill the regular army ( which enlistment had fiiiied to do . ) with tools of tyranny , 'leaving wives to become widows , children to become -orphans , converting our youths into debauchees -and bloodshedders , taking them from their virtuous _homes and callisgs , and sending them forth to spread desolation , rapine , and murder far and wide . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was put and _wvrieiluisaniiuo . islv anwd the loudest applause .
Mr . Stallwood rose to move-That a _committve of five persons be elected % that _meetings aid and assist in -getting up a demonstration _iigiiinst thc proposed embodiment of the militia , aad _tiikc such fither steps as may be deemed necessary . He said Lord John Rnssell had stated , iii _hfe recent _Glasgow oration , that there was no necessity for a a war-Kith America , that there were other . mil better meanc-of settling such disputes , and that _thc-intercsis of the two nations were too much bound up together to make sneh a circumstance imminent . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Morpeth liad * ec ! ioed these sentiments . After the able and eloquent speeches of tiic ; preccding orators , it would ill become him to descant on tlic evils and horrors of war . However , he trusted they
_wonfc' do something more than meet and hold nji their hands for resolutions ; he would -not counsel violent resistance to the . hw , bnt _nothing was ever obtained worth tlie hftvinf , except by moral daring . He-remembered during the struggle _fov-a free press , that his ii-iend , _fiont-y -Hetherington , was charged with'Vii'kttitig the law . "No , " responded _llethcringten , _ J do not -violate tlie Jaw ; I only give it the alternative , I must either have my paper stamped , pay a fine , or go to prison , and ' I prefer going to prison . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Now the result would be , that should any of his lamilybe drawn , lie should advise them to give the alternative ; that was . neither to serve , find a substitute ,-nor pay the fine in money —( loud . cheers );—for he did think
the man who disliked to become n man-butcher hiinsol . | yet ivould tempt another miin . through the means ofhis poverty to do so , was a mean , despicable M'ouudrcl indeed . , ( _Gn _ nt cheering , ) It might be said your family exempts you . Yes , but-sonic of that family would soon be of tlic age that the law set down fur tlie period at which iiability _. ei-niiiionced , and his parental gilec'inii naturally made him desirous of protecting his children . He Jiavi in-tilled into their young breasts a natural hatred of bloodshedding , and he hnd no hesitation in saying that they « wou ! d be found equally resolved with ' himself ; and were it otherwise , he would discard them , disown them , were Ihey ever to don the-scarlet _livc-rv of a hired sniiiderer . Far batter , and mueh wore
honourable was it even to suffer the prison gloom than to have tlie crime of murder on _t'hi-ii- souls . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Brown , in seconding the motion , said that although the major portion of the press _s-hould _smoflior their opinions on this matter , yet . the _AWfCm Star would proclaim aloud their sentiments to tlieir American brethren on tliis subject . ( Loud cheers . ) He should like to know if the persons composing that great meeting were ready to doit the scarlet livery and become ihe wiiliug tools of despotism . - ( Loud shouts of "No , no . " ) Surely those who would find a- substitute , or pay a fine iii cash , were greater slaves than those who curried the musket without being first in possession of tlte vote . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , he should much like to have
their unnmtakeable opinion on the subject ; and would , therefore , lake a show of hands of all sueh who hud , like himself , determined never to incur sneh an indelible disgrace . ( Here every baud was held up , amid the most enthusiastic cheering . ) Mr . William Benbow said , he thought this delicate ground to tread on , be must say that he would rather fight with the Americans than against them . ( Loud cheers . ) A Militia Law was essentially British , and he held that every man should have the vote , and have arms in his hands , and also be taught the use of them ; so that he might be enabled to protect that vote and thtir homes . ( Loud cheers . ) The law liad been much distorted , aud men bad now been taught th \ d they had " nothing to do with the laws but to
obey them . " He was of opinion that the people should act individually in this matter , to prevent their being taken hold of as conspirators against the law . ( Ileal * , hear . ) He was beyond the age himself , but he had sons that were liable " and if the suffrage was universal , and the war a just one , he would say to those sons , take your pints honestly , fight like Britons , and die , if needs be , like Grecians . ( Loud cheers . ) He was proud to see such meetings , and hoped that every man would act as became ' him in his individual capacity against the present , iniquitous system . ( Loud cheers . ) lie was of opinion that no faith could be placed in either I'eel , Russell , or Morpeth . If you want your wei k well done you must do _ityourscives . ( Much _clieerinc . )
Mr . 1 atlow , of Leicester , said , very probably his son might be drawn , and as he very cordially sigrocd with the last speaker , he should feel it his duty as a father , to say , don ' t serve nor find a substitute , nor pay a fine in cash ; for hotter would it he to have all your chairs , tables , sheets , and bedding taken from you . (( ireat cheering . ) Mr . Stallwood said that these meetings were called at a very fitting time , seeing that the mutter will be _lirouglit before Parliament , and a short bill passed before the embodiment took place ; it would , therefore , bc their duly to menudalisc the l ' remicr , petition the liouse , and bother the Parliamentary representatives to _supporttlieirmemoiials and petitions . iCiieers . ) The resolution was unanimously adopted , and Messrs . 1 ) ear , _Govcrjiin ., Dunn , Overton , and 1 . M- ll Heeler , were elected the committee . A vote oi Luniks was then passed to the _chaiuuaii _, and the meeting separated , evidently pleased with its iie-Itbrvations and the * preliminary steps taken .
Gueat Meeting At'the South Londojs Cliiu...
GUEAT MEETING AT'THE SOUTH _LONDOJS CliiUri'fST HALL On Mom-lay evening , January l !) th , a public meeting was held , pursuant to public notice . Before the time for commencement arrived the hall was literally _cn-iuiRcd , and was at furnace heat ; so oppressive was it , that loud shouts of " Open the windows" were raised , . some of them being already unclosed . Mr . John Gathard was unanimously elected to tlie chair , and called on Mr . T . Clark to move tlic first resolution , lie said : We have met here to pledge ourselves to support our glorious institutions . We are asked lo raise a militia force for that purpose , nml , of _e-tirse , we will raise an awkward squad from tLe Andover Union , which shall be led by the Windsor Katc-pavinc _Rcld-Marshal . ( Lorn ! laughter . 1
15 ut , badinage apart , he would be happy to light for his land and bis home , if tbe _Government _v-cnlll lit ' kind enough to show hiin where that land and home were . ( Cheers . ) When he had a vote , and was protected under the constitution , he should be _inclntd t » fight i ' or the constitution , ami not before . ( Loud chews . ) Let the .. ristoeraey who _roon-poJisw ] ( : )«• land tight in its defence . Let I ' _mise who want k ' mj _ s fight for them -, and , after the rule of the _imnincuh-. n Georges , he had no doubt they were , very Umd of kings . ( _Laughter . ) He said , it' the militia was to be embodied , let them select men who bad an inf rest in lighting . He thought it would be _gooipolicy lor any working man , when asked to serve , to -ay , 1 am ; _i _diuigeious mar . —I am a Chartist , " ' ll _svi'ii . d be very dangerous , he tlioilgbt _, to put a musket in the hand , of the poor liandloom v . eavcr . s
Gueat Meeting At'the South Londojs Cliiu...
who only received eight shillings each for a hard week ' s work . ( Hear , hear . ) Place a musket in such a man's hands , and tell him hc is to shoot his enemies wilh it , and , egad , many a member of Parliament would be found scampering off . ( Load laughter and great applause . ) First let us feci we are men ; give us a vote , and then tho musket to protect it ; but , as it is , he must and would shout , "No vote ! no musket ! " ( _Tremendouscliei . ring . ) Mr . Fe argus O'Connor , in rising t « secoitd the resolution , was greeted with loud and long continued applause , lie said he was g . ad to ftivi the fear of the bayonet could draw such meetings together . We have frequently been denounced aB physical force Chartistsbut surely when wc meet to
, repudiate the bayonet , we must be moral force men . I perceive , too , that the bavonet has also brought two gentlemen from the press here . Well , he was glad to see tliem , and if the press only thundered as loudly against the musket as he had in favour of the vote , he had no doubt that knowled ge would triumph over the cannon ' s roar . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Clark had weU said , show him where his land was , he would bc ready to fight for it . ( Hear , hear . ) We heard much of loyalty , but immediately the smallest privilege of tlie aristocracy was touched , their loyalty oozed out , like Dob Acre ' s courage , at their finger ends . ( Hear , hear . ) For his part , he was like tht girl who wanted something to love—he was seeking far something to be loyal to . ( Hear , hear . ) He
looked on this movement as an attempt to put _ _** « u democracy iu America . Were they prepared to _gu io war against their own principles ? ( Loud shouts ui -No , no !) lie ( Mr . O'Connor ) had predicted this movement long ago ; hc had shown that the league und visits of kings and queens was to suppress tho rising liberties of the people . Had that attention , which was then due , been given to his warning , sueh a moment as the present would have never taken place —( hear , hear)—but , alas ! the people were apathetic until something like the present piece of attempted despotism roused tliem to action . Perhaps it was well that they should be scourged a little up to tlieiv own _ftifoivs ; __ they _haii too lung been scourged up to serve tlio interest of thoir
oppressors . ( Hear , hear . ) Thank God , they dare not raise a militia force in Ireland . Mr . O'Connor thou eloquently described the horror the Irish people had of such a force , and forcibly depicted the _rutVilcsa scenes enacted by a militia corps in that _unfortuiiat * _- f -. iw . tYj' about fifty _vms ago . Of their , brutal ravishings of Irish maidens—of their disgraceful advertisements lor maidens of sixteen as camp followers , and the compelling them so to act under pain of death . Aye ( said Mr . O'Connor ) , for justly denouncing such brutal scenes of carnage and rapine my venerable undo , Arthur , is now in the fortyninth year of his _banishment ; but , notwithstanding this , lam here still to denounce , still to call for retribution for the past wrongs committed , and to demand justice for my much injured country . ( Treniendous cheering . ) Now ( said Mr . O'Connor ) 1 will imagine that I am in France , and Jemmy Graham's spies will please to mind that Isay Fiance , { Laughter . )
Well , just imagine that forty thousand men tire raised , and sent from that kingdom to America * , think you the Americans would receive them as enemies ? No , certainly not ; but ns brethren , with , " Oh ' . in your country population treads on Hip heels of subsistence ; but here wc have plenty oi land ; cultivate , then , and enjoy for yourselves . " The men would rop-y , " We wive sent here for the purpose of -despotism , but we will new remain here for our _< 3 Wn purpose , and extend the glorious principles _ofbrsthcrhoodand democracy . " ( _Iramenseapplaust-. ) Mind , 1 do not say this would bc the case with Englishmen-or Irishmen . I speak of Frenchmen . ( Roars of laughter and great applause . ) Well , but should a large army be sent to America from even tlKs country , perhaps some honest member might be found in the liouse -of Commons to propose , as the -economists have Sold ns , that we have a surplus population , and , acting on the principles of free trade , wiove that tlie men sliould be allowed to remain in
that country , the Americans tailing the labour oi the Englishmen in -exchange for their land —( Uear , hear );— 'such a philanthropist wouh ! assuredly receive the 'thanks , of his _country . ( LmvA _cIvicy _.. ) My . O'Connor next reviewed _thc-anti-social bearing ofthe militia-Question , as evinced in dragging tlie newly-. married man from his bridal bed and the affectionate arms of the woman he lias sworn to love aud to cherish ; in the bcrciivcHicnD ofthe widow or . the helpless infirm father , by _taking from them tlie prop of their declining years , their only son . ( Great sensation . ) Here , said he , is . a glaring instance of there bring " One law for the rich and another for the poor . " The rich man pays a fine of £ 10 and is excused , ov finds a substitute at a much less cost , while
the poor man , who hns not the means to do either , is compelled to leave his business , and break up his _iiumbic but happy home , and become an unwilling soldier . ( Loud cheers . ) No wonder thatsuch things caused dissatisfaction in the breasts of working menno wonder that men were found who preferred being fined , who preferred having their goods seizid , or their bodies incarcerated ; sure was he , that were he placed in similar circumstances—that rather than serve in the militia , or find a substitute , he . should submit to thc alternative . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now was the time for _speaking—wc are not yet at war ; a bill must he brought before the House before an embodiment can take place , and , therefore , it wns ri __ ht your sentiments should be known —his own
opinion was greatly in favour of the xo vote xo mcskkx _rmxcii'LE . ( Immense applause . ) Parliament is about to meet , and the "League" expects "free trade" on Thursday next ; but mark my words , no men were ever more disappointed than they will be , than even the " mighty Thunderer , " thc Times , will be , looking about for a spot on which to east anchor ; and , depei . d on it , they will ultimately land on oar tight little island , the People's Charter , and then none will shout louder than thc Times and the "League , " "No vote , no musket ! " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then passed a warm eulogy on Mr . Cooper , the Chartist poet , and said that tivo ethers of our great literary men , Douglas Jerrold and Charles Dickens , have connected themselves with a daily newspaper , wliich makes its appearance on Wednesday next , under tlie title of the Daily News , and wliich , ho trusted , would prove an advocate of the rights of thc millions . ( Hear , hear . ) He never
puffed or endeavoured to push liis own paper , but he recommended them tc sec thc Dtrf ' ty Neivs , and il they found it : i good one , let _tii-iu take cure it was found in every eoffee-liotiFC , chop-house , ale-house , or cook shop they were iu the habit of using ; and if they _oti ! y did their duly iu this respect , the pennies of the working men will be found to bave more weight than the pounds of the rich . ( Hear . ) Yon now know your duty , go and doit ; let not this night pass without funning a cummittee to cany out the doctrine of xo _votk xo . _mi'sket ; pour in your petitions , respectfully asking what you arc to fight fur ; whether it is fo uphold Poor Law Unions , to support a standing army'in timeof peace , a cormorant church , a rapacif . iis clergy , Coercion Bills fur Ireland , rapine and slaughter abriat _' , and despotism at home ; and if their honourable House will only show you that you have something worth fighting for , you will fight like an Irishman .
Mr . O'Connor resumed bis seat amid tbunners of applause . The resolution was supported in fervid speeches by Messrs . T . Cooper , Doyle , and I ) . W . Rnfiy , and ' earried unanimously . Mi * . T . M . Wheeler , in one of the most eloquent and manly speeches it was ever our fortune to _lieav _, moved tlio adoption of the following petition : —
' To the BonouraUe the Commons af Great Britain and _Ird-tnd in Barliument assembled _. The petition of liio undersigned inhabitants of thr boroughs of lamlieth ami _Soutlnvarlc respivti ' ully sliowetli , Tlmt tlicy have learned with alarm , commingled with _iVoliiijfs of . _mli / _pu'iion _, that the Executive Government contemplates the eniliridtment of the militin t . rre . That jour petitioners _jiresunii * to tell your _honoui'iihh House , that in their _jwlgmtnt such an act would he om-. of palpable injustice to the unrepresented classes of this empire , inasmuch as it will eventuate in taxing thousands of them to tintl substitutes , in mulcting them in fmos of ten pounds each , or in coercing tliem to pursue , for seven shillings per neck , a vocation from which iheir souls recoil with horror and disgust .
That your petitioners are solemnly impressed with _the convictiou that it is the very essence of tyranny , and in direct contravention of the _spirit of the constitution to compel men tu saeriti -c their time , and money for th" upholding of institutions in the formation of which tlicy anfoibifltlcn to tula * any pari . That in thc npiniin nf your petitioners it would accord move with reason uv . d justice to draw the militia from that suction of the community . rom which your honourable Ilouse emanates . As they possess u monopoly uf _legislative power , as well us a monopoly of fhe m . _tionV wealth , it appears but equitable to your petitioners tlint they should likewise posstss it monopoly of its earcs .
That your petitioners think that eirciuiistniir _.-spreseiit or prospective do not tall for the embodiment of tlic militia at this time , secinir that profound tranquillity prevails at home , and Unit we haw , at a most enormous expense , a numerous ami _well-dtscipltucd army , and a powerful and w ell-equipped navy , to iiBsert ths rights o _* the privileged _ovdevs when _uesailedtt-vond . That your petitioners , thwul ' ore , call on your honourable House to throw the . shield of your protection over the voteless outcasts of England ' s constitution , b . v preventing the raising of the militia , or , if it must be enlbuAicil , io cause it to he drawn from tiic privileged oril-ry , iis tlicy alone will he _lu-nelitcd by its existence . And your petitioners will ever pray .
Mr . 1 ' . M'Civnth . in an eloquent , impressive , and excellent speech , supported the petition , whi h wa . adopted by _avclauialion . 'it wns unanimously resolved that the petitm ! _usigned by the chairman on behalf of the mcetiiifi and forwarded to T . ! ¦ _' . nunenmbe , _& . V ., ior presentation ; ami that * 1 "' members for the borough * f Lambeth und Southwark be requested _tosupj-n _* _- its pra ver . It was also -resolved , " That Messrs .. ! . ( _f . 'ithiird . Kni . _ ht , M _*(' rath , Clark , and Doyle , be . _* committee to carry out tin * objects of the meeting . " A vote of thanks was then given io Die _oliaV'ii . _rand tlic mcctkig ' was dissolved .
Gueat Meeting At'the South Londojs Cliiu...
Carlisle . —A meeting of the friends of !' : _bv .-ty will be held at No . C , John-street , Caldcwgate , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to take i * .. to consideration the propriety of bavins a public meeting to petition Parliament _against tlte attempt to make an oppressed people serve _utuvriiudy in the militia . « _pi
To Fearshjs O'Connor, Esq. Fn,—.For Your...
TO FEARSHJS O ' CONNOR , ESQ . _fn , — . For your able litter on lhe projected embodiment of the militia in the & . « . _* of last . _Saturday you arc cmihently entitled to Hie thanks of the _working classes of this country . Like a t _: _u- ; ty _.-. eiitinet on la ' oou ; ' _s watch tower , you have sounded the alan . ; , and thus _j-n-purod the people for the approach of their enemies , for which I here tender you my gratitude , aud trust that the Star , in connection with other agencies , will be the means of _evoi'iiiga spiritin the ' country which will show « ur Tory rulers the wisdom of _relinquishing their militia project Tlie Kxeetitive ofthe National -barter Association are , to . heir credit , at their posts , endeavouring lo arouse tho people from quiescence , to stem the torrent ol tyranny which threaten- tn overwhelm then ) , and wit- ' .- a success
which augurs well for the result oi the agitation , as the enthusiastic am ! crowded meetings iu the City _..-. d Lambeth Obartist Halls on Sunday and Monday 'venings last amplv testify . Let every borough in Britair - . lerfotm its duty as did Lambeth on Monday night , : m ¦; Die _discotuftture of the tyrannical , _mul-ting , . ' . wl p' . _ntoing military scheme is inevitable . With your peimission , sir , I would subjoin a _' ew ob-• • arvations on the cruelty and _injustice of cuiistra _.-iiiur the _ueae-ftdly disposed people of this country to pur-tie the horrific vocation ol plundering and thvO-t-cuttir- ; - for the benvfit of England ' s Christian aristocracy . I "ill suppose a ease , the v < - _- . _ lit , y of which will oetui" in ' _.-mdrods of instances if thc militia are drawn . In th . ' _s ideal ease , the nfcfariousness of the scheme irill be _eh-aily _sfen .
Lotus suppose the lot to tall upon a your . ); machtr . iic _, earnin ); £ _* _^ - n . week ; hc ia the solace , tiio _msiinstv of the tottering existence of parents who arc vapidly hastening to the end of life ' s journey . Making what is called a respectable appearance in society , th > _: _di-initiols upon his _i-itriiiiigs prevent his accumulating any sav i ngs ; he has reither tho means of providing a substitute _<" _¦¦ ' paying ton pounds to exempt him from service ; if lie i .. fuses to serve , imprisonment is bis doom . He submits' ..- the fatto which injustice consigns him , enters the _im'itia _, and mark the consequences . His aged parents , deprived of their support , seek an asylum from str . rvutioi- in the gloomy workhouse , and there , attired in the . Vgratiin i . garb of pauperism , ftd on felon ' s fare , immured in _separule cells , they spend life ' s winter in . _m-rc ' _iei * -. ess and
sorrow , while their _ian , torn from them , shoe . Jars his _rnu'ket and marches to uphold the very systciv that dogrades and starves his old parents , and enslaves and robs himself . This militia law is unequal if . o _' . vra . ion , and therefore unjust . The wealthy man _jiurel-ases exemption from service for ten pounds , tlic poor uan must 'erve at a very great loss . A man who can _cimi thirty shillings a week serves his Queen and country in the militia for five years at seven shillings a week . At his avocation he would iu these five year- earn _£ _'' _£ _(* . at that which law forces him to follow he obtained ! mt £ 90 . He is therefore robfeen , in the Queen's service , for lhe benefit of his country , uf th . sum of £ _*_ . _« . - _ _-. h is thu justice whicli the elnss-niadc laws of Kngland mots out i to the working classes . There is r . o necessity for raising
a militia , for peace holds dominion at home . B t , it may be said , that war menaces abroad . Well , the mi . itia , by law , cannot be sent out of the country : and I believe no one contemplates the landing of the belligerent Yankees on our shores . Then the services of the militia will never bc required . Hence the fatuity of cn > _bctlying , at au enormous _txpeusc , a iavgc -military Voice , for the _txcr _« cise of whose prowess nn opportunity will never occur . But it will be nr _^ _'Cft by the hoary _revert-rs of " _rhinos as theyare , " that the army may be _re-jair « d to _assi-rt Britain ' s honour abroad , and that the presence of n military force at home is indispensable to keep tbe people in order : to preserve iutact our time-hallowed institutions from thc assaults of tlie kakble . But has not Sir Robert a resource in tbe armed peelers ? And , again , there are
the Cheiseu pensioners always available . Tht si : u * . paid by government with the people ' s money , and av . ulable in every emergency for govi-rmuer _. t purposes . It U a sound principle in the philosophy of politics , "that » lU . g _ : _ nco is due only where protection is rendered . " fu Great liritain the working man is denied protection ; thc fences of labour ' s vineyard have been levelled , and its / ruits fall a pwy to the hungry cupidity of landlords , t .. milords , aud pnifiilords . And yet men are compellsd to peril tlieir lives to Uphold a system fraught with sui ' i _( le . _iruc . ttve consequences to their interests i _Oppression is at'ai . _rbuj its _culmbi'itim , _* " point , in that _coinit _.-y _wiitTts the people are not only constrained to minisror to t ! ' •; aggrandisement of tIibr . ppres . or , but to become the rod iu his hands to scouige themselves .
If a militia must be embodied , reason and jmtiee proclaim vr , a voce , let it be from those of the i .. mmunity who viijoy a monopoly of the good things of the laud , Il the glorious _Cousiitutioii is menaced , let ii .- admirers _defi-rsdit ; it * our _lime-hat ' owed institutions— . hose relics of ancestral wisdom—are endangered , _h-t ihe cost or their _cunsto _vation ( all on _thosa who _pvofit hy thoir Esistence ; if British dominion is to be extended _uver Oregon , I-t it be hy _ibuse who will he advantaged by tcrrito _. rial urquisitioii ; if our holy Church , so prolific of blessings to iis votaries , is in danger , let its tin _^ _sands of ministers , officer * d by tiic bishops , form _thcuu-c-1-. es into revet end 1 _rigudi-s , and rally to its support : _i-ut , in thc name oi' reason , justice , aud common suiso , le * . -he working men of lirilain , whe have no _prcsiiie . ticn . ' ur the vocation of murder , who desire to earn bread hy honest _industry , _whoyt-.-ini for the reign of liberty and truth , be allowed to live in " peace on earth , and » ood wili towards men . " Visdex .
A Seiuo.B Accmot To A Solitary.—-On Mond...
A Seiuo . b AccmoT to a Solitary . — -On Monday evening week , shortly after six o ' clock , a fire waa discovered in one ol thc bedrooms of JklJcvue Villa , Hathwick-hiH , Bath , the residence of the Hon . Mis . Southwell . An alarm being * given , _Cai fain Carroll and thc police brigade were almost immediately on the spot . Inspector Smith having procured a ladder , ascended and reached the window ofthe room , where hc perceived the curtains of the bed to he on fire . Having broken the window , Smith and another policeman entered , and _lotind thc Ron . Mrs . Southwell on tiio floor insensible , hoth of her arms being a little burned . The flames of the curtains were speedily _extinguished , and Mr . Kilvcrt _, sunreon , attended thc lady , raid dressed the parts whicli ' had been scorched . But for the aid of the police , there is little doubt the hense wsahl have fallen a prov to
the lire , and its owner (« _-. io is very eccentric , and resides alone ) wouh ! havo perished in it . The _pecullarity of the habits of this old lady has for a long time attracted the notice of the poliee ar . d ethers who have had occasion to call at the liouse . It appears that for upwards of ten years no domestic of any ' kind has been pmnittcil to reside wilh her , so tliat the cause of the accident cannot he stated . The _nwtluid by _wiiirb she has been supplied with the necessaries of life has been from a plan of her own contrivance talcing them in at her drawing-room window by means ofa string ami basket , her orders having been previously _ghen thioii . _th the kindly offices of some parties in her confidence . _iHirin-r this long period the residence has undergone no cleansinir ; and the person of the old woman presented a most iiltliy spectacle , and had apparently _uc-. n as great a stranger to * __ _iy » _. mi _<* .. $ .
Man _Bt-ns-t to Death is a Chimxey . —On Tuesday morning : week , a man named James llorrox , a coal miner , was found burnt to death in a cimw . ey , at Mr . __ _iXviiiu-n's colliery . I > _irlle-c-ttni- .. _lamtbre , Lancashire . It appeared lie had called for assistance , when the workmen proceeded fc _*> pull down tlie chimney ; bu * . he was dead when thoy c . \ trtc : uci ! liini , and his body burned almost to a cinder , lie had been seen in » slate of intoxication thc previous evening , ar . d it is tlioiifcht he . went to sl _^ c-p in the cabin , " and that . hiding thc door was fastened , and supposing the fire inside had been raked out , hc attempted to _seldom ) thc chimney , b ;; t got fast and was burned .
_Ex'riuom-iiy . \ Bv Si . iei . i- * .--An occurrence of a very painful nature took place on the Great _Weiterii Ratiway , at Twerlon _, on Monday wc . ]* . Join ; _Chambers , a hibiuirci' in the employ of Mu > srs . _Stothert ami Co ., left his work about nine-o ' clock in the _uiorniiiff of that day , as was supposed to }; o to breakfast . Nothing , however , was heard of him at homo . About twelve o ' clock hc was seen sitting , apparently in a despondine : mood , on a stile adjoining a path which crosses , tke line at thereat * of the Koyal Oak inn , Twerton . On the appvoat \\ e , f the twelve o ' clock up
traits lit : n . 'si ' ic . 'i forward ami threw himst if _t . tiwu in front of tie cii-ii . i \ and was ina moment deprived of life , his li dy _bcintr left on the rails _anunsjled and _blucdii _' jr spectacle , shocking fo huiua : iiy . The lei ; s arc d _> . scribed as completely severed from the trunk , . _-md other _itijttries are visible in various pans ofthe body . It appears tlmt the poor fe _ io \ v , whose un . timely death we have thus tu record , has been for some time in a low and melancholy state , attributable tothe pressure of poverty , heightened bv a recent illness .
Suicide or a Licensed VioTi _* . u .., _** R .-On Monday evening- Mr . _Waicley , M . i \ , held an inquo -t at the _oi'lcslu ' rc Grey , I . _mu ' _on-sireef , l ' _'ifzvoy- > qutire , on thc body of Mr . John Henry _Lovridge _^ landlord of that house . Charlotte Barker , a _KUist-ry-maid , proved . hiding deceased haugiiigfrom the _beiV-pw _* . t in his bed room , at half-past six on Friday evening _. She had I ' . CRvd him tin up staivs about one hour previously . _Sheinstin . tiynil-ednii alarm . Mv . Thomas Oolbovne _. nicV . iteet anu riiilvvay surveyor , suit ! he had lodged with deceased since the -Ith of _Vta'cmber _, and had known him abont live years « . ; o _liviuir as r _. private gent ' , man at _Lvniinuton . He had altered in
ins appearance _snu'i _: he hiul breome a licensed victualler . _Witness saw him last alive on Thursday night , when he appeared in sood . spirit .- , though lie complained of pair . ir . the betid . When the last witness raised the alarm , he hastened into deccased' _. beil-room , found him hanging as she de _.-eiibeii . and cut him down , lie had been dead some _iin . e . Mr . Derbyshire , deceased ' s _iiiedieiilattenilant _. proycd that he laboured under determination of blood to the head , vcrttDfo , and _poi-speetivecf . _*/<'*•''* . ' « ' trimens . lie treated him to uhvisito tlie latter , _Wru'c ' _-, ' _ nmt _iletvBscd i _* ,. _* ii _, gi . _* _M .. _i _.-iti-I ? . .. _*! ¦ .: ww ofunso _' . ' _-. id _nitnuat the time . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24011846/page/7/
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