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November 24, 1849. THE NORTHERN STAR. ^^...
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Official Incapacity And Public Plunder. ...
deed , he looks upon their occurrence as mere matters of course . That he should do _s <> is not Lt 5 _™??*& lrhen WB statethe star _« ing lact _, that tiie Department charged with the management ofthe Crown _property , _abso _lutely Possesses no correct rental . For all tho _goney We pay to a crowd of officials , the public _i _" «« _T Private owner _Jf m Go _^ _i a reDt _nffl _- Hear "Mr . _-ISiSS ? WDWs in aUcasesof _ttela _» fli «« me ! t _^ _vSl Mf _^* V ' Mt _~« cct rentals ? _-Ve have Sate aUe _Make a correct " ntal of _« _' < " Orkney ienWu MnnS * . rcnta _^ _^ Is 1 e of Man estate _i-The an _« _rmk _iJS _. 2 * _*•** _" of 0 ie _fcIe uf Mau a _* u" _* ' , ll 5 t _*\ " s »' i ttteec correct rental
_ P _'* , a . _n _"f _|? S _? * co , _* ect rental ofthe Isle of Alderney estate ?_ _SS _^ ° W , UC > tl * e _wceivcr _«* I ""* Me of _Aldernev _" _f _^ _mswers , _^ rbel iete , a _correctrentaL _^ for _^& _tS r t _^ tal for _^ J ! _les' -There is a rental lorn ales which I believe specifies accurately and with i _^ _eoaon the several rents , but _« hieh is defective in " oi in _^ IltlSSues , to enable the receiver to _Kttntify thepro _Am the rents collected on that defectvie rental ' -The rents are collected b y that rentaL r _^ _Sffil vc _SvI _^| COlleCted UP ° ** defeCtive How do the commissioners know whether the rents Iiavc _« n « ar . ece « Mri / _yd < _« , , , nttere (; cj _wr * _ wnat means have _thecomm « dnn _„^ _„« . : t . _« . „
tbe receivers bare duly accounted for the rents ' -The accounUrenderedb ytheiecevoer . rems .-ineac-In fact , the Board depends mainly on the honest y of tlie receivers , over whom they have no effectual check ! Yet this is a specimen of the Government of an aristocracy , and of the friends of Property , Law , and Order , as opposed to the unprinci pled and levelling plans of Chartists , Democrats , and Ked Republicans ! By their own confession they are guilty of worse crimes than they imagine as the result of the worst species of Bed Repub-Hcanlsm . They take false oaths—neglect the duties they swear to perform—and roo the propert y they are paid to protect But nohody talks of impeachment , or a trial at the Old Bailey and transportation , for life . There
is one Jaw for the rich and another for the poorrohher . The sins of the one are depicted in all their naked deformity , because tiie sinner is ragged and houseless ; the sins of the other are wrapped up in _parple and line linen : they are at worst but amiable weaknesses—gentlemanl y foibles—which grace , rather than detract from , the character of those who belong to the aristocracy . A House of Commons that really represented the tax-payers of the community , -would make short work with such a nest of negligent , ignorant , incapable connivers at public plunder .
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RECEIPTS O F THE RATIONAL LAND C 0 HPAHY . Fob the Wbbk _TSsmsa Thvrsdat , _"XbvEMbER 23 , 1849 . SHARES . _^ 8 . d . £ c . a . Sottingham .. 0 1 C _"W-Eden .. 0 4 0 " _OerOJ .. .. 0 5 9 J . Welman .. O 10 O C . Howl .. 0 3 0 _B-Pattison .. 030 £ \ _« 9 _W . _JLM-Lean .. 0 10 _iSSSk TOTALS . _lanA'Rind 18 9 Expense ditto OlO _£ _>*«» ditto 0 10 "R ents from Allottees 45 1 G 0 £ 47 6 9 " * V . Dixos _, C . Dotlb , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec . FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by " _VT . ItiDEE . _ A few Friends , Durham , perT . Jaques . 3 s . Cd . ; J . X . P ., Durham , Is . ; T . M _., Coxheatli , Is . ; W . Sadler , Carnahy-markct , Is . ; J . Cameron , Leith , 2 s . 64 ; D . Frost , Xetlier Haugh , near Kotherham _, 2 s . ; College-street , Comden-town , per B . Wright , 4 s . 9 d . ; W . Hyde , MilboruePon , 3 s . ; _Xottjjjgfcanj , per J . _Street Ss . CO . ; _Knywd , near Oldham , pa- a . Fielding , Is . lid . ; Birmingham , j |« er W . Jackson , 4 s . 9 d . ; A . few Friends , Coventry per C . Tristram , 2 s . Cd . ; W . Heatliershaw , Jersev , Is . ; Todmorden . per W . KoKnson , Ss . ; J . Dcverell , Appieford , Is . ; F . Lockver , per E . Stallwood , < _5 d .
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Beceived bv W . Kideb . —Chester , per J . Roberts , Ss . Gd . ; W . Hyde , Milborne Forte , 3 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Cd . ; Dristol , per C . Clark , Is . fid . ; Todmorden , TV . Bobin-B 0 n , 5 _=. DEFENCE FUND . Received by S . BoosnAM . —G . J .. Is . ; W . & , Is . ; G . W . , Derby , 4 s . 6 d . ; a _fewEastend , Cabinet Makers , 3 s . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . W 1 LUAMS AND SHARP . Received by _W * . Rideb . —Part proceeds of a Concert , Edinburgh , per W . Davies , sth . ; Leicester , per J . Skeringttm , 2 s . ; London , a Brush maker , jier _WT . TruelOTe , Is . Re _' . eired by S- Booxbajl—Watford , per Mr . Walter Cooper , 3 k . ; Mr . Heath , Is . EXPENSE OF CONFERENCE . Received by V . Kideb . —J . Deverell and 6 . Adisbaw , Appleford _, Is .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMSRecerred by W . Rises . —Hull Chartists , per G . Barnett , 8 s . ; W . Sadler , Carnaby-market , Is . ; S . Guinamau , Toilbridge Wells , Is . ; J . Lewis , Queen-street , Soho , Is . ; Yeovil Chartists , per J . _Wheadon , Ills . ; Nottingham , per J . Street , 5 s . Cd . ; I _' arkbead , near _Glasgow , per J . M'Cracken , £ 1 Is . Cd . ; Cheltenham , Dootand Shoe makers , perT . Syder , Us . Cd . j J . UeTerel . _appleford , lid . VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Booshajl—Jfr . Edwards , 3 d , ; Mr . Small , 6 a " . ; l & r . fiercy . iVestminster , Cd . ; Mr . Rider , £ 3 Is . 3 d . ; Part proceeds of a Benefit at the Standard Theatre , Shoreditch , £ 3 Is . Cd .
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MIDDLESEX _SESSIONS . Wedxesdat . _—Chabge op _Robbeby bt a Cab-Vts . —Daniel Pentilope , a cabman , was indicted for stealing a hag containing twenty-five sovereigns , the property of Alexander Wf tb . —Mr . Ballantine appeared for thc prisoner . It app * are £ from the evideace of the prosecutor , which was given in an _impodect manner , that be and the prisoner had been acquainted for some time . They met in Drammond-Street , _Eu-ton-square , and after playing some time at skittles , they vrent to a public house in that neigh _bourhoodcalled tbe Plasterers' Arms ; and , for tbe purpose of procuring some diver coin from bis poo ket , the prosecutor took oat a small canvass bag which contained twenty-five sovereigns . Tbe prisoner
made a snatch at it , a scuffle took place and the sovereigns were thrown about on tlie floor . Some were recovere' and some were lost . —In cross-examination by Mr . Ballantine , tbe prosecutor said he had been in prison many limes - and on being asked if he had not been convicted in that court , he said , "Yes , I was , tbank God , four years _sg > . Tour lordship ( addressing the judge ) gave me sis months , and I richly deserved it . It was a very fortunate thing for me , for ever sinee that I worked for my living , and 1 have become respectable . I nsed to associate wnb the drees of societvand it was then that I knew the
, prisoner . " —The Judge : If you got six montLs from xoe I am quite snre von deserved i * L What -was it for ? -Prosecutor : Ob , I was concerned in robbmga man onthe"New-road . ( Laughter . )—By Mr . Ballantine : I was once charged with robbing a drunken sailor of £ 25 in a " vine waults . " I ' ve often been in prison . —Mr . Ballantine then addressed the jury , Characterising the case as a trumped one , the _prosceutor as a shameless , impudent , barefaced rogue , his evidence as recanted the robbery gross pegyry , and as regarded _bisTrecentlv acqaired respectabuity pure _nndnnadulteratedhypocrisy— "Witnesses were then
examined for the defence . One of them , who was called " very respectable , " said the prosecutor was a downright bad one , and known all over the town as one of tbe worst of chaiacters .-Prosecntor ( _tomt-» ess ) : WJiai , yon speak of me like this ? Why , have we not been intimate for six years-have we not travelled hundreds of miles to _gether-anddidn t yon -tot , ffbo call yourself a" respectable witnessactually pick a gentleman ' s pocket of seven sove-Sgns in a booth _Itlast Ascot Races J { Laughter . ) _—Witness : It _** asyou tbat robbed the man , you lying villain . ( Loud _laughter . _j-Prosecator : My ? L _) it was him . upon my oatb .-Witnes _* : My
J ° . but be should not recommend them to act se * utor ? and the witnesses to assemble there _^ _-ia ffi 5 _££ 5 K 3 «» to ten years' tra _nsportation . _^
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L'Ami Du Peuple. To The Headers Of The X...
L'AMI DU PEUPLE . TO THE HEADERS OF THE XOItTIIERN STAR . The great length of the report of the proceedings of thc Irish Conference renders necessary the omission of thc usual letter of L'AMI DU PEUPLE .
The French Democrats. On Wednesday Eveni...
THE FRENCH DEMOCRATS . On Wednesday evening , November 21 , a public meeting convened by the " Fraternal Democrats , " "Was held at the Farringdon-hall , Snow-hill , for the purpose of ' adopting addresses of sympathy to the citizen Ledru _Rollin and his brave ' compatriots , who have just been sentenced to transptrtation for life , " & c . The hall was crowded . Mr John Pettie was called to the chair . The great length at which we have reported the important proceedings of the Irish Conference pievents ns giving the speeches delivered at this interesting and enthusiastic meeting . Mr . Buchanan moved the first resolution , as follows : —
" That this meeting recognising the great truth that all the peoples of the earth abe BnETmuw , and , consequently , holding that a wrong inflicted upon the defenders of justice in any part of the world , is virtually an injury to the people of this , and every other nation , hereby condemns the iniquitious judgment pronounced by the judicial tools of the traitorous and tyrannical government of Prance—on those legislative and other representatives of the French people , who on the 13 th of Jnne , 1849 , heroically attempted to save the Roman Republic from destruction , Prance from dishonour and European freedom from the conspiracy of the enemies of human progression . " Mr . J . Bronterre O ' Brien seconded the resolution , which was adopted unanimously .
Julian Harney moved the adoption of the Addresses , which will he found below . The motion was seconded by Mr . Kydd , supported by Mr . M'Gratb , and unanimously agreed to . The _following resolution was then moved by Julian Harney , seconded by Mr . Townstnd , and unanimously carried : — " That this meeting cannot _separate -without paying homage to the memories of the democratic martyrs of Germany , Italy , Hungary , and Poland ; at the same time expressing sympath y for thc patriots of those lands who are suffering in dungeons and in exile ; this meeting also devotes to execration those crowned and privileged terrorists who have shed the blood of the just and the brave for thc purpose of maintaining their unholy usurpations .
Thanks were tben voted to the chairman ; and the meeting broke up with three tremendous cheers for " the Mountain , " three for Ledru Rollin and his suffering compatriots , and three for Kossuth , Mazzini , and all the champions of Democracy .
The Fraternal Democrats. To The Citizens...
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . To the Citizens Ledru Rollin , Martin Bernard , EtienneArago , ( Chef de Battaillon National Guard ); Landolphe , Sergent Rattier , ( 40 th line infantry ) ; "Ribeyrolles , Madier de Montjau jeune , Jules Lechevallier , Songeon , Duverrlier , exiles in England . To the Citizens V . Considerant , Felix Pyat , Sergent-Major Boichot , ( fthLight Infantry ) , Menand , Ferdinand Servient , Morel Fessie Dnmotay , Heiizmann , _Rongeot , Pardigon , Thore , Coeur-de-Roy , Ch . Delescluze , Beyer , Pflieger , Avril , Koenig , Hofer , Kopp , Anstett , _Rolland , Cantagrel , Jannot , Kersausie , "Villain , and Colonel Perrier , ( National Guard ); exile 3 in Belgium , Switzerland , and elsewhere .
Friends of the Human Race , — The judgment of the High Court of Versailles pronounced on yourselves and brethren —who onthe 13 th of June , 1849 , so nobly attempted to saTc the honour of France , the liberty ofthe Roman people , and the general cause of Human Freedom—has filled us with sorrow and indignation . Your wrongs—the sufferings of your brothers who are in the hands of their , persecutors , excite our sorrow . Our indignationheartfelt , and stronger than words can express —is excited by the perfidy , tyranny , and savage cruelty of your and our enemies .
It is a fact that the Republican Constitution of France-was -violated hy the invasion of the Roman States . It is a truth that a majority , no more than a minority , can sanctify a crime . And history will proclaim that in giving the signal of resistance to Treason , Tyranny , and National Fratricide , YOU DESERVED WELL OP TOUR COUNTRY , AND , DESERVED , TOO , THE GRATITUDE OF THE PEOPLE OF ALL XATIONS .
The infamy whichusually attachesto the condemned is , in your case ( as in many other potical prosecutions ) , attached to the prosecutors , the jurors , aud the judges , who—blinded hy political passion and personal prejudice—have deliberately chosen to share the criminality of your persecutors—the subverters of the constitution , and tramplers upon tho laws . The Future will avenge you . France will judge your judges , and condemn your persecutors .
Tbe Republic at this moment menaced hy a variety of factions , is assured of a happier and eternal future by the devotion of its defenders , whom neither dungeons , banishment , nor death itself , can frighten from , the path of Duty and Honour . In the Past , Englishmen and Frenchmen gloried in their hatred of each other . For any wrong our Fathers did to yours , we desire to atone as far as is possible . We wish to unite the two nations h y the link of Fraternity . To that end—and also because of our
admiration of your public conduct—we beg to tender to you this expression of © ur sympathy , and our fervent wishes for the speedy termination of your exile—the restoration of your captive brethren to freedom—the resene of France from her present oppressors—and the triumph of me Republic—Democratic ajid Social . ( Signed ) John Pettie , Chairman . G . Julian Harney , Secretary . London , _November 21 , 1849 .
To The Families And Friends Of The Citiz...
To the Families and Friends of the Citizens Chipron , Andre , Dnfelix , Lebon , Langlois , Paya , Commissaire , Maigne , Fargin Fayolle , Pilhes , D . Lamaziere , Bac , Vauthier , Deville , Gambon , Guinard , Schmitz , Suchet , Monbet , and Fraboulet de Chalandar . _Deak _FuiEiros , —In this , y our day of affliction , occasioned by the cruel and unjustcondemnation of the patriots whose names are written at the head of this address , We , Englishmen , offer to you this manifestation of our sympathy , and declaration Of our grief for the sufferings of the persecuted champions of Democracy .
To the bereaved there can he no real consolation save in the restoration of the objectB of their love ; nevertheless , let this reflection at least mitigate yonr sorrows : that those dear to you are suffering for then . * virtues . Martyrs to their fidelity , France will bless their names , and enrol them in the list of her noblest sons . The relig ion of Fraternity is rapidly superseding the delusions of false teachers ; thc brotherhood of nations is a mighty fact , and , iu virtue thereof , we send to you these words of sympathy from across the channel , which divides our countries , but can no longer divide our hearts .
May the protection and affpction of your countrymen strengthen you to hear with your troubles ; and may the day come quickly when France , strong in the might of her right , shall put an end to the reign of Force and Fraud , —open all dungeons , —break all fetters , —and restore to their families , and to herself , the men alone fitted to guide her destinies;—the men who by their sufferings are , day by day , proving then . - devotion to the system ofthe future—that hope of the world — the Democratic and Social Republic . ( Signed ) John Pettie , Chairman . G . Julias Harney , Secretary . London , November 21 , 1849 .
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_AGGREGATE _JIEETLNG OP THE IRISH _XATIOSALISTS . ( Concluded from the First page : ) Mr . _"Martis , T . C , proposed the next resolution , which , was as follows : — " Resolved—That the poverty and miseries of Ireland are mainly attributable to abuses in her hind system—tlr . it the ' Irish Alliance' shall therefore devote itself to lay have these abuses—to point out their enormity—to devise suitable remedies—and to adopt all " advisable measures to have such remedies cariied promptly into legislative operation . " He observed that tlie evils and miseries of Ireland were all connected with the land question ; and he would take the
liberty Of Stating a few principles in reference to that subject , which , if accepted and acted on , would shortly put an end to the poverty which at present pervaded the country . Those painciples would have the effect of limiting the powers and privileges possessed by the landlords , and of gradually abolishing the system of landlordism . ( _Hnar , hear . ) That Ireland was the most impoverished country in Europe was too well known to tliem all . It was iiotorious all over the world and from all parts of the earth contributions had been sent to relieve the poverty-stricken people of Ireland . The landocracy was swallowed up in debt , the middle classes were insolvent or _strusgling for a bare subsistence , the
so-called capitalists of Ireland wero surpassed m wealth by thousands of English capitalists . In fact no degree of ability , industry , and economy , would enable a man to succeed in carrying on business in Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Sterility of soil or over population were not the causes of this poverty . Strangers and natives alike concurred in stating that the soil of Ireland was most fertile and _produc tive . The arable land of Jersey and Guernsey supported nine persons to five acres : and according to this ratio the thirteen millions of acres in Ireland ought to maintain a population of twenty-four millions . Tho census of 1 S 41 returned a population of upwards of eight millions , and
the census of 1850 might probably not exceed six . Therefore , sterilty of soil or over population were not tho causes of Irish poverty . Mr . Martin proceeded to develope a proposition regarding the apportionment of land , and involving in its principle the means by which the present oppressive evils of the landlord system wero to be met and alleviated . The system proposed amongst other features the adoption of regulations for limiting the quantity of land to be held in possession hy each individual , and for making eauh section support a g iven number of labourers . Mr . Martin entered minutely into the details of his plan , and depicted in eloquent and effective terms the widelv
beneficial results which would of ccrtainty'be consequent on the adoption of its principle in the amelioration of the condition of the people generally , and the restoration of national prosperity . Mr . Martin proceeded and said—Then he would aski if such true principles were recognised—if such a state of things had existed for the last ten years , would not the agricultural population be secured in prosperity and comfort , and would not the population of towns participate in this prosperity ? ( Hear , hear . ) It was the dispensation of Providence , and the law pronounced on all mankind , that every man should eat his bread by the sweat of his brow . This law applied to all classes of the community
equally , save one ; all derived their support by their exertions , whether physical or mental , save the landlords ; they alone reversed the order , and they alone lived and revelled on the labour and the sweat—nay , the miseries and privations--of others . No individual could have or hold a right to buy out , and appropriate , land , and make a private possession of what was public property . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been done , and men were empowered to do this ; but to say that a man could do so was no justification of the act . ( Hear , hear . ) Man as an individual had no more right to buy land or appropriate it to his own purposes further than was lawful , any more than he had a right to purchase man s honesty or woman ' s honour . —No man had a right to appropriate the soil of the country any
farther than was sufficient for reasonable requirement , and consistent with the equal comfort and happiness of all . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mi * . Martin ) thought that fifty acres was as much as any individual could reasonably appropriate , ( near hear . ) Bui the time would come when the injustice and cruelty of tho present unequal distribution of the land would be put an end to , and the people ofthe 20 th century would smile at the fatuity which kept up , and retained for so long a time a system so enentirely opposed to the principles of justice and truth . ( Cheers . ) These principles we ' re his ( Mr . Martin ' s ) own , he did not seek to bind others to their adoption , but the day was approaching when their truth would be recognised . ( Clicers . Mr . Martin concluded his able and eloquent remarks by seconding the resolution , which was put from thc chair , and passed amidst loud cheering .
Mr . Feakgus O'Connor , M . P ., having been called upon by some parties , here came forward , although not one of the speakers appointed by the Conference , and after the cheers by which he was greeted had subsided , he proceeded to address tiie meeting as follows —My countrymen , I cannot express my pleasure , my joy , my gratification , to find that , after fourteen years , exile from my native land , persecuted and prosecuted—that after eighteen months' confinement iu a felon ' s dungeon , you have accorded me so warm a reception . ( Cheers . ) Although some may suppose that I have come here to-night with the
intention of propounding doctrines of my own that may he considered Utopian—though they are not so—with the intention of throwing the apple of discord amongst you , so help me God 1 would rather sacrifice my life than be the means of throwing any obstruction in your way . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 look upon this as the keystone ofthe arch of liberty . ( Cheers . ) I look upon this as an association of the true aud veritable mind , and not of the humbug mind of Ireland . ( Cheers . ) And if I was not convinced that there was truth and sincerity in the propounders of this alliance , do you think I would have crossed the channel and made a
fool of myself by coming here ? ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I have bided my time ; and now I tell him whom I called the gaoler-general of Ireland in my place in the House of Commons—Lord Clarendon ( hisses)—that , though his spies and informers may be here in the hope of inducing me , from excitement , to say anything that would injure this movement , they will not succeed . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) 2 s o , my friends , I am not going to damage your cause by one indiscreet word . God forbid . " ( Cheers . ) I have long looked to the regeneration of this country . I have long sighed over her grievances—I have long sympathised with the
feelings of my countrymen ; and now , thanks be to God , I have heard propounded here to-night some statistical doctrines , and some principles which , if virtuously carried out by you , will pull dowu the standard of tyranny , and substitute the standard of freedom in its place . ( Cheers . ) The last speaker has told you what the land system is . He has not told you that the landlords of thc olden days , and the landlords of the present day , have measured their property by the standard of patronage , and not by the standard of national requirement . ( Hear , hear . ) Now they have all become paupers , but they consigned millions of my
fellow-countrymen to then graves before one of them wanted a single meal . ( Cries of " hear , hear . " ) I am only sorry that they were uot the first to suffer . ( Cheers . ) My friends , as long as you are represented by such men as you have at present in the House of Commons , how do you expect that justice will he done you ? ( Cries of "hear , hear . " ) Mind , I don't come here to make a flaming speech , and say things of these men which I would he afraid to say before "their faces—no , I have told your representatives in the House of Commons when sitting beside the minister , and supporting every measure
which he proposed , that tbey wero a set of tools , lickspittles , patronage and placehunters . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) I have devoted much of my time to Soeial Reform ; I have devoted much of my time to this I / md scheme ; but 1 tell you what—that until you are thoroughly represented in the House of Commons—you may lock upon the Land schemes as mere moonshine—you may look upon everything else that is proposed to you as mere moonshine , until your order is fully and fairly represented in the Iiouso of _Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) Do you suppose that a set of admirals , generals , colonels , captains , and lieutenants , and all that sort of fellows upon the other side—do you suppose
that all those men who live upon your industry , arc likely to make laws that would do justice to your order ? ( Hear , hear . ) 2 fo ; hut what do they complain of" Of your ignorance . The ignorance of the people is the tyrant ' s best title to power ; and if they believe that you were ignorant , rely upon it that before to-morrow they would completely disfranchise you . ( near , hear . ) It is because they know that you are not ignorant that they withhold the suffrage from you , seeing that if you had it tomorrow you would use it for your own benefit , and not for theirs . ( Oncers . ) 1 was glad to , hear you propose a resolution , limiting the period of servi-
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tude ou your council to six months ; but 1 think you should adopt the same principle with regard to parliament also . ( Hear , hear . ) What do you think of 105 fellows being elected to represent you in parliament for seven years—some ot ' tlicin coming forward upon the platform and telling you that ( hoy would dio for their country —( laughter )—but the moment they arc elected they arc caught by thc intrigues of tho minister , and for seven years they arc your masters instead of you being theirs ? ( Hoar , dear . ) Does a master employ his _' servant for seven years ? JJo ; for if ho did ho could not discharge the servant before thc expiration of that time , even though he failed to discharge the duties expected of him . ( Hear , hear . ) You have all noses upon your faces—VOU have all eyes—you have all brains—you
have nil fists ; now let me ask you this—do you think that bricks and mortar , instead of brains , ought to constitute the suffrage ? ( Hear , hear . ) If a man lives in a house valued at £ 10 this year he enjoys the franchise ; but if he has no house next year he can have no franchise , thus proving that it is bricks and not brains which constitute the suffrage . ( Hear . ) I say , then , that thequestion is uot simply the land—the question is , how are you to get your land—how are you to get your rightshow are you to put down tyranny ? ( Hear , hear . ) And I will shew you how the tyranny by which you are oppressed , and the means by which you will break down that tyranny , ( near . ) What think you of the Protestant College of Dublinwith
, seventeen hundred and twenty-one voters , sending two members to parliament , and tho county Cork , with 800 , 000 inhabitants , having only the same number ? What think you ofthe voices of a million and a half of people—the amount of the population of Yorkshire—being altogether extinguished by the 1 , 721 gentlemen of Trinity College , Dublin ? ( Hear , hear . ) So much for the electoral districts . Now with regard to the qualification question . ( Hear . ) I tell you , my friends , that you have not a proper qualification . Your members should be paid as they were in the good old times , until Charles and William changed the system , finding that it was not one which would admit of corruption , and established rotten boroughs to carry out their despotic
principles . ( Hear , hear . ) Do you think that hecause a . man has # 000 or £ 300 a year , he is better able to ' represemVyou than if be bad no income ? ( Hear , hear . ) What you want to have established , with regard to this as other matters , is the principle of a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , unless , indeed , like Nebuchadnazzar , you would have your representatives live upon grass . ( Laughter . ) In place of those lickspittles whom you have at present representing you in the House of Commons , I hold that you should have the labouring man with the fustian jacket , the tanned trowsers , and the brawny hand . ( Hear , hear . ) Believe me that no man except the man that toils can understand what lahour is . ( Hear , hear . ) Those men you now have would see
you starve before they would insist upon VOUT rights . ( Cries "It was the Whigs . " ) Oh , d- _^—n tho Whigs . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) The Tories are had enough , but the Whigs are worse . When tho Tories are in power the Whigs oppose them ; but when the Whigs are in power the Tories never give them any opposition . What we want to see is a full and true representation of the Irish people in College-green . ( Cheers . ) You know how the Union was carried—you know that it was carried by bribery , corruption , and the most infamous arts . Tho measure was proposed at a time when the green fields of Ireland were deluged with blood —when many of her friends and defenders were in their graves , or banished to a distant land , to sigh over the liberties of their country . ( Hear , and
cheers . ) Do you think I am actuated by sordid motives ? I have an undo in the fifty-first year of his banishment , and my father was hurried to his grave by imprisonment in a dungeon , because he wouldnotabandon the cause of his country . ( Cheers . ) There is a clear opportunity now for every honest man , and I shall be found oftener among you . They persecuted me here for tithe agitation , and five times was I persecuted in England , and immured eighteen months in a prison for what they call political agitation . ( A voice—Question , question ) . What question , you nincompoop —( cheers aud laughter ) ? I havo been some years in parliament—I am the proprietor of tho most extensively circulated newspaper in England—and let any man point if ho can ,
to a vote or sentence of mine that wss repugnant to _themtci'estR of'Ireland . ( Cheers ) . It has been the object and aim of our opponents to create a breach between the peoplo of England and Ireland ; but 1 can tell you that the people of England are as much in favour of Ilepeal as you are . ( Cheers . ) Thoy are as much oppressed and trampled on by the aristocracy as you arc , and they aro as desirous to relievo themselves from oppression . The policy of your opponents has been to excite and keep up a war between Celt and Saxon ; but the people oi both countries ought to disappoint them in thatfor neither people can act effectually in obtaining justice for themselves without tho aid of the other —( hear , hear ) — therefore they ought to unite . ( Cheers . ) I promise you that if you send over a petition for Repeal I will get three millions ol signatures to it . Do that , and then sec that your representatives do their duty . But until you are properly represented you can expect no good from
parliament . I wont individualize or sectio . ulize your representatives ; but I will group them , and ask you whore could you find 105 greater lick-spittle ? ( Hear and cheers ) . Instead of attending to your interests with the singleness ol' purpose they ought , they aro found cringing and crawling about the ministry , to subserve their own purposes . ( Hear , hear . ) I am not going to occupy more of your time , nor by any act of mine to damage this confederation between the real mind , intelligence , and honour of the Irish people . On the contrary , I desire to give it my entire co-operation , and though an humble individual , I can promise you the co-operation of a whole nation . ( Cheers ) , _Nothing could so annoy and perplex Ihe English government as a thorough union between the English and Irish people . ( Hear hoar ) . Mr . O'Connor concluded by repeating thc following poetry , which , ho said , he composed in prison , and would show what he felt for his countrymen .
Let Erin take courage , the day is at hand When Saxon oppression shall tremble and fall ; When Erin ' s own sons shall possess their own land , And make their own laws still better than all _. Yes , Erin ' s dark night of oppression shall flee , Like a vapour dispell'd by tho sun ' s genial ray , And then , sweetest Isle ofthe ocean , thou'lt he First flower of the earth and first gem ofthe sea . Then we'll see the light footstep that bends o ' er tho sand , Of the exile condemned the wide world to roam , When tho day star of freedom shall shine o'er the hind , To light the lone wanderer back to his home .
Then the waters that bound thy lone dungeon shall swclJ , Neath the crowded white canvass that bends to thc west , Fill'dwith the cheers of her sons come to dwell In the land of their fathers , thc homo they love best . Then Edward and Emmett may rest in their graves , Where untomb'd and unhonour'd their relics have slept ; While the traitor that lived on the blood of his slaves , Shall perish , unhonour'd , unheeded , unwept . Then we'll build a snug nest , in our own little isle , And we'll choose our own members , to make our own law ; Like freemen we'll live on our own native soil , The loveliest , the greenest , that man ever saw .
Then , Erin , I'll visit thy sea-beaten shore , When the home of my fathers is home for the free ; Then Erin , I'll swear at thy altar once more , To perish , if needed , lov'd Erin , for thee . And then , though my name , like young Emmett ' s , be cuvs'd , My spirit shall hover around the lov'd spot Where I played in my childhood , and where I was nurs'd , Where I _rock'd in my cradle , and I was begot . Up , up ! then , for Ireland , the Land of tho Green , Ere Traitor with Saxon your liberties barter , Each true British spirit will join with Erin , For REPEAL of thc UNION , the LAND , and the CHARTER . Mr . O'Connor was frequently interrupted by tremendous cheering , and resumed his seat amid
long-continued and enthusiastic applause . Mr . John Wimjams proposed the following resolution ;— «< That the existence in Ireland of an established church or a state endowment of tho clergy of tho the Presbyterian or any other church is a wrong to the Irish people , a violation of the rights of conscience , and a permanent barrier to tho union of Irishmen , for Irish purposes ; and that the Irish Alliance shall therefore devote itself to the removal of these abuses . " Mr . Williams said : I propose this resolution with great pleasure , and I believo that no principle or object , held or contemplated by the Irish Alliance , is of greater inmoitance than ' tho removal of th _«
Church establishment and its attendant evils . I believe , Sir , the church established in Ireland to be the great protection to British power here . And for this reason alone I should desire its complete and immediate extirpation . But , Sir , we demand this on higher grounds—the endowment of any church is , in the words of the resolution , " a wrong "—a flagrant wicked robbery , it is a violation of the rights of conscience of responsible immortal beings , it must not longer be allowed—it is a permanent barrier to the union of Irishmen , which for three centuries has well dono its fatal work , it must promptly be struck down . ( Hear , hear . ) I think it right , however , with reference to the observations of Mr . O'Connor , to say—that
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without any personal uisrospect tor that gentleman , without discussing the opinion of the political body with which he h connected in England , with thc most perfect cordiality and good feeling for himself , I yet find his speaking here to-night was in contravention of the letter he had written , and in opposition to the expressed wish of the Conference ; but having so testified their opinion the Conference felt thc assurance that no injury to tlieir causo from the speech of Mr . O'Connor , under such circumstances , could result : and , for my own part , I augur a happy issue to this night ' s proceedings . I believe that the association which wc have toni ? ht founded will gather around it the sympathy arid secure thc aid of all ' good men in Ireland , ami
will certainly and I hope soon , effect its objectthe legislative independence of Ireland . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Mr , John- Rra ( of Belfast , ) said that he could not be in Dublin without attending a meeting of tho nationalists of Ireland , of whom ho was proud to be one ; hut although the committee had most courteously offered him a resolution , ho declined to propose it , simply for this reason—that ho considered each and every member of that alliance should pledge himself against place-hunting ; but the members ofthe committee said that only themselves and members of parliament should ho required to take that pledge . However , he believed that the artizans of the country and the Presbyterians of Ulster , of whom he was one
Thc Chairman here made somo observations as to a point of order , which could not be distinctly heard amid the noise that prevailed . Rev . Mr . Fay objected that Mr . Rea should have addressed the meeting as ho had done . At thc Conference Mr . Rea had drawn up an amendment to the resolution , and afterwards consented to withdraw it , so tlmfc thc Conference were left under the impression that there would be no opposition to the passing of their resolution . At the Conference Mr . Rea had also stated the reason of his being opposed to the resolution was , that if the pledge against place taking were not extended to all tho members of the alliance , the detectives could not be excluded from their body . He ( Rev . Mr . Fay ) did not perceive how making the pledge universal would have the effect of excluding detectives . ( Cries of hear ,
hear . ) Detectives would enter their meetings whatever pledges they might adopt . But what had they to fear from detectives ? The proceedings of tho new organisation would be such that there need be no concealment from anybody . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Rea said tbat he wished to observe , in explanation , that three or four times be was called upon to address tie meeting , and he declined to do so . He had come there to protect the freedom of discussion of the artizens of _Dublin but thoy had done what he expected they would do . If ho joined the Irish alliance he would propose as a new additional rule , that every man in it should be __ pledged against place-hunting j and if he did not join it , it would be for that reason , and not for any abandonment of those principles for which , and not long ago , he was brought to the foot of tho scaffold . Air . J . Lloyd Fitzgerald then camo forward and
said—Sir , the resolution which has just been proposed , I , a member of the episcopal Protestantchurch of Ireland , have no hesitation in seconding . ( Cheers . ) I believe , Sir , that , numerous as have been the means adopted by our rulers " to prevent the further growth of Popery , " they omitted the most efficacious - namely , making the Roman Catholic an exclusively endowed church , even in this a Roman Catholic country . But , Sir , I prefer supporting the resolution on the eternal principles of justice—on the principle which I have been taught from my infancy , of "doing toothers as I would they should do to me . " ( Hear , and cheers . ) Imagine , Sir , if you can , the entire ecclesiastical revenues of England given to the Roman Catholic clergy of England , and the universities of . Oxford and Cambridge closed in a great degree against church of England Protestants—I ask , what would we think of this ? What ivould tho civilised world
think of it ? And yet this is the very state of things which , mutatis mutandis , exists in Ireland . The cry has often been raised that to meddle with the church property would he robbery , that you might as well take away a man's private property—not to mention what I have already alluded to , that parliament has taken away the church property from one persuasion and conferred it on another—not to mention that parliament does sometimes deal in a very summary manner with private propertythat it will run a railway through a man's family mansion and pleasure grounds should tho interest ofthe community require it ; it maybe answered that tbe church property is very different from private property . The clergy only hold it as
trustees for the public ; it does not descend to their children , but must be handed over in good order to their successors * , and I do say that if the great majority oi the people of England should again embrace ihe Roman Catholic faith , the clergy remaining unchanged , they would have no ri » ht to keep ihe church property away from those who would then be the pastors of the people . Oh ! ( it will besaid ) the majority of ihe people of the empire are episcopal _Protcsiants , and , therefore , the episcopal Protestant church ought to be the established church of Ireland . It is very easy to patch up a thing and _i-all it an empire ( and , by thc way , tlie patched up imperial thing called tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaud , at least the united parliament
t ' aereof , is one of the imperial absurdities we hope to put an end to ) . After some other remarks , the speaker concluded by saying : These , sir , are the observations I have to offer , and I firmly believe , that if what 1 urge viere carried into effect , whilst Ireland would be _mateiially benefitid , the church to which I belong , instead of being injured , wuuld be rendered far more efficient . ( Loud _clu-crs _. ) Mr . W . J . Batti . rsby came forward to propose the next resolution — " Resolved—That the popular suffrage in this country has been nearly annihilated within the last few years ; and that the Irish alliance will insist upon a full , free , and fair representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament , and are prepared to co-operate with the
movemi nt party in Great Britain in attaining this measure for both countries . " Mr . Battersby then said : I hold that in a free state every man of sound mind and due age , not incapacitated by crime or violence , should have a voice in the election of his representatives . ( Cheers . ) When the people are not duly represented the constitution is debased or subverted ; and it is a settled maxim , that taxation or law enforced without representation , is tyranny . ( Cheers . ) Thc elective franchise , or power of voting , is the germ of freedom and tlie palladium of civil and political rights . It is the security of life , liberty , and property . It is the stay ofthe rich and the guardian of thc poor . It is the strength of the law , the support of order , the defence ofthe oppressed , and the bulwark of tho constitution . ( Hear ,
hear , and cheers . ) If the people had not a voice in the choice of their rulers they are but serfs and slaves of the worst description . If they can vote fully , freely , and without degrading restrictions , ihey will , unless they are themselves corrupt , soon have their country free and happy . Limit the franchise , and you make monopoly the rule , and give a triumph to faction or oppression . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Extend it , and you enlarge the empire of justice , and promote the cause of freedom . ( Cheers , ) The speaker then alluded to the tyranny of thc landlords , and the misery entailed by them on the people , and called upon the meeting to demand the restoration of full , free , and complete suffrage , aiid entire representation in parliament . Mr . George Washingtok Vance came forward , amidst cheering , to second the resolution .
The resolution was then put and carried with acclamation . Mr . Johnstone , as representative of the artizan class , then came forward to propose the next resolution . He was received with loud cheering . The resolution was as follows : — "That it be an instruction to thc council to appoint a committee to consider and promote such measures as may be found practically useful in developing the resources , and encouraging the manufactures , trade and commerce of the country , having due regard to the protection of the rights of Irish labour . '' He said the Conservat ive as well as the _Lilvral press was now strongly in favour of the restoration of national industry . ( Hear , hear . ) There were strong political reasons why the
national parly should now take up this matter seriously and promptly . It was closely allied with the objects of that body in seeking for the independence of this country . ( Cheers . ) In order to effect tbat independence , they should endeavour to secure the means of comfort and personal independence to the The council looked to the artisans of Dublin to aid them in carrying out the objects set forth in this resolution . They looked also to tbe artisans in the provinces to aid in the same good cause . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the interest of the rural districts that the manufacturing interest should prosper . Their manufacturing towns , if thriving , would supply a means for the absorption of surplus rural
labour . _Ao hand would be left idle , and thus the evils of competition in the labour market would be remedied . ( Hear , hear . ) It was , therefore , clearly the interest of all that tho manufactures of Ireland should be restored to a thriving condition . ( Clicers . ) It was now getting late , and he ( Mr . Johnstone ) would only add , that , as an artisan , lie tendered his own assistance , willingly and cheerfully , and c . ilied on his brother _ar _' _isans to give practical evidence of their sincciity , iu aiding the council in carrying out this project , which was calculated to he of such eminent benefit to their common country . Mr . Johnstone then concluded amidst loud cheers _.
Mr . Hewlett seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . _MicnAEL Geoboe Coxway then came forward and said : We have now , sir , aud fellow countrymen , arrived at the close of the proscribed business of this great aggregate meeting of the nationalists of Ireland —( hear , near)—and I think you will one and all concur with mo that our proceedings afford an auspicious augury of eventual , complete , and not remote success in the great work before us .
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( Cheers . ) It was my intentuii u > l > a \ e taken this sense of this meeting on a specific resolution , cxpU'ssii g the sympathy and admiration of Ireland for the men now suffering in penal exile , or in prison , for the crime ' of patriotic devotion to their native land . But , Sir , the sentiments expressed by Mr . Loynoand Mr . Duffy , and the manner in which you have received them , seem to render this course unnecessary —( hear and cheers ) : —and now , again , let mc congr atulate you on this gieat meeting—on the _inauguration of this grand Irish Alliance . ( Cheers . )
We have received support from quarters , whence a few of us apprehended disturbance —( hear , hear );—and if in re <» ard to some questions , we met on this platform with mutual distrusts , wc part in excellent good humour , and with full confidence in each other . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I hold that tins generous mutual confidence is the best cement of any political confederacy . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I move " 1 hat you do leave thc chair , and that George Washington Vance , Esq ., be called thereto . " ( Cheers . ) . Doctor Gkattan accordingly left thc chair , whion was taken by Mr . Vance
. . Onthe motion of Mr . Duffy , the thanks of tbe meeting were accorded , amidst loud acclamations , to Dr . Grattan ; for his dignified conduct in the chair , and thc meeting then separated , cheering loudly for John Mitchcl , Smith O ' Brien , and Meagher . Mr . Duffy was also loudly cheered . Tho immense assemblage separated in the most perfect order and quietude . Two policemen were in the gallery , who were doubtless , sent to watch tho proceedings , and put down disturbance , but there appeared no need
whatever of their presence . The two constables , it appeared , had to pay at the door for admission . Three horse policemen were seen patrolling through . Marlborough-street , and Abbey-street , up to halfpast ten o ' clock , and subsequently a larger body of mounted police were observed by the crowd returning from the meeting . The patrol appeared in the vicinity of the meeting , but there being no occasion for their interference , they returned to their barracks . The crowd had dispersed , and Abbey-street was silent before eleven o ' clock .
Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not , Who would be free , himself must strike the Won
TO THE IRISH EXILES . Fellow Counxkymbn , I did not return from our father-land to our adopted country till too late last night to make a comment upon the report of our grand and glorious national exhibition hy the English Press , but , as the censure of slaves is adulation , I hail the sneer of the BLOODY OLD TIMES as indicative ofthe value of our meeting and its own terror . I expected better from tho "Daily News , " whieh must have been deceived hy its correspondent ; hut tho whole tone of the English
Press has ever led me to tho conclusion that the power of the English and Irish mind alone can destroy the prejudice created hy English organs . Here is the description given of the meeting by the "Daily _Netvs , " and always hear in mind , that , with the exception of tho "Freeman's Journal , " I look upon the "Daily News" aud the _"Morning Advertiser" as the most liberal daily papers in the empire , a fact that will convince you of the difficulties against which what are called the Libera ] organs , of what is called the Liberal party , have to contend . Here is the notice from the " Daily Neios" : —
Those who expected to see the enthusiasm of rocenfc years revived , or an important array of men enjoying prominent social rank , or possessing very decided claims on the confidence of the public asscm ! led on the occasion , were disappointed . Yet the proceedings were not devoid Of enthusiasm , nor was the meeting without some re spectability '; and one anxious to do strict justice in describing it , cannot pronounce it to have been a decided failure . The Music Hall , in widen tho meeting was held , is not a very capacious building , yet it was not by any means densely crowded until a late hour in the evening ; and tho platform might have held many besides those who occupied it . But the circumstance of admission being regulated by tickets , and the price to the platform being so much as _half-a-crown , will iu count to some extent for the absence of a throng . The cri / _ndaurroandingthe outer doors was extremely small .
Now hear mine—and I defy contradiction , while you must he aware that I would not destroy my position in Ireland hy an exaggerated report . Unlike meetings in England , the p latform was crowded to inconvenience , with barristers of emiuence , merchants of emiuence , town councillors , solicitors , such as you rarely see in England . The Music Hall , where the meeting was held , is capable of holding more than any meeting place iu London . The admission was high , except to the body of the Hall , where it was free ; and there was not a vacant spot in the
Hall . The crowd was so great , that , when I arrived with Mr . O'Higoins , Mr . Eea , and Mr . Thomas Clark , more than half an hour before the proceedings commenced , we were several minutes before we could force our way in ; and such enthusiasm—such harmony —such a feeling—I never witnessed at any public meeting . The report in the " Star " is taken verbatim from the " Freeman ' s Journal , " the most honest and correct report I over saw in a daily paper ; and no slight task , when you consider that the meeting lasted till near twelve o ' clock , and the report appeared in the "Freeman" a few hours after .
My Countrymen , heed not the Press ; it has been your vilest oppressor ; but return thanks to God , that the peoplo of England and Ireland have lived down prejudice , and that such _, an union will now he established between Celt and Saxon as will break dowD , and for ever destroy , the power ofthe press , and the tyrant . In conclusion , let me assure you , tbat m > amount of money , ol * patronage , or powor , would be equal , in my estimation , to the meeting of Tuesday night , which I look upon aa the key-stone ofthe arch of English and L'ish liberty . You will no longer find any party— - I shall never use another harsh name—able to
create discord between the English and Irish people , for personal profit , vanity or ambition . Your faithful friend and follow countryman , Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —I cannot deny myself tho _ploasuro and delight of assuring you , that Tuesday night more than repaid me for twenty-seven years of persecution , prosecution , and slander ; and for thousands and tens of thousands of money that I have expended in the overthrow of tyranny , and the establishment of freedom . 1 F . O'C .
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Deams op Two Children and a Dog . —During the last ten days great numbers ofthe poor of the neighbouring townships had frequented the strand to collect nuts , & c , thrown up by the tide from the wreck of the " Mischief ; " amongst others two _littlQ girls were observed , followed by a dog , and it ia imagined that being disappointed in their expectations and exhausted by hunger and cold , they had secured themselves under a hedge on Formby rabbit-warren , where they were found by the coast guard on going his rounds on Wednesday morning , both of them crouched together , with the dog , which appears to have been a faithful attendant , stretched across tho breast of the eldest child , all stiff in death . —Liverpool Mail .
Public Houses on the Thames . —The law restrict _^ ing the sale of cxciseable liquors before one o ' clock on Sunday applies generally to the steamers on the river but the long-voyage steamers are exempted . The halfpenny short-trip steamboats evade thc _law by _colourably taking out licenses for long _voyagen , and then they sell liquors to their low class of passengers withso little restriction that worshippers coming from the churches at one o ' clockare ehoekei and annoyed by the brutalities of drunkards reeling from the decks . It seems also that there is some crotchet which restricts thc operation of the law to boats " moored at the piers , " leaving them untouched while moving- in mid-channel . The police have summoned the parties who originate the nuisance , without immediate success ; but the Lord ! Mayor said he would wait on thc Chairman of tht Board of Excise on the suipject .
A Stage Accident . —During ihe performance of " Romeo and Juliet" at tho Sheffield Theatre last ; wee ]; , Mrs . Saville , who cnactvd the part of Romeo attacked Mr . Roffo ( Tybalt ) under such stage excitement , that sho accidentally stabbed him m tha side . At first it was feared that the wound wag internally severe , but by proper treatment Mr , Rolfe is fast recovering from the injury . Death from Ether . —A fatal instance of the unskilful employment of ether , as a sedative , has occurred at Berlin . A young lady having occasion for adentist ' s assistance , and " fearing pain , consented to be etherised . Her wish was assented to , and the sedative applied so effectually that she sunk int _» eternal sleep . All efforts to restore her proved ineffectual
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24111849/page/5/
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