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_^ rtoosed _T > y Lord Bvscas . A Select j _^? i _« * ttpeto inquire into the salaries and £ _^ ente of offices , held _duMg the pleasure - _^ _JJSwi by _memoers of either House of « _lfament , voted in the _annnal estimates * _^ iSs of judicial _officea , in the superior _^ _^ W _^ d-Eq _* n-* y-rtheretiring pen-¦? ° o'lntted to the Judges , and the expenses _ffifitoo- _* _Estab _^ hm _^ charged npon _l _^ _Ssolidated Fund . This seemingl y v » V" _^ _, d _comprehensiveintiairy is to he sffee _5 for hi the Premier himself ; whether _^ hle _-riewof staving off the Question in the _**• rime of nltimately entomhmgitmahnge _** Rook or _"wi- _* a sincere determination to B _*? _* - -JI practicable reductions under these _•^ _^ _mainstobe seen . We confess , thus - _^ ~ .. - I - c-. _ . __ -.
fle 8 v- aT the manner in wtocn , at tne very 100 S mcnt ho pushed forward a hill to fix Ia 5 _L _?« ir BELLS salary atthe same amount _^ ° _t ¦ id to Lord Denuas , and to exclude _^ ihat _i-a „ _frojn _^ operation of the " _- . 1 have small faith in the honesty _k _^ p nnoser The wax on the seal of the - ' ion of the New Chief Justice was _Dunn's- _wiienthis proposition was made , scan " * * * * - ' _<• . __ --a in _Hefiancfi of reneated Tf forward in defiance of repeated
- _^ 3-, * - nut , _jjuditwa _s V ncfiS _that foe salary should be previous _^ _^ _^ _^ all others It seems ° P f ! ° _S _^ oiPDEtt _' s lack to bring his party t 0 be _roe _« bY these rank jobs ; and Ave can , 11110 S _r . scarcely wonder at the quixotic zeal _^ _Xd bv lus sill y son , whenever an _oppor-^ _S _£ in the defence ofthe party , and mi _Tnf the " Democratic clement " ? he abuse ot tne _» _„ - _. _, _!•„„« _„„ ¦ promises discussion
m « DSEB _GlBSOX a T Taxes on Knowledge , on Tuesday , the Sft Ap ril ; and , on the same day Mr . i- it T-ix Sir De Laci' _Evass gives notice of _Srf _thesesmtdl shammeasuresof enfranchisement t _^ hich that tinkering politician is so S known , to tiie effect , that parties shall toe the vote who have resided twelvemonths Se same premises , and paid I _ncome t « id _^" rtv Ta _5 _ or who have paid Poor Kates ITopcri _*«*» * _i of
; * . - .- , ,, , „ , „ , „_ _r _^ _iers premises , of tiie net annual Sue of 5 / . or who hare a certaint amount of ILoA in the Savings Banks . Mr . W . J . _% ; Education Bill is to he opposed hy the Protecti onists , Mr . STAFFORD-onei of Mr . _DisrAELi _' s lieutenants—Laving on the paper a notice to throw it out . Mr . Ewart will make his motion for the abolition of Capital Punishments , with the usual result ; and Mr . _"Dmueii promises to caUthe attention of the
House to the Dip lomatic and Consular _aer-¦ ri < xi , with a view to their more economical and efficient performance . Carrying out the policv of the Peace Society , Mr . Cobden is to move , that Lord Palmers ton shall enter into Eegociations with foreign Governments for a mutual reduction of warlike armaments ; and Mr . Osborse gives notice of a motion for the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament .
Such are a few of the more prominent questions , g leaned from the voluminous notices bequeathed by our legislators , for tbe amusement or consideration of the recess . Everybody will admit there is sufficient variety in them , at all events . There will , no doubt , be _Tilaitv of 44 _tali ; hnt what will he done ? fath the * Whi gs in office—NOTHING .
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THE HONESTY _FHO . Deceived by W . Rideb . —J . Cook , Sbincliff Colliery 2 d—Female Democratic Sick Sociely , Keighley . per J . F . PicHts -19 s—P . Sumerton , Leamington 3 d—Cothal Mills , _aearAl-erJeen , per "LFranclsoS—Johnston , per J . _Jl'l'iail 6 = —V . " . ttalston aud J . Verner , Glasgow 2 s—a few Friends , Sor ** - " ch . per J . Fox Cs—Mansfield , per C . Calerl _* 17 s Cd—BadcJi _. TelJridfre , per W . Allen -Is 9 d—Long Buekby , per J . _Coor * r -5 s 6 d- * a Four-acre Shareholder , Birmingham , per _J . _PearcjSs—W . Brown , Birmmgliain , per J . _Tearce 3 s—J . _G-fi . Birmingham , per 3 . Pearce ls—W . _Suinmei field , Finnin-iliain . per J . Pearce ls—Belmont , per T . Walton Ss _63—Owndoo , near Halifax , per ~ W . Rnshworth Ts 4 d—Ladyship . _Sorthowran , near Halifax , per * tV . Saville 6 s 3 d —U I ' rver , Halton , near Leeds 2 s—J . Bedwell and Mrs . Bed » re" £ _Brierle-f-laUl -s _^—Junction ., SaddlewortU Gs—a few Friends . _Mirfield , near Dewsbury 10 s—Sootbill , near
Bailey , per A . Simpson 6 s 6 d—a few Land Members , Oswaidcwistle , near _Accrington , _perB . Hesheth 11—Stockport , per J . Scrag 8 s—Stockport , per W . Potts 7 s—Heywood , per J . _Wbulstenholme 6 s 3 d—Rochdale , a Female who intends to whistle at the plough 4 s—Rochdale Chartists ( second subscription , ) per R . GUI 11 4 _s—TSottingham , per J . Skcrritt 21— Edinburgh , per TV . Anderson 17 sidTersedge , near Leeds , per J . C . Swallow 21 os id—Gorleston , near Yarmouth , perM . RoyaU 12 s Cd—a few Friends , Yarmouth , per M . Royall 9 s—Devonport , per J . ltogers 11—G . W ., Hawick ls—collected in the Chartist Reading Room , ! _"iriaieton , near Mandiestev Cs Sd—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 12 s 2 d—Salford , per J . Eobinson 21 s 4 d—Kingston , near Carlisle , per J . Scott -5 s 9 d—Fiat Justitia , London 10 s—Urs . _Boi'tr , per E . Stallwood 2 s Gd—Leigh , near
Manciester per J . Howanh lis lOd—Retford , per T . _Xlernie fls Id—Chatham , per J . Fleminjr lis 6 d—Bristol per C . Clark ii 3 d—Warwick , afew Friends , per C . Tristram 10 s . —Received from _Mannin-hani , near Bradford—J . Hague ls—S . Ides , in ls—L . Hardaker ls—G . Rigg ls—J . Greenhough 2 s—W . Ideson Is—T . Lipsey Is—J . Robertsliaw 6 d—D-rw _^ i _. pr-rT . Barnes * js—Bishop foil-land , per J . _Willdn . son is— . Norwich , per Mr . Hurry 20 s—Xorwich , per Mr . Hatchett 4 s—Sheffield , per G . Cavil lOd—Reading , per Messrs . Ellis and Lowndes 16 s 6 d—Georgia Hills , per Mr . Kechaulos'i'l—J . R » , Hawick Is . Received by Johs _Auxorr . —Lynn , per James Twaits 10 s . Beceived at Lasd Office . —Preston , per Liddle lis Sd—Mr . JJeads , lflakeneyls 6 d—a few Tanners , in employ of ilessrs . tiepburo , Long-lane , Bermondsey 9 s . 3 d—J . Giles -= 6 d . £ s . a . _ReceiredbTTV . Rider .. .. 30 4 3 Received try John Arnott .. 0 10 0 Received at Land Office .. 1 4 11 Total £ 31 19 8
FOR MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —Bristol , per C . Clark 2 s—Leamiagton , per J . Green 6 s 7 < L AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Jobs Aexott . —G . T . Floyd , Deptford Is—Robert > lann , Deptford ls—William Jewis , Westminster Is—George Gill Is—Hemy Gill 13—Geoi _^ e Ilifchins , Westaiinster ls—Thomas Dickens , Westmiuster ls—Charles 3 _ rne ? , Westminster Cd—Hen * - * Fenney Is—collected at Public Meeting , John-street SSs lid—Stalybridge , per \ Vm . S 512 _''s—Westminster Locality , pir James Grassby lis—Salford , per John Robinson 5 s—Sheffield , per George Gavil 5 s—Royton . per J . B . HorsfeU 10 s—Andrew Porter , Lynn , per James Twaits Is .
DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . Received hv Jons Auxom—Bradford , Yorkshire , per aomas Wilcock 40 s . MONUMENT FUND . Received b y W . Rideb . _—Nottingham , per J . Sweet Cd . DEBT DUE TO MB . NIXON . Deceived by W . Rime . —Salford , per J . Robinson 3 s 2 d . FOR MRS- M'DOUALLReceived by W . Rides . —H . Gale , Tower Hamlets ls 6 d—Stockport , per JL Scraggs 5 s & L TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Recived by John- Absott . —Joseph Morgan , Deptford Is -G . T . Floyd , Deptford Is—West-end Boot and Shoemaker ' s Meeting at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , Soho , per Messrs . Dickens and Barnes 5 s . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb . —A Democrat , Chepstow ls—Xot-| _^ ** i l _* er J . Sweet ed—Rising Sun , Calender-wd , from _«•*? -Scot and Shoemakers , per Mr . _ScotterlSs—BristoL per C . Clark 3 s 3 d .
NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . _deceived by Jons Absott , Secretay . —Proceeds of liar _, _raaiuc _Meeitng , held at the King and Queen , Folej-street , ov the West _^ nd Boot and Shoemakers , per Mr . rennell 39 s—The _Westend boot and Shoemakers Meeting , at the Two Chairman , Wardonr-street , Soho , per Messrs . Dickens amd Barnes 73 61—Joseph Morgan , Deptford Is—G . T . Floyd , Deptf orfi ls—Mr . Rider , as per Star 2 _Ss _8 d—Gerald _Masseyls . —— _. _^^^ ...
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_, ____ PflospnoBous v . Rats . —A correspondent of the ¦ Hardener s Oirom efe communicates anotable method of destroying rats , _ty means of a p hosphoric compound , to be prepared in the following proportions : —Procure of lard or dri pping a quarter ofa pound , of phosphorus one drachm , of spirit of vine one gill - place the -whole of these in a pint wine bottle , thoroughly cleansed previous to use . This ahonld be covered , up to its neck , or rather middle , ¦ with hot water , which may be managed by putting
tae bottle into a saucepan deep enough to hold it ; * n 4 by gradually heating the water . "When the _«* 3 or drippine is dissolved , remove the bottle «• •> " _» the water , " cork it firmly , and shake it until tte contents are thoronghly incorported . When _toti , pour off the spirit of wine . By this time , the * charm" -will have nearly been " worked . " Little j _aiore remains to be done . Procure some wheaten Sour , and , having rubbed sugar into it , warm the Contents of the " charmed" bottle , and pour sufficient from it to make the whole into a paste of _ordinary consistence . Flavouring the above is the SWenth bullet , " ihe master piece . To this much attention must be paid . Get some oil of rhodium * nd some oil of aniseed , both powerful oils ; and winding your dough into two portions , " charm " toe One half irith -rhodium , the other with aniseed . The quantity of oil - requisite is -very trifling . HaTUg made np the paste into a number of small _globn-«*¦ pieces ( lite marbles ) , place them carelessly Vket 8 T 8 * rth _»*{** _ti abound , tad the exirfenoeofthe ! M _^ _rw iU _** oo * iiecoiaoajner 9 " Batter of history . "
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_liTCTTIRS LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXXXI . " Words are things , and a _smtll drop of ink Tallin ;*—like dew—upon a thought , produc t * That-which make * thousands , perhaps million ! think . BIB 0 St .
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" MEASURES OF REPRESSION ; ' _' Brother Proletarians , Being unwell—and , consequently , in anything hut the humour for writing—I would have given my pen a week ' s rest , hut that I consider it indispensably necessary to at least take notice of the proceedings of parties in France , since the date of my last Letter . Any apology for again directing your attention to French politics cannot he needed , seeing that , just now , every other subject is insignificant by the side ofthe great drama of which France is the theatre .
I was in error in stating , in my last Letter , that the seats contested in the recent elections numbered twenty-eight—the number was thirty-one . The Reds returned twenty-one , and the Whites ten , of their candidates . The Ordermongers have declared the election of the representatives for the Saone-et-Loire void , on the ground of an alleged irregularity . Itis asserted that , in certain districts , a considerable number of electors whose names appear on the lists for 1850 , but not m those of 1849 , took part in the ballot ; while ,
by a previous decision , it was determined that the elections of the 10 th of March should take place on the lists of 18-19 . The number ot such electors amount , according to the calculations of the Prefect of the Saone-et-Loire , to about 6 . 000 ; but the majority of the Democratic candidates amounted to 16 , 558 ; and , supposing that the Avhole of the G , 000 had taken part in the ballot , and that they all voted for the Democratic list ( neither hypothesis heing very probable ) , it would leave a majority considerably exceeding 10 , 000 votes , in favour of the Democratic candidates . In
former cases , when Royalists had obtained seats under similar circumstances , the Assembly voted the validity of those elections . Now , however , that Democrats were to be sacrificed , the majority , to effect that object , cooll y set aside its own precedents . . The truth is , that not the alleged irregularity , but the fact that the Saone-et-Loire had elected six Reds , was the motive for the vote of the Ordermongers . By that vote , citizens Madier de Montjau , _Esouiros , _Charassin , Buvignier , Charles Dain , and Victor Hennequin . have , for the present , been deprived of the power
conferred on them b y the people , but thenexclusion from the Assembly can only be for a few weeks . The _Saone-et-Loire is too intensely Red to allow the Royalists any chance of a victory . It is well known , that had the Socialist-Democrats put forth their whole strength in the late election , their majority would have been nearer sixty than sixteen thousand . Put upon their mettle by the unjust and insulting decision of the legislative majorit y , the Reds will , of course , take good care to ensure the triumph of their candidates , all efforts of the Ordermongers
notwithstanding . The " measures of repression , " relating to the press and electoral meetings , were laid before the Assembly on this day week , March 21 st . B y the first of these measures , it is proposed to be enacted , that the proprietors of " journals or periodical publications" shall be bound to deposit with tbe treasury a sum in specie of 50 , 000 francs , cautionmouey , for daily papers ; 40 , 000 francs for papers published twice a week , and 20 , 000 francs if published only weekly , or at greater intervals . This last clause is designed to catch such publications as Louis Blanc ' s Nouveau Monde , which is
published monthly . In a few of the departments sums lower in amount are proposed for the several daily and other journaJs . By the same hill it is proposed to enact , that the several journals , & c , in the principal departments shall be subjected to a stamp-tax of four centimes on each impression . The proposed law will include all " periodical writings treating of politics or economic-social subjects , ' * and published in numbers of less than ten sheets of impression . Engravings will be
included ; it having been found that prints of all kinds have been employed , with great effect , in propagating the principles of Red Republicanism . Publications not complying with the proposed law may be seized . Offenders to be fined at the rate of 50 francs for every unstamped sheet , and 100 francs on a repetition of the offence . The responsible editors , authors , writers , and distributors of the laid journals to be held conjointly responsible forthe fines imposed .
Having in my lastLetter so fully commented on the villanous motives and treasonable objects ofthe projectors of this new scheme to fetter the press , I shall offer no further comment on the measure itself , other than to bid the reader mark the distinction made between periodical publications ( not newspapers ) intended for the people , and those published under the patronage of the rich . Bulk y Reviews , written for , and bought by , the wealthy , will escape the tax ; while monthl y magazines , of the character of Louis Blanc ' s Nouveau Monde , written for , and , to a great extent , bought by the wealth-producers—who , unhappily , are not consumers , as well as producers—will he subjected to the tax . From thfe first clause to the last the measure is
devised for the purpose of perpetuating ignorance and preventing the progress of enlightenment and true civilisation . Its authors dare to denounce the Socialists as "barbarians , " while it is patent to all the world that the Ordermongers desire , before all things , the conservation of ignorance—the last prop of barbarism . That prop is , however , crambling away , and ere long—in spite of caution-money and taxes—the preponderating majority of the French people will be thoroughly enlig htened as to their own interests , and , heing so , will bring to a conclusion the reign of those polished barbarians , and
gilded savages , who have built up their wealth and power by speculating in the sweat and blood of the unhappy millions . Buonaparte , Barrot , Thiers , Guizot , Montalembert , Changarnier , and the classes they represent , are inadequately described by the title of "barbarians , " or " savages ; " cannibals is their proper designation . The food they eat , the wine they drink , the garments they wear , the mansions they inhabit , the luxuries of every description they enjoy , are theirs only because the producers and nseful workers are robbed , starved , used-up , and——no , not
murdered"They die so slowly , none dare call it murder . " Excepting , indeed , when driven to despair , the unfortunate sufferers precipitate themselves against the cannon and bayonets of the possessors of property ; and then onl y a few dare breathe the charge of " murder" against the conquerors . The blatant brutes of the " respectable press , " so far from having a word of pity for the victims , hail their defeat and destruction with pieans of exultation . The people beaten and " mowed down in masses , " the Swigs of the press immediatel y pour forth their rejoicings that " society is saved , anarchy i 3 crushed , and order established ! ' ' Tes , the " order" of victorious brigands , " "Who make a solitude , and call it peaee . "
The second measure introduced b y the Ministry proposes to prolong the existence of the gagging fa _^ f relating to the clubs , and to extend the same to electoral meetings . Both measures were discussed in the bureaux of the Assembly on Saturday last . Baroche , Minirter of the Interior , avowed , that the measure affecting the press , was intended to pat down the Republican journals . Speaking of tiie _electionsof the 10 th of March , _heaiserted _, that trade had been stopped , ship-
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ments suspended , and orders countermanded , iii consequence ofthe results of those flections , and that the press had kept tip the public alarm . Baroche well knows , that if any alarm has existed , ithas heen excited solely by the _Government journals . He added , that " people spoke of moderation arid _cdncUiation , but such means would not succeed in these times , and stringency was necessary . " A lesson to be remembered by the veritable Republicans when they shall arrive at power ! Very foolishly the people ' tried " conciliation " and " moderation " and we lee the results ! Baroche repays the people with " stringency . " " Ws thank tkee ; Jew , for teaching ts tho word . "
In the straggle now , and henceforth , "farewell , a long farewell" to _aentimentalism and Lamartine s " balmy balderdash . " Amongst the supporters of the government measures , Mole and Thiers distinguished themselves . The Ordermongers were , however , not unanimous . Larochejaqnelin , the Legitimist ; Gustave de Beaumont , the Orleanist ; and other members of the two Royalist factions , opposed the Stamp , & c ., on the ground that the proposed exactions would kill a number of the journals devoted to ' _« Order . '' The _measure was opposed by Cavaignac and Lamartine , who , of course were taunted for their inconsistency , having themselves established precedents for the present proceedings of the _o-ovemment . Lamartine delivered one of his
dreamy orations , in the course of-which he defined Socialism tobe " a nightmare , a momentary madness , " having its source in " ignorance . " The remedy , he added , was "light , reason , and discussion ! "' Methinks I hear our enraptured sentimentalists and political humbugs exclaiming : — " How true ! how poetical ! how wise ! how beautiful !!! " Let me add—how absurd ! There is no truth more indisputahle than that Socialism and ignorance can have no connexion . "Without pretending to preach the infallibility of Robert Owen , or Pierre-Leroux , Considerant , or Louis Blanc , there can be no question that their place is in
the first rank of the representatives of intellect and champions of knowledge . But ifc may be said , " admitting the mental powers ofthe leaders , their followers are ignorant ; for none but the ignorant would accept their theories . " Another mistake , or , rather , misrepresentation . Wherever ignorance abounds Socialism either has no existence , or if a few cling to the proscribed creed they do so , at the peril of their interests—their safety—their very lives . The progress of Socialism is the best possible proof of tho intellectual advancement of the people . None but thinkers can be Socialists , and thinkers are not the men to abandon
themselves to the influence of dreams , nor are they likel y to be carried away b y any fit of midsummer madness . Lamartine may assure himself that no men were ever more thoroughly in earnest , than tliose who laid down tlieir lives in the June Insurrection , and thoso who returned Carnot , Vidal , and De Flotte , to the Legislative Assembl y . The first fought and died , the second voted and live , —to establish the Social Republic . If , indeed , Socialism , instead of being a mi ght y fact was but the phantasm of a sot of enthusiast's and fools , Lamartine ' s remedy" light , reason and discussion , " Avould , no
doubt , be found efficacious in dispelling the delusion . But , precisely , because Socialism is a fact—the great fact of this epoch—Lamartine ' s " remedy" is calculated onl y to advance the "disease . " All that the Socialist Democrats ask for , is the liberty to shed abroad the "lig ht" of their princip les ; to be permitted the employment of unfettered " reason " in propagating their views ; and to be allowed to combat their opponents with the weapons of f " discussion . " They know that by such
means they could triumph without ever again having recourse to muskets and barricades . And Baroche , Thiers , and Co . know the same . They are not blinded by the fine words of Lamartine . They very well comprehend the character of the Socialist movement ; and , therefore , they say— " away with the ri ght of discussion ; stringency and repression are the only means to safe ' society ' ' '—meaning by that term the system by which they are enabled to maintain their homicidal
supremacy , at the cost of the ri g hts , the happiness , and the lives of the great majority of their fellow creatures . Let no man be alarmed at the word " Socialism . " Let no man , who desires liis own social emancipation , allow that , or any other word to stand in the way of the duty he owes to himself and his fellow moil—that of investigating the causes of Labour ' s wrongs , and ascertaining what are Labour ' s rights . The social question is of paramount importance , and to its consideration every true reformer—every earnest and energetic friend of progress , will do vote his untiring attention .
To come back to the measure affecting the French Press ; there can be but little doubt that that measure will pass , notwithstanding the hostility of even the " Moderate" journals . It is anticipated that while some of the cheap Socialist journals will be crushed , a good many of their Conservative rivals will share the same fate . The combatants will be ' fewer , but the fight will not be the less earnest . Tlie result may be safely anticipated . . The stamp and excessive caution-money ( 80 , 000 franc 3 ) did not save the government of Louis Phili ppe , nor will such means prevent the downfall ofthe present tyrants . The bill to abolish electoral meetings meets with the almost unanimous support ofthe ordermongers . So much the better . So flagrant a violation of a ri g ht proclaimed sacred by the constitution cannot but add immensely to the popular hatred of the government , and must vastly accelerate tho grand
overthrow . It appears that , besides the measures affectin _** the Press , and forbidding electoral meetings , Buonaparte and his Ministers have six other bills in readiness , relating to the Suffrage , Foreign Refugees , the Transportation of Political Offenders , _« tc _., « fcc . "As matters are as yet , " says the correspondent ofthe Times , "the Government cannot exactly shoot every man who writes in favour of Socialist doctrines ; " hence these " measures of repression" constitute the only feasible mode of "
arresting the evil" of Red Republicanism . It is evident that the Times man does not yet despair of having the pleasure of narrating the events of a new St . Bartholomew , to begot up by the "friends of order . " The editor of that paper , however , is by no means sanguine that the shooting system would be a very safe game for the enemies of the Republic . Having misgivings as regards the "fidelity " of the army , the Times implores the "Moderates " to study moderation , (!) and entreats the " friends of order" not to rush . into violence !! This is
exceedingly amusing , and speaks _vDlumes for thefears of the anti-democratic conspirators . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . March 28 , 1850 .
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New Rsotoations _kespbctino METRoroHTAK Pcbmc _Carmages . —Thc new act of parliament respecting metropolitan public carriages , which will come into operation in a few days , was issued on Wednesday . By this act the office of Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages is abolished , and a saving of £ 1 , 400 a year will be effected . Tho Commissioners of Police are to discharge the duties hitherto performed by the registrar without any additional salary . There is power given to pay retired allowances to officers whose situations may be abolished or " superseded" under the provisions of
tbis act . The Commissioners of Police may appoint standings for hackney carriages , and make regulations respecting the same , as also enforce order at every standing . This act , which is to comme and take effect from the 5 th of April , is to bo construed as one with the 6 & 7 Tie , cap . 80 , for regulating hackney and stage carriages , and all the previsions of that act are extended to the present law . One of tho Commissioners of Police may discharge the duties transferred . - The licenses respecting metropolitan carnages , drivers , and conductors expire on the Sth of April .
Mb . Pbmbebto . v , who had been for many years attached to her Majesty ' s Treasury , has retired from the public service ; and the other _oflSco held by that gentleman—viz ., agent for the Russian-Dutch Loan—has been abolished by the Lords ofthe Treasury . We also understand that it is not their lordships intention to fill up the vacancy occasioned in the office by Mr . Pemberton s retirement . Brewehs in ihe _Umhbd Kingdom . —On Wednesday a return to parliament was printed , showing that on the 10 th of October last there were 2 , 507 brewers in the United Kingdom , comprising 2 , 257 w England , 104 in Scotland , and 96 in Ireland . They consumed ia the year 1 . 8651 . 052 bushels of malt .
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, : NATIONAL EEFORM _LIAQU .. _rJ _^^ _ST-1 _^ . 11 _^ _"Jw" ! _Weekly lecture in the _nftn _* l Instlt « tl <> D- on Friday last , Mr . B . _X _, _iS f , _ii i ? re 8 I _J _- _ofthisasr-ociation , _congra-Ifll _T _% 7 J > _in'f . « ble .. to give his . audience another proof of the progrM 8 which the doctrines of a _\^ Were makiD' ? he illiided to the hearty _lSv . T which those ( , octrines _Sh _S v _.:- lnr ge - assemblage called together by the National , Regeneration Society , at _Sn £ . Stlfc _TI , 0 _f' in > ice « ter-square , _<*** _Satui-day , 2 - ¦ " » ' _wciety having invited public dishP _nlJffi laud _? P _^ of eLthig the _S ? , L P f r mo n _PO-A * P _^ _pevism , and _£ _?« _? ' illf ! * * - -5 dat _? t 0 - _* tend M _* feir . _meetnfrti ' e _* . _riwV n _- 0 tice ' t 0 ex P ° und t 0 the parcies present tlm * _-iwV ,.:.. u „ _~ e fi . _ -kt _. _l- .- _^ . i . .... _.-.
Reform League as ; _flj 0 nl _£ _Substantial _basisfcr _M IZZ wf enerat-on * _^ did not mean to say that ffv _tZ u ll at the _Sretit meeting on _Satur-SOTtf h _. ° l P rinci Ple 9 , althouglfthey might applaud them at the time : many _sallowed them as outer pills—as nauseous medicine taken to cure real or apprehended disease . He had long felt thoroughly convinced that the present evils of society could b e cured b y nothing short ofa radical vctovm withe existing laws upon land , credit , currency , and exchange ; and this truth all parties , sooner or later , would be compelled _toacknoirle- _' _g . ; . Unless our neig hbours , the French , come to tne same conclusion , torrents of blood would again be shed in that convulsed nation . Tho lebturer then
went on to say that for want ofa correct _lcno-vledge ofthe universal princi ples 0 f economical and social science , the revolution of France bad not yet begun ; and that the mere change in the personel of the _go-Ternment which the people , in that country had ettected , had strengthened , instead of weakened , the arms of despotism ; and had incressed , instead of diminished , the miseries of the people . Mr . 0 Biien then entered , in detail , upon the circumstances attending the recent elections in France , and upon the abominable overt and secret acts , bv which tho government vainly hope to strangle democracy , lie maintained , tlie base bourgeoisie , or middle class , were tho main abettors of the barbarous system of persecution now _-roin-r on in France
—those kind of people who cared not how much the producing classes suffered , so that the five per cents could be kept from fluctuating much below par ; and so long as they could buy the produce of labour cheap , and sell it dear . Jle again repeated what he . had often uttered before—the merchant class were the deadliest enemies the working classes had ever known ; and to talk of other enemies while that class possessed its present power , was mere declamation , and deceived tlie people . Whatwasthe use of going about thc country proclaiming that the poor were too poor , and tlie rich too rich , without prop osing nn adequate remedy for the evils deprecated ? Whore was the good of newspapers , like the Dispatch , givin _<* lon £ -Jeremiads
: ibout tlie abuses of Church and State , without showing what relation such abuses havo , or have not , to the distresses of the people ; or of merely running down one humbug by running up another humbug ? Would the Dispatch show us how those 160 poor Wiltshire labourers , who struck- work the other day because their grinding employers wanted to reduce their wages to sis . shillings a week , ivere to be relieved from such diabolical oppression ? We all know that six shillings a week was nothing less than slow murder—even an . American nigger earned more than that b y working over time . There was undoubted authority for the statement that many a nigger in America kept a horse for his own use and that many saved from £ 10 to £ 20 a yoar , to expend in mere luxuries . And yet , in this free country , many agricultural labourers were un
able to earn more than six shillings a week—or £ 15 12 s . a year—working every day ; and if they attempted to combine with their follows , to protect themselves against this monstrous injustice , warrants were issued for their apprehension , and the police and military were put in requisition against tliem . Vague declamation , then , upon party _ques . tions—upon priestcraft , aristocracy , government expenditure , taxation , Ac—was a waste of time and effort , because it left unscathed the horrible monsters which profitism , landlordism , and nsnry , had now become . After some further exposures of the ravages of these monsters , Mr . O'Brien concluded by reading the following resolutions ,, which had been unanimously passed at tho meeting of the National Regeneration Society before referred to , and which would be found in their printed report of the debates : —
" 1 . A repeal of our present wasteful and degrading system of poor laws , and the substitution of a just and efficient poor law ( based upon the original Act of Elizabeth ) which shall centralise the rates , and dispense them equitably and economically for the beneficial employment and reliof of the destitute poor . The rates to be levied only upon the owners of every description of realised property . The employment to bo of a healthy , useful , and reproductive kind , so as to render tho poor self-sustaining and self-respecting . Till such employment he procured , the relief of the poor to be , in all cases , promptly and liberally administered , as a right , and not grudgingly doled out , as a boon . The relief not to bo accompanied
with obduracy , insult , imprisonment in workhouses , separation of married couples , the brcakingup of families , or any such other hanh and degrading conditions as , under tho present system , convert relief into punishment , and treat the unhappy applicant rather as a convicted criminal than as ( what he really is ) the victim of an unjust and vitiated state of society . " " 2 . —In order to lighten tho pressure of rates , and , at the same time , gradually to diminish , and finally to absorb , the growing mass of pauperism and surplus population , it is the duty of tho government to appropriate its present surplus revenue , and 1 he proceeds of national or public property , to the purchasing of lands , and thc location thereon of tlio unemployed poor . The rents
accruing from tliese lands to be applied to further _purchases of laud , till all who desired to occupy land , either as individual-holders or industrial communities , might be enabled to do so . All such lands , and the rents payable thereupon , to bo ever after the inalienable property of the State , and to be appropriated ( in lieu of the present taxes ) to defray the expenses of the public service , the construction of public works , the education of the population , and all other such useful purposes and public functions as are now provided for out of tho revenues annually raised by taxation . A general law empowering parishes to raise loans upon thc security of their rates , would greatly facilitate and expedite the operations of government towards this desirable end . "
* ' 3 . Pending the _operatioiw of these measures , it i 3 desirable to mitigate the burdens of taxation , and of public and private indebtedness upon all classes who suffer thereby—the moro especially as these burdens have been vastly aggravated by the recent monetary and free trade measures of Sir Robert Peel . To this end , the Public Debt , and all private indebtedness affected by the fall of prices , should be equitably adjusted in favour of the debtor and productive classes , and the charges of government should be reduced upon a scale corresponding with the general fall of prices , and of wages . And , as what is improperly called the " National Debt , " has been admitted , in both Ilouses of Parliament to be in the nature of a bona fide _mortcaae _Ulion
the realised property ofthe country , it is but strict justice that the owners of this property , and they only , should be henceforward held responsible for both capital and interest . At all events , the industrious classes should not be held answerable for it , seeing tiie debt was not borrowed by them , nor for them , nor with their consent ; and that , even had it been so , they have had no assets left them for tho payment oi it . Moreover , the realised property of this country , being estimated at eight times the amount of the debt , the owners or mortgagors have no valid excuse or plea to _' offer on the score of inability , for refusing lo meet the claims of their mortgagees . " " This meeting is of opinion that , in addition to
a full , fair , and free representation of tho whole people in tlie Commons House of Parliament upon principles the same , or similar to those laid down in the People ' s Charter —( great applause)—the following measures—somo of a provisional , the others of a permanent nature , are necessary to ensure real political and social justice to the oppressed and suffering population of the United Kingdom , and to protect society from violent revolutionary changes . " " 4 . The gradual resumption by the State ( on the acknowledged principles of equitable compensation to existing holders , or their heirs ) of its ancient , undoubted , inalienable dominion , and sole _j-roprietorsliip over all the lands , mines , turbaries , fisheries , ' & c ., of the United Kinirdomandour
colonies ; the same to be held by the State as trustee , in perpetuity , for the entire people , and rented out to them in such quantities , and on such terma ns the law and local circumstances _Bhall determine ; —because the land , ceing the gift ofthe Creator to all , it can never become the exclusive property of individuals—because tho monopoly of the land , in private hands , w a palpable invasion of the rights ofthe excluded parties , rendering them , moro or less , tho slaves of landlords and capitalists , and tending to circumscribe or annul , their other rights and liberties—because a monopoly of the earth by
a portion of mankind i 3 no moro justifiable than would be the monopoly of air , light , heat , or waterand because the rental of the land ( whieh justly belongs to the whole people ) would form a national fund adequate to defray all charges of the publio _fervice , execute all needful public works , and educate the population , without the necessity for any taxation . " " 5 . That , as it is the recognised duty of the state to support all those " of its subjects who , from incapacity or misfortune , are unable to procure " their own subsistence ; aud as the nationalisation of landed proportywould open lip new sourcea of oc-
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cupation for the now surplus " industry ofthe people ( a surplus which is dwly augmented by theaccumulation of machinery in the hands of the capitalists ) the same principle which now . sanctions » public provision for the destitute poor , should be . extended to the providing a Bound . system of . National Credit , through which any man might ( under certain , con _^ dition 8 ) procure an advance from the national funds arising out ofthe proceeds of public property , and thereby be enabled to rent and cultivate land on his own account , instead of being subjected , as now , to the injustice and tyranny p f wages-slavery , ( through which capitalists and profitists are enabled to defraud him of his fair recompense ) , or being induced to become a hived slaughterer of liis
fellowcreatures at the bidding of godless diplomatists ; enabling them to foment and prosecute international wars , and tramp le on popular rights , for the exclusive advantage of aristocratic and * vested interest * -. ' The same privilege of obtaining a share in the national credit to be applicable to the requirements of individuals , companies , and communities in all other branches of useful industry as we'll as agriculture . " . '• " 6 . That the National Currency should be based on real , consumable wealth , or on the bona fide credit ofthe State and not upon the variable and uncertain amount of scarce metal ; because a currency depending on such a basis , however , suitable in past times , or as a measure of value in present international commerce , has now become , by the
increase of population and wealth , wholly inadequate to perform the functions of equitably representing and distributing that wealth ; thereby rendering all commodities liable to perpetual fluctuation in price , as thoso metals happen to be moro or less plentiful in any country ; increasing to an enormous extent tlio evils inherent in monopoly and usury , and in the blinking and funding systems ( in support of which a legitimate function of the law—the protection of property—is distorted into an instrument for thc creation of property to a large amount for the benefit of a small portion of society , belonging to what are called vested
interests ;) because , from its liability to become locally or nationally scarce , or in excess , that equilibrium which should be maintained between the production and corsuniption of wealth is destroyed ; because , being of intrinsic value in itself , it fosters a vicious trade in money , and a ruinous practice of commercial gambling nnd speculation ; and , finally , because , under the present system of society , it has become confessedly the ' root of all evil , ' and the main support of that unholy worship of Mammon whieh now so extensively prevails , to the supplanting of all true . religion—natural nnd revealed . " ¦ : '
" 7 . That in order to facilitate tlio transfer of property or service , and the mutual interchange of wealth among the people ; to cquali e the demand and supply of commodities ; to encourage _consumption-as well as production , and to render it as easy to sell as to buy , it is an important duty of the State to institute , in every town and city , public marts or stores , for the reception of all kinds of exchangeable goods , to be valued by disinterested officers appointeil for the purpose , ' either upon a corn or a labour standard ; the depositors to receive symbolic notes representing the value of their deposits ; such notes :-to be made legal-currency throughout the country , enabling their owners to draw from the publio stores to an equivalent
amount , thereby gradually displacing the present reckless system of competitive trading and shopkeeping—a system which , _hewevcr necessary or unavoidable in the past , now produces a monstrous amount of evil , by maintaining a large class living on the profits made by the mere sale of goods , on the demoralising principle of buying cheap and selling dear , totally regardless of the ulterior effects of that policy upon society at large , and the true interests , of humanity . " It is not assumed that the foregoing Propositions comprise all the reforms needed in society . Doubtless there are many other reforms required besides those alluded to ; doubtless wo want a sound system of . nation . al education for youth , made compulsory upon all parents and guardians ; doubtless , we require a far less expensive system of military and naval . defcncc than now obtained ;
doubtless , we require the expropriation of railways , canals , bridges , docks , gas-works , water-works , & c . ;¦ and , doubtless , wc require a _juster and more humane code of civil and p enal law than wo now p ossess . But these and all other needful reforms will be easy of accomplishment when those comprised in the foregoing propositions shall have been effected . Without these , indeed , justice cannot be done to humanity ; society cannot be placed in the true path of improvement , never again to be turned aside or thrown back ; nor can these natural checks and counterchecks be instituted , without which the conflicting passions and propensities of man fail to produce a harmonic whole ; but with which , as in the material world , all things are made to work together for good , reconciling man to his position in the universe , and exalting his hopes of future destiny . " The reading of the above propositions was received by the meeting with much applause .
•Rational Uajtn Company.
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Brighton.—The Following Petition Was For...
Brighton . —The following petition was forwarded to Captain Pecliell for presentation . " To the Honourable tho Ilouse of Commons , the Petition of the Undersigned Members of the National Land Company , residing in the town of Brighton , ''Sheweth , —That your petitioners have heard with sorrow and indignation , statements made to your honourable house by a part of the Allottees of Minster Lovel , Oxfordshire , that they have been ill-treated and deceived by the promoter of the Land Plan ; Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " That your _petitioners know the statements made by three of the allottees to be false . Letters have boen received in Brighton , from John llarne , shewing that he was doing well ; he also stated at a meeting of the members since his ejection , that he could obtain a living on his allotment ( three acres , ) but _weuld not pay his rent to Mr . O'Connor .
" That your petitioners have seen letters from Aaron Rose , ( who had purchased stock , and right of location , from a former occupant for £ 70 , ) that he was obtaining a good livelihood . His father , on showing letters , expressed himself , with tears of gratitude in his cyes , the pleasure he felt—stating at the same time the utter impossibility of his son doing so well in Brighton . ' That your petitioners have seen it stated in the public press—and such statement has never been denied—that James Beattie , a four-acre allottee , has sub-let three acres of his land , from which the said James Beattie obtains more rent by £ 1 per year ( receiving the rent six months in advance , ) than he is charged by Mr . O'Connor on behalf of the Company .
" That your petitioners have no reason to be dissatisfied with Mr . O'Connor ' s management of the Company—the power being placed in his hands by a full representation of the whole of the members ; thc funds and property belonging to the Company wo consider to be in honourable hands . " That your petitioners have abundance of evidence in the neighbourhood of Brighton , and other sources , to provo that the Land Plan is perfectly practicable , which wo are willing to produce to your honouvablo house if required . "That your petitioners hopoyour honourable house wi'l assist Mr . O'Connor to obtain the legalisation of the National Land Company , your petitioners being aware that Mr . O' Connor has spared neither his time or his money to accomplish that object . " And your petitioners will ever pray .
The Honesty Fund. Jo Pbangus 0 * C0nn0k,...
THE HONESTY FUND . JO PBAnGUS 0 * C 0 _NN 0 K _, ESQ ., M . I > . Respected _Fiuend , —You will find enclosed a post-office order for £ 2 3 s . 4 . d . made payable to -William Rider . The money is to defray the expenses of the late action against _Bradsknw , the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal , and we trust you will accept the above sum as a debt due to . you for your past oxertionsin tho cause of honesty and freedom . We hope every town and hamlet will do their utmost in supporting you against all such slander , vituperation , and calumny . On behalf of the Liversodge subscribers , I if main , yours truly , In the cause of Democracy , llightown , March 25 tb . J . C . Swallow .
TO VKAROUS 0 CONNOR , ESQ ., M P . Dear , Honoured and _Rkspectkd Sir , —We , the Land members and Chartists of Gorgie Mills , cannot find words sufficient to express our foelings of good wishes towards you , knowing tho debis of gratitude we owe you for the super-human exertions you have made , in defiance of every danger that threatened your lifo and liberty , to emancipate our order , politically and socially , from the thraldom of oppression . Wc cannot find words comtemptiblo enough , for thc treatment you have received at the hands of a dastardly few of the allottees , whom you so diligently laboured to serve ; having taken them from the hot beds of disease , poverty and crime ; from the polluted atmospheres of towns ; from
the will and caprice of their task-masters ; and placed them in happr homes a * way from tyrant capital ; and yet for all this , they have recompensed you by joining in league with a dastardly set of ruffianly scribes—employed , no doubt , for tho occasion—to malign your character . But , thank God , they failed in their unjust design , Your character for honesty is unimpeaoh » ble . The cause has gained by it , as we confidently assure you , that we know that those who were your enemies before are now your friends . We are extremely sorry to see that you have been compelled at last to wind up the Company . But wbo is to blamej Not you , dear sir , but tb * members , by not paying up their- shares government for refusing t _» register ; and lastly , the conspiracy entered into by a few W m located
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memben themielvea against : you , because you would not allow them to play the fraudulentpart they intended , in not _paying . the Company ' s just demands ( their rents ) , whose means wero the cause of obtninmg for them such rural felicity .. Dear sir , as a proof of our regard for your sterling , patriotic , and phil ahthrophic worth , we enclose a post-office order for fifteen shillings and sixpence , as our first remittance _to-ihe " Honesty _Tund . " t i _t e re dear * _"" "¦ yonrs respectfully , In behalf of tho Land Members and Chartists of Wi this place , VHU 1 AM _SOMUbbvihb , JAMKS _ClMMU US , _Alexandkr _M'Donau _, , JounLmmoh , _ William Mechaw Gorgie Mills , March 2 oth
To V. O'Connor , Esq., Mp. U*« Tn Vlmtti...
TO V . O ' CONNOR , Esq ., MP . u *« tn _vlmTTi - e have not f 0 T 8 ° tten yon , although late in remitting our portion , viz ., il to-tin IIone . ty Fund . _Shartism and the Land £ not dead at DeTonport . Ihore are _sefcral who wero very energetic in the cause a short time since ; hut from the apathy of their own order ( the working classes ) and droadod persecution of their _omployei-H , ( _Whi-rs Tories , ike . ) , the organisation is broken up for fho present . \ Yc hope the time is not far distant when the banner of the " Charter and Ko Surrender " will ao . iin be unfurled at Devonport to brave the
battle and the breeze . A few Old Guards and Land members have felt it to he their duty to fly to your reiicue ,. and add their mite _ta assist in relieving you from your present embarrassment . Our confidence in you and tlie Land Plan is not diminished but strengthened , and we sincerely hope that from the wreck of the present Company ,, . one will be established that will bid defiance to its enemies , and realise-the object so devoutly wished for by you and the Old Guards of * Devonport . On-behalf ot whom I beg to submit myself , Yours faithfully , Devonport , March . 20 . ' James _Kogj-ii-i .
To Fkargus O'Comnok/Bsq., M.P. Est**- **...
TO FKARGUS o ' cOMNOK / BSQ ., M . P . Est ** - , !) - ]) Fnii _;***> , —We , your political admirers , residing in the village of Kingstown , near Carlisle , in public . meeting assembled , hereby tender to you our heartfelt thanks for your indefatigable exertions , in behalf of the toiling , enslaved , and oppressed millions of this country ; we view with honest indignation the base and cowardly attack which has been mado upon your reputation , by that weekly progeuy of lies , the Nottingham Journal , and can assure you that wc yet retain full confidence in your political integrity , and if ever we entertained a doubt on the subject , the _fici-y ordeal
you have gone throug h' has completely removed il , for you have come tii ' rou _* rli the fire " ' like gold ( iiafc has'been seven times purified . " _As an _irrcfrairablo proof of our attachment to the principles which you unswervingly advocate , wo enclose a post-office order to the Ilonesty Fund , for the sum of £ 2 5 s , 9 d ., fondly hoping that other localities " will go and do likewise . " Hoping that you may live to see your labours crowned with success , is the sincere wish of your democratic brethren . Signed on behalf of the meeting , Jons Scon , Chairman .
To Mb. William Iudf.R. Sir . —Enclosed Y...
TO MB . WILLIAM IUDF . R . SiR _. —Enclosed you will find 10 s . which I desire to contribute to the " Ilonesty Fund , " towards reimbursing Mr . O'Connor the heavy _Hnbi' . itics contracted in his consistent and . persevering advocacy of the cause of labour against the tyranny of capital . Though not myself—in'the strict sense ofthe word —a labourer , ( my daily bread being earned rather by brain-sweat than by brow-sweat ) , I entertain a sincere sympathy for that class , whicli the iron despotism of capital , under the present vicious and unholy system , continually grinds and impoverishes ; and ' I have watched with no little interest and anxiety the progress of Mr . O'Connor ' s admirable schieine for relieving the surplus ofthe labour market by the natural and Jefitimatc Means of the land . Alone and unaided , lie has fought with a giant ' s strength the combined power ef the whole
army of blood-suckers and capitalists ; and though , for the present , his efforts appear to be paralysed , by the -wicked' and artful contrivances of his enemies , be assured that thc inherent justice ofthe cause ho has undertaken will—must ensure a speedy triumph . Under these circumstances it is the bounden duty of each and all to assist , to the utmost of their power , thc champion who has shown himself ever ready to sacrifice self to thc interests of the oppressed workers ; and , I trust , that your columns will show , weekly , an increasing amount , until the whole ofthe debt is liquidated . My means are , unfortunately , far more circumscribed than my good wishes ; but I promise to send you another ios . the first week that the subscriptions in your paper exceed £ 50 . I am , sir , your obedient servant , Fiat Justitia . London , March 97 , 1 S 50 .
British! College Of Health, New Road, Lo...
BRITISH ! COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Road , London . ME CASE OF AM _MErIuTT , AND _MflS . SPItYAND _JdllS . DOKE . The case of Ann _Jfemtt is somewhat similar fo that of _lll'S . Spry and her daughter , Mrs . Dore , only jiot quite so conclusive—both however have nearly gone to the public seaftbld through the ' guinea-trade' gentlemen . ' _! ' At this extra ordinary crisis in medical jurisprudence ive think it is most important to reconsider thc case of Mrs . Spry and her daugliter . It was on Tuesday , the 23 th of August , ISIS , that these unfortunate but highly respectable women were charged capitally before Jlr . Baron Hatt , at the Central Criminal Court , with the wilful murder of their child by arsenic—tlie coroner ' s jury huviiig , vpon the evidence Of the ' _guiuea-lwide gentlemen , ' returned a verdict of ' wilful murder' against them . But whatdo you think , gentle reader ? why it turned out that so far from these poor women having anything ' to do with the arsenic , it had heen by some mistake or . othei given by the medical attendants themselves . " ' _*— - '' _- L _- - _- ' ' •' ¦ ' - _* - ' . '
The -doctors , as ' . ustial _^ _bogaivauarrelling : upon which , Baron Piatt , with _ennyue * » ble - 'rt : nrnitb , " saidr _j ' , . _i ' _ic'' were not sitting there to _justifyrieaicajmen , but tojusti _^/ . the poor lt ) omtn at the bar , ' and , fjiey ' were of -course a * : once acquitted . . ¦''' ';¦' ' "• ' ' . ' . ¦' - . ; '¦" " - ''¦"' _ . - ' - ¦ Now we should state ; -tliat immediately ' _iipo . V their acquittal , Mr . Spry _ind . _his-. wifo ' callcd at the British College of Health , and informed . Messrs . Morison thathe had beea . either page ov butler to "" his ltc-jal ' nighness the _Dnks of Gloucester , and that he was theji living . with . Mrs . Spry and Mrs . llore his daughter ; at No / 4- _, 1 ' nd 5 , Lower _Grosvenor- ' place , Pimlico . Tliat the charge-brought against the-women bad nearly been the cause of-the death . of one of
them , and that altogether they had-been - put to . the expense of 20 1 )' . iii defending themselves from this _ot"ioiis c " iarge of murder by arsenic , supported by the guinea-trade gentlemen ! Messrs . Morison advised Mr . Spry to _Imemoralise the Secretary of State for a- return of die' 200 ' ., and offered their services in endeavouring , in case of thc claim not being attended to , to bring the matter before the Ilouse ot Commons by petition ; and further to head a subscription with 101 . on their behalf . Upon this Mr . Spry went away , having faithfully promised to return , hut from that day to this we have not seen him or tlio women . Now we ask this question—has _tiieke been a coiiriumiSE between ant OF THE AUTHORITIES Oil ANY OTHER PAHT 1 ' AND BIB . SPETC OB
TIIE WOMEN , EITnEUDlUEOTLY OR lNDUtECTLT , WITH BESl'EOT TO tiie 200 " . on ani _PAirr of it ? If so we can only say that it is a disgraceful compromise , because such a . ease , involving the public security , should have been exposed , as it deserved ; if it bad been exposed , Ann Merritt would' not have been convicted . Thanhs to the Daily News , Ann Merritl ' _s life is saved ; but why is she not immediately restored to her poor cliildreil ! We trust her Slajesty will immediately issue her free pardon and set her at liberty—for > vlio can fathom the anguish of mind which the poor creature must have endured ! Wc are oi opinion that the Editor ofthe Daily News \ entitled to the thankn of the nation foirhis noble conduct ia the case ; but as _Vtgavtls tho _wsvy in -which that expression should be carried out we leave to more able and _infiuenti * hands than ours
This case of Aim Merritt's should ! be a caution-to all per , sons not fo buy arsenic for any purpose , _whether of destroying rats or otherwise , for if a party taking tlie poison , eve « accidentally , wero io die . and unluckily belonged , to a burial club , or had at _s-. me thus or other taken arsen " medicinally , " ( which , according to M . llaspail . would appear on a post-mortem examination , ) such persons stand good chance of being tried for wilful murder and . executed . p rovided tlie ' guinea-trade gentlemen' will only swear pretty confidently , liy the bye ,-this analysing of stomach « must not be a bat ! trade , provided you can get pleuty of it ' They manage these things dilFerentiy in l * ranci \ ' What would such a man as Orfila or Raspail think of a country like England leaving these important questions , _wlrweoa depend life or death , to a parcel of twopenny-halfpenny
doetors , whose only recommendation is the humbug piece * -f parchment wl . ich they carry in their pockets ! Why does not the ' government appoint men of _redoubted science to attend to these _niiittci-s , and not let the romuneratiwi ia sueh cases depend upon the _numbi-iv that the party can manage to scrape together ; this is . we emphatically , declare , a _disgrace to this country , f he lives of the-peoplo are actually placed in the power of these ' giitnen : ' _trada gentlemen ; ' and provided they come armed with the miserable humbug of a diploma . ' uo one , uot _evouitlte most acute Judge , is to question their evidence , but they swallow all that thoy tell them as flospel . Oh ! Ob ' . What-, pray , would have been the fate of Mrs . Spry ; and her daughter , if Raroi ) _I'lattliad not questioned pretty sev « eJj _* the' guinea -tynde gentlemen ? : ' to that
Therefore , Sir , wc repeat it comes _tljjs , so long as doctors themselves use and _patronls . c these deadly poisons as medicines , or '• medicinally' os they call it , it will bis IMPOSSMLE to tall who has besn FELONIOUSLY or MEDICINALLY murdered !' . ' - and { . he itmoceul will bo made to sutler for the guilty , as we _jwlictcd many years ago . Ono would snpsose irom tbe stress whicli 13 put on arsenic , that it is tuk only poison , in existence , whereas there are fifty others in all chemists . '' shops , ten times mora subtle and _deadly , ta be had for ttie mere _nskhig and pay . ing for—poisons which leave nrj , trace _behind them , and therefore canuo * bo detected . At present when a . party dies from any of these _poisoitt , given medicinally , lie is said by tin " _- _guinea-tvade geatleiuen' tahave died of a _jjarticit "* _" _!* 6 tsca . se ! but let She people _nossess tho same knowledge of tucse " poison * as they imw . do of arsenic , and where , le * us ask , is the _n-ijmnal that will be competent to deal with such cases ? * j > octors themselves arc constant *** reeomroendiiig _ami _\ it , . " _-med ' ciiiaVW , ? even in cholera " Well , when _thf . _patieata die , it kcalled disease ! in tt _^ other case it is called wiy «* _inurtfcr . ' Let , therefor ** , tt » people arise from thoir lethargy u « d inquire for _themiehet into this trul y mo ; _i « _ntoii 8 maftr .
As to the _1 _,-j , tj , „ wicked UCk _tj , theS ( , a ( in . ; , _emmic- _^ ave _necessMy in medicine , we have onlvta ask this question ; Haw comes it _thut hundreds aid thousands _thiougHottt the world who for > ears had tried aU ib / _ae poisons Of ioctorg without avail , have been _restorm ! to _health by "the simple means ofthe Vegetable Unlre »« Medicine ! The _pouwns only _wrve at props to thv ' _gutaf ? _,-trailo _, ' aad to . keep peoflei a th » d _^ K ¦ ' ""
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30031850/page/5/
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