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No Vote! No Musket!!
NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !!
To The Imperial Chartists. Mr Tert Dear ...
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mr tert dear Friends . —I have recently addressed you upon a variety of subjects , and , notwithstanding the taunts of our enemies , that you and 1 had abandoned the agitation for the Charter in favour of the land project , and , notwithstanding the paramount importance , the immediate importance , the _pressing importance that I attach to that ques tion , I am once more constrained to postpone _mj
promisedletter upon the laud that I may call toyour ' recollection and jog your memory upon a more pressing su bject—I mean the threatened CRIMPING for ihe militia . I hold it as an unerring principle , ihat allesiance is not due where protection is not rendered , and I hold it to be an undeniable fact , that there is no protection for theworkins : classes of this country , and I prove it by the insolent and imperious manner in which the petition of a majority r . f the adults of England was treated bv the House of
Commons . In the summary of this week ' s foreign news , you will find ample reason for embodying an English militia . The policy of Sir Robert Peel has been secrecy , and he has withheld from you and from the nation those causes which may lead to HIS NECESSITY for raising a militia . I announced to you , npon tie Queen ' s first visit to the King of tho French , that ' the object « f tliat visit was the concoc tion of a well-laid plan for the preservation of
monarchical power , and the suppression of democratic principles . From the birth of the Prince of Wales , io the last visit of her Britannic Majesty to the King of the French , the autocrat of Russia , the King of Prussia , the King of Belgium , the King of Saxony , lie Queen of England , and the King of the French , have exchanged Royal visits , and all for the purpose of _agreeimr upon measures for the preservation of their own rule . Upon those occasions they have been , for the most part , accompanied by their Ministers for Foreign Affairs . Upon the arrival of the
President s message , I further announced to you thatthe material question in that document -was , not the occupation ef the Oregon territory , but the principle of non-intervention proclaimed by Mr . Polk . The whole thing now bursts upon ns . In . the present state of Ireland her oppressors dare not entrust her peop le with fire-arms—those who have such _thitgs have been compelled to have them branded . In order , therefore , to meet the difficulty , it hi proposed to raise 40 , 000 Englishmen , to supply the place of ihe regular troops in England and Ireland .
Before I discuss the question of right—tbat is , the right to drag an unrepresented slave from his house , io tear the rags of the little freedom that do remain from bis back , and to force him into the habiliments of vfar , against his consent—I say , before I touch this subject of right to enlist . I shall call your attention to the purposes for which he is enlisted . He is enlisted as a substitute for the regular soldier bow stationed in Ireland , or as a substitute for the
regular soldier now stationed in England , in order thatthe " regulars" may be despatched to America to carry out the principleof monarchical intervention with republican principles . The way that Pitt and Castleteagh created that destructive feud which yet exists between Englishmen and Irishmen was by an Exchange of militia regiments—by sending Church and King-mad slaves to shoot ihe Irish Catholic re _bels , and by bringing the Catholic rebels to this coun < far io shoot tbe Jacobins .
_Kow , I possess more records of the excesses and fcnitalities rjommitted by the Church and King soldiers in Iieland than is in the possession of any other man . Indeed tiie routing , expatriation , and destruction of iay own _family—ihe uprooting of their domains , the ruin of their property , and the necessary defamation of their character , aU bear to me , at _xeast , ample testimony of the mode of government Jjy thestranger ' s sword , and the stranger ' s bullet , acting under ibe command ofa stranger maniac . These
militia regiments were officered , and those now raised would be officered , by the idle sprouts of an idle aris tocracy , and their general feeling would constitute their regimental order ; and that order would be to slay , cut down , and destroy everything that was calculated to interfere with their cherished privileges . Thanks be to God , however , that they can neither fence with a sentiment , shoot a principle , nor cut down an opinion , a 31 believe the voice of knowledge has silenced the cannon ' s roar _.
Sow , I will tell you a few of the excesses committed by those English invaders . They sacked men ' s houses , ravished their wives and daughters , and hung their husbands and brothers at their own doors if they dared to complain . Sir _Wffliam"Watkins Wynn _, who commanded theBlack Horse or ancient Britons , or the Hussians ( Hessians } , as the Irish people termed them , had a rebel stripped naked in the streets of Jvaas , had him saddled with a dragoon saddle , a bit in his month , mounted by a dragoon with spurs , and
ridden through the town . I quote from history , and the gallant officer was charged with the atrocity in _i _iny presence in the House of Commons . An English regiment quartered in Wexford seized an Irishman . a Catholic and a rebel of course , stripped him naked , tan a spit through his body and roasted him alive ; and when the savages thought he was sufficiently cooked a serjeant took out his knife , carved him , eat of him , and said to hfecomrades , "Paddy eats sweet , won't you taste him . " --See _Plowden ' s History of
Ireland . Another gang searching for my father , broke into his bed-room in the dead of night , when my mother was in bed , and finding that the game had fled , the officer had something to do to prevent them from _gtabbingmy mother ; however they insisted upon her getting up , and , without raising the bed from the mattress , as many as could get round the bedstead , by order of the officer , and at the word " stab , " ran their bayonets to the handles through bed and matbass . A poor fellow who lived near Clonakilty , in the county of Cork , dared to remonstrate with the
militia men , who he fonnd ravishing his daughter , sixteen years of age . He ran , frantic , to the officer , a soldier followed him , declared he wa 3 a rebel , and he was shot on the spot . Cellars , larders , public houses , cottages , and the mansions ofthe disaffected , all shared the same fate , and complaint was certain death . The characters that some of those heroes have left behind them , will never be obliterated from the memories of Irishmen , and have , I am sorry to say , laid the foundation for that deadly hostility between the two countries which Mr . O'Connell has lost no opportunity of fostering .
Now , of all forces in the world , this bastard military force is the most dangerous . Its ranks consist of the most part of lick-spittles , dependents , and hangers-on of their aristocratic officers , and their atrocities are the best recommendation for future patronage . Hence , we find in Ireland all the patronage of the country bestowed upon the military savages , who most signalise themselves in acts of barbarism . Indeed , the fee-simple of Ireland is held by the descendants of the soldiers of those adventurers , who used their uniform and their sword as a means of plunder . In England , as in Ireland , all ihe good pickings were given to the same class of
cruel butchers . At the times of which I speak , there was no resisting power in this country . THERE IS NOW , and to that mind I appeal . The rich man , who is balloted , can procure a substitute ; but ihe poor man cannot , and , therefore , he is not npon an equality with the rich as regards life and military service . The _penalty for not serving is the same as the penalty for not paying tithes—distress ; that is , the goods of the refractory are distrained and sold to the amount that will procure a substitute The Quakers do not acknowledge the justice of tithes , and , therefore , heroically allow their goods to be distrained in "HONOUR OF GOD . " As , therefore , we do not recognise the justice of cutting
Irishmen ' s throats or Americans throats , let the house be made desolate , let the furniture of every man crimped be sold , and rely upon the Republican America : I will stand bondsman for the Republic , to pay every single farthing of loss . It will be a glorious lesson to the rulers by the sword and the musket . It will teach them the lesson that they must either fight for themselves or surrender to the national will that which belongs to eternal justice Talk about your fighting for the Charter , of your braving the dock , the dungeon , and the scaffold for yonr principles , here is an easier remedy—don ' t fight for the principles that oppress you and the healing balm of self _lepresentation will be the fruits ef your
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peaceful tranquillity . What 1 are English Chartists to become substitutes for those who fight against thctf principles in America ? During the anti-tithe campaign in _ISSlthe virtuous Irish people allowed their very beds to be sold for fourpence , and the milch cows of their children for as many pence as the meek and lowly followers of Christ might please to offer for them rather than possess them at the expenee of their principles , and , but for _O'ConnelTs treason , tithes would have fallen before the _national PASSIVE resistance , and if you are united now , the league of Kings must fall , the rule of tyrants must fall , and the English militia mu _s' _&&
Before your passive resistance . Ah , Eng lishmen , in her degradation and without your teaching and knowledge , tyrants dread the savage revenge of Irishmen more than they dread the tame submission of Englishmen ; and hence , with their desire to oppress Ireland , they dare not insult her by raising her militia . They have been obliged to brand the few arms they have—will they dare to trust you with arms ? Alas , yes , I fear , yes , but I hope it is from their miscalculation and not from a well founded belief in your subserviency . If No . 1 , district of the Land Association was once located 6 , 000 strong , with 6 , 000 muskets over their chimney pieces , would the law dare to drag them , or one from amongst them , against his own will to fight the battles of others ?
Englishmen , when you have a stake in the country—When you 1 »« to the vole u » protect it , and the musket to defend it , then justice will require no ballot to uphold it—then you will fly to the cry of ' my cottage is in danger' with more alacrity and cheerfulness than the mercenary will respond to the shout of' the Church , the throne and the aristocracy are in danger . ' You must think , and not lightly , upon this -subject ; mind , that 40 , 000 will make a great gap in society , and that the Chartists being the poorest , will find it most difficult to find substitutes , and I don't wish to sec a Chartist militia until I see it officered by Chartists , and then as many muskets as you please , because every bullet will fly in the direction of tyranny , and for the maintenance of justice Therefore , again I say ,
NO VOTE , NO MUSKET . Ever your faithful friend , But no Church and King Soldier , Feargcb O'Coxkob
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OFTHE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Friends , — We feel ihe most unmingled pleasure in seeing that the line of poliey laid down by the late Convention has met with your _unanimons approval . Li an address issued by that body our policy was concisely , yet clearlf , promulgated . The policy recommended to be pursued embraces several points , only one of which shall form the subject ofthe present communication . Thatpartof our policy is one of transcendent importance , and the time for its vigorousprosecution is now arrived . Wealludetothecourserecom mended for obtaining the liberation of the patriotic exiles , these victims of base , bloody , and brutal Whig gery , Frost , Williams , and Jones . Thesemen wercever the ardent and truthful advocates of universal j ustice , even the chains of slavery have not chilled the
fervency of their patriotism , as the letter of Mr . Frost j in the Star of the 4 th instant clearly shows . When among us they were foremost in the ranks of freedom ' s friends ; their enthusiasm in the cause of justice led them into the traps of despotism , aad your aid is now indispensable to their extrication . Our purpose in this address is to instruct you as to how your assistance can be effectively rendered . According to the authority politically phrased our glorious Constitution ! the Queen ia the fountain of mercy . She alone has the power of annulling or commuting a sentence pronounced by judicial authority . Hence , then , our course is clear ; to snap the chains of captive patriots , we must work upon the royal sympathy ; we must strive by every available means to direct the current of royal clemency to Frost , Williams , and Jones , that it may refresh them with liberty and happiness .
Since that sorrowful event—the transportation of these patriots—no earnest or concentrated movement has been made b y the people on their behalf . Perhaps it is as well that it has been so ; inasmuch as a lapse of time might be required to mollify those obdurate feelings with which rulers have in all ages regarded the efforts of patriotism to establish the reign of justice . Five years of their captivity have now rolled over , let us hope that in that time theminds of our rulers have been prepared to view their case by the
lights of reason , religion , and philanthropy , instead of through the murky medium of prejudice and antipathy . Their conduct during then : expatriation has been of such' a high character as to secure for them the esteem of the local authorities , as well as the greatest amount of immunity allowable by the Colonial laws . Thisfact , impartially considered , must plead eloquently and powerfully for a favourable exercise of the royal prerogative , by the remission of their harsh sentence , and their restoration to their friendshomeand country .
, , Friends—A conjuncture of propitious circumstance ! , into a detail of which it is now unnecessary to go , brightens and strengthens our hopes of seeing , ere long , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , ¦ receiving our hearty congratulations upon their deliverance . And , oh , what a proud day will that be for Chartism , . upon which is witnessed the glorious consummation . Their trial was illegal , —so says Lord Brougham , so says Sir F . Pollock , so say six ofthe fifteen judge * . Here , again , is ground of hope . We hare seen the Canadians , many of them taken
prisoners while fighting against the constituted authorities , sentenced to transportation , but since permitted , by Royal pleasure , to return to their homes . Even Papineau , the chief of the _rebellion , is now living in the full enjoyment of every immunity of that land where , not long since , he led thousands to the gory field of war , for the subversion of the British dynasty . With these facta before the world it must be conceded by all , that we are neither inordinate in our desires , nor extravagant in our anticipations , in seeking the return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis .
Row , friends , for the mode of proceeding which we recommend . Wherever there is a Chartist council let them at once take the necessary steps for convening a public meeting of the inhabitants of their city , borough , < fcc , as the case may be , to petition Parliament to present an address to the Queen , praying for a revocation ofthe sentences passed on Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and their restoration to their homes , with the least possible delay . Let a respectful requisition , as numerously _signed by electors as possible , be presented to the chief magistrate , soliciting the use of such public building aa he , by virtue of his office , may have jurisdiction over , for the holding of the meeting , as well as his presidency on the occasion . In cases of failure you must net be daunted , but proceed with the good work as well as circumstances will permit . Let your resolutions be temperate but firm , and in all cases let the following petition to Parliament be proposed for the adoption of the meeting : —
IO THE _HONOURABLE THE COMMON'S OF _OBtAT DR 1 TA 1 AXD _IRELAND . The Petition of the undersigned _inhcMantsof , Sheweth , Tbat iu the commencement ofthe year 16 * 0 , John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and WiUiam Jones , were arraigned before a Special Commission , at Monmouth , on a charge of hitrh treason , convicted and sentenced to be hanged , drawn , and quartered . That subsequently the sentence was commuted to transportation for life , which sentence they have been enduring up to the present time . That your petitioners have cogent reasons for believing tbat the said John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , have not had a trial in conformity with the requirements of the laws of this Realm , and , consequently , for concluding that such trial is virtually null and void .
That , at the trial of the individuals aforesaid , an objection was taken to the proceedings by those eminent lawyers . Sir Frederick Pollock and _Fitzroy Kelly , which , if tenable , would have arrested their farther projjrMB ; that the objection thus taken produeod a contrariety of opinion among the judges composing ihe Special Commission on the occasion . That when the point mooted by those distinguished counsel was brought before the fifteen judges for adjudication , six of _tliem registered their opinions in favour of the validity of the objection , and three ofthe remaining nine considered the objection valid , but that it was not taken in time . That , under _thtse circumstances , jour petitioners earnestly appeal to jour Honourable House , in the strong hope that you nill present tin address to her Majesty , praying for the liberation of tlie aforesaid John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , and their restoration to their homes and families . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray .
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The friends of the / x'Patnated should then exert themselves to the u *' 10 at m _Procuring signatures to the petition , not the time , which will be named in a future _address wnen a petitions must be sent to Mr . Duncoro _^ * ° strengthen his position when he makeshis r _' behalf of the exiles . At each meeting xt _^* ere De adopted a brief memorial , signed iV _^ e chairman on behalf of the meeting , to tue representative , or representatives of the place , _j _^ _ucsting him , or them , to support Mr . Duncombe ' s motion in behalf of the exiles . We would likewise recommend that each meeting adopt the following memorial to Sir Robert Peellet it be signed by the chairman , and sent to its destination as soon as possible . It may be productive of some good . Let us leave nothing untried that may conduce to the consummation of the philanthropic , the glorious work : —
TO THE RIGHT _HOSOTmABLE SIR BOBEBT MEL . The memorial of the inhabitants _^———— , in public meeting assembled , Respectfully sheweth , That John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones were tried by a Special Commission at Monmouth , in the year 1840 , on a charge of high treason , under circumstances which impress your memorialists with the conviction that their trial was not in consonance with the law of the land . That , notwithstanding , they wcre found guilty , and condemned to death , whieh sentence was afterwards commuted to transportation for life , and which they are now undergoing . That under these circumstances you memorialists appeal to your high sense of justiee , in the confident expectation that you will nse your Ministerial influence with ner Majesty in behalf of the individuals aforesaid , that you will advise their immediate restoration to their
bereaved and suffering families . And your memorialists , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Let similar petitions and memorials , embodying the peculiar circumstances of his case , be presented for the return of William Ellis . Friends , you have now a clear and defined course of action before you . Its purpose is to give freedom to the captive , comfort to the disconsolate , and honour to yourselves . We trust that this appeal to the democracy of Britain will have the effect of arousing its noble spirit , and directing its energies to the suceour of the oppressed . From Yorkshire and Lancashire , ever foremost in the ranks of patriotism , much is expected ; and , remember that the
expectants are not we , but those who perilled life itself for your benefit . We appeal to every true Chartist and to every true Christian in the land . We appeal to all whose bosoms glow with the warmth of paternal feeling , or the devotion of filial affection , at once to _beconrecoadjutorsin the good work . There must be no lagging if you would be successful . All your meetings should be held within the next fortnight . Let your movements be simultaneous and spirited , and that their result may be successful is the warmest aspiration of Fearocs O'Cossor , Thomas Clark , Philip M'Grath , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Martin Wheeler ( Secretary ) .
P . S . Printed forms of the above petition may be obtained gratis on application to me . They will be found convenient for sending to Trades' bodies , and will otherwise facilitate the obtainment of signatures , as many would wish to read the petition previous to attaching their names . Thomas Martis Wheeler , 7 , Crown-court , Dean-street , Oxford-street .
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FRANCE . The Saturday ' s debate on the address in the Chamber of Peers was not of any great interest . After the speeches of M . Boissy d'Anglas , M . C . Dupin , and M . Dubouchage , the Marquis de Boissy addressed the Chamber on the subject of Parliamentary Reform , and said it would be becoming the _dignity of the Peerage if that Chamber were to take the initiative in demanding the reform which the country
required . One of the first reforms ought to be to reestablish the hereditary peerage , by which alone the independence of the Upper Chamber could be secured . He warned the House against opposing all reform . The country was determined to have reform of some kind , and the only way to satisfy it with a moderate measure was to give it early . [ We hope our French neighbours will repudiate De Boissy _' _s " moderate reform . " These " moderate reformers" are always worse enemies to the people than even the acknowledged anti-reformers , ]
On Tuesday the discussion on the Address was continued in the Chamber of Peers . The Marquis de Boissy addressed the Chamber at great length against the general policy of the government , and found fault with its conduct on all points . After he had concluded , the paragraph under consideration ( the third ) was passed . Count de la Redorte then spoke on the next paragraph , referring to the right of search , and criticised in severe terms the late convention .
The Bebats , in noticing the death of Earl Gran ville , says that the grief felt in England forthe death of the noble earl will be sincerely participated in France , where , by his soft and amiable manners , and by the conciliatory disposition of hischaracter , he had acquired general esteem and regard . [ We beg to assure the Bebats , that England is not at all brokenhearted in consequence of Earl Granville ' s death . On the contrary England would be very happy to see all the " Earls" and their class , follow the Earl Granville .
_^ , " The sun would shine the same , The rains of heaven as seasonably fall , Though no Earls existed . If the Marquis De Boissy would like a " hereditary peerage" England can _dis-Jiose of one dirt cheap . France can have our Peers or nothing , and perhaps John Bull would even give a trifle to any nation who would take them off his hands . ]
FALI . OF THE . GREAT VIADUCT OF BARENTIN ON THE ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY . The Rouen journals of Sunday gave the following account ofthe giving way of the viaduct * of Barentin , on the Rouen and Havre line of railroad . On Friday , at about six o ' clock in the morning a tremendous rumbling sound , which was heard as tar as Pavilly _, near three-quarters of a league from the spot where it originated , awoke the inhabitants of Barentin . It arose from the falling of twenty-eight of the pillars which supported the viaduct , which rose more than 100 feet above the level ofthe ground . __ The people hastened in a mass to the scene of the disaster , fully _apprehending that many lives had been lost . Happily , however , they were soon satisfied that this was not the
case , and that the viaduct alone was the sufferer . The piers and other of the ruins were piled one upon the other , and fortunately in such a direction that the only other building touched by the fall was a corn mill on the River Saint * Auslreberthe , and this was entirely thrown down . There was one of the miller ' s men in the mill , hut he heard the noise in time to shelter himself under a main beam , and when drawn from under the ruins he had received no other hurt than a slight wound on one of his fingers . The mill , with its machinery , was completely crushed . It had been purchased by the railroad company . The course of
the river , which passed under the viaduct , was diverted , and its _waters turned over the adjoining lands . The now fallen viaduct was commenced in the spring of 1844 , since which time from 200 to 300 men have been employed upon it , and was so nearly finished , that not more than forty were still at work . This was a colossal structure , formed upon 2 * 7 arches , each of 150 feet span , formed of brick-work , as well as the pillars ; on socles of stone . Its entire length was about 500 yards , and now scarcely any pertion " Z it remains standing . The cause of this vast destruction cannot yet be ascertained ; but it is attributed to the use of hid materials . The loss is
estimated at l , 300 , 000 f . At the first news of the event , the prefect of the department went to the spot , and passed nearly the whole day in making inquiries and giving the necessary directions . [ From the Bebats . ] A serious accident , which miaht have occasioned very fatal consequences , but which luckily has not been attended with any loss of life , has just occurred on the works of the Rouen and Havre Railway . The great viaduct _ncross the valley of Barentin suddenly fell in on Saturday morning , between five and sixo ' clock . By the greatest good fortune , and on account of theearliness ofthe hour , very few workmen
were yet on the line , and none were injured . The electric telegraph brought the news to Paris on Saturday . Mr . Locke , the engineer of the company , one of the administrators and contractors , and the head of the works , went instantly from Paris to Rouen and Barentin . The accident , to all appearance , will have none of the serious consequences at first anticipated from it . The manager publishes tho following note from Mr . Locke , which contains that gentleman ' s first notions respecting tlie cause of the disaster , and which is to be Mowed by a more detailed report : —
At present it is impossible to determine the precise causes of this disaster . The arch which first fell was that on which the ballast w :: s placed . Its fall may possibly have been caused h y the inequality of the lading ,
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the weight ef ballast lying more on one side than the other of the arch . Tho giving way of the latter may have occasioned the railing in of the rest ' of the construction _, j . ... The late thaw , _bylwhich the mortar was softened and the solidity of the arch diminished , aud ths unequal distribution of the ballast at the time , may have _destroyed the equilibrium of the whole . No one was hurt . The repairs will be commenced immediately . The accident will cause the contractors a loss of 5 or ( i 00 , 000 f ., and will occasion two or three months ' delay in the opening of the line .
SPAIN . The government had taken great offence at the manifesto of the Infante Don Enrico , relative to the Queen ' s marriage , and exhibiting his own liberal tendencies . The young prince has received orders to leave Madrid within forty-eight hours . Passports were sent him for Ferrol , where the ship of which he has the command is now lying ; and it is stated in the Eco del Commcrcio that _' on his arrival there he will find further orders , which will gire him the pleasure of a trip to the Philippine Islands or some other distant region , It is reported , however , that Don Enrico has resigned his commission in the navy , and refuses to go . The address of the Senate was presented to the Queen ou the 6 th hy a deputation appointed for that purpose .
Accounts from Madrid of the . 7 th state that on that day the discussion on the Address was resumed , and , after a long speech from the Minister of the Interior , it was adopted by a majority of 117 to 32 . The most * _actire steps had been taken against Don Henrique , and it would appear that persons who had little or-nothing to do with the letter had also been made sufferers . The Prince ' s secretary had been dismissed and banished to Cadiz ; his brother Don Francisco D Assises , had been . ordered to join his regiment at Pampcluna ; and Don Henrique was to proceed with the least possible delay to Ferrol .
GERMANY . Vienna , Jan . 1 . —Curious _Discoveuy . —The excitement occasioned by the visit of the Emperor of Russia having now subsided , aud the various cancans political and anccdolical , either founded on truth or due to mere invention , upon the subject , even down to tbe jokes of those established wits of Vienna , the bootmakers' boys , having been already declared " stale , flat , and unprofitable , " the attention of the _newsmengering world has been attracted to a fresh topic of conversation—one relating to a subject so full of strange mystery and conjecture , as to form a romance of real life , . which , if it lacks entirely the usual ingredients in such tales—the love , and assassination , and develonement of human passions—is
none the less full of interest and wonder—a tale almost incredible , wcre not the details , as far as established facts are concerned , not only warranted by the most undoubted authority , but matters of notorious publicity . To tell the tale , however , I must begin abovo , and relate how a certain young Hungarian of Presburg , not overburdened , it would seem either with sense or talent , or even other advantages , moral or physical , of the name Biiky , was , some months since , requested by a great aunt , the widow of a well-known advocate of the same city , to seek some family papers deposited in a garret in her house . During his search for these matters his attention , as it seems , was called by a friend who accompanied him —for his own powers of perception upon the subject do
not appear to have been great—to certain documents which fell under their hands concerning persons of the highest rank in foreign countries . Roused to a sense of a certain importance to be attached to these papers , young Biiky takes possession of them ; and one set of papers is sent to his Majesty the King of the French . Of some importance they certainly must have been ; for the offer of a recompense in money for their being despatched to Paris having been rejected by the young man , the Order of the Legion d'Honneur is bestowed upon him by Louis Philippe , and an invitation made to him by his Majesty to become his guest if he should ever wish to visit Paris , and to have all ihe expenses of his journey paid . The contents of another set of papers are
communicated to the families of the reigning Houses of Baden , Lucca , and Tuscany ; and this communication also has its value , for similar offers of pecuniary recompense from these various Powers having been alike refused , orders from each ef these countries are also bestowed upon the discoverer of the documents : a gold snuff-box , enriched with diamonds , is added by the Grand Duchess of Baden ; and behold the young , nameless , unconsidered advocate now parading the streets of his native town with four decorations dangling at his button-hole . To what the contents of these important papers may have related is the subject only of conjecture , or , at most , of vague rumour . Those appertaining to the family of Orleans are said to have been letters written by
the famous Philippe Egalite , the father of the present King of the French , to an Austrian Minister during the times of the French Republic , but what is their importance as regards tho family at the present day can only be dimly divined . Those concerning the other ducal houses already mentioned have received from rumour quite another signification , and are supposed to refer to estates in Hungary , to which these families have a claim , until now ignored or forgotten by them , though by what tie of relationship or affinity docs not at all appear , and which , sold in troublous times for a mere trifle , and now of an immeasurably greater worth , may , according to the tenor of Hungarian law , be reclaimed , at the price of the original sale , by the descendants of
the parties who originally possessed and sold them . The value , however , of such a discovery , if this conjecture be true , is more evident than in the previous case . How these papers , of so different and strange a nature , fell into the hands of the Presburg advocate in whose house they have been found so many years afterwards , must necessarily be obscure , * but here again rumour supplies the place of more authentic information ; and we are told that , originally in the possession of a wellknown Austrian Minister , they were placed by him in the hands of the depository at Presburg for security and secrecy during the time of the invasion of Austria by the French under Napoleon , and that , afterwards reclaimed , they were denied by the
advocate ever to have been in his possession , though for what reasons must again remain a mystery . The tale , however , is not yet done—the most extraordinary is still to come . Searching still further , emboldened by his discoveries , young Biiky stumbles sometime afterwards upon papers nearly concerning the house of Austria . Armed with these documents , he eamo about two months since to Vienna ; and there , as a recompense for his discovery , boldly demands tlie honour of being nominated chamberlain to the Emperor —a distinction only bestowed upon persons able to prove their pure and unalloyed descent fiom ancestors of , Heaven knows how many degrees , and make what is called their ahnenprooc , and ahnenprolc
young Biiky can make none , for his father was a bourgeois advocate , his mother a butcher ' s daughter . What these last documents may contain none as yot know . Rumour is silent , and even conjecture holds its tongue in Austria . But the certain _fitct exists that the young unknown advocate has been granted his bold demand , and now dons tho uniform of the Emperor ' s Chamberlain , and sports the significative two golden buttons , supposed to support the key emblematic of his office , ou the back of his coat . However strange may be the adventures of Master Biiky of Presburg—however incomprehensible his fortunes , the talc is true and warranted . The moral ef it may be , that some people are born with golden spoons in their mouths—perhaps to stop them ! Hamburgh . Jan . !) . —( From thcMorning Chronicle . )
—liie reports this week Irom Berlin of the discovery ot treason andconspiracies , in Thorn and other towns in 1 _russian Poland , have excited a great deal of interest ; but it is thought , as is usually the case , that the facts are greatly exaggerated . There is a good deal of distress in the districts alluded to , owing to the failure of the harvest in Poland ; and ivant , that great enemy to all governments , may have occasioned disturbances amongst the poorer classes that have no immediate connection with political movements . The Prussian government appears to view the matter seriously , having materially strengthened the military force in these districts . Bread and potatoes would , no doubt , put down disaffection more efficaciously than cannon and bayonets ; and it is to bo hoped that those more peaceable and more efficacious weapons have not been forgotten in the eager haste to display an imposing military force .
The Communists . —According to the Post Ampt Gazette of Fraukfort , the Prussian government has given . orders for tho strictest watch to be kept over the assemblages of the journeymen _^ and cure taken that Communist and Socialist doctrines be not propagated amongst them . The _Empbror of Russia left Vienna en tho 2 nd , by theOlmutz Railway , on his way to St . Petersburg . On the preceding evening the Emperor had a long conference with Prince Mettcrnich . The Sicde publishes a letter from Berlin stating , that the Emperor of Russia , alter a sojourn of only 4 S hours in Vienna , had started on the 31 st , for St . Petersburg , passing by Cracovie in order to avoid the Duchy of Posen , where the greatest political excitement continues to prevail . '' This is the first time , " observes the Steele , "thatthe Czar has gone into Germany without paving a visit to tho Royal family ol Prussia . "
France. The Saturday's Debate On The Add...
SWITZERLAND A plan of recruitment , . in Switzerland has been spoken of for Spain . We ., find the following on the subject in the Helvetie _,: — It appoars , in fact , that M . Sonzales Bravo will replace M , Ayltou iu Switzerland , but it will ' be exceedingly difficult to find _araongstjis the 10 , 000 men that the Narvaez Ministry wants to . complete the counter-revolution in Spain . The little cantons , Lucerne , Friburg and _Yala ' ts _, prefer giving their men to the pontificial government , or to the King of the Two Sicilies . Besides , these powers aro on . the eve of declaring war on anti-Jesuit Switzerland , ami no doubt they will not send their landturm to Barcelona , Valoncia , and Madrid .
Foreign Miscellany
FOREIGN MISCELLANY
Holland and Belgium . —The Government of Holland has just issued ' a decree subjecting the orincipal exports of Belgium to a duty , twice , or ever , thrice , four , and even five times , as large as that paid by Germany and England on the same articles . The Ministerial journals of Belgium loudly protest against this hostile measure . Letters from Amsterdam state that in _etmsequence ofthe failure of tho coffee crop , in Java , the Netherlands Commercial Company will not put up for sale more than 24 , 000 bales in the spring of this year . The export and imports of Belgium for the year 18-15 were , together , of the value of five hundred an ' 9 ninety-one millions of francs , ( about 25 millions sterling ) . The receipts at the Custom-house , at Antwerp , in 1845 , were 0 , 145 , 557 francs ( about £ 250 , 000 . ) In 1844 they were ( 5 , 289 , 307 .
The waters have been much out in the lower parts of Belgium and Holland , but they began to subside on the 2 d instant . Egyptian Antiquities . —The hall of the ancestors of Fouthines , a monument of Egyptian _archeology , upwards of 8 , 500 years old , has just been placed in the Royal library . M . Presse _, a French traveller , in 1842 , conceived the idea of transporting this interesting relic of antiquity to France , and having had the stones carefully removed , they were packed up in cases , and shipped on board a vessel . It now appears exactly as it stood at Karnak . Sixty statues , of natural height , form a part of this collection , as also a papyrus , three metres in length . —Galignani ' s Messenger , The Count de Montholon , one of Napoleon ' s companions at St . Helena , is about to publish an account of his imperial master ' s captivity . It will be published on the same day in English and French , in London and Paris .
Ibrahim Pacha is expected to visit London in April next . A newspaper in the Armenian language , the first of the kind , has been commenced in Calcutta . Steam Boat Accident . —A letter from Leghorn of the 31 st ult . says ;— " A terrible accident took place a few days ago at Bastia , in Corsica . As the Mareschal Sebastiani steamer , was going out of port her boiler burst with a tremendous explosion . The passengers , 140 in number , and the crew , were landed safely , but the engineer and the two stokers were burned so dreadfully that they died in a few hours .
The Militia. Much Uncertainty Prevails A...
THE MILITIA . Much uncertainty prevails as to when the re-embodiment of the militia will commence , for that the embodiment of that force will take place in the course of the present year there is now no doubt . The act of Parliament authorising the ballot for the militia has been suspended many years . The result of this is , that the alterations in the amount of population of tho country must necessarily lead to a very different distribution of the quota to be furnished by eaeh county . It is perhaps not known to many that during the recess of Parliament nothing can be done to ascertain such quota without an order in Council directing this to be done , by the delivery of notices at the houses of those liable to be drawn for this service , upon which return is formed the necessary information to found this ( fata . The Morning Chronicle states thatan order in Council has linen , issuer
for the distribution of the balloting papers , " which , " says the Chronicle , " have already been circulated in several of the metropolitan parishes . " We have heard that the balloting papers have been delivered in the parishes of Mavy-lc-bonc , St . Pancras , and St . George ' s , Hanover-square . At the moment of this ( Thursday ) , we cannot vouch for this report . On the other hand , if the-. Times is to be believed , no order in Council has yet been issued , " Nor is it likely there will be now , " " but , " adds the Times , " immediately on the meeting of Parliament a bill will be brought in to authorise this measure . " Upon this being done the ballot for each county will follow , and then the orders of the Government as to the duty to be performed . The- Chronicle says : — " The regiments intended for duty in Sussex , Kent , and other counties adjoining to the sea coast , will be first called eut . "
The term of service , according to the regulations of the last act is five years , and all grounds of exemption must be stated at the court of appeal for consideration thereon . It is not likely that any measures will be adopted respecting the Irish militia , until those of England and Scotland shall be completed . The 27 m ** says : —'' With respect to the various rumours as to a permanent embodiment for active service for any length of time , there are not at present any substantial grounds for believing such will be the case but the chance is that the various corps will be placed on duty for a period of twentyeight days only , and that so far carrying out the measure will sufficiently put the government in possession of the knowledge of the amount of means available , should any unexpected emergency arise . "
_ExEMFTIONS PROM SERVING IN THE MlLlTIA . —The following , we believe , will be found a correct statement of the classes and persons ioxempted from serving in the Militia ; be it understood , as the law has been hitherto—whether any alterations are intended in this respect , in the intended new act , we have not heard : — " No peer of this realm , nor any person being a commissioned officer in her Majesty ' s forces , or in any one of her I Majesty ' s castles or forts , nor any officer on the half-pay of the army , navy , or marines ; nor any non-commissioned officer or private man serving in any of her Majesty ' s other forces , nor any commissioned " officer serving , or who has served , four years ; in the militia ; nor any person being a resident member of either of the
universities , nor any clergyman , nor any licensed teachers of any separate congregations , whose places of meeting shall have been duly registered within twelvemonths previous te the general meeting appointed to meet in October for the purposes of this act ; nor any constable or other peace officer ; nor any articled clerk , apprentico , seaman , or seafaring man , nor any person mustered , trained , or doing duty or employed in any of her Majesty's docks or dock-yards for the service thereof , or employed and mustered in her Majesty's service in the Tower of London , Woolwich Warren , the seven gun wharf at Portsmouth , or at the several powder mills , powder magazines , or other storehouses belonging to her Majesty , under the direction of the Board of
Ordnance ; nor any _pei-son beingfree ofthe Company of Watermen of the River Thames ; nor any poor man who has more than one child born in wedlock ; nor any enrolled and _Bcrving as an cflectivc member of any corps of yeomanry or volunteers , and who shall be duly -returned and certified as such , shall be liable to serve personally , or by substitute , and no person having served personally , or by substitute , according to the directions of any former act or acts relating to the militia , or under this act shall be _obliged to serve again , until by rotation it shall como to his turn ; but no person who has served only as a substitute or volunteer in the militia shall be thereby exempted from serving again , if he shall be choson by ballot . " The following leading circumstances as fo exemption and non-exemption will probably meet the case of nearly every one of our readers : — " 1 . No person under the ago of eighteen , or over forty-five , is liable , whether he has property or not .
2 . Any party who has once been drawn cannot be drawn a second time . 3 . Any person having two children is exempt , provided he is not worth £ 100 . 4 . Any individual having £ 100 , however large his family may be , is liable to be drawn . If disqualified by lameness , or otherwise , he must find a substitute . 5 . Personal disqualifications on the part of individuals not worth £ 100 , will render them non-liable , if certified by the militia surgeon . Any man who is drawn for the militia may exempt himself from serving by paying £ 10 . The militia standard is 5 feet 4 inches , but we have heard it is to be reduced to 5 feet 3 J inches . A volunteer is taken , if only 5 feot 2 inches ; but a substitute must be 5 feet 4 inches , and if the substitute dies or bolts during tlie live years , the principal musk find another . The list of persons liable to serve in the militia is stuck upon the church doors , and if the housekeeper has omitted any one liable to serve , he is immediately summoned before a magistrate and fined £ 5 .
Militia Clubs . — Various clubs for securing exemption from service by providing substitutes for those who are drawn , have been forme t'tlic last few days in different parts of town , on the mutual insurance principle . The general rate of payment is 2 s . Od . per month , any deficiency bcin mado up or surplus returned to the _subscribers . The price of a substitute in the timo of peace generally averages from £ 5 to £ 10 ; although during the war ' £ 60 and even £ S 0 was not an unusual charge .
Agitation Against Tiie Embodiment Ofthe ...
OFTHE MILITIA .. _LONDON VE ACE SOCIETY . Copy ° f a Manorial to Government . lo the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., First . Lord of the Treasnvv , & c , & e . ; and the other Right Honourable Members of her Majesty's Government . The committee ofthe « Societv for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace" havo now too often presented themselves as memorialists to her Majesty ' s government to render necessary any formal statement of their views .
Decidedly and conscientiously believing that the system and practice of war are contrary to all sound principles of reason , morality , and religion , thoy can never look at the-existence , much lcs 3 at the extension of this system , but with the most unfeigned dissatisfaction and regret . It is therefore with extreme pain that yonr memorialists have learned that instructions have been given to enrol the militia of Great Britain for immediate
service _. Under any circumstances , your memorialist ? hold such system of military _training to bo altogether at . variance with the spirit and requirements of the Christian religion , and fraught witli danger to the liberties of British subjects and the peace of the empire , as well as greatly detrimental to public morals , subversive of commercial prosperity , and peculiarly oppressive to the working-classes of the community ; besides adding largely to the pecuniary burdens of the whole nation .
But your memorialists are more deeply concerned that such measure should be proposed at the present time , when peace has so long been preserved among all tho great nations of the earth ; when no valid reason exists for expecting its interruption * , when in so many instances the possibility and advantage of settling international disputes by arbitration , without any resort to arms , have been practically proved ; and when , besides , so large a standing army is actually embodied and sustained , at a cost of many millions of pounds sterling per annum .
Your memorialists are constrained , therefore , by ' their most deliberate and religious convictions , respectfully but firmly to record their protest against this proposed measure ; and most earnestly to ask ot her Majesty ' s government that it be not carried into effect , either in whole or in part . And your mcmoralists , & e ., Signed , on behalf of the committee , John Jefferson , Secretary . 19 , _Broad-streefc , City , Jan . 7 , 1 S 40 .
THE CHARTISTS . It will be observed by our Dumfries correspondent ' s letter , that strong excitement exists in that town in consequence of the intended enrolment of the militia . Resistance is openly talked of ; and this spirit seems to be not at all confined to Dumfries . Private letters , from different parts of the country , inform us that the working men ave everywhere protesting against tke " infamous conscription , " and it is very evident , that if forced into the hateful service , the " system" will find in the working men very unwilling defenders . At the meeting of the Chartist Metropolitan Council on Sunday last , aresolution was passed , calling on tlie people to express their sentiments on this all-important _quostion . The ( same evening the followinir re-ohition was
adopted by a locality of the Tower Hamlets Chartists . Moved by Mr . Christopher Harrison , seconded by Mr . James Illingworth : — " That this meeting views the embodying of the militia at the present time as another encroachment on the rights and liberties of the working classes , by forcing them from their homes and families , to defend the country by arms , which they are not allowed to defend by their votes . We therefore enter our protest against it , and sail on all Chartists to do the same . " The Hammersmith Chartists have determined to call a public meeting to petition against the militia laws , and to protest against the embodiment of that force . It is anticipated that the meeting will be held in the Temperance Hall , Bridge-road , en Thursday evening next , January the 22 nd instant .
The Executive Committee having determined upon offering the most strenuous opposition to the calling out ofthe militia , have issued the following placard , which they recommend every locality to adopt immediately , in convening meetings to resist this stretch of despotic power : —
TYRANNY RESISTED . NO VOTE , NO MUSKET !!! Men of London—Tho Government not being enabled to procure a sufficient number of brainless clodpoles to recruit the regular servico by the ordinary process , have resolved upon organising the
MILITIA FORCE for the purpose of acting at home , so as to afford an opportunity to the troops ofthe line to carry on their peaceful ' . operations abroad . They proposo to enter your peaceful homes , and tear you from your families and friends!—to compel you to abandon your business and lawful pursuits , to become auxiliaries to do the work of despotism ! They wish to force you , unrepresented and unprotected artisans and labourers , to lay aside the honourable habiliments of your order , for that _disgraceful badge of slavery , the military uniform . This they will certainly accomplish unless you are " up and doing . " In order , therefore , to defeat the nefarious scheme , a
PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the South London Chartist Hall , corner of Webber-street , Biackfriflr ' s-roaii , on Monday evening . Jan . 10 , 1846 , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on the subject . Chair taken at eight o ' clock . The following gentlemen will attend and address the meeting : —F . O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . P . M'Grath , Mr . C . Doyle , Mr . T . M . Wheeler , Mr . T . Clark , Mr . R . Ridley , and Mr . T . Coopor , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " Ac .
Serious Railway Accidents. Fatal Acciden...
SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Fatal Accident ox tiieAshford and Margate Branch Railway . —An accident , whicli has resulted fatally , occurred on Thursday morning on the Works of the South Eastern Branch Railway to Canterbury , Ramsgate , and Margate , near the village of Minster . It appears that early on tho morning in question , a train of loaded ballast waggons started from Canterbury down the line to Minster , being propelled at the rear by a locomotive . In the foremost waggon were twelve ot * fourteen excavators , who were
going to relieve those who had been working during the night . The morning was exceedingly foggy , and the engine-driver being unable to see much in advance , the train unfortunately ran beyond the spot where it ought to have stopped , and tho first waggon , containing the excavators , went over tho end of the line , and was precipitated down an embankment . The poor fellows were thrown out , and two or three of the waggons , filled with ballast , fell upon them . One of the men was killed on thespot , and tiro others grievously hurt .
Fatal Accident at the Newcastle and _Darlinctoh Railway Terminus . —South Shields , Friday Morning . —Yesterday afternoon , about one o ' clock , a melancholy accident , wliich has resulted in the loss of two lives , and the serious injury of another indi-. vidual , took place , at the Newcastle and Darlington i Railway Terminus , in this town . For some time _s past extensive improvements have been making in i that portion of the railway which is between i South Shields and Brockley Whins , and whicli i was recently purchased of the Brandling Junction t Company ; and during the past week a number ' of men havo been employed in lowering the j sides of an embankment , near tho Shields Station ..
Whilst doing so yesterday afternoon , one of the men obsorved a portion of the bank { j ive way , and 1 he instantly gave an alarm to his companions . . They rushed , as they supposed out of danger , but t whilst doing so , three of them unfortunately got t jammed between the waggons , and before tliey , * could be extricated , an immenso body of earth l fell , and buried them beneath its weight . On i removing the earth it was found that two of them _t were dead , and the third was so severely injured that t only faint hopes can be entertained of ' his recovery . . The names of the persons killed are Thomas Burn * i aud John Bradford . The man injured is Robert t Costorphan , a publican , who appears to have boon it standing near ai the time .
Iatal Accident Ox The Midland Railway.—O...
_Iatal Accident ox the Midland Railway . —On n Friday a fatal accident occurred at the Matchley sla-1-tion of the Midland Railway , near Leeds . One of if the workmen , a bricklayer , was crossing the line with h a plank on his shoulder , when , unpercoived by him , i , one of the fast trains from Manchester came up , and d the buffer of the engine struck the poor fellow , and d threw him to a distance of about twenty yards . The le engine was immediately stopped , and tlio unfortunate x man picked up , but life was quite extinct . _EscirE or \ Tiorr . —A few days since , as a _cara-1-van belonging to tho proprietors of a small eoLection m of wild beasts , was passing tnrough Potter _Ileigham , l , on its way to Yarmouth , the driver , in making room m for a passing vehicle , incautiously drew too near the le edge of tho ditch , aud by that means overturned the _ic caravan . Tke bars of the tigor ' s den not being sulii- _licicnt strong to support the weight suddenly thrown -n upon them , gave way , and the ferocious animal being lg
thus unexpectedly liboratcd _, after taking off ainn eagle ' s head as his first exploit , betook himself to the ic neighbouring fields . Alarmed at tlio probable cou- _uscquences of the iutrusion of so bold an innovator on m tlio peace and safety of their Hocks and herds , Messrs . 's . Rudd and T . R . Murrell _, two resident farmers , held Id a consultation with tho proprietors of the menagerie-ie as to tho best means of capturing the formidable ob- bject of their pursuit , and , armed with guns , and at- ittended by the keeper and a largo muster of labourers rs provided with pitchforks , they proeoeded to attempt pt to _entauglc hiui in a sheop net . This , Lowever , _ir , having failed , a large hamper , containing a piece of of flesh , was placed in his way , and upon his jumping ig in to seize the food , the lid was drawn down and soon an secured , tho aniu . a ! uttering a hideous yell , which eh the stoutc * t of his captors could not hear unmoved , d . Fortunately uono of tho party sustained any injury , -v . Lynn Advertiser ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_17011846/page/1/
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