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FRANCE. The Pins papers of Sunday bring ...
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A UOLDh-iN SYNALL.UW. fary Morarry, alia...
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STATE OF POLITICAL FEEX-INO Bur*?. —A re...
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Heworth Shoiie. —On Tnesday eveniDg week...
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THE GENERAL CONVENTION. The following is...
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MEN OF LEEDS 11 would bp vain for me to ...
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THE INOKTHErXN STAR. SATURDAY , APRIL 6.
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LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MOTION FOR RE-ENACTI...
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This scion of the U'oburn stock, which c...
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France. The Pins Papers Of Sunday Bring ...
FRANCE . The Pins papers of Sunday bring ns tbe- information that letters of _convocation , signed bv tbe _Kinp , aud countersi gned by Count Mon _* . aHvet " , acting as minister of the interior ad interim , had been _despatched to the deputies and peers , _annouueing that the session would be opened on _Tuesday , tht _Soth , as originally fixed . This ministerial act is confirmed by a declaration in the _Moniteur of Sunday , denying that the chambers baJ been prorogued . and we must , therefore , be prepared to hare the eomewh & t novel _spt-cucle of a constitutional Kinc meeting his p arliament face to face , in the absence of a responsible ministry , the Jate cabinet ( though some members of it have consented to act ad interim ) being declare *] by its paid organ , the De 6 _oLs _, to be finallv and _irrevocably dissolved .
Sobckky in _trancb . —O * the moraine of December 18 , tbe corpse of a man , horribly mutilated , was found in the parish of Septvento Calvadus . The clothes were soaked with blood , tbe bodv w & i ran through in more than forty places in the back , the neck , and the arm ' , while tbe siull appeared to have been beaten in b y a heavy club . Around him tie ground was trodden ali down , as if there had been maay footsteps ; and a blood y knife was found at no great _distance . The _boav was recognised as that cf an inoffensive young man , of the name ot Pierre Madeline de Bievilie . It was ascertained that be bad been all _tbeprevious dayin _eompanv with _aman Bamed Solomon HenrteveHt . with whom he
-was on very friendl y terms , and with whom be fre- _euently associated . On the evening before , at t _? n e _' elock , after drinking copiously of brand y , tbey left tbe parish of Dampiene torether , and nothing more was . knows of tbem nil tbe corpse was found . _Heortevent was not suspected of tbe crime , but he was necessarily examined to g * t information . At first his _answers were _confssed , as if under the influence of drink , and he did not understand what was aaid to bim . He was then accused . He denied all knowled ge of the circumstance . The knife and a handkerchief were shown him , which were found near the body , asd which belonged to him . _Taen hi ? memory seemed to revive , aud he told the following isle : — He left the _jiublic-hoase with Ma _d eline at ten o ' clock : tbe _nicbt was dark ; thev walked with
cimcrjlty , and fell down several tunes . He ascriord tiie difficulty of walking to some _anpernatural being — to one of those sorcerers ofwhorn they had spoken a good deal during the day . It was ab * ut midni ght _wnen they arrived at the little hrid . ee called _Pontaux Bonds ?* , and which to cross it was diffi . tilt acd dangerous . Heurcevent _olfere-d to earry Madeline across a his shoulders , the latter re _failed 2 nd wta : ot _^ _t first , waiting on his hand * acd knee ? . Huerteven : did not remember how be got aero .- ' ? , _but on _arriving at tbe otner side , he could cot discover his _companies . He looked for hira and called hira , asi » : _lesetn ¦ truck against a bod y without motion , wnich _appesred to him _something very strange . It was white and had \ _-yag hair on its leg * . He called— be cried—he _demanded of the unknown bcinii _Ivinc at his fret to
spear _anu teii him wno fee was . rie received to answer aai grew more and more terrified . He irev . forth _aistiire and _struck it . He then heard seme groan * , ont nothing like a _heman _vnjee ; his terror and bis rase _increased—he struck with h : »* knife a _^ aii ; and bis knife fell - ' rom hi- * hand . He broke a branch ff a tree , acd aeain attacked hi * friend , who wa < already a _corpse , with redoubles fury . Tired is * _length whh his exertions , _Heurievert le . m _^ d _against a tree , resolved to watch the * pot till daylight , and behold the enemy his valour had conquered . Soon , bowevrr , the _col-i became _in'npportable . he _thovzht f coin _^ awav . but before he _departed he made a
great many enorts to _Drta _*; a leg of e _: s eremy , m order , as he _ss : d , that he mi ght be sure of fir ding bun ia the morning . He then went _awtiy , and after _aom- ; _trouble reached hi * home , where he slept profOuEdi y . Such was hi ? _extraordinary tale , acd he could not believe that be baa killed _Madeline , hi * best friend , till the bleeding and mangled corpse of tbe _Tjchapry young man had been s . * - own tin . Oz this recital and oa the-e facts _Heurtevent was tried at Caen . On this trial he did not drey his belief iu sorcery ; he affirmed that he knew BOthing of having struck Madeline . He wa « found guilty with extenuating circumstance ? , and sentenced to exposure aad bard labour , and _imprisonment for life . Such are the conseqaences of drunkenness snd
_supersti-UiiU & shUi . _Dcellinb is _Belritm . —The st » ci-jobbi *» e duel _betwren M . de Brosckere and _Colonel _B-r < _r was _fought on Tuesday , with sword * , outside ecus city . Tbe latter wa _^ wounded Mi _^ huy in the hind . II . de Bronckere is ieit-handed— rather awkward for a swordsman—and was pinked near the bear _:, but not mortally . _Tais terminated the duel a lu start , and the business of the Belgian Bank Wins pressing , M . B _.-onckere went to hi ? bureau for a whi '*» hnt sn m . iir WrA _rTnr : rir : c' _friends called to
see mm that fie thought _u more see mi y to go to bed , which be accordingly aid . A third dad , tbe result © f an old quarrel , has been more serious . It uraa fought between two miiitaires at D ; e « t on the 2 i « instant , and © elhbave fallen , like Sempronion ? , for that teUerima causa belli , " a worthies * woman . " _Cap : ain Hertz , of the 2 d _RegisieDt of _Chae _^ curs a-pied , aad Captain Yanderauvera , of tbe 21 Regiment of Lancers , met at ten o ' clock in the morning with their _Fwords outside the walls , and fought amidst an immense crowd , curing two b- 'mrs , without any one attempting to interfere . Captaia Yanderauvera at last received a deep cut on the _chtfst , near the right shoulder , and inflicted a similar ose near the left shoulder of hi * adversary : Ix this state they still continued to _Ssht , until _Cantain Yanderauvera inrlicted an awful gash oa
the _abaornen of his rival , _through wmen h * . » bowe . s appeared , and in drawing back his sword nearly cut three of bis own _finders off . The mangled combatants wrre th fn laid on straw in a travelling artillery _forge , and attended by tbc-ir ? i * rgeons—in _vaia . " Captain Herz died ia about mo hours . Tee other lingered till next diy . The police ( who stood aad looked en ) are new very busy hunting out " the criminal participators . " The judicial and military authorities are prodigal of regrets and denunciations , whieh are all received with contempt due to their _hypocrisy . They won ' t take the ample aad _effective step which the King of _Prussia aad Ibn Carlos do—to declare that " any officer who pleases to fight a duel is disgraced and forfeit- " his corn mission—because , amongst other good reasons , the two nephews of the Minister of War have tc fight duels with vounz Pirsons this week .
_AilEitlCA .. By way of Dublin , account * have been received from St . John ' s , ~ 5 ew _Brunswick , to the 24 th ult ., which aTe rather later than those received via _~ S ew York . They bring ns the information that Sir Jobr Harvey was taking the most active measures tc increase his force * , with a view to repel any aggressions on the part of the state of ilaine . Tht Royal Gazette of the province * er the 21 st ult . which is _published at Frederic-ton , announces tb « assent of the Government to an enactment _passet by tbe Legislature , enabling the Government u amend the militia law , by which it will he em powered to strengthen the several companies o artillery aad -sea _fenciblts , with battalions , Sec . I _appears that ths greatest activity prevailed in ever department , aad that the 69 ta regiment had em barked at Halifax to join Sir John Harvey .
Mr . VAX bUBBS AND _Jdlt . CLAY . —II _Editor of the _Jf ew York Weekly Herald , in a letti from "W ashington , dated the 23 th ult . , says—A fe days ago , Mr . Clay dined with the Pr . - si dent me of his regular cabinet dinners , whieh be git to tbe members of both houses , in rotation , _evej Saturday . Towards the close of tbe first or seco : course , ' a servant whispered to Mr . Van Bur * ' * re house is on fire . " Mr . _Yan Bnren rose ve coollv , apologized to tbe gentlemen next him , a left ' tne anaranent for a few minutes . He disc
vered tbat his whole kitchen department w « flames . The fixe bad not made mccn progress , _ ai by the application of a few pails of water m a jac do * , _position , it was quenched . Mr . Yan Bur , returned to his company in a few m . _nutes . _t Br . C . av being informed what was the cause ot t _absence , ' he turned to Mr . Yan Buren , witn one those p _^ nliar look s which his expressive face c _ummroccaaonalJy- " Mr . President , I am do , all T can to get vou o « of tbis house , bnt belie ae " -here be put his band upoa his breast ii v , _^;^ _= rr , t _rn _rsnt want to bum you out . -
In a letter from Posen of tbe 16 th instant , pu _limbed in the Augsburg Gazette , we find the h lowing : — - 'The Russian Government has 9 . closed hermetically tbe frontiers of Poland _, border inhabitants have always been able , or _ddw , to pass the _frontier with a simple perm bat rmw rhey must be provided irith a rsgu passport for that purpose , and can even then « _kir by the _» ree gr * at roads , where toll received . Tbis new oroer has the effect oi Chinese wall , and all free communication for _ purposes of trade is entirely destroyed . J demoralizing system cf smugg ling will increase ' m _r _> _w-a *¦ _^
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THE BOUNDARY QUESTION . ( From tbe Halifax Journal of Feb . 28 . ) Tbe Fredcrkhn Sentinel , received thi « _= dav , _confirms the accounts given on Monday , of hojtile movements b y the _stite o ! Maine , and , in addition , gives tbe message of the goversor to tbe _legislature , commanding a lrvy of 10 , 000 men , for the purpose of taking _poeses-ion of the territory in dispute , and to enable him to carry this measure into < rT-ct , the _legislature have voted ' tke sum of 800 , 000 dolUrs , and passed _regolu ions calliug upon the state o ! Massachusetts to aid them in the measure . Immediatel y r , the recei pt of this important information , The legislature of this province resolved lL-elr into a committee for the defence ef tne province , and for assisting the inhabitants of New Brunswick to repulse the invading foe . AU other business was sto pped until the committee should report , which wa * don # at fivp nV '< _-vr . V .
_i _^ ever , perhaps , in tbe history of Nova Scotia has there occurred _nucb an outbreak of deep impassioned feeling , as was given expression to when the committee reported their resolutions . Notwithstanding the _suddenness of the _measure * adopted by the house , when thedoors wereoponed at halt-past five o ' clock , tbe lobby and gallery were filled to overflowing b y the crowds of Inhabitants who bad been waiting for adrni ?> ion . The report was then read , after some preliminary observations , b y the Hon . Mr . Dodd , chairman of the committee . -It consisted of a spries of resolutions empowering his _pxeeHpTifv thp _rrimmaudpr-in-chief to call out
and embody volunteer and draft companies of the ¦ mili tia , to the number-o- 8 , 000 men , between the ages IS and 45 * , and authorising the expenditure o ! £ j 00 , 000 if it should be required , to repel the _aggressions on tbe si « ter province . The resolutions provided also , that in addition to the same allowance as the regular troops from tbe military chest , militia should receive pay from provincial resources authorised to be expended in the service . The house received tbe Teport unanimously , and on the motion of tbe Hon . Mr . Dodd , the whole house and the assembled multitude , arose and united in three times three cheers for the brave inhabitants of Nerr Brunswick , and three rimes three for her M _^ stGracious Majesty Queen Victoria , which were given with such rapturous and tremendous tffect , _that the solid wall of t > ur _provincialbnild ' _mgseemed toshake to _theirfouudation , and the sound was heard in the adjacent streets .
. Ths bouse is to wait upon bis excellency * tomorrow with a copy of the resolutions . Other papers received at the same time give the _resolutions , together with the _address oi the Committee on presenting them , and his Excellency ' s _reciv .
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A small publication has been issued by C . Tinker , Huddersfield , entitled an " Address to Victoria , ' " rom which wp select the _following : — AII ti » . I , Yict .-iTia , _Ma-. ier . Queru ' Bp .-iltb , _j-eacebe _tiiiiie . ar .. ! life & _e * Vue : _I ' nttst . _niaVfon . _- ' _at' -r . _il m _ihroi-gj _StAiiili-jg _ertf . t : o _r . * _:-: r _t . _" nrir _wri l _. _^ _^ : Ti : en kir : o ' y _h-ar th-: u , Lf _.- _' _-y Kay , — No _cn-urhiny _syciphant _.-. ar _^ _ifctty _, But _IDJ _^ lTed _Hri-.--Oa , lV . il _b'Tll To _h _^ -. ' - ' L & _eir _r-. _j _^ u in _''^ r . _in _* i _.. i : t .
Sh : harden r > .. t your you ! h ! c : neart , Nor aft rc ' _- ' :. t : e > _s i'a . > _rioij ' s part , L- » st Ten sL _.-a _" . I _j- ' _-r : > ii is ih _> fl - _^ d Cf the P . il . V _.--th- s _^ .. i _Vi-rl . _W ' _onUst tn _^ _zi _(^* _cap--, fai- L- _^ -iy _ray ? The . lay v ' . wrath—tl . e rrck .. uii _^ d _^ y , Take _tirocly warning , an ' . r- r _>» e-. t To grant the Charier '¦} i _it . U ' . uvil . Thf M _\ r < -h ut _AfAUEiiir _Enri \ tio . v . —In the neighbourhood of I . _^ _wes , and on the r _^ ad to Newbaven , there i < on a building an ii : scriv : i- n in l : < rge _1-ft-rs , " Coorer ' s Ai _* _aJ- * : ny for _yennt _nurses ; '' aud further on a _direc' . iun— "To the School . " Sheep . —The estimated _nnmher of Sheep in Great Br itain Rnrl _lrelniiH is abont _Ji-2 _miilinnn
Titiak ' s L _^ st Pi ' . 'TVRE . —In the _Barljerijo Palace at Venice , is shows tbe room where Titian painted , and : he picture he left _unfini-hrd , whfn he died at the ace of _ninety-aine . It is a Dav . d—a " _vigoarous in the touch and style as any ol" his fir * t _plcrures . It is _PEitHAPS not generally known , that persons unable to pay the ri -j e _wnea caught smuggling , are committed to prison for life , or during the pleasure of the Crown . Sir Charles Adam is appointed , in room of hi ? farker . Lord T . i _.-i-. _ren-ii . t of _Kiuross .
A letter from ' 70 tti _> _'gen stares that transportation to Amrri :-3 _r _.-s recently been _adapted in ihe Ha * _vover ; an c _> . m _: f . i > _-n « , dv wnich means a number of ill-cispo = ed _persons have been got rid of . --Tf . _ii-rtmt ti .- h vn / ..-. ' _.. _.- /
_Ixrx . _vniARis . M . —On Friday , a _firr-o _; great magnitude took place ( . 11 the _pretaires of Mr . _ThurunU . 01 Duxford . which cotup : e " . r-. y ce .-tr _.. } ed t ' .. e whole of the homestead : the _laritiiiii _> _tti : X , barns , _erarjEry . catile shed _> . _stai , ' . _< - _? , pig _^ er . _- .-. ri _\ - _^ : " ai _hullocXs , fonr valuable c . _' : r : ! . _.-:-e-. _^ u * . ' : ;•• _, a :. d oiker live stock , were Lr . rr . t . " 1 acre is no douhl ol tiie misfortune having been the work of a diabolical incendiary . The .-tuck _aloi-e is _injured . —Bury
jIorison _' s Pills Outdone . —A correspocaen : informs us that , in the roias : of the dreadful * torm « f Piough _ilon . _^ av , a chimney fell _through the roof u \ a house in Monkwearmouth , and lodged on thr floor of a bed-room , in wnich abed-ridden old woman deemed by the faculty incurable , bad lain for the last twelve year * . The poor creature , as if galvanized bv the _'hock , sprung to her legs , ap . _dru-. _icd down the _« : airs " like a lamp . ighter ; ar . d ( _aJus uur inforrr . ant ) she has conrmued to this time in tht _eriovment of good health ' . — Gateshead Uiserver .
. Amusements of the _afohai _^ s _, < xc— _. un _.-i of their garae * , * ay _« _Mout _. tstuart _Eijibiiit ' . one , in hi . Account of Caubul ( of w hicb a new edition has just appeared ) , appear to us very childish , and can scarcelv be reconciled to their long beards and grave behaviour . Marble _^ are played by groan-up men " rhrouch all the Afghaun country and Persia , a :. d , 1 believe , in Turkey . A eame very generally played - - - _n-no _r-alUrl Ki . rS . xve bv tbe Dooraunee * , and
Cubuddee bv tbe _ia-. jiK * . A man taites ni _» ieit _loui 111 his right " band , ar . d hop * about on one leg , endeavouring to overset his _adversary , who _advances the same way ; this i" p layed by several of a tide , and is -more complicated than 1 have made it , but still a _strange _g-srne for grown-up men . Prisoner ' s base , quoits ( played w _. tb circular flat stone >) , and a game like hnnt the slipper ( piaytd with a cap ) , are also very common ; as are wrestling , and otner trial * ol _strength and skill .
_Mukdeb . —The village of _blempnaii , near i-ong Stratton _, has just been thrown into a _etate of great alarm by _av-oaian , her two children , and a neighbour , who was washing for her , being all poisoned . It stems that a carpenter , named Daynes , living in the same village , who goes out to work for the farmers in their own yards , got up at tbe usual time on Mondav morning ' last to go to his work , hut hefore he went from the hou _* e he filled the kettle with water , as was * up ? o'ed , ready for breakfast—a thing
with him very unusual . Ice wile was m Dea « r , tD be went awav , but soon afterwards got up , kindled a fire , and bo ' _iled this kettle , containing the same water tbe husband had left . She had sent for an old _womaS , named Betty _Mills , who bad formerly lodged -with them , to come and help her to wash . Mills attended , and the two women and two young children of 31 rs . Davnes sat down to breakfasr _^ The women made tea from the kettle , and tbe children had sop from the same water . They had scarcely c __ -., v , _„^ k . _^ Vf _^ . _Vicf _nt-H PTi-rv rraeo ! them was taken
ill . Mrs . Davnes was violently sick , ana voumeu very copiouslv ' , as did also one child . Their illness was so alarming , that it was necessary to call in _medical aid , and the _husband was also _sent for from his work . He came home , and a- " _eooii as be arrived , was observed to take the kettle to a beck _standrne-at the _back-dcor , and rinse it very carefully , and would have put the child's sop that remained out of the wav . hut was prevented . Messrs . Utton and Burton , surgeon ? , attended , to whom it Weame evident that the people had been poisoned . The youngest child , about two years and a half old , died in a few hours , and the poor old woman ( Mills ) cased to exist at ab'nit half-past three o ' clock ; the others , from the iffect of sickness , though considered in a verv precarious state , are likely to re-« , _« r .. TV , p man "Davnes was taken into custody ,
a . nd an inquest has been held on tne _t-cuies . it appeared that the wretched man had formed an acquaintance with a woman named Gcok , in the village of Tasburgb ; but being somewhat crossed in this amour , had at different times threatened to put an end to his _ewa existence , and for this purpose bad kept a razor nDder his pillow , or got ropes to han g himself , _* o that the parties lived hut v _.-ry uncomfortably . It was also shewn that _dunng the previous week , he _* entto Mr . Brown * a _chemm at Long Stratton , for sixpenny-worth of arsenic ; but Mvg . Brown refusing to supply it , he went away , refusing to have » _*> much trouble . ' Report says rw the woman G ook purchased it for him . The S _? n « t _oJSTbodiw _hai been adjourned , in order to SI , for the analyzation of the contents of _Sumach , which have been sent to Wk _* for that _nurntwe . —Jj _^ icich Journal .
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A _UOLDh-iN _SYNALL . UW . _fary _Morarry , alias « ' Polly" Moriarty , wbose » for breaking the windows of _licenced victuallers lis tbat of the late May Ann Pear * e , alias y Barrymore _, was brought from the New Prison Further examination , charg < -d with having stolen . ivtreign . The prisoner wm at the Hare and _mds , in St . Giles ' s , when a man laid down a t-reign for change , when the suatcbed it up and _. liowed it , Polly , who was formerly a fine u-t-looking g irl , now stood at the bar tbe mere dow of what she was , with languid sunken eyes ,
d gba « tl y pale and wrinkled countenance , tne fCt of the ravages of gin and _dissipation . Mr . Bennktt asked her whether she could re any hunest excuse for baving swallowed tbe rerrign . Pcliy . —To be sure I can . I bave been here my a time for being drunk and breaking windows , t never in all my life before for any felony , and re _wasn ' t I thrunk when I did it ? Mr . Bennett . _—Was the prisoner drunk ? Tnoraton , the constable , replied that _ahe-Was
I ; Mr . Banker , the landlord of tbe Hare and ounds , said that she waa sober . Polly . —Oh ! then it ' s many a brig ht sovereign have j-pent at yonr house , and I never stole any them . Mr . Bennett inquired whether she did it aa ch loose characters frequently did—by way of te . Mr . Banker . —She swallowed it to keep it . —( A ugh . ) ! Ur . _Bennxtt . — Is she known ? Waddington . — I don ' t know a worse character for ; tting drunk and _hrenking windows , but I never new her here for felony before . Mr . Mallett , the Clerk . — She has been here for fi / _1 tt \ r _» t- > a t »
roily .- On , then 1 see yon are all against me . va * never here for stealing , but you would be glad hang me lor a rid _hearing . —( Laughter . ) Here the prisoner ' s sister , Nell y , was brought to the office in a shocking state of intoxication , thout a bonnet , and her clothes and hair hangiug asely about her . Polly ( looking at her and bursting into a flood of ar . «) -Oh , then , do take ber out ; let ber go : she is come here to injure me : take ber out . She ade a rush wildly from the bar , and , seizing hold
her sister forced her out ot the efface , ana she a _* allowed to depart . It was stated that Nelly bad been charged at Bow reet , on Saturday , for " Sawney Hunting , " and scharged ; and on tbe explanation of tbe slan _, -, _ipressiou beit _* _-g policittd , it was given " Bacon _ti-aling . " Nelly was charged with stealing a pound ad a half of bacon from a cheesemonger ' s shop . Thornton stated that the prisoner _confessed having ¦ railowed the sovereign , but she had not seen it rer since . —( A laugh . )
Prisoner . — Aim sure , that is thrue ; how could I ee it . —( Laughter . ) But I dare say you'd be glad 0 see it . — ( Increased laughter . ) Mr . Bennett said he would remind the prisoner ii ; til Mnuday , when Poll y " heaved a sigh , " ami : aid she wi-h . d they'd settle at once , or else dis-• narge her , and she left tbe bar condemning her ¦ K fuT
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I i-. r _Kixii oi ( . unci : h .. < - conienv Q the rnnK _011 (' ju . mniider of the Ord-r of tbe Saviour on ( _jeueiai _liordon . formerl y in tbe Greek sendee . The "Westminster and Pimlico Working Men ' s Association held their weekly meeting at tue Djche « s of Cia . ' ence , _Vauxhall-bridge-roa : ! , on "\ Y _edue-day roon . ing . It wa * well attended , and the greatest _euihuMa _^ m prevailed . Twelve fr = sh _members _juineo the society , and it was » tat ? d that on _Wednesday evening next many more would apply for _admist-ion . A tommittee was appointed to draw up laws and regulations for the government of the association , wbo make their report on "W _ednesday ; and it is in contemplation to get up a di > - cussionon suine great political subject , to which some _members ot " the people ' s parliam- _'nt" are to be invited . Several members of the
association nave opened a _prtiny-a-week subscription for tbe National Itett , which will no _duulit be well followed up , not only by the _association it » ei ' , but by _tiiuuy others , as a means of strengthening the bonds uf the Convention . — _Charter . By an i'kasr of the 12 tb ult ., the Emperor of Kuisia en-ures various _ndvantage _^ to such of his Jewish subjects as are _willing to follow agricultural pursuits , nnd aiuong « t tht number _pmpores" to _colonise them in the steppes between the Don aud the Crimea . Curious Chicumstasce .- The flue of the church at _Handley has lately _ignited the coal bed underneath , from whence a body of a _< hts has been removed , ana tbe burning _.-topjeu . Tin- , has also been the case at tbe We » i ryan chapel in the . t » wn . — _b-. ( _- _< 'T ; rd . Jiire Gazette . '
oi . _vgi _laii _51 _'icide . —On lnesday morning , as a mini , _wuica l ' . _ayui _* , was jiassing near the Surrey (_ _iuia-l , he observed a coat , waislcua . ' , nud baton the uank . clo-e to tbe water . He _gavi iuloiinatioii ot tbe _circumstance at th ? 1 f tation-house , und the drag .-. having been procured , tbe body- of a man . named Wi . ' . i-. a gardener , in thp employ of Mr . Pacey . of Peckbam Rye , was taken put of the canal . The _deceased ' s le _£ 5 were tied together wiih a pirrv of trtpt ? . in such a . manner as to prevent _vhw _^ o * sibi _\ _ity 01 nis extricating himself alter he had thrown him-» ell into the water , and there is no donbt that the act was committed bv bims .-lf .
Baptizing in the ska . — Vi e were witnesses , on _Wednesday _la-t , to a rather unusual occurrence . Two bathing-machines were standing in the water , at B . 'otle Ray , close to tbe landmark / - . A minister of _sr . ine sect ot Baptists , bareheaded , and wearing a while > _-urplice , stood up to his middle in the sea . Tbe machines contained females to the number , wc believe , nf _eiebt , some of whom were young and some old , wbo _succes-ively underwent the ceremony of br . pti-rn , by being immer .-ed over bead in the tide . The dav was extremely cold . The ceremony was performed too far from ' . he busy haunts of men to attract many spectators ; a few were , however , attracted by its singularity , while many of the inhabitants of Boode watched its progress through teiescooes . —Liverpool Allion .
A curious and remarkably rare case of complete transposition of tbe organs of respiration , circulation , and digestion was recently witnessed at tbe School of Medicine at Nancy . On opening the bod y of a patient about thirty-eight years of age , who died in the establishment of consumption , it was found that his heart was ou the ri ght side , and that the whole system of circulation _corresponded with _thU extraordinary _disposition ; the lungs presenting but one lobe instead of three on the right and two on tbe left ; the liver being on the left , the spleen on th « right , the cardia , or entrance of the stomach , on tbe rigbt _, and its lower orifice or pylorus , the duodenum and _ccecum , on the left . — _Galtgnaui .
Ilkeston . —Corpse left in the church without Interment . —A short time ago application was made by a poor woman to the Rev . R . Jones , curate of this p lace , in order to have her sister interred on the Sunday . The Reverend gentleman , without hesitating met her rfquest by a positive denial , adding that they must bring the bodv on Saturday . The woman endeavoured to persuade bin * to alter hia mind b y stating tbat beT deceased ' s sister ' s husband was a poor man , residing in Nottingham , and could not be iu possession of the requsite fees until six o ' clock on Saturday night ; and that her brother , a coal-higgler , could not bring the body on any other day . These arguments failed to convince Mt . Jones tbat it would be proper to inter the corpse on the Sunday . B * -ing informed durimz the day that every arrangement had been
entered into bv the other relatives 01 tne _deceased to inter the body on Sunday , she sought a second interview with the reverend gentleman , bnt he could not be found . She then tpid tbe clerk that the bodywould _positively be brought on Sunday . On that day , about a quarter past four o ' olock , p . m ., the relatives and friends advanced with the body of the deceased towards the church yard ; but their approach was not announced by the mournful tolling oi the bell ; no minister was there to meet them , nor even a grave prepared for the reception of their dead . They deposited the corpse in tho church , which lay , as in state , to await the _period when it should please Mr . J ont * to consign it to the grave . None of the relatives appearing on the Monday , he , with the clerk and another person , performed the last tribute of respect to the mortal remains of the _deceased . — From a Correspondent of the Derb y _Reporter .
Extraordinary _Illusion . On Thursday week , a respectable looking young man was brought before the magistrates b y the parish officers of St . Pancras , to be passed to a Lunatic Asylum . His appearance was indicative of mildness and sensitiveness , and his cast of countenance intelli gent ; but his violence was so _extreme that severe _restraint was deemed necessary , and a strait-waistcoat was continually kept on him . The surgeon stated that bis peculia _' r point of insanity was , that bt imagined bis shirt belonged to some murderer ; but on other subject- ) he was mild and raticBal . Upon this , however he was perfectly insane and _nnt .-Ageoue . The order was _mKrl _^ nilt for his admi .-inn
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New Poor hAir Hum Axny .-Ou Monday iii (! ht last , a young woman , - / _ixteen years of age , named Margaret Head , took _rtJii _^ e , in a hay-lot , iu Felling , where _shr * was _discovered on . Tuesday morning . The _unfortuuute creaturQ is near _continemeat . ' of an _illn-( _¦ i tJHiate child , an'i two women belonging to Felling accompanied her to the workhouse keeper of Gateshead , where _abe had been Inst in service . The keeper _refused to nfford hi > r assistance , as she hud beeu ftbovti -a week removed from Gnteshead . They then returned to the relieving officers at _Felliug ,
and stared the very destitute condition of the young woman . This worth y told them , in a passion , that they must bring her before the Gaardiiuis on next Tuesday . The women urged upon him the extreme necessity of ber case , that she was houseless , and had nothing whatever to support life . To this the official replied , by turning contemptuously into the house and shutting the door in their face " . Was not this a case of urgent necessity which the poor law worthies -my must , in all cases , be relieved on the spot , and be-fore inquiry ?—Northern Liberator .
State Of Political Feex-Ino Bur*?. —A Re...
STATE OF POLITICAL _FEEX-INO Bur *? . —A report having got abroad that the New Poor Law was being introduced into Bury , allow me through the medium of your valuable paper , to inform the haters of that unconstitutional measure , that instead of such being ; the cane , there never was a time when iti * horrible principles met with a more decided _resistance , and were less likely to be introduced than the present . Never was there a time when the working classes' of this town , occupied a stronger position , or exercised a more salutary influence . Their power will be sufficiently understood from the following fact : —At a public meeting held in tho parish cburch , on the 21 st ult . for tbe purpose of auditing the overseers ' accounts , and _electing a select vestry , & c , a great
proportion 01 the nameg on the list which was unanimously adopted , were those of working men , and the whole of that list , with the exception of one or two , were determined opponents to the damnable " boon . " It is but justice- to add that tbe Rev . Mr . Hornby , rector , as chairman , and the gentlemen and tradesmen , who were there , manifested a spirit of conciliation and kindness , which if generally acted upon , would not only facilitate business , but weuld secure to themselves the confidence and affections oi the working classes , a consideration which none but fools will despise . Your insertion of tbe following items subscribed fer Mr . Stephens , will oblige , Gentlemen , yours , T . "Rawsov . Jt _s . d . Bury 24 8 9 _£ Mr . Charles Opensbaw ' _s weavers 3 6 9 | Mr . Kay ' s foundry 2 4 3 From Freetown 18 8 Simpson & Bland ' s foundry .... 0 13 7 Females , Pits-o _' th-Moor 0 5 0 Lomax & "Walker ' s factory 0 12 5 Heywood . 10 0 0 Kamsbottom 5 15 0 Unsworth . ' 3 5 7 Mr . Fort ' s printworks , _Oakenthaw , V Mr . Busby .... 1 15 0 Derplej-Vale printworks ...... 110 Nuttal Oil 0 Harwood near Bolton 3 0 Hi-Higher-Lane 2 8 4-J Half-acre 0 10 0 Jtol b 4 _g Expenses g 7 Ut £ 55 18 5 }
_Cutheroe . —A public meeting wn s called at the _Coinuu-rciiil Inn , Salford , to take into consideration the propriety , of adopting tbe Petition aud Charter , and giving support to the Convention . Mr . Rawson . from Bury , addressed the _meeting in his Usual eloquent and impassioned style ; _whun , after passing _Mi-mb-t * resolutions , giving three cheers For the Convention , three for O'Connor , Stephens , and _Oesth-r , the meeting separated , highly delighted with the _proceedings of the evening " . An nttt-mpt had bi ' cn mada by the _^ respectables" ot Clitheroo , to prejudice the innkeepers ( two lovel y young Indies ) ngninst the " Chartists , " by rt ' presenrin <; tbttiu as wild "destructives" and _unprincipled " ruffians , " but when _insteal of a ferocious-looking demagogue ., they behold a mild aud unassumiug youth ; and instead of hearing fierce _denunciation , horrible _im . the grating of hell-gates , they heard the music of impassioned eloquence flowing from a humane and benevolent heart , one of them could not help but exclaim— "If all Radicals be like this man , 1 shall always feel this house honoured with _t'litertaihing them . " Received from Harwood Bury , near Bolton , its National Kent , £ 2 .
_Bi'knley . —A meeting was held in the Tem _perance Hull , Burnley , on Monday evening , the 25 th ult ., at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of aiding th * - Hev . J . It . Stephens in his struggle with tho enemies *> f the people . The meeting was mo _^ t numerously _iitttuiiled , and . the following resolutions were carried with . _ the ereat _^ t , _enthusiasm : —l . " That this meeting ph . dges itself , to ; _Use every legal means in their power to aid _^ fbo R « v . . Joseph Knyner Stephens in his ' forthcoming struggle with his pros _.-cntors ; and that they view with disgust and con tempt the shnfllinp means resorted to by the shuffling Whigs , namely , the removal _unrl postponement of his trial ; it being the opinion ot this meetiue th « _tt the intention of the nr , rsrrmrnrs in tn
treble the expense by removal , and to cool down the ardour of the people in the cause of the Christian Minister by delay . " Moved b y Mr . _Chhni'r seconded by J . Duckworth , and most _powerfull y s upported b y Mr . Mooney , of _Colne , and Mr . R » wson , of Bury . —2 . •' That this meeting highly approve of tho condnct of the Convention of the indusfrinus classes , now assembled in London , and will contitmo to place the greatest confidence iu them , so long as they net with the same integrity ami ability that has hitherto distinguished them . " Moved b y J . Wiuterbottom , _seconded by J . Clegg , and very ably supported by Mr . Bird , of Bury . — 3 . * ' Ti . at the thanks of tliis meeting are eminently dueand
, hereby given , to P . O'Connor , Esq ., the Rev . J . R . Stephens , and Mr . R . Oastler , for the noble stand _thi'y have made against the . oppressors of the working people . " Moved by H . Holland , seconded by J . Preston , and supported by Mr , Beesley , ol Accrington . —I . "That the foregoing resolutions be inserted in the Northern Star newspaper . " Moved by H . _Cleg-j , seconded by William Marrlnnd . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , three cheers for the General Convention , three cheers for Stephens , ar . d three cheers for the Burnley National Association , when ihe meeting separated , highly gratified by the evening ' s proceedings . —We desire yon te announce the following for the satisfaction of those who have subscribed to the Steohens Deknct * Fund
x . s . a . Colle : ted by eight _subscriptum book ? J ) 2 G A few friends at Print Work * 0 11 0 Collected at the door of Temperance Hall on the evening of meeting 7 16 1 £ 17 0 7 Deduct half the _expenj'es 1 9 21 Total £ 16 0 43 Expenses incurred . 2 18 4 £ Ol which the _Association pays one half from their funds 1 9 21 _ai » _% i There is 12 s . of the above sum subscribed b y a few poor hand-loom weavers of Mere _. _cloogh , a small village near Burnley , who are determined to do their utmost to free themselves from the galling fetters that bind them . Any subscriber to the Defence Fund may examine a balance sheet , at the Association Room , No . 2 , St . James ' _s-street , where every particular will be given for the satisfaction of all that may apply . By inserting the above in your valuable journal , you will much oblige , Yours < fec , 1 Thos . Rica-id , Chairman . N . B . £ 16 will be transmitted to-morrow to Mr . Willis , bookseller , Han-ring Ditch , Manchester .
HiNnLET Female Association . —At a public meeting of this Association , the following resolutions and address were unanimously adopted : — 1 st . Moved by Mrs . Bromley , and seconded by-Mrs . Latchford , " That we , the females of Hindley having witnessed the base , cowardly conduct of tin-Whi g Government in th ? _nrre--r of our friend and champion , the Reverend Joseph _Rnyner Stephens , are hereby determined , to the utmost of our oower . to assist him in the hour of need : and
ns a prool of our sincerity , we nave _contrinutea towards his Defence Fund the sum of £ 3 ; and we sincerel y hope that all towns , villages , and hamlets that have not contributed towards the said fund will come forward , and do so likewise . " 2 nd . Moved by Miss Warringt .. n , and seconded by Mrs . Meadows , ** That we are sincerely grateful to the members of the National Convention , for their able ndvocacy in the cause of the working millions , mid that we are determined , to the utmost of our pewer , to _suDoort our delegates in the Convention . "
Elswick . —On Monday night , there was a meeting of the Elswick Branch of the Union , at the Robin Adair , at which Messrs . Hepburn and Moody attenJed , and addressed the sinewy colliers with much effect . The quiet determination evinced by the meeting shows that they will not be much longer trifled with upon the subject of their long withheld _rkhta . _—Northern Liberator .
Heworth Shoiie. —On Tnesday Evenidg Week...
Heworth _Shoiie . —On Tnesday eveniDg week , a meeting of the determined Democrats of Hewortb Shore was bold , at which Messrs . Cook , Parker , Charlton , and Devyr attended , and _addressed the meeting at considerable length . The hardy _operatives present evinced anything but a _determination to submit tamel y to the _wrongs heaped upon them by tbe perfumed successors of a hrigand feudal aristocracy . Another meeting was announced to be held within a fortni ght , at which those thundering fellows , the keelmen , were invited to attend . —
Sbohill . —On last Saturday night , tnere was a meeting _« f the Democrats of this district , _attended by Messrs . Hume and Charlton , from Newcastle . The meeting was bo _* h uumerous and spirited , and passed resolutions of confidence in the Convention , and a determination to support the Rev . J . R . Stephens to the death , if necessary . — Northern Liberator . Wakkfield . —On Monday evening last , Dr . Alexander , of Lupset"Cottage , _delivered the last of a course of two lectures on thb life and character oi Napoleon Bonaparte , to the members of the Wakefield Workine Men ' s _Associa-. ion . Tbe Doctor is
no friend or supporter of tbe barbarian practice ol shedding man s life-blood in rr-. ortal strife , to gratify the pride and lust ef dominion . In the course ot these excellent , entertaining , and really instructive lectures , the horrible profession of this class of wholesale murderers was held up and exposed for almost unqualified condemnation . The members were so much pleased with the lectures , that they solicited the talented and vene able gentleman to allow them to be printed , wbich he kindly consented to do , and , in a short time , they will be in type , when those who had not the felicity of hearing them , will , for a very small charge , be enabled to peruse them . W . Martin , Secretary .
BUAMPTON , -S T . _AU CHESTERFIELD . On Tuesday evening , the 26 th instant , a meeting was held atthe Lord Melbourne Inn , Mr . James Leeach iu the chair , to consider the propriety of forming a Working Men ' s Association , for the obtaining of tbe People ' s Cnarter ; the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 st . "That this meeting highly approves of the _exertions now making in different parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , to
realise tbe objects _<> f the People ' s Charter ; and they pledge themselves to use every constitutional means in their power to further the above object . " 2 nd . * ' That the National Petition be adopted ; and a committee be formed to collect si gnatures to tbe said petition . " 3 rd . " That it ia necessary that we exert ourselves to collect subscri ptions in aid of the National Rent . " The meeting broke up with a notice that we should meet in Chesterfield , on Wednesday evening next . William Martin , Secretary .
The General Convention. The Following Is...
THE GENERAL CONVENTION . The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Mr . Lovett , by Messrs . Hadley , Salt , and Douglas : — To the Secretary for the day , o f the General Convention of the Industrious Classes . Sin , —We beg very _respectfully to inform yoa , tb _^ t w « enn no longer allow our names to remain ou the roll of the _Ceiieral Convention . When we consented to be plftcod on that roll , it was on the assured pledge , that , in pr « s- _"cuting the ta _* k assigned to them , the General Convention would be guidfid by the same great rule of PEACE , LAW , and OKDLR , under which the Birmingham Union had been constituted , nnd which , alone , had been the source of its permanence and power . That pledge , we make the , statement with not small regret , has , in our humble opinion , been violated iu spirit and in letter .
The lanenftg _.- * made us » of at the Crown and Anchor meeting , on Saturday , the 11 th instant , plainl y shows , that the General Convention , while professing themselves the enemies of tyranny and oppression , iu every form , are yet read y and anxious to poril the success of Radical reform in an appeal to the last and worst weapon of the tyrant and oppressor . Wa are deeply convinced that our righteous and reasonable cause i _* not only not to be vindicated by such means ; but that he . who would seek for its vindication by brute force , is ignorant of the principles of rational freedom , und incapable , as well as unworth y , of its enjoyment . While we express , frankly and decidedly , our opinion upon this matter , we are very far from questioning the right of others to a similar liberty ; and , leart of ( alU do we presume to impugn the motives of those who may see fit to differ from us .
In withdrawing from tbe General Convention , because they have sfmcttoried doctrines from which we conscientiously dissent , oar' purpose is not to cast an evil imputation upon any man ' s character—we ouly wish to preserve our own . We have the honour to be , Sir , Yourmojt obedient servants , Bex j . II ao let . T , Glutton Salt , R . K . Douglas .
Birmingham , March 28 , 1839 . P . S . This communication would have been sent earlier , but one of the subscribing parties happened to bo absent on private business .
Men Of Leeds 11 Would Bp Vain For Me To ...
MEN OF LEEDS 11 would _bp vain for me to attempt to express the _gratifi-Chtion which your conduct to-d . _'iy has afforded me It hag rau _.-d vou in my tslimatiim , and little a * you mi ght be _iaclined to value my i . pinien , it _du-rires some Wright as that of the representative of a vast constituency bolh in England and Scotland ; for the expressions of kindness and esteem , as well as the applause with whieh you received rae , you have my unbounded thanks ; but they are d « ubly due , and with double pleasure do I _express them , for the vast stride ynu hare made in Kadicalism since 1 last had tbe honour to be summit you . _Nothinf- more i . i wanted than such proofs cf confidence as you have , this day given in the Convention , to make it all powerful in working out your freedom ; and nothing more ia required to bind me to your cause than to feel that I am honoured with your estaem . JOHN TAYLOR . Anril Ut . ] HM .
The Inoktherxn Star. Saturday , April 6.
THE _INOKTHErXN STAR . SATURDAY , APRIL 6 .
Lord John Russell's Motion For Re-Enacti...
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MOTION FOR RE-ENACTING THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT .
This Scion Of The U'Oburn Stock, Which C...
This scion of the U ' oburn stock , which covers mora of the people ' s land than the people now possess , has given notice of his intention to re-enact the " damnable" law ; and whatnow , intheinterim , becomes the people ' s duty ? This is a question which every man of feeling , of famil y , of mind , or of common sense , can answer . The agitation which re-cnlled the Dorchester labourers , would have saved them from transportation . The agitation of , and resistance , to , the enactment of the Poor Law
Amendment Act , would have strangled it in its cradle , or would have sent its parents to the block . Thus it ever is ; the supineness of the people , just at the moment when their activity would be successful , entails endless trouble , and exposes them to insuperable difficulties . Again , the leaders of any political question , if not backed by the people , naturally feel a disgust , which , by degrees , weans them from the advocacy of their cause . It is true that au implied compact exists that all other
questions shall be made subservient to the great question of Universal Suffrage ; but it is not true that in this emergency the people will have done their duty if they lose the present opportunity of rebranding with their indignation the most infernal act that evor was perpetrated . There is but one man in tho House of Commons who has done his whole duty upon this question , that man is John Fielden ; and if we have no respect for ourselves , we owe some respect to this uncompromising friend of the _noor man ' s rights .
How is this respect to be shewn r iiy serving onr own cause , while , at the same time , we back him with public opinion- , and as the practical means are easy , the task will not be great . Fielden requires petitions upon this subject , in order that Lord John and the House may not taunt hira with the indifference of the people , or the reaction which the well-working of tho "Devil ' s
Boon , has caused , vv o shall now lay down a plan . We have our 400 , 600 readers ; let every reader , who is opposed to the Poor Law , get a sheet ol common paper , and let him have these words written upon it : — " To the Right Honourable aud Honourable the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses , in Parliament assembled ; the petition of the inhabitants of ( as the case may be ) , sheweth , that those for whose eipecial benefit the Poor Law was intended , hate
This Scion Of The U'Oburn Stock, Which C...
detest , and abhor the said Poor Law , and therefore pray that it may not be i ' -enacted , bnt thnt a Committee of your Honourable House _mny be appointed to inquire into the terms upon which the Duke of Bedford , and other grantees of the people ' s bind , hold the same . And yonr petitioners , as in dnty bound , will ever pray . " When this is done , ltft each . reader get as many names as he can to hia sheet , and let him take a pridu ir . having the longest list ; and if one sheet is _t _» igned out , let him get another and paste it to it , and so continue en ; and let hm , then , upon the day of which we
shall give notice , transmit them all to Mr . John Fielden , open at both ends , and " Parliamentary Petition" written on tbe back . Some practised hand in each town will _inst-uct those who are ignorant in the way of transmitting petitions . The be ? t advice we can give is to tnk _« them to the news agent , if he is against the law , aud he will send them as a single newspaper is sent ; and _whil ? your hands are in , you may kill two birds with one stone , bv _getiiuc signatures in like
manner for the National Petition ; and we hereb y pledge ourselves to give ten _pouuds to the Radical Association of that town , which , according to its population , _shall have the greatest amount of signatures of those who hate the damnable act . We trust that as England worked for the Glasgow cotton-spinners , and as we are now Eugland , Ireland , and Scotland , all one , that Scotland will pay respect to English popular opinion , by petitioning ¦ against the law also . If we have an
aversion to petitioning _thelioBseol Commons , tne respect which we owe Mr . Fielden , should soften eur hatred upon this occasion , as we know also that he has , over and over again , declared his disinclination- to enter upon the question without ' petitions . It should be remembered tbat Mr Fielden voted against every clause of this bill upon its introduction , and that he has boldly and n < -bly resisted itever since . Thin method , if each reader gets feu signatures , will give four million signatures , and 88 the . Star circulates in almost every county in' England and Scotland , it will furnish a very good estimate of general opinion .
"They- Have Cried Hurrah For The Fight, ...
"THEY- HAVE CRIED HURRAH FOR THE FIGHT , LET US CRY HURRA H FOR- THE RESISTANCE . " Daniel _O'CONNEM / S X , iST SPEECH . While men of _reckless habits and desperate intentions charge the people with _heedless , _precipitate , and dangerous notions , it is no small consolalation to be able to answer them from their own lips . IfMr . O'Connell . had written volumes , upon thf * present state of political agitation , he could not
more forcibly and truly have pourtrayed our position than in tbe : ew words with which we have headed the present article . The light has long since commenced , and although the usual instruments used in warfare have not as yet been called into requisition , yet have as deadly _results been produced , and-n more cruel , savage , and relentless system been pursued than would be recognised ns even legitimate _stro-takcki . bv foes at fashionable war .
The indirect circumstances by which Ihe present agitation has been created , and by which the growing hatred to Governmen t has been increased , aro silent , but powerful and never-sleeping , _x-uniiors or the public mind , aDd are doing more than the most zealons demagogues to bring about that chango which must speedily and inevitably come . If Mr . O'Connell caittrace the woes of Ireland to maladministration _^ aiid see no abatement of practical hostility in onr , _present rulers , to what are we to attribute his _gngportof the very men , who , in these reformed _tiraesij-fofr _ise _? his' everv application , fot
what he 6 alls "j «* tice r' _^ We _^ thauk himfor the term , ¦* Hurrah for tk _$ _? relfi $ , ? ande _^ Vont the people , not he , will be judgM ' of _; wh 6 rJi that resistance should take plaoe . Ld _^ acc _^ l 8 tom , eid to _ciyole an enslaved people with the _liji'WvlbipTiJfj liberty , he supposes that even yet , by atemblance of preparations , he may be enabled to postpone the hour ol resistance ; but he mistakes , forit _haV alr _£ a 8 y- arrived . The moral influence Of rl _^^ R _& _lii ' .. Jha 8- no power , because the moralmflaenw ottl _^ people is greater , and a necessary conieqHe _* W , _flt the loss of this moral power , must _heeither _^ _fWarrender of
_dominion , or a recourse tn " toe _. Bgirt ; then " hurrah for the resistance . " And here , in passing , let us consider of what , character that resistance would be . We fully admit that a people untrained in the use of arms would- either fall an easy prey to a disciplined force , or would be compelled to _* ago a desultory and a blood y war of reprisal ** , in either of which ca > es the results Would be too appalling to contemplate or soberly to dwell upon . U ' e have
never known any friend of , the people , to recommend more than this peaceful agitator has laid down in the way of constitutional resistance . We have never for a single moment entertained the notion of the people , in their most over-heated moments , assuming other than a defensive position , while we assert their right , if the chances of success warranted , to take a _s-tand of physical resistance against acts of moral aggression . It so happens , however , that none are trained to
arms in a country , where tyrants live by force of arms , save those upon whom the tyrants can depend for implicit obedience to the forms of _discipline and to the word of command : setting life _ngain .-t life _, therefore , the odds are fearful against tho . > e who aro not trained to arms . But ns all sciences are rapidl y hurrying on to the goal of perfection , it is n great improvement iu modem warfare to spare life at any expense of property ; and tin ' s , we feel confident , would be the wise _determination of a people whose forbearance has been tested by long suffering and privation . The prudent general will blow np the _Dridge of his
own erection , which but a moment before he has used , lest it rrii gbt render the * arae- ssisttmce to the enemy ; aud such we believe would be the means by which the people would now stop an assault upon their lives . Let us suppose for instance another Peterloo massacre , and what , we should be glad to learn , would be the value of property in twentyfour hours after ? - Where then would be found the golden link of 3 per cent , consols b y which the minions of _powejr . are united ? Where then would fictitious money or even the solid metals find exchange in that labour and that produce which ia
now neglected , and which has raised this war of resistance against the unhol y powers , with which this modern ark is filled ? Would raw cotton feed the soldier who would not figlit without his pay ? Would the barren surface of the soil render its millions a-year to the magic touch of our financial magician , who now , by moral force , backed by physical aid , squeezes malt and hops out of the sinews of the people , and who turns cotton into powder , to slay Ihe instrument by which these mi ghty changes _bava been wrought ? Would the holy benedictions of tha
unpaid pulpit warrior be then as freely offered up in favour of those who rendere d sterile his share of the land , as they are now for those who " preserve to his use the kindly fruits of the earth , so as ia due time hemay enjoy them ? " No , no , O'Connell ! your race has been , long , though seme of it has been backward ; your , system for preserving peace has been to prevent the people from being in a state of defence ; but , be assured , that the natuiBil _rpsnnrm « f or . _tm'td no _^ nl _^ _t-l . — , 1 , .... iuku _resuurce 01 an united peopie , though
unarmed , can silence the cannon ' s roar , and make the bloodiest warrior sheath , his sword from very cowardice . The circumstances which you have been mainly instrumental in bringing about , have led to this union : the first shot fired upon the people wpuld lead to the- use of this natural resource ; therefore , beware bow you provoke " the figt _^ _tj _^ A y _^ as sure as every bullet carries its _^^ A _^ f _^ _l _^ fM _^^ s . would the _firct shot fired upon the P _eople « _A _^^ 0 _^^^^^ _k WILD-FIRE THROUGH THB J . AND . _^ _j _^^ 't _^ V " _/&• _•*?*•& / _£ _>¦ . ¦ ¦ V _* V " ( . ' _r'V'iW . ' _% _" ' _A * _C 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_06041839/page/3/
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