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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, Io39.
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A Sx& 3 Te is shortly to be erected at Versailles to the memory of the benevolent Abbe" del'Epee . Ms . Tax Ambfrgh is said to have just given -6000 f . for a wholly black tiger , -which has lately arrived in England . —Faro paper . . It is cibcclated at the clubs that Baron Brunovr , and Connt Nesselrode , have arrived in this country , on a misaon relative to the affairs of the east . the ^ S of the f ^ oknTAb ?/ iT'Enl * °
Thet tell iuorT dying oy inches , hut I don ' t believe it ' s half as bad " as dying by feet , " - said the man ivhc ^ they were ticking him to death . M . I ) . —A wag said that the appearance of these formidable letters on the sign of tooth-drawer Eigid-5 ed miserable dentist . Bestowing o > "e favoeb . on some men , they think is giving them a right to seek a second—the first they look upon as a gift , the rest are payments . Hops . — -It appears , by a recent retnrn to Parliament , that the hop plantation cultivated in 1838 , covered an area of 56 , 323 acres . Canada . —By-a table in one of the Canada papers it appears that the entire regular force of the prorixiccs is now 14 , 972 . =
DEFixraos of a Loveb . —A lover has been pithily described as a man -who , in his anxiety to obtain possession of another , has lost possession of himleif . Apples . —According to Parliamentary returns , it appears that , in the Tear 1838 , foreign apple * ¦ were imported into England to the Talne of £ 30 . 000 . Tlie Remains of the French poet Horian were last week transferred to a . monument erected to his memory at Sceaur , by the means of a subscription , and a donation from the King of the French . " Ix the TOWS of St . Ives ^ Cornwall , which contains a population of only 5 , 000 inhabitants , there are upwards of 3 , 000 teetotallers , and in the Village of iof . lAdgran every drunkard has been reclaimed .
Toe late Mas . Kebmaj ; has left Jo that excellent institution , the Royal Free Hospital , Grevillestreet , Hatton-garden , the munificent legacy of £ 5 U 0 free of legacy duty ,- - Acoo&dixg " to the Paris journals , the lightning-, frith the storm of the other day , struck the obelisk of -Luxor , on the Place de la Concorde , and produced a fissure , and erased some of the inscriptions . The abjctast of a volunteer corps ' , doubtful ' whether he had distributed muskets to all the men , cried out , " jfllyon" that are without arajwill please to hold iipyour hands . - ¦ . BfST OP Mr- Clabjison . —A bast of Thomas Clark-* on the TrriJ-known advocate for slave-traile abolitiott , has lately been completed by BeMes , aud it is to be placed jn the eouncil chamber of the Guildhall of London .
Os Thpbsdat ETExntG and Friday morning , the stage-coaches from the South and West of England did not arrive "in . London till some hours beyond their ome , the roads being in many places flooded and had from the recent heavy rains . " The Sugo CiiAMrios states , that Lord Palmerston hss- determined upon registering fifty electors upon his estate in that counry ; and that this number would" be sufficient to turn the scale in favour , of the
. Ministerial party at the next general election . UiaussioX ; ok DcitesKosax Catholics . —The Lords pf the Treasury have remitted the duty on eeveo cases of manufactured marble , landed at Liverpool Tor the Roman Catholic chapel at Birkenhead : Taias is a Hisppsrs east , rather a facetious chap . -whose name is A « hv He named his first child Something , as it -e-aS Sotseth ng JV ~ « r . His next child Taras christened SolMng , it being Nothing NeiP . —Avterican Paper .
A BiscovEKT of very great geological interest has been—saade- at Kingston , close to the town of Woodbridge . Part of the jaw of a monkey in a fossil stale , with the remains of other animals * have been found in a brickfield , : at that place . : Szeamaxd RailboaDS . —Huuoks . to the improvement of Ba-rigation a-d the roads , England is now Bearer to the United States of America , thongh they are -six thonsand miles distant , than -she . Tras to Ireland half a century ago . A"Coxmtttee of tne inhabitants of Chelmsford ha 3 been appoiHted to endeavour to obtain land in the
¦ immediate vicinity , on an eligible site , for y pnbJic garden , to which the parishioners and their friends may resort for eserciseand recreation . Large Hatl Stone . —The 5 / . Louis Republican mentions that a hailstone was found neaT Wathington city , whkh , after carrying it four mile ? , weighed ene pound and a quarter / and measured 332 inches in circumference . —Xevr York paper . Csa ^ t xs I-eigh , TSsq ., of Stoneleigh Abbev having been apprised of the intention © f -erecting " a chapeTof ease rn that extensive parish , has met the design with a donation of £ 1 OOU towards the endowment .
Sib Robekt Peel has contributed £ . 500 toward ? the funds of the Iiehfield and Coventry Diocesan Society for Building and Repairing Chapels of ~ Ezse throaghout that diocese . The Countess of Bridge-• water nag also subscribed £ 300 towards , the same
• bjecL * Betoxd the Pyrenees Mdroto has been allowed to play the traitor with impunity . In Franeehe v .-onld not ¦ - have escaped the chastisement reserved for treason . . He would have been made a Peer of Erance , and 'been decoraied with the legion . of Of honour ChariearL Toll Bass originated in 1207 , say 3 the Mirror . on the grant of a penny for every waggon -that passed uirougb a certain manor ; the first toll wa . - cqlleoted 4 KWjean after , for mending theroad inLondoH between St . Giles ' sand Temple-bar . Needle \ Ete 5 , though often warranted not to do so , are ^ api to cut the thread ; Tarn round the point of 3 pin a ffcvr times on each side of the needle eve , and it will remove any ronghnc £ . = that would cut tLc thread .
Fostoate Impo 55 ibilitt . —An Italian , who wa-Terr , poor , and very much addicted to play . n = cd to apostrophize Fortune thus ;—~ Treacherous Goddess I taon . canst make ma lose , but ihon canst dgi make me pay . " —Menage . Ax a village near Cambridge , 5 Ir =. Mil ! -, who keeps the Post-office , is-likewise a midwife , in considerable practice . A can tab passing that way , wrote with a diamtrnd , on the fr-ont pane of glas 5 ^ - JLcdle * dad letters safeJy delivered . Tse Ojtjo . v Brsi . vEss . — -Bermuda is rivalling Connecticut . She has shipped this spring to the Wen Indies half a million pounds of onions , and . 200 barrels of potmoe ? . In Bermuda half a Lonle ol seed produced 8 , tMXilbs . onions —\ &j of which v . ej ^ hed ; 3 B 0 pounds !
The Lovtsg Crp . —At Danby "Wisk , in the 2 sorth Riding of York = hire , it isT : Tie cusiom of the parishioners , after receiving the sacrament , to go from church directly to the alehouse , and there drink together as a testimony of charity and friendship . Dcrisg a late contest for Westminster , a person , who was always anxious to know ihe . state of the pell , pal the iollo-nring qnesrion to a ivag ;— " Pray , i » ir , who ' s got a liead to-day r' He replied , " Why , thank God , 1 Imr-e for one , and if you Jiatl not , you would be unable io ask so foolish a question . ' - * Deserved Reward . —The English Government htL- presented £ 100 to the master and crew of a fishing-boat ef TronvIMe , near Havre , who , in December , 1837 , had saved tLe crew of an 3 ia ^ li = h brig , and conveyed them to England .
A pickpocket , who had been ducked for his malpractices , accounted to Ins brethren for the deran ^ emest in" his appearance , by coolly observing tfiat he had not been able to change his dress since Ms return from a celebrated vralering-place . BiiSSTNGS of Baxkrcptcy Law-. —Mr , Chambers .-credlivrs have not received a sLillii ^ : the solicitor under the commiiiion has had - £ ' 36 , 00 ( 1 fur cost * , winch he declared at a meeting he considered only " porter ' s wages . " ¦ Good Spobt . —Mr . James Buff , M . P ., shooting alone upon the Earl of Fife ' s moors at Broemar , bigged , oir the two firrt- days of the season , w . c liuiidred and fbnrteeh brace of grouse—iiftv- ' . 'j ; e brace on the 12 th , and SLSty-three on the 33 th . "
A Little Fellow the other day in a crowd cried out "Hurrah for Harrison ! " at which a Van Burcri bvjii extlaimtd angrily , " Hurrah for a jack ai- ^ : *'—*•' ¦! hat " s right , " said the boy , " You hurrah for pour cEntlidate , and I inrrah . for jnineJ "—? s ' eic ~ }~ urk l ' aptr . G 5 GASTIC Skate . —On Friday week one of Mr . Hvgarth ^ s fishing-bands caught an enormous skate in the estuarv of theSpey . This large denizen of iLe < lc * p measured six feet " three inches in k-: ;^ tb , ai ) d nearly five feet in breadth ; inveighed V > 4 pound-. Jlerdfcn Paper .. Birth ExrHAOKDrsART . —On Wednesday m last yrvJi , Hi ? . "Webb , wife of a framtwork-laiitttr , rc ~ .-Idins in lletl-street , Nottingham , was confined of FotRlrrcg chDdren . A year and a-Lalf ago she had THHEE . ' making her the mother of seven chiiareu iu iinhtc-n months . . " ....
It is i > - contemplation , we np derstand ^ tobmU two lloman Catholic chapels in St . Hc . icrs , towaras which , it is paid , the Right Rev . Dr . JJrrEili ^ , i ; -.-aan Catholic Bishop of Ork-ua ( in parute ) , li ^ i ¦ eoi'tributed the -very handsome sum ot i '" 2 l ^ sivrfing . —Jersey Times . X vacaxt see was to be supplied , and the syiio « l ot-erred to the Emperor Peter , the Gxca ; . ita ^ -tliey Lad none but ignorant men tu preseut to iJS ^ Esjfciv . " . WeUj - . tlieii , " xepiieu the Czar , " y ^ rt au o _ ly to pitch , upoa the m ^ ri / . on ci Kaii ; lie wui L-c w fth two learned ones . " ¦ AxoiHEB Victim . —Last week , Famncl Hcdtsoaa ' -vitonred turuer . iia : ^ -cu liiiL ^ i-2 :, ni lis V-rct .-iieti ix .-iut !; cein Cirelsec . Vhc r .:.: ' - -i- - - ^ ate li : - - }* = ~ j } 7 « : cdx children ul = u c-L ; d ku : boor ' , o ;¦?¦ -. i :. « r ^ clisir- ^ .- - . Verditi— -ll- -: ' r .-. T ^ r- ^^ -X h ^ -i . *^ - ^ - Ji ^ liiU . "
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Haxm : max , the father of homcepathy , who is now eighty-five years of age , has eo many patients in raris , ttot he 15 compelled to turn a portion of them «^« 1 iiswife aiadjwho , haying been cured , or haMng fancied that she Tvas cured by homcepathy , married her Doctor under the impulse of admiration and gratitude , and now assists him in his labours . A Cebtais Fashionable , well known as a general contractor for Joans , was making application to a gentleman named Fife , for a contract . The gentleman , celebrated for his immense wealth ai . dclosenstedness , replied , " Sir , you may attempt to play on me , but not a note shall von draw forth . " JtS ^ L ^ S ?" ^^^^ ^ ° . ^
Better than Good . —Some rime since , and by accident , three persons met at the Crown Inn , at Luton , one of whom exclaimed with much gl « e , WeD , here are ihree of us ! who can beat us , Goodman , Geodall , and Thoroughgood ? " A minute had scarcely elapsed , when another gentleman appeared , and Goodall ejaculated , " We " are now done ; here is BeBt !" The LiquiDAjJos of the late Countess Branicka ' s fortune is terminated . Though the has given rich Cxrtions to her three daughters , her son ( Count adislas Branicka ) inherits 2 , 400 , 000 acres of excellent land , 100 , 000 male serfs , 60 , 000 , 000 roubles , and furniture to the amount of 4 , 000 , 000 more . — French Paper .
Chinese Aphorisms . — " He who toils with pain "vvill cat ¦ with pleasure . No dans outside , and no doctors within . Forbearance is a domestic jewel . Something is learned every time a book is opened . To stop the hand is the way to stop the mouth . Who aims at excellence will " be above mediocrity ; who aims at mediocrity will fall short of it . " On Wednesday , no less than abont 300 of the poor inhabitants of the parish of Twickenham attended before Colonel Clitherow , the Rev . Dr . \ Valmesley , and Mr . Pownall , the sitting magistrates , for the purpose of being relieved , on the score of poverty , from the payment of the amount of poor-rates assessediupon them .
One dat last week , as the Marquis del Caretto , the rvcapolitau Minister of Police , was on his ' way home , be was stopped by four persons wealing mask . * , who applied their fists in grand style to his Excellency ' s person . Yesterday , the bruises were so severe that he was compelled to keep'his-bed . The Minister himself entertains no suspicions" as to the individuals who have thus drubbed him . The Grand Ditheps of Weimar has dedicated three rooms in the new part of her Chateau to the raemorv of Goethe , Shiller , and Wielaud . They are being ornamented by the painters , Neher aud Preller , with scenes taken from the works of those celebrated writers .
LtCKT Tom and his Warming Pan . —Mr . Macauley , at a public breakfast given him by the liberals of Edinburgh , stated , that he had succeeded Mr . Abercromb y on no fewer than tnlee different occasions : —first , as Commissioner of Bankruptcy : second , as Member for Calne ; and last , as Representative for Edinburgh . It is affirmed that the Queen Dowager of Sardinia has come tc the resolution of withdrawing from the world , and ending her days in a convent . Her Majesty is said to have abreadv * returned to the Order of thp Jesuits , to whom ' it formerly belonged , the village Uuffinella , situate bn Mount Tuscumm , which is her propertv , and where she now resides .
A physician , who lived in London , visited a lady who lived at Chelsea . After continuing his visits for some time , the lady expressed an apprehension that it might be inconvenient for him to come so far on her account . "Oh ! madam , " replied the doctoT , * ' I have another patient in this neighbourhood , and by that means , you know , / kUl two birds irith one stone . ' " T . he Abmt in Prussia . —Every man in Pnissia , except he be disqualified by infirmity , must be a national soldier ; without respec ; to rank or person , he mustcommence hL- career as a pr ivate , and from thence , if able or willing , work his way io a commission . At the age of eighteen the youth innst enlist ; nor can he liold airy , public situation until this debt has been discharged by full three years ' service if in the cavalry , or something less if iufa ' -trv .
Death op-Sir Thomas Hardy . —Another veteran has paid the debt of nature . The gallant Sir Thoma * Hardy , for many years Lord Kelson ' s friend and Lord Nelson ' s right hand man , died yesterday . He passed the few last years of his life " at Greenwich rkispita ] , of which lie was Governor , an appropriate abode for so distinguished a naval hero . But it was not forhim a place of idleness ; he had m . inv dnries , which he performed till within a few days of his death . The early paTt of his life was one of incessant activity ; and he acquired all his honours by the most meritorious exertions . Equally brave aud fenorous , he was the model of a true-hearted Mulish sailor , kind to his men , and terrible only to the enemies of his country .
Disk > ssessi > g Poob Tenantry in Ireland . — If we are correctly informed , the agent-of a-gdi : tlcman of property in this county , recently raised to the peerage , has within the last -week' turned . upwards of forty families upon the world . » By the death of the gentleman who held tho lands " they reverted to the landlord ; aud we understand that the instant the poor people were turned out bv force by the sheriffs bailiff , the agent had the houses levelled to the gronnd , and the -wretched ocoupaiiti turned upon the world . If the circum->' . anc' -5 are such as hav « been communicated to us , we will perform our part in the tragic sceue , re- , gardless'of the position in which some of those
interested may stand with the independence of the country . We care not what the religion or polilk of am man may be ; if he tyrannises over a wretched peopfe it is right that the public should be maJu ac ^ uaimed with the cause of the misery which ch . sues . This looks very like clearing the lam ' .. beiore the Poor Law comes inio operation . We arc informed that a poor man and hLs wife , who were in the highest state of fever , vfCTe carried out and leli fitting upon the grass whilst the Love ! ivx ^ razed tc the earth . We sincerely trust thai our informant may have fallen into a mistake . We Vhall , however , visit the place during the ensuing week . — Rvscomjnon ( a Whig ) Journal .
Interesting Incident connected with the late SlIClDE AT THE MONL . MF . NT . —It will be recollected that iii the first accounts which appeared in the public papers relative to the suicide of the ill-fated Miss Moves , it was stated that the body in its decent » truck against a bird-cage , which was hanging on the ri / rht ride of the Monument door , and broke it into pieces , but no mention wa = made of the feathered prisoner in the cage . On inqujri : !^ , out of curiosity , yesterday , Jenkins , tlie kpfcpev ol" the column , said " \ hat the bird , a male ' goldfinch ( what l
bird fanciers call " a cock of six , : from having six white marks under the extremities of the tail feathers ) , escaped when the rage was broken , and flew away . In about an hour afterwards the bird returned , and perched itself on one of ihe plants in the tubs Hear the dojr , and allowed itstJf to be re-taken . The pretty creature nowattracts almost as much attention as the Monument itteii ' , and Jenkins has been oifei-ed more than its weight in ^ 'old for it , but he refuses to part for love or money with his faithful favourite .
Police Ovfice , Liverpool . —At the LiverpoolPolice-office , on Friday , a distressing case of seduction canie under the notice of the magistrate . The unfortunate young lady is not , we imagine , judging from appearance , more than sixteen or seventeen years of age , possessed of considerable personal inarms , and was being educated at a highly-respectable boarding-school in the vicinity of Edge-hUl at the time of the occurrence . It appears from what tra-uspired , that the vonng lady , since h « r residence in this part of the country , has Leen educated in a highly-respectable style , at an expense to her mother of little less than iitiO per aniinm . The lather of the young lady is at present abroad , and holds a commission in the navy . Soon after she came to
Liverpool , she was introduced , at her mother ' s house , to a medical man , whose name we deem ii prudent , in the present stage of the business , to omit , but who cannot advance the plea of youth or inexperience as the cause of his conduct . The intimacy ihrs formed was subsequently carried on Ly the defendant after the young lady left her " mother ' s house , and his appearance in the neighbourhood vi the boarding-school was very frequent . Uinmatcly the Tonug Jauy v .-a . « decoyed from the school by her seducer , and .-lie is now enceinte . When these facts came to the cars of the mother , the poor girl wa .= forbid the Louse ; and , being desem-d by her betrayer , was compelled from necessity 10 seek refuge in a house of iil-iaine . On Thursday evcDiiiir , uli . ut wv . e o ' clock , she appeared at the Duncan Street Bridewell , charged ivitli attempthig to annoy Lei mother l > y pelting inio the house ; and , the latter tc-Insing to ytir iiL-r , the iuterfereJice of the Police
bvcanje necessary . The mother of the poor girl , a wo- J man of very respectable appearance , was prrsent ; ] and , in Tfply 10 a ijuesiion from the magiiiraie , i siateu , ne ;] .-iiig bitterly , that d : e had not » eeu licr tl . ' . fi ^ Iiier for four moiitlis . Magistrate— " It Lab ] i > ci-n stated to i ^ c that this pocr girl Las been wan- i deriug al > cul the ^ trvett , anti thut you refuse to lute j her in : < io you know the state in which yvur < la ; ijjh--j tcr uow hi Mother— " 2 s * o , I do ncr . "' laughter i v . eepin ^)— "My mother would not see me ; I made ¦ n : anv attempts , but she would not see nit : tlir kiifc :-v o : mj siiualiou . "' Magistrate— > he is your child , and in 2 . slate of destitution : will you ^ api-oji her !" 31-jtIier— * ' 1 canno ; ukc her hoiiuv Mv . Itu liion here e : q resstdbis regret " that , In thfc present ' state of ihe c ^ s-e , lie had liut ihe ability io uvitrft re . The caie v . oultl probably' scon coe > c L- vfor * - him in another form , when he would i ^ kc --ach ' uiu ^ iio a = wou 3 t ; -bk- to ihe ] -ansli , - i--i ^ " ni-a- -i lei hia > ki- ¦ -.. - . -lU :., \ . / tL-11 leu Uit C . Jx . iuti-ar ^ . ?•• -.- - - -.. ' , sfjc : u ,.-u ::.:.-n ; : V , b \ ,-dui ^ - ' - — - ••¦' 1 ^ ^' - ' - -. I ' -. Vi //¦'<•/ L ; r . ¦ :..
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Sovereigns in Europe . —The King Frederick William of Prussia entered his 70 th j-ear on the 3 rd of August last ; He was born in 177 ( X ; Bernadotte , of Sweden , it appears , is the oldest crovf tied head in Europe ; he entered upon the 7 Gth year of his ago on the 26 th January last . His Holiness the Pope is next in the list ; then tho King of Denmark , the , ^ L" ^ of Prapia , and ihe King oftho French ; Louia Philippe will be Gf on the 6 th October next . Cheltenham . —The Chartists are getting up a requisition to > Ir . W . p . Gaskell , to allow Inmself to be jot in nomination for that borough iii the Lfltra-Badical interest . If he should refuse , the proprietor o ( the . Cheltenham Free Press lidwspa ' ppr'j Mr . Harper , has notified his intention of standing on the red-hot Radical -interest . ^*™ 9 ™ ^ , ' Europe-The Kiug . Erederick
Balloon Ascent . —Nakkow Escape . —Tuesday night beuj £ appointed for lighting the town of Barking , Essex , for the first-time with gas , the day was spent with much festivity by its inhabitants , tor some days previousl y largo handbillsi were posted about the place , announcing that Mr . Gibson would make his ascent on that evening in his " grand balloon . " -Notwithstanding the " unfavourable state oi the weather , vast crowds of persons assembled in the course of tho aftci-uoon to witness a scene to that part of the .. country perfectly novel . The work of inflation being completed , - at four o ' clock Mr . bibsopia fneud , andMr . Plows , a respectable tradesman m the place , got into tho car . As tho machine
was geutly swinging about , it struck a « ainst one of the poles fixed alongside , and was slightly damaged . Mr . 1 laws perceiving this , very prudently made tho best of his way out , while Mr . Gibson and his companion called out to let the baUoon go ; and , their wishes being complied with , the machine ascended , but not to any great altitude . It proceeded for about half a mile , when it appeared evident to the spectators that the gas was fast escaping . On avproaching the . earth , it became considerably collapsed , and ultimately fell with great velocity . Tho balloon fortunately descended in a turnip field belongiug to Mr . Hnusdon , at UphalJ , and the aeronauts managed to escape unhurt .
Stockton , Siut . 1 « . —Mr . James Ball Owen was liberated from Durham county gaol on Wednesday we ' ™ ° ilai i ? istrat : having at- '' . length accepted baiL The greatest credit is diio to « io Borotl '' h Magistrates , aud also to Mr . Jamea Sfarl , forjjis valuable labours . Not so with ; oue of ttio' Couuty Magistrates , whose procrastinating conduct was little calculated to increase the people ' s respect for the administration of tho laws . This worthy mar gistrate stands very high in the Wesleyan society , but he must do better things , and display kinder feelings towards the working people , before he can persuade-them that he is their lriend . Mr . Owen has commenced business © i > his own -account and is , in all probability , likely to . do very well .- In spite of all the opposition tlie working
men have encountered , they have still kept their heads above water . The people of Stockton are organizing in classes and street societies , aiid iii spite of all the infernal power that Lord Pinch l ' auper can bringagaiust them , they will never rest satisfied until the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the laud . Let the people organize and classify and then they may fling moral defiance to Lord John , and all the combined powers of Whig and Tory . - Always bear in mind that' God helps them who help themselves . ' : Working men , look ' to ¦ yourselves . Begin co-operation and you will sooti make tyrants of all kinds tremble and quake . The sum of il
' 5 s . was subscribed by the Middlesborough potters ; which sum - was expended in connexion with the arrests of Messrs . Byrne and Owen . The Gkain Mills "ia' and " about Glasgow have been grinding little but forei gn grain for these two months back , and Camlachie Aiill for that period has beeu working day and night , grinding at tho rate of 200 bolls every twenty-four hours . This week -they have been drying " corn that has been twelve years in bond . The public ought also to bo aware that there is a great demand for third flour trom the bakers , and scarcel y any to be got , owing to the victuallers purchasing it and mixing it with their cheap oatmeal . —( Jlasqow Chronicle .
LxcLvsivE-Dealing . —The Secretary of State for the Home Department has called upon the magistrates to use their utmost endeavours to put a stop to the mischevious practice-of ' . combining- ' to injuretradesmen iu their business . This- step has been taken in consequence of the efforts that are now beiii « made l > v portions of the working-classes to obtain money by intimidation , and of the attempts that have been made to deter their fellow workmen from dealing with those who « re bhno . xious ' \< fi them in politics , ly marking them dg ^ aiid ieportiii " thqiq . as ; enemies . These practieaE aro declared by Lord J . Kus ^ eli to be illegal ,-Saithe-magistrate are aujised to proceed against the'offlgndcrs for" a misdcBrfa » ouiv- Wilitx Independent . " , [ Whai > ilien i is . to be dourt ^ tHiki ^ Marquises , atKk Earls , who deal only . with tradeaBsn of their own political- sentiments , and force aiCtlieir dependents to do the-sameJ
^ othing ! Whai will my Lord ; John do ' , with fcho aristocracy , who have been combining . for a quarter oi a century to take advantage of tlieir political power for tin ,- purpose of robbing tho people of '"' twenty- mil- * lions a v-ear , and putting the tax into their own pnvate pockets ! Nothing I Wiat will Iks do - ^ itlr the LkiaUui and ^ ' 'ii >' *> - 'hiMdA | ynfljCQj ^ juL ^ t ' ariiVHrB ' who luTve met aud signed rcsotutioi ^ bindiug . llieniselves , and all whom they can iniiueuee , to purchase uotiiing Irom mercliants who advocate a repeal ot the corn laws , while they insist upon forcing these merchants to deal exclusivel y with them t iNothing ] " Through tatter'd clothe ^ small vices do appeir ; Rob'd and furr'd gowns hide all .-Plata siii with gold , And the-strong lance of justice hnrtloss breaks ; Ana it in rags , a pigmy s straw doth pierce it . " " Get thee . glass eyo- ; , ~ ' Lord John , " And , like a scurvy -politician seem To see the things tliou dost not . " — Os-ford Chronicle .
C ' OAcn Accident . —On Monday , the Guisborough and Whitby Union , Coach was overturned on going into the Market-place ; the lull number of outside passengers were 611 the top at the time , all of whom were more or less hurt . Airs . Aiih Granger and a young woman were taken up inseusible , and were conveyed to the surgeon ' s ; the 3 ' oung woman soon recoveri-d , but - N-frs . G ., although hopes of ya-ving her exist , lies in a very dangerous sta . i 6 .-HuU J ' ajter . Salvoud Radical Association . —This body held their quarterly nicetint ; on JSIomlay evening last , in their own meeti .-g room , St . Stephens-street . Mr . P . ltae--was unanimously culled to . the chair . After enrolling new meinocr ^ and " clectiug a Council to conduct the affairs of the Association , Mr . -liebcrt liuime movtd mid Mr . Longbouom seconded , — " That being convinced of the importance of having in the various
proper persons dikes of the borough , we now pledge ourselves to use all just aiid legal ' mi-aus , to secure the Tcturii <> f such men as shall do their utmost to manage t ! : e rtlfairs of the township-in a sound Radical uiamier . " Mr . John Campbell moved the uoxt resolutioii , which was seconded - ' by Mr . Wiilium Willis— "That we are determiuing to use every exertion in our power , at the next election , to return a Radical member for this borough , ( Salforu , ) and throw out thu present supporters of the base , bloody , and brutal . 'W hig faction now at the helm of ^ . ?' alrs ;! - - W . . 'W iUi =. pi- ovosed "That Jas . Whitter , x-pq ., Lditor oi Uie London Champion newspaper , is a proper person for the suffrages of the Radicals of Saiiuid . " Mr . liarrowcloug h soconde . d the niotiwi , winch was agreed u , - svith acclamation . Mr . Wiiljs ? ai < l h < : should write to .: r . Whittle , in London , iiitonmug him of their choice and their determination to si . j , poi t him at thu next election . The ineetiijfitl . it .-u adjourm .-d to Mouiiv ne ^ t .
Loriiuwjiaivi . a 1 ' oLic-t Office , Tnuit . siwv , Si IT . l-.- ; -TlIK Bl-iTiili OusKIlVJLXC ' L UK THE SaKHATU ANU ' J L-STic ^ ' J i stick . " —Frederick Pick , " repnted for two ytxirs to L-e a dutiful servant , was charged by his matter , s \ v . Barnes , of Six-hills - , for a wilful violation ' of the Sabbath by cleaning his lace-ups on Sunday morning last ] The complainant staled with a gi-avity becoming the hdnousness of tho cliai > , u iiiat ihc ucft-ndaiit in" a spirit of contumacy * for v .:: i .:-ii , cunsideriug his revions good conduct , ho could not suspect him , was found in an outlio ^ e connected with his premises in -the flagrant act ofmiikiug Himself spruce tor the day , opposite a pioce ofbixk- ? ii looking-glass , suspended by a string , and aJirii ^ . -ide hiu , just fresh from the brush . a . pair ' ofprofant- iiice-mis wjiit-h were to have shone in the holiday .
- ¦» . ) - . 1 Janus appears to be a disciplinarian , and had 1 , 0 : J .. a that any body in his establishment should ba clean 0 : 1 a Sunday , if the ablutions or any of the l : ; . tie _ et ceteras connected with them , \ vere made on tho Sabbath . The defendant thought it odd indeed tiiat lie should be had up lor this trifle ; and Wlieil called upon to show causu why Al « . ^ ., he aftected a pk-cc of gi-avity as good as his master ' s , and said that he fell asleep over the knives and forks as he ¦ >\ as cleaning them late ou Saturday nii ^ ht , aud lin-ught it uu harm in the wurld to look Christiaii-Jike and decent in a smooth chin , u clean shirt , and poh .-l . ed iace-ups at chr . iv ' . i on a Sundav . The licuch thought he had 110 business ' thinking iu the njuuer at all ; and after a loiig homily on the propriety of ckanliness on tlie Sabbath , for leujjtii worthy the liishop of Grenada , lined 41 ) 3 . and co ^ ts . AVili it be believed that for
tins irumpery , this ultorlycontemptible burlesiiueou the name of a " charge , " this , defenceless lad was fined him 40 =. and expenses , to be deducted out of the balance of wages due ' to him ! Yei-ily , t ' ji s savours strou ^ h of straiuiiii ; at a f ? uat , whilu tho entire camel is bohed . Talk of desecration of the Sabbath , v . 'lieu a poor feiiow-. endeavours to be clean and cheerful one day out of seven ! and of the desecration of a church-yard at the dead hour t . f the . " n'iy-ht bybm no matter : the one was a spleii'lid sinner without stain . or reproach , despite the luofct , Unimpeachable tVidence . to fasten both on him , ar . dis -honourably acquitted !! iLe other is a miserable sinner , and is convicted and lii . edheavily for behig clean ou a Suncay , and this is ' uusikv-: ' justice i" [ This article appears amongst tlie Police rcpuvts of the Leicester : t'liTfuiivlc . vi'vro should look upon it as a piece oi \ intk-ii- inicmii . ii to rrdiv . ie the : i . ! i- j ii ; -L-ti-atiui ! . ol
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ToLERATlbN . —I iBbnld violate ; my own arm ra-^ eivtha-n- a . churc h ,- » 9 r ' TOHingiy ; de ^ eihamewoW ° fL * " M artyr * ^* the Bight of : a cross or -ffti-^^ i ^' - ^^^^^ j ^^ t- ^ M ^ mai ^ thoug ht ^ , memp ^ . of . flar &Vi 6 , tir ; : r ' ca ) iHoi !' . ' 'ljiu ' efiat hut | athcr pity tlw'fruitless journeys of pilgrims , or cont emi ^ the ^ miBerable ^ oonditioii of fri mribr thoughmisplaced ^^ » o « irMmstaiic ^ th 6 re iaspmetiiinc ^ l ^^^^ ml ^ Xia ^ finWJ&e ' Miuil ^ eU-mibo ^ . ; . 8 n-- eleyAtiov , > OT ; 'tIiihk ' ' ii ' ttr ' siiffidfini warrant because they ; erred in oiie circumstance , for me to err m all , that is , iu silence and dumb contempt ;; ^ hilsLthereforOj they directed their dew tions to her ; 4 offered mino to God , and rectified the errors of ihfiirwayers by rightly ordering mine own . —Braicn ' sItfifigwMedicC . To , ERATibK .-I l ^ M vinl ^ ^
V \ THB'PoyEn : ; oi » --: ^ A 8 dNiNa'i : bt : ib 8 x ' iN-Ti \ s ! 4 mTT ' —A cunous ^ cijse is related , which shows that a personlabouriDff . under derangement " ofmiiiU ' :-may be ¦ consciouBjofljij ; infirmity . An intrigiiing , unruly . yieiotts mate lunatic ^ as ^ dotected with a pieee of iron , which he had contriyed . to shape like a daeseiv with a -liandle firm ^ fiked to it . Of course it was removed . He immediately ^ became excessively abusite , and restraint was placed on him , and lie was secured with handcuffs . On this he lost all command of , tempeft and uttering the most revoltiiiR imprccatioixs , exclaimed to his keeper , " I'll murder you put : I am a madman , and they eauhot hang iae for it I ? - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " ;\ ' -,- : • ¦ - ¦¦ -: ; ° ¦
. Virtue without Feai ^ , —Whentipon mature deliberationvloa are persuaded a , thing is fit to bo done , do it boldly , _ and do not effect privacy in it , or concenv yourself at all what . '¦ impertinent censures or reflections the wdrld would pass upon : it . For if the 4 hihgbe hot just aiid innocent , it ought not to be attempted at all , tliorigli ulever so secretly . And if ¦ it bo , ' j ) ron ; do-Tery .. fp 9 K 8 hly , to ; -atatad , iivfie . aT- pf ' those who will" themselves . -. ' dp 1 ill in censuring ' : and '« ondo
deniniugxVhat yott ^ ' yvctir-JZpicteiusi , Education . —The man who ventures to say , "My moral education is completed , and my works have corroborated it , " assuredly deceives himself . It is . always iocymbent upon ub to lcarnhow to regulate Oltr conduct for each day , and . those days . which" are tp come : we 'are under obligation to preserve P « r Virtue : invariabiy on the alert , urging ns to now ; afctjons : ; and we aro equally bouna to recollect ou ^^ tults , and to repent of them . —Silvio Pellieo . . > : ¦ "¦ '¦'¦ ' ? ; .: ¦ ¦
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( MB . OWEN'S ANSWER . ) v " An Address and' Chalfaige fromRo ^ t ^ Owen to ihe Philatetheait Society ' 0 / Bdinhurgfi . _ Tlie PiiilaVethean : Society of Edinburgh haying challenged tlio supporters of the Rational System of Society ,.- and- more especially myself , to a Publio liiscussiou it became necessary fhat I should know who the , moni » ers pt this new ^ ocioty are , and asc ^ r-?} y T % VrOre meu ? knowledge aud experience . All I can learn is . that they ; are youjig inen with the usual education that Scotlanaat present aflbrds to those - "i tended foHhe ^ tion full of wxivS ^ hd having : no tendency but to touch jiidividuals ; to ' aeeeiye . eich pther and the pub"c »—young nieu . without auy eKperionco , of the great principjea of human ; life and the affairs of society except snch as the VeryvlimUed circlo of Edinburgh and . its ncighbonrliood aa « adSi ' The members of thi
, s society appear to bp quita ' jidiconscious . that this circle w . at this day : ! Bitfi' ^^ iiHe' / -mps . fc , ijfi \ orant . '' -or . lhe ' most hyppcritwal ; of any pppulation hi the civilised world , being . filled . ' witli , the absurd : prejudices of loruuT times , iHdcalUng-ihem useful knowledge . Iirconversation : with . tUfl . "Secietary pf thisnewlylormed . Asso . ci ^ iVn , '' -I . ^ tcd ; - tay :-sc 6 uncttqn- tliat Bocjetr , as presenfly coui ^ tuted , was a , chaoB of folly a 4 td a heterogeneous . mas 8 r of utter absurdities , and that the ^ advocates of the ^ itipual System of Society did not ppposo this or t ^ principle , or this or that practice of the old system Pf tkp world : ; but that Irom . a long , caltb , and most ektenBJyb : examination of v the ; yf ^ olp hiBtory Of the human race K * hcy fejt . it to 60 a Jpipst imperative duty , as the ^ ly : ine > hR 4 pke&siB ^ fl piesent eeuciatiou of . its
tmffl 0 gmmg £££ !! SB * producing practices which , tliasp . princi ples unavoidably engender and mako prevalent in all the natioiiH Ot the world : —that as tlie founder of the system , I should deem it a wabte . oftiine to discuss any particular notion or small part of the old system ivith auv ot the young or liieypericnee ' d membeii of the Philalethean Society ; and thatas my time Is iuvaluablc considering the magnitude and importance of the ' ousiness
wmen at my advanced ago I have to perform 1 ; would only discuss with competent persons the piiiicip es and practices of the old -system ' and tho principles and practices of the new system of society and fairly comparu the 0110 with the other as . svstcins to make the Iniman race iiitelligeiit , uiiiteil , pVospe rous , charitable , kind , and happy . Mr . Muir , tlie Secretary , thcnreqiiested that 1 would state in writing what the principles of tho Rational System of Society arc , aiid what subjects 1 would be willing to dlseu . ss \ vi-th coinpetciit lJevsotis . ' ¦
in eoiibequencei for tlio infonuation of tho Phi--ialetheaii . &qc-iqty and the public of Scotland , 1 now state , that the National System of Society is founded on three Sciences , which are new to the world as Stieuces ; but the three are necessary to bo known before a superior or rational condition of society can be uudeistood or made to exist in any part of the 'L'hujhslis lite-Science of Hrirnan Nature ; or an accurate knowledge of the general qualities of the material at birth , from which the human character is atterwards matured . , ' . ' .- ¦ ..
-d , ihe Science of the ovenbkelming influence of humanly-Jw-mcd external wwmstances over human nature ; . or a knowled ge of those cimimstances iavom-able and unfavourable to the formation ot a superior character for every 'iiVdiyiduil , and to the ^ promotion of the well-being mid prosperity of each from birth ; -, in other words , a knowledge of the causes which produced good and e ' tftY ' "in " h . Unian society , and of tho means to withdraw all vicious and inferior , and to rccouibine all Virtuous and superior eircuinstaneerf , so as to euisuve the . pormanelit habpine . ss of ovei-y one from birth . ' ¦ ' . And ' id , The Science of Society ; ov the knowledge ot tlie meaiis by which tp unite mail to man over tne whole earth , most beneficially -for-. each-individual ,, and to . render the union' pernKine ' ut through all sueceedihij « euL-ratioiis . .
lhese tiiree Sciences' have been discovered by the steaviy apj / hcatioii of the . evidence of our senses ; ' tp human natiuo'iiom birth , and to the various socieles which ¦ " . tlio .. niisgnided faculties of man have hitherto uiisinji-u .-isfully devised for his good government and happiness ; unsuccessfully , because man is now over the earth a mere localised animal , filled troni his birth with crvoi'd vv hich create tliC most UijuvioHS local prejudices , divide him in mind aiid reelings from his fellows , and compel him to become tho most vicious ,. "inconsistent , ami ^ therefore , most u-ratioual yf all terrestial living creatures ^ inflictnig upon hid own species , and upon all other species tar more misery than is produceU by any other known tribe of animals .
Tne causes of this lamontable condition of the huniunrace I hayu tliscovered , and witiii the aid pt the Uiuversal Commuuity Society oi' Rational Religionists , mean to remove for ever from human society , lhey consist in the following erroneous ideas : — ' : Iii , That mania a different being from What the evidence , of our senses now proves him .-to . be * > yhenco all hiimanly-toimed external circumstances are made to be 111 accordance with the fundamental ' errors ol the liiexiteneuced imaginatioiis of our early ancestors . " ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . / . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . '' ¦ ¦
2 d , lhat , contrary to all kiipwn facts , man is born with a capacity tobelieve , tp . ieel , and toaeUislie hkes , by i \ nee-will at his commaud , and in opposition to the liaiural lusttntta of iiis nature . ¦ : . . 3 d , ' 1 'iita there is merit and demerit in some particular kinds of belief , eyon to ¦ " .-affect the everlasting lappines ^ or misery of the parties believing or di £ believuiji . . . . 4 th , ' lhat there is merit a , nd demerit in likiiitfand loving some . things , and in disliking and imUng Other things , sp as to deserve great rowai-ds for the one and mos-, 0 severe , pumshments for the other . ^/ A That mail is created to , possess power within . himsclt to-formhis character to bo is tie likWaud thvreioi e he ib ri ^ uly responsible both to man and ¦ to the cix'atn-. g power of tho universe for what lie may be made to be . . . . '
( ith That some men are competent to know and tO ilccido Avhat other men can believe and feel aiid ' doia 1 ^ vvha tthey . ought to kliovo and feel and Poland wliicli-it they do not believe and feelund do , aithough by the b »> and instincts of human nature it is im-1-ossible for them so to believe feel and dp , the first party have a right toblame and punish the last party , siud-tp . threaten them with eternal piiuishmeiiW . 1 S 0 W t-liL-.-e ^ uin > ositious SiVe . ' -uot- ' oiiiy unsuppovted by tn e ¦ ¦¦ cvi . ' ic-c ul our seuserf , but they are in cHrcct oi-i » v 'itic . ! : to them and to . al ' t . kiio : \ f ; i % cf : ;; . and \ ct iv .: u . cpuH , aiLL . r-r . c--o . ui ; hum-r . Jv-fwiij . ; .- ; - cxu . n .: i . ciix-ui ^ - aa . ic ^ jiutiLiia ' iij ^ ^ uuumun iii 6 tii-ci . tio . i .-- , iav ^
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been based on these now" most palpable errors . — . These external circumstances compel man to bo what he has been and now is , over-the earth , and thus has he always been made , by those institutions a localised and most irrational animal , insanely tprinentbig himself , and all other animalsi He is now ignorant—in ppyerty . oi-. the fear of poverty- ^ opposedto hisfellows mbelief , feelings , andiiiterest , and consequently vicious and miserable ; Ypu wish to . discussytiih me some puerile question , upon which , by the : errors of your local education , you have been made insane . Now I pity your condition , and the state of mind and feelings of all my fellow-meii , whose ^ natural faculties have been thus mis < tf » ected and abused ; and it is my most earnest desirer-iiay , it lias been and is the great object of my Iife ^ to remove the causes of tki « l « M ¦ ¦¦ ^ L u ^ ^ . ^ J ^ . ^ , „ ,.
nity from the huinan race . : : ' . ,. . -:- .-. Were , this change in"the ; 1 minds of men effectedand I believe it might now be accomplished over Europe and America in five years , by measures not dilncult of execution , and to a considerablp extent -with the , ready modes of cbuveyance which we now have , in one year—the human mind would become sane , and society would become rational . With the minds pf the Governments and the people thus made to become rational , they would plainly ^ perceive that all the means suporabound to ensure a very superior stato of existence for all of tlie human race ; that With the knowledge now obtained of various sciences , arid with the accumulated capital ? f experience of societythe eartli may beas
-, , popu lation increases , well drained , highly cultivated , and beautifully laid out ; the buildings scientifically arranged and constructed , combiniug all . jtlic-atd that modern science can bring to bear upon our domestic wants ; the unhealthy , inferior ,, and disagreeabl © occupations of female life deBtroyed ; our maniifaciures and trades far better arranged and conducted , so as ,, with far less capital and labour , to produce much more valuable wealth ; the much better distfibiition of this wealth , at less than one per cent , of tho present labour and capital ; securecl ; in addition to the . superior traiuiiig ,: education , and exercise of all' the human . faculties—a mine of linexhans ' tible and invaluable wealth , of which society , in its pre « ent irrational
g ^ state , seems to have no knowledge ^—and the whole population of the ^ vorld , in consequence , easily and pleasantly well governed , locally and generally . . This chaiige from ignorance , injustice to the producing classes , crimp aud inisery to alibis to ha effected , and only tp be pffectod i by founding society ion the true fundamental principles : of human nature , and forming all external circumstances , including all the institutions and arrangements [ for producing and distributing wealth , for recreating from birth the liftman character , and for governing locally and generally , in perfect accordance with those true fundamental principles—consequently consistent in every part , and iu accordance with every ascertained fact . ' ¦ ¦'•'• ¦ ¦ " ¦ '¦ - . " ¦
Theso , true fundamental principle ^ aroi—1 st . —That the whole character of man-rphyejcal , mental , moral , and practical—is formed for him ; the material at birtfi beiiig formed b y the creating power pY ^ he universe , aiid for the peculiar qualities of which material the individual can hayp neither meritnor demerit—the subsequent part of direction of these natural faculties' of hupialjity being formed by the external circumstances permitted by society to act upon , iniiuehce , and inpdify the peculiar organization . of each iudividual , aiid for the ejastence or influence of which e ^ teriial circumstances , no human being can be rationaily made responsible , or havevnlerit or d « meriti Society forms human beings to ... have- a beneficial , injurious , or mixed
influence upon the rising generations , each a | it appears in the Kucccssion of ages . When . society snail itself he made to become rational , then will it make all the external : circumstances under its control to ; be superior or rational circumstances- ^ maii beingj as the evidence of our senses proves ; equally the creature of rational or irrational circumstances , as tlioy may have been made to exist around yhim . 2 nd . —That man ig created to belieye according to the strongest evidence fprced at any particular time uopil his mind , and his belief must be changed as often as a ; stronger evidepc . e can be forced upon his intellectual faculties . He cannpt therefore be made responsible for his first belief " , or for any subsequent chang © of iti tlvere ' ¦ can be theretore no individual
merit or demerit in any belief whateverbelief beiiig an uuavoidablp instinct of human nature , \ yhieh . the individual : must possess whether ho desires or not . A manj when lie kttovvs that ho is going to be executed , mu § t ; believe it , however much hetnay desire to believe otherwise . 3 rd . Tliat man is created to like that which is agi-eeablc to him , and to dislike that which is ( lisagreeablo td him ; these ar&his natural instincts , ahd like other animals , he must have them : they wrfiopi dentJy intended to direct him to health and bBi&i ness , aud had they not been perverted and ffl ^^
turally opposed and njisdirected by ¦ tho ' pTOrwheliri--ing influence of the priesthood of the world , " : who supppged huiftaivity tobe epinething diftWent from what facts and expefienco now prove it to be , these instincts would haye been as beneficial to man , and hayo : made him ; as ' rational aiid happy as the animals who are unmolested hy ; niau appear to be , each speci < Jd iitits owff uiitate ,, iJt is ^ pnlv during the iri-a \ ion * lrperiod of'Bu 1 na 1 iiity ^ lha * f ignorantaWpit ' esumptuous man will -attribute merit arid demerit , praise and blamp ; and : bestow rewardg andvpuhishments pn other men , for the jiecessary and unaavoidablo feelings , or want of fpelhigs , of their
nature . . 4 th . That man is created to be Influenced by the external circumstaacoa which act upon his natural organisation ; and through this law of - . humanity , when the " Science of the dverwhelming influence of external circumstances over human nature" shall becoflio familiar to those who direct the affairs of men , it will be discovered with liow lnuehease any general character may be forced upon any infant withrespect to lauguage , religion , habits , manners , prejudices , and practices , and ( which is the most important of all human considerations ) with how much ease and certainty all infant * may be , with pleasure to themsdves , imperceptibly compelled to acquire a good disposition , a charitable and kind spirit ^ much valuablo knowledgp , both ot \ principle and practice , and become good , useful , and most valuable members of society .
5 th . —That by these means any infant may be breed not only to acquire any language , but to beeome more conscientious in tho most absurd religion that is now taught to man ; and his attachment to it may be made to be in proportion to its inconsistent principles and pernicious practices , and in proportion to the extent in which he Shall be made to suffer by it , and shall be enabled to make others suffer ; because the more ignorant the individual is made to become by his religion , the riioro -willingly Will . ho Jaerifice his life in its defence , aud the ' odoEO presumptuous he will become in opposition to those who have been made to be conscientious iu some other belief , , or opposing religion . . Now , having stated the Convictions which I am compelled to have of the principles and practices of
tho old and new world , if you can discover any individuals respectable in character , who have knowledge and experience upon the sciences mentioned , and who possess a desire to benefit man permaucutly , without regard to the supp ' osed interest of class , sect , or party , I am willing to meet any number of such individuals , either in private or pnblie , to discuss with them in a frieiidly mariner these sciences , and especially those parts of them which have a direct referenceto -practice , such as the production and distribution of wealth , the formation of character from birth through life , and governing locally and generally ; which subjects constitute the " Science of Society ; " and 1 will leave the arrangemunt of all minor matters to be adjusted between your Committee and that of the friends of our Society in Edinburgh . Giving you full credit for honesty and sincerity in your Uosirc to put down error and establish truth . 1 remain , Gentlemen , Your Friend , and the Friend of Mankind , ROBERT OWEN , Edinburgh , Sept . 7 th , 1839 .
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EMANCIPATION , REFORM , AM ) UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . Emancipation , Reform , and Universal Suffrage must be considered as the three greatest questions of a civil or religious nature which have ever beeii carried without a bloody revolution . They are measures any one of which , if carried into practice according to the reasoning by which tliey were sustained , would of tkemselves have worked a greater change than
either JJagna Charta , or the Bill ' of Rights . But the disapppintmeiit arising from tlie result of the two measures which have beencarried proves , Firsfely , the insincerity of those who agitated for them ; Secondlyj their inutility without tho means of carrying them put ; and , Thirdly , the justice of the people ' s demand for Universal Suffrage , which alone can make them useful to the public .
It is always in the po-. ver of a monpy-commanding class to exhibit popular feeling in favoin of a change which promises to he for the ' better / - ' . Hence , as regarda . Catholic Emancipation , the ' . " several outbreaks against the injustice of Tithes in Ireland led to the adoption of a principle suited to the national feoling and the / correction : of clerical iniquity . The demand for Emancimitioii was long subsequent to the geue ^ ral an ' iiQosit . y wliic'h was eviuced in periodical rbvolr . tions ajrainst the Tithe system ; . but , as ic is invpo ^ i ;!! . ' to applv d-l . i- ! - v . -itlu . ut : t-hp . rccognitiw-ii ol a i / rJucipK , Eunuivitatwu vrus adoptuii aud
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agitated for as the mam-spring by which the whole machinery was to be regulated . The grievance , however , w ^ s a popukrv gne ^ ciple has been : warped to pai ^ y purposes arid class distinctions . Emancipation , in its Origin ^ was ini tended both : ; as a civiVand religious measure ; the grievances yfere ^^ complainedlof by ^ the people being of an opposite religion to those who received ' clerical support from them ; : They viewed it as aqiiestipnof . r tlrgipus liberty ; while those > who cla imed it 33 a measure , of civil equality had no consequent religious disabilities to complain . ¦ ¦ of . Emancipation , in its
origin , was not supported by the Catholic geatry of Irelaiid---it was ori ^ nated and supjaorted by the Protestant and Presbyterian gentry in the first ranlis of society ., The ^ rrariny of the law church , and the political association between , tire land and the _ church , by which Protestant ¦ proprietors mado sale , and wreck , and property of Catholic occupants , gave rise to the rebellion in Ireland ; ¦ The causeof that rebelUon was the penal code , the penal statutes , and the consequent exclusive political dominion which those statutesgaVe to the Protestant Aristocracy of the country , We inust ^ thenbeat
, this fact in mind , that the people complained of religious disabilities * for the : correction of ' which the Protestant and Presbyterian gentry saw 119 meansbutin tlie equalisation of political rights . Of the ninety-severi state-prisoners who were either prematurely consigned to the cold grave , or : banished to some foreign land for their advocacy of popular righta , not more than : two or three were of the Catliplicteligiori , the remainder being either Prp ^ tenants or Presbyterians . Every great question in its progress of agitation commands V popular ¦
support m proportion to the promise of beneficial change ; and hence the oppressed arid goade ^ population of Ireland , ; ied on by ministerial promise , by reliance oh and affectian far tho zaoat uiagi . auiii . vad Staff ever . known in any country , produced therevolution of 1798 ; Whe ^ i the terrors of thai convulsion had been subdued , or had subsided byt ^ p murder , the transportation , and the incarceration of ; th « leaders , the Catholic Aristocracy arid the ihiddl * classes by degrees : seized hold of the religious principle , and lost sight of the great ¦ question of ( Ml equality . Tp this we are W attrilnite the" fact of
emancipation having diffused political power airiongrt a class , without having in the slightest degree alleyiated the civil andreligious burdens oi ' the Catholic people of Ireland . - Wo have often ^ asserted ^ and nowrepeat it , that religious : equality never can' exiat without perfeot civil iiberty ; -arid to the fact that the Aristocracy and middle classeg are in pdsseasionof their notions ; ; pf civil arid feJigipus liberty under the Emancipation Bill , while the people have been wholly deprived of ^ its benefits , ' we attribute their supineness in ^ the fight for popular civil , liberty . It is a boast by some that Mancipation was a
bloodless triumph—it was to those who rekpedthe benefit , but it ; has been a bloody sacrifice to thosd who fought ; the battle . If it had been a vblpodiess triumph , it V ^ rou ld hive , been because the leaders could await the tardy coming PIT the measure ; they gained notoriety andI distinction during ^ itsagitatioii ; while , in the full accomplishment of the whole principle , they saw the prospect of gaining , for themselves sufficient religious equality : and- perfect political freedom * without the slightest benefit being ; guarauteed to the C ^ thoIieAwprking
classes . The possession of wealth , or , at all events , of a comfprtable competencyi induced them to balance the horrors of delay against the delightful anticipatioH of coming freedom ; and hencei , as ;' regards them , the victory VfM bloodless , while many ^ bf their fpllowers were sacrificed * and rion © of the survivors have ^ reaped the pro mised benefit . It is irxie that thp agitation for Emancipation viyi . revived about 1803 , but it is equaOiy- true ; that the people ; were prevented from accotaplishirig it earlier lest ; they should have reaped all the : anticvpated benefitg .
We write these thinggfas a defence of the charges made against the inteinperanCe pf those who now struggle for Universal ^ uffragP ; if Catholic E man - cipation had conferred the promised / benefits upoii Ireland , Englandintflrelarid Tvould [ hayebeen free ; but because it has riot , done so , the peoplo : of JBng-. land demand Universal : Suffrage as the only principle by which civil and religious equality can be established in both countries . . ¦ As regards Emancipation , we have now shown , that the long delay and bloodless victory were consequences . pf the comfortable ' . ' situations in which the prime
agitators were placed . So muchfor ^ Emancipation . The same arguments may be generall y used as regards Reform . For nearly half a century the Reform hypocrites , both in and out of the House of Commons , got possessiPri of tlm popular mind Tho English people complained of detailed ' . grievances ,, which were echoed by their organs in the Senate House . Popular fury \ yas , however , restraiaed by the demand of the leaders for a principle which alone could destroy detailed abuse .: The Reform leaders , like the Emancipation leaders / had few
disabilities to complain of . They sought not for equality , but pre-eminence , and in their preremirience was to consist the perfect equality of all other classes of society . Their positioh in society enabled them to bear the only grievance of which they could justly complain , yiz ., the toleration of Tory dominion . The speeches of Grey , Buiidett , Hobhouse , and Russell told the people that the struggle was for them- ; and , though badly able / they waited ; the advent of those halcyon days which were to proclaim Whig ; ascendancy as the forerunner of civil
eqiiaJity . We have now given good and substantial reasons why ' the agitation of Emancipation and Reform should have progressed more slowly , mpre methodica-liyj- and more morally ( if the sceptic will ) thari the cause pf Uniyersal Suffrage has doiie . The leaders and the middle classes connected with the two former measures have reaped the : full benefit of the change ; and therefore , all thp angry passions arising from perfidy , perjury , and disappointment are unitedJ-u the present stream of agitation to demand the promised benefits from the groat ^ change .
The whole of the wealthy leaders of tlie . people have been bought off and sopped ' off ; consequentl y there is not enough of wealth to brook delay pr command deceit . If Reform had conferred the anticipated benefits , ^ we shoiild ' either not have : heard of'Universai Suffrage , or it would have ; been granted wjthoiit a struggle , as the great engineer by which thb Reform machine was to bo worked . The agitation fpi Uiuversal Suffrage must go on more , rapidly than that for Emancipation or Reform , arid for these simple reasons—there is no wealthy drag upon the
wheel ; neither is there any other question t 0 supply its place which could be productive of equal benefit . It is theiiromiscd fruit of Emanci pation and Reform ' ; and even if inclined to brook delay , the restriction of landlords , thp power of gamhUug with ; fictitious money , ; and the poverty brought about by steam speculators mlabPur has taught the peopiethat they " who die by tho sword are ; hotter thati those ^ ho pensh with hunger , for their bodies-pine away , stricken through for want of the fruits of the field ; " ' : ' ' . . ¦¦ ' ¦
'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof . " In olden times , any ; great / change in society Was met bylaws appropriate to its regulation ; while in the present days we find innoyations unrestricted , changes sectionaliy appropriated , and the laWs for their regulation left to the whim , the projudices , and the caprice of those , whp have to divide or adminster tho proceeds . Wo live in new times , arid wo require new-men to govern them—steam navigation / steam
power applied to produce , steam power applied to the transmission of opinion , the invention of gas and the printing machine , require other pilots , conductorB , and directors , than Reforming RiissELi arid liis unrefornied bludgeon policemen . ^ Wo are ill darkness iu- the midst of light ; andSve require the refulgent beams of united sentiments and opinion to ;; uidp -iis through tho dark passage of old abuse into tli . e clicerfuLwalks of fi 0 cjai ; iiap : piues 8 . and liunian comfbrtv ' ' .. ¦ ¦ . - .-. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - i .
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MR . OWEN AND TH& VANTI-SOCIALISTS . The ai > pearaiice of Mr , Owen in Scotlaud , lately ; produced the following-challenge from the Philalethian Society : ;— ' ¦ ;¦¦; : ' . ' ^ '" The Socid ^ r for peaceably Repressing Infidelity , having fceeriuy engaged to prove , against the Soo ^ fets . of P undee ,:. ^ glr&t , —That the system of the Socialists is utterly Atheibticali aritf : ^ Socondly ^ That Atheism is incredible , and an absurdity ;; ' > ... ¦ ¦ . '¦ . -.,. ¦ .. ; " .-. . : . .. : : ' now engage to make good , as often - as a suitable opportunity is found , those two positions , against all the Socialists on earth , aud against the notorious Robert Owen in particular : ° -: ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' : / ¦" '¦ ¦' ¦ - W . Muir , Secretary . " Edihbufgh , 79 , PrincoS'Street , Aug . 21 , 1839 .
The Northern Star. Saturday, September 28, Io39.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 28 , Io 39 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1076/page/3/
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