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""* " A LECTITRE TO CflAKTISTS . ^ Ts ^ i do yon Chartist blackguards mean By thro -wi the bander * of your een , in ' keekintf tin * ' tke sacred screen * " ^^^ 0- Church and State atrifiM to pull baith Priwt and Queen MUi Dsira off tieirseat ? jow dare a blind unlearned clan j £ e irsp o" wisdom try to scan , to find a lault ™ ' P * ' That we lay down , flat " s foi the benefit o * man Efce Kirk or Crown 1 p' ye ken , ye stubborn rebel race , £ tbem that nil a sacred place , Are instruments o' God ' s gnce salvation
For jour ; jjat sent to gar" you keep the peace An' pay taxation ? gae mind your looms , yon lazy dogs , » And scrape jour bout and filthy cogs , And ieeD 70 UX P ites to ^^ bags When-they torment yon ; Dd not despise , ye graceless hog 3 , What heaven has sent you-An yon . ye blact-mole-howkin " Tannin " Of a ' year tribe the moat aiumin ' , ye ' re " surely heard some deTil ' a sermon Far down below ; Tia i ' i sent y on frae the mountains swarmin ' To strike the blow . YeTe j ^? t a squad o' hell's militia gend np to plague the tinman specie , An' kuri our Biihops plump an' creshie To your black dan ; Ab' tear the liTin ' s fat and fleecy Frae honest men . Bow d » re alivin" man complain ! Tbst ht&rs the gospel pure and clean , Defended by a Tinoeus Queen , An guns and swords , And priests that weel can draw the screen Aff Hebrew -words ? YeTe surely sprung frae Tile pollution , An' wouM try to raise a persecution , Against car glorious Constitution ; "Where freedom reigns , Unspotted wi' black superstition ,
Or Tyrants chains . Por instance , when ye " re near hand dead Thro' want o' breath , or want o' bread , You ' re / ret to starve wi' your ? rey head , On your ain pillow ; Or ca seme fanner ' s midden-stead—Wha ' s no iU-willie . Tft , tb # * yocr freedom shines so bright At' art so blest Wi' gospel light , Wi-h Priest and Queens to keep you right At sma' fiptEce ; Ye grudge and growl frae room to night , For want o' sense . Yt " re a' s » e bent on worldly gear ; Asd ihizi . j-ocr Gorsmmest sae desr , — Tho' £ ftv millions in the Tear
* S a" the amount , To pay baith Priest and Queen and Peer , A' sma' account . You should ro feed a carnal pleasure , In hoarding up this world's treasure ; That moth snd rust corrupt at leisure And thieves do steal ; Far better be a true believer And beg for m&aL Be aye content and not envious , And lift your ha ; as ye gMig by us ; Attend the Kirk , and work to pay us Frae five to ten ; And fiea we ' ll erer say y&nTe pious Weel thinkin * men . Aliqcis Fittiii , March 27 th , 1841 .
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SOX SET OS TBUTH AND HONESTY . TTiy is tie diamond ¦ waxing Talneless Hill ' s brightest gem which erst vronld raise Him np , And show him noblest of God ' s works—grown dim Because of late fraud wears a lighter brow , lean it was wont , and truth and honesty Are so unlike the times and vicious age , " That they as w ^ rn-out words will be disused . For ftiraai lite save by dishonesty , Sinix trickery is so habitual ; 0 that the days may soon arriTe when truth BhaUre-assurr . e her ancient dignity , And honesty shall shine with wonted glow , Season re ? 2 . in her seat and rulers rule "CnpracviBed in the mazsa of deceit . J . YESSO * .
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50 X . NET TO JUSTICE . 0 God-like sire * f more than mortal frame , In Fpotless Texture of unchanging hue , Who ever didst the honest path pursue . lad still retain ' st thy bright eternal fame / 0 teach thy votaries—ere they lisp thy name , Thy sacred nature—and that thou dost do To others , as they would be done unto . Truth and thy operations are the same , Steuig thy a : ms " are only to restore Aa tquilf-jr imn to the long lost poise Of menial rights—to raise and keep the poor Above the harnessed brute whom death destroys Thy anas may be be defeated oft and sere , Bat justice in a £ sal conquest jo ^ s . & 3 utiuaolton . J . Yerxos .
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AN ENIGMA , When the whispering Zephyrs of sweet summer ' s eve Breathe * j . : ; y o ' er Aibioa's isle ; " rThgn the milcl-settiEg sun is just taiing his leave , I am eTerywhere met with a smile . from the cold frozen north when B -reas eomes forth , And the landscape is buried in snow , " hen in hoar-headed frost my limpidity ' s lost , I am carefully parcelled in Etra-s-. la the storm tad the tempest , mid mountains of surf , Ovihe biiiowy ocean I ride ; let at Somerset House I ' m aj rang is a mouse , By the Spanish Ambassador ' s side .
With Pllmerst s-3 I am a fayonrite too , ¦** " * eJI « ^ th Lilley the nurse ; ¦ & » . for all they ess do I ' m a prisoner I tow , In the Dake of Northuiuberliid ' s purse . _ . J . C . Eiliot ¦ oJJih , April 15 th , ig a . % * Answers in Terse are requested .
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Mr . BrcKisGHAM , the indefatigable traveller and eescnptioEisi . has now in the press a new work , tee resuii of his recent researches in America , ami » b f entitled " America , " Historical , -Statistical , iod oesenprire . "ft e haTe eTcrr reason to anticipate that this Trill m 1 mo- ; 7 ^ uible addition to our national literature , lie wpatatira which Mr . Buckingham ' s Travels in i * Ai tern WoridhaTe loog eojoyed , are surBciect ^ naence of his experience , and powers of obserraaon , as aa extensive tmreller ; and the position wnicn he subsequontly filled , the Editor of gereral « erary works , and as a member of the British aouse of Coa 2 moas , afforded him the best opporrosnttes of kuowing what are the subjects of inquiry am ? ^ 0 Bies t S ^ > tesl interest for the public mind , ana now the information acquired on these may be ° «* presented to the Dublin att ^ ntmn .
¦ Uoncg his three years' residence , Mr . Buckingr ? actively engaged in makiDg an extensive wa miaute survey of the United States of ' America = noer' aavantagea which bare faUeu to the lot of » , u auy , of his predecessors , —in the close and "" mate intercourse to which he was admitted with " , ^ mielii sent and influential of all classes , en in the w ^ e Tan ^ e OTer which his inquiries hi ^ J ? reai i' emtir&cinK the geography , scenery , Aflv ' ProdDCtl oa =. resources , and social condition K ccbhitt in ail their rarietj and extent
, . tJp- J fman 4 ibat hi 3 forthcoming -work has recejyec a , rrad y an ample and most distinguished ifluxouage : among the wealthy classes of society , and » e iiope that Ma publishers will see the propriety of ¦ Tung a e ? ieap copy for eitensire circaktion ; as we Sr R \ - doubl lhat £ udl a work , written by a ^ u , T" ? ^ ha : n ' irould be most extensiTely read a placed within the means of working men .
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THE FLEET PAPERS . PsTey , London . In om last week ' s review of Mr . Oastler ' s papers *• quoted pretty freely , especiallj that portien retong to ili . Marshall ' s mills andihe erideaceof tne eoildren . tJu 15 the subject is continued . We give the fep nTf r P * ^ ^ show that the absolute shortenfa * in w no "ckless assertion , but a melancholy act , borne out by irrefragable evidence : — aiHri *^ > ^ thia lett er , describe to you the con-WowT-h / PP 7 """ dition of the British labourers arTrt ^ - f act 0 t 7 system was known ,. nor the abject Z 7 , f f ~? Plight to which that system has now "oncea thtm . it i » ojough , for n » y present purpose , Jj one of the factory lords , Mr . J . G- Marshall , the rftS ' ^ Leed 8 » has publicly called the attention UtSV 4 °° to tb 9 uttet lact - In h ' memoraole j ^ £ E" ! Fitrffilikru , te thus apostrophises his
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" ' Look again at the crowded itreets of our great maaalactttriDg to-wna ; peruse the Tarioni statiatic accounta , by impartial obserrers , of the terrible destitution—the fearful want , disease , degradation , misery , physical and moral , in eTery snaps that » igns there . Look at the wan and haggard faeea of the workpeople that come into our coarts of justice , that attend our public meetings . See how Vie eery nice of Englishmen is dtrindling down , and degenerating under the effects of the tutrtmitlinp labour , the unsufficient and unwhole-Barns food , that thtir country's laws allow them to enjoy . '" " Methinks , Sir , that if yon haTe attentirely read my last letter , yon will admire the ingenuousness of Mr . J . 6 . Marshall ' s candid confession ; howeTer you may be astounded by hi * audacity , i n charging those evils upon the aristocracy . - * m ^^^ V ^ P A * A t wm a & ^^ & ^_ — . — - > — ~ 1 . A .--mm &
" . The picture is faithful—it ia painted by a master hand . The cause , so far as Mr . Marshall is concerned , is given from the lips of his own slaves , copied in my last letter from official documents . Do turn to the evidence of ttiose poor ' wan and haggard workpeople , ' and say ., is not the system adopted in Mr , Marshall ' s mills eminently calculated to proiiuee just raca ' a destitute , disearert . and degraded population , " as Mr . J . G Marshall detcril > es ? Is not the ' unremitting labour " dsmanded and obtained by Mr . Marshall , sure ' to dwindle down and degenerate the Tery race of Englishmen ? ' Then . , as to the ' insufficient and unwholesome food that thfcir country's laws allow them to enjoy , ' see the laws of Mr . Marshall ' s mill interfering , so as to make that food still mora ' insnfficient and unwholesome , ' nay , so very bad . as to be rejected altogether by
his ' wan and haggard' slaves , and to be given np ( thus increasing the wages of Ma overlooker out of the small pittance of his s ^ aTesi to the pigs of their tormentor " The on' . y eq , uiTa . ' . ent which the nation gains by this system of horror , is , that Mr . Marshall may have made a million or two of pounds , and so may a few more such patriots as he . The wonder is , that having created such misery , his son should have the hardihood to exhibit its picture , and cast the blame upon a Noble , whose fault has been , an unwearied endeavour to uphold the system of philosophy , ¦ which ensures the destruction of the nobles and the people , a ; . d the exaltation of ti-e Lords of the Mills—the MarshaJUins . No doubt , Earl Fitz' . * illiam deserves reproof , but to receive it from a Marshall , is what his Lordship never could have ex-.-ected .
" Mr . J . G . Marshall re " era Earl Fitzwilliam to ' the various statistical accounts by impartial observers , ' for proof of his assertions . I fi : id , in the Report of the CuiuiuiUee on the Factories' Ke ^ ttlation Act , from ¦ which Yohame I quoteJ very largely in my last— ' a statistical account , drawn up by the officers of Government , and laid before that Committee , for its inioTiaaXioix on the Factory question . If one more fact were req . uir . od to prove the destructive tendency of the Factory sjBttm , that table settles the question . Th « official * comparative tible of tho duration of life . proves to a demonstration , that the ' unremitting labour' of the factories is actually more destructive to human life , than famine , war , or pestilence !
" I started frjm the perussl of that tabie with indescribable horror—I ccm ' . d B ^ arcely beYk-ve my eses ! But the facts are indisputable ! —the data most correct ! The horrible factory syttem is making a charnel-house of England . —it cuts vS lifo at both ends—it works the living- to death—it genders dtath , untimely death , even ia the womb ! It destroys the stamina of both father and mother—it ushers into the w « rld children wbo are incapable of life !—it actually cats off one half of the years <* f humau existence ! I do not exaggerate . I apptal to the t fficial table of births and deaths . The following extracts from that table will prave if I am not abundantly borne out in all which I have asserted . " In every 10 , 000 burials , in the undermentioned place , read the awful result : —
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" , Sir , if you take the average of the above cine factory districts , and compareit with Rutland , and London , the result will be as follows : — " As compared with . Butland , an increase of deaths nndexfire yeara of age , of 2 , « 17 ; under twenty years of age , 2 , 272 ; under forty years of age , 2 , 2 s 7 . As compared with London , the increase of dt-athswillbe found to be , under fiva years of a ? e , 1 , 677 ; under twenty years of age , 1 , 448 ; under forty ytars of age , 1 , 207 . "In Rntland , the surrivars at forty years , are more by 2 . 2 S 7 , » ul of exi-ry 10 . 000 . and in London by 1 . 2 # 7 than they are on the average in these nine factory districts . ' " In fact , the mnrderous result developed by this official table , is , that about as many tinman beings die befo / e their twentieth year , in the Factory districts , as before their fortieth year , on an average , elsewhere !
" It is necessary I should inform you , that Manchester is excluded from th ' s official table , because the returns of burials from that place , were so incomplete as to rvnder them useless for this coinpaiison . But we have the evidence of Mr . Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , l > r . K'iy , that ' in Mmchesler more than one half of the offspring of the poor die before they have cjmp > . eied their fifth year . ' And , in proof that the factory system impoverishes and degrades , as Weil as kills its Tictims , the doctor adds , ' more than one ha' f f the inhabitant * of Manchester are either so destitute or to degraded , as to require the assistance of public charity , in bringing their ofisprii . g inio the mrld . ' "
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TRADES HALLS . NO 11 . Oa the threshold of a snbject so important to the best and permanent intereEts of the working class ot the country , as the erections of buildings for the special accommodation and benefit of their numerous Trades and other societies , it is essential to Jay down a defined , broad , and liberal bans in which ihe constitution of Trades Halls ou « ht to be established , in order to make them in all the ramifications of their objects and results , what they are professed to be substantially aud morally ; protective Institutions for the rights of labour , and the moral renovators of the operative community .
The very term "Trades Halls ' identifies them with the numerous Trades , amounting to about 200 , into which the great labouring population is divided , in the various departments and branches of art snd mechanism which form "the source of ali wealth " in a large commercial and populous empire ; and it is fair to as s ume that , living only by their manual ' a ' oour , fte individual members of that Wealth Producing C . as ? , with a mutuality and oneness of interest , have a 3 great a political and moral stake in the country , as auy other class in society conventionally exalted above them ; and thai it is their duty to preserve , protect , aad aggrandise that interest for the welfare of all : to do this tfactually , and
permanently , a union of the whole operative body su ^ ests itself fo r general advantage , whiUt subunions of individual Trades present the nucleus ot their better local government , when they can bt managed temperately , economically and permanently ; and these Trades' Unions , or Societies , will only become really and truly beneficial to the working mass of England , in raising them from oppression , degradation , ignorance , and prejudice , when the } ' take prompv and decided measures to secure the triction of Trades Halls throughout the Empire , and more especially ia the Metropolis ; ' withdraw themselves from taeir present debasing accommodations : renounce
" the ignorant fames That mantle the clearer reason , " and place within the reach of their members , in an easy , cheap , and interesting manner , those intellectual enticements which thall serve to facilitate the national skill and enterprise of British artisans , expaiid their minds to a knowledge of moral dutieB and franchise , and exhibit the rights of citizenship a 3 due to a man , not a house—to the mind , instead of the pocket . Trades Halls , ( hen , echo in their benefits the mutuality of interest which they are to support , proclaim at once in their erection the moral equality of every member of the working class , whatever his trade , prospects , condition , or education . Equality
must be the primary basis of their constitution . Open to all eects and parties acknowledging all creeds and political opinions—they peek to amalgamate , for common beuefit , all who live by labour , all who wish well to labour tkey must therefore be called into existenee by the wealth producers themselves . The production c / wealth implies a power equal to supply all the Trades Halls throughout the kingdom , when the will to require them iB once created . By an equality of subscription toward the building , an equality of yotiog in its management , an equality ot influence in ita constitution , an equality of representation in the council or directing
body , an equality of right to a seat in the government of the institution , and aa equality in the enjoyment of all the library and scientific advantages emanating from it at all times , the working men will realise in Trades Halls , established on sueh a foundation , the best possible guarantee agahut tne attempts of prejudice to suppress the exercise and expression of a free and nndisturbed private judgment , at all times and on all occasions , whether amongst the few or the maDy . Undue influence will be entirely abrogated by the voice of the whole body of shareholders being requisite in its government , acknowledging a miniature eystem o £ " Universal Suffrage f the council or directing body will
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be kept ia subjection to the mass of thait eoBetita tents , by submitting themselves for election once a year , after the fashion of " Annual Parliaments ;" " Vote by Ballot , " will secure an honest and unre stricted use of the franohiBe on all elections and < i * citions of great importance , preventing jealonsies , romoving a fertile cause of frequent contention and ill feeling amongst individuals who should have bat one end in view , and who , being all united upon the principle of Equal Rights , will naturally allow " No Property Qualification" to exist in order to hold shares , or to secure a seat in the direction of the Halls for the time being ; the members of such direction being ; as a matter of course working men themselves , will in strict justice have a claim to remuneration for such time as they may give to the management of the institutions with which they are connected ; the labourer is worth y of his hire , and
Payment of Members" should consequently be amongst the most prominent of the constitutional principles involved in these noble undertakings . With justice for a foundation , and the elevation of the Rights of Labour to a higher moral position , as the threshold of Trades Halls throughout the kingdom : the enlightened recognition of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments . Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , ; will stand forth five beautiful , fair , and solid pillars , supporting the entrance of these substantial edifices , in whose erection the energy , the wisdom , prudence and union of the labouring millions will be handed down to posterity , —A Monument of Intellect !—A Temple of Industry ! —The Mighty Citadel of Labour !
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CARLISLE . —The Last Shift of thjs anti-Corn" Law Leagce . —Tho wind has again been raised by this nearly exhausted body , and a petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws sent forth to the public for signatures . Had this petition been left to the ordinary fate of such things , by being left at different places for signature , we feel fully convinced that ttie number of names would have been comparatively few . The party knew well that this method of procedure would not answer their purpose , so they tmployed a number of individuals at the rate of half-a-crown a day , to go about with sheets to obtain signatures . These men , we understand , have not
b : en over scrupulous as to the means they have had recourse to for the purpose of obtaining names . It is impudently asserted by the party , that about four thousand signatures were obtained in one day ; and that care was taken that none but those resident in the borough , aiid _ above eighteen years of age , were allowed to sign it ! Let us now see how far this statement will stand the test of probability . The entire population of Carlisle is about 24 , 000 : now , if we take one-sixth of this number as adult males , we readilj arrire at the most extraordinary conclusion that every adult male signed this petition in one day . ' which is an utter improbability .
INDEPENDENT U . MTED ORDER OF MECHANICS — This society have had a splendid demonstration hero a few days bgo . Early in the morning of the day on which they held thtir procession , a beautiful new Hag , emblazoned with the arms of the order , was suspended from the window of the Black Bull Inn , Scotch-street , the house where a lodge is held . Tho flag attracted great attention , from tho very exquisite manner in which it is executed ; and which does great credit to the artists , Messrs Dobson and Bkjlock . A little before one o ' clock the procession moved from the Lodge Room to St . Mary ' s Church , in the following order : —Two conductors—the flagband , under the superintendance of Mr . Fiddler — two swordsmen—district grand master—officers of
tho district lodge , two aad two—the rest of the brethren two aud two—among whom were interspersed , at equal distances , the regalia of the orderthe lamb aud cross leading , and the ark of the covenant bringing up the rear , which was closed by the tyler . At one o ' clock they reached the church , when the service of the day was gone through , and a most excel ' ent and appropriate sermon preached by the R ^ v . Mr . Reeve : ? , from Romans , 12 sh chapter and 5 ih ver .-e . After leaving the church , the brethren again formed themselves in the order , and proceeded through the principal streets of the town .
the band playing many lively airs , and finally arrived at the Atheneam , where the company , consisting of 150 , sat down to au excellent dinner , provided for the occasion , by Mr . and Mrs . Gibson , of the Black Hall . The district master , brother T . J . Hetherington , officiating as chairman ; and brother R . Cambell , J . G . of the Philanthropic , as rice-chairman . After dinner a subscription was entered into in aid of the funds of the dispensary . Several excellent toasts were given duriug the evening , which was spent in the greatest harmony and conviviality . The members and their friends separated highly pleaded with the day ' s demonstration .
DEWSBTJBY . —In the report of the meeting hfiirt > t- DrtWebury Ia 8 t wppIt , on tho tuhjfip . t of the Highways , we are informed there was a slight inaccuracy in the allusion to Mr . John France , carptt manufacturer ' s conduct to Joshua Joy . It appears that Joy had not been a workman of John France's , but had been employed in a particular loom by his ( Mr . F . ' t ) father , the late Mr . James France , and that Mr . John had purchased Joy ' s loom , at his father ' s sale , and promised him that he should be employed upon it as usual . In consequence , however , of Joy ' s interft rence at . the meeting , on a > king him to fulfil his promise to Jet him have the loom , it was pitifully refused , and he was told to seek employment with Mr . Brooke , the chairman oi the meeting , who , he well knew , could not give it him , in consequence of not beiBg in the trade .
BBAOSHAW . —Teetotalism . —A lecture was dehvtred on this subject by Miss Knowlep , the teetotal lecturer , from Burnsall , in the New Connection Chapel , on the lGth instant , to upwards of 400 persons , who listened with the most profound attention . In the course of her address she showed up , in a masterly manner , the inconsistency of tho professed followers of Christ , in standing aloof from the total abstinence society . IDLE . —Loyal Order op Ancient Shepherds .
The Poor Man ' s Protection Lodge , No . 21 » , held their third anniversary on Easter Tuefdav , at the house of Mr . Joseph Harper , New Inn , Idle . About forty sat down to a good substantial dinner , provided and goiup in the best biyle , for which great praise was due to Mr . and Mrs . Harper . Tne rest of the evening was spent in a very enlivening manner ; recitation ? , tODgt * , &c . were gone through in a very able manner , and were kept up to a lato hour ; after which tho company broke up , well satisfied w » th tho evening ' s amti ? ement .
WAKEFIELD . Peter Foden . We arc informed , upon creditable authority , that since Fodeu ' s removal to Wakefield House of Correction , he has been exposed to numerous indignities and cruelties , and , amongst other things , that he had be ^ n served no less than eighteen times with mould '' Tommies , " which he refused to eat ; that he has been three clays in solitary confinement for declining to wt > rk on the treadmill , and expected to bejlngged for further resistance ; and that his allowance during solitary confinement was only eight ounces ot' bread , -with cold water , fox each twfciity-iour hours . SUNDEItI » AND . — Singular Circumstance . —Un tho 1 st of April last , the wife of Mr . Urraston , grocer , was delivered oi ' a daughter , being the fourth daughter she has had oa the 1 st of April during the last eight years , tl ; ere being also an exact interval of two years between each child .
Lectures on Christianity . —On Sunday afternoon aud evening Mr . Buchanan , Social missionary , delivered addresses in the Golden Lion Room , " Ou the Heathen origin of Christianity . " Mr . Buchanan ' s style of lecturing is calm aud clear , and he certainly displayed extensive reading and much ingenuity of speculation ; but as the Socialists take upon themselves the character of practical reformers , we must say that we see little practical advantago the people can derive from metaphysical and theological lectures , to understand which would require far more time and reading than the people can possibly command under the present system . Let the Social them
lecturers cease their Bible warfare , and devote - selves to practical measures to remove the physical and social evils and miseries that afflict our country . They tell us that Socialism has nothing to do with any religious or irreligious tenets , why then do they voluntarily and needlessly increase the prejudice against their co-operative views by perpetually waring with the Bible and the theological opinions derived from it ? Earnest sympathy with tho sufferings of the people , would , we think , induce them to abandon their present mode , until the people ' s physical amelioration is secured and they pos ? e 3 S the leuure to enjoy such speculations . —Correspondent .
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" Physical Force" Expences . —The exchange of flint for percussion cap guns to the arnry will cost this year £ 130 , 000 . During the Ham Market which concluded at Paris on Saturday evening , the amount of hams disposed of amounted to 240 , 000 lb . weight . The refusal last ¦ week of the minister of _ St . Martin ' s , in Lincoln , to read the ceremonial of interment over the dead body of a child which had not been baptised , is matter of debate in all the circles of the city .
Reduction in German Postage . —On the 6 th of this mouih the British postage on letters passing betweea the United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced from Is . 6 d . on letters posted in London , and from Is . 8 d . on letters posted in the country , to a uniform rate of 6 d . The Hamburgh post-effice has also reduced its rate on British letters from about 4 d . to 2 d ., so that upon London letters there has been a positive reduction of Is . 2 d ., and on country letters of Is . 4 d . as respects Hamburgh correspondence .
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Ji& TJ ^ * 4 tf .-The &ilore of a " 5 ™ .. ?' . ™ Pl *« e has caused ouite » panic here . Hie liabilities are reported to be about £ 40 , 000 , and deposited property m his hands will be nearlj ruined by the oiroumstanoe . - Windsor Express . * £ ? i u , OP M «» sas . Barber and Mabsham ., of waisail , closed on Friday morning week , or rather the honse failed to ppea that morning . The inhabitants of the borough , in consequence of this untoward t !! ff S ^" ^ W'A the late stoppage of the South btaff ordshire Bank , are plaoed in very unpleasant circumstances . ' : ¦
i EA » THqUAKE .- On Saturday , the 3 rd of April , about halt-past three in the afternoon , an " unoommonly smart shock" of an earthquake was felt in almostallJutland . The houses trembled and the i ? JiS . e Was thrown down . In some places , especially rnisted and Logstoo , walls were cracked and chimneys thrown down . FuDGK .--Oa Maundy- Thursday the ceremony , in commemoration of washing the disciples' feet , was celebrated , for the first time since 1830 , in the chapel of the Tuilleries . iu preaenceof the King and the entire Court " It was believed , " says the Commerce , . that his Majesty would wash with his ovrn bands the feet of the poor who personated the apostles ; but it appears that this part of the ceremony was put off until next year . "
Extract of a letter from Malta : — " The Lotus steamer , about 35 tona , with two twelve liorso power engines , has arrived safe here on h « r way to the Nile . She belongs to the Oriental Company for the mails , and is looked on as a wonder here . The captain is a thie great fat fellow , who trims her by merely walking from one part of the deck to another . " Census in France . —The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to all perfects of departments , with instructions for taking such measures that the new census of France , to be made in virtue of a royal erdonnance of 1836 , may be completely finished before the end of the current year .
A Coffer Dam for a New Chain-Bbidge . — A cofferdam for a new chain-bridge over the Danube , at Pcsth , is proceeding very vigorously under Mr . Adam Clark , an English engineer , assi-ted by thirty English workmen . Their Bolidly constructed piles have hitherto withstood the immense masses of ice brought down by tho Danube , to the great enhancement of the famo of English engineering . Reduction of Duties on Fbench Wines ' , and Spirits . —It is reported that the . proposed reductions to be made under the new commercial treaty with France will be to 10 s . per gallon on brandy , and to Is . 6 J . per gallon on wine . The conclusion of the commercial treaty is dependent on tho ratification of the political treaty , which will withdraw Franco from her present isolation . —London Journal of Commerce .
Nottingham , Monday Morning . —Mr . S . M . Phillipps , the Under-Sccretary of State for the Home Department , was in Nottingham yesterday . People are wondering what a gentleman , who has of lato years been in such close connexion with Lord John Russell , the Ministerial leader in the House , can be doing in Nottingham at this busy period of the year . Very sinister conjectures are in circulation on ihe subject . One John Read was brought before Alderman
Pirie , at the Mansion-houso , ou Tuesday , for using very indecent and abusive language to the Duke of Cambridge , as he was getting into his carriage after the Mansion-house dinner , on Monday week . Read threatened to punch the Duke's head ; and accused him of haviug robbed him of twenty-eight shillings . The man excusod himself by saying that he was a poor bird-catcher ; and that he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing : he had lost all recollection of the matter . Ho was remanded .
Filtration . —A system of filtration has been invented upon a novel and grand scale , by the mediumof which any quantity of dirty or discoloured water may be rendered as bright as crystal at the rate of hundreds and thousands of gallons per day . One of these fittors has bean lately erected on board the Dreadnought vessel , lying off Greenwich . The filter Mipplies pure wator for the whole of the patients on board of the vessel . It acts in a double capacity , that of cistern as well as filter , for as fast as the water runs in it is drawn filtered . Anotiikr Robbery on Royal Premises . —Another robbery stems to have been committed on royal premises . Ellen Roach , an Irishwoman , was charged at Uatton Garden Police-office , on Saturday last , with having stolen a massive silver table-spoon from St . James's Palace . She had been given in custody by Mr . ISeate , a pawnbroker of Duke-street , Oxibrd-street , for offering the spoon in pledge , saying that she was sent by a Mitss Perry , who had
often rais « d money there on spoons of the same sort . She pointed out several houses to the constable aa the residence of Miss Perry ; but no such person lived at any of them . At the prisoner's lodging ? , tcu duplicates were round for property uf different descriptions . On her way to the station-house , she said the Bpoon came from St . James ' s Palace , and that it was given to her by one of the servants , whom she could not now find , as ho had left his situation . She afterwards atated _ tint she used to servo milk at tho Palace , and a little boy gave it to her . To the Magistrates she told a d . iferent story : she said that at one period she used to work as the old Palace , and that a young man employed there , but since dead , gave her the spoon instead of some money which he owed her . Two crowns were engaved on the spoon ; beneath the upper ones were the initials C . II ., and under the lower one A . S . The Magistrates directed inquiries to be instituted , and remanded the prisoner .
Heroic Conduct of a Female . —At tho Greenwich Policecffice , on Saturday , a fellow of dashiugiy-dressed exterior , who gave his name Thorne , was brought to , this office , charged under the following extraordinary circumstances : —From the evidence , it appeared- thac Thorne called at the house of Mrs Bowen , No . 20 , Park-street , Greenwich Park , about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , to ascertain if any lodgings were to be let . A girl , named Mary Elliott , about seventeen years of age , opened the door , aud , on his communicating the objtct of his calling , sho told him the drawing-room was to bo let , but that Mrs . Bowen , the landlady , was not at home . Thome said he should like much to see tho lodging ? , and then he could say whether
they would suit . Girl—Very well , Sir ; walk up stairs . Thurue accordingly did so ; and the girl , not buspecung any intention of robbery on his part , did not think it necessary to accompany him , but went into the parlour , to finish something the had been previously engaged in . Shortly after he had gone up , her ears were saluted with tho sound of the piano-Jorte ; she also heard other sounds which immediately aroused her suspicions , and on going into the room where he was , she discovered that while playing with one hand ha was busily employed in taking a quantity of plate with the other , which wua deposited in tho drawers of a sideboard . The servant immediately attacked him , insisting on his putting the property back , which he resolutely refused , and a fierce encounter ensued , which ended in tho fellow ' s escape down stairs . Not daunted , however , the courageous Bervant pursued him , and
having overtaken him in the hall , another desperate encounter ensued . She at length became exhausted , before which , however , she hail taken the precaution of locking the door , and putting the key in her bosom . The wretch now became frantic , and commenced beating tho poor girl , and at length succeeded in wrenching the key of the door from her , and succeeded in gaining the street . She followed him into the street with the cry of " Slop thief , " as well aa she was able , and a man joining in the pursuit and cry , he was captured by the police just as he was turning the corner of tho street , i'he magistrate asked the prisoner ( who was recognised by the police as a London swell-mob man ) what he had to , « ay in his defence . Prisoner—I shall reserve my defenco till a future day . The prisoner was then fully committed for trial . The poor girl was most highly complimented by the Bench and others , for her truly praiseworthy aud heroic conduct .
Riot at Canterbury . —Aristocratic Resort to " Physical Forcb . "— -At Canterbury , on Friday , Captam Byng Doherty , Captain John Allgood , Captain Edmund Doherty , and Captain John Goddard , of the 13 ch and 14 th Light Dragoons , at present stationed at the garrison at Canterbury , were brought before the M * yor : —An inspector of police stated that on tho previous night the defendants , with others not in custody , were rioting about the streets in a state of intoxication , and creating considerable disturbance . He being grossly abused by Captain Doherty , took that gentleman into custody . Some of the other defendants attempted a rescue , and finally the whole were conveyed to the Station-house . A few minutes elapsed when a body of soldiers , belonging to the 13 th and 14 th Regiments , came to the Station-house , determined to have the officers out . In the skirmish that ensued the door in the passage , which led to where the prisoners
were confined , was broken in by them , he was seized by the throat , and dragged , out of the station into the street , and while there saw several of the soldiers endeavour to force the iron bars which secured the window . They threatened to knock him down if he dared to interfere . After some time the defendants were liberated , and as they came out singly they raised a loud shout of exultation . The iron crowbar used by the assailants was produced , and appeared to be a formidable weapon . Another constable stated that he took Captain Allgood to the Station-house , and on the way there he offered witness a crown to let him go ; and , finding that the proposal was rejected , Captain Allgooil said to two privates of the 13 th , who were in the Btreet , "Gd down to the Prince of Orango and tell your comrades that their officers are taken to the Station-house . " Tho defendants were bound over , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 100 , to appear at the quarter sessions aud tako their trial
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Attempted Suicide of a Lady . —At » n early hour on Monday morning , a widow lady of fortune , residing at Peckham , Surrey , made an attempt on her life by shooting herself with a pistol ; the ball entered below the left ear , and lodged below the right eye , where it still remains , and but very faint hopes are entertained of her life . The lady is the daughter of a-wealthy Dublin merchant , and the widow ^ of a colonel . —London paper . Ale and Porter . —We find , from a return recently moved for by Mr . Darby , M . P ., that the quantity of ale and porter exported to foreign countries from the united kingdom amounted , in the year 1839 , to 157 , 593 barrels ; and in 1840 to 174 , 618 barrels . The East and West Indies , China , and the Australian settlements , are tho countries which receive the largest quantity of malt liquor . The quantity taken by the United States of America is very trifling .
Stealing from the Post- Office . —James Roose , a clerk in the inland department of the General Post-office , was examined at Bow-street Policeoffice , on Wednesday week , on a charge that he had stolen two letters ; it was his duty to assist in sorting the letters ; and on Wednesday morning he was observed by a messenger to secrete one of tnem . An upper clerk was told of it , and Roose was called into the Superintending Presidents' room ; where one of the Presidents , Mr . Vandereutont , questioned
him upon the subject . He hesitated , and then drew the letter from his pocket . It contained a sovereign . His excuse was . that he had been at Greenwich fair over-night , ana had got so drunk that he did not know what he was about . When Mr . Vanclergucht gave orders for a policeman to be called , he exclaimed , ?•• Oh , my poor friends ! Give me a razor and I'll cut my throat . " The fragments of the second letter were found in his coat , on searching his lodging . He admitted that ho taken a sovereign from it . He was remanded for a week .
Another Case . —Another young man , Henry Price , assistant to ft recemng-nouse-keeper in Thames-street , was charged at Bow-street Policeoffice , on Thursday week , with stealing a five-pound note from a letter , and James Williams Stevens with receiving it , knowing it to have been stolen . The letter was from Mr . Nalder , of the Chamberlain ' g-office , Guildhall , to a Mr . Ainslie . ofPaignton , in Devon ; and it contained £ 75 in notes . It reached its destination ; but it had been opened , and £ 5 had been taken out of it . Tho note was changed at a tea-dealer ' s in the city , and it was traced back to the prisoners . The charge was not denied . They were remanded till Wednesday .
Extensive Burglaries in Lancashire . —A formidable gang of burglars has been discovered and broken up in Lancashire . Their last exploit was the robbery of Mr . Shaw , a farmer , near Warrington , on ibe 2 O ' th March . Tho housekeeper , who looked out of the window when the house was first attacked , was shot at and wounded in tho forehead by a slnir . This led to the offer of a free pardon to any of ihe robbers who should come forward and give evidence ; and the police were stimulated to increased exertions . On their way to rob Mr . Shaw ' s farm , the thieves culled at the house of a man named Bibbj , at Blackbrook , and had some buttermilk . The police heard of Bibby ' a suspicious guests , and caused him to seek them out in Manchester . He found one of
them , named Parkinson , at a beer-house ; and after drinking with him for a while , he accompanied the burglar to his house in Chorhon-Hpon-Medlock ; where he met two more of the gang , Ellis and Barber . He made another drinking appointment with them for the next day , and he was met by Parkinson , Ellis , and another of the robbers , named Sutton . They went with him to the Liverpool Station , and were there seized by the police , who were in waiting . Mr . Jones , the Ddputy Constable of WarrinRton , then went with a-policeman ' to-Parkinson s house . On searching it , they found a pair of duelling pistols , bullet-moulds , powder-flasks , crowbars , crapes for the faces , black calico jackets , two dark lantorns ( one of these was without a slide , and the slide of a lantern found in Mr . Shaw ' s house
after the robbery exactly fitted it ) , the key of Mr . Shaw ' s front door , ladies for melting metal , with silver dross in one of them , lucifer matches' , two saws , a vice , some files , and various other articles which had « eon taken from the houses that they had robbed . While they vrere in tho house , Barber and another of the gang came in . To the house of Barber Mr . Jones and the policemen repaired . There they found a crow-bar , sundry keys , two boxes of lucifer matches , and a piece of black calico , exactly corresponding in texture and quality with the jackets found in Parkinson ' s house . It had been a jacket , and had been recently taken to pieces . The police continued their search ; and on the 3 rd of April , Jones apprehended one Goodyear at hia house
at Salemoor . The person who answered fcha knock at the door dented Goodyear ' s being in the house ; but Jones , on going inside , found him Standing behind the door naked , with his clothes on hia arm . In all , nine men were taken . One of them , Sutton , was admitted to give evidence for the Crown ; and he hilly proved the burglary at Mr . Shaw ' s house by six of the gang . They took some rum * a silver watch , some silver spoons , and a purse containing seven sovereigns . The man that took the sovereigns gave his companions oue a piec « , and fcept the other to divide when they next met . Satton got Is . 3 d . for his share of the spoons and watch . Three cases
in which the band were concerned were brought before the Warrington Magistrates , on Monday , wheasi-z of them , Parkinson , Barber , Pcnuington , Ellis , Goodyear , and Woollaston were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr . Stubbs , a farmer at Gorton , on the 17 th February , and all six were committed . The 8 aoie men , except Woollaston , were then charged with a burglary at Mr . Shaw's ( Sutton made the sixth on that occasion ) , and committed oa that charge also ; and Parkinson was committed on a third charge for a burglary at Bickershaw Hall , the residence of Mr . A . Akers , on the 7 ih December , the case not being proved against the others .
Peeping Tom . —Thomas Kinslow , a hulking young fellow of seventeen , was charged before Mr . Norton , at Lambeth-street Police-office , on Saturday , with Btriking his master , and acting in a most unruly manner , quite unbecoming an apprentice . Mr . John Hatley , a shoemaker , residing in Raven-row , Mile-end , stated that the prisoner , who had been his apprentice / or about two years and a half , had latterly conducted h ; m ? elf in a very improper manner , and had struck him more than once on his remonstrating with him aa to his behaviour . Ho was also in the habit of carrying away and hiding any article of wearing apparel , which he might take off , merely to laugh at him ( witness ) while he looked lor them . In fact , said the complainant , he
is in the habit of playing ail sorts of pranks , to the yery great annoyance of myself and my wife , and we are determined not to put up with it any longer The prisoner , in a Burly manner denied the accusation ? , and said the disagreement between him and his master was entirely owiug to an ill-feeling entertained by his annt , who was also his mistress . Mrs . Hatley , a middle-a ^ ed niodest-Jooking female , hero stood forward , and said it was by no means her wish to hurt her nephew , but his conduct had been so extraordinary of late that she felt compelled to come forward , and put a stop to it . On thrtfe different occasions he crept into her bedroom , before she got up in ttie morning , and ou two of these occasions , she detected him kneeling at the foot of her
bed , with her bed-clothes up , and looking under them , and the third time her husband caught him in the same position , and committing the same act . Mr . Norton—Upon my word , he must be a pretty fellow . Well , prisoner , what have you to say for yourself ? Prisoner—Why , Sir , that ' s all tho fault of my aunt . Mr . Norton—Was it her fault that you was found in her bed-room ? Prisoner—Why , no Sir , but I was there on business . Mr . Norton—What business , pray I Prisoner—Why , to look for the broom , Sir . Mr . Norton—What , is the broom koptin your mistress ' s bed-room ? Prisoner—Yea , Sir , it is sometimes . Mra . Hatley—No , never , Sir , thai also is an untruth , and ho is quite capable of
telling any lie to screen himself . Besides , Sir , he has grossly scandalised my character in a shocking manner throughout the neighbourhood , by representing that he had been several times to my chamber , and describing a great deal more than he had ever seen there . Mr . Hatley corroborated the statement of his wife with respect to his finding the prisoner in his bed-room in the position described . Mr ; Norton told the prisoner his conduct was highly improper , and recommended Mr . Hatley to get another master "for his troublesome apprentice . The charge was ordered to stand over for a week , Mr . Hatley promising to obtain a master for him in the interim , if possible .
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TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES OF THE TOWN OF NEWRY .
Fellow-countrymen—You would wrong as much if you could for oue moment imagine that ther ^ ate any men living : more anxious than we are to advance your Intereste , to increase your prosperity , " and to praenre for yon atl the blessings of rational liberty . We are Repealers , devoted during our existence to the one great Object of obtaining a restoration of the Iri » h Parliament We are thoroughly convinced that Irishmen are the only persons sufficiently interested and sufficiently competent to legislate -well for Ireland . We will not consent to bind np the fate and fortunes of our long-oppressed country with Englishmen , Scotchmen , or other foreigners , whether they be Wulgs , Tories , Chartists , or Radicals .
No country on the face of tne earth over prospered one-balf as much , or in so short a period , as Ireland did under the protection of her Independent -Leglaiatun . The property of every man was increased and augmented—manufacturing industry spread at every side and augmented in every quarter—prosperity beamed aionnd the land , and , if tho progress of the salutary movement had not been stopped by the baleful Union , Ireland would be at thia moment in a state of manufacturing , agricultural , and commercial wealth , superior to that of England . A national debt , or rather a government debt , of about one thousand millions of pounds sterling , lien ,
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like an incubus , to paraTyze Irian industry , and to anticipate all Irish resources . Fellow-Conntrymen , —If justice were done to Ireland she eould not owe more than forty out of these one thousand millions ; and her resources are amply abundant to pay off her share ef the debt within the sh * rt apace of five years , and would thus leave Ireland the least taxed country upon the face of the globe . Fellow-Countrymen , —The relation between landlord and tenant is , at present , in the most unsatisfactory state . Instead of the present destructive system , fertile in the causes of eyery species of oppression and crime , we would introduce legislative provisions , that , -whilst they gave security to the landlord for the payment of a just and moderate rent , would give safety to the tenant in his enjoyment of bis tenancy . In short , our object is to promote , in every way , the prosperity and liberty of Ireland , under the fostering protection of a resident Irish Parliament . . ^—^^
-With these majestic objects in view—¦ with the increasing hope of procuring our fellow-countrymen , of all sects and persuasions ' , to combine with us in a constitutional and irresistible struggle for the Repeal of the Union— -we learn -with deep regret , that some emissaries of a valueless faction have been sent amongst you to destroy the harmony that should subsist between Repealers—to expose you to the perils and penalties of the law—and to divert us from the incessant pursuit * of that measure which alone can be the basis of prosperity and liberty in Ireland— the Repeal of Ihe Union . Tradesmen of Nowry , —We are your friends—your sincere friends—nay , more , your only friends . We ask yon to confide in us , for we deserve your confidence . '
The emissaries of the Chartists ba ^ e been rejected with scorn wherever they iiave shown themselves in , any other part of Ireland . Tbe operatives of Dublin have , at public meetings , repudiattd any connexi on with them ; so have the operative * of iimerick , Cork , and latterly of Dungarvan . We are convinced , men of Newry , that you have the same good sbnse ami good feeling—the same shrewdness of intellect and honesty of patriotism , that have distinguished the tradesmen in other parts of Ireland . We solicit your attention , and depend upon ycui sober judgment , whilst we- . state :, to you the reasona which you ( we hope ) will consider conclusive against any connexion with the Knalisii nJ > o »* . Ss *« . They are these : —
First—Any association , society , club , or other body , meeting in Ireland , and holding aoy cornmunicitioD or correspondence with any association of Chartists in England , will be guilty of a transportable crime , and can be transported- for seven years . Be quite assured that this law will be put in force agtduat you , if any opportunity be given to do so . Secondly—No society or body of Chartists in Ireland can meet at all , even should they have no correspondence or communication with the English Chartists , without incurring tbe most imminent danger of involving themselves in the niesbes of the law . We believe it to be utterly impassible for a Chartist society to subsist in Ireland , without incurring the imminent risk of violating the very stringent statutes of force in Ireland , to prevent similar meetings . We beg of you to bear in mind this , our friendly caution , that no Chartists can meet in Ireland as a body , without involving themselves in tbe peril of the law .
Thirdly—The principle of the Chartists was , last yfar , avowed to be physical force , whenever necessary —whereas , on the contrary , tho principle of the Irish people , upon which they have achieved great success , has been moral force—the peaceable combination of honest men . and tbe really irresistible power of almost universal public opinion . Fourthly—If you connect yourselves in any way directly or indirectly , with tho English Chartists , you may bo liable to incur the severest penalties—even that of death for high treason . Recollect that Frost , Williams , and other Chartist * fn lrales , committed an act at hish treason , in attacking the town of Newport Now , if you had been in correspondence or connexion with the Welsh Chartists , before that outbreak , you would have been liable to the punishment of death , as accessories to their treason .
Fifthly— Recollect that you have no power or ccntroul over the proceedings of the English Chartists , They may commit any violation of the law they please , ¦ without your being able to check them . Yet , if you be associates with them , you will be liable to be indicted for a conspiracy , to commit all such outrages as tbe English Chartists may perpetrate . Sixthly—English and Scotch Chartists , have in many places , been guilty of the vilest tyranny and despotism . They prevent by tumult , outcries , and force , the public meetings of any persons wuo do not go the whole length with them . You are aware that a small minority can , if they please , disturb any public meeting , and prevent it from doing tho business for which , it was convenedthis a minority can easily do , and it has been dona repeatedly by the Chartists .
Seventhly—This , we repeat , is a tyranny which we know no honest Irishman wil countenance or participate in . The Government would be a vicious government , and the law would be a wicked law , that prevented the discussion of public affairs at public meetings . Yet this wickedness the English and Scotch Chartists are guilty of .. One of the last instances of this audacious tyranny occurred ot a meeting neld a * ctfasguTr , -foi tK » patriotic purpose of petitioning in favour of Lord Morpeth ' s bill . Tbe Catholic Bishop , the Right Rev Dr . Murdock , a venerable anA venerated Catholic Prelatj . was in the cbair , yet the Chartists insulted him and outraged the meeting , and audaciously prevented them from doing the business for which they had met . Operatives of Newry , —We are quite convinced that not one single Catholic amongst you will countenance this Chartist tyranny and insult ; and we are al « o certain that the Catholics will be joined in this sentiment by every liberal Protestant amongst you .
Ninthly—The Chartists in England hv ? e the earae fault , and commit the same crime , with the haughtiest of the aristocracy . They are excluBionists . They will combine with nobody who does not go the full and entire length with themselves . They not only reject , but they assail and vilify the middle classes of society , ¦ without whose aid and co-operation no great political improvement vras ever yet attained . It is to- the middle classes , countenanced and aided by honest and conscientioui operatives , that we look to in order to carry the Repeal of the Union . If we were to countenance the Chartist * we should separate from the middle classes , and it is tb « height of folly for any Repealer to assist in any Buoh separation .
Tenthly—The Chartists in Great Britain have exbibited-two , perhaps kindred , though apparently opposite tendencies . We mean fanaticism and infidelity . Many exhibitions of a total disregard to religion have disgusted us with portions of the Chartist body ; and the getting up , on the other hand , of what is called the " Chartist Christianity , " indicates a reliance upon the worst passions of bigotry and fanaticism . Eleventhly—The Chartists have been playingthe game of the Tories upon almost all occasions . At the late Walsall election leading Chartists were then hired , or rather bribed , agents in the Tory interest ; and there is every appearance that other leading individuals of the Chartists are acting under the instigation of the bitterest enemies of Ireland .
Twelfthly—Operatives of Newry , -whoever becomes a Chartist ceases to belong to the Repealers ; and ia esaeniially an enemy to the Repeal . If there be any person enrolled as a Repealer who beconifcs a Chartist , we will strike out his name , and have no further connection with him . Thirtcenthly . —We again most earnestly entreat the operatives of Newvy to recollect , that the lawa relating to political bodies in Ireland are exceedingly complicated and severe , much more so than in England ; and
we declare to them our solemn conviction that if ( which we donot believe ) a Chartist soeiety should be established in Newry , several of that body will , within six months , be suffering under tbe horrors of imprisonment—if not of transportation . We are apprised ot the kind of persons . who are coming from England to disseminate Chartism in Ireland—we knpw that they mix up various topics ¦ with their affected Chartism , and we can conjecture no other reason for auch conduct save a determination—flrst , to seduce , and then to betray their unhappy victims .
Operatives of Newbt , —Do you wish to forward that great Rep ; al movement , which is the sole hope of your afflicted country ? If so , join us ; and reject with contempt the Chartists . . ¦ If , on the other hand , there be any amongst you , who , either retaining the dregs of decaying Orangeism , ot otherwise foolishly disposed to do mischief to the glorious cause of Irish independence—lbt every such man join the Chartists if be pleases ; but let bint also be certain that he will deplore bis mistake and misconduct wben it ia too late , and tbe sentence of ttie law falls heavy on him .
Yon are shrewd and sensible enough , operatives of Newry , to recollect thai during thirty years ofugitaium for Emancipation , the leadtrs kept the people free from fine , imprisonment , or legal punishment Remember also that the Chartist leaders , bo for from keeping their people free from the niesbes of the law , hive seen some of them transported—many of them imprisoned ; — nay / that these leaden themselves have incurred legal penalties and punishments . Operatives of Newry . ^— We have now performed our duty by you—we leave you to perform yours . Remember that you are addressed by anxious and sincere friends , whose principles of Reform and Repeal extend to the admission of every one of yon to the franchise and right . of representation , and to the happiness ef being governed by a / domestic legislature . do not
In conclusion , do not mistake ua . We suppose or . believe , that more than » fett , if even » few , of the operatives of Newry , have been tainted by Chaxtltm . We are quite certain that every honest Iriahman will take our cordial and affectionate , advice , as if is were a command . . Every honest Irishman knows that -we have but these objects in view—TUB GOOD Ot Ikei , aki>—Thk Liberty of Ibbi . ami>—The Hap-P 1 NES 9 of the Irish People—and we moat kindly entreat the honest and faithworthy tradesmen ul Newry to join us in our efforts for these gTeat and glorious objects—THE PROSFBam AKD THB ^ LurajqciiJinpVIk IRELAND . "¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' . ' i ' . ¦ ¦¦ _ i-. - — -5 »—X . ( Signed by order ) /^ q . < ^ - ^ V ; -f $ O Daniel jJEWJokj ^ i * .- ' : ;^'\ jy r niil 11 iiii 11 . iif uitr'T&mili ^ liMBf' *' - 'V * ! ' \ Coro-EwhaiigeRooms , 9 tb . AprfllTW ^ j ^ p ^^ X ^ ^ iT \ U UVi ^ . VlHaHJAWU
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