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THE i\TOETHEliJ\T STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1841.
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CHARTIST SOXG . BT E . MEAD . TrXE—March to the Battle Field . Bark ! "ti 5 * b e trumpet call Of liberty is pealing , Rouse Britons , one and all , Year majesty revealing ; Bouse from your leaden sleep , Death is in your slumber , B-se lite the mighty deep , _ Its billows loud outnumber . CHOKUs-. Press round tie stand arJ , press , > Vei for lucre 'barter , Your wiTes and children ' s happiness , Siind firm for freedom ' s Charter . Press round out standard true , . A-ra :: } , behJ'i , 'tis flaunting , Deusnce to the despot lew , And all their iiie Taunting ; VTLlz and Tory wrath we'll braTe , ABil boldly bid dtfiance , To courtly fi _ ol Mid priestly knave , Os heaven ' s oar sole reliance . CHOBTS . Press round the standard , press , Ne ' er your free rights barter , r ^ Ttrs ^ l happiness , Is is our glorious Charter : > * outh : but freemen's rights we claim , All men ' rights respecting , Liberty : thy sacred aanie ' Thy shrine alone protecting : Swear by freedom ' s holy name , By her to stand < -t fall man , Si urn a coward va ^ al ' s chain , ' your watchword one and all man . ClrOKVS . Pr ^ ss round the stia . ' . ard , press . N ^' tr your free rights bsrier , rnvereil happiness , Is in o ur glorious Charter . '
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«? - — - — ODE TO FREED& 5 I . Treedoiii , I would rot thy banner stain With one single drop from a husiaa vtin , ELttod ' s btigfct Nl ^ . eui to es . va , " Her power , her kiaeiionis thr ^ e ; Or o ' er her hundrtnl Kiiiioiis reiijn . If human life the price would be . " > ' o trrphieJ I war . tfr » : n the bitt ' e rsld , >~ o K .-JQ bourh : triumph ? war c-: i yirid , freedom , 1 would :- - ¦ : s ^ : l thy si . iri i " With breath of dying ¦ n ^ rrio : '* s jh ; >" or WL-uld 1 thy string bulwarks buL . i "Midi : wu ' . uvr'a t-ears , or orphan's cry .
Ye ; would I'd aared ice Ccaa . y itrr . e , ird in that str-zg ' . e k-l a lif-, Precnant wi : h w ^* and horror rif =, Th- n lite a f = lon thus to lie , BobVJ of vnj frieuds and faitLful wife , Cjndenined : o silent slavery . >* ¦? thirst of ro'd , no lore of g ? . in , YT :: i crime uiy conscience ere did st-in , Ttonrh traitors did a Titiim rain In me , by I ' cr- ' s of knaTt-ry ; Tet public shan . c will brand tht-ir name , TTiik sets of f-. 'ulrst irtachery . Tiitrue I Britain's freedom sought , And freedom ' s r-.-ral ha ' -t ' . e fuutht . Tis true I sought to mend the lot Of sur ^ r ng humanity , And driTe oppression from the cot , Of labour , t-c : ; , and honesty . Bit hush , jay muse , come clip your wing , Tor even thy sorrows ye dare not sing , yor expression give to iho woti that ^ vr : ~ g Thy brea ? t with anguish sad with grief , dMuh nict to thy » amn (» BBjgit bring To tiy sageaqffuriiBf . - tbe thoughts of tbe tifawi- *» bq latQerftee , Jly raster ' s mwtitUi . m aM « Mflnrraa 1 fe . ee , Tbca sparJt-of inrmortaliij j . _ . - Though free as tbe -wblWua faam , ial meant by thy Mafe « f * temiJfy " Through his boanole ( j 5 r . l * k = to roam . Yd man , proud man ! wojpRfcranimel * h * s , Thon &og 1 of Iotb , life , ajpf&berty , Who art , thin tHe < or i © nd m . re free , Bu : pro of of tiie p : Vri cf ( Kd ; TJliEitab ' . e thought ! who wou » 1 mmruel tb . ee , > i 3 Y dr ^ sui tie Aics ' sitv ' s r <_
-d—> oeok for me Se . itlasa's wxkis will ring , "ffith joy awatei by the voice of spring , Or ths l&Teicci sw ^ ct in the welk in sirg , His asthcu ; my breast to more , Ai > a each ftather'd warbler his tribute bring 01 8 on * to freedom and lore . Jib : c ear to me Scjtiand thy icc-s ^ y rlUs , " Thy silent streaics—thy heatfe--ry hills , — . Thy wide spread mo . r . —thy it rmy fella , E-und whose summit tte wild ear n soars , The cr ^^ r . ii of wLicb yet my l-jsv : n Slls , With Iots to thy i-uugh n . g ? 'd shores . 3 si dearer by far than thy rugged strand , Asd on ! how cear is tha . n . v-jr , taiE land , And the mem-jry bk » i of htr i-atriot bind , That defied e ' en the power of rr .. ui Rome , That : i 5 t : ctk-n& ! e heart , and ra . i ; s sj b ' and , That was niise in my h-. ni / r ~ e i-.-iie .
Ko Ejre for nie the Kauteoas T ^ y , Will -wind h-r wil j t ^ a roiuantic way Where of : 1 haTs passt-d thr h--: xr . g > : Her wiia waofiiand b 3 ct > a : ;; vr . ; ; Or iisten c et . r :- . vturrd thr rii . wij . " * lay , Orth- eb ^ rful l ^ Terojks s : r . s .
- *¦ - ' ^ : r ^ : n . pure 12 ur .. n = i ! y si urtive iiniba tvith ?! ee I'll la"re , W :: h buoviu ; rreast h ^ r tiilows brare . Whici her yjel . iiag ¦ wj -.-rs part , Alia " I an r . ow ;] .-. ' . ti-ing—3 si-iv . ' With a -sr-fu 1 . and l-reaking heirt . Bst c-:- _ : : ; , v .-vu .. :: r ¦ ' ... re repine . T ^ -r / . i ; ; . Uy . r . ; ::.- i-jaidr vf tice , The patri ..-5 ' s ( j . dhs .- > till is thine , Ti . y Lviinz pls : e . th " - guari . aad shield , Who has ;^ r thr ^ haLjin « = Ci-U \ n , Far n . ; re than earth can yicii . Ei , who permits thtr itorni to rare , Cia ; ¦ . „' . the ccri ^ V ¦«¦ ;' . ^ cst wave , Aid : n ? rir- * iy } . i : 5 = r : ng heart to brave Thr : in : ' . '« TenEt = t ^ iI i awer :
for his Air . iijhty an : ; is strung to safe , _ - In s . 'TT'jTfi uuriiest huur . ^ congh fretricni's ote ^ i ^ g days o ' crcast , Tbc- ^ ii icr .-e tls st ^ n :. and kud the blast , This i ^ h ; jf s-. rro-w -wili nvt last , Evrs n . \ v ihrre's a glorious morn Appii-acLiti , whoai' Lrigi . t ' z ; ii ; g ' . riil radiaiicecajt TLr . ugL the g ' .. oui of the 'lisaial storm . £ ^ ra so-w the genius of freedom .-t ^ . nds , isu : t ^ t riTc . ji , h ? r patriot baiij ^ . "W -i > : ¦ - •; will f .-ee her fav-jur ' d ia . na , Trora : yrac : ' s chairs and slavery . Am L-r m-.: ecr hig wafe o ' er t ! : e strand ,
i-i -rre ^ :: rs i-ivuiis T ; ctjry . The t ' -ou ^ Lt uf h-. n . e my bosoni cheer ? , ¦ " tLr-ugh tbr mist of teui ^ Us y = ^ rs , * ree-i : _ , i 2 '; ajpruiching day appc ^ r ^ , " T . at loag \ i for cay , still diitant far ; ^ K c ' ivu-ir , acd itornis , and doubts , and fears , Tte pleasant prosprtt oftm ur ^ r . -t : D that : ' ..- \ hop ^ in -ray r ^ . or ? . burns , I cisca L . f j y that ce'er returns , Of th . t : ,-jv d cr . f w ] ..- >* e fond heart mouniB ,
• f- 'T t-e husband she vainly toils to save , ^ - > * achinz heart a ^ i f . iit wasting form , Wij shelter so-. n in ths friendiy craTe . Wier < Joi a-. rrtes 111 alad obey , AiQ ih-rir ¦ ¦ i tbe ffi-. nai clay , A -d ccctrfu : wi ^^ n . y " : i . m ? way , _ F : tr fr-. r , i tLU ^ r \ h ' . ; realm cf night , " ^ i in the uncr- lit- •; ray Of the ^ ljuiaht >' s living light . The cr ^ t ir . rliible is seen 7 cL f .. , -.- ;¦ - . sweet that scents the creen , A * Ttfc . i ^ . -,- j itrirr _ T stee jj ) ^ --t i-i ' . c- the r . rch cf heavec , ^ z' ^^ . 5 :- '' . rrt : j ttd power- I ween . Aie 2 .: s \ : sc mach with sinful lesven ,
Bt s ^ rs » ,-,. . !_ .. ., ^ j . 4 propelling powtr , r ^^^' - 'i ; ijv - '; rull , or thunders r-y * r , Aarls ^ . j ile-ttii iu each bebuleuus nower , Tv Ti : i : - - ' " - ""^ -he hill s . nd the sunken glen , il-Wiin : it ard acknowleaged that unssen power , ^ : ail but blinded sinful met Set xhe purr and regenerated soul , pleased from passion ' s blind contra ! , ~ ' ~ . --- » t € es c < aseless ro'l , Ti _ ; r a-a-ful , everlasting flight , 1 E - "Koii : .-s of luve -vrill engrois the whole Of ths soul ' s liesirts - with fitsb delight
G ^ n ' S " ST 0 : n 6 ! - rs 5 i ihen shall scan , y ?* ~ 3 mercy admire in the marvellous plan , ifcrt alvat-oD brought to iinfal man , And , adoring with awe , behold glory of <} ,, d in the face of the lamb , »> hose loTe for as can ne'er be told . ^ 5 ° 1 'il welcome my lo-re to that happy shore , ' "ptr- the savage tyranfs . rage is o'er , cere curs'd oj'presslon ' a Toice no more . By the nflerer ' s ear ia heard , tt ! * Mkil ! ? ^ loT 6 uamised and pure , The patriot reaps bis rich re-srard . Bp » o » i „ Robert Feddib ™* T House of Correction , -1 * April , isii .
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AMERICA . We have received a copy of the Xew York Sun , dated tbe 10 th ult ., from -svhich we present our readers with the following : — The Fo-eral of the late Americas Phesidestxt TVASHi . vGro . v . —The mortal remains of the late President were interred with appropriate honours on Wednesday . The funeral was conducted with great propriety—with pomp and solemnity . A vast nmkuude attended . Uniform companies from the cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia , united with ihose of the District , and these , added to several bodies of United States troops drami in from the neighbouring posts , made a very imposing military display . Several bands of fine music led different sections of the military array , aud , WuQ melanchol
y strains blended the sympathies of the people . The whole procession , including a large concourse of citizens from the neighbouring States , filled the Pennsylvania Avenue to a very great estent . The houses immediately on the Avenue were for the most par ; hung with black drapery , and the windows were crowded with fair faces . The day was soft and beautiful , enabling the immense throng ( a great many of whom were on foot ) to attend the remains they hououred to the place of sepulture , some two-or three miles from the President ' s mansion . There , the las ; rites being paid , and the body deposited in the lumb , the scene was closed by the firm * of cannon and voile * s of small arms . Throughout the day minute guns were iired ; and during the procession the bells of the citv toiled .
^ rro o . v the Bank Bjll . —The Hanisburg correspondent of the Pennsylvanian , under the date o : ' April oth , writes— " The Ujvcruor ha- ; juft sect m his Veto of the Bank Bill . It is an admirable document , and elicits the approbation of friend- and foes . Messrs . Reed and Spackman , of the Senate , nave spoken of it in itrms of wans coniinecJatton . " United Statis Bam ; . —There was a tremendous meeting of the stockholders on Thursday . Resolutions were passed in favour of changing the name of the instituiion , and reduoui ; the casual u > fourteen millions of dollars . A very extensive change wus made among the officers of the ba :: i , and it has passed aimosi t-iitirciy into new hands . Suspension of Sp ; t : e Payments . —The banks at Richmond formally su . spe . ndtd specie payments on iiie tkh April .
Business uy Lou .-ville ri . tiying . — For the last ten vi :, }" .- -jut s : ree ;> ;;; ivo a ^ umtu au aspect of business 3 ii-i b'istle , s ' -ch a- ; hz- hj : teen known here for the ia . ? : three y-.-ars . ^ u arc lold by our nHvchant .-, t ) iat ffji- ci : uii « -, which l \ , r ihjj t ; ine hu ^ e st-. oii eui . r-. ! y Uip ; y , arc uuw nearly all iiL ^ -d . It is thought t .: at : . e > j > ii ! -g stock of ^ o ^ d-s broug ht out by our m ri-lij . nid ^ iii fall considerably short of the lie-H-JIiii .
Kf-BBKHr AND ExciTiME . NT . —The Vicksblirqh Sc . ' . ii . i states mat ihert-L - iut iraud practised i ; i tlie Ui" : Vm Ma : \\ by Dr . Morja . ' , t ' ne president , and Mr . Kearney , one of the u : rci-: ; r-, in abductiiiiJ a Treasury ivarraxt of twenty tbourtud dollars , and applylTjiZ ; : r ^ iii e ufe o ) Kcanit-y , Without the authority of t :.- Loara , hvi < j . ry-iac— j much excitement in thru c :: y . Ihc Sn . hi :: ! .- ¦ i ys , " there is a strong disposition JEon ^ our c ! t . z- _ - ; : s to unite and go to Clinton to cumpel the swi ! id ers to return the warrant , or g : v- iht-ui u ; a ~ tc oi Judge Lynch ' s code " FJV £ DAI'S LAirrt > BOiI NtW TORK . Liverpool , Sunday evening , Seven o'Ciock .
The royal mail ? u-am-rhip , Acadia , ha _ s just arrived , by whiirh we have _ rcceiYed papers from New Yurk to th ' - 17 t : i u ! t . The Acadia sailed from ¦ I 3 ' . ' .-to : i en ihe ] ' : >¦ . an-i from Halifjx on the il'rh , 1 £ t noon , p-rturmiii ^ the voyage i : i twelve days . Sue briiiji ^ stvcaty-Sve pa ?^ r ; l : f ^ ers . Up to the time of ih- A ' aui : ' = ? a . i : i : g j . ji ; :: ng ha j h ^ en h ^ ard ut ![;¦; Prts-iil nt .-ti-auicr . Ti ,-. ' ii . icii . ^ -. Df : cuiuameJ in these papers is i : ot of grca ; inijxjnair .-e . lu Canada ti . e cleci ; . ' : ; s for tbe united provinces , which are the oniy sui . jjjt of public interest nu : i-MJpL .-J i : i these paper .-, appear to be going in favour }» f tr . i- Government or Lunnituiiunal party . In ' Lvvrcr Canada tiie fivnch party has a majority oi six . but i : i the UaiieJ L-.- " -lature they are in a niiuuri ' . y u ! twelve . The wboie number of members i returned is eighty-four . ! " FRANCE .
\ ( From llie Correspondent of the Examiner , j ' The Lfgiviniirt pan-- hxs never recovered the fata : bluw dealt i ^ jn ! o 3 i . All its ho ^ e ? and at-. ihmyi--. at h < -ma- ^ Dd asj oad , have faiJed . The l > ui :.. t .- - -s of Btrry s cauipai ^ n ended Jndjcrou .-ly for h » r uui ; -. > r her fneiius . I ' -jreignpowers fell ctf , one ' by cue , from iheij ^ iltachjii'jnt toihe fallen dynasty , '• and evtii Russia adopted a branch of the Bona ' paric ' s , instead of s . i . e grrfdsoii of Cnarles the Tenth . The , clergy ; or son ^^ arsnremained true to the memory , and regime of the-elder -UtfBjlxms ; ia * by decrees i the ohi prelates have tfi& ^ ' * w » yr "~ Ifew men- a&d a j new " po | iaffl ] spirit haje ^ ot possession of the Gal-, j &Ctt . 'djBm ^ -3 Mri 7 wca -RorQe has become com-! p ^ etrfy-Teconctted tp Lonis Philippe , nay , created three carcfTnals of his choice . One of these is M . de
RoBi ' . d , > o renowned under Louis the Eighteenth ¦ for his philosophical writings , in which he sought to overthrow revolutionary creeds by sacerdotal j oiie ? , aad the sovereignty of the people by divine right . M . de Ronald has come round to acknnw-¦ ledge the divine right o ? the dynasty of July . Another religious writer in the tirce of the elder Bouroons was De Laroennais , who thundered at ¦ the revolutionary Fr-: ^ Lh ; or their indifference in . religious matters . De Lamennais has com ? round , . not merely to Louis Philippe , but to the farthest " poiLt i .-f the revolutionary eomp&ss , and whatever he pre ^ .-i . e-, he at iea-t preaches no restoration . AiJ the en ; i :.- n : civiha :. ? , too , whom ODe might expect to find attached to Cariisia , have either openly or ! coviniy deserted it . Laraartine and Montalembert ; have completely raili-. u to the house of Orleans ; and '; n I 3 er ; yt-r ha ; not Jone so to the dynasty , be has at . Iras ' , accepted the c-.-nscqnences of the revolution of t July . He supports Thiers , and may hi considered the p . jhtica ! ally oi' the minister most hostile to the I policv ¦!' the elder Bcnrbens .
In ' . hi- general decline and diminuM ' on of the Carl ^ t party in France , it still , however , contains M - 'Die rancorous spirits , who-e object is not .-o much to re ^ t jre t he fallen aa to avenge it , by pouring ail ! the obloquy po = ? ible on Louis Philippe . Hence : the l-.- 'ters , which have been attributed to him . and i which have been published . The first batch , written whcii the Duke of Orleans was in the Mediterranean to- the C- 'um d'Ei . traie'iues , have all the appearance o ; truth . The others , said to have b ^ n ¦ purloined from t :. e cabinet of Prince Talleyrand , j appear frum the tenor to be fal-e . The first were . pubhr-hed in the G'izriic dc France , and were al Jov , ed to pa = s ' . inquenioned . But when the Second atpcirc-c , the P ^ ocureur General ordered them to be ii .: z . d as well as the editors of the papers ,
against whom he commenced an action of forgery . On t :. i- charge he ws = at-Ie to keep them in prisou for a muiith , but not be ; ng able to sustain it , , '; e let ' them lvo > e . But still the prosecution was carrii d i on ior libel or . the King . Now the only liiel ui ' ¦ f > ¦]; . ., jay In the forgi-ry , the proof of whioh was ¦ auanaoncd : but .-till the Procureur General Went to the jury . The coi ;? eqneEce was of course an ac-¦ ( 4 " . iit : a ! , a cousiderible tcawlale , and the jreit I tr . uu ; ph of the Carlisis . The Court , organ of Pari ? [ threw the blame on the j lry , but the Pr ^ -cureur Gciirrai was alone to b . anie . 1 Thi-s functionary will but ill repair his fault by i committing the grosser one of a crusade ajrainst the
i pre .- > . ihe execrable September laws p-rmit editors of v-xirr . als to be judged , in two or three case .-, by the yid-j . ii-, not by the jury . Thus , i : ' a partial ¦ report i- given of a trial , ihepresiuivgju- ' ge has the power to summon , fine , and imprison tne 'linor ? - Tnis plan is now followed whh the Gazette ri * - France , and is a bad -ample of the rigour of the ' Per .-: 1 school . The Xaiiuitu' is to be brought befure i tbe C-jurt of Correctional Police on some .-imiiar i pretext . la short , that JrVsehi code , which M . i Thieis and M . Barrut wrongly toieraied , can at any 1 time crr . ; h the prcii , hy depriving it of the guarantee ' of a jt ; ry .
i T : ie Carlist party has shown its activity in another ' ; way . It has p : i- li-hed a manifesto by the Count de ; Yiiicle , the o ! d finance Minister of the Restore tior , ' acc . isirs the Gwernment , which arose in July , 1830 , : wii . L-h has continued since , of tremendous pro-; digality . These reproaches have , nnfortuuately , ; ; seme foundation in fact ; since the French annual , expenditure , which v . a 5 under forty millions ster' li ; : g duriDg the Restoration , has risen to Well nigh , sixty millions . There are excuses for this surplus ' exptiiditure ; but there is certainly not enough to ; show in the way of gain to the French eoniribuulie i for the enormous increase in his burdens . Seeing i these lavish results , this disorder in the finances , j the ex-minister of Charles the Tenth exclaims that the French are rot t qual to the task of
&elf-govern-| rnent , and that the more the people meddle in > ! that task , the worse will it bo performed . The : Count is scmewhat right , if his remarks be confined to , j lave events . But France is still young in political ' experience , and the experience of the last year will i no ; be lost upon her . If 31 . Viilele pleads that J despotism is a cheaper and better government , the i Louis Philippist will point out to him the results of Louis the Fourteenth ' s and Napoleon ' s reigns . M . | de Viilele would remedy all by universal suffrage , : that is , by the peasantry electing the l&ndholderB J for electors , and these electors choosing deputies . ; He thinks , with some reason , that this double mode of election would do away with the nonsense of ! parliamentary government , and restore Henry the
Fifth ' s . The Court is much chagrined at the iesue of tbe trial of La France , but Lonis Philippe himself has shaken off the annoyance : he has been visiting the fortifications , laying the first stones of a variety of bastions , and has been welcomed by the loud acclflnaations of the masons and their men . Mid by the
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troops employed , who , of course , get an extra portion of drink on the occasion . The sound of popularity was new to Louis Philippe , and delightful to _ him , and he has drawn the happiest presages for himself , his policy , and his fortifications , although in reality the applause was that of masons for the most liberal employer of masons that ever reigned . M . Gaizot , through Prince Metterm ' ch , is hammering the Eastern question into . < = ome shape , and the Divanis about to confer upon Mehcmet Ali the same dominions , power , and conditions which it had agreed to give , and he to accept , at the commencement of 1839 . Thus after three years' squabbling , and negotiating , and fighting , the Levant question
comes back precisely to the same point at which it was before the untoward affair of iNezib . Previous to that , as we learn from the volume of State Papers just published , the Porte had agreed to offer to the Pacha the hereditary government of Egypt , provided he would give up Syria . France , England , Austria , and Russia approved of the terms , and Mehemet would have accepted them , when the affair of Nezib occurred . The affairs of Aero and Kalat Meidan hare undone Nezib , and that is all . France with all her outcry , is no worse off in the Levant than she was in 1839 , and England with all her triumph =, is no better . The Pacha has had a check and fright , but in reality he ought to be very well contended , for , I repeat , he will get all that he could have hoped in March , 1839 .
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Lord Brougham left Rome for Naples on the 15 th ult . Worse a > 'd Wokse . — It is said that the new census will cost the country about i' 3 ( J 0 , O 0 D . It is not many years ago that the salary of the Chief Baron was £ 3 . 501 ) only—it is now £ 7 , 008 . An Island has been discovered between tho Cape of Good Hope and Australia , in which there arc valuable coal mine ? . The Earl Percy , loading at Maranham , for Liverpool , took fire on the 14 th of March , burnt to the water ' s edge , and sank . Executions . — In the year l ! J 21 . there were 114 executions in England and Wales . In li ) ' 2 U tho number was reduced to o 8 j in 183 tf to 17 , and in 1838 it was only six . +
The Glasgow Hemld quotes from tho Edinburgh J o . < t a report of the disappearance of a government official , a defaulter to the amount of £ 10 , UU 0 . His income was £ 2 , 000 a year . A Monument to Lord Collingwood is about to be erected at Tynemuuth . It will stand on a peticat . ' il forty feet high , and the top of the figure will be seventy feet from the siromid . An insolvent , who ? - * discharge on Tuesday was not opposed , had b-.-ji lying fourteen mouths in Whiiecross-street pri .-un , being too poor to pay the expenses : of the application to be di .-chaiged . Syria is now finally evacuated b y tho Egyptian army , the last division , tiudir Menekii Padri , having ^ m ^ arked for Alexandria at ( j : izi , on board a Turkish frigate , on the " 27 ih of February .
Jesuits . —It has been calculated that the Jesuits , before the suppre-.-ion of their order , possessed in various parts of the worll a revenu . ? of ^ 73 , 1 ) 00 , 000 : ' . The society comprised 'J'J . . ) individuals . The Execution er Asticu-atki ) . —Edward Chubb > upon whom sentence of death was passed at the last RutViin assizes , for the lnnnler of Evan Evans , a gamekeeper , has expired in gaol . Death of Mr . Luke Hansard , printer to the HorsK of Coimo . N'S . —This geiifleuiau breathed his la-t on Wednesday evening week , at about a quarter after seven o ' clock , at his country residence . Mr . Hansard was in his O'lst year .
The retukns of tbe aivnige aggregate amount of note .-in circulation in En ^ iawl a » ri WaJe . s . by private banks and by joint-stock ? , from the 2 ( ith December , lolO , to the -J 7 t ? i March , 1 < 'S 41 . an- —Private banks , jt ' i ;^ ,. ^! ' ; Joint-stock banks , 3 , ( J 44 , ' 25 b . Prince Albi ; iit is .-a d to have given lumiiVbtations of the most unJnubied symptoms of consumption . Ho ha * spit blood repeatedly , and is under strict regulations a * to diet and exercise . Government have it in contemplation to repeal the Pawnbrokiug Act , and in every locality in Ireland to snbstitine loan funds by which the poor will be accommodated with sums from'is . tj \ i . upwards . —Limerick Chronicle . The New Pooh Law in London . —A statement of the number of admissions for one week to the
Refuge of the West London Union Workhouse : — 1 above GO year * of age ; (> above - $ ' ) ; 14 about 20 ; 47 above 20 ; 241 under t ? U . Total , 300 . Custom of the Country . — In a recent trial at Carnarvonshire assize .-, for loss of services , &c , the " custom of the country" in favour of courting in bed , was admitted to rebut the father ' s apparent want oi caution . " It was riot proved , " said Justico Williams , " that the father had not shown that care and caution in the custody of hi 3 child , which Welshmen of his condition should take . " ¦ Just in Time . —A few days ago the wife of a man employed at the Lyceum of Manheioi , having , as it was believed , expired , and her death been duly certified by a surgeon , who at the same time practises as a barber , was ordered to be buried ; but at the
moment of screwing down the coflin she opened her eyes and smiled ! She has since remained iu a weak state , but is gradually getting better . Sojii . thing New . —A Dr . Beck flatters himself with having discovering a method of propelling ships ¦ up and down the mO 3 t rapid rivers without the aid of wind , steam , or towage . According to the plan the ships are moved by the power oi the water alone wiib a rsj ; nlnr ilegree of rapidity which may be increased or dinini . ahed at pleasure . Fircs , LoNiiOM . —On Friday night week , the inhabitants of Albemarie street were alarmed by the cries of fire , at the same time the numerous persons who were residing at Stewart ' s Hotel were rushing out . This splendid e-tablisbment , which consisted of two of the largest-sized houses , a « d close to the Eari of Mansfield ' s , was in one body of flame . It was totally destroyed . A Sre was discovered on Friday morning week to have broken out in the Carlton Club-houfe , Pall Mall . It was soon extinguished .
Comparative Value of Live . —A letter from Ak . ^ hehr Etates that a Turkish soldier having killed an Armenian , in a quarrel , was prosecuted by the Jainily of the victim , before the Shoura , or city Council , by which lie was absolved under the plea " that a Mussulman must kill two Ray as before he can bo convicted . "—An affray took place at Smyrna on the tveuing of trie 7 tn , between some Greek and English seamen . One of the iatter having been stabbed with a knife , the police interfered , nrrcsted several of the rioters , and closed the Coffee-house in which the dispute arose .
Sheep anp Lambs' Wool . — By a return moved fir by Mr . Baines . M . P ., we find that the total quantity of sheep aud lambs ' -wo-il imported into the Unhid Kingdom in the year Io 40 , was 40 , 44 . " , lUlbs ( including the Isle of Man ) , of which 21 , ! ii 2 , li [ W was imported from Germany . Tbe total quantity oi British shiop and lambs' woo ! exported from the United Kingdom in the year 11 ) 40 , was 4 , f )) 0 . 3 i ; 7 ib ., Mud the to ; al quantity of woollen and worsted yarn , . ¦ 5 . 7 f » J , O' 44 ib . The declared value of British woollen manufactures exported from the United Kinsrdom in lb' 4 U is stated by the above return to be £ 5 , ^ 27 fio ' i .
Cost of Legislation to the Countkv . —The rxpeiises to be pai
Commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Norwich , at Southtown , for attempting the chastity of Ann Laws , the wife of a sailmaker . The case excited much interest iu the place , and the town was crowded by the gentry and clergy of the neighbourhood . It was stated m evidence , that Mr . Water bad caused a note to bs dropped imo Mrs . Laws's basket at market ; and that she kept the appointment , while her husband watched . There wa 3 some coiUradictiou between the witnesses ; and the Commissioners decided , that although Mr . Waters ' s conduct had been highly objeciioDable , yet there was not evidence to warrant iurthes proceedings .
American Presidents . —The feJeral Government , up to the 4 th of March , 1841 , has been in operation fifty-two years . During that period there have been fight Presidents of tho United Stat-s , of which number three are still living , viz ., Messrs . Adams , Jackson , and Van Buicu . The following is the order in which they served , and the duration of their service , viz .: — General Washington , of Virginia , eight years ; John Adams , of Massachusetts , four years ; Thoma 9 Jefferson , of Virginia , eight years ; James Madison , of Virginia , eight years ; oames Muuro , of Virginia , eight years ; John Q . Adams , of Massach-usseUs , four years ; Andrew Jac ' sson , of Tennessee , eight years ; Martin Van Burer ,, of New York , four years . To these is to be adde / , , since the 4 th of March , General Harrison and Mr . Tyler .
Ko Every-day Things . —At a she p window in Fleet-street , a handsomely-framsd T ^ c at d informs us that '' the proprietor" keeps " ad epot for sharps " and to be obtained within " a medicine , " which is warranted to cure all disorders incident to the human frame . A few doors ftr . m the above-mentioned place , the -window of & fishing-tackle warehouse exhibits tbe perfcei " rjiatomy" of a mouse , which was starved to death and found in a cane belonging to a fishing rod ! At the shop window of a gas-fitter in the immedi ate neighbourhood is the skeleton of a rat , found in a small box in tha ruins of the Royal Exchange-, Oii the box ib affixed a placard , of which tbe following is a literal copy _ : — " This ratt w » s disco ' , d mocg the runes , and it a curosity—Only 10 b ) " alliDgeB . "
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Sxtndat Railway TBAVBixiNo .-The opinions of Mr . . Hume and those of Mr . Plnmptre ntgardin * railwa / travelling , verge to opposite pomts ^ f Sf compass . Mr . Pfumptre woal < T stop all the steamengines on fcmndays , and make the entire population stationary on that day , for the purpose of maintaining the sanetitj . of the Sabbath . Mr . Hume , on the other hand , would have a clause introdueed in every Railway Bill , making it compulsory on the director * of all relays to carry the mails on Sunday , as well as other days , and , of course , to carry passengers also . A elause like this would , of course , defeat the vjews ot any particularly pious district , m which it might be determined to forbid the trains from progressing on that day , on the Jack Rao principle of nothing being " moving" but "
staffnatiou on tne babbath . So much mischief would result from the power to prevent railway travelling on Sunday—the convenience of the many would be so completely sacrificed to the scruples of the few that it would be infinitely better to make the directors go ahead on that day , than force the people to stay at home for the lack ' of public conveyances —Satirist . Iuteresting SiATtSTics . —During the debate in the Chamber of Peers one day lately , on the Customs Duties' Bill , the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture , M . Cunin Gridaino , stated some remarkable iacts relative to the consumption of butchers' meat in Great Britain and France , which may not be uninteresting . "In England one-half lL I ll ! ? * J ? £ \ iidt 0 Pastureor to producing
. , , food for cattle intended for consumption . In France one fifth onl y of the soil is allocated for that purpose . In England the individual consumption of butchers' meat is 1341 b . ; in France it is only ° 81 b to which may be added 18 lb . of pork . In 17 K 9 the individual consumption of meat in Paris was 13 !) lb and now that the population is nearly doubled , the aggregate consumption is diminished . In England « ch ox brought to market averages 8001 b . ; in Franca not more than from 4001 b . to G 00 ] b . In tho production of cattle for consumption France is inferior , and means ought to be adopted to remedy this evil . It is tho duty of the Government to submit the legislative measures which it considers necessary for that purpose to the Chambers , and it will fulfil that duty with zeal and earnestness . "
The Rights of the Poob . —Lammas Land . — John Stauton , a costermon ^ er , residing at Walhamgreen , was summoned to Kensington Police-office , u » Saturday , bet ' . a-o Mr . T . Paynter , the sitting magistrate , on the singular charge of having tod a horse in a Jane leading from Fulham to Walhaingreen . The summons , which was granted nnder the lietv police act ( 1 st ; in < i 2 < i Victoria , cap . 47 , sec . 55 . ) set forth tlut ho " did on the 22 J of April lust , iu a certain thoroughfare in the parish of Fulham , unlawfully fec
his own grounds betiveen six and seven o ' clock in the evening of tho day in question , ho saw the defendant in thul < i . ne adjoining , with a horso , which he held by a halter . Tho horse was feeding , not from a nose bag , but by cropping tho grass at the side oi the lane . He was tli > re with it for upwards of two horse , and the same horso had been there with a bag in the afternoon , when it , had damaged tb « fence . In answer to questions by tho magistrate , tho cumplainatit acknowledged that the lane was not his property , neither li ; id ho tho fo * simple . Tho ¦ ' ofendaut did not deny having fud tho horse theiv . Tiiero were , he said , no inljabitanls t . hero to be annoyed . It was a parish road , where he had himself been in
the habit of feeding his hoises for the last twciry years , without molestation . It had been the custom to do so from time immemorial , it being Lammas land . He had for years known the ground thrown ope : i to tho pour every Lainmas-day , undlioiiud even .--veil the gnu : farced cif by lemuts cf horses , lie therefore only claimed a right which he , as well as other poor persons in the parish , were entitled to . Mr . Paynter said . ho could not make up his mind to convict under I he act in such a . case , especially as the complainant had set up no claim of ri ^ ht . If , however , he allowed Ins hurse to injure tho fencer : , ho would be liable for the wilful damage . The summons was accordingly dismissed .
Trving tub Patjknck qv Jon — ' I tell yor agin I won ' t sittli } it , but means to uke it into court . "" You had better though , for I means to swear that I ' ve fourteen kids to keep , aud then they aro safe to put me down for fid . a wuuk . "— " You ' re willain enough to swear anythink , but I'll circumvvont you , young cockalorum . "—The above confab took place at the London Borough Court of Requests , on Saturday , in ihe rear of the court , between a knuckkneed little man and a faded " swell" in a ventilating " four-and-nine" and dirly white " ducks . " Shortly afterwards tho crier called tho names ot " Small against Griggs , " which drew the two individuals alluded to up in front of tho bench . "W ) io is tho plaintiff in this case , " asked the Commissioner . " I am , Sir , " replied the little man , who was small by name aud small by nature . J-bSmall , thii plaintiff , stated his case , from whence it appeared
that he followed the profession of St . Crispin in that salubrious region of tan-pir ? , Boraiondsey . Now , as JbbV family consisted Only of hinisrelf , hi » old lady , and a torn cat , ho let . out a povtiou of his house to lodgers , amongst whom was the defendant , who occupied his " h ' rst floor down tho chimney " ( tho two gavrtts ) at the weekly rent of 3 s . 6 d . He had left a month in arrear , to recover which the present proceedings were instituted . Commissioner—Did he pay his rent punctually on former occasions ] Plaintiff—Oh yes , Sir , he only does this out of spite , ' causo I wouldn ' t let him stop in my house . Commissioner—What madeyuu wish to get ridofhim ? Plaintiff—Why , ho never ea : na home before two o ' clock in the morning , and then I had to j amp out of bed
to let him in . In that cold weather it was enough to aggravate the devil aud fret'Zd a red-hot poker . Commissioner—Or , more propurly speaking , to try the patience of Job . ( Laughter . ) Plaintiff—1 cotch'd / heinfluenza through it , and my old ' omau , arteroney j : ^ t touching mo wlitn I'd bin to let him in one frosty morning , tack ill with a iit oi' the shivers , and I ' m blow'd if it didn't sJiake two of her teeth out . ( Laughter . )—Defendant ( lifting up his eyes in astonishment)—My eyes , wliat a " crammer . " Commissioner—Did you ever find Mrs . Small ' s two teeth that were shaken out ! Plaintiff—Never , your vorship ; I think she must ha' swallowed ' em . Commissioner—Very likely . Then it was because the defendant kept bad hours that you wished him to
leave . Plaintiff—Yes , and then ho was safe to bo drunk , and used to kick up sich a precious Bhindy , singing and hollering , that nobody could sleep for him . The Commissioner inquired of tho defendant what he had to . say ? Job Small's ci devant lodger informed the court that he was a lawyer ' s clerk , and further that he had made a very fair offer to the said Job . The Commissioner asked what that offer was ? Defendant—Why , Sir , I told him I'd pay him at sixpence a week . Commissioner—Oh , that won ' t do at all , you mu ^ t pay two shillings per week at least , remember the inconvenience you put him to in lotting you in at such unseasonable hours , besides there is the loss of Mrs . Small's two teeth . ( Laughter . )
Defendant—To tell tho truth , Sir , I don ' t believe that Mrs . Small has had a single tooth in htr head for some time past . "You ' re a good for nothing scandalizing wagabone ! " exclaimed an elderly female on a large scale , who turned out to bo Mrs . Small . Commissioner—It is quite clear that you owe the money . I shall , therefore , order you to pay it at 2- -. per week . Defendant—Well , if it mu 3 t be so—it must ; but as I am hard up just now , I shall requiro the assistance of an individual rvho occasionally takes an interest in my affairs—• ' Who cheers the heart with ' money lent , ' lVlitn friends are cold and all is apeut , Receiving only cent per
cent—My Uncle . " Commissioner—I advise you to keep better hours in future , and don ' t again " try the patience of Job . " The parties then left tho court , Mr . Small abusing the defendant lustily in consequence of hid insinuating that she had no teeth . Revolting Charge . —At Hatton Garden Police Office , on Saturday last , William Davis , vfho described himself as a gentleman , living at No . 11 , CUmdesley-street , Cloudesky-Equajt , Islington , was charged with decoying children , under circumstances of a most revolting nature . Police-constakle Bniy , of the N division of police , said that on Friday night , about ten o ' clock , he was stopped by a vary respectable woman , who informed him that 2 man was
going about insulting females , and the jarisoner coming in sight almost immediately , she pointed him out , saying , " That ' s the wretch . " Witness then watched him , and saw him go up to a little girl , of about the age . of eight , and talk to > her , and uvcn ~ tually he took her by the baud and led her to . a bye-spot behind some timber , close against the kick of White Conduii-houso . In tko course of a few minutes , witness went quietly to the spot , auU saw the prisoner m a state whieb left no doubt of his intention . Witness immediately collared the accused , who made a desperate resistanco , but he overpowered him , and led him off to tho station-house . While they were strviggliag , the . cV . ild ran away crying , and he had not been alble to find her out . Defendant— ' * 1 wj ) l swear that what the officer has said is altogether false . " Mr . Combe ( indignantly )
— " I have no doubt you would . You would not have the slightest objec ion to add perjury to your other infamy , I am sure . " Prisoner— " I thought the child was distressed , and I merely offered her some money . " Mr . Combe— " Don ' t talk to me in that manner . Wretched , horrible fellows like you , deserve the severest punishment ; but , unluckily , in this instance you will escape it for the want of further evidence . Why did you assault tkecouatable V Prisoner— " I thoyght he had no right to touch me . " Mr . Combe— "If I'fine you £ 5 you wou'd readily pay it ; but that is no punishment at all ; and it will not do for me . The law , I am happy to aay , enables me to puuish for an assault to the extent of a mo : 'h witl . out fine , and this is my decision—that you k imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the Hous > of Correction for one month . " -The judgment of t ^ o worthy Magistrate was much applauded .
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Jm a £ ons JoasY—Thia is the new ' eracw * ' c ° mic song of the day , and it will be foufldi ; bo « Ji words ( eight verses ) and music , in that popiriwand cheap work "The Flutoxicon" for May , Nk . 90 , See advertisement in another part of our paper , A Gunt is ; Trouble . —At Barnard Castle Eai&V fair , on Wednesday , there was a caravan which contained some rari ' s of the human species , but it bad sustained » great loss , owing to an untoward circumstance in this world of change . It appe&rs that on Tuesday the said cararan w < ia
iouriieviuafrom Darlington to- Barnard Castle , when Georjp ; Mallison , of Yorkshire , one of the " great oue 3 of the earth , " espied some linen drying in a field near the road , and not properly distinguishing the iaws of menm and tuum , he just selected a change of linen tberefrom ; but a person residing near saw the transaction , and went and informed the police officer at Piersbridge , who followed the culprit and apprehended him with the linen in his possession . The result has been that th « said giant is committed to Durham House of Correction for three months hard labour , as a rogue and a vagabond . —Galeshead Observer .
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THE " NEW MOVE . " TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE N 0 HTHER . V STAB . " Here point your thwiders—here exhaust your raye ' . " Pope . Dear Sin , —The name of John Cleave has been so frequently adverted to in your Journal of late , in connection with what you are pleased to designate the " Neiv Move" that in justice to his character , to tho motives influencing , and to the right glorious cause advocated b y him , he cannot longer remain silent under ( lie begs leave to assert ) unmerited reproach ; nor permit grievous misrepresentation to pass unnoticed . He appeals to your impartiality , —nay , demands as a AWicfl / that " fair play" bo shown him—and as a man claims the right of being heard before a verdict either of acquictal or condemnation be pronounced ! How runs the indictment against him .
1 . That he has attached his signature to a certain " Address to the Political and Social Reformers of the United Queendom , " calling upon them to discuss tho propriety of establishing a "Na'ional Association for promoting the Political and Social Improvement of tho People , " in unison with a plan therein submitted for their consideration . 2 . That to this he has been influenced by , and held communion with that great political ap- ^ iatn , Daniel O Council , and others c . f the like "kidney . ' ' And furthermore , that he seeks to destroy a previously existing Charti .-t Association , Ac . What is tho conclusion tliertupon hastened to by some wiih " a hop , step , aud jump ?" Why , that the aforesaid John Cleave is unworthy of further confidence , aad ho be denounced as a , " political humbug , ' " liar , " " damnation , ' and " traitor to freedom , " &c . &c .
What is the sentence generously proposed to bo pronounced against him ! L—That his reputation be for ever destroyed . -. - That every means bo resorted to , that may heri-af : cr embitter his existence . 3 . —That his business , " the very means whereby iu > . lives , " be as far as possible doomed to certain destruction . A most terrible "Bill of Pains and Penalties " this , in all conscience ! but , Sir , notwithstanding all this , give me leave to avor most solemnl y that I am ignorant of having done aught that can justify such serious allegation-, or call for such fuariiu titiiu : » c \ atioas .
True is it , that in the exercise of that right ot private judgment , and freedom of opinion for which I have ever contended , —cheerfully made many sacrifices , —endured persecution , imprisonment , and fine after fine ; and for which I am even at this present time in heavy bonds to our " Sovereign Lady tho Queen , ' . ' I have signed the Address referred to . " The head and front of my offending hath this extent —?/ o more . " Having done so , I will not shrink from tke responsibility of the act . I did so from a sincere desire to advance and not to retard tho cause of " Equal rights , and equa . 1 laws . " I am not . however , to
stupidly vain as to arrogate to myself infallibility ot judgment . It may bo ti : at horein i have been mistaken , but at any rate 1 claim the merit of sincerity . If my he * d has deceived me—my heart is untainted . I am no political Crantner , to sign a document today—abjectly disavow it on the morrow , but again to relapse , and at the last childishly slobber forth " Oh , tiiiri wicked hand—this wicked hand . " No , no , if I believe myself in the right , I will abide by it : —if I am to ba condemned to the stake , let my whole body be consumed . I will the rather glory in , than cowardly denounce the hand that signing but obeyed the dictates of its master heart .
Selling aBide for awhile all controversy as to the policy or impropriety of promulgating tlye address , let us see whether or no tho spirit pervading it , be such as to warrant tho application of the term " truitor" to all those who have thought proper to sign that address . What says it ? " Tracing moat of our social grievances to class legislation , we have proposed a political reform upon the principles of the People ' s Charter ; we hive made it tbe po ' ar-star of our agitation , and have resolved l > y all just and peaceful means te cauats it to become the law of our country . " Does this denote the slightest departure from the principles of the Charter ? No , it declares the " Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , " as the " polar-star of our agitation . " Why \ Because " we behevo it to have truth for its basis , and the happiness of till for its end !"
There is no shuttling , no cunningly devised sophistry , 110 humbug in this . It is a plain spoken , and not-to-be-mis , tuken declaration of principle . Again , it does not insult the people by calling upon them to abatoone jot of their just demands , or to slacken the agitation by ai ; d for themselves . So far from this , they are earnestly entreated to become more energetic and determined in the resolve to work out their own salvation from the atrocious bondage to which they are now subjected . It bids them rely upon themselves alone , and cautions them against being made the dupes of any other body 01 men . Just read the following confirmation ol this : —
" If , thereforo , you will escape your present social and political bondage , and benefit your race , yi > u must bestir yourselves , and make every sacrifice TO u lild IP THE SACIIKI ) Tf . Ml'LK Of YOUKOW . N LI 1 JERT 1 ES , Or by your neglect ami apathy tieqiu-aih to your offspring an increase of degradation and wr . » n < r . You cannot suppose that those tvlto revet in Hie spoils oj labour , and live by the wretchedness they have cn-ated , icitl be instrumental in pniinoliuij ( lie political and nodal improvement of the people . They may talk of liberty while they are forging your fetters , may * profess sympathy while they are adding insult to wrong , and may talk of instructing you , ¦ while they are devising tho most efficient means for moulding you into passive slaves ; but tl ' . < -y will contemptuously spurn every proposal for estiih-\\ sh \ ng equality of po ' Uicd rights and social oUiyati < jns —the enduring basis of liberty , prosperity , aud happiness . "
lv . it , O ! I have been influenced by , and held communion with , O'Coutiell , " & . c I I hardly know how sufficiently to express tho disgust—the very loathing of soul wiih which I contemplate such au accusation . " Held communion with O'Conuell ! "' Psha—the assertion is false , aye , " aa fal > tt as heaven itself is true . " Yes , if any man deliberately asserts that to my knowledge aud belief , O'Conuell had ought to do with the document in question , I hereby braud himas a most foul calumniator— as a cowardly I in * . I will not iu th is retract a single epithet . 1 rqiaut , th-U the man who , unswayed b . y passion , especially after tins declaration , deliberately i-ISirms that 1 have held correspondence , either directly or indirectly , with O'Connell or a . a . y of his clique , is a ooldbloocli-d villaiu !
Let oie not be mistaken .. Mark , I do not apply this to , any honest derueksrat , that dissenting from , is as £ vy at , the . course pursued by we . 1 mourn over ihat difference of opinion . 1 pray that when auisaosities engendered by misconception shall havo subsided ; when passion shall have spent its fury , sosittUung like a good undeiotanuius will spring aj > , and we shall exclaim one to another , " C « me , let us reason togithur . " O ! how I pane for this . How 1 long to behold Radioiis combined in the brotherly iiateyuity of democracy . Convince mo by fair and honourable argnieus that I am wrong , and frankly aeknowledgiiig it I will endeavour to walk in a better path . Let others , however , display a like disp'jsitiou . When that wished for moment arrives , I am sure that whether now right or wrout ' , it will still be proclaimed that
" JOU : V ClKAVE IS SO TKUTOR I " For ( ho present , let it sufficd that I remain fervently devoted to the principles of the Charter , and something mo : e . 1 havo never sought to exalt myself above my fellows . I will not run over the history of ihe persecutions and losses endured by me . My past life , with all its merits or demeritsits sufferings or successes , I thought was by this tiino known to all . If forgotten , I will not resuscitate tho remembrance of them . I aspire not to leadership , but am well content to serve in the ranks—tw stand by " my order , " the oiuelly oppressed " workies' of Great Britain .
But I must brioiiy advert to a misconception that appears to l . ave taken possession of the minds of many honest » nd true-hearted men—namely , that tho " new mo \ e" ( as you term it , although first published as ff r back as the release of Lovett and Collins fro m Warwick Castle ) is intended to supplant » nt » destroy iho combination based upon the ' ftUncVster plan" of organisation . Now , 1 really do no * , believo any such intention ia contemplated
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at any rate , / disclaim , it ; and if there be one among the sigaenr of the disputed address thus actuated , ho is not known to me—he is no friend of mine . The very last . paragraph of the address appears to me to prove the erroneou 3 ness of such a conception . It rnns thus : — " W . ilhno disposition to oppose the associations already / or . vied , but with an anxious desire to see all those interested in the social and political improvement of their fellow-lien united in one general body to effect it , we propose that such an association be established . "
Apprehensive of having already occupied too much space * , I will hasten to a conclusion , omitting much that I would otherwise fain add . That I havro honestly dissented from the" Mantiiester .. Plan"" is undoabtedlj true ; but if that coneiitiws me " a traitor to liberty , " I know not what detaocracy is . Paine , Cobbett , and other master mindis- ^ -nay , even the Editor of the Northern Star himself—have taught me falsely , I have , then , for years pursued a "WSll-o ' - $ he-wi 9 y , " and called it tho " right ttf free opinion . " " I ceraainly tboughfc tha * 'bt basis of the Manchester Plat * . was not such as to ensure stability , nor its mode of -action effeotiva . I alf >» - thought that it was not so legal as I could have wished to see it . The recent-adopiion of an amended plan but confirms
thi 3 . I hayenot , however , been influenced by edwardice or faetion . I was anxious only to act ap to the maxim which teaches us how to make use of the law to destroy the law that injures us . " So far from faotiousiy opposing the plan , I believe more than one of my London friends , who are associated in accordance with that plan , can bear testimony to- my having always willingly rendered them such co-operation and aid aa my circumstances would permit . It will perhaps be said that to talk abouft " making use of the law to defeat the law " . , sounds strangely from one of thos * e who fought the battle of a free and mitstampcd press , ia open defiance of all law . Now , a second or two ' s reflection will evidence that there is no inconsistency in this . In warring against the " Gagging Laws , I acted as John Cleave onlv , and not as the member
of an Association . No other man could be persecuted f <» r my ¦ actioa . Those who then gallantly fought with' me , did so upon the same individual principle . 1 am not a whit more enamoured of those iniquitous laws in the making of which I have'no voice , than I was at that timo . Show to me how an individual act of mine can accelerate the triumph of Chartism , and I am prepared again to break through , and laugh the law to seom . I am not , however , pr- pared to endanger the safety of others . While I will net treniblo at the consequence to . myself , lhave yet somehow got it into my " noddle" that the advocates of the good can ? e will better serve it by their active exertions out of doors , than by being cooped up and languishing by hundreds in Castle dung' : on *; and Whig erected " model prisons . "
I 11 conclusion . 1 sincerely ro ^ ret the existence of so much acrimonious feeling , inisrepresentatio-ii , and delusion . This is not tbe way to obtain , but to retard the Charter , of which it will ever be my proudest boast to have bi en one of the concoctors . For my part I would cry out lustily " Peace , Peace , among , the friends of freedom , but Wav , War , to the enemies ot' m : m ! " I indignantly repudiate the titles of "thief , " "liar , " " rogu ^ , " " apostate , " and "traitor ; ' but , at the same time , set my face against low recrimination and abuse . I will not denounce a man as a " humbug , " merely because he differs With me . I believe that / am right , bnt ,
after all , th ' e judgment of others may prove superior to . my own . Be it so—be ic so ; but for heaven ' s sake let 11 s have done with disgraceful vituperation . Let ih hear no more of this man's dishonestjvnor , on the other hand , of that man ' s arrogance . Let us have no vauir . inga about "drawing tho ssvord , and casting away the scabbard . " If we differ a . s to the mode , k-c us at least agree to pursue trie end all profess to hold dear . Let us not unnaturally slaughter one another ; but let each man , f ' oiloiving the dicrates of his heart , uplift his arm for the strife ; and point the sword at the powerful , because organised pii&lanx of despots , aud not against Ju ' . s brother slave .
Whatever be my fate , I am content to feel , that I now live , and , with the blessing of God , will die , a jDemoerat—one that will not tremble at danger , nor disown the name of John Cleave .
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The following paragraph is " going the round" of the " Establishment" : — " White so many families and individuals are at present leaving this for America with the view of being einploj e < 2 in tbe manufacturing establishments , we conceive it our duty to remind them that in America commercial affairs are at present-fully worse than even at homo , and they have been in this state for some months past . The following sentence is extracted from a letter received
from a townsman in Lowell this week . It states'There is ho s gn of any betterness with the carpet weavers as" yet , but there is sonic hope that it will be better this , summer . ' 111 a previous letter , received frqiri the same individual a short time back , he mentions the name of a native of Paisley , jfho has been for t-. j ; ie years in America , and who had arrived at Low . ll in quest of work , after a journey of 4 uO miles from the manufacturing establishment he had been previously employed at . People should think Feriously before they throw away their means to have themselves transported to a foreign country , to suffer such privations . "—Glasgour Chronicle .
What 1 ami does not " Emigration" do now ? The working people , when they complained of their severe and unbearable privations—when it had been proved by evidence , taken by a Select Committee of th .. ' ll-. iuso of -Commons , that a million of hand-loom weavers were on the very verge of absolute starvation—that hundreds of thousands of them were living 0 . 11 less than 2 Ad . per head per day ; and when they a-ked for relief , —were insolently told by " the House " , that no relief but "Emigration" could be afforded them . " Emigration , " in fact , has been held up as the great panacea for all our evils ; aad scheme after scheme has been devised and entertained to g « t tho working people to " emigrate ;'
some of the plana actually proposing to mortgage the poor ' s rates , to enable the parish officers to transport the labourers to some distant clime at tbe public cost 'I , But , now , it seems when tlie working people are in reality " emigrating , " " Emigration " will not do ! How is this I How is it that it is now deemed a portion of " our duty " to caution tho emigrants , that " in America , commercial affairs aro ev . eii worse than at home ? " How is u that " people should" be reminded to" think seriously before they throw away thai * means to have themselves transported to a foreign country" ? How is it that this should be tho tone of those who have continually preached up " -Emigration" ?
What ' s m the wind , now ? O ! we see ! It is only to the " many families and individuals : who one at present leaving this for AMERICA ' that the caution is addressed ! It is only thos ' e who ars going to the Umted States-who are called upon to " think seriously before they throvv away their means . " ' Not a word to those who are going so Australia , Swan Rivbb ^ New Zealand , or to the Casadas I Not a word of caution to those who are going to increase the value of the estates oi' she Ellices , the Moleswosths , the Thompsons , the WAKEKiEijss , aud the other holders
of" property" in " our colonies 1 " Not a word of caution to those who aro willing to be " transported " to any of tb 3 se sinks of corruption and death ! It is only to those vihoaro " leu ww # th is / or Ame 3 LCa" that tliesa cautions caa he agorded I The reason of thia ia obvious . The working man , when oace gafely landed and settled in A « ei ;; ca , is beyond the roach of our sark bloods . He is out of tiwir clutches 1 They losoby him . But . f he will only go to any of " oca Colonies" \ vs can " havo it out of him , " if he either work or eat . -at all ! If ha work , our estates are improved ; and if he eat , his food helps the taxes , and
we eat them ! O , no ! working men don't go to Ameiuca ! go to New Sovth Wales , or to Botant Bav , or to Hell , —if we can only make a bargain with tho devil for tho fat that fries out of . you : but don ' t go to America ! Don't go there ! There we have done with you . There we can make no more of you . There you are out of our fingera . Pray u think seriously before you throw away yonr means to have yourselves transported to a foreign clime" I Don't the working people see through this ? Don't they see that , if they aro to " emigrate , " America is the place to go to 1 And don't they see the reason
why 1 ¦¦ . The working man who intends to " emigrate" and has the " means" to do so , is a fool if he stirs one inch towards any place but the United States of AmehIca ; and he will also best consult hiaown comfort and interest by going out in an American thip . .
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The I\Toethelij\T Star. Saturday, May 8, 1841.
THE i \ TOETHEliJ \ T STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 8 , 1841 .
Emigration.
EMIGRATION .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1108/page/3/
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