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      ITALY . The Zucri Gazette ^ ot the SPrV ^ p ^^^ eaaiett ^ from Naples , snuonccing tliat -The brokers Bindi- ^ M . " Domenico Moro ( three Austrian ' ^ aval officers ) were amon g the prisoners tasen j a j ^ e encounter with the Koyal troops at P ^ m GioTjanni , on the 19 th , A military coniEr-= jrioQ has been instituted to try ihosa prisoners . "

      SWITZERLAND . Svnss 2 sAXi <> 5 ii PssiiYiX . —Stmday , ttte 30 th . of ^ une , ~ wm tfce toy ¦ srtien tbe long prepared festivities of Basle commenced—they &re intended to celebrate not only tbe annual rlSi shootiEg fer all Switzerland , tut also the aumverBtrv of Use battle of St . Junes , fonght close to the town , one tjf the aoBt important of the long war of Txeeiom in the 15 th century , Waged % j tbe free towns and free cssitons against the autocracy and feudalism of that age . The field of bat-He , almost "within sight of the csstla of Hapsburg , wrered with mimic "war and festive banners , may ^ Sard a useful hint to fee chief cf thatangust house of the generocs spirit vr £ jch Etlll exists in the moaa"talns of SsnSerlaud , * md nmoag ibese . who have « noye& municipal rishts , and crated their all to

      preserve them for three centuries . •¦ Toe riflemen of all Switearland" love , it seemB , other sHmsemems than "the Bank : Sales and Garten Stupes of T senna . Some idea of the importixce attached to the keeping ap of "this spirit * and the ma 3 ? mncenc 8 of the free burghers ¦ of Basle , may he formed frrai tb « simple fact , that the prices to be -shot for are estimated at eo less a sum than 7 S , O 0 S Swiss francs , equal to mora than , £ 4000 sterling , Bid that s . temporary town has been "bnilt for the reception of the quests , at the € ipense of about £ 6000 , covering fourteen acres cf gronnd , "while tbe troops of Basle are encamped in the adjacent plain . The main entrance to the repabiiran -ciia-• € dle improvis :, is by a handsome Gothic arch , fifty feet high , flanked by two towers , and decorated with anus , it &c ; and frH" is so well coloured , that it may Tfell be mistaken for stene .

      The srch gives entrance to a square of aboofc ten acres , on the rirhi of ¦ which a long line ' cf gothic arches extends for 86 S feet , and b * neath this noble arcade 72 compartments are formed for firing , with spscs for cbsr ^ iD ? , gun rests , servants , &c fcc In the Kar of ihi 3 arcade , at a distance of 210 paces , is a rfmiluT , but mcie simple one , which crntains the targets , jnsriew , &c- Ac , and a cnrions spparatas for zhifting targets , and for passing in safety across the fire . On the opposite side of the g-eat square is a similar BTCide , -vrhica forma she front of the ^ rand-saloon , a dining-room laid out for 6000 carousers , with far more convenience than onr English temporary rooms have generally afforded , and as the target arcade is behind "tile r ifleman ' s , so is a second behind the saloon : This is an enorm ; us kitchsn , pastry-cook shop , pantry . larder , &c ti , fitted "with boilet 3 , ovens , sieves , and all other appliances : a buttery hatch , in fact , for the

      "Whole nineteen c in tons , before which even the feasuns during " the princely pleasures of Ksnilworth" mn * t bide its head . At each end of tie rrcade rises a pavilisn , of octagon shape , 70 festin aiameler ,, -which serve lor cafes . Their exterior , that « f middle age towers , is in perfect keeping and proportion . Bat the grand effect of this apparent Pompeii of tee fifteenth centnry 5 s the castle in the centre , which is called TahEenbor ;; ithe castle of banners ) , and contains the prizes tastelolly arranged , li is ninety-six feet high , is Eurmonntcd l > y & £ < ure of an aDtient Swiss waving the banner of independence . Its general form iB sonjetJ 3 in ?^ betw&en a dosjon tower and a chapel , and ib excee&inciy good . Its efecw is augmented by the "waving of innumerable banners from its sides and EummiL Beyond this magic city are » een the low white tents of the encampment -ranged rc-end 3 central pavilion . The troops sire here to be constantly under arms during the week of the festivities .

      -Oa Sunday list the whole popnlation of Btsle was in movement : ; t an early hour , and thousands of stran-¦ gera had already taken up their quarters in the town . The town- » onacil , guilds , troops , and popnlace moved to the field of tbe b&ulc i _ - £ Sl . James ( a plain net far frojft the "R ^ r . ^ v . The sc&nB ¦ was bfeauiifol—Vsnds playing , suns firing , cannon roaring , vith repeated salvos , endless processions nnd # r different flags and insignia , 4 a , drc ; arxuunr and costume were alont ~ ttB . uag to msks ths iilaaion perfec-. Spsfcches were made by the Mayor and others , sad in fact tie battle for fregdem was perfect ? Dlustrated by the free descendants of those who fonghs and conquered three Centuries s ^ o . Hsppil y it wasnot n f- cessary to repeat wonuds and de ^ th shrieks , and the joyous multi tape and grave stigniors hai no -widows and orphaia to met ; as they returned in trimnpb to their city .

      In the afternoon , the city , with its triumphal arch and castle , was bfset by tbe mulUtaat *; processions again issued from the £ ne old cat * of ths town to tht Tahneubvtrg , and ta = re . amidst ¦ wa . vhia o ! baasfcrs . plsyicg of mnjsic , and Sriug of enron , tha men <« f Basle and their ruests s =. t down in thtir hail of hospitality to feast , 55 C'O t-. § ith « r , -wiOi tbonsar . ds- of bjalanders . The cooks had well p led tbelr task , ami the tables were well coTtred triih sm"kin ? viaais Some modern Boser Aicbam fcas ennmerated i-JOO b ? . of beef , and nssr twice as mach vl otfcer meals , and eonnttd up the wine , among "which is named 2 400 bottles cf the wine of St . James , grown near the fitld

      x > f bsttlB , and now called ' -Seb weitzer-Wnt" tbe ( blood of the S-siss ) . In gallerits above Jhe fesstin ? patriots -sit crowds of fair Swiss , as , indstd , hundreds pressed along the whole front of tha dining-ball . Long speeches and deep heiltss "W * i « < jnaff »» V , and frum tte bii ^ h table euae maoy a Bounding Btntecca of « &Lhc £ i 2 Ein ic tsigh Untch to the gallant jiflsmtn beluw—Hoch lebt-¦ die Scbweitz—Hoch lebe die Eladt Basel—Hocb lebe -die PxrJieits Helden—Ehr& zum ManyrcD , 4 c , fci . ¦ with dash cf J ^ iabols and cbeers enonrb to roci-e tbr * ' slal' ^ srt frermtai of menntsin and lake to se i : thrrii deadly weaiKms , " ' die -srackcnj Sbcizen « Jes SAweizsrlacdes . " ** zain edl = n "WiffrDSBiec za vera -nen "

      ThiE day tiloniiaj ) the fceTious operations of the Riflsmen ' s Unjou of ail SwiiZrilind bsswn with sa . ! v « s of esi-uon and muiie . A ' , stvea in the morning the marksmen are to be L-d to the shaiting arcadt-s -wiib sjbil parade , by their , posts , the mei of Bisle , und i ± i «« ., " from - iom till eewy eve , " tbeir rifles -wiii ring for the rest of the TTcek , and the ste £ y hand and trutr eje will be - ! re l rewarded at the * nd of it . —Li . zr in Ui ? TdomiTig Chrojzic-e . FOREIGN M 1 SCELLAKY . ^ lAGBEurEC , Jvse 17- —In zki : city vi tais plsce "thtrs ara twenty-frro yoa-ij ; Pul-s .. -ffbo are congntd in cozs ' -QP ^ zce t > i the > Ftii-ksown uf . urrtcct- at-Poden . "where it fcss bt * c proved tb ^» t the ihot so lunch talked of was nred from a Russian carriage , Tcty have Bor l > = en ccndcnxr . ed , nor sccosed , and are detained c-n ' ij for politiral reasons .

      AlGiEiic —A dreadful fire bruke out at Al ^ isrs on the nubt > A the 20 : b nit ., ¦ which d = rtri > y ^ d props tlj to the EEitftntti 1 300 ot'Of . £ b 2 M ^ >

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      All the democratic parties in the town- —the Com-• Dlete Suffragists and Chartists of all denominations , have entered heart and soul into the conte 3 t for StQTg * . An immense sized posttr has just made its appeaiauc * ob the walls , containing a very excellent letter from Mr . O'Connor to Mr . Clarke , calling upon the Chartists to unite for the purpose of securing the letprn of Mr . Sturge . Its conteats appear . to sive oniversal satisfaction . Great Public Mbetisg is thb Town Hall—On Monday , a meeting v » as holden in the Town Hall to decide « pon the nomination of a fit and proper person to contest the representation of the Borough on the Radical interest in the forthcoming election ! The magnificent hall was full to ' overflowing . Councillor Balmer presided .

      Councillor Baldwin proposed & resolution calling upon Joseph Sturge , Esq ., to come forward as a candidate for the representation of the Borough . The motion was seconded by Councillor Barlow . Mr . Starge then addressed the meeting , avowing himself in favour of , and determised to support , each and all , of the measures enumerated in his address , given elsewhere . Mr . Surge ' s speech was . received with great enthasiasm . Mr . Thomas Clark proposed a resolution , to the effect that the Non-Electors approve of the resolutirn , inviting Joseph Stnrge to represent the Borough in Parliament , and pledge themselves to lend every assistance in promoting his return . Mr . Mason seconded the resolution , which was carried with but three dissentients . In -reply to a question from Mr . Clarke as to whether Mr . Sturge would Tote for the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones .

      Mr . Sturge said he was one of those men who publicly declared that we , -as Englishmen , were not justified in taking away the life of a fellow creature ; and he had no other wish hut to have all persons retnrned to this country who had been sentenced for faults committed through tyrannical opposition . With Tegard to the Poor Law , he was decidedly against u ; he deprpcated all law that made innocent poverty a crime . He would not only go for the Ten Hours' Bill , but with his friend Jonn Fielden , also if necessary for an Eight Hours' BilL After some other business tho meeting broke up at four o ' clock .

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      RECEIPTS BY GENERAL SECRETARY . CARDS £ . s . d . Snnderland — ... . *¦ ... 0 7 6 Newcastle 0 1 t Sonth Shields 0 0 3 Wooton-under-Edge 03 9 Gamberwell 0 0 G Lambeth ... 0 3 0 Long Qovan 0 15 0

      SUBSCRIPTIONS . Hull 0 4 0 BirmiDgkam , Peck Lane ... 0 2 6 Wooton-nnder-EJgc ... 0 4 0 CamberweU 0 16 City cf London 0 3 7 . Holseck , Leeds 0 2 0 Long Govan 0 5 0 FOR MIXERS . Prom the Chartists of Cnelsea , per Chippendale 0 6 2

      MISSIONABY FUND . Failsworth 0 5 0 Holbeck 0 12 9 VICTIM Fl'SD . Carrington 0 3 4 The last mentiontd Bum was omitted in Mr . O ' Con nor * s list of last week . T . M . Wbeeleb , Secretary .

      The Jforthesn Star.! Saturday, July 13, 1844. {

      THE JfORTHESN STAR . ! SATURDAY , JULY 13 , 1844 . {

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      ARISTOCRATIC INSOLENCE-THE DURHAM AUTOCRAT . " Wan , prond msn , Dress'd in a little brief authority , Like an angry ape , Piays such fantastic ) trick- ? before high heaven As make the a « ge : a weep . "

      In a recent number of the Star we gave a sort of semiofficial proclamation from that delectable fpecimen of the Corinthian order , Yane Londonderry , alias , ihe llimuis of Londonderry , addressed to the pkmtn laiely employed at " his collieries , but at present on strike against the oppressive treatment of " tis Lorasnip" and his worthv comroMues , the

      " ' Coal Kings" of xsorlhumberland and Darham . Thai l * proclamation" was accompanied by some seTire , but well-deserved , comments by our spirited contemporary , the Week !]/ Dispatch . We have this we « k to lay before our readers a second " decree " from the same sonrce : and before giving any remarks of our own we will give " his Lordsoip" all the benefit of oar wide circulation among his refractory " vassal * " who seem to have hitherto b « en " deaf to the voice of the charmer , charm he never so wisely . " We will insert at fall length the last precious production of his " hereditary" bighmigh : ines = > : — A NOTICS .

      To the l itmett of Penshcr , Rainlon nnd I'Ul ' xngloii CoH'erics , aiid the Workmen of the Marquis of Londonderry . Holdernesse House , Jnly 3 rd , 1844 . I one ^ more , and for the last . time , address yon . The moil deluded and obstinate vic ; ims of designing msn and crafty attorneys must now perceive ( after twelve wet-ks' strike ) that they cannot become iaasiers . and dictate i « ms to the coal-owners .

      Already ' iJa ' -iU men are employed ( principally strangers to the distric . 3 of Northumberliuia and Durham ) in hewing coals ; TGU sensible men have left the Union and returned to irork . The produce of their labour is 5 . 117 chaldrons per day . And with ibis positive fact before your eyes , aud With more ^ cranxers com . ng forward cai . y , is it possible the old , respec . sble , well-tbinkiri « Colliers can be so infatnated as to suppose , by s ' . ill standing om in rebellion , that they c-. n eonqaer their employers 1

      Pitmea ! 1 taj ^ in—1 conjure 3 ou , to loot upon the rain you sre bi-. u ^ in * : on you * wives , your children , jour county , and the country . In Ividve weeks more the collieries will be peopled by foreigners , and you will have neiiher ibeli » -r , protection , or work- While ij-. rais yel linic , Tcfl ¦« I ! I will gife you all , heretofore in my employment , ONE ilORE TRIAL . I have been amongst you , —I have reasoned , —1 have pointed out to you the folly , the mrsery , the destruction awaking you , by your stupid and most ] £ rsn « uiiion . 1 jjare you two weeks to concider tvbeiher jod vmn \< i . return to your work , before I proceeded to eject yea from your bouses . 1 returned

      to Fe-iirh-r , a ' : d I found you dogged , obstinate , and determined : —indifferent to my really paternal advice and kind feeling to the old families of the v \ ise and Tempest Pitmen who had worked for successive ages in the mines . I was bound to act up to my word , —bonud by duty to my property , my family , and station . I superintended then many pj-. cii-. ns , ii had no avail . I warned you next i would bring over workmen from my Irish ettates , L . nd turn more men out . You heeded me not . I have now bronxbt forty Irishmen to the pits : and

      1 will e've you all one more weck ^ s notice . Aud if by the 13 . h of this month a lar&s body ofay Pitjutn uo Kut reiurn to their labour I will obtain one huiidr ^ d moi e men , and proceed to eject thai number , who now are illegally and unjustly in post ' _ -s-ion of my bouses ; aud in the following week another hundred shall follow . 1 will be on the > poi myself : the c : ril and military power will be at Land 10 protect the good men and the strangers ; and you may reJy upon it tho majesty of the law , aiid the rights of property will be protected and preTail .

      Believe me , I am your sineere friend . Vans Londonderry . We have had to "screw our patience to the slicking point" to enable us to comment with anythinj ; like calmness upon the above infamous farrago of hypocrisy , insolence , and tyranny . He sets out by declaring that the men must now perceive that they " cannot become masters , and dictate TEE . US to the coal-owners . " He knows well that the men have never " dictated teems . " They

      have simply refused the unjnst and oppressive kl terms" propo&ed by the Coal-Kings / ' submitting ) in their stead , " terms" which by far the great majority of all-not interested in villainy , and "Who iavfi examined them , have long since been declared to be founded in ths stri ctest equity and honesty . Besides the men have okfeked to su » xit theib demands , versus the "terms" ofpebe » by the yyCTTrftS j TO THE DECISION OP A C 0 U 3 M OP ABilTRAtobs j irat this the masters have refused ,

      determined to " DICTATE TERMS" TO THE MEN bt stabvisg txeb { if they can ) into sdbinssioa I - , ¦ , . . He next , tells us of ; the number of men who , by bribery , - intimidation , and etarvation , have , been induced to work in the " pita . Of these it appears 766 are " sensible men" — " sensible" because they have " left the Union" J Tkis preciona Mabqtjis regards ireocherg as fiomelhiog highly praiseworthy while truth , hononr , and endurance are vices whioh he b determined to hunt down ; or at any rate the professors asd ptMtisera of them , This fellow pro-

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      fesses to be a Christian ; sits chcp . k by jowl in the House of Lorda with Bishop Bloomfield . i and would no doubt piously vote the exclusion of Byhon ' s statue from Westminster Abbey ; but , notwithstanding all this , Jodas was a fool to him . Judas betrayed but one : Vans Londondebrt doea bis best ta induce the betrayal of thousands ! The former villain repented him of his villainy ; but the latter worthy , there can be no doubt , would jump at the opportunity of out-Judasing Jcdas .

      He does not tell us how many of the 3639 men are boys ? how many are of all and every calling save that of pitmen ; how many belonging to those other trades and callings have been dragged to the pit , aid , under threatB of death by starvation , have been compelled against their feelings , and in spite of their protests , to take the places of the pitmen : all these explanations are omitted ; but if hell itself were raked , blacker villainy could not be

      produced than that now exhibited by the Monsters of the North in their efforts to fill the pits to the exclusion of the rightful and long-suiFering pitmen . But this would-be Autocrat talks of the me"h " standjxg out in rebellion" ! Does he assume then , the rights of royalty ? Ib he then , the government of the country ? that he has the superlative audacity to talk of men "REBELLING" against his authority ? Most vain and miserable mountebank !

      He next '' erijoins" the pitmen to look upon the " ruin" they are br inging on their wives , children , &o . Liar ! The ruin that is , or may be , wrought , is not their work , but the work of himself aud those like him ! He prates like a would-be patriot absut " country" forsooth : and , in the same breath , threatens that in twelve weeks more the Collieries will be peopled with " Foreigners" ! What ' will his friend the Emperor op all the

      Ruffians export him a few thousands of his Muscovite hordes 1 We shall see . Woe to them if they come ! Tha German Ocean , if we remember right , bounds Durham on the East . 'Tis broad enough , and deep euuugh , to hold tho desecrators of our Isle , bo they whom they may ! Ho warns Englishmen , who are threatened with an invasion of Foreigners , that they ( Englishmen ) will then have " neither shelter , protection , nor work" ! Be warned " my Lord" ! This threatened " exterminating system" looks rather Irish ! rather too Russian ! to nuit the air of

      England ! What ! no shelter ! no protection ! no food !! Somebody has 6 aid : " When the poor have nothing else to eat , they leill eat the rich ! " That was very near being put into operation within some men's r « collection 9 , in a country not very distant . Pcrhap 3 a repetition of that very terrible , but very necessary lesson , may not be far off ! Do not accelerate it . It will come soon enough for Bach as " your Lordship . " You will give your men " one more trial ! " Most magnanimous magnate ! Would that you had but " one trial , "—only one ; and the " Majesty" of Justice , not class-made " law , " in the ascendant !

      This "last of the Lord 9 , " - ( if he be not , tne more ' s the pity !)—reminds the pitmen of the waruingahe beftre gave th ? m , and winds up as fellows : — * I found you dogged , obstinate , and determined —indifferent to my reallv paternal advice and kind feeliugs to the old families of the Va . ne and Tempest pitmen , tcko had worked for successive ages in the Mines , [ iiark that . ] 1 was bound to act up to my word , —bound by duty to my property , my family , and station . / superintended then many ejections . It iia » no avail . I warned you next 1 would bring over workmen from my Irish

      Estates , and turn more men out . You heeded me not . I have now brought Forty Irishmen to the Pits : and if by tho thirteenth of this month a large body of my Pitmen do not return to their labour , I will obtain One Hundred more men , and proceed to eject that number , who are now illegally aud unjubtly in possession ot my houses ; AKD IN THE FOL-1 NG WEEK ANOTHER HUNDRED SHALL FOLLOW . I will bo on the spot myself ; ( he Civil and Military power will be at hand ; aud you may rely upon it iho majlst y of tue law , and thb RiGnTS cf PRoi ' tRiY will be protected aud prevail . "

      So , so ! In the above paragraph wo get at ihe " Foreigners" with whom his " Lordship" means to inundate tho county of Durham—tho "Foreigners' ' who are to deprive men , English bred and born , of their natural right to " protection , shelter , aud work . " Aid these '' Foreigners" turn out to be Irishmen ! We thought there was an end to the insult of " aliens in blood , language , and religion . " But no ! they are ttili , ia Lord Londonderry ' s mouth , "Foreigners " . ' . ' How flattered his poor Irish mercouarjes must feel , at this choice designation . A word to Irishmea . Niuo-tenths of the

      hostility formerly entertained towards Irishmen by the mass of the people of this country arose from the too well-founded belief entertained by the latter , that the former were the willing slaves of Capital , willing to work for any pittance , and never scrupling to undersell and underbid the English workers in ihe labour market . Caklyle has declared the competition of Irishmen " with mere strength of hand and back , willing to live in pig-hutch or dog-hutch and wearing a suit of tatters , tho getting off aud on of which , on saint-days and holidays , is a problem that would defy even Euclid"

      that the competition of such with the Saxon worker vvxio cannot , and will not , be brought to ~ uch hopeless degradation , is the " moDstor-grievanco" of England : and indeed we think him not far wrong . It has been the work of this paper , and indeed of the Chartist body generally , to endeavour by every moans to extinguish this bad feeling of Englishmen towards Irishmen . We have shewn the former that the latter would never have been here but ( or misgovcrnment and oppression in their own land : and that the only way to rid themselves of the demoralizing evils ot Irish competition , was , to assist their Irish

      brethren to the obtaiiiment of justice and good government at - home . Nor have we laboured in vain . Wo have created a spirit of union and fraternity between the two people which has taken deep root ; aDd the beneficial effects of which are already widely apparent . We implore , then , of Irishmen to do nothing which will tend to the retrogression of this good work . A continuous immigration into this country from theirs , we know is unavoidable , while the present system continues ; bat that is widely different to the direct influx of a body of Irishmen

      brought directly into the colliery districts for the special purpose of depriving Englishmen—tho legi timate workmen—of "shelter , protection , and work . " If this threatened system be carried out , we may be assured that the most dreadful consequences will result . It is not to be borne , that masses of Englishmen , their wives , and little ones , numbering upwards of sixty thousand souls , should patiently submit to be rendered workleas , homeless , foodless , by » horde of bonded slaves . It is unendurable : and will not be quietly endured .

      We implore , then , the Catholic Priesthood , the Protestant Priesthood , and the Repeal leaders , to use their influence to avert the horrors whioh already too visibly loon frightfully upon us in the dim future . These . thiee parties rule Ireland ; and may avert these horrors , if they wilL True , the Marquis of Londonderry may possibly be able to fill his pits . with mercenaries from his " Irish Estates " despite all exertions to the contrary ; but he is the exception , not the rale . The other "Coal Kings " have not ** Irish Estates "; and BupplioB for them may be prevented , if a righteous opinion be only brought to bear upon the question , by the parties we have named .

      It has been the fashion of late with ths popular leaders of Ireland , to gather together their forces with the cry of " Ireland Jor the ' Irish' * . It is a watchword wi'ich , in our humble opinion , is neither dignified by wisdom nor liberality , and has , we fear , bad not a little to do with the evoking of the equally senseless crj' on the other side of the Atlantic , " America for the Americans . " Now , we have no desire to Bee Philadelphia outrages re-enacted in

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      this country . Such a deplorable event would throw back the march of freedom for years . But who will say , if the threats of Londonderry be anything like generally acted upon in the North , that there will not be a * ' Saxon" edition of " Native Americanism" —articulating the cry of " England for theEnglish ? Heaven avert it ! Our readers , who may not enjoy the blessed privilege of living under the " paternal" sway © f the Marquis of Londonderry , may be desirous of knowing who his Lordship is . A few words will suffice , we doubt not , to satisfy the ourio&ity of all such . Ifc will be enough for them to know that this Autocrat op " all the Penshers , Raintons , and PiTTJNGTONs , "is nono oth « r than the successor and brother of that arch-miscreant , —

      " The never ( enough ) lamented Castlereagb , Whose penknife slit a goose-quill t ' other day !" " Can any good come out of Nazireth ? " Can justico , honour , humanity , or common sense be found emanating from such a stock \ Impossible 1 The present Marquis , as a red-hot Tory , was appropriately selected by the Peel Government in 1835 as the Ambassador from this country to the Court o [ St . Petcrsburgh . In such courts as those of the Russian desolator of Poland , and the Austrian tram pier upon Italy , he has contrived to add a finish to that education in the arts of despotism

      which his immortally infamous brother had taught him . He is also known in the "literary world" as the author of some despicable volumes of travels , so trashy that even Punch would disdain to pitchfork them into that tomb of oblivion , which has beeu thoir doom from the hour they first saw the li g ht . This is the " Noble Lord "—( we will not honour him with the name ef man)—who prates about being " bound by duly" to his " property , ' * " family , " aud " station , " to act up to his word—for what ?—to ejeot from their homes thu men and their families , whose forefathers he confesses have

      " worked for successive agea in the mines to produce him . wealth ; themselves becoming every year poorer and poorer ' , to add to his luxuries ; and all ihe while their own homes year by year becoming more and more bereft of even the commonest necessaries of life ! Mark the working of the present System I The wealth-producers " work for ages ;" and at the end of their work nnd themselves infinitely poorer than when they or their forefathers began . On the other hand , their tyrant " Coal King , " who most probably never saw the interior of a pit in his life ; who most certainly never hewed an ounce of coal in the whole course

      of his existence ; he revels in wealth ; lords it over his fellow men : assumes to

      be" The monarch of all he surveys 1 " and when his " REBELLIOUS" serfs demand but a modicum of justice , ho forsooth threatens them with extermination ! Ho will deprive them of " work , " " shelter , " and "protection" ! He will bring in " Foreigners" and root out the children of the men who fought at Cressy , and conquered at Adncourt !

      " How long by tyrants shall the earth be trod V 110 for one hour of " - *—No matter—Tyleb sleeps , and Hampden is no more ! but the spirit of the SaXON &hall yet wako again ! Our readers will observe that throughout this precious document of " his Lordship ' s" he is constantly reiterating , " my property , "" collieries , " " my houses , " &o ., &c . ; no doubt with the viow 0 ! impressing upon the pitmon his stern resolve to " do what he likes with hia own . ' Nay , he even adds " ihy pitmen" ? Why not say " my slaves" ? Talk ot slavery indeed ! Well may the Americans fling

      back in our tteth tho taunt of " slavery "! How infinitely proferablo is the life of a " Carolina nigger , " to that of a "free-born Briton , ' i . abundantly proven by Londonderry's proclamation . No Georgian , would be permitted to deprive his slaves of " shelter" and " food . " No Virginian would bo allowed to tear the 9 iok and tho aged from their habitations ; drag infant children aiid women in tho last stage of female tribulation from their beds , to lie in ditches , or by the road-sido ,

      there to offer up their piteous appeals to heaven , — but too lax in its vengeance , —or bring forth their little ones with no bed but the earth , no covering but the sky J THAT , ye British slave-drivers , could not . would not , be dono in Amorica ! THAT is done uiiiii ! " His Lordship" prates about his " family ¦; " his " station . " What the first if , wo havo already told ; what tho las ! may be the future will uufold . A British Parliament once voted the " Hereditary Incurables" a " nuisance , " " useless and dangerous , " and therefore to be dispensed with . What has been may be again !

      But to return to " my property . Tno doctrine has . been advanced of late years that ' * Property has its duties as well as its rights . " This , however , is hfturoiioxy to "Lord Londonderry . " It is ' nt his " doxy . " HE knows nothing about " duties , " save the * ' outy" he owes to himself" The good old wny , the titnple plan , That they should take who li . ivt ; tho poicer , And they should keep who cau . "

      Very well . If "his Lordship" recognises no "duties , " no will recognise no " rights . " We will do more ; wo will inquire into the FOUNDATION of his ALLtGEn " riguis , " and we pledge ourselves to prove that neuhor Ac-nor his " order , " has either " lands , " " collieries , " " housus , " or any other description of " property , " to winch tht . y have any " right "; that all ho , or they have inherited , or hold , has been acquired by force and iiaud—by wrong and robbery . If this insolent Aristocracy throws down the gauntlet , wo will throw away tho scabbard . It they threaten " extermination , " we will proclaim " tint principles . " Tho result ,

      " Come it slow , or conic irfast , " is not doubtful I A ' ttoW words in conclusion . To tho Aroencai Reformers wo appeal to read Londonderry ' s proclamation . Lot thtm publish it through the length and breadth of the Union . It will teach the Americans tlw blessings of landlouojsm ! They may loast of their Republican institutions ; they may brag of their . " star-spangled banner" ; they may " calculate" they can " lick all the world " , the " Britishena" included ; but assuredly as like oauscs will produce like effects , so will THE FATE OF THE DURHaM NTMhN BE THAT OF THEIR children , 7 inlcss they root out the Oligarchy of the soil . Up then Americans ! " Up and at them 1 "

      To the working classes from Johu o'Groats to the Laud ' s End , we earnestly appeal to come forth in their strength , club their pence , pour in their pounds , by hundreds and thousands , if need be , to save their brethren from the tender mercies threatened by Londonderry . To the Trades we specially appeal . What some of the Trades of Sheffield and some other places are doing—nobly doing , locally , let all do generally . Give your pecuniary support to the men of Northumberland and Durham , and LoNDONDERRr and his comrogues may yet be defied .

      . Lastly , to the Chartists ; to the great democratic party of England and Scotland , we most earnestly ' appeal to rouse from their apathy ; to wipe away the ' stigma which now attaches to them . They are the , sovereign party . Let them show their strength . Londonderry tells the pitmen that he has the " Civil and Military power" at Mb command ; and that by bludgeon and bayonet he will uphold the w Majesty of the Law and the Rights of Properly , " i . e . the " Majesty" of legalized fraud and legalized

      robbery- ; that he will drive them from their homes , and massacre them if they offer resistance ! To do this the pblice force , and the soldiery , fed , clo ' tfied , paid by you , are his instruments i Could he do this if you had the Charter ? Blush countrymen , that one Jwur has been wasted in division or in apathy blush for the past ; but yesolve and act for the future . Put forth your giant energies and swear on your country ' s altar , never to cease your efforts until the Bights ot ' Labour are triumphant , and lordly bri gandism trd fnpkd in the dust I

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      other distinguished persons , and which has reeeived from the Government , upon certain conditions , the pro * mise of a royal charter . Two of the noblemen whom we have named , the Marquis of Normanby and Lord . \ snloy , visited some of the worst localities ia the metropolis , not loDg ago , in company with Dr . Soathwocd Smith , and verified by personal inspection tha accumcy of the frightful statements contained in Dr . Smith ' s report to the Poor Law Commissioners . They saw enough , we believe , to make them feel that some measure for improving the dwellings of ths working classes is one of the most urgent wants of the present time . Dr . Soutawood Smith is also on the committee of the proposed association , and his name is a guarantee that it will accomplish whatever benevolence the most persevering and enlightened can effect

      The plan proposed is admirable , and can hardly fail to succeed . The object is to put it in the power of every man living by honest industry " to procure a comfortable , cleanly , and healthy habitation , at & rental not exceeding the amount at present paid . " Thia is to be done by a Baikiiug ^ ssottation , "which eh&ll eiect houses provided with drainage , water , and the means of ventilation , and containing every condition which Parliament might prescribe in a Building aud Drainage Ack Nothing can be better established than that the rents now obtained from the working classes weald pay , and more than pay , for habitations every way unexceptionable . The prospectus to which we have referred contains a mass of carious details on this subject From

      a paper in the Journal of ( he Statistical Society , it appears that , in 1840 , upwards of 5 , 000 families were visited in the parishes of St . Margaret ' s and St . John's , Westminster , and were found to pay , on an average , in round numbers , a lent of three shillings a week . Hardly any paid less than one and sixpence , and the greater number paid two and sixpence . The average rent of nearly 1 , 460 families in the inner ward of the parish of St . Goorge , Hanover Square , was considerably higher . The families visited m both , cases belonged , of course , to the working classes ; uad three fourths of the whole occupied only one room Now , it is perfectly evident that the five thonaand families in Westminster , or any otber five

      thousand similarly situated , paying , in weekly shillings and half-crowns , an annual rental of £ 40 , 000 for wretched lodgings , might be provided with . good and healthful habitations by judicious management , without increase of expense . The bouses at present bailt for , or applied to their use , are of the worst description , and yet are let at rents the most exorbitant in proportion U their value . It is difficult , if sot impossible , to correct v thia by legislation . The provisions of a Building Act are apt to be eluded by thedishonesty of speculators , or set aside as impracticable by their ignorance . The proposed association will ehow what can be done upon the ordinary principle of providing good habitations for the poor , at a . fair Value ; and for this purpose a capital is t » bo raised in shares , and

      the return upon it is to be limited , by charter , t © four per cent . The liability of shareholders is also to be limited , by charUr , to the amount of their shares . The plan thus holds out no temptation to those , who look for profit ; but , on the other hand , ifc will not impose on those who may joui it a considerable sacrifice . It is a scheme formed upon the principles of the truest benevolence , because its ohject is to enable the working classes to provide better for themselves . Tue estimates and plans which accompany the prospectus plies in a very clear light the practicability of erecting bnildings , airy , comfortable , well drained , and wcl supplitd with water , at a cost which would enable excellent apartments to be let at rents certainly not greater thin those now paid by the ¦ working classes .

      This plan is simple , and likely to be productive of the most beneficial consequences ; whether it be considered a preparation for , or an auxiliary to , sanatory legislation , it is equally valuable . It is , in fact , calculuted to work , by the most gradual means , a revolution in the physical condition of the working classes . When once its practicability has been shown by experiment , and ita advantages felt , the example sat in the metropolis will be copied in every large town in tbe kingdom . There is a peculiar reason at the present time why some such plan should , with all convenient speed , fce put in operation in London . We are every day opening new Btreeta through districts inhabited by the poorer classes . We are knocking down

      by scores the tenements in which they have hitherto found shelter , in order to build houses for those who have wealth . What becomes of the population thus dislodged ? They are driven into other unhealthy localities where they compete for tbs miserable abodes still accessible , and aggravate all the evils previously existing . Oar metropolitan improvements are , therefore , no imprevements so far as the poorer population is concerned . St . Giles ' s is at this moment in process of being opened by new streets , and the wholesomeness of the region will no doubt be improved ; but the improvement will be effected by driving many hundreds away to abodes 03 close , filthy , and infectious as those which have just been pulled down .

      A metropolitan Bociety for providing improved dwellings for the industrious classes ha 3 nov therefore appeared until it was much needed ; and fta importance at the present time will be felt by all who take the least interest in the wtlfare of the working classes . We have never seen a « y scheme of a benevolent natnre more likely to attain txttnsive good ; and the excellent and distinguished persons under whose sanction it comes before the public , will , we have no doubt , before long ebjoy the satisfactiou of seeing it completely suoce ? eful . Amen ! say we . So be it ! and not before it is wanted !

      It is true , too true , that no care has been taken by the hearties speculators , who have hitherto had the providiag of homes for the workers , to provide even the most ordinary of accommodation , or secure the mo 3 t common of comforts : while , as tho writer truly state ? , rent 3 the most exhorbitant have been demanded and exacted . There can be no doubt , that the same amount of rent would purchase the use of dwellings fitted up with every convenience suiting the station of the class of occupiers , and

      affording even superior accommodation , were the workingclasses dealt honestly by , and no advantage sought to be taken of their defenceless position . Aud if this Society will but act out its profession—if it will let benevolence prompt its measures—if it will be content with four per cent , on its capital , and expend tha , t capital judiciously and wisely in tho erection of comfortable HOMES , not barracks ; if it will do but this , it shall have our hearty support , and with all fervency shall wo wish it God speed !

      We trust the promoters ot' the society will farom ua with its Prospectus , that we may be able to judge of the plan somewhat more in detail , and enable our working class readers to understand it also . They are the parties for whose benefit the scheme is propounded : they have therefore a manifest interest in learning what tha full nature of tbe scheme is .

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      Nathaniel Guarien , Monaguax . —We have not ro-in for hi b essuy . James Heilewell , Heponstall , —We presume vh . it tbe vestry cierk . he speaks of , bus been appointed by , and holds office under a select vestry , chosen according to law . If so , any salary they may apportion him must b 3 paid out of the poor-rates . It certainly cannot ba paid cut of the " Yicar ' s-rate . " Is the parish in " Union" ? i . e ., have the PoorLa * Commissioners laid tcuir paw on it ? . Lewis Pilsbury , who lute Stafford in the close of the year 1839 , and wao af : er wants resided at Bolton , is requested to Coinmuuicite his address to Mr . W . Pepiow , Friar-street Staffoid . . ¦ Mrs . Elms acknowledges three shillings , received from Mr . Julian Hurney . Framewohk-knitteks , Nottingham—No room for

      the Kultid aud Kt ^ umtiuus this week . Allen Davenport—H « cwved . A Stone Mason , Bikkenhead— Received . JOHN Gaesett , Keighlky—We distinct ;? remembef receives ihe notice tie speaks of and giving it into tho Pi inter ' s hands . If it did not appear we cannot account fnr it . . W . Damells—We Eball be happy to hear ( from ni « on all occasions , when leisure will permit him te communicate . He will see that we have made good use

      of one of his inclosures . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of 64 from Mr . Thornton for the Miners ' Association . Dubcan Nicholson , Glasgow . —Newspapers can w posted in England , Ireland , and Scotland , to an ? portion of the three countries , at any age , provimBs they ate not marked , and are made np so as tole aj " the ends open . When sent abroad , they must not oe more than seven days old . Boikgs op the Coal Kings . —A correspondent writing from Castle Eden says , " the Coal KjnjP of coeir

      not content with turning the men out houses , have even deprived tbem of tD 6 PnY r ^ of meeting for public worship ; having turned tno chapel into a barratk for policemen and sped ** conetablea . Instead of preaching the place n now desecrated by midnight revels of tne mow disgusting character . " Our Corres pondent aaos that numbers of the honest working men Bavo been taken to Durham gaol-some for laugh » i » f ottmiB . ior etandins intfaestreet . Men b «« . * JS ouund stabbedt . and dragged to prison wit * »« clathest entirely torn off them by these ^ cn&pei lodged ruffians .- s When will the end coma }

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      tOB THE EXECUTIVE . . B . dr From W . Fraughfcon ? 9 From a Democrat ,. Chepatow * ^ From Wm . Routledge FOR THE DEFEKCE FOND . ^ F , iom Jarvie , Mansfield ... FOIt THE VICTIM FUND . ^ From Wm . Routledge .,, ,.. •« »• , Ti , !?

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      BIKal ^ G « A 3 i Exitrn os . —li bav ' ra g become known at tie iauex viid 0 : ihr IjlsI wet-k , that one o ; th-BorsusiXiTLcmbi . r ? v-zi Ge : iC , ana ihs : a fresh eltctif-: i most coKStquriily t- ^ ic- place , the Cb . s . r ; i = t . s w ; -ie Ttsolvi d tLa : they would be fully represented in ' Lc leaner ; and as Foon as it was made ^ aeial ' v known who ihe eaBdicisTcs were , the following fun-.-mnnieatfoBS pas-ec b-tween Mr . T . Clfirk ar . d in . "Wheeler , ihe general secretary of the lNaiicn . ii Charter Association . Birmingham , Friday Evening . Deab ^ HSELraj— A vacancy having oecurtd ic the TeprtscntatiuD 01 j ^ rmiii ^ ham , through tie dezxh . of Joshua , Srbolcfeid , Ef q , 1 thus !; « of we first in . poriai . ee thai mv brother mtnibers of thr

      Estcutive Connartice Fhculd give tbeir opinion as 10 howih ^ Charttt bocy o : this town ought to aci ia the E 23 n-er . There are vhree cauiidaics t iTsriui ; themselves : Mr . Spooner , a Tory ; ilr . "Wuu * lei SchelsE . ld , son to ii-e deceased member , a " sore of "Whi 2 Itacical ; and Mr . Joseph Siurge , v ; h . o comes -crat lor the whole six poiuts of the People ' s Charier . Hovr , in icy opinion ve cc ^ ht eoj to rtmain ; i £ urra ! orinacpTe ; tut as Mr . Jsiurge has pied £ ea himself i . 0 o : it principles , to go to work aj once , and reader iim all the support in our poww . His reiarn to Parluuseut vronld be a grea-i irminph of principle over baredicsd Toryism , and tbe no Sess dangerous , thoush : ' ar Its * honest , principle of Whiggery . ExjpectiEg a specey answer , 1 remain fsithiuliv ' yccrs , Thomas Claiik

      ME . TTHEELEB S -OSWEB . J ^ ondon , July 6 ih , J& 44 . Deab Clabh .. —Yon inquire the opinion of yonr irotiitis of the Erecative relative to the coarse to ie pursued In Birsaughani regarding the vacancy in the PailiaiDEniaxy representauon of that to-yrn , * an = ed iy ihs demise of one of its late members . It appears that the candidates are Mr . Spcocer , a Tory ; 21 r . j § sboifcfitid , a Whig Radical ; and ^ Mr . jS-urgo , a prviessor of ths Chartist ereed . I penectly Agree with you thzi it would be nevrise 10 remain Bfcutril . Aa election in an important town like JBirmujgu&in cannot be allowed to take place wishcui the principles of the zaorement ( oar own price ' } - pie * . } beiag faliy developed before the public mind . If Mr . Starge In his addres and in his ^ anv a ^ s will fully identify almsdf wi . h the principles of

      goverajnent tabedied in the Charter ; if he *? ill make ihan Lls passport to success or defeat , thec , I say yally sxouEd the principles of which he . will be tie representative , and exert your every energy to bring ihe straggle to a successful i £ rue : but if i-hose principles are only pat forth as deooy < iucks 'to litre the Chartist votes ; if , . as "in the ease of Jlr , fiiaborne as the late Nottingham , el ^ etion , "they are lobs made icere bastings rpHeinera , scarcely able to outliTs the few brief days ttftht election contest , and nttefly nnible to breathe jHoB epfltajaiaatea atmosphere of St . Stephens ; tbtn I BayVbaTe nothing 10 do wiih the profeesar , but star * a man on your own account , and spite of the can * about "Injury to the popnlar canse , poll U > "ihe last man . Thus . Trill jon be vindicating onr principles and exposing the hollow-hewrtednesfl of false 1 w orshippers at the shrine of liberty , lours jrnly . - - - - T . Ji , Wheeleb , Secretary N , C . A .

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      THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT ; AMENDED . One of the main features of the stiff , stern unyielding New Poor Law , is gone , and the monster now presents iitgelf in rather a less forbiding shape . That portion of the measure , which , at first blush , appeared the ! most harsh , cruel , and unjust , has been altered ; has had to give way before the humane feeling of the country ; and the victim of heartless guile is now no longer to be left to struggle alone in disgrace and poverty for tho support of the offspring of seductive art .

      The Bastardy Clauses of the Great Boon" are repealed ! and in their place are substituted others more in consonance with the common dictates of justice and humanity . No longer is every unfortunate to be treated as an abandoned character ; left without the means of compelling support for her chil' ^ until poverty makes her " chargeable to the parish" but [ she is restores back nearly to the position she occupied before the enactment of Malthubtan mercy . She has again a power , by law , to compel the ; " putative father" to contribute to the support of the being he has been the means of placing in her arms .

      It is true that the mother is left to do this of herself , without laid from the parish or any other " authority . " i She and her friends will have to begin and carry on the legal battle . But still she has now the power . Th * . t is restored to her . On application to two magistrates in petty sessions , and oath made that Squire Ruin-all or John Chopstick ( as the case may be ) is the father of the child , backed by some " corroborative" testimony , an " order" may be made on the putative father to allow the mother 2 s . 6 d . a-weeki for the maintainauce of the child , until it is thirteen years of age : aud if such amount is not rogularly paid the delinquent can be sent for three months to the House of Correction .

      In the Bui as originally introduced , the time allowed to the , mother for making such affiliation was within six months after birth . Ou the representation of Mr . T . S . Doncombe , to the Home Skchbtaky , that such period was far too short , — for a designing man could easily induce his poor victim to remain inactive by a mere promise of marriage , —it has been extended to twelve months ; and at the instance of Mr . SxtWAUT Wortley , a proviso is added , that at any other period , after the expiration of the | first twelve mouths and before the child arrives at tho age of thirteen , the mother may be allowed to affiliate , if she be able to show that during the first year the " putative father" has contributed money for the child ' s support .

      Now , though : this is far from being such a state of law with respect to Bastardy as justice and morality demand , yet it ia an immense "• innovation" on the . sacred PRINCIPLE of the " great » oon" ! It is ain amendment of tho amendment paroxcellence . It is the wsdge : it is introduced ; when driven home , as it assuredly will be , it will tear the doubly ! accursed measure to tatters . ! Why , in the name of common sense , is the poor victim of man ' s jbrutal lust to be left to fight her own battle in the Magistrates' Court ! Why is she to be left exposed to constant contact with the parky who haa ruined her prospects in life , and made her the scorn and byeword of the world ! Why is she left

      herself to obtain , or not , from her deceiver , the " pay" ordered to be paid by the Court , just as he may be disposed ? And why h it left to her to complain if he withholds such sums , and seek his incarceration ? In the name of justice , why are these things to bo so ? Is it not evident that the poor covfiding woman , will , under such circumstances , be a mere plaything in the hands of the heartless scoundrel ; and that the forward and the shameless will alone receive the full protection of the law ? ft is manifest { that a third party , clothed with power , ought to interpose between the all-but defenceless woman and her seducer , and sternly demand that the claims of justice be fully f-atibfied .

      Still , defective as the present amendments of the Bastardy Law are , thero is cause to be thankful for the concessions made by our Malthusian governors , especially when we call to mind what the law was ! and it only remains for the people , who have by tho force of public opinion , compelled the present concessions , to continue to act on the rent of the " Boon , " until ; every iniquity it contains is thoroughly eradicated from the Statute Book . That can and niutt be doiio .

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      HOMES FOR THE WORKERS . At leiiRtb , and at long last , the attention of the better portion of the aristocracy and the benevolentminded of the middle-classes bus been directed to the miserable character of the dwellings of the toilers , whether situate in the great wen itself , in tho hives of manafacturing industry , or even in the rural districts of ouce " merrie England . " The revelations that havo been made by the inquiries into tbe condition of the labouring poor , whether conducted by the Poor Law Commissioners or

      Parliamentary Committees , ' are so horribly appalling—proveso conclusively that the class of producers are rapidly falling into the worst state of barbarism , as far as personal comforts , cleanliness , and health are concerned , that a feeling of self-preservation alone prompts many to faction , to ascertiiu whether tbe evil can po ? sib ! yjbe removed , or mitigated at all . Hence tho establishment of au Association , with objects and purposes set forth in the following important announcement extracted from the Chronicle of Tuesday : — !

      During the discussions on the F . ictory Bill , a variety of statistical statements were produced for the purpese of showing the injury , both to health aud morats , resulting frotn long hours of laoour . O 11 the otber hand , statements no less precise and authentic were brought forward to show the consistency of lona hours of labour with health and morals j and it was , as we think , conclusively proved that there Wtre facte . y districts free from 1 the evils attributed to the factory system , and districts without factories in which those evila prevailed to tbe mos t frightful extent . The disease , misery , and demoralization , the existence of which was unhappily too well established , were not

      the result * of any particular kinds of labour , out of cauHes which will bo found iu action wherever there ia a crowded and neglected population . For&most auiongai such causes , ia the condition of the dwellings of the poor . It would be difficult to exaggerate , the social evila which ; fliw from the crowding of human beings together in narrow , filthy , close , undrained , and ill-ventilated | habitations . The reports on the sanatory state of the labouring classes , and tbe evidence given before the Parliamentary Committee on the _ health of towns , disclosed facts connected with this subject whicf-i are perfectly appallin ? . We baveievideuce that hundreds of thousands ate living in damp ceUara ; that in every large town

      whole families are ^ frequently huddled together into a single room , adultaj of both sexes living in such a way aa to break down fevery feeling of decency or morality ; that houses are crowded together without a supply of water to answer any purpose of cleanliness , and without drains to carry off ; the filth which is constai . tly accumulating ; that the ; lanes and courts in which a large portion of the people live are found frequently to contain stagnant diteh ^ a , pools , and gutters full of putrifying matter , and ! uncovered sewers , which load the surrounding atmosphere with poisonous gases , keep constantly alive all the terrible varieties of contagious disorder , and gradually undermine the health and vital powers of those whom tkey do affect with acuie disease . i

      Legislation nponlthis snbject haa been postponed by the appointment of a Commission to inquire into tbe health of towns ; bat it was to be txpected that the report and evidence of the Commissieners would have appeared in time to allow of some steps being taken to remedy evils so urgent during the present session . That hope has passed sway . Tbe long-expected report of the Commissioners has not yet Been tbe light , and even if it should be published before the end of the session , theatate of the pubUo business putt out of the question the possibility of getting through : Parliament in the present year any measure relative to drainage or baild ^ ing in towas ,, even' of a preparatory nature . We are rejoiced to perceive , however , by a prospectus which Baa been sent to ubJ within the last few days , that a practical effort ia about to be made to eefc on foot a

      process of remedy for existing evils , which Will clear the way for legislation . &nd will be found an invaluable auxiliary in the working of any legislative measure which may be adopted hereafter . We allude to the scheme of "A Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of tlie Induatriooa Ciasses , " whioh has been commenced under the sanction of the Marquis of Normanby , Lord Ashley , Lord Pevon , Lord Morpe b , Lord F , Egerton , lord Ebrlngupn , and several

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      I THE NORTHERN STAR . July 13 , 1844 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 13, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1271/page/4/