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PRA 2 CCE .-" We tSiP the fol-tywinr ecniihe ?! i « - « n thf > "P » -i = ? 3 n pre ? 5 frotc the correjpondsnt of the WecMg Dispatch : In £ 0 fouzi'rjin ; he worjd has tee public pre-.- - jnide sach iaitcen ? e and rapid prospers during a period of fourteen Jt -ar ? , as in Frar-ce . Immediately after- " tfcs ~ "Revolution of 1330 , jonmalisra sjt rscsed ihe&fteniJop of all c ! ss ? & ;^ fT-be community . Joint stock ecmpan 5 e > were founded , for the purpose # f siar-: iE £ aew political periodicals ; and the shares jn those enterpnsss wtre as greedily sought after as Ihose of raSways in England , a few years ago . The constitution of the Pies in Prance merits zLtrention , for it is that pr # ss which no * onlr represents the sentiiaeiits professed bj ^ Tea $ statesmen , " but alS 0 > min » ex&ies tb * ftpiaioas tbemsel-Fes of Jhoee men . When
sn ex-minister is anxious to retnrn to power , and gees an opportunity at hand , he publishes hi 3 view 3 and intentions in the journal . that jervssaB iis or ^ an . His ** profession of f&ith" is thus announced to ths public i and he eanYasses , as it were , for the post of Minister almost in the same ' - waj . as he canvassed for ibatqfDepnty . ; In spite of ^ be severe laws which were enicted ajfainii the press immediately after the Fleschi affair , the newspapers aiabold , and in many jasUncesife&rleES . Those laws . were ineti toted as jnneh to Pat down the clamours of vhe party adhering to the exiled family of Bourbon , as to suppress tba doctrines and proceedings of " the ^ RapubKcans . A French newspaper may say any thine " against _ touis
Philippe ' s measures ; but musv . not utter a word against hia right to the Crown . This ia the King ' s tender point . Re would £ ive half his fortune w > be enabled to ^ tyle himself " » legitimate monarch j "and jet , if he were wise in ihi 3 point of -new , he woiola rather he ihe . eleeted sovereign of the people's choice , than the sovereign enjoying power by hereditary right . a ! one . He , however , &noir $ fall well th * t be has forfeited all claims upon- the support of tbe . j people j , aid ' he is , iherefore , anxious to base his j throoa upon the Bame foundations which . support so many others in Europe— -legiamaey , -aristocracy , and i hnhdreds pT thousands of bayonets . But , to . return to the French press . The Notional was long the staunch and ical of ihB
, daring ,- log representative j B ^ p ublican party . - At the deatk ot ihe celebrated > Armsnd Carrel , it degenerated in Ulent- jums , and ) honesty- and , under the editorship of M . Bastide , it j has become a violent partiz % uof those who are for war j with England . The £ e / ormewasaccordinKlystafted j under the auspices of > L Arago , and M . Ledru-j Boliin : and this journal is a firm , consistent , and " talented expression , of ihe democratic system . It proelaimaitself the friend of the poor * nd ibe oppressed ; Is advocates the o » BB 8 of the jniBinns against thefe * ^ ft boldly asserts the excellence of the form cf , jo-Ternmeirt ( with a few amendatioas ) adopted in the United States « f America , and labours to convince its opponents that Republicanism is no lev ger a
theory , but a stern ,, - visible , and intelligible trnih . TheConstituiumnel , which is the organ of JL Thiers , was gradually declining in circalation , in can jequenee of its opposition , to the English allianee , which is popular wiih all the thinking portion of t je community . The services of M . Eocene Suo were obtained : he received * retaining fee of £ 4 , 000 ( 100 , 000 francs ); and tha tale of " The Wandering Jew" ( is Juif Errant ) cemmenced . Sixteen thousand new subscribers were thus obtained . La Presse , the representatiTe « f Count Mole and the moderate ConservatiTes , bargained for that popular tale ; bat the or ^ vn of it . thiers outbid it by & few thousand francs . The Jtamai £ ez Dcbais * the representative of xhe
Court , and snpporter of any Ministry which Lonis Philipp ' e may cboose to select , is a newspaper of immease talent . Like The Times of London , its political proflijtacy is "well known ; but it nererthel « ss retains an immense number of sabseribers and exercises a T * st inflaence , in consequence of the excellence of it 3 management , the accuracy of its foreign iatelligence , the erpence it goes to in obtaining tha -earliest information npon all matters , its literary and theatrical criticisms ( condneied by Jules Janin ) , and its intimate acquaintance with England and all things English , Tne Sieele is the leading jonrnal , in respect to circulation in Prance , Its politics are Tery liberal , and it represents the small section in the Chamber of Deputies , headed by Odillon Barrot . The influence by this newspaper is immense 3
for It is the ** domestic one , ' » s it were—the one ¦ which IS iannA IE all fainili * s . There is a periodical entitled . La Revue Independante ^ edited by Georges Sand ( the Baroness Dudevant ) , and Repubiicin and Pantheistical in principles . It iacuteates the doc trines of universal eqaality and agrarian justice , and rapports the system of the Atheist—or rather Pantheist , Spmot * . I need scarcely say that its articles exhibit the -wonderful talent which the masculine-minded woman who conducts it infuses into all her writings . 1 shall return to the subject of the Paris press on a future occasion . The priests have begun to denounce the ** Wandering Jew , " and to eujain their congregations not to read it . Ita attacks npon the priesthood , and masterly exposure of the Jesuits , menace the Roman Catholic faith throughout Europe with total ruin .
CossfQCEjfcx op Middle- Class Btm—The JSefenae staves tbat % be Ftate of manufactures in 2 vorttaudy is most deplorable . Amongst the disastrous facts which demonstrate to what a state of distress both masters and operatives are reduced , the state of the Rouen mannfactaref gives a melancholy contradietionto the shameless eoDeetors of statistics of onr over-inereadpg prosperity . At this moment the master cotton-spinners of that city , to the number of 300 or 400 . have agreed to shorten the period of labour of their operatives by one-third , -until the month of March nextthat is to say , that during fire months , the week , as far as regards 65 , 000 operatives , shall consist of lour days instead of seven . Let us hear the excuse of
these masters . They assert that the foreign markets are closed against them . Their stores are overstocked , notwithstanding the considerable consumption in Algeria . The names are mentioned of some house * which have from cne to two millions ' -worth of manufactured cottan on h ^ nd . la order to » -roid absolute ruin w themselves , and likewise the necesaqr for dismissing their operatives , the manufacturers have but one resource—the reduction of onethifd of the . hours of labour . But have they diminished- their luxuries I Hare they diminished one-third of their unnecessary expences I Let the operatives of Rou « n give t © a petition for inquiry the support of their numbers and of their sufferings . Let th j masters themselves protest against our system of political economy , of which they avoid the conseqaences by throwing them on the o&erativea .
SPAIN . Madrid , Kov . 6 ih . —The Clamor PQblico makes it & reproach to the Cortes that not a single member has yet dared to rise to complain of the usurpations and excesses committed by the Government , and sayB that-the reason is , that the depniies are the Tery humble servants of the Government . ** The prisons , '" E * js the same piper , " are gorged with miserable prisoners—Spanish blood is spilt on the-sc * S » ldnumerous victims all nnder the mnrderona and libmj-killing Ehots of assassins—desolation and mourning reign ererywhere ^ -miEery is destroying we people . Fraud , persecution , and immorality are We order of the day , and all the horrors of the diss&lntion of society accompany the disenssion of the reform of Ae code of 1837 , and enable Di to preside the fa » which will be ours on the day "when that «> BRitntion is destroyed . "
It is grated in seme of the Madrid papers that General Prim iB seriously unwell in prison , having teen attacked with a Bevere nervons illness . None of his friends are allowed to go near Mm , and he is not allowed the slightest communication with any ooa but the agents of Government . Tbe Command-* Bt Alberni ,-wbo was tbe person who was induced to brinjfthe charge against General Prim , h » s been rewarded for his infamy bj a valuable colonial appointment . None but rogues succeed under the pre-Bent Spanish regime . The Eco del Comtrcio says that orders have been seat by General Narvaez to the Captains-General * I the ' provinces , giving any of Jhem full liberty to dei-3 « e the provinces in a state of siege if they should ££ d it convenient to do so .
GERMANY . The Cologne Gazette v ( the 12-Ji inst , states that » e late nots in Bohemia had not a political cause , pet that thay originated in the excessive taxation naposed npon the people , as well a 3 the seignorial Privileges and other abuses . The Cologne Gaxetie Etate 3 , that forty-eight lines of railroad have been proposed in Prussia , extending O * tr aep&ee of 641 German miles , since tbe 1 st of * be present momh . The « apital expended on the «? es alrtady opened amounts to 35 , 551 , 143 crowns . Tne roada in construction reqnire a capital of » . 619 , 5 [/ 0 crowns . The roads projected will require * «* pil&l of 68 , 000 . 006 crowns .
POLAND . The Augtburg Gazelle of toe lOlh inst . states ,: £ «!«> many arrestB hare been l » tely made * t \ "arsaw that the city resemblas a town in a state of aege .
ITAXY . . betters from the Romagoa state lhai » plot ha * i ^ endiscovered , the object of "which was to liberate ] « e political prisoners confined in the Castle of St . j - ^ The Pope seems to hvre taken a leaf oat of we book of Qaeen Christina , with whom he has 16 recentl y become reconciled , on the subject of state PSstoers . Fifteen prisoners had arrived at Bologna Jk ° nj the Pope was sending to Algiers , after having j *«> fried ud found not guilty . The Pope , how- 1 ¦*•* , like his good allies in Spain , finds it necessary ! » set rid of the innoeent as well &e the guilty , j ~* ° e does not scruple as to the means by wbicn he ; d&esit . I
. *?* - CALurrrous Flood at Floiiesce . —The fol-«« rn , g account is given by an eye-witness : —'" . The *** began on the 3 rd , and continned nearly the foole oay during tbe ntghi it mcreased , and fell in j ™« continued torrent . Early on Sunday morning •*« alarm was given that the Arnowae inundating *•* town , and in about half an boar ail the lower
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parts of Florence were six and eeven feet deep i n water ; m > sudoea was the rush of Tra ; er that thr ^ rt wa ^ barfily time to take the horses out of the stabii-s " , aixS several were crowned . Tno .= e persons -wb-J wers in the streets ru 3 hed into the houses » and many who were in the churches -were obliged in staj * th ? r « rill tbe followinir morn ' ms . la Sxr / a Croce -here wtfte ; wo ises of W 2 ier , and the P iza \ was inundated to ibe depth of teu feet . All thi j jiappi aed between seven and eight o ' clock ; Ma ^ y arson ' wno slept oti the ground floors were awoke by the rraier fordlii ? o ?? n the wiadosvir or dojra . A . il this while the Arno kept rising—windew ^ , cba ' , ^ tables ^ piotares , in short , every article of Tumi- ^ re ' eame whirling" past in tho torrent . At ten o ' c ) & * * ' tremendous
crasn waa heard , the npper irou feidge had jyven way , and ihe whole troodvrory ; gr ^ c ame d ^ Mng past the Ponte Veeehio , ivher <» , ^ q jewellers havd their shops f it was expected e ^ s « v moment to be carried « wa ^; bat luckily i resisted the shock . The consternation was st i ' height , ibr here was amotherioqairingfora chj ^ here a father asking for his son -, the rain still fa i ^ in torrents , no boats to be had—all carried aw : > y % At last two were procured , and rafts were m- ^ to succour those parts of the town that were i jwsdated . Sereo persons were drowned in the f itratg . At 2 p . m ., tbe Arao oe ^» n to subside , still' j a ^ ne could et to the inuu * dated quarter ; more ^ two-thirds of the town * were without bread , ¦ && no } jelp reached them UU It to
evening . was C j ^ dfai hear the cries of Bread I bread I * ftion , tije streets that were inundated . At last th » j ^ aftg were aD ] e t 0 t& ^ bread In many BtreetB' . tsiote from the centre they were from Saturday 3 * ei > jog till Sunday night without food . All the oellars are full of water j all tbe merchandise in y ^ donane rained ; shops have been completely ^ cl acred ; a pietnre dealer found but * mass of sand a jus shop , all else b wept a way . At the Caserne » , h « hares , & < 5 M have been drowned , and the walks , 4 ^ ,, ruined . In the country it is much worse ; wf j ^ towns are under water , and without food . It rt ? as incessantly , and another flood is expected ev ety day . No English have perished . Tbe streets ire still full of water . The damage at the donane alone is estimated at 2 , 600 , 000 lire ( above
¦ La * / kr Nkws . — "Lettera from Florence of the 8 th » x « filled with details of the disasters OCCV kod jA by the flood , which had not ceaEett by the tin- j « the latest accounts left . These letters state ^ M the wire bridge ontside the g 3 te of St . Nicholas v rts not the only one carried away- Tne beautiful Poat-a-Gieve and several others have also been carried away . The provinces of Cassentino and of ! Arerzo have greatly suffered . The roads to Foriy ; and to F »« nza * r © nnder water . The little to wn i tilled Borgo San Lorenw is also submerged . The ! inhabitants of Florence were for two days confined 1 by the water to their hanses , without the possibility i of any assistance being given or food conveyed to ihem . On the 7 th the rain continued to fall , and I further damages were looked for .
SWEDEN . Stockholm , Not . 1 . —For some time past we have had nntnerous street robberies and hurgiaries . Ttte magistrates are considering how to improve the nightly watch in the city . Nov . 3 . —Great sensation has been caused here by the declaration of insolvency presented to the Sweabourg tribunal by the well-known Baron Norden . Both tbe debts and assets amount to large sums . Baron Norden ' s debva » tb stated at 600 , 000 doU&IS , and the assdts at 8 JO , 000 .
I 7 NITED STATES . LIVERPOOL , ThubsdaY . —Tbe Britbb and North American royal mail steam ship Acadia , Captain Harmon , arrived in the river » hortly after six o ' clock this morning . Horrible Steam-Boat Expl ' osjos . —Wb give tbe following from the New York Sun of tbe S « d in » L—It is with feelings the most aonte sad painful that we ncord tbe following fearfol disaster , and the lota of so many valuable lives . Tbe steam-boat Lncy Walker , CapUin Tana , left Looiaville for New Orleans on Wedre * d » y , croirdbd with passengers . Wben about four or five miles below New Albany , and ju * t before sonset , some part of ber machinery got oat of order , sad the
i engine v&s stopped in order to repair it . while en-, gaged in making tbe necessary repairs , tbe water in tbe ! boilers got too low ; : » nd about five minutes after tbe i -engine b&d eaaaed -working , her boilers exploded : wlta I tremendous Ti'denes , and horrible and terrific effect . ' The ftiploiion was np wards , and that part of boat above , the boilers was blows iBto thousands of pieces . Tbe : TJ . S . suag-boaf Ghjpher , Capt L B Dunbam , was about ' 200 yards distant at the time of the explosion . Capt . Danham v ^ s immediat « lj on the spot , rescuing those . in Use w&tet , and wittx bis cxew rendering all the aid in ' hispower . 1 The Lncy Walker was in the middle of tba river ,
and such -was tbe force of tbe explosion , that parts of tbe , boilers and the boat -was thrown on shore . Just after tbe explosion , the air was filled with human beings and ' fragments of bnman beings . One man was blown up fifty yards , and fell with such force as to go entirely : through the deck of tbe boat . Another was cut entirely i in two by a piece of the boiler . Many such hesrt-renC-! ius and sickening incidents occurred . ) B * fore Capt . X > aobam reached t 2 je place where the j Luey Walier was , ba saw a number of personB who i had been thioim into the tivet , drown . He bowever ; sared Use lives of * large unmber of persons by throw' ing tb « m boards and ropes , and pnlling them on his i boat with hooks . Immediately after tb « explosion , the i ladlw' cabin took fire , and before it had been conaoaaed , she sank in twslve or fifteen feet water . Ihut is pre-I sented the remarkable circumstance of a bo * t exploding ,
; burning , and siaking , all in the space of a few j minutes . Tbe screams and exclamations of the females , i and those trho were not killed , is represented as having j be « a distressing and awfuL We believe none of the females on botrd were injured—some , bowever , may : have been drownecL The books of the boat were ! destroyed , and of coarse it will be impossible ever to ' ascertain the names of or tbe number of those killed . j There were at least fifty or sixty persons killed and i missing , aad fifteen or twenty wounded—some . seri-, onsiy . c * pt . PuDham Itft the -wounded at New , Aib » ny , » ii of whom were kindly eared for by the hoi-; piiabla and humane ( StiKni of that town . Cipt ; Dnubatn deserves the thanks of the country for bis j hnmnnB and vigorous exertions to save the lives of , and i his kindness and attention to tbe sufferers . He ; stripped his boat of every blanket , sheet , and every , thing else Beeess&ry for their comfort .
i Mi . John Hixon and Mr . Henry Bebee , patsengers on ] the Lucy Wslkear , deserve notice for their coolness and j their efficient txertiens in saving the lives of drowning ipeisms . Tbe following * re tbe Biiue « of tbe dead , I missing and -wounded , so far as we have been able j to learn them . j Kitted and Missina . — Gen . J . W- P * - * ratn , of Rich-? monfl , Va-i Samuel M . Brown , Port Office Agent , of i Lexington , Ky . j J . B Cormick . of Virginia ; Charles ' Bonne , of Lonisville ; Phi . ip Wallis , formerly of Baltijmore ; Rebecca , daughter of A . J . Fojtar , of Qieena-;' Tille , Va . ; Jas . Vanderl > = rg . of loaiaville ; Mx-Hugbea , , formerly of Lwciagfcon , Kentucky : Mr . iiatlock , ofjfew ; Albany , engineer of the steamboat Mszappa ,- and Nicholas Ford , formerlj of Louisville ; David Vann , the i cspuin ; Moses Kirby , pilot ; second mate , second clerk , »? cond engineer , barkeeper , and three deck i hands , names unknown ; ft ur negro firemen .
Wounded— W . H . Peebles , very badly hurt ; Mr . Raines , of Ta ., do ; First Enzineer , do ; Capt Thompson , pilot , arms fractured -, Mr . Roberts , of Philadelphia , slightly hart . It i « roppostd tnat John Ii . Johnson and Richard Phillips w « re on board—if so , they are lost . The boat ¦ was owned by Captain Tann , of Arkansas , and was insured . . Terrific Hurricane . —Tbe neighbourhood of Buffalo &nd Rochester had been visited by a terrific hurricane , involving a lamentable destruction of life and property . The following outline of this disaster describes its fury on tbe American frontier , aa -well as on the lakes : —
« heaT LOSS O ? LTFK AS !) PPOPBRTY . —we have received by the Northern Mail a ilip from the Buffalo Gazette Office , and letters from our correspondents , giving the particulan ! of one of the most dtsirnctive gales that ever visited tbfi lakes . This gale occurred on Friday night , and wu the severest part of that which was felt here at tbe same time . Our portion of it , however , was a &-phyr compared to that -which has carried desolation into tbs hearts of so many in Buffalo , Rochester , and vicinity—{ Correspondence of ihe Hew York Herald . TEERIBLE CaLaMITT—GREAT LOSS OF LIFE—AND
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY . BafEilo , OcL IS . Eleven o'Cloek , A . M . DeaS . Sib ., —I fcave barely time thia morning to announce to yon that our city hw been visited by the moit terrible and dvvsstataog gale e-rer known to have t&ken place by tbe oldest inhabitants . It is impossible , at tbe present moment , to give anything like a correct estimate of tbe number of lives lost , or the amount of property destroyed . It is , however , unprecedented . More than forty dead bodies have already been found , and it is believed that this number does not embrace one-bilf of tbe human beings who have bees thus suddenly called to try tbe realities of eternity .
In every part of the city valuable dwellings have been proetmted to tbe ground , many of which were in process of erection . Much damage has been done to our Teasel * in port , and many of oar docks are almost totally destroyed . I lest that the loss of life and property on the lake Is very great . It » ill be one of tbe greatest miracles if It should not turn out to be to * Tbe £ ale commenced about twelve o ' clock , and still continues , tia % with much Jess violence . As soon as further pwticolan are ascertained , I will endeavour to give you tbe fact * . I hsve much I -ffisb to s&y through your columns upon other subjects , but sust defer it until I have more leisure to WZite .
Tec Lakes . —We find the following In the Xew York Sun : — More Shipwrecks . —The BufEilo Courier gives the following additional particulars of the late gale : —Two schooners , tbe Congress and llississippi , are ashore at the month cf tbe Detroit River ; they were both bound np ; the Congress had on a quant ity of salt , thi cargo Df the other vewel no » ascertained . It is snpposed both will be get off without sfcriow dam H either to -vessel » cargo .
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THE Schoonkr Panama , bound up , -was sunk in the harbour at Cleveland . The brig John D-fflgal , from Oaweeo , tended with nu-Tcba » dise is . aabore at Pe » ch Tslsn ;} . Schooner N . C . Baldwin , ashore on Figfcviog Isiar . ^ . Tha new schooner Joseph TVard , -with a ftxll cai . 20 of wbeit , f rom MiSw . inkie , ashsre at Maldeo . Pieces or Wreck Dhite ?? Astiorz . —A number of barrel heads came ash re at Fall Creefc on Monday , bmn-i C . E . Bratiburn , Cit : v ?! and ; marked T . & S . F . Gjodrich ; foar Feottles of vessel with " Pennbyivaniii " in red chalk , together with broken deck plank , bulwark boards , green inside and y * lh > w outside j he aisb found a figure of a white ea ^ la . The Bchooner Pennsylvania had onB on her stern . Shipwrecks at : Clkvkland . —Schooner Porter lost b- ' vn-piit and cutwater . Tho schooners ConstitU * lion , Hoa&ton , Eiaibeth . Wara , and Le-wis Ctoler , had tboir sterns stove In , arid were considerably injured . The cinal boat J . W . Williams was crashed and Bank .
In Canada . —Several buildings were blown down in Montreal and below Quebec . Several Teasels were a&hoTB . . Ship Bobnt . —A fine ship named the Mary Kingsland , and loading at New Orleans for Liverpool , bad been almost totally destroyed by fire , together -with 1 . 700 bales of cotton , about 700 of which are said to be ismred on open policies in this town . The Mormons—We Uka the following from the Timet . —Ihe eiemsnts of discord and disunion weru at wurk amongst the . Mormons ; and it was apprehended that the dissolution of the Church -would fellow . A portion of tbe sect bad issued a manifesto , in regard to tbe snecessorship to the impostor Joe Smith , and declaring the church to be dissolved , on account of ita rejection of Kingd on aa its divinely appointed leader . The deceased prophet ' s widow is reported to be intending a & ' < ght from the vicinity of tbe " holy city , " having lost all confidence in the Mormon faith .
The correspondent of the Chronicle aiysi—A great number r-f English Mormons have wisely left Nanvoo . The Illinois Slate Register , of the 11 th instant says" We understand , upon good authority , that it will be proved , on their trials ( persons charged with the murder of tbe Smiths ) that a part of their plan in killing the Smiths was to have the governor murdered by tbe Morns oas ; they ( ihe Mormons ) supposing that the governor had some band in tbe business . The expected murder of the goremor , tbe assassin * anticipated * obW raise n great multitude against ihe Mormons , and -would lead to their expulsion . A plan more devilish , treacherous , cowardly , and malignant conld not have been concocted . '' I will only add , that the Illinois Stale Roister is a very respectable authority ; and too much credit can hardly be awarded to Governor Ford for bis firmness ami activity in preventing the plunder of Nauvoo , and the probable nMncm of its inhabitants .
THK MlLLERlTES . —THE END of THE WORLD NOT YET COME . —The sect or tha MiUerites—the disciples of an old mm who declared that the world would come to an end on a certain day last month—were in great commotion in New York and elsewhere , expecting the long looked-for event . The day passed as ordinary days do , but the excitement and fanaticism of the misgnided people m » y be imagined from tbe fallowing , which appears in a New York paper : — 31 ILLBK 1 SM—MADifEsS— MISERY . —A singular and sonewhat painful scene took place yesterday afternoon at tbe cfeapbl of the second advent people , at the corner of O .-r ' utie and Delancy-streets . It appears that daring tbe past week there have been prayer-mt « tings held in this place , at which females principally attended , headed
by a few " brothers" of tha aeciety . Yesterday , when they were in one of their most fervent prayers , find amidst the moat pious ; responses , there entered a stoat good-looking man , in his shirt sleeves , cap on . bead , and with a most gloomy cast of countenance , in which pity &ad * nger were strongly blended , who cast his eyes around , and wslkiDg up to about the centre of tbe building , laid his band npon the shoulder of a respectable-looking female , wbo was on her knees sighing most piteoasly . Sbe turned up her countenance to him , and in it might be seen tbe remains of a most beautiful creature , evidently much worn by thought and anxiety . Tbe male party desired her to rise and go home , wben , after a moment ' s thought , she arose , and was about to remonstrate with her disturber , wben be , in no very
gentle manner , with his foot , propelled her forward , exclaiming , " I find I must teach : you in a different way of your folly in leaving your infant children and home to follow this humbuggery ; ' to which < he merely liittid her eyts upwards , and went towards the door . In tbe meanwhile some » ix oreigbc great lubberly IDE ? felloWB , who were on their knees beneath the . pulpit , got np and rose their hands and eyes heavenward , txclaiming , O Lord God , how thy servant is punished fo * thy sake 1 "— " O Lord , open tbou his eyes to his wrong doing , and moke him know thy pretence is fast approaching J" at tbe same time not one of them stepped forward to prevent any farther violence In case it was attempted . But tbe individual appeared to have gained his object , and followed the
female ; immediately afterwards some of the others came ont , exclaiming to a number of persons around the door— " That man has just been kicking bis wife out of tbe house of tbe Lord , " evidently with the intent of « xdt > n < those outside against the man . Tbe first party aDuded to Immediately turned round and said— " Yes , and I wilt kick every one of you that . dares interfere from one tnd of the street to the other—you vile set ot impostors and scoundrels , who get a parcel of females s * onnd you that you may fatten on wbat tuey bring you , to tha neglect of tbeir children and their honus "; at the same time raising a fiat that evidently deterred them
from all farther interference on their parts . The man and wife , which it appeared they were , proceeded together expostulating with each other ; she praying the Lord to open his eyes to the awful situation he was in , and he commanding her to attend her homo and her children , saying , ' * I have tried every fair meuns possible with yon , I most now try otbtr means . " It appeared ibat this poor creature had been away from home every day for tbe past week or ten days , at one place or the other , at prayer meetings , preparing for " the great day , " -which the followers of Miller say is now so close at hand . This is a specimen of what every day is occurring amidst the deluded followers of this charlatan .
The correspondent of the Chronicle gives the following additional particulars : — FjrtiODS of the population of all the large eastern cities in this cenntry hare been more or less the victims of a singular and fantastical delusion , They call themselves Milltrites , and implicitly believed the delirious and impious ravings ot one Mill « r , who bad prophesied that tbe Second Advent would certainly occur on the 23 rd i' -at , when this fair globe would be destroyed by cenfligration . Here in Baltimore and In Boston the civil authorities have been compelled to close their churches by force , in const quence of hundreds of them having assembled and thrown tbe neighbourhood into wild nJ ^ rm , by their yelling and howling cries and hmentations . On tbe evening of the 22 ad iiist . many hundreds of these crozy people repaired to campe near this city , attired themselves in
long white cotton dresses , whii& they called their " . ascension robes , " and were Been wandering through tbe woods and on tbe banks of the riven by moonlight , like sheeted ghosts . They left their business ajod their families , and many children would kave perished b&d it not been for the kindness of their fellow-ciUa ^ tiB . For days this fitzne of dangerous superstition and enthusiasm spread like wildfire . There was no stopping it In two or three instances tbe victims anticipated tbe end of tbe world by suicides one Darned Culp threw himself into tbe cataract of Niagara ; und now that tbe day bat passed over , msny are found to be ( incurably perhaps ) delirious . Snch scenes a » I h » - » e alluded to have not , probably , occurred for centuries , and I hope that centuries will Bgain toll away before such sorry evidences of the weakness of buman nature , and the distress -which invariably attends them , will harrow np tbe feelings .
CANADA . The most important intelligence brought by the Acadia concerns Canada . Sir Charles Metcalfe has succeeded in the elections almost in every section of tbe province . Up to the latest dates , accounts have bees receWed of tbe election of twenty-five Connerv&tlves , fifteen OpposUioni « ts , and five uncertain . A communication from Quebec el the 23 d of October Bays" We learn from C&fri&ta Powell , of the schooner Relief , arrived this morning from Bicbebucto , that tbe
ship Catherine , from Quebec for Liverpool , was driven ashore at Purtneuf , ou ' Tuesday night , tbe 15 tb iost It appears from the account which Captain Pagot got from tbe survivors , that shortly after tbe ship struck , tbe captain called the men aft , and almost immediately after she was struck by a heavy « ej , which carried away the poop and all the upper part of the stern , taking with it tbe captain , mat * , nine of tbe crew , and a passenger of the name , of Hughes and his son , a'i of whom were drowned . Tbe remainder of tbe crew , nine la number , are at Portneaf . "
TEXAS . Tbe rumour that Anson Jones bad been elected President of Texas is confirmed . Four men have ia « ly been Lyachei in Fannin county by tbe Bost sanguinary process . Their names were Andrew Jones , Harvey White , L . Wray , and Mitchell , all lately from Miisonri , and all notorious for their rascality before they left . Tbe canse was for barbaronsly murdering and robbing three friendly Indians . Upwards of 300 persons attended the trial and execution . Three others named Benjamin Jones , Jewland , and Harris , were arrested , and convicted of theft , , and were made to hang the others , and ordered to leave the country in ten days . Pbom the New Yoke Papers—The New Orleans Picayune , of tbe 16 th alt , brings the intelligence it tbe release of the 104 remaining Texan prisoners confined la tbs Castle of Perote . The glad event took place on tbe 16 tb alt .
We have before stated that Santa Anna bad obtained leave of absence from tbe Chambers to attend to his private affair * , and solace himself in bis iffl . ction at the lOBB of bis wife . He Mt the capital on tbe evening of the 12 th of September , for his retirement of Manga da Clavo . It has before been announced by us that General Canahza had been appointed Provisional President daring Santa Anna ' s retirement . Tbe General arrived at San Luis de Potosi on the 17 th of Sepumb « , to take command of the army of operation * agsirysE Texas . The following day , by an extraordinary courier , he received notice of his having been appointed Provisional President . He immediately aet oat for Mexico , where he arrived on the 19 ib , aoii the following day b %
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entered upon tbe discharge of the duties of t&e Presidency . He did not take the oath of effice untfl tbe afternoon of the 21 st , whea the ceremony was performtd , at « ne o ' clock , in tho presence of the Supreme Nitipual Congress . Tbe President of the Cuuucil of Government is D > q Jose Jo ; iqain Kerrera .
( From ihe Hi . 0 . Republican of Oct . 2 lsl ) Later News . —The brig J . W ; Hantington arrived yesterday from V « ra Cruz This arrival confirms the aavioes received by way of Havana , of the release of 104 Texan prisoners , all of whom were libera'eci on th * 16 E ' a ult ., except Navarro , who is still detained in prison . Two , J . F , Smith and A . M'Math , came passengers in this brig . We learn that Santa Anna was to be married a second time on the . nib inst . Much excitement prevails tbronghoar tbe coaatry in reference to the designs , which ' are ' said to be undoubtedly entertained by S » nta Anna , of overturning the present Congress , and , perhaps , destroying the representative system altogether ; and weii informed persons think that fifteen days will not elapse without ¦ ome movement te this end taking place . It is sup ^ posed that the first " oriio" will be beard from the military at Jalapa , but it is anticipated that the move * aent Will oieut with resistance .
Co . atderable anxiety is also felt , particularly at Ytr » Cr « e to know to what determination the French Gjvernment will come , in reference to its affairs with this quasi Republic , and the anticipations are that there will be a rupture . At Sacrifices there were five French men-of-war , an English frigate and sloop of war , and one Spanish man-of-war . The horrible Rttocittes committed by the wretch Urwna on tbe French sailor at M «» z » Uftn have been taken np by the Mexican Senate . One of them , Don Grormtfl Pedraai , stigmatizes tbera as outrages which a ? e more repugnant to human nature than the worst crimes peipettated under the worst o ! tbe Roman Emperors . It appeaes that the poor sailor's person wa * abused in the most beastly manner by this fiend in human shape . An enquiry has bten instituted by tbe Minister at W * r , under the direction of the President , into these bonible cruelties .
MExrco . Advices from Mtxico state , that an Infam » ua and horrible outrage bad been committed in the town of Tobasco on the person « f a French subject , and which cannot be otherwise than visited with severe puni » hment on tbe part of France . A French sailor had been arrested by tbe alcalde of tbe town , and taken to prison . U is not stated why or for what he was arrested ; but when in prison , he -wan asked if be was a Frenchman , and answered in the affirmative ; he was immediately orde r *! to receive two hundred lsshfes , attended by
music ; after which he was ordered to kiss the drummer ' s feet , and , on his refusal to do bo , he was sentenced to receive fifty lashes more , and other Indignities were committed upon his body too horrible to mention ; after which he was released , having become a maniao through his dreadful sufferings . In conBc quence of thiB outrage , tbe French consul had refused all intercourse with the authorities , and ha * forwarded despatches to his government redacting the treatment French dtisens are subjected to in that department of Mexico . A French fleet was dally expected to arrive .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Assassination by a Young Fkmale . —M . Daubi ee , who keeps the large bookseller ' s shop in the Passage Vivienne , last evening perceived a -woman Stop at hiB doorway , and take away a book from amongst those placed outside for display . He ran out , and caught her with the stolen article , a penny almanack , ic her possession . Ho was taking her before the commissary of the distriot , who lives in the Rue St . Pierre-Montmartre , when , as they ascended the Btairoaso , tho prisoner drew a poniardknife , and plunged it to the baft in the body of the unfortunate man , who fell dead on the instant She
then fled , but . waB apprehended almost immediately , and taken back before the commissary , wbo , after investigating , the matter , committed her for trial . During the whole evening , up to midnight , the Passage Vivienne and the Hue St . Pierre-Montmartre were filled with such a crowd of persons , that ic was thought advisable to send for a detachment of soldiers to preserve order . The body of M . Daubree was brought home to his residence about half-past eleven . Nothing can equal the despair of his family . The woman was young and well-dressed , and held & youn ^ child by the hand . Another account states that it was in the office of the Commissary that she gave the fatal blow . —Galianani , of Saturday .
Organized Regicide — -The Prussian Gazette , publishes a letter from M . Lepsius , who is ao the head of a scientific expedition sent by the King of Prussia to Egypt . M . Lepsiua relates several singular facts which tie learned from Osman Ek-y . Amongst others he mentions tkat in the small state of Fazoglo a custom exists of putting to death by hanging tho kings who may happen to lose the affection of their subjects . The father of the reigning monarch fell a victim to this barbarous custom . As soon as the Monarch begins to displease his relatives and Ministers they approach him , and without any preamble they declare to him that he no longer pleases either men or women , or oxen , or asses , or poultry—that all his aubjeotB abhor him , and that ho cannot do better than to die .
A Nktt Kiwd of Cannon , —A letter from Sweden states that Baron Wahrendonffhat- just invented a new kind of cannon for fortresses . Tho carriage and the gun form Only one piece . The space occupied is but small , anil as it is not necessary to have the openings at the casements of any great extent , the gunners are better shnltered from the enemy ' s balls . Shocking Destitution . —A few days ago a child went to a baker to purchase half a pound of bis most common bread . Tbe baker ' s wife , on questioning the child , ascertained that tho bread was detained for a poor woman who had not even straw to lie upon . The baker and his wife , and their journeyman ,
went to the spot indicated by tho child , and chore found , in a damp cellar , a woman , with no other oovering than a pioee of coarse cloth round her loins , the damp ground for her bed , and two stones for her pillow . This Unhappy woman earned only three to four eons per day by lace-making , and has no othar means of support , yet she belongs to one of the most noble families of Normandy . Tne baker and his wife made an appeal to some neighbours , who joined them in the . work of charity , and provided clothing for ( he sufferer , and a chair to sit upon . Tbe bakor ' s man purchased a quantity of straw for a bed , which , under the circumstances , was almost a luxury . — Pilole de Caeri . ' ¦
A GftAVt . Yard FiuGHT . ~ The following curious circumstance , says a Dunkirk paper , happened a few days ago in the buryiug-ground there . While the sexton was digging ft , grave , a skull rose from that which adjoined it , and which was also open , and as tbe terrified man started back , advanced towards him . He then fled on to the road , crying aloud for mercy . Another man hearing the alarm , and being told the cause of it . had sufficient courage to go to the spot , and there saw the head still moving . Undaunted he took it up , and , on examination , found within it two moles , which had made it their retreat , and had given it motion .
Flood . —Accounts from Genoa state , that the rains have swollen all the torrents with which that mountain » as country is interspersed . The greater portion of the bridges have been carried away , and some of the roads stopped up with rooks , which bad been brought down by the waters . "YouKO England" in Mtxicot —We find the following squib in the New Fork Sun : —It appears that " Young England , " whose zeal for the restoration of " our ancient institutions" is proverbial , heard last winter that Santa Anna was greatly in want of a patent right to the Government of Mexico during the term of his natural life . This news created a lively sensation in London—Young England waa in commotion—the value of the gold and
silver mines of ( Mexico , the resources ef the country , the moral and politioal condition of the people , were the only topics of discussion in the Club Rooms for several weeks ., An organization being effected , " Young England" despatched its representatives to the' Hall of the Montezumas , where the innumerable fetes , routes ; and soirees given at the expense of generous Young England , were found to work like a charm , and a eooiety for the restoration of " our Anoient Institutions" waB organized without difficulty , several officers in the Mexican Army being appointed chief managers . Young England was really intoxicated with the unexpected success of its
plan , and in an unguarded moment proposed to its Mexican Allies that a European Prince of the blood Royal should be placed upon the Throne of Mexico I The mistake was a fatal one . The Mexican officers who had been playing their cards to obtain a crown for , their Commander-in-Chief , lost no time in communicating tbe designs of Young England to Santa Anna , and the result was "due grand explosion ; " Young England fl « d preoipitatoly , and took refuge in the British West India islands . We are assured that Young England's pocket expences in the city of Mexico for a period of four months , exceeded a quarter of a million sterling , or a million of dollars .
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ZtONGTON , POTTBrtlES . —THE GROWING INTELLIGENCE OF the Working Classes . —Thia town on Monday last , was all animation on % he part of the indtutrioua clauses , to welcome tbe indomitable patriot and phil&ntbropiat Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., who , in company wiib W . P . Roberts , Esq ., was expected at the opening of a new Working Man ' s Hall , raised by the exertionB of a few of those whom the libertidal Whigs say are " too ignorant ' . ' to conduct thebr own affairs . Tbe ball , -which 1 b nearly iquare , and capable , when
finished , of accommodating upward ! of a thousand persons , was tastefully decorated with portraits of the illustrious patriots—Emmett , Front , Peargus O'Connor , and others ; also with evergreens and fetiaona of various coloun , and brilliantly illuminated with gas . It was opened to the public by a tesfpartjr at four o'clock , when there sat down np wards of wO . and at a second aictiog about 200 more , ; were accommodated . The Longton Quadrille Band gave thefr services on the occasion , for the benefit of tbe shareholders of the hall . About five o ' clock , Fe&rgua O ' Connor , Esq ., accompanied by Mr .
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Joha Humber , and Mr . QepTRe Mart , entered the ball , and w » a received with the -moat ^ ptausiastic chesring . and waving of hata and bandkereb ' efs , wbicu lasted for severnl minutes ; the biad playing " Sse the Couqaerin «{ Hero comas . " On Ihe platform Were several of the Cb& : ti 8 tu toad survey ore of lionsfcon . When the tabies bad been cleared , the ; Chairman introduced the first toast— ' Thu people the sourca of all . greataess . " This was responded to by Mr . Moses S ^ uapson ., of H « nil y , . who Biid he did not stand there as the advocate of any one section of tha human family but of mankind generally . JT , ae oty '^ ct for which this hall was erected waa proof sufficient that they were not sectional in their view ^—free discussion and free inquiry , in all matters connected with the welfare of
maakind , being the foundation upon which they grounded their hopes of liberty . These opinions , he said , ha had held for more than sixteen years , and time only confirmed th ^ m . The people , though the foundation of wealth , an > desp- ' aid ; and by none more so than by tboBe whom they have ! lifted into power . The Whigs were enabled to carry the Reform Bill , to benefit themselves only , by the energies of the most i utnt-rous and tbe most important part of tbe people—namely , tbe working classes ; and these same Whigs bad given power to ignorant and bigoted , magistrates to take licenses from those wbo might allow them to meet in tbeir bouses ; with a brutal police force to spy and bludgeon the people for complaining . Tbe people oasbt not only to be politicians , bat they ought
to root out social tyranny , which la even greater than that imposed by the Government . Mr . S . said he was for community of property , and that he would not give a button for tbe Charter if it did not do turay with the « ystera of private property . He would conclude with the toast entrusted to him" The people , the source of [ all power .. " Air— " Scots wha hm" The chairman then gave " Trial by jury ; and may all unjust verdicts share the Bame fate as that which consigned Mr . O'Connell and hiB fellow-prisoners to prison . " This was responded to by P . M . Brophy , who saicf , he felt a diffidence in coming before so highly respectable a meeting , but it was nevertheless a pleasing duty . Trial by jury bad been looked to as tbe safetmardof civil and religions liberty , but how strao « elj
tad it been stripped of its fair character . This excellent institution was the pride of Englishmen , from the days of Alfred , yet it had been grossly violated . Had Palmer , Muir , Gerald , aad Skirviug been tried by their peers 1 Had Hunt and the political martyrs of our own day been tried by their peers ? Had the martyrs of ' 88 , in Ireland , been tried by thia process ? No . if they had they would not have been condemned , punished and assassinated as they had been . The Chartists had done nmch to alter ] the opinion of the public in favour of Mr . O'Connell . i Irishmen were taught to look upon upon tne Whigs and the middle chases as their friends—facts proved otherwise . Working men were In ninety-nine cases oat of every hundred excluded from juries ; even Coroner ' s Court * were closed against
them , witness the laU » inquests held tn the Nortb , in tbe case of the murder * of the Miners ; where men , with feelings consonant with and entirely in favour of tbe masters , were to be found giving verdicts as opposite to truth and justice aa light is to darkness . He hoped the people of England would be as much alive to their inttrett * as tbe people of Ireland were , wbo were weekly subscribing hundreds of pounds for the restoration of their rights , Mr Brophy concluded by making some pithy remarks upon the Stafford Jurors who tried Messrs . Cooper , Richards , and ethers iu 1842 . Air" St . P tcick ' e D ky . " On the Chairman giving Oar exiled fiiende—Frost , Wiliams , and Jones , " coupled -with that of " William Ellii , " Mr . George Mart rose and said , in the absence oft a more able advocate he
would undertake the duty of speaking to the sentiment Frost waa a man well known for his opposition to tbe Poor Law Amendment Bill , and it waa that opposition that raised the ire of the Whigs , and caused them to send do waa special commission to pass sentonco of death on him . Of Ellis b ? would say he was as innocent of tbe crime he was charged with as the child unborn . Here Mr . Mart related some striking facts relative to the case of Mr . William Ellis , which fully proved his not being guilty . He concluded a powerful appeal to the meeting on behalf of Frost and his compatriots , and moved the adoption of a memorial to her Majesty for the release of these men , and also another , embodying a number of facts , showing tbe innocence of Ellis , and praying for Mb
restoration to liberty . Air , " Should auld acquaintance be forgot . " Mr . O'Connor was nowj Introduced to the meeting . This waa the signal for moat enthusiastic cheering . Wben it subsided , Mr . O'Connor commenced his address , which occupied nearly three hours in delivery . He first referred to the difficulties that stood in the way ot procuring places tot them to meet in , alleging tbat whenever they did procure them , they were always able to raise an aniience- In their scattered form they were a prey to faction , bat by being brought together , as in that edifice , tbeir power was concentrated , and must be made to bear upon the great questions of the day . The erection of that building was an illustration of a principle common in life , of great promise and no performance . This had been
carried out in tbe conduct of Mr . Ricardo , one of the borough members , who waa very liberal of promise , while he believed its fulfilment w » b at too great distance ever to be realised ; but when he saw tbat tbe Chartists were in earnest , and actually proposed building , then Mr . Ricardo doubted tbeir ability to carry out their Tiews ; professing his belief that eueli places were unnecessary , refused bis assistance , and wrote to tbe secretary against it . Mr . O'Connor went on to illustrate tbe j" march of democracy , " by reference to tbe history of Whig Government , which be said had been liberal In profession only , but n « ver intended to be so in practice ; tbe difference betwixt the Wbigs and the Chartists being this , that tbe Whigs were theoretical , while the
Chartists were practical Liberals , ; and wished to carry out the principle of concession of popular rights , whioh had occasionally been professed by both Whigs an 4 Tories . He then touched on the causes of faction among the people , which he considered to be a want of instruction in tbeir political rights , and tbe preponderance of capital o-rer labour ;' . which position be illustrated by a variety of remarks , tending to exhibit tbe degradation of the people through ignorance , and their depression by monopoly ; and urged the attainment of knowledge by every available means , and a more extended distribution of wealth , fey superior legislation , advancing with the advancement of ttse pnfclic mind . He advocated revolutions of such a character as tended to the perfection of government , but deprecated
convulsions , aa tending to subvert Government and destroy tbe people . Mr . O'Connor went at great length into tbe question of the Poor Laws , which be contended were framed upnn false principles , aid had & wronir tendencv , referring for illustration to articles in the Times , the Herald , and other newspapers , in which cases w « ri » recorded of paupers committing felony , on purpose to be transferred from the " Bastile * ' to the gaol . He also commented on the Game Laws , and the Income Tax , aa being bad in principle : th « Utter having , as he alleged , t « be paid gen « raUy lout of the labour of the workmen . Next followed a train of sarcastic remarks on the " Parsons" and the Leaguers , and tbe manufacturers ; succeeded by others on the army , church , and state , and the social and ( political institutions of the
country . Mr . O'Connor then 1 went on to shew the inutility of " strikes , " to ra ' r e the price of labour : asserted the necessity of a concentration of fill the trades of the whole country , to protect labour ; and the superior policy of workmen' supporting unemployed labourers out of work , in preference to allowing them to compete with them in the ; market Mr . O'Connor concluded his long and energetic address , by calling on all present , who had not enrolled themselves members of tbe association , to do ao . Fifty new member * were enrolled . Thanks being given to Mr . O'Connor and tbe Chairman , the greatest portion of the meeting retired to make vo * m for the young folks to enjoy themselves with the dance and aong and recitation , which they enjoyed until four o'clock in the morning .
Longton . —Mr . Brophy delivered an excellent lec « lure !? the Working Mao's Hall , on Tuesday erening the 12 th inst ; A Sign of the Times . —At a tea party held at tke Town Hall , Longtoo , on Wednesday , tbe 23 th iost . the Chairman , Doctor Daws , refused to pat tbe toast" Church and State ; " and the meeting hissed " the Queen and Royal Family . " Surely royalty ia at a discount in the Potteries . ¦ COCKEMOUTH . —The Welsh Martyrs . —A meeting waa held in tbe Charter Association Bo » m , on Saturday night last , Nov . ] 16 , fer the purpose of memorialising bar Majesty for tbe retnrn of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . John Simpson was called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a suitable manner , and called upon Mr . Jehn Denwood to move
tbe first resolution , nainelj : — " That thia meeting resaWe to memoralUe ber Majesty for tbe return of Frost . Williams , and Jones , seeing tbat Daniel O Connell and others have been liberated through an error in tbe legal proceedings of far less magnitude than that in the case of the above-named indivkinals . '' Seconded by Mr . John Williamson and carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . James Irving ! &ad seconded by Mr . James Burns , Tbat the case of William Ellis tried at the late Special Commission held at Stafford in 1842 and sentenced to twenty-one years transportation be added to the memorial . " Carried unanimously . The memorial was then adopted and signed by tbe Chairman on behalf of the meeting . It ia hoped that Mr . O'Connor or some talented individual will pay ft visit to thia part of Cumberland , and rouse the Coartlate of thia place from their slumbers . \
DUNDEE . —The Committee of the Dandee Demo , cr&tic Association held tbeir Weekly meeting in tbe School Boom , Pullar ' B Gioae , on Monday the lltn in » t ., Thomas Whitton , in the cbairi It was moved by A . M'Donald , seconded by James j Drnmmond , " That we invite Dr . M'I > aual to viaifc us daring bis present tour through Scotland . " Unanimously agreed to . It was then moved by James Drummond , seconded by Robert Stivin , " That we appoint a deputation to wait on tbe Eastern Association to request tbeir co-operation and support . " Tae following were then appointed , —James Drummond , Robert Stivin , and Archibald M'Djnald . The thanks of the Aaaociation were then voted to a deputation of the Western Association for tbe offer of their support and co-operation , j After the weekly paymenta had been made , and temeinewmembers enrolled , the committee adjourned . We ! are happy to say that things look well vritB us here , and Chartism is in the ascendant . We are getting new members , and there are new asioo' * Uons ttirting up all around hk .
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To the -Garni is * s of Exglazd — ut Fiends , From my last you would perceive . tbat I was then bnsijy engaged in forwarding the good ' work of organization . " I have again to rentier a furtaer account of my stewiudahip , and in so doing can speak most flatteringly ut the succes 3 attendant on my ax-rtions . On Monday , < th ins !; , I addressed a numerous r . nd respectable meeting in a large church at BtMston , im tn * subject of " Labour ' s wrongs and Labour's remedies ;'' Mr . Brown , an intollieent working man , presided on th" oocision , r » nd , at the close of my Iectura , made a strong appeal to those present to join the Nation / il Charter Association , which waa hewtily responded to oy many coming forward and enroHing themselves under the banners ef Nationality , which meanB unanimity .
Oa Tuesday evening , I lectured at Cookadens , another of the Glasgow districts , my subject being the same aa in * preceding evening . ; The meeting » m large and very enthusiastic , and seemed to' approve highly of a union with tbe National Association , aa was evidenced by the numbers who took out cards , together with those wbo left tbeir names and address , not being then prepared to pay for their card * . On Wednesday evening I had the honour of lecturing in the vestry of the Established Church ; and although it was not for Chartist purpose ? , yet it was to forward tbe cause of down-trodden labour , being composed of the calico block printers who bad invited me to deliver a lecture to their body on tha question of " Tradea Uniona . " I recommended a National Conference of all trades , and the formation of one
general fund , to be applied to the purchase of land , after the manner so simply but yet so powerfully laid down in Mr . O'Connor ' s last letter on " th «> land .. " The Scotch Calico Printers seem to entertain the notion so generally prevalantat the present time . amongst the intelligent portion of tbe trades , namely , thai union * , upon their old footing , will never do ; oat that in order to succeed they must have at least on accumulating capital . This , of course , can only be secured by cooperation In tbe purchase of land or manufW . ures . Oa Thursday I visited that delightful and piaureique spot , the Vale of Leven ; and in the evening lectured in the O'id Fellows' Hall at Alexandria , pa tbe " Rights of Labour . ' * Tbe chair was ably occupied by a veteran Chutist , who opened the meeting in a . neat and
appropriate address . After which I spoke about an nout and a half , and at tne conoloaion enrolled a great naffiber of members . On Friday evening . I lectured at Eonhill , a village divided from Alexandria by tbe water of Leven . Mr . M'Intyre , a democrat of tba right stamp , was unanimously chosen to preside . My subject was Repeal , Fetiuraliam , and Cnartisrn . I took the opportunity ef exposing the fallacy of Federaliam as compared with Bepeal , ano the ifliUiluy df both wheu contrasted with Chartism , which 1 argued must be carried ere the Union tan be .. replied . No opposition showing itself , I went again to the work of enrolment , and succeeded in forming a a strong locality , which bids fair to prosper . On Saturday I returned to Glasgow , and in the evening attended a soiree in the
Teetotal Hall , Nelson-Street Swne able speeches were made on tke occasion by Messrs . J . Adams , G . Adams , A . Harley , Wingate , and Skerrington . Mr . B . fiurrell filled tbe cbair . Several democratic songs were sung , and sentiments given on the occasion- Before breaking up , the females joined the association and pledged themselves to assist in carrying it ont . On Monday afternoon I lectured at Bridgton on the sffeots of Stite Priestcraft . Friends , I have now given you an account of brio week ' s work , and have to say in conclusion , that had tbe Executive the means of employing : tbe many able and devoted advocates ef oar cause , wno are willing to assist us , in the course of a few months Scotland would leave as entirely in tbe ba ! ck ground . Sincerely yours , TBOMA 8 Cl » rk . —Glasgow , Tuesday , Not 12 , 1844 .
XjONOON . — METaopoLiTAH Delegate Council , Citt Chartist Hall , 1 , Ttjrnaqain Lane . —fnis body met on Sunday , Not . 17 cn , Mr . J . Tun * in tbe chair . Several delegates having reported , from their localities in favour of a public demonstration in honour of tbe Northern Star , on itB arrival in the metropolis , it was moved , and carried unanimously , "That a soiree be held in honour of the event ; and that , in order to give Labour ' s sens and daughters an opportunity , of attending , the tickets be &
respecting tbe reappointment of a Registration Committee was brought forward , and after a few words from Mr . Stallwood , Mr . F . O'Connor , who waa present , eloquently addressed the Council in its favour , during which be stated that he had had an interview with Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., wbo was also in favour of registration , as the best practical step for gaining the Charter . Mr . Duncombe also bad great hipss , with their assistance , that during the next session of Parliament he would obtain the repeal of tbe rate-paying clauses of the Reform Bill —( cheers ) . Tbe motion was then pat and carried unanimously , and Messrs . Stallwood ( the late General Registration Secretary ) , Simpson , and Wheeler , were appointed as such sub-Committee .
St . Gkobge ' s Temperakce Hall , BLACKFHIAEShoad—On Sunday evening last a numerous audience attended to bear Mr . J . H . R . Bairstow . Mr . Ruffy Bidley was called to the ciair , Mr . Bairstow rose , nail far tho sjwee of >* hour , rlvetteu uac ohcuUuu vt tbe audience by his eloquent address on passing events . Mr . O'Connor afterwards addressed the auriieuee for a considerable time in bis usual eloquent manner . Bkthnal G&EEtr—Mr . J . H . R . Bairstow delivered a lecture at tbe Whittington and Cat , Cburck-row , to a crowded and enthusiastic audienc * on Thursday evening , November the 14 tb . At the conclusion a considerable number were enrolled as memberstof tbe National Cbartar Association . A vote of thanks were given to tbe lecturer und the meeting dispersed .
HfiWFOBT ( Isle OP Wight ) . —On Tuesday , November the 12 th , the Chartists of Newport , Isle of Wight , met at the King's Head Inn to celebrate theix . sixih anniversary by dining together , and . after partofc * ing of a good dinner , served up in the worthy hosta usual style ; Mr . Oliver in tbe chair . The following toasts were given : " The People , " " the Cba'ter , " "the speedy liberation ef Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners ; " " F . O'Cwnnor , T . S . Duncombe , and all the tried friends of the people ; " and' - success to tha National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " These to&ats were responded to by Messrs . W . Wilkin , Urry , Sibiey , Danger , Cooper , and others in excellent speeches . OliDB AM . —A lecture was delivered in tbe Association Rjoijq , on Sunday evening last , by Mr . WillLm Dixon . of Manchester .
ROYTON . —Mr . James Leaoh delivered . two lectures in ibu Association Room , ou the afternoon ana evening of Sunday last The lectures were weii attended by respectable audiences .
B FIX GET . ON . —Frost , Wili-iams . and Jones — A public meeting was held on Monday evening , Nor . the 11 th , Hi the spacious room , of the Artichoke Inn , William-atreet , Brighton , for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty for the restoration of the abovenamed patriots to their native land . Mr . Twist ( late a town commissioner ) waa unanimously called to the chair , and opened the business of the evening by explaining the . purport of the meeting aad expressing his hearty concurrence in ita ofjecC , and COnclOded by CtllUDg " upoa Mr Fiower to move the first resolution . Mr . F . was scarcely on bis legs when be was interrupted by Mr . Marriet , professor of Phrenology , who requested tbat be might be allowed to address the meeting relative to Mr . Frost , aa be had an appointment and conld
not Btay long in the meeting , which request was willingly acceded to by Mr . Flower . Mr . Marriot then began , —Mr . Chairman , Ladies and Gentlemen ,. I shall commence with my eld sentiment , tbat I have always begun with in Batu . Bristol , Manchester , or wherever I have been , namely , " w * must aud we will have tha Charter , " after which be stated that he was intimately acquainted with Mr . Frost , and bad breakfasted and supped with him , and a moie amiable man he never met with . In an energetics manner he censured tbe Whig Government for passing so cruel and ' m . jait a sentence on the exile , also eulogised Mr . O Connor , Mr . Duncombe , and tbe Editors of tbe Star , fur their firm adherence to the people ' s canse , through evil and good report , and stated it , as his firm conviction , that
tbe Charter would become the law of the land , before many people supposed . He concluded by exhorting the meeting to sticlt to the Charter , name and all , and left tha room amidst the repeated plaudits of ali present . Mr . Flower again rose , antt in bis usual firm and energetic manner , in which he rivetted the attention of all that heard him , proposed ihe folio wing resolution ; — " Thac it is the opinion of this meeting that the sentence of transportation for life passed upon John Frost , Ziphanifth ' Williams , and William Jones , in . 1840 . was cruel , unjust , and illegal ; which opinion has subsequently btea confirmed by the decisions of tbe Home of Lords , in the cose of Tuekett v Cardigan , and more recently in tbe case of the Queen v . Gray , OConneiland others ; this meeting , there ! ore ,, resolve
to use all legal aud constitutional means -within their power te obtain the restoration of the uaid John Froat , Zspbaniah Williams , and William Jonas to thefr homes and families . " Mr . John Page , in a very laoid manner , seconded the resolution , which waa carried unanimously . Mr . Flaxmon proposed in a very able speech , tbe next resolution , namely , "That a memorial fstmded on the foregoing resolution b » forwarded to-T . S Duucombo , Esq ., to be presented to her msjotty through the medium of the Home Office . " Mr . Wil ~ Hams , ( a native of Wales ) seconded the resolution , which was passed without a dissentient Mr . Davey
proposed , and Mr . Mitchell seconded , tha following resulntjon ;— " That the deputation appointed to obtain tbe use » f the Town Hall wait npon Mr . Slight , to thank him for ibe courteous manner in which they were treated by that gentleman . " The deputation stated that Mr . Slight ahewed the order-book , and that cho bail was pre-engaged for three weeks , but anything to could do he would—that he -would let them have the Market Place undsr the hall ; But this they declined , ia consequence of the bad weather . The reaalationB were ably supported by Dr . Button , Mr . G . Hoppy , and Mr . Fleming , an Irishman ,- till of whom txpreseed a sincere desire for the return of Mr . F / ost and bis
compatriots to their native land . Tbree cheers were given for the Charter and Repeal , and a volo of ibanka to the Chairman ; and uft-ir two or three patriotic eoags , the meeting aep&rated .
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Notember 23 , 1844 . THE NOUi HERN- STAR | « . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1290/page/7/
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