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« ' And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should my chance so happen—deeds , ) With all who war with Thought !" «« I think I hear a little bird , who sings The people by and by will be the stronger . " — Bykjj . THE PROVINCIAL ESTATES OF PRUSSIA . It affords us great pleasure to be able to announce to our readers that Chartism is at length beginning to be understood on tbe European Continent , because represented in tbe Continental journals . Our readers had proof of this in the highly-important article which lately appeared in the Xortlicm Star and lima , copied from the Augshurgh Gazette . The principal contents of the Sort / urn Star now appear regularly in several of the most influential of the German papers . Thus , the " Fraternal Meetings " held in the past year , the " Message" of " the Chartist Executive , the "Resolutions" adopted by the late Chartist Conference , and the " Death of the
Enghsn Oligarchy , " are some of the articles which have recently been republished in several German journals , carrying ourprinciplcsandthe name of this paper over the Continent . We take the following article from the Timet , addressed as a letter to the editor of that journal . If some of the sentiments contained therein do not accord with , or fail to express our own views , still the facts contained therein make the article valuable , particularly at this moment , when the greatest agitation pervades Germany , and all natiots are anxiously awaiting the stru-gle which the insolence and imbecility of the Prussian Kiug arc so well calculated to precinitatc : —
"Theprovincial estates were called into activity in 1 S 23 , but even at that moment the institution was considered , or at least expressly announced , bv ine Government itself , as only a * partial and introductory fulfilment of a far more serious promise—the grant of a national representation to all Prussia . It canuot be said that in this promise the King and his Cabinet were urged on by any expressed desire or wishes on the part of the Prussian nation . In the month of November , 1 S 0 S . when in the whole of Germany not a soul dared to breathe a loud word about freedom , the famous Minister Von Stein issued a circular , from which the following passages are extracts *—
A national representation is necessary ; the Royal power is , and will always be , sacred to me ; bnt in order that this power may produce all the good it can , it appears to me indispensable that we procure a means of knowing tlie wishes of . he people , and giving strength and life to its resolutions . It all participation in the operations of the State is denied to the people , they quickly begin to look on tha government with indifference , or ven place themselves in opposition to it ; thence an aversion to all sacrifices , or at least the utter want of self , devotion for the existence of the otate . The
representation of the people in countries where it lias existed until the present is imperfect . My intention is , therefore , that every man invested with the rights of citizenship should enjoy the right of be ' ng ; reprtsented , whether he possess a hundred acres of land or none , whether he be a cultivator of land or a manufacturer , whether he exercise a trade or be only by intellectual bonds connected with the State . Several plans have been presented by me ; on their adoption or rejection will dqtend the welfare or misfortune of our country ; for it is only by such means that the national spirit can be strengthened and prosper .
" It cannot be pretended that little was promisednay , offered , here—the constitutions in force , then , amongst which , certainly , the English occupied the first place , were considered to "be imperfect "—nor thattke thing to be offered was not described in such precise terms as scarcely to permit of any doubt Bnt at that time Prussian statesmen were not satisfied with mere promises—they really meant what they said . After Steiu had , on the express demand of Napoleon , been removed from the Ministry , his successor , Dardenberg , remained faithful to the same system ; not only had he , in the many liberal laws
he introduced , always a national representation in view—in February , 1811 , he actually realised the idea bj assembling at Berlin a provisional national representation , under whose co-operation several laws of the highest importance were discussed and sanctioned . __ So there we sec Berlin has actually witnessed within its precincts a national representa tion , and at what moment ? In 1811 , when the power of Napoleon vras unimpaired , and before the Prussian nation had ever asked for it , the national representation was granted by the King on his own free impulsion .
But the King did not even stop there : not satisfied to endow his own people with a constitution , he wished to extend the same benefit to all the other German States . After the termination of the war , during the negotiation of 1814 and 1815 , Prussia insisted in all her diplomatical n"tes on the necessity of granting constitutions , and of empowering the German peojdeevery where with the rightof voting the supplies and taxes . If the greater portion of Germany at this noment has constitutions , it is chiefly owing to the efforts of Prussia ; and if those constitutions are deprived at this moment of all their value and efficiency , it is again chiefly owins to the subsequent efforts of the same Ptussi " a , at the Diet . Was this not cruel ? Better they had never been given , than only as a means of causing constant heart-burnings and wide-spread popular dissatisfaction ! It does not appear , however , that the King at that period entertained less benevolent intentions towards his own subjects . " On the 22 nd of May , 181-5 , the King promulgates his famous ordinance , which contained the following short naracranbs : —
1 . A representation of the people shall be organized . -. To that end the Provincial Estates shall be convoked , &-c . 3 . From amongst those Provincial Estates shall be elected the representatives of the country , which will sit at Berlin . 4 . The sphere of action of the national representation will extend to all that concerns legislation and public taxation . 5 . A commission , composed of public functionaries , and inhabitants of proviuc « s , shall , without loss of time , be convoked to Berlin . C . This commission ivill cccupy themselves—first ,, with the organisation of the Provincial Estates ; s <« o « dly : with the organisation of die national representation thirdly , with drawing up a constitution on these base ; . 7 . They will assemble on the 1 st of September .
"This 1 st of September of the year 1 S 15 has still to come , to the present day' The promises , however , did cease less quick than the expectation raided br ti . ezn . In a Cabinet order , dated from the 17 th of January , 1820 , respecting the regulation of the national debt , it was said , that from thence no loan should be contracted ' without the co-operation and sanction of the future National Representation . ' Lastly , in the oidinance itself of the 5 th of June , 1823 , by which the Provincial Estates were created at last , it was added to a passage , iu which the laws to be presented to them were enumerated— 'As long as a general representation had not been called into existence ; * so that these Provincial Esiatt-s were generally considered as only an instalment to the ac- ; comi'lishment of the more important promise of a General National Representation .
"In the third paragraph of the general law just quoted , of the 5 th ol June , 1 SW , where the sphere of action of the Provincial Estates was defined , it was said—The provincial estates are the legal organ of the different classes of our subjects in each province . According to this destination , we order—1 . That all projects o : law which concern one province alone be submitted to its deliberation ; -. As long as a general representation does not exi t we shall also submit to their deliberation all projects of general laws respecting the rights of persons and property , and taxation , in as far as these laws concern the province ; s - We shall accept from the Estates their petitions or complaints referring to the special welfare or interests of the whole of the province , or part of it ; we shall examine them , and decide upon their merits ; 4 . The local affairs of the province will lie submitted to their derision under a reservation of our approbation and inspection .
" These were all the matters on which the Provincial Estates were to be consulted and asked their advice , for they could give no decision . But little as this was , even this little was taken away by subsequent explanatory laws . The right of netitiMi was surrGuiided with so many forms and difficulties as to be reduced to almost nothing ; and resuectin ; : the projects of laws which were to be submitted to the deliberations of the Estates , the government did not even take the trouble to hear their advke on any of them . Thus , until the year 1 ST . T . the representatives of the richest province « f Prussia , which contains nearly two millions aud : ¦ half of inhabitants , the Rhenish provinces , had only been convoked during tho * seventeen years to give their advice on the building and regulations of a madhouse ( at Sieburghj . some game iaws , and the mode of putting into execution in their province some laws already them 1 he
deeded and promulgated without . saint Estates adop-ed , in their sitting of the 14 th of June , 1837 a memorable address to the king , couched in tlie most respectful terms , in which nothing was said about a eeneral representation , in which they expressed tfieinseivi s bfclilv satisfied with the institution of the Provincial Estate ? , only proving the king to execute aud observe the cV . tr laws by which then action was defined and regulated . The former much vaster promises had been already forgotten at tnat time , and this sentiment was tieneral in the nation ; whose fault , then , wasit that the air of Prussia rings again with those cries fora ueneral representation ? The nation was already suisiicd with their Jot , when , behold , the present king again raised their expectations bv holding out new prompts to tin in , which he made , as it Lad been done by his father , on his own impulse alone . .
„ .. ,.. , _ ... " Cwsidered under this point of view , the ltoyal policy rf Pnisria appears both cruel and dangerous . 1 have in Uie preceding lines done nothing but irawW transited documents and generally kuovui facts fl'iii w 3 i . it a heavy pccnatiwi
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Prussia was the first , on her own free impulse , to stirt the cry for constitutional government all over Germany ; the constitutions in the smaller states chiefly ewe their existence to the powerful efforts of Prussia in 1814 and 1815 , and the same Prussia was also the for emost to stifle them , and deprive them of allpuwer ! In the same mode she has deliberately fostered the same expectations amongst her own subjects , only in order to disappoint them . Indeed , Prussia has rendered as bad services to the Absolutists as to the Liberals of Germany . And this policy and system is not limited to the constitutional question . We have recently seen quite similar pro-Prussia was the first , on her own free impulse , to Mil » tn 1 *<* &M m lpi !^ rtl ^
ceedings in the religious movement : it was through the protection and secret encouragement of Prussia that Rouge acquired the greaterportion of his influence ; and when this man was near destroying the influence of the Catholic Church in Germany , when the movement had already become too strong to master it , in steps again Prussia at the eleventh hour to thwart and oppose it , thus bequeathing to Prussia and Germany the fruitful germs both of political and religious revolutions , of her own making and creation . It is the governments , in my opinion , which have the greatest interest in discouraging and putting a stop to such a perfidious policy which can lead to nothing but turmoil and confusion . " London , Jan . 15 . " A Fokeigser . "
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THE ORDER OF THE GARTER . ¦ \ Visdsob , Mosdat . —The Queen held a court this afternoon at the Castle . Earl Grey had an audience of her Majesty , and delivered the Ensigns of the Order of the Garter worn by Ms late father . » Her Majesty held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter . Tbe Knights Companions having been robed in the Armoury in their mantles and collars , passed into St . Geonje ' s-hall , where they were called over by Garter Kin : ; of Arms . The Knights Companions present were his ltoyal Highness Prince Aluerr , his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , his Royal Highness Prince George , the Duke of Rutland , Duke of Wellington , Marquis of Exeter , Duke of Richmond , Duke of Huccleuch , Marquis of Lansdowne , Duke of Beaufort , Duke of Cleveland , Marquis of Abtrcorn , Earl Talbot , and the Earl of Powis .
The officers of the Order attended in their mantles , chains , aud badges . There were present—the Pielate , the Bishop of Winchester ; the Chancellor , the Bishop of Oxford ; the Registrar , the Hon . and Verv Rev . the Dean of Windsor ; Garter Principal King of Aims , Sir Charles Young ; and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod , Sir AusustuS j . W . J . Clifford , Bart . The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted from the private apartments to the Garter-room by the Lord Steward , the Lord Chamberlain , the Master of the Horse , the Vice . Chamberlain , the Treasurer of the Household , and the Comptroller of the Household .
Her Majesty being seated on a chair of state , the Knights , attended by the officers of the Order , proceeded into the presence of the Sovereign ; the Chancellor remaining at the door , not having been sworn . The Kni ghts Companions being seated , the Registrar signified to the Sovereign that the Right Itev . Dr . Samuel Wilberforce , Lord Bishop of Oxford , attended at the door of the Chapter-room , and humbly prayed to be admitted to take the oath of office as Chancellor of the Most Xoble Order ; whereupon , by her Majesty ' s commaud , the Chancellor , wearing his mantle of purple velvet over his episcopal habit , was introduced between Garter and Black Rod , the former carrying on a velvet cushion the purse , gold chaiu , and badge . The Chancellor kuelt on the left hand of the Sovereign , and the oath was administered to him by the Registrar . His Lordship was then invested by the Queeu with the gold chain and badi ; e , and haviug received from her Majesty the purse , had the honour to kiss hands , and retired to hie place on the Mt hand of the Sovereign .
The Chancellor signified to the Chapter her Majesty ' s Roy * l pleasure , that the two vacant stalls in the Royal Chapel of St . George , at Windsor , should bir filled , and as by the statutes none but knights can be elected , the Most Hon . George Charles Marquis Camden was introduced by Garter King of Arms and Black Rod . The sword of State , borne by Sir William Martins , Gentleman Usher , having been handed to the Queen by the Lord Chamberlain , bet Majesty was pleased to confer the honour of knighthood therewith . His Lordship , having kissed the Sovereign ' s hand , retired . The Most Hon . Richard Marquis of Hertford was introduced , and knighted with the same ceremony .
The Knights Companions proceeded to the election , and theiuffrages having been collected by the Chancellor and presented by him to the Queen , her Majesty commanded him to declare that the Most Hon . George Charles Marquis Camden had been duly elected a Knight Companion of the Most Xoble Order of the Garter . Then , by the Sovereign ' s command , his Lordship was received at the door of ihc Chapter-room by Earl Talbot and the Earl of Po « is , the two junior Knights Companions present , and Vas conducted between them to her Majesty , preceded by Garter ( bearing the ensigns of the order upon a crimson velvet cushion ) and by Black Rod . The Marquis Camden khelt near the Queen , and Garter King of Anns presenting on his ki . ee the G : trt « r , the noble Marquis was invested therewith by the Queen , assisted by the two senior Knights present , the Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition .
Tlie Queeii having received the Riband and George from Garter Kiug of Arms , put the same over his Lordship's left shoulder , the Chancellor pronouncing the customary admonition . The Marquis again kissed her Majesty ' s hand , aud having received the congratulations of each uf tiie Knights Companions , retired . The Chapter proceeded , to a second election , and the suffrages haviug been collected by tlie Chancellor , were presented to tbe Queen , when the Most Hon . Richard Marquis of Hertford was declared duly elected a Knight of the Most Xoble Order of the Garter ; tlie noble Marquis was introduced , and wa » invested by her Majesty with the Garter , and the Riband and George with the like ceremonies . The Chapter being ended , the Knights Companions were called ovur by Garter , aud , together with the cfiicers of the Order , retired from the presence of her Majesty .
The Queen wore the mantle and collar of the Order at the Investiture . The Prelate stood on the right of the Quien , the Chancellor on the left , the other officers ol the order remaining at tlie bottom of the table . TJie Duchess of Buccleuch , Mistress of the Robes , and the Visountess Jocelyu . Lady iu Waiting , were behind her Majesty on the left , and the Lord Chamberlain , with tlie Sword of State , on the opposite side . The officers of tlie Royal household in waiting occupied their usual stations . Sir Rotert Peel and Sir James Graham were present at tbe august ceremony . After the investiture , the Duke of Richmond had an audience of her Majesty to present addresses .
The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey , Gold Stick in Waiting ; Marquis of Ormonde , Lord in Waiting ; Admiral Sir Robert Otway , Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Cavendifh , Silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Buckley , Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Bouterie , Equerry iu Waiting to Prince Albert ; the Groom of the Robes , Mr . Stuart Wortley , and the Hop . Mr . Forbes , Pages of Honour in Waiting , and the Field Officer in Waiting . The Yeomen Guard , in thtir Coronation costume , were on duty in St . George ' s Hall , the Armoury , » nd the Guard Chamber . Sir George Lte , the Lieutenant , Mr . EUerthorp , the Adjutant , and Sir Samuel Hancock , Exon iu Waring , attended . A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards , commanded by Colunel Spittiswoode , attended during the Court in the grand quadrangle with the band of the reidment .
The Queen gave a grand dinner in the evening , to which ali tlie Knights of the Order of the Garter present at the Chapter were honoured with invitations , and were present , with the exceptions of his Royal Highness the ltuke of Cambridge , who left the Castle iu the afternoon for Kew , and of the Marquis of Anglesey , who was prevented by in « lisposition from being present , and who also to-.-k his departure from the Cattle in the afternoon . Her Koyal H gbness the Duchess of Kent , the Duchess of Buccleuch , the MarchioiuERof Camden , the Marquis of Granby . the Earls ot Liverpool , Delawarr , aud Jersey ,
Lady Fanny Howard , Baroness de Speth , the Hishop of Winchester , the Bishup of Oxford , the Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor , the Right Hon . Sir Robert Peel , the Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Major-General Sir Henry Whtat ' . ey , the Provost of Eton , the Rev . Lord Wriothtoley Russell , the Rev . Dr . Hawtrey , Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss , Mr . and Mrs . W . liarcourt , Sir George and Lady Couper , Hon and Rev . C . Leslie Cuurtcnay , Mr . Ralph Xeriile , Sir John M . Burgiiyne ( Grenaiikr Gmrd *) Lkutenant . Colonel Williams ( id Lite Guards ) , and Mr . Glover were also present at the banquet .
Dinner was served in the Waterloo Gallery , the candelabrum of St . George , the patron saint of the Most Xoble Ord * r of the Garter , ani the most magnificent in the Koyal Treasury , forming the principal ornament iu the centre tabl « , which was covered with numerous vastr . s , ice pails , anu pine stands , aud was brilliantly illuminated with numerous candelabra ( filled with wax lights ) , the whole of silver gilt . The beauti : ul lustres in this gallery were also lighted on this occasion . The bund of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance in one of the galleries dm ing dinner .
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THE "MORAL LESSON" OF THE GALLOWS . ( From Punch . ) Thousands of breasts beat horrid hope Thousands of eye balls , lit with hell , ' Burnt one way all , to see the rope Guslackeii as the platform fell . Coventry Patmorb . Within these few days , the majest y of the law—as the Moloch is called—has on two occasions asserted itself by the hands of the hangman . A great moral lesson has been preached to the multitude—tlie preachers a dead , law-slaughtered man and woman . Martha Browning and Samuel Quenncll—suffocate *! careasis ' . —have been hung to a beam to illustrate THE "MORAL LESSON" OF THE GAI n » w < s _ _ lllbGA ^ 0 WS .
the sacredness of Human life . The law , to show its horror of the bloodshedder , has shed blood . The rope aud the knife were the death-dealing instruments of the murderers : but the homicides themselves were killed with all the solemnity of a statute . The first victims were smitten suddenl y , secretly : but the Idoodshedders , to expiate their crime , were strangled for a national sight . Lessons of Christian love and charity were thought to issue from the dead , distorted mouths of the law-killed malefactors . The hangmau was made the schoolmaster ; and the priest preached the loving-kindness and forgiveness of Christ to miserable creatures , to be in an instant slain bv the law ' s revenge .
And there is no mockery in this—none ! In many ioohsh phases , under many wicked forms , appears the wonderful knowledge of the legislature ; but if the great Enemy and Mocker of man would show the fiends the greatest and foulest example of human lolly and wickedness m the guise of justice , surely he would point to the hanging carcase of a man , killed according to law , and , with a chuckle , cry , " Behold , the \\ lsdom of Parliament P True ; he may mourn the good old teggot times , when he snuffed the sweet odour of roasting flesh-of law-burned men and women m Sinithfield ; nevertheless , there still remains lor him neighbouring Ne « gate ; and still Sir James urahain sits paramoun t—Justice in granite—at the llome Office ! What double lessons of morality did the wisdom of the Secretary set the contemplative populace of London last Monday " week ! How cunningly , too , were the practical themes ordered-tliat the half-taught of the Old Bailey mightfollowing the
, hangman , be completely edified in llorscmongerlane ! Should Parliament , in its growing tenderness for the multitude , some day appoint a national Master of the Revels , Sir James Graham , above ail other claimants , must fill the post . His willingness to deny the mob the execution of Mary Furley must ever be gratefully remembered by the visitors of the Old Bailey . And there again , thoughtful Sir James did all he could : he at least whetted the appetite of the multitude with the sweet death-warrant , ; though only eight-and-forty hours afterwards it was retailed , —the woman having suffered only eight-and-forty hours of needless agony . Nevenheltss , it was a fine thought to threaten her , Justin solemn sport , with the hangman—even it may be at the time it was determined only to expatriate her . Now and then a wise , benevolent statesman may permit himself to play with heart-strings , even as 2 S ero played upon the fiddle .
But a great reform has tnken place . The press is excluded from the interior of aprison on killing days . This tremendoussagachy of Sir James will very soon render turnkeys reporters ; for somehow anecdotes of the condemned cell will iind their way into print . We have full evidence of this . For instance , we gather the subjoined glad tidings from the newspapers : " In the course of seme convenation she ( Martha Browning ) had with the chaplin , she has expressed an opinion that the spectacle of her bting publicly executed would be calculated to have the effect of preventing others from committing a similar crime , and there is very little doubt she will meet htr dreadful fate with the utmost firmnese . "
> o \ v , did the reverend Mr . Davis himself furnish our brethren with this intelligence ? On the oilier hand , did the enlightened chaplain—the mouth-piece of mercy , as the preacher of the New Testament—did he himself first suggest such an opinion totliecul-M'it , to be al ' teiwards blazoned as her own penitent conviction ? We more than suspect this of Mr . Davis ; and for this shrewd reason : we well remember his funeral discourse to Uocker ; in which the chaplain took it upon himself to answer the opponents of legal manslaying , by dilatiug on the great moral example afforded by public hanging ; it was so awful , so tremendous a lesson to the depraved and thoughtless . * And can tiiis really and truly be the solemn conviction of Mr . Davis , " minister of the Gospel ? And if it be , we ask of tlie man , is he blind—is he deaf ? lias he no perception ?
Whatin the acting of his dreadful function ? , when he issues from Newgate door , what does he sec—what hear ? Doe 3 he behold an awe-stricken multitude ; a mass of ashy human faces , smitten with terrer—eves flowing with tears , lips moving with prayer against temptation ? Decs he listen to a low yet fervent murmur , of devotion ? No— no . lie sees around him horrid lnoks—cannibal eyes , whetted with a foul appetite , nurtured by the gallows . And he hears a crv of "Hats off ! " that the public killing of a manor woman nsay lie as fairly seen by all , as by the expectant gazers of an opening pantomime . " And yet with these sights and sounds—things , we sho ' ultl think , apt to disturb the rest of licly men—with these horrors acted about him , Mr . Davis translates lunging into a moral example . The dreadful , curious looksof the Old Bailey , are the looks of penitence —and the savage oaths of blasphemv are muttered
prayers . But to return to the double horror of Mondny week —to a consideration of its moral efficacy . Wliat was the scene in the Old Bailey on the previous Sunday Let the 6 lole answer : — '' During the whole uf the day , a vast number of idle and dissolute girls and boys continued loitering : iu front of the prison , uttering the most disgusting and ribald jests . " Hanging , however , imparts advantages to some people—namely , to the householders of the Old
Bailey ; for on the Sunday evening" If any respectable person was pissing , his cars were assailed with the following questions by the persons above noticed : — ' Do you want a room , sir ? A hue view of the scene , sir . You can have every accommodation aud plenty of refreshment alread y provided ; a good fire , sir , so that you will not teel the cold . '" And so pass the night with braudy and cigars , awaiting the advent of the great moral teacher , hangman Calcraft . At an early hour the mob assembled , and according to the papers , brawled and fought .
lhe killing at the Old Bailey perpetrated , the Cltromcle tells us" Soon after the great bulk of the crowd began to disperse , a great portion of whom , we regret to 6 ay , proceeded with great speed to the next tad icene of action at Ilorsemonger-hme . " And thus had the benefit of a twofold moral lessnn—z lesson whose etticacy was shown iu fights at the gallows' foot , and wa » most impressively declared by the subjoined paragraph in the same copy of the Times that narrated the two acted moralities . " Gdiliuull . —John Asliury and Henry L-c , two lads , were committed te lirirfewel ] lor a mouth for attempting - . 0 pick pockets at the execution in the Old Bailey . " ' What says the Reverend Ordinary to this ? ] s it not clear that the Old Bailey gallows is too often the half-way post to Bridewell—the seeing a Newgate exhibition merely preparatory to an abiding iu Newgate walls ?
And now , a final word to Mr . Davis . We doubt not that he , and every other gaol-chaplain appointed to preach love and mercy to the culprit while the law waits to kill him , do conscientiously fulfil their duties : we make no question that they can reconcile together the function of a minister of the Gospel , who preaches forgiveness , with the duty of the heathen priest who assisted at the slaying of the victim . We cannot . To hear the peaceful words of the Redeemer breathed iu the ear of a man about to be strangled , in , to our mind , to listen to a most awful State hypocrisy—* most apiaHing mockery of the greatest attribute of Jesus . We speak as the ignorant laity ; but wo speak our honest thinking . According to our view of Christianity , it ought to be as difficult in a Christian State to fimt a Clirfctian clergyman to assist at the deprivation of human life , as thanks to the humane instincts of the common mass , it stems difficult tt > obtain a wretched iiiercenarv to do the
killing , is it to expect too much , to hojii ! t ! : at ^ onie day the chaplains of the gaols will vindicate their Christianity ; and , as one man , petition Parliament against death-punishment ? We tlnow out this siij ; - ccst wn to Mr Davis ; let Newgate begin the work . Let the chaplains learn tin ; le . « son set them by the excellent Lord Nugent at Aylesltiuy , and show " with him , that even the Bible , which is now made their great argument for tlie hangman , docs no ! , truly translated , command ( nan-slaying . We spy again , lot the { jaol chaplains , with one accord , lift tiieir voices in aoUnin condemnation of the barbarous , the i » nor ant practice of judicial nian-kiliiii" ; nor will then appeal to the wisdom of Parliament be less beiievolent , less Cu-istianlike , if assisted bv the dulcet accents of , here and there , a bishop
Still , hare we this comfort : whether the men of God assist the goodly work or no . the -allows is doomed , « crumbling , and must down-overtl . ow by no greater instruments than n few goo < e-r-u s
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V 0 UEf Coswcts run Vax Dikman ' s I . asii .-TIic rairy steam-packet . lH . -ion . uinj : to the Woolwich Com pany brought d « , wn 72 female convicts on Mnn . lav roni Millbauk Penitentiary , ami put them on boanl the hnnna tugraia hncd convict ., ! , ; ,, , mooix ,, „„ the Koyal Arsenal , loll additional were expected m Woolwich on Ucdncalay for embarkation for eonveyance to \ an Diemau ' s Land . We hope that theBe unfortunate women will have a better fate than those who preceded them some time back .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! MEETING IN TIIE CITY OF LONDON . . overflowing and most enthusiastic public meeting . was held at the City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turaagain-iane , * arringdon-street , to protest against the embodiment of the militia , on Sunday evening , J anuary 18 th . at eight o ' clock . Mr . William Dear , an old militia man , was unanimously called to the cnair . He said he could not agree with the idea of embodying the militia at the present time , as it did appear to him to be done for no other purpose than emit ol putting down democracy in America —( heav , near )—and he did not like the idea a . t any time of taumg away the son , the prop , and even support , of an aged lather or mother —( hear , hear ) -or the new married husband from the young wife of his early and best . Elections ; or the honest industrious man ram his home , breaking up his business , and sending him forth to be , at least , a wandering vagabond on tue face of the earth , dressed in the dismist . iim TiT , - , " ~ T ~~ T"r . ' _ ' NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! ~
Habiliments of a Government slave . ( Loud cheers . ) f « ii ' »! leelercame forward , and read the following ; reaoutum , tlie reading of which was received with great cheering : — That in the opinion of this meeting the contemplated SSrS * ° tl ' C miHtia &rce is an act of *™» V Zhfll ? fi unre ^ eMte , l classes of the community , v ola mg the first principles of justice , and that it would S *' 1 TOrkin 8 •*»»•«« of this country with eternal mi . my if they allowed it to be carried into effect without
piotestuig against it by Uie strongest effort the law and constitution allows ; and that this meeting further believes that the alle Eed cause for this tyrannic act , viz the prospect of a war with America relative to the Oregon territory , one in which their best interests are perilled which can only tend to throw into confusion tho dearest interests of the empire , and that they will not allow their lamuy ties to be torn asunder , their domestic comforts to De myaded , and their liberty sacrificed , in order that their brethren in America may be slaughtered , and a tresii impulse given to despotism and misrule .
In moving the adoption of the resolution , he saicL ltwasan apnroveJ maxim "that taxation without representation was tyranny , and ought to be res > ted . If tins be true , by what stronger name shall we designate the compelling of the unenfranchised to serve in the militia- ( hear , hearV-in an ensanguined livery ? and where was the man that would not binsh , aye , even deeper than the scarlet coat he would be compelled to wear , to be placed in such a disgraceful predicament ? ( Loud cheers ) 1 here was no necessity forgoing to war with America about the Oregon territory . If land was wanted there was plenty to be had at home . ( Great cheering . ) At any rate , he was resolved not to be a militia man ; and if the giving vent to that assertion was treason , he was proud to be a traitor , ave , and prouder still to be surrounded by so many hundreds ot such "traitors . '' ( Tremendous ckceriL . l
Mr JJ . V .. Kufty seconded the resolution , eloqucntly describing the militia force as a snare , designed to fill the regular army ( which enlistment , had ailed to do ) with tools of tyranny , leaving wives to become widows , children to become orphans , converting our youths into debauchees and bloodshedders taking them irom their virtuous homes and canines ' and sending them forth to spread desolation , rapine and murder far and wide . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was put and carried unanimously amid the loudest applause . Mr . Stallwood rose to move-That a committee of five persons be elected by that meeting to aid and assist in getting up a demonstration
against the proposed embodiment of the militia , and take such other steps as may be deemed necessary . lie said Lord John Russell had stated , in his recent Glasgow oration , that there was no necessity for a a war with America , that there were other and " better means of settling such disputes , and that the interests ot the two nations were too much bound up together to make such a circumstance imminent , ( tleav Hear . ) Lord Morpeth had echoed these sentiments Attcr the able and eloquent speeches of the prccedinu orators , it would ill become him to descant on the evils and horrors of war . However , he trusted they would do someth
ing more than meet and hold up their bauds for molutiuns ; he would not counsel violent resistance to the law , but nothing was ever obtained worth the liavinc , except by moral darin » He remembered during the struggle for a free press that his friend , Henry lletheringtou , was ehar » ed with violating the law . "So , " responded Iletlierlngton , ' 1 do not violate the law ; 1 only give it the alternative , I must either have my paper stamped pay a fine , or go to prison , and I prefer goin" to prison . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Now the result would be , that should any of his family be drawn , he should advise them to give the alternative : that ,
was neither , to serve , find a substitute , nor pay the fine in money —( loud cheers );—for he did think the man who disliked to become a mun-bittcher himselt ; yet would tempt another man throu < 'h the means of his pevcrty to de so , was a mean despicable scoundrel indued . ( Great cheering . ) It mi » ht be said your family exempts you . Yes , but some of that family would soon be of the nga that the law set down for the period at which liability commenced , aud his parental auvetiou naturally iiiade him desirous of protecting his children . He had in-tilled into their yimni ; breasts a natural-hatred of blondshedding , and he had no hesitation in saying that they would he found equally jcsolved with ' himself ; and were it otherwise , he would discard themdisown
, thtin , were they ever to don lhe scarlet livery ol' a hni'd murderer . Far batter , and much more honourable was it even to suflcr the prison gloom than to have the crime of murder on their souls . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Brown , m seconding the motion , said that althoHgii the major portion of the press should smother their opinions on this matter , vet the AoMftcm Star would proclaim aloud their sentiments to their American brethren on this subject . ( Loud cheers . ) He should like to know if the persons composing that great meeting were ready to don the scarlet livery and become the willing tools of despotism . ( Loud shouts of "No , no . " ) Surely those who would find a substitute , or pay a fine in cash were "renter slaves than those who carried the
musket without being first in possession of the vote . ( Loud chcets . ) Well , he should much like to have their unmistakeable opinion on the subject ; and would , therefore , take a show of hands of all such who had , like himsvK , determined never to incur such an indelible disgrace . ( Here every hand was held up , amid the most enthusiastic cheering . ) Mr . William litnbow said , he thought this deliiatc ground to tread on , lit must say that lit would vathev fiyht with the Americans than against them . ( Loud ciiccvs . ) A Militia Law was essentially British , and he held that every man should have ' the vote , and have arms in his hands , and also be taught the use of them ; so that he might he enabled to protect that vote and their homes . - ( Loud cheers . ) 'i'hc law had been much distorted , and men had now been taught that they had " nothing to do with the laws but to obey them . " lie was of opinion that the people should act individually in this matter , to prevent
their being taken hold of as conspirators nsjiiust the law . ( Hear , hear . ) He was be \ ond the age himself , but he had sons that were liable , and if the suffrage was uhivcrsal , and the war a just one he would say to those sons , take your parts honestly , fijiht like Britons , and die , if needs be , like Grecians . ( Loud cheers . ) He was proud to see such meetings , and hoped that cveiy man would act as became him in his individual capacity against the present iniquitous system . ( Loud cheers . ) ' He was of opinion that no tiiith could be placed in either 1 ' eel , Russell , or Morpeth . If you want your work well done you must do it yourselves . ( Much cheering . ) Mr . Tatlow , of Leicester , said , very probably his sun might be drawn , and as he very cordially iij ; iectl with the last speaker , he should fed it his duty as a father , to say , don ' t serve nor find a substitute , nor pay a fine in cash : far better would it he to have all your chairs , tables , sheets , and bedding taken from you . ( Great checr-ini ' . )
Mr . Stallwood said that these meetings wore called at a very fitting time , seeing that the matter will be iirqiighfc before J ' ni-liament , and a short bill passed before the embodiment took place ; it would , therefore , be their duty to memorialise tlie Premier , petition the House , and bother the Parliamentary lemm-ntatives to support their memorials and petitions . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was unanimously adopted , and Messrs . Dear , Gover , jun ., Dunn , Overtoil , and I ' . M . Wheeler , were elected the committee . A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman , and the mcc'tiii" separated , evidently pleased with its deliberations and the prclimiiiaiv steps taken .
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( IKKAT MEKTI . VG AT THE SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . On Monday evening , January IDth , a public meeting was held , pursuant to public notice . Ik-tore the time for commencement arrived the hall was literally crammed , and was at furnace heat ; so oppressive was it , that loud shouts of " Open the windows" were raised , some of them beinp ; already unclosed . Mr . John Galhard was unanimously elected to the chair , anil called < m Mr . T . Clark to move the first resolution . He said : We have met here- to pledge ourselves to support our glorious institutions . We are asked to raise- a militia force for that purpose , and , of course , we will raise an awkward squad from the Amlover fc ' nion , which shall he led by the Windsor Rale-payiii } : Kield-Marshal . ( Loud In tighter . )
Hut , badinage apart , he would he happy to fight for his laud and his home , it' the Government would be Ivinil enough to show him where that land and home "ere . ( Cheers . ) When he had a vote , ami was protected under the constitution , he should he im-l neil to h ghl-for the constitution , and not before . ( Loml etieers . ) l . ut the ari . storr : i « y who monnpolisrd the : ' » ' « huht . in its dcieuec . Let those who want kings ujiit . lor them ; and , after the rule of the immaculate ' ' ' S « w , h « had no doubt they were verv loud of h . ' mnl » VT ll 0 ' " - ) lie Silid - i 5 ' tllC » liliti ' « S t 0 o , v- , f ' . r Uw : m 8 d «* «» e « wl' « » ' »« »» "'• o £ « I-, " " " :. "o thought it would be goo . ! m . ko f or any « wUlllg lnjillj w | ien . lsk (|( 1 (() scn * «? , '¦ I V ' v llige''ons IlWB-1 niu n Chartist . " It * i . wd lie ^ ery d angerous , he thought , to put a . musket in the hands of the poor haudloom weavers
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who only received eight shillings each for a hard week ' B work . ( Hear , hear . ) Place a musket in such a man ' s hands , and tell him he is to shoot his enemies with it , and , egad , many a member of Parliament would be found scampering off . ( Loud laughter and great applause . ) First let us feel we are men ; give us a vote , and then the musket to protect it ; but , as it is , he must and would shout , ' ^ i ? vo e ! no niusket ! " ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Fcargus O'Connor , in rising t « i second the resolution , was greeted with loud and long continued , applause . He said he was glad to find tne tear of the bayonet could draw such meetings togctuer . \ Ye ) mve frequently been denounced as physical force Chartists but surelwhen we meet to who only received eight shillings each for a hard
, y repudiate the bayonet , we must be moral force men . i perceive , too , that the bayonet has also brought two gentlemen from the press here . Well , he was glad to see them , and if the press only thundered as loudly agamst the musket as he had in favour of the vote , he . had no doubt that knowled ge would triumph over the cannon ' s roar . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . Clark had well said , show him where his land was , he would be ready to light for it . ( Hear , hear . ) We heard much ot loyalty , but immediately the smallest privilege ol the aristocracy was touched , their loyalty oozed out , like Hob Acre ' s courage , at their finger ends . ( Hear , hear . ) For his part , he was like the girl who wanted something to love—he was seekin « for something to be loyal to . ( Hearhear . ) He
, looked on this movement as an attempt to put down democracy in America . Were they prepared to go to war against their own principles ? ( Loud shouts of No , no !) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) had . predicted this movement long ago ; he had shown that the league and visits of kings and queens was to suppress the rising liberties of the people . Had that attention , which was then due , been given to his warning , such a moment as the present would have never taken place —( hear , hear)—but , alas ! the people were apathetic until something like the present picco of attempted despotism roused them to action . Perhaps it was well that they should bo scourged a little up to their own affairs ; they had too long been scourged up to serve tlie interest of their
onpressors . ( Hear , hear . ) Thank God , they dare not raise a militia force in Ireland , Mr . O'Connor then eloquently described the horror the Irish people had of tiiich a force , and forcibly depicted the ruthless scenes enacted by a militia corf s in that unfortunate country about fifty years ago . Of their brutal ravishings of Irish maidens—of their disgraceful advertisements for maidens of sixteen as camp followers , and the compelling them so to act under pain of death . Aye ( said Mr . O'Connor ) , for justly denouncing such brutal scenes of carnage and rapine my venerable uncle , Arthur , is now in the fortyninth year of his banisnment ; but , notwithstanding this , lam here still to denounce , still to call for retribution for the past wrongs committed , and to
demand justice for my much injured country . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now ( sai ' d Mr . O'Connor ) I will imagine that I am in France , and Jemmy Graham ' s spieswillpleasetomindthatlsay Fiance . ( Laughter . ) Well , just imagine that forty thousand men are raised , and sent from that kingdom to America ; think you the Americans would receive them as enemies ? No certainly not ; but as brethren , with , " Oh ! in your country population treads on the heels of subsistence ; but here we have plenty ot land ; cultivate , then , and enjoy for yourselves . " The men would reply , " Wo were sent here for the purpose of despotism , but we will now remain here for our own purpose , and extend the glorious principles of brotherhood and democracy . " ( Immenseapplause . )
Mind , I do not say this would be the case with Englishmen or Irishmen . I speak of Frenchmen . ( Hoars of laughter and great applause . ) Well , but should a large army be sent to America from even tills country , perhaps some honest member might he found in the House of Commons to propose , as the economists have told us , that we have a surplus population , and , acting on the principles of free trade , move that the men should be allowed to remain in that country , the Americans taking the labour of the Englishmen in exchange for their land —( hear , hear);—such a philanthropist would assuredly receive the thanks of his country . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor next reviewed , the aMi-tsocial heaving oi'the militia question , as evinced in dragging the newlymarried man from his bridal bed and the affectionate
urins of tlie woman he has sworn to love and to cherish : in the bereavement of the widow or the helpless infirm father , by taking from them the prop of their declining years , their only son . ( Great sensation . ) Here , said he , is a glaring instance of there being "One law for the rich and another for the pooi \ " The rich man pays a fine of £ 10 and is excused , or finds a substitute at a much less cost , while the poor man , who has not the means to do either , is compelled to leave his business , and break up his hunibic but happy home , aud become an unwilling suldier . ( Loud cheers . ) No wonder that such things caused dissatisfaction inthu breasts of working menno wonder that men were found who preferred being fined , who preferred having their gunc ' s seized , ov
their bodies incarcerated ; sure was he , that were he placed in similar cireumstanees--tliat rather than serve in the militia , or find a substitute , he should submit to the alternative . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now was the time for speaking—we are not yet at war ; a bill must lie brought beiovc the House bai ' ore an embodiment can take place , and , therefore , it was right your sentiments should he known—his own opinion was greatly in favour of the no vote xo musket PB 1 NCIW . T-:. ( Immense applause . ) Parliament is about to meet , and the "League" expects "free trade" on Thursday next ; but n . ark my words , no men were evermore disappointed than they will be , than even the " mighty Thunderer , " the Times , will he , iooking about for a spot , on which to cast anchor ;
and , deper . d on it , they will ultimately land on our tight little island , the People ' s Charter , and then none will shout louder than the Times and the "League , " "Novote . no musket ! " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then passed a warm eulogy on Mr . Cooper , the Chartist poet , and said that two others of our great literary men , Douglas Jcrrold and Charles Dickens , have connected themselves with a daily newspaper , which makes its appearance on Wednesday next , inuler the title of the Duilu Sm-s , and which , he trusted , would prove an advocate of the rights of the millions . ( Ileav , hear . ) He never puffeii or endeavoured to push his own paper , but he recommended them to sec the Jkuir- Xavs , and it ' they found it a good one , let them take care it was found in every coffee-house , chop-house , ale-house , or cook shop they were in the habit of using ; and if they only did their duty iu this respect , the pennies of the working men will lie found to have more
weight than the pounds uf the rich . ( Hear . ) \ ou now know your duty , go and do it ; let not this night pass without forming a c < -i >) niit tec to carry out the doctrine of xo von : ^ o muskei ; pour in your petitions , respectfully asking what you are to fight for ; whether it is to uphold Poor Law Unions , to support a standing army in time of peace , a cormorant church , a rapacious clergy , Coercion Bills fur Ireland , rapine and slaughter abroad , nud despotism at home ; and if their honourable House will only show you that you have something worth fighting for , you will light like an Irishman . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid thunders of applause . The resolution was supported in fervid speeches by Messrs . T . Conpt'i , Doyle , and D . W . Kufly , and carried unanimously . Mr . T . M . Wheeler , in one of the most eloquent and manly speeches it was ever ouv fortune to hear , moved the adoption of the following petition : —
To the Honourable the C ' oimiioii ? of Great 7 > Wfuii < and IrcUaul in I ' arliameut assembled . The petition of tlie undersigned inhabitants of the boroughs of Lnmhetli ami Soulhwsirk respectfull y slioweth , That they have learned with alarm , commingled with feelings of indignation , that the Kxecutive Government contemplates the embodiment uf the militia turn . ' . That your petitioners nrt'sumir to tell your honourable House , that in their judgment such an act would be one of palpable injustice to tin ; unrepresented classes of this empire , inasmuch as it will eventuate iu taxing thousands of them to find substitutes , in muictinir them iu fines of ten pounds each , or in coercing them to pui'sue , for seven shillings per week , a vocation from which their souls recoil with horror and disgust .
That your petitioners are so ' emnly impressed with the conviction that it is the very t . ssi nee of tyranny , and in direct contravention of tlie spirit of the constitution to compel men to sacrifice their time ami money iVi the upholding of institutions in she fovmittion of which they are foibidden to take any p . 'irt . That in the opinion ( if your petitioners it would accord more with reason and justice to ilrnw the militia from thiit section of the . community from which your honourable House emanates . As they possess a monopoly of legislative power , as well ; is a monopoly of flic nation ' s wealth , it appears hut ei | uitablc to your petitioners that they should likewise possess si monopoly of its cares .
That jour petitioners thint that ( . ¦ immsstancospresent or prospective do not cull for the embodiment of tbv militia at this time , seeing that profound tr . iai \ uUlity prevails at home , and that we haw , at : i most enormous expense , a numerous and wcll-disciplined army , and a powerful and well-equipped navy , to assort the rights of die privileged orders when assailed abroad . That your petitioner . ' , thwefui-e , call on your honourabl . i House to throw tlie shield of your protection over the vutclets outcasts of England ' s constitution , by preventing the raisin ; : of the militia , or , if it must be embodied , to cause it to lie drawn from the privileged orders , as they alone will be benefited by its existence . And your petitioneis nil ! e . vcrjiray .
Mi ' . 1 ' . M' ( iratl ) , in an eloquent , impressive , anil excellent speech , supported the petition , whi h \ va > mlopteil . by acclamation . It was unanimously resolved that the petitio Ik"i gncd by the chairman c-. n behalf of the meeting ami forwarded to T . S . Duiit'Oinbc , M . P ., lor presentation ; ami Ih « fc fhi' inemhers for the borough * f Lambeth and Southwark be requested to support its prayer . It v . ' » s also'resolved , "That Messrs . , 1 . Gatlmnl , Kni » ht , M'lirath , Clark , and Doyle , be a ( otnmittcc to carry out the objects of tin meeting . " A vote of thanks was then tjivoii to the chairman , and the mcetiiiL' was dissolved .
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Carlisle . —A meeting of the friends of liberty will be held at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to take into consideration the propriety of having a public meeting to petition Parliament against the attempt to make an oppressed people serve unwi . lingly in the militia . ( W ^ ^ in . nf « ,. fw ^ . tf HWm , „«„
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• ? - TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ . Siii . -loryum- able- letter on the projected embodiment of the-militia in the Star of hut Saturday you are eminently entitled to the thanks of the working classes of tins country . Like a t . usty ventmel on labour ' s watch tower , you have sounded the alarm , and thus prepared the people for the approach of their enemies , for which I here tender you my gratitude , aud trust that the Star , iu connection with other agencies , will be the means of evoking a spirit in the country which will show our Tory rulers the wisdom of relinquishing their militia project . Tha Executive oi ' tbu National Charter Association are , to their credit , at their posts , endeavouring to arouse tho people from quiescence , to stem the torrent of tyranny which threatens to overwhelm them , and with a success
winch augurs well lor the result of the agitation , as the enthusiastic and crowded meetings in the City and Lambeth Chartist . Halls on Sunday and Monday evenings last amply testify . Let every borough in Britain perform its duty as did Lambeth on Monday night , and the discomfiture of the tyrannical , mulcting , and plundering military scheme is inevitable . With your permission , sir , I would subjoin a few observations on tliu cruelty and injustice of constraining the peacefully disposed people of this country to pursue the horrific vocation of plundering and throat-cutting for the benefit of England ' s Christian aristocracy . I will sup . pose a ease , the reality of which will ocour in hundreds of instances if the militia ave drawn . In this ideal case , the nefariousness of tlie scheme will be clearly seen .
Let us suppose the lot to fall upon a young machanic , earning £ 110 s . a week ; he is the sohce , tho mainstay of the tottering existence of parents who are rapidly hastening to the end of life ' s journey . Making what is culled a respectable appearance in society , the demands upon his earnings prevent bis accumulating any savings ; he has neither tho means of providing a substitute or paying ten pounds to exempt him from service ; if he re-fuses to serve , imprisonment is his doom . He subraitE to the fate to which injustice consigns hiio , enters the militia , aud mark tbe consequences . His aged parents , deprived of their support , seek an asylum from starvation in the gloomy workhouse , and there , attired in the degrading garb of pauperism , fed on felon ' s fare , immured in separate cells , they spend life ' s winter in wretchedness ana
sorrow , while their ton , torn from them , shoulders his musket and marches to uphold the very system that degrades and starves his old parents , and enslaves and robs himself . This militia law is unequal in operation , and therefore unjust . The wealthy man purchases exemption from service for ten pounds , the poor man must serve at a very great loss . A man who can earn thirty shillings a week serves his Queen and country in the militia for five years at seven shillings a week . At his avocation lie wouiu in these five years earn £ : ) 80 , at that which law forces him to follow he obtained but £ !) 0 . He is therefore robbed , in the Queen's service , for the benefit of his country , of the sum of £ 2 ! iO . Such is the justice which the class-made laws of England inete out to the working classes . There is no necessity for raising
a militia , for peace holds dominion at home . But , it may be said , that war menaces abroad . ¦ Well , the militia , by law , cannot be sent out of the country : and I believe no one contemplates the landing of the belligerent Yankees on our shoves . Then the services of the militia will never be required . Hence the fatuity of embodying , at an enormous expense , a large military force , for the exercise of whose prowess an opportunity will never occur . But it will be urged by the hoavj reverers of " things as they are , " that the army may be required to assert Britain ' s honour abroad , and that the presence of a military force at home is indispensable to keep the people in order : to preserve iHtact our time-hallowed institutions from the assaultsof the iiamile . But has not Sir Robert a resource in the armed peelers ? And , again , there are
the Chelsea penpioners always available . These arepaid by government with the people ' s money , and available iu every emergency for government purposes . It is a sound principle iu the philosophy of politics , " that allegiance is due only where protection is rendered . " In Great Britain lhe working man ib denied protection ; the fences of labour ' s vineyard have been kvelled , and its fruits fall a prey to the hungry cupidity of landlords , fundlords , and profitlords . And yet men are compelled to peril their lives to uphold a system fraught with such dostructive consequences to their iutercsts ! Oppression is attaining its culminuting point , in that country where the people are not only constrained to minister to the aggrandisement of the oppressor , but to become the rod in his hands to scourge themselves .
If a militia must be embodied , reason and justico proclaim nun vocc , let it be from those of the community who enjoy a monopoly oT the good things of the land . It tlie glorious Constitution is menaced , let its admirers defend it ; if our time-hallowed institutions—those relics of ancestral wisdom—are endangered , let the cost of their consul vation fall on those who profit by their exieteuce ; if British dominion is to be extended over Oregon , let it be by those who will be advantaged by territorial acquisition : if our holy Church , so prolific of blessings to its votaries , is in danger , let its thousands of ministers , officered by the bishops , form themselves iuto reverend I rigades , and rally to its support : but , hi the name of reason , justice , and common sense , let the working men of Britain , who have no predilection for the vocation of murder , who desire to earn bread by honest industry , who yearn for the rei gn of liberty and truth , be allowed to live in " peace on earth , and good wili towards lntn . " Vindex
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A Serious Accident to a Solitary . —On Monday evening week , shortly after six o ' clock , a fire was discovered in one of the bedrooms of Bellevuc Villa , Biithwiek-hill , Bath , the residence of the Hon . Mis . Southwell . An alarm being given , Captain Carroll and the police brigade were almost immediately on the spot . Inspector Smith having procured a ladder , ascended and reached the window of the room , where he perceived the curtains of the bed to he on fire . Having broken the window , Smith and another policeman entered , and found the Hon . Mrs . Southwell on the iloor insensible , both of her arms being a little burned . The flames of the curtains . were speedily extinguished , and Mr . Kilvert , surgeon , attended the lady , and dressed the parts which had been scorched . Rut for the old of the police , there is little doubt the house would have fallen a proy to the five , and its owner ( who is very eccentricand
, resides alone ) would have perished iu it . The peculiarity of the habits of this old lady has for a long time at Iracted the notice of the police and others who hsvve had occasion to call at the house . It appears that , for upwards of ten years no domestic of any kind has been permitted to reside with her , so that the cause of the accident cannot be stated . The method by which she has been supplied with the necessaries of life has been from a plan of her own contrivancetaking them in at her drawing-room window by means of a string and basket , her . orders having been previously given through the kindly offices of some parties in her confidence . During this long period the residence has undergone no cleansing ; and the person of the old woman presented a most filthy spectacle , and had apparently been as great a stranger to iiuv ablutions .
Man Burst to Death in a Chimney . —On Tuesday morning week , a man named James Horrox , a coal miner , was found burnt to death in a chimney , at Mr . De-ai-den ' s colliery , Lirtle-eum-Baiuford , Lancashire . It appeared he had called for assistanea , when the workmen proceeded to pull clown the chimney ; but he was dead when they extricated him , and his body burned almost to a cinder , lie had been seen in a state of intoxication the previous evening , and it is thought lie went to sleep in the cabin , and that finding the door was fastened , and supposing the fire inside hail been raked out , he attempted to get down the chimney , but got fast and was burned .
KxTRAonnixAitv SnciHE . —An occurrence of a very painful nature took place on the Groat Western Kailway , at Twerton , on Monday week . John Chambers , a labuurcr in the employ of Messrs . Stothertand Co ., left his work about nine o ' clock in tho morning of that day , as was supposed logo to breakfast . ' Nothing , however , was heard of him at home . About twelve o ' cloi-k he was seen sitting , apparently in a desponding mood , on a stile ailjoininga path which crosses the line at the rear of the Royal Oak Inn , Twerton . On the approach of the twelve o ' clock up
train lie rushed forward and threw himself down in front of the engine , and was in a moment deprived ( if life , his b dy being left on the rails a mangled and blcedirg spectacle shocking to humanity . The legs are described as completely severed from the trunk , and other injuries arc visible in various parts of the body . It appears that the poor fellow , whose untimely death we have thus to record , has been for some time in a low and melanchol y state , attributable to the pressure of poverty , heightened by a recent illness .
S \ jh : ibk or \ Licensed Victuajakr . —On Monday evening Mr . Wakley , M . I ' ., held an inquest at the Yorkshire Grey , London-street , Fit / . roy-square , on the body of Mr . John Henry Lovridgej landlord of that house . Charlotte Parker , a nursery-maid , Iiroved finding deceased hanging from the bod post in lis btd room , at hall ' -piist six on Friday evening . She had heard him « o up stairs about one hour previously . She instantly raisedan alarm , jlr . Thomas i . ' olhorne , architect ami railway surveyor , said lie had lodged with deceased since the ith of December , and had kuown him about five years ago living as a private gentleman at Lvmington . He had altered in
his appearance since he had become a licensed victualler . Witness saw him last alive on Thursday night , when he appeared in good spiriti , though ho complained of pain in the head , When the last witness raised the alarm , he hastened into deceased '* b . 'd-room , found him hanging as she ik'scribeu . and cut him down . He had bcoiulo ; ul some time . Ah . Derbyshire , deceased ' s niodiciilattcudnut , proved that ; he laboured . under determination « f blood' to tho '• head , vertigo , and perspective delirium tr ^ aeus , lie treated him to obviate the latter . Verdict , " That , deceased han-jvd himself , a 3 id wa < of unsound mind at the time . " ' * ¦> i ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦' . '
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ilrsTEBir . rs OcxcitKExcE . —Scsricioi's Case . —On Wednesday evening , or early on Thursday morning , : i winder is 6 upjtoH-d to have been c < mmittcd , in a barn belonging to Mr . Charlesworth , at Lonmwr . On Mtme of the servants going into the barn mi Thursday morning , they discovered a female ' s cap upon the ground , saturated with blood . The cap was trimmed with pink ribbon , and appeared to In : one that had belonged to a ropectable person . We do i ; ot hear that there were anv indications of a struggle having
taken place in the bain , but there were considerable quantities of blood on different parts of the floor , and in ar to the cap an open razor was found likewise deeply stained with blood . A long track of Mood was traced for a considerable distance on the road which leads from the barn . Diligent search has been made by the police and the inhabitants of thedistrict , without success . What renders the affair most mysterious is , the fact that no iemaleor other pei .-on in " the neifcliljourLocid is missing . — JJ « cW «' . « jIW «< Clawide .
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I * In -11 'lcafor the Ak'lUion of Capital I ' vuitlimtut bv the Kev . Mr . 1 ' , of Hook , Surre y , | t « states , on the I authority ol tl . e lltv . Jlr . Kolierts . Unit in one iustam- * it was proved tbat " out of l « 7 criminals , 104 h :. d hc-vti tlivmsL-lvts spectators of executions ! " \\ t tin ; Ordinary of Ncwgsrtt : argues fur the Item-lit uflsanKiH-, ; , us liioug ! : it wen to the Oiuinary a dear and " vefctftl interest . ' '
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^ Jakuary 24 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . '— - "'" ¦ ' ' ¦ " ¦ ' ' ' ' —¦» - - ¦ " * » ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1351/page/7/
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