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FRANCE . la the discussion on tha address in the Chamber © I Peers , M . Guizot and his two intimate friends and chief diplomatists , Saint Aulaireandde Broglie , addressed the Chamber at length , all three echoing tie one idea—vit . &elose alliance between France and Austria . The necessity of pleasing Austria * as boldly aYOwed by Coast St Aulaire , who declared , 'that nothingBtahle or desirable could be dona for Italian liberty withoat the consent and con-« rrenC 9 Ot Austria / The nme principle was avowed vrith respect to Switzerland . la short , the Austriin alliance is tha programme and symbol of the Geizofc ministry of 1848 . and Prince Mettermch Is declared the arbiter ef Europe . _ m Almost the entire fitting of Fndsy was occupied by a speech of Count Montslembert , which sought to proTe that the Jesuits were the only true Liberal ! , and that the Radicals were despots of the same school as the Emperor Nicholas . In the Deputies , the Address was read ; and M Odillon Barrofc has given notice that he should demand , at the earliest opportunity , explanations from the government relatiye to theeale and purchase ef government places , as brought to light by the affiir Petit . [ This affair is described in another column . ] As we expected , the government has decided not to ratify the condititns on which the Duke d ' Aumale accepted the surrender of Abd-el-Kader , and that the ex-Emir will not be sent to Egypt , but will be kept in close custody in France .
There have been ' alarming' rumours circulated respecting Louis Philippe's health . _ The agitation amongst the money-grubbers is significant ! _ M . Ferdinand Caussidiere , one of the writers of tha Reforms lately deceased , was buried on Sunday . The funeral was atten ded by a precession of three thousand Democrats , , The grave was guarded by a strong force of police and municipal guards . , The Reform dinner , intended to be holden in Paris , has beea prohibited by the police . SPAIN . Esparterohas been received with greateHthusiasm in Madrid . General Lisage , private secretary to the Ex-Regent , died on the 10 th . The funeral of the deceased was attended by an immense procession Sixty thousand persons , including Espartero , are laid np is M * drid-with the influenza . The impeichmeat ot Salamanca hts ended in smoke .
ITALY . Latest adTiee 3 received state that tranqailliiy h . \ & been restored at Milaa . It is , however , the tranquillity of determination , and net of despair . Tfie people have discovered the secret of passive resistance . Innumerable manuscript billets were scattered about the streets , bearing the following in-Etrnptiona to tne people : —' Courage ! Turbulent asdinconsiderate zeal would be destructive tons Beware of being drawn into the snares laid for yon by the police ! Learn to put restraint on yonrsekea This will be evidence of your strength . At present taaintsiK tranquillity and dignity !'
The proceedings on both sides at Milan have been very systematic . The abstinence fnm tobacco was commenced with previous notiee in order to enable smokers to leave it off gradually , ana ob the 2 nd the ebject was accemplished ; not a cigar was to be seen . The authorities began by hiriEZ persons to smoke , and seading them through the town , followed by police agents and soldiers , to seiie any of the people who should iBBnlt them . This not proving efiectnal , the soldiers themselves were sent out , and filled the most frequent cafe * and promenades , places where they were not accustomed to be seen , puffing the smoke in the faces of the excited populace . ^ The interchange of angry word * can he easily imagined , ana indiscriminate massacre ensued .
As evidence of the premedited natnre of this military massacre , it is stated tfcat RadetsM and Torresaai , the chiefs of the military and the police , had previously sent orders to the hospitals on the morning of the 3 rd to prepare all tks disposable beds and iittera for the wounded . A letter from Milan says : — The attitude of the people was remarkable . They have offered the west energetic resistance to the troops . Hen were seen breafeiBg down the roofs of house , in order to throw the tiles at their aggressor ! . Window frames , panes of glasi , < fcc ., were thrown at the Austrians . A plsc&rd addressed to the liberal * was stnck up , read with avidity , and pulled down on the approach of a patrol . At every step in tho street of HilaB » re found small written eot « s , inviting the population to offer resistance . The armourers cannot suffice to the sale of arms . Oae of
them sold 185 pairs of pistols . It is evident the people are preparing for the straggle . We htar by the most recest intelligence that the lottery hai been prohibited , 88 well as the ue 9 of tobscco . All those who shall gamble at the lottery are to be dismissed frem their places if servants or men en wsee-bire , banished if meD of an independent station . It if said , oh the ether Sand , that the Austrian agents , Radetski and Torresant have swern , if tranquillity ti 9 not restored , to set the town on fire ana till the inhabitants . Private letters from Milan of the 10 th inst . state ,
tfest the greatest exasperation prevailed in that city . The aumber of persons killed by the soldiery in the evening of the Si . or who subsequently died of their © OQEds , was calculated at upwards of 80 . Disturbances have taken place in many cities of Lombardy . At Brescia the commandant of the place was killed . This officer had said in one of the public cafes— 'At Cracow the head of a man was worth five florins , at Milan it is nnt worth more than five sons . ' Oa leaving the cafe he wa 3 poignar < 3 ed . On his body was found a paper bearing tie words— ' This has been given gratis / __ .. . . „ mention that
Letters from Milan of the 11 th inst . six or seven persons had been killed , and upwards of 30 wounded , in a conflict between the students and toe Austrians . Subsequent to that affair , the celebrated [ University of Pavia was provisionally closed , and most of the students had left the town . According to the Mine letter , the police of Milan sent 150 sen of infantry and cavalry to surround the house of the Jockey Club , at two o ' clock in the morning , and to summoB the members present to retire . The establishment was afterwards dosed . The grand theatre vraa entirely abandoned . The young men belonging to the Lombardo-Venetian Noble Guard , instituted us 1838 , at the coronation of tfee Emperor at Milan , bad all tendered their resignation .
It appears from reports whichhave arrived , that the leagce against tha consumption of articles from which the government derives a revenae , has not baen confined to Milan , bat has spread generally through Austrian Italy . At Cremona , at Como , at Lecco , and other chief places , there have been like movements on the part of the people . Another popular manifestation took place at Les-Lom on the 6 th , the apparent object of which was to express the discontent of the people at the slowness of the government ia organising and arming the civic guard . The correspondent of the Dailt New 3 , writing &omRome , says : —
• We htave had a scene like those that marked the last years of the reign of Louis XVI . in Paris . The mob , headed by Ciceroacchio , brought up on the first < lay of the year a long demand of rights and concessions , resembling , in wild ineoherency , the fire points -si your O'Connorite charter , The civic guard , to the number of 9 , 000 men , was called out tsmeefca supposed popular insurrection at the gates of the Qairinal . The doors were barred , and the rain dispersed the crowd . . . 1 Meantime the senator ( mayor ) , Prince Corsint , tfent throngh the Btreeta haranguing the mob . He told them tnattne Pope , wkom he had just seen , had said , 'Jo ion con popolo eper popolo' ( I am with asd for the people ) . A mob gathered round the club of the Cicolo Romans , from the balcony of which the senator addressed the people . Sttensio : bawled out a brawny fellow , and all were silent . . for
' Tell the Pepe , " said he , thstthe people is him and with him alone , end that if he listens to the scoundrels around kim \{ birbanii ) , if he does not send them to the right about , this playthiag ( drawing out his Roman blade ) will do the bwineu . Immense shouts followed , and th ey aU ultimately dispersed , on the promise that the Pope would drive through the Corso publicly , which he ha 3 just done , amid immense clamour of applause . Ontue evening of the 4 th , a grand ««« " ***;•» took place in the theatre at Veniee . . All the women -wore a tri-colourea ribbon . The piece penoraed ¦ sras Macbeth , ' snd in that part in which the Italian operatic version of the great tragedy makes the cherassing ' The eonntry weeps and calls lor you—Hasten , let mhastfiD , brethren , to gave the ¦ oppressed ! the enthusiasm was immense , and thl chorus had to be repeated amidst tremendous applause I
. . .. ..,,- _« ... .. .. At Turin , a mass had been celebrated for the souls of those who had been massaered at Milan on the 3 rd . Nnmerons addresses had been presented to the kin ? , signed by mhobb of all classes , offering their properties nd persons in defence of the country should its independence ba attacked . Great excitement prevails , at Genoa . 'Deaft * o the Jesuits , ' sad 'Viva the lndependeBceoi Italy . uq the popular cries shouted from the thousands who congregate the streets from morning till
UKITED STATES AND MEXICO . By fee arrival of the Hibernia , we learn that little had been done in either House of Congress . Tua newB from Mexico is not itaport&nfc . > We find report * ef two steam-boat , explosions ; by the ona from sixty to seventy lives were lost ; and by tha other fifteen people perished . The MamerA . 27 . Johnson , bound to Wheeling , blew np on the AMD « f December , with a tremendous exploaon , near MaT 8 ville , Ky . fromeome anascertained defect in « , «» aai . MnerT . Between sixty and seventy persons
were killed on the soot , and a largei number scaldEO . of whom soae thirty are so horribly injured that tfasir recovery was considered doubtful . The steamer WestUOfid wa 3 goinf down theriver laden with coa Th 3 fog was dense , and the beat unfortunately ran into the bank and hung there about fifteen miautes The water in the boat ' s boUers was thus thrown aft , Uw flues became excessively tested , and when tfce
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FRANCE . EXTRAORDINARY REVELATIONS—IBD'EL-EIDER— GUlZOl ' s FO&B 1 GS POUCT , ( From our own Paris Correspondent . ) A curious document has just been published and tt ' stabnted , asif for a New Year * Vft , to the Chamber of Deputies . It is a statement of facts explainiug how a certain M . Petit got the place of a tax collector { receveur particuUer ) at Corbeil , near Paris , and has been pnblished by M . Petit himself . M . Petit has been forced to this act in consequence of a suit for separation pending betireen himself and his wife , and m which action it had been alleged that he had bought his place by prostituting ; his wife to a gentleman intimately connected with M . Guizot . He now declares
m his publication— 'Yes , my place was bought , as all places are bought now-a-day ; but it was bought not with prostitution , but with hard cash osly . ' Then he goss on to detail how he first aspired to the office of a Councillor Referendary" at the Court of Accounts . How the ministry promised him that place , if he only could procure the resignation of one of the counciU lors ; how the minister ' s secretary intimated to him , which of the Councillors would most likely sell their charge ; how he then , for 15 , 000 franc 3 , procured the wished-for resignation ; how then he was told he must procure a resignation of a Councillor Referendary , not of the second , butof tho first class , as the government wanted such a one in order to fulfil a promise made by them on their coming into office ; how by
makeshifts of different sorts , the difference of price of the two resignations was made up ; how at last the resignation was procured ; how then the ministry wanted not only a resignation like that tendered , but one of a higher degree still , of a Master Councillor ; how this new resignation was also procured by the means of' cash down ; ' how finally it was offered to M . Petit to accept the tax collectorship of Corbeil , rather than the piace in the Court of Accounts ; how M > Petit accepted of this ; how then the different resignations were signed and exchanged against the amounts of money stipulated ; and hotf , two / jays later , the whole of the royal ordinasoes were published , accepting the resignations , and promoting and naming the ' several indiriduals ' concerned , to the offices stipulated by the transaction .
These are the principal facts of the matter . There are some others of less importance , proving how M . Petit , as soon aB he was once booked by having paid the first sum , was made to pay sore and more , Bat these I pass over . I only mention , that in the publication of _ M . Petit all the names are given in full . You will easily imagine what & noise this little pamphlet baa made in Paris , AH papers are full of it , and the more so , as the Minister ef Finance ( to which department , the Court of Accounts belongB ) under whose direction the above transactioB 3 took place , had openly denied anything of the sort ever having occurred , when questioned about it in the Chamber by M . Luneau . M . Luneau , at the time ,
declared the sale of places in the above department to be a matter of public notoriety . Known to the majority , as well as to the opposition . Known to ejery one , in short , except , it appeared , to the minister himself . M . Laeave met this by a flat denial . Now the matter has come out in a manner which makes all barking impossible . And yet , although all Paris has been fall o ± it for almost a week past , the gevernment has not opened its mouth . We only repeat the words of M . Dapin the elder , pronounced when M . Luneau brought the matter forward in the Chamber— ' It was hardly worth while to make a revolution to abolish the venality of places ; it this infata « ua syatem is suffered to lift up its head
again . The next subject occupying the papers is the capture of Abd-el-Kader , and the resolution which the government will come to as to his future location . There is no donbt they will confirm and execute the Duke D'Aumale ' a promise , and send the Emir to Egypt . * It is curious that almost all the papers of the OppositioD , from the National to the Cokstitutiohnel , demanded the breach of that promise . Now , there is no doubt the promise was granted conditionally , and leaving the government free to confirm , or not to confirm it . The refusal of confirmation would not directly imply , as the Sds has it , an infamy . But there is no doubt , neither , that a similar act on the part of any other government , particularly the English , would have been treated by those very same papers a 3 the most infamous treason . It is evideBt , that it being impossible to replace matters in the same state as
they were when Abd-el-Kader conditionally surrendered it wonld imply a want of generosity of the first order , to refuse to him the confirmation of the conditions of surrender . But in such questions these nafiq&d- papers are blind , and vould commit the same acts for whose commission they blame ethers . The only two papers which have spoken in favour of cenfirming the treaty with Abd-el-Kader , are the FRESssandtheREFORME . The first , a monarchical paper , wanted it confirmed , because the government could not give the lie to a son of the king , to a son of Franee ; thus reviving the old title of the prince 3 of Royal blood before the revolution . 'No , ' said the RxFeBME , * the matter is a delicate one—the honour of our eountry is implied ; in such matters we had better be too generous than too narrow , and therefore confirm the word given , were iteven th"t of a prince . ' Again , the Refoeme alone has taken the right view of the matter .
Upon the whole it is . in oar opinion , very fortunate that the Arabian chief has been taked . The straggle of the Bedouins was a hopeiesB one , and though the manner in which brutal soldiers , like Bugeaud , have carried on the war i " b highly blameable , the conquest of Algeria is an important and fortunate fact for the progress of civilisation . The piracies of the Barbaresque states , never interfered with by the English government as long as they did not disturb their ships , could not be put down but by the conquest of one of these states . And the conquest of Algeria has already forced the Beys of Tunis and Tripoli , and even the Emperor of Morocco , to enter upon the road of civilisation . They were obliged to find other employment for their people than piracy , and other means of filling their exchequer than tributes paid to thsm by the smaller states of Enrope .
And if we may repret ihattbe liberty ef ibeBedonins of the desert has been destroyed , we must not forget that these same Bedouins were a nation of robbers , — whose principal means ef living consisted in making excursions either upon each other , or upon the settled villagers , taking what they fonnd , slaughtering all those who resisted , and selling the remaining prisoners as slaves . All these nations of free barbarians look very proud , noble , and glorious at a distance , but only come near them and you will find that they , as well aa the more civilised nations , are rnled by the lust of gain , and only employ ruder and more creel means . And after all , the modern bourgeois , with civilisatioB , industry , order , and at least relative enlightenment iollowing him , is preferable to the feudal lord or to the marauding robber , with the barbarian state of society to which they belong .
M . Guizot has laid before the Chambers part of the diplomatic correspondence relating to Switzerland and Italy . The first proves again that he has been regularly done by Lord Palmerston , and both prove the iatimate alliance Franca has entered into « rith Austria . That was the last infamy which as yet had been spared to Louis-Philippistic France . The representative of tyranny , of oppression attained by means the most infamous , —the country of stability and reaction , the ally of France , as reconstitnted by twa revolutions I Deeper she cannot : sink . But this is quite- well . The deeper the bourgeoisie brings dowa this country , the nearer draws the day of reckoning . And it will come , before the bourgeoisie thiakofit . There is a party they do not take into account , and that party is the noble , the generous , the brave French people .
The dispute between the Reforms and the Na-TI 05 AL haB been submitted to a jury selected by both parties . All hostilities are suspended . By the end of this month the decision will be given . May it be as it will , we hope the Reforms will continue in the only course which can Bave the Democracy of France .
Brussels . —A few days ago the German Working Men ' s Society celebrated a festival . The foreign democracies were represented by M . M . Lelewell , lmbert , General Mellinet , Picard , Meskens , and others . The following teasts were drunk : —To the Association Democratique of Brussels , ' byDr Marx . To the' German Working Men ' s Society , ' by M . Picard , ( Belgian ) . To the Polish patriot Lelewel , ' by M . Bornstedt , editor of tha Gebuak Bres 9 BL 8 Gazeiis . To * th-j union of freed Germany and freed Poland , ' by Lflewel . To' the Brussels Ger-Hi 5 Gazette , ' by M . Wolff . To 'the two foreign Democratic ) papers , the Northers Stab and the RzroKMB , ' by M . Giget . Other speeches were delivered by M . M . Bora , JuBge , &o . A democratic play was performed , and the banquet anded by dancing , which was continued to an early hour .
* Thia letter should have reached u » last « r « ek , but was only delivered to u » , by the friend * ho brought it from F&rlB , on Tussday lR 8 t . Before tbie time our correspondent will have dlscoTtred hlB trror in imagining for a moment the posubUity of Louii-PhUippe ,. or his man of all wetk , performing a ju » t or generous actioa . Abd-el-Kader will not be sent to Egypt ; ha is to be kept a cloie prisoner in France . Another specimen of the Aonour of kings ! -the fonwr of Philippe the Infamous J — Ej > . N . B . .
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BBAisrEEE-FiRB . -About fonr o ' clock on Saturday morning last , a fire broke out at Mr WeBt ' a brash manuftctery , in the very heart of the town , and adjoining an extensive candle manufactory . Thefira engines were soon ai the spot , arad although the flames raged with great fury , and threatened for some time the destruction of the candle manufactory and much other valuable property contiguously situate the exertions of the inhabitant were successful in confimng the mischief principally to-the brush manufactory and other property belonging to Mr West . The damage is roughi ? ertimated ^ at £ 4 , 000 . Mr West's loss is said t « baooYered by insurance .
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EXTBACTS FROM THE ' EDINBURGH WEEKLY EXPRESS , ' REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM . The presentation of a petition to thoiHousa of Commons against tha return of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Sl P . for Nottingham , - will bare awakened in the minds of all stern Democrats feelings of keen ansiely a » io the probablo issue of tho base attempt to un ? oat him . It will , moreover , have raised a smile of malicious triumph ob the withered face of corruption ; and the enemies of freedom will be awaiting with impatience the consummation of tbeir devout wieb , ( hat the hero of a hundred prosecutions—tfco unflinching , tho undaunted , and fearless ataertor of the rights of man—should bo kicked out of the Commons'House of Parliament , never more _
to compel the sapient gentlemen composing that anomalous House to hear the wrongs of the unenfranchised millions reiterated in their hearing , with nil the fervour and eloquonce of ( he patriot , fired with a keen sense of the grlevom vrrongs perpetrated by the upholders of a corraptand unholy system of legislation . V 7 e doubt not but the machinations of the enemiea of Feargus O ' Connor mil be frustrated . Bat while anticipating a victory , we know that be will , along with that victory , incur a heavy pecuniary Iobs , in the shapo of law expenses , Ac ., —a loss which it would be an indelible disgrace to any man claiming the name of Democrat to allow him to sustain . The whole of bis past hiBtorj is
interwoven with law prosecutiens , the pnyment of enormous sums of money for daring to expose the baee acts of base governments , and » bat , too , in a tone which none other than himBelf would have the moral courage to give utterance to . The avowed policy of the Whig government haB ever been ( when they had ceaeed to have any control ovar hlj personal liberty ) to ' ruin him with expenses . ' Shall it then be recorded of the Democrats of Scotland , that they suffered such an occasion as the present to pass without coming forward as one man in behalf of not only their fried and honoured friend , but on behalf of the great eausa of human liberty itself , which muBtsnffer grlarouBly If the ^ present attempt to unseat its ch ^ ampionjrove successful . ' Heaven forbid it ! : ' * .. . : i . : * : " . " ' ¦ # : It will be seen by a glance at another part of our paper , that the men of Nottingham have taken up the subject in right good earnest . As they have dpne themselves immortal honour by . the selection of such a representative , the dastardly attempt to deprive them of bis services naturally fills them with indignation against the abettors of the foul persecution , We cheerfully offer our services in the cause , and bog to state that monies will be received by our agent , at the Democratic Reading-Room and Publishing Office , 279 , High-street , and transmitted to the proper quarter without delay .
MR O'CONNOR . Our great and single-hearted champion , PeargOB O'Connor , has done us , as you all know , the services of a * father and a brother . But who , that knows him , could bare expected aught else ? It is not himself that ha lives for—it is not his family that he wishes to aggrandise—it is the cause of humanity he struggles fer . It is for his familj—yea , the whole human family—that he sacrifices his pillow , bia peace , bis ease of mind and body , that their wrongs , their great and fell sufferings , may be removed from off their bleeding and mangled bodies . And every thing speaks to the fact of his being what he appears to be , and what he himself Bftjs he is , and what he takas his whole happiness and glory from
the fearless , powerful , SHd resolved aseerter of the rights and liberties of the people . And nothing more than another shows this , than the puerile and infantile attempt at preBent got up by the enemiea of the working millions to dislodge him from bis seat in the Commons ' House of Parliament . But let them try ; the force and strength of the assembled country are behind him . And where is the man who would not contribute his mite to surround and protect , ae if with a . golden shield , the patriotic , the disinterested , and the noble-minded O'Connor ? Up , then , ' and be doing . Lose not oao moment ; for , recollectjou , jour enemies are all vigilant , and quick on the alett , to do by surpriso , corruption , aod moBey , what could never be done in the fair field of fight .
FEABGUS O'CONNOR AND TEE WEEKEY EXPRESS . ' It was hinted to us by some ef our well-meaning , but mistaken , friends , that they had fears that our humble journal would entrench on the ground so Ion- , bo nobly , and ss successfully occupied by tne JTobthebn Stab . The ) also expressed doubts as to tba reception our labours would meet vrith from the proprietors and conductors of that fearless journal . Our estimate of the character of Fearguo O'Connor has not been such as to had us far one moment to coieclde with such doubts and fears . We have all along been famiHar with the noble disinterestedness of his heart—the entire absence
of all sordid motives in regard to the great cause of human freedom ; and we well know that he would welcome with open arms any labourer In ( he Chartist ranks . Need we say that we feel honoured—stimulated—and more than ever determined to pursue with energy the labours we have entered on—by the follow , log cheering letter which appeared in the Noetiiebn Stab of Saturday la * t . [ Hera follows the letter of Mr O'Connor . ] We duly appreciate the great service which the above letter will effect for our interests in various parts of the country ; and are deeply sen » ible of the great obligation under which we lie to its geaerous-hearted writer .
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The Express rapublishes the address of the Fraternal Democrats to the Working Classes of Great Britain and Ireland , and appends the following remark : ' We quote the above soul-stirriag address from the Noethebr Stas of lest week , It is truly worthy of being printed in letters of gold ; and we do hope it will awaken the dormant energies of the Democrats of Scotland , and stir them up to renewed eoergy in the coming- struggle for political emancipation . —Ed . W . E . '
EDINBUBSH CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting of the council was held on Tuesday evening—Mr John Gray in the chair . The secretary read minutes of former meetings and also some correspondence which had taken place with Feargns O'Connor . The treasurer also submitted his weekly financial report . The following resolutioa was then moved by Jfr John Cockburn : — Resolved , 1 st— ' That the present moment appears to as the most auspicious that has presented itself for many years past , for thoroughly organising the CharMst body of tbis district , tbs more especially as we bave now an organ of our own in thi 9 city , namely , the WceVg Express , through which our acts , wants , and wishes will get full and fair publicity . ' The motion was ably spoken to by several of tho member * present ; and , being seconded by Mr Eking * , was carried unanimously .
Mr John Cockburn then nbly , and at great leDgth , submitted the following resolution : — Resolved 2 nd— That this council appoint from its own body a sub-committee of five to be called the agitating committee , whose duty , shall be to get up meetings ia the various towns surrounding this city ; and further , that the treasurer be empowered to hand over the sum of tea shillings to the above committee , for the purpose of enabling them to work out the idea embodied in this resolution . ' Mr A . Walker , in bis usual forclbls manner
seconded the resolution . He was followed up by Mr William Urquhart ( late of Dalkeitb ) , in an eloquent address . ' The motion was pat and carried unanimously . The following gentlemen wtro then appointed an agitating committee : — Mesaro . John CecKDCBN , Johk Ekihos , WH , USQnHABT . Abchi > , Walkeb . and Da Alex . Hunter , F . R . O . S . E .
Mr Wm . Urqubart then brought forward ike following resolution : — ' That this meeting views with indignation the base and unprincipled coaduct of a party of the people ' s oppressors in their malicious attempt to unseat that noble and digni 8 ed patriot Feargus O'Conner , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham . But while we detest and record our aversion to the proceedings of our Ubertj > -hatins enemies , we would call tspon our esteemed champion to bear the threats of his ignoble peraecutoM with calmness and indifference ; and we pledge OHTiselves to aid , by our pecuniary and by ell other means that lie In our power , the just cbolse of the glsrions constituency of Nottingham , and will no t rest latuSed until the peoplo ' s advocate * are protected , and have & fair and honourable position in the House of Commons . '
The motion was seconded by Mr A Walker . Vanoub members having forcibly commented on the conduct ef the enemies of thsir tried , persecuted , but indomitable friend , Feargus O'Connor the motion was carried amid load applause . Mr John Grant moved that Mr John Gray be appointed treasurer , and empowered to receive money to defend Mr O'Connor . —Agreed to . Mr Walker moved , seconded by Mr Monro , ' That John Cockbarn , and Alexander SI'Donald , the sab-secretary , be appointed to draw up aa appeal to the people of Great Britain and Ireland , to rally round tbeir friend and champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ; and that they prepare a draft of tbeir address for uext meeting of council . '—Agreed to .
Mr Alexander H'Doaald , of Qeorgie , suggested th » propriety of empowering a perion to recelvo BubBcriptions for the above puipoBe at the Weekly Repress office ; the consideration of which was delayed till next meeting . A vote of thanks was given to the chairmaD , after which the meeting separated .
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Thb vtobd ' Speculative . '— This is an epithet in use among official persons , for the condemnation of whatsoever proposition is too adverse to private intemi not to ba hated , and at tha same time too manifestly true to be dented Benthctm . ; . How xo Ceoosb a Wore . —If you are courting a young lady , and wish , before you take her , as the fashionable prints express it , to tha 'hymeneal altar , ' to ascertain her temper , tear Mr ball dress , as if by accident . If ahe keep her equanimity kise not a moment in popping' the momentous question . ' She will do ; and you may account yourself a happy man .
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THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . XO IDE EDITOR OF THB SUFFOIK CHRONICLB . Sib , — -In your paper of the 24 th ult ., you gave your readers' a Bhort notiae of Mr M'Grath ' a interesting lecturfl on the subject of the National Land Company . a subject whicn , although it haa been before the nation rather moro than throe years , and etcited considerable disciUBlon In other localities , and , with Its author , mot with a largo Bhare of abuse , appears to be little understood here . I take the liberty , therefore , of making a few more remarks , which may not be uninteresting to your readers .
The primary object appears to be « o Improve the social position of the large working popa'atioa of our great towns by providing small landed estates of two , three , or four acres ; and such is thp growing deair e on the part of our population for allotments of land , that at the present time there are about 60 , 000 members . The books , however , are , I believe , now clesed agaiast farther additions . The Company now is in full operation , directing its attention to the purchase of estates , clearing , allotting , and building upon them , aB it will bo seen , with great rapidity . The first estate of 101 acres , ' Herrjn /? ggaee , ' ban bsen purchased a \ mut two ye&rs , and with all the dlffl . cultios and disadvantages of inexperience attending the first experiment , was taken possession of by thlrty-nve families about twelve months back ; but as I shall refrr to this again hereafter , I will proceaa . The next estate purchased was ' Lowbaads , ' in Worcestershire , of IGi acres , upon which nre located forty-six families .
The nest was ' Minster Lovel , ' near Whitney , of 300 acres , upox Which are erected eighty-nine detached houBOB ready for their proprietors in February . Tko next estate purchased was ' Snig ' a End' and < Moat , ' of 274 aores upon which there are about eighty houses In the courae of erection . Besides these , ' Mathon , ' near Great Molvorn , Worcestershire , of 500 acrog , and 'Filkin ' s Hall . ' Oxfordshire , Of 611 acres , are in the course of preparation . Tho third estate or * Mins'er Lovel , ' will be balloted for in allotments by its members , on the 21 th of tbis month ; - '' the" onlj qualification necessary being , that theif shares sheuld be paid up . An nereis considered one share , and the sum required for oach is 26 i . No member allowed to put in ior less than two , or more than four acres . Estates are purchased as fast as they present themselves to advantage , and there appecra to be at present no other obstacle to the cpetdy allotment vt the vast number of aspirants for freedom .
The poBscBsor is at once a freeholder , and qualified for that which he might have lived and died in our large towns without possessing , viz ., the privilege of voting in Parliamentary elections . Liberalising and extending the county franchise being an important element of tha scheme . The mode of borrowing money to allot the whole of the members , appears to have been the part of the business least understood aulmoat misrtpresetitad . This is effected by means of Savings' Banks opened in the large towns , paying Interest at four per cent ., the land of the Company affording the best of all security . These banks bive becoma the depots for the accumulations of benefit societies , clubs , and the caroful of all clnoies , and especially of ita own members who are looking forward to the possession of their inheritance , when these sums will be transferred to the reduction of their mortgages , and . consequently , their rental or interest .
It will be seen also that many of Its members tnay have been more provident or fortunate than others , and enabled to purchase their freeholds at oace , in which case the money is available by tbe Society . I bad tbe good fortune to hear Mr H'Gratli ' s lecture when he waB in Ipswich , and from tha interest I felt in tbe subject have since paid a visit to the ' Herringegate ' or ' O'Connorville Estate , ' as it is called , and if you will permit me to encroach so much upen your Bpace , I will give yoar readers a brief description of it . It is situated about two miles from Rickmansworth , in Hertfordshire , Tbe first appearuncs on approaching it , is that of a colony in miniature . It has a naked ap . pearance at present , the wood having been all cleared
from tbe estate ; but , upon a closer scrutiny , everj preparation was being made by its industrious occupants to make it ornamental as well as productive . A road-way is formed up the centre of the estate , at the top of which is erected a neat red-brick school-bouse ; consisting of a residence in the centre for the master , each wing form , ing a school-roorn for boys and girls respectively ; 'here are three acres of land attached to tais . On each side of the road the cottages are erected , fronting to , and s short distance from it , the allotments of land running back to the extent ef the estate , which is irregular . These cottages present a very neat external appearance ; I entored several , aud found them equally so iuside , as well as convenient .
The two-acre cottages consistof a good sized keeping , room in the centre , with ra ngo , oven , < fec ., for domestic convenience , and opens on each hand te another comfortable room on the groans floor , which form tbe wings of the building . Behind are erected , barn , outltousea , piggeries , sheds , &c , and present the appearance of neat littlo farms . The three-acre allotments have tour rooms , one being upstairs . The four-acre allotments have Sve rooms , t no being upstairs . In a few instances two cottages are built together but I found the detached houses invariably preferred ; and it appears in all future estates they will be so erected , and the wishes and tastes of the owners consulted respecting the conveniences . Six of there small estates have changed bands , the original occupants realising sums varying from £ 60 . to £ 100 . profit , which has put ^ them in possession of a littlo capital to follow various pursuits in towns more conge , nial to tbeir tastes .
Among the residents I found all classes and trades weavers , one of trhi . m came from Nottingham , direct from the Union House , to his estate ; and , although he is taunted with having little else but potatoes to eat the first year of his residence , he was healthy and happy , and the appearance of the young wheat on his land intimated that something better awaited him for the next . Another weaver , from Manchester , whoao wife was putting down a large pig they had just killed , and who told me she would not live In town again upon any consideration . There was a shoemaker from Northampton , an Irishman ; a toll colleotor from Worcester ; a chairmaker ; a mariner ; a cutler ; a tailor from Reading , who told me he worked twenty years for Letchworth , Morris , and Co ., clothiers , and had little else but tbe unioa bouse atarisg him in the face in his old age . There are three cows upon the estate , two horses , about 150 pigs , two goats , besides poultry .
As far as I sawsnd conversed with the occupants , they expressed themselves contented and happy ; and , although some of them may bave endured privations and inconveniences the first year , coming as they have done from towns where they have a bare existence , I could not learn that it approached ia sererity to the sufferings of multitudes of our most industrious and high-minded artisans , who emigrate to Canada and the United States of America , to eBcape a degrading position in their native coantry . Here tbe land is ready for them , and a market at hand ; there they may settle in the bush , erect a shantee of rough legs and mud , and labour for two or three years to clear an acre or two before he could realise the homely potato-fare of our reviled union house friend .
In conclusion , I congratulate that portion of the working classes who are excluded from the benefits of this company , that there is a kindred society getting Into operation ! and although differently constituted , will afford every facility for the Industrious poor man te obtain small estates and independence—I mean the Electoral League , I am , Sir , your ' e rcspecfully , A Teoe Enoliseuah .
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Overcrow ding op the Metropolitan Grave-Yabbs . —Accurate returns have been made o ( the sHperfieial extent of the parochial and some other burial-grounds of tbe Metropolis , and of the numbers of bodies annually interred in each . Tbe annual average number of burials per acre , for the seven descriptions of burying-placea comprised in the intramural grounds , is stated by these official returns to be 2 , 271 . Now , if we divide this by 7 , wo have the average for each , which gives 324 burials annually to the acre . From the total , we may fairly abstract the burial-places of the Jews , and those of the Society of Friends , which are well conducted . This will give us five species of grounds , with an annual average of 2 , 130 burials to the acre , or an average of 420 for eaoh . Tho proper ' number , you will remember , is 1 S 6 to tbe acre ; in Germany , the average ia only 110 burials per ado per annum . Thus , at the first glance , it ia evident that our
parish trrave yards are wade to receive every year three times as many bodies as they ought , and four times as many aBaie permitted by the laws of wellregulated Continental states . The inevitable crowding of our grave-jards may bo illustrated in another way . The annual mortality of the Metropolis , at a low computation , is 50 , 000 . Now , supposing the burials to be renewed every ten years ( and this is the shortest period that should be allowed for the decomposition of the human body } 444 acres wonld be required , whereas we hare only 200 . But this ta not all . There are 182 parochial grave-yards in London . Of these , only 48 are confined within the proper limit of 136 burials to the acre ; the reat exhibit various degrees of saturation , from 200 up to 3 , 000 per acre amwaUy . This is scarcely credible , but official returns confirm the truth of what I assert . In very many the annual average | pe ? acre [ exceeds 1 , 000 . —From i ! r G . A . Walker ' s Fourth Lscturc on the Metropolitan Grave-Yards .
Plan job the Sewebaob o p Lowdok . —A dock plan for the sewerage of London , and of the suburban districts included within a radius of eight milea from St Paul ' s , is about being executed under the direction of the Ordnance Survey Office , the eatimattd coat of which will be—execution of the plan with a proper system of levels , £ 24 , 215 ; the coat of _ having it engraved wpon a scale of five feet to tho mile , and upon 901 plates , of double elephant size , [ including tne copper , £ 12 , 614 ; total , £ 86 , 829 . Stbebaob Passaob to Eternity . —The congregation who worship in one of the mo 9 t gorgeota churches in New York are about to construct a separate and cheaper place t > f worship for the poor . Thi 9 , sayb the Nnw Woau ) , is making steerage pas-Bengers of tho poor on their voyage to eternity ;
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IRISH DEXOCRA . TIG COiVFL'DEUATIOiV . Tbis body continues iU usual weekly meeting , steadily and unassumingly pursuing its course , and notwithstanding the statement of tba Nation some time back ( t . e . ) that it was an' English body , ' contlnuoo to enrol men into its ranks in whose veins j 9 ow , not the ichor of some vvr . otfioua reptiles , but the pur& CuHlo blood of the Irish nation ; that there are a few Englishmen amongst them is true ; and tbis aeemS ' to be the greatest pride of the Irishman themselves , who will never allow a committee to ba formed without having : one or more of tbeir English brethren on it . This it as it should be , and clenrly denaonstrates that tbe Iriehmen in England sympathise with their fellow toilers . Tlio Democrats met on Sunday , January the 9 th , and were ubly addressed by Mess : s Gannon am ) Hanlon , two new
members , who seem to take a warm interest in the welfare and prosperity of the body . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs M'Ganhy , Tucker , Joyce , and other members of the body , till a late hour . The usual letter of Mr O'Connor was read and commuated on . Severai ladies attended , and eecmed to take a good deal of in . teregt in the proceedings . The Democrats met again on 8 unday last , Mr Oarnon in the chair . Mr Price brought forward the following motion , which wna seconded by Mr Joyce , and unanimously adopted : — ' That tbe weekly meeting of this Gonfcdelation be called In future for seven inBtead of eight . '—Mr Clancy commented nt great length upon the letters of Messrs Duffy and Mitchel , wbich were read from the Stab . Se bad been tbe first Confederate to denounce the policy of The Natioh newspaper . Hs stood alone ! he would never stand by and sea an
injustice done to his countrymen , if he got well abused , vilified , and calumniated for it . He had been asked bow he flared to differ with the t !» lented " gemlemen of tbe Confederation ; but his answer had been tbat be would never wave his common sense to eloquence , or talent most refined . The gcntlemtn bad now dared to differ with themselves . When hundreds ofpoor working men la Dublin hud boon Insulted in Dublin , by Johu O'Con . nell , and they claimed a cerner of Toe Nation to express themselves on the insult , did cot The Nation close its columns to their complaints , and week after week deny them the privilege , till they had such a mast of communications , that tbe Editor could make a boast that he was obliged to burn the Jot ? ( Cries of 'Shame . ' )
Tbe Nation has tried to burke us , and cur principles , but it has failed , utterly failed—Mr Tucker nest addressed the meeting in his usual able style , and was followed by Mr Charlts M'Carthy , who ably dilated on the folly of the doctiine , 'Divide and conquer , ' shuning what might be done by a united , and determined people . He agreed with Mr O'Connor tbat tbe Irish people Were In tho first stage of agitation , and it should be their object to endeavour to spread all the information amongst the people possible . He highly approved of tbe plan for this , and propounded by their secretary , and trusted that oil good men would back him up in bis undertaking ; . Thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting broke up .
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THE LONDON CONFEDERALISTS . The Boul . Btirring policy of Mr Mitchel and the passive obedience of Mr 6 . C . Duff / , of the Nation , has engrossed much attention here ; though very little is said either ona way or the other , it is evident that a strong feeling exists in favour of the former . Tbe conduct of the English Confederate delegates ( if the law will allow them so to be called , } at the late aggregate meeting of Irish Confedcratea in Dublin is beyond all praise , they showed » t once by tbsir line of argument that they were practical and experienced men . And Mr T . Daly , ef London , at once boldly avowed that it was to Feargus O'Connor alone was tbe credit due for tbe high position the question of Repeal had attained among the working classes of England .
At a meeting of the Coeuah Confedee&te Club , held on Sunday evening last , at the Blue Anchor , York-street , Westminster , Mr Lomasney in the chair . Mr Reynolds said , that tho perversion of the funds of the association was enormous , asd that all those who took an activa part in that association , and remained silent , were as guilty as thone nbo did it . The evils tbat now existed in Ireland would Bborlly exist in England . Already had the poor rate swelled up to an enormous amount , and to what was tbat to be attributed ! Why to tbe Infamous act of Union . All classes in Ireland were disorganised . —Mr . R . Hubsex said , he fully agreed with the last BpeaUer , that a great numbur of thOBe who were , in
the Confederation had neglected their duty when , ia connexion with Cone liation Hall , in allowing the funds to be perverted , when they were received for greater and nobler purposes . —Mr Reading , in an tble speech , called the attention of the meeting to the able letter of Mr F . O'Connor ' to tbe Iri » h people , ' in the last number of the Korthehn Stau , which ha said ought to be read by every Irishman , and that the opinions of the Continental press with respect to that Bt ; r ' . iag patriot ought not to be p . tBsed oliglitly ovir , thoy contained matter which would show the feeling that existed in the several parts of , Europe with respect to Ireland . —Mr Hanhon deprecated the whole policy of Mr O'Conneli ' s life aa one great delusion . The tnteting then adjourned .
The Davis Cohtedebate Club held a large meeting ia their Lecture Room , Deaa- > treet , Solio . Jlr J . J , Fitzgibtion in the chair . The report of the late meeting of the Confederates was read by Mr Lsoney ( secretary . ) The chairman then called upon Mr Daly , to give an account of his late mission to Dublin . He Daly then proceeded to state that it vrua with great pleasure he had to Inform them , that the council of the Confederation were determined not to desist until Ireland had her legislature . He had visited several of the Dublin clubs , and he was highly pleased at tbe great progress they were making with respect to native manufacture . He was happy to state , although the London press had endeavoured to impresBon the mind of the people of England tbat there was a split in the Confederation , that the council worktd harmoniously together .
and that if Mr Mitchel had propounded doctrines that were deemed illegal by counstl ' B opinion , that he would at oace withdraw from the Confederation , rather than p lace th « t body In jeopardy . The council brought forward / he new ruUs of organisation , and Mr Mitchel moved an amendmeat to them , which amendment was lost . Ho ( Mr Daly ) moved that the origioal motion and the amendment should be sent to all the clubs , for their adoption or refusal , which was carried . Although he differed with Mr Mitchel and Mr Devin lUilly , he believed there were not two truer men in the Confederation ; he believed it was the heart-rendiag scenes witnessed by Mr Mitchel , throughout Ireland , tbat had ltd him to form tho opiuionho had done . He ( Mr Daly ) did not deny tbe right of the people to possess arms , Tha council of the Confederation had come to the wise
determination of throwing overboard tbe Irish landlords , who had joined the government to oppress the people . The Cunfedora ion are uot bound by the principles of any one man . But the Confederation are determined not to desert Mr Mitchel , if set upon by the bloodhounds end harpies of government , and ultimately work-ou t the salvation of Ireland . He was sorry that great apathy existed amoHg the working classes in DuMic—more to their shame , they seemed to dUtru » t one aoother . lie was sorry to sny tbat though tbeir proceedings were open , tlwre were some Jemmy O'BrisnB amongst them , He was happy to say that Mr Mitchel would not be expelled the council . Ha knew that Mitchel , Meagher , and Barry were bold men , and he admired them \ and there were bold men to meet any emergency . He had one fact to inform them of , which was not scarcely
known , tbat Mr Denis Sbine Lalor , late High Sheriff of the county of Kerry , had written to Mr Duffy to propose him as a Confederate at their next meeting in Dublin , ( Loud cheer * followed this announcement . } He bad met Orange aud Protestant operatives in Dublin , who informed him that they would join tho Confederation but from their dread of Catholic ascendancy . Now ho ( Mr Daly ) for one , should liko to see a declaration « i « ned by all Irish Catholics , denying that they were looking for ascendancy . There were many men in the Confederation that required to be looked after , who were not to be trusted , but who were on the balance . Mr Leech , the deputy from Manchester , stated , that the Repealers and the Orangemen had merged their d / fferences , and they wtre now strongly imbued with principles of nationality . Tho Confederation were strongly determined to lay hold of the first opportunity ,
whether legally , morally , cr otherwise , to gain the object Bought far . —Mr Kunealy moved , and Mr O'Connor gecondod , a vote of thanks to Mr Daly , wbich was carried unanimously . —Tne Cbjlibkah then announced that a large number of Orangemen in London wore about to join the Confederation . —Mr John Lindiat then moved the following reaoiution : — That we hail with delight the patriotic exertion of the council of the Confederation for the encouragement of Itish manufactures , and we hereby pledge oumlres , individually and collectirely , to use every exertion in our power to assist them in such a noble and praiseworthy undertaking . Mr Loonet seconded the resolution is an able speech , Vthich was carried . Meetings were also held in Chelsea and Marjlebonr . A Confederate Club will b « opened on Tuesday , Jan . 25 th , at No . 15 , Grenville . street , Seymour-street , Somere Town .
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NA ilOSAL , DEF £ i \ CES . A numerously attenfcd meeting waa hold laafc evening at the Bridge House Hotel , fcr the purpose of sanctioning a petitioni to parliament agairat any auoimentatioH of the military and naval establishments . ' iMr Apslky Pellatt took the chair , and stated that the meeting had been summoned for ^ the pur * po 3 e of obtaining an expression of the public voice ia the borough of Southwark on the subject which had been so prematurely called into public notice by tho Duke of Wellington ' s letter . The principles upon which tho Peace Society were founded were we ' . l known to all who were present , and those principles were no le&a popular than notorious amongst those by whom ho was surrounded . In Southwark he , however , was prepared to assert there was no disposition to surrender the liberties of the nation until they had made a vigorous effort to preserve England
from being subjected to military sale . Was it to be supposed that after thirty years of peace the nation was idly , and without tbe slightest cause , to be plunged into a state of alarm ou the subject of inyasion , and hurried into taking a defensivo attitude for no purpose whatever but to swell the amount ef the yearly expenditure ? He had mixed much amongst the commercial and social classes of 'life in France , and his own experience ot the sentiments Of that people taught him tliat they were growing more in friendly feeling towards England , and becoming much better acquainted with her institution s ar . d inhabitants than they could ever hare been under ths state of things which Buonaparte maintained between the two countries . Forei gn merchants of experience with whom he had conversed , lja ( j expressed themselves to him to be utterly at a j fi 83 to conceive the grounds upon which the Duke of Wellington had excited so much alarm as to invasion by the French .
Mr S . Sturoe moved the first resolution as follows : — That this meeting believing war to >> e utferiy at vari ance with the precepts and spirit of Christianity and the true interest of mankind , deeply regrets tl e attempts made , and mabing , to e * ci : e in the pullic mind a belief tbutwar and Invasion are imminent , and to ground to that belief an audition to the naval and H . ilitury establishments of the country . Mr G . W- Alexander seconded the resrfutior , and obsefved that for himself he considered war oughtnot to be tolerated amongsta OLpistian people . England had _ fortunately escaped the visitation of a foreign invasion , but she had sacrificed the lives of some JmndredB of thousands of Iw sc m in the
continental wars into which her rulers had plunjed her . and to this sacrifice must be , added" that of ei"hfc hundred millions of war debt , independently of the cost of her warlike establishments , which , since the peace of 1815 . amounted to upwards of five hundred millions sterling . It had be » -n uu > 3 t unwisely and untruly stated by Lord Ellesinew , that the French and English were natural enemies . Thi 9 was , ia his opinion , a most false and unchristian sentiment , for there wa 9 nothisgin the mere separation of two people by the English Chanael , to cause them to ba enemies , and there was no other ( . -round for the assertion than was afforded by the prejudices sf education . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously .
The Rev . J . Bubhbtt moved the second resolution : — That this meeting desires to record its delib rate conviction that the apprehensions respecting war are altogether unfounded , and that the increase of the navy , or of the standing army , as proposed , would tend to destroy the existing peace , to retard tbe moral progress of rsfoim , to burthen the nation already so heavily taxed , and aggravate ths commercial difficulties of the nation . It might be asked what did he know about ships armies , forts , and euch matters ? lie would answer frankly , nothing , lie would be called on to leaveaU that Bort of knowledge to the great man who was so intimately versed in the science of destruction He readily agreed to do so : b it he would not agree to follow the ipse dixit of the Duke of Wellingtonor to
, admit that it was to be the law of society . It might probably be observed that it would be useless to combat the duke on the point of national defences , seeing that he was so used to victory . Ue ( the speaker ) would reply no to this proooaition , for the duke had been beaten—yes—by public opinion , which he discovered had more power than all the French armies . He { the speaker ) did not say this to disparage tbe Duke of Wellington , but to encourage the people to enter the field once more against bira , and if they did their duty oa the present occasion there was every reason to hope lie would be beaten sgain as he hod been befare . What waa the real object of the move ?
He feared it was in order to stimulate tho savage and tiger propensities of the people , which were becoming lost in the peaceful pursuits of trar ? e , commerce , and agriculture . But , if the bull dog spirit were to obtain prevalence , what was to become of commerce ? It might be said there was plenty of commerce during the war , and that will auain be the case . But let him remind his auditors of the nature of that war commerce , which was the trade in gun * powder , muskets , provision , and clothing for tha army ; the commerce , in short , of the commissariat , based wholly on the srants created by war , aud ending with it .
Air A . B . SiEYEsa seconded the resolution , which was carried . Mr J . BiRKErr then moved the third resoiation— : Tbat the following petition be adopted and signed by tbe chairman on behalf of the meeting , and that It ba confided to John Humphery , Esq .. to be presented to the Houbo of Cotnmors , and that Sir W . MoleBworth ba requested to support the prayer thereof . Mr J . Kent seconded the resolution , which was carried . The Ch airman then read the petition , which embodied the sentiments of the resolutions , after which a vote of thanks waa passed to him , and the ? eating separated .
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' The National Alliance . '—Under our English kead we give a report of the meeting of the National Alliance , held in London . We rejoice at the efforts making by that party , or any other party , by what , ever name they may be called , so that they tend ia the right direction , and have for their ultimate aim the securing ef the ' People ' s Charter . ' But while thus avowing tbe catholicity of our sentiments ia regard to our fellow workers in the great cause of political equality , we feel sorely afraid that that spirit is not shared in by the parties who were instrumental in getting up tue meeting in question . It will strike everybody that there ia something unaccountably strange , that in the returning ot their thanks to
those gentlemen who bad stood forward in behalf of universal suffrage principles at the lato election , they should have stinted the measure of their thank fulness to Henry Vincent , Coloael Thompson , W . J . Fox , J . Sturge , J . II . Parry , Dr Epps , and E . Miall , and have wilfully omitted the bright names of Feargns O ' Connor , Ernest Jones , Julian Ilarcey . P . M'Grath , T . Clark , S . Kydd , M'Crie , and other noble spirits . 4 There ' s something rotten in tfee state of Denmark , ' we fear , * for on the great and broad principle of man ' s political equality , it is not possible that men of great breadth ot soul , of expansive mind , of fraternal feeling , could have committed so flagrant a violation of the law of gratitude , as to cxoli . de from the toast
the honoured nnmea we have alluded to , because ot some petty feeling of rivalry—some matter of strawsplitting—something anti-democratio , and enough to stamp with insincerity their love of the pmu cause itself . On bo one point , in respect to the parties thanked , and the parties passed over , will the latter suffer by any comoarisen with , the former ; but tbfe rather if their actions , qualities , and consistency were weighed in the balance , the scale w .-. uld turn immeasurably in their favour We say not this in the spirit of party feeling ; but are the ratlifr paiafully concus 9 ed into it by the evident manifestation of bitter animosity which dictated the policy we are castigating . In suoh feelings we know tbe Chartists of Edinburgh do not participate . They love and honour all men who love their cause , and show by their actions
that they have ; that cause nrrajy engraven on their hearts , whatever name they may choose to be called by . They fondly ding to their own name ; for it ia a name consecrated and . endeared to them by the sufferings and blood ef those who sacrificed home , family and friends , for a glorious eause . and any departure from which would bs us a condemnation of iho dead and the living ; and they cheerfully acknowledge and accord thesame liberty to others . In this spirit , at a meeting be d in this city shortly after the recent elections , they recorded their warm thanks to : George Thompson , Mr Miall , Henry Vincent , Colonel Thompson , &o ,, in the same breath with Fcamus O'Connor , Esq ., Ernest Junes , V . M'Grath , &c . No * so with the expanBive-minded National Alliance democrats of the great metropolis . ' Fie on't , oh lie I —Edinburgh Weelly Express .
Popular Feeling in Italy . —Tho Pre . se hoa the following from Trent , in the Tyre ); - 'As a dealee in images was hawking bis wares about the streets , a short time ago , an Austrian offuer appr&achud him and perceiving a atatuo of the Pope crowned with a wre ^ h , angrily asked him if ho could , not expos © otber Btatues than those of that man . A wan . cried the iranse seller with great ™ wetl , he u tha man—he is the immortal Pope—our father—the friend and protector of Italy ! ' ¦ ' Scoundrel S' ejaculated tho Austrian officer , in a fury , ' he is a revelutionist , and this is what ho merits ! ' As he spoke he drew his sword and swept off the headi of tha atatue . A crowd assembled , and ^ takiiyLthe part ol the imago dealer , laid vio ^ nU ^^ Hs&jp ^ ustriag eificer . He would no do ^^ aj ^ SgSfltotfttci pie ^ had not a patrol come ^ jr ^^ re ^ jU ^ lS ^^ ^ a superior order he has sidfie ^{ £ © . sffi [ rat& £ 4 ^ jpi » r ] ls Shooiihq . —To be let , im itiamvt&tiin&Gi * & , ( $% ing over the whole count' ^ j ^ RP ^*^'' ' f iri $ ° Pf ^ sent season . The gam& ^^ etttftty ^ abiidilfes consisting chiefly of over ^ rsjlmnp ^ is . ^ s- < &'w tors , bailiffs , proce 8 s-serv ^/ ifejr « istaenWiP-jp' * ' ^ and . occasionally a few wc ^ wmjilJ ^ uWPi y ' ^ P ^" cations to be made to Archde 8 % jgflkffi | j ^ fflfr & 8 * need apply . —Punch * , gj | j
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Pcimro 3 e Ilrix Park . —At a recent meeting of the committee of the West London Anti-Enclosure As » sociation at Clark's Rooms , 114 , Edgeware-road , January 10 th , Mr Sawera in the chair . Various letters were read from the Commissioners ef Woods ani Forests , under two administrations , concurring in tho general opinion that this park ought to . bo enlarged . The secretary said ho had his attention directed to the footway leading from the Part-road into the Regent ' s Park , through the Windsor Castle Tavern , Park-terrace , lie had visited that spot
and found there really was a footway through Buch tavern , and that it existed , wholly through the park , keepers exacting an annual tax of half-a-guinep from aU who used the proper footway through the enclosure between the Kent and Park terraces . lie thought such jobbing in footways ought to b ? jlooked into . After the transaction of tbe business , Mr Goorge Wiggall moved , and Thoma 3 Wiggall , ae . oonded , a vote of thankB to the Press for services rendered , and with a hepo for tbe continuation of them .
. . . The army in Ireland is about being augmented Oue hundred and thirty herses aro to ba added to ihe present strength of the Queen ' s Bays , now stationed in the south of that country .
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. Tanpary 23 , 1848 . ^^ THE NORTHERN STAR ' *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1454/page/7/
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