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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, MARCII i, 1848.
    • just I'UULisnisb , REVOLUTION IN PARIS. A narrative of tlic recent KvvoL tion in France, cor.taiiiinif a full account of
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      ts Causes , Incidents , and LlFccts , together with tt . c Aliment ion of Lc-uis l'liili , ye , the fall of Gui / jut , anil tlio triumph of the Popular Cause—Hy a Barrister . Price Sixpence . Northern Stak Office , U \ Gre ; it Windmillstrtot , London ; Watson , l ' uturn . etei ' . i'ow ; Cleave , Shoelane ; Berger , Holy well-street ; Manchester , Abel , Hey . wood ; and .-ill booksellers in To vn and Country , to whom all orders should he immediately sent .

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      COM 1-LBTK SUCCESS OF THE LONDON TELEGRA ' pH , J- DAILY NEWSPAPER-PRICE TIIREErj /^ CE . Tho Proprietors tf this new London Daily Yi / per beR to return thanks tor the support already pivr / j by the Public to this new organ of intelligence , nncV they beg to state that every means are taken to perfect ' this Newspaper . The LONDON TELEGRAPH is publishe / i every day at twelve o ' clock : vt noon—a Second Edition is also publislud for the Country , post free , containir / g News , Coin , Monty , and SI are Markets , to the close o '/ the Day . 1 ' ersons desirous of baring a Specimen Number are requested to send three post ; ige stnmpD , stating the edition required , to Mr Samuel Collins , publisher of the LONDON TELEGRAPH , 185 , Fleet-street , London . — Agents wanted fn the Country .

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      THE GREAT REVOLUTION A DOUBi . E NUMBER of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEUS will be published on Saturday , March 4 tli , 1848 consist . ine of Two Large Sheets of Paper Fall of Engravings of the most intrrestin ^ scenes from THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE ; From Sketches by Artists who witnessed tho several events depicted . fhis Series of Illustrations will comprise : Barricade in Rue St Martin . Attack upon the Chamber of Deputies . Seizure of Artillery by the People . Song of the People , ' Alourir pourla Pafrie ! ' The Duchess nf Orleans and the Count of Paris at the Chamber of Deputies . The Scene of Destruction atthe Palais Royal . Attack on the Troops at the Palais Hoyal . Terrible Slaughter at the Hotel des Etrangers , ' The Sovereign People ! ' Drawn by G avarni . Havoc in a Saloon of the Tuileries . Orgies in the Palace Cellar . Carrying off the Hoyal Throne . Planting the Red Flag on the Tuileries .

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      Just Published , prioe Onu Penny , A LETTER by Feakgps 0 'Connob , Esq ., SIP ., ' TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idlcni : 83 Without Labour , and to those who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve ' Price ? s . per 108 or 18-. per 1000 . C "TXrHAT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES 9 V OF LAND . ' Explained in a Letter , by Feabgl ' s 0 'Connob , Esq ., M . P . To be had atthe Office of the National Land Gompanj 1-ii . High Holborn .

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      NATIONAL LAND AND CHARTER HANDKERCHIEFS . Price 4 s each , and may be sent by post for is id . The above is a rich satin Brussels , for a man ' s neck , thirty-five inches square , with tricoloured border and plain green miclilie , entirely composed of tho host China silk , soft shuts and warp . Also the LADIES HANDKERCHIEF , eighteen inches 6 quaro , price 'is ( id , by post 2 s lOd . beautifully figured with the Rose , Thistle , and Shamrock , fjr the border , inter , spersed with groups of barleycorns in the middle , with the Charter and Land shield at each cwrnev , the whole surrounded by a fringe of one &nd a half inches ; this handkerc : iefis composed of fine Italian silk . The advertiser is a nine years Chartist , and a Land member from the commencement , who respectfully solicits tho Bupport of his brothers and Bisters in the cause . N . B . To prevent an inferior or spurious article boing offered to our body , they can be had only on application at the Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn , London .

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJOURNMENT OP THE CHRISTMAS SESSIONS FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONS , < tc . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Cnr . isTHis Gekkkai . Qoabteb Sessions of the Peace ( or the West Riding of tbe County of York , will be holden by adjournment , at Sheffield , on Monday , the sixth day of March next , at Ten o ' clock in the Forenoon , and by further adjournment from thence will beholden at Waketield , on Wednesday , the Eighth day of the same month of March , at half past Nine o ' clock in the i ' orenoou , FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONS AND PERSONS INDICTED FOR MISDEMEANORS , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons who stand upou Recognizances , and others having business atthe caid Sessions , are required to attend the Court . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and Misdemeanor from the Wapontakes of Stratfforth and Tick , hill , Osgoldcroes and Staincross , n . ust Attend th « Sessions at Shekjeid ; and those from the Wapontakes of Staincliffe and Ewcross , Claro , Ainsty , Agbrisg andMorley , Skyrack and Barkstonash , beinc the remainder of the West Riding-, must Attend the Session at Waeefield . C . U . ELSEY , Clerk of the Peace , Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 17 th February , 1848 .

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., T MARTI > informs his friends and the Chartist body generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to tho following price : —Prints . Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . Gd . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the NonTiiinN Stab office ) 18 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; Sweet , Goose Gate , Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and aU booksellers in the United Kingdom ,

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      FAR 1 I AT "WILSDEN . TO BE LET by TICKET and Entered upon Immediately , a Farm , consisting of a Farm House , Mistals , Piggeries , and other convenient Farm Buildings , including receptacles for liquid manure , according to the latest improvements , and Thirteen Acres of Gra-s and Arable Land iu n high state of cultivation . This Farm , which is situate at Harrips , near Wilsden , has been recently thoroughly drained and fenced , and ko pains or expense have been spared to brine it to its present high state of cultivation . All the Buildings are new , and contain the improvements suggested by the experienced modern agriculturists . The form of the land is compact , and tho housa and outbuildings are centrally situated , aud . altogether , the Farm constitutes a desirable holding , which , under proper management , will also be very beneficial to a suitable person . The owner will require the taker to enter and pay a valuation according to tho custom , nnd will allow a similar valuation on leaving . Ho will also give a lease for any reasonable term of years that may be required . Apj ly toltr D . W . Weatbcrhead ( the owner ) , Grocer , Low-strcct , Keighlcy . Sealed tenders may be cent to Mr David Wilkinson Weatherhead until the 14 th day of March next , when the taker will be declared , Keighley , Feb . 25 th , 1818 .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . A FOUR ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company ; the present holder going abroad is the cause of parting with it . Any person paying for this advertisement , and the original cost , can . havo it ; ¦ N . B . A share in a Building Society'in its fourth year for sale . Price £ 2 . Apply to H . Todd , lC , Brown-street , Grosvenor-square .

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      IItde . —The u ? ual weekly meeting of the members of this branch waa numerously attended on Sunday week last . Mr G . Candelet read Mr O'Connor ' s letter , addressed to the people , after which , he uraed attention to Mr O'Connor ' s desire , and explained the comparative merits of the Joint Stook Company ' s Act and the Benefit Society ' s Act * showing toe great saving a society , similarly constituted to the Land Company , would derive from the Benefit Society ' s Act , if adapted to their requireaaenta as contemplated by Mr O'Connor ' s motion . Ho recommended them to appoint parties to canvass the town for signatures to the petition , and to strengthen the hands of Mr O'Connor , as far as they possibly cou'd . It was agreed , upon the recommendation of Mr Wm . Homings , that threepence per member be transmitted as early as po 3 siblo to the proper parties appointed to receive the same in aid of Mr O ' Connor ' s seat , and that the 8 &me be acknowledged in the Northern Star . A vote of thanks was given to a writer in the Edinburgh Exprkbb , Btylingr himself a Lancashire ' Piecer Boy , ' for hia truthful exposure of the doings of the cottonocracj in reference to the Ten flours' Bill , and the reductions in wages . Bath . —At an adjourned meeting of Ihomembtr of this branch , on the 23 rd ult ., the following resoution was carried unanimously : — « That it is the opinion of this branch that the decision of the last onference , as reported in tho 'Star , ' fully justifies the direct > ra in opening another Land Company , but are ot opinion also , that they are not justified in opening anether Company on principles bo widely different before submitting the new code of rules to a ConfeH > HCe ; the opinion of this meeting is that the last Conference did not expect so coosiderablo a change / It may be as well to state that the general feeling of li'is branch was in favour of the new regualioHs . (

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      Kow Ready , a Now Edition of ¦ VI JR ., O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS ' / o be had at tho Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind ¦\* - ' . ] l Street : and of Abel Hoy wood , Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , PEICE SJSPENCI , KO . XV ; OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAIN 1 NO 1 , The March of Freedom , a Poem , by ErneBt Joniu . 2 , Insur rection of tho Working Chsses . The Origin of Swics Indepiridenoo , 3 , The Poor Man ' s L"gul Manual . i . Thu Romance of u People . 5 . The Wolf and the Church , a German Legend with an English Moral , G . National Literature . Russia ; being another black p n | j « In the history ofNlcholiis . 7 . Last Dying Speech and Confession of an Ex-King . S . The I : nprlsonpd . 9 A Lesson to Tyrants . 10 . The Pirates' Prize .

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      Mr O'Connor will be at the Whitmore Station , in time to attend the tea party at the hour appointed , but cannot exactly - state the hour . He will be in Preston in good time ; on Tuesday , and will be happy to see the ' Old Guards' previous to the meeting . Mr O'Connor begs to assure the working classes of his willingness to be continuously amongst them , while they must understand the necessity for his presence in the House of Commons , on Mondays , Tuesdays , Wednesdays , Thursdays and Fridays ; and at Snip ' s End , on Saturday , Sunday , and until four o ' clock on Monday . On the 17 th and 18 th of March , lie will be at Manchester ; and on Sunday , the 19 th , at Oldham , amongst his oldest friends and consti . tuents .

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      i ' d-. r L-. T « rss ytass-.-a in ' -lie year 1631 , and ia the Viater o : ¦ «!¦ :.: ¦ ,.-r . in M .-eiT . ( lbEC-n a ; r"i n : '' a te " ^ - lilic ilitO ; . ., rk n ., v . -l . v should not tmit preen . " , nl bs , W jrli sra ^^ s ^ of t .. tir » vrU . rA * - » » ™ £ nd ,,. hen 5 e wculd bare ^ doutof . he ^ orWon e , ^ ^ twMno : o _ s , me no ion , o u ¦ on ^ Iowest diet ol r : ous that <" I ™ ' - "' " , „ , , _ :. i . m . mW . tn fk ! l r : ouit !» i '"¦ - ¦ ' " - i uuh me mbers to toll

      ^ . ^^ any l-f P ;;" ^^ Vonnt . of animal food in the union fc-. a , ri , at * .- - - « « „ n 9 t tell hlm i hfl W '"^ 011 ! ^ £ --ration bimrelf . The able-Vo-™ , fTVtl- ' - IiWi wrkhon . es wss not allowed a ^ o « w " frr a-y human being in a coun . r ,-from vvb . ch SS ^ comin * everyday into the Bnglisb market * ? U » r ! St was not a question bs to the area of taza-~ £ \ utas to the « fcole option of the Poor Law » iWlard andhethon « S « thatfiio inquiry Into it should >« c ait , d without farther opposition by the govern , aent and'ta ' . itstouMbemade , by the assistance o < the comment , et tblt ««* searching as PO ^ 'ble Wak

      Sir C Beiw * Jenied t ' ae accuracy of Mr ley s a «« tior that tt » poor * n the workhorses ta IrdanJ were pat on a « one diet than the iverst dret to be found out ofthwa fa that e ^ untry . It had «««» . « Btto polirr of the tew in feglaod to derer the *« £ * «» *• UkhoasM tr . gi « OE tfcem iMuffiaait feod * and fae bought th « Mr W * B « y had no right to make such an e « erW ^ hen «• present cwamUaum had been stTcllin , ** sotss time past for the granting four « TOewt f meat ewry «« k t 0 a 11 * * . ° U * W ° rk ' itn « s . TtaT « l quwUm in « Wed ia this motion was -. his _ « u the'heuse prepared tofeark back on he law if l « t sesrfon , - « ica had txt « ded the EnB ! wh Poor Irt-tolrdanfl ^ It so , he w « W-oppo «« the «) mmittee up , n that very * roHnd . Ho oeuld assure Mr HaMey that the amfiimity of tfce feh members « as not s 2 remarkible phenomenon « h 8 supposed , and he iv » hed to * nw whether Mr Ifaklry would aavocate the

      propriety codding to that ecanimity when 'twas proposed to ' eitind the income tix to Ireland ? After wjsia observation * from Mr Grogan , Sir V . aioire-. s , and Sir A . Brooke , Colonel Dunne made-afcntf xepl . but before the house vrent into a division . Mr V ?^ ltee assured t ue house that he did not rise for the V ar ose ° * detaining has . sn-mberE by flUV ofcsCrYa . tioos « a the Irish Poor L » w , with nfcich he-was inptr--fectiy acquainted ; but he could not resist that oppurtuaity of congratnlatinp the government npun the f . rtn na ; c " appointment they had made in selecting-us the pre--ej'dent 01 " U . e PoorLaR-Caminis . 'iunageiltlemHUViho had bai ih- extraordinary boldness to assert that it ' never -was the o ject of the New Poor Law to offer to the poer -in ih- workNcaseof this country a worse diettljan they woa'd obtain out of them . ' ( Hear , hear . } He would s » y nothing of that famous document exhibited in the drawn

      • house s ^ ms tew years ago , which was up as a -sort otieeUr , with a view of ascertainin g to what degree , short of starration , it would be possible to rednc the diet of the poor in this conatry ; bat he rrould asU tie right Lon . geHtleman the member for Liskeard whe-Iher he had forgo ' -ten to what circumstances he owed tnt Situation which he now filled ? Had the right hoa gentleman for » etten that it was to the disclosures that were mado before the Audovcr Union Committee — ( hear , . fce ^ . r ) in which it was prered tbat the poor of that union were reduced t * such an intolerable diet , that they ¦ sere compelled to gnaw raw bones —( hear , h : ar)—and caxld the right hon . gentleman have the assurance , after that , to say that it never vras the object of the Poor La * to give to the p .. or a norse diet in the workhouse , than th-y woul : utna-in ou : t-f it ? He ( Mr Walter ) n-ss re--joicL-d to hear the rigUi hon . gentleman announce that he had been empl » vcd siaa ihs period he had

      ac--ceptea hi < pres-nt office in endeavouring improve the diet of the workhsuses , and to gire the poor four days meat dioners in the week . This , did p . ot , however , aSect the marits of the original question ; and he should have b ; en ivamin ? in his nutj to his coastiiueuts , and to the resp ct which he owed to the memory of that in . dividual who whilst he iived , was the most determiaed opponent of thi 3 law— ( hear , hear)—had he not risen la bis place to espress his astonishment at tao assertion thei-L'bt hoD . eentlemsn had made . ( Hear . ) The house divided—For the appointment ^ of the commutes 101 Against it 165

      MsJMity against the motion ... £ 4 ifter some discusf ion on the motion of Mr Neweeg ate , . telect committee was r . ppcinted to inquire into the law jicd cn'toni of different parts of the Uuited Kingdom as f ) = iwecn oat- . coing and io-coajing tenants , and also as ¦ between landlord and tenant , in reference to unexiaustei itnprerements or deterioration of land and premi = 6 s ozenpied for agricultural purpases .

      MR O'CONNOR'S MOTION FOR ENROLLING TOE LAND COMPANY . Colonel Dcxxs hariDg had the precedence of Mr ¦ O'Cox . tor on Tuesday night , and the debate on that gentieman ' s motion not having conciudvd till near twelve o ' clock , Mr O'Connor had not an opportunity of bringing forward his motion for the Enrolment of the Land Cotapany , but has renewed his notice for the 16 th . of March . The presentation of the litile monster petition with 203 , 335 signatures , caused no small astonishment in the bouse , and thera was great laughter , wlies the Speaker , according to the usua ! form , said ' tbat it do lie upon the table . ' Mr O'Connor , however , to the astonishment of tte hon . members , who thought it was impossible to lift it , took it up in his arms and deposited it on the table , just in front of her Majesty ' s Ministers . The house then a-Mourned .

      WEDNESDAY , 3 f aech 1 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tae house met at twelve o ' clock . SOTTISGHAM ELECTION COMMITTEE . —The SPEAKER : I have to acquaint the house that I have received a notice from Mr Durand Cooper , the agent of ¦ William Key and others , stating that it is not intended -to proceed with the petition against the Nottingham elsction . [ Mr O'Connor ' s Beat is thus Eecnre and nnqueationed . ] The County Hatea Bill was read a Bscond _ time , and ordered to be comniitteU . The Poor R moval Bill was also read a second tima , ana ordered tube enrnmitttd .

      Lori Palmekstox then io = e to resume his reply to ¦ the motion of Mr Anstey . In so doing , the noble lord , in an ' . icipatioi of a question which he andersteod 3 Ir Wakley n-USsrd to pat to him , intimated that ho violence whater r had been offered dorim ; the lata disturbances in Paris to the English residents there , who had wisely abstained from all iaterfcrencs with the transactisns which tad oecurred . He then , ia resaraing hi ? -reply , observed that it was unnecessary for him to go into nil the details comprised in Mr Anstey's speech , founded noon a motion of forty paragraphs , raiBine topics which had already been made Bnbjeet matter * of ! S 9 parlia-a < ntary debates , and which , with all thei-^ etaiic nr . d collateral circumstances , filled some thou-• eaadsof folio volum / $ . The noble lord then proceeded

      ¦ nacre ? s nim < elf to some cf the more prominent ef the ficeusa'ions preferred againEt him , in connexion with the tre-. tj of AdrUnopIe , and other transactions ia nrhicb both Ka-sia and France iu particular were largeiy coecsrned , vlnAicating his conduct ia all casts , add BhowiDg that in a ; l the rights ef nations had betn respected , and the honour and independence of England preeenrcd . He alio adverted to thecircnmdtances uuder which llr Ur--quhart had been recalled from the diplomatic post which he had held , since which time tha attacks of the hon . gentleman upon him had been unceasing ; conclcding bis observations by stating , that vthila he iad had tae honour of directing the foreign relatioas of this countrv , he had devoted to the tEBk ail the cner . gles of ivhJch he wsb capable . Tfeey might hare found men , no conbt , who would hare done it with more ability , but none with more entire devotion . The principle on rrhich be had acted bad been that of

      maintaining peace and a . friendly understanding with all cations , es long as it was possible to do so consistently « riUi & cue regard to the interests , the honour , and xjignity of the country . It was a narrow policy to sup-5 > p ^ b t hat one Etate or another was to marked out as en tternal al ! y or perpetual enemy of England . Sae bad none euch ; but her interests were eternal asd ptrpetuil , and tboce it was the dnty of the government < o Ecpport . And adopting the expression of Mr . Canning , be would say ' The interests of England ought to te tie shibboleth of every British minister . ' The noble lord resumed his seat with loud cheers . —A scene of some . confusion took place , cossequent upon Lord J > a 31 ey Stuart ' s moving the adjournment of the debate ^ which occupied the few sinnttB that remained of the eitiing . when the Speaker left the chair , and the motion will therefore again take its place among the orders cf tie day . < Froiii cur Second EJSUon of last week . ) BOUSE OS LOESS , Feb . 24 . Lord Stanley called the attestiea of the povernmeHt to tae ' violent aud seditious langusee , ' published in a newspaper called the Ukited Isf ^ SKAK . which had recantlj beeu started ia Dublin , andsishedtoknow nhe . ther that paper had cane under thi notice of the go . vernment , aciifso , wbei&er the law aincerg in Ireland bad been consulted , and whether it ws £ intended to lake goj notice of it . The Marquis of LaksDOWNE replied , & £ t ha had reaton to believe that the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had been directed to the snbjset . But it tvould be better to leave the course to be adopted to the discretion of the IrUh Government , rather then , to take any step to control or fetter it . The Loud Cbaxcellox , tfeen moved the second readisg of the Escumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill . The motion was agreed to .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . The "Window Doties . —Lord Ddkcax moved for Jeace to bring in a bill for the total repeal of the wifcdow < £ sites . Ui Waeley said all hope of retrenchment from the present Administration was gone . The public bad oace entertained « ome recped for the government , hut "at all wag over bow , and Lord John Russell woulrf * « ia things frreatly changed in this respect if he went H ! TitJts 3 W * committee in London . *« er speeches fros Ur Stafford ana Mr M'Gregor ,

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      Mr Flmrgus O'Cox .-. OHsaid the speech of the hon * gentieuii . u who hwl j « st sat dswn \ vouid . in his ruind , exoiisi : iiie honcurabit iiiembur from voiing iigainst f ; e committee proposed by the right honourable gent'ernnn the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and it alto bore out to the fullest the feeling which prevailed out of < loore against the speec-h of the noble lord , which the ! -: onourable gentleman had properly described as not altogether understandable . In advocating the extension of the window-tax to Ireland , if it were to bs continued in this country , the honourable gentleman seemed to forget that the ttaallest aeiount oi dit . ' nrightoften prove an entire prohibition . He se . nud to forget the fact that an English window . " . n i an Irt-h window were very different thing ? . In Engiandthe window vra- intended to let the lipht in ,

      but in Ireland the use of a window was to let the smoke out . ( Laughter . J The hon . member-for NortbiraptoESBire ( Mr Stafford , ) in dwelling on the comparatively small number of houses subject to the window tax , seemed to overlooic one consideration altogether . If there were t 3 , 'U $ 9 , 000 ol housps not ss ^ ject to the window duties , while only 500 , 063 paid the duty , the result which he ( Mr O'Connor ) iSrew from this was , tbat a great number ot these ' 3 , 000 , 000 of houses were shut up in darkness , and would hsvewindo ? re tiut for this tax . lie would be prepared to show , when' ( ho time came , that an inc » me tax of two eaillions a year was equivalent in an indirect manner to a . tax ot eight millions oa the industrial classes , and ttiat if persevered in , it must ultimately fall of . tbe landlords of this country . The

      subject would , 'however , better come feeiore the house on another occasion , and when that time arrived he woyld be ante fo show to the honourable member for Korthamptonshirethat the evils of which he had comp ' . ained arcse , not from adoptisg the principles of ree trade , £ mt from , at the same time , not adopting those prudent regulations to which the noble lord alludid ia ills * celebrated Edinburgh , missive . He agreed with the honourable member for Finsburjthat they were now obliged to legislate for a thinkii-g people . ( Hear , bear . ) As to the increase of the array asidnavr ., -the noble lord said that he did not make a warlike speech . But , if he did not , what did ££ 30 000 for a militia mean—what did tbe increase of the marines , and of the army and navy estimates mean ? Were not these warlike matters

      to introduce in a time of profound peace ? ( Hear , hear . ) lie agreed in the adage , that the best way to maintain peace was to be prepared for war , but he thought that the proper way to be prepared for war was to pay attention , not to the maritime defences , but to the wants and feelings of the classes on whom they should have to depend for assistance if war should come . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord ought to look also to the peaceful feelings of the people of thi * country , but at tho same time ha might rely on their support in the hour of danger . Though he ( Mr O'Connor ) was stigmatised as a firebrand , and a destructive , and a revolutionist , he weu ! d be ready to go farther than the right hon . baronot the member for Tamworth , in telling toe noble lord that even the cripple would shoulder

      his cratch rather than have a foreigner to interfere in the affairs of this country , and for his owe part 1 e was ready to become a volunteer , though he would not serve as a mercenary in resisting foreign aggression . Let not the noble lord think that the feelings nf this conntrj were to be judged of by tbe pre : eat quicsceat state of the people . The public mind was 3 trongly alive to tha course taken by the noble lord , and it was only necessary for some artful and designing demagogue —( a laugh)—to apply a match to their feelings in order to rouse the people into the most determined opposition . The people were in fact determined to look after the matter of retrenchment in the public expenditure . ( Hear-, hear . ) They were resolved that their sweat should n > t be poured out and their labour increased in

      order that others mi ? ht me m luxury on the fruits of their sweat and industry . ( Hear , hoar . ) He would vote against this tax , because he regarded the question as one of principle ; and because , as the representative of a popu ' ar constituency , he wished to show that . the people were ready to return good for evil . \ yiien he went before them again , he hoped to justify his vote ; but he would much rather return to his own insignificancy , than hold a seat in that bouse by adopting any course which his own feelings did not tell him wereju 3 t . The noble lord knew that the name of his party hnd been made odious to the public . The noble lord knew that the name of Whig stunk in the nostrils of the country . lie believed that he spoke the feelings of the working classes of this country as much as any man , and he would venture ia their

      name to tell the noble lord that all former differences would be forgotten , and ail bygone battles be sunk iu oblivion , if the noble lord would now take up their cause ; but thafc they would not suffer themselves ? o starve , in order thatothersrnightlivein luxury on their toil . Though they were now at peace , the horizon was not unclouded , asd God only knew what their discussion might be on Monday night next . A great opportunity was new in the hands of tin noble lord , which all previous ministers had lost , but he would tell the noble lord to take care to improve it . Let him take care that the people should not be sacrificed , and if he had a difficulty to meet , he might then throw himself on the shoulders of the working classes of this country . Bat he ( Mr O'Connor ) begged to inform tbe

      noble lord and the house , that he would be no party to producing a slavish quiescence , and he would be no party to the toleration or augmentation of any tax which would press upon the toil , the labour , and the industry of the industrious , in order that idlers may live in increased splendour and luxury . ( Hear , hear . ) And when he ( Mr O Connor ) came to enter fully into this subject on Monday night , he would be able to prove to the landlords on this side of tbe house , and the Irish members on that side af the hojse , both of whom appeared inclined to give a de 3 tructive support to ministers , tbat an income tax would press most heavily upon those two very parties . Upon the English landlords , through increased poor rate ? , consequent upon increased pauperism , resulting from an inortased idle class —( hear , hear , ) -and

      upon the Irish nation thus , when next they appealed to the middle-classes of this country ^ for relief , the answer of that class would fairly be , bad you not allowed the minister to tax us to the amount of two or three millions a year we would have been in a better condition to assist your countrymen—( hear , hear , )—while you have also placed us who opposed the measure in the odious position of bearing all the evil consequences which must result to the industrial classes from its adoption . lie ( Mr O'Connor ) saw the anomalous , the unjust and ungenerous position in which the noble lord was placing hb quondam free trade supporters , —( hear , hear , — and on Monday night he wimld be able to trace sll the necessity for an income tax to tbe derangement of our currency , the distress of the shopkeeper , and the pauperism of the people , not to the principle of free trade , ' . but to the fa < t of the superstructure o ' the noble lord not being in unison or keeping with the basis laid by the right hon . baronet , the member

      for Tamworth . He would reserve himself for tbat occasion , and , having heard a great deal about the re « peci and consideratiwh due to the constituencies of hon . members , he ( Mr O'Connor ) owed that con * ideration to his own conscience , his own feeling , and his own principle ; and if honour and constituency clashed , he wouid have no hesitation in throwing constituency overboard , bub he trusted that he would be able to reconcile his vote for the repeal of the window tax , against the infliction of the income tax , and in favour of the reduction ei the salaries of idlers , and the diminution of our expenditure to the proper point of economy to his constituents , and it not . he would throw his constituents overboard , rather than support them at the expense of the industrious classes . However , if his constituents were in favour of the window tax , an income tax , increated war tax , and asainst retrenchment , he ( Mr O'Cunnor ) was not a fit representative for such a constituency . ( Hear , hear . )

      Lord John Russell opposed the motion , which Mr Ewart , DrBowring , and Lsrd B . Grosvenor supported . The house divided , and the numbers were —* For the motion ... 63 Against it ... ... ,. ; 160 Majority against ——92 The motion was therefore thrown out .

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      Noebick- —On Monday week last , the Norwich branch of the National Land Company , held a tea party at their New Rooms , St Edmund ' s , which were filled to overflowing . After tea tbe band Btruck up several lively airs when the chair wag occupied by Mr R . A . Clark , who delivered an excellent s p eech , ia which he stated that this branch numbered 800 member ? . Mr J . Durrel addressed the meeting upon the sentiment , ' The people the source of all wealth . ' After which Mr Dixon , one of the Directors , responded to the following sentiment : — ' Success to ( he Laud Schemej and may the Directors live to Bee their desires accomplished . ' After a speech of some leagfch and good argument , the chairraan . gave : — ' May O'Connor outlive his numerous fjes , and live triumphant over the Press Gang . ' The following was spokea to by Mr B . Barber : — ' Suc-< ess to the Land Plan and Labour Bank , and may t at'e and commerce eo revive , that the poor may be enabled to place deposits therein—to show their con « fidence inihe treasurer ' s EShcme . ' The next giveB ficm tie chair was : — ' May success attend our efforts to eBtablLh and build a hal ! of our own- ' Mr Bassbaw replied , and offered for his part te give 10 or 20 , 000 brickB towards the same . The next was enthusiastically received : — 'May the defeat of the WbigsbecompletJin their vexatious endeavour * to unseat Mr O'Ci nnor , and may the p ? opie ralJy around him to shield him from expenses . ' 'Success to the friends to liberty throughout the world , ' was responded to by Mr W , DiX' > n- We th ught his first speech a . good one , but this far excelled the first , and wa 3 several times warmly applauded , he spoke as a plain man to a plain audience in language and argument that could not be misunderstood . ' Thf sp 68 Qy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones . ' and otlurVsntiinents were given and responded to . A cslleetion was made by a few friends for tha defence of Mr O'Connor ' s Eeat , and although more than three pounds had been forwarded , Gi . Gd . was collated .

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      "VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE !" In our third Edition of last week , we announced the termination of the French Revolution by the abdication and flight of Louis Philippe . We have now to announce' the institution of the Republic on the ruins of the destroyed Monarchy . Immortal he the three days of February—22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th;—days , without " exception , the most glorious in the annals of the human race .

      The 22 nd witnessed the thronging of the people in the streets , excited and agitated by the monstrous interference of the Government for the prevention of the intended Reform Banquet . The Ministers were confident and insolent in their supposed strength . On the evening previous , Duchatel , the Minister of the Interior , had scornfully declared tliat the Government would " not give way before any manifestation whatsoever . " In twenty-four hours later , this braggart and his confederates were tottering to their fall . Still , Guizot and

      his colleagues were confident . Their hirelingswordsmen— the Municipal Guards — had fleshed their swords , and shown their perfect willingness to lay the popular agitation in blood . " A has Qulsot , cried a million voices that evening in Paris . What cared the " Man of Ghent ? " His Guards were faithful , and the fidelity of " the line" unquestioned , and , therefore , he laug hed—yep , " immoderately laughed / 3 when Odillon Barrot laid the articles of impeachment on the table of the Chamber of Deputies .

      The morning of the 23 rd dawned apon a population universally excited , but still almost totally unarmed , and , therefore , incapable of engHging in combat with their enemies . But , though unarmed , the Parisians were now resolved that Guizot and his confederates should be hurled from power . The unanimity and courage of the people were most wonderful . The troops of the line , affected at the sight of devotion and heroism so astounding , permitted

      the erection of barricades under their very eyes , and within the reach of their bayoiets . The National Guard had been summonsed to arms the night previously , but had almost unanimously refused to obey the rappd . This morning ( Wednesday ) the Guards began to muster , but they mustered to the cry of Vive la Reforme- In a few hours the unyielding Ministry was no more , and the unconquerable Guizot had announced his own downfall !

      Now came the short-lived reign of the . humbugs . It was announced that Count-Mole had been sent for by Louis Philippe to form a Ministry . The peop ) e received the news of Guizot ' s fall with shouts of triumph , bnt they wisely added , " it is not sufficient , ' '—a bus les systeme ! That night Mole abandoned his task in despair . There was yet a chance for another set of humbugs , and the morning of tbe 24 th , found Louis Philippe reduced to the staking of his last card—the formation of a Thiers-Barrot Ministry . But though Louis Philippe knew it not , the game had been already decided—his fall had become inevitable . The mysterious

      slaughter of the people on Wednesday evening , in front of the Hotel of Foreign Affairs , bearing , as it did , the appearance of a premeditated attempt at wholesale assassination , stung the people to madness . By this time , a vast number of the patriots had obtained arms —the discomfited and destroyed Municipal Guards having considerably contributed to the arming of their conquerors ; the National Guard had fraternised with the people , and the soldiers of the line had exhibited every sign of disgust at being compelled to act the part of destroyers of their countrymen . The illumination on Wednesday evening showed the red flag unfurled , although as yet the popular cry was only " Vice Ia Reforme . '" '

      Dame Partmgton s attempt to repel the waves of the Atlantic with a mop , was not more ludicrously ineffectual than was the attempt of MM . Thiers and Barrot to check tbe surging waters of Democracy , now that the flood-gates of popular power had been opened . MM . Thiers and Barvot , ' were rejected by the Vox Popidi . The stormingof the Palais Royal , followed by

      the march of the people against the Tuileries , brought to an end , at one and , the same time , the attempted ministry of MM . Thiers tna Barrot , and the reign of Louis Philippe . His kingship " abdicated , " at the same time very generously giving away that which was not his to give—the supreme authority . Philippe , the first and last , decamped , leaving the Count de Paris as a legacy to his beloved , but most rebellious subjects .

      Then came that interesting spectacle , or rather theatrical "dodge , " the appearance of the Duchess of Orleans in the Chamber of Deputies , leading her young sonSj tjie Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres . Odillon Barrot appeared in the tribune as the last champion of expiring royalty . As he betrayed the people in 1830 , so he tried again to cajole them in 1848 ; but in vain—that " voice " from the gallery , « It is loo late ! " sounded the death-knell of the monarch y . The

      doors were violently forced open , and the Chamber filled with armed men . The " satisfied majority" now found that the game was up . If there Here any waverers , the muskets of the Proletarians , levelled at them from the galleries , taught them the utility of a speedy decision . President Sauzet put on his hat , but the Count de Paris did not put on his crown . The Provisional Government was proclaimed amidst thundering shouts of " Vive la Republlque . ' *

      « See that we are not cheated this time . " 'We will have the Republic-a Democr at ! j Republic ! lbese cries testified the earnest-

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      nes's of the p « ople , and we are happy in believing that the Government selected in the hour of excitement , will not he found wanting in the day of difficulty . We will not fittempt this week to criticise the acts of the Provisional Government , enough that their acts must command the admiration of the world . The abolition of the punishment of death f <; r political offences , ; ind the institution of the Commission entitled the

      Committee for the Government of the Workmen , charged with the god-like mission of devising means " for putting a stop to the lon

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      THE BEGINNING OF THE END . THE REPUBLIC FOR FRANCE , AND THE CHARTER FOit- Jsi \ GLAND . Our columns have of late been much taken up'with the great ; Continental movementswe are now happy to say that we have home progress to report as well . "The beginning of the end has arrived' '—matters are culminating to a crisis—the French Revolution has kindled the torch , and by its light the British people are reading the Charter of their liberties . We have just quitted one of the most g lorious meetings ever held in the Metropolis ¦^ -overwhelming in numbers , and magnificent

      in enthusiasm . It has not been a meeting , the effect | of which evaporates in the streets beyond ; bnt the men of London have given a solemn pledge not to rest until they have the Charter . Nor did the meeting separate without taking steps for its next gathering , and commencing its organisation for the great plan of action , at the end of which we see the Charter as a positive ^ reality . The utmost order characterised the proceedings . A full report o f this splendid demonstration shall appear in our columns of next week . Meantime let us

      ask , what is the COUNTRY doing ? It must not be satisfied with mere meeting , shouting , and passing of resolutions—not with merely showing its power , but it must bring that power to bear ( legally and peaceably ) through the medium of organisation . Organise , organise , organise ; so that we can bring all our concentrated power to bear oh one given point —the weak spot of corruption—and then it must give way . Our opponents tremble anc totter before us . We are the onl y reall y strong party in England—the vitality of our countrv is centred in us—and on us devolves

      the duty of its regeneration . We can assure tiie people they can obtain the Charter in one year , —nay ! iri one month —and without breaking one law or committing one outrage . Now is the time . We are happy to learn the Convention is about to assemble —the people must second it—and , in the short interval before its convocation , they must develope the material of popular opinion and

      popular power , so th-. it the Convention , when it meets , shall be able at once to set the giant machinery atjjwork in the great constitutional struggle for our rights . To the work then , men of England ! Rally and organise your millions before the Convention meets , and then you will be able promptly , energetically , and successfully , to carry out the plans it fornis . Let not the world say , " The French are free while Englishmen , are slaves ! ' '

      We have also to record another instance of Fraternity among nations ; the Chartistsgof London have delegated Messrs M'Grath and Ernest Jones—find the Fraternal Democrats have deputed Julian Harney—( also elected by the Chartists)—to Paris , to congratulate the French people on their glorious triumph . Let there be public meetings throughout the country , to pass addresses to the French people ; and at all those meetings let § the cry be " The Republic for France , and the Charter for England . "

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      PARLIA . MENTARY REVIEW . Ministers have sustained a defeat , which cannot fail to damage them materially . They have been compelled to succumb to the popular voice , as expressed in tones neither to be misunderstood nor disobeyed , on the proposed renewal of the Income-tax for five years , and an additional two per cent , for the first two years of that term . On Monday , the Chancellor of the Exchequer formally announced the withdrawal of that part of the financial scheme , propounded by his chief , and restricted his

      demand to the renewal of the present tax for three years more . Before acceding to that demand , there are two previous questions that ought to be investigated . Whether the proposed expenditure is absolutely necessary , or whether it is not possible to make some reductions in our present expenditure ? Mr O'Connor , in his masterly speech , which our readers will find fully reported in our Parliamentary columnSj has answered these questions in the most practical , straightforward , and satisfactory style . Without having had the advantage of preparing himself to follow a long , complicated , and perplexing financial

      statementrendered trebly perplexing , when Sir . Charles Wood was the exponent—he proved by a series of figures taken from the Chancellor ' s own speech , and close inductions from them , not only that the Ministry are not entitled to ask any additional money from the country , but that , on the contrary , they ought to make a considerable reduction on tbe expenditure of previous years . The Radical menlbers of tbe House , generally speaking , deserve all credit for the manner in w ^ ich they have criticised and resisted this monster budget , but we are bound to confess that a more searching and able commentary than that of the honourable

      member for Nottingham , produced upon tbe spur of the movement , on a most difficult subject , we never met with . It is on these ques - tions , mainly , that it has been apprehended a Radical Government would fail ; and if they did , they could not fail in a more vital department of statesmanship . Whatever grounds for that apprehension may have formerly existed , it appears clear to us that there are none for it now , and that , in the financial department , at least , a PEOPLE'S MINISTRY , in this country , would not do less justice to the sagacity of those who carried them into

      power , than the heroic , noble , and transcendant statesmen , whom the people -of France have substituted for a degraded and treacherous despot , and the paltry minions who were his instruments for crushing their asp irations for freedom and justice . The i > ore the men of the people make themselves acquainted with matters of business , and acquire practical experience , the more will they be fitted for that period which it is evident is fast advancing , when the people will really and truly manage their own affairs , by their own government and their own representatives , instead of submitting to a mock Parliament and an aristocratical

      Administration . Such is the divided state of parties in the House at this momeut , that we verily believe , even now , if a cordial union could be effected between all the individuals in it professing Rvdical principles , they would be powerful enough to hold the balance between the two cliques of the Oligarchy , and impose their own conditions , not only as to the financial but also the political policy of the empire . This we are fully convinced of , that it would be utterly impossible to find any man . less fitted , either by nature or acquirements , than the present Chancellor of the Exchequer , tor the duties of that office ; and the lofty sublimity of Lord John ' s ^ imagination evidentl y

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      — ~ ¦—»—^ J ^ m ^ " - ^ ¦ ¦ i | irevL-nts bun 1 ' ium go . n- - minutel y into suT ^ trilling matters as a lew millions a year ,, ' , or less , of taxation . X ! ^ Truth to say , the . Whi g Bud get of iq l 0 proceeds at a snail ' s pace . The revised edit ? of ifc is to he dismissed next week , and in r " meantime the items or which it is niiiile having been divided into two great parcels a " P endorsed'Army , Navy , and Ordnance ' an ? the other [ ' Miscellaneous , " have been nitchel down before a couple of committees upsta ! •/ who are to take upon themselves one of ' t * ' duties—either they are meant to do the wo ' t of the Ministers , by preparing in detail such estimates as the exigencies of the count really require ; or they are , on the other wf to usurp the functions of the Representativ of the people in their collective capacity ant dictate to them , in their reports , what ' t ' l

      fill fi ri f . f fi fli \ n i f ? i i < nfai */ innA f r \ i-l . . * J ou » htto do with reference to these estimate-We say that if they do the one a clear , J fJ ^ facie case of uselessness and incompetent w ' 'ji be made out against the Government if t } attempt the other , it will be an invasion of tn ^ constitutional rights of the people , and of th House of Commons , which ou ^ t to l , e vH "f to the death . After all , it Is the uncmeiS right of holding the purse-strings , which . rives the people the strongest hold upon the aristo cratical factions who alternatel y occupy " the Treasury benches ; and although the rinht may have been abused , misused , or suffered to rest in abeyance , no act whatever that implies its non-existence , or that tends to weaken it should be permitted for a moment . '

      The question for the people , as we have said , is whether they will be contented with their first victory over these wietched financiers , or whether they will press forward , and demand such a reduction of the estimates nnd of the annual expenditure , as would allow at once of the repeal of the Income Tax—us contra-distinguished from the Property Tax—ani also of that most iniquitous , health-destroying , and atrocious impost , the Window Duty ? The time has come when this question of Taxation should be looked fairly in the face , and the-National Debt itself overhauled , ^ despite the cries of horror which may be uttered b y those interested in keeping that monster millstone around the neck of the nation . All duties

      imply rights . Debtors have their rights as well as their duties , and there can be no harm in the debtor looking over the account from 'ime to time , with the view of arranging it in accordance with eqnity ; as well as the creditor insisting upon keeping to the strict letter of the law . If we really are so very poor , and our national income is falling deficient , let the burdens fail upon all alike . Surely the class , whose existence depends upon the regular pav « ment of their dividends , will have no objection to pay something additional , as well as the rest of their neighbours , to maintain those in . stitutions which guarantee and secure to them

      their half-yearly receipts . If the nation owes them money , they owe the nation protection and security of property ; and they ought , at least , to bear a fair share of any losses or burdens which fall upon other classes . Until this gigantic item of our National Expenditure is dealt with by bold and equitable men , no very tangible reduction of our National Expenditure can be effected . Whether the conversion of the whole into terminable annuities , « r announcing that the interest upon the Debt wokUI be gradually extinguished , at the rate of one-eighUj per cent , per annum , which , would give those who have funds invested sixteen years to find out other and better

      investments , be the best mode of procedure , we do nut pretend to say . But one thing is certain , that , with the increasing pressure upon the i ) oor man , the growing difficulty of finding employment , and the diminished wages he has to take when he is lucky enough to got it , the maintenance of this great swindle must lead to a general , determined , and , it may be , violent effort to throw it off . With respect to the Estimates for the year ,

      we would rigorously overhaul the Naval , . Military , and Ordnance Estimates . In ib 35 ^ the expenditure under these heads was something over eleven millions and a half . It has gone on increasing , at the rate of a million a-year or so , until it now amounts to between eighteen and nineteen millions . Why is this ? What substantive jjjrensons are there for so large an increase to our expenditure for soldiers , sailors , and marines ? There is often a vague talk about the extent of our Colonial

      possessions , and the necessity we are under to protect and defend them . But what new Colonies have we acquired since 1835 , which are so large or so valuable as to require us to pay eight millions a year for their defence ? Surely it will not be pretended that Hong Kong or Labuan are worth an eighth of that amount , not merely in the shape of annual expense , but as purchase money for the fee simple . The Miscellaneous Estimates , too , ought to be closely searched into , and no doubt a million or two could be cut down in them . Among other items , for instance , 50 , 000 / . for a

      pinery at Kew might be fairly struck out . If Royalty wants a new pinery , let Royalty provide itself with one out of " the large ' revenues which the nation grants it . Prince Albert misjht , we think , manage very comfortably with 10 , 000 ? . a year as pocket money , instead of 30 , 000 / . Queen Adelaide might contrive to get through life tolerably well upon 20 , 000 / ., instead of 100 , 000 / , a year ' ; and thus , from these three sources , we should save 150 , 000 / ., the

      precise sum which Lord John asks for the Militia , supposing a Militia to be desirable . But the subject is too fertile for us to do more than glance at it , and we can only conclude by saying , that we earnestly trust the House of Commons will resolutely refuse to grant any supplies until these preposterous and infamous estimates , which will impose a burden of not less than 60 , 000 , 000 / . upon the country , are thoroughly pruned and pared by bold and honest hands .

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      The answers of . the Government to the various questions put to them by members , with reierence to the recent soul-stirring events in France , have been of the most prompt and satisfactory description . There will this time be no English interference against Republican France . The Government has committed itself in the fuce ' of Parliament , in the eyes of all the Governments of Europe , and of the world , to a strict policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of our heroic neighbours . It must be the duty of the people here to see that this pledge is faithfully kept , and that no pretext whatever be allowed for its violation . On the

      other hand , we hope that the Provisional Government of the Republic , and the great and noble people whose destinies they are appointed to guide , will refrain from making any movement of an aggressive character . They have a high and a holy mission to perform—one upon which not only the welfare of France , but of the world depends . Let them , by the re-organisation of Labour , Capital , and Skill , and the equitable distribution of the products of that combination , lay broad and deep in France the foundations of a new , rational , just ,, and permanently beneficial state of society , and they will then find that France will not on ! y beable to maintain all its own population at home , in the midst ' of comfort and prosperity , but to

      present against all internal aggression—should it be insanely attempted from any quartersuch a phalanx as never before encircled and defended the frontier of any state , ancient or modern . The first acts of the Government have been marked by a spirit of lofty philosophy and of practical statesmanshi p , not to he equalled in the records of history . Their acts , proclamations , and speeches , remind one "l ore of the old heroic times , when Greece idealised its heroes into Gods , than of the prosaic latter days in which we live . " May their Juture career be marked by the same characteristics and their most glowing aspiratiins u » ute elevation and permanent happiness of their species be realised !

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      To descend from the two exciting topics of the Bucket and the , French Revolution , to

      The Northern Star, Saturday, Marcii I, 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , MARCII i , 1848 .

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR , ___ _ ^ Map chJ , 18 . 1 s . ^

      Just I'Uulisnisb , Revolution In Paris. A Narrative Of Tlic Recent Kvvol Tion In France, Cor.Taiiiinif A Full Account Of

      just I'UULisnisb , REVOLUTION IN PARIS . A narrative of tlic recent KvvoL tion in France , cor . taiiiinif a full account of

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1460/page/4/