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      Kfby , Rom Park , attack of hay ; Mr Uarili . Ceraaarack , CastlereajtB , a < tack of wheat ; Mr Robert M'Con . sell , Castleriagb , a corn stack ; and Mr Anderson , Iiinabreeny . had his office-nous * get on fir « ani mueh damaged before the Stmei were extiaffOiibad . Nocauaes Otnpotsibly Be&uigaed for ths commission of there wanton outra ges , a * d bo parties as yet hare bMntuaptcted as the perpetrators . A remarkaMe circumstance in connexion with them it the fact , that they were all cemmirUd betwMa the hours of fire and six o ' clock and , as the placet are scattered orer an area « f ctreral maw of country , it it presumed that thtre evidently molt hiTebteaanumbwof IocenoUiJe > , sn 4 tbatcbtj actti in concert , and simultaneously . On Friday eveninr . ahtnt fire o ' clock , two stacks of hay , bslonriag-to a respectable farmer awnto , Doffik , who ruides afcouta HUM beyond the ShwkkOl bnrylnf-grounA , war * also set on firs sod contumad . On the earn * wening also , and tench abont ike case time , another neighbouring farmer , namedSirktr , bad attack of hay autlicituilr Q MtroYed . ' " ~ " ^^ " ~—^ rv : _ v .. d » .. n .. i . - . 1 .-1 . . * t tr- « . , 1 . > ..

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      J . 3 wist acknowledges tka receipt of the following sums fsent herewith ) ior the Yictim Fond , Til : — i % . IL From the Seren Start ... .. n o 11 „ MrChlp 5 n 4 ale ... ... 0 0 t „ HrHant ... ... 0 9 4 Thomu Cuum acknowledges tht recei pt ef the following turns for the Defence of the Manchester Vic . ^ ITTH J «™ - - £ B A Per DonoTan , Boehdalt ... „ . 300 „ Brown , Temperance Hotel , Mancheiter 0 5 8 For the Support of Prisoners , 8 d . Badford 0 3 8 Mr BKio , fochdab ... ^ 0 10 0 John James Btnrej ... ... Ol » = ThtnaoBietannonactd last we « k were for tiieDefensB of the Mancheiter Tictimt .

      € hikbs LooiK and W . Cu « o * . —The demands upon onr columns will not permit hi to gire your letters . Ml T . MoTHMSnUB , Jfacdeiileld Your communication having been handed otct to me , I beg tt observe that the several YleHm Committees to the metropolii haTt but one « rtj 9 etta view , namely , the alleviation « f the iuaerinKt of tho » t on whoa the Vfhigs and their myrmidons hare poured out their wrath , and to ad . minister help to the wive * and children of those patriots who are now Ianrnishinr in the cheeriest pri . tan house . It it not contemplated to restrict the relief te our brethren wao wm tried (! !) ia London . This -would be unjEst in the extreme . Oar Scotch , Tork . hire , and Lancashire aavocates are entitled toeaual consideration with th * victimi of the Powell and DaTies plot , andfthtir families as severely feel toe Wow . It li » erj wroajr to single out particular Tictims for especial support . Tat funds ought to btamalganated . and the committees instructed to be no respecters of person * .

      A patriot , who hat been all hit life toiling between tht four post * of poverty , may be no Ies « « 5 ac * re , ardent , and useful , than those who nave marti in a higher sphere , 'Maka all equal' must be onr motto . The cob . coaduilon of your mote it an advertisement , and would bt charged at such . V . Rn ) SBJ £ » T . Sowdbt , Dalstoa : —We hare only the portraitt of John Frost , B . Oattler . H . Hunt , W . Gobbett . A . CCon-. nor , F . O'Connor ( small size ) , and the plates of the Convention , Presentation of the National Petition , and iric -w of O'Connorrilles . The portrait of T . S . Duncomb * -itd R . Emaettare all disposed of . The sane answer -to Mr 6 . Baker , Worcester . If tec Loroos agents who supply the Northkjt Sri » to Mr B . Brooke , Hnddenfleld , and Mr Batferworth , Bncidof baa , will call at outfoffice , they will obtain the portrait of Mitchel . We can only supplr it to those who hire their papers direct from this office , or from tkat of Mr FaTey , fiolywell Street .

      Ms Wu > . Shaw Chapel , will obtain hit portraitt from Xr Hejnrood , 18 , OMham Street , Manchester . ¦ D . R . MoioiK , MertUjr . —Tfae Und Office , 144 , flifh Holborn , Lonion . KimokaL Vicim and SiKNex Fdnd . — Received by Edmund Stallwood , at the Institution , John Street , on the night of the festival . On account of tracts , ( Th * Cry ot the Widowed Wife ) presented by the author , Mr Adiiscot , 4 s Si ; hjW . 3 . Coek , 2 s . Gd . Jsmt Anon acknowledgis the following pressnts on bthalf of the Tittim and Defeoca Fund : —From Mr Sal . ipon , sen .. Cooper ' s' Purgatory of Suicides '; Mr Henry Whitmore , Two Fair of Buckskin Braces ; Mr Black , Hervey ' s Meditations , Universal letter Writer , Poor Van's Preservative against Popery , Cella in Search of a Bu-band , Memoirs of the Btr . S . J . Mills , Political Anatomy or Inland , Locke ' s Esiaja on the Understand iai , an 4 tn . t Athenian Oracle ; Mr BaAlej , Limehotue , O'Connor's Small Farms ; Mr Barnard , Symond 01 War ; Mr Ford , Advice to the Million ; Mn Btztr , Boy's Cap and Four Books , ; Mrt Beatley , Pocket Book and

      ? Needle Case ; Mrs Cnfiay . Seven Farts of the Fictu . r * s gne Beauties of Great Britain , Portrait of Mist Mary \ Ann Walker , and Two Maps ; Miss Davis , Greenwich , s Three Oil Paintings ; Mr Whitcomb , ditto . Historical - Chart , and Books ; Mrt Heath , ditto , two Prints , and a \ Papier Mache Box ; Mr B . Ford , Berwick Street , Soho ; l " tro Pictures , Two Trays , Four Sheets , and Anecdotes ; of Napolton ; Mr Phillips , Five Ornamenu , Jug , Brace-; let , Pincuehlon , and small Scissors ; Mr Robbs , Finsi Dury , Natural Theology , by Paley ; Mr lee . ditto , Two i New Satin Waistcoat *; Mr B . O . Cousiag , Drury Lane , I The Christian Mythology uaveiled , fcy Mitchell , Good < i Sense , by LeCure , Meslier Zadig , by Voltaire , Princi-K pies of Katnre , by Falmer , Fenr Copies of Fame ' s Kigbti I of Man . Theological Works of ditto , Aga of Season , by r - ditto , Apkorisma of ditto , Tom Jones , Pope ' s Essays '¦ : on Mao , and the Black Dwarf , by Wooler ; Messrs t- Milne and 6 rassby , a Quanti ^ of Pamphlets and it Tracts ; and Mr Samuel Boonham , Three Pair of Men's p . Hose ; ¦ f Jaums Latttox , Prescott , —We cannot answer your qa * s-K tion .

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      fe : - ^ ttl ^— ¦ I DEFENCE FUND . I BItllTID II WIU 1 AK BtBIBi i * b . a I UtocVp # rt , p * rJ . Pickfora ... ... <> 7 I S Corentry , ptv G . Fretznan ... .. 0 13 §¦ - Emworth . ptiB . Tiatwell ... ... 0 6 j ? I JTottinghsja , pit jj . Sweet ... ... 0 1 9 % " 2 , Z . « ., Q '; pi * op , per J . Framee ... ... 0 6 0 f ConnoUlor . C . W « od , Sheffield , per O . CaviU 10 6 P J . FoxUy , ditto ... 0 10 I MaxyKnapton , ditto ... 0 1 0 R Collie ted by Mrs Tktobtld ditto ... 0 4 7 I F « mal » CharJtU , 8 htffltld dittf ... « I 0 I Total fi 10 1 < £ "> t ^^^^^ =

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      . — HATIOKJLL TICTIM AKD DBFE'KCE FUKD . £ : i . CriobsanD ? rl » di 0 7 0 Westainstsr ... ... ... ... 0 13 Hr ; Rider , as per StabJ ... ... ... 19 4 HrCUrk . &f . o ... M ... 1 14 7 Mr Kydd . ditto 3 4 7 J Crown and Author ... ,,, . „ 0 6 8 CrippUgate ... ... ... ... 0 2 7 Mr E * si and Friends ... ... ... t 4 Limehoase , per Mr Bailey ... ... 0 9 6 ,, ,, „ ... ... 0 2 6 A Ship ' s Cook 0 8 6 South London EaU ... ... , „ 0 2 6 Glitheroe , per Mr Isherwood ... ... 0 4 6 FtrXr Stallwood 0 7 3 Total £ 8 9 \\ J . J . Hbsbuux , Honorary Secretary , W , High Holbora , LoBdoa . January 4 'i , 18 i » . * * It isrtquetted that all monltt for this Commit . tee be addressed as above . If forwarded by Thursday in etch week , it will b * announced In the following Sstordajt ' t Stab . ^ v

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      BECSXPTS or THE 2 TATIONAI . LAND COMPAJTZ " , FOB THI WKBK BITDINS THVJtSDAT , JANUARY t , 1819 . rS&MRO'COKHOR . S 8 ABIS . J > I . d . Parkhead M 1 16 0 Glossop M 317 8 Llttletown M 4 11 8 Birmingham , Crayford _ 1 11 2 Goodwin . 0 3 0 Bridlinyton Quay ( 76 Suckinfield M 200 Oldfaam ,. oil Accriagton M 130 Braint-ee M 0 10 0 Leicester , Astill S 5 0 Witbam n 3 0 0 Old Shildon M 1 IS 11 Globe and Friends 0 10 Stourbridge m e 17 6 Oswaldtnistle „ 1 11 8 Bridgwater m 0 17 a If ertbyr , Powell 10 0 WEden „ 0 5 0 Rotberham H 0 is 10 Jno Stephenton I 0 S Nottingham , WmFIetcb . tr w 0 14 Sweet M 5 a 2 H Towers n 019 0 Sheffield .. lo 0 0 J Tomlinson m 0 8 Q Mansfield , Boole I 13 6 G Tomlinson .. 0 8 0 Droylsden M a 0 4 BPattison - 0 3 0 Ely ~ - 860 W Bailey M 010 Newcaitle-upon . JHaffermon ' .. 0 16 Tyne . U 0 0 Westmlaster « O 3 6 £ 61 10 3 ^ ' muisraBsMaMin vnnmrtf . t . im

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      TOTALS , Land Fond M 61 10 S Expense Fund ... ... . M 3 12 0 Bonus ... ... ... ... 223 U S Lom Fond ... 12 5 TraBjfsn ... ... ... ... 018 6 i £ ® 0 _ l £ j Wh . Dixov , CnaiiTorHtB DoTti , Taos . Cluk ( Corrit . 8 te . ) Fbilip M'Gbaxi ( Fin , Sec . )

      EIECTTTIVE NEW TBAll'S 6 IPT . Rotberhan , per J Turner . _ M 1 « 0 6 Julian Harney » M M 010 0 Stalybridge , perMrLawton . M . 0 10 0 Ryton , per John BHorsfall .. . 0 10 0 Nottingham , per J Sweet , Col . Hutcliinion ' .. 0 10 0 Byron Ward , ditto « . M M H 0 J 0 King ef the French ., „ M „ 0 1 0 Dav « ntry , pere Ashwell M M h 0 7 0 Masterton , J L Smith « M M ¦ 0 3 0 Westmin « ter , J Grastby .. .. M 0 4 6 Great Marlow , an Old Kadioal .. . 036 Ditto . H Smith H „ M 0 1 Skeffield . GCs . vlll _ M m o l 6 Doscaster , 3 Armfleld .. .. M o 5 Birmingham , People ' s Hall , W E Budhall m o 1 B

      Sheffield , T W , per G Cavill M H „ o 0 Trowbridgs , Jamet Slade „ m « 0 0 6 SmaJJwell , per R Gardiner .. u m o 6 0 Newcastle , per M Jude ( for cardi )! u » 0 8 0 Birmicgbani , Ship Ian , per Jolm Nawbenis 0 18 e Charles Goodwin „ .. » ~ 0 l 3 Dudley , John Daries M M H „ 0 B 0 MrJSewell M M « M o lo 0 MrLarkin - H „ H H 0 l 0 Central Bossendale ~ m .. 060 Ipswich h „ M m . Olot Westiiaton u u u .. M 0 l 0 Norwich , T Cook , ( tent ., per B A Clark M 0 10 0 T Allar and Friends M ~ » » 0 2 o

      Win Saddler .. „ M m .. 010 Liverpool , PBiierley . M M m o i O Hawortb , per E Tidtwell ~ n m 0 8 3 Sis Friends , Glossop , per J Franee H M 0 10 0 Sheffield , per 6 CaTUl .. .. M M 0 1 0 Ditto , Mrs Theobald .. » M . 007 A Few Friends , Wootton-under-Edge , per R Lacey - .. .. M « 018 o Bingley Chartists , per W Hoorhouse H 0 15 6 W Hornsey , Etiington Lane , « ounty DurhaBD , 0 3 o W Boser , Briston Hill , Surrey M ~ 0 l 0 Mr Fox .. „ M M eiOlO Mr Cameron M w m M w 0 i 0 M , per Mr Allnutt M H M M 8 0 8 Knsbnry , per ditto m m M * 014 0

      FOB W 1 T £ S AND FAMILIES OP TICTIMB . BBC 1 ITZD BT W . BIMB . Itockport Singers , Xiiverpool , P perMScragg 110 0 Brierley .. 0 l 0 ? Sheffield , per WHainei ,, « 1 0 DEFENCE ANd v | CT 1 M FUND BBOIIVZD AT LAND O 7 FICB . KrJSewell .. 0 10 0 Norwich , per Mr An Enemy to Clark .. 6 10 0 Oppression .. 2 0 0 Praintre * .. 0 6 0 Mr Larhia .. 0 1 * 0 MS .. .. 0 5 0 Globe and Friends o S 2 Mr Greenwood 0 10 Commercial Lee * Mr Sadler .. 0 l o tureHall .. 0 9 0 Wm Wooder .. 0 4 4 Central Bossendale 0 4 0 Henry Wooder 0 4 4 Mr Workman .. o 1 6 Robert Cook .. 0 4 4 Henry Cook .. 0 4 4 KCSITIB BT a . XTSD . Botherhum ; per Masterton . J L Cavill .. 0 6 0 Smith ( far Mrs Cheltenham , Jno Sheffield , G Bemrain .. 0 9 8 White .. 0 10 Ditto , Defence 0 15 Gateshead , J B 0 3 6 J Turner .. 0 14 3 FOB MRS M'DOUALL . BXCBIVBD AT LAHB OIIICB . MrJotmSewell 0 10 0 MS .. .. 0 3 6 MBS E . JONE 3 . ~ MS .. .. 0 3 6 FOB THE KIBBDALE VICTIMS . - Mr JohnSewsll 0 10 0 GE 0 R 6 E WHITE'S FAUILT . Charlei SeairaTa ' 0 l 0

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      * The sum of 5 s Id acknowledged from Mr Homes , Sheffield , for the Executive , ought to have been for the Wires and families of the Tictims .

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      BETTERS TO THE WORKING GLASSES . XXIX . ' Wtrds an tals | i ( and a tasll dros ef lob FaUlag—llks asw—npta a thoujhl , Brodnocs That whlth makts tkessaads , ptrhaps millions , thlak / Bibov , THOUGHTS ONNiwTEAR'S DAT . BUOTMKB f BOtBTABIANS , It would afford me verit&bla pleasure could I » 1 * dreu to yon th * compliments of the season , and wish you ' A Happy New Year . ' But nay mob with mut bs ths memt , tQiwinglftM lo ? m of . esn nonj , io long as you suffer political degradation and social wrong . It ii true , we often bear of ' she good time coming , ' but will that good time oorn * within the oourta of tho year now commencing ? If so , 184 ft will , indeed , b » a « Happy New Tear . ' Ii is became I am anxiously looking for 'the good time coming , ' that I will not tell JQtt to ' W « it t little longer . ' Ai long aa you may be eontent io waU , joa will uant . 2 , therefore , say to yon not < wait' »; little longer , ' but WORK a little STRONGER , and then the ' eood time' willspeedilj ' ™~~~~~ . " " t vwvD . a

      com * . la good truth , friends , it is fall time that the long-looked for era of national regeneration had iti commencement . Two generations haye descended to the tomb tinea the principles of Chartism ( though not the ' Charter' ) , were first made the bath of a demand for Parliamentary Reform . Since Cabi * weight and his friends first raited the cry for Equal and Universal Representation , how many havo gone down to the siavo without seeing the&oeampluhtne&t of their hopes , and tka merited reward of their labours and uorinoei ! How many patriots hare suffered imprisonment , banishment , and even denth—how manj familieB hare betn desolated—how many hearts broken io the unequal strife of right

      againit might ! The comfortable , well-to-do classes are in the habit of deprecating what theyoall ' violent changes , ' and are fond of insisting on the necessity of ' gr » du » l reform . ' I think they may bo well satisfied with the snail ' s progress of ' Reform' in this country . The prrcious * Bill' of 1832 was obtained only after fifty yean ot agitation . We hare now had tea years of Chartist organising , speeob-makifig , petitioning , and suffering , and—how near are we to the enactment ot the Charter ? la other countries four-and-twenty hours will occasionally suffioe to uptet a djnaaty , or aehim an orguio change of , perhaps , greater importance ; bus we , Englishmen , who think so much of omelTU , weneet , and shout , and * humbly pray / and occasionally beoema Tery ' exerted , ' and then

      Tory apathetic , and this goes on until it . suits the purpose of some aristocratic , or lourgeou faction , to taka up the popular cry , and than , after sweating through a crisis , ' another crisis , ' a ' great , omit :, ' and ' tht oriiii , ' we win power for the designing few , tad—a shadow for ours » lvei ! The ' Reforms' we accomplish an' gradual * with a tengeanoe ! Brother Proletarians , for this contemptible cours * ef events y # u are principally to blame . I am sorry that I cannot admit , that ' the . people are seldom wrong , ami new long wrong . ' On the contrary , my experience has taught me that the people are seldom right , and never leng right . I assert this of the people generally—the people abroad as well as at doom . In February l * tt the people of France were

      right when they kicked oat tlie lung of we money jobbrs . Bat they were not long right . la April they were wrong enough , when they elected the in famous Assembly . Thai ? almost unanimous election of tb « oeusterfeit Napomoii to the Presidency , is at elur a oate of national insanity m eyen' the strcng . minded English' exhibited , wh « a , like roaring Bcd r lamitet , they raited a lunatic howl from John O'Greai ' . toiheLsnd ' a-End , for ' The BUI , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill . ' Similar examples of popular folly might be eited from the past twelve months' history of other nationB , But enough . We should mend our own ways before we too critically examine the faults of others . The two srand impediments to the progress of tie

      Proletarian cause in this country are . the want oi knowledge , and the want of penererance . I wily feeliere that the working classes might achieve the r political and social emancipation without so much as dreaming of pike or musket , if they were but iaspired by the vitl to accomplish their regeneration . But the truth is , that a van portion af the working men are politically ignorant , or indifferent ; and of those whoare enlightened , and who profess to desire their own enfranchisement , there are but comparttively few who possess the energy and resolution nioeiiary to oante men to persevere in pursuit of an objeofc , in spite of difficulties and disappointments . It is a terrible fact , that after so many years of ' Reform' and ' Chartist' agitation , multitudes of men . whose ever * interest would benefit by the

      triumph of Chartism , are yet ignorant of or mldifferent to the Charter . This is true , not merely of the agricultural labourers , but also of a consider-» ble portion of the tows population . Here is the great , thoagh . not the only source ol onr weakness . Were the proletarians of towa and country bandsd together aa ene man , their task would be hard woagh . On tac one tide , jara mawhalled a ! l the pri * vi . ' eged orders , with all their tools , slaves , tni mjrtn'doni . On the other ride is a portion of the working classes- The oppos ' fig forces ate unequally matched . Were all the sons of industry to move h one p halanx , the might would be sot inferior to the right on the side of Labour , and the but ' e woild b * forthwith w » n . Something like such a phulanx must be formed , otherwise we may wait long enough for ' the good time ceming /

      But I hare alluded to another source ef Chartist weakness . I mean the want of perseverance on the ptrk of professing Chartist * . It is an easy thing fer a man to lit his signature to a petition , demand , iagthe Charter ; but if that is all the effort he is willing to make for tha rights claimed in such a petition , he sets but a terry value en those rights , It is easy for a man to attend an oooational meeting when some grtat speaker ia announced to exhibit , and easy it ii to ebecr to the echo every impM * sioned appeal the orator may gire utterance to in behalf of Justice and Freedom ; but if the elapping of hands , and the shout of applause , comprise that van ' s Chartism , his children , if ke has any , will not be politically indebted to him . The men who stamp their impress on their age , and do deeds ewnmanding the gratitude of posterity , are ' made of sterner atnff . '

      At one of the democratic banquets recently holden in Paris , one of the speakers , whose name has Neaped aay memory , observed that he had two sons , one of whom was among the transported hereea of the June insurrection , and the other had suffered a long imprisonment for the good cause . The speaker added , I BROUGHT THEM UP FOR THAT ! ' ThHUden of applause responded to this Spartaa-liks deelaratioB . Honour to the demecratio vetttaa ! Honour to the sons worthy of such a sire ! ' When . ' said Btbok , ' When Spartan mothers ahall five birih to nen , the * will Gree t * be free . ' tad , I iay , whta that we f ^ jrtiits shall be animated by the hernia spirit of the Paritiam democrat , the days of privileged usurpation will ba numbered—the victory of Jostioe will »» decreed . _ .

      There are Chartists who an animated fey that spirit , men whe ia adversity as well as in prosperity are faithful to their missioa . These are the men who have maintained the meveaent ia cxUtense daring the last few months ef plast-persectition and popular apathy . These are the men who are at the present time labouring without cessation to obtain snpport for the families of the victims , and for such of the- victims themselves who are in a petition to receive tangible evidences of popular sympathy Honour to those true patriots ! Were there not such men to be found—few or many—in most of our towns .

      we might indeed despair of the future . But I complain that these true Chartists are not ooperated with by the multitudes who at intervals are to be found shouting for the Charter . Where ate the masses who gathered round the Chartist banner in Maioh and April last ! I may ba an&werea that — disappointed in their expectations—they have fallen back in disgust or despair . This wone than womanly weakness , this childish laok of perseverance , i « pcrfeotly unworthy of men ; especially of men groaning nnder oppression , and professing to M Stl « mated by a desire for freedom . of

      I eommendto the inconstant ^ professors j Chartism , the following extraot from ^ private letter I have received from one of the patriots imprisoned at

      Kirkdale :-TwtWo months will pats over , andtkey will fltjd me just at active at ev « r 1 b tttndlng up for the rights of my ordet , and advocating the claims ef my opprosei ana plunasrea follow workmen . PBRSET £ BA 1 K » IK A GOOD CAUSE , MY DEAR FRIEND , 13 A 8 UR 1 PRELUDE TO 8 UCCBSS ; and the tlgat of tho tlm » s IndloaU that ere long the publio will pay more attention to eur principal a » d objeotsthan a veaal press hat bitfesrto pewnltted ; and that Instead of bsl »* pro . sorib . d and Imprisoned at . aestructtvet , w « snail be hail ** as the true conattvatiTtt of the country .

      Arew year has dawned , and with the new year should come new resolves and new deeds improvin g on the past . The Jowyeow-liberals have already sketched their plan of campaign and are even bow preparing to take the field . Will the working men Ua in the rear ? Will they allow Ue struggles and sufferings of the lsstten years to hare been made and endured in vain ! . Brother PreJetarinBS , at » for you to answer . For myself 1 ©»«« ««*» , <» *» Nw Y ^* * D * 7 » hft ° P my voice for ^ TfiE CHARTER , ANP NO SURRBNDERr L Ami du Peuple . v swtaftlst , l& 9 '

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Equality , Libert ]/ , Fraternity . Brother Proletarians , The commencement of a new year lids us break the silence which has , for some time part , been imposed upoa us by the force of unfavourable circumstanees . We speak of the associated body of which we are members . Individually , vre have been neither silent nor inactive , whether success shone , or defeat frowned , upon our labours . " mrm ¦** % >«•> . — ... _ . __ .

      The blows of tyranny have thinned our ranks . Bright hopes have been succeeded by bitter diiappointments . But , strong in the faith of our principles , and deeply impressed with the necessity of labouring for the ascendency of those principles , we bring to the work before us undiminished enthusiasm , and the resolute will not to cease in our endeavours until the triumph of Justice is accomplished . When , < m the eyer-raemorable 24 tb of February last , the proletarians of Paris threw off the nightmare of corrupt tyranny , incarnated in the person of Louis Philippb , the joy-shout of self-emancipated France awoke the nations from their slumbers , and in nearly every land the people arose and demanded the recognition of their inalienable rights , and the possession of their long-withheld liberties .

      In many instances , the people were , for the time being , successful . Statesmen , grown grey in the practice of iniquity , fled from the sight ofthc peoples , whose patience they had so long abused . Kings bowed their heads before the whirlwind they dared not confront , and tremblingly gave way to the requirements of the people . In the majority of cases , the Governments yielded not until they h&a tried ' physical force '—and failed . But the people retuliated not when the struggle was over . On the contrary , they eyen gave their confidence to those who bad previously enslaved and coerced them . A fatal error 1

      Better believe in the humanity of a tiger than in the assumed liberalism of a vanquished tyrant . It is not more impossible for the leopard to remove his tpots , or the negro to change his skin , than it is for the aisassins of nations to learn the ways of justice , mercy , and truth . Will any dare dispute this assertion ? If so , we appeal to History to confound our opponents . Every page of the records of mankind ' s career teems with examples ot the perfidy of the enemies of Labour . Think of the events of the last few months only . Remember the pitiless slaughter of our Parisian brethren in the days of June . ' Remember the coldblooded butcheries of unarmed prisoners when that frightful struggle had terminated ! Remember the horrid cruelties perpetrated upon the vanquished heroes of Posen ! Remember the Milanese victims

      of Radbtzski ' s triumph J Remember the sacking of Messina , and the violations , slaughterings , and burnings , perpetrated ' by royal command ! ' Remember the storming of Vienna 1 Remember that devoted city in flames ! Remember the hellish work of bayonet and sabre , shot and shell , and the other infernal devices of military murder 1 Remember the brave men hewed , torn , and crushed to pieces , or otherwise destroyed , in their heroic but vain attempt to save their home 3 , their families , and their liberties from the pollution of the savage instruments of Imperial crime ! Remember Blum , Mbssenhxusbr , and tke multitude of victims , whose blood , even now , smokes from the ground to testify against the perfidy and cruelty of the privileged orders / and the fatal folly of compromising the principles ot Sternal Justice .

      But the oppressors and betrayers of the nation could not have committed the crimes we have glanced at , had not popular folly armed them with the necessary power . The people , by stopping short in the good work they so well commenced , prepared their own ruin . So true it is that— ' Those who make half revolution ) but dig a grave for them ' itlvet !' In this country the year just terminated has been productive of diuaater to the cause of progress . Persecution has dragged innumerable victims into captivity . The legislature has not hesitated to

      sanction a law directed against freedom of speech far more tyrannical than any similar law pasted since the time of the Stuarts . The employment of apies has recalled the darkest days of England ' s history . Lastly , the bourgeouit arrayed themselves , almost to a man , on the side of oppression ; and from the Tenth of April to the present day , they have sanctioned every act of tyranny directed against the working classes . Bear witness their < special constable ' array—their verdicts in the jury-box—and the ceaseless outpouring of lies and calumnies in their daily and weekly journals .

      We do not pretend that the working classes are faultless . The past year witnessed Borne mistakes on their part which we trust will be avoided in the future . But worse than any fault or error is the misfortune ot ignorance , which still nullifies the moral and physical manhood of too many thousands oftbesosu of industry . Believing that knowledge is power . our mission shall be to help to remove that fatal ignorance—the grand obstacle to the political enfranchisement and social regeneration o | the proletarians of this land . Were the working classes thoroughly enlightened as to their political rights and duties , they could not fail to desire and to achieve their emancipation . The first condition of Proletarian power it the will to be free .

      We will not assume a character to which we have no right ; we , therefore , avow that our society i * numerically small . Bat , ere now a few earnest men have changed the face of the world , and we avow it to be our ambition to assist in accomplishing—or , at least , accelerating—that new order of things , which we look forward to as destined to be the greatest and most beneficial change the world has yet seen . We propose to address you chiefly through the medium of the democratic press— 'British and Continental . But we shall have recourse to the plat .

      form whenever more desirable . Thus much premised , we venture to make , a proposition which we doubt not will receive the sanction , of the democrats ^ this metropolis : We propose to commemorate the French Revolution of 1848 , by a public dinner , soiree , or meeting , on , or about , the 24 tb of February next , On that occasion we hope to assemble an aggregate gathering' of the metropolitan democrats , for the purpose of paying homage to the heroes of the three days of February / and the princip les which were defeated but not conquered in the « four dayr . of June . '

      We invite the knewu and active democrats of the metropolis to assist us to carry out the proposed manifestation . We invite our brother democrats in the provinces to make the necessary arrangements for similar manifestations—manifestations strictlf within the limits of order and legality , and which shall be strong , because their foundation shall be free and peaceful discussion , and their object the advancement of the sacred cause of Justice . Salutation and Fraternity . ( Signed by the Committee ) Sauued Ktdd , Hbnrt Ross > Edwin Gill , Charles £ hx , 6 . Julian Haambt , Sec . London , January 1 st , 1849 .

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      DflSTBOOTio * op rax Park Thbatri . — ( From the Nkw Yobk Jqurkai . vr Couira&c * of Daoil 8 > h . . )—This notable * establishment wa » anaouwea to b » on fire about six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and a !» nieit instantaneous ]/ the whole of the interior of the building was enveloped in flames . For a time the tfiortt of the firemen were directed to save it , but they were soon found to be unavailing , and every exertion was made to reicue the valuable property adjacent , and , as the result proved , with suoceit , In a few moments the roofs and larger timbers fell ia , and continued to burn fiercely till nothing but tho bare walls remained . As nearly aa can be ascertained , the lots to tho owners is about 30 , 000 dols , and to the lessee , ia the neighbourhood of 20 , 009 dols , —both parties insured in part . Twentr * eight years had intervened since its first destruction .

      On Saturday morning , at about eleven o ' clock , a brush vaaufaoturer of the Rne Paatourel , waa sesn by his neighbours » a the roof of his house , climbing , as they supposed , to a pigeon house which he had ertoted there some time ago . His posUien bBing & dangerous one , they sailed to him to return , but , instead of doing so , he walked to the platform of taa pigeon house , and then threw himself into the yard . He Btill breathed when taken up , but died almost Immediately afterwards . Hs had experienced great losses , by the revolution , and , being proceeded against by one of his creditors , his mind was so affeoted that he had resolved to commitjtaicide , and in his temporary insanity had chosen this extraordinary b » jtob . —Tarii Paptr . Cbnvicts at PoBimTO .--Theie has . been another importation of conviots during the week * and the buildin g * are now as crowded as their ftm& \ &tate will admit oL—shtrform Paper ,

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      On Tuesday , January 2 nd , the festival , con . sisting of tea , concert , and ball , was held at the Literary and Scientific Instiiut'ion , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , in aid of the ' National Victim and Defence Fund / A goodly number sat down to tea , which was served up in good style by Mr Davies . After the social beverage had been partaken of the tables were c ' eired . Mr Tbomss Cooper was called to the chair amidst loud cheers . The chairman said he was happy to meet them there on that occasion but he should have been still happier had the number been larger . Chartism had its ebbings and Sowings , but , let its stream recede ever so much , he never would desert its

      standard—( cheers )—but would rather rush to the rescue to raise it up again . It wa » well known that he had long since become a moral force man , bat notwithstanding this , he could not find it in his heart to say one word against the poor men now suffering in prison . ( Cheers . ) No , he believed , many ot them to be sincere—ay , as sincere as he once was in the same line himself —( hear , hear )—and he knew that some of them had the misfortune to be in that situation , to think even a halfpenny red her . ring a luxury for a dinner—and while this was so they saw other men , no better than themselves , rolling in their splendid equipages and in the enjoyment of every luxury—they conceived this to be

      wrong , and could conceive no other than a desperate remedy . ( Hear , hear . ) None knew what a prison was but those who had been in one ; only think of the continuous clank of the keys—the harsh voice of the gaoler crying out 'Silence' at the slightest whisper—and the anxiety ot mind a man in such a position must endure when he thought of what his widow and orphans might be doing—for such the wife and children must be caWed when so bereaved of their natural protector —( hear , hear)—and surely such unfortunates demanded a world's sympathy . ( Loud cheers . ) And , remember , historians have written in favour of Algernon Sidney , Hampden , and other men of that stamp , all of nhom

      favoured the physical force doctrine , and be it also remembered these men only favoured tue enfranchisement of a class , whilst the men now suffer * ing were the advocates of universal enfranchisement . ( Loud cheers ) We have one consolationalthough many men are in prison Liberty is not down —( much applause)—but despotism had been destroyed , as witness the fall of emperors and kings . Books , printing presses , &c , had not been invented in vain—despotism could not stand—liberty must progress , in the midst of knowledge , science , and discovery ; despotism could not maintain nor even raise Us bead again . ( Hear , hear . ) His heart wai entirely with Chartism . He had much pleasure in

      giving the first sentiment— ' The People , especially those for whose benefit we now meet . '—Mr T . Clark , in responding , said , doubtless the victims for whose benefit they had met were , as the poet ot his day and order had stated , sincere , and he * o" -j * wished those for whom they had struggled wolSfl show as much sincerity by coming forward to support them in this their day of adversity . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought when the people had reformed themselves they could , by their determination alone , achieve what they now so much professed to desire . He trusted the day was not far distant when they should not only meet to congratulate these men on their release from prison , but also on the enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of

      the land . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr M'Grath , in rising to propose the second sentiment— 'The People ' s Charter , and may it speedily become law '—said , he believed the Whjgs were in a fix—quite perplexed —not knowing what to do to satisfy the demands of the people of England and Ireland—( hear , hear)—and hence it was the duty of all good democrats to have and preserve a strict unity amongst themselves . Let them henceforth pursue an attractive policy , at least , rendering no opposition to any who stepped forward in the progressive course , at the same

      time holding fast to the People s Charter , whole and entire . ( Cheers . ) He held it to be a glorious fact , that a Republic at tbia moment existed in France , and we must look forward to a better application of the principles of Universal Suffrage on a future occasion . ( Applause . ) He would that every man in this country should stand equal before the law . ( Loud cheers . ) He was asked , whom would you elect had you the Charter ? He answered , a different class of candidates would present themselves under those circumstances , and he

      would leave the choice to the wisdom of the people . ( Cheers . ) The Charter would give vitality to six millions of human beings . ( Hear , hear . ) Every good cause appeared to him to have to pass through the ordeal ot persecution and scandal ; let them pursue a conciliatory policy , remaining true to their principles , and , depend on it , their cause must eventuate in a speedy triumph . ( Much applauw . ) At the eall of the chairman , three long and loud cheers were here given for the People ' s Charter . — Mr Kjdd , amidst loud cheers , rose to give the third sentiment , as follows— ' The Organisation of Labour . This sentiment appeared to him to he of the greatest importance . ' The Organisation of

      Labour' was a proof of civilisation , and he hoped in this year to see the association principle prevail ( or the advantage of the Labourer . ( Hear hear . ) Labour had been in pirt organised for centuries past , it had brought roan frem barbarism to civilisation ' , true Turner , in his history said , that feudal lords had spoken of' flocks of cattle and herds of nen . ' The press and inventions had been alluded to ; with the aid of these , surely the' Organisation of Labour ' must progress to the advantage of the Sons of Industry . The daily newspaper press had spoken of all who had alluded to the' Organisation of Labour ' as evil councillors , but if he had read Proudhon , Louis Blanc , and others , aright , their intention waa

      to give property to those who had none , and in doing so surely they were taking the most effectual steps to raise up conservators of properly , for those who had property were invariably found protectors of the rights and property of others . ( Loud cheers . ) Happily the 'Organisation ^ Labour' was better understood in 1849 than in 1847 , and he thought he could demonstrate easily , that the ' Organisation of Labour' was perfectly practicable j witness the works in government penitentiaries , labour in workhouses , &c , &c , and if it could be applied in these places , why not generally ? ( Loud cheers . ) Again , ho said—look to this gathering—had they not been witnesses to the Organisation of Labour '

      when they saw the ladies so speedily , sweetly , and regularly supp ly them all with tea and the etceteras —( much cheering-and laughter)—and should they not further witness it when the ball and concert commenced . ( Increased laughter and applause . ) He smiled when he read the Times denunciation of Icaria ; * —had there been no failure in English ' Jcarias' which had been blessed witfc the support of the Times } ( Loud cheers . ) "VTss it rig ht that myriads should be in a state of starvation , when 'the Book' said— 'Birds have nesto , foxes have holes , but the Son of Man bath bo where to lay his head . ' The French Revolution had made many men speak and write on the subject . Louis Blanc wrote in Piccadilly , and Baron Aldeison Bpoke of it from

      the bench , and truly we ought to "be obliged to the learned Baron for calling public attention to the subject . ( Cheers . ) He believed the need being sown in a favourable soil , with a genial clime , the harvest must come , and we labourers enjoy its fruits . ( Great applause . ) Then , he sail , to social , moral , and political Reformers , ' Onward , onward . ' This cause must redound to the advantage of all who lire by labour . ( Loud cheers . ) Labour was the great civiliser—Labour was the great stay of our existence . It was Labour that destroyed feudalism . . . Then let us never forget that we ! are labourers . His countrymas * , Burns , visited many places , and saw almost all Barnes held up but his own , and he exclaimed , * These men are of aristocratic descent ,

      ' Wheso auolent but Ignoble blood , hath crept through ecoudrels since tb » flood *' ( Loud laughter . ) He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . —Mr Stallwood gave Health , happiness , and long Hfe to our ehairman . and many thanks to bim for presiding this evening , ' which was greeted with loud applause . The hall was then cleared for the dance—after which the ball commenced , and was kept up with great spirit until two o ' clock . The concert was kept up with equal spirit . Many choice songs and recitations were given in the large eoffee « raom , and at two o ' clock the party broke up highly delighted .

      Dudley . — A select party of the friends of democratic and social jeform met at the house-. of Mr Rankin , Cambell Street , oa New Yew ' s Night , to enjoy the social cup and celebrate the reorganitstion of Chartism . After tea was over , Mr S . Witts was called to the chair . After wBictf - Mr Cook and Mr Jones addressed the meeting in very eloquent speeches ! dwelling on the cmsm that " art led to the late prostration of Chartism , and pointing out the course to be pursued . Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting , and after several songs bad

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      Sffiy * " ¦""" ' **'" *«¦* a ^ 7 »» 7 atSs B valuable articles were handed in tor the distribuS and a lar / je number of tickets < lispo » ed of Th * members present Bubtcribed h . CJ . for the isxacn- ' tin New Tear ' s Gift / Messrs M ' Grath a nd Dixon addressed the Meeting on the necessity of organisation , and it was resolved that a course of lectures ba oommecoed on the 7 th of January . The committM having made arrangemenfs whh several talented gentlemen t » lecture at the above commodious place it was also resolved , — 'That Mr Samuel Kydd should giva his first lecture oh Sunday , the 7 , h inst ., at half-past seven o ' clock precisely ; subject—England , her Manufactures and Population . '

      BtUBioi .-At a meeting of tht Citartiitiot Bristol , on Tuesday , January 2 nd , measures were adapted to further the Executive New Year ' s Gift , ' » hea 15 s , was collected , and the meeting adjourned until next Tuesday evening , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Richards Castle Mill Street . BiuaroftP-The Chartists of Braciprd opraed s dwaowatio sohool , Croft Street , WakefieW Road , « n Sunday last , when two sermons wer « preached by Me Nojth . _ The room at each sermon was crowded to suffocation . On Monday evening the speech ot Robert Era mett , the Irish patriot , wm delivered bf MWM 4 . ihftUy . a committee was alio elected to look to thesupportof the families of the imDruened viotims . Bradford has begun the year 1849 well , let other t 9 wns do likewise .

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      O'Connorvillk . —Robbery ! —A meeting of the ullotteea was held on Thursday , the 28 th ult ., to take into consideration the best means of putting a stop to the depredations lately committed on several of the members who have lost their fowls , rabbits , tools , &c , when it was determined to watch alternately during the winter nights . —Mr T . M . Wheeler having been called to the chair , Mr G . \ Y . Whteler proposed , and Mr J . Bailey seconded , the adoption of an address ta Feargus O'Connor Esq ., which was

      unanimously agreed to . Several of the allottees who were previously desirous of selling , now expressed their determination to remain , even though they should have to encounter another failure of their principal crops . A memorial to the Post * Master General was also adopted , praying for the establishment cu ^ a letter delivery , as the number of letters received ^ and the distance from the office , three miles , warrant the belief that it will be granted * ADDB 238 07 TUB ALL 0 TTBK 8 AT O ' CONNORTILLK TO

      VRi . no . ua o ' connob , ieq ., up . RBJPHcrED Sir , We , the allottees of O'ConnorviUe , return you out hearty thanks for your kind promise of the remission of the back rent , and in the instance-of thosa who have purchased an extension of the period of its payment , aa alto of the period for the repayment of the loan . We could have wished for the take of union amongst all the residents en the estate , that the remission of rent had been extended to all , but wa leave that to your kind consideration , and assure you that although surrounded by difficulties , consequent

      upon our inexperience and tee extreme DDfiroaraWeness of the season * , during the period of onr occupation , yet our faith in the principles upon which tha Land Plan is based has never been Bhaken , nor our estimation of its founder lessened , and this fresh instance of your kindness—acquiesced Id , as without doubt it will be , hj yeur brother directora—will give us fresh courage to pursue our onward path , trusting , ultimately , to overcome ftll our difficulties and enable you to point with pride to cur prosperous condition ; Yours on their behalf , Thomas M . Whisleb , Chairman , George W . Whbbler , Secretary .

      Sheffield . —A meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen Street , on Wednesday week ,. to take into consideration the proposition of Mr O'Connor , with reference to the allottees . Mr G . Fouls was called to the chair , and the following resolution was unanimously carried . Mored by Mr William Cavil ! , seconded by Mr Frederick Lever , 'That the proposition , as laid down by the above gentleman , be fully agreed to . It was moved by Mr Jeffery , seconded by Mr

      Holmahaw , ' That members in arrears be respectfully requested to pay the same , on or before the 11 th oi February next , 1849 , at which time the next quarterly meeting will be held . Members who fail to pay any attention to this notice will , after the expiration of that time , be struck off the books . A . vote oi thanks being given to the chairman the meeting broke up , —On Thursday evening week , a grand Chartist toiree was held in the Hall of Science , Roekingham Street , in honour of Mrs Theobald . Upwards of two hundred persons male and female sat down to tea . After the cloth was removed Mr

      John Jeffery was called upon to preside . After a few introductory remarks Mrs Theobald addressed the meeting , in her usual eloquent and impressive style , for upwards of an hour . At the conclusion of her address the dancing commenced , which lasted till late . The usual thanks being voted to Mrs Theobald and ihe chairman the party broke up , quite delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . — On Monday evening , Januaiy 1 st , 1849 , the members of the Female Chanist Association met in the

      Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen Street . In theab-86 neeof the chairwoman , Mrs Oats . Mrs Theobald officiated . On the motion of Mrs Holmshaw , seconded by Mrs Mills , the following resolution was unanimously carried'That one-half of the subscriptions be weekly given to the Yictim Fund . There is every prospect of this Association prospering it now numbers fifty members . Priends in the country -wishing the services of Mrs Theobald , will address as follows : ' To the secretary of the Female Chartist Association 33 Queen Street , Sheffield . '

      TO KARGUS O ' CONNOR KSft . » . r . Estmmed Benbfactor . —We , the undersigned allottees of Ckarterville , humbly beg to address you upon your letter in the Star of the 23 rd ult . We waited the opinions of the different localities , and feel sorry to fi nd by last week ' s Star that there are some of our own order who would wish to thwart the noble feelings of you our kind guardian they seem surprised at your first denouncing the allottees and then soming to their aid ; but that if your nobleness of nature . You knew all were not deserving your censure ; but , like a true pbilanthro * pist , you attributed the ingratitude of some to the system we live under . You also took into account the novelty and inexperience of men coming from large town ' sas well as the bad season . Our brethren

      , should bear in mind we have had no loan , and cropped all our land ourselves , which was a trial for novice * as we are . We have endured privation , and do now , but still we are proud of our position , and assure you that your promised gift swelled our hearts with joy , and will increase our energy . v \ e Know the only reward you will accep t and require from us is gratitude , and industry , and economy , to carry out the grand scheme of your master mind . That you may be long spared for our services is the prayer of your faithful allottees . Chaklbs Willis , Eli Coolbn , John Rothbras , Charles Arnold , William Suith , "Na thaniel Hornby , John Horn , Edward Tibblbs , William Smith .

      HuDDEssyivLD . —At a meeting of the members held on Saturday evening last , Mr O'Connor ' s proposition to remit altogether the rent due from the allottees having been considered . It was resolved , 1 That Conference having decided that three years should be given to the allottees to pay what waB due on the first of November last , that the Directors be requested to abide by that decision , and to test if the allotments are really capable of

      maintaining a family , — ' That those who cannot do so and pay tneir rents , ought to retire and let others try ; for if the present system of non-reproduction of capital be persevered in the interest of nearly one hundred thousand pounds is completely lost , and no encouragemeut given to those unlocated to proceed any further , as their funds are exhausted to maintain those on the land , who , they have been led to R elieve , would be able to live well , and pay their way independent of any one .

      Merthi-r Tvnvit . —The members of branch No * 1 , met at their new room , back of Wellington Street ! near the market-house , on Monday evening last ? The subject of Mr O'Connor ' s letter was taken into consideration by the members of this locality , an / they came toth « unanimous canclusion , 'That year ' s rent shall not be given free to the located members for several reasons ; nor are they favour , able to Mr O'Connor to pay for them , for too many calls have been made already on his purse , but we are all in favour of granting them a longer time to pay , say on the following terms ; That they be left two years , and then pay one year ' s rent ; andai the end of three years , pay a year and naff , and at the end of the fourth year io pay a year and a iaJfj which would clear up all arrears ; and we are of opinion if there is any exertion on the put of tht allottees , they can comply with these terns .

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      LATEST FROM IRELAND . The baronies in the counties of Down and Antrim , thi scenes of the late acts of incendiarism , are to be proclaimed under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Act , and an extra polict force to be statiened in the localities at the eipeme nf the inhtfcitaals . A reward of £ 100 is to be offered for the diseoveryofthe incendiaries .

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      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . IMPORTANT FROM SPAIN . We find the following in the Journal du Pbupli of Bayonne of the 31 st ult .: — - ' OOUPLIH DIMAT 01 TBS AlUTDT OiTlLOfU , 60 * 1 UND 1 D ST TBS OWIET G 1 S 1 BU , SOX fcARUlL 91 Ik COUCBAIVrjBSON . 'An express which left Vich on the 26 th , aiyi : — Cabrera has jut given , in our vicinity , a bloody tad deeiiive battle , which cannot be compared to any of his preceding affairs . This general , at the head of his army of 10 , 000 men , has completely routed the army of the Queen , 14 , 000 strong ef all ami , commanded by General Concha in penan . Thi certain positive results of this action , which was terrible , are , that four squadrons » f cavalry , and 1 , 200 of the companies of the elite ol the Queen ' s army have been made prisoners , and the rest havt fled in all directions . Cabrera , though wounded in the head by a hall , ha * gone in { pursuit of the otnquered .

      LATEST FROM HUNGARY . Although Wiflditchgratz is in poiitision cf Rub , which was not defende ^ d by the Hungarians , yet he was completely defeated in his great object , which * as to cut off the retreat of the Hungarian army , * nd to bring thtro to action . HU manoeuvre , which at states was intended to effect that object , com . pletely failed , and the Hungarians , in two columns , fell back in good order on Comoro and Ofen . The object of Koswtfa ia evideatly to draw Windischgrat . i » to the interior of the country , so ai to let cold and huMer do their vmk oa the _ Imp « ial troop ,

      and therl , having concentrated all ma wrcc ,, » » u upon the amy of Winduchgratz , lreAeaed by th . jramsons which he must necessarily leave in Presturali , KaaMnd the other fortified towns , and bring miters to an issue , under circumstances ^ in which the defeat of the Imperialists would be their utter destruction ; It is said that Wrodischgratz has taken pouesrioa » f Cormora . It is by no means ins . » r « W&o that * »• vaj also take possession of Pesth , but if we mistake not PeithwUl be his Moscow The orders of Kossuth are stringent . Leave the enemy Bovghtsavft the laud , burn the cities and « iliagef , aad destroy the provision .

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      Stafford . —A meeting of the London promoters of emigration to South Australia , was lately held in the Nisi Prius Court of the Shire Hall , Stafford A deputation consisting of Mr Scott M . P . and others , attended from the' parent society , ' to explain the objects of the promoters . The Earl of Harrowby presided , and expressed his disappointment at the thinness of the meeting , there being not more than forty persons present , Hard as is the lot of the Stafford shoemakers , they prefer' old England to the wilds of the South , with all its wondrous fair sky and balmy breezes . They chaunt the couplets of Scott and ask : — Breathe there men with toula § o dead , Who ntrer to tneznielvei bars said , Tliis Is our own , mr native Iana !

      We want home colonisation , say the strongheaded workies—a reconstruction of the social elements of society—a healthy development ef the natural and all but inexhaustible resources of our own father land , before we think or talk of emigration . Emigrate ! for what ? to transplant the tyrannies , the corruption , the flunkeyisms that have crept in amongst us to the farthest poles of the universe , that the whole of God ' s eartbi may be one vast mass of pollution!—Speak we not of colom ' al emigration , until we can supersede the vigour of barbarism by the health of reason , and a respect and acknowledgment of the imperishable rights ol our kind in practice . —Accordiuz to . a statement

      made by Mr Scott to the meeting ( queted from returns made to parliament ) , there are one and a half millions of paupers in the kingdom , to emigrate whom it would . take ten millions of money . And as there is more than another million of un . willing idlers upon the country , besides , to at all relieve society of their burden by emigration , these also must be 'transported , ' which would take ten millions raore—making in the whole twenty millions ; to ' ship off' between two and three millions of our brothers and sisters , fathers and mothers , —which act would , ' as pauperism increases in an increased ratio over population' by the rapid substitution of machinery for manual labour—have to be repeated , of

      supposing it possible to thus sweep the country the surplus population at ence—at the end of six years ! s * . e . we must pay eight and a half millions annually for emigration , to quiet the bloated fear * of the over-gorged few . —Mr Adderley M . P ., said in favour of emigration , that the mechanics of England , from their practice of cultivating garden-grounds , were capable of following agricultural pursuits , and instanced thi fact that the people on Feargus O'Connor ' s allotments were mechanics and artisans . —Yes , Mr A ., but the sensible portion of the British artisans ask for the millions of money squandered by the Aristocracy ; and that you and Co . now propose to squander on emigration , to be appropriated to the reclamation of the wastelands of their own .

      mother country , whereon thev would ' squat' them-« elves in peace , in preference ' to being paupers and unwilling idle r * . . The problem of the age—the work of the age— is to endow the whole male population of the nation with the right of suffrage , and through that instrumentality to restore the equilibrium of society . To this duty the men of our country will commit themselves fearlessly . The ' towards and daitards , » alone will desert it . Sir AxjawnraFBraraicir fEsn died on Thureday Bommg . Be was son ol tig late Duke of Sussex , by Ladj AugMtuss Murray , daighter of the E « l Of Dumaore . to **** f » J ^ H ' . s ; hness was naniii at Rom « , 1783 . Upon the death of theDnka in 1843 . Sir Augustus prsfewd his claim to succeed to the titles and honouss-of his kther . The House of Lorts rewired thai he , hadi not established his claim */

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      ¦ January 6 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . k - ^ - ^ ^ . ^—^^—^ ~ - - ^^^ " ¦^^^"^^ i ^^^^ . m ,. ^^ ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1504/page/5/