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work done , we are obliged to leave our own avocations , and get up agitations to force or persuade the Government functionaries to do theirs ! ~ . But thongh his Lordship is supposed to have no ohjection to an alteration , it must be , like himself " a very little ' on . " The old , absurd system of making the vote depend on the rating , instead of the rent-the old complexity of forms , which make the overseers' lists little else than an ingenious combination of blunders , omissions , and i rregularities , Trill be touched in ihe gentlest manner posable-i . e . if the author of the Reform Bill is left to the devices of his own imagination . work done , vre are obliged to leave our own avocations . and get up agitations to force or
A very pretty scene in its -way , with reference to this matter , was enacted at the close of the revision in the City of London last week . With a knowledge , no doubt , that their statements would be acceptable to those in power , and afford a seeming justification for taking a certain course , the Conservative and . Liberal agents both fell foul of the machinery of the Reform and Registration Acts . TVith great acumen and practical knowledge , they ¦ exposed its defects , and they concluded by expressing a hearty wish that the-whole system -of Registration Courts might be swept away , and replaced by " the appointment of perma nant , paid , and careful officers for making out tiie lists . "
It is easy to see where this leads to—easy to conceive the object of such a suggestion . It "will give an immense increase of patronage to the Government for the time being , and a capital opportunity of rewarding the services of active political supporters— -who cant be put anto very high offices—and , at the same time , « anjt exactly be made either tide-waiters or excisemen . It will at the same time open out quite an asylum fbr all the loose hangers-on of a political party , who possess a fair education ¦ with some cleverness and business tact—but ¦ wh o , either from constitutional or accidental
< auses , are unable to fall into , or settle down at regular employment . Theseareanexceedingly « aefulclassin electioneering times ; they are the true jackals who provide the prey for the lordly lions , who are too lazy , too dignified—and , perhaps , we may add , too ignorant to find it for themselves . The new scheme would provide for them , most admirably ; when a fresh specimen of the class was caught , he would always haveflieoftiOBCBrodtsfBitefeofallevising officer ' s place to look forward to as the termination of his active political drudgery . It would be a nevr cog fitted on to the old wheel , andaddalittle additional greasetiiat , together , might for the time help to make it work more smoothly .
"W e do not deny that the making out of the lists would be far better done if placed in the sands of a competent person , permanently appointed , and possessing that experience and knowled ge which long practice can alone give . But we do contend that that , or any other tinkering of the effete Reform Act , must be preceded by a large and liberal admission of the adult males of the community within the pale of the Constitution . Let us have that first , and we shall cheerfully support any proposal that will make the Constitution a bonafide one .
"W e tell Lord Jorof Russell that nothing short of a large extension of the- Suffrage will be satisfactory , and that if he tries any small , peddling alterations in the . machinery of his own Act , with a -view to throw the people off ihe scent , he will be very much , disappointed .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES " LXIII . » Worfs are things , anda small drop of ink Palhng-hke deiv-npon a thought , produces "" flS ? makes thous ^ SPeSd sMillions , ^^ BTBON . AUSTRIAN ASSASSINS AND THEIR ENGLISH ALLIES . Brother Pboletabians , LETTERS TO THE WORKING OLASs ™ ^
with the heart-rendingstatement of the Hungatnans , and whose husband , in a state of agony Sf ffrLT mitted 8 uicide - ^ corre spondent of the " Times , " while expressing his virtaous indignation at the conduct of the Austrian commander-supposing the alleged atrocity , with zts terrible consequences , to have reaU y taken place—affected to throw doubt on the sufferer ' s statement . But in his very next communication , the said " correspondent" admitted the truth of the tragic story , adding the following correction : — ? was
- ^» e n officer omitted . I find that it ls apt ^? Grater , a native of Werschitz . The true name ofthe tillage 13 not Busfcby , but Buskberg , and the injured \ T F t relictofone of thefirm of Hofinann and llader-SDacn , who were proprietors of * ome extensive iron works . The august Editor of the " Times" has not deigned any comment on this atrocity , which probably he considers beneath his notice . The " Chronicle , " on the other hand , has indulged in an "editorial" breathing fierce invective against the " wretch , " Captain Gbaber , and calling for " the infliction of the most extreme penalt y on the criminal . " What rank hypocrisy is this ! The "Chronicle" " ivretch . " well knows that he and his comrogues of the " Tir oes , ' , «• Post , " &c ., —both editors and " correspondents "—are a thousand-fold more
guilty than the execrable Grabeb , seeing that the y have encouraged , supported , and applauded such miscreants as Gbaber and his masters in all their hellish wars against Humanity . It is not the first time that women have been flogged by the butchering defenders of " Order ! " The flogging of women was a matter of almost daily announcement durin g the Hungarian stra ggle ; and only a few weeks ago the hoary ruffian Radexzki— -lauded by
our Press-gang scoundrels as "the conqueror of Lombardy" — caused several men and women to be publicl y flogged , " for having insulted ( that blood-reeking rag ) the flag of Austria . " But flogging has not been ihe only , nor the worst , atrocity committed on women by the Imperial brigands . I leave my readers to imagine crimes and horrors ( with the record of which I will not sully these columns ) of which Hungarian , German , and Italian females have been the victims—abominations
committed by the champions of the House of Hapsburg . How is it that the large-hearted sympathy of the " Times" correspondent , and " Chronicle" editor , has not ere this tune found vent ? How is it that those " virtuous-indignation'Vnongershaveonlynowfoundwordstohurl the thunders of their wrath against—not a Haynau , a Jellachich , or any other wholesale destroyer and torturer , but against a mere subordinate instrument of those
archenemies of the Human Race ? After . inciting the assassins of nations to destroy the liberties of an entire people , and encouraging those assassins in dooming that people to the miseries of fire and sword , and all the horrors invariably perpetrated by a brutal soldiery , these wretches of the Press-gang would now like to win a character for "humanity , " "liberality , " &c . Faugh ! Then-pretended
sympathy is hypocrisy—t heir assumed indignation a lie . The unhappy Madame De Madebsbach may assure herself that , next to the miscreant GisACER and his masters , she may lay the account of her sufferings , the suicide of her husband , and the wreck of her happiness , to those editors and " correspondents " who have prostituted the London Press to the service of the master-fiends who have desolated her
country , and destroyed her own peace . New horrors , demanding comment , will not allow me to dwell longer on the case of the unhappy Madame Be Madersbach . Some time ago I announced , on the authority of the daily papers , that General AULICH , and several other Hungarian chiefs , had been butchered in cold blood , by the Austrians . The report was premature , but only premature , as it too truly foreshadowed the deed . Since I last addressed you , intelligence has arrived in this country of the massacre of the following patriots : —
At Arad , on the 6 th of October , the Hungarian generals and chiefs Aijlich , Nagt , Sasdob , Schweidel , Damiajjich , Vecsey , Tobok , Poltesberg , Kuesich , and Lesik-GEJfwere HANGED . Ersest Kiss , Dessoft , Lazar , and Latter were SHOT . The same day , at Pestb , Count LOUIS BATTHYAXr was put to death , after he had vainly attempted to commit suicide . A guerilla chief , named Fekete , was also put to death by powder and ball . I have taken the list of names given in the * Times" of the chiefs shot and hanged at Arad . There is some difference in the names
in the accounts given in the papers , though all agree that thirteen brave and true men were put to death either by the rope or the bullet . The particulars of this massacre have not yet reached this country . These unfortunate men were induced by the traitor Gcergey to surrender with him , or to imitate his surrender . Sad—sad have been the consequences of that traitor ' s treason . Of the murder of . Louis Batthyany , some , though not the fullest , particulars have been made public .
Count Louis Batihyaky was descended from " one of the most ancient Hungarian families . " An aristocrat by birth and fortune , he was no Radical , although , for some time previous to the ascendancy of Kossuth , he led ike Reform party in the Hungarian Diet . " "When the Revolution broke out in Vienna , the deceased was one of the deputation that obtained the famous March concessions . " Subsequently Prime Minister of Hungary , he
strove to preserve a middle and-moderate course , when the Austrians gave evidence of their determination to strangle the liberties of the Hungarians , or drive them to revolt . ' In the last moment of external peace between Austria and Hungary—in the first moment of the conflict for life or death—Louis Batthy-A 2 rr resigned the Ministerial office , entered as a common soldier in a Hussar regiment , and took no part in the proceedings of the National Committee of Defence . " On the
invasion of the country by Windischgbatz , Batihyajjy presented himself to that brigand , in company with Beak and Archbishop Loxo wics , as a deputation to propose a surrender and pacification , on condition that Austria would guarantee the old constitution of Hun gary , as it existed in 1847- This step was taken by BATinYANY and his colleagues , in opposition to Kossuth , whs , with the
veritable reformers , repaired to Debreczm , to organise the army of liberation , which , within three months , drove Windischgbatz and his cut-throats out of Hungary , and , for a moment , established the independence of that unfortunate land . It was while attempting to negotiate with Windischgbatz that he was treacherously arrested and thrown into prison , where he remained until murdered by the butcher Eayjjau .
From this ( very imperfect ) notice of the career of Louis BATTHYANYitwill be seen that ho was not one of our friends . He was what the " Daily Hews" terms a " moderateconstituti onalist "—" a man who opposed democracy and Eoughtto put down rebellion , " yet I cannot but erpress my sincere pity for the Tict im , and heartfelt hatred of his murderers . The less he was allied with Kossuth and the true Reformers , the less excuse had his assassins for destroying him ; and the greater hia " moderation . " as a politician , the greater
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v « in / amy of those who are answerable for his blood . According to the terms of his sentence Count Louis Batihyany , ' " native of Pressb ur ^ , 40 years or age , Catholic , married , " ^ " convicted of having loosened ' the ties which bound Hungary to Austria by the Pragmatic Sanction ; of having after his resignation as Minister entered the ranks of » the insurgent army ; ' and ^ of h aving re-entered the Diet which had been dissolved by his Majesty . " He is therefore ; " continues the sentence , tor the crime of high treason , condemned to forfeit his whole property for the indemnification of the treasury of the state , and to suffer death by the rope . " ~ ! : ft ? . / amy of those who are answerable for
The Press-gang devils , both Austrian and ± , ngiish , improvmg on the sentence of the ^ Penal Court-martial" have ^ ed to make out that the Count was condemned to death for what they term "his share in Latour ' s murder . " If such had been the case the murderers who passed sentence would have taken good care not to have thrown away the opportunity of blackening , or attempting to blacken , the character of their victim . The
attempt now ma de by the Press-gang is another proof of the matchless villany ef that crew . All persons acquainted with the facts , know well that without any connivance or incitement on the part of Batthyaky , the natural rage of the Viennese at the discovery of Latoub s duplicity and treachery was amply sufficient to account for his destruction .. The only matter to be regretted is that those who shared Latour's rascality did not also share his welldeserved doom .
In pursuance of his sentence the unfortunate Count was marched between two lines of Grenadiers to the place of execution , but before arriving at the gallows he inflicted a wound hi his throat , which , however , was not fatal . According to some accounts , ha employed a dagger ( which had been conveyed to him in his linen ) in the vain attempt to deprive himself of life ; other reports - state that he punctured his throat with a nail , or large needle . This saved the victim from death by hanging . The wound was bound up , and he was taken back to prison . It might have been supposed that , under these circumstances , the
heart of even a Haynau would have relented . But not so;—the soul of that monster , never knew the blessed influence of Mercy . At twelve o ' clock on the night of the 6 th of October , Louis Batthyany was again torn from hia prison , and walked , notwithstanding his extreme weakness from loss of blood , to the place of execution . "After he had passed a few seconds in prayer , and his eyes had been bound with a handkerchief , a signal was given with the drum , three riflemen advanced close up to him , fired , and the unfortunate man fell dead without either groan or struggle . '' The last words he uttered were : — "Eljen a haza" ( " My country for ever " ) !
While this tragedy was proceeding , an indescribable tumult of feeling agitated Pestb . Military patrols traversed the streets dispersing the bewildered groups , whose hearts burned for vengeance , but whose hands were powerless . It is stated that the officer who postponed for a few hours the executien of the sentence , and , finally , gave orders for the shooting of the Count—his lacerated neck not admitting of death by the rope—has beeil arrested and ordered for trial by court-martial , Haynau being furious that his victim was not hanged !
Since the execution of Batthyany , a priest and a Jew have been shot at Pesth . It is reported that Ladislaus Cyanyi , ex-Minister of Hungary , and several other Magyar chiefs , have been condemned to death . We may expect to hear in a day or two of their execution . These foul , unnatural murders have forced a renewed exhibition of decent indignation on the part of the " Chronicle , " and forced even the " limes'' to break silence . The former journal tells its hitherto favourite hero , Haynau , that he " has much to answer for ;" and the "Times" speaks of the execution of Batthyany , as " an act of horror" « nly equalled in history by " the murder of Count EGMONT , by the Duke of Alva .
A careful perusal of the articles in the " Times" and " Chronicle , " will satisfy tho reader that the precious scribes of those journals , in reality , feel no compassion for Hayhau ' s victims , and are only inspired to " protest" by the fear that his butcheries will bring universal odium on the " Holy Alliance " of kings and usurers , priests , aristocrats , and military murderers . The kindl y '' Chronicle' ' admits that "the late insurrection in Hungary
was attended by circumstances which demanded and justified severity , and that some of the ringleaders , by the aggravated character of their treason , deserved death . " "But , " adds the moderate " Chronicle , " " it does appear to us that the number of executions ordered by Haynau , very far exceed the utmost conceivable demands of the emergency . " It is evident that the organ of the Peelites would have been satisfied with the
hanging or shooting of Kossuth , Bem , and Dembinski , had they been within reach of their enemies . Perhaps the " Chronicle " would not have objected to the addition of Auhcbt , Nagy Sandor , and two or three others to the list of victims ; but the execution of so many , and particularly of Count Batthyany , excites that worthy journal ' s " extreme alarm . "
The " Times too admits that Baiiiivastthough " his faults were not those of a low demagogue or a popular revolutionist—may have deserved to suffer , " but objects that instead of being tried by a court-martial , he ought to have been proceeded against "with all the formalities of the law , * and all the guarantees of a public trial . " The '' Times" ¦ will not condemn death punishments for political offences ; and intimates in no very roundabout terms , that " if the fate of Frost and his associates had not been arrested by judicial doubts , " they might have been hanged " with the assent of public opinion /'—meaning the " opinion" of the " Tima ' s " patrons , the money-mongering " public . " The Puddle-dock Thunderer has no objection to the hanging or shooting of " rebels " providing it be done according to law . " There ' s nothing like
A fair , free , open trial , -where the king Can choose his jury » nd appoint his judges . " For one sentence I thank the " Times , " " Tins blood , " says that journal , " will bedciirseonthosc who shed it , and men who stilly their victory" by such crimes have conquered in vain . " True ! But there are others than ftose whom the " Times" denounces to Tvhom the " curse" of the blood of the true and the innocent clings , and will continue to cling , until Justice shall have exacted her penalties .
Certainly the most powerful pen would be inadequate to write in terms sufficiently severe the condemnation to mankind ' s hatred , and ( I tru 3 t ) vengeance upon , Hyena Hatoau , for hi 3 murder of Batihtasy , and butchery of the brave commanders at Arad . But he is not the only criminal . The blood of the Hungarians is also on the head of that tiger ' s cub , Francis Joseph , and , above all , on the head of that Judas—that betrayer of his country and his comrades , Giergey .
Cowardly criminals ncaver home must not be forgotten . The blood of the Hungarians is on the heads of the ruffianly journalists , who like those of . the " Times" and "Chronicle" have laboured and lied , conspired and calumniated , to promote the triumph of the Imperial butchers . The prostituted scribes affect now to be horror struck at the deeds of blood and vengeance which they themselves have incited . The hypocrites ! "Were Kossuth and Bum ,
and Mazzini , and Gauhibaldi , and Lctru Rollix , and the other chiefs of Democracy guilty of even a tithe of the offences fabricated by the " Times" and " Chronicle" they would well deserve death ; and the tribe of Hatsabs or Hyenas might well plead as their justification the ( lying ) evidence of those journals . The blood of the murdered Hungarians must , in part , belaid to the account of the corrupt journals of this metropolis , the " Times " and " Chronicle " especially .
There are others too who share the guilt : the rulers of this country who connived at the destruction of the Hungarian nation ; and , lastly , those " moderate" twaddlers and miserable peace-mongers who , on the platform and through the press , stultified the sympathies of the British people , and lured the Hungarian patriots to their doom by Bending them words "bach meant nothing , instead , of giving
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Xd J& ° f dec ? s * orthy of this nation ' s power SSi ? Peratively demanded by the mumhZ « ift ? v Of the Pe ° Ple . with * hom the mum biersaftected to " sympathise . " shufflnT' Br th , Proletarians , " patience and EJS * tlie , H 00 ( J of the just is " a curse on —?• ? Sbedifc ; " <^ d th e tvrants " haveeon-? n < r Srj " ' " £ not but that " the dav of reelcon > ifrn 2 ! me - ? " Chronicle" and the « Times " 3 tho » ° n -, v ¥ S " "larni" forthe future ; * ' « , « v , * - ? hjNem C 1 ually wel 1 anticipates that " Hnnf p ,, ?' tveacherous and sanguinary con-« in «; « " . government ? , will inspire future ^ insurrectionists with the conviction that those « «« S Pr d them failed though t ^ ir modera" tjon and their humanity . " « wifh ? e le '' says the same paper , " whoall <« SIS -tV trium P » sh 0 ffed ' their mode « tiL i " , lthow much they had advanced beyond m-if 0 ? atrocities of past centuries . nimst , on the contrary , kinsrs and srenevals . in to ^^ JTZ ^ Z ^ .- -..,
' a cohZT ^ haV ? u hown il cold-blooded atrocity , « mS , iOt - Clther oatl ) s or honourable pro-« of cnnsH *! 7- ersi ( ? tho most moderate principles « Sfo ,. ^ ° S ° ver » raent , and a total disre" ! re snirv f ° T st feclin S humanity . We " S ! d ! H n ; Y > thafcas lon S as monarchy is SitSuld ^ ive ^ * ^ 3 sil > leto hV Jl teo » , ! it - The handwriting is on the fnfernal JuoS ' T lth instttutions ^ still more in einaj , * i ll perish . Tue noun of Retribution Jta come , aud the great one , of earth shall turn S ^ W ^^ ^ ^^ " « ke ; Wood ! C aSh > and the sce tre bo clotted with Ml shiver to shreds in the hands of its lo . cl , tw < & , we ° fthePeople will echo aloud . That 'Ymm . sus-a ™**^ m " , is restohed . ' »
OctoW ^ u ^ DUraOTLE . P . S .-I beg to call the attention of my Metropolitan readers to the fact that on Wednesday even'" S fext . the performances at . tho Standard Theatre , Shoreditch , will be for the benefit of the wives , and children of our unfortunate brothersthe imprisoned Chartists . Whilst mourning the sufferings and immolation of our continental brethren , we must not be unmindful of thewrongs and wants of our comrades and their iamilies in this country . I trust that all who can attend the Theatre on that evening will do so , and that " a houso full to the ceiling" will materially add to the » u . n < is . of that post desorving body , the "National victim Committee . "
m" I have just learned through a letter from Mr . Farrell , of Liverpool , of tho liberation of our brave and persecuted brothers , John West , Gkorqe White , and Dasiel Donovan . I have no information beyond tho fact of the liberation of ow three friends ; but as the term of their sentence would not have expired until some time in December next I venture to hopo that Dr . "M'Doiull , Eusesi Jones , und the rest of our incarcerated brethren will also be speedily restored to their families .
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PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM . ABERDEEN . ( Concluded from the 1 st pagi . ) Mr . G . TnowpsoN , M . P ., expressed his happiness to meet with so Jarge an assemblage of the inhabit tants of Aberdeen , in Union Hall—no name could be more appropriate . ( Applause . ) He hoped that a ' union would be consummated that night which would be lasting and efficient , so far as it depended upon themselves to cement , maintain , and perpetu ate it ; that they would every ono endeavour , by bearing and forbearing , by forgetting and forgiving , by mutually burying the hatchet of discord , aud cultivating acquaintanceshi p with their fellow men , like the man who scaled the hill in the mist to his brother , they -would then learn to recognise every man in SOCiety ~ wliatovGi' the grade or distinction
which conventionally might separate him in the various walks of life from his fellow—as a brother , accessible to reason , susceptible above all things of kindness , to be conquered b y love though he could not be successfully assailed by violence , thus achieving a victory over , the understanding , and disarming their opponents by the conciliation and kindness of their conduct . If men would only approach each other , they would , in most cases , like the man who seated the mountain top , find that the object which had terrified them , while enveloped in the mists of prejudice and ignorance , was a friend and a brother . As far as I am personally concerned , said Mr . Thompson , I can present myself before you without tho fear of being suspected of anv wiah " to
keep the franchise , from any portion of the adult male population of the country ; for it is more than seven years , since I avowed , beforo a constituency in Englaud , that I could conscientiously subscribe to the six points of the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) I have never qualified the confession I then made . I am as much as ever disposed to give to all my fellow subjects perfect civil , relioious , and political equality . I have the honour to represent the largest borough constituency in the kingdom , by which I have been returned to parliament by the largest majority on record ; but I canvassed that constituency on the principle of Universal Suffrage ; and can , therefore , consistently vote , as I shall always do wlion I have tho opportunity , for the
widest extension of political ri ghts . But , while I make this frank avowal of my views and predilections , Iconcur in tho wisdom and propriety of the present movement , which is designed to unite the more moderate with the more extreme , and to lay the basis of that union and co-operation , without which ifc is found to be impractible and hopeless to contend agninst the opponents of progress and reform . ( Applause . ) The lion , member for Nottingham has Epoken of the enmity of the middle to the working classes of the people . I would fain hope he has employed too strong an expression , but whatever . the feeling may have been that has hitherto separated the one class from the other , let me hope that here , and every where elseifc will be
, our aim to extinguish every unkind and hostile emotion , that we may present a consolidated front to the common adversary . Depend upon it , when the union we seek to briug about shall be effected , we shall witness a . very different line of conduct on the part of men offering themselves as candidates for election to parliament . At present men depend on the favour and patronage of some peer or wealthy commonnor , having influence in a borough , or on the influence of a clique at the Reform , or somo other political club in the metropolis , ov on somo scheming lawyers and mercenary agents in a particular place , or on tho known corruptibility of a needy greedy few , who are willing to take bribes , and are only less famous than those who buy their
base votes ; but let this union be effected , and a feeling will be created which , even before the great reform we seek is carried , will , partially at least , purify tho political atmosphere , and make our elections much less a farce and a mockery than they have hitherto been . I wish you distinctly to understand the nature of this movement . There are some seventy or eighty men in the House of Commons who are in favour of a measure of reformfinancial , ecclesiastical , colonial , and fiscal . For two years they have been testing the temper and disposition of that house by a variety of motions , and have found themselves , in all , left in an insignificant and miserable minority—tho objects of derision and laughter in the eves of the
taxeating and place hunting majority . These men , one and all , see the hopelessness of their efforts , without a sweeping change in the representative system ; and a few of them , in conjuction with a growing party out of doors , have determined to devote themselves to the work of effecting that change , and thereby securing for the great measures demanded by the condition , of the empice , t \\ e consideration they will never otherwise obtain . The change contemplated as the means to the achievement of the ends I havo specified , can only be effected through the immediate instrumentality of the middle classes , who are the electors , with the sanction and earnest support of the non-electors ; and hence our appeal to the mixed mnltitudft Wavr m «
to-night . Continue disunited , and the reforms desired can onl y be obtained by such protracted agitations as we have seen carried on during the last forty years ; whereas a reunited , vigorous , and triumphant strugglo for a genuine parliamentary reform , would lead to a very speedy correction of all those great abuses which are now upheld by the confederacy that subsists by the plunder ot the people . ( Cheers . ) If the people , eighty years ago , had been proper y represented in the House of Commons we should have had no American war ; if sixty years ago , we should have had no continental war . It the people had had their own representatives in the House of Commons , the repeal of the lest and Corporation Acts would soon have been earned , so would Catholic Emancipation , so would the abolition of Slavery , so would the repeal of the torn
Laws ; and we should have saved the Aational Debt , and a load of taxation unequalled in tho history of the nations of , the eswth . 'Were the people at this moment properly represented , y ° " would not no * be listening to the sound oi the hammer employed to erect a scaffold in your city , on which a huW being is to be strangled to-morrow . ( Loud choers . ) This organic change i repeat , must be effected through the immediate instrumentality of the preient electoral body , and the members of that body must be assisted by the cordial and earnest support of their non-voting fellow subjects . The change proposed does not go the length of universal suffrage , but it goes far enough to put political power mainly into the hands oi the producing and tax-paying people of the country , and far enough to achieve all the practical purposes we have in view . It is clearly , then , the interest of the working elates to jow vis , aud this I
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believe they will do , after the failure of the efforts they have made in their own behalf . Unassisted oytne middle classes , they have been told again andaga n ( « , Ksw useknoc ] ., atthe doop B mHm S n > \ use knockin g at the door . " ( Laughter col n erS >) . ? ' "to middle and working classes come in a united body , with such a just andreasonabe measure as , now proposed , and depend upon wi To nX 3 tfnd * U 1 \ ° admi"ed < a " "' their turn w nt to WH OSayt ° ^ 0 idle and tlle hungry , who ' Gen Wn rT n ttl ° , itals of the Mus&ous , more fc ; ? ° - knoc L kin S at thc d ° or an ' f mnct f n uso knocla"g at tho door . " ( Cheers ' ) I most fully appreciate the importance of hcob ! ' 1 * ° . _ ' ? . ^ Mr . Wilson in referent o th e rate
-paying qualification in connexi n w h 1 , " law atldu fges pf Scotland , and doubt no fft the SSnio . S 7 st caref e v consideited ' 23 « i aminciple laid down as will give to tho people of Scotland tho most perfect equality with the people of . ingland , in regard to their eli gibility and facilities for . registration as voters . The topic is one , however which , however important at an after stage , need not prevent our cordial union to-night in the assertion of the necessity of an extension of the sunrare to all occupiers of houses , whether in whole or m part . ( Cheers . ) One good effect which would immediately follow lrom tho reform proposed , would be the making of Ministers of State , and their subordinates responsible to tho people . As it is , they are virtuall y irresponsible , and can set them
at defiance . Returned in tho first instance for a popular constituency , they often apostatise , and are turned out ; but under the present system they creep into the House again for such sweet places as Iliirwick , and Kinsale , and Tavistock , and Itipon , and are able to do all tho mischief they desire . This must be corrected , and ministers , like other members , must be made amenable to popular opinion for their conduct . After some additional observations , Mr . Thompson declared his determination to continue the advocacy of tho rights of the people , until all who were constitutionally entitled to the franchise enioved their full slm ™ in
electing to the' House of " Commons the men entrusted with the power of levying taxes and making laws for the community . [ The honourable gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheevs . j Mr . Gobdon moved the appointmen t of a committee , composed of equal members of the middle and working classes , which was seconded by Mi-. Lindsay , and passed unanimously . Mi ' . Macaixan said—After the eloquent and telling addresses they , had heard , he had only to announce the motion , which he had been requested to propose , in order to its being carried by acclamation . It was that the best thanks of the meetin" bo given to the deputation for their visit on that
occasion , , J . H . Murchisok , Esq ., from London , in a short and eloquent address , seconded the motion . The motion was carried by three hearty rounds of applause . Sir JosnUA . Walmsley appropriately returned thanks , and proposed a voto of thanks to the chairman , Mr . O'Coknok , in rising to second the voto of thanks to the Chairman said , that he must again depart from Sir Joshua AValmsley , he denied that A La Jfc ilflk ¦ # «« # — **¦ _ B _ M . 1 . I ^ A _ _ A ** m 1 . *_ ~ l-l ~ _ 1-1 ^ 1 ft * i / ii j !
uc uga wmo luuiigiui ); iho uosi aog ne nau ever had was a mongrel , between a greyhound and a bull bitch —( roars of laughter)—and he had never known a good Whig in his life ; they were spaniels , not mongrels . ( Renewed laughter . ) The vote was passed by acclamation , and Mr . M'Pherson heartily returned thanks , announcing that a soiree in honour of the deputation would take place the following evening at six o ' clock , when actual business arrangements in connexion with the formation of a local branch sssociation will be more fully entered upon . The meeting which was most attentive and orderly throughout , then separated .
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STRATFORD . A public meeting of the association at Stratford was held on Tuesday evening at the Yorkshire Grey Inn , Mr . E . Clark in tho chair . The chairman haying briefly explained the objects of the Association , Mr . T . Clmik addressed the meeting . To parliamentary Reform he looked as the great means of accomplishing all other reforms . Without that it would be useless to look for Financial Reform . According to tho theory of the English constitution every man had a right to exercise a control over those who made the laws which he was called upon to obey . The unenfranchised classes had a groat interest in the industrial property of the country , and while they sought not what was called protection for their industry , they asked for the protection
afforded by representation . ( Cheers . ) In order to effect any extensivo parliamentary reform it was necessary for wealth to combine with comparative poverty , and hence he rejoiced to find that the association sought to embrace all classes . A qualification for voting move contemptible than the £ 10 franchise , standing alone , could not bo conceived . Under that franchise many who possessed considerable property were , in fact , unrepresented ; while numbers who actually voted were far less qualified than others to exercise a voice in the refil iation of tho affairs of the nation . Even morally e denied tho right of the 053 members who composed the House of Commons to make laws to govern tho unrepresented . In a moral point of view , the right was no better supported than that
of the highwayman . Each of the voters was supposed to have six times as much intelligence as all other adults . Was that really the case ? Take the farmers as a body . Who would say that they possessed six times as much intelligence as their unrepresented fellow-countrymen ? ( Laughter . ) What the Association complained of was class legislation . The House of Commons contained admirals , generals , lawyers , and merchants ; while the working classes bad no voice in the representation . Tho way to preserve peace permanently in this country was to admit within tho pale of the constitution ail who had a clear moral right to be represented . There was much less to be dreaded from the enfranchisement of the masses than from their continued exclusion ; for , if occasionally excitedtheii
, conduct in the main was right and just . Ifc was said that if the working classes were represented in parliament , property would be in danger . He denied the justice of that imputation . It was not the soldiery of this country which protected its property ; its best , its real protection , was to be found in the good sense and moderation of thegreat body of the community . ( Cheers . ) Tho people of other nations had struggled against despotisms , and had destroyed them ; but other despotisms had in many cases been established . Nothing of the same kind was lately to be witnessed here . The Association desired only to soo a proper medium for the effective expression of public opinion . When the Prime Minister saw tho working people generally subscribing towards the objects of the
Association , he would be ready to accede to their wishes ; and when a subscription of one shilling a year was sufficient to constitute membership , who would hesitate to subscribe that amount ? With respect to the qualification for belonging to the council , ho conceived that no reasonable objection could be urged against tho course -which had 'been pursued , it was necessary to secure the services of men whose moral character formed a security for tho vectitudo of their acts , and who gave : v practical proof of their interest in the causo . Experience proved that no man could be piore dangerous at a council board that one who obtained his seat solel y by persuading the masses that he was a patriot . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hows next addressed the meeting . Mi-.
Clark was , he believed , a working man ; and lie ( Mr . Hows ) had the greater pleasure in following him , inasmuch as lie was a tradesman . ( Hear , hear . ) The real strength of tho people lay in the union of different classes of the community . ( Hear , hear . ) A constitutional object was in the caso sought by COTist \ tut \ ona \ atid peaceaWe means , lie rejoiced that ; an association had been formed in Stratford , and he trusted that tho umallness of the required subscription would ensure a large addition to its numbers . The representative body needed enlargement . In a work written by Lord Brougham on British constitution , his lordship said : - " If we endeavour to prevent bribery altogether , we may fail . But we can much lessen the amount . What can be more obvious than tho remedy of dividing the
country into electoral districts ? ' Now , on that point his lordship and the association agreed . Again , speakinsr in relation to the Reform Bill , his Tordsliip sai 3 — " It is much to be lamented that the working classes have not , generally speaking , their share in the administration of afl ' aivs , and this might most safely , and indeed beneficiall y bo entrusted to them . " He ( Mr . Hows ) thought so too , and he was pleased to find Lord Brougham again agreeing with the Association . ( Hear , hear . ) Supineness was one of the besetting sins of this country . The Association sought to obtain for the working classes , not an useless favour , but a just and valuable right . He then referred to Mr . Hume ' s -speech at Norwich , as exhibiting the practical result of class legislation . Mr . Hume , who , as a practical reformer , was above all
praise—( heav , hear)—stated that our expenditure had increased from cloven to twelve millions for the army and navy , to eighteen or nineteen millions , during a time of peace . Without class legislation that increase could not have occurred . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume further stated that the nation was now paying 150 admirals , of whom only fifteen were employed , and 780 captains , of whom only eighty were employed ; and that there wevo 340 generals for 120 regiments . ( Laughter . ) That was , in truth , a fine exemplification of class legislation . ( Hear , hear . ) He most cordially concurred in all the objects of the Association ; and , in conclusion , ho again warned the meeting against supineness , as one of tho greatest evils which they had to encounter . The meeting wa 3 also addressed by Messrs . Wickhmi and Euie . after , which it terminated .
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Jn , i ? ° . T T nABVEST Dome ! - A dinner , vi nf r&fl * " 1 ? T oert ' Md at O'Connor ville , Herts , on Monday , October 13 th . Amongst the invited guests we observed Messrs . P . M'Gratil and 1 . Clark , ( two Of the Directors of the Xationfl Land Company ); and Messrs . E . Italhvood and Johni Arnott , ( of the National Victim Committee . ) Tho dinner was served up in the School-room , and consisted of good old English fare . The tea was also served up in tho same edifice . The tea tables having been cleared , Mr . T , M . Wheeler was unani mously called on to preside , and stated that Mr . Tindal Atkinson had been invited , and would doubtless have been present had not his services been previously engaged in a distant region , and the same must be said for Mr . O ' Connor . —Tho Chair , man having read a letter of npolosv from G . Julian
liarney called upon Mr . Clark to respond to the firs sentiment- " The People . " Mr . Cfark having spoken , the next sentiment was : " Mr . Feargus wST ^ t v . W Doctors , and our llrA X i v -r Grath r ° P lied - " Thc vi « ti «» aad their Families wa responded to by Mr . John Ainott . Mr . Nowson responded to the next sentiment : 'Our brother allottees of Charterville , Lowbands , Snig ' s End , and Great Dodford " The next sentiment was : « G . Julian Barney , E . Stallwood , and the Democratic Press . " Mr . Stallwood replied . " Miss Vaughan , our only female allottee , and the Ladies , was given mid responded to by Mr . narnby . Hie room was then cleared for tlie ball and concert , which was kept up with great swnfc until past •< the witching hour of night " when the company separated , highly delighted with the rational pleasure they had so abundantly enioved .
OHEFriELD . —At the usual weekly meeting Ott Monday evening , of this branch , held at the Democratic Tcmperanco Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , a discussion arose on tho inattention of a number of members to the requests of the committee in desiring such members to re-commence their subscriptions , or in default it would bo worse for themtho discussion ended in the following resolution being unanimously agreed to . Moved by Mr . Bagshaw , and seconded by Mr . Heaton : — " That t £ > secretary be forthwith instructed to mako out a ist ef all members , both with regard to generaland local levies , and also those who are paid up , but nave not attended to the resolution as determined upon at the Conference . That all such defaulters will have to be dealt within the manner and spirit
ot the resolutions as agreed by tho late Conference ; and those members who have allowed their arreara oflevies to run out , their payments should bo struck ott the books ; and further , that in tho course of a fortnight from this date , if all local members be not cleared off tho books , the same will bo deducted from the original shares of such defaulting members without distinction . In the meantime , the committee -will visit such members as it is possible , to explain to them the nature of the above resolution . Circumstances are compelling the Committee to act m a determined manner . Wo entreat for the last tnue those who are in arrears to immediate ^ pay the same . On behalf of the Committee Joseph Tavlok , president ; Georoe Gavili ., brand secretary . '
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FEARGUS O ' CONNOR AM > MR . JOHN CONNELL . ( In the absence of Mr . O'Connor , we have extracted the following comment upon Joiar Connell ' s pedigree of Eeakgus O'Connob , from tho " Belfast Vindicator" of Saturday last . Had it not been that Mr . O'Connor has been busily engaged of late , it was his intention to have written a Series of Letters upon his electioneering exploits in Ireland ^ and also to have given thc veritable pedigree of the descendant of " Hunting Cap , " andall about " Grey Robin , " the Moving Lamp-post
, with a lanthom tied to his tail ; as a slmm light to mariners , to cause shipwrecks upoa the coast of Derrynane , and all about " Moll Lynch Mull me an egg ! " a series of articles from which the reader will derive nota little instruction , and no small amusement —the most prominent feature being the return of John Conneu for Youghal , through the unpaid exertion , energy , and zeal of Fkakgbs O Connok , and , as his father stated , contrary to his most sanguine expectations . ) MR . J . O ' COSNELL ' s rARWAMESTAKT KXPERIENCE 3 —• FEARGUS O ' COSNOR ' S PKDIGRKE .
We must , however , find exception to oncortwa assertions he has put forth without , in our humble opinion , duo consideration , lie tells U 3 that Feargus O'Connor , tho well known leader of the English Chartists , and M . I ' , for Xottin «» hara , "descends from an English adventurer named Cenyor ^ who emigrated from Essex to Ireland . " Sow , to have heard tllO history of Arthur O'Connor , the patriotic relative of tho redoubtable Fear ^ us , long since , we have a respect for the name , and consider that Ireland , too , should look upon it with favour , and even fond regard . Under these circumstances we cannot permit Mr . J . O'ConncH ' s histor / of that family to pass without giving our reasons for doubting its authenticity .
If our view of the case be correct ( and we are ready to prove it is ) , O'Connor , instead of descending from an Essex man , descends in the sixth generation from a county Cork gentleman named Covnelius Connor , Conner , or O ' Connor , who is ' s ^ toi by tradition to have been carried by his moi ^ when a child , into Protestant Bandon , an # | &j £ » brought -up a Protestant , in order to eseapbasfa the persecution with which his family was visiti « L by Cromwell ' s troops , and to which his family then had fallen a victim . His mother dropped thc obnoxious Popish " O" from his name . Cornelius was the father of Daniel Connor , who lived in liandon , and who , in 1098 and 1700 , added to the remnant of his paternal estate by large purchases of the then
recently forfeited lands of Justin M'Carthy , and Donough , Earl of Clancarthy . This Daniel ' s posterity aro so numerous and so notable , that it is rather strange how he could have been confounded with " an Essex man named Conycrs . " He was the ancestor of the present Lord Lisle ; his son George ( of Ballybrickcn ) being father of Mory Anne Connor , who , in 1778 , married the Right Hon . John Lysaght , second Lord Lisle , of Mount North , county Cork . Ho was also tho ancestor of O'ffeiH Daunt , his daughter , Mrs . Elizabeth Gunibleton , of Ballygarron Castle , county Waterford , beinj mother of Jane , who , in 1773 , married William Daunt , Esq ., of Kilcascan , county Cork . He was also the ancestor of Daniel Conner , Esq ., now « f Mancho House , county Cork , who inherits his extensive estates . His son , William Conner (
sometimo Al . P ., for Bandon ) , built the family mansion of Connerville in 1727 , and married , in 1721 , the beautiful Anne Bernard , of Palace Anne , county Cork ( of the famil y of the Earl of Bandon whose portrait is at Kilcascan . ) William Conner ' s sod , Roger , inherited Coimorville , and married A . mre Longficld ; fiisterof the Right lion . Lord Lon < wcville . by whom he had issue , —1 . Daniel ( born 1751 , father of tho prcaent Mr . Connor , of Manche ); 2 . Robert , of Fort-Robert ; 3 . William ; 4 . Roger O'Connor ( thefather of Feargus ); ami , 5 . Arthur O'Counor , M . P . for Philipstown , iu the Irish Parliament , whose ultra-patriotic politics actually forfeited for him the splendid inheritance of his uncle , Lord Longucville ( £ 10 , 060 per annum ) and probably , too , the succession to his peerage ! , which that nobleman ' s influence could have readil y procured for his favourite nephew , he himself being childlfss .
Wo do not think Feargus would feel much complimented by having the honours of a really respect-\\ We Irish lineage superseded by an account which , is , to say thc least of it , exceedingly far fetched . We should slate that tho Celtic " 6 " was resumed by Roger and Arthur O'Connor , on hearing from their father tho history of its abandonment , from , fear , by the mother of their ancestor Conolius .
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CHOLERA . Friday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 15 , diarrhea 13 . Tho Provinces ; cholera 138 , diarrhoea- 5 B . Scotland ; cholera 42 . Total , —cholera 195 , diarrhoea 63 . Saturday . —The Metropolis ; cholera IS , diarrhea 13 . Thc Provinces ; cholei-iv 112 , diarrhoea 53 . Scotland ; cholera 5 . Total , —cholera 135 , diarrhoea G 6 . Monday . —The Metropolis ; cholera 12 , diarrhaaa 19 . The Provinces ; cholera 153 , diarrhoea 5 S . Scotland ; cholera 78 . Total , —cholera 243 ; diarrhoea 92 . TuEisDATi—The Metropolis ; cholera ft , diarrhoea 14 . Tho Provinces ; cholera 113 , diarrhaja 4 © . Scotland ; cholera 4 . Total , —cholera 126 , diarrhoea 54 . Wedheshay . —The Metropolis ; cholera 8 ; diair . hoja 8 . Thc Provinces ; cholera 88 ; diarrhoeaffl . Scotland ; cholera 17 . Total , —cholera 113 , diarrbma nfl .
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Swisduno .-A number of pawnbrokers in Norwich have been the victims of a party of swiudlea from London . Two men , named J . Walker and B . James , have been apprehended on achargo of having ; eonspn-ed to defraud Mr . Shalders , Mr . Laving and Mr . Samuel , by pledging rings , chains , and watches , pretending that thoy were cold , whereas they were made of base metal , electro-plated . Oa Saturday the prisoners were brought before the mayor , and remanded . The Karl op Rossk is at present engaged in astronomical observations witU his monster tolesoom atParsonstowm
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Foe the Week Endkg Thubss&y , October 18 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . a . £ s . a . Bury .. .. 0 4 0 C . Mowl .. 0 2 0 Hewbory .. 2 0 0 J . Guilford .. 0 7 C Wolverbaniptoa 1 14 2 IL Gnilford .. 0 7 6 Nottingham .. 0 7 6 Sheffield .. 100 £ 652 It . Pattison .. O 2 6 mm MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . 3 LW ., StHlffiers 90 O O J . "W . Sewcastle , 135 0 0 J . S ., Alnvrick .. 70 0 O J . T ., Ytigan . -. 200 £ 2 $ 7 0 0
TOTALS , land Fund ... ... ... ... 6 5 2 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 13 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 2 10 0 Loan ditto ... 0 10 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mathon 297 0 0 Bent , per Mr . Boyle . 24 8 C dultivation , per ditto 10 0 0 Ballot for Mathon ... ... ... 10 0 £ 341 6 11 "W . Dehw , C . Dons , " T . Cube , Cor . Sec . P . M'Graih , Fin . Sec .
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FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Beceivedby W . Rideb . —W . Cropper , Edinburgh , Is . FOR WIDOWS CF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Beceired by \ f . IUdeb . —Queen ' s Anns , Beading , per H . F . Ellis , Is . 6 d . ; Worcester , a few Journeymen Tailors , per J . Harding , is . FOR W . CUFFAY . Beceired by J . Gbassbt . —Newcastle-npon-ljne , 4 s . 4 d . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Beceired bj W . Bideb . —Jfottingliam , per J . Sweet , G < L ; 4 Bed Republican , 2 s .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMSBeceived Tjjr W . Bideb . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet s Si 3 d . ; R . Hamer , Badcliffe Bridge , Ci ; Todmorden , per B . Barker . 12 s . ; Bristol , per " . Clark , 2 s . 9 dL ; J . Bragg , Sheffield , 7 i ; 3 . Majman , Eamsgate , 2 s . Ci ; AV . Cropper , Edinburgh , Is . 6 d . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Ridee . —Bradford , Yorkshire , per J . ConnelL 6 s .
VICTIM FUND . Beceived by S . Booshasl—James Green , 2 s . 6 d . ; Commercial Lecture HalL Philpot-street , Gs . Gd . ; Mr . \ f lcktem , per T . Clark , 2 s . ; Ifr . W . A . B . Howes , perT-Clark , 2 s .: W . S . A ., per T . Clark , 3 s . ; proceeds of Thomas Cooper ' s first oration , at the South London Hall , l&s . zu . ; Mr . Eider , U . 3 s . Id . ; Cripplegate , 28 , Golden-lane , per T . Brown , 2 s . 9 d . ; Bntler * s ^ lte , per T . Browo . 2 s- Ci ; Sons of Freedom , per Benjamin Xewby , 4 s . Std . —Heceirea Vy J . Gbissbi . —Mr . Porce ^ 6 d .
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JUDGE'S CHAMBERS . ( From our Second Edition oflastvoetk . ) Tbipikes v . O'Coxsob . This was an action in tue County Xtonrt of Marylebone for the recovery of £ 5 , paid by the plaintiff aa a " member , " to the defendant as a " promoter ' of theXational Land Company . Thedefendant now applied for a certiorari on an affidavit , alleging that the matter in dispute was one involving a large nnmber of small sums , similar in amount to that sought to be received , and which , in the aggregate , amounted to more than ; NO , 0 OO ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of sreat importance and difficulty—Aether
the Scheme was legal or illegal , under the Joint Stock Companies Act , or nnder the act for the abolition of lotteries ; whether the plaintiff having paid voluntarily , and been a party to all the pro-< jeedin < r s , could now recover his money ; the defendant ' s affidavit also stated that the Queen ' s Bench iad granted a mandamus , the return to wlucn would raise the present and several other questions . 5 he Judge ( Mr . Justice Talfourd ) called upon the solicitor for the plaintiff to say whether these statements were true , and it was admitted that thpv were so ; but then it was contended that the application was too late , inasmuch as it now ^ fnt ^ bnt two days to the hearing in the County
= SS-S 2 JS 3 esnM £ 4 uently grantedthese applications , evenwhen . made « parts , Tand without any notice whatever to the Sfer side , inwhich case the plaintiff was wholly unaware of the writ until tbe names were called in Court : and asto tbe espence of trying tiie dispute AUewbere , tfeat was a circumstance which coulu not Smedied . He considered that tbe questions to &is 5 yst jff ^ jsb ? is aa B&VBBa&M ¦ l 3- He panted tbe «« i « r « ri .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1544/page/5/
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