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! 5>—¦ gytJeB ^ ho daim coloured persons as rf o 8 , * era " hare not Txsen slow lo avail Ivps of the provisions of this new lav . ^ numbers of aweats haye taken ; place G 1 ffarcumBtances of peculiar aggravation , ® al ve . ia many instances , been followedby iSmost alanningcharactor . _ P AboUtion . party , as may be expected , Art ^ nelY "violent in thejropposition to ? ? Son ofiie daveowiers . into States , v iT bv their- constitution , are sovereign ^ SdeDendentin their internal government . ^ ndthe ofter hand , the coloured population n astateofintenseexcitement . Hundreds 818 to Canada to seek the protection of ine in .. ^^^^ ti ^^^^^^^^^^ i ^^^^ * ¦ ¦* !• -- . .- «¦••• »•«
British law and to escape renuer mercies Ofmen ^ ose onlj ^ ect seeking to regain Lsessbnof them « to ^ gratifj'a malignant Lnne of revenge . The whole of the j ^ rthera States are aroused to a state of ijtease exasperation ,, and the alarm has also gprea dinto the Western States , where the e olonred population of many towns are nearly jB fug itives , or connected with fugitives . It jjay easily be conceived -what Mnd t ) f treatjQent such persons will receive when dragged jacktnto a Slave State , and placedunderlaws made and administered toy slaveowners . !
$ he probability is , however , that the very jneasure on wMdkihey insisted as an equivalent for aUovring California to be snpolluted with slavery , will fasten the extinction of that ac cursed craae against humanity . Nullification iiasbe&i long menaced by the Southern giates , whenever they were thwarted ia $ heir policy oalihis-subject . It . may come to the cry of f Ifunification " being raised rsa the other sKe ; and if so , what chance woald the Slave States have in a contest with tfee Free ? They would have not only to fight against ; . i '
powetfal , prosperous , and wealthy antagonists oat xvJ the limits of fceir own honndaries , hut ihey ' TOuld have within these limits a more dangerous and- dreadful enemy in the black population they keep in bondage . Sven if the matter does not proceed to this firfreme , the feeling of disgust and indignation , excited by the new law , crust ensure its erasure from the statute hook , and compel ixrfh parties to think of some better way of ¦ dealing with the master evil of the American Jederation . The statesmea of that country
jnay depend upon it , that bo mere skin-deep compromises will settle the question at issue . They must deal with it radically , however gradually . If the prejudice of race and blood is so strong that it is impossible the blade and white population can live together on terms of equality and amity , some just and effective measures must he devised for « nailing them to live separate , without the daily exacerbation of feelings which results from their present deplorable relations to each other . "Wj © inow how difficult it is for persons at a
distance , and necessarily , but imperfectly comprehending the varied educational and social circumstances which influence a foreign people , to come to anything like a practical conclusion on matters so important and complicated as those involved in the American Slave Question . But we knowat the same time , thafinjnstice never did , and never will produce , good results in any community , whether monarchical or republican , ia its govern * ment Tire bodily and mental subjugation of any large portion of the population by the other , is an outrage of the fundamental laws of the universe , which is certain to be
followed by severe and appropriate retribution . If America means to proceed in a career of steady prosperity and greatness , she must put away the accursed thing from her midst ; until that is done , the excitement , antagonism , and bitterly hostile feelrngs which now array her people in opposite camps , will spread their baleful passions throughout society , and poison it at its core . The perpetuation of slavery threatens the permanence of Bepnblicanism itself , and consequently of all those free political institutions on which Americans so justly pride themselves . For such a cause , why should they incur such a tremendous risk ?
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KINGLY SQUABBLES . Events in Germany-seem to threaten the © uibreakof another European war . Eor the last few weeks Austria and Prussia have been gradually concentrating immense armies in such positions that a word might "let loose the dogs of war , and spread fire and flame throughout the whole of Germany . The Russian despot is at the bottom of the plot , calculating , probably , that the hereditary policy of universal conquest and despotic empire , which he inherits , will thereby be promoted . The deplorable close of the struggle of the gallant Hungarians made him in fact master
of the Austrian Government , and his hand is clearly perceptible in the movements , which are driving a beggared Emperor into a war , in wMcu he can only be the catspaw of the Czar . On the other hand , the policy of the Prussian monarch is nearly as much opposed to popular liberty . He is called by some of our sham liberal journals the defender and representative of constitutionalism on the continent . Ive see no indications of the fact in his past career . Whatever concession of popular rights he has made has always been extorted from lira by force , and he has revoked it as soon as he-was powerful enough to do so .
The straggle is in truth a dynastic one , no matter what may be the pretexts under which it is carried on . Put into a nutshell it is simply whether Austria or Prussia shall lead Federal Germany ? There are old standing grievances and feuds between the two dynasties , and the young Emberok of Austria is said to be eager to try to recover by the sword Silesia , % province arrested by the sword from his family by Fdedeeick the Geeat . On the other land ,-there are many reasons why , even in a selfish view , these ambitious monarchs should pause . Austria is bankrupt . To meet a
confessed expenditure in 18 i 9 of £ 21 , 000 , 000 , she lad not an income of more than a 69 , 330 , 000 , or less than half what was required . The Times , which abused Mr . Oobden for warning the capitalists of this country against lending their money to this beggared and four times bankrupt government , now confesses the truth , and puts it forward as a probable cause why the Austrian Government may desire to go to war . Unable to maintain its immense standing army at home it may cherish the Lope ef quarto-ing it upon Federal Germany . The Kixg of Prussia on the other hand , may think this a fitting season for carrying oat his dynastic schemes . But though foreign var is . an old specific for dissensions at home ,
PeedeeiCK TVIU 2 AM may rememher , that the streets of Berlin only latel y ran with the Wood of his butchered subjects , who died in defence of free institutions , and that their ralations yet love to cherish their memory and to . feel hatred of tho murd erer . If a dynastic war does break out we hope that it Will be compensated by the opportunit y which it will offer for the uprising of oppressed nationalities , every where to assert those rights of which they have been deprived . Italy , Hungary , Poland , Germany , are not dead ' . The foot of the tyrant is on their necks , but let it be removed for ever so short a period , and they will spring up ready to do battle bravely for liberty and humanity . Since these few remarks were penned , the aewsof the resignation of Rhdotpitz has been re ceived . Prussia has for the moment succu mbed to its rival .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITlJTIOX . We had oa Saturday evening last ski opportunity of witnessing in the Theatre of this establishment Amman ' s Voltaic Light . The difficulty that has hitherto existed has been , not to produce a light by means of the Toltstc battery , but to render it constantand unintermitting , together with the great complication and expense of the , materials which previousl y existed . By ; the means , however , now made available , as stated by Mr . Allman , the patentee , in his printed . description of his light—• every obstacle is overcome ; aiw ,-certainly , judging by what was exhibited on Saturday evening , great improvements were shown . It is simple and elegant ia form , and most brilliant in its effect . Tie
intensity of light produced from the smallest points is certainly wonderful , and -can be compared only to the rays of a miniature sun . If it should be brought into general application—as wo understand from the patentee it is intended to be—and those existing obstructions overcome , its brilliant effect will be highly advantageous in many ways , where strong and great illuminating power is required . It appears , also , that the absence of all danger trom explosion &hd disagreeable odour , as well as the destructive effects to all delicate materials and colours , as at present exists by the use ef -coal gas , will be removed . "Wo therefore trust that this gentleman will carry out his plan as stated , and produce this beautiful light , with eoeaonry and safety—a public boon , most devoutly to fee wished .
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QUEERS THEATRE . . The attractions at this elegant little theatre has been increased this week by the production of a new piece entitled The Pirate Queen . This piece , which 13 effectively got up , abounds with startling incidents and hair-breadth escapes , while the scenery , painted by the lesse and manager , Mr ,. C . J . James , is not inferior to that produced at any house in the metropolis . The scene of the Giants' Rock , with a cataract of real water , and also the last scene represeating the deck of the Avenger , together with the appearance of the pirate ship , was awfully effective and brilliant . Additions have been made to the company in the persons of Mr . W . Dean , and Miss Eliza Farrell . The principal parts were sustained by Mr . E . Green , Mrs . C . Boyce , and Miss Fanny
Hamilton , whose easy style of acting , and arch merry expression will always make her a favourite . Mr . Clark is a young actor of great promise , and Mr . Bigwood possesses the necessary qualifications for a genuine low -comedian , if he carefully avoids mannerism , and is not induced by gallery applause to descend to buffoonery . Actors in this Jine are very scarce , and we should regret to see Mr . Bigwood mar our high expectations of him . The acting of Mr . Green and Mrs . Boyce is well known to the patrons of this theatre , and as Mr . Green takes his benefit on Wednesday next , we hope' he will berewarded by a crowded house , for his indefatigable exertions as stage-manager and actor . The VbtMeg of Diamonds , which has had a run of forty nights , continues to receive unbounded applause .
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HAYMARKET . On Monday night Mr . Macready appeared in the character of Richelieu . Its merit as a conception , its numberless beauties , its almost painful pathos , its bursts of patriotism , the by-play , where the astute priest , trained in " Rome s deep dissembling- school , " and imbued with that suspicion with which the practice of hypocrisy and the suppression of our best feelings , taints the very nature of man , were triumphs of which not only an actor , but his countrymen may be proud . The mighty mind outwearing , and overtaxing the feeble * body which clogs it , rather than obeys its never-ceasing calls for super-human vigils , and lifedestroying application , was piotured with harrowing truth . It was a psychological study , so cleverly were the currents and eddies of soul made visible
by the outward workings of its frail tenement . The Chevalier de Manprat of Mr . Devonport was highly creditable to that gentleman ' s ability . His interview with Richelieu , in the first act , when , after his ruin ai the gaining table , ihe wily cardinal tempts him with a wife and a fortune , to . test his love for his ward . Julie de Mortemar ( Miss Beynolds ) drew down deserved applause . The opening of the third act , where Richelieii is discovered at his table on the night of his intended assassination , produced another burst of approval at the close of its brief soliloquy : and the like greeting cheered Miss P . Horton at the end of her impassioned narration of the loss of the important packet in the same scene . The last scene of all was the crowning triumph , and the curtain descended amid the vehement plaudits of a crowded house . - '
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TO-MRv-DAVID ~ LAWSON CHAIRMAN OF THE LATE -WEST -. RIDING ... DELEGATE MEETING HELD AtiBRADFORDiu ; , ;; ,, - ; v , Dear Sib , —As president of > the < meeting , the proceedings of which form the main subject of the following commentaries . I take leave to address my remarks to you ; and in doing ao , it affords me much pleasure to express the high admiration , which I entertain , * jaot only of \ your singleminded patriotism , but also of those many amiable private qualities which have won for you the esteem of all that have ever had the pleasure of your acquaintance . ' I know of no man belonging to our order lo whom the subjoined observations could be more properly dedicated j and for the ¦ __ . _ ...
following , among other reasons : The experience of many years of active political life is youra , —the whole history of the agitation for . the Charter , is to you , as familiar as the alphabet , —you have seen the movement in all its phases ; have accompanied it in all the vicissitudes through which it has passed , and mast therefore have noted those circumstances which have interposed to retard tbe success of the cause , by placing impediments between it , and those mutes of individuals , and variety of : influences , without whicfv its , triumph is not possible . It was , consequently , witk surprise that 1 read in the Star of Saturday last , a series of resolutions purporting to have been unanimously passed at your meeting ; and
of which the following is one ?—" That considering the present disorganised and apathetic Btate of the Chartist body , and consequently tbslldw state of itsfands , we think it highly imprudent and impolitic to . attempt , to hold a Conference « t the present tine , inasmuch as it is not likely that it could be attended by but few localities around Manchester , and consequently could not be considered a fair representation of the Chartist body . And , being , as we are , opposed to a government -of unauthorised and irresponsible dictation , we consider that when it . shall be found necessary
andipruderit to hold a . Conference , that the Executive , being the proper head of the Chartist body , are the only parties by whom , and through whom , it-ought to be called . And seeing likewise , that the Yorkshire and Lancashire Delegate Meeeing , lately held at Hebdeu-bridge , sanctioned the election of the present Executive , we censider that it would bq & stultification ef the decision of that meeting , for the places represented therein to act under the dictation of any other party , until they shall have ither resigned the trust reposed in them , or shall have been deposed by the general consent of the Chartist body . "
Here then , we have the whole case disclosed—an assumed body where in reality there is no body ; or , at least , one without strength , weight or importance , —witbout-organisation or funds ; and yet the delegates declared that the head of a such body is the only " authori 9 ed " party to unite the friends of the People ' s Charter , throughout , the country , to confer at Manchester as the most likely means of causing it to beceme law . This is a right which belongs as much to a gentlemen in London , or to an association of individuals in Manchester , as to any
nominal , or even real , Executive Committee , of any Chartist Association in existence . But , the delegates said , that because certain other delegates , who bad previously assembled at another place , bad recognised a certain committee , that therefore the invitation to confer about a movement on behalf of the Char-: ter , must necessarily be " dictation , " if eminating from any other source than the aforesaid " authorised" committee . Such is in effect what tbe delegates at Bradford said . What , however , did the ¦ " sanction" of the first delegate meeting amount to ?—who did it influence to recognise the authority of flie Executive ? Do you not see that in the above resolution you have shown that' the
•" sanction" of the delegates began and ended with themselves ; else , how comes it that the Chartist body are disorganised and without funds ? Tbe people took the most effectual method of ignoring the " sanction" named in your resolution , by taking no notice whatever of it ; and you may rel y upon it , that the discussions at Bradford will not meet with more respect . Delegates , so called , may . meet and resolve , so long as they please ; but unless the conclusions at which they arrive , reflect ; the public desire , all such -resolutions , will be found to be of no avail , and the propcunders of them will reap disappointment only as their reward . In this resolution you bave furnished the strongest
reasons for such a Conference as the one proposed , becsuse , although you have pointed to an ideal authority under which an association is to act , you have yourselves shown that its power is tbe merest fiction ; , and , although nominally a directing body , that actually it has no one to direct ; you have placed it in the position of general without an army—a Chancellor with an empty Exchequer . The letter of the lecturer , which makes part of your report , shows matters in the same light as your resolution ; : therefore , I eay , you have together established that , de facto—there is no association at all ; and that such is the truth I know to be incontrovertible , whatever may be assumed to the ' contrary . But you may say ,
" Give us time , and we will make an association' I answer that , the most ample time has been allowed —year after year has rolled on , association after association has been established ; and now , after all the toil and trouble endured in the prosecution , of these undertakings , what a result have we presented in the first part of the resolution above ? A Conference , 1 am convinced , is needed , ' not merely to draft plans of organisation , but to try and ascertain why all former and excellent organisations have failed ? Why each successive association has been weaker , and more insignificant than its predecessor , until now we have one that is , what it is I I repeat , it is high time that we met to confer aa to whether the fault
is in the cause we have taken in hand ? in the character of the people to whom we have addressed purselves ? or iu our own conduct ? Until this has been done , and the error , whatever it may be has been fully and completely rectified , resolutions may be passed by the yard , letters written by the mile , speeches made by tbe league , they will all be comparitively useless ; and no association , worthy the name , will be realised , but we shall be continually treated to tbe delusion that " we must wait until the crisis arrives , " and then we shall see what we shall see ! Those who rely upon such an emergency to alter the character of the political institutions of this country do , I am sure , reason from the most eroneous data , as the experience of every change that has
taken place will show . The convictions of a nation are not to be overcome by a temporary commercial difficulty ; nor would i ' s be safe even for . democracy that snch should be the case ; revolutions arising out of such contingencies more frequently bring change than reform—despotism than liberty ! I would not give you a fi g for the moral power , or intellectual excellence of a political movement , deriving its influence from the casual agitation of dissatisfied stomachs . No man knows better than yourself , friend Lawson , how little confidence ought to be reposed in" crisis " or " panic " Chartists ; you have seen this last aird of mere agitators played so frequently and so badly , that whatever elss you may do you will not mistake tf for a trump . ; The delegates also resolved : —
"That we are in favour of an union with the Fraternal Democrats , the Social Reform League , and the National Reform League , providing that . the Charter be considered as the' means , and Social Reform as the end . " I bold : any such union to be utterly incompatible with that unreserved and unequivocal expression of opinion ; the right to which forms the basis of all permanent association . Each man has his own plan or belief , and which he will in fact , if
not in form , seek to render predominant , this he will do moit conscientiously ; and should be meet with opposition , as each one would from bis conscientious opponent , their wordy battle would ensue , and the Tower , which the political Babelites are now building , would fall beneath their own hands . Already , whilst engaged about tbe foundation of the edifice , this natural and unavoidable disagreement ha ^ arisen ; as appears from the report of their proceedings in the Star of the 19 th
ultimo;" Mr . Pettie said , that as a delegate from the Fraternal Democrats , he represented many who entertained Socialist opinions , and if they meant to strike out all the principles proposed in committee by that body , or render them subservient to the Charter , he should have no further faith in the Conference . " " Mr . Blair was of opinion , that if the Socialists did not believe the Charter to be the means to the end that any union with them would prove useless . " .. . . ' The Star of the 26 th ult . also further illustrates the force and truth of what I am urging unon your attention . In the report of the doings of " the Conference , " in that part of the paper , appears the following :-
« « Mr Pettie then found fault with the past conduct of the Chartist body , and stated that the Ropial Reformers had been the most powerful and Seoffivocates of the Charter , and their Sons alone had never belied their words . The i $ l ' Z 7 i the Chartist ? asking aid was a proof
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that-they - acknowledged ^ thW ^ upeiioF ^ lsceW ment . ;' :.: ,.. ; ., : . ¦' , '^¦¦ ¦ ; - y-ui > s . ' ^ -t "> : >' : h : ' ' 1 i v-: { : ' - ! -1 < l 1 * -If all . Socialists ^^ this ' ^ cimeri ^ ihlilc you will agree wuh nie ; thatfthey are Neither- cbiiceitediior immodest' As the . discussiq ^ prodeeded , the folly and absurdity of the proposed union Was mad © more apparent by Mr . J . B . O Brien—anindii vidUfcl with whom I do not often agree ; but between whom and myself there is : * perfect coincidence of opinion in the following observations made by him : — • ¦ ¦ ¦ - >¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ' ¦ - - ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦^ - ' . . 1 ¦ »_ .
- ^ Rights belonged equally to all classes . The public had been grossly , deceived by the dootrine , ; thattherewaanohope for them , but . in establishing communities , and abolishing all private property . The propagation of . that doctrine had been the nun of every revolution on . the continent , from 1793 down to the pieaent time . It was an excuse to government to oppoie them . ; it set all the propertied classes against them ; all who did not wish to give up thoir own homes . and live in barracks or communities , like the members of the " Happy Family , ' they saw shown about tho Btroets ; nothing could be less founded in fact , than this doctrine of community .
Without meaning the remotest offence . to those who look upon Communism as the perfection of haman society , I express my entire concurrence with Mr . O'Brien . Your ^ resolujion . " urges the prc » - priety of the union of " the Charter be considered the means , and social reform as the end . " ' . What . else has the Charter ever been : regarded as but as the means to social ends ? It has always been argued , and accepted as such , but the wisdom of attaching the specific kind of ends to be obtained by the Charter , never before was embraced within the scope of Chartist intellect , nor is it now to any-important extent . . ;" ^ , The next resolution is . one ' wbich . I think equally , injudicious ' and ill-timed . It is . evidently pointed at the National Reform . Association , and ia thus expressed : — . .: =. •> :- - ¦ . ¦ .:
" That we discountenance any' agitation having for its object a less measure of justice : than that contained in the People ' s Charter . " - ¦ "¦• ¦ ¦ : ¦'¦ ' The best answer that can be given to this resoUu tion is that furnished in the leading article of the Northern Star of the 19 th ult . ; and written by a gentleman of the broadest and deepest . views , not only of political questions , but also of social economics ; one who , from the extent of past-experience and opportunities of present observation of all classes and parties , is pre-eminently qualified to treat such a question with the coolness of a philosopher , and the disinterestedness of the patriot . Read carefully what follows : — ^? ' ;
"Our position , with reference to the National Reform Association , is well known . It has not been lightly taken up , and will not be abandoned except upon good and sufficient ; cause . Anything short of the Charter will fail to do justice to the people . A franchise based upon any other foundation than that of manhood alone , must ever be ( extend it as you may ) a class franchise . It must exclude from participation in political right some portions of the body politic , and by virtue of ; that exclusion , hold them in slavery to the rest of the community . We are opposed to slavery of every description , and therefore hold by the Charter as the only means of putting an end to political bondage , and of giving to the whole people the . right and the power of managing their-own affairs , instead of entrusting that duty to any number of privileged classes .
" But while thus devotedly and inseparably atr lached to Cbartism that is no reason why we should obstruct the path of those Reformers who , either from , want of logical power , or from motives of expediency , are unable to go that length , and content themselves with the advocacy of a more limited reform of our representative ^ . institutions . As far as their efforts . are honest and sincere , they must work for us . Every new addition to -popular : power
necessarily becomes a weapon ; with which to achieve fresh victories for the masses . Whether they like it or not—whether they mean it or not—the middle class Re / ormera aro fighting for the Charter as much as we are . If the . suffrage they , advocate was attained , and the electoral body swelled from some eight hundred thousand to three or . four millions , the remaining portion of the adult population would speedily find a path opened to them within the pale of tho Constitution . ,
The only practical difference between us is , whether political emancipation shall be achieved by one decisive and effectual blow , or by two . They prefer the latter ; for , as sure as Household Suffrage was carried , would . Universal Suffrage follow in its wake , and that at no distant period . " There ; is , under such circumstances , no reason whatever in the nature of the two parties why they should oppose each other . In this country , at least , lot us frankly recognise and act upon the right of every man to think for himself , and to act upon his convictions , either individually or collectively . Because we differ from the conclusions to which others have come , we are nob entitled , therefore , to
impugn the motives by which , they are actuated . They may be as pure and disinterested as our own ; and , at all events ,. it is the very ; essence of tyranny and intolerance ? to quarrel with , and denounce them , because they do not see matters precisely as we do . That is the evil spirit which has , heretofore , immured its victims in the dungeons of , the Inquisition , the Bastile , or Her Majesty ' s Prisons , under the tender caro of Sir George Grey .. Those possessed by the demon are but ill-fitted for the exercise of political freedom . They have . yet to emangipate themselves from the worst of all tyrannies—that which prompts them to be tyrannical and intolerant to others .
"Another reason—powerful , though based on expediency—why . Reformers should not quarrel with each other , is to be found in the palpable fact that their doing so . strengthens the common enemy . As long as the professed friends of Parliamentary Reform , whether by the . " Little" or the " Great " Charter , waste their energies in disputing with each other , the fabric of corruption is safe . Those who profit by the present system know full well that the disunion and divisions of the people constitute their real strength . Thosa who promote and fostor such divisions , however well-intentioned they may be ,
play tho game of the : privileged oligarchy , which monopolises power and patronage and legislative influoneein England , ¦;• ¦ . " Here , therefore , aro good and substantial reasons for union among professing reformers of all degrees ; reasons which should induce them to seek for points of agreement rather than difference , and to travel cordially together as far as their . respective paths lie togetLer . Thero is no reason why those who propose the longest journey Bhould Btop short of their destination—neither is there any why they should refuse company , 'assistance , and security , on a part of the journey . " ;
A Chartist movement to be in any measure successful in England ; as it appears to me , must partake of the spirit and philoEophy of this article ; such a movement would , lam certain , rhake , giantstrides amongst all classes ; but if there are amongst its those who refine to listen to the still small voice of reason , as whispered by the editor of the Star , then they can damage only themselves , 'and their own cause , as opposition to the general movement of-reform outside the Chartist ranks would resemble- a
dismantled ' vessel of small tonnage , . dashed about by the indignant sea' of public opinion ,, an d' beaten to atoms on . the rock of national common ( sense . I would have , the Chartists Buhjugate every . available element to their purposes . ; and I know of no one more likely to render them that assistance , which they cannot render themselves , than the National Parliamentary Reform Association—a body which has upon its books the names of many of those persons whose names are most closely allied with the movement for the People ' s Charter .
I shall notice but one more of the resolutions adopted at your delegate meeting ) aa it foreshadows much that is mischevous , and nothing that is useful , It 13 : - : : ¦< : ¦ .:- ¦ : . - ;¦ ' . ¦ . - ; - " That as soon as the circumstances of the case will admit , a contingent fund'shall bo ' raised for'the purposes of defending the prisoners , and maintaining their families during time 3 of political persecution . " : " ' : ' ' ¦ " . ;• ¦ ¦ , ; ¦;¦ ¦ : This suggested provision for prospective prosecutions looks too much like the past to augur good in the coming times ; you have seen all the past prosecutions , and can you , at this moment ; call to mind one single advantage which the Chartist cause has derived from them ? I believe with Edward Mial , that the patriotism of bvgone days is madness in those
of the present ; and after the matureat reflection , I have been forced to the conclusion , that of all victims to the prosecutions which have been instituted against Chartists , that the Charter itself lias suffered most , both in character and means of success . If it were only to avoid " victims" and " victim funds " in the future , let us have a Conference of men—not only of words , but of moral courage , prepared to say and do what is consistent with sense and reason , and I bave no doubt that a line of action may be marked oat , which will render the avocations of both braggarts and spies abortive during the remainder of the struggle for our rights . I am , dear Sir , Truly yours , 144 , High Holborn , Thomas Ciauk . October 30 th . '
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.. " ; 5 ^ Tl 6 lA , L A ^ SaOIATIOK : OF ;; : : h \\^ ia { tpilEDrTRADES . : ^ --- n iTii S . DcifcoMBBji EBo , ;; M ; P ., President .. ' . ' , k .-.-j ¦^' ¦ ¦^ ^" ' Established . 18 i 5 i . - ' ' : ;; ; ¦ . " ' ; " . I "" ; ' .:. ;; - ' ' " lii . tJVSTlIU . " . . ... ' . . •¦' : ''' : " ¦ - •* ' : ' ¦ < ' , "Ifitwerepossible for the working classes , by com rStT ? ft emse j $ ?' K ^ e , or keep up the general rate of wages ,, it need . hardly bo said that this wodd be a thing not to be punibhed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced Ml • StniBTMiii . _ The'magistrates , decision / as delivered . by the
Mayor ot woiverhampton , and printed by us last week froman authorised copy , upon the appealof ¦ Mr . Edward Perry to the Mayor for protection , is a document of immense importance , not merely to the Tin Smiths of Wolverhampton , to whom it more directly applies , but by inference to the working classes of that town and neighbourhood , and of the whole kingdom , In that document . the constitutional legality of tho whole proceedings , taken by advice of tho Central Committee , ia fully and simply recognised . In clause 2 , the Mayor , himself a lawyer , says , for himself and brother magistrates !— ' ! Since the Combination Acts have been repealed , the working classes have the fullest , right to meet and discuss
thtdir interests , and to be advised by whoever they please . " Here the mission and office of the Central Committee is pronounced by no mean authority , legal and constitutional , as the advisers of the working classes . That is , whether wo go in our vocation to Wolverhampton , or any other place , we go ^ in a capacity , dearly recognised by law as the chosen and paid advisers arid advocates of our members . The limits within which this right is to be exercised is also clearly shown , and has always been strongly enforced by the Central Committee . Nothing could so much damage our cause as violence or intimidation . And it has been a source of great satisfaction to ui , that through this long and exciting contest , no sinele case of a
breach of the peace has been brought against any member of the National Association . The only peace breaker during the contest ) being the pugnacioua ex-Town-Councillor , George Perry , tho brother of ex-Town-Councillor , Edward Perry . Clause 3 is equally important . The mayor sayfl , in substance , that no printed book or list of prices can fix or adjust tho wages of labour , We are aware , and wo respectfully assure the mayor and magistrates , that the working classes generally , of this country are fully cognisant of that fact . They are quite aware that no printed list or book , emanating from masters or workmen , can in the end determine the rate of wages . Nor is it with such a view that the Wolverhampton book was framed .
We believe that tho present state of trade would afford a much higher wage than is stated in that book , were the relation of labour and capital properly understood and honestly considered . Wo assure the mayor and magistrates that tbe only object we have in advising this printed book of prices , is to meet an acknowledged and obvious evil ; that the wages of labour is not governed in the tin trade of Wolverhampton'by any known law of equity or of policy , but entirely at the caprice of the individual injustice , rapacity , and avarice of each individual employer . The printed book , therefore , is an attempt by the tin plate workers of Wolverhampton to regulate , for the time being , the price or value of their labour , with due consideration to the fair interests of tho employers generally .
It is not presumed to be a fair price , but very considerably below what the present condition of the tin trade would admit . -But we have counselled moderation j we are striving to introduce among the recipients of wages the same principle which has been found to act so well and beneficially for the recipients of profits . We seek , by our printed book , to guard the fair trader from the destructive tendencies of an ill-regulated competition . Our printed list is no more to be considered as an attempt to fix , : or determine tho value or price of wages , than the formal resolution of the iron masters that of iron . The value of iron and the value of wages are equally governed by other laws , but we think both the one and the other capable of
regulation , with advantage to all parties concerned , and of the public in general . In ihe fourth paragraph , the mayor unequivocally condemns Mr . Perry ' s written contracts for hiring , and states the magistrate's strong repugnance " to commit upon them , except when absolutely necessary . " They are destructive to " the workman's right of locomotion . He becomes the absolute slave of his employer . In addition . to those caseB which have been given in our articles , showing the use , or rather the abuse , of these agreements , when in the hands of such men as this Perry , we will now give an outline of a late case , which will more than justify our denunciations of this system of hiring , and the magistrate ' s " strong objection to
commit upon tnem , except in cases oi aosoiuto necessity . " .- ¦¦ In the early part of this strike , Mr . E . Perry was beating up in all parts of England for recruits . A poor ¦ ' man in Liverpool , who , being disabled by sickness , had been in regular employment , was informed that he might get employment in Wolverhampton , at Mr . E . Perry ' s . The man , upon his arrival in Wolverhampton , presented himself at Mr . Perry ' s factory , where no doubt a great many fine things were told him , but tho roal position of affairs between thatperson and his workmen was carefully concealed . He was easily drawn into signing one of these man-trap agreements , and became Mr , Perry ' s slave—how completely the sequel will show .
In a few weeks tho poor man received information of tho dangerous illness of one of his children , with an intimation that , if he wished to see his loved child again and alive , in this world , he must hasten to Liverpool , The poor fellow—forgetful , in the intensity of his sufferings , of Perry or his agreements—flew , with all the anxious feelings of a father , to the bed of his dying child , and arrived , \> e believe , in time to see it breathe its last . But this was the beginning of his misfortunes . His remaining child , and his wife , were ; both stricken down by the same fell disease ; and there was the wretched father , penniless , with a home so tenanted I
In the meantime , a warrant had been issued at the suit of Mr . Perry , who , it is but charitable to suppose , was at this time ignorant of tho peculiarity ; 0 f the man ' s position . An officer was sent to Liverpool , and arrested tho man as he was returning to his home with a few boards he had begged , for the purpose of making a coffin for his dead child . ' ii Neither tho law nor its executors have much to do with humanity . ' The officer was compelled to the performance , to him , no doubt , of a painful nature , to tear this wretched father from his unburied child and his sick family , and return with him to Wolverhampton . He was taken before'the magistrates , and there was also Mr . Town CounT cillor . Porry , to prosecute a charge of violation of
a civil contract . Theman , in his defence , told his piteou 8 tale of suffering , ; corroborated by the evidence of the officer in its main features . The magistrate , and every human being in that court , save one—tho cold-hearted , relentless Perry—was moved with compassion , for the careworn , attenuated being who stood at that bar—a prisoner . The magistrates presumed that , under the circumstances , all that Mr , Perry could require , was for tho man to return to his work . Mr . Perry said no ; he would be of no uso to him ; ho demanded his committal ' to gaol ; - In vain did the' magistrate try to soften the granite-hearted Perry , utterly in vain—to Stafford —to Stafford—away with him—away with him . But ho , the magistrate judged otherwise . He considered tho justice of the caso ' would be met , by ¦
ordering ; the man to return to his work , and to pay the expenses , which amounted to nearly four pounds . : : ' .. ¦ .. ' ' . And there was this wretched father , utterly incapable of labour , butboimd , by law , to remain in Wolverhampton ,. wandering for days tho streets , an outcast , dependant for existence upon such casual support as the humanity of the tinmen afforded him .. And this is the legal operation of these arguments , this , in England—tho boasted abode of Freedom—on the bare touching of whose soil ( it is fabled ) , tho manacles drop from the limbs of the slave : JiiWhat a . farce ! 'What a national egotism !! But tho concluding paragraph of the mayor's judgment has , we-think , given the death-blow to these detestable ; documents . : The hired men are pronounced entitled to the standard wages of the town . It will be their fault if they do not
enforce it . ; . . : ¦• • • But retributive justice bas asserted its supremacyJ Public opinion , as-we asserted some weeks ago , has proved stronger than Edward Perry ; and there he is , at this day , the rejected , town councillor of two wards in Wolvorhampton—tbe persecutor of Hallett , of Haynes , and of the I last poor Liverpool victims , is the rejected of the burgesses of Wolverhamptoa . . : Ourispace will only allow us to give w hurried narrative' of the stirring events of the past week . Mr . Porry ' s term of office ( three years ) as town councillor for the wavd of St . Paul's , having terminated , ho expeoted to be re-elected without opposition ; but tho tin men , desirous of showing Mr . littl and
Perry that they also have some e power infiuenco in the borough , determined to oppose him . A requisition was got up , signed in a few hours by nearly 150 burgess voters , and presented to Mr . Brazier , an eminent and highly respected manufacturer ; fathor-in-law to Mr . Shoolbred , who had modestly declined to accept the proffered honour . Mr . Brazier , however , upon a requisition so numerously and respectably sighed , consented to stand , and was immediately announced . Mr . Perry , in consternation , commenced a hurried , and , Aye are happy to say , a fruitless canvas ; ¦ Ho felt compelled to withdraw his pretensions , and the working men ' s candidate ' walked triumphantly over the course . The discomfitted Perry rushed in despair to St . John ' s , pluoky to the last , held a family
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council , at which it was-determined thatiihis brother , George HenrV ^ shou ld resign" a year before his tirao , in his favour " ; and thus , by the combined influ- -. < ence of thofamily . maintainitshohoursuridimiriislied , in the ' person of tho hopes of family . This arrange- ; menf waB probably much facilitated by the facfc . that George Henry stood iu the somewhat unenviable ' position for a town councillor , of being a convicte d ; misdemeanant , haying been just fined £ o for a ruffianly assault upon an unoffending man . He , therefore—we think wisely—withdrew himself from a position where his presence might be unpalatable t © others ^ and painful to himself . ; . E .-Perry became , therefore , candidate with Dr . Mannixthe magistrate , for . the two vacancies . '
, The tin men , elated with their Buocesa ; in St . Paul ' s , transferred their energies to defeat their arch-enemy in his new position . Mr Frederick Walton wasthen appealed to , andconsented to beput in nomination . Then- came the tug of war . A sharp and vigorously contested election ensued , and the working men ' s candidate returned triumphantly at the bead of the poll ; the numbers being at its close :-F . Walton , Esq ., 199 ; Dr . Mannix , US , E . Porry , Esq ., U 9 .-= Majority for Mr . Walton , 80 . We heartily congratulate the Tin Plate Workers of Wolvorhampton on this splendid double , victory . It proves to them the power of Union . It shOUltt teach them a lesson . they ought never to forget , that the principle of combination , when exercised
temperately and judiciously , is omnipotent . But we are not yet out of tho battle . Another vacancy occurred in the same ward , arid the twicebenten Perry was again in the field . A Mr . Dehane was selected to oppose him , but his chances of success was even less than before ; he therefore withdrew in favour of a Mr . Moore , a railway contractor , tommy-shop-keeper , and all that . To thiamighty personage did the discomfitted Perrys makeover all that remained of their faded influence . Mr , Moore himself vowed to win , if it cost him £ 500 ,. and in pursuance of this noble resolution every public-house , gin-shop , and beer-house in the ward of St . John ' s were thrown open free , gratis , fornothing , by purity-of-election Moore . All thecab *
were bought up . Bands of music , and all the pomp and circumstance of a parliamentary election contest called into requisition . But , alas ! Mr . Perry was doomed to another defeat , in the person of his nominee . The pole closed thus : —Mr . Dehaney 171 ; Mr . Moore , 140—Majority for pehane , 31 . These splendid victories are , of immense importance .. Mr . Perry ridiculously attributes all hiB discomfitures to the National Association ; and Ihe Central Committee , upon whose head : ho empties the vials of his wrath in a long prosy whinging and lying address . As for the abuse of such a man tho Central
Committee deem it highly honourable to them . But for their influence over the burgesses of St . Paul ' s or St . John ' s it is simply absurd ; and highly insulting to the said burgesses . No . Mr . ex-town councillor Perry , it is your bad , vindictive , persecutingspirit which has disgusted every right-thinking man , to whom your deeeds are known . They think , sir , and have proved it by their votes , that you have , by your recent acts disqualified yourself as a candidate for civic honours . Ponder , sir , upon the ' events of tho last few days , and profit by them . If wo might advise you , we would recommend yon to burn all your agreements and liberate your slaves , pay to the labourer his hire , and ease your mind from the oppressive weight which it must now be groaning under . Wiixiam Peei , , Secretary .
Temple-street , Wolverhampton , November 3 rd , Dear Pbei , —This week has been a week of extraordinary excitement and glorious victory . You will , no doubt , remember when you and Mr . Fleming were here , that we all agreed as to the desirability of making known the grievances under which the Tin Plate Workers of tbis town labour , and to show to the public who is the principal cause of preventing those grievances from being removed ; and further , that we should take every opportunity of bringing the question , before the pubUo when he presented himself to ' the electors of St . Paul ' s ward ( the ward in which he resides ) , for re-election
to the Town council . We have acted upon that advice , with the aid of several geDtlemenin this town , and succeeded in returning Mr . Joseph Brazier , father-in-law , by marriage , to Mr . William Shoolbred , to the council , in the room of E . Perry . Mr . Brazier is a gentleman , and , as an employer , gives - entire satisfacion to his workmen , by giving them good advice and liberal wages . Mr . E . Perry , after canvasing the ward , and not being able to get even a respectable minority , fell back upon the ward of St . John ' s to supply a vacancy occasioned by his brother George ( who wa& fined £ 5 at the Police ' Court for assault ) , who went out of office , and , as an inducement to encourage the electors , report says , that he danced and sung , "He wouldn't go
home till morning . The candidates for the office were three gentlemen , two of whom we believed were the true friends of the working classes . Dr . Mannix , a county magistrate , was one who signed the decision of tho Tin Plate Workers ; the second was Pi Walton , Esq ., on © 6 f the Tin Plate manufacturers , who gives the book list of prices , and is determined to adhere to the book ; the other was Edward Perry , the man-who has set at defiance the magistrates and tho workmen , and who had the temerity to issue a bill , containing the most foul libels on ourselves and gentlemen who raised him from insignificance and comparative poverty toopulence and power . He also stated to the voters in an address , " I am informed there are interested ' parties who attempt to injure me in your estiuia- tion , because I have obieeted to conduct my
business in accordance with the dictates of the National Trades' Association . In reference to my workmen , I do not believe they will effect their object ; your votes will confirm my opinion ; " and the votes , aa declared by the aldermen and assessors , after all - the cunning and altering of papers of Perry ' s party stood thus—P . Walton , Esq ., 199 ; Dr . Mannnix , 198 ; E . Perry , 119 . Thus he stands convicted in the opinion of the- voters of St . John ' s ward by a majority of eighty votes , and by the unanimous votes of St . Paul ' s ward , and- this he ascribes to the National ¦ Association of United Trades . -. But , let me inform . you , 'it was the good men , both rich and poor , of Wolverhampton , who have set their facQa - against-Mm : and his foul ¦ praotices . :. ¦ : . ¦ : ' .-.: ' „ ¦ ¦• : ¦ . - . ¦¦ . ¦' . < . ¦; - .. ¦ : ;/ . ¦ I am , dear Peel , yours respectfully ; - - •• : .. Thomas-. Wintebs . v-
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: ' . ' i ; . * .. . ¦ ' ' ' ¦ '¦ Fugitive Slave in Liverpool . —Henry B . Brown / a fugitive slave from Richmond , Virginia , arrived in . this town on the 1 st instant , by the Constantino , packet-ship , from Amerioa . On the 29 th of March , 1849 , he escaped from bondage in rather a remarkablej manner . He was packed in a box three ' feet ! long , two and a half feet deop , and two feefc wide . Confined in this small space , he was forwarded by railroad and steam-boat from Richmond ' to Philadelphia , a distance of 350 miles . Thepackage was dirooted to one of the leading antislavery men in Philadelphia , and-was twenty-seven hours on the road . The ' sufferings of the poor fellow may . be imagined when it is known that the only accesses for fresh air were through small
gimlet holes . in tho sides of the box ; and ' although written directions were placed to "keep this aide up , " for more than two hours the box was turned upside down , the runaway slave being for that time with his feet up and his head down . Brown is a ' , fine intelligent looking man , about thirty five yearsof age . Since his oaoapo from slavery he has earned 1 ajsubsiafceiico * by exhibiting , ; 5 n tho free states-of America , a panorama of some of the appalling scenes resulting , from the existence of slavery . He alao delivered lectures against slavery , and thua rendered himself very obnoxious to the slaveownevfl ¦ '• of tho states . Under these circumstances it was ¦ - '•' not to be wondered that , armed with the powers of tho Fugitive Slave Bill , an attempt should ba ¦ ¦
mado to' arrest him . Two such , attempts ; wer ©'• made , and it was with the greatest difficulty Brown '' made his escape to this couetry . He is accompanied j by James Boxer Smith , also . a coloured man , but notaBlave , who assisted to box him up at Rioh- ' mond , and who bas . also rendered liimself obnoxious to the slave party in America by his connexion with' > ¦ Brown . These two men have landed ' on our ; shore * - - almost penniless . They contrived , to get their " panorama on board the vessel with-them , but they : are unable to release it , unloss they , receive assist- •' ¦ ' ance from some kind friends of the coloured race .-ITatnau ' s "Victims , —The following letter from ;'; CountBethlen , ' Coloneland formerlyiCommanded : '• of the Cavalry in ; Transylvania , has been published . - '
It is addressed : to . a ; friend residing m . England . : Comment on . it w . ould be' superfluous . " The unfor- ¦ tunate Count Leiningen , to whom the letter : refers , t was a near relative of the half-brother ; , of our own Queen : —" You may imagine , ' ' ? j writes Count ; Bothlen , . . " the pleasure with whichl read the recep- - tion that the Austrian hangman had met with in , London .,. . The words , of General Count Leiningen . some hours before his . execution , are very remark- ' ¦ able m relation to thia . event . He sent for me to visit him for the poor victims had . an hour al- ; lowed tnem to take leave of their friends . I summoned up all the atrencth I could , as I entered his
room , and he spoko to me with tho greatest coolness . ' My dear friend , in a couple of hours I shaU be ho more . I assure you I die perfectly tranquil , in tho full conviction that I die for the most righteous of causes . The manner of my deatnl M ° ff ?; - ¦ s M ^ l = Se ?^ r . ; Se tnJ g ^ est sensation in . England and ™ eTmm < nd Tlaynau not to mtmm « vtn ( < c &n land , for the people mil stone him . 'Z
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:-. t--- ' MUHIES ^ EGfIVEO — - . Fob the Week Ending -Thdhsbat , SOYEMBBB' 7 t H , ' 1850 . " .. .. . ; . tor rag ' . ¦ ' '¦ ' ¦¦ ' WIKBINCrllP OF THE LASB COMPM R « ceiyea by W , Ribk .-. ilarket Lavingtoh ; per P . A . Love 7 s 63—Merthyr TydvU ; per J . Owen 15 s 6 d—John BevereM , » idcottls 6 d-0 . Payne , Abingdon 2 s 9 d-Raddiffe Bndge , per It . Hamer Is—G . Anslow , Didcot Is . TSE H 05 ESTY FU 5 D . Received by W . Ru > nL—N 6 rwicn , per J . Hurry Is—W . Tresham , Merthyr Tjdrille Si . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER ^ Received by Jobs Absott . —Wingate Grange , per Mr . Norman 15 s 2 d—Newton , per J . Kickards 4 s 6 d—Yarmouth per J . Royal 5 s—Mr . A . Williams Is 3 d—Thomas Jones Is .: FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Received by-TV . Sides . —J . Roxby , Morton Colliery 63 . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . Rjdeb . —J . Devereu , Didcot 6 d—J . Uoxby , Murton Colliery 2 s—6 . Payne , Afeingdon Is—H . Robinson , 11 , Greenside-Etreet , Edinburgh 2 s 6 d—Barns % , perf . Mirficld 3 sl 0 d—Sowerby , ex-tocality , per S . Moofes is—Three Hftudloom Weavers , Mston village li fid ^ j . Burton , Norwich 4 d—E . F . Payaeaud G . Davis , CSreacester Mr . Lewis , Queen-street , Soao 6 d—Nottingham , per J . Sweet H « s 7 d—From Birmingnam—Ship Inn , pet ^ J . Newhouse 15 s—Collected at Mr-PusseH ' s , per J . Ne ^ ttouse 4 s—Mr . Ireland , per J . Newterase Is—M . Hayle , Broomsgrore ls—RadcIiffe Bridge , per K , Hamer 5 s 6 d—Bradford ( Yorkshire ) , a few Land Aiemfcecs , per J . ConneU 4 s 9 d—Homfirtb , per J . Hirst is 6 d—Norwich , a fetv friends at the < Joecn * s tlead , St . Giles , per C . SpriiighaHSs —^ Hawick , per J . 4 . Hogg 8 s—A yemng Socialist Charttst , EdinhurgU ls- ^ tTsxvorth , perB . Mould ^ s—Kidderminster , per G . Hollowaj -6 s 9 d—D . Frost , Nether Haugh Is—Sotherham , per -J . -Stansfield 2 s—Shefield , per W . Groves II 5 s—Todmorfien , ! per J . Mooney 13 s 4 d—J . Cooks , "Shindiff Collieiy" 5 d—Norftampton , $ «• J . Starmer 10 s--Srighton , per W . Lewis 10 s—fiecewed % y Jons Aesott . —C . Young , per ¦ & . Kill 6 d—Four Frienfe . Newton , per -3 . Rickards Is—t . Waddington , per $ . Blake Is—Part Proceeds of Concert , held at the . Bock , jUsson-grove ( Eaanett's Brigade ) , per J . Blake Us . . FOR DR . H ^ DOUALL . Beceiwd % y W . Rideb . —Barnsley , per F . Mirfeeld 2 s . «¦ ^ ^ ¦> ¦ a _ . .. h
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Howabj ) Athex ^ cit . —Miss Davenportcommenced her engagement under the most encouraging circumstances . The hou ? e waa crowded * and the " Boston favourite" appeared in her greatest partthat of the Countess , in Sheridan Knowles ' s Love Miss Davenport was received with tremendous applause , amidst a shower of bouquets ^ wreaths , &o . To-nighfc Miss Davenport plays Pauline , in the Ladu of Lyons . The orchestra of the Howard paid * the compliment of a serenade to Miss Davenport , at the Tremont , after the performance Jast evening . — . Boston Daily Times , Oct . 15 th , 1850 ,
Hip , hip , Uubhau !—Originally a war cry , used by the stonners of a German town , wherein a great many Jews had taken their refuge . The place being ¦ acked , they were all put to the a word , under tho shouts of Ifierosolyma est perdita ! From the first letter of those words ( H . e . p . ) an exclamation was contrived . " V 7 e little think , when the red wine sparkles in the cup , and soul-stirring toasts are applauded by our " Hip , hip , hurrah ! " that wo record the fall of Jerusalem , and the cruelty of Christians against the chosen people of God . —Notes and Queries .
Elephaxis from Cetlos . —The ship Persia , Captain Stevens , arrived in the West India Pock ? , from Ceylon , on the 31 st ult ., having on board two very fine young elephants , the property of the commander , besides a number of monkeys ,- owls , civet cats , moose deer , < fcc , consigned to the Royal Zoological Society , Re ? ent s Park . The animals are all in very fine condition , and can be seen at present on board the vessel in the import dock . The elephants are male and female , being about two years old , and standing about four feet high , and are remarkable for their docility and playfulness , which won the kind attention and esteem of all the passengers during the voyage homeward . Swede * —At Upsal , in Sweden , on the 12 th ult ., a fire broke out in the Royal Hospital , an immense building The flames spread with great violence ,
and were increased by a strong north wind . In & little while the whole building was a mass of name , and the bede , 900 in number , and all other things it contained , were reduced to cinders . The firo continued buKiing until nothing was left standing but the outer walls . At the commencement of the conflagration , all efforts were employed to rescue the sick ; and , out of 711 , all were saved except twentythree , who were burned to death . These twentythree were affected with mental alienation , and were confined in cells—in the third story of one of the wings . A Mosstkb FiDDtE . —Mr . Wiliam Green , shipping agent at Folkestone , received on the 1 st inst ., irom laris , an " octobasse" which we believe is intended for M . Jullien , of the Theatre Royal , Drury-lane . The wonderful dimensions of this instrument maybe ima gined from its height being d ° tt ^ independent of the stand ! me tones will he nrniWn . ] if . j _» « : _
cular pieces on the fingerl bo ^ * JS £ S . a We 88 i J ng often mlssed V * ose who ronafter pleasure , and g enerally found by those want pleasure to rDnaftertbem . y
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The Wokkino Men of Leicester have presented to the Museum of that town a bust of Sir Robert Peel , value £ 105 .
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Rxpb e ' sestahos of PoxiEFEACT .--The Hon . B . ^ eilby ZawJey , the eldest son of Lord Wenlock , is a candidate for the representation of Pontefract . The Pouvoir , the celebrated organ of the Elysee , b oa the eve of extinction . _ . . i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 9, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1599/page/5/
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