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      ** " " ^ lecture to chartists . cT ^ t do yon Chartist blackguard * mean By tkrowi the blinders of your een , An' keeking thro * the sacred screen ^ O" Ch « rtb and State ; StriTing to pull baith Prisst and Queen *^ Down off their seat . » 50 T dare a blind unlearned clao joe -ways o" wisdom try to scan , Qr find a fauh -wi' ony P *^ Thai tM lay down , Tbii ' t for tbe benefit o * man Eke Kirk or Crown » Jj-yeien , ye stubborn rebel race , jS them that fill a sacred pUee , ^ jj insGTiineats o' God's grace

      For your aalT » tion ; JbjJ sect to gar' yon keep tbe peace An" pay taxation ? Qu mtod your looms , yon l « sy dogs , j ^ d scrape your sour and filiny cogs , And keep your pikes to kill tbe bogs When they torment yon ; 3 i not despise , ye graceless hogs , "What heaven has sent you . in" yon , ye black-mole-howkin ' Tannin " Of » " tout tribe the mastaUnnin ' , Ytfre ' sarelj heard some deril ' s sermon Far down below ; Th * 4 "» sent yea frse the mountains swaxmin . ' To strike the blow .

      Te " re jast a squad o' hell ' s militia Send up to plague the human specie , _ iji' fcurl car Bishops plump an" creshie To your black dan ; £ & tear tie lira ' s fat and fleecy Frae honest men . Ho * dare s lira' man complain ; list fcsars the gospel pnreand dean , DJeaded by a virtuous Queen , An' gussand swords , And priests that weel can draw the screen Aff Hebrew words ? Te ' re rarely sprucg fxae Tile poBntionj ia' vroTL'd try to n ^ ee ^ persecution , ijsiast oar glerioaa Constitution ; Where freedom reigns , rnspoSi&d wj bbci superstition .

      Or Tyrants chains . Per instance , when ye ' re near band dead Thra' wint o' breath , or wsat o" bread , JovTifTee to starve wi" your grey head , On your ain pillow ; Or on seme farmer " * midden-stead"Wha ' s no ill-willie . Ttt , tit' yanr freedom shines so bright i . E' &re so West Wi * gospel light , With Priests aad Queens to keep yon tig Jit At Ems' expence : Ye grudge and growl frae morn to night , For want o' sense . YiTe a" s&e beat on -worldly gear ; Aad tbhJi year Government sae dear , — Tb . o * £ Ity millions in the year

      'S a' the amoaat , To pay baith . Priest and Queen and Peer , A' sma' account . You should no feed a carnal pleasure , Id boarding cp this -world ' s treasure ; Eat ESth and rust corrupt at leisure And thieves d © steal ; Far better be a true believer And beg for meaL Be » je content and not envious , And lift yocr hat as jegzng by us ; Attend the Kiik , and -work to pay us Frae fire to tea -, And Hoi well ever say y » nTe pions Weel thintin - men . Aliqcis . TaTkak , March 27 th , 1841 .

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      S 0 X > ET ON TRUTH AXD HO > ESTY . Wij is the diamond waxing valueless Ilia ' s brkhtestgem which erst would raise him np , And show him noblest of God ' s works—grown : dim Secuse of late fraud wears a lighter brow , Icaa it was went , and truth and honesty Are so unlike the times and vicious age , Thii they at worn-out words will be disused . Por few can live are by dishonesty , Ssee trkkery is so habitual ; 0 ihK the days may soon arrive when truth HsaHre-assame her ancient dignity , And honesty shall shine with wonted glow . Season regain her seat and rulers rule Unpractised in the mazas of deceit J . Yeb . > -ox

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      50 X . VET TO JUSTICE . 0 God-like Eire * f more than mortal frame , In spotless vesture of unchanging hue , ¦ R"hi > ever didst the honest path pnrsae Andstiil ictain ' st thy bright eternal fame ! 0 teach , thy votaries—ere they lisp thy name , Thy sacred nature—and that tbon dost do To others , as they would be done unto . Troth and thy operations are the same , Seem ? thy aims are only to restore An equilibrium to the long lost poise Of mental ri ghts—to raise and keep the poor " Above the harnessed brute whom death destroys Thy arms nay be be defeated oft and sore , But justice in a final conquest joys . Socttmoitoii . J . YEHSOH .

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      AX EXIQ 3 IA . "K"fe * n tte whi spering Zephyrs of sweet summer ' s eve , Breathe sofUy o ' er Albioa'a isle ; when the mild-setting ran is just taking his leave , I tm everywhere met with a smile . from the cold frozen north when Boreas comes forth , _^ Anfl th * landscape is buried in snow , nha in hoar-headed frost my limpidity ' s lost , * J * a carefully parctlitd in straw . I » the storm and the tempest , mid mountains of sarf , Oa the billowy ocean I ride ; x « at Sjinerset House I ' m as rnvg as a mouse , By tbe Spanish Ambassador ' s side .

      wittPsJmersfr n I am a favourite too , As Well u with LiUey the nurse ; «» for all they can do I ' m a prisoner I vow , In the Dake of Northumberlaaas purse . ¦ jp J . C . E 1 L 10 T ¦ tt'Jta , Apnl isth , ISil . *?* Answen in tobb are requested .

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      * £ : Bcckisgham , the indefatigable traveller and H = » nptioiust , has bow in the yres 3 a new work , we result of his recent researches in America , and »* * 4 Sri ? " America " Hi 5 ^ " ^ . Statistical , \*^ t haTe ? y reawn to anticipate that this trill oe&most valuable addition to our natioaal literature . flTp pn : a : i * wiji ^ Mr . Buckingham ' s Travels ia Si ' , W l € F 5 - haTe loD S enjoyed , are sufficient "Wence of fia experience , and powers of obaervawii ^ an extensiTe traTeller ; and the position ] £ ~ L ^ qwntly filled , the Editor of several fi ll " 7 ° ^ . &nd as a member of the British fa S * Coamons , afforded him the best oppor"" TOfis of knowing wha * are thegabjects of inquiry "s . POHssas the greatest interest for the TrabticTm ' - nd .

      « , now tae infonnat : on acquired on these may be ^ Presented to the public attention . k £ ™« ots three years' residence , Mr . Buckingt od TnT ^ . actlve ] y eD S ased in making an extensive J ™ J »« wrte snrrey of the United States of America ; ^« advantages Tvbidi iave fallen to the lot of ittima J ? % ' hls VredecAs ^ rs , —in the close and t £ ^™ 1 ?? . w which he "" admHted with ladi ^ v hgent and JnSaential of all classes , in tae Wide range over which his inquiries testo !^ ti ! 5 Jr mbracmK tfae geography , scenery , of tW ^ n ^ 7 ^ 0 Ils ' resoarce 3 » and social condition ^ country , ln all their variety and extent . » ed » irf 5 i 5 that hi 3 fortneoming -work has Pttft > n 7 « ady ¦? am P le and ™ ° s * distingai £ hed wVb ^ fv ^ the weal'ay classes of society , and fifiM * Publishers will see the propriety of ^ ¥ K * eceap copy for extensi ve dr c ulation ; sis we Mr . Bd * W > , ° that Buch a work ,. written by if dIm ^\ w 2 , V * Z would ** mosi extensively read Fi « ea withm the means of working men .

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      THE FLEET PAPERS . Pavey , London , la oar ] ast week ' s renew of Mr . Oarer's papers 'quoted pretty freely , especially that portion re ~ KiSr ^ MarEhall ' smil ] s "d ^ e evidence of fcilowSL" ^ snb ^ fe con"nned . We give the in * f ^| P ^^ ie to show that the absolute £ hor ?« n-^ Ubom . ! ?^^ aEse rti ° ni bnt a melancholy " « . borne out by irrefragable evidence . — « ai ! S ^ ' " letter ' describe to you the conk * 6 » twTf PPy conditi 011 of ^ e Brifish labonrers fedowJaTif ^^ ¦* hieil " ^ » yBtem basnow tfc . r ^ "itm . It 18 enOUEh . for 1 > V nnmni nnn ^ u

      , ^^« o ? t 2 f tory l 0 ^ ' - J- a liSGiriS « U » irHft ? S l ^ P ^ Ucly called tbe attention fcfc er \?* £ i p- . 1116 Utter fa « - ln W » memorable Urd&j p ^ 3 ^ itzwiliitm , he thus apostoophises his

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      « 'look again , at the crowded streets of our great m * nn /* otariag town *; peruse the variotu statistic accounts , by lmpirUal dbserrera , of tbe terrible destitntion—the fearful want , disease - , degradatidn , misery , physical and moral , In every shape that reigns there . Look at the wan and haggard faeei of the workpeople that come into oar courts of justice , that attend our public meetings . See hou > Oie very race of Englishmen is dwindiin g down , and degenerating under-the tffecti of the unremitting labour , the unsnfficient and nnwhole-» me food , that their country ' s laws allow them to enjoy . " " Metbinka , Sir , that if you have attentively read my last letter , you will admire the ingenuousness of Mr . J , Gh Marshall ' s candid confewion ; however yon may be astounded by hit audacity , in charging those « vU » upon the aristocracy .

      " The picture is faithful—it is painted by a master hand . The cause , so far as Mr . Marshall is concerned , is given from the lips of his own slaves , copied in my last letter from official documents . Do turn to the evidence of those poor ' wan and haggard workpeople , " and say , is not the system adopted in Mr . Marshall ' s mills eminently e&lcuhvted to produce just such * a destitnte , diseased , and degraded population , ' si Mr . J . G Marshall describes ? Is not the ' unremitting labour " damanded and obtained by Mr . Marshall , sure ' to dwindle down and degenerate the very race of Englishmen ?• Tben , as to the insufficient and unwholJsome food that their country ' s laws allow them to enjoy , " see the lavs of Mr . Marshall ' s mill interfering , bo as to make that food still more ' insufficient and unwholesome , " nay , so very bad , as to be rejected altogether by

      his ' wan and haggard' slavts , and to be given np rthna increasing the wages of his overlooker out of the small pittance of his 8 ! avesj to the pigs of their tormentor . ' " The only equivalent which the nation gains by this system of horror , is , that Mr . Marshall may have made a million or two of pounds , and bo may a few more such patriots as he . The wonder is , that having created snch misery , his son should oave tbe hardihood to exhibit its picture , and cast the blame upon a Noble , whose fault has been , an unwearied endeavour to uphold the system of philosophy , which ensures the destruction of tbe nobles and the people , a : id the exaltation of the Lords of the Mills—the Marshallhna . No donbt , Eirl Fitzwilliain deserves reproof , but ^ receive it from a Mankall , is what his Lordsliip never could have expected .

      <; Mr . J . Q . -Hifaaill refew Eirl Fitzwilliam to ' the various statistical accounts by impartial observers , " for proof of bis assertions . I find , in the Report of tbe Committee on the Factories' Regulation Act , from which volume I quoted teiy largely in my last— ' a statistical account , ' drawn up by the officers of Government , and laid before that Committee , for its information on the Factory qnestion . If one more fact ¦ were required to prove tbe destructive tendency of the Factory system , Uiatjable settles the question . The official ' comparatiTd Ubie of the duration of life , ' proTes to a demonstration , that the ' unremitting labour' of the factories is actually more destructive to human life , than famine , war , or pestilence <

      " I started from the perusal of that table with indescribable horror-r-J could _ scarcely believe my ejes ! Hut the facts are indisputable I—the data most orrect . ' The horrible factory system is making a charnel-house of England , —it cuts off life a& both ends—it works the living to death—it genders death , untimely death , even in the sromb . ' it destroys tbe stamina of both father and Mother—it ushers into the werld children who are incapable of life !—it actually c-ita off one half of the years # f huinao existence . ' I do not exaggerate . J appeal to the efficial table of births and rieathp . The following fitracts from that table will prove if I am not abundantly borne out in ail » bich I have asserted . " In every 10 , 000 burials , in the undermentioned place , read the awful result : —

      i Died Died j Died L ' . ved p . ^ J under under ( ntder ibove . fiaces . j . yegji 2 iyfars-4 » yean > 40 jof age . of age . J of age . years . Rutland i 2 , * ii 5 3 , 7 S § 5 . 031 ! 4 869 Xonaon 3 . 805 4 o ?» j « 111 j 3 . 889 j ' Bndford , Yorks .... ! 4 , tfS 7 5 . J 9 S i 7 , 061 ' 2 . tfS 9 i Macjlesfield I 4 , 412 5 . IS 9 i 7 , 30 » : 2 , 7 «« -H Wigaa 4 , 790 5 , 911 | 7 , 117 '¦ 2 , SS 3 - £ Preston 4 , 947 ti . l'SS , 7 , 4 » 52 j 2 , 538 5 ' Bury 4 , 864 « # 17 ' ? 319 ' 2 , 681 £ Stockport ' 4 . 879 « . » 05 7 367 : 2 , 633 3 Boltem i 4 , 93 J > 6 , 11 ! j 7 , 459 \ 2 oil g Leeds j s , SS 6 « , 213 j 7 , 441 ! 2 . 55 i » fe VHolbtck > o . » 90 8 . 133 . 7 , 237 ! 2 . 663

      " Xow , Sir , if you take the average of the above nine factory districts , and compare it with Rutland , and London , the result will be as follows : — ' As compared with Rutland , an increase of deaths under five years of age , of 2 , # 17 ; umkr twenty years of age , 2 , 272 ; under forty years of age , 2 , 287 . As compared -with London , the inereass of deaths will be found to be , under fire years of age , I , e 77 ; under twtaity years of age , 1 , 4-JS ; under forty years of age , 1 , 207 . "In Rutland , the survi vsrs at forty years , are more by 2 ^ B 7 , » nt of every 10 , 000 , and in XrontJon by 1 , 2 » 7 thin they are on the aTerage in these nine factory districts ! " In fact , the murderous result developed by this official table , is , that about as many human beings die before their twentieth year , in the Factory dis' -ricts , as befure their fortieth year , on an average , elsewhere !

      " It is necessary I should inform you , that Manchester is excluded from this official table , because tbe retnrns of burials from that place , were so incomplete as to render them useless for this comparison . But we have the evidence of Mr . Assistant Pv > or Law Commissioner , I * r . Kay , that ' in Makditsler more than one half of the offspring of the poor die before they have completed their jifih year . ' And , in proot that the factory system impoverishes and degrades , as well as kills its victims , the doctor adds , * more than one half f the inhabitants of Manchester are either so destitute or to degraded , as io require the assistance of public char it }/ , in bringing their ofizpring into the vnrLd . ' "

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      -., ^ f ~~~ - ——~ TRADES HALLS . NO II . Oh the threshold of a subject so important to the best and permanent interests of the working class of the country , as the erections of buildings for the special accommf > dation and benefit of their numerous Trades and other societies , it is essential to lay down a defined , broad , and liberal basis in which the constitution of Trades Halls ought to be established , in order to make thtm in all the ramifications of their objects and results , what they are professed to be substantially and morally ; protective Institutions for the rights of labour , and the moral renovators of th © operative community .

      The very term " Tr * des Halls" identifies them with the numerous Trades , amouming to about 200 , into which ibe great labouring population is divided , in the various departments and branches of art and mechanism which form " the source of all wealth " in a large commercial and populous empire ; and it is fair to assume that , liring ocJy by their manual labour , the individual members of that Wealth Prodaeing £ tass , with a mutuality and oneness of interest , have as great a political and moral stake in the coantrv , as any other class in society conventionally exalted above them ; and that it is their duty to preserve , protect , and aggrandise that interest for the welfare of all : to do this effectnally , and

      permanently , a union of the whole operative body suggests itself for general advantage , whilst subunions of individual Trades present the nucleus of their better local government , when they can be managed temperately , economically and permanently ; and these Trader' Unions , or Societies , will only become really and truly beneficial to the working mass of England , in raising them from oppression , degradation , ignorance , and prejudice , when they take prompt and decided measures to secure ¦ the erection of Trades Halls throughout the Empire , and more especially in the Metropolis ; withdraw themselves from their present debasing accommodations-: renounce

      " the ignorant £ ame 3 That mantle the clearer reason , " and place within the reach of their members , in an easy , cheap , and interesting manner , those intellectual enticements which shall serve to facilitate the national skill and enterprise of British artisans , expand their minds to a knowledge of moral duties and franchise , and exhibit the rights of citizenship as due to a man , not a house—to tie mind , instead of the pocket . Trades Halls , then , eeho in thefr benefits the mutuality of interest which they are to support , proclaim at once in their erection the moral "equality of every member of the working class , whatever his trade , prospects , condition , or education . Equality

      must be tbe primary basis of their . constitution . Open to all Beets and parties acknowledging all creeds and political opimons ^ -they seek to amalgamate , for common benefit , all who live by rabour , all who wish well to labour tkey must therefore be called inte existence by the wealth producers themselves . The production cf wealth implies a power eqaal to supply all tbe Trades Halls throughout the kingdom , when the will to reqnire them is once created . By an equality of subscription toward the building , ao equality of voUdjj in its man&ge-; ment , an equality of influence in its constitution , an > eqoality of representation in the council or directing of to seat in the

      - body , M equality right a govern-I ment of the institution , and an equality in the enjoy-; ment of * 11 the-literary and Bcientitic advantages I emanating from it at all times , the working men will | realise in -Trades Halls , established on sueh * foun-; datioD , the best , possible guarantee against the ' Attempts of prejudice to suppress the exercise and j expression of a free and undisturbed private judg-I ment , at all times and en all occasions , whether I amongst tbe fen or the many . Undue influence ! will be entirely abrogated by the Toice of the whole ' body of shareholders being requisite in its government , acknowledging a miniature system of " Unij yeisal Suflrage ; " the oeuncil or directing body will

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      be kept in gnbjeotion to * he maw of tb « ir wnrtitetenta , by submitting themselYes for election onoe » year , after the fashW of u Annual Pirliwsenta r "Vote by Ballot , " will < secure » n honest > nd unrestricted use of the franchise on all election * via decisions of great importance , preventing jeaioeaes removing a fertile cause-of frequent contention ana ill feeling amongst individuals who should have but one end in view , add who , being all united upon the principle of Equal Rights , will naturally allow Ho Property Qualification" to exist ia order to hold shares , or " to Becure & seat in the direction Of trio Halls for the time being ; the members of won direction being as a matter of oour&e working men themselves , will in strict Justice have a claim to remuneration for such time as thev may give to the management ot the institutions with which they are connected : the labourer is worthy of his hire , and

      "Payment of Members" should consequently be amongst the mosi prominent of tbe constitutional principles involved in these noble undertakings . Withju 8 tiee for a foundation , and the elevation of the Rights of Labour to a higher moral position , as tbe threshold of Trades Halls throughout the kingdom : the enlightened recognition of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Billot , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , will Btand forth five beautiful , fair , and solid pillars , supporting the entrance of these substantial edifices , in whose erection the energy , the wisdom , prudence and union of the labouring millions will be handed down to posterity , —A Monument of Intellect I—A , Temple of Industry ! —The Mighty Citadel , of Labour 1

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      CARLISLE . —The Last Shift of the anti-Corn Law Lbagui . —The wind has again been raised by this nearly exhausted body , and a petition for ihe repeal of the Corn Laws sent forth to the publio for signatures . Had this petition been left to the ordinary fate of such f . hingo , by bclug left at different places ror signature , we feel fully convinced that tne number ofnamca would hare been comparatively few . The party knew well that this method of procedure would not answer their purpose , so they employed a number of individuals at the rate of half-a-crown a day , to go about with sheets to obtain signatures . These men , we understand , have not to

      b ^ en over scrupulous as the means they have had recourse to for the purpose of obtaining names . It is impudently asserted by the party , that about four thousand , signatures were obtained in one day ; and that c&re was taken that none but those resident in tho borough , and above eighteen years of agc ^ were allowed to sign it ! Let us bow see how far this statement will staud tho test of probability . The entire population of Carlisle is about 24 , 000 : now , it" wo take one-sixth of this number as adult males , we readily arrive at the most extraordinary conolusioa that every adult male signed this petition in one tiay ! which is an utter improbability .

      Independent Unitkd Order of Mechanics . — This society have had a splendid demonstration here a few days ago . Early in the morning of the day on which they held liu-ir procession , a beautiful new flag , emblazoned wilh the arms of the order , was suspended from the window of the Black Bull Inn , Scotch-street , the house where a lodge is heJd . The flag attracted great attention , from the very exqaisite manner in which it is executed ; and which does gieat credit to the artists , Messrs Dobson and Blaylock . A little before one o ' clock the procession moved from tho Lodge Room to St . Mary ' s Chnrch , in the following order : —Two conductors—the flagband , under the superintendauca of Air . Fiddler — two swordsmen—district grand master—officers of

      tho district lodge , two and two—the rest of the brethren two and two—among whom were interspersed , at equal distances , the regalia of tho orderthe lamb and cro . ss leading , and the ark of the covenant bringing up the rear , which was closed by the tyler . At one o ' clock they reached the church , when the service ot ' ihe day was gone through , and a most excellent and appropriate sermon preached by the It- ; v . Mr . Reeve ? , irom Romans , 12 th chapter and 5 th ver .-e . Aftf ? r leaving the church , the brethren again formed themselves in the order , and proceeded through the principal streets of the town ,

      the band playing many lively airs , and finally arrived at the Athencum , where the company , consisting of 150 , sat dowu to an excellent dinner , provided for the occasion , by Mr . and Mrs . Gibson , of the Black Bull . The district master , brother T . J . Hetherington , officiating as chairman ; and brother R . Cambell , J . G . of the Philanthropic , as vice-chairman . After dinner a subscription was entered into in aid of the funds of the dispensary . Several excellent toasts were given during the evening , which was spent in tho greatest harmony and conviviality . The members and their friends separated highly pleased with the dav ' s demonstration .

      DEWSBTjKY . —In the report of the meeting held at Dawabnry last week , on tbe subject of the Highways , we are informed there was a slight inaccuracy in the allusion to Mr . John Frauce , carpit manufacturer ' s conduct to Joshua Joy . It appears that Joy had not been a workman of John France ' s , but had been employed in a particular loom by his ( Mr . F . ' s ) father , ' the lato Mr . James France , and that Mr . John had purchased Joy ' s loom , at his father ' s sale , and promised him that he should be employed upon it as usual . In consequence , however , of Joy ' s interference at the meeting , on asking him to fulfil his promise to Jet him have the loom , it was pitifully refuted , and he was told to seek employment with Mr . Brooke , tho chairman oi the meeting , who , he well knew , could not give it him , in consequence of not beiBg in the trade .

      BHAOSBAW . —Teetotalism . —A lecture was delivered ou this subject by Miss Knowles , the teetotal lecturer , from Burnsall , in the New Connection Chapel , on the lGtb instant , to upwards of 400 persons , who listened with the most profound attention . In the course of her address she bhowed up , ia a masterly manner , the inconsistency of the professed followers of Christ , in standing aloof from the total abstinence society , IDLE . —Lotal Order of Ancient Shepherds .

      The foor Man ' s Protection Lodge , No . 218 , held their third anniversary on Easter Tae&day , at the house of Mr . Joseph Harper , New Inn , Idle . About forty sat down to a good substantial diuner , provided and got up in the beat style , for which great praiso was due to Mr . and Mrs . Harper . The rest of the eveniDg was spent in a very enlivening manner ; recitations , tongs , &c . were . gone through in a very able manner , aad were kept up to a late hour ; after which the compauy broke up , well satisfied with the evening's amusement .

      WAKEFIELD . Peter Foden . We aro informed , upon creditable authority , that since Foden ' s removal to Wakefield House of Correction , he has been exposed to numerous indignities and cruelties , and , amongst other things , that he had betn served no less thau eighteeu times with mould * ' Tommies , " which he refused to eat ; that he has been three daysiu solitary confinement for declining to work on the treadmill , and expected to bejingged for further resistance ; and that his allowance during solitary confinement was only eight ounces of bread , with cold water , for each twenty-four hours . STJlTDERXtAKX ? . — Singular Circumstance . —Oh the 1 st of April last , tho wife of Mr . Ormston , grocer , was delivered ofa daughter , being the fourth daughter she has bad on the 1 st of April during tbe last eight years , there being also an exact interval of two years between each child .

      Lectures on Christianity . —On Sunday afternoon and evening Mr . Buchanan , Social missionary , delivered addresses in the Golden Lion Room , "On the Heathen origin of Christianity . " Mr . Buchanan ' s style of lecturing is calm and clear , and he certainly displayed extensive reading and much ingenuity of speculation ; but as the Socialists take upon themsel ? es the character of practical reformers , we must say that we see little practical advantage the people can derive from metaphysical and theological lectures , to understand which : would require far more time and reading than ihe people can possibly command under the present -system . Let the Social

      lecturers ceaso their Bible warfare , and devote themselves to practical measures to remove the physical and social evils and miseries that afflict our country . They tell us that Socialism has nothing to do with any religious or irreligious tenets , why then do they voluntarily and needlessly" increase the prejudice against their co-operative views by perpetually waring with the Bible and the theological opinions derived from it ? Earnest sympathy with the sufferings of the people , would , we think , induce them to abandon their present mode , until the people's physical amelioration is secured and they possess the leisure to ¦ enjoy such speculations . —Correspondent .

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      " Physical Force" Expekcbs . —The exchange of flint lor percussion cap guns to the army will cost this year £ 130 , 000 . DrntiNG the Ham Market which concluded at Paris on Saturday evening , the amount of hamB disposed of a mounted to 240 , 000 lb . weight . The refusal last week of the minister of St . Martin ' s , iu Lincoln , to read the ceremonial of interment over the dead body ofa child which had not been baptised , is matter of debate in all tho oiroles of the city .

      Reduction ir German Postage . —On the 6 th of this month the British postage on letters passing between the United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced from 1 r . 6 d . on letters posted in London , and from Is . 8 d . oil letters posted in the country , to a uniform rate of 6 d . The Hamburgh post-oflice has also reduced its rato on British letters from about 4 d . to 2 d ., so that upon London letters there has been a positive reduction of Is . 2 d ., and on country letters of Is . 4 d . as respects Hamburgh correspondence .

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      • ffiS ^ t & ^ WJ ** : ffiSSJ&te £ ? &S 3 && ^ SStoKK f "" - 7 , ° » ° « ° pi «*«« pe « i S'J ^ Xte " - ™ KeK wtaf *

      FuDGE . —On Manndy- Thursday the ceremony , in S »™? X& £ n he - fi ' time sinoe 1830 , * n the ° tw frvf \ b , » eved , " save the Commerce , that his Majesty would wa 8 h with his own hands thefwtof tie poor who personated the apostles ; but it appears that this part of the ceremony was pat off until next year . ' EXTIUCT OF A LETTER FROM MALTA : — " The Lotus steamer , about 36 tons , with two twelve horse power engines , has arrived safe here on her way to the Nile . She belongs to the Oriental Com-P anv * or the mails , and is looked on aa a wonder here . The captain is a Sho great fat fellow , who trims her by merely walking from one part of the deck to another . " ?

      Census in France . —The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to all perfeots of departments , with instructions for taking such measures that the new census of FrancB , to be made iii virtue of a royal e-rdonnance of 1836 , may be completely finished before the end of the curront year . A Coffer Dak for & New Chain-Bmhge .- —' A opflVi u * ui ror a new chain abridge over the Danube , at Pesth , is proceeding very vigorously under Mr . Adam Clark , an English engineer , assisted by thirty English workmen . Their solidly constructed pi ! e . i have hitherto withstood the immense masses of ice brought down by tho Danube , to the great ouhaucement of the fame of English engineering .

      Reduction of Duties on French Wines and Spiriis . —It is reported that thu proposed reductions to . be made under the new commercial treaty with France will be to 10 i . per gallon on brandy , &nd to Is . 6 d . per gallon on wiiie . The conclusion of the commercial treaty ia dependent on the ratification of the political treaty , which will withdraw France from her present isolation . —London Journal of Com merce . Nottingham , Mondat Morning . —Mr . S . M . Phillipps , the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department , was in Nottingham yesterday People are wondering what a gentleman , who has of iato years been in such close connexion with Lord John Russell , the Ministerial - ' leader in tho House , can be doing in Nottingham , at this busy period of tho year . Very sinister conjectures are in circulation on the subject .

      One John Read was brought before Alderman Pirie , at tho Mansion-house , ou Tuesday , for using very indecent and abusive language io the Duke of Cambridge , as he was getting into his carriage' after the Mansion-house dinner , on Monday week . Read threatened to punch the Duke ' s head ; and accused him of having robbed him of twenty-eight shillings . The man excused himself by saying that he was a poor bird-catcher ; and that he was t > o drunk that he did not know what he was doing ; he had lost all recollection of the matter . He was remanded .

      Filtration . — A system of filtration has been invented upon a novel and grand scale , by the mediumof which any quantity of dirty or discoloured wator may be rendered as bright as crystal at the rate of hundreds and thousands of gallons per day . One of these filtors has bean lately erected on board the Dreadnought vessol , lying off Greenwich . The filter supplies pure water for the whole of the patients ou board of the vessel . It acts ia a double capacity , that of cistern as well as filter , / bras fast as the water runs in it is drawn filtered .

      Another Robbery on Royal Premises . —Another robbery seems to have been committed on royal premises . Ellen Roaoh , an Irishwoman , was charged at Hatton Garden Police-oflice , on Saturday last , with having stolen a massive silver table-spoon from St . James ' s Palace . She had been given in custody by-Mr . !\' eate , a pawnbroker of Duke-street , Oxtord-street , for offering the spoon iu pledge , saying that she was sent by a Miss Perry , who had often raised money there on spoons of the samo sort . Sho pointed out several houses to the constable as tbe residence of Miss Perry ; but no- such person lived at any of them . At the prisoner ' s lodgings , ton duplicates were found for property of different

      descriptions . On her way to the station-house , She said the spoon came from St . James ' s Palace , and that it was given to her by one of the servants , whom Bhe could not now find , as he had left his situation . She afterwards stated that she used to servo milk at the Palace , and a little boy gave it to her . To the Magistrates she told a different story : she said that at one period she used ; to work ai tho old palace , and that a young man employed there , but since dead , gave her the spoon instead of some money which he owed her . Two crowns were engaved ou the spoon ; beneath the upper ones were the initials C . R ., and under the lower one A . S . The Magistrates directed inquiries to be instituted , and remanded the prisoner .

      Heroic Conduct op a Female—At the Greenwich Police-office , on Saturday , a fellow of dashingiy-dressed exterior , who gave his name Thome , was brought to this office , charged under the following extraordinary circumstances : —From the evidence , it appeared that Thome called Bt the house of MrB Bowen , No . 20 , Park-stree . t ,, Greenwich Park , about four o ' clock ou Friday afternoon , to ascertain if any lodgings were to be let . A girl , named Mary Elliott , about seventeen years of age , opened the door , and , on his communicating the object of his calling , she told him the drawing-room was to be Jet , but that Mr . s . liowen , the landlady , was not at home . Thome said he should like much to see the lodging ? , and then he could say whether

      they would suit * Girl—Very well , Sir : walk pp stairs . Thome accordingly did so ; and th © girl , not huspecting any intention of robbery on his part , did not think it necessary to accompany him , but went into the parlour , to finish something she had been previously engaged in . Shortly after he had gone up , her ears were saluted with the sound of the piano-lorte ; she also heard other aoonda ¦ which immediately aroused her suspicions ,: and on going into the room where he wjia , she discovered that while p / aying with one hand ho was busily employed in taking a quantity of plate with the other , which was deposited in the drawers of a , sideboard . The servant immediately attacked him , insisting on his putting the property back , which he resolutely rot used , and a fierce encounter ensued , which ended in tho fellow ' s escape down stairs . Not daunted , however , the courageous servant pursued him , and having overtaken him iu the hall , another desperate

      encounter ensued . She at length became exhausted , before which , however , she had taken the precaution of locking the door , and putting the key in her bosom . The wretch now became frantic , and oommenoed beating tho poor girl , and at length succeeded in wrenching the key of the door from her , and bucceeded in gaining the street . Sho followed him into the 6 treet with the cry of " Stop thief , " as well as she was able , and a man joining in the pursuit and cry , he was captured by tho police just as he-was turning the corner of the street . The magistrate asked the prisoner ( who was recognised by the police as a London swell-mob man ) vynat he had to say in his defence . Prisoner— -I shall-reserve my defence tillafuture day . The prisoner was then fully committed for trial ; The poor girl was most highly complimented by the Bench and others , for her truly praiseworthy and heroic conduct . ¦ .

      * Riot at Canterbury . —Aristocratic Resort to " Physical Force . "——At Canterbury , on Friday , Captain Bync Jtoherty , Captain John AlJgooa , Captain Edmund Doherty , and Captain John Goddard , of the 13 th and 14 th Light Dragoons , at present stationed at the garrison at Canterbury , were brought before the Mayor : —An inspector of . police stated that on the previous night the defendants , with others not in custody , were rioting about the streets in a state of intoxication , and creating considerable disturbance . He beiug grossly abused by Captain Doherty , took that geutleman into custody . Some of the other defendants attempted a rescue , and finally the whole were conveyed to the Station-house . : A few minutes elapsed when a body of soldiers , belonging'to the 13 th and 14 th , . Regiments , came to tho Station-house , determined to have the officers ' out . In the skirmish that ensued ) the door in the passage , which led to where the prisoners

      were confined , was broken in by them , he was seized by the throat , and dragged out , of the- station into the street , and while thero saw several of the soldiers endeavour to force the iron' bars which secured the window . They threatened to knock him down if he dared to interfere . After , some time the defendants were liberated , and as they came out singly they raised a loud eholit of exultation . The iron crowbar used by the assailants was produced , and appeared ( o be a formidable weapon . Another constable stated that ao took Captain Allgoodto the Station-house , and on the way there ho offered witness a crown to let him go ; and , finding that the proposal was rejeoted , Captaiq Allgood Baid to two privates of the 13 th , who were in the street , "Go down to the Prince of Orange and tell your comrades that their officers are taken to the Station-house . * The deiendaute were bound over , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 100 , to appear at the quarter sessions and tako itieu trial .

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      * - ¦;¦ i ™ ' "" ' ¦* " ¦¦—¦"¦ "" Mi ¦ ^_ , ' , ¦¦¦¦¦¦ Atteuptkd Suicide of a Lady . —At » n early hour on Monday morning , a widow lady of fortune , residing at Petkham , Surrey , made an attempt on her life by shooting herself with a pistol ; the ball entered below the left ear ,-and lodged below the right eye , where it stijl remains , and but very faint hopes are entertained of her life . The lady ia the daughter of a wealthy Dublin merchant , and the widow of a colonel . —London paper . Ale AND P 0 BTBB . * --vVe find , from a return recently moved for by Mr . Darby , M . P ., that the quantity of ale and porter exported to foreign countries from the united kingdom , amounted , in the year 1839 , to 157 , 593 barrels ; , and in 1840 to 174 , 618 barrels . The East and West Indies , China , and tbe Australian settlements , are the countries which receive , the largest quantity of malt liquor . The quantity taken by the United States of America is very trifling .

      Stealing from the Post-Office . —James Roose , a clerk in the inland department of the General Post-office , was . examined _ at Bow-street Policeoffice , on Wednesday-week , on a charge that he had stolen two letters ; it was his duty to assist in sorting the letters ; . and on Wednesday morning he was observed by a messonger to secrete one of in em . An upper clerk was told of it , and Roose was called into the Superintending Presidents' room ; where one of the Presidents , Mr . Vaudergutoht , questioned

      him upon the subject . He hesitated , and then drew the letter from his pocket . -It contained a sovereign . His excuse was , that hd had been at Greenwich fair over-riight , and had got bo drunk that he did not know what he was about . When Mr . Viuidorgiicht gave orders for a policeman to be called , he exclaimed , " Oh , my poor friends ! Give me a razor and I'll cnt my throat . " The fragments of the second letter were found in his coat , on searching his lodging . He admitted that he taken a sovereign from it . He was remanded for a week .

      Another Cash . —Another young man , Henry Price , assistant . to » a receiving-house-keeper in Thames-street , was charged at Bow-street Policeoffice , on Thursday week , with stealing a five-pound note from a letter , and James Willians Stevens with receiving it , knowing it to have been stolen . The letter was from Mr . Walder , of the Chamber kin ' s-office , Guildhall , to a Mr . Ainslie , of Paignton , in Devon ; and it contained £ 75 ia notes . It reached its destination ; but it had been opened , and £ 5 had been taken out of it . Tho note was changed at a tea-dealer ' s in the city , and it was traced back to the prisoners . ¦ »> The charge was not denied . They were remanded till Wednesday .

      Extensive BuaGtARiES in Lancashire . —A formidable gang of burglars has been discovered and broken up in Lancashire . Their last exploit was the robbery of Mr . Shaw , a farmer , near Warrington , on the 2 ( Jth March . The housekeeper , who looked out of the window when the house was firstattacked , was shot at and wounded in the forehead by a slug . This led to the offer of a free pardon to any of ihe robbers who should come forward and give evidence ; and the police were stimulated to increased exertions . On their way to rob Mr . Shaw's farm , the thieves called at the house of a man named Bibby , at Blackbrook , and had some buttermilk . The police heard of Bibby's suspicious' guests , and caused him to seek them out in Manchester . He found one of

      them , named Parkinson , at a beer-house ; and after drinking with him for a while , he accompanied the burglar to his house in Cborlton-appn-Medlock ; where he met two moro of the gang , Ellis and Barber . He made another drinking appointment with them for the next day , and he was met by Parkinson , ElJiB , and another of the robbers , named Sutton . They went with him to the Liverpool Station , and were there seized by the police , who were in watting . ' Mr . Jones , the Deputy Constable of Warrington , then went with a policeman to Parkinson ' s house . On searching it , they found a pair of duelling pistols , bullet-moulds , powder-flasks , crowbars , crapes for the faces , black calico jackets , two dark lanterns ( one of these was without a elide , and

      the slide of a lantern found in Mr . Shaw ' s house after the robbery exactly fitted it ) , the key of Mr . Shaw ' s front door , ladles for melting metaJ , with silver dross in one of them , lucifer matches , two saws , a vies , some fites , and various other articles which hadneen taken from the houses that they had robbed . While th , ey were in the houso , Barber and another of the gang camo in . To the house of Barber Mr . Jones and the policemen repaired . There they found a orow-bar , sundry kevs , two boxes of lucifer matches , and a piece of black calico , exactly corresponding in texture and quality with the jackets found in Parkinson ' s house . It had been a jacket , and had been recently taken to pieces . The police continuedtheir search ; and on the 3 rd of

      April , Jones apprehended one Goodyear at his house at Salemoor . The person who answered tho knock at the door denied'Goodyear ' s being in the house ; but Jones , on going inside , found him standing behind the door naked , with his clothes on his arm . In all , nine men were taken . One of them , Sutton , was admitted to give evidence for the Crown ; and he fully proved the burglary at Mr . Shaw's house by six of the gang . They took some rum , a silver watch , some silver spoons , and a purse containing seven sovereigns . The man that took the sovereigns gave his companions one a piece , and kept the other to divide when they next met . Sutton got Is . 3 d .

      for his share of the spoons and watch . Three cases in which the band were concerned were brought before the Warrington Magistrates , on Monday , when six of them , Parkinson , Barber , Penuington , Ellis , Goodyear , and Woollaston were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr . Stubbs , a farmer at Gorton , on the 17 tK February , and all six were committed . The same men , except Woollaston , were then charged with a burglary at Mr . Shaw ' s ( Sutton made the sixth on that occasion ) , and committed on that charge also , ' and Parkinson was committed on a third charge" fora burglary at Bickershaw Hall , the residence of Mr . A . Akor 3 , on the 7 th December , the case not being proved against the others .

      Peeping ToM . —Thomas Kinslow , a hulking young fellow of seventeen , was charged before Mr , Norton , at Lambeth-street Police-office , on Saturday , with striking his master , and acting in a most unruly manner , quite unbecoming an apprentice . Mr . John Halley , a shoemaker , residing in Raven-row , Mile-end , stated that the prisoner , who had been his apprentice for about two years and a half , had latterly conducted himself in a very improper manner , and had struck him more than once on his remonstrating with him as to his behaviour . H 9 was also iu the habit of carrying away and hiding any article of wearing apparel , which he might take off , merely to laugh at . him ( witness . ) while be looked tor them , r Is fact , said the complainant , he

      is iu the habit of playing all sorts of pranks , to the very great annoyance of myself and my wife , and we are determined not to put up with it any longer The prisoner , in a surly manner denied the accusations , and said the disagreement between him and his master was entirely owing to an ill-feeling entertained by Ms aunt , who was also his mistress . Mrs . Hatley , a middle-aged modest-looking female , here stood forward , ana said it was by no means her wish to hurt tier nephew , but his conduct had beon go extraordinary . of late that she felt compelled to come forward , and put a stop to it . Ou three different occasions he crept into her bed room , before she got up in the morning , and on two of these occasions , Bhe detected him kneeling at the foot of her

      bed , with her . bed-clothes up , and looking under them , and the third time her husband caught him ia the same position , and committing the same aot . Mr .-Norton—Upon my word , he must be a pretty fellow . Well , prisoner ,. what' have you to say for yourself ? Prisoner—Why , Sir , that ' s all tho fault of my aunt . Mr . Norton—Was it her fault that you was found in her bed-room ? Prisoner—Why , no Sir , but I was there on business . Mr . Norton—What business , pray ! Prisoner—Why , to look for the broom , Sir . Mr . Norton—What , is tho broom kept in your mistress ' s bed-room ? Prisoner—Yes , Sir . it is sometimes . Mrs . Hatley—No , never , Sir ,

      that also ia an untruth , and he is quite capable of telling any lie to screen himself . Besides , Sir , he has grossly scandalised my character in a shocking manner throughout the neighbourhood , by representing that he had been , several times to my chamber , and describing a great deal more than he had ever seen there . Mr . flatley corroborated the statement of his wife with respect to his finding tbe prisoner ia his bed-room , in the position , described . Mr . Norton told the prisoner his conduct was highly improper , and recommended Mr . _ Hatley to get another , master-ibr his troublesome ^ apprentice . The charge was ordered to stand over for a . week , Mr . Hatley promising to obtain a master for him in the interim , if possible . ' ' ;

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      TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES OF THE . TOWN OF NEWRY . FiLiow-CoBNTBtMSf—Too would wrong uB much If you could for one moment imagine that there are any men living mote . % Bjtiov » a t&au we are to advance y < jur interests , to tncrease ; your prosperity , and to procure for you alt the blessings of rational liberty . We are Repealera , devoted during onr exiatenceto the one great object of obtaining a restoration of the Iri » h Parliament . We are thoroughly convinced that Irishmen are the only persons nufflciently interested and sufficiently competent to legislate well for Ireland . We will-not Consent to bind up the fate and fortunes of our long-oppressed country with Englishmen , Scotchmen , or other foreigners , -whether they be Whtg » , Tories . Chartists ; or Radicals .

      No country on the face of the earth eyer prospered one-half as much , or in ao short a period , as Ireland did odder the protection of her Independent Legislature . The property of every man was increased and augmented—manufacturing industry spread A every side and- augmented in every quarter—prosperity beamed around the land , and , if tbe progress of the salutary movement bad not been stopped by the baleful Union , Ireland would be at this moment in a state of manufacturing , agricultural , and commercial wealth , superior to that of England . A national debt , or rather a gover ; im « ut debt , of about one thousand millions of pounds sterling , lies ,

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      like an Incubus , to paralyze Irish Industry , and to anticipate all Irish resources . Fellow-Countrymen , —If justice were done to Ireland she could not owe more than forty out of these one thousand millions ; and her resources are amply abun > dant to pay off her share ef the dtbt-within tfae sliert space of five years , and -would thus leave Ireland the least taxed country upon the face of the globe . . ' Fellow-Countrymen , ^ Tbe relation between landlord and tenant is , at present , in the most unsatisfactory state . Instead of the present destructive-system , fertile in the causes of every species of oppression and crime ., we would Introduce legislative provisions , that , whilst they gave security to the landlord for the payment of a just and moderate rent , would give safety to the tenant In his enjoyment of his tenancy . In short , our object is to promote , In everyway , the prosperity and liberty of Ireland , under , the fostering protection ofa resident Irish Parliament .

      With these majestic objects in -view—with tbe increasing hope of procuring our fellow-countrymen , of all sects and persuasions , to combine with us in a constitutional and irresistible struggle for the KepeaUof the TTnion—we learn with deep regret , thatsonie emissaries of a valueless faction have : been sent amongst you to destroy the harmony tbat should subsist between Repealers . —to expose you to the perils and penalties of the law—and to divert us from tbe incessant pursuit * of that measure which alone can be the basis of prosperity and liberty in Ireland—tte Repeal of the Union . Tradesmen of Ne-WTy , —We aro your friends—your sincere friends—nay , more , your only friends . We ask you to confide in ns , for we deserve your confidence .

      The emissaries of the Chartists have been ejected with scorn wherever they have shown themselves in any other part of Ireland . Tbe operatives of Dublin nave , at public meetings , repudiated any conrtxion with them : so have the operatives of Limerick , Corfc , and latterly of Dungarvan . We are convinced , men of Newry , that you have the same good sense and good feeling— the same shrowdnesa of intellect and hunesty of patriotism , that have distinguished the tradesmen In other parts of Ireland . We splicit your attention , and depend upon yota sober judgment , whilst -we state to yon . the reftiwn * which you ( we hope ) will consider conclusive against any connexion -with the English . Chartists . They are these : —

      First—Any association , society , clnb , or other body , meeting in Ireland , and holding any communication or correspondence with any association of Chartists in England , will be guilty of a . transportable crime , and can be transported for seven years . Be quite assured that this law -will be put in force against you , if " any opportunity be giv « n to do so . Secondly—No society or body of Chartists in Ireland can meet at all , even should they have no correspondence or communication , -with , the English Chartisms , without incurring tbe most imminent danger of invnlving themselves in tbe meshes of the la ^ v We believe it-to be utterly impassible for a Chartist society to subsist in Ireland , without incurring the imminent risk of violating the very stringent statutes of force in Ireland , to-prevent similar meetings . We beg of you to bear in mind this , our frkndly caution , that no Chartists can meet in Ireland as a body , Without involving themselves in the peril of the law .

      Thirdly—The principle of the Chattists vraa , last year , avowed to be physical force , whenever necessary —r -whereas , on the contrary , the principle of the Irish people , upon which they have achieved great success , has been moral force—the peaceable combination of honest men , and the really irresistible power of almost universal public opinion . Fourthly—If you connect yourselves in anyway directly or indirectly , with the English Chartist ? , you may be liable to incur the severest penalties—evuu that of death for high treason . Recollect that Frost , Williams , and other Chartists in Wales , committed an act of high treason , in attacking the town of Newport . Now , if you had been in correspondence or connexion with the Welsh Chartists , before that outbreak , you would have been liable to ihe punishment of death , as accessories to their treason .

      Fifthjy-T ^ ReceJlect that you have no power or contronl over the proceedings of the English Chartists . They may commit any violation of the law they please , -without yeur-being able to check them . Yet , if you be associates with them , you will be liable to be indicted for a conspiracy , to commit all such outrages as the English Chartists may perpetrate . Sixthly—English and Scotch Chartists , have in manyplaces , been guilty of the vilest tyranny and despotism , Tliey prevent by tumult , outcries , and force , the pnblio meetings" of any persons who do ' not go the whole length with them . You are aware that a small minority can , if they please , disturb any public meeting , and prevent it from doing the business for which it was convenedthis a minority can easily do , and it has been dons repeatedly by the Chartists .

      Seventhly—This , we repeat , is a tyranny which we know no honest Irishman wil countenance or participate In .. ' .-The . Government would be . a vicious government , and the law would be a wicked law , that prevented the discussion of public affairs at public meetings . Tet this wickedness the English and Scotch Chartists are guilty of . One of the lasV instances of this audacious tyranny occurred at a meeting held at Glasgow , for the patriotic purpose of petitioning in favour of . Lord Morpeth's bill . The Catholic Bishop , the Right Rst . Dr . Murdock , a venerable anfl -venerated Catholio Prelate , was in the chair , yet the Chartists insulted him and outraged tbe meeting , and audaciously prevented them from doing the business for -which they had met . Operatives of Newry , —We are quite convinced that not one single Catholic amongst you will countenance this Chartist tyranny ah 4 insult ; and we are also certain that tho Catholics will be joined in this sentiment by every liberal Protestant amongst you .

      Ninthly—The Chartists in England have the same fault , and commit the same crime , -with the haughtiest of the aristocracy . They are exclosionists . They will combine with nobody who does not go the full and entire length with themselves . They not only reject , but they assail and vilify the middle classes of society , without whose aid and co-operation no great political improvement was ever yet attained . It is to the middle classes , countenanced and aided by honest and conscientious operatives , that we look to in order to carry tue Repeal of the Union . If we were to countenance the Chartists ) we should separate from the middle classes , and it is the height of folly for any Repealer to assist in any such separation . . . ¦¦ _' ¦¦

      Xenthly—The Chartists in Great Britain have exhibited two , perhaps kindred , though apparently apposite tendencies . We mean fanaticism and infidelity . Many exhibitions of a total disregard to religion nave disgusted us with portions of the Chartist body ; and the getting up , on the other hand , of what is called the " Chartist Christianity , " indicates a reliance upon the worst passions of bigotry . and fanaticism . ¦ ¦ •''¦ 1 Eleventhly—The Chartists have been playingtbe game of the Tories upon almost all occasions . At the late Walsall election leading Chartists were then hired , or rather bribed , agents in the Tory interest ; and there is every appearance that other leading individuals of . the Chartists ate acting under tbe instigation of the bitterest enemies of Ireland .

      Twelfthly—Operatives of Newry , whoever becomes a Chartist ceases to belong to the Repealers ; and is essentially an enemy to the Repeal . If there be . any person enrolled as a Repealer who becomes a Chartist , we will strike out his name , and have no further connection witn him . . Tiurteenthly . —We again most earnestly entreat the operatives of Newry to recollect , that the laws relating to political bodies in Ireland are exceedingly complicated and severe , much more so than in England ; : and we . declare , to them our solemn conviction that if ( which we donot believe ; a Chartist society should be established in Newry , several of that body-. wilK within six months , be suffering under tho horrors of imprisonment—if nofc of transportation . We are apprised of the kind of persons who are coming from Epgland to disseminate Chartismin Ireland—we know that they mix up various topics with their affected Chartism , and we can conjecture no other reason for such conduct save a determination—first , to seduce , and then to . betray their unhappy victims . ,

      Operatives of News */—po you "wiah to forward that gveat Iteptal movement , -which is the , sole hope ol yonr afflicted country ? If so , join us ; and reject with contempt the Chartists . r - . ' . , " If , on the other hand , there be any amongst you , who , either retaining the dreg a of decaying Orangeism , ot otherwise fooliBhly disposed to do . ' mischief to the glorious cause of Irish indepenilence-rlet every sneb , man join the Chartists if he pleases ; but let him aUo be certain that he will deplore his mistake » nd miscondnct when it is , too late , and the sentence of the law / falls heavy on him . ; ,, V ¦¦¦ . ¦' . ' ¦ . ' . ' . ; . " .. ' . , ' .. " .- " .

      You are shrewd aud sensible enough , ' operatives of Newry , to recollect / ft ^ i during tfiiriy vears qfggitation for , Emancipation , the leaders kept Uie people free from fine , imprisonment , or legal puniahmemt Remember also that the Chartist leaders , so far from keeping ; their people : free trom the meshes ot the law , have' seen some-of them transported—many of them imprisoned ; —nay , that these leaders themselves have incurred legal penalties and punishments . . ' . Operatives of Newry . ' r—We have now performed on * duty by you—we leave / on to . perfurm , yours . " Remerabwrjthat you ate addressed by anxious and aincere friend » , ; Whpse principles of Reform and Repeal ' extend to the ftdmisaion of every one of you to the franchise and richJfcof representation , and to the happiness « f

      being gQwraed by a domestic legialature . In ; conclusion , dp not mbiiBke n » , WedonotBappoae or Relieve that more than a . few , it even a few , of the opetaUvej of Ifewry ^ vobeei ^ , tainted bj Charti « m > . We ate ft iute , O 9 * t * ia that eveiy . houeat Irishman will take pur co ^ rditi and aBectwhit& , advice , as if It were a command . Every honest IriJBhinan kjtows that we have but these objects ^ in viey—THBf Good o * Irelanp- ^ Thb LibebtV of IbelanDj—Ths Happiness op the iBisa JiOPf e—atd we most ' kjndlj _ , ^ entreat the hpntat and ^\^ mokhj , Sniii 0 i ^ Sf 0 ^^ r ^^' to joip as in our efforife r for these g f * at apji jflarign » 7 ^\ * V objects—The Pfl OsrEKfTV AND ' - ' MStr ^ liMpXv ^ v ^ T'X IKELANT' ^ * . -, il * : . *¦' L ~' t ^ ~ c t ^ ? 4 \ , ( Signed by / orderM i f ^ S ^ . --- ' ^/ ' : r-A'" y-l a ^^ Spfe » lv ; Com-Exchange Rooms , 8 to April , Xffig jJ s ^ VJsli ^ e ^ / y&moaam

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct376/page/3/