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TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF TROWBRIDGE.
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A 5 SWER TO J . C ELUOT'S EXIGMA . tfvoe the -whiipcriBg zephyrs of rroet rammer ' s eve Brastie so ! tlj o ' er Albion ' * ule , -aji the " -Star of ttie North" it * character * -reave , " * ljie tie s 5111 illuming our heart * with a mile . tfvne the cold frozen North sends Borea * forth , While its landscape is burled in « now , -t , eBse cf onr Frort sliall never fee lost , Kor the people controll'd by mete men of rtww ; ¦ -b-, tie rfonn and the tempest , mid mountains of surf , Osr Star does triumphantly ride ; stUe ef Somerset House , it ' s more mag than the mouse * gj the Spanish Ambassador's side .
cT * h paijcerston it ' s no favourite , I know , >' or yet -with the Queen or her nur » e ; i * their trickery it aims & death blow , And fastens the rtriags of our parse . In these political lines , I profess To solve the Enigma by the letter * . THOMAS M . WHEBLEB . £ k > 5 -street , KenaBglon .
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THE CArSE . Tune— " My Native Hula . " I lore tie czvse , the glorious caase , 0 ; reason s . cd of truth . ' Tie Chartist cause cf equal laws , Of liberty and truth . I Iotb to seo the cheerftil glow On iserry hearts so free ; ¦ RTiere ' er 1 am , -where ' er I go , The Chartist cause foi me . I love the cause , the glorious cause , Of e qual rights to ah '; Twill bari ? h all oppressive laws And mas to freedom calL Hove to see it process so , Of i t " rfery Ian \ and Sta ; WhtK'er 1 aa , vrher > - " er 1 go , Tte Chartist csixsa for me .
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HERE'S TO THE MAN , fcc . Tum— " Brave Old Oak . " gpre ' i to ths jean , the braTe true man , Who hiih varied in our ranks so long ; jlsykealih and renown the patriot crown , And his Northern Siar to strong . jfcers ' s itsr to his foes when the people oppose , ^ iad sciUer their servile crew , ¦ jfho in deiince of right , by tyranny and might , Bite iEj-rison&d our patriot true . Eiea hare ' s to tie msn , the brave true man , WtD siar . ds by ear cause so firm ; Sail prosper be , the pride of the free , And life in ccr hearts so winn .
t ti * &r that aresr-ne , when oppression ' s rtonn Plspersvd our C-. 'avention Bird ; ¦ jTb / Si tyransy ' s power r .-. ade our prospects lour , Iroa to oar cause did he st Jid . Fs 3 ¦^¦• - ¦ y there -srere -who , with promises fair , TTere srtkii ; - their cvrn Fslash ai : ns ; tbfT are gone , they aie fied , in obiiTion laid , Jte car JVargas sail reiaains . Then here ' s to the man , fcc E = aw that the poor much wrong did endure , Ane he tuw'J their cause to assist—To restore the ge-o-i ways of the old English days ¦ files etch eculd by labour subsist ; Bs : the ccrresstT ' s might hs . th trmmpVd o'er riiht Asd : aprlsrn \ l O C-imar the braTe ; Bst his cTse sLal ! ensure , his victory be sure—He E = Tcr "sras fonn'd for a Elave .
then cere ' s to the man , the Brave true man , TTk ; San is by cur cause so firm ; &Di prosper be , the pride cf the free , Wis ilTc-5 in our hearts so wurm . Thos . M . Wheeled .
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LITTLE JOHN FINALITY . There lives a Lord , whom men may call A morsel of mortality ; In mind as ^" = 11 & ¦ members small , Though YTa : ? s extol the stature taD Of little John Finality . " Tpon the- Bill I £ 1 my fool , " Eiclaiined this sprig of quality ; " > "o fcrther Tirge * . he rash pursuit ; ror , by the Gods of L : lliput I I'll stard on my finality . " Thus John rtmain'd a year or so , Opposed lv Kididlity ; ThMgh nuny soid twon ! d proTe no go , And th-sught tkis Whiggish world below Tv « ickie ivr Scaiity .
Hsrd is the half-reformer ' s fate , ( As witness old Egslite ' i : Prom mobs wh j worshipped him of late He earns 3 double dose of hate Bj mentioning finality . As weak ss those who leaTe Brown Stont , And tsie to Taa-totaiity , Jjtn * s ftieiids ne longer could hold out Apr . nst the prtssurs from without , Which threatsn'd their finality . Tien Srst the open-question plan Hadehilf his co-Iksgnes bslioty ; Throagh all their ranks the moTements ran Ye : stiil twas thought cur little man Held fist iis own finality .
Bet Faisal ? , Canterbury too , And e-ke the Principality , Xo * made the bsm ^ d Whig 3 look blue ; Asd J&kn , at last , brgan t-D rue Kis foniaess for finality . & ) , able to resist no more O'C :. nnell with his wallet , he Trie * to trow np the f raneLise door , And £ ]] triai Irish Tct « 3 the floor la aid of his finality . Bat Btll begins his bro-ws to bend In wrath at such rascality ; And g jod , u many signs portend , Ri&olfhs to make a fisa ) en-i O : John and his ficaliry . B ' . ocJneood
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FREEDOM . Hsw sweet ' s thy name ! how dear to all ^ ho s ; om oppression ' s baneful thrall—Who loTe ± slr country , and the crowd Thit for thfeir / reedojn ery aloud . Bow d » ai to those who feel tbe chain , Bet -who shall claim their rights agiin , ^ 3 ^ ho , from persecution ' s band ¦ - ^^ the / aJi rights of man demand . ' iRH , ye apithetie . ' press Arouad optressors ; seek redress ! II ay jit so silent ? rise : defend The noble cause—the despot ' s end . rtes , freedom ' s banner shall be furl'd ^ = c nd sew created world , _ = s t-. onts stm no louaer sway ; w -or thit bright , that glorkns day !
^ a , thousands shiil with joy rejoice , fiiltiD ? losd with cheerful Toice , ^_ nai W h-gs and tyrants leave the field , " its all tLtir -rile , black deeds reveal"d . Then pace and joy shall fill cur Isle , fw labour sweet with love shall smile , * sa 'r ^; h the boughs of freedom's ' tree ^ er criT-son's sit—a people free . ' ^ fcn-h , Apri ' , isii . j .
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^ LABOURER'S LIBRARY , No . 1 . 8 * Bic ' nt of the Poc . r to the Suffrage of the People ' s fc ? *? . ' , lij e Honesty and Justice of the to » tT If ?' 'e ° I niTercal Suffrage , established and gUj t wied . , by the late Vim . Cobbett , M . P . ^ as : Hooso r , Market-street ; and by all ¦" Wisei . ei ; . Jfn ^ T Pai 3 x Ptlet " reprint from Colbetl ' s Ticoli ermr .- ' , * ^ able and timely one it is , too C" *? . , ' '? "whole argument for Universal Sof-^ wiach a as pithily , forcibly , and eloquenUy inlp „» " ^ - . I ^ siWe to be . We need not , we are
^ Boi ^ a ^ w . wiiTersan ; with his merits : but g ^™ 1 of polit : ei j have ^^ gjj a - nce the pu { , Iica . «* &i ^ ^ openny Troth , to whom the' contents jfcj ^ PaBiphlet will be novel , instructive , and B O ^ ? T H ^ ' D to dissemiflate the prineipksof Sct ^ f " " 111611 ^ © f the people to Universal ^^"" ww ^ espeeiall y-we do not know * more ** Sotf /??• forthe a to do this , than for them to isi ^ Z * waet plentifully . Its wnpendious * « l « iu firi ™ * P P ric 8 render it particularly ^*» fo r those purposes . Na > fiE OT ^^ « f tie eonieate of ihe P »? wJrt , ? f i ** foUowil ) g extracts . The first ^^ ttoT u ' Proper : Jl ¦ honld confer
" ^ rfmw ra AOAIKST PaOPEBTT . fepsS ^ A " ^!? ^ n 1 ^ or . and not labour from k ° OSkt to ^ » t ^^ * e * e to be a distinction here , ' ^ by ^ J ^ 'erence to labcur . All men are ^ tofel hflr ' ' ° body denies that they aU ought to * toe * 1 * of the Uw : but how are they to be
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thus equal , if the law begins by Buffering some to enjoy thi » right and refusing the enjoyment to others ? It ia the duty of every man to defend his country against an enemy , a duty imposed by the law of nature , as well as by that of ciri ) society ; and without the recognition of this duty , there could exist n « independent nation and no civil society . Yet , how are you to maintain that this ia the duty of every man , if you deny to some men the enjoyment of a share in making the laws ? Upon wbat principle are yon to contend for equality here , while you deny its existence as to the right of sharing in the makiDg of the laws ? The poor mm has a body and soul as well as the rich man ; Ilk © the latter , he ha parents , wife and children ; a bnllet or a sword is as deadly to him as to the rich man ; there are hearts to ache and tears to flow for him as well as for the squire
or the lord or the loanmouger : yet , notwithstanding this equality , he is to risk all , and , if ho escape , he is still to be denied an equality of rights ? If in snch a state of things , the artisan or labourer , when called out to fight in defence of his country , were to answer : " "Why should I riik my life ? I have no possession but my labour ; no enemy will take that from me ; you , the rich possess all the land and all its products ; you make what laws you please without my participation or assent ; you punish me at your pleasure ; you Bay that my want of prcpeity excludes me from the right of having a share in the making of the laws ; you say that the property tbat 1 have in my labour is nothing worth ; on what ground , then , do yon call upon me to risk my life ? " If in such a case , such questions were put , tke answer is very difficult to be imagined .
" In cases of civil commotion the matter comes still more home to us . On what ground is the rich man to call the artisan from his shop or the labourer from the field to join the sheriffs pos 5- £ , or militia , if he refuse to the labourer and artis-m the right of sharing in tUe making of the la-srs ? Why are they to risk their lives here ? To npho ! d the liws , and tt > protect property . ' WL-at ! la \ rs , in the making or , or assenting to , which , they have been allowed no share ? Property , of which they are said to possess none ? What . ' compel men to come forth and rui their lives for the protection of property ; and then , in the same breath , tell them that they are not allowed to share in the making of tbe Jaws , because , and only because , they have no property ! Xot because they have committed any crime ; not because they are idle or profligate ; not because they are vicious in any way ; but solely because they hare no property ; and yet at the same tijuo compel them to come forth and risk their lives for the protection of property !" Having concluded this argamcut he proceeds to shew iba ; even
THE PACPF . K OrGHT TO HAVE A VOTE . " Ought they to share in ths making of the laws ? And why not ? What is a pauper ; what is one of the men to ¦ whum this degrading appellation is applied . ' A very p ^ . jr aian ; a man who is , from some csuse or other , unable to supply himself with food and raiment without aid from tte parish-rates . And is that circumstance alone to deprive him of his right , aright of which he stands more in need than any other man ? Perhaps he has , for many years of his life , csntributed directly to those rates , and ten thousand to one he has , by his labour , contributed to them indirc-ctly . The aid which , under such circumstances , he receives , is bis rigbt ; he receives it not as an alms .- he is no mendicant ; he begs not ; he comes to receive that which the l ^ w at the country a-wajds him in lieu of the larger portion assigned him by the lsw cf nature .
" Isit . thtn , consistent ¦ justice , with humanity , ¦ with reason , to deprive a man of the most precious -ol his political rights , bcc&Uie , and only because , he l . as bt * n , in a pecuniary way , sicriilariy nEfortumte ? Ihe Scripture aij' 3 , ' Despise not the poor , because he is poor ; ' that is to say , des ^ isa him not on account of his poverty . Why then deprive him of his rieht ; why put him out of the pale of the law on account of his poverty ? There are boiub men , to be sure , who are reduced to poverty by their vices , by idleness , by gaming , by drinking , by squandering ; but the fur greater part by bovli . y aliments , by miifortunes , to the effects of which all men ivuy , -without any fault , and evtn without any fully , be espjstd ; and is then 2 man on earth so cruelly ur-jutt as to vn ^ h to add to the sufferings of £ uch pEre .-M by stripping them of their political rights ? How lainy thousands of industrious and virtuous men hAve , -within these few ytars , been brought dovrn frum a state of e ^ tnpcUEce to that of pauperism . "
Itisuot ofrcn , if ever , that the unrepr /« cn ' ed man 15 so clearly and abiy shown to be a slave as in ihe following passages .
"WHAT IS A SLAVE ? " For , let us not be amnsed by a name ; but look irell into the matter . A slave i 3 in tJ : c first place , a man who has eo property : and property means something that he bns , ind that nobody can take from h ni without his leave or consent . Whatever man , no matter what he may call himself or any body else may call him , can have his mor . ey or his goods taken from Lim by force , by virtue of an order , or ordinance , or law , which be has ha < l no hand in matin ? , and to which he has not given Lis assent , has no property , aud is merely a depository of the goods of his master . A slave has no property in his latour ; and any juan who iB compelled to give up the fruit cf his labour to
another , at the arbitrary Trill of that other , has no property in his labour , and is , therefore , a slave , whether the fruit of his labour be taken from him direcUy or indirectly . If it be said that he gives up this fruit of his labour by his own will , and that it is not forced from him ; I answer , to be sure he may avoid eating and dunking and may gonated ; but thtn he must die ; and on this condition , and this condition only , can be refuse to give np the fruit of his labour . * Die , wretch , or surrender as much of your income , or the fruit of ycur labour , as your masters choose to take . " This is , in fact , the language of tbe rulers to every man who is refused to have a share in the making of the laws to which he is forced to submit .
" But , some one may say , slaves are private property , and may be bought and sold , out and out , like cattle , Aad , what is it to the slave , whether he be the property of ons or of maiy , or , what matUjrn it to him , whether he pass from master to masttr by a sile for an indefinite term , or be l-. t to hire by the year , month , or wetk ? It is , in no case , the flesh and blood aud bouts that are sold , but the labour ; and , if jou actually sell the labour of man , is not ihat man a slave ; though yon sell it for only a short time at once ? And , as to the principle so ostentatiously displayed in the case of the black slave trade , that ' man ought not to have a property in man , ' it is even a . n advantage to the slave to be- private property , because the owner has then a clear and powerful interest in the preservation of his life , health , and strength , and will , therefore , furnish hi : n ar . ip ' . y -with the food &nd raiment necessary for this end . "
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ROW AT TrlE TOWN HALL OF BIRMINGHAM . A meeting took place in the Town-haN on Friday last , for the purrose of electing a churchwarden . Tbe whole staff of Whigs and Tories werc rallied for the occasion , and , at eleven o ' clock , Mr . Gutteridge , a Tory , was placed in the chair , by order of the vestry clerk , who stated that Mr . Gutteridge had betn elected to that office by a poll , which took place on the preceding Friday . . Mr . WDwf - f . ELi . protested against the whole proceedings , and , after a long speech , proposed that Mr . Alderman Weston should take the chair . 3 Ir . Boughs / editor of the Journal J seconded the nomination , -which was put to the meeting , and carried unanimcuslv .
Mr . Alderman WES rox then stepped forward to take the chair , but was hindered from dcing go by the vestry clerk , and a posse of Tories who bad taken possession of the gallery . A scene of uproar then ensued which beggars description , during which one of the Tories proposed Mr . JJoucher as 3 proper person to btcomo churchwarden ; it ¦ was seconded by another person , amidst increased cr . rfusion and booting from all parts of the building . 3 Ir . M-DayyzLL , after a long speech , in the course of which he denounced the Torie 3 aad chnrch party in no measured terms , proposed Mr . Georgo Vtmon Blunt as a proper person . Mr . Douglas seconded the nomination .
Mr . Geouge White then presented himself close by the chair , and was received wich load cheers by the people in tbe body of tbe Hall , and the most discordant jj sses and groans from the respectables in the gallery . He was sbuat to adiress the meeting , but was interrupted by tbe Chairman , who a * ked him whether he intended to propose another candidate . Hr . White ftited that be should please himself what course he should adopt , and begrcd leive to teH the gentleman that he had no right to interrupt him as he thai not the chairmsa of that meeting .
-Mr . Gvttekidge then insisted that Mr . White should produce in writing the substance of what be intecceu to say before hs should allow him to proceed . ilr . White replied , that the man who foisted him-Belf on the meeting as their chairman , appeared to him to be the mr « t ignorant fellow he had ever met ; he was determined not to fee intemipted by him any further , and should take the sense of the meeting , whether they would hear him or not . He then wished all those who" desired that he should speak to hold np tteir hands . ( "Nearly every hand in the body of the Hall was then held up ) . After which , Mr . White addressed the meeting , amidst the yelling and hooting of the respectable , and the cheers of tbe working men . - 'Mr . G . ETTER 1 DGE then laid hold of Mr . White ' s aim , and enquired whether he was a ratepayer , and was answered in the tmrmatWe .
The VESTBT CLEB . K stated , that Mr . White ' s name was not in tbe great boek , and maintained that he had do light to speak . Mr . White stated that lie was determined to speak at that meeting . He understood that the Town Hall hadDten denied "to the working men , &ni as long as that refusal was persisted in , he wts determined to make use of it on their behalf on every opportunity that offered . Ifsuehmen as Jlessrs . M'Donnell , Douglas , Edmonds , and others had gone honestly-with the working i-i « w » for the removal of all grievaiiC'iS , Uiey need not
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be engaged in snoh paltry battle * aa the present ; and although the parties opposed to tbe rate bad fot their object merely the abolition of Church Rates , be wished to do away with every rate and every law which was not passed by the express will of the whde people , ( Loud cheers . ) Here was a body of men who professed themselves Christians and lovers of the poor , who shewed their Christianity by trampling on tbe f nndamental principles of their creed , by endeavouring t » rob them according to law , and take advantage Of
Sturges Bourne ' s Act , which enabled a rioh man to give six votes to enable them to accomplish such robbery . They had , therefore , proved themselves to be no Christians , but a b , orde of veneinons reptiles . ( Hers the hisses and confusion were such , tbat not a word more could be heard , the working men shouting , " do on , Whits , give it them , " and the respectables bawling out " He's just liberated from prison , " " No Chartists . " Gutteridge then shouted for the police , and intimated to Mr . White , tbat he wonld order him into custody If he persisted to speak . )
Mr . White deflsd him ; and said he was determined to stop there aU night , or have a hearing . Some rough compliments then passed between the quondam Chairman aud Mr . White , the latter persisting in his determination to speak . Mr . Gctteridge then called on Mr . Alston , the magistrate , to protect him . Mr . Alston stepped up to Mr . White , and informed him that he was a magistrate , and that he insisted on him to desist Mr . White answered , that he did not care what he was , he was determined to exercise his right , and would not be bullied out of it by any man , and then proceeded to address the meeting on the villanyof Whig and Tory Government , and the necessity of union amongst the working classes to rid themselves of their united robberies .
Mr . Alston again interrupted him , and stated that if he persisted in his determination he would order him into custody . Mr . White stated that he might do as he pleased ; ho should not leave that place until he had finished what he meant to say . A possa of police then made their appearauce at the top of the gallery , headed by Major Shaw , superintendent , who made up to Mr . White , and informed him that he must desist , or he should take him into custody . Mi . White told him that he would not desist , and was proceeding to address the meeting , when he was seized by four policemen , dragged out of the galltry in the most brutal manner .
and confined iii the Committee-room , where about forty policemen were awaiting the orders of their lr . astera to qiall the ' mob . ' The uproar and confusion that followed baffles all description . The workin- men rushed in hundreds from the body of the Hall expecting to see Mr . White removed to prison , and with a determination to rescue him . They surrounded the various doors aud outlets to the Town Hall , and gave vent to their feelings in curses loud and deep . The proceedings of the meeting were completely Btopped , and after an Lour and a halfs uproar and confusion , the meeting was adjourned to the following Friday ; after which , > Ir . Win to was liberated amidst the cheers of the thousands who awaited his releasa
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« Z !/ p ? l CATI ? ' - " - 'rhc works of the fortifications of Paru . hava been commenced simultaneously oir eye ry point . Upwards of il , « 00 workmen were engaged on Friday and Saturday last , and the contractors were enjoined to proseoute the works with all possible activity , and to apply for military labourers if they could not procure a sufficient ~ 3 rl Of O'V 1 » ans- This « reat concourse of workmen , and the concentration of troops around Fans , had already produced a considerable rise in the price of butchers ' meat , which was now nearly Su ° r » i ! . j * toe reach of tn ® labouring classes , f hat of bread waa fortunately falling , th « 41 b loaf of the first quality selling for selling for 5 id .
Sca-RCITt 01 ? Potatoes . —A week or two since there was a scarcity of potatoes in the county of Waterford , to such an extent that the agent of the Mining Company of Ireland , which employs a great number of people at the copper mines of Knockmahon . found it necessary to import a cargo of potatoes , and to forward a supply of oatmeal for immediate use . In the neighbouring county of Tipperary , too , it appears that some apprehension begins to prevail regarding the stock of potatoes , and the peasantry are resorting to intimidation , in order to compel landholders ( 0 charge something like a moderate price for ground let out tor the growth of this esculent .
Collision of two Shi > ps at Sea . —A collision between the Jeune Flavie , a French sloop , and the Ann Jane , an English brig , took place at sea , off flamborougUHead . on , Monday week . The sloop had a crew of six on board—the master , mate , threo seaman , and a cabin boy—when she struck against the brig ; two of whom perished in her , as she went down head foremost , whilst the rcmaiuder clung to the shivered rigging of the brig , and were saved . The bowsprit of the brig was carried away , aud her stem was completely driven in , and ehe was only saved with difficulty . The sloop and cargo aro valued at £ 1 , 500 .
Using Obscene Language in the Streets . — Elizabeth Mollan , a middle-aged and very respectably-dressed woman , the wife of an opulent tradesman residing in the metropolis , whose bloated aud dissipated look indicated an inordinate propensity for strong drink , was committed for one month to hard labour in the New Westminster Bridewell , for n |> iflg obscene language in Marshall-street , Golden-square , on Friday evening , whiio in a beastly state of intoxication . The wretched woman is the mother of a fine and numerous family .
Robbery and Remorse . —Jane White , a middle-« ged woman , recently in the service of Mr . Woodall , a woollen draper , in Bi .-. hopsgate , London , was charged at Worship-street police office , on Saturday , with having stolen some plate and other property , belonging to her master . She was moved byremorse to give herself into the hands of the police the previous evening . Her master had previously to the robbery put great confidence in her , and treated her with great kindness . She was remaudod until to-day ( Saturday . )
Emancipation of Jews . —The Emperor of Russia has resolved to emancipate the Jews in his empire " as soon as intellectual instruction and civilisation shall be so far advanced among them that this great boon may bo beneficial to themselves . " Twohundreci new schools are now organised . Measures are iu progress to invito to Russia from foreign countries , especially Germany , tho men who are at Government school < denoted head masters , teachers , &c ., to manage the several primary and learned establishments , since qualified persons aro not at present to be found among the Jews iu tho empire . Tho number of Jews iu Russia and Poiaud ia about 2 , 000 , 000 .
Manly Condvct of IIenhy Hetiiekington . —Ou Friday , the 231 instant , some tools of the dastardly persecutors A' Mr . Hc-therington called uponhim in his cell ( No . 7 , en ' rance 4 ) at , tho Marshalsea , or Queen ' s B-i ' . ch Prison , to inform him that he mighs loave his national apartment , if he would consent to be bound , hand and foot , for a certain period ; or , in other words , to " find security in tbe amount of one hundred poun-l 3 to keep the peace" ( which he has never broke !) " towards Jus sovereign Lady the Queen , her crown and dignity (!) . " The substance ot Mr . Hetheriugton ' s reply to this offer was truly a noble one : — " When I go forth , I shall go free ; 1 will not submit to be shackled by any government . "
Who ' d ha thought it 1—The Ami-Corn Law League finding that the intelligent men of London are not to be caught by a cry of ' * cheap bread , " have sot their trap with beef sIfo , hoping that this '' double attraction" will be more enticing ; in other words , they have called in their bread petitions and sent out fome beef and bread ones : "Petitions to the House of Commons , for a repeal of tho tax on bread and beef , wait here for your signature . " Let them " wait , " for if these men were really friendly to you , they would not thus fool away both time and money , but go for Uuiver ? al Suffrage at once . Hurrah for the Charter ! get but that , and that will get you plenty .
Thb Convict Lonqlet . —It was stated on Saturday last in Westminster , upon excellent authority , that a pardon had been forwarded from the Hoaie Office , for Harriet Longley , with orders that she should be taken caro of until the Government obtained tome suitable place to give her shelter and protection . The Governor of Newgate gives her a most excellent character , and says that her conduct , while in custody , was most exemplary , and that her demeanour for propriety surpassed that of any woman that has ever been in his custody . Th g unfortunate woman ia unceasingly lamenting theffeath of her wretched offspring , and states that tho dreadful act was committed by her in a fit of insanity , when she found that nature had dried up the source which was to have given support and strength to the little victim .
Lovely Woman . Mary Ann Webster was charged , at Hatton Garden Police-office , on Saturday , with being drunk and disorderly . Mr . Combe asked her how Jong she had been out of the House of Correction ? Defendant— " Yesterday morning 1 was liberated . " Mr . Combe— " And how soon did you get into the Station-house ? " Defendant— " In the afternoon of the samo day . " Mr . Combe— " Can you tell , within twenty times , how often you have been committed to the House of Correction ? " Defendant— " Truth requires no embellishment , and there being no necessity for lying , I answer you candidly that I cannot . " Waddiugton , the gaoler , said she was tho most extraordinary character he ever met with . Kver since she was twelve years of age she had led an abandoned life . She had been in his
custody neany as many times as there were days in the year , aud on uo occasion had he couvoyed her to prison without having been obliged to find her some article of dress to cover her nakedness . After locking her up he had frequently , 011 visiting her to remove her to the prison van , found her stark naked ( she having , in the interim , torn into shreds every article of her dress ) , and he had theUj by maiu force , to strap something about her before she was removed to prison . Mr . Mallett , the clerk , observed that when she was in the House of Correction she -was constantly receiving additional punishment for ill treating Bomo of the turnkeys or her fellowprisoners ; Ho very much questioned her sanity . Mr . Combe inquired if she were willing to go into a workhouse , ana uhe assenting , he ordered her removal to the poor-house in St . Pancras .
Lord Cardigan and rnb Commander is Chief . The following order has been issued by the Commander-in-Chief , on the subject of the punishment on the Sabbath : ¦— " Horse Guards , 22 nd April , 1841 . The attention of the General Commanding-m-Chief has been called to the punishment of a soldier of the 11 th Hussars , in the Riding-house , at Hounslow , ou Sunday , the 11 th of April . It is well known that it is not ihe practice of this country to carry the penal sentences of the law into execution on tho Lord ' s Day ; neither is it the practice of the army , whe'her employed abroad or at home . The General CommandiDg-in-Chief is , therefore , surprised that an
officer , in Ihe situation of Lieutenant-Co ! onel commanding a regiment , should have carriod such a sentence into execution on Sunday . The General CommandiD £ -hi-Cukf desires that it may be clearly understood that the sentences of Military Courts are not to be carried into execution on the Lord ' s Day , excepting in cases of evident necessity , the nature of which it cannot be-requisite for him to define . By command of thf ? Right Hon . the General Commanding-iu-Chief , ( Signed ) John Micdonald , Adjutant-General . " This is a grave rebuke , and people ask whether Lord Cardigan can stomach it , and remain in his command . Our belief is , that he will be found as eailoust in bearing as inflicting ignominy .
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Gentlemen , —As a portion of your address , which appeared in The Sun of yesterday , is directed immediately to myself , I deem it necessary to effer you a brief explanation why I am not a member of your Association , and why the National Association for Promoting the Political and Social Improvement ' of the People is formed . ' '' In the first place the plan of the National Associa tion was written during the first few months of our incarceration in Warwick Gaol , long before your Association wai formed , and would have been published hod we been allowed free communication with our friends .
On our liberation from prison our plan was published in the pamphlet entitled " Chartism , " and at different public meetings Mr . Col Una and myself avowed our intention of endeavouring to form an Association upon that plan as soon as our health and dreamstances permitted . Different plans ~ and projects were promulgated at that period , for carrying forward-tbe cause of Chartism ; « ne was for establishing a morning paper , another a national press , others for exclusive dealing others for joint-stock stores , and others had projected and taken some steps towards forming the National Charter Association to which you belong . Our plan for obtainiug the People * Charter by otaufni and moral means , by tbe erecting of haik , tbe
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establishing of schools , the formation of libraries , and by every means seeking to raise the intellectual and moral character of our brethren , while approved of by the press in general , as well as by the thinking aud reflecting portion of Chartists , instead of being made a legitimate subject for discussion , was only made the subject of contempt and ridicule by tho people's organ , the Northern Star , the editor of which designated nation education as a " national jackass , " and without condescending to review or rebut the arguments -we had adduced , hinted tbat our plan was altogether worthless , as The Sun , the Chronicle , and other portions of the prew had spoken favourably of it .
On my return from Cornwall I received a letter inviting me to join your association , which I refused to do on the grounds of illegality , at the same time referring them to Acts of Parliament by which they were shown that all who belonged to them were subject to transportation ; a risk I did not choose to run . About the same time Mr . Collins called the attention of the Editor of tho Star to the subject of the illegality of the Charter Association , and the necessity of cautioning the working classes on the subject The persons engaged on that paper subsequently wrote to Mr . Place of London to ascertain the state of the law on the subject , which that gentleman readily furnished them with , but several weeks were suffered to elapse before any notice was taken or warning given , when Mr . Place ' s article appeared without the least acknowledgment of the author .
An alteration was subsequently made in the plan of your Association , to make it more conformable to law . How far that has been effected I shall not htzird an opinion ; suffice it to siy , I have not seen sufficient inducements in your objects , nor that line of conduct pursued tey those who rule its destinies , to warrant me in joining them . Believing that the principles of Chartism are purely democratical , calculated to bentfit all classes , aud not the working classes exclusively , I cannot agree with tfee general denunciations against all kinds of union with tbe middle classes , nor do I approve of the abuse , calumny , and despotic conduct which have recently been put forth against all those who think a union of all classes desirable .
It . has been stated , by the editor of the Star ( doubtless with the view of exciting the prejudice of the working classes ) , thatthe plan of our Association was concocted by Meatrs , Hume , Roebuck , and O'Connell , when he knows to the contrary , that it is word for word such as appeared in our pumphlet , which was written under circumstances of deprivations and sufferings in the cause of the people . But even if it was tho production of the greatest enemy of the people , its origin is of little moment ; the great question far consideration is—would it benefit the peoplo politically and socially , if the people themselves resolved to carry it into practice ?
Our plan has been said to be put forth . " as a secret move . " In answer to which , I embrace this opportunity of stating that similar means were taken to ascertain the opinion of all the known and active Chartists of the kingdom respecting it , as were taken to obtain the signatures to the Irish address which was put forth previous to the meeting of the Convention . Copies of it were sent t « all the Radical , Working Men ' s , and Charter Associations throughout the kingdom—tho addresses of which wo could obtain—aa also to tho Members of the late Convention , embracing the originators of your A ^ a : > ciation . So that not only was tho widest publicity given to it , but ample oppottviniUea afforded for laying it before your Association or any other body of ilaformers .
Those who have appended , their names to tlie address and plan of the National Association are desirous of a union embracing parsons of all creeds , cleats s , and opinions , who arts desirous of promoting tlw political and social improvement of the people ; and if the members or Council of your Association approve of our objects , and the niea-ns we have put forth for tho attainment of the People ' s Charter , we shall be giad to enrol them asm sin bers ; as also Sir It . Peel , Lurd J . Russell , or the Duke of WeiHngton , if they choose to join us . A t all events , wo claim the same right to put forth our views , and to form a union upon our plans as you bave on yours , the Scotch on theirs , or any other body « . f Itcformers ; and little cm be said of the democratic feeiiugs , the intellect or moral principle of these who denounce as ' thiaves , traitors , and liars" all who diilfev from them in opinion or mode of action . I ren . iiiu , your obedient servant , W . LOVETT . 183 , Tottenham Court Road .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , AND MORE PARTICULARLY TO MR . HILL , THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , AND MR . WILLIAM LOVETT . FRIBNDS , —We , the undersigned , residing at Trowbridge , councillors of the National Charter Association , desire to address you , believing that the circumstances urging us will , with all fair and candid minds , be a sufficient justification for our doing so . The last month has developed an apparent schism amongst our best friends , accompanied with language so coarse , violent , and , to our minds , utterly uncalled for , " as to give eo ; ne ground for tho triumphant assertion of our opponents , that Chartism , instead of being a tund of union and brotherly love , is really an apple of discord—a watchword of strife and scurrility . Men whom all of us . have delighted to honour , whom we received with acclamations on their release from prison , have been designated , iu our only newspaper organ , as thieves , traitors , and liars ; and thai , not only
without editorial censure , but even with implied approbation . Can this bo right ? Does it not imply either a premature recklessness of praise nearly allied to folly , or a wantonness of reproach that savours little of consistency or chanty . Again , wo read that a fierce war of opinion , dis'Ugured by bitter sarcasm , challenges to discussion , &c , is waging in Birmingham and other places , as to the connection of Chartism and Christianity , or something of that sort ; engendering feelings of hatred that are far from being akin to the sacreduess of our cause , or the purity of our objects . Is not all this melancholy work ? Holding np a man in triumph ou a Tuesday , and knocking him down on a Wednesday ; calling him " god" one day , and " devil" the next . Christianity and Chartism set fighting against each other—the strength , the men , the principles , th * t ought to be banded together in holy union against the common foe , wasting their vigour , lent to them for the benefit of mankind , in childish quarrels and disgusting abuse ?
Let us examine into the ctrcumataneos on which all this bitteviuss and inconsistency is based , and see whether they are necessary and proper . First , we begin with the circular Address of Mr . Lovett and othtis : — " To the Political and Social Reformers of the United Kingdom . " With the spirit and purport of tbat Address —except in one particular—we fully agree . We concur with that Address iu the belief that wo must become our own social and political regenerators , or that we shall never enjoy freedom . More especially do we agree with Mr . Lovett in " making the Charter the Polar Star of our agitation j" aud we cordially unite in the sentiments , that " Uiving truth for its basis , and the happiness of all for its end , it needs not tho violence ef passion , the bitterness of party spirit , nor the arms of aggressive warfare for its support ; its principles heed only to be unfolded to be appreciated , and being appreciated by the majority , will be established in peace . "
Nor do we altogether deny that " we have wasted glorious means of usefulness in foolish displays and gaudy trappings . " Our concurrence with this sentiment , however , must be . a qualified one . We incline to the belief that these displays and trappings , and oven the ' passionate invective , party spirit , and personal idolatry , " however unsuited to our present advanced position , have often , under Providence , been the means of encouraging a social and inquiring spirit , and waking up honest ignorance from its hereditary torpor . Many , we believe , that are destined to play a high and glorious part in our emancipation from slavery , first heard the truths cf Universal Brotherhood—were first aroused t » a sense of their degradation , their rights , and their strength—in conjunction with bands , banners , music , and processions , and , the other gewgaw puerilities so cunningly designed for our abasement The toys have become objects of our contempt , but the lesson they helped to teach—let us speak of them gently then —is destined to conquer tbe system of ages and the prejudices of a world !
Nor do we find fault with the plan proposed by the address . District halls , circulating libraries , miss 3 < maries , tracts , and so forth , aU seem to us well calculated to encourage and eusure an enlightened public opinion ; to fortify and consolidate the strength of our friends ; and to mitigate the fears of those who oppose us ftiim not understanding our objects . But then—and here We come to the point to which we alluded at the outset , and on which we altogether differ from Mr . tovett and the four other gentlemen acting with aim in the address . They propose to establish an Association to carry out their plan . In this we think them altogether wrong . We do not call them —our injustice would be greater than their deficiency of judgment if we were * to call them— " Thieves , Uara , and traitors , " but we think that they have committed a great error , and tho sooner they acknowledge it the bettor we shall think of their sincerity and consistency . ' ' ' -
_ . _ . We tat * an Association—the National Charter Assoelation—chosen in the most fair and public manner , and all but universally recognised as the Representatives of the Chartists of Great Britain : Already has this body met and acted in its representative capacity j and we may refer to the zeal with , wb | ph one of their laws has been carried out—thaV of enforcing on every publio meeting the Chdrter and its principles-as a proof , and a strong one , of our faith in Iti wisdom . To these our Representatives—tbe National , Chatter Association—MeearB . Lovett , &c , ought in our opinion jSrst to have submitted their plan ; it would have be « n received and discussed with aU the respect and consideration it ao well merited ; and , if there adopt * d , would thus have been girded with a moral strength that would have gone far to secure its success .
Of the National Charter Asssciation , we , the writers ^ of this letter , are councillors ; anrd we cannot refrain from an opinion that all good Chartists will noon be nnmbered in our lists . We sincerely regret to learn that Mr . tovett U not a member 3 more particularly as
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bis well earned reputation gives force to his example * Tbe cry of " Illegality" does not appear to as to be of any force . Every Association to carry the Charier is illegal . For the slave to seek for freedom a contrary to law . Recent experience has proved tbat with an Aris tocratic Judge aad a middle class Jury laws can easily be found suited to their purposes . Still we believe ,- for we have noticed a change in the political atmosphere , that if we pursue our objects without violence ,, or the threat of it , we shall be able to overcome and neutralise all opposition . M « st cordially do we oppose the forming another Association as proposed by Mr . Lovett ; and we earnestly trust that he will pause before going further in his project ; it is calculated to engender a spirit of " party" in our ranks , and to encourage the idea that
we are divided in opinion as to the means to be employed to obtain our eommon object—that there are inoralforct Chartists and physical force Chartists . The fact ia , and no oua knows this better than Mr . Lovett , that upon the moral force and physical force question , whatever differences there may formerly bave been , we are now all agreed . The trials , the fact that John Frost is an - exile , and . man ; of our beat friends are in priaon , have taught us wisdom . All of us agree with JU « Lovett in looking to moral force alone for the accom plishment of our objects ; and Mr . Lovett agrees with OS in the abstract right , not only of a nation but even of an individual , to use physical force or any other force to obtain emancipation from slavery . It is wrong , therefore , to
eucourago or sanction the . idea that we are two bodies . Lovett Chartism , and O'Conner Cfcartism—tbat there is a difference of opinion wbere none in reality exists The praise-of Dauiel O"ConneU ia indeed a heavy stigma —a disgrace , however , which v / e admit Mr . Lovtit ia not entitled to ; but it ¦ will be well fox him to learn caution from it . Virtue of a high order can alone survive the infliction ! Of Sir . Lovett ' s plan itself we have before ' expressed our favourable opinion—indeed the very means that it content plates wtre contemplated by our representatives ; but we desire most emphatically to record our opposition to the adoption of any plau whatever , however good / that is not first recognised by the National Charter Association .
We now turn to a subject which has occasioned us much pain .. We allude to the intemperate language with which the Address of Mr . Lovett has been treated by Mr . Hill , the editor of the Norihe / n Star That paper is tbe only generally recoguiced organ of the Chartist body , and , to some extent , ail aro involved in its errors who do not protest against them . Wmltmite , therefore , to afcite the regret with which we havo lately observed in that paper what we cannot but consider a spirit of intolerance towards every opinion but tbut of its editor . . . The day of dictation is gene by , the great " we" no longer blinds us to the fact that it is but a fa'lible mortal that guides the editorial pen , asd ( iioygo we freely acknowledge tbe services rendered to tha People ' s Cause by the Northern Siar , and we do this the more freely , inasmuch ob those services have been liberally and generously responded to , we think it right to recommend to Mr . Hill the adoption of a less bitter style towards those with whom he may conscientiously differ .
In the Northern Star of the 17 th instant , there , is an editori . U article abounding from first to last , ana in every variety of low phraseology , with charges and imputations of fraud , falsehood , and trickery a ^ ains * Messrs . Iovattand Colling . We believe tiiese charges and imputations to be utterly unfounded . We titiire to recovd our conviction , that not a shadow of proof has been produced that Messrs . Lovett and Collins ever sanctioned any movement for any suffrage short of that comprised in the Charter , All their declarations arc opposed to any suffrage less than the Charter Suffrs * gt >; and we believe , and we assert , that the veracity of these genttemtn is as unimpeachable aa that of Mr . Hill .
Besiues the injustice in the particular instance to ¦ which we are now referring , wo believe that tbe spirit of iuvective » nd dogmatism which has lately sullied the pat ; -as of the Northern Star , and damaged ita purity , is in ; i general sense cawist ' . For tbe purpose t > f obtaining permanent unity , it is desirable rather to encuuragu and court from those who have proved that they value our principles by their sufferings in our c-iuse , those diffcrencea of thought which , by for cing inquiry and investigation , are the surest and soundest pi-eludes ' to unanimity and Bucctss . We have ever been among the foremost to oppose any union with tl > e middle uhsses , compromising , or appearing . to compromise , the principles of the Charter . Xhe anti-Corn Law lecturer has indeed appeared in our county , but we have met htm , aud conquered him ; not resort *
ing to irtle clamour , but arguing fairly and calmly the justice and .. propriety of the working classes restraining their tfforts , in the tirst instance , to their own politipal eumucipation . But , however strongly we deprecate any going over to the middle classes , we are equally strong ia aux opinion of the folly of preventing their coming over to us . Many of them have long been favourable to our principles , though retrained by various circumstances froni being forward in the struggle —many of theni ate suffering , keenly though secrtstly , under the thousand ills comprised in the phrase " commercial distress ; " and thousands that neve thought before , have been compelled to the wholesome but painful process by the increased burthen of taxation . The conviction— illmohtaL honour 10 xuosb that wrought it !—that Chartism will never raise its hand for any change short of the Charter , has dune its work : in all there is uneasiness and a desire fox change ; a growing fancy that there is something wrong ;
a fear too , shadowy and indistinct though it be , that when " thrown on their own resources , " they , like the pauper , must in their latter days be separated from . their wives and children , be coffined by contract , and be huddled together in the union grave . Their mental shackles are falling off Tallow-chandler and cheesemonger—a subject for a picture—are discussing " first principles . " We hail these signs with satisfaction ;—they are the result of political light , the work of oar own hands , aided by the circumstances which , haying first ground us to destitution , are now , by their retributive operation , briDging them to their senses . We hail with gladness their approach to reason , and it is because we desire their further advancement in political knowledge that we deprecate all language that is merely abusive or violent . They are apt to think , and wa coafess a . leaning , ia this iustance , towards thelx opinion , that hard and harsh expressions are seldom resorted to except where there is lack of argument
Besides the subject into which we have gone at length we had intended to speak of " Christian Chartism /' and other phi ases by which our objects are mystified ; bat owr letter is already too long aud we forbear . To us all these distinctions seem very nonsensical . The Chartee . —neither more nor less—as a means of universal happiness , is what we seek for ; and convinced that our claim is founded in justice and truth wo know that it will ultimately prevail . Every person should be at liberty to advocate the Charter or any peculiar views that he considers calculated to advance it 3 progress ; but he ought not to make those peculiar views a ground of distrust or hostility towards others who have arrived at their conviction by a different road . ?• Christianismj " " Ttsetotaiism , " and the other ' isms , " ( we forget them just now , ) what are they but the vaiiouB paths tending to and terminating in the same glorious Temple Of Liberty , CiJARTisai ? Why then quarrel with each other—what can it possibly matter Itow we get there to thai we set there ? '
Our own opinion is that Chartism and Christianity not only support each other bat are identically tke annie ; but seeing that wherever the holy nama of religion enters , discord , by some unfortunate necessity , is sore to follow ,, we would rather recommend Its avoidance In genera ! discussion . Let us learn from the harmonious conductor the * . ' Clergy of all Denominations , " when temporalities are attacked , to act in the spirit of uni ^ r and the bond of peace . In " spiritualities , " indeed , they tolerate every grade and shade of difference j but in temporaiites—tithes , dues , pew . fees , and so forththey are , as-one man—firm as rocks—immutable and immovable . They are all true to the Catholic faith . Chartism is bur Temporality—to save us from want aud the ¦ work ' . iouse—our Easter dues , our Voluntary offering , our Tithe commutation . Let us first get that , and then we can quarrel ourselves to peace- We very much doabt the policy of confounding Chartism vrith matters to ' which it does not necessarily » r properly belong .
Wo conclude , then , in the earnest hope that the originators of the . Address signed by Messrs . Lovett and others , will feel it right to postpone their project till it has received the sanction of our Representatives— -the National Charter Association ; and that In tlie mean ti ' . i . o they will do aU in their power to discourage , by their writings and conduct , the supposition that then is any division in our ranks . To Mr . Hill we tender our thanks for his / services , and hope that he will receive our advice in the spirit which actuates as in giving it—tbe sincere desire to pare off from onr advocacy all that is wrong or unseemly .
Our polemical friends at Birmingham wilf , we nave no doubt , . understand us : the thing , indeed , is tod plain for a mistake : ice cannot afford to go iittoeoeit siasiicalviatiers just ai present . Y , To all eur friends in the cause of Universal Freedonj we conscientiously tender our advice to encourage t ^ wards each other a spirit offorbearance , and tb snppiess every tondtney to division . Eveufa are working f <* of more rap idly , or rather , more txtensivtty , than the wildest speculation , has reached . We must' keep oja £ men iogethcr— helping the weak—urging the slacfe , ** straining'the free , and quarrelling with none . A great portion of our battle iB being fought by the power of public opinion acting on all . The Stock Exchange—bo enough—aUisgoittgontedU ' ¦ : , . .. . In the earnest hope that wa may soon . be able to eat gratulate each other on the conjiiaunatioa of mi wishes , we beg to subscribe borcelvea , : Your sincere friend * and faUow 4 abonwis
In toe cause ' of democracy , EDVTAR& PAYKB , . ? Jakes Wati « , Joseph jSiaQSK , . ' James HviDEHi , TVilmaw llAH ? pap , v Isaac ; Lestjer , " ,.. ¦ , . ¦ .. . . Jamj ; s UaSWSLL , viee- ^ rwiilf tBt , John Moore , sub-Treasurer , ^ Henrt AdaUs , jub- ' ^ ecretary , ( Councillors of the National Charter Association Trowbridge , l » ih April , l&U .
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Commodore Napikk dined with the Navy CJub , at the Thatched House Tavern , on Thursday , the 22 J ult . Admiral Thompson was in the chair . Mr . Do . v . v , the pfr-esutiug suitor of Miss Coutts , has eommenceii proceedings against two of tho Middlesex Magistrates for i ' aLse imprisonment . Joseph Lovell , tho man who last week slippod under the wheels of the Eastern Counties Railway train , from which he had just alighted , died on Saturday . Tub Magistrates of Brighton have refused to sign an order .-or ihe payment of church-rates , on account of theii < iuub » as 10 a technical objection which had been maue against the rate . The Churchwardens threaten their worships with a mmndamus . Under the iikab of Portsmouth , the Brighton Gazette taya— " 'iht-ra is a report that the Warspnc , 50 , is to be forthwith commissioned here , for the broau pondarit of Cjiumodoro Sir Charles Napier , who is to have the command in the Pacific . "
Suicide at Sea -Ciptain Ardent , of the brig Elizabeth , oi London , bound for Quebec , died on the luth ult ., ai sea . He had made repeated attempts at suicide , by cutting his throat , aud jumping from the vessel . Repeal . —Lord Ft ' rench has resigned his office of Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Galway , because Lord Ebrington declined to appoint his son , the Hon . Thomas i'french , au avowed and active Repealer , to a similar situation . —Dublin Mail . Mr . Arthur Perrin , late Mayor of Dublin , arrived at New York a few days i . ' ack with his two sons , and a day or two after his arrival he was arrested under the Stilwell Act for abolishing imprisonment for debt end punishing fraudulent debtors . The case is undergoing investigation .
Two ravens were seen , a few days since , fighting in the air , near the mouth of the river Yealm , and at length fell together to the ground . An observer hastened to the spot , and secured them both while they were thus hotly engaged , and locked iu each other ' s claws . — ll'eslern Luminary . IV ' ew Association . —A new Association , called the " Political Institute , " held its second sitting ou Wednesday week , at Holborn Bars , when it discussed the necessity of diminishing the immense aud increasing influence of the aristocracy . Dangerous Freak .. —Two sailors were fined 10 s . each at Union Hall Police-office , on Saturday , foT jumping off the Greenwich train whilst going over Dermoudsey Bridge at full speed . The fine would have been heavier , but 4 he Bailors pleaded ignorance of railway affiirs , as they had just landed from Valparaiso , and had never riddcu in a train before .
Christian Names . —A Cabinet order at Berlin explains that in the ordinance issued some years ago , by which the Jews are prohibited from giving Christian names to their children , that those only are to be c&usidercd as prohibited names either derived from the name of our Saviour , tuch as Christian , Christopher , &c , or which refer to some dogma of the Christian Church , such as Reuatus , Anastas , Baptist , aud Peter . A Charitable Wish . —At a Tory festival in Beccles , reported in the Standard , tho Chairman , Sir T . S . Gooch , B 3 rt ., spoke bis mind in these terms : — " If he had had his wish , Mr . O'Connell would have been hanged long ago . ( A laugh . ) It might be thought an uncharitable wish , but it came iroin the bottom uf his heart . What a happy thing it would be to see him aud many more dancing upou nothine . " ( Cheers . )
Dundee was disturbed by a riot on Sunday night week . The pohce arrested three drunken men at a public-house ; and a mob collected and assisted one of the prisoners to escape from a wiDdow . Wnen the other two were taken into the street , two or three hundred men made a furious attack upon the police ; but after discharging ssveral voiiies of stones , four of them were seizi-d , to share in the captivity of their drunken friends . They were taken before the Magistrate ? , and sentenced to heavy fines or imprisonment for sixty days .
Ik opr last wb stated that Zjphania Williams and four convicts had ran away from Porv Arthur . It appears that Williams , who is an overseer of the co&l-mines , found in the bush a boat , and the convicts who had concealed it knew that , unless they forced him away with them , they would be discovered ; so they took him away with them , and at the first house he came to after leaving the remainder of the men , he gave himself up , and is now in gaol at Richmond . We are glad to hear the conduct of Williams , since his arrival here , has been extremely exemplary . We have heard that some of the Canadians have escaped from Green Ponds , under rather extraordinary circumstances . —Ilobart Town Advertiser , i ^ ovumber 24 .
DrSPJ : RATE ATTEMPT AT SuiClDH ON BLACKFRIARSBridge . —Ou Friday night , the 23 rd ult ., between seren and eight o ' clock , a middle-aged female was observed by police-constable 371 , to mount the parapet of the north-east side of Biackfriars-bridge , and , " before he could reach her , she precipitated herself into the Thames . Some men who were on the pier instantly put off to her rescue , and eu 6 ceeded in gainiDg her apparently lifeless body , and conveyed it to the Glaziors' Arms , ( receiving-house ) , Waterlane , where 8 he was promptly attended by Mr . Hutchinson , surgeon , of Farringdon-street . In tho course of an hour , she wa 3 so far recovered as to be enabled to state that her name was Ann Baines , and that she resided at Cow-cross , Sniithfield , but had no relatives or friends in London .
Sympathy with Great Criminals . —On Wednesday , the day of the fair at Foix , Pierre Sarda Tragine , the Alpine brigand , was publicly oxposed according to the terms of his sentence . Tae executioners of Toulouse and Foix were both present . These men , who have effectually stopped the career of Tragine by executing the sentence which the Court passed upon him , were for some time occupied in collecting the sous which were thrown down for the criminal by numbers of the spectators ; and it was remarked that several crown pieces were actually thrown down for him . It was stated that several persons , who were ashamed to be seen giving themselves , sent their valets or tenmts to giro fife-franc pieces to the unfortunate Tragine . A countryman present , in making an appeal on his behalf , said ,
" Give something for the man who was a good [ father , a good husband , who was not a robber , ] but i was the victim of his fate . " Side by side with Tragine was Jean-Petit-Boy , also sentenced to " exposition" and . seven years' imprisonment , in February last , for the crime of incendiarism . This man , however , was not the object of public charity . Everything for the great oriminal , but nothing for the obscure incendiary ; and it appeared indeed , from the circumstances of this occasion , as has often s been said , that if we . wish to excite interest , Bymj pathy , and even enthusiasm , we must commit great crimes , when we shall not be without Borne applaudiug hands , nor fail to meet with juries who will discover in our offences " extenuating circumstances . " —Paris JournsL
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THE NORTHERN STIR , 3
To The Councillors Of The National Charter Association Of Trowbridge.
TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF TROWBRIDGE .
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