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rHE NEW YORll LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from.1VERPOOL, viz.:-THE NEW YORl| LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from LIVERPOOL, viz. :-
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rHE NEW YORll LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from . 1 VERPOOL , viz .:- THE NEW YORl | LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from LIVERPOOL , viz . :- Tons Register . PATRICK HENRY , Deluno , 1000 25 th April . VIRGINIA . i Allen , 650 l * t May . HOTTINGUER , ! Bursley , 1035 5 th - NEW SHIP LIBERTY Norton , 960 13 : h - In lieu of ROSCIUS , which Ship has been Chartered for the full compliment of Steerage Passsengers . : For PHILADELPHIA , The Packet Ships formerly sailing on the 8 th of each month , will be despatched until further notice , as follows : — SHENANDOAH , West , 780 20 th May . SUSQUEHANNAH , Mencken , 600 2 othJune . JNO . DUNLOP , Choute , 570 8 th May . For BOSTON Direct . PALMYRA , | Sampson , 850 1 st May . The above first class Ships are admirably adapted for the accommodation of Passengers in the Cabin , Second Cabin , and Steerage , and persons at a distance can secure places by forwarding through the Post-office a deposit of £ 1 for each intended Emigrant , and they bay rely on every attention being paid U > their comfort by the subscriber , | p . W . BYRNES , 36 , | Waterloo Road , Liverpool . Second Cabin and Sfcerage Passengers are allowed by the Ship one poirodjof bread or bread stuff daily , and one shilling per d » y if detained beyond the day named for sailing .
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NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS . rpHE Undermentioned Vessels are fitted ^ nn X expressly for the Comfortable Conveyance or Passengers , in Cabin , Second Cabin , and Steerage and the charge for tonnage is unusually low . Each Adult Passenger will be supplied by the Ship with one pound of Bread Stuff , and three quarts of puja water daily during the voyage , and if detained fa Liverpool after the day appointed for sailing , gujw sistenpe money will be allowed according to Lair Persons in the country can secure Berths by sendW a deposit of £ 1 each , with names and ages . FOR NEW YORK . Captains To mS HIBERNIA Bunting Ui M . * HARGRAVE Bailey 3 rd * BASHAW Howe 55 h SHAKSPEARE Miner 7 th FOR BOSTON . TURBO Beauohamp lst JOHN CARVER Pendleton 5 th FOR QUEBEC And will forward Passengers to Montreal , the well 1 __ ** fit v *|*" known fine Ships LIVERPOOL Winford 3 rd ENGLAND Johnston 10 th For Terms of Passage apply ( if by letter , pos t * paid , ) to J . and W . ROBINSON . Liverpool , 16 , Goree Piazzas .
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rp HE Council of the Arbroath Chartist Association . X having read in the Star of the First of April , » speech delivered by Con Murray , at a meeting in Edinburgh , charging Abram Duncan , with political dishonesty , they hereby Challenge Con Murray to prove the assertion before a fair open Public Meet ing of the Inhabitants of Arbroath , convened for that purpose , at his earliest possible convenience , Signed on behalf of the Meeting , Donald Stuart , Chairman . James Losh , Secretary . Arbroath , 22 nd April , 1843 .
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TO DAN 1 ELL G'CONHELL , ESQ ., M . P . Sir . —I prepume yonr memory will be sufficiently TetentiYe in . calling you to a recollection of ihe subject matter of this letter as laid dovra in my . second heading of the loth . I witt . therefore without farther preface proceed to the discussion of the great principled toleration which sho uld guide and diretft all statesmen in legislating for a people so ^ arkd and whimsical in their religions opinion ^ as ^ si& inhabitants of ihese kingdoms ; a principle which
is second to none in peiat of impertaDe « , foT > oathe reducing it to practioesad carrying k out - » the proper spirit depends fee happiness ot misery of thousands . A principle which y « a have -set at ziougbt and attempted * o destroy toiservejotr o"wn iase-purposes . A principle , Sir , vrirch we Trill praserrpr vii . latebj the power of aa enlightened publio ot m .:, cespHe iht fanatical sajsogs and doings of lt vaB Jong-facefl sara 0 'GeBB . ellg , Ceiqnhouns , sat Agnewsjirith Tfhici this cwmtry has beeiij and is yet , tormented .
In your attemjis to exwt « Sie worst passions of my countrymen -and to stir "Rp the Tinhappy prejudices existing £ * Ireland on tfce-endlessaud undefined question -of "religion , you * re capping the foundation of * 11 social order , aB ^^ Ul ultimately , ' unless common -sense comes to their resoae , drive these people to destruction by sstting them in each other's necks « nte » tty points of theology , which has occupied tie « nention ^) f tae chaps inbl &ck for the last eighteen hundred and fecty-three years , and which aro j * 5 t- * s far from beiEg-amicably arranged now as the first-moment the disputes-arose . The enemies of freedom , amongst whom yon may with great propriety 3 > e called the chief , have resorted to maay schemes fer the purpose « f thwarting our humane object in securing to she poor-man the fnll pr ivilege of ejgoyins the reward vt his industry . At one time the old embera of national enmiiy are blown
infce life ; * t anoiher time lie -deadly fends of Catholics and Protestants-are abetted and encouraged by oar-crnel governors -aad their supporters , and after these contentious bones hare caused the death of xnx&y misled ignorant -dupes , and the combatants , hj the partial spreading-of -usefnl knowledge , have Veen shown a sighs of their follies , bo as to enable them , in a great measure , to guard against the wily eoncociionB of English and Irish Catholic and Protestant do-nothaags , led-on by such pious Christians as you , Sir Harcoart Lees , and Colonel Yerner ; after the people of Ireland , 1 say , hare so far got themselves disengaged from these old bug-bears , it lemaina for Mr . Daniei O'Oonnell , e ? -Lord Mayor , dictator general to the Joyal starving Repealers , member Tar all Ireland , and the best abused man in the whole world , and to show his superior skill as the father of all the -Government schemers in
fomenting strife , by stepping in with another wellmaaufacinred trap , to catch theremaining ignorance and turn it to the best possible advantage m filling your nnholy mooes bags . In the Betorious speech to which I am now directing the attention of my countrymen , you hare -departed from the old emblems -of discord , the orange and green , and substituted that of religion and irreligion ; yon make a holy appeal to Catholic ? , Protestants , Presbyterians , Methodists , and the ^ ouBand and one other fanatical squads by whom » hepe&ee- © f society is daily disturbed , to unite in a firm bond-of nsion , aot for the purpose of bringing about snch a change in the constitution of the laws , as every . good nan must desire , but for a determined
and blody onslaught on the growing spirit of what you are pleased to call infidelity . You tell them of one Taylor , an in&del bookseller , who opened a shop in Dublin , some yeas ago , who was known by the cognomen of the devil ' s chaplain , and then by way -of showing your -gaping au-lifcory how they may easily get rid of your political opponents , yen indirectly pay a higa compliment toannmber of young meo , Protestants and Catholics , who pulled Ibis infidel out of his shop , in a lane off Graftonstreet , dragged him along the streets shouting ** Bend -ihe ibol feriher" until they came to the liiffey , yrhere they would have actually drowned him , had it not been for the interference of some policemen > After delivering your > elf of this choice morsel , you excitingly exclaim—that same night be ' went ctf to England , and has never since dared to pollute the
sou of Ireland . Inhuman , intolerant , acsocial and anti-christian monster , thou fit companion for the beastly Calvin at the steke of Severitus , what did yon mean by the narration of this savage conduct 1 Willjron answer this gnesiion 1 Ho , no , yon will not ^ the viciousnessof yen ? persecuting spirit destroys that little something which never fails to warn yon that you are walking in the ways of wickedness for which , nnless _ yoH repent , the all-powerful ruler of tbe Bniverse will call yon to a Fearful account . But as there is no likelihood of you giving * u 3 an answer on this side the grave , and in all probability yon will have enough to do on the otaer side , I will not press it for the-present , bnt content « iyself , according tomy own hnmble judgment , in making np the deficiency , leaving it to an enlightened public to say whether I am right or wrong .
In ihe first place , then , as Bhewn in my last , yon ¦ endeavoured to make the people of Ireland believe that Chartism and Socialism -were one and the same system . Secondlyjonheld ontthat if permitted to go onthey ¦ would destroy Christianity , and as a means to arrest their progress yon-call on the Catholic priesthood { which 1 am sorry to say too often became your pliant tools ) to assist you in warning your hearers against any connection with their professors , that they are not to hold any intercourse with them in ihe common concerns of life—not sven so much as speak to them .
And , lastly , by referring to the -case of the Rev . Mr . Taylor , yon areadvising them icdirectlv to go and pull the Chartisteand their good friend O'flizgins cut of their Ball , in North Ann-street , drag them to the Liffey ., and either throw them in , or terrify them so ^ s that they may eni oSto England , never more irith their pestilential tread to pollute the soil of yoDr profiiable speculations . Dan , my d « ar , isn ' t this what yon want to -be at » I defy cay rational jaan to arrive at a , differesfc-codelusion . Kow , Sir , allow me to digress for a moment , and for the sake of argument , suppose yon t « be a Catholic , have yon , in this instance , used tke proper means for the preservation of that faith ifrom the inreads of thennbeliever or infidel ! I deny that you have . -I deny that the cruelties and prosecutions
recommended by you wnl have the effect of . putting down Socialism . On the other hand , it-is the best possible course you could pursue for its increase 5 and when their next Congress meets in London , jon axe fully entitled to * a nnaniniOBB vote of thanks for yoar furious attacks . All history warrants -us in saying . And yon must be better acquainted with it than 1 am , that whes a man is ^ crsecnted for his opinions , he will cling ^ aore "fcenacionsly to them , no matter how absurd they may appear . The interference of « ne man -WKh- the belief of another iis tyranny of the blackest -dye ; and I would like to know what . good resnlt coald follow fee beating at infidel into a compliance with yonr . creed . If by forcehe is compelled to profess , does tkat make him less sceptical at heart 1 SKely not .
But , viewing this matter ki another l ^ ht , lerme ask how are the opinions of aankind fotaied on the ^ reat and mysterious qnestioa of religioa ! Is it not by the usages , enstoms , and laws of their various nations , in many esses from tinae immemorial ? If so , then how can yoo change tkem . ? Bytfee same process employed in their propagation—tiae and perseverenee . If there be a man living who doubts the truth of this , I ask him to castils eyes over the world , and tell me how many of its thousand millions of inhabitants believe the doctrines of either Catholics , Protestants , or Infidels , or die whole of them put together 1 not the one-fourth , and yet yon have the daring impndence to tell as that unless they believe your Catholicism .
ProtestantiFm , Presbyterianism , or Methodism , they should not be permitted to exist in the beantifnl green land of our iirth . 1 should like to see yon and your modern OatheUians armed with clubs , set oat on an excursion for the conversion of the < two hundred and seventy millions of Chiaese , from-thenee wend your way to tne banks of the Ganges ^ and persuade Vfte vast population of Hindustan to change the religion of the Bramins and the worship of Juggernaut for that of the Methodist ranters , daneing about like the warlocks and fiends in Bnrns ' s poem of Tsm O'Shanter . If you survived this
ex-T-editionjI wonld have you march upon Persia and Constantinople , and oTennrn the Pagan rites and ceremonies of the Mahometans , who put their prophet in theplaceof our Saviour ; and if yon be not crowned with laurels by the British and Foreign Bible Society on your return , then I should say they are an nogratefal body of holy swindlers , and undeserving of another annual subscription from their English ga ! l 3 . But , Sir , to return ; is it on the score of-religion yon are making such powerful efforts to extirpate nnbelieverBi I say it is not ; it ib yonr last pollfteal Bhift , all your other plans are worn threadcare j and now ,-
—" The fear of halfr the hsagman'a whip to keep the Tuewa ia order . " "Sou have jast abont as much religion in your heart as a horse or a eow . You may stare ; bnt stop a wee . HI prove it as d 4 r ^ as ' rock infidels ril suffer to be branded as a liar &r the « m » inder of m life . I know you are looked npon »* person of Tery xeligioua habita , but thepwple i » Te beheTed many things which time and eSerieneshaveproTentobeemmeonB . Your frieadB even & as far as to ay-tint jou keep * confessor for your
xtwn especial use , feat many is the time I have said it would take half a doxen of them to do yon fall justice . The Catholic Church requires on the part of eomxnimicaiits , the most holy and spotless life . free irdmeTeTjBttm or blemish ; tb » tyourlifeisnot of this description , I have already shewn by incon trovertible evidence ; and , in addition to what has been given , I will occupy the remainder of this , and a portion of mj next letter , in taking a cursory glance at your whole l&boar , bat it must of necessity be only & mers sketch j for to go the fnll length in all ihat might be written on the subject , would consume
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more time , than I can command and more space than the forty-eight oolumns of thia poor man ' s joernal . It may xiot be amiss to require here- what is meant % y the stoics application of the term infideL I am well eno'agh aware that in the common acceptation it is applied to a person who doubts or denies the Divino Revelation of the ScriptureB , or the fundamental principles of Christianity . But I think 1 have heard it said , and some of the English grammarians quoted as authority , that an infidel was a man who believed one thing , while , at the same time , he professed the contrary . If I am correct in this then you are thetnanand the infidel , for you profess to believe the doctrines of the Catholic Church , and
not only that , bat in the fullness of your hypocritical heart you attend regularly on her sacraments , while you prove your disbelief by going out from the . table of the Lord to rob the poor by political jngglery ; ia confirmation of which I point to your conduct ' on the passing and carrying out of the Emancipation BilL After you had bartered the forty shilling freeholders for this Bill many blamed you , but the great mass gave you credit for good intentions . Tne speeches which you had made in Waterford and many other plaoes in support of the starving people against the swarms of law gamblers which overran the kingdom was then ringing in the ears of jour numerous supporters , among whom I was one $ but on seeing you take
advantage of the power and influence which this Bill gave you , in joining the robbers by the establishment of a bank , the operations of which tended to raise the prices of the necessaries of life on those who were too poor to purchase them even at the cheapest rate , we could not conscientiously remain longer attached ts your triumphal car , when as Dr . M'Hale has truly said , you made use of the power of the people to secure places and pensions for those who assisted you in your gullible profession . Then any man , not blinded by interest , might ea 3 ily have seen that yoar object was plunder , and that yon cared not what mean 3 you ' employed in getting at it . You have exhibited throughout a system of doubl « - dealing , seldom to be met with , and when taken as a whole will , I belieTe , be found without a parallel in the biographies of all other public men . Your
political conjuring is of the most masterly description . You first used the people to terrify the Government into a compliance with your wishes , and after vou had got all you could gather in that quarter you turn round and actually blind them so far that these same people pay you a tribute of from 12 to £ 20 , 000 a year for the glorious privilege of being jewed . No other living man could have performed tuch a feat Giving the devil his due , you are de-i cidedly a clever old fellow , and of all the infidel tribe you deserve the highest niche in their temple . Your shuffling and monstrous inconsistencies on the tithe and other questions which have occupied the House of imbeciles during the last seven or eight years , has been bo well handied by Mr . O'Higgins and many other able writers in this paper , that it would be quite superfluous in me bringing them forward again .
_ _ . _ _ _ . . I will now , for the satisfaction of my brother Chartists who sympathise with my countrymen in their extreme sufferings , give a sample of the wretchedness which prevails among the peasantry , for whose spir itnal welfare you hypocritically pretend to be so much concerned . It is from the lips of the lamented Mr . Inglis , in his sworn testimony before a committee of the Hou 3 e of Commons many years ago , and theirsitcation has been dail y and honrly growing worse since hi 3 time . In speaking of the County Limerick in reply to . the question
* ' What description of beds have they in their honses ? Be says , 1 protest 1 have beeen perfectly shocked at hearing an account of it . The Police fa necessary attendant on the Bible readers j in searching at night , of course , are sometimes obliged to disturb the family . They scarcely ever have any bedding except Btr&w , and it appears to me that the family -are huddled together , without distinction of age or Bex , and often with scarcely any thing to cover them . " Have they any description of bedsteads \ Yes , they have some , but in general they lie on straw , on the ground . " Is that ground floored with any thing ? No , it is the bare clay , not an instance to the contrary . " As to the value of the house itself , how many ponnds wonld it take to construct ? I cannot exactiy say , 1 believe the greater part of these cabins would aot cost twenty shilling
" Is the peasant an occupier of land in geseral 1 In general he is an occupier of a small tenement on some of which he grows a little grain , and the rest in potatoes . He generally has a pig or two , and a few fowls ; the rent is paid by the grain ; the price of the pigs , and the eggs , and fowls , which are reared about the house , and I believe generally speaking , that the peasant never eats a morsel of bread from the beginning to the end of the year . I inquired and was credibly informed , that the lower oraers have not even milk ; I inquired particularly respecting this subject , and was greatly surprised by the information . " Mr . Inglis then goes on to describe other parts of
the country , and coming to the town of v-allen , in the neighbourhood of Kilkenny , he says ; " 1 walked through the town to the outskirts , and round a little common which lies close to if , and there 1 saw the people crawling out « f their hovels , they and their hovels not ons shade better than I have seen in the seirraa of Granada , where people live in holes excavated in the banks , their cabins were mere holes , with nothing within them , < 1 speak of two whieh 1 entered ) , except a little straw and one or two broken stools ; and all the other outskirts of tbe town are in nearly the same condition ; ranges of hovels without x . ray of comfort , or a trace of civilization abom them ; and people either in a state of actual starvation , or barely keeping body and soul together . "'
J ? ow Dan , my good fellow , what do you think of this picture from a disinterested English tourist , who could have no other earthly object than that of laying the truth before his countrymen . Head it again ; and see if yoar conscience will sting yon , for having deluded these people for forty long years gathered their pence , and left them in this sad situation . ; and that , too , when the Liberal press—the Cathftlic press—the religious press of Dublin is constantly employed , from xme end of the year to the
other , bounding them to come np with your nnt , jnst jhe . same as if there were not a bowl of porridge inffour mansion at Derrynane Abb « £ F . Who ia the infidel—the man who can roll in luxury , at the expense « f so much deplorable misery ; or tbe Chartist , whoss whole soul is demoted towards the establishment -of a code of laws , having for their object the political redemption of this hitherto unfortunate race ! L&tseason and common sense sit in judgment between yw-nnH us , and we will cheerfully £ > ow to the decision .
Permit me&o close this letteriby advising yaa—if advice can sake any impression on yonr stubborn , selfish , and ealkr as heart , —to -change your taatfes , and unite politically with every in an , no matter of what religion -or no religion , so bsiag he is disposed -. 0 assist in alk £ < k £ ing the distress iwhich now ptei ? ails throughout like land . What aaatters it to y « c or to me how © or . neighbour worships God , if be . gives ns the same j » rivilejje of the fcee exercise o £ . opinion which he iabss to himself ! if he conscieniwusly sets aside * 11 revelation , or exm denies the esi&ence of a Sapr ^ i&e Being to be adored and worshipped , is that a sadEeient reason for depriving him of ius natural rights 1 Ube thing will not . bear
investigation for one moment . When we contemplate the risers of blood thu hzvs > been shed by Ibj 3 various religions sects in their ^ Barrels for the supremacy , v . should act as a warning to mankind , nf > t to be led away by such as you . isfcen the devil so £ sr gets ihe better of yon as to Biggest such a baefcarous system as that recommended to the repealeeg . I know your object was to destroy the influence of Chartism in Ireland ; this you can never d » , fos its intrinsic merits are snch as to . make proselytes in any country whose people have Buffered so much at the hand of the tyrants , both foreign and domtstic It is the only healing balm for the broken-hearted labourer , and when once its effects are felt , he will Eing with the
poet—11 Hail ! blest society , whom friendship binds In thy mysterious silken chain , Who meets possessed of liberal minds , To heighten joy and banish pain . Be ours the rare ingenious strife , To mitigate the load of grief ; To smooth the rugged path of life , And give to -want the -wished Telief . " Trusting that these sentiments may have taken possession of all good mtD , and make my beloved Erin—What she ought to be : great , glorious , and free , Pirst flower 0 / the earth , and first gem of the sea . ' I remain , Your Chartist countryman , Con Mttrtut .
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even for n flies at sixpence each , there is much difficulty in getting the = quantum of members . Cannot afford it , " 1 b the plea— " trade has beea too bad . " I feel confident that alt-who nave been ¦ e ngaged in collecting for the defence funds will bear -testimony to the poverty of oar Chartist brethren , and 4 he consequent difficulty to obtain subscriptions , and therefore this second portion , the difficulty upon their evidence should be " held established . The question then to be considered is , how shall we obviate this difficulty , and yet supply the necessity ?
I submit to you thai , we must not trouble our brethren often for subscriptions , nor tire our officers , as collectors , in asking often to fee refused . We mutt endeavour to make one fond serve every purpose ; and , under an efficient plan of Benefit Society , thia maybe done . It is expecting too much of human nature to suppose that our fellows will be continually contributing their spare , aid , in most cases , stinted pence , to carry on the straggle for their political rights and a new - system , whilst they have no other prospect than to perish in the old ; bnt , let
ns once produce a plan wherein the ; can see that their snbsaripiions will be applied to the benefitting of themselves here , whilst the very officers whe are necessary to carry on the benefit seciety , will be able at the Bame time to conduct , and the more effectually , their political struggle ; and that their union , for the one purpose , can , without extra expence , be brought to bear even more powerfully' in the other struggle ; and they -will : no longer hang back from tbe call to such an Union , but , on the contrary , will strive and stint themselves to the utmost to forward this great work of emancipation .
I take it for granted that not one of our fellows who have thought or written upon the Defence Fund , would think , for one moment , of its laying dormant in tbe treasurer ' s coffer , in case of no prosecutions occurring to call for its use er loss ; then if we would have it used , to what better purpose could we put it than the purchase of land , upon 'which property we could raise the same sum in a few hours , if needed , by mortgage at five , or perhaps three and a half per cent , whilst its usb on the land would be bringing us fifteen per cent , or more .
If , then , none wonld object te this appropriation of the money , why not make it part of the objects of a benefit society to defend any and all of its members in the ix st legal manner , who Bhail , in the discharge of their duties to the society , be prosecuted by any parties , and thus do away with tbe necessity for any other fund or subscription , but to the Great National Charter Benefit Society ; besides , in Buch a society , there would ever be a large : sum in the various treasurers' hands , available at a few hour ' s notice , agreable to rule , made expressly for such emergencies ; and the property they wonld , in a year or two , become possessed of , would enable them to raise a much larger sum than we have yet expended In law expenses .
My straggling Fellows , let us turn our whole attention to this subject ; depend on it , it is the only sure basis whereon to start afresh our movement for our rights , liberty , and happiness . Success will certainly attend our efforts , if we bring our brotherly love , z al , and energy to the work . Yours in charity , GRACCHUS .
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HARMONY HALL . LETTER VII . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —In my last letter I gave you tbe outlines of a National Organization for securing a portion of the land , so far as the constitution of a society and fixing the regular contributions of the members are concerned . This , however , forms a very small part of the power of the people towards accomplishing the object we desire , and is solely an initiatory , or skeleton , portion which will require to be filled up as rapidly as mind can be brought to bear npon the subject , with such otbei details as may be necessary .
Among those which present themselves to my recollection , but which are still a very limited number , and merely presented to your readers for the purpose of drawing their attention , and allowing others who have the leisure to exercise their minds upon the subjsot , are the following , some of which , I am happy to see by the correspondence of your paper , are already receiving the consideration of some of your readers . First—A National Benefit Society . —If we look at the immense sums at present wasted in tbe various
Benefit Societies -which now exist , through tbe limitation of the numbers of the persons who compos © them , and of tbe objects for which they are established , it will soon become evident that one society on a broad and comprehensive plan , whoBe resources and profits shonld be always actively engaged in land operations , in combination with the best labour and skill which the country could afford , assisted continually by every new invention in mechanics or other sciences , would soon give advantages such as would ab * orb within its fold all minor operations .
Second- —A National Life Assurance and Annuity Society . —Tbe advantages to be secured by life assurance , and by tbe purchase of annnities , have long been felt among tbe middle and upper classes , and there can be no reason why they should not be extended throughout all classes . I know 1 shall for the moment excite a smile on the countenances of some , who will perhaps be inclined to ask , " do 1 intend to moc& the misery of the millions by talking to them of assurances and annuities ? " A little sober reflect-on will however point out that snch a society as I allude to , may , if properly based , inim&diately receive a support which will permit it to rank high amoiig those at present in existence ; and although the commencement of tbe work may be with a class now snmewhat contemned and despised , yet we have only to shew advantages to the whole body of the competitive world and they will most earnestly desire to share them .
Third . —A Savings Bank and General Bank of Deposits . —If the funds , new invested by the operative classes in tbe Government Savings Banks and in other so-called securities , were to be placed under judicious management in land operations , it would of itself give a power which would be quite irresistible by any otbsr that could be opposed to it-Fourth . —An Establishment for tbe leading Manufactures for general consumption , on the most advanced principles . —This is an object which a national
association would have to undertake at the earliest moment that it had made good its other arrangements , far the * ducatiou and employment of the people can never be tightly carried on , until the means shall be afforded for tte production of every kind of wealth which the people require to the fullest extent that the progres si « fi intelligence of man shall enable him to find them , and shall be made tbe utmost use of . Whenever thia shall be effected , and equitable exchanges made , we no longer need fear tUat there wilt be the voice of poverty he&sd among our peopie .
It were easy to proceed to the enumeration of many other objects to which such a society as I allude may devote . tneir attention , bnt as I wish rather to arouse the Bi £ nds of your readers to a consideration of the principles rather than the details of the object I place before tbem , 1 shall for the preitent let these suffice , and shall . content myself with a few observations as to the impediments which may at present exist to their immediate . adoption , and to the manner in which these impediments are to be removed . The only zeal impediment there is to the adoption ef
these measosea to the fullest possible extent is the want of unity among the people . To those who will it fl = ct tapon the subjoct it will be very evident that if the comparison of cumbers be token , and tbe union of pur $ 2 se were eqwt ! -under any circumstances , the immense preponderance there is in favour of the masses in the && . - . respect , woold cause all classes to bend immediakij to the general body of operatives ; our duty , therefore , as practical Reformers is to ascertain from what cause it arises , that the people are not united on a subject v&icb it is very evident to all that their interest requisa ? that they should be .
TMt want of union must arise from ignorance . I have placed this remark before your readers in as abrupt manner tifcat it may the more readily excite their attention , and chelher It may for the moment hurt thenself-esteem * is tome very immaterial . I write for the purpose of £ & £ wing the asde of relieving my fellowcreatures froB . the vice , crime , and misery whieh everywhere now so / rightfully aboonds , and I have neither time nor inclination to pander to the prejudices of those whom 1 address . The fact ia fileongly before us , that if we possessed the tno-wkdge how to use and combine them , we have all the elements of power within our reach ; and it is indeed a pitiable sight to witness the energies of such a people as coo . pose tho operative classes of the British empire , wasted and destroyed in vain lamentation to a number of pecple who have no idea of bow to provide for themselves and expecting from these people a remedy for distress and misery which they are compelled for their own a ^ partnt safety to perpetuate .
These things must no longer be , and it ia high time that a change should take place , and now that the sciences of human nature and of Bociety h \ ve been discovered and made plain , the only thing wantx " ? £ * clear stage and no favour , and the whole fabric of error may be demolished , and truth and justice reign triumphant iu its stead . The first step towards tbe removal of the ignoraLV "' which so extensively prevails regarding the true interestv < of humanity , is to know that we are all parts of one great universal whole , and that misery cannot exist io any portion of this body without being more or less participated in by every other portion .
This is a fact which it may take some time to render apparent to these who hate not studied the subject ; but It ix nevertheleai tree ; and the more deeply ifc is looked into , tbe more clearly will the truth be made apparent to our minds . Call us , if yon please , high or low , rich c * poor , virtuous or vicious , every individual which composes humaniiy is a portion of oar own existence , and aa such contributes to our happiness or misery ; and until this can be made apparent to oil minds , there will be little hope of a universal system being adopted that shall secure the happiness of all .
When -we shall have come to tbe conclusion that all interests are identified , we shall next have to examine the manner in which the happiness of all U to be secured ; and for-this purpose we must ascertain what human nature really is , and the manner in which it can be best acted upon . In coming to this subject we shall find that we have hitherto completely mistaken the nature of man , and have been led to expect
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results tbe very contrary to those which must of necessity ensue from tbe causes that have been in operation . Society has hitherto been based upon the supposition that man forms his own character , and , consequently , has the power to act correctly , or otherwise , at will * This is an error which pervades every ramification of society , and must be removed before any practlcil good oa an extensive scale can be effected . Another gross evil which prevails almost universally throughout society , as at present constituted , ia that man has the power to believe or disbelieve , at pleasure , —which is productive of an amount of misery beyond all calculation . The ' third error to which I shall call the attention of your readers is the supposition that man can feel as he pleases , independently of the effects produced on him by the objects by which he is surrounded .
These three evils perpetuate all the ignorance which now prevents us from enjoying an amount of happiness greater than it has ever been in the power of the human race to obtain ; sad if we can remove them generally from the minds of the people , we shall thereby destroy all causes of anger , ill-will , envy , hatred , or any other unpleasant ; feeling . Those who are now without the necessaries of life will readily see that if they could exchange places with others who are differently circumstanced , they w # nld be compelled , from necessity , to do everything in their power to sustain and advance their position for the benefit of themselves , tbeir wives , and families . Until the idea of the universal happiness of man being desirable and obtainable , shall prevail te a great extent , we shall not proceed with that energy and resolution which ia necessary to ensure success .
I may here be considered as entering too much into abstruBe principles ; but I again nrge , that niy object is to satisfy no single class , sect or party , but to identify all interests in one general society . As I progress with the subject I have 110 fear of enlisting the attontion and sympathy of all who read , for it is now far easier immediately to commence a new system of society based on truth , and capable of sustaining itself against every opposition , than , to continue the present random chaotic measures which produce such vice and misery ; but everything must be done in order and without impatience . Leaving these matters for the reflection of your readers , I will in my next begin to shew some of the practical steps that require to be taken . 1 am , air , Your obedient servant , William Q-alpin . Harmony Hall , near Stock bridge , Hants , April 24 , 1813 .
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war , that he died In 1679 aged 74 , and with him are buried bis two wives , both named Elizabeth . Bruce , tbe Abyssinian traveller , tells ns that when bis toils were crowned with tbe long sought for object —" the source of the Niger , " the momentary feeling of exultation was immediately followed by that of bitter disappointment , occasioned by the reflection , that how contemptible was the ripllng stream he beheld in comparison with the Bources of rivers in neighbouring countries to his own . Though I had suffered no toil , no hardship , though ] I had not travelled thousands of miles to attain my object , still a feeling of disappointment in spite of me kindled within , to me the idea ia
monstrous of thrusting the remains of one who loved nature so well , into a dark , dirty hole , called " consecrated" forsooth ! The bosom of the " Eternal City " affording to Shelley a bed of rest is an idea ennobling and sublime , his resting-place is worthy of the sleeper —he who combined the mind of a God with the simplicity of a child . But Byron must be buried with his " ancestors . " What community of spirit had the author of " Childej Harold" with the feudal despots from whom he descended ? What in common has the Queen's Bedchamber u'enial who now desecrates the title with liberty ' s minstrel from whom he inherits it ? Why , Oh Byron ! shouldst thou" -4- Mix thy brave dust
With stinking rojjues that rot in dirty winding sheets , Surfeit-slain fools , the common dung 0 ' the soil ? " 1 Thou who lovedst Nature so well , thou to whom tbe starry heavens , j the mighty ocean , the majestic forest , the simplest mower of the field , the humblest songster of the grove , were each and all objects of adoration , ought thou not to have found another resting place ? If the "field of Marathon , " or the equally glorious battle-grouod of Missolonghi , was not deemed fitting soil to receive thy ashes , rarely some more appropriated site could have been selected than the gloomy vault of a gloomy conventicle . Some spot of earth where the flowers would have bloomed , and the birds' snug sweet melody over thy grave !
But I mast to other subjects ;—I had supposed that I could have passed through Hucknull without bein g reminded that I was a Chartist , but not so ; on leaving tbe church I was immediately recognised , and na nay would be taken but ! speak I must ; accordingly I addressed a very resp ' ectable meeting , held close to the church-yard . j Leiviig Hucknall ; we wended our way to Newstead , about four miles from the above place , and between three and four from ! Sutton . We easily obtained admission into the gardens ; we strolled through tbe principal portions , but of course did not see the whole of these delightful retreats—two objects of attraction nrast not be passed over ; the tree on which Byron cut his own and siaters | name , and the simple , yet handsome monument erected over the grave of his faithful dog . The benuUful liaes Inscribed thereon are generally
known , and are too lenghty to repeat here . We next procured admission to tbe abbey , and were shown through the principal rooms '; by the housekeeper ; I shall not attempt a description of the beauties of the interior , as from the very limited time allowed to visitors , such as we were , without any introduction , it would be impossible to give anything like a faithful description ; but I would warmly urge upon all the admirers of the noble poet , who may visit the county of Nottingham , to pay their respects to Newstead . I must not omit to mentionitwo objects of particular interest , viz . Lord Byron ' s bed-chamber , furnished emacUy as he Itft it , and the famous " skull" converted into a magnificent drinking cup , which 1 had the pleasure of handling , but which I would much rather have bad the pleasure of drinking from ; on it are inscribed the well-known and appropriate lines , of which the follow * log must serve as a sample : —
" Start not—nor deem my spirit fled : In me behold the only skull , From which unlike a living head , Whatever flows is never dull . " I lived , I loved . I quaffed , like thee ; 1 died : let earth my bones resign ; Fill up—thou canst not injure me , The worm hath fouler lips than thine . " Ne-wstead Abbey j was founded by Henry IT ., to expiate it is said , the murder of Thomas a Becket , it was decicated to the jVirgin Mary and continued in the possession of the Church down to the dissolution of the monasteries , when Henry VIII . bestowed it on Sir John Byron . As has been before stated the Byron's
espoused tbe cause of Charles I ., and toe Abbey sustained a considerable , ' siege in the war of that King with his Parliament Newstead was wrested from its owners by the victorious soldiers of the Commonwealth , but came again into the possession of the Royal family , after tbe restoration , ! in which it continued until sold by the Noble Poet The greater portion of the Abbey baa been restored and rebuilt by its present possessor , Colonel Wildman , and though the lines at the head of this narrative were no doubt but too applicable ia the days of the poet , they are not so now , the prophetic gleam con ' ained in the following lines , having been realised under the guardianship of the liberal Colonel—
" Haply thy sun ; emerging , yet may shine , Thee to irradiate with meridian ray ; Hours splendid as the past may still be thine , And bless thy future as thy former day . " We did not see the Gallant Colonel , he having taken horse and rode out with Lady Wildman , while we were in the gardens . I have much pleasure in adding that throughout the neighbouring county I every where heard the Colonel spoken of as a truly liberal and excellenthearted gentleman .
How absurd is the idea ignorantly entertained by some , and wilfully and wickedly promulgated by others of our political opponents , that we Chartists are a race of brutal Vandals , bent only on appropriating and destroying property ; why there is not a Chartist in the land worthy ef the no ^ nae , but would cheerfully devote life itself to protect jfrom tbe hands of the spoiler , whether foreign or domestic , the shrine of genius—Newstead's holy fane ; and yet we are called destructives , by those who have built up their Moloch power on the destruction of the freedom and happiness of their feltow creatures , by those who through lurid flume and purple gore , have , in this and every other laud Btriven to crush tbe : " Freedom which oar God hath given Unto all beneath his heaven .
With tbeir breath and from their birth Though guilt would sweep it from the earth , With a fierce and lavish hand Scattering nation ' s wealth like sand 1 Pouting nation ' s blood like water , In imperial seas of slaughter . " But vain are the calumnies , the persecution , the swords of tyranny ; the flood-gates of Knowledge are opened , and the ocean of truth ; shall sweep to annihilation the sand-founded bulwarks of force and fraud . Leaving Newstead ; a short walk brought us to Kirk by , where at the home of a real out and out democrat we stayed and refreshed ; from there making the best of our way ! to Sutton , which we reached shortly before seven ; o ' clock , a , little fatigued , but heartily gratified with our day's jaunt .
That evening the third concert was held at the Clown and Woolsack . We had a crowded house ; Mr . Wm . Parker in ithe chair . An excellent brass band was in attendance , and I had tbe honour to respond to the healths of Messrs . Dancombs and O'Connor , and to that of " The departed patriots . " The evening ' s entertainments concluded by my proposing ( as in duty bound ) " Tbe health of the ladies who had favoured us with their company each evening , " which having been responded to with hearty good will , we retired to tbe tune of " rally around him . " / Next day we left Sutton , and in the evening reached Sheffield . " Reader , if you are tired , so am I . " George Julian Harney . Sheffield , April 25 th , 1843 . I
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Leeds Coen Market , Tuesday , April 25 . —Tb 9 arrivals of grain to this day ' s market ate larger thao last week . The London accounts coming lower hag had its effects on our Market , and Wheat has been Is per quarter lower . Barley has been Is per quar . . ter lower . Oats and Beans very little alteration . THB AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , V 0 B THE WEES ENDING APRIL 25 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Q ,. 2718 386 730 4 391 3 £ a . d . £ s . d . £ 8- d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d 2 6 5 h 1 13 Oh 0 17 3 ^ 1 13 14 1 7 3 | 1 10 2
Leeds Woollen Markets , Tuesday , April 26 * —There was much more business doing on Saturday last , at both Cloth Halls than has been the case for some time , and the demand was kept on Tuesday * The dressers are now fully occupied , and we believe a better feeiing is manifest through every department of our staple trade . We shall rejoice exceed * ingly in a gradual revival , and tope soon to have to record that the working classes generally , and notisolated branches , are in full work . Huddersfield Cloth Market , A pbil 25 , —The town to-day looked unusually quiet ; the rain fell fast , which would prevent many , whose business was not very urgent , from coming . Good patterns in Fancy Goods sold pretty well ; other goods are not marketable . Wools , Oils , &c . nominal .
Richmond , April 22 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain ia our market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 s Gd to 6 s 8 d ; Oats 2 s to 2 s 9 d ; Barley 3 s 3 d to 3 s 6 d ; Beans 3 s 6 d to 3 s 9 d per bushel . Manchester Corn Market , Saturda y , Apeil 22 . —The trade during the week has been confined to purchases made by consumers for present need : but , as the stocks in factors' hands are light , and supplies from all quarters only to a moderate extent , there ia no accumulation of either English or Irish Flour in warehouse . Few transactions in Oatmeal have taken place , the demand for this article having been for some time on a very limited scale . There was very little passing at our market this morning , and we repeat the quotations of Wheat nominally as on this day se ' nnight . Flour was in but slow request , and the extreme rates of last week were not supported . In the value of Oatmeal , a decline of 6 d . per load most be noted , and the recent advance on Oats could not be realized .
London Corn Exchange , Monday , April 24 th . — The supplies of Grain into the port during last week were moderately good of every description , particularly of Oats , the total arrival of which amounted to 9 , b"C 3 qrs . The trade was generally throughout tto week Black for aU Grain except for very superior samples , which met purchasers without much difficulty . To this morning's market there was a fair show of samples of Wheat and Spring Corn horn the home counties , and the condition of tbe former having somewhat improved Wheats have been takes
off 2 s per qr from this day week , but up to this hoar the stands are not cleared at the reduction . Ia Barley there has been little passing , and prices ate consequently unaltered from this day week , Fiaa Oats realize quite as much money , but holders being firm for other descriptions has caused the trade to be rather inactive . Beans came to hand dry and fine , and have fetched prices equal to those of last week . Peas , both maple and white , are also fully as dear . We have no variation in the Flour market . Seeds of all sorts are only nominal at the
quota-. London Smithfield Market , Monday , April 24 . —For many years there has not been so extraordinary a supply of Cattle as that of to day , and most persons conneoted with the market state that they do not remember so large a one for an ordinary Monday ' s demand . The number of Sheep returned last night for to-day ' s supply was upwards of 41 , 000 and although the actual numbeT on sale was some thousands less th » n this , still , it will be perceiwdt the supply was much too abundant for the wants of the butchers . So large a supply naturally produced excessive dulness in the Mutton trade , and contributed to depress the market generally , and gave rise to fears for future prospects , but it wonld appear
that the cause of so large a supply as 35 , 000 at tnis period of the year has not arose from the graziers indulging in similar apprehensions , but has resulted more from chance than anything else . To retail * very unfavourable opinion of the future state of traae from this one circumstance cannot but tend to a& ™ a dulness which otherwise might not prevail , must to use a circumspection in the forwarding of Sleep for the next week or so would relieve the market from ita present heaviness . Trade ruled generally dull this morning , the too plentiful supply of Sheepaffected the demand for everything else , and pnejSconsequently declined from 2 d to 4 d , and even Bo per stone . The number of Home-bred Beasts wa * 3 , 100 ; the sale of which was heavy at about 23 to 4 a . lower rates : Drimest Scots scarcely making »
lOd , and more was sold afc the price of 3 * Id ; exMl l lent serviceable Beef made no more than 3 * 4 d ana 3 s 6 d , and inferior 2 s lOd to 3 s . Mutton was » very heavy sale throughout the day , the large Biipp'J of 35 , 500 Sheep giving the butchers an opportunity of offering very low prices , and the rate 3 quoted below were with difficulty obtained , the very w » Downs out of the Wool not making more than 2 a m and the more general price for such and half we < H was 3 s 6 d out of tbe Wool , Polled Ewes 2 s lOd , and Wethers 3 s 4 d . Those in the Wool made 4 d ? et stone more ; the number remaining unsold at tflfl close was proportionably large with the supply ana fully adequate for next Friday ' s market . Lambs , « which the supply was plentiful , commanded ft very good sale at about 2 d per stone lower rate thai on Mondavlast . The number of Calves offering ben *
but 70 supported their market , and all sold at * s ana 4 s lOd per stone . Pigs were an average supply , an a met with a very fair sale at 3 s 6 d and 4 s 6 d . Borough Hop Market . —There continues to be * steady , but by no means extensive , business doing m the best Hops of last year's growth ; but other ? " * the demand is in a very sluggish state , and prices aro barely supported . Wool MARKM .-The imports of Wool duringjje past week have been composed of 716 bales " " ??? : ! £ South Wales ; 49 ditto from Odessa ; and 19 & |» from Hamburgh . As the approaching pnblio Bai » are occupying much of the attention of the trade , iw demand , by private contract is in a very slugffw » state , and the prices are almost nominal .
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A PILGRIMAGE TO BYRON'S SHRINE . " Through thy battlements , Newstead , the hollow winds whistle ; Thou , the hall of my fathers hast gone te decay , In thy once smiling garden , the hemlock and thistle , Have choked up tbe rose which late bloomed in the way . " I had long promised myself a visit to tbe shrine of the mighty Bard , whose name , like the blaBt of liberty's trumpet pealing through the world , has inspired the lovers of freedom to do battle for the right ; and smote on the eara of palsied tyrants the death-knell of their departing power , warning them that "The people by and by will be the stronger . "
I had more than once been disappointed in ray intentions , bat at length , thanks to my Sutton friends , was enabled to realise the hope I had nourished within since tbe first moment that I wandered with the " CbildV- through hfs " pilgrimage "—a hope still more ardently cherished since the time when , " roaming o ' er the banks and braes o'bonaf Ayr , " I knelt at tbe shrine of Scotia ' s minstrel , and thought of Byron while I worshipped Burns . Invited by tbe sturdy democrats of Sutton-in-Abhfleid to share with them tbeir Easter festivities , accompanied
by Mrs . Harney . I left Sheffield by the half-past seven o ' clock train , on the morning of Easter Monday , for Chesterfield . The carriages were filled with holiday folk , who , as the April sun shone down upon them , all bright and joyous , looked back into his face and assured " bright Pbwbua" by their smiles , that for once , at any rate , they bad determined to banish dull care : for myself I felt in tbe same pleasant temper , and inclined to love tbe world once again , love it as I once did before 1 had felt the stiugs of treachery , and learned to my sorrow how mean and bass a thing is man .
But a truce to moralizing . We arrived at Cheaterfield shortly after nine o ' clock , and , without baiting , immediately started on " shanks nag" for tbe Mansfield Road ; we had to pass close by Chesterfield church , and its carious crook-backed spire of course excited my companion ' s " organ of wonder . " About a mile from Chesterfield we stopped at a village called ( I think ) Normanton . Here we breakfasted at a private houaa ; our hostess , though belonging to the order of plebeians , was extremely kind and courteous . She bad spent some years in France , and the effect of the intercourse with our polished neighbours was plainly to be discerned ; she spoke highly of our Gallic friends , and avered that far less of poverty and crime was to be found there than here .
Leaving this villuge we journeyed on , and sh « rtly before twelve o ' clock reached Heath . Here , just us we entered the place , we met a company of sporting gents ., who had just returned from a dog-fight ; among them were a number from Sheffield , a Sheffield dog had been one of the combatants , aud " great joy , " to the " city of soot , " had come off victor ! I arrived too late , to either appear in Bell ' s Life as one of the patrons of this old English sport , or , as your correspondent , send you an account thereof . Without stopping we pushed on , and shortly after
leaving Heath , entered Hardwicke Park , the walk through which wm delightful . On the shore of the lake we were met by two of our Sutton friends , and with them we halted for a few minutes at the New Inn , situated at one extremity of the Park ; we next ascended the hill , on which stands Hardwicke Hall , and taking a cursory glance at the exterior of the ancient castle In ruins , and the more modem hall , itself pretty ancient , we pursued pur way ; a walk of about two hours more brought us to Sutton , where we were received with that hearty welcome bo characteristic of its inhabitants .
That evening , the first of a series of Chartist . concerts came off at the Royal Forester , the host of which , Mr . Turner , 1 found to be a youngor brother of the unfortunate man » f the same name , who was executed with Brandrethat Darby , in the year 1817 , victims of the accursed spy system , —slaughtered for the purpose of stifling in blood tne breathing of new-born liberty . We had some good singing ; tbat excellent Chartist , Mr . G . Kendall presided , atid I had the honour to respond to the toast of " The people !" Tuesday , a large open-air meeting was held at two o ' clock / to petition Parliament in behalf of Jones . I addressed the meeting for upwurels of an hour . A spirited petition demanding inquiry into the conduct of Baron Gurney was adopted and ordered to be sent to Mr . Duncombe for presentation .
In the evening , the uecond concert was held at the Trooper , the room was crammed ; Mr . Cbaries Meakin presided . We had some excellent glee-singing , and I responded to " The expatriated pattiots . Frost , Williams , and Jones . " Tbe health of Mr . Roberts was drank with all the konours . Wednesday , April 19 th .- —Anniversary of the death of Lord Byron . —This day nineteen years , the patriot bant expired in that eradle of liberty , that home of arts and arms , immortal Greece . " Clime of the unforgotten brave , Whose land from plain to mountain cave , Was freedom ' s home or glory ' s grave !"
And curious enough , I had unconsciously fixed on this day to visit bis tomb , I say unconsciously for I had forgotten that the 19 th of Ap il waa the anniversary of the poet ' s death . We left Sutton at seven o ' clock , taking our seats ia the omnibus for Hucknall , a village about seven miles from Sutton ; our road lay partly through the magnificent grounds of John Musters , Esq . well-known as the successful rival of Lore * Byron in the affections of the celebrated Miss Chaworth , —the "Mary" of tbe " Hoars of Idleness ";—this accomplished and kind hearted lady died about ten years since . Some hundreds of beautiful deer were sporting on each side of the road , while the sable inhabitants of a most extensive rookery , were opening their throats and giving vent to a sort of music , which though
generally regarded as anything but melodious , has always had Its charms in my ears , and little affection as I have for the black-coated tribe generally , still I must admit that his Reverenee Parson Rook , has always been with me a particular favorite . On reaching Hucknall , we were not long in procuring admission to the church , through which we were conducted by the sexton ' s sou . Tbe massy tower and porch appear to be of great age , how old I could not learn , lam inclined to think that the body of the church is of moie modern date . Near to the communion table , in a vault beneath lie the remains of the poet , on the left wall facing from—but near to—the communion table , is a plain slab of white marble , * nd on it the following inscription : —
In the Vault beneath Where many of his ancestors and bis mother are buried , tie the remains of GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON , Lord Byron , of Rochdale , In the County of Lancaster , 'THE AUTHOR OF CHILDE HAROLD ' S PILGBIMAfiE . He was bora in London on the 22 nd of Jan . 1788 , He- di * & &t Miasolonghl , in Western Greece , on the 19 th of April , 1824 . BKGAGED- ™ THE GLORIOUS ATTfiKM TO RESTORE THAT £ OVNTRT TO HEJt ANCIENT FREEDOM AND BBNOWN . H ' . ' s aister , the Honourable AUGUSTA MARY LEIGH , Placed vbi * Tablet to bis memory .
To the ' right of th » communion tablets a large and handsome tablet to th&" memory of the famous Richard , Lord Byron , who , etpiWing ^ e arose of Charles the Fint , held an Important command in that monarch ' s army . It was while chargiwa in the front rank of Lord Byron ' s regiment of cavalry , tbat the most accomplished man of bis age , " LoJd Falkland , fell at the battle of Newbury . Tbe tablet states that the said Lord Richard purchased back bis eat&teg after tbe civil
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OUR DEFENCE FUND . THE NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY . TO THE CHABT 1 ST PUBLIC . Much calumniatxd Bbbthbew , —We bare all felt the necessity for the establishment of a permanent defence fund . Our champion , O'Gonoor , bath declared ita necessity . Several other Chutist advocates bare published their opinions thereon , and tbe unprepared state In-which thB first or Whig crnsade , and , tbel&tt or Tory attack npon ns overtook n « , proves beyond dispute that necessity ; In short , sons have disputed tbe flat position , indeed it appears to be received M an established fact ; but tbe best means of raising tbe Mine , appears not to be yet settled .
Wow -with All dne respect to the opinions of those ¦ wbo hsre -written thereon , I nrart think that none bnt those who have bad to do 'with getting np the snb > scrfptions for those purposes , can thoroughly judge of what the jjeople can do j sad to ^ ve an Idea of their Btete In connection -with money , I have only to say that
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§ THE NORTHERN STAR .
Rhe New Yorll Line Of Packet Ships Sail Punctually On The Regular Days From.1verpool, Viz.:-The New Yorl| Line Of Packet Ships Sail Punctually On The Regular Days From Liverpool, Viz. :-
rHE NEW YORll LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from . 1 VERPOOL , viz .:-THE NEW YORl | LINE OF PACKET SHIPS Sail punctually on the Regular Days from LIVERPOOL , viz . :-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct648/page/8/
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