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" * **"""""' . * . LECTURE TO CHARTISTS . ¦ RTiat do yon Chartist blackguards mean Br thrown the blinders of your ten , in Xet&ng tbro" the aacred screen O Church and State striTin £ to pull b&itb Priest and Queen * Down off their seat ? gow dare a blind unlearned clan lie ways o" wisdom try to scan , Ot find * fsnlt wi" any plan . That use lay down , Thiff for the benefit o' man Eke Kirk or Crown ? p- veken , ye stubborn rebel race , ^ ' ; h « n tfc ^ & 11 3 sacred place , ijj instruments o' G-od'a grace
For your salvation ; jnrt sett to gar" yon keep the peace An' pay taxation ? Qae mind four looms , yon lazy dogs , Xni scrape your sour and fikby cogs , And keep your pikes to kill the bugs When they torment yon ; Do not despise , ye graceless hogs . What heaven has sent you . An'jon . ye blaci-mole-howkin " Tannin " Of a" your tribe the mostalannin' , YeTe surely heard some devil's sermon Far down below ; ThsVs sent you frae the mountains swarmin ' To strike the blow .
TeTe jost a squad o' hell ' s militia Send up to plague the human specie , ii' Lori our Bieiiops plump an" creshia To your black den ; ^ b tear the livin ' s fat and fleecy Frae honest men . Bow dire alivin' man complain Ihit bears the gospel pare and clean , Defended by a virtaaus Queen , An' guns and swords , And priests that weel can draw the screen An * Hebrew words ? TcTe surely sprung frae vile pollution , An' woa'd try to raise a persecution , Against our glorious Constitution ; Where freedom reigns , Unspotted wi" black superstition ,
Or Tyrant * ri \ vt \« . Yoiinstance , wien ye " re near band dead Ttso' wsnt o' breati , or want o" bread , Tou're / ree to starve wi' youT ? rey bead , On your ain pillow ; Or on some Szrxnei ' s midden-stead—Wha ' s no ill-willie , Ttt , tho' yocr freedom shines so bright i . 2 ' are so blest wi gospel light , WithPries ' -s and Queens to keep you right At sets' erpence .-Ye grndge and growl frae mom to night , For want o' sense .
Te " re &' sae bent on worldly gear ; And think your Government sae dear , — Tea * firry mHiioas in the year "S a" the amount , To pay biith Priest and Queen and Peer , A' sma' account . Toe should no feed a carnal pleasure , In hoarding up this -world ' s treasure ; That meth and rust corrupt at leisure And thieves do steal Far better be a true believer And beg for meal
Be sse content and not envious , And lift your hat as ye gmg by us ; Attead the Kirk , and work to pay us Frae five to ten ; And Stes we'll erer say y « u " re pious Weel thinkin' men . AL 1 QUS Fsiirk , March 27 th , 1841 .
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Wit u the diamond waxing valueless M&s " s brkbtest gem which erst would raise him up , And show him noblest of God ' s works—grown dim Beans of kte fraud wtars a lighter brow , Than it was wont , and truth and tonesty Aresotainie tie times and vicious age , That tiiEy as worn-out words will be disused . For few cm lite save by dishonesty , Stoee trickery is so habitual ; O that the days may soon arrive when truth EaUre-assnme her ancient dignity , And honesty shall shine with wonted glow , Bason regain htr seat and rulers rule Unpractised in the mazes of deceit . J . Yer . nojt .
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SOXXET TO JUSTICE . 0 God-like sire ef more than mortal frame , la spotless vesture of unchanging hue , Who ever didst the honest path pursue And still Ktain'st thy bright eternal fame - ' O teaca thy votaries—ere they lisp thy name , Thy sacred nature—and that thou dost do To others , as they would be done nnto . Truth and thy operations are the same , Seeing thy aims are only to restore An equilibrium to the long lost poise Of mental rights—to raise acd keep the poor Above the harnessed brute whom death destroys Thy arms may be be defeated oft and sere , Bat justice in a final conquest joys . SuBflsnoltas . J . TERNON .
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AX EXIQ 3 IA . " ^ hai the ¦ whispering Zephyrs of sweet summer ' s ere Breathe softly o ' er Albion ' s isle ; nisi the mild-setting sun is just taking his leave , I am everywhere met with a smile . Irem the cold frozen north when Br-reas comes forth , And the landscape is buried in snow , » nac m hgai-htad « l frost my limpidity ' s lost , 1 im carefully parcelled in straw . to the storm and the tempest , mid mountains of surf , On : 5 e billowy ocean I ride ; * « « Somerset House I ' m as tang zs a mouse , By the Spanish Ambassador ' s side .
^ Pilmer st « n I am a favourite too , A » well as with Lilley the nnrse ; ok for ail -. hey can do I ' m a prisoner I tow , in tae Dais of ?»" 9 rttmmberland a purse . $ , .. J . C . EILIOT £ -n April 15 th , inn , * » * Answers in verse are requested .
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* fc BccKiXGHAM , the indefatigable traveller and ^ np-uoms ; has now in the press a new work , to vT ^ , i ™ srecent searches in America , and Ud ^ SpK . America" m ^™^ Statistical , l ^ L * *** ? P rei 5 ? * ° anticipate that this -mil - * u » , t raiuab-e addition to our national literature . t ^ E ^^ w W ^ h 3 Ir - Buckingham ' s Travels in fTiden ^' ftf . v orldhave losg tcjojed , are sufficient &il 7 = ms eI P erieBce , and powers of observa-» iitSv v XteaaTe traveller ; and the position of
jutf T ^* ' aDd as a member the British teairiL * u mons ' aff ° rde < i him the best opportbi' t ^ * - . owing ^ i&t are the subjects of inquiry « td coW *^ ? e ffeaies : in ures ; for the public mind " , v ^ » w tae information acquired on these may be ¦«« presented the public attention . Ww > * ¦ lhT <* **** rendaice , Mr . Backing-« d »; , , acnTe lJ engaged in makiDg an extensive « 6 ^ iW 7 ey of l . ? hed Swi ^ s of America ; for * an : a £ ea wilicb . have faUen to the lot of iKim ^ L f- ' hls Predecessors , —in the close and &e " teM ^ ? - 11 Tse t 0 which he WiS admitted with » d in , v le ^ ent aad influential of all classes , * a » xJt »? A Wtie ran * e 0 Ter which his inquiries
of the « , ^ options resources , and social condition We ^ a * ' " ^ lheir Tuie ty « d extent , fteaved i l 5 ad lhat ^ fo » bcomin ^ work has PKroa ^ r 1 eid ? in wnple and most di-rticeuished IrVw ^?^ > ealtny classes of society , snd sannca k Pushers wiil see the propriety of «*» bar ,. ^ P , °° PJ for extensive circnlatioDjas we fc . BiirH « ° u that ro < * a work » wri"en by a Priced « lk- ^ would ^ most extenavely read ^•^ edwjjhzB the means of working men .
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^ THE FLEET PAPERS . Pavej , London . irj ! ! L ' Week ' sreri ' eff of M ' - Oastlert papers j ^ oted P « tty freely , especially that portien re-JJ ^ ' Marshall ' B m 2 is Md the erideace of loEoww iLAe mbJect is continued . We give the ut
^ boWn fv *^? « s e « ion , bat a melancholy „ ^ o b J are&agable evidence :-^ aw ^ S ^* * k tiii ! etter ' describe to you the eonteore thtf J ? PPy C 0 Ddition o' the Bridsh labourers * 3 mb * T * s > 7 ^ stem -was known , nor the abject ledn « d ^ P ? sht to 1 rhicl 1 ttat BJ" ** ^ asnow ^ at oa « Tii , ) " enon « . ay present purpose , tf * e »¦!• , ' Publicly called the attenUon tfet tTp ^ t- 6 lattet fac - In b - memorable ^ o-tiij p - "U-nlJiam , be tius apostrophises his
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" ' Look Bgkln at tie crowded streets of oar great marmfactoring towns ; peruse the Tarioua statistic Mwunte , by impartial obsorTers , of the terribl * destitution—the fearful want , disease , degradation , misery , physical and moral , in ev « ry shape that reigns there . Look at the wan and haggard faces of the workpeople that coma Jnto our courts of justice , that attend our public meetings . Set Aeic Vie very nee of Englishmen is dwindling down , and degenerating under the effects of the unremitting labour , the nnsufficient and unwholeseme food , that their country ' s laws allow them to enjoy . "" " Methinks , Sir , that if you haTe attentively read my last letter , you will admire the ingenuousness of ilr . J . G . Maishall ' a candid confession ; however you may be astounded by his audacity , in charging those evils upou the aristocracy .
" The picture is faithful—it is painted by a master hand . Ton cau » e , bo fai as Mr . Marshall Is concerned , is given from the lips of his own slaTes , copied in my last letter from official documents . Do turn to the evidence of those poor ' wan and haggard workpeople , ' and say , is not the syrtem adopted in Mr . Marshall ' s mills eminently calculated to produce just such 'a destitnte , diseased , and degraded population , " as Mr . J . G -Marshall describes . » la not the ' unremitting labour ' demanded and obtained by Mr . Marshall , sure ' to dwindle down and degenerate the -very race of Englishmen ?• Then , as to the ' insufficient and unwholtaome food that their country ' s laws allow them to enjoy , ' see the laics of Mr . Marshall " * mill interfering , so as to make that food still more insufficient and unwholesome , " nay . ao reij bad , as to be rejected altogether by
his wan and haggard' slaves , and to be given up Ithna increasing the wages of his overlooker out of the small pittance of his slaves ) to the pigs of their tormentor . ' " The only equivalent which the nation gains by this system of horror , is , that Mr . Marshall may have made a million or two of pounds , and so may a few more such patriots as be . The wonder is , that having created such misery , his son should hare the hardihood to exhibit its picture , and cast the blame upon a Noble , whose fault has been , an unwrwied endeavour to uphold the system of philosophy , which ensures the destruction of the nobles and the people , and the exaltation of the Lords of the Mills—the M&rshaUi * n » . No doubt , Eirl Fitz * illiani deserves reproof , but to receive it from & Marshall , is what bis LoTdabip never could have expected .
" Mr . J . G . Marshall refers Eirl Fitzwiltiam to ' the various statistical accounts by impartial observers , " for proof of his assertions . 1 find , in the Report of the Committee on the Factories" Regulation Act , from which volume I quoted very largely in my last— ' a statistical account , ' drawn up by the officers of Gofemment , and laid before that Committee , for its information on the Factory question . If one more fact were required to prove the destructive tendency of the Factory sy&itni , th \ t tails settles the question . The official ' comparative title of the- duration of life , " proves to a demonstration , thas the ' ¦ unremitting labour' of the factories is actually more destructive to human life , than famine , war , or pestilence . '
• " 1 started from the perusal of that table with indeecribible horror—I cou ! d scarcely believe my eyes ! But the facts are indisputable ! —the data most correct ! The horrible factory syst * ni is making a charnel-house of England , —it cuta off life at both euda—it works the living to death—it genders death , untimely death , even in the womb ! It destroys the stamina of both father and mother—it usbers into the werid children who are iBCapable of life !—it actually cuts off one half of the years » f human existence . ' I do not exaggerate . I appeal to the efficisd table of births and deaths . Tue fallowing extracts from that table will prove if I am not abundantly borne out in all which I have-asserted . " In every 10 , 000 burials , in the undermentioned place , read the awful result : —
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: Died Died Died 'Lived p . j under under i under Lbove . r , Aces . ^ . yeare 20 ytars ; 4 eyears 40 of age- uf age . ' of age . years . I j i Rutland ' 2 . ? G 5 j 3 , 756 ! 5 . 031 ' 4 909 London i 3 , 805 j 4 , 580 j 6 . 111 i 3 . 889 i Bradford , Yolks .... , 4 . 6 ST 5 . t > y 6 ! 7 , 061 2 , 939 3 Macdesfield ' 4 , 462 J . SSa ! 7 , 200 2 , 700 . H Wigan ; 4 , 7 S ) 0 5 , 911 l 7 , 117 2 . 8 S 3 •§ Preston ' 4 , 947 6 , 083 7 . 462 2 , 538 Z , - ' , Bnry j 4 , Sfi 4 6 . 017 ¦ 7 3 iy , 2 . CS 1 >» Stockport ' 4 , 879 G . Ouo ; 7 . 3 G 7 : 2 . t > 33 J Boston ! 4 , 53 U G . 1 X 3 ' 7 , 459 ; 2 541 _ g Leeds ; 5 , ^ 6 6 , 213 ' 7 , 441 ' 2 . 559 * I Hoibcck ... o . oac G . ' 7 , 337 , 2 , « G 3
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" Xow , Sir , if you take the average of the above nine factory districts , and compare it with Rutland , and London , the result will be as follows : — " As compared with Rutland , an increase of deaths under five years of age , of 2 , 017 ; under twenty years of age , 2 , 272 ; under forty years of a ? e , 2 , 287 . As compared with London , the incr ^ asa of deaths will be fi > nnd to be , under five years of a « e , 1 , 077 ; under twenty years of age , 1 . 44 S ; under forty years of age , 1 , 207 . "In Rutland , the survivars at forty years , are more by 2 , 287 , » al of every 10 , 000 , and in I / ondon by 1 . 2 » 7 than they are on the average in theae nine factory districts : "In fact , the murderous result developed by this official table , is , that about as many human beings die before their twentieth year , in the Factory districts , as before their fortieth year , on an average , elsewhere !
" It is necessary I should inform you , that Manchester is excluded from this o&cial tsWe , because the returns of burials from that place , were so incosnpkte as to render them useless for tnis comparison . But we have the evidence of Mi . Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , Dr . Kay , that ' in Manchester more than one half of the offspring of the poor die before they have cjmpleied their fifth year . ' And , in proof that the factory system impoverishes and degrades , as well as kills its victims , the doctor adds , ' more than one half of the inhabilaiits of Manchester are either so destitute or so degraded , as to require the assistance of public charity , in bringing their offspring into the vorUL' "
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TRADES HALLS . no u . « Oa the threshold of a subject so important to the best and per . ma . nent interests of the working class of tbe country , as the erections of buildings for the special accommodation and benefit of their numerous Trades and other societies , it is essential-to lay down x defined , broad , and liberal basis in which the constitution of Trades Halls ought to be established , in order to make thim in all the ramifications of their objects and result ? , what they are professed to be substantially and morally ; protective Institutions for the rights of labour , and the moral renotators of the operative community .
The very term "Trades Halls" identifies them with the numerous Trades , amounting to about 200 , into whi 6 h the great labouring population is divided , in the various departments and branches of art and mechanism which form " the source of all wealth " in a large commercial and populous empire ; and it ia fair to assume that , living only by their manual labour , the individual members of that Wealth Producing Class , with a mutuality and oneness of interest , have a 3 great a political and moral stake in the country , as any other class in society conventionaHy exaiied above them ; and that it is their duty to prescrre , protect , and aggrandise that interest for the welfare of ail : to do this effectually , and
permanently , a union of the whole operative body suggests itself for general advantage , whilst subunions of individual Trades present , the nucleus of their better local government , when they can b * managed temperately , economically and permanently ; and these Trades'Unions , or Societies , will only become really and truly beneficial to the working zna * s of England , in raising them from oppression , degradation , ignorance , and prejudice , when they take prompt and decided measures to secure the erection of Trades Halls throughout the Empire , and more especially in the Metropolis ; withdraw themselves from their present debasing accommodations : renounce
" the ignorant fume 3 That mantle the clearer re-ason , " and place within the reach of their members , in an easy , cheap , aad iateresting manner , those intellectual enticements vrbich shall serve to facilitate the national skill and enterprise of British artisans , expand tbeir minds to a knowledge of moral duties and' franchise , and exhibit the rights of citizenship as due to a man , not a house—to the mind , instead of the pocket . Trades Halls , then , echo in their benefits the mutuality of interest which they are to support , proclaim at once in their erection the moral eqaality of every member of the working class , whatever his trade , prospectscondition , or education . Equality
, must be tbe primary basiB of their constitution . Open to all sects and parties acknowledging all creeds and political opinions—they Eeek to amalgamate , for common benefit , all who live by labour , all who wish well to labour "they must therefore be called inte existence by tbe wealth producers themselves . The production of wealth implieB a power equal to supply all the Trades Halls thioughont the kingdom , when tbe will to require them is once created . By an equality of subscription toward the building , an equality of voting in its management , an equality of influence in its constitution , an equality of representation in the council or directing of to seat in the
body , an equality right a government of the institution , and an equality ia the eujoyment of all the literary and scientific advantages emanating from it at all times , the working men will realise in Trades Hails , established on such & foundation , tbe brat possible . guarantee against tiie attempts of . prejudice to suppress the exercise and expression of a free and undisturbed private judgment , at all times and on all occasions , whether amongst the few or the many . Undue influence will be entirely abrogated by the voice of the whole body of shareholders being requisite in its government , a « knowledgng a miniature system of " Universal Suffrage f the council or directing body will
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be kept in sabjection to the mass of thwr oonstitatents , by submitting themselves for election oaoe » year , after the fashion of " Annual Parliaments ;" w Vote bj Ballot , " will secure an honest and unrestricted use of the franchise on all elections and decisions of great importance , preventing jealousies , removing a- fertile cause of frequent contention and ill feeling Amongst individuals who sbonld bare but one end in view , and who , being all united upon the principle of Equal Rights , will naturally allow " No Property Qualification" to exist in order to hold shares , or to secure a seat in the direction of the Halls for the time being ; the members of such direction being as a matter of course working men themselves , will in strict justice have a claim to
remuneration for such time as they may give to the management of the institutions with which they are connected ; the labourer h worthy of his hire , arid "Payment of Members" should consequently be amongst the most prominent of the constitutional principles involved in those noble undertakings . With justice for a foundation , and the elevation of the Rights of Labour to » higher moral position , as the threshold of Tradea Halls throughout the kingdom : the enlightened recognition of Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Yote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members ,
will stand forth five beautiful , fair , and solid piMars , supporting the entrance of these substantial edifices , in whose erection the energy , the wisdom , prudence and union of the labouring millions will be handed down to posterity , —A Monument of Intellect!—A Temple of Industry ! —The Mighty Citadel of Labour !
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CARLISLE . —The Last Shift of the anti-Corn Law League . —The wind has again been raised by this nearly exhausted body , and a petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws sent forth to the public for signatures . Had this petition baen left to the ordinary fate of such things , by being left at different places for signature , we feel fully convinced that trie number of names would have been comparatively few . The party knew well that this method of procedure would not answer their purpose , bo they employed a number of individuals at the rate or haif-a-crown a day , to go about with sheets to obtain signatures . These men , we understand , have not
been over scrupulous as to the means they have had recourse to for the purpose of obtaining names . It is impudently asserted by the party , that about four thousand signatures were obtained in one day ; and that care was taken that none but those resident in the borough , and above eighteen years of age , were allowed to sign it ! Let us now see how far this statement will stand the test of probability . The entire population of Carlisle is about 24 . 0 U 0 : no « v , if we take one-sixth of this number as adult males , we readily arrive at the most extraordinary conclusion that every adult male signed this petition ia one day . ' which is an utter improbability .
Independent United Order of Mechanics . — This society have had a splendid demonstration here a few dayB ago . Earl y in the morniDg of the day on which they held their procession , a beautiful new flag , emblazoned with tbe arms of the order , was suspended from the window of the Black Bull Inn , Scotch-street , the house where a lodge is held . Tue flag attracted great attention , from the very exquisite manner m which it is executed ; and which does great credit to the artists , Messrs Dobson and Bliylock . A little before one o ' clock the procession moved from the Lodge Room to St . Mary ' s Church , in the following order : —Two conductors—the flagband , uuder the guperintendance of . Mr . Fiddler — two swordsmen—district grand master—officers of
the district lodge , two and two—the rest of the brethren two and two—among whom were interspersed , at equal distances , the regalia of the orderthe lamb aud cross leading , and tho ark of the covenant bringing up the rear , which was closed by the tyler . At one o ' clock they reached the church , when the service of the day was gone through , and a most excellent and appropriate sermon preached by the Rev . Mr . Reeves , from Romans , 12 ch chapter and 5 th ver .-e . After leaving the church , the brethren again formed themselves in the order , and proceeded through the principal 6 treets of the town ,
the band playing many lively airs , and finally arrived at the Alheneum , where the company , consisting of 150 , gat down to an excellent dinner , provided for the occasion , by Mr . and 3 Irs . Gibsou , of the Black Bull . The district master , brother T . J . Hetherington , officiating as chairman ; and brother R . Cambell , J . G . of tho Philanthropic , as vice-chairman . After dinner a subscription was entered into in aid of the funds of the dispensary . Several excellent toasts were given during the evening , which was spent in the greatest harmony and conviviality . The members and their friends separated highly pleaded with the day ' s demonstration .
DEWSBUB . Y . —In the report of the meeting held at Do'wsbury last week , on the subject of the Highways , we are informed there was a slight inaccuracy in the allusion to Mr . John France , carpet manufacturer ' s conduct to Joshua Joy . It appears that Joy had not been a workman of John France ' s , but had been employed in a particular loom by his ( Mr . F . 's ) father , the late Mr . James France , and that Mr . John had purchased Joy ' s loom , at his father ' s sale , and promised him that he should be employed upon it as usual . Inconsequence , however , of Joy's interference at the meeting , on asking him to fulfil his promise to let him have the loom , it was pitifully refused , aud he was told to seek employment with Mr . Brooke , the chairman of the meeting , who , he well know , could not give it him , in consequence of not being in the trade .
BSAOSBAWi-Tketotalssm . —A lecture was delivered on this subject by Miss Knowles , the teetotal lecturer , from BurnBall , in the New Connection Chapel , on the 16 th instant , to upwards of 400 persons , who listened with the most profound attention . In the course of her address she showed up , in a masterly manner , the inconsistency of the professed folio wers of Christ , in standing aloof from the total abstinence society . IDLES . —Loyal Ordeh of Ancient Shepherds
The Poor Man ' s Protection Lodge , No . 218 , held their third anniversary on Easier Tuesday , at the house of Mr . Joseph Harper , New Inn , Idle . About forty sat down to a good substantial dinner , provided and got up in the best style , for which great praise was due to Mr . and Mrs . Harper . The rest of the evening was spent in a very enlivening manner ; recitations , songs , &c . were gone through in a very able manner , aad were kept up to a late hour ; after which the company broke up , well satisfied with the evening ' s amusement .
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WAKEFIELJ 5 . Peter Foden . We aro informed , upon creditable authority , that since Foden ' s removal to Wakefield House of Correction , he has been exposed to numerous indignities and cruelties , and , amongst other things , that he had been served no less than eighteen times with mould " Tommies , " which he refused to eat ; that he has been three days in solitary confinement for declining io work on the treadmill , and expected to be flogged for further resistance ; and that his _ allowance during solitary confinement was only eight ounces ot bread , with cold water , for each twenty-four hours . SUNDERLAND . —Sj \ gci . ar Circumstance . — On the 1 st of April last , the wife of Mr . Ormston , grocer , was delivered of a daughter , being the fourth daughter she has had on the 1 st of April during the last eight years , there being also an exact interval of two years between each child .
Lectures on Christianity . —On Sunday afternoon and evening Mr . Buchanan , Social missionary , delivered addresses in the Golden Lion Room , " On the Heathen origin of Christianity . " Mr . Buchanan ' s style of lecturing is calm and clear , and he certainly displayed extensive reading and much ingenuity of speculation ; but as the Socialists take upon themselves the character of practical reformers , we must Eay that we see little practical advantage the people can derive from metaphysical and theological lectures , to understand which would require far more time and reading than the people can posBiply command under the present system . Let the Social
lecturers cease their Bible warfare , and devote themselves to practical measures to remove the physical and social evils and miseries that afflict our country . They tell us that Socialism has nothing to do with any religious or irreligious tenets , why then do they voluntarily and needlessly increase the prejudice against their co-operative views by perpetually waring with the Bible and the theological opinions derived from it ? Earnest sympathy with the sufferings of the people , would , we think , induce them to abandon their present mode , until the peoples physical amelioration is secured and they possess the leisure to enjoy such speculations . —Correspondent .
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u Physical Force" Expences . —The exchange of flint for percussion cap guns to the army will cost this year £ 130 , 000 . Dcbixg the Ham ALibket which concluded at Paris on Saturday evening , the amount of hama disposed of amounted to 240 , 000 lb . weight . The refusal last week of the minister of St . Martin ' s , in Lincoln , to read the ceremonial of interment over the dead body of a child which had not been baptised , is matter of debate in all the circles of the city .
Reduction in Gebman Postage . —On the 6 th of thi 8 month the British postage on letters passing betweea the United Kingdom and Hambsrgb . » ad Lubeck wasreduced f rom lfi . 6 d . on letterB posted in London , and from 1 b . 8 d . on letters posted in the country , to a uniform rate of 6 d . The Hamburgh post-office has also reduced its rate on British letters from abomt 4 d . to 2 d ., so that upon London letters there has been a positive reduction of Is . 2 a ., ana on country letters of le . 4 d . as respects Hamburgh correspondence .
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High Wtcokbe , Apbil 17 . -The failure of a ^ " ^' w this pl » e « has caosed quite a panic here . Hie liabilities are reported to be about . £ 40 , 000 , and we regret to say that many parties who had deposited property in his hands will be nearly ruined by the cism \ aiixatt ) .-Windsor Exprest . rS ? ? B u , O ' Mmsm . Babbeb and Mabshau ,, of Walaall , closed on Friday njorain / r week , or rather the house failed to opea that morning . The inhabitants of the borough , in consequence of this untoward event , combined with the late stoppage of tbe South btaflordshire Bank , are placed in very unpleasant circumstances . r
Earthquake . —Oa Saturday , the 3 rd of April , about half-past three in the afternoon , an " uncommonly smart shock" of an earthquake was felt in almostallJutland . The houses trembled and the ) f i ^ Lre w thrown down . In some places , especially 1 lusted and Logstoo , walls were cracked and chimneys thrown down . Fudge . —On Maundy-Thursday the ceremony , in commemoration of washing the disciples'feet , was celebrated , for the first time since 1830 , in the ohapel oftheTuiUeries , iupresenceofthe Kingand the entire Court . "It was believed , " says the Commerce , " that his Majesty would wash with his own hands theleetof the poor who personated the apostles ; but it appears that this part of the ceremony was put off until next yoar . "
Extract of a letter from Malta : — " The Lotus steamer ,. about 3 b" tons , with two twelve horse power engines , has arrived safe here on her way to the Nile . She belongs to the Oriental Company for the mails , and is looked on as a wonder here . The captain ia a fise great fat fellow , who trims her by merely walking from one part of the deck to another . " Census iff Fbance . —The Minister of the Interior has addressed a circular to all perfects of departments , with instructions for taking such measures that the new census of France , to be made in virtue of a royal erdonnance of 1836 , may be completely finished before the end of the current year .
A Coffer Dam fob a New Chain-Bridge . — A cofferdam for a new chain-bridge over the Danube , at Pesth , iB proceeding very vigorously under Mr . Adam Clark , an English engineer , assisted by thirty English workmen . Their solidly constructed piles have hitherto withstood the immense masses of ice brought down by the Danube , to the great enhancement of the fame of English engineering . Reduction of Duties on French Wines and Spirits . —It is reported that the proposed reductions to bo made under the new commercial treaty with France will be to 10 s . per gallon on brandy , and to Is . ( id . per gallon on wine . The conclusion of the commercial treaty ia dependent on the ratification of the political treaty , which will withdraw France from her present isolation . —London Journal of Commfirce .
Nottingham , Mosdat Morning . —Mr . S . M . Phillipps the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department , was in Noitinghani ypsterday . People are wondering what a gentleman , who has of iate years been in such close connexion with Lord John Russell , the Ministerial leader in the House , can bo doing in Nottingham at this busy period of the year . Very sinister conjectures are in circulation on the subject . Onk John Read was brought before Alderman
Pirie , at the Mansion-house , on Tuesday , for UBing very indecent and abusive language to the Duke of Cambridge , as he was getting into his carriage after the Mansion-house dinner , on Monday week . Raad threatened to punch the Duke ' s head ; and accused him of having robbed him of twenty-eight shillings . The man excused himself by saying that he was a poor bird-catcher ; and that he was bo drunk that he did not know what he was doing : he had lost all recollection of the matter . He was remanded , i
Filtkation . —A system of filtration has been invented upon a ^ novel and grand scale , by the mediumof which any quantity of dirty or discoloured water may be rendered as bright as crystal at the rate of hundrods and thousands of gallons per day . One of these filtors has beon lately erected on board the Dreadnought vessel , lying off Greenwich . The filter supplies ; pure water for the whole of tho patients on board of the vessel . It actg in a double capacity , that of cistern as well aa filter , for as fast as the water runs in it is drawn filtered .
Another Robbery on Royal Premises . —Another robbery seems to hare been committed on royal premises . Ellen Roach , an Irinhwoman , was charged at Hatton Garden Police-office , on Saturday last , with having stolen a massive silver table-spoon from St . James ' s PaJace . She had been given in custody by Mr . Neate , a pawnbroker of Duke-street , Oxford-street , for offering the spoon in pledge , saying that she was seta by a M . ss Perry , who had often raised money there on spoons of the same sort . She pointed out several houses to the constable as tbe residence of Miss Perry ; but no such person lived at any of them . At the prisoner ' s lodgings , ten duplicates were found for property of different descriptions . On her way to the station-house , she
said the spoon came from St . James's Palace , and that it was given to her by one of the servants , whom she could not now find , as he had left his situation . She afterwards stated that she used to servo mi'k at the Palace , and a little boy gave it to her . To the Magistrates she told a d . fferent story : she said that at one period she used to work at the old Palace , and that a young man employed there , but since dead , gave her the spoon instead of some money which he owed her . Two crowns were engaved on the spoon ; beneath the upper ones were the initials C . R ., aud under the lower one A . S . The Magistrates directed inquiries to be instituted , and remanded the prisoner .
Heroic Conduct of a Female . —At the Greenwich Police-office , on Saturday , a fellow of dashingly-dressed exterior , who gave his name Thome , waB brought to this office , charged under the following extraordinary circumstances : —From the evidence , it appeared that Thome called at the house of Mrs Bowen , No . 21 ) , Park-street , Greenwich Park , about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , to ascertain if any lodgings were to be let . A girl , named Mary Kiliott , about seventeen years of age , opened the door , and , on his communicating the object of his oalling , she told him the drawing-room was to be let , but that Mrs . Bowen , the landlady , was not at home . Thorno said he should like much to Bee tho lodgings , and then he could say whether
they would suit . Girl—Very well , Sir ; walk up stairs . Thyme accordingly did so ; and the girl , not ( suspecting any intention of robbery on his part , did not think it necessary to acoompany him , but went into the parlour , to finish something she had been previously engaged in . Shortly after he had gone up , her ears were saluted with the sound of the piano-torte ; ' she also heard other sounds which immediately aroused her suspicions , and on going into the room where he waa , she discovered that while playing wiih one hand ho was busily employed in taking a quantity of plate with the other , which was deposited in the drawers of a sideboard . The servant immediately attacked him , insisting on his putting the property back , which he resolutely refused , and a fierce encounter ensued , which ended in the fellow s escape down stairs . Not daunted , however , the courageous servant pursued him , aud
having overtaken him in the hall , another desperate encounter ensued . She at length became exhausted , before which , however , she had taken the precaution of locking the door , and putting the key in her bosom . The wretch now became frantic , and commenced beating the poor girl , and at length succeeded in wrenching the key of the door from her , and succeeded in gaining the street . She followed him into the street with the cry of " Stop thief , " as well as she was able , and a man joining in the pursuit and cry , he was captured by the police just as he was turning the corner of the street , i'he magistrate asked the prisoner ( who was recognised by the police as a London swell-mob man ) what he had to eay in his defence . Prisoner—I shall reserve my defence till a future day . The prisoner was then fully committed for trial . The poor girl was most highly complimented by the Bench and others , for her truly praiseworthy and heroic conduct .
Riot at Canterbury . —Aiustocratic Resort to " Physical Force . " At Canterbury * ou Friday , Captain Byng Doherty , Captain John Allgood , Captain Edmund Doherty , and Captain John Goddard , of the 13 th and 14 th Light Dragoons , at present stationed at the garrison at Canterbury , were brought before the Mayor : —An inspector of police stated that on the previous night the defendants ; with others not in custody , were rioting about the streets in a state of intoxication , and creating considerable disturbance . He being grossly abused bv Captain Doherty , took that gentleman into custody . Some of tho other defendants attempted a rescue , and finally the whole were conveyed to the Station-house . A few minutes elapsed when a body of soldiers , belonging to the 13 ch and 14 th Regiments , came to the Station-house , determined to have the officers out . In the skirmish that ensued the door in the passage , which led to where the prisoners
were confined , was broken in by them , he was seized by the throat , and dragged but of the station into the street , and while there saw several of the soldiers endeavour to force the iron bars 'which secured the , window . They threatened to knock him down if he dared to interfere . After some time the defendants were liberated , and as they came out singly they raised a loud shout of exultation . The iron crowbar used by the assailants was produced , and appeared to be a formidable weapon . Another constable stated that he took Captain AUgood to the Station-house , and on the way there he offered witness a crown to let him go ; and , finding that the proposal was rejected , Captain AUgood said to two privates of the 13 th , who were in the 8 treet , "Go down to the Prince of Orange and tell yonr comrades that their officers are taken to tno Station-house . " The defendants were bonnd over , themselves in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 10 D , to appear at the quarter sessions and take their trial .
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Attempted Suicide of a Lady . —At an early hour on Monday morning , a widow lady of fortune , residing at Peekham , Surrey , made an attempt on her life by shooting herself with a pistol ; the ball entered below the left ear , and lodged below the right eye , where it still remains , and but very faint hopes are entertained of her life . The lady is the daughter of a wealthy Dublin merchant , and the widow of a colonel . —London paper . Ale and Porter . — -We find , from a return recently moved for by Mr . Darby , M . P ., that the quantity of ale and porter exported to foreign countries from the united kingdom amounted , in the year 1839 , to 157 , 593 barrels ; and in 1840 to 174 , 618 barrels . The Eos t and West Indies , China , and the Australian settlements , are tho countries which receive the largest quantity of malt liquor . The quantity taken by the United States of America is very trifling .
Stealing from the Post-Office . —James Roose , a clerk in the inland department of the General Post-office , was examined at Bow-Btreet Policeoffice , on Wednesday week , on a charge that he had stolen two letters ; it was his duty to assist in sorting the letters ; and on Wednesday morning he was observed by a messenger to secrete one of tnem . An upper clerk was told of it , and Roose was called into the Superintending Presidents' room ; where one of the Presidents , Mr . Vandergutcht , questioned him upon the subject . He hesitated , and then drew the letter from his pocket . It contained a sovereign . His excuse was , tbat he had been at Greenwich fair over-night , and had got so drunk that he did not know what he was about . When Mr . Vandergucht gave orders for a policeman to be called , he exclaimed , " Oh , xny poor friends ! Give me a razor and I'll cut my throat . " The fragments of the second letter were found in his coat , on searching his lodging . He admitted tbat he taken a sovereign from it . He was remanded for a week .
Another Case . —Another young man , Henry Price , assistant to a receiving-housekeeper in Thames-street , was charged at Bow-street Policeoffice , on Thursday week , with stealing a five-pound note from a letter , and James Williams Stevens with receiving it , knowing it to have been stolen . The letter waa from Mr . Nalder , of the Chamberlain ' s-office , Guildhall , to a Mr . Ainslie , of Paignton , in Devon ; and it contained £ 75 in notes . It reached its destination ; but it had been opened , and £ 5 had been taken out of it . The note was changed at a tea-dealer's in the city , and it was traced back to the prisoners . The charge was not denied . They were remanded till Wednesday .
Extensive Burglaries in Lancashire . —A formidable gang of burglars has been discovered and broken up in Lancashire . Their last exploit was the robbery of Mr . Shaw , a farmer , near Warringion , on the 26 th March . The housekeeper , who looked out of the window when the house was first attacked , was shot at and wounded in the forehead by a slug . This led to the offer of a free pardon to any of Lhe robbers who should come forward and give evidence ; and the police were stimulated to increased exertions . On their way to rob Mr . Shaw ' s farm , the thieves called at the house of a man . named Bibby , at Blackbrook , and had some butfermilk . The police heard of Bibby ' s suspicious guests , and caused him to seek them out in Manchester . He found one of
them , named Parkinson , at a beer-house ; and after drinking with him for a while , he accompanied the burglar to his house in ChorUon-Hpon-Medlock ; where he met two more of the gang , Ellis and Barber . He made another drinking appointment with them for the next day , and he was met by Parkinson , Ellis , and another of the robbers , named Sutton . Tbey went with him to the Liverpool Station , and were there seized by the police , who were in waiting . Mr . Jones , the Deputy Constable of Warrington , then went with , a policeman to Parkinson's house . On searching it , they found a pair of duelling pistols , bullet-moulds , powder-flasks , crowbars , crapes for the faces , black calico jackets , two dark lanterns ( one of these was without a slide , and
the slide of a lantern found in Mr , Shaw's house after the robbery exactly fitted it ) , the key of Mr . Shaw ' s front door , ladles for melting metal , with silver dross in ' one of them , lucifer matches , two saws , a vice , some files , and various other articles which had neen taken from the houses that they had robbed . While they were in the house , Barber aud another of the gang came in . To the house of Barber Mr . Jones and the policemen repaired . There they found a crow-bar , sundry keys , two boxe 3 of lucifer matches , and a piece of black calico , exactly corresponding in texture and quality with the jackets found in Parkinson ' s house . It had been a jacket , and had been recently taken to pieces . The police continued their search ; and on the 3 rd of
April , Jones apprehended one Goodyear at his house at Salemoor . The person who answered tha knock at the door denied Goodyear ' s being in the house ; but Jones , on going inside , found hiin standing behind the door naked , with his clothes on his arm . Iu all , nine men were taken . One of then , Sutton , was admitted to give evidence for the Crown ; and he fully proved the burglary at Mr . Shaw ' s house by six of the gang . They took some rum , a silver watch , some silver spoons , and a purse containing seven sovereigns . The man that took the sovereigns gave his companions one a piece , and kept the other to divide when they next met . Sutton got Is . 3 d .
for his share of the 6 poons and watch . Three cases in which the band were concerned were brought before the Warrington Magistrates , on Monday , when six of them , Parkinson , Barber , Pennington , Ellis , Goodyear , and Woollaston were charged with a burglary at the house of Mr . Stubbs , a farmer at Gorton , on tbe 17 th February , and all six were committed . The same men , except Woollaston , were then charged with a burglary at Mr . Shaw ' s ( Sutton made the sixth on that occasion ) , and committed on that charge also ; and Parkinson was committed on a third charge fora burglary at Bickershaw Hall , the residence of Mr . A . Akers , on the 7 tb December , the case not being proved against the others .
Peeping Tom . —Thomas Kinslow , a hulking young fellow of seventeen , was charged before Mr . Norton , at Lambeth-street Police-office , on Saturday , with striking his master , and acting in a most unruly manner , quite unbecoming an apprentice . Mr . John Hatley , a shoemaker , residing in Raven-row , Mile-end , stated that the prisoner , who had been his apprentice for about two years and a half , had latterly conducted himself in a very improper manner , and had struck him more than once on his remonstrating with him as to his behaviour . He was also in the habit of carrying away and hiding any article of wearing apparel , which he might take off , merely to laugh at him ( witness ) while he looked for them . In fact , said the complainant , he
is in the habit of playing all sorts of pranks , to the very great annoyance of myself and my wife , and wo are determined not to put up with it any longer The prisoner , in a surly manner denied the accusations , and said the disagreement between him and his master was entirely owiug to an ill-feeling entertained by his aunt , who was alsohis mistress . Mrs . Hatley , a middle-aged modest-looking female , here stood forward , and said it was by no means her wish to hurt her nephew , but his conduct had been so extraordinary of late that she felt compelled to come forward , and put a stop to it . On three different occasions he crept into her bed room , before she got up in the morning , and on two of these occasions , she detected him kneeling at the foot of her
bed , with her bed-clothes up , and looking under them , and the third time her husband caught him in the same position , and committing the same act . Mr , Norton—Upon my word , he must be a pretty fellow . Well , prisoner , what have you to eay for yourself ! Prisoner—Why , Sir , that ' s all tho fault of my aunt . Mr . Norton—Was it her fault that you was found in her bed-room ? Prisoner—Why , no Sir , but I was there on business . Mr . Norton—What business , pray f Prisoner—Why , to look for the broom , Sir . Mr . Norton—What , is the broom kept in your mistress ' s bed-room ] Prisoner—Yes , Sir , it is sometimes . Mrs . Hatley—No , never , Sir , that also is an untruth , and he is quite capable of
telling any lie to screen himself . Besides , Sir , he has grossly scandalised my character in a shocking manner throughout the neighbourhood , by representing that he had been several times to my chamber , and describing a great deal more than , he had ever seen there . Mr . Hatley corroborated the statement of his wife with respect to his finding the prisoner in his bed-room in the position described . Air . Norton told the prisoner his conduct was highly improper , and recommended Mr . Hatley to get another master for his troublesome apprentice . The charge was ordered to stand over for a week , Mr . Hatley promising to obtain a master for him in the interim , if possible .
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TO THE OPERATIVE CLASSES OF THE TOWN OF NEWRY . Fellow-countrymen—You would wrong tttinuch if you could for one moment imagine tbat there are any men living more anxious than we are to advance your interest * , to increase your prosperity , ' . and to procure for you all the blessings of rational liberty . We are Repealers , devoted daring our existence to the one great object of obtaining » Kwtonkttoa of the Irish Parliament We are thoroughly convinced that Imhnien are the only persona sufficiently interested and sufficiently competent to legislate well for Ireland . We will not consent to bind up the fate and fortunes of our long-oppreased country with Englishmen , Scotchmen , or other foreignera , whether they be Whfga , ToriesChartistsor Radicals .
, , No country on the feee of the earth erer prospered one-half as much , or in bo short a period , as Ireland did under the protection of her Independent Legislator * . Tho property of every roan -was Increased ana augmented—manufacturing industry spread at every side and augmented in every quarter—prosperity beamed around the land , and . if the progress of th * salutary movement had not been stopped by the baleful Union . Ireland would be at thia moment in a state of manufacturing , agricultural , and commercial wealth , superior to that of England . . - . ¦ , ¦ ^ A national debt , or rather a government debt , of about one thousand millions of pounds sterling , lies ,
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Wee an incubua , to paralyse Irish industry , and to antici pate all Irish resources . Fellow-Conntrymen , —If justice were done to rreland she conld not owe more than forty out of these one thousand millions ; and her resources are amply abundant to pay off her share ef the debt within the » h « rt space of five years , and would thus leave Ireland the least taxed country upon the face of the globe . Fellow-Country men , —The relation between landlord and tenant is , at present , in the most unsatisfactory state . Instead of the present destructive system , fertile in tbe causes of every species of oppression and crime , we would introduce legislative provisions , that , -whilst tbey gave security to tbe landlord for the payment of a just and moderate rent , would give safety to the tenant in his enjoyment of his tenancy . In short , our object is to promote , in every way , the prosperity and liberty of Ireland , under the fostering protection of a resident Irish Parliament .
With these majestic objects in Tiew—with the-increasing hope of procuring our fellow-countrymen , of all sects and persuasions , to combine with ns in a constitutional and irresistible struggle for the Repeal of the Union—we learn with deep regret , that some emissaries of a valueless faction bare been sent amongst you to destroy the harmony that should subsist between Repealers—to expose you to the perils and penalties of the law—and to divert us from the incessant pursuits of that measure which alone can be the basis of prosperity and liberty in Ireland—Me Repeal of the Union . Tradesmen of Newry , — -We are your friends—yonr sincere friends—nay , more , your only friends . We ask you to confide in us , for we deserve your confidence .
The emissaries of the Chartists have been rejected with scorn wherever they have shown themselves in any other parb of Ireland . The operatives of Dublin have , at public meetings , repudiated any connexion with them ¦ ; " so have the operatives ot Liinerick , Cork , and latterly-of Dungarran . We are convinced , men of Newry , that you have the same good sense and good feeling—the same shrewdness of intellect and honesty of patriotism , that have distinguished the tradesmen in other parts of Ireland . We Solicit your attention , and depend upon your sober judgment , whilst we stat « to you the reasons which you ( we hope ) will consider conclusive against any connexion with the English Chartists . They are these : —
First—Any association , society , club , or other body , meeting in Ireland , and holding any communication or correspondence with any association of Chartists in England , will be guilty of a . transportable cium , e , and can be transported for seven years . Be quite assured that this law will be put in force against you , if any opportunity be given to do so . Secondly—No society or body of Chartists in Ireland can meet at all , even should tbey have no correspondence or communication with the English Chartists , without incurring tbe most imminent danger of involving themselves in the meshes of the Jaw . We believe it to be utterly impassible for a Chartist society to subsist in Ireland , without incurring the imminent risk of violating the very stringent statutes of force in Ireland , to prevent similar meetings . We beg of you to bear in mind this , our friendly caution , that no Chartists can meet in Ireland as a body , without involving themselves in the peril of the law .
Thirdly—The principle of the Chartists was , last year , avowed to be physical force , whenever necessary —whereas , on the contrary , the principle of the Irish people , upon which they have achieved great success , has been moral force—the peaceable combination of honest men , -and tbe really irresistible power of almost universal public opinion . Fourthly—If you connect yourselves in any way directly or indirectly , with tho English Chartists , you may be liable to incur the severest penalties—even that of death for high treason . Recollect tbat Frost , Williams , and other Chartists in Wales , committed an act of high treason , in attacking the town of Newport . Now , if you had been in correspondence or connexion with the Welsh Chartists , before tbat outbreak , you would have been liable to ( he punishment of death , as accessories to their treason .
Fifthly—Recallect that you have no power or controul over the proceedings of the English Chartists . They may commit any violation of the law they please , without yeur being able to check tnem . Yet , if you be associates with them , you will be liable to be indicted for a conspiracy , to commit all such outrages as the English Chartists may perpetrate . Sixthly . —English and Scotch Chartists , have in many places , been guilty of the Vilest tyranny and despotism . They prevent by tumult , outcries , and force , the public meetings of any persons who do not go the whole length with them . You are aware that a small minority can , if they please , disturb any public meeting , and prevent it from doing the business for which it was convenedthis a minority can easily do , and it has been done repeatedly by the Chartists .
Seventhly—This , we repeat , is a tyranny which we know no honest Irishman wil countenance or participate in . The Gsvernment would be a vicious government , and the law would be a wicked law , that prevented the discussion of public affairs at public meetings . Yet this wickedness the English and Scotch Chartists are guilty of . One of the last instances of this audacious tyranny occurred at a meeting held at Glasgow , for the patriotic purpose of petitioning in favour of Lord Morpeth ' s bill . The Catholic Bishop , the Right Rev . Dr . Munlock , a venerable and venerated Catholio Prelate , was in the cbair , yet the Chartists insulted him and outraged the meeting , and audaciously prevented them from doing the business for which they had met . Operatives of Newry , —We are quite convinced tbat not one single Catholic amongst you will countenance thia Chartist tyranny and insult ; and we are also certain that the Catholics will be joined in this sentiment by every liberal Protestant amongst you .
Ninthly—The Chartists in England have the same fault , and commit the same crime , with the haughtiest of the aristocracy . They are excluslonista . They will combine with nobody who does not go the full and entire length with themselves . They not only reject , but they assail and vilify the middle classes of society , without whose aid and co-operation no great political improvement was ever yet attained . It is to the middle classes , countenanced and aided by honest and conscientioHS operatives , that we look to in order to carry the Repeal of the Union . ' If we were to countenance the Chartists we should separate from the middle classes , and it is tho height of folly for any Repealer to assist in any such separation .
Tenthly—The Chartists in Great Britain have exhibited two , perhaps kindred , though apparently opposite tendencies . We mean fanaticism and infidelity . Many exhibitions of a total disregard to religion have disgusted ns with portions of the Chartist body ; and the getting up , on the other band , of what is called the " Chartist Christianity , " indicates a reliance upon the worst passions of bigotry and fanaticism . Eleventhly—The Chartists have been playingthe game of the Tories upon almost all occasions . At the late Walaall election leading Chartists were then hired , or rather bribed , agents in the Tory interest ; and there is every appearance that other leading individuals of the Chartists are acting under the instigation , of the bitterest enemies of Ireland .
Twelfthly—Operatives of Newry , whoever becomes a Chartist ceases to belong to the Repealers ; and is essentially an enemy to the Repeal . If there be any person enrolled ; , as a Repealer who becomes a Chartist , we will strike out bis name , and have no further connection with him . Thirteenthly . —We again most earnestly entreat the operatives of Newry to recollect , tbat the laws relating to political bodies in Ireland are exceedingly complicated and severe , much more so than in England ; and we declare to them our solemn conviction that if ( which we donot believe ) a Chartist society should be established in Newry , several of that body will , within six months , be suffering under the horrors of imprisonment—if not of transportation . We are apprised of the kind of persons who are coming from England to disseminate Chartism in Ireland—we know that they mix up various topics with their affected Chartism , and we can conjecture no other reason for such conduct save a determination—first , to seduce , and then , to betray their unhappy victims .
Operatives of Newry , —Do you wish to forward that great Repeal movement , which is the sole hope of your afflicted country ? If bo , join us ; and reject with contempt the Chartists . If , on tbe other hand , there be any amongst you , who , either retaining the dregs of decaying Orangeism , or otherwise foolishly disposed to do mischief to the glorious cause of Irish independence—let every such man join the Chartists if he pleases ; but let him also be certain that he will deplore his mistake and misconduct when it is too late , aud the sentence of the law falls heavy on him .
You areshrewdand sensible enough , operatives of Newry , to recollect that during thirty years of . agitation for Emancipation , the leaders kept the people free from fine , imprisonment , or legal punishment Remember also that the Chartist leaders , so far from keeping their people free front the meshes of the law , have seen some of them transported—many of them imprisoned ; —nay , that these leaders themselves have incurred legal penalties and punishments . Operatives of Jfewry , —We hare now performed our duty by you—we leave you to perform yours . £ amember that you are addressed by anxious and sincere friends , whose principles of Reform and Repeal extend to the admission .-of every one of you . to tbe franchise and right of- representation , and to the happiness ot being governed by a domestic legislatufc
In conclusion , do not mistake us . Wedonot suppose or believe that more than tkfetM . lt even a few , of the operatives of Newry , have been tainted by Chartism . We are quite certain that every honest Irishman will take our cordial and affectionate advice , as if it were a command . Every honest Irishman kaows that we have but these objects in view—Tub Good . ' of Ireland—The Libertt of Ireland—The Happiness of the Irish People—and we most kindly antreat the honest and faith worthy tradesmen ef Newry to join us In our efforts for these great and glorloui objects—The Pbospebiti and xhb Liberty of IRELAND . . . ( Signed by order )
Daniel O'Cohseli ., Chairman of the Committee Com-Exchange Booms , 8 th April . 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct703/page/3/
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