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      THE FELON . Ait — Scots trta hac . "Who is he would shrink with shame , Who'd d-: spise the Felon ' s name , Kow ' tis Huk'd with matchless fame—Daalh to tyra » ay . 3 oncur * d is esch sacred link , The m ' -nd uushackkd still will lhink , And from freedom ' s fountain erlnk , Imnortal liberty . B tier far tbe Felon ' s chain , Better bear its woes and pain ,

      Than a willing Blare remain . In want and misery . "Who would bow to class made laws , 'W ho ' d support oppression ' s canes , Wba » bold Briton would not pause , T' live in slavery ! By yonr murder'd msrryrs'sJgbj , By yonr starring- children ' s cries , L-t yonr oaths ot freedom T 1 M & , Y-: patriot ban-3 : Stand erect in God-like form , Trvai ths hireling press with scorn , lrtU-U > Shall JCt BdOtQ 0 » r fatherlanl . Edwik Gili

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      Chartism. 1. A Few Words On The People's...

      CHARTISM . 1 . A Few Words on the People ' s Charier . By Mr T . J . Poiliipj . Landau : Wnittaker and Sullivan , Chsnc ^ ty-lane . 2 . A Letter on Chartism , addressed to the Operatives ofDartford . 8 . A Brply to a Letter on Chartism . By the Council of t ' se D * rtford Branch of the National Chaster Association . 4 . A Letter in Reply to a Hatti . bill , published by the Curate of Rotherhsm Church . 5 . The Stiv R'form Movement . By Henry Hamlet Dabnej . Maidstone : W . Sycklemoore , Hebald OSes .

      6 . The Unit , Tens , Hundreds , Thousands , Ten and Hundred Thousands , and Millions of the ConstitU ' Hon of England . By & Nottingham Middle-class Mm . L- ndr . n : Simpkin and Co . ? . Political Rights of the People . By the Rev . Alexander Ducc-riscn , Falkirk . S . The People ' s Charter and Household Suffrage Contrasted . By Robert Ban-ell , Greenock . 9 . Tht Charter ; what it means ! The Chartists , what ihey ivant ! Explained in an address to the Middle Close * of Great Britain . By P . M . M'Douall , Surgeon . London : E . Dipple , 42 , Holywell-steeet , Strand .

      1 . —Taking intesccounfc the price of this pamphlet , it might he not unaptly christened Twopenny Trash . The author is a Liberal , but objects both to she Charter and Hume ' s sihemeof Rsfotm ; the former , in hit opinion , ' going too far , ' and the latter , not far enough . * He appears to regard the Ballot as cf primary importance , and which , together with * Equal Electoral Right , ' he places in advance of the Snffrafe . His objections to the Charter ara of the weakest possib's kind ; in fact , it is plain that he is unacquainted with the provisions of that measure , otherwise ke would know that the enfranchisement of vagrants forms no part of the Charter . A right zi voting to any man beyond the age of twenty-one , renting honse or apartment for the space of six

      Bonths , at a yearly rental of £ 5 , whethar payable "weekly or not , is the scheme proposed by Mr T . J . Phillips . The result would bo an electoral body , not difering widely from the national csastitueccy the Charter would create ; but the Charter has the advantage of not eeinj ' a brick and mortar suffrage ;' & at , oa the contrary , a suffragefounded upon the intelligible principle of man ' s natural right to telfjprveniEienr . Mr Phillips objects to Anauil Pariiackecs , toe Abolition of the Properly Qualification , and Payment of Members—the three points of the Char , ier . of the greatest importance next to Universal Suffrage . He tells os tbat there are thousands ef

      patriotic raen of weatch who would gladly accept the honour of being returned to represent a constituency . 'Thank yoa for nothing , ' as the Irishman said , "We have ' been too long governed by such patriotic gentlemen . No doaot that even , under the Charter , a majority of ' men of property' would he elected ; bat it would be & II-impertant that a goodly muster of working men should be returned to represent the rights of industry . Any extension of the Suffrage , nnaccampanied by the Abolition of the Property ^ salifica tion and Payment of Members , would be an almost barren boon . In Libfttr ' s ranks

      The Oaly Hope Of Freedom Dwells. 2.—This...

      The oaly hope of freedom dwells . 2 . —This denunciation of Chartism is , according to tbe printer , the production of ' A Working Bee : ' bat we strongly suspect that , in truth , it is the production of an idle drone , or « fttifctrjy slug . This pamphlet is another specimen of twopenny trash , and that , too . of the most garbage-like kind . When vre inform our readers that this drone or slug has the assurance to talk < f ' onr mild and forbearing gof ernmeat , ' and ta assert that the taxes press least upon tha working classes , we have said enough to show the eembined knavery and stupidity of tbis precious yatnphleteer . Without wasting space npaa this clgmsj too ) of tyranny , we will proceed at once to th ? nest publication in our list .

      S.—This Is Aa Answer Te The Idle Drone's...

      S . —This is aa answer te the idle drone ' s trash . We Bre sorry we have not had an opportunity of earlier noticing ' a production , which does iouuite credit to the intelligence and psblic spirit of the working Bfcn of Dartford . The authors of this pamphlet thow that the ; possess an iitimate knowledge of the history of the movement for Radical Reform ; a perfect comprehension of the evils , political and social of the present system ; and intellectual power acre than enough to silence the buzzing of a hundred gnch && s drones as the enemy ihey have so effectually answered and convicted of ignorance and falsehood . The wide circulation of tbis pamphlet in that awfnily benighted districts the county of Kent , could not fail to be ef great service in advancing the good conrss of truth and justice . We may add , that both the bane and antidote—the productions of the sham ' bee , ' and the real bees , may be had of Mr Reeves , bookseller , High-street , Dartford .

      4.—The Chartists Of Rotherham Having Ann...

      4 . —The Chartists of Rotherham having announced ft political ranting to be holden on a Sunday , were taet by an outburst of scurrility , in the shape of a hand-bill , from the curate of Rotherham Church . The Reverend gentleman held forth in this wise : — Theie CbartUts ar « practical Infidels . The Preach profanity . —the French liceatisusnese—the French injustice and robbsry—the French R-TolnSlon *—tbe French blocd % hed of the hat sixty years , teach us what fruits csch principles produce in practice . IsX those tisn who karr any love for their Country Of their Qaeen , taj reverence for their God , any hope of Heaven or any dread of Hell , let them get tbeir faces against The Chartists' Desecration cf the Sabbath , This reverend libeller seems to be all unconicious ef the ereat lesson of his master . * It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath . ' He seems , too , to be blind to the great fact , that it is the treason of himself , and such as him , to Christianity , which has made Sunday political meetings indispensable . Were the parsons the unswerving preachers and assertors of the great principle , 'Do unto thy brother man as thou wooldest he should do unto thee , ' Chartism—founded cpon * Jhat sublime principle—would be in the asceniant , acd the crimes of the lich and tho wrongs cf the poor wuuld be unknown . ' These parsons are practical infidels . ' The ' letter' in answer o the curate ' s hand-bill , is a smasher for his reverence-Sie' practical infidelity is admirably demenstrsted . In this contest the black slug has decidedly come eff eecondbett , and we imagine will think twice ix-fore he again ventures upon a contest with his Chartist parishioners , We trujt that this letter has been widely distributed .

      5. — This Pamphlet Is The Substance Of A...

      5 . — This pamphlet is the substance of a speech delivered at a public meeting , held at Maidstone , in furtherance of the Hams movement . Mr Dobney ' s speech is decidedly Chartist , but he accepts the new Esove as facing in " the right direction . Thoroughly iemoeratic sentiments pervade this well reasoned and eloquent address .

      6.—This Tract Advocate* With Considerabl...

      6 . —This tract advocate * with considerable ability the princip lej o J Chartism and reform ? , which , in the op inion of tbe author , should result from the extension of the franchise of election to the people . This tract is a proof that there are some honest men amongst the middle classes ;

      - 7.—Thistraet Is A Defence Of The Peopl...

      - 7 . —Thistraet is a defence of the People ' s Charier , fcy a Scottish minister , the Rev . Alex . Duncanson , cf Falkirk . It contains aoae unjust illusions to the men comment called ' Physical Force Chartists , ' but even the persona accused may afford to forgive tbat little injruy in considerati on of the rev . rchtleman ' sablefxplanaticn and masterly vindication of the Charter— " name and all . ' The circulation of this tnet k well caku ' atsd to enlighten those" who are jguoraEt cfthe principles of tho Charter .

      8—This Reprint Of A Letter To The Editor...

      8—This reprint of a letter to the Editor of the RsNFEEwsHiEE Adtbrttsbs is another contribution to Chartist literature , from the pen of eur talented friend , RossBr Bcebeix , of Greenock . The arguments advanced tor Universal Sofirage , in preference to HouKbold Suffrage , are perfectly unanswerable .

      9 —Ltst, Not Least, We, Far Tbe Second T...

      9 —Ltst , not least , we , far tbe second time , bricg B * H'TJoaaL ' s recently published pamphlet under * e aoUcaof cur readers , navisg , in a prevwss MBbRCf the Stab , testified to tho unite of this

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      " publication , we now extract the following adiai rable exposition : —

      CHARTISM ( bseetos that all men are born with cqml rights . E tiblUh an opposite principle , then one portion of mankind awst be born to be msatere , ths remainder to be servants ; one portion must cavo phrenological developments to rule , tho remainder have constructed organs to obey . Cuartl'm conceives that all the children comprising one family have equal claims upon their parents , and are all entitled to the enjoyment of equal privileges and protection ; therefore , as society consists merely of a union of families , the same cltizrn rights should bo en . joyed by the members of millions of families as by tho children of one . Establbhaa oppositeprineipU , tten it becomes right for the eldest te tyrannise over the jouagest , and for a fraction to mabelaB-a f « r the whale .

      Caarlism conceives that the aim and object of uniting families into society was to reduco to praciical utility the mental and physical diff-. rences in men , to enable one to contribute by mind that which he could not do by labour , another to tff ct bj contrivance that which he could not achieve by strength—all to do something so as to increase the wealth , strength , and resources of the nation ; all receiving in rerurn common benefits and enjoying common rights . Eiiabibh opposite priaciples , tfcea the strong have a right to enslave the weak , ths cann ' ng to outnit the simple , the wise to tax the witless , and all to defend their injustice oa the plea of possessing superior rights to their neighbours .

      Cavrtlsm conceives tbat as each family would be naturally free and independent when it joined the social uni » n , it would not associate to receive less but to acquire greater benefits from co-operation , therefore it could not egree that one family out of the many should make laws for the remainder . Prove an opposite principle nnd yon establish tbe right of one family to declare a privileged clas j , and to make all others an oppressed class ; and . as it increases in numbers joa have constituted a law making and a law obeying , a tes imposing sn ^ a tax paying class—a class with rights and a class without rights ; two dis - tinct races , one forming the white rulers and the other the white subjects of class . gsverned soetetv .

      Chartism conceives that no union could originally have been formed or ought now to exist without all being eligible to elect or be elected as Iaw-makere , because all have a paramount interest ana natural right in drawing up a constitution , and establishing a form of government . If tbe opposite ! s right , then the habits and customs of early tribes are fables , the rec 9 rds and traditions of our country are unfounded ; and Eociety without a constitution recognising the rights of all must be s palace home to tbe few , a prison purgatory to tbe many . Chartism conceives that the enactment of laws and the imp jsition of taxes must originally , and ought now to be made elthtr personall y la public meeting by all , or in Parliament through representatives chosen by tho fcee voices efthe majority of the people .

      If yoa submit to an opposite principle , then the existence of an electoral class makes the will of the minority the law of the majority . Oppression becomes a right , obedience becomes a duty , aad taxation a fine upon in ! dustry . It is then justifiable to make the poor support the government of the rich , and draw the supplies , not from thosewko have most , but from those w ho hare least to glrs . Chartism conceives tbat as society did not apparently commence by maklsg all produce common property , bat

      rather afforded opportunity and protection for each to benefit by his skill , industry , and perseverance , fc was not designed tbat the successful should forget all duties , and the unsuccessful lose all rights . On the other hand it was ordained , that tbe more property a man acquired the more duties he owed to society for the protection it gave him , and the more the poverty of a man tho more claims he had . Ia other words common sense and interest imposed rates and tases as just fines upon exorbitant wealth aud undue accumulation of pro . perty .

      If such principles are wrong , then we may feava ex . cesslva wealth on the one hand and equally expensive poverty on the other . The rich may refuse to have their surplus wealth taxed—may enjoy all rights and perform no duties ; and throwing the social burdens on their lets fortunate brethren , commit a tax robbery of the most unjast character , and ruinous consequences to tbe middle and working classes . Chartism conceives that as labour is tbe only source of wealth and proiJnee , one great aim of iociety ought t » be to give it such encouragement , protection , and remuneration , tbat it may become more valuable In itself , nnd more fruitful tn all .

      Pursue an opposite course and it becomes the passive tooloftheselSib , thegjoie with the golden eggi . Its claims to good wages may be denied . Its rights to selfdirection may be disputed . Its demand for self-government refused . Bad direction , evi- treatment , become tbe rales of the workshop , and competition , idleness , and misery , tbe order of the day , mitigated feebly by s partial organisation and almost inoperative Trades ' Unions , Chartism conceives that & tar apon the necessaries of life is an embargo upon Industry as much as a tax upon income is a tariff upon enterprise . Beth ought to be abolished . If this is wrong then it becomes right to tax the man who is ftr-u ^ gling to acquire property , aad untax the man who has got it . Spending then becomes a merit , saving a loss , and both a benefit to government .

      Chanism conceives that from all well directed labour a surplus should remain over ana above home contnmp . tion , and that that surplus should be exported and ex . changed for the products and manufactures of other na . tions , thereby establishing the principle of selling only that which we could not consume , and Vnylag only that which we really required . If any other print iple Is adopted , thtn home wants may be forgotten in luppljisg foreign ones . Domestic necessity may yield to distant profit , and car own people be stripped naked to clothe strangers . The husbandman may grow wheat which he is never to consume , and the weaver produce shirts whick he is never to wear . In other words the tree may be cut down to gather the apples , and millions be ruined hereafter merely to satisfy ths cravings of a few for immediate and exorbitant wealth .

      Chartism conceives that as no two families agree alike oa religious subject * , erery one should he free to pursue and maintain its own form and tenets . If any other principle is adopted , then the Catholic has a right to tax the Protestant , and the Protestant too Catholic ; and government may claim the inspiration of power , and tax both to maintaia a State church , Cnartism also conceives that each family has a right to instruct it * members ia the faith it has adopted , and tbat from public free and national schools all sectarianism should be banished , and tho children of all sects meet on commsn ground without having their minds biased from the creed ef their parent * .

      An ; other course would enable tho schoolmaster tt displace parantal authority , the government to usurp domestic duties , and inflict irreparable injury to the rising intelligence of the age , because the formation of mind and character would be consigned to those who are interested In crippling the one and par verting the other . We must refer our readers to ; the pamphlet itself for the author ' s review of' Household Suffrage , ' and his powerful refutations of the objections to the Charter u ged by its enemies . Every Chartist council should consider it a duty to push the circulation of this well-timed , and ably-written vindication of Chartism .

      The Land. 1. Free Trade In Land, The Onl...

      THE LAND . 1 . Free Trade in Land , the onlulrue remedy for National Distress . By an Accountant . Nottingham : Stevenson and Co ., Middle Faremenr , 2 . Our Inheritance : Land , Common Properly . By ' Terrigenous . ' London : J . Watsen , Q , een ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row . 3 . The Land for tht Labourers , and tfit Fraternity of Nations : a Scheme for a New Industrial System , & c . Edited by Thomas Coopxb , Author of the * Purgatory of Suicides . ' London : E . Wilson , Rojal Exchange .

      1 . Nottingham certainly marches m the van of the movement . Here we have another middle-class man proclaiming truth , not uiualljcorapreheadtd by his caste . If the aristocracy possessed cemmon prndence , they would listen to his voice , and adopt his suggestions for the establishment of Free Trade in Land by forthwith abolishing- their accursed laws of prim ogeniture and entail . But that they will not do . The NettiDgbam' accountant' will in vain seek to charm thete deaf adders of feudalism . We confess we are not sorry . We desire a more sweeping change than is indicated in this pamphlet , and we believe that the heartless obstinacy of the landed usurpers will greatly help us in the pursuit of that change . Still we can express onr approbation of this pamphlet as far as it goes ; and , therefore , deem it s duty to recommend its perusal by all whe desire real reform .

      2 . This pamphlet deserves an extensive sale . Terrigenous' leaves the land monopolists and their apologists not a leg to stand upon . His arguments in support of the right of all to the land are unanswerable . We give the concluding portion of the pamphlet .

      LiSD , COHHOH FrKTERTT . How and by what means w can carry iato practice a joint ownership of land is worthy a consideration . It happens io be simply enough , and we may rest quits certain tbat tbe prsptrty of tbe individual would be quite secure . It is simply by assessing the whole land to a certain yearly rental , which each occupant pays ever , at stated ptriads , to the agent of tho Iand-stewari of the nation . This individual would receive snsh ran . tal and pay it into the national exchequer on behalf oi

      the community , to be appropriated tonational purposes . Each person and each generation , woald thus be parti , cipators , inheritors of maa'i natural inheritance . How to affect tbe transition from an individual to a joint ownenblp , is a subject worthy of your best attention . By the strict law of justice the whole land of the commucltv should revert back at onte into the common fand ' Such a sudden change , however , might be pro . doctive of as much mischief ai good , and for tbis reasen I am inclined to tferak , that ths moil certain nudpesee . ablewajofa CCOmplWrteK « W otj « t , would be to p ««

      The Land. 1. Free Trade In Land, The Onl...

      a law whereby estates would drop into the common fund on' the demise of their present poises ; © " . The cdeanrages Accruing iron ? such a change must be * ery great , Lano is the strongaom oi tbe s . rUtiM & cy ( ad landed property has be ; n tbe enrso of civilised society . Those who have been its possessors , have held power almost omnipotent , and from them tin psoplft have received erery species cf tyranny and oppression Destroy the landed property , and away goes the Law of Prlmogtulture , Partoa ' * Tithes , Laws of Entail , Game

      Laws etc . Landlord and Tenant Bight woald nt last be settled . Ejectments would be an impossibility . Idlers , siuecurists , pensioners , and all others , who fatten on tho labour and property of the people , weuld naturally share the same fate . Aristocracies would speedily disappear , when each man must be the producer of bis own fortune . All this would certainly taae place with the destruction of landed property . But there ie something more , ill taxa'ion night cease , the rental of the land being ample to meet tfce expenditure of any cheap form of government .

      3. The Contents Of This Pamphlet, Writte...

      3 . The contents of this pamphlet , written by a native of Great Britain , but a resident in France , had been widely circu ! as « d jn Paris when about two months ago , a translation was publiabed by Mr Cooper , ' the Ch . rtist . * ' This paper , ' < - & ys Mr Coopflit , ' is esteemed to be the consistent consequence of the policy pursued by tbe Provisional Government : wlunh it is pre-umed will not be negatived by the National Assembly . ' We presume that long before this time , Mr Cooper has discovered his mistake . A viler crew of prt fiitnongering and labourplundering scoundrels , than the majority of the National Assembly , never gathered together to plot away the liberties and hopes of a people . This

      unhappy result of the victory af February , ia no doubt largely owin » to the ignorance of tbe mass of the French people -, ba * much is also to be laid to the account of those modebatk fools and villains who have headed the state since the oveithrow of Louis Philippb . We know that Mr CocPiR greatly admires Lamartine—to whose imbecility , must , to a gnat extent , be imputed the evils which have fallen upon the Republic . Lahartine , largely imbued with thesentiments of the author of ' the orations againsi the taking away of human life under any circumstance , ' made it his first business to release the

      snscccnttic brigands from that terror which was necessary for the people ' s salvation ; yet within the last few days this same humanity-monger has directed a hideous massacre of tho people—a wholesale slaughter of the men who made the revolution . True the victims had revolted against' the Republic' But who had driven them ta revolt ? The miscreants whom Lamartine protected in February . Oh . ' men of the people , beware of philanthropists , ' beware of sentimentalising humbugs ; in a state of revolution look upon tbat man as your foulest enemy , who would indoctrinate you with tho fatal poison of * moderation . '

      At page 5 of this pamphlet the author says , Whatever may bo the political constitution whieh wo adopt , we must have civil war if government attempts to maintain the present system of industry . The government has declared it will maintain the present system even at the mouth of the cannon , and civil war has commented ! This pamphlet is well worthy the careful study of all true democrats . That the new industrial system suggested , or any modification of it . will now be adopted in France cannot be hoped for , unless , indeed , a new revolution should give to a second Babeuf the authority of another Robespierre .

      Miscellaneous Pamphlets. 1.—A Strmonfor ...

      MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS . 1 . —A Strmonfor the Times . By the Rev . S . Oliver . Vicar ef Calverton , Nottinghamshire . London : Hall and Co ., Paternoster-row . 2 . —The French Revolution of 1848 , viewed in the fight of prophecy . A sermon by the Rev . R . S . Smith . Dorchester : W . Barclay . 3 . —Address to the Working Ciasset . By a real Friend of Reform . London : Simpkin , Marshall and Co . 4 . —Words to the Enslaved . By W . W . Broom London : Watson , Qaeen ' a Head-passage , Pater-Hoster-row .

      5 . —Tie Battle of the Million . London : G . Mansell , 115 , Fleet-street . Q . —Monarcho-Repullicanism . London : E . Wilson > Royal Exchange . 7 . —An Essay on Republican Governments . By W . T . Meyler . Dublin : H . Shaw , Lower Ormond Quay . 8 . —The Reformer ' s Companion to the Almanacs . By Joseph Barker , Wortley , near Leeds . 9 . —The Radicalism of Moses . By the Rev . B . Parsons , of Eblay , sear Stroud , Gloucestershire . 10 . —Physical Foret . By Gaorge Bowsn . Leicester : J . Ayer , Albion Hill . 11 . —The National Guardsman ' s Companion and Special Constable ' s Manual . By ^ J . fl , Maokay . Edinburgh : Robinson , Greensidestresfc . 12 . —The Rights of the Working Man defended in a Letter , to Lord John Russell . Bristol : Matthews , 44 . Broad Quay .

      13 - The Trial of John Mitchel . London : W . Winn , Holywell-street . 14 . —The Sounds of the Times . By J . C . Blnmenfield . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : T . Dodds , ; Greystreet . 15 . —A Song for the Timet . . Cheltenham : * T . Willey , Oxford Passage . 16 — The Bonny Bird ; a Radical Rhyme . Dundee : A . Barnet , 106 . Scouringbnrn . 17 . —History of the Marseillaise . By J . D . Collett . London : « L Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .

      1 . This is a sermon preached in the parish church of Calverton , on Easter Tuesday , to the members of the Lit'le John Lodge of ' the Nottingham Ancient Imperial Order of Odd Fellows . ' It is a pity that the Rev . San . Oiavsn seems to be utterly ignorant of the ninth commandment : ' Thou ahalt not bear falsa witness against thy neighbour ; ' for ignorant he must be or he would not have been guilty of * evil speakingi lying , and slandering , ' in reference to the advocates of Chartism . As a specimen of the doctrines preached in this precious sef mon , we extract the following : —

      passive obedience . But you will probably ask , if the monarch of a country is nicked , ought not the country to resist ? Certainly not . 8 t Peter say * , ' Honour tbe king . ' Now tbe king or emperor who governed at that time in Rome * was one of the most blood-thirsty tyrants the world ever produced . The crueltie * he practised upon the Christians on account of their religion , were of a most horrible n « ture ; and yet , to these very Christians , and referring to this very ruler , the Apostle says , ' Honour tbe king ; Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord ' s sake . ' If tb . 9 rev . gentlemaa ' a hearers could stomach this —they must be odd fellows indeed 1

      2. Unmitigated Trash. The « Rov. R. Smit...

      2 . Unmitigated trash . The « Rov . R . Smith of Stafford , Dorset , ' abused the Pope for accepting the embrace ot ' infidelity and democracy , ' and denounces the French people for having kicked out the author ' s namesake , King Saitb , at the same time assertiog that * not a sparrow can fall upon the ground without the Almighty ' s permission , much lessan empire be overthrown . ' Ha asserts that * republican and democratieai feelings are produced under the agency of evil spirits , spirits unseen by the world , but revealed to believers . " It strikes us that his revereneo must have been under the influence of evil spirits when he prepared this sermon . He denounces tae Nobthbrn Star and other newspapers , remarking that— , These publications ara tbe prime engines of Satan , and whoever takes in or circulates them is doing the devil ' s wark ; and every one who exposes their trae character and cautions others against the subtlety and talent With which they ore written , is so far hinderlsg the work of ths devil , and promoting both the cause of Christ end the welfare of bis country . We ac much obliged for this compliment and hops for a continuance of the same kindly advertisement of the Northern Star each time the rev . gentleman holds forth to his favoured hearers . ' From theNoRTHEB * Stab and all Satan's publications tooA Lord deliver us . ' will be an excellent Dorsetshire addition of the Litany ; acd will do us the good service of increasing the sale of this journal in that county—very much , we believe . lin want of Sjab

      3. ' More Tu/Optnny Trash; Too Contempti...

      3 . ' More Tu / optnny trash ; too contemptible for further notice .

      4. Well-Meaning Intentions Disguised In ...

      4 . Well-meaning intentions disguised in a rhapsody of of words . An applicable title would have been « Much Ado about Nothing . '

      5. Tho Title Of This Pamphlet In Fall Is...

      5 . Tho title of this pamphlet in fall is The Battle of the Million , under General Honesty , supported by his relatives , Truth , Honour , and Hope ; against the numerous hordes of savages who have thrown themaelvea among the million , for the purposes of pillage , fraud , and violence , led by those notorious freebooters , Oppression , Pomp and Avarice , supposed to bo fought on the plain * of Fraternity . ' For full particnlars of this terrible battle we must refer the reader to the pamphlet itself .

      Ub0 6.—This Pamphlet Professes To Be An ...

      UB 0 6 . —This pamphlet professes to be an answer to the question : * Why dees the History of the World present a continued oscillation between Monarchical and Republican forms of Government V Having to his own satisfaction answered this query , the author brings forward a reeedy which he etyles' Monarcho-Republicanism . ' It appears that this remedy the people of this country are already in possession of , for accordiBg to the author of this pamphlet' MoB « r > cho-Republkas ' sH' is the form of tho English government . Hence , we suppose , the people of this country ara so contented ! Our readers will not expect us to discuss the contents of a pamphlet which contains such stoff as the following : — Tho defttaad

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      Respected Lady Nho Fill? Tbe Throne With...

      respected lady nho fill ? tbe throne with so much T t < Jm aer 8 ^* ' and advantage to tho nacin . ' Again : 'The Mas' . rbus lady wha fill , ihe throve lias ever found it lined with rose blossom ; hallowed by the love and good wishes of her subjects ; and , as the orientals say , 'May eho live a thousand years . ' Lastly , the author recommends the people of France to unite with England under the crown of Victoria ! It is not often that Mr Wilson pats his name , aa publisher , to such a lamentable waste of type and paper . ——

      7.—Although The Author Of This Essay Avo...

      7 . —Although the author of this essay avows himself a moderate Republican , his ' evidences' r * t her tell against than for Republicanism . The position cf the Canadas , an abstract of the expenses of the English government , aud other matters , are also treated of in this rather disjointed production .

      8 —Tbe Numbers For April And May Inst Of...

      8 —Tbe numbers for April and May Inst of ' Tho Reformer ' s Companion to the Almanacs / which we have before noticed and recommended to our readers . Royalty , Aristocracy . Paraon ; craft , Start-jugglery , and Middle-claNs dosroiism , are bravely exposed in this publication . The ' Companion to the Almanacs ' should bo every poor mau ' e companion .

      0.—Anotbor Of The Excellent' Tract* For ...

      0 . —Anotbor of the excellent' Tract * for the Fustian Jackets and Smock Frocks . ' We extract the following illustration ot TUB BADICAM'H OF M 08 E 8 . To prevent overgrown wealth on the ono hand , and hopelena pauperism on tha oiher , the Jewish lawgiver instituted a redlvislon of the land every fifty years , aad thus , at every jubilee the children rocuived again the fields wMch their fathers by misfortune or extravagance had lost . To the poor , tho labourer , tUu stranger , the ftthtrlat , and tho widow , tho laws of Moses paid u sptcial regard . If meney was lent to thepeor , no interest was to be required . If his garment waa taken ( or pledge , it was to be restored before the sun went down . Evory seventh year the land was to rset and lie still , that the poor might eat . The corners of the fie ' . d were not to be reaped but were t > be left for the poor and tn & strangtr . It mas a divine command ' Thou Ehalt open thy kund wide unto ( hy brother , thy poor , and thy needy in the land . ' It will be seen that these ' tracts' are n » t of the order of rubbish usually circulated under that name . We wish Mi Parsons success in hiseffartstoenlighten the people and promote the cause of universal justice .

      10.—This Is An Admirable And Eloquently-...

      10 . —This is an admirable and eloquently-written defence of Physical Force , in reply to the drivelling twaddle and cowardly calumnies of the Press-gang .

      11 —' Military Discipline Made Eaej' Ia ...

      11 — ' Military Discipline made eaEj' ia the heading of this pamphlet whieh profess ©) to unfold the art and mystery of military defence aud offence , by a practical writer , 'late of tho British Army in India , '

      12 —This Tract Is Iron* The Pen Of Mr W....

      12 —This tract is iron * the pen of Mr W . U . Clifton , Bristol , wh"se letters have often appeared in tbis journal . Mr Clxtxok ably do-ends fch ° rights nf his order , but we are afraid thst to Lord John Russell he has written in vain . We recommend our West-country frieads to purchase and circulate Mr Clifton ' s Ii 9 tter >

      13.-—A Penny Sheet, Containing A Report ...

      13 .- —A penny sheet , containing a report of the trial and sentence of John Mitchel , embelliah & d with a portrait of the exiled patriot .

      H, Ib, And 18 —Radical Rhymes For The Ti...

      H , IB , and 18 —Radical Rhymes for the Times , good in principle but possessing no claim te the title of Poetry . '

      17.—A History Of The Origin Of The Marse...

      17 . —A history of the origin of the Marseillaise Hymn from Lamartiue ' s' History of tha Girondists ;' together with copies of the hymn in prose and poetry ; to which , is added the chaunt of the Girondists ; 1 Mourir pour la patrie . '

      Periodicals. The Family Herald, Partlxi....

      PERIODICALS . The Family Herald , PartLXI . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . Five volumes of this periodical have now been completed , and the part before uo is the first of the sixth volume . The success of this publication is beyond precedent in the annals of periodical literature , and we are bound to say that the success is deserved . The part under notice exhibits no failing off on the pirt of either the editor or his assistant contributors . The contents ara fully as wise and racy aa ever . Eugene Sue ' s latest romaaoa and several good tales and romances are contained in this Part ; also a series of useful articles on the management of the hair , and no end of facts and fancie 9 , instructive and entertaining . We must express our decided dissent from the editor ' s views on Loins Blakc ' b book on the 'Organisation of Labour . ' We conclude with the following notice of

      A ? 0 UR . F 0 OTED BEVOLCTIONliT . A large , rough , yellow-coloured dog might have been seen on Thuridny ljing qiietly on tbo steps of tbe sstrade , when the Provisional Government were distributing the eolours . His master was killed during tho revolution , and he was himself wounded on the same occasion with a ball in the leg and a sabre cut on his left shoulder . His right paw was besides era-bed by ths hoof of a municipal guard ' s horse , which cauaes him to limp , The animal entered the Hotp ] de Yille on tbe 25 ; h of February , and has remained there since , always staying with the Republican Guard .

      Cremorne Gardens. The Entertainments At ...

      CREMORNE GARDENS . The entertainments at this delightful place of recreation are of the most various and amusing description . Lieutenant Gale made his fourth ascent from these Gardens on Monday evening , accompanied by Mr" Van Buren and another gen . tleman , for the purpose of testing by experimental models the relative merits and defects of the parachutes used by M . Gannerin , Mr Cocking , and Mr Hampton .

      At half-past seven o ' clock precisely the gallant Lieutenant gave the signal to loosen the ropes . Tne balloon rose in fine style , amid the loud cheers of the assembly . At first it took a north-easterly direction , but shortly afterwards proceeded in a direct easterly line , when , in a few minutes it was lost te view , owing to the misty clouds . When the balloon had reached a certain height , Lieutenant Gale cut the strings of the parachutes , in which three monkeys had been placed . That made after the plan of Mr

      Cocking -descended with great rapidity , exhibiting oscillations that , confirmed the ooinion of scientific men that it was constructed en a bad principle . That after tho plan of Gannerin descended more slowly and heeled less , preserving a tolerably upright attitude- That of Mr Hampton was obviously the best ; it preserved a p erfect perpendicular throughout the whole of the immense space through which it descended , ana came down steadily and without any dangerous rapiditr . The monkeys descended in perfect safety .

      Shortly after the ascent the audience were highly amused by the performances of M . Silrani and troupe . The ballet of ' Telemachus' followed , and was euo eeded by the dancing , which took place oi > the moaater platform around the Pagoda , in which the band was stationed . The evening ' s entertainments were concluded by a brilliant display of fireworks , by Morfcram , the celebrated pyrotechnist .

      Diaboiical Attack By A Gang Of Bueolabs ...

      Diaboiical Attack by a Gang of Bueolabs on Two Misers . —Death op One of the Victims . — In the village of Warthill , about five miles northeast of York , a moat atrocious a ; tempt at double murder has been perpetrated . The unfortunate vio tims of tho brutal outrage were a quiet , inoffensive , and respectable widow lady , named Newlove , upwards of seventy years of age . and her son , Thomas Newlove , an unmarried man , between fort ; and fifty years of age . Jointly and separately ¦ they were possessed of considerable prorerty , and adopted the foolish plan of being their own bankers , as much as £ 1500 beiog kept in their miserable abode . They lived in a most penurious scanner , so much so as to follow the praotice of seldom , if ever , retiring to rest

      until their neighbours would be getting up : the stranpro object of their strange life being to watch their hoarded wealth . About eight o ' clock on Monday morning , a man who was in the habit of milking the cow and doing other little jobs for Mrs Newlove and her son , called at the house as usual . The back-door was opened , and on enleriflB & P & BJag & leading to the front kitchen he was horrified on pereeivoeiving her lying on the ground , apparently dead , aud a quantity of blood about her . The man immediately raised an alarm , when , upon the neighbours assembling , a search was made for the son , who was found outside the house . His head was sadly beaten in and blood was copiously flowing from the wounds . Medical aid being procured , tbe extent of their

      injuries was in some degree ascertained . An iron candlestick was found in the passage , which had evidently been usad in the murderous affray . It waa covered with blood and hair , aud was apparently bent by the force of the blows inflicted with it upon tbe heads of the poor creatures . On a further examine * tion , it was quite clear tbat tb ^ y had made a vigorous effort to escape from their murdeious assailants , which the slate of the passage csnfirmed , pools of bloods being visible in several parts . Mrs Newlove ins ^ rne degree subsequently recovered her senses , and from what could be gleaned from her , tbe ruffians were three in number . They had contrived to obtain an entranoe info the house by a back window ,

      and the robbers , believing that the son had fled to the village to give an alarm , decamped without oh taining any of the hoards they coveted . The police , however , discovered £ 1 , 300 , chiefly in aetes , in different partaof the house , and £ 170 secreted in ft shaving box . In one of the rooms were several rolls of notes , tied rsund with thread . On Saturday morning last , the police received intelligence of the death of Mrs Newlove , who has sunk nnder tho injuries she received . No traeeof the nsflians has yet been obtained although the police have been scouring the country for mi ' ea round . A person once sent a note to a waggish friend , for the loan of Ms ' noose' paper , and received in return hia friend ' s' marriage certificate . '

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      ' We Ci>Utft« Cftoicest,' Astroi.Ooist3....

      ' We ci > Utft « cftoicest , ' AsTRoi . ooisT 3 . ~ It is stiTleas astonishing tbat eo many men , raised in other things so far above the vulgar ; so many princes ; so many popes , whom it would Iwve been impossible to mislead inthoEmallest atlair of interest , have been so ridiculously seduced by this astrological nonsense . They were very proud and very ignorant . The stars were for them alo » R the rest of the world were a r & bb ' e , wiib whom the stan had no'hing to do . They mre like the m ince who trembled at ( ho sight of a cruet , and said

      grave . y to those who did not fear it— 'You may behold it without concern ; you are not princes . " The famous German leade-- , Wallenstein , was 0116 of Muse infatuated b y this chimera ; he called h : m ? oit a prince , and consequently thought tbat ilu ziHaj had bren made on purpose for him . lie neve ; Lcsieved a t . » wn , nor fought a battle , until he hud ! eld a council with the heavens ; but , as this gruat nan wa « very ignorant , ha placed at th-3 head uf this ourc'l , a rogue of an Italian , name . i Snt \ i , lo-j -fittg him a coach , and eix , and giving him a pcr . si ti of twenty thousand livres . Seni , however , never foresaw that Wallenstein would be assaiainsttd by order oi hie moat gracious sovereign , nnd that he Iueih-2 !! would return to Italy on foot . — Voltaire .

      SlfiOUIiiB PsxiTIOit , —A roost singular petition w * 3 presented a few days ago to the French Amenably frosi Cit ' zen Barete , residing at 36 , Faubourg M'intmartre , demanding that a plurality of wivi . s should be psrmitted in marriage . Ii is almost tinrn cewiry to add that the committee parsed to the order of the day . Slave . —A human epitjph of human feelings . Fauk— A glass castle erected by public opinion , for the better observation of its inmates . City —A human hive without its ho * ey-co . ab . SHir . —The telescope of the world MoNEY . —Tbe largest slaveholder in the world . Expeiiiknce . —The soars of our wounds . Wins . —Bottled fever . —A friend who Eeidom diea without tortu-ing us with hia ghost . Dm . —A slice out of another man ' s loaf . Coat . —A check drawn on society by your tailor .

      Pauper . —Ah animal so like a man as to mako us feel uncaay . Palacb . —A guillotine which cuts off the head of a nation from its body . Savagk . —An individual who goes to war with his enemies , like a heathen , and takes their scal p * , instead of going to law with them , like a Chmtiaa , and taking their goods . Solbibr . —A live target , set up by one nation for another to shoot at . Bse . —A self-taught botanist , whose works command a ready sale .

      HAROLD IK COUNCIL . 1 ( From Sir E . B . Lytton's Harold , the Last of the Saxon Kings . ) Ail within the Palace of Westminster showed tho confusion and dismay of the awful timo;—all , at least , save the council chamber , in which Harold , who had arrived the night before , conferred with his Thegus . It was evening : the courtyards and the balls were filled with armed men , and almost with every hour came rider and bode from the Sussex shores . In the corridors the churchmen grouped aud whispered , as they had whispered and grouped on the day of King Edward ' s death . « 9 9 # In tbe council hall , debate wased warm—which was tbo wiser , to meet William at once in tbe battlefield , or to delay till all tho forces Hareld might expect ( and which he had ordered to be levied in his rapid march from York ) could swell his host ?

      ' If we retire before the enemy , * said Gurtb , leaving him in a strange land , winter approaching , his forage will fail . He will scarce dara to march upon London ; if he does , we shall be bettar prepared to encounter him . My voice is against resting all on a single battle . ' ' la that thy cbeice ? ' said Vebba indignantly . 'Not so , I am sure , would have chosen thy father ; not so the Saxons of Kent . The Norman ia laying waste all the lands of thy subjects , Lord Harold ; living on plunder , as a robber , in the realms of King Alfred . Dost thou think that men will get better hears to fight for their country by hearing that their King shrinks from the danger V ' Thou speaketh well and wisely , ' said Haco , and

      all eyes turned to the young son of Sfreyn , as to one wha best know the character of tbe hostile army , and the skill of its chief . ' We have now with us a force flushed with conquest over a foe hitherto deemed in-Vincible , Men who havo conquered the Norwegian will not shrink from the Norman . Victory depends upon ardour more than numbers . Every hour ol delay damps the ardour . Are we snro that it will swell the numbers ? "What I dread most is , not the sword of the Norman Duke , it is his craft . Rely upon it , that if we meet him not soon , he will march straight to London . He will proclaim by the way that he comes not to seize the throne , but to punish Harold , and abide by the Witan , or purchase by the word of the Roman pontiff . The terror of his

      armament , unresisted , rrill spread lite a nanio through the land . Many will be decoyed by his false pretexts , many awed by a force that the king dare not meet . If he came in sight of the city , think you that merchants and cheapmen will not be daunted by the thought of pillage and sack ? They will be the first to capitulate at the first house which is fired . This city is weak to guard against siege ; its walls long neglected ; and in sieges the Normans are famous . Are we so united ( the king ' s role thus fresh ) , but what no cabals , no dissensions will break out amongst ourselves ? If the Duke come , as come he will , in the name of the Church , may not the churchmen set up some new pretender to tho Crown—perchance the child Edgar ? And , divided amongst ourselves ,

      h < iw lngloriously should we fall I Besides , this land , though never before have the links between province and province been drawn so close , hath yet demarcations that make the people selfish . The Northumbrians , I fear , will not stir to aid London , and Meroia will hold aloof from our peril . Grant that William once seize London , all England is broken up and ditipirited ; each shire , nay , each town , looking only to itself . Talk of delay as wearing out the strength of the foe ! No ; it would wear out our own . Little enow , I fear , is yet left in onr treasury . If William 861 * 29 London , that treasury is his , with all the

      wealth of our burgesses . How should we maintain an army except by preying on the people , and thus discontenting them ? Where guard that army ? Where are our forts ? Where our mountains ? The war ef delay suits only a land of rook and defile , or ot castle and breastwork . Thegus and warriors , ye have no castles but your breasts of mail . Abandon these , and you are lost . ' A general murmur of applause closed ths speech of Haco , which , while wise in arguments , our historians have overlooked , came home to that noblest reason of brave men which urges [ prompt resistance to foul invasion .

      Up , then , rose King Harold— ' I thank you , follow Englishmen , for that applause with which ye have greeted mine own thoughts on the lip ef Haco . Shall it be said that your kins wished to chase his own brother from the soil of outraged England , yet shrunk from the sword of the Norman stranger ? Well , indeed , might my brave subjects desert my banner if it floated idly over these palace walls while the armed invader pitched his camp in the heart of England . By delay , Wiliiam ' e force , whatever it be , cannot grow less ; his cause grows more strong in our craven ' fears . What hia armament may be , we rightly know not ; the report varies with every messenger , swelling : and lessening with the rumours of every hour . Have we not around us now our moat

      atalwatt veterans—the flower of our armies » the most eager spirits—the vanquishers of Hardrada f Thou oayutb , Gortb , that all should not be perilled on a single battle . True . Harold should be perilled , but wherefore England ? Grant that we win the day ; the quicker our despatch the greater our own fame , the more lasting that pesos , at home and abroad , which rest ever its best foundations on the sense of the power , which wrong cannot provoke , unohastised . Grant that we lose ; & loss can be made gain by a king ' s brave death . Why should not our example rouse and unite all who survive us ? Which the nobler example , the one best fitted to

      protect our country—the recreant backs of living chiefe , or the ' glorious dead with their fronts to the foe ? Come what may , life or death ) at least wo will thin the Norman numbers , and heap tbe barriers oi our corpses on the Norman march . At least wo can show to the rest of England how men should defend their native land ! And if , as I believe and pray , in every English breast beats a heart like Harold ' s , what matters though a king should fall ? Freedom is immortal !' He spoke ; and forth from his baldric he drew his sword . Every Wade , at tbat signal , leapt from the sheath ; and in that council hall , at least , in every breast beat the heart of Harold .

      Rapacity , of Laud Sharks . —The number of lawyers in London is no less than 4 , 072 , and the amount of their costs in 1846 1 was sixteen millions , two hundred and ten thousand , one hundred and sixty-five pounds . ViRtus o * the ' Cbaicb . ' —An Australian journal says that an Irishman succeeded in curing hie wife , whose leg had been bitten by a venomous serpent , through the application of a whisky bottle , mouth downwards , t o the wound . The whiskey gradually became darker , and the discolouration around the bite diminished , until the whole of the poison

      appeared to have been absorbed by the spirit . Lweraturb 015 HB WORKING CussBB . —No fewer than 950 essays by working men have been sent in for the three prises of £ 25 , £ 15 , and £ 10 , for the best three essays on the ' Temporal Advantages of the Sabbath to tho Labouring Classes , and tho con sequent Importance of preserving its Best from all the Encroachments of Unnecessary Labour . ' They all exhibit considerable merit . T hsrBinssiriofl op Royalty . —The lato Princess Sophia , daughter of George III ., born in 1771 , fcad a pension of £ 16 , 006 per annum . During her loni life she received nearly n million of the pubb ' o msuey .

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      (From The Rimes.) Rbrifwmknt Op Bib. J. ...

      ( From the rimes . ) RBrifWMKNT OP BIB . J . 0 ' CO . VNKLL FROM PUBLIC LIFE Dunns , June 21 —Tho IrisM Confederation held a meeting nt eigkt . t ' cloek ttiis evening in the Mub ' iohall , convened by adverti ^ mont .. The building waa densely and respectably filled in every part , more than 3 , 000 persons beiog present . Shortly after eight o ' clock th « cbrtir was taken by MrD 3 nny Leyne ( Cork ) . The Skoretart ( Mr lla ' . pin ) read a letter from Ms F . F . Meagher , excusing himself from attendance

      on account of illness , and stating that , should tho New Ropcal League bo establishe « , ho would pledge himself not to compromise itii principles by tbe use of language calculated to craate dissension or bring down a prosecution on any of iU own members . At the same time he wished it to t * distinctly under * stood , that outside the League he would continue to st , a e and enforce the opinion thr . ; the nutionai ^ il fould not prevail unless tho ieop ! o were arnwd ; and biing armed , were prepared to pui an end to foreign ru l e . ( Ch"era )

      Ninety five members of the Jahn Mitchel CIr > b , Cloom & l , were sdsutted members & f the Confederation ; also seventeen memWs ft' the Hugh O'Neill Omb . from the same town '; twenty-tix from Dublin ; ninety two tnembars of the Carl-, w United Repeal Club formed within the last Cow days Mr J . Pillo . v then addressed tha meeting . He proceeded to lay before the meeting an account e £ the receipts and expenditure of the Irish Confederation , from She day it was founded to the 21 ? l day of the present month . The sum total of their receipts was £ 016 8 j . Id . £ 400 of this sum was paid in by members cf the body , oo that the country at large contributed little Riere than £ 500 . He would , thoref . ro , boldly aak thernsetini ? whether the

      Confaderation h : id not given tha country full value for thei nioi'ey ? ( Loud cheers . ) Uemisht safely aesort tha for every pound they had received the enemies o Ireland had bren put to an expense of £ 1 , 000 . ( Oncers . ) Tho Confederation had made the Monarch of England feel somewhat insecute on ber f . V . rone ; it had been mainly instrumental in driving ! tho British government to bring into parliament a bill to secure more permanently tha Crown and Gav « am « nt of Eagland ; and it had cest Lord Clarendon—( hisses )—not a few sleepless Bights . He mighsateo add , that it had planted in that country a principle of great value , namely , that every roan in Ireland had a right to have a weapon , and tbat when a British Minister told the people of Ireland that ho would

      resist their will by force , and rule this country by force in their despite , they had a right to toll him that he should not do so . ( Cheers . ) Basides the regular fund of the Confederatisn , there was another recently got up for the purpose of defending Messra O'Brien , Meagher , and Mitchel , in the late state prosecution ? . This fund amsunted to £ 400 , of which , after the payment of all expenses , = 6200 still remained in hand . Ho had then the pleasure of proposing that £ 150 of this balance be added to the fund in course of being raised for tin ; wife and family of John Mitchel . ( Deafeninjr applause . ) The remainder was reserved , in order that they should be enabled to contribute something to support the infancy of tho New Lsaguo . ( Uear . ) Ha then

      proceeded to state what had transpired at the recent conferences of Repealers . At one of these conferences Mr Jshn O'Conne' . l was naked whether , in case the League was formed , he would permit the members of the Confederation to call on the people to arm , and he said he had no objection ; but at tbe subsequent conference he stated that ho could not abide by what he had formerly pledged himself to ; and that ho now viewed with apprehension the movement that was rapidly progressing for the purpose of arming the people —( hisses)—and that , should the members of tho League be called on to arm he would feel it his duty to protest against it- ( Renewed his ' . es . ) Tho members of the Repeal Association who were present at that conference then and there protested most

      strongly againstthe retractation made by Mr O'Connell . He ( Mr Dillon ) told Mr O'Cocnell that he had no objection to the introduction of the subject o £ arming the people by him ( Mr O'Connell ) , provided he consented that he and his brother Confederate ! should be allowed to reply to him ; but at tbo last conference , which was held on the previous evening . Mr O'Cennell brought down with him a series of resolutions that amounted in subuince to the old peace resolutions of Conciliation Hall —( graans and hisaes)—and stated tbat he oould not consent to be a member of any association which would not piaos these resolutions on its books . ( Hisses ) Under these circumstances , when Mr O'Connell made this announcement , tbey told him tbat all understanding

      between him , aa an individual , and the Confederation was at an end . ( 'Hear , hear , ' and'Bravo , ' & o . ) He could not discover the real causes of tbis retractation on tbe pifct ol Mr O'Connell , but that gentle , man had himself assigned as the reasons of his conduct a leading article in the last number of tho Nation , and a letter of Mr Saitti O'Brien , in tha same number , There was one passage in the latter that seemed peculiarly offensive to him , which ran as follows : — ' All the principles for which the Confederates contended have in succession been conceded to us . ' But Mr O'Connell should bear in mind tbat Mr O'Brien , when he wrote this letter , was addrenJSingthe members of the Irish Confederation , not those of Conciliation Hall ; and he onl y wanted to show them that there had been no principles of theirs abandsned—the principles he alluded to bsing twoviz , those that had been conceded them , the anti *

      place-begging principle and the anti-sectarian principle . ( Cheers . ) Was this union , then , afte * all , to take place ? ( ' les , yes , ' ) He , for his part , said ' yes , ' and on behalf ef the Confederation he would also say yes '—( cheers )—a proof of which would be given that evening by the proposal of a resolution to adjourn tho Confederation mt die , for the purpose of facilitating the union of the Repeal parties , The Rev . Thaddeus O'Mjllby ne * t addressed the meeting , urging the formation of armed cluba , and stating his intention to take an active part io their formation , Moral force , he said , was a very good thing in its proper place , but they knew that the government tho ; bad opposed to them waa tot a government of moral force —( cheers)—aad when they had to contend against a physical force government he knew but one mode of argument that promised success , and that was te give it a dose of its own physio .

      A resolution was then passed , adjourning the Confederation eine die . Mr R . O'Gobmak , jun ., read and proposed tho adoption of an address from the American people to the Irish nation , passed at a meeting held at Philadelphia , and written by Mr K . Tyler , son of the late President of the United States . The address enforced in the strongest terms the necessity of union amongst the Repealers of Ireland , reoommending them , when united , to watch the prospect of their liberation , and then to strike fast , heavy , and all together . ( Cheers . ) If , ' said Mr O'Gsrman , ' you are determined to aot ou this advice , I would recommend that your reply should emanate from the free Legislative As . sembly of Ireland —( cheers );—and in order that your

      correspondence with America may not bo delayed , the aooner your reply is given tha batter . ' ( Cheers . ) The resolution having been seconded and passed , Mr C . 6 . Duffy lastly addressed tbe meeting . Ho stated that when Mr John O'Connell proposed hil peace resolutions at the last conference of tho Repeal parties , all bis old associates at Conciliation Hall , without exception , voted sgainet him and for tho union . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr Duffy ) had now good news to tell them . It was this—Mr John O'Connoil , when he found himsolf outvoted , said : ' We have appealed to the country , at my consent and with my concurrence , and the country has pro * nounced against me . You , as ths Irish League ,

      must go on , bat as for mo , I have certain conscientious scruples , sooner than forego which I have made up my mind to retire into private life . ' ( The whol « audience here rose and cheered vehemently for so veral minutes , on the announcement of Mr 0 'Con < nell ' s retirement from public life . ) There was a con . dition attached to this step by Mr O'Conwdl—namely , ho desired that , at the next meeting of U . * . K

      CLUB OBGANISATION . From town and country all accounts concur in re » presenting the rapid increase of the Confederate Clubs and the enrolment by wholesale of new members . On Saturday evening no less than six additional ones were established in the city of Limerick , and this day there is to bs a gathering of the fighting men oa the celebrated green of Donnybrook , for tho purpose o f finishing the woik commenced last Sunday of enrolling the inhabitants of tho metropo * litan county into tbe ranks of the Irish National Guards . Really , as matters go , there seems to be no doubt that before the harvest is fit for the sickle , wo shall have the realisation of Mr Smith O'Brien ' s plan carried ont to the letter , and tbat tha country will be garrisoned by some hundred thousand men with arms in their hands .

      Tho Irish Felon , successor to the United Isms man , made its first appearance on Saturday last . The editors , Mr John Martin and Mr Thomas Davin Roillv , havo spirited addresses in the Mitchel style , showing that they fear not to bravo tho doom which has overtaken tho exiled patriot .

      THE FATE CF THK AKISTOCnACT . The Nation thus disposes of tha landlords and their estates : — , . .. . „ . With the absentee aristocracy Ireland can deal summarily . In a Parliament we can adopt the prcoedsat of fell « abeth-a tax ef twenty-five per C « ut . ; in » revolution the precedent of James—confiscation . ' By weal right do tbe FitMllllamB , Devonsbires . Palmerstons , and iansdowses , monopolise end squfender the rental Of tMl Ml ! , expel its nhaWUntf , » nd carry ofl Its cattle , otaw than the right of tbe Danish Vi . Ktog or ths Roman fre « boot « r— the law of the strengtst hand ?

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01071848/page/3/