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      October 2,1852. Jphji Biaa Of Aeedom. 11...

      October 2 , 1852 . jpHJi bIaa Of aEEDOM . 117

      To The Stone Masons. Bi Brethren Asd Fri...

      TO THE STONE MASONS . Bi Brethren asd Friends . —A few months have scarcely elapsed iincface I was driven out of France by the savage despotism of Ike be perjurer of December . "What was my crime ? Son of an agricultural labourer , myself a mason , it was after the revolution ion of February , that universal suffrage took me from the midst » fifl ) fiiiy tou * > t 0 ma ^ "e me a rePresentative of the people . T The treason of the 2 d December found me faithful to my jnaiiiiaiidate , and unreservedly devoted to the working classes . It ( waavas enough to raise against me the hatred of the debauched

      ttrafeiitor , who was then elevated to the summit of our institu-Ifcioifcions . Therefore I was not surprised when the gendarmes of JLotLouis Bonaparte came to tear me out of my house , to put me iin fa prison , and , later , to banish me from tbe land which they istilstill sully with their presence . ] 1 was obliged to choose another country . England alone , it iminnist be said , offers a fitting refuse where an exile can freely llivfive . I came to you as to brethren ^ without believing in all th < those rivalries , in all those hatreds which kings and princes elide deavour to kindle between the nations , in order to better

      ensh slave them . 1 was not deceived in my trust The second day of my arrr rival , you opened to me your workshops , and in consequence of ththe emp loyment I found amongst those who adopted me , I c ( could live " as an exile without any acquaintance with misery . Since , you have done still better . In your solicitude you h have raised a subscription , of which you offer me the proceeds , i Accept my thanks . But , as I have been enabled to get my li livelihood by my labour , allow me to dispose of the sum in fav vour of those of my fellow-countrymen who , less fortunate than 11 are wanting bread and a refuge .

      In receiving us amongst you , you have began a great work : I go on until you have accomplished it . Do not forget that the 1 French proscribed are the Pioneers of the Revolution ; that , in 1 tbeir country they have always struggled against all despoi tisras , under whatever name they might have been disguised . Remember that many of them have done so , being not rich , and having a wife and children . Now , to strive , when you have fortune , to strive for truth and justice , is very honourable indeed ; but how far more is it not honourable , when you are poor , to give up your family , your business , your labour , your all , for the sake of the country ! English workmen , open to us your workshops . Be without fear : we will behave as honest men , and you will have done ,

      for the realisation of our common thought , much more than many philosophers and sages ; yon will have substituted for the theory the practice ; yon will have opposed to the calumniating words of our enemies the example of working men , differing in language , in manners , but suited , without respect to nationality , in a common feeling . May my wish be accomplished , and you will have well deserved of humanity , for you will have sealed practically an indissoluble alliance between the two greatest nations in the world : England and France . Sains et fraternite . Nadaud , Mason .

      Ladies Guild. To The Editor Op " The Sta...

      LADIES GUILD . TO THE EDITOR OP " THE STAR , OP FREEDOM . " Sis , —I may not be uninteresting , perhaps , to some of your readers to know that at the commencement of this year an institution was started in London , having for its aim the employment of ladies of education in artistic or other ornamental works ; and that the institution is founded on the Associative principle . We are exceedingly desirous that the members of the Guild

      should be those who are attached to this principle , not that the establishment refuses admittance to persons on account of any views which they may entertain on abstract questions , but it is clear that the more individuals working together sympathise in matters of vital importance the more are they likely to work energetically and harmoniously . Besides , the principle itself gathers strength when carried out into successful and extensive operation ; and the severe test of experience alone can satisfy doubtful minds , and render truth triumphantly predomi

      nant . There are now some vacancies in the institution for lady artists , as well as for young persons of respectable station , who can be employed in some of the more mechanical operations ; these latter , I should think would ho easily met with amongst the families of the associated workmen . At all events , all who come to make inquiries , with a view

      to joining the Society , will be welcome to see the works and to form their own judgment of the likelihood of its suiting them ; and ladies whose fortune it is to have money and leisure to disnose of for the good of others are invited to examine the institution and its arrangements , since the associate earnestly wish for the sympathy and co-operation which ladies of independent fortune and of benevolence can so easily render , and which they are usually so glad to give to objects of which they apporvc . I am , sir , yours obediently , C . b . 11 .

      Mesmerism And Clairvoyance. Mr. Gerald M...

      MESMERISM AND CLAIRVOYANCE . Mr . Gerald Massey delivered his first lecture on " Mesmerism and Clairvoyance" at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzrov-square , on Tuesday evening .. There was a good attendance , notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather . The lecturer explained in a clear and impressive manner his ideas relative to ' this mysterious , and as yet almost unknown science . He was listened to throughout with the greatest attention , and was frequently interrupted by the applause of the audience .

      . After the lecture a number of experiments to test the truth of clairvoyance and phrenology were successfully made , the clairvoyant , Mrs . Massey , succeeding in reading , while her eyes were held , print and * manuscript , supplied to her by persons in the body of the hall , and in doing many other things too extraordinary to be reasoned upon , but the accomplishment of which was too evident to be doubted . The second lecture will , wo understand , be delivered at the same place next Tuesday evening , when there will doubtless be a laroe attendance .

      Demonstration Of Seamen.—The Seamen Of T...

      Demonstration of Seamen . —The seamen of the adjacent ports , members of the Amalgamated Society , dissatisfied , ^ it seems , with the lukewarnmess displayed towards that association by the sailors of Sunderland , resolved upon visiting that port in a body , to endeavour to revive the enthusiasm of their mates oii the * Wear . Accordingly , early on Thursday forenoon , a considerable number arrived from Biyth and Hartlepool

      accompanied by the Hartlepool band , and having been joined by some of the seamen here , they proceeded along High-street and Brid ge-road , in the direction of Fulwell , where , according to arrangement , they were met by the Shields and Newcastle men . Returning to town by the same route , they then mustered fully 700 strong , and on reaching Bridge ' road , the procession halted , and gave three cheers along the line . Crossing the bridge they proceeded along High-street , with five bands

      Demonstration Of Seamen.—The Seamen Of T...

      and an imposing display of banners , bearing in most instances characteristic mottoes . On reaching Sans-street , they passed along to the Assembly Hall , where the whole filed oft' to take part in the meeting , which was announced to take place at 12 o ' clock . After the settlement of a little difficulty which arose as to the selection of a chair man—the Tyne men claiming the honour of appointing one from their own port , and which they ultimately carried by two to one in the election of Mr . Esdaile of Shields , —three resolutions were submitted for their adoption The first—which was moved by Mr . Patterson of Hartlepoolj and seconded by Mr . Shepherd , of Sunderlandset forth the

      , good results whioh had arisen from the formation of the Union ; the second deploring the apathy of the Sunderland men , and calling upon them , as they had been the first to unfurl the flag union to stick to it at all hazards , was proposed by Mr . Campbell , of North Shields , and seconded by Mr . Lumsdon the third , which was moved by Mr . Snowball , of South Shields , drew attention to the approaching rise of wages ( £ 410 s . ) , which they claimed on the London voyage , and pledged the meeting to accept no less a sum . The proceedings connected both with the procession and the meeting were of a very orderly and business-like character . —Sunderland Herald .

      The "Leader" And. The European Revolutio...

      THE "LEADER" AND . THE EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONISTS . Last Saturday ' s ' Leader " contained the following : — POLITICAL MIS R EPKESEKTATIOJT . Our attempt in a recent article to distinguish between th good cause of democracy and the travesties of it , got up by certain " Red" Republicans abroad and at home , has been in some quarters tortured into an opponency of a wise political progress . But we doubt not that oif intelligent readers will

      see the difference between a protest against the extravagancies perpetrated under the " Red " designation , and that manly and heroic championship of freedom which is the guarantee of national deliverance . It is because these extravagancies have never been disowned by the friends of the people , that the real patriots remain widely unrecognised by the public . If we render some service in this direction we shall not care to have been made the subject of misrepresentation .

      What a miserable " misrepresentation" of facts is the above ! Utterly contemptible and unworthy of further notice . In our contemporary ' s town impression there appeared , in addition to the above , a letter from Mr . Thornton Hunt addressed to the editor . Mr . Hunt commences by intimating that he is opposed to the opinion " that newspaper writers should be held personally responsible for the work o f their pens , when executed in concert with their colleagues . " Mr . Hunt next compliments his chief on " the cordiality which subsists among the staff" of the " Leader . " Mr . Hunt says

      " The strictures on the comments which were published in the " Leader , " on Red Republican politics , have been mingled with suggestions that I myself , personally , have receded from opinions which I had formerly expressed . " This is incorrect . The Stak of Freedom clicl not suggest apostacy on the part of Mr . Hunt , but simply demanded if the editor of the " Leader " spoke for Mr , Hunt as well as for himself . Mr . Hunt says : " As soon as a man becomes my accuser I cease

      to value his opinion . " What would be thought of this kind of defence in a court of justice ? Mr . Hunt adds : "And as soon as any man withdraws his trust from me on the mere report or a third person , I cease to covet his trust" No man who values justice will act as Mr . Hunt supposes . If I withdraw my trust from him , it will not be because of any man ' s " report , " but because of Mi' . Hunt ' s own admissions . Mr . Hunt proceeds to say—addressing the editor of the " Leader "—

      Some of the leading men among French Socialists are also " Red Republicans : " with some of those men I sympathise most heartily . I dissent from the censure which the "Leader " has passed upon them ; believing that it is not applicable either to the leaders of the party whom I know , nor to the working men who came out to defend with their blood the Republic compromised by the " Moderate" Republicans , and were

      slaughtered by the soldiery of those Moderate Republicans . That your opinion is founded on your'own personal knowledge I know ; that you have not formed it hastily I also know ; that the utterance of your opinion was made under the strong compulsion of conscience I am equally aware ; and I perfectly approve of your avowal . But it must not pass for the avowal of my sentiments among those who have reason to believe that I hold other sentiments .

      The above is in part satisfactory . It is satisfactory so far as regards Mr . Hunt ' s disavowal of the sentiments of his chief In relation to the " Red Republicans . " But why was Mr . Hunt silent until the 25 th of September , when he might and should have made his disavowal in the " Leader of the 11 th or 18 th ? Mr . Hunt then proceeds to vindicate his views in relation

      to the question of the right and duty of the people to take up arms against those who compress them by force , and to punish as f elons the ringleaders of the Absolutist Conspiracy . With all that he says m this section of his letter I cordially concur —his siding with " the English Monarchy" as opposed to a Republic , excepted . After some allusions to his own forefathers , and compliments to his editorial chief , Mr . Hunt concludes his letter in tho following terms :

      Those who do not know you may for a moment mistake your motives ; but the habit ' of suspecting sinister designs in opponents , is one to which democratic politicians would , not be so prone , if they knew all the weakness which it implies ; and in expressing my dissent from you on a special point , I am proud , in the face of your assailants , to stand with you side by side . Ever , my dear friend , your faithful and affectionate TirouNTON Hunt .

      Li the above paragraph , as well as in the editorial notice ( quoted above ) the impression is sought to be conveyed that the " Leader " and its conductors have been attacked and unjustly assailed . This is not true . It is the editor of the " Leader , ' who has beep the assailant ; and who by calumnious and brutal attacks upon honourable men has proclaimed himself the enemy of a whole cause . Mr . Hunt having repudiated the libel , very consistently winds up by making

      common cause with the libeller ! Mr . Hunt professes to sympathise with at least " some" of the Red Republicans . His chief , on the contrary , denounces the whole body , en masse , as " destructive demagogues , " a gang of demagogues , an ignorant , corrupt , greedy mass of scum , fresh from the foul kennels of crime , and Thornton Hunt declares himself proud to stand side by side with thetraducer . This political moraliy I do not understand .-G . JULIAN HARNEY .

      The "Leader" And. The European Revolutio...

      Death of a Child from alleged Starvation . —Mr G-. S . Brent held an inquest at the Fox and French Horn Clerkenwell-green , on Charles Hubbard , aged three month an illegitimate child , alleged to have been starved to deaths the body was a bag of bones . Charlotte Hubbard , deceased ' grandmother , said that deceased died last Tuesday , in hi mother ' s arms , at witness ' s residence , 2 , Stewart ' s-place . He had a cough , and was fretful and puny from the birth . The mother suckled him live weeks , when she took a situation and gave him to be nursed by a woman named Sylvesterresiding

      , at Shadwell . Last July Sylvester left the child with witness , saying that she was going to Hampton-court , and would , upon her return , call for him . But witness had not seen her since . When she brought back the child he was very ill , and then witness took him to Mr . Grill , parish surgeon , who said that he wanted food , not medicine . She fed him on sago and arrowroot . The breast was also twice tried with him , but he refused it , and gradually pined away . Sarah Hubbard , the aunt , and Emma Hubbard , the mother , gave similar testimony declaring that deceased had been neglected and starved , and

      recommended that a wet-nurse should be got . The mother said he would not take the breast . But upon his getting another woman to give him the breast ho sucked greedily . He made a post mortem examination . The body Avas emaciated , and tlie stomach wholly empty . The organs internally were healthy , but the body was nearly bloodless . Death resulted from want of f ood , which in his opinion he had not got some time prior to death . The jury expressed their horror at the treatment of deceased , and begged an adjournment of the inquest .

      Attempted Flight op the Pope . —The following extraordinary story is told in the Official Gazette of Savoy : — "According to a letter from Genoa Pius IX had actually attempted to make his escape from Porto d'Anzio , and was only prevented from effecting his design by the impossibility of getting out of reach of Captain Ollivier ' s steamer , which accompanied him under the pretext of showing him respect . I will quote the facts , leaving it to your readers to make the proper deductions , and shall afterwards tell yon what induces me to give it some credence .

      On the 14 th General Cottc , the Marquis de Turgot , and M . de Raydeval had waited upon the Pope at Castel Gan-Dolfo . According to the letter in question , General Cotte , aided by the two diplomatists , hadbeen fulfilled a delicate mission , that of persuading the Holy Father to proceed to Paris in order to crown Prince Louis Napoleon . The timid counsellors of the Pope at once advised him to take to flight , as he had done in the winter of 1848-49 . They showed him , looming in the future , an honourable detention at Fountairihlcau , and the Roman States turned into an apanage

      for the future King of Rome , the issue of the marriage of Napoleon III . ; in shovt , the repetition of what had happened unper the empire . With his usual weakness , Pius IX ., on the following day , directed his steps to Porto d' Anzio where a pontifical steamer was in readiness to convey him to ( Naples . This resolution had only been taken in consequence of the difficulty of fleeing to Bologna , under the protection of Austria ; for Castel Gandolfo is too far from Bologna , so that it was much easier to go to Naples . But at Porto d'Anzio it appeared that another steamer , which plies on the Tiber for the service of the French division ,

      and is commanded by Captain Ollivier , bad accompanied the pontifical one . How came this steamer , which ought to have staid at Fiumicino , its usual station , to be at Porto d'Anzio ? It is supposed that Count Rayneval had some misgivings as to the Holy Father ' s villeggiatura at Castel Gandolfo , and taken precautions in consequence . The Pope and his suite embarked under pretenoo of taking a mere pleasure trip , but tho French steamer insisted upon accompanying the Holy Father as an escort of honour . Hopes were entertained that she might be outstripped , so as to reach Gaeta or Naples in safety ; but Captain Ollivier stuck close to the pontifical steamer , " so that the idea of flight was given up . "( j Accident on the Bikmingiimam and Oxford Railway .

      —Preparatory to the opening of this line to the public yesterday , a special train left Paddington on Thursday morning at 9 o ' clock , propelled by the magnificent engine "The Lord of the Isles , " which formed a feature in its department in the Great Exhibition . By this train travelled the directors and a large party of friends , with the band of the Life Guards . Their destination was Birmingham , whence they were to return to Leamington to a grand dinner at the Regent . At Oxford several ladies and gentlemen entered the train . At this time the ordinary passenger train , due at Banbury at 10 50 , was on its way , and stopped at the Aynho-road station , about six . miles from Banbury , where tickets were taken .

      While this was being done the driver of the train observed L the special train approaching at a rapid pace . He immedi- ately put his engine in motion , but was of course unable to ) get it sufficiently under way to avoid a collision , but his pre- - sence of mind was no doubt tho means of saving the limbs , j , if not the lives , of the passengers in the his train . Had the e train not been put in motion , the force in which the e monster engine came in contact with it must have e been vastly greater and the consequences very fearful , il . As it was , the crash was very great , and many of the pas- ssengers in the second class carriages were much cut and id bruised ; the trucks at the end of the train were smashed , and ad some of the second class carriages injured .

      Extraordinary Rate way Accidekt . —Gallignani relates anan extraordinary circumstance which occurred a few days ago on on . the Northern Railway at Moiitatairc , near Creil . A carter ar-axrived with a vehicle containing an enormous block of stone , ne „ weighing not less than six tons , drawn by three horses , andndl asked if he would have time to cross the line before the arrivalvalt of a train . The wife of the keeper of the crossing answered inL ini the affirmative , and he went on to the line , but there being a * at sort of ascent his horses were not able to drag the . vehicle thethe ^

      whole way across . While they were still endeavouring to geigeti across a train was heard approaching . The carter , fearing « g « b shock cut the traces of the two leading horses , and removeoveci them out of danger . The keeper ' s wife ran towards the trainain and made signs to the train to stop . It was an express trahrarm drawn by one of Crampton ' s powerful locomotives . The dnveivei : reversed his steam , but seeing it was impossible to stop in timtimu he put on all the power of the locomotive and drove right intiinto the cart . ¦¦ ' . "" ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02101852/page/5/