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    • THE PBTHEEN STAB SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1S49.
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      IU GOHOIWEALTH : A ilOXTIILY RECORD OP DEMOCRATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS "THE COMMONWEALTH" will be the Representative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades * Unienists , in the Momhlv tress . costhtb : 1 . Gold HcgHjn of CaliS-miz . 2 . Pauperism and roorllates . 3 . The Spy System . i . Louis Blanc 5 . The Epoch of the Revolution . 6 . Productiveness of Small Farms . Communications for the Editor , Books for Review , & C , to be forwarded to the Oince , 15 , GREAT WDfDMILL STSEET , XOXDOX To he had of all Bookscuera in Town and Counby .

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      IT 13 THE CAUSE IT IS THE CAUSE !! G TAX BAUD THE A TEE , O Facing the Eastern Counties Railway Station , "" Under the patronage ofthe Exectitve Committee , who TriU be -recent on the occasion , and in aid ofthe Funds , A BENTHT will be taken at the above house , outheeren-103 WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 7 th , 1 S 19 , when one of the best companies in London will render their aid , and the acknowledged best pantomime ever produced in London will be performed hy inimitable artists . Tne performance will consist of a Jfew Drama , of daep and intense interest , entitled PUNISHMENT IN SE STAGES ; A LAUGHABLE INTERLUDE , with a Hornpipa , and a variety of Singing and Dancing . And the MODEL PANTOMIME ; placed on the stage in a superior manner , in CMtainiv the neatest yet most commodious House , at the East-End of London . The prices of admission arc strictly in accordance with the times : private boxes , Is . Cd . ; boxes , Is . ; pit , b'd ; gallery , 3 d . £ 37 " Tickets to be had of all Sub-Secretaries and Agents in the JletTojwlis ; of Mr . Dyson , Publisher , Shoreditch ; Hr . Krowles , "Globe and Friends , " Jtorgan-street , Gum . mercial-road ; Mr . Bidwell , 7 , Ivy-lane , Hoxton New Town ; Mr . Sims . 11 , Little Chapel-street , Gray ' s-inn-lane ; Mr . R . E . Side . 5 , Pepper-street , Union-street , Southward ; at Mr . CvIIivor ' s Coffee-house , Hol . vwell-street , Strand ; and at the Naiional Land Office , 144 , High Holborn . REiisaBEK . '— "IT IS THE CAUSE > " let every man do his duty—solicit the aid ofthe shopkeepers on the occasion , and crowd the Theatre with your presence on Wednesday Evening , the 7 th of February , 1849 . Erorcro Staixwood , Secretary , pro . tern .

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      UNDER KOTAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , In Ten Jfinates after use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and all Disorders of tho Breath and Lungs , is insured by DE . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of this remedy have ualled forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters of the world . The following have been just received : — ANOTHER CURE OF SEVEN YEARS ' ASTHMA . From Mr . Edwin Squire , Corn-market , Loughborough , ' March 19 , 1816 . Gentlemen , —A lady ( whose namo and address is below ) celled at my shop yesterday , and made the following statement respecting the beneficial effects produced by your popular medicine . She has been severely afflicted witn asthma for seven years , until about three months ago , ¦ w toiv , Kiriiur received a letter from a friend in Louth , re-OOnnnending Dr . LOCOCK ' S Tf afers , she purchased a , box , and although she had not been able to lie down for twelve or fourteen weeks , the first dose enabled her to do so , and take a comfortable night ' s sleep , and she Is effectuallv cured by five boxes . The lady added , that since her wonderful restoration to health , she has walked a distance -of eight miles in one day without being particularly fatigued . And whenever shejtakes cold she has recourse to a dose of the Wafers , which afford her instant aud neverrailiiig relict I can prove tiie genuineness of this case , and furnish the name and address of the lady , which is , Mrs . Martha Itaven , St Laurence , near Yentnor , Isle of TVight ANOTHER CURE OF OOUGH AND HOARSENESS . To Mr . P . Roberts , Ranelagh-street Sir , —It is with much pleasure I bear testimony to the extraordinary powers of Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers . I had been troubled with a cough and hoarseness for nearly two years , without relief when I was induced to try Locock ' s Wafers , the effect of which was soon visible , for one large box ( 2 s . ? d . ) has quite cured me . I have since recommended them to several of my ftiends , and they hav « £ also experienced the greatest relief from them . —John Wil-, liiiis , Parliament-street , Liverpool , Jan . 1 , 1847 . CURES OF PULMONARY CONSUMPTION . Gentlemen , —I can speak of your Wafers myself , with the greatest confidence , having recommended them in many cases of Pulmonary Consumption , and they have always afforded relief when everything else has failed , and the patients having been surfeited with medicine , are delighted to meet with so efficient a remedy , having such an agreeable taste , ic . —( Signed ) Johx Mawso . v , surgeon , 13 , Moseley-sirt-et , Uewcastle-on-Tyne , Desember 5 , 1847 . IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SING . From . 8 , Pearsall , Esq ., Her Majesty ' s Concerts , and Yicar Choral of Lichfield Cathedral , Gentlemen . — A lady of distinction having pointed oat to me the qualities of Dr . Locock ' s Wafers , I was induced to make a trial of a box , and from this trial I am happy to give my testjmonial in their favour . I find by allowing a few of the wafers ( taken in the course of the day ) to gradually dissolve in the mouth , my voice becomes bright and dear , and tone full and distinct They are decidedly the most efficacious of any I have ever used . —Lichfield , July 10 th , 1 S 45 . Dr . Locock ' s Wafers give instant relief , and are arapid cure of asthmas , consumption , colds , and all disorders of the breath find lungs , & c . To singers and public speakers they are invaluable , as in two hours they remove all horseness and increase the power and flexibility of the voice . They have a most pleasant taste . Price Is . lid . ; 2 s . 9 d . ; and Us . per bos ; or sent by post or Is . ?< 1 . si , or lis . 6 < L , by Da Silva and Co ., 1 , Hridcano , Fleet-street , London . * «* Sold by all Medical Venders . Bewass of Imitation . —Unprincipled persons ( Chemists and others ) prepare Counterfeits of that popular remedy , "Ds . hoct-ci ' s 1 ' cuioNic Wafess . " I ' urchasers are therefore csuaoued not to purchase any " Pulmonic" Medicine or " Wafers"' unless the words " 1 ) 2 Locock ' s Waters" appear in White Letters on a Bed Ground , on the Government Stamp , outside each Box ; without which all are counterfeit and an imposition .

      A Patteux Lltsbaxd.—At The Guildhall On "Vted-

      A Patteux lltSBAXD . —At the Guildhall on "VTed-

      Nesaay, A Young Man, Named George Jbarre...

      nesaay , a young man , named George Jbarrell was summoned before Mr . Alderman Musctovc , at the instance of the overseers of St . Botolph without , Bishopsgaie , to show cause why he did not support and maintain Ms wife , and not ' leave her chargeable to the parish . —The case was heard before at the "Mansion-house , and 2 s . 6 d . per week ordered to be paid . The defendant had , however , refused within the last fortnight to continue the payments , when a fresh summons was taken out and part heard but was adjourned to this day at the request of the husband , on his declaring that he could bring forward proof of his wife having committed adultery . —Mary Parrel ! was examined , and said—She was " the wife

      of the defendant , and became chargeable to the parish last Tuesday week , and had received some loaves of bread out of the house . Her husband left her about three months ago , and was ordered to allow her 2 s . Gd . per week , which he did up to within the last fortnight , when he stopped payment . The husband snid , he stoppedit because he hadproofthat she had committed adultery . This she denied , but said there is a man in the court now whom my husband offered half-a-sovereign to , to come up and swear that he had had connexion with me . —John Waters , of widegatc-street , Bishopsgate-street , then entered the witness-box , and said , that on Monday week the defendant came to him , and said , " How are you off for money ? " He replied that he

      bad a little , when Farrell rejoined , " Well , here is a shilling , and my wife is at a certain public house ; go there , invite her to drink , and make her tipsv , and then take her to some place for the ni ght . * " Ho took the money , and invited the woman to drink , and remained with her until near eleven o ' clock , when he left her , and went to his own home . The following day the defendant came and asked if he had taken her anywhere , and on being told that he had not , Is . 6 d . was put in his hand , with instructions to pursue the same course , and take the woman to some place and sleep with her . He pursued the same course that he did the previous sight , and left the wife at the public-house . The following night Farrell again called , and said , ' * It ' s all right ; I know you have done it ; I have seen the people who saw you ; " and he then offered him half-a-sovereign to come up before the magistrates , andswearthathehadbeen with her .

      Alderman Musgrove : Do you mean to swear that yon never had connexion with Mrs . Farrell ?—Witness : I never had . —Defendant said , that he never ottered any money to the witness ; but on the outran-, finding he could not extort a large sum of money from him , the witness now came forward and perjured himself by the statement he had just made . —Alderman Musgrove said , that from what he had heard , if the defendant did not take care he would render himself liable to an indictment for mcitmg a party to commit nerjury . There was no evidence to sustain the charge of adultery , and therefore he should confirm the previous order , aud defendant must pay the arrears , aud cost of summons , and the expense incurred by the parish which in ad amounted to Ss . 6 d . He ( the Alderman ) at the same time advised the wife to refrain from -visiting public-houses . —The money was paid and the parties left the court .

      _ A Xest of Iron Factories . —One of the most jnportant neighbourhoods for the production of iron on the Ohio river is at a place called Ranging Rock . Withm a circle of twenty miles there are thirty furnaces , twenty in Ohio and ten in Eentuckv . The proauce of all combined amounts , wheain full work , to sixty tons per annum , ^^

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      " TIIOU SMALT NOT KILL !" THE TOOTI-VC TRAGEDY . A PUBLIC MEETING will lie held at A the JOILV-STUEET LYSriTPITON , or < ™ f Eveoxg . FsBBUiltT Cth , 1343 . Chair to be taken at haUP 36 S-TtSider the existing Poor Law ; the duties and wwers of the Commissioners , Guardtans , and Bate-? £ « - TrithOTBcial reference to the Drouet Farm , and its ffi ^ S & JTA retition to Parlia ment to be submitted t 0 The ' lbUoniiig Gentlemen are expected to attend : Messrs G . J . HAssivr , W . Bixox , T . CtASK , P . ifGsxTB , M anas . Kydd . Admission to the Body ofthe Hall , Id . ; Gallery , 2 d . K . B . —Parties holding Monies or Tickets for the Sot « e held in John-street , on Monday , the 29 th ult ., will forward the same to Jlv , Clark , Laud Office , and they will gblige the Committee .

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      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . A DEMOCRATIcTeSTIVAL , to consist Xl of Soiree and Ball , in commemoration of THE FRENCH REVOLUTION of February , 184 S , will take place at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenliam-court-road , on Monday , February 2 fith , 1849 . Severalwell-known advocates of Democratic principles will address the meeting . Tea on the table at Six o ' clock ; Dancing at Ten o'clock . Tickets admittinj to Tea and Ball—Double , 2 s . 6 d . ; Single ditto , Is . Cd . Tickets to the Ball—Double , Is . Cd . ; Single , Is . Tickets to be had at the Northern Star Office ; of Mr . Truelove , next dosr to the Institution ; Mr . Fennell , 10 , Long ' s-huildings , Whitecross-street ; Mr . Knovrles , Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Coramercuil-road-eaat ; Mr . Side , 5 , Pepper-street , Union-street , Borough ; Mr . Keen , 7 , Poplar-row , New Kent-road ; Mr . Milne , 1 . Union-street , Berkeley-square ; Mr . Grassby , 8 . Noah ' s Ark-court , Stangate , Lambeth ; Mr . Parkes , 35 , Little Windmill-street , Soho Mr . Simms , Littla Chapel-street , Gray ' s-inn-lane . e ^ - A meeting of the committee will take place at Deadman ' s Coffee House , Clerkenweil-green , on Monday evening next , February 5 t ! i , at eight o ' clock . The localities are requested to send delegates .

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      J. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of The...

      J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following ; sums for 3 lrs . JI'Docall , viz .: —Mr . Chipindale , Gd ; Mr . North , 8 d ; ilr . Knott , 3 d ; Mr . Smith , 2 d ; Mr . Kirk , Id ; Mr . Iisget , lid ; Mrs . Joynes , 2 d . For General Defence Fcsd : —Mr . Hunt , fid . , Da . M'Sotuu , for Writ of Error : —Mr . Hackitt , 2 d ; Mr . Buxton , 6 d ; Mr . Cunt , 2 s 6 d ; Mr . Brown , 3 d ; Mr . Thornton , in Cd ; Mr . Hickling , Is 7 d ; Collected at Paine ' s Supper , 4 s 6 d . The Yictijc Fran . — John Arnott , Somera Town , acknow ledges the receipt of the following in aid of the said fund : —From a Friend , Twelro Volumes of the Labourer ( Bound ); Mr . Xottts , South London Hall , Two Gold Pins and a Gold locket ; Mr . Dice , per Mr . TV . Alhuitt , " Young ' s Night Thoughts , " " Burke on the Sublime and Beautiful , " Twelve Splendid Engravings , and a large Map of North America ; Mr . Ambrose Hurst , " Haslam's Letters to the Bishop of Norwich f Mr . "William Rider , "The Theologian ; » Mr . Yfyatt , Tower Hamlets , Portrait of Robert Emmett , and view of Monmouth Court House ; and Mr . James "Wilson , Golden-square , a New Black

      Waistcoat G . Kesdal , Sutton-in-Aslifield . —Julian Harney has forwarded the 13 s . to Manchester . Monies for the support of the victims in Kirkdale should be forwarded to Thomas Ormesher , 52 , Bridgewater-street , Deansgate , Manchester . Hugh Hischciiffe , Halifax . Julian Harney has forwarded the 10 s . as directed — 5 s . to the Victim Fund and 5 s . to Mrs . Jones . Received by Thos . Obhesheb for the Kirkdale prisoner * : — Chartists of Bacup , per John Morrison , 5 s . ; Mr . John M'Keown , 5 s . ; Chartists of Salford , per John Millington , 15 s . ; Chartists of Rochdale , per William Buke 10 s . ; Three Friends at Boden , Cheshire , 5 s . ; Chartists of Leeds , per William Brook , £ 2 16 s . Received by Mr . Doxovan and previously remitted on the 10 th of December , Rochdale , per William Buke , 10 i . ~ Mr . A . Saw , Belford , —Paid to June 30 th . Mr . W . Bollock , Bigsar . — We do not supply non-subscribers with the portrait Tou must be a subscriber for three months before we can send it . To your third question—Vcs , you can by sending your name and address to Mr . Julian Harney . One shilling must be paid on

      enrolment . Mr . A . Cuamem , Dunning . —The charge is fivepence . No abatement W . H . ? . —We know of no other mode than by post The Female Chartists , Maschesteh . —The Emmett Brigade , Somers Tows * . —We are sorry we have not room for the addresses sent us . Mr . Lln'ney , Bilaton . —At two shillings per dozen . Mr . G . Adamsox , Forth Iron Works . — Ninepenco more for the quarter . Mr . J . Mothebweli , Paisley . — Your portraits were sent for enclosure , to Mr . Love , Glasgow , when your order an-ired . Mr . J . Mitchell , Jarrow . —Received . Mr . Radford , Nottingham . —For the portrait and the work you mention , apply at the Land Office , 144 , High Holborn .

      To Agents. Many Of Our Agents Complain O...

      TO AGENTS . Many of our agents complain of the " badness of the times , " instead of remitting the balance of their accounts . Those complaints are not payable to our paper-makers and printers . We therefore inform all such agents that we shall discontinue the supply , and hand over their accounts to our solicitor , if not immediately discharged .

      The Pbtheen Stab Saturday, February 3,1s49.

      THE PBTHEEN STAB SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 3 , 1 S 49 .

      The Session Op 1840. The Second Session ...

      THE SESSION OP 1840 . The second Session of the "Whig Parliament has commenced its sittings . We are all too familiar with their dreary length , and unproductive character , last year , to need that any review should be now given ; but , with their remembrance fresh in our memory , it is impossible to help asking the questions : " Is the

      Session just begun , likely to end more usefully and beneficially than the last ? Shall we have another ei g ht months of -word-mongering —of crude , ill-digested measures , hastily prepared , to be as hastily withdrawn—of long , floundering debates about questions which were never intended to be brought to any practical conclusion—a Session , in short , made up of speeches , and not acts—as far as acts were necessary for the public welfare ?"

      The anticipatory reply to those questions can only be given by looking at the changes that have taken place in the Constitution of the Government in the House , and in public opinion , since Parliament last assembled . In the Government , tbe only change we know of , is that of Sir T . Baring , for the deceased Lord Auckland , as head of the Admiralty ; and the new Minister is , certainly , not so favourably known to the country , by his past

      official career , as to lead us to hope for any material change in the Ministerial policy , in consequence of his accession to the Cabinet . In fact , the party virtually cast a slight upon him when they put Sir Charles Wood in his former office , and if tliey could have got Sir James Graham to have accepted the office , the ex-Whig Chancellor ofthe Exchequer would never have been elevated to his present position .

      As far as the Ministry , therefore , are concerned , it is evident that we have to deal with the old materials . Wo shall have the same coquetting with parties—the same playing fast and loose to suit tho exigencies of the moment —the same want of fixed principles , or clear and definite plans , which characterised them last year . Lord J . Russell has formall y proclaimed the theory of Ministerial non-responsibility . In bis opinion , the Constitution

      does not require that the Premier and his subordinates should originate and conduct the business of Parliament . Everybody is free to do what is right in bis own eyes , and the whole duty of Ministers is to take their salaries , and keep things as quiet as they can , with the chance . of settling as much of the national business as they can in the general scramble . From this quarter , therefore , there is no great hope , as far as the men who compose the Ministry are personally concerned .

      But when wo look at the House of . Commons , and at public opinion , the case is very different from what it was last year . Although there is no marked change in the materiel of the House , its component parts axe better organised . The Liberal party have what is a stne qua non to any vigorous policy—a definite principle and plan upon which to work . They are backed by a large portion of the Press , and by a majority of the electoral classes out of doors ; and the demand for a reduction in the National Expenditure , is one so directly identified with that sensitive part of every man —the breeches pockets—that it is certain to exercise great influence within , as well as out of the House . ;

      Unmistakeable signs of the power of this movement , have already exhibited themselves . The Mimsterial prograjmiie delivered by her

      The Session Op 1840. The Second Session ...

      Majesty on Thursday , contains a distinct and marked reference to the subject of Financial Economy , expresssed with aslittleof generality and vagueness as time-honoured custom will allow in a Royal Speech . True , unless the Financial Reformers be terribly in earnest , and indefatigable , both in and out doors , the terms employed with reference to the subject , may be translated into something infinitely smaller than anybody imagines—nay , .

      decrease , and judicious aud practical economy , may turn out to mean an increase of the National Bnrdens . For our own part , while prepared to offer no obstruction to the mere Financial Reform . Movement , we have no hesitation in broadly stating—that there is , and there can be , no guarantee whatever for the introduction and maintenance of a proper economy—short of an absolute and entire reform in the representative svstem .

      "U ntil this is the case , even the reductions that may be made will be monopolised by classes or parties , and will not reach the public as a whole ; and our only hope of substantive benefit from the Financial Movement , is that the more earnest and determined ofthe party may be driven into the advocacy of Suffrage Reform , as the shortest and most effective manner of seeming their object . Under any circumstances , however , it is a matter of

      congratulation , that there will be a real and a united opposition , with a definite object before it . A glance at the programme of the Ministers , as comprised in the Queen ' s Speech , will show that the great business-points in it are a promised "large" reduction on the Estimates of lastyear , a re-consideration ofthe Poor Law for Ireland with a view to its amendment , and the abrogation or modification ofthe Navigation Laws . These may be termed the remedial measures of the Cabinet .

      For poor unhappy , prostrate , famine and poverty-stricken Ireland , we are again to have a repetition and a continuance of that coercive policy which Lord John and the present Cabinet camo into office , pledged to put down for ever . One would have thought that emigration , destitution , disease , and death , had been potent enough to have thinned the country , or broken the spirits of the people quite enough , to have enabled a liberal Ministry to dispense with such a tyrannical and unconstitutional mode of government . It appears not . " Shadows the soul of Richard do appal . "

      With the leaders of Young Irelandin prison or in exile ; with the population decimated by clearances , emigration and disease , and the still farther prostration caused by another failure of the potato crop in Ireland ; even yet the Whigs dare not let the people who remain in that country , enjoy the constitutional liberty of meeting , and the free expression of their thoughts . Ireland and Vienna are governed upon the same principle , for the same cause . The Government oppress the people and the people hate the Government . The voice of the last must be stifled , in order that the first may enjoy the proper degree of Ministerial

      repose . With respect to the Navigation Laws , the language in which reference is made to them is so very vague , that we can only regard the introduction of the subject at all as a repetition of the party ruse , by which the two sections of the Conservative party wore last year prevented from forming a junction , and defeating the Whigs . Time will show whether it -will prove equally successful this . With respect to the Poor Law in Ireland , that is a large and important question , involving so many considerations , that we shall leave all comment upon it until wc see what Ministers propose ; and as to reductions . in the Estimates , these—as wo have already saidwill be large or small , in proportion to the earnestness and power ofthe Cobden party .

      With Foreign Affairs we do not meddle in this place . But as we looked at the numerous and imposing display of Foreign Ministers , and their Attaches , and thought oftlie changes which since last February had swept over the Continent , wo could not help thinking that every one of them would feel the deepened and emphatic tone with which the Queen asserted her pride and thankfulness in adverting to the loyal spirit of her people . " We dare to tell her Majestv , in the name of tho working

      millions of this great empire , that all they ask is , that " the fabric of the Constitution " shall be truly and really "founded upon the principles of Freedom and of Justice , " and that if it is so , she will have no more willing coadjutors " in upholding that fabric , " than those whose labours reared the magnificent Hall in which she inaugurated the new session of Parliament , and fabricated the rich and dazzling robes of those who thronged around her on the first of February .

      Colonel Thompson And His Constituents. C...

      COLONEL THOMPSON AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . Colonel Thompson has been paying . his Constituents a visit , and his Constituents—at least , the majority of them—have been paying the Colonel in that kind of coin called by sailors " monkey ' s allowance , " which , we believe , defined by those who are in tho habit of employing the expression , means " more kicks than halfpence . " The Colonel was received very coldly by the working men , and , when speaking of Ireland and the Chartist agitation , he was interrupted ' by very audible expressions of disapprobation . At the conclusion of his address he was . asked why he voted for the Irish Coercion Bill . This was the Colonel's answer : ¦—

      " There was no choice for a man like him but to say , ' I am for rebellion in arms , ' or , ' I am not for it . ' He could not hesitate which course to adopt , and he rejoiced that the Government had power to put them down without greater mischief . " Now , without engaging in any attempt to justify the Irish affair—which never amounted to even the ghost of a rebellion—we must ask the Colonel , whether he has always been so squeamish in his notions concerning revolt " in arms" against the constituted authorities ? It strikes us that the Colonel has , before now , written and spoken a good deal in praise of the " rebels" who cut off the head of Charles I . We dare be sworn , that in his " hot youth , when George the Third was

      king , " the Colonel celebrated the 30 th of January ; over a calf ' s head dinner , served up with Whig sauce . If we mistake not , he , some years ago , declared himself in the House of Commons " ^ Republican under compact . " Even in his speech at Bradford , he seems to have spoken favourably of the French " rebellion in arms" against Louis Philippe . We imagine , then , that we may fairl y set down the Colonel as favourable to rebellions under justifiable circumstances . Whether the past history , and present condition of Ireland , would justify rebellion , it is not our place to determine . Suffice it to say , that the history of that unhappy land is one unbroken record of unparalleled misgovernment .

      Tho Colonel was asked , why ho voted against—or , as another report has it , why he refused to support the motion for—the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ? He answered , — - " That Government was not likely to grant a petition presented at the point of a pike , because the concession would imply a defeat . " This is a shabby apology for the violation of a pledge given by him to the Bradford Chartists at the time of his election , to the effect that he would do his best to obtain

      the liberation of the Welsh victims . When was there a petition presented in their favour on the point of a pike ? Even supposing that houses the pike figuratively , we defy him to point to facta which would justify his use of such an expression . The fact ' is , Colonel Thompson has violated his pledge , and his self-impalement on the " point of a pike" will not save him ^ iadeed , has Mt 8 % Yed bdm—

      Colonel Thompson And His Constituents. C...

      from the contempt of a majority of his constituents . , , ' ' The Colonel was . asked , why no wrote a letter to the Reform Club of Bradford , recommending the middle classes to arm . and raise a volunteer corps of forty thousand men , that the Government mig ht be enabled to send the regular troops to . Ireland , to cut down the starving Irish ? He answered , " When people will fight , everybody ought to get up and put them down . " Very good . Being a Colonel the U P . for Bradford will , of COUl'SO , fight , if *« { . hidden bv liis " pastorsand masters ;"

      therefore , everybody oug ht to put him down . Let US ask the Colonel whether , when Governments will fig ht against tho people , everybody ought not to get up and put them down j But who were the Bourgeois Guard—the 40 , 000 men in buckram— " to put down V W hy , not the Irish , but the English working men who sympathised with their Irish brethren . In fact , Colonel Thompson desired to establish a Bourgeois Guard to keopdown the Chartists by " physical force . " On a motion being made for a vote ot thanks to the Colonel , the Chartists very properly proposed an amendment refusing the thanks : the amendment was carried by ten to

      one , but-mark the conduct of tho shameless Press-gang . Tho " Morning Chronicle" of Wednesday , camo out with a report of ttlG meeting , in which it was stated that the original motion was carried by a large majority . It is true that the Whig chairman declared the amendment lost , but tho people were so enraged at his unfairness , that when a vote of thanks was moved to him , they would not allow it to be put to tho meeting . # The Chartists concluded by making a collection at the door for the families of tho Whig victims . The sum obtained was collected from tho working men only , the Financial Reformers , being economically inslincd , of course gavenothing .

      Colonel THOMPSON ' S popularity in Bradford , never very great , has fallen below zero . He had great difficulty to get a seat , he may have equal difficulty to keep it at the next election .

      The American Republic. In The Ancient Wo...

      THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC . In the ancient world no foreign power dared to lay violent hands on a citizen of the Roman Republic . C romwell declared that he would make the name of Englishman as respected throughout the world as had been the name of Roman ; and ho mado good his declaration . In Cromwell ' s time , England was respected by all nations , and her sons were safe in every land . It is not so now ; bear witness the alleged military MURDER of Dr . Becher , an Englishman , at Vienna , by order ofthe brigand Windischgratz . Wo expect this matter will be taken up by soino member or members of the House of Commons ; if not the stimulus of petitions must be tried , demanding

      quiry . The American Government has not forgotten the traditions of Cromwell , and has lately given evidence that it will not allow the sacrifice of American citizens by any foreign power , not even by the big British Government . In the time of " the troubles" in Ireland , last year , two American citizens were arrested in that country , under the suspension of the Habeas Coqius Act . Subsequently , upon the strong representations of tho American Government , those prisoners were let out of confinement .

      The " New York Nation" of January the Gth , contained extracts from the correspondence on this subject , between tho two Governments . It appears that the American House of Representatives having passed a resolution on the 11 th of December , requesting tho President to inform them " whether he had received and information that American Citizens have been imprisoned or arrested by British Authorities in Ireland , " hi compliance with that resolution he laid before them copies of tho correspondence which passed between Mr . Bancroft , Lord

      Palmeuston , and the Secretaries of State at Washington . The first letter of importance is from Mr . Tovcey , Acting Secretary of State in Mr . Buchanan ' s absence , calling the attention of Mr . Bancroft to " tho condition of those American citizens who have been arrested and held for trial under charge of sedition or treason , " stating that tho department at Washington had no official knowledge of arrests , but presumed , from the reports in the public journals that such arrests had been made . Mr . Toucey proceeds : —

      If upon inquiry , it shall he ascertained that any such arrests have occurred , it will be tho right and duty of the government to see that the persons arrested have the full benefit of legal defence ; and it may "be , and iu the present instance is , its duty also , to interpose its good offices in their behalf beyond the strict limits of securing for them a full and fair trial . It is the wish ofthe President , and he instructs you to urge upon the British Government tho adoption of a magnanimous and merciful course towards those men who have been implicated in the late disturbances iu Ireland . The

      calamities which have recently befallen her starring population by the dispensation of Providence , in the destruction of her crops ; the close bonds of sympathy between them and a large class who have removed and established themselves permanently in America ; the national sympathy which has been extensively manifested in acts of charity and good wiU towards the Irish people , and the unsettled state of so large a portion of the civilised world , constitute a scries of exciting causes , so powerful as to render it hardly possible that an interference or outbreak to some extent should not have taken place .

      The active sympathy expressed in this extract , will be appreciated in Ireland . The reproof conveyed to the British Government , in the intimation that an outbreak in Ireland was an event which had been expected in America , must have been galling to Lord Palmerston and his colleagues . Previous to the receipt of the above communication , Mr . Bascrofi had demanded that the persons arrested should be set at liberty . Lord Palmerston replied , " that authentic information reached her Majesty ' s government and the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , as well from the United States as other quarters , showing Mr . Bergen was concerned in

      treasonable practices in connexion with the late attempted outbreak , " & c . ; and with regard to Mr . Ryax , "the Lord Lieutenant had no doubt of his being guilty of the charges brought against him , " adding : "It has also been shown , to tho satisfaction of the Lord Lieutenant , that Mr . Ryan was a subject of her Majesty . " Mr . Bancroft , in reply , states , that the claim of Great Britain to perpetual allegiance would not be submitted to by his Government , and asks the opinion of Mr . Buchanan , the Secretary of State . That gentleman , in his reply , asserts that " Treason cannot bo committed by a citizen ofthe United States against a foreign Government , ' . ' and concludes with this

      emphatic remark— " I need scarcely add , that whenever the occasion may require it , you will resist the British doctrine of perpetual allegiance , and maintain the American principle that British native-born subjects , after they have been naturalised under our laws , are , to all intents and purposes , as much American citizens , and entitled to the same degree of protection , as though they had been born in the United States . "

      On receipt of these instructions , Mr Bancroft , in an official letter to Lord Palmerston , demanded the release of Messrs . Ryan and Bergen , denying the right of England to hold an American citizen amenable to English law , for having expressed an opinion against . her policy . This letter had the effect of obtaining the release oftlie two gentlemon from Newgate prison , on condition of leaving the country within three weeks . The last letter of the series was addressed by Mr Buchanan to Mr . Bancroft , approving of his persevering efforts to obtain the release of the prisoners , and , after condemning the order issued by the British Government on the 18 th ot August , concludes by giving Mr . Bancroft his instructions in these words : — . to ^ t Prf ' l ( le x ? t has ' tuercfore , directed me to instruct vou toprotost . «! c mort solemn and earnest manner vvluch offish propriety wll warrant , against ; the SI 1 he

      The American Republic. In The Ancient Wo...

      rTm i government , issued on the 2 nd and 18 th Of August British aoiernmen ^ and offensive ^ tinetion last , and ngu ** tne a £ itizens and the citizens of which th « r £ « 1 * ^ Xo be 0 tWeen our native and natural , other nations / i" iiberfttion of Messrs . Bergen andltyan used citizens . - |" ^ American citizens known by the without tnal-t » e owy * , . d undor tllis act-affords own discretion . .. „„„ , „„« How contemptible must Lord PaUIERSTOn have looked when reading a dispatch ot this kind , containing not one word of diplomatic humbug , but plain t ruth - the language of right , with the consciousness that there was the necessary mig ht to back it . _ God save the American Republic ! Wary to the Commonwealth of Je fferson and Washington I

      The Portrait Of Smith O'Brien Is Sent To...

      THE PORTRAIT OF SMITH O'BRIEN Is sent to Mr . Robinson , 11 , Greenside-street Edinburgh , for our agents in Edinburgh , Alloa Alva , Perth , and Hawick . To Mr . Love , 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow , for that city , Hamilton , Falkirk , Arbroath , Paisley , Greenock , Kilmarnock , and Aberdeen . To Mr . Lowry , Broad Guards , for Carlisle , Wigton , and Dalston . To Mr . Turnbull , Side , for Newcastle , Chesterle-street , Cassop Colliery , Seaham Harbour , Durham , Wingate Grange , Coxhoe , Jarrow , Shotley Bridge , Trimdon , Crook , and Old Shildon . To Mr Wilson , Bishop-street , for Stockton , Sunderland , Bishopwearniouth , Darlington , and South Shields . ....

      To Mr . Roberts , Peter-gate , for York , and Scarborough . To Mr . Cook , Meadow-lane , for Leeds , Bramhopc , Woodhouse , Birstal , Millbridge , Heckmondwike , Cleckheaton , Barnsley , Wakefield , Dewsbury , Batlcy , and Batley Carr . To Mr . Cooke , Vicar-lane , for Bradford , Bingley , Keighly , and Thornton . To Mr . Lord , North-gate , for Halifax , Rippondon , EU . ind , and Hebden Bridge . To Mr . Clayton , 10 , Kirkgate , for Huddersfield , Bradley , Dalton , Almondbury , Clayton West , Henley , Holmfirth , and Hey Gap . To Mr . Barraclough , 40 , Far-gate , for Sheffield , and Rotherham . To Mr . Hey wood , 58 , Oldham-street , Manchester , for Lancashireand Cheshire .

      , ...... ' To Mr . J . Sweet , Goose-gate , for Nottingham , Carrington , New Radford , Newark and Retford . To Mi \ G . Guest , Bull-street , forBhminghara . and Oldbury . To Mr . Roberts , James-lane , for Derby , Ironville , Sutton-in-Ashfield , and Helper . To Mr . Barrow , 7 , Lower Sandacre-street , for Leicestershire . To Mr . Beddow , Bridge-street , for Merthyr Tydvil , Newport , and Abergavenny . To Mr . Bushby , for Grantham , Horneastle , Market Rasen , Gainsbro' and Lincoln .

      To Mr . Hosier , Much Park-street , for Coventry , and Kidderminster . Those agents in Northamptonshire , Worcestershire , Sussex , Berks , Essex , Devonshire , Norfolk , Dorsetshire , and other southern counties , who havo not received the portrait , must say how their parcels must be forwarded . Agenta having weekly hook parcels , and who hare written to us , will find their instructions have been attended to .

      Receipts Of The National Land Company. F...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . For the Week Ending Thursdav , February 1 , 1849 . SHARES . , £ s . d . £ a . d Easinjton Line 0 2 0 Hanley .. 2 2 0 ltoyston , Camp 1 10 8 Burslem .. 5 0 2 Bradford ( York ) 012 0 Sleaford .. 0 13 e Cripplegato .. 2 18 6 Chelsea , Reid .. 10 0 Mansfield , Walker 2 0 0 John Heffernan 0 3 0 Landernean .. 1 19 0 Robert Maul .. 0 14 8 Merthyr , Morgan 1 17 0 Robert Pattison 0 . 1 0 Tewkesbury .. 0 9 0 Richard Griffiths 0 11 0

      Norwich .. 2 0 0 Alex . Christie .. 0 5 0 Nottingham , Joseph Guilford 0 7 C Sweet .. 13 4 Henry Guilford 0 7 . e Elland , Marsdon 1 15 6 Charles Mowl .. 0 2 0 Haworth .. 0 15 0 Leonard Arm-Howsell .. 0 5 10 strong .. 0 4 0 Hyde .. 5 0 0 John M'Neil .. 0 10 Rotherham .. 2 0 0 JohnVigurs .. 0 1 G Worcester .. » 7 8 James Cuttriss 0 5 0 Accriugton .. 18 9 ¦ Hull .. .. 200 £ 50 1 5 Mountain .. 0 8 0 fSSSsa

      Expense Fund. Thomas Bungay 0 2 6 Hawort...

      EXPENSE FUND . Thomas Bungay 0 2 6 Haworth .. 0 4 0 Richard Griffith 0 2 C Accrington .. 0 18 Henry Guilford 0 2 0 Hanley .. 0 2 0 Cripplegato .. 0 3 0 Sleaford .. 0 18 0 Tewkesbury .. 0 16 Nottingham , £ 2 0 2 Sweet .. 0 3 0 2 S ^ 5 S TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... 50 1 5 Expense ditto 2 0 2 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 94 2 8 Loan ditto ... ... ... 2 15 0 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 9 0 Rules ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 £ 149 8 7

      Erkatsjh.—Last Week, Preston Should Havo...

      Erkatsjh . —Last week , Preston should havo been as fol lows - . —Land , £ 2 2 s . ; Loan , lis . ; Executive , 5 s . W . DlXON , 0 . DOTLE , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .

      Executive Fund. Per S. Kvdd—Peterborough...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Per S . Kvdd—Peterborough , E . A . Scholar , 5 s . ——Per Lasd Office . —Mountain , 8 s . NEW YEAR ' S GIFT . Per S . Kvdd . — Bilston , J . Ilammersley , 8 s . ; Peterborough , E . A . Scholey , 7 s . 9 d . j a few Chartists , Ossett , Wakefield , per J . Archer , lis . 8 d . ' DEFENCE FUND . Per W . Rider . —Kirkaldy , per A . Seattle , 4 s . ; ditto , a few Chartists , per J . Lessels , 8 d . ; Morton Colliery , per J lloxhy , 2 s . 7 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Cd . ; Hull , proceeds of a Lecture by Mrs . Theobald , per G . Burnett . 8 s Belford , per J . ^ Robson , 3 s . 5 d . ; Birmingham , E . O ' DonnelL Is . ; Birmingham , People ' s Hall , perW . H . Rudhall , 3 s . ; Mrs . Hannah Gittms , West Bromwich , 6 d .

      VICTIM FUND . Per Lakd Office . —James Stephens , 6 d . ; Mr . Wriffht Is . ; Globe and Friends , 3 s . ; Commercial Hall , 3 s . d ' Sleaford , 2 s . ' ' " FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . « y ? ^ - RpBR j -T . Jennings , Sible , Hedingham , 4 s . Cd . ; T . !> ood , Tiverton , overpaid Star account , 8 d . M ' DOUALL'S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR . Per \ v " . Rideb . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet . Hs p w B London , Cd . ; Old Marchel , Aberdeen , per J . Thomson Is "• Kettering , per T . Houghton , 5 s . 7 d \ Per Land Office . ' —Mr . Wright , Is .

      NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Per Jso . ARNOTT .- * Swmdon , £ 1 Gs . 2 d . ; Durham , per Cummins , 3 s . 4 d . -, Brass-side , per ditto , Is . 2 d . ; Ship Inn Birmingham , per John Newhouse , £ 115 s . ; Mr . Jas Walsh ' Manchester , per ditto , 5 s . ; Halifax , per H . Hinchcliffe , 5 s . ' Hannah Gittms , West Bromwich , Gd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 5 s . 2 d , ; Proceeds of Mr . Cooper ' s Lectures at the In . stitution , John-street , £ 2 Is . 2 d . ; Committee of the -Institution , John-stvect , £ 1 ; Limehouse , per Bailey , 2 s Gd Hoxton Locality , per Chambers , 5 s . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Harrop , 4 s . Cd . ; Cripplegate Locality , per Brown , 2 s . Id .

      Executive Fund. Per S. Kvdd—Peterborough...

      * This sum has been acknowled ged as for the Defence Fund .

      Central Criminal Court. Post Office Robb...

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Post Office Robbebt . —On Wednesday , William George Millner , 23 , postman , was indicted for stealing a letter , containing a key and other articles , the property of tho Postmaster-General . — Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin conducted the prosecution . —Tho circumstances of this case were of rather a singular character . It appeared that on the 9 th of September a lady named Vavasour posted a letter in Watling-street , addressed to her sister , Miss Elizabeth Moffatt , at the Missionschool , Walthamatow . This letter contained a key , and another letter addressed to a Miss Kidd nothing was heard of this letter until tho 18 th of the same month , when the governess of the school received the envelope and the key which had been bent and crushed , and there was also a sli p of paper , on which was written , ^ "My name is Wide-awake-Smith . I thought there

      was gold , Harm . I sent the letters to the £ " t ° nly gct 12 s < , woek > and l ^ all thieve E V ^ i 5 ™ A . and yo , J » n't » elp yourself . " Mr . Robert Smith , one of the superintending presidents at the Post Office , deposed that tS prisoner had been employed for three years in the Stratford district m an auxiliary letter " arrier and las wages were 12 s . per Wk , buTKS only engaged from seven in tho . mornin ? « S twelve It frequently happened that letters ad & . h ^^ towwe ™ * -30 rte 4 to ! 3 t £ t ford , and the prisoner would thus have k 3 H 1 opportunity of * getting the letter in Sertion £ he month of September he rZweTby Z ot SSHftS & AfeE

      office VZ / ° P ned V 1 G lettei - I fc »™ &» k the bSTBwi x i ' andwa 3 h <™ t *> r sometime , li ? ro Si n rLbe *» no mor , ° fc 12 s . a week . I ?™ JX- llttle mone y' » lean 910 S et more - I am getting a good deal better off-it makes up my WgQ ^ Offietim . ea , ^ w ^ ^ $ mz § 2 S ) ,

      Central Criminal Court. Post Office Robb...

      you know , Bobby Smith . V Another paper was to the following effect : —" All the letters that are mis-sent to my office I burn , except there is money in them . I will give you all the trouble I can . { will take other men ' s letters and burn them in tho fire . You never can catch me . I take them hon \ Q before I break" the seals , aud . they are not fivc minutes in my place before I burn them . Fire , fire fire ! fire ! fire ! " A third paper was as f 0 ( . lows : — " I think I can learn you a new game > When I collect I look out for money letters , anj work on in that way . We are not all Essex calves , Bobby . You may lay traps , but you cannot catch me . Fire tells no tales . 12 s . a week ! Upon another paper there was written : — " I cannot corno but the auxiliaries want

      to London this week , mora money . I also wish to let you know that 1 am short of money myself . This is one of my com , Dlainte . Fire tells no tales . ' Mr . Smith thou uroeeeded to state that he subsequently received another letter , in which there were several enve , lopes with tho addresses cut out , and also some other slips of paper written upon with a pencil . One of theso was produced , and was to tho following effect ; " If you remember , I sent you a polite note soma time back , addressed from Walthamstow , which came to me by mistake , Bobby . It lays m yoUP power to raise my wages . You think Us . a week enough for us poor fellows m Essex , but you taka £ 700 a vear yourself , and keep a coal-shed too . r

      havo been in the offic * several years , but i siw > nt bo there much longer , but while I am there I will burn all the mis-sent letters . It is a month now since I had a ' couter' ( a slang name for a sove , rei ° n ) , and another will just put me to rights . If [ get ° ten years , I shall laugh at the —judge . " This paper was signed " Calcraft . Evidence was then adduced to prove that tlu > whole of these papers were in the handwritinsf 0 { the prisoner , and Peake , the Post Omce constable , also proved that upon searching the prisoner ' s room ho found a number of other letters concealed between the mattress and the bed , and also & button , which had evidently made the impression on the letter sent to the mistress of tho school at Wal

      thamstow . The prisoner , in his defence , told a long rambling story , assorting that the charge had been mada against him from spite . The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty , . and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for seven years .

      Dr. M'Douall. To The Editor Of The North...

      DR . M'DOUALL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN" STAR . Sir—I have been a subscriber to the Star a num . ber of rears and have taken an active part j a Chartist principles . I saw in your last number of tl 5 Star , that our faithful and trus friend , Mr . Roberts , contemplates applying for a ' Writ of Error'in tbe case of Dr . M'Douall , on such good and sufficient grounds as can hardly fail to ensure that gentle , man ' s release from the prison tortures to which lie has been subjected for so many months . Now , being an ardent admirer of Mr . M'Douall , I wish all my brother Chartists to rouse themsetoesto action , and

      immediately commence subscriptions in their various diitricts , to enable Mr . Roberts to commence opera . tions , and not allow the worthy Doctor to reraaia any longer in the hands of his relentless enemies , Every exertion shall be made on my part in the district to which I belong , and the monies faithfullj forwarded , wherever you . or others may suggest , Sincerely hoping all true Chartists will use the same exertior in their different localities . I beg to remain . Sir , yours very truly , in the good cause , Ralph Bardsley , Cotton Loom Weaver . Padfleld , Glasgow -District , Jan , 29 th .

      The Land. To The Editor Of The Northern ...

      THE LAND . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In looking over the columns of the Star , I often see the members located making complaints of distress , and I do not wonder at it , when I see the quantity of land they have to till ; if they , in many instances , had . had half the quantity they would have been better off , if they well stuck to it , fori quite agree with Mr . O'Connor , that three-quarters of an acre is more than any one man can cultivate If they complain of not beiag able to pay the rent , just let them come into Jersey , and there they will find no Land for less than £ 7 an acre , but mucb

      above it , and if it be within a mile of St . Helier , it will be £ 12 an acre and upwards . A friend of mine occupies six perches less than half-an-acre , and he pays £ 11 per year , and sends hisprsduce to Caveat Garden . He told me it paid last year , and he expected it would do better this : it is an open piece o ( ground with scarcely a hedge to it . Wishing to try the soil , I have taken a piece of ground of about two acres , at £ 9 per acre , with not an inch of fence to it , all of which I must do myself , and only for the year . I treated for an enclosed piece ef nearly aa acre . It was promised me , hut there were so many applicants for it at £ 12 , that , the owner would have

      it in advance , for security and interest , so I kt it . That is how Land is let here , near the town , then if they who are located complain , what must the peo « pie here say who give such rents . So great do I find the labour for two acres , that had I not a family of four sons and two daughters , ; I would give up two acres of my paid-up shares and be quite satisfied . I think those who complain are over burdened vrith Land for their means , and not with rent . Yours most repectfully , Daniel Lo . vg , Secretary of the Jersey Branch of the National Land Company .

      Mr, Chadwick. To Tub Editor Of The North...

      MR , CHADWICK . TO TUB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Believing that vou will feel pleasure in siv . ing me the opportunity of vindicating inv character , or , at least , setting myself right before the pu ' olic , through the columns of vour widelv-circuiateJ journal , I take the liberty if laving tile following statement before you . lama young man , and , perhaps , too young to become an agitator ; but , if such an opinion sliotiU cause the public to consider me a spy or an informer , Ithink the same reason should cause the public w consider me too young to suffer imprisonment . I am one of thoso , notwithstanding my extreme voutb , who consider that the bulk ot ; the people are r . oi fairly represented . As one ofthe humblest of &

      people , I felt that I was deprived of the undoubuprivilege of a freeman , and felt it my duty , u common with yourself aud others , to openlv opj »« the system that deprived myself and others ' of thos rights , and thus I incurred the displeasure of P ' Cotton Corporation of Manchester . The harpies < i this liberty-loving body lost no time in consign ^ me to a dungeon , as well as many others , who " la « often stood up against despotism . This they did I , leading them and me in chains , bound hand and to to Liverpool , where I had to remain a month previa to my trial , waiting-for bail . During my detention , a rumour havimr cr-fthrough my acquaintances in Manchester ( I sup ;**' owuigto my youth ) , that I was an informer , and'J consequence of such report , for four montlc F vious to the Assizes , Ihad to bear with the mo « barefaced abuse , while my friends treated me vitheqia ' indignation , for joining people that could use mc - unkind .

      Well , Mr . Editor , the Assizes camo , and t-4 world can tell whether I stood in the witness-box \ g in tho dock . And I now appeal to tho public tW . ij my dungeon . I glory it is so ; and I never . W * . moment , intended that it should he otherwise- ; stood firm against the one-sided and systematic <" ' dence ef the four policemen , and the corrupt •'•' jury ofthe notorious Ball . And now I sutler < old , faithful , aud talented victims , that woaliM honour to any cause—men who would compel * number

      equal of the well-paid State pauper * toS irom the axioms they propound , before the eloquence of their arguments . . In conclusion , sir , bo assured that this statenie- ; is more for the purpose of reconciliation than w prove my innocence ; for , as long as I live , neitl ' - ' unfounded rumours , nor tyrants' jails , shall eft ' deter mo from struggling for the liberty of ^ people . Yours , respectfully , _ . ,.,, William Hmrt flaw " KirkdaloGaol , Jan . 31 st , 1849 .

      The . Ckna Mad Says, That China Has Unto...

      The . CKna Mad says , that China has untogofc an entire revolution in its ideas of passive obej hen * Disturbances have broken out in several provmcc-Shan-tung among others . ..... t ) u Educatiow . _ aI 1 who have meditated on governing of mankind , have been convinced tw . the fato of empires depends on the education youth . —Ar istotle . „„ , i v . Mi ITALY . The Genoa Gazette of tho 23 d , publ . >

      the following " PROCLASIATIOX—1 KOATIOX DS BOt 0 " ? , , -j { " To-morrow tho entire Roman people wm as one man , and save the country . . ine w will hail this happv day , and will remind tne pi lation that tho future destiny of tho country-geupon their will , Europe , filled with ^ m will silently behold this grand spectoole-ft i" ^ in the centre of Italy , establishing lts V " , * uit !' / creating a firm and stable go ™^^ Jffif arJ standing the snares that are ^^ - 'Sffir il * machinations without ; and thus accorapl ^« solomn act which must bring back the regeneiau

      of our whole country . ppMideci " CiRto PKim . iresiut' « " Picuat , Lwut ,-Cowaei .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03021849/page/4/