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    • -- 0n! 'Petition! Petition! against the ZJLjly Coercion Bill! and pour them r?°!;il the debate closes, in in l,u _
    • TO : :- W : -- : MAND KATIONAL%RADES , JQ U^L. ' ' !OX^l- Ng 538- LOMDO^; SATDRDMaDEflMBER4J847, li^™™ —^ _._ ~ ^ — ¦ ^. ^ ^ _ i .', i —— -— : • — ¦ ¦* . .
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      -- 0n! 'Petition! Petition! Against The Zjljly Coercion Bill! And Pour Them R?°!;Il The Debate Closes, In In L,U _

      -- n ! Petition ! Petition ! against the ZJLjly Coercion Bill ! and pour them r ? ° !; il the debate closes , in in l , u _

      T0 The Irish People. I __—Rfjco Trsrimib...

      T 0 THE IRISH PEOPLE . i __—rfjCo trsrimiBs l The £ « # * Min , ster » t ™ 6 to t ? ie : Engrincip le of concentrating . ministerial ^ ** t hroug h hatred of Ireland , hasjared to ^ Ls new Parliament with another Coer-^ BiU fa Ireland . ^ Coercion Bill , in its apparent mildness drea ^ jmore bloodthirsty , and . unconi ? , niil than any yet proposed , and yet , we to say , it has produced a marvellous ^ vnUtf amonsst the otherwise- . disjointed gj Whigs , Free Traders , Tories , ^^ Protectionists , Bentinckites , Irish f ^? Irish Landlordstogether with the mill

      „ , OiftiOtS » 1 IS " ¦ " ¦""""" "' J - » w ™ w * ulc PL " Eng lish Chartists have united in Qj t 0 Ireland . Of all the newly-pledged r ^ h patriots , George Thompson , the memfi > r tlie Tower Hamlets ; C . Lushington , jjmeml'ff for Westminster ; and W . Schole-Sj the member for Birmingham , were the j / jnen who had the moral courage to op-^ united fac tions , and walk into the lobhy [ $ the few but faithful . 0 f coarse I make ho account of the straight-MP & and valiant conduct of Wakley j ^ use heis one of ourselves . He hehaved Slike a mock friend , but like a proud oppo-. -t of injustice : and it was some consolation

      jind such men as those in company with the iiktent , the fearless , the indomitable SharaCrawford , the best Irish landlord , and a

      g i ncorruptible English representative . . ^ tfell , I venture to predict tliat the j ^ o rs of Finsbary , of tbe Tower Hamlets , SSidale , of Westminster , and of Birmingfa will not $% les 3 „ zealously support jse gentlemen t ipon the "" next opportu-{ P—thus giving another proof that the iople are in advance of the government , jjy countrymen , I have ever declared that > dissension of leaders has been the cause of

      ^ c ountrys rum ; and , therefore , I shall !\ $ un from a single word of comment upon ^ por tion of the Irish representatives who rfftd ajrainst Mr "VYafcley ' s amendment and $ g . Now , see what MrWakley ' s amendjgit was , and then let any man with a drop j ? Irish blood in his veins , ask himself upon jjat p ossible pretext he could oppose it . Here ^ the Kniendment : — jiu it is not ju & t to the people of Ireland to enact any tfjof a coercive character , without , at the same time , Lrfag measures with a view to their permanent relief !

      Jow , rny countrymen , can you imagine a gore comprehensive , more complete , or just ^ posi tion than that ? So many words could # t be more expressive of justice , and yet only yenty . and some of those English members , j « posedit . My amendment was to reject the fa ster altogether , and only eighteen voted % that , and many of those English members ; jj even yet 1 shall abstain from a single jsr = h comment , lest my life ' s devotion to Jrejzd should be thwarted into a desire or at * jgnpt to perpetuate discord . I must describe the nature of the present Coercion Bill for vou .

      Fastly . —It establishes a brigand police , nolly independent of all law , save the whim g ' a Saxon vice-king . Secondly . —It gives to these ruffians the j . jirer to search every peasant's house . Tnmtiy — It subjects to two years * imprisonment with hard labour , any man who does i 4 join in giving information and hunting one

      SISPECTED OF CRIME . Tmtldv . —It creates a new spv force , called aDETECTIVE POLICE . Fifthly- —It saddles the farmers , and not the riilty landlords , with all the expense of carrybout the operations of this bloody bill , the ran object of which is to secure the acquiestace of the Irish landlords , while the Whig pveroment is depopulating Ireland by starvaj tk'S and pestilence , aud to seduce the peasnlry of Ireland to turn informers , in the hope sf preserving a miserable existence for another iwr of misery .

      Mark me ; by the term "informer" I do not rsan simply giving evidence against a real riprit , but what I mean is , the inducement tela out to the reckless vagabond to hire a Krcenary , and receive the reward of his own

      Diamy . I feel indignant , as an Irishman , to be com-I rHed thus to detail the atrocities of the Bill ; iis enough for me that it is an act of tyranny tempted against my country . My justification for opposition will be found in the fact , that the landlords and the government are fee offenders—and the people are to be the aftrers .

      Xuthing is more winning and seductive than lte ' s . jft sawder" of an English Minister ; kit there is not a word in the bloodiest penal statute , which may not be construed into a slid resistance to crime , while we know how cmnin'T lawyers , packed juries , and corrupt j' % es , " can twist them to the most nefarious purposes . Here ' s a picture for you—the people of

      Ireland are willing to work and are starving—the ladlorth of Ireland are not willing to work , ttd are revelling some in positive , and all in t - 'ipar . itive , luxury . Is not this an anomaly , ad can there be a stronger argument in favour tf placing- those luxurious idlers under the pprisr vigilant control of a Parliament of repcsrnt ? itives , chosen by the sinew and industnr of the nation ?

      I am now an English member of parliament , ' $ A though all pledged to the support of Irish Hlim-fiton should ' desert their country , and Houais I stood alone , I am resolved to oppose hftnnv to the death . And , my friends , I feel feTiredtiiat in this , my resolve , I shall be fecked as well bv the English as the Irish !* tyle , not only upon the principle of justice , kit u ; mn the p r incip le of interest ; for the finish people may rest assured that the comiktelosof Irish " libert y would be speedily

      *& raeil by a successful blow at the remnant * 'E : ; : iiyrfreedom . Let the working classes « Enj-land , then , be up and doing , while there a yet time , as they may rest assured that this &!! t < j he read a second time on Monday next , & 11 not pass until the English peopleand the Irish people shall have received ample time to ^ press their opinions in their petitions ; while , « the same time , if every man in England , * tf even- man in Ireland , save myself , was Krfe ctiv satisfied with this measure of

      injusto . I would oppose it if I stood alone . . I cm fearful to write as I feel upon tin ' s sub-# Uest any heat or intemperance may here-* - t « be cited as a justification for disunion ; " * d , therefore , I shall conclude with an urgent ' ^ 8 anxious appeal to the honest of all classes * ' > 2 i in a most determined resistance to this K ase . brutal , and bloody" measure . Your faithful friend and countryman , Feargus O'CosxOb .

      E^Dm.-Srreolk— On Tuesday, November *H A...

      E ^ DM .-SrreoLK— On Tuesday , November * H a lecture was delivered at the George Inn by & Edmund Stailwood , in the place of Mr M Gratb , " » « as prevented attending by an attack of "tta-?» . \ h 12 h . lv respectable audience assembled . ^ Mn Eds on formerly of Selby , was nunii ^ F * fed to the chair , and in an eloquent speech opened * business of the evening . Mr Stailwood gave a «« statement of the formation , progress , action , ^ present prospects of the Land Company , refuted Ejections ur | ed against it . and showed its * > Ure ™ completepracticabiiitf . He also elncidatedIU > e Mes ofthePeople'sCharter . His how anda J ^' s address was listened to with breithless atten-^ and nt if < riM . ha was loudly applauded . A of by to

      ^ thanks was carried acclamation the f ^ rer . The good men and trne having resolved ll « 8 y « iate the introduction of Chartism , into Bian-**> k a public supper . the festival came oM ™ ^ . « t « , dtd by a numerous party . Mr Idmund **»* ood was called to the chair , and 3 £ r E « on to ;* * xe-chair . The following toasts were given : — . ff 1 ' eeple ' a Charter-may it speedily bo enacted SW 'The Fraternity of Nations-to estabhsh U ° * tr all [ over the world . ' ' ArthurlO'Connor . the * i , , of Erin , and may Justice so on restore hnnto } r Emerald isle . ' Success to th ? National Land Vrtspacv '

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      To : :- W : -- : Mand Kational%Rades , Jq U^L. ' ' !Ox^L- Ng 538- Lomdo^; Satdrdmadeflmber4j847, Li^™™ —^ _._ ~ ^ — ¦ ^. ^ ^ _ I .', I —— -— : • — ¦ ¦* . .

      TO : :- W -- : MAND KATIONAL % RADES JQ U ^ L . ' ' ! OX ^ l- Ng 538- LOMDO ^; SATDRDMaDEflMBER 4 J 847 , li ^™™ —^ _ . _ ~ ^ — ¦ ^ . ^ ^ _ i . ' , i —— - — : — ¦ ¦* . .

      To The Women Of England. My Dear Childre...

      TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND . My Dear Children , Although busily engaged in resisting the tyranny of ; the government , 1 am not unmindful of the duty I owe to those mothers , who , from confidence in me , have induced their busbands to embark in our glorious-Land Plan ; and I now writejto inform you , that , up to this period , there are three hundred and fifty-three members who have drawn prizes in the Land Company , and all of whom shall be located between this and next May .

      Now , if you measure our probable progress by what has hitherto been done , as compared with what I am now doing , you will believe what I have often told you , that it is in the power of the working classes , without the aid of . the government , or masters , to regain their liberty in five years . It only requires the steady exertion arid virtuous fortitude of the women of England to compel the men of England to do their duty to their families . 'It toolc me as long to complete the first thirty-five cbti

      tagesas it will take me to , complete t ^ , next three hnndred and fifty . And , if the working classes had confidence in themselves , ' and would make themselv ^ s ^^ qhaintecV'with . the perfect security of the National Land and Labour j Bank , upon the' next general election , through their influence upon the ( trading and shop-keeping classes , I would show you two hundred men in the House of Commons pledged to the support of the Land Plan and the Charter .

      You , my fair friends , never could have been enlisted in the open support of Chartism ; and . for this simple reason , because the avowal was certain destruction to your families ; and , to your open and virtuous support of the Land Plan I attribute its astounding success , and have written this letter to communicate the p leasing intelligence of the timely location of those who have drawn prizes , —and every one of whom shall be located between this

      and May . And now a word , and I have done . You must always bear this one fact in mind ; it is this , that the money of a Company is always looked upon as public property , from which every one . in distress has a right to support ; and every tradesman employed thinks that he has a right to name his own price , and his own wages , and that the administrator of that fund who refuses any such application is a tyrant and a despot . Upon the other hand , those who have paid their whole subscription , or any portion of their subscription , consider themselves not only entitled to employment , whether they are fit for the work or not , but they further think that they have a right to recommend people

      for work . Now this system has already put me to great inconvenience and expense , while Mr Doyle , who is my representative here ip my absence , tells me that it must be stopped , as his feelings are daily wounded « hy the necessity of refusing the applications of those who apply for work . The plan , then , which 1 shall adopt is this ; if any shareholder sends me a written recommendation to employ the bearer , who is not fit for the work , I will give the bearer , if he has been induced by the applicant to leave his home , enough of money to take him home , and I will then write to the Directors to stop so much from the payment of the shareholder who has made a fool of the applicant in order to do the ' * Gooddie . "

      Now this is very plain , and cannot be misunderstood , and is necessary , as both Mr Doyle and myself are daily put to the torture of refusing such applications ; and I am put to the expense of sending the disappointed applicants back to their homes . I have nearly completed operations here , and shall shortly remove to another location , so that you see even the depth of winter does not arrest our progress . Of course it is understood that the Company closes finally on the last day of this year , and that there will be a ballot for 300 acres of the Company's land on the 16 th of January , and the successful competitors in which I undertake to locate early in the summer . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      To The Chartist Ci1ief. General,—Ii One ...

      TO THE CHARTIST CI 1 IEF . General , —Ii one of your old soldiers , have read , with sensations of thrilling delight , your bold and irresistible onslaught upon the citadel of corruption . oh the evening of Tuesday , the 23 rd November , and in which citadel sat its aristocratic supporters . I am quite certain , that even the advanced guards of the rotten fabric muat have quaked with fear when thev felt the thunder of your voice , and the bullets of truth , with which you perforated its false and assailable ramparts . io

      But , If this , yonr first attack in the present sessn , so paralysed your and the people ' s enemies , that they did not even attempt to return your fire , what may we not expect when yon pour in repeated vollies under the various names of the Charter , National Land Plan , Repeal of the Union , Fixity of Tenure for the Irish Farmers , Corn Rent , Annihilation of Tithes , Equitable Adjustment between the so-called National Creditor and Debtor , and many others , too numerous to mention here , more particularly , when you are backed up by your organised army of old aad youna guards , ( public opinion ) , or to use a trUe . sa . ying , the pressure from without ? Why , General , there is every reason to anticipate , if the officers and privates will only do their duty like true democrats , that ruin , inevitable ruin , will follow in the wake of the foe .

      Tour tactics on the occasion were skilful , and at the same time , prudent ; and no doubt , very much disaopointed the prophets who , in their wisdom ( Lord save u . « , ) predicted you would commit yourself by vour impetuosity and want of foresight , and , therefore , must assuredly , and without fail , find your ievd in the House . Thank God , and your own good seme , they Lave been so disappointed , and must now be ranked amongst the false prophets . ,.- ¦ ,. It must be cheering to every democratic mind , to learn that the sentiments you uttered on thejmght above mentioned , and the language in which they were couched , though new to most of the aristocratic senators , met with , to aUappearanc * the most respectful attention at their hand * . This speaks volumes , and proves at once that you are the powerfulleaderefa powerful party . A party increasing etday in number 4 & !& £

      v , ^ > * Z Another circumstance connected with your efforts on the occasion alluded to , and which cannot fail to make yourloldiers' hearts palpitate with exultation appeal to the various sections of Irish members , to Srvtotte ^ w th eir prevtoiBdJerenwo r ^ M , amUand themselves together f true Pataota , loving their fatherland-and fcrtb ^ . ttat flw ^ J you were an English member you did not . forget ^ ou weraaiil .-i ^ aii . andiftl ^^^ onyiB ^ TOtl your feelings , they would die upon the floor of that house , rather than another Coercion Bill should pass-it was received with unusual applause , and shouts of bravo from them , the very men too , who have been taught to hate and despise you . t _

      Such a response to y < . ur noble , patriotic , forgiving , and peace offering appea ' , must have been balm to your mind , after all the contumely , insult , and slanderthrown upon your character ; and after all you have suffered in consequence of your devotion to your Stry , countrymen , and fellow creatures generally . God grant that thos ^ ho cheered yeu mayprov e itSSeS and from the hearth * aiding ami aunt-L vou not only to crush the monster brought , fwth K imbecile , hypocritical , rnel . and liberty . sub-Sing Sernment , buta ' so by giving yor . their Xuouf and undivided support for wu > ppy Ire-£ 3 ? amelioration , which ij ; will . be yor ,-lot from t ? me to time to bring under the notice vA the British Senate ¦

      . . . „ , . ,, : Goon General , in the sacred wc rk .-Maj provid " eeive you health * nd strength to put to flight vour en emies , and may you spec dii s 6 ee the conaumnation of all your fondest , mvjtar ( jent , aspirationsiour zealous and arduousl ^ cure-slavery dead jmd for ever—freedom unive ; rjaIand itfinite . 0 Tours faithfully , 11 Ah Qui Piokebb .

      To The Electors And Non-Electors Of Tive...

      TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF TIVERTON . Gentlemen , — When at the late general election I had . the honour of siliciting your suffrages , I grounded my claims to your confidence upon certain principles-, the representation of which in the House of Coaat mons , I held , aad still hold , to be of vital impw- ' tance , not only-to your interest * , but to the weaV being of the entire community . - On the day of nomination , you were pleased to

      express your approbation of . those principles , of which I was ( and am ) the humble exponent , by recording a triumphant majority in tot favour at the show of hands , * when opposejljo Lord Viscount Palmerston . Notwithstanding that decision , ' his lordship' sits in the ' House' as your ' representative ' ; ' because the so-called ; ' Reform BH 1 / limitir ^ the exercise of the franchise toa . sm . all minority Hi your number , . has set aside the declared will of t < ie majority , expressed in accordancewjith the anciest forms and constitutional usages of this nation .

      On the hus tings I protested against the injustice of the present electoral system , at the same time d ? - ( daring : in ' at-1 shtHild riot cease to . consider rays -If your ' Veritable reprteentatire . in spite of the usur ^ -t lioa-of , ^ rayu ^ over right , by which the Secretftiy of State for F 6 rei | £ Arf ah ; i was enabled to ' reiu ^' 'himself , ; and take" the seat which had - been allotted to me by your upraised hands and voices , when called upon to decide which of the two candidates you would select for your representative . > " Thoroughly in earnest in my every political act , and determined—to the utmost of my ability—to

      carry out every pledge I gave you on the day of election , I hare resolved to repair , as far as possible , the injustice of your virtual disfranchisement , by watching the acts of the Legislature , and occasionally submitting to you my comments thereon . If 1 cannot directly aid in the passing of sound measures , I may , at least , show their necessity ; and if I cannot , within the walls of the House , oppose bad Jaws , I may , at least , testify against such Jaws , and work with you to prevent their adoption , by bringing ' the pressure from without' to hear upon the * collective wisdom . '

      It would be a waste of time to criticise each paragraph of the « Royal Speech , ' or rather the speech of her Majesty ' s advisers . Royal Speeches illustrate the saying attributed to that master-spirit of political chicanery—Talleyrand , that ' speech was given te man not to express , but to conceal , his thoughts , ' Th ' e Speech , recently delivered by commission in the name of the Queen , forms no exception to the general rule . Its most remarkable feature was the repetition , in almost every paragraph , of the expression of 'her Majesty ' s deep concern ' at , and ' lamentation' for , the unfavourable state of affairs , both at home and abroad . The distress of

      the commercial world , the sufferings of the labouring classes , the misery and anarchy so rife in Ireland , and the breaking out of civil war in Switzerland , all called forth expressions of alarm and apprehension , which , however creditable to the feelings of the Chief Magistrate , tell badly for the statesmanship of her Majesty ' s advisers . Universal distrust aud dismay , wretchedness , anarchy , and strife , whilst properly calling forth expressions of concern and lamentation , must also excite the public condemnation of our rulers , to whose maladministration existing evils may be chiefly , if not wholly , traced .

      The' Speech , ' while lamenting the distress of the people of Ireland , and speaking indefinitely of measures to be introduced , intended to ' advance the social condition of the people ; ' coupled therewith a demand for coercive measures to prevent ' the perpetration of crime in certain counties and districts' in that country . Every man possessed of the common feelings of humanity , must deplore the frightful assassinations and outrages of which Ireland has been and is the theatre . But for such an unnatural state of things there must be some unnatural cause . Assassination is no more a pastime of the Irish than it is of the

      English . The truth is , a civil war exists in Ireland , a war of classes ; the war of the rich against the poor , and of the poor against the rich . Victims fall on both sides , but with this distinction , the victims belonging to the ranks of poverty are murdered according to law , while the victims belonging to the ranks of property are murdered in defiance of the law . Our legislators , belonging to the propertied classes , of course sympathise with those of their own order who fall in this mortal strife , and are eager to vote for any measures of coercion to protect the rich oppressor from the ballet of the poor oppressed .

      Treated as a conquered country , the lands of Ireland have been repeatedly confiscated for the profit of military adventurers and alien aristocrats . Spoliation , enforced by atrocious laws , has excited the undying hatred of the spoiled against the spoilers The cultivators of the soil generally hold their farms entirely at the mercy of their rapacious landlords , and possess neither security of tenure , nor tin power to enforce compensation for improvements , wheh , though made at the cost of the tenant , the landlord may appropriate by resuming possession , whenever induced thereto by cupidity or ill-will . Ejectments are of frequent occurrence . A landlord desires to rid himself of one , or a score , or a hundred tenants , obnoxious on account of their poverty , ortheir political principles , or their religious belief , or because he can more profitably dispose of 7 n " s (?)

      land , and forthwith the doomed victims are served with notices , of course' according to law , ' to leave their homes and the ground they have tilled—their only source of subsistence . Should they refuse to obey the mandate of' the law , ' the police and soldiery are marched to the help of the landlord , and their bayonets are employed to drive the wretched peasants from their violated homes . The usual course is to set tire to the habitations of the victims , who often perish by the road-side of cold and hunger . Only within the last few weeks the tenants of Major Ojjmsby Gore , located in the townland of Leganomer , in the county of Leitrim , were driven from their homes by fire and sword . A detachment of military with a strong force of police , aided the landlord ' s agent to burn down ten houses , by which fifty-five human beings were rendered homeless . Of the ten families I quote the names of three —

      ^ ' John Quinn and wife ,: two in family ; himself aged eighty-seven ; was dragged from his sick bed , and laid on a wad of straw , to see the house in which these eighty-seven years were spent burned . ' Pat . Donohue , seven in family , held five acres of land ; Pat . Donohue being in Scotland earning the rent , his wife and five children , just recovering from fever , refused to leave the house , but the fire leing applied , she was forced to depart . ' John Quinn , four in family , held seven acres of land ; his family recovering from fever could scarcely crawl out before the house was burnt . '

      I am unable to state whether any ot the abovenamed victims of Major Ormsby Gore's cruelty have actually died in consequence of being deprived of the means of food and shelter , but there' is evenprobability that want , cold , and fever , have produced their usual consequences , and consigned at least some of the sufferers to that refuge ' where the wicked cease from troubling , and the weary are at rest . ' Be that as it may , I should be g lad to learn wherein the above-stated' ejectment' falls short of the crime of murder ? Is it to be wondered at that landlords fall by the bullet of the' assassin ?' Is there not need of a Coercion Bill to compel the landlordi to ceassfrom their legal assassinations ?

      The' usual food' of the people of Ireland has again partially failed , and thousands are now in a state of starvation . The frightful details laid before Parliament by the Irish members on the very first night of the sessior , might have excited sympathy in the coldest heart . That the potato is the' usual food ' of the Irish people is infamous enough ; but , that food having failed , that thousands should be permitted to die of starvation , while an abundance of other and better food has been produced within the past twelve months , is still more infamous . The quantities of grain imported into Great Britain from Ireland in the first six months of the present year amounted to 39 , 852 quarters of wheat ; 7 , 577 quarters of barley ; 55 , 792 quarters of oats ; 98 , 588 cwt of wheat-meal or flour ; and 26 , 943 cwt . of oatmeal ; besides many thcusaud . he ^ ds of . oxen , bulk

      To The Electors And Non-Electors Of Tive...

      cows , calves , pigs , and other live stock , and tons ef bacon , pickled pork , butter , & c ., '& e . I maintain that ' the producer should be t ! ie first partaker 0 ! ¦ th e fruits , ' and that no ruman being m Ireland should be left to half-starre upon the potato , or wholly , perish through totally , wanting that Visual feed , when better food is produced in abswdance . . Since"July , the importations into this country have continued , and are at this very time going on . The starving people seeing the food taken away from ' under iheir eyes , with no prospect but death in its moat hideous form , are fast coming to the coweluaion , that it is' better to die by the . sword than to perish of hunger , ' and the Government seems f * lly determined to try the sword as a means of compelling the famishing silently and despairingly to bow to their fearful doom .

      I pass by for the present those additional sources of evil tq Ireland , — ' Absenteeism , ' the' Established State Church , ' and the thousand other grievances of which Irishmen justly complain . I may , however , remind you that at the late election , the eulogists of Lord Palmerston boasted that' his lordship' pos-1 sessed a property in Ireland from which he derived an income of . £ 8 , 000 a year . The boast of the Tiverton Whh » s is the execration of Irishmen ; who too well comprehend the curse inflicted , upnh their country by absentee landlords . 0 n J ; he first night iojithe 8 fission-Mr-Henry Grattan asked ; ' How was" ihrr % on egal ? Why did-not LordfeifcERs ton go back and live there ? ( Hear , vand a laugh . ) It ^ was a common phrase , Sell up _ the Irish landlords ; ' he ( Mr Gbattan ) would not-object to that , at least he would sell up Lord Palmerston . '

      I find from a number of the Montreal Herald that your misrepresentative has been a . sharer in the landlord conspiracy to' weed out' the ' surplus population . ' I pray you , men of Tiverton , read the following extract from the above-named paper : — So late as the 30 th of October , the Lord Athburton arrived at Grosse Isle , with a cargo of 476 emigrants , of WflOH NO LESS TH & N 107 HAD DIES ON THE ' VOYAGE . Sixty more were sick , and on beard the itcamer to which the passengers were transferred five deaths occur . red between the quarantine ground and Quebec . Many of the passengers by this vessel have since arrived in Montreal and have the most wretched appearance . The vessel was from the west of Ireland , and a laboe

      pob-TION OF THE PAS 6 ENGBB 3 ABE SAID TO BE FfiOM LOUD FALMEBSTON ' a estates * What the ; are to do here this winter it is impossible to say ; there seems to be no other resource for them than public charity . Had it net been that the present season is unusually mild , there is great reason to believe that few of them would have escaped death from the cold in the Gulf . Up to this time , however , the weather has continued fine and open ; and thty have escaped one danger , only lofaU , intoommiyinstanco 8 , iy the stroke of fever . Mark you the above , men of Tiverton . Out ef 4 / 5 'emigrants , ' One Hundred and Twelve

      HAD DIED BEFORE THE VESSEL ARRIVED AT Queued . ' Died ? ' MURDERED by the landlords ot the West of Ireland . ' A large portion' of the victims are said to have been shipped from Lord Palmerston's estates !!! The Tiverton Whigs will act wisely if , in future , they ' sing small ' concerning Lord Palmerston ' s virtues as an Irish landlord . Yet another extract from the Montreal Herald . — Yesterday , the 10 th of November , another emigrant

      ship seached Quebec , from Sligo , The mobtautt has been that or an ABUT ; on the passage , 3 , 960 ; at Grosse Isle , 3 , 453 ; in ships at quarantine , 1 , 382 ; at the Marine Hospital , Quebec , 1 , 000 ; makinc 9 , 634 J ancliMs fearful account does not include the deaths at the sheds and Hospital in Montreal . Kingston , Toronto , Bylown , and Hamilton ; or those which have occurred unnoticed and unknown by the wayside , and in the small taverns of the country parts . In Montreal , tha average number of siolt in the hospital during the week ending November 6 th has been 702 , and the deaths sixty-six .

      Here it is recorded that THOUSANDS . of the peasantry of Ireland forced to' emigrate , ' have died of hunger and pestilence , either on their way to Canada , or on their arrival in that country , —murdered ) I assert , by the Irish landlords . Shall not these victims be avenged ? Where are the eloquent legislators , and fulminating journalists to demand protection for'the lives of the people ? Alas 1

      'Landlordsare privileged to kill , And numbers sanctify the crime . ' The Bill brought into the House of Commons on the 29 th of November , by Sir George Grey ' for the better prevention of crime and outrage in cer . tain districts of Ireland , ' has been accepted by the sham-Liberals of the house and even by some of the pretended Repealers , on the ground that it is a milder measure of coercion than any former measure of the kind . But had I been in the House of Commons I should have felt bound-to have voted with the hou . member for Nottingham against the introduction of the Bill . The principle points of the proposed enactment are as follows : — 1 st . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to declare any district in a state of disturbance .

      2 nd . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to increase the constabulary force-in any proclaimed district to any extent he may think necessary . 3 rd . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to prohibit , within the district or districts proclaimed , all persons , with certain exceptions , from carrying arms . The exceptions are 'justices of the peace , persons employed in her Majesty ' s army or navy , in the coast-guard service , in the revenue , in the police , in the constabulary , special constables , and persons

      licensed to kill game . A further list of ' exceptions' follows , including collectors of the poor rates , and guardians of the poor . Another class it is proposed to grant licenses to , to carry arms , the licenses to be granted by officers of the constabulary . All persons unlawfully carrying arms may be arrested by the police and their arms taken from them , and all persons suspected ot carrying arms may be searched by the police , the arms , if found , to be forfeited to the Crown .

      4 th . Persons are noi , by the above provisions , absolutely prohibited from having armsintheir houses , but the Lord Lieutenant is to have the power to issue a further proclamation , calling on all persons not within the exceptions above enumerated , to apply for licenses to retain their arms ; persons not applying for or not obtaining such licenses to deliver up their arms at the nearest police station by a certain day ; any offence against this provision to be punished as a misdemeanour . Persons suspected of keeping arms in defiance of the proclamation to have their Muses searched by the police ; the arms seized to be forfeited to the Crown .

      Such appear to be the principal provisions of Sir George Grey ' s bill . Bearing in mind the actual state of things in Ireland—that a ' civil war' is actually raging between the possessors of property and the heirs of poverty , —you will perceive that this bill is devised for the purpose of exclusively arming the one set of combatants , and disarming their opponents . The landlords have , and always have had , the army , the police , and all the physical force of the government on fheir side . They have

      also had ' the law on their side , ' with ali the law ' s working power—judges , juries , policemen , spies , gaolers , and hangmen . Sir Geo . Gnsr ' s bill will increase the military constabulary , and give power to the landlords to disarm the people . The most odious portion of this' mild measure' is that which authorises domiciliary visits by the police in search of arms . This is , in fact , handing aver the peasantry to the tender mercies of a ruffiiurjy force , universally infamous from its past atrocities .

      The Whigs tell us that coercion is not their poftcy , that they are compelled to propose iheir new Arras Bill to protect the lives of the landlords ,, but that they mean to propose remedial measures ' to advance the social condition of the people . ' If they mean this why are not their measures ready ? They have had months to prepare them , yet now they are only talking of a landlord and tenant hill ; a bill to promote the sale of encumbered estates ; a bill for the amendment of the grand-jury system , & c . When these bills are introduced aud made law , if ever that be , Ireland will still be no nearer to a state of tranquillity . Why ? Because it is , " not in Whig ministers and au assembly of landlords to do justice to the unrepresented people .

      There will he no real justice to Ireland until the Peop le of the three countries elect their own repiese ^ tatives under the provisions of the People ' s ' Charter . The oppressed millions may then , but not till then , right themselves .

      To The Electors And Non-Electors Of Tive...

      Gentlemen , I will ventrare to hope that , in justice to 4 he' pimple of Ireland , aad in justice to yourselves , ydu will disdain * the bungling . and . unjust legislation which Losdi Pawsebs-tos and his colleagues desire to see sanctioned by the new parliament . You may ' cfy ; ao < by petitioning agaimt Sir GE 0 j ^ 6 E / -Ji [ REy ' s 6 ill , "M the * same time demaniriif Parliament jusftee to the tenantry of * Ireland , —justice to the unwilling idters who' ought to replaced on the untilleo * Ihnl ' . of IrelaiW and jm . tic ? tci thejrish as a peopJsv by the restoration of their rights and franehis ' es , BjTao doing you will at j ' ea ^ t prove-ibat the people : of England are not the enemiesof . the people of Ireland .. '

      , "V Tara , Gentlemen . .. Your liithfdl Sesvant , < ' GEO .- 'JltniEAN ButBNETr .. B { 6 mpton , Middlesex . tf , ; *' «' - ' - Deijembertl . st , 184 ^ . - P . S . December' 2 nd . 7-Sincft the-above letter was put J 0 ^ o : ty | e , \ have seen a copy ot the . Bew Coercion &!!; a ^ pave fpp . nd it to be ai far ' jworse measure thaa ^ lihad supposed from Sic Gjso . Ghuhs's description ^ f it . ^ Persons in a < < - proclaipied district fouh £ , carrjing arms , may > e impr isoned for two years ,: with / or without h ' afd labourl if He same punishment isJto be meted out . to thoee who ' having arms ia iheir . houses omit to give tfcam no after im «

      ¦ ii ui ^ Wiic ^ td ^^ uaTties ' are also to / all upon all those who , being between the . . ages ¦ ¦ sixteen tmS ' mtw , and who havihg been snmmoned . by the cohsiables to aid them in hunting out " suspected criminals and offenders , refuse to assist in pursuing or informing against the suspected . Two gear * imprisonment , with ' 6 r without hard-lahour , for refusing to perform the part of an informer , or a blood-hoimd l Such are some of the mercifnl provisions of this * mild measure ? In fact Sir Geo . G rev ' s bill is a

      declaration of war against the people of Ireland . Mr O'Connor has appealed to his countrymen against this bill , and I appeal to you , men of Tiverton , and through you to my countrymen , the men of England , to oppose this atrocious measure b y . every possible legal means , Mr O'Connor and the brave minority who support him must be supported by the people . Let the petitions of the English people testify to Ireland that the oppressors of the one nation are the misrepresentatives of the other;—that Grey , Russell , and Palmerston are the " enemies of both .

      The Polish Revolution. Important Public ...

      THE POLISH REVOLUTION . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . The anniversary of the Polish Insurrection of 1830 , was celebrated on Monday last , the 29 th t-f November , by a public meeting , at < th « Gsrinan Society ' s Hall , Drury-Jane . The meeting had been called by the society of Fra . ternal Democrats , in conjunction with the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration . The room was crowded with natives of England , Scotland , Ireland , France , Germany , Belgium , and Poland . Mr John Akroii nrgs elected president . Having stated the abject of the ; meeting ,- ' tha chairman called on Mr Stailwood to move the first resolution . Mr Stailwood , after recounting the heroism of the brave Poles at Warsaw , and their unbounded devotion to the cause ef liberty , and eulogising the ' Cracow uiani . festo ' ns a niodt-1 for democratic creeds , moved thu . first resolution as follows : — .

      1 That we regard the dismemberment of Poland as an atrocious crime worthy of the everlasting execration of the human race . That ' we remember , with grateful ad . miration the heroic ifforts made by the Pelish people in 1830-31 fur the recovery of their country ' s independence . That we honour the sacred memories of the martyrs who have perished in the glorious struggle to redeem their nation from slavery ; and , tbat we sympathise with all the victims of oppression at present suffering in dungeons , chains , and exile . ' The Chairman then introduced Mr Eenist Jones , to second the resolution . Mr Jones said : To night , seventeen years ago , Poland woke from her death-sleep , for her death-struggle ; to-night , seventeen years ago , she' strained her bleeding limbs on the Russian rack , and burst her cords ; to-night , seventeen

      yeHxs ago , she rosa from a province iuto a nation 1 ( Cheers . ) Warsaw was silent . Russia never less expected insurrection—when the ilanie burst forth . Mr Jones then gave a vivid description of the progress and triumph of the insurrection iu Warsaw , particularly dwelling on the circumstance , that until the populace were armed , the issue was doubtful . Then the effect was electrical , and in a few hours , Constantine , the mighty prince , had passed the barrier of Mockstow , with his 11 , 090 Russians , and > pent the night a shivering outcast , beneath a leafless tree . " ( Applause . ) The ¦ peaker then alluded to the substquent course of the insurrection , and expressed his belief that it would have been

      successful , had it been an insurrection of the people , instead of the aristocracy—bud it been based on a manifesto , like the glorious one of Cracow . . ( Cheers . ) But still . we nee . d not despond—Poland is ready for a fresh struggle—we have an army of martyrs to canonise—we have an army of heroes to come—and tbe aspect of Europe forebodes their triumph . The speaker tben showed how . every country in Europe was on the brink ef internal change , analysed the secret weakness of tbe great powers , and , after a forcible and stirring alluHion to Ireland , concluded by calling on his hearers to prepare for tbe approaching struggle at home and abroad . Mr Jones ' s speech was one of great force and eloquence , and excited enthusiastic applause .

      - M . Micuelot , in an energetic speech , delivered in the French langaage , supported the resolution ! which w ? s carried unanimously . CaBL Scuapfeb rose , amidst great applause , to move the second resolution , and said : Citizens , wlien men struggle onwards for truth and liberty in a great cause . though they may not at first succeed , they must ulti . mately prevail—and such men were worthy of all honour —and hence he said honour to the brave Poles , \ Loud cheers , ) Honour to those who died before Warsa ' aphonour to those who died by the hand of the public . executioner—honour to those who perished in the mines o ( Siberia , and to those who fell at Cracow , and to all the martyrs for liberty . ( Great applause . ) In July , 183 » , France hod her revolution , and in the November Mow . ing , the cry for universal liberty prevailed , and many

      wished Poland freefreoi Russia , but did not wish Polish serfdom abolished ; and he verily believed , had it sot been for this desire on the part of the Polish nobles to perpetuate the slavery of tbe masses , the revolution would have succoeded . and the whole Slavonic . race would kow have been free . ( Loud cheers . ) But the Polish proletarians . asked , ' What is it to us if Poland bo free from Russian domination , whilst I am subject to the knout of the Polish noble ? ( Hear . hear . ) Well , the revolution failed and Polund * s sons emigrated , carrying the seeds of freedom with them to Gurmany , to France , to England , and othcu nations , and returned with renewed spirit to the Polish soil la 1 SJ 5 ; aud issued their famous and ever glorious manifesto of dens * , cratic sentiments from the Republic of Cracow . ( Gr » at applause . ) . But , alas , the efi ' oEt was futile , the bad saed

      sown in 1 SS 0 produced a bad harvest , tbe tyrants were enabled to employ tbe peasantry against the patriate , and ibb revolt was crushcd and the black spirit oi'ilettemich again gloattd in the blood of the fallen martyrs of Poland . ( Hear . hear . ) But happily fraternity was fast spreading , the principles of political and social equality were abroad . { Loud cheers . ) Look a * Swifter , land . ( Great applause . ) . And liberty would prsgressin spite of the old bloodless spider of tbe Tailleries . (© roans for ' the spider . ' ) Tbe Swiss Rasacals had beate » Lauis-Philippe and Guitot . Then , catna the beautiful lord Palaerston , who said ' Let ua bale the thing settled amicably . ' 'Ay , responded-ihe helpless old . spider of Paris , ' 'that ' s just what I wanted . '

      ( Laughter . ) Aud not a single regiment had entersd Switzerland , th ^ old spider dared not send nvjm , ( Loud cheers . ) WeU * this was the progress , olj demecsacy . ¦ Who were ths conspirators now ? Why , Mettesaieh , tbe bloodless old spider in If ranee , Lord Palmerston , and the Jesuits . ( Loud cheers . ) But tha people would very quickly put down their conspiracy . ( Great cheer , ing . ) He- had some glorious news fop tbem , a D * mocratic S & eiety , that was a Society of Trateraal Democrats had been established in Brussels , and that society had seat a deputy , the learned Dr " Marx , to represent them at this meeting . ( Great applause . ) Citizen Schapper here read the following document : — ' 7 o ( Ac itomlers of tie Society < of Fraterntl JD « nmat &

      ' Assembling in londaa . ' We , the undersigned uiembers . of the committee of tie Democratic Society , established at Brussels , for ad . vanciBg the Union and Fraternit y of all Rations ., have the honour to deUgate to . you , Br Charles Mara vj co . president of this committee , for the jarpojft of establishing relations of correspondence and sympathy between the two societies . M . Marx has full power to act in the name of this committee for .- tbe purposes ab » re mentioned , 'We present to you our fratr rnaisalutatioris . ' Mellinet ( General ) , honorary-president ' JoiTiuttD , j > mideiit . , 'Imbebt , v , ice-president , * Picabu , secrttary , Gufjaoa Wbebtb . ' LSWWELl , » ' BrjsH ' . HQY . SCtJ , 18 « . * ,

      Ths Above Address Was Received With Fiit...

      Ths above address was received with fiithusiastfc applause . < J , 8 chapp » after highly complUueuttng the great Polish patriot Lelewell ,. and . the grey-haired yrferan- 'the child of the French R . publio ' -Gmeral Me ltnet , concluded b y proposing the f Rowing reso-Intion ;— ., ' That in piecing all the ; aid in our power ' to the Polish patriots , we desire to express feur ^ nqualified dissent fromtliearistocratic spirit which bo fatall y innuirced the struggle of 1830 . We recognise in the Cracow Manifesto of 1815 the manifestation of Polish progriRs ,. mbracing tha broad principles of political democracy and social justice , on which alone can'be founded veritable lib * ttf and public happiness . ' ,

      T . Lucas in seconding itio resolution , expressed hut pleasure in meeting : s 5 many of his brother democrats . Certain he was that when tbe English democrats ( they Chartists ) obtained tiheir liberty , that they would bo enabled to say to ' the- old spider in Paris , ' and all other tyrants 'thus far shall ye go but no farther . ' ( Cheers . ) The rejoittion was- then unanimously adopted , . Dr Makjc , the delegate from Bxssaels , then came for * ward , and was greeted wifd every demonstration jf welcome , and delivered aa enet ^ etic oration in the G-: rmatt language , the substance of tfhichwas as-follows— Ffehaot been sent by the Democrats ofBrusse ) s-to speak ' in ^ helr name to tbe Democrats of Lc . ideu , an «! through them ' to to

      tbe Democrats of Britain , to oall' on ihm tot ^ nse ba holden a congress of nations—aeon ? r » g > of working men , to establish liberty all over tha wprld . _ (( Bond cheers ;) Tbe middle classes , the Free Trader ; ,. had . held a congress , but their fraternity was a-one side * one , and tha moment they found that such congresses trtre likel y ta benefit working men , that moraeat'theirfra ' lernity would cease , and their congresses bo dlaoWed , ( IJear . hear . ) Tbe © emoerats ot Belgium felt that the Sbartists of England were the real Democrats , and that the moment they carried the six points of thth'flharter , tha- road to liberty , wooM be . opened to the whols world . « ESwet thia grarid ' tlbject , then , jou working men of England , ' said tbgspeakcr , * and yon will be hailed ' as the saviours of the-whole human race . ' ( Tremende *! 8-chee » ing . > '• ji , -., —— - — -- \ - - »« nl « rM « StiiCVi lH £ , / f

      : ; JinLiArf H «« raj moved the next resolution " as fo > lot f * S-i . ' . ,- 'ThaiM 0 i » meeting rejoices to Ieasw . ofMe establishmerit efaj . aocbtj of Fraternal Democrats in UrWtls . ' Md responds to ' the alliance offere * by : that tocUty , wceires , i ta * toi , gate , Dr Marx , with e »*» y .-feeling o / frj ' te « spl regard ; and jfaeir tt «« tiii « -hails . , with exultation ; thftproposition ^ to held a Democratic Congress of all nations , pledgi 6 g itself to send delegates-to that Congress whenever sumaon ' id by the ; fraternal Bemocratic Societies of London and BrosseliQ ' - The mover of the resolution then proeseded to address the meeting at considtrable length , on tbe Bolish insurrection of 1830 , the progrers of Chartism ^ tbe prospect of an energetic movewent in this country & r- the obtain , mentof tbe Charter , the importance of . She society of . Fraternal Democrats , and the vast utility of the suggested . Democratic Congress of all nations . His remarks were enthusiastically cheered . . . « ... ¦

      Mr SiALiwpon seconded the resolution , which waff carried unanimously . . Three thundering cheers were then givenfon the glorious Lelen ell , tl-: ree for the heroic General Melliuet , and three for the democrats of Brussels . Charles Keen moved the fourth resolution , as follows : ' That recognising the brotherhood of all men , we consider it our duty to struggle for the triumph of democra . tie priuciphs in all countries , and believing that tha establishment ef the ' People ' s Charter' would enable tbe people of Great Britain to affjrd aid to the , Polish cause , more iffeetive than the paper ' jrotests * hitherto employed by the British government , we hail with jey the prospect of an energetic effort on tha part of the British people to obtaia the legislative recognition and parlbmeutsry enactment of their long-withheld rights and franchises . '

      The speaker said they taught Universal Baolherhood , because they felt the evils resulting from the want of it . Very true , at churches and cha ncls on a Sunday , they were told that' wo are all brethren , ' but should it rain on their leavingsuch churches or chapels , and they were to attempt to get into some of their wealthy brethren ' s , carriages , what a row there would be . ( Loud laughter . ) . Yet , ten minutes before those very same men would have been responding to the sentiment , ' All men are brethren . '( Uear , hear . ) Notwithstanding this , Fraternity , was a great truism , and before any great lasting and practic . il good could be accomplished , it must be universally acknowledged , uy , and practised too . ( Loud cheers . ) , They had met to celebrate the Polish Revolution , and the question was , what could they do to aid Poland ! Witkout power —nothing . Let them get the Charter and they would have power . ( Cheers . ) ¦ '

      _ Citizen Enoeis ( from Paris ) , in seconding the resolution said—Fellow Citizens , this commemoration of tha Polish Revolution is not o ly an advantage to Poland but to the whole world , as is causes the principles of democracy to be spread far and wide . ( Hear , hear ) lie , as a German , had groat interest in Polish success , as it would much hasten liberty in Germany , and freedom , Germany had resolved to obtain sooner or Jatvr , ( Loud cheers . ) Aud he firmly believed that no one nation could become free without benefitting all others . Ha had resided for some time in England , and w ; is proud to boast himself a Chartist ' name and all . ' ( Greati-hcermg . ) Who were now their clsief oppressors ? Not the aristocracy ,. but the wealth takers and scrapers , the middle classes . ( Loud cheirs . ) IIence . it was the duty of the working classes of all nations to unite and establish free , dom for all , ( Rapturous applause . )

      Citizen Tedesco ( from Brussels , who addressed tbe meeting in the French langu ge in nso * t eloquent terms , which the following abstract does anything bu' justice to ) , said ttie men of Belgium looked on the English democrat * as a leading party , and trusted they would obtain that great measure , the People ' s Charter . He was delighted with the spirit that prevailed . Hesho Id return to Brussels , and relate the ^ ood and enthusiastic feeling with which the proletarians of this country w .-ie imbued , and their determination to proceed until they had obtained their Charter , and sure he was , that that measure Would carry with it a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour . ( Hear . hear ) And give such an impulse to the cause of progress , that then-hole continent would follow , and universal liberty be established .- fl . oud cJici-rs . )

      CulonelOlloBBKl , a Polish ex le , said , at the outbreak f the Polish Revolution , two hundred non-c > -miissioned officers had kept three Russian regiments at bay , and when some of the regiments found it was against Poland they were fighting , they turned their arms mid fought against their oppressors . Although Old Poland was dead . Young Poland would arise , and becomefar mightier tliare her ancestor . ( Loud diners . ) He jet hoped to sie Poland the first battle field for liberty . With gratefal thanks to the English peo ,-le he would shout 'Hurrah for Democracy ! ' ( Great applause . ) Citizen Esgles here said , tint he had but recently rome from Paris , and that the real democrats in that citywere in favour of a Congress of Nations . ( Loud clcers . ) The . resolution was then curried unanimously .

      Julian Harney again came forward and read extracts frem the defence of Louis Mieroslaws-ki , one of the chiefs of the insurrection of 1846 , and now lying in the dungeons of Berlin under sentence if dtnth . The reading of the said extracts excited great sensation in the meeting . J . Harney then said , ho had been particularly gratified by the remarks of his friend Engela . He was glad to see that the feeling of fraternal sympathy for the Poles was strong amongst the Germans . Ho was sure tVat if once the Germans obtiitied their liberties , they wimsd hasten to perform « great act of national reparation , by uiido ' ng the work which the Austrian , mid Prussian despi . ts helped Catherine to accomplish—the destruction of Poland . He knew that if Frenchmen were tree , if they had broken down that disgraceful : despotism which had prostrated their country to tlieloirest depths of shame , their first thought would be the liberation ofl ' olanil . ( Cheers- )

      The next time France inarched in the direction of Moscow it would ndt'be with an Emperor for her le . ider . It was a maxim of Napoleon ' s , ' that apolitical blunder was worse thana political crime . ' He was guilty of I o : h crime and blunder of the worst , t-hjracier ; when « .. is reaching-Warsaw on his march to Russia , he refused to proclaim the restoration of lVHml . Had he pro . l-jinu d the republic of roland to the mil extant ot'its nuclei . t boundaries , hewovldhuvo re-created the soul of a nation , and twenty millions of people would . havo formed his ai my i f reserve —an army animated by ] an unc ' bn . a . ucrable spirit of enthusiasm and devotion to their emancipator . Hut no , Napoleon though the . scourgcr of kings was the t . rant of tb « pcox > le ; though the nu-st deadly enemy of ' divine right , 'hu was notless t ! . e enemy c £ popular sovereignty . He desired to dictate terms to the Northei n Autocrat , but

      &> r himself , not for PolantLand llie other nations trampled midcr that autocrat ' s iron heel . His , selfishness found the reward it merited . When flying before the avenging lance of tiie Cossack , and the still more dreadful shafts of the icy tempest aud the snow-storm , with their auxiliaries famine and pestilence ; , then Napo ' con found Poland no ramjvirt of defiance , kehiud which he might have thrown liinisi-lf to give his stricken busts time to > breathe , and tu . ru upon their pursuers . He had refused to recall Poland to life , and so when ho needed her living ; arm to sa-. se him from the blows ° f the Musi-yvitc , that arm was not , But the coming xepttulU' would rep \ iv tho political crime of this Einpeior , and the d-iy was nigh a » at hand when France wou ' iU'e . a Republic ai . u the people of England have their Clurtcr .. ( Great applause ) Tho speaker conchsjcd . by moving a vote of thanks t-j t !; o chairman .

      Casl Sen Arm seconded the vote or thanks , winch was supported by Mr Isaac Wilson , who expressed Inasmuch more pleased he was . with the proceedings htsliad j ^ i witnessed , than he was with those of a nio ting , held seme'fortnight since under tho presidency of Dr l ! owcing , at the Crown and Anchor , at which he was necessitated to move nn amendment . ( Cheers . ) , Tho vote of thanks was then , carried by acclamation . The chairman having acknowledged the compliment , threecaeer . swere given , 'for the heroic mnjty / . ' Uieroslawski ; ' three for the ' Uevoiime and the Frcneji Democrats ; ' three for the' Nostuers St . ui and th . c German Uni \ eiis . m ,. Ga ? . e 5 ? b ; ' and 'three dreadful groans for tho Times , Jo . bi . nal des Deiuts , and AusTuiAy ^ OasEnvEB . ' The 'Marseillaise Hymn' was then sung in splendid style by Citizen . Moll , and closed these injcfesting rjsq . oeedings *

      Asa-Son-Anner-Lvne.—On Monday-Evening Fa...

      Asa-soN-aNnER-LvNE . —On Monday-evening fas £ » & meeting was lieltl in the Charlestomi mcctivx rcpin , to take iato consideration the . propriety ot peiitioir ing Parliament against tho passing , of toe intended Coercion Bill for poor Ireland . 4 t » vt ash-past seven , o ' clock , Mr John Brooks wavalicdto the cliair . Richard Pilling moved tbe flr ^«« oJoi » n in a speech oftonuderaUe . length , ahowi ^ ihe *»& " *& $ ** Irish neoole ever since thft English ftr * lat dod m that country do wn to the present day . James lav-ITSccn called man to second the resolution ,

      did snin a few unci remarks . 'J lie lesoiution waa carried . Mr James Mulligan then came forward to move the . secoi . d resolution , which he did in a very excellent , speech . M » Harris seconded tha resolution , which was put and earned . Air Butty was then called upon to move the adoption ot the petition , which he did with a few remarks , and then read tho petition to the meeting . Mr Greenwood then came forward , and iu a vevynsat , speech , ae * conded the adoption of the petition , which w ;; s carried , amidst the plaudits ot the meci ing . A vote .. i thanks was thengivcn to the chairman , and the uittting separated !

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04121847/page/1/