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    • DEATHS. On Friday, the 21st ult., at Warrington, aged sixtyeight yei.re, Mr Kaluh Lawless, of Lower Bank-street.
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      fcj which that document might bsmade to become the law of the land . ' ... Mr West seconded the amendment , because it was raore concise and did not raiss a question with SW the Assembly hud nothing to do . una thing wbizb had done them great harm , was promising much and doine little . He deprecated the introduction of the discussion on physical and moral force , as calculated to sow dissensions among tbem , Mr Class withdrew his motion in favour of Mr Kydd ' s amendment , as it generally recommended the same policy which he pointed out in detail . Mr J . Babkeb said , he was decidedly is favour of moral force , and moral force alone , and he was satUSed that they would be sufficient to achieve their objects .

      , . , Mr E . Joheb was astonished that the question should have been introduced at all . Tbey were all at present mora * force advocates , because tfcey felt that they had Still moral force means to reserfc to . But were thev to tell tbe government , which had its reporters on the platform , tbat if it meddled with the Assembly , they were not prepared to resist ? He bid the government tremble at tbeir moral power , and he warned them that though the physical power of the country might at present slumber , it needed but a touch to make it rusbf ortH like a volcano . Dr M'Douall condemned in the strongest manner the promulgation of the notion that the people were prepared to resort to p hysical force , Mr J . Shaw ( Tower Hamlets ) said , Mr O'Connor had done a great deal of injury to the cause .

      Aiter a somewhat warm discatsion , there were loud cries for the vote , a few minutes before five o ' clock , which was resisted by the delegates who had cot aooken ; and ' at that hour the standing orders Vf ere enforced bv the adjournment of the Assembly . THURSDAY MORNING , Mat 7 : b . Mr Dixos resumed the chair ai nine o ' clock . The galleries were crowded as assal . The adjourned debate on Mr Kydd ' s motion was resumedwhich was as fallows : — 'Tbat tho

      docu-, ment known as the People ' s Charter , is just m principle , and a fair digest of our opinions on the question of the suffrage , and every way fitted to ) orm the basis oi an enlightened representative system , and tbat we make the principle of the Feople s Charter known to the public by means of lectures , tracts , public meetines , discussions , registration of elector * , and use every legitimate means in our power to have tbe said document enacted as tbe basis of the British constitution , asd recommend the peeple to agitate for no measure short of ( ha People S Charter .

      Councillor BUMS OfL ^ els , WOk his seat as one of the delegates for that town . Mr Piixiso also took his seat for Asnton . Father Kfcsrex was also announced as elected , but had not yet arrived . Mr CiSBEiEi moved the following amendment to Mr Kydd's motion 15 an instruction to the committee to embodv in the address . * That it is the opinion of this Assembly that all discussions of physical and moral force are highly impolitic , as they will only lead to disunion—union , courage , prudence , and determination being indispensable to bring this great movement to a speedy and successful termination . Measures not men must and will be in all time coming the gaidinsfstar of our agitation . That the committee be therefore instructed to embody these sentiaents in the address , and also to state . That it is the determination of this Assembly to carry the Charter by all fair and honourable means .

      This amendment was seconded , and led to a long debate , the opinions being , pro . and con ., similar to those delivered in the afternoon sitting of Wednesday . The discussion having been brought to a close , a tlivisioa took p lace—seventeen voting for Mr Kydd ' s motion , and twenty-sis for Mr Cacdelel ' s amend-Best , 'luc amendment was declared carried . Id order to give the committee time to prepare the Sddre 5 S , the Assembly at its rising was declared adjoarned nntil three o'clock .

      AFTERNOON SITTING . Mr Drxos resumed the chair . Dr M'Dodaix moved , — ' That no person withdrawing motions , amendment ? , or riders should have the privilege of making a s ; cond speech . Mr T . M . Wheeler seconded the motion . Carried unanimously . Mr T . Joins said , the question he was about to propose had been much discussed in Liverpool , and he believed it must be strictly set down as moral

      force . It was— 'That this Assembly call upon the people to abstain from all excisable articles , nntil the Charter became the law oi the land , ln Liverpool ale , pipes , tobacco , tea-pots and all were thrown or ready to be thrown aside until tbe people got tke Charter . He believed tbat these things brought a revenue of twenty millions ; if the government missed one half ot this , they would soon be compelled to give tbe Charter or resign their Feats in Damning-street . Mr T . Clark rose to second the motion .

      Mr Shirrss thought it was too much to call upon the starving people who existed on turnips . todeprive them of a cup of tea—hence , he opposed it . Mr HargrkaTES said , he thought that intoxicating drinks had done much harm ; but heeonldnotgoto the length of the resolution . He should like it to be confined to intoxicating liquors , tobacco , and snuff . He thought , as Chartists , they should set an example to the people . Mr Ixsoll moved , as an amendment , the withdrawal of the funds from the banks , and the giving np the smoking of narcotic weeds . Mr Basset seconded the amendment .

      Mr Vsbsos would ggpport the amendment . He had submitted something like it from the platform himself . Although betook a higher ground , ha demanded , in the spirit of ancient writers , his rights , snd hid no business to beg . He hoped bis friend would confine his amendment to a ron on the bank . Mr CARVEs ' said , he concurred in the motion made by his friend fnsoll , and had experimentalised , and found it beneficial . He thought it would hare a good effect in general . It would show the government that the pe 3 ple were even determined to make sacrifices for the cause's sake , and he thought more good thoughts arose where there were no fumes of either bea' or tobacco .

      Mr Mathews said , be had little hope of the people obtaining their rights by giving up the use o { those articles . He thought those resolutions were rather & reflictisn on , than a reflex of , the public mind . He hoped they would act as rational men . They would advise a principle , not expediency—not ask it for- a week , and then return , but for ever . He was a teetotaler himself , and bad been so for years . He would move , ' Tbat it was not tbe province of this Assembly to recemmend any question on banking or total abstinence . ' Mr Child seconded the amendment , and said , he was neither a teetotaler nor a drunkard , but wished thepeooleto live as thsir forefathers did , and brew good wholesome beer for themselves and drink it . Mr Hablet suggested the programme should be procsded with .

      Mr T . Jokes would withdraw his motion in favour ef the programme . The " amendments were likewise withdrawn . Mr Cochrake suggested the first question was money , he believed Mr M'Grath bad a mo ' . ian on the subject relative to some defined sum , Mr Peacock said , be theught the address was intended as the method to give increased vigour to fi » movement . Dr M'Douall said , he understood th * t a proposition would come from the Business Committee for a voluntary subscription . Mr Versox suggested that the plan of organisation thoold be entered upon . Mr T . Joxeb would eecand Dr M'Douall ' a motion lor a voluntary contribution . Mr Cabvks desired to know if this contribution TOs an addition to that iu course cf collection in eumy Chartist localities .

      ^ The Chairman said , in respect to the questions just pnt , the contribution was not intended to be oaafined to the raetnbera of the Chartbt body , but to the public in general , and if they , in Mr Carver ' s district , were cotiesting already , tbat was sufficient . Mr M Grate said , he believed if the people were applied to , they would supply the means , but the Assembly must subait the means they intended for tha obtainment of the Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) Perhaps they might say , that the sum he was about to propose was mora than could be realised , but he « oold take the Land Company as his data . When

      they had thirty thousand members only enrolled tbe weekly sum sent in amounted to £ 5 , 000 per week . Well , they only expected feur acres of land and a hossi ; he , therefore , moved' Thata sum of £ 5 . 000 fee raised for the furtherance of the Chartist cause , and if they were as zealous as had been represented , they would supply the amount . He therefore moved that proposition . Mr C hild seconded it . Dr M'Dodall withdrew his . Mr Abbs would support the motion of Mr SfGrathi

      Mr Churchill would support the motion , but thonaht it necessary to tell the people what they were eoing ' todo with if , as the people had been snbscrib . ins fur ten vears , but he did aot know what results laS followed- He thought tbe question of organisatkm s hould be proceeded with , and then he would gay whether he would agree to call for more money Mr M'Gbath said he could not agree to withdraw , S 3 it was in accordance with the programme tbey lad adopted . , Mr Churchill would thenmove as an amendment , c That tbe question of organisation be proceeded With . ' Mr Vetisos said , he thought the means , if asked feefore ferganhation , would be week . He therefore supported Mr Churchill ' s motion . 'f h ° Address Committee now appeared with the add 63 ' , and the discussion was set aside .

      The Address to the Peopk . The report was brought up by Mr Eurasr Joxr-s resd , aad adopted unanimously , amid loud and rei-

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      terated cueetB . The address will be found in anotht S part of our columns . Mr Joxss ( of Liverpool ) moved , 'That one thousand copies be printed and posted in the Metropolis , and a few copies sent to the provincial towns . w The motion of Mr Jonea was thea put and CMTlCfl unanimously . „ . . L . Mr Vkrnon would move , 'Tbat a sufficient number of small hills should be printed , fit for placing in shopwindows , ' Mr Churchill seconded the motion . Mr Shaw had not understood , when hei voted thai the bills were to be posted , as policemen tore tbem Mr ' Eritcst Josss said , there was an act of parliamentagainsfc tbat . by which any man , policemen or not , was liable to punishment , and he thought the unemployed should form a committee for standing sentry on the bills , and getting the police punished by

      The motion of Mr Vernon was put and carried unanimously . .... , > i j Five o'clock having arrived , tbe Assembly adjourned . ., „„„ ...- ., Mat 5

      FRIDAY MORNIIsG , . Mr Drxos resumed the chair . Mr J . Ssaw ( London ) complained that the An YERTisER . had reported some matter relative to Mr O'Connor—now he had not said what was set down for him ; the reporter had anticipated his thoughts . A letter was read from Barnsley ; it contained votes of thanks to Mr O'Connor and the conductors o ^ theNoaiHSRH Stab , believing that that paper had given faithful reports of national and local meetings . Signed , Frisk Mirfielo . —A bill announcing the convening of a meeting at the Amphitheatre , Leicester , for the ' purpose of condemning the denunciations of Mr Feargus O'Connor , was also read . The bill was signed , H . Green , chairman .

      A Delegate asked , who were the parties sending those addresses er announcements , or letters ? The Chairman read the names attached to tbem . Mr . J . Shaw ( Barnsley ) admitted the genuineness Of the resolutions from Barnsley . Mr Councillor Brook moved that the resolutions be again read . Mr Caxdil 7 . t objected to those letters and resolutions being handed over to tho Star , as it had not givtn fair reports , Mr M'Grath wished to know when ( he Assembly decided that they had not been fairly reported in the Star . Mr Cashklet said , when they agreed toapp . int a special reporter , and to make arrangements with ft a Kydd said , he thought that any letter their constituents desired to be handed over to the Star should be disposed of accordingly . Mr Cochrane seconded the motion .

      Mr Rakkis said , he thought Mr Kydd ' s motion should bo acceded to , taoagb . be could not think the people of Barnsley were in a situation to judge fairly . , Mr Adams said , he would move an amendment , That the letter be handed over to the Stah , with an accompanying note , stating that the assertions it contained were false . ' ,,,,,. Mr Councillor Brook thought the discussion out of peace and ont of Older * . He thought it could only gratify the enemy . He thought it would be advisable to withdraw the motion and amendments . Mr Vehsos aereed with what had fallen from Mr Brook , but thoug ht the letter shonld be sent to the editor , as he considered that , whether for or against this Assembly , the proprietor or editor of the Siar should be put in possession ef the letter . #

      Mr Wheeler said he trusted both resolution and amendment would be withdrawn , as doubtless the reporter of the Stab had taken the substance of fctiP letters Mb John Shaw , ( Barnsley ) said , in justice to bis constituents , hemustssy they had learned that the Assembly had deteimined to engage a special reporter , aud had founded their resolutions thereon . Motion & nd amendment were withdrawn . Me Ernsbt Jones announced , that through Mr O'Connor , the people of Alexandria had sent £ 4 in support of this body . tLeft Sitting . )

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      TB 3 S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THB FBO ? LB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , THE CHAMES A » D KO SUB . BEHDBB . ' ? kilow CoUHTEtHEH , —The principles cf tbe People ' s Charter havo beea adrocated in this ceuntry for years ; their truth or falsehood bas never once been the subject of discussion or dispute by the enlightened and thinking men ef this age . Questions of expediency havo been often raised and discussed , but , if we may judge from tbe feeling aad tone now manifested by men of all classes , we are compelled to come to the conclusion that the questlej of expediency cannot much longer be a subject of discussion , but that the enlightened mind of this country is fast centralising its influence on one great truth , that tbe day has arrived in the history ef the world , when acknowledgment ef man ' s rights will not be known in name alone , but positively registered in the institutions and government of this country .

      Tfce National Assembly having been placed by the people ' s voice at the head of the popular movement , tske the first opportunity of recognising the great tru ^ t imposed oh them , and pledging themselves to the per . formance ofn telr duty in taking smb political measures , ae , in their judgment , may obtain the People ' s Charter . They therefore feel themselves ia a position to demand of the people te be true to themselves , and give to the National Assembly su = h support as will in itself , be an unmistakable evidence of their earnestness , determination , && d Self rtiiauce ; and if their demands be responded to with the spirit expected from the people , a government already weak in its moral relations with society aud desperate in Us acts will give way to the centralised intellitfcn : e of a mighty nation ;

      Tbe springinginto existence of n new body , pnrperting to go for an estension / jf the Suffrage , calle from us for a few words of advice . Whilst admitting the sincerity of rannymen , from whom we conscientiously differ in opinion , and wishing Godspeed to all Reformers , whose objects are the real and permanent welfare of mankind , we cannot advise yon to allow the gnat question of tbe people's rights to bo stultified by remaining inactive In the cotninc agitation ; bat , at once , assure jtu that ao measure short of a full acknowledgment ef your political power , can be benefieialfor your interests , and , there , fore , ia no way worthy of your cenntenaace and support . The Assembly are convinced tbe time has now arrired for subverting class . legislation , and putting a period to the misery of the people . They recognlsejthe elements of political enlightenment and collective power In the great bulk ot the population , whilst they acknowledge the presence of ignoranoeand prejudice in some of tbe wealthier classes , and even among portions of the labouring community .

      The'daty of tse Assembly will , therefore , be a twofold one : 1 st . —To organise tbe power of the Chartist body , and to direct Its mind and energy to one great goal , that this protracted agitation may be brought to a speedy and successful issue . 2 nd . To accompany the organisation of those already enlightened with the propagation Of our prineiples ' among those who are still hostile , by tracts , public meetings , addresses , & c , so that the interval between the meeting of this Assembly and the obtainment of our rights may be employed by making as many friends as we can . With these two great objects in rfew , tbe Assembly are proud to find that the country is responding to their call , and recognising the Independent dignity ot their position . Fellow countrymen , this is a time in which there must be no patties—no divisions—no yielding to individual eplnlone , but one grand enunciation of the FsoPtE ' s mind , and of the People ' s will . Tho country hss elected one hundred men la whom It reposes confidence , and whom it has thus declared capable of representing that mind , and gnidlng tbat will . - Fellow countrymen , the question is now before you , whether you will fall lute the old error , and divide your movement under party banners , or stand in one united phalanz against oppression , and ia support of your representatlvea . RecoliactJ The gavernment are new watching you with a hostile eye , and trying to insert the wedge of discord in jour organisation ; we , therefore , say emphatically— Meabubes , not Mek . Ths Assembly call on the people to back tbeir deli * Derations by the pressure from without , They expect tbe people to keep the entire country in a continued state ofigtc & tlon .

      Monopolists complain that thefandsfall and commerce Monopolists complain that thefands fall and commerce is paralysed . So be it . Tbeir weakness la our strength . The rich must ha ve no rest , whila the poor have no shelter . Let them giev us justice , and we will give them peace . The Assembly will now direct their attention to tha next great measure ia oar movement—tbe presentation of the National Memerial—and are about to take alt preparatory steps in their power to make your wishes law . They will again address you when prepared with an efficient plan of organisation , and shall expect such popular and pecuniary support at your hands as will ensure the recognition of the people ' * will , and a full consummation of your hopes on the great question of the rights of

      man . God Save the Peopie . W . Dixon , Chairman . 3- Seibuon , Secretary ,

      Leids.—Mr John Shaw Will Deliver A Lectu...

      Leids . —Mr John Shaw will deliver a lecture in the Bazaar , on Sunday evening next . Leeds . —A meeting of members of the Association will be held on Sunday afternoon , May 14 tfa , at two o ' clock , to nominate a Council for the next three months .

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      TO THE PEOPLE , The Press-gang Conspiracy against Liberty , Abroad and at Home . Friends , Cocntbtmen , and Brothers , The sooner you can effect a revolution in the PrfiSfi of this country , ' peaceable if you can , but forcibly if you must , ' the sooner you will cease to be regarded as enemies by the people of other countries , and the sooner you will achieve equal rights and equal laws for yourselves . Amongst foreign nations , England has long enjoyed the credit of possessing a ' free Press . ' Supposed lo be free , the nations naturally regard tbat Press as the faithful exponent of your sentiments .

      So far from representing your interests or opinions , the journals generally are the enemies and falsifiers of both . At this time the strongest language must fail to adequately describe the dishonesty and mendacity of the London journals . In Russia , the fear of the knout influences the very few journalists permitted to write only iu support of unmitigated despotism . Terror dictates falsehood , and the journalists string lies by the , yacd to prove the blessedness of Russian institutions , and the happiness of the nations permitted to enjoy the felicity of worshiping Nicholas and the knout .

      Until recently , in Germany and Italy , the censorship was as effective as the knout in Russia , in stifling the truth and upholding privileged plunder and crowned criminality . The Press in those countries is now said to he ' free , ' but the burghers , though very desirous of having a Press free to defend their interests and promote tbeir own views , have a very holy horror of the working classes possessing the same advantage—hence , the pious outcry against Communist , Republican , ' violent ' and ' dangerous' publications . The German burghers evidently desire a' free Press , ' aftei the English fashion .

      The ' laws of September' enslaved the Press of France ; but , under the Republic , there is no restriction , except the wholesome restriction of public opinion . A few weeks ago , Paris was the scene of a moral force demonstration against de Girardin , proprietor and editor of La Presse . Tbe character of Girardin is politicall y infamous . It was by his hand that Arraand Carrelj fell in that fatal duel which deprived France oi her noblest son , who , had he lived , would now have been chief of the Republic . Possess , ing more than ordinary talents . Girardin has never

      scrupled to offer his services to tbe best bidder . His journal , La Presse , is known in this country principally far its virulent attacks upon everything English , and its advocacy of an alliance of France with Russia , for the division of Europe between those two powers . The conceit of Monsieur de Girardin is at least equal to his abilities , and we must do him the justice to add , that his audacity is not one whit inferior to either . When , on the 24 th of February , Thiers and Barrot were set aside by the Republicans , Girardin thought that the flood-tide of his affairs had come , and that he had but to commit

      himself to the stream to float thereon to power ; accordingly , he repaired to the palace , and induced the cowardly King Smith to abdicate in favour of his grandson , the Count de Paris . Girardin imagined that he had but to announce this arrangement , and forthwith the Parisians would fall down and worship him as the national deliverer , and help him to play the g ame played so successfully by journalist Thiers in the revolution of 1830 . The Parisians , however , were determined to deliver themselves , and , inspired with a laudable distaste for trafficking journalists , they sent M . Girardin to the right about .

      with as little ceremony as they had previously disposed of those knaves Thiers and Barrot . The theatrical scene , so artfully got up in the Chamber of Deputies , failed . The sight of the ' interesting ' Duchess of Orleans , and her 'interesting' son , the Count de Paris , failed to move the stubborn hearts of the bold ' blouses . ' The voice of Fate , thundering from the gallery— 'IT IS TOO LATE !' sealed the doom of the Orleans dynasty , and duchess , princes , and villanous deputies , fled in terror from the triumphant shouts of ' Vive la Liberie . "' Vive la Republique !'

      To have the the prize of power so rudely snatched from one ' s grasp by a band of 'barbarian' blouses , was enough to rouse the anger of a saint—it was , therefore , only natural that a sinner like Girardin should vow mortal hatred against those who had disappointed bis ambition . At first , not being very sure how such rascals as himself would be dealt with by the victorious people , he masked his hatred , and pompously announced his ' adhesion' to the Republic . Soon , however , he threw off the mask . Assured by the decree of the provisional government abolishing death for political offences , that his head was safe , he commenced preaching the counter-revolution . Professing to see in the provisional government a band of incapable , though

      tyrannical , dictators , he daily inveighed against tbeir acts , calumniated their motives , and laboured to excite ' resistance' to the government of the people . The vile journals , on this side of the water , applauded Girardin , hailing him as the champion of the middle classes , ' more bold than Camille Desmoulins , and more able than Freron . ' The counter-revolutionary diatribes of La Presse , at first excited popular disg ust , then anger , and then a popular explosionwhich , although not at all sanguinary , considerably frightened the audacious libeller of the people . So great was the public indignation , that , had not some of the most ardent of the Republican chiefs rushed to his rescue , it is not unlikely that Monsieur Girardin would have been somewhat roughly treated .

      Of course , our honest journalists were terribly shocked at the ' outrage' offered to their worthy friend Girardin . ' A fellow-feeling made them wondrous kind . ' The ' voice within' told them , that if tbey had their deserts , they would be sent , with their printing materials tied to their necks , to the bottom of the Thames . I rejoice that , bad as are the election returns to the National Assembly , they , nevertheless , do not

      include Girardin , who has been rejected by his old constituents , to make way , it is to be hoped , for a more honest man . As , however , Lamartine and others have been elected for raore than one place , there will be renewed elections in several departments , and it will be a wonder if Monsieur Girardin does not contrive to wriggle his way into the Assembly . Indeed the bourgeoisie will hardly put up with the loss of the services of their most unscrupulous champion .

      Lately another journal , the Assemblee Nationale , has made itself odiousby its reactionary and counterrevolutionary policy . The editors already vie with Girardin himself in their power of lying and calumniating . Every true Republican is convinced that the Assemblee Nationale writers are sold , body and soul , to the reaelionnaires . May . they speedily meet with their well-deserved reward ! , What the knout effects in Russia , and what was lately effected by the censorship in Germany , and

      the Fieschi-laws in France , is in this country accomplished by corruption and class-domination . There is not one of the wretches who write in our' respectable' journals but , if « the father of lies * would start a paper of his own , would only be too glad to edit ' The Devil ' s Diary , ' or' The Infernal Gazette , ' —( they would ask ' What ' s in a name ? ' )—provided always they had the offer of hi gher pay than they at present receive for ' evil speaking , lying , and slandering . '

      Every one is acquainted with the systematic mode in which the journalists , as a body , labour to uphold despotism abroad , bring free institutions into contempt , and excite the prejudices of nation against nation . Everything American is a standing subject for ridicule with the « chartered libertines' of the Times , and the rest of the daily journals . "What wonder , then , at the furious hatred avowed towards everything English by a very large portion of our American kinsmen ? The ' Anglophobia' of the French has long been a subject for the criticisms of English journalists . But for that * Anglophobia ' we may principally thank these same journalists . To go no further back than the reign of that kickedout tyrant , ' King Smith , ' every act of tyranny and duplicity perpetrated by that ex-royal rascal , of which the French people were the victims , was

      constantly applauded by the infamous press of this country . The violation by Louis Philippe of all his solemn promises to the people ; the infernal system of fraud and force , tyranny and corruption , on which be based his throne ; the wholesale butcheries he caused to be perpetrated in the streets of Paris , Lyons , Grenoble , and other places ; in short , all the accursed acts of wickedness which have blighted his name , and at last blasted his power—all received the sanction , approval , and applause of our vile journals-Whig , Tory , and Liberal . When , in the year 1844 , ' King Smith' visited this country , the Times hailed him as the ' conqueror of anarchy ; ' and the Standard asserted that ' to consummate wisdom Louis-Philippe owed all his success . ' ' Had he , ' said the Standard , ' in his long life been detected in one unworthy manoeuvre , be would not now be King of France ; The pious editor added that the

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      visit vf Louis Philippe was an event worthy an expression of sincere gratitude to Divine Providence . ' The disclosures ef theJJeW Retrospective , published since the last revolution , have afforded a clue to the secret reason for the Standard ' s trumpeting of 'King Smitb . ' It was only after Louis-Philippe had succeeded in jockeving his rival thimble-rigger . Lord Palmerston , in the infamous affair of the Spanish marriages , that the ' respectable' Press , for the first time , discovered that Louis . Philippe wm not quite so honest as he should be ! The influence of the Foreign Office became at once visible , and poor » Smith' was immediately blackballed as the greatest rascal unhung , by the equally unscrupulous but more contemptible knaves , who had heretofore proclaimed him to be of all kings

      * Tke wiseat , vlrtuouaesl , dlsoteetest , beat . ' At length the hour of retribution sounded ; the hoary traitor of the barricades played his last game , staked his throne , threw his devil ' s dice , failed , and fled . As long as the issue of the struggle was doubtful , the Times , Chronicle , Standard , & c , & c , predicted the easy triumph of Guizot and his master , and the Utter impossibility of * the Republican rabble ' overturning 'King Smith's' throne . Indeed , the prospect of Louis-Philippe triumphing once more , though at the cost of making Paris a shambles of slain patriots , partly restored that worthy to the affection oi our precious journalists , and undisguised was their mortification when they found all their predictions unfulfilled , and their sanguinary hopes withered .

      The proclamation of the Republic rekindled the ( paid for ) hatred of our infamous journalists towards the French people . From that hour they have unceasingly laboured to ruin the Republic by misrepresentation , lies , and calumnies . Every act of the provisional government has been distorted , sneered at , or abused . The abolition of death punishments , of aristocratic titles , naval flogging , and ether revolting relics of the overthrown despotism , together with the establishment of the principle of Universal Suffrage , and the recognition of the sacred rights of Labour , —these , and other glorious deeds , have been scoffed at and denounced in the most false and brutal terms . The correspondents of the ' respectable 'journals have played , and are

      playing , the part of spies , visiting the clubs , and no-PQting the popular proceedings , only for the purpose of furnishing the English public with false impressions of the actual march of events . Based upon the calumnious letters and reports of the said ' correspondents , ' the editerial gentry have written their well-strung appeals to prejudice and distortions of the truth . The most noble act of the provisional government—the attempt to redeem the people from suffering , and free them from the grinding tyranny of irresponsible capital- —has been raore than any other act tbe object of truculent hostility on the part of the English Press-gang ; and those members of tbe government who were supposed to have directly indentified themselves with the working classes , have been singled out for special and daily

      denunciation . Countrymen , is there any wonder tbat a large portion of the French people are prejudiced against us ? They are fold bur Press is free , and that Press asserts that it represents the public opinion of this country ; if so , argue the French , ' then the damnable diatribes of the Times are the expressed sentiments of the English people , therefore d bas les Anglais !' If while proclaiming the holy sentiment of ' Fraternity , ' the French people regard the English with hostile feelings , blame not the noble men of the Republic ; rather blame those corrupt wretches who prostitute their talents to the service of tyranny , who strive to prolong the reign of injustice , by dividing brethren , and setting nation against nation .

      I come now to the evil influence of the Press at home . The length to which this letter has already extended , will compel me to omit many observations on this portion of my subject , which otherwise I would have offered . Of all the enemies the people have to contend against , ' the race that write' are the worst . Bayonets , batons , and broomsticks , could not for a moment oppose the march of an enlightened and determined people ; but the Press by its lies and calumnies excites division , fear , and hatred . The ranks of the people are broken , the timid are alarmed , and the privileged excited to fury against the victims of their oppression . This is the work of the Press !

      During the last twenty years the Press has supported every political delusion , and opposed every measure of veritable reform . ' Catholic Emancipation' was a sham . The only parties ' emancipated ' were a few brawling sham patriots , and greedy placehunters ; the mass of the people of Ireland have at this moment less political power , and occupy a far worse social position than they did previous to Ca « tholic Emancipation . ' ' Parliamentary Reform' was a humbug , and , therefore , was-supported by tbe majority of our' best possible instructors / Poor Henry Hunt , almost the only public man who had the honesty to declare to the people that the Reform Bill was a mockery , was pursued to the death

      by the lies and calumnies of the ruffianly Press-gang . Tbe Reform Bill has placed the government of the country in the hands of a class half-knavish , half-foolish , who have not sense or virtue to elect fitting legislators ; and , at the same time , like the dog in the manger , will let no other class try to do the work they cannot or will not do . The miserable shopocracy are at this moment in the jaws of bankruptcy , tbe necessary consequence of their own mismanagement of the country's representation , and yet they take up broomsticks to gnard the ' precious institutions , ' under the operation of which they are rapidly running the road to ruin . Sixteen years after the passing of the Reform Bill , a majority of ' Reformers' have passed a law to stifle free thought , by

      rendering free speech 'felony ! ' Municipal Reform , ' ' Abolition of Slavery , ' and other Whig measures , have been proved to be of equal value with Parliamentary Reform . The latest grand juggle was Free Trade . If lying in this world is punishable in any other , the wholesale liars of the Press , who promised and prophecied all sorts of impossible things as the results of Free Tradey will stand an ugly chance . Ye monstrous impostors I where are the evidences of the promised ' cheap bread , high wages and plenty to do ? ' In fact , all the schemes of pretended' Reform , ' advocated by the majority of the journals for the past twenty years , have been proved to be delusions and frauds , puffed up for party purposes and class interests , but useless or mischievous so far as tbe mass of the people are concerned .

      ' Like Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye , But turn to ashes on the lips . ' On the other hand , the Press has opposed all projects of real reform . Every attempt made by the working classes to better their condition , or achieve political justice has been met on the part of the Press by ridicule , misrepresentation , denunciation , and unceasing opposition . Chartism has been the special object of its foul falsehoods and deadly hostility . Within the limits to which I must confine myself , it is not possible for me to attempt a review of the Chartist movement to prove the truth of ray a-sertions , but such proof is not necessary ; their truth is ' as notorious as the sun at noon-day . '

      On the 3 rd of April , a Convention of Chartist delegates met in London to present the National Petition for the Charter . Some of the delegates , representing masses of unemployed people , driven by suffering to the verge of despair , gave expression to the half-frenzied feelings of their unhappy constituents . On this the journalists engaged in a regular conspiracy to represent the delegates as a set of cut throats , assembled for the purpose of getting up a revolution . The journalists knew they were telling lies , but no matter , they had a purpose in view . That purpose was : 1 st . to frighten the middle classes , and prevent any union of those classes with the Chartists ; and 2 nd . to furnish the government

      with a pretext for passing the infamous Gagging Bill . In vain did the delegates refute the slanders of their calumniators , and issue notices , addresses , & c , assuring all classes of their peaceable intentions , at the same time calling on the working men , in the name of' Peace , Law , and Order' to attend the meeting unarmed , and act as peace-preservers , instead of peace-brcakers ; up to the last moment the Press continued its lies , and the government its preparations for the pitiless slaughter of the working men , if they had attempted to have gone on with the intended precession . Up to Monday , the 10 th of lthe Times

      Apri , , Chronicle , and the rest of the Press-gang , represented that the Chartists were to attend the meeting in hundreds of thousands , armed for bloodshed . Having by that lie e xcited public alarm the journalists went on the opposite tack , as soon as the meeting was over , and for public alarm strove to j substitute public contempt . With un blushing mendacity they swore by their gods Mer " cury and Plutus , that the numbers at the meeting were not more than 20 , 000 . 15 , 000 , 10 , 000 , or as some had it 5 , 0001 They scoffed at the fighting powers of the starved weavers of S pitalfields , and the thousands hungered and wasted by the murderous sv ? tem

      To The People, The Press-Gang Conspiracy...

      which these vile Journalists support . After editing the middle classes to arm , and the government to bring bayonets and artillery to menace the unarmed people with hideous slaughter , these masked a ssassins of the Press taunted the people with cowardice , because they had wisely refused to rush upon destruction , The ruffians of the Press , wished for slaughter , and , indeed , have since expressed their mortification that the'Chartist leaders ' were not put to death . They next suggested public dinners to gorge the * specials , ' well knowing that such fellows would be most « loyal' when mad drunk . Some have even proposed public monu . ments to record the defeat of the Chartists 1 They

      have encouraged the farce of loyal addresses to the Queen , ' and ' prayers for public peace and tranquillity . ' The Press-gang know right well that public tranquillity was disturbed only by themselves , and that no one but the government menaced the public peace . They know that the ' loyal address ' manufacture just now so much in vogue with plundering aristocrats , ignorant ceuntry squires , rabid parsons , pot-bellied aldermen , and stupid shopocrats —is a solemn farce . But our public instru ctor s sanction this sham . Why ? If they were as honest as Demetrius the silversmith , they would as honestly answer— ' Sirs , ye know that by this craft vie have our wealth . '

      Chartism has just now to encounter a storm of ridicule and hatred , and may be destined to pass once more through the fires of persecution . But in spite of the deadly rage of its enemies , and ihe folly of some of its ' friends , ' it will prove its indestructibility , principles based upon immortal truth and eternal right , may defy the fiercest assaults of falsehood and tyranny . L'Ami dv Peuple .

      The Fraternal Democrats. A Meeting Of Th...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . A meeting of this association took place on Thursday evening , at Cartwright ' a CohVe Rooms , Redcross-street , Barbican . Mr T . M , Wheeler waa called to the choir . Juuar Haenet commented on the Gagging Law and the new Alien Bill , and showed the necessity of dissolving the eoeiety as then constituted . Mr T . Ireland moved and Mr Adams seconded the motion , that the society be dissolved . Carried . Mr Wheeler then left the chair with the thanks of the meeting . At nine o ' clock the public were admitted . Mr John M'Crae , delegate to the National Assembly was called to the cbair .

      Mr West ( delegatefrom Stotkport ) moved , ' That an association be forthwith formed , embracing the principles of the association just dissolved . ' The motion haying been seconded , and supported by Julian HaRNBT , was carried unanimously . A committee was then appointed to draw up a plan of organisation for the new society . Julias' Harney proposed the adoption of an address to the people . Mr John West seconded the motion in a telling speech , which was loudly applauded . Mr S . Kydd supported the motion in a lengthy , able , and eloquent speech , on the organisation of labour , wkich elicited enthusiastic applause . The address was unanimously adopted .

      It was then resolved , tbat the next meeting of members of tbe new Asseeiation should take place on Friday evening . May 12 th , ( atthe above-named place ) , at seven o ' clock , to adopt the plan of organisation ; and that the public be admitted at half-past eight o ' clock the same evening . The subject to be diseased will be the Commission for the Organisation ot Labour , instituted by the French Provisional Go » vernment . Thanks baring been voted to the chairman , and eloquently responded to by that gentleman , tbe meeting adjourned . Address of a Public Meeting of the members and friends of the Association of

      FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . Brethren , At a time when nalions longenslaved are breaking their chains , and liberty is winging her way from shore to shore , you find additional links added to jour fetters , by the men who have falsely assumed the name of ' Reformers , ' only that they might the more securely work in their unhallowed vocation of perpetuating the rei gn of oppression , and the domination of the privileged orders .

      The law recently enacted , entitled ' A Bill for the better security of her Majesty ' s Crown and Government , ' is one of the most tyrannical enactments ever forged in that workshop of misrule—St Stephen ' s . Here is the pith and substance of the law : — And be it enacted , that if any person whatsoever , after the passing of this Act , shall , within the realm or without , compass , imagine , invent , devise , or intend , to levy war against her Majesty , her heirs or successors , within any part of the United Kingdom , in order hy force or constraint to compel her or them to change ber or

      their men « nreB or counsels , or in erder to put any force or constraint upon , or in order to intimidate or overs m both Houses , or either House of Parliament , and such compassing , imaginations , inventions , devices , or fntentions , or any of them , shall express , utter , or declare , by publishing any printing or writing , or oy open and advised speakivff , or by any overt act or deed , every person so offending sfaall be guilty of felony , & c . The law then threatens the penalty of transportation against all offenders — transportation for life — or , at the discretion of the judge , any lesser term of not less than seven years .

      This law is intended to put an end to popular agitation against existing abuses . Tbe fierce and false denunciations in the press and parliament , levelled against tbe voice of the suffering people , ex . pressed through their delegates in the late Convention , and the murderous preparations made by the government , to crush an unarmed procession of the working classes , under the pretext—the foully false pretext—that the peaceably-disposed people contemplated the ' intimidating , ' ' overawing , ' and ' levying war , ' & c , & c , is sufficien t to show what were the intentions of the framers of the new law . The « Crown and Government Security Bill , is intended to secure all the abuses of tbe Crown ana ! Government , and put down b y force and terror every popular demand for right and justice .

      The men who in other days toasted ' the sovereignty of the people . ' who have repeatedly deelated that free discussion was the best safeguard of public peace and order , and echoed and re-echoed the words of Junius : — > The liberty of the press js like the air we breathe , if we have it not we polit ically die ; ' these are the men who , renegades to their former professions , have passed a law to muzzle the mouths of the suffering people , and place a gag upon the press . Lord John Russell has done his best to realise Shakespeare ' s description of a tyrant , at once hateful and contemptibile—• Man , vaio man dressM in a little brief authority , Like an angry ape - » ¦ -. Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angeli weep >'

      In reality , the Gagging Bill is a law to punish thinking as 'felony , ' for without free expression there can be no freedom of thought ; and least there should be any doubt about this , the liberal legislators of St Stephen's fulminate the penalties of « felony' against all who may ' compass , imagine , invent , devise , or intend' to put an end to their despotism ! Tbe laws of tbe Holy Inquisitors of Spain were not more despotic , unnatural and cruel . It is true the Holy Inquisitors racked , tortured ,

      and destroyed their victims by the most horrible means . Our rulers propose only to condemn their victims to life-long banishment , the horrors of the ' chain-gang' and the hell of Norfolk Island . Whether , however , the sharp and speedy tortures of Spanish priestcraft were not more merciful than the lingering miseries proposed to be inflicted under this law on the victims of British state-craft , is a question winch some may . be inclined to answer to the credit of the Inquisition of S pain , rather than the parliament of England .

      But the Gagging Bill will fail to effect the truly treasonable designs of its authors . It will not put down popular agitation . It will not stifle the voice of the oeople , because the people ' s wrongs are real and their demands just . Your wrongs are real ,- bear witness the haples condition of the agricultural labourers starving in the midst of the plenty they create ;—the rags of the manufacturing operatives , surrounded bv the cloths , cottons , and woollens they weave ;—the pestilential garrets , cellars , and hovels of the men who build the mansions and palaces of the sons of wealth and privilege j—the veritable slavery of the workers in mines , factories , and al most every description of employment;—the unhappy condition of the bas . tilled victims of poverty , punished lor being poor , and at the same time denied the means of obtaining for themselves independent subsistence . Bear witness , the . unhappy lot of the Highland and tbe Irish peasant , both the victims of all-devouring aristo-

      The Fraternal Democrats. A Meeting Of Th...

      cracy . Bear witness , the untold numbers of fa , peop le of Ireland , who in hundreds of thousand k have perished of famine and hunger-engendered fl pestilence . What have you gained by ' civilisation ? ' Worse e than nothing . Thousands suffer worse than the s woes of savage life , whilst wanting the freedom and J independence of SaWgflS . But enough . To paraphrase the words of a gr t man , applied by him to those monsters called 1 « kings ' , we may truly declare that the history of p our rukrs is the martyrology of the people .

      Your demands are just . You demand equal 1 rights and equal laws . You demand the right of ' labour , and to have guaranteed to you the fruits of f your labour . To tbat end you demand the Char . tub , for by and through it you could command I real protection for your labour . All the sophistries falsehoods , calumnies-, and violence of your enemies ' will fail to shake the justice of yeur cause . Strong - in the faith tbat you have right on your side , and i the happiness of all for the object of your mission you will march on , conquering and to conquer . ' '

      Another infamous measure , about to becomelaw demands passing notice . We allude to the new Alien Bill . This bill places tbe person of every ? ' foreigner' in the country at the mercy of the Se-. cretary of State , who may compel any suspected person , not being a native of these realms , to leave this country , under pain of imprisonment . This bill is not levelled against those privileged I ' foreigners' whose only vocation is to live in luxuri . ous idleness at the cost of the people of this coun-. try . Neither is it intended to operate against those royal tyrants and aristocratical conspirators who

      have been , or may be , driven to seek refuge in this land from the just wrath of the nations they have attempted to enslave . The Alien Bill is intended 1 for the two-fold abominable purpose of pla ' cing ia the hands of the government the power—first , to banish from the country any ' foreigner suspected of cherishing democratic principles , and sympathi . sing with the wronged people of this country in tbeir efforts to recover their rights ; second , to drive from this land any patriot proscribed by foreign tyrants . Henceforth , England is to be a refuge only for the enemies of Liberty ; the friends of freedom will no more find safety on her shores .

      The Gagging Bill is intended to prevent the march of Democracy at home—the Alien Bill is intended t o obstruct the progress of mankind ' s fraternity . Both laws are violations of the natural rights of man—and , therefore , treason to the people . There can be no question that the Alien Bill is levelled against this Association . Accordingly , we have this day dissolved the society of Fraternal Democrats , and thus released our ? foreign' brethren from their obligations as members . In the place of

      the old association , we have organised a new society devoted to the propaganda of the principles of Democracy and Fraternity . It will be necessary for the members Of the old society , who may desire to become members of the new , to signify the same to the officers of the society . The meetings of the Association will be open , and all its proceedings public , but precautions will betaken to guard honest men against the intrusion of spies , and the evil counsels ef dangerous characters .

      Although we have , for the sake of our 'foreign' friends , released them from their obligations to the society , the Fraternal Democrats wiU , nevertheless , continue to act the part of a ' Foreign Affairs Committee' to the Democratic Movement . Faithful to the principle proclaimed ja our original motto' All Men are Brethren , ' we shall continue , in spite of Gagging Bills and Alien Bills , to labour for the fraternisation of nations , and the destruction of tyranny and inequality , in every name and form , in this and every other land .

      The times are propitious for action . The success , ful example of other nations has excited a thirst for freedom amongst masses of the people of these islands , unquenchable by any means at the command of the enemies of progress . Nothing can prevent the final triumph of justice ; and that triumph is near , unless prevented hy disunion and imprudence in our own ranks . The fraternisation of the Irish Repealers with the Democrats of Britain is the most cheering of all the cheering ' signs of the times '—a sign foreshadowing the speedy liberation of both naiions . The new middle class movement attests the progress of Chartism . It is true we have no faith in tbe patriotism of the bourgeoisie , for profitraongering and patriotism must ever be nppoaed , but we have great faith in their one idea of

      selfpreservation . Their own political system is rapidly reducing them to utter ruin , and hence , their new . horn love for the proletarians . It is true they shrink from the adoption of the full measure of equal justice—the Charter ; nevertheless , we say , let them go on . The bourgeoisie will , by their agitation . keep the ruling few ( in spite of the Gagghnr Bill ) in a state of uneasiness , the only method , according to Bbntham , for the many to obtain justice . Their own necessities will impel them onwards . The people ' s part , while employing every wise means to hasten the crisis , is to abide by principle—steadfastly hold fast by the Charter , and when the hour of change comes , see that the change shall be one of complete popular emancipation—the downfall of Privilege and the triumph of Democracy .

      People of Great Britain and Ireland , let union pervade your ranks , and wisdom and energy ] guide your councils , and your victory is certain , the victory

      of' Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . ' John M Crae , Chairman . G . Julian Harney , Secretary London , Mav 4 th , 1848 .

      Suicibe.—Yesterday Mr Mills Held An Inqu...

      Suicibe . —Yesterday Mr Mills held an inquest at the Yorkshire Grey , Harapstead , upon J . hn Brewer , aged forty-oi e , a gardener . The deceased , who lived at 11 , Charles-street , Portland-town , and occupied the same room in whicit Hocker , the murderer , lived and was arrested , evinced for some time past mental aberration , and threatened to destroy himself , for the purpose , as he said , of ascertaining whe ' . her there was a God . Hia mental disease was aggravated by pecuniary difficulties . About eight o'clock last Monday morning , some boys , who were birdnesting , saw him hanging from a tree in a held

      adjoining Hampstead caurch . —Verdict , Insanity . Narrow Escapb . —On Saturday evening last , about five o ' clock , a cat was seen to run into a drain , near Mr Ratclifle ' s mill , Oldham , when a man standing by , sent in a favourite dog after it . As the deg did not return , tha man offered a lad foutpence to go in and fetch him . This the boy did , bui when lie had gone a lew steps , be appeared to have fallen into a lower drain , and to have gone gone on , thinking he was getting out . It was found necessary te open the drain in order to get him out , which was not accomplished until he had been in five bouts . Life

      was almost extinct , but , by the use of proper means ,, he was partially restored , and is now iu a fair way of recovery .

      Banttoijptsu

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      {From The Gazette Of Tuesday, May 2.) Ba...

      { From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 2 . ) bankrupts . Vincent Henry Hallpike , Cromer-street , Grav ' s-innroad , pianoforte milker—Richard Jewesson , Great Winchester . street , merchant-Thomas George Smith Adiim ' tcourt , Old Uroad-street , stockbroker—Edward Joseph I'luckrose , Kingsland road , teadealer-Elizabeth Marj Headland , Harley-street , Cavendish-aquare , lodKiBC housekeeper—Henry Bertram , Elizabeth street , Pimlico " wine merchent—Thomas Smith ; Vortsea and Birminshum , licensed hanker—James Kejmer , Lawrence-lane , Cheapslde , warehouseman—William Webb Ward , Stafford , metal dealer—Hubert Wolston , Stamford , Lancashire , bookmaker—Samuel Berry , Barnstaple , Derorshire , grocer-William i'loyd , Tavistock , Devonshire , victualler-John Ducio Jeffery , Sidmouth , Devonshire , apothecary-Richard Bcaulands , Halifax , innkeeper-Daniel M'Hard y , Almondbury , "Yorkshire , innkeeper-William Potter , Birkenhead , Cheshire nnd Liverpool , merchant—Edward Hall , Manchester , packer and makerup , and Ashton . uuder . Lyue , innkeeper .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTUATIONS . J . Fraser , Inverness , founder—A . Moffat , Glasgow carter —D . Henderson , Old Monkland , Lanarkshire smith .

      Deaths. On Friday, The 21st Ult., At Warrington, Aged Sixtyeight Yei.Re, Mr Kaluh Lawless, Of Lower Bank-Street.

      DEATHS . On Friday , the 21 st ult ., at Warrington , aged sixtyeight yei . re , Mr Kaluh Lawless , of Lower Bank-street .

      Universally Esteemed And Regretted By Al...

      Universally esteemed and regretted by all that knew bimbo was an affectionate husband , a UiuU father and a sincere friend . His end was peace . Mr William Simpson , on Saturday , April i 9 th . He was a democrat of twenty years' standing . BIRTH . At Leicester , on the 16 th inst ., the wife of Samuel Smith , of a ron . The boy has been named Feai ' b '"* O'Connor Smith . At St Marj's Church , Blackburn , the son of Jam * ' Crawshaw , named Thomas Stingsby Cravrshaw , on t > u »" day , the ligth March . feargus O'Connor Tait , the son of JVilliam and Curl Tait , of Middlesboro ' , at liiddlcsborcfchurcb , o « Sunday , theOsh of April .

      Printed By Dougal M'Howan, Of 16, Great Windaiu-' Street, Uaymarket, Iu The City Of Wiaituiiusfcir, At Th'

      Printed by DOUGAL M'HOWAN , of 16 , Great WindaiU- ' street , Uaymarket , iu the City of Wiaituiiusfcir , at th'

      Uib.Ce, »I T/I« Same Street And Fansh, F...

      uiB . ce , » i t / i « same street and fansh , for the t n pnetor , FEA . UGUS O'COiVNOR , Esq ., M . P ,, and puWish . d by William Hewitt , of Ko . 18 , Charles-street , Br hi ' don-strect , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , Nt "' ington , in the Counry of Surrey , at the Office ,-So . 1 > Great 'Windmill-street . Havmnrkpt , in . tU « City > f \» o .- ' » minster . —Saturday May , fith , IMP .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 6, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06051848/page/8/