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      Parliamentary Review. The Discussions On...

      rated . Th ^ e isno Talid reason ^ 'liatevertliat can be g-ven for stopping short of that point - ^ ^ iU ° l ?' aIlcllise ' «**""> ^ Smons ^ da-halfof Ihe five , you will oiriy have made the chains of the ^ emancipated slaves more sailing and more unendurable than before But * in fact , all the arguments of the supporters of Mr . Hume ' s four-point Charter carry them heyond the point Tvhere they arbitrarily take their stand . Mr . Hume ' s elaborate exposition of the inequalities of the franchise , and his demonstration that a small minorit y of the nat ion , in consequence of that unequal distribution , return the majorit y of Parliapared . Tn ^ e is no Talid reason -whafovmt « . «*

      ment , is a direct and conclusive argument in favour of Equal Electoral Districts . Mr . Hume , however , halts , and contents himself "with an indefinite proposition instead . Inlike manner , if the demand for an extension of the SuflVage be based upon the plain and intelligible ground , that taxation without representa tion , is tyranny , and that every man , by the theory of our Constitution , has a right to be represented in Parliament , we cannot see why Mr . Hume and his friends should stop at Householders ; -wh y not adopt a Manhood , instead of a brick , plaster ,

      and wood SuflVage ? It is , however , an immense advantage to Chartism to have their princi ples and objects thus discussed , by the intervention of a " respectable" half-and-half party . The House is so constituted ,, at present , that a debate on the Charter itself would he difficult to raise . Either the House would he " counted out , " or the motion shelved by a contemptuous and unreasoning majority , after a few brief words . But the motion of" Tuesday night , while it failed in its immediate object , helped on immensely the Chartist movement . These repeated failures Avill make the middle-class Heformers more in earnest with

      their own agitation , and prove to them not only the strength of the resisting forces which they have to overcome , hut , at the same time , that in order to succeed there must be a national movement . That can never be obtained until all pattering and compromises with princi ples are utterly abandoned , and a stand taken upon a broad , definite , and intelligible foundation . Sir G-. Giiey and Lord J . Kussell did their best to drive 3 Lr . Hume and his friend ' s into this position . They plainly indicated that they regarded the motion as identical with the Charter , and . gave the latter the preference , as being the most plain , honest , and straightforward proposition of the two ; and we trust that mature reflection

      will convince the supporters of thenewKeform movement , that their true policy in future is , to abandon their temporising policy , and come out boldly for a just Electoral system . Any change which excludes a single man of full age , sound mind , and untainted by crime will leave the injustice ¦ which taints the present system untouched , and its continuance wc firmly believe the people of this country have resolved not to permit . Every debate and division in Parliament hastens the time when the monopoly of votes must follow in the train of other monopolies already destroyed . That this period is not distant may be inferred from the two articles that have appeared in the Ministerial organ since thc division on Tuesday night . Echoing Lord J . Russeli in the first , it endeavoured to snow that there was no economical

      ground for change , inasmuch as this year the estimates for the naval , military , and other services are about £ 300 , 000 less than last year , and that really the House of Commons docs represent the people pretty tolerably and reflects public opinion wiih considerable accuracy . Its pooh , pooh tone in th-first article , however , subsided , when a more minute examination of the division list and sundry renections thereon , brought out the uncomfortable iact that eighty-three fcivcr members voted against litfvrm t / iis year than last . That is a huge hody of wavercrs and waiters upon Providence , and if the defection continues lord Jonx will he left alone with his Tory allies to oppose thc progress of

      constitutional Reform . For this task he is every way fined . As years pass over his head , his " finality " propensities developc themselves more and more . The speech he delivered on Tuesday was a slavish vojiy of those in which C-ixxrxc and Peel opposed him , when he was a Reformer . The same old rusty substitutes for arguments were brought forth , with this difference " ; that whereas Canning had wit , talent , and intellect , Lord Jonx was incapable of infusing these elements into the rccJtaujje of sophism and insolence which he served up on the occasion . Mr . Oshorxe truly designated it" a melancholy exhibition , " and with equal truth drew the character of the Whig aristocracy as bavin '' Jioen at all times more anti-liberal than the

      real aristocracy of the realm . In the WOVUS 01 Swift , they " Forget the dunghilLwhere they grew , And think themselves ' the Lord knows who " Hut even the stunted intellect and purblind vision of lord Jons discerns in thc political hemisphere the signs of approachingchanges , and thereforcinacold , hesitating , and vague way , he intimated that if the pressure became very strong , he might perhaps iavoar the country at some indefinite period wiih some small changes . "We thauk the little lord—little in all senses—cordially for nothing . Rifore that time comes the game will be out of his own hand , and will have to be played

      hy holder statesmen . Even the " Times " sees this , and counsels his Lordship to take time by the forelock , and follow up his damaging admissions by some practical measure . These admissions the " Times , " with an engaging candour peculiarly its own , says , " are embarrassing , because they are founded in trnth and justice . " How long " truth and justice" are to he theoretically admitted and practically denied in Parliament , wc must leave to time to determine . Meanwhile wc repeat , that the debate has g iven an immense impetus to the question of Parliamentary Deform ; and that everything ¦ which tends to promote full and fair discussion of ihe question , must inevitably accelerate the passing of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land .

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      Receipts Of The Kational Land Company Fo...

      RECEIPTS OF THE KATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob the " Week Ending Thursday , Jcxe 7 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s d . Sleiford .- 0 2 0 Wigton .. 0 C « Kortli Shields .. 2 0 0 IL : niell .. 0 10 0 lnverkcithing .. 1 19 0 J . Stevenson \ .. 0 5 0 Brighton " .. 2 15 C James Cuttris -. 0 10 0 IXottmgliam .. 0 IS 1 O GJMowl .. 0 1 G lYcstfm , Brown <» IS 0 J . V % urs .. 0 3 0 Brighton , Xo . 2 0 19 0 Vfithani - — 2 0 0 £ 13 S 4 EXPENSE FUND . Invirhcdthing .. 0 10 Brighton , Xo . 2 , 0 10 2 w > niii < diain .. 010 ¦ Se « vt «» 0 5 C £ 0 S G

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      Executive Fund. Received By S. Kydd.—Gla...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Kydd . —Glasgow , £ 1 las . ; Hamilton , 10 s . FOR MRS . WT'DOUALL . Received by "V 7 . Bidek . —Afew Friends , HawicS , 5 s . - DEFENCE FUND . Heceived at Land Office . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Cd , FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . '' BecoivedljyTiv ' . BroEH . —Dalkciui , perJ . Lamont , 2 sCd . ; Kottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 s . 3 d . ; Charterrille , per Chas . Arnold ? £ 110 s . ; G . and \ V . Dixon , near Melton Mowhray 5 s . ; Birmingham . People ' s Hall , per "W . Budhall , Gs . Cd . ; rDitto , ditto , Is . Cd . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Bewared by J . Ahnom . — Ernest Jones locality , per Mr . > I « V « di . 7 s . Sid . ; part proceeds of Harmonic . Meeting at the Argyll Arms , ilanchester-street , per J . Boulton , as . ; "Westminster , per J . Grasshy , 2 s . 80 . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per Thomas Brown . 3 s . Cd . ; llrs . JNewley , Is . ; Miss . Nimmonds , Is . ; Mrs . M'Gee , Is . ; lire . Brown , Is . ; Mr . Bider , as per filar £ 2 13 s . 30 . j Crown and Anchor , per J . 1 ' elteret , 3 s . ;" Lccture-haH , rhflpotstreet , per G . Bamsden , Ss . — Total , £ 4 7 s . 7 Jd . " . * This sum is said to have been sent six weeks ago . Do not enclose <•»«* In letters , as it may not reach us .

      Dr John Webster (Uedicol Times) Remarks:...

      Dr John Webster ( Uedicol Times ) remarks : How frequent is lunacy in Paris . During the last revolution a great number lost their reason ; the louleversement produced a most lamentable effect ; and the same thine happened m former times . In Ifapoleon ' s reign there were at one time fifteen Louis Eighteenths ia the BicC-tre .

      Dr John Webster (Uedicol Times) Remarks:...

      ., r densely crowded public meeting was Held at the City Theatre , Milton-street , on Monday evening , June 4 th . Dr . Brooks was called to the chair . On the platform we noticed F . O ' Connor , Esn . j M . P ., and the members of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , Mr . Reynolds , & c . On entering the theatre the honourable member for ^ Nottingham was received with tremendous cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs . The Chairman called on all to keep good order and attend , to that which mi ght be submitted to them . Much depended on the course of conduct pursued . If they fulfilled treir duty the gentlemen present , as speakers , would , without doubt , do lUGlFSa ; - -

      The Secketab * ( Mr . Brows ) read letters from * tt > s ™ > ° n behalf of T . S . Dancombe , Esq ., e "V . " ? Was eonfined to the Louse from illness ; from Sharnmn Crawford , Esq .., M . P . ; and from D . wire , Esq ., who said he was not a Chartist , but was m favour of Household Suffrage , Ballot , and Inenmal Parl iaments ; and from B . Osborne , Esq ., t » ? k Secretary also announced that Mr . Reynolds had given one guinea towards the expenses of the meeting . Mr . Reynolds then came forward to move the first resolution as follows : —

      _ That as there are seven millions of male adult population in this kingdom , and but one million represented by the Commons House of Parliament as at present constituted , we , the inhahitants of the ( Sty of London and its vicinity now present , protest against the right of that Assembly to enact laws which all must obey ; and we earnestly call upon the legislature , injustice to the whole people of the United Kingdom , to establish our representative system upon the following principles : —Manhood SuflVage—Vote by Ballot-Annual Parliaments—No Property Qualification—Equal Electoral Districts—and Payment of Members ; as set forth in a bill entitled the "People ' s Charter , " which ,. in the opinion of this meeting , will ensure a full and fair representation of the whole people . He said : Xo one could possibly propose such , a resolution with more pleasure than himself . . How had they lost it ? Xot bv any misconduct , but by a

      powerful oligarchy , amongst whom he classed not only the hereditary legislators but the landed interests , who were careless of driving you to desperation . What was the reason assigned for refusing yon the suffrage—ignorance ! But you are not too ignorant to produce them all the delicacies , excellencies , and elegancies of life . Mr . Reynolds referred to the Estimates , and drew down a burst of laughter at the expense of the Triennial Silver Trumpets ; those things were kept up for the Queen , but she was not to blame , as she knew nothing of them . ( Hear . ) Ballot was necessary for protection . Even in America they did not like " to act without it . Annual Parliaments were necessary to prevent men voting for suspension of Habeas Corpus , « fcc . How often had Mr . O'Connor stood alone in that House . ( Great cheering . ) But it would not he the ease had we Annual Parliaments

      The abolition of the Property Qualification was also necessary , as it was men not property that should be there ; and as all men were not rich it was necessavy to pay them , besides the present system led to hunting for places . In France the system had led to the representation of all classes , from the porter oh the quay , and Labour now adorned the Legislature of France . ( Much applause . ) Now then for Equal Electoral Districts . "Why should Harwich have as much influence as the Tower Uamlets ? the constituency of which was too numerous to be made drunk , and too many to be bribed .

      There were 656 members in the House , and he thought it a fair calculation to say , that from a million and a half to two millions was spent in obtaining those seats , though , of course , there were exceptions . Was it not , then , high time that the Charter should be had ? That taxation might be lessened , and the condition of the people he raised in thc social scale . ( Cheers . ) Irish misery was caused b y misgovernment , and he believed that neither Irish misery nor English wrongs would he redressed until the Charter became law . ( Cheers , ) Mr . Dixon seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Thomas Clarke in rising was loudly applauded . He said : Mr . Chairman and friends , it is my duty to submit to vou the following resolution ;—That as it is averred hy the leading Parliamentary anil Financial Heformers—that Parliamentary must precede Financial Reform—this meeting would submit to that class of Kefoi-mers the justice and policy of adopting the principles submitted in the previous resolution as the basis of our representative system , as we believe , should the Elective Franchise be conferred as a privilege hut to a portion of thc people instead of as a rigH to the whole of the male adult population , not disqualified by crime or insanity , there must still be disafiectioii rankling in the minds of the unenfranchlsed , which win lead to agitation and other evils of civil warfare , which can only be avoided by dealing out equal j ustice to all classes iu the state .

      "When I inform yon that the resolution will be seconded by the hon . member for Nottingham , you will agree with me that I need not say much in its support . Ton will observe that we call upon our reform friends to accept the principles of the People ' s Charter as the basis of a combined movement : and unless they do so their movement will be deprived of much support which it would otherwise get , and their present object , if attained , will fall far short of thrt justice to which the people are entitled . ( Cheers . ) The essential difference between those moderate Reformers and ourselves is , that we , the Chartists , demand the suffrage as a right , and they seek its extension merely as a matter of expediency . ( Hear . ) This difference was made apparent bv the hon . member for the West Riding , who ,

      on the occasion for the last motion of Mr . Hume in parliament , for the extension of the franchise , aigued that with respect to the suffrage there was no such thing as right , but that its limitation depended entirely upon expediency . 3 fow , we broadly assert that to tax us without our consent—and our consent can only be obtained through direct representation—is . to rob us of our property , and in the language of the hon . member for Derby ( Mr . L . Heyworth ) , those who practice upon us in such a manner are thieves . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Indeed , the present House of Commons is , to the six millions , of unrepresented men . nothinsr either more or less than a

      complicated piece of thieving machinery—( cheers ) —and all the members of that " honourable" House partake of the honour of this doubtful morality . ( Laughter . ) Perhaps I ought to except the lion , member who isat present on the platform . ( Cheers . ) If one man were to take the property of his neighbour as the Parliament takes ours , would not the law treat him as a thief ? ( Hear , hear . ) Well then , what is dishonesty in one man surely cannot behonestv in six hundred and fifty-eight men . ( Cheers . ) * I , therefore , think that all political movements ought to be based upon right , and , accordingly , have much pleasure in moving the adoption of the resolution . ( Cheers . )

      When Mr . O'Ccwtnok rose , he was received with several rounds of most enthusiastic applause . He said : Mi-. Chairman and my friends , I have left the other House , where your Ministers are voting supplies out of your pockets , and I am come to this house to' consult with you as to the means of converting those supplies to a more useful and profitable purpose . ( Cheers . ) There is no resolution that I could more cheerfully support , or with more consistency , than that submitted to you , and for this simple reason—because it proclaims the only means by which the end that we seek can he

      accomplished . Thc means are the People's Charter , whole and entire , and the end is an equitable distribution of that property created by thc industry of the country —( cheers)—and , however they and their class may he juggled by anticipations of social benefits , arising from any other political measure , he was determined , if he stood alone , to persevere in the advocacy of those principles , which alono could confer substantial benefit upon the toiling millions . ( Cheers . ) He would now recall their minds to a few simple facts—namely , to the social changes anticipated by the people as the result of the political changes in the struggle for which they were enlisted , and for the

      achievement of which many lives were ' lost , but from not one of which have the working classes derived one particle of benefit . The first was Catholic Emancipation , and that was resisted until the field officers , with whom the Duke of Wellington placed himself in communication , informed his grace that reliance could be no longer placed upon the loyalty of the army . ( Cheers . ) " Well , that was a sufficient proof that the acts and measures ofgova-nineiit were based upon reliance on brute force , rather than upon justice or wise policy . The Irish , a Catholic nation , thus achieved what they foolishly considered religious liberty , while the Catholic people still recognise the conqueror-s trophy in

      every church steeple , and the conqueror ' s representative iu every Protestant parson ; ( Cheers . ) The impoverished Catholic - saw the conquering Protestant go to InV eomfbrtr able place of worship , . while his own chapel was dilapidated or unroofed ; and this in a Catholic country , that had achieved its emancipation from Protestant bondage . But as he had explained , it was achieved through fear- —from the apprehension that it was dangerous . longer to withhold it ; and from this they would learn the important fact—that measures extracted from the fears of the ruling power , may be rendered null and void by the administrators of that power , while measures based upon the

      Dr John Webster (Uedicol Times) Remarks:...

      united will of the whole people , would he carried out with fidelity , and would confer equal justice , upon all . ( Cheers . ) "Let them bear in mind , that the task which he had undertaken , was to prove to the working classes that all promised social changes were based upon the hope of transferring political power from the hands of one party to those of another , and that was a new which they had never yet taken of the question . Well , ' next came Reform , and could any—the most enthusiastic Chartist , picture to his own mind , more complete social changes than were anticipated from that measure ? ( Cheers . ) And

      was it not by the popular strength enlisted by anticipation of those social changes , that reform was carried ? There was no " gagging bill ' then ; and what did the people do ? Why they carried a full-length portrait of their king , with his head twisted , and the bloody executioner threatening it with the axe , if he resisted that political change from which the people were led to expect those social benefits . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no loyal resistance jipon the part of the Whigs to this democratic insanity ; but , when they had achieved political power , then , to prove iheir constitutional loyalty , they hung and transported the

      v ery parties whom they had roused to furious madness by hope of a better social condition . ( Cheers . ) Let him illustrate the popular notions of Reform . He sat upon an Election Committee for eight days in the year 1833 . The contest was between Mr . Pngh , a . Tory , and Colonel Edwards , a Whig , then changed into a Liberal . A Welsh carter , who stated that he was made drunk by Mr . Pugh ' s party aud voted for that gentleman , was examined . He , ' Mr , O'Connor , asked him , "For whom did you vote ? ' He replied , " For Mr . Pugh , because I was made drunk . " He then asked him , " For whom would you have voted had

      you been sober 5 " He replied , " For Eddards , to be sure ! " " Why for Colonel Edwards ?" "Because he is a Reformer , to be sure !" "Well , are you a Reformer ? " . "Yea , to be sure I am ! " " Well , now , what does reform mean ? " "Reform , reform , why , I don't know . '' ( Loud laughter . ) " Well , but if you stop there for a week you shall answer me . Now , what does reform mean ? " " Reform , reform ; why roast beef and plum pudding to be sure ! " ( Roars of laughter . ) Well , but let them observe that according to the present franchise , the votes of a few such incapable drunkards may turn the scale , while ,

      if it was open to all , the ignorance and beastiality of the few would be controlled b y the discretion of the many . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , next came free trade . ( Laughter and " Ay . ? ' ) Ay ! and although that promised the social benefit of "high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , " yet , nevertheless , the people were politically enlisted to support it . They were told that none but Liberals could carry it , and that none but Tories opposed it . Well , they had that political change , but did they derive the social benefit of "hi g h wuges , cheap bread , and- plenty to do ? ( Laughter , and "No . " ) Well , then , ( said

      Mr . O' Connor ) are you now going to he juggled for the fourth time , and again to be caught in thc Financial Reform trap , which is based upon political change ? ( Cries of "No , never . " ) Well , now he would show them the difference between House of Cominoias liberalism and platform liberality . Colonel Thompson —( Groans and hisses)—stop , stop , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not about to make a single comment upon the question , that he would leave to them ; but , ' when the question of reducing the salaries of Ministers was submitted to the House of Commons , by Mr . Henley , a Tory ; Colonel Thompson and Mr . Brotherton

      — -two platform financial reformers—not only voted against the reduction , but spoke against it , declaring that Ministers were the last parties whose salaries should be reduced . ( Corir tinued groans and hisses . ) Now , then , he had shown them—and he hoped pretty clearly —how all hope of social change through transfer of political power from one party to another , had been disappointed in their own day ; and now he would show them , that it was but in strict keeping with the policy of former times . Seventy years ago , when Charles James Fox , and his Whig associates , were looking for political power , they discovered

      that the force capable of achieving it for tliem could only be recruited from the popularranks , and they baited the popular trap with every single point of the People's Charter . Well , what Avas the consequence ? Why , that when Fox and Ids party achieved power , through democratic influence , he brought in a bill . to disqualify government contractors from sitting in the House of Commons , and when it was passed he triumphantly said , "There is your Charter , now be quiet . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Well , they cheered , but they should not laugh , for the admission was a censure upon their order . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , having

      been thus deceived in ancient and modern times , would they allow themselves to be caught in thc financial trap ? ( Cries of "No , never . " ) He had , and he hoped clearly , expounded the social changes that had resulted from political changes , and he would conclude that part of his subject with an assertion , that thc toiling millions would never derive any , the slightest , social benefit from any political change save and except the People's Charter , whole and entire ' . —( loud and long-continued cheering)—a measure to which he had devoted the best days of his life , and in the struggle for which he would continue if all deserted it . ( Renewed cheering . ) Let , him now call their attention to the manner in

      which odium had been heaped upon the social and political principles which he and millions advocated . In 1793 , when the French Revolution had affrighted this isle from its propriety , the Radicals of that day , who , though but few , were active—were designated " Jacobins , " their opponents well knowing that , although " a rose by any other name would smell as sweet , " that a name given to a political party may confer upon it general odium and reprobation . Thus they designated Radicals as Jacobins , and many an honest man with this name affixed to him was ducked and otherwise ill-treated . Well , some time after , Radicalism became a little more fashionable , and we adopted the hated

      appellation , those who competed with us calling themselves " Liberals , " the odium still remaining attached to tho term "Radical . " Well , when the progress of the age had wiped the stain off Radicalism , they gave us the name of Chartists , and now they call themselves Radicals , and knowing the importance attached to a political name , which the Press of faction can cover with odium , they seek to attach to us the new appellation of Republicans , while , if wc accepted it , they would designate us as Devils ; they would accept the name of Chartists themselves , but not our principles , and upon this fallacy they would enlist the opposition , —nay , the deadly antagonism—of slioptradersLoud cheers

      keeners , middle-class , and . ( . ) Well , then , were they prepared , thus warned , to cut their own throats , and being driven to the necessity of drasping another political name through the gauntlet of persecution ? ( Cheers , and " No . " ) Let him now illustrate the legal consequences attached to a political name , it is always taken . as the representation of a social principle ; thus , when Lovettand CollinsVcre tried at Warwick ( and mind , before a jury of farmers ) Mr . Justice Littledale , most unconstitutionally , unjustly , and untruly , told tiie jury of farmers that the social object of the Chartists was to take the land from its present owners , and divide it amongst themselves . ( Shouts of

      " Shame ! " ) Yes , it was shame to the judge to tell such a falsehood , but was it not a perfect confirmation of his argument , that even the . law attached a social meaning to a political-name ? .. ( Cheers . ) Now , he would draw their attention to the social odium that was sought to be attached to Chartism , —every man in that meeting was a Socialist —(* ' no , no »» . j _ ycs , yes , —I am a Socialist , and you are all Socialists , ni the true acceptation of the term , which means the adaptation of things to the existing state of society . ( Cheers . ) Well , then , see the construction that thc writers put upon the , term Socialists . They , without any , the slightest Socialists Infidels

      distinction , characterise all as . Sr hear . ) Sw he ( Mr . O'Connor , ) , was not prepared to interfere with the religious opinions of anv man , —( hear , hear , )—no man had a right to interfere with his , and if there was a fair adjustment of the labour question , then all those religious heart-burnings would be altogether lost sight of , when the industrious millions had some better occupation than preaching religious antagonism . ( Cheers . ) Now , he had no objection in a happy community to see Protest ants - going to . the same church , as Catholics and Dissenters . The Protestant minister , developing his notions of Christianity at one hour , the Catholic minister

      Dr John Webster (Uedicol Times) Remarks:...

      at another how , and the Dissenting minister at another hour , while the Socialists may devote their hour to recreation ; but in the long run all would come to the same conclusion , that God created all and the earth for all , but not one thousand and one religions to constitute antagonism and deadly feuds amongst all . ( Loud cheers . ) He would now show them how a new social principle was sought to be attached to the political principle of . Chartism : some most enthusiastic fools were endeavourin g to galfl popularity by proclaiming and preaching the lascinat'ng doctrine , that the land is national property . Well , he ( Mr . 0 "Connor ) had often declared that God gave us land but the Devil gave us landlords ; hut then see the worse than folly of trvinff j . / . t » it . ! tw > n .. 'i . i :. ° ~ :... i- .-. j < 1 . » * ... ' . p iwmiioui iiiuiu uiviuc mind

      , . .. uunu , or me puoiic , by reliance upon such moonshine . It is the very tiling that has always destroyed the popular party . The very moment we are ripe for moral action , that moment some egregious or enthusiastic fool causes dissension in our ranks , by tickling the mind with the hone of attaining an impracticable object . Aow , will those preachers , who proclaim the land to bo national property , have thc honestv or the courage to admit that muskets , bayonets , swords , potards , cannons , bombshells , forts , fortresses , ramparts , men-of-war , sailors , and soldiers , arc also national property ; and that snch national property , like land national property , is not at the command of the people , but at the disposal and beck of those who possess land property , moncv nronertv . and all

      property , wrung from the sweat of the poor man ' s brow , and accumulated from a depreciation of wages in consequence of the monopoly of class-representation , based upon this monopoly of this physical force , which enables thorn for a time to resist the progress of mind , until the British minister has discovered that , the voice of knowledge has silenced the cannon ' s roar ? And although now a mere cipher , a nonentity in the House of Commons , belonging only to the people , who . are not represented in that House , then the minister will say : "Mr ., 0 ' Connor , is there anything else the people wish for ? let them ask and they snail have . " ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) * Let the people bear in mind , that it was more easy to predict the coming events of one , two , or even six years , in

      olden times , than it is now to predict the events of six weeks , yea , or six days . We live in the age of progress , and the news of to-day , will be stale upon tho morrow , and yet , in thc midst of this progress of mind , our silly rulers hope to rock their little cradle in the midst of surrounding convulsions and revolutions ! ( Loud cheers . ) Let them contrast the dogged stolidity of English rulers , as compared with the onward march of other countries . Prussia , a despotism eighteen months ago , has proclaimed Universal Suffrage , no Property Qualification , and four years' Parliaments , with many other vital and important changes , as the basis of its constitution , while our stupid rulers doggedly resist any , the smallest concession to the popular will . ( Cheers . ) Well , then he would ask whether ministerial

      acquiescence to the principles of the People ' s Charter , would bo as great , or as liberal a change in this country , as the change from despotism to a free constitution in Prussia ? ( Loud cheers . ) Did England hope much longer , even under a policy based upon fear of the progress of mind , to remain at peace , while her allies wore at war all over the world ? and were they not aware , that the first shot fired abroad would be followed by the proclamation of the People ' s Charter at home ? ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then it was to prepare the English mind for those coming changes , that he once more resumed his position as demagogue upon the platform . And now to make a summary of this branch of his discourse , he would tell them , that faction's only reliance , for resistance to the Charter , was based upon that

      odium which the industrious Press could attach to the social ends to bo achieved by our political means . ( Cheers . ) Once let the middle classes , the shopkeepers , and . all who have property to lose , understand that our political principle is , to convert their properties to the use and benefit of those who have no property ; and then , my friends , they can marshal under such a cry , a sufficient amount of special constable force as would enable them to spare their military strength for foreign purposes . ( Loud cheers . ) "What , hut the odium attached to the social objects of Chartism , has filled , their dungeons and their transport ships ? While , so far from preaching revolutionary doctrines or spoliation , he would now faintly sketch his scheme of Financial Reform , by which he would make thc rich richer ,

      the poor rich , making compensation to all , for the losses they have sustained by misgovernment and a misappropriation of the national funds . ( Cheers . ) Had they any property ? ( Shouts of" No ! " ) Yes , he would show them that they had more than would pay the national debt . Tho land , or rather the encumbrance upon the land , termed poor rates , was their property . It was the first encumbrance upon every estate , and no estate could be sold discharged from that liability . Lord Brougham stated , that last year it amounted to £ 8 , 140 , 000 ; but , take it nakedly at ; £ 8 , 000 , 000 and at thirty-three years' purchase , which was much under the value , as it was to the land what ground rent was to the house , thc first charge that must bo paid . Now , in order to destroy antagonism , to do justice to all , and injustice

      to none , he would reduce those poor rates to make compensation to the landlords for free trade to five . millions a-year , and which at thirtythree years' purchase , your property , —always mind yours!—after generously giving nearly one-half to the landlords , would produce one hundred and sixty-five millions . ( Loud cheers . ) Wait a minute , this is thc labour question—my hobby—the question to which I have devoted my past life , ana to thc realisation of which I will devote my whole life , if necessary , but I hope it will not . ( Loud cheers . ) Now with one hundred and fifty millions of your own money , I would constitute half a million of a yeoman class national militia . And what could I do with them ? Why the or . e hundred and fifty millions would give to each of tho half million eight

      acres of land , averaging £ 25 per acre , and £ 100 in cash ; £ 70 or £ 00 to be expended in a cottage , which could be added to from year to year , according to the requirements of the family , and £ 40 in cash to commence agricultural operations , ( Loud cheers . ) " Now mind , I am not like a visionary theorist , applying other men's money to labour purposes , but by the proper application of the labour fuiid I am conferring a large boon . upon the landlord and farming class . Well , each of those 500 , 000 tenants should pay £ 15 a-year for their eight acres , and £ 100 capital , and that would produce a revenue of seven millions and a half per annum , and leave not a pauper in the land . Perhaps the currency gentlemen may tell me that there is not a sufficient amount of floating capital to purchase this land .

      My answer is , —that I do not want a guinea , as every landlord would be but too happy to give up a slip of his property , getting his share of three millions a-year as his reward ; while all house property subject to the poor rates would , even at the present standard , sell like a debenture in the market , and fetch thc amount of ready money required . And now , he would ask , whether any plan projected by the Financial Reformers would , or by any possibility could , confer so great a boon upon every class in the state , from the manufacturer himself down to the humblest tradesman , operative , or labourer in the country ? Where is the man , then , of any trade that would be out of employment ? Where is the shopkeeper that would bo without customers ? AVhere is the man that would dare allow hin child ,

      or where is the child that would dare allow his father or mother , to become a . pauper or a beggar ? ( Cheers . ) So much for poor rates property ; and now he would deal with church property , which lie- would also contend was thc property of the state , and that thc labour of thc industrious constituted the main prop of tho state . _ Well , that property , throughout thc empire , with its appendages , contingencies , ecclesiastical courts , <& c , may be lowly estimated at £ 10 , 000 , 000 , but he would make the landlords a present of £ 2 , 000 , 000 , thus reducing it to £ 8 , 000 , 000 , and that , at thirtv-thrce years' purchase , would sell for £ 204 , 000 , 000 ! but of ithat fund he would give £ 40 , 000 , 000 to the present incumbents—that is , he would give to each five years' purchase as compensation for the loss of

      tithes ; so that a man with a living of £ 1 , 000 ayear , would receive £ 5 , 000—the men with £ 500 would receive £ 2 , 500 , and each should pay his own labourer , who does his work—his curate—ten years ' purchase upon his salary , as his education has cost hiin as much as that of his master , and the curates , according to class , are the worst paid set of men in the community . ( Cheers . ) Kow , he hoped they were following him through his solution of the labour question . ' ( Cheers and " Yes . " ) Up till now he had only presented the miniature of his plan , but now he believed thc mind was prepared to receive the fulllength portrait . Well , he had dealt with the property of the people thus : —He had given the landlords five millions a-year ; he had given thc parsons forty millions of the money of the people , and he

      had located half a million upon eight acres each , with a cottage , and £ 40 to begin , leaving a rental of seven million five hundred thousand pounds to be paid by this yeoman class , ' and after thus dealing with the several interests , it left him . a surplus of fifteen millions from poor rates , and two hundred and twenty-four millions from church property , thus supplying a capital of two hundred and thirty-nine millions . And now I come to its application , namely , to the reduction of the national debt . Now , for every £ 60 borrowed , you , the taxpayers of England , are paying the fundholdcr £ 100 ; while—curious to say —that £ 00 would purchase more of your labour

      than £ 100 would purchase when the £ 60 was lent . Well , then , who can say that we commit an act of injustice if we repay the fundholdcr now thc exact amount ho lent to keep " Bony " out , and save his own property ; and especially mind , when the £ < 50 now would purchase more of thc produce of your labour than £ 100 would purchase when he lent the smaller sum . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , paying tho fundholdei- at thc rate of , £ 60 to the £ 100 , which is a handsomedividend for a bankrupt nation- to pay , and then see how we stand : the two hundred and thirty-nine millions saved from church and

      Dr John Webster (Uedicol Times) Remarks:...

      poor-rate property would reduce the national debt to little more than two hundred millions , while from the five hundred thousand small farmers wo receive seven millions and a half of rent , which , after paying £ 3 per cent ., or six millions a year upon the two hundred millions of national debt , would leave us a million and a half a year for education , hospitals , and comfortable provision for the old and infirm who may require it , though then they would be but few , as the neglect of parents would then be a national disgrace . ( Loud and continued cheering followed this statement . ) Now , ( continued Mr . O'Connor ) , there is my financial-budget : I save tho nation twentyseven millions a year , as interest of the national

      debt—ten millions in tithes , and eight millions in poor rates , making- forty-five millions a year , and a million and a half to tho improvement and comfort of the people ; every curate may become a schoolmaster , and every parson a preacher of his own creed upon tho voluntary system ; then they would be loved instead of . being despised ; then cruelty and drunkenness would bo banished from the land ; the condition of every class -would be benefitted , and although he had made no calculation of the abandonment of our war force , yet he ventured to predict , that such a community would not require a soldier , or a policeman , to preserve peace , and that 110 government need then apprehend the invasion of a foreign force . But ( said

      Mr . O' Connor ) , I live before my time , thc speculators will toll you that it would be impossible to find money to effect these gigantic changes , while the speculators found no difficulty in extracting nearly three hundred millions , in a few years , to speculate in railroads and other fascinating jobs . ( Loud cheers . ) And , be it remembered , that every farthing applied to those monster speculations , has been wrung from the sweat of the labourer . ( Cheers . ) But although every scheme of theirsis not only practicable but patriotic ^ any , even the most feasible , plan suggested for thc improvement of thc poor , is visionary , speculative , absurd and impracticable . And why ? Because the capitalist control of the labour market allows the speculator

      to jump from his clogs into Spanish leather bootsfrom the dung cart into the splendid carriage . ( Loud cheers . )^ Mr . Reynolds , Mr . Clark , and Mr , Dixon , who had preceded him , had made very able speeches upon the labour question , and the question of governmental expenses . Mr . Reynolds had called their attention to the gross amount expended npon royal palaces , and other regal requirements ; b ' ut , as was his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) custom , he considered it his duty to analyse those several sums , in order that the working classes may be perfect masters of the subject , and with that view , lie would analyse the several expenditures , and apply them to thc labour question . In twelve years , one million and a half of money had been spent , not on building , but

      improving Windsor palace , aud that money if expended for the benefit of those from whose pockets it was filched , would locate fifteen thousand persons , upon four acres of land each , —or , at five to a family , would provide for seventy-five thousand people , and each of those would give profitable employment to another family , making a total of one hundred and fifty thousand people ! ( Loud cheers , and " Shame . " ) Well , not only would those fifteen thousand small farmers give employment , each , to another family , but all would ho better customers to every branch of trade , and to the manufacturers . ( Cheers . ) Well , now , it was boasted that twelve hundred thousand pounds of English money was expended upon Irish

      workhouses ; and as , ere long , every Irish landlord , farmer , and shopkeeper will have to take refuge in these domiciles , you have three hundred thousand pounds more expended upon the decoration of one palace than upon the erection of habitations for a whole nation . ( Shouts of " Shame" ) I toll you ( continued Mr . O'Connor , ) that it is no shame to Uiosc who did it , but it is' a shame to those who paid for it , to have tolerated it . ( Cheers . ) Well , as he never was tired of expounding this labour question , let them now understand that there were two hundred and sixteen thousand pounds expended upon furnishing that palace , and that sum at twenty-five pounds to the acre , would purchase eia ; ht thousand six hundred and forty acres

      of land ! There were guts for a palace . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) And that quantity of land would furnish two thousand one hundred and sixty families with four acres each , or provide for ten thousand ei g ht hundred people , who would give constant employment to ten thousand eight hundred more ; and thus there has been expended upon thc nacre renewal of the furniture for one palace , as much as would give constant and remunerative support to twenty-one thousand six hundred people , all of whom would be excellent customers to every trader , and not one of whom would require a fraction of relief . ( Cheers . ) Well , ho believed there were , last year , one thousand seven hundred pounds spent upon additional kitchen furniture for well

      Buckingham palace . ( Shoutsof " Shame . ' ) , he thought he had now clearly expounded the labour question , and he would recall their attention to a prophecy lie had made with regard to the effect that free trade would have upon tho English labour market . He told them that the Irish labourers would come here to compete with them . Well , what was the fact ? Why that- he had the permission of a gentleman , cultivating three hundred acres of his own land in Lincolnshire , to state here , or in thc House of Commons , that whereas last year he was paying his labourers 2 s . 3 d , per day , or 13 s . Od . per week , he is now paying them one shilling per day , or six shillings a week . ( Cries of " Oh , oh , oh . " ) And this reduction was solely consequent upon tho competition created by Irish famine . But wait until the regular harvest influx of Irish labourers

      came here ; then they will neither emigrate nor return , but will work for any amount here that will preserve their existence ;—( hear , hear)—and they had a perfect right to do so , as they were presumed to bo governed hy the same laws . But what effect would thathavo upon the shopkeepers of Lincoln , and the other towns in that county ? ( Hear , hear . ) Why , simply this . It would teacli them that labour was not only the legitimate source of all power , but the only source of wealth , and they would very speedily discover that there was very little difference between a landed aristocracy and a monied aristocracy ; with this trifling distinction , that thc landed aristocracy have not the same power , if thev had inclination , to establish fortunes

      upon a reduction of wages . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds has stated—and truly stated , —an occurrence which took place in Ireland , with respect to a man having extracted thc heart and liver from a human being and eaten it . ( Shouts of horror . ) And he stated that Lord John Russell denied the assertion . Well , what was the fact ? Why , that the denial was a mere quibble . His lordship stated that the circumstance occurred not lately , hut last November —( laughter)—and that the Irish cannibal was not aware that the hody was that of a human being . Now there was a state of ignorance , for a Christian Minister , in a Christian country , to ascribe as justification for such a horrible act . ( Shouts of " It ' s too bad . " ) Well , was there ever

      such an anomaly as unhappy Ireland now presented ? Idle land—idle money—idle and starving peoplewhile thc English consumers are not only compelled to * look to foreign countries for their provisionswhich mig ht be produced under their nose , but are further compelled to submit to taxation , to preserve the miserable existence of millions of Irishmen , who arc ready and willing to procure food for both countries . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing delighted him so much as the conversion of opponents , and lie sincerely trusted that every man at that meeting had read—or would read—the article in last week's Dispatch , upon " The capability of the Land , and the distribution of the Royal Forests into Peasants ' Allotments . " ( Cheers . ) Although he mentioned

      this triumphantly , let it not be supposed that he mentioned it tauntingly . No , no ; he rejoiced in it ; as he courted the co-operation—however lateof every man in developing the value of labour , when applied to the cultivation of the soil . ( Hear , hear . ) The Dispatch informed them that Hounslow Heath , not many years since the haunt of thieves and footpads , and then a bleak wilderness , is now , by the application of labour worth £ 3 a year rent per acre . Now he wanted them all to read that article , and all other articles from all other papers in connexion with this Land Plan ; for depend upon it , that thc solution of the question of labour is now puzzling all nations . Well , ho would ask if it was possible for thc British Minister to rock his

      little cradle in peace , while all foreign countries were convulsed—by not being able to solve the labour question ? But , as he detested cruelty aud drunkenness more than any other t wo crimes , he was not prepared to commit an act of aggression or injustice , much less an act of cruelty , in the practical solution of his labour question ; he would better the condition of all , and thus , when all were comfortable , it would be tho means of destroying that blasting , blighting envy and jealousy , which now create such horrifying and injudicious antagonism . ( Cheers . ) Yes , he did not want to spare 0110 of Nature ' s children from Nature ' s board , as Nature ' s breast was ample and sufficient to sustain Nature ' s family if properly and beneficially applied . ( Loud Cheers !) Thc mind of this country would achieve that for the accomplishment of which the people of

      forei « n countries were compelled to resort to physical force , " and if ever the English people should be forced into such madness or folly , the blame would be upon the head of the servile press , that catered falsehoods to ¦ sustain the ascendancy of faction , by withholding the enlightenment of the people from those who should be governed by public opinion and live upon the public money . ( Cheers . ) Let them look to the position into which the withholding of rights has driven thc Hungarian people . ( Tremendous cheering , and waving of hats , dsc . ) Ay , he heartily responded to the joyous acclamation of the triumph of the Hungarians , and if bipod was to be shed inn . contest for liberty his hope and fondest aspiration was , that the brave Hungarians would commemorate their triumph by a pyramid of

      Cossacks, Capped With Their Tsar! (Treme...

      Cossacks , capped with their Tsar ! ( Tremendous applause . ) And that the bravo ltomnns would imitate their noble example , and commemorate their triumph by an Austrian pile capped with their Autocrat ! ( Renewed cheering , and clapping of Ztl , B"t- , th ; Jnk God ' he s & kc to a people who wielded a mind that would never be driven to such sad alternatives to make the acquisition of legitimate power Let them understand how the acquisition of that power altered thc policy and tUCtJCSOf taction , bob long since the Monarchists and Legitimists in France expressed their horror of phvsical force while they governed by the s word—while the very same parties now are trying to force the peop le into another revolution , in the hope of destroying that infant mind which time will mature into

      national liberty , contentment , and peace . ( Loud cheers . ) But not that liberty , contentment , and peace in which the gorged few luxuriate upon the dependence of the plundered many . ( Cheers . ) Let him . in conclusion , caution them against giving ear to the enthusiasm of the "POOR GENTLEMEN , " but to go on steadil y and resolutely in their own beaten track . But in order that they may not make a miscalculation of his parliamentary influence , lot him assure them that , at present , he was a mere nonentity in that House . But he still cherished the fond hope of being able to unmask such a battery of popular mind , and discharge such a volley ot popular will , as would convince his opponents of popular influence when wisely directed . ( Loud

      cheers . ) He would explain his position in that House . _ If any party was about to propose 'a measure which was likely to receive tho all but unanimous assent of the legislature , and if he proposed tho same measure one day before , it would be as unanimously rejected . And why ? Simply lest its adoption should add any , thc slightest wei g ht , to his name , and thus give him more influence with the people . ( Cheers , and " Yes , that ' s it . " ) Yes , he was glad it was it , and having suffered every description of martyrdom , persecution , and obloquy , and eighteen monthsof incarceration , he was , nevertheless , resolved that while dread or threat of

      persecution should not turn him from his purpose , neither vanity , ambition , nor wounded feeling should ever goad him or recklessly hurry him into a course which would be destructive to their cause . For it ho had lived , and rather than forsake it , so hel p him God ! he would rather perish ; . and to repeat his ofttold talc , the fondest aspiration of his mind was to open Nature ' s breast to Nature ' s children , and thus promote the happiness and contentment of all and secure the peace of all . [ Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid prolonged cheering , waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ] After a few observations from Mr . FiiAxmax , the resolution was put and carried unanimously .

      The Chairman then called upon Mr . M'GHAin to move the petition , who , on coming forward , was loudly cheered ; Having read it , he said , they had that ni g ht given a convincing proof that there was some vitality yet in metropotitini Chartism . It was still living , notwithstanding the efforts of Grey , Jcrvis , Powell , and Co . to crush it . ( Cheers . ) Even Lord _ John Russell , who thinks that the people are indifferent to politics , and satisfied with things as they arc might doubt the soundness of his opinion , could ho witness their numbers , spirit , and enthusiasm that night . ( Cheers . ) They had assembled once more to launch the hark of the Charter , and if they would resolve to stick to the ship and never to furl a sail , they might rest

      assured of being speedily able to anchor their bark in the haven of liberty . ( Cheers . ) Thc time had come for shaking off inactivity , and resuming the great work of national deliverance once more . Liberty was on the passing breeze , it was wafted from the centre to the remotest extremes of Europe , and surely its invigorating influence must be imparted to the British mind . England would not , he hoped for her honour , consent to remain a laggard , while other nations were , by a single effort , rising from the prostration of despotism to the dignity of freedom . ( Cheers . ) They found financial reformers and parliamentary reformers now upon the alert , which , circumstance he hoped would stimulate the real reformers to real and unmistakeablo exertion , in the sacred cause of liberty and justice . Just as he recognised liberty of speech in every man , so he recognised liberty of agitation in all parties ; but while they saw others going for measures of reform ,

      which fell short of universal justice , his advice was to raise highly and proudly the bright banner of the Charter , and to bear it over every obstacle till they placed it in triumph over thc ruins of oligarchical usurpation . ( Cheers . ) They had the power to bo free , but wanted the will to exercise it . Thc purpose of these meetings was to incite them to an exercise of that power . Did they want stimulants to urge them on in their demands for justice ? They would find them in the impoverishment and degradation which were overwhelming the whole industrial population , without a shadow of hope , so long as the curse of Whig and Tory domination hung over them . Mr . M'Grath having addressed himself to several other interesting topics connected with the petition , concluded his address amid the unanimous approbation of the meeting . Julian Harnett seconded thc adoption of the petition . His speech , which was of considerable length , excited enthusiastic applause .

      The petition was then put and unanimously adopted . It was then moved by Mi-. Brown , ' ' That it be presented by Lord J . Russell . " Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was g iven by acclamation to the chairman , also to the Cnpplegate locality for getting up thc meeting , after which the meeting separated .

      A List Of Tiie Minority Who Voted For Mr...

      A LIST OF TIIE MINORITY WHO VOTED FOR MR . HUME'S MOTION FOR PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . AYES . Adair , H . E . Lushington , C . Adair , R . O . Shafto M'Grogor , J . Aglionby , H . A . Marshall , W . Afoock , T . Martin , S . Anderson , A Milner , W . M . E . Armstrong , R . B . Mofl ' att , G . Bass , M . T . Molesworth , Sir W . Berkeley , C . L . G . Mowatt , F . Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Muntz , G . F . Bright , John O'Council , J . Ihothorton , J . 0 'Council , M . Callaghan , D . O'Conncll , M . J .

      Olav , J . O'Connor , F . Clay , Sir W . Osborne , R . Cobden , R . Pearson , C . Cockburn , A . J . E . Pcchcll , Cap :. Collins , W . Pilkington , J . Cm-rie , R . Reynolds , J . Dashwood , G . IT . Balwcy , Col Devereux , J . T . Schofield , W . D ' Eyncourt , R , t . Hon . C . T Smith , J . B . Duke , Sir James Smythe , Hon . G . Duncan , G . Somcrs , J . P . Ellis , J . Strickland , Sir G Evans , Sir De Lacy Stuart , Lord D .-, Ewart , W . Tancred , II . W . Fagan , W . Thompson , Col .

      Fox , W . J . Thompson , . 0 . Froestun , Col . Thorncly , T . Gibson , lit . Hon . T . M . Trelaw ' ny , J . S . Granger , T . O . "Villicrs , lion . C Greene , J . Walmslcy , Sir J Hardcastle , J . A . Wawn , J . T . Harris , R . Wcsthead , J . P . Headlam , T . E . Willcox , B . 3 f . Henry , A . Williams , J ^ Heyworth , L . Willyams , II . . Hodges , T . L . Wilson , M . Himiphcrv , Mr . Aldn . Wood , W . P . Jackson , W . telleks . Keogh , W . Hume , J . Kershaw , J . Berkeley , H . King , Hon . P . J . L .

      Channel Islands And Isle Of Man Newspape...

      Channel Islands and Isle of Man Newspapers . —General Post-offioo , May , 18-19 . —Henceforward the undermentioned newspapers printed and published in the Channel Islands and in the Isle of Man respectively , may be transmitted through the post from these " islands to Great Britain and Ireland on prepayment of a postage of one penny ; but this privilege is not to be extended to them if posted in Great Britain or Ireland for circulation within the United Kingdom . British Press , Jersey and Guernsey News , Monoid IkraU and Fanjhev ' s Me of Man Advertiser , Jersey Times , The Manx Sun , The Manx Liberal , Me of Man Times , Star , Comet . These newspapers , though unstamped , may be sent by post to the colonies and to foreign countries upon the same

      conditions as those which apply to newspapers , similarly addressed , forwarded from Great Britain and Ireland . The existing rules contained in instructions No . 13 , 1849 , in regard to the transmission by post of newspapers other than thc abovementioned , printed and published in thc Channel Islands or in the Isle of Man , are .. stiJl in force , it being , however , understood that such newspapers as arc printed in these islands in the French or in the Manx language shall in no way be affected by the restrictions . imposed in this , notice , or by tho instructions , No . 13 , abovomentioned , . hut shall continue to enjoy all the privileges ,, so far as their transmission by post is concerned , which they

      formerly possessed . A new machine . has been invented' for making printing types . The ordinary mode , of casting is superseded , and the letters are cut out of a hard and durable metal , by means of powerfnl pressure and the use of steel dies . ' A hitherto unknown race of people has , it is said , been discovered in the interior of Africa . They occupy the kingdom of Ban " . They are black in colour , and very tall , but destitute of the usual negro features . - . ¦ . . , , . Another H . B—The London correspondent of the Liverpool ' Albion speaks of a nobie ' and unaccountable " II . B ., who is always drawing his own caricature , an * then burlesquing that .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09061849/page/5/