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      October 18, 1851. The Northern Star 7 » ...

      October 18 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR 7 » - _ . .. -.. ———— —^—_ - ^_ . -

      Spirit Of T|E Press.

      Spirit of t | e press .

      Alarming Extent Of Emigration. (From Tbe...

      ALARMING EXTENT OF EMIGRATION . ( From tbe Times of Tuesday . ) There is a branch of statistics which has been lately forced into notice by actual events of a new and extraordinary character . " The statist" no longer confines himself to populations , that is to the number of persona dwelling quietly in certain countries and cities , and such sober facts , for society itself is undergoing a change , and is no longer content to dwell quietly . Strange to say , our railways , our steamers , and our mastery of the ocean have brought us back , in some respects , to the habits of the Nomads and Massagetse , or the Crusaders and pilgrims of a later age . Within Half a year six million visits have been paid to the shrinof

      great e art by persons who Inve travelled scores , and hundreds , aud thousands of miles for the purpose . Excursion trains bring up four or five thousand a day by one line of railway . £ i « htfive thousand children sing " God save the Queeu " at Manchester on Friday , and fifty thousand adults repeated the hymn the next day in Hyde Park . We forgot how many millions are returned as having Welled by railway last year . The visits to the British Museum and the Thames Tunnel are now of the m-Jlionaire class . Twenty years ago the figure of the national debt stood alono in its glory , as the only work of man that approached to the infinite , aud was really stupendous . We are now 80 familiar with great figures , that the national debt is descending , by comparison , to the level of oar ordinary conceptions . But , among all these ¦ vast figures that are becoming domesticated and

      TUlgar , there is none so important , thoug h so familkr , as the figures of the emigration which is actually draining these isles ; We have repeated ~& uuS 3 t ad nauseam that the people are leaving us at the rate of near 5 thousand a da */ . " Tory well ; ¦ W hat Of that ? They are oalj Ir « uiuen , with a Sprinkling of the ever-wandering Scotch , and some of the less fortunate or respectable of our own countrymen . " Be they what they may , the fact remains that we are witnessing-a phenomenon of the same class with the migrations of the Gauls , the Goths , the Huns , the Turks , the Magyars , and Other tribes , that before tbe settlement of Europe roamed about looking for a home , " familiarity , " it ia said , "breeds contempt ; " and certain it is that no sooner is a great fact familiar than men treat it with indifference , and do not even seem to apprehend it correctly , much less follow it up to its consequences .

      Ia Ireland the fact is brought home to the understanding in so forcible a manner by the actual sight 01 emigrant tr . iius , emigrant ships , depopulated districts , ruined habitations , and labour beginning to rise in the market , that it cannot be disposed of so easily as in this country . The journals there have styled the movement the " Celtic exodus ;" and , considering tbe actual difference between the condition of an average Irish peasant at home , and that which he easily attains to ia the United States , we shall not quarrel with the reflection which the name seems to cast on the rulers left behind . The

      • writers -who treat of this exodus tell us that it will go on till the whole race is departed , and their place left untenanted . Having once begun , the migration will go on ; and the strong social instincts that nave hitherto bound the Irishman to the soil of his birth will now operate in drawing him into the great westward stream . In England it has been anticipated by some writers , tbat when the Irish population should be reduced to a certain low level , the inducements to remain would rise SO high that the migration WOnld Stop , and the remnant left behind would be contentedly and permanently attached to the soil . The Irish authorities , as we are disposed to think very correctly , do not expect the migration to stop as soon as the population has assumed its proper proportion to the worK to be done . The people who have been in the habit of

      paving 30 s . an acre would not now remain on the land if it were reduced to 203 . or Kfc .-they will ¦ hare it at no price . Their minds are completely made up to go after their friends—to go home , tbat home not being " Ould Ireland , " but the "Far "West . " The stream once set that way , it will not siop till Ireland is absolutely depopulated , and the only question is , when will that be ? Twenty jears at the present rate would take away the whole of the industrious classes , leafing only the proprietors and their families , members of the learned professions , and those whose age or infirmities keep them at home . Twenty years are but a short time in treating great social or political questions . It is more than twenty years since the passing of the Emancipation Act and tbe introduction of the Reform Bill . What if it should really to

      come pass that , before another twenty years , the whole Celtic nee shall have disappeared from these isles , and the problem of seven centuries received its solution ? We dwell in wonderful times , in an age of great discoveries , splendid improvements , and grand consummations . "Art has always been found the handmaid of human developments . The discovery of gunpowder put au end to the little wars and little states of the middle ages , and introduced larger political manipulations . The discovery of printing prepared for the revival of learning and arts , and paved tho way to the Reformation . The discovery of tho mariner ' s compass showed our navigators a path to the East Indies and tbe New World . It may be the first , mission of railways to set all the populations of the Old World on tbe move , and send them in quest of independent and comfortable homes .

      And when will this movement stop ? Incuriousnessand prejudice are ready with the reply , that it will stop , at all events , when the Celtic race is exhausted . The Englishman , we aro a s sur e d i s too attached to bis country , and too comfortable at ho . ue , to cross tbe Atlantic . Hut surely it is very premature to name any such period for " this movement , or to say beforehand what English labourers will do , -when seven or eight millions of Irish have led the way to comfort and independence . The Englishman is now attached to his own home , because he knows of no other . His ideas of other regions are dark and dismal . He trembles at the thought of having to gape his way through the Cimmerian obscurity of another hemisphere . The single fact that he will have no " parish" in America ,

      is , m his mind , a fatal bar to locomotion . But all this is quick passing away . Geography , union workhouses , ocean mails , and the daily sight of letters arriving in | ten days from rosperous emigrants , are fast unrooting the British rustic from the soil , and giving him cosmopolitan ideas . In a few years , the question uppermost in his mind will be whether he will be better off here or there ? Whether he should go with the young and enterprising , or st a y a t home with the old and stupid ? If a quarter of a million British subjects have left this country for the Australian colonies in the present generation , there uv » y easily be a much larger movement to a nearer and more wealthy region . It has been imagined , indeed , tbat such a migration will have a natural tendency to stop itself at a . certain stage . We

      are told that the Eujrlish labourer will find a new field in Ireland , deserted by tbe Celt . It will , however , cost no more effort of mind to cross the Irish ocean at once , than to cross the Channel for a land which , ia the English mind , must ever be associated with violence and blood . High wages , ag . -s . in , we are told , the enjoyment of a liberal government , and an improved condition , will bind tbe Englishman afresh to the soil of his ancestors . But when you make the English labourer richer , more independent , more intelligent , and more of a citizen , you have put him more in a condition and temper to seek his fortune , w h erever i t may be found . The men who in the United States leave their homes for the Far West , are generally they who have prospered where they are , and Who -want tbe excitement of another Start in life . On

      the whole , we are disposed to think tbat the prospect is far too serious to be neglected , or treated as a merely speculative question . The depopulation of these isles , supposing the Celtic exodus to run outits course , and a British exodus to follow , constitutes about as serious a political event as can be conceived ; for a change of dynasty or any other political revolution is nothing compared with a change in the people themselves . All tbe departments of industry—the army , the navy , the cultivation of the fields , the rent of lauded property , the profit of trades , the payment of rates and taxes ' , depend on the people , and without the people there must ensue a general collapse of all our institutions . We are , however , rather desirous to recommend the question to the consideration of others , and especially of our statesmen , than to answer it ourselves .

      Marbles From Xiseteii.-Iu Pursuance Of A...

      Marbles from Xiseteii .-Iu pursuance of an order from the Lords ofthe Treasury to that effect , the proper authorities of tbe revenue have given directions for thirty eases , marked » stone , and _ a quantity loose , which were brought over m the ship Fortitude with the Xineveh sculptures , to be delivered at the British Unseam , haying beeot imported for deposit in that national establishment . * JIEDBMPXIO . V SoeiEir .-At the meeting on Wednesday , October Sth , the whole of the laws for the Co -ative Store were passed , and the following

      ope persons , with the president , ™* P f ! denV ^ IT terv , and treasurer of the Redemption Society , were apoointed managers of the store - *"**¦ £ 3 . Ramsden , W . Ramsden , 5 . ltaddock , J . Oras ham , R . Jones , K . O . Cameron , W J **^ > T J . T- Wilson . Auditory Messrs . J- Arddl andIT . Jones . Monies received for the week . -Leeas , £ 1 4 s . lid . ; Edinburgh , per Mr . Kentoni , .,., Etruria , per Mr . Wilbraham b-. o i Braiding Fund--Leeds , 5 s . Gd . ; Edinburgh , GJ . Prop * gaudist Fund , 2 s . CJ . James Henderson , secretary .

      162 , Briezate , Leeds . , Paris . ScxDAY .-Tnree 'bloomcrisis' made their appearance on the Boulevards yesterday , ana attracted so much incoavenient attention than they were obliged to take refuge from the crowd m a brougham .

      Rochester Quarter Sessions. Teh Ouirige ...

      ROCHESTER QUARTER SESSIONS . TEH OuiRiGE AT ME NORTH K . BHT IUttWAV Simioh . — -At the Rochester Quarter Sessions , holden on Saturday last before James Espinasse , Esq ., Recorder , Edward Dann , corporal in the 64 th Regiment , surrendered to his bail , and was indicted together with Michael Ronrke , a private in 18 th Roya l Iri s h , who was brought up in custody , for having , on the 7 th August last , at Stroo d , feloniously , unlawfully , and maliciously assaulted and hasten William Elijah Ireland , a constable in the employ of the South Eastern Railway Company , with intent to stab and do him some grievous bodily harm ; in a second count they were charged with assaulting him in the execution of his duty as constable ; in a third count with assaulting him with intent to prevent their lawful apprehension ; and in tbe fourth count they were charged with a common assault , to which indictments the prisoners pleaded not guilty . Several witnesses were exa *

      mined , who stated the circumstances of the outrage . The prisoners receivel a good character . The jury found tbe prisoners Guilty on the fourth count , of a common assault , and recommended them to mercy on account of character . —the judge , addressing the prisoners , said th e y had been found guilty by the jury , who bad taken a merciful view of the case . They might congratulate themselves to the end of their lives that death did not ensue from their outrageous conduct . He considered their offence of a very serious nature . From the uniform they wore they were looked upon as a protection to their countrymen , bat that uniform , ho was sorry to say , they had disgraced . He should take into consideration the character they had received . Dann , he sentenced to be imprisoned for four calendar months ; and Rourke , considering the nine weeks he had already been iu gag ) , to the further term of two calendar months ,

      Middlesex Sessions. The Sittings Of The ...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The sittings of the court for the October Quarter Session were resumed on Monday morning at the Guildhall , Westminster , by -ad ' jouvnment from Clerkenwell , before Mr . Sergeant Adams , assistant judge , and a bench of magistrates . There were forty-one cases for trial , thirty-five of felony , and six of misdemeanour . After receiving the usual instructions as to the discharge of their duty , the grand jury retired to their room . Attempted Suicide . —Robert Farley , who was convicted at the last session of having unlawfully attempted to destroy himself by cutting his throat with a razor in the Regent ' s-park , was brought up

      for judgment .--Mr . Witham , who tried the case , said he bad received a report from the surgeon of the prison , which satisfied him that the defendant would not repeat the attempt upon his life , which attempt was not only a sin against his Maker , but a serious crime against the laws of his country . He had been some time in prison , he had also been for some time confined in a hospital whilst tho wound was under treatment , and believing that the mental and bodily suffering he had undergone bad shown him the enormity of his offeiice , & nd would induce him for the future to hold up against misfortune , he should sentence him to one hour ' s imprisonment .

      Housebreaking . —Edward Palmer , 17 , pleaded guilty of having broken and entered ihe dwellinghouse of Richard Palmer , and stealing therefrom £ 16 ' 18 s ., four silk handkerchiefs , and other articles , tbe property and monies of the said Richard Faimer . —The court sentenced him to nine months ' hard labour . Eobbebt and EMnEjHjjJtENT .--Henry Maple stone , 40 , was indicted for stealing £ 10 , the monies of Alfred Thomas Burrell , his master , and theiO WCrO alSO two charges of embezzlement against him . — -The prosecutor was a printer in Buckingham-street , Strand , and the prisoner was in his employ at 30 s . a week as clerk . In July last Mr . Bui'rell left town , but before doing ao ho gave the prisoner a cheque on his bankers for M 8 7 s 3 d ,

      an d an a cceptan c e f or £ 5 , which he had received from a customer , and directed hiiu to pay the same to Messrs , Spalding and Dodge , the wholesale stationers in Drury-lane . Instead of doing so , however , the prisoner went to the Strand branch of the Royal British Bank , and got cash for the cheque , and paid Messrs . Spalding and Hodge £ 10 less than the amount he was instructed to pay . The prosecutor returned to London on tho 2 nd instant , and he then found that the prisoner had quitted his employ a fortnight before without notice , aud afterwards the prisoner tent two letters , in which he attributed certain irregularities in bis

      accounts to a connexion he had unhappily formed w ith a woman . — -It was suggested in cross-examination , that the prisoner bad appropriated the £ 10 to the payment of the costs of an action brought b y Mr . Burrell against Mr . Raymont , a grocer , at Hertford , in which a jury at the Sheriff ' s Court found for the defendant . But Mr . Burrell stated tbat he gave a cheque for those costs quite independent of the transaction which formed the subjeefc matter of the indictment . —The prisoner received a very high character , and the jury , in finding him Guilty , strongly recommended him to mercy . —The court sentenced him to three months ' hard labour .

      Robbery by a Journeyman * Painteb . —Patrick Manning , 16 , was indicted for stealing a watch , value £ 10 , the property of Leonard Carew Gwynn , in the dwelling- bouse of John Faire . The prosecutor was a private gentleman , occupying apartments in the bouse of Mrs . Faire , 139 , New Bond-street . The prisoner was employed with some men in painting down the front of Mrs . Faire's house , and he was observed by a person on the opposite side of tbe way to get through a window on the second floor , and suspicion beii : g excited , a se . irch was made and lhe prisoner was found in au upstairs room , and in his pocket was a watch which he had stolen from a dressing case belonging to tbe prosecutor . The jury found him Guilty , and be was sedtenced to sis months' hard labour .

      Robbing as Emi ? loter .. --Job Wood , 35 , was indicted for having stolen a parcel of knives and forks , the property of Joseph Hornby Baxendale and others , bis employers . The prisoner was a porter in the prosecutors , the well known carriers under the name of Pickford and Company , in the goods department at Camden Town station , and the evidence for the prosecution went to show that he extracted from a chest that had arrived from Sheffield , a dozen knives and a dozen forks ; but Mr . Parry , in his address to the jury , threw some doubt upon tbe testimony of the principal witness , and they acquitted the prisoner .

      Robbery by Servants . —Ann Ares , 23 , and Catherine Pettitt 20 , were indicted for having stolon a £ 50 , and a £ o Bank of England note , the property of Martha Birch . —The prisoner Pettitt pleaded guilty , and Mr . Sleigh appeared for Ayes . —The prosecutor stated thatshe was a widowlady , residing at JSo . 21 , Trafalgar-square , Twickenham , and about a month ago she lodged at 15 , Hansplace , and afterwards she went to lodg e at Ho . 9 , Coleshill-street . The prisoners were servants at the house in Hans-place , and they went with her in the same capacity to the house she went to live in in Coleshill-street , " having prevailed upon her to allow them to do so by stating that their mistress in Hans-place treated them as complete slaves , and would not allow them to have any acquaintances .

      Accordingly she took the prisoners with her to Twickenham on the Sunday , but on the following morning she received some information from her co a c h man , the result of which was that she immediately missed a £ 50 note , wh i ch sh e h a d p reviou s l ysewn into her stays . The money was safe there on the previous Friday . The stays were placed under the pillow of her bed for safety from Friday to the Mondav . She also subsequently missed a £ 5 note from a prayer-book that lay on a dressing-table in the same room . She did not know the number of tbe notes , but she received the £ 50 note from Mr . Chalmers , a broker of Lombard-street . — Mr . Francis George Herbert stated tbat he was a silversmith residing at 2 "b . 20 , Queen's-buildings , Brompton . The two prisoners went into his shop

      on the evening of the 15 th inst ., at about eight o'clock , and selected a pair of ear-rings ofthe value of 19 s ., for which the prisoners presented in payment the £ 50 note produced . He put it aside , and asked them what change they wanted . They did not appear to know , hesitated , and from their manner he was convinced that they did not know the value of the note . lie then questioned them a s to how t hey became possessed of the note . They simultaneously answered that their mistress had given it to them to get it changed , and to take their wages out of it . He asked them where they lived , aud they replied at * ' No . 15 , Hans-place . " He told them that he must satisfy himself , upon which the prisoners left the shop . In consequence of the inquiries he had made , he gave information to the police , to whom he handed over the £ 50 note that had been presented to him . —John Fryer , police sergeant 2 B , proved apprehending Ayes , who , without any question being put to her , *

      remarked that she had received the note from her fellow-servant , and that it might be a £ 10 note . He sent a constable to apprehend the prisoner Fctitt , who , on being brought to the station house , said , " I took the note from my mistress ' s stays , but I did not know what it was . "James Church , 256 B , said that he was sent by his sergeant to apprehend the prisoner Pettitt . Ue found her lying under the bed in Mrs . Birch ' s house , attempting to strangle herself with the rope pro duced . lie told her that she was in his custody for stealing a £ o 0 note ; and she said in answer io it that her fciioff-servaut was trying to do her all tbe harm she could . —Mr . Robert Morris , cashier to Messrs . Robarts and Co ., bankers . in _ Lombardstreet , proved paying the sum of £ 19 ( 5 los . in notes and other money to a person on an account drawn on Measr * - . Chalmers and Company . There were ten notes paid , and two of them were for £ 50 each . The £ 50 note now produced is one of them . He

      Middlesex Sessions. The Sittings Of The ...

      produced tbe bank book . The number of one of th e notes t h en paid was 38 , 849 . —Mr . Sleigh then made a long and forcible address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner Ayes , and they returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —Mr . Witham said she had had a very narrow escape , and cautioned her as to her « future conduct . —Pettitt was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for six months , Ciuhqb op Picking Pockets . —Jessie Gilbert , 23 , and Elizt Lee , 22 , were indicted for having stolen a purse and Is . 4 d . from the person of Jane Trinnick .-On the night of the 10 th inst ., t h e prisoner s were observed by Sergeant llardwick , an officer speciall y em ployed at the Polytechnic Institution by tbat establishment , and he had reason to watch them . He saw them try the pockets of a number of ladies whilst their attention was directed to various objects of interest ,- and noticing tbat they were about to leave the building , he stopped them , and

      requested to be informed what they aad in their pockets . They replied nothing ; but Gilbert afterwards took out of her pocket a handful of silver , and he took them into custody . On being searched there were found upon them four medals , twelve soverei gns , two half-sovereigns , above £ 2 in silver , and a gold waCch ; and chain , and a small case . On the floor ofthe theatre , and of the chemical lectureroom , where the officer saw them busiest at work , were found about a dozen empty purses ; but the owners had not come forward , to identify them . Amongst them was one belonging to Mrs , Trinnick , which contained when she lost it the sum mentioned in the indictment . — -Mr . Parry addressed the jury at some length with his usual energy , and to the astonishment of every person iu the court , the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —An application , was made for the money to bo given up to the prisoners , but Mr . Witham said he certainly should not accede to such a request .

      EMBEZZI . BHEKT . —George Hamlet Gritton and James jGeorge Spencer were indicted , theJat ' ter for having feloniously embezzled the sums of £ 3 4 s . 6 d . 12 s ., and £ 4 Ws ., the mon e ys of W i lli a m Samuel Burton , his master , and the former as an accessory before and after the fact , —The prisoners were found Guilty , and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year . Obscsne Prists . —Tliomas Strinson was indicted for having unlawfully sold indecent and obscene prints . —The defendant resided in Minerva-street , Hackney-road , where ostensibly he carried on Ihe business of a surgical bandage maker . Prom information received by the Society for the Supression of Vice , they directed one of their officers to go to his house , which he did , and after some

      conversation relative to . surgical bandages , the officer introduced the subject ofthe prints which tho defendant was in tho habit of selling , and the defendant sold him a pack of cards upon which were certain representations which formed the matter of this prosecution . The defendant was subsequently apprehended by Sergeant Chadwick , who found in his house a quantity of filth of the same character , and to him the defendant said he merely had such things to sell when anybody asked for thorn . The cards , < fec , were produced arid submitted to tho court . —Mr . Ballantine admitted that the things produced were properly styled in the indictment obsceneand indecent , and tbat the defendant was guilty of having sold them . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . Ballantine then appealed to the court

      for mercy for the prisoner , urging that he had never before been known as a dealer in such disgusting matters , and that ghe had endeavoured , but unsuccesfully , to bring to justice the parties by whom be had been supplied . —Air . Sleigh said it appeared that the defendant had been in the habit of selling cards and prints of this description at chemists ' and drugg ists ' shops , and the Society for tho Suppression of Vice had received information tbat at such shops , articles of that descri ption were liovr to be obtained—so many of the parties who kept shops exclusively for the sale of such things having been prosecuted aad visited with the severity of the law . It was from a chemist of highly respectable character tbat the society derived , the information

      which led so the apprehension of the defendant , and it was very desirable that it should bo known that the society knew this , in order that those chemists who engaged in the traffic might be aware ot the consequences that would in all probability follow . —The learned judge said chemists' shops were the places where poisons were sold , but it appeared then that they were selling poisons for the mind as well as the body . The present was not a case in w hi c h t h e court f e l t it was n ec e ssa ry to inflict th e punishment awarded to those who recently had been convicted of this offence , and the sentence upon the defendant was , that he be j imprisoned and . kept to hard labour for six calendar months . —The court then adjourned .

      Westminster County Court. Koir V. T Ssxo...

      WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT . Koir v . T ssxou . —The Rout . Italun Opera . This was an action brought by tbe plaintiff , a solicitor , residing at Liverpool , against the defendant , music-seller and dealer in opera tickets , in the Strand , to recover the sum of £ 3 18 s . 0 d ., under the following peculiar circumstances ;—The plaintiff stated , that on the 22 nd of July last , he applied at Mr . Fentum's in the Strand for nine pit tickets for the Royal Italian Opera , Covent-garden . The admissions were paid for , and plaintiff and his company took the precaution to be at tbe theatre in pretty good time , with a view to secure places for seeing the performance . Upon their arriving the pit was quite full , so that it was difficult to obtain even standing room . Plaintiff having paid for the

      tickets with the understanding that be would have proper accommodation , at once applied to the boxkeeper for a return of his money . The check-taker informed him that the money would be returned had the tickets been purchased there , and in fact , money was being returned to persons who had procured the admissions . He subsequently applied to Mr . Fentum , who refused to return the money , and said , the tickets having been used it was now entirely a matter between the plaintiff and the authorities of the Opera , who were bound to find suitable accommodation for him . The plaintiff considered that the agreement was between him and the defendant , the latter being not an agent to the conductors o fthe Op era , but merely a speculator in

      their tickets , and under these circumstances he was entitled to recover . —In answer to the learned judge plaintiff said that tho parties at the theatre gave him nine vouchers that there was no room in the pit , but did not return the actual tickets . —The learned judge : I think parties who buy tickets in this way are entitled to see the performance . In this case the defendant is not an agent to the proprietors . He is a sub-contractor , and the plaintiff contracts with him , and if he don 't get what he buys the tickets for he is entitled to recover his money . lie must , therefore , givo judgment for tho plaintiff . —Tiie plaintiff applied for costs , and stated that he had come expressly from Liverpool to settle the question . —Verdict for the plaintiff , with the usual costs only .

      Sew City Of London Corporation Bill. The...

      SEW CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION BILL . The following are the heads of tbe bill which tbe Court of Common Council have determined shall bo brought into parliament in the ensuing session . — " That every person who shall occupy premises in the City of London for a period of a year and a day , and shall pay scot and bear lot , shall be a freeman and citizen , and shall be entitled to all the benefi t s a nd privi l eges , and be subject to all the duties thereof . " That every freeman and citizen be rated to some municipal , parliamentary , or parochial rate to an amount of not less than £ 10 , " That all reference to the register of voters for members of parliament be repealed .

      " That the roll of freemen and citizens be made out in the first week of October , to be revised by the Aldermen and Common Council in wardmote in the first week of November following , with a provision that due notice be given in each ward of times when , and places where , such revision shall be appointed to take place . " That in the absence of the Aldermen , th e Lor d Mayor act in his stead . " That the qualifications for candidates for the Common Council be the same as those of tho electors , and that provision bo made to prevent any person being a candidate for the offices of Alderman and Common Councilman who may not have paid his d e b ts in full , in the event of his having been kaiikrupt , insolvent , or having compounded with his creditors .

      ' " That the qualifications for Aldermen be those ofthe freemen and citizens as aforesaid , and that the Aldermen be elected for a period not exceeding SGV 6 I 1 VfiiXl" ^ " That the act of 11 th George I ., cap . 18 ( Election Act ) , be further amended as follows : •• - " That freemen occupiers be entitled to vote in all elections in Common Hall , in addition to the liverymen . n „ .. . " That the poll at elections in Common Uall be limited to one dav . .... " That no person be eligible to be a candidate at elections in Common Hall for the offices of Chamberlain and Bridge-Master , without seven days notice of his being a candidate . " That all enactments of the present Election Acts inconsistent with the foregoing be repealed .

      Dmivtuim Op T11h Uswm> States Mail Steam...

      DmivTuim OP T 11 H USWM > STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP Pacific . —On Wednesday afternoon at one o ' clock , the mail steamer Pacific , Captain Nye , loft the Mersey for New York direct , having on board the largo number of 147 passengers , the usual mails for the United States and the British provinces , and a fair cargo of Manchester goods . The new screw steam ship S . S . Lewis , which was to leave lioston for this port the day following ihe departure of the Europa , has not yet arrived , but is hourly expected .

      Kossuth. Sooinampton .—The Mayor Of Sout...

      KOSSUTH . SooinAMPTON . —The Mayor of Southampton received a letter from M . Kossuth on Saturday mornu ' ., ? * of wniou is subjoined . It is dated Marseilles , 29 th ult ,, and having been conveyed by private hand , has been somewhat delayed : — " Sir , —The government of the Ottoman Empire ffave me as y l um and ho s pit a lity , and though afterwards it had to yield to tbe presumptuous arrogance of its mighty enemies , and to convert the asylum into a prison , still it yielded but with regret ; it felt deeply the disgrac « , and at tbe first favourably moment shook off in the most dignified manner the disgraceful bonds . "It was Turkey has acted bo .

      The people of England raised its powerful voice » j * ,, e vindic - * tion of the rights of humanity , offended in myself and in my associates ; and the government of Great Britannia proved to be a dignified organ of the people of England ' s generous sentiments . "In the United States of America , the people , the Congress , and the government , shared with equal generosity in the high minded resolution to restore me to freedom , and by freedom to activity , fney sent over a steam frigate to that purpose , and most generously offered the protection of their glorious flag . ° tl Thus acted England and the United Stales .

      " We stopped at Marseilles . Iwished to visit England ; the lively sentiment of gratitude pointed out to me as a duty to go there to thank for tho highminded sympathy I and the cause I represent were honoured with . So I requested permission to pass through Franco to England directly , without asking leave to stop in any place ( because 1 know the character of tho present Republican French government ) , and declaring to bo ready to follow every loyal and honourable advice the government would feel convenient to give me for my rapid passage through France . "Monsieur Louis Napoleon Bonaparte refused the requested permission to pass through that French Republic which did him the honour to elect him to the high station , where his sacred , sworn duty is to bo the chief guardian of the democratic constitution of his country , which proclaimed to the world to have for principles ' freedom and fratornity . '

      " M , Bonaparte was himself once an exile , and may yet become an exile once more , France wa s not t h en a Republic , still it was an asylum to oppressed humanity . I claimed no asylum , 1 desired only to pass ; and the once exile , now the President of a glorious nation ' s great Republic—refused ! " It is not I , [ hope , to whom before tlie tribunal of public opinion throughout the world this refusal will prove to be a disgrace . " I wish that no one should remember it at the time when perhaps M . Bonaparte will once more be an exile himself . " In no case will the refusal of the French government impede me to fulfil the highfelt duty to thank the people of England for its generous sympathy . I am still resolved to land at Southampton , Sir . I will entreat Captain Long , of ihe Mississippi , to hasten me down to Gibraltar ; I wish and hope to find there some means © f conveyance to your free and glorious shores , were it but for one hour ' s stuy .

      " 1 felt bound to address to you , honoured Sir , this commun i c at ion , as a proof of my respect and est e em , having the honour to sign , with the most particular consideration , myself to be , " Sir , your most obsequious servant , "L . Kossuth " . "Mr . Andrews , Mayor ofthe City of Southampton . " It seems pretty certain by tho forgoing that Kossuth will not arrive at Southampton by the United States steam-frigate Mississippi , and the

      reason appears to be that the Mississippi having been placed at the disposal of Kossuth by the government of the United Slates for the purpose of effecting his conveyance to New York , Captain Long , the commander of the steamer , would not feel himself at liberty to deviate himself from bis course to visit England with his vessel . It is therefore supposed that Kossuth and bis family would leiive the Mississippi at Gibraltar , and embark thence by the first steamer for England , leaving the Am e r i c a n fr igate to proceed direct from Gibraltar to the United States with tbe remainder

      of the refugees who' aro on board . Southampton , Oct . 13 th , ten p . m . —The steam ship Iberia has just arrived' here . She left Gibraltar on the 5 th inst ., and Lisbon on the 9 th . The Mississippi had not arrived at Gibraltar when the Iberia left . The firing of the gun of the Iberia announcing her arrival caused great excitement at Southampton , and an immense number of persons left their homes thinking that Kossuth had arrived . The following address to Kossuth from tho Portreeve of St . Clear has been sent to the Mayor of Southampton for presentation : — " To Louis Kossuth , late Governor of Hungary , " Sm , —It is with feelings of cordial gratification that I greet your approach to the shores of England after the s : id vicissitudes that have hitherto marked your noble career in the cause of liberty ,

      and the instinctive rancour of despotism , its satellites and adjuncts ( including that ofthe present rabid French President and his minions in power ) , that has added to the littleness of your fall . To express to you here the meed of admiration due to you were superfluous in both hemispheres , the public voice of fame attests it , that of prosperity will confirm it , and bail your name as a guiding star of the world ' s destiny . Suffice it , therefore , that one of the number who bad the honour to solicit the intcrfetice of the English government for your liberation , now seeks permission to felicitate you on your arrival iu this country , and to express his earnest prayer that the time is not far distant when you may bo restored—notwithstanding the malignity of banded despots that still pollute continental Europe—in triumph to bless your native land . In any ease you will not have lived in vain ; your glorious example will have its due effect .

      " Believe uie to remain , " your most faithful and devoted servant , Huon Williams , " Portreeve of St . Clear , Carmarthen , South " Wales . " Oct . 4 th , 1 S 51 . " A number of ladies and gentlemen have been seen about tho streets of Southampton with rosettes in their bosoms and coats , formed of the Hungarian patriotic coloured ribbons , scarlet , white , and green . Tho Countess Pulski , tho celebrated Hungarian authoress , has arrived at Southampton .

      The Southampton corporation committee appointed to conduct tho management of the banquet io Kossuth , met on Monday , and settled the programme of the toasta to bo given at tbe banquet . The usual loyal toasts will be given , due homage will be paid to the virtues and genius of the most distinguisljed guest at the banquet , the illustrious Magyar Kossuth ; the duties of national hospitality to tho politically oppressed of all nations will be enunciated ; and the constitutional governments of Great Britain and of the United States will be recognised as alike . opposed and inimical to republican tyrann ) ' and imperial despotism . The following important and interesting communication is from the lion . It . F . Walker , the

      distinguished American , to Mr . Deacon , the town clerk of Southampton , who , in obedience to the mayor and corporation of that town , 'had invited the hon . gentleman to the Kossuth banquet . The opinions of an American of talent , of distinguished position in the United States , and of temperate political views on the honours about to be paid to the Hungarian loader in England , are of great interest . The Hon . Mr . Walker , when he visits Southampton , ia to be the guest of George Borrett , Esq ., one of the liberal magistrates of the town of Southampton , who was appointed a short time since by the present Lord Chancellor . The late Sir Robert Peel quoted the opinions of the Hon . R . F . Walker as of great authority during the debates which preceded the abrogation of the corn-laws ,

      " London , Oct . 10 , 1851 . " Charles E . Deacon , Esq-, & c , & c . "Sir . —I have received your letter of yesterday , inviting me , on behalf of the authorities of Southampton , to a banquet proposed to be given by them to ' His Excellency , Louis Kossuth , la t e Governor o f Hungary , ' on his arrival at your port . "Nothing could give me greater pleasure than to be present on an occasion so interesting and important . ' This illustrious exile is on his way to my own country , being carried thither under the American fla ? , and in a national vessel ( bearing a name tbat is deaf to my h > -art ) , despatched for him by the

      President of lhe United S . ates , un'ler the sanction of a resolution of Congress . I rejoice that this is an English banquet , that it is given by Englishmen , and that tbe eminent patriot , on first landing upon British soil , is to be thus received and honoured As an American , I thank you for the privilege afforded me by your invitation of being present on this occasion . The British cabinet , through Lord Palmerston , united with my own government in obtaining the liberation of Louis Kossuth and his associates . Nor will we forget the magnanimity ofthe Sultan of Turkey , in protecting him and them within the Ottoman Empire , and restoring them to liberty , in defiance of the remonstrances of despotic

      powers . " The day of your banquet will be regarded by my countrymen as an illu'trious epoch in tlie gradual but certain aud conservative progress of Uritish freedom . It will prove again that the threats of absolutism inspire with no terror the hearts of ' Englishmen . England requires no foreign aid ; but , if her generous countenance lo the oppressed should cause the oppressors to league against her , there are millions of my countrymen who would esteem it a glorious privilege to bo permitted to contend for and with her , under her and our flag , asd her and our own great captains , a gainst tb e

      Kossuth. Sooinampton .—The Mayor Of Sout...

      despotisms of the world in srms . It is leas than a century since , under the British flag , your and our Washington and Braddock together fought , within the limits of Pennsylvania , my native state . It was under the same flisj that you and our own countrymen together fought , and your and our Wolfe then fell in the arsis of Yictoiy upon the heights of Quebec . Language can convoy no adequate idea of the profound sensation that will be excited in America by your generous reception of Kossuth , or of the gratitude which will warm every hrart when the intelligence shall reach tho shores of my country . There this il l ustriou s e xi l e will receive such a triumph as has never been awarded by us to any one except our beloved benefactor , Lafayette .

      " Louis Kossuth is regarded by us as tho champion of the freedom of his country , and as having struggled there for constitutional liberty and the rights of a bravo and oppressed people . We believe he desired to establish for Hungary a government , with adequate checks and balances , similar , as far as practicable , to our own , and where life , liberty , aud property should nil bo placed under the inviolable protection and guarantee of the law and constitution . We saw no support on his part of those agrarian doctrines which lead only to disorder and anarchy , which arc incompatible with the existence of free government , and upon which despots now seize as a pretext for the re-cstab ! ishmcnt of absolute power .

      " Differing as does our government in form from your own we are united with you by a common race and language in the maintenance * of the common law of England , of tho trial by jury , of the liberty of the . press , and of those great principles of cou-S itutional freedom for which your ttussell perished , your Hampden and your Sidney bled . We arc united with you , also , in the support of those views of political economy taught by Adam Smith , Ricardo , Peel , and Cobilen , which are so hostile to agrarian tendencies ; views so nobly maintained by your present enlightened ministry , " parliament , and peop le . We aro united with you also iu opposing all spoliation of coercive diversion of property which marked the downfall of Roman liberty , and the recent reappearance of which fatal ' dogmas in

      another form which is made the pretest for the restoration of despotic power . Our ancestors took with them from England to America no such disoaganising doctrines : nor can they ever bo propagated on our soil by tho ' crafts ' and assaults' of despots or demagogues . It is the toiling millions who constitute the mass of our people . They know that wages can only bo increased ( as is desired by us all ) by augmenting capital , the fun d out of which wages aro paid , by uniting labour and capital as far as practicable in industrial pursuits , not by any legislative organisation , but by voluntary co-operation , arising from enlightened views of their own true interests . They know that the destruction or diminution of capital must destroy or diminish wages . Capital being only accumulated

      labour , to make war upon capitui t-ltey know is to assail labour which will be best rewarded when , unfettered by legislative inteference or restrictions , it is left to seek freely for all its products the markets of tbe world . These views were promulgated by me some years since , iu official reports to congress , as tho finance minister of the American cabinet ; were sanctioned by the action of congress , re-affirmed by augmented majorities in our recent elections and may be regarded as the settled policy ofthe country . Views of similar tendency were propounded by an illustrious dop .-u-tcd British prime minister , whoso measures simultaneously with our own , enlarged the commerce and cemented tho friendly relations of England and America , ami who will ever be remembered as a benefactor of both countries , and of mankind .

      "I deem it due to myself and my country , and to y ou , illustrious guest , to state my respectful dissent from the efforts now made to impute to him those agrarian dogmas which were encountered by contrary pi-ovislous , tor even securing property as well as contracts from all violation , inserted , as axiomatic truths , by the founders of our republic , in our fundamental laws . Ho has toiled too long , and too much , in tho oause of freedom , and hi * - coarse as Governor of Hungary was too wise and enlightened to leave any doubt with us that ho desired to establish for Hungary government founded upon those just and equitable principles by which life , liberty , and property were secured .

      " 1 hope to bo with you when this banquet is given , but ( its date being uncertain ) if any unforseen event should deprive mo of that pleasure , permit me now to tender to the mayor aud municipal authorities ol your enlightened and patriotic city my most sincere thanks for their nattering invitation , and to propose the following sentiment . " Most respectfully , your obedient servant , ( Signed ) " li . F . Walker . " Tho generous reception of Louis Kossuth upon British soil ' . —a rebuke to despotism which will he re-echoed with joyful acclaim from the American union . " A crowded and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Kingsland and tho neighbourhood took place on Wednesday evening at the British School-room , for the purpose of adopting an address to be presented to the Hungarian patriot on his arrival in the metropolis . Ehederick Clahke , Esq ., presided .

      The Rev . T . W . Aveliko observed that Kossuth came here , not because he had broken the laws of his country , but because he had dared to confront the crowned perjurer who had broken those laws . ( Cheers . ) But lor the conduct of one traitor , Hungary might now have been in full enjoyment of her liberties , with Louis Kossuth , where he deserved to be , at the head of a free people . ( Cheers . ) lie moved the adoption of an address to Kossuth . Tho address expressed profound sympathy with the struggle in which the Hungarian people were engaged , and regretted that the noble efforts of Kossuth and Ids compatriots had been defeated by fraud , perfidy , and force , and indulged the firm and unshaken faith that the power was now silently but actively at work which would break the iron sceptre and shiver the throne of despotism . It

      expressed admiration of the character of Kossuth , and especially in reference to his emancipation of tho serfs , believing chat every stop in his public career—his lofty aims , his love of truth , tbe devotion of his life to high and holy purposes , his moderation in the hour of success , and his heroic fortitude in that of misfortune , aflorde d g enuine proofs that his heart was fully imbued with the love of high principle , and entitled him to the esteem of all good men . In conclusion , the hope Was expressed that the day was not far distant when bis sufferings and labours would be rewarded by seeing his country released from her thraldom , and in the full enjoyment of freedom and independence . Mr . It . Smith , of Dalston , seconded the adoption of the address . Ho referred to the attack of tho

      " Times on Kossuth , observing that he detested the " Times , " and road it rather to detect its falsehoods than for any facts lie derived from it . ( Cheers and laughter . ) During tho whole of the Hungarian struggle , the " Times" had been as much the organ of Austria as if it had been paid for what it did . ( Hear , hear . ) When llaynau had received his castigation in Soutbwai-k , the " Times" immediately took up his cause , and asserted that the draymen knew nothing at nil about the matter , as though the flogging of women was not sufficiently notorious throughout Europe . The " Times" had recently insinuated that Kossuth had been guilty of some wrong dealing in the earlier part of his career ; and hosv was the charge supported ? By tho assumption that ho had himself destroyed the records of what ho had done . ( L-. ughter . ) Anything wore flagrantly unjust had never appeared even in the " Times . "

      The address was adopted amidst enthusiastic cheering . General Haug having addressed the meeting , Mr . Ebbn Clarke moved a resolution , declaring tbat the liberty of Europe was closely linked , with Italian independence , and recommending to the favourable consideration of the meeting tho " Society of tho friends of Italy . " Mr . Jam e s o n seconded the resolution . Air . P . A . Tavlou , who attended as a deputation from " The Friends of Italy , " graphically described the deplorable condition of that country ' observing that it was a legalised anarchy , an imperial reign of terror . ( Hear . ) In proof of this , be referred to Mr . Gladstone's recent work . Other speakers followed , ami tho proceedings closed with the usual compliment to the chairman .

      ADDRESS OF TH E GERMAN EMI G RAT I ON CLUU . Your arrival in Europe , which oven to the suppressed revolutionary idea is still preparing a triumphal procession , has become to us a new token how little the defeat of tho revolution has been its annihilation . You , as t h e great cham p ion of a people striving for liberty , are met from every shore with a solemn greeting . That sympathy has ovcrleapt the narrw boundaries of nationalities , and has become the common cause of all free men . We are approaching the day when this community of sympathies will be elevated to a brotherly solfdarity of liberated nations . The citizens of ' Marseille ' s have greeted you with tbat republican cry , with which the nations tend their hands to each other . Tho German Emigration Club welcomc . " thc hero of Hungary with the same salutation

      In tho name and by order of the German Emigrant Club , General E , IIau < r , G . Tichow , Dr . II b Oppenheim , K-irl Schuvz , Count Oscai Reiuueubiitih .

      Working Men's Preparations For The Recel...

      WORKING MEN'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEl'TIQN OF KOSSUTH IN THE ME TROPOL 1 S . The preparations for tho reception of tho Hungarian patriot in London are going on as favourably could be desired , and , judging from the

      Working Men's Preparations For The Recel...

      amount of subscriptions received , and the degree of enthusiasm displayed , there is every probability of the demonstration being of a most effective character . At a meeting held on Monday evening , Mr . Thornton Hunt in the chair— -the committee " of arrangement proeented a report embodying tho following recommendations : — "Tnat the order of proceedings in marking tho arrival of Ivoss-nth bo as follows ;—Tbm an address be presented to Louis Kossuth -, that a procession be formed to welcome him on hisarriv-iil in London ; that Kossuth be invited lo a banquet , to be given to him in the irost spacious place o buinab ' c ; that a permanent committee be formed to collect a public contribution of funds for the cause of Hungary , to ha placed in tho h an d s of Louis Kossu th , on his return from America t o En gland . " Theso recommendations were then unanimously adopted .

      Mr . Pktiie ( tho secretary ) reported that bo had , by the instruction of the committee , attended ameeting of the German Agitation Committee tho preceding evening , one of their members ( Dr . 8 trauss ) ' b . ivnig on their part expressed a nisli to be informed of the nature of the intended Kossuth demonstiation . The address which it was intended to present to Iiossuth had been laid before them , and approved of ; and Dr . Tausenau , one of their members , a friend of Kossuth , promise ! to give tho deputation every facilit-v in his power for obt-iii .-ing

      an introduction to Kossuth . They were further infetmed that the object was to get up an English demonstration ; but if foreigners chose to join in the procession , they would not be prevented doing so . At the same time , no delegates from any foreign body would be recognised , as much for their own sakes as to give tlie demonstration effect on fhe continent . Were foreigners admitted to the committee it would only give an excuse for foreign powers to soy that it was merely a plot goc up by foreign refugees .

      Mr . T . Hunt ( the chairman ) stated that tho committee appointed to obtain tho use of a suitable building for the banquet were not yet prepared to report . They had some idea , of obtaining Drurylatie- Theatre . ( Cheers . ) The CuAiitMA . v read an extract from t-Uo " l ' vogrcsso" of Turin , a letter from a gentleman who had met Kossuth after his liberation at Genoa , and to whom the Hungarian hero hail expressed himself as follows-. " Whether I go , in the next week , to America , to France , or lo England , or to whatever other region , my friends may bo certain that I shall bo guided in niy selection by a lively sense of those duties to which" my life and energies are consecrated . " Mr . Leslie announced that tho West-end Shoemakers' Society had corr . e to u vote placing at the disposal of their committee whatever funds they might deem it necessary to contribute to this demonstration . ( Hear , hear . )

      Some routine business was transacted , and tbe meeting adjourned . MEETING IN WESTMINSTER . A preliminary meeting was held ; onTnesday evening at the King ' s Arms , Palace-yard , Westminster , to take into consideration the best means of manifesting respect for Kossuth and the great principles of constitutional liberty . The chair was taken by Mr . T . Prout . The CiiAiKMA . v said ho had received the following letter from Sir De Lacy Evans , M . P . for the city of Westminster : Iii-vansto » -sq-aai-o , Oct ., 13 , 1851 .

      " My dear sir , —I met yesterday your nephew , and bait tlie pleasure of hearing from him of steps being taken with a view to tin expression of public feeling m Westminster on the occasion of the arrival in this country of the late Governor of Hungary . As I should heartily concur In any such proceeding , I shall certainly feel it a duty to attend any meeting of my constituents upon it , if in England at the time . •¦ The Austrian agents in this country , in order to prevent these expressions of opinion , present us a charge of pecuniary malversation . But against whom ? Agaifidt the * individual actually invited

      and soleoLea by a noble and aristocratic Hungarian Cabinet to administer , as their colleague , the national finances . Nay more ,-that appointment- 'was confirmed by tho imperial Austrian government . So much for the gravity , then , attached to this imputation by the highest and most unimveached public men of both those countries . " Kossuth voluntarily resigned the [ finance department , on ascertaining , or being convinced , that no confidence could be placed iu ike good faith of tho Austrian government . The subsequent conduct of that government does not discredit his convictions on that , point .

      " Whether the more aristocratic or the radical liberals of Hungary were the most pure in motives , or most politic in conduct , is not the question we havo to consider , nor havo we information upon it tbat we can rely on to guide us to a decision . " What I be ' lieve , aud that which I think the English public generally believe , is that the popular cause , which was contended for in Hungary , w a s a good one , mid well deserving the sympathy of all honest reformers . And who will point out to us the person mere conspicuously identified'with that cause , and to whom we may address tho expression of our sentiments , therefore , more fittingly than this illustrious exile , called , as we know ho was , by the voice of his country to preside over its councils in its most perilous emergency , and who so gloriously sustained that momentous trust ! Tho nationality as well as the liberties of Hungary have been destroyed by the armies ol foreign despots . Rut it was not a street or town entente that wo refer to—it was a national movement . None other

      could have enabled the Hungarian patriots to chase the Austrian hordes from their territory . Their just wishes , therefore , we will sanguinely hope may yet be accomplished . " Alost faithfully , my dear sir , yours , "De Lacy Evans . " " P . S . —I go to-morrow , for a short time , to tho continent , but shall be enabled to postpone my departure from Folkestone for a week , till I hoar what may bo the decision in Westminster on this subject . "

      The Chairman then said he was sure that on an occasion like that which had arisen , the men of Westminster would not be backward in testifying their admiration of the illustrious individual w ho was about to visit the shoves of this country . The history of Hungary resembled to a great extent that of England ; and Kossuth and his companions had only struggled for what our forefathers had succeeded in obtaining , and what , it had been demonstr a te d , led in our ease to prosperity and to happiness . ( Hoar , hear . ) It had been alleged in journals subservient to Austria , that Koasuth . had damaged , his character by the misappropriation of monies - and though ho was not charged with applying to his own use tho public funds , it was certainly being attempted by aside-wind topreventhimfrom meeting wiUi that sympathy on his arrival iu this country to which ho was entitled , lie recollected

      having seen a statement iu the " Times that Kossuth , being indebted to a merchant at PestU to tho extent of £ &) , dishonoured a bill . I \ * ow , though no one was immaculate , they ought not to give implicit credeuee to a statement emanating from such a quarter —( hear , hear)—and even if it were true , it went to prove Only that when financial minister of Hungary , Kossuth would not abuse his public character to discharge a private debt . ( Hear , hear . ) They all knew , however , the rancorous enmity of Austria towards the Hungarian liberals , and should be on tneir guard against any attempt to mislead thern , and to prevent them from expressing their sympathy . It was the wish of those who had convened this meeting that a public meeting should ba called hi Westminster to agree to an aduress of congratulation to Kossuth , and he trusted that it would be a mealing worthy of the past reputation of Wesimin-ter .

      Ml " . T . Sau ' sdbub , on rising to move tho first resolution , said tho subject was one far removed above private considerations . They wore now beginning to learn something of Hungary , historically and " iwlitieally ; and he , for one , would bail tl-io arrival of Kossuth as an event of great importance in connexion with the value of our own institutions . It was nothing to them what Louis Kossuth ' s private antecedents were ; but , nevertheless , ho was satisfied that the aspersions cast upon him were but tho usual weapons of an c-nvenomed autocracy . ( ' * Hear , hoar , " and cheers . ) It had been the catc that

      ever when the cause ot constitutional freedom had been discussed , endeavours had been made to throw obloquy upon those who wore most . forward in ' maintaining it . ( Hear hear . ) It- was because ho bad defended his country -because ho had studied her ' constitution , and endeavoured to ¦ maintiuii it inviolate , that the inhabitaiits of this country sympathised with Kossuth . ( Cheers . ) tie concluded by moving a resolution declaring it to be the opinion of tlio meeting tha an adu-ess should be drawn up , and submitted to a public moetmgm Westminster , for presentation to Jiossuth soon atier his arrival in this country .

      Mr . Georoe seconded the resolution . He hoped the men of Westminster would show the " Times " that the charges which it published against Kossuth had no ttteut upon their opinions . ( Cheers . ) Similar cIiki-j-cs were made , and refuted , several months ;^ o "' lint" Dcstrov the web of sophistry in vain , The creature ' s at , his dirty work again . " However influential the " Times " might bo the English pcoj-lc would take its opinions only lor what they were worth ; and when it deserved censure , it would have it . After a few words from Mr . Bidgood in support of the resolution , it was agreed to . Mr . Warn tit moved tho appointment of a committee to draw up the address , to take the required . iteps for carrying out the foregoing reiolution , ami toco-upoiate n any efforts for tha benefit of Kos-inh . . V . r . Mai . loc .-k sieomlcd the resoluik-n , which , altera short conversation , was adopted .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18101851/page/7/