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      The Registration Reform Of The Reform Ac...

      no objection to an alteration , it must be , like himself , " a Tery little ' on . " The old , absurd system of maJang the vote depend on the fating , instead ofthe rent—tbe old complexity of forms , which make the overseers' lists little else than an ingenious combination of blunders , omissions , and irregularities , will be touched in the gentlest manner possible—i . e . if the author of the Reform Bill is left to the devices of his own imagination . HO objection to an altpratinn . it . mnst Jw » HIta

      A very pretty scene in its way , with reference to this matter , was enacted at the close ofthe revision in the City of London last week . "With a knowled ge , no douhtj that their Statements would be acceptable to those in power , and afford a seeming justification for taking a certain course , the Conservative and Liberal agents both fell foul of the machinery ofthe Reform and Registration Acts . With great acumen and practical knowledge , they exposed its defects , and they concluded by expressing a hearty wish that the whole system of Registration Courts might be swept away , and replaced by " tho appointment of permanent , paid , and careful officers for making out the lists . "

      It is easy to see where this leads to—easy to conceive the object of such a suggestion . It will give an immense increase of patronage to the Government for the time being , and a capital opportunity of rewarding the services of active political supporters—who can ' t be put into very high offices—and , at the same time , can't exactl y be made either tide-waiters or excisemen . It will at the same time open out quite an asylum for all the loose hangers-on of a political party , who possess a fair education with some cleverness and business tact—but

      who , either from constitutional or accidental causes are unable to fall into , or settle down at regular employment . Theseare an exceedingl y useful class in electioneering times ; they are the true jackals who provide the prey for the lordly lions , who are too lazy , too dignified—and , perhaps , wc may add , too ignorant to find it for themselves . The new scheme would provide for them most admirably ; when a fresh specimen of the class was caught , he would alwayshavetheofztfmcmcfynfta / eofaRevising officer s place to look forward to as the termination of his active political drudgery . It would be a new cog fitted on to the old wheel , andaddalittle additional grease that , together , mi ght for the time help to make it work more smoothly .

      "We do not deny that the making out of the lists would be far better done if p laced in the Lands of a competent person , permanently appointed , and possessing that experience and loiowledge which long practice can alone give . Bnt we do contend that that , or any other tinkering of the effete Reform Act , must be preceded by a large and liberal admission of the adult males of the community within the pale of the Constitution . Let us have that first , and we shall cheerfully support any proposal that avIII make the Constitution a lonafide one .

      "We tell Lord John Russell that nothing short of a large extension of the Suffrage will "be satisfactory , and that if he tries any small , peddling alterations in the machinery of his own Act , with a view to throw the people off the scent he will be very much disappointed .

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      Judge's Chambers. Tkipioek V. O'Coxxob. ...

      JUDGE'S CHAMBERS . Tkipioek v . O'Coxxob . This xras an action in the County Court of Marylebone for the recovery of £ 5 , paid by the plaintiff as a " member , " to the defendant as a " promoter " ofthe National Land Company . The defendant now applied for a certiorari on an affidavit , alleging thai the matter in dispute was one involving a large number of small sums , similar in amount to that sought to he received , and which , in the aggregate , amounted to more than £ 70 , 000 ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of great importance and difficulty—whether the Scheme was legal or illegal , under the Joint Stock Companies Act , or under the act for the abolition of lotteries ; whether the plaintiff having

      paid voluntarily , and been a party to all the proceedings , could now recover his money ; the defendant ' s affidavit also stated that tbe Queen s Bench had granted a mandamus , the return to which would raise the present and several other questions . The Judge ( Air . Justice Talfourd ) called upon the solicitor for the plaintiff to say whether these statements were true , and it was admitted that they were so ; hut then it was contended that the application was too late , inasmuch as it now wanted hut two days to the hearing in the County Court ; the solicitor also complained of the hardship to his client , who was not of ability to hear the expence . of taking the case before one ofthe Superior Courts , and must , therefore , forego all hope of

      obtaining his money . The Judge , however , to the "too late" argument observed , that he had frequently granted these applications , even when made ex parte , and without any notice whatever to the other side , in which case the plaintiff was wholly unaware ofthe writ until the names were called in Court : and as to the expence of trying the dispute elsewhere , that was a circumstance which could not be remedied . He considered that the questions to beraisedinthc action were of very great importance , and ought to he tried by a Superior Court , and the more so , as , if the judgment then given were not satisfactory it could be reviewed in the Exchequer Chamber , and afterwards in the House of Lords . He granted the certiorari .

      County Court, Wjestauxster. "Wm. Bicbard...

      COUNTY COURT , WJESTAUXSTER . "Wm . Bicbards , who summoned Mr . O'Connor in the above court on Thursday last , was nonsuited , and had to pay his own costs ,

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      LETTERS TO THE "WORKING CLiSSES LX 1 II . " Words tre things , and a small drop of ink Falling-like dew-upon a thought , produces That tvWh makes thousands , " perhaps millions , Braojt . AUSTEIAN ASSASSINS AND THEIR LETTERS

      ENGLISH ALLIES . Brother Proletarians , M y Letter in last Saturday ' s "Star" closed with the heart-rending statement of the Hungarian lad y who was publicly flogged b y the Austrians , and whose husband , in a state of a « rouy and despair , committed suicide . The correspondent ofthe " rfmes » while expressing his virtuous indignation at the conduct of the Austrian commander—supposing the alleged atrocity , with its terrible consequences , to have really taken place—affected to throw doubt on the sufferer ' s statement . But in his very next communication , the said "correspondent" admitted the truth of the tragic story , adding the following correction :

      _ The name of the officer was omitted . I now find that it is taptam Graber , a native of Werschitz . The true name of Hie village is not Kuskbv , but Ruskberg , and theinjured lads K tne relict of one of tiie firm of lloftnann and Madersb . ich , who were proprietors of some extensive iron works . The august Editor of the " Times" has not deigned any comment on this atrocity , which probably he considers beneath his notice . The " Chronicle" on the other hand , has indulged in an " editorial" breathing fierce invective against the " wretch , " Captain Graber , and

      willing for "the infliction of the most extreme penalty on the criminal / ' What rank hypocrisy is this I The " Chronicle" " wretch " well Idqows that he and his comrognes of the " Times , " " Post , " & c ., —both editors and " correspondents "—are a thousand-fold more guilty than the execrable Graber , seeing that they have encouraged , supported , and applauded such miscreants as Graber and his masters in all their hellish wars against Humanity . It is not the first time that women

      have been flogged by the butchering defenders of " Order 1 " The flogging of women was a matter of almost daily announcement during the Hungarian struggle ; and only a few weeks ago the hoary ruffian Kadetzki—lauded b y our Press-gang scoundrels as "the conqueror of Lombardy" — caused several men and women to be publicly flogged , " for having insulted ( that blood-reeking rag ) the flag of Austria . " But flogging has not been the onl y , nor the worst , atrocity committed on women by the Imperial brigands . I leave my readers to imagine crimes and horrors ( with the record

      of which I will not sull y these columns ) of which Hungarian , German , and Italian females have been the victims—abominations committed by the champions of the House of Hapsburg . How is it that the large-hearted sympathy of the "Times" correspondent , and " Chronicle" editor , has not ere this time found vent ? How is it that those "vu-tuous-indignation " -mongershaveonlynowfoundwordstohurl the thunders of their wrath against—not a Ha y nau , a Jellachich , or any other wholesale destroyer and torturer , but against a mere subordinate instrument of those archenemies ofthe Human Eace' ? After inciting the assassins of nations to destroy the liberties

      of an entire people , and encouraging those assassins in dooming that people to the miseries of fire and sword , and all the horrors invariably perpetrated by a brutal soldiery , these "wretches of the Press-gang would now like to win a character for " humanity , " " liberality , " & c . Faugh ! Their pretended sympathy is hypocrisy—their assumed indignation a lie . The unhappy Madame De Madersbach may assure herself that , next to the miscreant Graber and his masters , she may lay the account of her sufferings , the suicide of her husband , and the wreck of her happiness , to those editors and " correspondents" who have prostituted the London Press to the service of the master-fiends who have desolated her

      country , and destroyed her own peace . New horrors , demanding comment , will not allow me to dwell longer on the case of the unhappy Madame De Madersbacii . Some time ago I announced , 03 the authority ofthe daily papers , that General Auuch , and several other Hungarian chiefs , had been butchered in cold blood , by the Austrians . The report was premature , but only premature , as it too truly foreshadowed the deed . Since I last addressed you , intelligence has arrived in this country of the massacre of the following patriots : —

      At Arad , on the 6 th of October , the Hungarian generals and chiefs Al'lich , Nagy , Saxdor , Schweidel , Damiasich , Vecsey , Torok , Poltesberg , Kxesich , and Lejuxge . v were HANGED . Ebjvest Kiss , Dessof y , Lazar , and Laueu were SHOT . The same day , atPesth , Count Louis Batthyany was put to death , after he had vainl y attempted to commit suicide . A guerilla chief , named Eekete , was also put to death by powder and ball .

      I have taken the list of names given in the ' Times" of the chiefs shot and hanged at Arad . There is some difference in the names in the accounts given in the papers , though all agree that thirteen brave and true men were put to death either by the ropeor the bullet . The particulars of this massacre have not yet reached this country . These unfortunate men were induced by the traitor Gcer e Io surrender with him , or to imitate his surrender . Sad—sad have been the consequences of that

      traitor ' s treason . Ofthe murder of Lons Batthyaitx , some , though not the fullest , particulars have been made public Count Loins Batthyany was descended from " one ofthe most ancient Hungarian families . " An aristocrat by birth and fortune , he was no Radical , although , for some time previous to the ascendancy of Kossuth , he led the Reform party in the Hungarian Diet . " When tbe Revolution broke out in Vienna , the deceased was one of the deputation that obtained the famous March concessions . "

      Subsequently Prime Minister of Hungary , he strove to preserve a middle and moderate course , when the Austrians gave evidence of their determination to strangle the liberties of the Hungarians , or drive them to revolt . " In the last moment of external peace . between Austria and Hungary—in the first moment of the conflict for life or death—Lows Batthyasy resigned the Ministerial office , entered as a common soldier in a Hussar regiment , and took no part in the proceedings of the National Committee of Defence . " On the invasion of the country by Wisdischgratz , Batthyany presented himself to that brigand , in company with Deak and Archbishop Lon

      wics , as a deputation to propose a surrender and pacification , on condition that Austria would guarantee the old constitution of Bun gary , as it existed in 1847- This step was taken b y Batthyany and his colleagues , in opposition to Kossuth , whs , with the veritable reformers , repaired to Debreczin , to organise the army of liberation , which , within three months , drove Wjndischgratz and his cut-throats out of Hungary , and , for a moment , established the independence of that unfortunate land . It was while attempting to negotiate with Wixmsc hgratz that he was treacherously arrested and thrown into prison , where he remained until murdered by the

      batcher Eaynai 7 . From this ( very imperfect ) notice of the career of Louis Batthyany it-will be seen that he was not one of our friends . He was what the " Daily News" terms a " moderate constitutionalist "—" a man who opposed democracy and soug htto put down rebellion , yet 1 cannot bnt express my sincere pity for the victim and heartfelt hatred of his murderers . TheVs hc was allied with Kossuth and the true Reformers , the less excuse had his assassins for destroying him ; and the greater Ms " moderation" as a politician , the greater

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      the infamy of those who are answerable for his blood . According to the terms of his sentence Count Loui s Batthyany , " native of Pressburg , 40 years of age , Catholic , married , " was convicted of having loosened the ties which bound Hungary to Austria by the Pragmatic Sanction ; of having after his resignation as Minister entered the ranks of " the insurgent army ; " and of having re-entered the Diet " which had been dissolved by his Majesty . " "He is therefore , " continues the Sentence , "for the crime of Ugh treason , condemned to forfeit his whole propert y for the indemnification ofthe treasury of the state , and to suffer death by the rope . "

      The Press-gang devils , both Austrian and English , improving on the sentence of tbe " Imperial Court-martial" have tried to make out that the Count was condemned to death for what they term "his share in Latour ' s murder . " If 5 uch had been the ease the murderers who passed sentence would have taken good care not to have thrown away the opportunity of blackening , or attempting to blacken , the character of their victim . The attempt now made by the Press-gang is another proof of the matchless villany of that crew . All persons acquainted with the facts , know well that without any connivance or

      incitement on the part of Batthyany , the natural rage of the Viennese at the discovery of Latour ' s duplicity and treachery was amply sufficient to account for his destruction . The only matter to be regretted is that those who shared Latour ' s rascality did not also share his welldeserved doom . In pursuance of his sentence the unfortunate Count was marched between two lines of Grenadiers to the place of execution , but before arriving at the gallows he inflicted a wound in his throat , which , however , was not fatal . According to some accounts , ho employed a dagger ( which had been conveyed to

      him in his linen ) in the vain attempt to deprive himself of life ; other reports state that he punctured his throat with a nail , or large needle . This saved the victim from death by . hanging . The wound was bound up , and he was taken back to prison . It might have been supposed that , under these circumstances , the heart of even a Ha y nau would have relented . But not so;—the soul of that monster never knew the blessed influence of Mercy . At twelve o ' clock on tbe night of the 6 th of October , Louis Batthyaky was again torn from his prison , and walked , notwithstanding his extreme weakness from loss of blood , to the place of execution . "After he had passed a few seconds in prayer , and his eyes had been bound with a handkerchief , a signal was given

      with the drum , three riflemen advanced close up to him , fired , and the unfortunate man fell dead without either groan or struggle . " The last words be uttered were : — "Eljen a haza" ( " M y country for ever " ) ! While this tragedy was proceeding , an indescribable tumult of feeling agitated Pesth . Military patrols traversed the streets dispersing the bewildered groups , whose hearts burned for vengeance , but whose hands were powerless . It is stated that the officer who postponed for a few hours the executien ofthe sentence , and , finally , gave orders for the shooting ofthe Count—his lacerated neck not admitting of death by the rope—has been arrested and ordered for trial by court-martial , Haynau being furious that his victim was not hanged !

      Since the execution of Batthyany , a priest and a Jew have been shot at Pesth . It is reported that Ladislaus Cyanyi , ex-Minister of Hungary , and several other Magyar chiefs , have been condemned to death . We may expect to hear in a day or two of their execution . These foul , unnatural murders have forced a renewed exhibition of decent indignation on the part ofthe "Chronicle , " and forced even the " Times'' to break silence . The former journal tells its hitherto favourite hei'O , Ha y nau , that Le " has much to answer for ;" and the "Times" speaks ofthe execution of Batthyany , as " an act of horror" enl y equalled in history by "the murder of Count Egmont , by the Duke of Alva . "

      A careful perusal of the articles in the "Times" and "Chronicle , " will satisfy the reader that the precious scribes of those journals , in reality , feel no compassion for Haynau ' s victims , and are only inspired to "protest" by the fear that his butcheries will bring universal odium on the " Hol y Alliance " of kmgs and usurers , priests , aristocrats , and military murderers . The kindl y " Chronicle " admits that "the late insurrection in Hungary was attended by circumstances which demanded and justified severity , and that some of the ringleaders , by the aggravated character oftheir treason , deserved death . '' "But , "

      adds the moderate " Chronicle , ' " it does appeal- to us that the number of executions ordered by Ha y nau , very far exceed the utmost conceivable demands of the emergency . " It is evident that the . organ of the Peelites would have been satisfied with the hanging or shooting of Kossuth , Besi , and Dembimski , had they been within reach of their enemies . Perhaps the " Chronicle' ' would not have objected to the addition of Aulich , Na gy Sanjdor , and two or three others to the list of victims ; but the execution of so many , and particularly of Count Batthyany , excites that worth y journal ' s " extreme alarm . "

      The " Times" too admits that Battutaktthough " his faults were not those" of a low demagogue or a popular revolutionist—may have deserved to suffer , " hut objects that instead of being tried by a court-martial , ho ought to have heen proceeded against " with all the formalities of the law , and all tlie guarantees of a public trial . " The ' Times" will not condemn death punishments for political offences ; and intimates in no very

      roundabout terms , that " if the fate of Tnosr and his associates had not been arrested by judicial doubts , " tliey might have been hanged " with the assent of public opinion ;"—meaning the " opinion " of the " Times ' s " patrons , themoney-inonjjcring " public . " The Puddlc-dock Thunderer has no objection to the hanging or shooting of " rebels " providing it be done according to law . " There ' s nothing like A fair , free , open trial , where the king

      Can choose his jury and appoint his judges . " For one sentence I thank the " Times , " " TJds Hood , " saj-s that journal , " viill le a curse on those who shed it , and men ivho sully their victory by such crimes have conquered in vain . " True ! But there are others than those whom the " Times" denounces to whom the " curse of the blood ofthe true and the innocent clings , and will continue to cling , until Justice shall have exacted her penalties . „ , , ,

      Certainly the most powerful pen would ce inaadequate to write in terms sufficiently eevere the condemnation to mankind ' s hatred , and ( I trust ) vengeance upon , Hyena Haynau , for his murder of Batihtast , and butchery of the brave commanders at Arad . But he is not the only criminal . The blood ofthe Hungarians is also on the head ot that tigei- ' s cub , Pkascis Joseph , and , above all , on the head of that Judas—that betrayer of his country and his comrades , GainGET .

      Cowardly criminals nearer homo must not be forgotten . The blood ofthe Hungarians is on the heads of the ruffianly journalists , who like those of the "Time * " and " Chronicle" have laboured and lied , conspired and calm ; niatcd , to promote the triumph ofthe Imperial butchers . The prostituted scribes aftect now to be horror struck at the deeds of blood and vengeance which they themselves have incited . The hypocrites ! Were Kossuth and Bkm ,

      and Mazzisi , and Gmimi : au--j , and J . kvuo llou . ix , and the other chiefs of Democracy guilty of even a tithe ofthe offences fabricated by the " Times" and " Chronicle" they would well deserve death ; and the tribe of Havxatjs or Htexas might well plead as their justification the ( lying ) evidence of those journals . The blood of the murdered Hungarians must , in part , belaid to the account of the corrupt journals of this metropolis , the " Times " and " Chronicle" especially .

      there are others too who share the guilt : the rulers of this country who connived at the destruction of the Hungarian nation ; and , lastly , those " moderate" twaddlers and miserable peace-mongers who , on the platform and through the press , stultified the sympathies of the British people , and lured the Hungarian patriots to their doom by sending them viords which meant nothing , instead of giving

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      them the aid of deeds worthv of this nation ' s power ana which were imperatively demanded by the perilous position of the people , with whom the mimiblers affected to « sympathise . " iaticnce , Brother Proletarians , " patience and shuffle the cards , - " the game may be ours next time , les , the blood of the just is " a curse on those who have shed it ; " and the tyrants " have conquered in vain . " Fear not but that the dav of reckoning will come . The " Chronicle" and tho " Times " are quite correct in feeling " alarm" for the future ; ™ tll ( i "pmlyXews" equally well anticipates that ( vindictive , treacherous , and sanguinary conduct of all the gov & vivtt & tvte , v ; ttl uwphrc future '' insurrectionists with the conviction that those

      who preceded them , failed through their modem-«™ theip humanity . " cm a It P eo le " says the same paper , " whoall bad their day of triumph , showed in their mode „ ° / us ithow much tliev had advanced beyond » wrif V 0 US atroc'fcies of past centuries » bust , on the contrary , kings and generals , in war triumph , have shown a cold-blooded atrocity , a contempt for cither oaths or honourable pvorases , an aversion to the most moderate principles oi constitutional government , and a total disretor the

      gard commonest feelings of humanity . We are sorry to say , that as long as monarchy is supported jn this way , it is impossible to hope "that it should survive . " It will not survive . The handwriting is on tho wall , and monarch y , with institutions still more internal , will perish . The hour of Retribution " pale - CWIE ' thc gl , cat ones of earth shaU turn lii ^' vwf , ? , ^ ° ! ? m ! ln ' enfeebled , shall shake ; AU bi . mts oliall join in one desolate wail , nwIK , tound ? tio , ls will tremble and quake ; blood C 1 ' USl 1 ' mid the 6 Cl ! pfl ' tested ' with

      Trill shiver to shreds in the hands of its lord , m , } Jo w " « ° / «'' c ;> eoj ) l « will echo aloud , riiat iwsEDOM , the BiB .-r . HMr . nl o ? Mas , isbestohed . ' "

      L'AMI DU PEUPLE . October 18 th ; 1849 , P . S . —I beg to call tho attention of my Metropolitan readers to the fact that on Wednesday evening next , the performances at the Standard Theatre , Shorcditch , will be for the benefit of the wives and children of our unfortunate brotherstho imprisoned Chartists . Whilst mourning the sufferings and immolation of our continental brethren , we must not be unmindful of the wrongs and wants of our comrades and their iamilics in this country . I trust that all who can attend thc Theatre on that evening will do soand that " a

      , house full to the ceiling" will materially add to the funds of that most deserving body , the "National Victim Committee . " $ 3- I have just learned through a letter from Mr . Fan-ell , of Liverpool , of the liberation of our brave and persecuted brothers , Jons West , George White , and Daniel Doxovax . I have no information beyond the fact of the liberation of our three friends ; but as the term oftheir sentence would not have expired until some time in December next , I venture to hope that Dr . M'Douall , Ernest Jokes , and thc rest of onr incarcerated brethren will also be speedily restored to their families .

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      PABLIAMESTARY AND I 1 HA 3 JCJAL REFORM . ABERDEEN . ( Concluded from the 1 st page . ) Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., expressed his happiness to meet with so large an assemblage of the inhabitants of Aberdeen , in Union Hall—no name could be more appropriate . ( Applause . ) He hoped that a union would be consummated that night which would bo lasting and efficient , so far as it depended upon themselves to cement , maintain , and perpetuate it ; that they would every one endeavour , by bearing and forbearing , by forgetting and forgiving , by mutually burying thc hatchet of discord , and cultivating acquaintanceship with their fellow- men , like the man who scaled the hill in the mist to his brother , they would then learn to recognise every

      man m society—whatever the grade or distinction which conventionally might separate him in the various walks of life from . " his fellow—as a brother , accessible to reason , susceptible above all things of kindness , to be conquered by love though he could not be successfully assailed by violence , thus achieving a victory over the understanding , and disarming their opponents . by the conciliation and kindness of their conduct . If men would only approach eacli other , they would , in most cases , like the man who scaled tho mountain top , find that the object which had terrified them , while enveloped in tho mists of prejudice and ignorance , was a friend and a brother . As far as I am personally concerned , said Mr . Thompson , lean present mvsolf before vou

      without tho fear of being suspected of any wish to keep the franchise from any portion of the adult male population of the country ; for it is more than seven years , since I avowed , before a constituency in Englaud , that I could conscientiously subscribe to the six points of tho People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) I have never qualified the confession I then made . I am as much as ever disposed to give to all my fellow subjects perfect civil , religious , ' and political equality . I have thc honour to represent thc largest borough constituency in the kingdom , by which I have been returned to parliament by the largest majority on record ; but I canvassed that constituency on the princi p le of Universal Suffrage ; and can , therefore , consistently vote , as I shall

      always do when I have thc opportunity , for The widest extension of political rights . But , whifo I make this frank avowal of my views and predilections , I concur in the wisdom ' and propriety of the present movement , which is designed to unite tho more moderate with thc more extreme , and to lay the basis of that union and co-operation , without which it is found to be impractible and hopeless to contend against the opponents of progress and reform . ( Applause . ) Thc hon . member for Nottingham has ppoken of the enmity of the middle to the working classes of the people . I would fain hope he has employed too strong an expression , but whatever the feeling may have been that has hitherto separated the one class from the other , let me hope that here , and every where else , it will be

      our aim to extinguish every unkind and hostile emotion , that we may present a consolidated front to the common adversary . Depend upon it , when the union we seek to bring about shall be effected , we shall witness a very different line of conduct on the part of men offering themselves as candidates for election to parliament . At present men depend on the favour and patronage of some peer or wealth y commonnor , having influence in a borough , or on the influence of a clique at the Reform , or some other political club in the metropolis , or on some scheming lawyers and mercenary agents in a particular place , or on the known corruptibility of a needy greedy few , who are willing to take bribes , and are only less famous than those who buy their

      base votes ; but let tins , union be effected , and a feeling will be created which , even before the great reform wc seek is carried , will , partially at least , purify thc political atmosphere , and make our elections much less a farce and a mockery than they have hitherto been . I wish you distinctly to understand the nature of . this movement . There are some seventy or eighty men in the House of Commons who arc in favour of a measure of reformfinancial , ecclesiastical , ' colonial , and fiscal . For two years they have been testing thc temper and disposition of that house by a variety of motions , and have found themselves , " in all , left in an insignificant and miserable minority—the objects of derision and laughter in the eyes of the taxeating and place-hunting majority . These men ,

      one and all , sec thc hopelessness of their efforts , without a sweeping change in the representative system ; andafewofthem , in conjuction with a growing party out of doors , have determined to devote themselves to the work of effecting that change , and thereby securing for the great measures demanded by tho condition of the empire , the consideration they will never otherwise obtain . Thc change contemplated lis the means to the achievement of the ends I have specified , can only be effected through thc immediate instrumentality of the middle classes , who are the electors , with thc sanction and earnest support of the non-electors , - and hence our appeal to the mixed multitude before mo to-night . Continue disunited , and the reforms

      desired can onl y be obtained by such protracted agitations as wo have seen carried on din-tag the last forty years ; whereas a reunited , vigorous , and triumphant Struggle for a genuine parliamentary reform , would load to a very speedy correction of all those great abuses which are now upheld by the confederacy that subsists by tho plunder ot thc people . ( Cheers . ) If the people , eighty years ago , had been properly represented in the House of Commons , we should have had no American war ; if sixty years ago , wc should have had no continental war . If the people had had their own representatives in the House of Commons , the repeal ofthe Test and Corporation Acts would soon have been carried , so would Catholic Emancipation , so would the abolition of Slavery , so would thc repeal of thc Corn Laws ; and we ' should have saved the

      ^ ' atK'iial Debt , and a load of taxation unequalled in th « history of the nations of . Ihe earth . Were the people at this moment properly represented , you would not now be listening to the sound of the hammer emploved to erect a scaffold in your city , on which a human being is to be strangled to-morrow . ( Loud cheers . ) This organic change I repeat , must be effected through the immediate instrumentality of the present electoral body , and tbe members of that body mast bo assisted by the cordial and earnest support of their non-voting lellovf subjects . The change proposed does not go the length of universal suffrage , but it goes far enough to put political power mainly into the hands of the producing and tax-paying people of thc country , and far enough to achieve all the practical purposes wo have in view . Itis olearly , then , the interest of tho working classes to join us , and this I

      Pabliamestary And I1ha3jcjal Reform. Abe...

      bobeve they will do , after the failure of the efforts they have made in their own behalf . Unassisted by the middle classes , thov have been told again and again , " It ' s no use knocking at tho door any more , It ' s no use knocking . it the door . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) But let tho middle and working classes come in a united body , with such a just and reasonable measure as is now proposed , and depend upon it they must and will be admitted , and in their turn wnl be-ablc to say to tho idle and the hungry , who un *? fcei 1 ^ tne vita ^ Qf the industrious , Gentlemen , It's no use knocking at the door anv more Its no use knockine at tho door . " ( Cheers . ' ) I most fully appreciate the importance of the observations made by Mr . Wilson in refercino to tho rate-paying qualification in connexion with the laws

      and usages of Scotland , and doubt not that the subjcctwill be most carefully considered , and such a principle laid down as will give to thc people of Scotland the most perfect equality with the people of England , in regard to their eligibility and facilities for registration as voters . Thc topic is one , h 0 Wover , which , however important at an after stage , need not prevent our cordial union to-night in the assertion of tho necessity of an extension of the suffrage to all occupiers of houses , whether in whole or in part . ( Cheers . ) One good effect which would immediately follow from the reform proposed , would bo tho making of Ministers of State and their subordinates responsible to the people . As it is , they arc virtually irresponsible , and can sot them

      at defiance . Returned in the first instance for a popular constituency , they often apostatise , and arc turned out ; but under the present system they creep into the House again for such sweet places as Harwich , and Kinsalc , and Tavistock , and Ripon , and are able to do all tho mischief they desire . This must be corrected , and ministers , like other members , must be made amenable to popular opinion for their conduct . After some additional observations , Mr . Thompson declared his determination to continue the advocacy of the rights of the _ people , until all who were constitutionally entitled to the franchise enjoyed their full share in

      electing to the House of Commons the men entrusted with the power of levying taxes and making laws for the community . [ The- honourable gentleman resumed his scat amidst loud cheers . ] Mr . Gordon moved the appointment of a committee , composed of equal members of the middle and working classes , which was seconded by Mr Linosav , and passed unanimously . Mr . Macallan saw—After the eloquent and telling addresses they had heard , ho had only to announce the motion , which he had been requested to propose , in order to its being carried by acclamation . It was that thc best thanks of the meeting be given to the deputation for their visit on that .

      occasion , J . II . MuncmsoJf , Esq ., from London , in a short and eloquent address , seconded themotion . . The motion was carried by three hearty rounds of applause . Sir Joshua Wamislet appropriately returned thanks , and proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman . Mr . O'Cosson , in rising to second the vote of thanks to thc Chairman said , that ho must again dissent from Sir Joshua Walmsley , he denied that the Whigs were mongrels : the best doc- ho had ever

      had was a mongrel , between a gveyhownA and a bull bitch —( roars of laughter)—and he had never known a good Whig in his life ; they were spaniels , not mongrels . ( Renewed laughter . ) The vote was passed by acclamation , and Mr . M'Puerson heartily returned thanks , announcing that a soiree in honour ofthe deputation would take place the following evening at six o ' clock , when actual business arrangements in connexion with the formation of a local branch sssociation will be more fully entered upon .

      The meeting which was most attentive and orderly throughout , then separated .

      Stratford. A Public Meeting Of The Assoc...

      STRATFORD . A public meeting of the association at Stratford was held on Tuesday evening at thc Yorkshire Grey Inn , Mr . E . Clark in the chair . The chairman having briefly explained thc objects of the Association , Mr . T . Clauk addressed the meeting . To parliamentary Reform he looked as the great means of accomplishing all other reforms . Without that it would be useless to look for Financial Reform . According to the theory ofthe English constitution every man had a right to exercise a control over those who made the laws which he was called upon to obey . The unenfranchised classes had a great

      interest in the industrial property of the country , and while they sought not what was called protection for their industry , they ? sked for the protection afforded by representation . ( Cheers . ) In order to effect any extensive parliamentary reform it was necessary for wealth to combine with comparative poverty , and hence he rcpiccd to find that the association sought to embrace all classes . A qualification for voting more contemptible than the £ 10 franchise , standing alone , could not be conceived . Under that franchise many who possessed considerable property were , in fact , unrepresented ; while numbers who actually voted were far less qualified than others to exercise a voice in the regulation ofthe affairs of the nation . Even morally

      he denied the right of thc CSS members who composed the House of Commons to make laws to govern the unrepresented . In a moral poiiit of view , the right was no better supported than that of the highwayman . Each of tbe voters was supposed to have six times as much intelligence as all other adults . Fas that rcaMy thc case ? Take the farmers as a body . Who would say that they possessed six times as much intelligence as their unrepresented fellow-countrymen ? ( Laughter . ) What the Association complained of was class legislation . The House of Commons contained admirals , generals , lawyers , and merchants ; while the working classes had no voice in thc representation . The way to preserve peace permanently in this country

      lvasto admit within the pale of the constitution all who had a clear moral right to be represented . There was much less to be dreaded from the enfranchisement of the masses than from their continued exclusion ; for , if occasionally excited , their conduct in the main was right and just . It was said that if tbe working classes were represented in parliament , _ property would be in danger . He denied the justice of that imputation . It was not the soldiery of this country which protected its property ; its best , its real protection , was to be found in the good sense and moderation of the groat

      body of the community . ( Cheers . ) The people of other nations had struggled against despotisms , and had destroyed them ; but other despotisms had in many cases been established . Nothing of the same kind was lately to be witnessed here . The Association desired only to seo a propermedium for the effective expression of public opinion . When thc Prime Minister saw tho working people generall subscribing towards tho objects of the Association , he would be ready to accede to their wishes ; and when a subscription of one shilling a year was sufficient to constitute membership , who would hesitate to subscribe that amount ? With

      respect to the qualification for belonging to the council , he conceived that no reasonable objection could be urged against thc course which had been pursued . It was necessary to secure the services of men whose moral character formed a security for the rectitude of their acts , and who gave a practical proof of their interest in thc cause . Experience proved that no man could be more dangerous at a council board that one who obtained his scat solely by persuading thc masses that he was a patriot . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hows next addressed the meeting . Mv . Clark was , ho believed , a working man , * and he ( Mr . Hows ) had thc greater pleasure in following him , inasmuch as he was a tradesman . ( Hear , hear . ) The real strene ^ h of tho people l ay in the union of

      different classes ofthe community . ( Hear , hear . ) A constitutional object was in the case sought by constitutional and " peaceable means . He rejoiced that an association had been formed in Stratford , and he trusted that the smallness of tho required subscription would ensure a large addition to its numbers . The representative body needed enlargement . In a work written by Lord Brougham on British constitution , his lordship said : - " If we endeavour to prevent bribery altogether , wo may fail . But we can much lessen tbe amount . What can be more obvious than the remedy of dividing the country into electoral districts ? " Now , on that point his lordshi p and the association agreed . Again , speaking in relation to the Reform Bill , his

      lordship said - — " It is much to be lamented that thc working classes have not , generally speaking , thcii share in tho administration of affairs , and this might most safely , and indeed beneficially be entrusted to them . " He ( Mr . Hows ) thought so too , and he was pleased to find Lord Brougham nsain agreeing with the Association . ( Hear , " hear . ) " gu . pinettess was one of the besetting sins of this country . The Association sought to obtain for the working classes , not an useless favour , but a just and valuable light . He then referred to Mr . Hume ' s speech at Norwich , as exhibiting the practical result of class legislation . Mr . Hume , who , as a practical reformer , was above all praise—( hear , hear)—stated that our expenditure had

      increased from eleven to twelve millions fur the army and navy , to eighteen or nineteen millions , during a time of peace . Without class leg islation that increase could not have occurred . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hume further stated that the nation was now paying 150 admirals , of whom only fifteen were employed , and 730 captains , of whom only ei g hty were employed ; and that there were SiO generals hr 120 regiments . ( Laughter . ) That was , in truth , a fine exemplification of class legislation . ( Hear , hear . ) He most cordially concurred in all the objects of the Association ; and , in conclusion , ho again warned the meeting against supinencss , as one of ( he greatest avils which they had to encounter . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Wickham and Emu , after wbich it terminated .

      Denbigh. On Wednesday Evening An Exceedi...

      DENBIGH . On Wednesday evening an exceedingly numerous meeting was held in the Assembly Room , Denbigh , for the purpose of receiving a deputation from tho National Financial and Pailiamentary Reform Association . Mr . Shepherd , the senior churchwarden , presided . Mi- . Atkinson , in a lenethv and able speech , stated the objects of tho Association , after which a discussion took place between Mr . G . Griffith , an extensive land-owner , and Mr . Atkinson ; the former contending , that if the Association carried into effect the objects which it aimed at , it

      would bo tho manufacturing and the trading interests only which would be benefited , to thc disparagement ofthe rural and agricultural districts . The discussion lasted a full hour , during which Mr . Atkinson refuted all tho arguments of his opponent , and Mr . Griffiths , notwithstanding the high local respect in which he is held , was completely hooted down . A resolution approving of the objects of the Association was carried by deafening acclamations , and the meeting , after hearty cheers for the cause , separated at a very late hour .

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      O'Coxn'orville. — Harvest Home ! — A Din...

      O'Coxn'Orville . — Harvest Home ! — A dinner , tea party , ball and concert , was held at 0 ' Connorvillc , Herts , on Monday , October 15 th . Amongst tho invited guests we observed Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark , ( two ofthe Directors ofthe National Land Company ); and Messrs . E . Itallwood and JohnArnotfc , ( ofthe National Victim Committee . ) The dinner was served up in the School-room , and consisted of good old English fare . Thc tea was also served up in tho same edifice . The tea tables having been cleared , Mr . T . M . Wheeler was unanimously called on to preside , and stated that Mv . Tindal Atkinson had been invited , and would doubtless bavo been present had not his services been previously engaged in a distant resrion . and thc

      same must be said for Mr . O'Connor . —The Chairman having road a letter of apology from G . Julian Harney , called upon Mr . Clark to respond to tho first sentiment— " The People . " Mr . Clark having spoken , the next sentiment was - . " Mr . Fcavgus O'Connor , his brother Directors , and our Land Plan . " Mr . M'Grath replied , " Thc Victims and i their Families" was responded to by Mr . John Arnott . Mr . Newson responded to the next sentiment : " Our brother allottees of Chartcrville , Lowhands , Snig ' s End , and Great Dodford . " Thc next sentiment was : " G . Julian Harney , E . Stallwood , and the Democratic Press . " Mr . Stallwood replied , " Miss Vaughan , our only female allottee , and the Ladies , " was given and responded to by

      Mr . Hornby . The room was then cleared for the ball and concert , which was kept up with great spirit until past * ' the witching hour of night , " when the company separated , highly delighted With the rational pleasure they had so abundantly enjoyed . Sheffield . —At the usual weekly meeting on Monday evening , of this branch , held at tho Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Qucen-strcet , a discussion arose on the inattention of a number of members to the requests of tho committee in desiring such members to re-commence their subscriptions , or in default it would be worse for them ; tho discussion ended in the following resolution being unanimously agreed to . Moved by Mr . Bagshaw , and seconded by Mr . Hcaton - . — " That the secretary bo forthwith instructed to make out a list of all members , both with regard to general and local levies , and also those who are paid un . but

      have not attended to the resolution as determined upon at the Conference , That all such defaulters will have to be dealt with in the manner and spirit ofthe resolutions as agrecd ' b y the late Conference ; and those members who have allowed their arrears of levies to run out , their payments should bo struck off the books ; and further , that in the course of a fortnight from this date , if all local members be not cleared off tho books , thc same will be deducted from the original shares of such defaulting members without distinction . In thc meantime , the committee will visit such members as it is possible , to explain to them the nature ofthe above resolution-Circumstances arc compelling the Committee to act in a determined manner . We entreat for the last time those who are in arrears to immediately pay the same . On behalf of the Committee . Joseph Taylor , president ; Geobce Gayill , branch , secretary .

      Feargus O'Connor And Mr. John Connell. (...

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND MR . JOHN CONNELL . ( In the absence of Mr . O'Coxxon , we have extracted tbe following comment upon John Coknell ' s pedigree of Fea bg us O'Connob , from the " Belfast Vindicator" of Saturday last . Had it not boon tbat Mr . O'CW SOR lias been busil y engaged o ? late , it was bis intehtion to bavo written a Series of Letters upon bis electioneering exploits in Ireland , and also to have given the veritable pedigree of tho descendant of " Hunting Cap , " and all about " Grey Robin , " the MovingLamp-post v

      with a lanthorn tied to his tail , as a sham light to mariners , to cause shipwrecks upon tho coast of Derrynane , aud all about "Moil Lynch Mull me an egg ! " a scries of articles from which the reader will derive not a little instruction , and no small amusement —thc most-prominent feature being flic return of John Connem , for Yonghal , through tho unpaid exertion , energy , and zeal of Fea kg us O'Connor , and , as his father stated , con . trary to his most sanguine expectations . ) MR . J . o ' COXXEI / L ' s PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCES—¦ FEAKGUS O ' cO . N'NOK ' s PEDIGREE .

      We must , however , find exception to one or two assertions he has put forth without , in our humble opinion , duo consideration . Ho tolls us that Feargus O ' Connor , the well known leader cf the English Chartistsitmd M . P . for Nottingham , "descends from an English adventurer named Cenycrs , who emigrated from Essex to Ireland . " Now , wo have heard the history of Arthur O'Connor , the patriotic relative of the redoubtable Feargus , long since ; we have a respect for thc name , and consider that Ireland , too , should look upon it with favour and even fond regard . Under these circumstances we cannot permit Mr . J . O'Conncll ' s history of that family to pass without giving our reasons for doubting its authenticity . If our view of the case be correct ( and wo are

      ready to prove it is ) , 0 Connor , instead of descending from an Essex man , descends in the sixth generation from a county Cork gentleman named Cornelius Connor , Conner , or 0 Connor , who is stated by tradition to have been carried by his mother , when a child , into Protestant Bandon , and there brought up a Protestant , in order to escape from thc persecution with wh'ch his family was visited by Cromwell ' s troops , and to which his father had fallen a victim . His mother dropped thc obnoxious Popish " 0 " from his name . Cornelius was the father of Daniel Connor , who lived in Bandon , and who , in 1008 and 1703 , added to the ymnnnt of his paternal estate by large purchases of thc then recently forfeited lands of Justin M'Carthy , and

      Donough , Earl of Clancartliy . This Daniel ' s posterity are so numerous and so notable , that it is rather strange how he could have been confounded with " an Essex man named Conycrs . " _ He was tho ancestor of the present Lord Lisle ; his son George ( of JktUybricicii ) being father of Nary Anne Connor who , in 177 S , married the Right Hon . John Lysaght , second Lord Lisle , of Mount North , county Cork . He was also the ancestor of O'Neill Daunt , his daughter , Mrs . Elizabeth Gumhleton , of Ballygarron Castle , county Wateri ' ord , being mother of Jane , who , in 1775 , married William Daunt , Esq ., of Kilcascan , county Cork . He was also the ancestor of Daniel Conner , Esq ., now of Mancho House , county Cork , who inherits his extensive estates . His son , William Conner ( sometime M . P ., for Bandon ) , built tho family mansion

      of Conncrville in 1727 , and married , in 1721 , the beautiful Anne Bernard , of Palaco Anne , county Cork ( ofthe family of thc Earl of Bandon whose portrait is at Kilcascan . ) William Conner ' s son , Roger , inherited Connovville , and married AnnQ Longfield , sister of the Ri ght Hon . Lord LongueviU ^ by whom he had issue . —] . Daniel ( born 1754 , father of tho present Mr . Connor , of Mancho ); 2 . Robert , of Fort-Robert ; 3 . William 4 . Roger O'Connor ( thefather of Feargus ); and , 5 . Arthur O ' Connor , M . P . for Philipstown , in tho Irish Parliament , whose ultra-patriotic politics actually forfeited for him the splendid inheritance of his uncle , Lord Longucville ( £ 10 , 060 per annum ) ,, and probably , too , the succession to his peerage , which that nobleman ' s influence could have readily procured for his favourite nephew , he himself being childless .

      Wo do not think Feargus would icel much complimented by having thc honours of a really respectable Irish lineage superseded by an ayrount which is , to say the least of it , exceedingly far fetched . We should state that the Celtic " ()' * ' was resumed ; by Roger and Arthur O'Cwino :-, vn hi ' .-ir . ;> g frorat their father the history of its abandonment , from fear , by thc mother of their ancestor Conelius .

      Swindling.—A Number Of Pawnbrokers In No...

      Swindling . —A number of pawnbrokers in Norwich have been the victims of a party of swindlers from London . Two men , named J . Walker and H . James , have been apprehended on a charge of having conspired to defraud Mr . Shalders , Mr . Lavine , and Mr . Samuel , by pled g ing rings , chains , and watches , pretending that they were gold , whereas they were made of Saturday the prisoners mayor , and remanded

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20101849/page/5/