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      The Nb* Reform Movement Versus The North...

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      THE MIDDLE CLASS MOVEMENT . MEETIKa "^ Krn ^^^ JiJ , f D CruRTBB . -On Tnesday weeKam ^ to imHnmcftoUwV ^ CToDtaBt ^ House ot consider ' The ^ f & knB ion of the Suffrage to Commons m fa ™« « £ * ) loti snd TriennM Parl . a-* H ratepay ^ , * ° * £ npoB the legislature the necesmente . A ! -o to P «* * . the es , endltnre o theC fT Sexoe ^ eTof the Poor ; and such other W ^ a « may tend to the welfare and prosperity ot JrtntrV » ttat by promoting pub'ic confidence , SSSringXd to a ] healthy condition , all classes ^ eSd to live ha ppy andcom fortableintheir rapeclive stations . ' The meeting assembled at the Town Hall , and the mayor , J . Wykes . EEq-. presided . Resolutions in accordance with the delated object cf the me ^ tine were moved by Mr Ua ;? er . Mr

      Stimp-Eon . the R * T . J- Bennett , Mr Sharp , and others . On the 8 ond resolution being proposed , Air B . IVrry moved the following amendment :- * Tbat thP oustin g holds that it is the risiht of wry man- 21 vears of a * e ( or however else a man might oedffine'i ) h have s vote—an equal vote with every other man , if nna-mvicted cf crime , and of sane mind , to vote for a member of parliament ; and tha * it is al ? o the ricrht of every man to sit is that parliament whom a majoritv of such electors may sel . e :. ' Tbe Rev . J Tnrhnd Brown s- c > nded the amendment . _ The amendment was carried by avast majority , amid l . iud cheering and clamping of ba' ds . Mr Dennis , to whom the next resolution had been in ' . rasKd , then came

      forward , and said that , smce an adverse resolution had been come to , it would ill become them ( the reqabionists ) to submit further resolutions to the meeting , and he wou' . d leave to the majority the farthereosdncfc of the proceedings . ( Expressiens ot disapprobation ) Mr flallowell . a Chirtist . tr-e > propoaed— ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that , in order to eive effect to the amendment jn . carried , Vote by Ballot . Annual Parliaments , Eqns ' Electoral Districts , and Payment of Members , should be added . * Mr Munday seconded t \ e proposition , which gave rise to some discussion , but was nltimatdr ont and carried unanimously . Mr Munday then proposed that the resolutions be embodied in a petition , to ba signed by the mayor on behalf of th " meeting , to be sealed by the town seal , and forwarded to the town members for presentation . Mr Barker .

      Chartist , seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously amidst the cheers of the Chartists , tbe 6 D . pp 0 rt ? rS of liousehold Sufirase taking no part in the proceedings . Mr Brown then proposed a vote of thanks to the mayor , which was carried by acclama tion ; Mr LitchEora adding his conviction that the coarse propo-ed presented the only means of averting EUCh scenes as they had had in Paris . Toe Mayor having returned thanks , the meeting broke up . Hull . —At a very numerously attended meetine , held in Hull , on Wednesday , an association was formed to be called the' Hull Reform League . ' to cooperate with other associations formed and forming at other large town ? , for the purpose ot obtaining Household Sofivsge . Vote b y Ballot , Triennial

      Parliaments , and Equal Electoral Districts . Sdnbebland— In compliance- with a requisition , uretty numerously signed , a pnblic meetine of tbe Inhabitant of Sunderland , was convened by the Major , and held in the Athecajum Hall , in tha * oorouih , on Friday evening , the object being to take into consideration the question of parliamentarj and financial reform . Mr William Mordey presided . The first motion , complainine of the excessive amount of taxation annually raised from the people in this country , was proposed by Mr Thomas Thompson , seconded by Dr Bowman , and carried unani-Eionaly . Mr Hills proposed the next resolution , which attributed the results stated in the preceding

      resolution to the fact that the Hou ? e of Commons did not sufncipntly represent the people , and expressed the satisfaction of the meeting at the intension of Mr Hume to bring under discussion the state Of the representation , and to propose certain measures for amending it . Mr Robson having se conded the motion . Mr Dickenson , better known a « ihe ' Manchester Parker , ' came forward and proposed the whole of tbe points of the Charter . Mr Williams opposed this proceeding as injudicious , under the circumstances and , aftfr some discussion , Mr Dickensin ' s amendment was withdrawn , and a petition , founded upon the _ above resolutions , was adopted . The meeting , which was very numerous , then separated .

      Debet — On Friday evening , in pursuance of a requisition very numerously signed , a meeting of the inhabitants of Derby was convened in the Guildhall , by the nv » yor , in support of the new reform movement . The hall , which is an extensive buildins with a large gallery at one end , was crowded to excels . Amongs * . those present were several aldermen and members of the tswn council , several leadinimanufaciurers , and-a number of professional men and tradesmen . The follswing resolutions nro posed by the Rev . X . Jone ? , Mr Sturgeon , the Rev , W . F . Poile , and Mr Biggs were adopted : —

      That the fnadsaiental principle of the British constitution r-co ^ nises tbe right of the peool e to a foil and fair representation in tha House of C-immoos ; and tbsf , in the opinion of this meeting , the House of Commons , as at present constituted , does not fairly represent the population , the property , the indastry of the country , from which has arisen great and increasing discontent in the IDinSs ef a Urge portion of the people . That this meetisg approves of tbe motion of which Mr Home has given notice , for placing the parliamentary Euf & sge on a more jast and equal basis ; for giving voters tha protection of the ballot ; for limiting the duration of parliaments ; end making a more equal apportionment of members to tbe population . It was agreed that the chairman request W . Evmis E « q ., to present copies of the foregoine reso-IntioES to Lord John Russell , and to Joseph Hume , Esq ., M . P ., and after three cheers had been given for reform , the meeting broke up .

      MiiosTosE— Os Tuesday week a large public meeting wjis held in the Countv Assembl y rooms . Cbarles Ellis , £ * q , one of the borough justices was called to the chair . Mr Whitin ? rrr . ved , and Mr Arkcoll seconded , the following resolution : — ' That this meeting pledges itself to use every possible exertion to obtain an Extension of the Suffrage to all persona occupying a seoarats tenement for a fixed period : the Ballot ; Electoral District ? , in which the number of representatives shall bs regulated by the amount of population ; a ? . d the shortenine of the

      duration of Parliaments , to a term not exceeding three years . '—Mr Box contended for Universal Suffrage . The Rev . H . Dsbney and Mr Fergns on a ' so delivered eloquent speeches in support of Universal Suffrage , but for tha sake of unanimity declined to propose any amendment . The resolution was adopted with the addition of a clause in favour of the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members of Parliament . Other resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted , and cheers for Reform and the Charter concluded the proceedings .

      REFORM MEETING AT NEWCASTLE . A public meeting , to tike into consideration the state of the representation and the adoption of measures for ita reform , convened by tbe Mayor , on the requisition of 340 inhabitants , was holden on Mondav last , at the Guildhall , whica was crowded to excess , and numbers c-DuId not obtain admission . The Vlsyor ( S . Lowket , E ? q ) , havine taken the ehair , the folbwing resolution , on the motion of the Rev . G- HiTtuis , seconded by Mr Rewcistle , was i fclopted : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that the . House of Commons , as at present constituted , is an i nnfaickfal representation of tbe people of this realm . ' . That , in consequence , class privileges have been up-Iheld—immense unnecessary expenditure has been in-< curred—and much injustice has been entailed '

      ««^ . IrG 2 ° - CaATOHATmoved the next resolution : — That whilst the meeting hails wica pleasure the ffieneral movement throughout thekirgdom for the » dvancement of Parliamentary Reform , and views wvith great satisfaction the proposal which Mr Hume hhas given notice of in parliament—it yet feels called nnpon to express its conviction that the only satisfactory basis on which this question can ba settled is Ohatof the adoption of the principles of Universal SSuhrage . Mr Cbawshat said : I am perfectly indeed pain

      , - Iff lly conscious that I take upon myself agreat resnon-¦ ability in aa vising , as I am about to do , the adoption I 5 I 8 T Universal Suffrage —{ immense cheering )—as the proper basis of the representation of the people of thia wountrj . But I have that profound conviction upon Ithhe subject that I think I ghould incur a much aaeavier responsibility if I did not come forward to ^ ^ ' rTT ? h 6 era « -i l h mj ^"" on that the ¦ uidoptien of Universal Suffrage will be the only nermue & t rauantee for the maintenance of social imsier . ( Hear , hear . ) Itcaanotbeneces-. arvfor ™

      ffi ? T % l Wb 9 , not a 70 te that he ought to H ; i !» Plenty of persons to do that with aaueh more effioency and with much more energv ¦"" n-nysdl- I would rather aopeal to tot mat M » dy which constitutes the great majority of IhFoll !! tstilu . ncy , and by whom the HoS ? o ? ft , m ™?„? " tfa ^ aleeted-totluitiMrtSfgS ^ SSSSrS iweantry , whicil u jj nowa as tb j ^ f Bi || T obk them if they recollect the meaKy wMch that OOiwuearried . ( Hear , hear . ) Itis tKbmwSS gjM . Kiwn them the power they have . Bid they Mwn it themselves ? They certainl y did something iwwrsrds it ; but were aot the millions drawn out to fetenr their strength ? ( Hear , hear . ) Now it has Mmjs appeared to me , if not unprincipled at least appropsr , to call upon men to assist in obtaining a Rgjgir t jThich is not to be granted to themselves . It wa « iWKKaised them that they ehouldhave farther reform voted that bilL I ask who with common sense

      supasasas that they would have exerted themselves , if they wssd not expected such s result . It is my opinion ssi & t they made a mistake in icpporting it until tbey * dtd a distinct pledge of further measures , Indeed I aisink it inconsistent and mean in any man to appeal » ftpromitcusos public meeting for aizpport upon any abfbjeet , naless he it prepared to give Universal Sofi « t { Hear . he « . ) It appeira to me to be calling & n K & gaku force to do that which ought to be dona by

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      regular means . I am so wearied with the kind of agi-Sffon tbTwe hare had . that I shall not be ntufied now without a thorough reform of the representation . I am not willing to keep on trying to force particular measures upon the government . When you areoontinaally kicking a government about , you lose all respe-t f . r it . I think a government should represent the feeling of the people ; but should act independently and not have to adopt measures because they are continually being coerced to do so . I can see no deliverance from this state of things , but in Universal Suffrage . . . .. . .. . ;„ resolution

      Mr George Charltoh seconded the , and in the course ot his speech said : hot , then , tne intelligent working mea , show their independence and assert their claim to the suffrage-a su & rago based upon man aa rean , and not on his ox , or aes , or house-because man was made in the image of God , was cap ible of thinking and acting for himself , and as an intelligent and responsible being , was destined for a higher state oi being , and that being so , te was fully capable of exercising hia right m the representation of his country . ( App lause . ) Mr LiRK . iv then mounted the table , and was received with loud applause , and cries of ' Well doao Cbarlie ' He observed that sixteen years—a lart { e space in the life of man , but a very smallspace in the life of a nation—Ind elapsed sines the passing of tbe

      so-called reform bill ; and they were then assembled that day in that place in coniequtnce of tha universal dia-atisfaction reepecting it , to demand a better reform bill . ( App ' ause . ) At the time that measure passed into a law the Whig ministers promised peace , retrenchment , and economy . Peace—they had redeemed their pledge by wars in India , Syria , China , Asia , and Africa ! Retrenchment and economy—they had redeemed their pledge by increasing the navy and army , and latterly , by coming into parliament " tor an additional sum for the national defences . ( Hear , hear . ) They had thus increased ihe national expenditure , tbe national taxes , the national debt , and on all points had left unfulfilled and onredeemed everj pledge they then gave to the people . ( Applause ) But more than all , they had added

      ano'her impost , called the income-tax , atax hitherto deemed a war Ux , and of a ' peculiar inquisitorial character and nature . ( Applause . ) Tbey had then contrived to associate around them the idea of peace , nknty . and abundance ' . —these they promised , as a a cempensation for the sacrifices and sufferings of war , but none of these had been realised ; while , in stead , in a time of most pnfound and luxuriant peace' tbey felt all the burden and taxation of a heavy war . ( Hear , hear . ) But had they not sufficient compensation when tbey recollected their gloriouj victories-when tbey shouted in song the glorious battles of the Nile , chaunted Trafalgar , and cheenully reid in the newspapers the commemoration of tbe 18 th of June . Glory , however , as far as they considered it in a national sense , they had , bat

      unfortunately they must also remember they had to pay eight hundred millions of money for it . ( Hear , hear ) It not only cost them eight hundred millions of borrowed money , but tbey had likewise entailed upon them a , greater debt than any nation bad to pay sines the world began ., ( Hear . ) Tuat , then , was tne legacy their ancestors left them , and it would have to be upheld so long aa there remained a surviving skeleton of an Englishman to pay . ( Applause ) But what was the consequence of such a state of things ? Why , universal discontent throughout the three kingdoms . The Chartists in England and Scotland were organised , and the people in Ireland de manded separation from those proud Englishmen whose aower and tyranny had driven then almost to rebellion Mr Larken then , adverting to the late

      famine in It land , and to the immense sura of mcaey Englatd had to pay tn the impoverished and starving people of that unhappy country , showed that an arjast and tyrannical eovernment was always an expensive one , while acting on thecontrary principle , it wascheap , and produced peace and plenty . Referring to the Reform Bill , he said , tbat all parties had been disgusted at it ; leciuse the aristocracy prssessed as mnch power as before it was passed , and that every ministry could cemmand its majority to any extent it pleased . Tbey might , indeed , feel disappointed , but that wag foolish on their part , seeing that the effect of the Reform Bill was predicted to them . ( Hear , hear . ) There could be no doubt but that bill at first presented much that was popular and promising to the people ; but before it passed through

      the ordeal of both houses of parliament , it was shorn of its fair proportions , and when it came forth it was changed materially in its character . He briefly described tbe alteration effected in it , and contended that it had failed in conspqnence to give to thopeoo'e a full , fair , and free representation . The time , however , had come , when such a state of things must be swept away , and this could only be done , not by making the House of Commons a borough-mongering parliament—not by representing any section of the people—but by making it in reality the voice and repr . fentaMve of the people . ( Applause . ) They must H ot , on the present occasion , look for half and half reform - tbey must not concede their richts , or make any sacrifice on the altar for any pretended claims of gratitude . Absolute rights they had , and

      the man t » ho was not willing to assert , aad boldly demand th : m . deserved to be a slave for ever . ( Applause . ) For his own part , he was astonished that any man should now come forward , and a ? k the people to be satisfied with Household Suffrage ! What right had any one to offer a nostrum when they have full and legal rights to demand ? ( applause ) and tbat without any icquiry respecting the wishes and sentiments of the people . What right had any man to do so , without first consulting the people ? Aad were it not that he recollected the services of Mr Hume , he certainly should have spoken out with some freedom regarding his conduct . He therefore repudiated the idea of Household Suffrage , for in receiving this measure , it was virtually recognising parliament as thesource of popular rights , while the

      people , and the people alone , were the true source of all legislation , because they derived their rights from God and nature , and they possessed them anterior to all parliaments or constitutions . ( Aoolausei ) They therefore must be decided for Universal Suffrage , in order that they might obtain a full , fair , and free representation of the people ia the Commons House of Parliament—anything short of this would but lead to disappointment and a delusive system of reform . ( Hear , hear . ) They had once been deluded , it was therefore their binding duty to see they were not again ; and in doing so , they must remember that all who were opposed to Universal Suffrage were in heart their enemies , for they belonged to that party who were interested in the present system of corrnp tion and patronage , and in the continual misery and

      degradation of the people . ( Applause . ) There was , therefore , no other means by which the people rould escape from their enemies than by adopting this measure . ( Applause . ) Manysaid it was impossible to grant Universal Suffrage , but * would say to the people what NapDieon said to his soldiers—* impossible ' was a rrord not found in the vocabulary of a soldier ; and so he ( Mr L . ) would say it should not be found in the vocabul ary of a politician or of the people . Another argument he would advance in favour of the extension of Universal Suffrage was , because it would bs a lever and fulcrum to enable them at any future time to gain the remainder of their rights . Let them do what they could now ; for if the argument in favour of Household Suffrage is g- > od . thelitis equally so for the further extension of the franchise . If therefore the people wanted

      anything at present to help them , it was more ^ power . ( Applause . ) They could not have too much < n the side of the people , becausa they were interested in their own affairs . ( Hear . ) Too much already was in the hands of the aristocracy , bntthere could never be too much invested in the hands of the people . ( Loud applause . ) It was true they were on y beginning te organise , and the struggle might last for years ; but then if they startled at that wh y they might also do the same at Ilouseheld Suffrage—for that measure as yet waa but just propounded—and were they to shrink before thai , a thing scarcely half made up , and that so lamely , that the very dogs bark at it as they pass by . ' ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Let them but use the present time for action , put forth every power they possessed , and the day was not far distant when they would possess their rights as freemen .

      A memorial to the House ef Common ? , embodying the above resolutions , was then unanimously adopted . A vote of thankato the mayor closed the proceeding * .

      MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS . —ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER . On Monday ,, a meeting- of the inhabitants of St Pancras was held in the vestry-rooms , for the purpose of aiding the movement now in progress for effectuating the following political reforms : viz ., shortening tie duration of Parliaments , extending the franchise , Voting by Ballot , and the establishment of Electoral Districts . C . E . Wagstaff , Esq , the senior churchwarden , presided , and the room , Which ia calculated to hold 2 , 000 persons , was densely crowded , as waa also the gallery . On the platform , in addition to the borough membera , Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B . Hall , was a large number of vestrymen . _

      . . . , .. Mr Bbbttikghah proposed the first resolution : — 'That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Commons House of Parliament does not represent either the opinions , tho feelings , or the interests of a large majority of the British nation , and that thia majority on whoa falls , with most disproportionate and increasing pressure , an enormous burden of taxation , has no voice whatever either in the control of that burden , or any other legislative enactment . ' Mr Babsbs , vestryman , seconded the resolution , Mr Rcffsy , who declared himself a Chartist , denounced the borough membera , both of whom- ha charged with being strong supporters of / the Gagging Bill—a charge which elicited from the Chartists present loud groans against the honourable membcrs .

      Lord D . Stoabt said , be attended that meeting at the wish of hii constituents , and he begged to tell them that he agreed in tha necessity of great and sweeping reforms . ( Cheers , and ones of ' Universal Suffrage . ' ) He came there to epeak out in defiance of any bill icreferenceto ' open andsdrise ^ gpsiic inf . »

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      { Laughter . ) He meantta blink no question / He fceegedto telUhem . ui the first place , that he and his hon . colleague had been most disgracefully misrepresented by the gentleman who had last spoken , and he thought , when the Char tists themselves knew tbe facts , they would not consider him ( Lord D . Stuart ) a very great enemy of theirs . He told them . Uirly tha t if Mr O'Connor had brought on bis motion of the 10 th of April for the Charter he would not have aupported it . ( Groans . ) But he would tell them what he wculd do , and what he was prepared to have done , and that was to have moved , aa an amendment , that which the prayer of the National Petition demanded—namely , to be heard by counsel at the

      bar of the house should be granted . ( Cheers . ) With regard to the conduct of his hon . colleague and himself concerning the odious ' Gagging Bill . ' when that bill was first brought In , he ( Lord D . Stuart ) told the government that the surest way to secure protection to the crown was to win the affections of the peop le . ( Cheers . ' } lie aud _ his colleague had voted against the bill instead of in ita favour . He was foraa extension of the suffrage to that which be believed to be a full , fair , and tree representation of tho people . Ha viewed it as monstrous that small boroughs , like Harwich , Lyme , and other places

      should send as many representatives to Parliament as the great borough of Marylebone , with a population of 350 000 , and as large aa many of the great capitals of Europo . Tbe abolition of such a system , and the fair division of the country into electoral districts , would be a sure way of abolishing corruption . He confesse-1 that be preferred Triennial co Annual Parliaments . rTith regard to Vote by Ballot , his ( thfi noble lord ' s ) opinions were in favour of open voting , but when he found that a man could not fairly exerciee his epinions without protection , then he said he waa for the Ballot . If Household Suffrage was proposed , he wtuld vote for it .

      Sir B . Hall said , he believed those who knew h im as a member of the House of Commons , had never found him givs a vote which was not in favour of the liberties of the people . They had before them four distinct propositions , namely , that there should be an extension oMhe suffrage ; that the suffrage should be shielded by the ballot ; a shortening of the duration of parliaments ; and the establishment of electoral districts . Now although he ( Sir B . Hall ) had not enlisted under the banner of any member oi the House of Common ? , in every one of thesfe pro . positions he most cordially concurred . ( Cheers . ) lie , like his noble colleague , did not mean , to say that these measures should be final , but he supported them as he had frequently done other measures when he

      considered it vras a step in the right direction . Althoueh he had n & fc attended the meeting the ottur day at Hall's Riding School , it was not that be was inattentive to the interests of the people . He wis engaged in passing what might be termed a trivial measure of reform , namely , the abolition of the Ratepaying Clauses Bill , which by perseverance they sur > ceeded in carrying . He ( Sir B . Hall ) originally brought in that bill with Mr Duncombe , and after being defeated several times they had at last carried it . This showed that he was no enemy to progres-31 V 6 reform , The honourable baronet , at some further length , expressed hia concurrence in the objects of the meeting , and waa loudly cheered . —The resolution was carried unanimously .

      MrB . Dbll , a member of the Society of Friends , proposed the rext resolution , and said , wiifat bo admitted the principles of the Chartists to be just , he called upon that portion of the meeting to aid the attainment of the present i roposed amendment . He moved— 'That thia meeting recognise , as an incontrovertible principle , tbat whoever is required under any government to perform the duties , bear the burthens , or undertake the responsibilities , of a man , is entitled to a voice in the choice of his governors ; and this meeting is of opinion that , under a wise arrangement of details , embracing a due regard t- > the legitimate influence of wealth , intelligence , and numbers in electoral districts , the time has arrived for demanding a change in our representative system based on & is great principle . ' Mr Clmike , of Kentish-town , seconded this resolution ,

      Mr Vbrkoh , a Chartist , moved the following amendment : — ' That , as the time for a radical change in our institutions has now arrived ; as no party can obtain any great and beneficial change without the assistance of the working classes ; as the working classes have been and are the principal sufferers and the oldest reformers ; and as the Peop le ' s Charter is the only juat sufficient measure of reform ; thia meeting proclaims its determination to adhere to the principles coatained in that document whole and entire . Warned by the treachery of the reformers of 1832 , this mect ' ng is determined to make no compromise , but to mske the interests of labour the first consideration ot the state . ' Mr M Rae seconded tha amendment , and Mr Bird , Mr Gillies , and other persons , spoke is its support . Shortly b » fore six o ' clock , the question was put , and the amendment was declared to be carried .

      The ve & try ( which had convened tho meeting ) de olined proposing any further resolutions , and the pro ceedings terminated .

      The Fraternal Democrats. The Following A...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The following are the rules adopted by the ne ^ association : — TEE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . This association has for its OBJECT the mutual enlightenment of its members , and the propaganda of the principles embodied in the society ' s

      motto' Eauahty—LXkerly—Fraternity !' In accordance with these principles wo renounce , repudiate , and condemn all hereditary inequalities and distinctions oW caste ; ' consequently , we regard kings , aristocracies , and classes monopolising political privl . leges in virtue ef their possession of property , as usurpers and violators of the principle of human brotherhood . Governments elected by , and responsible to , the entire paople , is our political creed . Vf e declare that the earth , with all its natural productions , is the common property of all ; we , therefore , denounce all infractions of this evidently just and na . tural law as robbery and usurpation . We declare that the pretent state of society , which permits idlers and schemers ta monopolise the fruits of tbe earth and the productions of industry , and even condemns mon tn social slavery , destitution , and degradation , is essentially unjust . That tho satire fruits of labour should constl . tute its reward is our social creed .

      We qondemn the ' national' hatreds which have hitherto divided mankind , as both foolish and wicked foolish , because no one can decide for himself the country of his birth s and wicked , as proved by tho feuds and bloody wars which have desolated tbe earth , in consequence of these national vanities . Convinced , too , that national prejudice * have been , in all agoa , taken advantageof by tho people ' s oppressors , to sat them tearing the throats or each other , when tbey should have been working together for their common good , thig society repuiiisites the term 'foreigner , ' no matter by or to whom applied . Oar moral creed is to receive onr fellow men , without regard to « country , ' as members of one familr , thohuraa ¦ race ; and cit'sens of one commonwealth—the world . Finally , we recognise that great moral law , ' Da unto thy brother as thoa wouldst thy brother sbonld do onto thee , ' as the great safeguard of public and private happiness .

      B . DLB 9 . 1 . —That any person desirous of joining the society mast bs proposed by two members at any ono of the regular meetings , the proposers being held responsible for the democratic principles and moral character of the person they nominate , The person nominated to be elected or rejected by a majority of votes of the members present at the next succeeding meeting , 2 . —That democrats reaUing out of London , known to , or possessing the confidence of the society , may , if desirous , become members , subject to tbe terms of election set forth above , 3 . —That to defray the erpensos of the society members shall contribute a sum of not less than one shilling annually . * . — -That a committee of seven , consisting of the general and assisting secretarial " , treasurer , and four members , shall be appointed annually .

      5 , —This association , having been founded oa the 4 th ef May , 1818 , the day on which the French Republic was proclaimed by the National Assembly of France , will ao ^ d i ts annual festival on the anniversary of that evermemorable day , when the officers' of tho ensuing year shall be fleeted , Tbe following persons were elected the Committee of the Association : — ' O . J . Harney , sacretary ; T . Ireland , treasurer ; B . Gill , assistant secretary ; 3 , Overton , C . Keen , W . Baitromp , and J . Arnott .

      Born Horns Bad.—A Poor Tailor, In The Fo...

      Born Horns Bad . —a poor tailor , in the following sketch from the New Oblea * s Crescent City , fared so better on one horn of the dilemma'than theother : — * Will you pay me my bill , Sir ? ' said a tailor in Chartereaa-4 reet to a waggish fellow , who had got into him about a foot . * Do you owe any body any thin ? , Sir ? ' asked the wag . No Sir , ' said the tailor . ' Then you can afford to wait ! ' and he walked off . A day or twe afterwards the tailor called again . Our waa was not at his wits' end yet ; so , turning on his crpditor , he ' Are you in debt to any body ?'

      says , Yes , Sir , ' says the tailor . Well , why the devil don ' t you pay ? ' Because I can't get the money . ' * That ' s juat my case , Sir ; I ara glad to eeeyeu can appreciate my condition ; give ub your hand . ' Robberies at the Rotal Academy . — -On Monday information was received by the police that seyenl works of art hid been stolen from the Royal Academy , principally statuettes of email compass Amongst the missing articles ara a round marble medallion of a female head , and the bust of a man about nine incheo high .

      Perishable Goons . —An old woman called lately at 8 shop to purchase some oransrefl . In the course KnKpl ! tbw *•¦«•¦ - ** *¦» * i to

      Born Horns Bad.—A Poor Tailor, In The Fo...

      THE LONDON REPEALERS . Tbe greatest anxiety is displayed here as to the probable result of John Mitchel ' s trial . Tho London Confederates to a man are Mitchelites , and their brother demncrats—the Chartists—are not behind them in that feeling . The Suuthwark Repbaishs and Chartists . —On Sunday evening last , a numerous meeting of the Repealers and Chartists of the Borough , was held at the Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooley-street . ^ Mr Cornelius Tierney in the chair . Among the articles read from the various journals was tho letter of Mr Feargus O'Connor to John Mitchel from

      the Nor th ern S t ar , which wa » received with the most rapturous applause . The chairman then sta ' ed that over two pounds had been subscribed to the Defence Fund of the Irish patriot , and that the committee would take their subscriptions on Sunday nexc—Mr Wm . Dunne then proceeded toadddress the meeting . He commented at great length upon the conduct of the government with respect to the state persecution in Ireland , the effect of which had placed Repeal in the ascendant . Public opinion had beaten s'Tonger governments than the present , and public opinion would restore to Ireland her long lost nationality , in spite of all the hellish machinations that may be brought to bear against her . Mr Dunne resumed his seat amidst the most deafening applause . —Mr Cullen then moved the following resolution : —

      1 That this meeting views with exultation the escape of tho Irish patriots , Messrs O'Brien and Meagher , frora the despotic tyranny of the English government , and hereby consider however great that victory is to tho Irish people , tbat that victory will be shorn of its principle value in the estimation of the friends of Irish freedom unless such victory be accompanied by the acquittal of Mr J . Mitchel—the uncompromisieg enemy of oppression in Ireland ; and that we shall continue to subscribe from time to time to the Defence Fund , to defray the expenses incurred by Opposing a corrupt government . '—Mr Readingscconded the resolution in an able s . eech . —The resolution was spoken to by MrCollins , andcarried unanimously . Mr Langer ( Chartist ) , in a speech replete with eloquence .

      said , if Mitchel was convicted , an onslaught would be made on the leaders of the English people . He would not take the Charter without Ireland had tbe Repeal . ( Cheers . )—Mr Murray tChartist ) said , that although the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel had been read , he should read it again , as many who were present had not heard it . ( Cries of * Read it , read it , ' and great cheering for O'Connor . ) The letter wa . i acain read , the meeting stand'ng up and cheering several minutes . He said that letter had emanated from the warm and enthusiastic heart of an Irishman , who was the leader of England ' s toiling millions , and in whom the greatest confidence

      was p laced . He was glad a union existed amongst diem . De had been at Greenwich that evening , and a reciprocal feeling existed there between the Chartists and Repealers . The speaker then detailed the Plan of Organisatl n to be adopted by tha Chartists throughout London and its environs , and he hoped tVey would have the Repealers to a man with them . They intended to have a largo hall in the south of the metropolis where tbey would , as Repealers , advocate the Repeal one evening , and , as Chartists , advocate the Charter on another . Let the working classes of England , Ireland , and Scotland be united , and success was certain ; The meeting then adjourned .

      Greenwich . —A large meeting of Repealers and Chartists was held at tbe Druid ' s Arms . The proceedings of the late trials in Dublin was read , and the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel wag also readi amidst vehement cheering . Speeches were delivered by several talented advocates in the " Charter and Repeal cause , wh"n a deputation was appointed to wait on the South London Chartists on Tuesday evening , to assist them in carrying out the organisation of the southern district of the metropolis . The Robbrt Emmeti Club ~ A crowded meeting of this club was held on Manday evening last , at the large Temperance Hall , Cable-street , Wapping . Mr John Wood in the chair . The letters of John Mitchel and Devin Rmlly having been read from the United

      Irishman , which were received with loud cheering , the cnairman proceeded to address the meeting upon the importance of a union between all classes ot working men . It was their duty to be watchful and determined , for the government intended to attack the small remnant of liberty left in England , if possible , through the person of that uncompromising patriot , John Mitchel , and it behoved them not to relax in their efforts for the advancement of the principles of liberty in tbe mother and sister country . Mr Jones ( an Englisman ) said , ho had bsen engaged in the late Repeal agitation , and had , up to the last few weeks , followed out the moral force policy of the late Liberator . But , in the words of that great man , he believed that 'England ' s difficulty was Ireland ' s

      opportunity- ' He ( Mr Jor . es ) believed that Ireland ' s opportunity had now arrived , and he went heart and hand with the Confederation . The sacred cause of English liberty was being fought at tbe present moment in the jury box in Dublin .. ( Loud cheers , ) Mr Jones ' s speech was received throughout with immense cheering . —Mr John Custin said , he should now read to the meeting , from tbe Northebn Stab , a letter from Mr O'Connor ,, the chieftain of Chartiem , to John Mitchel , the Irish lion . [ Tha letter was here read ] ( A . voice : ' Bravo , honest Feargus . ' ) Here the meeting rose en masse , giving three tremendous cheers f » r Mr O'Connor , which made the building ring . It would have been well for those

      Who have lately tried to disparage the exertions of that gentleman , to have been present and witnessed the honest enthusiasm of his countrymen . Mr Custin then read the correspondence between the Dr Doyle Club ( Dublin ) and Mrs Mitchel . The answer of Mrs Mitchel elicited the loudest applause . Mr Cusfcin thenjurged upon the meeting the necessity of union , and said , from the intensity of interest that existed throughout that distrior . that their meetings would be held for the future on Sunday , Tuesday , and Thursdayeveninga . The nicotine then separated , giving three cheers for Mitchel , Repeal , and the Charter . There could not have been less than 400 persons p resent .

      Tuesday Evenin'o . —The hall was crowded to suffocation . Articles from the Irish journals were read , and able speeches were delivered , and the greatest enthusiasm waa displayed , and several persons were enrolled as members of tho Confederation . Davis Club . — The membera of this club held a crowded meeting on Monday evening last , at the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street . The chair was taken at eight o clock . Articles from several Irish journals , breathing the pure spirit of nationality , were read amidst the loud huzzas of as brave and determined a body of mon , as ever met togetHer in London .

      Mr T . Daly and other persons addressed the meeting in bold and energetic language , which was received amidst the most rapturous applause . A Mitchel steol pen was exhibited to the meeting , which was very much admired , from the taste of the work manfihip displayed , and a brisk demand was the result . A deputation from the Irish Democratic Confederation in the City , waited upon the club , offering them their assistance i * get up an organisation of the expatriated sons of Erin throughout the metropolis . The matter was postponed till Friday evening , when the subject will be fully entered into . The meeting then adjourned till Wednesday evening .

      Cr / RRAN Club . —The usual weekly meeting of this body , was held on Sunday evening last , at the Green Man . Berwick-street , Oxford-street . Mr P . Nolan presided . The proceedings of the late state prosecutions in Ireland were read , and ably coromtnted upon by various speakers , and the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel , was read from the Northebn Stab amidst deafening cheers . The menting was addressed by Messrs Ilussey , Glasse . and Ringrose , in able and eloquent a p peals , breathing democratic ardour and a love of Irish nationality . The meeting then adjourned ; till Sunday evening next .

      Large meetings of the Theobald Wolfe Tone , the Daniel O'Connell , and the Honast Jack Lawle-s , Clubs were held during the week . Meetings for the ensuing week : Sunday , Temperance Hall , Cocklane ; Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxford-street ; Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooley-street ; Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich ; Temperance Hall , Cable street , Wapping ; Monday , Assembly Rooms , Deanstreet ; Tuesday , Temperance Hall . Cable-street , Wapping ; Wednesday , Assembly Rooms , Doan-? treet ; Thursday , Temperance Hall , Cable-sireet , Wapping .

      Daring Incendiary Fire Near Eauro. —Shor...

      Daring Incendiary Fire near Eauro . —Shortly before one o clock on Sunday morning a hay-rick on the premises of Mr White , a farmer , situate at Barrow Bridge , b . twen the vilh ges of Acton and Ealing , and about five and a half miles from town was discovered to be m fhmes . Tho discovery was made by the policeman on duty ( T division ) , who immediately raised an alarm . The inhabitants of both villages were speedily on the spot , but there be . ng no water proourab ' e for a distance of four bundred feet , and then only from a ditch , all endeavours to allay the flames were fruitless . The ChSk engine arrived » a very short time , with post horses ^ litft ^ -Ss twsaat

      «^ c «? = " ^^^ ^ Br-F ef the premises where therkk * AZ ' J tl pottwn rounded by a qaiokaethedSSJS fiS hlS ? ^?^ which was a boarded fence of « , ? . „ u ? V vvlthln from the examination of both wh . T he , gl ? ' «? made , no mark or trace K hl £ ? n „ n $ 8 yeste - ! £ ay tending to-fcwr y a p ^^ XS ^ eV rt SSHLff ^ jSa ^ SK ^^

      Daring Incendiary Fire Near Eauro. —Shor...

      THE NB * REFORM MOVEMENT VERSUS THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . mil in" ii ii i ' iThi ' ii HinrnrrnT

      rrnr-A public meeting waaield at the . Literary and S « - enSftc Institution : Jobn-street ,.. Fitw ^^ e on Monday evenine , May 22 nd , to consUer ^ the ousebold Suffrage Movement put forth by Josep h Hume , M Mr . a MiT ° cHELL waa unanimously called to the chair , and gave it aa his opinion that the people should stand firm to their Charter- ! loud eheewVbut at the same time not obstruct other parties . ( Cheers ) He concluded by reading a Petition * stored with facts and abounding with useful «»«« " «* matter , which petition is about to be presented to tne House by the member for Bradford , Colonel thompson , from which we give the following : — To the HonouraUe ( fie Commons of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament atS & mbltd ,

      Sheweth , —That your petitioners approach your hon . ourable house with a deep sense of the advantages derivable from a free , fair , and full representation of the people ; convinced that the ercluston of nny class from tho franchioe is both unjust in pf inclpla and pernicious in its consequences , and that in order to protect tbo rights and interests of all classes , your honourable hsuse ought to bo the exponent of the wants and wishes of all portions of tho nation . That your honourable house does not represent the nation , or any considerable portion thereof , is evidenced by the following facts , which your petitioners submit to your serious consideration . The number of males above twenty years of age amounts to 7 , 757 , 503 ; and tho aumber of registered electors amounts to 1 . 083 . 577 .

      Your honourable house will perceive tbat of the adult mnla population six out of every se ? en are by law altogether excluded from any share in electing your honourabla house as the representatives of the nation . Great as is this Disproportion between the enfranchised and unenfranchised classes , it slnka Into utter Insignificance compared with the fact that 329 members , being a majority ofyour honourable house , represent constituencies whose aggregate number on the Registry amounts to not more than 158 , 772 ; and that such majority fcas been returned hy less than 90 , 000 electors ; showing to your honourable house thit though the registry contains a comparatively large nam ber of electors , yet one million of the whole number are eat-welghed by the ferementioned 90 COO electors .

      Your petitioners further submit , that the privilege of returning members , held by small and insignificant places , is subversive of the just principal of political equality , and a gross violation of the rights of the people . Your petitioners beg to call the attention of your honourable house to the following comparative table : — Of ten email constituencies , each returning two members , and ten large constituencies , each returning two members . No . of Electors . No . of Electors . Thetfard ... 214 W . R , of Yorksh . 36 , 165 Knaresboro' ... 212 South Lancashire 23 , 630 Andover ... 248 Tower Hamlets 18 718 Marlboro' ... 202 Liverpool . „ 17 , 001 Richmond ... 283 Marylebono ... 15 , 662 Harwich ... 295 Finsbary ... 85 , 921 Chippenham ... 303 Westminster ... 14 , 572 Tavistock ... 315 Lambeth ... 13 . 885

      Lymington ... 318 Manchester ... 12 , 811 Cockeroaouth ... 319 Middlesex ... 13 , 781 Twenty members —— Twenty members — to a total of „ . 2 , 794 to a total of 162 , 200 From the above statement it appears that the united Constituencies of sixteen members nearly equal in number the united constituencies of 329 members , the miijorlty of your honourable house , tbo numbers beimr , 16 members to 155 , 537 registered electors—329 ditto to 158 , 772 ditto Either under such a system ona elector at Thetford is presumed to bo worth 168 electors of tbo West Riding ; or else Thetford having two members , tho West Riding should have 336 .

      Your petitionersfurther expose to the attention of your honourable house a mass of corruption , perjury , drunkenness , fraud , and violence , proved b ; late Parliamentary Reports , disgraceful to tbe nation , calculated to destroy all respect for a body elected by such criminal means and converting a sacred ri ght Into the mere appanage of seme aristocratic famil y , or the mere mercantile speculation of some boroughmongaring trader . Your petitioners would particularise among such reports those of Lancaster , Carlisle , Yarmouth , Aylesbury , Lyme Regis , and Harwich , The report af your committee oa the last mentioned place proves that bo less than £ 8 , 700 waa actually paid , and that £ 2 , 000 remained to be paid by the successful candidate at one eleciou , the number of voters for such candidate being only 182 :

      that thirty . three of these voters received in direct bribes the sum of £ 3 , 000 ; and that there were more persons in Harwich helding government appointments than there were vatcri on the poll . All these evils your petitioners helievo to be directly referable to the limited number of electors , which holding out temptations to the selfishness and cupidity ef electors , so enabling unprincipled candidates discreditably to possess themselves of legislative power , end introducing to yoar honourable house a large proportion of mere place-hunters or dependents upon family er class interests ; so large a proportion that your honourable house at this present time contaAas 49 placemen , 88 naval and military officers , 76 patrons of Church livings , 22 East and West India proprietors , 38 railway directors , 77 barristers , and 182 sobs , sobs inlaw . and brothers of peer ? .

      Your petitioners seek for every man not under sen . tence for crime , the possession of the elective franchioe ; the Ballot , in order that the franchise may be used conscientiously , and not be made a matter of sale ; Equal Electoral Districts , instead of the present Parliamentary boundaries ; the abolition of all Property Qualification for ttoe elected , in order that no impediment may exist to the free and unbiassed cholca of the electors ; and , to diminish the temptations to bribery , Annual Elections , and tha Payment of a fixed sum to Members for tbeir

      services . Your petitioners feel great humiliation that while countries hitherto the most despotic have obtained a free press and freedom ef spsecb , the press of this country is still subjected to a heavy tax , and freedom of speech hindered by new and uncalled for enactments of restriction and coercion ; and that while other countries hlthcrto debarred from liberty aro obtaining tbo rights of freedom , no wish has yet been shown by our rulers to extend the franchise to the great majority of this country . Your petitioners therefore pray that your honourable house wllUmmediately eaaot the People ' s Charter , In wder effectually to remove the grievances complained of in this petition . And your petitioners will ever pray , iie .

      Mr T . Shorter , in coming forward to move the following resolution : — 'That thia meeting is of opinion , that no amendment of our representative system short ^ of IMvorsal Suffrage , will be satisfactory to the people of this country—that this moating , therefore , trust that whatever may ba the specific terms of Mr Hume ' s motion , he will provide for g iving the vote to every adult male of full ago and unconvicted of crime . ' Mr Shorter ridiculed the idea of giving the suffrage to a house and refusing it to a man . He trusted the people would never consent to strike the Chartist banner until it had waved triumphantly in the People ' s House of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr W . J . Linton , in aeendinc the resolution , called on the people to remain fitra until universal right—universal justice—that is the People ' s Charter —fhall prevail .

      Mr Uyde would support the resolution , although hs did n » t think the peoolo had an 'inherent' right . Mr IlEinERiNOTON , in a very humorous address , which elicited loud laughter and great applause , comp limented Messrs Kydd and Ernest Jones , and the Chartist body , on their conduct at the recent county meeting ; and in contradiction of the last speaker contended tbat man had an inherent and inalienable right to the suffrage ; to use the language of that Tgreat man , Thomas Paine , he held it 'by virtue of his existence , and his person was his title deed . ' ( Great applause ) Mr Watson also supported the resolution , which was put and adopted by acclamation . On the motion of Mr Moore , a Vote of thanks was given to the Chaivman and the meeting was dissolved

      * The Above Petition Is Priatfd And Publ...

      * The above petition Is priatfd and published for distribution , and may bo had of Mr Watson , Quoea ' eheai Passage , Paternoster-row .

      The Ameri Can Sun Advises Louis Philippe...

      The Ameri can Sun advises Louis Philippe to go hP ^ T , ' ^ ' , ° T )? j ? SOna . in trade or Purchase them farms , and offers htm a placo for his grandson in the hrench editorial department of his journal . Passage op a Nasnus through the Human H « rk . 7 « f ir Ti 111 Sel , . te mlJe ,, hvst , Mr James Barker , of Kendal , on a visit to London , while partaking of wid . 4 boiled cnicken , felt a priofeing sensation in bis throat , which he could on < y account for by supposing that he h . id swallowed a small bone fra

      or a fimant of one . Tin obstruction appeared at firstt ) remain where it bad fixed , and for some time Mr llarker telt inconvenienced by it , but at length the matter was forgotten . A week or two ago the cucurmtance was recalled by a needle , two inches Ioiir makin ? its way out of the flash of the thigh whither it had worked itself dtmntf the eight months that had elapsed sduco the aoeident above related , when , of course , the dangerous little imp lement had bien unconsciously swallowed by Mr Ilarker . — Westmoreland Gazette .

      Firb at the Gbmsrai * Post otmce . —On Monday afternoon , between two and thtve o ' clock , a Ore broke out at the General Post-office , St Martin ' sle-Grand , When first discovered , the fllines were issuing from the upper windows of tbe London district side of the building , fronting Foster-lane , Fjxpreases were instantly dhpatched to the fire brigade station , in Watling-street , and several engines were instantly in at tendance , and they fortunately succeeded in coufining the flame * to that portion of the building where the fire broke out , which was , together with its contents , completely burned out . The portion of the building destroyed was used aa a bookbinder ' s workshop , and it is conjectured that the fire occasioned by a Buddwi gnitof wind ( the windows being opera wafting florae of the paper Bhavings tomads the fire , and thus set t h F oom in a bias © .

      Jp^G Au #Anctfir Jracts; Arijt Fancies.

      jp ^ g au # anctfir jracts ; arijT fancies .

      • We Euu The Choieeit,' Lkdru Rouis—Lcdr...

      • We euU the choieeit , ' Lkdru Rouis—Lcdru-Kollin was bo ? n j n lfl and alter going through tha usual law atudil ^ paratory to taking license as bam ' ater , eatet-V ^ Palais de Justice , aa advocate before the , \ Cassation , To the labours of his ptoteaaim $ added also literary enterprise , as he was f or a * 8 siderable time editor of the Journal du P aRI ^ proprietor in part of the Reforms . Ic was caney ? ' ' in this latter journal that he exercised hia ^» " ) various subjects bearing onthe politics 0 f 1 ?} ment ; to which he was as little partial a any IfS " other reformers , disappointed in the deceittni i tll !

      nf t . hmur . q after and notwithstanding tVin i-n „„ . ' . H of things after and notwithstanding tke rovo m , ^ 1830 . " In June . 1841 , the elder brother al rj ; ' ° ?<>( Pageg died , leaving the electors of Mans wiiCl **' deputy . Ledru . RoIIin addressed to t ! lem a :. ' course , at which the government took umbra ™ !"; which was honoured by a process before the ass ' ; . Nevertheless , Ledru Rollin was elected b y 125 J ?' out of 131 . the electors expressing thus their 8 V BM thiesfor the reformer , and their disgust at this n « proof of the backward tendency of the govern m ^? Ledru-Rollin entered the Chamber , and , taking h ; place at the extreme-gauche , represented those ultra ! radical opinions which characterised his journa | J ?" RBPonMB .

      GgOLOGT . —I never heard of secondary form . atj 0 ri without pleasure—that ' s a fact . The ladies vf know , are the secondary formations , ior they Ver formed after the men . —Sam Slick . w

      WHY MEITBRNICH HAS LIVBD SO LOSQ , As toads will live a hundredyeara in ^ one . Jn a dark system nourished , be has grown '

      HUMAN HUIW 8 N 8 , The motion for an ir . quiry int ^ the ' burdans „ « „ . land' has not been made this session . This is Uich for the Irish landowners , as they probably would hat ! beea the first to be removed .

      O CONNKLL AND TH 8 8 HBARESEB . 'I travelled with them in the U & laU packet to England in 1798 . I left Douai on the 21 st of Januan in tbat year , and arrived in Calais the VCi'y day ( t , news armed that ( he King and Queen had bee guillotined . The packet had several English « , board , who all , like myself , s ? enied to have been najj confirmed aristocrats by the sanguinary horrors [ the revolution . They were talking of tho execute of the King and Queen , and execrating the barbarih of their murderers , whoa two gentlemen entered th «

      cabin , a tall man and a low one—these were tbe tnj Sheareses . Hearing the horrible doings at Pari , apohen Ofi John Sheares said , * We were at tbe exe ^ tion . Good heaven ! ' exclaimed one of the Ej . glishmen , 'how could you have got there ? ' < jj bribing two of the National Guard to lend us their uniforms , ' answered Shaares ; we obtained a most excellent view of the entire scene . ' But , in God ' g name , how could you endure to witness such a hide . ous spectacle ? ' resumed ^ the Englishman . J ^ Sheares answered energetically—I never can fa ^ his manner of pronouncing the words—* From low ot the cause !'

      THE PALL OF MKTTERNICH . ' In mercy help ! help the bewildered blin 4 Surprised by tempest , and infirm by auo ; Prom evi-ry quarter jells the whistling win ?—Sjy . where shall he find refuge from its rage t The trusty bridge , whose time-worn nrcbon bcre Such cru'hing weights , must now jkld t 0 t ^ stream : O 3 ! bfrlp blind Metternicb . bo doth Implorp , And his poor old pet do * , Amm Btgim . ' Where is Lsrd Castlereajrb ! long dead and gone-But Welliogten , staunch friend , say « hcre ait thou ?

      Te English Toneo , have jour hearts turnM alone , Tbat ye are deaf to my distreisea now f E ' en Aberdeen betrays the faith besworr , Regardless whether I may sink or swim—Oh ! help blind Metternlch he doth implore , And his poor pet dog , An $ ien Regime . ' Tho Eagle ' s wlng'd—the blind one shakes with fear Adieu ambition , honenrs . and rewards J For , lo ! the system which he loved to rear Tumbles around him like a house of cirds—Ml RUl l'd at once— -tho feudal sway is o ' er , His policy ho fiads is all a dream , ' Farewell , blind Metternich , thy reien is o'or—¦ Taou'rt banished with thy dog , -4 nct « n fitgimt- ' We had not brought the sentence to an end , Ere , washed from tho old bridge ob which be ttosi Himself and worn-out doir—his slow-paced

      friend-Were swallowed op by tho surrounding flood . There , sank same hundred fathom defp and more , They He together ' nanth the rushing stream , Confounded with forgotten things of jore—He and his old pet deg , Amien Regime . Puppet Show , An Objection Removed . — -It has been objreted tj Universal Suffrage , that its adoption would entitli numbers of ignorant persona to have votes . Bui ii not ignorance even now represented in Parliament ! As Orator Abroad . —It was stated in tbe House of Commons theother night , that there wan a grea ! deal of discontent abroad . The speaker in out sense went too far , for there ia plenty of discontent at home .

      Rotal NoiifNS op Human Value . — ' I once hespi him ( George II . ) say he would much sooner forgis ! any body that had murdered a man , than any M ] that cut down one of his oaks ; because an e * k wu so much longer growing to a useful size th ;> n a tan and consequently , ono loss would be sooner suppli & l than another ; and one evening after a horse had na away , and killed himself againftan iron sp ike , pool Lady Suffolk saying it was very lucky the man win was upon him had received ni hurt , bin Majeitj snapped her very short , and said , ' Yes , I am verj lucky truly : pray where is the lack ? I haye losti good " horse , and have got abooby of a groom still In keep . '—Lord Hervey ,

      A ' HAPPr ( Rofal ) Fauilt . —The King ( Georji II . ) never spoke of the Prince ( hia son , Frederick , Prince of Wales ) , but as a scoundrel and pupoy . a knave and fool , a liar and coward . ' Besides bis toting a scoundrel , ' he would say , with a sort ofladi j ct ous half-pity in Mirage , he is really sucftafool ? Whenever this royal gentleman was angry , Lord Uerrev tells us that his eyes would swdl and miti with ea ? erness , and grow as red as other peopltj checks ; and never without these red swelled eyes d ( . the name of his first-born pass his lips . To do vi Queen justice , she did not play second fiddle in it harmonious discord , either with her bate or fc coarse expression she gave to it . ' My God , sj

      would exclaim 'popularity always makes n-esics , but Fritz ' s popularity makes me vomit . ' At cs time she calls him an ass , at another the mrst oldened of liars ; now he is a ' mean fo

      daughters hesitate to chime in with epithets to til fuil a ? disgusting , While the mother cursed the ho « of his birth , the daughter would grudge biui eveiy hour he continued to braathe ; and ' they nei ther ot them , ' adds Hervey , ' made much cerenr < ny of *}&' ing a hundred times a day tbat the Prince raig ii 1 drop down dead ef an apoplexy , ' PoorFri-z ! II'PPJ family ! For Fritz ' s co & fort it is at the same time to be admitted , that thia intensity of disgust a « hatred procured him the great advantace ot beic ? left , altogether to himself . lie escaped tbesnubbwj which was the daily recreation of tho Kin ? , a ^ which impartially comprehended everybidy ftvm tti *

      Queen down to Hervey ; with the additional an ^' tage to the ( J > een that she was generally w-miuoWp H > re ia a very common scene . ' Whilst they «! J speaking the Kingcame in , but , by good lucK , ^ not one word ot the pictures : bis Majesy » t » y » about five minutes in the gallery ; snubbed W Queen , who was drinking chocolate , for being alwajl stuffing ; the Princess Emily for not henrinii b' ^ j the Princess Caroline for being grown fat ; tbe Vd » ( of Cumberland ) for standing awkwardly ; ^ Hervey for not knowing what relation the Prince o > Sultzbaoh was to the Elector Palatine ; and tbeD carried the Queen to walk , and be resnubbeJ , in t »

      garden . ' Rotal Morality . —It is not so easy , with due regard to decorum , to dejcribohis Majesty ( Ge « rffl II . ) in good humour with hia spouse . Ilia fateU'W family occupation in those fteeting fits , was to tel * the sennes ofhis happy loves when he was at H » p ° ' - or elsewhere , and give her Majesty exact details his amorous amusements with her rivals . M ucl ! ' what Horace Walpo ' o had made known of tbej M jJf founding revelations has been hitherto but b »|" lteved ; but no doubt can hereafter vest upon t » ' ' And here Ictus remark that in all Il nrai-o tw ' lated of the peculiar services of Lady Suffolk , » n '' u uses made of thora by the Queen , he turns obi have been greatly within the troth . Tne j > Queen ! Still eager to retain possession of ber n j band ' s bed , still for his delectation making tbe o ^ of her own tat charms , even cnnccaline ( to herw . !

      tal injury at last ) bodily infirmities that obe ' *» ,. mi ght awaken his disgust , she csuld , after all . succeed iu her own desirea b y pandering to b" J petite for other women . It would be almost to ™ in ? , if it were not also both ludicrous and rev " ^ to observe the unavailable anxiety with wb , c ° tf clings to the old mistress , over whom she b . a- > f | bliahe-i her control , and opposes the introduction p new one , with whom success may possibly b 9 % difficult , * What the devil did you mean , ' s * y . ' * delicate monarch on ono occasion , ' by WJ ^ i make an old , dull , deaf , peevish beast stsP . <¦¦

      plague me , when I had « o good an opportunity -j inn rid of her ! ' The deaf old beast was Mm U ° *» . afterwarda Lady Suffolk , who had outlived »•'" UkiBgi

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27051848/page/6/