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      April 1, 1848. The Ffqrt& Ctn Star- .. ....

      April 1 , 1848 . THE _ffQRT _& _CTN STAR- .. . 3

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      Translation Of The Marseillaise ,

      TRANSLATION OF THE MARSEILLAISE ,

      HYMN ( From Howiit _' s Jotjbkal . ) Come on , ye sons of France , to glory , The day of feeuQm ii at hand ; "With flanntirg banner stained and gory Against you comes the tyrant-band _. Do you not hear by field and forest The murmur of the ruffian foe ! He cemes yonr homes to overthrow , To fill your hearts with woe the sorest ! Arm , arm ! ye valiant men ! Unsheathe tha righteous sword ! March on , march on 1 the tyrants' blood L . ke waters shall be poured .

      what geeks this horde , these sons of serfdom , These tools of king * , confederate crime ' * For whom are meant these bonds ignoble , These fetters forged in ancient time ? On us , is - _nsdetois fierce _aggrcsMon ! Let righteous anger in us burn ! 5 Tis w ; that they wonld dare tospurn _And _bowben-ath their old oppression ' Ann , arm * ye Taliant men ! etc . "What 5 shall the cohorts of the stranger Lay down the law within our bome % what ! shall the mercenary legion * Oar _hnuehty _wsrriers overcome ? -Great Go _3 ! shall bands by chains degraded Have power to make us also slaves « Shall we behold , by despot-knaves Onr fate controlled , our rights invaded ! Arm , arm ! ye Taliant mea ! etc . Ye tyrants tremble , false and cruel

      Ye _emse a _« d sham e of all m \ nkiad ! Yonr parricidal _sch-mes , ye crafty , Tiv-ir proper fat # , at length , shall find ! And if . in deadly contest closing Our nable , youthful heroes fall _. The earth fre ; h thousand * forth shall call , And rouse herself yonr _t-ower opposing ! Arm , arm ! ye _valiaiit men ! etc . A _« « rsrriors . Frenchmen , brave and nohle , G j forth ! and wisely strike ths blow , Yet spars the abject slave , _miseutded Who is compelled to call jon foe ! Sat ppsr _? no despot blood . pollutf d ! 2 for spars tbe tools of fraud and force , Those tillers who have no remorse , Bydeedsof tyranny _imbruted ! Arm arm J ye valiant men ! etc .

      Oh . love of country , _saersd pission ! Do thou the arm avenging _gnide ! Ami Liberty , dear mountain maiden , G . j thon , and combat by our side ! Oh make , oh make , onr banner glorious J And aid wi : h thy heroic tone _. That as they _£ ie 0 qr foes may own Thy triu-ph . and our cause victorious ! Arm , arm I ye valiant mem ! _TJt . _stn-athe the _righteous sword \ March on , march on ! the tyrants'blood Like waters shall be poured !

      The Lond Cannon'fierce Commotion "Ilouri...

      the lond cannon ' fierce commotion _"ilOURIE POUR LA PATRIE !" foe , otra cocsiet to die ! * tha Innrl _ninnnnV _^ _3 _«« . _* _A * _a .. if

      J">Y The Lond Cannon's Fierce Commotion ...

      _j "> _y s , France mils _h-r children to the strife ; On ! soys the _soldier ' s warm devotion ! Oar mother ' tis that needs our life ! _S _" or our country to die I fer onr country to die ! Is a . glorious fata for which brave men may sigh I Por us , my friends , who poor and lonely , Who here unseen must yield our breath , For Franee , and for her freedom only , We can at l _^ _ast devote oar death t Tor out csuntry to die ! for our country to die ! Is a _elorinns fate for which brave _aea may sigh ! - _^¦ Eewiu ' _t Journal . _ __

      Kisg Suite, "Ur Smith!" Exclaimed The Ki...

      KISG SUITE , "Ur Smith ! " exclaimed the King " That is eurions , indeed , _ind v * ry remarkable , that the first tO Welcome ¦ Hie should be a Mr Smith , since the assumed name by which I escaped from Franca was Smith ; and . look ! _4 _his is my passport made out in the name of Smith . " Tihss . —March 6 th , 1818 . SaU great King Smith to great Guizot , 'Doss Virtue dwell in this world below ! I ' ve travelled much , rnt never found A true , eood man above the 'round . How shall I curb this folk of mine—This rampant , raging herd of swine ! To ruls thi 3 peopio , what shall I do 1 Tell me , Gaixot—tell me trne _«•

      'Theprople!—bah ! ' said great Guizot : — c Bribe the medy , high and low Pay thf m , tickle them—scatter wide Star and ribbon to plena their pride ; Give tbem _placrf , give them pelf : The law of man is tbe love of self . Every conscience may be sold _. Every mannas his price In gold . ' S a id great King Smith to great Guizot , * Tfeoa art the wisest msn I know : _Honaur and virtue are mist and elond ; Who looks for goodness in a crowd f Inborn villeny dwells in maa , And we will work it as we can : — In on _» hand _brib--s , in the other _s _ewerd _. And Smith shall rule , unquestioned Lard !'

      So great King Smith to great _Gnizit , -Opened the sluice for the mud to flaw , And cast about for needy knaves , Grovelling spirits , fawning slaves-Paid th _* ir prie ? , snd ruled tbe land ¦ With a _strong and systematic band , Till the world avowed with stress and _pllh , There was never a king so great as Smith . Said great Zing Smith to great Guizot , Money * s the only god below ; And oil my little Smiths must wed "Wives with money , or lack their bread '

      Said _great Oa _' zot , ' The truth is plain ; Th > rc is a glorious priz » in Spain-One bride to make , and one to mar , And cash in hand—how lucky we are !' And great Kmg Sraith and great Guisot T ' _ayed the trick , as all men know ; And never dreamed , in their great deli ght , There wss a day for the IoBgest night—Sever dreamt that in human hearts , There Inrkcd a scorn of treacherous aria ; Or that Retribution ' s arm of pith Mi ght do its duty even on Smith .

      Said great King Smith to great Guisot , I hear a murmnrinp from below . * Said great _Ga-zat , _« The troops are strong , Our gam * ie sore—there ' s nothing wrong : _~ We 'll fend some grape-shot into the _towage * JI keep the restless people down . Vernlp , oh King , on a deep-laid plan ; "We know the _worthlessness of man . ' But gnat Sing Smith and _grrat _Guizst Mada a fearful blunder , as we know ; Tbe Virtue scorned , the _Trnth denied _. Surged o ' er the land In a liviug tide-It ewtpt Guizot clean out of the track , _"fi _* itfc all his _system on bis back , And awakened Shits , as he dc-zed aud dreamt , And < mothertd him in tho world's contempt , _^ Puppet Shoic .

      Fatal Fail Teoji A Window, Ah> Heaeteess...

      Fatal Fail _teoji a Window , ah > Heaeteess Robbkby . —An inqueBt was held by Mr Bedford , at tfee Two Brewers . J > _nnyn-street , St James ' s , on the body of William 11 . Greengrass , a _? ed 28 . The deceased was foreman to Neville and Sobs , butchers , of _CL-rendcn-street , and resided with bis wife over his employers' stables , in Apple-tree yard , St James _' gsqnare . On Friday evening the deceased was _makieg merry with a few friends , in consequence of its feeing the sr . _nirenary of his wedding day , and about eleven o ' clock he took a lighted candle and went ap stairs to _thd loft above , for the purpose of tying up a large dog which he kept there ; He was heard ta be running across the loft , aa though playing with the animal , but in a minute afterwards there was a

      -noise of glass breaking , followed by the falling of a heavy substance in the yard . The deceased ' s wife aad _frievds ' . an out into the yard , and found the de . ceased lying on tbe stones under the loft door senseless , and bieeding from a wound in his head . He was _eenvejid into tho house , and Mr Tothill , surgeon , attended , bat life was quite extinct , he having fractured the base of his skull , as also hi 8 spine . Shortly after the deceased had been removed into the feonse , it was discovered that his watch ( which he Lad en at tiie time ot the _accidsst ) was missing , and Borne silk gowns , belonging to his wife , had also been _pt-rfoined . Suspicion attaches against two parties , dale and female , who assisted in carrying the body _, aad the police are in quest of them . Verdict— * AscideEial death . ' I ) eathof a _Fit . _tijxetelleb—Died , on the H'h n t ., in hi ; G 9 : h year , at Ryton , near Bulkington , W .

      _Ssent _, better known by fhe name of Billy Bsllison , a noted fertune-tel ' er and astrologer , who possessed considerable _irfluencein his calling , not alone in his own immediate locality , but it is an undoubted fact , hat manr apparently respectable person ? , both male and female , _h-ive _crre in their carnages from a distance of from twenty to thirty miles for the purpose ¦ ot obtaining _thn . _uuh him a peep into futurity . lie has died _possessed of considerable freehold property f _^ Bu _lkinclnn , together with somewhere about £ 600 Hi ready money , the _-v hole of which has been obtained from the _gullibility of his thick-headed _custom Biers— Coventry Paper , Some _B-iud _wiitai uai been imports *! into LoDu & n _Cgm New South Wales . "It has _Lesn determined to erect a public monument to liarvry , the discoverer of tho circrjatiea cf the blood , ia Foikstone . ttfe native town .

      Great Meeting Of The Socialists U Loxdon...

      GREAT MEETING OF THE SOCIALISTS U _LOXDON , A public meetiBg was held in tbe Literary Institution , _Jobn-street , _Tottenham-court-raad , on Friday , the 24 th March , to addre _« 3 tbe Provisional Government of France—explain English Socialism— .-nd expose the ignorance of the Tiheb and other journals respecting it . Mr It' bert Owen was unanimously sleeted to the chair . The meetin s waa crowded to _excess—many could not oh . ain admittance , but the greatest order was maintained throughout the whole proceedings , whicii lasted until half-past eleven o ' clock . The _following is an abrtf _eem-Ht of the _preceedirgs : —

      Tbe CaMiEHAK opened by saying—It has been said _thst men are born equal . They ought to be . buthitherio they have not _besn . It has been said that men athirth bave equal rights . This should be a truth , but hitherto it has _bren very much otherwise . The infants of men and women , who hava fer generations lived in the fear of poverty , and amidst Inferior and vicious circumstances , cannot be born equal to infants of the progeny r . f par-nts . who for generat ' ens have lived amidst the best circumstances that tbe present irrational system can create . Men born to inh < rit poverty , and the hourly _Influence of vicious circumstBECe , _* iavcnothftd the same rights as those born in the midst of _effiiience . and _snr rouHded from the hour of tbeir birth with the heat _ofevfrjthine for man tbat ws & lth , without _rational : dea =, can _giTO . ( Hear , hoar . ) The Amrricnn declaration of independence is , therefore not true , but it ought

      to be made so . ( Cheers ) I will now give you my ideas of _independence . Man , as well as all that has life , hss bpen created to desire happiness . It is the right of man , therefore , to have as much happiness ss the materials po _= _ssjf » d by society , properly applied , will give bim . ( Cbetrs . ) Society now _possesses all the materials tn ensure from birth the happiness of all without cont * _s > orcompa'ition . It has a _snpe-fluity of _lsnd , _labour , scientific power , skill , and capital , to create illimitable wealth beyond the wants of all . _whenever _thes « mt _ans shall be applied under th- guidance of practical m » n , baring common sense and _mnrnl courage to do their duty to their fe ! low men , ( Applause . ) Society al « o possesses the gnnst _aniplf > msans _t » _« _-nsura frora birth a g -od and _valuable mental , moral , _phjslcal , and practic » l character for every one . It is now of the highest _inKr'St for all , from the _hi-hest to tbe _lowest , without

      one exception throughout the human race , that measures be immediately enmm r nations , and yet . as the fundaments ! principles of hu man nature are now known , whtrt these _nhull be _applitd to practice under wise arrangements , it will bean fa'y task to ensure an useful and valuable character for nil . The « e principles and _praclices hare been hitherto unknown _, or unattended to , by all nations and people , ex crpt by _Lycuruus pnd hfti Spirtsns ; and yet the know . _Iei _! ge Vow to manufacture frosn birth a sup nrlor cbaract 5 r for the human race is by far tho most valuable knowledge that can bt acquired . ( Hear ) The term manufacture is advisedly nsed , fer the _formation of

      character is ss ranch a mtnufacture frem the infant mate rial as any fabric from any materiel ; and _1 _'dte these , wi t h cars and properly constructed machinery , it may be well manufacturad , or , by _seglect and _ill-coHstructed _maehlnery , it rosy bs aaade greatly _inferior , and spoiled for all _valuable or _useful purposes . This Is a _manufnc ture . the art of which is more _important to acquire tban th « _knowledge of all other manufactures united . The misery er _happiness of tha human raee will depend upon the progress whicii nations _mufce in _applying this knowledge to practice . Tbe governments of O-e world are n » w ignorant of this manufacture for any valuable purpose ; they know how to force on the world in inferior _Jbaraeter for both rich and poor , but they are destitute of the high acquirement in principle and practice to

      enable them to create a _g- _> od and _sup-rior _character for man aud woman , with fall _developed _facultl-s , physical _, _morsl , mental , and practical . ( Hear , hear . * ) The permanent interest of all shonld he now attended to and secured , instead of that interest being opposed and _sacrificed to tha fal _* el y imagined interests ofa few now veryill . iHformedand misplaced families ; but families , _sccording to my views of man and society , are mora ta be pitied for their false and artificial _educatloa and pa . _sition than to be Vlamed or punished , ( Cheers . ) Bot true it is , tho time has arrived when these families can no longer govern the world ; when for their own happiness , and that of the population of all countries , they ought no longer ta govern those countries except under new laws derived alone from nature , forming a new

      constitution for ths government of the world , —a constitution ia which the well-being , well-doing , and _interests of all shall be greatly _secured , —not hy a nominal equality , as in » be United States of North America , but by an enlightened practical equality , ns . de to evidently beneficial for all that it will remain _unehanged ao lang as bnman nature shall _etisfc . ( Loud cheers . ) The outline and detail of such a constitution shall he submitted to you at thia meeting . Tit wqs circnlated in the shape of a smsl psmphlet . 3 My own calm conviction if , that the falsehood , injustice , and cruelty of the old system which has hitherto governed the world , are eo glaring to those _tvho can observe and reflect , and so

      unbearable to the mass of ; he _popula'ion ia all countries , thai it has become impossible for any amount of force or fraud , opposed to the uprising of the people cf tbe world and their magnificent and disinterested moral conrare , to maintain it longer In any country or among any people . ( Immense applause . ) The time bas therefore arrived when old _tbirgs sbil ! pass away and all shall become new . ( _Cheezs . ) Rejoice with me , my friends , that at length we are now witnessing the termination of that old . werld of fol ly , crime , and injustice , tbat it is now dying Us natural death ; and that it will be speedily succeeded by a new and glorious system that wi > l secure the happiness of all .

      [ ifr Owen concluded a _spei-ch which occupied upwards of sn hoar In delivery , amid vehement cheering . ] Mr A . Campbell said he would speak wbat he felt and know to be _correct . He avowed himself a democratic socialist by which he meant that the whole papulation _should bo provided for , from _herMoje ty and her court , down , to the lowest pauper ; and he ( Mr C ) , felt quite certain that a change was inevitable , even for the benefit of the higher classes themselves , as he was sure all of them under the social system would be much _happier tban tfcpy could possibly be now . ( Cheers . l Tne trades of London had commenced an industrial movement _btfore the revolution in France bad been thought oi . A congress of _delegiteshadmetfor _Bcvtral _wteks , aad from the facts _submitted by them , it appeared that about one-third of the working classes were unemployed , one-third about half-employed , and those who had work had not for their increased lahonr ( except in a faw

      instances ) , wages to obtain the necessaries of life . ( Hear , hear . ) These men bad all arms , tbat is—every man had a pair of arms which he is desirous of using in the production of wealth by the _cuHvation oftho soil , manufactures , & c , ar . d for its distribution for tbe benefit of all . Tha government and the higher classes were not aware of their danger . Tbey were resting upon a volcano , a mine of gunpowder , which in a day or an hour might be exploded . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbey were not aware of the feelings rankling in tbe bosomB of tbe now quiet masses , or they would endeavour to enveC a peaceable change in the present wicked _sjs _' em . ( loud cheers . ) The London trades were resolved to submit ' their case to the government . He ( Mr C . ) wa * a delegate to tbeir congress , and had been requested t _^ i prepare their report . If the government did not accede to their _sngiestions , Other measures would then be _adf-ptcd to _tffrct a chance , as it was scarcely _pessible for human aatnre longer to suffer , ( Cheers . )

      MrEtom Jo / _jes and Mr H . Hetheeingtok then addressed tho _meeting , erpo 6 ing the i _gnoraace of the Tikes , in its violent , but _stiU _Jesuitical attack on Soci a lism , and a true vtraion of the principles adapted by the English Socialists , and the practices proposed to be _founded upon tbem , providing for the _well-beiag and happiness of the whole hum an race , without exception 10 set , class , party , _Sfck , country , cr eolonf , waft glv * n to the meeting , in tbe shape of an address , adoptvd by the Anneal Congress of Socialists , held in Leeds , in IStO , the reading of wbich was listened to with the greatest attention , f _rcouently interrupted by lond bursts of applanse . Tbe meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs J . _Rigby , J . Watson , _Coisb , Edwabds , _Bbohtebbe _O'Beiek , and others ; and the following , among other resolutions , were adopted : —

      'That this meeting having heard the explanation of the Social system from its fonnder , Mr Owek , in contradietinction to Socialism as represented by the Tikes , newspa p er , is of opinion that it is a highly just , moral , and philanthropic system , well calculated to work ont the physical , mental , moral , and practical emancipation of the people of this and other countries , without _iajury to any existing class or interest of ths community . ' Aa Address to the Provisional _Government of France was adopted , and Ito _* 2 irt Owen appointed a deputation te present tho fame , together with a model constitution for all countries .

      Petitions to both Houses of Parliament were also adopted , _setting forth tbat during the last thirty years the So _? inl " sts bad presented hundreds of _petrtionB _, praying a searching inquiry into their princi ples . That the pepulaticn of these islands were in a state of great diB . tress , and all classes in imminent danger , and praying _ngalnto baheard . aBd their plans , iffonnabeneficlal , toha adopted ere it ' is too late . The petition to the . House of Lords v * as ordered to be sent to the Lord Bishop of _OiforcV , and the K . v . H . Smith ( a Clergyman of the _Establishsd Church ) _volunteered to take it to his personal friend tbe Bishop , for that .

      purpose The meeting , which did not _braak up till _rtssr midni ght , was one ofthe most orderly , but enthusiastic character throughout , and it was ealA would ha followed hy ethers of like nature _throughouS the kingdom .

      Addhe3s Of Hobert Owen To The Trench Kat...

      ADDHE 3 S OF HOBERT OWEN TO THE TRENCH KATION , ON HIS ASRIYAL IN PARIS . Fbiesds akd Fellow Mew , -- ' I congratulata yoa on ths attainment of a position new in the history of _naiionB ; one tbat will enable yon __ to accomplish rr . ore forthe population of tbo world , than _Jaas ever heen ( _ffeclsd by any people , ancient or modern . Enemip a to human progress assert thit your provisional _government bas _promisedmure than it is _poneiol ' for ar / _sen to perform . Heed them not ! They ha * no _knowledge of the principles or rational practices wi- j , 1 "can _efcet _&«« results ,

      Addhe3s Of Hobert Owen To The Trench Kat...

      They say it i _» impossible to giva advantageous employment to all : to cake all wealthy ; or to make all ac quire good habits , and make them intelligent and rational in mind and conduct _. This is a libel of the 5 gnorant on human nature , ond is an excuse _fortboie wbo govern society , fjrthe miserable condition to which , with the vaost abundant means to enstire happiness , they have brought the mass of the population , evea in the most _civilised nations _. Those who are _ixpcricnced know that by plain , obvious , practical measures , _arrangements may be now formed to give permanent bentflcial employment to sll ; to Will educate and firm the _character or all , and to w . II plaoe all , amidst virtuous and superior circumstances only ; so far as men when cordially united with tbeir fellows oa rational principles can create aad control circumstances .

      Tbese _resul s are all that the human race can rationally desire , and will be sufficient to ensure the happiness of all on tbe hi ghest attainable state of equality . My visit to Paris is so ' ely with a view to assist you to accomplish these practical results , in thc expectat on that tbe success ofyour example nill speedily influence all n & _tlont . _Universal charity , kindness and goodwill , real liberty , equality , and fraternity , for the human family ; one in _interusts , and desire for each others _happint-ss . _KoaitBT Owek ,

      Trade Societies, And Their Bearings Upon...

      TRADE SOCIETIES , AND THEIR BEARINGS UPON THE PRESENT TIMES . A meeting of delegates _froni various branches of ' The Journeymen Steam Engine , Machine Makers , and Millwrights' Friendly Society , ' has been held in Liverpool during the past week , at which so rflany of the elements of good order and friendship were exhibi t ed , aB to induce a belief that a slight notice of the objects and general principles of the society itself will be acceptable . The society was established in Manchester in 1826 , and composed of persons employed in the above mentioned branches of the meohanical trade , such as were _csnaidered good workmen , good moral chai ac tera , and having a just claim to tho trade from servitude . The advantages held out , and the certainty of having those advantages secured to each membrr .

      produced a rapid increase of numbers , and there are , at the present time , ninety-three _branches , extending over Great-Britain and Ireland , and _nurnhoring about 8 , 000 members , with a fund of nearly £ 26 , 000 . The objects of the society are to unite each other in the bonds of friendship , and to assist each other in eases of necessity—such as relief when out of employ ment , in _cas's of death , in superannuation , or in cases of accident , such as would render a member incapable of earning his livelihood _aiterwards at hia trade . By the standing rules of the society , a free member out of employment is entitled to recrive £ _* ! _lfts . in one year , at the rate of 10 * . per weok for ten weeks , and 5 s . per week for the other ten week ? .

      On the death of a free member , his widow or next of kin is entitled to receive £ 8 ; or on the . death of a memberV wife , such member is entitled to the sum of £ 3 . the remaining £ 5 to be paid at his death . Any member meeting with an accident whilst following his employment , or whilst engaged npon the society ' s business , so as ever after to disable him from following any of the branches , of trade mentioned in the rules , will be entitled to receive £ 100 . Any free member being visited hy epilepsy , apoplexy , paralysis , or blindness _. renderina _himincapaWa of following his employment , if such visitation be not brousht on by drunkenness or misconduct , he is entitled to receive £ 50 . Any member above fifty-eight years of age , and havine been 18 years in the _society , is entitled to r » - ceive 5 s . per week until his death , and is allowed to earn any sum in addition , provided it does not exceed 10 s . per week .

      The contribution paid by each member per week is eightpence . Another ereatadvantage of _thesocietr _. isthe facility which is afforded to memhers in the removal from one town to another in search of employment . For ins t ance , a member may fall out of work , and _through the slackness of trade ' m the _laeality where he was working , not ba able to obtain a situation , he can then , by applying to his branch , obtain a travelling certificate , _wharely he will be enabled te get relieved _fmra town to town in search of another situation ; and wbere vera branch efthe society is held , orwhete any ' of the members may be working , he is at once reco » niied aB a brother , and every means are used to procure him a situation .

      The meeting of delegates alluded to was convened chit fly for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the allowance to uner . ©! oyed members , and was rendered in some _m- _^ _iure necessary , in _conrequence of the continued prostration of trade , and tbe great probability of its revival being yet at some distance . _Am- _^ ngother important resolutions fur the management and stability of the society , it was resolved to increase the allowance to unemployed _members'to 10 s . per week for ten weeks , and la . per week , until the recipient should obtain employ . Such are the leading features ofa society , the ex * istence of wbich cannot be too widely known . 22 nd March , 1848 . _IIdjiphret Johnhmc .

      To The Calico Block Printers Of Great Br...

      TO THE CALICO BLOCK PRINTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN : Fbllo _« _Workmhs , —We appeal to your sympathies on behalf of Mr John Neil , who now holds a two acre allotment at O'Connorville , but who will be compelled to sell out for the following reasons , unless something can bs dnne to assist him : —There had been an unprecedented depressiou of his trade for a great length of time previous to his removal to O'Connorville , during which he was nine months out of employment , f _> nd at the same time having had a considerable deal of sickness and a death in his family ; he was consequently compelled to draw the greater part of his help money ,

      for the purpose ef removing his family from Heywood in Lancashire to his location , and the purchasing of a few indispensable articles for immediate use . This , together with the demands lately made upon him for debts contracted under the above circumstances in Lancashire , has rendered him unable to purchase manure , without which it is impossible fvir hira to _ho'd this allotment ; and if those who can affird to contribute a trifle will be kind enough to do so immediately , they will ba the cause of establishing in comfort and independence , a good , honest , and industrious man . Let it be done immediately , as the season is already far advanced .

      Make your Post Office Orders pavable to Mr John Neil , at the Riekm & uwerth Post-office . Pktbr Hot James Wilsos _HUNRT _BaSCROPT JiMKS _RiPLET Jaiiks _M'Greggok Crayford , March 20 , 1848

      Cautioiv.—The Public Are Informed That W...

      Cautioiv . —The public are informed that Wm . S . Thomson ( late teacher in the Chartist School , Hamilton , Lanarkshire ) , haB absconded in the most disgraceful manner . Some time ago , he made applica tion to the Land Company ( the school being vacant at the time ) , to become teacher , presenting testimonials of an old date , we think fiom _Lisraahaeow , though subsequently he was in _Stonshoust . and Blair . We , thinking him well qualified , gave hira the Bchool . He joined the Land Company , and became a very turbulent member , but failing in his objeet of becoming secretary , we soon got rid of hia presenee . For a hypocrite ' s cloak he joined the Total _^ Abstinence Society—got the scholars uhder his tuition to become abstainers . He set a subscription going amongst the adult members to purchase medals for

      tbeir _encouragement . Before the aul >? eTiption was finished , he returned to his old habits of drunkenness , and , since that time , ha 3 gone from bad to worsehas taken in some of his brother Chartists for a good round sum of _raonov . Hs had an only daughter who was married on Friday . He convened his pupils together on Monday . Collected their wages , which were paid him in _advanced-dismissed them—emptied a box put up- to receive subscriptions for the medal ? , and v » ent to _Glasgow to see his dying mother , and has not _returned , leaving the Land Company minus of tiree months' rent , the baker _ap . d spirit-dealer unsettled with for his daughter ' s wedding . You _wuld much oblige if you would insert th-h caution , _thatthoBest people may be put upon their guard . I _remain sir , your obedient and bumble servant , _AneflinA 2 _£ > WaU'J'B .

      secretary , Hamilton . Packet-ship _Sires-h bt _LreainiNs if Sea . _—Thopacket-ship West Point . Captain Allen , which sailed from thb port on tbe 2 * 7 th _Jasuary , amved at _Isc-vj York on the 8 th inatant _, after a very severe passage . When in lat . 3830 , Ion . 67 , a _*> one a m ., on the _» Hit .,, the shi p wes struck fe y lig htning sev en times within an hour , gaeh time tbe fluid p % 3 sirig down the mainmast . Tin vhote _msist appeared to ihrm eg _sparks life _* red _^ ot iron when struck by the smith's hammer . Mcs & oVthe -watch on _Jeck felt the- shock severely , Two i > aen were instantly killed . At the fifth _shoek _CapV _, - _« . Allen felt himself nearly brought to the deck , se . powerful waa its effect , although at the time ha -wa s fifty feet from the mainmast . The names of ths hfl ] ed _Were j „ _Armstrong of New York , and * sfa- . xellus Robinsen , of Rhode island . Brutal . Jr tENTI 0 S 0 p Thh Police . — Tho two

      _undersigEt-ei , riends attended the meeting on _Siepneygre . en _?^ i _uesday last , where tber _? wero swarms of polico lap _rivate clothes . After the above meeting was o «» we cr 03 _sed from the green towards the Roy : u _t a _jj pUDiic house , when two of the above gen _tler _, werQ ciose at our backs , and the conversation Vt tweon them was thia *_ ' There wero plenty of them there , and they should like to have had the opport * , _DUy of pulling out their truncheons ani _s-- _** . ghtering the pepple . ' We made answer— 'there ' s _taf A wretche ? , ' and tlio reply they made « ai— ' tbey _^ . ould like the chance ot mowing us down . ' My r fiend said f try it ou , for I ara prepared for yon , ' wheB the cowardly wretches sneaked away . Wo trust thatthe people will take aleason from the btave Parisians , and be prepared to repel the _bV-dy intentions of their enemies . —Yours , F . Lkfevkb , subsecretary , Whittington and _C-it branch . —William Bbackss , member .

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      _ETOJTCOff OF TENANTS . * SP _rSl 0 F P' _G'CONNCm , Esq .. M . P „ IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS , ON PIUDAY , THJG 24 _rn OV MARCH ' Mr O'Connor said , Sir , I never heard such an apology as that offered by the hon . member for Northamptonshire for- the criminal neglect of the government . _WhatT tell me that the notice of these brutal murders , committed wholesale by exterminating landlords _, and- published at an enormous expense , is not sufficient to warrant government interference ? "What notice are they to have ? What notice is to be sufficient ?¦ ' And then the

      Attorney-General gets up , and in a most cold and heartless speech ,- ( oh ! oh !)—in a cold and heartless speech tells us that there is no law upon the statute book to meet « ich cases , and that the only remed y is hy civil action against the tyrant aggressor . ( Oh ! oh !) He repeated it , and he looked with horror and disgust at the cold and indifferent manner in wliich that house treated those barbarous murders in Ireland . ( No , no . Oh ! oh 1 and groans . ) They may oh 1 oh 1 ' hut it was a fact-visible to the world , and it was also a fact , that if the Irish landlords wanted a law to aid them in their exterminating barbarities one would he speedily discovered , invented , or enacted , to aid them . fOh ! oh 1 and groans . ) Why

      then talk of ignorance of those facts , with not only the printed evidence _befovt them , but -with a thorough knowled ge of their existence since 1822 , and then the law-official of the government to mock us with the announcement that the ejected slave had his remedy against the exterminating tyrant who most probably was a justice of the peace . ' But it is only a part of that system by which Ireland has been governed , and he would tell thc noWe lord opposite , and his colleagues , that they were an exterminating government , ( oh ! oh !) a crucifying government . ( Tremendous uproar . ) And he ( Mr O'Connor ) felt his blood boil as an Irishman , when he was obliged to stand there and plead in pity for his

      countr y ; but if all were of his mind , their dominion would not continue Jong . ( Oh ! oh !) Ay , tbey professed ko legislate for Ireland , while hundreds of thousands , ypa , millions of his countrymen perished from famine created by misrule . ( Oh ! oh !) Was it not so ? And what would be their maudlin sympathy , if they heard of one tenth of that number dying in battle . Wei ) , there was no law to meet this wholesale extermination produced by famine . They were tender and solictious about the pockets of the landlords , they had a parish crffin with a falsa bottom , ( Oh ! oh !) to mock humanity with a semblance of decency . Hundreds of thousands were _permaturfly consigned to the cold grave ; no , not to the

      cold grave , but scattered upon the face of the eavth-( Oh ! oh !) 'Unhouselied , unappointed , unan . nealed , '' with account unsettled , ' men . women , and children devoured by dogs . ( Oh ! oh ! uproar , and groans . ) Men , women , and chilrlrea devoured by dogs , and , if vou doubt it , read Mr Cumming ' s letter to the Duke of Wellington . Would the English landlords tolerate such atrocities ? No , they would be the first to rebel against _sacli a'roci'ies imposed under a foreign yoke . ( Oh ! oh !) And rely , as the right hon . member for Tamworth says , upon the moral force of that House for correction ! but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would _' nt give a straw for your moral force —( oh ! oh ! and great sensation)—not a siraw .

      it was impo ' ent against oppression , Ireland is your Poland . ( Oh ! oh !) You express sympathy for Poland , bu & the condition of Ireland is worse than that of Poland . The air of Poland is redolent of the fresh smelling blood _. of the martyr slain in battle , in defence <» f his country's liberty , while the putiid atmosphere of Ireland stinks from thc effluvia of the was ' ed bodies of famished slaves . ( Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) They may ' oh ! oh ' . ' and shout , but he didn't care a pin for their ' oh ! oh '*! ' his only feeling was that of indignation , that an industrious , moral people , with a genial climate and fertile soil ,

      should be obliged to appeal to the stranger for redress or support . ( Oh ! oh !) Let thera look to what was passing around them in other countries . ( Oh ! oh ! and uproar . ) Let them look at what was passing around them , and take warning , as the time was fast _approeching when a brave people would cease to he beggars at England's doo-. ( Oh oh !) He ( Mr O'Connor ) didn ' t care a fig for their 1 oh ! oh ' s ' . ' and would conclude by telling the hon . member for _Norihamptonshire , that he disdained to accept his apology for the atrocities of the British government . ( Oh ' . oh !)

      Sir Harrv _Vkrney said , that as long aa he had had a seat in that house , it was never his fate to hear so gross an attack upon the government and institutions of the country , as that of the . hon member for Nottingham . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was shocked at hearing the hon . gentleman threatening that house with the occurrences that were going on around them . ( Cheers . ) And he begged to tell bim tbat the charges against the

      government were unfounded . ( Cheers . ) And that the people of this country would rally around the institutions of this country , and twine around them as the ivy around the oak . ( Loud cheers . ) And he trusted that it would never be his fate to hear such another speech in that house , as that delivered by the honourable member for Nottingham , which was unfounded in fact , and violent in the extreme . Loud cheers . ) MONDAY . _Mauch 27 .

      HOUSE OP LORDS . —The Administration of Oaths , & c , Court of Chancery , and the _Queer ' s Prison Bills , were read a third time _aa 1 passed . A conversation , originated by the Duke of Richmond , relativo to the distribution of _Teniniular medals , _uccupled the remainder of the sitting , whieh tarmlnated at half-past five o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —An _unuiual qaanHty of private business was transacted , including railway and other bills . _Affaibs or Polvhd , —Mr _Anstev . gave notice that on Tuesday , the 4 th of April , he would move that an humble _adfires _* ba presented to her _M-jesty in _reference to the late important political events in Austria , Poland , aad Prussia , praying ber _MHJosty not to consent to ary new territorial arrangements that would not secure to the Polish people the full enjoyment of their lirrful liberties .

      A now writ was ordered to be issued for Devonport . in the room of Mr Romilly , who has been appointed te the office of Solicitor-General . The Chairman of the _borough of Ryda _electioa committee reported that Mr _Curteis _wsb not duly elected . The Chairman of the Sligo election committee reported that Mr _Soraera waa not duly elected . A new writ was ordered to be Issued for the borough . To _o question from MrB . B . Boras , _LordJ . B . _ussEi . i . _staUd that it was the intention of the government to b » _ing forward tbis session a B ? gistration ( Ireland ) Bill , and a Bill for the Reform of tbe Irish Grand Jury system ; hut ho could not namo tha precise time when they would be introduced .

      Isc me Tas . —* irhe Chahcxmob of the Excbi : < icvb thenmo « d the order ofthe day for the committee of _i-o whole house upon this bitl . He _obscsved that the member for Montrose proposed to refer it to a select rommittee . _Tbia was a very unusual coarse to pursue , and one attended with great difficulties , and be hoped it _wouid not bo persisted in . M * Home said the course might be _anueual but so wero all the proceedings upoa this bills ;; indeed , they were- moro _tbaatunusual , _tjjey wore moert uncon _titutiocoi . C _* Ieas : ) i He put it to . the _hoiiSii _, now that it had become a _aertainty that this- waa to be a perpetual _taa , whether they would not endeavour to secure some modifiCAtid & _Oi its provisions , so a » to- make it more

      _generally aeecpiahle . lie appealed to _> the house now for tho lass time . Ha bud _supported tbis bill when it was first _proposed as an experiment and so a temporary mea 6 uveof finance , _Butcircumstanets wero uow altered . The _piiaaiple of a diract tux waa _established , but it was fouFid t _* be levied unfairly awl unjustly , Tho whole _countoj cried aloud against it , and he trusted thc govtramtRlTJould tako this , _thelast _, opportunity of _moetlog the . poople _' s roqui » oments . lie _wiBhud to say como . thing as to tho charaoter of this bill in respect o ? some oi its details , la all other cases , taxes were levied by _efSvjors directly responsible to the crown . The machinery under which this tas was _lovied was , however , ot a very _diffirent character . Tho commissioners appointed to carry it out were appointed hy the land tos

      commissioners , who wore _themselves appointed by members for counties . Wbat political influence must not this arraagement give to a particular party !| Let them look at the _questions whieh these commissioners made people nnswir . Why , if a merchant could get appointed ono of _thiso incomo tax commissioners he might make himBslt acquainted with every detail of a _competitor ' s business , aud do him infinite _damaso in his trade . He denounced the machimry of thia bill not alone as inquisitorial—it was oppressive - it was cruel . If they sent the bill to a committee _upstairs , _somathlng might bo done to render it moro just and less _often-ivo . What hs wanted was to _aave tlio capital of the country . Leave the _gtiose , he said , to lay tho _golicn eggs ; tuka your _Bharo of tho cgijs , hut leave iho goosa . ( A laugh . ) Mr ItiiBiNsoH seconded tho _amendment .

      The Cuakcelioh ofthe _ExcuiQtisn hail heeninhopes that after the division on thu motion of thc amendment of Mr _Ilnrsman that Mr Hume would not have brousht forivtrd this amendment . Tho subject of a _modified Bcsle had been most maturely _considered by hira , but the more Aeiply he had gone into the 8 ur'ect , thc more clearly hud it appeared te him that any alteration _pre-•¦ ented to _kla attention , or which had occurred to hia own mind , _wouldouly _rentier the tnx _stifl mors _uecqual , and aUU more lua . _oisUQrial . h n the _preaem _ajatsm , In

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      vindication' efthe liberal character Of tbe impost , as now collected _^ , he mentioned that in South Carolina , an income tas was levied oa exactly the _samo principles , alike from _rotvl properly and from professional and other incomes-, Afrer _repeating many of his _formiTsiatements in _favour of the course the ministry aro inking , he concluded by opposing the amendment , In which he wa » _supported by Messrs _TtEtAWMV . _Caitmi , _Mi-rcnm . , _Newdkoatb , _Qosnanan , Cabdweli . an 1 _Hoa-. mN who considered , after tbe decision of the house on bis motion on a former day , that the better way would ba nor ? to let thc interne tax pass , and that tho hou ; a should addrm itself at onco to a revision of the whole income and _expendltnra ot the country . The spoakem in favour of the amendment wore Messrs J . Ci _> at , 5 . On im ford , _UaQuiiiBT and _Anstet . The house then divided : —

      Some observations from Mr Cabdweil led to mutual explanations between _himse f and the former speaker , and tbe house divided , the numbers buiDg 231 to 73 , majority against tho amendment Til , A second division _followed on tbe main question , when the numbors were 32 * 3 to 13 , majority 31 _i ; and the _housa went into comnvUteo , went _through the bill , and the report w * s ordtred to be receive 1 this day Mr _Bebesf . _ibd submitted an amendment , limiting the op-ration of the bill to two years , but did net press bis motion to division , Oa the motion of the Losd Advocate the select committee oa the Law of Entail ( Scotland ) Bill was nominated _, and on ita being proposed to substitute tha nnm » of Mr J . Stu & Tt for that of Mr Ewart , the houso divided 66 to 82 , in favour of the latter _. Sir He L _* ch Evans moved fer leave to bring in a bill to alter tbe periods of payment of taxts by parliamentary _eUctots ,

      when Mr _Fosbeb moved the adjournment of the _fcouss , which _tgain divided ; Ayes , 12 ; _noiB , 61 . The bill was then brought up and read a firm time ' , as Was , als o , the Administration of Oaths , « bc ., Court of Chancery Bill . —Tbe Insolvent Debtors' ( India ) Bill was read a second , the Borough Police Superanuation ' Fund Bill a third time , and the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill coaimiceed , when the house arij mrned at one o ' clock . TUE S DAY , March 28 . The HOUSE OP LOItDS sat for n very short time , and _trnnssct-d some merely routine _business .

      IIOU 3 K OF COMMONS . —Petition toa tub Abolition of thb _Housfc op LoBDi . —Mr Waklby _, aft »* the _presentation of _rurious others petitions , presented ono to which be begged the attention of the _houw . It was from John Beale _, of No . i , Qrosv _^ nor . _cottages _, North . _t-Hd , _Eaton-fquarc , London . The _petition set _f-r ' _-h that he _considered the country ns being in a most critical state , nnd-that what has betn _ifeini _forward in countries elsewhere was likely torouss the mosses of this _Inti action to seek for what they considered liVely tone beneficial to them ; that poverty ond _wretchedness almost _indoaeribtble eiisted _amongst tbe people ; tbat ono of the causes of discontent was the def ctlve charaoter of ths _representation of the people in the HouB ' _.-of Commons ; that another was the fact , that whelh-r in the church , the army , tbe _naty _, ihe c » ur s of justice , the colonies , or any place of emolument , at noma or ubroad , they saw them all reserved for and filled by the

      fclo » _a of wealthy f _^ miles . The _petitioutr , ' _thtr-f-re , prayed for the establishment of Universal Suffrage , and of set-ret votirg in the election of _repressntatives of the peopio . Ho prayed that the church property should be applied to tbe redaction of th * National D » bt , and th _« produce of the crown lands to the samo purpose ; that all _slneeutvB , gratuities , and _pensions should be _abolbhftd , exc » pt for meritorious services ; he prayed far the reduction of tbe army te the same _footing ai that on whieh it stood at the close ef tbe last war ; for the reduction and arrangement of taxation on a new scale ; for tbn abolition of the laws of entail and prlmo _^ eni ture j fir the . _separation ol Church and State ; for a _reformed system ot currency ; and fur thc abolition of th « _Houie of Lords , ( Great laughter . ) The petition stated that one representative assembly was _suun'i-nt for national purposes , and he prnjed lhat his _vtry reasonable r « _quests—( great laughter)—mig ht ho t ak o n into the _consuloration of the house .

      SlrR Inolis _roso to order . _Hibeg ? ed to move that t be hon . member be instructed not to bring up this peti . tion , ia _congruence of its containing a _passag * of an objoctionablo _coaructer . Ur Hums » pprehcnded that it w & _snotcomp * t * ni for b mem tar to mako a motion to prevent a petition from being brought up . The _SpKaKEa said that an objection could be taken to a petitioil bi ing _brought up , if it wa » found ie beinfermal in its _character . Ue understood the hon , m _» mberf > r the University of _Oiford to say that the petition was in . formal in its character , ani that , ther . _fora , be objected to it « being brought up . ( The Speaker here read the standing order on the Bubject , which was to tho « ffect , that all petitions sbould _bereceiveil whicii wera not informal in tbeir _ebaractfr , and did not contain matter contrary to the rules and privileges of the houBe . )

      Ma It . _Ihglis said that the smiles or more than smiles with which tbe petition had boen received might of th _^ _mtelVQa _have _batn a & uQhie _& t antidote . 16 tha e \ ill & whieh U contained , and he might have been content to leav » it to the way in wbich it had been received by thu house , but for a particular passage . The _Spsakkr asked if the hon . member objected to the petition upon ehhtr of the two grounds stated in the standing order 1 Sir R . Incus conceived that no individual had a right to petition that house for the abolition »> f the House of Lords . If that was a 6 Utficle-. it ground for _ob-Jacki _? . _* to the petition , he would persist in bis moti » n ; if the _Speaker said it was n « t be should desist , and _apologise to the hou _; e : but , _acceriiog to his view of tbe matter , tbe house could no more receives petition for the abolition ofthe House of E . rdn , than a petition for the abolition of the monarchy . ( Hear , hear . )

      Sir J . _Gbahaji _subraitte : to the hon . member for Oxford whetbw— without intonding it—he had not placed the Speak-r in a rather invidious position . ( Hear , hear ] Ilia hon , friend , as he understood , had left the Speaker to decido whether the house should receive th * _petition . Now he ( Sir J . Graham ) was of opinion , that tbis _wa- < ihe duty of tho house itself , and not of the person who filled the distinguished situation of Speuker . ( Hear , hear . ) He would snggeBt to tbe hon , member for Finsbury to _stato to tho house again on his own responsibility what appeared to him the prayer of the petition ; ond when the attention of tho hou > -e was distinctly _callod to it , thiy could then decide whether they could _receive it or not .

      Sir Au g ustus Clifford , the _Gentleman Usher of the Black _Itoi , at this moment appeared at the table nnd de : > ired the _atteuesnee of the house at the bar of the House of Lords , to hoar the Royal assent given by commission to various bills . The Speaker , accompanied by several members , accordingly proceeded to tho _Ilonss of Lords . Ths Speakee , on hie return , announced to the house the titles of the bills to which the Royal assent had beea given . Mr Wakley _snld he believed the _' impression of the bouse was , that he ghoul J read the petition whieh he had presented , and which _tlivhen , member for _theUniveraity of Oxford had objected to . ( Cries of * No , no Dt He assured the bouse that the petition was in due form , and that , so far as he knew , there was nothing objectionable in the manner in which ike petitioner ixpressed his views .

      Mr Hdmb thought tbe beat w » y would be to ba 7 o _the petition _t-rousht up and read at the tahl-. Hft 2 rero was any matter in It of an objectionable character it would then be competent for any member to ebj ct to ic . Tho _Si > E > s : t ; a said , that * he house must _fisai < kclde whether the petition cams within the rule * of tho bouse . If it contained anything conirary to the rul _* -s and privileges of the hcuso , it could not be _btoasht up . Mr _WAStEY said , thatthe passage to whieh _oVjecHon was made was as fellows z— ' Tha petitioner also prays for tho abolition of the House of Lcrls , considering ; that one _asserably of representatives , duly elected , is quite enfficient for oil national purposes . * Mr Hume thought tho whole petition shou'd' be rend .

      Sir _S . Grey said , that ns it was only one passage ef the petition to which the hon . member for- _Gaford objeered , he thought the rime of tbe bou ? e would bo much moro usefully accup ed Shan in reading it all . ( Hear , hear . ) Many _petitions _containing _opialoas In which no Individual member of t _* aat house concurred had been recei-fed , nnd he _really _thought it would be _attaching too great importance to tho present one if tho house were to > reject it : he hoped , therefore , that bio hon . friend tH member for the ¥ nivcrBity 9 f _Ssfoi-d would not _in-Bist on dividing the house . The passage _oHected to was Jhon road at the table .

      Sir It . _iNOtiasaid , that if ao analogous petition we _* 8 presented to tho Houso of Lords ,, praying for tbe _abolition of the House of Commons , ho _opp-rehended thatthe _nouso of Lords v > ould not receive it ; neither would the House _olfiommons _reosive a . petition for ihe abolition of tho monarchy ; ho , _thct-tfofu , did not seo why they Bhould receive this _puiitioB , _eppoaed as ii was by almost tho unanimous feeling ,, princip le , nnd opinion oS the house ; he sbould , howevtr , bo content to have let il expire with the eff _rvescenco of tiio moment , had' it Rot been that the bon , member for Finsbury , by hia twie and manner , and by hia tunning _commaatary oa the petition , seemed to _iavlte attention to it—at least , the attention of those whohad had the ndvaatage of hearing it and lhat he oppcareu to identify fclawlf with the FcisHnient 8 _espressecjinit . ( _'No _. no _^ fromilrWakley ) ISb , therefere , _niahed the house to express ita judgment whether it was consistent with tbe duty ol the ministers and the great leaders ofthe Opposition , that th e y should _oiicouroge this species of petition hy giving it

      circulation . Mr Home said , that in hia opinion a more absurd reason could not bo given for the _rijsctionof tha petition thon that urged by the right honourable baronot _, the member for the university sf Oxford—that thc petition could not be received = n the gvonr . il tbat It was opposed to th « _gener-il opinion ofthe house . tVliy this wai tho very kind of petitions which were required , nni which tho house ought to throw its doors wido optn to reeoive . ( Hear , hear . ) _Potiiions which ngrecd with tho houso wero not petitions which wero mquircd . It was the duty of tha house to receive every petition wbieh was stnt to it . If onco the house were to bo _« in to _refuse petition ! ., where would they draw t > . e line of _demotion ? _tllear . J Tho houso was perhaps not _awara tbat , be petition _»»¦ Signed not by some ignorant C hartist , but by a gentleman who had gone through the unlver . 1 _.,. «« d w , s now a clew-man of tho Church of England . He thought tba it waa the duty of the house to _reoeiva petitions ftom all

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      portions of tbe people , whatever might be tha _sentlmecf j whh _* they e » _pressed . Sir _Jiirtss- Gbahah said that be waa extremely sorry to b « _ccapellsd , by tho cours * taken by his _honourablefriend tb * member for ths _Univwai-y of Oxford , to _pronounoa an opinion on a matter of such _witreme imp _. _ir-• aiica . Ho Mt ne anxious aa any honourable member ia thai houie u > ftfl ? - * no obstruction to tha _pres . ntntionof _petitions , ai , d he was nj . steed that tho house had allowed the petition to be read , because without _hearing I t he did not think that they could deliberately pronounce ant opinion whetkor _t-hsy could sanction it to the estont ot allowing Ik to Ua on the table . IU agreed with hfe honourable friend that it would le Inconsistent with their loyaity to tho _stmrolgn , and with tbe institutions

      of the country , to receivo a p » tition _se _» ltinu for the abolition of the kingly _Kovurnmrnt and tlio _tubstitutien ot a _rapublio . Tbo firm of _government _established tn this country was a government by Kiny , Lords , and _Commons , and be _thought that a line should b * drawn , nnd that no petition should ba allowed to lie on tbeir _tabler which dealt nith the _fundamental principles of the _ge « _vnrnmsnt . He had not had tim 4 to weigh tha mattap with tha cave which it r » quired , but ho felt that the government of this country was no less a kingly govern * ment than itwai ono formed hy two housus of parliament also , and If a petition fur the abolition of the former could not be received , neither could tbey receive a p » _tltii _* a for the abolition of one of the houses of tbo legislature .

      Mr _BuigbT suggested that petitions ag inst tbe _admission of blshopa into the House of Lords were _nctlvtd and yet tb * spiritual Peers wero as much a portion ef the constitution as the temporal Pjcrs . ( Hear , hear . ) Moreove r , he thought it would be _practically useless to attempt to exclude petitions , for thiB had on former _oocations been attempted in vain . Mr O'Connor said : Sir , I do not rise to ask whether this petition is the production of an enlightened Chartist or an ignorant Whig ; but I do rise for the purpose of telling the hon , member lor Montrose , that nothing has gone further to create disTUSt between this house and the people , than the fact of some honourable members having one tone and one language for this house , and another tone

      and anotnpr language outs de this house , to gain popular applause . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) would blush if he was c . ipable of using one language in that hou 3 e , and another outside . ( Hear , hear . ) But he would go farther , and remind tbe hon . member for Montrose , that his name was one of the seven wise men , that appeared appended to the original document called the People ' s Charter . ( G . eat laughter . ) And as to the Chartists being igno-an _» he would remind the hon . member , that when speaking tb them at public meetings , he has declared that they wera the best educated and most enlightened o £ all classes , ( hear , bear , ) and therefore he ( Mr O'Connor ) did not like to hear his own 0 rder charged with ignorance . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) And as to precedent , the right bon . baronet ( Sir

      James Graham ) , who appeared to be veiy _sensitive as to the ri g h t s of petitioners , said that he could not find any , or that at thc moment he couldn't think of any , but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would furnish him one from a very high authority—the noble lord at the head of _U-e government — that noble lord , inr 1835 , upon the _Lords'aniendineiits , in the Municipal Keform Bill , declared , that if ever the lime came when a collision between the two houses should be considered necessary , that he should not shrink frora his share of the responsibility . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , there was a precedent , and a very strong one , ami from a very influential source , but he had merely risen for the purpose of protesting against the doctrine , -that the Chartists were an ignorant class . Laughter . )

      Mr _Hi-KB hoped that he would be allowei to _explain . _Hachallenaodthe bonournblo _membur for Nottingham to state a _single instance in which he bad made assertions out of that house that he did not uphold In it . He _> W 38 not , hs begged to inform ths honourable member , ono ot _thone who was ia the habit of _tuitin _; his _language for the occasion — ( _laughter)—and , as to his saying the ) Chartists wer * an ignorant body , he had sever said anysuch thing . He had taken oeeusion merely to remind thorn that the objection did not lie Against this p-titieo that had _beun to often tide n bafore when similar petitions , wets _presented , that U was not a petition from , an ignorant Onanist , but from a clergyman of the church of England . ( _Hdar . )

      Mr m . J . O _Coy . _NEHi spok _« in favour ofthe reception of the putition , drawing u distinction between the abolition of tha peerage and of tho monarchy ; inasmuch , as to advocate the former out of do"rs would not be illegal , whtre % s to advocate the latter woull be treasonable . ( Hear . ) _DrBonaiso , amid _Htclamations of 'Oh ! oh ! ' expressed a similar opinion . Mr _Newdioatb _declared hi * cordial concurrence with , Sir J . Graham , ani asked _wheihtr it would bo legal to > ntWrupt to _tB . iuce the crown to govern without either Hous » of Parliament . Mr Wakley said he did not concur in the prayer for a _changa in our form of government , _? or he believed that the country enjoyed as much liberty under the _pressnt _constitution es it was possible to secure , ( tlear hear . ) But , at tha 6 ame tim ? , he _declared that it was _useless to present _petitions to the house , as they wero _received with _iy > little regard . ( On , oh )

      Mr _Aqliohbt warmly protested against this assertion _^ and _dtclareii , on the contrary , thai _petitions were most fairly _treited and attended to , ( Hear , _luar ) Mr Lac iechere hoped tho house would not be forced to a division—( Hear , hear )—becau « 9 he _ftared ths decision of _tbohouss might be misunderstood , ( Hear . ) _Btcauie certainly he and his ri _^ ht honourable friend tho Hosae _Secretary intended to vote for tho reception of the _p-. tltien , dotniing it qnlte _medlsss to dsclaro that entire disapproval which be _£ id not doubt tba houso entertained with _respect to the prayer of the

      petition . ( Huar , hear . ) But as it was not _disrespectfully worded withr < _ferenceto the other house , bed ! I not think It should be _nj-cted—for petitions weie daily received prayiu , » fir the ab _.-lition ofthe Cnureh . thc expulsion of the _prelateg | & c ., and he was _pirsunded ibit il-e dis . approval with wbieh such petitions were received in tbe ? hrraui onl y _represented tbe _disnpproval with which such ppinions wire received out of doors —( Hoar , bear)—nor did hi ) doubt \ h » . it was tbe firm p _^ _onsum of the im . _menso majority of the nation that , _unrier the existing ; form of _government , they enj -yol as large a share of lib' _-rty ns it was possible to sacure . _^ H _' ear , hear ) be to

      Mr Napier bop _^ d tbe hou « e would nut driven a division —( hear _^ h-nr)—aa Iho house ontertained petitions forthe _repfalofthe union —( hear , inut ) a matter w hich was , if _possible , le _* B in thecog &' _aineeot th ? _housa than th » _ttbolitii _. a of tho House of Lord . ' . ( Hear . ) S i r It , _Inglis said ho win rejoieed to hear tbat tho houso were unanimous in _repudiating the prayer of tha petition V 9 lth _resp < 'et to the ab » liilou of tho Ilouse of Lords . ( H _^ _ar ,. _hvar , hoar ) Under those _circumstances , _ashehad _tubstantially succeeded in his object , howould withdraw his opposition to tho reception of tha petition .

      _Fobciblb _EsFfniNS in _Galwatj .. Sir , ft . Gbet said , thnt with regard to the _destrucion oShousos iu Oalway , which waa brought under the notice of tho house on Frii day night by _th-i hon . member Sir Strou . ( Mr ft _Seropa , ) ha-had _expressed _« n "pinion that the government would _s » on be in _posfesslwv of Information from the _Lord-Sioutenant . He bad that morning received a letter from , his noble friend , who-had scon the notice that had _bceatakrn of this case , and had _» xpres « ed his surprise—in wbich be _participated—that tho members of the _gGveriwaent should have bom _ignorant of tbe measures taken by tho Irish po _? en inonf , _informalion of whioh proceedings had been- ft _iwarJed to th . m _sotae tmo afro ,, and which Lord _© laicndon expected tbey would ba « a detailed to the house . _Enry frqu ' ry had

      been made - " tor tho letter in whi 3 h Lord _Glnr . _ndhu had made thia communication , but in vain , and _itranst have been lost- 'Jhe moment his no _' Ale friend hnard of this _easa —whicii' was reported to him by an _Assistant _Soorfcaw _CibaimUsiouer ( who had since died . ) bt fore any statement appeared in tbe _S ' _-aarsAY _Mekcort—He determined ! to take those measures which ic was competent for hira to adop t for _thapunisbmeut of tho 3 _nr _ics who were alleged to bave perpetrated the off . nee in question . _( _Jimsiiierable delay took place In _c-nsequtace of the death of the Assistant _Ifooi-law Commissioner referred to , bat on the appointment of Major _M-Kio to succeed him , be _wasinstrue ed to . instituto nn inquiry upon

      _OEitb , which was before tho house . Dir _. _stly the report was brought _befon the Lord Lieutenant be consulted tfa . 9 lawofBcsrs of ths _Cronn , who _wes * of opinion _stat thu government eoald not institute ' mpd proceedings against the parties . Lord Clarendon ' . hen recommended lo ths Lord Cl » Efi _« ttor that Mr _liltifejs ' e name bhould he removed from the commission of the ponce . This _reccmmendation was aot immediately _aiopted , because , in compliance with tbo Invariable _cusiom , the Lurd Chnn . cellor transmitted a statement oftho occurrence to Mr Blake , in coder to _uft \; rd him an opportunity of making any exp _lication . ( Hoar , hear J He _rearo'tfd to say that a length of time elapsed during which no e » _plan 3-tion was _sectiTed f om Mr Blake , When the _aplaoati .

      did miive it vi-i _considered _urisatishietory _, snd ihenama ' ofMv Bhkohad _bten _s'liick oil . ( _Cheer s . ) Mr St _Georgo . a member of that _bi-us- ; , had aUi ! . _b-c'i imv . licatid in tho nit-iv and h » d be < n _nritttn to bj Lor ., i .. n-»»< - •» , »» . _) he ( Sir G . Or .. ; . ) would t » k 0 IhB CBrll St opp rmnity of informing the houso of the _iDSU . toftbat application . Meanwhile the hou e would p-rceive that the _government had taken nil the _measure in t _,, „ case which it was competent to them to adopt . 1 ™* " * ' ) ¦ Railway _BOAM .-Mr Pasms tlen " _^ ' _^ _.. _j ! the opinion of 1 helmusr . hc V _^ , r \ gh _« end „ u « .. o _rlty now v « _bH by the mt 9 and 10 V . _elrris i _., Ito m _t , l O _^ _aWnnMr . of Bui _W - £ _^ _, _^ _^ _raSh _^ r » r _£ _^ . 3 _tl _^ _^ lhad I _. us . g < _- _"'¦• 'o " ¦

      was mere _surp , . , The _Chamci-lloe ofthe ExcuEQUtn exiAiined that the Railway Bi' -rd had only betn created at thn express njc (> uim « uilntiun of committees of both houses ; _v-s president , Mr _Sirult , had lately ceased to pt _s'ess a seas In _parllauunt , and a vacancy bting thus oaeasioned , tbe government had tktermioed to _cppnnt in Mr Sti uti _' _s room an unpaid member of the Boaid of Trade , with the view 6 ascertaining _whsthtr tha railway _buei-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01041848/page/3/