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      Parliamentary Review. After A Short Rece...

      expenditure , is as much , felt as ever . The re - pugnance against living under the petty tyranny of a Colonial Governor ,-whose wiU or caprice , as the case may be , constitutes the law for tiie lime heing , is not lessened by the fact that Mr . _BEXjAMns Hawes makes inconsistent-and driveling speeches in support of "file system he formerl y condemned : or palliate the existence of abuses he cannot deny , "b y "making promises as to the huge improvements ne and his chief mean to effect some day or other . People havelostconfidence in the

      adn-unistrative capacities of bothofthese worthies . Lord Gket , in particular , has shown himself only an adept at bungling every job in Constitution-making which he undertakes , . and it would hemueh wiser for Parliament at once to frame a comprehensive , systematic , and consistent scheme npon wliich the Colonies could be governed justly , and under which Englishmen , who wish to reside in them , would not he deprived ofthe social and political privilegesthey are accustomed to at home .

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      Receipts Of The Hatjohal Land Company Fo...

      RECEIPTS OF THE HATJOHAL LAND COMPANY For the " Week Exdixg Totjrsdat , Mat 31 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s d . Hawick .. 1 1 C J . Freeman .. 0 10 Kettering .. 1 11 _fi Joseph "freeman 0 10 Hjae ,. ., 4 0 "W . M . . _M-Lean .. 0 4 0 _JfottingLam .. 0 2 0 E . Hunv .. 0 C 0 Hull .. .. 2 17 6 A . Hurry .. 0 C 0 Malton .. 1 310 1 L Walker .. 010 0 Bermondsey .. 012 0 T . GUI .. 0 2 0 Bolton -- 217 0 _CMowl .. 016 £ 15 16 10 EXPENSE FUND . """" Hawick .. 0 2 6 J . Farrence .. 0 2 0 Sottinsham -. 0 0 G £ 0 a 0 TOTALS . Land Pond ... ... ... ... lo 10 10 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 5 0 Bonus ditto — ••• 370 2 2 Loan ditto ... ... ' ... l 10 C Transfers ... — ... 0 5 0 £ 337 19 6 W . Drxox , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Pin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Beceivea hy Wm . Rides . —Bacnp , per J . "Wilson , 5 s . ; _Brighton locality , per W . Flower , Cs . Received at _Lasd OrncE . —Charles Xippard ,. 6 d . Received hy S . Ktdd . —Georgie 3 EUs , 7 s . VICTIM FUND . Received hy "Wm . Ryder . _—Xotfingham , per J . Sweet , ls . 3 d . ; Todmorden , per R- Barker , 10 s . ; Peterborough , per E . Scholey , 2 sl 0 a . ; Brighton per IV . _Flowa-, 12 s Gd . ; Paisley , per AY . Buchanan , Gormhy , lis . Cd . ; Mile End , _Heretovm , W . Ravlings , 2 s . 7 d . — : Received at Laxd _Ofhce . —Mr . Foster , Is . ; Mr . Williamson , 2 s . ; Claries _Jflppard _, 6 d . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received hy Jons _Absott . —Proceeds of Ballot at the Globe and Friends , per Mr . Leatherbarrow , 10 s . 6 d . ; Mr . ¦ Moore , per Mr . Shute , Is . ; Henry Krkham , Charterville , per . E . Stall-rood , Js . ; "General lliR" and Friend , per John Milne , 2 s ; "ADemocrat , "lJatler ' s-alley , perThoinasBrown , 3 s . ; 28 Golden-lane , per Thomas Brown , 3 s . 9 W . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 1 10 s . Sd . ; _National Ballot , £ 20 . — Total , £ 22 lis . _HMEi-satox . —In last -week ' s Star the sum received from ihe Ernest Jones Locality should have been 6 s . 6 s ., and the total amount , instead of being £ 17 Ills , lid ., should have "been £ 719 s . lid .

      Attempted Murder By A Jealous Husbam Lan...

      ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A JEALOUS HUSBAm _Lancashire . —Early on Monday morning a most deliberate attempt to commit murder * wasmade in the _borough of Salford , by a young married man named John Burton ; tbe motive assigned for the atrocious act , which _sprung irom jealousy , being a -wish to inflict summary vengeance on the seducer of his wife . Burton is the keeper of a small confectioner's shop on the Salford side of Yictoria-bviuge , and has been married between three and four years , his -wife being about his own age ( 30 years ) . They have only one child , a little _gn-1 nearly three years of age . For some considerable time past Burton and liis wife have been on terms of intimacy and friendship with a young man named Giles Hard-nan , a weaver , who resides in Booth-street , Chapel-streei , Salford , who is a

      widower . Latterly rumours have reached the ears of Burton that his wife and Hardman were too friendly , to which , however , he for a long time appears to liave refused credence—no doubt , thinking such reports arose from the iacfc which lie seems to have known—namely , that Bard-nan and she were sweethearts before their respective marriages , ne was visited at his house in Cabel-streer , Gravellane , on Friday evening week , by a male acquaintance of his , named Connor , who told him he could furnish Wm with damning proofs ofhis wife's guilt , as he ( Connor ) had tbatnurht tracked her to a place where she bad an assignation with Hardman , and where he witnessed sufficient to confirm thc rumours in existence . The effect of this intelligence upon the mind of the wretched husband was most

      _liarrowin _*** , and appears to have filled _liim with the _diabolicafintention of killing his wife ' s seducer , for on the day following ( Saturday ) he purchased a pistol , balls , and powder , for the purpose of blowing out the man's brains . Early on Monday morning he went to Hard-nan ' s house , somewhere about half-past six o _' eloek , and knocking at tbe door asked the roan ' s -moflier if her son Giles was in . " Yes , " she replied , "he is up stairs in bed ; " on which he went np stairs to see him , saluting his intended victim as he entered the bedroom , by calling out his name . _Mordmnn on bearing his voice , exclaimed , " Holloa , Jack , is that thee ? " to which Burton replied by stepping forward into the room , closin «* the door carefully after hiin . He then pulled off his _^ iacket , and took from the pocket the pistol

      which he had boun-ht on Saturday , and presenting it directly nt llar _, dnian's head pulled the trigger . Providentially thc priming flashed off in thc pan , and the murderous weapon missed fire , affording time to Hardman to spring on his . assailant , and to wrest it out of his hand . The struggle was a . short one , as Burton made scarcely any " resistance , hut yieldin «* np _hisweapon with a melancholy sigh , said , " I anisorry it missed , but I have got another will do tiie job I intended . " After Hardman had obtained the p istol he said , " _2 fow , Jack , I will forgive thee , and say nothing ahout it , if thou will promise never to do such a tiling again ; " hut the only reply he could elicit from Burton was a determined threat to take his life , sooner or later . Pinding him se bent on murder , Hardman raised an outcry for a policeman , when police constable Hill was soon fetched to the place , and was Informed of the attempt Burton had made , on which he took him

      into custody . The nnhappy man as-ain expressed his rc « _ret that thc p istol had missed Bre , desiring the constable to take him away at once , and said he was quite prepared for thc worst . He told the officer he would find a further supply of powder and balls in a drawer , inside his shop . After - _takin" - him to the Town Hall , "Mr . "Seal , thc officer , proceeded to the shop of thc prisoner , for the purpose of starching for the powder and ball mentioned , hut on his arrival he found that ' the shop Lad been opened by the prisoner ' s brother-in-law , who said there were no such articles in the place . Disbelieving Anderson ( the brotlier-in-law _) , the officer searched him , and found the powder and bullets in his pockets ; and ascertaining that he had heard of Burton ' s arrest , and had hastened to the shop and hrokc in thc door for the purpose of _removuiir the articles , the officer took him Into custody as an accessory before the fact .

      On Tuesday morning the two prisoners were brought up " for examination hefore the mayor of Salford ( Mr . E . R . Lnngwor £ hy , ) and -rfterthe facts ofthe attempt had been stated , Burton was remanded for further examination .

      Trrebtox.—Much Excitement Prevailed In T...

      TrrEBTOX . —Much excitement prevailed in this town , on Friday week , from the assembling in the street of a large number of men , agriculturists and manufacturers , who were not able to obtain employment , They marched to the union house , where the guardians were sitting , and their cases were severally heard , which occupied some time . The result was that the young men were taken into the house , and the rest granted out-door relief . The poor fellows are loud in their denunciations of free trade , the effect of which has so _grieviiaii

      ously disappointed them . Air . ± ranK , we nnderstand , is a very forward advocate for " stonecracking" for the poor unemployed . "What , we would ask , has become of Mr . Hall ' s only son i Is he not—although this liberal , free-trading magistrate possesses an income of more than four tunes the amount of his expenditure — snugly quartered npon the public in the Foreign Office ? Who perpetrated this job ? Was it the liberal , free-trading head of the Foreign Office , Lord Palmerston?—Western Luimnarv .

      A "Wise Fool . — " When the Earl of Bradford was Drought _heforj Lord Loughborough , to be examined upon application for a statute of lunacy aoainst him , the chancellor asked him , " How many legs has a sheep ? "' "Does your lordship mean , " answered Bradford , " a live sheep , or a dead one ?" " Is it not the same thing ? " said the chancellor " No , my lord , " said Lord Bradford , " there is much difference ; a live sheep has four , a dead one but two—there are bnt two legs of mutton , the others arc shoulders /'

      Trrebtox.—Much Excitement Prevailed In T...

      t _R'rT" * 3 * r * LS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XLTI . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions think . " _BIK _05 I . _LANDLORDISM THE CURSE OF

      _mELAOT ) . Brother _Proletaeia-ns , Blacker and blacker grows the picture of Ireland's misery . You inayread in this week's " Northern Star" of twelve deaths hy starvation at one place in two days only . You may read that in the Queen ' s County many of the people , utterly destitute of even the coarsest food , are now devouring sea-weed as a last resource . You may read Archbishop M'Hale ' s declaration that entire villages in the west of Ireland are utterly desolate , and

      present a spectacle than which nothing more appalling could be produced by the ravages of an invading army , and you may read , that those ofthe peasantry who are not completely broken-hearted , and sunk into the apathy of despair , are joining secret societies , doubtless with the view of inflicting some terrible vengeance upon those whom they regard as the authors of their misery . I-fear , however , that if a popular outbreak takes place , the only result will be death by the bullet instead of by hunger , to those whom despair will drive to an unequal , hopeless struggle .

      The "Freeman ' s Journal" states , that in one part of the country miles may be travelled and scarcely a human being can be seen , except some tottering starveling endeavouring to make ¥ is way to the relieving officer ! In many places , the poor are living on nettles , which they endeavour to boil and eat ; and in other places they drain the _streiims of watercresses to appease the ravages of hunger . These reports appear day by day in the Dublin papers , and , more or less ; are transferred to the London papers , yet our rulers stand idly by , apparently neither caring nor feeling for the wretched sufferers . Indeed , itis a question whether their conduct is not the result of a

      fiendish , but well calculated policy , for getting rid of tbe * ' surplus population" of that miserable country . But , if the legal protectors of the Irish people—the administrators of our " glorious institutions "—are doing nothing , the eternal enemies of our Irish brethren arc , at least , doing something—hastening the progress of human destruction , by their pitiless evictions ofthe unhappy peasantry , whose very existence seems to be a crime in the eyes of their ruffianly landlords .

      The " Freeman ? s Journal" states that in "the district of Duharrow , on nearly all the properties in that barony , there is scarcely a sign of a human habitation , except in the dilapidated ruins of what , at no distant day , were happy homes . The Deny Castle and the Coumbeg , and several other properties , are almost altogether depopulated . Between Nenagh and Cloughjordan—a distance of about six miles—nearly all the houses have been

      tumbled down , and that line of road presents an equally gloomy and terrible aspect . Between Cloughjordan and Borrisokane , the Rev . Mi-. Tre-xch ejected forty families , comprising about two hundred and fifty souls , from the property called Forty Acres ; the houses are removed—a fence wall has been built around the property by the stones that were taken from those houses I A Mr . Ely has ejected and tumbled down the houses of a great number of persons also in the same district ; but the ruins ofthe houses are standing , and seem as if they were the debris left after the cannonading of some hostile army . Between Boil'isokane and

      _Js _' enagh the work of destruction has been also progressing to some extent . It sickens the heart when one looks upon the country—desolate as if the scythe of death mowed down the p opulation . In Clare the same work has been going en with similar effects ; but to see the fairest and most beautiful portion of Tipperary thus devastated , no one could imagine would ho the case . The peoplo , for the greater part , are sinking into the grave without a murmur , or going into the Poor House to die as certainly . In the fields , on the rising grounds , by the road side , everywhere the eye turns , cabins in ruins and blackening walls of what once was a human dwelling are to be seen . "

      You may read in this week ' s " Star " the appalling details of one of the landlord razzias . Some hundred and fifty families , comprising about six hundred individuals , were , a few days ago , driven from house and home by the myrmidons of a heartless landlord , and tlie minions of the law—the law , which should be the protector ofthe weak and the oppressed , hut which , in Ireland , is the engine by which the oppressor is enabled to safely and "legally" perpetrate his crimes and cruelties .

      Think of law-aimed ruffians invading a peaceful village , and dragging the sick from their beds , and the young and old from their firesides ; giving the victims of their barbarity scarcely time to remove their household goods before they consigned their doomed cottages to destruction . Think of the half-clad , more than half-starved , fever and cholera-stricken victims , being left shelterless , with scarcely a pallet of straw upon which each might lie down and die . Think of the despair a the helpless women , and the unbearable misery of the men , - venting then- wretchedness in impotent maledictions , or unheeded prayers ; " For Heaven looked on and would not _tllko

      their part ; and when you have reflected on these horrors , say whether these words are not a mere waste of ink and paper ; whether they express sympathy forthe victims , or denunciation of the murderers ? Deeds , not words—deeds of _stei'n p itiless justice upon the assassins of the poor , should be the commentary on these crimes of the few , and wrongs ofthe many . The landlords , by whose orders such infernal doings , as are described above , are perpetrated , I denounce as being guilty of robbery and spoliation ; a thousand-fold more worthy of the gallows , than ever were the worst celebrities of the " Newgate Calendar . " But they are more than robbers , they are murderers . There is never an instance , but that in these

      evictions sonic of the sufferers , _feir or many , die in consequence of the hardships to which the v are subjected , hy being deprived of shelter , & c . If any of the Toomevara victims perish , eternal justice will declare themto have been murdered . The law will not say so , but the law and justice are the antipodes to each other in Ireland ; were it otherwise , the robbers and assassins of the Irish people would meet the- exemplary punishment their crimes so loudly call for ; and were Government worthy ofthe name , it would at once send forth

      a commission to bring the Irish landlords to account , and deal with them according to then . ' deserts . But these criminals are safe , the members of the Govermnent and Parliament being of their own class , and " A fellow feeling makes them _Avondrouskihd . " In vain did Mr . Scrope on the nig ht ofthe 25 th of May , press upon the Govermnent and Parliament their responsibility for not hastening to adopt measures to prevent the frightful destruction of human life going on in Ireland in vain did he remind the " honourables" and

      " righthonourables , " that whilst they were enjoying themselves ni ght and , day , and expending large sums of money in pleasures and recreations , their fellow creatures were dying by thousands , buried without coffins , or in many instances left unburied , a prey to rats , dogs , and" birds of carrion—Yes , all -in vain ! Lord John Russell declared that he thought Her Majesty ' s Govermnent had done all that itwas in their power to do , and he did not think that any efforts that House could make would prevent the dreadful scenes of suffering and of death that were now occurring in Ireland .

      Trrebtox.—Much Excitement Prevailed In T...

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer added that three-halfpence or . twopence per day would keep . lifein . the body , and that , thanks to Free Trade , that sum would purchase enough of life-preserving Indian meal ; Free Trade had , therefore , contributed very largely to the preservation of life in Ireland by cheapening the food imported there . He omitted to say anything about the exported food sent out of the country for the profit of landlords aud speculators , and for lack of which the people are perishing in spite ofthe cheap Indian meal . I have no return at hand of the quantity of

      provisions sent out of Ireland mthe year 1848 ; but in the year 1846 there were exported from that country 3 , 266 , 193 quarters of wheat , barley and oats , besides flour , beans , peas , and rye ; * 186 , 483 cattle , G , S 63 calves , 259 , 257 sheep , 180 , 827 swine ; besides butter , cheese , dried provisions , potatoes , . & c , & c . After more " talk " . wliich resulted in nothing , the honourable members gave then' attention to other matters , and finally concluded the evening ' s sitting by adjourning for a week to enjoy their pleasures during the Whitsuntide holidays . The time for Ireland ' s redemption has arrived , but the men are wanting . Were bold

      and honest men at the head of affairs ,, they would make short work of the L'ish difficulty . The resumption of the entire soil by thc State , in tbe name of and for the people ; the placing of that people upon the land , to cultivate it for their own benefit , not for that of landlords and speculators ; the affordingof the cultivators security of possession , and the supplying of them with the necessary funds , by a loan raised from our plethoric capitalists , to be repaid b y-the cultivators in the shape of a modera e rent to the State , would be means adequate to the end of saving Ireland—measures which hold and honest statesmen would adopt , and carry out in defiance of all obstacles .

      As to the Irish landlords , theylmght deem themselves fortunate if they were permitted to enrol themselves amongst the hardworking cultivators ofthe soil , furnished with the same assistance , and subjected tothe same regulations as the rest of their countrymen . If they could not bring their proud stomachs to submit to this honest—though humbling position , matters might be compromised with them by paying then * passage money to Caffre land , or New Holland , where they might enjoy the congenial company of the savages of those countries , and either work and live , or remain idle and perish , just as they might please . Either result would be a blessing tothe human family . . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . May 31 st , 1849 .

      To The Committee Of The National Financi...

      TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . " If there ' s a hole in a' your coats I rede ye tent it ! A duel ' s _aniang ye takic' notes An' faith he'll preut it . " Gektlemex _, —if any apology he deemed necessary for the present short address , it will be found in the circumstance of my being one of those for whose ostensible benefit all previous reforms have been attempted by the various parties who imagined they had sufficient interest to carry them . With what success , and ' thcir remedial effects on the condition of all the useful classes of the community , I need only refer you to the downward tendency of everything that concerns the remuneration of manual labour ; to the pressure on the capital of the generality of employers which has urged you to the formation of your present powerful organisation ;

      and last , though not least , to that which will remain a just reproach on the publie spirit of England , until Englishmen shall exhibit that amount of public virtue which—like a leet jury—will adjust the scales of political traffickers in the sacred name of justice—I mean the deplorable condition of unhappy Ireland ! . . But , gentlemen , if the past has heen unproductive of good—if the measures which liave been hitherto brought forward by the good and thc humane for the benefit of mankind , have : either been thwarted in limine , or have failed to effect the objects of their . promoters , let us , as honest and practical men , endeavour to find out the causes of failure , and by the adoption ofa more cautious course of procedure , and a stern adherence to our principles , at all events deserve , if we cannot command , immediate

      success . I do not doubt , nay , from personal knowledge I am aware , that you have among you men of sterling worth and first-rate talent , men who will not be trammelled in the expression of their sentiments by the undefined terms of " Financial and Parliamentary Reform , '' but will give their opinions in a clear and tangible form , -by which we may know how far the mass of the people may hope to participate in the anticipated results of this mighty agitation . But , at the same time , I am also aware that the chief cause of our previous failures has been thisthat the philanthropist and the patriot have been cajoled or outvoted by their more designing , because more interested colleagues , and isolated from the great body of the people through class prejudice or mercenary motives , * the leaders in the great reform movements of late years have

      cither" descended to the barren womb of _Kothing- —from whence tliey sprung " or , taking advantage of the influence they possessed , have quietly seated themselves in the official chair , and become the tools of the minister in the oppression of their too-confiding fellow-men!—and oftentimes , too , of their former associates And as I cannot flatter you on the superiority , iu point of purity , of your present committee over others which have preceded it , and knowing as I do something of the wants and wishes of the working population of the country , I would respectfully offer my mite of information ' on a subject of such vital importance to tlie people at large , and to caution you against the fatal error hitherto so pertinaciously adhered to by the leaders of _cfaj * s-movemcnts . I allude to the practice of thrusting from your councils the men of the million : for as thev are by all parties acknowledged

      to be the producers of all wealth , and thence having a superior claim to a voice in tlie distribution of that wealth , 80 are they the strength and support of any party to whom they become attached ; and if the . middle class be really in earnest in their present expressed desire to save thc remnant of their capital from thc voracious maw of tlie voluptuous taxoator , or thc greedy gripe ofthe great monopolist , they must at once , and in . good faith , unite with their brethren of the anvil and the loom , in their just demand for the restoration of those political immunities , in the exercise of which alone will be fouud the guarantee of your mutual protection from the encroachments of any governmental faction—or thc rapacity of the locusts of all hues which the present anomalous system of laisrepresentation calls into existence , and supports in their nefarious nibblings at the labourer ' s crust—thc shopkeeper ' s till—and the capital ofthe farmer and the

      merchant . I have not been an inattentive observer of your movement , nor am Isolitary in my scrutiny ; there are thousands—I may say millions—looking forward with sullen intensity to the means you may deem expedient to adopt to accomplish tlie mission you have , in the name of your country , undertaken ; and , however others , high in the estimation of the workinff classes , mav flatter you with their adhesion and support on the foolish plea of " crippling government patronage ! " I tell you candidly—o _« id o vent short time will test the truth of my averment—that you Will not obtain that desideratum until you join council with thc -veritable leaders of the _popular movement ; men who , having struggled long and arduously- in the promulgation of the very principles with which vou have just set out , are eminently qualified to aid and assist you in the furtherance of the laudable objects you have in view ; and morede

      over as these worthy mon , to whom I allude , - servedlv possess the confidence of the unenfranchised millions , and a considerable portion of the electors , to boot-, you can only reasonably hope to obtain that modicum of acquiescence necessary to carry your objects , throug h the medium of a good understanding with the chosen advisers of the people as to the primary objects for which you mean to contend But , in the name of all past experience , let us hear no more of " crippling _^ government in the exercise of its patronage" through the instrumentality of Financial Reform . So long as the Ministers have thc power of issuing any amount of exche quer bills , and the influence to get them added to the national debt , and saddle you and your children with the additional interest , the cry of cripnlino- the fiovernment by any other means than Eva thorough reform ofthe Commons House is worse than sheer nonsense , and will prove in the end to be " a mockerya delusionand a snare

      , , I have not made these remarks in the spirit of _opposition . I am n ° t eSotisfc , entm S h to suPPose tha Lv iuny opposition would avail against a good _Zse But being apprehensive lest the dead Sits which generally find their way into such aSai Committee as yours must necessarily be . should _onerate as a counterpoise to the generous and noblesS which 1 am happy to know forma con 2 ou ? pSiou ofit , Ihave taken the liberty _dSSSffi _^ & friendly sinderlt y- from

      To The Committee Of The National Financi...

      a strong desire to sec the prejudice of class laid aside in thc establishmen t of a cordial union ot all good men , of whatever degree , whose efforts may oventuatc in the accomplishment ofa better system ; and my most sanguine hope is , that having taken up so prominent a position in the face ol an oppressed community—a position from which you cannot recede with honour until you have exhausted all the means at your disposal in an honest and manly endeavour to effect the reforms you arc publicly p _ledged to effect , and tho convictions of all thc speakers at your late meeting , so nobly expressed , will bear me out in thc assertion that Parliamentary Reform must be tho primary object . Tlie masses are with you , if you adopt their political creed . Of yourselves you are powerless—united with the people your triumph is sure and certain . But if , on the

      other hand , you allow the pride of wealth or party prejudice to obstruct a union so absolutely necessary , and so happily opportune , you will have yourselves only to blame for your failure ; and , like others who have gone before you in the fruitless attempt to establish their selfish interest on the political degradation of the labouring population , your schemes will be justly derided , and your names become a byword and a reproach . I have hitherto treated this subject only in so far as it regards the interests ofthe class to which I belong—1 moan the working class , commonly so called—but I -will now proceed to make a few observations on the affinity which exists between us and tho real middle class or shopkeepers of this country , both as to position , ability to pay taxes , and the want of power to resist the imposition of additional burthens .

      Bear in mind , gentlemen , I do not recognise the aristocracy of any class . They hare almost invariably become the oppressors of their fellow men , either as tax-eaters or monopolists , and therefore with those I feel that I have no mutual interest ; but it is very different with the great body ofthe intermediate class of useful distributors of the necessaries of life between the producers and the consumers . These are the men with whom I would fraternise , and with * . _yhoni I should wish to see our brethren in cordial union , for our mutual protection against the cupidity of the monopolist , in the meantime , and our ultimate emancipation— -w / c , from the political serfdom into which we have been invidiously placed by their mock elevation—and they , from the annoying influences by which they are beset , and

      which render their franchise of none avail ; and it is with the view of -facilitating that union that I would , in the first place , endeavour to remove thc veil of prejudice which has __ been so artfully , but , at thc sametime , successfully , introduced betwixt us , for the purpose , as the issue has clearly demonstrated , of more effectually dividing us , in order to make mere shuttlecocks of those on whom the Reform Bill conferred (?) a little apparent superiority ; for , after all , of whom is this numerous class composed ? Assuredly , not of men who can boast a vast deal of intellectual , scientific , mechanical , or literary attainments—whereas , the superiority of the mechanical portion of their brethren—in these respectsplaces them far above them in the scale of usefulness . Whence , then , this suicidal backwardness to

      unite with them for their common benefit ? I say their common benefit , for it will be at once conceded that when the working people are prosperous , the shopkeeper receives a corresponding advantage ; and it is because ofthe depression in tho one department , that those of the other find it difficult to pay their takes , and hence their present effort to relieve themselves by Financial Reform . Tain hope I of which the anticipated proximity ofthe millennium is a fitting counterpart . And ,, what have you gained , gentlemen , by the assumed preference ? "Why , not one in every ten of you _cftm ; use your privilege of voting according to your honest conviction ; many of you allowing yourselves to be disqualified on thc eve of an election , rather than be subjected to the usual

      annoyances , or tlie probable ruin consequent on an independent vote ; this is the very acme of slavery , and ought at once to bo repudiated by all mon of sense , and more particularly so by a class of persons moving in a decent sphere of life , and laying claim , par excellence , to an extra share of respectability ; again , just see how easily you may be denuded of even this poor privilege ; only change your residence , and you are disqualified for the best partof two years , or , as it often happens , go into the next parish , and you are without the pale ofthe constitution altogether ; so much for your boasted privileges , happy , frceborn Englishmen ! And where is your power to effect anything for the welfare of society ? Let the blessed results of the Reform Bill respond . It is true , you can be

      marshalled at the call of the aristocracy of your class , when a political object is to be gained , or , as it often transpires , ( let us ho _}) e itis not so in the present instance , ) to divert the public mind from the stern and determined efforts of thc unenfranchised masses to obtain their just , but too long withheld rights ; and what is the consequence ? ' Just these ; diminished profits and additional taxation , and every effort you have hitherto made , but too plainly shows , that you have no power to help yourselves , much less your fellow men . But , "better late than never , " is an old saying , and you may yet retrieve yourselves , and be of immense utility in a wholesome agitation for a full and effective representation of the people in Parliament ; the materials are all prepared to your hand , tho result of years of study , and thc experience of all the practical reformers for centuries back are at your disposal , to guide and instruct . you all , arranged so simply and concisely in the document known to , and

      appreciated by millions of the sons of toil , who neither have , time nor the moans to give immediate effect to the agitation wlrch you possess — I mean that glorious compendium of all that is essential as a basis of a better system of legislation—I mean the People ' s Charter . And if you be really in earnest in your professions to benefit eyen yourselves by the reduction ofthe public burthens , " you must , iii the first place , get an unfettered voice in thc transaction of the public business , and that can never be the caso till the right of voting be universal ; that ri g ht secured from undue interference by the Ballot ; aristocratic imbecility avoided by the abrogation of the Property Qualification ; corruption defeated and patronage ¦ destroyed by the adoption of Annual Parliaments ; humble talent and honesty secured by the Payment of Members , and the present unequal and anomalous system of representation rectified by the division of the country iuto Equal Electoral Districts .

      Now , gentlemen , we are willing to unite with you on this common ground ; we have at all times been willing so to unite , the onus of disunion rests with those who have refused to accord to us the same political rights as they themselves possessed , or were seeking by our assistance to obtain ; the onus of disunion will still lie with you , if you still cling to the same juggle , for you may rest assured that the ' experience ofthe past will not be fruitless in our further struggles to be free ; and , however we may be contemned and opposed by the factious , I hope the class to whom I have now addressed myself , will see the utility of uniting with their brethren , who are thus willing to unite with them , for their mutual protection in the meantime , and the ultimate benefit of tho whole human family .

      I am , with all duo respect , Gentlemen , Your very obedient servant , May 30 th , 1840 . Hekhy Ross

      Charterville. The "Bull-Frogfhrmers . -'...

      CHARTERVILLE . The "bull-frogfhrmers _. _- ' asthe immortal Cobbett has it , continue tlieir unrelenting hostility to the allottees ; and as the Curate of the parish of Minster Lovel has evinced a kindly disposition towards the allottees , and taken up his residence at their school-house , and opened a school for the instruction of the children , whether resident at Charterville , Minster , or Little Minster , and otherwise exhibited acts of kindness to his poorer brethren ; the opulent farmers , however , have conspired against the Reverend Gentleman , with a view to his removal from the curacy , and have sent letters to the Rural Dean , and thereby endeavoured to incite tlie Bishop to remove him , on thc pretext tliat his " impediment of speech " unfits him for the

      duties of a pastor ; but the allottees , gratehu for past services , have rallied round their friend , and in them the Rev . W . Bryan has found a staunch supporter , From amongst- them a council was formed , and application was made to the outgoing churchwardens , Messrs . Butler and Gillet , for the use of the vestry room , in which to hold a public meeting of the parishioners to memorialise the Bishop of Oxford on bGhalf of the Curate , but these gentlemen declined to let the parishioners have their own room to meet in , and , in consequence , on Whit Monday , a most numerous and highly respectable meeting of the parishioners was held * in the church-yard , Mr . George Bubb , churchwarden elect , in the chair , who briefly stated the object of the meeting , when the following memorial was proposed : —

      TO THE RIGHT BEVEBESD FATHER IN" GOD , SAMUEL , LOUD BISHOP OF ' OXFORD . The respectful Memorial ofthe undersigned Inhabitants of the parish of Minster love ] , in the county of Oxford . Sheweth _, —That your memorialists have heard with much pain that application has been made to your Lordship to remove the Kev . Percival Wilmot IJryan from tlie Curacy of this parish . That your memorialists are deeply grieved to learn that your Lordship is said to have expressed your pleasure to comply with such application , Tliat your memorialists beg with all deference to assure your Lordship thut it is by no means the wish of a majority of the parishioners that the lteverend Gentleman should be removed from tlie exercise ofhis sacred functions in their parish . i That uie impediment of speech with which tlie lteverend gentleman is troubled is not such an impediment as to prevent his following his holy vocation iu a manner be-1 coming the sacred character .

      That your memorialists are of opinion that the lteverend Gentleman has now a greater fluency of speech than when he first came amongst us . That the lteverend Gentleman , by visiting his flock , and by a reverential attention to his pastoral duties , has won the esteem and affections of the parishioners . That he has established a school for the instruction of our children , and by other acts of kindness ,

      Charterville. The "Bull-Frogfhrmers . -'...

      worthy thc character ofa Christian minister , has subdued much prejudice ,- disarmed scepticism , and caused a far better - attenda nce at church than your memorialists _bolievo would otherwise he the case . , ' ' . , , That your memorialists are thoroughly , sincerely , and heartily of opinion that tlie Kev . Percival Wilmot Bryan , by his active pietv . humility , and perfect Christian charity is eminently qualified for tlie pastoral care ot the parish ot Minster Lovel . Your memorialists therefore entreat your Lordship to take the case into your most serious consideration , and bless the parish of Minster Lovel by continuing to it tlie services of their much respected friend and pastor ; Percival Wilmot Brvan , —prevent schism , —restore good ami kindly feeling , —and ensure to yourself the prayers and blessings ofthe undersigued inhabitants of Minster Lovel .

      Messrs . Stallwood , Gilbert , Younos _, and Caulk , having addressed the meeting in favour ofthe object for which it had met , the memorial was adopted unanimously by acclamation . On the motion of Messrs . BfeATTiK and Russell , is was resolved , — " That the memorial be signed as numerously as possible , and transmitted to the Bishop of Oxford , and that a copy bo also transmitted to thc Rev . Mr . Earl , vicar of the parish . " On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Gilbert , a vote of censure was g iven to the outgoing churchwardens , Messrs . Butler and Gill , for their conduct in refusing tho parishioners the use of their own room to meet in .

      A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . G . Bubb for his urbanity and impartiality , which was acknowledged , and the meeting quietly dispersed . The memorial will obtain ' the _signatures of a great majority of tlie inhabitants . After the morning meeting a party of the allottees , accompanied by tho Rev . P . W . Bryan , proceeded to Wychwood Forest , an immense tract of land , lying comparatively barren , though capable of sustaining many thousands of tho starving poor—if the " idle lands" were only placed in the compulsory "idle hands "—and in true gipsy style swung their kettle , spread their cloth on the green sward , and helped themselves to cresses from tho running

      brook . Having enjoyed their repast , they proceeded to explore the forest , and almost envied the freedom of tho herds of deer as they gracefully bounded by —contrasted the open forest with the enclosed and luxuriant portion occupied by Lord Churchill—paid a visit to the " field of industry , " a large space laid out , and let out at an annual rental to poor husbandmen , which showed that even the forests could be turned to great advantago , and that "the poor might cease from out the land , " had we but a government elected by , and acting for the peoplo . Tho party returned to Charterville , having enjoyed the rational pleasures of Whit-Monday afternoon , more than ever determined to press forward for the achievement of political , social , and moral reforms .

      Emsm'al 9batfiamttt&

      _Emsm ' al 9 Batfiamttt &

      Thursday, May 31. House Of Commons.-Cana...

      THURSDAY , May 31 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-CANADA .-In reply to Mr . Christopher , who alluded to the publication ofthe Canadian papers in the Times newspaper before they were in the hands ofthe members , Mr . Hawes stated that the papers were not delivered to members on account , of the holidays . No favouritism was shown to any particular newspaper . In this case applications had been made for early copies by the newspapers , whi-h had been acceded to as soon as they were printed ; and in many cases it was most important that the government should avail themselves o- the great publicity which the newspapers afforded for making the public acquainted with i mportant public documents . ( Cheers . ) . Supply . —On the motion for thc ; consideration of the report of the Committee of Supply ,

      Sir H . Willougiiby rose to move , pursuant to notice , a reduction of £ 50 , 000 in tho navy estimates , with reference to wages and artificers . Thc vote of last year was £ 851 , 000 , that was reduced to £ 311 , 000 in the estimates ofthe present year , being a reduction of £ 40 , 000 , and what he now proposed was to reduce chat amount by £ 50 , 000 . He held in his hand the expenditure for tho last few years , but he could see no such sum as this as ever having been demanded ofthe House of Commons under No 8 . Take the seven years from 1835 to 1842 , he found the average somewhere about £ 400 , 000 , while in tlie seven years from 1842 to the present time , the average was £ f 01 , 000 . Therefore that proved at once thc

      vote now demanded from the House was considerably in excess of the average of the last seven years , and at a period too during which they had boen what was c ; illed creating a steam navy . The same was the caso with regard to the workers and artificers ,- for he found by the returns that the number of men employed in tho dockyards had increased from 9 , 000 men in 1842 to 13 , 000 in 1848 , exclusive of convicts ; so that , both in point of men and money , there had been a continual increase , and he therefore wanted to know how it was that the Admiralty had not complied with the recommendations of the Committee which had sat upon this subject . It really was high time that the matter was looked into . ' With a navy , consisting of 70 vessels , of upwards of 72 guns each

      they had a steam navy of 5 , 000 horse power , and he wanted to know where the limit was to stop ? How long was this extravagant waste ofthe public money to go on ? At all events , some explanation was due to the House from the Admiralty , and he now felt it to bo his duty to call for it . He had to ask on what principle this enormous expense had been regulated ? He admitted that there might be danger of war ; but there was another danger , that of disgusting the peoplo of this country at the enormous amount of our taxation ; and he thought no member would be bold enough to got up in his place and say which of these two evils was the greater . The hon . member concluded by proposing the reduction of wliich he had given notice . Mr . Godson seconded thc amendment .

      Sir Fraxcis BAnr . vc , who was heard very indistinctly in the gallery , was understood to say that if the proposed reductions were made , other expenses , almost equal in amount , would have to be incurred . He did not think that our steam navy was more extensive than was necessary ; already a reduction of £ 80 , 000 ( we understood ) had been made in the wages of the artificers , and a further reduction oi £ 10 , 000 in the wages of the officers . He quite agreed with the lion , member ( Sir II . AVilloughby ) that every possible economy ought to be practised in the expenses of the navy ; but , at present , - it would be impossible to malic the reduction which had been proposed . Mr . Henley supported the amendment . After somo further discussion the amendment was withdrawn and the vote _ajrrecd to .

      The House then went into Committee of Supply ; the votes being those for civil contingencies . On tlie first vote being proposed , Mr . B . _Osiioexe drew attention to the excessive amounts that were granted for miscellaneous estimates . Altogether they amounted , to about £ 3 , 000 , 000 , but as compared with thc grants of 1848 there was a reduction of £ 20 , 000 , though upon the grants of 1847 fchoro was an increase of £ 5 , 000 . The first Hem was for special missions , foreign and colonial ; a sum of £ G 00 was put down as expenses incurred in settling the terms of tho American boundary question ; a similar vote was proposed every year , and altogether there had boen expended hy the Commission no less than £ 29 , 000 , and he wished to know how longthat vote ' -as to be continued . Tliere was another

      charge of £ 2 , 000 for the expense of Lord Mmto s mis 3 ion ; last year there was a similar charge of £ 2 , 000 , and he wished to ask whether it was to be continued , and what was the total amount that had been paid . " Tho next item was £ 595 , for the expedition of Colonel Wilde to Portugal , but there was a vote last year for £ 15 , 000 , and the year before ( he believed ) there was another vote . Tlio expenses of passagesfor bishops was only £ 166 ; that , he thought , was a matter of great congratulation , for last year it amounted to £ 1 , 209 . There was an item of £ 1 , 1000 , for Mr . _Southeron's expedition to Buenos Ayres ; and item of £ 100 to tlio new President of Liberia , Now , hc was not a sufficient geographer to know where Liberia was . ( Laughter . ) On looking to thc map he could not find it , and if he had not seen it in the votes ho should not have known that such a place

      existed , or that wo had there established . Republic . ( Laughter . ) Then thero was an item of £ 445 for triennial trumpets ; and it wasa curious fact , that though the trumpets were triennial the votes wore annual . ( Laughter . ) There was also £ 500 for the travelling expenses ofthe King ofthe Belgians ; it was a bad principle that any royal person or any private gentleman should call upon the people of this country , or the Commons , to pay such travelling expenses . There was £ 580 for thanksgiving for the famine . Then there was a larger sum for the Sultan of Johanno . Who was the Sultan of Jobanno ? They might poke in any body for £ 1 , 000 . ( Laughter . ) Colonel Sibtiiokp had always observed a very thin attendance whenever a money vote was under discussion . . A brief conversation ensued , during which

      Mr . Gl adstone took exception to the item foi the expenses of the commission appointed to inquire into the constitution and management of tho Mint . He thought that the Master of the Mint could have instituted and conducted that inquiry himself , and thus haye _sayed a considerable expense tothe country . Mr . Sheil justified the course which had been taken in the appointment of tho commission . If it had entailed an expense a little upwards of £ 2 , 000 , it had recommended a yearly saying to a much greater amount . He strongly urged upon the govenimont the adoption of the recommendation ofthe commission , as a saving of not less than £ 15 , 000 a year would thereby be effected . Some further conversation took place , embracing a great variety of topics , after which the votes were agreed to , the House resumed , and the Chairman reported . The Defects is Leases Bill then went through committee . The _Passesgehs Bill then went through com-

      Thursday, May 31. House Of Commons.-Cana...

      mittee , and was reported , with some verbal amendments , to the House . The Police op Towns ( Scotland ) Bill was next committed , some of its clauses being agreed to and others postponed for recommittal . The Clergy Relief Bill was "then committed , after which it was reported , with some amendments , to the Houso . The other business wasdisposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter past nine .

      FRIDAY , June 1 , HOUSE OF COMMONS _.-Allkoeo Case op Cannibalism in Ireland . —Lord John Russell then referred to a statement which had been alluded to before the recess by Mr . II . Herbert , to the effect that a dead body , which had been cast ashore in Sligo , had been devoured by the starving people . Thc revolting rumour , he was happy to say , was entirely without foundation . It arose out of an incident which had occurred last November , of which it was not only an exaggeration but a perversion . Tho noble lord then gave notice that on Friday , June 15 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer would lay before tho House his general financial statement for the year . Committee op Supply . — Tho Houso then went

      into committee of . supply on the miscellaneous ( civil services ) estimates . On one of the votes for the salaries of the principal officers -, of state being put , Mr . Henley moved an amendment , to the effect that tho salaries ofthe chief officers ofthe Treasury be reduced by ten per cent . He would begin with the Treasury , in order to establish tho principle of reduction . Hc thought , considering that the price of articles of consumption had fallen , and that the amount of profits generally had decreased , such a reduction should be effected as he now proposed .

      Colonel _Tnosipsox said that when something like ' a national jubilee was taking place because people bad now to pay less for the articles they consumed ' than they used to do , ho could not see why her Majesty ' s servants should be obliged to give up ' their chance of participation in the benefit of cheaper prices ; aud , therefore , he couldnot support the hon . member for Oxford ' s motion . Mr . F . O'Connor would ask what thc people out of doors would say , when they saw that thoso who , like the honourable and gallant gentleman who last spoke , wero most enthusiastic on the public

      platform as financial reformers , were the first in that ; house to object to begin retrenchment by cutting down the salaries of her Majesty ' s Ministers ? In his ( Mr . _' O'Connor ' s ) opinion her Majesty ' s Ministers were the fittest cases to commence the system with ; and he should vote with all his heart with the honourable member for Oxford , to whom he felt bound to pay this just tribute of commendation , that the working-classes of this country had not a better or more sincere friend in that House , or one whose measures generally , if carried out , would tend more to their benefit . '

      Some further conversation ensued upon this amendment , after which the committee divided , and the amendment was rejected by a vote of 84 to S 3 . * The votes wliich , after this , elicited the liveliest discussions , were those for the government of Labuan , for the Mixed Commission Courts , and for Consular Establishments abroad . Several other votes were agreed to , after whieh , on the motion of Mr . J . B . Smith , the Chairman reported progress , and asked leave for tho committee to sit again . The other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned .

      Fatal Accident To A Son Op The Dean Op S...

      Fatal Accident to a Son op the Dean op St . Asaph . — -Yesterday a jury was empanneled at Ful . bourne , a village about five miles from Cambridge , before Mr . Marshall , deputy coroner for the county , on view of tho body of John _ftichol Luxmoore , a student of St . Johu ' _a College , Cambridge , and a son of the Dean of St . Asaph , who met his death under the following circumstances .: —The deceased and a fellow student started the evening before for a ride , and proceeded in the direction of Abington . At Babraham they turned off , and again on reaching the old Roman road leading to Cambridge . Here Mr . Luxmoore ' s companion ( Mr . Stuart , « f Trinity ) proposed a race , and the horses were put into a gallop . Mr . Stuart took the lead , and alter proceeding a short distance missed the sounds of his friend ' s horse . He looked round , and saw Mr . Luxmoore lying on his back on tho ground . He returned to his aid , and found him unconscious .

      Mr . Stuart then summoned help , and on its arrival went for medical assistance , but the unfortunate young gentleman died within a few minutes of Mr . -Stewart ' s departure on his last mission . Evidence was adduced to show that the road , at the spot where the race began , was smooth and safe , but that it became dangerous as it proceeded , and _wasj full of ruts where the accident occurred ; into one of theso the horse doubtless stepped ar . d fell , and Mr . Luxmoore was tin-own upon his head . The deceased was about IS years ol age . He had been to College chapel just before starting on the fatal excursion , and was reputed a very exemplary young man . He was in delicate health , and his friends wishing him to take horse exercise had sent him a horse up to Cambridge to enable him to do so . Thejury returned a verdict " That deceased came by his death through an accidental fall from his horse . " It was stated at thc inquest that the unfortunate gentleman ' s father is on Lhe continent .

      Destructive Fire at Liverpool . —On Thursday night , about eleven o'clock , a fire broke out in the extensive iron foundry of Messrs . Pearson and Co ., of Liverpool , and was attended with a serious destruction of property . The premises are known as the Liver Foundry , and are situated in Parliamentstreet and Greenland-street , at the soutli end of tho town , and very near the docks . The pattern room _,, together with the whole of the valuable patterns itcontained , is entirely destroyed . The loss by this destructive conflagration is estimated at £ 5 , 000 , and we understand that Messrs . Pearson and Co . arc not by any means fully insured , the sum for which an insurance is effected on the pattern room not exceeding £ 2 , 000 .

      Mysterious Deatu by Drowning . —An inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the _Jfag ' s Read , Battersca , on thc body of Anne Arnold , aged 27 , who was found in a water-course near to Creek Bridge , Battersea . It appeared from thc evidence that on Tuesday morning , about eleven o'clock , tho body was found in a common sower . From inquiries made by tho police it appeared that the deceased had been engaged all day on Monday at a laundress's , and , on coining homo at night found that her husband , his brother and his wife , and some

      other parties , had gone to Wandsworth fair . Upon learning this , the deceased became much excited , and declared she would go and seek her husband , and would not return home until she had found him . She did not meet her husband , however , and , on , iiis returning homo at half-past two o'clock tha next morning , aud not finding the deceased _t-hei'd ho supposed her to have gone to her mother ' s , and this , lie said , accounted lor his not inquiring earlier after her . Verdict—'' That the deceased was found in a common sower , but how she came there there ) _wiib no certain p . vidonp . Q to show . "

      Death from Starvation . —An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on tho body ofa female , unknown , who died from want and destitution . The deceased was known in thc neighbourhood of Whitechapei and Rosemarylane as a mendicant , and she appeal ed to havo no relations , or any friend to assist her . Shehad . no habitation , and wont by the name of Gardiner . She was in the practice of wandering thc streets all night , occasionally obtaining a shelter in a stable e ' She was out all night on Monday , during the heavy rains , aiM inthemovning she-was fouiul lying upon

      the pavement in Glasshouse-street , in a state of ex _« haustion . A police constable removed her to the station-house in Leman-street , where she soon afterwards died . —Mr . Liddle , surgeon , said hc had found the deceased covered with old rags , which wera completely saturated with water . He had opened the body , and found the stomach quite empty , All the organs were healthy , and he had no doubt sho had died from exhaustion . The body was in a moat filthy condition , and covered with vermin . Yerdict— "Death from exhaustion , produced by the want ofthe common necessaries of life . "

      Fatal Accident on the River . —An inquest wag hold on Thursday , before Mr . Baker at the Black Boy , High-street , Wapping , on thc bodies of John Cold and Charles South , fislermcn , who were drowned in the river under the following circumstances . It appeared that on ' Tuesday , tho 22 nd ult ., the deceased men left Billingsgate in an empty peter-boat . On their arrival off the Tower a large East Indiaman was being hauled out of the St . Katharine ' s Dock , and was directly afterwards taken in tow by the Unity steam-tug . There were several barges and tug boats hanging upon the stern ofthe ship , and the deceased fastened their boat to the stern , in between the barges . On the ship reaching the centre of the river , one of the barges let go and caused the peter-boat to upset . The deceased were seen struggling in the water for several minutos , but thoy disappeared before any assistance could reach them . Search was made for their bodies , but they were not recovered until Monday last . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Dublin , "Wednesday . —Twenty-two persons , whos _« sentences were under , two months , have been discharged from the Mayo prisoBB , to make room for as many sheep-stealers . The _Nenayh Guardian states that the carcase of an ass , which died at Ballymackey , was taken into the house of a starving family , consisting of a man , his wifo , and four children , who fed upon the loathsome flesh for a week ! The Famine . —There are three deaths from starvation mentioned in the Mayo and Galway papers received on Thursday .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02061849/page/5/