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r Peti tion! Petition! against the i^V Coercion Bill! and pour them f -n tbe debate closes. in * ——
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"THE"POLISH REVOLUTION. IMPORTANT PUBLIC...
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R Peti Tion! Petition! Against The I^V Coercion Bill! And Pour Them F -N Tbe Debate Closes. In * ——
r Peti tion ! Petition ! against the i _^ V Coercion Bill ! and pour them f -n tbe debate closes . in * ——
- -Jo The Irish People. , R /" Or /Ktimi...
- _-jO THE IRISH PEOPLE . , /" or / KTimiEN ! "I , _rgnjrfisli Minister , true to the Engncipfe ° _^ _a > ncentra _* ing . ministerial j _$ _tr oug h hatted of Ireland , has dared to _if * -v- new Parliament with another Coer-M ? £ _Ireland r rcion BUI , in its apparent mildness A _^ Ladful , more hloodtKrsty , and _uncon-^ rini al than any yet proposed , and yet , to say * *• * * P _* _uced a marvellous t _^ l ; tv _amongst the otherwise'disjointed i _< _Wngsv Free Traders , Tories , _^'¦ U' Protectionists , Bentinckites , Irish _^ - nt Iri- * _Landlord together with the _•^ _J ' E _nglish Chartists have united in
& to Ireland . Of all the newly-pledged _wfi * p triots » Geoi * _ge Thompson , the _mem-^ fcr the Tower Hamlets ; C . Lushington , S memh er for Westminster ; and W . Scholef . % the member for Birmingham , were the ir men who had the moral courage to _op-•^ united factions , anil walk into the lohby f _^ _jhe few but fa ith ful . _*^ f course I make no account of the strai ght * _^ _a urd and valiant conduct of Wakley , Lais ? he is one of ourselves . He hehave _' d \ _T like a mock friend , but like a proud _oppo--of and it
_^ injustice ; was some consolation _ofind such men as those in company with the _patent , the fearless , the indomitable _Shar-^ Crawford , the best Irish landlord , and a _jjSt incorruptible English representative _, "fell , I venture to predict that thev _£ . Wrs of Finsbury , of the , Tower Hamlets * { R ochdale , of Westminster , and of Birming-v _M _, will not the less zealously sapporfc _jj -e gentlemen npon the _rieif ¦ ' _bpportiijjir—tht » _, _giviog ; another proof that- the ¦ joule are" in advance of the
government-•) Iyconiitrymen ,. Ihave ever declared that j- dissension of leaders has been the cause of _p countryVruin ; an * - therefore , I shall ¦ _^ tain from a single . weird of comment npon j portion of the Irish , representatives who _rtted against Mr Walcley _'^ amendment and pig . Now , see _wlwfe-ifrWalsIey ' s _amend-^ nt was , and _tfigfcJet any man with a drop t * Irish blood in'Hb veins , ask himself upon _jiat possible pretext he could oppose it Here j the amendment : — "slit is not jast to tbe people of Ireland to onset any _wjofa coercive character , withont , at the same time , _Zg 3 S _ _$ measures nith a view to their permanent relief .
_j " ow _, my cxrantrymen ,. can you imagine a _jsrs _comprehenaye , * n » bre complete , or just _m-spoation than that ? So many words could _at ' be mote expressive of justice , and yet only _tt-enty _, and some of those English members , _j _^ ed it . My amendment was to reject the _-rjn-ter altogether , and only eighteen voted fjr that , and many of those English members ; _aj even yet I shall abstain from a single _jsrsh comment , lest my life ' s devotion to Irej-nd should he thwarted into a desire or attufipt to perpetuate discord . I must describe the nature - of the present f cerrion Bill for you . V
Firstly . —It establishes a brigand police , itolly independent of all law , save the whim •/ a Saxon vice-king . Sicondly . —It gives to these ruffians the pprer to search every peasant ' s house . _Teirdly . —It subjects to two years' _impriscaient with hard labonr , any man who does _ift join in giving information and hunting one
SUSPECTED OF CRIME . Fourthly . —It creates a new spy force , called
• DETECTIVE POLICE . Fifthly . —It saddles the farmers , and not tie rsilty landlords , with all the expense of carryirfout the operations of this bloody bill , the fain object of which is to secure the _acquies-Hoce of the Irish landlords , while the Whig _sjvernnient is depopulating Ireland by starva ; don and pestilence , aud to seduce the pea-Bntry of Ireland to turn informers , in the nope cf preserving a miserable existence for another four of misery . t {
Mark me ; by the terminformer' I do not _cean simply giving evidence against a real mlprit , but what I mean is , the inducement yd out to the reckless vagabond to hire a mercenary , and receive the reward of his own infamy . I feel indignant , as an Irishman , tobe compelled Uihs to detail the atrocities ofthe Bill ; it is enough for me that it is an act of tyranny tttenipted against my country . My justification for opposition will be found in the fact , tht the landlords and the government are the offenders—and the people are to be the
" _mrerers . Nothing is more winning and seductive than lie " soft sawder" of an English Ministertut there is not a word in the bloodiest penal statute , which may not be construed into a _Eild resistance to crime , while we know how eaning-lawyers , packed juries , aud corrupt _jacges , can twist them to the most nefarious _purposes .
Here ' s a picture fer you—the people of Ireland are willing to work and are starving—the _Undlwds of Ireland are not willing to work , and are revelling some in positive , and all in _e-raparative , luxury . Is not this an anomaly , aid can there be a stronger argument in favour otplacing those luxurious idlers under the popular vigilant control of a Parliament of refresentatives . chosen hy the sinew and indust * _r ofthe nation ?
I am now ah English member of parliament , Ma though all pledged tothe support of Irish redemption should desert their country , and tbo . jj . rh I stood alone , I am resolved to oppose tmiYny to the death . And , mv friends , I feel " ¦ Wed that in this , my resolve , I shall be backed as well by the English as the Irish people , not only upon the principle of justice , tat upon the princip le of interest ; forthe English people mar rest assured thatthe _comiktelossof Irish " liberty would be speedily remnant
fen- wed by a successful blow at the « _Eiidish * freedom . Let the workingclasses _ot _England , then , he up and doing , while there i * vet time , as they may rest assured that this _ftlLto he read a second time on Monday next , » _tiaU not pass until the English peop le and the _Jrish people shall have received ample time to * i > ress their opinions in their petitions : while , «« ie same time , if every man in England , aid every man in Ireland , save myself , was perfectl y satisfied with this measure of injustice ! would it if I stood alone .
, oppose lam fearful to write as I feel upon this _subjttt , lest any heat or intemperance may _here-^ t er be cited as a justification for disunion * _toi , therefore , I shall conclude with an urgent ' _<&& anxious appeal to the honest of all classes to join in a most determined resistance to this "base , brutal , and bloody'' measure . Your faithful friend and countryman , Feargus _O'ConxOb .
Biusms.-Sctfolk..--- On Tuesday, Novembe...
_Biusms _.-Sctfolk ..--- On _Tuesday , November * H a lecture _wagdelivered at the Georgei Inn , b , _% r Edmund Stallwood , in the place of Mr M Grata , *«> was prevented attending by an attack of ii ) Huf _«» - A highly respectable audience assembled . *& JahnE « _Uf 5 i formerly ofSelby , was unanimous , */ _ea'Jed to _thechair . and in an eloquent speech opened te _Lusinessof thc evening . * lr Stallwood gave a 1 , J cii statement of the formation , _progress , action , _*¦* present prospects of He Land Company , refuted _^ _eol _^ ctioia _u ; ged a £ _f _* iiMtit , andshowedit 3 ent , re _^ _compete practicability . . He _^^ ± _^ f' _^ of _Ll _'^ p lt ' _aCbarKt . _UiBbom _^ a Jl _tfs -duress was listened _t" > with . - _^ tiueai atfc _» - *•*• , _wd at its close he was loudly » Pl * u _»>*»* * _*<& of thanks _vms carried by acclamation to tLe
_tenw . The good men and true having _wsmwu * - « feb _* aie thehitrodactioii of Chartism _intoBrm * _^ . bva pubUc sapper , tbe festival »» ej _* _» 3 J * attended hy a numerous party . Mr Edmund _^ tallwood waa called to the chair , and air _Edson to * _£ TJfMbwr . The fo 31 owi _* 3 § to : i 3 _^ . 7 _^ fe { ed _T _»« I ' m ' * * * Charter-may it _-V _^^ _^^ _SjSS . _^ law . ' ' . Tte Fraternity of _^ , 0 n _-rf ° _. nor Se _fckrty ail . over the world . ' * Arthur . _O'Connor . the . «! e of Erin , and may Justice soon n ; £ ? re j um to _^ Emerald Isle . ' _« Success to the >» Uo » al Land vo & p aDy . '
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a , wuMKN OF ENGLAND . Mr Dear _Chudbbs _, Although busil y engaged in resisting _tye tyranny of the government , I am noiamnindtul of the duty I owe to those mothers , who . trom confidence in me , have induced their husl bands to embark in our glorious Xand Plan and I now write > inform vou , that . up . to this period , there are three hundred ani fifty-three members who have drawn prizes in the Land Company , and all of whom shall K & _located between this and next May . _~„ . _„ _.
Now , if you measure our probable progress by what has hitherto been done , as compared with what 1 am now doing , you will believe what I have often told you , thatit is in the power of the working classes , without . _the-aid of the government , or masters , to regain _tifet liberty in five years . It only requires the steady exertion and virtuous fortitude of the women of England to compel the men of England to do _thejrdutjKto their families . Ittbok me as long to complete the first thirty-five cot-1
tages as it will take tae to complete thenext three hundred and fifty . And ; if the , working classes had confidence iff- _^ themselves , and _itouli make ; themselves- acquainted with the perfect security of the National Land and Labour Bank , n , pon the next general election , through _theiriafluence upon the . trading and _shop-keepingclasses , I would show you two hundred men in the House of Commons pledged to the support of the Land Plan-aad the Charter .
i ou , my fair friends , never could have been enlisted in the open support of Chartism ; and , for this simple Treason , because the avowal was certain destruction toyour families ; and , to your open and virtuous support ofthe Land Plan I attribute its astounding success , and have written this . letter to communicate the pleasing intelligence of fthe timely location of those who have drawn * "prizes , —and every one of whom shall be located between this and May . And now a word , and I have done . . You must always bear . -this one fact in mind ; it is this , that the monev
of a Company is always looked upon as public property , from which every one ; in distress has a right to support ; and every tradesman employed thinks tbat he has a right to name his own price , and . his own wages , and that the administrator of that fund who refuses any such application is a tyrant and a despot .. Upon the other hand , those who have paid their whole subscription , or any portion of their subscription , consider themselves not only entitled to employment , whether they are fit for the work or not , but they further think that they have a right to recommend people for work . Now this system has already put
me to great inconvenience and expense , while Mr Doyle , who is my representative here in my absence , tells me that it must be stopped , as his feelings are daily wounded tby the necessity of refusing the applications of those who apply for work . The plan , then , which 1 shall adopt is this ; if any shareholder sends me a written recommendation to employ thehearer , who is not fit for the work , I will giTe the bearer , if he has been induced by the applicant to leave his home , enough of money to take him home , and I will then write to the Direcr tors to stop so much from the payment of the shareholder who has made a fool ofthe applicant in order to do the * " Gooddie . "
Now this is very plain , and cannot be misunderstood , and is necessary , as both Mr Doyle and myself are daily put to the torture of ret fusing such applications ; and I am put to the expense of sending the disappointed applicants back to their homes . I have nearly completed operations here , and shall shortly remove to another location , so that you see even the depth of winter does not arrest our progress . Of course it is understood that the Company closes finally on the last day of this year , and that there will be a ballot for 300 acres of the Company ' s land on the 16 th of January , and the successful competitors in which I undertake to locate early in the summer . Your faithful friend , Feaughs O'Connor .
To Tfle Chartist Chief. Gbserai,,—I, One...
TO TflE CHARTIST CHIEF . Gbserai ,, —I , one of yonr old soldiers , have read , with sensations of thrilling delight , your bold and irresistible onslaught upon the citadel of corruption _, on the evening _ofTueaday , the 23 rd November , and in which citadel sat its aristocratic supporters . I am quite certain , that even the advanced guards of the rotten fabric must have quaked with fear when they felt tbe thunder of your voice , and the bullets of truth , with which yoa perforated its false and assailable ramparts .
Bnt . If this , your first attack in the present session , so paralysed your and the people ' s enemies , that they did not " even attempt to return jour fire , what may we not expect when you pour in repeated _voliies under the various names of the Charter , National Land Plan , Repeal of the Union , Fixity ot Tenure for the Irish Farmers , Corn Rent , Annihilation of Tithes , Equitable Adjustment between the so-called National Creditor and Debtor , and many others , too numerous to mention here , more particularly , when you are lacked up by your organised array of old aad _youns _gnard-i , ( public opinion ) , or to _usea trite , _saying , the pressure from without ? Why , General , there is every reason to anticipate , if the officers and privates will only do their duty like true democrats _, that rain , inevitable rain , fl ill follow in the wake of the foe .
Your tactics on the occasion were skilful , and at the same time , prudent ; and no doubt , rery much disappointed the prophets who , in their wisdom ( Lord save uk _, ) predicted yoa would commit yourself by your _impetuosity snd want of foresiplit , and , therefore , must assuredly , and without fail , find your level in the Honse . Thank God . and your own good sense , they have been so disappointed , and must now be ranked amongst the false prophets . It must be cheering to every democratic mind , to learn that the sentiments you uttered on thejnight aboTe mentioned , and the language in which they were eouched _, though new to most ofthe aristocratic senators , met with , to all sppearance , the most respectful attention at their hands . This speaks volumes and proves at once that you are the powerful leader ef a powerful rarty . A party mcreasinj day in number , strength , and intelligence .
every Another circumstance connected with your efforts on the occasion alluded to . and which cannot fail to make your soldiers' hearts palpitate with exu tation asd honestpride , viz _. whenyou made _^ a _»^™ _S appeal to the various sections of Irish members , to bn ? v in the grave their previous difference of opiojon , and " band themselves together as true patriate , loving S fatherland-and _MWOj _¦ though you were an _Ensiish member you did not forget you were an Irishman , and if they wereonly imbued with your feelings , they would die upon the floor of ! ttat louse , rather than another Coercion M J « W pass-it was received with unusual applause , anil shouts of bravo from them , the very men too , fffio have been taught to hate and despise you . _. _. Such a response to yeur noble , patriotic , forgiving _, and peace offering appeal , must have been balm to
your mind , after all the contumely , insult , ana slander thrown npon your character ; and after all yon have suffered in consequence of your _devotiBD to your eountrv , countrymen , and fellow creatures generally-God grant that _thos
veur enemies , and may you speedily see the _consummation of all your fondest , most ardent , _aepirationsjeur zealous and arduous labours-slavery dead aiid for ever-freedom _univerwland _iBfinite . Yours faithfully , I . Aa Ow _riONESB . ,
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_= _. . y-TO THE ELECTORS AND _NON-ELECT © i & OF TIVERTON . . .- _-- ' _i " _"" " _" _- _***** _----- * * ¦ * ' Gentlemen , — When at the lste general election _IhacftW honour of _-i-iliciting jour suflfrages , I groti ' riaed ' my claims to jour confidence upon certain principles , the representation of which in the House of Commons , I heia , and still hold , to be of vital importance , not only to your interests , but to _thffwell _* . beiug of tbientire community . .... Y ; . _ _^ ' _^ 1 On the day of nomination , you were _pleatied , _® express your approbation of those _primSf _pUM whicb . I was ( and am ) the humble " exponent , By
recording a triumphant majority in my favour at -the show of hands , ' when opposed t _^ Lord Tiscount Palmers-ton . Notwithstanding that decision , 'bis lordship' sits in the ' House' as your representative ¦ ' _because the so-called Reform Bill , ' limiting tne exercise ofthe franchise to a small minority of your number , has . set aside the declared will of the majority , expressed in accordance with the * ancient forms and constitutional usages of tbis nation . - ; y _^ y _. On the hustings I protested against the injustice ofthe present _elected system , atthe same time declaring that I shc _^ not _^ . ce _^^ tb consider myself _yojjr veritable _repre _^^^ _Nhi _^| _ife (| f > tlie _usurps-, lion of privilege Ova _^ _MBywHn _^^ cretary 1 3 _ti
of State for _^ _- > 'l _|^ lln _^ _P _^| _PffiH _^ iiitnsl _^^ n'rllke the _teat _^ Mcn n _^ _d- _! _fleOT _^ _uT « t « to tne by _r- your upraised' _To-unfs ' _-iiid voices , when called upon to decide which ofthe two candidates you would select for your representative . Thoroughly in earnest in my every political act , and determined—to the utmost of my ability—to carry out every pledge I gave you on \ bt day of election , 1 have resolved to repair , as far as
possible , tbe injustice of your virtual disfranchisement , by watching the acts of the Legislature , and occasionally submitting to you my comments thereon . If 1 cannot directly aid in the passing . of sound-measures , I may , at least , show their necessity ; andif 1 cannot , within the walls of the Honse , oppose bad laws , I may , at least , testify against such laws , and work with you to prevent their adoption , by bringing ' the pressure from without' to hear upon the collective wisdom . '
: It would be a waste of time to criticise each paragraph of the'Royal Speech , ' or rather the speech of her Majesty ' s advisers . Royal Speeches illustrate the saying attributed to that master-spirit of political chicanery—Talleyrand , that ' speech was given te man not to express , but to conceal , his thoughts , ' The Speech , recently delivered by commission in the name of the Queen , forms no exception to tbe general rule . Its most remarkable feature was the repetition , in almost every paragraph , ofthe expression of * her Majesty's deep concern ' at , and _< lamentation' for , the unfavourable state of affairs , both at home and abroad . The distress of
tbe commercial world , the sufferings of the labouring classes , the misery and anarchy so rife in Ireland , and the breaking out of civil war in Switzerland , all called forth expressions of alarm and apprehension , which , however creditable to the feelings ofthe Chief Magistrate , tell badly for tbe statesmanship of her Majesty ' s advisers . Universal distrust and dismay , wretchedness , anarchy , and strife , whilst properly calling forth _expressions of concern and lamentation , must also excite the public condemnation of our rulers , to whose Mai-administration existing evils may be chiefly , if not wholly , traced .
The' Speech , ' while lamenting the distress of the people of Ireland , and speaking indefinitely of measures to be introduced , intended to advance the social condition of the people ; ' coupled therewith a demand for coercive measures to prevent ' the perpetration of crime in certain counties and districts' in that country . Every man possessed of the common feelings of humanity , must deplore the frightful assassinations and outrages of which Ireland has been and is the theatre . But for such an unnatural state of things there must be some unnatural cause . Assassination is
no more a pastime of the Irish than it is of the English . The truth is , a civil war exists in Ireland , a war of classes ; the war of the rich against the poor , and of the poor against the rich . Victims fall on both sides , but with this distinction , the victims belonging to the ranks of poverty are murdered according to law , while the victims belonging to the ranks of property are murdered in defiance ofthe law . Our legislators , belonging to the propertied classes , of course sympathise with those of their own order who fall in this mortal strife , and are eager to vote for any measures of coercion to protect the rich oppressor from the bullet of the poor oppressed .
Treated as a conquered country , the lands of Ireland havebeen repeatedly confiscated for the profit of military adventurers and alien aristocrats . Spoliation , enforced by atrocious laws , bas excited the undying hatred of the spoiled against the spoilers . The cultivators of the soil generally hold their farms entirely at the mercy of their rapacious landlords , and possess neither security of tenure , nor th < power to enforce compensation for improvements , wheh , though made at the cost of the tenant , the landlord may appropriate by resuming possession , whenever induced thereto by cupidity or ill-will . Ejectments are of frequent occurrence . A landlord desires to rid himself of one , or a score , or a hundred tenants , obnoxious on account of their poverty , ortheir political principles , or their religious belief , or because he can more profitably dispose of his (?)
land , and forthwith the doomed victims are served with notices , of course according to law , ' to leave their homes and the ground they have tilled—their only source of subsistence . Should tbey refuse to obey the mandate of' the law , ' the police and soldiery are marched to tlie help of the landlord , and their bayonets are employed to drive the wretched peasants from their violated homes . The usual course is to set fire to the habitations of the victims , who often perish by the road-side of cold and hunger . Only within the hut few weeks the tenants of Major Okmsdv Gore , located in the tov . nland of Leganomer , in the county of Leitrim , were driven from their homes by fire and sword , A detachment of military with a strong force of police , aided the landlord's agent to burn down ten houses , by which fifty-five human beings were rendered homeless . Of the ten families I quote the names of three : —
* John Quinn and wife , two in family ; ' himself aged eighty-seven ; was dragged from bis sick bed , and laid on a wad of straw , to see the house in which these eighty-seven years were spent burned . ' Pat . Donohue , seven in family , held five acres of land ; Pat . Donohue being in Scotland earning the rent , his wife and five children , just recovering from fever , refused to leave the house , but the fire being applied , she was forced to depart . _« John Quinn , four in family , held seven acres of land ; his family recovering from fever could scarcely crawl out before the honse was burnt . '
I am unable to state whether any of the abovenamed victims of Major _Ormsbt Gore ' s cruelty have actually died in consequence of being deprived ofthe means of food and shelter , but there is every probability that want , cold , and fever , bave produced their usual consequences , and consigned at least some of the sufferers to that refuge ' where the wicked cease from troubling , and the weaiy are at rest . ' Be that as it may , 1 should be glad to learn wherein the above-stated ejeclment' falls short of the crime bf murder ? Is it tobe wondered at that landlords fall by the bullet of the - assassin ?' Is there not need of a Coercion Bill to compel the landlords to cease from their legal assassinations ?
The' usual food' ofthe peopleof Irtlawlhas again partially failed , and thousands arc now in a state of starvation . The frightful details laid before Parliament by the Irish members on the very first night of the session , might have excited sympathy in the coldest heart . That the potato is the usual food of the Irish people is infamous enough ; but , that food having failed , that thousands should he permitted to die of starvation , while an abundance of other and better food has been produced within the past twelva months , is still more infamous . The quantities of grain imported into Great Bntain from Ireland in the first six months ol the present year amounted to 39 , 852 quarters oi wheat ; 7 , 577 q _""" _ters of barley ; 55 , 792 quarters of oats ; 98 , 588 cwt . of wheat-meal or flour ; and 26 , 943 cwt . of catmeal ; besides many _thousand heads of oxen , bulls ,
= . . Y-To The Electors And Non-Elect©I&...
There will be no real ju _' _stice to Ireland until the People of the three _countries elect tlieir own representatives under the provisions of the People ' s Charter . The _oppressed millions may then , but not till thsu , ri- _jl _^ themselves ,
The Whigs tell us that coercion is not their policy , that they are compelled to propose tlieir new Arms Bill to protect the lives of the landlords , but that they mean to propose remedial measures * to advance the social condition of the people . ' If they mean this why are not their measures ready ? They have had months to prepare thera , yet now they are only talking of a landlord and tenant bill ; a bill to promote the sale of encumbered estates ; a bill for Die amendment of Die grand-jury system , & c . 'When these bills are introduced and made law , if ever _thafc be , Ireland will still be no nearer to a state of 'tranquillity . Why . ' Because it is not in Whig _mhifcters and an assembly of landlords to do juitice . io the unrepresented people .
also had * the law on their side , ' with all the law's working power—judges , juries , policemen , spies , gaolers , and hangmen . Sir Geo . Gret ' s bill will increase the military constabulary , and give power to the landlords to disarm the people . The most odious portion of this ¦ mild measure' is that which authorises domiciliary visits by the police in search of arms . This is , in fact , handing over the peasantry to the tender mercies of a ruffianly force , universally infamous from its past atrocities .
Such appear to be the principal provisions of Sin George Grey ' s bill . Bearing in mind the actual stateof things in Ireland—that a ' civil war' is actually raging between the possessors of property and the heirs of poverty , —you will perceive that this bill is devised for the purpose of exclusively arming the one set of combatants , and disarming their opponents . The landlords have , and always have had , the army , the police , _tnd all the physical force of the government on their side . They have
4 th . Persons are not , by the above provisions , absolutely prohibited from having arms in their houses , but the Lord Lieutenant is to have the power to issue a further proclamation , calling on all persons not within the exceptions above enumerated , to apply for licenses to retain tlieir anus ; person- not applying for or not obtaining such licenses to deliver up their arms at the nearest police station by a certain day ; any offence against this provision to be punished as a misdemeanour . Persons suspected of keeping arms in denanve of the proclamation to have their houses searched by the police ; the arms seized to be forfeited to the Crown .
licensed to kill game . ' A further list of * exceptions' follows , including collectors of the poor rates , and guardians of the poor . Another class it is proposed to grant licenses to , to carry arras , the licenses to be granted by officers of the constabulary . All persons unlawfully carrying arms may be arrested by the police and their arms taken from them , and all persons _suspected ol carrying arms may be searched by the police , the arms , if found , to be ' forfeited to the Crown .
2 nd . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to increase the constabulary force in any proclaimed district to any extent he may think necessary . 3 rd . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to prohibit , within the district or districts proclaimed , all persons , with certain exceptions , from carrying arms . The exceptions are 'justices of the peace , persons employed in her Majesty ' s army or navy , in the coast-guard service , in the revenue , in the police , in the constabulary , special constables , and persons
'Landlordsare privileged to kill , And numbers sanctify tbe crime , ' The Bill brought into the House of Commons on the 29 th of November , by Sir George Grey ' for the better prevention of crime and outrage in certain districts of Ireland , ' has been accepted by the _sham-Liberals of the house and even by some of the pretended Repealers , on the ground that it is a milder measure of coercion than any former measure of the kind . But had I been in the House of Commons I should have felt bound to have voted with the hon . member for Nottingham against the introduction of the Bill . Ths principle points of the proposed enactment are as follows : — 1 st . The Lord Lieutenant to have the power to declare any district in a state of disturbance .
Here it is recorded that THOUSANDS of the peasantry of Ireland forced to emigrate , ' have diedof hunger and pestilence , either on their way to Canada , or on their arrival in tbat country , —murdered , I assert , by the Irish landlords . Shall not these victims be avenged ? Where are the eloquent legislators , and fulminating journalists to demand protection for the lives of the people ? Alas 1
ship Beached Quebec , from Sligo . The _mobtilitv His bien thai of an ABMr on the passage , 3 , 9 H ; at Grosse Isle , 3 , 452 ; in ships at quarantine , 1 , 282 ; atthe Marine _llospitxl , Quebec , 1 , 000 ; making 9 , 634 ; and this fearful aecount does net include the deaths at the sheds and Hospital in Montreal . Kingston , Toronto , Bylown , « nd Hamilton ; or those which bave incurred unnoticed and tinknown ly the wayside , and in the small taverns of tht _eoimfrypar ' s . In _Montreal , tho _average number of sick in the hospital daring the week ending November 6 th haa been 702 , and the deatbs _Bixty-six .
HAD DIED BEFORE TBE VESSEL ARRIVED AT Quebec - Died ? ' MURDERED by the landlords oi the West of Ireland . ¦ A large portion' of the victims are said to have b een shipped from Lord Palmerston ' s estates III The Tiverton Whigs will act wisely if , in future , they ¦ sing small ' concerning Lord Palmbrston ' s virtues as an Irish landlord . Yet another extract from the Montreal Herald : — Yesterday , the 10 th of November , another emigrant
TION OF THE _I-AS 3 ENGEB 8 ABB Sim TO Bl _VftOM LOBD _palhebstoh ' s estates . What they are to do here this winter it H impossible to say ; there seem * to ba no other retource for tbem tban public charity . Had it net been that the present season is unusually mild , there is great reason to believe that few of thera wonld have escaped death from the cold in the Gulf , Up to this time , however , tbe weather has continued fine snd open ; and th-y have escaped one danger , only tofedl , in too many instances , by the stroke of fever . Mark you tbe above , men of Tiverton . Out of 475 ' emigrants , ' One Hundred and Twelve
. . I find from a number of the Montreal Herald that your misrepreseniative has br _> en a sharer in the landlord conspiracy to ' weed out' the * surplus population . ' I pray you , men of Tiverton , read the following extract from the above-named paper : — - So late as tbe 30 th of October , the Lord Ashburton arrived at Grosse Isle , with a cargo of 475 emigrants , of WHOM HO 1 ISS THAN 107 HAD DIED OR TnE VOIA « . Sixty more were tick , and on beard the steamer to which the passengers were transferred five deaths occur _, red between the quarantine ground and Quebec . Many ofthe passengers by this vessel have since arrived in Montreal , and have the most wretched appearance . The vessel was from the west of Ireland , and a _lahok fob *
State Church , ' and the _thousand other grievances of which ; Irishmen justly complain ., J may , however , remiii * i you that at . thc late election ' , the eulogists of Lord _Paiherstoj - ; . boasted : 4 hat _^^ _hisrliordshi i ' * possessed a property in Ireland from wk _* « h / he derived ari income ; of -68 , 000 " a ; year . The ; boast ofthe Tiverton Whigs 13 the execration of Irishmen , who tap well _comprehend the cursei ¦ _jnfljeteii upon their _fflpt _^ _jv _^ y _. ' _tbientee landlords . On the fir * t = night IKJlp i _^ _feir _^^ ' How , _want in Donegal ? Why did not Lord Palue _* # _* ton go back and live there ? ( Hear , and a laugh . ) It was a common phrase , "Sell up the Irish laiidl lords ; ' he ( Mr Gbattan ) would not object to that >; at least he would sell up Lord Palmerston . '
•* i pass by for the present those additional sources of evil to Ireland , -- Absenteeism / the _: _' Established
- .. _cSp , * _tfves , pigs , and other live stock , and tons ef rBM 33 n , _^ pickled pork , butter . & c ., & c . I maintain _. _jpfe * thi * - producer should be " t ! ie first partaker of thfrfruite _) and that no human being in IreJand _shaddbeMt to _half-starve upon the potato , or _« _J _^ y ; . _^ erii ? h through totally wanting that _« raaal food , _^ when better food i _» produced in abundance _. Since" * July , the importations into tbis country havecontinued , and are at ' Una-very time going on . The starving -people seeing ther food taken away from _SifiF * _$$ - * e "" es » with no prospect but death in its . r _^ _git hideous form , are fast coming to the _conclusi on , that it is -better to die-by thu sword than : to perish ofjiunger , ' and the Government seems full y _determiip to try the sword as- a means of compelling thefaraishing silently and despairingly to bow fo _^ their fearful doom .
= . . Y-To The Electors And Non-Elect©I&...
Gentlemen , I will venture to hope that , in justice to the people of Ireland , and hi justice to yourselves , yos will disclaim the bungling and unjust legislation which Lord Paimers-jon snd his colleagues desire to see sanctioned by the new parliament . You may do so by _petitioisoy against Sir _Gi-oiiof- _GjSsy ' 8 bill . At the . some time demand of Parliament ; justice to the _tenantry of Ire . land , —justice to- the UHwilling . idler ? wW ought to be placed on the- untilled land of Ireland , and _justice to the Irish as-a people , by the restoration of their rights and franchises . By so doing you will at least prove tha * the people of England are not thi enemies of the people of _Breland . -
I _san Gentlemen ,. lour faithful Servant , Geo . _JtauAN Har _?« y _.-Brampton , Middlesex . December 1 st , 1845 v P . S . Btecember 2 nd *—Since the above letter wasput _into-type , I have seen a . copy ofthe New Coercion Bill rand have founds it to be a ; far worse mea-. _Stirf _^ thM _^ _ad- _^ posed : _'froia _^ _Sir - G ' eo . ¦ GBB ' r _^ descrip _^ _-j _^ _fiKAt _^ _rsoyA in „ a " . . '• proclaimed distnct _'^ founiS-carry i _^ g "' _m _^ tWO _^ years _^ wHa or without hard _labour- . The same
p _* WistoMt !» to bfe _, meted out ; to those who having arms iii their houses jom . it . to give , thei & _up after tisu . ing h « dnot | c » to . do : spi _:.-. _TAfrlite ' _-V _paa ( sX _^ _te ? n _* dties _* : are also to fall upon all' those who , " being between the ages of sixteen and . sixty , and who having beeu _summoned hy the constables to > aid _thetn in fronting out _suspected criminals .. ani often _, ders , refuse to assist in pursuing or informing against the suspected . Two years imprisonment , with _orwithoutMrd-laboWyfor refusing to perform the part of an inf ormer , or a blood-hound I Such are some of the merciful provisions : bt this * mild measure ! ' in fact Sir Geo . _Gbev ' s bill is a
declaration of war against the people of Ireland . Mr O'Connor has appealed to his countrymen against this bill , and I appeal to you ,, men of Tiverton , and through you to my countrymen , the men of England , to oppose this atrocious measure by every possible legal means . _Mr-O'Cowjrtre and tbe brave minority who support hira must be supported by the people Let the petitions of tbe English people testify to Ireland that the oppressors of the one nation are the _misrepresentatives of the other;—that Grey , Russell , and Palmerston * are tbe enemies of both .
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" THE"POLISH REVOLUTION . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . The anniversary of Iho Polish Insurrection of . 1839 , was celebrated on Monday last , tbe 29 th tf _. Novembcr , bj apuHic meeting , at ths _Gsrinun Society ' s ' Hall , Drurylane , ; The meeting had been called by the society of Fraternal Democrats , in conjunction with the Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration . Tbe room was crowded with natives of England , Scotland , Ireland , France , fiermany , Belgium , and Poland , Mr John Ainoti was elected president . Having stated the abject of the meeting , the chairman called on Mr Stallwood to move the first resolution . MrSTAiLWOoD _, after recounting the heroism of the brave Poles at Warsaw , and their unbounded devotion to the canse of liberty , and eulogising the 'Cracow manl . festo'as a model for democratic creeds , moved tho first resolution as follows : —
Tbat we regard the _dismcmbsrment ' of Poland as an atrocious crime worthy of the everlasting execration of the human race . Tbat we remember with grateful admiration the heroic _iSorts made by the Polish people in 1830-31 for the recover- of tbeir country ' s independence , Tbat we honour tho saorod memories of tke martyrs wbo have perished in tho glorious struggle to redeem their nation from slavery ; and _, that we sympathise with all the vlctlmg of oppression at present suffering in dungeon * , chains , and exile . ' Tbc Chairman tben introduced Mr Ernest Jones , to seeond tbe resolution . Mr Jones said : To night , seventeen _jears ago , Poland woke from her death-sleep , for her death-struggle ; to-night , seventeen years ago , Bhe strained ber bleeding limbs on the Russian rack , and burst her cords ; to-night , seventeen
years * , ago , she rose from a province into a nation ! ( Cheers . ) Warsaw was silent , Russia never less expected insurrection—wben tbe flame burst fbrtb , Mr Jones then gave a vivid description of the progress and tiiumph of the insurrection in Warsaw , particularly dwelling on the circumstance , that until the populace were armed , tbe issue was doubtful , Then the eftVct was electrical , and in a few hours , Constantine , the mighty prince , bad passed ihe barrier of Mockstow _, with his 11 , 0 * 1 _Kussians , and spent the night a shivering outcast , beneath a _laaflesa tree . ( _Appluuso . ) The _cpeukur tben alluded to tbe subsequent course of tbe insurrection , and expressed his belief that it would have been
successful , bad it been an insurrection of tbe people , instead of the aristocracy—bad it been based on a manifesto , like the glorious one of Cracow . . . ' ( Cheers . ) But still we need not despond—Poland Is rraily for a fresb struggle— -we have an army of martyrs to canonise—we bave an army of beroes to come—an _.-l tho aspect of Europe forebodes their triumph . The spcuker tben showed how every country inSurope was on the brink of internal change , _analystd the secret weakness of the great powers , and , after a forcible and stirring allusion to Ireland , concluded hy calling on his hearers to prepare for tbe approaching ; struggle at home and abroad . Mr Jones ' s speech was one of great force and eloquence , and exolted enthusiastic applause .
M . _Micbel _* t , in an energetic speech , delivered in the French language , supported the resolution , wbich wr _> s oarried unanimously . Cabl SciiAFri . ii rose , amidst great applause , to move the second resolution , and said : Citizens , _niien men struggle onwards for truth and liberty in a great cause , though they may not nt _ll / st succeed , they must ultimately prevail—and such men were worthy of all honour —and hence he said honour to the brave Poles . ( Loud chests . ) Honour to those wbo died before Warsawhonour to thoso who died by the hand of the public exe . cutioner—honour to those who perished in the mines of Slboria , nnd to those wbo fell at Cracow , and to all thc martyrs for liberty . ( Oreat applause . ) In July , 183 » , France had her revolution , and in the November following , the cry for universal liberty prevailed , and many
wished Poland freefreji Russia , but did not wish Polish serfdom abolished ; and he vorlly believed , had it aot been for this desire on the part ofthe Polish nobles to perpetuate the slavery of tbe masses , the revolution would have _succeeded _. and tbe whole Slavonic raco would now hove been free . ( Loud cheers . ) But the Polish proletarians asked , ' What U it to us if Poland be free from Russian domination whilst I atu subject to the knout of the Polish noblo ! ( Hear , hear . ) Well , tbe revolution failed and . Poland ' s sons emigrated , carrying the seeds of freedom witb them to G . rmany , to France , to England , and other nations , and returned with renewed spirit to tho Polish _suil Ih 1845 ; and issued their famous ond ever glorious manifesto of demoerotic sentiments from the Republic of Cracow . ( Great applause . ) Dut , _alaa , tho effort was futile , the bad seed
sown in 18 ' M produced a bad harvest , the tyrants wenenabled to employ the peasantry against the patriots , and the revolt wns crushed , and the black spirit of Mettornich again gloated in thc blood of tMo fallen martyrs of Poland , ( Hear , bear . ) But happily fraternity was fast spreading , the principles of political and social equality were abroad . ( Laud cheors . ) Look a _Swit-cr . land , ( Great applause . ) And liberty would progress in spite of tho old bloodless spider of the Tuilleries . ( Groans for 'the' spider . ' ) The Swiss Radicals had beaten Lauis-Philippe and Guizot , Then came tbe beautiful Lord _Palmerston , who snid * Let us hare the thing seliled amicably . ' ' Ay , responded the _holsless old Bpider of Paris , * ¦ that ' s just wbat I wanted . '
( Laughter .. ) . And not a single regiment had entered Switzerland , tho old spider dared not send them . ( Loud cheers . ) Weil ,, tbis was the progress of democracy .. Who . were the conspirators now ! Why , _Metleruich _, tho bloodless old _spids * in France , Lord Palmeraton , and tha Jesuits . ( Loud cheers . ) But the people would very quickly put down tbeir conspiracy . ( Gr ,. at cheering . ) He had some glorious news for them , a _Democratic Society , that was a Society of Fraternal Democrats had been established in Brussels , and that society had sent a depuly , the learned Dr Mars , to repment them at this meeting . ( Great appku & _e . ) - Gitiitn Schapper here rand the following _docuaieut : — _« To l / i » _ifosiberj of the Society of _J _' sitfwnrt JPiwiocrals
• Assembling tn Lomson . ' We , theundersigued _menibersofi the committre of Iho _Democratic Soeicty , established at Brussels , for _udvanciag the Union nnd Fratennty of all Nations , hava the honour to _delsgate to _jou Dr Charles M . _ira , vicepresident of this committee _^ for tbe purpose _ofastu . blishin * relations of cone ? pondenco and Fj-wpaih y be . twien the two societies , ll , _Murx has full power to act in tho name of this coinmittee for the purposes _abov « mentioned . 'We present fco _yc-u our fraternal salutations . Mellinet ( General ) , honorary-president Jottband , president . _MsiBEnT _, vice-president , _- ** j _Picaud _, secretary , ' Geoboe Weebth _. 'j _Lelewkli _, ' Bms & _els _, Nov . 2 t } r » _, 18 « , '
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Ths above _add-Ms •¦ & " Retired wish _enthusiaarfs applause . C . Sehopper after highly MtspHmMtta _^ tho great Polish patriot LeleTrett , and the grey-halre-1 veteran— ¦ tbe child of the French _B-pubHc _'—Gonera ! _luHon-L COnClndedb ** proposing ( he f . llonlsg two * _ZmI _% _I " _- a " . _*>* S _> ? ur p ° *> * _» _raiw- _' "' pAMots , waits , re { 0 _eiprft-j _f-eur uSq _& Hfied dissent " ¦ _frratbearlstocratlcspirit _wbleh , 0 f . tf , „ - _bna-need the Mb of 1830 We -eeognls . in the _Craco * _itunifssto of im thi _mamfest-tion of Pojj . h progr _„ s , _, rabrac , tho broad principles of _polltl _^ 0 ( _TOOcr . O aftll _^ _- _^ justice , on which alone cau " _S-UStaided veritable li _* x . «» _aad public happiness . ' "; . ' T . _Lucss in _» _econdlng tha resolution , expressed hi _# pleasure In meeting go many of hU brother democrats _. Certain he was that _whence _lagllsh demorrats f ther Tj i"' _« t » _w «* drMs _vf & y r * ee _^ ve « J wish en _thnsla-tfo
I Chartists ) obtained their _UMrt " , tbat tbey wonld b » enabled to say to * the *) fflpider in Paris , ' and allother _tjramts 'thai far sball ye go but no _farthe r . " ( C ' been . ) The resolution wai then unanimously adopted , ,+ ) . _DvMmx t h * delegate fm _^ russeU , then came foe * watd , * nd wai greeted ' wi _^ _jMgJ _^»» onstration tf welcome , I ** * - delivered aa _enfflffi-gB _^ atidn in _; tbe _darmaft _J-ngnagv . the _sub . _ttanee of _Wf | _$ fwas as folio * - *— _ehacf been sent by the Deniocrat »* OT ? HrB 8 iels to _opeak in thsir name to _ttwDrniotrats of Iiij _^ _tfoji , and through them fO » the _Democrat of Britain , ttf . _dWl on them to causa t *> . b » . holden aoon _* j *« ssof _naticn-i-i _^ cpD i _^ _wiofVorkh * to _establish Jlfcftrty all over _^* World . ( Loud cheers ] _f . Tho middle _clasaes , the _Irea Tradew _, bad held a confjreM , but tlieir fraternity was- a one sided one , and ther ' moment tbey found tbat _STrtrh congre ' _ses ntn likely eo » benefit _worWajf men ; tbat _trj-tnent their fraternity woul _* owwe _, and tbeir _cosgrsases _berjtotolvenY ( ifear , hear . J
ia * _democrats of _SeJgm-n _^ _MntMJiB _^ _arHses of _Eotfand were the real' _Dcmoct _^ # 3 . _fesftne moment they eavrled tbe six petnts of _thtS- _'Charier , the _nwd ter liberty wonld bo open »* lto the _whele worW . . '' _SffectthisF grand > object , then , you-working ; « c _** a of _JJiigJand / nii _tfaespeattCT _. _-andjou _wfil be Jailed as the _e-tr _tonrs oft the _wholebuman race . " ( _ffreiaii _^ w rehewiii _' _-ij ' ' ' 3 viiii » _ _9 AauxY meiv ' e _^ lhi ' _- _^ i' _' . j _ii _^^' .: t . _fy _* - . lows * - _~ . . Y- .. '* ' y _*" y . ' _-- ' _--- . ' . '' . ¦ - '¦/" ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - ;••¦< ' _-. . * Thai this meeting _-fjbises ti iearW o _$ _tho : est *« 15 ti _^ ment _efa-Sfccistj of _VfaU-ntA Deino . _rate'in' Hrt _« s «& _h ' » ndre 9 poBdittj _*; totbe _alllaneieHsfiSJred'by _tftit Vi « lllJ & _: receives ' t _^ dettgateDr Mara * s- «« i _wietel 1 Vl
, _^^ _WmZ _' _*&&& _m-P _;** d tW » _--nWt _" _agjialls _**« , ' _eWtattoar _~ _^ _jfe- ? _W *? _- M *' - tblS' _-ntRtiiiif _jialls v . « b _eanltatto-iv ' - - - tbe _^ _foppsltion to hold _;*" D « aocritio Congress of all ' ' natlons , _plBd | fin _* f . its etf 16 . send _^ legates to that _Gonwes * wheneverstimmo-if d try the , Fraternal Democratic Socio- - ' '¦ ttaea « f _EondDiPsjsd Brussels . * - ¦ _fhemover _oPttioresolutionthej-sproceeded _toa-Jare-fl _*' the-nieeting _atsnni-Mmble _lengtfr _, ; oh the _Piilish _inswrectlouof 1880 ; the prigrer * of _Cbartisnij'tbe prospect of '" an _energetic _movement in this country for t " _irr- _bbt *«» . ment of / the Cbartarj _, the . importance of the _i-ociety of Fraternal Democ-erti _/ _jind tha yait utility ofthe sug gest ** Democratic G 0 DgT _*^' 6 'f _^ _lU _^ l * fiMJ » .. His remarks _weser : _entbn-iastically _cfeetred . " *
Mr . _STAiitwooij . seconded the resolution , ' which _vhocarried _unanimously , Three-thunderingroheers were then raven for _> _tlie _glorfc--ousLelenelUtoeetovtheheroie General Mellinet ; . and three _fer-the democrats of Brussels . _CHARLES Keen movadthe fourth _resolatton as follows t - - * That _rewjjpnlsing tie brotherhood _otallww , we _eoar aider it our duty _to-atimjglefortha triumph of dtmo ' cW , . tic _principlss in all _eouatrles , and _believing-tbftt tbe >»; _esteblishmeut ef ths ' People ' s Charter * _wbn'd . eBabWit the peopleof Great Britain to afford aid to ¦ the ' Polish ¦ - _eause , more _iffiictivo thau the paper * irotesta _' _hitbsrtO ' .. employed by the _Brnish go _» _einment , we bail with _jejr _' f the prospect of an _ene-jetlo effort on the part or tb * British _psople to obtain the legislative recegnltlon and parliamentary enactment of their _lOBg-wlthbtld right * and franchises . ' . ** ' _"T _^ ' _° ¦ ' ¦ ' :
The speaker said they taught _Univdrsal llVotbflrhoooV because tliey felt the evils resulting from the want ' of it , ' . Very true ,: at churches and chA > _els on a Sunday _. _tfie-Vtverff told tliat' _-we are all brethren , ' but shouldit rain on theirr _laavingsuch churches or chapels , and tbey were to attempt to get into some of their wealthy brethren ' s ' _c-irriageay what a row ; there : would be . ( Loud _laughtSr . _^ . , Yet , . tei * _- minutes before thoso very same men would have bueir responding to tho sentiment , ' illl men arebrejliren . '( llear r : hear . ) Notwithstanding this , Fraternity was a great ; truism , and _befoi-e any _g reat lasting and practical _goodE could be _accomiilished , it must be universally acknowledged , ay , and practised too . ( Loud cheers . ) Tliey had-.-met to celebrate the Polish _Involution , and tlw question _, was , what could they do to aid Poland t . .. Without power _, —nothing ; Let them get the CuarUr ») aj )' a .. _:. th 6 y would * have power . ( Cheers . ) •' " •/¦• . ¦ .
Citizen Enobls ( from Paris ) , in _sfcondihgt-.-the reso ' _uv tion said—Fellow Citizens , this commemofation of the _> l ' oli 6 li Revolution is not o ly an advantage to Polundbut to the whole world , as is causes tho principles of democracy to be spread far and nide . ( _Ifartr , hear ) He , as a Germav , had grout interest in Polish success , as it would much hasten liberty in Germany , and freedom-Germany had resolved to obtain sooner or Inter , ( l . _oui cheers . ) And he firmly belie-ed that no one nation _couli become free without benefitting all others .. He hid resided for some time in England , and was proud to boast himself a Chartist ' name and all . ' ( Greatrhoering > Who were now tlieir _c-iief oppressors « N . ottlic . _sristo-i cracy , but tho wealth takers and scra _*" e ' r _£ . the ' middle * classes . ( Loud cheersv ) Hence , it was _^ _the-. tduty . of ther working classes of all nations to unite aud _establish freedomforall . ' ( Rapturousapplause . ) - ¦ ¦• - ¦ _, ¦* _y _* -. ' _^ , ... Citizen _TjsDesco ( -rom _JJrussels , i * hajad 6 * f _" _i s 8 ed . th « : meeting in tho French language ' -in most _effigiie _^ t terms , which the following abstract does _anytlntfg . _bur-justicato ) , said the men of Belgium looked on the Engtiili democrats as a leading party , and trusted they would obtain
that gi eat measure , tlio People ' s _Charter-He Was dei * lighted with the spirit that prevailed . He sho " ! d return to Brussels , and relate _thej-ood and _eiithusiastiv feeling * _, with which the proletarians of this country . ' wyte imbued , and their determination t > proceed until tliey had obtained their Charter , _av . d sure he was , that ttint measure ' would carry with it a fair day ' s wages lor a fair ' day _' _s labour . ( Hear , hear . ) And give such ail impulse to th » cause of progress , that the whole' continent would follow , and universal liberty be established . ( Loud cheers . ) Colonel _Oborski , a PohMi _ex-te , snid , at the outbreak _, f the Polish Revolution , two hundred _non-CMViinissi 0 ne 4 officers had kept three Russian regiments at bay , and when some of tne regiments found it was against i ' _olandt they were fighting , tliey turned their arms and foughtagainst their oppressors . Although Old Poland was dead _. Young Poland would arise , and become far m ' s litiert _' _ian- - her ancestor . ( Loud cheers . ) He yet hoped to sec Poland the first battlefield for liberty . With gratefal thnnks tothe English _people he would shout ' Hurrah for Democracy ! ' ( Great applause . )
Citizen EsotES here paid , thatlie hnd but recently rpmir from Paris , and that the real democrats in that city wero in favour of a Congress of Nations . ( Loud el eers . ) The resolution was then carried unanimously . _Juuxj ! H _Artsy-x _agiuncamc forward and read extracts _^ fivni the defence of Louis Mieroslawski , one of the chiefsofthe insurrection of 1816 , and now lying in the dungeons of Berlin under sentence if death . The reading of tha said extracts i-xcitcd great sensation in the meeting . J . Harnoy then said , ho had been particularly gratified by tlie remarks of his friend Engcis He was glad to sue that the feeling of fraternal sympathy forthe Poles was _stroiij- amongst the Germans , He was sure tbat if once tlie Germans obt _- . ined tlieir liberties , they would hasten to peiform a great art of national reparation , by undo ' ng * the work whicii the Austrian and Prussian
despotshelped Catherine to _secomplish—the destruction of Poland . He knew that if Frenchmen were tree , if thay had broken down -that disgraceful despotism which had prostrated tbeir country to thc lowest depths of shame , their first thought would be the liberation of Poland . ( _Checrs-Jt The next time Franco marched in tlie direction of Moscow it would not be with an Emperor for lier leader . It was ii maxim of Napoleon ' s , 'that apolitical blunder was worse thnn a political crime . ' He was guilty of io'h crimeand blunder of the worst _character ; when mi reaching ; Warsaw on his- march to _liussia _, he refuseil io proclaim the restoration of Poland . Had ho proi-lainu d the republic of folaiid to thk full extent ofits an ' _cies . t boundaries , he woald hnva re-created the soul of u notion , and twentymillions of people would bave formed bis ai my of reserve -an army animated by an unconquerable spirit oC enthusiasm _nii'l devotion to their eniiiiicipatur . Hut no , Napoleon though thc scourgcr of kings was tho t rant of the people ; : _though the most deadly enemy of 'divine
right , 'he was not less t ' . te enemy of popular sovereignty . He desired to dicta te terms to the Northei n Autocrat , bub for himself , not for Pol . _'ind _. and the other nations trampled under that autocrat ' s iron heel . His selfishness found thercward it merited . When flyini * before the avenging ; lanca ofthe Cossack , and the still more dreadful shaftsof the _ii-j tempest , and tbe snow-storm , with tlieir au \ ili : iries famine and pestilence ; then " _S _' npo ' eon found . Poland no rampirt of defence , behind which he might have thrown himself t _>> give his stricken hosts time to breathe , and turn upon their pursuers He hnd refused to reeall Poland to life , and so when he needed her living ann to save him Irom the blows of tho _MuscoviU _' , tbac arm was not . But the coming republic would rep u ' lMlio political crime-of . tho Emperor , and the day was nigh at at linnd when _Fuance wo--. il be a He-public _ai . d the people of England have their Ch-rter . ( Gnat awilau ' e . ) The speaker _vouuiudtd by moving a vote of _thanks-ty the shairman .
Carl Sciupncn seconded thc vote _oi ' _th-inks , which was supported by Sir Isaac Wilson , who ex ; iressnl how much more pleased he was with the jii-ucet-ding : ; ho feud just witnessed , than he was with those of a rae . ting hold some fortnight since under the presidency of . Dr rowring , at the Crown and Anchor , at whicii ha _w--. s necessitated to moTo an amendment . ( Cheers . } Tho > vote of thanks was than carried by _uci-lnniagou . The chairman having acknowledged tho compliment * threockeerswere given 'for tho heroic _awytyr Miero- _> slawski ;* three for the 'liEFonaE and the French Demo-., _ci-ats ; ' three for the' _Xohthkus Star aad the _Gkhmak OtttVEiisAt G . t _-jett-i ; and three ilreauT . i l groans for the Times , ' ov _:-: « ai . di * s . I > sbats , and _AusTjaAS-OBSEHVEB . * The 'Marseillaise _Jrlyum' was then sang , in splendid style by Citiaan Kull _, and closed _theic intere * ting proceedings .
Asntox*Vsdir*Lyss.—On Monioy Evening Las...
AsnTOX * _vsDiR _* LYss . —On _Monioy evening last , a meeting was held in the Charlestowh _uieetin-j room , to tako into _coEsideration the pj ?> priety of * _-e : ition _* ing _Parlir-ment against the passing of the intended Coereiaii Bill for poor Irelund . About half-past seven o _' _cl-otk . Mr John 1 ' iooUs v-i _» vailed to the chair . Richard Pilling moved thc _Br-trcwl _** _' _^ ! _" _^ _fof oonudmble _lei . gih , showin g the suilc . inp c he Irish people ever _nincu tbo _EngS . s- * hr _Y _' . _# JL _thatjeountry down t o the 1 _^ - _% \ J _^ _V ' l , r having ben called upan . to sec * i « lt . e resolut _i on , i r . Having ue" _^ n ) arks . Uie resolution aid so in . _" _^" _fj _' _^" ' _Mulligun then came ervr & rd to moj _^ ' «* M . , ris SCCCI : , _,,, tha resolu ion , _^ _^^^ 1 bB adopti on * . f tha _^ l _^ _ioii wbic h he did _wife a few rcn . i-iU-. aiid then
& the petition to the . _au-ccisj _, ' . Mr i , rcon _< vo , u then _cair- ofwnard , and m a ietyr . ' . ; u . •¦ pevrh , _ssennded the adoption ii the _p-tition _, which * _ia c * v . ried . _i'lftidst the plaudits cl the _nieeuiij . A vote t thanks _was then _j-jvea to tbe chuirffi'iB- aud Uiyti _' _-fct _* ing _sepiifttted .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04121847/page/1/
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