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      TO THII _^ _JTJSTIIN : _JA , _OKETS , ' THE _Bl _ilSi-fiREDJaaANDS , AND "I _TUST-. SHQBS _^ CHINS ; 7 X 7 7- -7 x 7 ., t _.

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      _jfr _GsilBRBit _, _—ffThote _' s a good time coming '' ifyoijro _^ _w _^ W only true and _gtaundi to l _^ w principles . London has _dw & vsliiggedbehxn ( i the provinces , but now tke men of _London _^ Bre _npand doing . And _JflyragU _Londonisnot England , -is Paris is France _^ yet , nevertheless , the mind that flutters aronnd - _Dovvning-street and St Ste phen ' s is more likely to create an _iinpres-Lnupon the birds that nestle in those nests , than the distant mind of busy Lancashire and _Yorkshire . Th- * onerepresents the buzz in the _husr _hiw ? , '' _- _!"' other ,-the sting in the angry xr Jo Trade is good in Lancashire and

      Yorkshire ; bnt , tnanK "oroa , rae Dees in tne _busT W _^ e are beg iiinrog *» towe their policy _n-wn _' positive , and _^ comparative comfort ; _^ _T _^^ beg innirigf _§*'"' _tlunk that even now j ? v have not the fair _Bhare of the honey they re-ate * they think that the drones suck the li n ' s share , and leave them the all but empt y M _chUd _** * ' il has *> P phesied by the " _Ses , " a fey the ministers , that this mild - _je merely a do-nothing Session ; but _^ arties in tbe House of Commons , like race f _^ _s tako their canter before they are started for the race ; and you may depend upon it that the Protectionists have merel y taken

      their canter , however confident the Whigs may beof carry ing all before them . You see _tow the French Assembl y has rejected the proposition for imposing an additional caution money npon the press ; a fact , which above all others , should convince you ofthe power that a press exercises , not only over the public mind , hut over the representatives of . that mitifl ~* " _" * The " Times" "boasts ofthe tranquillity that now exists , and that is likely to continue

      m France ; wMe I gather , from the very best authority , that the mind of that country was never more unsettled , while its neighbour Germany , one of our staunch allies , is in a state of inci pient revolution . But more than that , and a circumstance which is more than all calculated to inspire the English Government with alarm , is the fact , that her sister , Ireland , was never in a more alarming state . The late Chables Btjller , informed the

      House of Commons , that daring O'Conneil s life-time , Ireland would be in a state of Incip ient revolution , and ihat upon his death she wonld break out in open rebellion . This prediction has been verified ; and you may rely upon it , that the discontent of the Irish people , when joined hy the Irish priesthood , is calculated to cause greater alarm to the English g overnment than the discontent and dissatisfaction of all foreign countries . And now let me implore of yon , and let me beseech you , not again to allow yourselves to fall into any trap , that open foe , or professing friend , may set to catch you , but to adhere strictly , steadfastly , and unswervingl y , to the principles of the People ' s Chaster .

      My children , Lord Chestekeieu _) said , that any man could be bribed ifyou come up to his -priee . I do not know whether he meant that the p rice should be measured by money , or by principle ; but this I do know , that it is with your money that your oppressors are enabled to bribe their supporters ; while , to your shame be it spoken , you are ag ain allowing yourselves to be the meek and the laughing stock of all your oppressors , hy not contributing means to allow those , who have now undertaken the management of your cause to do so effectuallv .

      Iu 1839 , there were thousands of pounds subscribed , which I have before shown you were dishonestly lavished npon the very men ¦ who deserted yonr eanse -when the Exchequer was exhausted . I do not ask you now to subscribe an equal amount , although you are better able to do it , but I do ask you , as a matter of justice , that you will not allow your cause to linger and perish for want of that small amount contributed by each , and which would furnish a sufficient Exchequer to carry on your movement . Of course , in a short time , the members of the several branches will electa Chartist Executive ; and what I entreat of yon to do is , to place at their disposal a sufficient amount of funds to enable them to

      appoint able , eloquent , and efficient lecturers , to propound your principles throughout the length and breadth ofthe land ; and that you may be able to send some of those lecturers to Ireland , where they will be received with open arms , faithfully—but not foolishly—to propound and circulate your principles . M y children , never lose sig ht of the fact , that " if the land of Ireland was open to Irish industry , it wonld thin your districts of the snrplus population , and make the Irish producers better customers for your goods . It would then enable the Irish people to send

      veritable and honest representatives , instead of speculating politicians to represent both you and them in Parliament ; and bear in mind , that although I have been reviled b y the Irish press , and the Irish people , for sixteen years , that I have always propounded the fact , that as long as the antagonism of the English and Irish people continued , so long it would be impossible to establish any system to benefit the people of either country . But now , thank God , that antagonism is destroyed ; sophistry , moonshine , and relig ious differences no longer exist ; the Irish shepherds are leading their Irish flocks ; and I tell you again , for the one hundrcth time , that there is no class upon the

      face ofthe earth more devoted to the interest of their country than the Irish priesthood . They never can forget the dominion , the persecution , and torture , which they and ihrar flocks have "been subjected to by Protestant ascendancy and English ' misrule . They are not like leaders , in other countries ; they antici p ate no profit from their straggle beyond that benefit which it is calculated to confer npon their fleeced , their famishing , their care-worn flocks . They have adhered to their profession and their faith , in spite of torture and of persecution , when the murderous adulterer , _HakuY VIII . compe *" - ? d your forefathers to abandon the creed of

      _the'r ancestors . They have crept from the caverns to preach their doctrine , and administer comfort to the dying pauper , when there was danger of death for doing so . While the pampered parson is grunting in bed , they are tobe found wending their way along the almost impassable mountain track in the dead of night , to administer consolation to the famished d ying slave . "Well , then , my children , is it not some consolation to you and to me , to know that such p hilanthropists are _beyond bribe or purcliasethat their object is not based upon vain ambition , bat upon the hope of leaving the world better than they found it , hy faithfull y devoting their lives to thc amelioration of " the

      condition of tliose who have implicit faith and eoufidei 3 . ee in them ? -My children , you saw by last week ' s " Star , ' * that I would receive a warm and hearty welcome at Castlecomer ; and , as it is _* W intention to he there at the forthcoming _nk-etinjr , - yoU mav re ] y upon it , that neither foll y nor _uicantion shall induce me to utter a sentence calculated to injure your cause , or to give thc law the slightest hold of me . In conclusion , let me implore of you to direct your mimi steadily to the value of this

      union ww capable of being established between the English and the Irish people . Would to God tliat you could calculate the millions it year that thc location ofthe Irish people upon their own land would corner upon the English labourer , against whom they are now- competitors in au over-stocked labourmarket But , alas I there i 5 n 0 „ _askiiio yoH _^ -yoa _s-Ul not do so , because there is no

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      such _thing as individual mind , or thought , now in this country . It is grouped in _claiB fancy ; and no one man , constituting one ofa community of one thousand , or ten thousand , will measure his prospects h y other than class standard . However , I do not despair ; because , if I cannot produce regeneration by the proper union and development of the English mind , I will do so by the union and development of the Irish mind . Your Faithful and Devoted Friend , Eeabgus _O'Cojjnoe .

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      To Mr. James Taylor. Sir,—I Have More Th...

      TO MR . JAMES TAYLOR . Sir , —I have more than ordinary pleasure in publishing your two letters at foot ; and _un--derstanding that according to the usual practice when I am concerned , that it was a Suffolk paper , and not yon , that had the audacity to vilify my character , I beg leave to state that I have still greater pleasure in retracting every sentence reflecting upon you , in what I looked upon as your reflections upon my character . It is hut another proof of the rascality of the Press , -whenever I am c © nce _** ned ; but who could have supposed that any newspaper would have dared to have published such a falsehood ? There is only one passage in your letter which requires comment ; it is that in which you ask , ' * In whose possession are the title deeds of the Land Company ? " My answer is , that I never saw one of them ; that they are in the possession of the Solicitor to the Company . '

      There is no man more opposed to personal antagonism than I am and no man can receive an explanation like yours , which is unambiguous and candid , with greater pleasure than I do ; and with this explanation , those feelings which I naturally experienced from the falsehood in the Suffolk paper , vanish , and for ever And I remain , Yours very faithfully , Feargus _O'Connor .

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ _.. M . P . Sir , —Your Star of the 30 th ult ., contains some stric tares upon the observations I am reported to have made at Stowmarket , « fcc . ; and those strictures being a misrepresentation _, and an exaggeration of the truth , I appeal to your professed love of 'justice / to permit this answer to follow them . It lias been my pleasure and honour for tiro and a half years , to stand upon many platforms , and , in my humble way , advocate the enfranchisement of ' my order . ' I look back upon tills period , short as it is . and solemnly declare that I have never said a single word _, to ray knowledge , derogatory toyour dignity as aroan , and opposed tOJ'Our cause as a politician . On the contrary , I have studiously avoided saying anything that would cause an enmity to exist between us fand . as I told you some months ago , I rejoice in the labours of any man ( you included } whose labours have _" benefited my _fello-v working-men .

      I think your correspondent ( Charles Gladwell ) ought to have told you that our movement was confounded with yours—that the Suffolk papers were taunting ns with the late trial in London—with Snig ' s End and Red Msrley , and thatthe Mends in Stowmarket and other places in SaRblk . were desirous that a distinction should be made . I made that distinction as carefully as 1 knew how , and was as guarded in my language as I could be . My real observations were the » e : — ' I find thatthe Tory Tress in this country are bitterly opposed to our institution . They exultingly point to the trial which lately occurred in London , respecting the libel upon Ihe promoter of another Land Society , dissimilar in every respect to the one we ave here this night to support In this society every man has an absolute conveyance made to him ; the money is lodged in tho bank in the private name of no one , bnt in the names of five trustees of th * society for the uses ofthe society . We deny what the Tory Press accuses us of , viz .:

      appropriating the money to our own uses and benefit ; and we deny the power of any jury to find us guilty of taking Is ., much less 112 , 000 * ., from the labouring population ofthe kingdom . Be it understood , that these remarks are not made to injure any institution in existence , or to attempt to found ours upon the ruins of another . No sueh thing . I repudiate any such intention . I allude _tj » it at the request of some labourers here , and also as a reply to the Standard , the Britannia , and the Times , together with the _Protectionist Press of yoar country . ' These , Sir , were _thesentiments I expressed in language nearly identical—if not exactly—the same . Are tliese words offensive ? Could I use phraseology more guarded , or is it possible to form sentences more exempt from blame ? I have often , stood _appsdled at the mocking of some pretended friends of the people professing toinculcatefeelings of mutual confidence and respect for each other , and yet themselves use language the most destructive to friendship , and at open war mth their own assumptions .

      Your conduct , sir , is not , I regret , an exception . I wish it was . Had 1 denounced you as strongly as the basest of the public Press—had I assailed you privately and publicly—had I not rested night or day from defaming youyou could not have dipped tout pen more deep in the ink of malignancy than you have done . You classically and beautifully describe me as an ' ass , 'a ' pedlar , ' a ' corrupt liar , ' a ' i uggler , ' a ' poor devil , ' a beast , ' & c . ! Is this the language ofa gentleman boasting ofa desire to ' elevate' the people ? Are such epithets fit to be employed by a 'leader to freedom'and the -champion of justice f And is the provocation given ( even if there be one )

      sufficient to warrant such an outburst of scurrility and malevolence ? Many times , sir , have I , for years , and often now I do my best to stop here the tongne of slander from injuring you . I admit the right of no man to defame you , without questioning his reason ; and often has it been my pleasure to protect you from the shafts ot the disappointed and disaffected ; and on several occasions have I been solicited to oppose your scheme , hut my answer has heen— 'No ; I have enough to do to attend to my own , Mr . O'Connor believes that he is right , let him do good his way , aud me my way , and time wiil oppose he who is wrong . '

      Before I close , let me tell you I have never said the things which you have put into my mouth . I have never maligned you—I have never slandered yon ; in short , in what we agree has had more effect upon me in uniting us than in what we differ has in disuniting us . Can the same be said by you ? Again , allow me distinctly to assure you , that the following statement , so far as either I or our society is concerned , I _wUl not imitate you and say , a ' corrupt and wilful lie , ' buterroneousfrombeuinniiigtbend ; and I demand from you a recantation of-the _chai-ge , or an acknowledgment of its inaccuracy ; you say that , ' when yon was at Great Dodford several of his ( Taylor's ) dupes waited upon me , to have my opinion as to whether they can have their money that had been paid to him , hack again . ' This , 1 repeat , contains not one _jiirticle of truth 3 We never had a member ol our society at Great Dodford—much less ' several . '

      Consequently , received no money from there 1 I , broadly and publicly condemn the statement I do not say who has departed from truth and honour , but I leave you , Mr . O'Connor , to settle this between yourself and tlie ' several dupes' who waited upon you . Besides this , what will you say when you know tliat only one party has ever withdrawn from our society . That aU continue their payments , and tliat perfect satisfaction reigns . I pass over your uukind and ungenerous _insinuation , which is made to impeach the accoants , and remark that tliey arc regularly audited , and that three thousand _balance-sheets were publicly distributed at Cliristmas . Depend upon it , Mr . O'Connor , that vou are not justified in resorting to the same weapons as your enemies are—what is dishonourable in them is not honourable in you . You ask me , * Where are tlie title deeds of our members * property 2 ' I answer , ' in their own possession , of oil who hate paid ' ejf , and in the Bank of tliose who hate not paid off , to be delivered to them when the balance is paid . The holders of -800 allotments have their parchment in their custody , and every week adds to the

      number . I will not foUow your example here and ask , ' who holds Ihe title deeds of die Laud Company _' _sEstatesf In writing this I am not influenced by a had spirit I have endeavoured coolly to state to you my own opinion , views , and desires . I tell you fairly and plainly , 1 have no enmity towards you . I never had . I can allow for your irritable temper , when you have been so assailed from all quarters ; and I can readily see that you may feet annoyed when yon are led to believe that I am arrayed against you . while I am engaged in another society . All that I ask is this—that you do not , upon mere report , abuse and denounce any one , and do not , to support yourself , was warm , and look upon all , who are not nurkiugin the same garden as yourself , as _'jupglers , liars , ic' Take the word of one who has never f-uckeu ill of yuu that your mode of warfare , and the rather _unpi . lished weapons you employ , have done yourself more harm that all your enemies have dune you ; or iu other words—tliat you are your own greatest enemy . I am , sir , faithfully yours , James Tmmib _, jun ,

      Sia , —Since I wrote the accompanying papers I have attended a public meeting iu Halifax , at which place you have a great number of friends . 1 there explained what occurred _, gave them , as near as I could , a correct account of what transpired , and tlie _position I was placed ill llV lllC Tory Press of Suh ' olk . and stated my only reason f-r alluding to tlie National Land Company at all ; and , then , that 1 was as cautious as man could lie , to do it iu a w < y free from offence and censure . I am glad to till you , that the _approbation manifested at ray _explanation was ample evidence of the opinion of tlie meeting , and that a _traoiiimous vote _ofihauks was the result of my address . 1 mention tbis merely as an additional proof of my sincerity , when I again repeat my desire , not to be considered an opponent to you or your cause , believing you will also draw this inference . 1 am , ( sir , faithfully yours , James Tayi / jb . Jun .

      Abolition Or Pcxishmexi Of Death.—A Prel...

      _Abolition or _Pcxishmexi of Death . —A preliminary lilt-cling was held on Monday tho 1 st inst , at Cambridge , by ibe opponents of the punishment of death , to lal «* into consideration the expediency of convening a public meeting for Ihe purpose of pet _it-onitiir the crown to spare the lives of Lucas and Mary _"Ilcider . Both of these unhappy wretches appear Tory peaiient , awl devote most of . the da ** to pi-aver . * .. . _•••'

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      PUBLIC MEETING .- CONVENED BY THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE , AT THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , JOHN-STREET ... ; . On Tuesday evening , April 2 nd , the above hall was again crowded , " notwithstanding - the various Easter holiday attractions presented elsewhere . _' On . Mr . Feargus O' Connor , * M , P _,, entering , the hall , accompanied b y the Committee _, ho waB greeted with a right hearty welcome . . .. . ; . _« Mr . John Arnoti-was unanimously called 1 ST the chair ; he said , as the rogues had * left the taxtrap for a while there was nothing to notice in the proceedings of _parliament ; however , their previous proceedings had given them more than one subject :

      there was the Suppression of Sunday Trading Bill , introduced into ; tho Upper House by the Earl of Harrowby , _which allowed luxuries to the rich on Sunday , and deprived the poor of common necessaries—a most harsh and" _giving measure , deserving the censure and reprobatjpn of all honest ; men . ( Loud cheers ;) Next came the Petty Larceny Bill of Sir J . Pakington , which in all offences trader one shilling , destroyed trial by jury , and subjected women and children ? to be flogged . ( Shame , shame . ) These measures * ' certainly merited the _degrading _, epithet of _class _^ legislation . The third bill mentioned was of a different kind , it was that of Mr . Pox ' s for Secular Education ; and ho-considered that Mr . Fox merited ; and -Would . _revive ,. i-. fio t-. tinnlra _nf _otNiw _linnoni-. > nnfl-Vefn /» fif _* jv . ¥ * . * _'aW # 1 _' Aft

      Progression . ( loud _choers . ) _. He trusted the two friends at the bottom of the hall would be kept well employed enroling members . Let them organise and form the veritable democracy , and then they would know what tbey were about , and how to act . ( Loud cheers ;) Mr . Tomlinson came forward to move the following resolution : —' ¦ This meeting having learned , with extreme disgust , that two bills are now before parliament—one introduced in the House of Lords by the Earl of Harrowby , and called ' The Sunday Trading Prevention Bill ; ' the other brought into the House of Commons by Sir Richard Pakington , entitled ' The Larceny Summary Jurisdiction Bill ;' and being of opinion that the said bills . ave monstrous in character and inhumane ia their tendency ,

      we hereby denounce them as being a disgrace to those who have supported themi and call on every friend to justice and humanity to hold up the said bills to scorn and contempt .. On the other hand , thi 3 meeting has heard , with feelings of great satisfaction , of the bill entitled 'A Bill to Promoto the Secular Education of the People in England and Wales , ' brought into the said house by Mr . Fox ; and while we call on the friends of progression to use their utmost energy in supporting this bill , we are fully convinced , that no fair or just legislation will ever be adopted until the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the Land . " Mr . Tomlinson said , he had a word or two to say to their fair friends , and he was happy to see so many of them present . He

      knew it was said to be their duty to remain at home and' mind their families , and he supposed , by a parity of reasons , it was the duty of the men to throw the shuttle , direct the loom and spindle , and guide the plough ; he owned it would be a pleasure to do the latter , if the land was in possession of the people for their own benefit . ( Cheers . ) He asserted it to be the duty aud interest of women to study the well-being of their fathers , husbands , brothers , and children ; but as laws materially affected them , causing the bloom to fall from their cheeksdestroying the fair flowers of health—whilst they were mocked , by being compelled to make artificial ones to place in the shop windows at two for a penny ; that they had a deep interest in

      politics—( cheers)—and he asked their aid in rolling onward the causo of Chartism . The resolution he had to submit spoke of three bills introduced into parliament ; and here , let him observe , tbe Legislature seemed to think more ot their souls than their bodies , as their was no less than twenty-one bills on spiritual matters , introduced into the Legislature during the present session , including the Ecclesiastical Commission , Religious Congregation Bill , the Bishop of London ' s Bill " For the more effectual punishment of Heresy in Clergymen , " etc . ; and this last he thought well calculated to create a revolution amongst the "" black coats ; " and he said , God send it . ( Hear , hear . ) The Bill for Sunday Trading did not offer to stop trading amongst the

      rich ; but if the poor family was waiting for the husband ' s earnings , and wanted bread , oh ! let them wait until Monday , or starve . He hated sectarianism ; his ( Mr . Tomlinson ' s ) religion was one of love ; his God , nature ; his temple , the universe . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fox , in his dealings for the working men , had shown himself Fox by nature as well as well as name ; his measure was subtilely drawn , and cunningly conceived . He contended the time had come when education should be secular and universal . Mr . Tomlinson then alluded td a bill introduced by Lord Grey , regarding Convicts , and said , from his residence for eighteen months in her Majesty ' s college at Wakefield , he understood something of the working

      of the convict system , and how work done there operated against the mechanics out of doors . ( Cries of "Time . " ) He knew they were anxious to hear the champion of liberty , whose Land Plan had immortalised his name , and be would conclude by moving the resolution . Mr . J . B . Lbno , a member of thc Co-operative Society of Printers , and late of the Uxbrid ge Spirit of Freedom , in coming forward to second the motion , was warmly greeted . He said , the youn _** men of England had duties to perforin ; it was to keep the vantage ground gained by their predecessors , and not only to maintain that , but add thereto as much and as speedily as possible . ( Loud cheers . ) He knew the aristocracy advised young men to leave

      politics alone , as it did not concern them . If politics did not concern young men , he ( Mr . Leno ) was at a loss to know who it did concern , seeing thatthe science of government was nothing less or more than the science of society . ( Cheers . ) He maintained that competition was injurious , oppressive , and unnatural ; and that co-operation was just , beneficial , and natural , ( Loud cheers . ) As regarded the Charter , he contended that the suffrage should be universal , as wealth could neither impart common sense or honesty . The sufirage was a right which came with our maturity . If the Legislature wished to abolish Sunday trading they should strike at the cause , and place men in the position to earn enough in six days , and then they would not be anxious to work oa the seventh . ( Hear , hear . ) As

      regarded Pakington ' _a Larceny Bill , why poverty was , in the main , the cause of crime ; an immense quantity of people were out of employ ; masses of them were paupers , and it was not wonderful that they took food to prevent them from starving . For his part he had labour to exchange for food and necessaries , and was perfectly willing to effect such exchanges , but should he fail so to do , he was free to confess he would rather commit a highway robbery than undergo the degrading ordeal of the union bastile . ( Loud cheers . ) He held that his person was his title-deed to existence—that the Land belonged of rig ht to all—and he was resolved to aid and assist , by every means in Jus power , the obtaiument of political and social rights . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . _OConxor , on rising , was received with the most rapturous applause . He said , that although it was right and business-like , upon the part ofthe committee , to lay some resolutions before that meeting-yet , nevertheless , they might just . as . well whistle jigs to a milestone , as presume that their unanimous reprobation of the Sunday Prohibition Labour Bill , or tbo Petty Larceny Bill , would have the slightest effect upon the House of Commons , as at present constituted . ( Ilear , hear . ) He , oi _course , would vote against both those bills —( cheers ' —but there was no use cheering , as liis voice , in r-hat house , was like a drop of water in the ocean . With respect to Mr . Fox ' s Bill for the Promotion of Secular Education—which formed part ofthe

      resolution—he would vote for it , because he looked upon tbe ignorance of the people as the crime and iniquity of their rulers . ( Cheers . ) But his system of education w * u this—that every father and mother should be capable of conferring a sound secular education upon their own children , without being placed under the guidance and management of those who would not administer secular education , unless they were empowered to indoctrinate their pupils with their own religious prejudices . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho saw before him many old and venerable-looking men , who had toiled all their lives , and who would , if in their power , cheerfnlly educate their own children , but they were unable to do so . They were placed in a differcntsitnation from the barrister , who lived upon the infraction ofthe law , arid who was at that moment , perhaps , perusing his briefs by the nickering lamp , ¦ ¦ that he might ; in . yo uth , amass a . sufficiencv to : live iiponin

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      oomjbrt inhis old age . It was so with the banker —it _waaBo with the merchant and the shopkeeper , _wnilq the poor man , upon whose industry all luxuriated , was harnessed from morning till night , - and could . BCircely obtain , 'iri the vigour of age , a suf . rni eDOy to _mi-intain himself and- his family . ( Cheers . ) Now , that -was the system that he ( Mr . O Connor ) sought to destroy—a system which , as he Often told thom , WaBBOlely based upoii theantagonism of their , order ; as-the . well-paid , mechanic , who , when trade is good , can eamfrom - _£ 2 ; to £ 3 a week , scoutsLand derides his fell 6 w-man ,. _wtio oarinot earn * . merf , _* Jtth 8 i 3 tenoe—not understanding -that ; ' ; -. Jif fairl y represented ' in parliament , he , instead of . the speculator , would make the lecitiniate nrofit : h Don

      "I , labour ; but they always / judged by comparison . ( Cheers . ) . Now , his _systom- would give to tne . poor industrious man , as well as ' to the rich speculative capitalist ,-the power of realising ; <) n yoiith , a sufficiency to live upon in old age . . " ( Cheers . ) Men did _notseem to understand the true meaning of crime . The system created crime " ; and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) in some cases , looked updiv crime as virtue . For instance , if he had a starving child _~ ainl was willing to work , _~ _but could not procure _laliour to support his starving infant , . -he-would look upon : it as a virtue , and -not as a _oriiae _; to take a loaf from the baker 8 shop , , or any ? other article of food , ' _topi-e-8 . epye { : the _$ fe , of his baby . ( Loud , and continued cheerine . i & : He would now most _cranhicall v describe

      _^*« * - _^ j _^^ he , _fispwer of the uppe _^ andi middle _tSrases *? Inhere were as large and as _respeotiiblQ _' a meeting as that which he then addressed , of the black sings held at Exeter Hall , or such a meeting of Protectionists , Free Traders , or middleclass men , that platform would be too small to accommodate the press-gang , —( cheers)—and it was upon the reports of such proceedings , tbat ministers based their legislation ; while there being no communication of the people ' s wants and wishes , tho government told the House of Commons and the House of Commons believed them , that the people were satisfied and contented , and required no ohange ; but the day was not far . distant , when that mind which waa sought to be extinguished or disregarded , would burst upon them

      like a clap of thunder . ( Loud cheers . ) And he had come there that ni ght , not to develope the principles of the People ' s Charter , us it would be an insult to them , to presume that they were ignorant of those principles , but now that he had discovered , from his recent visit to Bradford , Halifax , Sheffield , and Derby , that the mind of the industrious hive was no longer to be based upon temporary satisfaction ; inasmuch , as although trade was never so good in these towns , yet , contrary to former practice , devotion to , and agitation for , the Charter , was nevermore enthusiastic or cheering . ( Loud cheers . ) This fact proved to him that the enlightened mind of the' working classes waa now directed to positive , and not to

      comparative comfort ; and had it not been for that resuscitation of the old spirit , he should have slumbered quietly' upon his oars , as nothing ceuld be more injurious to a popular leader than failure in an attempt to raise the popular mind . ( Hear , hear . ) He was there that night for the express purpose of firmly moulding the working class mind ; and he would remind them of the old adage—• ' That if they had two many irons in the fire they would all cool ;"—( cheer *)—and , therefore , he had come there to teach them how to keep the one iron hot , and that was , by not listening to any man who propounded ridiculous and selfish doctrines upon the platform , whieh would injure their cause , and promote his own popularity . ( Hear , hear . ) It made

      him sick , when he heard men declaring themselves republicans and revolutionists , and'his principal object in being there that night , was to 8 how them how such agitators injured their cause . Now he , ( Mr . O ' Connor ) was a republican in the veritable sense of the word : that is , if he formed one of a new community in a new colony , aiid if he was asked what form of government he would submit the colonists to , ho would decidedly prefer a republic but then he Was perfectly aware , not onl y ofthe difficulty and the danger , but ofthe folly of relapsing from a monarchy to a republic . ( Hear , hear . ) He stated in the House of Commons , and he now repeated it , thathe did not care whether the Pope , the devil , or the pretender , was upon the

      throne * , provided the power behind the'throne waa greater than tho throne itself . ( Loudcheers . ) Well , their approval of those sentiments was a repudiation of republicanism in a country like thia , in as much as if they had the Charter to-morrow , the monarch upon the throne would be a puppet in tbeiv hands . ( Cheors . ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) owed the people little , they owed him much , lie had sacrificed everything for their benefit ; and to-morrow , if he stood alone upon a platform , he would not cater for their enthusiasm , their cheers , and their support , by propounding doctrines that would tickle their fancy , but were repugnant to his own feelings and principles . ( Cheers . ) Let him now travel with them through the last twenty years

      of agitation , and tliey would be able to understand whether the poor gentlemen , who had become their adopted leaders , measured their principles by popular requirement or selfinterest . In 1831 and ' 32 , when the Whigs required , not the co-operation , but the madness of the people to carry tho Reform Bill ; when Bristol and Nottingham were in flames , and when Birmingham was up in arms , their valour was lauded , but as soon as their valour had achieved power for the Whigs , they were prosecuted , and the rights which they before possessed were taken fiom them . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , in September , 1835 , when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) discovered that the Reform Bill was a mere Whig farce , he established an association , denominated the GREAT RADICAL

      ASSOCIATION . The name of Chartist was given to them by the Morning Herald , and they adopted it . Well , that association was not long in existence , when some of the tradesmen of London established a WORKING MAN'S ASSOCIATION , nnd one of their rules was that none hut working men should speak at their meetings ; while Mr . Leader , then member for Westminster , and Mr . Roebuck , then paid Attorney-General of the Canadians , were the ostensible leaders of that party , and the principal topic discussed at their several meetings was the condition of Canada — ( hear , hear)—without any , thc slightest , reference to tho condition of England . Well , every leader in that movement attempted to make a living of popular credulity ; they had all

      abandoned the cause of Chartism , and had all become his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) greatest revilers . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho bad brought them down to 1837 , and now he would carry them on to 1839 , when the first National Conference was held . That Conference was composed of men professing themselves ready to die foi * tho Charter . The ohject was to develope its principles , and to back a petition to the Ilouse of Commons for their enactment . That petition was entrusted to Thomas Attwood , member for Birmingham ; nnd tho definition that he gave of the Chartist principles , upon presenting tlieir petition was ,: that they wanted an alteration in the currency , and that that was the Charter . ( Loud cheers and laughter . )

      When the poor gentlemen , who constituted that Conference , had exhausted the exchequer , which contained thousands of pounds , they abandoned the cause the Birmingham delegates nestled themselves in snug offices , thc poor gehtlemen , who had lived so long upon the funds of the people , became Free Trade spouters and agitators , repudiating Chartism , and contended for Free Trade . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Well , then came 1842 ; and again , he and others were prosecuted for eight days at Lancaster , for resisting the violence of Free Traders , knowing that violence would damage the cause of Chartism , and many of our professing frieuds , who had written and spoken revolution and rebellion , were the first to lie placed

      in tho witness-box to swear against the Chartists . ( Hear , hear . ) Next came 1848 , tho period of the French Revolution , when thev were again urged on to madness in that very half , by gentlemen , one of whom declared that he stood upon that very platform , with his , heart in his hand —( cheers and laughter)—ready to die for the causo . Well , were there not then a few desertions , and no few spies and informers , and was it not a wonder — nay , a miracle — that Chartism , , after , being exposed to so many traps and difficulties , should , once more , unfurl its- banner , and resolve to inarch Ohward ? ( Loud cheers . ) Now , ho _; had defined the Reform movement , tlie Radical movement , and

      tlie Chartist movement for the last- twenty years , and he would ask them _,, whether there was upon record , an instance ofa people standing alone , contending agains . t , and surviving so many dijficultics ? ( Cheers . ) For hia own part , he . looked upon tho suppression of speech , and tho persecution of opinion , hot only as an injustice , but as a crime . lie would allow , every-man to propound his own doctrines , no matter how irreconcilable or repugnant they may be to the feelings of others . ( Cheers . ) If tlio princi ples propounded were sound and good , and met with tho concurrence of the majority , they would he adopted ; if tliey wero unsound , and re . pugnant to the feelings , of the majority , they would lie rejected ; but ,, however unsound they may be , if ; the propounders of them were persecuted , the

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      princip les would be admired . ( Cheers . ) He would not only not persecute or even revile Socialism or Communism . If a man believed in the ! doctrine he had a perfect' right to propound it , and if it could . be sustained , by fair and legitimate argument , it might become _^ _pbpular ; however , he had always pertinaciously : xefuse'd : to . ' mix up Chartism with Coni _^ fshi , Or any other ism , and he would pertinaciously adhere to that . ( Hear , hear . ) And ; now he would describe Socialism and Communism for them . Ho was a Socialist in the true acceptation ' of the word , which meant the fitness of things to societ y ; but he was no Communist . ( Hisses from an old man near the platform , with cheers from tho meeting . ) Mr . O'Connor continued : Now ,

      there is the very system that . he reprobated , hissing any man ; let every man be fairly heard , and ho promised thc meeting that he would make the old gentleman who hissed , acquiesce in his ( Mr . O Connor _s ) views , in a very shorff time . Now , said he , that ' s an old man , and he appears to be a poor man , and he would ask him , as Communism meant the distribution of the produce of all for the sustenance ol all , ' . whether if he went to bed that ni ght a very poor and indigent Communist ,, and woke to-morrow -morning and heard the announcement that his father , his brother , oi ' his friend had _dicd . and . left hini Jt 20 , 000 , jwhether he would go to bed to-morrow night a'Communist ? ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He was not . only

      willing , but anxious -too hear every manpropound his _doeti'ihes , so mucfi _^ _so , - that it ' garefMin great pleasure to hear and' read the speeches i of that philanthropic , kind , and generous-hearted man , Robert Owen —( cheers)—a man , who if he had ten millions of money to-morrow , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) in his conscience , believed that he would apply it to the last farthing to the relief of the poor . ( Cheers . ) Well , ho met that gentleman once in the music Hall at Leeds . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) went merely as an auditor , and when Mr . Owen had defined his principles of Communism , he _challenged him ( Mr . O'Connor ) to refute them . Ho rose , and said that he came there as an anditor , not as an opponent or as a lecturer : but

      as he had been challenged , he would undertake to define the difference between individuality of possession and co-operation of labour , and the prineiple of Communism . Ho would presume , that there was three sons , all born at one birth , and all brought up in the greatest harmony , entertaining the strongest fraternal affection for each other . He would presume that the father was a merchant and died , leaving his business to the three sons , each performing rhe duties of a separate department . He would presume , that after a short time , one took a fancy to fox hunting , and went out a day in the week . At first , when he returned , his brothers would laugh at him , and ask him it he got a tumble ; then he would go two days in the week , then three days , and ultimately , he gave up his office business , and became a sportsman . The brothers would discover that the business of his department was neglected , and diminished their profits ; and Immediately they

      would inform him that lie must either abandon his sporting life , or sell out of the firm . After addressing the meeting at considerable length , he said , that as he was challenged by Mr . Owen to discuss the question , he would then take the opinion of the meeting , called by himself , as to their respective princi ples . He declared himself for individuality of possession and co-operation of labour ; and npon a show of hands being taken , out of about 1 , 200 who were present , there were at least 1 , 100 held up for his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) principles , ( Great cheering . ) Now , if ho came upon that platform , and lauded Kossuth and Mazzini , he would be loudly cheered ; but while no man in that meeting , or in the country , entertained stronger sympathy for Kossuth and Mazini . or more heartly wished them success , than he did , yet at the same time , he entertained the view of Shakespeare , who

      said" IfJGnglandcannotkeepthedosfr'omhei _' own door let her be worried , " And he told them now in confirmation of that , that if they worked unitedly together for the achievement of the Charter , the ; Charter would soon be the law ofthe land , and then instead of the Ambassador of a Foreicn tyrant going with his missive to the English Foreign Minister , he should come to a Chartist Minister ; and that Ministei would tell him that liberty being established at home despotism should not prevail abroad ; and then the cause of Hungary and Poland , and other countries , contending for their liberties , would be espoused by the British Minister , when he was the Minister of the British people , and not of nn

      interested faction . ( Loud cheering . ) There was nothing more easy than to elicit a cheer by expressing sympathy for those who contended for liberty in Foreign countries , while not a word of sympathy was expressed for the famished Irish , people , ( Hear , hear . ) Cows afar off have long horns , but what would they think if a million individuals died of the sword or of starvation in Foreign ' countries , while in a country , under British dominions ? a million havo perished of hunger , in the course of a very -short period . However , thank God , the mind of Ireland can no longer be recruited as the strength ofa British Minister , who for years had based , his power upon English and Irish dissension . Now , the priests had joined with the Irish people for the

      promotion of a veritable democracy —( loud cheer s ) —and reviled and abused , as he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been , he had been iiiTited to attend a meeting of his countrymen , which was shortly to take placo at Castlecomer , in the county ef Kilkenny , and there he would faithfully develope the principles of English Chartism . He would now describe for them , the -notions that a Foreigner entertained of British liberty . Some years ago , he was sailing up tho Rhine , and was reading a very excellent treatise upon the cause ef the potato rot . He left the beok upon a table in the cabin and went up stairs , and upon his return , he found an Hungarian interpreter , who spoke all languages , reading the book . He said that it was very valuable , and

      that he should like to havo one ; I begged that he would accept it , as I- could get another . We sat next each other at dinner , and entered into a comparison between the governmental system of Hungary and England . Wc commenced with thc army . He said , " Well , the difference lies here , if a man enlists in England he is a slave for life ; but if he enlists _inHungary , he is a soldier for seven years , and if he is in the cavalry , if be is able to purchase his horse , he may take itwith him . " Then we turned to thc Game Laws , And he said , "Well , the difference lies here , if you shoot a hare in Hungary you cook it for your dinner ; but if you shoot a hare in England you go to prison . " "Well , but , " said I , " What do you think of our Press ?"

      " Oh , mais , that is the Diavolo—the Devil ; thc difference lies hen *—in England the rich pays the press for telling lies ofthe poor , but in Hungary we are not allowed to tell lies of any one . " ( Great cheering aud laughter . ) His ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) most anxious desire was to mako the rich richer , and the poor rich . ( No , no * , from a man who stood up in the gallery . ) Who said "No , no , " asked Mr , O'Connor . Is theroany man so selfish as not to allow any person to become wealthy hy his own industry , whether by mental or manual labour ? ( Cheers . ) He repeated it , that that was his object , and the darling wish of his- life ; and , _as'hc stated in the House of Commons , in his speech upon Lord Ashley ' s motion , if he could group all the

      bloood-suckers who lived upon the sweat , and blood , and marrow of poor little children , in one lump , he would extinguish them at once . ( Loud cheers . ) Those wero the . men who audaciously complained of the ignorance of poor little children , who worked and toiled when they should be receiving instruction ; some of them voted for Mr . Hume ' s motion , for the " little Charter , " merely to cater for popularity ; while if one of them had to give a casting vote for the destruction of a system upon whioh tlieir monopoly is based , they would vote the Other way . ( Loud cheers . ) But , as they well knew that the motion would be lost , they pre _' ferred being in the minority . Some men were now seeking for popularity by denouncing the Walmsley movement ; but he never would base his popularity uoon such a rank injustice . ( Cheers . ) Thatparty enabled them to get good places of meeting , enabled the Clwrtists to destroy _thoprejudiees that existed against them ,

      by ably and faithfully propounding thoir principles , whicli were the principles of justice , not of violence and folly ; whereas , dining the palmy davs of Free Trade agitation , if a Chartist dared to ap _' pear upon the platform , to propound his princip les , a policeman was iuftan'tl y ordered in , and he was as instantly orderod out , in a most brutal and violent manner ; but- now tliey hud acquired a different position ; and to show his ( Mr . O'Connor' ) . deeprooted affection for tlie people's cause , let him inform that meeting , that at every , mooting of the council of that Assoeiation , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was most brutally reviled and abused . But what would bo his feelings , and what would be thoir feelings , if any personal p ique or vanity upon his part , could induce him to otter opposition to any movement which- was capable of . benefitting - their order * Because he was with , them , and ever remain with them , lio ' _wwi nobody ; but what situation . would the .

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      ' . Whig governmei _^ if _here--rfounoed _^ their'prihcjplesf _^' arid became a convert to Whiggism , But what bribe would induce him ? Not all the moiiey-in-the Exchequer . ( Loud cheers . ) . -He _; would ' -. now * conclude ,- by " again " -repeating " " his former ; definition of moral and physical , power : — ' . Moral power is the deliberative , quality'in-each man ' s mind , which teacli _& s him hbw to reason ; ho ; . v to endure , and when forbearance , becomes a crime ; and' should tliat fail tb secure foi * man all ' thOBe rights to which he is justly entitled _. and should physical , force be required , ( which . God forbid ) , it _would come to their , aid like an electria shock ; _biit ; _tp ; ihah _; who inartials ' it' destroys " it , and will ¦ jB ino _7 ¦ ¦ ad that s justly ( which . _slectria nd will

      nrstrtodes | a ; _i-jf 2 _** _" _' . - *' _(^^ "f J _*^ ow _||^ truth of this was' perfectly ' _^ st _^ d _^^ _Mgimieman who ' called--upon him- _^ _i ( Mr . O Coiifio _» _% o % -i _* 8 hovt time ago , who had wit * _nessed the _Revdlntioh in France ; and . lie urged _S upon bim- ( Mr 7 0 , 'Connor ) the necessity of getting up a revolution in England ,, ' as the oniv , r a . C ! _-. _* is of carrying the . Charter . He asked ' the gentleman if tie was prepared to do it ? He replied , " " " he . was ;" when he ( Mr . O ' Connor ) observed , " _thon , of course , you would be prepared to take the first place c _\ in the ranks ? " "Oh : no , " he rejoined , - 'the NS commander should always bo in safety ! " ( Lond-c _^ cheers , and laughter . ) Now , _' : letthem rest assured . _^ ¦ _. ¦ _fcotl- f I- him- ' _¦" " _* _? _dwit- » '' urged ettmg : ns ot' nan if n , of place _vv "the \ ' Lond . _v * _x mred : j _^

      that that was the invariable policy . of _»»< y , _- ] , en- deavowed . to ; achieve popularity by spoming revolution and nonsense . He would _telUhe ' iii pow—and would finish with the _declaratibh _^ ' that *' there wag not a man living , or a man that ever did live , who loved , honoured , and respected their order as he did ; and he begired to as-sure them that , at all risk and hazard " of popularity or life , ho never would allow thom to be led away by the'fplly and nonsense of those who would base their popularity upon the declaration of sentiments and principles _, which , if put to the test , they would be , the nrafc to retract . Mr . O'Connor re' _-umed his spat amid loud and long-continued cheering . , io eiw _reTOi wa « , who as he it all _neye-c y and res amid

      Mr . _BRor-TKKBE O'BniKN came forward loudly applauded , and ' _said _. althouoh not an enrolled member of the Charter Association , yet , as one of the original promoters of the Charter , and as a member of another Association , or League , which went for the whole Charter , he thought he mig ht , clp . im a right ; to address them . Mr . O'Connor , in the course of his speech , had talked of . making jhe " rich richer , and the poor rich . " R * ow , _' he . though t if the poor , than wns made rich he would not cnve _^ o _labou i ' to . maReany one '•' frehei * : " '' ,. ( Cheers . ) ' Ho ' would rather Mr . O'Connor had said : "Let the rich hold what they have , but , henceforth , we will ; produce for ourselves , ( Loud cheers . ) He agreed with Mr . O'Connor , that we should ask for the _u Charter oudly mem * fthe mber t for

      only ; but that we should do so with our eyes open , by throwing such a blaze of solar light , by the discussion of important questions affecting our best and dearest social rights , as shall prevent the squibs , crackers , and Catherine wheels of the Free Traders from taking any effect . ( Cheers' ) With this view tho Reform League had drawii up seven resolutions , and published them , as affecting the interest , welfare , and happiness of all , fromyV'ictoria down to the special constable—and he know no animal lower than a special constable , ( Loud laughter , ) Sir Robert Peel had advised the people to take their affairs into their own hands , which was the best advice he ever gave ; but , unfortunately , the people were not united sufficiently to apply the advice J and it the people happened to do it whilst in sections , why Newgate , the hulks , or the gallows . WM

      their fate , as was instanced in Wiltshire the other day ; hence he advised the people to unite for the Charter , with a full knowledge of their social ri ghts * ( Great cheering . ) Mr . CiMPBELL , of the Co-operative Printers' Society , said this was his first appearance ; tha Charter was again being agitated ; tho agitation did not want fire , but it required stirring , and he proposed to be an active humble stoker . ( Loud cheers . ) He would warn the nobles of the land to beware of flogging—tho people might rehel—they might not prove blocks of stone under , the last The people mig ht hear a still small voice , telling you that " Thc earth is the Lord ' s and the fulnesa thereof , » nd that they were thc Lord ' s childreH i " all equal—with no law of entail . He said , let them he " ware or they would perhaps discover , sooner than they anticipated , who are the rightful _inaeritant * of God ' s earth—who are the true nobles of tho land .

      Who are the nobles ofthe earth ?—* The truo Aristocrats , — Who need not bow their heads to lords , Nor doff to kings their hats ? Who are they , but the Men of Toil , The mighty and the free , Whose hearts and hands subdue the earth And compass all the sea ? Who are they , but the Men of Toil Who cleave the forests down , And plant amid the wilderness The hamlet and the town ?

      Who fight the battles , bear the scars _. And g ivo the world its crown Of name , and fame , and history , And pomp of old renown ? These claim no gaud of heraldy , ¦ And scorn tho knighting rod ; Their coats of arms are noble deeds ; Their peerage is from God ! They take not from ancestral graves The glory of their name , But win , as first their fathers won , The laurel wreath of fame .

      ( Great applause . ) Mr . W . J . Vernon came forward amidst much cheering , and said—he regretted that both Messrs . O'Connor and O'Brien had left the platform , as the few words he had to say ho should have liked those two gentlemen to have hoard . Mr . O'Connor had declared that he was no Communist ; now he , ( Mr Vernon ) was . ( Loud cheers ) . He protested against Mr . O'Connor ' s saying , " there never was , or would be , any man who loved the people as much- as he did . " — True , he was not so big a man as Mr . O'Connor , but he loved , with all his heart , and Mr . O'Connor could not do more . ( Hear , hear . ) To Mr . O'Connor they owed much : he was an effective agitator ; but " he ( Mr . - Vernon ) humbly thought , nothing but an agitator . He conceived that Mr . O ' Connor had brought them up to a

      position , and there left tliem , which move than once had compelled tliem to renew the Charter agitation . ( Hear , hear . ) He differed from Mr . O'Connor ' s view of Socialism . It was his ( Mr . Vernon ' s ) opinion , that it was their duty to change society to things , and not circumstances to society . He demurred to both Messrs . O'Connor and O'Brien , as he thought it was wrong that the rich should enjoy their thousands whilst so many were starving . ( Loud cheers . ) He wished every man to be so rich that no man should , be driven to take from another . He contended that Socialism meant equal or equitable distribution . ( Loud choers . ) . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed , a considerable number having been enrolled as . members ofthe National Charter Association .

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Roap , London . ABSENIC IN CnOLEltA ! . ' ! Oil ! OH ! OH ! Fellow _Coustiiymen , _ What to you think of this '' Arsenic in cholera ! Oh ! Oh ! Well , if you will take the trouble oflookiiiginto ( he Medkal Times , you wiil lind printed in large letters , ' _U-isn of Asiatic _CiioH'iiA sue . cessfully tkeated with Aksenic . ' A doctor positively advising arsenic in cholera—the case is also reported at _lenj-th in the _SOtli number uf the _Ifygeist , to be had at the office , 8 ( 18 . Strand , priee Id . or 2 d by post . Well , can you be surprised , niy friends , that wc should have so many cases of felonious poisoninj- throughout the country by

      arsenic ? What is the re _.-il . _iliTi ' eicHce between the poisoner and tlie doctor ? Why , that in one case the parly , when lie dies , is said to havo been murdered by arsenic , and in the other , to have ilieil of some disease or other . Let tilings , we say , be called by their proper names . The doctors have made the publie so familiav with poisons , that the lower classes think there is no harm in taking a lossou {' mm the ' Guinea trade gentlemen ; ' and , for ouv own pavt , we do not . see any real difference between the felonious poisoner ajid the doctor—the ouly dittewneeis , that the doctor , in some eases , gives the poison in sueh doses as not to kill , though _, in many ho does kill , but then don't you see it is called * death or disease , ' and not ' murder . '

      Now , fellow countrymen , can you be surprised , that what was called cholera last year , should have been so fatal , whilst such poisons were given for its cure 1 Arsenic , opium , & c . __ That this doctor ' s advice was generally taken about arsenic in cholera we will not say , but it was published in the columns of a widely-circulated medkal paper , andansweiedthe purpose _intcndui miakily . viz ,, of it _. o-CLA 13 UNQ DEADLY POISONS AS _CUMM FOR _CliOlKltA— Oil , Oh . What a pity that the aqua tofmia is unknown to doctorsthey might just give a little of it to some unfortunate patient , and then publish to the . world with , trianpettongue , ' that the aqua tofana was an _excclh-iit remedy for SOllie disease orothtr , ' and the pour ignorant and'confiding public would swallow all . We _siiould then see ' no . ua tofana , marked on fine bottles in tho chemists' and druggists' shops of this fair island . Let the people _anso from their lethargy ! Th < - member * ' of the _Hiitish College of Health , therefore call for tlie total prohibition of the following deadly poisons as medicines : — 1 . Arsenic in all its forms . 2 , _f russic Acid in all its form .:,

      S . Opium in all its tonus , i . Mercury in all its forms . 5 , Nux Vomica in all its forms . 6 . Tlie different metals , in aU \\\< At chemical combination . * - , which , being wholly _itidijjef-tiblo do . not , and never can , _assuuilaus will' . i \ _jj $ h -m \\\ biuod .

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      Los ? * oi _\ Goods at Ska . —Tho ship Charlotte , arrived from Calcutta , _rejioris officially that the followin-j _; largo proportion of her cargo had to be thrown overboard at sen _:--viz ., 3 S chests oflac dye , one slab of tin , 30 bugs hnd : JC 9 pockets of ginger , one bale of silk , 173 bags of turmeric , one bag of sugar , 39 boxes of shellac , ' 1-18 hales of _s-ifflower , one bale of hides , three chest !* f indigo , 10 boxes Of gum arabie , io bales of senna , 104 eases of castor ou , 3 packages of , rice , Oil bags of rape seed , two boxes of silk piece goods , and otic box of tortoisc-¦ hell .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06041850/page/1/