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    • RBV1 REVIVAL OF CHARIISM.
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      Rbv1 Revival Of Chariism.

      RBV 1 REVIVAL OF CHARIISM .

      To To The Tt0rkis6 Classes, R. ] Diab I ...

      TO TO THE _TT 0 RKIS 6 CLASSES , r . ] Diab I Viae _Fbosm , —I "bare headed this letter as ieiec _abovfige above , anil not _unfairiy : because I never , lglg the hu the highest tone of excitement in 1839 or _i witness witnessed a more glorious manifestation of _rcititsa _i » _¥ * _5 * 5 D i » _pcsaefere -for -the Charter and the Land , _Hdidonjdid on _Toeuday night last in the Somers Town itity . I % . I i _« i been solicited to attend their _meet-: and to and tras there according to my appointment _, nn I ent _n I entered fie room , at eight o ' clock , there ! ii not mo . not more than some twenty or thirty persons ¦ onbled ; abfed ; bnt before Lalf-past eight it -was inconeently < % itly crowded . There vras a considerable numjjjf middjf _nnddle-daaa men present ; and some few who

      11 criticL criticised my acts with scrutinising nicety were setoo _. f ' _-ett _& _fcthBP _™ I a _« at * ic - «< _Mnsifl eirab * le . length _;; . and , without much iiitr , I _nty , I amna _0 at fiifimeeting thought I made a _"JS- _^ e e _^ _-feei _^ t _^ _-snffic'ie _^^ j _^ to carry conviction to i nund Cmind of tho most sceptical , and _snlBcientlyplain 11 espli < esohei k to insure silence from th 8 objectors . f , wha-- * , what I have always said of Chartism ia this—11 , whet , wherever it is stopped by the terror of the law , trcael treachery of leaders , or by apathy produced by a t nal adnal advance of wages , all _disciples of ihe _pbiscijsreinJareniamfirm . 2 Acyneverbecomedeserterstoany mer inter but , on the contrary , when the day of _iinrecturrection comes , they start from the point where y we > y were last arrested , and with , improved mind \ rame Inme the agitation .

      _: inch Such was precisely \ h & manifestation that I _wit-: sed Bed on Tuesday night last ; and such was the sect pect produced by my speech , tbat aperson got np i i sand said , "that , although , independent himself , and ¦ _ihoufhough he did not require any of the advantages _lODaisonusedb yUie Co-operative Land plan , yetso firmly I nvinnvinced was he _tf j _& _amp ' _ueity , value , and prao : abutability , that he felt bound to become a member , i id toid to present his prize , when his tarn came , to some

      I iod _to & _Cbxti _& _f'jifgi from cir _« mistrtbes hiight be _i _lahlejible to be a contributor . * " Yon may be sure that i lis aids _annonncement , coming from one above want , was lay tay consolatory to me , and was-very well received _rtht- f the meeting . Probably you will see a detailed re-Brt ( art of the proceedings : but yon may not be able to leanlean from ihat the temper of themeeting ; and that _i the . the reason I -write . You are perfectly aware that be "he " wordy Chartists "— -the men who would starve

      _ponjton a hundred acres of land—the men who _undertaniiand nothing whatever of the subject , have attempted o ho lead yon to the belief that the miring np of the _question ofthe Land with the Charter proved that I lad ad abandoned , or was preparing to abandon , the _IhsCharSst agitation altogether . Common sense tells r ourou that I never for a moment entertained the notion sf njf miring np thetwo questions , further than to direct _jonjon to a knowledge of this fact : that , if you had the CkCharter to-morrow , the settlement of the Land question _mxtcddbe & e very first that yon would call for . _ToinaEan-e its just and satisfactory settlement , you your _sel selves must have a thorough "knowledge of the so subject-.

      . Vow , hud you got the Charter instead of tiie Reform 6 SHI in 1 S 32 , 1 doubt very much indeed that the popuh iirleadersofthatdaywoul _dlmveeverplaccd the Land q _flucsnoD before yon in such a shape as to induce you I to take it up in the way yon would now be enabled to j do , horn the knowledge yon have acquired of thc i value of the land , as a means of establishing a i _righieora standard of wages—of relieving every trade i of its surplus competitive power—as a means of _substituting certainty for uncertainty—as the means of clearing every pauper bastiie of its unwilling idlersand , above all , as the only means hy which you can be pat into possession of that " share" ofthe national Health to which Lord John RusseU NOW admits that vou arc entitled .

      Yon , who hareheardmedeliver a thousand speeches daring the ten years that Lord John RusseU was in power , will now be able to contrast his recent speech with my several speeches on the same subject . Hc admits yonr grievances , but declares his incapability of propounding any remedy . I have propounded the remedy—the remedy which he is afraid even to mention , because it appears to interfere with thc vested interests of those he represents . Yon know that I have never shrunk from justifying the acts of the

      Chartist agitators during theperiod ofthe Russell administration : and now let me contrast what I have been saying during the last ten years , and what 1 was imprisoned for saying , with what Lord John Russell has only thought of saying within the last ten days , and what he never thought of at all while he was at the sunny side of the T _' reasury—and for not tliinking of which while he had the power of acting hc brought the State to the verge of bankruptcy—his party to the bleak outside of _Downing-street—and himself to

      tbe extreme of ridicule . Now , hear what Isaid when Ifirst opened my comniission ten years ago at Stockpor t , and what nearly _grerc working man in England and Scotland has beard me repeat hundreds of _tSmeswithin that period . This is what I have said : " Now , don't mistake me . I neither expect nor desire to make gentlemen of you all : hut what I do desire is this ; if the King [ for we had a King in 1835 ] is not satisfied with the palaces ihat his ancestors lived in ; if his resources are increased in proportion to the increasing luxuries ofthe age ; if the Peer removes from his antiquated hereditary mansion to a more modern edifice , to keep pace with modern luxury and improvement ; if the banker abandons tiie homely house of his fathers for

      the more splendid mansion ; if the manufacturers and merchants are ashamed to look upon the hovels wherein * foundation of their greatness was laid ; if & e shopkeepers migrate from the humble cottage , or the attic of their shop , to the _salubrious and healthy -villa ; if there is an ascending scale to measure ihe rapid improvement of all classes who fire upon your industry , I demand that tour _coxdi"nos shall be measured by the same scale of elevation , and that I shall not longer see yon descending from yonr cottage to the cellar , and from Hie cellar to the eold bastiie . I demand that if there is an additional course upon their table , better clothing upon their backs , better furniture in their hauisS , and more luxury within their reach , that vou * . ' _coxmnox * hall be marked by the same progrc" _* _: ve

      _improvement in one and ah *; and that ii" : _-a _-j _& _b-tended _madiinery as man ' _sholiday , instead of nun ' s curse , you should have tour fair comparative suaue of all the ease , the luxury , and the benefit that it confers . And then if famine come , and if it is an infliction from above instead of thecreationof protectcdidlers ; if the monarch npon the throne , and every class downwards between you and him , be called npon fo bear a fair share of tbe inevitable visitation , then 1 pledge myself that you will bear your full portion without a murmur : but while I Vive , you shaU not quiescently starve , while others luxuriate in the midst of yonr poverty /'

      I think that every working man who reads this letter will admit that hc has heard mc use those very ** m * 1 s scores of -tines . I was imprisoned by the _"tasc , bloody , and brutal Whig 3 " for making this ptincipleof working-classelevation the rule of action ""withe governingthought of my life ; and now we _tasked to pay homage to the man who has _disco-* _ere & ikejvMiceofihep rinaplewhenhe finds itiieccs *« 3 * to use it as a good political" CRY . " Thus yon fed that onr rulers are always years behind us in •¦ bought , while party expediency compels them to do _** _% justice to our acts and our motives .

      I told you more : I told you at Stockport , ten years -So . that the day of auction would coxae , when you _foald be bid for according to the value that you put " Swi yourselves . I told you that I would try to put _^ m the best condition for sale , and that I would - *? to he auctioneer . Nay , I even told you—ten J * - * * - ** ago , mind—that Russell and Peel would be the - _¦ _" _^ hiddias _, and that , starting from the £ 10 _fran-J _**** . -hey would bid for you fhiu z- £ 9 , £ 8 , _& , _^ _**•»—LopI John : "HonaEHOtD Sotfbage . " Peel _* * A £ 2 , £ 1 . Lord John : " Universal Suffrage . "

      Pet -1 "lathe lot mine ? " Auctioneer : "No ; Lord -John ba * . Ped . « _) _jjjjt I nodded ; put the lot " _» again ; I bid Universal Sufirage and Vote by _Bal"•*• " Lord Jehn : " Universal Suffrage , Vote by _* _¦*•* •* - Annual Parliaments . " Peel : "Universal ¦ _^¦ a ge , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal _wpresearation , no Property Qualification , and _Pay-^ t ofj _fembera . " Auctioneer : " Thelot is yours , _^' _-JJow _, I ask you , men of Stockport of England , _**¦* of Scodand , if yon have not laughed heartily at _^ antici patory auction of public _opin'Ci : hundreds « tiffife ?

      To To The Tt0rkis6 Classes, R. ] Diab I ...

      Well , now read the following extract from an article that appeared in the Times of last week , and in the Star of last Saturday ; andjudgethen whether the representation of the auction by me is as ludirous now as it _wasthanght shes . The Times says—As his Lordship is now rather winning adherents than _chooshnj a course , he may prefer to content himself with the least possible show of change . Let him , however , save himBelf the trouble of an exact decision of a point which evidently costs so much labour . Peel will

      underbid him . « The day ivill come , th' inevitable day , " when Peel will make a clean holocaust of the Corn _Lawa , offering np what the Irish Catholics call " an unqualified and _unrantiuninated gif _*? to the free-traders . He will not do things by halves . Cannot Lord John Russell see this in time ! Henceforth it is his fate to be behindhand in the market While he is haggling for his odd shillings , and thinking to allure the purchaser by the doubtful _toae of his denials , a more desperate and determined salesman interposes , and throws turn out of fhe market .

      ¦ Now , my friends , the reason that I attach importance to this early annoancement of what you wanted , and which Russell now confesses , and the adoption now by the Times of what I declared ten years ago the policy of Peel and Russell would come to , is to impress upon you the fact that all equally laughed at my Land scheme , until you , the people , gave it strength by thought and action : ¦ _aadaflw all are _nfegling about it , and biting at it , and will presently be constrained to deal with it as the great question of the day . All the talk about " little gardens , " and " allotmentsforlabourers , " and "inclosnre of common lands for theib _behesti , " is all

      moonshine ; but it nevertheless marks the progress of the substantial question which they hope to destroy by a shadow of old Englishindependence . " Allotments " and " smallfarms" must bekept distinct . "Allotments" must be for the required number to work in the artificial market , when wages are raised by the removal of the " surplus" on to " small faians , " wholly and entirely independent of the artificial market . Every handicraftsman at work should have a plot of ground to grow flowers and vegetables , and to occupy his and his family ' s leisure hours for recreation , amusement , and health . He should have it to enable him to stand against a sudden strike , until suitable arrangements were made to relieve his

      trade of any newly created " surplus , " by placing them upon the laud . The small farmer , according to the description of the land , should have two , three , or more acres , to enable him to live without competing with those ofhis own trade atwork -. for , bear in mind that our just laws do not partake of the stringency andimmoveability of the "laws of the Medes and Persians ; ' _** and that if , on mature consideration , three acres or four acres should be found preferable to two acres , your ruling body , always guided and governed by a sincere and laudably ambitious devotion to your interests , will adopt that which reason shall convince you and them is the right and proper scale .

      My dear friends , believe me that this question of the Land is the one which authority dreads and usurpers fear . It is the one to which your own united pence can give safe , substantial , and remunerative effect . It is the one which may defy the stringency , the malversation , and the monopoly caused by the laws of primogeniture , of settlement , and of entail . It is the one , the only principle hy which England can be made to consist of a nation of happy individuals , instead of measuring her greatness by the plunder of her speculators in your labour . Above alL always carry with you these Jthree great facts : —I propose the Land scheme as the only means of establishing the

      i fair standard of wage , because it is the only market in which an individual without capital can arrive at a knowledge of the value of his individual labour , and because it will famish a criterion for those who work in the artificial market to enable theu axso to judge of the value of their labour . That ' s one reason . The second is , because it will change your present galling and distressing uncertainty into cheering and delightful certainty . The third is , because if you think till your brains are addled with thought , I defy you to devise any possible means by which you can

      provide for the " surplus hands , " whose want of employment compels them to compete with you , and whose distress enables the masters to take every advantage of you . There are three reasons ; _uUiauOTe , and before all , _oeeause , if we had a good sprinkling of small-fann independent laboureM throughout the country , they would make the mouth of every working man in England water ; and ALL would be speedily convinced of the necessity of redoubling their exer tions fbr the only measure that could make the plan national at once—the People ' s Charter .

      For myself I can only say , that the spirit with which the plan h as been taken up in _Londonadds years to my life ; and that , nothing but the desire to place myself in the situation of koseer in this great movement , by setting it afloat nponmy own responsibility , prevents me from making a tour of the kingdom io faniiliarize every mind with the subject of practical agriculture . To show the speedy advantage to be derived from the plan , it is my intention to visit Belgium , and to put you in possession of the mode practised in that country . I shall give you a plain and simple narrative , with geographical position ,

      mode of living , means of procuring it , and _pbactisb -foiiowED , in a series of letters from that place . Up , then , Chartists' start from the point where oppres . sion last struck us down . Up , for the Land and thc Charter ! Bear in mind , that _«»« only share of the profit is the inexpressible delight that I experience in teaching you how to be freemen . That is delight ! Ave . _withpiea-aire would I spend the remainder of my days in teaching you how to preserve the triumph that you will win by mere confidence in each other . Up , then ! at tbe Landand the People's Charter!—no surrender . —Ever your faithful friend and servant , Feargus _O'Coxsor .

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      VOL . VIII . NO . 395 . LONDON , SATURDAY TONE 7 1845 ,.. .. _** Hj _*>* m ** atim _** — - _-uwwi / _i . 1 _, _"JilAUlVlJAX , _JViyPj / , 1340 . "Fiye _ShltHngg and _Si- _^ _cnec ! _per _qnarter

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      SPAIN . _Libebiv of ihe _Pbess ix Spais . —Madrid , act-ording to our accounts ofthe 2 Cth ult ., has been astounded by an act which , although executed on . the day of the publication of the constitution , would seem tohavebeen donein mockery of that document . Two . eutleuien , Messrs . Cariadi and Perez Calvo , editors of the Clamor Publico , were seized , and within twenty-four hourspacked off to Manilla , without form of accusation , much less of trial , on the mere ipse dixit ofthe President ofthe Council . What article ofthe journal was impugned , or if any , is not known . Such an act renders this elaborately-framed constitutionmcre wastepapcr—a bitter , melancholy mockery .

      More Arbiirart Arrests . —The Madrid join-Hals of the 27 th ult . are occupied with the violent coup _cT etat of which the editors of the Clamor Publico have become the victims ; no doubt remains as to their expufeion from the country , fbr they have been met ou their way to Cadiz , where the embarkation of the prisoneis is to take place . Tliis brutal piece of despotism has been followed by another mockery of the published constitution , and has been laughably proclaimed . Each journal has been ordered to submit a copv three hours before publication to the political chief * ; the consequence of which will be that the evening journals will lose the post of that day , to their serious deteiment . The Espectador , for not complying with the order , has been fined arbitranlv 3000 reals . To add to public excitement , news had been receivedof the arrest of several respectable persons at Barcelona , threeof whom , Guardiola , Verges , and Baldrick , are merchants .

      Ah Iiauax , named Bartolomeo Prato , former editor of the Patriota , had been arrested , and was likewise to be transported .

      SWITZERLAND . Da . Steiger . —According to accounts from Lucerne , the Grand Council ofthe canton had ordered Dr . Steiger to be placed in a dungeon of the Kissiteharm , fifty feet under ground , from an apprehension that an attempt would be made to rescue the unhappy prisoner . If these unfeeling tools of the Jesuits were paid by Metternich to render nepublieanism not only contemptible but abhorred , they could not serve his purpose better .

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      Rb-skwai . oi » thb _;* _Rbuoious War , — Ltjokrnb , May 31 _^ -The Catholic party of the canton of Argau , in the Freyenampt , is preparing to overthrow the Government , and for this purpose it has formed free corps here and in the small cantons , and lean assure you that yesterday they were supplied with _cminpn and ammunition , and a corps has marched towards Freyenampt , but the Governments of Berne and Argau are determined to give them a warm reception . _" _Zofikoejt ( Arqau ) , Mat 31 . —The small oantons which supported the Jesuitical Government of Lucerne in its late struggle have formed free corps to be marched to the Freyen , the Catholic part ofthe canton ; of Argau , in order to sunnort with force nf arms

      the plan , which is arranged as follows : —1 . The overthrow ofthe existing Government ; 2 . The formation of a new canton , of which the chief town is to be Baden ; 3 . The restoration of the suppressed convents . The authorities of Zofingen havejust givenorders to it , contmgentto | holditselrreadytomarehatthefirstbeat of drum . They have likewise established advanced posts round the town , and fortified the positions by which an army might approach . The Landman ofthe Canton , who was at Zofingen , has left the town precipitately for Aarau . The Constitutionnel announces , on the authority of its Zurich correspondent , that the Ultramontane party intended shortlv to raise the

      standard of revolt . The signal was to be given by the Catholic population of theFreyenampt in Argau . The _iiisurget-ttsare to organise a , temporary Goverment _^^ _hfilr _^ wflrcJBr to its _is _^ istence _thepeople of Lucerne , and ofthe primitive cantons . Tne'Govern . ment of Lucerne had already pledged itself _tosuppbrt the insurrection , several pieces of artillery had been taken out ofthe arsenal , to be sent to the Freyenampt , and 3 , 0001 citizens of Lucerne had promised their cooperation . Messrs . Siegwart and Meyer , two of the most influential magistrates of Lucerne , left for the smaller cantons on the 29 th ult ., to concert the means best calculated to favour the projects of tbe insurgents .

      TURKEY . Mobs Slaughter is Stria . —Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 17 th of Amy . The chief intelligence relates to Syria . Advices from Beyrout , dated April 4 , state that " Mount Lebanon was again in arms , tho Maronites and Druses fighting furiously against each other , and blood flowing on all sides . The Ottoman stepped forward to prevent this , bnt the Maronites would not listen to reason ; and as they continued to fall upon the Druses , the Turks were obliged to side with thc latter , to preserve them from extermination . " This new difficulty caused a meeting of European ambassadors at the residence of Sir Stratford Canning , but the Hcela British steamer had been in the meantime dispatched for' Beyrout and Malta . The Capudan Pacha had previously left Syria for Constantinople . The latest news from Circassia , received in the Turkish capital , was adverse to the Russians .

      LNDIA AND CHINA .-Overcand _Maix . Br _ExTRAORMi-ARr Express the Overland Mail was received in London on Wednesday morning , bringing intelligence to the 21 st of April from Delhi , the 22 nd from Calcutta , the 23 rd from Agra , and the 24 th from Madras , which , if devoid of interest , is at all events satisfactory . Perfect tranquillity continues to pervade British India—the rebellion in tiie Southern Mahratta country and Suwant Warree has died away—the whole ofthe rebel chiefs have either been captured by us or are in the hands ofthe Portuguese authorities at Goa , the latter having guaranteed

      then * safe custodyj . while the Q uestion of their final surrender to us is settled b y the Cabinets of Lisbon and London . Scinde continues tranquil , and comparatively healthy . Sir Charles Napier has returned from the excursion against the hill tribes , in which at the date of our last letters he was engaged , and has received high encomiums from the Government General . All the chiefs , save one / are now under the surveillance of the Chief of Khyrpore . In the Punjaub the eternal Singhs are as usual buried in intriguing and butchering * , Sir li . Harding wisely seems determined to let them alone , and amuse themselves after their own fashion .

      From China , there is no news of importance . We obserre from the Singapore Free Press that the crew of the unfortunate Inglis has been brought from Batavia to _Sinrapore by a Dutch barque . It consisted of seven Europeans and 130 natives , arid of the latter nineteen died on the passage and two after arrival ; twenty-two more , together with four of the Europeans , had to go into hospital as soon as they reached the island .

      UNITED STATES . The Bibernia arrived in Liverpool , on Saturday afternoon , hist . There ia but little news from the States . The Oregon Question . —Thc Union , a _newly-es tablished daily paper at Washington , is under the immediate control of the President , and is the acknowledged government organ . It says , in answer to an article in another Washington paper , theiYaJtonaJfn telligencer , on the subject : — " We do not understand that the Executive of tho United States have any intention of closing the door to any negociation with Great Britain upon the Oregon question , and , therefore , we might suppose that all the inferences which the National Intelligencer

      draws from the supposed violent ground that tne United States ( for instance ) ' will notnegociate' upon such a course , leaving us the ' alternatives of _subpxission or war , ' and aU . the denunciations which it so gratuitously pours forth upon the ' shocking absurdity ' and the barbarous doctrine that ' we ought not to negotiate ( which the National Intelligencer attributes to some ofthe Republicans ) , and that thus we revive ' that old umpirage of private rights—the wager of battid—arc entirely misplaced . " We certainly do not understand that the negociation about Oregon is at an end ; or that our administration is determined or willing to terminate it ; or that there is no prospect of amicably adjusting the

      dispute ; or that it must necessarily end in breaking up the peace of the two great countries . We see no necessity , therefore , of analysing the txiplealurnative which the National Intelligencer is pleased to make out in its elaborate article of near one column and a half . We yet trust that' the ease may go forward to its peaceful and reasonable decision * ' and in spite , too , of alt the unncessary menaces of the British ministers and all the blusterings of the London journals . " It is generally believed thatthe American President contemplates sending a special minister to England to bring about a definite settlement of this Oregon question .

      MEXICO . The Asnexatiox Question . —The Mexican news supplied by the arrival ofthe Eibernia is from Mexico to the 10 th ult ., and from Vera Cruz to the 23 rd . Mr . Almonte , the Mexican minister , who , by our previous accounts , had sailed for America , we now learn has reached Vera Cruz . The joint committee of the Mexican Congress , to which had been referred the subject of Texas , reported at length on the 7 th ult . The report recommends two projects , and which arc thus stated by the Neui Orleans Bee : — "The first ispreceded byapreamble , declaring that whereas the United States have resolved to annex the territory of Texas ; and whereas such a mode of appropriating foreign territory to which other nations lay claim is a monstrous innovation upon the peace of " the world and the sovereignty of other powers ; and whereas this Act had long been in preparation ,

      even while the United btates were professing peace and friendship for Mexico , and while the latter respected and observed scrupulously the terms of existing treaties between the two countries ; and whereas the said annexation is a violation of every conservative principle of society , an assault upon the rights of Mexico , an insult to her dignity as a sovereign nation , and menaces her independence and political existence : therefore , the Congress of the Mexican Republic solemnly declare that the law of the United States for the annexation of Texas to the American Union in no respect impairs the rights which Mexico possesses and will maintain to tbat department . " Furthermore , that the _Unii _* d States having disregarded the principles on wh ' wu are based treaties ofamitv , commerce , and _naviti . _'iftn , and more especially of boundary , Congress _coi- >; ders them violated bv the United States .

      " And , finally , that the i :-. _:.-,. - _{¦ usarpation of which it is sought to make Mexico ue victim , makes it her duty to take up arms in lit * - * defence to oppose such usurpation , and with the full and rightful determination to use all her _resources and _powecto prevent the annexation decreed by the I uited States . " The second project consist of four articles , which are as follow : — " 1 st . The Mexican nation calls upon her sons to defend their national indej _:-. ' ; _idence , threatened by the usurpation of the territory of Texas , which is sought to be consummated by a decree passed bv Congress , and sanctioned by the President of the United States .

      •• 2 nd . Therefore the Government will con sider itsell at liberty ( podraponer ) to call forth its entire permanent and active military force , agreeably tothe authority given to it by existing laws . " 3 rd . For the preservation of public order , and the maintenance of her institutions , and , if necessary _, as a reserve for the army , the Government , in virtue ofthe power granted to it on the 8 th of December , l $ i 4 . may levy the troops to whieh said decree re-

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      fers , under the name of defenders of independence and the laws . " 4 th . With a view to the efficient maintenance of the rights of the republic , the Gvvermnent is authorised to procure all extraordinary resources which um be deemed necessary , making known to Congr _^ the necessary steps to be taken , conformably to the constitution . " . We do not perceive that any action was taken on the above proposition by the Mexican . Congress . Dreadful Earthquake . —It will be remembered that recent accounts acquainted us with particulars of frightful . shocks of an earthquake experienced at Mexico on the 7 th . We have now to add a repetition of this awful disaster in thecapital on the 10 th ult . Our examination of the papers has failed to enable

      us to discover many details of the amount of ruin and desolation occasioned by this convulsion , but from the fact that tho journals unite in describing its effects as terrifie , we presume the destruction must have been great . The Diario of the llth states that the earthquake occurred about ten o ' clock a . m ., and lasted forty seconds ; -that it * overthrew many new buildings , and . many others that had escaped the former visitation ; that most of the inhabitants , stricken with terrori left their houses and took refuge in the open fields and public squares , passing the night without shelter and in the utmost consternation . The _Veracruzano of the 14 th ult . states that private letters furnish a gloomy picture of the desolation that / has Men upon Mexico . ' . The Hesperia of the 12 th , states that the earthquake ofthe 10 th

      completed the destruction of the cupola of Santa Teresa , and increased the damage done to the churches of Santo Domingo ' and San Francisco . But for the shortness of its duration the entire city would have been laid in ruins . Mexico did not suffer alone . The shock was felt in a number of towns and villages within a radius of several hundred miles ; At Puebla the earthquake was experienced on the ' 7 th , about four o ' clock p . m ., but its effects were comparatively slight . Several churches were injured , and many private edifices were greatly damaged , though none were absolutely destroyed . At Acuartillo and Toluea . the effects of the shock were more considerable . At Guadalajar , Morclia , and Vera Cruz , the earthquake was experienced both on the 7 th and 10 th , but on neither occasion was the injury very serious .

      ITALY . Rome the Last Conservator of Igkokance and Barbarism . —We take the following statement from the Athenceum of Saturday last : — " In the Roman States violent efforts are making , by exclusions and interdictions , some of which seem almost puerile , to arrest the march ofthe world . Rome would fain do , in the midst of Europe , and reached by all its paths , what China , with her remoteness ahd her seclusion oi ages to help , has failed to maintain , —draw a wall around her petty material empire , and sit within it under the shadow of the past , while the nations around are walking in light . She would be thc " Sleeping Beauty" of Holiness ; around whom all things should be struck into the attitude of years

      agewhile about her a forest of prejudices and exclusions is vainly planted to keep out the foot of any who would awaken her . Our readers are aware , no doubt , that the Pope has refused the transit of all railways through any part of his temporal dominions : so tbat these innumerable lines , wliich are bringing "the ends of the earth together , " with all the prodigious moral and material force that they convey , are suddenly stopped , as by a spell , on all the edges of this '' Sleepy Hollow . " What if the spell be too weak to hold them ? May not St . Peter's itself be driven down by tliese tremendous agents , for which no pathways will have been . provided ? It nearly dislocates the imagination to descend from this grand measure of resistance , to the last interdiction issued by the Head of the Catholic Church against the progress of

      discovery . His Holiness forbids the introduction into his dominions of the dangerous and heretical process of gilding metals by means of galvanism ! We meddle not with theological discussion ; but the polity of a Government like the Papal is within our competency and we may venture to say , that if there be any necessary connexion between such a polity and the doctrines it is meant to defend , the latter cannot be true —or tenable . There is no Truth which cannot stand the test of human improvement ; and no spiritual edifice can hope for a prolonged existence , in this age of the world ,, which exists only by denying all thc lights , and resisting all the moral forces , of the time . If the Papal dominion is to endure , we' nray be sure it will soon travel by railway . "

      SYRIA . Civil War . —Horrible Massacres . —The following letter , dated Beyrout , the 17 th of May , allowing for some exaggeration , which under the feelings such atrocities would excite can scarcely be avoided , is , we fear , but too true a picture ot the state of affairs in Syria : — " A civil war , and one of extermination , reigns at this moment iu the mountain between the & uses and the OMatians , and during the last fifteen days the horr ors we have seen perpetrated around us are dreadful . On every side the sounds of battle arc heard , and nothing is seen but fire and flame ! houses , villages , churches , and convents beconiingreciprocally a prey to thc flames . " At the moment I write we have before us the appalling spectacle of no less than eleven villages ,

      and a number of _Maronite churches and convents , in flames , and what is worse , when the Christians arc victorious , they enter the Druse villages , putting to the edge of the sword men , women , and children ; the Druses following the example when they are victorious . " All the silk-worms of both parties , the sole support of the Syrian population , have been burned . " The _conveata -af the Maionites and Catholics have not been spared ; they have been burned , and the bodies of then : priests , after death , have been burned by the Druses . Every horror is practised on their enemies- —for example , to kill by famine , massacre , open the bowels ot women in a state of

      pregnancy , drag forth the infant from the womb , and kill it , and a thousand other acts of barbarism are momentarily committed . " The poor Christians are much more numerous , and at the commencement were victorious over their eBemies ; but our Pasha , who is out with his regular troops , as soon as he perceives the Christians victorious , points his artillery against them , loaded with prapc , and compels this unfortunate sect to take to flight . The Druses immediately enter their villages , sacking them , burning their houses , goods , die . 1 do not doubt but the Pasha has secret orders from his Government to destroy and ruin the Christians entirely , or he could not so openly aid and assist thciv

      enemies . , " The fanaticism of tho Turks on the coast is daily becoming more and more visible , and we are menaced by a terrible revolution . In Saida they rose a few days since to massacre all the Christians ; but , thanks ' to some European ships of war , and to Uesohld Pasha , who left suddenly for the seat of disturbance , a calm , perhaps momentary , has suececded " Here , in Beyrout , a rising also took place a few days a » o , to put ; the Christians to death ; but , thanks to the energy of thc Consuls , and to some of the rich

      Turkish proprietors , a calm has succeeded . " At this moment , with the help of our glasses , we sec unfortunate fugitive Christians , women and children , to the number of 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 , onthe coast . Two ships of war , one French and one Austrian , and five or six small vessels , chartered by thc mercantile body , have sailed , to collect and save them from the dreadful death which awaits them from famine . I uo not know what so many _peopls will do here to live ; or what we all shall do , from the great existing scarcity of water , when the population of our city will be augmented by 15 , 000 ov 20 , 000 souls .

      ** llus , you may rely on it , is no exaggeration . I do not know how European Powers can tolerate such abominations , or the fanaticism of the barbarians , and remain inactive , when a handful of troops , ol any Christian nation , would suffice to cause their insolence to cease and to bring them to a proper sense of reason . " These details cannot but interest every civilized state of Europe . "May 20 . —Fire and battle continue to reign with destructive violence on all sides around us , and the news we have at this moment is , that the Christians haye been obliged to . tire on the regular troops , which places us in a veiy alarming position , as we

      fear a revolution of the Turks against all the Christians , and we are now all prepared , weapon in hand , to defend our houses ana the lives of our families . " Yesterday the Pasha wrote to the consular bodv thatitwas impossible for him to reconcile the hostile parties ' , and demanded assistance from them . But what can the Consuls do between two nations equally stupid , ignorant , fanatical , and superstitious ? Our c . it } 'A . a re dy fuI 1 of unfortunate mountaineers , of the Christians , men , women , and children , dying of hunger , whom the Consuls here are constrained to support in common charity . "

      ( From the Malta TixnesJ The news from this country is dreadful—it sickens the heart to be obliged to describe it . Besides the accounts given in the Levant papers ( which of course must palliate the events as much as possible ) , we have seen letters from Beyrout to thc 14 th inst ., which give a horrible account of Syria in general , and Mount

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      Lebanon in particular . For fifteen days previous wholesale murder , burning , and every possible crime was committed , while the Government would put no cheek to them . The greater part of the villages . nnd towns in the high lands are in ashes . The mania for bloed has spread to Palestine . The districts near Jerusalem are in arms , and several European travellers have been murdered . Heaven only knows how this terrible tragedy will end . In the bitterness of our heart we must now regret the blood and the millions lavished by the Four Great Powers for the re-conquest of this country , for the sanguinary , fanatic , and ignorant Government of the Sultan , in 1840 . What a sad return for it , and what a mournful triumph , for ' Mehemet Ali and Ibrahim Pasha—and France !

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      BLACKBURN . The Land . —Or Tuesday , evening a society was formed here , in connexion with the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , when a number of members enrolled their names and paid their entrance money . Another meetingwill be held at Mr . Newton ' s Temperance Hotel , Whalley Banks , King-street , Blackburn , on Tuesday , the 10 th instant , when all who are desirous of becoming members are requested to attend ; . " . '

      LEEDS . The Land Society . —The members of the Land Society met on Monday evening last , for the purpose of paying their second instalment . A pretty good number was present , and appeared to pay their money very cheerfully . Fifteen new members wcre enrolled . A wish was expressed by all present that either Mr . O'Connor or Mr . M'Grath should be requested to make a tour in the West Riding , for the purpose of bringing the Land question before the people . There are many persons who have not seen the rules in the Star , and are consequently ignorant of the way in which it is intended to place the people upon the land . A great many of this class have

      made inquiries about the plan , and when it is explained they at once join the Society . If public lcc « turcs were delivered upon the subject , and the necessary explanations given , there is not the least doubt but that hundreds in Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , and other places in the West Riding would hc added to the Society from amongst those working men who are not in the habit of attending Chartist meetings . The attention of tho Executive ought to be directed to this without delay . Let Bradford , Halifax , Dewsbury , & c .,. bring this question before their members , and solicit the presence of Mr . O'Connor , as there is no doubt he will gladly attend . At the close ofthe meeting it was announced that £ 1 16 s . 3 d . had been received .

      HOLBECK . The _Lasd . — A meeting of the members of the Holbeck locality was held on Sunday , June 1 st , at tho Bull's Head Inn , Holbeck , Mr , John Perridgc in the chair , when the following resolutions were agreed to * . — " That a branch of the National Land Society be formed to join the National Society , " " That a public meeting be held on Monday , June 9 th , at eight o ' cloek p . m ., at the Bull ' s Head Inn , for the election of officers . "

      BILSTON . Lecture bv . Mr . Richards . —On Thursday evening , May 29 , a lecture was delivered in the National Charter Association Room , Bilston , by that old _vetev-Ain , Daddy Richards . Mr . Charles Powell in the chair . The lecture gave great satisfaction . MANCHESTER . Lectur-k . — A lecture was delivered in the Carpenters' Hall on Sunday evening last , by Mr . William Dixon , on the subject of tho Land , which was attentivelv listened to oy a respectable audience .

      PRESTON . The Land . —A meeting was held at tho house of Mr . James Duckett , 13 , North-street , on Monday evening , June 2 nd , to consider the propriety of forming a branch of the Co-operative Land Society , when fourteen persons put down their names for shares in the Society ; after which it was agreed that James Brown bo secretary , and James Duckett treasurer for tho district , and thata meeting be held every Monday evening at eight o ' clock , at the above house , to receive instalments and issue shares .

      BIRMINGHAM . Ship Inn Locality . —At our meeting on Tuesday evening last , a discussion arose respecting the formation of a council , and what steps should be taken with respect to tho Co-operative Land Plan , which ended with the following resolution being adopted : — " That the secretary send notice to the Star , stating that we meet here on Tuesday next , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , when business of Importance will be brought before the meeting . " All persons favourable to the Association are respectfully requested to attend .

      LANCASHIRE . Last Su . vday a delegate meeting took place at the White House , Blackstonedge _, The following delegates were present : —Todmorden , Enoch Ilorsefall ; Halifax , Charles Fielding ; Littleborough , James Coup ; Heywood , John Nail , chairman ; Rochdale , Edward Mitchell , corresponding secretary . The following resolutions were passed : — " That a campmeeting be holden at Robin Hood ' s Bed , near the White House , Blackstonedge , on Sunday , June 22 nd , when Messrs , George White , of Bradford , William Dixon , of Manchester , and William Bell , of Heywood , will address the meeting . " " That each locality be requested to send a delegate to the White House on the same day ; to meet at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . " Any locality wishing to correspond , to address to Edward Mitchell , at George Taylor ' s , Temperance Hotel , High-street , Rochdale .

      BRADFORD . Os Sunday the members of the Council met in theirroom , Butterworth-buildings . Theaccountswere audited , and one-fourth of the contributions ordered to be sent to the West Riding meeting for the Executive . Messrs . Wilcock and Jackson were appointed delegates to the West Riding meeting , to beheld in Halifax on Sunday next . Ox Sunday Evening a Chartist meeting was held at the Queen's Head , near Halifax . Mr . G . White , J . Alderson , and several others , addressed the meeting , on the state of Chartism in the countiy , with good effect . Ox _Satdbdav Evening the committee of the Powerloom Weavers met in the Chartist-room , Butterworth-buildings , when several new members were enrolled . This society is in a flourishing condition .

      The Land . —On Monday Evening a public meeting was held in Butter \ vorU \ -bniidin | s , to take into consideration the propriety of forming a branch of the Land Society , as proposed by the Chartist Convention . Mr . Clark was called to the chair , who briefly stated the object of thc meeting , and read from the Northern Star the letter of Mr . O'Connor on that subject . Mr . . Wilcock read the rules of the society , after which Mr . Smyth addressed the meeting on tiie condition of the people in manufacturing towns , rates of wages , and nature of employment , and showed that the land was the only true mode of ascertaining the value of labour . At the conclusion thirty-three members were enrolled , and paid one shilling each as a deposit on the shares . A committee of nine persons were elected ; Mr . Alderson was chosen treasurer , Mr . Smyth secretary , and Mr . Thos . Wilcock sub-secretary .

      BARNSLEY . The Land . —The adjourned meeting on the Land question was held in Mr . Adam ' s large room , on Monday evening ; Mr . John Vallance in the chah The meeting was addressed by the chairman , Messrs Mirfield , Leary , Segrave , Daly , Hebden , and others . Seven new members entered . Fifteen more have commenced a branch at Ardslev Stainfoot , another branch is about to be opened at Dodworth , and another in the Odd Fellows' School-room in Barnsley , so that the prospect here is encouraging .

      BACUP . _Meet _* . vg . —On Sunday last thc Chartists ofBacup held a camp-meeting on Goose-green , Coupe , when Mr . Wm . Barker was called on to preside . Mr . Tagg and Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , addressed the meeting . On Sunday evening Mr . A . Hurst , of Oldham , delivered a lecture in the Association-room , Rochdaleroad—subject , " The influence of commerce on the destiny of nations . " After the lecture a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , and the meeting broke up , highly pleased with the sentiments they had heard . The Land . —On Tuesday , June 3 rd , a preliminary meeting was held in the above room , to take into consideration the propriety of joining the Chartist Land Society . Many names were given in , and the meeting was adjourned to niuc o ' clock on Sunday morning , June 8 th , when the members and the public are requested to attend .

      CARLISLE . The Land . —On Sunday evening hist there was , according to announcement , a public meeting in the Chartist- Association Room , fi , John-street , Caldewgate , and , Sunday though it was , tha room

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      which was none of the smallest , waa fiUed to inconvenience . Shortly after six o ' clock , the time appointed for the meeting to take place , Mr . . John Gilbertson was called to the chair . The _chairmaa liaving briefly stated the object of the meeting , proceeded to rea 5 the rules ofthe Chartist Cooperative Land Society ; also the letters of Mr . OConnor from ihe Star of the 241 k aud 31 st of May , which gave general satisfaction . Thomas _Roney moved , and Mr . John Morgan seconded the following r _*»( Jlu _*' tion , which was unanimously agreed to : — " That after having heard the rules , tic ., read , drawn up . by the late Chartist Convention for the allocation of the people of this country on the land of

      their natiritv , we consider it will accord with our interests to join tho Chartist Co-operative Und Society . " Mr . Joseph Ricbardson moved , and Mr . John Lowry seconded , " That those who _aw wilhnt ; to join the Chartist Co-operative Land Society give in their names , after which wc shall proceed to elect a committee , a secretary , and treasurer . " Carried . The work of enrolment then commenced , which ended in twenty-one setting down their namea as members , some of whom paid in their first instalment . The following persons werc appointed as the committee , to serve for tho period of one month : — James Hamilton , Joseph HaU , John Gilbertson , John Young , John Morgan ; Alexander Milhollond ,

      treasurer ; Nicholas Fish , secretary . The meeting , then adjourned until next Sunday evening , the 8 th inst ., at six o ' clock , in the same place , and it is anticipated a greater number of shares will be taken out . The people here seem to take up the Land question with great spirit , much more so than we ever expected _. We havo hot the least doubt but Cumberland will be amongst the foremost in this undertaking .. _^ _Tke only fear is , that when it comes their lot to go on to tha land they wiU have to _le-ive thoir native county ; this they are not inclined to do , . for they are , generally _, speaking , "large in the organ of concentrativeness ; but we trust this will come under the notioe of the next Conference .

      _Quabtkuly Meetino of the Chartist Association . —The members of the Chartist Association here , met , on Tuesday evening last , for the purpose of hearing accounts read over , and to nominate a new council . * Mr . John Morgan was called teW : he chair . The Secretary , John Lowry , then read the balance sheet , and on the motion of J _« hn McGuire , seconded by Henry Caddie , it was unanimously adopted . The following persons were then nominated as councillors for the ensuing quarter : —Robert Graham , Joseph Richardson , John Gilbertson , Thomas Honey , Henry Caddie , Henry Gaite , Wm . Doby , John McGuire , John Morgan , John Sinclair , Wni . Bulman , Joseph Ruraley , lsanc Martin , Edward McGinness , James Hirst ; William Coulthard , sub-treasurer ; John Lowry , sub-secretary . After arrangements had been made for collecting in some of the districts , the moetiini adjourned .

      OLDHAM . Lectuke . —On Sunday last , Mr . Wm . Bell , oi Heywood , delivered an energetic address , on the Reformation , so called , in the reign of Henry the Eighth . He shewed in a lucid manner , how the rights and privileges of thc poor have , at different periods , been taken away by Acts of Parliament , and argued that those rights and privileges would never , to any extent , be restored but through a reformed House of Commons by moans ofthe people ' s Charter

      MB , CLARK'S TOUB , To the Ciiabtist Body . —Friends , —As I anticipated , the meeting * to which I alluded in my brief communication in the _< _Sffli * of Inst wed * ., was a bumper , the large room belonging to the Christian Brethren , and wliich they kindly lent for the occasion , was crowded by the _ansious friends of the cause at Hanley , Mr . Moss was called to the chair , and in a short , but pithy speech , called-attention to the subject for which the meeting was convened . I was then introduced , and spoke for an hour and a half iu support of uiy position , viz ., that the land ought to belong to Hie whole community , and that no Government can deprive them of it without violatinir _nv- > rv nrin « it > u of justice and honesty : and that whilst I would never cease to advocate that great and eternal truth , I was nevertheless of opinion , that the p-i _« pl « . -would ne-jer struggle forit until tliey were made practically acquainted

      of iis value , which could now be doue by carrying out the Land plan laid down by the Convention . I also adverted to the Registration and Election project , which was very well received ; the old and staunch friends of the Charter pledging themselves to see to its enforcement . On Thursday' evening I attended an out-door meeting at Fave . Green , near Hanley , convened by the ' council of the Hanley locality . Mr . _Mous } was again elected to preside , and delivered an interesting address , after which I spoke ; aud never in my life did I witness greater attention _paicf than this numerous assemblage devoted to the speeches of both myself and thc chairman . The subject under con . sideration was , " The propriety of thc working classjoining the Chartist body in their attempt to destroy * vicious , and establish a wise and just form of Govern . ment . " Discussion was again challenged , hut not ao eepted , and the meeting dissolved _.

      Hanlev . —On Sunday evening I again lectured on th _« . Crown Bank , Hanley , to a very large meeting—subject , " The duties of Government . " Mr . Jeremiah Yates , ono of the most persecuted men in thc Chartist movement ( and tliat is saying a great deal ) , acted as president . I was listened to with the greatest attention , and was pleased to learn that my address had done some good . In _llauley _tlitt people are all pretty well employed , and , notwithstanding , there is perhaps a better spirit prevail _, ing amongst the working classes there than in most other parts of the country . This , I think , is mainly attributable ! to the exertions of an industrious and intelligent council , though in no part of the country has the terrible * power ofthe capitalists been more severely felt , as it was only required tlmt a man should be a known Chartist to _subjict him to the vilest persecution , and , worse than all , to _pvosci'ipf ion from employment , whicli means starvation for liimself , his wife , and family .

      _Lon'otox . —Oa Sunday afternoon I lectured here in t "Working Man ' s Hall—a fine building , capable of _holdin _* about two thousand persons , but not yet finished , in consequence of the disgraceful indifference of those for whose interest it has been erected . Several good men having advanced sums of money to put it in its present state of forwardness , have now the entire responsibility of it thrown upon tlieir bands , and many outstanding demands are left to them to discharge . 1 hope the shareholders ' will take this hint , and pay up their arrears , and not sacrifice their friends through theu : own want of

      principle . The Longton Chartists have certainly discharged _, then * duty well in the election of their own friends to filL the several local officers , despite the malignant efforts of "Walker and Company * , in fact , in this matter , they have set the country a most excellent and worthy example , and . I hope they will not tarniah the triumph they have so nobly achieved , by neglecting this piece of friendly ad- _, vice , which I feel it my duty to offer them . The meeting on Sunday was uot a very numerous _oae _,. owing to turn fact that no other announcement than that which appeared in the Star was made of the _meeting being- held ,-. and the liberal bailiff will not allow the town crier to .

      _announce any meeting for any _purpose-tobeheld in the hall . This desire on the part ofthe authorities to put down the only place in whieh the working men can meet , ought ta make the friends mora enthusiastic in their support of it . Mr . Stephen Amison _, highway surveyor , churchwarden , and Chartist secretary , occupied the chair . I took for my text the speech of Lord John itussell on the condition of the labouring classes , aud , of course , ridiculed the remedy wliich the noble (!) lord proposes to apply fo the grievances of the people . I attended a public meeting in th * same place on Monday evening , called , for the purpose of adopting the national petition proposed by the Executive Committee , on thc land . The meeting was much more numerous thau on the previous day . Mr . John Bloomfield ( not the Bishop of London ) was unanimously

      chosen to presidt , and after stating the business of th * meeting , introduced Mr . Moss to move the adoption ofthe petition , wliich he did in an able speech , at the conclusion of n'rich lie ivas loudlyeheered . Mr . Birch seconded it , I supported it , and had the satisfaction of seeing it unanimously adopted , I enrolled several members of the National Charter Association , and also of the Land Society . On Tuesday morning I left Hanley for Stockport , where I was to have addressed a meeting of the inhabitants on the subject of the land ; but about an hour before th < s time aTmotmceCi for commencing business , the rain began to descend in torrents , and continued so until after nine o ' cloek . A

      number of persons , however , repaired to the Association _, room in the Hillgate , aud I delivered a short address oa . ' the necessity of perseverance and union . At the request of the council and members of the Association , I have agreed to return to Stockport nnd deliver two lectures _^ , onc on Sunday and the other on Monday evening nest _, proceed to Macclesfield to-night , to address a meeting on the Green . My friend "West will be present ; and I w K _^ not say how valuable his assistance will be . 1 havo ju 8 received a letter from my friend Mr . Ilevington _, of Ha * a \ tJ informing me that Mr , Evans , editor of the P otter _j Eaznaincr , has agreed to meet me in public discuss ! on j h Hanley , on "Home Colonization versus Jimigratir lVL » ' i take the former and Mr . Evans _theliitter . Thedif _« _L :. — _ussion

      _„„ . " --- -- -- « c to take place to-morrow ( Thursday evening ) . I _y _^ M forward the result , if possible , for the list edition of the - _?*/ ir " —Thomas Clark . —Stockport , Tuesdav ,

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      ********* _''" _''• _"' ¦ _f' _—^ _Qfp _^ _+ _r * rs _* _s , * r , _'ts _+ _jf -few Strand _TunAinE—We visited tV ' _. prettv little theatre on 1 _riday evening , for the first tin _« , since the oro duclion of Mr . Lemaa Kcde ' s new dram * ., the _S _& _mmt Cellar ; ox ; Cpsaxid _Doiexxs of Life . "ft "« e expected something superior from the peu of Lema _* v . lted and our expectations were more than realised . * j- * j e characters were well _sustained-so well by all , tt _. af St would be invi dious to single out particular actors or -actresses for la » * datoiy notice . Clairvoyance _followed , and kent th » audience in good humour thyoi _^ hm . t i . i formancc . The new three act drain a cut " led iv _, _/** by _Kght , was the next piece - ' w £ ? * f '* a motley assemblage of London f ia _' h _, „ _! „ _i _™ men , bailiffs , sweeps , _baked- 'tato * _» _v % i _^ f f JT knowing cWm , male and' Z e _* _£ If J _^ f found flourishing in London t ., \ S ' _^ , _, be eluded with the e ;; travugiu . _x / Vv £ , _« - _^ Wb ° r ° _n-Adventures of < , Friihn , ar . ?;; ' " f " ° >* "t , or tie present , and the whole of the t . -2 _l . _5 Maice wa » _vcrsal applause . For a , evenhif Z ? cl , citcd uni - _right sort Kv can _«« ,., ' i ! gS cntert »«* mcnt of th » pLla . _thean-e ! " * _tiewm _^ _«* _Served *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07061845/page/1/