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      Afakc-H U, 1848. The Northern Star - & -...

      _AfAKC-H U _, 1848 . THE _NORTHERN STAR - & - _^ _^ , i __ __ _^^ r- _^^^^^^^^^ _i _^^^^^> _w _^ _fB _***^^ _wM * - _^^^^ st _* irr _^ _g _^^ ig _^ l f' _^^ Wff ffB ? _^ _T' _^ _K ** l' _^ ' _^* _iMP' _^ ' _^ ' _^ r * _lff'M lf _^^ BP _^ l I _^ _HrB _iP _JT _^^ _^^__ _^^ _*^ _^^ " _^ *

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      "** *""" Yiy£La Republique. Wnuie Tbee, ...

      " ** * " "" YiY £ LA REPUBLIQUE . _wnuie tbee , _Briiaoaia ! awak _^ from thy slnmberB , _jjie tocsin h »* sounded to freedom the call , _jh ; _nsiions of Europe have risen in number ? , _fo _bumi-Ie their tyrants , and burst from iheir thrall Crowns , _miins , sceptres , and such useless things , Ave _fadia _* away 'midst the ruin they _SEtk : PI , , d ownfall of tyrants , of priestcraft , and kings , 15 the cry of ihe free , az . d _Hrs * _-s Republique . _y [ t . onovr and prais _? to the brave sons of Gaul Vf lo liave crumbled the _throneoi a tyrant to dust ; . The _= _Iavs snd the free bath r . joicejira _t- ; e fall Of the traitor aad tyrant— -the fold kiss of lust _, _jr- _.-re in the fight—mercy shown to the _ranquishec!—proclaita you as worthy the . triumph you . B : fcll - , jn slavery long your brave children bavo _la-. _icaished _, Then raise high the skout of Tire la Republique . flow long shall Britannia ia raps and starvation ,

      Sieher lion lie dormant and _ctoiehsnl in chains ' - Then rouse ye up triumphant to win _l-. er sa ' vation , _Xnd give u < the fruit _wfcicia sweet lib -rty _g _^ ins . _-j-b- r _.. 3 _e- of 'by sons shall _ Vit thhke thB _liijli pile , t b 3 : _' e b . irr . d to their wants sud -. he rights which they _> eck , _Sijon _, sona will the _foes of tbis _i-la = s-zo _« _-n _> e _. * l isle J ! _ij-sc the cry of the Ciisrttr 1 _H « ts _RepvM ' que . _irdE" ' . dear Erin J thou poor land of slav _' ry , Th e -orkshop of tyran _. s , base traitors and fo _^ s ; go _* I _.-ns shall false friends with thiir 'blarney' deceive ye , V . 'lii _' e want and _disease fill the cup of thy woes ! Like thy owm _naiive shamrutli—three leaves upon one

      stem . Unite with the _thi »* _Ie , the rose , and the leek ; Tra = i _. e * - * - _« _ngaed sVuut your _rights , till from fear je have won thtm , Orr .: ise loud th-: cry of Tire la _RepnUlgue . Thus united , ba 5 e faction _» i ; l qu-. il at _oarmijht , Aud be p lease ;? lo give that when our power Cruld obtain , A repeal of all f _rUvMisa _*' , and theju « t right , To l-: v = on the wealth that our _cutr-. is gain . BUI M _' _- _'uld _ihtT insanely ill pride _-p .. r =. our prayer , And bi J _u > in _ot ' .-r Ur . aR _liberty _* -tk . __ . One load and ' <> ep « _-r . n will rin _? _thr-j-.-h the ai « _- , lire laIUpuiSg \ _ie . ' _Vu-e . ' "fire h . _B--j >« _Nious . * Edwik Gill .

      The Followins Son? 5a The Production Of ...

      The _followins son ? 5 a the production of that good m . t > , and tree _o--trio t , tha lata William Rnscnp , t . f _Livei-cno * . and M P . for that buroii _^ h in 1 S 03 . It ai'peared on the _hreakinj out of the French R -volution in 17 S 9 ; t . \ . d I t' ink yon will a _^ ree with me that the _seatimoits which v- _brA-ithe » .-re holy . Dear sir . if you think its pubiic-atim _^ in the St _' ak not aa mcro . ichment on > our spaee , its insertion in that luminary woaJd ~ ijr £ '' lt'y GbJige , Toars respectfully , John * _Rosedes . P . S . —Tt sine _? admirably to the tune commonly called ' Green cm th * Gape . " THE DAT STATl OF LIBBHtY . O ' er the Tine-covered hills , and gay regions of Franc * , See tne dav star of LihertT

      _rise—Through clouds of detraction _unweandadvance , And hold its new course in the skits . _A'i effulgence so » i _! 5 , with a lustre so bright , Ail E _jrops with wonder surreys ; An- ! from _rfeserts of eJar * _tn ? _s-: , and dungeons of _nijht _, _Contends for a share in the _blaz :. Let Bu-ke , like a bat , from its splendour retire , A _yjiiendonr toe strong- for his eyes ; L _^ t pedants and fools his _eausio-. s _adaiire , _Botrapt in fci _< cobwebc like flies . _~> Shall fnnzy aad sop _^ _iftry _> ope to prevail , Wha'i reason opposes her weight ; _TTben tbe wrlfaTe of _iciHior . s is hung in the scale , And the _balaieevettr mblts with fate «

      Oh ' wVomid the _darkarss of night _wauld abide , That can ta < tc the swe _;> t bn _ezes of mwtn ? And -who that _Kaa rir _iti"k _o £ tiie cnr 5 S * _Hlline tide , To ihs f _,-cu _]* sit flood wonlri _ralurn * When the _bGsotu of beauty tke throbhin _? heart _msets , Ah ! who would the transport _dtclins ! A-aa _chothat has _tas-ed of Libertj ' * sweets , The prize , but wiih l _** f- _, would resign ? Sut 'ii * over , hieh Heaven the _dteision _approTts , Oppression ha _» _struggled in Tain ; To tbe Hell she had formed , superstition removes , Ami Tyranny sn 3 _ws its own chain .

      Ia the records of time a new era unfolds , AH 2 f atura exalts in the trrth ; His CT . ation benign , tfce Creator beholds _. And gives a new charter to earth . Oh' catch its h ' gh import , ye winds S 3 _y-j blow , Oh ' bear it ye waves as y ? _roll—Frcaa ths _natious ibat fesl ths sou's vertical glow , To the f . _rthest extremes of the pole . _Sqsal rights , _cq-ssl l _* ws to the nations around—Peace and friendship its precepts impart , An i -wherever thc _foo-steps of man _caa be found , May he bind the decree _oniiis hearf .

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      The Labo L Rer. A Monthly Magazine Of Po...

      THE LABO L RER . A Monthly Magazine of Politics , _literature _. Poetry , dr . No . XV . March , Edited by Feabgus O'CouKoa , Esq ., M . P . and Ernest Joses , E _> q . London : Northern Star OSce , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; James Watson , 3 , QuetB ' s > _Head-passage ; Manchester , Abel Heywood . This number of tbe Labouree is more than nsually rich and varied . The limited space of onr paper , taken up , as it is , by political movements of mighty import , precludes onr dwelling at lengch upon the how

      contents of this excellent number . Nest week , - ever , we propose , if possible , to justify onr praise by extracts . Ernest Joses contributes a splendid poem , it slight be called an annal of recent events , entitled ' The March of Freedom . ' 'The Dying Speeeh and Confession of an Ex-Kin ? , ' is excellent . The current ehapsr of the ' _^ Insurrections , ' is at present of peculiar interest , as iilnstratin <* : the Origin of liberty in Switzerland—while ' The Romance of a People' contains a trnly brilliant account of the Battle of Grceh _« w , one of the most surprising event * Of any age . Altogether , we strenuously recommend tbis number to all intellectual readers .

      To The Right Honourable The Lords Spirit...

      TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IX PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED .

      The Petition Of Robert Owe.\\

      THE _PETITION OF ROBERT OWE . _\\

      Sheweth,—That In The Excited State Of Eu...

      Sheweth , —That in the excited state of Europe , when ( he great contest- between Aristocracy and Democracy has arisen , truth alone can save both parlies from the prolonged dire effects of violence , plunder , and bloodshed , with -which such conflict and haired , if not prevented , cannot fail to inflict _tipon the population of the present half civilised _world . That it will he true wisdom in all parties to adopt decisive _measures to prevent the further progress oi this conflict , seeing tha results of its commencement in Switzerland , Italy , and France .

      That the wisest course to adopt in this country , being the most easy to execute by the present government , and to secure the safety of persons and property , -without change iu position of the upper classes , will be at once to go to the real root of the evils of society , both in principle and practice . By this _preiceeding all frill be permanently _benefited , and no one will be injured in mind , body , or estate . The aristocracj will be enabled to retain their titles and property , as long as they may desire without let or hindrance ; and the Democracy will , through their own exertions and new position , be io placed that they will gradually be elevated in their condition , and Lave _iio cause to envy any parties , nor desire to change places with those who now possess titles , property , and distinction , in

      consequence . That by going to the root of the evils which now afflict society , in principle and _practice , and superseding them by true principles and consistent practice , there will be no difficulty to effect that which ephemereal writers and politicians understand _^ not , and Say is _impractirable _, namely , that it is visionary to _£ _ive productive and profitable employment to all ; to give them a good and valuable character , and to -place them virtuously instead of viciously , as all Classes are now placed throughout the world . That it will be true wisdom in the Democracy to allow the existing governments to make the change from the present system of falsehood and folly to that of truth and common sense ; and in the governments heartily and honestly to make the change . .

      That your petitioner knows tbe means by which Ibis change can be most beneficially effected for all _parties , and he is willing and ready to develope them to efficient , practical men , with minds sufficiently _, expanded to comprehend the difference between a false and true system of society ; between two states of human existence totally distinct , the one continually creating injustice and evil , the Other perpelually producing progressive prosperity , and superior conduct and happiness for all _^ Your petitioner , therefore , prays that efficient measures may be adopted to have this vital subject fairly and fully examined and reported upon . And your petitioner . "sill for ever pray , & c . RP _322 _T _Owss . London , March . & b , _aM 3 .

      Union Of English And Irish Repealers, Co...

      UNION OF _ENGLISH AND IRISH REPEALERS , _CONFEDERATES , AND CHARTISTS . TO _rXTRICK o ' higgiss , esq . Sir , —An aggregate public meeting of the English and Irish Kcpealers of the Manchester district , will lake place on . the evening of the 17 th ef March , ( St _Patrick ' s day ) in ihe Free Trade Hall , to consider the best means uf forwarding the cause of Repeal in England ; and tbo jommittte appointed te make arrangements for the meeting , would feel proud _ai-. d thankful and esteem it a great favour to themselves , snil to the Repeal body here , if you would be pleased to aiUm ! . Mr \ Y S . O'Brien , Mr F . O'Connor , a deputation : roin the Irish Confederation , and several other ead ' mg Irish aud English Repealers , are expected

      U UlVCIlll . I have the honour to he , sir , ] Your obedient humble servant , I Jamrs Smith , Secretary . Manchester and Salford Confederates . ' 93 , Great _Ancoats-street . Feb . 17 , 1 S _48 .

      To Jambs Smith, Esq., Secretary To The M...

      TO JAMBS SMITH , ESQ ., SECRETARY TO THE MANCHESTER AND SALFORD CONFEDERATE CLUB . Sir , —I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of your polite letter , _inviting me to attend an aggregate public mealing of the English and Irish fiepcaicrs of the Manchester district , to be held in the Free Trade Hall , on the _lTth of March . Be assured , sir , that I feel highly honoured b < - this invitation , aud shall attend your meeting with more pleasure than ever I attended a public uieeling -, because that meeting will , I hope , lay the foundation of a cordial _unionbetween the _Eng'ish and the Irish people—a union which I have always bern most auxi . _iusly desirous to see accomplished ; and which , in my humble opinion , will ultimately , and at no _veij * repose period , _overthrow tyranny and oppression in both countries .

      The idea of repealing the Union , without thc aid of our noble and generous English brethren , appeared to roe to hs perfectly absurd ; and the _refusal to receive that aid , and the insults flung from time to time upon thera , was not only mischievous , but ami-Christian . Thank God I you are going to put an end to this for ever . Wish respect to the Repeal of the Union itself , my opinion is , that the Irish leaders of that great question , never took a step towards its achievement .

      The late Mr O'Connell knew right well Ihe ¦ difficulties that stood in the way of Repeal . Ha also knew fall well that the means he employed were not adequate to the end ; but he took right good care that his followers should not know this . He knew that ihe Sovereign had not the power to repeal the Union , nnr the power to call an Irish Parliament ia Dublin , or any place else . He knesv that the Repeal of the Act of Union would not confer one solitary right on the Irish people . -. He knew that the repea ! ofthe Union Statute would not resuscitate the Irish Parliament—that is to say , three hundred Commoners and one hundred Lords . He knew that fhe Union could not he repealed , except by means wliich he affected to repudiate .

      1 st . —By an extension of the franchise sufficiently large to empower the electors to return none but pledged Repealers—that i $ to say , pledged to oppose every ministry but one that would make the Repeal of the Union a Cabinet measure . 2 nd—By fighting for jt . And , in tiie _discussion with Alderman Butt ( page 191 ) , Mr _O'ConneU said , he would accept of aa 'inferior and dependent Parliament ;* and this degrading proposition Was _OllGered _h _] _IriSU Repealers . The surest mode of effecting a Repeal of the Union is that which your great _aggregate meeting Contemplates—namely , a union of all parties favourable to that measure—and , I would add based as it should be on the subjoined principles .

      Thanking you , and the managing committee , most sincerely for the distinguished honour you have conferred on me , by yonr invitation to assist in establishing a nnion of honest men for the attainment of rights , in which all are equally interested , and in the benefits of which all shall be participators , I am , Your obedient servant , Patrick _O'IIiggins . Dublin . February 27 . 1848 .

      The Irish Universal Suffrage Association...

      THE IRISH _UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Is founded _spon the pure and _tannine _prtneiples of RADICAL REFORM ; Its tMtto is , ' P 2 _ACS—LiW—OEDEB . ' _* lnd _Us 6 l _$ eett 3 , TO SECCRB A FCLL , FREE , AKD FAIR REPRT-SBKTATIOS OF _TCE PEOIfiB IX IBS C _iJIMOSS' HOUSE OS FAHLIA _SISSI .

      Prl.Vc'ples. 1,—That The Power Of Making...

      PRl . VC ' PLES . 1 , —That the power of _making _lawafor this realm , is , bj the coaifitutiun , lodged in the _handa of the _ioiereign , the lords of parliament , and the _representatives ef the commom . , 2 . —That it is required by the principles of the Con . stitutiou , that the whole body of the peopie should be really _reprssenket in tne House of Commons . 3 . —Thatthe _presentgrstem of virtual representation is not real representation , and i 9 , therefore , no repre . testation at all . 4—That those who have no Totes for electing repre-65 _Utatives are _tas slaves of the representatives of those who have rotes , 5 . —That where thera is ho representation , there c » a be no _csnstitutional power of taxation .

      : —That the rich and the poor , being of the samo _speciei , are under the same lairs of nature . _- and being alike capable of benefit or injury from tucir legislators , necessarily hate in the election of thoie legislators , the same right ; but the rich , in defence of iheir liberty aud property , have ivery _advantage which wealth , hnorfledge , sod the purchased powers of oth * rs afford them , while the poor , destitute of these , hav # no _securi'y , but in the purity of _legislation , nor any means of self-defence but in the repossession of the elective power . The poor , then , have an equal right , but more need , to elect representatives tban the rich . THS PEOPLE ' S SiaHTE . 1 . —T > . at rTery male Inhabitant _» f Great Britain and Ireland ( 'nf . _nts _, insane persons , and criminals only excepted ) is of common right , and bythe laws of 6 od , a fr » = man , and entitled to the lull enjoyment of political ViDiltJ ,

      2 . —Tnatit is essential to a _maa '« political liberty ibat he have a share either in legislation itself , or in the electing of those wbo are to frame tbe laws , which , al . though they ought to protect him is the full enjoyment of thoso aWlate _rjjfais which are Tested la him by Ihfl immutable laws of natnr * _, may yet be fabricated U the destruction of his person , hit property , his religions freedom , his family , and his fame ; thar , therefore , the right to UsivEasir . _Suksaoe is an Inherent right . 3 . —That it is a natural ri ght of the people of this em .

      pire , and required by the principles of the Constitution , that they elect n new house of repretentatives enee at least iu erery ytar ; because , _wheaever a parliament c & ntinucs in being fer a lenger term than one session , then thousands _« ho since it was chosen have attained to man's estate , ( that is to ssy , the age of twenty . one years ) and are , _therefore , entitled to enter into immediate p 08 . session of tbat elective power which is their best and most sacred inheritance , are in that case , unjustly de . nied _timr right , aHd excluded from the enjoyment of po . litical liberty .

      i . —That itis , therefore , _ri _^ _htandjustthatallthemale inhabitants of this kingdom , ( infants , insane persons , and criminals excepted . ) shall fully , fairly , and completely enjoy the Bleciive _Fraocbije _, that is to say , Unirersal Suffrage ; that , in order to protect the poor elector against tyranny , the voting shall be by Ballot ; tbat the parliaments shall be Annual ; that the _Property Qualification shall be Abolished ; that the whole empire shall be divided into Equal Electeral Districts ; and that the representatives ofthe people shall be paid .

      UKAV 8 TO _iCHf £ V £ THOSE SIGHTS , ) 1 . —By creating a public opinion ia favour ot those rights and principles , through _^ the medium of public _mestimjs , petitions to parliament , discussions , lectures , cheap publications , and the newspaper press ; and also by BtcuriBg the return of members to _parllasasnt _, pledged to support the object of the Association . 2 —By raising the _rcqaisito funds , by subscriptions and voluntary donations , to defray the expense * of the _Asiodatioa . _HUlESeF IHE 12 I 5 H _niJIVStSAl _TOFFEAQE _ASseetATIftH . 1 . —That all persons acquiescing in the object of this association shall be eligible to become members , by pay . Jng oae shilling annually in advance , _ansis sixpence for a card and a copy of the rules . 2 . —Tbat no religions or sectarian dissuasion shall bo permitted at any of the meetings of this association .

      a . —That a Handing _cbramitte & _-rj £ thirteen members , seven of whom to . he working _"Diea ,, ba chosen by ballot , at a general meeting of this _association , out of _whizb committee th » officers shall b _« selected ; and that the officers do c _» _rdst of a _presi- ' _Aeit _, two vice-presidents , a chief and an assistant seer « tary , a treasurer , and _Saance cosamittee- of three or m _^ re members , aa tbe general committee may deem r _. eceBBary ; and tbat fire _sssmbar * of the committee , thr _^ e of whom to be workisg nun , do form a quorum : _, _Rr 4 athat at tbe expiration © J six months from tbe _appcin'jnentofsuch committee , as well as of every _succee- _oUig committee , the six members _whosinsmes are j _^ npon _y st _& _£ i ttx \ x _6 ) but ba eligible to he re-- _. p _^ _ted . Provided , how « e » , that no perion shall b' . reaf ter * _» eligible to ba elwte . d a member of the

      Prl.Vc'ples. 1,—That The Power Of Making...

      committee who shall not have been duly eon-lied' a " ' member of this association , and have paid his _sutocri-j _]* _- Hon thereto for a psriod of one month previous te bucIj election or appointment of a new committee . i —That it shall be tha duty uf the president , or of I tha chairman for the _timeb-dnjr , to preserve order andregularity in the proceedings ; and in tbe event of aDymember being colled to order , tbe decision of the president or chairman shall be final ani conclusive . 5 . —That all mam bers addressing the chair , shall do so standing ard _uncovered , G . — Th it no msraber shall be at liberty to bring forward a motion at a meeting of this _association without ha _^ _inc given _on-i wet h _' s notice thereof in writing ; and that afttr a _resolution has been proposed and spoken to , tbe proposrr shall have the right to reply , and that _suth reply shall close the debate . 7 . —That the committee of this association do meet

      upon the second _M-.-nd :. y of ev-ry _moath _, or _oftene-l should the president or _s-cretary n quire it , at _sevea o ' clock in the evening , for tha _transaeti'm of _besines-s . _8—Thnt it shall be t / : e _Cutyof tbe secretary tn keep & book containing the names of tbe persons admitted as _rnerabsr- ; of ( his association , with the date of their _admiss on ; and thit upon any person having been duly _admitted a member , the secretary shall _delivir such _pavson a card of _iiamisHdn , and a copy of the _rolea and object sign ? d by hira , and tbat tho secretary shall also _krtp a bn „ k containing minutes of tho proceedings of this association .

      9 . —That it shall be tbe duty of the treasurer to _ber-p a bo' > k Gf > _atiiiiing an account of tbe sums received by him for entrance _moii' _-y of _mambirs , with the names of members and ths date of tbeir admission ; and of tbe _sam _* received by him , with tha names of subscribers ; and of oil other monies received by him for or on account of tbis association , and _ofalldiBbursementsmaele by him em account of and out of the funds of this association ; end that ho shall aot ranks any payment on account of the fund * of tbis aBsociatinn except npon an order s gned by at least _thrte m _mbi-rs of tbe finance committee ; and thnt itsfcal ! be his dmy to submit his accounts to ba audited _whiuevsr _wquired to do so . _l" _- ~~ Tbat all books , _papi-rs , snd _wri'injsof _orbrlongiap _tolthis association , shall at all times be open til the in « pection of tbo _aurliorities , ami to every member of tbe association , upon giring reasonable noiico to thn Secretary .

      11 —That no member of this association _sha' 1 act in tbe enpacity of delegate or reprcsent _» » _- « ; "od ii any _porfon shall assume or presume to act in any such Moacity _, ha s ! i » _ll be forthwith _espelled from tbe Irish Unirersal Suffrage A _« _ociati-. n ; and thnt no pemon _wh . v . _-ioaY _er shall be admitted as delegate from any other _hssociaVion . PsraicK _O'lIiGoiss , President . " rVitLiaji II . Dion , Secretary ,-

      Address Op The Executive Committke Of Th...

      ADDRESS OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTKE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TR \ DES OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR VUE _PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES . President . T . S . Dukcombs , _Etq . M . P . _forFinsbl-kt . TO TIIE MKROIO CITIZENS OF TIIE

      _FRENCH REPUBLIC . Liberty , Equility , Fraternity . Brethren ' . —We hasten to offer you our heartfelt congratulations on the unprecedented and immensely important victory you have achieved over the most venal and corrupt government that ever insulted a brave , and enlightened nation , and the most ungrateful aud perfidious tyrant that ever tlisgt 6 ii _§< lc _4 throne . Tills ? Jour latest , noblest , _compiefest victory , wil ! stand out gloriously prominent in the future history of nations , a bright example for imitation t 6 the oppressed , a terrible and it is to be hoped a salutary warning to the oppressor .

      The crimes and treasons of an eighteen years'despotism , conspicuous _aloi-. e for its dishonoured pledges and violated oaths , has been paralysed , and its elements scattered through the earth , in the hour of its greatest strength and most confident security , hy one vigorous efforf of an indi gnant and insulted people ; thus demonstrating that for a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it . Citizens of Paris , yon lime wisely willed and have as nobly won your freedom ; may yoa take heed to

      secure to the end of all time your glorious conquest . Frenchmen , we admire and do fitting homage at rour cool and undaunted bravery in the terrible hour of conflict ; we still more admire and honour your stoical virtue and chivalric magnanimity in the hour of triumph ; you nobly disdained to stilly the _biiliancy of your victory b y one act of unnecessary cruelty , but greatly enhanced your triumph by the most generous and unmerited forbearance on the wretched victims of your just and well regulated _indignation .

      We , the representatives of the miseries and unredressed wrongs of the trades of England , owe yod a debt of _gratitude for your avowed determination to accomplish on this occasion , not alone your political , but your social redemption . We hail this as the harbinger and advent of our own deliverance . We , like yon , are struggling to secure the fulfilment of the first and highest lair of humanity' That he who produces shall be tbe first to enjoy . ' Like yon , we have sown for others to reap ; like you , we bave toiled for others to enjoy ; and like you , we are resolved no longer passively to endure so great and monstrous an iniuslice .

      We await , then , with the most intense interest the deliberations of the ' Commission de GouYernement pour les Travailleurs ; ' we would caution you against tbe machinations and sophistries of those who would prolong their unjust monopolies , by __ references to Ihe canons of a spurious and cold-hearted philosophy . The false doctrines of political economy , and the consummated victories of free trade , have only tended to augment our poverty , and , as it would appear , to perpetuate our degradation . The great apostle of this monstrous deception has visited your country to disseminate those specious princi ples . A league , of capitalists is forming throughout Europe to strengthen and concentrate their ascendancy .

      Let a Labour league of the nations be established to emancipate its sons from their intolerable yoke . Let the' organisation of Labour' be henceforth the _question of the age . Our wants , our sympatbjeS f our interests , are identical . Let , then , our wrongs inflicted , and our rights _withheld , cement us in a holy indissoluble bond of brotherhood , and let _» ur Labour league be the antidote and corrective to the conspiracy of capital . By the organisation of Labour we do not indicate merely the associating for the power of wagintr _eie ' r ' n _^ lyar against the more prominent abuses o " f capital . The aims and objects of the 'British trades , ' whose representatives we are , is to obtain a thorough amalgamation of the rival interests , —

      Labour and Capital , —that the advantage to be derived from the improved mechanical and scientific inventions ofthe age may not be all monopolised l > y a class , numerically insignificant , at the expense , and to the gradual , destruction of the _toiling _millions . We are the _producers-of all wealth , and' we have ( de jure ) the primeval right to the fuil _irse and enjoyment of that wealth which our skill and ! ingenuity , and our increasing industry , ha 3- produced ' - Let those who can show a better title , or dare dispute the justness of our claim , throw _dtown- the gauntlet ; we shall gladly accept it ; with a > firaa determination to use every means which-are honourable and consistent with onr manhood to- battle- for the recovery and mamtenaace of our _iaprewripi & le

      rights . The commercial and trading system , of Europe is absolutely destitute of fixed principles .. Its _frautidations are based on a < j « _isi-sand of error * The keystone of its _superstructure is- in- ihe Zolverein , —protection to- native indastry ttwfoy , and , may be , free- trade- to morrowi . In _esJightened England it is- Efree Trade to-day , _andiwas _Fvotection yesterday . It is evejy where-a structure of _nristsrable expedients , destitute- e * all honourable _principle , and before the- ripening manhood of _intelligence is _tottering to- its- destREction . Yours , _ifrthe-pseud _prerogative to give this thi * g of * _shrads-andi patches' _tha-nnal emp de grace .

      The- heartlesssophistries . of Ma _' _ittms , and the more specious- _aaiS plausible theories of the M Calloch _schwh of political _economy has fastened thei * cold _grippe- oa British _inrUatry , and have paralysed its energie s * Now thea is the time for _astmn . Speak but the word and _maintain it , ani \ that word signs and seals the death _wiarant of bondage over the _proletariana of _Europe This , "Frenctraen , is . your mission . You have nohly fought a » d won . your ' vantage ground . We conjure , —we hope , —we know you will be steadfast to the end .

      Signed on behalf of the Trades of England and Scotland , Wm Robson , p . Greek , _"Wu . Peel , Wm . Wiuumson T . _Wisruas , E . HcjfPflBiB 3 . Wm . _SHAciaiiTosr . T . _BiBHATr , Secretary . To the President of the * "" Commission de _Gouvernementpour les Tmvailkurs , Paris .

      -J^E^L 1 P*M*M*Ifo*

      -J _^ E _^ _l P * m * m * _ifo *

      ... Monday . Mabch 6 Tiie Jfousb Op Lc11...

      ... MONDAY . Mabch 6 TIIE _jfouSB OP LC _11 D 5 m tor / short lime . The New _Z _. _oUnd Government Bill wa 9 rcaa B th 5 rd , imo an 6 _passed . " HOUSE OF COMMON _^ Th . Chairm nn of the Oarlisle ,, Election Commit _^ reported tha > Mr Dixon and ise Hot _gson were not _dnH elected _J & _iYiLEOi- -Mr G . _Berkeley gave notice of his _itu tnUion to move that all the standing order ., relative to broaches of the _privilege ofthe house be rescinded , ao they were of no use whatever . _FaEET is _theTagus . — To a question from Mr Hums ; _tord _Paiubbsion stated that orders had been given for ths wlthlrawal of t >> 6 balk of our squadrou from _Portugal . Admiral Ni . pierh . id _received _instructions to retnrn home , ond the only usual furco to protect British subjets and property would _retpatn . M . _sxrcAN Wab . —In reply to Mr R- _disson ,

      _Lnrd _Paluebstoh said that , when the lust accounts lcfi Meaico , n < _gotiations were in progress for the _cesaatifln of hostilirie . i . The local _nefrotiaws bad , ho be-Ueved ,. every elesiro to _i-ome to terms , but it would rest with tbo United States Government to decide whether _thi-y wi . is . ld ticc < _-pt the terms laid down or not . _CAir or Annette _JIeteih —Mr _Ewabt _Wgei ! loafh tbe Secretary of State for the Home Department whetherlt was intendei to carry tho sentence of death pronounced on Annette _Me-jtrsin _' . o execution « Sir 6 . _Gntv : I can give no other _anawtr to the _question than to say thai the whole official _i-no _^ _Iedge I hava of the subject is derived from a _Icttsr which I have r » - ceivert from the Lor . _l Chief Baron _before whom thoprisoner was tried , sta'ing what has heen the verdict of tba jury , anil that that verdict _wsg accompanied by a re _comrn-n _^ ation to mercy ( Hoar , _hi-ar . )

      Lord _Palnhrston and Mb _Urquhaet . —Mr _Usqit . hast said that on Wednesday la « t the noblo lord the member f » r Tiverton ( _Vitenunt PalmerBton ) had attri . _butr-d t « him corrupt motives in maltintr tha statement h » did _rt'sppcting tho noble lord's conduct iu the Fore / _frn Ofliee . The corrupt motive ho _nttrihutnilto him _tras , that on his ( Mr _Urquhart ' s ) beitis remove _' d from office , hi > had _msde those _charges , nnd continued to rnahe them , lie _believed that any imputation of that kind _n-ould nnd _oiiRhtto disqualify him , if true , far havim ; th * hoi _. our ofa !> eat in thnt _tjouse ; and he was _suri that If the- _impatathm «•* - _« _fslns , be wonld ho _i-qmiiijr _dhq'ialifisid if he did not rebut It ; . He had _thoieftro to say that it was incumbent on tha noble bird to bring forward the grounds on which he made that statement ; bat _vi'hout Waiting for those grounds being : mentioned , be { Mr Urquhart ) would _state two facts . The ( act was , that h » had b _' en in conflict with the noblo lord from the first moment they had eome in contact—(

      laughter)on all _mattirs _connectt-d with foreign _s-ff . iirs — that he bad boen in contact wi _« h the noblo lord directly from 1534 , and that tbe no ' -l * lord hid u'ed und « _--hiind means to injure him , — ( crl . _s of oh , ' )—previous to ths year of his appointment to offiee . He declared that the noblo lord had _reprtscted him to foreign { _jovrrEnients at that t _* m _= ) ns a _Ruwian _aijent _, 5 iw \ U was _sUtcd to the house , without refutation by the _nobla lord , that he said that the proje t of the treaty whi _« h was so much enmmep . trd npon was a Russian _proj-.-ct . It was after that tiB ( Mr _VJtquhtwt ) received his appointment , not because he _concurred with the noble lord , but because the noble lord _coiic-urrad with him , ( _laughter ) and men-. » rBi were urged hy hira upin the noble lord contrary to hi * previous course . The second _fact he would _refi-r to was thi ,., that em heiaa remover ] from office by the noble ion ) he mido no complaint on account of his removal , pv , on the contrary , exprosaed gratitude for being _relhr d from thc po-Sion lie had occupied .

      _Lor-1 _rALSlEBSTOt * h . 'id certainly stated the other da _> what wss his impression of tho motives which had induced the lion , member to mske _ihrse charges _against him , an impression corroborated by tha h n . _member ' s _statement— -that bis removal from office had contributed to Inspire him with ihoB : ' opinions ns to his ( Wd Pal . _merston' 6 ) conduct he had since expressed . ( Hear , hear , ) The hon . member had stated on a former occn . sion that hebelirved he had been sairlficed for the purpose of fur . _herinc his views of general pollKy . His _opinion as 'o thi ? _liononTnble _memht-rV _ruotiv-S mUbt be ritfht , or it mi' _^ lit b _» wrong , but lis c » uW not retract it . ( Hear , hear . " _H-i should however bav » n _>* _ol-jection to l « y _bafore the house the letters to which _th-j hon . rr . ember referred , tfie whole of which _llfl _beliCfOll bad _bCdl published i . _y thB _nen-6 p' ) ptrs , ( Alau _;; h . ) Tho hon ,

      gentleman had said that from the first _moment thej had come into contact ihcy _bafl eomi ! into conflict , and . hatha was _anpulntfiil not because he _COtiflirred with me ( said the . noble lord ) but _beCBUHQ I concurred with him , I never before hoard thnt concurrence between two per . _noos was proof of coiflict . ( Hear , and a laut ; li . ) Tha hon . gentleman says that I had endeavoured to und . r . mine and it-jure him previous to his appointment ; who . ever told him that has m isinformed him . ( Hear . ) Hut r _certainly mntba & mit chat when I appointed the bon . gentleman I was MM by 8 ime friends of mine whohnow him well that I had done a most injudicious net—( hear , and laughter)—but so fiw from umU-rminivg or abnn . doninR him , _believing that 1 had made a praptr appoint _, mi nt , l _maintained it , and tbe hoc gentleman went out to Constantinople . ( Hear , hear . )

      Wats a . _xd Msans —Oa the eriler of the day forgoing Into Committee of Ways and Means , Mr Hume poiuted out to tho house tho _unusmal and irregular mode adopted by the government in reference to the budget . Even _supposing thc income tax a-ked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were granted , them would still remain a large _dsficienc / , shout which tho house was left iu total _Ignorance , lie did not know an instance In Tvhich tho house voted ft tax tonvluupa portion of a deficiency , unless the ) wero previou _^ y in . formed how the remainder was to ba _obtained . Tae hon . member appealed to Sir E . Peel to deolare If ht knew any case in point . Sir It . PfiEL , aff . ctingnot to havo distinctly heard the que « tion _, and glancing maliciously at the Treasury bench , said , Ithink . lf my recollection serve mo right , that four _j-eara _before I entered offico in 1811 tho practice was iu favour of leaving deficiencies unprovided for .

      The house went into Committee of Ways and Means , atld the resolution for the continuance of tbe pre . sent income-tax , for a time to be limited , was proposed . Tbe _CttANCBLnoa of the EtCREQ . r / EB reiterated his former stat .-m .-nt , that it was his intention to apply tlso balances of the _BsL-heq l r to the paymont ofthe C-fiVe war expenses , and the naval excess , via ., _£ i _, 3 _id 006 . ; and , by thus 'bridging o er the _prenent timo , they would ba able to go on without borrowing : and , what with reduction of general expenditure , and what with un improved revemio , he hoped ( bat at the end of tbreo years the income would be equal to the _espeadituro of the country .

      Mr _Heskiks deprecated the proposal ofthe righthon . gentleman , who , af er having produced two budgets , Uit the whole question incomplete . To pay out of the balances of the Btcbcquer was a most insufficient aad Unconstitutional modo of making provision for a de-Sciency—in fsc t it w _«« no _provlsio-a at all , bcoauso thofie balances were _already disposed of . To think of _hn ? ing recourse to more deficiency bills , and under tho opera _, lions Of the existing Banking "Laws too , was , m > his opinion , a most unparliam _entary » ia otj ««» nat « U

      course . Mr Home knew of only one way to meet the _difflculty —that was to reduce- the < rapend ! tu . re of the eounttty . / 1 W hfcar ) He would nt _!** er consent to the re-iia . position Ofthe _iticome-taa fo ? one year Jong : « _, were it not that time mignt be given for a full _coHsideratlots of this subject and that an _opgortunity might _ba-afT & _Bded fo » rfldUcW gradually our u . _onecesaarily largo _eBtxbHshtaentfl . Tho pre" "" * ' < _J * 8 _« Wy wag _trit ' _relj" _. owia _« lo the enormous inorease wbkh bad been made _inAiase . _ratabllsbments during : the last few years . (( _Htar _^ _hsM . ) it was hot the felling off ia tbe rovenue that bad ¦ occasioned it , for that had kept up beyond _hiseapaotBllonB , looking atthe reductions made by the _riftht- hon . ggn . tleman ( Sir K . _Beelk . ) Eu * out increased esttittl & _Dments _wbofc of the _ta

      hod absorbed th « _Incosae- . _* ( _Hesr , I hear . ) He had . taken , some trouble "• _o _. _laoHtDg over ! the documents that baA been laid on ihe tabJe of tbe house for the purpose- of explaining how . the couatry came to be reduced to its present ' state , ond from the examinationihe _hadtawde _, he was _p- » p _* red So say that if thay chose to do so , tbey were in s _^ _aendititm to reduce their _tspendituro h & iow their income ,, and below what their income _woeld : be had the Income-tsar ; never been _implied . Ho _hadtakon the average _txpendlture of the years 1845 ; 1846 _^ and 1817 , and the _awragp of 1833 , 1834 , and _1335- , and ftam- that he wou * di 8 how that the entire * of our income- had been _txpeaded up » n the additionsthat bad beea . made to our _juUUarji _ixpenses . Tba _average _nusehtw of men ( _regaln-r-sVio the army , navy ,,

      and ordnaaae in the years 1683 ' , lsS 4 , and 1835 , viae _tiiS , OCO , and- the average _expenditure was abou * _£ ll ; 407 ; G *<\ For the _yeana-18423 ; 1846 , and 1847 _; tjicaverago of aaon in the arnoy . was s § 5 , 000 ; in the _na-Ty ., 10 , 000 ; sm . & in the ordnance , 1 & . 000 ; making in all 155 , 000 j and the _csuBquent expenditure _nTeuaged £ 20 , 5 SS ; Ca & , being above £ 5 , 000 , 000 more tbaa the average expenditure _fes- 183 S , 1834 , and _1825 k Aad for the present year the- total of men for army * navy , and ordnance waB _neS down nt 177 , ooe _, at an _expense of £ 18 , 000 , 000 ; and , with the mlseellaneou & estimates , the total coat was < _£ 28 > , Q 90 , 000 . showing a & advance of £ 3 , 000 , 000 in the * annual expenditure _oiacio tho year

      183-3 , ( Haar , hear . ) He con tended that Reifher policy nor Justice warranted them in continuing suoh a system , and that tbey ought to tell her Majesty ' s government that they should net as every other party did that found themselves In difficulties . That , in short , they should try back . If they allowed the Chancellor of the Exchequer to go on in the course _that had been pursue J tor the last thirteen or fqnrteon years , thoy would soon see repudiation—ay , evea national _baukrupioy . He should therefore propose , that instead of the words for a time to bo limited / the words * not _exooeding ' one year'should to introduces after the word-time _, a nd he bagged to add that it was -his Intention to take tbe sense ot tho committee upon the amendment ,

      The _Coasosuor of the Exchequer called on the committee to reject the amendment . The income and expenditure could not be equalised at the end ot one year , aud another three years ' incomo tax was indispensable . The right hon . gentleman attempted a dofenco of Sir B . Peel ' s consistency on the queBtion of the inoome tax ; and maintained that free trade had , not yet had a fair trial and had aot _yot _fallQd ,

      ... Monday . Mabch 6 Tiie Jfousb Op Lc11...

      MrSpooHjBB supported' fhe amendment . . It wbb , in his opinion , most obje _> t ( omiblo to depend _fo-J- £ 5 , oeeiQ 00 ot permanent revenue-upon a tar po _unpepulfl ? and uncertain as an inoome _tasjij . _and though he weald'not re . fuse , under the exjstln _^ _tdreunjstances of the coiantry ,. ti 3 > renew the tax for one year ,, he _ehouM _stronuonniy-retuso to vote it . _' or ' a longer tt-r _«> .. Ruason and _feiptrifnoc abundantly proved that duties ana customs _sbouldi & _B thc basis of our _permanent _tiKatton , Mr 6 . J Tubner MrRbarasoK , and Mr O _.-Boaas-aupported Mr Hume ' s proposal . Sir IV _ClaT made a- _speech in unqualified-condemnation < f the income _ta-x , which he concluded by declaring Vis intention to vote for the government proposition .

      Sir R Peel _observed that t _* M _question of the _furthsro- > _ntinuiricP ofthe income tas , could not ba _separated from a consideration of the circumstances _w' _-ich had ' il ) d to its _imposition in _iMS _^ and its renewal 'n 1845 ; which circumstances he proceeded to recapitulate , in vir . _dicaion of the _eovernment-wbich had proposed , andthe House of Commons which , hg _overwhelming _cnaj--rii . tie * , had sanctioned _itsimposi-ricciand renewal . It had been recomu ? _i-nd- d to the house- by commercial _i-s well as financial considerations ., Had direct taxation no * been _resortrd » o In 1842 the _Kccnmulatefl dt-ficier . cy _ofyaarsin 1843 would have _bn-n-i & out ten milliim * » ter » Hngv It was chiefly to avoid this deficit that tlio tax _wasimpossd in 1812 , and mainly with a view to Jay tbe ion . ada . - ion of a better system of gi _^ _ieral taxation , that itwas renewed in 1845 ; When h was renewed , his

      wish was , tbat its renewal _should ! -e for a _perind of five yortrs . _,. ae the end of which he vi _nturt-d to _t-xpres-s a hope that it conld be dispensed with _a > lt 0 !»« _-fhcr , from the buoyancy of the ordinary sources of the _ruvi-nue . The right hon . gentlemen then adverted-fa the great cl ) _anC 8 in our commercial policy , which had- bern based upon the _contfnaane-e of the tax , and declared thut as long _na he lived he would never _n-ppnt ihe share which he had _tikon in the introduction of these changes . It had bt en predicted , when the income tas _wasiwiposid , that otl er sources of income would _s-ivewn . t , and that the assessed _tax-ss . for instance , would fa ]] off , a _im-diction wliich had been f ilsified _, thn r « _ci-ipts frora the _assessed taxes beine , la 1847 . about £ 100 000 grtater than- in 18 _l 2 , bef _^ ra dl . _rect taxation had been _ri-snrteti to . He did no * agree witb those who would substitute _direet for indirect

      taxation , and thought that in time of pence they could not _B-ifely oarry the principle of d _reft _taxation much _furthvr than tbey had carried it . Ho hurt found-it iBipo _^ U > _Ii » to _ass » nt th * oih' _-r _nbfht to Mr Hor _m _.-m's _proposi'ion . There might be _enses o'individual _hareiship under ths incomo tax . bnt he did not assent to the ir . ju _^ tice oi its prinoiplo Whilst the tax existed , it should , in his opinion , hs a tas on income , no _distinction being made as to thc different sources whence in come 3 were derived , If they desired to m » kc a )? ri > at _national exertion , they might substitute capital for income , hut their _preoent _busmoRS tvna to me-tan . nual demand * by ar > nual exertions and income , in so doing , should ho substituted for capital ! This was the principle on which all thiir taxation was based . IIu wa ? not prepared to rrcenmend an increase in the _dirtct

      taxation of tht- country , _ora _departure frora 'ho princip _' e on which ourdir _» ct taiaiion wbo at _pu-si-iu found-d . As to " ths question raised by Mr Hume's _anivn-Jment _, ha would give lis _tV-c'ded support to th _« { _Eovtrmnvtit in _maintaining lh » tat foi' 'hi ' ee _j-enrs _un-r- . lid _ivns fully sensible of the great difficulties with whieh the _govumnient had had to cont _. nd . in the _shap-of _citUmfciV _* , which were of raro occurrence , and which necessarily dintarbed ( he financial policy of the state . Ilr _miiut « rfmit that ho wns _alarmi-d at the _iSK .-idual _illffluasl 1 . of thi 1 estimates , and sincerely trusted that , in thc course Of time , somo _nsrful _reductions would be made . But these reductions mu » t ba made witri due consideration , or _thi-y might ultimately occasion Inrgeiy increased expense . In the present , state of the country th _^ y could not look for any immedate reduction in _ourgreat tst . ib

      _IMbmentB . He would also give his support to tha _envernment because he was dreply _setiRibln of tba necessity wliich existed of _maintaining the public credit The right honoirsble _batonc-t then proceeded to _j-istify the _commircinl policy which he had adopted in 1 S 42 , If « gave _anexplxn-itinu nf bin celebrated l _.-ticr to ih _« people of _Blbing . Ni'W , it _hss been said that I cor . _cejiled the r _* nl _otjrete with _wJiich 1 _ma- * e those pr < -positions ( Hoar , hear ) It has been said that addr _.-tsir _.-g _mysrlf _subsequently to a body of merchants in a distant town , the 8 _U'i-cta of another country , I made a deel » ra : i < u > at Tiiriance with my then _expressed _opinions , ( fronienl _ehstrs from tho opposition . ) Why I utterly deny it ( Ministerial cheers . ) Why , I hare seen in the _newspapers a _lutter _purporting to hare bern written hy me which , In thc first place , appeared tO _llflVA le' n H 0 : rrjW . fl

      translation of what I _did . write _, and thm an _EagU > h rv . translation of the German ndititni . ( _Laughter and _cbeers . _) I ara little dextrous to _repel th . se _atl .-. chs ; 1 cure litclo about them ; but herein tbe letter I really did write , which is that I apprehend by which I am . bound 1 The property tas was intended '—that is not the com . meincement ef tho letter , but I suppose I need net read what docs notrefer to tho suhjec _' . I received ; _-n _addrsss from these gentlemen , and I wrote to _thar _. k _tlum for it . After expressing my thanks , I _proceeded— ' The property tax was intended not merely to supply a deficit in the revenuo as compared with the public expenditure , but to lay the foundation of juster principles < if taxatioa , fo » fiord means for repealing duties on tho raw materials of important manufactures , for exempting useful branches of domestic industry from vexatious

      _rfculatloiis of excise , and for remitting tatation ir » m _wvi-ral articles imported from abroad which are 6 P 8 entia-f to Ihe comfort and enjoyment of the industrious classes-of the country . ' That waB what I wrote—( hear , hear)—and I b > _g to ask if that was not in dir _.-ci coincidence with all I had _e-rer d _. _clarcil , and if I was not _fuily _JUSliiJed in saying that my obj _. ct wan to '' lay the foundation of justor principles ef _taxation / ( Loud Ch « TS . ) There wero twelve _bun-lred articles- of consumption subject lo duties which led to _restrictions and regulations much more _onorous even than t _3 e taxes themselves . On 700 of those articles the duties- were reduced , and on 500 they were entirely repeated . Was not tbat the _foundation « f a gnat commercial change ? If you say to me , ' _Yoodld not use words to tho * iff ct in this house , ' I reply that the very words in tbo-letter ara

      identical with words I used in debate . On the 23-d of March , 1842 , an intimathKi having been thrown out that tho government were not in earnt-st in proposing the change , and thnt I had- not assert , d or implied thst the government staked _the-ir existence upen the success ct their measures—on _th-3-2 . 3 ri of M * Tch , _184 £ ' _I used the following words in debate ;— 'I propose this os a m «« . BOTe which involves the fate of the _govot-omen '; . To have made such a declaration appear * to- me scarcely necessary . I do propose it —I speak not of minor details , but of the measure itself—as tho basis of the financial and _commorcia _* ' policy of tbis country _^ ' ( Loud cries Of " Hear , hear , ' ) ' W > ll _, there is o _tliffm-ence _crr « ain _' y between' bases' nndi"foundfltion . ' I Jei _^ e you to make tho mostofit— 'and as a measure which I _n-ver could have consented _to-propose if I did not manifest mv

      conviction of its _neoejsity hy risking my faie as a minister on it . The more XI _consider the subjeotthe mcro _deeplj am I convinced tbat this measnre , _aa-1 the measures which _acoompanyvit , are necessary fmvthe welfare of the country . ' Thoso are the exact expressions which I used in 1842 . I _didith & a _certuinly express- a strong doubt if it would not be better to continue t ' _cto tax for fiveyeav « rather than fo : " . three , hut I expressed _Baniiuine hope that at Ihe end-of _fivfl years it _would-he-JyOSSlble to repeal it . And _wheo-lC _43 came my _antidiswitroiis were _realisad , for I was a " S * : » to show you in tbat > y _» ar thnt there was a surplus o * ; S 5 j 0 OO , OOO—that the buoyancy of--he revenue was a » eh as nearly to _BUjjily _, the void which , _itad previously _oaisted , and thut it was then in your pcwer had you _ss-pleased , to have reysnled the tas , ln » t 6 » a . ot adopting _admeasure for tbe increase & f tbe estimate J-and

      the l ' _emissioniOl duties upon o _**? _st-uriicles . It wa 3 . jvith a full knov . ledge of all these facts « fc . ot the _hooaa-coDsentcd _fo-l & _t & to a revival of the tax of 1842 . How ., if the hou * a-regret this , os I said before , I must _obviously _ooncede-thelr right to express , that regret , anel to take a _dlfforen-t'OOnrse , hut I do aot want to shelte .- _vmyself under tUeir authority . Sf _^ _Ianej as I live I shall never _repes-t that 3 proposed _this . aItention in the _oasunercial polls ? , of the country —( cjtoar ») i—and induced ihe House of C & mmorjS , not by _fasciiiSLtiom , not by _smaggling , hut by a . full / and explicit _statt-mest of facts , to _impose and to _centioae the direct ta _% ia question , in li *( u of the re . p & _alad and reduced _to-fies- to which I have referred . ( _K & ar _v _. _bsor . ) I hare , nine ' s this 8 taterae . it . in justice to those- whe , however they fell off _froiOi . me in 1 S _46- _* ftlaugfeter)—were m , y _serdaal _supporterala 1315 . ( Heaz _,.

      hear ,-. ) Sir Robert concluded bj a . reference to _rtg . 3 * 8 r 4 sh Republic : — _-Iiuu tmo observe , thai one of my rsa- j _sonafor assenting to- tho renewal of ihe income taxfoi thrte years , is _precisely the _rscpllection _thad it waj immediately after the _yeaur of prosperity to which I » 6 fer _4 hat tbo hea ? y . debt ana the _paraljaing _circc ; astanceB _undee- which wo now suffer were thrown _uppa us . ( Hear , fe _^ a r . _) I canst cwn further that I am iafiuencetl in my sapport of the tax ' s continuance for _thsoe years very _raaterLlly by reference to thc wonderful . events which _bawo taken place within a very recent 5 _^ a"iod in a _noijlib . _iuring country ; ( Hear , hear . ) I rsgard them as amply justifying this _rountry in not _consenting to incut- aiiy risk of a large debt in this _perioAof three year * I should feel is to be utterly inconsl & _iraQtTvlth . soun 4 g . licy , with my _Benso of duty , to mflV _® any det & ilod . reference to ove & ts which must have Sllod all hcra _psejent with uttfr astonishment . ( Ilea * . ) Of this , le » me say , I am _perfectly con . fidesB > , that the U _»& policy of this country will con .

      _stal In tho most complete , the moat absolute _abatiueaeo from nil interference _whatever in the in- ] _*» mal affairs of the country in which Bink a J wonderful revolution has taken place , ( Great and _aarncBt cheering from all sides which lasted uorae time . ) I hope we shall continue _tobeensbled to exercise the rights of hospitality . ( Hear , hear . ) I think itis of the utmost im _variance that this country should always he enabled to offer a refuge to tho victims of political convulsions , . ( Hear , hear . ) England has been such in other times , and I trust it will long continue to ha so . Whan the hospitality of this country bas betm taken advantage of to disturb the peace of other monarchies , I have always protested against such an abuse being permitted to exist ; and I am equally ready to take the same courso with respect to a Republic . ( Hear , hiar . ) I earnestly trust that this place ofrtftuje _, and thatthe hospitality accorded to fugitives in this country , will not bo abused ; and that all parties will set their faot a against any intrigues that may ba set on foot : for I hold that the flame rule which , ajpslha to a _monarthy is

      ... Monday . Mabch 6 Tiie Jfousb Op Lc11...

      equally good witb respect to a republic . I confess that I heard with the _greatesS satisfaction the declaration from her Majesty' * _government ; that they were resolved to ab 8 tain " -iroin oil interference in the _internnl affairs of France . ( Hear , hear . ; if this _deterMit-jatlon ba _carefully and Kt , ' ef / y _obse-rreef _, It will _<** roure _? a sit Othi r nations from any attempts at _iau-rforer . cu . I cannot but hear it in my mind whist r gardiiii' Hie proiint htnf . of _tiling , eh : t Prance is at this mouitnl _cnduiing the thro . s ofa _grualeipcrimein ; and I _thirefrre _aui noc disposed 10 attach any _importaveo to tho heats whioh manifest _thumselvos in tht-j' _-unmls of that country . I look with _considerable infer , st nt the position of

      she provislonel _ftoverament that ia _t-stHuliFhed , nnd I caDnot refrain from cxpr _« 9 _siug my most lamest hope * that tho'e who may be called upon to govern t _' . ie d _.-stini ? _9-ofthe Fnnch pooplo v . ill content thuniselves with _dir _* et ne their iff . ttA tn their own _sncltl conditon , I sincerity hope thnt they may _mci-ei-d in cinMilutirig a . _jjovin-nm nt which _shuil ho stri n- ; ami _pi'innmnr in itself ; and that whilst they oudeavonr to leconcile ihe perfect independi-ncu of tuir country with the _riiihts secured by _existing treaties , they will nut ! _-et an _exnn-plir of aggresmon , or ol ' that d _.-siro for _tovriteirialat't'rnnelise mer * t which will _. if _manih'stcd , peril the peaco of Europo , and i ; ifl ot an irr-parable _injury on tho whole of ' tht- ei \ i . _lised world . ( Cheers . )

      lord G . H 6 _*> , Tlr' « K Baid tlml tha question was not whether _tlH-y were to endanger the credit en it c r « _-iiii » ry _, but wbsthcr the house would _rstalti in its harms -he _powtr to _revl-e our _sjstatu cftsx . _t-on a' ihe en : l _« f a year , As Sir It Peel had fought his baltl _.. " ov < r ngahs s ' nc » 1312 , ho would _^ o back ene _jear / _urthu-, for ihe purpose of _shoniui ; how , in 18 H _, ho _hsd _dt-i-eivid his _frinnds . If tho _ripbt hon , gtnvlemap would never repent _tbechanKcs wt . ieh lie had iff ced in our c- _rnmir . ci _* l policy , he ( Lord Gtofge lUntimk ) would ask _thope aroancl bim , if \ hvy would _ci-ase to r- pent , as _1-ing ; as they livid , _tl-e _misplut-ril euntirtvnci- wi-. < rh they _ha-d _nepoted in him ? ( Great _che-t-rs from tbo I _' ititertionr * t _SenchiiS . ) Thu _nobli lord thn _prm-ivde _. ! to review iu detail th « commercial _clitng _^ _.-i ol * t ' . _u-. lust fix

      years , to show that our free trade _pol-t-y , _whit-h enriched theforuigner at our _oxpktue . whs th * _drnrrstpolicy-afierall , and that tke mon-j wbich _wnmithtsave . by _ous > _fiftsiHelal _mesaBures would , under fre _« trade , have to ba « xp < -n _^ fid ia _aririARtetits , tn kevp _imr _ruin-ef coloni * s in subjfciiim . Th « tiuih _'cs . that ihe _povernnidt . t must r _.-trace th . irBtcps , a _^ _an- _' on the . i r mischievous _pnltey _, i . _n-1 mimt _loult fur Oieir _rtvenu ? , ok the TS _' aited 3 tate . _« , _todu » ieB ou for _» _. ign Iml . orlS . On _foreign _. _manu-fiicturiis be would iii _. pusu a _du'y of thirty per _csnt , ; snd th » r « were f * w * > f our articles o € _manufnetiWft upon which ti . i- _Unifc-d _S'atcs imposed se > - low a du'T as _Ibirty ptr cent . ( Hear , _fT ' ar . ) _wi-at ; _woul-. l bu the _rssult ot an impart niiy ot tl _. _ir'y p . r cent _, on _f-ittijrii siibs mlcht hu _jyilgud of from shm IihiI _beert

      the rwnlt of the _reductions _< _-f duty mad « hy t ! : « - right Jmnouriible baronet . In 1 S 3 R there were 14 , 0 D () loom * _I'ohig _m-SvHa'lUlils . In 1816 _whrnthf trade had _l-eea _rnine-t by tbe foreign competition the ri _^ ht hon . h :. roiiet had by his laws _MU'onrag-d , _th-re were only 10 ( _' « fl—( hear , hear , ) - —and , at this _moa-crt , _tl-- iv w _» re but 8 _aOOi-f ' _thsKK _workinjf . By Ihom _cbaiig-vg in the law ? m _. tniilT had £ 189 000 a ie r of r _. venufi been Ins' in thi $ _srticle _, but ihe opir . _itivi-s had b _^ _fti rol bad if j £ 130 , 000 , or tlw means of _utnplojii-. g 7 . 000 families . Thu samo _diii . _t ' i _rmiS'T-vsuU _Viatj followed tbe r-duotiou _i-f duties on _sheies Mid _nthsr _cr-ii'k « nf _msnuf-icture _, ami _y-t _^ Ulx -h ( n _« funis befM'tt fcfih , wiih the kimwli'dgc that thou-< nmlsif tim _liarrf-worfcing ot : er _« t : _i- _^^ < _-f _th ' n < ountry nnd l . e _» n T _« _-daei-d to a _sia > e _< f rum and d- _siitiit ' on hv

      _i-i * _octii _, _iwhad the ht . rt io t 11 tlum that fie iini not _rtpent thb policy which had _vntaiWd _upiai h _' _s _i-t-neiry r men * o mu _- chdUtt _^ n and stiff rir . ! . _-. ( _Hi-. nr hoar . ) lie _ritntnvbvrod will when the rig ; i h n , _baroi . _tit _tuld the Cortii * h miners , wh « u they eun-p' _-iintd of his _hringing in foreign _compntltiem _agtinsi tit- m , thnt ti » _-y 11-n . 11 < _-cnsitl _? r the _adviiafage he nave thnn iii ndmittin - goose eather « duly fr » e ~ - ( hfar , _atid a Uug ' _- )—thus they _wfiuid bs enabled _~ _-o slrep on d . _nvn beds , ( _hnuirhter . } What were the _dofn beds on _wliivh _ili-y w _. re _reposing ? He need cut go so far us Cornwall—lie would take St-trordthin ; and _tiser _* be f . mnd that tut _otlStt _furnic-9 s ' n « y were ont of Ua 9 t , and tho miners who were to hav » ei . _Jojeil such unheard of _luxury found that

      they were _oitliur thrwwn ou' of vn rk _altoucther ortheir _WHjces _irerv retiuced Uftewi per cent . ( llenr , hear . J _Bxcspt tSe usurers —» berepres » n'atir . a ot the _m--nrybag-i—ha know of no trade tl at had _prosperod under " tho _opi-ration of thu r gbt bot .. b » ron * -i ' _e _frer-trade p .. — Hc _^ . ( Cheer . , aJi 4 cries „ f * DMnV'' Tilt' I'llUntry _* was in tbe last ( _rs . _» p _brfcrs _befum tht- Chanrtllm of the Esche . _qtisr would consent to r * mo _» u the Bunk _restricfior _. d in ord _^ r t » _brin _^ _> he _rat . > o _> " iMterest b . low _ciisht pt u _^ nt . _Thei-s _wiw anothw tux in which a _ciHinirierable increase mishi b » _obtaill » d at 'A km l ! i ) 8 i , _pe-rliHp 5 ban hy other i 7 i « J » ns . An n _^ ditlon nl penny- on the postage w . udl _pioduee , l _" o i _^ _Iiuv . d , __ £ S 5 'M ; 0 » . ( Ciiea of ' 'No , no , ' ) V _. 'liy thst would not te su great a nrirTar . ce a » the income tax . When tl . e reduction wan made , it

      was estimated by ihe promo ' _-t-r' thnt _wiM in _tAne years . thfl number ot I- tt . r 9 would increase 5 } times , and that _{* » _cillions would bo added to the r _.-vemie ; but had _thesie pie « : etionsbM > n _fn'fillol 1 ( Grics of ' ( ine » - tioa , ' and ' Divide . ' ) The _qm-stion was . whe _^ _tr or . not the country was to havo imposed upon it for three y * nrs _? lonaer 1 h > _i iacome tax , whioh liad _become utr- mely _odlou * to th « _cviimtry , and twit tlt « _Uns sn _becnuse on each pr » vioosoocasion of its belog put on—fir . t in 181 ** , and then m ? aialnl 545—the country had hec . i _distinctly _prnmiserf _, that it Bhould be but fora short time ( ll _^ _sr . j ; _FaitU had in * t been kept _wirtv ths couutty iu this _matter , and th » ppop ! ew « radt « sati ? fied—as they had-a right to be wb » -n ttatevmer * _deceived them hy Cals _* prom ' se « r « ( ll . ar , _h-M-vOi Kither they must retrace their » _t-p « and

      rai ; o uses from foreign _iroportr _. or , if the _lijMiriei « : i « well _Bsihe _u-c ' _ss- _^ rieiof life were < o be reduced , lM ihem take »» enlT-fiv » per en * , _flrom tho incomes if _thone who live on tbe tajen of the cowitrj _' . ( Much chi _atltig , minified with _, cries 'f' 3 _ividiB . ' - ) When tbey found the wnges of thes Spitalfield * _weavi-r reduced twmty to t » enty-five per cent—w _' _-en 20 : 000-operatives were nut ovVwoik in _Jfaruche-ter for- months togethtr , and thoso meetings , e > f _n-hh-h h » had _sn-a < _-s » ui : t in his hand—( ' ch , oh' _}—Vot would _not-rvad at thai Iato bour _^ were being held to _consjii-jr wVether or not the operatives _« . f _Lnncashlro and Cheshire were So be sent across the _Aab . ntic to shore th _» fat- " * f'the wretshed Trish _enrgrants —( li > _nr , hear > —thp ' v xau't uot a !" i > w the lar _^ e b rds t >* pr-y to rpcape _seotiaea with their larpe « 4 _l-iies an-i * eh _» -p luxuries . ( Hear , and crieso _? 'Oh , oh , ' _Qiestior . v' _- ' aiiil ' _Divi- _'e ') If this- was so _> bo made tho _clinaprst country

      in the world , _rtiesp because tha- _wnpes cf labour _wrre _nr-iQad _dow- * to 'h- lr . _*» _st _po-. _aible rate , let _th-e _salaries of those who _lettered . tl the . public taxes * be- _reduead also , ( il _> v r , he _« r ) Lit . twen . _Vr-firu per oeat . _be taken off th > - _aslsry of tbe _Lnrd-Lieutenant of It-eland , who , _beinu u _*; eo trader himself _^ _couldscaroely _u' _^ _ect , when it was _ni-ressiry to maintain his Own _viewer ( Hear nnd a _lnugh _> Am ) Ut all the < : the ? . piib ! _io-oQie . s suffer » similar reflnctinn , ( ileaif . y Wlint he _recomraended wits to nllot 7- _» ihis Income ti _> x u > remain anothe _? year , and in the nwm time _Wf-rtain whethier _thfy . _oaald not reduce the xp ndituri- of the _cotin-try _^ _withoa * impairing the _efCciartey of » _-ur _.-stabl'Sbments ami-if _tKW , whether thoy should _re-impivU > ttiis tun lora still longer period or have reeours _« to a rifftrene _Bystem-of-tsrsii-rfon altogether . ( Stir , bear . ) Ile »> ouia ; conclude _rry-aalling upon his friends uround him w _? emombpr

      * That an . honest roan might once take bad advice ,, Hut _idtM _* only could hadoce " . it « d tevtea . ' ; Mr-Wliiio » moved the _udjouNssaent of tho _dubaV _, which , after some confanion _SEd'diStUssiein , was _cn-iei . The _CsiiaaAN reported _progfess , an 4 tiie debute v » aB' aajnuroed to Friday . _, . Mr _LiaiiffCHiBB moved th * - « omm ( ttaI of the- ? as-• _sepift-rs Bdl , Sir _T-vVi-wn opposed It , ar . _3 » th » _Kouso _divided—KoivffointrintocouimU _. _e * _^ _Aijjimstit * „ , ... ' ¦ ' _Msjority _3 S _Tho-htlil passed _throughoomrnittee . _The-other orders with di » po _« ed of , and the fci ; tfS 8 _adjoszoednt a- quarter past two o'clock , . _HvMTSE OP _LORTxSi- —Tim royal assent vwis eiven , _ijj , nomraif sion , to thu Consolidated Fund and Sew _Zeuland _Cowrnment Bills .

      _K'Ol / SE OF COXI 4 ©* SS .--Lord Asn _^ _-J _rcportei fnom the Lyme Reg ;* , election committee that T . F . Abdy , E < q ., had hem duly elected . Hlr lABoccnsBE _, v . n _Kply t _« Mr _Humo v . stated , with joftreuco so Van "piemen's Land and the Australian , colonies , that tho-government hoped to bo ahh _' , before the close of tbe _session , to propose _roetwurrs for extending _irec inslkulions lo these _colonlas . His answer not being _satisftiVOry to Mr Hume , he gave notice that he si-ould brh & a . io . a . hill himself _CU _thS-IUbj ' t't . After a _sbovM _disuussion , Mr S . _CVJ-WJoltD ohtailieti leave to _\> r _\» _s . \ n a bill tor _si-cnrmg the rights ot out . going tenants . _inlroland .

      Mr LABo ? _,-i 5 _HBaB , atthe instance of Lord G . L . miinrk , explained some recent transactions wnich had taken place in _Itemsrararelative to _tho . 3 . ta e of labour in that colony , lit waa true tbat some incendiary fires-bod taken plase _, but measures bad been immediately adopted by tho governor to nostore order , ivhich ho hoped vaould he effectual . _i TUG _KlOT IN _TRieiLGA _. R _^ S _30 AaE . —Mr M . SIhnes wished to put a _qusstion to . tbe right hon . _gi'titlcmSE ( Sin ® 8 rej ) as to tho _coViiskm which took _plm-e _yeist > _-r-Uaji la _Trafalgar-sqoaro hetwetn tbe _people and the _poYeo . ( _'O'l , ' andalaagh . ) A _mecling was , as ho had been informed , _kseM there yesterday , called together by a cer . _' . _aiu i » _dividual , whieh meeting was allowed to tnho placo , and tbe proceedings _wivo carried on ill a perfectly _peaceable manner ; _msny _spe-ik . _ra . were . heardand per . ' ec * _^ c orum and tranquility wa » on tVi e .

      , part ofthe peopie observ . d . But after the _tpwUwg had cta « _d . _anfl when tho me _etiPg was about t « e ! isp . _rse » a _eellisiou toe 2 i place between the _paop _' _-e * -. nil the police , which _result * J , as he understood , In _grwcwis _qofticw . He thought , undertUese _circumstanrcs , it w-,, dw _.- _^ We tbe _faomt _AtmU ' -wow what were tbe _d-. rcctior . s which had beea given to tbo police iu _risjiect to this meetine—( oh o * sV-boccu _?« be believed , un thc on a hard , lhat the ' _fcicst discussion by the _pt-tp ' eof all public mat : _u-s wai the bcatn-curity for the public peace ia this country _^ -fllft . ir _hrar)—nn-l _onthi othirhe believed the _pulice ) firce of ' this , metropolis _du'y in the best aud most air G . 6 aRy—The _aieetinji _htts _referred waa SQ . _^ t _^

      Were Always Nnxluus Ta Do Their Satire O...

      were always nnxluus ta do their _satire o JJMH _^^ r . '( 'Iear . ) _twp / _liu _^ h _^ _iarl * sh . nienibsr imij . " _^ B _^ r _^ _ife _^ akha bin _m _sMZ ' _- _irm _& ii _M _t ere always nnxluus ta do their _satiAcajuvawj _^ . Clear . ) tin" : tc _^ p / _liu _^ h _^ _iarl * sh . _niembsr-£% _*» _* _*^» _Srti _^^ as \ ha _h'ael ¦ _? _< _£ ixXj _^ _WiX _rt _^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11031848/page/3/