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      -V-— West Indies. Ah - ^Pjawe Discontent...

      _-V- — WEST INDIES . ah - _^ PjaWe discontent prevails throughout the 5 _^ Elands * Meetings are taking place with _^ _Tfe- * _" , _^ bringing the depressed condition of these _«^^ n n _& r a frae-t « _ae system before the Bri-B _l'C 0 » nie tjj ( , and laying before parliament the neces-?« t _^ r . » _me immediate _-nodification of the present _, P ' dT tie _? , in order to save the West India _ies _^ ies from _™^ 0 F G 00 D uopE > 5 s { 0 the 1 st of September has been received . ' _^ _ypparations for an inroad upon the Kaffirs have a _^ _Si-nUf but steadily going forward , bat actual _t - " 3-fiSta _M notcommeneed . itj _^ _ditito _iaa _fkaKCE .

      _s the Cholkb _*!— Three cases of decided Asiatic ,. ft * are said to have shown themselves on Snnn _^ inthe _Fauboarg St Germain , in Paris . ie _^ U Reform banquets continue , greatly totueaa-- arce of the Government . if '" ihe Count Mortier , French ambassador at Turin , I -.. has been of late in Paris , on leave of absence 2 ! mbis P " * _- nas beea _detected in an attempt to _« i % _^ -sinate his children . He bas been arrested , and e ji _^ d in a lnnavicasytura . c - cricroE « Cocst _BasssosI—The Journal des _i * vW of Tuesday , contains the following annonnce-I . nt—" Cou _:-. t Bresson , Ambassador from the i Sit rf F » nce t 0 tne KiD S _* e Two Sicilies , has L _* a- Naples . He waa fonnd in his bed at six _i _Cochin the morning of the 2 nd inst , bathed in

      I his blood , with a large wound in his throat , supposed i jo have been inflicted with a razor . ' It appears that _^ Count committed suicide on the morning of the <> ad lost- He was walking about his apartment _Sarins the night nntil four o ' clock , when . _" all at once , _be fall ofa heavy body was heard . The Countess Bresson ran into his room , and found him lyinc in a pool of blood , which flowed from a frightful wound in the throat , effected by a _raior , which was fonnd closet * him . Instant alarm was given , and almost _immediately the . surgeon of the British Legation arrived , but the Count was alread y dead . Count _Bresson « _s the notorious agent of _' Louis Philippe and Christina , at the timej the Spanish marriages were contracted .

      BELGIUM . On _Tuesday afternoon the ordinary session of the B _elgian Chambers was opened by King Leopold in person . SPAIN . _Mmisterial intrigues , _poliee-concocted' conspire * Bea * and courtl y mummeries , form the KWS Of the -reek from this conntry . Espartero has received orders forbidding his return to Spain . So ends the liberal' faree recently _wrfarmed .

      SWITZERLAND . On the 30 th nit , the council of state of Lucerne declared that canton ami its capital in a state of _jjeje , A _militaty tribunal was established in the town , the ordinary administration of justice being _-appended .. The Catholic colIegt » , Corpus Catholtcnm _, of tbe Grison ? , has ' sent a petition to the Pope , to pray him to r . call the Jesuits from Lucerne . Two federal military tribunals hava been _established to sit , one at Berne , and the other at Zurich . Tbe Burgomaster Forrer , deputy of •• Zurich , with the rank ot Colonel , was appointed grand judge at Berne ; and M . Casimir Pfyffer , of Lucerne , was to nil a like office in the tribunal at Zurich .

      On the 1 st instant further _reintereements of the troops ofthe Sonderbund had arrived at Lucerne . Two battalions of infantry had marched from Lerme , Unterwald . and Uri : a battery of six pieces of heavy artillery , and two companies of carbiniers had also arrived . Three powerful steamboats have been established on the lake of the four cantons , for the ex peditious transport of tbe troops between canton and canton , to such points as may require their _piasence . The cantonal government of Te _^ sino had suspended its functions temporarily , bavin ;

      established a council of war invested with the most extensive powers , with a military tribunal , of which the chief seat was to be _Lugano , bnt which had powers to delegate commissioners to all districts of the canton , as circumstances might require . A letter from Bale of the 4 th says that the Austrians had c * _os ? d the passage of the Sp _' iigen , which forms the chief communication between the canton of the _Grisons and Lombardy . The people of Zurich are animated with the greatest enthusiasm . They have come forward spontaneously with offers to provide for the families of those who are summoned to the

      field . The Helvetic of the 5 th states that two Bernese cifens in _Fribonrs had been fonnl hnngand _disemb _3 we _) Jed . The following aw the details given by thatjournal : — An set of tae most atrocious barbarity which has jast been committed at Dirlaret . a village well known fir it ! fanaticism and its mendicants , bat excited the most heartfelt _indignation thrsughoat the whole community . Two youmr satires of Berne , _Scbeidipger and Ztander , tilers , by profession , in the canton of Kent ciutel _, were called to arms , and left here immediately , in their uniform , to answer the appeal of their country .

      In passing through the village of Dirlaret they were perceived by some of the Inhabitants , who "immediately thronged round them , cryiog , « Down witb the Bernese . ' The unfortunate youths were _immeiiately seized , _condo _« -d before the presbytery , _LangedjV-idjdlseinbawelied . Ve have no words to express the indignation excited by this _atroeioS * aet , committed on two youths who were _pusing inoffensively , and who could at most havebeen arrested as prisoners of war . We are told the troops of Berne are so exasperated that they can with difficulty be kept in order . In any other circumstance we should hare recommended forbearance , but in presence of snch an infamous , dastardly murder , we can hut say : — ' Soldiers of _Birne , revenge your brethren J '

      The Grand Conncil of Bale came to a resolution , on the 6 th , to" furnish the contingent against the _Soaderbnnd called for by the Diet . The _& ife Gazette of the 6 th announces the departure from Zurich of the Russian Ambassador , BamndeKrudener . He called on the Burgomaster , M . Zehnder . to inform him that , as civil war was on the point of breaking out , he quitted the _Swibs territorv bv order ofthe Emperor . Beb-4 Not . 4 .-Tfae Diet held an extraordinary Bttin" to-day . It met at four o ' clock _, f he object of thesitting was to consider the propriety of passing a vote for the _carrying into effect the decrees of the Diet _asainst the Sonderbnnd by force of arms , the issuing of a proclamation to the army , and of a manifesto for the purpose of showing to Europe he legalitv of the part taken by the majority of the Diet against the minority . ,. ., _ThofnHowin-- are the resolutions proposed by the

      committee , and were adopted by the usual majonry . 'The Federal Diet— f . „ ., , - Considering that , by the resolution _^ »• _JJj of Jnly of the present year . _«»« r « _iftf _thesevea cantons of Lucerne , Uri , _Sahwytz . _Unter-SSenZoe . Fribourg , and Valafr , was declared in pact and was conseqnently dissolved , that the above named cantons had been rendered _> >« m _^ _£ SSSS _^ ZSS _^^ _* h _^ h i _^ _moJe the Sonderbund h ave all ready de-23 . hKSr of the 22 nd of Jnly , that they

      Sf * * _SSSnSSRmfflammunition making opposition , even by the * _" _» « _W t 0 me _^ _frem _' allthat _mg _^ J _^^^ bat that after , as before that resoio «» _n , j , « ted contrary to the decisions ofthe Diet , _WJOT si-acting redoubts and continuing their _extraor _"finarvmilitarvpreparations ; _„„•* . _„ , _*««

      'Considering that access to w- _•»» ., charged with the giving of instructions , andt o the _ImtSyeminde , of the cantons _™ _W' _«™ _mriby the refused to the federal _WpreseaWnw named _£ y tte Diet ; that tha propagation of J _^^ _Siftf elaoation-a proclamation dictated in 8 P *™ " _coaf-deral friendshi _^ _haa _¦» _» Jjg I £ Kt _Smltemii _^^ _ooUes which they have sworn to fulfil- have aainedfruitless ; . « f thflse cantons _' S C _onsiderinff thatthe deputies % _"f _^ Uas qtiitted , onthe 29 thof October , the Viet , _thecapitalof _theconfederat on , ¦ _"J _^ ga S act . il _declarationsmade at the sam e time , ana tr _^ _nilitsrr _diannaitinnn which have been tafcen « nw

      that time , be added to it , they _P _^ _Sederaaires in a state of open tfat again * the _conledera _^ _'Lking _appliearion ofthe arte 1 , 6 , and 8 , of tte Federal Pact , resolve as _. _° " _% _' cfc aated the 'Art . l . The resolution of & _e % ? _£ _ wxt tothe _Jh of July of the present year , _™* g _*^ _^ _f-soInUon of the separate _J _^^ tSS _doi Za ' , bas ofLuceme . Uri . S . hwyte . _Uflt _« _waWen _^ Fribourg , and Valais , shall be put m _execnuon y _^^^ e _general in _^ ief of _tbeFede _^ _^ . » charged with the execaUon oftbis r _^ _lotm'AxL 2 . The Diet _wserfes to itself tie power w We the ulterior and necessary _metres . 'Art . 4 . The Federal Directory _» teenued Ito _^ eorn _naaicate without delay , the present _wwj- _^ g tte general in-chief of the federal _aerj . tj _« J Federal Conncil of War , and to all _thegorernmeBt * of cantons . ' . _»* , „ A _Pwclwnation to fteS * siB _H 4 * _6

      -V-— West Indies. Ah - ^Pjawe Discontent...

      manifesto to the nations , * were tken _onanimoualy ' adopted . Thesitting then terminated . Mr Peel had along conference with Mr _Oshsenbein on tbe morning of the 4 tb , ai which _it . _wasreported that an offer of mediation was made on the part of tbe British government , but that the president declared that matters had gone too far to admit of that mode ofarraugement . COMMENCEMENT OF UOSTILITIES . Hostilities have commenced in _Switzerland . ' A collision has taken place between the troops ol the csnton of Un and the canton of _Tesino . The action _wasof little importance in itself , excepting in as far as it is the first blood shed in tbe civil war _jnst commencing . The Zuric & Gazette of the 6 th says— ' Intelligence arrived Jast night , that on the 4 * h tho troops of Uri entered the territory of Tesino , and that a combat took place near _Airolo , between tbe outposts , in which two of the officers of Uri were

      killed

      ITALY . Cardinal Ferretti has retired from office . He is succeeded by Cardinal Amat . Instead of evacuating Ferrara the Austrians are making preparations for ist permanent occupation , 'if a letter from Rome is to be believed , ' says the Cbnsfffttfionnel , ' the Duke of Lncca being exceedingly short of money , has not only disposed of his duchy , bnt sold his gallery of picture ; to a rich Englishman . Unfortunately , the _dnke's agent , it is said , after having touched the price , has fled to America . '

      Some few ' reforms' granted by the King of Sardinia , _haveexcitedgreatrejoicings at Turin . The festivities began with a general illumination , followed the next _evening by a torch-lieht procession . On the 3 rd inst . the King left for Genoa , accompanied ent of the city by thousands of _peopleshouting ' Longlive Charles Albert , long live the King of Italy ; long live reform and Pins IX . ' The police had their arms reversed , and very few gendarmes were seen in the streets . In the evening the theatre was illuminated , and song 3 in honour of the King were sung by the actors and the audience . Festivals and rejoicings havo taken place at _iVovara . Alba ,

      Carmagnola , Mondovi , Pinerajo . Cine , and other places ofthe Piednumtese dominions . In the letters from Naples there is nothing to qualify the information already received . _^ The same pietureof unmitigated _despotism , military tribunals , arbitrary taxation , and a despairing and impoverished people continues to be presented . Several youths have been _barbarously " shot by General Nunziante . Tbe execution took place ' at Gerace on the 2 nd of October , the anniversary of the day on which _Nunnante _' a father had Murat shet . This coincidence winds a bloody wreath round the tern * pies of the present general .

      To Thb. Vebitabi.E Chartists Op Great Br...

      TO THB . _VEBITABI . E CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRlTAilf . ' Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not , Who wonld be free themselves must strike the blow . '

      Bbethbe * _-, The base aad malignant attempts of certain portions of tbe press of the profitocracy , to repress or damp the ardour of the people in their struggle to emancipate themselves from the fangs ofthe vampires of capital , Is a Eub _' _sct of more _importance in a political than social view , and demands tbe most serious and immediate attention Of aU those Who look for the amelioration of tbe condition of th _« masses , to tbe enactment of jast and equal laws , and the establishment of institutions better adapted to the requirements of society , and more in accordance with the progress of civilization .

      It is not in the power of all the printers 'devils in the kingdom , ne , nor their less guilty contemporaries In anotherplace , to stop the onward march of the Land movement , and it is at once amusing and consolatory to knoir , that the only effect ef their puny aid futile attasks is an increase of the funds , and an acceleration to the speed ofthe people ' s plough ! So far then we are safe , aud our enemies may fret and fume their fill , they will soon find that their occupation is gone , as regards the land . ; but they will not rest here , their conduct in this matter is a sure indication of what we may ezpeot in the way of obstruction to our political emancipation ; and I think it is time that we were buckling on our armour . to face the rode world , ' for depend on it we shall require all our strength to support our champions

      in their herculeaa task , * W _* e must not he mere idle spectators in the combat ; the shield of hone * t consciousness , and the lance ot truth , will not be sufficient te torn _asid 9 the fiery darts of expiring faction , nor the shafts of ridicule wbich will be burled on their devoted heads tram all sides of the arena . _IVe mast provide them with the armour of public _eplnion , and * nrronnd them with » _strong phalanx of tlie hardy sons of labour , whose freedom 5 s the prize to be contended tor , and whose _especial dnty it is to demand for themselves and their country , those r ghti and tmmuni . ties of which they have been sn long and so unjasily deprived , and through the lack ofwhieh the country is reduced to a state of languishment , which ill accords with hervaBt resources—the prey of the monopolist , and the sport _offacttoa .

      This state of things ought not to be , there is no neces . aity for _U , other than tho apathy or cowardice of the many , and the arrogant domination of the few ; and , therefore , it ought not longer to be endured . We have waited toe long , and toe patiently , for relief through the nostrums of political quacks . We have been electrified by one _set _. mei ' _-merised by a seeond , _puR-vanlsed by a third , and so on , till we are completely nauseated , and well nigh poisoned , and so it will be to the end of time , unless we at once pnt an end to the various juggles that are practised upon us , and ' tell them to 'Throw tbeir physio to ths _dogi . we'll have none on V

      We have told tbe _oppressor , and the state doctor , long -go , that we know tbe nature aod tbn source of our afflictions ; and I but reiterate the ' oft asserted truth , when I tell thera now , that we also know tbe care , and that is a very simple one , and though It may not be written iu their pharmacopeia , we can and will g ' lowlt them , is a little treatise on domestic medicine , entitled ' The People ' s Charter , ' and that we demand the right to apply it for our benefit , seeing that they are too Ignorant , or too dishonest to adopt it . Bat whilst I tell the oppressor and his tools these truths , I mu < it honestly _cenfees _, that we sre hiithly culpa _, ble , inasmuch as we have been for so long a time calling upon oar Hercules , to b-lp us out ofthe mire , without

      recollecting that' God helps those that help thems -Ives . ' Ant I now tell you . my brethren , that we ought nt once to pnt our shoulders to tha wheel , and set about our work in good earnest . Let Dr Bowring spoui Tree Trade froth at Brussels , and arrogantly assume an honour to which he never was , and never will be entitled ; let Br Epps rant abont our dependence on the middle classes , and others preach education as a test of fitness for the exercise of the franchise—heed _themnnt ; but let us unite a * one man , aud demand the restoration ofthe right to a share in making the laws by which we are governed , and which have such a direct Influence oa the well-being of ourselves and _families , and over the arrangements of the soeial community by wbich we ara snrrounded .

      Itis said , that ' for a nation to be free , 'tis sufficient tbat ( he wills it , ' and I am often told by some of onr best friends—that we do _' not deserve the franchise , because we bave neither the courage to demand ir , nor _theeusrgy and perseverance necessary to the prosecution ofour claims . Let us then immediately rally and hoist the banner of the Charter , and proclaim to the world , that we do know our rights , and knowing dare maintain them . I have witnessed with some degree of anxiety , the praiseworthy efforts ef our brethren in various parts of the _coantry , to resuscitate the dry bones of Chartism , —

      ant I am glad to see that by the hearty _response of sevaral portions of the huge mass—there is _evsry indi . cation of their speedily coining together , and I hope that as we have had some repose , we shall recommence the good work like giants r-fresked , and that we shall never cease our exertions , till we hava obtained our freedom ; and then my friends with Free Trade in legislation and agriculture , we shall be able to avail ourselves of the advantages of a free _camm-rea with the brethren of other lands ; to appreciate the blessings of rational education , and acknowledge no class , but that of the human family _.

      But a serious question arises here , —how is this organisation to be effected f We have been of late so much occupied with the agitation of the Land movement , that we have sadly neglected our Cbartist funds ; and without something beirg done in that respect , we can make bnt little progress in the rii ; ht direction . Let us then set about remedying tbe evil at ' once , by every member of tha National Charter Association subscribing one shilling _' to the _generaffaud ; and let all who ca" pay it at once , as a year ' s subscription iu advance , and those who cannot do so may pay by a penny a week or more it they think proper . Let the various sab-secretaries transmit the sum collected at the end of this month _, to onr honorary secretary , Mr C . Doyle , at the Land Office , until such time as we can carry out the suggestion of Mr O'Connor , as toa convention to be held in London , whea everything could be properly arranged to secure an energetic and effective agitation .

      Meantime , the first instalment of oar subscriptions wonld enable onr excellent secretary to take such steps as may be necessary to the furtherance of oar objects , aad what with the ' Old Guards , ' and tbe great amount of young talent that has grown up amongst us , I do not despair of seeing , by next Christmas , such an array of strength as wili not only silence the lying scribes , and hypocritical pharisees , but what is of infinitely mora importance , convince the nostrum mongers of either faction ofour firm determination to be free . Up , then , my brethren , and fo the work at duee , the timeisauspic _' oHs _, —nay , ' tis the very nick of time ; the disastrous state to which the country haa been _radueed by class-made laws , demands the most serious consideration of all ranks and degrees of men ; and it ts our especial duty , who are so deeply involved in the question , to insist on the adoption of such measures as will have a beneficial effect on the condition and welfare of every portion of the community .

      In conclusion , allow me to observe , that in thus offering my opinon , I have got no egotism to gratify ; nor any ambition beyond the public good ; and if my Bargestions do not meet with your approval , I can only add , thatbaving offered them with _thebestintentions , Ishall be ever ready to follow any plan that sball appear better calculated to work out those great principles , which we believe te be essential to the redemption of oar country , the redemption of the world , I am , fellow labourers , Tour brother Democrat . Nov . 2 nd . _HEirer Ross .

      The Manifesto Of M. De Lamartine . (From...

      THE MANIFESTO OF M . DE LAMARTINE . ( From our Parts ( _"hrrespondent . ) Toa recently published this curious pieee of workmanship . It consists of two very distinct parts : political measures and social measures . Now the political measures are , one and all , taken from the constitution of 1791 . with almost no alteration ; tbat is , they are the return to the demands of the middle classes in the beginning of the revolution . At tbat time the whole of the middle classes , inclnding even the smaller tradesmen , were invested with political power , while at present the participation in it is restrained to thelarge capitalists . What , then , is the meaning of the political measures proposed by M . de Lamartine ? To cive the government into the hands ofthe inferior bourgeoisie , bnt nnder the semblance

      of giving it to tbe whole people ( this , and nothing else , is the meaning of his universal suffrage , with his doable _svstem of elections ) . And his social measures ? Why they are either things which presuppose tbat a successful revolution bas already given the politics power to the people—snch as gratuitous education for all ; or measures of pure charity , tbat is measures to soften down the revolationary energies of the proletarians ; or mere high-sounding words without any practical meaning ; , such as extinction of mendicity by order in council , abolition of public distress by law , a ministry of the people ' s life , & c . They are , therefore , either totally _^ useless to the people , or calculated to benefit them in such a degree only as will assare some sort of pnblic tranquillity , ' or

      they are mere empty promises , which no man can keep—and in these two last cases they are worse than useless . In short , M . de Lamartine proves himself , both tinder a social and a political point of view , tbe faithful representitive of the small trades _, man , the inferior bourgeoisie , and who shares in the illusion particular to this class : that he represents the working people . And , in the end he is foolish enough to address himself to the government with the demand of their support for his measures . Why , the present government of the ereat capitalists will do anything bnt that . The J & forme , therefore , is perfectlv right in attacking , though with a deal of good will , and recognising his good intentions , the practicability both of bis measures , and his mode of

      setting about having them earned . 'Certainly , " says the Reforme , 'these are high words , revealing a mighty heart , a spirit sympathising with the « msc of right . ' The fraternal feeling is panting visibly nnder the cloak of word * , and onr poets and philosophers will be excited by them into enthusiasm similar to that produced npon Periclean Greece by the _sentence of Plato . But we have not now anything to do with _Perie'es , we live under the reign of Messrs Rothschild , Fulchiron and Dachatel , that is under the triple incarnation ef Money , bloekheadedFear , and Police ; we have for a government , profits . ' privilege , and the municipal guard . Now , hopes M _. de Lamartine that the league of

      _consolidated interests , that the Sonderbund of dollars , place and monopoly-will _snrrendcrand lay down arms at his appeal to national sovereignty and social fraternity ? Why . for good as for evil , all _thingsin this worldareconnected—one keeps up the other , nothing is isolated—and that is the reason whv the most generous programme of the depnty for Ma-on will pass like perfumed zephyrs of summer , will die like empty trumpet sounds , as long as they shall bear the mother-stain of all monopoly—feudal violation of Right and of Equality .. And this league of the privileged classes ls particularly closely united at this very moment , when the governmental system is the prey of convulsive fear .

      As to the institutions he proposes , the official country and its leaders call such things the sweetmeats of philosophy : Messrs Dachatel and Guizot will laugh at tbem , and if ihe depnty for Mason does not look ont elsewhere for arms and soldiers to defend his ideaB . he will passall hiB life at making fine words and no progress ! And if he addresses himself to the million instead of the government , we tell him that he follows a false route , and never will win over to his Bystem of graduated election , poor rate , and philanthropic charity , neither the Revolution , nor _thinkiremen . nor the people . The principles ,

      indeed , of social and political _regeneration have been fonnd fifty years ago . Universal suffrage , direct _ejection , paid representation—these are the essential conditions of political sovereignty . Equality , liberty , fraternity—these are tbe principles which ought to rale all social iastitntions . Now , the poor rate is far from being based upon fraternity , whilst at the same time it is an insolent and very impotent denial of equality . What we want , is not English middle-class expediency , but quite a new system of social economy , to realise ( he right and satisfy the wants of _alL

      A few days after appeared the second manifesto of M . de Lamartine upon the foreign policy of France . In this he _maintains that the peace system followed by the French government after 1830 . was the only convenient mode of action . He covers by pompons sentences the _infamousmanaer in which the French government first excited Italy and other countries to rebellion , and afterwards abandoned them to their fate . Here is the forcible reply of the Reforme to this buttermilk manifesto : — 'M . de Lamartine sacrifices the legitimate and only instrament of freeing ns—the holy war of principle—to a theory of peace which wili be a mere weakness , a lie , and evea an aet of treason , as long as the relations from people to peop _' eare based opon the policy of diplomatists , and the

      egotism of governments . No donbt , peace is tne ultimate necessity of civilisation ; but what is peace witb Nicholas of Russia ? the _disembowcller of whole nations , the hangman , who nails infants to the gal-Iows , who carries on a deadly war against even hope and reeoUeetion , who drowns in her tears aHd her blood a great , a glorious country ! For mankind , for civilisation , for France herself , peace with this mad-man of a Jack Ketch is cowardice ; wr justice , for right , for the revolution , it is a crime ! What is peace with Metternicb , who hires hosts of _assasins , who confiscates for the benefit of crowned epilepsy , the liberties—nations ? What » Pp _» »»* tliose little _Cie-ars of Europe , rained debaBcbe « , or JviUanons bigots who reign , to-day for the Jesuits , What is with

      to-morrow for the courtezan ? peace . the aristocratic and meney-mongering English government , which tyrannises the sea * , which Kills liberty in Portugal , which squeezes money even eut of the fags of itspeople ? Peace with these Jews , these poison-mongers , we repeat it , is , for a country In re-Volution , cowardice , shame , erime , moral desertion , bankruptcy not only of interest but of right and honoar' The other Paris papers have equally expressed their dissent from M . de Lamartine ' s programme iB different respects . He continues , however illnstrating its principles in his paper , the BienPuMic of _Majan . Weshallin a fewmontbs , be enabled to judge what effeet his new move will make o pon the Chamber of Deputies .

      Death Op Mb Gxobge Wiaiisd—This Wellknow...

      Death op Mb Gxobge _WiaiiSD—This wellknown dramatic artist , who for so many years held _Srank _hTbis profession at the Theatres Royal _KrflLS and Covent Garden , _eWd at his SS the White Hart Tavern . Oxford Market , od _SSJdw the 6 th instant . The immediate canse of his death was a rapid _consnmption , acting on a Station enfeebled by the exercise of his profe are shipping potatoes on the banks of the _Tmt , in _tocolMhto , fotManQh » ter . j

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      The Rabid Dispatch. To Ihe Bdttob «F The...

      THE RABID DISPATCH . TO IHE BDTTOB _« F THE NORTHERN STAR . Sia ,. —By a reference to a late number of yonr journal , I percelye that a gentleman of Edinburgh professes to he willing to give a premium of £ 50 , for the best essay on 'Hydrophobia , as it affects the human sub . jgct . ' I conceive , sir , that had the gentleman offered a premium for the discovery of human subjects Infected with tbis dreadtnl disease , I would very soon be in _posgessiaa of his money , by simply _pointing his attention to the rabid editors of certain newspapers , who for some time past hare heen frothing and spitting tbeir envenomed saliva at the fair fame of a man who is invulnerable to their attacks , and against certain principles advocated by him , which tbey themselves _admit

      would hs beneficial to the people , if carried Into _effect . They differ . It would seem , only with tba man , and not , as they pretend , with his measure ; and , from a careful investigation of the _predomiaant symptoms of their disease , I may be permitted to conclude , that these poor infuriates are either very envious or very dishonest ! Amongst tbis' bedlam' of ' mad caps' I may be justified in specially noticing the editor of the Weehly Dispatch I There can be no donbt , sir , tbat this animal—this specimen of tbe genus fumo _, is in a rabid state ! 'Stark , staring mad '—he would sting like a' Tarantula , ' could his fangs but reach his intended victims ; he ought certainly to be placed under restraint , and the ' strait waistcoat' of public censure be laced about him ; for , although his venom is innoxious to those wbo possess

      the antidote of truth , still , for his own sake , he ou ght to be prevented laying violent hands on his own existence as it is eertain that death—eternal and political death , _mustsoonput bo end to bis furore and his sufferings ; and wben tbat hour sball come , I will be guilty of an aot of charity towards his remains , for I will write his epitaph ; and marble as hard as his o » n adamantine heart , wbich beats vox responsive to the sufferings of the poor , shall record his fame , which may , if be do not repent , be somewhat in the style of the following : — Here lias ibe old and mad Dttgatch , In Tartaras he ' s met Ms match ; Whilst on earth his course wag evil , He bated good , and _ser- 'd the D— -1 .

      'Memento nori . ' I have , sir , for some years , strongly suspected tbe sanity of ( bo Dispatch , I thought so at a timo when I

      The Rabid Dispatch. To Ihe Bdttob «F The...

      proposed a vota of censure upon his eonduct towards the masons oa _strik * " at _tfcVTftw Hp " , e _» of Parliament , and the adoption of that vote b y * large meeting ot the lahabitants of this city , tended to confirm my opinion . I thoughtsowhen Iheard him denounce Chartlsm _. _because MrO Connor was a Chartist , and for that reason only I —for his abuse of the Fratsraal : Democrats and their officers ; fer his Billing-gate on the Irish , and recommendation to tbe government to re-enact the' Cromwell ' massacre In tbat eountry ; for his foolish attacks upon the Land Company , and exposure of his utter ignorance of the subject ; for his . duplicity in pretending to be the friend of the people when his acts prove the contrary ; and shall I allude to his opposition to the establishment of moral reforms wh _. n tbey militate against tfie interest ot the middle _elasseB . aad are Intended to _benefit the

      poor ; and last , not least , _lika all other rabid animals who cannot bear the exhibitionof a ' drop of water , for his opposition to the Teetotal mov . ment . Ha has sueh a horror of the principle , that he would sooner see poor men spending thrirmoney on gin , to feod the tax eaters , than tbat they should save It to _purchas * laud with , whereon ihey might grow bread to feed their hungry families . The Dispatch is a _prsciou _* . specimen oi a reformer . What does ha reform I _Eehoanswers-wbat " True , be is always mouthing about kingcraft and priest _, craft—always abusing old women who yisit Exeter _, hall—but it would be wiser for him to set about pulling down the rotten edifice than to be eternally talking _tboutit . We want votes for tbe _paople , and he knows ibatby such a lever only will Corruption be removed , not by words can it be eff _. cted ; therefore , if the Dispatch ever intends to bo honest , it is time for him to lay by hia fellies , and learn to be wise .

      I would just observe , that for several years of my y _oalk , I was _residenlla ibe neighbourhood of afr O'Coa . _nor's estate in Ireland , aud from my knowledge of that gentleman , and from all I ev » r could learn of hia character , the statements of the 'Whistler' are _contemptible _falsehoods . I have angle 1 many a time clo _* e by his mansion , have been in conversation with tha peasantry and tbe inhabitants of _EnniskilUn , Batlamir , and Buntnanwny , and I never yet heard Jfr O'Connor ' s name mentioned save with respect ; and I can testify to the gene _, ral good opinion of those wha have ( he best right to be acquainted with his _charactir . I say this much bocause I know the 'Whistler' and _othars SPEAK

      FALSELY ; -and however humble my testimony to Mr O'Connor ' s virtue may be , I trust all parties wil ! believe my assertion , when I inform tbem I do so from a feeling of justice only ; hut I would beg to assure tbe _Disjxitcft , that this is not the testimony of a hired spy , neithwr am I a ' paid agent , ' bnt slegply a lover of justice , who would sooner havo tha pleasure of shaving the Dispatch ' s head , and applying a blister to it to restore bim to reason and to honesty , than tbe pie-sure ot scalping him to discover tho morbid influences of his brain . I am , sir , yonr most obedient-servant , Bristol , Nov . _e-b , 1817 . W , E . _Clittox .

      The Importance Op National Organisation....

      THE IMPORTANCE OP NATIONAL ORGANISATION . TO THE WOHKINO MEN OP SCOTLAND IEITSB 11 . _Beethkeh , —I am not one of _thosa who are continuall y talking about the great advantages to be derived from a union of the working and middle classes of society , because I have ever been convinced' Who would be free , themselves must strike tbe blow . ' It must not be imagined , however , that any true reformer can repudiate such a union , when it oan be ef . fcpted' in sincerity and in truth . ' Bat it does not necessarily follow that the workingclasses are to stand stU > until sueh a thing sball occur , or tbat the people can by

      themselves do nothing to _advance the progress of Democraty _. I ever held ths opinion that if the people themselves—ihe unrepresented masses—werv fully alive to the vastimportance of true liberty , and ware firmly Hnitod in a _natiosal confederacy to obtain their just rights , no power on earth could long withstand the energetic demands of a really and truly united people . I bave not , therefore , indulged in useless _lamentatlonsabont tbe backwardness ofthe middle classes , but I have _oftsn _htmsnt-d , and do sttll regr t , that th » people themselves have hitherto been so indifferent to tbeir own best Interests , so callous and apathetic in _thsir own canse , that not one tithe bave ever done their duty to the movement .

      For this apathy and indifference , the local _asssocidtions—though they have done mucb , very much , to advance the movement—havebeen , in many cases somewhat to blame . The _committ-es have never attached that importance to our local associations , which alone can command success . We bave often bssn quits cantent if we eould induce a pretty largo number of working men to _conneot _thamselvss _nomlnnhy with us , by simply taking a card of membershi p . We hare been quite sa . _tisfitdif we could obtain as much cash—and very often , too , by forced subscription , from the packets of afew—as would just defray _currsnt local expenses . We have never

      inculcated the Imperative necessity of having a reserve fund , of regular payments , and regular attendance at our local general meetings . We have ' _ntver laid it down as a fundamental rule , tbat our income must always be above our expenditure . Tha cause of much local contention , I believe , has been the indiscriminate admission of all parties into eur business meetings , and to all the privileges of membership . It has often happened that tha funds of the association have been voted away by men who never _osntributed a riagle shilling . One greaterror intt which we hare often fallen , has been tae transacting of purely business matters at the general meetings of the association .

      I hava known an association meet week after W 9 ek to tta * i « act * aattMao { ba 6 lneBB , sounimportaBt and comparatively insignificant , that I w _« uld scarcely have troubled even the committee with them , they migbt safely hare been left to the judgment of the secretary . We have _narer reflected that the great bulk of our members are very often but the tewporarj converts of agitation and excitement , and that they _rsouire other matters than mere _nnlmportant business transactions to induce them to attend our meetings . There mast ba food for the mine ' . All matters of a purely business oast sbould be left en lire ly to the committee . This committee shoald be elected hy regular paying _members alone . Men should be chosen ln whom the members have full confidence ,

      The business meetings ofthe association should be one * a quarter , and not oftener , exeept on very important matters requiring the sanction of a general meeting , whieh should be specially called for the purpose . The associations should also , aB a rery important auxiliary to the movement , have either weekly or _moathly meetings , according to the re . onroes ofthe locality—for the delivery aod discussion of lectures , essays , dec . for reading and discuflsiog the news of tbe week , and any local occurrences of sufficient importance should also be commented on . To _thesa meetings—at whicb no association business whatever should be transacted—the public should be in . _vltad . There they would have the principles of the Cbartists fairly explained , and have full liberty to state any objections _.

      The lectures and essays on moral , physical , and politlcaltcience . would have the never failing tendency to command a good attendance ; and suppose this did not at once hold good , by conducting these meetings as they ought to bs managed , we would remove tho complaints whieh are justly made in many caseB—thatthe members oan be better employed at home in private study and self-culture , than by attending for hours transacting business which ought to he left entirely to the committee . If men attend onr meetings solely under tbe _iafluence of excitement , it _isplain tbat they will abandon them when this temporary excitement ? obsides ; but if we can draw men together to partake of The feast of reason and the flow of soul , ' tbis Intellectual stimulus will be a permanent attraction , an invariable source of pure delight . Tho discussions—properly conducted—would be tbe means of improving many ; and would be the rosins also , of making men more ready to express tbeir opinions on public occasions when necessary .

      The intellectual condition of tbe people is susceptible of much improvement , and now is the time to commence the good work , when there is evidently a tbirst for know _, ledge , a longing for intellectual acquirements throughout the country . I would also recommend the establishment of libraries in connexion with these meetings , so that eur members after hearing and discussing a lecture or essay , might hare a book along with them as employment for other spare hours , I would also recommend the establishment of a monthly manuscript magazine in each locality , to which every member would be at liberty to contribute . I am convinced that these auxiliaries are almost indispensably requisite In a movement such as the Chartist agitation , the object of whieh is to obtain Ihe political _tigbtB of the people , by their own combined moral power .

      Think for one moment how powerful aro our _foss , how well organised , and how determined in ' _tbelr purpose . Consid-r tbat tbey bave tbe whole wealth ofthis _mighty empire , and the press almost of the enttr . world , In their service ; and they gay , "Will a disunited people , wbo refuse to subscribe one single penny each a week—who distrust er bate each other—who are drawn together at intervals by tout temporary _excltemeat—will they he able to overthrow the power of combined _tyraany , with the world ' s wealth and power on their side ? That man must be mad who would _rentorc _theassertlon . ' We must not be s _itisfisd witb generating a spurious and fleeting public opinion—the minds ofthe masses must be enlightened—the love of liberty must be strong within them—the principles of Dimocracy must be indelibly engraven on their rery hearts—they must not only talk aud promise , but thoy must promise audpetferm ; they must be ever watchful— ever ready . No man who refuseB to subscribe one penny a week to support tbe cause , can really be sincere .

      I am aware that there are some , perhaps too many , who can but ill-afford even so small a sum , but tbere are a great many more wbo oan grudge that sum to our association , even for such an important purpose as the political emancipation of their country , but who do nevertheless quite ch » erfuH ) spend every week , perhaps , ten times the amount in useless and pernicious indnl . genets . We must endeavour to save _suob . men , to enlighten their minds , to make them think , to make them ac' tor themselves , in tbeir own cause . We must draw them to our lectures , and snatch their hard-earned money from tbe destructive , the debasing pot-house , and teach them to do justice to tbeir own cause , to their families . and to themselves ,

      The Importance Op National Organisation....

      Each member , then , wbo joins the association , should bf obliged to contribute at the irate of one penny per week . u .. __ I am aware that where this has been tried already , it has generally failed , but as I believe that this has been principally owing to the want ef an Intellectual stimulus to attend our meetings , and tho fact that thoso who did not pay , were also admitted to tlie meetings of our local associations , and that proper steps were never taken to get up members' subscriptions ; when the causeB aro romoved , the _resulf wili be more favourable . All members who are able , should be called on to pay fer one quarter In advance , when they join the association .

      All who agree to pay up weekly , should never be allowed to run in arrears more than on » quarter , and th en a notice should be sent invariably at the ens of evtr _^ quarter to all in arrears , to pay up by next meeting , or their names should be erased from the books , A number of printed notices ofthis description should be kept on hand by the secretary . In associations where a large number of members were entered , district wardens might be appointed , at wbose bouses , on certain intimated days , every week , tbe members might pay tbeir ' contributions witbout putting themselves to any inconvenience . These district wardens might call on all in arrears , and thus preserve regularity of payments ,

      Another great evil into which we have often fallen , bas been tbe want of punctuality in commencing our meetings , and the late hours to wbich tbey are almost invariably protracted , I have known mon excuse themselves for non-attendance , thus— ' Who would go there and atop till eleven or twelve o ' clock at Bight , when we must be at work by six o'clock in the morning ! ' Now , tome , who feel the very great advantage gained by going early to rest , this was unanswerable . Tbis must also be remedied ; all our meetings on ordinary _oceasioes , must close soon after ten o ' clock , v . v ..

      If an animated discussion should arise after any particular lecture , and if time is oxhaustcd _, the discussion should be adjourned till next nfght of meeting . I havo also often seen a set of excellent rules adopted , both for regulating ibe proceedings of committee and general meetings , and every one atthe time of passing theBe rules , appeared to be sensible that there was a necessity for abiding by them ; but , in a _sbott time these laws were entirely forgotten , and never acted on . To remedy this , I _, would suggest that a printed copy of the rules should invariably be banded to the chairman of aU meetings connected with tbe association , with instructions to him to Bee that tha rules were duly enforced .

      Our meetings should be conducted with regularity ; and therefore , previous to all business meetings of local associations , the committee sbould draw out a _programme of bn * ines _» , and then , after the whole ofthe business on tbe card bad been duly disposed of , any member should be at liberty to make any proposition he thought necessary . I have often seen that men havebeen pressed to accept office , after tbey had repeatedly stated their unwillingness to act , and the result has been that these individuals have seldom , if ever , attended _meeticg * ot com . mittee ; and the whole business , and trouble connected with it , bas been borne and managed by a few individuals barely competent for the undertaking .

      The electing of large committees I also consider to be a great evil , because many absent themselves from committee meetings under the impression that there will be a sufficient number present , ! suppose they are absent , seeing that there is such a large committee , ' Thus , it will _somstimss happen that out of a oommittee of twenty , there are not more than six or eight present . Thus , ths proceedings of one half ofthe committee are not agreed to by the other , and huve sometimes to bo discussed over again , and other resolutions agreed to ,

      This might easily be nvolded by choosing a small number of men la whom all the members had full confidence ; men who knew tha duties they undertook , and agreed _jto fulfil them willingly—energetically . All buBiness matterB shonld then be left to tbem , and they migbt be limited to tbe expending of ono half , or ono fourth part of tbe funds , on their own _responsibility ; nnd only call special meetings , when business of great mement required the sanction of tho general body . The weekly meetings should then be devoted to lectures , & o „ as already suggested .

      With tha reserve funds of the local associations , when nothing of more importance presented itself , the _associalions might procure some hundreds of tracts on subjects calculated to explain our principles , and improve the moral , soeial , and political condition of the oporative classes . They might also endeavour to purchase , or erect places of meeting with a portion of th _« reserve fund . Every local association should also become subscribers to the Northern Stab , a file of which should be ' ' nvnriably kept , for future reference . Othtr publications of a similar nature sbould also be procured and preserved . Of course the extent to which these _suggestions migbt be acted on , would entirely depend on the number of regular paying members in tha district ; but with a very smallnumber much good could be done .

      I have no doubt hut that if pur local meetings were conducted with punctuality , regularity , and energy , tbere is such a charm about intellectual enjoyments , our members would Increase every week . I would hava you bear In mind that one man who comes up regularly , attracted by tbe love of prlnoiple alone , and the third for knowledge , is worth a hundred who only attend through temporary causes , on whoso energetic co-operation we cannot depend . Above all things avoid personal quarrels , contentions , on private character and matters of a personal nature . II it shonld ever happen that you are bound to Invest ' - gate matters of tbis description—n charge ol one member against another , wbich only tbe most serious importance can warrant the bringing up—tbis should be Invariably

      _sottled by private arbitration ; a special _committeeohosen equally by the accuser and the accused , and in no case shonld snch matters be brought before tha general meetings of onr local associations . Matters of this kind bavo done more harm to our local bodies than all tbe open attakes of Whigs and Tories together . If a brother have erred , U is the duty of Chartists in particular , and all men , to stretch a point ' to forgive bim , Observe the law of kindness , and not the law of lextalionis . Kindness will disarm the most ignorant man in existence , bnt revenge only begets _hatccd and retaliation . 'A soft answer turne'b away wrath , but grievous words _stlrretb up anger , ' These are a few of the most prominent causes ofthe failure of our late national organisation , and If these are avoided , we will be sure of success .

      Let us notnelay another week , then , to organise , Oh ! is it not a stain upon Scotland—tbat land which boasts of Wallace , of Muir , of Palmer , of Baird , of Hardy ,, and her patriot martyr bard ; of Burns , and of Nicol , the poets of tbe people—tbat tbey aro still enslaved , still apathetic-, still unorganised f Some will say that tht y are afraid of persecution , —that they despair of doing any good . But I would ask such men , have you suffered one tithe of the _persecution " suffered by your forefathers ' Men who were driven from bouse and home , —men who had their beloved wives , and dear innocent children , butchered In their very sight , while their homesteads were in flames — men who were hnnted over the wilds ,

      the hills , and glens of Scotland , like _beaBts of prey , — men who assembled in caves and valleys , under arms , to worship God _according to the dictate of consciencemen wbo never did despair ,-who endured hunger , thirst , nakedness , and all tbe pangs which men could possibly conceive—men . who still persevered , men wbo ultimately triumphed ! Are we so degenerate now , tbat tbere are men among us whe grudge a single penny a week , 4 s . _4 d , a year ; who ' quail under the petty persecution of being called destructives , levellers , & c and of Josing tbe favour of some paltry overseer , 'dres'tnp in a little brief authority , ' _vrhose power fer evil is limited indeed ?

      Where men are actually liable to real persecntlon I would not have them sacrificed by making a public abow of their principles , but ' even these could contrive to lend us their aid , But with many tbis is bnt an in _» vented ' excuse ; _wi'h many it is more the fear of losing their so-called respectability , the dread of being called Cbartists , than any otber persecution that keeps them back . Let us show tbem by the orderly manner in which our business is conducted , by the justice of our cause , that this is a false fear—tbat Cbartists are honest and honourable men , and that an honest man is tbe noblest nork of _Ood . I would recommend the working men ot Scotland to take advantage of ihe _approashlng visit of F . O'Connor and Jones , to re-organise thoir associations . Let public meetings be colled either immediately before , or after their visit to each locality , for that purpose , throughout the nation .

      Let the movement be simultaneous ; and let the people understand well what is expected of tbem as members of tbe Chartist body , Use no _clap-trap to cateh mea ; strive to convince them that they must persevere in the cause , and pay to support it , beoanse it iB their duty _. Send special _invltatloas to all tradeB and organised bodies of working men , to join your New Confederacy , Tbe members of tbs _National Land Company sbould move in this matter they sbould belong to Charter As . sociation . above all others . Tliey owe a debt of gratitude to Mr O'Connor for all he has done on their behalf , and I am certain tbat he would consider himself amply paid , by seeing his children doing their duty to the cause .

      In towns where no association of Chartists now exists , the Land Company should recommend their members to set about the formation of such witbout delay ; aud in other towns the members of the Land Company should strengthen the hands oftheir Cbartist brethren , by becoming members oftheir association . lam sure if the Land Company were in danger , the Chartists would soon fly to the rescue . Let them both unite , let all the good and the true unite in the holy cause of universal liberty and human progression . ' All men are brethren . ' The people are new ready to aid tho good cause , for as men grow Intelligent , so does their desire for liberty increase . I cannot help concluding with an extract from fa favourite author , _beeause I think there is more reason now than ever to exclaim— . 1 God save the King and Kings , For if he don ' t , I doubt if men will longer . Methinks I hear a little bird that sings

      , The people by and by willbe tbe stronger !' Hoping that you will calmly _cftnslder theso few mg _gestions , and resolve to aet forthwith , 1 remain , brethren , "firm and faithful , Fbo Fatbu , November 1 st , 1847 ,

      """' ' T- M.^3 „ ..... A Slice For Lloyd...

      """' ' T- M _. _^ 3 „ ..... A SLICE FOR LLOYD AND OTHERS . . .. T 8 TUB BDIT 08 0 ? TBE KOBrBKBif STAB . Sia— ' There is an act in the Laird o ' Grant ' s Court that no aboon eleven speak at _osce . '— Scotch Proverb . Nine of the " press-gang' have , with leprous venom , shot their shafts ef envy , hatred , and malice , against the bold and unconquerable—the _nobled-miisded O'Connor . Nine weekly ' _speakat once' their _calumales and abuse of him , through the columns of a corrupt , venal , and time-serving press-but their poisoned arrows of abuse , tbeir slander and misrepresentation falls harmless at his f _« et .

      They attack him with falsehood and cowardly insinuations—they heap all manner of _tmcharitableness on his head , ana would gladly crush and Je * troy him , if they knew how—tbe will is evidently not wanting . But he ia nerved and braced for the whole ofthe _scrib-B ofthe press ; he is prepared for tbe conflict , and courts not iheir favour , nor fears tbeir frowns . Ha needs not , _aor is he overawed by iheir wrathful _fulrainations . Tbo rancorous vengeance of bis enemies ho haB boldly met _,, and _repell . d with the only weapon an honest man baaneed of—tbe bare and naked truth , Ever ; means , tbat baseness could suggest has been employed to injure tho character of Mr O'Connor . Nothing has been omitted whereby bis enemies migbt abuse and vilify him , Foul calumnies and _misrepresentations bare been resorted to—and _oua individual ,

      wbo has more than onco degraded himself , has been employed to visit Mr O'C . ' s native country , and ferret out t-hathe could respecting his character ; but he haB signally failed to learn anything of him but what is worthy of a gentleman and a man of honour . Lies have Supplied him with what he could not otherwise obtain . In short , every means have been used that ingenuity could devise , or falsehood frame . And in defiance of all this opposition—in defiance of the power of a prostituted press , though their artillery and _battering-rama have been levelled against him , lie rises still with greater might and vigour , in proportion as he is calumniated and attacked . The Bturdy oak is not felled with ont , or a drztn blows . When a true genius appears in tbe world , you may know hira by this sign : ' tbat all the dunces are in confederacy againsthim . '

      What are the characters of thc men , tho dunces , wbo now stand foremost in the abuse of Mr O'Connor ; who are now _endeaveurlng , with all their skill and cunning , te defame his character , and destroy tbe well-merited reputation _henowjenjoys ! I lay It down as a rule , necessary to be obaerved , tbat a man before he impugns the character of another , ougbt himself to be free from guilt and unimpeachable ; o * , to use a proverb , ' Those who live in _glBBB houses should not tbrow stones . ' Now , Bir , as I perceive in _'Boyd ' s Threepenny Trash' of Sunday last , and as I have seen for weeks past , slander Bnd abuse dealt out pretty freely to Mr O'Connor , through the columns of tbis paper , attacking hit honesty with unmerited severity and rancour , I just venture a few words by way of a gentle reminder of ' days gone by . ' ' All are not thieves tbat doge bark at , ' and all are not as clear of crime who charge others with sinning , as tbey sbould be . Of all that I have an oppor * tunity of knowing a little about , none ought to remain so quiet as the proprietor of the above worthless

      paper , I have selected this man for the first exposure . Week after week this paper teems with abusive and unfounded language against Mr O'Connor—a man whose character will bear tbc strictest scrutiny and closest investigation . Edward Lloyd , ' come forth thon slanderer , and let me Bee tby face , ' thou hast much to answer for—immaculate Edward . ' By their fruit ye shall know them . ' I ' havo now . lying by me a weekly newspaper called the Ba'hoa ii Bell ( now defunct I believe ) , bearing the date of December 28 th , 1814 :, and I bsg , for the information of the readers ofthe Stab , to state , that in the above-named paper there is a

      case of seduction— Mullet v . Lloyd—and tbat a certain Mr Mullctt was plaintiff , and a certain Mr Lloyd was defendant , and that the plaintiff said to the defendant these severe words : — 'Teu black-hearted villain , what have you done with my wife ? ' To which the defendant made answer— ' How do you like it * I have your youBg wife ' . Ton can bave my old one in exchange . ' And that a certain Mr E . Lloyd bad living with him at his house at Forest Hill , a certain Mrs M— , and was seen atEpsom races , arm-in-arm together tbere . And tbat a certain Mr Cockburn addressed thejury in au eloquent speeeh for the defendant , and tbat the judge summed np , and tbe jury returned a verdict for the plaint ' s "—» damages £ 750 . ( laid at £ . 2 , 000 ) .

      All this , Mr Bditor _, is oo record ; all this has passed through a court of law . A ( present I'll no Unfile' mora on your patience , but subscribe myself . A friend to the cause , and a Cbartist , J . Monk _Ambbose , ' One who has whistled at the plough , but not witb the flogged soldier . ' P . S , —I have sent a copy of this to Herd ' s office , bnt don ' t expect it to be noticed .

      Stapfobd.—Frbb Pardon Grakied.—At The As...

      _Stapfobd . —Frbb Pardon Grakied . —At the assizes , held in March last , a respectably connected person , named Thomas Walley , was sentenced to fitteen years' transportation for an alleged violent assault upon the person of a woman named Rochell . Since Mv Walley _' s conviction , his friends have been exerting themselves to obtain her Majesty ' s pardon . Mr Hunt , solicitor , ef Stafford , laid a statement ot thc whole case before Sir George Grey , and requested further inquiries to be made as to thu guilt orinno * cence of tbe prisoner . A re-investigation of the facts was made , and tho following letter has been received by Mr Hunt from tho Secretary 0 f State : — ' Whitehall , November 2 , 1847—Sir—Secretary Sir George Grey bavin * - carefully considered your

      application id behalf of 1 nomas vralley , I have the satisfaction to acquaint you that , under all tho cireurastances of the case , he has felt warranted in advising her _ftlajesty to grant tbe prisoner a froe pardon . I , ' am , sir , your most obedient humble servant ,. S . M . Phiujpp 8 . —Cbarle 8 Hunt , E 3 q ., Stafford . _' Supersiitiox is 1847 . —On the day of the adjourned inquest at Coseley , on the body of James Cooper , who was supposed to have died from the effects of poison administered by a young woman , the brother of the deceased stated tbat the deceased , before his death , imagining he was bewitched by the female in question , ' desired his brother to steal silently and alone , at midnight , into a churchyard ,

      and take a handkerchief full of clay from a young maiden ' s grave , top face under his head , to break the spell of witchcraft that the young woman had cast over him . Accordingly the brother of the deceased went to a maiden ' s grave in a churchyard , ab twelve e _' _clotk at night , and removed the clay in a handkerchief , keeping his gaze during the whole of the time rivetted upon the sky , according to the orders of the sick man , under whose head he placed the consecrated earth , and who confidently expected from this mummery that he should speedily recover . Unfortunately , however , for the credulity of the poor fellow , it did net break the spell of death which was upon him , for , in the words of the brother ofthe deceased , ' lt dain't do him no good , for soon after he died . '

      Cruwts _Morchard . —Aimobd CiSBoy roisomso . — The County Magistrates hare been again occupied with a lengthened investigation connected with the sudden deathof Richard Fisher , at Gruwys Morchard . Our readers will recollect tbat a few weeks since , Ann Fisher , wife of the deceased , was committed for trial on a charge of causing his death by poison . On Wednesday week , at the office of Mr A . C . Sharland ,, clerk to tho magistrates , at Tiverton . Thomas Leach , her reputed paramour , and Mary Hodge , her

      sister , were examined on a charge of being accessory to the murder . The examination lasted from ten in the morning until eight at night , when both were oommitted for trial , and taken on the following morning to the county gaol at Exeter , in the custody of Superintendent Harford , whose vigilance and activity in this case have been unceasing . Mr Tanner , the attorney for the prisoners , being absent in London , his olerk attended on their behalf , but wns excluded by the magistrates—with such strict pjivacy was the inquiry conducted .

      The men employed ia digging the foundation of the Hew Church at Jerusalem have had to make their way through forty feet of remains of ancient buildings , before they came to the solid ground . The number of unemployed at Blackburn continues undiminished . WOR 8 _HIP-STREET . —Omnibus Cohdoctob . 8 . —Mr E . Garden was charged with assaulting Q . Hackman , The complainant , the conductor of a Camberwell omulbus , stated that he was hailed near the London Tavern

      on the 86 th ult . by the defendant and another gentleman , bu * upon stopping the vehicle they passed on and mounted the roof ef another pmn jfe w , oa _* _, _« _- _, _ttfiy rode as far as Shoreditoh Church , where the defendant got down , and , without tho slightest provocation , struck bim a violent blow , and knocked him down . Defendant afterwards kicked him io severely that he waB still suffering from the effects of his violence . He called a policeman , but the charge waa refused . —The defendant , in reply , stated that bis friend and himself , instead of fielding to the complainant ' s endeavour to prooure them

      as passengers , got upon a rival omnibus , and they wero Immediately _assallod with the foulest invectives from the complainant , who cautioned the other passengers to take care » f their pockets , as he knev them to be notorious members of the swell mob ' . The complainant '! omnibus kept pace with that npon which he was riding for upwards ofa mile , during the whole of which time he continued the same _couwo of annoyance . On reaching Shoreditch Cburch his vehicle stopped , and complainant having ag"in pointed them out to the foot passengers as thieves , defendant got down and struck him ,

      though not bo violently os had been represented , and ho denied having kioked him at all .-Mr H . Pearee , who was In the defendant ' s company on the occasion , and the driver ofthe omnibus upon which they rode , were then called and confirmed defendant ' s account of tha transaction _intrery particular . —Mr HammUl said that although , strictly speaking , the defendant was not justi fied in taking the l « w into bis own hands , he considered as the complainant had offerad such gross and scandalous provocation in tbis instance , that the chargo had been fully answered , and be should dismiss tbe com . plaint .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13111847/page/7/