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      Y0w *« Fhe Day And Now'sthehonr, Seethefront Of Battle Lour See Approach Proud Arthur's Power, Arthur, Chains, And Slavery.

      y 0 w _*« fhe day and now _' sthehonr , _Seethefront of battle lour See approach proud Arthur ' s power , Arthur , chains , and slavery .

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      10 The Imperial Chartists. ¦ & "B Eloveh...

      10 THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . ¦ _& " B _elOveh _Fmesiis , —Itis now sometime since < oar position _justifiedmeinaddreasingyoubyyourpo « tical name , nor should I now resume it , after three -tears and a half very culpable apathy , had I not _discovered to my entire satisfaction , _during last week ' s _mourn in Lancashire , that the principle but slept ju _ til there was a foe iu the field worthy of its _antagojjjsm . _ItisMlongskrethe _^ Hepressventuiedto ask where Chartism was now ? Nor was I long in

      _jesponding , on your behalf , that I would speedily let _jjiem know- I am now in a-situation to do so . I h _£ ce visited the head quarters , and many of the outposts of Chartism . I have had communication from almost every garrison in thekingdom , and I proclaim jo the world , that Chartism sot osly uves , but is prepared once more to fight the battle of freedom . Jt is not so long since a miscalculating Attorney-General boasted that he had Mlled Chartism , nor _ttas it long before Chartism killed his party and _jjuried it in that grave whicli he had prepared for ns .

      I have often told faction that the rock upon which ¦ Whiggery split was the vain endeavour to conceal pnhlic opinion by withholding any mention of our same , onr principles , or our triumphs , from the _fforld . They treated us as a new sect not looking for equality , or even toleration , but as if we merely straggled for such notoriety as the law condescended to extend to us . The old party who thus treated us Is now in the field once more looking for political power , and the subject upon which I address you is to ask , if , afterhavingrouted , defeated , and destroyed them , they shall now walk into office as if in reality we had ceased to exist : or shall we not rather give

      them to understand that there are other parties besides the League , other principles besides free trade , to be taken into account , before _wconsftntto a restoration ef the Whigs to power . However , there are some questions for the country to answer before those "Whom you have appointed to conductyonr movement can be in a situation to decide . We have called a representation of all the towns in North and South Lancashire , Yorkshire , Nottingham , Leicester , Derby , . Norwich , Birmingham , and London , to meet at Manchester , on Monday next , and there to deliberate as to our future policy and course . Let every town then answer the following questions through lis

      delegate : —Are you still resolved upon remaining a party distinct from all others in name and principles ? Js your motto still" Onward and we conquer , backward tend we fall . "— " The People ' s Charter and no surrender ? " " Better to die a freeman than live a slave . " * ' We will abandon our princi ples only xvith . our lives . " " _Wetvill die or conquer . " " The land is our inheritance . " " The CImrter is our _lirHiright . " " United ws stand * , divided we fall . " "A fair dap ' s wage for a fair day ' s wort . ' * " The Charter is our rigid , and we wiU have it . " Let those questions be answered by all . And if your resolution is fixed and firm , let us understand if we are all prepared , once more , to brave the db > -geon or the transport , in honour of

      _OTTR TBKCIPLES . Whether , if necessary , you are once mere prepared io light the silent monitor ( the torch ) , not to burn _, as our foul-mouthed enemies charged us , not to destroy property , but to light us at that only hour allowed for onr gathering by the system , to talk over our grievances and our mode of redressing them . Brother Chartists , I ah tiie same , the vert same that I ever was . I am ready to face the dock , the dungeon , or the scaffold , rather than abandon my principles , or forfeit my right to advance them . I have gained experience from the past , which may

      better enable me to protect you against the law's quirks and quibbles , but if I lived till every hair of my head was grey , I should never learn to lisp the word " surrender . " If any man in my situation of life could be justified in abandoning a cause which las been so lukewarmly supported by those for whose benefit its _advocates bave suffered so much , I am that mrs ; aud by this appeal to you I prove that I know you better than yonr enemies know you . That in your some-time apathy I do not recognise the abandonment of your principles , hut , on the contrary , I _lielieve that there are ten Chartists now , ten jreal Chartists , for eveiy one Chartist that was in

      existence in the days . of Chartist froth . We have since then weeded the field , we have winnowed the chaff from the corn , and the millions have more confidence than ever ihey had in the leaders that have remained stedfast and firm . When Sir Robert Peel proclaimed his tariff in 1841 , 1 then announced that it was a measure so wise , so grasping , so luminous , just , comprehensive , and _statesmaidike , that I doubted if the first Chartist Parliament wonld have ventured upon so sweeping a

      proposition . From that moment to the present eveiy single act of Peel ' s has gone to establish his belief in the necessity of those changes that we sought to effect . His career for the last five yeare _, let _scribblers , monntebanks , and factions write , and ridicule , and denounce as they may , has been , when all the circumstances of the case are considered , the most brilliant , the most astounding , the most daring , and statesmanlike , of which the annals of the country bear record , and his resignation at this moment is the most terrible blow this country has

      -experienced for many years . We are not only to consider the gigantic changes ie has effected , but we must also bear in mind the strength of the faction from whom he has extorted ihemT His was indeed a strong government ; and yet , when dirty work was to bo done , when a Masters * and Servants' Bill was to be carried , we never 3 ai Peel defiling himself with pitch , or lending his strength to the purposes of faction . In such cases he has confined the struggle to the refuse of his party , and ihe strength of public opinion . How easily le might have carried ihe Masters ' and Servants' Bill , if he had consented to lend it his aid . No ; even in the height of the revolution of 1842 , he allowed Graham to state what was the power of the police , but

      Peel wonld not confer that power upon them by law . True , the middle classes made him prosecute us , bnt lie gave us a just judge , a mild , an honourable , and humane Attorney-General , and I speak from authority when I assert , tbat he gloried in onr delivery . Sot so the Whigs . They followed us with a bloodthirsty vengeance . They refused all our appeals for an act of simple justice to Frost and our other friends j they gave us no quarter , except what our own courage forced from them . And yet I am ready to forget and _foigire the past , in the hope that their ihture conduct will prove sorrow for the past , and -will be altered in future . But this lam resolved upon , that they shall acknowledge us as a party , admit onr strength , and concede our just demands .

      I do not mean that any cabinet , formed ont of the present turmoil , will concede onr Charter ; but I do mean that they shall confer upon ns the legal legitimate means of achieving it for ourselves . Hook to another election as the ground work of those means ; and I look to the proper exercise of the power we shall then achieve toacconiplish our object . Formy _self , I cannot see the possibility of forming a cabinet ont of the _^ abbish that we are told Lord John Russell has gathered together for the purpose . New blood , fresh Wood , vigorous blood , Peel ' s blood , and the democraticblood , must be iniused before anything

      permanent , or representative ofthe present mind , ean be established . Hitherto the Whig 3 have been thelegislative plaything of the people . We havebeen able to snap them in pieces by our own single strength . We do not want such a government ; we want a government with some stability in it ; a government that will concede what is right to the growing mind ofthe age , and not a plaything for the amusement of children . We want a government , in the words of Lord John Russell , that will concede " aix _psedeni -ixn _cixmous concessions , " and no more ; but we rennire foil latitude for the public mind to declare and

      decide what those " protest and cautious _coscessiosb" are io be ; and we require a government to surrender its own caprice to this national judgment , It is for you , then , to say whether or no you are satisfied to be "laves , or whether you are determined t be freemen . You will read , mark , learn , and in wardly digest every sentence ofthe Executive's mes sage , and you will be prepared to say , through your representatives , whether you are prepared to carry nt the policy recommended in that message . By ihe duty that you owe to yourselves and your families ,

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      by the allegiance you owe your country , ly your lond to those whose rights you are bound to defend though yet unborn , by your valour as Englishmen , by your sufferings as Chartists , ly your duty as Christians , ly your pride as freemen , by your love as fathers , by your duty as husbands , ly all that is dear , by all that is sacred , by all that is just , I invoke you to buckle on your armour for the good fight . It will be a moral Splita glorious fight—and a valuable triumph . It is the battle of right against might , of knowledge against bigotry and intolerance , of justice against injustice , of liberty against oppression and misrule . AnE tou HEADT TOR SUCH A STRUGOIE ? IF SO , SAT SO ; and none will be found more ready to do one man ' s part than

      Your faithful friend And unpurchaseable servant , Feargus O'Connor

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      Vol. X. No. 423. London, Saturday, Decem...

      VOL . X . NO . 423 . LONDON , SATURDAY , DECEMBER 20 , 1845 . __^ _ _JS _^ _gBggS _« -i

      The Land. To The Members Of Tiie Chartis...

      THE LAND . TO THE MEMBERS OF TIIE CHARTIST

      CO-OPERATIVE LAND ASSOCIATION . Mr Fribxds _, —In ray desire to place your association upon a stable and permanent footing , you will not expect me to forget those principles which would make your association national . The land is what I aim at , the Charter is the means by which I seek to achieve it . I shall now , however , confine myself to the social branch of the subject—the land . You will read , in this week ' s Star , the conclusion of our deliberations in conference , and now it is my duty to comment briefly upon the proceedings—not upon the changes made in the Rules—for , actually , there were none , except in such details as would confer upon you the entire benefits presented in the original _"iules ofthe association .

      My Friends , you may well imagine what my suspense was , what my fears were , and the anticipations , te wheih my too sanguine mind had given birth . I confess that the Dewsbury resolutions made me tremble for the safety of my child . Otherwise , I doubt whether I should have left a sick-bed to have perilled my life in its defence . However , no man is more satisfied to do justice than I am ; and I am now proud to say , tliat it appeared " to be the desire of the

      conference to co-operate with me to ? _ecure the triumph of the principle . I shall now briefly sketch for yon the main features of the week's work . Hereafter 1 shall select each important branch for a separate letter , showing you the advantage of every alteration that was made . It would have been utterly impossible , long as the hours of sitting were , io give you a faithful report of what was done ; however , that which appears in this week ' s paper will be verbatim , as there was more time for its arrangement .

      The first question to which 1 shall call your attention is the Enrolment , and so indispensable is that , that I now tell you boldly that it shall be enrolled , though we were obliged to give it the title ofthe hell-born devil . The enrolment is for you and not for me ; if I wanted to rob you I would have stuck up for the introduction of yonr principles , your objects , your means of carrying them out , and then 1 might have tickled your excitable enthusiasm by telling you that the law refused its protection , and asking you what I shoulo Do with the money _is

      nAND , The great hitch in every association is the dilliculty of having the monies applied to the legitimate purpose . When the project is ripe for action , then there is some conscientious demur amongst the conscienft _' _ons ( rusteesanddirectors , as to whether they can legally and honourably apply the funds to such a purpose . Now I shall say no more about enrolment further than that it shall be enrolled , and with the name if possible ; if not , I will take all the _reponsibilityupon my own shoulders , and I honour the men who had the bravery to contend for enrolment under anv circumstance .

      The next question is , the payment of 5 s . a-year , by those who shall receive the £ 15 , until the last member is located . This is so just , and such a necessary link between those who are located and those who are not located , that it requires no comment . The man who is located first will thus feel that he is not discharged from the obligations of brotherhood until every man is located , while those who pay but sixpence and threepence a-week will have the advantage of the measure .

      The next subject , and the one ofthe greatest importance is the application of the £ 15 to its legitimate purposes , namely , to the cultivation of the soil . Now , I will state for you precisely what the effect ol this measure will be . It will not keep any man a single day from the occupation of his tenement . Before the foundation stone of the house is laid , every man will know his own allotment , and no man could occupy his house or leave his labour until the house was built . Say then , that it takes two months to erect the houses ; thus , two months labour , of the most judicious labour , will have been expended upon the allotment , and when the occupant takes

      possession he will find himself ia a garden instead of a wilderness , while the value ofthe thing to be mortgaged will be brought two monthsearlier to maturity , and thus a greater impetus will be given to the society . It is to be distinctly understood that the directors will allow all that are capable to undertake this preliminary work themselves , while it is also to be understood , that the wish of eveiy occupant will be religiously adhered to inthe management ofhis little estate ; and believe me , they'll be all there on Sunday , by moonlight on Saturday , and at sun rise on Monday morning , even if they have to run to and from their work .

      My friends , we are fostering parents , not cruel taskmasters . Now , by this wise provision of James Leach ' s , we will be able to go on with our operations -with an exactly doubled speed . We will be able to do in two months what otherwise it would have taken us exactly four months to do—two months to build and air the houses , and two months to cultivate the ground , instead of doing both at one and the same time . So that without this we would have lost one half of the season , and hazarded the success of the association , by allowing unskilled persons to damn the project through their own disappointment . Now

      I will show you the working of this plan . The allotments are assigned—the foundations are laid , each man knows his own plot . The directors instantly set to work , as the stewards of the association , and the servants of those particular occupants . I will presume the wages of an agricultural labourer to bc 12 s . 6 d . a-week , and that the entire labour of a man is applied to a two acre farm for two monthsthat is £ 5 . Seed I over-estimate at £ 1 ; thus £ 6 of the £ 15 will have been expended , and £ 0 will re . mam . With that £ 9 I propose that every man shall buy a two year old heifer , which he will get good for £ 5 . I will tell him the breed hereafter , and where to get her for less . That makes £ 11 . He will

      give £ 1 for a pig . He will then have £ 3 to live upon until the crops , which have been two months planted , begin to supply him , and if he requires more money for his support , or even improvements , the bank of loan will furnish him with it ; and , mind , we shall have a capital for that purpose of £ 1 , 000 or upwards , by the time possession is taken of the first _/ -dlotraent . Those who can buy a cow , of course will buy a cow for immediate use ; and one of the principal duties of the directors will be to lay out every man ' s allotment according to the mode of life he intends to pursue , whether for grain , garden staff , or a mixture . The moment the houses are occupied , andthe altered state of the land is seen , that moment we should be enabled to get nearly as much

      The Land. To The Members Of Tiie Chartis...

      upon mortgage as we could realize by sale , and every year it will be improving . But I won't say a word about sale now , as I feel as firmly convinced , as I am of my own existence , that Leach ' s two proposition swill be the means of putting every man in possession of his land for ever , without rent . It wii Ibe a very beautiful thing to see a hundred agricultural la * _bourers working for a hundred operatives , at 5 % . 6 d . a-week more than the Dorsetshire landlords give them .

      The next question is the amount of rent to be paid , whieh , of course , will be according to the value ofthe land purchased . In my letters to the Irish Landlords , in my work on SmaU Farms , in every letter that I have written to you , I have distinctly told you that I would rather pay £ 5 an acre for land worth only _& i an acre , than pay 30 s . an acre for land worth £ 2 an acre . No one supposed that he was to have two acres of land that cost £ 50 an acre , a house , and £ 15 , for £ 5 a-year . No one supposed that we could purchase every estate that we bought at the rate of exactly £ 18 los . au acre ; but everybody knew that some

      . scale was necessary ; and we laid down a scale that even a fool may understand—that scale is , that a man shall pay £ 5 a-year for two acres of land that cost £ 18 15 s . an acre , a house that costs £ 30 , and £ 15 capital ; and if tke land cost £ 28 15 s . an acre , the tenement will have cost the society £ 20 more , and the Occupant will pay 5 per cent , for the additiona l £ 20 , or £ 6 for the tenement . If it costs £ 40 more , he'll pay £ 1 . and if it costs £ 100 more , he will pay £ 10 ; and the man who pays 4110 will be better oft than the man who pays M 10 s ., as , of course , some estates will be purchased at less than £ 18 Ios ,, and then the rent will be less than £ 5 a-year .

      If the society gives £ G 0 for land , they will go on faster than if they gave £ 18 15 s . ; a good thing is always more saleable in the market . Again , if the society expends £ 50 upon a house instead of £ 30 , the tenant will pay £ 0 instead of £ 5 , or 5 per cent , upon the additional £ 20 . So much for the scale of rent ; and now let no booby presume to misunderstand it . The next subject to which I shall direct your at .

      tention is the division of the country into districts . We have divided them into five . I wish we had divided them into twenty , for our object is to deck the face of the earth with as many model farms as possible—to open as many free labour markets as practicable—and , depend upon it , that land bought iu a district now , where the plan was never heard of , ivould very speedily furnish a sufficient number of paid-up members to populate it .

      lhe next question to which I shall advert is the mode of selecting occupants , and nothing can be more fair , impartial , or satisfactory . If a thousand shareholders have paid up , or any other number , when the ballot takes place , the thousand _tickets will be numbered from one to a thousand . If a hundred are to be located , those who draw from number one to a hundred will be entitled to the prizes , and according to priority of numbers , that is , No . 1 will have the first , they will have tlieir choice of allot ' ments . Suppose No . 5 , No . 7 , and No . 9 would not wish to remove to the district where the land had been purchased , then . No . 101 , 102 , and 103 would take their places , or the rotation would go on until

      they were filled up , those who rejected the allotment waiting ( or a more suitable opportunity of locating themselves . Nothing can be more simple than this . The next question is the Bank of Loan and Insurance Company . These are so crowning and so essential , that I shall only say of them , if I ever had a doubt of success , which I never had , the adoption of those two auxiliaries would at once have removed it . If a man loses his pig or cow , or if his house is burned , he'll have another house , another cow , and another pig ; and I also hope to soe a benefit society established amongst the members of each district in case of sickness , though I don't anticipate the presence ofa doctor in any one of them .

      As to the question of a penny a month , three farthings a month , and a halfpenny a month levy , I don't condescend to mention it . It ' s a nothing . It is a shilling , ninepence , and sixpence a-year . Two pots of ale , a pot and a half of ale , and a pot of ale a year As to the localities defraying their own expenses , it wisely originated in Glasgow ; and if it wasn't made general , ten secretaries would not do the work in a very short time . It ' s a division of labour ; and if tlie shareholders pay it in meal they have it in malt , and they won't see it in the secretaries' list of expenses . As to the thirty-five shillings a-week to the

      directors , it is too little ; bnt I did not wish to swim until I fotmd that I had water enough to keep me up ; if we hadn ' t directors , and good directors _toojustltheverymenwe have—we should have no association at all . But , thank God , the four honest working men possess the undivided confidence of their order . When I tell you that I have now been working , without cessation , since nine o ' clock this morning , and that it is now near ten at night , you will think that it is time to say " good night , " but before I say " good night , " I ask you to picture to yourselves what an England it will be the day "

      hundred freemen shall take possession of their hundred farms ; and what a procession we'll have , and what a dinner we'll have , and what a tent we'll have , and what music we'll have , and what dancing we'll have , and what speechifying we'll have ; but no drink , _spebo the _spahb in milk , if you please , but no drunkenness ; and what a laugh we'll have at the crotchet-mongers , and what a triumph we'll have over the monopolists . And that triumph I promise you before the 15 th of May next . Now then , "<* ood night . " Ever your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      Death From Htorophobia.—On Wednesday A P...

      Death from Htorophobia . —On Wednesday a poor woman named Mary Garrett , aged 60 years , residing in _Kezars-lane , in this town , died from the effects of the above dreadful and fatal malady . About six months since the deceased was made a present of a young pup by one of her neighbours ; after having it a few days in her possession it refused to eat , whereupon the poor woman brought into it the dam , in hopes by that means it might be induced to partake of food ; and while in the act of offering it something to eat , the dam bit one of her finaera . Time

      rolled on , and no further notice was taken of it , until the Friday night previous to her death , when she complained to several of her neighbours that she was very much afflicted with a pain in the arm of the finger upon which she had received the bite . However , it was not until the following evening that the first symptom of the horrifying disease made its appearance . It commenced by a violent shivering , and she continued in a dreadful state of agonv until Wednesday morning , about five o'clock , when death put an end to her sufferings . —Waterford Chronicle .

      Daring attempt to Mukder at Dusmow . —On Tuesday afternoon Charles . Horsnell , jun ., of Little Easton , son of the park-keeper to Viscount Maynard , whilst watching the park grounds and preserves in the avenue leading from Dunmow and Stortforu turnpike-road to Easton Lodge mansion , observed a man about five feet eight inches in height , having on a black hat and velveteen jacket , standing in a game preserve where the pheasants are fed ; he immediately made towards him , and having advanced to within twenty yards of the stranger , Horsnell observed the

      man point a gun at him and fire . The scattering shot riddled his ( _Horsnell ' s ) coat , through two boxes and a book in his pocket ; but the principal part ol the charge struck a tree , knocking off the bark to the extent of six inches . Fortunately not a shot entered Horsnell s person , owing to the pockets of his _shooting-jacket being full , which caused them \ to stick out from his side . As soon as he had recovered from the alarm he naturally felt , he pursued the stranger , and after running about twent y yards shot at him , but his gun missed fire , and the fellow escaped .

      Mount Vesuvius has for some time been sending forth large volumes of smoke , accompanied occasionally by flames , and red-hot ashes , _threatening aa eruption . '

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      _HaHaaaBIB _^ _gH __________ aaBH 9 HasBi _^ _^ BaaBaHKiauB £ SUDDEN DEATH . V * ! '" ¦¦¦' ¦ :.. . ' OF THE . _BSfGLISH OLIGARCHY . Os Thursday , the llthof December , considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Apsley House , in consequence of a rumour that the English Oligarchy had committed suicide . Throughout the day many relatives and friends of the deceased repaired to the scene of the mournful occurrence-to ascertain the facts of the case . By twelve o ' clock , however / the ' worst anticipations were confirmed by all the windows . ot the house being closed , together with the announcement , that although deceased had died a natural deatli , the public |

      anxiety was about to be satisfied by holding an inquest upon the body . On the circumstances of tlmcase being made known to the parish authorities , the necessary steps were taken for holding the inquest . Accordingly , T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., appointed Friday last , at twelve * o ' clock , as the time for holding the inquest , and summonses were . accordingly issued for the attendance of the jury at the Crown public-house , Half Moon-street . By one o ' clock thejury had been sworn , and the necessary arrangements made for the coroner and jury viewing the body o £ tbe _deceived .

      THE INQUEST . A considerable time elapsed before the _retuv-n of thejury to the caowy , in consequence of the awful stench that proceeded from the body , and the disinclination of many of thejury to undertake the task . At two o ' clock preoisely the witnesses were in attendance , and the proceedings commenced with the examination of deceased's valet , which was as follows : —liad been in the service of the deceased for many years , during which time he had been more or less indisposed . He had observed a great alteration in the habits and manners of deceased since 1841 , and especially since the middle of August last . He frequently started in his sleep , and at intervals appeared considerably excited . By the Coroner : Used he to speak er mutter anything in his sleep , or during those momenta of excitement ?

      Answer : Yes , sir . Of late I have observed that he muttered "the sliding scale ; " and , latterly , he has mentioned the words "free trade" and "Dr . Feel , " with great bitterness . By a Juror : Who attended deceased ? Answer : I did , sir . Juror ; No ; I mean as his physician . Answer * . Oh ! Dr . Feel , sir . By the Coroner : When did you last see deceased alive ? Answer _: On Wednesday night , sir . What state was he in then ? Answer : Much as usual , sir ; but rather more excited , especially after Dr . Peel had left him . When did yoa lirst see the deceased dead ?

      Answer : \ esterday morning , sir . His usual hour for rising was nine o'clock , when he was in 1 the habit of ringing his bell for hot water ; but not hearing the boll ring at eleven , I tapped several times at the door , and not receiving any § answer , I opened the door , and upon drawing the curtains I saw the deceased lying upon his $ back with his face quite black . 1 By the Coroner : Had you any suspicion at § anytime that deceased would commit suicide ? or have you any reason to suppose , now , that he jf has done so ? 1 Answer ; None whatever . The Coroner : The reason I ask the question _S is because the appearance of the face presents strong symptoms of strangulation . Witness : That may arise , sir , from the full habit of my late master . He always eat and drankvoraciously . _. B

      By a Juror ; Had you , at any time , any reason to think that- the deceased was subject to aber- § rations of mind . Answer : No , sir , none whatever . Dr . Feel was the next witness examined , and gave his evidence as follows : —Had been the medical attendant of the deceased for many years , during which time ho laboured under a complication of disorders , all tending to create jf considerable nervousness . Deceased was a per- § son of very full habit , and though not subject B to apoplectic fits had recently , especially since the latter end of August , manifested some § symptoms which required a change in his me- 1 dicine to prevent apoplexy . Wednesday night , at nine o'clock , was the last time he saw de- 1 ceased alive , he offered him this alterative , but , f upon tasting it , deceased fell into a violent pas- 8

      sion , spit tue medicine out , and declared he was p poisoned , saying that it was the same as that f damned "Russell Purge" that he had taken once before . After a little persuasion deceased 3 became more calm , and was at length prevailed I upon , to go to bed , but was very much excited , and heard no more of him until the melancholy _^ tidings of his death was communicated yester-fe day morning . g By the Coroner : Fray , Dr . Peel , how old do % you suppose the deceased to have been ? § Oh ! God onl

      Answer : y knows ; he had the reputation of being a second Methuaaleh . His it friends said he was as old as the hills . § Fray , may 1 ask what was the state of de- i ceased ' s mind , and had you reason , at anytime , U to think he was not capable of transacting . his § _bushier ? in short , thathe was not of sound mind ? If Answer : For many years he has left thei management of his affairs to me ; but I never f saw any change in his mental faculties , 1 The Coroner : You think , then , that he was I perfectly sane ? w . Answer : Why , I think he was as sane as ever § he was to the last ; but my impression has I

      always been , that deceased was born an idiot , i and I invariably treated him as such . § Do you think that the alteration in the medi- § cine you oflered him the last night . you saw him , § ahd his disinclination to take it , was calculated S to produce apoplexy , in the state of excitement S in which you describe deceased to have been . I Answer ; Yes ; I think that not at all _unlikely : especially as deceased was of very gross § habits , and . remarkably obstinate . t To what , then , would you attribute the imme-1 diate cause of his death ? » Answer : Decidedly to apoplexy , arising from repletion , brought on by gross living , which led i to impaired digestion , added to an unconquer- § able obstinacy . . v Have you seen the body of deceased ? and I have you any reason to suppose , if you haves made a post mortem examination , that the de- § ceased died a natural death ? 1

      Answer : That ' s not only my impression , but my conviction . The deceased died from the causes that I have described . A Juror : Mr . Coroner , I think we have heard quite enough to enable us to give our verdict . The Coroner : . Well , gentlemen of the jury , this is a case widely differing from those you are ordinarily called upon to decide in this parish : for the most part , the cases that have been brought before you are those where the deceased has died of want and starvation , whereas , in . the present case , it appears from the evidence ofthe valet and of Dr . Peel , that the subject of the

      present inquiry died of apoplexy , brought on by over-eating , high living , and disinclination to take the necessary medicine . Gentlemen , from tlie peculiar old age of deceased , I think that you may naturally conclude that he bad been attached to life ; and , therefore , you may discharge your minds of all notions of suicide while _m a state of insanity , as , gentlemen , there is a great difference between idiotcy and insanity However , gentlemen , I think , upon the whole , you have sufficient ground . ? to return such a verdict as will , at one and thesame time , satisfy the friends of the deceased and the public at large . ¦ .

      The room was then cleared , and the jury remained in consultation for about fifteen minutes , when they returned the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased died by the visitation of God , manifested in a blight on the 19 th of August last , "

      FUNERAL OF THE ENGLISH OLIGARCHY . It being determined that the funeral of the English oligarchy should be as private as possible , four o ' clock on Wednesday morning last was appointed as the hour for this melancholy ceremony . Long before the hour , however , a number of the friends and relatives of the deceased had arrived at Mr . Cobden ' _s , undertaker , Fleet-street , where the bod y had been removed _, bhortly after four o ' clock the mournful procession was formed , and proceeded in th 9 following

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      g order to St . Paul ' s , where , by the will of the deceased , his remains were to be interred . I PROCESSION . -

      I DUKES OF g Richmond , Buckingham , Newcastle , Cleveland , Manchester , Buccleugh . Tenants at Will of the Deceased , carrying flambeaux . w ' Fifty-pound Tenants at WiU , i - in scarfs and hat-bands .

      Fvipon . _WmmllmsE Winchelsea .

      The coffin was covered with a magnificent pall of black velvet , upon which was emblazoned the arms and' motto of the deceased , as follows : — TOE BinLE AND SWORD . And underneath—Fee , faw , fum , I smell the blood of an Englishman . CHIEF MOURNER . Colonel Sibthorpe . Then follows a long and mournful train in the following order * . —

      Twelve Poor Law Comnussumei-a , Two and Two . The Paupers of St . George ' s Parish , Two and Two . Six Mounted City Police . The Carnage of Dr . Feel going home with his work .. Upon _arriving at St . Paul ' s the coffin was deposited in the choir , where the service was performed by the Bishop of London ; after which a pathetic sermon was preached by the chaplain ofthe deceased , from the following text— "They who die by the sword are better than they who perish of hunger , for their bodies pine away , stricken through for want of the fruits of the

      field . " Precisely at six o ' clock thc remains of thc deceased were deposited in the family vault , and the mournful procession returned to Apsley House , where they partook of an excellent breakfast .

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      France. The Dissolution Ofthe Peel Minis...

      FRANCE . The dissolution ofthe Peel Ministry became known in Paris by express on Friday . An immediate fall in all species of securities followed , of course , the knowledge of the fact . As the business of tbe day proceeded the decline continued with every indication of further _progresa . The Paris papers of Saturday announced _^ the " resignation , " The National , after a brief review of the subject , concludes by predicting that the change of Ministers in England will infallibly occasion a similar proceeding in France . Ibrahim Pacha , son of Mehemet Ali , has arrived in I

      | | trance . A letter from Perpignan , of the 8 th mst ., describes him as more worn than advanced in age . His features , half concealed in thick mustachios and a long white beard , are handsome . He walks with difficulty , and it appears that his malady , although nearly cured , has left his mouth tender . He abstains from all spirituous liquors , and drinks wine diluted with water . The officers of his staff arc not so abstemious . The French newspapers contain a notice of the death of Rouston , the Emperor Napoleon's favourite Mameluke , who died on Sunday ( week ) , at Dourdan ( Seine-et-Oise ) , where he had been living upon a small income of 5 , 0001 " . to 0 , 0001 ' ., derived chiefly from the sale of the presents from Napoleon and his family .

      _SWITZERLAND . A Letter from Lausanne , ofthe 11 th , says : — " It having been rumoured that the Conservatives would attempt on Sunday an attack against the government , arms were secretly brought from the arsenal of Mosges , and placed in several houses of the town . In the night a band of Radicals seized on the cannon destined for the exercise of the college . A sharp struggle ensued , and several persons were wounded . In the morning the place was covered with blood . " Dr . Casimir _Pfjtffer has written a lengthy letter to the Morning Chronicle , rebutting the charges of his enemies as to his complicity in the assassination of M . Leu , and describing the unjust and cruel treatment he has endured at the hands of his persecutors .

      | | GERMANY . Rdmoored CosspiRacx in Prussia . —Berhn _, Dec . 6 . —For some days past strange stories have been in circulation of the discovery of conspiracies . They have most probably been occasioned by the certainly extraordinary audience whieh a _^ rivate _^ soldier has had of the King , and the revelations wliich he is said to have made to the King ofa secret which was suddenly entrusted him to by a person unknown . The soldier had been obliged to promise an oath to the stranger to communicate thc secret to the King alone . The story is certainly founded on facts . The audience took place , and the King is said to have

      appeared very thoughtful after it . As may be supposed , the most conflicting reports are in circulation respecting the secret disclosed by the soldier ; the most likely is , that it is connected with the fermentation in Posen , which spreads more and more , and has given occasion to tbe arrest of several persons , According to this account , a military plot among the numerous Poles in the Guards in this city was shortly to break out . Tlie stranger is supposed to have been one ofthe conspirators , whose conscience troubled him , and who desired to ease his heart without directly becoming an informer . —Relatarefero . ( Hamburgpaper . )

      ALGERIA . The following are some new details respecting Col . St . Arnaud ' s last expedition , contained jn a letter from one of the officers , dated Nov . 25;— "We have killed 093 persons , taken 2 , 000 head of cattle , destroyed the Rebta and the Beni-Madoun , and made razzia on tbe H _« mnis . We set out again this evening to attack the population between _Tisi-Salai , llissa , and _Tlfiltitis . Unfortunately these successes lead to no results . The emigration of the western tribe continues . This emigration prepares for us a nonoccupation of land , which we shall feel severely as long as we shall not be able to fill it up by European colonists , and before thinking of establishing them , we must secure their personal safety ; otherwise the villages and centres of population are only sources of embarrasment , for , in order to protect them , numerous posts must be left , whieh reduce our columns materially and melt them away as we advance .

      THE UNITED STATES . The Britannia , Royal Mail Steamer , arrived on Tuesday morning , bringing New York papers to the 30 th November . The Oheoon Question still continued to be the great subject of discussion . Mr . Packenham , the British Ambassador , and Sir George Simpson , the Governor of the Hudson ' s Bay Settlements , kept up an active communication with the Government , but nothing certain had transpired as to the nature ot President Polk ' s Message , or the intentions of the American Government . The President ' s " Message " is expected to reach Liverpool by the 21 st inat , The Anti-Rbhtehs . —Commutation of Sentence . —The governor of New York State has issued a proclamation , commuting the sentenee of death passed on Van Steenburgh and O'Connor for the anti-rent riots , and murder of Steele , the sheriff , to imprisonment for life . It is a lengthy document , occupying

      France. The Dissolution Ofthe Peel Minis...

      _ttoe columns of , , the _Amny . _^ . _^ The repweVe wa 8 _issued the _dayjbefort the _eprtmw _Wehave _^ _Sffl _' frdm Mexico are . of the m _^ ract _£ , * Wsouthei _^ _tosjfckatfohcetheir _dollart ' and then * territory , both _df-ihich Would , incase bf h _« mththeu _£ eigh . bours , belost to then * . . - * ' The"Mexican f _^ _ument now desires to have a boundary defined , ' _toMjJunrledge Texas as one of the United States ; and to continueon the best terms possible with the sister _repunlic- Generals Paredes and : Arista , who _togetherjaoiu the reins of government at Mexico , are both _tavourn'bletothe treHty , and had issued a _proolamatlOll that they would suppress any opposition that might bemadetoit . - ¦ ' _. ¦ " ¦; . ; _- _ ¦> , ¦' ¦ „ - -U _^ _ _yW . ~ _j . The lastadvices from the " ¦ army . of occupation m Texas represent the existence of a great . _» nx _?& .

      return home , tliere being no fighting in _prospeotcnot much to eat , and no pay forthcoming . An' immediate recall was looked for . o _ -. " _^ I The Britannia brings home the Governor-General of Canada , Sir Charieff * Metcalfe . ( who _lesvesW government on acconntfjof-. ill 'health ) ,- fonul _^ ' _-aua suite . Lord Cathcart _^ _is-tGovernor of Canada _^ tul another is appointed-. '" "• ¦ " ¦¦ : * ; n " - _;' "'' ' Welearn from the commercial accounts brought by the Britannia that the greatest excitementhad prevailed in the New York and Montreal corn-markete , in consequence of the accounts from England . Flour had risen to the extraordinary price ot 7 dollars 25 cents in the former place , and to 1 dollars 0 cents in the latter . It had subsequently declined to 6 dollars 15 cents .

      TIIE RIVER PLATE . Recent accounts from the River Plate state that the united English , French , and Morite Videin forces had ascended the River Uruguay as far as the fallfJ of the river at Salto , and that in its progress up the y had expelled the troops of Rosas from the towns ot Paysandu and Mercedes . Their object in ascending the river is understood to have been to opeu a communication with General Paz , who is at the headot a force of from 5 , 000 to G _. O 0 O men , cavalry and infantry , in the province of _Corrientcs , If it should become necessary these forces may be brought down of

      to Monte Video , In whicli case the ' united strength the Correntino army , ofthe garrison of Monte Video , of the French and English Marines , and of the regiment of British infantry just landed at that city will be sufficient to sweep away the army _of'Oribe if it should not break up or surrender of its own accord , as it is confidently expected that it will . Since the capture ofthe Buenos Ayrean fleet , neither the army of Oribe not that of Urquiza can have received any sort of supplies from Buenos Ayres , and now that Mercedes and _Paystiudu have hcon occupied by Monte Videan garrisons , tlieir retreat from the Monte Videan territory is nearly impossible .

      The joint declaration issued by the Ministers Plenipotentiary of England and France , on declaring the city and territory of Buenos Ayres in a state of blockade , is an _eloquent and well-reasoned state paper , and fully justifies the course taken by the representatives of thc two nations .

      MASACRE IN SYRIA . We take the following from the Times : — At Giubisiliir , near Tripoli , in Syria , tho Ottoman troops wishing to -force the inhabitants to deliver up their aims , a revolt had taken place , and _IH'O ofthe Turkish troops had been massacred .

      Foreign Miscellany. Death Of The Bishop ...

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Death of the Bishop op Jerusalem . —Alexandria , Nov . 30 . —On the morning of the 26 th we received from Cairo the melancholy news ofthe death of Bishop Alexander , of Jerusalem , who , it appears , died only five miles distant from Cairo , on the desert . He was accompanied by his lady and daughter . _Frekoh I ' _jwwi imuaukrs . — A considerable sensation has been created in Paris , by thc announcement that M . Gdbriclde Isot , a brother of tho stockbroker who has just failed , has committed suicide by blowing out his brains , at Grenelle . It was : dso stated at the Bourse that a very large speculator has become insane in consequence of heavy losses .

      Tiie Triple Alliance. [From The Tyne Mer...

      TIIE TRIPLE ALLIANCE . [ From the Tyne Mercury . ] Whatever may be the jealousies wliich exist between Prance and the otlier great Continental powers , Austria and llussia , there are strong symptoms that , as far as the power of this country is coi . _eerneil , there exists a mutual understanding between the Czar and the 1 _' _i'uneli Government , mid Unit tho United States of America are a party to this " triple alliance . " Let us not be misunderstood nor oui * meaning distorted . We have no intention , not the slightest , either of saying or insinuating , that any treaty with provisions of this tendency exists between these three powers . Far- from it . We believe it an understanding merely , based upon such treaties of a commercial nature as may exist between the parties . But though not engrossed upon paper or parchment , signed , sealed , and delivered , it is not the less _rirtuaUy a tripartite alliance amongst these three powers , to cripple , wherever they can , tho power anil influence of England by their joint action , and especially her naval

      power . ¦ We may be ashed what evidence we Awe of this ? ** _ffe answer , there exists much evidence , though it is to be sought for from a distance , and does not lie exactly at the _surfuce . In the first place , there can be no doubt that in Greece and in Egypt the Preach and _llussians are united closely at this moment to destroy , as far as it may be accomplished , all British power in the Mediterranean , When tlie Greek revolt against the power of the Ports first broke out , England was seduced into it by the specious pretext of establishing constitutional liberty there , whilst the Russians aided in this work of freedom , as it was cunningly called , for the solo purpose of weakening and of alienating the Turkish power . For llussian purposes thc battle of Niivarino was fought and won , principally by British skill and courage , and whilst by that

      " untoward event" French and English . blood were spilt , Russia reaped the fruits , The Forte was alienated from England as well as from France , and , as it were in despair , resigned herself to the fatal arms of the Russian as a friend and protector . In the meantime , Greece wns made a kingdom , and Otlio , o £ Bavaria , a heavy German , arbitrary and stupid , sent to reign in Altica , as the successor of Pericles and _Alcibicdes ! Whn ' cisti-. o result ? Otho has got a huge loan from England , of which he will neither pity principal nor interest ; whilst France and Hussian influence are supreme , and Colctti , notorious for his hatred of England , is made Prime Miuister . In Egypt the same result has followed , Russia cajoled Austria and _Engla-nd into the fatal treaty of 1310 , which at once insulted France , and threw Mehemet Ali , the Egyptian ruler , into the arms of

      that power . Thus France has , as it were , the bribe of Egypt ( the great object of her _covi-tousness ) la . hand , In order to Induce her to wink at llussian aggression on the other side ; and to balance the possession of Alexandria , and an open over-land road to India , against the spectacle of a llussian army in Constantinople , andthe Dardanelles blocked up by Russian fleets and batteries . On the Ame « rican continent wc see the same game playing . France sells Louisiana to the United States as the keystone of a friendly alliance to be directed .. gainst thenaval _supremacy of England . They begin by resisting the English right of search , whether in the case of slave-trading or hostilities . They proceed by shutting out virtually , and setting at

      naught all tlio claims of Eugland upon any portion ofthe west coast of tho North American continent . Russia , in furtherance of this move , claims downwards to latitude 5 _i deg . 40 min ., whilst Congress asserts that their claim overlaps that of Russia , and extends to latitude 55 deg . In China the same , tactics are proeeeding with . Prance and the United States are both negoeiating treaties of commerce with the Emperor ' s commissioners . The American treaty , it is known , violates the conditions of their commercial engagements with Great Britain ; whilst France , it is believed , is struggling hard to obtain the cession of the Island of Chusan , a prize which , if obtained , will probably be shared between them and the

      Americans . The whole of tlie Insidious plot is the result of a tacit determination on the part of these powers to cripple the foreign trade , anil break down the naval power of England . They know this naval power alona has given England the preponderance which she has attained . Her military power is trifling ; but well do they know the truth ofthe aphorism ofthe great Bacon , " the power of tho sons is the abridgement o ? a monarchy . " The discovery of steam navigation has rendered the adventure of destroying the English " abrid gement , " - an _eaBier task in their estimation . Hence the insidious system , under which France , Russia , and the United States , by buiiaing steam frigates , under the guise of " packets ' , " are secretly trying to collect a navy , the united force ofwhicli _. may be anover-match for all that England can muster . That these three navies will , in

      the event of a war , be united against that of _England , let no man doubt . Whilst Louis Philippe lives , it is probable no open aggression on the part of France may take _placejbutlns family can only eOYitmue to govern by yielding to the ruling passion ofthe French people , which now is to break up , by means of this coalition , the hated supremacy of this country . The designs of Russia on India are no secret . In Hindostan theyare a 9 well known , and as openly admitted , as any other political truth - whilst in America the determination ofthe Republic to sway the whole continent , from Labrador to the isthmus of Darien is not concealed . Wc would counsel all concerned , that to hope to buy off this animosity by Commercial _conceesions , ib hopeless and suicidal . They will take all they K ; » i andwhen _" _-- _^ _sslon has found its applied to obtain the rest . That the rulers of this country are becoming alive to these truths , is now olerably evident , and if they want further demonstration , ' it Will soon be afforded them .

      Fire On Cleiikenwbii. Green.—On Wednesda...

      Fire on Cleiikenwbii . Green . —On Wednesday morning , between the hours of twelve and onelm _UrS ? _" _? , _™?? broke out u P ° n the premises Monetae to Mr . Maddox , painter and glazier , No 9 , _ClerRen _well-green . The firemen an < f police exerted tS selves to the utmost , and by two o ' clock they _Wfc succeeded in extinguishing the flames . " _" W _^ y w _* _iw ra ( S Dai T" _° ear ? _fr m SF * l » . _wbo attempted without _suecess _. _topoison herself , declared she _wn _impelled to attempt self-destruction in cora . efm __« oZ of her ardent affection fortwoyoun _ t swS _^ _^ _n _« ourhood , neither of _wKSS _TeZdfc nduced to reciprocate her love B 1 , pears * could be

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20121845/page/1/