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      PRUSSIA UNMASKED _, _nfe extract the following from one of the series of - _Lestin ? P awer 8 now publishing in "Douglas _fg _£ _tfs Magazine , " entitled " _TheEnglhshma _^ in m en English readers hear of tho description of an anther '** * per * * - being lodged with the poliee in order to * _5 L his discovery and arrest , as though he had com . " _-rtecl a murder , when the poor man has only committed _S _^ _tooV—sacha proceeding must be equal to a volume . [ _coim neots on the despotism of a government , and e -periahy on the enslaved condition of its press . A steel : "been issued against Karl Heinzen for the

      f j _g'bas publica " tion ofhis book on the Prussian Bureaucracy -, this _stofc--jAj _boni . a description of Ms person , & c , with a view to jas identification and arrest . Bnt mark the consequences _^ government which of all others most desires secrecy , _gyj is ihe roost tender-skinned as to all investigations and _eiposares . because the most vulnerable and perfidious . 5 anzen being safe beyond its Teach , publishes a sleekfyicf ol bi _= own , in reply— _£ . e _., a description ofthe person ct fhe _JVostian government * The portrait is more carious than pleasing , more unsparing than flattering _. It is worded as a sort of parody on the steckbrief issued grains * himself .

      _«< The Prussian policy , accused of having scorned the l ira of morality and of eternal justice by a shameful _oeach of promise , and , indirectly , of high treason against the majesty ofthe people , as well as of conspiracy against ihe free spirit of humanity—has withdrawn herself from ihe scrutiny instituted against her , shielded by public and private instructions to the censorship , and by secret legal _proeesdiags . " ¦ trifle publishing here her characteristics , I request ah honest people to watch her ; and in case of there being co other fit tribunal , to bring her before me . In doing this , I reckon upon truthfulness and conscientiousness ; tnd I especially expect the communication of facts , as it 13 not my intention ( nor is it necessary ) to augment the crimes of the culprit by untruth and calumny .

      " _CHABACTEKISIICS . " iSise . —None at alL "Age . —Assheuse 3 rouge she is generally believed to be rather young , and is thought to bave been born on the 22 nd of May , 1815 . She is , however , much older , and was in reality bornin thc last century . But thefoundation of lier character was laid in 1815 . " This date refers to the publication of the late king ' s _g olemn promise to give his people a constitution . A promise which he broke , and which the present king , his aon , having repeated , has never yet fulfilled . "Native Place—Some believe that she was horn in Vienna ; others , at Petersburg . She is , however , a genuine Berliner ; and it is only her godfather and cousin that live in "Vienna and Petersburg .

      " Religion . —This is the worst of all—namely , Protestant-Jesuitism . This Jesuitism adds to the principle of Catholic-Jesuitism ( which is , that the means are sanctified by i-e end ) , this other stroke of art , that the end is sanctified by the means . It does not profess to serve Cod with the help ofthe devil ; but does in reality serve tiie devil with the help of God . Being bent upon prej _^ ril ) £ appearances ( appearances are In feet _one-and-aU with her ) she is capable of catching the blood from beneath the executioner's axe , even with the sacred chalice . "External Appearance . —She generally appears as an _ew'vjflwalparam indie uniform of a soldier . She is in the h & bit of carrying a . corporal ' s cane , which has some _ymilitnde to tbeknont ; jnst as the church key which she C—ties is at the same time the key of a dungeon . "—jBin SfakbrUfvon Karl Heinzen , pp . 33 _^ 5 . " After this comes a , long list of " various distinguishing marks , " aU of them ofa very complimentary kind .

      " The Culprit , " writes he , " promises nothing wuhoat a secret reservation ; she does nothing without the meanest calculation ; and she gives nothing without a handle to pull it back again . If any one would speak ttnconrteonsly concerning her , then one must say—she constantly lies . She prays , and—lies ; she protests , and —lies ; she promises , and—lies ; she boasts , and—lies ; tht _threaten 6 , and—lies ; she makes & speech , andlies ; she believes , and—lies j she confides , and—lies ; she ( comes forward , ' and—lies ; she is 'liberal , and—lies ; she is 'humane , ' and—lies ; she even weeps , and—lies ! Only when she displays cowardice , and when she , in an

      unguarded moment , betrays her despotic teeling , then she does not lie . When she cannotinany way controvert tiie troth , she then endeavours to unite truth and falsehood . In short , whenever a person wishes to know if the Culprit be in his presence , let anybody only speak one word of truth , and you wBl immediately know her by her convulsions . She and her two asters in Petersburg and Vienna are the only creatures abroad who _persecute the truth . They are the three _Parca ofthe truth ; aad the shears of these fatal Sisters—oh , shame & r Europe!—govern the Continent . " The writer says much more even than this ; but we haTe given our _readers enough for the present .

      It is now time , by way of some corroboration of what bas already been adduced , to introduce an equally curious and courageous book which has just appeared . It is entitled , "Das enthiillte _Prcussen " or Prussia Un-K _* sked . t This extraordinary and truly German production ( for ia no other countiy would any one ever dream of a political _' workinsuch aform ) commences with a ballad , called " The Life of Poor Michael ; a German Heroic Epic , in six lamentations . " It should he understood that "Poor Hichael" stands in the same relation to the German nation as "John Bul l ** to the English . This biography is said to be " newly set to verse and rhymes , and placed as a patriotic sacrifice npon the alter of the fatherland . " A sufficient idea may be formed of it by onr readers when they are told that it is the wholehistoiy of Germanyfrom &_> earliest period , given ia a clever comic doggrel biocraphy of Poor Michael .

      After this biography comes a series of Letters . The first of them is a Philosophical Introduction on the Social State of Europe at thepresent time . The second Letter contains very necessary and salutary exhortations to the German nation . It declaims vigorouslv against the continual waste of the people ' s time and mental energies by a host of talkers and writers , and _stipulators , whose principal object is to alarm the ka ___ pi _ . t _ . on against the advance of liberal principles . The third division of the argument of this Letter is 6 sw . ua to lhe subject of national

      _rylutaiioj-The author of _"PrussiaUnmasked '' says , " The people warn to read in their youth ; but they read little afterwards . _Wouid it not then be possible , he asks , to give ocr vouth of thirteen or fourteen years of age , that _poliiivilkntna * 4 oc which wonld teach them their duties and make them useful citizens ! The peop le would appreciate such abenefit ; it would save a man in humble life much waste of time and many needless vexations and troubles , in the way of useless walks , expenses , andthe insults ef tyrannical _meaJoo'BT . c _. _-wno u k _* _adrauUige ot his want of knowledge to make him feel the " _great-3 » 5 s of their place and office . " witn

      The third letter of " Prussia Unmasked * ' ( together fee right followin ;;) is devoted to explaining why Prussia h « . hated by all Germans , and also developes the internal and external organisation of the kingdom . But «_ _9 third letter contains matter , of some part of which we must give abrief abstract , translating occasionallythe -Minor ' s own words as literally as possible . He is * _fiM he savs . that he mav be thought one-sided and prejudiced _ahkhatred , _ashe is always speaking ofPrussia , and _exacts invillbe _conaderedthat he ought at lcast to lay the worst at the door of Austria , the _greatest of thc German State . Austria has undoubtedly put forth the same decrees , oppressed Germany , and opposed the difmsion ot _likraUdeas . Butaiterall , "Aus triaisonlythebear 1 while Prussia is the ther" What cotddBberal _ideas-what

      . . _CK-ld constitutional spirit , ever expect from Austria What could the cause of freedom expect from this fixed rawer { fitter sUOAfen stets _riichoSrts geicandlcn MaciiU ) , which is ever looking backwards 1 To speak honestly , nothing at all . But the case is quite different with _Jrossia . Here -we find broken promises , shameless ingratitude—with heartless cruelty added , instead of _discUying some sense of shame . Here _tre find hypocrisy aad falsehood in theplaceof _anhonestfalfllment of noble expectations . Prnssia was the first that placed itself at thehead of liberal ideas—that proclaimed the emancipation of mind , and the elevation of the people from mental jea corporeal bondage—that took all possible advantage then

      cf the enthusiasm thus created—and disgracefully betrayed the future hopes ofthe German nation iuto the bands of despotism . " Prussia , ed this very moment , makes use of liberal ideas , inorder toride them to death In its despoiir smite . In one word , Prussia murdered its mother ( popular _tnthu _' _. iasiu for liberty ! to fatten and strengthen tvranny with her blood . All the sufferings of Germany I _-iscribj to Prussian falsehood , though I might say _CBoc-h of Austrian brutality . " Thus stands the parallel , wcording to the author ofthe work before us— "Austria tins against mankind in general ; Prussia against Germany . ** This mav be strong language , but not more so than the statements of unbiassed English authors can justify , and have already done much to corroborate . that

      The sixth letter , among other things , asserts _Prussiais not proper ] v a State . It is a medley of things _, with a Mag in uniform , stuck on the top . The Rhine j province is Catholic , with the upper classes much en- 5 lightened ; _Weatphatia is Catholic , and behind-hand in ; the march of intelligence ; Brandenburgh and Old Prussia , axe Protestant ; Silesia is Catholic ; Posen is Catholic , j and Polish , & c _Thereisnouniry _. thereareno mutual understandings , no reciprocities , —aU , more or less , at variance . , j The seventh letter contains a list of _«* e prevarications ,, falsehoods , rapacities , and perfidies of which Prussia nas been guilty ; by which shehas governed the country : ana by which shs has assumed the outward appearance ot a j great power . The ei ghth letter continues the list , and shows that , as the necessaiy consequence , Prussia cannot rely upon any other state , vd h the exception of Russia . The weakness from Wiftunt is thus made manifest . ( Tobe continued . ) _^_ ¦ — _. — _j _^^ " * * Bin Steckbrief von Karl Heinzen . Schaerbeek . Selbstverlag des Verfassers . 1815 . 1 i Published in Winterthur , 18 * 5 , rom Yerfcsser der khrift . " _WurtembergtoTahWlHA . "

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      REVIVAL OF CHARTISM . RETURN OF THE GOOD OLD TIMES . Ou _Mondaynightiast , with half a day ' s notice , the Hall of Science , Manchester , capable of holding many thonsands , waa filled in every part , to receive the Chartist Executive , and hear their policy in the present crisis . In the most excited times we never knew the feelings of the working classes of Manchester so anxiously alive as they were npon this occasion . The enemies of the Executive flocked to hear what they had to say , while the people , with a staunch reliance upon their officers , flocked to hear what they had to do . Shortly after eight o ' clock Daniel DonaYan , one of the hardest workers to keep the Chartist cause alive in the worst of times

      , was called to the chair , when the executive presented themselves upon the platform in a body , and were _receivedwiththemost _unmiatakeabledemoiiBtrations o ± attechon and confidence ; As soon as the applause had subsided , Mr . O'Connor presented himself and said , Mr . Chairman and Brother Chartists . ( Shouts of applause . ) I come here , at this critical juncture , ten years younger , and ten thousand time 3 stronger , af ter a week of incessant labour , sneh as few men could endure . ( Hear , hear . ) Gentlemen , I come here to propound our policy , to affirm our resolution , that Chartism shall sot die ; and I ask you for your confidence and support to aid us in its preservation ( Cheers ; and " you shall have it . " ) I know it , and that emboldens me to propound to vou the nlan that

      we have suggested for the attainment of our object . Gentlemen , the message of a president , and the royal speech of a monarch , announcing the routine business to be done upon the opening of a legislative session , produces great excitement ; and yet I unhesitatingly declare that this message wliich I am about to send to thepeople of England will carry with it more importance and decidedly more satisfaction than any speech or message delivered by president or monarch . As I need toupnusband my strength for the struggle , which , believe me , is at hand , you will permit me to sit while I read . ( Cheers ; and " Yes . " ) Mr . O'Connor then read the following message , as the message of tbe Chartist Executive , which was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic cheering , and at the close it was most enthusiastically applauded : —

      THE MESSAGE . Gentlemen , If these are the times to try men ' s soulB , they are also the times to try men'B judgment , and ,. Gentlemen , as I do not wish to place my _judg ment in the keeping ofthe Press , not that I am particular myself about its licence , I have deemed it most prudent , for your protection , to submit what I have to say in writing , which caHnot be perverted to the purposes of party . Gentlemen , I could speak more eloquently than I can write , but my rapidity of delivery makes me a prey to those who have an interest in misrepresenting me .

      Gentlemen , it Is now three years and a half since the Chartist party had an opportunity of conferring together as it was wont to do . The truly progressive policy of Sir Robert Peel , together with a prosperoustrade , to a very great extent transformed the working classes from political into social reformers , and , whether erroneously or not , the conclusion forced on my mind by the change was , that you looked for Good Government , regardless as to the source from whence the blessing sprung . Gentlemen , for myself , while I rejoiced in that temporary prosperity which led to political apathy , I was never the less convinced then , as I am _' now , that permanent prosperity can alone spring from , and be secured bj , the possession of political power . Gleams of prosperity are things of chance , its permanency is what you should endeavour to accomplish .

      Gentlemen , as democracy has had so long a sleep , I do not feel myself justified in propounding a policy now , as I should have done when the whole democratic mind was in the habit of holding daily , hourly conference , and , therefore , I have decided that my safest course is io call together the Tery earliest representaton of the present democratic mind , to the end tbat it may be safely , bravely , and successfully led into action in the present struggle . Gentlemen , to achieve this desirable purpose we have

      directed delegates to be summoned from every town in North and South Lancashire , Yorkshire , Derby , Leicester , Nottingham , Norwich , Birmingham , and London , to meet and deliberate upon our course , on Monday next , at Manchester . Gentlemen , there being no funds at the disposal of the association , and the step being indispensable , I havo volunteered the expence out ofmy own resources , resolved , that , while I have a shirt , my principles shall have the first claim to it .

      Gentlemen , it is now nearly eleven years since I opened my commission at Stockport , empowering me to create a new democratic mind , and it is within the recollection of all who heard me then ( for I repeated it everywhere ) , that I foretold the coming of the present times , and that I also prophecied that the two very men who are now bidding for popular favour and support , would be guided in their respective offers by that condition in which I , as auctioneer , could offer it for sale on the day of auction . Gentlemen , I contend that that day has new come ; I contend that Peel and Russell are both in the market and I contend that each will bid for public opinion precisely what publie opinion considers itself worth . You have to name the price ; ihet will be ready to outbid each other to secure tlie purchase .

      Gentlemen , there is nothing more creditable to a political party than to be able to recur to their former policy and speeches in altered times . Gentlemen , what was our charge , our bitter charge , against the Whig party ? Was it not for having violated all the conditions of the Reform Bill ? Have we not declared , over and over again , when charged with being Tory-Chartists and Tory tools , that our objection and hostilitv to Whiggery was based upon the fact ,

      that , whereas the Reform Bill promised the total annihilation of Toryism , it had , by the _treaehery of its leaders , tended to strengthen the Tory party , and given it a larger Tory majority than that faction could procure even under the old _boroughmongering system ; and yet we , whose just complaint was the resuscitation of Toiyism after popular exertion had given it the death blow , have been whimsically termed Torv-Chaetisis .

      Gentlemen , the Whigs haTe had nearly five years ' experience in adversity ' s school , and , perhaps , they may have discovered that their long sojourn at the bleak side of Downing-street was a consequence ol having relied npon Tory toleration in preference to popular support . But now , gentlemen , comes the question , the great question , the vital question , namely , upon what terms they are now to receive that popular support , and , not less in importance , how the necessity and value of that support is to be pourtrayed and presented to them . Gentlemen , I pray yon not to deceive yourselves by supposing that this struggle , once begun , is going to terminate with a _single battle . If you do , you deceive yourselves .

      Gentlemen , I now come to the real question , upon what terms any government , without reference to its political designation , is to receive popular support . The terms that I propose are , reliance upon the peopleratherthan upon the toleration of an opposition ; and now , Gentlemen , for the not less important question , namely , as to how the value of that support is to be made nianifest . Gentlemen , to meet tbis ohiect I suggest the propriety _^ remaining as a distinct party , withholding opposition from all other parties who are ready to join in resisting thatreign of terror which any false or capricious step upon our part may hasten . ,

      Gentlemen , the whole complexion of the political countenance is changed by the ejectment of Sir Robert Peel from office . Toryism , under Wellington Bucking ham , Richmond , Stanley , Wharneliffe , and Ripon , would not be the same as Toryism under Peel * and , ' believe me , that we shall have to encounter Toryism with thc rosy complexion of blood _ifsuclia- calamity as the _temporary ; return of hat party to power should take place , 'iheir rule wiU be L „ in tbe soldier ' s musket , the policeman ' s bludgeon , and the law's oppression . Gentlemen Ihave L a shadow of doubt upon my niind , that , if that _pStvSou d again take office , they will do so under _fhT-mtSpation . the presump tion , that the Chartists _Su _^ _oSte he right wing of the oligarchical

      _nnnv . Gentlemen , I will soi be a _»»»»» * such service . Thus , you see , I look beyond the mere question ofa repeal of the Corn Laws , the ostensible cause of Lord John Russell ' s return to power . I look to the unnatural alliance between Wellington and the people . I look to the unnatural fostering by the people of those who have used the land of this country for the achievement of political power , as well as to almost justify the presumption that it is not capable of yielding sustenance for those whom God created as its natural inheritors . _Gentlemen , it ia an undeniable fact that 3 , 000 , 000 may bo an _orer-popnlation inj a countiy whose

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      power of production is limited by the caprice of those who have usurped its soil to their own kindly uses , while it is aiao a ' fact , that , under wise laws and equitable distribution , the same country may be made to produce food for 30 , 000 , 000 . Gentlemen , such has ever been my language to the landlord class , and if I have , at any time , appeared to stand between those monopolists and that punishment which their follies merited , it was that I might postpone the repast until all , as well as the League , should partake of " a dish fit for the gods . "

      Gentlemen , again I say to the most sanguine , neither suppose that the Corn Laws is the only question involved in the great struggle now commenced , or that the landed aristocracy will quietly surrender their privileges without a blood y contest Gentlemen , it is that you and I should not appear to the world as abettors of the Wellington Tory policy that I am anxious , and , therefore , I again implore yon to keep in mind the new phase that the whole

      question has assumed , by the resignation of Sir Robert Peel as leader of progressive Toryism . Bear in mind , that Wellington received such a hint from the landed aristocracy a 3 compelled him to retract his pledge to Peel ; and , Gentlemen , when the contest assumes its proper shape and form , I should not wish for the existence of such a firm as Wellington , Stanley , O'Connor and Co . Then , indeed , might Englishmen justify their hatred of Irish demagogues .

      Gentlemen , Russellisbutthemere " Locum tenens " for Peel , and Peel will be guided in his progress by the tone the country shall take ; but we should , if possible , avoid such an infliction as one day ' s return to power of Wellington , the nursemaid of the Peers , whoholds a maj ority of their consciences in his keeping . Now , Gentlemen , I come to a branch of my subject for which you are all looking : I mean our policy as far as the League is concerned . Gentlemen , at one period of our movement , oBsinucuoN was our legitimate , our only policy , whereas I believe that now , if I have properly calculated , you have the power to advance . Gentlemen , 1 will not consent to merge

      popular strength and the democratic party into a mere army of . reserve to fight the single battle of Free Trade upon the one hand , while I will not divide the popular ranks by compelling either to give countenance to the common foe on the other hand . With my consent the people shall never lose their distinctive quality of the movement party , and that movement shall not stop with the accomplishment of one measure . Gentlemen , an enemy much harder to beat thau the League is already in the field ; we must take np a position ; wc cannot remain neuter . If we fight against a repeal of the Corn Laws we must mow —and mark the word now—fight , not for progressive Toryism , but for musket and bludgeon Toryism j and yet I contend for the necessity and justice of keeping

      the armies distinct and separate . The Chartist army , the noble army of martyrs , marching to their own music , and under their own banners and mottoes" more pigs , and less parsons ; " " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; " " onward and we conquer , backward and we fall ; " " the People ' s Charter , and no surrender "—while , Gentlemen , if the junction of the forces should be deemed necessary by your own chosen representatives to assemble at Manchester on this day week , to meet , to battle , and to beat the common enemy , I will be a captain , a drummer , or a volunteer . But , Gentlemen , no man on earth , nor all the men on earth , shall ever induce me to consent to disband the national force when danger threatens .

      Gentlemen , you will clearly observe that my object is to maintain insplendour and entirety a temple which has cost us so much Wood , and treasure , and martyr dom to erect . I will keep my forces together for all honourable warfare , as I stated on the 18 th September , 1835 , when I established the first association at Marylebone . Our force is to give strength to him who will try to do good , and to be a terror to the evil doer . Gentlemen , I have no desire to waste the strength of the popular party , and I have as little desire to

      rub the festered sore of those with whom we may be brought into combined action . You have this guarantee in me thatl will not sell myself . I repeat the pledge , so often given , that I will never accept of place , pension , or emolument , until the Charter becomes the law of the land , and 1 never will fill any office under it , lest I should subject my conduct to the charge of self-interest while contending for it . No , if yon had it to-morrow , I would return , like Quintus _Cincinnatus , to my plough , thanking God , that , during the struggle for it , I had created a new class of husbandmen .

      Gentlemen , I shall not clog this great and mighty question with any ofthe minutiae of detail ; I shall not even advert to the Ten Hours' Bill and other measures which Lord John Russell is pledged to ; I shall not endeavour to excite your enthusiasm by pointing to the probable restoration of our banished friends , but I will say—that when I forget my blood shed on this Free-trade platform ; when I forgive my sixteen months' suffering in a felon ' s cell ; when 1 obliterate from my mind all recollection of the slanders , the taunts , and the misrepresentations of which for ten years I have been the victim—I evince no slight disposition to effect that union which is

      indispensable to meet the coming struggle ; and , Gentle * men , when I say that I will not accept of fee , favour or reward , from League , Whig , Tory , or the People , I think my policy is entitled to the unprejudiced construction of all . One thing , however , that 1 shall contend for is , the representation of our principles in the cabinet . I shall , if the people join me , plead , and justly too , for an honourable and dignified appointment for the man who did not wait for the prospect of reward to tender his services , I mean Thomas _SlingsbyDuncombe , and then , Gentlemen _. let the League make their terms for the representation of their body .

      Gentlemen , I was the first man in the country to proclaim the prospect of a deficient harvest . I stated early in August thatthe weather would shake the Peel cabinet , but little did I think that King Pratie would shake all the thrones in Europe , and even the English oligarchy . Now , gentlemen , let me suppose a ease—suppose that while monopolists and antimonopolists are fighting that famine should come , and suppose that I , cnber existing circumstances , had joined Wellington and the Tories , and suppose the support I gave them was very , very feeble indeed , don't you think that the League would be able to

      point ont to a starving people what the effects of free trade would be , and don ' t you think , when my condemnation was necessary , that they would then say , however feeble my power might have been , there is the mas that STARVED Ton . Aye , Gentlemen , and they would be justified in so saying—but they shan't have the opportunity . Gentlemen , in the present emergency , while all other parties are putting tlieir house in OTder we could not remain inactive ; some one should take the first step , and who was more fit than the men who have never forfeited your confidence ?

      Gentlemen , in conclusion I shall only observe , that , whatever your representatives may wisely decide upon , I shall honestly endeavour to carry out , and , if danger threatens , I will not shrink from my share , or , perhaps , more than my share ; but what that policy may be I shall not even hint , but of this I am resolved , that the STRENGTH OF A NATION , that cost _ussomuoh PAINS TO ACHIEVE , shall not be wasted upon a single battle ; anil while 1 am now , as I ever have been , ready to join in the overthrow of one faction , I will not accept , as the people ' s reward , thc supremacy of another .

      After the reading of the document , Mr . O'Connor rose and said : —This is the Chartist Executive message , upon which we have all agreed , to the Chartist people of the empire ; and to carry it out that Executive has ca _' led together a representation of your body to be held this day week at Manchester . ( Cheers . ) My friends , you will see that our object is to marshal our own forces , to keep our own forces together , and to march them into action under our own banners , our own mottoes , and to the merry music of our own songs of liberty . ( Loudcheersfor the Charter . ) My friends , the resignation of Sir Robert Peel has

      oompletelj altered the phase and complexion ol Toryism . Under his administration Toryism was progressive . Under the oligarchy of England , led on by Wellington , it would be destructive . You must treat children as children ; and if they assume manhood before they are out of leading strings , and can walk alone , you must treat them as refractoiy children ; and the more especially if their disobedience is calculated , or likelv , to work injury to other parties . Gentlemen , Sir " Robert Peel very properly treated the aristocracy of this country as spoiled children , as capricious and whimsical pets must be treated . True , ne gained their confidence ,

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      uM __ nursen _i * _> but you must gain the confidence of children and of rats before you can cure themala-¦ i t a one * or destr ° y the otlier - If a _raUatclier wants to destroy vermin , he inspires them with connaence , by giving them palatable food for a time ; and as soon as he has inspired them with confidence _, he then inspires them with poison . ( Great laughter . ) uentlemen _, if lie put the poison in the first dose he a lau ; so precisely with Sir Robert Peel ; in youth ne gamed the confidence of the aristocracy , in manri ? ? i ? T tlle . ir fo * ' _** & rew wis 8 r he found that they had increased to a chronic malady that would kill them if not eradicated in time . ( Cheers . ) io gam their confidence he gave them jam—to cure their malady he gave them physic . ( Cheers . ) Bv degrees they began like children to discover the

      different taste inthe " goodies" —one made a wry face , and said , "I taste something , something like a Church , or tithes in my mouth , but it Is not as church and tithes used to taste . " ( Roars of laughter . ) Another says , " there's Maynooth in tliisjam , " andhe splutters ; another , who bas heard of the gigantic scheme of godless education , swears tliat he has got the body , blood , and bones of a papist , and this fellowsplutters in style . ( Indescribable laughter . ) And yet these nast _^ tastes are qualified , in the opinion of many , by the pickings in the army , navy , commissionships , judgeships , and bisbopricks , to enable him to get the patients to swallow that dose ; and then the physician thought he had prepared them for a course of tree trade medicine , but the very moment they taSte

      ii lan _** 3 , Game Laws , the privileges , votes , and tbe mono poly , they all set spitting , spluttering , and spewing together , until at last they literally spit the dOCtorout of _theaickroom , and called in old Doctor Wellington to give them a little more jam without physic . ( It would be impossible to give any thing like _adescription of what followed Mr . O'Connor ' s mimicry Of Peel inducing thechildren to open theirmouths , tlie laces they made when they tasted the physic , and the manner in which they discarded the physician when they found it unpalatable . ) But , said he , vou may rely upon it , that in the end they wiil find Peel ' s physic better tor their _diskase than Wellington ' s " goodies . " cl riu nn ° r tnen entered int 0 a bJcid explanation ot the Chartists' past policy and future tactics , and sat down amid the most vociferous cheers .

      Mr . Dixon then presented himself to move the following resolution : — That we , the Inhabitants of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , do tender our best thanks to tha Char _, tist Executive for having nominated an early day for holding a convention of the working classes for the purpose of deciding upon the course to be adopted by the democratic party in the pending struggle , and that we pledge ourselves to carry out all the lawful recommendations of such convention , He said that he entirely approved of the policy in the message , and that if the Chartists had been half as active in carrying out their own views as they were in aiding others to carry out theirs , we should have had the Charter long ago . He denied , and he would do so if he stood alone , that this struggle would or could end with a simple repeal of the Corn Laws , whereas if the people took a false position now they might , in preserving those laws , preserve power for

      me aeviis that would _Dreafc all laws . ( Cheers ) , He emphatically asserted that it was not now in the power of __ the League , the Whigs , or either of the Tory factions , ov both unitedly , to progress just a 3 far as they liked , and stop where tliey wished . ( Cheers ) . The people were the movement party , and according to their resolution in the coming struggle would be their reward . He thought the conduct of the Executive in thus boldly stepping forward was beyond all praise , and would have the effect of rallying a party which , without leaders that they had confidence in , or without arrangements , would be used for party purposes , and would lose their share of the triumph , when the spoils of war came to be divided . The present crisis was the most ominous and important that ever this country witnessed , and if eveiy man ofhis order was of his mind , they would take care and have their share this time . ( Loud oheers , and "That ' s it . " )

      Mr . Radford said , in seconding the resolution , he Was sorry it had not fallen into abler hands . However he was quite satisfied the time was come when every man should be at his post , and he was determined not to abandon his . He therefore had great E leasure in seconding the resolution , which upon eing put was carried unanimously . Mr . Doyle moved the following resolution , and on rising was loudly cheered : — That a public meeting of the inhabitants of Lancashire be held on Kersal-moor , on Thursday , the 1 st of January , for the purpose of announcing to the country at large the resolution of the _inhabitans of Lancashire , in the event of the Wellington Tories attempting to form a cabinet , and that Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ,, M _. P ., be invited to take the chair upon that occasion _.

      He said , my friends , who says that Chartism is dead now ? upon my word , if it has been dead , this is a glorious resurrection . By the resolution it is proposed to hold a meeting on New Year's Day , on Kersal-moor . Ah , my friends , every man in Lancashire knows how we paralysed faction before by shewing our strength at Kersal-moor . It laid the foundation for the death of Whiggery . ( Cheers . ) But what would it be now , my friends , with our own , our darling Duncombe in the chair , leading on the improved mind from that period against the ould woman Wellington and the Tory faction . ( Cheers and laughter . ) My friends , I don't care who joins in the glorious work that the Reform Bill promised to do . the Leaeue . or the devil . ( Laughter . ) But I

      promise you that , aa sure as my name is Kit Doyle , I won't be the man to say go about your business , while the work ia to be done . My friends , I have seen too much of that already . I have seen the people looking for food while they have been fighting the battles of faction . 'Pon my word , its high time the people fought a bit on their own account , There never was so great or so strong an enemy as the enemy before us now ; and if they beat us this time , we beat ourselves . ( Cheers . ) I look to this struggle resulting in the achievement of our glorious principles , our beautiful principles , our just and heavenborn prineiples ; and , therefore , I move the resolution as the surest means to that desirable end . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . James Leach had great pleasure in seconding

      tlte resolution , while , at the same time , if the people were only true to themselves , the meeting would be unnecessary altogether , as all that the working classes bad to do was just to let their enemies know their strength and resolution . He saw a great deal more than was . very plain yet to all men in the present struggle . He saw that both Whigs , _'foriec _, and League would use the people for their own purposes , if they could ; while he felt very sure that the policy propounded by the Executive would take the bone out of all their mouths . ( Cheers , ) It was quite clear that the struggling operatives , that toil from morninetill night for a mere starvation existence ,

      would not much longer tolerate the monopoly ot one 'class more than another ; and , therefore , he was for knocking monopoly on the head wherever he had an opportunity , and he believed that opportunity presented itself now , and that the resolution which he held in his hand was the best way to avail themselves of it . ( Cheers . ) The name of Duncombe had a charm for the English ear , and if the convention should consider , the meeting necessary , he believed that there never had been such a meeting in Lancashire , nor in England , as tliey would have on that dav . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr . Clark , ofthe Executive , had great pleasure in supporting the resolution ; but , while he supported it , he begged the meeting not to be led away as they were in former times of excitement and enthusiasm . Ihey wero in the habit of doing their business in a very unsatisfactory way . Men would hold up their hands for anything , and thus deceive their leaders , and send those who relied upon them into prison , _* but he hoped they would do their work in a more business-like way to-night , and that no hand was held up there that would be absent from Kersal-moor . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He had no objection to take his fair share of responsibility ; but he had a

      great objection to the people musing to take their fair share . ( Cheers . ) It was all nonsense to suppose , that the struggle once commenced , was going to end in the repeal of one law , or another Jaw . He believed that it would finally end in the _making of new laws , and , as the mnnifestation ofthe public will was necessary for the achievement of this desirable object , and as the meeting at Kersal-moor , under the man that never 'flinched from his post , and upon whom the people would rely , would best elicit that will , and manifest the public wish , he most cordially supported the motion . ( Cheers . ) Mr . G . W . Wheeler rose to move the third resolution _, as follows : —

      That we , the inhabitants of Manchester , in public meeting assembled , do hereby declare our unqualified and entire confidence in tlie wisdom , eneigy , integrity and ability of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., and that we respectfully solicit his counsel , countenance and support , in the present critical crisis , and that we pledge ourselves to be guided by his advice , and never to abandon or forsake bim so long as he manifests that purity of intention whieh has hitherto distinguished him as an able senator , and an honest man . He said , that at that late hour , and after the able speeches they had heard , and from the conviction that there were gentlemen to follow him who would do more justice to the resolution than himself , he should be as brief as possible . There were few in that

      meeting , he believed few in England , who were not prepared to acknowledge Mr . Dunconibo ' s unquestionable claim to the confidence of the working classes , and , therefore , as he believed the sure way to induce others to follow his example was by _proving ourselves grateful to those who had so worthily set it , he had great pleasure in moving the resolution . Mr . M _* Grath presented himself to second the resolution , and was most enthusiastically received . He said * . _N- > w , respected friends , I'll tell you a few of my reasons for seconding this resolution . In the first place , I _asBert that Mr . Duncombe is the only man in the Ilouse of Commons that has the entire confidence ofthe whole people . ( Cheers . ) True , our indomitable champion , Mr . O'Connor , who is always at his post , possesses the unqualified confidence © _efery

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      working-man in England ; but , then , we must COUline our Observations to our representatives in Parliament . Now , where was the man but the noble-hearted Duncombe—the lion-hearted Duncombe—to resist _Miles's internal fabrication of a Master and Servants' Bill—that bill , friends , which would have plunged you into the lowest depth of degradation and poverty—that bill , friends , which would have put the stamp of slavery , of abject slaverv , upon the forehead of every working man throughout the land—that bill which would have taken from you the poor privilege of appealing against the tyranny of your taskmasters—that bill which constituted every man a judge In his own case—it was Duncombe that strangled that hellish monster in its conception . ( Loud and continued

      cheering . ) hriends , that's not all that Duncombe has done . In the last session of Parliament , who brought the disgraced Secretary of State , that held the seals of office , that he might break the seals of letters , to justice ? Aye , it was Duncombe . Who has damaged the Tory portion of Peel ' s Cabinet more than any other man' It was Dmicombe . ( Loud cheers . ) Ah , but I don't stop here , friends : those are but mere questions of detail ; but I ask those who think that there are other honest members in the Ilouse of Commons—I ask those gentlemen , however honest they may be to themselves , are they honest to us ? And , friends , now to take the question out of doubt or hypothesis , I ask , where is the other man in the Ilouse of Commons that is an enrolled member of the Chartist Association except the brave , thc incorruptible Duncombe ? ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats . ) Ah , friends ,

      but that s not all . Men sometimes do things through personal motives . Duncombe did not wait for the days of our triumph ; he joined us in the hour of our weakness . ( Renewed cheers . ) His name has a charm , his honesty carries confidence , his ability carries security . ( Cheers . ) Oh , my friends , what an inducement , what an encouragement for those who toil , and can scarcely exist , to see the man who can live without labour coming forward and joining them in their struggle . Shall we not , then , do all honour to the man who has done honour to our principles ? and shall it not echo through the length and breadth of the land , that the great pressure from without shall bc represented within , and that Duncombe , our own Duncombe , our loved Duncombe , is the most perfect embodiment of that representation ? ( Loud and long-continued cheering and waving of hats . ) Friends , I have great pleasure iu seconding the resolution .

      As soon as the resolutions were carried , Mr . O'Connor presented himself , and said , that as he was no monopolist , he wished to allow that _mesting to participate in all the honour , andall the triumph , that would result from the policy declared in the message . It would go to the world with increased force if sanctioned by a tremendous , respectable , and attentive audience like the present . If it was adopted , he pledged himself that before that day fortnight Dixon , Bairstow , Mason , Jones , Dormaii , honest John West , M'Grath , Clark , Doyle , and himself , would send the " Will-o ' -the-Wisp" of Chartism through the country once more , with more feathers

      in its wings than it had even in 1839 . Another thing that he would tell them , that if they were true to themselves , others would be true to them , for he would tell them that the very moment that Mr . Roberts heard that the sound spirit of Chartism was going to be rallied once more , ne said , " Well , I will give my £ 5 witk all my heart and soul , " and he would have made one of us to-night , but he is detained upon colliers' business in a distant part of the country . ( Loudcheersfor Roberts . ) Our message requires no mere speeckyfying—I have read it distinctly—you all understand it—I trust , therefore , that some one will more and second its adoption .

      _^ oung Ramsay , in Chartism a man , in years a . youth , then moved the resolution , and Dixon seconded it , when it was carried amid thunders of applause , every hand in the meeting being held up for it . A vote of thanks was then given to the Executive for their honesty in office and promptitude in action ; after which Mr , O'Connor proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was seconded by acclamation . He then proposed nine-times-nine cheers for the Charter , and no surrender , which made the building ring . The meeting dispersed more than satisfied ,

      Great Chartist Meeting At Manchester, On...

      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT MANCHESTER , On Sunday night last the people of Manchester assembled in Carpenters' Hall to hear an address from Mr . Shaw , the delegate to the conference , from Leeds , and if we are to judge from the applause which followed almost every sentence that fell from the speaker , andthe cheers which followed upon the close of the address , which lasted over two hours , we must do him the justice to say , that his first appearance upon the Manchester boards has been more than triumphant , and as Manchester possesses the most critical audience , having heard all the ablest lecturers in the movement , Mr . Shaw has no small cause for self-gratulation , llisvoice is powerful , his reasoning simple , eloquent , and convincing ,

      his language good and his manner prepossessing . We heard many of the Manchester critics emphatically declare , that " yonchap was atrump . ' His lecture embraced all the principles of the Charter , the rights of the people and the usurpation of their opponents , and gave the greatest possible satisfaction . Mr , O'Connor addressed the meeting at considerable length alter Mr . Shaw had concluded , upon the satisfaction and pleasure that he felt at every act done by the Land Conference , and then announced that the Executive , who had kept Chartism alive through the land plan , had now given the Ue to their revilers , who said that they had abandoned the

      Charter . They are , says he , the first in the field when danger threatens , and when their principles are in danger , and we have called a convention—a Chartist Convention—to sit in Manchester , on Monday , the 22 nd of this month , in which every town in North and South Lancashire , the West-Riding of Yorkshire , Nottingham , Derby , Leicester , Norwich , Birmingham , and Loudon , will be represented . ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats ) . Now , that ' s the way we have abandoned the Charter , said Mr . O'Connor . A unanimous vote of thanks waB then given to Mr . Shaw and Mr . O'Connor , and as hearty a one to the chairman ,

      when—Mr . O'Connor again came forward and said—My friends , we areas quick to design and as rapid to execute as the duke himself , as I just learn , from some gentlemen whohave returnedfrom Stockport , that the good lads there not only approve of the plan , but have actually subscribed their share of the funds to carry it out .

      Great Chartist Meeting At Ashton, On Fri...

      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT ASHTON , On Friday night the spacious Oharlestown Chapel was crowded in every part wherestanding-room could be obtained ; to hear an address from Mr . O'Connor . Shortly after eight o'clock that gentleman _« ntered the chapel and was received with thunders of applause . The veteran , James Taylor , delegate to the Land Conference was elected to the chair , and after a few appropriate observations introduced Mr . O'Connor , who spoke at considerable length upon thc several interesting topics of tho day . He shewed clearly that no party , not even the people themselves , understood the rumbling which was now going on in the public mind . It was not attachment to party , or preference ibr principles , so muGh as the determina ? tion to hit upon some plan by wliich the great

      _improvements of the age should be applied to national rather than class purposes . A hundred years ago , said he , the lord and the squire were dressed in one kind of fabric , made out of wool , and the tenants were dressed in a fabric of inferior quality ; and in the distinction they were taught to recognize their inferiority and the lords' supremacy . While they were dressed in the fleece their serfs were satisfied with the skin , but now , who , except by the more stately appearance of the farmer , his better complexion from frugal living and more healthy occupation , than the lord or the squire , who can distinguish between the firat peer of the realm and his valet now ? If Bvougham travelled with a valet which would be mistaken for the gentleman . ( Laughter . ) These things first levelled distinction and then This

      created thoughts of equality . ( Cheers . _^ gas that I see before me , the power of locomotion , travelling by railroad , steam navigation , the printing press , the penny stamps upon newspapers , the penny postage , and hurricane flood of knowledge , are all one and all incipient Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) Chartism is the embodiment of the principle to subdue those great elements of weiilth to man ' s wants . ( Cheera . ) This in amalgamation . This is the confluence of minds . This is progression , I see it in social more than in political arrangements . Everything is struggling to do away with inferorityand to proclaim equality of rights , though not equality of property . Who , a hundred * years ago , or fifty years ago , or twenty years ago , or ten years ago , ever _witnessed the fashionable intelligence and

      court circular ot the working classes . But they now declare your progression . They knock down the standard of distinction . Who can read the announcement of a Chartist tea party , Chartist ball , a Chartist dinner , or a Chartist soiree , and see the precision with which aristocratic distinctions are observed , that must not come to the conclusion that the mind has progressed . Your bills and cards which announce the order in which quadrilles , waltzes , gallopades , and the polka are to be danced—the very music that they are to be danced to , the refreshments that are to be had , and the master of the ceremonies who is to conduct the arrangements , and above all the

      creditable and fashionable manner in which they are conducted , who , 1 say , can fail to believe that this is progression and improvement _struggling for permanency through representation . ( Loudcheers . ) The monopoly of the land , by the blundering aristocracy of this country , has led to the monopoly of legislation —the monopoly of legislation has made _^ the social comforts that I have referred tothe exception instead of the rule with your order , by representation you hope to make the rule . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a lucid explanation as tothe causes which led to the resignation of Sir Robert Peel . He contrasted Toryism under him with Toryism under the Wcl-

      Great Chartist Meeting At Ashton, On Fri...

      lington party , and then called attention to the progr _^ si _vo policy ol Peel US compared With the Ucy we were to expect from the Whigs Peel , said Mr . O'Connor , would have prepared land _, lordism for that fall which their own obstinacy has made inevitable , and if they had allowed him to perfect his cum for their malady , Ihey would have found themselves with reduced fortunes , but with equal means , as compared with the price of every thing , to preserve their relative position in society . But , no , they wiu be killed and nobody shall help them . He then took a show of hands between Peel and Russell , when every hand in the meeting waa held up for Peel and not one ibr JRusselL Mr . O'Connor then drew a most feeling and animated picture between the life of an agricultural labourer living upon his own resourcescalling no _niftn his

      , muster , and the life ofa slave who has no choice of masters but is the slave of all . He contended that the man who worked from twenty to thirty-five years , that is , for the best fifteen years ofhis life , at artificial labour , was as old at that period as some men ac « tually arc at sixty—tliat then fie was entitled not only to forty years' wages for the fifteen years' work , but to such a retiring salary as would compensate him through life for the premature old age that society had brought upon him . ( Loud cheers ) . Itis useless _, said he , to contrast the wages of an agricultural labourer with that of a manufacturing operative—the one was younger at seventy than the other was afc forty . ( Cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor then illustrated the principles of the land association , and concluded the most eloquent address we ever heard from him , and they were many , amid deafening applause ,

      Richard Pilling , " the fatiikr of the movement , " then proposed a petition in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was eloquently supported by Mr . Poole , the delegate to the conference for Devonshire , and Mr . Clark , ofthe Chartist Executive , and , upon the wholo , the meeting not only gave general satisfaction , but has aroused the Chartist ieeling from that apathy in which it has so long slumbered into a state of cheering hope and excitement , the people declaring their increased and unbounded confidence in their old and well-tried Feargus . After the meeting broke up Mr . O'Connor started for Manchester , to be ready to take _hia place in the conference on the following morning .

      Great Meeting At Wigan. When The Confere...

      GREAT MEETING AT WIGAN . When the conference had closed its sitting on Thursday night Mr . O'Connor proceeded to Wigan to deliver a public address . The largo room at the Clarence Hotel was the place appointed , and was filled . Mr . Nicholas Canning was elected as chairman , and after reading the bill , he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who was received with the most rapturous applause . The news of the resignation of Sir Robert Peel had just arrived , and Mr . O'Connor commenced by observing , "I am Pbime Minister sow . " ( Great laughter . ) lie then stated , that although the land had been selected as the subject for discussion , that yet such a meeting , at such a crisis , produced by a very unexpected circumstance , they would not feel satisfied it he omitted all reference to the subject . He

      then took a rapid but clear review of the circumstances whicli led to the resignation of Teel _, and the recall of Lord John Russell to office . and he asked if the meeting of the Chartist party , whose co-operation was , no doubt , relied upon , was prepared to join Wellington , Buckingham , and the oligarchy of England , in the restoration of _blooot old ToimSM in its very worst phase , and made worse , more cruel , and tyrannical upon thepresumption that the fbopub had once more called it into life ? Will any man , he asked , tolerate the resuscitation of this bloody ghost ? ( Shouts of " Never , never . " ) No , never , as long as I live . Shall it be said that the English people gave strength to the Irish duke ? In 182 *? Ireland beati liim . single handed ; in 1832 England beat him * , and the devil is in it . if . in 1845 . England . Ireland , and

      Scotland—the rose , the shamrock , and the thistle- * will not bo an over match for him in his dotage . Gentlemen , Ireland is my country , though the world is my republic ; and heaven forbid that I should see the rising spirit of a nation crushed by tho vengeance of a faction . ( Cheers . ) Wc hare all our parts to play in the mighty struggle now afc hand . We shall nave to select the foe , and to choose OUl" coadjutors . It is to the strength , the power , and the danger of the foe to whicli we must look , and to the ability of those who are to confront him , as * the soldiers of the movement party . Gentlemen , I say it now , and I say it emphatically , that no sacrifice must be considered too great to save us from such an infliotion . Peel waits not to canvas the strength of his party , for he knows it . Wellington hesitates not to

      canvas the resolution of his party , for he , too , knows it well . Russell waits not to understand the strength of his party , but all wait to understand the resolution and the determination of our party—the peopi _ e . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , we have bravely fought the Ibe unitedly , and , though defeated , we have never abandoned our position . By our tactics we have hunted one stag with the most cumbrous antlers from tho herd , let us not change from the scent , and let not the ground be foiled by other game that may pass the track , until we hunt the game down . ( Cheers , ) I believe by wise and discreet management we may now make one party of the wise and the brave of the three nations , whereas intemperance or folly may give the foe an easy triumph . ( Cheers . ) The thunder is ours , and we will not be robbed of our share

      in the triumph . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O Connor then drew a feeling picture of his own position . If the people were overtaken by famine , or subjected to Wellington dominion—if you are hungry , said he , and have not even the power to steal the surplus that a repeal of the Corn Laws would produce , and if there was not only no surplus there , but not enough for you , and if you were told that I was the man who starved you , ' what would be your feelings , what would be my position ? But still further , if to p lace you in that position I had consented to place heartless gaolers over you in the shape of rulers , would not your long cherished affection justly , nay , naturally be turned togall ? ( Cheers . ) Aye , for now , mind , that I am arguing not upon a presumption , but upon a certainty—the certainty that we have the power

      to strengthen Welhngton m his devilment , but we would not have the power to prevent its hellish effect . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , we were charged before with the emissaries of Buckingham being amongst us . I believe there were , but not of your class , * but now how proudly I stand before you to meet those who charge me with being in the pay of Buckingham and the Tories . ( Loud laughter . ) Oh , what an opportunity I give my old paymasters of proving the treachery of a deserter from their ranks . ( Cheers . ) Have I not lived through mueh persecution , have I not lived down much prejudice , and shall I not live to live down the power of oligarchical oppression . Mr . O'Connor then entered into a description of the state of Ireland , whieh drew tears from every © ye , and literally raised his Irish-audience , which was

      numerous , to a state of madness , and when he bad wound up his description he asked—And shall I be a party to give strength to those who would perpetuate such misery , such cruelty , and such horror . ( Tremendous sensation and cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor then adverted to the policy of Sir Robert Peel , and con * trasted his progressive Toryism with the Toryism that would now struggle for pre-eminence . He then took a review of the position and strength of parties , and concluded with a lucid illustration of what had been done by the Land Conference , and what was likely to result from the establishment ofthe society , -and wound up by shewing that the destruction of the monopoly ,, conditions , privileges , and restrictions , under which the landlords kept the land of this country , and not the inability of the land to produce food enough for all , had led to the demand for free trade , and had established what were called principles of _nolitical cconomv , which were mere consequences of

      landed monopoly . He also shewed that the monopoly ofthe land was the basis of their own constitution , and made the audience laugh heartily by stating that he expected to get as much of the plunder for the land association for £ 5 , 000 , by March next , as he would have got last March for £ 12 , 000 ; and won't I , said he , be ready for the first cut at the panic 9 lie concluded his address amid deafening and long-continued applause ; and after a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor and the chairman , the meeting separated in the { highest spirits . Mr . O'Connor invited the members of the Land Association to his hotel , were they remained in convivial and instructive conversation till past twelve o ' clock . A large number of the honest , consistent , and patriotic Chartists from Lamberhead-green and the surrounding districts attended , and , after the proceedings , returned home in high spirits ; and thus ended tlie most spirited and _important gathering that we have had at Wigan for many a long year .

      Alarming Fire Ani> Loss Of Life.—On Satu...

      Alarming Fire ani > Loss of Life . —On Saturday afternoon , about four o ' clock , a fire ; attended with * fatal consequences to a female , eighty-five years of age , broke out at No . 4 , Bull ' s Head-court , Middlesex-street , Whitechapel , in the apartment occupied by a Mrs . Jacobs . The fire , it is supposed , was caused in consequence of the occupier having by some accident fallen into the grate . The issue of a dense body of smoke , accompanied by the cries of the female , caused some parties to enter the room , when they found the poor old creature comoletelv _envfilnnerl in

      flames , and the flooring , cupboard door , and shelves ' , burning _« _" _»*•> furiously . M ' _ter consiuevaMe trouble on the part ofthe neighbours and police , tbe flames were extinguished , but not before tbe building was very seriously injured by fire and water , and the poor old woman burnt in such a frightful that the flesh peeled off her body when After lingering for the space of a few minutes terminated her sufferings . Holloway ' s Ointment axd Pills . — James a blacksmith , residing at Cuckold's Point , last , was going to Guy ' s Hospital , to undergo putation of his leg , which had been bad for years ; there were upwards of twenty ulcers on mortification had commenced just under tlie In this alarming state he was recommended Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which in a time cured the limb , to the great astonishment If the two medicines are used together , the m geroHs wounds and ulcers , may , to a . certain cured by _theirmeans . _ _^ _*; " * - _^ .,. ' _ . " ' - -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20121845/page/7/