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    • ELECTORS, CANDIDiTES, AND -EJECTIONS.
    • BtAiu's Goor and RiiEOMViTic FlUs effectually cure i
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      HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . A Very Wonderful Cure vf a Disordered liver and Stomach . Extract of a Letterfrota Mr Charles Wilson , 39 , Princes Street , _Glatcote . dated February lith , 13 _« . To Professor Holloway . sin—Having taken your pills to _removeauiseaseof file Stomach and Liver , under which 1 had long suf eveiS , aid having followed your printed instructions I have rerained that health , which I had thought lost for ever . 1 hid previously had recourse to several medical men , vrhoare celebrated for their skill , but instead of curing _m * Complaint , it increased to a most _alaraung degree . Bumauly speaKns your puis have saved » y life ! Many

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      * 3 S THE _COSCEALED _GMJSE OF _CONSTITUTIONAL _6 R ACQUIRED EBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just _Published , X new aad _mportaatEdiaon cf the Silent Friend on Human Frailty _, tice 2 s . 6 cL , aad sent free te y part of the United _Kingdom oa the receipt of a Post Ofice Order for 8 s . 64 . A MEDICAL "WOBK on the IXFIHMITIES ef the GE _KERATIVE SXSIEM , in both sexes ; being an en quirjinto the concealed cauie that destroys physica * « nergy , and thc ability of manhood , ere vigour has _esta ' Wished her empire : —with Observations on the _banefu-

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      ( _iieois _. _smcwre _^ _. irricuuouoi tu . coiaituer , _jiuiimoinit : loins and kidneys , gravel , aad other disorder of the unniry passages , in either ser _^ _are pe _rmanently ' cured in a shor * space of time , without confinement to the leas ex posure . . _;; .: . ,: ; ... Ky .. " _; ' _5 The above medicines are i : _'" _ttd "' only by Messrs . ' R and L . PERRY and Co ., Surgeons , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . if « lrt . PERR Y ttpMt , « _jfct « _sonsOteAbyUaer , the usual { te of One Pound , _wi'Awtt u _& _tehu & _nottee tofcatew «* betakenoftheaomvuaiieaiiott , ' ' ' ' _ Patieuts are requested to be as- minute as possibleiu .

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      GOUT ! GOUT ' . ! _GOCm ! TkeVov Specific _Patentedgfodidncfbreont , Patronised by , _ & e _FixuV . y , _yoWM y , a « _d Gcntry _,- & c . npfSE Discovererof this IuvaluaHc Specific has , after J . great study and research , _pwed _. _-by facts , that this Gout Mixture is the only efficient remedy . -yet discovered furthat excruciating disorder—tba _expensive pills and mixtures , daily pulled off , haviug proved a complete _ifaUore . TKs _raediciue < : laims a two fold _sai'eriority over every other _yetproduwd for thepablic good ; a certainty -of cure , and a re-establishment < if health , aa a few daysat a trifling espense . So particular restrictions a _.-e neces-

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      TflE POPULAR MEDICINE . The following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS has just b : cn received by the Proprietors .

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      BLAIR'S GODT ASD RHEUMATIC PILLS . Copy of a letterfrom Mr Slake , Kingscliffe , Northamp tonshire . Kingscliffe , January 21 , 1847 . " Sis , —Twelve years ago I became afflicted with Rheumatic Gout . I procured the best advke possible , but without _xlerivinj : any benefit ; and the doctors recommended me to go to tbc Stamford Infirmary , where I continued twelve weeks , and left it without having obtained any benefit ; and all hope of relief had vanished . " This _hspeless state of things continued until a friend advised roe to ; try Blair ' s Pills . Itben loBt no time in sending to Mr Mortlock , of Stamford , for a box , and by the time I bad taken that quantity I got rid of one crutch . I then sent for another box , wiiidi enabled me to throw away the other , and thank God 1 have never siure bad such an attack . " I am much exposed to cold ; but whenever -I _feal symptoms of attack , I have recourse to the pills with universal success .

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      A Ceetaih Cube for Bile , Head Aches , and also for Weak and Deranged Stomachs , by Holloway ' s Pills . — Nothing tends so much to bring ou incurable diseases affecting either the heart , the liver , or the lungs , as an unhealthy state of the stomach , which , in tlie first instance ,, causes loss of appetite _^ loss of strength , and loss of energy . Xow , if a few doses of Holloway ' s justly celebrated Pills be taken topurify the blood , they willimmediately give a healthy action to all the vitals * and act like a charm upon the whole system , restoring health and vigour even incases wfceretbe _phjiicisu ' s still & a < i _^ _en of do avail .

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      • GLASGOW ISFIKM . AK . Y WILL RECEIVE !¦ _" _..: ¦ : _¦¦ £ _16 < 1 ' STERLING , _'V IF an honest . Medical Committee , after fair inquiry _,-do not prove D «; _'GREEN'S PILLS to be thu best arid safest medi / tee in Scotland , and himself the most ' liberal , safe , and successful surgeon and medical practitioner initsince * 18 l 4 . Da _GPiEEN'S PILLS are sold at 62 , Nelson street ; and at his _CONSULTING OFFICE , 11 , 1 _IUTCHENSONSTRE _^ _T _, and of alibis _Agents . Murawanted , homeand _abro-id _. ovathis FAMILY HOUSE , 102 , South Portlandatre _st _. GSasgow . ., „ 1 As these VEGETABLE PILLS sweeten « the breath , I whiten the tetf th , smooth the skin of pimples , give good liver

      Electors, Candidites, And -Ejections.

      ELECTORS , CANDIDiTES , AND _-EJECTIONS .

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      If there is one subject which more than another is < _n _sufficient CMisequence to absorb the attention of the moralist , that subject is tbe one wbieh . giws out of , and is immediately connected with , the title of this paper . The united kingdom , is , _4 o speak , _with-modesty , of vast importance in its varied relation * to the rest of the world . _Itisequal , if not superior , to _aMotber countries , in science , in art , and in general progressive attainments . The enterprise of its people has triumphed orer all but impassable physical obstacles—its _geniiM and laws , sits customs , civilisation , and manufactures , have extended their influence to the remotest regions of the habitable globe . . Aad yet , at the base of all the power resulting from such a variety of influences , we have ignorant and corrupt electors—deb ased and debasing candidate *; and between the two , elections are _transformed into the most violent civil commotions , or sink into the lowest of bacchanalian orgies .

      In thu 3 _, cbaracteristog electors , and the candidates for their suffrages , I speak _advieedty—that there are exceptions , and many noble ones also , It Isa pleasure to ad . mit _. but Ute Hk _«« ri «» ?—• a" » l u "" _"V * one »* candidal * _, _who ' is _inflexible , _reiJ _« _W- solely upon his principles , is seldom returned . lfJie j « _opposedi'aau .. „ 0 ' ; . ltes * c : aues '; _- then itis almost certain that his opponent will have recourse to treating and bribing ; and if he does not act similarly ineelf-deftnce , he will , in most cases , lose' bis election . Sometimes , indeed , treating and bribery are superfluous , where , as in the Agricultural districts , tbo electors are mocked with the shadow of a privilege . But having recorded their votes for the blue or yellow candidate , under _whsse influence they rent , live , and abuse their political existence—they ' then guzzle the reward of their patriotism . If any of these tenant farmers manifest symptoms of _insubordination , then follow significant

      bints _respiting an ejectment . This political slavisbnsss xists . no doubt , to the greatest extent in the agricultural constituencies , but towns and cities are far from being free from it . Intimidation prevails almost everywhere that aggregations of capital in land , or household property , or business exist . If difference exist between the intimidation used by the landlord and the manufacturer , it is a difference of degree , and not of principle . The farmer is more dependant upon his landlord for the continued occupancy of - a farm , than is the official or operative of the manufacturer for his continued employment-, because , if he discharged them , another opening will ' soon pres * nt itself ; but the farmer may have invested the whole of bis capital on hi- farm , and even partial compensation , supposing it to be allowed , trill not prevent the ruin consequent , upon an ejectment . Neither of these -positions is an enviable one—each is alike unfortunate , and the intimidators despicable .

      ' Even tradesmen of respectable _standing are not exempt from _intimidation , but are dictated to as are the poorer men _and master clod . hoppers . Tiie most extensive influence orer shopkeepers and public houses , in conjunction witb a long purse , will very frequmtly _determins an election in favour of an _incapable , where talent and integrity arc worsted . Tbat their is much talent , _censiderable _integrity , and many _instances of ( noble perseverance , _displapcd in the prosecution of important reforms , is gratefully admitted ; but that there is much incapacity , dishonesty , and eren imbecility , is an odious fact . It is also but too true , that nearly the whole ot Parliament spring front the foetid bed of corruption . In my life I have been averse to the widest extension of tbe Suffrage , bntl am now convinced

      that tbat privilege couid not be more abused by the operative classes , thau I have known it among those whom , by courtesy , are allowed to be their betters . And I can confidently state , from personal experience , that the operatives of our larger towns and cities are more independent , more intelligent , and better qualified to form an estimate of p » liiical exigencies , and tbe qualities of can . didates , than are many—very many—electors of this county of _Esgex . I will not accuse all slavish voters or b . _trtcrers of their privilege of wilful and absolute baseness—it is an obvious fact , that many a rising tradesmen , who dares to be honest , by so doing is ruined . It is equally true tbat many more would be , if tbey acted independently . But it is also a deep and damning stain upon electors generally , that it is not the poorest who

      are the most corrupt . Too frequently have we known the burly , over-fed animal , known as the flourishing tradesman or comfortable farmer , _indicate the most sensitiveness at an anticipated Iosb of some great man ' s interest—the man with a good prospect in life before liim , he it is whom I have known to make al & ugb ofthe _bargain he has made , or the interest he bas secured , by bis votehe it is who can afford te earn contempt of the honest man . He may have forfeited one man ' s esteem , but what cares he for that—hag he not gold—has he not secured and extended his patronage ? Cau he not purchase good opinions ! Can he-not lie to-day with bis vote , and tomorrow subscribe bis balf guinea or guinea to a charity —and will not such act atone for his immorality ? And will he not he tolerated ! Ay , and even courted by the very orthodox in piety and politics .

      But the poor and more dependant man , he cannot afford to be so _contemptuous of the good opinions of his compeers ; and least of all , can he afford to make shipwreck of his self respect , tbat best _sustainer of oppressed men , and , therefore , if his position ia such that he is constrained to give tbo lie to his better judgment , the greater mutt be his mental torture . He is left mere to himself ; there is no gay circle to dazzle and applaud him , No p & _ratitcs to cheat liim of himself , ami supplant his identity with a baser shadow . Be it not , however , inferred , that I would argue that poverty is a congenial soil for honesty and

      independence to take root and flourish in . My argument is , that the basest of elective barterers , are not necessarily to be found amongst the poorest ot electors , but that a smile , a nod , or any token of hollow regard from ihe aristocratic candidate , will weigh with a successful tradesman or substantial farmer , even when more substantial interest is absent , as much as would a ten pound note with more _neefly men . Baseness is equally odious in any soil , bat when committed by those wbo are but just over the door-way of poverty , our nature inclines ta look less severely upon it , than when perpetrated in circles where wealth is uot wanting _.

      If the timorous and doubting and unobservant politician ia not prepared to go with me to the extent of my _animsdvtsions , I can confidently appeal to tbe judgment of the experienced—to those wbo have studied man and his extravagancies—to those who though seemingly unobservant , have taken searching views into tbis sad agglomeration , of divided and individual effort _. misnamed society , and seen it in all its variety of vicious aud erratic manifestation—to these men I refer , and being certain of their unbiassed opinion , rest content respecting the result . I would fain write more iu accordance with my earlier leanings , and gloss over the baseness of which experience aud conviction command me to speak , be-Bering that it is far better that paper be never written on , than tbat it be soiled by pandering to evil _. or be made to act the part of a parasite to—falsehood and infamy . _Erroriabad _. butlieB odious . Caution and discretion are commendable , but truth is glorious .

      From what has been remarked , some slight notion of the infamy practised , and ignorance not unfrequently exhibitedat elections , will havebetmformed _. But in order to ( e more pointed ; I < _viU relate a few out of many anecdotes , wbich have taken place under si ; own immediate notice : —Two county voters bad been _solicitcd , and had assented to vote for a certain Sir _J- — T—e of Protectionistuotoriety . they were canvassed by two men ofthe respective names of _Smith and Button , and these persons parted wiih the two very sapient electors , with the full assurance that their . candidate should bave their support , but when the polKa _^ day arrived , the two farmere steadfastly refused to « rote for any _othsr persons but Messrs Burton and Smith and consequently ,. the worthy knight lost two supporters , through the

      ignorance and stupi < % of a portion of the Essex community . Another instance has just tcanfpired under my own cognisance , where a flourishing tradesman did not like to vote against his conscience , bu 4 he liked less to vote against his interest , but managed io construe his < _jonscitaco to accord witb the direction ot his Interest . And thus ke opposed his private convictions and public avowals . I have known also instances during the last election , where men haw promised to plump one candidate , get the bribe , and than divide their rotes , and obtain a bribe from the opposing candidate . I heard another man boast he got a bottle of wine for his vote ther declared he

      ano had twenty pounds for his , and I have heard of as much as two hundred pounds beiu ? the coitof a vote , inmore places than one , during _therecent election . I have known some instances wbero persons havingbeenpledgedtoone candidate , have through tbeir ignorance voted for the opposing party , and in half . au . your afterwards not know , who , they bad voted for . Those not cognisant with election proceedings will have some difficulty in crediting these statements , but tbey are creditable as compared to some things that take P lace . It not unfrtquentl y happens , that electors are _roueduptotbepolling _bootbginsucbahelplesscondition or intoxication , as to be the merest automatons . In

      some instances I have heard electors attempt to givereasons and to vindicate their conduct , but they have given the most confused and even stupid _aerounts—evincing an entire ignoiauc _* of tbe exigencies of the slate , and an absolute vacuity on politics—not knowing anything rolativo to the first principles of government , of legal or criminal jurisprudence , of what _wbb required for _mariufactoring or agricultural prosperity , or social welfare . In some places' ! fsave seen independent electors Jn the most fiUh _/* tateofdrunfonnes 5 «» d < _penc ! antupjn tJj e

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      _jffiftfr aVbed and the _curbstone « _f _**^ f _^ Shu b _^ at once the most comp lete evidence , g their , physical and inentel degradation . , . , . OS ? U « day _, ' £ waii ; toldof »; * " ? - 1 _?^ t _£ _Jndpbund / per » ii « ium reht , audbebengB ohc _^ by his landlord , for a vote , refused to g ive it bis r . _* rty , whe eupon , ho was told very significantly , that be must uotvote against them , audaccordingly he dared _notu e his privilege . -: Biit it is superfluous to dwell upon tftcso cases , aud so well arc , the * known'to esist , that few men in these days haw the hardihood to deny them . And although all the vices and crimes of flections , nnd the it is rather

      _filsity of election * is _genertfly known , yet _lomthed- at , - elm » generally reprobated . So true is it , tbatcven infamy may become popular , that an elector can sell his vote for the most contemptible _consideration , and yet be countenanced by fiis fellows , and _escapo thc just -censure of so base an act , The prevalence uf crime makes even _felens tolerated in _somu societies —thus we arc told that in Sydney and Hobart town , _ifaaving been aa expert -smasher is but looked upon as a _mecessary ingredient in the character of * gentleman . So English electm cau revel in their impurity , and congraltulate-themselves upon tbeir cunmng _, while tliey despise tbe determination of the honest man .

      Having said thus much on the characters and _practices of electors , I will now . offer a few observations relative to their causes , with the view of indicating a remedy . I may premise tbat there i _» no hope that evils connected with elections , can be hastily done away with . Thc best _directed efforts of tho moralist must be ptreeveriugly followed for a long time before this can be accom . plished . The complaint is of chronic growth , an incident of partial civilisation , and can only be superseded fey the further developement of thoir higher facilities . The man wbo _votesat the Aictatlon of alandlord oran employer , is either unprincipled or too dependant to exercise his right . " He may also be an ignoramus , ond not know whom to vote for without the advice of a second

      party . If the voter .. were honestly . disposed ,. then the Ballot would guarantee him from tho persecution of his landlord ' or employer . Se might vote independently . But ifthe voter is unprincipled , then Ballot would scre ? n him from the infamy tbat ought to atteud upon the abuse of his political power . And ifthe elector ie an ignoramus , as many av « , th « n the Ballot would be _jiui & j useless to him . It will ho ' evident , thsttore , that , if tbe number of unprincipled ele / _Hii could be . proved ! . t . Jl -les" - . thlP _vttose who would act honestly , if

      they hadJhe protection ef the Ballot , then a clear _Cusejs made out for that measure , being a remedy against intimidation . But , as neither , the negative nor affirmative ' ol _thisciw bo proved , and , ' although I feel confidant that , under any circumstances , capital and its influence will have a _tcndincy to filiate elections , I should like to seethe Ballot conceded by the legislature , believing that some good wtiuld result from it , and that , possibly , our constituencies might he rendered _fomewh .-it morepure , but , feeling confident they could not be rendered more impure _.

      I would , therefore , recommend an agitation in favour of the Ballot . As a reason why tbis agitation should be forthwith become national , it may be urged that many of the leading men of the Ilouse of Parliament are committed to it—and , as its benefit is of so doubtful a character , the legislature would more readily concede it than they would reforms , involving more sweeping changes . A « bu accompaniment , I would recommend th ; it a law bo enacted , by which both bribers and bribed be treated as common felons . I am convinced that without making bribery a criminal offence , it will never be dene awiiy with . With the Ballot it may be said that bribery would bocome more-difficult of detection , bat etiU a few examples would be sufficient to deter men with nothing but money to recommend them , to risk the chance « f being

      sent to the treadmill , for the purpose of getting into Parliament , by tlie foul means whicii too frequently enable tbe fatuity of mere empty-beaded aristocrats to ride past the more _dignified , and really useful qualities ofthe talented and intelligent . Shorter Parliaments would also have a great tendency to supersede briber ; . ' . For it is clear that a seat would not be worth _expending much upon , the tenure of which would only last one session . Tlie only tenable arguinent I have heard urged against Annual Parliaments , is the one that so many periods of excitement would have u very prejudicial interest upen trade ami _commerca ; but even tbis argument is considerably weakened by tho consideration that , by tbe fact of making elections frequent , to should we make them less exciting ; _aodngain , the objection is completely set aside , wben we take into consideration the

      better business habits whicb such an arrangement would necessarily cause , -For a member , having to meet his constitnents so often , would depend more upon the services he had rendered bis country , than upon the fact of long sertitude , and from not liking to risk tbe expense of a contest , he would naturally pay more attention to hia _parliamentary duties than he now does . In septennial Parliaments , a member can be indifferent to bis _duttes fov the first few years , and towards their close , bypaying a constrained attention to his duties , be can cheat many of bis constituents into a show of application and attention , which deludes them to re-elect bim ; but in Annual Parliaments , the « us of commission aud omission would be fresh in tbe minus of the constituencies . But the great cause of the impurity of elections is to be found in the limited number of electors—in the exclusive

      possession of the franchise by a comparatively few , and those , necessarily , not of the best order of men . The great bulk of the people are excluded from the tights of citizenship—have no voice in the election of those wbo arc to txpend their money . Hence tbey are indifferent who is returned , and what are the means used to effect such return , Itis very evident , also , that if a borough , - containing a thousand electors , bad a thousand _pounds expended upon an election In it , that if the number of electors were " extended , the cost of an election would also be increased , Exceptions maybe taken to this argument , but it will bold good in the main . It maybe uiged , also , that if it requires a bottle of wine to purchase the vote of a tradesman—an operative would sell his vote for a bottle of beer , supposing him to be enfranchised . Even conceding this , for the moment , the expense of a contested election would still be increased , that is , If we suppose each elector has to be bribed .

      But , without believing that operatives are immaculate , I would coutend tbat , if political privileges arc conceded them ,- it is not likely they will be so readily purchasable . Why is it thut thc operative bas not more self respect ? Is not one great cause of it tbe fact tbat he feels himself degraded by bis political serfdom * Is be not humiliated by his abject position ? Is he not an outcast from political and social existence ? He is sneered down and derided , if ho ventures an opinionand I have frequently heard him told to sit down , because he was not an elector , wben he has wished to make

      known his ideas . Grant bim the franchise—educate him , and let him be treated as a man , and not as a serf , and tben tbere will be a more genial soil for the growth of political virtue . " There is something in the nature of toil—when not allied to slavery—when not accompanied with degrading associations , wbich tends to dignify and er . oble a man's character . Besides , the operative is , from the nature of his position , a more gregarious being tban Is the shopkeeper or tradesman—and , therefore , a stricter surveillance is kept ever bim b y bis fellows . Another argument against tbe supposed facility of _bribing him .

      He is continually in tbe society of those wbo would make bim responsible ) for the abuse of political power . And no punishment can inspire a man who is not absolutely dead to moral feeling , ta more dread than the contempt of his working associates—aud especially wben he is not acquitted by his own conscience . One of the most important considerations to be noticed , in judging of tho influence that thc concession of political rights would have upon tbc operative , is tbe one springing from the fact tbat representation of his labour in Parliament would predispose bim toa contentment that no other measure of parliamentary reform wouldand if he was not absolutely better off , he would have more hope than he now bas , and be knows also that go . _vernmvnts cannot make imprudent into prudent man ,

      or fools into wise men . It . is but reasonable to infer also , that as his interests were represented , so would his prospects of a more equitable reward for his labour be improved , and a more just distribution of wealth take place . Social reforms may be required to effect such desiderata , but political reforms will materially facilitate tbem . My opinion is , that if that dreadful and perennial intimidator of tbo _operative—anticipated _povarty and starvation , or the degradation of himself and family becoming the inmates of a workhouse were removed , a more honest , _determined , fearless , and incorruptible member of the state could not be found in any of the other classes . It ia tbat curse , poverty , and the fear of it , tbat is the great dcmoraliser of the operative . It

      thwarts bis affections—it interferes with his educationit damps his pleasures—it usurps his whole thoughts—it crushes hia noblest aspirations—it makes him haggard and care worn—the trembling victim of wrongly used capital , it forces bim to dissipation , and makeB bim unfit for tbe higher offices of life . Give bim bis political rights , assist him to create a permanent demand for his labouraid him in achieving au equitable return for the investment of his sinews , muscles , and bones in the capitalists ' accumulations—give him < omethjng , better than a work _, house after the expenditure of his vital energy—in fact , show him regard , sympathy , and affectiCB , and you will soon cease to reproach him . He will then be respected , even by political economists _.

      To accompany this measure of-the enfranchisement of the public , there should be the abolition of the property qualification , und thc payment of members . These measures would open the way to Parliament for working men , and at least , some few of them might became legislators . 'Ibis advantage , trifling as it may appear at first sight , is fraught with moat important consequences . If wb suppose that only a few _workiug men would become inspired with a desire to become members of the House of Commons , the etudy and preparation required for such honour , and tho influence which such students would er . ercbe in every town aad in every circle where they movedwould have most

      , a _benaficlal influence . Xhair working _compeeis would be taught to _aspire-a htefi tone of _cbaracier would he attained , and the profligacy now too common amongst operatives , would be rememf bend only as a matter of history . Soon after sucb achievement of political power , I have no doubt that people 8 colh _geawould _^ e Instituted by tbe working classes themselves , and thus the difficulty and expense ot education for the advance of the workers—those who weie to become the representatives of their fellow operativeswould be provided . During tbe election wbicb is just over , numerous _instancee hate occurred , where men from the

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      rank * of operatives have proved _themselves _tobe endowed _wirtrsufficient . _icapacity to be ; scnt to St Stephens , in somo _instanceitbe highest _sompjlmerit _g have been _pwi them by the press , and such is the . impression that is now happily every day gain ing ground , of the fitness of such men for important political trust , that the growing influence of progression must ere long concede tbo long sought and long withheld rights ofthe people . Yes , the many h » ve those with and amongst them with capacity of rio mean order , and the time is fast appro . tebing , when mind amongst the . _werkers shall vindicate its true A * . - - ' . ;¦ _.,. _» -v _ _—iw « l

      character , and raise its possessors from the obscurity that the iron despotism of " mere conventionalities haB kept it in . To a certain extent it may be urged , that nn extension of the suffrage would also extend the corruptions of tbe present elective constituency , but I um of opinion that this would only be a relative nnd not an absolute extension , and that even this would soon be corrected by the education nnd improved and fast improving condition of tha enfranchised . In iset , my opinion is andit is formed from close observation of the working classes , that in a very few years ail the gross abuses of the elective system would be abolished . ad

      The most obstinate of antiquated politicians must - mit that , as the tendency of society is to progress , sooner or later An extension of the suffmge must take place , and I think a clear case has b en wade out why it should be cot-ceded . Bnt there remain to be noticed far bisher claims than those of expediency , en which to found a demand for the enfranchisement of every sane man . We havo yet to notice tlie question as one of right . We have shown that it is not likely thc operative would be mm " corrupt than are many electors at present—that he is quite as intelligent as many of them cannot be deniedbut if he is not intelligent , will ho _tver be without enfranchisement ? if lie is corrupt , whose neglect has made bim so 1 But let me ask , what reason is there against the emancipation of industry > All men have to contribvi ' . eto the burdens of _s'ate ; why not , then , all have a

      share in their regulation ? A man ' s ignorance is no ar . gumeat _against his paying taxes . The money of the most fatuous is as good as that of thfi wisest . Ot the relative capacity of money qualified electors and those who have only the qualification of manhood , tbere nil be different opinions , but there can be but _one-opinion _"«* "t 6 enfranchising every sane mai _> jin _^ i would sny woman , too . Who _sfvlilcely _aMiVets to bo judicious and economical in the expenditure of public niouey , as those who know the hardships of labour—tliose _practicaUy acquainted with the burdens which the back nf tbe operative lias to bear ? ¦ Wherefore should one man be a political automaton for the use . or abuse of fools or knaves , and another mnn be elevated to a position which he is not at all fitted for . t In the nature of things , this is wrong—common _sonse revolts at it—our common humanity , pronounces it

      dangerous and absurd . ' . I hare . no envious feelings , towards born legislators or lisping aristocrats , nor would 1 exchange positions with many . of _tlieun The _. _luxurjyof an _indeptndaut spirit , unfettered conscience , and upright _bearing , is . worth all the conventionalisms of the most fashionable society . As for their contempt for working men , I can only say that if . the aristocracy could mix in the society of many workers , whom it is . my good fortune to km _» w , tbey would learn to respect the unwashed , or at least the uarepresented , Even epithets are now forgotten : we never hear now of swinish multitudes . The first principles of social and politicul science , and the fundamental right ' s of wen , as also the just principles which should connect home nnd foreign governments , are better

      known , amongst , the 6 elect of the operatives than amongst the average of either ofthe other classes . Personally I would much prefer associating , with the general run of operatives . in London than with the county electors of . Essex . The former are more intelligent and more liberal , and consequently more just even to their opppaeats . To associate much with these fifty pound voters 1 must be content to degenerate , but to mix with London operatives . I should thereby improve them , and be advantaged myself ... The same may be snid of all the _lirger towns iu the kingdom . To be an ilector witb a stuff of _honest , fearless , and independent men , wbo would not shrink from supporting their views under all tbe _exigencies of political existence , would , indeed be aR honour that I should _prizs most dearly , tt is a

      _concunimation that every true patriot must devoutly wish for . What a _reflection upon our common humanity that so many independent electors arc independent of even an approach to political integrity . What can be more contemptible , or what can possibly degrade a man more thau his selling his noblest privilege , —the right of selfgovernment . Sinking his political existence—levelling himself With the serfs of the Saxon period—bartering bis manhood—banding over his body and mind to tbe political _cbarhittn . And wbo is is that _objects to tbe concession of Universal Suffrage 1 Is it the philosopher or philanthropist , or is it the borough-monger , the possessor of country constituencies and the millionaire ? These persons , in conjunction with tbeir echoes , the class of voters just spoken of , are tbe most forward in their apposition to the political emancipation of tbe

      people . And arc tliey oracles of wisdom ! Are their forebodings to be treasured as fact : tbeir troubled imaginings to keep tbc- millions in bondage ! To them and their tortuous interest must the oppressed artisan ever yield his hopes of personal freedom . ' Must tbe patriotic mechanic ever be content to be robbed of bis birthright , and afterwards ho conciliated with contempt ? Is there not a _» te plus ttltra of folly—a point beyond which _Irjujtice will not be tolerated . Benson answers yes—justice proclaims the fact that a day of reckoning is near at hand , when thc hopes of oppressed man shall be realised . Hold on _, then , yc workers in Uie cause of good—persevere in disseminating Information respecting tbe rights of humanity , and we yet may _sie the lion of wealth conciliating the outraged dignity of long suffering aHd oppressed labour . Every day adds fresh evidence that the popular cause is growing more popular .

      Progress , iu its untiring achievement , is _effecting discoveries in science , and developing improvement in art ; mind is fast vindicating itself , and ere long must have a general recognition in society ; each month and year adds new benefits to man . The press is prolific , and gives forth its encouraging revelations—knowledge is cheapened , and intellect heaves with mighty effort , and its emanations are irritating tbe arid sands of ignorance —truth is _proclaimiag for itself a fearless and general reception in tbe home and heart of inquiring man , and the hitherto feeble voice of reason and philosophy is teachir . _f ,- a faith that shall j ec dissolve the contentions of awakening man . But still no veritable , no reiily tangible improvement has reached the homt of tbe working man—no political existence is yet granted him . Itis then for you wbo toil , to say . _wbetbtr you will longer submit to such degradation—to assert yourselves no longer satisfied without the full recognition of your

      rights , it is for you , tbe intelligent artisans ef Britain , to decide whether you will for ever remain in a rtate of political serfdom and social slavery . It requires but that you shall arise from ; your lethargy , and vindicate your claims to a share in the government of your common country—in the direction of your own labour—in the appropriation of your own wealth . Let every insult you have felt—let every reproach you have experienced —let all the ills you have suff _.-red—let every injustice jou have been the victims of , be tbe parent to loftier thoughts , aud determine to . nobler effort and more _sustained perseverance . Let tho indignities that are daily tolerated by them enkindle an unquenchable desire for the improvement of yourselves and the emancipatioa oi your children from the domination ef an unsympathising oligarchy . And let the serfdom of Briton ' s be abolished —your slavery forgotten—your ' rights conceded—your manhood recognised . P . M . Wood .

      A Jack Tar'8 Idua Op A Locom&Tivs.— « Wh...

      A Jack _Tar ' 8 _Idua op a Locom & tivs . — « Why , ' says he' there ' s nought manly about it . Watch a ship , now , withhev canvass bellying out , layingdown to it , just enough to shew she feels the breez _? , tossing the spray from her bows , and lifting her head over the seas as if she stopped ' em . There ' s something like life there . There ' s something so aob' . c about a horse ; he steps as if he knew he was going , and fond of his duty , and able to do it . But that there iubbcr—bah !—comes insinivating , sneaking along , crawling on his belly like a thundering long snake , with a pipe in bis mouth . '

      _ELKCTIONEEBINa _COMPKSBAIIOJi IS FRANCE . —The ' Union Monarchique' states that within the last thirteen years two hundred and seventy-six crosses of thc Legion of Honour have heen distributed amongst the inhabitants of Lisieux , M . Guizat ' _s rotten borough . The Fenst Post . —Rowland Ilill stated at a late meeting that six omnibuses fall of letters and papers were considered a light mail from _Euston-square to Hie Post-office . _Losqkvity . —At Limerick city election on Thursday , David O'Brien , ofBorheen , farmer , and £ 10 householder , voted for O'Brien and O'Connell . lie was aged 105 years , and was brought in a chair to the polling booth .

      Taking bt Storm . —A few days ago , three hives of bees , _belonging to a person named Alrawich , swarmed at the same time , and simultaneously took possession of a houso and shop , near thc port , and notwithstanding every effort to dislodge and hive them was resorted to , they were not got off until nearly the _ivhole of them were destroyed The business of the shop was completely suspended for some days . _—Canwwffart Paper . Scbxe at an American Post-Officb . — A ran at the delivery window . Postmaster ; Well , my lad what will you have ? ' 'Boy : 'Here ' s a letter ; " he wants to ha , ye it go along as fast as . it cau , ' cause there s a feller wants to have hec here , and she's courted by another feller that ain ' t here , and she wants to know whether lie's going to have her or n _?* - _? , _j ng _delivered his messageVith great _empbasis , the boy departed , leaving tlio postmaster convulsed jn laughter .

      Btaiu's Goor And Riieomvitic Flus Effectually Cure I

      _BtAiu ' s Goor and _RiiEOMViTic FlUs effectually cure i

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      _-n-ry uescripuon of Gout , _Rheivnatic Gout , Rheumatism , Lumbago , Tic Doloreux , Vains i _'« the Head or Face , & c . They aro recommended to theaHi _'^ tcd with a confidence , arising from experience , as one of the valuablo results of the improved state of Medical Se » _'« ncc and tlu > only efficient remedy over discovered for ' t , ie 80 disorders . Tlie continued _aulhentieated proofs of _, _toided approbation sont , unsolicited , tothe proprietor ,. ft ""J" _"M" ' „ _™ the kingdom and fromall classes of society w _. V "JJ lnc _jT ing sale , and demand for them at home , ' and _anroad _unpavraUelcd _, My warrants the assurance tha . _-n Per _!* n subject to such complaints will , after a trial , eve , * " ° without them . Sold by all medicine venders . Price 2 s- ' " P _, box . Observe thc name of ' Thomas Prout , ' 129 , S . * ' « Ilt , i London , ' oa the government etauip , ,

      Attempe At Mwlder An^^5 A Deliberate Att...

      ATTEMPE AT _MWlDER AN _^^ _5 A deliberate attempt at murder and « , - j made on Saturday afternoon , of which _thj' f ,, * to particulars have been gleaned from vaw «„ . 'HS The victim is Mr George Crawley , Sl _*^ _$ 12 , Mark-lane , neaily opposite the New r _^ _'V change . The intended rs ? assin is Mr _Jnhn n _^ stone , who has for some time past carried « _S ness as an upholsterer in Great _TichfioM . » _i-Marylebone . " _- _^ It seems that _Ovenstone was _gisatlv exa _^ _r by an exrention having been sent into _hlfh _^ _l Ovenstono 1 _Jing—in conjunction with a \ l r _*> mer . the assignee of a bankrupt-manager at- ' _ - * in Holborn , to whom Mr Crawley _ha-i snDBli « d 'J * and _sDirits , and Ovenstone ' sr assi gnee _failings Crawley proceeded at law againsi him _<¦"*• } h amount duo to the estate , about £ _lso . \ y _^ m have transpired in the comae of the action is m nresent known , but it is ceitain that tliose _iC *' ings influenced him in making the _mX _* Cl 1 , ATTEMPT AT _MVilUiPR A _^ _iTrr _^*

      _attsmpt . Mr _urawiey is stated to ba _morin' * Ovenstone has a wife and family . Both are m » respected in the circles in which they arc known c _* The following statement of the circumstancemade by Mr Crawley , who was removed to StT ?* mas ' _s IIoBpital . 'Yesterday ( Saturday ) afteri , about half-past three o ' _clock , while conversingvi ' a friend in tbe wine trade , my olerk came to m » _^ said that Mr Ovenstone , of Great Tieh lWd _siV _^ wanted to speak to me . I immediately went into ' room , where I found . Mr . Ovens-tone , to wh om I _»>\? 'WeJI , Mr . Ovenstone , I understand that jou * ' to see me . ' Ue replied , ' Ye - sir , 1 do . ' 1 j n J _^ what his business was with me ? When he _shoS out , ' What do you mean by doing what you ha done ? 1 ou [ are a pretty fellow , 1 think . ' My _; I pression was , that he wrs alluding to a gale _ihntCj taken place at his house . I told him that I had i » ! l

      a 1 . _?_ j . _^ _ . _!___ . ! iL _iL-i T I ] i . R __ .. mQ « thing to do with it , tbat I had left my case in _^ solicitor ' s blinds . I bad no sooner uttered thesewords than he put his hands into his pocket , as I _iraaeinJ for th _^ Durpose of _fte'K-ihg _' _out ' _liis _haniffifefchiei ; fn . stead of whiM he pulled out a pistol , _presented tk mouth at me , and before I had' time to got ( sway , _^ discharged thc contents in my face . 1 immediate ) . ran out into the street and cried murder , and after . wards went to Mr Harris ' s surgery , and from thence I came to this hospital in a cab . When 11 an oat Ovenstone was in the roomV and I _understtmd from ray clerk that be locked him in to prevent his escape What afterwards took place I do not know of my om knowledge , but I have been told that Ovenstone shot himself the moment after I ran into the street . ' *

      Such is Mr Crawley ' s statement . The account of the injuries he has sustained is , tbat a bill had ea . tered the mouth , and torn away a portion ofthe roof " _lodging in the cavity . The narrative is continued bv Mr Crawley ' s clerk , who , when he saw his _maito wounded , _leskedtheattempted murdererin theoiRce arid bad hardly done so when a second report of _fite- ' arms was heard . Two constables entered , and found Ovenstone sitting in a chair , with a couple of pistols near hira , and bluod flowing in _cojious streams from hiB head and face . They immediately secured both the pistols and Ovenstone , and took him to Guj ' 3 Hospital , where two of the house surgeons were in instant attendance . They _fimnd that thc injuries

      he had inflicted on himself were of a _frishf . ful character : the ball appeared to have * entered at the mouth , pasted in an oblique direc tion . and lodged over tho left temple . The medical gentlemen bave been _snccesslul in extracting the ball which had lodged in Ovensfcone ' _a head , and it is now in the care of Edmonds , the officer . There seems to be no doubt about its having been the intention of the wretched man to kill Mr Crawley and then destroy hioself , as , in addition to the fact of . Ins having with him two heavily-loaded pistols , a written statement wa 3 found in his coat pocket , which wm evidently drawn up so f « s to cive a full explanation of the

      several reasons that had actuated him lo attempt the commission ofthe crime . In it be states _tiiat disgrace had been broughton . hica by _Cracky fat not consulting witb him and Creraer to get possession ofthe Bull Inn . ' One must go for an example , ' it continues , ' to deter such wretches from doing thelike . I cannot help saying that my solicitor ought to bave looked into this matter of bond before he advised me to be an assignee in this _bankruptcy and whicb , had he _dnnese , would have prevented ail that hasoccurred . Death is far more preferable than the disgraceful situation Craw !* y has nlaced me in ,

      and driven me to do that which I never would have contemplated . This action , will no doubt cause a good deal of grief to you all , but you must forget it , as you conld never expect that I should ever know happiness again in tbis world after Crawley ' s conduct towards me . ' The rest of the statemeKt ' related to family circumstances of no interest tothe public . It was signed 'John Ovenstone , ' and _addressed lo Mrs Mary Jackson and Beatrice Jenkiuson Ovenstone , 46 , Upper Charlotte-street , _Fitzroy-square . Subsequent information shows that both the assassin and his intended victim are recovering , a fact which is attributed to the pistols being so long wadded .

      Ii^Mi - Diabolical Murder In Kentucky . ...

      II _^ _MI - DIABOLICAL MURDER IN KENTUCKY . The Louisville Cornier contains an account of a acst atrocious and cold-bloodeil murder . A few _gentlemea , five in all , _among whom was Dr J . P , _Pendergtwt , united in establishing a school in the vicinity of Dr Fesdergrast ' s residence . In February last Mr Vf . W . I 3 uchanr . n , of Pennsylvania , was employed as a teachw ; and Dr Pendcvgrast , having taken a dislike to him , crt only refused to send bis children to the Bchool , but in every way attempted to injure Mr Buchanan in tho estimation of those whose confidence he had won . At length , Mr Buchanan having submitted to tbis treatment as long as he thought suitable , addressed a letter of _rcffiomtMEW ) to the doctor , and hereupon , as it seems , the doctor declared that Mr Buchanan should never teach ia tbe school-house again . The _litigbbouts ef Dr _Pendergrast wtre still satisfied with Mr Buchanan ' s teaching , acd three of the five owners of the school house emplojcd _liita

      for another quarter ; one of the three being the husband of Dr Pendcrgrait ' s sister . On tbe Uth of _J'ine , Mr Buchanaa went to one of the owners of the school buiise , who had the key , and requested him to go over with him and put bim in peaceable possession of the house , in order to guard against a difficulty with Dr Pendergrast . Tbis gentleman , Colonel ilontjoaery , complied with tbe re- _> quest , and took his daughter with him as a pupil . Soon i alter they r _« ehed the school house , in which some _sii : or seven children were assembled , while Mr Buitoan i was sitting os the step near tho door , and Culonel Mont- - pomery was sitting Inside ofthe house near the door , Dr r Pendergrast was seen sallying forth frora his _divellins g with bis three sons end a ne _^ ro man , thc negro carrying g a basket of rocks and tho doctor ' s _double-barrelUd gun , i , and when tbey reached the school house , the doctor ir _saluted both Mr Buchanan and Colonel Montgomery with ; h the _mqst offensive and insulting epithets be eould muster er into Fervice , and commanded them io leave Ms bosSf , ; f ,

      accompanying the order by throwing rocks twice at _Mrdr Buchanan . Colonel Montgomery mildly replied to DrDr Pendergrast that be had as much privilege to be there as as ho had ; upon which one of the boys _assaultad Colonelael Montgomery with a rock , in whicb Ihe others joined ; andnd while the Colonel was defending himself from ths _toojstfs , both the doctor and the negro aleo _asssiled him . It is il _supposed tbat while the family were on Colonel _Sonantgomcry , Mr Buchanan endeavoured to take some ol _tfcctfcc assailants t > ff his friend . All tbat is positively ki ' . own is . i is . that Dr Pendergrast called his negro to hand him _hisguigu ! and he would shoot the — ¦ Colonel _Montgomerjer _: had one of the buys down , and the others on bim , asdisd _sujpwfeg tbe ttireat was for him , he turned bis ejttjt towards the doctor , and saw thc gun was pointed beyoEfoEi him , and , looking in that direction , he saw MrBucb & nama : fall on his face wheu the gun was fired . This _storP e _rf

      the fight , and when Colonel Montgomery got tothe joamaiv man , he fonnd him dying—he had been pierced with ib 4 shot but a shade leeB than buck-shot , T _U « _se are the -ite -it controverted statements of the case . It is not uninnin portant , hoivtrer , to mention , that after Mr Bucimnaana _w-as killed , one of tbe boj 8 went to tho corpse and turnarne his head over , to show where he gave bim a blow w ' rttmth rock , and another , after surveying the . dead body , ec , u . with the hat of tbe murdered man in his path , ar ar furiously kieked it as far as he could send it . We regrregr to _add to this horrid recital , tbat the cowardly rourdertden was still at large wben tbe courier wrote . The officeffice : ofjustice (!) whe were at hand at the time winked at tht tl murder , and abstained from any attempt to arrest thcu » : ' cu » : creant , and _irben more faithful men were found , he hue hs disappeared , though a magistrate _boastodtbathe kaekae where he was .

      Fatal Love.—A. Young Man, The Son Of A W...

      Fatal Love . —A . young man , the son of a _wealftaltl Armenian , residing in one ot tho tillages of tho Boa Bo pborus , secretly ivooed and won the daughter of » of Turkish bey , vvhoseyally or summer residence is b is : the neighbourhood . The young people met often ( ten places where Ihey were safe from the eyes of theo , hco bey . The young girl was at length so imprudent lent ; to receive her lover in tho harem ; Here he w ; w doubtless seen by tho father , or some of bis _peoplieop for the _youns Armenian went there as U 3 _i » ' * w * other day , and never returned . Tho _fyiends ot tlot tl young man , noticing bis long absence from _j 1 _^ 111 ] 1 _^ grew _uneasy . They soon learned that he _hadbeidbei seen going b . to the _hqjise of their Turkish nefe _^ _Wj _iS but when thev _inanired there for him . the oW . _ojild tt

      i said it was true he was uuder bis roof , but that that was too unwell to be removed . Tbey called the Eeie E I day , and the old bey told tbem that bis daui . uteji ! . _iit lover was dead . The father of the youth askeJ iked have his son ' s body , but the bey refused , for he _safae s bis son bad become a _uiussulman before his deat , dea aud therefore hia friends , being Giaours , bad no ngio n to the corpse . - The young man , however , bad fce « l _fc to Odessa at one time , and there taken Russian p $ an tection : Application was , therefore , made to j to _d'Oustinoft tho Russian minister , to employ his ) hi ? _fluence to have tbe body given up . M . _d'Oustmusti seat a very strong note to the Porte ; and tho bow b in consequence bas been disinterred , and has _undjj um gone a post mortem examination , the result of wlu _» f wl proves that tho poor youth was poisoned . Cheap biographies of O'Conael ! , _in | French , bath , lJ been published in Paris ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21081847/page/2/