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      Parliame Ntary Ubvibw. Tlio State Of Aff...

      _] _JetherifcTy _^ promote orretap ( a ,. - _aetwo _Cawd _^ intothe _SSdS _^? _^ _^ _atiaaticEepublics _, remab ? 2 igg _* ' 0 t Tmsshow mo _^^ _TSfe _^ ent , made a _* er of Vancouver ' s : _tSI _^^ _-J _^^ S _*^ tons-Company for the , Sknd - _^ l _£ e _Eton ' s Bav I * _rdshif , _^ _^ 5 Jgf ? colonisation . HiV _quarteiCSras _, _# _^ _fk of three hours and a then the T _^ _-J _^ . _?"" _** _*? Mr . Hume , and _thene-V _^^ _f * 1 " > nated out" Sir . HIwe _« an '' . _tetx _^ _T * * _% JWt oi the Colonial Office _SSSK' _^?^^** _^ _" _" " _^ PPed" the _S _^^ _T -j stKm _Se that this should he the "would 'Jrf «« _S ¦ _^ J _PP _* that _^ rd _MAiicns _cSL _^ l "P _« fona his duties" unless with the _Sf _^\ fl Sanctl 0 a of tte Government he _wt _! L that capacity , snd confess that there _^ _ras some appearance of truth in the statement of ¦ _g _^ it _^ ii _r _^^ . _wrct 3 i rr- —— _^^ pC _^^ _mtom _^^^^ I _^ _^

      _^ r- _-ajJDERLEY—that the Under Colonial Secretary _W _^ _T - me time to P rePare a reply . The subject , _wSf' u not a - new one- _^ heu the negotiations "were in progress it -was repeatedl y discussed in hoth _Rouses of Parliament , and , now that the bargain _Sftor _™ _& _$ _" $ _* ' concluded , such a _milk-Snd _^ ater _, "make-believe motion as that made hv Lord J _^ coln would n ot lave been ofthe s % htesfc _' value , even if _canned _^ The bargain , if _rescintfed , mil have to be done by bolder men than his Lordship . If the _Jiuoson s Bay Company be so eminently unfitted "tor colonisation—if its interests run so directlj counter to its encouragement as it is alleged they do—if _laneourer ' s Island , -from its mineral stores and its geographical position , is of so much importance as it is said it is , why -was the improvident oargain not stopped in time ? It is too late to shut the door when the steed is _sto-en .

      After long delay and much opposition , Mr . Stuaht _WoBTtEr has succeeded in getting his bill , for legalising marriages -within certain degrees of affinity , carried through a second reading . The minority , however , is so large and so determined in its opposition that it is probable it will be "vigorously resisted in its future stages , and reach the House of . lords only at a period when its " slaughter , " in common with scores of other hills , ¦ will he inevitable . It is said that we may expect the prorogation in about a month . Whether that surmise be true or not , it appears as though the session - would be much shorter than last year- It wiU certainly he equally barren .

      ]Jetherifcty^Promote Orretap(A ,. - Aetw...

      __ June 23 , 1849 . _.-ggs-sss _^ L , Ul _^^ _re _.- _^ , _ T _ _^ NORTHERN ST AR . - . o _. - _^^ - _- _•"" " _" - ' L ' _'"""^ _^¦¦ " _** _s ===== _* === _, ? i ¦ ¦ l _^ _gg _gjj ig _^^^

      Freehold Land Redemption Society. The De...

      _FREEHOLD LAND REDEMPTION SOCIETY . The desirability of a society to enable the -worKIn _: ** classes ofthe United Kiiiguom to possess themselves of property in their native soil , has long been felt , and , so far as one body—the _National Land Company—is concerned , every effort has been made io compass that object . So decided , however , is the hostility of the rating governmental power of thiscountry to any proceeding , however just or equitable , that appears at all likely to secure the possession of landed property to the masses , tbat every conceivable obstacle and legal difficulty that cunning eould devise , have been put forward to impede the progress of that labour-redeeming confedera ' ev .

      The Press , the War , and the Senate , have all oeen called into requisition to crush the _National Land Company , and to nullify its operations ; but the only effect of this array of fearful opposition lias been to retard , hut not to break up , the Company . The first law officer of the Crown has been employed to put it down , and when pleading in the Court of Queen ' s Bench against it le was not _niggardly of ill-natured and _ill-intentioncd remarks : out the impartiality of the Court estimating his desperate effort nt its real worth , and "upon the evidence before it , gave a decision , which , as far as it went , was most favourable to the Company . Bnt such -ire the proceedings in the " higher courts , " and so doubtful is the " glorious

      "uncertainty" of law , that a final decision on the legality cf the Land Company is likely to be delayed for _considerable time to eoine , —notwithstanding that the Attovncy-Geneial _, when the matter was last before the court , actually pressed for an _iiamedkttedecision , on the ground , "that the interests of so many people were involved in it , " and because " several other companies would also be affected by this decision of their lordships . " It appears bow , lowever , that the hope is , that delay and consequent suspense , will effect the same object as an adverse decision on the part of the Queen ' s Bench , and hence , the Lite term has been allowed to pass over without anv return on the part of the Registrar to the writ issued at thc iustigation of thc

      Company . —The Directors , Lowerer , are determined BOt to be thus defeated , and they much mistake the memhers of the Company and its numerous friends ofthe working classes , if they will allow this fresh and more quiet method of burking the land movement to succeed . The land is what the people want , and thc land i s what they can and must get . It requires bHt a judicious use ofthe "m all means at their disposal to enable them to do so , and the Directors ofthe Land Company being determined to make thc land revolution successful , Lave-prepared _aplanwherebvall may have a portion of the SOU , to thc

      the possession of whicli is indispensable eniovment of real freedom , and without winch the -millions of toilas wast continue slaves , no matter -what may hc the nature of the political constitution of the couniry . Tlie Directors have resolved , that in the case ofthe " Freehold Land _Redemption Societv , " the harpies of the law shall not have any _advantage over thein , as the soeiety _wj-1 be duly enrolled before it opens its exchequer tO tllC XC Thrchiet U featiirc 3 ofthe "Freehold _LanaVRedemption Society" arc , that its payments wik be Classified so as to meet the convenience of the various means of the working _dassca . Hie _subscriptions are intended to be from one shilhng per v _. eek

      and upwards . THE LAND TOBEPEEEUOUX THE TOTE TO BE SECURED . The land to be bon-f . it in the immediate vicinity of towns , so that thc members will not have to remove t 0 _STo cS : to terminate in a period averaging _fram ten to " eleven years , and at its termination every member to be in possession of his proper y ip fee simple , and the title deeas securing the same to lim and his heirs forever . Prospectuses -will be immediately issued , and m _afUdaSTbcruleswillbeenrolled . I * the meantime , as - thc Directors wish ihe co-operation o * 1 _o-OOdmcu they invite the advice and _suggestions of iSIS _^ fKcn _^ _iln _^ hoiit-aiocounuy . _fEiiiGCs O ' Coxxon . _Cniusiorxi £ « Dorix , Wh uam Dixox Thohas Ci _^ iik , Lor . bee . Pump M'Geatu , Fin . Sec .

      Notice. Thc Mem Bers Of The Solowa Co-Op...

      _NOTICE . Thc mem bers of the _SolowA Co-operatkeiBnje-St _S ocietv arc herein * requested , hy the Di . eaoi- ? , _foforSTomoro fundi toihe Secretary , Eumund ISwood , until ihe result- of an _^ J _™ _£ _mnnaircmeilt of the Society , from f ff » _" f _" _" mcnC is known ; and winch rcsuls shad be announced as soon ns possible . [ ! . .

      The Chartist Pet1ti0:,. Totea -Cgcs O'Co...

      THE CHARTIST PET 1 TI 0 :,. TOTEA -CGCS O _' COXXOE , _-ES-3-, _i- . P . Fir-I am directed by the Council of the _Birrtts _^ HSs - _t .,. I > i ? c meetin _* - * on Monday , May 12 VA , at xue ruu _L OffiCe Mo _^ strcct- The meeting was densely croSd ' hundreds could not gain _adWion Mr . cSleTboodwifl , a working man , was called to i the Sah- The petition was . unammously adopted by _S «» _mectm" after wliich it was moved " That the _^ -H _' _nfe-rnedhv thc Chairman , and forwarded

      to the two members for the borough , _witn a request that they would support the prayer ofthe same . field have promised to support it- to the _* _~ Sir tbereaion of our writing to you is this : Bavnif read vour letter ( "To the Old Guards" ) m last - _^ _fSU and _ierccivin- by the tenor of that Totter thatvou expect alittTe " monster "_ fioin Bir-1 _-Srm tie far as regards individual signatures ) _^ _SSn _wSw to do so , even were it _prac-TcJbfe _S Si epr _?? ailin _^ oP Mon and determma aeaoie . _ -uui- _i , _jjirmjajEfliam is , tbat tbey 2 S _?^ f _* K 2 i ™» to _alietition _except in _rtZ _mSner we have already done , as explamed _Svr _^ e hive no doubt . Sir , bnt thai Lord John _« _2 fin mav twit you for want of signatures ; but _? t _aMiheTto as _muehof the non-handed _? . _ _» f _TCrmin-rham as "we do , they would moro a

      ST _^ _HnftS possession of the minds of the _? S BhS _4 am-they do not look to the , ron hands of _mnuflp t io mt recognise House of Commons foi Jmip _^ . J ofcnnts it _ they _^ _S _^ _S _^ fill 5 , on in the glorious We trust that you wUI Stui _^ _^ _^^ path -l _^ _ZJ _^^^ _Sim _. and , in the success "mil soon cro _**« i _^ slst you ¦ meantime , we wiU do - _^^ _ggj , our common in the noble struggle _rf- _* g _% _& ° SL . — country . l _& i 0 _neaj _it _caStoWtoo latefor msertion .-En . N . £ \

      U \T~ Cav " Said An Affectionate Mother ...

      u \ t _~ _cav " said an affectionate mother io her son _corneal , I . _«** _younmy _geemynb . .

      U \T~ Cav " Said An Affectionate Mother ...

      Selection of members _^ ou _locatiox _OU THE BEOMSGBOVE ESTATE ; * At foot-will be found a list uf those who ave entitled to location on the above estate , each name entered according to the amount of bonus paid and according to the amount the members will be en titled to priority of choice , as their names stand in the list . There are forty houses _buUt , one of which has been disposed of , , and to thirty-four of which those on the sub oined list wk be entitled _Jiay oallotoi 1 S 47 , _Avho willhe entitled to nossession , and will be located thus -.-Thev _muYSot I amongst themselves for priority of choic _™ _Ihem-m IS ? _*** _*«* _wthelfstwrfBclect aftertnof emer SELECTION OP _* _MT ? xm _* _RTii » _^ " _, » _. _^ ..

      _thelT _^ ?! chosen thoir * allotments ; f ™ _Avho « _tan _« _b second will select when twenty _seW _^ „ ° _^ - _^ _? man wLo stands thh , _d _™ ll + w-f _^ en tlurt 5 ' h _^ e chosen . Thus the onesold , the thirty-four allotted by bonus , and the three to tue . May members , will make thirtv-eight ,- leavinff two cottages attached to land which was wood _jana , hut which has been thoroughly and entirely cleared of every root ; and two of those three persons standing lowest upon the bonus -last may occupy those two allotments if they think proper . But it is right they should know that the if if "n 0 t cultivated » and it is also just that they should know that the purchase money of each of those allotments will not much exceed the amount

      of bonus they have already paid—that is , that thc amount they have paid will go within fifteen or sixteen pounds of purchasing the land out-and-out , and will render them liable to no rent , except four per cent , npon the amount expended upon the house , and four per cent ., or about twelve shillings per year , interest upon the difference- between their bonus and what their allotments _weuld be valued at . These two farms are adjoining each other . It should be understood that this land is capable of being made as productive as any land upon the estate , while the Directors consider it their duty to give the ahove memhers the option Of taking it , or receiving back the amount of bonus they have paid . The Directors also beg to inform the

      unsuccessful members , who have paid into the bonus fund , that they can receive the amount by return of post , upon application . It will be also found from the subjoined list , that parties have paid £ 120 , £ 100 , and others equal sums , and it will he necessary for those parties to remit an increase to entitle them to priority of choice , hut they cannot place themselves in a situation to take precedence of those who have already paid a larger amount . The allotments will be respectively assigned on Monday week ; and therefore these increased remittances should beforwarded-withas little delay as possible , in order that a correct list should be furnished to Mr . Doyle on the estate .

      As a matter of course , the Directors cannot be answerable for the _neglect of other parties , and thereforejt should be distinctly understood , that the successful members should be en the estate on Monday , 2 nd of July , at twolve o ' clock , and each prepared with his receipt for the amount of bonus , to guide .. ilr . Doyle in his apportionment of the allotments . _ We trust that this information is sufficiently distinct and simple to exonerate the Directors from any blame consequent upon the neglect of the interested parties . " _VVilijasi _Drsox Tuomas Clark , Cor . Sec . Philip M'Gkath , Fin . See .

      £ . ¦? . d . 1 Ann "Wood , ... 150 0 0 2 James Camraeron , ... ... 120 0 0 3 "William IJodgkiss , ... ... 120 0 0 ti Susan Johnstone , ... ... 118 3 * 4 5 John Crane 110 0 0 6 Peter Bruton , ... ... 105 0 0 7 "William W . Laws , ... ... " 102 0 0 8 _Nathaniel Dewhurst , ... 101 13 0 9 John "Wallace , .. . ... 101 O 0 10 "William Burridge , 100 0 0 11 John Coggill 100 0 0 12 Edward Corn ... 84 16 0 13 "William Kobinson OS 9 5 14 lYilliam Foster 01 0 0

      lo Alexander Shaw 90 0 0 16 , Hannah "Ward 85 0 0 17 -JohnOrrell 84 0 0 IS It . T . Mcrvlees _~ . ... 80 0 0 19 Mathew Collier 76 0 9 20 James Finlay . „ 75 0 0 21 Henry _2 ! oble ... 72 3 0 22 11 . West ... C 5 0 0 23 James Town ... Go 0 0 24 Bobert Smith 65 0 0 25 John T . Topp ... - 64 0 0

      28 Andrew Beimie ... ... 61 13 0 27 James M . Green 60 10 0 28 James Hobbs 60 0 0 29 Thomas Bungay 59 10 0 30 Stephen Baker 57 5 0 31 John Munday „ 56 11 2 32 John natch 56 0 0 33 "William Ash 56 0 0 34 Henry Beid ... ... ... 55 " 5 0 35 JohnBucknole 55 0 0 30 John Bucknole , jun .... ... 55 0 0 37 * John May ... ... ... 55 0 0

      *As There Are But Thirty-Six Allotments ...

      * As there are but thirty-six allotments to assign to thc subscribers of bonuses , and seeing that the Messrs . Bucknole and . John May have paid equal sums , a further remittance will he required of them , to determine as to which shall stand out of the list . Thc two allotments of woodland are adjoinin «* each other : and it should he understood , that those who staud I _\ os . 35 , 36 , and 37 , in the above list , will have the -first chance of location on the two allotments , and according to increase of hocus .

      Receipts Of The National Lanq Goifipanyf...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LANQ GOifiPANYFob the "Week _Exoixe _Tupbsimy , Jcse 21 , 1 S 49 . SHARES . £ s . ( L £ ••* . d . norningholu .. O 2 _"•« _"Ci-ighton _, Flower 5 12 4 _"aihilmi-gh .. 0 G 0 _Stalybridge .. 110 ( i _Littletowa .. 1 ID _U Kridport .. 10 7 _V- _'iulaton .. 1 32 0 Hanley .. 4 4 C Lambeth .. 0 2 0 ' "Marylebone .. 0 S G _OlUSIiiWon .. 0 3 0 _TiUicoulto' .. 18 0 EUand .. 2 0 0 Thos . Gill .. 0 4 0 Doacaster .. 4 17 C _Mwd . Hancock 0 5 0 _Knarcshoi-ough 1 ( J 0 Edwin C . Smith 0 3 0 Manchester .. 3 IS 0 Chas . Mowl .. 0 1 G Hon-sell .. 0 S G Thos . Tilley .. 0 2 0 Xottiugham .. 0 lo 4 John _Vigm-s .. o 3 _c Son-rich .. 2-5 0 - ¦ - "Mansfield , Walker 119 0 £ _ii _l- » 2 Preston , _JJi-o-. vn 14 2 _2 _^ _S _^

      ° EXPENSE FUND . Elknd ' .- 0 8 0 . Mansfield .. 0 10 _Kuaicsborough 0 4 0 Tillicouliy _oco _Nottingham .. 010 - * - _2-Jorivicii .. 0 10 iU . J CJW . TI . it TOTALS . Land Fund _^ _^ 2 Expense dirto ... ... — J _^ J > Bonus ditto •» - _^ - _^ 2 Loan ditto ' 2 « a Transfers ••• ••• ____ £ 265 13 4 TV . Bixo . v , C . Doyle , T . Clakk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkath , Pin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Ktdd . —A Few Friends at "Walworth , 4 s . , _* _Crii-nlesate , _pc-rT . Brown , Gs . ; Kochdale , Ms . - , UeMen Bridge , 10 s . ; Itipponden _, 10 s . ; Halifax . Ss . ~ heceived by J . _Sweet . —Mr . Lees , Is . VICTIM FUND . Received hy S . KrDD .-Ripponilen _, 3 s . CO . ; Hall locality , To « -er " _H-unlets , per John Allen , 3 s . Id _; a Few 1 neuds at "Wandsworth , _pr J . _Uydc , 6 s . Cd . - . "Mrs . Austin , is . FOR MRS- JONES . Received by . TV . Rider . —A Few Friends , Swan , Portland-road , per Mr . Lawler , 2 s . fid . ; T . T ., _afi-aid of detection , Cd . : a Friend , Stokc-under-IIain , 5 s . ; J . _Ivells _, Waterloo To « n , Bethnal Green , Is . ; Mrs . _Livsay , London , 6 « 1 : _Brighton , per W . Flower , £ 1 -5 s . Received by S _, Ktdd . — Mis . Austin , Is .- Received per J . _Aenott . — "Whittiugton and Cat , per B . Xewley , 2 s . FOR MRS . DONOVAN- * Received hy "W . " Kideb . — _Halstead , per It . Payne , collected by Messrs . G . Porter , J . Hunt , and G . Becks , 5 s . 6 tl . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . "Received at Laxd Office . — _yonvicli . per C . SpringhaU , 2 s . _M'DOUALL'S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( Ott OTHERWISE ) . * Received "by TV . Rn > EB . —T . T . { afraid of detection ) , Cd . FOR LONDON PRISONERS . Received by W . _Bjdeb . — Bingley Chartists , per J . Wild , 10 s . Cd . ¦ - .- _' ¦ ¦' FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . _lleciiredbv"WJBiDEBi-J . Robb , Maxwelltown , Bnndee , fid _R Minns , and "W . S ., Bradford , Yorkshire , 2 s . ; T . T ., fafraidI ofdetection ) . Gd . ; Nottingham , per W . Mott , from ihe _^ _Mderoiaii TVood , -- 4 s . ; Ditto , ditto , "Colonel _Hatebditto , _--Kewton-s Head , " 3 s . od . ; Ditto ditto , per Sir . _Jaques , 3 d . ; Nottingham , per J . SweeUd- ; _Nomch , par _cTsprhighail , 2 s . 9 d . ; Ditto , per R . , ™ I _,-Is . 6 d . ;¦» ab JBD , nearHadde _* r £ & eld , per J . Stead , 2 s . ; Peterborough , perE . Scholey , ls . -. ' - . _- . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received per J . Absott . — Sontli LondoniHall ( part proceeds of Tea Party ) , per J . Duval , £ 1 ; Mr . Moore , Is . ; Covenfrv , per G . Freeman , £ 1 ; 28 , Golden-lane , per T . Brown , * 7 s . 3 d . ; An Enemy to Oppression , per ditto , Is . ; _ATr Stallwood , as per Star , 10 s . 7 d . ; Mr Rider , as per _jitar £ 1 Us . 6 d .: Female Chartists of _Halifas , per Jane walker . _£ 110 s .- TotaL _£ C 4 s _. 4 d . ~ Will Mr * Donovan send me hei- address / on receipt of _WlnchlwaT immediately forward _^ v . iin order for the above amount . V . Bn _****/

      Letters To The Working Classes. Xl1x. " ...

      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XL 1 X . " _Vfoidt- are things , and a small drop of ink Faluns- *—like dew—upon a thought , produces Ihat winch makes thousands , perhaps million ' s , thiuk . " bvkox .

      THE TRAITORS TRIUMPHANT ! Brother _Proletarians , Tho hopes I hardly dared to cherish when I last addressed you havo vanished ; and the apprehensions of evil I entertained have heen hut too faithfull y realised . . In tho dying words of Robespierre "the brigands triumph ? ' But . I \ vill not say with that immortal martyr - the Republic is lost ; " for in spite of the terrible misfortune of the 13 th of June , I hare hopes that the Republic will yet he saved , and that the traitors -will ho brought to that punishment their crimes so loudly call for . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ :. 3

      Up to this time I have no report from our friends of tlio actual events of the 13 th of June , and subsequent days . As you will be aware , the democratic journals were suppressed the moment the manifestation in favour ofthe Constitution , that is in defence of the Republic , took place . It is true that the formal suppression of those journals did not take place until some days subsequent to" the 13 th ; but what mattered the form , when thc fact took place the very day the people of Paris manifested their attachment to the Eepublic , and their abhorrence of the fratricidal war waged against the Roman Republic . To

      ensure the suppression ofthe democratic journals , a bod y of the National Guards ofthe 1 st , that is one of the most aristocratic of the legions , invaded the printing offices of the Peuple , the Republique , the DemocratieFacifique , thc Vraie Republique , aud other journals , andscattered the type , " broke thc presses , and , in fact , destroyed or rendered useless the entire printing property of the several establishments . While this work of destruction was beingperpetratedby the defenders of property (?) , the poor . printers were placed in peril of their lives ; loaded muskets were pointed at their heads , and thc order of the leading ruffians

      was : " If any one of these men moves , shoot him ! " So much for the defenders of order (!) Subsequently , the Assembly having voted thc state of siege , that assassin Buonaparte issued a decree suspending the Reformc , the Peuple , the Revolution Democratique et Sociale , the Democratic Pacifique , the Republique , the Tribune des Pcnples , aud the Vraie Republique . Every journal devoted to the interests of the Proletarians is " suspended , " that is extinguished , for as long as the triumphant conspirators please , or for as long as the people of France allow- those ruffians to exist .

      By way of rendering his tyranny tho more conspicuous aud umnistakcahle , " the great " Special Constable" has established military posts ia all the offices of the suppressed journals . Ho has not _meroly crushed tho only faithful representatives of the working classes , so far as the Press was concerned , but by going beyond the worst that Charles the Texxh ever hoped to effect , or that Louis PinuprE ever attempted , President _Buonaparte has shown his determination to crush the pen by the sword , truth b y force , and ri ght by violence . So be it . /* * Those who live by tho sword shall perish by the sword . " Were I a prophet I would so prophecy , aud had I

      the power I would see that certain : parties realised iu their own persons thc full meaning of that prediction . But taking for granted the acconnts of the events of . tlie 13 th of June , and subsequent days , furnished by such papers as the Constitutionnel , and supplied by thc correspondents ofthe London daily papers , the conclusion will be come to by all honest men , that Ledru Rollis and his compatriots acted nobly and bravely in appealing to tho people , although , unfortunately , that appeal miscarried . As shown in my last letter , the Constitution had been violated and , _consequently , it became the duty of the minority to give the signal tothe people to rise in defence of the Constitution .

      Let the corrupt journals he , sneer , and scoff as they please , Li-dud _Kollin and his gallant associates deserve the applause _of-all nations . It is true the movement was suppressed without hardly a blow being struck , so far as Paris was concerned ; but the men who set their lives , their all , upon a east , did so with not unreasonab _' e hopes of success . So far as human foresight could avail , there was reason to hope that the soldiery would not be deaf to tho appeal made to their honour and patriotism , both outraged by the infamous war carried on against _Homeland by tho gross violation of the Constitution . In consequence of their votes at the recent election , and the part taken by largo

      numbers of them in connexion with the Social-Democratic propaganda , there was good reason for believing that the army was largely indoctrinated with lied Eepublican principles . It was known that the artillery legion of the National Guard was thoroughly democratic , and it was not , could not be doubted , that the mass of the people thoroughly detested thc traitors at the head ofthe Republic ' The attempt , therefore , of Ledru _IIollin and his compatriots to save the Republic , by an ap ' - pealto arms , was justified , not only by the justice of their cause , and by the letter ofthe Constitution , but also by politic calculations of success . But they were mistaken . Thc enemy had also made his calculations , and , as the result showed

      he had calculated most accurately . The fact is , that the violation of the Constitution by _Phi-sidt-xt , Ministers , and the Legislative Majority , was deliberately planned for the purpose of goading the true Republicans to descend iuto the streets , where it was intended they should be slaughtered . Under tho terrorism exercised by _Chaxgarxick and thc other aristocratic chiefs of the army , the soldiery were influenced to present a hostile front to tlie Democrats . But the soldiers would uot have fought against the people if tho "National Guards had shown themselves inclined to support thc Constitution . To prevent any sueli manifestation on the part ot tho Guards , tlie Buoxai'artist" conspirators took care not to beat the _raj' _-pel , because that would have brought the democratic , as well as the aristocratic-Guards to thc scene of action . Consequently the

      latter only made their appearance , having been privately summoned by the counter-revolutionary chiefs . As regards ' the people , the fri ghtful butchery of which large numbers were thc victims in June , " 1 S 4 S , together with the courts-martial , and subsequent arrests and condemnations , had thinned their ranks of * a vast number of the most determined combatants . Misery and cholera had done much to damp the spirits of the survivors ; and , lastly , thanks to the plans long since matured by _Ciiangarxier and his brother brigands , thoso whb were ready and anxious to seal their devotion io the Republic with their blood , were for the most part in want of arms , and were everywhere prevented from attempting resistance by the masses of troops and National Guards directed upon every spot where a popular gathering gave token of disaifcction to thc

      government . "¦ The movement was suppressed , the democratic journals crushed , and probably at this moment there are not fewer than a thousand of the chiefs and leaders of the people under arrest , including several members of the Mountain . L _* _ebru Rollin is a fugitive , and nearly all the other true friends of the people , who are not under arrest , are in concealment , or arc flyins * from their unfortunate country . Thc state of siege—that is absolute , irresponin

      sible , military ruffianism—is now the sole law Paris , ' Lyons , and other cities . Lastly , a law has been adopted by the Assembly , ' arming , thc Government . for twelve months to como with power to suppress all clubs and public meetings by force ! The affliction most to be regretted is ,. ' that oiie hundred and fifty of ouv brethren of Lyons , have fallen-fighting for the Democratic and Soci ? l Republic That is ; Oxe Huxdred . asd _Fiftv Muit T - _oj-RS , for which I trust that Buonaparte and his fellow-traitors and assassins will yet be brought to

      justice . - . Brother Proletama * ns , we must not despaii'or France , but rather hope that the hour is at hand when the people of that country will gloriously aven _ge themselves by chastising their tyrants , " and _establishing a veritable Republic—the " Republique _Democratize et'Sociale . ' " L ' AMI DU PEUPLE . June 21 st , 1849 .

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      ¦ ESCAPE OF LEDRU ROLLIJf . ., /' . _- The Fertile d' Ostende says : — " It is positive that M Ledru Rollin was on Friday night at Ostend . De supped at the Hotel de la Cour Imp 6 rjale , and left the same ni _^ ht for England . He was provided W The ? 3 ° 0 f ' Bruges S _^ ys :- " At Coutrai he was placed under the surveillance of the . police . _r tho officer in charge did not lose sight of him tjII he saw him safely on hoard tho packet at Ostcnd . _V .

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      _HONOUR TO ROMETO . ' H UH G A RYAND

      , , THE RHINE ! A densel y crowded -public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court-road , on Tuesday evening , Juno 19 th , to sympathise with the brave and heroic peoples now struggling against allied despots , in defence of their democratic and social liberties . Mr . H . _Hetiierixgton was called to thc chair , amidst loud applause , and after reading the placard convening the meeting , said : —We find the people moving ni favour , of _progress from one . end of Europe to . the . other . When the people are in misery we ¦ find the government tolling thein that thoy have duties secular and religious to perform , wiiiisi iiuou _icns uiem tiiat

      , a mrenng _pnesi" mey must submit to "tlieir spiritual pastors and masters , and all that are put in authority under them ;" —( laughter , and "Hear , hear , *")—and they also profess the greatest veneration for the book from wliich they profess ; to draw their religion , which hook tells us " that men of all nations are made of one flesh and blood ; " yet , at the same time , thoy mow down their brethren with grape shot and caunister . * " Thc rulers of France deserve the execration of all mankind ; whilst the patriots of Hungary , for their noble aud heroic conduct , have won , and richl y merit honour from all . nations . ( Immense cheering . ) Loot at Austria , headed by a brutal monster of an Emperor , who , while ho brutally flogs women and tortures men to death , calls himself the

      father of his people . ( Laughter , and groans . ) Why there is a league of kings and scoundrels—the Guizots and Mettcrnichs—to put down democracy in all nations —( hear , hear)—and what is it that democracy asks , that governments should be so desirous of keeping it down ? why the political , moral , and social happiness of tho wholo people . ( Loud cheers . ) Under such circumstances ifc . should be our duty to unite all sections of the Democratic party . Lot us have a league of peoples against the league of kings and despots , and mako kings proclaim equality of rights to all men ; but this will never bo done until a thorough republican feeling pervades all countries . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Kings were frequently very mean people ; look . at the King of Hanover , riding a portion of Germany , and ab the

      same time dipping his hand into our pockets to the tunc of £ 23 , 000 per annum . He could not think what the Queen Dowager wanted with - £ 100 , 000 per annum . When he compared his income with her ' s he -could not think what she did with it—( loud laughter)—and then it appeared she had some £ 6 , 000 a year of pocket money , which she could throw in the gutter if she liked . Those things must be altered . This meeting . was a step in the right direction , and ho said go on , and success must follow . ( Loud choovs . ) .. Ho had received a lottov , from Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , stating that ho was hoarse from the effects of sneaking at two meetings on the preceding night , ana laid up with a severe cold , but , at thc same time , expressing his sincere and cordial approbation of the object ol the . nieoting . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . Harxey , the secretary , said he had received two letters , one from Mr . R . Moore , stating , that being engaged at another meeting for . a similar purpose , at Cowpoi ' -sti'oet , that night , lie could not attend theirs ; and he road the following : — St . John ' s Wood , July 14 th , 1840 . . Dea . ui . Sir , — Circumstances , sufficiently well known , have made me resolve in future to decline attendance at publicmeetin gs , and to confine my advocacy of liberal opinion *; exclusively to my pen . Were it otherwise I would most gladly attend the meeting on the 19 th , "for expressing Sympathy with our Democratic "Brethren on the continent . " The meeting will have my _wtu-mest approbation . So language can be too strong to characterise the conduct of con tinental governments , most especially the infamous outrage of the French government on the young Republic of Home . Yours faithfully , J . Julian Harney . \ Vit . i , iam Howitt . _, Mr . G . J . _Hoia-oaue moved the following resolution -.

      —" That as all nations are formed of one flesh , and are consequently brethren , despotism and usurpation are contrary to , and subversive of , the great laws of humanity - and as thc end of all government should be the happiness and well-being of . the governed , those who by an assumption of unnatural power trample on and destroy their follow men , deserve to bo held up to scorn and execration , * while those who are enslaved , and are nobly struggling to free themselves from bondage , and those , too , who having won liherty , arc defending their freedom at thc cost of their lives , merit the admiration , the applause , the sympathy , and support of the people of this and every other country . " He said : Ifc was enough to , tell them that the Romans had established a republic of their own , wliich

      had been most disgracefully attacked by France , to the eternal disgrace of her rulers—it was not the French people , but their rulers , in opposition to their will , that wero attacking the bravo Roman people . The French had no pretext for that interference , as tho Romans were unanimous . * What thc Triumvirs did , was done with tho wish and full concurrence of the whole Roman people , which had been proved by * the inadvertent admission made by the Emperor of Russia in a colloquy with some bishops . The Emperor said , " that the true faith only prevailed in Russia —( loud laughter );—that as men become faithless they lose their feeling for good government ( he did not know whether good government meant the knout ); that faith had decreased in the west , and tho people had become

      discontented and rebellious , and ho much feared it had entered his own dominions —( tremendous and longcontinued cheering );—but they must be vigilant , and they might rely on his assistance in tho restoration of-order . " ¦ ( Laughter . ) The freedom of one nation affected the whole , and vice versti , and if one nation was oppressed it was tho duty of all others to assist the oppressed nation . The Russian and Austrian despots merited the opposition of all free people . Ho was delighted to think the men of the metropolis had come forth in _ defence of Rome so promptly as they had done , it redounded to the credit Ot" tho republican feeling prevailing in this country . ( Loudcheers . ) He was a member of a committee who sympathised with Italy , and that committee had in a very short time received more

      money for the Romans than they had been enabled to raise for any other purpose for years past . ( Cheers . ) Tliey had . the means of communicating with the brave Romans , and ho had thc pleasure of assuring them , that the Triumvirs and tho Roman people were proud of tho sympathy of thc English Democrats . ( Loud cheers . ) Not only men but wotnen were fighting for Roman liberty in a manner worthy of their ever glorious ancestors . ( Rapturous applause . ) ' . Juliax Harney , who on coming forward was received with loud applause , said : This resolution asserts two groat principles : that all men arc brethren : and that it is the duty of the nations to afford each other mutual aid as members ot the same human family . I should like to see the man who would stand llore and attempt to demonstrate

      tlie unsoundness of these principles . It is true that in die history of the human race there has hitherto been but little of Fraternity . Hitherto kings , and priests , and aristocrats , and capitalists—and I am sony to add to the disreputable list , sham-rcpublican ' vulevs—have set the nations tearing at the throats of each other , when , instead of which , it was the interest and duty of the people ot all countries to have marched together , shoulder to shoulder , in pursuit of the one great end of life , — happiness . ( Hear , hear . ) WiU any one attempt to show tliat ifc is the interest of tlie Russian people to butcher the Hungarians ? Of thc Prussian people to butcher the Poles ? Of the German people to butcher their own countrymen the Republicans of thc Rhine ? Of the French people to butcher the

      glorious defenders , of-Republican Rome ? ( "No , no , " and cheers . ) Rut I will come nearer home . I will ask , is ifc the interest of the Eiiglisfi people to send soldiers to . cut the throats of the Sikhs ? . ( "Xb , no" ) . Though Queen and parliament , Lords and Commons , aided by tho lies of the press and the roar ofthe Tower guns , should unite to declare the wars waged against the Sikhs as necessnryand glorious , I will say that those wars were neither thc one nor the other . ( Cheers . ) I will maintain that the Sikhs ( like the Romans aud Hungarians ) were justified in fighting for tho freedom and independence of their fatherland . ( Great cheering ) . I ask , was ifc the interest of the English peoplo that English seamen and ships of war should have been sent to tho Tagusto re-impose a system of . hateful

      slavery upon the Portuguese ? : ( " So , no . " ) So _LotkingSj and statesmen , and military brigands , and lying journalists , . talk as they please about law , and order , and legal . government , and legitimacy , and right divine , and loyalty , and g lory , and . na _* tional honour ,, and go through the entire vocabulary of fraud , falsehood , and humbug , I tell you that the wars of nation against nation , and one section of the people called soldiers , against another section called labourers , are gigantic assassinations , wholesale murder ..- ( Renewed cheering ) . On the other hand , I am prepared to demonstrate , that it is the interest of all nations to aid each other . It is the interest of-the people that oppression should be overthrown , and justice be established in every land . ( Applause ) . This resolution holds up to scorn and execration all those who make war against justice and liberty . Limited to time , I will not now speak the Austrian the

      of . despot ,, ' . perjured , Prussian tyrant , or that imperial executioner . the autocrat- of Russia , I will speak only of the infamous French government . From ; the commencement of the world to : the present hour , ' throughout the whole history ; . " of our species , there has never been ' a greater . act of atrocity—I doubt if there has ever been enacted any crime so horrible ' as that , of' . the unprovoked ; attack upon , and bombardment of Rorhe . ( Hear , hear ) . ' I denounce President Buonaparte , aiid his infamous ministers—( groan ' s , and hisses)—as tho betrayers of European liberty , traitors to the French Republic ,. and assassins of the glorious Romans . ( Hear hear ) . I am not one ot those who take care always to be ori the winning side . I do not .. wait to see whether a party is-victorious or vanquished beforo I declare myself , ¦ ¦ Whether tho cause of justice is successful

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      or defeated , I take my stand on the side of that cause . And I declare , that although unfortunately beaten , the friends of democrary iu Paris acted nobly on the 13 th of June . ( Cheers . ) Honour to Ledru Rollin and the Socialist Democratic leaders of Franco . ( Immense cheering . ) Ifc is said that thc Mountain is only tlio minority of the Assembly and had no right to rise against thc majority , but I say that the majority , in backing up the traitorous President and * his traitorous minister *? , forfeited their right to sit in the Assembly . The President , the Ministry , and the majority ofthe Assembly had violated tlie Constitution , and from tho moment they did so they were traitors . Duty enjoined tho minority to rise against , punish , and take the place

      of the maionty . ( Cheers ) . But our friends failed , and blood flowed at Ljons in vain—in vain for a time , but the hour of retribution will come . ( Applause ) . In the meantime , it is our duty to do more than pass this and the other resolutions which will be submitted to you . It is our duty to do more than sympathise with the French Democrats _. express our admiration ofthe Hungarians and Germans , and subscribe money-for tho Romans—it is our duty to take the necessary steps to obtain political power for ourselves , so that wo may be enabled to give thc aid of p hysical force , if ' need be , to our brethren of the continent . ( Cheers ) . I am a great admirer of peace , and I do not despaii- that about , tho time ofthe commencement ofthe 'Millenium " permanent

      and universal peace" may be established , but at present I think such professing philanthropists as Cobden and St urge , instead of holding peace meetings at Exeter Hall , . would do __ well to hold meetings such as this to sympathise with the brave Romans , Hungarians , and Germans . ( Applause . ) There cannot be peace , and there ought not to be peace , until oppressors are everywhere overthrown , ( Renewed applause , ) If the " people of this country possessed political power , a control over the Ilouse of Commons , and government of thc country , our war ships , at present rotting - in our harbours , and our soldiers living in idleness , would be sent to Italy and Germany to rescue the Romans , aed the Germans , and frighten back tho Tsar to his

      Muscovite den . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of this country have no dosire for war , for they have had too much of war and taxation ; but in a caso of necessity I am persuaded thoy would not tamely stand by and see their brethren butchered by the hordes of tyrannical usurpers . ( Cheers . ) There is but one rule of right for nations as well as for individuals , and that rule enjoins the strong to assist the weak when the latter are exposed to oppression and outrage- If we had a government worthy thc name , it ( _voujd forthwith take up tho cause of the Democrats ofthe continent . But wo shall not have such a government till we have the Charter , and we shall not have the Chai'tcr till union and energy become the adopted virtues of the democratic party . The

      social reformers desire democratic reform ; why not , then , unite with thc Chartists ? The Chartists aim at social reform ; why not , then , unite with tho social reformers ? I implore all the able and true leaders and instructors of the people to forget their jealousies , their injuries—real or imagined —to abandon the rivalries of a petty ambition , forget the quarrcllings of thc past , and cordially unite to advance the great cause wo are wedded to . ( Great applause . ) Then should our brethren on the continent be compelled to succumb for a time—then by our union , judgment , and energy , we may plant the banner of ' Social Democracy on these shores , nnd re-commencing in this country the struggle for Freedom and Right , wo may extend the

      movement from England to the continent , and sustain it until oppression shall everywhere bo overthrown , and thc reign of Justice be universally , triumphantly , and permanently established . ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) __ Mr . A . "Walton , in supporting the resolution , asked who" could help admiring the spirit which chill'acteriscd thc defenders of the , young Roman Republic , headed by the glorious Mazzini . In Hungary , the heroic deeds of Kom , Georgey , Dembinski , and Kossuth , strike ns with an intense feeling of veneration , and inspire hope for the future . ( Much applause . ) If the Germans were true to themselves , he believed ifc would be utterly impossible to crush liberty in the Rhenish provinces . ( Loud cheers . ) The Lombardians had been put

      down by sham Radical traitors . He knew but one greater p iece oftraitorism—that of Mister " Special Constable" Prince Louis Napoleon Buonaparte in bombarding Rome . . (" Hear , hear , " and execrations . ) But he had no fear for the ultimate success of the principles of democracy . The present war was not only ono of principles , it was a war of hungry bellies against full ones . England was called a free and great nation , but did they ever know in any other land an instance ofa million and a half of people , dying from sheer starvation ? "W c wanted a reform of our institutions , whicli could be alone effected by the united voice of the whole people . . Tho resolution was carried unanimously , amidst the loudest applause . Mr . Thomas _Clauk rose to move tho following resolution : — "

      " That this meeting , viewing with admiration the noblo endeavours of the Romans , Hungarians , and Germans to establish Republican institutions , and holding that self-government is the right of all nations , hereby protest against the infamous and diabolical attack upon Rome by the French , Austrian , Spanish , and Neapolitan governments ; the murderous war against , and invasion of Hungary by the tyrannical governments of Austria and Russia , and the league of Gorman Despots formed to crush the Republicans ofthe Rhine ; and this meeting calls upon the British government to forthwith recognise the Republics of Rome , Hungary , and the Rhine , and f o give to those Republics all possible support against tho tyrannical league of thc continental despots . " He said : Under ordinary circumstances I would bo most unwilling to lend niy assent to thc latter part

      of this resolution , inasmuch as I dissent from the princi p le of one nation interfering with the internal government of another , and because I think wo can best serve the interests of democracy abroad by establishing ifc at home . ( Hear . ) I havo always admired the conduct pursued by the first President of the American Republic , in relation to wars inforeign states , which was to hold entirely aloof from them , taking especial care not , upon any account , to become entangled upon cither tho one side or . the other . During , the administration of the affairs of the American Republic by Washington , tlio first French Revolution occurred , and , as is well known , England interfered to suppress the French . democracy . . This happened shortly after the termination of the English war with America , and as Francehad sent soldiers to tlie aid of America _aiminst

      England , France , when involved with England , sought the interference of the American government . But Washington , at the outset ofthe young trarislantic Republic , wisely resolved not to engage it in foreign wars with any ono power , on aeeoiu . t of any other power , and , although liis own countrymen were clamorous that he should send troops to the aid of Franco , Washington positively refused , notwithstanding that such refusal , at the time ave a considerable shock to his popularity . But experience has since shown that Washington was right , as all his _successors have , without exception , ~ foilowed the course which ho then pursued , and his reasons against interfering inforeign wars , nomattci what their object , have become an axiom in

      American politics . ( Cheers . ) This train of reasoning , however , docs not apply to the conchies of our government , as ifc hag been a habit with them to interfere with everybody , and , generally speaking , their interference has been upon the wrong side . ( Cheers . ) Ono instance has already been cited—tho caso of _Poi-tugivl—and I may add the busybody proceedings of our Foreign Secretary , lately , in the affairs of tlie Sicilies . ( Hoar and cheers . ) This resolution is expressive of tho strongest condemnation of tho conduct ofthe rulers of France , in raising a fratricidal arm against the Republic of Rome . ( Hear . ) May wo not , however , at the same time , ask , "If there arc not persons nearer to us than the French Government , whose conduct in this Roman invasion is

      deserving of censure ? " ( Cheers . ) What lias Special Constable Loins "N apoleon said in his message to the French Assembly ? Why , that "France , in all tliat it has * done , has 'hail the sanction of thc English Cabinet . "* ( Loud cries of execr ' etion . ) Yes , much as _ovsr Protestant rulers hate the Pope they have a much stronger hatred of Republics . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Thc conduct of his Holiness , too , has been most unworthy of the representative of Christ upon earth ; as the latest accounts we have of him , represcnthim engaged in bestowing his blessing upoii a hordeof Spanish mercenaries , ' who were about to march upon . Rome , to massacre thc bravo inhabitants of that glorious city . ( Loud cries of " Shame " and indignation . ) ' But lot the Spaniards go and inin tho _irwii _.. ! . o . _iri r linno that if fchev enter Rome

      it will bo hut to find graves ! ( Jrcmondous applause . ) This I say sincerely hnd advisedly , for , although I am no advocate of blood shedding ' , I ycfc . hopc that if it must be shed that the tyrants niay perish . ( Cheers . ) But . supposing the worst to come , and that the present government of the " _Etoi'n ? . l City " should bo put down , their defeat - _. _vill only be for a time , as revolution will inevitably succeed revolution , until ultimately thoy will have uprooted the last vestige of despotism and ignorance . ( Loud cheers . ) Tho brave Hungarians , too , are beating back the mercenaries of tlio Russian Autocrat , and the Austrians are sharing a similar fate . ( Hear ) . The ' Times newspaper itself is most

      reluctantly admitting such to bethe the fact , although the conductors of that journal made opposite representations as long as they could . ( Hear ) . They did the . same in thc case of Rome and their ; Italian correspondent—the man who . 'does the atrocious from that part of the . world—for _thc _^ _-Kme * _, said , when the French arrived in Italy tbat _"they-Couldnot-have anything to do but to march on , Rome , seize . upon _Mazzini and the other two _' _. _triuwivirs ,: hang , them , and the ; revolution would be . . crushed : ( Cries of _"Shamo . " ) , ' ; But what . does the moral assassia now say ? That so praiseworthy : has heen the conduct of the Triumvirs ,, that there is not throughout

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      the whole papal dominions one man who wishes for the return of the Pope . ( Cheers ) . So niuch for the veracity of the people at Printing House-square ( Hear ) . I say , all honour to the Roman Triumvirs , and even though they should fall , they deserves well of mankind , and they will have built up tor _themselves an imperishable monument of fame , _H , n ? Jiw lb as a beacon light , teaching thc nations the waj to liberty . ( Cheers ) . Kossuth , the Hungarian Washington , and Mazzini , the modern Kienzi , are names that w _' dl stand out in thc pages ot future history , and their doings will encourage those of coming generations to enact deeds of true greatness . ( Cheers . ) Mr . dark sat down after proposing the resolution . Mr . M'Grath , in an _' cloq . uent speech , supported the resolution . lL After a few remarks by Mr . _Kissblla , the resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Gill , in a brief speech moved , nnd Mr . Dixon seconded , tlie third resolution _: —

      " That this meeting , maintaining the principlo that numbers , whether constituting a majority or a minority , can never sanctify a crime , and holding that President Buonaparte , his Ministers , aud the majority of tho French Assembly , have been guilty of violating every principle of justice by waging a fratricidal war against the Roman Republic , hereby expresses its most cordial approbation of tho conduct pursued by the members of tho Mountain and tho Socialist Democratic leaders of the French people , on thc . _l'Jth of June ; and whilst regretting the failurc ' . of that attempt to save the Democratic cause , this meeting expresses its fervent detestation ofthe military tyrants of Franco , and most ardent wishes for their speedy downfall . " Mr . Bkoniemie _O'Bniii . v , in coming forward to support it , was hailed with rapturous plaudits , and

      saitt it was wrong to suppose that a majority had the ri ght to do as it liked in all cases ; it had the right to do as it liked in some , canes , but not . in others ; if it had , depend on it thafcm the House of Commons—the minority—would be soon turned out of doors . Not oven tho Supreme power had a right to do as it liked in all cases . True , Blackstone had written that " Queen , lords , and commons were omnipotent ; " but the Queen had only as much power as her ministers would give her—the lords did what the commons would let them—and tho commons were entirely ruled by the land and fund-lords . ( Hear , hear . ) The Assembly existing in France had no right to be an Assembly . They could only sit in right of tho Constitution . The Assembly had violated that Constitution , and

      consequently its powers ceased . It existed now on the strength of one hundred thousand assassins . The men of France had been grossly deceived . Had they believed the representatives would have allowed an attack on Rome , they never would have returned them . Sot only had thc government 400 , 000 hired assassns in France , but they had disarmed the working men , put down six daily papers that advocated the interest of the people , and threatened three others , and introduced a bill for thc suppression of public meetings , soirees , & c , for twelve months . Hc had told , them twelve months since , that an attempt would be made to destroy Universal Suffrage . Already was thc outposfc gone , and thc citadel would go next . In tho late commotion in Paris , the rappel was not beaten , the government were afraid that the democratic portion of the National Guard would turn out as well as the aristocratic . He . still believed

      that Universal Suffrage would bo put down , unless the French peoplo resolved to use fire and sword against reaction . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He would not give n -fi g for Universal _Sufii-amj , unless as a means to enable him to work out such a social reform as would destroy the pernicious influence of fundlords and landlords . These were , and are the real rulers ; he would undertake to prove this at the bar . of the House of Commons , although he would much rathor do it in tho House itself . ( Cheers . ) The aim of all despotic governments and governors was to destroy Universal Suffrage before the people had time to appreciate its benefits . Hence the present French difficulty . Had a thorough knowledge of social rights prevailed , ho did not believe that Louis Napoleon would ever have been chosen in preference to Ledru Rollin . ( Loud cheers . ) However , he did not think any government could put down Universal Suffrage , so long as upwards of two millions of people were in its favour .

      The resolution was adopted by acclamation . Mv . SrALi _. wooj * read and moved the adoption of the following petition , and that ifc he signed by tho Chairman , and presented by Lord Dudlev Stuart ,

      M . P .: — TO TIIE HOXOURABLT * THE COMMON'S OF GREAT _liElTAlS AND IRELAND Mi * _rAltXIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of a 1-ttblic Meeting oi * the Inhabitants of the Metropolis , holden in the Scientific and Literary Institution , John-street , in the Borough ot Marylebone , this l'Jth of Juno , _SlIEWETH , That self-government is the undoubted right of all nations . That ( lie people of Hungary , Home , and the Itliiuc provinces deserve the applause of all nations for- their efforts to tree themselves from priestly aiid royal despotism . That the attempt of the governments of France , Spain , Austria , and Italy to restore the reign of Papal ¦ misriile hy force of arms , is a gross violation of the rights of nations ; that the invasion of Hungary by Russia is iVauglit _lvith peril to all Europe ; and that tlio league ot the _Cfcrinnu despots to reduce flic people of the _llhine to slavery , is a crime against humanity .

      That there being but one rule of right for nations as well as for individuals , and it being the duty of the strong to succour the weak , pour petitioners pray your honourable House to address lier " Majesty , praying ' her to forthwith recognise thc Roman , Hungarian , and Hhcnish Republics , and to instruct lier ministers to lake the necessary measures to secure tho integrity of those states at present _nicuiiced by foreign invaders and oppressors . Anil join- _petitioners will ever jivay , Ac ., itc . Mr . Meriuman said , if England so often interfered iu favour of absolutism , ho thought she might for once exert her influence for tlie establishment of liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) He seconded thc petition , and it was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . IIetuekisgton for the ability ho had displayed as chairman ; which was duly acknowledged ; and cheers loud and long having been -riven for "the Republics of Rome , Hungary , and the Rhine , " this respectable and . enthusiastic meeting , quietly dispersed .

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      Betiixal-Gree * _- _* . —A lecture was delivered on Sunday , by Mr . Wm Davies , at the Butler ' s Arms , Butler-street , Green-street , Twig Polly , Bcthnal-grcen , on " The People ' s Charter . " A locality was formed ; and a secretary , treasurer , and committee of five appointed to conduct the business of tho locality . Several persons became members , and tho locality promises to be a good one . Meetings were announced to be be held every Sunday evening at eight o ' clock . RinsT . ii .. —On Monday , June 18 th , a delegate mooting was hold in thc Hall of Freedom , for the purpose of developing plans for tho reorganisation oi * the miners of this district , when the following places were represented : —Birstal , Batley , Birkenshaw , Adwalton , _Weatgate Uili , & e . The delegates present pledged themselves to use every effort to _reora-anisG- the colliers of the AVost Ridin _»* . and to

      call on the minors of other counties to aid them in opposing the uncalled for encroachments of capital on the rig hts of industry . Kottj . _n-oh . im . — A meeting of members was hold on Sunday last , at tho ¦ " Seven Stars , " Barkergate , to consider tho propriety of petitioning Parliament to make thc Charter the Jaw of tlie land . air . Wall in the chair . Mr . Roberta moved : — " That a petition be sent from Nottingham , in-order that Mr . O'Connor ' s position might be strengthencd .. when he _brings forward his motion for the Charter . " The motion having been seconded , Mr . Barber moved , and llr . Exteli seconded , an amendment to the effect that no petition be sent from _Nottingham . The mover anil seconder arsucd that it was useless

      to petition Parliament any more , as at present constituted . The petitions of the working and middle classes were always treated with contempt , unless there was something behind more weighty than arguments . Petitioners wore slaves , and the fact of their petitioning proved them to be suclh After three hours' discussion , Mr . Rxtell moved , and Mi ' . Emmerson seconded : — " That a public meeting be held in tho Market place , to ascertain the opinion ofthe people . " This motion was lost by a majority of 1 . The amendment upon the original motion was then put , when there appeared for it 17 , for the petition ' 25 .

      _CniprLEGArt * . —At the weekly meeting of the locality , Mr . Brown in the , chair , it was moved by Mr . Harper , seconded by Mr . Bent-ley : — " That the thanks ofthe locality be given to those gentlemen who attended the meeting at Milton-street , on Monday last , for a general amnesty forthe political prisoners , viz ., Mr . Dixon , Mr . ' g . W . M . Reynolds , Mr . Harney , Mr , Thompson , Mr . Brown , Mr . _Kbwlan , and Mr . Stallwood . " [ We refer the Cripplegate Chartists tothe explanation given by Messrs . dark and M'Grath , at tho South London llall , on Wednesday evening . Ed . 15 . S . J - *

      Biudfoiu _* . —A camp meeting was hold in Broomfields , on Sunday , June 17 th . Mr . T . Wilcock in the chair . The meeting , which ' was estimated at 6 , 000 , was addressed b y J . Aldevson , of Bradford ; Mi ' . Robinson / ' of Wilsdcri ; Mr . W . Nixon , " of Manchester ; Mr . Steel , and Mr . North of Bradford

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      Bnanrond, (Yonkshnu**.)—A Meeting Of Mem...

      BnAnronD , ( YonKSHnu _** . )—A meeting of members was held on Sunday last , at No . 13 , Rope-street , whenbusness of importance was brought before the meeting , , and further postponed ' until Sunday , " - "ly 1 st . Ifc was also-resolved _:-- "; That the paidup members be requested to ,, attend ,. as a plan will bekidbefore the members tq . obtain . allotments by _bonusj it being , tKc opinion of this tovwh ttottlio bonus is preferable to the ballot , ' - . : •' . " .. .:-. .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23061849/page/5/