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    • IHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY ^ MAY 25.
    • HOUSElioLD SUFEKAGE.
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      THE REV . J . E . STEPHENS'S SECOND LECTURE . Notwithstanding the oaiavoazable state of the weather , the rain wring fatal atintemls throughsmi die sornmr , there was a "nwt crowd assembled en Pmnro ^ e BUI at early u two o ' clock in the afternoon . When the pulpit , or detk , was brought Bpoa tke grooad at three o ' clock , & person , on behalf of Mr . Rhode * , vho rent * the grass , intimated that he wonli sot allow Mr . Stephens ta preach , and appealed to the police , of whom there were bout a d » en and an inspector present to nip .

      port him . After & good deal of discussion , between > Ir . Steptess ' g friends and the reprvtentatm of Mr . Rhode * , in the course of which the police injector stated that he had drain from four divisions of tie police force within a- minute ' s call , the pnlpit to removed to the public pathway on the top of ths hall , and there , euoid the pelting of the pitikae rt * nn , far k rained beatiiy and withou * . intetmiBsion Jhe whole time , Mr . Stephens , bare headed , coatmu ? 4 for an hour and & half to address an assembly of several thopsaada , to whom he appeared to hare imparted some portion of his own powers of endurance . --

      After the hymn , * The Lord is King and ear th submits , " and a prayer , . Tks Rer . Mr . STEPHENS proceeded «» follow * : —Indeed agoodlr gjght—such a " sight la men and aageU a » d God look iown upon with pleasura . and will conspire to bless . I haw before me and around roe thousands of the woaaen . and the men of this Tast metropolis , who hare gathered and whe now stand npon the spot , in » pite of the wind , the rain , and ^ ie storm—wte have co * e here not to listen to tbe words of man ' s wisdom , but to tear , that they may keep and follow the w « 4 * f God , which stands nnahaken . en . the rock of ages , and bid * defiance to aU the powers of earth' « ad hell . Fellow men , this &pok . k » jt * tood the brant of ages—hai outlived -all tn * U # « Stand ,- and . the force , aad the deceit . and

      tte j » m » p , ot the wkEe 4 in all ages have done to orerto ^ itj iad it Kill stands , and it ynti . stand : —" Firm ^ as * reek , thia truth shall eland , When xo ^ g je ars sliaJlm j'asetoTaore . ' * It is . one . of the »« staking , . aae gf theJEQaet teHiag , one of the msst useful types of ma Qaw in . which , we live , that the Book of Qo ^ j * tflon . aj ft lateen faiily opened « &d agh& ji 5 * jfWJB $ JB « fl « , vsjiow tofcecoms & •? aled book again to ffl » . peqple—is now te be Trithcrawn irom them , and consigned , along with all the oU » r _ 1 > lessu » fr 8 , a * d rights , aad privileges , to that baron to which the wicked and impious Masphejaer w »« M consign all that makes the world itself worth Tning in , and all that makes this life worth , lwg for . Hitherto the Boole of God hai

      beenemployed as « x instrBiQent in the haacs of the oecebes , to keep men in dadeness , and in the hands " ijT **?** * to ^^ P ***** ** nngodly and unrighttous suhjection ; I sun net a disturber , unless that man is a duitErber who would puS an old rotten building oown that ongfet never to have stood wfcere it now staaei , and rear anstker building up settled on the Kock of Truth , and every * tone of it a stone hewn frasa the ark of God— -a stone which God himself , the arch-builder , would hava us pat together , as atroduciory to tbefelesang of Godk-ereaiter which istpie eternal in the heavens . In diat tense I am a disturber ; in tkat » eB » e I-ain a . man meeting to pcTl down , to QPft ^ Wft ,- and iogJssSoy- I have dr-Tote < L aM itiS . jil farole , eferV . £ Wa 1 draw in

      « Bde * vouw to deaf the ground of the tare * , and the Briars , and fhe bBainhleajaad " to % um them , hawog packed / thsm into handles , a » i then p \ st in the plough ' and bFeak the fallow , and throw is the heavenly seed—the Word of < 3 od , and urge ¦ & * harrow oTer is , that it may be m&al soil , and then to pray fhaUbe God of the ea « jand-fte latter tob lEay send _ down Ms refreshing stream ? , ? ts he is now doifig , diat , taking Hleep root , and being well watered , it may spring * ip , and at laj ? t being npened by-die golden nys of , the sun , which be has set yonder , to draw up life , and instil with the power * of . Hfe , that Hia children in £ ood tiuix may draw in . a « oo 4 harrest , to that in . ShS $ ** Hrthly , an ! in thingx heawnlv , these mar be e £ 6 vsi for all

      pi for erermore . I am" not an iSfidel . unleei afidelityoonsiste in disbelMTOig whatever * Gd ha * not toldtte , or in rejecting whatever God b * a . not eajoined'Bpon me , or in refesing to have aigrhing to do with whatever God bae not commanded as the duty and the light , and the privilege of human natura ; if infiaelity consists in that di * b * lief , in that n-jection , in that absolute , detenmaed , and unqualified refusal to ha * e aught to do - * dth aBything saye that which Hefcas spoktn , and'kid down ani inafited upoj ^^ -I sa . j if in fidelity con * ££ is in that , Tien l ^ lory in , the charj * of infidelily- KCbeers . ) 1 may be mocked at and may be censored—I mav be spit upon—I may be laughed at , despked , peree " - cuted : wit I heed u no xsore than I heed-the

      pouring of . » e rain on thw bare head , or the whistling of the wind , that throws"g » voice in kindness , and , in aid <> f my feeble I | ps , lodges it in jour ear * , whence it goes deep dowm into your he uts . 1 have longsiisca fearned to smik , if not in ccntempt , yet in pigr , upon those maa who seek to answer " an armament with a gneer , end hope to beat back the waves sf truUi , by saying- * hitherto tbou .- « halt comfc , and n * further . " Brcthr-nand men , —I belieTe in God , ta . e Fatijer Almighty , maker of heaven and earth . ; I believe in Jesaf-Christ , our Lord , HLs only Son- > l beliere th * t He was cracified for doing as the Son of God that which I , am feebly attempting to do ee one of the chiUni of men . I believe ia that God whoJias commanded ru * to obejiirn at the

      n « k of < aJl , aye at the oextainiy of the -sacrifice of nTe . i -believe in thpt Jesu Chnst who was led &e a lamb-to the slaughter , bec « n * e he wonld not stand by and- « ee the wofres frcm the weod slftn ^ htering the sheep of His feld—who was crucified between the twe chieves , becanse ie would not . consent to stand bj and see the rebbery of the poor—the plunder , the destruction , tthe devastation that was st that tme of day taking place on the . _ part of the rich , against the hannles « , the . helpless , and until he befriended them—the ocfriendea and defenceless poor . It ia not true that « Christ was cruciSid by a feeble , aad ungrateful , and . periecu ted people . 11 ia not tree that the Jewish oration crntanei ChrisL Ckrist w * r believed by then>—^ he was foliawed by

      them—ke aras supported l ^ ^ hem . Thousands and tens of _ tkeusands , and htndreds of thotsaadg of the JeKshpeople heard him greedily and received the fruit ae&t fell from hi * Hps . Tbe men wh # crucified Ckrist were tne chief poesu , and elders , and rulers of the people . And the cause whick led to tb « crndfudsn ~ of Christ was—not that he etme to preach another G « d—hs might have preached Cod * ntany and . Lords m&cy VithMt ^ -ver Deing dismrbed . I might-oome to Primroae Hill and speak ajij kind of rnbbkh or riff raff , in divinity , or iheotogr , and propagate the no don that can bad two » oul « instead of one -or two bodies . I . might come here * u _ d argue that < i . ere was neither heaven nor hell , neither God jaor devil—no hereafter—that death wa&

      an endless deep—1 might come hare and tell yoa , and establish % sect among those w& > would believe me , that God , ^ he only God wham are worshiping England , was only one af amilli » a « ndthere were or might be &s maay Gods asaey manfhoo . se ; and I «~ ould never cecsive a nwsitage from Mx . Rhodes to forbid any preaching t > the people on . ftimrose Hill . But the momenl a o&n like myself me * sp , though giftei with no pamea higher than the aass of men —though I lay claim to no excellence ieyond the naaan run of jaefr—though I ain incapable of seducing ft" * fancj or leading on t ° * istagination into fiowery paths « f maatal tubob—though I cannot raise lit * passions « r excite tie feelings—when a man like my «* lf eorae * foe-srard , vKt ha * netidnz to

      commend . -Mm to ta * . judgment of nan , or tbe favour af Twarij and- Bathing that gives ^ iss . any a'atharity to command the ASeeti ^ cs orconSdenoe of men , except the simple ( act , Jh * t be tells the simple truth , and that all mem can understand him , and that nine men out of ten who understand him say he is right , and that he is aiming at the right mark , asd hits the bail ' s , eye of it—th&t he proclaims ti * - dowsfal of tyranny—Che raising up of the poer , * sd th * regajjjiag of the heaven-sprung the ererjosting , the chartered , the guaranteed ri ghts of Cut poor , then all men say—away with him , he i s « ot fit to H « a—* way with , him , 'from the face of the earth . Bat se far-from ihia ginag m * xay ground for fear , it oate ^ ires me to much the sure crotmd

      to hope . If a p * of man , a compacanrelj nnlettered man , a maatjwst eloquence , unless honesty in speaking the trnth , be the highest style of eloquence - —if g man of no family , no connexion * , no rank , ho influence- —a man who ,-like yourselves , or most of you , has now for five years , or thereabout * , h > ed from hand to mouth , baeauee he would be under no man ' s power—rbectuse he would be under do mau ' g aothonty—bec » n *« he would trust his all ta God £ er both worlds—for this world and for the next— -if * mam , such a * he who 4 » ow stands before yon , has tad it in his power , through G « d , by the plain ' » tteran « e . o ! truth , as it is in . Jeiso * Christ , to shake JEnglwd Sb her centre , then what may not be ex-. 5 > ected , what majjon not look for , when thousands of men , better and more learned , and more eloquent , and higher in rank * utd posseuing mote influence in sodtty—whea ti » on * and * of such men

      rbe up and proclaim that God is true ? < Cheen . ) I am well aware that the book I bold in my hand has for a length of tun » been the butt of the ridicule , of die contempt , the arersioB tnd the-detestatioc of the people oi England , and I don ' t wonder at it . If it were not so , I eonldsot hare believed this book . I have - heard Clirist damnei I " Damn your Jesna , " has been a ^ hrayeTerj prevalent in the district I come irom , and I 4 o &ot wonder at it , I should have wondered if they jj ^ d not said thatif £ ke Jeiuaihej . dftnittei . mas th » Jtsntaf the fay . pocrr ^ baTgecta—the Jeeos djittrted , the JefQaof the ^ T- ^ Biical power iu ^ the priaeiood and in ii » Par » fiameat , that aadetjie name of . Jaeo * a deak , nwer whxeh-to &t ( elt « r . ^ eir owa etil doinjsv- Becaa « e _ : th& JeiMwiom these poor people enraedras the Jesus sadar w ? no « e ^ ma » k wickenaam , in the ennrch and ja iba wawie * Molinsed-to keep Ae people mentally ignorant , «> eialiy enslAred * and poitj ^ Dj dflfMda d frfte Je « w < rf jL © Scriptore * ,

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      the great Reformer of man , the great godlike r ^ ratorofhisinsbtations . If any man hirers 4 kt me ent a passage in this Book ; the par- ^ nh X passage ,- from end to « de , fa , m back o'ff t-liH « heretiufe it ; read it , and if anr t ,, ™^ SSSRSA-iS uaaces slavery , in throw , it to the winds I'll * E ? ThieW ^ ^ ** P <* -MdoSi . 2 oiaz * . l here a no recb . argument . ( Cheers 1 Th * r * Sr-ffsP S ^ fctes - ^ ^ f ^^ iiz ^ s-jjiz fusion . 1 know - weM that God ithe author of

      . law , and not of misrule . But what kind of order , wn * t kind o ! law , -and what kind of regulatton i » J «> 4 the uapreme and sorereign author of ? Not tn&t kind t& order which divides the human family into two classes—the rich oppressor and the poor oppressed—not that kind of rule which divide * men into two classes , the beast of prey on the one hand , « nd the beast of burden on the other . No ; if there be a state of things in which you have the rich oppressor and the poor oppressed , that is not a state of things of God ' s appointment—chat is not a state of things which God can sanction , or ever will suffer to continue loDg . Wherever I behold , and 1 am free to say , I am bold to say it on Primrose Hill to these thousands of the metropolis , ther have uuch a

      « tate of things now in Englani . England now , at this hour , is tolerating a state of society in which mankfnd is divided into two unequal classes , the rich oppressor and thepooroppressed . The strong pulling heavy burdens upon the shoulders of the weak ; tbe great aad the powerful exercising their greatness and employing their power in sinking siill lower and bearing down still header , this weak and defenceles * portion-of the community which ought to be tbe peculiar charges , the peculiar flock of those whom God in his preXjaencehas enabled to stand at the head and fountain of" justice , to secure to the people their proper rights , and then the hand of Chanty to compensate for anything" that may happen to be deficient . I am not afraid in this tr ? nm » nttn

      go to this very passage cammonlj selected by a hireling priesthood in defrn . ee of the abominable docmnes of the present age . Now to St . Paul ' s epistle to ike Romans , part of which fea § b . en often read to you the whole perhaps never ; " Let ev ? ry soul be subject to the nigher powers . " So says St Paul , and so sav I . If this be passive obedience I am for it . If this be the doctrine of non resistance to authority then I hold and preach it I gay let e \? ry soul be subject to the higher powers ; bot here its the wav they endeavour to get over the face of it—the passage sa y * « let every soul be subject to the higher powers . Not some—not a few—not a many , " not most , bat let every soul . Let the Poor Law Comsioners be snbject to the higher powrrg . They ar <»

      high enough—rather too hi « h— ( hear , hear )—and higfeer than ever they will be again . But hick as they are , there is -one higher than they—mighty U » B | h they be , there w ooe mightier than they aad if this passage comes home to me , and ¦ c . ^ rrmanin me to be sabjeot fo the higher pow > r « it amst come home xotheia . Thej are to be subject Le the higher powers ?—to Htm that i * above all and over all . If it be right that yoa * Wld he «; bjec to the higher power * , it u right that the Home Secretary shoali be subject to the Li « her powers . it , is all very well to mate proclamitions—i could make them , anybody could make them ; but there are two words to that bargain . ( Hear , tear . ) The first questiea is not aa to the capability of making

      prodamntioBS , or the power of compelling obedience —the first ^ question ie , what right have I or the Home Secretary , or what right ha 3 iPftriunnent , or what right has the Monarch to make a » y proclamatioa , or any law wbich is not ia accordance with the rerealed ^ V ord of < G « d ? ( Cheers ) i teur a proclamation to shivers—i dash a law to fragments which is not bt » ed upon the immutable prirwsples of truth , or justice , af rigbteousaess , of Kqnitv , and of the love of the whole human race . Let " every socl be subject to the higher powers . Do we nst pray in eur ckorches to » God as the Kin ? of Kings , the Lord of Lwds , and The only ruler of Prince * ? Now 4 venerate the law , I bow in submission to the adminiutritor of lie law ; 1 bow at the foot of the

      throce of iry eerthly Sovereign of these realms , but I fear God before 1 honour iim . And if-the honouring of tbe King interfere- ; between my cocwi « nce and that fear of God which is the fimt , the primary duty , then honouring tbe King must jp * e wax , and the fatr of God allow « £ to go-on . l toW that what T am now saying -must be acknowle *!*^ by alL { Uosl , hear . ) I hold that there w not a man hearing me that can say that what 1 have now altered is again * t re « on or revelation . If . ( I repeat it ) every * oul is to be-subjeet to the hi ^ ier powers—to that power which sis over them , then we Dnnat rise in tbe ladder ; we mutt mount the stagefrom the petty constable to tht soverei gn that gits on the throne , and from the -sovereign that site on the throne tothat great awfuliBeing by whom iinge

      : reign , andby whom princes administer justice . Now I it is tny empl ^ -ment—it is my > aL «« ion to do ail I can to open the eyes of my feflew-men to the truths [ involved in this important quoslou . I preach law , i law , law . Law first , and law midmost , and law l * st . ; Without law there can be no-order ; without order , there can be no security ; without security th « re < a . a '¦ be ho enjoyment ; withaut enjoyment life iteelf k a I burden ; and ithe sooner the whele -world it a w * eck I drifting on the shores of an-enknown etemity « he ibetter—*~ let . B 3 eat and driuk , for to-morrow we f die . " But go-back in the chai : j—take the la » t ViDk . j -If there can be no order withom law , it is very . cleRr , fin the natare-of order , that there can be no peuoa-; nrni order—&c i < iuding and excellent order . uoie « s , the law be good .: for a good trae eannot brine forih

      bad fruit ; a bad tree cannot bnng forth good fruit . The ume tT ^ iag cannot sen d eut two streaBQ ? , the one sweet and the other bit rer . We come then to the root . Let tx rise to the spring , and going then to the fountain , whether that 2 aw , no matter by whom made—by King , Lords ,-or Common * , they have no mare power to pajs , and cause to be exe--cbted an un- < Chri * tian law than 1 have . ( Hear . ) if they attempt to pass an un-Christian law . ; if they attempt-to -execute it . God will judpe them , and God , whose agents the people are , will vi « t ¦ them with the puniskment which He has denounced -against them . J am irere this aft&moon to blow to . the cud ? of the earth and beyond them , the lie , the racked , treasonable , impossible , blasphemous lie

      : \ j \ , j that a thing called la . w is therefore , no matter what ' it is , is therefore to he obeyed . Tiiere i . « nothing i more ontrue thac-that—nothing more wicked than j that—nothing more diabolical than ti > at . Before a ! law is law—before you ar « called upon to keep it , j and see it kept , youmtst be made to know—you i must be made to ¦ Hndtr ^ tand that it if a good law , j otherwise you are parties to the blasphemy , parlies ^ to the treason—and you , as well as tite men who 1 originally made it , _ will hare to be visited by God ' s { righteocs indignati on . Mr friends , our unhappy i country , a country in" which there is mor * misery at 5 this hour than in any land under heaven—our j unhappj country is unhappy because there is more 1 tyranny on the one hand and more slaverc on the

      other , than in any land under heaven—becasse the peaple of Eogland have tamed away their eye * from this book . _ If the principles of the book were admitted—41 men had the courage to say what they mink—if they had the courage to do wh ' at they « iy , saying what they think , England would yet b ^ a happy land , and we should yet be , and long be , a happy people . I pray God— : he God ef truth , the God ofiigat ; tie God or ' Knowledge of love , and of power , to op « n every eye—to unstop every ear—to soften and inflame every heart , that we may rise np , bursticg every chain , standing upon our feet , determined , whatever Li the ri * k , whatever tbe sacrifice , to work out the will of God—to do his will on earth , even as angels do it in heaven . Listen to ik

      the argument of the Apostle—Let every soul be subject to the higher powers , for there is no poorer but from God , the powers that be are ordained of God . " I believe that . I believe that there is no power but frem God . Let us ask , then , another question or two . I * God wise or unwise ? If he be wise ,, and to think of an unwise God , is worse than tojBajr thtre is no God at all—if God be wise , he cannot be the author of a foelish law , therefore no fooKsh law can be of God . Is God good ? and to talk of a bad God , is worse than to say there is no God at alL If then God be good as well as wise , he cannot be the anther of a bad law . Is God mercilal—is he a God of kindness , and charity , and love ; and to say that God is unkind and nnmercifal

      —to say that he is harsh , cruel , and severe , u < worse than to say there i& no God at all ; but if G » d be se good , " So kind , so gracious , so merciful , and so benevolent as he is great and wiie , then be can only be the author of laws , which like himself are wise and good , and merciful , and calculated to produce the happiness of the human race . This is the kind of power that comes from God , whether it be lodged in the hands of kings , or emperors , or Parliaments . I care nothing ; I ' care nothing for the forms or the frame-work of civil society . I believe men may be happy under a monarchy , under , a republic , er even under what is commonl y called a despotism . I believe power zsav be lodged in one hand or in a thousand hands—1 believe newer mav enm * down

      from the top , as from the head , and diffuse itself tiroogh a thousand Tamifications of society . I believe on the other hand that power may come up through these thousand ramifications to the ultimate receiver—the one a monarchy , the other a republic j and I heed not which of these two forms it-may be ; bat this I hold that power wheresoever it may happen to . be lodged ,-or is whose hands it may be placed—that . power , to be of God , to be honotr ^ d as betoBging to Goo , ' ~ nmBt be a power which is intendedVfoT the p-romotkniof the happiness of man , and for the continuance of society in all those advantages and blessing * wbich the Author of the human family intended'to bestow ut * ah . them . That this S si will ' be found , from the verge that follows , "Whosoever , therefor * , reswteth power , resisteth the orders Of God" Aui tbenwe aw toW ,--thnt

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      these rulers ordained of God , whom we are to revere , and the laws which we ere to obey , are thoi-e who are a terror—not to good worVs btit ' to the evil . Now I will take the workings of the English lawsthe enactments of the British Parliinnent arid try them fearlessly by this test . I a » k yoa rich men and poor—I ask you rich men and poor meu , all species of Government , all good men and true men , of all creeds and of all polities , about wbich I care not a straw , I a * k yon one and all , it * the New Poor Law a terror to evil doers t ( No , no . ) Is it not en the other hand a terror to the good ? < Yes , yes . ) Who are the evil doers ? fCries of Lord John Russell and Lord Brougham . ) Yes , that man who says Lord Brougham has not tboucht in

      vain , he is nght , Lord Brougham u politically an evil deer . The New Poor Law—if there be any truth in the Word of'God—if there be any regard paid to the commandments of God , the N » w Poor Law i * a terror to those that do well , and an oppressor to those that do ill . Who are the evil doers ? Landlords who exact more for their land in rent than the poor can pay and live . ( Hear . ) The evildoer is the rich man and the shopkeeper behind his counter , who takes to himself in the shape of profit threefonrths of that which ought to go to the manufacturing op-rative in the shapw of wages . The evildoers are the legislators themselves , the Lords and Coam » ns , the legislators themselves , who to strengthen their own class , to advance their owu interests , to

      keep themselves in secure possession or the illgotten goods they hold , make a law by which the poor can no longer live and enjoy liberty , bot subjects them to such degradation and such misery as renders his life insupportable , and ends either by making him an apathetic slave , or otherwise by raising his passions lashes him into phrensy , and drives him to do deeds of desperation . Stch being the character of the New Poor Law , and when I speak of it I only speak of one oat of twenty , only one out of a thousand , but I mention thatlaw ai being the subject of popular contention . When I find a-tew like that tyrannising over the virtuous and industrious poor , degrading bim in order to enable the idle and profligate rich to wallow in wealth , I am compelledby

      , virtue of my allegiance to God—by th » command to obey his law and keep his word—I am compelled lo reject the authority of that law , and refuse all robmusion » nd all obedience to it , and obey God rather tkan man . Read the remainder of the chapter . We are told in it that the magistrate , the ruler , the Parliament , the president , the monarch , or whoever ia the depository of power on earth , we are told that the magistrate U the minister of God for good . Again I ask you whether the Parliament of Great Britain is the minister of God for good ? (" No , no . " ) Are their laws laws which begin in good , lead to good , and end in * good ? I say they are not ; on the other hand , if there be a bod y of mea at this honr conspiring against God , and in league with the devil for

      the wry purpose of producing the misery , the affliction , and the desolation of the human family , that body of men i * the Parliament of Great Britain ; the priesthood and clergy of the people ; those who ought to be the shepherds of the flock are become wolves , and are tearing , biting , and devouring those whom they ought to feed , and shelter , and maintain in happiness * nd peace . Fellow Countrymen , it is your duty to begin to look info those thinjts . I should have mwh more to ? ay to von , but that the weather tells m ? that tboso who like myself are not used to the pelting of the pitiless storm , may not be in a state of sufficient composure and calmness to attend to a long discourse . 1 have , however , J trust , given you seKjething like the begianing of the due , which

      you may now follow , and if yoa be men of God , that will lead you to the troth as it is in Christ Jesus . Ah € have to say may be comprised in a-few word * , hold nothing to be tbe law which Godhas not com-Kr-nded . This ta me is the touchstone by which to try the institutions of men . Queen Victoria is Queen by the Grac ? of God , You have been taugnt to lasgh at that titie . J laugh not at it . Sb « is my Qeeen by the Grace of < God , and on no other term * , — by no other title . If she be the Queen by the grace of God , ^ hestiist f ovem me according to the will of God . If nhe olaic the right to tmle by virtue of bod > grace , < be moat give evidence that that title is v alid , and by the enactments , and the provisions , and orders , end . priuciples laid dow » ia this Charter

      sent from G « d to man , because tke law « f God , and the grace of > God new can be at k » ae together . ( Hear and-cheers . ) Then acknowledge and ob .-v ttw Qneen -so long . a * she govern * aecerdinir to tie word of < rod ; but if she reject the will of God , and , casting his laws from her attempt to govern by Jaws of her owb , then reject her Mrtbsritar a » 4 revert baok ajcain to the original commaodmemt ofGod , wbieh «* Y 8 , let < God be true and let man be a liar , and every naan & liar—let God be king , -and may ike spurn the rebel * , sod establish truth and righteousness in tke earth . In the same way and by the sane argumniit I consider it my duiy to obey every . Act of Parliament ; but if I find It tyrannical and oppressive in spirit when brought " to the test and

      touchstone of Te * son and fotelation , 'then I reject the authority of ikit Act of # ariiamenti-then I « et mycelt-w do all < l « an wisely , pwdeatly , temperately , but , atthe-same time , firmly-and resolutely ^ to Uo everything to obtain the repeal of that Act , by ParEament , if iParliament chooses , but the repeal of it wkether Parliament shall choose to rep « * l it or not . ( CheersJ Hence itis that in the matter of the Ne-w Poor Law , I have awer acknowledged its authority—and , -so help me God , , 1 never will . ( Hear , 4 ear . ) J-never paid rates andertit—I nev « r will . Every chair , every taole , every bed that J have § b « , ll be -e « W , but 1 ne ^ sr will paytates "under thitlaw . The house shall be , palled over my head , and I -ehall be * ent a houseless wandsrer on the

      hills and ht-ath * , but never wiB I acknowledge that kw . £ wrything .-shill be taken from me that 1 have , bat my wife , and my child , wad my life . These i shall keep , and jf danger threatens , [ stall repel force by force—cfce knife or the bullet shall be at hand ; T will sell life for life either than . ebey that / law . ( Cheers . ) And 1 exhort my countrvmen toj do the satne . ( "And so we will . "j 1 nev « r minced : the matter—I never say one thing and ineao . an- ! other . 1 never hide my own intention j behisd along ; phrAseology of srwdsto lead tbej > eople to dosome- ' thing which J don ; Vt intend to do myself . If tfiat law is intended to becarried into execution , I mean to ' dght . ( CUeers . ) i mean to take off the blaak and ' pntonthered—I . paean to take < iie Bible , in one ' iand a and * word . in the other—a ^ word of stasl not

      of argoment . J intend , so helpctDe the God that jxademe , rather than that law . shall be executed upon my per »< an , or A all be executed upon the perseas of the wtvtM « nd children of my fellow-countrymen—1 intend , sockelp me God , t « da all I caji to shake England to pieoes—that she may crumble to pieoes—that sheaaay . oramble intodwt and entire destruction » o that there mey be a new order of things afc « r the old is destroyed . I mean step 6 y step—one step at a timoi and each wk ? ly taken—J mean , so help me < Jod , to follow out ibe commandmenu of God . and if time and the weather had allowed it . I should base followed this a * $ ument fully out . Jf you read the Bible , it will tell y « u how . If you Dt&d it , it will shew you that it it not only

      your ri . gkl butyour duty , not OHly to have Arms , but to take arms up and to use < aem in defence of your own livers , in defence of your child , of . tbe wile of your bosum , of your hoawaad of your hearth and of your . akars , and to the honour of human nature and the glery oi God . ( Cheer * . ) Englishman professing Chrwuanity , yoa who worship you father ' s God , at tie altar of your country , are you to be told—is ther * a needs be that you shonld require a man , that you should require any mas , to cometwo hundred miles to tell you that God Almighty never wills that aay man should live in bondage r Need yon to be told that bo earthly power , neither Parliament , nor Commissioners , nor Monarch have any right to take away the wife that is knitted

      to yon in lawful wedlock ? Need yau to be told that the Bishops aud the Parliament , were a bed of thieves—a den of robbers—a honse of traitors , when they conspired together to pa ** that damnable Act of Parliament ? ( Hear , hear . ) I , by virtue of the authority invested in me as a " minister ordained to preach the gospel have sworn to preach it . 1 have Uken the oath at the altar to preach the gospel , to declare tbe whole council of God ; and when the hantls of holy men were upon me , includ * int ; those of my venerable father , I-swore , so help me God , whatever I knevr to be the truth fearlessly and boldly to proclaim it to my fellow-men . If the teaching of that truth lead to death , I am ready to meet it ; I am ready to die , because 1 know there

      is another and a better world . Whether what I have to say please or displease—whether it gain me praise or condemnation—whether it terminate in earthly rewards or earthly pnnichment *—whether it raise me bigk or sink me low , 1 heed it not . God has said that no man shall separate those whom he has joined together ; God has said that husband and wife are to be twain , but one flesh—that every father and mother are to bring up their children and instruct them in the fear , in . the nurture , and the admonition of the Lord : and . if I see " a power , as I do in England , that would bear asunder those whom God haa joined together—that would pluck the infant , the sucking babe , from the spring of life , the mother ' s breast , and murder the wife and the husband—separate him from the chosen of his life , the comfort and solace of his mournful hoars—if I behold a pBwer like that in England , then , I say , men .

      brethren , help , come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty . Begin as I went on , by . reasoning , by argument , by remonstrance ; but If praying , if argument , if remonstrance won ' t do , then ^ I say . in'the words of the Scripture—Fight ! fight ;! tight ! ( Cheers . ) Fight for your wives , your children , jour brethren , and your God . ( Cheers . ) . I , would not live in England if that my fellow countfymeq could nat he raised—if . they could $ iot be ' roused—if fiiev could not be organized—if They could not bei marshalled—if tbey could follow and Wonld . tiot follow—when God himself would take the"Ie > d , 'and gnidethemon . I amnotfor ' nghting where argument is to be found sufficient . I am notfor war when my object can be accompnsbed by peaoe . I am not for death and desolation when reason may be sufficient ; but rather W ^ n see marriage * mockery rataer Jhan be-

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      hold the poor continued to be oppressed j rather than see _ this most diabolical and damnable enflbtnaent carried into practice and established b y law , I would rather see England swallowed up again by thewiteri , and the wave * of the Atlantic rolling over the placi > where once she raised her head , nnd no one be able t » tell me when England u * ed to be the Queen of the islands of the sea , the mistress of the ocean , tbe envj of surrounding nation * , and the gU > ryof the world . Bat there is a powet above all earthly power , and power ordained of God ; and whatever earthlj power may purpose , that power will be sure to triumph in the eHfJ . I commend the reading ol ( hit * chapter to your ; le'itnre . . It would be wrong indeed to ke « p you longer , but my end is answered if ithas

      had the power to lead you to think of the important subject f and although , some of you may get wetraad perhaps cold , you will not regret it if you * understanding and your hearts have been enlightened and raised , as I trust in « ome xneasnte they have been . Now , for somft years I have braved the battle and the breeze ; summer and winter I have stood as 1 now stand . I feave tnken to the fields and the lanes , and the hedges , and have prayed amid the masses . I am not ashamed or afraid to risk the bubble reputation by diving into pot-houses and beer-horses and public * houses . Wherever I could find a handful of wretched men—wherever T could fiud the < mtcast « of menwherever I could lay my hand oii those whom no other man would , go to see—thp lost sheep of the

      House of Israel—that has been my " work for some years , and , thank God , it has not bew altoge ^ ier iu vain . Thtre are those hearing me who can preach a great deal butter than mWelf , apd I' wish that those men , I don ' t care whecher they be ~ Unitarians , Methodists , Calvinists , Churchmen , Catholics , or Protestants , for we have bs d a good deal too pinch of thatrubbi * h . If there bo a man that Wars me , that is a good man ; and when I say that , I mean that he is as good as bis neighbours . ( Hear , hear , ) There it only one sort of men of whom I am afraid , and whom 1 never can trust , and th ^ t is the , man who pretends to be a greaf deal better than he should be —( a laugh)—a man that pulls a long face , weara his hair snod , wears black kid gloves , makes very long faces , and turns ap the whites of bis eyes ( MticE laughter . ) I * m olw ^ ja afraid of that man— ~ 1 alwaya guspect that man ; hot if I find a-man amoogst TOO that is aa good as he mav be . add tries

      to be better to-day than he was yesterday , aud means to be better . to-morrow—a man that fears God and loves bis neighbour ^ then Int him get up , and take the Word of God in his hand , and let him preach the Word of God to the uttenmst parts of the earth , so that it may be whatit was intended to be , the gospel of glad tidings and great joy to all peoole . li the weather permit , 1 shall preach to-night ( and it will permit men ) on Kensington Common , provided there be no Mr . Rhodes to turn me off . I think he ought not -to complain , for we have brought him a handsome shower of rain to water his field . ( Hear , and ft lauijh . ) An I said before , 1 will preach to-alght oa Kensington Common , at halt-past six , and meantime I pray the blessing of the Lord God Almighty , the Father , Son , and Holy Spirit to rest upon you , and to abide with you to-dny and for evermore . Amen . The vast assemblage then quietly dispersed .

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      ARREST OF THE BIRMINGHAM DELEGATES . , The new * which we received last Friday from Birmingham , aud published iu a third edition of the Evening Sun , is of considerable importance . Some of the Birmingham delegates to the Convention have been arrested . Though no riot or disturbance of any kind followed die proceediog , it caused great excitement in the town , and will , we apprehend , bti followed by important consequences . It appears by the evidence given before the

      magistrates , that the principal violent language attributed to Brown wa * used fey him as long ago as March 21 , and was swora t « by a tax-gath « rer , who ia not in the habit of taking notes . As we remarked in the case of Stephens , this is not the oest evidence which could fee procured , and nothing but the best and most certain testimony should satisfy the magistrates . Moreover , suffering two montfeu to elapse before Brown was arrested , if he then committed an offence , »« hardly proper , and perhaas it is reprehensible te wait till the people , were in a high state of excitenrent , before tfeey arreated him .

      Some ef the evideaoe against him , tWgk -oniTnportant ra its nature , dates , however , from the ia * t f « w day * . , That was ^ iven by inspectors of adice , and by pslicemen sent from Londo * . The evidence of the tax-gatherer wa « considered , accordrag to Mr . O . Conner , of -eomparatively little value ,, and he wan sot bound over to give evidence on the trial . The evidence of the policemen , / though it deposes to lees Solent laugoage than that of Mr Cbspman , « much bettef than his , and applies to much wore recent transaotians . At the sane time it relates

      chiefly to the second pewon , Fiwsell , aod only vpr ^ i small . portions of « t bear against Brown . It was considered , however , suite sufficient by tbe magistrates to justify them in holding the two delegates to bail , Brown-fa » £ « oa sad f « ws «? U jn £ * 86 , which , sums Mr . O'Couaor justly called exeessive , if Brown and foNtcll be 'members of the working classes . We ' cannot approve < rf taking each feeavy ' bail , because it Jufltific » the a&etrtion of tl > e Ohartis-1 « - that there i « one kw for the rich and another for the poor , « ad Btili-furtBer weakens the authopiw of th « ' law

      . . The offence whn which rhe # e men ape charged is awtembKng-tumul . fciously large numbers of people , and usiag in . iamortatory language to excite the people to violence . J We have a great objection to prosecute or punish « nen for words or for aiFj- opinjon * , ur for the influenoe of those ¦•[ irniorw , 'because the danger obviously remits altogether from the disposition and temper of those to vtdom the language w addresued , ; and te punish a ' -speaker boc . auee bw words make a gieat impfession on tbwn , > ii » tOBuniyh him for thuir-feelings . Suppose Brown and ITuwel kad addressed thistl « ng « age to too benoh of bishopc , or to the general aeaembly , or *» the « entkmen who nvee . t at the Cachm Club , it would have exeiteu

      enly the mo « tcoirtei ^» tuous indifference ^ hat because it happens to strike a chord in the tosoaas of the workmen it w held U be criminal , and the opinions wot thy of puniehmeBt . Now , we protest at once against the principle « f deciding that the -opinions and language of any man are -criminal by the temper and opinions of his auditory . The magistrate * belong to the . class who are alarmed to the clas 8 « rho object to tbe conduct of the Chartista , as an attack on their pnkilegeH ; and if they are to condemn Mesure . Br-owo . and Fussell beeau (« e their language excites feelings hostile , to their privileges we are afraid an additional injustice will be done ! Great excitement , our reporters asture us , exists in Hirmingham . —Sun , Satur'Say .

      Birmingham , Friday night , 11 o clock . The excitement caused by the arrest of Brown and Fussell this morning has not altogether subsided . There wan in the courue of the evening a meeting in Smithfield , at which there were between 6 , 000 and 7 , 000 persons present . They were addressed by Mr . O'Brien and Dr . Taylor , from which a little information will b « gathered aa to the intentions of the magistrates , and what proceedings will be adopted by both parties . Jinking and Field , the police spies , ventured to make their appearance in disguise , and were immedia ' ely recognised by some pewon in ihe crowd . On finding they were known , they attempted to walk

      off in opposite directions , but portions of tbe mob followed each of them , and commenced yelling and groaning terrifically . Those who accompanitd poor JeDkins 8 ooa closed round him , and began " bonneting" land jostliHg him about ; but finding there was a likelihood of hie beiug rather roughly handled , he assured die "gentlemen" they were mistaken in regard to his ptr » on , and in the most piteous terms besought them not to harm him . This appeal induced them to consider whether they had possession of a * py , and prudently taking advantage of this cessation of " physical force , " the unfortunate Jenkins contrived to sneak off . Had the fellow received a gound drurbing , it would have been tbaa

      no more every creeping scoundrel who lends himself to so vile and odious a system , and which is go repugnant to the feelings of every honest Englishman richly deverves . Field contrived to pop hiii body into a sbop ^ iu Smithfield , the door of which was instantl y cloted ; but 2 C 0 or 300 persons still remained outside . "hooting / some of wbont expresstd an eager desire to give him " a dueling . " Their attention , however was quickly arrested by the arrival of Dr . Taylor and Mr . O'Brien , which was the signal for a simultaneous shout of hczaa ; and leaving Field to consider whether he would show his face-at any further meetings of the men of Birmingham , tfeey proceeded to the Bpotfrom which the Bpeakers were to address them . —Sun .

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      Worthy of iMiTATioN .- ^ -The Earl of Radnor has presented to the parishioners of Britford , near Salisbury , a handsome collection of hooks , for the purpose * ; of commencing the formation of a village circulating . library . .-. ¦ . .. . GsOGBAPHlCAt . Prizes . —At the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society , U was announced that the' council had this year decided upon giving two itiedalfl for geographical discovery . The firsr , or King "William ' s medal , had been awarded to Mr , Simpson , for his zeal and perseveranae fri : his ' over * land , Arctic expeditien ; and the "Patron ' s Medal " to Dr . Ruppell , for h . i » reBearohes into tbe interior of Africa . ¦

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      SHALLEq ? i > Death of a . Wife . yjfOB * yto LENCE . —An inquest was taken on Wednesday afternoon before Mr . Wakley , » t the Ancbori Bagwgge : Wellt-raac , on the body of Mary , Qopkef , aged 40 , who w , a » admitted into Qlerkepwell , workhouae en Saturday night last , upon an ordef ' of the parish surgton , to whom she had stated that she was very ill , in consequence of her husband having kicked herin the aide about three . weeks before . J ^ r . Cla f ke , the surgeon , deposed that deceased made the above statement , and that when he saw her at the

      workhouse she complained of pain in the chest . She ( lied in tbe afternoon of Monday . On examining the body he found no marks of violence whatever . Thti liver was much enlarged , and possessed all the appearance of ardent drinking . There was great vascularity of the peritoneum , extensive adhesion of the pleura to the side of tke chest , aud the lungs were gorged with blood . Was of opinion that de&th had been . occasioned by pulmonary i&fl immation brought on by ardent drinking . Mr . W 3 Kley , after viewing the body , observed that there was enough disease to have killed balf-a-dozen horses . Other

      witnestei having spoken to the intemperate habics ot" the deceased , the jury returned a verdict of" Natural death , accelerated by the drinking of ardent spirits . " . Fatal Accident in a Thbatrb . —On Wed . nesday week , during the performance of-the A' / o / , at Market Dray ton Theatre , a percussion gun , use ^ by one of thv performers in the piece , was accidentally dropped , when it went off , and ihe muzzle at the time of its exploding , being only a few inches from the- breast of a boy , named John Merrill , he was shot to the heart by the wadding , and instantly expired . The wadding was found in the left ventricle of the heart . '

      Ihe Northern Star Saturday ^ May 25.

      IHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY ^ MAY 25 .

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      To insure tbe success of an undertaking , it is as necessary , to reconnoitre the posts , to watch the movement ) , and provide against the assault * , of the enemy as it is to arrange your own plans of operation . It is a great fault , in the major portion of politicians , that they generally prosecute their schemes , as though no oppoding influences were at work ; and thus we not unfrequently see the work of years destroyed by a sudden attack , which timely caution would have defeated . So much of an

      exordium , and now to our subject . In every country , where an attempt is made to alter systems b y the establishment of a new principle , the innovation is seldom met , by an immediate negative ; it is first allowed to burn for a time , lent notice might give strength , and in the hope that contempt and disregard may operate to it * deatructien , as opposition is always sure to enlist sympathy . When the principle receives support sufficient to be considered dangerous , if not opposed , even then it is not met boldly but by stratagem . A Juste milieu party immediately springs into existence , seeking to merge popular opinion into expedient compromise , and to vest all that has been done in

      new trustees , who invariably , as most trustees do , turn all to their own acoount . Having first stopped the current , the next : step is to dry up the source . Over and over again , we have told our readera that there exists no Household Suffrage party upon principle in this country , that tbo * e who advocate the icheme merely do so because they conwider its agitation tbe safest antidote to the

      poi « oB of Universal Suffrage . We have farther said , aud now repeat it , that if to-morrow the demand for Universal Suffrage should cease , the ghost of Household Suffrage would , upon the folk-wing day , be buried in the same grave . This question is g o important , from the fact titt . t an attempt wijl be made to cajole the people , by tke substitution of a new Brick and

      Mortar Suffrage for the old ten pound pile , that no stone stiuuia » jf ton ¦ muruea iu warn me-couutry against the danger of compromise , or even parley with the ¦ enemy . Une total abolition of tithesm Ireland was demanded -and would have been obtailed , but fqr the appropriation arbitrators , between the Government and the Catholic people of Ireland . When die garris » n was thus surprised , the next stej ^ a « t » take advantage of the moment of repose and confidence *• knit tithes mare firmly than ever to the land , by-dividing the plunder between a larger

      number of defenders of the system ; and now abolish tithes who can . The total abolition of stamps upon newspapers would have been effected , bat for the juste % mUeu party , who , by their arbitration , have cheapened the newspaper of the rich man , and deprived thefoorman of his right to the cheapest knowledge of his own and his country ' s affair * . Man- « elling would have been abolishsd , without £ 20 , 000 , 000 of money , and without slavery-apprenticeshi p , butfor the interference of the Juste milieu party ; and Universal Suffrage can only be stopped by the machinations of the same faction , who , in the

      persona of Daniel O- ' Connell , and Joseph Hume , will set their wite to work , and strain every nerve , to add one more faded leaf to their tarnished laurels , by arresting our sacred cause , if they can . When a faction gains confidence , the time is invariably employed , not in pushing the principle which they tender as a substitute for that surrendered , but in taking care that it shall be of such a nature as to be rejected by the people , thus proving the people fickle , factious , and revolutionary , and affording the pretext sought for , of " governing by the strong arm of the law . "

      These remarks would go for nothing if we were not able to prove that Household Suffrage would be an unjust measure iu principle , if carried out , even as the unsophisticated friends of the measure suppese it would be , while at the same time we shall show the vast amount of destitution , of dependency , of weeping , of wailing , and gnashing of teeth , which it mast entail , it its working . Household Suffrage would be unjust in . principle , because it would disfranchise every servant in the Kingdombecause it would , in many cases , make a Tory a

      Whig , or a . Radical father , the depository and organ of the opinions of his sons and household , many of whom may hold opinions at direct variance with his . Thus would it cause contention and strife , where peace and harmony should reign . Household Suffrage wpuld disfranchise , every soldier and . jailor in the country ; and though we may dislike hired murderers , yet we look to their enfranchisement as the only means of making their present occupations unnecessary . Household Suffrage would disfranchise the greater number of commercial travellers , of clerks in the several Governmrat effieesi in the

      » everal banking audljurga commercialestablishments . It would disfranchise the several shopmen in the various shops throughout ; the ' Kingdom : in abort , it would disfranchise every man who ought to have a vote , Because he has not a honse . If we are answered with a lodger ' s clause , we say " worse and werse ;"• because the' Bttvanta of the Aristocracy and the classes which we-have enumerated above should , in such case , either do the Household work or go in quest of a House of difiirent politics . Household Suffrage , then , would be jjnjugtin principle . Let us now see the result to . which its most nattering anticipations , would lead . The

      course which ' we ^ e " h ^ r prrohig i ^ absolntelyi uecessary , inasmuch as many ' . g ^ apd conacieju ' tioa . pereuns may be seduced from our rtnks by the Bup-j position * that our . i : efu » al of . so great a boonj justified - the . severe . ' ienMccJationfl ! " , ' ' . wfiifihT " h av ^ been sa uBspftringly heaped upon to , and nMji tend to a belief that , we arVnofconlEy mojcalTeyoinB ^ isti ? but sanguinary . / dea ' frticiitefi . This ' course ip rieces * sary to show the mean trick . and sophiutry by , which

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      the ^ pnnciple Uniy « r * al , Suffrage , will be mtt , and aiio to exhibit ei her "ihe uttei imbecility aui ignorance , er the recklessBess and great f > xpen 8 e at whi ^ h bad men . would deceive a nation to carry a point . Suppose . Hoinjehold Suffrage , for ' argument ' * sake , to mean that every man who lived in a hbuie should have ,, a . vote , what then ? Wh y , that few would have a house to live in , and men would indeed . become . the swinish multitude , pigging together to give to wealth t ^ at ' preponderance which' anystandard of Suffrage but Jtiiat of jnind ' must ' eVjer . give to it . Weaay that HoujtholdfSugrage woulf lead to desolati on j nay , more to a complete

      dependency of the poorttBoi ^ the rid ) .. - ' . . J ^ V w now , in order , t ? prove , oujr position , take an agricultural view ¦ of the case , and . , argue from premises whick cannot be digturbed . We sappose , ^ then ,, a landowner , with ten thousand acres of land , divided into farms of fifty ^ ac / eg each , each tenant having three houses occupied , by labouxerB . Howy in g ach , case , would the scale of . representation go ? Landlord ,, one vote ; tenants , two hundred votes ; iabourew , six jhundred votes . How , leta hilf-fool ask himself ,, would the kndlord nteserv * his political ascendancy against inUreats-w powerful , and conflicting ? Hawould , as regards the , tenant , make him a

      teaantat-will , and thereby destroy his energy and deprive his family and the nation of thoae several exertion * and benefits which , under a more certain tenure , would be- severally conferred upon both ! How would ha meet the labourer P By making him , as a condition of the tenants' tenure a resident in the ^ tenanU' house from week to week , liable to be 8 ^ nt about hiR business upon the eve of

      an election , or upon any sudden emergency , thus subjecting the whole ' tight hundred to the dominion and control pf the feudal lord ; and , mow humane than Marcos , preventing marriages instead of murdering their produce , as none but single men would be engaged . Either such would ' be resolfc or with the , ballot , the defeat of a Nominee of > Committee of landowners would be folio wed > y , the Irish clearance system , aad . then should we have

      weeping and wailing and gnashing ef teeth . What would the manufacturers do ? £ uild humao stable * adjoining their mills , ; turn their slayjia into beasts ef burden ^ feed them in Jtrougha , a » d upoa the eve of an election , if we had a lodge ; r > cl » U 8 e ; and the ballot , either insure a yiojalioj } ,, qf the iatention of ^ both , or flear the Augean atabie ^ . tUL themselves and the shopkeeper ? * ndj ^ ber » , T > f their party had " made a House . " . . Will an ^ map tell m that a spot of building ' ground .. , wpul 4 . be let to , a working man , whereoatobn ^ ldhispoUtiiial . teinpleP

      Will any man tell . us that the uncertainty o ^ . tgaare , which in Ireland has led te the insecurity of life aud property , wouhl . not produoe the samej result in England ? . As labour has been the battle-field , who so foolish as to suppose that wealth , which is , tte plunder from wages , would share the privilege , L , by which the plunder is legalised by their own act ; . ? The very operation of the system , irs working and effect , would be to stopTJniversal Suffrage altogether . What ! tbe ; wealthy enter into , a compromise ' . with

      the poor , by which the rich man shoulipay three thousand , or fifty thousand , according to his station , for his franchise , while the poor man oould ; procara his far ten or . twenty pounds ? Let not ; the people ; b 3 deceived . Durham and Warb are to be the prime movers—tke principal architects in this newbuilaiog and let them be assured that if it passed to-morrow , in order to delude till wealth tried its working , they would so olog the thing with residence , rate-paying , and other anomalous clauses , thatwe . snoHl < J , have &

      new acceptation of the word house ^ pr ift % r adoubl ^ - accepution ; th us-h-o-tt-a- ^ , a . ihin ^ ta ^ Te ; in ; h-o-u-s-e , a thing te vote out of , and as ^ aa , . appendage to the latter , we shpnld not be aatopished ta - nna toe rojiowing provifciona necesaaxy , ^! wuuBHvuiea parli amentafy h-o- u-s- e : r— "And be it ftttthef-enac ted , that every perron clairaiog a right ta-so Wat-anelection for « Member of Parliament , jhaU pr ^ duce » Mrtifio » > e » « ig ^ € ii bv the Clerk of the Peace , ; . « ^ KMBQ ^^ CItork , or sach other officer as b y this Act jSJjall be empowered to sign the same , according ta th » punted form . set iorth in uihe&ule-Z-oUhif ^ &tt , : and certifjipg aa follows : —I , A B , do certify , that . . ; I now occupy and have resided in a house ia the :

      parwk of Black ¦ Acre , for and during the whole "pace of three years last past , and that I have paid ail my rates , and ; other assessments due np . to and for Lady Day last , and that my , house is 33 £ feet long and 20 % wide in the clew , with . gables l $ y feet high , white front , green door , and . brasi knocker , and that over the mantel-pieee of my said house are two portraits , the one ef the Sight Hon . B ,. Lambton Earl of Durham , laie Oovernoi

      of Canada , atod another of Geo . Henby Ward , Esq . M . P . for Sheffield , joint architects ' of thin my temple of knowledge f and that 1 still cmitiinue to occupy the said house , thus minutel y described in the certificate which I now tender a ? my qualifi . oatiori for voting , and in virtue of which I vot « for my landlord or for ' ^ employer , or for their nominee , as the case may be . " Can any " man trust Daniel O'Connell , who disfranchised the Irish FortyShiiling Householders , ( for their tenure amounted

      to no more , ) while he would now create as servile a dependency in England , as that which he so abhorred in Ireland . Audacious ruffian ! consummate villain ! Once cease jour present glorious agitation , and when palled with a new popularity , during which he will lay the foundation of y « ur eternal ruin , he will kick you from under him as he ha * done tae Canadians , - the Irish tithe-pajer » , tie trades , tbe Dorchester labourers , and the Glasgow spinners . Remember tlie Appropriation Clause ; and ponder well ere yoa give hear to the evil spirit . So long as the

      possession of one man ' s property constitutes another man ^ franchise , so long will property only be represented . The Irish Coercion Bill was supported upon the plea that it would insure that reign of tranquillity '' which must ever precede the rule of justice . We got ' the tranquillity , but where is the justice ? Do you not see that the time of alarm , o ( doubt , and of fools ' hope was occupied in ' strengthening the Executive by a standing army , called the police , and by enactments for disarming ' the people ; white all other classes were more firmly united b y partnershi p

      enactments which , subjugated- « oul and hod y , and land , and labour an . d opinion , andprinciple of the poor in equal proportions to the classes above them . Why is Ireland now tranquil ? ' BecauieMevery man who could take 4 part in , or rwisV the people to agitation , ' has been bought over . Ireland is now a vast « ea ^ un ^ dungWD ^ a' cltrtid eapprf prigon , and a military garrUon . lrin few ' words , let us prove eur - analogy ; Ireland ceuld-have abolwhea tithes m 1832 . C Ireland could not now abolish tithes . •¦ \ EngJand can wtw carry Universal ^

      Suffirage , while the rranjuiflii ^ neeeawf f ; the agitation of HduBehiJld Suffrage , wouloMw devoted , to' the strangling of both measure * , bv ' ffife uno pposed establishment of rural police , by bfobd ^ ^ ein mente , by ^ viafng the pojWlar ranks ' , ' ffld -by quartering more - felly ' tne ^ irhele trine of opprMsors upon natrve rafastry . * I W * . rfa y ^ therefore , let the ' pebple ' bewkte- of fifeB ^ ireenbld Suffice trap .

      ^ aw U | aii . j&Ji ( .-1 tf'Ui& d « liM 6 Vw . HeB ' w ^ 'i ^ 'lh ^ ut 0 tf ' < m *\ & ^ ifeoji&i "we rttoiW- ttBatitoa ^ oljecsTtor' eW . > Th ^ lcDentf w a ^ tf ' delu ^ on , . whjchiieiiHer' cajj ^^ Jrinteii ^ aV ^^ osw ^ r . J ta oatewib > , purpo 0 e ^ 9 ^ »?^ J ^ i : ^^ aS p-<« nn thig poBitioa against ^ lrccntrovewyyi a ad 1 ir « :- ^ ; ' |^ Hi ^ : © 8 « aik ^ WAk »/ - 'd <^ irwitl and Hume ,. waUt ^' b y their Householct ^ i « ik ; ^ the discussion- ' ¦' " "" ^ y : * - * ,-,,, ? ** :

      Houseliold Sufekage.

      HOUSElioLD SUFEKAGE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1058/page/3/