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      ( WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ) , ' 78 , . B&lQG ^ EEOM TfiE TOP . H HIGGINS be ^ leave to ^ form the Public that he is We ^ y ^^ ? Som ^ lanuSr ers whose circumstances compel them to offer their Goods at the following astomsbv ing depressed Prices : — ' , , '' . , ¦' _ .. ¦ ¦ . . '¦¦ / . . "' ;¦ : v . ; ' ; " , ¦ :.: ; ¦ . "¦¦ ; ; ' - : - . r ::: ' - -- ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ . '¦ .- ¦¦ ¦ Broad * Wool-Djed Black qiotha , ... at 6 s . 6 d . and 7 s , 6 d . Pf Yard . ~ Superfine Dittt , Ditto , Ditto , Ditto ...... at 83 . 6 d , 9 ^ 6 d ., andl 03 . 6 d . ~ Olives , Browns , and Green , Ditto ,...... at 53 and 6 s . fid . ~ Superfine Dittoj Ditto , Ditto , Dittor ...,. at 83 . fe ., 10 ? . 6 d ,, and lls , 6 d . ^ Su perfine Invisible Green Ditto ,......... at 8 s . 6 d ., 93 . 6 U , 103 ; 6 o * ., and lls . 6 d . . — _ ; BlueDitto ,........ ^ .. .....-.:.. i « at 6 s .. € d . 7 s . 6 d ., 8 s . 6 d - 9 a ., 10 s . 6 d ., and 12 s . ~ Doeskins ........... ........ at Is . 6 d . andUpwards . Drab Cassimeres ................... I .... . at 3 s . Sd . and U pwards . . ¦¦ '•¦ ¦¦ Wool-dyed Black eassimere 3 ,. i ... i .-...... aM 9-6 d- andupwards . Waterproof Twaeds ,....... ; .... ......... at 2 s . 3 d , 64 ihs Druggets ,. ; ............................. rails . 2 d . All Goods warranted Perfect . Wholesale Buyers served upon the same Terms as at Jihe principal Warehousea . 78 , BRIGGATE , TEN DOORS FROM THE TOP .

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      How sweet the enjoyment of liberty ! How braoing and healthy its air ! . Playful and free , like the waves of the sea , Tte patriot longs to be there . Sweet is the sraila of affectionate love ! And sweet ' tis to pillow me there ; On the bosom that swells when its soft-heaving tells v She ' s my own—my beautiful fair . But sweeter than all is the blessing of health ; Since without it enjoyment must flee ; The raptures of bliss are enhanced by this , And man from his thraldom is free . 'Tis at hand—may be gain'd by us all ; ' Tis in nature ' s own chariot and car ; The blessing ofhealUi and of honour and wealth May be found ia the'pills of Old Parr , These invaluable pills may be had of most of the respectable chemists and dealers in me dicine throughou the United ICingdpm , in Boxes at Is . l ^ d ., 2 s . 9 d ., and family packets , Il 3 , eact . Full directions are round each box . Be careful to not © that the words " Parr ' s Life Pills" are in white letters on a red ground , as these only are genuine .

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      MOTHERS . ON MOTHERS have depended in all ages the strength and well-being of Empires . Every well regulated state has possessed laws directly subversive # f all that might injure the development of mind , retard the improvement of morals , or been destructive to the physical beauty of the female form . This feature in good government was not peculiar merely to the independaht States of ancient Greece , but stands out in bold relief npon the pages of Roman history ; their statute books being filled with provisions for : ennobling the female character ; stamping vho hardy race of Ramans as : the most philosophical among the learned , the greatest among the free , and best qualified of all others jo give laws to the world . How necessary this was to their success or to the success of any great empire remains to be considered ; and the downfall of each va without doubt traceable to the indifference and neglect with which the rights of their woinen . have b ' een treated . On this subject one of the most powerful writers of the day has the following :- — " The social influence of woman will appear more obvious , if we notice a little more in detail the circumstances over which she exercises a direct and almost exclusive control , ia the training and education of the individuals of which society is composed . In the first place may be noticed her great influence over the physical well-being and happiness of man . It is from the mother that the physical constitution of the human being is . chk-fly-derived , - and ' , it more generally partakes of her peculiarities of bodily and mental endowment thaa of the other parent . The healthy structure of tho child ' s frame , it need scarcely be said , depends for the most part on the mother . And of how great importance is health to the human being ! I Is it not the basis of all moral and mental development , and absolutely indispensable to the enjoyment of happmesSj either of mind or of body 1 Next in value to health of mind , is health of body . Good health is happiness and success , as ill health is misery and defeat in the great struggle of life . The one is the most terrible betueathment which a parent can give to a child ;; the other ia an inheritance above all price or purchase , and without which life can never be enjoyed as it ought to be . " How necessary then is it that mothers should not only Btudy their health but be made acquainted with a safe , cheap , and infallible remedy for the numerous disorders incident to the human frame . As a promoter of health and a rembver of physical debility Parr's Life Pills stand unparalleled in the history of patent medicines . Tens of thousands among the working and middle classos as well as hundreds among the aristocracy hare been , cured by their use when all other prescriptions have failed . ; Cases of extraordinary curies in Leeds as well as elsewhere , are occurring daily * to the truth of which the medU cine vendors , Mr . Hoatoh , Messrs . Bel ] and Brooke , Mr . Smeeton , Mr . Reinhardt , and Mr . Joshua Hobson , will most gla dly testif y * The following has just been received from Mr . Heaton : — To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pilk . u Gentlemen , —I am happy to inform you that we are daily hearing accounts of the good effects of Park ' s Life Pills ; to enumerate the oases would be a task too formidable for me , and which has prevented my -writing to inform you before , as I can hardly tell where to begin . One man said he wanted a box of Life Pills , for Life Pills they were to him , they had done him so much good , in relieving him of an obstinate cough and asthma . " Another said they were worth their weight in gold ! as he was not like the same man since he had taken them ., " Another said his wife had had a bad leg for years , but iifter taking one small box , which was reconimended by his Glass Leader , her leg was much better , and when she had taken the second box , it was 4 uite as well as the other . " A very respectable female said her husband had been afflicted abo \ e two years , and hadtriedmany things , but since he had taken Parr's Life Pills he was quite a new man . "You will please send immediately , by Deacon's waggon , thirty-six dozen boxes at la , ljd ., and six dozan at 2 s . 9 J . " I am , Gentlemen , yours respectfully , John Heaton . ' 7 , Briggate , Leeds , Feb . 9 th , 1842 . " To Messrs . T . Roberts and Co ., " 9 , Crane Gourt , Fleet-street , London . " Extract of a Letter from Mr . William Hick , Northern Star Qffipe , Leeds . "Leeds , Feb . 22 , 1842 . "Gentlemen ,- —Your pills are really doing immense good in Leeds ; to particularizo cases would be useless , and would occupy too great a ; space , suffice it to say that one individual who had been long confined to hia bed , under the care of a doctor , aad propped up with pillows , has beert completely restored by takiag a few boxes . The pills have beea particularly useful to'married women afflicted with headache and general debility , as also to some afflicted with every kind of disorder ; andi it is worthy of remark , that many talented individuals who have been accustomed to rail at all advertised remedies , now frankly confess to mo that Parr ' s Life Pills are really a good medioine , and worthy of general adoptiou . lam Gentlemen , Yours , respectfully , W . Hick , Northern Star Office , " Leeds . " CAUTION-BEWARE OF IMITATIONS . In order to protect the publio from imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps have ordered the words *» PARR'S LIFE PILLS , " to be engraved on the Government Stamp , Which is pasted round the sides of each , box ^ in white letters en a red ground . All others are spurious . Prepared only by the Proprietors , T . Reberts and Co ., 9 ^ Crane Court , Fleetstreet , London , and sold wholesale by their appointment by E . Edwards , 67 , St . ^ Paul ' s ; also by ^ ^ Ba rclay and Sons , Faringdon-street ; and Sutton and Co ., Bow Churchyard , Londsn ; Ji Hobson , Star Office , Leeds ; and may be had also of Messrs . Bell and Brook , Druggists , Boar-lane , Leeds ; Spiyey , Huddersfield ; Blackburn , Bradford 5 Sweeting , Knaresbro ; Rayner , Sowerby Bridge ;; Booth , Rochdale ; Sams , Stockport ; Sagarj Heywood ; Hughe ? , Middleton ; Crompton , Bnry ; Bell and Co , Aehton , j Lees , Stayleybridge ; Ta , ylor , Hyde ; Bennett , Leigh ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; and all Med > cine Venders . Price , Is . l&d ., 2 s . 9 d ., and family boxes Us . each . Full direction ^ are given with each box . Gkatis . —The Life aad Times of Old Parr , who lived to be 152 years of age , 32 pages -with fine EngraviBga , Anecdoces , Poetry , &c , and Remarks on Disease , Health , and the Means of Prolonging Life , may be had gratis of all agents for the sale of Parr ' B Life Pills .

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      Satisfy the mind first , before you draw upon the ppeket , and you will Tieitfier be the dupe nor victim of Professional or nan—Professional quackery , READER , if you wish to understand the uatural cause and cure of disease , read and 8 tudy M'DOUALL'S MEDICAL TRACT , published by Cleave , 1 , Sho » Lane , London . Price One Penny * „ „ , , •„• • ' If you wish to remove successfully and naturally the diseases therein described , purchase M'DOUALL'S FLORIDA MEDICINES , Prepared by P . M . M'Doualli and Sold Wholesale and : Retail , at 1 , Shoe Lane , London , to which place all applications for agency , &c , must be forwarded . '¦ -. ¦¦ . -- .. . ' ¦ ' - ¦ • . - . ; -. . "¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - .. - K B . Wholesale prices most liberal to all Agents Retail price , per Box of 36 Pills , One Shilling and Three-halfpence , Stamp included . No connection with any other Patent Medicine .

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      CHAHTIST PILLS . IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED * MR . J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds , having accepted the Wholesale and Retail Agency of those Pillsj is authorised to give Twopetce 1 out « f each Is . lid Box , to be divided between the Executive and the Families of the Imprisonea Chartists . ¦¦/ .: .. ' ¦ . - ' : ^ ' r- : ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ' - ¦ '' \ ' ¦' : The many Medicines lately offered to the public would have prevented the proprietor fromadvertising these Pills ( although convinced of their efficacy ) , tiid he n « t feel it his duty to give his , emffering fellow Ckarti 8 ts an opportunity ( by their affliction ) to forward the cause of Democracy , and assist tM families « f tkeir incarcerated brethren ; T * no we is health so important as to the Working MajijWken deprived of it his means of , subsistanco are suspe » ded and his sufferings aggravated by reflections •» his poverty , and the helplessness of his family . , ; „ These Pills are not put forth as a cure for all ¦ diseases , but their use will avert much of the illness usually affecting the Working Classes . The Pioprietir has witnessed with pleasure their extraordinary efficacy in aumerous instances of loss of appetite , head ache , heart burn , palpitations of th « heart , bilioua and nervous diseases , pains in tht stomach , and other symptoms indicating an impetfeet acU « i of the Digestive Organs . : v To those of sedentary habits whose trades confiae them in an unwholesome atmosphere , and perhaps for hours together in a continued posture , thereby inducing habitual : costiteness , indigestion , and nervous debility , they are strongly recommended and have been found of essential service , as they enable the system to throw off those morbid accumulations whick occasion disease , at tbe same time streBgtheainj !; and giving tone to the stomachy and invigorating the whole system , by . these mean * establishing health on a firm foundation . : U » til Agents are appointed generally , those persons who wish to try them canre < 5 eive abox , _ with ample directions , post-free , by sending ; One Shilling in silver , and two Postage Stamps ,-in . a pre-paitt Letter , to Mr . J . Hobson , Star Office , Leeds . Applications for Agency will be attended to , and the terms sent by return fPostj by writing either to Mr > Hobson , or to the Proprietor . All Letters to ba Pre-paid . V

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      VALUABLE WORKS . Just published , prioe 2 s . 12 mo . bound in cloth , FIFTEEN LESSONS ON THE ANALOGY AND SYNTAX OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , for the « se of adult persons who have neglected the stHdy of Grammar . by William hill . Also , Price One Shilling , bound in Cloth , PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES , Selected from the best English Authors , and so arranged as to accord with the Progressive Lessons in the foregoing Work , BT WM . HILL . Also , Price Sixpence , THE GRAMMATICAL TEXT BOOK , for the use « f Schools ; in which the bare naked principles of Grammar , expressed as concisely as possible , are exhibited for th * memory . Publisked by Cleave , 1 , Shot-lane , Fleet-street London ; Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds ; Heyw « od , Manchester ; Patonand Love , 10 , Nelsonstreet , Glasgow ; and all Booksellers .

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      ; MEDICAL ADVICE . TO THE AFFLICTED WITH SCORVY , VENEREAL , OB SYEHILITIG DISEASES , BHETJMATISM , A * D NERVOWI OR SEXUAL DEBILITT * j ,, ' MR . M , WILKINSON , SURGEON , &o . 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds . And every Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , Opposite East Brook Chapel , Bradford , HAVIN G deyoted his studies for many years exclusively to the various diseases of the generative and nervous system , in the removal of those distressing debilities arising from a secret . indulgence in a delusive and destructiTe habit , and to the successful treatment of '• ¦ _' ; ' - ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : ' ¦ : VENEREAL AND-SYPHILITIC DISEASES , ( i ! ontimies to be consulted from nine in the morning till ten at night , and on Sundays till two , —an * country patients requiring his assistance , by making only one personal visifcf will receive Buoh advice and medicines as will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual cure , when all other means have failed . In recent cases of a certain disorder a perfect curt is completed in one week , or no charge made fox medicine after that period , and in those oases whert other practititioners have failed , a perseverance ia his plan , without restraint in diet , or hindrance from business , will ensure to the patient a permanent amd radical cure . ;¦ It frequently happens that in moments of thoughtlessness a person imbibes a disease where snspicion is least likely to be exoited ; this state of security leads to a want of caution which aggravates the nature of the oomplaint . But where immediata application is made , the corroding poison is checked in its infancy , smothered ere it takes root ; and destroyed before its venom can effeot a perceptibla appearance in the system . —Where the disease has been allowed t * exist and remain , the more cause have we to fear the ukdermining influence of this poison , aad a mere removal of its external appearance is not to be depended upon ; a thorough cure must be achieved to prevent a return of the disease , aud leavethe system free from all infection . A complete knowledge of the symptoms and treatment of these insidious and dangerous diseases , can only be acquired by those who are in daily practice , ana have previously gone through a regular coursai of Medical Instruction ; for , unfortunately , there are hundreds who annually fall victims to the ignorant use of Mercury and other dangerous remedies , administered by illiterate men j who ruin the ^ constitution' by suffering disease to get into the system , which being carried by the circulation or the blood into all parts of the body , the whole frame becomes tainted with venereal poison , and most unhappy consequences ensue , at one time affecting the skin , particularly the head and face , with eruptions and ulcers , closely resembling , and often treated as scui'vy , at another period producing the most violent paina in the limbs and bones ; which , are frequently mistaken for rheumatism ; thus the whole frame becomeg debilitated aud decayed , and a lingering death puts a period to thoir dreadful sufferings . What a grief for a young person in the very prime of life , to bo snatched out of time , and from all theenjoyments of life ; by a disease always local at first , and which never prpve 3 fatal if properly treated , as . all its fatal result 3 are owing either to neglect Or ignorance ^ ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' . ; . ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ . '¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ; .. ¦' ' ] ' "¦ "''¦ - " . : . - ; : M ? . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or return his fee . ; For the accommodation of either sex , where distance or delicacy prevents a personal visit , hisj PURIFYING DROPS , price 4 s : 6 d ., can be had of any of the following agents , with printed directions so plain , that they may cure themselves without flTeil the kuOW * ledge ofa bed-fellow , : ";' They ar 9 particularly recommended to be taken before persons enter into the matrimohial state , lest the indiscretions 01 a parent are the source of vexation to ^ him the remainder of his existence , by afflicting his innocent , but unfortunate offspring with the ' QYil eruptions of the malignant tendency , and a variety of other complaints , that are most assuredly introduced by the same neglect and imprudence . . ' : ; . ¦¦ -. - •; : iOENTS . . ' . ; ' . . ¦• ¦ : '¦ ¦¦• ¦• ¦ '¦ . • . ' ¦ . ' : Hull-- At the ^ rfuer / jscr'Oflxce , Lowgite , andMr . Noble's Bookseller , Market-place . Leeds , —At the Times Office , and of Mr . HeatOBi 7 , Brfggate . . ; ¦ ; Wakefield—Mr . Hurst , Bookseller . Halifax—Mr . Hartley , Bookseller . Huddersficld—Mr . DeWhirst , 39 , New-street . London-r-No . 4 , Cheapside , Barnsloy—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Mark « t-pl . Yprk- ^ Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 6 , Coney-streeti Ripon—Mr . Harrison , Bookseller , Market-place . Knaresboro' and High Harrogate ^ -Mr . Langdal « y Bookseller . Manchester—Mr . Watkinson , Druggist 6 , Marketplace . .:. ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ••;¦ . ' ¦¦ .- .. ¦¦ ::. ; ¦ . . ¦ - ' . ¦ '• . ;• . ' : ¦ : ¦ . , . .. ¦ ¦¦ :- ¦ . ¦; ¦' - . Beverley—Mr . Johnson , Bookseller . Boston—Mr . Noble ^ Bookseller . Louth—Mr . Hurton , Bookseller . Liverpool—At the Chronicle Office , 251 Lord-Street Sheffield—At the Iris Office . ¦ . ^ Persons residing in the most remote parts can have the drops transmitted to them by post ( pre-paidi ) carefully secured from observation , by remitting & ! . maletter . ; . . ' . ¦ ;¦ . ; . ¦'¦ ¦ . • ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ;¦ . ; . ¦ :. ; - ¦ Mr , W ., is to be consulted every day at his Residence , from Nine in the Morniae till Tea at Nightf and on Sundays frpin Nine till Two . OBSERVE--13 , TRAFALGAR-ST . LEEDS . PaiYAiB Entramcb . 67 , Nh-e-mebetJ

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      THE WHOLE CHARTER FOR ONE HALFPENNY ! I WITH ENGRAVING OF BALLOT BOX the SCHEDULES , &c . &c . " Every working man , for the charge of a halfpenny , can now procure for himself and family the above all-important document , and we sincerely hope the masses will now do s * . n —Northern Star . EMMETT'S SPEECH ! Now p ublishing , Price One Penny , the splendid speech of Robert E « mett , Esq ., who was executed in Dublin , for High Treason , in the twenty-second year of his age . EMMETT AND IRELAND ! Just published , price Is ., an interesting Memoir , from authentic sources , of the lamented patriot Robert Emmett ; incidehtally Retailing the Origin , Progress , and disastrous Terminatioii of the Irish insurr « otion , 1803 , &o . Embellished with a splendid steel engraved Portrait . Thia edition ihcLudea the Trial , celebrated Speech , &c . &o . 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      NOTTINGHAM—On Sunday last , a delegate meeting -was held in the Democratic CnapeL Ttie following persons were present : — Messrs . Sweet and Castor , for Nottingham . Mr . Hamilton , for Button and Mansfield . Mr . Hankin , for Carrington . Mr . W . Brown , for Old Basford . Mr . ?» ewstead , for JJeeston . ~ Mr . Carrington , for Kancliffa Anns . Mr . I ^ ngBfiale , for Lambley . Mr . Hiljer , for Calverton . Mr . Anthony , for Arnold . Mr . B . Brown , for Hncknall Torkard . By Letter from Ruddington . Mr . Hamilton was called to the chair , and Mr . Sweet officiated as secretary . The delegate * gave intheir report of tbe progress of Chirtism in iheir Y&rioaB localities—paid their quota to the Missionary'Fundafter -which Mi . Carrington moved , and Mr . Gaster seconded the following resolution : — " That we discontinue the services of Mr . Taylor , at the expiration of the quarter . "—Carried , with one dissentient Mr . Car- ' xington then moved , and Mr . Newstead seconded , * ' Thl . t the thanks ef this meeting axe due , and are hereby given , te Mt . Wm . Dean Taylor , for his eminent

      services in this locality , for the past nine months ; and "We strongly recommend him to any district who are in "Want of a talented lecturer . "—Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Hankin , and seconded by Mr . Caster , " That this meeting stand adjourned to this day month , in order to give the constituency M opportunity of conirifjowng tlie propriety of engaging another lecturer . "Carried unanimously . Every town and village in the ' district are respectfully requested to seed a delegate to the next meeting , ¦ which "will be held on Sunday ,-the 8 th of May , at one o ' clock as noon , in the I > emocratic Chapel . Nottingham . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Secretary , and the meeting dispersed .

      LEICESTER . —Mr . Bairstow preached an lmpres-Bve and pathetic funeral aermon in the Skaksperean rooms , on Sanday ni ^ ht ; after -whi ch a collec tion was aude amounting to £ 1 . COLNF . —A . Chartist meeting was held at Salterford-lane-baad , Colne , on Sunday last , for the purpose Of showing that the Ckarier is preferable to any tflin ; hitherto bt ought forward by the middle classes , and likewise preparatory to tie holding of meetings bjbtj Sunday , in some central part of North Lancashire , during the sitting ef the Convention . A resolution was moved and seconded , that a meeting be holden on Sunday next , on Marsden Heights ., which was earned unanimously .

      NEWARK- —At our -weekly meeting on Sanday last , it -BT 2 . 3 proposed and unr . nimcusly carried that our Association for the future do meet on s Monday je-rening at seven o'clock . There will be a general meeting , on Monday evening next , when business of great importance Trill ba brought forward- Any lecturer coming to Nottingham or Mansfield , if they will come to Newark to lecture will be remunerated for their services , provided they give us a few days notice of the same All commccieatioES must be addressed to Mr . Thomas SiTr . Triu , sub-Secretary .

      MACCLESFITliO , —The County Treasurer and the Secretary delivered to Mr . Christopher Doyle his c ^ dentials as member for the county in the Convention , and at the same time hanged over to him £ 7 13 a . Idfeeing the amount of funds , then in taeir hands , for the Convention ; and Petition Sheets containing 46 . 274 signatures . Toe Petition Sheets are still in course of signature . The County Secretary has since to acknowledge the receipt cf the folio-wing sums from NorttJ-¦ Wich » 10 l ; Nantwkh 10 s . j Congletcn , 10 s -, Campsiafl Bridge , 19 s .

      IiONDON . —District Corscii At tiiis meeting on Sanday , favourable reports -were rtceived from the localities respecting the remuneration to lecturers , recoamended by the Committee . The sum ef £ 2 10 s . ¦ was received from the Carpenters' Anns , Brick-lane , for the Convention ; ££ from Liniehonse ; and £ l from tlis Albion ; ] 5 s . from the shoemakers , at the Crown and Anehor , Watsrloo-town ; 153 . from the weavers at the Back ' s Head ; £ 1 from the Goldbeaters' Arms ; and 3 s . jer Mr . M'Gregor , from a new-formed body of shoemakers . Several sums were also received for the Londvn Council . A deputation waa received from

      "West Ham , requesting assistance in . Terming a locality . "Messrs Sidley and Stall wood were deputed to attend . After the transsction of other business , the Council adjourned . A meeting of two delegates from all the localities-unrepresented in the District Council , and the metnbera of the District Council was then held pursuant to the request of the Executive ; and resolutions Trsra adopted for the purpose of centralizing the- energies of the men of London during the meeting of the ensuing Convention . A Provisional Committee consisting of two from each locality was appointed for the purpose of getting up public meetinp . &c .

      the Ladies' shoeiuxees held their weekly < meeting at the Haberdashers Arms , Mitton-street , on Sunday . Mr . Braanon lectured on the Charter and after a vote of thanks to him , the meeting broke up . LECTtmE . —In the absence of Mr . M'Grath , Mr , Fraser delivered a powerful address on the principles of de Charter , in the large room of the Queen ' s Head , Cambridgg-r ^ ad , iasj Sanday evening , to a numerous and respectable audience . Several new members were . -enrolled and signatures obtained to tha National ; Petition . - Shobeditcil—Mr . Bogy Ridley lectured last Sonday . Six members were enrolled at the conclusion of : the lecture . i Tchveb HaHLETS . —The members of this council , met as usual on Sunday evening last , at the Hit or Miss , "West-street , Devonshire-street / Globe-fields , when much business cf importance was transacted , and a desolation iras unanimously passed , that the councilmeeting sha . il commence every Sunday evening at six o'clock , and close precisely at half-past seven . The localities of Limehouse , Hackney , the Rose Twig , Fully , and the Albion , Shorediteb , are earnestly requested to seed two delegates each , to sit npon the Council , as bustnessof vital importance -will be brought l \* fA » fl *¦ \\ em ¦

      bespangled with flowers , and covered with sunshine ; Justice will and shall finally prevail ! What are the ' people ' s prospects at the present moment ? not cold , 1 blank , and cheerless , aa many of the "Whig faction I would have them believa i bat fall of hope , life , and I encouragement . The Whig faction is out of power ; I the anti-Com Law humbugs are dead and buried ; the i , difficulties of th » Government increase on every hand ; [ tho Affghan " barbarians , ' as they are termed , ( but j who by the bye are becoming suddenly civilised , ) have ; cried havoc , and let slip the dogs of war , on our welli armed and well-disciplined forces , and have made

      ; thousands to bite the dust The Chinese will not be [ easily conquered ! Seeing the many difficulties that ' surround them , the present Government has been . forced into a measure of partial justice . They are now j ^ convinctd thai they can levy no more taxes on con--fumable articles ; so that they must get them where i they can , and have proposed an income tax of abont 3 per i cent , to be paid by all ( except the farming interest ) ' having incomes of . £ 150 a-year and upwards . They have also proposed to lessen the duty on foreign articles ; coming into this country , ( on some cases considerably ) on upwards of seven hundred articles ; so that this will have a tendency to increase the comforts of the

      labonr-Teetotalless , Cbows Coff . es House , JBeajc-STBEET . —Mr . Mee ably addressed the assembly meeting at this hoes ; on Sunday evening . Mr . Wheeler also attended , and spoke at considerable length . SH 0 E 51 AKEE . S , STAR COFFEE HOrSE , GOLDEN AJ . I . E . —Mr . -Whitesides addressed tae meeting on Sasfdsy evening , asd gave every satisfaction-Chahter Coffee HorsE , Streiton GaorxD . — Mr . Farrer del ; - ? ered a-- able and instractive lecture here on Sunday feTtiiing , and "was mnch app ' aniied . Political Institute , 55 , Old Bailey . —Mr . Wteeitr delivered a iLC ' -urehere oa Sunday evening ., and was greatly zpr . lsuaea .

      SHOEHAKET-a . CLOCK HOUSE . CASTLE-STREET—Mr . Farrer lrcturcxi t < ~ > a mnntiv-cs asstmUuge , and caiis-.-i 1 an a-idition vi s . Teral meml > = ii tc their ranks on Suudsy ever . ic ^ l ^ t ilr . Ford poinu d out the advantages of formic g Tract Committees . Mr . Wynne spoke at considsr ^ Hie length tn the same subject , and a variety of tuilnezs connected with the locality -was fcsnscted . READING : —Mr . E . Stall-wood addressed a large concourse of peop ' e Lere . en Thursday taul Priday last , in the large School Kxiq of Hope ChapeL At tlie condusiou a vote of thank 3 was given to the talented lecturer .

      MANCHESTER . —At the Chartist Rooms . Brownstreet , on Sasday evening list , Mr . James Cartledge delive ^ sd & lectsrs oe osr present prospects compared with past experience . At the clnsa of the lecture it ¦ was unanimousJy resolved thit " The Manchester committee f ji the restoration of Frcst , Williams , and Jones , fee called together -with instructions to bring the casa of these exa . triate-1 viciinis c-f Whiggery , fetfore the public of Mar . chesttr and district , more than it has been of late . " ECCLES . —Mr . Jores . from Liverpool , atttnded here on Friday tven-sj ; . a ^ d gave one of the most instructive and convincing " : e-w : ures tver delivered in this villase .

      _ HAWOHTE—Mr . Ed-srards delivered a BOUl-fitir-* ing lecture J ^ rs , en the ereQing of Saturdav , in the Pore £ ter " s Hall , tc a respectable and an attentive audience . The lecturer , a youth cr . lj- jest cut of his teens " , in the course of his address explained the natire and origin of Governments , in a stria which would have done honour to a rtucb older head than his . Ha dwelt at great length und -trS beifeve gave genvral satisfaction in exposing the fallacy of any measure short of the entire Charter , conferring or bringing about , the future Kilvation of our couttry .

      CMELTEHBAXa . — Mr . Edward StaUwood delivered his Becond lecture on Tuesday evening last , after ¦ which tits following resolution vss unanimously adopted— " That -we , the members of the Cheltenham Katlonal Charter Association , in public meeting assembled ., dfefeni it incombect to declare our unabated confidence in Mr . James L&ach , P . M . M'Douall , John Campbell , and Morgan Williams , for their perseverance in the ad-Yocacy and direction of the Charter movement , and deeply sympathise with them in their laborious and difficult undertaking , increased as it is by the allurements of cunning mprnim and pretended friends . We therefore pledge onnelTes to abide by their advice as long &a they aSaeie to the principles for the advancement of which they \ rera elected .

      Crow axd Tyereix's Beeakfast Bevesage . — Proceeds due to the Executive , for the week ending April 9 ih , 1842 : _ s . d . Mr . Leach . Manchester 9 0 Mr . G . J , Harney , Shtfneld ... 3 6 Mr . J . Yates , Potterie 3 3 6 Mr . Brooke , Leed 3 3 0 Mr . Vickers , Belper 3 0 Mr . Baird , Bolton 3 o Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 1 6 Mr . Robshsw , Dewsbury ... l 6 Mr-JoneSjNorthampton .. ; 0 9 £ 1 8 9

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      CARLISLE . —On Monday evening , a public meeting of the Chartists of this place took place in Mr . Blythe ' s Beeming Machine Room Water-lane . After a balance sheet of the funds of the Association had been read , the following report was tubmitted to the meeting ';—" Report of the Council of the Chartist Association of Carlisle , April 11 th , 1842 . —Your Council ought , in the first place , to apologise to you for not calling a public meeting for the purpose of changing the members ef the Council at the expiration of the first quarter . This circumstance arose from matters of a pecuniary ehsjacter , and not from any desire ( we can assure you ) on our part , to remain in office for a longer period t ^ an that allotted by the recognised rules of the Association Your Council considered it better to remain in office

      for a longer period than they were called upon to serve , than to allow the Association te suffer any inconvenience for the want of a Council . In regard to money affairs , yon will have perceived from the balance sheet , which has just been read to you , that the principal item of expenditure is the sum of mon 6 y paid for the defence of William Blake , who was charged with assaulting a policeman while in discharge of hia duty , during the late election ; and of which offence he was cleared at the Cockermouth SeBsUnB . This was one of several cases of prosecution , which arose out of the late election , and -which were obstinately and unfeelingly persevered In , by our late Mayor and his Whig associates of the Corporation . In the prosecution of the charges to which we have alluded , there was a spirit

      of revenge and vindictiveness displayed , truly charaej teristic of the low , grovelling and narrow-minded Whig , faction . Doubtless thes * creatures of Whig creation , j were eager to walk ia the blood-stained footsteps of j their masters Lord John Russell , Fox Maule , Lord ¦ Normonfey , and others of the late Government , who have rendered nugatory the few good acts they committed by the enactment of the accursed New Poor Law , j the Irish Coercion Bill , the Rural Pflice Force , and j other acts of a similar atrocious character ; but more j especially have they rendered themselves despised and j despicable by their truckling aud cowardly conduct , ! and more so still by their uijuat and cold-blooded pro-I secutions of some hundreds of the Chartists . Yes , the I voices of Frost , Williams , and Jones , have been heard

      ; from afar , and have been re-echoed back by those of 1 the dungeoned patriots of our native land , proclaiming ! with joy unspeakable , the funeral knell of this debased , I degraded , and sheffling faction . In addition to the i Bum of about £ . & and upwards , expended in ' Blake ' s defence , there -was a further sum of Beven shillings paid for defending him at the Town Hall prej . vious to his committal , and which is not named in ! the balance-sheet , but which snm was received from : some of the country districts . There is also a sum of ; £ 5 due to Mr . John Saul , for defending the former : prisoners at the Assizes , and which it will be the duty I of the forthcoming Council to take immediate steps j to discharge . Abont two months ago , as subscriptions [ had csased to come in , your Council divided the town

      into twelve districts , appointing two collectors t « each , to call up an those persons most likely to subscribe one penny weekly to the fnnds of the Association ; which plan , we are happy to say , has been successfully carried into effect , and only requires to be vigorously followsd up , to enable the forthcoming Council to meet any demands that may be made upon it . You will remember tbat the ConTention for the presentation of the National Petition is now assembled in London -, and though you have not been able to send a delegate , yet it is no less your duty to support it , for it is acting for the general good . Time is pregnant of events ; and if you wish to have a powerful and effective Council , you must choose men in whom you have the greatest confidence , and in whose integrity you can place the

      strictest reliance ; and , above all , you must place at their disposal the means cf being useful in serving yonr cause , and the cause of public liberty generally It is to be regretted that some of those clever men , In whom the people have hitherto placed the greatest confidence , and whose talents and abilities have been wielded in . the cause of puWic liberty , have partially seceded from the peopled ranks , by attaching themselves to the Sturge party , wbo , it appears , are in favour of - what they are pleased to term " Complete Suffrage , '" but which is only a portien of the Charter ; and which , if carried , would fail in producing those good and salutary effects , which the entire Charter would most certainly secure . It is somewhat remarkable that some of Mr . Sturge ' s followers are men who assisted in drawing up the People ' s Charter , yet they

      now seem to be content with a portion of what they formerly required . Can these men deny that the whole of the Charter is just ? No . ' Then why be content with a portion of justice ? Evidently for the purpose of again cajoling and deceiving the people , as the Wkigs succeeded in doing with the Reform Bill . Let the people beware of trickery of every description ; let them not be cast down at the loss of those whom they had been led to believe were their sterling and staunch friends—let them stand stedfastly by the Charter as a measure of complete justicelet them know their rights ,, and , knowing dare Triaint-Jtin them . ; let them closely adhere to principle ; then they will feel no disappointment at the loss ef those wbo may prove false or treacherous ; and though their path may be overclouded aad rugged for , a -while , it will finally be pleasant and

      agreeablein g man—to enlarge our commerce and extend our manufactures ! There is no working man who ought to find fault with this measure , as far as it goes , for it -will not only benefit him more or less , but it will rapidly increase the number of Chartists amo g the niiddle classes . Oh ! there is nothing like direct taxation for making them feel ho-w -very disagreeable it ia to pay about £ 3 for every £ 100 of income . How the manufacturing and commercial interests are squalling . The hypocritical dogs , they looked very smirking when the pestage "was reduced—they did not then complain . Oh ! no ! but snugly pocketted their hundreds a ^ year , while the working man was scarcely benefitted at all by tbat measure . There has been many complaints made in the Whig journals , about the hardship

      and inquisitorial nature of the proposed income tax ; but few -working men would complain had they the tax to pay ; and -who ought to be so -well off as the -working man ! It is urged that professional men ought not to be Eubjf ct to the tax in the same degree as those having an income from property ; but there is no class of men , "who get their money more easily and more plentifully than la-wyers , attorneys , and doctors . So long as a man has an income of £ 150 a-year , he ought and must iin whatever way he secures itj pay the tax . Bat there is an evident unfairntss , in Sir Robert Peel only taking from the farmer ' s income , estimated at half their rent £ 155 , 000 ; while from the professional and commercial classes he takss £ 1 , 220 , 000 . Sow either the agricultural interest ( says

      the Westminster Review } ia really the most insignificant in the country , and if so what becomes of the millions sterling , to an incredible amount , that we are told nre employed upon the land j or this ia an extreme case of legislation . But it is even worse on examination than at first it appears , for the mode by which the farmers are to bs assessed will allow them to escape altogether . Aa no income less than £ 150 is to be taxed , a farmer ¦ who pays less than £ 300 a year rent , although deriving perhaps an income of £ 600 per annum from his farm , will p :: y no portion of the tax ; and in respect to farmers at-ovo £ 300 per annum , what will be easier than to difide ibeni nominally anaeng the members of a family ? We deplore the -wrong about to be committed , aa bringing odium on the principle of

      taxation , m itself just , and which when confined to realised capital is undoubtedly the best mode of ohtainlcg a revenue , because it is that which interferes in the slightest degree with the productive interests cf the country . But the working classes must not tspeet any great or permanent good from this measure ; for they are still unprotected against the attacks of the spoliator . Every advantage will be taken of the good accruing to the working man from the measure . Never until he is securely protected against tyranny and oppression , by having a voice in making the laws by which he ha 3 to be governed , will his physical and social condition be improved ; never will he be able to successfully resist villanies which may be practised upon him . Sir Robert Peel haa certainly shown himself a bold man in proposing such a measure as the Income-tax ; indeed he clearly foresaw the great and manifold difficulties he would inevitably be placed in , had he not taken the means of raising ample funds

      for the carrying on of his Government Bnt he has not been bold enough to be honest , or bis reforms -would have taken a much wider range ; he would have grappled with that monster , the national debt ; he would have reformed the overgrown church establishment ; he would have materially curtailed the revenues of the crown ; he would have considerably reduced the Civil List ; he would have purged the courts of lav ; he -would have lessened the salaries of Government officers ; and above all he would have taken away all sinecures and undeserved pensions . But these reforms are reserved for a Parliament formed under very different auspices than the present—a Parliament chosen by the people at large , and not as at present by a very limited number of the people ; -who never consult the wants , wishes , and feeliigs of the great bulk of the people . We have ventured the foregoing general remarks on the present state of the coxmtry , trusting you will receive them in that kindly spirit in-which they are conveyed . In conclusion , we call upon you to he firm , united , and determined ; stand

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      stedfastly by your Charter ; let no petty differences cf opinion divide you ; support those great and good men -who have stood closely by yon in the hour of danger , and who have suffered severely for you * sakea —who have braved " the battle and the bretsa "—who are still the mndaunting , unflinching champions of your rights and liberties . Stand by yonr O'Connors , your O'Briens , your Campbells , your Leaches , youi M'Doualla , in short , all those men in whom you have bad good and sufficient reason to place confidence . Discountenance all those who do not support your cause , -which i 8 that of eternal truth and universal justice . Despise the middle class man as yoir bitterest f ae , who would deny you justice , and above all things , do not go cringingly and support him by your custom , while he iB assisting in keeping from you your just rights . In the words of Mr . O'Brien , " Let them come to yon , do not join them ; they must join you . Say as Jeremiah says , ' the rulers must come to the people ,

      and not the people to them . " The middle classes must come to us . They may go for complete suffrage , but we will go for a more complete suffrage . Do not do away with your organisation ; do not do that to please the middle classes . Let me show you the power of union : —a cable is composed of tiny fibres , which the fingers of an infant could tear asusder , or its delicate breath blow into the air ; but when firmly entwined together , they will securely moor a forty-gun ship . If each of you let your tiny strength bind firmly and closely together , like these tiny fibres of the cable , you will become strong—nay , all-powerfal . If you have sympathy for each other , aet aa if you had but one pulse and one soul ; if you would do that , all the powers of earth and bell could not prevail against you . " Mr . Beelej moved and Mr . Martin seconded the adoption of the report which was adopted ; and thanks having been voted to the chairman the meeting broke up .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . CARLISLE . Mr . John Armstrong , Mr . Robert Pagan , Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , Mr . Thomas Roney , Mr . James Arthur , Mr . James Ferguson , Mr . Jacob Beeby , Jan ., Mr . William Knott , Mr . Thomas Dawson , Mr . Jamas liutton . Mr . John Noble Hodgson , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Henry Bowman , 21 , Union-st . sub-Secretary ,

      CHATHAM . Mr . Henry Williamson , rope-maker , Caige-lane , Rochester . Mr . W . F . Warren , shoemaker , Town Quay , Rochester . Mr . Charles Castle , brush maker , Old Churchlane , Chatham . Mr . Benjamin Bruce , shoe-maker , Holborn-lane , Chatham . Mr . Clark , shoe-maker , Clover-lane , Chatham . Mr . Gibson , blacksmith , Brompton . Mr . Wifiln , shoemaker , Strood , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Kingsford Jeffens , shoemaker , Chillinger ' s Yard , sub-Secretary .

      CATiTERBURY . Mr . Gasrge Cole , Broad-street , painter . Mr . Thomas Cole , Sieve lane , tailor . Mr . Sa . niuel Welb , Palace-street , shoemaker . . Mr . Stephen Oakinfull , Palace-street , turner . Mr . John Martin , Military Road , baker . Mr . John Andraetta , North-lane , carpenter , sub Treasurer . Mr . Edward B . Addis , Dover-lane , currier , sub Secretary .

      CAMBOTJRNB , CORNWALL . Mr . Henry Bennett , miner , College-row . Mr . John Glanyill , miner Trelowarren-street . Mr . Hanibal Nicholas , painter , Fore-street . Mr . George Mancarrow , painter , ditto . Mr . James Skewes , jun ., cabinet-maker , College row . Mr . Skewea , sen ., Trelowarren-street , sub-Trea surer . Mr . John Hocking , engineer , College-row , Bub Secretary .

      FIJfSBUBY . Mr . J . Knight , 39 , Baltic-street , St . Luke's . Mr . Philip Martyn , 8 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . John Fussell , 13 , Northampton-road . Mr . Henry Smith , 8 , Red Lion Passage . Mr . David West , 11 , Lizard-street . Mr . Robert Fuzzen , 36 , Margaret-street . Mr . Cornelius Bentley , 69 , Provost-street , City Road . Mr . James Smith , 10 , Baker ' s Row . Mr . James Champion , 2 , James-street , Goswell Road . . Mr . Richard Cameron , 12 , Dorrington-Btreet , Sub-Treasurer . Mr . John W . Watts , 12 , Lizard-street , Bartholomew-square , Bub-Secretary .

      KORW 1 CH . Mr . Baldwin Howlett , ginger beer manufacturer Mr . John Nicholls , bricklayer . Mr . Miles Debbage , wood turner . Mr . William Yaxley , white smith . Mr . Samuel Goat , weaver . Mr . Thomas Wallbank , dyer . Mr . Thomas Gifiord , tailor , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Bell , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . Mr . Richard Lawson , framework-knitter , Currantstreet . Mr . Joshua Carrington , ditto , Paradise-street . Mr . James Wardley , frame-smith , Canal-street . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maker , C&Btle-streeti Mr . John King , framework-knitter , Ten Bells ' - Mr . George Pickering , shoemaker , Union-place , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Skerritt , shoemaker , Currant-street , SHb-Secretary . . ^ fc f -.-,.-.- ¦ - „ - r ^ f

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      PROTEST AGAINST THE MEMORIAL OF THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA . When from a mere feudatory province Prussia rose into a kingdom , the doom of Poland seems to have been resolyed . With Prussia originated the dUmemberments . What Europe stigmatised as the murder of a whole nation , was a scheme conceived , proposed , and executed by Prussia ' s most enlightened monarch , Voltaire ' s friend , the author ef thd anti-MachiaveJ , Frederick the Great , without whose suggestion even his worthy ally and colleague in greatness , the infamous Catherine of Russia , would never have dared to insult the opinion of the world by such an act of wholesale

      robbery . But upon a party confident m the promises of kings , even this experience was lost ; and when deluded Polish patriots were endeavouring to substitute the national constitution of their country by a newfashioned ai » d more monarchical one , they implored and obtained the support and guarantee of Prussia and sealed the dowcfil of Poland . The Prussian armies entered the Polish territory to defend its constitution against those of Moscovy ; aud then they joined them . Prussia played the part , not only of an assassin but of a traitor ; and what price of blood she then received , she still enjojs . anil boasts of allowing the use of the Polish language and provincial mockrepiesentation among her favoured subjects of the Duchy of Posen .

      Even so late as ten years ago , -when a part of our country enjoyed a glimpse of emancipation , and her destinies were counterbalancing those of Moscovy , Prussia furnished support , ammunition , and a free passage through her territory to the Rnssian armies , and turned the scales in faveur of tyranny . The sons of Poland went disarmed in search of an hospitable refuge , and encountered in Prussia fcer bayonets , her bullets , the hoofs of her -wai-horsis , the edge cf her swords . After those unarmed pilgrims had passed through the butchery of the Fischau and Elbingen , they had to endure four years of hard labour in the casemates of Graudentz . And what was the reason ef all those cruelties ? That the sons of Poland had prtferred exile to slavery , and had not obeyed the summons of Prussia to re-enter the dominions of her beloved ally Nicholas .

      And such are tbe benefits for which an " Association of friends of Poland , " in a memorial presented to the Kin ? of Prussia , and signed on the 30 th of January , 1842 , by lord Dudley Coutta Stuart , expressed to him their thanks . . ¦ But they did even more ; for those who spurn any amnesty as implying an avowal of &uiit , where there ¦ was only the fulfilment of duty , the society begged a gracious admittance under the paternal Bway of Prussia , provided they were bearers of certificates of gojd behaviour ; that is to say , of submission to the unlawful dominion of one of the murderers of the conutry . And indeed , if they obtained not the whole amount of their wishes , they got for the inhabitants of Prussia , Poland at least , a confirmation of an amnesty derogatory to the rights of our country , and for the inhabitants of provinces incorporated with Russia , the promise of his Majesty ' s kind offices with bis ally and co-partitioner Nicholas .

      So then the Kins of Prussia , the still illegal occupant of a part of Poland has bean recognised by those who call themselves Poland ' s friends , not only as the Russian autocrat , the chosen intercessor who has to accomplish their reconciliation , and to deprive Poland of the only representatives she possesses among free-born nations ; the King of Prussia has , in fact , become a member of that association , with which he henceforward promises to cc-operate , and which in reward of thia co-operation , pledges itself the fidelity of his lawful subjects , thereby becoming of their own accord , the foreign agents of his kingly government . Nicholas himself will be appealed to in behalf of the Poles , and we see no reason why he should be excluded from the right of becoming a member of an association from which his accomplice in the robbery cf Poland ' s independence receives congratulations , heaifcfelt thanks , and * * " ¦•¦ " reports upon the conduct of his subjects . . If the cabinets , who all more or less , have been aiders and abettors of the several partitions of Poland , had

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      -- ¦ - " ¦ ¦ . - ' ¦ ' i- ' ¦ :,. ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦• '¦ : . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - . '¦ : ~ - . ¦¦ exchanged notes of a similar nature , we should have nothing to say ; the public would not be deceived as to their tendency , and our silence could not be construed into assent . But , -when those-who assume in England , the title 6 t representatives of Poland ' s wiBhes , put forward the distress of a number of Polish refugees as a plea to justify their transactions With one of our tyrants , it becomes our indispensable duty to protest against it in eur own name , in the name of the emigrants and of the Polish people in general , and above all in the name of the most sacred rights of bnr coantry to independence and integrity , and this duty we hasten ; to

      fulfil . I- ' ; - :- : , - -:- " ' ; . ; ¦¦ : ¦ : . ^¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦}> , \ : ; ' / ..:. May this protest give to the English public a cue to our constant opposition against the politics of Lord Dudley Stuart and his associates , in spite of the efforts they have undoubtsdly made to relieve the sufferings of many of our fellow exiles .. : Material Bufferings , death on the field of battle , or on the scaffold at home , or « xileand destitution abroad , are the lot we have voluntary chosen , rather than submit any longer to the violation of the lights of our country . ; And should some relief afforded ia bur

      present distress , or the procuring of means to returnunder the yoke of our ; oppressors , ^ induce us to be grateful for the injury done to those , -visry rights ? No , and therefore we shall persist in protesting even against philanthropical associations , whenever , like the King of Prussia , they try to make us forget the rights of our country by affording us individual benefits and relief . " Man shall not live by bread alone , '' and it is not a morsel cf bread far which we shall sell the imprescriptible claims of our fatherland , to independence , integrity , and freedom . "

      By order of the meeting , Jourf Haciski , Chairman , Joseph Gleinich , Secretary March , Ttb , 1842 .

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