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    • THE WHIGS EXPOSED M THE I,ATE HENRY HUNT, M.l'., FOR IMUiSTON.
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      ( Concluikd from thj Star of t \ ov 21 . ) In order to protido now places and fre « h putromigo , tlu-so ir . en have got a Nuw Court of Bankruptcy cRtii . blifhed . T in ; old ono whs certainly 11 very Imil ono , but the matter of complaint is this , Unit the new commissioners cost the country upwards of £ 40 , 000 n yeiir , and one might havo supposed that out of the eighty old ones , siiinc » t least , might have boon found to umlcrtnko tlio duties of tbe nenr Court . But no , not a soul of thorn was appointed ; the places aro in the pntro ? inge of tliu Lurd Chancellor , who has appointed new Commissioners , and the old ones aro enjoying themselves very snugly on retiring pensions taken from the pockets of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) With regard to the Grey family , I will only « iy that , sometime ago , when a statement appeared in the papers , showing that they received £ t > 3 , 000 a year

      irom the taxes , which lias since been very much Increased , I asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his place in the House of Commons , whether or not it was true ? It was really very amusing to see the effect which the question hnd upon the house . It seemed like a thunderbolt , every one seemed struck with astonish , ment , and I was in hopes it was at the largeness of the sum ; but afterwards discovered that the house was shocked at such a question being : put . Lord Althorp got up and said that it certainly was true , and as some persons must fill the office for which the salaries were paid , there could be no objection to Earl Grey putting in his own relatives . ( Laughter . ) Thus , you see these amiable Whigs don't work for nothing at any rate . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) It is scarcely necessary tor me to call to your recollection , the Butch loan affair ,

      as it is so recent a transaction ; I will , however , just advert to it for the information of those who may not have paid much attention to that famous job . Many years ago , it was stipulated by England and Holand , to pay to Russia a certain targe sum of money annually , so lo . ig as Holland and Belgium should be united . You all know , however , that nearly two years ago , these countries were separated , and the Dutch , very prop ' erly , thereupon , •' topped paying « heir quota of the money ; but the honest , liberal , patriotic Whigs of England kept on paying the money without even asking the permission of Parliament ; for Russia , y » u know , was a 5 that time very much In want of monry to assist her in annihilating the brave and magnanimous Poles , ( Great disap . probation ; '' three groans for the Whigs and the ltussians . " ) Gentlemen , I am aware that this is adry detail

      of facts ; I came here , however , to Rive you facts , &ud I pledge my credit , as a Member of Parliament , for the truth of all I have stated . ( Cheers . ) Were it not that I am fearful of exhausting your patience , I could go on with these damning facts for some time longer , for the Whips hare given me plenty of materials . ( Loud cries of " Go on . " " Go on . " ) Well , then , ( said Mr . Hunt , ) I will give you one or two more examples . You may have heard that there are at Oxford a number of professors , who teach mathematics , the languages , < fec , to the sons uf the Aristocracy , but perhaps many of you do not know that you have the honour of pajing those professors £ 1 , 000 a year for instructing these scions of nobility . When I opposed this grant , nothing could exceed the opposition with which I was assailed . Hon . Members wondered how I could be sucli a Goth . " Who . " it was

      said , " besides the Member for Preston , could stand up to object to so aseful an expenditure . " ( Laughter . ) I assured the house I did not object to those professors being paid for their services , but I did object to the so » s of the Aristocracy beinjr educated at the expense of the poor weavers and mechanics , particularly whilst they were prevented from even buying knowledge for themselres . ( Tremendous applause . ) Gentlemen , I have another item of Whig expenditure in my list , and with that I will close this part of my subject . During the war it is said that it was necessary to employ secret agents and spies to learn what was doing in tbe enemy ' s camp , itc , and that as these spies must be paid , the Minister must have some monies placed at his disposal for this purpose . Now , I am not disposed to dispute this . I dare say these spies are very useful in the

      enemj ' s camp , but you all know very well that they have not been confined to that duty , but have been sent into the people's camp where they have also been found very useful to tyrannical Ministers . ( Loud cries of hear , hear , and much cheering . ) It would scarcely form , a good item in the Exchequer accounts , however , to say , "Paid Messrs . Edwards , Oliver , Castle ., and Co ,, as spiesin the manufacturing districts , and for entrapping so many men . " ( Laughter . ) And , therefore , the Minister is not required to enter monies , paid for these very Useful and creditable services at all , and the money is granted him by Parliament under the convenient head of " secret service money , " for the expenditure of which no man is entitled to call the Ministers to account . ( Shame , shame . ) The sum of £ 10 , 000 was regularly allowed to the Tories , out of tliu Civil List , under this

      head . Now , you will say this was bad inough , but , alas your friends , the Whigs , found this sum by no means sufficient for their purposes , and honest Lord Althorp moved , with great complacency , that £ 44 , 000 be added , thus making the whole grant £ 05 , 000 . ( Great indignation was hete exhibited by the meeting . ) I said that eren a grant of £ 10 , 000 was disgraceful for such a purpose , in a time of peace , bui , to ask for £ 44 , 000 in addi . tion , to bribe the Press was infamous . ( Cheers . ) To try the character of the h"use , I mored that the sum be £ 2-2 , 000 in addition , but was , as usual left in a minority ofles 3 than half a dozen members . ( Shame , shame . ) Now , if the wholo people of England could be told that single fact of the conduct of the " retrenching , patriotic " Whigs , would it not be sufficient to make them rise up . in indignation against such a . false hypocritical faction ? ( One tremendous shout , " Yis . " )

      Now , said Mr . IT . for a specimen of their legislation . We all know what a boast tliey made about their measures for Ireland—Stanley said they were going to extinguish Tithes in Ireland , and what is their method of extinguishing Tithes t Why , to collect them at the point of the bayonet . ( Hear , hear . ) No less than 30 , 000 troops are krpt in Ireland to enforce the impositions of the Established Church . ( Immense cheering . ) A state of things like this cannot last . The Government are rigourously prosecuting all those who have attended and taken any part in the late anti-Tithe meetings ; and I firmly believe that if they succeed in this , they will next attempt to put down the Political " Unions in England . ( No , no , they never shall . ) They have already put down the public meetings in Ireland , and 1 am of opinion they will try the Unions of England next ; and , have a care , that what are called the leaders of the

      people , are not among the first to call out for this measure . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , ul ' ter the few facts I have disclosed to you this evening , I ask any reflecting man in this assembly , whether he imagines the Whigs are likely to relieve this country from its present distress and miseries . ( Loud and universal cries of "No , no . " ) And yet if any man dared to say anything about these things , he has been uniformerly denounced as an enemy to Reform . If Reform , however , is to produce such measures as those 1 havo this night enumerated , and which , be it remembered , are all the acts of the boasted Reform Ministry : —wh y , then I say , we are much better without it , than with it . ( Cheers , ) But no , inj friends , we must not—we will not—proceed in this way . The people of England will unite and demand a real Reform , which shall place the government in their hands . ( Renewed applause . }

      I dare say you have often h ' . ard it said during the last two years , ! . ' what is Hunt raving about , hav ' Ht the ministers cutoff fifty-six rotten b troughsV Yes , and so far as that goes I thank them for it ; but when they told me the people would be satisfied with the Bill , and that it was to be a final measure , I denied that they ' would be satisfied , or that it would be accepted as a final measure , and this meeting gives me a proof , if it were wanting , that what I said was correct . ( Cheers . ) But how come they to determine to disfranchise ) only fifty-six boroughs , when it could be proved , that there were others equally rotten ? ( Hear , hear . ) I will tell you what they attempted in the first bill . In travelling from Newbury , to Bath , there are three places called , Marlborough , Calne , and Chippenham ; the first belongs to the Earl of Aylesbury , and is a very neat maiktt town ,

      as is also Chippenham , but Calne is a little dirty village , belonging to the Whig Matquis of Lansdowne . Now , in the first Reform Bill , the Ministers had disfranchised Marlborough and Chippenham , and retained Calne , but in consequence of an investigation which took place by tbe interference of the bouse , those three boroughs changed situations . ( Hear , hear . ) You have all heard Of the Duke of Newcastle , and a regular boroughmonger he is ;—( laughter , )—well , what have Ministers done for him at Newark ! There are now 1 , 400 electors in that borough , which the Reform Bill will reduce in a few years to 300 , nearly the whole of whom will be tenants of the Duke . Again : —at Preston there are now 7 , 000

      electors , which will in like manner be reduced in a few years to about 900 , and other places are in a similar situation . So that you see , when the truth is told , whilst the Whigs have been lopping off rotten boroughs with tbe one hand they have been creating them with the other . ( Cheers . ) These are the things of which I complained , and for which I was nearly ruined and tlis men of Birmingham were among those who denounced me most : I throw no blame , however , on you , because I know it was the press that deceived you , and I come not here to night to set myself right , but to set you right . ( Hear , hear . ) So Ion * as the people will suffer themi » lres to be deluded by the press , firat crying up the

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      Whig fiction , than thoTory fn . tlon . no longiWill one or iirtlh of them , lmvu tliolr hands In your pockets . ( Loud nnptntiK )! . ) ' !¦ '«>«> what I Imvo told you this evening , I trunt you will hold mo Juntlflod for refusing to give my rote lit fttvoiirofLiiriMJurliurtott's motion of confidence In tho Ministry . llccmintlnir n » I <»< l « n m y mind , the various nuts » f tho WhlgB nineii they lud come into office , 1 felt tlmt I could nil noon hnvo willVred myself to bo cut to jileflen , us to give my \ otoof confldcne- in such n set « f men . ( Mucll clieorlritf . J Why , gentlemen , did not the WhigB riuiimtn . n In tho Btron «« Rt pomiiblo terms , the ennulmi'iit "f tho liifornnl Blx ' AoUt and yut no nooncr worn Ilicy In power , limn they proceeded to onforcowlmt

      > rerelcfl <> f them , with ten-Cold . did rigidity of . their pre-( 1 cesfliim . ( Henr , lionr . ) Why nro riion , who now profesR themselves iloformers , but who would havo put to deatli Ilioso who unlK-d out for Reform in 1820 , lo charge mo , who luivenptMit two yours and n half of my llfoln a miserable dungeon , for my exertions in bchnlf of the | ieo | i ! e . Why , I »» J nre thi-y to charge mo with being i » the puy . or In imv miy fighting the bnttlim of the Tories , ( llenr , lierir mill JotiJ clioem . ) Ood knows I am m frlnnd of the Tories —! hope , at no distant day to bring these inonsterB to justice for the atrocious murders In Maiii'licstiT , In the month of AuguRt , 1819 . ( fmrnciiBe nml Itiiifr (!( intliiucd npplnum ) I firmly believe , that union A wn soon havo such n Kuforin as shall iniiko the

      not'kiug classes proPperoti !) and happy , confusion will reign . ( Hour , henr . ) Tho preclmiN Wills Hill ' » II 0 W being complninod of nil over tho kingdom ; I find that in l ' roflton , objections havo been inailo to no less tbiui 1 , 400 electors , purposely to givo trouble and to tinnoy the Reformers . There nro not moro thnn 700 , 000 electors in nil Eng land out of tho Acvcn or clghtmillionn of male adults ' , and I will now deliberately put the question to you as I havo done to every assembly of the working classes which I havo met since the Bill was proposed . " So far as you understand the Bill , do you think it is calculated or that it was ever i ntended to do the working classes any good V [ Mr . Hunt put this question by a show of hands when it was unanimously decided in the negative . ] Why ,

      gentlemen ( continued Mr . Hunt , ) I tell you plainly that the Ministers themselves never said it would . Whenever Feel got up and denounced it as a revolutionary measure , — " Phoo , phoo , " said Lord Althorp , "does the house imagine tlmt my noble friend , the paymaster of the Forces , who stands at the head of the ancient and noble house of Bedford , would have brought forward a measure , which was calculated to injure the Aristocracy in any shape or way V No , no , to be sure not , this Bill by bringing in the middle classes , was intend to enable tho Whigs to carry on the government as nearly in the old way as possible . Mr . Hunt then sat down amid several rounds of spontaneous and enthusiastic applause .

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      THE VETERANS ' , ORPHANS ' , AND VICTIMS ' FUND . Bbother Chartists , — Our respected and indefatigable sub-Secretary , Ryming John Arnott , has addressed you on this all-important subject in an unmistakeable appeal , soliciting your aid on behalf of our suffering , aged friends , poor old Richards , Smart , Preston , D . ivonport , as well as Mrs . Ellis and her poor orphans , Mrs . Duffey , Mrs . Booker , Mrs . Roberts , &e . Now , the fact is well known , that the former have advocated our prin . ciples for more than half a cmtury , and alas ! are now doomed to eke out a life of affliction , misery , degradation , and want—suspended , as it were , between the Union-house and death itself—( the latter would be pre ferable)—through tbe infernal system of oppression and misrule , which so grievously afflict mankind . I regret

      to say that appeal has been but feebly responded to . I have received twelve postage stamps from , if I mistakenot , an esteemed friend , whose name has often graced the pages of the Star , whenever the subscription lists have appeared . In a imt . he indignantly complains of the apathy of the people in rendering the necessary support to these poor victims , who have fallen a prey to . class legislation , and strongly urges the ncoeBSity of adopting a syitem for their future maintenance , by tbe payment of one penny per month from each Chartist throughout the united kingdom ; a thing , in my opinion , very easy of accomplishment . The committee , on assembling last week , found that all the available monies they could command amounted to no more than 17 s ., which precluded the possibility of voting our friends any assistance .

      Oh ! my friends , this is a most horrible state of things ; and really awful to contemplate . The sad and pitiable condition of our friends calls aloud to us for help . These noble-minded democrats , reduced by the infernal laws which grind and crush us , and the poor wives and Whigmade orphans being deprived of their natural protector by tbe base machinations of the common enemy . Come , friends , bestir yourselves ; imitate the example set us by our humane friends of Somers Town , who hare resolved to appropriate one-fourth of their funds to the use of this Committee .

      1 feel very warm on this subject , and you must not be offended with me ; but when I hear the pot-valiant politicians murmur out , " 0 ! I can't afford it ; " indiffer . ently replenish the measure , resume their pipes , and , midst the fumes of tobacco smoke , be callously guilty of such besotted forgetfulness . When I witness these things , I become dispirited and heart-sick , and lament that men will not even sacrifice one half-pint of beer a week to do that which is the bounden duty of all—viz ., to support those who have for such a series of years energetically toiled in our cause . Up , then , and be doing ! There is no time to ba lost . Send your contributions to Mr . O'Connor , Treasurer ; Mr . Arnott , sub-Secretary ; Mr , Wheeler ; Mr . Julian Harney , Star office ; the Executive ; to any of the C . mmittee , or to Tours , fraternally , in the cause , Jonn Shaw , sub-Treasurer .

      24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East . P . S . —I am happy to learn that the City of London Chartists intend to adopt a holiday subscription at Christmas , and recommend it to the country . All honour to the men of the City .

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      THE GREENWICH MEETING FOR THE CHARTER . Reader , — -Are you fond of history ? Does jour mind love to live with the images of the past ? Have you in imagination studied with the departed and mighty dead ? Have you sympathised with the persecuted of all ages ? Have jou marked the march of mind in its onward course from barbarity to civilisation ? Have you discovered that history is not alone to be found in the dates of the reigns of monarchs , and the doings of courts , but is indeed in living documents ? Your life is history ; the people one greut volume , Will you unfold its leurvs , and read of progress ? Will you loot and reason on what is , aa well as remember what has been ?—If so , come along with in efor one short hour , and you and I will , in our o tvn way , reason together .

      You have , of late , read of great public meetings , huge gatherings of people for given objects ; but you must not weigh the value of meetings by thfir numbers alone , no more than you must honour a man for his weight , height , or complexion ; you must pause and enquire what is the object for which they meet—and who are ] the actor . 1 ' ¦ Measures , not men , " is a valuable motto ; but to know the measures and their likely effects is no more essential than to know the actors and their history . 1 have of late seen meetings called for objects which no one opposed , and for the success of which but few cared . A kind of novel , theatrical exhibitions , at which amateur politicians , rich in the world ' s goods , but poor in soul ; have figured as leading characters . Tasteless for theatrical representation , sick of the opera , and panting for public fame eager as the mastiff would be for water on a summer s day—theee platform actors have gratified their fancy by holding public meetings—huge gather , ings , at which the few have said , " Well , I see nothing wrong in it ; " and the many have thought , —

      11 Tbe earth has bubbles , as tbe water lias , And these are of them . " But listen , and you will hear of a meeting worthy of your notice ; h meeting of the people asking for the people's rights ; no fiscal or commercial interest is recognised here ; " buy cheap and soil dear" forms no part of our creed ; bales of cotton and loads of corn are unknown in our vocabulary . We ask for a recognition of man's manhood ; we say , you shall neither brand us as slaves , nor sell us in the market , The butcher may calculate the price of an ox in Smithfield ; the money and clothes brokers say , "buy cheap and sell dear . " Wi are neither rags , nor oxen—we are men ,

      It is eight o ' clock on the evening of Wednesday , the 18 th of November , I enter a spaciouR staircase , leeding to a magnificent room . Just as I enter , I observe a bust of Shakespeare , to which I give a hasty glance , and hurry onwards . At the top of the staircase there are a number of men in close conversation . Their countenance express much earnestness and some anxiety . Who are they ? I ask . They are tbe committee and friends ot the Greenwich branch of the National Charter Association . Plain in speech , and of an open and [ earnest manner , their words are not formed for drawingrooms , in which a false and vitiated taste for distorted art is named polished politeness } art not copied from nature , but lost in a fine imitation of would-be greatness , forgetting the instinctive and beautifully simple nature of man , for the puerile and sapless skeleton of fashion .

      These men of whom I would speak arc a mixture of old and young men , and I will give you a portrait of each . See before you tho trunk of what has been a sinewy and energetic man . His countenance indicates stern determination and refined thought ; his eve glistuns vith the fire of youth , though his grey hair and his stooping forin . convinces you that he is the toiling and thinking veteran of many years . You hear him speak , and from his measured sentences and broad accent , you know him to be from the land of the mountain and flood . With an honest pride he tolls you that he fled from Scotland in 1813 . He reverts to the fate of Baird , Hardy , and Wilson , with mingled feelings of regret and pride . The Odin of bis life—for his is a true "hero-worship "is a belief in the nobility of a great principle . Such a mau can be won by no party , and deceived by no faction . Castlereagh , the most cunning of spies and contemptible of cut-throats , has done much good for man unknowingly . He persecuted a few noble spirits , find forced them to scatter abroad , and their mind * have acted on the minds of others , I have found them in many parts of

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      the empire . The veteran , Henry Ross , is one of them j uniting experience with ardour , and steadfastness with progression ^ A few sueh men are wor th a myriad of declaimers , and are more valuable than all tbe amusing gentleman amateur politicians in England . Our veteran of 1819 , ia addressing a young man of some 29 years of age , who is listening attentively to all he hears —he too is one of labour ' s children , who ere prejudice Iibb hardened , or in torest hought his services for lifts , has yielded to the voice of nature within him , and said I shall yet be free . The movement party of this unhappy and proud England , is composed of men such as I have described . Such men form the staple of our Chartist

      nreet-Ingn , which were as different from our fashionable , political , and religious throngs , as is the man of refined nnd devnted thought , from the ignorant and savage fiend . The bintory " of ' nations shows that they have risen to eminence , and declined gradually to insignificance ; if ouch be not tho fate of our fatherland , to the Chartist and progressive movemtnt of our day , will the salvation of the country be attributable . If we succeed , England is in hernf » nnK «' , K » y . P » l ) erou "' >' 0 UnB ; " ! ; , il 'J country is Buld to mammon and monopoly , she is already in her dotage , old , and infirm . I now enter n spacious amphitheatre looking room , brilliantly lighted by a spacious globe in the centre , and smaller ones along the walU , it is filled with an orderly „„•! most intelliuent looking audience , among whom

      I observed many grey-haired pensioners , men who knew the horror < . f « .. r » l » en blood bought victory , and gold bought blood . Fine old fellows , whose weather-beaten fuces do not yet chill at a keen easterly breeze , and the Mood "f whose brothers bought honours for English " hrroes , " and won , in many cases , stripes and wounds for tlfemsclves . In their retirement they have had time to t ) A < . amfcreflection hassaid " all men are brethren . " Frn ffl £ is no ty } B another name for enemy , and every demo % » t is t « them a friend . Ask these men now to bum weffigy of a republican , or cry "hurrah for good King ( fcorge , " and they will smile significantly at tiie request . Oh , this is indeed a victory , the physical force Chartists have made moral force men of the old naval heroes , what may not hope paint for the future ? truthfui ' y may we indeed sing , and all join the chorus ,

      « ' T here is a g « od time comings boys , Wait n little longer . " The speaking of the evening was marked by a calm , and I might with justice say , philosophic character , for the Chartist speakers are not mere politicians ; they knew more of the nature of man , his wants and privileges , his rights and wrongs , than most critics are aware of . I fancy some advocate " ! of class misrule sneeringly affirm , " a man is a man , and who is more . " Such he exclaims is all you know , would to God that that sentiment was known and understood by all . Such a thought evades not the scrutiny of philosophy , it beget 3 self confidence for nohle deeds , it generates a power , and will not resign its influence .

      Want of space prevents me from giving quotations from the speeches of Messrs . Harney and O'Connor These gentlemen were particularly happy . Mr . Harney ' s speech consisted of plain facts well applied . Mr . O'Connor , in a mo 9 t clear and fascinating manner , showed that the legitimate object of all government was to usefully employ , and to scrupulously protect , the interests of the en'ire population ; to dcvelopethe natural resources of a country . and equitably distribute the produce , that the greatness of a nation does not consist in the accumulation of property , producing wealth and misery , but in the wise d stributinsr of property , making an aggregate of happy human beings .

      The speeches were listened to with marked attention , the telling " hear , hear" of the thoughtful operative was often heard , and is a far more powerful indication of resc lution , than the loud huzza of the reckless and half-informed man . It was well said , I believe by . Tanius , that public meetings were the safety valve of public opinion . Chartist public meetings are not only the outlets of popular discontent , they are cool deliberative assemblies , not alone preventing assassinations and conspiracies . but raising up and concentrating a mind that will bye and bye be too stroni ? to be assassinated by priests , or successfully conspired against by kings and princes . A Leaf from ihe Annals of a Shoemakers ' CrAllKETT .

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      HELLENIC FESTIVAL . On Saturday tho Greek community resident in London gave an elegant entertainment , at the London Tavern , to General Knlergi , in honour of his exertions in the cause of Greek Independence , which had resulted in the establishment of the Greek constitution . The event , naturally interesting in itself , was rendered still more so by the announcement that ths General was to be presented upon this occasion with a magnificent sword . From some delay , however , on the part of the artificers , tl ) i « latter part of their design could not be accomplished ; but to make some amends for this disappointment , a drawing of the sword was exhibited , and this excited considerable interest . The scabbard appears to be of exquisite workmanship , richly studded with gems . On one side are inscribed the words "Religion , country , constitution , " , and on the other , "To the General Kalergi , from the Greek community of London , 21 st JTov . 1846 . " On the handle is the cross of Greece , with the words , " The 3 rd September , 1813 . " ( These of course ail in Greek ) .

      The room in which the entertainment was given was decorated with banners , pictures , and Greek devices . Immediately over the chairman was a portrait of King Otho , surmounted by the insignia of the constitution , and flanked on either side by the national standard of Greece and the uaion-jack of England . At the bottom was a splendid banner with the inscription , " 25 th March , 1821 . " On * he right was a chaste design in black marble , for a funereal arch , which it is proposed to erect to the memory of the Hellenes and Philhellenes , who fell in the struggle for independence . And on t he left nas a painting representing General Kalergi at the head of the troops , demanding from the King the constitution . Ther ¦ were also numerous portraits of King Otho and Queen Amalia scattered about the room ; but it is worthy of remark , that there was a carefnl avoidance of everything French in all the banners , ornaments , and devices with which the walls were studded .

      The chair" was occupied by Mr . Ionibes , and there were about fifty gentlwneu present , all members of the great commercial Greek houses in the metropolis . The proceedings were , as might be expected , carried on in their native tongue . Thfe chairman in giving " Ths health of General Kalergi , " said , it was unnecessary that he should detail to them the history of Kalergi's life , for was it not written in , was it not coincident with , the history of Greece ' s independence [ loud cheers ] ? At the ace of 16 Kalergi prepared to leave Russsta , where his relations then resided in affluent circumstances , preferring rather to fight for liberty than to live at home in inglorious ease . At the age Of 18 he stormed and took the fort of Gravousa , in his native island of Crete . Subsequently , in every important movement connected with Grecian independence he took a leading and active part , and as he was persuaded

      that the revolution of ths 25 th March , 1821 , had not aceomplished its final purpose , he , in conjunction with others brought about that of the 3 rd of September , and socured to Gretce a constitution [ loud cheers . ] 'Ever since the 3 rd of September , 1843 , the Greeks in London , had intended to have presented him wifli a « word > as a token of theirgratitude for the manner in which he brought about that bloodless revolution . Circumstances , lwwever , had prevented the execution of their with until the present moment , and now his presence amongst them rendered the time the more appropriate , [ cheers . ] It was useless for him further to enforce the toast . Ho would merely add , that so long as the sun shone on the Acropolis of Athens , and whilst the stars of the Greecian sky glistened on the plains of the 3 rd of September , so long would the name of Kalergi be dear to" every true Greek [ loud and continued cheering . J A variety of patriotic and complimentary toasts were subsequently given .

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      HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION . A numerous deputation from this Association , headed by Lord Ashley , and accompanied by delegates from some of the provincial branches , waited upon Sir George Grey , Secretary of State for the Home Department , and Lord Aforpeth , Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , with the view of urging upon Government the necessity of adopting general legislative measures in the next session of Parliament for the sanatory improvement of the towns and populous districts of the United Kingdom ,

      Lord Ashlet briefly explained the object of the deputation , and presented to Sir George Grey a memorial on the subject , drawn up by the Committee , embodying the views of the Association , which are now before the public in an elaborate report upon Lord Lincoln ' s Bill . In presenting this memorial , Lord Ashley stated that the main point to which the Association desired earnestly to draw attention , was , that in any general eanatory measure which might be contemplated , the metropolis and Scotland and Ireland should be included . Sir George Grey , said , the members of the Govern .

      ment were fully alive to the importance of the subject , and it had received their serious attention for some time . They had had several meetings thereon " , and Lord Movpeth ' s attention had been more especially devoted to the matter , with a view to the preparation of general measures proposed to be brought into Parliament early in the ensuing session . It was not to be supposed that because the metropolis and Scotland and Ireland were omitted from the general measures propossd by Lord Lincoln , that they were intended to be passed over , but that the different cases requiring machinery , they should be the subject of separate Acts .

      Mr , SonXbee expressed his anxiety , as the representative of an Association , formed of the working classes , to state his conviction of the strong feeling that existed among this body in favour of a general sanatory measure . They had presented to the Parliament last year petitions signed by thousands , and were zealously at work in diffusing information on the subject . Sir Geoeoe Ores expressed his gratification at receiving the announcement .

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      DEATH OF WYiTDHAM , THE SY / mm ^ R The Oh \ Ktskr Journal mentions the death of •«« , Hon . Captain Wyndham , whose successful attem pts at defrauding the bankers and tradesman of Gloucester and of SJougn must be in the recollection of our readeri , h

      to bed at an inn . A medical man was sent fer , who at once informed the supposed wife that her husband ' s con . dition was hopeless , and that he was , in fact , on the very point of ' death . The female thereupon acknowledged she was not a wife , and her male companion was an en . tire stranger to her till they encountered each other a few weeks previousl y in London , and that the did not know who he was , or who were his relatives . The fears of tbe physician were soon realised . Tbe stranger tourist died almost immediatel y , and on examining his luggage , in order to ascertain who his friends were , that the mournful event of his demise might ha communicated to them , there were found tho engraved copper plates of two address cards , in the well known names of Wyndham and Wellesley , together with an itineftry of the various towns and places which he had visited , with , the names of the different banks , tc , which had honoured his fraudulent cheques . We hettere the search also afforded information as to his real name and con .

      nections ; and we deeply regret that our tale should have to include the very melancholy incident , that on the circumstances of his death being communicated to his sister , the effect was most seriously injurious to her feelings , and she also died within a fortnight . We are also given to understand that the real name of the deceased swindler is Page ; that he was of very respectable connections in a neighbouring county , where he has a brother livingin affluent circumstances , and of high reputation ; and that the deceased was formerly in tbe army , which accounts for bis assuming so well the military character , and for his knowledge of military persons . and military incidents , which he turned to so good an account in big late dishonourable but adventurous career . He was married , and has left a wife and two children in destitute circumstances ; hut their misfortunes , we ara happy to hear , have excited the sympathy of a female re . lative of the deceased , and she has undertaken to provide for them . "

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      The Explosion at Oldbury . —An inquest on the bodies of two of the sufferers by the explosion in Mr . Parker ' s pit , at Oldbury , was held on Monday at Dudley , Several of the men who worked in the pit 3 aid they bad complained of the imperfect ventilation , and of the collection of " sulphur , " but that no notice had been taken of tbeir complaints . One of these witnesses , named Edward Foley , nineteen years of age , said he had been so frightened by the accumulation of " sulphur , " and by " comical dreams , " that he did not return to the works , and so escaped . Mr . Elwel ) , a mine inspector , said the principal defect of the pit was , that the air heading was too narrow and had not been carried far enough , and he said the accident might have been prevented had the air heading been cleaned out more ire . quently . A public meeting was held in that town on Monday , for the purpose of memoralising the government to appoint " nineinspectors . " Love and Suicide . —On Monday , Ellis King .

      aged twenty-on % , servant out of employ , was admitted into tbe Clntring Cros 3 Hospital , under the following circumstances : —She was a few weeks ago in a situation in the neighbourhood of Walworth , where she formed an attachment to a young man who promised to marry her , and on whose account she ia alleged to have left her place , She wag to lodge with some friends at No . 9 , Duke-street , Ad- Iphi , when her suitor failed to keep his appointments to meet her upon several ^ occasions , and she became so melancholy as'to excite the attention ef . her friends . On Monday morning she went out in an unusually cheerful manner , and returned almost immediately , exhibiting symptoms of illness ; it being suspected that she had taken poison , she was removed to the above institution , where she was aft once pronounced to belabouring under the effects of some deleterious position , and she expired in about an hour after her admission .

      A Mas Killed n a Pocket of Hors —On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of a porter employed at the White ilorse Inn-yard , Friday-street . He was assisting in loading a van with hops , and while so employed a pocket fell from a loop-hole , in consequence of the hooks loosing hold , and before he could get out of the way he was knocked down by the weight , whereby he received a compound fracture oftheJeftjeg , lie died on Monday . Verdict , "Accidental Death . " Liverpool . —Crim . Con . —We understand that ; hiyhJy respectable parties have been busily engaged iniiverpool during the past week , obtaining evidence upon which to commence an immediate action for Crim . Con . aeainst the captain of a vessel lately

      arrived at this portfrom the East . Ihe lady is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of a French officer , and the . wife ol a gentleman connected with a public company , and also with one of the oldest families in England . The gentleman and his wife had been OUt some years in the East , and were on the homeward passage in the captain ' s vessel , where tho criminal conversation is alleged to have taken place . Nothing was known or even suspected by the husband until after himself and his wife had landed in Liverpool and reached London , When letters from the captain to the lady , it is said , were intercepted , and a separation endued . It is highly probable that the case will afford business for the gentlemen of the Ion ? robe at the next spring assizes for the southern

      division of Lancashire . Destructive Fire . —One of the most destructive fires witnessed in the metropolis for some time broke out on Tuesday morning , shortly before two o clock , on the extensive premises occupied by Messrs . Calmer , the patent candle manufacturers , Great Oompton-street . Clerkenwell ; where it will be remembered , a fire occurred of great extent about three years ago . The premises , which were considerably enlarged after the former destruction , occupy the entire space of ground from St . John-street to Corapton-street , and from Compton-streetto Sutton-street . Upon an alarm being given several parochial engines were quickly in attendance , but from the inflammable nature of the contents of the building the tore in a few moments burst through the root , and ttte exertions of these persons who had hastened to ttw vainThe

      spot appeared to be completely in . engines from the fire brigade stations at last arrived , and Mr . Inspector Penny , with a strong body of the G division of police , also promptly attended . An excellent supply of water was suon obtained , and the whole of the engines were set in operation , but instead of damping the flames , the water as it fell upon the burning tallow and composition , appeared to increase their fury . It appearing evident that no means could save the premises , the attention of the fireman was then directed to the preservation of the adjoining buildings , which they succeeded in saving , although some ef them were partially damaged . An immense stock of candles and raw materials was in the building at the time , and tbe loss , including the valuable steam machinery , cannot be less than , £ 50 , 000 . The proprietors are insured , but not , it is believed to the full amount .

      The Smitjifield Nuisance . —On Blackfriars-bndge , early on Monday morning , a young child named Elizabeth Drawbridge , whilst in the act of crossing the carriage-way , was knocked down by an ox proceeding towards Sin ' ithfield , and trampled upon and gored . She was conveyed in a hopeless condition to the residence of her parents . In the market , between 3 and 4 o ' clock , a young married woman , lesuiing at No , 10 , Green-street , Friar-street , Blackfriars-road , named Tailor , was run against and knocked down by oxen . She sustained such injuries that her recovery is not expected . She was taken to St . Bar * tholomew ' s Hospital . Shortly afterwards , in file Blackf'riars-road , a child named Wade , crossing the road , was tossed by an ox coining from the market , endangering the child's life , Mary Annn Binical , a married women , residing at 30 , Goswell-street-l'oad , while crossing Farringdon-street , was run over by no less than four beasts , and severely wounded .

      Accident on tub Edinburgh and Glasgow R ^ way . —An occurrence of a very serious character took place on this railway last Friday night . The half-past eight o ' clock train from Edinburgh having reached the Winchburgh cut , tho engine suddenly came into violent collision with a mass of rock which had slipped down the southern embankment , and fallen upon the line . The effect was to throw the engine across both rails , and produce a i ' earfiu concussion of the carnages . The engine was dashed to pieces , and several of the carriages damaged ; but none of the passengers suffered injury . The driver and stoker escaped with some slight bruises .

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      In the decline of life the most safe and efficacious occasional medicine for giving tone and strength to the stomucli , and acting at the same time as a gentle audheainiful aperient , is Frampton ' s Pill of Health—a *^ ? _« V = storative which has conferred the most essential W «»» upon those who have fortunately had recourse to u > health-restoring aid ; enabling them to apply tothemsene * the well-known line from Shakespeare— „ "Though I look old , yet I am strong anil lusty . An Extraordinary CunE of a Disordered !<» ' ** ^ fjP Stomach by Holloway ' s Pills >» - " To Professor HoUoway ! -S r . -Seeing that UioEarl of Aldboroug hwas W"g ofTliver complaint by means of your Pills , i wgj t » try them ; and I have the satisfaction to , nitormiy > that your Tills have certainly in a wry short tun iw ^ w » WU fox- me in a similar complaint , when calo'n ei ™ other medicines at last failed to give me a 0 rejefcj » ^ yon my name and address , but would ratl ! e £ 3 Pufl * J £ g . make them public . " N . B . This «™^^ 5 inner counsellor or barrister of grea en , nence «»• toU 9 Temple , whoso letter would be shorn , to a »> lespu .. person ,

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      Accident on the East Lancashire Railvtat . —A fearful accident occurred on Monday at Springakle , about three miles from Bury , owing to a train flying off the rails while going at full speed , breaking one or two of the carriages , and seriously injuring some ot the passengers .

      Tofflents, Otences, & Inquests*

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      The Whigs Exposed M The I,Ate Henry Hunt, M.L'., For Imuiston.

      THE WHIGS EXPOSED M THE I , ATE HENRY HUNT , M . l' ., FOR IMUiSTON .

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      2 - v THE NORTHERN STAR . „ „ , „ , November 28 , ig 4 g

      Ggg==, ^Ggg «, V """' Extraordinary Cores Hollowat's Ointment.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 28, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1394/page/2/