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      " "" ESGL . KSD . Bt Eismt Josh . „ ., Eng land , my country , I « ee tbeo with torn * . Dh toiling and mtittif 1 rid « to » «* *¦»•» : / in of to-iiy still forgetting to- morrow . "Sib freedl ' s young lion i . ctankmg thy chain . ^ urt * net the con «• ' ¦ «~ «• . , « M « by darts not the ( sli-on?—» * * . . u-. f . p , «« o dim and downcast * SSS : ^ = i' * - *" - - >» " . v nunil l > . Jd heart * from the Past , . , , i « Bere nien , a « in / fciryfar , mStte •!««• ' the FrdHt * t the L 0 mbard we "

      thrnrt ; . _ thre its of oppression were aniwered with war , koi prelates and princes were trodden to dast . fftre te ths men that in Germany rose . When tlie role of t ! if noble grew blacker than hell : _ wooW ^ aV , anii for eTer > the b 0 Mt of J ° ' . And die lite an Arnold or live like a Tell . fffc-e J « ttie mtn # ! hst in ¦ Par " * P ^ When they stojd on the wreck of the reeking Bastile , TjjefKtory-brll would be ringing leit ioud , jlnd the ipur toon woull rutt on the nobleman ' s heel noit were the m ? n , such as freemen should it , fftiom T / Ur and Cade marshalled on to the Tower . o jelilon the time aai the acton agrae ! jjm < were the spirits , but this is the hour ! ^ r / ifft there are men soeta as Poland saw fall , Ifbe * phiHii- 'ike Warsaw was fleeting in flame , Xbooj hto " tnay be levelled with rampart and wall , } he defences of freedom continue the same . mi were j « the men , that America knew When the star-spangled banner first gloried on fligto , jjufljj of the Charter were waving right through . from tbe gardens oiKent to the mountains of Siege . ¦ ^

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      LIBERTY . Si e yonder banner proudly waring H * rk the shout , that rends the iky . It i « the ChartUt bo « "ui hearing , R > undthe flag of liberty . S « -e yon coward monster flying , H : irk the yell that shikes the ground , It is the moan of tyrants' dying , "Vet it is a diimal sound . BeLold tha battle fiercely raging , B « iven * , what an awful si ^ ht ! Is bmther against brother waging , 1 o maintain the law of might !

      See the tyrant * standard and trampled down , S-e the Chartist band advancing , S < e the land with human bodies sown , See the wounded horses prancing . Xiw the swords are madly clashing , # « e how the father kills his son . How . Heavens , how the bones are crashing . Would the 6 j > hthad ne ' er begun . The Chartist * fly , thefield is lost , The tyrant banner floats on high , !> >« victory at any cost , Cliargr , Chartists , charge for liberty . Sre tht scattered forces rally , 11 >« the tyrants turn and 3 y , Ail there ' * a glorious Chartist sally , lUrk the shout of » ictorj .

      Let the woanded now be tended , Lf t the savajre pas ? ions cease , L ithesysUmnow be mended , Let our triumph end in peace .

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      SOXG —( JOHKXT BRIGHT . ) Mu « ha , wiiba , blood and thunder , Tf here ' * the BIG LOAF , J » tnny Bright ! Be my sowl , but it ' s a wonder , If we ever srts the sight . Hukee pokee , bluzinoiinkers , Where ' s the WAGES , Johnny Bright ! Snr * we w « re the ga < -kv younktra , Whm you tied us up so tight . Haiij spundy , J ^ ct v Dandy , Ware ' s the PLESTT . Johnny Bright 1 That was to comp . so rery handy , If far FREE TRADE , we'de but fight , Hik » y jiikey , hokee pokee , W here ' s the SHORT TIME , Johnny Bright ! Sare you told u » , we'de be lucky , If we did ' nt work by night . ShiHy shally , dillj dally ,

      Keet the ODLD KING , Johnny Bright ; TFheu oar forces next we rally , We'll hare the BIG LOAF , e ' re we fight Sid lie diddle , cat and fiddle , Where * D'CKET COBDES , Johnny Bright ! We wish yee ' s both were at the deril . Afore you brought us to this plight . Eorum cunm , suntivorum , Where ' s the WHISTLER , Johnny Bright ! Cai / tyoubrwghim , aofclieoram . Or won't the soldier it&nd tat fight * Fiddle faddle , diddle daddle , Where ' s your TRIUMPH , Johnny Bright ! When you ' re hobby next jou saddle , Kind you sit your DOXKET tight . Bui Lie bubble , toil and trouble .

      Xou ' re a HL'MBCG , Johnny Bright , Th » sweat you drink , and bones you gobble , Li e * you tell will choke you quite .

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      THE MUSIC \ L IIERALD-Par t nil . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Stnnd . This miscellany excelled in its contents is also lie cheapest musical publication of the time . A ll&nee at the contents of this part must satisfy any one ui to its merits . W are satisfied that it deserves toe widest possible public patronage .

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      « FA ? 1 ! J R ^ D- P « . 44-London . G . Biggi , 421 , Strand . . This Part contains , as usual , a greater raiiety of utereitins : matter than we can find room eren to tame . We must , however , direct special attention «? Tk ex ? T editorial articles on " Serrant Girls , " The Poetical Age . " " Public Schools , " and London . " The editor of the Family Herald is , tnquest ^ ably-rte essayist " of the present time : ft editorials , " when collected to Eether-as some o » j they may be , will form the most original volume or Tolumcs of ( U say the least ) the present generation . In this Fart will be f « ucd & very useful article containing complete directions for eoistolarv add «« .

      h regard * all classes—from letters addressed to the Hueen down to the working class . We repeat that to * information h very useful , for , although wedesptethendiculous "titles" which include the majom of thews forms of address , still , custom compels ! i ° r tne present submission to them , and as thousands tons occawon toaddres ., their high mightinesses who SS » i ! l « ™ , tlle i '? PJ ie | 1 ordera ' " itis weU th » t People should know the lorm prescribed by custom tad what u called " etiquette . " The miscellaneous natter , romances , « fcc . &c . in this , will afford almost endless entertainment . We gWe the following brief otract , whi ? h unfolds a little of the history of the present enterprising and popular Broorietor of "Ant .

      ley ' s Amphitheatre ;"— — Mr . B * ttt built his AmpbitheatM at a eoitof £ S 0 000 Of that turn he laid down £ 31 , 000 cash of Us own , and P » ld off the other £ 6 , 000 Tsry toon afterward * . Besldti ttatlMgesuminread / aoney , bis stud and proDWties *« e Tery raluaHe . let Mr . Batty bsga « business on his own aecoMt , not abort twenty yews ago , with but £ i , a ^ T 1 r '" , K * ° f a ¦ WW »«« to ariding-masttrln ri ^^ ' ,. ^ * - Hil flnt ateiiti « " from S ^ S t ' ("'"" S olotn "d other good , bya . pe-? Z ? ' *• «»» P «» 7 * dnt attraottd by tht per . W *) nuta Semlumpton . where he -picked Bp-Tery Sl ^? " . . alat <> P "' Pri « tor of BeroU Mount . Zua at ?* V proiinoior oi oerou Jiount . btaken

      . St to « I J ' - "* ma * Of more " - jnttoBatty than pound , „ ., 8 tleMt nMd ^ w him « te ' Notched . « d btdauUd horst . wtr . ft " . " " *»•* J « 4 f »« t and geod t . st . Wtcted the mare and , iM of a \ m 0 lt mU hii J * w itud , whose beautiful . pots on a g « , Jjaa an , a . h » nd * omeas those of the leopard . The •» na privation in business wkich the acquisition of ' . tutnhL ^ ' ^ for iOBe Jea » was rery great , but tie Cicaut . c « eIlormout - We """ tion this fact as in-£ « ,, e of Battf . foreright . We may add to this no-WpeorY . ' et 0 Ut in " * " Ith a determination toeom-SS& 1 * v ' PeCt hta - Unlikt mM * other tr «" 8 1 ^ ., ni » hl « accounts wero alwavi Eettlai h « fn ~ t ..

      ** tL ? " ? ' thote of hii P ^ P ' •* " » " »» . *» lam J § welcom » d bsck 8 * - la * l » a » Instance , On , * * ' otli » r » of successful ad » entur » ia a precari-^ Wd " ° ' " ^ ioaai ' on ^ qu ^ yt that rectitf orirt F * »« rerance hare orercome every disadvantage 'kcoum * P * h { xion ¦ —Eanpton Advertiur . —{ 1 o this B ittj * * l add another remarkable fact , that Mr . UJs : ° ' 5 8 " bi » affairs under the disadvantage of «»« bf » t 0 write < An <«*« insunce of men supply . g ewr , the waat of education . )

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      ^ ou ? u ilD « 8 bary Gaxette" states that the new loan ^ iDotat ? ^* ^ the Austrian Goternment litereTufi 10106 sum of ^ , 000 , 000 florins , at an eae t * nd ? t tS » ' Tiie UoTernment P roP <» e » to

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      THOM'S POEMs ! ^ awt ^ i sr « && type of the wrongs inflicted « Th- i * ° «• " !«»«* a tet e&S ?? '"^* amrSSStf * - a ^^ -S ^ fcaass ife ^ S bn ? subjecU « nH "" Clreum ^ nce 3 , weakness lei £ S S ediflicilIt to ^« acterise all the excel-STSSriu ^ accompaniment which Thorn K ^\ Si , . J hymes - The mourntul P ath 03 evprlU ' ^^ ? ™' " has render «» it popular ES * ' Them ' s "Blind Boy ' s Pranks , " has ™? " * elegance of fancy and richness of invention » we Culprit Fay , " the most ingenious of Amencan poems . thom'sp ^ s .

      Those who have had the pleasure of hearing Thorn converse , know the chaste and Spartan felicity of expression which he can command . He is a study in rhetoric , and in some instances his art ia consummate , lie tells a story in the best vein ot Scotch humour . With equal felicity , enlivened with sarcastic pungency , he recounts the recollections of the scenes of his ' weaving days . Out of a multitude of depressions and oppre ? sions , bitter struggles and dark sorrows , are selected with a master ' s art , portions only—but those

      are groped with such power and pathos that none who read will soon forget them . It is not the sentimentality of which Sterne set the fashion , nor of the conventionally pathetic school , at whose recitals you weep because it is expected you should weep—you weep at the " Recollections , " because you cannot liel [> it . In the darkest scenes light flashes from the poet ' s thoughts , which penetrates all artificial guises , and reveals the unseen . chain which so often drags forlorn humanity to its terrible destiny . These circumstances of sorrow are not

      dwelt upon here for their own sake—the poet has too much , independence to wish it done ; but the iiberty is taken of adverting to them to draw attention to the eloquence of real wrong , and to rejoice in the ability with which our poet depicts it . The present edition of the poet ' s works has now , through the kindness of Mr . Gordon , of Rnockespock , come into Thorn ' s hands , and the sale will be his individual benefit . The fact will give our readers a strong interest in promoting the circulation of the work . They may safely say to tkeir friends that Thorn has produced a genuine book—a book ,. which , as it is the record ot a real life , and written in a sincere and impassioned style , so it is a sokmn warning to society , that it is built on dangerous ground , pregnant with the perils of injustice .

      The "Recollections" of William Thorn , the Weaver-Poet , stand there , in clear , unmistakable print , and tbi-y are the most solemn things men have a long time perused . Truth speaks in them with a startling voice , stirring the deeps of the heart , and winning on its victorious way . For a while men are ashamed before the recital of the poor poet's sufferings , and make show of helping him : for a while , patrons crowd around , and the curious come to gaze upon the new found luminary . But in a

      while he is forgotten— commerce , trade , pleasure , idleness , and curiosity , have absorbed their votaries . The warning came in vain . The loud voice of the poet , who , in pleading for his own rights , is only pleading for those of his fellow men , is disregarded , and the poet , and his fellows , are still left to toil on in uncertainty of lite from day to day . They place a laurel on the brow while the limbs are languishing for the sustaining life-blood—they talk of his glories enduring to all eternity , and yet leave him a wreck on the shoal of Time . —The Rtasoner .

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      THE CHARTER AHD NO SURRENDER ! CRE / LT MEETING " AT BRIGHTON . A town meeting was held at the Town Hall on luursday evening , convened by the High Constable on the requisition of 90 electors , to consider the propriety of addressing Parliament for the purpose ol obtaining an extension of the Elective Franchise , and was attended by a most numerous and influential audience . The High Constable having been called to tht nair , q ^ ^^^

      The \ estry Clerk proceeded to read the requisi-J onand notice of meeting . At this moment Capt ecnell , one of the members of Brighton , entered ™ erooin and was received with loud applause . The Veatry Clerk then read a letter in reply to one which ae , at the request of some ot the requisitionists , had addressed to Lord Alfred llervey . His Lordship ' t answer was dated from Bury St . Edmunds , Jan . 13 , * P ** P » ed his regret that , from engagements fi r me following day , it was impossible he could atteid the meeting .

      , A P * IAIBM «» . in opening the meeting , expressed his belief that , whatever diversity of opinion mijjht exist , the meeting would give every gentlemar . a " "» Patlent » and impartial hearing . ( Cheers . ) Mr . \\ oodward then proposed the first resolution , which embraced this principle ( for less than which ie would not agitate ) , that tbe right to the Elective franchise of every male adult of 21 years ol age , not suffering punishment for crime , accompanied by the ballot , annual Parliaments , payment of Members , no property qualification , and equal electoral districts—should become the law of the land . Mr . Johs Good seconded the motion . Mr . Woodward said he would not recede from these principles ; and he ( Mr . Good ) was prepared to say the samecheers)—and should be glad to forward them by any efforts of his . Mr . Good then introduced

      Mr . Ernkst Jones , who agreed with the preceding speaker in the absulute necessity for the measures he advocated . For , he continued , in looking through the position of the different classes of which our community consists , I cannot avoid being struck by their manifest disparity of condition , the unparalleled wealth , and the equally unparalleled destitution , and , as a tbiuking man , I naturally trace upward to the source of so lamentable a state of society , repugnant alike to the designs of God . the laws of nature , and the spirit of true civilization . ( Hear , hear . ) Repugnant to the laws of Gnu " , since it is evident , a ? God has provided a sufficiency for all , ho intended all to have a share of that sufficiency . Contrary to the laws of nature , since nature never drew

      aclassdistinction among the human race , but that all men , when in a natural state of society , were equal partakers of the comforts and the produce of this earth . ( Cheers , ) Seeing then , that tiie miseries of certain classes are neither caused by the laws of God nor b > the laws of nature , it follows as a necessity , that they must have been caused by tlie laws of man . Inequalities of social comforts and political rights among classes mu > t originate from unequal laws , or class legislation , and it is with this very point , I opine , that we have to deal to-night . Out of the classes of the c « mntuuity , we find all , but one class , in the utmost affluence and prosperity . —Out of the classes of the community we find all , but one class , represented iu the legislature . Now , it is exactly the unrepresented

      class which is the one that grovels in the most abject wretchedness and destitution . ( Hear . ) Prima fade evidence points to the assumption , that non-representation causes that destitution . Further re-> earch proves this assumption to be founded on fact . All our laws have been framed for the protection oi what is called the rights of property , —and but few , if any , seem based on tho recollection , that property ) if it has Ri j / hu , must necessarily have Butiea too . Thus we find , that property , and property alone Is represented in the House of Commons , and as a natural consequence , property has taken remarkably good care of itself . No doubt it thought of the axiom that charity begins at home , but it has abused this selfish home charity , since it has given to itself at

      the expense of others . ( Cheers . ) Now I am perfectly ready to concede to every man the right to look after his own interests , but I deny that any man has a right to prevent me from looking after mine . This is precisely what class-legislation does , since it causes Church and Crown , landlord , manufacturer and merchant , to be represented in tbe legislature , ( and capital representatives they have , if they are to be judged by the prosperity resulting to their own classes ) , —while by an invidious property qualification it has prevented the working men of the country from enjoying a similar advantage . ( Hear . ) What would you say , if you had a neighbour , possessing an estate by the side of yours , who prevented you from harvesting the corn you had sown , —and , while he

      made you work on his lands , went and gathered your harvest into his granaries ? You would say he is a tyrant and a thief ! That thief and tyrant is the monopolist—who steals your property while you are creating hi g . For you have property too , —the property that monopoly fattens on ,-but the only property whose rights it disregards . It i 8 the most glorious property of England , the labour of her million toiling sons . Now , 1 contend , that working men have a right to look after the harvest of their toil , after their own interests , a right to Bee how the national wealth , is administered for the national good . Nay , workingmen ! I contend that to look after your own interests becomes a duty , and the resolution you have heard embodies what 1 conceive to

      be the best means for its performance . ( Hear , hear ) Let me however first dispose ot the supposition , that our class-legislators are able or willing to guard your interests as well as theirs . You have heard the old adage , that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the eander ; but alas ! the same law is not law for the rich and law for the peor . ( Hear . ) The speaker then adverted to the Newton conspiracy , the working of the game and poor laws , or , ha continued , shall I instance the fact , that workmen in the factories are obliged to pay so many pence weekly towards making good tht wear and tear ot their master ' s machiaery ; but what dees that master gi » e them for ths wear and tear of that , far nobler machinery , the human frame , with brain and heart , and soul ! ICheers . ) Or shall I point to the famine in Ireland , when mtn , guilty as legislators , blasphemously try to draw God ioto a partnership of their guilt , —and an archbishon dares to Rav

      the famine is God ' s dispensation to tk » poor ! Oh ! if that famine be Bent by God , I believe it is sent to teach the rich that potatoes alone are not fit food for the poor , while they have yet fat venison in their parks ! Have you read Mr . Cumming ' s letter to the Duke of Wellington , » r tbe account of the poor woman , with a child at her breast , herself in the last stage of fever , who staggered to a dutigbil ) , and there found the putrid entrails of a fish , which she began voraciously to devour , —sickening aDcl dying as she ate , —and , with a mother ' s clinging love , still holding a nauseous morsel to the lips of the dead infant , —and thus died ! Died , while the drums were beating , and the bayonets were glittering , that escorted the grain of the monopolist away from her and her babe to the glutted tables of an English aristocracy . ( Shame !) Think of this Bishups , Queen , and nobles ! You tender-hearUd queen , do net shrink from the horrible truth , but try how you can remedy the evil . Oh ! landlords ! some of the

      game you so carefully preserve would have been welcome there ! ( Loud cheers . ) Seeing that the unrepresented people of this and the sister island are exposed to horrors like these , that their petition * ami remonstrances are treated with contempt , and that there is no chance of an amelioration of their condition , unless they are placed in a position to help themselves , 1 beg to support the resolution you have heard , us the orly means to that result , and believing that any restriction of the franchise , except the one embodied in that resolution , can be neither safe , just , or beneficial . ( Hear , hear . ) Take , for instance , the property qualification as it stands . Take the case of a rich man , who , of course , having money , has a vote : a bank breaks ; a flaw is

      discovered in a will . What is the consequence ? He may go to bed , a freeman , considered a rational being , sensible enough to be entrusted with a vote , —he may wake , a slave , —too ignoraat to be able to speak his own mind , or know his own wants . What is it that he lost in those few hours ? Was it his heart , was it his brain , was it his humanity ? No , my friends ! it was his money bags ! ( Cheers . ) Or tak « the case of a ten-pound householder , who truBts a man with all his little fortune for some turn of trade : the friend abuses his trust , robs him of his property ? Who now has the vote ? Ii it tbe honest man who was robbed t No ! It istlw robber , who has beggared Bim ! ( Cheers . ) A property qualification is ridiculous . Did you ever hear the story

      of the American and his donkey ? In some states of the Union , possessing five dollars worth of property is the necessary qualification for a voter . Now . there was an old man who had an old donkey , the donkey was worth ; five dollars , and he had a vote . Year after year the old man was to be seen riding on th » old donkey to the distant polling place 3 ut the old man grew more old , and tbe old donkey grew more old , and so one year the old donkey fell down by the way , and died ! There stood the American freeman , wringing his hands in despnir , for his donkey was dead ! He was freeman no longer , for his donkey was dead ! He was an ignorant slave without a vote - too ignorant to

      distinguish good from bad for his donkoy was dead ! ( Laughter and cheers ) . Now then , I ask you , which had the vote ? Was it the man , or the donkey ? ( Loud cheers ) . Now , is there any one in this hall who would say , ths thief should have the vote instead of the honest man ? The donkey should have thevoteinsteadofhismaster . Oh ! this property qualification is a base standard—it is a vile standard , since it subjects to these alternatives , and is irreligious , since the child ought not to tyrannise over the parent . Labour is the parent of capital , yet capital is the tyrant of labour . ( Cheers . ) Or . are there any here who adyocate an educational suffrage ? Which is the nobler man , the man who is educated enough to forge , or the honest labourer who lives bj the toil of

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      his hands ? Common sense is equally the gift of 5 * 5 ? honesty must make a better use of U than traud . lalk not of ignorance—A man knows what he . vants , when fie starves ! Ho cries bread ! And they . Tho produce that bread , know best how it is to be obtained . Not out of the Cabinet , but out of the toil Vot from foreign markets and usurious traders , but direct from God and nature ' . ( Loud chwra . ) Or , would you erect a moral stamdard ? On that plea De priviliged classes would be privileged no longer . Whew is the greatest morality , —is it in the rich ¦ n an who bribes with his gold , or is it with the poor m . in , who , thus tempted , takes the gold , to save his iluldren ' s lives ! Morality « When a house of in amy was burnt down in London , who fled , like rabaits frighted from their warren , through the flames t A prince regent , an archhishop , two judges , and a general , and a parson broke his neck in jumping ( torn tho window . ( Cheers and lauehter ) . Cananv

      man suggest any other restriction ? Can any man in this lia . ll suggest any feasible reaion for an ) one if these restrictions , or any other kind of restriction , * copt the one embudied in my amendment ' i Then , if no one can find an argument for any other liruitanon of tho franchise , every man in this hall has jronounceit himself for universal suffrage . ( Loud . lieers ) Aye ! and when I find that mind is enilmneU in bank-notes , and intellect conveyed to a new jurchaserinthctulo of his estate , then , and then mly , we will cease to lift our voioe for universal suf-,- iige . I rieuds ! I truat there are no men here , of this untamed town , who having now felt the conriction . iruth , will let , afier-prejudice efface the impression , tlemembnr ! we take his right from no man—but in ¦ ccuring others their rights , we too claim our own .

      ( . ujieera . ) iiw aUopkeeporu of Brighton willjoin with , you , working men!—as the shopkeepers in jvery other town in England are doing , — . tinco they wo are unrep resented in the Commons , —their votes are overyowcrwl by the great money -interest o $ ihe nrliilcsale manufacturers ; aUne , they can not resist , united with yuu they will be stro . ig enough—and the interest of their trade leads them towards you , — since tiiiuk ol the countless customers they will gain among the then prosperous working classes , who now i iass their stiopwiRdows and look , but cannot buy !—Iteel convinced , the Brighton shopkeepers will not snow less seiwe , than their compeers in the rest of Kugland . ( Uheera . ) The franchise is the constitutional right of every Englishmen—all , had it once , and allsliall have it again . ( Cheers . )

      In conclusion , I repeat , drive prejudice from your minds ! It may retard , but it caunot prevent our success and I think , sir ! the hour of retardation has been effaced by the hand of famine from the disc of time . 1 am aware , every great movement suffers a period of prejudice , a period of difficulty in winning its way . At first it comes , like the gush of a freshloosened torrent—then the existing impulse diesliieuarnvesthehourof doubt and hesitation , —the bare principle prolongs * bleak existence , — and the small dtreamlet , like a thread , glides on almost unseen , amid ike shallows of life . By its side stands the burly Monopolist , and frowns a « he beholds its tiny waves still carry the freshness of hope to some careworn hearts , lie places hia loot across its narrow

      tied , thinking 10 stop its flow for ever ; but his frown fades and his eye grows troubled , as he notes those quiet water still flows on against him;—they come , irom their eturnal fountains ;—the barrier , lie places , but collects their gradual force;—the dam he erects collects the million slow-succeeding waves into one great pressure Irom without , and , were he even a king , he must yield b , fore them , and , like Canute , the Hoyal Dane , withdraw the footstool of his power before the tide of progression 1 ( Loud cheers ., We have passed those first stages ! We have rallied the pressure from without ;—the franchise is your right ; demand it—command it!—for even monopoly has said , the vuke ui the people is the voice of God ( Mr . Jones resumed his seat amid loud cheers . ) And the chairman then introduced

      Mr . Uotle , who saiu ; lie aaw one of the Hon . Members of this great town of Brighton present , and he told him , as one of the friends of tue people , that the whole of the working men of tUe north , —indeed , of the whole manufacturing districts of E . gland , b « - lieved they were as much entitled to a voice in making the laws as the lion . Member himself . God had nut made him a slave to the Hon . Member or to the High Constable ot this town . They all came into tins world equally helpless . Then who had made the difference between them ? Those who had made tlie laws . Wlio were they ? The rich and tne powerful . DiU they do so in ignorance ? then they were not fit to be legislators , ( yb . ee . ra . ) Bm , he -was told hat he was ignoraut . Who made him so ? It was the upiuio . i of a great , philosopher that the virtues or vico

      the ignorance or knowledge ol a nation , were tlie effects ot its institutions . Then if tiie people were ignorant , ic was tlie consequence ot iniquitous laws —of the vicious system which existed , lie found that one of the Members of this town had done what lew men did—he voiea for a Ten Hours' liill —( cheers ) —that the cliiluien of the working classes should have time to acquire knosvledge—to become something tuore tliau crooked machines to acquire wealth —tlie Gud of the great . These six millions of men , women , and children , produced , seven years ago , according to a celebrated authority—a Liberal , too—700 milliuhs ot wealth , and out of that they got but 156 millions , whnst 541 millions went into the poBsessiou ot the An » uciacy of land . He believed God never made au Aristocracy of land . God gave the land to the whule human family , and first force , and then fraud , by Aa of Parliament , made this land . he

      possession ot the lew . Mr . D . went on to show that all is taxation from birth to death , and that the most heavily taxid are the producers of tho wealth ol tbe co . niry , without , whose labour the others would starve . The poor man was ignorant ; but not too ignorant to produce 700 millions of wealth ; to pay the Marquis of Westminster £ 500 , 000 a-year rental ; to let ilie Duke of Norfolk possess thirty-six estates . If they had votes , they would see such a change in the house of Commons as would astonish the High Coustab . e—and astonish still more Uaptain 1 echell , for they would be such an infusion of Democratic bluod as would make tho pensioners look blue . ( Cnetr » . ) He thanked Captain Peohell , lor bia attendance , and hoped soon to see him in tbe House of Commons , advocating , with the people ' s champion , Mr . Thomas Dunconiue , tlie rights ot the people . ( Prolonged elieew . )

      The lli » h Constable then put the motion , whioh was carried unanimously , and amidst great cheering . Mr . Flowbr then proposed the adoption of the National Petition , which , having been read by the vestry clerk , was seconded byMr . Giles , whointroiluced Mr . CuuK , who in a powerful and « loquent address , went through the six points of the Charter , and touched upon the leading questions now engaging tho attention of the political world . He was particularly severe on Lord John Kibsell and the Whigs , aud thought , that publio opinion had mor « reason to look to Sir R . Peel than to Lord John Itussell . lh ridiculed the idea of the ignorance of the puople by showing that they opposed the passing of the coin-law in 1815 , and were massacred at Peterlo > because they did so , and now in 1845 , Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell owned that they bad been wrong and thu ignorant people right by repealing those laws . He subsequently characterised the late

      commercial changes as a failure , because they had jiven r » u to no improvement in the condition of the peo . pie , being made merely a handle of by monopoly , i . ord John Russell owned that the increase of wealth and civilisation on the one hand ,. and the growing demarcation between the rich and the poor on the other , was a problem which he could not solve . But the people could : it lay in the fact that they were not represented and in the monopoly of the land . 'Ihe people saw this , and were learning apolitical economy of their own . They were saving their ponce to buy land . ( Cheers ) Within the last seven months , 12 , 000 working-men had aubsoribed £ 21 , 000 and purchased two estates , with farms , &c . and they were about to purchase two more , on which to locate some « f the idle population of the kingdom . ( Cheers . ) lie had no doubt that Captain Pechell would be candid and tell them if he would support the Chatter ( cheers ); for they wanted to rank him among the DuncombeB and tho other champions of the people . ( Loud cheers . )

      The adepUon . of the National Petition having been carried unanimously , Mr . Dayey proposed , and Mr . Williams secondod , the appointment of a committee of five to obtain signatures and carry the resolution into effect which was earned unanimousl y , Mr . lloppr then proposed a vote of thanks to Captain pechell , and a request that he support the prayer of the petition , regretting that , as it was to form part of a National Petition to be presented by Mr . Duiicombe , they could not avail themselves of his services in this respect . Mr . Woodward seconded , eulogixing the past conduct , ot the Hon . Member ; and the motion was carried uyaoclamati on .

      Captain PucHitu , rose to return thanks , and was received with great applause . He was , he said , very sensible of the kind manner in which they had impressed themselves in the response they had made to the resolution just a Kreed to-becau » e it showed that when a Representative did act in a straightforward and honest manner , he was sure to be rewarded by Ins constituency . ( Cheers . ) He thought that the people of this country had some cause to complain of the grievances which oppressed them ( Cheers . ) He was sensible oftha many grievances whi « h had folowedI the great measure of Reform . He had very soon discovered that the people , not only of this town , but the working classes of the country generally , had nut profited by that measure , which they wore led to believe would do away with manv erievances with

      which they were oppressed By the Reform Act it was sequired that to vote they should be taxed , and net only taxed , but that they should pay that tax , in order to vote for the Representative who was to be empowered to impose taxes upon them . ( Cheers . ) It was said that pay ment of rates was to be the criterion of the sufficiency of an eleotor ; but there was this anomaly ; the £ 10 borough voters were taxed , but the £ 50 county voters were not . ( Cheers . ) The taxpaying clauses ought no longer to bo endured . He had on every occasion raised bis voice Against ( his

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      reat grievance . ( Cheers . ) They ( the voters ) had greed to a national petition . Be should pursue the same course which he did when they asked him upon a former occasion—he should support Mr . T . Dun-H » . ( I oud ^ eers . ) I'm afraief ( oontJBued the flnfrik $ T mber ) you will be deceived by not letting me m fir . ^ 'J ntenof ~ 8 ha 11 P » the-same course motion rfM 8 > i 0 llMthe I » st-I shall support the Keard aUhfiT * the Nat 5 onal Petition to cheers \ And J ^ r of the - tlse of Common * .. ( Loud him wben \ ver ^ ° Z f woula ta a sanction to chise wJTG ^ J ^ , ^ **« T mencompetent and wilHngranSTo woSS wJ and who would command th ' e rSSZl lit ^ f Parliament-it would . be a giiSSSffi !»? li

      swunttotne House of Commoni what ho Ch . « , „ this night . ( Cheers . ) It would notXlheglu " « won ; for , during the 12 years hehad fien ot Sf their representatives , he had invariabl y aUted ™ w had occurred at the meetings at Brighton , for it was impossible not to see their orderly manner and be gratified with the whole conduct of the people when masses were congregated together —( Cheers )—and he would bear witness to it ; for it strengthened- the hands oF the men who represented the wishes of the people to have a just weight in the representation of the country . ( Cheers . ) He would do his best . He had been knoeked up during the last three Sessions

      with badgering the Poor Law Commissioners . They had shortened his life by some years—such had been his anxiety and trouble ; and really , if this thing was to go on—if they eould not overturn these Poor Eaw Commissioners—if they could not obtain an extensive alteration in these laws by an extended elective franchise , he should almost despair . But they might trust him , and after 12 years' character , if he did deceive them , the remedy would be in their hands in a very few months' time . He should , not be afraid to iiu etn > * Cheer 8- ) At the same time they would have before them a person who had done his utmost in support of the cause of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) r v

      A vote of thanks to the Commissioners , for the handsome manner in which they had accommodated the peeple , was then carried , as also a vote of thanks to Messrs . Jones , Doyle , and Clark for their addresses , ia acknowledging which Mr . Jones concluded by moving a rote of thanks to tho High Constable , which was passed by acclamation . The High Constable begged to thank the meeting for tho compliment they had paid him . He considered that , in calling the meeting and presiding over it . he not only discharged his duty , but had done himself a great pleasure . ( Cheers . ) # The meeting then broke up in a very quiet manner ; it being past 10 o ' clock . And thus ended one of the

      most spirited , orderly , and important meetings , that has for many yeara beeR known in the town of Brighton .

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      IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO WOULD POSSESS THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE . The following is the Synopsis of the Reform nnd Registration Acts drawn up for the Central Registrationand Election Committee , by Ernest Jones , Esq . barnster-at-law : —

      THE REFORM ACT 8 . 1 . —DUTIES OP OVER 8 EER 9 . I . —COUNTIES . A . The Overseer * of the Poor of « yery PariBh or Township are to gire notice to all person * entitled to tote for Counties , and whose names are not upon the Register of Voters thtn in force , or whose names may be thereon , but who have changed their places of abode , or do not retain their old qualification , that , if they wish to hs ? e their names put on the Register , they must give or send notice In writing , to the Overseer , on or before , the 20 th Of Julj ^ su eh notiw to contain the Christian and Surname of the Claimant at full lsngth , his place of abode , nature of Ins qualification , where the property is iUuat « d , te ., as in a prescribed form .

      The notice required to be given by the Overseers is to be eigaed by them , to be a printed form , furnished by the Cl « rk of the Peace , and to be fixed by them ( the Over , seers ) , on » r before the 20 th of June in every year , in a conspicuous part , either on the outside of the outer door , of every church or other place of public worship , in the Parish or Township , or on the outer wall near § ueh door . If no church or chausl in tho Parish or Township , in that case the notice to be put up in some conspicuous public situation in the Parish or Township . Should any such notice be pulled down or defaced before it shall hove been up at least fifteen days , including two successive Sundays , in thai case the Overseers to put up a freih notice .

      On or before the last day of July in every year , the Overseers are requested to make out an alphabetical list of all periens who , on or before the 20 th of the same month , shall , in due form , have sent in their claims to them ( the Overseers ) , such list to contain the Chriatiam and Surname of every claimant , his platfe of abode , the nature of his qualification , the description of his pro Perty , and the name of ihe occupying tenant . Where the Overseers havg reasen to believe that either such List , or the Copy of the Register , which has been recoived by them from the Clerk of the Peace ( namely , the Register then in force ) , shall contain the name of any person who is doad , or of any person whose name they ( th « Overseers ) consider ouxbt not to be on the Register , in the former case , they ( the Overneer ») are reqnirud to write " d-ad" before the name of the purty , and , in the letter , tha word ' objected " The Overseers are required

      to cause copies of such List , and also copies of the Clerk of tlie Peace ' s List ( the Register then in force ) , with such marginal additions us aforsesuid ( namely , the words "dead " or " objected" ) , to bo written or printed , nnd to »' gn all such copies with their mines , aud on or before the 1 st of August in each year , to cause them to be pub . lished by fixinij . thetn on the church door , etc . [ Exactly the tame as with respect to " notices , " for which see A . ] The Overseers are required to keep accurate copies of the Lists so to be published ( including the marginal additions and their own signatures ) , and to allow sach copies to be perused by any persons during the first fourteen days fter such publication , except sunduys , nt any time betweeu the hours of ten and four in the day-time , and on payment of a small fee ( sixpence , to two-and-sixpunce , according to the number of narae ») , to give written or printod copies signed by them ( the Ov « rs .. ers ) to any person who shall apply for the same .

      Objection may be made by nny person on the List of Voters to any other person on the list by ( tiring notice of the objection oucorJintc to a prescribed form to the overseers , on or before thi ; 25 th of August ; and , on or before the First of September fol ' ovving , ths overseers ar required to cause a list of the persons so objectad to bo published , by filing on church doors , e » c , ( exactly in that respect , nnd in all other * , as the \ Uti under letter B , with this difference , that in applications to peruse the ( objected to lis ' , such application must be made during the first fourteen day * of September . ) D On or before the 29 th of Au .-ubI the overseers to deliver to the Clerk of the Pcaee his , ( tha Clerk of the Peace ' s ) copy of the register ( namely , the Register then In force , ) tho new list of claimants , with the " mar .-inal addition ! , " and aho the list of the names objected to , all to besljundby them ( the overseers ) .

      II . —CITIES AND BOBOUOnS . E On or before the 20 th of June in every year the over , seers of the poor of every parish and township aro required to publish a notice in writing , stating , that net per » on will be entitled , in renpect of the occupation of a tan-pound tenement , to huro hia name put an tho list of voters for the city or borough , (< vhieh must be named , ) unlesn lie shall , on or before the 20 th of July fallowing , pay all the poors rates ar > 4 assessed taxes due the 6 th ' the preceding April , in respect of the proper y in right of which he muaua to vote , This notice to be published by fixtag printed copies on the church door . etc . ( In this , anfl all other respects , the same to be dune a » in the ease of notices for countioi , for which see A )

      The oversderi to make out an alphabetical Hit of all persons having a right to vote for the olty or boromgh in respest of the occupation of premises worth ten pounds a year , situate either wholly , or in part , in the borough or towuship ; and also another alphabetical list of all othtr persona entitled to vote for euch city or borough in reipect of any othtr right , excupt sti freemen , and in such lilts t \\ « . chrittian and aurname of everj person to be inserted ait full length , with the place of his abode , and the nature of his qualification , and where the qualification consist ! of property , there must be n description of it by the name of the street , where it i * situate , aumber f bouts , &c ,

      On or befor * the First of August the overseers ara required to publish copits of such lists , and which copies they are to si gn , by fixing them on church doors , etc . The lik « provisions made aa to fixing up copies of the lilts , replacing them if pulled down , keeping copies for inspection , and giving copies on payment of a fee , as are mentioned in tho case of counties , for which s « e B .

      II Perions on the lists may object to other persons also on the lists , in which case , the same course to be taken by the objectors and overseers as iu tha case of objections taken to names on lists for counties , for which see C . I On or before the ?» th of August in every year , the overseers to deliver copies of their lists of rotors , aud of the list of persons objected to , to the Town Clerk . K In cities and boroughs where freemen have a right to vote , the Town CU-rk is the person required to make out an alphabetical list of such freemen , and to publish the same , as in other cases is required to bo done by the overseers , except that the publication by the Town Clerk it to be fixed on the outer door of the Town Hall . « r oa the outer wall , nsur the door , and , if no Town U » ll , then in some conspicuous public situation in the city or borough . The Town Clerk to allow n copy m hii listi to be perused , aud to give copies , upon payment of a fee , the same as in the cas « ofuu overseer ' s liit . Ii The overseers are liable to a fine not exceeding Hv . pounds , nor Uso Own enty shillings , niter- th <» w . l

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      t uUy neglect to make out a list of yoters , or neglect ( 9 iniert therein the narai of any person , in oouaties who shall hare given due notice of his claim , or omit , in cities or boroughs , the name of any person duly qnalU fied , whether notice has been given or not ; or , either in oounties , cities , or boroughs , shall insert the name of any person whose name ought not to be inserted or shall neglect to publish such list , etc . '

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      Relief 0 ? the Famine in Scotland . —On Sunday sermons in aid of the fund now forming tor the relief of the existing distress in the Highlands aud Islands of Scotland were preached by the Rev . W . Hincks , at the Scotch Church , Stamford Street , Blackt ' riars Road , and by the Rot . W . Cousins , at the Chelsea Presbyterian Church , Sloano Square , to crowded congregations , who liberally contributed to the collections . Chblska Pedsionbiis . —It is reported that the Out-Pen sioners of Ch « l » ea Hospital will be relieved , by an Act of Parliament , from the payment of poundage now deducted from their pensions .

      Medicinal Pbopbrties op Watbr-ciibb 3 . —Watercress act * u a gentle ; stimulant , and diuretic . For these purposes tho expressed juice , which ooritains the peculiar taste and pungency of the herb , may bo taken in doses of an ounce or two . aml continued for a considerable time . It should be , at the same time , eaten at breakfast , also at dinner and supper , to ex . perienee benefit from the Virtues of this herb . Mailer says , I have leen patients in deep declines cured by almost entirely living upon this plant , " Suddbnj Dkatii . —On Saturday morning a youne man , nametHWilliaras , porter at tho Angleaea Hotel Portman market , was found dead in hi s bedroom ' where lie had retired to clean himself , after the work * of the morning . He had been joking a few minutes before with some of his fellow servants , who , becoming alarmed at his long absence , they proceeded to call him and found him dead .

      Railway . Works . —The Eastern Counties Railway Company are about very large works at Stratford , comprising almost a now town . We learn that no fewer than three hundred houses aro to be at once erected at a coat of £ 200 , 000 ., tho contract having been taken by Messrs . Curtis , of Stratford . Something Rotten in the State op Denmark — A letter from Copenhagen states that ilurins ; the last year the police of that city picked up 605 persons , one-fourth of them women , who wero lying dead drunk in thestreots . Wkst India Produoi . —A vessel arrived at the

      port ot Liverpool from Nassau , New Providence has brought , in addition to a large quantity of cedar , logwood , yellow wood , Ac , forfurniture , raanufacturing , and dyeing purposes , GG barrels of forbidden fruit , as it is called , 45 turtle , and 50 dozens of pineapples , of West'Indian production . Our Obelisk . —Wo learn that in tho course of tho alterations now making in Alexandria , une ' er a French engineer , the prostrate olwli . sk , known as Cleopatra ' s needle , winch was presented to the English Government some time ago , has been buried ' in the Band , so that no trace of it remains . —The Builder .

      Corn —A letter from Constantinople , of the 28 th ult ., states that 300 vessels laden with corn were then waiting in the Bosphorus for a favourable wind to take their departure for the Mediterranean . Nkd Nkalr , of pugilistic fame , who died on tho 15 th of last November , at tho ago ol 47 , has left property to the amount of £ 5 , 000 . The Cholkra . —The last accounts from Bussora informs us that the Cholera is making dreadful ravages in that city ; amongst the numerous victims is M . Raymond , Vice Consul of France . Mr . Laino , the ex-Maoistiutb . —It is stated that Mr . Laing has been appointed a magistrato in Aus > tralia , and that he leaves England next week to assume his appointment in that distant colony . — Glole . [ Shame to those who have appointed him . This Laing is the notorious tyrant immortalised ia Oliver Twist , under the name of " Fang . " ] First Electric Telkouafh in Canada . —Abaufc

      twelve o ' clock on the Kith of December , tlie telegraph commenced its operations between Toronto and Hamilton ; the cimmunication was openei * to all with * out payment , and messages were sent to both ends of the line . Famine in Ireland . —Departure of a Steamer ladea with Food . —On Saturday morning , at an early hour ^ the powerful government steamer Dragon , engaged by the " British Association for the Rt-lief of the Distressed Poor in Ireland , " sailed from Deptford for the Irish coast , having on board a cargo of several hundred tons weight of articles of food , clothing , flannel , blankets , &o ., for distribution in tlie most distressed districts . Ibrahim Pacha has sent £ 500 towards relieving the necessities of the poor in the city of London .

      Fatal Accident . —A melancholy accWent occurred lately in the village of Eaton , Norfolk , by which a young man , named Robert Blyth , came to an untimely death . It appears he was out in search of rabbits ,, his usual employment , and putting his head into a bin-row for that parpose , the earth above gave way and he was crushtd to dea b . Accidbst from tiie Frost . —On Saturday morning , about ten o ' clock , a serious accident occurred in the Regent ' s Park ti > Mr . Annesley , a solicitor , of Lincoln ' slnn-Uekls , who fell down in consequence of the slippery state of the pavement . Upon being raided , it was found that one of his Iprs was broken , anil he w ; is conveyed to his residence No , 27 , Dorsetplace , Dorset-square . The medical gentlemen who attended , set the fracture , which was a transverse one of both the bones , and ho is now going on favourably .

      Amkiucan Hop * . —We have remarked , on a former occasion , that tho supplies from America ( United Stales ) have of late included some small pared- ) of hups , and we find that they are of so good a description as to be imported , in some instances , on account of one of the most eminent of the leading brewing firm * in the mUropolis . FUNKRAL OF THK LATK Mr . BVNO , M . P . —The niOrtal tenuinisuf this venerable senator were interred oa Monday afternoon , in the family vault , at Potter ' s Bar Church , near W rot ham . Mrs . Byu ? is not dead , * s stated by a daily paper , but is in the enjoyment of good health . It appears that sl ^ o will remain in possession of Wrothum l' . uk for li'e aff--r which the proportv falls to Lord Stratford or his heirs .

      A Skt up Fools—A duel haa just token place at Caen between two law students , one of them receivcilthe thrust of a sword in ihe side , but , the point having broken against one of the ribs , tho wound is not considered datuerous . This atl ' . iir led to a meeting bstween the . > econds , who fought with pistols . One of the combatants received a ball in the thigh . An inquiry lias b « en ordered br the authorities into thin nll ' air . Petticoat Government . —The Governor of Missouri ( si married man ) , in his annual message to the legislature , recommends that it ahull Iv ile ^ al for a man to yive his name in moneyed security without the consent oi " tiis wife . The legislature has rufencd the matter to a select committee .

      Infamous Traffic—A fe w days ago , 18 poor Italian biiys were luuled nt Folkestone , from Boulogne in the most distressing and pitiful condition , having scarcely a rag 10 cover them at tliis inclement season , and- some of them with ml shoes . One poor boy , about 12 yt ? ar * of age . was observed to have his feet and ancles covem ! with chilblains and sores , Iwiiii . ' carried from the foi'o-cab . n upon the hack of oneof those inhuman traffickers in white slaves , his master . These poor boys are destined fur exciting the pity of the English , for the aggrandisement of their inhuman master * . [ IVnv d * not the

      Anti-Slavery philanthropists interfere for the protection of these unhappy beings 1 ] Early Gknius . —The price of bread was raised in AyronTui'siwy la < t . A boy went into one of our bakers ' allots the mine afternoon , and a * k d for an oblong piece tit " sustenance of yesterday ' s baking . The towel round it , he te . 1 dere . 1 l tho > iW price , when another halfpenny wis . di . 'm : > nded , » n tin- ground that the price had risen that day . •¦ Oh ! " said young hopeful , " that su"' I'nminh . lHit this luaf is 'I ' yesterday ' s baking ! " Tiie hak-r laujheil fur his halfpenny . The boy mi ^ litdo fir lJ . i-a-iie . id land . — Ayr Advf . rtiif . r .

      EoasTwo Thousand Ykaus <> lb —In the ruins ot Ilelicarnatsiix , a colHn Um iieeii exhumed , continuing ; two eggs , which in ' mlit easily l > confounded who " newly laid" on- * , ilitnuh 2 , 000 years may have olapsed since their uiloineiH . Tub Fabi . b of tiik Goldkn Eoos Rkaliskiv—A townsmali of ours recently won at a > : itH < - a very fine gopse , nnd up m tho " gudewifo" ptvptiriiiirit for the spit , she still more fortunaiely found iu ilw entrails one of her Majesty ' s coins called a hnli ' soverei » n . Fancying , we rire ^ umo , that this was the veritable " goo » uth : it laid the golden egys , " she txciannoil , " wliat a pi'y this gooBe was killed TTo takk Stains out of Ivory —Make a light paste of sal-vol itile oil and prepared chulk , and rub on tho ivory with leather ; afterwards puts * 1 tilo more on , and leave it to dry—then brush 11 off .

      Starlioht . I The little star nllt ' it b'l Cygni , is so far from the earth , that it i-equiivs u-n \ ears for the iight to reach 11 *; so tli . it i-. tne Mar were suddenly annihilated , it would siili b soon for years alter the catastrophe . Emancipation » k tub lmsn . —One of th « American journals spi-aks of a piujict lately set on loot at New York , for the encouisig < 'ineiit of ih'i ennsi" * - tiun ot the distressed Irish t » America . T » e l | l " * ing are the principal features of the p lnn :-A s ; ieat company of e : u > HaH > U "ill >« formed at N w lork , tor

      ind will un . ' citaUe to find at least ten ships tho trntispiTtntu . il of lri > h : « iriliex , destined lu tm-m a colony < , u t .,.- tunU , of th- - Mississippi . he com-» an \ will have it . ies ;> -i' « it > U ' agent , in Ireland and America . It will » i > p -rfn > ii to each emkrant family "no hundred am * of 1 mI , agricultural implements , and i-vcrvihinj ; neee-sary for their u .-c dnrin : the ( i ; M . war . The ioUum of the colony to the com . 1 : 1117 vvili In- niudi-1 . . « dividuiuN , or instalments , e . xten ; ing ., vl-i s vi-i-al ji'ii ' -, iu 'irdcr 1 bat , by thin means , the ( lulu i-ts iimy la ' i . 'Ur under less - . ' . ith ' eulty i" coin * iik-tin ,: li e pa ) munis .

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      Wsbtmuibr Bbidgb . — Lord Morpeth has announced to a deputation from the parish ot St . Margaret and St . John , Westminster , that the bill for which notice had been given , tor " the removal of Westminster bridge and the erection of another bridge in lieu thereof at Charing-cross , " will not be proceeded with . Warsi . no to Sillt Womejj . —A death from personal vanity occurred a few days ago , at Monts , near Caen . The Bervant of a widow lady , named Madame Madeleine , went to bed in apparently perfect health , but in the morning wa 3 found lifeless . A physician was called in . who , on examining thecorpse , declared that her death was caused b y her sleepin" in stiff stays , to preserve her fine shape . Quert?—Mr . bro * n , of Illinois , has now at Washington a fire ship or fort , for harbour or land defence . It reflects off the enemy ' s shot and envelops ships or armies in a fiame of inextinguishable fire . . A ' ett' York Sun .

      Papier Machie is a substance made of paper cuttings , boiled , and then beaten in a mortar into a paste , which is afterwards boiled with a solution of gum arabic or size , to give it tenacity . It is then formed into boxes , toys , &c , by pressing it into oiled moulds . When dry , it is painted biack , and afterwards varnished . Electric Clock . —It is reported that itis intended to put up at the parish church at Leeds an electric clock , and that negociatioi » have already been entered into for the purpose with the patentee . The Lash or Librrtv . ' . Isfkmous Tbeaiukhi at Neoroks . —Judge Krum of Missouri , having decided that the law forbidding any free black or mulatto to reside iu that state , without a license , was valid and constitutional . Several negroes , male and female , were publicly whipped on the 10 th ult ., and sent out of the city . —Boston courier .

      Deaih op Sib Thomas Crawlet Boert , Bart . — This venerable Baronet expired on the 10 th instant , at Flaxey Abbey , Gloucestershire , in the 78 th year of hisajje-New Battert . —We understand that it is the intention of Government to erect forthwith a battery at Penlee Point , so as to command Cawsand Bay . The Admiralty are determined to put the whole of the coast in a proper state of defence , in consequence of which the building of the proposed new bridge at Looe is suspended . A battery will be erected at Looe harbour , so as to command the anchorage under Looe Island . The line of approach from Looe to Plymouth is to be put into a state of defence immediately .

      IIatti . —The new constitution is partly mnnarchial and partly republican—it was partly the work of France . The President is elected for life : the Legislature for nine years ; the Catholic religion the religion of the country , and no white man to become a citizen , hold office , or own real estate . —New York Sun . Emigration * from Liverpool . —We are informed that the number of emigrants , principally from the sister isle , who are almost daily taking their departure from this country for various parts of America , in the numerous packet ships leaving this port , is Bcarely credible , considering the advanced state of the season . The New Entrance 10 thb Maxsiox Housb . —On Tuesday the recently-erected Doric portico and vestibule opening from Walbrook , ana intended as a private entrance for the Lord Mayor and friends , was opened for the first time .

      Lord George Beminck and Irish Distress . —It affords us much pleasure to state that the Rev . Hugh MNeile has received the liberal sum of £ 300 from Lord George Bentinck , to be applied towards the relief of the distressed Irish and Scoteh . —Post . Brows Bread . —It has been calculated that the people mightproduce for themselves 5 , 000 , 000 quarters of wheat before next harvest , simply by eating brown bread . It is well known that out of 112 lb 8 . of wheat , 281 bs . are taken in the shape of bran and coarse flour , leaving only &ilbs . of fine flour . Now , if the brans only were taken out , which would in

      no case exceed 71 b 3 ., there would be left 1041 bs . of nutritious flour , more wholesome and more digestible as every medical man can testify , than ihe fine flour now used ; so that 104 exceeds 84 by one fourth , 20 , 000 . 000 quarters , which is believ « d to be about our consumption , would , if dressed in this way produce as mudh flour as 25 , 000 , 000 . A Nics Berth . —A letter from Berlin states that Prince Charles of Prussia hag been appointed Grand Master of the Order of St . John , in place of Prince Henry , who died last year at Rome . To this dignity a attached an annual income ot 45 , 000 thalers and a handsome palace to reside in .

      Ihk Bet of Trais . —By the arrival of the Labrador , we have received some details of the return of the ^ Bey of Tunis'to the seat of his government . lie entered Tunis in a magnificient carriage , presented to him by the King of the French , amidst an immense crowd of his subjects , who appeared delighted to see him . Before the Labrador left he made valuable presents to the officers . Dust Te Dcst , —Accounts have been received of the t ' eath of the Archduke Joseph of Austria Pala . tine of Hungary , at Oden , on the 7 th instant , in hia 70 th year .

      . Thc Small Dbbtb Act . —This act will be put into immediate operation throughout the several counties . Ihe month ' 8 notice , as required , will expire on the 22 nd instant , aud a period will then be named when the act shall take effect ; after which day , parties who bring actions for sums under £ 20 in the Supreme Court , will have to pay the costs of the same . In addition to a measure on the law of bankruptcy and insolvency to separate the two systems , it is underkJr » tlle - Lord Cna . ncellor will bring iu a bill to abolish arrest in execution , and that imprisonment will only be permitted in cases of ! raud . It will be therefore necessary ^ to make sems alterations in the Small Debts Act of last session

      The Poor Mass Goabbuk Societt .-Oo Wednesday the Committee of the Poor Man ' s Guardian Society opened a kitchm at the Institution , in Leicestw-square , for the distribution s food to tin destitute poor , during the inclemency of the weather . Several hundred applicants presented themselves during the day whose appearance indicated deep distress . The food supplied consists of excellent soup , made from shins of beef , vegetables , and bread , each person is supplied with as much as they can eat .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1402/page/3/