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      • TViLLiAir Teafxe . « Henbt Goodkav . 'Arthur Lasgwobthi . JSSSIs »^ = « st fenced tatog these drops some of his wounds were S ^ tbat t wafmost awful to look at them , ani the S and nain of the wounflB generally were most dreadfuWnd ^ the poor fc llowcould be heard scree ch-^ bv pw mbv . botto day-and nigbt . for sleep was en . t " n-lvoufof the question . * H . was reduced to mere skm ani bone , and daily continued to get «*«¦ , » that fh » re vras every probability of his speedy death . The fff « t which « HaUe ' s Scorbutic Drops' had on lnm was « H w « " marieals for before he had taken the first llnUPto . te » Wsound ana refreshing , the itchxng SdI ™ a the paints very much lessened . Persons " & « Vhta m * can scarcely belief it is the same man -the pale , sallow , sickly complexion having given way to rhat of the roseate hue of health , and his Tens filled with

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      IKFLTJESZA CURED . Gentlemen , —The tjreatbeneSt I have received from the use of your Mellifluous Cough Balsuni for the Influenza induses me te add my testimonial , so that , should another universal visitatioa of that complaiat occur , mm . Kud may know the best remedy . I can assert what perhaps ucj other individual can , that of beint ; witness to the cure of a great number by your medicine , which all would do well tstry . —Yours respectfully , Geo . W . mes-Eouse . —Dewsbury , 1839 . 3 , Esses Chambers , ? . Iauchester , Sept . sth , 1 S 47 . ¦ Bea ? Sias , —Several » f my family liave derived much fceneh'i fn < mt ! ie use of your valuable 11 ellilluous Cough j 5 als ; un ; and you will I think du g * od service to society , by making taeinedicine more generally known . Yours Ti-ry faithfully , ToMessw T . M . and C . Brooke , W . P . Kobests . DeTrsbtiry-In cases where theCoush orShortness of Breithis very violent , an occasional dose of Brooke ' s Aperient or Anti-Tsfliuus Piils \ nWbe found to accelerate the cure .

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      S 4 £ ^[ saiteffi& * 3 s ** 5 ?? I cxttneive pm-tice oi W& * 1 J mm l&i ' S ' a It-Msn B . andL . i'ERur and j ^ i ^ fi L ^ i ^ jll Co ., the continued demand f-jr H ^ ofkTeSSdrthT ^ sU-EKr PHIEXD . ' ( one huudred and twenty five thousand copies ot which have been Bold" andthe extensive sale and high repute of their Medicines have induced some unprincipled persons to asiuine the name of PERRY and closely mutate the title of the Work and names of the Mcdicii . es . ThopuMicis iertby caution * a that such persons are . nirt in any way cani-iited with the firm of R . and L . PKRRY and Co ., of London , who donotvisitthe Provinces , and are only to be consulted personally , or by letter , : < t their Establishment , iq Kpniflrs . street . Oxford-street , London .

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      Part ths First Is dedicated to the considsration of the Anatomy and Physiology of the organs wbick are directly or iuoirectly engaged mtUeprocess of reproduction . It is Illustrated by six coloured engravings .

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      . v > > * Vt ^ UAMJ VU AAIA ^ A IIUU W L ^ iU ^ l ^ A » ^^ o ^^ B A' ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTn AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE . Illbstsated with . vuiierocs Coioobid Engeayingi . Just Published , in a Sealed -E nvelope , price 2 s . 6 d ., or free by post , 3 s . 6 d . /^ OJfTRO ¥ L OF THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essny \ J on the Duties and Obligations efilarried Life , the unhap ' piness resulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment ; the abuse of the passions , the premature decline of health , and mental and bodily vigour ; indelgcace in solitary anddelusive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a long train of disorders affecting the principal organs of theb » dy , causing consumptions , mental aBd nervous debility aud indigestion , with remarks on uonorrhasa , gleet , stvictura , and Byphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Cases .

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      CONTENTS OF THE WORK . Chap 1 . —The influence of the excessive indulgence of tbe passions in induciig bodily disease and mental decrepitude . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings . Chap . 2 . —Enervating aRd destructive effects of the \ rice « f seltindulgeaee , inducing a lou < train of diseases ^ "indigestion , hysteria ' , insanity , uieping mehHcholy , consumption , stricture , impotence a « d sterility , with observations on the purposes and blijations of marriage , and the unhappy ooasequanres of unfruitful unions . Chap . 3 . — Seminal weakness aad generativa debility : the nature of impotence and sterility , and the imperfections in the performance of the principal vital function consequent « a mcl-praetices , the troutm « t of the diseases of the diind aud bady whick result froa these causes . Chap . 4 . - ' Gonorrhoea , its sympt&m 6 , complications and tr » atrfent , gleet , stricture , and inflammation of the prostate . Chnp . 5 . —Syphilis , its complies tions and treatment , Oases , Concluding Observations , Plates , < fce . By CHARLES LUCAS and Co ., Consulting Surgeons , 60 , Newmam-street , Oxford-street , { London . . Member of the London College « f Medicine , Ac ., ic .

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      Svtd by Brittain , 54 , Patornostcr-row : Hannay and Co ^ , 68 , Oxford-street ; Gordon , 146 , Leadenhall-strcet ; Mansell , US , Fleet-street ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street , London ; Winnell , 78 , High-stre . t , Birmingham ; Whitmore , 119 , Market-street , Manchester ; Howell , 54 , Cfeiron-street , Liverpool ; Robinson , Hi Greensidestreet , . Edinburgh ; Powell , 10 , Westmoreland-street , Dublin , and all booksellers . The task of preparing and producing the work entitled Controul of the I ' assiens , ' by Messrs Lucas , though apparently not one of magnitude , demands a most intimate acquaintance vrstb . the mysteries of a profession of the highest character . To say that the author iia 3 produced a volume which cannot be otherwise considered than as a treasure , and a blessing to the community , Is not snying , too much ; and being written by a duly qualified medical practitioner , its pages give evidence ef the results of much personal investigation , and great researches in the stufiy of medicine . In a word , the work kas merits wkich develope no superficial attainments , and w » cordially aad most earnestly recommends it for general perusal . —Weekly ChronUU . The press teems with volumes upon the science of medicine and the professors of the art curative abound ; but it is rarely even , in these days , when ' intellect is on tke march , 'that we find a rexlly useful rr . edical work . It was with no small gratification that we have perused the unpretending , but really truly valuable little volum « , entitled , 'Controulof the Passions , ' by Messrs Lucas . The awful consequences of depraved habits , early aeuired . are set forth in language tiat must come home with harrowing force to the parent and the victim . W « regard this publication as one of a class that is most productive of benefit to humanity . The subjects , b gbly important and delicate , are treated in a style which at once exhibits the possession of gr * at scientific knowledge , combioed with the fidelity of truth , Theauthor- of this work is a legally qualified modical tnaa , and we most cordially recommend it . —Conservative Journal . Persons desirous of obtaining the above work , and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for them , may , to ensure eecrecy . have it direct from the authors , by enclosing 3 s . Cd ., or postage stamps t » that amount . At heme fron » ten till tivo , and from five till eight ; immediate replies sent to all letters , ii containing the fee of £ l . for advice , &c . ; 60 , Newman-street Oxford-street , LoHdoa .

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      NOTICE , — 1 "hest Lozenges contain no Opium or a preparation of that Drug .

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      COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS EFFECTUALLY CURED BY KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . U pwards of Forty Years' experience has proved the infallibility of these Lozenges in the Cure of Winter Coughs , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of bis Majesty tbe King of Prussia and blsjMajesty the Ri . ig of Hanover has been bestowed on them ; as also that of tbe Nobility and C ' ergy of the United Kingdom ; and abov « all , the Faculty have especially recommended them as a remedy of unfailing effi . cacy . Testimonials are continually received confirmatory » f the value of these Lozenges , and proving the perfect safety of their use ( for they contain 710 Opium , nor any preparation of that Drug ); so that they majr be given to females of the most delicate constitution , and children of the tondecestjyears . witkout hesitation . . ¦ ¦¦; Prepared and Sol » l in Boxes , Is . l ^ d . ; -and Tins , 2 s . 9 d ,, 4 s . 6 d ., and 10 s . Gd . each , by THOMAS KEATING , Chemist , itc , No . 79 , St Paul ' s Church Yard , Londou . Said by Sangar , 150 , and Dietrichsen and Hunnay , 63 , Oxford-street ; Blake , Saudfovd . and Blaka , 47 , Piceadilly ; and by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Vendors in tbe Kingdom . Wholesale Agents—Barclay and Sons , 95 , Farringdonstreet ; Edwards , 67 ; and Neivberry . 45 , St Paul ' s Church Yard ; Sutten and Co ., Bow Church Yard . N . B . —To prevent spurious imitations , please to observe that the w « rJs ' KflatiHg ' s Cough Lozenges' aro engraved 11 the Government Stamp of each Bok .

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      IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS . Copy of a Letter from ' Colonel Hawker ( the well-known Author on ' Guns and Shooting '') Sin , —I caanot resist informing you of tko extraordinary effect tbat I hare experienced by taking only a fe » v of jour LOZENGES . I had a cou 7 . l 1 for several weeks , that defied all that had been prescribed for nio ; aHdyet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a box of your Lozengeji , which I find" are th « only ones thst rolieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive ergaus . I am , Sir , your bumble servant , P . Hawker . — LorjparxsU House , near WbitcUnreh , Hants , October 21 st , 1846 .

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      Letter from 3 fr Wain , Druggist , Lislergate , Nottingham , Sie , —I feel it my duty to inform yeu of a wonderful cure performed by your Lozenges upon Lydia Beardsley , serv . ntto a relative of wine . Abeutfivoor six months since , I happened to send one of your circulars to Mr Ford , of Stapleford , aear Nottingham : after Mrs Fordhad read it , she said to the servant , who hud had . a bad > cough for many months , and had tried various remedies , but all ia vain , ' Here is something that will care you . ' Mrs Vord sent to me lor a box of your Cough Lezcnges for her , and by thetimo she had raken it , the cough left ' her anrf has not yet returned , which is now nearly five month siuce You are at liberty to nuike the above fact known in the most public mauner you think proper . I am sir , yours respectfully , W , Wain . —Nottingham , Oct . 12 , 184 G .

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      Restoration »/ Voice by Keatiny ' s Cough Loecnges . Sin , —I have great pleasure in informing you of the great good your excellent Cough Lozenges have done me . In December , 1845 , 1 caught a severe coidfroin riding two or three miles , one Terj wet night , wkich settled in my lungs , and quite took away my voice , so that I could not speak above a whisper from that time until the beginning of December last . I tried all kinds of medicines , but they were of no avail . I was then advised to try your Lezenges , which I did only to please my friends ; but befere I had finished a 2 s . 9 d . tin , my voice , to my grent joy , came back as strong as ever . I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , James Maktin . -Glasgow , JaHuaiy 12 , 1847 . Sib , —I have been afflicted with a sovere cough and shortness of breath , for nearly eight years , and after trying various remedies , did not find myself any better . I purch » sed a small box of Heating ' s Lozenges of you , from which Ifou » d great benefit . The second box , 2 s . 9 d . size , completely cured me , and I can now breath more freely , and am as free from cough as ever I was in my life . Hoping that others , similarly afflicted , will avail themselves of so certain and safe a remedy , 1 remain , Sir , your ' s faithfully , Wilmam Andeeson . —Birkenhead , near Liverpool , Jan . 8 , 18 i 7 .

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      Sir , —Injustice to yourself and duty to the puWic , I am induced to bear testimony to the efficacy of Keating ' s Cough Lozenges , which I am in the constant habit of taking , being troubled with a coush and difficulty of breathing , often arising from iydigestion , » fcc . I have also recammeHded them to many persons who have been suffering from cougha , and in no instance have I known them to fail . In one in particular , whero tho lady had obtained the best advice , these L « zenjjes were found successful . I shall beglad to testify to their merit to any one who inoyfeel disposed to make a trial , I am , Sir , yours gratefully , Susan Pilkingtos . —Manchester , St Peter ' s Hotel , George-street , Feb . 18 , 1847 . . y . B To prevent spurious imitations please to observe that tha words -Kbating ' s Cough Lozenges' are engraved on the Government Stamp of each .

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      EDIWBUKGIJ CHABT £ E ASSOCIATION . The usual meeting of council was held on Tuesday evening . Mr John Eking in the chair . Mr Urquhart , Dr Hnnter , Mr Walker , and Mr Cockburn commented atBomo length upon the result of the agitation of the various districts . Mr Walker moved that one night be set apart for tbe purpose of discussing the various articles in the columns of the Nubtdekn Stab , Weekly Expbess , and other journals ; but , owing to the laie . ness ef the hour , the discussion of the motion was adjourned . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , after which the meeting dissolved .

      Gobebridge . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of GareVridge and vicinity was held on Monday evening , the Slit ult ., to hear anaddres 9 from that warm-hearted friend of the workinR . classeB , Dr Alexander Hunter , F . R . C . S . E . ; and also to form a branch of the Nationnl Charter Association . Mr Hugh Gillies was called to the chair , who delivered a brief and appropriate address , and concluded by calling on Mr Robert Scott to propose tbe first resolution , viz ;— ' Reaelved—Tbat this meeting considers tbe present state of representation unjust , unnatural , and subversive of all liberty , and therefore claims for every man of sane mind , and untaintod with crime , a full share in the making of those laws which he is compelled to obey , as set forth in the document called the ' People's Charter . ' That we do firm our selvss into a branch of the National Charter Association

      for the obtainment of those principles . ' The motion was seconded by Mr Richardson , and carried unanimously , Mr James Blaekaddtr proposed the next r « solutioa , viz . : — 'That this meeting once more bail with pleasure tbe appearance of a Chartist weekly newspaper in Scotland ; and we tender our best thanks to the proprietors of the Edinburgh Weekly ExraE&s , for their advocacy of the rights and claims of the industrious millions , anil pledge ourselves to aid , with the best of our ability , tho circulation of that journal , so justly acknowledged as the organ of tho people . ' Tl-. e motion being seconded by Mr Adam Seott , was carried without a dissentient voice . Dr Alex . Hunter , F . lt . C . S . E ., tlicn came forward , and delivered an entrgttic and eloquent address , occupying an hour in its delivery , which it is impossible to do justice to in a mtra outline ; suffice It to « ay , that everything that oppressed and

      degraded ' the . labouring classes was clearly pointed out to tha meeting . The mean 3 whereby they might elevate thematlrea wire as ' cliarly demonstrated . A goodly number of the audience then came forward and enrolled themselves as members tf the National Charter Associution . Dr Hunter thereafter proponed a vote of t' anlu to tbe gentleman who bad so kindly granted his Bchool-bouse for holding ihe meeting , which was carried amidst loud applause . Three times three cheers were then given for Mr Feargus O'Connor and the Charter . Votes of thanks were also then accorded to Dr Hunter and the chairman . Ultimately tho prooeeiin ^ s of the meeting werertound up by Mr Urquhart , whs « ang with great glee , ' Hurrah , . for the Charter , ' the whole company joining in the chorus . Tbua ter . roinated one of the most spirited meetings that it has been our lot to witness in this rural district .

      Dondbe . —Presentation . — A number of the female Chartists of Dundee have presented Mr John M'Crao with a plaid of tfce celebrated O'Connor tartan , as a mark of their respect for him as a man , a patriot , and a teacher of the pure principles jof democracy . Some time ago Mr M'Crae was presented with , a handsome silver snuff boz by a number of the trades of Dundae , as a mark of their esteem . This will assure bis nu . morons friends in the West , that ho has secured the good opinions of tho msn and women of theNgrth .

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      Murdbbs in Shvrka . —A letter from Smyrna , of the 20 th ult ., relates that , on the preceding Saturday a Mussulman was executed in the Bazaar for the murder of another about ten months before . The family of the culprit offered the widow of the victim 20 , 000 piastres aa price of blood , but she refused , and , claiming the execution of the lex . talionis insisted upon having blood ior blood . To obtain this she made two jeurneys te Constantinople . She went with the assassin to tjie place of execution , and re mained till the executioner had performed his sanguinary office .

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      THE IRISH CONFEDERATION . On Wednesday evening a large assemblage of this body was held at the Rotunda , Dublin , and much interest was excited , aa it wa 8 understood that a discussion was to take place as to the general policy of the Confederation . On the motion of Mr Smith O'Brien , J . Martin , Esq . of Lnufjhorne , was called to the chair . MrS . O'BniKxV , M . P ., delivered a lengthy speech , reviewing the correspondence of Mcsara Duffy and Mitchel ; in the course of which he earnestly contended against the sentiments put forth by the new leaders . He concluded by moving the adoption of the follswinff striBg of resolutions , which had previously obtained the sanction of a majority of the council of the Confederation : — .. .. .

      J . Resolved , That inasmuch as letters published by two mombers of this council havebreught into question tho principles of the Irish Confederation , and bare given rise to an imputation that we aro desirous to pro . duoe a ( joneral disorganisation of society in thii country , and to overthrow social Order , we deem it right again to place before tho public the following fundamental rule as that which constitutes the basis of action proposed to our fellow oountrymen bj the Irish Confederation : —

      BULE . 1 . Tbat a oociety be now formed under the title of ' The Irish Confederation / for the purpose of protecting out nationalintorests , and obtaining the legislatives independence of Ireland , by the force of opinion , by tbe combination of all classes of Irishmen , and the extrcise of all tho political , social , and moral influtncoe within our rencb . 2 . Tbat ( under present circumstances ) the only hope ef tbe liberation of this country lies in a movement in which all classes and deeds of Irishmen shall be inirlj represented , and by which the interests of none shall be endangered , 3 . That Inasmuch as English legislation threatens all Irishmen with a common ruin , wo entertain a confident nope that their common necessities will speedily unite Irif hmf n in an effort to get rid of it .

      4 . That we earnestly deprecate the expression of any sentiments in the Confederation calculated to repel or alarm any section of our fellow countrjmen . 5 , That we disclaim , as wo have , disclaimed , an ; Intention of involving ' our country in civil war , or of invading the just rights ef any portion ef Unpeople . G . That tbe Confederation has not recommended , nor does it recommend , resistance to . tbe payment of rate » and rents , but on the contrary , unequivocally condemns such recommendations .

      7 . That in protesting against tbe disarmament of tho Irish puople , under the Coercion Bill lately enacted , and in maintain ^ that the right to bear -arms and to use them for legitimate purposes io one of the primary attributes of liberty , we have no intention or desire to encourage any portion of the population of this country in the perpetration of crime * such as those which have recently brought disgrace . upon the Irish people , and which bare tended , in no trifling degree , to retard the Buccess of our effotts In ' tbe cause of national freedom .

      8 . Tbat to hold out to the Irish people the hope that in their present broken and divided condition they can liberate their country by an appeal te arms , and consequently to divert them from constitutional action , would be , in our opinion , a fatal misdirection of the public mind . 0 . That this Confederation was established to attain an Irish parliament by the combination of classes , and by tbe force of opinion , exercised in constitutional operations , and that no means of a contrary character can be recommended or promoted through its organisation while its present fundamental rules remain unaltered . 10 . That wblle we deem it right thti 9 emphatically to disav-oiv the principles pronounced in the publication ' s raftered to in the resolutions , 'we at tbe same time equally distinctly repudiate all right to control the private opinions of any momber of our body , provided they do not aff . ct tbe logal or moral responsibility of the Irish Confederation .

      Sir , I beg leave to move those resolutions . ( Cheers . ) Mr J . Pwot seconded the motion , but was received with mingled expressions of applause and disapprobation . Mr Mitchel then came forward , and was received with prolonged and enthusiastic cheering , after which he spoke as follows : —We have been accustomed hitherto , sir , to the utmost unanimity in our public meetings . Reports and resolutions * brought ; up from the council have commonly been passed with acclamation , and as a matter of course—or if any one dissented from any part of them , he contented himself ; with the proviso contained ifi our seventh fundamental rule , that no report or resolution of the body bound a member who had not expressly

      assented to the same . Yet I believe the meeting will not be surprised at my thinking it necessary to move an amendment to the resolutions proposed by Mr O'Brien . ( Hear , hear . ) First , however , I wish to mal < o public acknowledgment of the candour arid manliness of Mr O ' Brien ' s conduot in thia matter . Yet the nature of these resoltions is not to be mistaken . Strictly and literally they are peace resolutions ; and , in their practical application , they aro intended virtually to exclude not only certain principles , but certain persons ; in short , me , and any others who ' may agree with me—not a few I apprehend—from the Irish Confederates . Now , * thatin itself is a small matter " . If I withdraw to-morrow from the ennfederatirn the cause would sufferlittle , if

      at all ; ar . d I would to God that I were free to withdraw from it quietly , deeply as I am concerned for its success , rather than be forced into this public antagonism against men with whom I have worked so long ' nnd so . 'ordially , and for whom , generally speaking , I feel so strong regard . ( Hear . ) But , sir , this is not a personal matter ; it involves the funda ? mental principles of tho confederation ; and Iain not at liberty to avoid unpleasant collision by sneaking out <> l the affair , without making aw effort to vindicate and save those fundamental ' principles . ' To come to the resolutions before the chair , let me omit for the present the first eight of them , and draw your attention for a minute to the ninth , which I regard as the most important of them all , in fact . including

      , the whole principle . The ninth resolution is , 'That this Confederation was established to attain an Irish Parliament _ by the combination af . classes , . and by the force of opinion exercised in constitutional operations ; and that no means of a contrary character can be recommended or promoted through its organisation while its present fundamental rules remain unaltered . ' Now , let any Confederate present loek to the back of his card , and see whether the third rule , or any other rule limits the action of the confederation within the bounds of the constitution . There is fiot in the whole of our rules one word about constitution , or about law , or about ' patience and perseverance , ' or about ' peace , law , and order . ' I drew up the original draft of those rules myself , and took

      good care' to put into them no such palmy balderdash . ( Loud cheers . ) To be sure , the rule says we expect to achieve our country ' s freedom , amongst other things , by the force of opinkn . Well , and must the force of opinion always be legal ? Always be peaceful ? Does opinion then mean law ? Docb opinion cease to be opi . nion the moment it steps out of the trenches of the constitution ? Why , sir , I hold that there is no opinion in Ireland worth a farthing which is not illegal . ( Cheers . ) I hold that armed opinion is a thousand times stronger than unarmed —( cheers ) and further , that in a national stvuggle that opinion is the most potent whose swoid is sharpest , and whose aim is surest . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) We are told it was opinion and sympathy , and other metaphysical entities that rescued Italy , and scared Austria back from Ferrara without a blow > Yes but it was opinion with the htlmet of ji national

      guard upon his head and a long sword by his Bide ; it was opinion standing match in hand at the breech of a ^ un charged to the muzzle , ( Loud cheering . ) Now , I say all this , not to vindicate myself , for I have no where recommended tbe Irish nation to Sit ' tain legislative independence by force of arms in their present broken and divided condition ( as Mr O'Brien's resolution imputes to me )—not to vindicate myself , but to vindicate the original free constitution ot our confederacy . 1 say there is no aort of agency by which nations ever won freedom burred from us by these fundamental rules ; and I will op . pose to the last any scheme of policy that would now limit our speech and action within the bounds of laws and constitutions , about which Ireland knows only chis—that they were invented to enslave , starve , and plunder her . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) Mr O'Brien says , if you admit tho expression of such dootrines as mine ' you will break faith with influential and

      worthy aristocratic persons who may have joined us in the belief that they would not be ala-tned by such seditious suggestions . Now , I say if yoa -rote tonight that the coafederation is to be henceforth a strictly legal and constitutional soeiety , you break faith , with me and many another man who never would have joined it with any such view . ( Hear . hear . ) f Now , before eaving this expression , the powerof opinion , and tbe proper interpretation to be put upon those word . I will remind you that three ™ £ "E ^ . ! f £ »» « = ** u * it devolved upon texpound the of

      me o re this confederatiotTtoTh people ol the north ; and there , in the presence of Mr Smith O'Brien , I gave the following exolanitinn nf this third . rule ( I quote from theI LS ^ The force of opinion here mentioned does not exclude anv kind of operation consistent with mowlity and duty It does not include an organisation to resist and del feat foreign laws for instance ! neither does it pro hibit a resort to arms , should the timeTver cE when we shall have the power to use them ? vZ this exposition oi mine followed no disavowal contradiotion , or comment , until to-irieh ¦ % Z c

      == « r ^ » i »» A & ^ s p ? iT « ra ^ iSa * 2 wThThe EnSl Ord 9 . ° f Irel ? » d ** S tt « £ 8 e 3 ? 1 and aPMt theiv < " »* countrymen , and that it was useless to keep . courtingand wooing armed and sanguinary enemies , Tfca wL all

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      I did desire-B . r , I do desire-I wonW thM « H | ht give my right hand to bring about a combination ot we various orders of Irishmen against English dominion . ( Cheers . ) I do believe such a union would Detnt salvation of all those classes , of social order , ana o many thousands of human lives . But I tell you despair of such combination . And what think you f I ask my brother Confederates do they in tbeir souls and consciences believe that the landierda ef Ireland will help them to set this island free , ( Cries ef Ao . ) Of courae I mean the landlords aa a class . There are noble exceptions—two of them hero to-night—but so few that they amply , prove the rule . Do you believe »; Have we all been dreaming these last few months I Is it a fact , or not . that the eentry have called in I ~ n ~ I I . ' » j . j . . t . n « iii this night eive

      the aid o ? foreigners to help them to clear ; their own people from the face of the earth , to help them to crush and trample down in blood and horror the rightful claim of the tenant classes to a bare subsistence on the land they till ? ( Hear , hear . ) la it a fact , that they invented a sham council , called the ; Irish Council , ' and talked what they called nationality there for a few meetings , until they got what they wanted , a bill to disarm and transport the Irish—and where is their nationality now ? My friends , I waa weak enough to put some trust in that sham nationality , and Ilabouredfor a , time anxiously on the committees of the Irish Council , trying in eood faith to extract what good I thought was in it . And T willaav nowthat , democratas Iain . by nature ,

      habits , education , and position , I would nave followed the aristocracy of Ireland in the tnatcti to freedom with zeal and loyalty , if they had only led . But they cheated me—they cheated you—a « d they are now laughing at us all . I , for want of some one more competent , tried and tested them on several questions—first , on the prevention of food exports from a starving country : but in this they would not lift a finger , ' How , ' they said , 'how were tenants to pay their rents , if they did not send their corn to England V Next I raised a discussion on tenant right—succeeded in exciting public attention to the debate—3 ucceeded in framing my motion so that Mr Sfcarman Crawford was able to support itbut what did the national landlords do ? Why they

      slunk away , and hid themaelves . and tbe division took place amongst empty benches . And in what position do we see these landed proprietors now ? Are they flocking to our standard , as we have so often invited them to do ? Are they marshalling us the way fowin 6 ur freedom from the English 1 Have they not taken pay frorii the Englishnagainat us , arid are they not now turning upon us sword in hand ? ( Cheers . ) Let us not deceive ourselves—this country is in a state of war—a most unequal and illmatched struggle , indeed—for the slaughter on one side exceeds the casualities on the other as ten thousand to one ; The broken-spirited and famished peasants have only heart for a few ccward assassin shots from behind a hedpe , but a sberiff'a bailiff , with a

      deadly weapon called . a haberc , has often exterminated a whole country Bide in & few hours . The habere is more destructive than grape shot , or shell , or Captain Warner ' s long range—it blows the roof off a score of housas at once , tears up tbe hearthstones , obliterates the very foundations , and leaves the naked and famishing inmates to the legislative charity of a poorhouse , which is worse than death . ( Hear , hear . ) Let me read you the ] ast paragraph of ' an address to the resident landlords of Ireland , ' brought up and adopted at-our meeting on the 7 th of April last : — 'We have been told that we may despair of the co-operation ef the Irish landed proprietors in this great national movement , and that the cause of Ireland ' s liberty must proceed

      without you . To that suggestion we are unwilling to yield ( this was ten months ago . ) Our country cannot well afford to have so powerful a clas 3 against her in her \ righteous struggle—besides times have come upon , us to soften men's hearts and open their eyes to the truth ; and in that kindly influence , as well as in the meaner instinct of self-preservation , we have still some hope ( it was ten months age . ) Shall this hope be vain ? The middle and the humbler classes have not a day to lose in the formation of an alliance for the protection of their own lives . At the present late of mortality their ranks are daily diminished iy hundreds . It will be apparent to you that if they are to make any efforts whatever for self-preservation they must [ do so forthwith . In our conscientious duty to them we must aid , assist and hasten their decision'in this matter ; and we must in candour declare that a principal end of this

      address is to ascertain whether we are to reckon you as with or against your country . ' And at the very same meeting a man who generally means what he says , and whose unavoidable absence to-night W 9 must regret—I mean Mr Meagher—used this language : ' I now make this last appeal to the aristocracy of Ireland . I do so , that in our day of triumph we may lead no fellow countrymen in chains , nor scout him as an alien from our ranks . There is not an hour—no , not an instant to be Io 3 t . ( This was ten months a ^ o . ) Every grave that opens to receive a victim of English rule , widens and deepens the chasm that has for years divided the two great classes of the country . ( How wide , then , and how deep , is that thasm now . ) Sir , it is useless to argue it—the people , without the aristocracy , when driven to the last extremity , have the power to win their freedom . One thing at least is certain—tho people will not

      consent to live another year in a wilderness and a grave-yard . ' Well , ten months of the year have passed . In short , it seems to have been always understood thai our experiment npoH the aristocracy was but ah experiment , and must have an end some time or other . The difference is only as to time . W « were not to g@ oa for ever inviting the lamb to lie down with the wolf and the kid to play upon the cockatrice ' s den . We must absolutely draw the line somewhere—and for me I draw it at the Coercion Act . So far as to the technical question of the original rules ; but , sir . nobody here imagines the question before us to be a merely technical one . ( Hear , hear . ) The real issue here is whether the Irish Confederation shall now definitely shape itself

      into an organisation for purely constitutional or Parliamentary agitation , to the utter exclusion of those who , like me , take no interest in that kind of procedure , or whetherifc shall bo open , as before , to those who think it ia only by a steady passive resistance to English laws that Ireland ' s independence is to be won . For my part , I admit that I am weary ofcon > stitutional agitation , and will never lift a finger to help it more . I believe we have not the materials for it , and that the show of constitutional power we possess was exactly devised by our enemies to delude us into an endless and driftless agitation . I will assist at the planting of no more bean stalks on whieh one day we are to reach the sky , I am ; ired

      Dropping of buckets into empty wella , And growing old in drawing nothing up . Instead of ' agitate , agitate , ' I would say to the people , ' arm ! arm ! ' Instead of' register ) register , ' I would say 'hold your land * and eat of thefrait thereof , and be filled , ' and establish universal tenant-right , that so the graves and poor-houses may not swallow up the very material of our nation . I would Bay , ' leave the English for the present all the responsibilities of what they oall governing us ; be not idiots enough to help , countenance , or comfort them in that business ; but , above all , be armed , be armed

      , that when Louis Philippe dies you may be ready to repel the French invasion . ' ( Tremendous cheers . ) I will now , sir , move my amendment—it is a very simple < mc—it neither breathes blood and murder , nor bristles with pike-heads , nor smells of gunpowder . It is a mere reference to one of our own fundamental rules , on whieh , as your only safe basis , I advise you to rely in this emergency , You will remember that these resolutions are introduced expressly to condemn certain views of two of your members published in the newspapers , and which do not necessarily come before you at all . My amendment , therefore , is : —

      IhaUWs COBfBuOration does nok feel called upon to promote either a condemnation or approval of any doctrines promulgated by any of its members ia Utters , speeches , or otherwise , because the seventh fundamental rule of the Confederation expressly provides That inaBmoch as tha essential bond of union amonjat us is the assertion of Irelfiod ' s rights to aa Independent legislature , no member of the Irish Confederation ahall be bound to the adoption of any principle involved iH any resolution , or promulgated b y any speaker in the society , or any journal advocating It 8 policy , to which be has not given his spselal oonmmt , save only tao foregoing fundamental principles of tho society .

      ; That is my amendment ; and now , before sitting down , I will complain of the only passage in $ f O Bnen ' s speech which I can characterise aa do . cidedly unfair . I think it w as unfair to speak o the man who murdered Mr Hill in Limerick as a dis cipleof my doctrines . I ask you whether in any St aSHF * ° £ ' ? ° r « wnnd . fbr sueh an imputation as this—where and when have 1 evpr jnitifud or palliated , or recommended , or Wnted ' a a wMBioatioa ? I have said , indeod , that the tenant-2 $ i ? w , TTi f eftab'i 8 h < id over ? where in belaud 'in tL n T ? Trfr y ^ ° ° Public opinlon of ffiea TW I ^ 3 ter ' there are n « agrarian murders . in rllvi ; Vf t « nan t-n Rht districts , they openly and in daylight gather inarms to resist ejectment or distresa where there is a gross and signal violation of the popular right ; but in Munster , sir . they first subnut to be hunted from their dens like foxes and badgers , and then basely lurk behind a hed ™ anH

      ahoottho landlord or the bailiff , it j a therefore the practice of Ulster I recommend , and not the example of Mr Hill ' s murderers in Limerick . ( Hear , hear . ) I have now done , sir , but one thing I beg the Coafederation to keep in mind , If they confirm my amendment it will leave the Confederatien precisely in the same unfettered position in which it stood when we entered this room to-night ; but if they adopt the resolutions proposed by Mr O'Brien , they will for the first time exclude certain Repealers from the Confederation who do not happen to agree in policy with the mojority of its council . I do not desire to prevent Mr O'Brien from continuing in our society , nor from fully and freely urging his own views of colics ' . buthe . dow desire to do so by mo Remember , therefore , m giving your vote that I dn not want to « pd Mr O'Brien or anybedye ' l e , and I demand of you that you wilUaterposefaadlor the

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      sake of your own creditand character , for tbe snv his credit ' and character , that you will prevent v from expelling me . Mi Mitchel sat down an ,-J loud and continued cheering . mii * i Mr T . D . RziLtr rose and seconded the amor , j menfc .. mBn «' The meeting was then adjourned to the follow ; evening . "" wing The adjourned meeting of this body was held « Thursday evening , in the Pillar-room , Rotunda 5 seven o ' clock . The chair was taken by Mr t \ Martin , of Longhorne . y r JohQ Mr Ross , of Bladensburg , addressed the meeting and spoke in support of the resolutions moved bv Xi Smith O'Brien . ' " MrBiRHH hatedthe Iawand the lawgiver * . „„ , sake of your own creditand nHaraptop fn »* u . .

      would , u no could , with a sword in his hand ah ™ gate one half the laws which roled that unfortanate country . It was tho duty of every man to act in ™ tagonnm to the law , provided he did notcompromisp his safety . ( Laughter . ) " ^ umise Mr Dohent thought it was yet in their power to affirm the resolutions moved b y Mr O'Brien anrt tn say not one word of blame to Mr Mitchel f No ) It complained of the madness of advising ' the people to arm , when the necessary result would be that hey would be slaughtered . It should be remembefed that arms could not be resorted to as a means of £ pealing the union ; the object of an appeal to arma should be the att ainment of a separate and distinct destiny for Ireland . '

      Mr . MiicHBL , in explanation , said Mr Doheny had been arguing , against some person who advised an immediate insurrection , whereas his ( Mr Mitchel ' s ) letter stated distinctly he did not advise an immediate insurrection . Further , his letter recom . mended not an armed , but a deliberate passive re . sistance to poor rates . If Mr Doheny did not under , stand his plain language , he could not understand his argument . If he did understand his ( Mr Mit . chel ' s ) language , he had grossly misrepresented him for some clap-trap purpose or other . ( Cheers ) . Mr Barry followed , and contended that the reso . lutions of Mr Smith O'Brien were calculated to set aside the original rules upon which the Confederation is based . Mr Smith O'Beikk moved an adjournment of the debate to-next evening , which was agreed to .

      , P , n f "» . eTenin K the adjourned meeting was held , Mr Martin in the chair , t Mr Lattlesi , before the discussion commenced , introduced a resolution for the purpose of reconciling all parties , and obviating dissensions . Mr Williams followed in support of the resolutions moved by Mr O'Brien . Mr Eugene O'Reiut defended the policy propounded by Mr Mitchel . Mr Dillon followed , and contended that the advice which Mr Mitchel wanted the Confederation to give to the people would be calculated to lead to local insurrections , whieh would inevitably be suppressed , and the hands of the government strengthened .

      Mr Devin Heilly contended that it wag their duty to make the people prepared for warfare , in order tbat they might not be broken and divided as they were at present , but ready for a struggle . It had been argued as if it were 1 m ( Mr Reilly ' s ) intention to go out immediately on the hills . He had no such thing in view . But he would tell them what he wag at just at present . Be was getting up a Rifle Club , ( cheers , ) in order that at least some of the young men of Ireland might be fit to use arms in the course of time when they would be called on to do so . The speaker maintained that the landlords were at present in arm ! against tbe people :

      Mr Dufft next came forward , and was received with cheers mingled with hisses . The serious question which now agitated tbera had been described aa a personal quarrel ( cries of 'It is , ' ' no , ' and order *); and he had been accused of making use of that Confederation for personal purposes . Beth charges were perfectly untrue . Mr Daffy proceeded to contend that the fundamental rules of the society were that objects should be sought for by legal and constitute onal means , and should not be trenched on . Mr Richard O'GonMAif , jun ., supported the resoutions of Mr Smith O'Brien .

      Mr Meagher spoke in support of the resolutions . Although lie was aofc one of those sort of moralists who declared that liberty was not worth a drop of blood , he . voted in favour of constitutional agitation ; but he did so Dot from choice but from necessity . That pslicy was the only one whieh they could adopt as likely , in their present circumstances , to succeed . The priesthood , the middle-classes , and the aristocracy would be opposed te insurrectionary movements , and then there were 50 , 000 British troops in the country , Mr M'Ghee supported the resolutions ; after which

      Mr Miichel came forward amid loud cheers , and spoke in reply . It had been said that ifclasse 3 were set to contend against each other there was no knowing in what it might end . Why the end to which such contention came had already been exhibited at Skull and Skibbereen . He never spoke ia favour of arming the peasantry against their landlords , but in order that they might be enabled to hold their own rights . Rather than that ten mea should die of famine he would prefer that ten thousand should be hewn to pieces , fighting like men and Christians for their rights . ( Cheers . ) Mr Mitchel , in continuation , denitd the competency of any meeting in Dublin—even that great and influential assembly—to decide a question involving the alteration of the constitution of thai Confederation .

      Mr Smith O'Brien then came forward to speak in reply , and was received with loud cheers . He took upon himself the whole responsibility of the resolutions which he moved . Mr Mitchel had not done them justice in eaying that they were intended for his expulsion . Mr O'Brien , in continuation , submitted that Mr Mitehel has utterly failed to show that his plan of action woiild have the effect of saving tbe life i . f one single labourer of the country ; of establishing tenant-right ; or of advancing that Confederation one step in the attainment of its objects . The Chairman , after some observations , read the resolutions and the amendment , and having pnfc tha question upon them , declared the resolutioaa to be carried . Mr Mitchel called for a division .

      Tellers being appointed , Messrs O'Gorman and VI'Gee for the resolutions , and Messrs Mitchel and Reilly for tbe amendment , the numbers were ascerto be—314 for the ' resolutions , and 188 for the amendment , so that tho former were carried by a majority The proceedines did not terminate ; till oneo ' clockt

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      Irish Democratic Cosfkderatiok . —At a late meeting of this society , the following resolution , proposed by Mr Clancy , seconded by Mr Watts , waa unanimousl y adopted : — ' That the marked thanka of tins meeting be now given to Mr Leach , of Man . Chester , for his honest and manly vindication of the rights of mankind , at a recent public meeting held in the City ef Dublin , also to Mr Traiaor of Staleybridge . ' At the meetiugon Sunday week , the greater part of the evening was occupied in disoosaing the merits of a project which has been in contemplation tor some weeks past ; namely : the publication of a weekly periodical , to aid in the struggle of right a-ainst might . The Democrats have therefore reso yed upon bringing out a weekly publication toba

      called the Confederate , and to enable many to as . Bist in the undertaking and interest themselves in he propagation of the werk , it is proposed to be brought out under the following arrangement , as stated by the secretary : —200 shares of half-a-crown tach , payable by weekly instalments of sixpence per share j each subscriber to hold as many Bhutan he may think proper ; five managers to be elected by mllot from tbe fast twenty shareholders who shall have paid up the full amount on the number of their shares , whose duty will in the first instance be . 19 prepare rules anil regulations lor the future conducting of the Confederate the rules , &c . to be submitted to a full meeting of the shareholders . Bolton—At a meeting of thn Rnltnn Rm . inu .

      sea Pensioners , held at the Victoria Hotel , on Tuesday , the let day of February , it was resolved — ' To petition parliament to redress grievancee which we . as a body , have been subjected to from the year 1816 to the end of March 1847 . It appears that an act passed m 17 oo , lor the stoppage of five per cent , from the Out-Pensionera ot Chelaea Hospital at the same time providing that weehouia be paJd 8 ' months ia advanco , which was continued to the end of the year 181 o , but not after , although the five per cent . U been deducted until the end of March , 1847 ' That

      rhe lat day oi March next , aadthat William Altai } e appointed to visit and to collect the subscriptions from the out-quarters of the district , and give all information required , and the amount paid over to ; he treasurer together with the names of subecribsrs . Joseph Skelton , chairman ; Paul Jones , treasurer ; John Hawarden , secretary ; William Barber , John Adams , Charles Settle , Patrick Finnigan , John Openshaw , John Mason , John Hodgin , committee ; Signed , Joseph Skelton , chairman .

      Murdbb . —Fora long time a journeyman meohanio at Liup , named Thuilliev , earnestly sued a young mantua-maker for her favours , but she constantly rejected him , and at length declared that she would die rather than have him for her lover . On Wednesday morning TbuAUier went to tbe house where she was at work , and , after addressing a few words to her , plunged a knife three times into her breast . Two men present seized the assassin , but not till ha had turned the knife against himself , and inflicted a serious but not mortal wound upon his own p « aw He was earned to tho hospital , but tbe poor 5 l 2 pired almost imraediately . -GALioxANi . West London Ami-Ekolobubk Association -At the las weekly meeting of the committee of this ^" ' ° . ^ C' ^' a Rooms , U 4 , ffiXiifiS ? .

      . lomuury un , Mr Ularfc n the chaf "jjl' "iTi ISfpSKS lo wa « ad anTV ° m Joha Wnter *«*«• nhUh ¦¦ ' . after aYOte of thanks tft that C M ° g ( * tleman *»¦ his gift of boob to tf * library , the . aeehng n -aa adjourned .

      Extracts Froil The 'Edinburgh Weekly Express.'

      EXTRACTS FROil THE 'EDINBURGH WEEKLY EXPRESS . '

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . Febwaky n , js ^ 2 '

      *. I ¦ Scurvy And I3ipitbb Bl °° D - Of Asotheb Koit

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1457/page/2/