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      TRANSLATION OF THE MARSBILI / AISB ,

      HYMN . ( From Hofrrrr ' s Jocbjtai , . ) Come on , ye sons of France , to glory , The asj of feeaom it at hand ; With flaunting banner stained and gory Aeainst yen comes the tyrant-band , Dojoa not hear oy field and forest ffce mormsr of the ruffian fot ? He cemes your homts to overthrow , To fill your hearts with woe the serest ! Arm , arm ! je ralitnt men ! Uasheathethe righteous sword ! -Oiarch on , march on ! the tyrants' blood Like waters ehsll fee poured .

      Wtit « 6 « tg this tosde , these song of serfdom These tools of king * , confederate-crime t ' Por -whom are meaat these bonds ignoble , These fetters forged in ancient time ? Ob us , is iiadethk fierce aggression I " let righteous ang « r in us bnrn I Tib we that they would dare to ' spurn Ana bowbeneath their old oppression » ' Arm , arm I ye Taliant men ! etc . What ! ihall the cohorts of the stringer Lay down the Uw within oar home ! Wiiatl shall the mercenary legions Out nauzht y werrierg OTercome ? Great God ! shall handg bj chains degraded Have power to make us « lso slaves ! Shall we behoM , bj- despot-knaves Oar fats controlled , oar rights invaded ! Arm , srni ! ye Taliant mea ] etc . Ye tyrants tremble , falss and erael ,

      Te curse aBd shame of all mankind ! Toar parricidal schemes , ye crafty , Thtir proper fate , at length , shall find ! And if , in deadly contest closing- , Oar nsble , youthful heroes fall , The earth fresh thousands forth shall call , And rouse herself your power opposing ! Arm , arm ! ye yaliaat men ! etc . As warriors , Prenchmea , braTe and noble , Go forth ! and wisely strike the blow , Yet spare the abject slave , misguided ¦ \ Tfco is compelled to cill yon foe ! But spare no despot blood-polluted ! Kor spare the tools of fraud and force , Those tigers who have no remorse Sj- deeds of tyranny imtrateS I Arm , arm 1 re valiant men ! etc .

      On , lore of eoaatry , ssered passion ! Do thou the arm avenging guide ! And Liberty , dear monntain maiden , Go thon , and combat by our side ! Oh sake , oh make , our banner glorious ! And aid with thy heroic tone , That se they fiie oar foes may own Tfcj triusph , and our cause victorious ! Arm , arm ! ye valiant me * ! TFnsiwttSe the righteous Bword I llarch on , march on ! the tyrants' blood Like waters shall be poaredl

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      "HOCHIR POUR LA PATRIB !" TOS OCX COCSTST TO DIE J 3 y the loud cannon ' s fierce commotion , France calls her children to the strife ; On ! sajs tke soldier ' s warm devotion ! Our mother ' tis that needs our life ! 7 or our country to die 3 for our country to die ! Is a glorious fate for which brave men may sigh ! for us my friends , who poor and lonely , "VRjohere unseen mnst yield oar breath , For France , SEd for her freedom only , We can at least devote oar death ! Por oar ceantrj- to die ! for our country to die ! Is s glorious fate for which brave sen . may sigh T wS » itt '« Journal .

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      KING SHITH . "Hr SsiitlV exclaimed the King , " That is euriont , indeed , and very remarkable , that the first to welcome Ee should bs & Mr Smith , since the anumed name by ¦ R hich I eicapsa from Trance was Smith ; and , look this is my passport made ont in the name of Smith . " Thebs . — Harck 6 th , ISIS . Said great King Smith to great Guiiot , c Do « s Virtue dwell In this world below ! 2 're travelled mach , fcnt nerer found A trne good msn above the srouaS . Hott shall I curb tnis folk of mine—This rampant , raging herd of swine ! To role this people , what shall I do ? Tell me , Goiiot—tell me trae V

      • Tie pseple ]—bsh ! ' said great Goizot : — * ' Bribe the needy , high and low ; Pay them , tickle them—scatter wide-Star and ribbon to please their pride ; Give them pieces , gire them pelf : The law of man is the love of self . Every conscience may be sold , Every maahas his price in gold , * Said great ERg Smith to great Guizot , ' Thou art the wisest man I know : Honour and virtue ere mitt and eloud ; Who looki for geodness in a crowd ? Inborn villanj Swell ! in man , And we will work it as we can : — In one hand bribes , in the other & sword . And Smith ihall rule , unquestioned Lord !'

      So great King Smith to great Guizot , Opened the slnice for the mud to Sow , And cast about for nee £ y knaves , Grovelling spirits , fawning slaves-Paid their price , and ruled the land With a strong and systematic hand , Till the world avowed with stress and pith , There was never & king so great as Smith . Said great King Smith to great Guixot , Money ' s the only god below ; And all my little Smiths must wed "Wives with mossy , or lack their bread . * Said great Saisot , * The troth is plain ; There is a glorious grist in Spain-One bride to sake , and one to mar , Asd cssh In hand—how lucky we are !'

      And great Zing Saith and great Gaisot Played the trick , as * 11 men know ; And never dreamed , is their great delight , There was a day for the losgest night —• Kever dreamt that in unman hearts , There larked a scorn of treacherous arts j Or taat Retribution ' s tna of pith l £ ight do its duty evea on Smith . Said grsat King Smith to great Gniiot , ' I hear a murmuring from below . * Said great Suisot , The troops arestror . £ , Our game is sure—there ' s nothing wrong : We ' 11 tend some jfrape-shot into the tows"We ' 11 kefp the restless people down , we rule , oh Sing , on a deep-laid plan j ^ Te know the worthlei mess of men . '

      But great Kiny Smith and great Guizat Made a fearful blunder , as we know ^ The Virtue scorned , the Truth denied , Surged o ' er the land in a living tide—It swept Guiiot than out of the track ) "With all his system on his hack . And awaktned Skith , at he dosed tmddreamt , And < mothered him in the world ' s contempt . mFupptt Show ,

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      Fatal Fail raon a Wisdow , asd Hsirkess Robbest . —An kqnest wa 3 held by Mr Bedford , at tke Two Brewers , Jermya-street , St James ' s , on the bodj of William 11 . Greengras , aged 28 . The deceased was foreman to Neville and Sobs , butchers , of Oxena ' on-streefc , and resided with his wife orer his employers' stables , in Apole-tree yard , St James'segnsie , Ob Friday gyeping the deceasedffss mak-Isg merry with a few friends , in conseqaenoe ot its feeing the aDnirersary of his wedding-day , -and about elayen o'clock he tsok a lighted candle and went up £ tairs to the loft aboT . e . for the purpose of tying up a large dog whieh he kept there : He was heard to be running across the loft , as though playing with , the aaiEa ] , bat in a minute afterwards there was a

      noise of gkis breaking , followed by the falling of a Leavy eubstanee in the yard . The deceased ' s wife and friesds ran out into the yard , and found the deceased lying on the stones under the loft door sengelesSj and Weeding from a wound in his head . He ¦ vras eamreyed into the house , and Mr Tothilii Burgeon , attended , but life was quite extinct , he having fractured the base of his skull , as also his spine . Shortly after the deceased had been removed into the house , It was discorered that Ms watch ( which be had on at the time of the accident ) was nosing , and sdtne silk gowns , belonging to his wife , had also been Purloined . Suspicion attaches against two parties , male sdS female , ^ io assisted in carrying the body , apd the paliee are in quest of them . ¦ Verdict— ' Ae-CideEtal death .

      Dxaihof aFoetcwe-teixeb . —Died , on the l&h ° « . i in his G 9 th year , at Rytos , near Bulfcington , W . Saant , better known by the name of Billy EelHson , a Eoted f&rtune-telier and astrologer , who possessed considerable influence in his calling , not alone in his own immediate locality , but it is an undoubted fact , tkat many apparently respectable persons , both male 2 nd female , have come in their carriages from a distaDce offromtwsnty to thirty mijes for the purpose 6 T obtaining through him a peep into futurity . He has died possessed of considerable freehold prope ^ F ? f Bulkington , together with somewhere about £ 600 UTready money , &e 'rkols of pliieh his been oottmedfrom the gullibility of hfeibick-headed customers . — Coventry Popcr . Some s ; ed wheat lias been importsd into Londsn Wn Haw South Wales . It has been determined te erect a public monuttent to liarrey , the diteorerer of ^ circulation of we blood , in Foikstone , tesnatiye tOTftf . -

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      ADDRESS OF ROBERT OWEK TO THE FRENCH NATION , OS HIS ARRIVAL IN PAlUs . Fbiesds ahb Fellow Men ,- ' I congratulate yon on the attainment of a position new in the history of nations ; ons that will enable yon . to accoapli * h more for the population of the world ,, th . » has ever been tffected by any people , ancient or mo dern Eaeraks to human pragresa assert th » t your provilional fovernment has promised more than it ia posnoie for any men to perform . Heed them not ! They har .-co knowledge of the principles or rational practice which can tfirct th « ee r « 6 ults .

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      They say it is impossible to give advantageous employment to all ; to make all wealthy ; or to make all acquire good habits , and make them intelligent end rational in mind and conduct . This ig a libel of the fgnorant on human nature , and is an excuse forthoie who govern society , for the miserable condition tQ whieh , with the most abundant meana to ensera happiness , they hare brought the mass of the population , even in the most civilised nations . Those who are ( xperieaeed know that by plain , obvious , practical measures , arrangements may be now farmed i& give permanent beneficial employment to all ; to well educate and form the character of all , and to well place all , amidst virtuous and superior circumstances only ; bo far as men when cordially united with their fellowj es rational principles can create aad control cirenmstaaces .

      These reeul's are all that the human race can rationally desire , and will ba sufficient to ensure the happiness of all on the highest attainable state of equality . My visit to Parisig solely with a view to assist you to accomplish these practical results , in the ezpectat : on that the snesees of your example will speedily influence ell nations . Universal charity , kindness and goodwill , real libarty , equality , and fraternity , for the human family ; one in interests , and desire for eaeh others happiness . Robert Owen .

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      TRADE SOCIETIES , AND THEIR BEARINGS UPON THE PRESENT TIMES . A meetiBg of delegates from various branches of The Journeymen Steam Engine , Machine Maker * , and Millwrights' Friendly Society , ' has been held in Liverpool during the past week , at which so many of the elements of good order and friendship were exhibited , aa to induce a belief that a slight notice of the objects and general principles of the society itself will be acceptable .

      The society was established in Manchester in 1826 , and composed of persons employed in the above mentioned branches of the meohanical trade , such aa were considered good workmen , good moral characters , and having a just claim to the trade from sem » tude . The advantages held out , and the certainty of having those adraatages secured to each member , produced a rapid increase of numbers , and there are , at the present time , ninety-three branches , extending over Great Britain and Ireland , and numbering about 8 , 000 members , with a fund of nearly £ 26 , 000 .

      The objects of the ? ociety are to nnjte each other in the bonds of friendship , and to assist each other in cases of necessity—Bach aa relief when ont of employment , in cases of death , in superannuation , or in cases of accident , such as would render a member incapable of earning his livelihood afterwards at his trade . By the standing rules of the society , a free member oat of employment is entitled to receive £ 710 s . in one year , at the rate of 10 a . per week for ten weeks , and 53 . per week for the other ten week ? .

      On the death of a free member , his widow or next of kin ifl entitled to receive £ 8 ; or on the [ death of a , member ' p wife , such member is entitled to the sum of So , the remaining £ 5 to be paid at his death . Any member meeting with an accident whilst following his employment , or whilst engaged npon the society ' s business , so ' as ever after to disable him from following any of the branches ; of trade mentioned in the rules , will be entitled to receive £ 100 . Any free member being visited by epilepsy , apoplexy , paralysis , or blindness , rendering him incapable of following his employment , if such visitation be not brought on by drunkenness or misconduct , he is entitled to receive £ 50 . Any member above fifty-3 ighfc years of see , and bavins been 18 years in the society , is entitled to r » - csive 53 . per week until his death , and is allowed to earn any sum in addition , provided it does not exceed 103 . per week .

      The contribution paid by each member per week ib eightpence . Another great advantage of the society , is the facility which is jdiorded to members in the removal from one town to another in search of employment . For iostance , a member may fall out' of work , and through the BlacknesB of trade ia the laealitjr where he was workieg , not be able to obtain a situation , he can then , by applying to his branch , obtain a travelling certificate , whereby he will be enabled te get relieved from town to town in search of another situation ; and wherever a branch ef the society is held , or where any ' of the members may be working , he is at once recogniied as a brother , and every meaBB are used to procure him a sitnation .

      The meeting of delegates alluded to was convened chiefly for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing tbe allowance to uner ^ oyed members , and was rendered in some njpjsare neceBsary , in eoBseqneBca . of tbe eontjaued prostration of trade , and the great probability of its revival being yet at some distance . Among other important resolutions for the management and stability of the society , it was resolved to increase the allowance to unemployed membersjto 103 . per week for ten weeks , and Is . per week ) until the recipient should obtain employ . Such are the leading features of a society , the ex * istence of which cannot ba too widely known . 22 nd March , 1818 . IIumphrbt Johhson .

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      TO THE CALICO BLOCK PRINTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN : Fbilow Wokkmbn , —We appeal to your sympathies on behalf of Mr John Neil , who now holds a two acre allotment at O'Connorville , but who will be compelled to sell ont for the following reasons , unless something can be done to assist him : —There had been an unprecedented depression of his trade for a great length of time previous to his removal to O'Connorville , during wfeieh he was nine months out of employment , and at the same time having had a considerable deal of sickness and a death in his family ; he was consequently compelled to draw thegreater part of his help money ,

      for the purpose ef removing his family from Hey wood in Lancashire to his location , and the purchasing of a few indispensable articles for immediate use . This , together with the demands lately made upon him for debts contracted under the above circumstances in Lancashire , has rendered him unable to purchase manure , without which it is impossible for him to hold this allotment ; and if . those who can afford to contribute a trifle will be kind enough to do so immediately , they will be the cause of establishing in comfort and independence , a good , honest , and industrious man . Let it ba done immediately , aa the season ia already far advanced .

      Make your Post Office Orders payable to Mr John Neil , at the Rickmauwerth Post-office . Peteh Hot Jambs "Wilson IIeskt Bascboft James Rapibt James M'Greqgob Crayford , March 20 , 1848 .

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      Caution . —The public are informed that Wm . S . Thomson ( late teacher in the Chartist School , Hamilton , Lanarkshire ) , has absconded in the mostdissraccful manner . Some time ago , he made applicaion to the Land Company ( the school being vacant at the time ) , to become teacher , presenting testimonials of an old date , we think from Lisaahagow , though subsequently he waBin Stonehouse asd Blair . We , thinking him well qualified , gave him the school . He joined the Land Company , and became a very turbulent member , but failing in hia object of becoming secretary , we soon got rid of hia presence . For a hypocrite ' s cloak he joined the Total Abstinence Society—got the scholars under his tuition to become abstainers . Ho set a subscription going amongBt the adult members to purchase medala for their encouragement . Before the subscription was

      finished , he returned to his old habits of drunkenness , and , since'that time , has gene from bad to worsehas taken in some of his brother Chartists for a good round sum of money . He had an only daughter who waa married on Friday . He convened his pupils together on Monday . Collected their wage 3 , uhick were paid him in advance—dismissed them—emptied a box put np to receive subscriptions for the medals , and went to Glasgow to see his dying mother , ar . d has not returned , leaving the Land Company minus of three months rent , the baker aad spirit-dealer unsettled with tor his dauahter ' s wedding . You would much oblige if yoa would insert this caution , tbatihonest people may be put upon their guard . I remain , sir , your obedient and humble ssrvant , Archibald WaikjjRi secretaryHamilton ,

      , . _ _ , Packet-ship Struck by Lightkixg at Sea . —lne packet-ship West Point , Captain Allen , which sailed from this port on the 27 th January , arrived at New York on the 8 th instant , after a very severe passage . Whec in lat . 38 30 , Ion . 67 , a * one a m ., on the 12 th alt ., the ship was struck fey lightning ^ seven times within an hour , each time the fluid passing down the mainmast . The whole mast appeared to throw ott sparks like red hot iron when struck by the smith s hammer . Most of the watch on deck felt the shock severely , Two men were instantly killed . At the fifth shock Captain Allen felt himself nearly brought to the deck , so powerful was its effect , although at the time he was fifty feet from the mainmast . The names of the killed were John Armstrong , of New lork , and Mareellus Robinssn , of Rhode Island . two

      Bedial Iktestiojj op thb ' Police . — Tha undersigned friends attended the meeting on Stepneygreen on Tuesday last , where there wera swa rms of police in private clothes . After the above meeting was ove ? , we crossed from the green towar the Royal Oak public house , when two of tbe above gentlemen were close at our backs , and the conversation between them was this : — ' There were plenty of them there , and they should like to have had the opportunity of pulling out tbeir truncheons and slaughtering the people . ' We made answer— ' there s base wretche ? , ' and the reply they made was— ' they should like the chance ot mowing us down . ' Mjr friend said « try it on , for I atn pr 6 pa « d for JOU , whea the cowardly wretches sneaked away . " trust that the people will take a lesson from thebrare Parisians , and be prepared to repel the bloedy intentions of their enemies . —Yoars , F . LePEVSH , sub . secretary , Whittington and Oat branch . — Williau Bracken , member .

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      EVICTION OF TENANTS . SPEECH OF F . O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P IN THE HOUSE OP COMMONS ! ON FRIDAY , THB 21 th OP MARCH . * Mr O ' Connor said , Sir , I never heard such an apology as that offered by the hon . member for Northamptonshire for the criminal neglect of the government . What ! tell me that the notice of these brutal murders , committed wholesale by exterminating landlords , and published at an enormous expense , is not sufficient to warrant government interference ? What notice are they to have ? What notice is to be sufficient ? And then the Attorney-General gets up , and in a most cold and heartless

      speech , —( oh ! oh!)—in a cold and heartless speech tells us that there is no law upon the statute book to meet « uch cases , and that the only remedy is by cWil action against the tyrant aggressor . ( Oh ! oh !) He repeated it , and he looked with horror and disgust at the cold aud indifferent manner in which that house treated those barbarous murders in Ireland . ( No , no . Oh ! oh 1 and groans . ) They may ' oh ! oh ! ' but it ' was a fact visible to the world , and it was also a fact , that if the Irish landlords wanted a law to aid them in their exterminating barbarities one would be speedily discovered , invented , or enacted , to aid them . ( Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) Why then talk of ignorance of those facts , with not only

      the printed evidence before them , but with a thorough knowledge of their existence since 1822 , and then the law-official of the government to mock us with the announcement that the ejected 9 lave had his remedy against the exterminating tyrant who most probably was a justice of the peace . But it is only a part of that system by which Ireland has been governed , and he would tell the noble lord opposite , and his colleagues , that they were an exterminating government , ( oh ! oh !) a crucifying government . ( Tremendous uproar . ) And he ( Mr O'Connor ) felt his blood boil as an Iriahman , when he was ob ^ liged to stand there and plead in pity for his country ; but if all were of his mind , their dominion

      would not continue long ,. ( Oh ! oh !) Ay , they professed to legislate for Ireland , while hundreds of thousands , ypa , millions of his countrymen perished from famine created by misrule . ( Oh ! oh !) Wag it not so ? And what would be their maudlin sympathy , if they heard of one tenth of that number djing in battle . Well , there vras no law to meet this wholesale extermination produced by famine . They were tender and solictious about the pockets of the landlords , they had a parish coffin with a false bottom , ( Oh ! oh !) to mock huraanity with a semblance of decency . Hundreds of thousands were permaturely consigned to the cold grave ; no , not to the cold grave , but scattered upon the face of the earth-( Oh ! oh !) ' Unhouselled , unappointed ,

      unannealed , '' with account unsettled , ' men , women , and children devoured by dogs . ( Oh ! oh ! uproar , and groans . ) Men , women , and childrea devoured by dogs , and , if you doubt it , read Mr Cumming ' s letter to the Duke of Wellington . Would the English landlords tolerate such atrocities ? No , they would be the first to rebel against aach atrocities imposed under a foreign yoke . ( Oh ! oh !) And rely , as the right hon . member for Tamworth says , upon the moral force of that House for correction ! but he ( Mr O ' Connor ) would'nt give a straw for your moral force —( oh ! oh ! and great sensation)—not a straw , it was impotent against oppression , Ireland is your Poland . ( Oh ! oh !) You express sympathy for Poland , but the- condition of Ireland is worse than that of Poland . The air of Poland is redolent of

      the fresh smelling blood . of the martyr slain in battle , in defence of his country's liberty , while the putrid atmosphere of Ireland stinks from the effluvia of the was h ed bodies of famished slaves . ( Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) They may ' oh ! oh ! ' and shout , but he didn't care a pin for their ' oh ! oh's ! ' his only feeling was that of indiguation , that an industrious , moral people , with a genial climate and fertile soil , should be obliged to appeal to the stranger for redress or support . ( Oh ! oh !) Let them look to

      what was passing around them in other countries . ( Oh ! oh ! and uproar . ) Let them look at what was passing around them , and take warning , as tha time was fast appro ? ching when a brave people would cease to be beggars at England ' s door . ( Oh oh !) He ( Mr O'Connor ) didn ' t care a fig for their ' oh ! oh ' s ! ' and would conclude by telling thohon . member for Northamptonshire , that he disdained to accept his apology for the atrocities of the British government . ( Oh ! oh !)

      Sir Harry Verney said , that as long as he had had a seat in that house , it was never his fate to hear so gross an attack upon the government and institutions of tbe country , as that of thei hon . member for Nottingham . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was shocked at hearing the hon . gentleman threatening that house with the occurrences that were going on around them . ( Cheers ^) And he begged to tell him that the charges against the government were unfounded . ( Cheers . ) And that the people of this country would rally around the institutions of this country , and twine around them as the ivy around the oak , ( Loud cheers . ) And he trusted that it would never be his fate to hear such another speech in that house , as that delirered by the honourable member for Nottingham , which was unfounded in fact , and violent in the extreme . Loud cheers . )

      MONDAY , Makch 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Administration of Oaths , Ase ., Court of Chancery , and the Queer ' s Prison B 1 U& , were read a third time and passed . A conversation , originated by the Duke of Richmond , relative to the distribution of peninsular medals , eccuplod the remainder of the sitting , which tsrmlnuted at half-past five o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —An unusual qaanMty of private business was transacted , including railway and other bills .

      Afpaibs of PoiiKD . —Mr Akstht gavo notice that on Tuesday , the 4 th of April , he would move that an humble address b « presented to her Majesty in reference to thohte important political events in Austria , Poland , aad Prussia , praying her Majesty net to consent to any new territorial arrangements that would not secure to the Polish peop le the full enjoymanfc of thair lawful A new writ was ordered to be issued far Dwwnport , in tha room of Mr Romilly , who has boen appointed to the office of Solici tor-General . Tuo Chairman of the borough of Ry < 3 e election committee reported that Mr Curteis was not duly elected . The C hairman of the Sligo election committee reported that Mr Somers was not duly elected . A new writ was ordered to be Issued lor tha Wough . To a question frora Mr E . B , Roche ,

      Lord i . Kdsseix stated that it was the intention pf the government to bring forward this session a Registration ( Ireland ) Bill , und a Bill for the Reform of the Irish Grand Jury system ; but he could not name the precise time when they would be introduced . Income Tax . —The CHAKCEiioa of the Excbeqcib then moved the order of ttao day for , the committee of tie whole house upon this bill . He ofcerved that tbe member for Montrose proposed to refer it to a select committee . This was a very unusual course to pursue , andone attended with great difficulties , and he hoped it would not ba persisted in .

      Mr Home eaid the course might be unusual but so were all the proceedings upon this bill ; Indeed , they were more tbnn unusual , they wero most unconstitutional . ( Hear . ) He put it to the house , now that it had become a certainty that this was to be a perpetnal tax , whether they would not endeavour t ) secure aome modification of its provisions , bo as to make it more generally acceptable . He appealed to the house now for the last time . Ha had supported this bill when it was first proposed an an experiment and as a temporary measure of finance . But circumstances were now altered . The principle of a direot tax was established , but it was fonad to be levied unfairly and unjustly . The whole country cried aloud against it , and he trusted the govern *

      ment would take this , ihelast , opportunity of meeting the people ' s requirements . He wished to say some , thing as to the character of this bill in rospeot of 6 omo of its details . In all other casiB , taxoB were levied by officers directly responsible to the crown . The machinery under which this tas was levied was , however , of a very different character . Tbe commissioners appointed to carry il out were appointed by tho land tax commie-Sioners , who were themselves appointed by members for counties . What political influence must not this arrasgement give to a panioular partjIJLot them look at the questions which these commissioners made people

      answer . Why , if a merchant could get appointed ono of these income tax commissioners he might make himself acquainted with every detail of a competitor ' s business , aud do him infinite damage in his trade . He denounced the machinery of this bill not alone as inquisitorial—it was oppressive— it was cruel . If they sent the bill to a committee upstairs , something might be done to render it more just and loss offensive . What ho wanted wa 9 to save the capital of the country . Leave the goose , ho said , to lay the gol 4 en eggs ; take your share of the eggs , but leave the goose . ( A laugh . ) Mr Robinson seconded the amendment .

      The Cdakceilob of the ExciUQDEahadbeeninhopes that after the division on the motion of the amendment of Mr Horsman that Mr Humo wouU not have brought forward this amendment . Tho surest of a modified scale bad been moot maturely considered by Dim , but tbe raora deeply he had gone into tho subject , tho moro clearly bad it appeared to him that any alteration presented to Mb attention , or winch bad occurred to his own miad , would only render tho tux still moro unequal , aud still moxi inquisitorial b , : n the prcaeut ujstem , In

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      vindication of the liberal character of tbe impost , as now collected , he mentioned that in South Carolina , as income tos was lemd oa exactly the same principle ! , alike from real property and from professional and other incomes . After repeating many of his former statements is favour of the coarse the ministry are taking , he concluded by opposing the amendment , in which he was supported by Messrs Teelawnt , Castes , Mitchell , Newdegate , Goulboen , Cabdwell and HoEiiuw who considered , after the derision of tho house on his motion ou a former day , that the better way would be no ?? to let the income tas pass , and that tho house should address itself at once to a revision of tho whole income and expenditure ot tfefi country . The speakers in favour of the amendment were Messrs J . Clay , S , Crit ? ford , Ueqouabt and Ansibt , The house then divided : —

      Some observations from Mr Cabdwell led to mutual explanations between himself and the former speaker , and the house divided , the numbers being 231 to 73 , majority against tbe amendment 221 . A second division fellewtd on the main question , when the numbers were 323 to 12 , majority 2 H ; and the house went into committee , went through the bill , and the report was ordered to be receive ! this day Mr EebesfoBD submitted an amendment , limiting the operation of the bill to two years , but did net proBS his motion to division , Oa the motion of the Lokd Advocate the select com . mitteo on the Law of Entail ( Scotland ) Bill ttsb nominated , and on its baing proposed to substitute the name of Mr J . Stuart for that of Mr Ewart , the house divided 66 to 32 , in favour of the latter . Sir De Lacy Etans moved for leave to bring ia a bill to alter tbo periods of payment ef taxes by parliamentary electors ,

      When Mr Fobbes moved the adjournment of the house , nhich again divided : Ayes , 12 ; noes , 61 . The bill waa then brought up and read a first time ; as was , also , the Administration of Oaths , &c , Court of Chancery Bill . —The Inootvent Debtoris' ( India ) Bill was read a second , the Borough Police Superanuation Fund Bill a third time , and the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill committed , when the house adjourned at one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , March 28 . The HOUSE OF LORDS sat for a very short time , and transacted some merely routine business . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Petition fob thb Ado . LITION OF THE HoUSS OF LoBBS . —Mr WaKIKT , aftM the presentation of various others petitions , presented one to which he begged the attention of tho house . It was from John Boale , of No . i , Q rosvenor . eottages , North-end , Eaton-square , London . Tbe petition set forth that he considered the country as being in a most critical state , and that what hag been geing forward in pountrles elsewhere was likely to rouse tbe masses of this lot" ) action to eeek for what the } censidered likely to be beneficial to them ; that poverty and wretchedness almoat indeaeribable existed amongot the people ; that

      one of the causes of discontent was the defective character of ths representation ef the people in tio Houso of Commons ; that another was the fact , that wh « th » r in tho church , the army , tbe navy , the courts of justice , the colonies , or any place of emolument , at home or abroad , the ; saw them all reserved for and filled by the scioas of wealthy farailes . The petitiontr , ) therefore , prayed for - the establishment of Universal Suffrage ) , and of secret voting in the election of reprssantativea of the people . He prayed that the church property should ho applied to the reduction of ths National Debt , nnd tbe produce of tbe crown lands to the earns purpose ;

      that all sinecures , gratuities , and pensions should be abolished , exc « pt for meritorious services ; he praysd far the reduction of the army te the same footing as that on which it stood at ihe close ef tbe loot war ; / or the reduction and arrangement of taxation on a new icale ; for the abolition of the laws of entail and primogeniture ; for the separation of Church and State ; for a reformed system of currency ; aud for the abolition of ths House of Lords . ( Great laughter . ) The petition stated that one representative assembly was sufficient for national purposes , and he prayed that his v « ry roasonablo r « qaesta— ( great laughter)—might he taken into the consideration of the house .

      SirR . Inglis rose to order . B . i begged to move that the hon . member be instructed not to bring up this petition , in coDotquence of its containing a passage of an objectionable character . Mr Huhb apprehended that it was not oomp « ttnt for a m » Hibor to make a motion to prevent a petition from befog brought np , The Spkakeb said that an objection could be taken to a petition being brought up , if it was found te be informal in its character . He understood tbe hon , member for the University of Oxford to e&y that the petition was informal in its character , and that , therefore , he objected to its being brought up . ( The Speaker here read » ho standing order or the subject , which was to the effect , that all petitions should be received which were not informal in their ebaracter , and did not contain matter contrary to the rules and privileges of the house . )

      Sib R , Ihglis said that tho smiles or more than oroiloc with which the petition had been received might of them , selves have been a sufficient antidote to the evils which It contained , and he might have been content to leave it to the way In which it had been received by the houBe , but fora particular passage . The Speaker asked if the hon . member objected to the petition upou either of the two grounds stated in the Btanding order ? Sir R . In 6 M 9 conceived that no individual had a right to petition that bouse for the abolition ef the House of Lords . If that was a sufficient ground for objecting to the petition , he would persist in bis motion ; if the Speaker mid it was net he should desist , and apelogise to the houss : but , accordlsg to his view of the matter , the house could no more receive a petition for the abolition of the House of Cords , than a petition for tho abolition of the monarchy . ( Hear , hear , )

      Sir J . Qeahau gubmittel to the hon . member for Oxford wheth » r— without intending it—he had not placed the Speaker in a rather invidious position . ( H 8 ar , h « ar . ] His hon . friend , as he understood , had left the Speaker to docido whether the house should receive ths p « tltion , Now he ( Sir J . Oraham ) was of opinion , that this was the duty of the home itself , and not of the person who filled ihe distinguished situation of Speaker . ( Hear , hear . ) He would suggest to the hon . memtwr for Finsbury to state to the house again on his own responsibility what appeared to him the prayer of the petition ; and when the attention of the house was distinctly calUd to it , thoy could then decide whether they could receive it or not .

      Sir Augustus Clifford , the Gentleman Usherof the Black Rod , at this moment appeared at the table and desired tho atteuiauco of the house at the bar of the House of Lords , to hear the Royal assent given by commission to various bills . The Speaker , accompanied by several members , accordingly proceeded to the House of Lords . Th 3 SpeakEii , on his return , announced to ( he heus » the titles of the bills to which the Royal assent had boen given . Mr Wakley said he believed the'impression of the house was , that he should read the petition which behael presented , and which thohon . member for the University of Oxford had objected to , ( Cries of 'No . no ! ' ) He assured tbe Louse that the petition was in due form , and that , so far as he kaew , there was nothing objectionable in the manner in which tbe petitioner expressed his views .

      Mr Hume thought tha best wpf would be to have tbo petitlcm brought up and read at tha table . I < there was any matter in it of an objectionable character it would then be competent for any member to object to it . The Speakeh said , that the bouse must first decide whether the petition camo within the rules of the house . If it contained anything contrary to the rules and privileges of the house , it could not be brought up ; Mr Wakliy said , that the passage to which obj « ction was made was asYellows : — ' Tbe petitioner also praysfor the abolition of the House of Lords , considering that one BBBtmbly of representatives , duly elected , is quite eufficiant for all national purposes . ' Mr Hume thought the whole petition should be rend .

      Sir G , Gbey said , that as it was only one passage ef the petition to which the hon . member for Oxford objected , he thought the time of the house would be much more usefully eccup ' ed than in reading it all . ( Hear , hear . ) Many petitions containing opinions in which no individual member of that house concurred had been reeeivea , nnd he really thought it would be attaching too great importanoo to the present one if tho house were to r * jeot it : he hoped , therefore , that his hon . friend the member for the University of Oxford would not Insist on dividing tho house . The passage otiected to was thea read at the table .

      Sir R , iNGiissaid , that if an analogous petition were presented to the House of Lords , praying for the abolition of the House of Commons , he apprehended that tbe Honse of Lords would not receive it ; neither would the House of Commons reseive a petition for the abolition of tho monarchy ; he , therefore , did not see why they should rcceivo this petition , opposed as it vras by almost the unanimous feeling , principle , and opinion of the house ; he should , however , ba content to have let it expire with the eff rvescence of the mement , had It sot

      been that the hon . member for Finsbary , by his tone and manner , and by bis running commentary on the petition , seemed to invite attention to it—at least , the attention of those who had bad Ihe advantage of hearing it ; and that he appeared to identify himself with the sentiments expressed in it . ( 'No , no , ' from Mr Wakley . ) Ha , therefore , wished tho houso to express its judgment whothor it was con&istent with tho duty of tbe minig . ters and the great leaders of the Opposition , that they should encourage this species of petition by giving it circulation .

      Mr HtJUE said , that in his opinion a more absurd reason could not ba given for the rejection of tho petition than that urged by the right honourable baronet , the member for the university sf Giford—that tho petition could not bo received sn the ground that it was opposad to the general opinion of the houso . t 7 by this was the very kind of petitions which were required , and which the house ought to throw its doors wide open to receive . ( Hear , hoar , ) Petitions which agreed with the house were not petitions which wero required . It was Hio duty of the houoe to receive every petition which war , * ent to it . If onco tho houoo were to begin to rcfuso petitions , where would they draw the line of distinction f ( Ken' -, ) The houso wns perhaps not aware tbatthe petition was signed not by some ignorant Chartist , but by a gentleman who had g ono through tho univbrtity , and v : as now a clergyman of the Church of England . Ho thought umt it was the utitv of the house to receivv petitions from all

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      portions of tbe people , whatever might be the ssntimer ^ nMoh they expressed . Sir Jahbs Graham said that he was extremely sorrj to b » compelled , by » ho course taken by bi » honourable frkmd th * memb&rfor tho University ol Oxford , to pro . oounoo an opinion on a matter of such satreme importance . He felt as &nxions as any honourable member in that house to off » r no obstruction to tbo preeentfltibn o £ petitions , and be was rejoiced that tbe house had allowed the petition to be read , becausa without hearing it he did not think that they could deliberately pronounce an opinion whether they could sanction it to the extent o £ allowing it to lie on the table . He agreed with bis honourable friond that it would "be inconsistent with their loyalty to the sovereign , and with the institutions

      of the country , to receive a pstltlon ee » king for the abolition of the kingly gomnmmt oad tha substitution of a republic Tbe form o ? government established in this country was a government by King , Lords , and Com . moDB , and be thought that a line should be drawn , and that no petition should be allowed to lie on their table which dealt with the fundamental principles of the gever&m&n » . H » had not had tima to weigh tha matter with the care which it required , but ho felt that tbe government of this country was no less a kingly govern , ment than it was one formed by two bouses of parliament also , and if a petition for the abolition of the former could not be received , neither could tney receive a pttitiiR for the abolition of one of the houses of tho legislature . '

      Mr Bright suggested that petitions against tbe admission of bishops into the House of Lords were received and yet ths spiritual Peers were as much a portion of ths constitution as tbe temporal Peers . ( Hear , hear . } Morsovtr , he thought it would bo practically utelees to attempt to exclude petitions , for this bad ou former occasions been attempttd in Tain . Mr O'Connor said : Sir , I do not rise to ask whether this petitioa is the production of an enlightened Chartist or an ignorant Whig ; but I do rise for the purpose of telling the hon , member for Montrose , that nothing has gone further to create distrust between this house and the people , than the fact of some honourable members having one tone and one language for this house , and another tone

      and anotner language outside this house , to gain popular applause . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) would blush if ho was eapable of using one language in that house , and another outside . ( Hear , hear . ) , But he would go farther , and remind tbe hon . member for Montrose , thai his name was one of the seven wise men , that appeared . appended to the original document called the People ' s Charter . ( Great laughter . ) And as to the Chartists being ignorant * he would remind the hon . member , that when speaking to them at public meetings , he has declared that they were the best educated and most enlightened of all classes , ( hear , hear , ) and therefore he ( Mr O'Connor ) did not like to hear his own o rder charged with ignorance . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) And as to precedent , the right hon . baronet ( Sic

      James Graham ) , who appeared to be very sensitive as te the rights of petitioners , said that he could not find any , or that at the moment he couldn't think of any , but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would furnish him one from a very high authority—th « noble lord at the head of t *> e goverament — that noble lord , ia 1835 , upon the Lords ' amendments , in the Municipal Reform Bill , declared , that if ever the time came when a collision between the two houses should be considered necessary , that he should not shrink from his share of the responsibility . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , there was a precedent , and a very strong one , and from a very influential source , but he had merely risen for the purpose of protesting against the doctriue , [ that the Chartists were an ignorant class . Laughter . )

      Mr Hosin hoped that he tvould be allowed to explain . He challenged the honourable membar for Nottingham to state a single instance in which he had made assertions out of that bouBe that ho did not uphold in it , He was not , he bogged to inform the honourable member , on « ot tboie who was ia the habit of suiting his language for the occasion —( laughter)—and , as to his Baying the Chartists wore an ignorant body , ba had sever said any such thing . Ho had taken oooasion merely to remind thtm that the objection did not lie against this petition that had been so often taken before when similar petitions wersprosontsd , that it was not a petition from , an Ignorant Chartist , but from a clergyman of tbe church of England . ( Hear . )

      Mr M . J . O Connbll spoke In favour of the reception of tha petition , drawing a distinction between the nbolition of th « peerage and of tha monarch y ; inasmuch as to advocate the former out of doors would not be illegal , whereas to advocate the latter would be treasonable . ( Hoar . ) Dr Bovrnma , amid exelaffialions of 'Oh ! ok ! ' expressed a similar opinion , Mr NawDEQATB declared hia cordial concurrence with Sir J , Graham , and asked whether it would be legal to nttwnpfc to induce the crown to govern without either Houss of Parliament . Mr Waklii said be did not concur in the prayer for a changs in our form of government , for ho believed that the country enjoyed 85 much liberty undtrthe pre . sent constitution bs it was possible to secure . ( Hear , hear . ) But , at ths same time , he declared that it was useltss to present petitions to the houso , as they were received with so little regard . ( Oh , oh . )

      Mr Aaiiio » BT warmly protested against this nsseriion , and duclarert , on the contrary , that petitions were most fairly treated and attended to . ( Hear , bear- ) MrLABjuciiERE hoped the house would not be feroed to a division—( Hear , hear)—becausa he f « ar « d th « decision of the houso might be misunderstood . ( Hear . ) Btctrase ctrtainl ; he and his right honourable friend ths Home Secretary intended to rots for tbe reception of the petition , deeming it quite ' needless to declare that entire disapproval which he * did not doubt the housa entertained with respect to the prayer of the

      petition . ( H » ar , hear . ) But as it was not disrespectfull y worded with reference to the other house , he tiii not think It should be rejected—for petitions were daily received praying for the abolition of the Church , the cxpHlsion of the prelates , dsc ,, and he was persuaded tli < it the disapproval with which such petitions were received la the hout » only represented tho disapproval with which such opinions wero received out of doors—( Hear , hear)—noc did bo doubt that it was the firm persuasion of the immense majority of the nation that , under the exltting form of government , they enjoyed as large a share o £ liberty as it was possible to secure . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Napieb . hoped the honse would net bo driven to & division —( hear , hear)—as the house entertained petitions for the repeal of tbe union —( hear , hear ) a matter which was , if possible . less in the cognizance of the house than tbe abolition of tho House of Lords . ( Hear . ) Sir R . Inglis said he was rejoieed to hear that the house wero unanimous in repudiating the prayer of ths petition with respect to the abolition of the House of Lords . ( Hear , hoar , hear ) Under those circumstances , as be had substantially succeeded in his object , he would withdraw his opposition to tho reception of tho petition .

      Fobcible Ejections in Gaiwat . —Sir G . Gbet . said , thtit wite regard to the destruction of nouses in Galway , which was brought under the notice of tbe house on Frii day night by tho hon . member for Strou 4 ( Mr P . Serope , ) he had expressed an opinion that the govern ., ment would soon be in possession of iofonu .-ition from the Lord-Lieutenant . He had tbat morning received a letter from his noble friend , who bad Been tbe notice ( hat had been taken of this case , and had expressed his surprise—in whiuh be participated—that the members of the government should have . been ignorant of the measures token by tha Irish government , information of which proceedings Und been forwarded to thtm some t ! in 9 ago , and which Lord Clarendon expected tbey would have detaikd to the house . Every inquiry had been made for the letter in which Lord Clarendon had made this communication , but in vain , and it musthavo

      been lost , Tho moment his noble friond hoard of this case —which was reported to him by an Assistant Poor Law Commissioner ( who had since died , ) before any statement appeared ia the Galwat Hercoh *—he determined to take those measures which it was competent for him to adopt for the punishment of the parlies who were alleged to have perpetrated the efirVuce in question . Considerable delay took place in consequence of the de&tu of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner referred to , but on tho appointment of Major M'Kio to succeed him , ho was instructed to institute an inquiry upoa oath , which was before tho house . Directly the report was brought before the Lord-Lieutenant he consulted the Jawofficsrs of the Crown , who were of opinion tbst the government could not institute legal proceedings against the parties , Lord Clarendon then recommended to the Lord Chancellor tbat Mr Blake ' s name should be

      removed from the commission of the peace . This recommendation was not immediately adopted , because , in compliance with the invariable custom , the Lord Chan , oellor transmitted a Btateraent of the occurrence to Mr Blake , in order to afford him an opportunity of making any explanation . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted to say tbat a length of timqelapscd duriDg which no explanation was received ft om Mr Blako . When the i * plantttion did arrive it was considered unsatisfactory , and the nama of Mr Blake had been s truck off , ( Cheers . ) Mr St George , a member of that house , had also been implioatad in tho affair , nnd had boen written to by Lord Clarendon , and he ( Sir G . Grey ) would take the earhtst opportunity of informing the houso of the result of tbat application . Meanwhile the house would perceive that the government had token » U the measures in this case which it was competent to them to adopt . ( Cheers . )

      Kailwat Coakd . — Mr Bankes then moved that , in the opinion of tbe house , the powers , rights , and autho . rity now vested by the act 9 and 10 Victoria , c . 105 , la tho Commi ssioners of Railways , may bo bo regulated aa to secure their efficient execution at a ursa'ly diminished rati . of ehnvgo . Thk expenses of tbe Railway Board had Increased from £ 1 , 972 to £ 17 , 0 . 00 . As this expenditure wns mere surplus ^ . ! , it ought tobf cutoff forthwith . The Chancellor of the Exchequer explained that the Railway Board hart on ' y been created at th 9 express fsooujia * nilft !! on of committeea of both bouses j I ' . s president , Mr Strutt , had lately ceased to possess a scat in p . ivllnmont , and a vacancy King thus occasioned , tha government had determined to appiint in Mr Strutt ' srooin an unpaid member of the Board of TmslO , with the viow 9 ascertaining wksther ( ha . railway Ibusl .

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      GREAT MEETIKQ OP THE SOCIALISTS ET LONDON . W A public oeefiB&TraB held in tba Literary Institution John-street , Tottenham . court . read , on Friday , the 2 March , to addreJB the Provisional florJSmea X France-explain English Socialis m-in * expo ^ the k U TT tbe n TmEI and ° ther i «« nMfll « SS 5 SL cbSr Th 7 . f ™ unanimonsly elected to the SS . V S * a i mittance » bat the g «> teBt order was S ? S ?™^ ° « i * ° l » Proceeding ! , * hieh lastsd until half . past eleven o ' clock .

      The following ig an abridgenwHt of the proceedings :-The CffAiBKijj opened by saying—It has been said tnat »« n am bora e < jut »! . Thcy ougnt t 0 DE ) Dut Wtnert 0 tney nave not been . It his been said that men at birth have equal rights . This should be a truth , but hitherto it has been very much otherwise . The infants of men and women , who have far generations lived in the fear of poverty , and amidst inferior and vicious cirenm . stances , cannot be born eqaal to infants of the progeny Of parents , whofof geneMtiane hava Ilvei amidst th « bestetreumstances tkat the preient irrational system eaa create . Men bora to inherit poverty , and the hourly influence of vicious circumstancep , kave sot had the same rights ss those born in the midst of affiaence , end Bur rouHdea from the hour of their birth with the best

      of everything for maa that wsslth , without rational ideas , can give . ( Hear , h « ar . ) The American declaration of independence is , therefore , not true , but it ought to oe made so . ( Cheere . ) I will now give you my ideas of independence . Han , as well as all that has life , ha » beea crested to desire happiness . It is tho right of man , therefore , to hive as much happiness as the materials passeeied by saeiety , properly applied , will give him . ( Cheers . ) Society now possesses ail the materials t » ensure from birth the happiness of all without contest or competition . It hai a superfluity of land , Iabonr , scientific pswer , skill , aad capital , to create illiaitable weal thbeyand the wanti of all , whenever these meansshall be applied under tha guidance of practical man , having common senEe end morsl courage to do their duty to their fellow-men . ( Applause . ) Society al < o possesses the ciost ample meant te ensure frora birth a good and

      valuable mental , moral , physical , and praeticsl character for every one . Il is now of ths highest intewst for all , from the higheit to the lowest , without one eicsptioa throughout tke human race , that mcasnrei he immediately eommencad to create this wealth , eaij Alt cliaraeisr for all . Many doubt li « possibility of creating a good practical character for natioms , and yet , as the faedanent&l principles of human nature are now known , when these shall be applied la practice aaiet tt ^ a arraBg ^ Bsenl * , it will b » an tuif task to ensure an useful and valuable eharaeter fer all . These principles and practices have been hitherto unknown , er unattended to , by all nations acd peeple , except by Lyeurgtu and his Spartans ; and yet tha knowledge how to manufacture from birth a superior oharaetsr for the human nee is by far tho most valuable knowledge that can bi Bcqnlred . ( Hear . ) The terra manufacture is advisedly used , fer the formation ef

      character is ai msch 8 mtnufscture from the infant material as aay fabric from aej material ; and like these , with care aud properly constructed machinery , it may be well manufaetnrBd , or by neglect » nd ill-coattrncied machinery , it may hs Bade greatly inferior , and spoiled for all Taluible or useful purposes . This is a manufacture , the art of which is more impertant to acquire than the knowledge of all other manufactures united . Tbe misery er happiness of the human raes will depend cpen the progress which nations make in applying this knowledge to practice . The governments of the world are new ignorant of this manufactsro for sny Talusblo purpose ; they know how to force on the world in inferier character far both rich and poor , but they are destitute of ihe high acqairemest in principle and practice to

      enable them to create & good and enp « rior character for man and woman , with full developed faculti's , physical , moral , mental , and practical . ( Hear , hear . ) The permanent intereit of all should be now attended to and secured , instead of that interest being opposed and sacrificed to the fahely imglned interests ofafewnow very ill-teformBd and misplaced families ; but families , according to my yUws of man and society , are more ts he pitied for their false and artificial educatioa and position than to he blamed or pnniihcd . ( Cheers . ) But trae it ii , tha time hssarrivsd whea these families can no longer govern the world ; whea for their own happinets , and that of the population of all countries , they ought no longer te govern thof e countries except under new laws derived alone from nature , forming & new

      constitution for the governmemt of the world , —a constitution is which the well-being , ¦ well . uoing , « nd interests of all shall be greatly secured , —not by a nominal equality , as in the United States of North America , but by an enlightsned practical equality , Bade so evidently heBeficial for all tbat it will remain unchanged as long as human nature Bhall exist . ( Loud cheers . ) The outline and aettil of snen a constitution shall fee ssbmitted ia 70 a at this meeting . [ It was eircalmted in the ghspe of a small pamphlet . ] JTy own calm conviction it , that the falie . hood , injustice , and cruelty of the old system which &as hitherto governed the world , so glaring to those who can observe and reflect , and so

      unbearable to the mass of tbe population is all countries , tha * it has become impossible for any amount of force or fraud , opposed to the npriimg of the people of the world and their magnificent and disinterested moral coura ; e , to maintain it longer in any country or among any people . ( Immense applause . ) The time has therefore arrived when old things shall pass away aad all shall become new . ( Cheers . ) Rejoice wits me , my friends , that at length we are now witnessing the termination of that old world of folly , crime , and injustice , that it is how dying its natural dtath : and that it will he speedily succeeded by a new and glorious system that will secure the happiness of all .

      [ Jfr Owen concluded a speech which occupied upwards ef sahottr In delivery , amid vehement cheering . ] Mr A . CAHrBELL said he would epeak w hat hs felt and knew to he correct . He avowed himBelf a democratic socialist , by whieh he meant that the whole pspalation shosld ba provided for , from herMaje ty and her cour t , dowa to the Ioweit pauper ' ; and he ( Mr C ) , felt quite certain that a change we « inevitable , evea for the heDefit of the higher classes themselves , as he was sure all of them under the social system would be much happier than they could possibly be now . ( Cheers . ) The trades of London had commenced an Industrial moiement before the revolution , in Franca had been thought of . A congress of delegates had met for several weeks , aad from the facts submitted by them , it appeared that about oae-thtrd of the working classes were unemployed , one-third about half-employed , and those who had work had not for their increased labour ( except in a few

      instances ) , wages to obtain the necessaries of life . ( Hear , hear . ) These men had all arms , that is—every man had a pair of arms whieh he is desirous of using in the prodHCtion of wealth by the cultivation of the soil , nara . £ actur « s , &c , acd for its diitribution for tbe benefit of all . The government and the higher classes were not aware of their danger . They were resting upon a volcano , a mine of gunpowder , which in a day or an hoar might bs exploded , ( Hear , hear . ) Tbey were not aware of the feelings rankling in tie boBoms of the now quiet masses , or they would endeavour to effect a peaceable change in the present wicked sjstem . ( Loud eheeri . ) The London tradei were resolted to submit their case to the government . He ( Mr C . ) wa » a delegate to their congress , and had been requested to prepare their report . If the govtrnment did not aceede to tbeir ingeestionB , other measures would , then be adopted to effect a change , as it was scarcely peBiible for human nature longer to Buffer . ( Cheers . )

      JlrLtoTD Joses and Mr H . Hethesifgtok then addressed the meeting , exposing the iguoraace of the TiHEs . initsviolent , butstUlJesuitical attack en Socialism , and a true version of the principles adapted by the English Sscialitts , and the practices proposed to be toaniei upon them , providing for the well-being and happiness of ths whole human race , without exception to ser , clasg , party , sect , country , or eolour , was given to tho meeting , in the shape of aa address , adopted by the AanEEl Congress of Socialists , held in Leeds , In 1840 , the reading of whica was listened to with the greatest attention , frequently interrupted by loud bursts Ot BppliVEB . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs J . KiQBr , J . Watson , Cokbb , Edwasds , Bbostebbe O'Beibh , and others ; and the following , among o ther resolution * , were adopted : —

      1 That this meeting having heard the explanation of the Social systea from its founder , Mr Owsn , in contradistinction to Socialism as represented by tho Times , newspaper , is of opinion tbat it is a highly just , moral , and p hilanthropic system , well calculated to work out the physical , mental , moral , and practical emancipation of the people of this and other countries , without jajory to sny existing class or interest of tha community . ' An AddreEl to the Provisional Government of France was adopted , and KohtrtOwen appointed a deputation te present the ssne , together with a model . constitution for all countries . . _ . .

      _ Petitions to both Honses of Parliament were also adopted , getting forth that during the last thirty years the SoeiaUstshad presented hundreds of petitions , praying 8 searching inquiry into their principles . Thtt the population of these Iskads were in ft state of great 018 . tress and all classes in imminent danger , and praying again ' to be heard , aHd their plans , if found beneficial , tobe adopted ere ifis too late . The petftlo ' n to the Honsa of Lorus waB ordered to te Eent to the Lerd BUhop of Oxford , and the E : v . H . Smith ( a Clergyman of the Established Church ) volunteeredto Ukeit to hi . personal friend tbe Bishop , for

      that purpose . .,, . j The meeting , trhieh did not break up till near mid-Bight , was one of the most orderly but eB th « ia . ti « . etaraeter throughout , and it was Bald would be followed hy others of like nature throughout the kingdom .

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      April 1 , 1848 . fHE N 0 RTHERN g TAR . ima ^ — ,. j * , 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1464/page/3/