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      KOTTINCHAltt—On Sunday last , a delegate aeetiQg mi held in the Democratic Chapel . The folowing persona were present : — Messrs . 8 weet and Castor , for Nottingham . Mr . Hamilton , for Button and Mansfield . Mr . Hanfcin , for C&rrington . Mr . W . Brown , for Old Basford . Mr . Kewstead , for Beesfcon . Mr . Camagton , for Kancliffe Aims . , Mr . lAngKlaTe , for Lambley . Mr . Hfljei , Iot Galverton . Mr . Anthony , for Arnold . Mr . R . Brown , for Hneknall Torkard . Ttt _ T . Li * _ __ T-fc _ . a * f I

      lit . Hamilton was called to the chair , and Mr . Sweet officiated as secretary . Tfee delegates ga-re in their report of the prepress of Chartism in their various localities—paid their quota to the Missionary Fundafter -which Mr . Carrington moved , and Mr .. Caster econ&ed the following resolution : — •¦ That we discontinue the services of Mr . Taylor , at the expiration of the quarter . "—Carried , with one dissentient Mr . Carsington then mcrred , and Mr . IKewstead seconded , " Tbat the thanks ef this meeting are due / and are hereby given , t © Mr . Win . Dean Taylor , for his eminent services in this locality , for tne past nine months ; and

      "We strongly recommend him to any district who are in "Want of a talented lecturer . "—Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . TTanVin , and seconded by Mr . Caste -, •* 1 bat tbia meeting stand adjourned to this day mouth , in order to give tbe constituency an opportunity of considering the propriety of engaging another lecturer . "Carried unanimously . Every town and village Jn the district are respectfully requested to send a delegate to the next meeting , which will be held on Snnday , the Sth of May , at one o'clock at noon , in the Democratic chapel , yotBngbam- Tnanfcs were lien voted to the Chairman and Secretary , and the meeting dispersed .

      LEICESTER , —Mr . Bairstow preached an impressive and pathetic funeral sermon in the Skaksperean rooms , on Sunday nieht ; after which a collection was Biade amounting to £ 1 . " . COUJF . —A Chartist meeting was held at Salterford-lant-iead , Colne , on Sunday last , for the purpose of ihowing that the Ckarter is preferable to any thing hitherto brought f jrward by the middle classes , and likewise preparatory to the holding of meetings every Sunday , in some central part of North Lancashire ,. during the sitting ef the Convention . A resolution was moved and seconded , that a meeting be holden on Sonday next , on Marsden Heights , which was carried unanimously .

      XEWARK- —At onr weekly meeting on Sunday last , it was proposed and unanimously carried that onr a « MfiaHr , n for the future do meet on a Monday eTeninf at seven o'clock . There will be a general meeting , on Monday evening next , when business of great importance will be brought forward . Any lectnrer coming to Jfcttingbam or Mansfield , if they will come to 2 » ewari . to lecture will be remunerated for their services , provided they give us a few days notice of the same . All communications must be addressed to 3 Ji- Thomas Simnitt , sub-Secretary .

      MACSLESFI ? XiX > . —The County Treasurer and the Secretary delivered to Mr . Christopher Doyle "his credentials as member for the county in the Convection , and at the same time handed o \ er to him £ 7 13 s . Id . being the amount of funds , tfeen in their hands , for tbe Coxrre&Sdon ; and Petition Sheets containing -46 , 274 Egn&tnres . The Petition Sheets are still in course of ignature . The County Secretary has since to acknowledge the receipt ef the following sums from Noith"wich , 10 s . ; 2 fantwich 103 . ; Congletou , 10 s ; Campstall Bridge , 10 b .

      lonion . —District Coo'cil . —At this meeting on Snnday , favourable reports were received from the localities respecting the remuneration to lecturers , recommended by the Committee- The sum ef £ 2 10 s ¦ was received from the Carpenters' Arms , Brick-lane , for the Convention ; £ 2 from Limehouse ; ani £ l from the Albion ; 15 s . from the shoemakers , at ' the Crown and Anehor , Waterloc-to-Hm ; 153 . from the weavers at the Buck ' s Head ; £ 1 from the Croldbeatera * Arms ; and 3 s jer Mr . M'Gregor , from a new-formed body of shoemakers . Several sums were also received for the London Council . A deputation wa » received from

      West Ham , requesting assistance in fencing a locality . "Mpggrt :. Ridley and Stallwood were deputed to attend . After the transaction of other business , the Council adjourned . A meeting cf two delegates from all the localities unrepresented in the District Council , and the members of tbe District Council was then held pursuant to the reqaest of the Executive ; and resolutions lrere adopted for the purpose . of centralizing the energies of the men of Ixmdon daring the meeting of the ensuing Convention- A Provisional Committee , consisting of two from each locality was appointed for the purpose of getting up public meetings , &c .

      The Ladies' Shoemakers held their weekly meeting at the Haberdashers Arms , Mitton-itreet , on Sunday . Mr . Brannon lectured on tbe Charter arid after a-vote of tbar / ks to him , the meeting broke up .. lEcirBE . —la the absence of Mr . M'Grath , Mr , Eraser delivered .- ! powwfol address on the principles of the Charter , in the large room of the Qaeen " s Head , Cambridge-road , last Sunday evening , to a numerous and respectable audience . Several new members were enrolled and signatures obtained to the Xaiional Petition . SH 0 EXD 1 TCH . —Mr . Raffy Ridley lectured last Sonday . Six members were enrolled at the conclusion of the lecture .

      Toveb Hamlets . —The members of tbis council met as usual on Sunday eTening last , at the Hit or Miss , West-street , Devonshire-street , GloW-fieids , whea much business of importance was transacted , and a resolution was unanimously passed , that tbe council meeting shall commence every Sunday evening at six o ' clock , and close precisely at half-past seven . Tbe localities of Limehouse , Hackney , the Rose Twig , ' Folly , and the Albion , SaoreditcB , are earnestly requested to sand two delegates each , to sit upon tbe Council , as business of vital importance will be brought before them . TEETOTALLEE 3 , CB . 0 WS COFFEE HorSE / TBE ^ KSTBEET . —Mr . Mee ably addressed tbe assernbiy meeting at this hon » i on Sunday evening . Mr . Wheeler also attended , and spoke at considerable length .

      Shoemakees , Stab Coffee House , Golden Lase . —Mr . Whitesides addressed the meeting on Sunday evening , aad gave every , satisfaction . Chabtbk Coffee HotSE , Stkeiton Gb . ound . — Hi . Parrer delivered an able and instrHCtiTe lecture here on Sunday evening , and was mnoh applauded . Political Institt ; te , 55 , Old Bailet . —Mr . Wheeler delivered s ] £ ciurehere on Sanday evening , and ¦ was greatly applauded . Shoemakees . Clock Hoi : se , Casti . e-street—Mr . Farrer lectured to a numerous assemblage , and caDs ? d an addition of s-veral members to their ranks on Sunday evening last Mr . Ford pointed ont the advantages cf forav .-Eg Tract Committees . Mr . Wynne spoke at coasidsrable length fen the same subject , and a variety cf 1-usiness connected with the locality was transacted .

      READING . —Mr . E- Stall-wood addressed a large conco-aTse of people tere . on Thursday and Friday last , ia the large School "Room 0 ! Hope CbapeL At tbe eonclusiou a vote of taaaks was given to the talented lecturer . WAN CHESTER . —At tbe Chartist Rooms , Brownstreet , on Snid 3 y ^ vecin ^ last , Mt . James Cartledge delivered a Iftcture on onr present prospects compared ¦ wi th past experience . At the close of the lecture it ¦ w as unanimously resolved that " The Manchester committee for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , fce called together with initructions to bring the case of these expatriated victims of Whiggery , before the public ol Manchester and district , more * ft * TT it * v » been Of lite . "

      ECCtES . —Mr . Joces , from Livcrpsol , attended here on Friday evening , and gave one of tbe most instructive and convincing leyturts tier delivered in this village . HAW 0 RTH- —Mr . Edwards delhrered a soul-stirring lectore here , on tbe evening of Saturday , in the Forester ' s Hall , to a respectable and an . attentive audience . Ths lttturer . a youth only just out of his teens , in the course of his address explained tbe nature and origin of Governmects , in a style which would have done honour to a ranch older head tban his . He dwelt it great length ard -we believe ga- » e gentral satisfaction in exposing the fallacy of any measure abort of tbe entire Charter , con ' emng or bringing about , the future salvation -of our country .

      CHEXTEHHAM-—Mr . Edward Stallwood delivered his eeccmd lecture on Tuesday evening last , after which the following resolution waa unanimously adopted— " ~ Thaf . w « , the members of tbe Cheltenham National Charter Association , in public meeting assembled , deem it incumbent to declare our unabated confidence in Mr . James Leach , P . M . M'Douall , John Campbell , and Morgan Williams , for their perseverance in the ad-Tocaey and direction of tbe Charter movement , and deeply sympathise wiik them ia their laborious and difficult ondertakiof , increued as it is by the allurements ol cunning enemies and pretended friends . We therefore pledge ourselves to abide by their advice as long as they adhere to the principlei for the advancement of which they were elected .

      Ceow jlsd Ttkreli- ' s Breakf . vst Bevkkage . — Proceeds due to the Executive , for Abe "week ending April 9 ; h , 1842 : _ ¦ 8 . d . Mr . Leach , Manchester ... ... 9 0 Mr . G . J . Harney , Sheffield ... 3 6 Mr . J . Yates , Po ' tteries 3 ' 6 - Mr . Brooke , Leeds 3 0 Mr . Tiekers . Belper ... ... 2 0 " Mr . Baird , Bolton 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 1-6

      Mr . Robshaw , Dewsbury ... ] 6 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... 0 9 £ 18 9

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      CARtXSLS . —On Mowiay evening , a pablic meeting of the Chartists of th ' ra place took place In Mr . Bly the * Seeming Machine Room Water-lane . After a balance sheet of the funds of the Association had been read , the following report was submitted to the meeting : — " Report of the Council of the Chartiat Association of Carlisle , April 11 th , 1842 . —Your Council ought , in the first place , to apologise to you for not calling a public meeting for the purpose of changing the members ef the Council at the expiratien of the . first quarter . This circumstance arose from matters of a pecuniary character , and not from any desire ( we can assure youj on our part , to remain in office for a longer period tian that allotted by the recognised roles of the Association Your Council considered it better to remain in office

      for a longer period than they were called upon to 8 « rve , than to allow the Association te suffer any inconvenience for the want of a CouncIL In regard to money affairs , you will have perceived from the balance sheet , which has just been read to you , that the principal item of expenditure is the Bum of money paid for tbe defence of William Blake , who was charged with assaulting a policeman while in discharge of his duty , during the late election ; and of which offence he was cleared at the Cockermouth Sessicns . This was one of several cases of prosecution , which arose out of the late election , and -which were obstinately and unfeelingly persevered in , by our late Mayor and his Whig associates of the Corporation . In the prosecution of the charges tc which we have alluded , there was a spirit

      of revenge and vindictiveness displayed , truly characteristic of the low , grovelling and narrow-minded Whig faction . Doubtless thesa creatures of Whig creation , were eager to walk in the blood-stained footsteps of their masters Lord John Russell , Fox Maule , Lord Normanby , and others of the late Government , who have rendered nugatory the few good acts they committed by the enactment of fche accursed New Poor Law , the Irish Coercion Bill , the Rural Police Force , and other acts of a similar atrocious character ; bat more especially have they rendered themselves despised and despicable by their truckling aud cowardly conduct , and more so still by their unjust and cold-blooded pro-Becutions of some hundreds of tbe Chartists . Yes , the voices of Frost , Williams , and Jones , have been heard

      from afar , and have seen re-echoed back by those of the dungeoned patriots of our native laud , proclaiming with joy unspeakable , tbe funeral knell of this debased , degraded , aud sbnmisg faction . In addition to tbe sum of about £ 6 and upwards , expended in Blake ' s dtf ^ nce , there was a farther snm of seven shillings paid for defending him at the Town Hall previous to his committal , and which is not named ia the balance-sheet , but which sum was received from some of tbe country districts . There is also a snm of £ 5 dne to Mr . John Saul , for defending the former prisoners at the Assizes , and which it will be the duty of the forthcoming Council to take immediate steps to discharge . Abont two months ago , as subscriptions had ceased to come in , your Council divided the town

      into twelve districts , appointing two collectors t » each , to call upon those persons most likely to subscribe one penny weekly to the funds of the Association ; which plan , we are happy to say , has been successfully carried into effect , and only requires to be vigorously followed up , to enable the forthcoming Council to meet any demands that may be made upon it You will remember that the ConTention for the presentation of the National Petition is now assembled in London ; and though you have not been able to send a delegate , yet it is do less your duty to support it , for it is acting for the general good . Time is pregnant of events ; and if you wish to have a powerful and effective Council , you must choose men in whom you have the greatest confidence , and in -whose integrity j < m can place the

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

      assisted in drawing up the People ' s Charter , yet they now seem to be content with a portion of what they formerly required . Can these men deny that the whole of the Charter is jost ? No ! Then why be content witb a portion of justice ? Evidently for the purpose of again cajoling and deceiving the people , as the Wlaigs succeeded in doing with the Reform Bill . Let the people beware of trickery of every description ; let them not be cast down at the loss of those whom they had been led to believe were their sterling and staunch friends—let them stand stedfastly by the Charter as a measure of complete justicelet them know tbeir rights , and , knowing dare maintain them ; let them closely adhere to principle ; then they will feel no disappointment at the loss

      ef those who may prove false or treacherous ; and though their path may be overclouded and rugged for a while , it will finally be pleasant and agreeablebespangled - with flo-wers , and covered with sunshine . Justice will and nhftVl finally prevail ! What are the people ' s prospects at the preBeut moment ? not cold , blank , and cheerless , as many of the Whig faction would have them believe ; but full of hope , Ufa , aad encouragement . The Whig faction is oat of power ; the anti-Corn Law humbugs are dead and buried ; the difficulties of the Government increase on every hand ; the ^ fi % han " barbarians , ' as they are termed , ( but who by tbe bye are becoming suddenly civilised , ) have cried havoc , and let slip the dogs of war , on our wellarmed and well-disciplined forces , and have made

      thousands to bite the dust . The Chinese will not be easily conquered < Seeing tbe many difficulties that surround them , the present Government has been forced into a measure of partial justice . They are now convinced that they can levy no more taxes on consumable articles ; bo that they must get them where they can , and have proposed an income tax of about 3 per cent , to be paid by all ( except the farming interest ) having incomes of ; gi 5 O a-year and upwards . They have also proposed to lessen tbe duty on foreign articles coming into this country , ( on some cases considerably ) on upwards of seven hundred articles ; so that this will have a tendency to increase the comforts of the labouring man—to enlarge onr commerce and extend our manufactures . ' There is no working man who onght to

      find fault -with this measure , as far as it gots , for it will not only benefit him more or less , but it will rapidly increase the number of Chartists amo-g the middle classes . Oh . ' there is nothing like direct taxation for making them feel how very disagreeable it is to pay about £ 3 for every £ 100 of income . How the manufacturing and commercial interests are sqcalling . The hypocritical dogs , tbey looked very smirking ¦ when the pestage was reduced—they did not then complain . Oh . ' no ! but snugly pocketted their hundreds a-year , while the working man was scarcely benefitted at all by that measure . Thers has been many complaints made in tbe Whig journals , about the hardship and inquisitorial nature of the proposed income tax ; but few working men would complain had they

      the tax to pay ; and who ought to be so well off as the working man . ' It is urged that professional men ought not to be subject to the tax in the same degree as those having an income from property ; but there is no class of men , who get their money more easily and more plentifully than lawyers , attorneys , and doctor ? . So long as a man has an income of £ 150 a-year , he ought and must ( in whatever way he secures it ) pay the tax . But there is an evident unfairness , in Sir Robert Peel only taking from tbe farmer ' s income , estimated at half their rent £ 155 , 000 ; while from the professional and commercial classes he takes £ 1 , 220 , 000 . Xow either the agricultural interest ( says the Westminster Review ') is really the most insignificant in the country , and if so what Becomes of the millions

      sterling , to an incredible amount , that we are told ate : employed upon the land I or this is an extreme case of ' legislation . But it is even worse on examination than { at first it appears , for the mode by which the fanners 1 are to be assessed will allow them to escape altogether . I As no income less trmn . £ 150 is to be taxed , a farmer : who pays less than £ 300 a year rent , although deriving ! perhaps an income of £ 600 per annum from his farm , L will pay no portion of the tax ; and in respect to far-! mers above £ 300 per annum , what will be easier than to divide them nominally among the members of a ¦ family ? " We deplore the wrong about to be committed , as bringing odium on the principle of taxation , in itself just , and which when confined to realised capital is undoubtedly the best

      mode of obtaining a revenue , because it is that which interferes in the slightest degree with the productive interests of the country . But the "working classes must not expect any great or permanent good from this . measure ; for they are still unprotected against the : attacks of the spoliator . Every advantage will be taken 1 of the good accruing to the working man from the measure . Never until he is securely protected against t" tyranny and oppression , by having a voice in making !¦ the laws by which be has to be governed , will his ; physical and social condition be Improved ; never will i he be able to successfully resist villanies which may be j practised upon him . Sir Robert Peel has certainly I shown himself a bold man in proposing such a measure \ as the income-tax ; indeed he clearly foresaw the great - and manifold difficulties he wonld inevitably be placed ) in , had he not taken the means of raising ample funds i for the carrying on of his Government . Bat he has not

      been bold enough to be honest , or bis reforms would have taken a much wider range ; he would have grappled with that monster , the national debt ; he would have reformed the overgrown church establishment ; he would have materially curtailed the revenues of the crown ; he'Would have considerably reduced the Civil LUfc ; ho would have purged the courts of law ; he would have lessened the salaries of Government officers ; and above all he would have taken away all sinecures and undeserved pensions . But these reforms are reserved for a Parliament formed nnder very different auspices th&li the present—a Parliament chosen by tae p « ople at large , and not as at present by a very limited number of the people ; who never consult the wants , wishes , and feelirgs of the great bulk of the people . We have ventured the foregoing general remarks on the present state of the country , trusting you will receive them in ihat kindly spirit in which they are conveyed . In conclusion , we call npon you to be firm , united , and determined ; stand

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      stedfastly by your Charter ; let no petty differences of opinion divide you ; support those great and good men who have stood closely by yon in the hour of danger , and who have suffered severely tot your uakea —who have braved " the battle and the bree » —who are still the undaanting , unflinching champions of your rights and liberties . Stand by your O'Connors , your O'Briens , your Campbells , your Leaches , your M'Doualls , in short . sXL those men in -whom you have had good and sufficient reason to place confidence . Discountenance all those "who do not support your cause , which is that of eternal truth and universal justice . Despise the middle class man as your bitterest fee , who would deny you justice , and above all things , do not go crlugingly and support him by your custom , while he is assisting in keeping from you your just rights . In the words of Mr . O'Brien , "Let them come to you , do not join them ; they must join you . Say as Jeremiah says , the rulers must come to the people ,

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

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL .

      CARLISLE . Air . John Armstrong , Mr . Roberi Pagan , Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , Mr . Thomas Roney , Mr . « amea Arthur , Mr . James Ferguson , Mr . Jacob Beeby . jun ., Mr . William Knott , Mr . Thomas Davrson , Mr . James Hutton . Mr . John Noble Hodgson , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . Henry Bowman , 21 , Union-st . sub-Secretary ,

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

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

      CAMBOUBNE , CORNWALL . Mr . Henry Bennett , miner , College-row . Mr . John Glanyill , miner , Trelowarren-street . Mr . Hanibal Nicholas , painter , Fore-street . Mr . George Mancarrow , painter , ditto . Mr . James Skewes , jun ., cabinet-maker , Collegerow . Mr . Skewes , sen ., Trelowarren-stTeet , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John . Hocking , engineer , College-row , sub-Secretary .

      FIKSBCRT . Mr . J . Knight , 39 , Baltic-street , St . Luke ' s . Mr . Philip Martyn , 8 , Charlotte Terrace , White Conduit . Mr . John Fussell , 13 , Northampton-road . Mr . Henry Smith , 8 , Red Lion Passage . Mr . David West , 11 , Lizard-Btreet . Mr . Robert Fuzzen , 36 , Margaret-street . Mr . Cornelius Bentiey , 69 , Provost-Btreet , City Road . Mr . James Smith , 10 , Baker ' s Row . Mr . James Champion , 2 , JameB-6 treet , Goswell

      Road . Mr . Richard Cameron , 12 , Dorrington-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . John W . Watts , 12 , Lizard-street , Bartholo mew-square , sub-Secretary . KOKWICH . Mr . Baldwin Howlett , ginger beer manufacturer . Mr . John Nicholls , bricklayer . Mr . Miles Debbage , wood turner . Mr . William "Yaxley , white smith . Mr . Samuel Goat , weaver . Mr . Thomas Wallbank , dyer . Mr . Thomas Gifford , tailor , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . George Bell , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . Mr . Richard Lawson , framework-knitter , Currantstreet . Mr . Joshua Carrington , ditto , Paradise-atreat . Mr . James Wardley , frame-smith , Canal-street . Mr . John Good son , cabinet-maker , Castle-street . Mr . John King , framework-knitter , Ten Bells ' - Mr . George Pickering , shoemaker , Union-place , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Skerritt , Bboemaker , Currant-Street , sab-Secretary .

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      PROTEST AGAINST THE MEMORIAL OF THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS

      OF POLAND TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA . When from a mere feudatory province Prussia rose into a kingdom , the doom of Poland seems to have been resolved . With Prussia originated the dismemberments . What Europe atigmatiseA as the murder of a whole nation , was a scheme conceived , proposed , and executed by Prussia ' s most enlightened monarch , Voltaire ' s friend , the author ef the anti-Machiavel , Fre ^ derick tbe Great , without whose suggestion even his worthy ally and colleague in greatness , the infamous Catherine of KussJa , wonld never have dared to insult the opinion of the world by Buch an act of wholesale robbery . Bnt upon a party confident in the- promises

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

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

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

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

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      exchanged notes of a similar nature , we should have nothing to say ; the public would not be deceived as to their tendency , and our silence could not be construed into assent . Bnt , when those who assume in England , the title of representatives of Poland ' s wiihea , put for * ward tbe distress of a number of Polish refugees as a plea to justify their transactions with one of our tyrants , it becomes our indispensable duty to protest against it in eur own name , In the name of the emigrants and of the Polish people in general , and above all in the name of the most sacred rights of our comntry to in . dependence and integrity , and this duty we hasten to ¦¦ ¦ ¦

      fulfil . ¦ • . ¦' - . - . •¦ . ¦ . ; .- ; . - . - , ¦ ¦; . . ¦ ¦ ::: . ¦ :... ; w :. ;¦ . ¦? May this protest give to the English public a cue to onr constant opposition against the politics of Lord Dudley Stuart and his associates , in spite of the efforts they have undoubtedly made to relieve the sufferings of many of our fellow exilesi \ Material sufferings , death on the field of battle , or on the scaffold at home , or exile and destitution abroad , are the lot we have voluntary chosen , rather than submit any longer to the violation of the rights of our country .: And should some relief afforded in our

      present distress , or the precuring of means to return under the yoke of our oppressors , induce us to be grateful for tbe injurr done to those very rightet No , and there * fore we shall persist in protesting even against philanthropical associations , Whenever , like the King of Prussia , they try to make us forget the rights of our country by affording us individual benefits and relief . 'Man shall not live by bread alone , " and it is not a morsel of bread for which we shall » eii the imprescriptible claims of our fatherland , to independence , integrity , and freedom . By order of the meeting ,

      John Haciski . Chairman , Joseph Gleimch , Secretary March , 7 th , 1842 .

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      'Tis at handr-may be gam-d by us ( ill ; 'Tis in nature's own chariot and car ; The blessing of health and of honour and wealth May be found in the pills of Old Parr . These invaluable ¦¦ pills , niay be had of most of the respectable chemistfand dealers in medicine throughout . the : 'United Kingdom , in Boxes at Is . ljd ., 2 s-9 d , aud family packets , lls . each . Full directions are round each box . Be careful to note that the words . ' * Parr ' s Life Pills" are in / white letters on a red ground , as these only are genuine .

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      2 ' ' ' ¦ ' . '' ¦ THE NORTHERN ST ^ fc / . y- ^^ ¦ - ' -C ^ i' ^ V-v ^ .

      How To Be Happy.

      HOW TO BE HAPPY .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct750/page/2/