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      THE LAW AND THE PEOPLE . «< We ' re hungry , Mother , give tu bread ;" The peasant children ery ; The peasant * heasebold labooreth hard For tbe hire © f poverty . There is money oa the chimney piece , v « t the mother may not ¦» Her children fed : —What if they store Tbe LaMdiordhuhiM teel The rent is paid , the ehDdren pine ; The mother ' s heart is -weak ; There is shelter hat the hearth is cold , ind winter triads we bleak ;" The serf must ait with chained bands , Till the frosenarth is free : There is no money now;—Oh , shame ! The Stale demands a fee . « ' Blood from attantr— % T » in excuse 5 The labourer ' s bed is sold : VTbat doth he forth in tbe stealthy night , Although his home i » cold ? He has snared a hare , for his children ' s food : — " Oat . on the idle plea 1 I ^ t him be fined r—he lies in jail : — The Law must haTe its fee . Why ist that famished working men In felon ' s jail are pent » That thieves and palaeed pensioners , May gorge themselves with rent What ist that widows honest wires ? Thai starves poor families ? What made them poor ? Tbe landlord "! Law , — Doth justice daim no fees ?

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      TO ERIN . Taken ( viSt a fete alieratiom ) fna an old IriA Magazine . My country ! too leng like the mist on thy mountains , Tbe eload of affliction hath saddest thy brow , Too long hath the Wood-rain empurpled thy fountains , ^ nfl pity been deaf to thy cries— until now . Thou wert doomM for a season in darkness to languish , Wfcile other * around the were basking in light ; IL ^ i sunbeam e ' er lightened the gloom of thy

      la Bie birthplaee of Emmett , all seemed to be night » • ? ? ? tat u past—and for aye let its memory perish ; TbTchwter arises , while perfidy ends , 4 £ keEriii ! forbear thy dark bodxngs to cherish , fhjtjnnis are fallen , bright freedom ascends . T * l the past be forgotten , soon shalt thou fair Erin , iSa . off the base spells which thy spirit enslave , Ttoa shalt like the seabird , awhile disappearing ; Emerge -with , tby plumage more bright from tke ware . Qoee mon inoog tt » vexawe and finr of thy mountain' . The shamrock shall ope its wet eye to the sun , ¦ While fondly the muse shall recline by thy fountains , lad warble her strains to the rills as they run .

      And plenty shall smile on thy beautiful valleys , » Bd peace shall xetnrn—tbe long wandering dore ; ± Mi freedom no longer a byeword of malice , gfrjl spread out her wings o ' er an Eden of love . Then joy to tiee , Erin ! thy better day breaketh , The long polar sight of thy wte speeds away ; Aid ssf o ' er thy chOl breast the warm sunlight swaieth , Each blossom of liberty shines m the ray . Yet remember—the bloom will be barren and BeeUnj , If those act not with energy , constant and true ; Then rise ! and proclaim like tfce wild surges' beating , tt millions no longer shall bleed for the few . " BocbdaJe . F «

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      THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW , OR , EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL No 24 . London : Richard and John E . Taylor , Red-Lion-Conrt , Fleet-rtreet ; Galignani , Paris ; Asher , Berlin . 1841 . The politics of this Journal we those of the freebade school ; but more liberal , and based , to some extent , opon sounder views , than the generality of tie Whig prints . The part before us opens with a W noiioe and analysis of Mr . Thomas Cariyle ' s recent work on Chartism , "which we have perused with cocridtrable interest . One thing is dear , that wither Mr . Carlyle , nor his reviewer , know what Cfcanism is . They deal somewhat largely in misre-»* esentatien 3 t but without that low abuse , and evidently wilful perversion of facts , in which our opponent bo generally indulge . The admission of dWess , and of the right of the people to expect energetic measures to be adopted for its remoyal or amelioration , is freely admitted ; but they mistake totally the causes of the evil and the true source « f the remedy . They state that in an Englishman ' s opinion the remedy for all eTiis is the extension of the suffrage ; that if he has that , he considers himself free , and if be La * it not , be is a line ; and they evidently consider this as a chimera « f tbe brain ; but they fail in showing cause for this their judgment . Mr . Carlyle ia an original thinker , and has told the higher orders very plainly that for idlers there is no place : fee says , in reference to the

      New Poor Law : — " Mature makes nothing in Tain—not even a Poor law Amendment Act . For withil we are fir from joining in the outcry against these poor Poor Law Commissioners , as if they were tigers in human shape . They are not tigers ; they axemen filled with an idea of a theory : their Amendment Act . heretical and damnable as a whole truth , is orthodox—laudable as a btif-tnith . To create men filled with a theory that radial of out-door relief was the one thing needful : Kalnre had no readier way of getting out-door relief

      nbaed . * ? * In all ways it needs , especially in these times , to be proclaimed aloud , that for the idle »«> there is no place in this England of ours . He that win not work , and save according to his means , let him fc elsewhere . * * * He that will not work accordiaj to his . faculty , let him perish according to his necessity : there is no law joster than that Would to heaven , one could preach it abroad into the hearts of * Q son * and daughters of Adam , for it is a law applicable to all ; and bririg it to bear with practical obliptioa , strict as the Poor Law Bastile , en all . ' "

      Here it will be observed , that something -which has not very generally been supposed to be a result of the PoorLsw Act is at least hinted at Mr . Carlyle pro--ttedi u » the same effect : — " Thst this law of , No work no recompense , should first ef ill be enforced on the m anual worker , and brcugat stringently home to him and his numerous ctow , trhile eo sum / other persons and classes still go IfiOSfc irom it , » a » ^» w . « J to the ease . Let ii be « Blprced there , and rigidly made good . It behoves to be enforced eTerywhere , and rigidly made good . * * Work is the mission of man oh tbis earth . A day is trer struggling forward , a day will arrive in aome

      approximate dsgree , when he who has no work to do , by Th&teTer name he may be named , will not find it | t * & to snow himself on our quarter ef the Solar System ; but may go aod look out elsewhere , if there be any idle planet discoverable . * * * He that can Work is a born king of something ; is in communion with Katnre , is master of a thing or things , is a pries * ted king ef Nature » o far . He that cm work at nothing is but an usurping king , be his trappings what they may ; ts is the born slave of all things . Let a Han honour his eraftmansbip , his can-do ; and know tissitiis rights of man have no concern at all with the Jcrry-lorrd of Elizabeth . "

      Speaking of tbe suffrage he says : — " From of old the English patient himself had a eoa&BaBy recurring notion that this was it The En * H * h people are used to suffrage ; it is their panacea for all that goes wrong with them ; they have a fixed idea of suffrage . Singular enough : one's right t © vote for a Member of Parliament , to send one ' s twentytbousandth uart of a master of tongue-fence to national f ^ er . The Doctors asserted that this was freedom , ad no other * * * . And how shall we blame tbe unroticg disappointed millicss , that they too , laving still M \ h in what so many had faith in , still SBmi ' extension of suffrage' the one thing needful ; and ej , in gach manner as they can—Irfct the suffrage be sail extended , then all will be well ? It is the toeient British faith , promulgated in these ages by

      frop&cts&nd evangelists ; preached forth from barrelbeads by all Tnymfrr of men . He who is free and biased has his twenty-thousandth part of a master of * ougue-f £ nce in national palaver ; whosoever is not blessed but unhappy , the ailment of him is that be has it aot Ought he not to have it then ? By the law of ^ od and of men , ysa ; and will have it withal . Charfckm , with its five paints , " borne aloft on pike-heads * & < 1 torch-light meetings , is there- Chartism is one of the raort natural phenomena in England . Not that < JbxrU « a now exists should provoke wonder ; but that tt » invited hungry people should fasve sat eight years a * satii table at the Barzneride , patiently expecting wnsthifif trcm the name of a R » fprn » ministry , aadnot * fflafter « ight yean have grown hopelees , this k the w * w *» We side of th « nurade . "

      We ire gfca to find that tbe rtviewer recognises tiie intellect of the masses as the only source fron whjei real reform can emanate . He says : — " The people are running wild f « r want of guidance ; bat tfcsy roust continue i » run wild , if there be no aeacB of supplying it but by the wisdom of any class ¦ w bofiy whatever . Let the teachers and governors be ** wise eb it is possible to conceive , they will not sicEoroIIts wisdom , or the appearance of wisdom . They will cot meet with loy * ltj , or willingness to profit by their directing kjflcen . ee . Is there then no fartaer resource ? Admitting that U >» condition of tie p&ofle u utterly unsound , most ve &coni » sce in the

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      belief that there ii no power which can relieve the evil ? " Mr . Carlyle himself »> mH answer the question for us . " Twenty-four million laboaring men , if ttelr affairs remain unregulated , chaotic , will burn ricks and mills ; reduce as , themselves , and the world to ashes and ruin . Simply , their affairs cannot remain unregulated , chaotic , emt mutt be regulated , Brought into some kind of order . What intellect were able to regulate them ? The intellect of a Bacon , the energy of a Luther , if left to their own strength , might pause in dismay before such a task ; a Bacon and Luther added together , to be perpetual prime minister over us , could not do it No one great and greatest intellect can do it What ean ? Only twenty-four million ordinary intellects , once awakened into action ; these , well presided over , may . ' * ^ »* B . m m — _ — —_ _

      _ " In these twenty-four million intellects we also place our hope , sad look for a substitute for the narrowed functions of tbe governing classes . It may not be practicable , or even desirable to produce in the mass of the people entire confidence In others ; but we know that there is a governing principle in every -man , to which he may pay- unconditional submission and reverence ; sad the mon this is developed , tbe mere willing win be his recognition of the claims to partial or general obedience which others may possess in virtue of superior knowledge , ot even of the possession of law authority . *

      The article goes on to advocate emigration and a general system of national education as the remedies for acknowledged evils , with much contained in it we cordially concur , and from much we as cordially dissent . But it is worth a serious perusal , and affords matter for the deepest and moBt unprejudiced investigation and inquiry . Besides this we have an article on Labour , Dntoh Colonies , and Colonial produce , aad on the Corn Laws , from all of which much valauble information maj be derived . The great fault is , all tbe reasoning goes to tbe support of a particular theory ; that of free trade directed to s specified end , that of increasing our foreign trade for the advantage of the trading and commercial classes at borne . The principles of Maltbus and tbe Political economists are constantly kept in view , and the interests of the people are constancy overlooked . But though the reasoning is decidedly bad , tbe facts and tables are such as will afford most essential information on a

      variety of interesting and important subjects . The article on Miliman ' s History of Christianity is extremely valuable , entirely free from rancour or intolerance . It is a candid , well-written epitome of the progress of Christianity , as operating upon the corals and manners of society , from the first preaching of the faith by the Apostles , until the decline of tbe Roman Empire . In this review of a most important event in human history , equal justice is done to all parties , and it is shewn that the various persecutions to which ihe early Christians were exposed had their origin in a supposed state necessity , and did not so much regard tbe tenets of the faith as the influence it was supposed to exerci&e over the wellbeing of society .

      In the notice of Dr . Mni ' s critique upon vf hat he calls the application ef tbe pantheistic theory to the exposition of the biBtory and criticism of tne Gospel , the author receives a well merited rebuke for the careless and inaccurate manner in which he bae translated various p&s&ages of the German Philosopher ? , some of whose sentiments are evidently falsified . On the whole , tbe British , and Foreign Review may be considered a fair and candid work , conducted with considerable literary talent , and affording valuable information on a variety of subjects .

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      TRIAL OF BLAKESLEY , FOR THE MURDER OF MR . 3 URD 0 N . At the Central Criminal Cour t , on Thursday Robert Blakesley was tried before Lord Abinger and Mr . Baron Gurney , for the murder of James Burdon , the landlord of the KiDg ' s Head pubiiohouse , in Eastoheap . Sir George Carrol , Sir Chapman Marshall , and Alderman Hooper , were on the bench . Mr . Payne was counsel For the prosecution ; Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Charles Phillips for the defence . Biakesley , in a subdued tone of voice , pleaded " Not Guilty . " He looked pale and tbon ^ hti ' ul , and for the most part kept bia eyes fixed upon the ground . Mr . Payne narrated how Blakesley murdered Mr . Burdon on the night of the 21 st of September . The first witness was Edward Bristow , a City Policeman ; who stated a conversation whioh had passed between the prisoner and himself oa ihe morning of the 21 st—. -

      " I remember the prisoner making : application to me early on the morning of Tuesday the 21 st of September . He said bis wife was detained at tbe King ' s Head , and asked me if I could aot procure an interview with her . I said I thought I could ; and I referred him to the Sergeant of our corps . The prisoner afterwards went with me to the King ' s Head . We went in together . Deceased was behind the bar . Prisoner said ,- 'Now , James , I am come to demand my wife . ' Bardon said , You had better go about your business . ' Blakesley said , ' Youhearthis , Bristow . ' I said , Btakesley . intends to go before the Lord Mayor to claim bis wife . ' Burdon said , ' He had better go from here , ' and repeatedly added , 'I know nothing of him . ' I at length said , ' Blakesley , we had better go ; and we have dona' We then went away . Blakesley bad previously told me that he had been unfortunate in business , and that his wife ' s friends had taken her away from him . "

      Bristow added , on cross-examination , that Blakesley appeared to have been up all night ; and he showed a letter which he had received from his wife respecting her detention . George Harrold , a hairdresser , who shaved Blakesley en the 21 st , said that he told him all about the interview with Mr . Burdon ; he exclaimed that it was enough to make a man mad , and that if he had had anything in his hand he should have ohot Burdon . William Braddoa , a policeman , was passing a butcher ' s shop with Blakesley , whom be knew , when the latter , talking of the affair , and seeing a knife , cried " If I had had

      that in my had I should have used it . " Braddon said , " Nonsense" ; and then Blakesley added , " By God , I think I should . " Charles Davis , a cutler ' s son , sold a butcher ' s knife to Blakesley , at his father ' s shop in Aldgate High Street , at one o ' clock on tho 21 st : it was sharpened at the back , at iiis request . Mrs . Burdon related how the murder was committed . When asked if she saw Blakesley , she exclaimed— " I did Bee him—I see him now—the murderer ! " Lord Abinger— " You must endeavour to ' calm your passions . " Blakesley covered his face with his hands , and sobbed aloud . Mr . Burdon

      proceeded" My husband was , at the time the prisoner came in , sitting asleep oa a choir near the table in the bar , and I was siltini there with my sister . I heard something , and looking np saw BIskesley . He sprang to my sister , and stabbed her in the left side , saying , Your life , your life . '' He then subbed my husband , who was sitting in tbe chair . I then saw that he had a knife in his hand . He next attempted to stab me , but was prevented by my sister . He then rash « d oat of the bar with the knife in his hand streaming with blood . My sister and my husband fallowed him as far as the bardoor , when my husband reeled against tbe bar-counter and felb * The prisoner then turned round , with the knife in ' his hand , aad looked at us . He came back half-way across the passage , when he threw the knife down and went out of the house . When he had the door in his hand to go out , he locked round a second time . I have never seen him again until now . "

      Some people who came to the assistance of the murdered man and the women , Mr . Cornelius Smith , the medical man who was called to the spot and found Burdon dying , and Dunn , the constable who arrested BlakesJey at Hitchen on the 27 ih September , were the other witnesses examined for the prosecution . Blakesley told Dunn that he did mean to kill his wife , but not Burdon , if he had not interfered . Mr . Charles Phillips addressed the Jury . He attempted to exculpate the prisoner , on the ground of insanity ; his wandering about on the night before the murder showed that the separation from his wife had deranged a mind naturally weak . His whole life had been marked by visionary

      projects" He would quit home , be absent for a time , and then return apparently loBt in thought , and unable to give auy aceoant of the manner in which he had spent bis time . Sent into the country on business , he would return without having attended to it , and be utterly incapable of giving an account of himself . He would spend his time in wandering about and lying in the fields at night , instead of returning to the paternal roof , where all was comfort and happiness . If these acts did not prove insanity , they were proofs of such a state of weakness of intellect as would be very likely to be driven to madness by cruelty . "

      Mr . James Blakesley , the father , a Blaokwellhall factor ( clothier ) , deposed , that when hiB son was four or five years old he was attacked by an illness which paralyzed his limbs , so that , he would sometimes fall , and remain in that state for hours . That illness was considered to render his mind weak . He often remained silent , and refused to play with other boys ; and after he grew up and he was employed iu the warehouse , he would sit at times with fixed eyes and quivering lips , as if he did not know what he was about . He bad , however , said Mr . Blakesley , on cross-examination , sever been submitted to personal restraint , nor had he had medical attendance ; and the witness had never scrupled to trust his books to him to keep . His conversation

      was generally rational . Mr . Robert Bell Williams , a mne merchant in Suffolk-street , deposed to a project which Robert Blakesley once engaged in ; he look a house , which he chose because it was " pretty , " at Foot ' s Cray , in Kent , in order to convert it into a bakery ; and he proposed to hire a cart aad horses at a Iivery-etable to carry the bread to town fur sale as bread baked in the country . Once , when his father refused to set him up in business in the country , he became violently convulsed , his face grew livid , and he said he would go and sell dog ' s meat in the street , or hang himself upon a lamppost . In his reply , Mr . Payne explained that Mrs . Blakesley was only detained by her brother-in-law in order to provide for her while her husband was unable to do so .

      Lord Abinger , when ho summed up , expressed an opinion that no proof had been given that Blakesley ' s mind was affected to that degree that he did not know what he was about . The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . " When Blakesley was called on to gay why sentence should not be passed upon him , he raised his right hand , struck it with violence upon his breast , and iu a loud voice cried , " So help me God , I am innocent of the intent to murder James Burdon . " Lord Abinger then put on the black cap , and sentenced him to death , amid deathlike silence . Daring the Bentence he did not manifest any greater degree of emotion than at any other part of the trial ; but he kept his eyes steadily fixed upon the floor , and in that state he was removed from the dock .

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      ADJOURNED DISCUSSION ON SOCIALISM AND CHARTISM . JOHN-STREET , TOTTENHAMCOURT-ROAD- FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER THE 29 TH . This subject continues to create more excitement than acy other brought before tbe public at this Hall . Mr . Fleming opened tbe tbe discussion . Socialism was more deserving of support , because it was more comprehensive . If the Chartists cbtained all they asked Universal Suffrage , < 5 cc . even this would not effect any change in the relative position of intelligence and ignorance , of capital and labour ; the influence of class prejudices and class interests would still prevail . Socialism included in the field of its vision , man and his

      manifold wants , while Chartism contemplated man only as a political , as a hustings animal , as a Parliament animal , as a statesman , leaving out all the other great questions connected with bis moral and intellectual existence , or if it did not leave them out , it must take time to consider . They must first get the Charter , and then they would decide upon this subject ; but when will you get the Charter ? Who will get the Charter ? Surely not a body of men who are destitute of political influence , or who have no immediate contronl on those who have votes—a body of men who are without prop&rty , and who are inferior to other classes in numerical superiority , entertaining views of many subjects similar to tbose of Mr . Williams . He had proposed him as a candidate at the Leeds election . It was a mott magni

      ficent meeting ; but what was the result , apwards of 100 , 000 persons were present Yet tha show of hands for tbe Chartist candidates , was inferior to that of either Whig or Tory . A similar result was shown at Wakefield for tbe county election . What wealthy men—what wealthy corporations have you , advocating your cause ? What intelligence have yon ? It mast be admitted that wealth and intelligence would always sway the destinies ef a coa&try ; and that the Chartists had not the intelligence necessary , was evidenced from their staple sukjeet of complaint , beiag a vote £ 30 , 000 for education , and £ 70 , 000 for her Majesty ' s horses ; of what avail are you large pubUe meetings—ybnr passkmais appeals—your eloquent addresses ? He did

      not wish to disparage them , bat if Government was aware of its true position , it would encotrage them as safety valves , by which to get rid of the pant-op diaeoatent which would be gathering . Again , io afaw months a meeting would be vailed , strong resolution * passed , much eloquent speaking take place , and the spate steal * being thus let off , all would go on quietly .. The Socir j . ists take another mode ; they endttavour t » get Ian / . — to get influence in accordance with existing laws , and institutions , aDd so go out armed with their ewn' weapons to meet the enemy . Mr . Fleming , Iben , traced the history of Socia ism and ChartUv . Socialir m Lad only been four arid a half years ia existence . yet they were in possession of 1000 acrea of land , an / , bad ex-

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      pended upwards of £ 1000 Ito improving it . They had halts life' the present , and some much larger all over the countr . v , on which they had expended £ 50 , 000 or £ 60 , 000 , and in every element which constituted power * were stronger than the Chartists . He then alluded to the failures of the Chartists—to . ' the expenses of their ConTetrtiona fcc ., and the division which existed among their ranks—showed the prejudice which existed against them , appealed to the Methodists for example , and stated that from their conduct in the Potterleato Mr . Owei ^ Afr , |» ,, hoWd be afraid to entrust political power Into tbe hands of so powerful . ° Ignorant a body ; appealed to the Star in proof of tbe ill feeling ; which existed in onr rank * , and stated that Socialism was the only political remedy that like a nrashroo * it could not spring np in anight , but was likeagiant oak which took centuries to bring it to perfection .

      Mr . Stjiliwood , the Socialists had both evenings the advantage of having half an honr to open the sat > ject ¦ All the speaker * on the Socialist side have ttgned that the people were aot intelligent enough foe to obtain Chartism ; but they seemed quite ; to overlook that , according to their own account , more intelligence was necessary to form a Socialist than a Chartist , and consequently we were not Intelligent enough for Socialism . ( Hear , hear . ) But of what materials do they suppose the Chartists are made ; do they imagine they are Hottentots or New Zealanders ; do they know that the Chartists area lawjepart and portion of the Social body , who consider Chartism to be the steppingstone to Socialism ; do not the working classes produce all the wealth , build all the honses , fabricate all the

      clothing . Does not Lord Brougham assure us that the working classes write the greater portion of our works on arts and sciences . Have not your Social lecturers sprang from the working classes ? and yet you tell us they are not intelligent enough to vote tor a Member of Parliament If you wanted to learn a youth to be a shoemaker , you w . uld set htm to work at the trade . Set us to work , and it we ate ignotant we will learn . Mr . Stallwood then replied to Mr . Fleming respeotlns the ChartUts not possessing wealth or talent on their side , and showed that they possessed many advocates both talented and wealthy . He then contrasted the expense of their Congresses and on * Conventions ; explained that the Hampshire estate was only leasehold , and that the Social halls were not the exclusive property of the Socialists , but the property of the

      shareholders ; exemplified tho Uncertainty of ' Social prosperity without political power , by referring to the conduct of the Synod of Scotland against them , and showed that , In the late persecutions , they had borne the brunt of the battle , and thereby shielded the Socialists ; that if there was a prejudice against tha Chartists , there was much more against the Socialists , that millions openly professed their adherence to the Charter , while few , very few , dare openly embrace the doctrine of Socialism ; that even Robert Dale Owen acknowledged it was impolitic so to do . If the working classes were to wait a century for the attainment of Socialism , It was folly to ask for their support . Chartism was more practicable ; the middle classes were fast joining our Tanks , and therefore being the most likely to be obtained Ii was most deserving our support

      Dr . Shotskie said some of the speakers contended for onesidedness ; he was for allsidedness . The plain Bagtfrt of the qaestian was—will you give your sixpence , one shilling , er two shillings and sixpence to the Chartists or to the Socialists . ( No , no ) This was the truth ; and that made it a ticklish question . If Socialism could not be got in less than one hundred years , that was a long time , they might not live so long . His Friend , Lloyd Jones , wanted to make Socialism too big , to put too much in ; this was not rational , was not logical . He would tell them a fable . A man bought a hotse and cart , and wanted to make money by it ; so he loaded the cart so full that the

      horse could not draw it ; he asked his neighbour how he should manage , his horse would not draw it , and he could not make money . His neighbour told him not to load it so heavy , and he might then got ou . He tbougkt Socialism too heavy loaded ; he thought they had done wrong to take to farming Chartism ; and Socialism was a question of time and means . If they had plenty of time and means , take Socialism ; if not , according to their judgment , they should co-operate together ; at any demonstration they Bhould unite . Look at this hall ; three months ago they never had above seven or eight huudrod present ; now look what co-operation lad dona . '

      Mr . Peat said their object was to see which system would produce the greatest amount of good to the greatest number ; most of the plans brought forth by tbe Socialists tor the amelioration of the condition of mankind , are only adaptations of Radical principles , jad were first put forth by Robert Cowley , in the time of Henry VIII ., and yet some of the Socialists spoke sneeringly of Radical principles , aj ) d . asked what had they d » ne with the money , &a , they hid expended . What weuld the Socialists have done if they had happened to have five hundred of their active members to support in prison , —( hear , hear , )—and what was the reason they hod not ; their principles were more levelling than the Chartists , but they had acted with more caution ; they had leavened th « Ir proceedings with much hypocrisy . ( No , no . ) Was not their first toast , at their anniversaries &c , " The Queen and the Royal Family ; " is not this hypocritical- I know that the Socialists entertain as much contempt for those idle

      mummeries , that they despise them equally with myself ; they had been taunted with the little progress they bad made , and tbe show of hands being against them at the Yorkshire elections ; there were many causes produced this result ; but would a SociaJ candidate have obtained an equal number of hands heid up ? Mr . Peat then alluded to the suffrage in America , and showed that the Social experiments had succeeded better there there , on account of her democratic form of government ; showed the impossibility of the poor weavers , and others , of this country , ever entering a community ; directed the attention of the Chartists to co-operation , and the advantages arising therefrom ; showed that the Social establishment at Tytherly was only a co-operative establishment , differing but in kind from tbose established by the Chartists in the North ; showed that a Tory Government would not let them carry their operations in successful practice , and that the Charter was most deserving of our support

      Mr . News was of opinion that a great deal that had been said by tbe Chartists was useless ; it was not whether the Charter would be beneficial , but which system would be most beneficial You have taunted us with tbe failure of our experiments in this country ; they were crude , undigested attempts , and the result was in strict accordance with tbe Social principle , either positive or negative ; have not the Chartists failed ; are they not divided amongst themselves ; and if you hod your wish—a fair dny'a wages tor a fair day ' s workwhat would ye be bnt a race of well-fed slaves f Mr .

      News then referred to the distress in America , which arose from the inequality of the distribution of wealth . They hod been asked—what would Socialism do for the poor ? Now , what would Chartism do for tbe poor ? Dare you say how many years will elapse before you get it The Reform Bill was a paltry measure , as compared with your Charter , and how many years were the working classes combined with the middle classes in obtaining even that measure , once get a community into perfect operation , and like our railways they wou ' d Boon surmount opposition and cover the whole land .

      Mr . Parut baA not heard the Socialists advance one good reason why they preferred Socialism to Chartism . All their efforts had been directed to show that they were in a prosperous , while the Chartists were in an atject , condition . Air . Parry , in a style of eloquence which completely carried the audience with him , showed the advantages to be derived from the Charter , and that it was the most deserving of support , because most adapted to our present circumstances . He exposed in a masterly manner the plea of our non-intelligence put forth by tbe Social advocates , and said that on the previous evening he had beard Mr . Lloyd Jones dilate on the pride of tbe High Church party , on the affected

      pride of the Quakers , on the arrogance of the Methodists , but he seemed to forget the beam in their own eyes , the leading frailty of the Socialists—their own class pride . He ( Mr . Parry ) should wish the subject before them to be subjected to the test of the largest public meeting that could be procured in the metropolis , and they would then be able to ascertain which was most in favour with the public , Socialism or Chartism-Mr . Parry throughout the whole of his address was greeted with tremendous applause , and was allowed by all to be the most eloquent defender of Chartist principles , who has yet appeared on the metropolitan boards .

      Mr . Lloyd Jones . —He was not opposed t » an expression of public feeling , but he blamed tbe warmth with which it was manifested . Why shwdd two parties , who approached so near to each othei in their ultimate object and only differed in their mode ef carrying it out , be led by excess of feeling into- apparent opposition . Mr . Jones , ia hie usual calm and gracefal manner , dilated on the prhuiples at issue . Be allowed that class pride was a fault into which , a * a party , they might happen to fall ; h * was thankful to be told of their errors , and he hoped 1 their Chartist srethren woald

      receive their hints in s > similar manner . Mr . Jones , im conclusion , challenged ! Mr . Parry to dfawikW the question with him at some laaga place of publfe Meeting , or Mr . Parry and one other , against himself and a friend , and he bad no doubt If tbe audience were all Chartists , that he should convinttfrthem of the superiority of bis principles . . . i . : . .. ; . ¦¦¦¦ ' ¦ . ¦ The mrettng then adjourned , tbe feeling of the audience drdcidedly preponderating in favour ef Chartism . Mr . T . ti . Whwrfer "will span the subject on the eosaing Friday , on tha Chartist aide of the question .

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      THE TOWER OF LONDON . AWFUL CONFLA . QRATIOX . An event whioh will be long remembered in ti » aanata of EngU * history , and which may be regarded In every respect as a truly national calamity , visited the metropolis on S lturday night Jast—v' z , the entire destruction , together with Its contents , of that magnificent building . f onnlng bo prominent afeature in the far-famed Tower of London , denominated " Tne Grand Storehouse Small Armoury , " containing , in addittontoanatmostaad innumerable quantity of trophies , and other evidences of British glory , no less a number than 200 . 000 stand oi arms , fee .

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      In order that an adequate idea maybe formed of the extent of tbis serious loss to the country , it may be as well to lay before our readers an accurate description of the buildings destroyed , taken from authentic records , before enter ing into any of the facts connected withit .. ... ,., The " Grand Storehouse is north of the White Tower , a fine building of brick and hewn stone ; It extends in length 345 feet , and Is 60 feet broad ; it was commenced byJaraeaJI ., and finished by William III . On the first floxir of this edillce Is that magnificent room called the Small Armoury . On the south side of this

      structure is a stately door-ca ?* , adorned with four columns , an entablature , and a triangular pediment of the Doric order . Under - the pediment are the " Queen ' s Arms , with eorickmeaia of trophy work , by the celebrated artist Gibbons . At the west-end of this tmildlng is situate the church , founded by Edward III ., and dedicated to St Peter in chains , in which are deposited the remains ef many noble and some royal personages , executed within the Tower , or oo the hill , and burled here in obscurity . On the east of this building is situate the newlyerected Jewel Tower , fa which the regalia and all the Crown jewels are kept . "

      The conflagration , which exceeded in grandenr even the great fire at the House of Commons or the Royal Exchange , caused the greatest consternation throughout the entire metropolis , and from the commanding sitoation . of Tower-hill , many thousand persons had an opportunity of witnessing the progress of the devouring element From the great excitement and confusion which It may naturally be expected such an event occasioned , it wan impossible that on Saturday night anything but a mere outline of particulars could be obtained- ¦ The following , however , being the result of diligent research in every quarter , and from information derived from the very highest authority , cannot fail of being as accurate aa circumstances will admit ot

      The first outbreak of the fire took place precisely at half-past ten o ' clock , at which time the attention of the sentinel on duty on the terrace , near the Jewel-office , was attracted to what appeared to be a glimmering light under what is termed " the Round Table , " or cupola of the Round Tower , which is detached from the Armoury on the north side , facing the Trinity House , Tower-hill , and eastward to the grand staircase leading to the Small Armoury . In the first instance the sen tinel took no notice of it ; but shortly after observing that it became stronger , and being convinced that something was wrong , he fired his musket to give aa alarm , and in a few minutes the whole of the officers turned out , and the entire battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards , quartered in the Old Mill Barracks , mustered

      o the sound of the rappel . The flames in a few minutes began to burst forth from the windows of the Round Tower with fearful violence . To describe the excitement which prevailed , not only amongst tbe military , bnt the civil residents of the fortress , woold indeed be an act of supererogation . Suffice it to say , the instant the drums beat the alarm , the whole of the troops , several hundred in number , "were seen rushing out of their quarters In all directions , many In a state almost of nudity . The moment Colonel Auckland Eden , the officer commanding , was made acquainted with the nature of tb » alarm , he lost no time in despatching information to Major Ellington , the acting Governor of the Tower in the absence of Colonel Gurwood , the Daputy Lieutenant He then directed the soldiers to turn out the Tower engines ( nine in number ) , which was immediately accomplished , and they were brought to the spot , and active measures taken to have

      them in readiness to meet any emergency ; for some time , however , sufficient water could only be procured to work one , which proved of bat little service , in consequence of the tremendous height of the Round Tower , and the great difficulty of obtaining a position whereby it could be reached . Within a few minutes of the alarm being given the flames were dearly discernible on Tower-hill , and information was promptly conveyed to the variona fire-engine stations throughout the metropolis , and thousands of persons were congregating from all directions . The first engine that made its appearance was that belonging to the parish of AUhallows . Barking , and it was speedily followed by three other engines belonging to parishes in the precincts of the Tower . On their arrival they found the western sate completely barricaded , and tbe officer in command for sometime refused them admission , having received orders to admit ho one .

      Shortly after the large engine and others belonging to the London Fire Brigade arrived , and subsequently , the order being countermanded , the engines were admitted , and at once made the best of their way to tbe Broadwalk fronting the White Tower and the Small Armoury , and took np their respective statfena fronting the grand entrance to the latter building , which had previously been broken open , although no fears where then entertained that it would become a prey to the flames , tbe fire being at this time confined to the Round Tower , although it was burning with fearful violence . Under the direction of the warders the firemen procured water from tanks which are sunk in various parts of the Tower , and proceeded to get their engines to work , the soldiers working them with the most praiseworthy

      alacrity . The hose was in the first instance conveyed through the lower part of the " Grand Storehouse" and up the grand staircase to the roof of the Armoury , which was then untouched . Owing to the excitement , however , whioh the alarm had occasioned , no immediate information could be obtained either as to the means of entrance to tbe clock tower , ot to tbe exterior of the roof ; and had the firemen obtained their object , little or no service could have been effected , inasmuch as within a few minutes afterwards the water had sunk so low in the tanks alluded te that the hose of tbe engines could not reach it By this time , a quarter to eleven o'clock , the engines from Jeffrey's-square , Whitecross-street , Morgan ' * lane , Southwark-bridge-road , and others which

      were at the time nt a fire raging in the Stmnd , arrived with Mr . Braid wood , the superintended , as also those of the West of England and County firs-offices , and the Custom-house . By eleven o ' clock the destruction of tbe Round Tower was complete , and for a short time great hopes existed that danger was at an end , but subsequently a cry was raised that it had reached the Armoury roof nearest adjoining it This was found to be too true , and although it Is needless to say that every effort that human power could devise was resorted to iu order to save this magnificent and stupendous structure , or in some measure check the progress of the flames , it is to be regretted that they proceeded with a fury which baffled exertions almost superhuman , and which has ended in its total destruction . On

      finding this was the case , a general rush was made by the soldiery In order to secure as many of the arms and other valuables as possible , and two of tbe brigade engines having again obtained a supply of water through tbe medium of others stationed near tbe river , Mackay and Staple , their respective engineers , carried the branches into the great Armoury-room , and got to work , managing to retain their position for nearly half an hour , playing upon the ceiling wherever the fire made its appearance ; but a large quantity giving way , tbe whole of the interior between the roof and the ceiling was found to be on fire . This made them quit their position and make their escape by the grand staircase , and ia an instant after the entire ceiling of the Bpacicms baU gave ¦ way and fitted It -with smoVe and

      fira By this time , twenty minutes past eleven o'tloek , the flames were seen issuing from all parts of the roof of the building , and subsequently reaching to the Clooktower in the centre . The scene which presented itself was at once terrible and awfully magnificent The Barnes , which shot np to a most alarming height . had bo completely reddened the horizon , that , it had attracted to the neighbourhood of Tower-hill countless multitudes , and the lurid glare whieh the devastating element abed upon them , and upon the various craft with which the river Thames was studded , was picturesque and appalling In the extreme . Crowds of people still continued pouring in to Tower-hill from every avenue that led to it , and several times it was to be feared that an assault would have been made by the

      populace upon the Tower gates , and whieh would doubtless have been the case but for th * strong bodies of troops stationed there , and the arrival of between 200 and 3 < W of the luetropolitaa police under the orders of Superintendents Pearce and May , and Inspectors Maclean and Wallar , and also a- strong body of the city police force , asting under Mr . Inspector Bradley . The cries of persons for permission to enter the Tower who had friends resident therein * were incessant , aad several conflicts took place . This-state of things continuing . Major Elrinxton deemed It advisable to send for a reinforcement of troops , and about half-patt one o'clock a

      battalion of the Scots- BuslUer Guards , 4 W > strong , arrived , and those who hod been working at the fire and had been on duty at the gates , were hi aome measure relieved . The gongs of the lanre Soathag engines of the fire brigade announced their arrival from their respective stations of Southwark-bridge askt Kotberbithe off tbe Tower wharf , and added to the general din and confusion . Having been moored dose alongside Traitoisgate , numbers of persons flocked to their assistance , but having no teas than 7 O » feet of bose to lay down before the water could be brought to bear upon the now maw of ftune , it bad become too lato for them to be of auy effectual service .

      By half-Mat twelve o ' clock the conflagration had reached toVfrlghttul magnitude . It had « rtend « d through the flooring of the Small Armoury Into the lower compartment , occupied by the train of artillery , and those splendid trophies of England ' s glory so well known to the public From this period the ftimea continued to increase with such fearful violence that apprehensions were entertained that every part of tb # Tower would be overwhelmed and become a victim to them . Fire was to be sees gushing forth from every window of the bunding , which had aU . ttoi ^ P « ww » » ' the etate of » ome volcano , in * lies * bteMse M tetosM , thai It wasattnlTimpcwlble for fa « m * a being to stand o *

      the broad walk between the Armoury and to * Whit * Tower , aad before it was possible to remove the engines , some of them were bvrat very onsldwablT . At one o ' clock the wh « le of the Clock Tower , which had stood tottering for tome time , together with a g-eat mass of the roof , and some portion of the upper heavy stone work of the building , . fell In with a tremendous crash , resembling the firing of heavy artillery . Immediately after this , the flames for some time increased their height , but assumed a livid hue of a most unearthly description , and evidently blew over in the direction of the White Tower , for which great fears were now entertained . It is curious to remark , that , notwithstand-

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      ing the intense heat which it had to sustain , the vane ok the top of the cupola of the Clock Towesjcept its potet to the north-east , at which it was pointing when the fire commenced , even at the time the tower fill in . All attentions were now directed towards the White Tower and the Church of St Peter . The leaden water pipes , running from the roof of the former , were melted , and the frames of the windows had already ignited , but a plentiful supply of water having been obtained , the exertions of the firemen , soldier * , && , were directed to it , and it was only by copious streams of water being poured upon it , that it was rescued . The Church ia also indebted to the praiseworthy exertions of Soft officers of the garrison and the- soldiers under their command , for Its preservation . - ,

      The Jewel Tower next attracted the atteation of the authorities : tbe wind having shifted , blew t&e flimesin that direction , and its destruction appeared inevitable . On tibia circumstance reaching the ears of the Governor , Major EIrington , he irlstautly directed tbe warders to break it open at all risks , secure the regalia and Crowtt jewels , and bring them at once to him . To effect tbSr CTOwbars were found to be indispeasabla Mr . Swift , the master of the Jewel Tower , who was sent for , was found to be in possession of the key of ( he outer room only , the other keys to those valuables being in the

      possession of the Lord Chamberlain . On gaining aa entrance , ranch further difficulty presented Itself in tbe removal of the strong iron railing with which the diamonds , * e . were surrounded . After a lapse of about twenty minutes it was effected , and a most extraordinary scene presented itself , the warders carrying crowns , ; fceptrea , and other valuables of royalty between groups of soldiers , police , firemen , and others from the Jewel Tower to the Governor ' s residence , which is situated at the very further extremity of the green . None , however , sustained the slightest injury , and by dint of most prompt exertion tbe Jewel Tower itself was saved .

      At two o ' clock the fire was evidently at its greatest attitude , and a rumour spr % ad abroad , even amongst the inhabitants of Tower-hill , that a large magazine was attached to the Armoury , and great fears were now entertained that a general explosion would take place . At times It appeared that such was really the case ; for occasionally the flames would vomit forth burning embers of immense magnitude , again subside , and again repeat their dreadful thunders . This continued until about a quarter to three o'clock , when the fire showed symptoms of abating its fury , and began to expend itself so far as to enable the Bremi n , together with the engines , to re-approach the ruins . Prior , however , to this taking place , a new cause of alarm arose in the Mapoffice , which contains some very valuable maps , records , Ac , catching fire . That , however , was soon got under , and all the property placed in safety . Attention was now again directed to the main building , and copious streams of water being poured into it in every direction .

      between four and five o ' clock on Sunday morning all danger of the flames spreading further had ceased . Not long before fire o ' clock a portion of the upper part of the Round Tower fell down with fearful violence oa to the reof of the barracks opposite the King's Head , which it drove in , bat without injuring any one . Notwithstanding , the further progress ot the flames was not apprehended . During the entire of Sunday tha centre of the building presented one body of fire . It is a complete shell ; nothing whatever remains but the walls and the splendid piece of architectural masonry a % the summit of the building over the grand entrance , and they are in such a tottering condition that they are momentarily expected to fall , and sentries are placed in order to prevent persons going within a prescribed distance- The only relic of glory that meets the eye amidst this huge scene of desolation is an immense anchor taken at Camperdown , which stood on the left of the grand Btaircase .

      By the kindness of Major Ellington , who , In the absence of Colonel Gurwood , the Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower , acts as Governor of the entire garrison , the reporter was favoured with the following information : —The gallant Major states , that Colonel Gurwood having occasion to leave England for France during Saturday , he , at six o'clock that evening , assumed the post of Governor of the Tower of London . At half-past tea o'clock he was at his official residence , whioh is facing St Peter ' s Church , when he was alarmed by hearing the beat ef the drvms of tho troops quartered in the garrison , which consisted of a battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards and a company of Artillery . The rolling of the drums had scarcely subsided when he was informed that the Armoury was on fire . On going out he found

      the troops were mustering , and observed that fire was issuing just through the roof of the tower at the back of the Armoury . He instantly gave orders to Colonel Auckland Eden , who was the Colonel in command ot the troops , to employ the men as actively aa possible ia getting the fire under , which « rder was carried out With the greatest promptitude ; but the fire had got so great a hold that before a sufficient supply of water could be obtained the entire roof of the Armoury was in flames . The fire engines soon arrived , bat , notwithstanding the exertions of tha soldiery , coupled with ths assistance of 200 of the metropolitan police , and fifty or sixty of the city police , the flames began rapidly to spread , and in tbe midst of them Captain Delme Da vies , of the Scots Fusilier Guards , rushed up

      the grand staircase , and , with the assistance of hia servant , succeeded in securing the sword and belt of bis late Royal Highness tbe Duke of York , and also the celebrated Maltese gun , which vras taken from Malta by the French in 1798 , and subsequently captured by Captain Foot with the Sensible frigate . Finding that the flimes , owing to the wind at that time , were extending in an easterly direction , he ( Major Elrington ) became alarmed for the safety of the Jewel Tower , and instantly gave directions for the warders , at any risk , to secure them and place the jewels in safety . They , however , with great difficulty accomplished their task , having to gain admittance to the jewel chamber by means of crowbars and other instruments , the keys thereof being in the

      possession of Ear ] Delaware , the present Lord Chamberlain . They were ultimately , however , deposited in safety ia the Governor ' s house . By four o ' clock on Sunday morning the entire of the Armonry was levelled to the ground , and there being no fear of a further extension of the flames , he ( Major Elrington ) felt it his duty to convey the melancholy intelligence to his Grace the Dake of Wellington , the High Constable of the Tower , and at that hour be despatched a messenger with a letter to his Grace ' s residence at Apsler-bouse , and at the time of the interview of the reporters with tbe Governor of the Tower his Grace ' s answer was received .

      It was expressive of deep regret that so serious a loss had befallen the nation , and a desire to be Informed if any further calamity had arisen , and whether his presence was at all required . At the period his Grace ' s letter was received a report had jast reached the Governor that a man had been killed by the falling in of some portion of the building . Major Elriogtoo , being desirous to obtain all the accurate information In his power , in order , to furnish it to bis Grace , states that he made application to Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the London Fire Brigade , and obtained from him . the following statement , which he with great courtesy handed to the reporters : —

      " London Fire Establishment Station , 68 , Watling-atreet , Sunday Morning , Oct 31 . " Sir , —According to your request , I beg to state tbat tbe alarm of the fire ia the Tower was given at three-quarters past tea o ' clock , p . m ., of tile 30 th init Oa arriving there I found the circular building behind the grand staircase , leading to the small gut armoury , completely on fire , aadthn names were extending along the main building on both sides . The height which the flames had gained , and th « construction of the building , with the scanty supply of water , prevented any hope of , Baving the building itself . Every exertion was , tbere > fore , made to save those adjoining , which were happit / preserved . " The Map Office was at one time ia very grr at danger , which was averted by the exertions ef the ! jre men , with the wry efficient assistance of the troop * .

      " The White Tower was also at one noeli extreme danger , and the arrangements of the officer sand exertions of * the soldiers alone prevented itsdr jtruction . " The fire appears to have eomm&neeA i& tb a work * shops behind' the large Armoury , bat 1 have not been able to ascertain the cause . " The engines present at the fire were : — > nne belonging t » the Tower of various siaes : V j ^ ht large engines belonging to the London Fire EstaJ iiishment ; two powerful floating engines , also ef tbe ' pjre Establishment : ¦ one belonging to the West off J England Insumac * Company ; one from tha Coanty Office ; one from the Custom House , and four parish engines .

      «• In conclusion , I beg to say , that the danger of the fire fimUier extending now no longer t xlsts , bnt , notwithstanding , several of the Fire EataV ishment engines will Bemain on the spot . " Sir , " I have the honour to be , " YourobWk nt servant , " Jak" es Braidwood , . » Superintenden' , of the London Fire Estf . tblishmenf " To Major Elriagtoa , Officer in ,- Command is the Tower . " Major Elrington also states that the workshops la question were dosed about th # same time as tbe gates of the Armonry , five o ' clock , and from inquiries he had caused to be made of the i » rsons wha were the last to leave , the buildings apper red i > erfectiy safe . With respect to the origin of the fire , he thought it was ewised from tbe nues of the atom < .

      Abouttwelve o'clock v Sunday an accident of a fatal nature occurred to one , of the Fire Brigade , named ft . WrveL The uafartunaf . » man was engaged in throwing water from the branch' © f bit engine en to tbe boitdints at tbe east extremity , new the jewel-room , when a lares piece efeopmg from the top of the bunding Ml ^ nUS , and killed him os tho spot Several oUwr accidents have occurred thr * agh a similar drcunurtanoe , some < b ( them of » very mf Aon character . ¦ Throughout tir & whoto day tbe vicinity of the ¥ ow * r presented a mor t animated scene . Thousands crowded the gates of tiv , fortress , anxious to gain admission , bnt the same rig * . d orders being . adopted they were not successful , w iless they had an order from the Governor , or some hig ' a authority .

      In the course of the afternoon the scene of devasta tion was visited , by several Members of Her Majesty ' s Govern ? lent , tbe Lord Chamberlain , Lord Hill , Comma&ae / .-in- Chief , the Lord Mayor , ir Henry TT f « Hna » . Cal Vyse , 4 c . —w

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      "ROYAL LOYAL" LIBERALITY . Loyal Exchange Repeal Association , Corn Exchange Rooms , Dublin , 13 th Sept ., 1841 . Dkas Sik , —I beg to transmit a series of resolutions passed at our public meeting this day , expressive of our opinion ai this Association , as to the real views of Chartists interfering with the Repeal cause , and the course which we recommend the Repealers to pursue towards them . It is deemed of importance that you be pleased to communicate the purport of the resolutions as widely as you can among the friends ot Ireland . I have the honour to remain , Dear Sir , Yoar faithful servant , T . M . Rat , Secretary . At a meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association , held at the Great Rooms , Corn Exchange , on Monday , the 13 ih September , 1841 ;

      Edwakd Clements , Barrister-at-Law , in the ckair ; the following resolutions , moved by Daniel O * Conneil , Esq ., M . P ., were unanimously passed : — Resolved—That Mr . Ray be instructed to write forthwith to the Repealers in Birmingham and other places in England , cautioning them against any species of connection with the Chartists , and begging of them to exclude all known Chartists from their meetings , and stating that otherwise they themselves must be excluded from being members of our Association , as we can have no connection whatsoever with the Chartist body . . Resolved , That Mr . Ray do state to the Repealers in England these reasons for excluding the Chartists from any communication with them : —

      1 . That the Chartists have combined with the Tories in the recent elections , in all the towns where they had any influence , to support the Tory candidates , especially those most hostile to the religion aDd people of Ireland . 2 . That the Chartists , as they are the worst enemies of Ireland , are , on the other haud , the best friends of the Tory principle of absolutism , making a pretext of being reformers , but , in reality being tbe most active opponents of practical reform . 3 . That by means of Chartist violence , in the disturbing of public meetings , rational Reformers , disposed to tranquillity and peaceable exertions alone , have been driven into silence , and , we fear , have fallen in : o apathy .

      4 . Tbat the base tyranny of the Chartists , in forcibly preventing the public expression of any popular opinions differing in any degree from their own , have been the means of securing Tory misrule and tyranny , by stifling the salutary voice of public opinion . 5 . That the Chartists have completely succeeded in putting an end to all Societies and Associations in England for Parliamentary Reform . The Reformers are disconnected aud driven into silence . Under the aospiees of the Chartists the Tories have everywhere triumphed . 6 ih . That the Chartists having suffocated the cause of Reform in England now seem determined to try the Eame game with respect to the Repeal in Ireland . They affected to be Reformers iu England , that they might injure the cause of Reform ; some of them now affect to be Repealers , with the ill-concealed determination to injure and destroy the cause of ReDeal in Ireland .

      7 . That the attempt to produce dissension among the Irish . Repealers , is made by tbe Chartists uniting with the most inveterate and bitter of the Tories , in false and atrocious calumnies , against the leaders of the Irish people The Times and the other most unprincipled Tory journals , are scarcely equalled in tbe malignant calumnies , against the leaders of the Irish people , by the equally false and atrocious libels of the Chartist press . In short , the Chartists and the Tories are playing the same game , in the same way and by the same means as far as relates to the RepeaJers of Ireland . 8 . That the interference of Chartists with the Repeal cannot be intended for anything but eviJ ,

      because the Repealers avow , and are ready to work out the same principles of Reform which tbe Chartists pretend to adopt . The Repealers assert as their principles of Reform , tbat general right of voting which the Chartists most inaccurately calJ Universal ; that is , the Repealers insist that every male adult , arrived at the age of tvresty-one , should have the right to vote ( unless he be a lunatic , idiot , or convicted of any flagitious crime ) , whether he be householder or lodger , provided he shall have resided in the district in which he votes for six continuous months before voting . This we call" General " or Household Suffrage , and it is , in fact , identical with that which is by the Chartists mis-cal l ed '• Universal . "

      Next . The Repealers are decided advocates for tbe Vote by Ballot—the only honest mode of voting . Next . The Repealers are for shortening the duration of Parliament ? , so as not by auy possibility to exceed the term of three yaars . Next . The Repealers are for equalising the electoral districts Next . The Repealers are for abolishing the Property Qaalification . Next . The Repealers are for allowing any constituency to contribute to the support of their representatives . This being the political creed of the Repealers , with respect to Reform , there is not the smallest occasion for engrafting ChartUm upon tbe Repeal struggle , or for contaminating the pure and holy cause of Repeal wiih tho torch and dagger

      turbulence of unprincipled Chartism . Lastly . The Repealers will as little ruk the danger as endure the contamination of Chartist violence . Leading Chartists have proclaimed the torch ana dagger , as adjuncts to their a * U * vtJen ; leading Chartists have appeared in open battle array against the Queen ' s troops ; and now that the Leaders of that insurrection have been npon the merits , convicted of high treason , aJthoujRh deprived of the benefit of a point of law ; yet though the conviction was upon the merits , theso leaders are cried up as martyrs by the Char Jsts . Their names are invoked with applause at taeir public meetings , and thus Chartism becomes united with high treason . The peaceable , temperate , moral , and loyal Repealers of Ireland can therefore have no connexion with practical Qrmism . Edwae » Clemekts , Chairman . T . M . Rat , Secretary .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct868/page/3/