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Show i . Sccessio is.lnkusni Tti? movement ! for Meparate, kingdom i $Wty grctirtil ;fn Irefand targ meeting li its favor ;hnve been held In all' parts.of tho Islaiid, i ami an address to thb Qieen .of England, asking for. It' separata Jriib Parliament And. the privilege of lelf.gorertimetit,- has, obtained dvcf1iwcf;iy''thousaiud signatures, The late, stand taken by thc'lUifish Gor ernmtnt its favor, of the right of. the people peo-ple pf Si'rdinU and of'JtuIy,8nd Icily'to select tbeir own ruler aiid their 'own government, Is, used with' groat. force;lu support of theft demahd by the people of relahdj , ' - . , CO.HTISCED STAnritlO.N Of TltS WOltKISO Throughout the past week tens Of thousands thous-ands of the Working classes were still subjected, to all thu agonies of cbld, bun gcr, and staryation. The streets, nnd thoroughfares were perpetually traversed by groups of famished. qierativeSj whose plteoni.,!slil)ir.for charity spoke. volume ns to the horrible condition to which liicso nble-bolftd workmen layo been rctlucctb Tho. same besieging of ,the wOrfchouser-the wOrfchouser-the same, but ; augmented, crowds of: snp-plicank snp-plicank for thcamallest dole nttho;police-.cOufti, nttho;police-.cOufti, on.whicl wo' remarked last week,, were, nUH t& be wltncwcd. Tlio misery,' wbicfij until tho cold weather bad set In, fesigrcd, trf silence, and in; secret. at tW lowest layer, of .KOcjely;-jud;Criiptcd to the , surface, and might be constaiitly eett;fn living )UHs!jC8 of 'j!lor;aiid:or hanger In the. moit publjo parts of thtt.motrOpblts. Had ' the, Queen but deigned to. take a' drive through any uue.of the large jstreets of Loiiduii. at any hour of the day; slid might seo huiidmls of hungry-eyed, bot fowchwked, and thitwlad wmrking men, whoie ludnstry iuitains her atid all htr kindred .fit luXury'aml profosion,: begging, frpm the passers .byor'.tfie.Jimallestmite to buy tiicm a .urust -of, breaXl . " Therlntt son sthisdtrfcd,migtit,do:roy;d$jfin. world of good.; Jt wouldisbow lha fearfrtj safe rinexac,tcd,frpiii tbeworkeraoftbe IsniJ for the- u4teiicv pf the- idlers; , This CAhluiIou,: .ociiogV wo oisiime, ?:iipon!;R natuMjiy; JiumaUu": bpiirt; might. cuuvKice the,royaJ,rtiiid that, thb forking men;.of Kngiand..aro not jbe" ferpcioiis ruWans, ltlm,.ViveiWOuabte.1bruteS,ith'e'mrelyfo trijctlw ablhiiiknllVgea. ,'ty . Jord Ubbert ritotagUcrAdomlHac?AJulwcrly'tl6n," and' other 'kell-Ulotcd'. toi'isiiiJt andj MupciVr .of tbb lady whotiveain half a dozen toyl palaces. - TliiiJ.irirgs" iw to' the; cOusyicratioh of-n fact, ptcvimjsly.- wH Jciibwn!..to;us, but wl4ejthe'8rt!rjVie gf th'e.prcacut seasbi.V have b'rougbVttut into strODget relfef antl inorivid coloring " tlmn'It ever ftisunsccl iMilore." Wc.Tcfc'r - to the' unrivalled tiehceV under suuerings ihb. most maddcir-ing, maddcir-ing, wblcb'is'.so 'Striking.'a-iiharacterisUc of iU'tiiUlCvbrkmeiicin' fcoiidon' 'nlone tht'renre at this inomerit, atj least 40,0.00 desiitntc able-bodied ppcrativcs-roen , wlio,-wbcjii wlio,-wbcjii jh y ge t iip l rt the morning fromithe bare boards, tbt dauip st'raw,,or the buu-dlo buu-dlo pf rugs.iwhich -coii3tituto,thelr. sleeping: sleep-ing: cptichcs know -not-wbcTe..td get a, 'ijreaKu, s tlt,Uien, with this enormous tua.s3.of.'mcu exposed, to every metite aiid tnTovoca'tiOn calculated .W, render human icIiigslawK'$s nnd .reckless, properly- iu JoikIqm.Is as. secure lis ever. There la iio perceptible increase bf the average, nuia-hereof, nuia-hereof, police cases" resulting' Jrom attacks ujwn jH'rwns ort-propcrly, Vts.tha slandered slan-dered and now starving workmen, from whom licensed Itafs oudhcrwlitnry'sucaks of the aristocracy withhold the franchise, ure. as respectful, toward the lawj as observant ob-servant of the rgbts.of properly, and as conservative of the. public p?acer as Jord Kobir Jlpntnguo hnnself, or any of his roul-tuoatlicd and cowardly fctloW-libel-lers of nUent and, uureprescutcd Rng-ligbineiu Rng-ligbineiu TliKtyerupcat, is amost strik-j iiig and. significant fact, and one which coniiottfail to convict the iOroueted cal-Htuuiatorsof cal-Htuuiatorsof tbot .working, clnssca of being be-ing tho. most impudent traffickers in foul und malignant falsehoods upon the face, of thecarlh. For if the aristocracy and tbeir. pampered menials had, but auifered a, tcuthpart.of the, torture peaceably endured en-dured by.thuopefativeof Covcutry;,Ion-don'und Covcutry;,Ion-don'und othtr Jucc, roigaof universal tpliatioii would havo.bewtinaugurnted, und the' lurid blazes of a hundred cities in flames would have proclaimed to the world that their loyalty to the throne, thetr respect of property, nnd their obe- j dlcncc to law, were not of tlmt unlimited ! nnlj unconditional kiud.whrch they are n the habit of recommending to the lower o.r,dcrs- It is for the working classes to consider consid-er whether their excessive quic.iueis.under. sulTeriugs.unsiiriassed,.is not liable to bo ?)nstriied Into ,cowardice and whether the Cfltctilations of thovo insolent aristo-rrats, aristo-rrats, wjio believe that Brjtlsh .operatives-would, .operatives-would, allow themsilvca to be. exterminate ed. with lesscflective resistnncotpan w'onld be offered by a colony $t .doomed ruts, msy not b& fonndwl upon- thq exhibition of a quality which, while, it . may be the result o a predominating Christian dis-IMMitioo, dis-IMMitioo, js sumqtimes the pioduct of the spirit.of lwlpeless and Incurable slavery, i Uy uli means, and on crery occasion, let the working classes obey the law, preserve ! the peace, and respect property. To do' .otherwise wouid bo to work their own ruin. But it is their duty to let their1 rulers know, by their demand for Reform. I that they aro not altogether contented J with things as they are. lint, from the contemplation, pf work- tog-class misery in the mass, we torn to a ' few of its developments in individual In.' ifances. -FrpfltliS moantAfnbn Immari.mHery, wejetectat rnijdomt At-tho ("Worshirtrtetl'olico conn, on jfuesday, nt of scbres t.f othttt, the .cijes of three' families rcre brought fojtu). One bf jbsc, pawed .tihlelds, was TiMtcd by the' officer wbb,fonnd rt, man, bi" wif, and, threb children. Tlib father, poof Iaborcr,vbas been Idle fornlne weeks, b& cause be could get nd work to do- Tbtlr borne 1 destitute of almost cv,erytblng hQ bcd clothcj, tloMoi, alLpf them ln.iv manifest state 4tf sfarvatlom Second cai that of a man named Arnold, also a laborer, whit Wire and two" children: wife, jbs't cbunnc'd.of the second; ndly iiig upbrt a thlh. sprlnltling of hay placeil , ,opon the bare boards of the floor,. .Kol covering, nd.fbbd,, with thb cSrceptlon of a small piece of toast, and some tea in a roojr. Third caso: a deserted woman with tour children. They were in n state of absolute -want; One old chair the sola article of fomitnre. JSTo bedstead, no ta blc,, no wash-stand ; nothing but tho rags Ihey woire In tho dayittmo to cover ,Uem at night'i IwrefVof everything, At Westminster Pollcc-coart, oh the ssmqday (Tuesday), a wretchediftnd half Starved woman was-charged with robbing her lodliigs, Wjlh tears, in her eyes, she pleaded guilty to pawning bcr bed-hects bed-hects to.prociiro a meal, to eat. At tho TbanfesT.olipeourt, on the same day, hWihiusiSrtd poor roewflplied for, relief) indrccciM some 6d sWe Is., seme,?svimd some $&. 6d., cadi.. , At the Guildhall, on Monday morning, no less than 4.500 jicrsons crowded ronnd, the ebbrt, impibring' relief. , The Irish we are told, strove to keep back the English until their Own countrywomen should bo relieved. But our.space constrains us to Stop. What wo bavo adduced are slmply specimens of tlo prevalent deslItution4 At every pne of the jwlice-courfa, simitar, and jstilt.roore painful, scenccs are to be wltnessedi And this in free 'and happy England! This; Iti'tho metropolis Of the richest nation iu the worldl This; within rlDe-shot of the palaco.of the Quecn who is safd to rute over a conten ted and happy peOplcT This,'i,n a, land .that; spend a: million sterling npou a einglo Gcr'maft fain-ilyl fain-ilyl tetytho royallady, witli-the half-a don palaces, and her gay and fashionable female favorilc-'WUh their gilded-.car rlageX their rnoblo mansions, their fatted mcnialsi aiid jtlieir crawfol .wardrobes tbluk of, th(lc'.Ister,Arnold''ehd her.new-borft her.new-borft babo, Haid : njion the sprinkling ;tif hay oion, the cold deal floor! 1 jAbove all, i let the jvorkfng classes jthirtX ovcr lhesej things, and rcsofce tliequeslloh--Whethf; pr thesfttcrrlble-sufTcTiugs nre ' tbo rcsnlt pf ,he:Jveihfent tllxpensatiou, of tlie pro? duct off the. diabolical but removable, re-snlt re-snlt of pleliclatr ignorance nnd aristocratic Inaliguity? JtrjnM?' iYetr fpftpcfi . t - , |
