... condition of the people below. Immediate relief was afforded, but alas ! for nearly half the number it came too 'late. 72 men, women, and children had perished. The scene is described as fearful io the extreme—the poor inmates of o that narrow cabin had in ...

... have at tlic eolicitation of several fellow citizens of respectability, dtermined proffer myself as a candithite for your suffrages at the next general election ; and at the same time beg leave to assure you, that in the event of success, my best exertinns ...

... the victims of this blood-stained .revolution are murdered in the streets —their •tongues cut out—their littbs mutilated—the women even taking an active part in the horrid tragedy. The insurrecticn is said to have been crushed, when the late accounts were ...

... was such destitution in the world. —Punch, A SAILOR's NoTioN.—A sailor, seeing some slave-traders driv• leg coloured men, women and children, on hoard ship for New Orleans market, shook head end said, Jim, if the don't catch them fellers, we might as ...

... be an easy matter to make up thousands ot such pledge-takers as we saw coming forward to the opetation. There were plenty women, and miserables of all kinds, certainly ; ,but ver , y, very few MEN, and scarcely any of the class that we shou d suppose ...

... blind. Snuff takers will assure you that there are as many different types of snuff takers as there are different types of women in a church or in a theatre, or different species of ruses in the flower-bed of an borticul- But the section of snuff-takers ...

... remedied by the imbibition of a fresh dose of the poison which has worked all the mischief. To what degree would an extended suffrage, vote by ballot, and triennial parliaments, relieve the pressure which, in spite of the free-traders, now weighs upon the ...

... the provincial counties have been obtained. It is evident, therefore, that Lord John Russell intends some extension of the suffrage. The extension must be very limited until a spread of knowledge shall have laid a basis of safety. There is some little stir ...

... election be based on the number of the population. 3. That the representatives of the people be 900 in number. 4. That the suffrage shall be direct and universal in every sense. 5. That all Frenchmen 21 years of age shall be electors, and all above 25 may ...

... not a little of this spirit of opposition, for though convened by Joseph Sturge's section, which advocates only complete suffrage in opposition to universal soft. rage, the Chartists have elected members of the opposite section to sit as councillors, ...