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      suffrage . He stated that a very large increase of political power on the part of the people was rendered necessary and he intimated that if manhood suffrage itself were proposed he should not withhold from it his sup-P Meeting at Newcastle . —On Tuesday night one of the largest political meetings that has been held in that town since the era of the lleform Bill took place in the Lecture-room , Nelson street .. Long before the hour of meeting the room was crowded to suffocation , and numbers were obliged to leave , being unable to gain

      admission . Mr . W . Cook , who presided , spoke at great length on the advantages of manhood suffrage and the ballot . The meeting was crowded to overflowing . The speakers used language which evidently points to the Charter as the ultimatum in the demands of the people . There also appears to be a kind of demand that the naval estimates should be increased . The Newcastle democracy seem anxious to see representatives in Parliament who will support " the services , " and will take care that our sea-boards arid our wooden walls shall bristle with cannon , and thereby challenge and defy all

      the tj-rants of kuropo . The Libekat , Interest is North Warwickshire . — The annual meeting of the association formed " for the purpose of establishing the Liberal interest in North Warwickshire , " was held on Tuesday , at the Town-hall , Birmingham ; the Hon . E . C . Leigh in the eh air .- Amongst the county gentlemen present wore Sir T . G . Skipwith , Mr . C . II " . Bracebridge , Mr . Wykeham Martin , M . P ., B . D . Webster , Esq ., &c . A long report was read , setting forth the result of the operations of the association during the past year . The concluding paragraph said , " If the Liberals of North Warwickshire will exert themselves in furtherance of the cause , taking an active interest in the working of the society , your committee look forward to the time when the objects of the association will be fully accomplished . " The meeting was addressed by most of the gentlemen named above , and the desirability of having a candidate ready was strongly urged . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ___ .

      __ _ Oxford Union Debating Society . —On Monday an unusually large number of members assembled to discuss the question of vote by ballot , which was put in the following-form , by Mr . A . "V . Dicey , of Balliol College : —— " That it is both just and expedient that vote by ballot should be employed in the election of members of ParlUmient . " A spirited discussion ensued , in Avhieb , among other gentlemen , the lion . E . L . Stanley , of Balliol College , son of Baron Stanley of A . lderley ( wlio opposed the motion ) , took part . A proposal to adjourn the house was negatived without a division . At a late hour the motion was put to the meeting and lost , the following being ' , the numbers : —Against , thirty-five ; for , twelve ; majority against , twenty-three . Unfortunately the real spirit of the meeting could not be ascertained , as the vast majority of the members had left before the division took place . The meeting was attended by about four hundred .

      Cor . CHEsriiR . —The True Blue Conserval lve Club met on Wodnesday . Mr . Taverner Miller , M . P . for the borough , and Mr . Papillon , the Conservative candidate for the second seat , delivered speeches in support of Conservative principles , and expressed themselves strongly in favour of the present Government , whoso conduct they considered to be of a nature to give satisfaction to tho country . Representation of Manchester . —Wo ( 7 Iera 7 d ) understand that a requisition from the Conservatives of Manchester has been forwarded to Lord Stanley , numerouslv signed , asking him to become a candidate . Most of tho independent Liberals who voted for Potter and Turner at the last election will , wo believe , vote for Lord Stanley in the ovont of his coining forward .

      Westminster . — A Reform meeting was held in ¦ Westminster on Tuesday . Tho chairman , Mr- llonry Brookes , urged very strongly tho importance of a just re-distribution of soats . Keaolutions in favour of a manhood suffrage and of nmora equitable apportionment of representation to population wore unanimously ndopted . It wns impossible for resolutions of a loss liberal character to have been proposed with any chance of success . Carlisle . —A meeting has been called to establish a Keform Society for that borough , oud tho programme of the Parliamentary Committee was accepted . No doubt other borough towns will speedily follow tho example of Carlisle .

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      REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY . A mkictino of persons interested in tho repeal of tho paper duty was hold at Edinburgh , on Wednoaduy . It wns ntleudod by Mr . John Cassell , Mr . Francis , and Mr . Vuoto'ly . Mr . Adam Black , M . l \ , was called to tho chair , mid resolutions to tlio effect that tho paper duty is a tax on labour , is u vexatious interference with tho manufacturer , ami obstructs the progress of education ; that it wan desirably that , tho members of tho Scottish no \ vHpa | iur and uoi'Iutllunl pro . sH should join in an effort for obtaining tho ropoal of tho duty iu tho ensuing session ; that a subscription bo ontorud into and a coinmittao formed for tho purpose of carrying out tho previous resolution , woro uimiiinioiisly ndoptud . Tlio Right Hon . Lord Naas received tit Dublin Castle ,

      on Wednesdav , a deputation from the Irish Association for the Repeal " of the Duty on Paper . Lord Naas said the tax was merely a question of finance , and the only difficulty -was the procuring of a substitute . He would feel deep regret if the repeal of this tax did not form part of the plan of Mr .. pisraeli , who he knew to be opposed to the" tax , and , ready to repeal it as soon as it could be done , for they all felt it was an impediment to industry and to progress . Promises of active support were obtained from several Irish members , who consented to have their names entered upon the list of Vice-Presidents of the Association . __ -, , - •• • * i ,

      On Wednesday evening a deputation , favourable to the abolition of the duty on paper , attended a meeting of the London Compositors for the purpose of making a statement , showing the injurious nature of the tax . The meeting resolved : — " That the paper duty is a tax : operating most prejudicially against the outlay of capital and the employment of labour in the printing business . " .

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      THE EDUCATION MOVEMENT . Lord Wrotteslky , P . R . S . —On the occasion of opening a new- public library at Wolverhampton , the President of the Royal Society said that he , for one , felt that it was the duty of society to place , within the reach of all classes—at least as far as possible—the means for their own instruction . It could not be supposed that there were no such cases in the present day of men in the position of Gifford , and Holcroft , and Franklin , and many others , self-educated under difficulties ; and , although it could not be expected that society should find them out and help them , it is the

      duty of societv to afford them the opportunity of obtaining books ^ and the only mode by which that help can be effectually given is by a free public library . It must be open to all classes , and the fullest facilities given for obtaining access to it . This would have been necessary at any time , but never more so than in our own day , when competitive examinations have been established , by means of which the youth of the country in all classes have an opportunity of making their talents known and available . I earnestly hope that the youth of Wolverhampton may have a fair chance with , the youth of other towiis of earning for itself a position , and of rising , to eminence .

      Viscount Gaiavay . —At the Worksop meelingy the noble Lord , adverting to the remarks , of Mr . Hesketh at the late meeting for the Promotion of Social Science at Liverpool , said : —He quite agreed with That gentleman that , unless the agricultural labouring classes could live comfortably in well-arranged cottages , education would be of little use . It was found difficult to retain the children of agricultural labourers long at school , for as soon as they could earn money their parents sent them out to work , and it was also found difficult to complete their education in after life , as a great objection was entertained to adult schools by those for whom they were designed—they seemed ashamed of going to them . It was , consequently , desirable to find some other means of instruction , such as reading-rooms or mechanics' institutions , where it wns found these persons would go .

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      THE NEW MEDICAL REFORM ACT . On Tuesday evening a meeting of tho profession was held at tho British Coffee-house , Coekapur-streor , for tho purpose of forming an association , to bo called the " London Medical Registration Association . " The proceedings have been suggested by tho coming into operation of the now Medical Act . Thomas Wukley , Esq ., the coroner for West Middlesex , took the chair , and addressed the meeting . He referred to his own struggle for medical reform iu tho House of Commons , stating that tho moment ho began to converse with members upon the subject of quaykory , a number of them were always ready to state the benefit which some membora of their families hud derived from quack medicines .

      Had he prosecuted tho subject under such circumstancoc , as ho could have wishod , ho would have had some two hundred of tho Legislature advertising those quack impostors through tho country . Ho urged all present to aid the registrar appointed by the now Act to carry out its provisions in a proper manner . Mr . Allen moved a resolution , expressing tho desirability of forming a registration association , and mentioned the filthy advertisements which quackery was thrusting boforo the eyes and into tho hands of every one as an abuse that required to bo chocked . Tlio resolution wus adopted . Tho Association was thun formed , a cominittoo was enrolled , and sovorul subscription * announced . Thoro were upwards of a hundred gentlemen prcsont .

      the last hundred years . The great object Of their meeting wns registration ; and he trusted that all difficulties existing hitherto between corporate bodies and the profession would be terminated , and that the latter would be in a position to shed blessings all around . He urged that tho profession should be united in asking for reform . Mr ' . George Ross moved : — " That this meeting accepts with satisfaction the New Medical Act as the basis of a just and- comprehensive reform of the laws governing the profession ; it approves of the establishment of a Supreme General Council , and the publication of a register by means of which the legally qualified practitioner will be distinguished from the pretender ; but it at the same time expresses its deep regret that , although the general practitioners constitute nine-tenths of the profession , there is no clause in the Act expressly providing for their representation in the General Council . " The motion was carried unanimously . . i . i ____ i j rfi _ — » .. „ , « 4- n 1 \ fnAf yvf fit aiv *

      irtoaf—Another meeting was hold on tho following evening at tho Freemasons' Tavern . John Brady , Esq ., M . P ,, presided , and . said : Lost thoro should bo any misunderstanding ae to tho subject of tho dobato , ho would mention that it was for tlio purp ° o (< carrying out tho object or tho New Medical Act . It would bo ungracious to intorfaro with tt , s . provision *' , ami it would bo unjust to tho Oovorumunt ; for ho would , us a medical mail , say that tho Government of thu country had done moro to raise tho profession by tho Aot than had boon done in

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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . John Hintox , known also by . several other names , has been indicted for picking pockets at Lorrimore Chapel , Wai worth , and found guilty in two cases ; and eight previous convictions being also proved against kim , he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude . William Brown , a" coachman , is charged with the manslaughter of Robert Laugh am , a stableman , who lived in Duyal ' s-mews . The wife of the deceased was the only witness examined , and her statement was to the effect that on the 19 th inst . her husband and Brown had a quarrel over their work in the mews , when Brown struck deceased on . the forehead with an iron pin , from the effects of which he died . The case was remanded for more evidence .

      William and John Sullivan , both , said to be returned convicts , in custody on the charge of attempting to murder Nicholas ' Barnes in Leather-lane on Sunday last , were brought before the magistrate at Clerkenw « ll , who committed the prisoner John for trial , and discharged the other . The discharged prisoner was immediately re-apprehended as a deserter from the 19 th Foot . At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday William Thomas , described as a gardener , was indicted for ob ^ taining money under false pretences . He was well known as a card-sharper , and induced persons in two case 3 to gamble with him , by which one of them , was swindled out of a watch , and the other out of money . In the first ease the prisoner was found not guilty , but in the second he was convicted ; he was sentenced to hard labour for twelve months . The prisoner -was a man of " respectable appearance , and by his plausible manners and conversation was enabled to carry on his

      fraudulent schemes with great success . At the Court of Bankruptcy , in the case of Lazarus Samson , a merchant , in Hoimsditeh , who applied for his certificate , the commissioner granted a second-class certificate , suspended , in consideration of the exceedingly bad book-keeping , for eighteen months from tho date of the bankrupt ' s passing his last examination , which he did in March last ; no evidence of fraud appearing , protection was grantod . Mr . John Argent , a licensed victualler , who kept tlie Rainbow Tavern , Fleet-street , passed his last examination without opposition . At a dividend meeting held under the separate estates of Messrs . Gotch and Gotch , the Kettering bankers , it was stated that the assets in the hands of the official assignee were sufficient to pay " 20 s . in the pound .

      At the Guildhall , on Wednesday , a serious charge was preferred against a City broker , named Oliver , by a young lady who had entrusted 5000 / . to him to invest in certain securities . This lie professed to do , and he then induced her to consent to his depositing tlio securities iu his own bank ( tho London and County ) , and paying her tho amount of the dividends quarterly . The suspicions of some of her friends having become excited , she resolved upon obtaining possession of her securities , but sho learnt at tho bank that tlioy had never been del > osjted there , and her applications to tho prisoner himself % vcro equally fruitless . He was accordingly given into custody , and tho evidence produced against him was of a very Horious character . Ho was remanded . At tho Court of Bankruptcy , a first-class certificate has been granted to James Simmonds , of Sovenoalcs and Weatorham , Kent , and lately of Bragted , coachmoker .

      At tho Central Criminal Court , on Wednesday , the trial of tho two Fronchmon , Aim 6 llugon and Bevordy Ilugon , who wore charged with counterfeiting Turkish coin , is ordered to stand over . —Henry Lamb wns placed at the bar to take his trial on the coroner ' s inquisition for tho manslaughter of William Pino at tho Willosdoa junction of the London and North-Western Knilwny , Tho Chief Baron suid that us tho grand jury had ignored tlio bill it was unnecessary to proceed on tho coroner ' s inquisition , nariU ' ulnrly as it was not suggostod tlint tho prisoner had any intention to do mischief . A verdict of Not Guilty was then takon , and tho prlsouor wt \ a discharged . , . „ At tho Surrey Senslonfl , William Goodlng wj * riJctoil for bronklng into tho dwolliiiff-houso of VV'lllam . Smart , and Hloaling a sliver watch . Tho ^ "co dourly proved tho case , and tho I" -lsonor wn « ound Utility . FIvo previous convlotloiia woro then provo «

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1858, page 1149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2266/page/5/