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* ^ ( Csmtmued from our Sixth page . ) ^ g etvet * t Mr , Beavert , the Dog J , Huddersfteld « g |^ « oOTaB »« onuiase between them , during -which gg&fd called Loejrvood a thief , The latter at jut tried to treat tbe matter as a Joke ; he per-^ i ( 4 , ftowever , ia calling him a thief , and said JTtod robbed a Wind man of £ 5 . " Well ,- sa ! d jjiwood , " I am a -wholesale , gentlemanly thief ; yotr ¦ tenly petty thief . " On this , Holroyd got up and Tiolent blow over the & ^^^^^^^*^
^¦^ Lcxpcwopa a face * . After ' Uza bad taterplace , Hotroyd endeavoured to-make it ^ that Loekwood bad s something disrespectful of gbrvife ; bot-Qie beamed Counsel aaid he Bhoold shew gat there was ' sot tbe slightest truth in this maaumm to prove provocation , and thus in aome measure | iti 7 « h « usaaU . £ h& landlady wai examined , in her cross-examination jjmitth * thatLockwood wa » a "trotting" « r « a «« w MteXamaa . tLanghtwr . ) -
- Ht Wil ^ nts dieawd the Jury- for th » defendant in a very bunorbus speech , in -which he i ijinotid his ygct tint tbe Jury-should be detained from their bodj ^^ nd their homes by investigating the detail * of it ^ ff-hwiie " squabble , at a place rpry appropriately | j togt"tJiedog . - Thej had heard Mr . Loclcwood waa tmaf' ^ fiofter ;* ne knew yery well that many men Kifeeaiitf tew persorial-rioleace thaa the ridieule of # ffctto » - is pnNie company . As the frog said to the fcfr wnea be pelted it with , stones , "It may be fan for j « 3 but it i * no fan far me . " fLaaghter . ) He trusted jy-their verdict they would nerer reader insolence a iwtHnMft conunodity , and litigation profitable to 'The Learned Jxtbge SBcmmed . np ^ when the Jury ^ Dsalted together a few minutes , and then returned a fcsdtet for tbe plaintiff—Damages Is . -
* : Before they returned this verdict , the foreman in-^ red what damages eaniedooete . \ - JtiS Loedship decBnad to answer the question , ob-| s | Rng , flat tbeir only duty was to say what eompensa--gte the plaintiff ought to haTe for the blow given too . fg-j&e defendant , under all the circumtfaaces of the |) 0 X BE * . SASDXB 30 H V , BICKSMUKB ASD AKOTHBB . ; -jtr . C&saswsLL and Mr , Hoggdis Vote-for tbe IgftaHff ; gr . * AisXAKPBB and ifo-a ^ DisON for the { * ftsu&n wa « one of ejetj ^ nent , brought by the | ktseea of as insolvent debtor ,-aaf&ed Ponty , to recover | naBMstan of premises at HnMeffifield , held by the ptmtiff , as tenant under Sir John'Ramaden ; the dejBBjAsats were the tenants in occupation , of the pre-Afcses . holding at the SBggest&l of Polity ' s assignees ** sd « r Ms bankruptcy . It appeared that his bans :
ppttw ? was in 1828 ,-and his , insolvency in 1835 . Bhtha Learned Judge said that the assignees * under pv bankruptey appeared to hare beenjiving at Hudienacld ; they allowed Mi . Ponty to occ » py the pre-Uses without charging the tenancy ; and , therefore , fee assignees ' under the insolvency had done no more ftaa Qieir duty is taking possession of the premises
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# » -bo « BSip aeeorcaagiy directed a- ^ verdict to be toned for the plaintiff-mti& ut » Liml damages . I Garnets c ~ Btftterwc ? & £% 8 & {|} obin « on t . "Wluteftad , ^ wo undefended acafasywere afterwards disisftsTof , and " f ^ Cie Court adjourned aboat six o ' clock .
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I&EETIM OP DELEGATES ' . AT 2 KAXCXTJ 5 STER . ' ^ i . meeting of Delegates from different parts of the IPnitry , eofiTCBed by adTertisement in the Northern Mr , was ha&at Manchester , on Monday last , at tLe WeHingtoa ~ fcBt , Back PiceaaUly , to take into consider-• m tbe be * means of effecting the liberation of Messrs . fcst , "Willitma , and Jones , and also to resohe upon -mil meawats as will teem to the meeting the most Bed tor promoting tie ' success of Radie&l principles . # eChairwjgoca »? i « i by Mr . John Black , of XotfcyhiTTi , and the fpOowing delegates ¦ were present : K SieYiagkm , Leicester ; JAx . Richards , Pottmes ; JK James Taylor , Backdate ; Mr . Deegan , Stalybridge ; Mb Kdiwidt , Botton ; lAx . Eice , Hyde ; Mt DaTid
ycats , Liyerpool ; Mr . Walton , Middleton ; Mr . s % WBon , Halifax ; Mr . Wm . Bntterworth , Manchester ; lfcSmith and Mr . Bell , Satford , and Mr . Limey , € fcff ! ton and Hohne . 8 ome preHmiBary business haTS | been proceeded with , the delegates proceeded to abte the conditfon of each of their districts , some of which , as will be seen , ^ rere in a most deplorable stale . The Chairman first proceeded in this business S said he might ssy Oat so far as Ifottmgham was o » cemed , ttey were in » raj bad state . The people « pe next to starring for want of «» merest necessaries ofptte . Tbej had reeql * ed » o more to petition . They I « n weaned of meeting , ab ^ petittoning , and agH&ting , I ajSthfy were almost tired and wearJed-af paying their 1 rm * J to politieal pnrposes , for iheriad it not to
p % with . They had collected a little for this occasion , 1 laffefce-feared it ironld be the last time , at leart ior the 1 nlfciil , ftey would pst A ^ maelrw to the incon-3 uliiiiiiii they had 9 reT )| uly 4 one to meet these fldsjMsds . Thesrh «** een fcriaed by tbar leaders to VlWP * e to the wor ^^ anxjtttKff bad said their M o | &an * otSSaM 3 tfhin »; to pnaehase the articles they j »^ cM | ttohaTe iXrmt ) , aid he beared tha . t the people of m ** np& >** j 8 iB "j ^ BJ 9 % wedj £ gohoine and prodaima M ¦^^ BoaaywwddrtjoiFe ^ nt hehoped there -srajs not W tdSIf there thitWonldaitTise him to go kcrae and a . dTist ) m wm to petition ParilaacBt again , in Manchester % e much the of
**^ ight better oSCihaji people >' ot-^ m ftpiw Many of them , n 3 jjjjVnoi haTe to hear their m ^ B ^ * ° 7 * fpead * % * . Stexe . was none to give fll |; tat mch baB bew the ea « e with him , and for liBreuon he -woUd JtsaeT dfejy ihV sword than -I fOM ' wHh hunger . This . was tfc&Jsosclasion -which I totitodcoiBe ftk ^ T&ey " fe ^ math - ^ -contoid with , a ^ SJN 1 * sorry -thjEsre . Was not a nsore nnmeroos 1 * tobnce at that meefiag ^ If tfcey had any ^ Bestions I p « . idatiTe to the « tate " of h& tU « teict { h « would be I ^^? a * 01 t * t ^* 1 * xnj Infbrinatien he eoaid . He I Tytd he had nething further to ' tsf , ' He would hear 1 nS others had to recosnnend . *
m . Bctxek said let ' Mr . Blaei snrwer 'Wicfterlifi ftsifa fee people are not satisfied with-fee ^ fare © of fbjkalforce . - " - ^ '*'*' - . * - ' - « ' ¦ '"• " " | 1 3 »^ Ai * 5 U ^ - Sionght that pbysieattew Jttditsk keafMriy tried . y ^ ^ t * : ~ ; ABELBGArE iskedwtat he TronM flCfeifc ^ 3 K «»
¦ Jg ^—wfcether that w » s not a fine specim ^^^ ¦• "Oflmtof physical f cree ? - „ n ^ - . ^ t » Csaiejias taii thai' after the"D ^^] 3 gS ^ i f " ^^• tbey rose , which they had badjppwaia f « tf . be expected to do much , and irere iiflffij % A ^^ tal Thai powder -was wet , and besides 1 bJt ¦ VJW neither properly equipped noi snfficienUy «^ L ^^ Ta ^ LOK , of Rochdale , protested against "BMtennation , as being irrele-rant to the object of MAeetiBg , and such as woold throw grt * t discredit ' *»^ eii proceeDings . - ^ - 0 B » tT » s » ibnsmesa was then proceeded -with / l
IM *~ l & * KETiSG 3 » ir ^» &D esme from the adjoining ¦^^^ CT » aangnam ^ a&dthatit -was his opinion that vnpwpte of hk coonty entertained opinions EimUar to ™ ift «*« h had been already expressed by Mr . Black . "JJTMtSfe anxious to haTe Messrs . Frost , Williams , « * fet baciaa nmth so as any party could be , but l * f *< w of opinion that they ought to get the " *^ . Ifcy certainly ought to , direct their attention *«« pMnv , because ff 4 hey get the Charter , thfy 5 rl ? y S * ^ e Uberatisn of these unfortunate men . ^ Pp * at ) In the couary which he represented , the ^ JJtwere ia Qjg 5 ^ 3 ^ djgfeesjsd condition , hMng rtry r ^ W ^ ly for tie iMirth of t > t »*« rfa- ^ m rm tm- «;« ci n »
2 * rw *» t ««« letters with him , in ^ which itwas ^ yathatthe people were often glad to exchange -with " ¦ ei ghbonrs their turnips for potatoes . ManypeT-¦¦ % presions to taking ia their week ' s labour , conld I SLr ^ ^^ fiTm S w > " ^^ ^^ * Kj o xrt of pa-1 « ee ; many jj ^ nottdng whateyer to depend -npon 1 y the chadty of ottieiB -who are someiAat w ^ dis-II ?* - Th ^ tterefare hoped-that theplaa derised by *^*» etijij-wwild pnt an end to this stateof tbingB ¦ ' i ^ T eartainly were not dispoeed to petition a » y longer , 1 •* *« 7 looiet to this meeting to adopt some aori- af L » r ^*» afleTiat ^ tieir distress . If som e other inftrao" T ^ mdmdnala would go among them , such aa'Mr . Iy « B » or , ar Mr . Deegan , ttey might be induced to •** alii tie longer , and to endeavour to forbear from ct «; but as to
; |^ T ! 0-e delegate meetingg , petiti oning , I ffl ^ teti ^ ' ?* te lieTfld ^^ » ould hare nothing at tL * * 0 " * ith it They were of opinion that they had 'IS- 1 (? B ^ eaon ? b- without any benefit resulting IS . 1 * ' sad i 4 appeared to them quite tiae to resort to M ^ "BM £ ans . ' l ^ 'f A 3 ! Es T - ^ > of Hochdale , wag next taBed -MT * J-L * ^ f 01 ^ 5 * " 111 0 * ^ e district which he ' ¦ W S * rte < L He ^^ * he Ais ict f" 511 ! which he had ¦ 2 S 1 "tra * »« so deplorable as those which had k ^ r ^ * ° ' l ! a % ^ 'o ™^ that the people were - ¦ 5 * 2 ^! : £ iBkmS- The wool trade , >* rhich was the - MS k *** ° * the place , had been Tery fiat for Bereral M AtTa ^ ngeB " rere 8 ^^ laweT thao tte y ***• i ^ oih Mtt < itali * it was Tery bad , but as yet tbe tiB *» 2 * lpBiaer 8 had not adopted short time . The ^» ii ^™*« * 6 «* urerj , howerer , weTO-adoptingitTeTy ' 3 j s ^ ^ e people were getting into a much worse then they 8 ome two three
^ ¦ ll ^^* were . or months Ssmf ^ &J * 1 **** - 1 **® off ia respect io « Bploymenta » ^ sV'hui ^ CLvHi name ; but after the statements HM £ T *! S ' yns ^^ d tiwy ^ e 1 * n 111611 ^ one off ^^^ y ^*** cf other eoaaties . Notwithstanding . 4 IMiJf ?' the aatress vfalch had been related , he shonlri § J | ^^ by a sense-of daly to urge at that meeta ^ Bfc I ¦^ ^ * t ach mj gkt perhaps appear to amount dH ^ LfetMsr ^ 3 npaihy , but it was one which he felt ^ ¦ ^^ . "ttstsntmit to that meeting , or fail in the M-¦¦/ 5 ** h $ sdnty . ^^ fc sjfi , [^ ° f Byde , said his constituents bad re-^ s ^ KfeB ^ v 10 nr 88 nP ° n ^^ B ^ etJ »« tbe propriety I ^ Bl ^^ tte plan suggested by Mr . James Bronterre ^^ Kg ~ * Bottes-wobts was then called upon , and - ^^¦ sVS « u &s opinion , that they would nerer gain |^^ N £ |*** * ntU they adopted » c * hn and judicious i ^ Kp ^) jI | l *** < tti > g . To do this , hp was of opinion ^^¦ li ^^^«^ a «« terjmnnber ' of the wealthier WBl
^ gW fhywtT M 7 W »« i t , for there ¦ ISi ^ tttl among tb * working people to » tee and pursue their own interests
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Pbysleal force had done- no good , and would dona S good ; and , therefore , ho was decidedly opsoaed tos * r thing irhk& trodlditatag them within tt ^ dt of the Mr . Datid Johss , of Merthyr Tydvfl , rpwaedthe readiaeas ofihe people who had delegatedhim to attend tiiatmeeang ^ to coincide , -with their wishes , and-to be guided by thek counsels . They vere , certainly , not in so deplorable a condition as many -were -who had been represented at that meeting ; but-that was no reason why they should not advocate tbeirri ght * as men , and as Englishmen . He wa * not in faTour of fiolenee ; but , would prefer a little cauUon and . prBd « nce . He saw no use in attacking both the factions at once ; but adTised them to wait * rf opportunity for attacking one of them r-a « the dOTila . wait npon us . ( Laoghtex and cheers . They must , ho we-rer , be alive to their interests , and be Teadywheiterer axuepportuBity of obtaiiiine their rieht might arris * . iHear . hear . ) . . . SSS ^^^ i ^^^
Mr . Deegam , of Stolybridge , was next called npon . He said be Jbad notnrach to say in reference to his oonsttUenta ; he would , therefore , wserro hiB obaerrations for the motion of Mr . Taylor , in reference to the propriety of petmaniBg again for their rights , and to emtinoe to petitfoa till those rights were restored . In Stalybridge the people were much better off than they were in man *! ot-ber parts of tbe country : the mills "were all wpHdBfcfuIl time , and they were obtaining the same amount of wages whieh they had been obtaining daring tba la * -two or torn .- years . They were
willing to © thoperate with the rest of the people ; they were willing to meet ; they were williug to petition ; they were willing to co-operate so far as regarded the sending of missionaries into the different districts to explain the principles of the Charter , and to do anything in Q » eir po see * to assist their fellow countrymen in obtaining justice from Government The matter needed no other speech or report from him , and he hoped others would be brief in whal Ihey had to say as he was anxious that Mr . Taylor ' s motion should ' come before them for discussion .
Mr . Robests , of LiverpooL said that he thought the present apathetic turn which the meeting bad taksn in reference to Mr . Frost and his companions , would do nobody any good , 5 a $ ith « r iadtTidurily not as a country . He abx > uid , therefore , beg " ) mra to submit the following resolution to the meeting : " That " this meeting considers it the imperatire duty of the country to follow up the recommendation contained in the Northern Stir , and subsequently that of the Female Association of Bath , that ererr Association in the country , maleand # emale , do send forthwith not less than 2 s . 6 d ., to Mr . O'Gonbor , forthe purpose of bearing the expenses of Mrs . Frost , Mrs . W il liams , and Mrs . Jones , and families , to Londiin , to aolidi tbe liberation of their husbands ttata the Queen , who by this time kno-vrB and feels some little © f those ties -which it is -worse tlian death to break . "
Mr . l-iyjfSY said that few as they were in the Association which be represented , on the evening before they snbscribed at once the half-crown . Mr . Rice , of Hyde , stated that hi * constituents had recommended him to advise that a «© mmittee should be appointed in Manchester , snd perhaps something might be done to re-orjacise the people . The people of Hyde were really e » apathetie that something must be done to make tbe principles of the Charter gain ground . Hyde was ready for physical force if it were
leqnired ; but in Ms opinion -until there be a new organisation of the people nothing could be done . Their opinion was physical force never did any good . The people of Hyde were not willing to petition again . He believed that if a petition were to be got up , it -would not be signed by two hundred people in that district . His friend Smith fold them it would b « botheriBg the House of Gommons to petition ; but he thought the House of Commons would only do with their petitions * s they had done already—namely , throw them under the table . ¦ ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Smith said , the present position of his constituents was , they -srere not prepared- for anything like physical force , but they vrere prepartd for petitioning . They were , however , prepared to re-organise tb © country , to divide it according to the plan of the Charter , snd then , in case of another petition failing , a Cuivention being first appointed , tbey would be ready for other . measures . He could not and -vrou'd not gofarther than tbe instructions of his constituent * . Joh > RJCHAED , of the Potteries , « dd he was in sn a-wkward position . Tbey wtre divided , some were ' for petitiening . others were for force ; but he -apprehended that they must again organise the country and petition . He was as averse as any man to aak Parliament for those rights which God and nature intended them to have . ( Hear , hear . ) The people of his dis-1 trict were determined to abide the result of that
meeting , hoping that if they could iot awaken the sympathies of the House of Commons , they' might provoke their anger to do something more for them . Mr ! Joseph Lixset remarked , that his constituents left him to act according to tbe Judgment « f the meeting . There , were Tery few among them , but out of that few , tbere were eight who had to take their trials . This tbey considered a matter of pride , but it was no matter of pride to those that had to go and stand at the bar of their country . They were determined they would not petition any more , for they saw little use in petitioning a . House which only laughed at , their
miseries , and .. madea moek of legislation . - ( Hear , "hear . ) James Kawsox , of Halifax , taid his constituents were opposed to petition , * sy more . He did not see any -reason why they «* ould petition a Houbo con sthuted as the House of Commons was constituted at present , conceiving that if they acted upon Bronterre O'Brien ' s plan , and tear a leaf out of the book of tbe enemy , they ' might do some good ; and as Feargus O'Connor said , the best way to obtain peace was to prepare for war ; he thought the best way was to prepare for the worst .. Something or other must be done ; and if Bronterre ' s plan be acted upon it would suit his constituents . K ' .
Mr . Thomas Fish-wick represented the state of Bolton , as being little better than that of Nottingham . The philanthropic people of that district had made a collection of abont £ 1 , 600 to relieve the poor , and they had relieved about 1 , 300 people last week . The people of Bolton were prepared to go any way that meeting might think best . Mr . Jo-xa-tha > - TV altos , of Middleton , observed , that his constituents sent him to recommend the re-or . ganization of the people of England , and they thought ¦ gie plan of tEe Socialists was the best The majority
gyfcem were decidedly averse to agitating , petition-PK-and denrotiBtratioEs . If they were re-organized inSf . would be in a belief posture to demand their po-S £ < # . rights . At this moment they were not in so wrefliieVl a condi ] jZ 6 rf \ &s formerly . Their trade was fc ^ dh "Setter than if j $ a been for some time . They bad " Instructed him , however , to support no more petitions . - Mr . BCTTEBwoETn was opposed to anything that might brisg them within tbe fangs of the Attorney-GeneraL rnlcss they were to adopt different means to those tbey had adopted already , they would not result in anv good . . . .
Mr . Kobebts was led to believe that the Chartists of Liverpool were opposed to petitiouing . Every man in his sane mind was aware that people cannot be always agitating . They tad nad the large petition presented last year , and wMch , thongh signed by a million and a quarter of the people of England , had had eo effect in tending to redress their grievances . Mr . David Joh > s , ef Merthyr Tydvfl , again rose , and was received with cheers . He said , in the first place he would say tLat from the town which he represented £ 3 Q had been collected for the Convention ; and to the petition for the rights of the working men there were 30 , 000 signatures . For Mr . Vincent tbey had collected
jtlOO —( cheers ) , —for Mr . Frost , £ 60 ; and for Mr . Tincent again , they bad collected £ 20—( cheers );—so from this they might judge that the principles of the Charter were spreading widely in "Wales , and they were willing to do anything to forward the cause . If petitioning -would do , they wonld do that : if a Convention were recommended , they wonld support that They were not so poor , in Merthyr Tydvil as they were in many parts of England , but that was no reason wliy tbey should not have their rights . ( Hear , and cheers . ) That if Mrs . Frost and her family , and the ' others and their families went to London , and were presented to Ihe Queen at . the next levee , she could not hesitate to grant them a free pardon . The resolution was then pat and carried
. Mr . James Tatlob . then rose and said , that he had prepared a resolution to the effect that cne of tbe best meaiiBto promote the best interests of the people , and to propagate the principles of the People ' s Charter , was to adhere to the constitutional modes of petitioning Parliament . He was aware . that in moving this resolution , he stood in an antagonistic , position to many in other districts , but stilL notwithstanding , that a sense of daty to himself , and a duty which he considered himself as owing to the country , and to all who were Buffering from want , impressed him -with the necessity of bringingiorwaTd this resolution . Last year they had petitioned ; did any man who took an active part in that movement at that time believe that the thing would be granted ? Was any man so foolish as to believe that this petition would carry the Charter , — — —*¦ -w - -w m m ¦¦ « *¦ ¦ — ' r »»• —» mmm ¦* vmu li- | H X J \ ki ~ 9 ' F ^ 1 tffT f I
and male it the law of the land ? For his own part he was not so foolish as to believe so ; and there Trere few . individuals who signed that petition in this , district who > ia ^ entertained any such opinion . On the contrary , they knew thai great changes were tbe effect of time and perseverance . And , indeed , they ought to be so . ( Hear , ljear . 1 If changes were sadden , and could take piace without time and perseverance , tbere would be no law , there would be nothing stable , there would be nothing settled . Now they presented a petition—Buch a petition as never before was presented to parliament at any former period , it was a petition of the great body of the peopk » of the best part of the nation , of men whose cries ought to . ha ? e been , heard , and whose prayers ought to have been regarded . "Wliat was the language of Lord John Russell on thai - « ca « ifltt ^ . -Jt was that
the petitioners had not the f ^ W ' jjifr ^^ v ^ . with them . The petitioners , en ihe' 4 e £ liij ^ , pnjfoiained that they had : and how were thc ^ J 6 ^ prov « , 14 ? Let them petition again , and show that i&jft&BirJBOt only the people of England with them , bo £ u ! ki ! b ~ they were not to be repulsed , and that they would apply to Parliament again and again with greater seal than they had ever manifested before . Now tMslte hoped wonld be tbe course which the people would pimne : for , indeed , he should be ashamed of his country , if , because a haughty aristocracy had thought fit to reject their
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efcina , they should coiae to thf resolution % t petition nofmare ,- xBe&jMxi ) feat lltoflfffti&a&fa petition , what wtmld they do ? eve * . 91199 who advised tfcein not to petition agam , were of djpjafotf Jfiit something must be done . jQBe » r . ) "Xe > : theto . telf hW of anything they eonld do tetter than -petitioning ,,, « nri fee . woold at once reject thelatter as unelets , iHSSr , heari Seat . ) 3 ut « ha * oonia they d *? -they Bad fftr ^ Sy come naked mto the field again * s » armed « o * ernmeot , and what iad been tberwrfVlw-Beea-aot teB ttem . ¦ - ' "Wkat then ougbtto be tha owirWwhich they » hoald pursue ? He felt strongJy forthe people who were said to be in such dUtroaaedetecumstanceB ; bat h * knew that the palladium of the law must be resorted to ,--or tbey would never wowed * He wenid sagga * tfca , t the people of England should be urged ia their Tartoos localities tb ^^^ e ^
sign , petitions of twenties ; tens , item , op even ^ of one : and that those petitions should be placed in the hands of Memberaof Parliament , who iao * -read , them in the House . He begged those who represented the suffering districts to-consider well " in giving thair votes on this question . They represented men who ww in a state of starvation , want , and destitution : and it was hard work for a man to face a people in sucn eimnnstiuices , and say to it was recommended that they should petition again . But the want of moral courage was-as great a defect as the want of physical courage . ¦ He hoped therefore tbat gentlemen would not be carried away with fleeting impulses , but that they would give this question their calmest and most deliberate consi deration . With these observations , he begged to move the resolution . ( Hear , bear . )
Mr . Deegan , in an energetic speech , seconded the resolution . Mr . Butterwobth said , that , in his humble opinion , the Chartists in thte country were in tbe position of a fretted cbild T who , becanse be could not have his own way , would do nothing at alL It was notorious that they had lost what they had set out for ; and it was equally notorious that they had not gained what tbey wanted . He was decidedly for taking all the advantages he could get for making the facts of the ease clear . The only way to do thiawas by petitioning , and therefore , the Ministers say that the people of England are not worthy of Univ « iBal finfirage , becaosa they do
not petition . A great portion of- the people of Scotland were in favour of petitioning ; and- EngkuML- ^ gditd ' never gtt its rights without the aid of Scotland . He then spoke of the rapid progress of Reform during the last forty years , and the difficulty and danger of even mentioning Universal Suffrage in the House of Commons at that time . If tbey would only give op the farce of physical force , and join in petitioning , tbey would have a great many of the * middle classes With them , who would not only sign the petitions , bat , should they be treated with scorn , they would feel themselves insulted , and would even join with them in physical force , when they found they eould do no better .
Mr . David Johns said that he had resolved last year never to petition again , but he thought at that time there would have been more than a million and a qnarter of signatures to the petition . Finding tbat not to be the case , he should have no objections to petition again , hoping that they would be more successful than they bad hitherto been . Mr . Rhodes briefly addressed the meeting in favour of petitioning , at the same time not without expressing his strong disapprobation of the course which Government had pursued , and tbe necessity of renewed exertion on the part of the people .
Mr . Richards , from the Potteries , also spoke in favour of petitianing , and showed it » effects in the passing of the Test and Corperation Acts , the Catholic Relief Bill , the Reform Bill , the . Municipal Reform Act , the Penny Postage , &c . ; all these had been got by petitioning , but he knew of nothing that had beun got by any other means . As th *> y had no other way , he hoped they would not attempt any other means , att& he mort cordially supported the resolution . Petitioning was tbe constitutional means which was always attended to , » r at least the most likely to be . attended to . ( Hear , hear . )
^ Mr . Kekyon said he rose under emmmstanees of extreme embarrassment , having come' merely as a spectator , b » t viewing tbe tendency of this discussion , be felt bound to address a few words to them on the subject of this motion . As to his friend Mr . Taylor , he hegged to differ with him .- What was petitioning ' but the most abject of things—the prostration dl manhood ? ( No , no . ) Now , suppose they left off petitioning and began to demand , their demands would , by the very repetition of the terms they used , degenerate into mere bombast . This was petitioning . But who' had they to petition ? They would have to petition tbe House of Commons , and we need not- tell them how curiously that House was" constituted . He then enumerated a number of classes of . individuals in the House of Cfommons , who were in every way likely to oppose their demands , especially , the church and military estab ' Ushments , who , with the lawyers and planters who made up this precious horde of scoundrels , . amounted to 169
¦ , ( cheers and laughter ) , who ^ rere opposed to and who would ever remain opposed to the interests of tfcw people . He belived that nothiog being to be « ot by peticionirg , manhood scouted the id ^ ea , and be thought the wisest policy would be to adopt another course There were two courses fo adopt—education and starvaT tion . The question was , whether starvation was " at the peint that was likely to produce a complete convulsion , or whether education being diffused , the people would scorfl to petition any more . He recommended silekce , and education of the people , and ^ there was little doubt that the Government would find out the importance of the people . He spoke very strongly against petitioning , and urged the necessity of diffusing education . Let them view petitioning in whatever way they choose , it wonld bo ineffectual , especially as a medium of obtaining the opinions of the country , because this could always be done by the press . He hoped he should not see a fellow Chartist put a single letter of his name to a petition to this House of Humbugs , ( Hear . )
Mr . Roberts was opposed to again petitioning , because he was of opinion that nothing had been gainert by it—the Reform Bill and the Catholic Relief Bill having been got by the pressure from without . ( Hear , htar . hear . ) The Chairman thought that if tbey continued to petition they would be laughed at by their opponents . He questioned whether they would raise , in the whole county of Nottingham , two persons who" would sign a petition . ( Hear , hear , and «• Shame , shame . " ) Mr . Liknei- stated he had said that he would never sign a petition again , and he would be a man of his word .
Mr . Taylor rose to reply , and said he would re * t entirely upon the merits of the question , He answered a varitty of objections , such as its having been urged that the people should petition no more . But they bad been deceived , and all men were liable to be deceived by appearances . . If they were not to petition , he would ask what plan they were to adopt ? ( Hear , hear . ) ¦ Without attempting to petition , their meetings had been dispersed . Lit them look at the Government , embarrassed in every possible way , and the middle classes almost ready to join them on every hand from the badness of their trade , arising from the pressure existing upon the working classes . ( Hear . ) They talk « . a of petitioning being a degradation ; but how could this be ti »« case ? Let them look to America , tbe greatest republic in the world , and they were found to petition and to " pray . " He therefore proposedhia resolution .
Tha motion was then put , and there appeared eight delegates for the motion and four against it . Mi . Wm . Buttebworth suggested that if missionaries to teach the principles of Universal Suffrage could be sent out as a recommendation from this meeting he tbeught great good would be effected . Mr . Deegan moved a resolution relative to the propriety of having a central board established for the purpose of sending abroad lecturers to explain the principles of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Butterworth seconded the resolution . Mr . Linnet said that there being a central board established , that board would not have to be paid , though the lecturers would require payment . It had been asfced where the funds would come from ? they would , he had no doubt , be able to obtain sufficient fnnds as they had hitherto done , if they would only persevere .
The meeting shortly afterwards adjourned , and assembled the following morning at eight o ' clock . At the adjourned meeting the following address was agreed upon : — Fellow-Countrymen , —It is with feelings of regret , for which we cannot find language sufficient to express , tbat we appeal to you on behalf of yourselves . You are aware tbat a Delegate Meeting was to take place on the 9 th instant , at Manchester , to consider the best means to be adopted in restoring the Welsh pxtriots to the bosoms of their families—to their country , and their homes ; and next to consider tha propriety of devistog plans to carry out and ultimately procurethe Charter as the law of land . We passed & resolution in accordance with the recemmendation of the Star , namely , that every Association sent no less a sum than two shillings and sixpence forthwith , to Mr . O'Connor , for the purpose therein named , which resolution , we trust , will be quickly responded to .
The question of Petitioning was passed by a majority of two . Other questions , of more importance , was brought before the meeting , which was only composed of fourteen , ( in consequence we believe of the trials now pending all over tbe country ) , which was not decided , and necessarily led us to the conclusion , from the fewness of our numbers , that we could not determine' upon questions of such vast importance . We therefore recommend the assembling of a Convention of the Industrious Classes at Nottingham , on Monday , the 6 th of April next ensuing , at Bethel . Chapel , Baxkergate , at eleven o ' clock in the morning , for tbe following objects , namely , The best means to restore the Welsh patriots to their homes and families ; that is , if the plan proposed should fail , and the necessity of devising the best and surest plan of obtaining the Charter , with the least possible delay , expense , and sacrifice , and the best plan for affording assistance to the families of those men who may be incarcerated .
Fellow Countrymen , this is no time to be apathetic ; we cannot , if we are honest to ourselves , be far off a change . Our trade is in a dilapidated state—our fiaaajcia ! matters tottering on the verge of ruin—a host of bankrupts— -our national pride hapibled—onTcolonies in revolt—the political horizon dark and . loweringour social and political systems all bat metaphrased
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^ H : ^ % ^ | p !* d e » acwev ' ; tTe c ^ tipon lS ^^* m * & ^ -wfru if your tasbandav- " jour ^^ V- 'S ^ . ^ W ^ - ' Mfd torn homes , to * tnd men to T ^ fPF ^ - SsM ** y ° « " » ot afford Jt . let two P ^^^ iad aead men there to whom they can place Relying otty onr universal response to lair appeal , we reQuun , ; ....-, , Okorge Black , Nottingham , Chairman . John Skevinqtok , Louguboro ' , Sec John Richards , Potteries . David Roberts , HtiverpooL Jonathan Walton , Middleton . . Wic Butter-worth , Manchester . James Rawjon , Halifax . Thomas Fisiiwick , Bolton . David Johns , Mertbyr Tydvii . W * . BEM ^ Salfprd . P . S ^ -Xet ; the people choose their delegates according to the rule laid down by the last Convention rahd It is suppoaedifcai the sittings of tM » Contention witi not oe of long continuance . > --
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HOUSE OP LORDS .-iWay , Mareh 6 . Lord Duneannon , by command of her Majesty , piesented correspondence relating to China . The Duke of Buckingham , on presenting several petitions from Berkshire , earnestly praying the house not to consent to any alteration in the existing Corn Laws , observed that it was unnecessary forbim to assure tbefr Lordships that he heartily concurred with the petitioners , and he hoped that the much-talked-of " antl-eorn-law league" would meet with the defeat it merited .
. Lord FItsserald and Vesey , on presenting a petition from freeholdeta , clergy , and gentry of the county of Clare , again * any alteration of the Corn Laws ,: remarked that those who took the most active part In dlacusstag this , question overlooked its peculiar application to Iceland , HU Lordship said thsifrhe made this observaton ^ j ^ Hfc * jrfejy jo the particular interest of the landowners—although the interest was important-ibut theinterestaof tb * whole people of Ireland would -fee materially aflected by any alteration of ~ the JaW . Nothing , bis Lordship earnestly declared , conld be a greater calamity to that corinfcy than any disturbance of the present tenures of land , and that would inevitably be the consequence of such an alteration of the Cora Laws as was so much called for by certain parties . Many other petitions against the repeal of the Corn Laws were presented .
The Marquis of Londonderry asked when the papers relating to Bergara would be presented ; and also whether the Government had received any information from our Ambassador in Spain relative to the declared state of siege of its capital Lord Melbourne answered that the papers would be presented as soon asthey could possibly be made out tie believed the Government were not in receipt of any information respecting late events in Spain . On the motion of the Duke of Richmond , the Horse Races Acts in part repeal bill went through committee , and it was ordered to be further proceeded with on Monday , to which day their LordsbJpa then adjourned . Monday , March 9 .
After several petitions hft 4 ffeen presented against the rating of workhouses , J -. ~ ^ The Duke of Kictanond a ^ rttrled to 1 the importance of toe object , and to the Mj ^ pi ft of a bill forthwith , ^ relief were to be affotded ^ w that it could be passed before tbe $ th of ApriL ; ;* x - < _ The Mirquls of Normanby answered that a bill ZriT ? ? 1 tPared Providing tho required relief , and that It had been presented fo the Commons , or soon would be , Tho MarquiB of Westmeath inquired whether there was nny truth in the rumour that a man , recently convicted of a murder committed some years ago in Dublin , and for which his accomplices were executed , had received a commutation of his sentence . Tho Marquis of Normanby said that he had not heard of any such occurrence , but that he would institute inquiries respecting it .
The Church Btdlfling Act Amendment Bill went through cotamHte ^ -after the adoption of an amendment proposed by t& «» , B $ ib . op of London . ^ , T 5 e . Hor 86 ^ dn « Act Amendment Bill was read the third tine ana-passed . - The Marquis of Normanby , referring to a petition uom Isewport ; presented on Thursday last by Lord Teynham , corrected several « f ita mis-statements . The population was 12 , 000 , not 6 , 000 . The 1 , 600 signatures to the petition were not all males , and many were children ; and , as many of the names were written by one hand , he presumed one person in a family signed for all the rest . % he petition was signed by but a small Wportion of the respectable inhabitants of Newport . The f « ur ilrst names were anything but what they had ; Been described , ? as the wealthiest inhabitants of the J ^ ftA _ . . _ . -,..-. — " , - ¦ ¦ -. ¦ . ¦ - — 7 * ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦
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Tithe Commutation * m Law Costs . — : A titheowner in a parish in a neighbouring couaty , feeling dissatisfied with , the awaxaof the assistant conunissioner , apn | jft | ed to a lawcoBtt ; by which he obtained two pouiuuF more than ihe award , and expended eleven hundred in the costs . M . Gmzbt , oh Kb appointment as ambassador to Enelandj owired y t . Odiot ^ the ieminetii goWsmHlu s handsome taWe ^ rorvice , to cbst 60 , 000 francs . On the articles is a label with his motto , "Ianea recta breviasima "—the straight line is the shortest .
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BARTON RECHABITE FESTIVAL . Shrove . Tueaday was a high day in the interesting little town of Barton-upon-Humher ..-, Th « - effects of tomperancB were displayed in their mdstinterestiDg forms ; The Independent Order ot ^ fijphabites £ makfljg . a . steady advance in the tam&ot ^ Barton , and as Shrove Tuesday was . agMKay , it tras resolved some time Binee tha ^ lfcdhabite festival should be holden on that dajuJKecordiaaly the members of the Ark Tent , No . 92 , EastRid ^ gDi 8 triot , and several friends from Hull assembled at the Temper »» ce -Hotel , for the purpose'of proceeding to the Old Church , where the worthy Vicar had consented to deliver a discourse ou the occasion . At a little after two o ' clock the procession was formed , and paraded the principal Btreets in the following order : — . :
A large white fla # , inscribed "Teetotal and Rechabite Societies . " Reverse—" God save the Queen , " Mr . Firth and the Rev . J . Holt . Officers of the Avk Tent . Large crimson silk flag , emblazoned with the Re chabite Arms . Brethren of the Ark Tent , two and two . Full Rechabite Band . Three Crimson Silk Banners . Officers and Brethren of the Good Design Tent . Long Crimson Silk Flag with the Rechabite Arms Boys woaring White Favors and carrying Wands .
Never was procession conducted ina more orderly and becoming manner , and the delighted exclamations of the beholders sufficiently evinced how deep an interest the publio are beginning to take in temperance proceedings . On the procession arriving at the Parsonage HooBe , the Rev . George Uppleby , the vicar , appeared in his canonical robea , and taking the arm of Mr . Firth proceeded to the church , whioh is a truly venerable relic of the olden time , and which was soon filled in every part . Prayers wore read in a solemn and impressive manner , after which the 126 th Psalm , New Version , was sung in excellent style . The worthy Vicar then delivered an able and eloquent discourse , suited to tho occasion , from Jeremiah 35 , v . vi . A peice of sacred musio was afterwards performed b y the band . On leaving the Church , the procession again formed and took another walk through the town to the
xemperance Hotel , where the brethren formed a circle , and the National Anthem was-performed in a manner not . often equalled , -. , . At about five o ' clock , the Member ^ of the Order and their friends tot down to share in the cap that cheers , but not inebriates . " The provisions were ample and excellent ; and the repast was rendered doubly delightful by the smiles of the fair " roses of Lincolnshire . " After tea , the Rev . J . Holt was called to the chair ; and Mr ; T . B . Smith , of Hull , delivered a lecture on the principles , objects , and dntie 3 of Rechabites , which was listened to with the deepest attention . The meeting was also addressed in able speeches by Mr . Steiher , of Barton , and Mr . Firth , of Hull , and , after thank * had been voted to the Vicar of Barton , to- the speakers , and to the Chairman , the company separated , highly delighted with the events of the day .
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Singular Delusion . —On Saturday an inquest was held at the Lamb , New TurnsUle , Holborn , on the body of Mrs . Stephenson , aged 76 . She of late laboured under the delusion that the house was going to fall down . She came into witness ' s room on Wednesday , and exclaimed , "The honsis is going to fall down : for God ' s sake , Mrs . Emery , make your escape . " On thefonowing morning , the unfortunate woman was found suspended by a rope to a cupboard door , quite dead . Verdict—Temporary derangement .
Dreadful Death of an Officee . —A short time ago , Lieut . C . WalletV of the Engineer regiment , eon of Major Wallett , a native of Long Suttpn , and both on duty in the island of Ceylon , with two other officers went to hunt a tasked elephant , which they had found , aad they fired afe the animal , but the shots not taking effect , he sprang upon Lieut . Wallett and killed him ia an instant . ¦ A Young Moon . —The most ancient amongst / Our inhabitants have scarcely ever Been through the dense atmosphere which surrounds us , what Was yery visible on Thursday evening , namely , a new moon not thirty-seven hours old . A number of nautical men were astonished at the appearance , and debating upon its cause , the VerdiCl xiteo . was ' ^ Serenity of tne m . —HvU Observer . ' ;
Royal Uoton Soup . —March op Inteliect . — At an eating-house , in Somera Town , a board is exhibited , on which is painted in large letters : — " W . and S . Weeding , * perveyor of Soop to Her Magesty Victorier the Furs ' , and Prince Albert the Furst s loyal subjects * The only house in ^ henjetropcrlis where a basin of Royal Uniott So »« #$ **» obtained . Hot Joints from 12 to 3 Daly . U * t * i i »« r « taken Ma . " -. v . . / < , ¦ ¦ . . ,-v- ^' . i ^^ fpk ^^ -y - ' Aim-Cmmai Extension Mrad ^ k ^ Aii || fe ]) £ of Thursday w ^ : ; at *^ Terp 9 olTw : lNm ^ Klp ment against the Church Eite « si ( m ^^ job , ' * i § fp& ) d by one of those cohteinptibj : e jnaii 02 uvre » ff' * $ tm the Tories are so sijtecesstttl ^ tiiritie a n ? mbejiev « 16 w ruffians for the plirposi of' * KcMng'up . a tow , " as it is elegantly phrased , to drown , if possible , an expression of opinion unpalatable to the dissentients .
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. ^« wit SoTHBauuHD . —We understand fttt W SSflmfiP ?* *! eoon b « expected in the North fwLS ? - ^ * W *« iiHlr . Howard , ^ C oMemtiT » j « Bdid « te for Sutheriandshlre , ig to dS ^ MSSfc T ^ fr » I ^ U ^ Mr . David Do * MSt ^ " on the Northern Circnit , « 2 ? ¦?¦ * e ! 2 ^ d t 0 B 8 J w * n active and highly intet ligent gentfenuui . —Inverness Ceurkr . ¦ ¦ * J ? 2 ' ^ fJ ^^^^^ Kfra , Mahch ^ . —Her M * . jesty has been' ^* d to decTare and onfain , that Field Marshall * Roy *! HighBesa Frauds Albert Augustus ^* & * ga / iM > of Saxon ? . Pri ^ J of Saxe Cobure swd 6 oth » , KG ., her M » fe * tv £ Consort , shaUhenceftrth , opoa « ll occasions £ a i »
ail meetings except -whereothetviiBe provided by Act of Parliament , havei hold i amd eirjtty place , w » - enunence and . precedent : * next to her Majetty . ExTHAQKmiTA » T Salk . —The following is extracted from a letter to the editor of tht Mcrnmfj Hearld 3 Jl s every tilinjtconneetetfwHh Aft mnniagc fit Ber Majesty with Prince Albeit maybe interesting ut your readers , I beg to infon * tint the alter at wlriek tbat ceremony took place was sold by public auction on Wednesday last , in St . SfcwTHBtreet , Whitechap « L accompanied by the scoffs = » d jest of Jews , tb * lowest of the lo # , who usuaBy attend those sales . The advertisement of that day jokingly remarked , The sale not being allowed on the premises : ' vixm St . James e s ChapeL "
On Sato&day , an inquisition was taken before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., ; at the 01 * Ksh , Baldwin's . gardens , on view of the body of Mary Haycroft , aged fifty-five , whose melancholy end occurred under the following eircumstances ;—She and her husband were seen drinking together on Wednesday evening and staggering about the streets . The former waa the first to find his way home , and eo enteriag hfo bedroom he locked his door ; his unfortunate « ife soon afterwards followed him , aad called oat to hut to admit hen and he bawled out tint he would not get out oTbed ^ to let her in even if ahe wew | J » Queen of England . Directly upen thwthe deeeased Was beard to fall , and she Was fonnd lying at the bottom of the stairs with her neck brok * a , ^ rhe following verdict was recorded : — "Accidentally killed by a fall whilst in a state of intoxication . "
Kitten Nurtubed bt a Dog . —Th » following singular and interesting Circumstance occirrred at tha Clarence Hotel stables , on Thursday afternoon last . A kitten only a "faw hours old had been , placed in a pail of water in the stable yard for the purpose of drowning it , and had remained there for several minutes , and in fact till it was to all appearance dead , when a terrier bitch attached to the atftbies , went to the spot , took the kitten from the water and carried it off in her month . She has stickled it end watched over it with great care ever since , aad the kitten is now in a thriving condition , and bida fair to live and do well . The bitch was at the same time suckling a puppy of about ten weeks old , which did not aeem at all displeased with the intruder , but it has been removed by persons about the stable who are apprehensive that it might injure the kitten by playing , with it too roughly .
Apprehension op Another Chartist . —A man named Richard Hapkin , one of the Chartists against whom bills of indictment were found at the last Liverpool Assizes , was brought up at the Borough Court on Thursday last , having been apprehended under a bench warrant . Mr . Beswick stated , that , on the 6 th of May last , a Chartist meeting was held at the Mitre Hotel , in this town , which was attended by delegates from Manchester , Bolton , Oldham , and other places ; and amongst the rest by the prisoner , who came from Nottingham . An indictment was found at tho last Liverpool Assizes against all those who attended the meeting , a bench warrant was issued , and the precedingday Superintendent Sergeant Lomas apprehended the prisoner at Nottingham The prisoner said henever was ia Manchester or ia Lancashire in his life until the preceding day . Mr . Beswick then . called Mr . Clarksonwho stated that
, he attended tho meeting in question ; the prisoner was aleo present , and took part in the proceedings , repreoenunK himself as a delegate from Nottingham . Mr . Walker , the Sitting Magistrate , asked the prisoner what he was , and ho replied that he was a , frame-work knitter , but had . been working for eome weeks on the Nottingham Race Course . Mr-Walker—You must find two sureties in £ ' 25 each , and enter into your own recognizance in £ 50 , to > appear at the Assizes . Have you got sureties JPrisouer—Oh , no ; I can find nobody . They said I should come back again , as I was noMhe man ; and the money that it would take to bfnd me wonld support my family . Mr . Walker—WelL I cannot help it ; it ^ is lower bail than in any of the other cases ; and if you cannot find bail you must go to gaol . The prisoner was then removed . —Manchester Guardian .
Z Wait ' s is-a Namb !"—The nameof our gracious Queen s illustrious consort is " a tower of strength " to the host of enterprisiug traders who never omit to avail themselves of passing circumstances aa % means of puffing off their respective commodities Everything is now «* Albertised , " from a line-ofbattle . ship , to a washing-tub . No one ever heard that the yourg Prince was at all addicted to dram drinking , and yetj notwithstanding , the proprietor of a gm palace m the New-cut , Lambeth , advertises " JFnnce Albert ' s cream of the valley , only id . a quartern . " At another of those Bacchanalian temples , in Shpreditch , there is the following notification : —** Albert cordial at 2 d . a glass . " An ingenious ironmonger locating in the vicinity of the new palace , Pimlico , has reoently invented a new-fangled gridiron , which he denominates the "Alber t gridiroa
. ' And a dog-fancying penny pieman in the same neighbourhood treats his customers to "Albert pieB " at a cheap rate . A knight of the bodkin and shears , residing near the Edgeware-road , exhibits a > placard in his shop window to the following effect , "Trousers cut in the Albnit BtUe . thurty shillins a pare , 2 happrentices wonted . —N . B . Lo ^ gina to lett . " A loyal tobacconist at Battle-bridge , presumes upoa the Prince ' s attachment to the odoriferous weed inasmuch as he dispenses " Albert cheroots , " also a snuff which he is pleased to term " Prince Albert ' s mixture . " This loyal spirit prevails as strongly on . the river as ashore , there being already a vast number of coal and dung barges dignified with the title of " Prince Albert / 1 And \ t is said that two steam-boats are now building to run to Gravesend this next summer , which are to be called Victoria and Albert . —Morning Herald .
Boulogne . March 4 . —Correctional Tribunal . —An iJinghshman was this day arraigned for obtaining money under false pretences of the Countcs 3 of Keoterlitz who was on the 10 th ult . at Calais / on her way to England , on a visit to Prince Albert , but experienced some difficulty in obtaining her passport . The accused found means to introduce himself to her at Meurice ' s Hotel , and representinz himself as Lord Alfred Paget , he first of all obtained fifty francs at her hands , saying ho could procure the passport at the cost of about forty seven francs , and afterwards he got 160 francs more . In the end the Countess found she had been duped , and the pretended Lord Paget was apprehended by the police . On the trial it appeared in evidence that the accused had introduced himself to L <\ rd C . Paget , who commands the Firebrand , and had enioved the
pleasure of shaking hands with the Noble Lord . To Mr . Barry , of the Albion Hotel , he pronounced himself to be Captain Louis , saying he had to remain at Calais until Lord Paget ' s carriages came from Ostend . He told other persons he was the Duke of Richmond . With the money obtained from the Countess it api > eared he had paid his bill at Barry ' 8 Hotel , amounting to 130 francs . To most of the questions put to him he pieadett the shortness of his memory , and that when ' . he had taken too much wine he was not cognisant of his actions , and that at the motoent when he said . he was Lord Paget he really believed himself to be that person . The Procureur du Roi addressed the Court , reprobating his condnct in strong terms , and he was Bentenccd to thirteen months' impriHonment , fifty francs fine , and the costs . - —( rlobe . .
_ Charge of Rae . —Conspiracpt to Abstract ibk Witnesses . —During the last three weeks the magistrates acting for the Stoke division of the county of Bocks have had several sittings at the Christopher Inn , Man , for tho purpose of receiving evidence upon a charge of rape preferried by Mary Wilder ( a young girl about sixteen year 3 of age , the servant of Mr . John Atkfhs , a respectable comfactor of Slough ) against her master . The offence was sworn to have been committed on the evening of the 16 th ult ., during the absence of tho girl ' s mistress at Woolwich , and when no other person-s than the prosecutrix and the accused were in the house . Ie consequence of the witnesses having been abstracted during the period their tleDositions were beire
orepared by the magistrates' clerk , previously to their being signed , the ; proceedings were adjourned from , time to time , warrants having been immediately afterwards issued for their apprehension . The parties abstracted wete M . Wilder ( the prosecutrix ) and J . and Hannah Wilder , the parents of the girl . A communication was then toadri to the Home-office on the Jte&ect ; and'ff having been , ascertained that they had been sent" off to Boulogne , an officer was dispatched to France on Tne ^ uay last . -where he soon discovered their retreat , and relumed with them to Englwid on Friday . On Saturday last the prisoner , who had been remanded to Ayiesbury gaol , was again brought before the bench of magistrates , wheu the witnesses were produced in the custody of the viufxriuoy
. men tmqerwent anoiner examination , Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Williams appearing as counsel for the accused ; and the result was , ^ he prisoner was fully committed to Ayiesbury gaoL to take bis trial for the capital offence , a&d the witnessea ordered to be kept in custody , \ td be forthcoming at ^ assizes . Since the ftrsV examination of the grisoner a charge of conspiracy had been preferred tgainst , ^ Mr .-Alfred'Atkins , his brother , r ad Mr . - John Lillywnite , ^ hTOthet ^ a % for ? b 8 traeting the yntoesses ; The further ' examinationjrf these " p arties ttpoa this charge has been ; podtpa ^ fil ! f thV 14 th inst ., each having entered into recotftiBtnees of ^ 100 to appear again oa that day . - ; !^^^~
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COUBT OF RBQUBSTS—fOWER H 4 MUET 3 . LOB » Durham's Coat . — " W * are all bom , but not 1 mrl ^ , n ^ t ) to ; a ^^ . rand \ t ^ oM . M' : aw top of the tree cannot tell hoir soon they may bet at the bottom . Shattpeare eetdd ; . extnct v ' seimons ' fr 6 » stonea . " On the same principle a threadbare coat or asoperonnuated pair of MexpretsiWea would often furnish matter for a three volume romance .. When a faahionabfeWest end tailor sends home ay coat in all the resplendency of auperfiuo Saxonyi ' 0 | inoi velvet , and double gilt buttons , to grace the aristocratic person of a lord , or a duke , it probably seldom occurs to him that the identical garment may at no rery distant period , serve to protect ihe attenuated frame of a beggar from Ore chilling wintry blast There can be no doubt that Wften Lord Durham first condescended to encase hi * person te » certain " long-tailed blue he little thought that it would ever become the outward covering of fobias Gromps , » ' travelling tinker ; yet Buch a the feet " OOimOF m ^
The plaintiff , a Jew dealer in seeond-hand-wearing apparel , named Moses . Solomons , residing in Rag-fair , rammoned the defendant , Toby Gromps , a pug-noa « d tinker , for 5 s ., the balance alleged to be due to him for * . coat be had aupplied the latter with . Itappeared that the member of the " peeplish" had some knowledge of the tinker , and , on the strength of that , con-* nted to let him have a " alap-up coat" for Sunday wear , which he was to pay for by instalments of a aMlling a week , The tinker kept to hia bargain until tbe debt wa » Hqnidatedwtthih 5 a . .. when he refused to pay any more , in consequence of one of tbe sleeves ef the coat having parted company with the body . The Israelite being determined to "have bis bond , " summoned him forthe remainder . " Yer vartahipa , * said the Jew , « dls coat vaa von dat pelonged to my Lord Durham . " Commissioner—Then how did it get into your possession ?
Jew—For dis reason vat I ihall tell you . My ebon , Shamevill Sholomons , pless de poy , for he's agoot lad to hia old fiirder , vaa out mithis pag looking for pargains , Te % de wallet of de Noble Lord sholla him dis coat vat va 3 somevat de worse for vear , and vonttd turning . Yer yartahips , de grand Lord'a coat vonts turning fihomeumes as veil as de poor man ' s . ( Laughter . ) Commissioner—I suppose you clobbered aad -wire brushed this old coat up , and made it better as new : Jew—Stelp ma cot , yer vartsbips , de coat was not clobbered , nor vire-broshed , but only turned , as Lord Durham had vorn it threadbare , ' besbides it ' vas outat elbows . ( Laughter . ) ii' ' Commissioner—I can't think Lord Durham would wear his coat bo bad as that
Jew—As cot ' s ma shudge it vas aa bare of . nap as dig vat I Tears . Veil , as 1 vas ahaying , yer vartohips de coat was turned and done up mit new buttons , ven it looked quite shuperb , poshitively , and if hia Lordship had ownly sheen it , be vould a vonted it back again . De . pody sat veil , and de taila vere wary long . Commissioner—You ' re making this & very long &le , pray come to the facts aa soon aa possible . : Jew—Shartinly , aharfcinly , yer vartahips . I vas a Talking at ma own toor on Shunday maurning , ven I aheeddia man ( the defendant ) valk np de " fair , " looking apout him , " Vant to puy , young man , " I shay to him ; bo yer vturtahipa , he valka into my shop , and ve pargainaat vonse . Veil , he pays me . all but de 5 a ., so I ahummonses him for it Commissioner—What is the reason yon refuse to pay this money , Orumpa *
Grumps—Cos ifa more nor ita -waleo . It arn't vurth more nor half a bull ( half-a-crown ) . Vy , afore I'd had it on many times , the sleeves come clean out Commissioner—He saya it was a good coat , and belonged to a nobleman . Grumps—If any nobleman wore sich a ahickery aeedy conaam as that , he must be a wery poor un , but that ' s only old smouchey ' s gammon . Jew—Vat you call me amouohey for , yon black willin ; de coat was ownly too handsome for yer ugly pack . Grumps—Shut up , you old rag mop , vill yer , it was a regular bite , and you knows it ; vy dont yerverk oneatly for a livin , and not live by cheating poor men ? . Commissioner—Haw much , have you paid for it altogether ?
Grumps—Seven bobs , yer honours , and a precious Guy I looked in it , so the old 'oman said If Lords ' coats are like that , I ' m blpwed if I vant any more on 'em . The Commissioner were of opinion that the full value of the coat had been already paid , and therefore gave a verdict for $ he defendant " Mishter Sholomons , " upon hearing thia decision , fired a volley of abuse in Hebrew at every one present , much to the amusement of the defendant Toby Grumps , who * aa he left the court , offered to sell the remains of Lord Durham ' s coat for a shilling . "
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^ USE OP COMMONS ,-Friday , March 6 . Sir Q . Sinclair gave notice that , on the motion of the third reading of the " Municipal Corporations , Ireland , Bill , " be abould propose , aa an amendment , that it be read tbe third time "that day six months . " In answer to hia Inquiry * it was stated by Lord J . Russell that it was proposed to move such third readimr on Thursday next ™^ Lord J . Russell said , in answer to inquiry as to when it might be known whether tho Government intended to propose a duty on " salt , " that "the subject " ( the "financial statement" alias "budget ; " we presume ) would be brought forward immediately after Mr . Hume having inquired about the Chief Juatice of Upper Canada , as he hod been absent for somo time , Lord J . Russell Bald that he would return to bis judirial duties in April next '
Mr . Goulburn made inquiry regarding the accuracy of a statement that the interest on Exchequer Bills had been advanced from lfd . to 2 fcL per diem ? Mr . E . J . Stanley said that he presumed the statement to be correct , The adjourned debate on Lord J . Russell ' s motion for leave to bring in a " bill to give summary protection to persona employed in the publication of Parliamentary . papers , " -was then resumed , it being opened by Mr . O'Connell . ' After considerable debate , the House divided , and the numbers were , for the motion 203 , aguinst . it 54 majority in favour of Lard J . Russell ' s motion 149 . On the question that " the House resolve itself into Committee of Supply .
Sir J . Graham moved , by way of amendment , " that on consideration of the evidence of Mr . Freeman and Dr . Chambers , given at tbe bar of this House , with respect to the present . atate of the health of Mr . Sheriff Evans , who is in custody , the sergeant-at-arms attending this House do take such bail of Mr , Sheriff Evans as shall be approved by Mr . Speaker , for the attendance of Mr . Sheriff Evans on the House of Commons , during the present session of Parliament , whenever ho shall be thereunto required by any order of the House , notice in writing of such order being left at the dwelling-house of Mr . Sheriff Evans ; and that Mr . Sheriff Evans , upon giving Buch bail , be discharged out of the custody of the aergeantat-arma attending this House . "
This also led to considerable , and in Home parts curioua discussion ; but which was in reality cloaed by Lord John Russell observing that he objected to the proposition in its present form , aa it also might give rise to questions before a court of law , and suggesting that it would be better to release the sheriff for aome apecified period . Bay three weeks . ' Sir J . Graham , it was understood , altered bis amendment to the effect that the sheriff be released , aad directed , " to attend thatHauae on the eth of April , " which amended amendment was carried . Tbe remaining , business being disposed of , the House adjourned till Monday . f .
Monday , March 9 lh . Mr . Morrison ; the new member for Inverness ( who was formerly Member for Ipswich ) , took the oaths and his seat Many more petitions on the subject of the Corn Laws were presented . LordMorpeth moved ' that the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill be read the third time . Sir G . Sinclair opposed the motion , and proposed , by way of amendment , that it be read the third time that day six months . After a short discussion , in tbe course of which , however , several Members spoke , the House divided . The numbers were , for the third reading , 182 ; for the amendment , 34 ,: giving a majority of 148 in fa > vour of the third reading . It was eventually passed .
The printed papers (• - Summary Protection ") Bill , was read the second time , after an interesting discussion , in which SirE . Sugden , took a prominent part . It was ordered to be committed on Friday . , Mr . Macaulay then brought forward the Army Estimates . No addition to the number of men above the vote of last year—namely , 93 , 000 men , is required , but some additional expenditure for the formation of battalions in some of the colonies ia to be incurred . Much desultory discussion ensued , and the defective mode of paying British troops in India caned forth especial censure , Sir Hi Hardinge contending that the soldier ought not to Jw paid in coin purporting to be worth 2 a . 6 d .- when its Intrinsic value # as only about s&o ^ d . .. . :.. ¦¦ ¦ - ; . * v ' . :, The consideration of these estimates occupied the remainder ot the evening . ¦ ¦ -it ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦) ' _ ¦ .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 14, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2675/page/7/
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