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The BBBcncw of the Nelson Monument , in Tr&-&lg * r-square , ia to commence to-morrow ( Monday ) looming- All the preliminary arrangements have j , ^ completed . The column , is to be built by Mr . ¦ R&ilton . —Sunday paper . Woollen niills hare been lately established in Italy , and the cloth workers of Yorkshire with their /» milie 3 are emigrating to a considerable number in order to manage the works and instruct the natives of that country . —Hull paper . TheFkekch Sclphttr Compaxt have abandoned * . —* - .. ¦ =. m _
their claim to a monopoly of the Sicilian supply . They now only claim compensation for the loss of the contract . LxcEyDmnsj ^ jfPn Sunday afternoon , the whole 0 ? the extensavwBining premises , homesteads , farm bouse , sheds , and cottages , at Court Barton , near Jfewton , St . Cynes , were burned to the ground ; a large quantity of cider , potatoes , grain , and live stock fell a prey to the flame 3 . The property belonged to John Quick , Esq ., of Newton-house , who is parvly insured against his great losses . —Exeter Post .
The I > "habita > "ts of the parish of St . George , Stamford , went , as usual , to church at eleven o ' clock on Sunday morning , but no rector or clergyman appeared ; and afier the congregation had remained for more than an hour , they walked out of church without receiving any explanation of the strange event . —Slamferd Mercury . Swindling in WntisoK . —A person named Robert Shepherd has very recently been doing some few of the " natives " in a very complete style . It is believed he is the son of the once celebrated and respected jockey Shepherd , and that he has himself been a jockey , having been employed in that capacity in the £ as-t Indies by the late Hon . Mr . Murray . — Windsor Express .
A Gibl aged 20 , named Annette Dnfour , was executed on the 22 d instant , at Saint-Haon-le-Chatel , in the Loire , for the murder of her father . She appears to h » Te been a person of very dissolute character , perverted , by the evil examples of her own family , and of that of the author ox" her existence-Daring her imprisonment a perfect change was wrought in her mind , and she died full of resignation and contrition . An immense crowd assembled at the execution . —French Paper . Postage Labels . —The public , in the official directions printed on the postage covers , are requested to fasten the stamps on the right-hand Bide of -the letter , above the address ; and the reason of this request , which is noi very obvious , is , we believe , that the Post-office letter-sorter may be enabled to examine simultaneously both the address and the proper stamp .
Admission to the Zoological Gakpens on Sundays , —It is , we understand , the intention of the Zoological Society to pass a resolution , by which t ickets of admission for Sundays shall be issued by the officer ef the society on the preceding Saturday , upon a written application of the members . This will be a great convenience both to the members themselves and visitors . —Sunday Paper . Ox Tuesday the t ^ b-Ke Chartists , Lewis , Evans , Kid Jones , who were convicted of sedition , and sentenced to transportation at the last Brecon assizes , were removed from the gaol of that town , for the purpose of being placed on board the Jxistitia hulk , at Woolwich , prior to their being sent to the colonies . —Hereford Journal
Outside the cut of Worcester , a woman , named Mary Pierrepoint , fell into the Severn . Her head and feet alone were under water , and a man immediately took her op , and putting a string round her waist tied her to vhe bank , leaving her head just above water . Had the woman been placed on the bank , her life might have been saved . The reason assigned by the man for not taking the body out of the water was , that he thought it unlawful to remote « dead body-without a constable being present . Thk fraii . wife of Captain Heaviside , it would appear , contemplated a change of name as well as of residence ^ as the writing-desk carried off by the enraged huEband bore on an engraved plate the words , Mary Lardner . " In that desk there was evidence which must satisfy a jury , unless -the Re-Terend Dennis Dionysius should prefer exhibiting in court the black and bine marks left by the husband ' s cudgel .
The Worcester Herald states that it i 3 in contemplation to establish a society in that county for the purpose of providing criminals on their discharge from gaol with the means of obtaining their livelihood by honest labour . It is considered that those ¦ unf ortunate persons are often driven to a renewal of crime by their inability to procure employment . Oh Thubsday a young lady , eighteen years of age , tbe daughter of a dissenting preacher , was charged before the Hon . Mr . Jforton ^ at Lambethstreet , with attempting self-destruction . From the evidence offered , it appeared that the young lady had fallen in love with a young dissenting preacher , whose feelings did not respond to hers , which caused depression of mind , that led her to attempt the rash and suicidal act . She was discharged upon her promise to return home with her father .
The SrEPSEY . Uiaos , which , consists of the ham - leis of Raddiff and Mile-end Old-town , with the parishes of St . Paul , Shadwell , St . John of Wapping , and Si . Anne , Iimehonse , and which was formed by the Poor Law Commissioners about six yeara ago , is about to be broken up in consequence of certain disagreements which have arisen between the -uembsrs cf the Board of Guardians of the several districts of the union . Accidext . —A frightful accident occurred at Devonport on -Friday . As the Thunderer mau of war , 8 i gaaa , was going out oi harbour saluting the Admiral , the quarter-master was in the foremost part of the vessel , in the chains , throwing the lead , and when the first gun was fired he moved towards the quaner-deek , and as he was going by the fourth gun , the man whose duty it is to let on the gun put the match to the powder and blew the poor quartermaster into a thousand pieces .
Miss Kellt ' s New Theatre . This accomplished actress is about to appear again before the public , in the character oi managress of a new theatre , which she styles " A Dramatic School , ' widen is to be opened during a certain portion of the year for theatrical performance under the authority of a licence granted by the Lord Chamberlain , which she has obtained after many delays and difficulties . Great Hardship . —At the Hereford police court an order was made for the removal of F . mma Porter from the union workhouse to her husband's parish . Tne husband is a Cnelsea pensioner , and the woman left nim some years ago , and lived with a man , by whom she had several children ; the poor pensioner cannot prove their illegitimacy , and , under the New Poor Law Bill , his pension wili be attached for the support of the children of another man . —Hereford Journal .
Bristol and Exeter Railway . —We are gratified to learn that the cutting of the only tunnel on this line has proved much more favourable thau was expected . By a headway just cut through for the purpose of draining , it i » discovered that the roof of the tunnel is one continuous sheet of mountain limestone throughout , without rent or fissure ; so that ihe company will be saved me expense of masonry at ail , except perhaps a single bow of archwork at each end for display . —Bristol Mercury .
On Saturday afternoon , sixteen mechanics hirea a cutler and a fiddler , to have an afternoon ' s amusemeut on the river ; but , on reaching the Swan , at Battersea , an unfortunate collision occurred with one of tae iron steam-boats , pljing between BaUersea and London-bridge , by which the whole party were overturned iato the water . Oue young mau , "wEo has left a wife and child , was drowned , and four of the others were resuscitated with some difficulty . Thefiridler swam to shore with his fiddle , but lost his bow .
The Stirling Observer says , that while the workmen at the centre o : the railway tunnel at Palkirk , Were engaged in the pit , they discovered the trunk of & tree in a petrified state , 120 feet from the surface . It appeared to be cut about twenty inches from the root , and is about five feet in circumference . It is a beautiful specimen . Several other organic remains have also been found . The Patkxt Omm buses are now in rapid progress of completion , and will be ready for publie use about the second week in May . They are most splendidly fitted up ; indeed , the gilding , painting , and heraldry of the exterior is almost in regal elegance . The windows are of plate glass , and - the sashes being covered with velvet , the noise : usuall y complained of in omnibuses is altogether avoided .
The Sir Edward Ryan had returned ( previous to Feb . 5 ) from an opium cruise on the eastern coast of China , She proceeded on the expedition with 15 ¦ . guns and a complement of 70 men , and having successfully disposed of her cargo , returned with seven laths of rupees in specie , independently of the sums whieh she had intermediately remitted . - The net profit of this undertaking , which has been completed in little more than five months , is rated at above five Iakh 3 of rupees , or £ 50 , 000 sterling . — East Indian Telegraph . The great undertaking of the railway from London to Southampton will be completed on the 11 th list ., when the whole of the line will be opened . The fast trains will convey passengers from the one terminus to the other in three hours .
Cambridge Election . —As yet no Whig candidate has declared himself . Sir Alexander Grant arrived oa Saturday evening with Mr . Manners Satton to canvass the electors on the Conservative side . A few hours after his arriv&l . a large meeting assembled * t the Lion , and were addressed by both the Right iioa . Gentlemen .
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= a = s = - Thb * oilowi 5 g RoncE ( says tftt Wat ; - Jand Conservative ) was struck on Plymtree Church by the parochial authorities . It wonld S pnzzle a nnmrsal language lecturer to nnriddle the meaning-7 Jestorj Meeting held on the loth day of April to give notece that eviry one that has a Plough O'PWVi Mga $ a * . there Essement At Ten u Clock in the forenoon . ' nJ ^ ° v- ? LlVBS - -On Saturday , the Lark coach , which runs between Leicester and Notting-» Kn \ -w rtUrn ? d ° Vts way t 0 th 8 ktter place , about a mile from Loughborough , and close to Cotes ' roU-gate . A person named Pearson , and a servant of the Duke of Portland , died during the night from the injuries they sustained . The driver of the . Lark is much , but not dangerously hurt . 1 Thb TOtLOWiSQ ¦ '' Hn Him TTi i ( 1 / JTiij ! HSS ^ : j » 1
The Lakes—Tourists have already begun to assemble in the "land of mountain and of flood » WwT ? * I ? ° l ' Woris ^ ottb , Wilson , ixmthey , Coleridge , and others . Seizure of a French Vessel at Whitby . —The tW ^ T a a ° fficersat this P ° rt made a ^ znre of three hundred gallons of French brandy on Wedll \ uJ' 7 £ ^ found C 0 Dceale <* among the ballast of a French vessel lying in Whitby harbour with a pretended cargo of apple 3 and onions . ^ S ^ ™ - ?^ p ! ° are a Pt t 0 atta < = h nothing but ridicule to the teetotallers : but those people cannot be aware of the great gw > d they effect An instance has lately occurred in this town e t : } A ma 50 Dwho has a wife and several
- _ , ' small children , has for years led a very profligate life-being for weeks in succession , in an almost constant state of drunkenness , wnilst his wife and family were in misery and wretchedness . The short tune he passed in his own house was occupied in abusing and quarrelling with his wife . The man attended . the meeting held by the teetotallers at the town-hall some weeks since ; and from tbe statements he heard , he was induced to enrol his name trom that time he has been quite an altered mannot haying tasted malt or spirituous liquor since industrious in his work , kind and attentive to hi * tamily , regular m his attendance at a place of worshiped he says he never knew what it was to be nappy- before . —Devizes Gazette .
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TO THE MEN OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM . MY Friends , —The magistrates of Darlington have sent myself , together with Messrs . Bragg , Atkinson , and Tare , to prison for holding a public meeting in Darlington Market Place , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament . We were chained together like slaves , and treated in every respect like felons . We hart to submit to tbe most indecent exposure of our persoas—• we were garbed in the degrading dresa of felons—we were set to work with felons , and we were fed on the food of felons . I do not wish to drag before you unne cessarily the sufferings we were compelled to submit to , for thongh it -was painful to my feelings to be treated
in this manner , for my integrity and patriotism , yet I am -vrilliDg to die in tie prison ' s gloom with the Charter round my heart , rather than purchase my freedom by the desertion ef your cause . And , my friends , it is my deep and solemn conviction that tbe leaders of my party will have to endurce imprisonment , and insult , "and wrongs unmerited , and galling , before their glorious hopes are realised by the establishment of their Charter , and legalisation of their inalienable rights . But whatever may have been their doom—however fraught with injustice , and however calamitous to themselves , let them never quail before the tempest , whose lightnings may be eager
"To blast and to burn , " but bold fast fey the anchor of their faith , and the divinity of their principles , though the dungeon , the faggot , and the rack may shake on every side , their hellish terrors at our virtue . Coward hearts ill become the apostles of truth and liberty , and whenever they are "led captive ,- they should evince , by their demeanour , that they love their cause more than they hate the tyrant and his chains . We were illegally imprisoned on this occasion for the following reasons : —
. 1 . "The Bill of Rights guarantees to the English people the right of meeting together ' when , how , and ¦ where they choose , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament , " and no subsequent Act of Parliament exists abrogatory of this great constitutional privilege . " ' 2 . " That we were sent to prison on tbe false construction of a clause in the Darlington Improvememt Act , which clause empowers the magistrates to impose fine of not more than five pounds on any person causing an annoyance , obstruction , ¦ or nuisance , by allowing cattle , dogs , carts , &c , to remain , without a good and reasonable cause , in all streets and thoroughfares of the said town , and which clause never intended the suppression of public meetings in the Market-place , or it j would not have been omitted amidst the multitudi-I nous enumeration of dogs , cattle , flower pots , offal , I it &c . "
3 . "That our conviction under this act—the Darlington Cattle Act—mates the magistrates of Darlington the most lamentable objects of laughter and contempt ; it makes them virtually seeking to establish by the authority of law three most abominable and notorious libels . First , that the Darlington people are cattle going on four legs instead of two . Second , That M essrs . Binns , Bragg , Atkinson , and Tare were cattle drovers . Third , That a public meeting -was a public nuisance , obstruction , and annoyance , which is a contradiction in terms . " 4 . '' The place of meeting was a legal place , inasmuch as the authorities have no law—could not show us a law which prohibited ns meeting , but their Darlington Cattle Act "
Xow , my friends , we have made up our minds to submit this piece of rascally effrontery of the Darlington magistrates to a jury of our countrymen . These magistrates are far more ignorant of the law than the most illiterate Chartist is . lord John Russell , though he has blushed all his conscience away by this time , would have crawled out of his degradation to blush again once more—had he heard these
" Scarce Irving pullies to a dead machine " dishonor their " shabby" masters by their childish ignorance and inflated pride . He has trusted the destiny of England in the hands of men
'' Wha in a barn or byre Wad better fill their station . " They actually told us that we could not appeal against their illegality , when it is notorious to every one that we can . Do they say they -were ignorant of the f&et ? Then they were unfit to be magistrates . Do they say they knew we could . bnt would try to deceive us ? Then they have exchanged their ignorance for treachery and cowardice . We hope that the men of this county will commenc * a fund to commence an aetion against these gentlemen , who were so ambitious of pleasing their Government by our incarceration . Chartists , the cause is your own . '
This trial will establish the right ef meeting as a people in every market-place in England , or it will repeal tbe Bill of Rights . That can neyer be done . The magistrates should not do it with impunity—the Parliament dare not do it—and the people would not endure it . To work then , men of Durham ! Try whether your honest leaders are to be imprisoned by the ignvrance of a majority , the croaking , fawning meanness of class conceit , or the stupid interpretation of a Darliugton Cattle Act . Try the effect of a jury ' s honesty , or the . depth of a jury ' s prejudice . Let us know—for tbe Darlington magistrates cannot tell us—whether there is a - law to prohibit our meetings , saving and except a " local cattle act "
But , my friends , I have another reason why this should be ascertained—and that speedily—it is this : — If I cannot get rooms to lecture in , I shall frequtnt these mwket-places till my enemies are beaten or ray limbs are in fetters . I am not willing to have either my tongue chained , or the principles of my party smutbertd , to please the " nuisance" crotchets of any man—any class—any party—or any power . I cannot obtain lecture rooms , because the magistrates have threatened , and rrfased licenses to , innkeepers , because they let their rooms for our meetings . Wliat
am I to do ?—hold my tongue ? No , no , no ! Defend the Bill of Rights . Meet— " when , how , and where you choose—for the purpose of petitioning Parliament ; " and though it msy lead you to prison , my answer is , go to prison till you can get redress ; and if redress is impossible , fill the prisons rather than allow those bulwarks of British liberty to be torn away whieh have been handed down to us by our ancestors , and sealed with their blood . The day will come when we shall triumph , and be free . If you act honestly you will hasten that day . ' Your friend , George Bin us .
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HOUSE OF LOUDS . —Friday , May 1 . After the presentation of several other petitions , L-Td Lyndhurst presented a petition from Sligo , praying that that borough might be taken out of schedule A , and inserted in schedule B in the Mnnicipal Corporations ( Ireland ) BflL Hi 3 Lordship gave notice that in the committee on the bill he should move that the prayer be complied with . Lord Lyndhurst afterwards inquired whether there would bo any objection to th « production of the treaty signed by Mr M'Gregor and the Neapolitan Minister , at the close of last year , and which was to nave been ratified on tbe 1 st of January this year ? The provisions of that treaty were well known to all parties connected with the commerce of Sicily and Naples ,
and they wtre most desirous that it should be ratified Connected with this subject , his Lordship wished to correct a misunderstanding as to what hid taken place , and what fell from him in March last thereon . The facts which he then stated were admitted to be correctly stated . He agreed that there had been an infraction of the commercial treity between this country and Naples . The Noble Viscount stated that complaints had been made to the Neapolitan Government ; that an attempt had been made to obtain redress , bat it bad not been accomplished . The Noble Viscoust also intimated that the Neapolitan Government desired that the moncpoly sheuld last for six months longer only . He had at that time complained of the dwlay that had taken place , and he stated , that if ships of war were seat out , the nutter would soon be breoght
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to a suceeofnl issue . He , however , never intended to sanction sueh proceedings as had taken place on the part of her Majesty ' s Government , but as to which he would now giTe no opinion . Lord Melbourne answered that it was the intention of toe Government to lay on the table of both Houses of Parliament all the documents with respect to the subject . The Noble Lord had stated with great correctness what had fallen from him on a former occasion , but whether the inference he had drawn from it was quite so correct , he would not say . Earl Fitzwilliam having moved for some returns regarding the price of corn in Scotland , &c ,, it will be seen that a desultory , but interesting , dissuasion followed . --After the presentation of some further petitions , and after the orders bad been disposed of , Their Lordships adjourned . ,... „ ., ^ l ™? BT $$ ?
Monday , May 4 . Lord Chief Justice Tindal delivered the opinion of the Judges on the questions proposed to them by their Lordships , as to the legal construction of the act of Geo . III . regarding the clergy reserves . Earl Stanhope presented the petition adopted at the Freemasons' Hall meeting against the opium trade . The Earl of Roseberry complained of the conduct of parties at that meeting , in having prejudged the whole question . Earl Stanhope said that he approved of the whole proceedings , and that he was quite prepared to take his share of the blame imputed by the Noble Earl . Lord Strangford directed attention to a revival , by France , of the Slave Trade on the Western Coast of Africa . Lord Melbourne promised to make inquiry- into the matter . J
Lord Melbourne moved the second reading of the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill . The Duke of Wellington said that he should not oppose the seeond reading , but in the committeo he hoped to see several amendments . The Earl of Winchilsea moved , as an amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day Eix months . Their Lordships eventually divided . There were
For the second reading ^^__ 131 Against it ^ 32 Majority 99 The Committee was fixed for Thursday week ; after which their Lordships adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , May 1 . Mr . Baldwin too * the oaths and his seat for Totnes Mr . C . Villiers , to make way for the motian on the opium question , deferred his notice on the subject of the Corn Laws from the 12 th to the 14 th instant . Mr . Hume renewed his "dropped" notice for & select committee to inquire into the duties on imports , to ascertain whether tbey were protective , or to secure revenue , fixing the motion for Tuesday next He also gave notice that he should move an address for Dr . Bo wring ' s report regarding our commercial relatioD » with Egypt , &c And that on Monday he would
inquire of Lord Palmerston , " if he could get the Noble Lord into the House ; " with regard to the interference of the British Government in the affairs of Mehemet Ah , and whether any orders had been issued by her Majesty ' s Ministers for reprisals against Mehemet AH or for the detention of two vessels as reported in . ( the newspapers , and whether Ministers , or Lord Ponaonfcy had given any directions relative to the affairs of Ejcipt Mr . Ward stated that when the House resolved itself into committee on the Miscellaneous Estimates he should submit a motion relative to the proceedings of the Emigration Board . 6
Colonel Wood asked her Majesty ' s Ministers whether tuey had any information to offer with respect to the mode of rating stock in trade , and the course which parish officers were ordered to pursue in ratios such property . The Attorney-General answered that Government , as far as he was aware , did not propose to adept any measures on the subject . As to the course that parish officers were to pursue , he had only to say , that no new law had been introduced by the Poor Law Commissioners ; they merely ordered the enforcement of the 43 rd of Elizabeth . It was quite a mistake to suppose that there had been any new law framed . Ever since that Act personal property was liable to be rated , though for general convenience it had beea held better to rate only real property ; the mode of apportionment only was altered .
CoL T . Wood observed that he was anxious to know from tbe Learned Gentleman whether it was true that rates would be held invalid which did not include personal property . The Attorney-General replied that the Court of Queens Bench had held that rates wonld be invalid that did not include stock-in-trade , but that was no new law . The law had always been to such effect The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to Mr . Freshfield-s inquiry , said that the subject of a new port of departure for the West India mails was under consideration , and that every port would have the opportunity of representing its own case .
Mr . Fox Maule , in answer to Inquiry wh&heT he had seen a letter in the Morning Herald , addressed by Lord Western to Lord Melbourne , relative to the perilous state of Memi Bridge , and whether it was the intention of the Government to take any steps with respect to it , said that he could give novinformation on the subject , but he would make inquiry into the subject Lord Mahon asked whether any official intelligence had been received of those measures of reprisal , which , a 3 the House was informed on a previous occasion , had been taken against the Government of Naples . Lord Palmerston answered that on Thursday he received a despatch , dated the 17 th of April , stating that reprisals had commenced , and that the Hydra was then in the Bay of Naples .
Lord John Russell entered into long explanations , in answer to , Mr . Hume ' s inquiry as to the state of the Maine Boundary question , concluding with the expression of his conviction that it would eventually be amicably adjusted . The Grammar Schools' Bill , on the motion of Sir Eardley Wilmot , was ordered to be referred to a Select Committee . The Miscellaneous Estimates were deferred till Monday , and the financial statement from Friday till the Monday following . The Exchequer Bills' Bill , and the Chimney-sweepers ' Regulation Bill were severally read the second time , and the remaining business having been disposed of , the House adjourned .
Monday , May 4 . After the presentation of many petitions on several subjects , Mr . Labouchere intimated his intention of moving amendments on the resolution to be proposed by Mr . Herries to-morrow evening . Mr . Hume ( having got Lord Palmerston into the House ) put to him , agreeably to notice , the following questions : — 1 . Whether , as Btated in public papers , the British Government has again interfered , through Lord Ponsonby , to prevent the Sultan from entering into direct negotiations with Mehemet Ali for a settlement of their differences ; and whether , on that occasion , it has acted in concert with the other European Powers , or their Ministers at Constantinople .
2 . Whether any orders have been issued by her Majesty ' s Government for reprisals against Mehemet Ali ; whether , as stated in public journals , two ships sent by Mehemet Ali to bring recruits from Albania to Candia , had been detained by a British frigate , and conducted to Corfu ; and whether returned or not 3 . Whether orders had been issued by her Majesty's Ministers , or by Lord Ponsonby , to Colonel Hodges , the British Consul-General in Egypt , to interfere in the affairs of Egypt , by giving subjects of the Sultan passports , to leave Egypt under protection of English passports .
Lord Palmerston announced that the same state of affairs now existed as when the production of correspondence with regard to negociations was moved for ; but that he was quite ready to answer the questions . In the first place , in July last , the representatives of the Five Powers , fearing that the Sultan might make unnecessary and injurious concessions to Mehemet Ali , presented a -note in the name of their respective Courts , requesting him not to enter into negotiations with Mehemet Ali respecting anything that had been done with the concurrence of the Five Powers . As to the affair of the ships , information having been received by the High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands that two ships had arrived to recruit , inquiries were made with regard to the officer , who was an agent of Mehemet Ali , and it was feund that they were there for the purpose of
decoying certain subjects of the Porte at Albania to proceed to Egypt to form . troops to act against the Sultan , and Sir Howard Douglas took steps accordingly , and two Greek ships , that were hired for the purpose , were taken . The ships were detained & short time , and were afterwards released . With regard to the third question , no orders had been given to Colonel Hodges , because , as was well known , it was not the practice , except in peculiar cases , to give passports to any but British subjects ; but as this question concerned the officers of the Turkish empire , he had no he-Bitation in saying tbat Colonel Hodges would only perform his duty if he afforded any protection he was able to give to any subjects of the Sultan who , having been engaged in rebellion , were desirous of returning to their allegiance .
Sir B . Peel asked whether the mediation of the French Government for the settlement of the existing differences between England . and Naples had been offered ; and , if so , ¦ whether H had been accepted . Lord Palmerston answered that the * good offices of the French Government for the arrangement of the differences between her Majesty ' s Government and that of Naples was offered some time ago , and had been immediately accepted "by her Majesty ' s Government At the same time a sinrilar offer had been made by the French Government to the Government of Naples ; and it appeared , from the latest despatches received both front Naples and Paris , that that offer had been accepted by the Government at Naples . Sir B . Peel thereupon asked whether the order for reprisals had in consequence been rescinded ? Lord Palmersfcan replied , that it had been agreed that as soon as our . representative at the Court of Naples
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2 v J 8 official ! Jr informed « f the arrival of any rrenen diplomatist charged to exercise the good offices of tBeJPreneh Government , he was immediately to wansnet to the officers commanding her Majesty's ahfps instructions to suspend reprisals for a certain time , but rrom despatches received yesterday , he learned tint at the moment that the French mediation was accepted oy the King of Naples , and when , according to the agreement , the reprisals would have bean stopped , the Neapolitan Government laid an embargo on all British vessels in Neapolitan ports , and , consequently , the order for reprisals had not yet been suspended . i * ord J . Kussell , in answer to inquiries , said , tbat it was not now the intention of her Majesty ' s Government to propose , this Session , any grant on the subject of emigration . " ^^^^ m&s
Mr p - Scrope a 3 keir what progress had been made in the negociations for compensation to British merchants for losses sustained by them in consequence of the bombardment of Antwerp . Lord Palmerston answered , that claims had been made by the representatives of the British Government on the Belgian Government , at the same time that similar claims had been made on the Belgian Government by tho representatives of other Governments for losses sustained by their subjects at Antwerp . Those claims were made some time ago . A written reply had been received , which was at present under the consideration of her Majesty ' s Government . Mr . F . French asked what step was intended to be taken with regard to the re-appointment of the medical committee . Mr . F . Maulo answered that the swbjeet was entirely in the bands of Mr Warburton , ami therefore he could not answer the question .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to Mr . Goulburn ' s inquiry , said that it was the intention of the Government , during the session , to bring forward the subject of the mode of paying the expenses of the armament preparing for service in China . Mr . R . Gordon , in answer to Col . Sibthorp'a inquiry , stated that he should soon present a return of the expenses attending Dr . Bowriug ' s mission : M Hume observed , in reference to a notice that he had on tha paper , to move for the immediate-production of Dr . Bowring ' s report with regard to our commercial relations with Egypt and Syria , he wished to know whether that report weuld soon be laid before the House . Lord Palmerston answered that considerable part of Dr . Bowring ' s report referred to political subjects , and that it would not , therefore , be proper to . lay it before the House ; but that part which referred to our commercial relations would shortly be produced .
Mr . Hume thereupon withdrew his contemplated motion . The House then resolved into committee- ofi supply , m which Mr . It . Gordon moved many resolutions forgjmntson the " miscellaneous estimates ; " and many of them called forth observations on the new buildings of the British Museum , the Parliament Houses , &c . The report of the resolutions adopted in the estimates was ordered to be received on Tuesday . Lord J . Russell moved for leave to bring in two Bills : —1 . " For the Registration of Parliamentary Electors . " 2 . " To make further provisions respecting certain rights of voting in the election of members of Parliament . " In doing so he entered into details of the leading provisions of the proposed Bills . Leave was given to bring in the said Bills . The remaining business having been disposed of , the House adjourned . '
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««NARRATIVE OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN WATKINS . ( No . 5 . ) ( Concluded from our last . ) gSoon after my arrival at Durham , Henderson , who had been watching for me , came to me in the street , and told me , that the proceedings against me had been dropped , in consequence of a mandate from the Home Office . Several of the pamphlets had been sent for by the Secretary of State , who saw reason to restrain the zeal of bis too ready tools , lest it should eat him up . Oh , the lamentable , yet ludicrous effects of ignorance in official men . I asked Henderson wby he had not given me notice of this before . He said he might have done so . I now thought of returning from my expe' —™ 3 » . ™>~
ditionRafter that ignis futuus , called "justice , " which , in this country , does but delude , deceive , or betray ; but I was told by the clerk of the court , that I must wait till after the Grand Jury were dismissed , a 9 it was possible they might find a bill against me , after all . Had I been the son of a poor man , this would have been more than possible . Hera I may notice a great hardship that might easily be remedied . Prosecuted parties must " daace attendance" at court until they are called upon for trial , which may not be and did not happen with respect to the Chartists , until the end of the Assizea Ought not days of trial to be classed and known beforehand ? Law and everything else is inordinately dear at assize times , and to the suspense of clients , lauat be added the expense of witnesses ! The weaker party is most burthened
It was amusing to see what a number of blue bsttles kept buzzing about the avenues of the cwwt like so many drones ia and out of a hive . So fa * from cncouraging such A-sMies-, the Athenian law jfupped them all as a nuisance to hon (» t and good men . Judge Coleridge , in bis charge to the Grand Jury , said , in allusion to my o * se— " I understand that No . 3 will not bo procoaded with ; and I must thiak that a wise thing . " Fowlor and Skinner were in the box , and looked vtry foolish on hearing this . Here we-may enquire whether magistrates- should be allowed to &it and
find trtfe bills ( as they are called ) against the parties whom they have committed Will not such magistrates deem it a point gt justice- to back their previous decision , and will theynot endeavour to warp the ju < Sgment of their indifferent brethren , who , but for them , miglit decide impartially ? It is aasy , in the absence of tho accused and their friends , for committing magistrates , with the aid of their drilled police , to infect their fellow jurors with their own prejudices . It uuy be said , that the case has still to come before a common Jury—true ; but , by finding a bill , the Grand Jury have , in some sort , prejudged the case , and common
juries are apt . to think ( at ltast they have done so in Chartist cases ) that the time- of the court has been lost , or taken up to little purpose , unless they bring m a verdict of guilty , in return for the true bill which their superiors have put into their hands , * j it were an axe to strike down the prisoner with . In further allusion to my ease , the Judge said— " In tho third case the man appeared to have been « umniitted for making use of tho words " We will 3 ght for the Charter—we will die for the Charter . " * The man might have been speaking for half an hour . New how can you say from these expressions that the speech generally was of a seditious character ? You oug&t to be satisfied that this was the whole before you cam find a bill for these particular -woids . Suppose that instead
of a long speech you are dealing with the case of a written libel . Why you fcaow that in framing the indictinent the parties seleat certain passages ; bxsb for many years it has been tha- practice that the prisoner is entitled—or the defendant in a civil action—to ha * a the whole of the libel read , to put the jury into possession of the whole of the case , because the context might completely qualify the passages selected for prosecution . To illustrate this , I cannot do better than mentioa the often-quoted remark of Loud Erskine , for it sho' tly puts the argument in a clear point of view . He took a passage from the Psalms , which says " There is no- God . " Taking this isolated passage , there is no doubt b * fc it is highly blasphemous . But the preceding words- -were , "The fool hath said in . kia heart , " that is , " 'i'he fool hath said in his heart , there is no God , " whkh completely altered the sense of the first passage-. This shewed clearly the necessity of taking the whale , and
not an isolated part . Now that is principle which 1 think we may fairly apply to this case . You should take the whole and not a part . I do not say it is necessary for you to have , the whole of what passed at the meeting . It is enough to give reasonable grounds for believing that whatyou have not , does not modify the character of that which you have . " Thus did the Leurued Judge la , y down ^ the law to Fowler , who . considering that he was a barrister , is strangely ignorant of it ; and thus did he quote Scripture to Skinner , who , for a saint , is strangely deficient in Bible-knowledge , and still more ao in the duties of a Christian . He has had more measures of < jold than of yrtice < -: eaIt out to him to profit withal . We caunot serve God and Mammon . I have heard that many conscientious individuals have ltft the Methodist meeting since this pious banker took upon himself to lead the worship there .
No doubt Judge Coleridge on reading over the ( impositions would see that , though the language of the pamphlet was warm , it was not stditious . W e may be angry and sin not ; nay , anger is virtuous when it arises at sin . The Judge would see that the single expression , which they had been able to pick out , w . is meant to excite that high degree of moral daring which is requisite in the prosecution of a great object . He would perceive that the police had misconstrued tbe word " fight" to suit their own purposes , and that the magistrates , unable to distinguish bt tween a moral and a i > hysical meaning , hud been misled by them . They could not tell exactly what was to bo fought for ; whether the Queen or tho country—we cannot fight for the Charter , because it is not in esse , and if it were ,
the battle would be defensive , which is always legal . The Judge preferred being guided by the context—he found tlio tenor of the pamphlet to bo wholly at variance with the seditious character imputed to it . The word "fight" had been used to l . ang a prosecution on . "Oh , 'twas a joyful sound to hear ! " He saw that this trumpery charge was as frivolous and vexatious as that brought against gentleman Conrade by the officious Verges , who gave the a « s Dogberry an opportunity of displaying the length of his ears , in Much Ado about Notliiny . He knew that timid magistrates were in the habit of committing themselves from a mistaken zeal of duty , or from a love of exercising their authority ; and that the parties accused ought , in such cases , to chauge places with their accusers , and sometimes to be rewarded instead of punished for what they had done . He would see that no overt act had taken place at the meeting—that it was as quiet as a Quaker meeting ; for the people came , and sat , and went with less
noise than the usual pupils at the school . Malignity alene could meddle with such a meeting . He would utterly disdain to encourage eaves-droppers , although the magistrates had , in a manner , identified themselves with them ; he felt that it was beneath the dignity of a court of justice to receive evidence from spies who , ashamed of themselves , or of the purpose for which they had come thither , had refused to sit in the room with honest men , and preferred to listen under tho window , as more consonant with their respectable vocation . He knew that eavesdropping is a statutable offence , for he had commented on the Commentaries of Blackstone , and there he found— " Eavesdroppers , or such as listen under walls or windows , or the eaves of a house , to hearken after discourse , and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales , are a common nuisance , and presentable at the Court Leet ; or are indictable at the Sessions , and punishable by fine and finding sureties for good behaviour . "
No : Judge Coleridge was too much of a gentleman to aid and abet scoundre ' s of this description . Such conduct could , find encouragement at Stockton only . He saw that w \ those spies could not so much as trust their memories with u single word , their evidence could not be trusted against the character of any one . My political opinions do not please the Stockton magistrates : perhaps they differ from those of the Judge himself ; but he did not think that a good reason why I should be prosecuted for them . Lastly , he saw that there were two doubts in my favour ; one , whether 1 , or the 'eager spies ; understood my own meaning the best—the * other , whether surh wretches ought to be admitted to swear in a court of justice : or rather , he saw there were no doubts at all about the matter . He dismissed the case , and Fowler ' s bird-catchers , who had kept out of sight that the bird might unsuspectingly , walk into the snare , were obliged to let their prey at liberty again , although Skinner was anxious to have him . " ttesh and fell . " -
If the wisdom that lies in the owl-like wig of a Judge , and the spotle » 3 integrity and power of his ermine and scarlet robo , enabled Sir John ColerMge to como to these , just conclusions , although the worst side of the case had been shewn him , the plain sense of a common Jury would have thought it more reasonable to have prosecuted the author , or the printer of the pamphlet , and net a reader of it ; and that the whole pamphlet should have been prosecuted , ( if I may so speak ) , and not a single word picked out of it—a little word—a word of one syllable only—a word capable of two constructions . Alter the word " fight" to strive , and the most hungry fly-catcher that "lives on syllables" would have had no gnat to strain at
Coul d the mere reading of the pamphlet at Stockton merit punishment , and the printing and publishing of it at Whitby not call for the slightest rebuke ? If the Marquis laughed at the idea of prosecuting the printer , he must have laughed till lie cried again at the errant zeal of the prosecutors of the reader . If no legal injunction proscribes a publication , a trap is laid for the unwary reader . Could a Juryman be expected to make a precedent which might be quoted against himself ? He might read such a pamphlet ta his family , and a spy , listening at the key-hole , might inform against him , get a wantant for his apprehension , kidnap him at night , drag him from home into a distant county , lock him up , bring him before strangers , who wonld commit him to gad as a heinous malefactor , to please their friend th # spy- Would be not tliink that the worst despotism , of the dark ages had returned ? Suppose that a Jewish spy had informed against St . Paul for gixiu the ; -warlike advice contained in the 6 th chapter oi
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w ^ T . 3 whom L we ought to prosecute should not be allowed to prosecute us . The Jury would tm * " x ^ fM * " ¦ ^ amo ved ^ d Injured party " not SSSL' ^* ^ " ^ '¦* «*** wuuld ^ endangered if such a dangerous man were left at liberty . ^ fs ^ ^ itsa ^ stj have been behoved , neither would theirs ; but I could bave damaged the evidence of one or both of W aew sers , for one of them had been repeatedly guilty of the same offence for which the Dorchester labourers were transported . But I should have been better pleased to have sneh men 3 peak against mo than to speak for me . One of them still keeps the property he took from me although he promised to restore it ' * ** ss a ^* - ^™* -
As Jud ? e Coleridge bo clearly shewed that I had neither broken the peace nor the law , my friends at Whitby could not say that I owed my liberation to favour . But . a brazen faced brazier , named Billy Blaster , who has , a strange habit of shaking his head , but was never known to shake any sense out of it—one who is qualified by nature to speai big woTds , for he has the month of a Garagantua—this sounding brass , bat not this tinkling cymbal , noised abroad that it was a shame the law had not taken its course ; and that it would have been different in the good old Tory times . Worthy Willy ! thy head is a bell , and thy toDgue i » the clapper of it .
And now , what compensation can- I obtain for theloss of liberty , reputation , time , health , money , and property , -which my capture , imprisonment , harassingp jonrneys , and preparations for my defenee have involved ? If I bring an action for damages , occasioned by my false imprisonment , and for the recovery of my papers , I may retaliate on the police and their patrons the injuries wMch they have done me ; but wiat satisfaction , wouldtbat afford except to revenge ? and " Vengeance is mine , 1 will repay thee , saith tbe Lord ! " To Him , therefore , I leave my unjust prosecutors ; and may the 1-ght of His love illumine their minds , andHippol that dark ignoranee which causes the foul mists of prejudice to arise and blind their understandings . May they become C / isrtfete and Christians !
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TO THB CHAKTISTS OF ENSLAVED BRITAIN . Now tbat tlte base and ruthless hnnd of the oppressor has succeeded in effecting the incarceration of the most pure and disinterested patriot that ever pleaded a nation ' s wrongs—now that Feargus O'Connor , oa whose couutenanse you have looked with a pleasing sensation , and whose voice must have been mmsio a » ia rapturous strains of eloquence he taught the true position which you now occupy , that from which you had , alas , fallen , and directed your minds to that to which you ougH steadfastly to aspire—now , -when it may be that he who exposed faction whose memento in history will be singulamed only for its guilt and atrocity , and who has laboured with unwearied assiduity in your cause is immured in a dungeon , will you contemplate such an issue without feeling incensed at such inhuman brutality ? Surely , no . Now is-the time for' the dismembered fragments of patriotism tounite—to utiitfr ia an indissoluble union to express their sympathy for the victim of Whig malice . J . C . Kirkgatjs . Leitb , April , IMO .
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THE COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH CaARTFB ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . Brother . Democrats , —A month having now elapsed since we addressed you upon the necessfcy of a defined plan of action being adopted , that so the Chartists from one extremity of the country to the other might act in unison , thereby giving an energy and concentration to tbe movement which otbeavrise it cannot possess—and , in our humble opinion , the plait whxh we recommended to your cool consideration is eminently calculated to produce these desirable fruits- — we now proceed to lay before you a brief digest of the various communications which we have received ia answer to that appeal , and to express our opinion as to the cause of the apathy that exists in the- publia mind at present .
The majjority of the letters we have received , approve , in general terms , of a delegate meeting being held , but hesitate to fix a time and place in consideration of the expenses , that would necessarily be incurred . Some are of opinioit that another delegate mettinsr is neeessary ; others approve of delegates from Scotland , England , and Wales ,, and some of Scotland only ; almost all approve of O'Brien ' s plan . Still we could not consider ourselves justified in calling a delegate meeting , even though they had been unanimous on every point , owing to the limited number tbat has returned any answer to that appeal .
And thjs brings us to take a hasty glance of the cause of the apathy in the public mind-, not to speak of the marked silence upon , pur own address and resolutions by that portion of the press whose duty it is to report tho proceedings of the Radicals ., We cannot overlook the fact that from tbe comparatively limited circulation of the Southern Star , in which the two splendid letters of O'Brien appeared , developing bis plan for obtaining the Charter , the country does not , in reality , know what that plau is . Such a plain and well digested scheme as that proposed by O'Brien ought to bave been extensively-
circulated , and in this we think the conductors of the-Radical press have been guilty of a gross neglect of duty in maintaining such a strict silence upon a measure which is of the greatest importance to the Chartists of this country , ( even though the plan had not originated with ono who has done so much for the people ) while their columns have been occupied with leading ; articles , calling attention to comparatively triflingmatters , such as po ' . icu reports , &c . 4 cc . From this fact we hope the people will see the necessity of keeping a reasonable scrutiny , even upon that portion of the press devoted to their in ' erests . .
Brother Democrats , —A word before parting . We would entreat you , by all that is sacred in liberty—by all that is sweet in domestic comfort and quiet—to arouse from your slumbers . S t not down in a deathlike stillness , bwause you have seen your friends convicted by middle class Juries , and consigned to the felon ' s cell and the felon's fare . Though the cold damps of the dungeon ilow encircle tho resolute assertors of liberty , be not dismayed—though the transport be bearing to a foreign shore nun illegally made martyrs to the cause of justice , should not these considerations rather stimulate you to increased exertions ,, and make you work with redoubled energy in the field of righteousness , until tho Whigs , the enslavers of their country , the scourgera of freedom , and the robbers of the poor , be as a- party utterly annihilated ; ' until our country , which is now disgraced
and become a bye-word among the nations , shall emerge and emancipate herself from the fell grasp of despotic rule ; until , in the councils of the nation shall b . 3 heard the united wisdom of the country , majestically hurling tyranny from her usurped throne , and dispensing justice and equity among the whole people . To carry out these objects , we are prepared to take the advice of all competent to give it , provided ne compromise of principle , be contained in it ; but with all despotisms , under whatever name , we vow eternal war . Thus , then , Brother Chartists , having appealed to you as a body , we have now laid before you the substance of that appeal , and now leave it in your bands , conscious that we have done our duty , and hoping that the plan may be re-cohsidered , or some other brought forward , so as the cause for which we are struggling may soon , become the law of the land . ; Peier Anderson , ) h ' . Thomas Blackie , f secretariat
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Drilling of the London Police . —Orders have been issued for all the City Police to be in the Guildhall on Monday morning at six o'clock , and again at a quarter before six on * the evening of the same day , for drill and general inspection . It is said to be the intention of the Government to have tbe Metropolitan . Police well drilled in military tactics that they may , in any emergency , answer all the purposes of welldisciplined troops . Th' 9 is an improvement on the gens d ' arines of France .
The Wigan Officers . —At the magistrates meeting held last Saturday at Lancaster , Captain . Hansbrow brought under the notice of the bench the return which had been prepared to the motion of Mr . Warburton , made in the House of Commons . The return stated that the two prisoners now in the Castle for misdemeanour ( Mr . Plunkett and Mr . Cash ) not being sentenced to hard labour , were allowed by act of parliament to provide themselves with food , instead of receiving the county allowance , subject to the regulation of the visiting justices , and also with bedding . They were confined in a ward by themselves , aud were not compelled to wear the prison dress . They had been allowed a pint of ale each per day , under the order of a visiting justice .
All this was ia conformity with the prison regulations , and no special exception had been made ia their favour . In all other respects their treatment was the same as the other crown prisoners . It had been incorrectly stated that Mr . Fraeer had been allowed . to have frequent interviews with his brother officers , but the fact was he had been admitted to see them once , immediately on their arrival , and by the regulations of the gaol could not hate another interview for three months . The two prisoners had made no application for a mitigation of any of the rule * in their favour . A magistrate inquired what sort of dinners they were provided with—whether
there was any limitation in that respect 1 Captain Hansbrow said they were good but plain dinners , provided from the mess table of the debtors side of the prison . The chairman thought that , as the construction had been put upon the act of parliament that prisoners for misdemeanour must be allowed to provide their own meals , it was doubtful whether the bench could interfere if they ordered in turtle floup and turbot . The bench seemed to think there could be no objection to the pint of ale per diem * and it was stated that the officers would soon have sane companions in the Chartists who were sentenceoat the Liverpool assizes . "
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The Triumph of Justice over Tyranny— In an iron manufactory , not one hundred mile * from Dowlais , there live two brothers , who have jointly the exclusive management of the Company ' s aflairs . One of them lately discharged a man without a minute ' s notice , tor not Working the dinner-hoar a short time since , and also refused to pay him . The man repeatedly besought him to pay , for hs- no doubt wanted the money to purchase food for-himself and family ; but notwithstanding the plea being so urgent , it was urged in vain . The workman then had
recourse to legal proceedings , in ordor to obtain his due ; a warrant was issued by the town , magistrate against the sub-agent of the aforesaid despots , and lmmediato possession was taken of his beautiful clock by the officers . The manager made some resistance for the restoration of the clock for his . nibagent , aud promised to meet the demand the moment the clock should be reinstated ; but the officers refused , and the old tyrant was compelled to haud out the original sum , together with the costs , and left the spot , thanking the anxious crowds of spectators tor not bestowing upon him what he so highly deserved . fa J
NORWICH . The Schoolmaster is Abroad yet!—A short dialogue occurred the other day , between the head clerteof . one of our mercantile establishments , and one of the porters belonging to the same , who was eyeing askance most learnedly an account current which the forays ; personage was busily engaged in £ ^ ra ? - «?* ¦ i V S . ? f whi ? h ^ s written , as ** $ ?! ™ V ai als E- E- Errors oxcepted . ) Porter — Ifyoll allow me , Mestur , that E . E . mon be a vary oud sarvant , foo he ' s bin theer as lunk as oi can remember . " Clerk— " My dear fellow ! the letter * kj . E . signify errors excepted . and ar « « nn « rnllv
placed at the foot of accounts like these . " Porter-Well , then , 01 m mistan ; but I allos thout they mant a mon s name . And then again , Mestur , yo'il tell me ^ if yo pleasen , if that Mr . Co . isunt a terrible rich mon , tor he 9 welly in e'ry firm i ' tli' country ?' Clerk— Why , my dear fellow ! you arc now labouring under a similar mistake : the abbreviated word Co . moans Company , and not any particular man ' s name . ' The porter , who had been as well educated as parrots generally are , at one of our " Granu National Schools , walked away very much pleased , although confused with tho new information he had picked up m conversing with the head clerk
HEREFORD . Testimony of the legislatorial Capacity , literary Ability , and epistolary Talent of an English M . P ., , in the Nineteenth Century . — Ihe following is a copy of a letter addressed to , and published by , the editors of each of the Hereford newspapers : — "Sir , —It is with great pleasure that I request you will have the goodness to inform my constituents , in your next edition , that I am ju > t returned to the county with my health , I trust , greatly benefitted by my late tour on the continent and I would avail myself of this opportunity of expressipg my regret that my absence should have been unavoidably postponed to the present period in consequence of Mrs . Burr ' s strength not enabling
her to perform the journey homewards as rapidly as I could have desired ; and haviug lately observed that I have been accused in one of the London papers of being absent without a pair , I beg to state that such is not the case , having paired off * with Mr , Makers , M . P . for Wcxford , until the first of next month , which , I hope , will shew that I was anxious that the influence of my vote should not be lost on the important divisions which have lately taken place . Hoping that I may bo able to visit Hereford on an early day in the ensuing week , in order to pav my respects to my constituents before my return to London , I remain , your obedient servant , "Gayton , Thursday , April 23 . " Hl ° P 0 RD BURB ' "
TROWBRIOGE . The Working Men ' s AssociATioN . -The mem bers oi the Working Men ' s Association in the town ot Irowbridge hav « thought proper , in order to adopt the following rules , which was proposed by J . Rawlinge , andsecondedby J . Hawkins , and carried unanimously : — 1 st . That ? a political school shall be established in this Association , , ja or »' er to teach and instruct the pe " Opie-iii political "knowledge ; this school shall be opened for the use of its members , male and female every Monday and Saturday evenings . ' 2 nd . That . ijix of the male members of this Association shall be chosen by the Committee , to ba called political teachers , whose office shall be to read the papers and instruct the people in political knowledge Their continuance in office shall be six months .
3 rd . That the aforesaid six political teachera shall be divided into threes—one three to be at their post reading the papers , and teaching the people on Saturday evenings , and the other three on Monday evenings . 4 th . That the aforesaid teachers shall be appointed and fully authorised by the committee to open the proceedings of the meetings precisely at eight o ' clock and continue the same till nine , and then shall be at liberty to close the meetings . 5 th . That three Weekly papers shall be taken in by the Association , which shall be as follows- —the Northern Star , the Southern Star , and the Political Regenerator , - —these papers shall be directed to the three political teachers appointed to read on Saturday evening , and the next day or early on Monday morniD * bo delivered to the other then appointed to read in the evening .
6 th . That the aforesaid political teacher shall agr * 0 among themselves the best and most proper way to occupy the house appointed them for the edification ot the people they must stand alternately , thus while one is reading the other must be preparing the best plea to inform tbe people of the most important and entertaining news of the week . . 7 th . That should any of the aforesaid teachers be unable to attend he shall give notice of the same to the other two , and should it occur at any time that two out of the three are unavoidably detained from the meetin ? they shall appoint one of the other three so that tbeie shall never be no less than two atteading the meeting as political teachers to the- people .
Lastly . That if any of the political teachers refuse to serve , after having been duly elected to office , he or they shall forfeit sixpence , and every teacher that is chosea , and takes office , shall conlotm to the aforesaid rules and regulations of this AsaocLition , and for not attending and conforming to the same , shall for every offeaae forfeit one penny . John . Mgore , Treasurer . Saiujel Knowles , Secretary ScmmittEa-Room , Weiliissdax awning , ; April 29 th ,, taiO > . '
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j * This was an aggravated statement The . words ' were "Fight for it like herots—die for it like martyrs " j—and I now repeat them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2683/page/3/
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