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^ iHn Staffordshire Mchder . — Exkccthw of D ' owsraa and Powts . —Stafford , Saturday Evening . —A communication having been received this morning by the authorities , to the effect that the Queen having been pleased to respite the execution ot the prisoners until the 25 th instant , for the purpose ot submittinga crown case for the decision of the judges , and that decision having been against the prisoners , no further instructions would be given to the sheriff . The sheriff , therefore , fixed twelve o ' clock to-day for tb ^ esecution . The prisoners i » ae fnDy apprised , since the arrival of tte respite , that they would be podtwely executed this day , unless a further respite ot ) reprieve arrived . The convicts manifested ; no alanri when apprised , at five o ' clock , that they would
expiate the crime of which they had been found guilty by aa ignominious death upon the scaffold this day , at twelve o ' clock . __ At an early hour this morning the reverend chaplain -visited the unhappy men , and continued with them up to the last moment . Although he affectionately admonished them of their near approach to death , and of the necessity of confessing their sins , yet they continued to reiterate the declaration of their innocence ofthe crime of murder . At eleven o ' clock they received the holy sacrament in the chapel with the chaplain and governor , and paid marked attention to every part of that impressive service . After leaving the chapel they returned to their room , accompanied by the reverend chaplain , who continued his exhortations to their repentance .
in the course of the morning Downing said , in reply to a quesfpn put by the reverend gentleman , "I have spoke the truth ; it ' s a hard thing to suffer for other folk ' s deeds ; the lad and mc is as far from it as the bible is . " He afterwards said , in the course of conversation , "If we suffer we shall suffer wrongful . We could na' help what folks said agen us , or the jury bringing us in guilty ; but wc are as innocent as a child unborn ; " and Powys , in reply to the reverend gentleman , said , " I am innocent of it . " After the unhappy men were pinioned , the chaplain asked them whether either of them had any request to make with respect to then- relations ? They both desired him to inform them friends that they hoped they would prepare to meet them in heaven , and that they
would lead a good life ; that they were going out of the world innocent , and were not afraid to die . Precisely at twelve o ' clock the tolling of the prison bell announced that the melancholy procession wasmovin <» towards the place of execution . The culprits , who had undergone no apparent alteration since the trial , walked with a firm step . On reaching the lodge , Powys , who saw Mr . Superintendent Bergen , requested him to shake hands with him , and said emphatically , " God bless you ; it is hard to die innocent ; but I can forgive . " Downim * ascended the drop with a hasty step , and placed himself immediately under the fatal beam ; and , whilst the executioner was adjusting the rope , said— " Gentlemen , here is two chaps going to be murdered ; we are going to die as innocent as child unborn ; we are free from it . " Powys then ascended Hie scaffold , and whilst the executioner was putting the rope round his neck , said "Don't put the rope so tight : I can't breathe . "
The chaplain then shook hands with Downing , and exhorted him in the most solemn manner to tell the whole truth , as he was about to leave the world ; to which Downing replied , " I am not guilty . " The chaplain having also shaken hands with Powys , and repeated the exhortation , Powys said , "We arc going to die for a thing wc know nothing about , and I hope the Lord in Heaven will protect us . " Downing further said , "I hope it will come out , and that the country will know that we are innocent , and that our friends will be released of it . " After the caps had been drawn over their faces , and whilst the chaplain was ^ proceeding with the burial service , bom the criminals prayed aloud and apparently mth great fervour . While they were so engaged , the drop fell and theworlddosedupontheirpresenee . Downing ceased at once to live , but Powys struggled for several minutes .
Execution of Wm . _ Howell foe Murder . —Ipswich , Saturday , Evemng . —This wretched man expiated his offence on the scaffold in front of Ipswich gaol , at twelve o ' clock to-day . His two companions in crime , Walter Howell , his brother , and Israel Shipley , were respited on Friday ; a special messen ger from the Home Office arrived at half-past two o ' clock in the morning , and delivered the important document to Mr . Johnson , the governor . The Rev . Mr . Page has been unremitting in his attention to the condemned criminals , all of whom have conducted themselves in an exemplary manner . When the elder Howell ( Winiam ) entered the gaol , alxrat five months since , he was not able to read or write , nor did he know a syllable of the Lord ' s-nrayer , but by
the excellent regulation of the prison he had made liimself a tolerably plain scholar , by a close applica tion to the hooks that were furnished him by the visiting justices and the diaplain . On Friday he saw his mother and sister , in the presence of the governor and another officer , and the scene that ensued may be more readily imagined than described . He addressed them in a religious and penitent manner . The chaplain was engaged with him in prayer throughout the whole day , aud from nine o ' clock until nearly eleven the three criminals were allowed to meet each other , and they freely gave vent to their distressed feelings , after which they entered upon their spiritual devotions . William Howell impressively addressed his brother , and exhorted him to
be penitent , adding that he should die happy The prisoner throughout his confinement has protested his innocence , and on Thursday night he slapped Turner , one ofthe turnkeys , on the shoulder , and remarked , '' I know I deserve to die for the many offences I have committed , but I declare to God I never steeped mv hands in human blood . " Soon after he observed , " There is a man in thisprison who could save my life if he liked . " This was in reference to a smuggler lately apprehended , and whom all , the condemned criminals addressed a letter to , which they entrusted to the reverened chaplain to deliver . Oil another occasion he observed , "That man ought to pray to his God to-morrow , at twelve o ' clock , when I am on the scaffold . " On Friday night , after the chaplain left the prison , the culprit offered npa sincere
prayer , and then sank down from exhaustion on his bed . He took his tea and toast with apparent relish , and slept soundly until nearly eight o ' clock this morning . From " an early hour thousands began to assemble in the vicinity of the prison , and the all-absorbing tople was whether all the culprits were to die , for it was not generally known in the town that any respite had arrived . At nine o ' clock the Iter . F . Page entered the gaoL and directly proceeded to the prisoner ' s cell . The wretched man had dressed himself , and was at prayer . A few minutes before the arrival of the reverend gentleman , Turner , the turnkey , rnqniredifthc prisoner would have any breakfast , but he declined doing so . The chaplain , having remained about an hour with the culprit , next
nrooceded to the chapel to prayers , where all the convicted prisoners were already assembled , including Walter Howell and Israel Shi p ley . The prisoner joined in the devotional service with great earnestness , and at the conclusion partook of the sacrament ; his brother , Walter Howell , and Shipley also partook of the sacrament , and betrayed great emotion and penitence . The prayers having been ended , the two Howells and Shipley , accompanied by the Rev . Mr . Page , went into the rev . gentleman ' s room , which is adjoining the governor's house , at the eastern end ofthe convict yard . Here it was that they took their final leave , and a most distressing scene ensued . From eleven o'clock the bell of St . Margaret ' s Church struck at short intervals up to twelve a solemn
death-knell for the criminal , and about the latter hour -die awfiil procession was discovered merging out of the door-way of the governor ' s house , and wending its slow progress across the garden to the gate-keeper ' s lodge , in front of which the gallows was erected . The Rev . Mr . Pagcwalkcdin fixmt , reading the burial service , followed by the culprit , who walked with a firm step , and with his eyes turned upwards , repeating in a loud and audible voice the prayers . He was a robust young man , 28 years of age , and stood nearly six feet high . _ He appeared to be in good bodily health , although his face was palid , and to have possessed great physical power . He was dressed in a smock frock , corduroy breeches , and long leather gaiters . On either side of him walked the governor and the executioner , the under-sheriffs and other officers bringing up the rear . On entering tbe lodge the prisoner knelt down in the centre before
a stool , and the chaplain continued reading prayers . The culprit during this time prayed with his bauds upraised and clasped together in a " fhin but aggrieved tone , Calcraft pinioned Ms arms while hewas kneeling . He took no notice of those who surrounded him , but ascended the h o lder unassisted , and with a firm step . Calcraft having adjusted the fatal noose , and drawn a cap over his face , he continued to move his hands and pray aloud . Immediatel y before the drop fell , he said with great emphasis to the mob , " My dear friends , I die innocent ofthe crime laid to me ; that is all I wish to say to you . " The drop ¦ . then fell , and the wretched man was launched into veternity without making scarcely a perceptible struggle . The l ^ ylmviugbeensuspendedanhour , wascut down , and buried within the precincts of the gaol It was calculated that there were above 12 , 000 spectators present , a majority of whom were females and boys .
ArrrupTPn \ fnpnwi act SmCinEAT BrBJOSOHAM . — On Friday morning , between five and six o ' clock , the inhabitants of Deritcnd were alarmed by an attempt made by Mr . Bunny , a carpenter , to kill his wife and afterwards destroy himself . The unfortunate man , it appears , is anativc of Coleshill , but has resided in Birmingham many years as a small master carpenter . He rented some shopping at the rear of Sir . Bliss's , Spread-eagle , in Spiceal-street ; and although it was known to some of his customers that lie was . occasionally of unsound mind , Hewas nevertheless enabled , b y attention and that adroitness with ^^ . peratas labouring under his unfortunate fl «| ffiyJcbnoeal their infirmity , to command a -very sopfi trade ; and enjoy the esteem of those who knew nrm . In the summer of 1843 , he , however , became ranch worse , and conceived the notion that he had Jbeen poisoned by some person , and could not live , lae result of tins idea was a constant apprehension
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of death , terminating in paroxysms , which rendered restraint necessary , and no was accordingly removed to the Lunatic Asylum at Sutton . There hcreniained a few months , andat the expiration ofthe Sine came out apparently quite recovered , and resumed his avocation . He was , in fact ; so far restored , that he had got rid of some eccentricities by wluch he was previously distinguished , and an opinion was cntertaineabyhis friends that a radical cure had been effected . His business increased , and for a few weeks nothing particular was observable in his manner . About three months ago Mr . C . Walker , of Round Hills , Aston , became possessed of the Rainbow public-house , at the corner of Addcrley-strect , Deritend , and wliich was formerly occupied by Mr . Minchin .
Some alterations being deemed necessary in the premises , Mr . Bunny was employed to make them , and , during his employment at the house , became acquainted with the barmaid , an interesting-looking and agreeable woman , named Sarah Turner , about 34 years of age . Mr .. Bunny being also a welllooking man , a courtship ensued , and he was constant in his attendance at the house , comporting himself in such a manner as to preclude any suspicion that he was , or ever had been , labouring under anything like an aberration of intellect . After the lapse of a short time , he made an offer of marriage to Miss Turner , which was accepted , and they then entered into an agreement with Mr . Walker to rent the Rainbow , and carry on the
business on their own account , in the event of their getting married . This agreement , we believe , was duly signed , and was to come into operation on Monday next . In the interim the marriage of the unhappy couple was arranged to take place on Tuesday last , and , pursuant to agreement , they repaired with their fr iends to Aston church , where they were married ; nothing whatever occurring to indicate an approach towards the return of that terrible disorder from which the unfortunate man had formerly suffered . After the ceremony they returned to the Rainbow , and hi the course of the following day he was observed to he particularly gloomy ; but this was attributed to excessive drinking , in which he had indulged a few days previously . On Thursday he complained of his
head , and walked out seven or eight miles in the country , for the purpose of recovering himself , and on his return in the evening he seemed bettef ' - , but still dull , and complained a little of his head . Nothing , however , up to this time , amounting to insanity , appeared in his manner , and he and Mrs . Bunny retired to bed after supper , about twelve o ' clock . Tlie house was closed hy the domestics , and nothing occurred until about half-past five o ' clock in the morning , when the sen-ants in the place , and the persons living in the adjoining houses , were alarmed by the most awful shrieks aud cries of " Murder , " issuing from Mr . Bunny ' s bed-rooin . The servant man immediately rushed up stairs , and hearing Mrs . Bunny screaming for help , he tried , but in vain , to
force open the door . He then ran into the street and made an alarm , and presentl y Mrs . Bunny was seen at the bed-room window , calling for assistance . A ladder was immediately procured aud placed against the window , and Sir . IJunny instantly made his appearance , and descended by the ladder into the street , half dressed ; with his throat cut and his person literally covered with blood . He was received at the bottom of the ladder by a youth named Samuel Stephens , who conducted him into the shop of Mr . Fletcher , a buteher , within a few doors of the Rainbow . Here his appearance aud conduct left no doubt ofthe state of his mind , and , in order to prevent further mischief . Sir . Fletcher had him well secured in his shop by his neighbours , and he then proceeded to
the house of the unfortunate man , and up stairs to his bed-room door . This he found locked , and so securely fastened inside , that it was not until after several efforts by himself and the servant of the house that they succeeded in forcing an entrance . When , however , they did get in , a scene of the most horrifying description presented itself . Mrs . Bunny was leaning against a side wall in her night dress , which was saturated from top to bottom in blood , flowing from a number of wounds in various parts of her body . The bedclothes , curtains , and floor equally presented a most frightful appearance . She wasimmediatelyputinto bed , and in a fewminutes Sir . Archer , surgeon , was in attendance , and on examining her person he found not less than seven
severe wounds , wliich had been inflicted with a knife . The poor woman ' s throat was dangerously cut ; there was a great gash on her left check and a deep wound on her left side , and four other wounds on her arms , back , and legs . He immediately rendered the necessary assistance , and was incessant in his attention until he found that there was no immediate danger of death . He then visited the unfortunate husband , in Mr . Fletcher ' s house , and found a woundiipon his throat , which he secured , and also some other cuts of minor importance , which he dressed ,- after which , Sir . Bunny was removed to the prison in More-street , and there secured . At eleven o ' clock Mr . Archer attended before the magistrates , and stated that there could not be the least doubt of the man ' s
insanity ; that he was evidently in a state of great excitement , and must be taken care of . In a short time after , Mr . Redfern having additional proof of the necessity of piflmpt attention to the unfortunate man , he applied for and obtained an order for his removal to the workhouse . A car was accordingly procured , and , in company of Spittle and two other officers , he was conveyed to Lichfield-street , where , with much difficulty , he was strapped and properly secured . Indeed , during the drive to the workhouse the men had great difficulty in keeping him in the car , and preventing him fr om further injuring liimself . In the course of the day Sirs . Bunny was so far recovered as to be able to state some particulars of the unfortunate occurrence . It appears that about
five o ' clock in the morning her husband got out of bed hastily , and locked the door . In Ids doing so she was awakened , and presently heard him say , " My dear , we have lived together , wc have loved together , and we shall die together . " He had no sooner , however , uttered these words than he seized hold of her in the bed , cut her on the throat , and began to stab her with a large clasp pocket-knife in various parts ofthe body ; She , jumped out of bed screaming for help , and the impression on her mind is that the unfortunate man became terrified , and attempted to cut his own throat . It would seem , however , that to the bluntness of the knife the salvation of both their lives must be attributed ; the edge was quite blunt , and not equal to the frantic determination of the
lunatic . Sir . Walker and family arc now in attendance at the Sainbow , where the poor woman lies , receiving every attention which her melancholy and precarious situation requires . Murder xsd Suicide . — The neighbourhood of Clapkani was on Saturday evening thrown into the greatest excitement by another horrid murder and suicide . It appeal's that Sir . Goulding , lighterman and corn-factor , of Horselydown , has a residence at Claphain-Rise , and a considerable number of servants ; amongst them was Eliza Daniels , who had been in that gentleman ' s service about six or eight months as housemaid . She . was about 25 years of age , of prepossessing manners and appearance , and had been highly recommended to Mrs . Gouldiner . Durimr the
time she had been in the establishment , her conduct had been excellent , and even up to Wednesday night nothing had occurred to excite suspicion . She that night went to bed late , and about two o ' clock on Thursday morning Mrs . Goulding was disturbed by a strange noise proceeding from Daniels ' s room . On procuring a light and going up stairs , a frightful scene met her view . The floor of the room was deluged in blood , and the clothes ofthe girl , who was in a corner of the room , were likewise saturated with it ; aud there were suspicious marks about the room , wliich led to subsequent investigation and discovery . Mrs . Goulding , in great alarm , having called for assistance , a groom was dispatched for Mr . . Dodd , of StockwelL surgeon . In the meantime it was
discovered that the unfortunate woman had made no less than three deep wounds in her throat , from which the blood was gushing in streams . Mr . Dodd attended in a very- short time , and having sewed up the wounds , Daniels was placed on a bed , and another servant placed by her side for fear she might attempt to open the wounds . Mi-. Dodd , on ^ examination ofthe deceased ' s bed , discovered what had before been suspected , that she bad delivered herself of a child , which he found rolled up in the bed-clothes , and quite dead . It was a fine female child , and there appears little doubt that it was born alive , and having been made away with , the mother made the desperate attempt on her own life . On searching tlie room , one of Mr . Goulding ' s razors was discovered on a wash-hand stand . Mr . Dodd was unremitting in his attention to her , but she expired about two o ' clock on Sunday . The oidy reason that can at
present be assigned for the desperate act is the fear which operated on the mind of the deceased at the exposure . An inquest was holdcn on Slonday before Mr . Carter , coroner , at the Bedford Anns Tavern , Clapham-Rise . The facts of the case having been deposed to , Mr . Dodd , the surgeon , in answer to a question from one of the jury , said , " I am of opinion that the sufferings ofthe mother , added to the shame and remorse , produced frenzy , during which she perpetrated the murder of her infant , and afterwards destroyed herself . " During the course of the proceedings , Gibbons , the summoning officer , informed the coroner that the father of the infant was in attendance . The jury said it was unnecessary to ask the father any questions , as ho knew nothing of the dreadful transaction . The Coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict—That the mother , Eliza Daniels " , destroyed herself in a fit of insanity .
Dreadfci Death of a Servant hy i ire . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Falcon Inn , Wandsworth-road , before Sir . Carter , upon the body of Slary Spencer , cook in the service of William Ward , Esq ., an East India merchant , residing in Lavender-sweep , Battersea , whose death was occasioned by her clothes being set on fire by the spirit of camphine , which she had incautiously ignited . It appears from the evidence adduced , that on Wednesday night week , about ten o ' clock , the deceased having no candle to go to bed with , poured some spirit of camphine into a tea-cup , and placed a thin floating wick therein . This she lighted , and was prwMeoing up stairs , when the spirit suddenly caught fire , and the deceased , in endeavouring to put it out , set fixe to her clothes . The nurse-maid , who
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was preparing her master's bed-room fire , heard the deceased scream , and found her , on the second landing , a sheet of flame . The nurse-maid was so terrified , that she ran past the deceased , without attempting to render her assistance . Thepoor creature followed her down stairs imploring her fellow sen-ant to save her , and the latter only escaped being caught by the deceased by running out ofthe hall door , and shutting it after her . The deceased then ran "down into the scullery whore the housemaid was at work . This voiincr woman immediately commenced
quenching the fire with a wet mop , and it was ultimately put out by Mr . Ward wrapping a door-mat around the unfortunate woman . The deceased by this time had every bit of clothing burnt off , except a very small portionlof her stays , and her screams were heart-rending . She was got to bed under Mr . Ward ' s directions , and that gentleman dispatched a mounted servant for Dr . Parrot , at Clapham-common , who attended , and rendered every assistance in his power , but his sen-ices were unavailing , the unfortunate woman dying at five o ' clock on the succeeding morning . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death .
Suicide at the Duke of Northumberland s . — A man named Hollick , in the service of Mr . Hughes , upholsterer , of Piccadilly , and who was employed with others in preparing the mansion of the Duke of Northumberland for the reception of tlie family , was on Saturday morning , discovered by his fellow-worknicn to have committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the water-closets . For some days past the deceased had been labouring under a depression of spirits , but he had frequently expressed the greatest abhorrence at persons committing suicide .
Awfdt , Visitation . —Saturday morning , between ten and eleven o'clock , a young man , a ¦ compositor , in the employ of Messrs . Saville , the printers , of St . Slartin ' s-lanc , named John Woodberry , whilst working at his case and talking tea brother ' workman , suddenly fell down speechless . He was removed with all speed to Charing-eross Hospital , where he shortly afterwards expired . . The medical men attribute his death to apoplexy . Fire near Bag . vigge-Wells-road . — On Sunday morning a fire broke out in tho house of Mr . John Brain , an engineer , in Bagnigge-Wells-road . The horizon was illuminated for miles round , which caused the qiiick arrival of the London establishment , West of England , and County Fire-office engines , but unfortunately such was the delay in procuring water , that the flames made great progress ; and by halfpast two the whole dwelling-house aud its valuable
contents were one burning mass . The adjoining houses were , however , saved , by the firemen , who finally obtained a plentiful supply of water . Accident . —A serious accident happened on Saturday , about eleven o'clock at night , at one of- the wings of the Maison Centrale at Caen . The third and foiu-th stories gave way , and fell upon the second floor , breaking the main beam of that also . The room contained many old men , one of whom was killed , and two were severely injured ; but the rest were able to save themselves by hurrying out of their beds and placing themselves close to the walls . " In this state of terror they remained for fifteen hours , the time required to release them , although a great many workmen were employed . Several of the poor old men arc ill from the effects , of the fright .
Fall of a Mountain . —Java papers , of Sept . 28 , state that in the residency ot'the Pranger Regencies , part of a mountain in the Karang district gave way suddenly , and buried several houses with the inhabitants under the masses of earth and stone . Cqnsiderable portions ofthe Kwasscrt and Bandjar districts of the Kahepatjang residency were flooded over about the same period , and GOO houses totally destroyed by fire near Djocjokarta .
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THE EXECUTIVE , " Can ' t you let the Utile creature pull your hair ?" " Once upon a time" a very affectionate mother was nursing a baby suffering from teething . She had another cliild about five years of age , to play with whom was the baby ' s greatest delight . One day baby laid fierce hold on its brother ' s hair , whereupon , the sufferer having extricated liimself from the hands of his juvenile tormentor , and run away , baby cried most lustily ; when the mother exclaimed : "you nasty little brat ! how cross you are ! can't you let the little creature pull your hair ? " The foregoing bears such a striking similarity to the good-natured yielding expected from ourselves and the Executive Council o f the Chartist Association , that wc consider
it a suiting preface for what wc have to say on the subject of that division , the success of which was built upon the hope of ' placingusand the leaders of tjie movement in the situation of the little " cross brat" who would not stand to have his hair pulled to please the baby . Some weeks * ago , there appeared in our columns an extract from a letter written by Mr . Smith , of Glasgow , secretary to the Chartist Association , to one of the Executive Committee , and deemed by that body to be o f sufficient importance to warrant publication , as well-for the defence of the character of the Executive , as for the protection of the Chartist cause . The extract contained information which' to withhold might have subjected the Executive to a charge of
very serious neglect .. In a week or two subsequent to the publication ofthe extract referred to , the ^ Executive , having been for a length of time besot with applications for the substitution of a more democratic , mode of electing the Executive than that at present practised , submitted the disputed point to the judgment and decision of the whole Chartist body ; let us now see how those two questions have been dealt with , as well by ourselves as by persons professing strong admiration of Chartist principles . With respect to tho first matter , wc published , as it was our duty to do as the recognised and accredited organ of communication for the Chartist body , the address of the Executive : and as that address contained statements wliich were held by the party spoken of to be
inaccurate and injurious , wc published every word sent from every quarter in reply , even though much of the matter so sent was totally beside the mark . The few words of comment with which we accompanied such replies , were mild and inoffensive ; and there , when each party had had their " say , " we expected the matter to drop . All that we had done up to tins stage was , as wc have said , to publish the address of the Executive , as in duty bound , and every word sent in reply by the party deeming themselves aggrieved : with the subject matter we did not at all interfere . We expressed no opinion on the question in dispute : we spoke disparagingly of no one ; we rightly left the subject in the hands of those to whom it belonged . But did other parties act towards us in such
manner and spirit ? Were they contented with the opportunity we afforded them to set themselves right , and then , when they had done so , to leave the respective statements of the respective parties in the hands of the public , to be decided on as judgment and discrimination should direct ? No , Tins course , — the only proper one as far as wc can see , —was grossly departed from : and the manner of that departure , with the circumstances connected with it , induces more thanja belief that something more than mere personal vindication was intended . In our last number we gave an account of sonic most extraordinary proceedings at Glasgow , whither , it appears to us , Dr . M'Douall had repaired , not with a view so much of arraigning Mr . Smith , as to have
a shot at the Executive and the Northern Star . Why tins course should have been adopted , we own ourselves at a loss to imagine , viewing it in connection with any supposable honest purpose or fair intention , What the Star had done in this matter , that could at all warrant its most jaundiced envier to ask for a vote of condemnation , is past our comprehension ; and why the Executive were to be censured for setting themselves right with the Chartist body , as-to the nature of the connection between them and a certain party who they had more than reason to believe was thwarting and undoing what they had in their judgment deemed it essential for the good ofthe Chartist cause to do , is also most pwraling . However so it was . The Glasgow people were asked to do
these things . They properly refused ; and so far the purpose failed . So much for the first branch of our subject ; and now for a word with respect to thf several propositions referred by the Executive to the Chartist body . There is no question that has given rise to so much debate among a very important body ofthe Chartists as the mode of electing the Executive . It is well known that the decision of the last Conference , that the Executive should be elected by the Delegates annually assembled , failed to give general satisfaction ; and that many times and oft has the question been mooted in the several localities , to the breedina of much contention and no little division of feeling . Anxious that the opinion of the majority of the Chartist body should be taken direclh on this
particular and important matter , they suggested that the several localities should call special meetings to specially consider the point ; and after due deliberation , come to a decision which should bo binding on all concerned . It is almost impossible to imagine how exception could be taken to such a course : and yet we regret to find that it is even so . Last week Mr . Wni . Bell of . Heywood , and Mr . Ambr ose Hirst of Oldham , sent to us a coinmumeation , complaining that the Executive had manifested a desire to collect and act on public opinion , and treating it as a gross breach of duty . Now we do not say that these two gentlemen had not a right to think
as they did : but we do say , that to- send such a communication to us , or to any public newspaper , was most improper . These parties had a right to take exceptions if they thought proper but they ought to have sent their complaints to the public body whose policy and acts they called in question . We presume their object to have been to cause further deliberation on the matters they spoke of : and this could not'be best secured by sending their complaints through the columns of a newspaper , instead of directly to the parties whose attention was sought . If controversy , andnot deliberation , was aimed at , there was a certain mode to secure it if it was not wanted , there was as certain a mode to
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" prevent " it ! "Feeling "' th " at "' thcre "' was ' but "' ohe " prdpcr course for us to adopt , we handed the letter of Messrs . Bell and Hirst over to the Executive : and the receipt of tlieir communication from our hands was the first intimation they had that any party , even the most slender , felt the slightest objection to the course duty had called on them to adopt . Other parties , however , did not so act : probably they were not imbued with a similar desire to prevent divisions , and bickerings , and useless contests in the Chartist ranks . Messrs . Bell and Hirst had the gratification to knowthat their complaints against the head-officers of their society — and respecting conduct , too , wluch has secured general approbation and admiration—were in
print before they were in the hands of those officers to whom they ought to have been sent direct . On the question itself we shall only say , that had the Executive consisted of more seekers after office , personal interest would have led them to act in a far different manner than they have done . Instead of endeavour ^ ingto arrive at the wishes of the majority , they , if anxious for dissension , would have allowed the disputed question to have remained unsettled , until it became impossible to agree upon a satisfactory mode of electing the Executive body for the ensuing year . Having now dealt with the two charges upon which the Executive have been arraigned , let us turn for a moment to a consideration of the manner in which the Executive have discharged the duties of that office to wliich they were appointed . They have been now in office for nearly a year and a half . They
entered upon their functions under the hot fire of a disappointed faction ; and it : appears as if they are to close them under the pop-gun discharge of individuals who arc determined to live , though Chartism should perish . The Executive have , one and all , laboured with an earnestness , a zeal , and an activity , desci-ving . of the highest praise . From the first hour of their assumption of office , they have buckled on the armour o f agitation , and have traversed the thr ee kingdoms , ably expounding the objects of their mission . They have allayed those differences under which they found the cause tottering . By self devotion they have inspired a large portion of the community with a like good f eeling for the cause . They have sought for no repose . They have presented no anomalous item in their accounts . They have been niggard to themselves , in all but toil and labour .
We would ask what possible motive any man can have in the destruction of such a body , beyond the belief that the less supplied for their maintenance would leave more for individual distribution ? It is not wonderful that the balance sheet should present a large item against the Treasurer , when we reflect upon the fact , that " withholding the supplies" from the Executive is a material item in the tactics of those who make-a more profitable livelihood by counteragitation . We will venture to assert , that lecturers traversing the country upon their own account , have received larger contributions as their share of agitation , than those supplied for otherwise carrying out the whole movement . We have seen more
acknowledged in one week for such services , than has been remitted to the Executive for six weeks together . We have known A B C D , or E , during a moment of excitement , to receive more money for their individual services in one week , than the Executive have received in six ; and wc have invariably found that this system of poaching has ended in the denunciation ofthe Executive , the Northern Star , and Feargus O'Connor ; whenever the " supplies" were likely to run short . t , , , . The people have the corrective for this in thenown hands ; let them unsparingly apply it If they do so , all the mercenary and designing will bundle out of the ranks , and the principled and devoted alone will remain .
Since the foregoing was in type , we have received a long letter from Mr . Smith , of Glasgow , detailing the whole of his conduct from the moment that he heard that Dr . M'Douall was to visit Scotland to the end of the " strange-meeting ; " a report of which we inserted last week . In that letter Mr . Smith shows that the act for which he has been so vehemently blamed by those whose publicly expressed opinions he merely reported , was one which duty called on him to perform . It is not in our power-to give the letter at full length ; and this is the less to be regretted , because most of the points and facts contained in it were set forth in the report of the Glasgow meeting ,
to which we have referred . There are , however , one or two falsities contradicted in it , which we must notice , as wc happen to know that they have been most industriously " whispered" about , in the hope that the " sly insinuation , " uttered with " bated breath , " would prejudice the parties who showed a , disposition to prefer public good to individual predilections . The letter of Mr . Smith is addressed to Mr . R . G . Gainmage , secretary ofthe new locality at Northampton , in answer to a note from that gentleman , as sub-sec , to Mr . Smith , which said note will let the reader know the nature ofthe said " whispers . " Here it is : —
Crispin-street , Northampton , Jan . 20 , 1845 . Dear Sib , —A resolution was passed by our Council last night , instructing me to write to yo u , requesting to know whether the extract that appeared from your letter in the Star , teas indeed your toriting ? Ve take an interest in the affair between the Executive and Dr . M'Douall ; and not wishing to entertain an untvortby prejudice against either paf ty , we have determined on sifting the matter , in order to find out the truth , We have som groun d , for believing that the extract that appearedfrom your first letter was not all of yours . An answer , therefore , to the above question will much oblige yours , on behalf of the Council of the new locality , It . 6 . Gammage , Sec . P . S . —Did you write to Mr . Clark to the effect that there was m necessity for publishing your seoond letter ?—R . G . G ,
Mi * . Smith ' s replies to these very pointed but very strange questions are most direct and most conclusive . Wc call tlie questions strange ones , because they imply that either Mr . Clark or the Executive committed forgery and stated direct falsehoods , and that Mr . Smith tamely submitted to their doing so . But here are his replies . In answer to the first query he says : — " You ask mc if the extract that appeared from my letter in the Star be indeed of my writing ? My answer to that question is , YES ! it is of my writing . You say you have grounds for belief that the extract was not all mine . My answer is , that it is all I wrote upon that subject . " Very explicit and decided that , at all events . Surely it will set that portion of the matter at rest . The second question Mr . Smith thus disposes of : — .
You ask me In apostcriptif I wrote to Mr . Clark to the effect that there was no necessity for publishing my second letter . My answer to that question is as follows —Mr . Clark wrote to me , stating that he had destroyed my second letter , as it was his general practice to do with nearly all communications ; but if I could furnish him with a copy of it , he would cheerfully corroborate it . I wrote him in answer that I had resolved to give myself no more trouble with Dr . M'Douall ; and all I was sorry for was , that I had given myself so much already . I also stated , that I understood tho Doctor had written a private letter , in which he had made an unwarrantable attack on my private character ; and this was my reason for being regardless whether my second letter was published or not .
Surely iliat question is settled also . And now , we think , wc are fairly entitled to ask Mi-. Gammage who it was that " gave him ground for belief" that the Executive were forgers and Mr . Clark a storyteller , Mr . Gammage don't like " private-letter " writing : will he publish the " private letter" on which he and his friends in Northampton founded their queries to Mr . Smith ? We think he is bound to do so , in justice to those therein charged with forgery , falsehood , and pusillanimity . As an act of bare justice to Mr , Smith , we must say that the statement of facts he has sent us , is certified by every member ofthe Glasgow Council . The facts generally are those detailed in the speeches of Messrs . Colquhoun and Sherrington at the recent Glasgow meeting . The P . S . of Mr . Smith ' s letter we give , it being a necessary explanation to set himself right with the public , on a point of wliich dexterous use has been made : —
P . S . I perceive certain parties arc busily engaged lg discovering the proper meaning of that portion of my letter , on the correspondence with Dr . M'Douall and the Executive , wherein I state my letter to Mr . Clark to have been written unguardedly : for their benefit , and injustice to myself , I inform them , that in private as well as public letter writing , I , on all occasions , write the truth : and the meaning of the passage referred to is , that had I intended it for the press , I would have made a better selection of words , —bearing the same meaning , —than those in which my letter was couched , that was the only matter I was sorry for . J . Smith .
LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , January 26 th ; Mr . Mills in the chair . —Messrs . Simpson and Wheeler reported from the Duncombe Testimonial committee ; the report was received . Reports were also delivered from Hammersmith , Soniers Town , Westminster , and Camberwell , all in favour of electing the Executive by the whole people ; and all , except Camberwell , were of opinion that it was not advisable to hold a Convention at present . The Council then adjourned .
Little Town . —The Chartists of this locality held their weekly meeting as usual on Monday evening . The members present gave in their votes as directed by the Executive ; after which the affair of Dr . M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor was introduced to the consideration of the members , wliich ended in a vote of confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq ., with a determination to stand by him and the Star of Liberty , so long as they continue in their straightforward course , labouring in the cause of Labour ' s rights .
Stratford . —Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening , to a good audience , at the Temperance Coffee-rooms , Stratford . The chair was ably filled by Mr . Charles . At the close of the lecture an addition was made to the members of the locality . ' Saffron Hill . —At a meeting held at Hopkinson ' s Coffee-house , Little Saffron-hill , on Sunday , it was resolved unanimously— "That this meeting having for a number of years placed the greatest confidence m Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., can see no reason for withdrawing that confidence . "
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" "Somers Town . —On SuiuiaFevemnFlast , Mr . Jpnh Sewell lectured at Mr . Duddridgc ' s , Tonbndgestreet ; Mr . John Hornby in the chair . The lecturer delivered a very able address on the constitutions of England and America , which gave great satisfaction to a crowded audience . An unanimous voteof thanks was awarded to the lecturer , and the meeting separated . Tubnaoain-laxe . —Tuesday , Jan . 28 . —A special general meeting of the members of this locality was held this evening ; Mr . G . H . Tucker in the chair .
The following resolutions wore adopted , viz .-s — " That the city locality , iu public meeting assembled , place the most implicit confidence in Feargus O'Connor , despite of the wicked and wilful lies and foul calumnies that have been heaped upon him by money-mongcring and mushroom Chartists ; aud that wc tender him our sincere thanks for his indefatigable exertions in behalf of the working millions . "That in the opinion of this locality , it would be better for the cause of Democracy were the Executive elected by the members instead of by tho Covention . " " That we deem it advisable to hold a Convention
tliis year . "
GRENWICH . Lecture . —On Tuesday evening Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture to a numerous audience in the Assembly-room of the George and Dragon Inn . Mr . Sawyers occupied the chair . At the termination of the lecture , many parts of which elicited the unanimous approbation of the meeting , the chairman , according to our usual custom , invited discussion ; no opponent presenting liimself , the following resolution was ably moved and seconded by Messrs . Abbot and Morgan : —Resolved , that it is the opinion of this meeting that the Northern Star and National Trades ' Journal , is the only portion of the British Press that fearlesslv exposes the wrongs , and honestly expounds
the rights of labour ; this meeting is , therefore , of Opinion that every friend of the interest of labourevery lover of liberty—should rally to the support of so valuable a journal , and hail with delight its establishment in the metropolis ; and , furthermore , this meeting hereby expresses their unqualified confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the proprietor of the Star , for the unexampled zeal , energy , and disinterestedness which have , up to the present time , characterized his untiring labours to effect the liberation ofthe industrious millions from the odious thraldom of the upper and middle classes . The resolution was adopted una voce . Thanks having been voted to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting separated .
ROCHDALE . Tun Conference . —On Sunday and Monday the members discussed the recent letter of the Executive , respecting the forthcoming conference , when resolutions were agreed to affirming tho propriety of calling a conference to be holden at Leeds . On the Sunday evening Mr . Mitchell read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter addressed to the Manchester Council , when it was resolved to wait the report or decision of that body , which wc hope will be speedily given .
BIRMINGHAM . Ship Locality . —At a meeting at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , Mr . Bently in the chair , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting having heard with regret of the attack made on Mr . O'Connor , cannot remain silent on the occasion , having the greatest of confidence in the honesty of that gentleman . And we trust that the men of Manchester will in conformity with Mr . O'Connor ' s wishes , afford the fullest inquiry into the charges preferred
against him ; this meeting not doubting but that the inquiry will terminate in the disgrace of the unjust and ungrateful slanderer . " Tlie Testimonial to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., was next considered , and some subscriptions were handed in . The following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That the subscription to the Duncombe Testimonial be kept open until the l 6 th Feb ., and that all persons feeling desirous to contribute to the fund , are particularly requested to send tlieir contributions to Mr . J . Smith , Ship Tavern , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . "
Lecture . —On Sunday evening last Mr . Thomas Olark delivered a highly interesting lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Thorp-street , to a respectable and attentive auditory .
BRADFORD . On Sunday the members of the General Council met in their room , Butterworth-buildings , to arrange the votes of the members ofthe Chartist Association resident in Bradford and the out localities . When this was done , it was unanimously resolved— " That the present Executive ,, namely , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Philip M'Grath , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler , be nominated as fit and proper persons to serve as an Executive for the ensuing year . " It was also resolved— " That the thanks of this meeting are tendered to the Executive Committee for the praiseworthy manner in which they have performed their duty , and this meeting pledges to support them to the utmost of their power . " Resolved— " That this meeting has implicit confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and sincerely
tenders him their thanks for his untiring zeal in the couse ofthe working classes of this country ; . and are not only surprised but shocked at the revelations made in the letter of Mr . O'Connor in last Saturday ' s Star . " The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when it is requested evcry . councilman will attend , as business of importance will be brought before the meeting ; Lecture . —On Sunday evening a lecture was delivered by G . White , on the People's Charter . The audience was respectable , and at the conclusion higldy applauded the lecturer . A vote of confidence in the Executive was unanimously adopted . The letter of Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Saturday , was read , and a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor , for his past services , and implicit confidence in him , was earned by acclamation .
KETTERING . Important Meeting . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this town , held on Tuesday evening last , Mr . R . Ridgyard was called to the chair . After the preliminary business of the association was settled , the letter of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to the Manchester Council , was read from the Star , and , after considerable discussion , the following resolutions were put , and carried unanimously : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the attacks made upon Mr . O'Connor by Dr . M'Douall , if grounded on falsehood , are a disgrace to the accuser , and render him unworthy of the confidence of the working classes . " " That \ ve , the Chartists of Kettering , call upon Dr . M'Douall to come forward and prove the charges made by hihi against Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., which , if he cannot , or will not do , we shall look upon him as an enemy to the rights of industry , and a traitor to his country , unworthy of being ever again recognized by the people . "
BRADFORD . The Executive . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this town , held at Butterworth ' a-buildings , on Sunday evening last—Mr . . Jackson in the chair—Mr . White delivered an address in defence of the Executive , aud the general policy pursued by the Chartist body ; and concluded by moving the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Cole , and carried unanimously— " That the Chartists of Bradford have full confidence in the present Executive , being fully satisfied with the zeal and industry they have displayed in the discharge of their duties ; we also consider them justified m calling on tho members for their vote respecting the Conference . " The general feeling was in favour of having the Conference held at Leeds .
LEICESTER . Discussion . —A meeting of the Hampden locality was held at Mr . Oades' Room , on Sunday last , for the purpose of discussing the question announced in last week ' s Star . The meeting was not so numerously attended as on some former occasions ; but the best spirit prevailed throughout . At the close of the meeting it was agreed that the subject fer next Sunday evening ' s discussion should be on "Teetotalism versus Chartism . " Siiakesfereak Locality—On Sunday evening last Mr . Baii-stow gave an animating and interesting lecture on " Poverty , Parsons , and Profitmongcrs , " which gave satisfaction to a crowded meeting . After the lecture , the propositions of the Executive were discussed and decided on . Our numbers are weekly
g . PLYMOUTH . " The League "—We had another ofthe periodical exhibitions of this body on Friday evening last , accompanied by tho usual twaddle of the immense advantages that would occur , from " Free Trade . " The lecturer , G . Soltan , Esq ., on this occasion tacking " National Education" to the usual nostrum , anxious to make his audience believe that that would be a consequence of "Free Trade ! " Tho lecture , m fact , was anything but a lecture on "Free Trade . " The lecturer stated that " the abundant harvest had
caused a lull in Free Trade agitation . " We presume this is to account for their not holding any meeting of late , although on occasion of the preceding meeting they pompously announced in their organ "the defeat of the Chartists . " Alas ! another such a victory on their part , and they will be no more . This was all but verified . on Friday last , when , after Messrs Robertson , Smith , Blackmore , Giles , andLockwood had replied to the fallacies of tbe Free Traders the chairman ^ at the conclusion rose , arrogating to himself praise for the " impartial manner"inwhic £ he had always acted in the chair , gravely announcing at the same time that for the future he would exert his influence to step these proceedings . Tlie humbues dare not hear the truth . °
DERBY . The following resolutions were passed at a general meeting held at Chester ' s Coffee-house , Omastonroad , Derby , on the 26 th of Jan .: — "First . That it is the opinion of this meeting the Executive Committee should . be elected by the members ofthe Association , feecond . That it is requisite to holda Convention this year ; and that the place of its sitting ought to be London . Third . That we , the Chartists of Derby , w 1 nQ tReceive any lecturer except he be a member ofthe National Chartist Association . "
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—r ~~ - ——r——iERESTON . " ,- .... /^ S At a meeting of the Chartists' Council of p ^ held on Sunday evening , January 26 th it Lr k mously agreed to— "That , taking into con ^ Ulla ! u ' the serious charges brought by Dr . M'Doual tio Mr . Feargus O'Connor , we recommetiii th ^ t Chester Council to institute an investigation " i ^ case , believing such charges calculated to d . ' ^ to the Chartist cause if not speedilv ml ?' . "Jiri decided . " i m m § NOTTINGHAM . The following resolution was passed ata meeting of the Seven Stars locality . Nottin » i , ^ 1 January 24 th , 1845 ; resolved- " That this fi . ^ i h with tne nitreatment
aving neara regret - whioiS ' O'Connor has received at the hands of Dr . JfJ * and others , feel themselves called upon to cv ^ their entire and unbounded confidence in him v has proved himself to be a public instr uctor , a \\ -i J hearted philantlu-opist , and an ever-aetei-mine ^' poncnt to tyranny and oppression . That we ator ther resolved , never to withdraw that confidp from him while he continues to pursue that strai *? forward course which he has hitherto so noblvfi lowed ; and wc trust that the ingratitude ' . ^ intrigue which has been resorted to to calm 11 Tl ? and destroy his character , by those whom he haj ? humanely succoured when in distress , may tc-njf ' awaken the working classes to a sense of tlieir i ^ and beget a determination to beat down that ojivi ' sion against wliich their champion lias so ard ^ S and manfully struggled . " V ;
Delegate Meeting . —At a town and county & gate meeting , held in the Democratic Chapel , ojj ^ j " 19 th ult ., it was unanimously resolved that a lenj- ' ' : one penny per member per month be paid for tlic-L . . ' i pose of defraying the Local Victim Debt . '") :
LANCASHIRE . | South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . - . % delegates from the various localities in South tf ' & cashire , in connection with the National Ofias % Association , met in the Garden-street lecture r &> | Bury , on the morning of * Sunday last , Januaru'l 1845 , when delegates from the following pV ' l were present : viz ., Manchester , Rochdale , OldC'jf Heywood , Bury , Waterhead-mills , Ac . Mr . i ) 1 Rankin was unanimously called to tlie chair . \§ minutes of the last meeting were read and confix f § The delegates then paid in the following sums : ~ jM the Executive . —Manchester , £ 2 4 s . ; Rochdale , Ssi'll Uioliam Vaterneatliiiill
, TS . IU . ; > - , Js . OU . ; Jlevw' ^ S 2 s . Id . ; Rochdale , for aecompt book , 4 s .-l . ' / l' |^ £ 3 8 s . 4 d . South Lancashire iiinrf . —Mau ' cli { , ? l | lis . ; Heywood , 2 s . ; Oldham , Ss . ; Watei-liead ^ i ^ 2 s . Gd . ; Rochdale , 8 s . 4 d . —Total , £ 1 lis . lOd . ^ i following resolutions were agreed to : —" That ' ^| county accounts bo audited , aud brought to th « 3 l delegate meeting . " "That Messrs . Rankin *&| Nuttall be the auditors . " " That our scu- ctan > vl to the Star , informing the Chartists of v | empire that- the South Lancasliire delegates -C * about to bring out a Chartist Hymn Book ; a *!? wish , if possible , that i ^ should contain onlvt ^ f compositions of an elevating kind . Anv ChVJfs wishing to aid tlieir efforts , would oblige the / w gates by sending their contributions to the seer * If gratis , on or before the last Sundav in ] W ? * f Contributions should be sent addressed to Mr . Uu ¦ % Radford , 8 , Violet-street , Welcombe-street , HiT % Manchester . " " That the Victim Fund Comnt ^ be requested to publish a balance sheet of . the !/ % , come and expenditure from the last siUm" 9 *
Convention ; and that the same" be rcqucstc appear in the Star previous to the last Suiu ] t February . " " That the county secretary corra , s with those localities who have no delegate pnv in order to ascertain whether they will go on" ! local lecturers' plan . " " That the next del , " meeting be held in AsIiton-undcr-Lvnc , on tluT Sunday in February , in the Chartist Room . ( _ to be taken at ten o'clock in the forenoon . " ' P the levy for the county fund be discontinued for * month . " The thanks of the meeting were " " * given to Mr . Rankin for his able services ii 4 chair , and the meeting broke up about four ot ~ 1 in the afternoon . 1 ?
Buar . —The funeral sermon of Mr . John Loj <* late lecturer for the Miners' Association , and- " lost his life by an explosion of fire damp in a cot s at Radcliffe-bridge , was preached on Simdai _ r j in the Garden-street lecture room , to a cixi / fe ^ and respectable audience , by Mr . W . Dixon , oniju * Chester . Mi-. Dixon selected for liis text thfiV clause of the fourth verse in tho lltli chaoh ** l Hebrews— " He being dead , yet speakcth ;" ' 3 which he spoke for upwards of an hour , during k . 5 " time both speaker and hearers wore deeplv affect o £ CARLISLE . ' p Meeting of the Council of the Ciuniisi \ SI ciation—On Sunday last the above body held dm usual weekly meeting in their room , Jvo . ( i , i £ ||| j street , Caldewgato , when , after the suhicripj # were paid in from the different districts , Mi-. IfeS Gatie was called to the chair . Mr . O'Cnnnor'sfellS
was read from the Star ; also , the report-ofiffi Glasgow proceedings , whichjpused no sumii k & m of surprise amongst the meeting . The election $ M forthcoming Executive was also brought bcfonS meeting ; and Mr . Lowry gave notice that oil apll Sunday he would move , " That the Executive mm p ointed by the different localities , and not bv ty | s § fcrcnee . " After ^ ome other matters were t & f | over , the council adjourned until the follffii | ll Sunday . 5 t | 9 Meeting of hie Working Men ' s ME . M . ui ? ii r-KOVEMENT SociEiv . —The members coinpo 5 iii » fi society held their meeting as usual in the As » II
turn-room , John-street ; but there being nospssgl question before them , the evening was passed oeS desultory conversation . It was agreed to , ti & tf next Sunday , Feb . 2 , at six o ' clock , a mcefe & £ ® be held , with a view to an exposure of the \ W % Dr . Handyside , of Edinburgh , who gave his f | testimony before the commissioners in that rift * a a man could live on sixpence a week -. and that is . a his wife , ' and four children , could live on tweijl lings and sixpence a week , aud that they coifc || comfortably on three shillings or three shillinc ^ sixpence per week , It is to be hoped that a ; fl number will attend . Admission free . m
DUNDEE . j The Council of this place , having consider ^! the manifold privations the members of the Ef tiveand the other accredited lecturers of thf | f elation have to undergo , when prosecuting tfe !' . ? hours far away from honfe , with their famines * * as themselves to maintain out of their wagfi'i subject ( as they are ) to the exorbitant ch . iii--hotel and tavern-keepers , recommend that < f | cality provide a comfortable private lodgi ng ^ town , where the lecturers can regularly resort S' j where the little means they have can be inadj ;| to the best advantage . The Dundee Council also done something more than agree to such i-l mendation . They nave acted on it tlicmselvHfl therefore they are ' iu a condition to say to ot > a " Go and do likewise . " 1
NORTHAMPTON . < Old Localiit . —As we have not reported o' - ; ceedings lately , it perhaps may be thought o £ that we are dead ; but though we have been ^ we have not been apathetic , for we have esta ^; a school to educate the rising generation ; ^ have devised means to commence a Co-ojft Store in connection with the Association , an ^ fund to supply any of our members with siuaB ^ money , instead of their being imposed on J ' pawnbrokers , or anv other sn-asnins caoit # ;
last Monday evening the following resolut * proposed by Mi-. Pebardy , seconded by Mr . &> $ earned unanimouslv— ' * ' That this meeting " | - that Feargus O'Connor is a hearty and siaccKj : of the working classes , and that he has do *' utmost of his power to emancipate them »* evils under which they now suffer ; that ** $ thise with him under the calumnies and t « a » his and our pretended friends ; and we are ?' see the determination he has come to in hav \ ] calumnies investigated , and thus set at rest .
TAVISTOCK . The Chartists of Tavistock are of opinion ^ Executive Committee should be chosen by t " Chartist body ; and that no lecturer ought to $ tenanced by the Chartist Council who is uoti ? member of the Chartist bodv .
TRURO . Lecture . —According to public aimounc ^ lecture was delivered in the United m Truro , on Wednesday evening , January ^ half-nast seven o ' clock , bv Mr . W . M'Gr # meeting was well attended ' bv the sons of » I good sprinkling of the middle classes . M y Skowes , jun ., of Camborne , was called to t ^ and opened the business with an exccllen " . Mr . Longmaid followed with a stirring apffi townsmen to be up and doing in the cause o ' j Mr . M'Grath being next introduced , de »' most able lecture , eliciting tremendous mu Mr . Waddington , a journeyman Cabiw' , spoke after Mr . M'Grath , and was rcph < K » % gentleman , to the satisfaction of the i ^ j : vote of thanks to the lecturers and cha " " eluded tlie proceedings .
ST . IVES . ^ Lbcture . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . ^ addressed between five and sLx hundrcu pa the wharf , who listened with the deepest » ^ his exposition ofthe rights and wrongs oMM Labour . At the concision , it was M » % iR second lecture would be delivered at tne j at six o ' clock in the evening . Tne wegu" g unfavourable , Mr . Tabbert , a mf' ^ rf granted the use of the Com Market hffg- ^ which , notwithstandingthe ineleniencjol 4 was excellent . Mr . Guscott , of P ^ M pointed to tho chair , whohavrnginaniasw ^ opened the business ofthe meeting , »» ufj Game forward , and spoke for upwards ot » , n the principles of the Charter . A ' ° Xe < l National Charter Association was 1 ' auspices favourable to its future yios ^ ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01021845/page/6/
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