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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY. ...
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Halifax.—Mr. Baldwin will lecture in the...
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MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER.
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Brighton, Tuesday Evening. A shocking mu...
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THE MARTYR FROST . By Mr . O'Connor . £ s . d . Georgie Mills , per W . Hucham .. 0 4 G Stockport , per 3 . 'Woodhouse 0 7 0 J . WlUey , Malton ' } * Worcester , per M . Griffiths ~ 0 / 0 From Sutton , near Keighley .. 1 0 0 Brierley Hill , per Miss BediveU .. 0 16 Th « Men of Mr . J . HalTs Tailors' Shop , Glossop - 010 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 4 0 J . Howarth , Leigh .. Oil T . Allsqp , Esq . - o 0 0 Worlang men at Hemnsssate Pann 110 0 £ 7 6 1 Ry Mr . T . M . Wheeler , £ s . d . G . * P . .. 0 2 6 Mr . Findlater .. 0 10 » T . Culman .. 0 10 CamherweR . per Simpson .. 110 0 Limehuuse ., 0 10 Mr . Wright ( City ) .. 0 0 9 A Friend , Saxraunden .. o 2 0 3 Ir . C . Fox .. 0 0 6 Derby .. 0 5 0 Mr . Sides , Lambeth .. 0 8 0 Messrs . Roshton and Baldwin , oo ' - 5 lected at Midgeley camp meeting .. 0 7 6 3 Ir . Pattenden " s boot .. 0 6 ? £ 3 8 4
Monies received by 'Mr . George Rogers , acting Treasure to the Fund , up to July 2 nd , 1 S 46 . Previously acknowledged 127 0 4 Subscriptions per Mr . O'Connor , ( Srd amount ) ... 25 8 3 JDitto , per Afr . T . JC Wheeler , ( 1 st amount ) ... 36 13 3 Mr . Dippie ... 0 2 6 Subscriptions per Mr . G . J . Harney ( 3 rd amount ) ... 24 19 9 Total received ... 214 9 1
tj . 5 In my list last week I acknowledged the sum reeelved from Stafford as £ 1 4 s . ; this was a mistake ol which I was not aware until Saturday when the ordor was presented at fhe Post-office for cash;—the real amount was one pound and four-pence . Consequents the sum total received by me last week was not , as errs neously stated in last Saturday ' s Star , £ 25 3 s . od „ hu 1 £ 2419 s . 9 d ., which sum 1 paid to Mr . Rogers on Tuesua * last The foUowing is a copy of his receipt : — June 30 , 1846 . Htc . Harney paid me the sum of Twenty Four Pounds , Nineteen Shillings , and Sine-pence , being the sum total ofthe foDowing items : —Burnley , per J . Gray , £ 110 s . ; Dorldng , per W . Russell , 4 s . 3 d . ; Selby , per J . Bryan , 7 « Sd . ; Failsworth and Newton Heath , per P . Brown , 4 s . ; Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith , 10 s . ; Brighton , per W , Flower , £ i ; Worsboro Common , per R . Ellison , 6 s . ; Turnout , J . Steele , 6 s . 3 d . ; Sheffield , per G . Cavill , £ 2 ; a friend ^ Is .-, Little Horton , per J . Brook , las . ; Shiney Row , per T . Blakey , as . 9 d . ; Heywood . per W . Bell , 15 s . ; Leamington , per J . White , 3 s . 6 d . ; Thornton , per T . Drake , 6 s . ; Stafford , per S . Ward , £ 10 s . 4 « L ; Manchester ( sscond sum ) , per R . Xadford , £ 9 5 s . ; Total , £ 2419 s . 9 d . Geobge Rogers .
Bx G . Jcua > - Haxsbt . { Received since June 26 th . ) Beckmondwick , £ 2 5 MRlbridge , 7 s . 3 d . ; Litdetown , 10 s . 3 d . ; Higbtown , 10 s . ; Total £ 3 7 s . 6 d . ; Deduct Post Order , 6 d . per Abraham Schofield . 3 7 0 Sutton in Ashfield , per G- Keniiall . IIS Bradford , ( Yorkshire ) par T . Cole . 0 14 0 Total up to Jnly 2 nd . " " £ 5 2 6
IO THE 2 D 1 T 0 E OF THE XOHTHEKS STAB . 83 , Trongate , Glasgow , 30 th June , 1816 . Sir , —Prefixed I have sent yon a list of subscriptions received by myself andMr . Moir—on account of our beloved andesteemedfriend , Mr . John Frost—tU 127 th inst ., which the Chartists of this locality are anxious should appear in the columns of your paper , you , so doing wiR Oblige , Sir , Your friend in the cause , and weU wisher , George Ross . Subscriptions received by George Ross , and James Moor , for behoof of Mr . John Frost , the Exile of England .
Received by George Ross . £ s . d . A 3 IaxweU , Kilbarehan , ... 2 0 0 A few friends at finnis-ton , per J . Rae 0 6 3 Six friends , per J , M'Robbie ... 0 3 0 P . ILennttb , Swanton ... 0 2 6 Subscriptions per W . Moir ... 0 17 3 John Colquhoun ... 0 5 0 D . Gilmour ... 0 5 0 George Ross ... 116 G . Chisholm ... 0 10 0 Friends of Liberty , Alva , per D . Harrower ... 312 ° Archibald M'Alister , per A . Brown 0 S 0 A . Brown ... 0 2 6 J . Smith ... 0 2 6 _ _ ~ - . n a c
W . Cloughan , Molytown ... « - » Bnrnside Factory ( Bock Xo . 8 ) , perR . Whitsun ... 0 7 6 Chartists of Strathaven ( Bool-No . 66 ) , per Archibald Minuo 2 2 0 F . aPGubbld " ... 0 2 6 A Friend — 0 10 A . Stevenson — 0 10 Mr . Frame ... 0 10 Sundrv sums , under Is . ... 0 4 4 w . C . Morrison ... 0 5 0 ToHeross . perA . CIeDand ... 010 0 — Murray ... 0 10 James Dunn ... 0 10 John Ramsay ... 0 10 William Brown ... 0 10 An Irish Friend ... 0 10 JobnHighes ... 0 10 Thos . M * Gibbon ... 0 10 AFriend ... 0 10 Elizabeth M * Donald ... 0 10 James Sewing ... 0 2 6 P . G . ... 0 10 Addidanal sums , under Is . ... 0 11 3
£ 14 15 1 n consequence sf the slipping ofthe type , the sum of £ Ss 9 d for Mr . Frost , from Stratford , appeared in some coles of the Star as 9 d .
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
Politics Are At A Dead Stand In France. ...
Politics are at a dead stand in FRANCE . Tse Reforme and National were lately abusing the " nglisli because the Duke of Wellington gives annnjly a dinner to some score of military aristocrats on the 18 th of June , the anniversary of Wateloo , a celebration which , though more "honured in the breach than the observance , " is not iff so offensive to good taste as the very illtemp ' -ed and very silly comments of the French Ridied journals . The BernoeratiePacifique , has been very foolishly employed in assailing the German Ccmnunists in no very pacific terms . We sincerely ¦ will cur Parisian contemporaries better employment . Th Chambers are engaged in winding up tbe
buiness of the session . We have nothing new to reprt of those precious humbugs Thiers and Gciot . The former has been quiet since his declratiou that , " he had contributed to found and conslidate the present Government , and he now attached it , not in its essence—God forbid ' . —but in sole of its acts—in the acts of its servants , the prese » , Mmister 3 , who . in Mowing their own tastes , imagibd they were serving its interests . " This being pt into plain English , means " I don't attack the midie class created despotism . —God forbid !—I only < iarrel with those who are its directors , because t ^ j fill the places me and my gang ought to have . " There has been no discussion of any moment since < iat on Algeria , in which it was shown that the arm which at first was only 10 , 000 strong ,
bow amonnte to 100 , 000 ; that 20 , 000 of these were in "various wa ^ destroyed annually , and that the cash cost to Fr ^ ce of this beautifd colony was about 125 , 000 , 000 ef funcs yearly . As regards the natives they of course a * being " civilized" and " pacified . " The men are putto the sword , womea and children are carried off ; . tribe is surprised asleep in its tents , tie whole a .-e slaughtered without distinction of age or sex ; and this is called " pacification . " When tie Arabs retaliate , then , of course , France is Tery mui horrfied at the barbarity of putting prisonersto deathin cold blood , quite forgetting the example st by theroastings and smotherings in the caves of Ldua . is is believed that the elections for the new lhamber will commence on the 1 st of August .
By way dMadrid , we have intelligence from PORTUGAL , that distances had occurred at Oporto , caused by the ahsolntisconspirators . It is stated that on the 18 th thegarrion of Oporto had declared against the existing ordeDf things and been attacked and defeated by the « volntionary party with considerable effusion /> f Woo en both sides . The rumour was current inMadri that the Spanish Government had received dispatch announcing a Miguelite movement in , a village f Portugal , near the Sp-mish frontier , and the protroatron 0 f Don Miguel , as King
of Portugal , it ti 5 is true it will only tend to still further exasperatehe Revolutionists . Previous accounts from Lisbon-epresent tne people as being in a very excited statCand the Queen as very unpopular . The military lire been very roughly treated by the Lisbon populace , vho no longer fear them . The " Constitution of 1820 ' is fast becoming the popular cry . Financial affair- ae in a precious mess . It is alleged that the Cabralhave increased the national debt no less than two nylons sterling during their four yea ' adrninistratio .
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There has been lately holden in
. BELGIUM , in the Town Hall of Brussels , a " Liberal Congress , " consisting of three hundred and sixty deputies , under the presidency of M . Defacqz . a councillor ofthe Court of Cassation , one of the Chiefs of the Liberal party . The object of this movement , according to the programme of the Congress is "to obtain electoral reform by the adjunction ofthe Jury lists , and by a certain reduction of the present assessment ofthe towns ; to establish the real independence of the civil Power ; to organise by authority a system of public instruction for every c ^ ss under the exclusive
direction ofthe civil power , and rejecting the intervention of the clergy ; to increase the number of Deputies and Senators , in the proportion of one Deputy to 40 , 000 souls , and one Senator to 80 , 000 souls ; to abrogate certain laws ; and to ameliorate the condition of the poorer classes . " A central committee will direct the efforts of the local societies to influence public opinion and the elections . From a friend at Brussels we have been put in possession of the following communication explaining the distinction and differences between the " Liberal" and the " Catholic" party : —
The resolutions of the Congris Liberals are on the whole a victory of what is called here theyotm * - liberals over the old ones ; but rather a slight victory . The proposed extension of the suffrage , if carried out even to the utmost limits allowed ( reducing the qualification of voters to 20 guilders or 83 s . paid annually in taxes ) would give the right of voting to thejwtife oourgeoise , or shopkeeping class , and to somesmaUerlandedproprietors . The mass ofthe people would remain entirely excluded from representation . The admittance of the capacities , i . e . lawyers , physicians , schoolmasters , and others who have to undergo public examinations ana attend the universities , at the above qualification , a measure which the Congress asked for as an immediate necessity , would introduce into the Parliament net supporters of popular measures but advocates of the shopkeepinrr interests . As to the demanded " real independence of the civil
power ofthe clergy , this is futile as long as the other measures , are not carried , and then it will follow as a matter of course . The clergy are the chief advocates of the landed interest , the nobility in particular ; the liberals consist of the trading capitalists in the towns . The struggle between Catholics and Liberals is the same as in England , between landlords and money-lords , Protectionists and Freetraders , it is the struggle of the toicn against the country . If the towns , that is the liberals , pass their measures , whicb , howc-ver , they are yet far from , the civil power toHi naturally be independent of the clergy , because the clergy ore merely the interested advocates of the landlords , and their power will be broke as soon as that of the landlords is overturned . The people hare taken very little interest in the whole Congress affair .
A new radical journal printed in the French language has been recently commenced in Brussels with every prospect ef success . The Debat Social is the name of the new paper . It bids fair to be a valuable champion of democratic and fraternal principles . The Chartist and Trades' movements in this country are chronicled in its columns , and furnish the editor with matter for comment iu treating ofthe state of things in England . We hail it as another champion of popular rights , and commend it to the support ofthe popular movement . Again , rumours are rife in
GERMANY , that the long projected Prussian Constitution is at lastframod , and will be immediately published . For ourselves , we will believe when we see . The King of Prussia is such a liar that none but asses would repose faith in his most solemn promises . One thing is certain that , if a Constitution is granted , it will be so worthless as to be utterly inadequate to satisfy the popular demands . From our " German correspondent" we have received the following brief but interesting communication which exhibits his Prussian kingship in a new but not very respectable character . He is about to turn swindler on a large
scale . He will borrow , and then repudiate . We believe a favourite song of his is : — Yankee Doodle borrows cash , Yankee Doodle spsnds it , And then he snaps his fingers at The jolly flat who lends it . Much , however , Imight be said for the Yankees which will not apply to the Royal Pietist of Prussia . Perhaps he will quiet his conscience with the moral reflection : — Il'hunibdgg'd thus the jobbers choose to be , Why let them , since it brings the chink to me , There ' s none so blind as those who will not see . Here follows the letter from our correspondent : —
THE PRUSSIAN BAKK QUESTION . Ton will probably have already heard that fhe King of Prussia ' s plan of making money out of paper has been found impracticable . Two of the administrators of the State Debts refused to sign the new banknotes , as they considered them to be a new public debt , therefore subject to the guarantee of the States-General . Frederick irilliam IT * ., to show that lie can make as much money as he likes , has now hit upon a far better plan . Instead of making ten millions , he makes thirty—twenty millions of paper-money and ten of good , solid gold and silver coin . He proposes that ten { millions of capital be raised by shares , " which shares it appears shall bring no dividends but merely 31 per cent , interest and which shall not be transferable unless at the owner ' s
death , in order to keep them out ofthe reach of speculation ! J ! " Jfow would you call such things shares t Why not ? His Majesty of Prussia decrees that they are shares , and fosters the fond hope that he wiU find a lot ef capitalists stupid enough to invest ten muttons of dollars in such not transferable , leaden , three-and-a-half Bant stock And that at a time , too , when by speculating in railway shares they can make quite another per centage . When the King will have found the parcel of fools he is in want of , and thus borrowed ten millions in coin , he will issue twenty millions in banknotes , making " a sum total of thirty millions , increase of the national liabilities Really this is raising the wind with a vengeance . Raising thirty millions , because one can't get ten . From
SWITZERLAND we hear that the new constitution for Berne is nearly completed . There was a long debate in the council on the third paragraph , which fixes twenty-one as the age at which the citizens are to acquire the right of voting . There was a minority of sixty-seven in favour of fixin g the age at twenty . The democratic cause is , though slowly , constantly progressing in
DENMARK . The king recently published a decree mitigating the several regulations relating to the press . The penalty of imprisonment , inflicted for the publication of political articles in journals not specially authorized to treat of such subjects , is replaced by a fine , varying according to circumstances , from 20 to 220 rk-bank dollars . When a journal is seized by the police before its publication , the responsible editor cannot be proceeded against ( as has been hitherto done ) , and he will have the right to bring an action against the police for the seizure . Recently tne Danish democrats forwarded to Paris 1 , 000 . francs towards the subscription for the Polish revolutionists . There is nothing definite from
ITALY . Rumour assigns to the new Pope the character of a liberal politician and well-intentioned man ; and various reforms are spoken of as being projected by him . A Frankfort journal states that after several conferences between the Prince de Metternich and the Apostolical Nuncio at Vienna , it has been resolved to augment the Austrian force in Italy by 10 , 000 men . There are cheering signs that the Sultan of TURKEY is determined to place himself at the head of a regenerating movement within his dominions . We shall take ° an early opportunity to speak at greater length on this interesting subject . The most important news from the UNITED STATES , indeed the most important news of the week , is the
SETTLEMENT OF THE OREGON QUESTION . Full particulars will be found in our seventh page . This long pending question is at length settled on the basis proposed by the British Government"the 49 th line to be the boundary , as far as the Straits of Fuca—t hen down to the Pacific Ocean , with neutral rights to the Straits—Vancouver ' s Island to the British—and the navigation , until 1858 , ofthe Columbia river . TheHudson Bay Company to be indemnified for property turned over to the United States . " We congratulate our readers on this happy settlement , and trust , that no more vexatious differences will arise between the two Governments , to peril the peaceful relations of the two countries .
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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —
SUlfnAT EVENING . , South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock—City Cluvrtist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . —Weslmimter : at the Partheninm Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane-at half-past seven . —Somen Town : at Mr . Duddrege s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-pastseven . —Tower Hamlets : at the WhittiiigtOB and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . — -Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , < st * iit o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone ; at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia street .
Hammersmith—at the District Office , 2 , Little Yale Place . —Shareholders enrolled every day from eight o ' clock in the morning . The weekly meetings of the Shareholders will be held at the above office every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock precisely .
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MONDAY EVBHINd . Rochester . —At the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . CamlerweU : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . Kensington . —At eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . limehouse : at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , at eight o'clock . Chelsea , at the Temperance Coffee House , Exeter Street , Sloane Street , at eight o ' clock . TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock .
Newcastle-upon-T yne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Sunday evening , irom seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : T « e members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every . Sunday night , at six o'clock . t-. Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Gates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gale , every Monday evening , at eight o'clock . PBOVINCIAt MEETINGS OF THE CHAETIST CO-OPEaATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Leicester , every Monday evening , at No . 17 , Archdeden Lane , at seven o ' clock . Chepstow , every Monday evening , at the Temperance , Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock .
Aberdeen . The office-bearers meet every Wednesday evening at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Hall .
Halifax.—Mr. Baldwin Will Lecture In The...
Halifax . —Mr . Baldwin will lecture in the Working Man ' s Dall . BuMoselane , on Sunday ( to * morrow ) evening , at half past six o ' clock . Camp Meeting . —A Camp Meeting will be holden on the Lad Stone , Norland Moor , on Sunday , July 12 th , to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A PnBLie Meeting will be held on Chorley Wood Common , " near Rickmansworth , on Sunday the 12 th instant . Chair to be taken at seven o'clock precisely . Another public meeting will be held on Monday evening the 13 th , at the Fortune , Rickmansworth . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . Bradford . —Chartist Co-operative Land Society . The newly-established branch of this so siety will hold its meetings at the large room of the Woolcomber ' s Arms Inn , Hope-street , every Suuday at one o ' clock . The members of the National Charter Association will meet at the Woolcomber's Arms , Hope-street , on Sunday next , at one o ' clock .
Bubklet . — The members of theChartist Co-operative Land Society ofthe No . 1 Branch are requested to attend at Mr . Ackland's next Monday evening , for the purpose of balancing their local and general expences The committee urgently request to have all settled with as little delay as possible . The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday , the 13 th of July , at the house of Mr . Telford , sign of the Fleece Inn , Bolton , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq . and other gentlemen . Motiram . — The monthly meeting of the shareholders in the Co-operative Land Society will be held in the Lecture-room , opposite the Bull ' s Head , at two o ' clock on Sunday , July 5 . At the meeting a subscription will be made in behalf of John Frost . RocnsALB . —William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture on Sunday evening at six o ' clock , in the Chartist Association room , Mill Street .
Newcastm-on-Tynb—Themembers of this branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to pay their arrears of levies , for expences of directors , local expences , conference , & c . ; those persons neglecting to do so will be excluded from the approaching ballot for allocation . Birmingham . —A general meeting of the members ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place on Monday evening next , at Walter Thorn ' s , No . Ill , Rea-street . It is expected every member wjll attend and pay the levy for directors and local expences . The chair to betaken at eight o'clock precisely .
LirriEBOBOOGH Camp Meeting . — The following places are requested to appoint delegates .- —Saddleworth , Marsden , Paddock , Huddersfield , Marlom Royde , Halifax , Bury , Hebden Bridge , Heywood , Oldham , Elland , Rochdale , Todmorden , Bridget House , Bingley , Sowerby Bridge , Sowerby Helm , Holmefirth , Middleton , Bacup . ^ Burnley , Shaw MiUrow , and all other localities in the surrounding districts . The delegates will meet at the White House , Blackstone-hedge , on Sunday , the 12 th July , for the purpose of arranging for a camp meeting of the two counties , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock , a . m . precisely .
Huddersfield . —A Meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , residing in the Huddersfield District , will be holden at the Temperance Hotel , Paddock , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon of Sunday next , July 5 th , 1816 . for the purpose of winding up the accounts of the district . Benjamin Brown , Secretary . Ashton . — A meeting of the Shareholders of ibis locality , will be held in the Chartist-room , Bentiuckstreet , on Sunday the 5 th of July , when the whole of the members are requested to attend .
United Patriots Axn Patriarchs Benefit Societxes . —Route sf the General Secretary to attend the Festivals of Branches , Lectures , & c . Colchester , Thursday , July 9 th ; Sudbury , Friday , July 10 th ; Halstead , Saturday , July 11 th ; Norwich , Monday , July 13 th ; Coffeshall , Tuesday , July 14 th ; Braintree , Wednesday , July 15 th . All other branches or places requiring the attendance of the Secretary , Mr . Ruffy , are requested to direct to him at the Office , 13 , Tottenham Terrace , New Road , St . Pancras , on or before Thursday next .
Murder Of An Infant By Its Mother And Suicide Of The Murderer.
MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER .
Brighton, Tuesday Evening. A Shocking Mu...
Brighton , Tuesday Evening . A shocking murder was committed this morning in the Brighton Workhouse , by one ofthe female inmates , named Norman , the wife of a man in Lewes House of Correction , who is undergoing a sentence for felony . It appears that the wretched woman had lately complained of pains in her head , and was allowed to remain in bed longer than the other women on that account . She had . weaned her infant which had latterly slept with another woman . Shortly before ten o ' clock this morning she requested to have her infant in bed with her . The request was complied with , and as soon as she was left alone with her child she cut its throat and then cut her own .
She ' ran out into the apartment where the . other women were at work , bleeding profusely , and almost instantly dropped , and expired in a few moments . On going to her room the inmates were horrified to find the poor infant ' s throat cut , but the child was not dead . Surgical aid was called in and every means were tried to save the child , but the wound was too deep , and the infantfdied this afternoon at four o ' clock . The murderer had previously requested that her other two children might be brought to her , but fortunately they were not in the way , or they might have shared the fate of the deceased infant . The maiden name of tbe woman was Barker , and she was brought up by her uncle , Mr . B . Hammond , of Lime Cottage , Buckland , near Dover , Kent . Her husband is the son of Mr . Norman , of Glynde .
THE INQUEST . The inquest on the bodies of Mrs . Norman and her murdered infant was held on Wednesday morning , at the Brighton workhouse , before S . H . Gell , Esq . Coroner for East Sussex . The bodies were lying on a bed in an upper story , where the Jury went to view them . Mr . Thorncroft , the assistant overseer of Brighton , was the first witness examined . He deposed that on the 1 st of November last the floman Norman applied to him for relief . He had known ner husband for some years . He was at one time a grocer , and latterly had lived at Ringmer . Mrs . Norman said that her husband was a prisoner in Lewes House of Correctionwhere he was confined for breaking into
, a house . She did not again apply lor relief till the 6 th or 7 th of April last . She was admitted on the 9 th of April , with her three children , the eldest of whom was nine years old , another one seven , yeara old , and ( the deceased infant who was about six months old . A fourth child is living in London . The deceased " woman was | about thirty-six years ot age . She belonged to St . Mary ' s , Islington . Had never observed that her mind was affected , but she appeared to have notions above her station in life , arising , perhaps , from the manner in which she was brought up . She seemed rather anxious to get into the workhouse at Islington . Witness once asked her what were her views , and if her friends could assist her ? and she said she could not
possibly bring up her children without a servant , and that she could not do without £ 2 a week . She , therefore , preferred remaining in the workhouse till her husband was discharged from prison . She several times expressed her gratitude for the kindness shown to her there . She was of rather superior education . She said she ( had been brought up in a boardingschool at the expense of her uncle , Mr . Hammond , of Dover . She said her father ' s name was Parker , and that he had been connected with the Nottingham Mercury , and that she believed he was now in London .
Mr . Rugg . surgeon to the parish , deposed that the deceased woman had consulted him during the last month , and that during the last ten days he had attended her regularly . She complained of being nervous and low-spirited . About a fortnight ago she consulted witness as to the necessity of weaning her child . She said she had very little milk , and that the child hurt her in suckling . Her illness was rather mental than bodily . She appeared to have been well educated , and was evidently ' a woman of strong feeling * Saw her the last time at noon on Monday , when she spoke more rationally ' than ever . She appeared generally to speak very quick . Saw her again yesterday morning with her , throat out .
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she was quite dead . , The child ' s ! throat was also cut ; its windpipe was cut through , but the child was still alive . It hved four or five hours . The knife with winch the wound was inflicted was a very blunt one , and it slipped over the jugular vein in a very extraordinary manner . The woman ' s throat was ° ? Ii u . m * ° . s-de' Ue did aot think the weaning -rfl t r 0 uld haYe affected her health . Deborah Jenkins deposed , that she had slept in the same room with Mrs . Norman for the last fortnight , and that the deceased used to ssk her a great many questions at night . She saw . her on Monday ill in bed , when she complained of a weight at the top of her head . She looked very wild at witness , and her eyes were so large that she frightened her . The Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed the child in a tit of insanity , and then destroyed herself . "
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CRUELTY AT SEA . ' . At the Thames police office on Wednesday , Capt , William Graham , the master of the barque Grange , of Greenock , lying in the West India Dock , appeared before Mr . Bailantine , to answer a charge of committing a series of cruel assaults on William Francis Singleton , the steward , and William Baine , the cook of the same vessel , on the high seas , on her homeward voyage from the Mauritius . Baine ' s case was first taken . . He stated that on the 10 th of April last , ho was engaged with the rest of the crew in tacking the ship , when the Captain , without any provocation , shoved him from one side of the ship to the other , and knocked himdown among the spars on deck . He got up , and told the Captain ho did not come on board tb be used in that way . The Captain immcdiatelv seized him by the throat .
kicked him , knocked him down among the spars again , and struck him several times about tho head and face and blackened his eyes . The Captain then dragged him forward , and knocked him down in the forecastle head , and after putting his knees on his breast , held him . by the throat till lie was quite black in the face , and could scarcely breathe . -He * got up . and on looking round him saw William Minor , a seaman , standing further aft . lie appealed to Minor , who said lie saw the whole ofthe ill-usage . The chief mate then came forward by the Captain's orders , and held witness by the arms while tho Captain again seized him by the throat , and drugged him aft to the quarter deck . He laid hold of the mizen rigging , and the Captain , after a little struggling , ordered him down into the cabin . He refused to go , and requested
the Captain to make him fast on deck if he wanted to do it . The Captain then made fast a rope to his legs , and , with the assistance of the first and second mates , dragged him to the companion , where he j umped on him with his feet until he jumped him down the hactbway . He was then put in irons in one of the staterooms , where he was compelled to remain for two days and three nights , without bed or bedding , his only allowance of provisions during that time being two biscuits per day and a little cold water . The ship was then off the Cape of Good Hope . The weathcrwasvery coldand hesuffered agreatdeal . Ail the clothing he had on was a ^ blue flannel shirt and a pair of canvass trowsers while lie was in irons . On the second night he asked the Captain for some bedclothes , and he refused to give him any , but sent
the steward below to shake his nose , pull his ears , and ascertain if he was tamer . On the morning he was released he went to his duty as usual , and continued to work until the 26 th of ; May , when the chief mate ordered him to draw off water from the tank below and fill a cask above . While he was engaged upon this duty the captain , who was sitting on the quarter deck , amused himself by calling him a brute , a beast , and a d—d brute , every time he passed him . He answered that he was neither brute nor beast , which so enraged the captain that he seized him by the throat , and after compressing it in a manner which gave him much pain , he shook him , and pushed him up against the mizen rigging . After passing the captain with two or three more buckets of water , he was again called a beast , and upon
making the same reply , as he had done before the captain pushed him off the quarter deck on to the main deck . He fell from the violence of the shove , and a bucket of water was capsized alongside of him . He got upand was going forward , when the captain followed him , and overtook him abreast of the longboat and shoved him down again . He rose once more , and went rightforward close to the windlass , where the captain forced him upon the chain cable , and then peremptorily ordered him into the forecastle . He was descending the hatchway , when the second mate called him aft , and he was met by the captain , who ordered him to return to his duty . He went down the cabin stairs with a bucket , to fetch more water , and had not got more than halfway down , when the captain jumped upon him with the whole weight of his body , and severely bruised him about the head and shoulders . He called out
" Murder , " and was ordered upon deck . As he was coming up the captain repeated his ' violence . He was sent up and down four times , the captain each time jumping upon him as hard as he was able . On reaching the cabin , and calling out ¦ . ' ¦ ' Murder , " the captain struck him several times-on the face with his clenched fists , and then ordered him to return to his duty . He was very weak and disabled from the brutal treatment he received , and said he . could not do any more work . He was again put below , arid confined in irons for thirty days , and was not released until the ship came into the dock , and was moored on Friday last . During fourteen days of his last confinement , he was only allowed a biscuit and a half per day , and the rest ofthe time a half pound per day only . Tho captain , as a further punishment , disfigured him by cutting his hair very short .
In cross-examination by Mr . Pelham , the cook said , he never offered to fight the captain ; he never called him names , and he never gave him the slightest provocation . He was asked repeatedly to return to his duty during the eight days of his confinement , and said he could not , on account ofthe usage he had received . He was brought upon'deck several times , and the captain said , let the brute beast down to his den again . Mr . Broderip said , it was impossible for him to tell what answer there might be , but there was aprimti facie case of a series of aggravated assaults , and it was his duty to send it to the Central Criminal Court . He called upon the defendant to find bail , himself in £ 100 , and ^ two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear at the next sessions .
The case of Singleton , the steward , was next gone into . He is an intelligent man of colour , and stated that he had been very cruelly treated . On the 4 th oi May he w . as ' . knocked down by the captain , who drew a great deal of blood from him . Four or five days after that , the captain horse-whipped him with his riding-whip . Mr . Broderip—Were your clothes off or on at the time ? Witness—I had my jacket off , and my shirt sleeves were tucked up . The same day I was compelled to stow myself away in the hold , to prevent his beating me . Three Sundays before I got in here he knocked me down on the cabin-floor , just after dinner and stunned me . I was quite speechless for some time , I don't know how long ; and then he called upon the
chief mate to feel my pulse , and ascertain if anything ailed me . That was after I recovered my senses and got into the pantry . While doubling the Cape , and while the weather was very cold , he threw four buckets of water over me . It was raining at the time , and he deprived me of my bed , and obliged me to sit up in the pantry , and I was shivering with cold . The witness then produced the shirt which he wore when the first assault was committed . It was covered with marks of blood . Mr . Broderip said the defendant must find bail in this case also , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . The defendant was unprovided with the required sureties , and was locked up .
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ROCHDALE . In consequence ot certain proceedings at Birmingham by several persons who nave taken a prominent part in the Chartist movement , and the late attempt of some residing amongst us to divide the people and destroy the-meeting at Middleton Wood last Sunday , which attempt however , completely failed , the Chartist council called a special meeting of members , at the house of Mr . John Ingle , Hope and Anchor , Cheetham-street , John $ ean in the chair , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — Proposed by Thomas Livsey , seconded by James ¦ Cropper .
That this meeting is fully convinced that a portion of those parties who have heretofore taken a leading part in the Chartist agitation , are now lending themselves to its enemies , by Insidious attempts to commence an agitation for the avowed object of " Protection to Native Industry " which agitation , we are convinced , is only commenced for the purpose of promoting Tory principles at the forthcoming election . That we have lost all confidence in those who have joined the Protection Society , and are determined to do all that . lies in our power to oppose such an unholy alliance : That our confidence remains unabated in the present conductors of the Northern Star , and we call upon thnm to expose the tricks of these sham friends of the People ' s cause . As members of the national Chartist Association , we are determined to support no movement that has for its objectless that the enact . m » nt ofthe People ' s Charter .
LOUGHBOROUGH , Please to announce through the Star , the sympathy of the Chartist ^ of this place with F . O'Connor , Esq ., in the shameful treatment he has received from the would-be-grerfit Mr . Cooper ; and also their disgust at the conduct ofthe miscalled Chartist Poet , and they recoromeD , d him to practice democracy as well as profess it . J . Skedinqham . MANCHESTER . Johft Hargrave delivered a lecture in tho Carpenters Hall , on Sunday evening last , to a crowded audience .
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MERTHTR TYDVIL . The members of tbe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , resident in this place , met in their room on Sunday last , the 28 th iilt ., when the following resolution was unanimously passed : — . That we view with contempt the base and unmanly attack made upon the character of F . O'Conner , Bfq ., by T . Cooper , and we , the members of this branch ofthe Land Society , ' hare the greatest cdnfldence in the honour and integrity of P . O'Connor , Esq ., and his brother directors , and we earnestl y hope he will continue the office of sub-treasurer . David R . Morgan , Secretary . BR ADFORD . On Sunday evening a Meeting of the Chartist and Land Association Members wa ^ held ^ ^ i ™« 2 h buildings , Mr . Alderson inTke X ^ SS ? ttS . " unanimously resolved : — . lw
That an office be fitted up for the enrolment of mem bers in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society and Chartist Association , and the Committee be directed to rent the room , No . 1 , Butterworth-buildingj , for both Associations . That the room be opened on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) at Two o ' clock in the afternoon , and remain open to Nine o ' clock in the evening , and opened each day at Seven o ' clock in the morning , and close at Seven in ihe evening , except Mondays , Saturdays and Sundays , when it will close at Nino o ' clock in the evening . That the Northern Star , Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms , and other useful mid instructive works , be provided for the use of any person ( whether member or not ) visiting the room , and the Treasurer and Secretary do attend on Sunday , Monday , Thursday , and . Saturday evenings to enrol members , and receive contributions
That a notice bo sent to those membra who ave 19 raontha on the Books of the Land Association , and have paid under 4 s . to request them to transfer their shares , as there are numbers of persous anxious to obtain shares in the first section . Such parties as are willing to transfer will receive back the amount paid by application to the Secretary , at the office of the Association , No . 1 Butterworth-buildings .- ' That all persons holding Collecting Books for John Frost , do bring them in to be settled , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) at Three o ' clock in the afternoon , and the Committee be in attendance at thatthoiir .
The Balance Sheet of the Land Association was then read , and gave general satisfaction . Several p ersons entered , ? nd paid a portion of their shares ; the second section is rapidly advancing . Mr . Cooper's letter in Lloyd ' s Refuge for Renegades , which has been plentifully distributed in Bradford , was read at the close ofthe meeting . A unanimous groan of indignation was the response , and an earnest request that Mr . O'Connor would take no further notice of the "filthy" blackguard . Bradford . —The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Association will meet in their room , No . ¦ 1 , Butterworth-buildings , at 2 o ' clock on Sunday ( to-morrow ) afternoon . . The members of the Chartist Association will meet at No . 1 , Butterworth-buildings , on Sundav ( to-morrow ) at 4 o ' clock in the afternoon . The Frost Committee will meet at No . 1 , Butterworth-buildings , at 3 o ' clock in the afternoon , on Sunday ( to-morrow . )
The committee ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Association will meet on Monday , at No . 1 , Butterworth-bnildings , at 8 o ' clock in the evening .
MARYLEBONE . The all engrossing . subject ( amongst the working classes ) of the " Land , " continues to make numerous audiences . ' .. .. . Mr . E . Siallwood , in the absence of Mr . Wheeler , whose attendance was prevented from pressure of business , delivered an able and fervid discourse on this popular theme , now pervading the operatives of France , Belgium , Prussia , and America , for possession of the soil ,. and the great social advantages springing from the allotment system , wherever adopted , freely quoted the eloquent language of "Beaumont ; " thereby demonstrating that it was the only system that could confer peace , prosperity , contentment , and happiness , on unfortunate Ireland ,
and also pointed it out as a " new pet" for the " protectionists , " whereby they might avenge themselves on the " Merchant Princes . " confer honour on themselves , by bettering the condition of their suffering , toiling , fellow countrymen , and earn the lasting gratitude of posterity . The Lecturer next reviewed the blasting effects on society ofthe Laws of Primogeniture and entail , amassing , as in their consequence they do , wealth in heaps for the first born , and throwing the younger sons of the Aristocracy -for support on the nation , thus creating hordes of useless Generals , worse than useless Admirals , and cormorant persons , swallowing up that wealth which , did justice prevail , must go to feed , clothe , and educate the tillers ' ofthe soil . The Lecturer then passed a
warm eulogy on those able writers , Passy , Beaumont , Arthur C . O'Connor , Sismondi , Buret , Guizot , Constant , Dupir , Lay , Blanqui , Mignet , and others , who had so forcibly denounced the laws of Primogeniture and entail , and demonstrated that the only means of effectually breaking up large estates , and abolishing Primogeniture , was the "Chartist Cooperative Land Society , " embracing as it does the interest of all , and from the smallness ofthe amount at which the weekly contributions of its members commence was within the reach of all , and as the last balance sheet and report of that eminently successful society shewed it was highly prosperous , nossessinsas
it does two estates , with thirty five cottages , and a certainty of possessing a third estate in a few days , ho called on all wishing to leave their country better than they found it , on every one desirous of forwarding tho well-being and social advantane of his wife and family , to join the Chartist Co-operative Land Society ; every one desirous of surrounding themselves with peace , prosperity , and happine . vs would join that glorious confraternity , and when thus surrounded by their happy fellow mortals in social communion , enjoy the great and glorious consolation of knowing that that happy consummation was in part the work of their hands . Mr . Stallwood resumed his seat admidst much applause .
A Mr . Puddifal rose and said , it was all nonsense to talk of spade labour , where there was only three inches of soil , and as regarded vegetables the people had plenty of them , what thev wanted was more animal food . A Youkg Agriculturist from Hampshire said , it was just in those places where the soil was but three inches in depth that the spade was required . He had been employed witli a Mr . Forder , on a comparatively baren piece of land , in which the soil was only three inches deep—well they set to with the mattock and spade , trenched it up—the consequence was , the mould sunk amongst the gravel , the seeds took deep root , and the crops , on this previously comparatively barren soil was most abundant ( Hear , hear , ) the harvest after this digging and trenching took place , and on twelve acres of ground they had nineteen and a half tons of Sweed turnips , fifteen
tons of hay , half an acre of potatoes of more than an average crop , thirty seven sacks of oafs , half an acre of carrots , and other vegetables in abundance ( Great cheering . ) The Lecturer said , after the practical illustration just given on behalf of spade husbandry , by his friend from Hampshire , he did not think it worth while for him to say one word on that subject , but in respect to the want of " animal food , " he would like to know how they could better obtain it , than by getting the land ; would not the refuse of tbe " garden , " and the "field , " enable them to keep " pigs , " and would not the " pigs" supply the house with " pork and bacon , " ( cheers ) and , further , there was generally attached to land—runs of commons , or public fields , which with a little aid would support a cow , and the cow would give the allotees a supply of milk , veal , beef , drc . < ke . ( Loud cheering . )
A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the lecturer , a similar compliment was paid to Mr . A . Packer , who occupied the chair on the occasion , and the meeting was dissolved .
. NORTHAMPTON . At a Public Meeting of the Chartists of this locality , held on Tuesday evening , called for the purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming Convention , after some preliminary business had been settled , it was proposed by Mr . Munday , That John Barker is a fit and' proper person to represent this locality in the ensuing convention . Seconded by Mr . Garrett , and carried without a dissentient . - Proposed by Mr . Marks , and seconded by Mr Page , That the election be reported to the Star , as an inducement to other localities to proceed with thcit elections . Carried unanimously . Charles Fenton , Sub-Secretary .
BRADFORD : A Meeting ofthe members of the National Chartr j Association was held in the large room of the Ww jl combers Arms Inn , Hope-street , on Sunday Ja st Thomas Cole in the chair . After the arranges . en of the financial affairs of the locality , it was rest ? lvei to open a branch ofthe Chartist Co-Operativa " Lam Society . A number of names were handed in fo that purpose , and tho . following persons cho sen oi Committee pro . tern i Thomas . Seholefield , «\* illian Jackson , David Tennant , John . Nutter , Georgi White , George Demane , and Thomas Tidsday Several persons enrolled their names as members o the National Charter Association , andthereisagooi prospect ef the above locality becoming r . unieroua ii a short time .
COCKERMOUTH . TO FEAKOUS O ' CONNOR , BSq . Respected Sir , —Having been very ill for son weeks , I was unable until the present time ? jo convi to you these few remarks , and the following resoli tion adopted by the members of the Chartist Co-op rative Land Society , hold at Mr . Peat ' s , Kirkgat Cockermouth . Sir , I have had misgivings for son time with respect to Mr . Cooper ' s j rofessions i " charity , " but now that he has been drawn froj behind the screen , he scruples not to attempt t every base and scandalous calumny to destroy one < the noblest movements thatj 6 ver was set on foot f <
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the emancipation ofthe enslaved and toil-worn millions . But go ori , noble Sir , in the glorious cause of right against might , and with your perseverance and a grateful peoole ' s confidence , you will beat down and finally triumph over all our enemi-a . Mr . Cooper will , perhaps , think my confidence in Mr . O'Connor is unbounded , when 1 inform him that I sent to Mr . O'Connor ' s care So 43 . 4 d . for two shares in the glorious Land Society , it being nil I possessed in the world , and nothing staring me ia the face but the Bastile if I do not get located on the land ; but I would creep into twenty Bastiles for a shelter rather than not be a member of our glorious Chartist Land Society , of which our champion O'Connor is the head . Yours in the glorious cause , tins Land and Democracy , John Simpson , a " Four-acre Shareholder . "
RESOLUTION . That we , the . members of the Chartist Cbioperativo Land Society , feel the greatest pleasure in tlnrannouncement made by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . that Re will retain his office of sub-treasurer , and in gratiturie'to that gentleman for his unmatched exertions to elevate our ordor ,. we tender hira our siacsre thanks , feeling-as we do unbounded confidence in his straightforward integrity and uprightness . , NEWCA & TLE-UPQft ' -TYNE . Election of a Delegate to the ensuing Giikntist Cocvpb . vtio . v . —At a meeting * : of the Ciiartists-of Newcastle-and Gateshead , held in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Sumlav eveniiig , June 38 ; Mr . George Julian Harney was ' unanimously elected as delegate to reprcsenfi- this locality in the forth * coming convention . James FisMt , SukSccrctary . WORCESTER ..
At a meeting ofthe members of tha- Ghavtist Cooperative Lani Society , held at Mr . M . Griffiths , St . John ' s , the following resolution- ' was agreed to : — That we believe that Mr . & ! Connor is incapable of doing intentionally any thing prejudicial to- the interests of tbe working classes , thetefbrfe our eonfidenee remain s ' unshaken in the above-named gentleman , and we hereby dsclure that we have no confidence in Mr . T . Oooper , and believe that he has-acted with-base ingratitude towards one of his best friends .
TOKBRIDGE WELLS ; At a meeting of the memberor-of the Chartist : Cdi operative Land Sooiety , resident ; in this town and neighbourhood , Mr . Guinaman in the choir , it was moved by Air . LAriiBE , seconded by Mr . Pi :--m—That this locality are heartily sick- of the various renegades and impostors who from time to time ksep abusing Mr . 0 'Connor , and we are determined-for the future to treat << I 1 sueit scoundrels- n-itk the contempt they deserve . And we are further of opinion that Mr . Clarke acted the part of an honett man in making the circumstance known to Mr .- O'Connor , thertby taking- , tbo mask off the dissembler ' s face , and showing him in his naked deformity ; and that the thanks of ithis meeting be given to Messrs . Cuffay and Knight for the straightforward manner ' they went through the accounts , Carried unanimously .. W .. if . Lawner , Sub-Secretary , STOCKPORT ..
At a Special Meeting , ofthe Land Society , h ' sld June 28 , to take into consideration the dispute . ' between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Cooper , and baring read the letter of Mr . Cooper , published in " Llo ; y ' d's Refuge for Renegades , " we are of opinion that the conduct of Mr . T . Cooper is base , inatteruiptsin gto destroy the character of F . O'Connor , Esq ., tfee man who has struggled and upheld the people ' s caul * e for so many years ; he who has endured impKisor inient and suffered persecution- ; he who has deprired . himself of the enjoyment of this-life fo'pnnno te the
liberty and happiness of mankind ; and frerthr * r , that we consider that the charges brought'a <; aii ist Mr . O'Connor by T . Cooper are base and unfc + ani led , and that Thomas Cooper deserves the censune of every honest man . We express- our confidence ' in Mr . O'Connor , and tender to-him our warnjve * it thanks for continuing the deputy treasurcrsbap *; we also give our very best thanks to our directors * , and conclude by thanking our esteemed townsma n Thomas Clark , for his manly exposure of Thoma j Cooper's treachery . " Carried unanimously .
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THE MANCHESTER CHARTIS'IJS ^ EW HALL ,. OR PEOPLE'S INSTI 3 & S E . Contrary to the predictions of bV # t Whiga and Tories , the above splendid building ; ii , nearly completed ; Jt is expected that the plasiar ers will finish their work next week . This is anofer proof of what the people can do , if they will bufc S o-operate with , each other , in fact , everything is poas ible if they will but exercise confidence in themselvaa A numerous meeting ofthe shared lolders was held in the hall on the evening of Mondl ? , last , June 29 , 1846 , for the purpose of fixing the uay for publicly opening this temple of liberty . Ttti . e veteran James Wheeler was called upon to preside The following resolutions were-. ui aanimously agreed to : — . ' ThatthehallbeopenedtothepuuS c on Sunday , July 19 , 18 tC , when two meetings will be hcllc * (_ ne at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and the other at si x in the evenin » .
That tha following geatlemen b * invited to officiate at the opening of the I ' eople ' s institi , t 6 i namely . —Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and Thomas Slinj o , Buncombe , Esq .. That there be a grand Gonce rt ana - Ball held in . the hall on Monday evening , July 20 Boors open at seveu o'clock . Concert to commence ¦ dt eight o'clock precisely . . The directors beg most rasj ) ecfcfully to inform those shareholders who . were nofer ireSent , that it was the unanimous opinion of the meeting—that notwithstanding the directors hadi r l 0 t to the present enforced the fines according to rulai they fjna * jt i 3 now necessary they should do so ,. aaf j n order that no shareholder may be taken by . ; * m- rpr j Se , the fines in accordance with the rules , vauS be enforced on and after Monday the 27 th dayv of JuJy nexti It ; s hoped > therefore , that those shar eholders who are in arrears with their shares , willips y the same before the time fixed for carrying the-ss ) e j nt 0 e « - k
At the close ot theme uting , a large number of new shares were taken upi . a nd manv ofthe members who had despaired of evoiv seeing a hall in Mancluster , commenced paying . ?®! ln ; we b 0 pe that manv more will do the same .
SOiJ ERS TOWN . Theatricals Exa : raordinauv . —It having been announced in the bi ife 0 f Sunday last , that Lloyd ' s Refuge for Rcneoadt s contained the second act of the ne-v ; drama called / 'The Poet ' s Suicide ; or , the Sell Destroyer :: •» the author of " Base Says and Modern Infamy , - ^ ' " The Babbling Fool ' s Feast ;" " General Coblea-, 0 r the Rebel Viper ;"• & c , & c and it being expet > ted that the said production would be put iu rehears- ai in the evening , at the Political Theatre , Tonbwtf lge-strcet , New-road , a full and respectable audiin JCe consequently assembled . The proceedings oonr , menced by appointing Mr . Charles Page as prasiae nt . The drama ( or rather the two acts already pui Jished . and God forbid that the author
should periona , hjs promise by inflicting on us any more of his- Jfi j bbish !) is of the bombastic , pedantic , and splenetic casfc . The author revels in the basest passions , sua ! , as lying , malignity . < fcc . The plot is based on , . 4 ? te m 0 st incongruous absurdities and the grossest } improbabilities ; the language debased and filthy ; and its tendency of the worst possible descriptioa . During its rehearsal , it received greater attention , ' than its merits demanded ; but at the close , the dissatisfaction was loud and deep : and if ever a iw CCe was unceremoniously damned , "The Poet's Si acide" most deservedly shared that fate . Those os . the audience who were charitably disposed feltincl
' i' ned to attribute his ravings to one of those fits of m onomania to which the poor author is subject ; tb at then dreams of phantasies came o ' er his spirit , during which things suddenly . ' change before his me- „ ta * vision ; and that while labouring under those f lolusions they looked on him as a pitiable maniac , and therefore not accountable for his actions . to these opinions the majority could not agree , for- a s an afterpiece a discussion ensued on the reso- ' lutw ms emanating from our City brethren , when , in orw > to conclude this unpleasant , withering , and deplo rable exhibition , the following resolution was ably n * jved by Mr . Marriott , seconded by Mr . Child , and u ' nanimously agreed to : —
That-we , the Somers Town locality , being of opinion that Thomas Cooper , the Chartist , (!) is an arrogant , incorrigible , ungrateful , and hypocritical liar , we therefore consider it would not only be irrelevanfirbut altogether unnecessary , to call on Mr , O'Connor to stand on a public platform to meet any charge that may be brought against him by this affected aud conceited moralist . Jons Arnoit , Sub-Secretary .
BILSTON . The adjourned delegate meeting from June 14 th was held at the house of Mr . Joseph Linney , on Sunday , June 28 , Mr . Rankin in the chair . Thirty shillings was handed in towards defrajing the expenses of sending a delegate to the National Convention . The Bilston delegate reported that Mr . Linney had beeii unanimously , elected at a public meeting held in Bilston to represent the Birmingham and South Staffordshire districts in Conference . Those districts that have not handed in theirjquota of subscriptions , are particularly requested to transmit the same immediately to the treasurer , Mr . James Smithe , Ship Inn , Steclhouso Lane , Birmingham . John Newhouse , Secretary .
BIRMINGHAM . At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse' Lane . ; it was resolved , "That we consider the conduct ofthe editor of Lloyd ' s Weekly Netuspaper to be base and unmanly in the extreme in allowing the letters' of that base renegade Mr . Thomas Cooper ta ' appearin the above paper , at the sametime ^ suppressing a copy of out resolution which appeared in the Star oi lass week . "
OLUL 1 AM . On Sunday last . -Mr . W . Dixon lectured school-room ofthe Working Man ' s flail .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04071846/page/5/
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