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      RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING AT TIIE WEST END OF LONDON , to form a Central Registra-( icn and Election Committee , to act in conjunction with local committees , with a view to returning Members to the Commons House of Parliament , y le ^ ed to the making of the principles contained in the People s Charter the primary object of their labours . On Monday evening , August the 31 st , pursuant to public notice , the first of a series of Public Meetings for the above purpose , was lield at the Literary and and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenhamcourt Road . This spacious building , said to be capable of containing 1 , 500 persons , was crowded to « xccss , with an attentive and enthusiastic audience .

      At a quarter past eight o ' clock , , ., Mr . Thomas Clakk was unanimously C tiled to the chair , amid the loudest app lause . He said—Mr . O'Connor , whose name appeared m the bill , had been called out of town to look at some land , with a -View to its purchase for the Chartist Co-operative Xand Society , but he h oped to be enab . ed to return to town in time to address that meeting , and announce his purchase- < loud cheers ) Phis meetmp was held for practical purposes , [ he Chartists had -created a great public opinion , and were entitled to all the benefits arising from the expression of that opinion , ( hear , hear , ) which gave them a claim to a much larger share in the representation of the country than they at present had —( loud cheers )

      True , thev had a few good men in the Commons , — there was Duncombe and Wahley , ( loud cheers , ) Fielden and Johnston , ( continued cheering , ) and a few others ; but he did think , such a large and increasing body as the Chartists should have more representatives in that house . The late Convention , holding this opinion , had resolved that a Central Committee , with its local aids , should be formed with a view to the carrying out so desirable an object . ( Cheers . ) That Convention was desirous of seeing a Chartist school erected in every village , so that the rising generation might be thoroughly embued with the glorious principles of democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) It had also recommended a concentration , and proper organization of the Democratic strength of this Metropolis , and other large towns—( hear , hear . ) Its members were also of opinion , that "L ecturers should be sent out through the length and breadth of the land , preaching the great truths of

      Democracy , and organizing Chartist strength , for the forthcoming election strnggle . ( Great cheering . ) That meeting was , perhaps , aware tbat Lord John Russell had acknowledged the theory of Chartism , by admitting that as the people became enfranchised so < lid morality increase , —yet , whilst he admitted the theory , he most inconsistently opposed the practice of Chartism —( hear , hear . ) However , the Con--vewtion had agreed upon the necessity of getting up a "N ational Petition , and continuously agitating the rotten House of Commons , until it did justice to the people . ( Great cheering . ) The Convention had also shown that it was quite up to the spirit of the age , by declaring in favour of the abolition of the brutal and inhuman system of Flogging in the Army and NaYj , and of Death . Punishments . ( Loud cheering . ) He now had much p leasure in introducing Mr . Philip M'Grath , to move the first resolution .

      Mr . M'Grath rose " greeted with the most enthusiastic cheerim ? , which havine subsided , he said he lad had placed in his hand the following resolution : — That this meeting proclaims that political freedom is ihe natural inheritance of all men , without distinction of class , country , or colour , and , moreover , that the non-« nf . > rceinent of such principles is the cause of the social inequality , moral depravity , and physical degradation , which at present characterise the population of the civilised world , and this meeting records its solemn determination to use every honorable means in its power for the establishment of such sublime principles , and sever to cease agitating until it shall hare become the "basis of the < onsfitution , by the inscription of the People's Charter upon the statute booh of these realms .

      He " ooked upon that resolution as an epitome of Chartist doctrine . It proclaimed the great truth that political freedom was the right of every sane mind , not convicted of crime , and that was his creed . ( Load cheers . ) The Chartists bad long been promulgating this dectrine , but they had not yet succeeded in obtaining its enactment . This night would witness the renewal of the agitation , with a determina-ion to succeed . ( Loud cheers . ) The people had no right to ascribe their political and social degradation to either Whig or Tory , but to their own criminal apathy . ( Much cheering . ) Discussion of the principles of Gliartism was demanded of its advocates , but they have invariably failed to find an " opponent with manly courage sufficient to

      meet them . ( Ilear , hear . ) The pot-house Dispatch had heaped its senseless abuse upon Chartism , but its writers were incapable of offering an argument in support of their abuse . The yation too had ventured to call Chartism an abomination . The light of day was an abomination to the owl , and SO might the Charter be to those who could not bear the lijrht of truth . Some had said the people were too ignorant to see the advantage of a national debt—( Laughter and cheers)—too ignorant to see the advantage of raising taxes to the amount of thirty millions annually to pay the interest of a debt they never contracted , and therefore it would be doubtless unwise to entrust the people with the franchise . ( Loud laughter and great applause . ) That debt , with a few other similar blessed institutions in Church and State , constituted England ' s " glorious constitution . " the envy of the world , and the glory

      of surrounding nations . ( Loud laughter . ) lie mnch feared they were too ignorant to appreciate the blessings of the said glorious constitution —( Increased laugater)—which the poet had somewhere said"Was this , was that , was t ' other thing , Was everything , and nothing . ( Roars of laughter . ) He believed that if the people would only unite and pewevere , they would effect their emancipation . lie trusted this meeting would give a new impetus to Chartism . It must bring it out into the light of day . It was for the people to say whether the Chartist organisation and agitation should be grand and effective , or miserable and paltry . Manchester had recently opened a larjie institution , could not Marylebone do the same 1 Would the Tower Hamlets Jag behind ? If the people were only resolved , the game was in their hands , freedom was their own . Air . M'Grath resumed his seat amidst the most vociferous cheering .

      Jcliax IliRSET , who was received with loud cheering , came forward tosecond theresolution . Hesaid , he held this important meeting to be " a great fact " as the commencement of a renewed agitation for the Charter . Notwithstanding his hatred to the Whigs , Le owed it to them io admit that they were the cause of Charti-m springing into existence , Lord John ' s finality declaration had called it forth—it then sprang into existence , and went forth conquering , and to conquer . Asrain , Sir John Campbell's declaration of its "death , " ciusc-d it a glorious resurrection . ( Loud cheers . ) And now that the Whigs were once more in pnwer they had commenced by declaring war against the ^ Charter ; Lord John had declared his unabated and determined hostility to Chartism ,

      therefore it only remained for the Chartists to proclaim undying hatred and host'ditv to Whigs and Whiggery . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought Lord John Russell had not done well in courting Chartist opposition , ( hear , hear , ) he should have remembered that it was Chartist opposition that mainly , in the year ISil , hurled him from power . ( Great applause . ) During the late few years of seeming apathy , Chartist principles had been silently hut surely progresslns . Their advocates had been sowing the good seed , and now the crop of armed men—men armed with intelligence , public virtue , and democratic energy , was springing up as the fruit of their labours . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs too had begun sowing—sawing the storm and they shall reap the

      whirlwind . ( Applause . ) Ihe resolution declared the justice of the People ' s Charter ; who would deny its justice ? The Nation had said some of the " points" were an " abomination , " Alas 1 poor Ireland was cruciSed between two thieves , between the Moral-force Mokanna of Botheration Hall on the one hand , and the powder-monkey successors of Brian Boru on the other . ( Great laughter . ) O'ConncE- had never been honest in his agitation for " Itepaal . " He used it merely as " a good ery " to exiraefc ^ mfiney from the people and enable him to command Whig patronage . ( Cheers . ) On the other hand the ferocious anti-English juveniles of

      the Nation had merely for their aim the substitution of Irish for * English tyranny , they had no intention to invest the millions with the rights of citizenship which tie-Charter would confer . Both parties were the enemies of Democracy , and ( herefore he de-• nounced their agitation as a transparent sham , a gross humbug , a " delusion , a mockery , and asnarc . " { Great cheering . ) The speaker next took up and defended the points of the Charter j on coming to the ¦ " No Property Qualification , " he read the following extract from the Times Police Report , as an illustration of the sort of respectable legislators elected under the present system : —

      Mablboboech-stbeet . —A young man in the employ of Mr . Davis , oil and Italian warehouseman , St . Martin ' slane , applied to Mr . Hahdwick for advice under these circumstances : —He went tbat inorning to Denulaine ' s Hotel , in Leicester-square , where Lord William Paget was residing , to ask for payment of . £ 3 due by his Lordship to his master . lie was told at first that Lord William Paget had gone out of town , but on expressing his disbelief of this story , and declaring he would remain uutilheMwhis Lordship , he was , after waiting a long

      time , called into a room , where he found his Lordship . Having mentioned his business , Lord William Paget , who had a small table knife in his hand , came close up to him , and flourishing the k & ife , told him it wasd—d lucky for him that he had not found him in his room , for if he had he wou d have broken his b— bead . Lord William Paget , after some further remarks , told him to get out of the room , otherwise he would break his b— nose . Applicant wished to know whether he had any redress for insulting and menacing behaviour when he civilly went to ask for payment of a debt contracted with his master f

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      " iThe reading of this extract excited shouts of execration , which / it is a pity " his Lordship ' lost the benefit of hearing . ] Such were their precious legislators under the present system . ( Loud cheers . ) A Parliament of sweeps and scavengers could not possibly produce a worse blackguard Uwn this born-aristocrat and member of the «« collective w . sdom . " ( Great applau se . ) Let them have the Charter and they would elect a very different set of men . ( Vcnenient cheering . ) It had been said " for a nation to be free it was sufficient that she willed it , " but that will must be shown through the medium of continuous and energetic acts . The peoplemust prove their devotion by self-sacrifice and indomitable determination ; such a people would be more unconquerable than Theban band , more invincible than Macedonian

      phalanx . ( Applause . ) Nations from afar were watching them . Their National Petition had already appeared in several French and Belgian papers . ( Cheers . ) In France the infamous despotism of the money-mongers was ripening to its des truction , and the French democrats were anxiously regarding the movements of the Chartists . In Germany the moral revolt had been long going on and would eventuate in a glorious revolution . Poland , bleeding and leaning on her broken lance , looked to England , hope giving her breatli and life J for future struggles . ( Applause . ) Let them persevere then , and be prepared by the next session to say to the rotten House of Commons through tho medium of millions of petitioners , "Get you gone , make way for better men . " ( Immensecheering . )

      Mr . Samuel Iytdd , ot Glasgow , rose to support the resolution , and was enthusiastically welcomed . He said , Lord John Russell had boasted of the suppleness of the English constitution , and its applicability to the wants of the people , in the recent free trade triumph . But , he would just beg leave to hint to Lord John Russell , that it was money influence that forced the measure from a reluctant Parliament—( hear , hear . ) He would just put it to Lord John , was the constitution as pliant in 1819 , at the time of the Peterioo massacre at Manchester , when a large meeting assembled to ask for the same measure ? ( Loud cheers . ) He was in favour of the People ' s Charter , because he thought the progressive spirit of the age demanded it —( hear , hear . ) Some there were , he knew , who said it would not do to grant

      that measure all at once ; but he looked on such objectors as being far behind the age . When Lord John Russell intimated his opposition to the principles of the Charter , the other day , he ( Mr . Kydd , ) would have liked to have had his reasons for so doing . The "Whi gs had been spoken of—but , said the speaker , I tell you the Whigs are dead and buried . ( Laughter . ) Yes , they are gone ; for we find the Minister of the present day granting votes of money to employ the Irish people , instead of sending them to seek for charity , or shutting them up in a bastile . In this respect they had bowed to a nation ' s will . ( Loud cheers- ) But he wished Lord John Russell had gone a little farther , and proclaimed the great

      truth , that land and labour was capital , and voted a sum of money to set them ail to work , and thus enabled them to till their fertile soil , and banished for ever want and * misery , by letting the labourer enjoy the produce of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Kydd gave some tremendous and satirical hits at the present medley " open question Cabinet , " and sat down much applauded . A friendly discussion here took place , in which Mr . ! Stallwood , Mr . Kydd , Mr . Knight , Mr . M'Grath , and Mr . Wheeler took part , in the course of which full justice was done to the labours of the London Chartists , in maintaining and advancing the movement . The first resolution was then put and unanimously adopted , amidst much cheering .

      Mr . C . Dojxe said he had not been much accustomed to speaking of late , having been engaged in the healthy occupation of farming , and the pleasant occupation of building houses and preparing land for the people —( loud cheers )—therefore they must excuse any little blunders he might commit in moving for the formation of an active committee of twentypersons , and the raising of a fund to carry into effect the object of such Registration and Election Committee . He thought they had heard enough to night to convince them of the injustice of class domination . In order to secure a representation of our principles in parliament , it was essentially necessary that they should have in the Commons House a few men such as the honourable member for

      Finsbury—( Loud cheers )—the masterly speech of Duncombe had thrown out the odious Master and Servants Bill , and if they only had a few such men to aid and assist Duncombe , all bills of a similar character would meet rith a similar fate . ( Loud cheers . ) Messrs . M'Grath , Kydd , and other friends , often made excellent speeches , which were reported nowhere except in the Northern Star , but only attach M . P . to their names , and their speeches would be wafted on the wings of the press to the farthest parts of the earth . ( Much applause . ) He believed if his brother Chartists commenced their subscriptions at sixpence each and went upwards in accordance to their means , they could very easily obtain a fund of £ 25 , 000 , which would enable them to contest many seats , and return several of their able advocates . He had

      much pleasure in moving— * that a committee be appointed , and a fund raised . " Dr . M'Douaix came forward to second the resolution , and was greeted with a most cordial weleeme . He said he felt proud to have the opportunity of addressing them once more . He was grateful to them for the kind reception they had given him . In the movement they had just recommenced , several things were necessary—first a press , which they had in the Northern Star—( Loud cheers)—and he was happy to find the Manchester Guardian had recently become a convert to ; their opinions and principles . The speaker next read a paragraph from a French newspaper highly eulogistic of the proceedings of the late Convention . Past experience showed that

      the system ot long balls would no longer do —( Hear , hear)—they must now fix upon certain boroughs and carry them , and place new champions by the side of Duncombe . ( Cheers . ) The whisper of four millions of signatures to the new national petition had already done much good . Let them proceed in the collection of their fund and the obtaining of their votes . Depend on it there was more force in four million votes then there was in as many bayonets . The speaker proceeded to show the necessity for the Charter , by commenting on the splendid palaces on the one hand , and the miserable Poor Law bastiles , with Andover fare , on the other , and asked were , not these the effect of class legislation . ( Loud cheers . ) What was the cause of immense wealth on the one

      hand , and a squalid wretchedness on the other , but the want of political power by the great mass of the people . ( Great cheering . ) Hence the necessity of the proposed committee and fund . By such resources , and by such only , would the people be enabled to force their way into the House of Commons , and thus shew the " people ' s might , the people ' s right . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Staixwood said , this had long been a pet subject with him , and he believed by exertion the people might accomplish a great deal . He was desirous of shewing what a fund was required for . Perhaps many were aware that himself and others had caused a large number of claims to be made ; and perhaps they might remember what Mr . Murray of Manchester had stated , that a large number of claims had been

      made in that town , and that they had lost them alter all their trouble , in consequence ' of having no one to defend them before the barrister in the revision court . Well , they had an Ernest Jones amongst them , who was a barrister , and doubtless tliey had others . Would it not be well to engage some of our Ernest Jones ' s , to defend their votes in the barrister ' s courts . ( Loud cheers . ) Not only could something considerable be done in the boroughs , but also in the counties . He entreated their attention , whilst he gave them a leaf from the Leaguer ' s book . In the County Registration , the following are the qualifications : —1 st . Freehold , including the ancient 40 s . ; freehold , of inheritance for ever , and property held under a lease for lives , which should be described as freehold in tho notice of claim . —2 nd . Leasehold , for a term of not

      less than 50 years , originally of £ 10 annual value ; or if for a term of not less than 20 years , of £ 50 annual value . —3 rd . Copyhold , of £ 10 annual value . — 4 th . Occupiers of land , or building and laud under one landlord , subject to a bona tide rent of £ -50 a year . In the first class , the owner of a 40 s freehold for ever , must have been in possession from the 31 st of January , in the year in which the claimant registers ; and the same in the case of the owner ol leasehold for lives of 30 s . a year , provided he be himself in the occupation of the property . If the owner of the lease for lives does not occupy the property , the property must be of the annual value of £ 10 . He had been thus minute , as he was desirious of showing bevond dispute , that the Chartists had already created

      3 C votes for the county of Herts—each occupant at " O'Connorville" will be entitled to the elective franchise . ( Loud cheers . ( He was happy to find that the late Convention had agreed to endeavour to effect the abolition of the rate paying clause in the Reform bill . To illustrate the great good this would do , he would assure them that a means had been found to evade these clauses in Saint Martin ' s parish , and the result was an addition of at least one third to the electoral list . ( Much applause . ) Another object recommended was the obtainment of local power , parochial office , < fec . ; onee get this done , and the obtainment of national power would be very easy . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was adopted by acclamation .

      Mr . Barker moved— " That the following persons constitute the committee : —Messrs . J . Knight , W . Cuffay , Julian Harney , Dr . M'Duiiall , John Shaw , James Moy , John Hornby , John Simpson , James Slater , Thomas Mills , Edmund Stallwood , W . Godwin , James Grassby , John Milne , Ernest Jones C . Doyle , T . M . Wheeler , l » . M'Grath , F . O'Connor , aud T . Clark . " Seconded by Mr . Hornby , and carried unanimously . Mr . Grassbv moved— " That T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., bo respectfully requested to accept the oflicc of President of the Committee , and that Jtis worth y colleague , Thomas "Waklcy , M . P ., be solicited to act as Vice President . "

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      Seconded by Mr . Stallwood , and carried by acclamation . Mr . Hennessey-moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded , and carried unanimously , amidst the loudest acclamations , and suitably acknowledged . This highly important meeting , after giving three cheers for the Nonhcrn Star , then quietly separated ; each , and all , evidently delighted with the enthusiastic manner in which all the resolutions had been carried , and the determination evinced to carry them into practice .

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      crats will hold their Iirst annual testival on Monday , September , 21 st [ not Tuesday , the 22 nd , as stated last week ] the anniversary of the abolition of Royalty in France , by a Public Supper at the White Conduit House , Islington . The following members will take part in the proceedings * . —Dr . Berrlcr Fontaine , Chairman , Thomas Clark ( of the Chartist Executive ) Vice-chairman , Colonel Oborski , Julian Harney , Carl Schappcr , Ernest Jones , and J . A . Michelot , P . M'Grath , Samuel Kydd , T . M . Wheeler , Dr . "M'Douall , and several other advocates of the rights of nran will also attend and address the meeting . Democrats of all nations are invited to take part in this

      festival . Supper on table at 8 o ' clock precisely . Tickets may be had of G . J . Harnev , Nortfiern Star Office ; T , Clark and T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Deanstreet , Soho ; S . Ford , Knightsbridge ; E . Stallwood , Hammersmith ; J . Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East ; C . Keen , 7 . Poplar-place , New Kent Road ; J . Moy , i , Paget-place , Waterloo-road ; J . Overton , 14 , Tabernacle-row , City-road ; W . Dunnage , 11 , Webb-street , Bermondsey ; Mr . Arnott , 8 , Middlesex-place , Somers-town ; Mr . Dron , dyer , Oakley-street , Lambeth ; Mr . Gathard , 5 . Orangewalk . Bermondsey . New-road ; Mr . Pakes , 22 , Little Windmill-street , Piccadilly ; Mr . Parkes , Devonshirestreet , Lisson-grove : and of the sub-secretaries of all the Chartist localities .

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      THE "VETERAN , ORPHAN AND VICTIM FUND" COMMITTEE TO THE BENEVOLENT AND PATRIOTIC REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN .

      Fiuekds , —The late Convention having determined upon amalgamating- the above funds , and the management of them having devolved upon us , we have reviewed the state of our finances and the demands upon them , and find that your immediate aid is absolutely necessary to enable us to carry out the objects for which we have been elected . In the first place there are several aged patriots , who have spent the greater part of a long and useful life struggling for the emancipation of labour , and who are now mainly depending upon the exertions of the committee to save them from the horrors of a Poor Law Bastile . . Messrs . John Richards of Ham . ley , T . R . Smart of Leicester , and T . Preston of London , are amongst the number , and as their

      claims to public gratitude are so well known , the committee need not now detail them . _ They have for some time past received partial aid from the " Veteran Patriots' Fund , " which will henceforth be incorporated with the other two funds , which will be impartially divided between all who may hare a rightful claim upon it . The condition of the widows and orphans of Clayton , Bouker , and Duffy of Sheffield , one of whom was murdered in prison , and the other two who died shortly after their liberation from the same confinement , have also been considered by the committee , and they have agreed to leave no means untried to alleviate the sufferings of those persons as long as their circumstances may require such assistance , and they confidently hope that you will co-operate with them in their humane undertaking .

      The case of Mrs . Ellis , with which you are all so familiar , was investigated by the committee , when a portion of the small sum then in hand was unanimously voted to her , and a resolution adopted to treat her in * every respect like the Others whose unfortunate position render them the peculiar care of those for whose cause their friends have suffered banishment and death . Tho lamented exiles , "Williams and Jones , the companions of John Frost , were not forgotten ; but as the Convention had passed a resolution to raise a fund for the specific purpose of aiding those two much injured men , the committee decided to forward such fund as much as possible .

      The committtee , although appointed by the Convention , have no power to increase their fund by levies of any kind , but , nevertheless , they feel warranted in calling the attention of the Chartist body to the fact , that a former Convention resolved , that one penny per month per member should be paid to the victim fund , but , with a few honourable exceptions , such resolution was not complied with . For the future , however , it is hoped that more attention will be paid to the subject ; and that if there does not exist a power to make a direct tax , that local committees will be forthwith appointed , whose duty it shall be to attend to this particular matter , and

      raise a fund by voluntary subscription . The locality meeting at the Brass Founders' Arms , Tower Hamlets , have generously agreed to act upon theresolution above referred to , and it is earnestly hoped , that their worthy example -will have its duo wei ght , which , of course , means that it is deserving of imitation . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , Thomas Clark , Secretary . P . S . —As Mr . F . O'Connor has been appointed Treasurer , all money intended for the Committee must be sent direct to that gentleman , directed to "The Northern Star Office , 10 . Great Windmillstreet , London , " My address is , " Chartist Land Ollice , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , London . "

      BURNLEY . On Monday last a meeting was held in a large room near the Primitive Methodist ' s Chapel , Burnley , when it was agreed to establish a branch No . 2 , of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , The secretary will attend every Saturday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , to receive contributions and to enrol new members . LIVERPOOL . At a meeting of the members of this locality on Sunday evening last , a resolution was unanimously passed inviting Mr . O'Connor to lecture at Liverpool .

      BRADFORD . The Shilling a Year . —On Sunday , the members of the Chartist Association met in their room , Mr . Aldcrson in the chair . The discussion _ on the payment of a shilling per member was resumed , when it was resolved : — That each member of the Association ( O'Connor Brigade ) pay is . a year to tho Executive , in lieu of the quarter of the contribution ; the year to commence from April last , A new Council was then elected for the ensuing quarter , and the meeting adjourned to Sunday next at four o ' clock in the afternoon . Several new members were enrolled , and the Association promises fair to resume its former position in Bradford .

      On Sunday , the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held their usual weekly meeting , when the discussion on the establishment of a Juvenile Society was resumed . Several members spoke in favourof it , and it was resolved , That we establish a . Juvenile Society , and that alf members who arc parents , be requested to enter their names and age , and pay at least one penny per week till the whole of the share for two acres arc paid up , when the sum shall then be lent to the Directors at the rate of i per cent , interest , to remain until thcchihl is of nge , when it shall be transferred to the general fund to purchase an allotment for tbe holder .

      CARLTON . A public meeting was held on the 1 st September , Mr . Smitham in the chair . Mr . Barber lirst addressed the meeting on Ihe benefits of Co-operation , ho was followed by Mr . Sweet , who explained the rules ot ' the Chartist Land Society , and addressed the meeting at some length . Mr . Lee and Mr . Wiuh ' eld also addressed the meeting . Seecral ncrsons gave in their names to form a branch of the Land Socictv , TORQUAY . " The Land Society is making rapid progress here . The members met at the house of Mr . R . K . Pult , Cl , Lower Union-street . Persons wishing to become members can do so by calling at the above place any time during the week .

      SWINDON . The committee of the Swindon branch of the Land Society held an out-door meeting at a neighbouring village called Wronghton , on Saturday evening last . Messrs . Robinson , Burton and Morrison addressed the meeting . Nine new members were enrolled . Another meeting will be held at the same place on Saturday evening , September 12 .

      ROCHDALE . Mr . David Ross has been lecturing here in the Chartist Association room , and gave the greatest satisfaction . MANCHESTER . The usual weekly meeting was held last Sunday evening , at the People ' s Institute , Hcyrod-street , Travis-street , Ancoats . John Sutton in the chair . Mr . John O'Hea read from the Northern Star the famous letter of Patrick O'lliggins to the Irish residing in Ennjand , alter which Mr , Dixon delivered his lecture , which gave much information to the audience .

      CRIPPLEGATE BRANCH OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . A numerous and highly respectable meeting wa held on Sunday evening , August 30 th , at Cartwright ' s Coffee House , CO , Red Cross Street , City , when after enrolling several new members , thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

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      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES , < C 2 10 s . The first section of the above flourishing Institution , consisting of 6 . 000 members , is now complete ; the members in it hold , among them , nearly ten thousand shares , upon which they have paid £ 13 , 000 . The second section advances rapidly towards completion , it numbers at present four thousand members , who have subscribed upon their shares £ 2 , 000 . Thus , although the society has been but fifteen months in existence , it has enrolled ten thousand members , and created a capital of £ 15 , 000 . >

      The following are the benefits which the society guarantees to its members ; holders of one share , a house , two acres of land , and £ . 15 ; holders of a share and a-half , a house , three acres , and £ 2210 s . ; holders of two shares , a house , four acres , and £ 30 . Leases for ever will be granted to the occupants . The society affords facilities for enabling members to Eurchase their allotments , and thus become freeolders . The rent of the allotments will be moderate , as it will be regulated by a charge of 5 1 cent upon the capital expended upon each . The society having been called into existence for the benefit of the working clssses , the rules enable the poorest to avail themselves of its advantages , as the shares may be paid by weekly instalments as low as threepence . Meetings for enrolling members are held as follows : —

      SUNDAY . EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-Iane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Farthemuni Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lanc- at half-past seven . —flowers Town ; at Mr . Duddregc ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-grecn , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , atcighto ' clock precisely . —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason's Arms , Britannia-street . —Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the forenoon . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne : at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester ; at 87 , Church-gate , at six . — Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hopestreet , at five .

      MONDAY EVENING . Rochester : at the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Camkrwdl : 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 8 o ' clock . Leicester : at "So . 17 , Archdeden-Iane , at seven o ' clock , — Chepstow : at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o'clock . —Armley : at the house of Mr . William Gates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at eight o clock , at Air . Farrell ' s Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazneau-street . — Belper : at the house of George Wigley , the Dusty . Miller , Field-head , from seven till nine . —Bristol : at No . 16 , Horse-fair , at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Darlington : at John Moss ' s , No . 24 , Union-street , at half-past seven . —Charley Wood Common : at Mr . Barbor ' s at seven o ' clock . — Rickmansworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —Mile End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock .

      TUESOAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . —Chelsea .- Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenor-row , at eight o ' clock . WEDNESDAY EVENING . Aberdeen : the office-bearers meet at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hall . —Brighton : No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street , at eight o ' clock .

      THURSDAY EVENING . Shoreditch . - at Chapman ' s Coffee House , Churchstreet , at eight o clock . Sheffield . —On Sunday , September 6 , Mr . Seward will deliver an address in the Democratic Temperance Room , Queen-street , subject , " ThePowers of the People and their Antis . " Chair to bo taken at half-past seven . Oa Monday evening , the quarterly meeting of the Land Society will be held in the above rooms . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . Bradford . —On Sunday the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , a full attendance is expected as the officers ot the Juvenile Association will be elected .

      On Wednesday next a meeting of the members of the Land . Association , will be held in the Chartist Land Office , Butterwordu-buiM / ngs , to take into con ' sideration the proposed addition to the rules for allowing families to be located on the one estate . On Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) the members of the Chartist Association will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , at four o clock in the afternoon . Sowbrby . —Mr . Bawden will lecture at the Helm Locality on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at 6 o'clock in the evening .

      "Wilsden . —A camp meeting will bo held at the New Holland Farms , Wilsden , on Sunday , September 13 th , to commence at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , when several speakers from Halifax and Bradford will address the meeting . " Cooi'EH Soiree . "—Having just received an intimation from the treasurer , with reference to this long pending business , I now for the last time convene a meeting of the committee , at Mr . Straugban ' s , the Old George , Snow-hill , on the evening of Tuesday , September Sfch , where I request each member to be in attendance at 8 o'clock . I mean not this as an egotistical display , but am ofopinion after the amount of labour bath mental and physical that was necessarily imposed on me , in the first place , and also the number of private , and public , appeals I have since made for a settlement , that it is the bounden duty of each man to meet me on this occasion . J . Shaw . Secretary .

      NoiTiSGiUii . —The next meeting of the Land Society in this district , will be held at the Hope and Anchor , New Radford , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held at Mount Skip , in Wadsworth , near Ilebden Bridge , Oft Sunday next , September 0 th , to commence at half-past two in the afternoon . B . Rushton , R . Sutcliffe , R . Wheelwright , and others , will address the meeting . Halifax . —The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , arc requested to meet the Secretary on Sunday afternoon . The meeting will be holden in the Workman ' s Large Room , Bull Close Lane . Leeds . —The adjourned meeting for better organii ' mg the Chartist iutevest in the several wards of the borough , will fake place to-morrow afternoon nt half-past two , in the back room ol the Bazaar .

      To-morrow evening , at 1 o clock , in the above room , Mr . Brook will open the following question for discussion . Whether will a Government based upon Household Suffrage , or the Charter Suffrage , be best adapted for promoting the well-being of the whole community . Bradford . —Great Horton . —A public meeting wi'I be held on the open space of ground , near the Fleece Inn , Great Horton , at 2 o ' clock on Sunday next , when Messrs . George White and William Jackson will address the meeting . The Chartists of Bradford will meet in the large room of the "Woolcombers Arms , Hope-street , at 5 o clock on Sunday next , Bimmovm . —Ai the usual weekly meeting of

      Chartists , held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouae Lane , on Sunday evening last , the committee for Mrs . Roberts reported that they had received 10 s . from the Victim Committee . We earnestly hope that those localities that have not already subscribed to the above object , will do so without delay , as the committee are about £ 10 deficient of tiie required sura , to pay her passage to her husband . Parties having money to send will please direct it to Mr . James Smith , Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , or to Mr . John Newliouse . Secretary , 7 . Uanlcy Street . Leicester , —The members and friends of the Cooperative Land Society will hold a tea-party on Wednesday ( the first race day ) , at 87 , Church Gate , where tickets may be obtained , at 8 d . each .

      Hull . —The members of the National Charter Association will meet at the Ship Inn , Church-Jane , on Sunday next , September 0 , at six o ' clock in the

      evening . Manchester . —The monthly members meeting will be held at the Institute , on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock . Mr . Daniel Donovan will lecture next Sunday evening , September C , chair to be taken at half-past six . Subject— " The dispute ol Young and Old Ireland . " Lancashire Miners . —The next delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday next , September 7 , at tho sign of the Unicorn Inn , Little Lever , near 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 several other gentlemen ; the chair will be taken at three o ' clock , p . m . Rociioalk . —William Dixon of Manchester , will lecture iu the Chartist Association Room , Mill-street , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock .

      Stockvout . —The quarterly meeting of the Land Society will be held in the Chartist Institution , Bomber ' s Row , on the 0 th of September . Norwich . —A lecture on tho Chartist Land Society will be given on Tuesday , September 8 , at eight o ' clock in the evening , by one of the members , at the Sawyers' Arms , St . Paul ' s Plain . Manoiiksteu Carpenters' Strike . —Notice . —All persons holding . subscription lists lor the above object arc desired " to send them immediately to John Bush , No . 1 , York-street , Lambeth . Col . vi :. —The committee of No . 1 Branch , arc requested to attend on Monday night , September 7 th , at the house of Mr . James Stuttard Colne Lane .

      , Bbickoartii , near Durham . —A m eeting to enrol members will be hold every Sunday afternoon , at the house of Mr . John Hunter , Publican , Easingtonlane ,

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      NATIONAL UNITED TRADES' ASSOCIATION , FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY .. A meeting of the Central Committee was held on Monday , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair , at their ofnee , 3 D , Hyde-street , BJoomsbury . Among a vast number of communications received from provincial secretaries and friends , was one from Wolverhampton , making inquiry as to whether individual strikes would be countenanced and upheld by the committee . The general secretary was instructed to reply , that such strikes would be supported by the association , provided , 1 st . That previous to any strike being commenced , every circumstance originating that strike shall have been submitted to the central committee ; and , 2 ndly , That the committee shall have sanctioned the strike , by declaring it unavoidable , and , therefore , entitled to the best support of the association . It may be here advisable to

      intimate , as a general rule for the guidance of local unions in connection with the National Association , that all cause for subsequent misunderstandings between a particular trade and the central committee , would be precluded , were the former to communicate at once to the latter , any individual instance of oppression , instead of precipitating themselves into a strike , and then appealing to the committee for support . Indeed , it must be evident to the least reflecting , that a National Association of the Trades must be utterly powerless for good , if the Executive cannot limit the number of men on strike at one- time , to the then existing ability of the association " to render them efficient support . A fund , equal even to that of the Bank of England itself , would speedily be exhausted , were each trade to first venture on a strike , and subsequently claim support from the association , without reference to the means at command .

      Mr . Robson reported his attendance at the " Three Counties Delegate Meeting of Frame-Work Knitters , " held at Nottingham , and stated , that the employers in the Mansfield district are reducing the miserable pittance hitherto paid to the knitters , as much as Is . 6 d . per week , per man . From 2 s . to 3 s . a week was also exacted from each workman , by way of ' rent' for the use of the frames , the original cost of which did not , on an average , exceed £ 20 each . By this means the frame owner realized an enormous per centage on the comparatively trifling sum expended by him in the purchase of frames , and reduced the hard-toiling knitter almost to " starvation point . " The recital of the grievous wrongs and privations endured by the framework knitters , excited the deepest sympathy on the part of the Committee , who immediately resolved , — That the Central Committee of the National Associa .

      tion of Umted Trades deem it their duty to uphold the resistance of the Mansfield framework knitters to the reduction of wages , as proposed by their employers . That the Central Committee purchase such number of frames as may be requisite for the employment of the Mansfield knitters , under the superintendence , and in behalf of the Association . The Central Committee feel assured that , by the adoption of this plan , they will best be enabled to ensure the Frame-work Knitters " a fair day ' s wages , for a fair day ' s work , "—inasmuch as the Association will not require mote from them than an equitable rental for the uee of th « ir frames , " Mr . John Busa reported the result of his visit to the north of England . He had seen the Secretary to the Tin-plate Workers of Birmingham , relative to their

      strike . He had also visited the Nail Makers of Lye Waste , and had much pleasure in stating that the Birmingham agents had promised not to give out any more iron under the full price . He had also visited the Horse Nail Makers of Belper , who were about to have a meeting with their employers , from which they hoped a beneficial result . He had also visited Sheffield , where he found the Carpenters on strike . From fifty to sixty had already gained an advance of 2 s . per week , and it was expected the whole strike would speedily be settled in favour of the operatives . Twenty-one delegate- - attended the Carpenter ' s Convention , representing forty three towns , in which

      towns the Building Trade is generally good . De had also seen Mr . Forest , on behalf of the Cradley Chain Makers , they had l & amen out , but that number was now reduced to 150 ; they had been paid at the rate of Cs . 9 d . per cwt . for jjth chains . It had been reduced to 4 s . 9 d . per cwt ., but since their connection with the " National Association of United Trades , " their wages had risen to 8 s . id , the cwt . The men now out , are generally employed on American chains , an inferior article . The following resolution was adopted unanimously at the late Conference of Carpenters held in Manchester .

      That the delegates assembled at this meeting- being fully aware of the benefits derived from a unity of feeling amongst the working classes , having tbe same object in view , earnestly- recommend tbe whole of the Societies ill our "Union immediately to join the " "Natienal Association for the Protection of Industry , " and thereby prevent the unjust encroachments of capital . After the transaction of other business the Committee adjourned .

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      BOW SRTEET , Serious Assault . —On Monday "William Morris , a shoemaker , was placed at the bar before Mr , Jardine , charged with committing several assaults upon Henry Figgins , by stabbing him in different parts of the body with a knife . Constable 55 F division stated , that about one o'clock he was on duty in Feathers-court , Drury-lane , and seeing a crowd collected he went up , and was informed that a man had been stabbed . Unon making further inquiries into tho circumstance , the prisoner was poinfd out to him as the person who had committed the offence , and

      having left him in the charge of another officer , ho proceeded up stairs to his room , where he found the shoemaker's paring knife produced , lying on a chair , and smeared with Wood . He then took him into custody , and on the way to the station , in consequence of the remarks made by the crowd that followed him , the prisoner said that he had served the right , and that had he firearms by him he' would have shot him dead , which he repeated several times in the presence of the inspector , adding that had witness g iven him the same provocation ho would have served him in the same way ; besides it would be a good job if the old ——would die .

      In answer to the charge , the prisoner said that he had received great provocation , and on a future day he could give a satisfactory account of his conduct . Mr , Jardine ordered him to be remanded , upon his own confession , for a week .

      CLERKENWELL . Daring Outrage , —On Monday James Manning , a poiierful man , twenty-eight years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged by Mr . James Kenny , of the Red Lion , White Horse-alley , Cow-cross , with having assaulted him under circumstances of a very daring and aggravated nature . It appeared that on Saturday night , about half . past ten o ' clock , the prisoner , with seven or eight stout Irishmen , passed through White Horse-alley , creating a great disturbance which attracted Mr . Kenny who came to the door , On making his appearance , the prisoner endeavoured to enter . Mr . Kenny , however , prevented him doing so , on which the prisoner seized him by the throat and nearly strangled

      him . They struggled together for some minutes until the arrival of Andrews , G 6 G . and by their united efforts they got the prisoner inside of the house , when his violence was extreme , and having contrived to get the policeman ' s staff from his pocket he used it about his head and body until life was most severely injured . The neighbourhood was in a state of excitement and uproar until communication was made to the police , when numerous officers arrived on the spot and rendered their assistance , hut in their efforts to secure the prisoner , they were struck , bit , and kicked by him , and it was with the greatest difficulty he was taken te the stationhouse , Mr . Kenny said it was miraculous that he escaped with his life ; he exhibited marks ef violence , and liis clothes were torn from his person .

      The prisoner in his defence said he was drunk , and knew nothing- of what had happened , Mr . Combe said it was so wanton and unprovoked an outrage , thathe could not think of dealing with it summarily . Sis individuals had been violently assaulted and injured . He would commit the prisoner for trial , lie was accordinffb- committed .

      GREENWICH . Daring Outrage by Russian Sailors . —On Monday four Russian Philanders , named Paltngreene , Glorious , Drothcrs , and Storm , seamen on board the ship , Nicholas tho First , timber laden , and lying In tho Commercial Docks were brought before Mr . Trail , in custody ot' police , charged with having committed a brutal assault upon James Lorell , Charles "Baggot , " and Ezekicl Henry Gilbert , servants to the Directors of tho Commercial Hock Companyi M . May , solicitor , of Deptford , attended to prosecute on behalf of the Dock Company , and called James Lovell ,

      who deposed that he had been in the employ of the . Dock Company during the last thirty-two years . At two O ' clock on Saturday , he was at his duty on a raf t in the dock , The prisoner , II . Glorious , jumped out of a barge alongside and sieved hold of a boat hook which witness held in his hand , and took it from him . He endeavoured to prevent him from so doing when the prisoner broke it in two parts and threw it away . He then knocked witness down and heat him with great violence , The prisoner 1 \ Storm , then came up struck witness under the jaw and knocked him down again , and his hand was much injured . Uaggoi came to witness ' s assistance and he was also knocked down .

      Charles Baggot deposed , tbat the prisoner "Pa lmgrcen , knocked him down in the barge , and knelt upon and tried to choke him , holding him by tho neckcloth very tight until nearly strangled . Nearly the whole ship ' s company took part in the affray . T . II . Gilbert deposed that he was on shore , when he saw Francis Storm throw a log of wood , and Glorious a boat hook , at witness , from the ship's side ; and if it had not missed him ho must have been killed . Mr . Trail said , the prisoners were strangers and foreigners in this country , unacquainted with the law , as

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      [ Well "lil \ aguage epoken . Some allowance ought therefore to t , made . He thought a summary conviction would best « n 8 wer the ends of justice , This course beii TaBgented to , ,- - ' Mr . Trail-asked tu , captain , through an interpreter , what wages his men received per elionth , and on being informed that tbe average wh ^ amoun ted to nine or tea shillings stwling per month ^ Vie worthy magistrate said that under the circumstances he should fine the three first named prisoners , Palmgreen ,: tys ., John Glorious , -0 s ., and Francis Glorious 10 s ., ana qg there , was no specific charge against Storm , he should O ^ miss him . . The captain paid the fines , and the prisons was liberated .

      WORSHIP STREET . Attempt of a Man to Morder ma Wife . —Richard Tweedy , a rather respectable looking man , living in Grove Street , -Hackney , and stated to be a foreman in the St , Katherinc ' s Dock , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , on a charge of feloniously cutting and wounding his wife . Robert Payne , Policeman 247 N , stated that between nine and ten on Sunday nigh t he found a crowd collected ' in an excited state about the prisoner ' s house , No . 4 » Grove Street , and on entering the first thing he saw was a pool of . blood , which was flowing out of the bacK room into the passage , and going into that room ho found the wife sitting on a chair with cloths about her neck , which was wounded and bleeding . In reply to

      his questions she ' told him that it had been done by her huibund , who was then gona to fetch a cab to take her to the hospital . A little boy , her son , came in , and the witness sent him for surgeons , and while the latter were dressing the wound the prisoner himself brought a cabto the door , and on calling bis wife two or three timesby her name . Kitty , asked her if she would go to the-London Hospital t She did not reply to him at first , but afterwards said " Yes , " Her removal there , however , was objected to by the ' medical men , and it was arranged that she should remain at home . The prisoner , who was very much agitated , being told that he must be taken into custody , Kiid , " Don't he too fast , ' * but he afterwards said he knew tbat it must be so ; and on the way to the station house he said to the witness " I ' m aware that I ' ve done it ; and I must suffer for it .

      John Tweedy , the son , a little boy , ten years of age , wag then sworn , and said he had seen hig father use violence to his mother before Sunday , On that day his elder brother went to Epping Forest , and when he came home , about seven in the evening , his father was very angry , and told him that he should not have any supperl His mother , on . the contrary , said that he should , and told him to sit to the table on which the supper things were laid , and he was accordingly proceeding to do so when his father took a knife up from the table , and jobbing with it at the neck of his mother , who was then standing at the dresser , exclaimed , " Now sweat and die l" The blood instantly gushed out , and the witness said his mother was falling , when hi » brother caught hold of and supported her , His father , he said , then wanted to put a plaister oa the wound , but his mother would not suffer him to do so , and bound up the wound herself with a handkerchief and apron , until she could receire medical assistance . —The prisoner was remanded for a week .

      The Assault on the Polish Exiles at Spitalfields . —The ' parish clerk aud beadle at Spitalfields . church , with a policeman , again appeared before the magistrates of this office en a summons charging them with interfering with the customary oration about to be delivered at the grave of a Pole who was interred in the burial-ground of that church . In addition to the particu . lars , which appeared in the Star not long since , the rev . G . Robert * said he officiated on the occasion , No application was made to him to permit an oration , but one of tbe parties commenced one , and he , knowing it to be the custom abroad , did not object to it . After performing the service at tbat he went with the clerk to another grave , and he did not experience any annoyance or inconvenience . He gave no directions to prevent or remove the complainant , and there could not have been such violence as had been asserted without his seeing something of it ; but he saw nothing of the kind , and , in fact , knew nothing of any such disagreeable occurrence till he saw an account of it in the newspapers .

      "Mr , Broughton , after a long inquiry , said the Polesstrangers in and not well acquainted with the customs of the country—ought not to have been so discourteously treatsd . He would not decide upon the different statements as to the violence that bad been used , but held tbedefendants to bail to answer any indictment , if the complainants should be advised to prefer one at the lessiens , The defendants were held to bail .

      HAMMERSMITH . Indecent Expobube . —On Monday a young man of respectable appearance , who gave his name as Henry Benman , but who is known by the name of Jordan was brought up at this Court before Mr . Clive , and several charges ofindecent exposure of the person , and indelicate conduct towards females having been proved against Livn , was committed to hard labour in the Houseof Correction , for three ca / ene ! armontfis , Capture of a Gang of Five Burglars . —Five young men , all abenfc eighteen or nineteen years of age ,

      described on the pohce-shect as George Moore , of No . 3 , George-street , Holborn , George Gardener and James Gardener ( brothers ) , of No , 5 , Eden-street , Chelsea , John Jackson , of No . 7 , Grange-terraee , Brompton , and John Witham alias Greenwood , of No . 20 , Pye-street , Westminster , all well known housebreakers , belonging to "Greenwood's Westminster Gang , " were placed at the bar , on a charge of having burglariously entered the residence of Mr , Duesbury , a gentleman recently returned from India , No . 1 , Upper Gore , Kensington-road , and stealing a quantity of valuable property .

      Thomas Stubbs deposed , that he was tbe keeper of tbe Kensington gate of Hyde Park , and lived at the lodge at that gate . That about fire o ' clock that morning , as he was proceeding through that portion of theParh abutting ou the high road , for the purpose of opening the Park gate close to the Halfway House , he saw the prisoners Jackson andifoore , near Messrs . Gray ' s nursery , walking along the high road , towards Knightsbridge , More having a large picture under each arm . They went on past Park House , when , seeing witness , they turned into the meadow , on which Ennismore Gardens are about to be built , where they secreted themselves behind some pales . Witness went and unlocked the gate , and as he came back he saw the prisoners again come from the back of

      the wall of Park House without the pictures , and they went down the road towards Kensington , until they nut the other three prisoners , at which time he was unlocking the Park gate opposite the Countess of Blessington ' s , and they all then returned Into the meadows . Witness then suspecting a robbery had been committed , went in search of a policeman , and seeing Dunbar , T 91 , coming up G orelane , he told him his suspicions , They then both went to the meadow and searched it , but could neither find the prisoners nor any property . The policeman then returned to the station-house and fetched two other constables , "jwho , with witness , made a closer search of the meadow , and eventuai / y discovered the two pictures produced covered over with earth .

      Elizabeth Knock deposed , that she was head housemaid in the service of Mr . Duesbury , who was at present from town . The house was fastened up as usual on Monday night , and none of the inmates were disturbed during the night . That morning-, about seven o'clock , in consequence of information ihe received from the police , she found a number of articles of value missing-, and she also discovered that the thieves had entered by means of one of the drawing room windows . The tw & pictures , the Indian china ornaments , and the napkins produced were her master's property .

      Police Sergeant Skelton , B 4 , deposed to having , with other constables , apprehended the whole of the prisoners together in Hyde Park , having watched them from Knightsbridge , until he could procure assistance . If the prisoners were remanded , he should be able to produce additional evidence against them in that and other cases , and also to prove former convictions against the prisoners Witham alias Greenwood , and Jackson , if not against the others . All the prisoners were accordingly remanded for a week .

      SOUTIIWARK . Holt Water , —On Monday Mary M'Grath was charged with being intoxicated , and refusing to quit the Catholic chapel in tbe London-road . A policeman stated that on the preceding day he was called to the above chapel to remove the defendant , who was drunk , and insisted on getting a bottle ofholy water before she left the place . He tried to coax her out , hue all bis efforts were in vain , and when he took her up in , his arms to carry her out she kicked aud plunged ia such a manner that they both fell together , and she afterwards became so violent that he v . ' a compelled to have further assistance in carrying her to the station-house , where she was kept until sober . Mr . Cottlngham ( to defendant)—This is a serious charge against you Mrs . M'Grath , it is not the first time you have been here for unruly conduct ; and what have jou to say for yourself ?

      Defendant , pulling a large phial out of her bosom , eibibited it to the magistrate , and said she went to the chapel to get it filled with holy water , as she was just starting to pick hops in the country . Mr . Cottingham—Well , you might have the holy water , I suppose , if you bad not gone to the chapel drunk and disgraced yourself . Defendant—Please your worship , I was as sober as I am now , and all I wanted was the drop of holy water , but thoy would not let me have it , aud that vexed me a lot , and I dare say that 1 showed my temper . But , your worship , I never go to the country to " hop , " without a drop of holy water . What luck could I expect ' without it ? Mr . Cottingham said , there was anouter kind of liquid , namely , gin , that he was afraid she was much fonder of than holy water—that as she now appeared penitent , he should not inflict a fine , but allow bur to go to pick hops . The defendant having made her curtesy then quitted the Court , ejeculating that she should have her bottle of hol y water to take with her into the country .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05091846/page/8/