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September 6V 1845. __ THE NORTHERN STAR ...
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3SoIt« intelligence
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THE SOURHWARK ELECTION. Thfi int.prosf, in this nnnfpet honrmioa irmw> intpnsf»
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September 6v 1845. __ The Northern Star ...
September 6 V 1845 . __ THE NORTHERN STAR 5
Tee Dtjatermline Mode Of Making Their « ...
TEE DTJATERMLINE MODE OF MAKING THEIR « GRUMBLINGS TMLTS ' Is another column will be found an account 0 f fluj lateBurifeMnline " Riots , " differing mP . leriallyfroni thosfiwe 4-aTelastWMk , fromtlie ' / rt 5 " ftfejicil-to-o ! eatA correspondentof the Times . In noticingthematter on titat ocras-on we expressed onr conviction that the writer of the inflated " yarns" that appeared in the 2 Tmcs bad either allowed Ms fears to run away -with , his judgment , or that he was basely lending himself to a most unworthy purpose . The facts have proved that we were correct in one or other of our suppositions : wc do not now care to say which .
So , then , a . the story about " a deliberate conspiracy , for the most murderous purpose , " and about " aregular band of consphators organised and disciplined with watchwords and signals , bound together ¦ under obligations of secresy , and with hearts to conceive and heads to EXECUTE ANY CRIMES however atrocious" turns out to be an affair got up by a few thoughtless loys , and joined in by others without concert or consideration ! "What a falling off is there ! " A real " conspiracy , " of suck a formidable character as the alarmist of the Times indicated ; one which had spread such fear around that those in the secret "durst not communicate
information to the authorities ; ' a " conspiracy" of this sort would have been a source of " thrilling interest / as the melo-draniatistssay , in those over-quiet times ; but for the curtain to rise on a more " boys' frolic , " terminating in an " ordinary riot "—lo ! what a disappointment ! Were we made judge of the actors in such a " sorry come off / ' we would punish them severely for engaging in so petty an afiair ! The friend who forwarded the page of the Dunfmnline Journal containing the " corrected account " we give in another place , accompanied it by the following letter : —
Mb . tstotoh , —Receive enclosed a cotrat account of the Dunfermline riots . The press has magnified them ; making little things appear great . The people of Dunfermline stood high during the agitation for the Charter . trust they know their rights ; and know how to retain what they have , and recover their long lost ones . I will give one instance of their discernment . When Mr . Brewster foUo wed 3 Ir . O'Connor from place to place , endeavouring by every foul means to bring that good man into disrespect the people in Dunfermline heard them both ; and , although many differed in their views with 2 Ir . O'Connor , yet , notwithstanding all thatMr . Brewster
said , tbe people stood by Jtfr . O'Connor , believing him to be an honest , npright , persevering , and brave patriot . And who , in all the kingdom , are more alive to their rights , I would ask , than thepeopleof Dunfermline ? In tlie year 1 S 42 , who , amongst all the towns , stood forth like they ? Sone . They resolved to drop tailing , and Save a little action . They ceased from labour for the space of eight days , waiting to see if any would foUow their example . 2 vone did foUow . Had it been so , it jnigiit iiave ijeen better for all to-day . You may taunt ns with being moral-force men ; but moral force must be in ftont , and the bayonets behind . —A Cosstast Readeb .
Just so : that ' s what we have always said ! The bayonets behind ! yes , that ' s the right sort of " moral force" That ' s the sort we can do with : but then your ie = l" downright , " " np-to-lL-e-mark" " moral force philosopher" wont hear of a bayonet at all ! We presume " A Constant Reader" would not have the bayonets merely to pick teeth with . He would have them "behind , " to be ready in case they were needed . But the mere mention of the name of a bayonet is
sufficient to turn a full-fledged " moral force man sick ! "lie cannot contemplate any circumstances that would justify a resort to violent measures . " It was at these squeamish white-livered politicians that we sneered , and not at those who , while they put " moral force" in the front , hate the bayonet behind . If the Dunfermline people arc of this sort , our "taunt , " as "A Constant Reader" calls it , does not apply .
" A Constant Reader" also says that the people of Ennfermline know their rights -. and know Soui to retain what tliey have . We sincerely hope that he speaks the truth ! There is an attempt on the part of the Messrs . Alexander , to take from " what they have ; " an attempt which , if successful , will soon be followed by a general reduction of the poor "SHARE" the table-linen weavers receive . Will those weavers see that they DO " retain what they lave ? " Will they belong to the " race" of " grumblers "—those that grumble to some purpoeethose whose grumblings , when heard and FELT ,
aiaUc them to live comfortably and well ! The secret they will find in another column : let them be sure to learn it , and put the " knowledge" they thus acquire in force , to the preventing of the abstraction of the "balls of fat" out of their " nice MESS of broth" ! Of course in doing this , they will place " moral force" in front : but we trust that they -will not forget to have the " bayonets behind : " and before they give up their "balls of fat , " make "balls" of another sort heard and FELT too ! We are " moral-force" advocates of the Dunfermline school .
Progress Of The Harvest. State Of The Cr...
PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST . STATE OF THE CROPS . Another week of good weather , compared with what we enjoyed (?) during the months of July and August ; though the last few days hare been glo ' -my and cold for September . Still , the prospect of the Harvest is much better than it was a fortnight ago . Then , indeed , it was dreary ; and even now we are far from being safe from the evils caused by a deficient yield . Our present prospects will be best learned from the Mark-l ane Express , who this week savs : —
The weather has , since our last , been highly auspicious for bringing the grain crops to maturity in the backward districts , and for securing the corn where already ripe . llrizht sunshine , with drying breezes , was precisely what was wanted after so great a quantity of rain _• and these have been experienced in all parts of the kingdom throughout the week ; should September prove equally favourabl e , the wheat harvest would terminate much more satisfactoril y than appeared at one time likely ; still ire jmtcfc question whether any teeather , Jioiceter propitious , CAS SOW UJKE COOS THE IIX . EFFECTS OF IHE WET
c » u > scsimeb , The most prevalent complaint , and that & oui which the greatest deficiency in the produce is feared , has all along been the blanks caused in the ear by blight . The reports of the mischief done thereby may lave been exaggerated ; but from their almost universal caaracterit can scarcely be supposed that the injury complained of was wholly without foundation * , indeed from personal observation we arc satisfied that , from the cold and wet dnring lie time of blossoming , the ear set impenectly . This defect it is plainly impossible to remedy ;
and though we may hope that the quality will be far betttr that it could have been if the rain bad continued longer , we cannot , under all circumstances , divest onrselresof ( lie impression that ths tie £ d r « t ache will be reran COSS 1 DEEABLT SHORT OP iS AVERAGE . We T u *?* tnxit ve ™ ay ue wong hi this conclusion , and s » an be iappy to h ( _ ar from snch of ^^ agricn i tura i noriin . a f ^ tbe nmter t 0 the tcst - *•* ^ as ^ S a suhjec " ^ CTOpS ' ° P * mions the entertain on the
. * e prospects in regard , to the result of the * *** * ' eSt have WfiUergone so decided an improvers i awMmts <* the injury sustained by thepotatoe mZT ? i Vea & r ^ XTeaseCt ' ltis now certain tbatin j ., : -. esou * hcrn and western counties the disease easts' ! T aS ' ai , fl ' slHm " "" foi '* 'r . ateiy spread to the \ rnat ? utll ltUe consequences would be very serious , soon 1 oefideilc . y i * ^ e produce of potatoes must , fiou * , lwea O aded inflaenceon this consumpflaniai j ^ f 3 " 51 " 55 ® . " an « J the undouoted fact of at least a sonaM ein tWs wot » « conjunction with the reashort - ? ^ sltionthat tl « yield of wheat will also be ^ . v * Kstwa SSrouudforcoaduding that the value of ensttrt " ^ " ^^ S ^ from this time till the harvest the te = ; i * done tUe ? ast twelve ninths . For l' . Dt > however , the tradein wfcpnt lias , as tni- 'ht
rena r ^ v eipectca ' been influenccQ by the change from nktai .. Jwet and ougenial weather to tbatef acom-Ile jg * I « site character . Iieia 3 Telat ? ljr saiA TfiI 7 little respecting the probable ' l ^ r ? laB , * rof s P K-sowl » «> ra and pulse , but as deem itrJj ? narrcstSn S these crops has now arrived , we aswefc- v ~ , tMa J before our readers such information 15 gaierali r 0 m timet 0 t ! me becnaWc t 0 collect . Barley ** its - described as « treml y luxuriant , so much so Hied 1 h Usht has can « ed it to be much more extensively st-wte- t e , ther WlM : at or oats - Flom tbe cirenlnvropm ^ J * concluded that a lar ge proportion of the ^ nil / w i ' ! ufferei 1 m Poiu' of quality ; but the quan-^ direAr / thu & * beaboTean average . Oats are also , ^ respM f T ^ ° Pfi 0 nS ' iavouraMy spoken of , not only ^ aative tn i ^ ' laicw » se as to quality . The reports 'ocaliti . ns ana Peas vary n . aterially in different m . i . e ? , buton thewholft \ w <¦» inoi ;«^ « n n .: « i . iii « 4
, il « 6 arfi " ? : i £ tS t 0 a i P rtfaGnu « deficiency of either Of lit 65 ' ^ wttfp * ? ° S ^ t'and wc learn , aattbougb the ^ aa ^ - iein lnere > d , e weather had not been nearly lla ? uiu t bat tatd J experienced here . The cuu " ' xm ^ viF « nv lSMl ' icems ' wcn Pretty generally uin Lie south-, bat v . vtri in the moit forward
Progress Of The Harvest. State Of The Cr...
districts wheat harvest will scarcely bebe-jun till about the middle of September . From Ireland we continue to receive satisfactory accounts of tlie weather and the crops . In the southern parts of the island a good deal of corn has already been carried , and farmers , we are told , express themselves satisfied with the result . JJy the reports received this week from the United States we learn [ that the wheat harvest had been nearly brought to a close in all tlie principal states , and , though the yield was describedas ruther deficient in some places , the produce bad been sufficientl y abundant in others to bring up the total crop to more than an average . Spring corn and seeds are reported to have been much injured by the extreme heat and drought . Though tha news of the considerable rise which took placein prices ofwheatin this country in July had been received aiNew York , no cicct had been produced thereby on the value of either flour or wheat , and business had remained in a very quiet state .
From Canada , we learn that the wheat harvest was then in active progress , and a very capital crop was expected both as regards quantify and quality . According to the most rccen t :. dvices from the continent , it appears that the weather underwent a favourable change in Germany , Holland , and France about the same time as in this country , and harvest operations had consequently made considerable progress . As yet little is known as to the probable yield , but on the whole the accounts are much more favourable than , was the case some weeks ago . On this subject the Liverpool Times of Tuesday
says : — The complete change in the weather which took place this day week in this district , appears to have extended to all parts of the three kingdoms , and alter a whoTe week of the finest weather , there is still every prospect of a continuance of it . It will be seen from the extracts from the London and country papers in another column , that the harvest has made great progress in all the southern nnd midland counties . Up to the end of last week , little bayoiid oats had been cut in South Lancashire , but tlie cutting of wheat commenced very generally yesterday morning . Should the present week continue to be as fine as it now is , great progress will have been made in the wheat harvest in the north of England before the close of it , and in the south the greater part of the corn will be safe . It is many years since the prospects of the country have been so alarming as they were at the beginning of la 3 t week , 01 " since SUCh imminent danger was so suddenly and so complete * v averted .
Although it is still very doubtful whether the harvest of the present year will prove a large , one chiefly owing to the general coolness of the season , yet the providential change in the weather will save us from the two great evils of a serious deficiency , and of a sudden importation of foreign grain . I ' rom the very indifferent ripening weather which prevailed until the beginning of last week , the quality of the grain is likely to Ve such as to render a considerable importation both of grain and flour necessary for mixing with home-grown corn , but this will come in gradually from Canada and the United States , instead of being poured in suddenly from the Baltic ports , and its effects will he rather to improve than , to injure tbe forehrn trade of the country .
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Jons Rogers , Bristol—There was no alteration made in the law of settlement . The bill was withdrawn - , consequently the law remains as it was . The party he speaks of , if chargeable , will have to be removed , cruel as the act will be . JAMES W ' ili . iahs , Manchester . —We have not room for bis letter . The information it contains we will try lo make available on another occasion . - Jons It . TVniTE , TfooTEK-uwDER-EDGE . — He must first see the wills of the donors , and learn the nature of the trusts , before he can move successfully against any of their doings . D . Sherrington , Giasgow . —The address of the operative Cotton Spinners next week .
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RECEIPTS OS THE CHAIITIST CO-OPERATIYE LAND SOCIETY . f £ B MB . O ' CONNOB . £ s . d . Ratcliffe , near Manchester , per T . Barker .. 2 0 10 Sheffield , per G . Cavill „ .. .. 0 14 9 flafi & x , per C . ff , Smith .. .. .. 32 19 0 Alva , per W . Archibald .. * .. .. 4 12 8 Lumbiey , Notts , per J . Sweet .. .. 100 Derby , per W . Chandler .. .. .. 5 0 0 Swiudon , per David Morison .. .. 200 Miss Kay , oue share .. .. .. 2 12 4 Keighley , per J . Garnett .. .. .. 090 Heywood , per B , Clegs •• .. 500 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 13 10 7 Shelton , per J . Yates .. .. .. 014 8 Leeds , per W . Brock .. .. .. 5 0 t Leicester , per G . Noon .. .. .. 1 14 0 Worsboroush Common , n . Swift .. .. 1 14 1
Itarnsley , per J . Ward .. ., .. 400 Greenock , per lLBurrell .. .. .. 2 o o Miles Dank , Shelton , H . Fcnton .. .. 044 Coventry , per W . Parker .. .. .. 243 Darlaston , per It . Gittms .. .. .. 200 Clitheroe , pevJ Stowell .. .. .. Ill 0 Stockport , per T . IVoodkouse .. ., 200 Kidderminster , per George Holloway .. .. 2 12 2 Burnley , per John Gray .. .. .. S 0 0 J . U ., & c ., Warrington . .. .. .. 340 Oxford , per John Bridgewater .. .. 276 Birmingham , per Henry Parker .. ., 2 0 U Bradford , per Joseph Alderson .. .. 20 0 0 Merthjr Tydvil , per David Morgan .. .. 100 Cheltenham , per Melson , Kingston-place .. 200 Scarborough , per Charles Wheadley .. .. 200 Glasgow , per James Smith .. .. .. C 2 5 Dewsbury district , Birstall , per « " . Lucksmitn .. 4 16 0 Bradford , Yorkshire , per J . Alderson .. 4 16 € shton-under-Lvne , per E . Hobson .. .. 0 7 G
PEE GENEBAl SECRETABT . SHAKES . & S . d . £ s . d . Bacup .. .. .. .. 213 6 Battison 0 1 o Camberwell .. .. 119 3 J . Wyatt 0 o 6 Lambeth 7 0 0 T . B . C . and Sons .. 116 0 J . Whelan .. .... 0 0 6 Mr . Dickson ,... 020
INSTALMENTS . Lamberhead Green , James Fisher - - - o 1 4 Do . James Athtrton - - - 0 1 i Do . S . Fairhurst - - - 0 1 4 Do . 21 . Stockley- - - - 0 1 4 Edward Saunders - - - - - - -014 James Whelan - - - - - - -014 CABSS AND RULES . BurySt . Edmond * s 0 10 Sheffield 0 10 Stockport .. .... O 5 0 Kotherhani .... 020 Lower Warley .. .. 010 Mr . Parkes .... 0 0 8 SowerbyHclm .. 020 Camberwell .... 020 Burnley 0 3 f Secretary ...... 0 1 C Many of the Sub-Secretaries have neglected to send mc tlie return of the number of members , and the amount of money paid . Until this is done , it is impossible for me to issue a correct balance-sheet . Thomas Maktin Wheeleb , Secretary .
KATI 0 X & L CHMITER ASSOCIATION . FEB . GENERAL SECBETABT , SOBSCBIPTIONS . Hammersmith .. 0 2 3 Ilonlcy ., ...... 100 Brassfounders'ArmsO 1 C Staleybridge , cards 0 4 0 Ditto .. 008 Itotherbam .... 050 Brighton ...... 0 3 0 TnouAs Martin Wbeelee .
BUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . ? EB MB . O ' CONKOB . Mr . Moss .. ., .. .. » ¦> 0 1 0 A Friend 0 10 C . Faull .. .. .. ~ -- - 2 ? 1 II . Mair .. .. .. < i ¦¦ ¦• 0 I 0 Mr . littlejohn .. .. .. 0 1 0 John Neil .. .. .. .. .. 006 James Fairchild .. .. .. •• .. 0 0 fi G . Hardy 0 0 6 Mr . Payne 0 0 0 J . Elms , Hair-dresser .. .. .. .. 0 2 o Peter llcane .. •• .. •» 0 1 fl Henry Mance o l o
DIXON fond . Mr . E . Tobin , London .. .. ,. 0 2 C Mr . J . Shaw , do 0 2 ( 1
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Mansion House. Tuesday. — Aixkged Breach...
MANSION HOUSE . Tuesday . — Aixkged Breaches of Contracts . — Thomas Taverner and TV'jlJiam Sessons , journeymen carpenters , were charged under the ^ . th of GeorgelV ., cap . 3 i , sec . 3 , with rcisconduetin the execution of a contract entered into with their employer , ilr Grcenwoorl of 10 , Arthur-street West . Alderman Moon sat for the Lord Mayor . Mr . Greenwood stated that he had been engaged to put in a shop-front in a house in Pope's Head-alley . The prisoners were in his employment , and had been directed to perform the work . Upon going to the house he found them intoxicated , and it was ascertained that they had got into thai
condition in th cellar of a neighbour of the owner 0 ! the house . The shop-front was comnletely pulled out , and exposed and left in that condition . Witness paid them weekly . It was ascertained that the prisoner , had gone into the cellar of Mr . Leethwaite . in Pope ' s Head-alley , and made free with several bottles of wine which had been lately deposited there ; that half-a-dozen empty bottles had appearet ? in the place of full ones , to the astonishment of the policeman , vrlao designated their drunkenness as a " most mysterious intoxication" before he found thai clue to its meaning . The prisoners were sentenced to hard labour in the House of Correction for one
month . Jons Haogaht , a journeyman baker in the employmentof Mr . M'Fariane , baker , of Jewry-street , Aidgate , was charged , under the same Act , with having got drunk and spoiled a batch of bread . The prisoner had been taken into the service of the prosecutor a ? foreman , and had not only got drunk in his work and burned a batch of bread , bat had actually laughed at the mischief he committed . A respectable baker of Coleman street , who called at Mr . M'Farlane's house , and saw the condition of the bread , stated that the batch was quite spoiled . The prisoner said in his defence , that he bad a great niliubevof CUStOIuers to supply , andthei-eneverhad beenmadeany complaint whatever of his skill or attention to business . Alderman Moon said it would appear as if the Act of Parliament were not known to be in operation at all , judging from the Enumerable instances of breach oi contract which daily occurred . The prisoner . sent to Bridewell to take his station on the treadmill with the two former prisoners .
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li-ESDAY . —] j . xii : ssi . YE lioBBERY . —The court was crowded the greater part of yesterday by salesmen anxious to hear the result of a charge preferred against Thomas Wymbush , a dealer in bullion , for stealing a casket containing a number of brilliants , doubloons , gold watches , value £ 300 and uowards , from the safe-room of Messrs . Debenhain and Ston ; of K . ing-strect . Covent-gardcn , their property . It appeared from the statement of Air . CJarkson , who appeared for the ' prosecution , and the evidence of several witnesses , that ou the 17 th of April , 1844 , a casket , containing the property above-mentioned , was sent from the house of Miss Fleming , pawnbroker , in St . Martiu ' s-lane , to be put up for sale , previous to which , dealers , well known to the firm , were a'lotred to inspect the different articles , among
whom was the prisoner . About one o ' clock it was discovered that the casket was stolen , in consequence of which the doors of the establishment were closed to prevent any person leaving the place until a search could be made , and it was remarkable that the prisoner was one of the foivmost to submit to being searched ; but the property could not be fOUntl . TllC next step taken was to advertise an account of the robbery , and offer a reward for the recovery of the pi operty or any portion of it . Nothing further was heard of the property until last week , when it was discovered , that shortly after the robtary the prisoner had disposed of a watch , made by Walker , of Princesstreet , Leicester-square , to a tailor named Cloughly , who went to another maker of the same name to get it repaired , and seeim : that it formed a portion of the .
property stolen , and having proceeded to the prose ;* cutor ' s rooms , it was identified , upon reference being * made to the catalogue . The prisoner was then taken into custody , when he said that he had bought the watch at Messrs . Robins ' a room , Piazza , Covcnt-garden . After the property was stolen , the prosecutors gave directions to one of their young men to go round to the different refiners and dealers in bullion to warn them of the loss . The prisoner was present when such orders were given , and having followed the young man , ho invited hint to dinner , and afterwards offered to point out to him the different places where it would be worth making inauiries . which struck him
so forcibly that he returned and informed his emploj er what had taken place , and on his return to the street he again found the prisoner waiting for him . it was also ascertained that on the ISth April , 1844 , a refiner and jeweller , named Collingi'idge , residing in Wilderness-row , purchased a bar of gold , weighing 11 oz . 14 dwt ., from the prisoner at 5 Ss . fid . per ounce , which came to £ 3 i 4 s . 2 d ., and had never on any previous occasion made so large a purchase of him , having dealt usually in small quantities of such materials . The above account is the substance of the evidence of several witnesses , and after the prisoner declined saying anything in his defence , he was fully committed to Newgate for trial .
MAltYLEBONE . Momdat . —The Police Srr System . —A respectably-attired man , named Taylor , entered the witnessbox , and , addressing the sitting magistrate , Ml " . Rawlinson , said— " I have an application of a somewhat curious description to make to your worship . " Mr . Rawlinson . —Let me know what it is you want . Applicant . —I wish to ask you , sir , in the presence oi Inspector Brown , why the police are set , day after day , to keep a watch upon my premises ? Mr . Ttawlinson ( to the Inspector ) . —i * ou hear what this man says , and I suppose you can give him an answer ? Inspector . —A man has been sent by the
superintendent to watch , and I'd rather not explain why he ! -. as done so . Mr . Rawlinson . —This person asks the question in open court , and surely you may satisfy him at OHGC ? InspcetOV . —The superintendent has cau-ed to be done what is complained of , your worship , and I can explain his reason if you like to hear me . The inspector was here about to address the magistrate in an under tone , when Mr . Rawlinson said to applicant , " The inspector refuses to give an answer to your application . " Applicant . —1 think it is very hard , sir , that I should be watched in this way , and I shall feel it my duty to seek for redress elsewhere . He then quitted the court .
The Sourhwark Election. Thfi Int.Prosf, In This Nnnfpet Honrmioa Irmw≫ Intpnsf»
THE SOURHWARK ELECTION . Thfi int . prosf , in this nnnfpet honrmioa irmw > intpnsf »
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as me draws nigll . lt IS expected that Monday or Tuesday next will betl : e day of nomination . Sir W . Molewortu . finds that the opppsition of Mr . Miall is rayther move formidable than he at hist seemed disposed to think it . He finds also that he cannot " pooh pooh" Mr . Miall out of the field . He finds moreover , that he cannot , b y all the use of the press at his command , and all its abuse too , drive him out . He has tried this on pretty "liberally ; " but there Mr . Miall sticks , to the infinite chagrin of the Whigs and the " philosophical " prig . The latter cannot hide his tcstyness . It exhibits itself most in a pitiful manner . For instance : . Mr . Miall , years ago , before he became editor of the
nonconformist , was a Dissenting Minister ; and the " philosophical liart" thought to raise the laugh against his opponent , by speaking of him as the Rev Mr . Miall . See the 13 art in the hands of Mr . Miall . Atameetingin the borough thenigbx after . that gentleman tnus replied to the " philosophical" sneer : — " He said it was quite unworthy of this contest on great and important principles , that the candidates should employ themselves in bandying personalities . ( " You began it . " ) Certainly when he found Sir W . Molesworth professing to be an admirer of civil and religious liberty , and of the principle of no state endowments of religion , nnd yet confessing it to be so abstract in its nature , that none but a wild and impracticable man could press it on the House of Commons , he ( Mr . Miall ) did take occasion to say that
that gentleman was possessed of the representation of six livings , knowing the power and inilllWICC which such things must have to throw a tinge over a man ' s opinions , or the mode in which he might deal with his principles . { Hear , hear . ) Sir W . Aloies ' . vorth would see no great injustice in compelling every man to support his own sect , or in the endowment of all denominations of the clergy . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been pleased to go back , in order to throw a prejudice over his ( Mr . Miall ' s ) cause , to the earlier history of his life ; perhaps it was not a worse preparation for the business of lawmaking , to have been engaged for some years in preaching the gospel of truth and peace , than to have been occupied in editing the works of the infidel Ilobbes . ( Hear . ) Without reproaching him for his
religious sentiments , it must be said , that if he entertained views respecting civil and religious liberty at all in unison with those of Hobbcs of Malmesbury , then he had not acted a fair and open and manly part in appealing to Protestant Dissenters for their support , without frankly and explicitly declaring as much . ( Hear , hear . ) KcgM'dlcSB 01 tlva sneers of philosophical Radicals , he ( Mr . Miall ) would say boldly , that his own political views and principles were based upon the New Testament , which he took not only as his religion , but as his philosophy . Let Sir Win . Molesworth , as a manly antagonist , declare whence he derived his views and principles . ' ( Hear , hear . ) But to turn from him to the school of politicians with whom he was associated ; it was quite time that their sham and their pretence
should be put an end to . ( Hear . ) The country had had enough of their everlasting clatter about civil and religious liberty , when almost every act ot tueirs proclaimed their deadly hostility to religion In every shape . ( Hear . ) Let them come no more before Protestant Dissenters for their support ; their conduct in the last session had sutlicicntly revealed thcui ; and whatever might come of it , and however the Spectator might sneer at his ( Mr . Mi-all ' s ) friends as " humbugs , " at all events they would be humbugged by the Radical philosophers no longer . ( Cheers . ) They came with bland countenances and pretences of sympathy with the principles of Protestant Dissenters , and almost every one of them would go away to his club , and heap contempt and scorn upon the " saints" and the " Methodists" who
had supported him . ( Hear , hear . ) lhey talked now against dividing the Liberal interest ; they should have thought of that before they dealt _ with the Maynooth question in defiance of the majority of their friends aud perilled their dearest principles . ( Hear . ) How could Sir W . Molesworth claim to represent Dissenters ? Did he not regard the chief part of their -wiews as nonsense and superstition ? Was he not doing what his literary talent would enable him towards putting down those views throughout . societv ? ( Ilesr , hear . ) Let thete politicians speak out " : from Sir R . Peel down to Mr . Rnebiick , they were insincere ; they hated the religion of the heart , and would do their utmost to trample on it . ( Hear . ) Those with whom he ( Mr . Miall ) acted Had set their hearts upon , at all events , having a small
school of sincere men , who would speak what they meant , and perform what they promised . ( Hear , hear . ) Let Sir W . Molesworth stand upon fair and manly ground , and say he was labouring to diffuse Hobbes ' s opinions . The concealment , the reserve , the aristocratic hand-in-glove manner in which be was going among Dissenters , and speaking of civil and religious liberty—it was dishonest . ( Cheers . ) . Mr . Miall is right . We do want " sincere men , who will speak what they mean , and perform what they promise : " and glad are we that he is contesting the election on such principles . It is time that your " expediency-mongers" were shown to tlm door ; and whatever may be the result of this particular election , the effect that the enunciation of such sentiments will have on the general election close at hand will be immense .
In relation to this election the Tyne Mercury has the following , every word of which wc endorse : — It is a constant resort on the part of Whigsccry , on occasions like this of Southwark , and , indeed , generally , to pretend that there is a certain kindred feeling , and certain principles in common , between them and the real friends of popular freedom and popular welfare . This is always put forth , Jfc is then ariiuetl how " impossible" it is " at present" to retainibr such boroughs as Southwark or Sundetland men of "extremeprinciples" ( thisis the phrase ) like Mr . Miall or Col . Thompson . This is step tho second . The third move is to attempt to alarm the people's party by the fear oi "letting in a Tory , " who is , in such cases , always painted and hold upns some hideous monster , towards whom ail "Libcrajs must of course feel a shuddering antipathy and a
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virtuous loathing . ' Such is the insidious argument , lis laiaeiiood all—deliberate , coollv-coutrived , longconCMlcd falsehood . The words are iavariabtv contvaditted by the deeds . If the people ' s candidate persevere , the Whig party invariab'y prove bv tiikiu votes that they prefer seeing the Torv elected , This was the case at Sunderland , where some of them openly voted for Mr . Hudson , whilst others stood afoot , aud let lura in hy not voting at ail . This will be the case at Southwark if Mr . Miall persevere . If they cannot carry Sir William Molesworth , the Liberal , they will put in Mr . Pilcher , the Tory . Of this we have not tlic slightest doubt , and wc would deceive no one on this point . Unless Mr . Miall ' s friends , wc repeat , be strong enough to elect him despite of both Whig and Tory , lie cannot be member for Southwark .
When we say this , however , let us hasten to add our earnest hope that nothing will induce Mr . Miall to retire . It is of little practical consequence who shall sit for the borough , during the brief remnant of the term of the present worthless jvirliamcut . But it is 01 consequence that certain parties should be now taught the great lesson , that unless they succumb further to the demands of the people , thev shall not succeed to that power which events are now last tearing from the grasp of the slippery and ambiguous feel . Oh ! no . Let us rather force tiic Tories to
keep possession of a government which it is nowclear they cannot manage ; lot us give Sir Robert Peel a small majority in the next House of Commons , rather than put in " Whigs" or "liberals" of any kind , unless such terms arc first openly proposed as may be worth the people ' s acceptance , * tno repeal of the Septennial Act , * * * * and an cxtcnstall of Suffrage , being amongst the first . Perseverance on the part of Mr . Miall , even presuming it to insure the election of Mr . Pilcher , wc " hoid to he oi great consequence at this crisis ; and we hope Mr . Miall and his friends will sternly do their duty .
PUBLIC MEETING . A numerously attended public meeting was held last night ( Friday , September 5 th ) , at the South London Chartist Hall , 113 , Bkickfrinrs-road , to take into consideration the capabilities and claims of the several candidates for the representation of this borough . The attendance of the three candidates had been requested . At eight o ' clock Mr . William Nodder was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . He stated that each of the candidates had been written to , requesting their attendance ; but only one had deigned to send a reply to the invitation . Tho following letter had been received , apologising for Mr . Miall's absence : — CoulUlittea-room , Catherine Wheel , Friday Morning .
Deab Sir , —In reply to your invitation to attend a meeting of non-electors at the South London Chartist Hall this evening , my brother desires me to say , that he is already engaged to be present at a public meeting in Horselydown , at the same hour , and canuot therefore possibly comply with your request . Tours truly , Mr . J . Gathard . C . 'S . Miall . Mr . T . Cooper then rose to move the following rcso lution : — "That we , the non < clectors of this borough j being the chief portion of the producers of that wealth with which , and for wliicl ) , Parliament legislates , deem it but right that the courtesy of the candidates should at least be shown to us , that our feelings and wishes may be consulted thereon . " He said at election time generally the want of courtesy in candidates was not to be complained of ; on the contrary , they carried courtesy on those occasiuue to extraordinary length . He remembered on one occasion
hearing a person say to the llonourab'e Chas . Tennyson , ' 0 , , Mr . Tennyson , how could you kiss that dirty-nosed child V ' 0 , ' replied Tennyson , ' I would have kissed him somewhere else if I could thereby obtain his father ' s vote . ' ( Laughter . ) lie , therefore , regarded courtesy on such occasions as so much flummery , and consequently thought hut little of it . ( Hear , hear , and cheer ' s . ) One candidate was for measuring the people ' s fitness for the franchise by their intelligence , and lie was of opinion that the working classes were much better qualified on that score than the middle classes . Mr . Cooper proceeded to comment on the conduct and doings of the shopkceping class hitherto , expressing his hope , however , that that class would show by their union with the people at this election , in returning the people's candidate , that they were beginning to learn what justice and right was . Mr . C . ' s speech was loudly cheered .
1-EAnoos O'CoxNOn , Esq ., who was enlllllSiasfclctilly cheered , said the great question was , " what had tho non-electors to do with the election ? " To this he would reply , every man was interested in tho question of Government , —and further , 500 men had bscn kept in prison , himself anions tlie number , by the vote of one man . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , but to examine the candidates : Pilcher was a nobody , Molesworth was less , and Miall was just the man wanted . ( Loud cheers . ) Molesworth , with his . six Church livings , was not likely to become a real voluntary . The people had hitherto been content with holding up their hands at the elections , bul now they demanded to have votes . ( Hear , hear . ) He might be asked what right he had there ? He had shown them previously how every man had an
interest even in an isolated election ; and so long as the people ' s interest could be served by his interference , be would interfere , and on the next election his interference should be felt everywhere . ( Great cheering . ) By Mr . Duncombc ' s labours they had seen what one man could accomplish . Sir William Molesworth insinuated that the people were not intelligent enough ' to exercise tlie franchise ; yet look at his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) friend Cooper ; he was the author Of a volume of poetry which had been pronounced , by a high and learned critic , to be better than anything that had appeared since the days of Milton . He had hoped Sir William Molesworth would have beer , present , lie wished to have repeated his statement to his face . Sir William had said that he was the advocate of universal suffrage and annual parliaments . When Sir William was candidate for
Leeds , I complimented him on his advocacy of those principles , and ho did not then repudiate them . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir William had said his word would be of equal weight with his ( Feargus O'Connor ) , but he ( 'All * .- O'Connor ) said no . Sir William was an interested party , and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not . He hoped that Miall would be placed at the head of the poll , Pilcher next , and Molesworth at the bottom , ( Loud cheers ) , and to shew their feeling , he nowproposed , three cheers for " Miall and victory . " The call was responded to right lustily . Three cheers were also given for " Frost , Williams , and Jones . " Three times three for " the People ' s Charter , and . 110 Surrender " . " Three loud and long cheers were added for " Fearjius O'Connor . " Air . Knight then moved the adjournment of this meeting until Monday next- at seven o'clock . This was agreed to unanimously , and the meeting broke up .
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LONDON . Ciiab-iist Co-operative Land Society . —A meeting of the members of the Land Society , residing in the metropolis , was holden on Sunday evening last in the Chartist Hall , Webhev-stvcet , BlacUfriarsroad . The meeting was called chiefly for the purpose of considering any amendments that might be suggested on the present rules of the association , Mv . William Guffay presided . The secretary to the provisional directory , Mr . T . M . Wheeler , read a report to the meeting , showing that up to tlie 14 th of July , 18 i 5 , 10 G towns were connected with the society : and 1950 persons were enrolled « is members :
and since that period it was calculated that not less tiian another 1000 members had entered , ( Loud cheers . ) The amount of cash received by the general treasurer was £ 1029 3 s . did ., while their whole expenditure had been only £ 93 19 s . Id . ( Cheers . ) The society was progressing rapidly , so much so , that in two months hence the society would number 5000 members . ( Loud cheers . ) On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Sale , the report was received ; after which , several propositions were submitted for the amendment of certain of the rules ; the discussion on these propositions occupied the meeting to a late hour , and ultimately an adjournment was voted to Sunday evening next , at seven o'clock , at the same place of meeting .
Conn Cotters ' Theatrical Benefit . —A benefit in aid of the sick , superannuated , and burial fund of the above trade , will be held at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Tuesday evening next , September the 9 th . An excellent bill of fare is provided for the occasion , supported by those popular actors , Mr . Osbaldiston and Miss Vincent , with the powerful company of that establishment , aided bv several able auxiliaries . South Londo . y Cimrtist Hall . —Mr . Farrow will lecture on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock" , at the South London Chartist Hall . , WESTMixsTun . —A meeting of the members and iriends ot this locality will be held on Sunday evening nextt > September 7 th , at tho Parthetiium , 72 , St . Martin a-lanc . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely .
Land Society / . — An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the London District of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will he hold on Snndav evening , at seven o ' clock , at the South London Half , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , for the purpose of revising the rales . —Thomas Martis Wheeler , Secretary .
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SnOCKIKG pMN-IBus AcciDEAT hY THE Citv .-As tie at Wn glit a ll & mpslcad Omnibuses was proceeding along the Poultry , this ( Saturday ) morning , at half-past eleven o ' clock , driven by Samuel Horner at the rate of live or six miles an hour , a lad of about thirteen years oi age suddenly darted from behind a carnage and was knocked down by the pole , the horns passing over him . Ho was taken to tho shop ot Mr . Winstatilcy , who pronounced tho case to be a highly dange-ousone . Tlie sufferer was immediate ! v removed to Saint Bartholomew ' s Hospital in a cab The driver appeared much affected by the accident . Not the Je .-nt Wame attached to him . Ho immediately repaired to the Mansion House and gave pergonal security to attend at any time , when called on , should the case prove fatal .
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WITH SATURDAY'S NEWS , POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND Sill WILLIAM MOLESWOltTIt . TO SIR WILLIAM MOLKSWOKIII , UAUT . Sir , —At an early period of the present contest for the representation of tho borough of Southwark , 1 discharged a duty which I owed to myself , the electors , tlie uon-elccfoi's , and community at large—a canvass of the relative merits of the three candidates seeking the representation of the borough . With respect to your qualification , I stated that you had retrograded , while public opinion was progressing , because you were now opposed to Universal Suffrage , while I had heard you at a former period declare yourself in favour of that principle . You dad the temerity ,
the lolly , and the matchless effrontery to state , in the presence of a British audience , that my assertion was not true ; and you sneeriiiitly placed "your word" in opposition to thatof "Mr . Fc ' aigus O'Connor . " When pressed more closely upon the subject , you attempted to prevaricate by saying that you had not advocated Universal Suffrage when you were in Parliament . If your denial of the fact was right , I thought that Iliac ! committed numerous blunders ; because upon frequent occasions I have taken the opportunity ofhokling you up as a worthy example to your order , merely i ' rom your advocr . cy of the principle of Universal Suli ' rage . I have repeatedly statcii that a number of members ot Favliiuucnt were in advance of public opinion during the first sessions of the Rcibrmed
Ilouse ; and I have invariably instanced you as one of the advanced guard . Noiv , sir , I know not what possible distinction you posssss that justifies yon in treating any statement of mine snoemu * Iy . I have always held myself to be your superior in rank , and your equal in every other sense of the word ; and I now consider myself immeasurably your superior . lam your superior , because , with every inclination and desire todcgi'adeine . ncithcr thelaws . thc prc « s , norpublic opinion have , any or all , been able to stamp one single taint upon my character . Were you pandering to the prejudices of a vile and unscrupulous iniddlcocracy when you ventured to sneer at mc ? Were you under the impression that any slander of Feargus O'Connor was sure to be well received by those to whose monopoly , obscenity , and dishonour , I have ever opposed myself ? and whose hatred , thank God ,
I have entitled myself to ? Did you iOl'gCt tllC gentleman in tho blustering swagger of the politician ? or how did you come io stamp upon yourself the unenviable notoriety of having told a wilful , palpable , and corrupt falsehood ?—wilful , because you must have known that you were stating a falsehood ; palpable , because the means of establishing it was within reach and easy ; corrupt , because you anticipated the profit of aggrandisement from it . How pitiful , how mean , how contemptible , how poor ! and what a a beggar-baronet you must appear when you read the following confirmation of my assertion , and the condemnation of your denial ! Read it , sir ! Here it isthe record of your imbecility ; tlie accuser which you cannot refute ; and then , if you can blnsh , turn crimson : and let your consolation be that , by growing pale , you may make your sins , " though tlicy be red as scarlet , white as snow . "
I have extracted the following report verbatim from the Morning Chronicle of the 21 st of Pcb-uary , 1 S 37-You may rend it at Pee ' u ' s Coffco-liouse : — SCOTTISH REFORM MARTYRS . —MEETING HELD AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR . [ Extract from the Morning Chronicle ofFebruaiyZlst , 1837 . ) Sir AVa . Momsswoatii . on risiui * to move the first resolution , was received with loud cheering . He said he was truly grateful for the kind manner in which lus name was received . The committee having selected him to move the first resolution , he should commence by reading it to the meeting . It was this : — " That while , as Eefovmcrs , wo hnil with satisfaction the progress of the great principles of good government , and confidently anticipate their complete and not distant triumphs , we loolt
back with admiration and gratitude to the heroic conduct of Uiosti intrepid patriots , who , In days less happy than our uwn , wcru advocates of the rights aud martyrs iu the citusc of the people . " His lion , friend , Mr . Hume , has stated ttie history of the unfortunate men whose memory they were met to commemorate ; he had told the meeting of llicir sufferings , of the manner in which they were turn from the bosoms of their fricntta and families , and how they were sent exiles to the shores of an unknown country ; how they were placed amongst miscreants , ruffians , and creatures , the very outcasts ol society , an * this they suffered who were tho advocates oi the people's cause . { Uuav , he » v , hear . ) Their eatnesi hope , however , was that the period would arrive when their inu-Hisent fellow countrymen would do justice to
their sufferings . Skivving , in his reply to the judge who condemned him , said , * ' that bis consolation was thai these acts would he rr-judged . " He ( Sir VV . ) was glad to see so large , so respectable , and so intelligent a body ot people met for the purpose of vejuuging that iniquitous sentence—to prove iliat the men so condemned were innocent—that their memory was held iu veneration ami admired by their . descendants , and that those who su ! ' fcred with a manly fortitude would ha held in great recollection by ages yet unborn . ( Loud cheers . ) The } were also met to fling back upon the corrupt judges who then sat in the jmlgincnt-seat , the condemnation of all good and virtuous men . The men of whom ho spoke suffered in the people ' s cause ; but since that period there was a vast diffusion of knowledge and of instruction
Power was rapidly passing from the hands of the few to the . many ( cheers ) , and each uay proved the propriety 01 giving to tho people an entire controul over theirovTii otmuMtva . ItaUtWal opinions were now freely expressed , which iu those days none would have dared to utter . Opinions were freely discussed in tho assemWy of tin Commons of England , which it would not then he safe tt . avow . ( Loud cheer .- * . ) The political principles for which these men were the sufferers , wore in a fair w »\ now to triumph ; and , as Gerald said in reply to tin sentence , " the principles which he advocated were the principles of truth—tiny were eternal—they would withstand the rude blast of tyranny from every quarter—thej were sure at last to triumph , and . they would strike root into the most unfavourable soil . " ( Renewed cheers , }
Such was the cause which he ( Sir W . ) now advocated ; they were tlic principles of freedom and of representative government . In his opinion tho only security for goof ; government was to give the people a complete controul over the national revenues . He believed that the poor man , as well as the rich , had an equal interest in good government—the same interest in the maintenance of peace , ami in the accumulation Of capila ) , and therefore should have an equal voice in the government of the country . lie thought that all classesof the people ought to choose their representatives—Wat t / icsc representatives should be selected by ihe whole body of the people . He was the friend and advocate of tho i Parliaments and of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . I-. was only the other day lie was asked in the House ot Commons whether he was the friend of HNIVEHSAL SUFFRAGE . Now he , in reply , said he hoped the day was not far distant when all the people would have the
right of choosing their representative * . The martyrs of whom ho spoke held the opinions which at thispriseni day were so popular , lllld llQ had ft confident hope that at no distant day they would be universally adopted and favourably received in the highest quarters . These were the principles advocated by them Universal ; Suffrage and the shortening of Parliaments—the oue , in order that the people might choose their own representatives , and the other in order tbat those representatives might he made responsible . Still another thing was wanting , namely , to enable thepeople to choose their representatives freely ; and to do that it was necessary they should choose them in secret . For that purpose—aud above all they should strive by all means iu their power to obtain vote by ballot ( m eat cheering ); it was u question at the present moment of the most vital importance . The electors of England were , generally speaking , men in dependent circumstances ; and it could not he expected that they would sacrifice tliemselves and their families . Let them
ask the electors of any town m England , and they would , one and all , tell them that unless they had a vote by ballot , the exercise of the franchise was but a burden imposed upon them . ( Hear , hear . ) Upon that subject they should agitate and petition until there was one universal cry throughout the country in favour of the vote by Ballot , He begged to conclude by waving the first resolution . Now , sir , what do you say ? Not only did you assert your advocacy of Universal Suffrage in my presence , but to cut all ground of retreat from uiulei vou , you also Stated that" It was only the other day you was asked in the House of Commons whether or not you was the friend of Universal Suffrage . Now . YOi ; IS KEPLT SAIP , YOU HOPED TUB DAY WAS NOT r'AII DISTANT WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD HA . VK tub mom op choosing THEIR Iilil'ttESENTrV
T 1 V ES . " There , sir J not content with tlie designation of double churchman , you may now assume thai of double-shuffler . Sir , howeveryou may attempt tosneerat the " word' ' of Feargus O'Connor , he never has and never will disgrace his party , by having recourse to falsehood , to serve a personal purpese . I would strongly recommend yo « to issue a fresh address to tho " Independent Liava of ScAvtUssi wU " and your previous conduct will not have damaged you in the estimation of the Independent Hypocrites . Sir , if . you suffer in this contest , into which you have rashly precipitated yourself , blame your own temerity rather than my desire to injure " you ; and should vou achieve the enviable distinction of appending M . P . to your name , it will ho but a poor consolatlm that in achieving that honour vou sacrificed vour character as a gentleman .
Sir , I am sorry that I cannot conclude my letter with the usual courtesv hy subscribing myself your obedient humble servant , because I have no ieeliiij for you but that which arises from a mixture of pity and contempt , FEAnous O'CoNWon .
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MANSION HOUSE . Saturday . — Extensive Hoiujr . ra of Tea Ware , u .-h-se * . —Edward Brazier , Joseph Ilineks , Robert Waywood , and James Williams , w-crcupm-iiiv liei ' urc tlie hoiu Mayor , ' n custody of G eorge R ussc-l ! , policeman U . Mr , John I * ott « , of the firm of Ma ts ™ and Potts , tea dealeis .
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o f No . 3 , Alai'tin ' s-Jane , Cannon-street , deposed tha . the prisoners Brazier and Jlincks were m Hie cranio of the firm . Suspicion being entertained that then servants were robbing them for sonic tune past , tno linn applied to the police to ' watch their premises , which" watching led to tho present arrest . Or . Russell of the tletcctivo fovea City Police , said , that on Friday , about otic o ' clock , he was on tse watch m Thames-street , when he saw Brazier and llinchs together . IlincUs had a packet apparently ol learn his hand , lie looked about him , and then put the parcel in his right-hand pocket , and proceeded to the White Swan puulie-hoin-i \ at the corner ' of the street . After a time , Williams came up with his cart , and went to the same house .
Ultimately they both came out , Williams having a parcel under [ a , cloth , which he put into the cart . Leaving hia cart , he went down Colicgc-hill , and ultimately returned , carrying a bine bag on his . shoulder , apparently coniainiug something heavy . Ik ( iltlSSell ) WOllt lip tt > Williams , nnd told liim that he was an ollicer of police , and asked him what he had in the cart , when he replied , " About 20 lbs . of tea , which he had bought in the City . " Ho declined to say where he had bought it . Cm being asked for his bills of parcels , he replied , " lie had none . " Williams was then taken to the stationhouse . — -Samuel Ooombcs , policeman 10 , corroborated tlie testimony of his brother o'iicer , ami added , " that on searching Williams's cart , they dis-covercd eight parcels ol * tea , one ditto of tobacco , four ditto oi sugar , all of which he now produced , together with , two parcels of cottce found at the prisoner Williams ' s
shop ( a chandler s shop in iioxton ) . Air . remain , jun ., who attended for the prisoners , asked if the small parcels now produced might not be legally in the postcssion of a tea-dealer ?—Mr . Locock , of tho linn of Locock and Richards , tea-dealers , College-hill , deposed that the prisoner ( Robert Winwoctl ) WHS ill the employ of their firm , and had admitted that the bags containing some of the goods were theirs . He ( Mr . Locock ) identified the bags . —Inspector Waller said he believed the prisoner Ilineks had made a confession to his employer . —Mr . Potts was recalled , and said llincks has admitted that he had done wrong ; that he had taken about l $ ft > 3 . of tea yesterday , at about half-past one o ' clock , of Brazier , and handed it to Williams . Ue believed llincks had been mixed up in such transactions for the last six weeks , and the other prisoners for a much longer period . The whole of tho prisoners were remanded until Wednesday next at ten o ' clock .
SOUTHWARK . " SatUUDAY .. —Electioneering . —Patrick Began , an Irishman , was charged with creating a disturbance , and assaulting policeman 92 M . The policeman stated , that being on duty in Tooley-street the preceding night , ho heard the prisoner vociferating " Pilcher for ever , and J—n those who don't vote for him . " He was drunk at the time , and evented a good deal of disturbance . "When ¦ icsired to go home , he refused , and kicked the policeman in the shins , and behaved othertvisc with considerable
violence , so that it was with difficulty he was at length conveyed to the station-honse . Mr . Traill asked the prisoner why he behaved with such violence , and whether lie Was one of Jtr . Pilchci- ' s supporters ?—prisoner : I was engaged in keeping the door n-hci-e the meeting was held , and having taken a drop too much on my way home , I don ' t know exactly what I did , hut don ' t recollect kicking the man's shins . —Evidenea having been adduced that ihe prisoner had on other occasions acted with great violence towards the police , lio was committed for a mouth .
BOW STREET . SaTUIVDAY . —ANOTlIliK PlOiTEA'DKK . —KlSO EdWABH Vll . !—a young man of respectable appearance , who claims to be closely related to the Royal . family , and who gave his name as Edward William ISearle , was placed at the bar charged with making a foiviblo entry into Clarence House , and with wilfully breaking a pane of glass . Uiles Midwinter-, of the Grenadier Guards , said , that at half-past sis o ' clock last evening he was on duty as sentry at Clarence House ( ti : c residence of the Duchess of Kent ) , when the
prisoner came to the gales , and after sonic parley with the servants , attempted to get into the house by force ; one of the servants turned him out , and witness endeavoured to persuade- him to go away , hut he could not be persuaded tbat he had not a * much right to free ingress and egress as tho Sue-kiss of Kent herself , aad witness was at l .-. st obliged , to bring him to the station-house . The prisoner , it appeared , had , on getting to the station , asked for writing materials , anil wrote a letter , wlliull waspl'O * dueod in court , and of which we give .-i copy : — Westminster .
To H . R . II . the Duke of Cambridge . v The King of England , Ed . Wm . Scarle , is detained in a common lock-up-house for tweaking his own , or rtnlnur hismothci ' s , window . 1 appeal to you Whether I am what I have stated , and whether the Duchess of Kont is not my mother-in-law . If such should not be the case , 1 am wiling to abide . whatever punishment they may inflict upon me ( or penalty ) . I cannot he hlind to what has been going on in London and In l ' rance , particularly this last two mouths , without supposing myself to he related to you and the lloyal Family of England iu some way or other , hut how , God , only knows .
I have submitted to punishment enough lately and I beg of yon , I implore you on my knees , to afford the iiif . n-mat . lou I have so long wished for , hut ill vain . William Burgess , tailor , of the Strand , said that the prisoner had lodged with him for about twelve months . He knew several of the prisoner's friends . Mr . Greenwood , a barrister , was , he believed , an uncle of his . lie knew the prisoner had friends and li'iiltives ill Darlmni , hut not in London . Mr . Greenwood did not live in Lmidim . The pr . ' soiier was ultimately handed over to the parish authorities as a lunatic .
CLERKENWELL . Sa . tup . oay—Assault . —Two " men , named Pugscy and ltiiwiins , were charged with the followingsu ^ nulc upon Mr . J . Dwyer , inspector of St . Luke's parish . The complainant , who is « feeble old man , deposed , that on the previous evening be was getting away a horse a nd dray that were obstructing ihe street ( St . John ' s-btrcet ) , when a mob collected , amongst whom wore tho prisoners . Without any provocation tha prisoners all kicked him , knocked off his hat into the wind and jumped upon it ( the hat and gold lace were valued at £ 2 ); tliey ^ then tore his coat to rags , knocked him down and kicked him . lie had given them no provocation whatever . The prisoner . ? were fined in the whole amount , £ 3 os . for damage and assault , or ten days' imprisonment .
The Harj;O.V;C Mseti.Vo Of The United Pa...
The Harj ; o . v ; c Mseti . vo of the United Pa ( riots ' Benefit Society is held every Tuesday evening , at Mr . Skinner ' s , C 3 , Broad-street , Ilolborn . Russian Campaign- i . v tub Caucasus . —The Colorjne Gazette has the following from the Russian frontiers , Aug . 9 : — ' * Accounts from Tiflis to the 3 rd August announce that General Worotuoff has been compelled to give up his expedition against the mountaineers , and retire hastily on the Russian territory . After the general had received a supply of provisions , and a reinforcement of troops , he put the army in movement llgililist Dill'gQS . For some days the mountaineers had appeared to be in a state of inactivity ; but they had , in fact , been busily preparing for their ' defence . The Russians met with , a most unexpected resistance , and could not advance
a step . The balls fell m showers , and the bravest gave way . Orders were given hy the general to take possession of some heights , but this was soon proved to be impossible . Tlic Russians continued the combat for some time , and in the end lost 1000 men ( other accounts pay 2 QQ 0 ) and thirty officers , among whom were several general and superior officers , nnd a part of their convoy . The general then determined on a retreat , which was effected in a very precipitate manner . The rear guard suUeral very severe ') ' and was compelled to abandon many of its men , who were unable from fatigue to keep up with the rest of the body . On arriving at the fortress of Gcrsctung , the troops were iu such a deplorable condition that it could scarcely bo imagined thitb thev had sained a victovv . Their total loss is estimated at from COOOto 10 , 000 men . "
Simple Cure fob Stam . mkiij . -vo . — Mr . Waltlcy , M . P ., ,-itan inquest he held the . other day , stated thiu a few days back the summoning oih'cer told him that it would be useless to call one witness , a lad , because be stuttered so excessively that he could bareiv articulate the shortest sentence in half an hour . ' Mr . WakJey , however , had him railed , and telling him U »> t ns ' shot could not be discharged from a gun without powder or air , so words could hot come from the mouth unless the lungs had other powder ,
Si . vcuuit Discovert is a Coal-pit near Wioak . —On Tuesday , wc were shown . a letter _ front-a gentleman residiimat Pembcrton ,, ' nehr'Wija ' n , written tohis brother in this town , which related the following singular circumstance . In lately working Mr . Harrison ' s coal-pit , Clapgutc Colliery , Pcnibcrton , the men came to a maile-up p lace which they supposed led to some old workings . On Mr . Harrison going tloivn and breaking it open , it turned out that their suppositions were perfectly correct ; for . to the extent if about an acre nnd a half , tho coal was gone ; and
viz ., air . lie told the J .-ul to inhale air , or draw m his breath , strongly , and the lad having done so , Mr . iVakley asbrd , " Can vou talk now ? " The boy , to the surprise of tiic jury , answered immediately ' and glibly , "' Yes , I can , sir , very well . " Tho coroner added that inhalation , or self-inflation of tlic lungs with air , was a sure remedy for stammering , and though it had been discovered long ago , the faculty had not until lately , and even then only a few of tlicm , caused it to be practised as a remedy for defective articulation .
it is thought it must have hern dug , out upwards of 200 years ago . Mi : Harrison found " two of tlie tools of the colliers of that remote period ; they consist of a pick-axe and a spade . The letter incloses a penand-ink sketch of the spade , which was made out of a piece of solid oak . The back and round the front rim had been covered with sket-iraii , some part of whichjs still visible . We should not bo surprised to hear that . some members of tlie British Association , ¦ if oliiws of tlie antiquarians of the day , extended . ^ - iheir pi-rsnnal researches to the colliery in nfi & : ti 6 a . y ^ — i . U'crpool Courier . - jjbB
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06091845/page/5/
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