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Parliamentary Review. Ministers Barely S...
holding out hopes of still further economy and reductions in succeeding years . The time and circumstances under which this announcement was made are certainly eminently suspicious ; but , whatever the motive of the Government may be in making it , there is one broad inference to be drawn from the fact—namely , that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Admiralty have satisfied themselves that 300 , 800 / . mar this year he . easil y saved oa the Navy and Ordnance Estimates , keener eyes and bolder hands will be able to detect the ways and means of saving a much larger sum . "We shall watch carefull y the proceedings on the Reports of the Committees , which must speedily make their appearance . ; s holding out hopes of still further economy
In the meantime the Revenue Table for the year and quarter ending 5 th July , published on Tliuisday , by no means justifies thehopeful tone ef the Chancellor of the Exchequer . That table shows a reduction of 327 , 741 / . on the quarter , as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year . The decrease in all the ordinary sources of revenue for the year ending 5 th July , 1848 , as compared . ' with the preceding year , amounts to 2-587 . 709 / . In addition to this large falling off , it should also be recollected that , in the Year 1847 there was i I [ i '
a decrease in the ordinary revenue of 1 , 453 , 143 / , as compared with the ordinary revenue of 1 S 46 . Putting these two items together , it appears that the total deficit in these two years of Whig financial mismanagement , amounts to 4 , 040 652 * . To this must be added the 9 , 000 , 000 / . loan for Ireland , which was so wastefull y squandered in useless works , and degrading soup kitchens ; and not a penny of wfcich is ever likely to be re-paid ; and it will then be seen , that the total cost to
the nation of two years of Whig Government , amounts to upwards of 13 , 000 , 000 / . sterling . What do their friends , the Shopkeepers and Special Constables , say to that fact ? , It is one which their education and habits will enable them to comprehend the full force of . If they are inaccessible to any other species of argument , they , at least , understand £ . s . d . ; that magical trinity , which is so faithfully worshipped by the profit-mongers . Surely even they will cerae to the conclusion , that we are " paying too dear for our whistle . "
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RECEIPTS OP S ? HE NATIONAL LAND Jur . Y 8 , 1848 m — — __ THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ V-f . r aprpg ^ m rT riTTr ) TTnT T „ , ~\ ¦ s" "" . - ^^ r ^ : ^——>— ^ ,-- ^ . ~^ 5
Tie Encutoherei Estates (Ireland; Bill H...
Tie Encutoherei Estates ( Ireland ; Bill has again made its appearance , but so much altered a > scarcely to be entitled to be considered the san'e measure . The culpable negligence in the manner of ori ginally framing the Bill , and the tardiness which the " Ministry displayed in pressing it forward , have raided general suspicion as to the sincerity of the Government respecting it . Nor did the summoning of the House for a special sitting- on Tuesday morning , at twelve o ' clock , for the express purpose of expediting it , do much to remove that impression . An amendment , by Sir Lucius O'Brien , to extend its provisions to England and Scotland—which seemed to have
been moved in a spirit of irony—occupied the whole of the morning sitting , which at last terminated by the Bill being left exactly where it w ; s before the commencement of the dehate . This is one of the few measures of public importance which have made their appearance during this ' Session . Until the lands of Ireland—and we will add of this country alsoare emanci f atedfrom the shackles of entail , and allowed to ue sold freely to those who have the
means and the will to cultivate them as they ought to le , we shall continue , as at present , to witness trie infamous spectacle of a country artificially converted into a desert , to please an aristocratic class , and the people at large forcibly driven , into starvation , discontent , and , too frequently , crime , because that class chooses to lock up the soil—God ' s gift to man —from its proper use . Of all monopolies , the
monopoly of the land is the most deeply injurious to society . Yet , in these anti-monopol y days , net a voice is raised against this m onster iniquity . Looking at the enormous mass of business that must be got through , somehow or oth ^ r , in the course of a verv short time , we have little hope ot cms iirsi assamt oil me corrupt and mischievous system being success-& il . There \ s n « t timP for its passing , even if its promoters are in earnest .
On Tuesday Niaht. .Ministers Were Succes...
On Tuesday niaht . . Ministers were successful in their defence of a job , by means of which they provided snug berths for a few of tbe onhangers of the party . Under Peel ' s Government , and when the Railway business was nearly ten times what it now is , it was managed bv the Board of Trade , at a cost of little more than £ 8 , 000 a-year . As soon as the Whigs got into powe ' r , however , they saw that this department presented a capital excuse fo ? making new places . At the very close of the Session , and after the bulk of the
Members had left town , under the impression that nothing bat routine matters would be disposed of , they smuggled a bill through Parliament appointing a Railway Commission , with its due compliment of First Commissioner , Clerks , Inspectors , & c , & c , and , under their management , the cost of conducting Railway business , has suddenly swelled from £ 3000 to fir . OOO . Mr Bankes moved for the abolition of this job , which has not even the merit of doing the business as well as it was done before , to justify the
incre ased expenditure ; but the jobbers were too many for him , tbe motion was lost : where the carcase is there will tht valtures gather . The House immediately counted out on the motion of Mr Urquhart impugning , the foreign policy of Lord Palrnersfon j the hoc . mi ruber saw the dodge that was going to be tried to snuff out the question , and was just about to sit down , after a few verv brief remarks , in order to let , as he said , Lord Palmerston reply , and prevent a count out , when he was anticipated by a motion to count , and less than the " forty " being p resent , mem & ers and reporters scampered off like boys let loose from school , quite delig hted with their halfholiday .
The Public Health Bill Has Passed Severa...
The Public Health Bill has passed several stages in the Hou ? e of Peers , and it is , after aliquot unlikely that this solitary useful measure will succeed in being placed on the Statute Bonk : if so , it will be almost the sole act which will redeem the session of 1848 from utter condemnation .
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J . G . Siwbegging , Blaclcburn . —So many resolutions of s similar description sre passed £ t different meetings tiiatitisimjioSEibis to insert thtma-1 in the StaE to tieexdu'im of otMer matter . Tue resolutions were sent ty the Land GiSce . Tbe CliiiTiiTS of Keighiey requests Dr M'Douallto say Tvbfin he cot lecture at Keighiey , acd to atineunce tie sam ? in the Stae . Address . Jonas li tlls , brass moulder Oreen-ertte . Keighiey , York . CHELTtsEAK . —J . V . Glenister suggests 'that if ? oa , CO 0 Chertitts would subscribe a penny a week for twelve weeks , the sum of £ lo , i . 04 could be raised for tae Defence Fu : id .
Bikclsi . —Aii eye witness should forward laforma . ion re'p ? civig witnesses to the attorney engaged to defend the yri- ' ) -erj , Sojil ss Tows . —The j . rop ' isition of Mr Robinson must D 6 paid for - . a sn advertisement . Sbeeeress . —wiUiantDevineinforxsusthat , attheRojal Hotel Gardens , the effigj of John Mitchel , with his name ; n tullun ttie breast , is set up to be fclioi at by the Tiiitor ? . Can this te true ? If s . i , Sheerae < = s U disgraced Ot Mich a disgusting insult to a fallen man and his helpica- family . Mi THti . snD , I ' eterborough . —Wft Lave banded over your truer to Idr Watsou . We only supp ly the 5 osTar * . \ S 74 B .
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Suicide of as Offjcek of the S 3 id Rest . —On Wtdcssoay w ? tk , a meb . vcholv ocviirveiicu t < ok place in tne bnrr ? tk Sit Cas ' . kc mcr . A jnuni officer , T . Sevan L ? . ne , Eq , a lleuten ' . nt of the $ 3 rd lltyi-iient , bad b ? ea ill if fever for B-. iine d'jv pr < r > -u *] y , f . v . \ l in charge of two tenants , and , being l » bcnrir . i - uer ' erthe tff-cts ef ddmura , duiiag th-.-temporary sb « LCj of the servants ha left hi 1 ? tied , fci ' - 'k a pirl'il fro : n a table , charged it eel bs-rately , acd s ' tot himself . The uafortuu & to gentleman on * v ¦* t ; rvive'i £ ! tw hcurs . A White Rook —A Manx tsewspaper raDntms that x wbite rack hss lately been seen in the woods resr tbe Naorsrj rookery , and is fnqu ? ntiy attftfk'd by thecirnmon rucks , which Eeea to enter , tain eq cxtraordintrj arenioBfor their teirerfVU ?* ,
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COBSPAWrS " , FOR THB WEBE ENDING THURSDAY , JULY S 1818 . PER MR O'CONNOR . HAEE 8 . £ » d j Crayford . O IS 6 Parkhead .. 1 lo 0 Market taring- Cirencester „ 5 0 0 ton- _ O 8 0 Manchester _ 2 Ifl 9 Kmghorn .. 10 0 Walsall ., 1 lo 0 Stratford-on-Aven , Blackburn „ 6 8 6 Coombs M 6 19 2 Birmingham ( Birmingham , Goodiria * .. 1 o 0 j Couper & waite 0 8 0 Blrkenheat .. o «> C Westminster .. 0 7 6 Mottram „ 5 2 0 j Lambeth „ 0 8 6 Bermondsey .. 0 12 6 ! cl ^ Vi * " , 2 19 5 * Glas S ™ .. 1 is 9 Sheffield „ 18 o o Wisbeach , Cut-Exeter „ 0 1 11 man .. 0 15 6 Fatrit . gtoti „ 10 0 Hamilton ., 1 10 0 j Worsborough Penrith ., 0 U 0 Common „ 3 10 0 Gainsborough .. 4 8 2 Totness „ 3 0 ij John Kasberry .. 6 10 A . - . - 0 9 o Anthony Hayes - 0 10 0 Malmsbury .. 17 6 Henry Sulivan . 0 10 Norwich , Clark 1 II 6 Benj Chamber . Newent .. 3 4 0 lain „ I 0 0 ^ ottinghatn , Thos Hodges .. 0 3 0 Sweet „ 3 119 Lewis Pugh .. 0 5 0 gyde . „ 5 0 o JW .. „ 050 Stockton .. 5 0 0 Peter Tumble » 0 1 fc £ 85 i : e EIPBNSB FUND . ——Haslingden .. 0 10 Nottingham , Market Laving- Sweet „ 116 v . * - t .. 023 Parkhead .. 010 Birmingham , Mottram „ o S 0 Couperthwaite 0 2 0 Glasgow „ 0 5 6 Kenmngton .. 0 9 0 HamUton ., 0 10 e Totness m 0 4 0 Gainsborough .. 0 7 0 Alva - „ 0 6 0 hich Stevens „ 0 2 0 Aorwicb , Clarfc „ 0 S 6 Samuel Deliow .. 0 2 0 £ 4 133 Land Fund 85 1 10 tzpssae Fond ... ... ... 4 13 3 p - w S 9 15 1 ds ... ... ... ... 181 13 9 £ 271 S 10 tBSBSSZBtBTB Wa . Duos . CH 1 KT 653 E 1 DotLE , Taos , Ci . uk , ( Corres . Sec . ) Phiup M * GBiiTa , ( Fln . Sso . ) BECEIYBD AT BANS . A Working Man , Newton , near Hyde ~ .. 5 0 0 Total Amount from Hvde Provident Savings Ciab- „ „ " _ .. .. 56 0 0 Manchester M „ .. „ » 5 J 3 3 NOTICE . The manager has received a remittance of £ 15 from Edmund Stallwaod , on account of ' Toe National Cooperative Benefit Society , ' in the Deposit Department of the Land and Labour Bank . T . Paics , Manager . REGEIPTS OF LIBERTY FTJKD . Sudbury „ 0 5 0 Marylebone , per " Suffolk Arms , Goodwin „ 0 10 0 Hackney .. 0 6 0 Leamington .. 0 10 0 Washington 2 ri- Blackstone-ed ge pade , per meeting „ 0 15 0 Daniels « 015 0 Fmsburj , per Dalkeith , per Allnutt .. ] 0 0 Rankin .. 10 0 Washington Bri-Edinburgh , per gade „ 0 5 0 Walker .. 18 0 Alra „ „ 010 0 Somers Town , Newcastle M 111 per Arnott ~ o 19 0 New Radford „ 0 le 0 Wall ace Brigade , Sunderland ^ 10 6 per Lacey .. 0 5 0 Uanchester „ 316 o Oldham , per 8 ottingh * m .. 2 / 3 Hamer .. 1 0 0 ilurton Colliery Manchester , per per Roxb y J 0 3 0 Thos Roberts 5 0 0 Brighton .. 0 4 0 Galashiels ~ 0 5 8 Birstal , per Suck . Qrea * Marlow , smith .. 0 18 0 per Ststllwood 0 3 6 BUston , per Sitdngbonnie - 6 2 5 Goodwin „ 0 5 0 Sochdale „ e 10 « A few Poor Albert Locality , Keedie Women , Bonner ' s Fields , Shcreditch „ 0 2 0 perHeyman ™ ^ 2 0 £ 24 6 3 N . B . —Tbe mowy noticed in last week ' s Stak appeared before . The Trewure j merely announces ne has got the orden , which makes ft double return and may lead to the conclusion that we " are ^ gettin ^ twice as nrach as we actually receiye . fc Exsccxitb Kotice . —A , U monies rcceired for the Libei ^ y Fund will be ' acknowledged in tbe Stab of next week . Vfe call oa otir friends to support us widibutdelaj , and send their sni 3 cription 5 * fertb . wit ! i . -John M'Cbas , Secretary . BECEIVID BT tr \ 1 IDEB . From the Mecha- ' Sacristbn , per rtics of Black- , R . Tnrnbull - 0 6 4 friars-road H ,. 6 5 0 Wortley , per W . Brook Leeds .. 0 5 9 i 0 17 H Stafford , pet J Wallingford , per Barratt - 0 0 6 C Phillips „ OSS
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AKSWE B TO A CALUMNY . TO TW & EOIIOS OP THE KOS . TSEBK STAB . Sb , —I Bballlhaiikjoutodo me thejastlcs to allow me through tha medium of your jaurnal , to contradict a report which is * e / y extensively circulated , aud calculated to do ta . o * serious injury as s member of the Chartist body . It has been stated that lata atscret ageat of the goverxment , and employed to BHociat with the body as a spy . This I most emphatically deny , and I appeal le you to g ive insertion to the same , thst my coatraiictiou may bs as extensively circulated as tha Tile report dm gainsd credence . My object bea been to facilitate the cause as much as idt immtle
abilitisg will permit ; and , although a single individual , I Strongly deprecate tha evil of speaking ill of onr frisuOB for , at the prestnt juncture , we cennot afford to lose one indiridoal from cur ranks ; tut , knowing that my conscience is clear , I retort the imputation spon tee ungenerous person who was first aud foremost in promuljiting mcii Tile calmnnj , I hare the fconour to be , sir , Yours , very faithfully , ' _ . Thohis Fluke . Lite seiretary to the Central Committee of the Defence Fund , 14 , Badford-court , Cbandos-straet , July 6 th , 1848 .
Electors Take Noticb.—That Persrns Alrea...
Electors take Noticb . —That persrns already on tbe Register , it they have changed their qualification must make a new claim , That all poor-rates asd assessed taxes due on tha 20 . h April , must be paid on or before the 28 th July , by all e ' ectora for oitits or boronshs , orthev will bs die qualified from voting at the next electionV ^ ASd that the 20 th July is also the lait day for sending ^ laima for counties . " Health or me MiTEtPMig Deaths in the week : Maie-s 5 i 8 ; female ? , 552-total , 1 , 100 . Births in tbe week :-Males , 783 ; female ? , 769—total , 1 552 . Tie fallowing note is appended to the return of tbe deaths of two girla from scarlatina maligna : — * i O e hy Mr Seagrava , Registrar . The two gii a were sisters , and died in D 2 ? ocshire-place , Newimton-causeway , which is situated on the bank of an open si * er , in which the water is at all times nearly stagnant . In heavy rains , such as recently occurred , the rewer overflows its banks into this court , and into
sorreof tae houses around . ' Supp ^ znisceRDiARi 5 if . —On We-nssday morning , about eleven o ' clock , a fire brcke oat on the premises occupied by Mr Foster , No . 8 , Mi fard . Jane , Strand , When first discovered , the flames were blazing furiousk , and had obJsinf d a fiim hold on a lar ^ c quantity of loose sb ^ vings and otter Mamtaable material : great fears were entertained for the surroundins dwelling ? , they being chiefly composed oi wood . The engines of the lire brigads were quickly on the spot , and there & ein ? a plentiful supply ol water the fira was fortunptely scon quenched , hot sometime past the-e premises have been in dispnte between several psnies . who in tbeir mutual tnorts to gain and maintain forcible possession thereof , nave complete ^ shattered the building in which not a ocr it window has been left whole , and from the fact that no fire or light was on the premises , it is strorg . ytusptcted that seme malicious person must Lave thus attempted to destroy them .
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( From the Qaieltt of Tuesday , July 4 . ) BANKRUPTS . John Garden , Birkenhead , Cheshire , auctioneer—Wll . Ham Clunes , Brydges-street , Corent-garden , P *™™?™* LjVa . eisCowljn . Devonport , mercer-George Drabble Manchester , wine merchant-John Lu ^ as Cardiff GlarnorjTBiwMre , fieneral Bhopkeeper-Jane Parker , Goos parch wi * Kewsham , IsncaJiirj makerper-Thomas KaXuid , Brockmoor , Staffordshire , miUer-Prancis Ror , ert Stradling , Glastonbury , Somersetshire ape » he c , ry _ John Sawley Whitaker , Salford , Lancashire , wiue ' ndgpirit dealer-James Woodhill , Bristol , jeweller-Kichard Yarnall , Newport , Jlonmonthslure , gardener .
INSOLTBSX PSririONBSS . 17 ninlt p inn Gricklade , Wiltshire , hor = e dealer—J Connor Coventry , hooso painter-W Douglas , Munches , fc " Br « cer-W fiifiiths , Liverpool , clerk to an ironmon . £ r-G II Dasue , Button . Laneashire , clerk-I Harvey , i - nB . brid'P paper damper in the Cambridge ffwwr * . ty v ; ° tH ? . oSico- ( v Leech , liuddersflcld , band and twine , nanufarturer-0 Leech , . Manchester , ewen grocer-J " haw Manchester , shoemaker-W TCatkta , Sallord , Lan . c-f ^ e ' hop hTeper-J Wood , Torquay , ^ eroushiro , ludiihg-hcuss keeper . ^ j >
SOOICS SEQUE 3 TRA . TI 0 N 9 . Thnroas Allan , East Lintoe , grocer-Jame * CsaJg Bun . , il Stw , paiBtir-J « ne ^ T ii'Leod , Glas ^ w , book-^ feV ^ ufel'Lfc ^ t ^ . iun .,. *&& , Vto & X ^ m mercaarit * - i
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . HFCE . vo spwKE .-Mr Oifeeif , of Halifax , will de . ™^ ° i . addreM in th ^ Red flMpel . top of Herkffiondwike . on Sunday eveninfluly 9 th , at Lulf-psst six o Clock . '; The Lancashire and Yorkshire delegate meetinga dm ST . ? plaoa ? ' * e ChartW Meeting Room . Heb-< Jen Bridge , on tbe 9 th of July . Delegates attendiDg ara teqaested to come prepared to discuss the follow , mg ; questions r—1 st . Tho Now Plan of Organisation and its accomplishment . 2 od . The Victims Fund , national and Bocial . 3 rd . The central place for Lancashire and Yorkshire .
Finsboky Locality , Joly 5 .-In consequence of the proprietor of the Star Coffee-house , in Old-street , refusing us permission U meet any longer on his premises , the Finsburj locality of tha National Charter Association will , for the future , meet at Mr Hopkmson . » , Providence Coffee-house , St Peter ' steirace , Saffron-hill , on Sunday evenings , at eight o clock . Ev = ry member is requested to attend text Sunday and btiog his card of membership . Mr M ' brath will lecture on Monday next , July 10 th , at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross-street Ilatton Garden , at eisht p . m ., on tbe reforms to which the universal enfranchisement of the people would bs likely to lead . The whole of the localities in tha City of London , Fmsbury , and Hoxtoo , are requested to elect delesates to foim a district council to meet next Wednes day evening at the Providence Coffee floase , at eight o'clock .
Little Sheffibid District— On Monday evening , J ulj 10 : h , at half-past seven © 'deck , there will ba a general meeting ot tbo mewbera of tse above districts , for the purpose r f more effi .-iertiy carrying out the phn of organisation , atd for other important business ; when members , and those who aro desirous of becoming so , are requested to attend . Manchksteb . —The monthly meetinsol tho Man . cheater branch ol the National Land Company will he held in the People ' s Institute , oa Sunday morn . lnz , July 9 . h , Members arc requested to attend , aa delegates wiii ba chosen for the rorthcoroiog delegate meeting . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock precisely .
Little SHKFFiELn District . —At tbecoancil meeting of tha above district , held at the housa of Mr Charles Clarke , Temperance-hotel , Reckiijgbamstr < et , it was unamimously resolved to call a general meeting of the member . ** , toderise means for more effioitntly carrying out tbo plan of organisation , and for the purp jse of agitating and organising the rural districts . Halifax . —A camp meeting will be held at this place to-morrow afternoon , commencing at two o ' clock . Lecturers from Halifax and other places are expected to address the meeting . A district
delegate meeting will be held in the forenoon at eleven o ' clecki Delegates most meat opposite tbe ciiurcb , wnen they will be conveyed to a place of meeting . Bminesa of great importance will be brought forward . The following localities nra re quested to be represented : viz ., Halifax , Mid | ley Wixenden Stones , Ovenden , < Jueenshea < L , Warley , Sowerhy , Elland , Bradshaw Lane . Bailiff Bridge , Wheatley , Lordship , Northonram , Illingworth Moor , Cold Harbiur . Camp meetings will be held at the Lsdstona , Norland Moor , on Sonday , July 16 ch , and on Cold-Edge on Sunday , July 23 rd .
Brbtoi , —Tho branch of the National Land Comnan ? , have altered their meetings from weekly to the first Monday m every ; month , at Snow ' s Cofiee Hou-e , Tempks-aissei ^ 'f ^ ere will be a meeting on Monday evening nest to hear the report of the Select Committee resd . Exeter . —A meetin g of && members of tfcd Land Company , meet every Saturday evening , and the members of the National ChBjrter A ' sBdciation , evety Monday evening at eight o / cjoofe , af 91 , Fore-street , Eseter . - ' ' ¦ - Bdltojj . —A delsgafa \ m & w will bflhe ] d on Sun . day , 25 th of July , in tha , Chartist Room . New Market Place , Bolton , sfr fen o ' clock in tha forenoon . The following phcea . a , re requested to sen' 4 delegate —Bellmont , Astiy Bridge , Darcer-Eever , Little . L ? ver , Ringley , HarsJKKnaoor , Strutgate , Tyldaly Banks , Chowbent , Blai * rcd , Weathoughtsn , Hor wich , Hallawood , Ha >«? eo < $ , Tarton .
BoLTos .-The comrjoiittea of this localit y raafee an appeal to the Chartists antf Democrats of Bolton , and itsneighbourhood , in bebjd { of Mathew Stovenson , who is out of eraployaent . He was a delegate in the late National Assembly . Mr Stevenson has commenced a newg-agency , and also a circulating library , at Little Bolton . NoTTLSGHiit—A meeting will ba held at the Noah ' s Ark Inn , Coal-pit-lane , on Satarday , ( this evening , ) at seven o ' clock . Manchester . —Mr Joseph Barker will deliver lee tures in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , July 9 th . First , at two o ' clock in theafternoon . Snbjecfc : 'The Charter . ' Second at ha'f-past six o ' clock in the evening .: Subject : ' The English Aristocracy , '
Susdeblasd . —A general meeting of the members of the National Land Company and Chartist . Asso liation will be held cn Monday , July lOib , at eight o ' clock in the evening , at the bouse ct Mr John Badden , Robinson-lane . Socth Londsh Cbabtdst Hall . — Mr ^ Tbompson Wall i «» Xnrp in ikas ^ KrvvA . J ^ Allon . & fki ^ . -u ^ tf / kliiHii . shareaddprs of the Hall will take piacaoa ^ rwlay evening , July 2 iit , at eight o'clock . BLiCKBSRN . —The Rsv . J . Barker delivered two lecsurea one in the afternoon , and the other IB t & e evening of Sunday last , in theOld Size House , Chapel street . Nottingham —The district council will meet at three o ' clock , on Sunday next , at tha Royal Oak , Sneinten EUrrsents .
RocHDALB . —Mr Archdeacon , of Manchester , will address the inhabitants of Rochdale" , in the Chartist roam , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday evening , the 9 ; fc instant . Chair to betaken at six o'clock . Liverpool—A special meeting ; ; pf , the members of the Land Company will take place in this locality , on Monday evening , July 10 th , at Mr Farreli ' s , ' 4 , Cazaeau-street . Paewk . —A camp meeting will be hold on the eewestate , nearBromsgrove , on Sunday , the 16-h of July , at twelve o ' oltck at Iioon . F . O'Connor , Esq ,
and other friends , wilt attend and address the meeting . Dale ^ atea item the snrroup . diw ? towns will meet at the Farm House , at eleven ^ 'olock . Liverpool . —The quarterly meeting of the mem ' bera of the Chartist Association will he held on Sunday evening-, Jnly Dih . ' aJ Mr Farrall ' s , 4 , C ? zneanstreet . Chair to be taken at s ° ven o ' clock . flYr > B . —Dr M'Douall will deliver two lectures in the Land Comoany ' fl meeating room , Hyde-lane , on Sunday next , July 9 . The first lecture at two o cipek in the afternoDn , and tbe second at six in the evening , Subnet : ' The New Plan of Organisation . ' ,
KNicaiSBiiDOK . —Those favourable to the cause of densocracy . ' are earnestly requested to attend nest Sunday evening , July 9 th , at eight o ' clock , at Mr R , Watt's , Star ciffee and chop house , opposite the BarrackSi Knightabrid ^ e . Stccrpobt . —A meeting of this branch will be held on Monday sight , July the 0 ; h , at ' two o ' clock in the afternoon-Consir of Durham Organisation . —Mr William Byrne lectured at Thornlev , on Thursday , June 29 tb , on the ' People ' s Charter , ' and a ? West Auckland on Monday , tha 3 rd ot July , on July 4 ch at Crook , near Bishop Auckland . Mr Byrne ' s route next week is as follows : —Alcnday , July 10 ih , Wiagate ; Tuesday , 11 th , Castle Eden ; Wednesday , 12 h , Hartlepool ; Thursday , 13 : b , Thornley ; Friday , Uth , Hilton Le Dale , or Murton CoDierr .
Holbeck . — A meeting will beheld on Sunday evening , July 9 th , at seven o ' clock , to elect a council , at Mr Abraham Maisden ' s , Queen Ann Inn . BAMscaY District . —Open air meetings will take o ' ace ( weather permitting ) at the following places , daring the ensuing week , v ; z . —Monday evening , July 10 : b , at Milton ; Tuesday evening , the 11 th , at Deddington ; Wednesday , the 12 th , at Hook-Norton ; Thursday , the 13 ' . h , as Bloxaam . SiocKPOBT . —Mrs Theobald , of Manchester , wih leolure nero on Sunday nest , at half-past six . TowEit Hamlbt . ' .-J . H . Shepherd will deliver an addiess next Sunday evening ac eight o clcck , at tbe Blue Coat Boy , D ^ rset-streat , Spita ! ne . ds . Mabtlbbonb— A quarterly meeting of toe Marylebone W-rking Man ' s Hall sharaholdera will fee held on Monday next at seven o ' clock , in the Coach Paintera * ArrasCircns-street , New-roaa . wll
, DERBr . ^ An adjourned delegate meeting be held 0 . 1 Sunday , July 16 , at ten o ' clock , a . m ., at Mr B-lfield '* . Temperance Hotel , Green-street . Derby , when it is expected the place a named will be punctual inSing delegates , as basinfflsof great importance will be brought before the meeting . Dr £ . KraL :-At thequarterly meeting on Sunday laS ^ L agreed to meet only the firs t Sunaay u every month for the next quarter . The Defbscb and Viorw ^ MHiT of the S omen Town locality meet at seven o ' c ook on Sunday even ing next , at the Bricklayers' Arms , ^ . brlci fr e „ street . All persons having collection boo * s . are earnestly requested to make & return on that night ,
and receive check books . . .. Miton Btrot TneMre , on Wc dae «!»« A JU £ ? M h . 'akoo ai ejit 0 < kek pttnselj . !>«»)«« .. . " pK »« l OritaiMl L . « ' lta ¦»«»»"» »' % SiIt ^ n « Ef > th . L 4 . «« .-o ^ Sis ^^^ Hr * s £ fe ^ sAn ^ a ^ rM iSSLa at tbe abowjlwa at ^ a *« lock ca m l > p . Q ^ afe-bBSU 19 £ ' *
Forthcoming Meetings. Hfce.Vo Spwke.-Mr ...
n , t " jT' ^ P ^'' meeiing of the members of the Land Company will ba held in the Large room , Batterwor fca-oaildiogfl , on Sunday , at tv ? o o ' clock in the afternoon . Th , u Chartists of Bradford will meet m their room , Bu ( terooxth-bnilding 8 , on , Sunday 8 T-enins , at six o ' clock . The Chartist owncil will meet in their room , Wilson Coffee-room , on Sunday evening , at aa o ' clook , Tha Chartists of Hertsn will meet at the Yorkshire Divan , on Sunday evenm . at six o ' clock Fbuue Chartists . — Someiis Tows Locality , Olive Branchatreet , Pancrasroad . —Mr Marriman will deliver a lecture oa The Charfcists . their duty to-^ Tus each other , on Sunday evening next , at aevf h > ' Cock . A lecture will be delivered here every Sunday evening at the same time .
Greenwich . —A epeoi . il general meeting of the Chartists ef the abeve district will ba held on Tuesday evening next , July 11 th , at the Druid ' s Arms , Straights Msuth , for the purpose of electing officers of the district for the ensuing twelve montbs . Tbe men . f Deptford , Lee , Lewi .-haro , Biackheath , Onarlton , aed Woolwich , aro particularly requested toittend . . Manchester Pbopw ' s Institute . —The second anniversary of the above Hall , will bobeldon Monday evemng , July 17-b , on which occasion & soiree and ha will be held , when tbe following gentlemen will be present , and take part in tbe proceeding . F O Conner . Lsq ., M . P ., W . P . Roberts , E « i ., Meisrs W . Burton , Rsv . J . Schofield , J . Leao-n V , Donavau , and otbere . Chair to- be taken at seven o ' ebek . '
Cablisle . —The qua'torly meeting of the National onarter Association vill take j . hce at No , 6 , Johnstreet , Caldewgate , on Monday , July 10 : h , at ei . 'ht o ' clock in the evening ,. The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company will be held at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on next Sunday , July 9 tii , afc two . o'clock in the afternoon . And on Tuesday , July 11 th , a special meeting of the members of tbo Cooperative Society in connexion with the above Company will take place , t ) take into consideration thearraugtmentenecessary preparatory to opening a shop .
The Police And The Middle Classes
THE POLICE AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES
THE POLICE RATE . —DEPUTATION . —EXTRA . 0 UBINARY PilOCEEDJNGS . Yesterday afternoon deputations from the various parishes in the county of Middlesex waited upon Sir G . Grey , at the House of Commons , for the purpose of protesting against the increased demand on those parishes for the support of the police ; and demanding that in the event of any augmentation of the force the burden should be made national instead of lecal . The deputations , which consisted of the churchwardens , vestry clerks , and principal inhabitants of the various parishes , nearly filled the apartment . They were accompanied by Mr B . Osborne , M . P ., Sir B . Hall , Bart ., M . P ., Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Mr Wyld , M . P ., Mr J . Williams , M . P ., & c , & c . Sir G . Grey was attended by Mr Mayne , one of the enmmissioners of the metropolitan police .
Sir B . Hall having explained the objects of the deputation , Sir G . Grey said there had been manv circumstances since the lOtb of April which had called for the services of the police in various quarters to protect the lives and property of the inhabitants from dangers with which they were threatened , and , aa the deputations were well aware , various localities had been left in the charge of special constables . The existing police force had been kept from time to time in such a perpetual state of exigency , that it was felt that it would be better to have a large aug . mentation of the paid constabulary than to trouble ihe householders continually to come out as special
constables . ( Disapprobation . ) It was nothing for people to say that no actual injury had been done to properly . Had not tbe police force been drafted about as it was , there was no telling what might have been the result ; and he ( Sir G . Grey ) and his colleagues felt it necessary to augment the police force . These funds were therefore rendered necessary , and be considered that they could not come to Parliament for money for the purpose out of the general taxation . The amount paid for the metropolitan police , hy Middlesex , was £ 90 , 000 per year ; and as he considered tbat an increase f f tbe force ^ ould be a boon to the public , there were only two ways of raising tbe necessary sam required , either by the course now adopted or by compelling an equal a ; sessmeutof all . the other counties comprised in the metropolitan police district . He admitted that the
latter was the most equitable course , but it could not be done witheut . an . ack . af parliament , and then it would not meet the present emergency . He believed that Kent . Surrey , and Essex , ought to be assessed higher than those counties at present were . Mr B . Osborne , M . P ., considered the proceedings nf < hn iinvornm < i »> f « w «^« ... » :.. y ± * - *> --, -- - .- -- . *»« . ¦ % „ acciGmlal ciicnrnatatice ov ihe taagiswAss"fcWJ \ ii increased the assessment of the county £ 1 , 400 , 000 , and were attempting to make Middlesex pay the wliole expense of a police force , which was for the benefit of the country at large . There were 400 or 500 men of the A division paid for by Middlesex , who were sent to horse races and all parts of the kingdom . ( Hear . ) He viewed the police in the same lig ht as troops , and they ought to be paid for by the country a * large . ( Renewed cries of * Hear * from the deputations . )
Mr Joseph ( Marylebone ) said that he believed every other parish in Middlesex had already made their rate for tbe present year . ( Loud cries of' We have , ' ) and this demand to the extent of £ 6 , 500 could therefore not be obtained . They had made tbeir rate upon the faith of the bill which had been introduced by the right lion , baronet , Sir G . Grey . Sir George Guey : That was very imprudent . You should not do anything upon the faith of a
bill . Mr B . Osbokne , M . P .: You have never tested your bill in the house , SirG . GnEV . ' No , I have not ; had I done so it would have precluded our getting the necessary sura required for the police . Mr Osbirnp : That is most unjust to Middlesex Why should not tbe money be taken from the Con . solidat ' ed Fund ? Sir G . Grey ; A portion is now taken from the Consolidated Fund . The-counties pay 6 d ., and the Consolidated Fund 2 d , ; but there are many gentlemen in the House of Commons who object even to that .
Sir B . Hall : If the government are determined to insist upon the demand now , a special rate and collection will have to he' ma'de ^ I therefore ask you if you cannot hold outanyliope that it will he abandoned ? Sir G . Gbuy : If it is a question of money , I can only say that we want all the money for the purposes of the police , and we must lay it upon the assessment of Middlesex or compel an equal
assessment . Mr Ashby ( St Ann ' s , Soho ) said , nearly the whole of ihe inhabitants of that parish had come out as special constables , and had enough t 6 do in consequence of ihe body of Chartists in their neighbourhood to keep them in order . They never expected so ungrateful a return on the part of the government as to tax them for their services . Mr Osborne : I beg to tell you , Sir George , that if government persist in this unjust demand , in case of another outbreak , you will get no special constables . Sir G . Grey : Then the police must protect the property of the public on all occasions , and must be supported .
Lord DuDLEy Stuart , M . P ., considered tbat when occ asion demanded it , tha ratepayers could protect their own property . Sir B . Hall : I have one more question to ask . If the government had not the advantage of the casualty of the increased assessment of tbe county of Middlesex to enable them to make this demand , how would I hey raise this money ? Sir G . Grey : If that had not been the case we should Lave raised the police rate to lOd . in the pound . ( Tliis declaration was received with general disapprobation , ) ' i 1
. One of the deputation declared , that if the government persisted in the demand , they must send the police from door to door to collect the rates themselves . ( This was received with general applause , in the mids ' 5 of which Sir George took up his hat and left the room , followed by Mr Commissioner Mayne . ) Mr Geesin- ( Churchwarden of St James's , Westminster ) : 1 beg leave to move that Lord D "" ^ Stuart be requested to take the cbair . I think , representing as we do the parishes of Middlesex , we ought not to separate without passing a resolution to the effect that we will refuse to make any additional police rate , and throw the orm ot making the rate and its collection on the government . I ' i- » ¦ t - y if ,.
. .,. Mr Jacob Bull suggested that ; it would be better that thev should come to such resolution in their separate veatrie * and yiuishss , and that it V ? 0 Ultt have a greater effect . This suggestion w , ss ultimately adopted , ana me deputations depicted ' , expressing their determination of calhV g > Mie meetings to \\ m wspwtare localifciea i < J realat . tk & t . .
Defence Fund. Received By Wm. Rmsa. £ S....
DEFENCE FUND . Received by Wm . Rmsa . £ s . d . Amount alread y publlehd 19119 6 * RUnfeMgh , lUvdle and Paud > 8 b t I Coveatry , per W , Hosier 0 3 3 West Auckland , perlt . B » tle ' . ' . ' . '" n 5 2 Vvcdnesbary , per \ V . Palrtum "" r . , * „ j , wuiuBis , Ragiana ;;; - J" ° HasweU , fi ™ mcmber 8 of < Hb " National ' Charter Association t # i 02 a
O . Grimsbaw , St Mory-atreet , Brldgenorth 0 10 Arbroath , Workmeunt Bat , k-street , Fnctory O 1 G 4 A few Mencg at Midgato . n a q ™ ^ ... .:: oi ? o "r » ... on 2 John Torr , s . n ., Bristol ... ~ . 0 1 o John Torr . jun ,, Bristol 0 1 e A few friends of Freedom , at Pelton Fell ... 0 5 o Bristol , per T . R 0 17 9 U Parrott , Mitchaso green ... ... 0 2 6 II . NuUhU , Mitcham-green ... ... o I o Ulverstonc , per W . Nicholson ... ... 0 7 0 W . Johnstone , Liverpool ... ... 0 1 0
Three workin ; ratn , Tuaatall , pel' S . B . 6 16 T . Bungay , London , „ ... o 10 o ChartUts , Ljnu . Norfolk ... ... 1 G 8 BUbIob , per T . Hamfralcy ... ... 0 3 6 Birmingham , per J . Brewster ... ... 1 15 4 Lye Waste ... ... ... 0 4 0 Beverlay , per It . Lamb ... ... 0 11 0 Portaea , per E . Nobbs ... ... 0 8 6 Three Shoemakers , Cirenccsler ... 0 0 7 South Stockton , per T . Daily , 15 b . ( Letter unpaid ! 2 d , 0 li 10 J . Gibbons , London ... ... ... o 1 0 O . Hiekford , L mdon ... ... ... 0 1 0 Dewstur j National Charter Association , per E . Nijwsome . „ ... ... 0 10 0 SaciistOH , per R . Turntull ... ... 0 G 4 Bristol , per A . ... ... , 0 2 6 Exeter , Collected b y lira S . HaTill , alias SisterSaean ... ... n r in leraaean ... o 8 10
... ... ... Bisbopwearraoutb , per W , Bobbie . ' . ' . ' o 10 6 Glasgow , Journeymen Cooptra , S . Rowikea 0 8 2 Welton , per W . Starmer ... ... 0 4 0 Chepstow , p ; r W . Jeremy ... ... 0 11 6 Gra ? e » end , a Few Friends , per J . Flosher 0 17 o CirenodRter Churtists ... ... , „ o 14 10 Old Guards , Dumbarton ... , „ 0 9 3 Poimoat , per G . Ingifg ... ... 974 Lnds . pa W . Brook ... ... ... 10 15 j Cardiff , par J . IV . Manning ... ... 16 6 Congleton Chartists , per T . Plckford ... 0 16 0 Tunbrldga Wells , Members of the National Lind Company , 0 3 5 South SiiieldB , per TV . Learmouca ... 13 6 J . Murray , London 0 10 T . G . London , Class Leader ... ... 0 7 8 $ Norwich , Charter Association ... ,., 0 10 0 „ StGetrge'e , per J . Hurry ... 0 3 0
,, Pockthorp , per W , Falrman ... 0 4 C Shiaey Row , per T . B okey ... ... 0 4 4 Sunderland , per H . Haines ... ... 0 10 0 Newcastle , per M . Judc ... ... ... loo Mslmsburj-, Mertbyr , Ljttleton , and Pannell , P-rT . Ciaik ... ... ... 2 13 6 Dartford , ptr J . Lavell ... .. ... 0 5 0 Camlaohie , Glasgow , per H . Redmond ... 10 0 W , Lsmberton , Kilmers , near Kilmarnock 0 3 0 Dundee National Guards ... ... 0 17 6 Parkhead und Wostmuir ... ... 10 0 Wingato Grange , per W . Tarnbull ... 0 8 6 Beljer , peril . Wbeatley ... ... 0 8 0 Ossett , Dhsrtists , per W . Whittabei" ... 10 0 A Few Friends , 8 toke 8 ly , per W . Coates ... 0 6 8 O . Fletcher , Wharncllffe ... ... 0 0 C Richmond , Yorkshire , per G . Buckle ,., 6 3 5 Winchester , per G . Sturgess ... ... 0 10 Ajr , p « rB . Brackaarid « e ... ... 0 7 8 Bristol Cturtiste , per H . Hoyatt ... ... 12 0 Brain two , Witbamand llalstoad , per W .
Smith ... ... ... ... 10 0 Carlisle , ( 2 nd sub . ) per J , GHberison ... 10 0 L ^ wes , per J . West ... ... ... 0 3 0 Macclesfield Chnrtiota , per H . B . Leech ... l 10 0 Southampton , per G . Goodman ... ... o 2 lo Stafford , per A . Brow ... ... ... 0 8 e J . Brooks , London ... ... ... 0 3 0 W , Hosier , Coveatry ... ... ... 0 2 8 * Newinjjton Cftusefraj , per H , O , ... 0 2 6 Washington Brigade ... ... ... 0 10 0 Hebden Bridge , per J . Mann ... ... 1 10 0 W . Williams , Aberg » venny ... ... 0 10 d Williams ... ... ... ... 0 16 J D * vls 0 0 G Probert ... ... ... ... 0 0 9 frooert 0 0 2
Brajaomland , Tredegar ... ... 0 10 G . Bamfifcld ... ... , „ , „ 0 0 6 if . Ha- r a ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Thistle Brigade , Liverpool ... ... 10 0 Trirado i , per W . Douglai ... ,., o 2 a Noriballcrton , per T . Smith ... ... 0 3 3 83 , Daan-street , Fourth Subscription , per MrBu . kley ... ... ... 2 13 6 —— — £ 248 2 4 * Our friends at Newlngton Causeway will oblige oy forwarding ub tke name cf tho remitter of the post office iii « iS ^ e 5 fem ^^ -been i 33 rirarinsiFaa ] of 13 s . Communications relative to the victims of despotism in the provinces , must be addressed to Mr W . Lacy , Defence Committee , Windsor Cattle ,- High . Holbom . I beg to sty that I am not the Secretary : of the Yictim Committee , not yet a member thereof ; consequently I cannot supply the information re- quired by our friends at Bingley , Oldham , Man- Chester , & c . W . Rider . i . . Itaeeived afc Lanb Office . 6 . B , o 2 n J . Patarson ... ... ... ... ' o 1 0 E . Silliway 0 1 0 Ten Spiciala ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Newton Abbott ... ... ... 0 10 0 Central Committee , Windsor Castle , High Hoi . born;— Suffolk Arms , Hackney ... ... ... 0 2 . C Alfred Lodge , Somas Town locaUty , per Mr Jenkins ... ... ... 0 3 C Marjiebono locality ... ... ... 1 0 0 From John and Sarah , per Mr Kydd .. 0 2 0 ^ Gotham in statups ... .. 0 16 ThomnaWiukonham ... ... ° 3 G Grorse Barnes ... ... •<• ° f C King ' s Cross locality ... .. « . 0 3 o Liamtagton ... ... ... ••» 0 12 0 Sundry subscriptions , per Mr Fisher ... 0 5 7 ; MrBusBBll , Rye , Sussex ... ... 0 2 6 Per Mr Bray 0 5 , :-8 B-rmonds ^ y branch , per Mr Bowling ... « f 0 Wm . C . M . ... ... ... 0 10 0 B . Smith . Glouosster „ 0 1 o Win . Davi 9 .., O 1 0 Collected , 112 , Rgont . street 0 4 0 From Eisirgton . lane , per J . Hunter ... 0 0 9 Ipswich , twenty fritnds ... ... o 13 1 MrRowe ... ... ... — 0 2 0 Sudbury 0 5 0 Westminster locality , per Mr Buckley , collected ... ... 2 5 0 By a lady , collected ... ... ... 0 l o MrKeene 0 1 C Leuds—Amount received for the Defence Fund by Mr Brook : — Railwity Foundry ... ... 1 13 ? Airdale Foundry ... ... •>• 0 l 7 8 Losgfitld Foundry .. ' . ••• ••• 0 7 3 Westward ; .. ' x ° 6 Wortley ..: « » \ From various pnrsons ... ... ... « ° ° ? J . Swkbt begs to acknowledge the following sums for the Defence Fund : — From By ron-Ward Locality ... ... " « * From Bulvrell ° ? ? From Newton ' s II * ad ... ... ... 0 * " Collected on the Forest ... ... 0 3 5 i From Dsybrooke ... ... ... 0 10 From fteF'K and Hounds ... ... 0 0 9 From Hyson Green ... ... ... 0 1 2- „ Toweb IIamlbis . — Mrs TcllidDj ,. ° J p Williom Hatch ... ... ¦ ... ° ° ° Aibfon Locality ... » . Oil y * ° o o 5 ' Lucas ... ... ••• Walth 0 0 0 Hope Twt | ? F-Mly , per F . Shepherd ... 0 C 0 J Caslon ' s typo foundry , per Elrldgo ... O 3 l SnilA , pw « roh J ° * , A f « w frUnns , per Mr Jsrmsn ... ... JJ IIopo Smart , per Prince and Child ... 0 3 3 A few frieuda in Quaker-street ... ... 0 10 7 Joseph Lacey til J . vrman ... ... ••• " ^ , r MrJimefl ° » 10 * Chapman's C ffaa House ... o x « u Mrs S . Saunj > br & begs to acknowledge the fol ' Ovr-6 UmH : ~" Collected at the Pdlcan ... •» ° 5 }\ ,, At the Hope and Anchor ... 0 J c i ., by H . Lose ... J J J .. byB . ltoio J " Subscriptions u ' •" SoMKHa Town —W . Johnson wishes to acknowledge tbe reoeint of the following Batna for the Dstenne Fund , from tho mernbM 3 and friends of the Somers Town locality : — Mr Tntnsra ' a book ... ... ... ? ? 5 Mr Gibing ' * book n n 0 Mr Cuildii ... ... ••• „ 0 6 MrWwts " , r n MrAmoH ' abeok u io °
A Seieci P^Tv. -Pricce And Pr Nccasme«Ei...
A Seieci P ^ TV . -Pricce and Pr nccasMe « eif nioh received the Duke ot WeUingtw .. the Mat chioneaa of DoMo . the Earl and OonfTZ Mfc a » ft a Be \ wtpam w Monday wgh & attaeu Km 'dea 09 fc Eft ^ n-fJiwufy
The Chartist M^S. - Criminal Court. —Wbp...
THE CHARTIST m ^ S . CRIMINAL COURT . —WBPN ^ SDAt . Tho body of tbe cenrt became ' crpw ^ e ^ qog ^ f ^ bail ' -past nine . TheaUendaecsof barrUtsrawasvenr terse . The gallery was bBttbarly-ai ^ u id ^ ™ The Attorney General entersa tha Cohrt at tea o ' clock . Shortlr after the Chief Jnstina of tha CoriHiajs Pleas , accompanied by Mr Boron Parke and . Ml Justice Maule , tock their seats upon ths beech * Joseph Irerzous JohnFuasell wasthsncai ! eo * nyoj ^ and surrendered on his bail . Tha defendant wst ) p laced immediately under the dock ; when he tooksp Mb poaiiion he became an object of ourw ^ ity forwaaa minutes to the learned jadges and thoeo vreaent . Tha following is tbe charge as set down in the calendar * - * ' Remanded from the last session , standing indicted for unlawfull y , in the presence and hearing of divert nuHjeetsofour laily tbe Queen , uttering , & a .. certain pcditMua worda agninst our said lady tie Queen and her ( jovernment . & o
m , l A- ^ ' ^^^ Oeneral . with whom wera Hit Welsby , Mr Bodkin , and Mr Clarke anpeared for tha prosecution . Mr Sergeant Allen and Mr Huddlestona appears ! for the defendant . ^^ J ST M ° 'lT ' . Clerk « f the Arraigns ( to tha defendant ) : Pnaoner at the bar , are you guilty ornsS guilty ? Fu ? seil ( in a loud voice ) : Not guilty . Mr Sergeant Allen then applied to their ' ordshint to quash the indictment , on the ground of an irregularity , but the objections being overruled , the de « fendant waa again arraigned , and pleaded ' Kofi guilty ' as before .
Tbe Attorney GENBBii , preceeded lo address thtf jury , fie said not only had the prisoner at the bar been guilty of conduct which at , any time would hare rendered him liab ' e to the utmost punishment tbat the ? aw could inflict upon him , but ha had taken ad * vantage cf the temporary distress that prevailed in this country to excite the passions of the multitude , and this prosecution had bfen instituted rot only to warn others who may have become tho victims o £ auoh arts , Off ing to their distress and ignorance , bat to assure the well-disposed subjects of the Queea that tho law is strong enough , and that its administrators are ready to punish with severity those guilty of a violation of the public peace . He made theses retfl & rka in justification , if justification were
required , with respect to the cotirso which he had felt it his duty on behalf of the government to pnnraa on this occasion ; but it waa altogether unnecessary for him to warn them , who were gentlemen ot greal experietce , tbat they must not allow therose ' . vea ia t ' se course of these proceedincs to be influenced by any motives , gave those by wbich as good citizens , de » sivous of preserving the peace of the country , they should bs actuated . They , ef course , must take into csnsideration the evidence alone whirh would be pro * dnced before them , and dismiss frora their minda , as far as they oou ' . d , all which they bad either bend , read , or seen , in re ! atifn % o the matter before them , before tbey entered into tbat box : and decide , S 3 was tbeir duty , upon the evidence alone . They had
learned from the preliminary discussion tbat bad taken place , tbat the indictment contained tha main charge against the prisoner—that of sedition—in various forms-namely , as having uttered seditious language . —taking part in an unlawful assembly , and of taking part in a riot . The charge , therefore , which tho defendant would have to answer would be that of seditious speaking , takin » part in an unlawful assembly , and with be ' raj * guilty of riot—the judgment of the court upon aS of which would be precisely the eame , but with rea * peot to tbe count charging riot , it was in the discretion of the court to superadd the punishment of bard labour . Tbo first count in the indictment charged the defendant with sedition and the offence had not
j , beea improperly defined by the Commisni naa appointed to inquire and report upon the nature cf tha offence . Acd the offence was settled and defined as this—aa tending to injure and endanger tho political constitution of this country by violent public tumults , by exciting discontent in the minds of the people , and by thereby exposing the sovere ' gn and public functionaries to public contempt and thus exciting sudden political changes by unlawful means . The Commissioners added that such offences might be regarded as ' assaults upon the constitution , and though they may not threaten destruction to tha Crown a » £ Gorewinient . oogbt nevertheless to be punhhed . ' And , in truth , although the offence be inferior in character to tbe high and grave offence of
.. f 8 I a jj fj al tt a c ^ ^ trea on , and though the punishment differed greatly from that awarded to the higher crime , yet , no doubt , sedition was an offence of a moat eerioua character , and did require to be repressed upon every occasion by the strong arra of the law . The Learned Attor « ey-Gem ral then read the charge of Chief Justice Tind & l at Bristol , at the trial ef the Bristol rioter ? , in extenso —( as it has recently appeared in the newspapers we do not think it necee = ary to introduce it into our calumn ? . ) He ibou ? ht their lordships would agree with him that i hiawnsa full and clear expoeitisnof the law applicable to charges of this description-. fSfflfarc ^ Sfr felrA *! M * N- " l L « es . ° / . * matetlally eanatituted such aeEui ^ JJKinwWWr ^ gs they were fully and clearly set ioith . in the charge
fl j ] * t ? j i i < , s ! of Mr Baron Alderaon at the sppcial commission afc Monmouth ; at the trial of Mr Vincent in the year 1939 . But there was a further circumstance wfcicli ought to be well known to the public—if persons woit to such assemblies ( rem mere idle curiosity thus swelling the concourse of people , creating and aggravating tbe alatro , they had no right to complain if , in tho confusion ii the disturbance , though perfectly iunf-reut , they were sufferers . There was yet this further consequence resulting from attending meetings of this description . If a person went to one of them from idle curiosity , tbey must take the whole of the consequences if they were punished with those nho had confederated together to call together designedly tumultuous public assemblies . The meeting in question , which had led to this proceeding , took placo on Monday , the 29 th of Ms . y i it was held
r J ^ , i , after seven o'clock in the evening of tbat day . A number of similar meetings bad been held which had excited terror in the minds of the inhabitants of MO neighbourhood . It was held without any previous announcement ; fhey would hear from the language ua-. il by the speakers on tbat occasion that by some secret communication with those speakers the procoedings were arranged by some private uaderstand ' Til till held withont any notice . Upon that oecalion some thousands-he believe d as many as 2 . 000 or 3 000—were present . A van was drawn-out into the centre oi the meeting , and two persons addressed the assembly before Fussell appeared . Th ? first speaker was a person named Williams , whose wordshewould read to s ^ ow that the assembly was an unlawful one , 005 for the purpose of showing that the defendant was resonnsibte for worJs uttered by another . 'My
friends , ' said Williams , « the blocdy aristocracy na * done its work Rt last . Although we have got s government spy amongst us . we den i earo- 1 hat man , I know , has transported his Offn 80 D 3 ! but keep the peace , my fHands . If any one disturbs you , I hope you have sulKcient energy to defend yourselves . Aow keep tbo peace , and I will take you to a place where you will meet five vimes'tbe number of men collected * here . When I ghe you a signal I want you to ¦»»» . *¦ into marching order , four abreast , and follow where I will lead you , nrt matter where . I will take yon to > a place where yon will meet ten times more men than aro here , and there you will be advised what- , to do . I don ' t fear banishment any more than that- , brave , noble , and patriotic man , Mitch--1 ; he . d « a not care for it . Mitchel has been nente ^ J i ulirg government , lie has been murdered by those 'ILS brutal , and bloody Whig ? . ' through the
instrumentality of a packed jury and apa « W ™ £ . Fuwoll . as-he barf said , was in the w » . Williams wag followed by a man named Macarthy , who said he agreed wiih Williams with respect . to . hw condemnation of tbe Whigs . . 1 To asked-would the people of Ireland allow John Mitchel to be taken from M 3 native land ; if they allowed him to be taken Ircm his native land many other bravo , nen would lall victims to the diabolical Gating Bill , and l ^ was . now the time for all who valued noerty to st > . ke the ., blow . Ireland would rise in arms , li that country ^ bad : een quiet , it was only that it might recruit ltsi strength , and make a b , ld effort to release , igeW from the tyranny a ? the proper time . ' Let the J ™* i recollect that this language was addressed Xo . the , lower ovders of aooiety -peisons » ffW j ™ " ^ depression of trade at that time , whiohwafl . connaIm * , rav ..-ted bv their being there at al , and
who naturally breoded over their wronva , . wj ^ aer teal or supposed , and wte , thereto * , Ih 9 JJW ; «" ditv open to tho mischievous designs oi ftow who addressed them . Then the depart . FnsjeU said . ' A base government had , by means et » nacked iurv and subservimt judgis succeeded m SfflnJ tie convic' -ion ofhonpt Jobn MltohJ . John Michel had asserted that the QMgJ ^ g ; gotten her duty to her country , md lie dod »« J * JJ samo opinion . If « heneeded h « d « to thej should ^ h ^^ J ^ S ^ ± & m ! J SJiitEmea nt-he . mpaut by pmata utl . ' oaUon . ( Sensation . ) Twt it was th . *« made tL Einp .-roroiAu 6 Wia fiy .. Md that rt was that should make other crowned rulers flj mo > U ^ r ..... nnH . pnil he would disown either . ono of i ^™ who
who rtfuse ^ to assassinate any partie s were w atrumental in banishing him ^^^ Mtal - . uehaniff .-nceas that for which Mr Mitohel \ ta * been convicted' The learned gtnt ewau themi e » on to say , that the governnion ibavwg bad ^ tMj timents brought bsfore thom [ « rt g ^ ^ proceed against them . J «« J"g wiite ? wasnot
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 8, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08071848/page/5/
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