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The Equity Fu2sd
THE EQUITY FU 2 sD
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jO THE EDITOR OF IHE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —The Chartists of New Radford vrish me to say that they quite agree with $ eir Ashton friends . and will qo their part joifards raising «« The Equity Fund . " At the same time they believe that the greatest enemies to Mr . O'Connor are those who have fleeced him the most ; and who are noy ? acting so treacherousl y and ungratefull y towards him . . Tours , respectfull y , James Sweet .
National Loan Society. The Managers Met ...
NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . The managers met as usual at Golden-lane , on "Wednesday evening—Mr . French in the chair . Correspondence was read from Sheffield , Old Basford , Bilston , Neath , Burnley Sp ilshy , Galston , and Southampton . Mr . G . Ca vill was appointed agent of the Societ y for Sheffield and neighbourhood , and his credentials were signed by the managers . Numerous app lications for loans were received , and some immediately granted . Deposits were paid on
shares , and other important business transacted . On the motion of Messrs . Stratton and Wheeler , it was decided that the managers should endeavour to procure the use of halls for public meetings to spread a knowledge of the objects of the Society , and report on the following Wednesday . On the motion of Messrs . Stratton and Wiudefer 10 , 000 copies of the following prospectus were orderd to be printed for distribution among the agents . A foil meeting of the members is requested on Wednesday evening , when business of importance will be laid before them : —
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMFA & T , AND TUE FRIENDS OF CO-OPERATION AND PROGRESS . .. j-. i . * - ~ ^ v *'
-NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . Enrolled according to Act of Parliament 3 and i Vic , Cap . 110 . Held at the City Chartist Hall , 26 . Golden Lane , Barbican ; night of meeting , every Wednesday evening , from eight to ten o ' clock . Objects . This Society is instituted to purchase Freehold Land and Buildings for the working classes , more
particularly the estates of the National Land Company when ' ordered for sale , under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Act ; also to lend money , at the legal rate of interest , to the Shareholders of that Company , without requiring further security than the deposit of their scrip ; thereby avoiding the trouble and exposure consequent upon all similar Societies , and thus insuring to itself a large amount of secure and profitable easiness .
Mums . A capital to be raised by pound shares , payable by instalments of 61 . or more per week ; when a share is paid it will immediately bear interest at the rate of four per cent . The Society will thus form a secure investment for the savings of working men , taking smaller deposits , affording a higher rate of interest , and being more secure than the generality of Savings Banks , being strictly under the protection of the law . In addition to these benefits a Shareholder will be entitled to an annual dividend from the profits of the Loan Society , thus
offering to its subscribers advantages superior to those offered by any existing Society . To the Shareholders of the National Land Company It offers still further inducements to render it efficient support . By taking shares in the Society , and depositing their scrip with its trustees , they will be enabled to re-purchase the estates of the Company at an almost nominal price ; they will also ensure a higher rate of dividend than they would obtain by their individual exertions , in addition to guarding against fraud , and saving themselves both trouble and expense .
To the . Friend ' s of Co-operation and Progress It offers a wide and fertile scope for action . By collecting the scrip of the National Land Company , and raising the requisite capital , the society will become the proprietors of these estates , so eligible for carrying ; out the views of the friends of CO-Operation and the advocates of social reform . On these estates , guided by the experience of the past , animated by new hopes , assisted by improved legislation , they may realise all that theory has so eloquently ponrtrayed of the future . TrwtCii . Feabgus O'Consor , Esq ., M . P . Jons Sswell , Esq . Mr . Bexkt Windelek , Treasurer .
Thomas Masitn Wueeieb , Secretary . Rules of the Society , price 2 d ., may be procured at the Office , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican ; of the Secretary , T . M . Wheeler , 19 , Mercer-street , Long acre .
Whit-Monday At O'Consorville. The Above ...
WHIT-MONDAY AT O'CONSORVILLE . The above delightful spot was on Whit-Monday the scene of great festivity . An excursionfrom London brought several van loads of democratic friends , all of whom were pleased to express their unfeigned delight at the manner in which they were received by the allottees generally . In the evening a public meeting was held in the School-room , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr . John Sturgeon , Jan ., occupied the chair , and explained the business of the meeting . The adop ' lion of the Petition was moved by Mr . G . Wheeler , in a very powerful speech , -which was as ably seconded by Mr . Ratcliffe , and supported by Mr .
Barnet . It was then agreed , on the motion of Mr , Pocock , that the petition should be sent to Sir Henry Manx , the member for the county , for presentation . On the motion of Mr . G . Wheeler , seconded by Mr . Smith , the following was unanimously carried : — "That this meeting having heard of the vjllanons attack on the life of Mr . O'Connor , made by a person named Thomason , beg to express their heartfelt congratulations on his providential escape from the dastardly coward , and to assure him of their high regard for his character . " The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing interspersed with singing and recitations . The
company separated at an early hour m the morning , highly delighted with the entertainments provided for the occasion . At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced , amid loud cheers , that a series of Chartist meetings wereaboutto be held in all the surrounding villages , for the purpose of disseminating Chartism in the agricultural districts ; the first meeting to tak e place on Chorley-wood Common , on Monday June 16 th , when Messrs . Sturgeon , jun ., Wheeler , Ratcliffe , and other friends will address the meeting . That they may be successful in their noble attempts to spread the truths of Chartism , is our earnest wish and prayer .
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Dabixg Leap of a Peiso . ver fbom a Railway Tbaix . —On Thursday morning an oflicer who had apprehended a young man named Ship on a charge of robbery , was conveyin * his prisoner by the Korth Western Railway . For greater security he had fastened himself to the prisoner by a pair of handcuffs connecting each by the wrist . In passing Cheddington the prisoner , a stalwart young man , who had until then been most quiet and reserved , rose from bis seat , and pulling the policeman towards the door , which was unlocked , quickly opened it , and poshing him forward they both fell on the ground , the prisoner uppermost . The train , which was going at full speed , having proceeded some distance , the prisoner rose , and
finding that he bad sustained no injury , but that the latter had broken one of his legs , insisted upon the key being given up to him that unlocked the handcuffs , and following this by gross ill-usage , his captor , unable to rise and defend himself , iras obliged to complv , when the prisoner disengaged himself and made off . The injured officer was shortly afterwards found lying in an exhausted state by some men in the employ of the railway companv , by whom he was conveyed in a train to the Elephant and Castle public-house , near Wolverhampton , where on being attended by two medical gentlemen , they deemed it necessary that amputation of the injured limb should be performed . To this operation he would not assent , and he now remains in a precarions state . The man Ship who escaped is well known to the
constabulary of the North Western hue , and it is considered that he cannot long elude justice . The Great Comuebcial Failure in Liverpool -The liabilities of Mr . R . E . Hyde have been erroneously estimated at more than double their ?> wnnt . " It is now satisfactorily ascertained that tostead of a quarter of a million , less than half that sun will cover the whole responsibilities of the estate ; and the dividend is fully expected to reach 3 < s-in the pound . After paying ail expenses . The promptitude with which Mr . Hyde placed his estate "i the hands of his creditors , upon discovering his extensive losses , is the subject of general commendation . At the commencement of this year he * as understood to be worth £ 70 , 000 clear of all labilities ; his private estate will yield a considerate surplus , and the ultimate loss to the creditors * s stated as beirjff likely to be comparatively insignifi cant .
A little girl , three yearsold , who had accidentally shallowed a farthing , died in London last week "ttu mortification of the bowels by metallic poison .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Mr . James Grassb y in the chair . The eorrespondeDce received was read . Mr . G . Haggis attended from the Islington locality , to solicit the assistance of the Executive in getting up a public meeting in that populous district , which having been guaranteed , Mr . Haggis retired .
The Secretary reported the steps that had been taken in order to obtain a suitable place in which to hold the great public meeting relative to the case of Mr . Ernest Jones , aud it was unanimously agreed : — "That as the case of Mr . Ernest Jones would not he brought before the House of Commons until the early part of July , and in order to give time to make the necessary arrangements , that the said meeting be held in the National Hall , High Holborn , on Wednesday evening , June the 25 th .
The Committee then adjourned to W / edngs day evening , June the 18 th . -3 Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Abnott , Gen . Sec .
Jobs-Street Locautt.—On Tuesday Evening ...
Jobs-street Locautt . —On Tuesday evening last this locality met in the Coffee-room of the Institution . Mr . Dent was called to the chair . Several members were enrolled , and the usual business having been disposed of , the Chairman rose , and briefly stated that they were met to discuss the important subject of " The relative merits of Free Trade and Protection , " and introduced Mr . G . J Holyoake to open the question , who , on rising , said , that he was pleased to see so goodly an audience present , and he would take that opportunity to inform them of the object that the friends had in view in calling those meetings . The committee of this institution had granted the free use of the room for every Tuesday evening , in order to discuss various topics which pertained to the well-being of
the human family , and also to form a locality of the NationalCharterAssociation , for which they deserved their thanks . It was well known that for a considerable length of time that institution had held a prominent position in the dissemination of Socialism , and that it had been looked up to as a model by the various branches in the country ; and he trusted that ere long they should have such a locality established as would be equally as prominent in the cause of Chartism . —Mr . Holyoake then at considerable length went into the question under discussion and avowed himself an unlimited Free Trader . Mr . A . Campbell took the contrary side , and Mr . Swift having moved the adjournment of the discussion until Tuesday evening next > t half-past eight , the meeting separated .
Manchester . —On Sunday last , Mr . Thomas Tattersall , from Burnley , delivered a lecture in the People ' s Institute , Ileyrod-street , Aneoats . Mr . Henry Nuttall in the chair . Mr . Joshua Gutteridge read from the Northern Star Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and the address of the Chartist and Land members of Asbton-under-Lyne ; after which the Chairman introduced the lecturer , Mr . Tattersall , who said the subject for consideration was , " The People ' s Rights and how to get them . " It was somewhat strange to say , after the volumes printed , and the extent of space occupied in the newspapers on the subject , how few understood what they ought to know . Mr . Tattersall cited authority from several eminent works on the origin of man , and remarked
that man did not make himself or spring from the inferior animals—the word make implies intelligence , and intelligence implies power—that he did not spring from the inferior animals , he should recommend any person to read the lectures of Dr . Ling . Man possesses two hands , no other animal does ; be has a super amount of brain ; man can stand upright , which so other animal does . That God created man in his own image , and gave him dominion over the fish of the sea , the fowl of the air , the cattle of the earth ; aud God gave him herbbearing seed , which is upon the face of all the earth , and every tree yielding fruit , and every beast of the earth . This was the first bill of rights . Mr . Tattersall then described the formation of
society , private property , and governments , and beautifully illustrated the six points of the Charter . He then strongly exhorted his hearers to get knowledge , as it would be a good step towards getting their rights , and to have more respect for themselves , and less flattery towards other men ; by so doing they would command the respect of others , and prove themselves worthy of the great principles they professed . Let principles lead them and not men , for principle never err , men are liable to err ; let there be no more nonsense , no more worshiping of men ; do this , and assuredly the emancipation from political bondage will not be far distant . Mr . Tattersall resumed his seat amidst the applause of the meeting . . Several questions
were asked , and replied to by Mr . Tattersall . Mr . Leach proposed , and Mr . Sutton seconded , a vote of thanks to Mr . Tattersall , which was unanimously passed . Makchksiek Locauxv . —On Sunday afternoon last , the monthly meeting of the members of this locality was held in the Jersey-street Room—Mr John Knight in the chair ; and in the evening of the same day an address was delivered by Mr . J . G Clark , on the " Present aspect of Chartism , and the duties devolving on Chartists in reference thereto . " Mr . Clark was listened to with great attention , and concluded by advising his audience to adhere to the principles set forth in the People ' s Charter . On Tuesday evening a tea party and ball was held in the Cumberland-street Boom . The
room was crowded , and beautifully decorated for the occasion with a number of portraits of the most distinguished English , Irish , French , and Hungarian patriots , and a remarkably elegant new banner with the following inscription in gold letters , — ? 'Will you endeavour to shackle the mind of man , when God has seen fit to make it free ? " After ample justice had been done to the good things provided , and the tables removed , Mr . W . Grocott was called onto preside , who , after thanking the meeting for the honourable position in which he was placed , begged to remind those present that , as Chartists they had certain duties to perform—one of which was , on all occasions to keep Chartism paramount . He would , therefore , call upon Mr . Joseph Crookes
to respond to the first sentiment—" The peoplethe only legitimate source of all power . " —Mr . Crookes adverted to the many stratagems made use of by tyrannical governments to disunite the people and thus render them powerless , and sat down loudly applauded . —The next sentiment was , " The People ' s Charter and the cause of Democracy , with the whole of the Democratic Press . "—Mr . G . J . Mantle responded , and , in the course of his remarks , passed a higheulogiom upon Mr . O ' Connor , and the mode in which that gentleman had , both in his writings and speeches , advocated pure and unadulterated Chartism , and denounced , in strong language , the attempts now making to attach obloquy to his nameand supplant him in the affections of
, the people . Mr . Mantle then referred to the able advocacy of Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , Jones , and others , and concluded amidst enthusiastic cheers . — Dancing then commenced , and was kept up with great spirit , interspersed with patriotic songs and recitations , till five o ' clock on Wednesday morning . Sunderland . —On Sunday last a meeting was held on Sunderland Moor , when the friends of democracy from tho towns of Stockton , Middlesbro ' , Hartlepool , Shields , Newcastle , and Blaydon , were addressed by Messrs . Ferguson , Chatman , Hitherington , Gunn , Grant , Watson , Cockburn ,
Robinson , Charlton , & c . On the necessity of a more complete organisation , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That this meeting agree to the formation of a northern district , democratic and social union , central in Newcastle . " " That the Chartist Executive of London have the entire confidence of this meeting . " " That this meeting pledges itself to use every effort to carry out the programme adopted at the late National Convention . " That a delegate meeting beheld in the Joiners' Hall , Newcastle , on the 22 nd of June , at two o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of organising the district
The Fiksbobi Democratic Associatios met on Sunday night at the Crystal Coffee-house , Yinestreet North end of flatton-garden—Mr . Farrenin the chair . The minutes of the previous weekly meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . H . Hock ley reported that he and Mr . Johnson had taken a place for a Finsbury Democratic Hall , exclusively for the use and in connexion with this association , and that they would take possession of i » next quarter-day . On the motion of Mr . Carter it was unanimouslva « -reed- "Tbatthe foUowingpersonsshould bTrespeclfulIy invited to become honorary members
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of this association : —F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., T . Wakley , Esq ., Mr . Brontiere O'Brien , Mr , P . 0 . lliggins , of Dublin , Mr . E . Jones , Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , Mr . G . J . Harney , Mr . S . Kidd , Mr . Walter Cooper , Mr . Thomas Cooper , Mr . P . Jones , Mr . Finlan , Mr . Leno , Mr . Archer , and Mr . W . Warseluine . " — It was agreed that an excursion should be got up for the benefit of this association by canal boats to AlpeiioD . —Mr . Warseldine was announced to lecture in this place next Sunday . Subject , "The Tragic Muse of Greece . " —The following address , moved by Mr . Carter , and seconded by Mr . Johnson , was carried unanimously : —
" thk addbbss op the fjssburv democratic association to the reflecting pobtios op the working class . " Fellow Toilers , — The strenuous opposition of the self-created classruling power of this nation to every exertion made to relieve the starving toiling millions from their long-enduring misery , and the general support it gives to every iniquitous oppression demonstrate the truthfulness of its intention of making the poor-Jaw union-houses and their other prisons the workshops of the world , and Hyde-park the general showroom and advertising depot , by dividing the people into two classes , the first to luxuriate in security with dishonestly-procured wealth , and the second
to become everlastingly abject slaves . . Were it not so , that party would allow the working class j $ lie ri g ht that"God gave them to the possessiohWiibe millions of acres of land laying idle in this kingdom to enable them to obtain by their own industry the necessaries of life and a happy existence . Were it not so , it would equitably arrange all machinery that supersedes manual labour , to become national property for the benefit of all ; thereby destroying the baneful effects of monopoly and competition , which are hastening the ruin of our employers and bringing the working class to become paupers , convicted felons , prostitutes , aud wholesale butchers of the human family . Fellow Toilers , we earnestly all individuallto
con you y come forward while a glimmering ray of hope still shines , to assist the above association in securing , by means of public lectures and extensive circulation of political addresses and tracts , the co-operation of the whole of the working class to obtain Manhood Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification for Members of Parliament , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts , as the only means and way whereby we can obtain a humane and just government to work out our political redemption . " On the motion of Mr . Johnson addresses to the amount of ten shillings were ordered to be printed for circulation .
Braotord , Yorkshire . —On Sunday afternoon last a public meeting was held on Bradfoor Moor , for the purpose of adopting a petition praying for the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land , when a great number assembled ; but , in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather , it was adjourned till seven o ' clock , at Croft-street School-room , when Mr . W . Council was called to the chair , and the following resolution was proposed by Mr . W . Stainsby , seconded by Mr . J . Alderson , and supported by Mr . John Firth , of Leeds : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the House of Commons , as at present constituted , does not represent the people , inasmuch as six-sevenths
of the male adult population of this empire hare no voice in the making of those laws they are called upon to obey ; and further , that taxation without representation is tyranny . Wo , therefore , resolve to petition the said house to pass such a law as will place the franchise upon a just and equitable basis . " Previous to the resolution being put , George White rose and made some observations , denouncing all associations who did not advocate the Charter , and nothing but the Charter . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously , The following petition was also adopted , moved bv Robert Ryder , and seconded by Thomas Wilcock : — " to the honourable the commons of great
BRITAIN AM ) IRELANU IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . " The humble petition of the inhabitants of Bradford in public meeting assembled , in the Democratic School-room , Croft-street , on Sunday , June 8 th , 1851 , ' • " Sheweth , — " That the people of this country , in great numbers assembled , have called upon your honourable house to grant them the right of the franchise , on the principle that every tax payer ought to be an elector .
" That a measure for that purpose entitled , ' The People's Charter , ' and embodying the following details—Universal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification , aud Payment of Memberswas composed by members of your honourable house , jointly with certain persons of the class at present denied the right of representation , and was afterwards submitted to your honourable house , and has , from time to time , been urged upon your adoption by the petitions of the people . " That the provisions of that measure have severally been acknowledged as sound and just . " That these facts are too well known to your honourable house to render any lengthened enforcement of them at all necessary .
" That , therefore , your petitioners beg of your honourable house forthwith to enact that the provisions of the People ' s Charter become the law of the land . " And your petitioners will ever pray , Ac , Ac . " The petition was put , and carried unanimously , when a discussion arose as to the observations of George White , in which the following persons took part , Messrs . J . Firth , of Leeds ; Joseph Alderson , Robert Ryder , Edward Hurley , and W . Stainsby , of Bradford , and ended in an adjournment till next Sunday night .
Sheffield . —The council held their weekly meeting in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday June' 8 . Mr . James Whaley in the chair . Correspondence was read from the btar , Thomas Cooper , Directors of the Midland Railway Company , and Thomas Martin Wheeler . Mr . Wheeler ' s letter gave great satisfaction . The secretary was instructed to write to Mr . Wheeler , secretary of the National Loan Society ; and the meeting was adjourned to
Sunday next , Juno lo , when the suggestion of our friends in Ashton-under-Lyne will be considered . Died , on Thursday , June 5 , in the twentieth year of his age , Charles Clayton , a young democrat , founder of the Youths' Political and Theological Discussion Society ; which had , up to his demise , swelled considerably in numbers , having also added an excellent library to the institution . On Sunday bis remains were followed to their resting place by the members , three abreast , which will give lasting credit to the youths of this town .
The Islington Locality met on Wednesday evening , at the Camden Coffee-house , Camden-street , Islington-green , when several new members were enrolled . The deputation which had been appointed to wait upon the Executive reported that , as far as speakers , or publicity through the medium of the press went , the Executive had promised assistance whenever the Islington members deemed it advisable to hold a public meeting . The report having been received , Mr . G . Haggis was announced to lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , on Wednesday evening next . The meeting then adjourned .
Staltbiudoe . —A public meeting was held on Tuesday , at the Chartist Association Room , Highstreet , to adopt a petition to parliament , in favour of the People ' s Charter—Mr . Wright Smith in tho chair . The following resolutions were unanimously carried : —Moved by Mr . W . Hill , and seconded by Mr . Winterbottom : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the alarming and downward tendency of the labouring and general industrial interest of the United Kingdom has its rise and origin in class legislation ; and this meeting is further of opinion , that the labourer will never he properly represented , nor his interests protected , until the people form the basis of our representative system . " Moved by Mr . Hodson , and seconded by Mr . Jackson , — " That we adopt the petition for the People ' s Charter . " Both resolutions were very ably responded to by Messrs . Hill and Hodson .
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Three Lives Lobi ax Hotle Mill , Barnslbt . — On Wednesday , T . Lee , Esq ., held an inquest at the abovo place on the bodies of Thomas Bell and Charles Pickard , who were killed on Monday by an explosion of fire-damp at Aidsley Maine o r Oaks Colliery , at the place where seventy-three lives were lost on the 5 th Marofc , 1847 . The government inspector was present . Several witnesses were examined , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The colliery is now on fire , and it is stated to be impossible to prosecute any search for the body of the man who is missing . Patent purse gloves , which have a pocket to contain any small sum of money , a railway ticket , < fcc ' ., for immediate use , hare been invented . A system of banking is discovered to have prevailed in Babylon at least seven or eight hundred years before the Christian era .
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An adjourned meeting was held on Sunday Afternoon ,, at the City Chartist Hall , Golden-Jane , to . take into consideration the above subject . Mr . J . Arnottwas called to the chair . Mr . John Shaw , on behalf of the deputation appointeu at the . previous meeting , stated that they had waited upon the Superintendent at the Cemetery , who had referred them to the Secretnrv ; that gentleman informed them that they ( the Directors ) had made private inquiries relative to the parties committing tho trespass , but had been unable to X ° I J tben 1 , TllQV would willingly prosecute the onendcrs if the Committee could furnish them with the necessary information . In their opinion the offenders would be more likely to be discovered
by keeping the matter quiet than by offering a reward . Hehad . no authority to state that they * ° md make good the injury done . Mr . Cox , tho mason who erected the monument , stated the expense necessary to make good the injury done . Ho had seen one of the Directors , and hadno doubt they would place tho monument in its original condition . He had been subjected to great . annoyance both from policemen and : his brother tradesmen for executing the monument , and the Committee were aware , that after many interviews , with the Directors , they refused » perji missron to allow the inscription to be placed upon the monument , informing bim that the matter had been laid , before persons high in authority . He advised a private application to Mr . Brownlow , who was an influential member of the board .
Mr . A . Holtoakb was opposed to the matter being quietly hushed up by means of any private influence . He thought there must be either neglect or connivance on the part of the Directors , and concluded by moving the following resolution . — " That this meeting request the Chairman to write to the Directors of the Victoria Park Cemetery , informing them of their intention to call an aggregate public meeting in the Tower Hamlets , to expose this gross violation of tho sanctity of the dead , unless the Directors immediately cause the Cap of Liberty to be replaced , and the monument restored to ita original condition . " Mr . G . Cooper seconded the resolution , which was supported by Messrs . Shaw , Broomfield , Wheeler , and others .
Mr . Mason stated that ho had no doubt that the Cap of Liberty was very offensive to the Directors ; when they objected to the inscription they also objected to the " Cap" being placed on the monument , although they ultimately allowed it to be erected . Under these circumstances he feared that they were not sincere in their efforts to discover the offenders , and that they in some degree connived at it . A public meeting in the neighbourhood would bring them to their senses . Messrs . Cox and Shaw showed that great violence must have been used to break off tho " Cap "
from the neck of the monument . It was impossible for it to have been done by one person , without the aid of ropes or some description of machinery j the stone upon which it rested , weighing several hundred weight , was also removed from its position . Mb . Broomfield stated that ho was about purchasing a family grave in the Cemetery , but this would cause him to hesitate , and he had no doubt when exposed it would have a similar effect upon the public . The resolution was then adopted , and the meeting adjourned until Sunday afternoon next , at three o ' clock , at the Hall , 26 , Golden-lane .
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CONGRESS OF THE REDEMPTION SOCIETY . This Congress held its sittings in the Society ' s Rooms , Briggate , Leeds , on Whit-Monday and Tuesday . Delegates were present from the following places : —Leeds , Halifax , Huddersfield , Hyde , Newcastle , Manchester , and from the Society ' s Estate in Wales ( Garnlwd ) . The Rev . E , R , Larkek , M . A ., was elected president , and Dr . F . B . Lees , vice-president of the Congress . It was resolved , — " That a great simultaneous effort should be made , for fourteen days , commencing on July 14 th , to increase the number of members , and to augment the funds ; " and a committee was appointed to draw bills up and tracts , and to arrange for lectures , & e „ for the occasion . It was also resolved , — " That , as tho operations of the ' society had greatly increased , and were still increasing , that Mr . J . Henderson be appointed paid secretaty , and devote his whole time to the society's interests .
A proposition was also adopted on the motion of Mr . J . Hole , to endeavour to unite all associative efforts into one great movement , under the direction of a central committee in London , and a delegate was appointed to wait upon the leaders of all those movements , to obtain their co-operation . The advantages of such an union will be apparent to all . It was also resolved to raise £ 1 , 000 capital , in shares of £ 1 each , to prosecute the Shoe and Clothing Trades , for the benefit of the members of the society . Sixteen shares were taken up immediately , by the delegates and friends in the room ; and it is confidently expected that the whole will be subscribed for in a very short time , as there has been a general desire expressed on the part of the members that this should proceed vigorously . A permanent Propagandist Fund was established , to provide a constant supply of lectures , & c , to all thebranches .
It was resolved to raise immediately , by levy and donations , the sum still wanted to commence the Communal Buildings on the society ' s estate . The plans of the buildings were inspected , and approved of . Dr . F . R . Lees read an exceedingly interesting communication from the members already located , from which it appeared that the stock and crops were in good condition , tho members comfortable , and only wishing that they had more house accommodation , so that more of their brethren might be located , and enjoy the same privileges . The discussions throughout- were marked by calmness and basiness-like brevity . All the resolutions were carried unanimously , and the delegates and friends present were much cheered by the proceedings . At no time since the establishment of the society has there appeared so bright a prospect of success as at the present . After a vote of thanks to the rev . president , and an encouraging reply from that gentleman , the proceedings terminated . James Henderson , Secretary .
Female Political Rights Association. Thi...
FEMALE POLITICAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION . This association held its weekly meeting on Wednesday evening , June 11 th , in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street . Mrs . Mary Brook , in the absence of the President , was called to the chair . After the financial business of the society was disposed of , Mrs , A . Higginbottom read the following letter from two French ladies , Mrs . Jeanne Deroin and Mrs . Pauline Roland , who are at present inmates in St . Lozari's Gaol , Paris : — TO THE POLITICAL RIGHTS UNION OF THE WOMEN OF SHEFFIELD .
Dear Sisters , —Your appeal has resounded in our prison , and filled our souls with inexpressible joy . The women of France would establish a hospitable tribune to welcome the complaints of the oppressed and of the suffering , and claim in the name of humanity the social rights for women as well as men . This hospitable tribune will claim the right of true liberty and the complete unfolding of all our faculties , one half of which are in woman — She must , therefore be emancipated . Without this no social work can be complete .
The darkness of reaction has obscured the sun of 1818 . Why ? Because the storm , in overthrowing the throne and the scaffold—in breaking the chain of the black slave , had forgotten to break also the chain of the woman , —fliis pariah ot humanityfor after , as before the revolution , she is nothing , and can do nothing of herself ; she is not reckoned asa member of society ; she is without a name and country . Her name V It is the name of her master , of the father , or the husband . Her country ? Whether she be born on the banks of the Ganges , the Thames , or of the Seine , it is the country of her master ; for she over bears the law imposed on her by man . " There are no more slaves ! " said our brothers in 1848 . " All will have the right of electing deputies , " & c On hearing this appeal , Woman arises to exercise her right , but the barrier of privilege interposes and says— Fou must wait . "
And soon , indeed , on the fatal days of June , 1818 , liberty . glides away from her pedestal in the blood of the victims of the reaction . Based on the right of tho strongest , she falls , overthrown by the might of the strongest . The Constituent Assembly keeps silence on the right of one-half of humanity . There is no mention made of the rights of woman in a constitution
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framed , in the name of Liberty , Fraternity , and Equality . It is in the name of these principles that Woman claims the right to bo a member of . the Legislative Assembly who are to frame the laws to govern the society of which ' , she . is a inember , .... But , while the . elected- ' of half tho people , of the men alono , call out for brute force to stifle liberty , and forge restrictive laws to establish , , order .. by : compression , tlm woman , guided by : ' f raternity , and f ' oreseeitig-meeasant conflict—inspired by" the -hope of putting an- end toil—comes to make an ' appeal to'the labourers to establish .. Liberty and Equality on fraternal solidity .. Woman gave to this work ot Affranchisement a character eminently ' pacific ; male _ workers did not disown the right of Woman , as the & optnpariion of their labour .
. BC ] t . legatos of 101 . associations assembled W 1 OTjist'nction of sex . Tho union of tho assoCiatlon : had for Us object the organisation of la-• M # ? " , va ^ ' a' the foundation of a society , indeedwbased on liberty , & a . —in the name of the to ^ V ^ mcd by men who are now shut up in the walhv of a prison . But the Rights of Women have been acknowledged by tho labourers , and thev have consecrated this right by the election of those women , who , after having accomplished tho mission , of enfranchisement , partake at the present hou & their ' captivity . : I ^ from their prison that they address to you , ^ Snjiffield , : the relation Of facts , which comprise In therfselvcla ' . high instruction . It is by . labour ^ and by enlisting themselves in the ranks of the labourers that women will acquire civil and political equality , on which depends the happiness of the world . As to moral equality , —has she not obtained it by the power of her moral feeling ?
Sisters of Sheffield , your Sisters of France unite with you for claiming the Rights of Woman , both civil and political ; they have the sound conviction that it is only by the power of association , by the union of the labourers of the two sexes to organise labour , that we can acquire , completely and specifically , the civil and political equality of Woman , and of all the members of the labouring classes . It is in this confidence that from the depths of the gaol , which for a time incarcerates their bodies , without being able to imprison their hearts , that wo repeat to you the cry of faith , love , hope ! and we send you our most fraternal salutations . Jeanne Deroin . Paolise Roland , Paris , St . Lezare ' s Gaol , May 31 , 1851 ,
[ On the 27 th February , 1818 , Pauline Roland presented herself before an electoral meeting , to claim her right to name the mayor of the town she then inhabited . In April , of the same year , she claimed her right of participation in the election of the Constituent Assembly , In April , 1849 , Jeanne Deroin claimed the right of eligibility of Woman as a candidate for the Legislative Assembly , and upheld her right before the preparatory electoral meeting in Paris . On the 9 th October , 1849 , Pauline Roland and Jeanne Deroin were both elected as members of the Central Commission of Fraternal Associations . ] Tho reading of the letter was received with groat acclamation . . Some other business of minor importance being transacted , the meeting was duly adjourned to the following Wednesday .
The Murder In Belgium. At The Sitting-Wh...
THE MURDER IN BELGIUM . At the sitting-which followed that with which our last account terminated the Court was chiefly occupied with hearing the depositions of the official personages concerned in getting up the case in the first instance , and nothing material was elicited beyond what has appeared in the deed of accusation . An attorney of the name of Cherquefosse was also heard , and several small tradesmen , whose evidence tended to show the Comte de Bocarme ' s irregularity in money matters . The first mentioned witness stated that he called at the Chateau de Bitremont on the 21 st of November , and was informed by Madame de Bocarme that her brother-in-law had fallen down after dinner in a fit of apoplexy , crying ,
" Help , Hippolyte ! " and that her husband , in tiding to hold him up , had fallen with him . The Comte de Bocarme showed him the mark of a bite on his finger ) and asked whether he ought to conceal it from the magistrates . This witness , who appeared to be a very weak-minded person , accompanied his testimony with such absurd details as to repeatedly provoke the laughter of the auditors . On the following day ( Friday ) the first witness heard was Justine Hirbaut , aged eighteen , who had served as nurserymaid to tho children of the accused . She stated that on the day of the alleged murder she had been told ( she believed by her master ) not to bring the children in to dessert . She was at the bottom of the stairs when she heard
M . Gustave in the dining room cry out" Aie . ' Ate I Hippolyte , pardon ! " and afterwards she saw Madame de Bocarme come out of the dining room into the pantry . The ories were like those of a person being stifled , and several minutes elapsed after she heard them before Madame de Bocarme came into the pantry . —On being asked by the President what she had to say to this statement of the witness , Madame de Bocarme replied that it was an error . Had she been in the dining room when the cries were uttered she would have said so . It
was all tho same . ( Here the accused shed tears , ) —President ( to the witness ) : Do you persist in your statement?—Yes , sir . —You hear?—This girl was so frightened that she may well be mistaken . — There was , indeed , wherewithal to frighten her . They were the dies of a man being stilled , as she says , and you know what that means?—She is mistaken . —The witness states that you came into the pantry at the time when the cries were already heard % —No , sir . ( The accused sobbed . )—The witness went on to relate the orders that had been given with respect to the body . That it should be washed with vinegar , and that vinegar should be poured into the mouth . On being asked whether Madame de Bocavme had asked what she would say before the authorities the witness replied ,
" Yes , I said that I would say the truth , and that I would say that M . Gustave had cried out , / lie , aie , ffippolylt , pardon . I also said that I would declare that the doors had been shut against us after the death of M . Gustave . Then Madame said to me , " How foolish you are to declare that . Little things are made great ones of , and you will have thrown mo into prison and yourself tod . —President : Accused , what have you to reply ? Nothing . What the witness states is the truth , then ? ( After a pause . ) It is true that I had the doors closed after the death of Gustave , but that was because I did not wish that a crime should be suspected . Tho witness was subsequently asked whether the Count had not made improper proposals to her and used immodest language ; to which she replied in the affirmative . Tho answer of the accused to this
statement was , " It is possible I may have wished to make a trial of the girl ' s morality . " The next witness , Charlotte Monohardet , who had also been in the service of tho accused , corroborated certain parts of the former witness's statements . She stated that Madame de Bocarme had come into the kitchen to wash her bands shortly after she had asked for hot water . The soap she used was black soap . President s Lydia Fougnies , why did you wash your hands ? Were your hands dirty ?—No , Sir . Was it not after throwing away the two phials which your husband told you to throw away ?—I do not remember well ; I had not washed my hands . Gilles "Vandenburgh deposed that he was coachman in the service of the Comte de Bocarme . The
Count came into the kitchen and ordered him to prepare the cabriolet for M . Gustave . He then went to the stables and returned to ask the Count whether the cab was to ' be brought into the yard , or on the side of tho drawbridge . lie went to the dining room , but scarcely had he laid hold of the door handle when the Count came and held the door a little ajar , and without waiting the end of the question replied , " Yes , yes , yes . " On returning with the cab he was told by some person he did not recegniscas it was dark , to take it back . He shortly afterwards heard the Count and Countess crying out , " Oh , what a misfortune ! what a misfortune 1 " and in hastening to the house he saw M . Gustave lying dead on the floor . The President : Where was the body ? — Before the door , near the first window . The Count
was there with a chambermaid , and he told me to take the body and carry it up stairs . I took it and carried it into Emerance ; s room , where I laid it on the bed . Did you not on that night hear the Countess call her husband bv pet names ? That I can ' t say .-Did she not call him " Ninoche—my poorNinoclie ?" Yes , she called him so . —How was tho Count ? In what state was he ? Was he pale ? Yes . —Was he out of breath 1 Yes . —Did he tremble ? Yes . ( Sensation . )—Did not the Count ask you if Gustave was dead ? Yes ; and I answered that he was . — Were you not ordered to wash the body ' and to pour vinegar into the mouth and ears ? Yes . — What did you do ? I washed the bod y , but did not pour any vinegar into the mouth . —Why ? Because I knew very well it was no use pouring vinegar into the mouth of a dead man .-Did you not think that
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of Gustavo , was tho result of a crime * I indeed suspected nSi . iuuch . —In what state vvero the month , of Gustave ; . and his face whon you washed them ? The mouth was lulf opon , the " lips white , and the tongue just as if it was decomposed . Abu witness further stated ' that the Count was nl'Jhr i , vomitiugs which lasted- throughout the , \ 3 , A " octor Wi > s s " for . He . came twice f « ¦ » t " ° , ™ Sut- Tho Countess told the doctor w « S ? nn ! J „ i St , ° - Qustavo ' t 0 cive Wm medical lS \ kn v Tm 8 a 11 thc while thnfc he was dead , of gS V vn ? out , » at-wns-in the pockets Sokothnnh V , 8 , '"" WhBt * y ° ttfimiinM » em ? A KViSthi 'Si ™^~? ° r thm , stoMto ? C pSSoSv ouS
. requested to scour the crutches of o 0 . tave with hot water ? les ; Madamo told me , and she afterwards old mo to burn thcm .-Why did she tell JS to burn them ? Madame saidthat- isho could wkbear the sight of anything that-had belonged to her unfortunate brother , Gustave . Fouguios , because it was too painful to iter . —And when you give her the other articles , the knife , thc studs , tho watch , the purso , and the poeketbook , did slw say the same thing—did she say anything about removing ttiein from her sight ? Sho wished to throw tho knife into the fire , but as to the other things , she took care to keep them . ( Sensation in the t'ourt . ) . The witness added , that on tho day after the death , tho Count had a quantity of papers burnt-a largo . box
Ml . '' . . tl . On Monday thc Court proceeded tohear lheovidenco of M . Stas , professor of chemistry at the Ecolo Militaive , living at Icelles .. It was to tho effect that after a number of experiments ho had ascertained beyond all doubt that deceased had been poisoned by nicotine , and that ho had succeeded in extracting a not inconsiderable quantity of that deadly poison from his tongue , stomach , liver , and lungs . On the clothes of deceased , and on the floor of the diiiiuoroom of tho chatfian , nf
Bitremont witness had also discovered traces of the pamo poison . He had likewise found nicotine in the partiall y putrified remains of the grey cat and other animals which the Count was accused of bavin * poisoned . He had tasted tho poison extracted from the deceased , and it burned the ton » uc like a redhot iron ; ho did notthiuk it could have been-poured into the glasses bttmistake without its strong ' smell causing lttobS ^ bserved , He was further of . opinion that after taking nicotine it would be impossible for any one to walk , but he could not say that they might not cry :
A witness then deposed to having taken a considerablo quantity of tobacco lo the chateau , and a labourer , named Debliqny , stated that he had assisted the Count in making nicotine and other chemical operations . The Countess dc Bocarme was so affected at the details of tho chemical operations on tho person of deceased made by M . Stas , that sho became indisposed , and tho trial had to bo suspended for some time . _ De Bocarme paid great attention to tho evidence . " It will be observed ttoit it tended to destroy his means of defence—viz ., that the nicotine had been poured out and taken by mistake .
In the sitting , on Tuesday , Dr . Zoude , a physician of Tournay , deposed that he bad examined the body of the deceased in the chateau of Bitromonfc on the 22 nd November , and had been struck by tho bruises and scratches on tho face , and by the burnings , by what appeared to be sulphuric acid , about the mouth . He had afterwards made an examination of the tongue , stomach , and other parts of deceased ' person , and the result at Which ho had arrived was , that deceased had been poisoned , and that the poison had been forcibly administered when he was in a horizontal position . He had also examined Count do Bocarme , and had noticed scratches on his hand , and that marks of a bito were on one of his fingers .
In answer to the advocate of thc fomalo prisoner , witness stated that it was possible , as deceased was a weak man , with only one leg , that the poison had been forcibly administered by only one person ; the person administering it had evidently placed one knee on bim and the other on the ground , and that was why a bruise had been noticed on one of the Count ' s knees . Dr . Mabouze , of Tournay , medical attendant to deceased , stated that he had also examined the body , and that his opinion was that death had been caused by poison forcibly administered when deceased was lying on the ground . Witness had never observed that the Countess had shown much affection for her brother ; on the contrary , she seemed very indifferent to bim . Deceased's father had declared on his death-bed that he had beun poisoned , but that was because he had taken an overdose of a very violent remedy prescribed by a French physician .
Four witnesses were then called on behalf of tho Countess ; their evidence was to the effect that sho had always shown affection to her brother , and that immediately after being arrested , sho , whilst weeping bitterly , had said that it was her husband who had knocked down deceased and forced the poison into his mouth . The l ' RocuKBim do Roi then proceeded to present his rcquisitory . Ho began by remarking on the enormity of the crime , on the vile motive
which caused it , on the base cowardice with which it was planned and executed , lie maintained that it had long been premeditated by both the accused . He denounced tho Count as a vile swindler and cheat , as an infamous delauche , as a brutal coward , and as a monstrous hypocrite ; and his wife as a vain frivolous creature , without real affection for anyone . He then entered into an elaborate examination of the facts of the caso , and argued that they fully proved the cool and deliberate perpetration of a carefully planned murder by both the
accused . The Procureur de Roi had not concluded when tho Court rose .
The Late Fatal Boiler Explosion At Kisos...
The Late Fatal Boiler Explosion at Kisoswood . —The fears entertained on Tuesday that the old man , John Burclicll , would not survive the injuries he had received , was unhappily realised tho same evening , when the unfortunate man breathed his last , and made the eighth victim of the final occurrence . The coroner's inquest was resumed on Thursday , at the Rose and Crown Tavern , St . George ' s . —Samuel Osborne deposed that ho had been employed at Mr . Braine ' s colliery for fourteen or fifceert years . On Saturday morning , at about half-past four o ' clock , he was at tho Starveall pit . The men wero there earlier that morning , as they were getting ready to put- in a new boiler . John Buvchell , who is dead , was thc engineman , and
drove the engine . Witness asked him when he got to the works , whether ho had not got all his coal up so that tho men might go to work preparing for the putting up of the boiler . He said he had not . and he should not have done it before twelve o ' clock . Witness then told him that the boiler was out of gauge , and that the men had better go to tho deep pit , and como up there , and that he had bettor leave off at once . He said , yes , it was out of gauge , and the water would be off the bottom of it in two hours , and it would blow up . — Abraham Golding deposed that he was at the pit on the Saturday morning , at half-past four o ' clock , and was assisting to roll the new boiler towards the pit . Three of the men—Mountain , llickctts ,
and Samuel Bryant—began moving some of the stonework . They had not moved much when the accident occurred , and witness found b / mself buried under the ruins . Hubert Palmer , a mason , was at the pit , and saw Mr . Braine there . Heard him ask the man at the engine what more ho had to do . He replied to haul another journey of men up . Mr . Braine told him that ho had better blow his steam off , and let the men go round to tho deep pit , and come up there , Mr . Braine said it was proved that tho engineman had said that there was little or no water in the boiler , and that he yet went on for three hours . He thought that would explain the accidoBt . —Mr . Thomas Bush , engineer , stated that he had listened
to tho evidence and examined tho boiler . The boiler was in better order than many working boilers , and was of sufficient strength for the pressure used . The accident , he had no doubt , was produced by a want of sufficient water . It might have been caused in two ways—first , by the pump injecting , when thc engine started , cold water on to a red-hot bottsm ; second , thc stroke of tho engine at starting might have caused ebullition , and tho water being thrown over a heated surface , though not red-hot , would have suddenly o-enerated a large quantity of steam . Should think thc latter the true cause , as the boiler presented no appearance of having been red-hot . The removal of the masonry
had nothing to do with tho accident . —Mr . Braine explained tiiat the boiler was removed , not from any apprehension of danger , but because it did not produce as much steam as was required for the engine .-Mr . Grace , surgeon , having proved that tho deaths of the summers resulted from the explosion , the Coroner summed up the evidence . Several witnesses wero examined , and after a short consultation , returned the following verdict' "That the decoascd parties died from injuries caused by an explosion of steam from thc ' bursting of the boiler of a certain steam-engine , and that the exp . o-sion was caused by want of care and attention on the part of John Buvchell , the engineer , who had charge of the said ericiiie "
Ihe liener Zeitwig publishes a list of twentynine individuals who wore sentenced on the 7 th by the oMirt-martial of Vienna for various potty otlenccs against the Emperor , such as speaking irreverently of hia Mnjesty and of the army , and insuimng the po'icR ; all were lo receive corporal punishment , with a cane or rod ; among the condemned is one woman . So fewer than three of her Majesty ' s inspectors of schools have published opinions that the time has como for an education rate .
• A riioomnker , living in Glasgow , has hero committed to prison for thiny d :. ys for docking tut tails of sever :-. ! cowr , and stosling the hair .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14061851/page/1/
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