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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. .September 16, 1848...
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MORE CHARTIST ARRESTS. fTisTis Be?. Jose...
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8 The Northern Star. .September 16, 1848...
8 THE NORTHERN STAR . . September 16 , 1848 .
More Chartist Arrests. Ftistis Be?. Jose...
MORE CHARTIST ARRESTS . fTisTis Be ? . Joseph Barker , of Sheffield , was appro-55- *¦* ¦ - > * . * an Monday ev 2 nin ? , at Bolt » n , by Folice m / v ? . n / v ? .-Lt » iident Beswicb . of Manchester , and "twist-IK ; iM -. 0 s bench warrant , issued by Mr Justice « - ; r r- ; r v . fii , » tthe late Liverpool assises , upon in lniMjhaorc . nt charging him with forty-five others with Wssr-wsr-WM v at Manchester Mr Joseph Barker had oen ? " on- " to Bolton to deliver a political lecture , and riritu nth a view to going through the termi of addressing bae she electa * y , -B erday as a candidate , from the hot . iinViocs- C : «»««¦ . the latter object was frustrated , iifiCriKC : ths election a « Bolton hatf been fixed to eTO . ne « oe « ce at ; -- > n i / clock , the hour at which Mr Barker
nras ims br-. -jyct before the magistrates at MaBchetter . SSVirteu o rmightbetora the bench respectable bail was ssnd 3 nd ?«' - and he was set at liberty . Qnthe previous lay ay Wiiite . the Bradford Chartist , who had been lakeafcen by the Manchester police before , but not on a rrsrrrsr ^ rit . -aa brought before the magistrate * , inllBddeded ia the fame indictments * Mr Buker , and « as llso Iso cd'i to bail , himself in £ 100 and two sureties sac aaca ! n £ 50 . It was stated that be was previously jjt fatfes sureties « n another charge of the same nature . A ! Ax :-iher Chabust Comuihed —On Monoay , be-DBre jre tbe sitting magistrates , at the Court House , Bradraditrri . J ; hn Smyth , secretary to the Chartist ( ooroonrii in the town , and the principal leader of the Hhs-JhR-tists ia that locality , was brought up for further
ixanxaoiaation . The police produced a number of : » apiap ^ rs and documents found in Smyth ' s home on the iiighight of the 23 . d of August , when he was appreiienienrter } . shich clearly showed his connexion with the 2 haJhaU ; si movements in the neighbourho-id . A pers » n » n nanjfcd Michael Flinn , a member and secretary nf of one « ' tbe Chartist eectHns , proved that Smyth iiadiad acted as the secretary of the Chartist council lit It Bradford during the late disturbances and medicated rsutb' -eak . The magistrates resolved to commit iSmSmvlh to York Castle for trial at the next gaol deliivdre— ? i > v refused bail , and he was forthwith !? en ? ent c : t to York . The three otherprisoners , namely , JJotfob- ; I . nitty , Nathan Smith , and T . Bentley , were idisdisfbsiTxd . there not beingsufficientevidsneeagainst itbitheni .
I CyiitTi * r ArpaKHESSioss at Saomsworih—On TrTa : <&? night , aparty of police amstcd the following peperf ? r : ss « Saddleworth , on & charge of sedithn and Cocon-. ' racy in attempting to create an nclawful as sesem . - . V , ¦ -Ganve Piatt , William Lillie , John Robinaoaon Zsvakim , Thomas Wild , John Kershaw , John RRvai , John Posson . James Nield , James Lees , JflJo * t : ii -i Cgd-.-n , John Walker , and John Farral . S-sco ' -b Abbbsi of Mb Geoeok Whitx . —On SiSnttv ? y issf , George White , one of the Chartists indiclndc : > ' in the late indictment at Liverpool , was apprprefeendtd under a bench warrant , at Rochdale , by Stoui' = r ; t : ieiiarot Fowier , of the county constabulary . OiOn J-b ; following moraine , he was brought up at the
BBor'tgh Cu-rt , to give bail for' his appearance at TJLive :. *! oi . Io answer to questions frnm the bench , hihe i ? -ii no raided in Bradford ; that he had lately bibee ; aspged io conductinga small periodical in this Utowz :- sai teat he paid £ 7 a-year rent for his house , I The iti « -ner was then required to find bail in two eieurWiss in £ 50 each , acd his own recognisances in £ £ 10 " . —Prisoner : I am already under two fifties , and II a : ; i .--t--hiding such a situation as to warrant such I baL— Mr 3 Iaude : —I have mothitg to do with any c etht f sha-i * in any other place . —The prisoner then ¦ i -app ' ibj tb =. t the bail might be divided amongst sey verL ' . :-Jieius . —Mr Beswick said it was ordered at
] Livcrpc ^] , rhit if the prieoners could not find two l suretfsa : n £ 50 , four in £ 30 would be accepted . — 1 Mr riTatsde * aid if the prisoner could not find the 1 bail ro required , it would be open to make an 1 aprlk- siW' : j for a similar division . The prisoner was i flier , rcsiored . Bl : » . — ASOIHEB AUHKST AM ) CnMMirTAL . —On Mw-. iay last , Joseph B . wker . of Woolfieid . asohool-BBstr r . 'ss apprehended by Superintendent Sellar ? , and tsfcen before the Hey weed magistrates , charged vrlia uaviug . on the 13 h of August last , used sed . ; . "i > laagusgeat Hey wood . He wa « committed for fiivi , tut was afterwards admitted to bail , his SuriTts ^ wipg Mr David Thomas , cloth manufacturer , . vgar street ; and Mr John J . mfs . lamplighter and stvcs-i ^ nt , Princes street . —Mancliesler Guardian .
MiftXHEsrsH . — Oa Thursday , Patnck Deilya . plusbjf ui : & elaeier , and W . Groc tt , iuc'uded in the mor E-er kdktments preferred against them , at the late Livcrpsr . l assizes , were brought before tbe Manchester magistrates on bench warrants , and commit sd for trial at the next assiza Bail wa- fixed by i ^^ < To gistrates , at two sureties in £ 50 each , for eae- prisanrr . It was stated that they were provided wit' « ail . Baiz-rozD . —At an early h- ? ur on Wednesday mart & £ - i «*» c Jeffirson . bstter known by the cognorr .-u ot ' Wat Tyler , ' was apprehended at a lone pub :: c ' . uu » near Swilling , a few miles from Bradford , iiirce constables pounced upon bim while be wa > : ^ k-cp . On Thursday he was examined before tbe -ittiv . o magistrates at Bradford , and committed to Yr > tk Castle fur trial for seditious conspiracy .
CwHirrsLCFTHB BbadfoedChabtists—Thepriscnt . rs apprehended during the past fortnight on s cnr . r ^ e of being concerned iu the wid esprfid eoi-apiracy tbroufhont these districts , were wot set before the magistrates in their priva e room at tie Courthouse on Saturday last . The nine persoil- apprehended on the evening of the 23 rd of Aug . in 12 eir dub room , in Silsbridge-lane , were first plaecu at tco bar ; their names were D . Lindon , A . Strriton , T . Wilkinson , T . Ibbo ' . son , E . Wilman , Ridefcsigb , J . Hsllawell , E . Power , and W . Wood . —Police Superintendent Ingham pr » . vtd that he , with other fffieera , apprehended the priaeners in the Chsiiist Clab-rooo , in Victoria-street , Sit-bridgelane : ihzi E . Power had in his possession several books , at isk ^ tand , pen and pencil ; and that in the books wera enteredai 'leaders' the names of
RidehaJg-J : Power , Wilman , Wilkifison . -T . Ibbotson . HellaweULuido" and Strattou . —Poiiceman Wood swore to having seen all the prisoners taking a part in Chartist proiwionsat various time . " , particularly on Sunday , tae 23 n May , when a prrcassion left the town tow & rt's Padding-hill , where a Chartist meeting was U 3 ing b ; ld —A person named R ibert Eramett , an engine tender , residing in Victoria-street , Silabridge-iane . was the principal witness examined . — He stated tbat he had lived in Bradford six month ? . Hehnew ail the prisoners except London . They met in rh ^ section-room , Victoria-street , Silsbridge-lane . Powe ? waj the secretary , and he had heard him call ever the same * . They subscribed mmey to purchase pikes . A great many pikes were purchased .
Each ' . sin toik hia own pike home . The" were te fight tr , r tke Chirter wi h these pikes . They had ta'kcci m to what would be the best plan to tike Bradford , snd seize upon the magistrates and hold them aa Lostaees until such time as government granted the Charter . The rule was to have a corporal for every fourteen men , and a sergeant for every twesty-eight , and a superintendent officer for every fuit ? men . Tlie Serjeant , whose name was WibiuEj hci absconded . Wood and Hellawell were both corporaia . Witness waa chosen for a superior officer , to it ^ pect the drilling , to see when they were
comtiOte . He had a pike brought to his house by Wilson , «>!• : > heloed him to put it on the staff . The No . 1 & z < iiion , which consisted of 700 aud of which witness vad a member , were to take up the eas works and throw the town at that end into darkcess . He had YvZfH many discussions in the section as to the plan ¦ •' - vnk ' uig the town . The plan of taking the town • -:. ; Jiscassed the week before Brad ' ord summer : ; » i- "—T "; e prisoners were severally cwnmUted for trial rk iho next York ss ^ izas , the bail required of eachlViii g two sureties in £ 100 each , and the-aselves in £ 2 t » 0 —Tbe other prisoners in custody were further remsiled till Monday .
Cbas . tkm at Bradford—On Mondiy last three men named Benjamin Laycock , Francis Carmedy , and Paul Iloidswortb , and a woman named Martha Holnw . v . sro brought before tbe magistrates at Bradi ' on ! , elided with assault and ronbery . The comprint ar « M out of tbe committal of the nine persons to u-, k Castle for seditious conspiracy . It seems that * hi-n Robert Emmett , the chief witness against thc-a nviaoaen , wa % going to b \ s residence in Victoria z > UbV , Silibridge lane , absut ten o ' clock , he encouni :. r «< l z large number of his neighbors who were as ^ > abUd for the purpose of giving him a warm reception iu consequence of his having acted the part cf what they termed a ' spy , ' and having 'received blood money . ' Emmett had no sooner
appeared in the street than he was attacked by several of the mob . He fought with some of his assailants , amidst loud threats against his life , and it wu only when he declared he would drown aperson , whom he he held by the hair of the head , beneath the water at the baUorn of Victoria-street , where he had taken refuge from bis assailants , that they ceased to attack him , although the more violent were urged t-- > hill him . ou tho pie * that he would know some of them . aud they won'd be punished oa a subsequent occasion . Ia the at'a : k , a tharp instrument was applied to Emmett ' a petton , in the eadeavoyit to cui his sockets away , and he was thus deprived cf hl « pock- ts containing Us . 4 J ., asd severely wounded ia tbe abdomen . The prisoners were apprehended on Saturday afternoon , acd on Monday Emmett identified them as having taken & principal part in the attack and robbery . They were all committed to York Castle
for trial at the next a ? s zes . Ssvoral other parties aw ' wanted ; ' but since Saturday Victoria-street , whioh is a stronghold of Chaithm , has been ueserted by its male inhabitants , no fewer than thirty-six persons bavin ? absconded . —When this cause had been disposed of , three women , named Sarah Lindon , Ann Cactwell , and Rosanna Power (* ivesof well-known Cnartists ) , and two of whosehusbands were ronmitted on Friday j , and a young man named Joseph Liy cock , '' were also brought up , charged with threatening the life of Ann Emraatt , wife of R . Emmett . They were required to enter into securities for tbeir good behaviour , aud were reooved to the eel ' s in default of sureties . Tho police removed Emmett ' a goods on Saturday evening , and he ia now living in another part ef tbe town . He is to be removed to Manchester , for there is at present neither peace nor safety for hisa in Bradford . ExAHDfAnea of Chabxish at ABuroif . —On Wednesday the men charged with being accessory to the Wider of Brigh * , the policeman , Here again brought
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np at the Town Hall , Ashton . They are eight in number : —Joseph Constantino , Thomas Tasker , John Sefton , Thomas Eenworthy , Thomas Lattimer , William Parker , James Wrigley , aad William Win . terbottom . —Mr Newton , the chief constable , not having sufficient evidence against the prisoners , applied for a further remand till Monday nrxr , when he believed he should be in a position to bring the necessary evidence against them . The prisoners expressed great dissatisfaction at this application , saying they wished their trial to came on as soon as possible , bat they were told by the magistrates that this was not to be their final trial ; tbat would not
cirne en till next assizes—Mr John Brooks , attorney , who appeared for Wrigley , urged that the further remand of the prisoners was unconstitutional and contended that there was no evidence against them , m Mr Newton enly stated that he believed he should bave evidence next Monday . He thought that Mr Newton was not the proper person to judge what evidence was acceptable in the case , becaasa the evidence given to him would not be on oath , as it would be in conrt . There was a great difference between evidence before the magistrates and before the chief constable . The magistrates , however , overruled this objection , and granted the remand applied for .
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THE LATE POISONINGS IN ESSEX . DISCOVERT OF MORE ATROCIOUS MURDERS . A searching investigation has been set en foot by the authorities , during the last few days , amongst the inhabitants of Thorp , Kirby , Ramsey , Wis , Mistley , Bradfield , Great Oakley and places adjacent , in consequence of suspicions which had betn raised that tbe system of poisoning which has resulted in the txaminatiou of Mrs May , and the committal for trial of Mrs Southgate , has been pursued to a frightful extent in these parishes , and that afar
larger number of peisinsthan at first supports have fallen victims to the diabolical practices which have p revailed , and which have recently been brought to light . The Tendering Hundred , in which these atrocities have been oerpetrated , contains thirty parishes , and about 21 , 000 souls . The parishe ? are very extensive . Tbe instruction of the poor seems to have been neglected to a most unusual extent . It is a fact which has been lately advanced , that nice out ef every ten of the children of these parishes receive no instraotion whatever beyond the pernicious example of tbeir ewe parents .
The first discovery made in connexion with this atrocious system was that of William Constable , of the parish of Wix . Suspicion having arisen tbat be bai been poisoned , his body was exhumed . Mrs May his sister-in-law , was found guilty and executed at Chelmsford . It bas since transpired that Mrs May had during her life a ? many as thirteen children , and it is a remarkable fact tbat although only two are alive no one knows anything respecting tbe others . Tbe parish registers show nc record of interment , aud the authorities , on makirg the most searching inquiries , express their total inability to gain any \ n formation as to the manner ia which the bodies have been disposed of .
Owing , it is said , . to a confession made by Mrs May , previous to her execution , the attention of the authorities was directed to the case of Thomas Ham . Thfs body was disinterred , and on the evidence that h . ~? tied been poisoned , his wife was committed on the Coroner ' s warrant to take ber trial for the murder . By the evidence it was shown , that ' the wife of the deceased ( Ham ) was married to a man named Sontogate a few weeks after her first hnsoand ' s death . From what bas since transpired , there can be no doubt that Southgate had been carrying on a
criminal intercourse with Mrs Ham prior to her first husband ' s death . As it appears tbat when the investigation into the cause of Ham ' s death commenced , Mrs Ham , in reply to an observation from Southgate { to whom by tbat time she was married ) , said , ' Well , John , you know I did it for you , ' The deceased , Ham , had been in perfect health up to within two days of his death . When he was taken ill he complained of pains in his body and sicknessi He retched violently , gradually became worse , and died before the surgeon could see him .
The case ti which the authorities are now directing their attention is that of a person named Nathanid Batton , formerly a resident in the parish of Ramsey , who died Sept . 30 , 1816 , a few days after the death of Mrs May ' s first husband , about whom seme suspicion also exists . No suspicion was at the time attached to the death , and probably nothing weuld have teen beard of it had it not been for the two cafes already mentioned , and from the fact that Mis Button had been asked in church . ' for another marriage with a man who had been lodging in her house , and who , after the disclosures which had been made , wished the ceremony ta be postponed , ' to see whether the } w uid pull Button up . ' It waa also ascertained tbat M : j Batton was on intimate terms of friendsirp
with Mrs May and Mrs Soutugate . These circumstances cuming to the knowledge of the authorities , they ( as before stated , not having the power of exhuming the bjdy ) have transmitted to the Coroner an immense quantity of evidence , in order thathe may take the necessary steps for fully investigating the nutter . From this evidence it appears that Button was well until the day before his death . He was seized with illness after partaking of some food prepared f r him by his wife . Scon afterwards he staggered towards the door , purged violently , and threw up large quantities of matter of a greenish colour . He died in a few hours . He had frequently been hear i t-j say he was afraid to take anything from hi" wife , as he was convinced she wanted to poison hira . When informed that her husband ' s body was to be disinterred for the purpose of being
examined , she hastily exclaimed , < Well , if they find arsenic in h a body . I am sura I did not put it there . ' During the life of Button his wife was criminally intimate with a man called 'Bobby Peck , ' a circumstance which created much jealousy , and was productive of frequent altercations between the man and his wife . Almost immediately after the death of Button , Peck also died in a sudden and mysterious manner , since which time Mrs Button has become affianced to another man , and the marriage ceremony bas only been deterred iu consequence of the circumstances whica have come to light . The next case under examination is tbat of a per sou named Palmer , residing in Ramsey , who died shortly after Button , under somewhat similar circumstances . Almost immediately after his death Mrs Palmer left Ramsey , accompanied by a paramour , with whom she bad been long intimate .
Pa'mer , it appears , was a hard-working , industrious man , following the occupation of a farm labourer . He had been at bis work until the day before nis de & tb , aud up to that time had been in perfect health . After partaking of some food which had b * en prepared by his wife , he became sick . He retired to bei , and within a few hours died in the most fVi ^ ' Hiful agony . Tha case of Phoebe Reade , one of the witnesses against Mrs Southgate , is also under investigation . This person was in the service of Mrs Southgate
during the life of her first husband . The authorities were induced to make inquiry into the case in consequence of circumstances which transpired during the inquest on Ham . Reade deposed that Mrs Ham ( Southgate ) had had six children , but that only one w :: B alive . Mrs Southgate then pointedly asked Read ;? how many children she had had . Reade ad mittcd that she hao \ had five , ( all illegitimate ) , bat thai only ene was alive . From the fact tbat none of the children have been ill mere than a day or thirty hours at the most , the whole of these bodies are to be disinterred .
Mrs Southgate ' * children , six in number , in tho language of the neighbours , ' dropped off short , ' and were opposed to have been 'white powdered' ( poi . soned by arsenic . ) These cases are likewise to un der ^ o ir . q uity . Tue tjvm of Great Holland , in the Tendering Union , has also , it is suspected , been the scene of one , if not mure , of these dreadful poisonings . From the investigation which bas taken place , it appears that a man named Brudger died suddenly some time since , in great agony , hiving been well and at his work until within a few hoars before his death . He went out in the morning , and returned home at twtlve o ' clock , when he partook of some dumplings which had been made by his wife . Whilst eating these dumplings , he cat eff a slice for the purpose of giving it to one of bis children who was sitting
testae him . , bat his wife hastily rose , and rushing towards him snatched it out of his hand , declaring that the child should not taste a bit of it , because it would do him no good . A . few minute * after his dinner he was seized with illness , and died in the most excruciating torment during the night . The sudden death of this man caused same talk at the time , more especially as it was stared in the village that Brudger ' s head after be died vta $ a * big as a ' bushel ruea-ure ; ' but the excitemen ' . gr-dually wore off and nothing more was thought ot tbe matter until i ; a revival , in consequence ot tha dtc iveriea made respecting Mrs May and Mrs Southgate , with both of wh'im Mrs Brudger was intiooate . The body ofthe tuubwd and those of the children are to be exhumed , fur ths purpose of having the coatetiis of the stomach analysed . in
Two other cases are under conside ratio n—ona the parish of Tendering , and another in the pawn ot Bradfieid . In the former the keeper of » bearsnop , na-aed Brown , ia the subject ot inquiry ; anU in tne latter , the body of a person named Goas , who , tnere is little doubt , was poisoned , is to be e ? bnm ^ f" 1 the entente ofthe stomach submitted tea medical m & u for examination * ... .. . „ . . _ la the investigation o ^ these cases it has bem ascertained thatnTost , if notall , owe tbeir origin to the existence of what are in this part of the country calhd'Death Clubs . ' These clubs are comuosed chiefly of the cla » s of persons tq which those alluded to bdont ? , and the manner in which the business is mana-ed may be thus described . A person , manor woman , enters one of these clubs , agreeing to pay a sum of sevenpenceper quarter , at the same time ap ipointing a nominee , at whose death the subscribing I party receives £ 10 or £ 8 , according to the number ' of pef toug enrolled , la addition to the - subscription ,
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each member of the club pajs sixpence extra on tbe death of any nominee . Tbe hope of £ 8 or £ 10 is proved toba the motive that prompted Mrs May to poison her brother-in law , and it has no doubt ope rated as prejudicially oh the minds ef many others who'e conduct will hereafter form the subject of a judicial icqairy . Mrs Southgate waa a member of one of these o ' uhs . Mrs Button was al'O a member , aud rewind £ 8 on the death of her husband . The death clubs seem to hare been productive of the roest disastrous consequences , and to have held out a premium to murder which would not have otherwise existed .
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WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH CHARTIS M AND THE CHARTISTS ? * { From Vought Jenold ' s Newspaper . ) Modern Chartism , in its original form , i * the offspring oi Whig finality . The spirit of its early principles was a solemn protest against the treachery and violated promises ofthe authors of the Reform Bill . While the popular parly were struggling to effect the annihilation of rotten boroughs and the enfranchisement of tbe large towns , they first called tbe middle classes to tbeir aid , but rinding this assistance , however powerful , insufficient to carry out the measures proposed , they called into existence the political unions ; and to ensure their zealous co-operation , a distinct pledge was given to the working classes that they should receive the suffrage from the gratitude and justice of the reformed parliament . The victory was gained , tbe middle claseea snared its fruits , but the mechanics and artisans were not enly forgotten by those whom they had contributed to raise to power , but their remonstrances were laughadat , and their
petitions spurned . The diceptioa thai had been practised was now transparent ; it was manifest tbat the real object of the movement was simply to elevate Whiggery on ihe ruins of Toryism ; that the liberty ofthe millions was never contemplated ; that they were used as tools with a premeditated design to treat them ns dupes . It was said ofthe late Earl Grey that he shuddei ea on looking at the Frankenstein of his own creation , and as much to quell his own fears as those of others , he solemnly avowod that he would' stand or fall with his own order . ' Lord John Russell , at that time one of his subordinates , took the cue from his terrified chief , and proclaimed finality . He resisted the motions of Mv Tannjsoa D ' Bjncouitto substitute triennial for septennial parliaments , ind defeated Mr Grote on the ballot . Honourable men , who respected the faith of promises , blu « hed at the tergiversation of their leaders ; the Whig majority dwindled away to an evanescent fraction , for their moral power was lost
whea their treachery was avowed ; they retreated on expeditney , for when men have violated truth , they are not unprepared lo equivocate with justice ; tbey shuffled and haggled ; and , as the kst desperate effort to regain their forfeited popularity , proposed to interfere with those Corn Laws wMch their prime minister , Lord Melbourne , hud just before declared wero so sacred that none but madmen would venturu . to disturb their enactment . Amid 'the curses of hate and the hissings of scorn , ' t ^ y were hurled from office , and Toryism , which the Whig" ! might havo exterminated forever , once mote placed Us han 1 on the helm of State . While these events were progressing , the more intelli . gent and high minded of those who were tbe leaders of the political unions , deeply and justly aggrieved at tht perfidy of which they had been the victims , determined te make nu effort to obtain those electoral rights guaranteed to them by tho Whigs ; and with these vitws tbey adapted ,
word lor word , the principles drawn up by the DuUo ot Richmond , in 1780 , and embodied them in tbe document known as the ' People's Chiirt » r . ' When this new move ment was first organised , not a syllable was breathed oi physical force ; every man relied for success on mora ) priwer . But political speculators soon caroe uyon tde scene , seeking to turn the imitation to pecuniary profit and personal aggrandisement . Cunning suggested a newspaper as the special organ of the new doctrines , and it soon degenerated into an organ of man worship . Everyone nho disdained to be the tool of a dictator was hunted down ; an agent was appointed in every town to invent lalse reports ; there was to be no rival near the throne ; the profits were to be unshared - , and , in the name of freedom , the press denounced all independence of thought , ail liberty of action . They who founded the Charter were disgusted at the intolerance of the political mountebank who affected tho virtue of an Ariitidvs
aad the wisdom of a Solon j they retired fr » m the con . test , and left the game ia the bands of the betrayer ofthe cause . Thea excitement superseded calm reflection , for excitement , increased the circulation of the newspaper , and from it arose tho hateful doctrine of physical f -rce . The public were told that they must choose between the leadership of Feargus O'Connor or that of Peel or Russell ; and the good and wise did not hesitate to make a very obvious choice . Thus , as finality gave birth t » Chirtism , sodid physical lorce organise Conservatism , In both cases liberty was destroyed by professiug Liberals , the charlatans of politics . At length the truly Liberal party attempted a new combination , under the title * . f tae ' Complete Suffrage Association- ' The excellent MrSturge was Us president . It failed , chiefly through the ruffianism of physical furcs , which rudely interrupted the tneetiuRS at the command of a dictator , as it also interrupted
the meetings of tbe Anil Com Law League . Emboldened by success , Chartism braved the law of the laad , aud many of these deluded men expiated their offences by imprisonment and transportation . But liberty did not spring from thcr martyrdom ; they had injured instead of aided the causa of popular enfranchisement ; they bad alarmel property , and property called for the enactment of new penal laws , wKich strengthened the oligarchy , and put new weapons' into the hands of misrule . This insane conduct kas again manifested itself within the last few weeks , and what lias been the first result of the madness ! Why the police have leen drilled in the use of the musket , aud mow paradetfce streets with a cutlass at their sides . True liberty mourns over this addition to the standing army , and when it seeks its author , it finds it in physical f « rce Chartism . Freedsm has suffered mwe from its false friends than Irom its real foes .
We have seen that Whig treachery organised political disaffection , audt ; at the teachings of Feargus O'Cuunor revived the strength of Toryism , emasculated by tbe Reform Bill . We consider him and Lord John Russell as the two greatest enemies of rational liberty who have figured since 1832 , albeit tbeir tactics have been very dissimilar . Lord John smote freedom whenhe destroyed the moral . prerfiye of his own part * ; O'Concor aided despotism wh « n he broke up the original Chartistparty by encourazing physical force , denouncing good men who comblned for the national welfare to make personal tools of bad men who conspired against peace and order . But we pass from these quacks fr > consider ' What is to be done with the Chartists V
Itisourconvlctlcn that the physical force geitryare numerically insignificant , and that their real influence lsaBiiwignificanta aTethewnumberB . We are also satlsfiedthat they would wholly disappear and no longer be heard of , if the government merely showed a disposition to act on principles of justice . There is enough of enlightenment in the country to persuade tbe great body of the people that their only hope of political redemption lies iu moral power , and it is precisely because they Unve that perception that they so heartily despise the moral obliquity of their rulers . It is ust less to disguise what is notorious jthepeople have no resptct for parliament , nay , they absolutely contemn it , and this , after all , is tVe most fearful sign ofthe times . The mechanics aud artisans of Britain have no desire to eat their bread in idleness , but they reasonably expect fair compensation for fair work , aud that they do not receive . The bulk of tho taxes is drawn from their industry , and thay bave no share in voting or distributing them . When eraploymentis eagerly sought for , hut without success , the operative is treated as a criminal , thrust into a Union , and separated from
his wife and family . In his case poverty is not a mis . fortune , but a high offence against the State . The govern , ment will not accept his oroff irei labour , because thai would violate the rules of a miserable policial economy , which , in defiance ofthe teachings of Christ , saye , ' Thou shalt not love thy neighbour as thyself , ' and sets at naught the holiness of the Samaritan principle . But this very government , under the inspirations of political economy , takes upoa Itself to annihilate employment , as in the recent prohibition of railways ; it does so , when it shackles trade by tariffs and forces industry into unpro . fitablecbannelsjit does so when it admits from other countries those commodities which we can ourselves produce , and excludes those which we cannot produce ;!! does so , when it throws the labour of convicts into competition with the lahiiur of honest ineii , guiltless of crime ; it does so , when it limits the amount of legal tender and fixes the price of coined gold . It U tyranny such as this , trickery such as this that maddens a hungry people into fury , and causes them to bate th « institutions under which they live and by which they are oppressed .
Tho people know that political reform is not an end , but the moans to an end . The end sought for is tho en . joy ment of existence , so that lite may he ablessine , not a curse . Tn & y therefore demand the electoral suffrage as an instrument by which they may secure to themselves a just share of that wealth which their labour produces . It is falsa to say that tbey desire the destruction of property ; on tbe contrary , their complaint is that their own property is not respected . Thty recognise the distinction between ' mine and thine , ' and simply demand tbat they may bave the benefit of tbe principle involved in that diatincti-n . But how can this bo if they are excluded fr * m all power in the choice ot their rulers . ? Were they ruled wisely and justly , and if their condition bore testimony to tnat wisdom and justice , it is very probable they would be content to leave tho stewardship of their » ff iir » where it is bow deposited ; but it happens that they are wronged , and therefore is it that they demand redress .
We believe that modern statesmanship utterly mistakes tho age with which it has to deal . It looks too much at the past , too little at the present . Itfodows old preoedents , fearing to create new ones . When Lord John Russell Is driven into a corner , he quotes Fox ; l'eel retreats upon Harris , the assay-master of Queen Anne . Administrative wisdom consists in conserving property in its transmitted form , regardless of the claims of exist , ing industry . Tho principle of progress is admitted , but stationary tact ' xs aro acted upon . We inherit a huge debt' av . d we . must keep faith with the public creditor ; that ' secured , no heed is taken of the public debtor . Taxes cannot be remitted beeau . e dividends must be paid , and to give additional security for payment , taxes must be increased to maintain an army and a police by which payment m » y be enforced . Power shifts the weight of fiscal burdens on the powerless ; theiefore power pur . chases a seat in parliament , and disfranchises those who micht otherwise protest against the injustice of the arrangement . Wo thus arrive at the government of a class the object at which it aims , and the means by which it attains its ascendancy Here also we find the fuel whioh feeds the flame of Chartism .
The session cf parliament , now drawing to a close , has done nothing to conciliate the disaffected . It has extinguished even hope , aud preached resignation in tho withering language of despair . It has displayed noother activity than the activity of coercion . Though , in six months , our exports havo fallen off to the extent of five millions , indicating a corresponding Want of employment among our productive classes , nothing has been done to invigorate commerce , or rectify the lost balance of foreign trade by promoting the home trade . Lucky is the man in business who can pry his way . None can accumulate , save the usurers , and their gains are tax-s on iadustry . Our burdens intveaso , while our means
diminish , sure indications of a sinking empire , undermined from within by ministerial incompetency , assailed from without by civic insubordination . To put down Chartism , we must deal differently with the" two sections of which it is composed . T . e strong hand ofthe law must be brou / ht to bear ou the advocates of physical force ; this tho public safety demands , as well aa the real interests of rational reform , which can never progress or win over friends while tho integrity of public order is assailed . With those Chartists who seek for the exercise of constitutional rights through moral power , we must deal in a spirit cf justice , ana concede at once whutcannut be indefinitely postponed . No , sophistry can gloss over tho injustice of taxing wm vcU q
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are not rwreseatod . Statesmanship may modify the desire of exercising the suffrage , but ft cannot deny the right . It can only modify the desire by making men happy under the institutions which govern them , for then obedience is willingly paid . If , then , tho oligarchy wish to retain in their own hands a monopoly of government , tbey must take ou their own shoulders theexctu sive burdens of the State . They must substitute direct lor indirect taxation . They may then be as extravagant as they please , for tbey will have to draw on their own resources . Perhaps the great body of the people tni ^ t
accept such a compromise , inouga tne bargain would involve political servitude in exchange for fiscal humanities . But of this the oligarchy may rest assured , that , in spite of soldiers and police , the extinction of their order is not distant unless they can so contrive that every man able and willing to work shall find employ , ment at remunerating wages , whatever their pseudopolitical economy may aver to the contrary . Better that revenue should fail than that humanity should perish ; bttter sponge out the debt than exterminate life ; and the loss would not be Insupportable , should coronets and mitres disappear , provided nwn remained . Aladdin .
The National Land Company. The Labourer....
THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The Labourer . Nob , XIX , XX ., and XXI , A full , minute , and accurate history of the rise , progress , and present position of the National Land Company , will be found io the numbers ef tbe magazine at the head of this notice . The voluminous evidence taken before the iate Select Committee ot the House of Commons on tbe subject , has bees carefully and impartially condensed into a readable ab straet and narrative , which , apart from its intrinsic value as the veritable history of one of the most practical and comprehensive attempts that has ever been made to promote the independence of the work ing classes , must alio possess for the thousands who have embarked their little capital in the enterprise , a direct personal interest .
We know of no surer foundation for public confidence , thau publicity to all buunesB transactions ; and in tho course of tbe protracted examination instituted by tha Select Committee , every possible ramification of the Companv ' 8 affairs was minutely investigated , and the results fully set forth in tbe evidence . The important , and in one sense invaluable , financial reports of Messrs Grey and Finlaysan , present an accurate view of the whole of the monetary transactions up to tbe period they Were made ; and we may safely say that an fo . ua ! amount . ef integrity , er a greater spirit of devotion and self-sacrifice , never was displayed than b y Mr O'Connor , as shown hy those documents , which it was hoped would crush him for ever as a public man .
A lame portion of the number for the current month ( XXI . ) is occupied by a lucid and dispassionate review of the evidence , and an abstract of the proposals for obviating the legal objections to the Company elicited in the examination . The writer follows ' . he evidence step by step , and by au acute analysis of it , places the real questions at issue in a plain and businfhslike point of view , under the several heads if funds ; formation of the plan ; legality of the Company , and its practicability under the separate heads ; of-the practicability of the Small Farm S ) stem , acd the practicability of locating the shareholders on small farms within a reasonable time . The conclusion of the review deals with the plan in its social and political aspect as a remedy for existing national distress ; and we cannot give a better idea af tha style and spirit in whioh the whole question is treated than by extracting this part of tbe review : —
Tbo real government of this country bas been for a ureat number of jean iu the hands of the disciples ol Ualthus and Dr Adam Smith , ana under their auspices au tndus ' -rial snd commercial system has grown up ol . he most unsound aud vicioui description , The energise of thecountry hav « keen turned into wrong channels , and tbo great balk of the population made dependent on the demand in foreign markets fur manufactured goods , Iniitead of being employed in the production of the first necessaries of life . The 'Manchester School , ' as Mr Disraeli cal ' s the
party headed by Mr Cobden , have , of late years , exerterf themselves vigorously to extend the sphere and operations of this system , Ths great object of all their fffsrtu has been to find out new markets abroad , and to render . he industrial classes still more dependent on them for nork and food . It appears , hovrevtr , to bave escaped the attention of this party , that there were natural and political agecciesat work , which must inevitably counteract their tfforts , contract the number ot profitable markets , and increase the number of competitors In these markets .
It is natural and proper for every nation to develops to tbe utmost the industry ef Its population and its territorial capabilities . Commerce and manufactures are as necessary phases of society as the pastoral , hunting , snd purely agricultural stages which precede them . To suppose that we should he alio n « d to maintain exclative and undisturbed possesion of the new productive machinery invented by modern science , waq ridiculous ; tndhasbeon shown conclusively to bs so by the industrial history ot every nation , especially during the last quarter of a oi-ntury . Our old and near customers on the continent of Europe bave gradually acquired the power of supplying themselves with many things which they were
obliged to take from us at the commencement of the present century . Borne of them , besides attaining this poiat , go farther , and manufacture goods which not only compete successfully with ours in neutral mar . kats , bnt are actually imported into our own markets and drive out the articles of the home manufacture . The same thing has been goiag on In the Uuited States of North America ; year by year , tbeir manufacturing capabilities have been developed , and tbeir machinery augmented , and there is every probability , that , in the course of a comparatively short period , the ; will beat u-. < In every market in the world ; they have possession of natural aad political advantages against which it is Impossible for us to maintain our ground in the long rua , ,
Tie attempts to openntw markets by successive free trade measures , have so far proved a melancholy and complete failure , fiat , even were we to sicaeed in doing so to the utmost extent the advocates of that policy anticipate , we must ask if we could keep exolu-« iv » possession fit these markets ? Oar young rival , with all its gigantic energies fresh and unencumbered , would enter tbem along with us , On fashionable free trade principles , it would have a right to do to , audit would baat us . Having considered this suljaot very carefully , and with an anxious desire to ascertain tbe truth , we have
come , to tha Gtmcnstoa that the manufacturing system of Great Britain bas culminated . The new circumstances that bave grown up around us have totally altered our mercantile and manufacturing relations to other countries . It will be impossible ia future , by one present arrangements , to ensure work and wages to the operatives in the manufacturing districts . Fitful and brief gtimpies of prosperity may occasionally brighten the darkness , but the time has come when it is necessary to lnok ot ourpo > itloa oilmly aad carefully , and alter our industrial arrangements in such a way as to avert the evils whlohmustlnsvitablj result from blindly pursuing
our present eourfe . We look forward to tbe decline and ultimate extinction of tho manufacturing system wlthoutfrar or regret ; tbe pulse of the nation has beaten feverishly daring the whole of its existence ; tbe delirium of a paroxism , or the feebleness of a collapse , have followed each other lu succession , and the sot > ner tho country is saved from such alternations the better . But tbe millions who now depend on that system for mbjlstence , must be provided for In time by some o-hcr m-ana , In order to do this , we believe tbat our past policy mast be reversed , and that , instead ot lac-Wag to . ' oreign markets for salvation , we mutt create , develops , and sustain a good Homk Mibset .
Tne Pmi \ of the Lvau Company alms at accomplishing this great and important ot j eot . Iastead of employing a large portion of our population in the production » f anioUs for which there may be either no market at all , or , if sold , it must be at prices which do not remunerate ^ the labourer , the promoters of the Land Company propose to employ those for whom tho present system fails to provide work aad wages , In producing the first articles of human su & tlttence , and in adding to tbe raw material on which manufacturing industry may ba afterwards applied , A man who bat been employed in working up a bag of American cotten into shirts to bs worn at Sierra Leone , is by no means in so good a position , or so useful a labourer , as the man who has pro oueed out of English land—his own farm— o . ira ,. potatoes , vegetablus , pork , and butter , to ba carried to the neatest markat and there sold for the subsistence of bis neig h , ooure after he has first deducted what is requisite tot the comfortable aud healthy malnttaaace of himself nd family .
In the evidence of Mr Rsvaus , and , indeed , throughoat the whola of tha examination , it seems to hare been taken for granted that the allottees were necessarily to bs strictly confined to agricultural la ; our alme . This Is not the case , la Norway , where one man ia every twenty-two Is a Undo * proprietor , and the estates ar « v * ry smell , we find that agriculture and manufactures are carried on conjointly . The whole nation , according to the tettlnony ot Ur L ) lng—one of the best informed travellers— are well lodged , well fei , and well clothe J in tbolr household manufactures . LMure and peace of mind are largely enjoyed by them , and the feverish wHslttment which pervades English society under tho rel r'U of the Economists is unknown , Mt L & tag says : —
* Tbey farm , not to raise produce for sale , so much as I to grow every thing they eat , drink , and wear in tbeir ! own families , Thi y build their own bousss , make their own chairs , tables , ploughs , carts , harness , iron work , baiket . and woodwork , in short , except window glass , cast iron ware , and pottery , everything about their houses is of their own fiorlcatioa . There is not , pro . bablv in Europe , so great a population la . so happy t condition as these Norwegian Yeomanry . ' Now , although the allottees of the Land Company havo their : houses built for thera by tha Company In the first inJUnce , jot the prioolp ' o of self-support and douicstlo , manufactures , ao described by Mt Lalng to produce such happy renalts in Norway , would , if appliei hero , be generally beneficial . Bvary allottee ' s dwelling , dvwltig tho loag »* ghts , aud the . wet unworkable days ol winter ma ; become a cheerful soenti of in-ttoor Indus , try , Ata'lor or a shoemaker will not lose the ' canning of their right hanJa / fceaauso they have learned In aidutott how to as . ad . to e . spaae , Tbe new position , in
which tho occupants of these small farms will be placed , will , uo doubt , gradually develops new relations—con . joined with individuality of possession , oo-oprntton ef labonr for general purposes and general benefit will spontaneously grow up among them , and the whole beug la possesion , in the first instance , of the power of supplying the first most essential wants of onr naturethere would be lasting and solU foundation laid for national prosperity . Such , we understand the object of tbe Land Company to be . It alms at uniting the character of capitalist and labourer in tbe same person , and to emancipate labour
from the shackles of commercial feudalism , snd piece It In a position to act Independently . In the pursuit of this most important and most righteous object , no doubt errors may be committed , ia consequence of Inexperience —unexptoted obstructions and unforeseen difficulties m * y arise In tbe progress towards the goal , But these are the natural incidents to all great undertakings , and th < y can always be surmounted by nnioa and increased knowledge , arising from inoraSEd experience . It is a just , a holy , and rtn all-important object , and success will confer tbe highest and the purest blessings on all classes of society ,
Tbat success can oa ' y be obtained by the working olsssHB of this country rallying round the standard now erected . If tbey are true to themselves , their leader will not des ; rt tbem . It only requires tbat tbey should imitate him in zeal , perseverance , and determination , snd tbat , to the fullest extent of their pecuniary means , thoy should supply him with the appliaaoes for realising tbe object .
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MRS CUFFAY . Feilow CocsTBYMEtf , — We , the undersigned , make tbis appeal to you on behalf of tbe wife o f our friend and brother patriot , William Cuf % . Our object ia to place her in a situation in which she might be able to obtain a livelihood iu her old age . Sub-FCriptions received by Mr Thos . Murrell , Republican Tea stores , 5 , Berwick-street , Soho . and Mr H , Ford , Chartist baker , 11 , Berwick-street , Sobo . Post Office Orders to ba made payable to Mr Ford . Signed by the Committee , H , Ford , T . Mubiiku ,, £ . Phillips ,
The Unemployed Operatives Of Scotland.
THE UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES OF SCOTLAND .
TO IHE EPITOB OT THE HORTUEU N STA . U . Sir , —Permit me , through the medium of your valuable journal , to lay before your readers snd the public a true statement regarding the present conditiouof the unemployed operatives of Glasgow , some thousands of whom are in a worse condition than they were before the public took up their case in April last , The men have been thrown entirely on their owu resources since tha 26 th of August , in consequeace of the relief committee being without funds , and the authorities refuse to allow them to hold open air meetings . Through the kindness , however , of the , proprietors of the Victoria and Democratic Halls , the unemployed have met there since that period , and denotations from the meetings , "have waited upon the Lord Provost and others cf the magistracy , who said they could do nothing for them , but that they
were to go in search of harvest work . We wish the public to judge whether men accustomed to in-door work from infancy , such as moulders , cotton . spinners , oloths-Iappen , printers , & o ., without a sickle or ( he means of obtaining one , could work at reaping . But the magistrates say ' Go and offer yourself for half-price . ' A number of men did go to a farmer , and told him what the LnrdProvoataaid , and offered their services far tbeir . victuals . Tho farmer said ' I would rather give a regular reaper five shillings per day , and tell tbe Lord Provoat , from me , that I will give him my servant , who cannot write , to be his clerk , for half of that he pays for one . ' Tbe oper ttiveg therefore aof eal to the public in their present emergen 7 to consider what ought or should ba done . N . B . Tbe Committee will sit dally to receive donations , clothes , or food , in the Victoria Hall , No . 19 , Gallowgate-street , Glasgow . Hugh Fvjlios .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . DEWimmi . —A district delegate meeting will be held in tbe Chartist ' s meeting-room , on Sunday , September 24 th , when delegate ! from each locality in the district are requested to attend . Staltbridqe . —The meetings of this branch will , in future , be held on Sundays , at two o ' clock , p . u , commencing to-morrow , the l ? th instant . Bibmikobam . —The district meeting of tbe National Chartist Association will be held at the People ' s Hall , Lower Loveday street , Birmingham , on Sunday , the 24 th of September , when delegates will be expected from each locality in the district , at eleven o ' clock io tbe forenoon . John Williams , cor * responding secretary for Birmingham , 68 , Princessstreet , Birmingham , where all communications will be promptly attended to .
Hull —A general meeting of the Chartist body will be held ou Sunday evening , September 17 th , at the Temperance Hotel , Blanket-row . at seven o ' clock—The National Land Company will bold their meetings in the Wilberforce-rooms , every Tuesday and Friday evenings . Leeds . — -Mrs Theobald will deliver a lecture to mnrrow evening , in the large room ofthe Baztar . Old Sbildon . —The Land members of tbis branch will meet iu their room on Sunday afternoon , Sept . lT . h , at two o ' clock , ou business of importance . Todmdbden . —Tbe Chartists of this locality will hold a series of tea parties aud balls during the fair , viz ,, —a ball on Thursday the 28 th inst . ; tea patties and balls on Friday and Saturday the 29 th and 30 th ; tea on the table each evening at five o ' clock , dancing to commence at six .
Newcastle—The Chartist members and friends of the Newcastle branch are iuformed that subscription-sheets are opened for the Victim and Defence Funds- Subscriptions to the above funds will bs thankfully received by M . Jude , the local treasurer , and forwarded to the proper parties . Ipswich . —The members of the Chartist Association are informed that meetings will be held at the Castle Inn , Lower Orwell-street , every Monday evening , until further notice . —A special meeting will be held on Monday next , the 18 th iustant , to elect officers for the ensuing quarter . All members are required to attend . Chartists ! think of the victims . Oldham . —On Sunday next , September 17 th , a lecture will be delivered in the school room of the Working Man ' * Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening , by a friend . Lower Wauls ? , —A district delegate meeting will he held at Lower Warley , on Sunday afternoon , the I 7 » h inst ., at two o ' clock , w & en all localities in the district are expected to send ft delegate ,
Halifax—Mr J . Snowden will lecture in the Chartist room , Bull Close-lane , on Sunday , the 17 th inst . Doors open at six o ' clock , lecture to commence at half-past nix . Tower Hamlets . —The district committee met on Tuesday evening , at the Globs and Friends , and appointed J . H . Shepherd secretary pro tern . —The delegates are requested to attend at tbe above house on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock . —A discussion will take place on Sunday evening at eight o ' clock , at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercialroad .
New Baspord . —A meeting of the members aud friends of the Land and Charter Associations will be held at the Raven Ins , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock precisely , when Mr Sweet will address the meeting . ^ ZZZHZ Sunderland . - ' A lecture will be delivered on tbe Moor , on Sunday next , at eight o ' clock , by Mr Dickenson , when a collection will be made for the Victim Fund . Nbwcastlk-I'pok-Tyne . — The adjourned general quarterly meeting of this branch of the Land Company will ba held in M . Jude ' s long room , ou Monday evening , September 18 th , at seven o ' clock . —A district delegate meeting of tbe Land Company will bo bold tt M . Jude ' s , Cook Inn , head uf the side , Newcastle , on Sunday , September 17 th , at two o'clock .
The Newcastle-epoh-Ttcnb branch of the National Co-operative Benefit Society meet iu M . Jude ' s bag room , every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock . Persona desirous of being enrolled in the above society , will please to apply to the secretary , on any Tuesday evening , between the hours of eight and ten . Mabtlbbsne . —A members' meeting willjtake place at tbe Coaoii Painters' Arms , Circus-street , Newroad , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , when all class leaders ate requested to attend . Nbwoasilb-upoh-Ttse . —Mr John West of Mac olesfield , will lecture iu Martin Jude ' s long room , on Sunday evening , September 17 th , at seven o ' clock .
Rochdale . —Oa Sunday evening next , September 17 th , Mr Wbittaker of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist room , top of Yorkshirestreet , Rochdale , To oommoaee at half-past six o ' clock . Loughborough . —The Land members of thia district are requested to meet at the Wheat Sheaf , on Sunday , September 17 , at six o ' clock in the evening . Soubbs Tows , —Mr Merriman will lecture at the Bricklayer * ' Arms , Toabridge-street * New-toad , on Sunday evening next . Subject : ' The Poor Laws and Home Colonisation . ' 'Io commence at eight o ' clock Tus Ernest Jokes Brigade of the Southward
Branch is removed from Kent-street to the Republican coffee-house , 2 , HunteMtreet , Dover-road , where the meetings are held every Sunday , Tuesday , and Thursday evening . The attendance of the working classes ofthe neighbourhood ia earnestly xequested on Sunday , Sept . 17 th . Glaboow . —A discussion will take place in the Dimooratio Hall , 44 , Trongate , oa Svmday evening , the 17 th September , at six o ' clock , when all parties agreeing to the rules wilLfee allowed to take part in the debate . Subject ; - ' Are the people of Great Britaiu sufficiently intelligent to wield the franchise . ' Public discussions will take place every Sunday wh . ' Hig , at tue above , how » until for to W notice .
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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . FalL OP MESSINA . The important intelligence was received on Vfed . nesday morning , by means of telegraph , by ths French tovernment , from Marseilles , that Messina had been taken by the Neapolitan troops , aft « a bombardment of the most frightful kind . It is also announced that tbe Sardinian fbet has quitted Venice , and that the Austrian fl ; et is on its way there . This has prodacad a report that the government has again ordered a French squadron to sail for that point .
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Mrs Fcssbli . —We learn that this law-made Widowhasopenedasnop . lS , Pearl Terrace , Baema ? e Wells Road , ( nearly opposite tbe Clerkenwell Police Court , ) where she will most thankfully supply her friends with newspapers , pamphlets , periodicals ' stationary , haberdashery , tobacco , cigars , snuffs , Ac . Tub Coal Mi » EBs .-The collien of Adwalton . near Leeds , have opened a lodge at the White Horse Inn ; for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to grant thtm an Ei ght Hours Bill . They hope every mininir district th- oughout Great Britain will assist in this undertaking , and would be glad to correspond upon tha subject . Address , Mr Samuel Froughton , White Horse Inn , Adrvalton , near Leeds . - ° ? Twso ' ay M . Veyron-Lacroix was found guilty in the Court of ASs : z 3 of having published in the Pbuplk Cohstitimni two articles calculate * to excite hatred and contempt against the Republican government . He was sentenced to imprisonment for six months , and to pay a fine of 2000 f . ( £ 80 )
, LiuoHBOBocoH . —This place has continued in a state of _ excitement ever since Whit-Wednesday Jaat , police acd special constaables having been iu frequent requisition . At last the late secretary waa taken by the p lice , to see if anything could be made eut of him . The police boasted they had a warrant for Mr Skevington , but so far thty have had their labour for their pains . On Mmday , S ^ ptembsr 4 ' h , a public meeting was held on the subject of tbe Charity Land , when one of the assistant police collared Mr Skevington , at the same time using most abusive language , because Mr Skevington commented on the conduct of spies , & i „ the assi-tant attending in that capacity . On the following Thursday , Mr Skevington appeared before the magistrates to prefer his complaint , but tbe inspector refusing to attend without a summons , one was obtained , and , although the case waa not fully g > ine into , ( no witnesses being called ) , be was fined 2 s . 6 J . and costs , to the delight of a crowded court .
ExtaioaDiKABT EscAPK . —The locality of Brad * well and Coggeshall , Essex , bas for a very long period been infested by a daring gang of burglary , to the great terror of the inhabitants . One of the gang , named Wade , was at the last assizjs convicted of burglary , when his confession , coupled with other cir cumsteP . ces , led to the belief that Samuel Crow , a cab driver , at the Black Horse Inn , Coggesfcall , waa the ringleader of tbe desperadoes . It has lately been supposed that Crow was concealed on the premises of the Black Horse , kept by a person named French , and on Wednesday last Superintendent Cock entered the house , after having procured a sufficient force to surround the place . Tha first person tbey met was the land ' ord , to whom they told the object of their visit .
when he positively asserted that Crow was not there , but made some contradictory statements as to what he knew of Crow ' s whereabouts . The house an d premises were then thoroughly searched , and some ofthe police remained in charge ofthe house . About half-past ten o ' clock at night tbey were induced to go into a room over the granary , which they had frequently visited during the previous parts of the day . In the ceiling of the r » om they perceived that a bole which had previously attracted their attention was rendered so much larger as to admit a mau ' s body . One ofthe constables turned on bis light and ascended the roof , where he had a dis : inot opportunity of viewing the prisoner crouched in a corner , and immediately cried ont , ' Here be is . ' Another
policemas , also , had a good view of the prisoner , and called upon him to surrender , when he said , ' Don't hit me with your staves but go down , and I'll follow you like a man . ' The men went down , supposing it was imoossib'e tor Crow to escape from his hiding * plac -, but the officers had no sosner descended than their notice was drawn to a luud crash , which was subsequently found to have been occasioned by the prisoner dashing through tbe tiled roof , severely lacerating one of his bands , and otherwise injuring his person The alarm was raised , and tbe pursuit commenced , but we regret to eay tbat Crow , escaped
by running along the r . 0 ! of several houses , and , after jumping into tbe garden cf Mr Hunwick , made his way into Abbey-wood . His route has bean since traced for some distance , but without leading to a capture French and some others have since been , apprehended . A brother of Crow bas also been taken on a charge of harbouring and concealing him , save * ral articles of clothing , & u , and a handkerchief covered with blood , which belonged to Crow , having been found upon him . Active means are being used for getting up the evidence against the prisoners already in custody , acd in devising measures for the capture of Crow . —Essex Paper .
Attempt to Crush Trades' Unions . —Twenty-One Mas hs Indictbd for ConspiBAcr . —A crowded meeting was held at the Temoerauce Hall , Waterlooroad , on Thursday evening , September ths 14 th , but in nonsequHnce of the la . e period of the week , and t e ur : wded state of our co-uomu . and with a desire to do justice to the masons of London , and the trades senttfaliy , wo must d-jftr our report until next week , w ifu it will appear in full . Witham . —Case of Stabbing . —On Saturday last , Edward Thompson , an Irishman , and tramping hawker , was charged before the Rev Henry Du Cane , at the magistrates' clerk office with having , iu the afternoon of the previous day , stabbed James Perkinson , a wheelwri g ht , working at
Peering , near Kelvedon , in the neck , under the following circumstances : —Thompson was passing by the shop in which Perkinson was at work , when the latter asked Thompson what he would take fer a little dog which he had with him , as it was such a one as he should like to have , upon which Thompson immediately commenced abusing the complainant , and subsequently threw a stone at him ; v ; heu complainant left his shop and went into the road , and asked Thompson what he meant by such a proceedin g , when some words ensued , and on the complainant approaching nearer to Thompson , the dog in question flew at him and bit his leg ; and whilst complainant was endeavouring to get the dog off , Thompson put his band into a packet of cutlery
which he had with him , and taking a pair of scissors therefrom , stabbed complainant in the neck with them , as above stated , upon which he was taken into custody . The wounds fortunately were not of a dangerous character , and as it appeared the prisoner was under the influence of drink at the time ofthe offence , and now expressed himself very sorry for the same , he was committed for a common assaultonly to thequartersessions . —Ipswich Express . The Chartist Prisoners is Newgate now awaiting trial have been permitted by the authorities to have the tools requisite for shoemaking and tailoring , in which occupation they are daily engaged . The money earned by them is to be devoted to their defence—Daily News .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , September 12 . ) BANKRUPTS . Lawrence Williams Ash , White Lion-street , Pentoi \ TiU > e corn and coal merchant—John Croudson , Wigan , LaucoJ shire , money scrivener—John Dillon , Hereford , ironmonger—Christopher Green , Beokford-green , Walworthroad , corn and coat merchant—Edward Hammond , Kingston , Surrey , oil crusher—Thorn is Keating . St faul ' s . churchyard , City , druggist-Jehn MiUer , Oxford street , bookseller—Thomas Rowell , Hartlepool , Durham , merchant—William Wallace and George Dormanrt , Sunderland , butchers-John Yates , jun ., Colvrloh , Staffordshire corn factor .
INSOLVENT . Thomas Wright , Longton , Staffordshire , grocer . INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . J Applebee , Smethwick , Staffordshire , draughtsaianw Athins , Sheffield , cordwaineic-R Barlow , Newcastlennoer-Ljne , hat manufacturer-T Dumolo , Greafrbridge . Staffordshire , provision dealer-A l' Fletcher , MOstou , Staffordshire , butty coltier-P Frailer , CU-ea * Bolton , Lancashire , assistant to lkensva victuallers -R Hulls , Cambridge , tobacconist-6 HaUtfax , Sheffiald , shoe « maker-J F Hollis , Burchett ' s green , Berkshire , farmer —J Kettle , Cambridge , butcher-J LeeWalsallStafford .
, , shire , cabinet maker—W Moody , Ulceby , Lincolnshire , farmer ' s assistant—W Mountlord , Tipton , Staffordshire , butty collier-G Newall , Appleton , Cheshioe , blacksmith —8 Paukes , Oldbury ,. Won-ester . « hlro , journeyman . cooper—6 Fenketh , Wolverhampton , assistant loairrocer ,-—B Phillips , Wolverhampton licensed victualler-Si o , i' * utmn > Denbigshire , provision dealer-1 Reaney » Sbeflfcld , table blado forger-J Roffiherry , PontjpooU Monmouthshire , coach propriator—J Boivley , Man Chester , colour maker—T Shipman x Liverpool , provjusiotf dealer-J Wiustanley , Liverpool ,. Macksinlth-J » P Wood , WolverhaeptoB , tailor-il Woods , Liverpool , iron . aaoager . e *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16091848/page/8/
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