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      & % J * rELr but he is really and Teritabl y a fi 8 " * " ' ^' wealthy classes hold his life in glatf gisve . A j | j ^ jjg | n the councils of the jhai th ^ ^ jnatethe laws for the slave class , Stat gf * te . . ^ e case the journeymen bakers , fliA fliA ** implore assistance , or even anin-* ¥ ^ i SWrease by the Legislature , the qau q ^ Xjsand the Government coldl y turn la ** h * ' f * c ase request , and , as for as in **• ^" J-L doom them to despair . Would it ** ^^^ ein them to remember that desp air be to

      not not "f ^ nn—tba * desnerata d « A ( TR Boi B 0 t ^" ation __ that to desperate deeds *¦ ^ rJLaione is the true foundation on which v vSal institutions can securely stand , and £ Sea BaZwnflires andmulownersarehuta t S , substitute for a country filled by con-Z S jasflf ^^ J * ?™^ ' ^ . * " 8-2 Snsinen * The parties who stand in the Z Sfof such objects , are alone responsible for S S evils and the sufferings which may arise S gjjni that obstruction .

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      PABLIAMENTAEY REVIEW . -roT SUFFRAGE QUESTION-COLONIAL ^ T LF GOVERNMENT AND EMIGRATr OK-ANOrHER PARTY- FIGHT-ABANpOSMENT OF THE TEN HOURS ACT . ijgElrish Franchise Bill has at length passed Ag third reading in the Commons , and has dot to pass through the ordeal of a still more j ^ e Assembly . From the first we have dated our opinion , that the measure is merel y party one , intended to subserve the interests Jjniaintain the ascendancy of the Whigs jad Free Traders in Ireland ; hut acting on gie policy , that no instalment of popular

      jjghfs should he refused , have refrained from cammenting upon its provisions in a hostile spi rit Ji anything could make it valuable in ear estimation , it would be the evident appre-{ gnaon with which the Irish landlords regard jt They appear to dread that it is at least jie commencement of a policy , which will makjially dimiiiish , if not destroy their political gaendaney in that country . During the prelims stages of the measure , they debated it faehly inch , and upon the question thatthe "iU be read a third time , Sir Joes Walsh joldl y moved its rejection in the usual phrasology by which that meaning is expressed

      in parliament . The large majority by which tie bill had been carried through its successive & ges was sufficient to convince the landlord party that they had not the slightest chance cf sueceding in such a motion , and they did Estexpect it The real object-was to get up Ech an opposition to its details as might ocourage the Lords to mutilate and damage tasmuchas possible . More than one ofthe (^ position speakers significantly expressed his t , that " elsewhere" the bill would be raidered less objectionable to the territorial interest than it now is . One admission by Sir J . Gkaham deserves to be noted . He

      ns evidently by no means in favour ofthe P , and if he dared to have negatived it bj las vote would have done so . But he "was aSaii He has been pondering over the history , and analysing the causes of revolutions , and he has come to some conclusions thereon , which may be recommended to the serious consideration of other less cautious and astute legislators . Duly weighed and comprehended , fey lead much further than the ex-Home Secretary is as yet prepared to go ; but , in the mean time , the admission is enough for us . She Right Hon . Bart said : —

      ftvas said that this VSL -would greatly enlarge the tails E 6 = constituent body . He did not object to it upon that SKonnL ( Hear , hear . ) He most say that , considering the bnease of die democratic element in onr institutions , he sr tbe greatest danger in erecting an immense super-£ metnre upon a narrow electoral bash . If thatsuper-Eracture did not stand upon an extended electoral basis , isirasqaJte sore that no narrow basis wonld be found bs to sustain it ; and lie therefore could not object to the BteaustitvroTM extend that basis . Same allusion bad

      teamaJetoffhattheyhadlately witnessed elsewhere . He fcaeht they ought not to neglect examples which were feint and before their eyes , and if he were to mention « iat , in his humble judgment , was the immediate cause of fie fill of the kingly power of Lonis Philippe , he wonid fiv it was tins—that he maintained , or attempted to mainfea , the semblance of a . representative government with a raistimiional body which , compared with the great feSs of the popaSa & ra over whom he ruled , was dangeroslj narrow and utterly inconsistent with a system of re-Koaiation .

      '' 'Dangerously narrow , and utterly lnconsis"feat with a system of representation . " These ate pregnant -words , coupled with the confes-Esn which followed immediately afterwards , from the same quarter , that he " was satis"fiei a suffrage restricted , as compared with "Universal Suffrage , assimilated to Household " Suffrage , based upon permanent residence , " and the payment of local taxation , was the " tqfebasis on which to rest the franchise . " If tins means anything , it is that Sir James is prepared to support the principle of Household Suffrage as the groundwork of the repnsentative system ; and upon the next occasion when the "Little Charter'' is brought forward , we may expect to see the ex-Misis-JEfiTotinorforiL These facts are not worth

      much in themselves , but they are valuable as indications that tbe Suffrage Question is making progress in influential quarters ; and tbe nHreasomng fear , and terror-stricken panic , with which the nerd of aristocratic legislators are wont to regard it , will , by and bye , be replaced by a feeling more in accordance with the character of reasoning beings . 2 fotafew ofthe objections to the £ B Irish franchise were based upon the ground that it "Wold constitute a strong claim for granting a s ^ ilar franchise in this country . Lord John HrissEix was asked upon what ground he

      could refuse such a demand if it were made , ° r * ffh y the Irish people should , in this respect , " 2 treated differently from the . English and fte Scotch ? The tendency of the measure , it * as complained , was to give an added impetus } ° the Democratic movement in this country . P * e " noble lords , " "hon . baronets , " and "boa . gentlemen" who urged these cogent rea-Ss , may rest assured that , while the Demo-<* atic party are not insensible to the factf that saeh measures proclaim their growing power , * % would not abate their determination , or Pause in then * efforts for the enfranchisement ° f the people , if the House of Commons was

      Js stupidly obstinate as Louis Philippe

      himself . Another specimen of the hybrid Legislation ^ the Whigs has also , after long and frequent debate , been sent to the Lords . The Australian Colonies Bill ultimately passed the third fading as it had passed previous stages , not r ^^ aase anybody approved of it , or had faith jBiis efficacy for the purposes in view , or ^ ered that it was a final or satisfactory Steasure , but because its opponents were di-!* fed among themselves , and the boasted Monuu ftefoua Society proved to be as in-^ Petent to legislate practically for the

      monies , as the Ifinistry . The Bill is vague ^ d oDscare Q p . jJjq Ter y pojjjtg -where it pint to have been explicit and definite , ^ otvdthstanding the time it has occupied , and r ® great show of work in the shape of ^ endments , additional clauses , and so forth , g ! Mr . Gudstohe , Sir W- Moieswobth , " «• . Roebuck , Mr Addeblet , and others , jao aspireto the title of Colonial Beformere , ga Bill came put of the Committee nearly in ^ fiameshapeand words as it went in . There gs mdeed "Great cry and little Wool /' •^/ Haygop ^ ^ gtb ^ Vcaa to a » a & r the

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      measure is , that it professes ? to give the Colonists the means of securing self-GoVernment to themselves in all local matters . . True it is , that even this , ostensible power is grievousl y fettered by many restrictions and conditions ; but we suspect , that however much Downingstreet may wish to make these practically operative , as the Colonists grow in population and . power they will make that a verity which the Colonial Office means to be a measure is , that it professes to ewe the

      Colo-Until this is the case , the stream of Emigration wiU never flow to the British Colonies in that amplitude and depth which it does to the United States . The people of this country have had too much of oligarchical government at home , to place themselves voluntary under the same regime when they resolve to seek a settlement in a new country . There cannot be a more conducive proof of the high estimation in-which the masses of this country hold political andmunicipalprivileges than the large proportion of the total number of emigrants who annually place themselves under the Republican institutions of the United States . Onr North American Colonies are far more

      accessible , and far more cheapl y reached , than the nearest of these States , yet the number of emigrants who proceed to Canada , New Brunswick , or any of our colonies in that quarter , are insignificantly small in comparison . The number of emigrants who left our shores in search of new homes last vear -was 249 , 498 . Of these 219 , 450 settled in the United States , while only 79 , 256 have settled in the whole ofthe British Colonies , near and remote . "Within the last two years , 480 , 115 persons emigrated to North America , of which only 72 , 432 went to the British

      Colonies , and 407 , 683 to the United States . These facts show , that in framing- Constitutions for our Colonies ,-ourLegislators were engaged in an important task , and that upon the liberal and practical spirit in which they went to -work depended , in a great measure ,: the rapidity with which the extensive and varied resources of these Colonies could be developed . They have altogether failed to appreciate the magnitude and importance ofthe subject , and to apply commensurate measures . They have given the Colonies not Constitutions , but a few incoherent materials out of which to make

      them . It is strange that onr Yankee relations should understand so much better than . ourselves the art of self-government . ^ Vhile our legislative philosophers and savans have been puzzling their wise brains with all kinds of theories and schemes , the motley congregation of persbnsfromall parts ofthe world , who have settled in California , have already agreed to a liberal and comprehensive Constitution , and elected all the necessary state officers . Their Legislative Assemblies are in full action—municipal arrangements have , been beneficially completed , and the whole machinery ofpolitical ,

      judicial , and executive government is working smoothly . Even among the Mormons , in the Great Basin , we find that they , too , have framed a Constitution , and organized a civil Government and Legislature , with all appropriate officers . What is far beyond the reach of the wealthy , educated , leisurely and enlightened aristocracy , and privileged classes of Great Britain , is the easiest possible achievement to the Anglo-Saxons , who are not under their guidance . What is the cause of all this ? Does the defect lie in them , or in the people ? Are the leaders or the followers blind ? Or ,

      lastly , is not the inference a reasonable one , that tiie oligarchial nature of our institutions is fatal and adverse to self-government—and consequently , good government—both at home and abroad ? Another party fight , on the question of Protection , has taken place , with the usual result , in the present Free Trade Parliament , namely : thatthe landlords have been thrashed . The motion , however , did not come from their own side , but from a repentant Free Trader , and , it may be , that that fact had something to do with the largeness of the majority , which

      exceeded that of any previous : division -on the question this Session . We have so frequently expressed our views as to the interested and class nature of tho struggle between the contending factions , on this question , that it is unnecessary to do more than note the debate , as another proof that the question of Free Trade is not yet settled ; and the desperation with which the Free Traders vote against every thing that would involve the risk of a dissolution , and atf appeal to thepresentConstituency shows their innate consciousness that such an apneal would result in the reversal . of their

      policy

      Lord Ashley , on Monday night , formally withdrew the clauses he was instructed to support by those who committed their interests to his care , in order to have the Government compromise substituted . Sir G . Gbbt promised an early day for the subject , when , we understand Lord J . Manners—withmore honesty , consistency , and chivalry , than the noble , benevolent , and pious member for Bath—will give the House of Commons an opportunity of redeeming itself from the foul dishonour of deliberately fulfilling its own act and deed , to propitiate a few rascally millowners and cotton sp inners with long purses , who , if properly treated , ought to have been sent to the treadmill for breaking the law .

      Monies Received Foe Ihk 'Week Esdeso Tho...

      MONIES RECEIVED Foe ihk 'Week Esdeso Thoesdat , Mat 16 , 1850 . THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rides . — "Prom lower Warley—PerD . Lawson 13 s—per S . Megson 5 s 9 d—per H . Sntcliffe Is 6 d—Kendal , per J . Embley 2 s 6 d—G . Bowden , Freetown Wiitfieldls—Nottingham , per J . Skerritt 2 l—From Stockp » rt—W . Morris ls-J . Clarkson Is—C . Gnrdy Is—N . Booth ls-P . Marriott ls-Soath Shields , per H . Hams 112 s—From Hnddersfield—Per J . Grant 9 d-per J . Bradley 2 s 6 d—per J . Smith 2 s 6 d-per T . Hurstls 3 d—per J . Hirst Is Id—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 3 s 7 d-B , Shaw , Preston 2 s 6 d—W . Tomlinson , Drury-lane Is—Stockport , per T . Woodhonsels . Beceived at LiSD Ofhce . —G . W . Is—Gabriel Toomer 6 d . £ s . d . ReceivedbyW . Bider .. .. 5 611 Beceived at Land Office .. 0 16 Total £ 5 8 5

      AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Beceived by W . Kino . —flew Swindon , pwlT . Bennett 7 a 8 d—Todmorden , per W . Bobinson 10 s—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 4 s . Beceived by John Abbott . —Mr . Tevendale and Friends , Liverpool 3 s 3 d—Collected at John-street 11 7 s 3 Jd—Cards at John-street lis—Mr . Antil ] , for Cards 4 s—Crown and Anchor Locality , perW . Davis II 4 s—Peterborough , per Edwin Scholey 8 s—Mr . W . H . Cottle Is—Mr .. James Beeves Is—Mr . Watts , per J . Boulton Cd—Donations 21 lus 7 Jd—Cards at the Office II lis—Mr . Bider , as per Star 110 s Sd . —Total , 918 s 2 d . TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKINGBeceived by John Anson . —B . H ., per John Milne Cd . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Beceived at hum Office . —J . W . la— J . G . Is . TRACT FUND . Beceived by John Ae-Sott . —Mrs . Heath and Friends , Greenwich 2 s 4 d .

      FOR MRS . JONES . Beceived by W . Bideb . —Dundee , per J . Graham It FOR MRS- M'DOUALL . Beceived by W . Eidkb . —Xottingham , per J . Sweet Cd Dundee , per J . Graham 11 . FOR MRS > SHARP . Beceived by W . Bides . —Dundee , per J . Graham 11 , FOR MRS . WILLIAMS : Beceived by W . Eimb . —Dundee , per J . Graham It FOR MRS . FUSSELL . Beceived by W . Bideb . —Dundee , per J . Graham It

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Beceived by John Assort . —Four Chartists , Birmingham , perRHillls . WIVES ANO FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Beceived by W . Rides . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet Is—Cheltenham , per S . Hemmin 4 s 7 dV

      Jfeetdfo Of Bop Growers.—A Meeting Of He...

      JfeETDfo of Bop Growers . —A meeting of hep erowers ( W . Golding , Esq ., of Hadlqw , in the chair , ) took place at the Star Inn , Maidstone , on Monday afternoon , to confer as to the best tune of calling a meeting of the planters to consider the question of an acreage duty . The meeting ori £ natod in the circumstance of Mr . T . L . Hodges having written a letter to Mr , ( Mtog , rewunmenid ing that a meeting should be . hehUt Sttptehurst to consider this ; important queatfWs ; . C .. '

      Thb Polish Refugees And " The Literary A...

      THB POLISH REFUGEES AND " THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDSOI !" POLAND . " The eighteenth annual meetingof the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland was held on Friday , May 3 rd , at Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s . '"'"';" In a Jong , account of this meeting reported in several newspapers we read ; the following passage in the speech of the resident secretary , THF ,. POTASH RTCwnmi-WHiAwn ii-ron ?

      Lieutenant . Charles Szulezewski : —" Many other institutions had existed in different parts of Europe for the purpose of assisting the Poles , hut they had all heen swept away amidst the changes which had taken place , and in England only—the true laud of liberty and freedom—was there one left . To that the Poles might look as an encouraging , though solitary . proof thatthe freedom of their country is hot yet hopeless . "

      Ofthe existence of this Association we are fully cognizant , hut of its real design we are not equally informed .. There are Poles in London who are entirel y forsaken by the Association , and who may die from distress without their condition . being known to the "Friends of Poland . " It is true , that the Polish exiles latel y expelled from Switzerland —( forty or fifty in number )—receive each

      3 s . bd . a week from the Association ; but it is too evident that that amount isinadequate to supply their wants . The Poles do not ask charity ; they would rather wish that the friends of their unhappy country would afford them the means of working fer their living . It must he admitted , that the "Friends of Poland" are stronger in words than in actions . Cobbespondenx .

      Polish- Refugees . —The Mowing letter appears inthe Voix du Peuple , addressed from the delegates elected b y the Polish democratic refugees expelled from Switzerland , and at present in London , to the editor of that journal . " London : —Citizen , —We make known to our brother countrymen in France , that , driven from' the precarious . asylum which Switzerland at first afforded to those amongst us who had to escape the bullets of despots in Posnanie , Hungary , Italy , and Baden—we find ourselves thrown upon the streets of London , ignorant of the language , without work ,

      resources , or bread . Many auiODgfifc U 8 Still suffer from severe wounds . We have made an appeal to the different foreign democratic societies . The French Democratic Socialist Society has already responded to . our call in finding for ns a place to meet in , and . promising work for several . The German and Hungarian socialists have fraternized , heartily with us . Our number , at present , is forty-five ; but from intelligence already received , we feel confident it will soon increase to one hundred and fifty . " The editor ofthe Voix du Peuple . " adds the following note : — " We entreat all the organs of democracy to publish this letter . " *

      The Honesty Fund. To Feargus O'Connor Es...

      THE HONESTY FUND . TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR ESQ ., M . P . Respected Sib , —I enclose you a postoffice order for £ 1 , payable to you , to assist in defraying the expense ofthe late libel case with Bradshaw of the " Nottingham Journal !" Dear sir , weheg to say , that our confidence in you is the same , and that we shall not recogniseany other leader ; but we do hope and trust , that for the sake of your health , strength

      , life , and the cause that you have at heart , that you will not exert yourself too much in agitation , but take time for rest . We also wish that you may be successful in your new publication , to give that political information to the working classes which they require at the present crisis of political affairs . Signed on behalf of the subscribers ofthe above sum . CONBAD SPBINGALL , St . Martin ' s-at-Oak , Norwich .

      The Crosby Hall Conclave. To Thb 2mtor O...

      THE CROSBY HALL CONCLAVE . TO THB 2 MTOR OT TBE K 0 BTJ 1 EBN STAB . Sir , —Having been some days from town , I have only now the opportnnity of correcting an error in yonr paper of Saturday week . I was not a delegate at the " National Reform" Conference . I was invited by the Council , and attended to watch proceedings . I withdrew as soon as I saw that there was a determination not to allow a word to be said for Universal Suffrage . I have never aidednor shall I ever aid—any measure which would enfranchise one class only of the nation , and so increase the number of those ' . ' interested , " in keeping the remainder in slavery ; or ( as Mr . Cobden expresses it ) " in garrisoning our present institutions against the mass of the people . " I am , sir , : Your obedient servant , May 16 th . "W . J . Lihton .

      To The Members Of The Aberbeen Branch Of...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ABERBEEN BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAUD COMPANY . Gentlemen , — The call made for the payment of expenses , by those members who have not paid any , was made by the Directors , and not by " Mr . Clark , " as is set forth in your , resolution , which was published in the Star of last week . My name was attached to the notice or call , in my capacity as servant of the board . The dig at" Mr . Clark , " was , therefore , like many others that have been made at him , lately , wide of the mark . I am , Gentlemen , Thomas Clark .

      Match Aoainst Tore.—Sir W. N. Younge Per...

      Match aoainst Tore . —Sir w . N . Younge per formed the arduous task of running a mile and leaping 100 hurdles , 3 feet 6 inches high , in 18 minutes and 30 seconds , on Monday , the 13 th tost , ( tbe time specified in the agreement beine 25 minutes , ) The field in which the above was performed was not at all favourable , being a small rectangular one , with much grass in it , high lands , and a little on the descent . The course was an oval , with four hurdles on-the ascending , and six on the descending side , 15 yards apart . The feat was performed in the following order and time : — The first 10 hurdles were cleared in 1 minute ; the second , 1 *; the third , 2 ; the fourth , 12 ; the fifth , 2 , ; the sixth , 21 ; the seventh , 2 i ; 'the

      ei g hth , 1 J ; the ninth , 2 |; and the tenth , 2 . A minute's rest between each 10 hurdles . The ' cheering of the spectators was loud and universal at the conclusion of the match , which was very cleverly performed , although Sir William was neither in health nor spirits . Scene at a Protectionist Dinner . —The following account of violence and scandalous conduct at the dinner meeting of the Somerset County Protectionist and Conservative Association , at the Old Down Inn , on the 1 st May , 1850—Sir John Cox Hip pisleyin the chair—is from the Bath and Cheltenham

      Gazette of the 8 th inst : — "After the usual toasts , Mr . "ff . A . Green stood up for the purpose , of proposing the healths of Mr . Miles and Mr . Pinney . A burst of disapprobation from every quarter of the meeting showed that there was no probability of Mr . Green ' s proposition' being entertained j and after considerable confusion , Mr . H . Blahdford , Who sat on the side of the room immediately opposite Mr . Green , rose from his seat , mounted the form , strode across the four tables which intervened between him and Mr . Green , seized him by the collar of the coat , ' and with the assistance of others ejected jiim from the room , amidst the cheers of the meeting . "

      REPRESENrAiiONOF Finsbury . —If Messrs . Duncombc and Wakley will Continue to sit for Finsbury , the working men of that borough will rally round them , and support them against all the machinations of the "Whig and Tory bourgeoisie . But should both , or one of those gentlemen retire from the representation , the Chartists will take caro to be represented in the electoral struggle consequent upon such retirement . We understand that should a vacancy occur , Mr . G . TV . M . Reynolds will come forward as a candidate , pledged to the sup . port ofthe People's Charter , and the the entire of Labour's Rights—Political and Social .

      Extensive Conflagration in Finsburt . — On Thursday evening , shortly after six o ' clock , a fire , involving a serious destruction of property , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Samuel Knightley , carpenter and builder , carrying on business at 87 ; Paul-streetj Finsbury-square . The aremen , when they reached the scene , found the whole ofthe manufacturing premises in a blaze , and did not succeed in getting the mastery over the fire until Mr . Knightley ' s stock-in-trade was reduced to ashes , tha building burned down , the whole of the windows in the private residence demolished , and considerable damage done to the rest of the furni < tura and . Juiklings by fire , water , aud hasty re ^ . moral « f thBoontentB , ¦ •" -

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      1 W ?^ n CffAR : fEB . AflSOCIATIONi .- " - The Provisional Committee metva'ttheir officei 14 ; Southampton-street , . Strand , ' on-Wednesday 7 en ^ ' / a l 5 th ; Present / Messrs X % * i ^? lIes > ^ Mnne ; E . Sikwocia ;; J ? Urassoy , W . Davies , and -OV Brown ., Mr . Grassby in the chair . Letters were read from Liverpool , Easington Lane , 'Surideriand ,. Lei . cester , bM Bri ghton ;; for ' cards of . memler . snip , ^ lno Secretary , was deputed to write to the sub secretaries , or agents , requesting them to forward a return of the number of members enroUed in each of their localities / and that henceforth , such return be made evei-v month ;

      I mal a rrangements were made forthe Gravesend excursion , and Kentish . Chartist demonstration for Whit Tuesday' next . All ticket holders for the Gravesend excursion ; are requested to make a return of the tickets sold , to the Secretary , at the officey . 14 , Southamptonstree , Strand , on or . before Monday next . . Bermondsey . —On Tuesday ; evening the members held a meeting to consider the address of .. the Provisional Committee , when the following resolution was carried : —' . 'That we , the lumbers of this locality , seeing the ii * possibility to carr y ^ into effect the . fifth clause ofthe Constitution , do , therefore , accent the

      proposition offered by the Provisional Committee _ of the National Charter Association , of their . willingness to , act as an unpaid Executive . ' ? A Committee va 8- formed to collect money for the ' Vernon Defence Fund ;' BuKNLEr . —At a meeting ofthe Chartist Association in this town , / held on the 13 th inst ., it-was resolved : — " That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for the straightforward , and-unflinching manner in which he has ever

      advocated the rights of labour ; that we , still regard him as our uncompromising leader and that we place unbounded confidence in . < the present Provisional Committee '; hoping they will pursue the same course which they have hitherto done , and that nothing but a dereliction , of their duty . shall cause us to . withdraw that support and confidence from them , iwhicli they are at present so justly entitled to . " . Brighton . —At a weekly meeting lately held , ' the following members were nominated , and elected to serve as council : — Messrs . John Wells , Gideon Battrara , Henry Cummins , James Williams * Charles Bays ; Mr . William Fiest , treasurer ; Mr . William Kent , secretary . ¦ ...-- . .. ; .

      Crippujoalu LocAHir , -2 B , Goidkn-ianb ; — At the meeting it was resolved : — " That the Daily News be discontinued , and that tho Northern Star mi Reynolds ' s Weekly Newspaper be taken . " The members will meet at half-past" two o'clock on Sunday , to select candidates for the Executive .:. Monument to WnifAMs , Sharpk , and Hanshard . —The question has frequently been asked , is this monument yet erected ? We regret being compelled to answer in the negative-, notfrom any fault ofthe mason , his work , as . far as possible , having been ready , these five months past ; The inscription desired to be placed on the monument was placed in the bands of the gentlemen of tbe Cemetry Board

      in November last , and although such an inscription is not a whit stronger than others inscribed on tombs in Bunhill-fields burial ground , or the church yards of Hammersmith and Aldgate ,- yet we learn that : it has been referred to a higher quarter ; and on Messrs . Stallwood and Cox , the deputation , attendingat the Board-office , on Tuesday , the . 7 th inst ., they were referred to the Cemetry-office . When they arrived there they were courteously informed that no instructions had been given , ! and a letter to the board was , on their account , forwarded , requesting an immediate reply . . We learn with regret that the subscriptions are yet deficient some six or seven pounds :-which we trustour Democratic

      brethren will not fail to subscribe forthwith . South Shields . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association of'this place was held on Monday evening , May 13 th , in Mr . Thomas Dryden ' s School-room , when the portrait of Kossuth was ballotted , in aid of the Honesty Fund , and the sum of nineteen shillings realised . Mr . John Kyle moved , and Mr . William Robinson seconded , — "That this meeting have full confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq .,. M ; P ., and Mr . G . Julian Harney , and sincerely hope that no difference will arise between those gentIemen . " --Carr ' ed .. unanimously . ¦ Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting , convened underlie auspices of the National Charter League ,-was held at the Fox and Hounds , Hare-street , Bethnal-green . The meeting was attended by

      Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , Tapp , Allnutt , and Nobbs . Messrs ; Smith , Briscfc , Clark , Brown , Side , Sloeomb , Drake , M'Grath , and Davis addressed the meeting , when the following resolutions were carried by acclamation— " That in the opinion of this meeting the conduct and policy pursued by the present Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association is calculated to secure the political emancipation of the people by carrying out the documents called the People ' s Charter ; we ! therefore pledge ourselves to support the National Charter Association . ' . ' , " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the , National ; Charter League is not worthy the confidence of the people . " A vote of thanks was passed to the . chairman , and tho meeting separated . The Charter Leaguers retired in solemn silence , apparently regretting their visit to the Tower Hamlets .

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      MRS . FUSSELL , WIFE OP JOHN FUSSELL , 02 JE . OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS STILL CONFINED IN THE TOTHILL FIELDS HOUSE OF CORRECTION .

      TTe learn , with extreme regret , that this industrious , worthy , and innocent victim of Whig- tyranny is in groat need—in fact , that unless about £ 10 oan be raised immediately , Mrs . Fussell , with her numerous family of six children , will be turned out of house and home . "We are fully aware of the many privations which Mrs . Fussell has experienced during her . husband ' s long and unjust incarceration , and considering the limited means of support which she has received , we are confident that it must have been , by the strictest economy and oaro , that she has hitherto struggled on , and kept possession of her little shon . which to be denrivod of would take from

      her all certain means of subsistence . Under these circumstances ,, we trust that every friend to humanity will do their utmost to raise the small amount to prevent this wrong from being perpetrated . We also understand , that in order , to . aid in this laudable purpose , afew friends have taken the Standard Theatre , Shovcditck , for a Ticket Bsnefit , oh Wednesday , May 29 th ( beingthesecondanniversaryoftheevening on which Mr . Fussell delivered the speech of which be was most unjustly convicted . ) We need not add that we hope Mrs . Fussell will have a bumper on that occasion . Subscriptions will be most thankfully received by Mrs . Fussell , 15 , Pearl-cresent , Baggnige Wellsroad ; or by John Arnott , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand .

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      . National Charter League . —The council met at their reioms , on Wednesday evening last , when there were present—Mr . Tapp , Mr . Side , Mr . Nobbs , Mr . Dixon , Mr . Hobden , Mr . Allnutt , Mr . M'Grath , the President , and Mr ; . Clark , the Secretary . The chief business of the evening consisted in arrangements for lectures , and the adoption of an address from the , League'to the People . Expense op Government Prosecutions is Enqlam ) anb in AmebIca . —We observe that in the

      important prosecution of Dr . "Webster , for the murder of Dr . Parkman , which lasted twelve days , and depended upon a long train of intricate evidence and of facts requiring minute attention , and most difficult of . coherence , two counsel only were engaged , while in an almost trifling charge of fraud tried at the Central Criminal Court on Friday , in which the Globe Insurance Company were the pursuers , the following costly array of counsel , were engaged for the prosecution , —the Attorney-General , Mr . Clarkson , Sir J . Baily , and Mr . Boville . ¦

      The Authorities at the British Museum are stirring in a matter which does them credit , and will be gratifying to all who are interested in our early history . The endeavour to procure the removal to the safe custody of the Museum of the curious manuscripts of Prudentius , Higden , Wickliffe , & e ., in the Tennyson Library—where they are now comparatively useless and unknowninterrupted by the death of the-late Archbishop of Canterbury , has been renewed ; and we believe with so much of good feeling on all sides , that it is at length likely to be brought to a satisfactory conclusion . —Athenceum

      The Projected . Improvement op . St . Pam / s Churchyard . —On Monday a numerous and influential deputation waited by appointment upon the Dean and Chapter of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , with reference to the plan for doing away with the iron railing-round that ' edifice . —After a , lengthened interview , the Dean said he could not see that there would be any use in widening the churchyard , . unless the end of Ludgate-hill , where tie contended all the . stoppages occurred , were widened . Tho authorities ' , he said / intended to open the churchyard for the " usebffoot passengers / and the chapter , now they had heard the deputation , would woonsi < der . the subject , and send an answer . '

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      MANSION . HOUSE . - Charm o * obtaining Goods''Br . ! Fraud . — Mortimer Kesly , of Galway was brought before Alderman Gibbs , charged with having obtained , under false pretences , ' from the firm of White , Son ,- and- Company warehousemen , of No . 108 , Chenpside , a quantity of silk , linen , and cotton goods . —Mr . Clarkson , instructed by Messrs . Ashurst and Co ., attended for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ribton , instructed by Mr , Hobler , attended for the defendant . —Inspector Mitchell said ho had reason to believe that several other cases would be brought against the defenifant , who was then remanded upon the fcwc oases . BOW-STREET . —Highway Robbery . —A

      desperate looking fellow was charged with highway robbery . — The prosecutor , whose , name did not transpire , deposed that on Sunday he . had been drinking rather freely at Bayswater , and about eight o ' clock in the evening he was going home down New Oxford-street , when he was seized at the back and dragged to the ground . He was so intoxicated that he could not help himself , though be knew that he was being robbed ; He screamed " Police !" buttwfore any one arrived he . had been plundered of his watch and some money . He could not say that it was the prisoner who struck him down . He fancied that there were two or three others , all of whom were engaged in ' the robbery . —A : police constable of the E division deposed that ho observed theprisoner running away in company with another man well known to the police . —Nothing was found on the prisoner , but as the other one escaped there

      was no doubt ho had the property . Tho prisoner , who denied having any knowledge ofthe matter , was remanded . . ; " . " Attempted Mubder jn Drury-lanb . — Daniel Donovan , was re-examined charged with throwing his wife , Ann Donovan , from the second floor back room' window , at No . 19 , Short ' s gardens , ' Drurylane , whereby her life had been placed in danger . — Mr . Wood , the house-surgeon at King ' s College Hospital , stated that the unfortunate woman was still in a very precarious state , and not out of danger . It was probable that she . Vbuld ultimately recover , but he-was unable to give * any opinion as to the time when she might appear in the court . — The evidence was taken before Mr ; Hall , in one of tbe private rooms , and the magistrate , after hearing , the state of the injured woman , adjoaraed the further hearing of the caso .

      Daring Robbery . —J . Mitchell and J . Fitzgerald were charged under the following circumstances . — Thomas A . Carpenter said that on Sunday morning he went to a private house , No . 37 , George-street , St . Giles ' s , for tho purpose of obtaining some gin , as he had previously been supplied at the same house . He knocked , and was readily admitted , and found the two prisoners there . After he bad been supplied with some gin ; the , prisoners requested him to' " stand" some-more , and ' at the same timo threatened him if he refused . He then treated them

      with several g lasses , and as he was leaving the house , the prisoners caught hold of him and held his hands down ,. while a female , who had been drinking withthem , thrust her hands into his pockets , and took out a sovereign . Oh gaining the street / witness gave the prisoners into custody , but the female escaped . —The prisoners denied the robbery , and Mr . Jardine said there was sufficient evidence to prove another conviction against the proprietor of the house for retailing spirits , and advised the police to take the necessary steps to obtain a conviction . He should remand the

      prisoners . A Wholesome Exposure . —Sidney R . Sparkes , the proprietor of a sham agency office , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with obtaining by false ' representations sums of money from several young men by means of newspaper advertisments . The court was crowded by young men , principally from the country , who had deposited cash securities with the prisoner and his accomplices for nominal situations they were to be provided with . —Sergeant Thompson , F , produced three files of agreements , letters , and receipts , which he found at the prisoner ' s place of business , in his handwriting ( from- which it appeared that he assumed different names as to the nature of his

      transactions required ) , together with a quantity of documents found at the house of Mr . Parrott , in Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , where the prisoner rented an office , and in Brownlow-street , Drury-lane , among which were twelve different agreements between him and persons to be engaged as agents , messengers , and clerks , upon payment of deposits varying from £ 10 and upwards , all bearing date within a month . —George Morris , a young man , said that he had answered an advertisement , and having seen Mr . Wright , who keeps an agency office in New Oxford-street , to whom he was referred , he paid him a deposit / of £ 20 to become his clerk , immediately after which Wright was committed to

      Whitecross-street prison , by order of a judge , of a county court , before whom he was summoned , which caused the business to be carried on by his son during his absence . In a short'time witness was enabled to ascertain the nature of his employer ' s agency business , by the visits of tho witnesses , and other young men who had been imposed upon by the prisoners , Campbell and Stanley , and created a disturbance in the office , complaining of the treatment they had met ' with . Witness had frequentl y been sent on business to tho offices kept by the prisoner and his associates in Kingsgate-street , Brownlow-street , and Great Queen-street , where he saw them , and from their repeated visits at his employer ' s office , he entertained no doubt that they

      Were connected with hiai in the same transactions . It may be necessary to mention that Charles Stanley , the prisoner ' s partner , was brought to this court on two different occasions , charged with being concerned with him in obtaining several sums of money by false representations , but was discharged by Mr . Hall , who , upon examining the agreements signed by both parties , decided that the offence amounted to a breach of contract , over which he had no jurisdiction ; and again by Mr . Henry , who , after hearing the statements of the complaining parties , expressed an opinion that the transactions between them amounted to a debt , which should he recovered by civil process in a county court , there being nothing in the proceedings to constitute an

      indictable onence . At this stage ofthe proceedings , Mr . Jardine ordered the prisoner to be removed to the cells , the several witnesses being requested not to leave the court , and Sergeant Thompson having been provided with a warrant , signed by his worship , returned in about an hour , when Charles Stanley , alias Nixon , was placed at the bar with the other prisoner , and the whole of the evidence being read over , which was taken at the present and the former examination , the witnesses underwent a lengthened cross-examination by the prisoner Sparkes , scarcely any portion of which bore upon the direct charges , except that a complaint was made upon the subject at the Clerkenwell

      Policercourt . —Mr . Jardine said that it was a case which required serious consideration , and he should order the prisoners to be remanded . —Other witnesses offered to give evidence of the frauds that had been practised upon them by tho prisoners , but they were informed that ample opportunity would be afforded them for that purpose on a future day . —Mr . Jardine reminded the prisoners that he had not expressed any opinion respecting the several charges brought against them , it being his in > tcntion to hear every case before he would decide upon the course he would pursue , and after refusing to accept bail for their future appearance , the prisoners were removed from the bar .

      Assault upon a Constable by a Sokdier . — A ;' Abbot , late a aoldior in the Coldstream Guards , was charged with violently assaulting police-constablo No . 83 , A division , while in the execution of his duty . —Tho prisoner was a private attached to a battalion of the Coldstream Guards ; stationed at St . George's barracks , Charing-oross ; and on Tuesday the prisoner , and another private belonging to the same regiment , were drummed out of the regiment for general bad conduct . The prisoner , after being disgraced in the sight of his companions , repaired to the canteen , near Whitehall , and remained

      drinking with some friends who were soldiers , until he became intoxicated . «> Te left the canteen about four o ' clock , and as . he was proceeding along Whitehall , he was observed by police-constable No . 83 , A division , to bo in such a condition that he could scarcely walk . The constable followed him , when the prisoner suddenly turned round , and struck him a tremendous blow upon the mouth . The constable ' s lip ' was severely cut , and bled profusely . The constable did not speak until after he was struck . —Tho prisoner pleaded drunkenness , and was fined 40 s . or three weeks' imprisonment . He was unable to pay the fine .

      Robbery of Bank-notes . —G . Sbipton wasfinally examined charged with stealing nineteen £ 5 Bank of England notes , the property of Miss Elisabeth Hawes Seward and Miss Jane Seward , of No . 7 Gower-strcet , Bloomsbury . The prisoner said nothing in his defence , and " was fully committed for trial . - ' ¦ '' MARLBOROUGH-STREET . - Shosufting . - Eliza Connor was charged with stealingsixteenyards * of silk , value £ 212 s ., the property of Mr . W . Shee » Regent-streot .-The prosecutor stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisone ^ caiue into his shop and requested to see some silks . A variety were placed before her , and . after examininr the lot . she

      declined to purchase on the ground that none , would suit her . She then left tho counter , and on her way to the door , she purchased two reels of cotton , Witness , having observed something in her manner which excited his suspicion , followed her and taxed her with robbing him , whereupon she pulled from her pocket the sixteen yards of silk produced , -much ho identified as his property . On being searched at tho station , other property , consisting , of pocket handkerchiefs , gloves ,, and pieces . of tpe , ; supposed to have been" stolen from other , shops , was found upon her ; ' The ' prisQher . was committed for trial . : ATTKMPisn'AKSON . r * MichBel . SwitKr , a clerk in thoemploy oftta IrishSociety , was , charged on

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      suspicion of having made an attempt to set fire to tho offices occupied by the society , at No . 32 , Sack , ville-street , Piccadilly . —Mr . Dod , for , the prosecution , stated that on the 7 th ofUny the woman employed to clean the offices ofthe society saw alight through the crevice in the door of a closet in one of the rooms where-the clerks were employed . The closet door , was broken open , and a lighted candle , surrounded in a particular manner by a quantity ot old newspapers , and close to several other undated candles , ¦ was discovered . The closet was vnnSo «/ n 0 ther cIoset » where the company ' s rTSSSwl ! mo"cy >« ions were kept . It was SlfwwW fc tieiftse » diarJr " « o Placed the candle where it had been found had caWa ' cd that it would burn down to the-Daners aW „ wf „ * u £

      „ at night , and that tlie clesret and probably the house wouia afterwards have been in flames . Svesti . gation took place , and the eferks were inttrrogaied . The prisoner was not susperted at first ; bat , ia consequence rf information that , after quj ttia ' offices for tho night , he had been seen to return and go out again just before the discovery ofthe lidHed candle in the closet was made , he was again questioned , and requested to send few his keys . When his keys were produced one of them was found to unlock the closet door . The prisoner was subsequently given into custody en suspjeion of having been concerned in an attempt to set the office ana house on fire . A discovery bad been made that * considerable sums of money had been embezzled

      by some one , and the chief clerk had since absconded . —Mr . Long said there could not be a particle of doubt as to * he intention of the person who had placed the candle in the closet . There was no reason , however , to suppose that the act was the act of more than one person , and as one person bad run' away under sus picious' circumstances , who had been seen in the office about half an hour beforeitho candle was found , the strength of the evidence was in that quarter . As to the key , it was not ' an uncommon key ; and , therefore , the pr isoner might have had it innocently in hi $ possession . Under all circumstances , especially as one person had absconded , it would be nnjust towards theprisoner to send him to gaol ; and , therefore , he must discharge him . ... ''

      CLERKENWELL . —Attempted Swcidf . —Esther Davison ,, thewifeof a shoemaker , residing'at "So . 18 , Peter-street , Clerkenwell , was charged with having attempted suicide by poison . —Mr . Wood ,- a surgeon , of St . John-street , stated that on the pre vious day the prisoner ' s son called on him and requested his attendance , saying that his mother bad taken poison . He instantly proceeded to the house , and found the prisoner lying insensible ob the bed , exhibiting all the symptoms of poison , and a phial which had contained laudanum was near her side . He administered some remedies which partially restored her to her senses , but she refused to take antidotes until he ( Mr . Wood ) persisted in his threats to resort to violent measures to compel her ,

      when she reluctantly consented , and he immediately returned to procure the stomach pump . : She was taken to the hospital , where every attention was paid to her , and a quantity of poison extracted from her -stomach . Her husband attended , but could assign no cause for so rash an attempt on her life . — The prisoner , in a melancholy tone , promised not to repeat such an attempt in future ; and she was remanded for a week ; with instructions that every precaution should be observed to prevent her laying violent hands upon herself . SOUTHWARD — Impudent Robbery . — James Russell , afras . Rousell , well known as a member of the swell mob , was charged with stealing in the Surrey Theatre a valuable gold watch from Miss

      AnnPlumer , the daughter of a tradesman residing in Holborn . —The prisoner , who declined making any defence , was fully committed for trial . LAMBETH . —Ths Robbery a * d > alleged Murder at Clapham . — Henry Stark and William Knight , two notorious burglars , were placed at the bar on a charge of being concerned invarious burglaries and robberies , and amongst them tbe rob * bery on Sunday , the 28 th of last month , at the house of Mr . John Maddle , of No . H , Claremontplace , Wandsworth , when Sarah Snelling ,- the housekeeper of that gentleman , was found dead in . so mysterious a manner . Theprisoner Stark has been in custody for some days , and the officers had been anxiously engaged in endeavouring to secure

      his companion , but he managed to evade their vigilance until Sunday , evening , when Lockyicr , police gaoler to the coort , saw him coming over Blackfriars-bridge , and go along the Blackfriars * road . Tbe officer watched him into a . house in Market-street , Borp » gh-road , and in a short time saw him come out , with a hat on instead of a cap . He followed and secured the prisoner ,, and on searching his person , found upon him a "jemmy , " a dark lantern , a screw driver , a desert knife , and a box of " silent" matches . —Edmund Day h a police constable , belonging to the P division of police , deposed that on the night of Sunday , the 21 st of last month , he saw both the prisoners at Peckham , in company with a man of the name of Dixon , and at

      two o'clock on the following morning , the latter was found in the lower part of the house of Mr . Oldroyd , a gentleman residing in Commercial-road , Peckham . Secured and gave him over to the police . Since then ho had been tried at the Old Bailey and transported . Sergeant Quinnear deposed to tho prisoners being notorious burglars , and the associates of Dixon , who had been transported . The officers , it was said , were in possession of evidence of importance , as respected the robbery of Mr . Maddle , but did not think it prudent at present to disclose it , and the prisoners , at their request , were remanded / or a week . Mr . Maddle was present at the examination , but declared that the prisoners were strangers to him ..

      Penny Theatres . —John Gibbs ,. George Gibbs , James Lawrence , Thomas Smith , William Conway , William Chase , Harriet Gibbs ,. and Emma Lawrence , were placed at the bar , on a charge of performing in an unlicensed theatre . Twelve other persons of the lowest grade , many of them wellknown thieves , were also charged with being found in the building and forming a portion of the audience . —Police-constable Thomas- Gannon , 59 P , said that on the preceding night he , accompanied by a friend , went to the booth , and asked a female what there was to pay . She replied , a penny a piece , and having paid that sum they entered into the plane alliotted to the audience , and saw all the defendants at different times on the stage- They were each

      dressed in character and were performing in some play , but what the piece was he-was unable to say .. They had each a different name . One was called Captain Stiles , the golden farmer ; another Mr .. Maud ; another the parish beadle ; and a fourth , Jemmy Blowhard ; and they enacted different parts . During the performance , he saw James Lawrence pick the pockets of three ' of the performers , and on each occasion he was cheered- by the audience . Mr . Maude , addressing Captain Stiles , said he was out of collar and . wanted £ 500 ,. upon which the Captain replied that he had no money to give him . . Maud then said , " then you must come and do a job with me to night , " to which Captain Stiles replied " very well , I'll go with you ,, but it shall be the last time ;

      we have committed many crimes together , but this shall be the last . " Tho defendants then arranged to commit a burglary ,. and were preparing a scaling ladder on the stage to . enter a house , when he , witness , saw the police come on to the stage , and he > Cannon , rushed on . also , and assisted in securing the defendants . —Sergeant Quinnear , and other officers , corroborated the testimony of Cannon . —Mr . Elliott , expressed surprise that such performances should have been tolerated for a single night , and convicted , the defendants , in a penalty of 20 s ., or fourteen days ' imprisonment each . Mrs . Lawrence was however subsequently discharged , she being near her confine-. ment , and receiving some slight injuries while being secured on the preceding night . The audience portion of the prisoners were discharged with a

      severecaution . W . Gasland , J . Welsh , E . Winsiand , J . Cook , and Jano Johnson , performers at another place of . a similar description , but if possible lewer ,. as the admission is but one halfpenny , were convicted in a similar offenee , and the audience prisoners .. dis- « charged . HAMMERSMITH . —Charsb of Robbery . 'George , Pettitt , an ex-policeman , and Thomas Finch , shoemaker , of Leaping-bar-yard , Kingstreet , Hammersmith , two tall and powerful , mon , wore finally examined on a obarge of having stolen , in the dwelling-house of Mrs . Jane Clark ,. Kingstreet , Hammersmith , Bank of England nQtes ,, gold land silver monies , plate and other ' articles ,, to tha value of nearly £ 300 . —Tbe prisoners , who reserved their defence , were fully committed , to Newgate for trial .

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      Emigration prom , the United Kinobom . — On Wednesday the tenth general report of the Colonial LandsEmigration Commissioners was printed , giving some interesting information connected with emigration from tho United Kingdom . The emigration from the United Kingdom during the ten years ending tho 3 , fefc Dec , 18 * 0 , amounted to 850 , 392 nersons . giving an average of 85 , 639 emigrants a . STduS " the years Ml and 1 S 48 the numbar of emigraats was 268 , 2 $ and 248 , 089 respectively , being nWy double the largest number that had omierafced in any previous year .. _ During the year

      1849 tb » emigration : had reached the unprecedented number of 290 , 4 £ 3 ; por 3 ons , bf which number 2 ^ 0 , 817 proceeded to No-jib America ; 219 , 430 , wen \ to tho Unite d States an . d 4 i ; 367 to British North America . Th » commissioners estimated that in 18 $ , exclusive of cabift passengers , £ 1 , 743 , 500 was . expended on emigration , of which only £ 228 , 30 . 1 ) was paid out of public funds , leaving , more than £ 1 , 500 , 000 as the probable amount provided ouiof private or parochial funds . Last week a Jew who gave evidence in the Liver pool police court in . a case of felony , refused to sign , bis depositions , as hy so doing ho would violate . tha Hebrew Babhatb . Mr . Rushton . said that , as tho

      witness declined to sign the depositions on religious grounds , ho YfQ-ito allow WK to < fo »«*» Monday ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18051850/page/5/