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\ * THE NORTHERN STAR . \ , February 20 , I 847 .
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SEWC- ' . STLE-OX-TTXE . IFatjFatal Acciosnt ok the KEWCASTLK-rrox-TrsE ra Xd South Suiklds Railwat . —On Sunday evening , me 14 e 14-h inst ., a vouhj : genth-man mamed Robson , nn oin of Mr . Robson , draper , D ^ an street , arrived ;; the the llowdeu station just as the train for Xcwustlcistlc was leaving , and in making an attempt to anti-rater it tell or siipt , and several of the carriages aasseassed over him . lie was taken to Newcastle , but sspirepired before arriving there . CrUHEHLAXD . ..
As Ax Outrage and Attempt at Murucr , happily of jxcem-eediiiij raritv in this coimty , w .-w committed on " m rhe ro . id between Ulverst-me and D . ilton , on the pcrtun oon of a man named Thomas , in the employ ot rfcslossrs . Divi-i , iron masters . It appears that as he rras iras returnins' from Uiverstone to Daitou . at a lonely iituaituation about a mi . ' e and a half from the latter Haeelaee a bullet was fired from the mmUhI- ; at him , rrhicfliicii passed throu-h his hat , ab-uit a-i inch and a ualfialf from the crown , fortunately witsout dome iiimiimanviiijurr . He ouhl distinctly make out two wrsrersons at Urn roadside , one of whrnn fired the bullet irororora a pistol , and imtmidiately rushed oat upon him ; nut hit he met ihe ruffian with a blow from a stint stick ,
ifhicfhicli laid him on the pMuud . His companion made itftdfto a short , distance , and Thomas began In-labouring tag ami kicking his prostrate foe . The thief sore . mcd : istbstiiy for tiie assi-. tance of hisconfederate , who it feeneems plucked up courage and came to the rescue , "hofhomas , teeing the odds would be against him , took ( 0 lu his heels and reached Dalt-in in sifety . The police ice are using every endeavour to capture the highwaymemen . It is conjectured this attempt at assassination ir .-. sr . * . s intended for some of tho D . dton malt-makers , Ihrthrce or four of whom it was known were collecting heiheu- accounts , preparatory to pay for barley at . } ar 2 andlemas , and who were expected to return home ;; ha ; hat da v .
LIVERPOOL . I Alleged Case of MAXsLvvoniEn . —On Thursday isnani Friday last , an inquest was held b-fore the Iboiborough coroner , upon the body of an Italian seaman , inanamed John Dominico Gristallia , who < e death it was laltnlleaed had been accelerated by the ill-treatment Ifrcfrom the captain and matt-sofa vessel in the African : tntrade , named the Commerce , which arrived in the 'MAiersty last week . The captain ' s name is Thorpe , anand it appeared by the evidence of several of the crew ththat the deceased died a few miles below the Rock L Light , and that the conduct of the captain and mate to towards him had been very violent on many occasions . JtJohn Ryan , a cooper on board , stated that he had frfrequently s « m deceased on the voyage home . struek b ; by the captain , mate , and second mate , lie had seseen him beaten by the captain , both with hands , fifeet , ropes , aud sticks . Upon one occasion the capiiiain beat deceased with a broomstick across the back ,
u until the stick became broken , and the captain then Ksaid , deceased should pay for it ( meaning the stick ) wwhen he get into port . About a week bofore arriving hhere , deceased was assisting in getting the anchor o over the bows of the vessel , when he was struck by tithe captain with a hammer , about the sides , which c caused deceased to fall near to the forec . iftle and he vwas immediately " roused" by the captain . The witnness spoke to the mates having beaten deceased upon e several oceat-ioas . lie ( witness ) had also been beaten tby the captain , and told he might carry the marks to E show Mr . llushton when he got intoport . Mr . Wood , t stirgcos , stated that he had made a post mortem exi animation of the body , and was of opinion that death i was the result of external violence . The coroner i summed np the evidence , and th « jury after an abi sence of three hours and forty minutes , returned a verdict of manslaughter against the captain , but did sot criminate the mates . He was then committed fcr trial .
As Evextfcl History . — A few weeks ago two men named Kelly and , Beattio were apprehended at liverpool for being- concernect in the theft of a cask of palm oil . At the sessions , on Saturday week , when Beattie was convicted of receiving " the oil , knowing it to have been stolen , and sentenced to nine months's imprisonment ; Kelly was admitted as an approver ; and his account of himself , as elicited in cross-examination by Mr . James , was rather a singular one . He admitted that he had been five or seven times in difficulties—that he had been
concerned in a duel in Ireland—was in prison for smuggling , and lost £ 6 , 000—had been once or twice in custody for drunkenness—was convicted of an assault , and sentenced to six months * imprisonmentwas a farmer and smuggler in Ireland—was fa police officer at Chelmsford—was one of Ihe British Legion in Spain , and had lost £ 25 , 000 by gambling . lie stated also that he had enme to Liverpool with only £ 3 i'T £ 4 in his possession , and had commenced tbe business of buying up old ropes , rags , and things of that s * rt .
MAXCIIESTFR . The professed friends of L ^ rd Lincoln have , it is Turn lured , prevailed upon him to offer himself as a candidate lor Manchester . DiMKEss . —Perhaps at no period within the remembrance of the oldest inhabitant have distress and privation pressed more heavily oa the working classes that at the present moment . The streets are crowded with paupers , most of them Irhh , who have travelled to Manchester from Liverpool , in the hope
either of obtaining employment , or sharing with others from the public bounty of the town . A soupkitcheu has been established , from which are distributed daily some 0 , 000 quarts of nutritious soup , with 1 , 000 loaves of bread . It is remarkable that of ihe recipients of this charity 0-10 ths are Irish people . ' She operative classes employed in the milk and niasufactorics ( most of whom arc working short time ) seem to shrink from an application for charity , and prefer existence on the limited means deprived from their labour .
Staie of Tbade . —ibis market continues in a dull and depressed way , and what sales are effected are at rates still quite irreaniar and drooping . The notion is , that both cloth and yarn must recedeto the prices obtainable previous to any advance in the raw material ; for it is seen that , in the present depressed Elate of tin ' s and foreign countries , only low prices will bring any demand . Short time is still extending . The cotton bubble has burst , and it is thought that prices will gradually decline for some time . It is pretty apparent now that the crop will be larger than that of last year , the receipts at the ports being 30 , 000 bales more than at the same date last season .
WIOAS . Committal or a Notorious Character f <> r Fklost . —On Monday , James Connor , a man who has for several years spent the greater part of his time in prison , was brought before the Wigan magistrates , charged with stealing a piece of beef weighing 20 S ) . from the stall of George Boyde . 'I . butcher , on " Saturday night . The prisoner was detected in committing the robbery , by a boy named Finch , ¦ who gave an immediate alarm , and the prisoner being pursued , wast * apprebended in Wallgate , with the beef in his possession . —He waa committed lor trial at the next borough sessions .
CHESHIRE , A BcncLAB Shot . —Information has been received at the Police-office , Macclesfield , of a desperate birgUry , in which one of the thieves was killed . It took place at Errwood House , near Buxton , the seat of Samuel Grineaaw , Esq . The family are absent at Southport , and the house left in charge of servants . On Wednesday night , it is said , a gang of burglars broke in and seriously ill-treated the servants ; but whilst they were engaged in ransacking the house , the gamekeeper came up and fired amongst them , killing one ef the party on the spot ; the rest made their escape .
WOLVEHRAUPrOX . Fatal Misiso Accidest . —Last week , as William Kicholls , a miner , tras at work in a coal pit in the Capponfield Colliery , a large quantity of coal fell upon him , and killed him on the spot . A man Earned John Podd was only two yard * oif , and narrowly escaped the same fate . The coroner ' s inquest on the deceased returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
DERBTSnlRS . Old Esolish Smuts StppRESSEn . —Derbt Football . —There was no attempt to renew the game of foot-ball inithis borough on Tuesday ; iast , ; and it may now be regarded as abolished . A troop of the-lth Dragoon Guards , from Nottingham , came into the town on Friday , for the purpose of assisting , if that had been necessary , to preserve the peace ; and a large number of special constables were sworn . There waa , however , no occasion to call upon the soldiers , the special constables being planted on the leading thoroughfares , and not permitting persons to assemble in the streets . The town was as orderly as usual , no indication ofa disposition to play being apparent , and no influx of strangers from the neighbouring places .
LEICESTERSHIRE . A Riot occurred at Leicester , on Tuesday last , between the police and a large body of persons assembled to continue % sport enjoyed on Shrove Tuesday in that town from time immemorial . It has been the custom to hold what was denominated a " Rotneram Fair , " on a large open piece of ground , called the Newark , the spectators of which ordinarily amounted to many thousands . An arena was formed , and men . grotesquely attired , and called Whipping Toms , with long and fearful-looking whips , entered , displaying their dexterity in u > ing the instrument
upon those who had the fool-hardihood to contest with them , and he who exhibited the greatest skill in escaping the lash with a shinney stick was rewarded by the applause of and a collection among the spectators , the money being shared among the whippers and the whipped . The magistrates of the borough resolved to suppress this amusement , and for this purpose framed a bye-law , enacting it an offence , punishable by a fine of £ 5 , for any person to appear with a whip , cudgel , or instruments of that nature on Shrove Tuesdav , at the place above mentioned , and several whippers were informed three
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weeks ago of the determination on the part of the authorities to carry out rigidly this provision . 1 his being known to the inhabitants curiosity was felt to tee whether any opposition on tho part of the whippers would be offered , and on Tuesday last several thousands assembled on tho spot . The police mustered in considerable force , and were assaulted with sticks and pelted with brickbats . The riot was ended by the capture and conveyance to gaol of " two vans full of prisoners , " escorted by upwards of one hundred and fifty constables .
NORTnAjirio . i . Fire at Rush Mills—A fearful fire broke out on tho above premises on Wednesday morning last , about half-past two , causing a destruction of property to a serious amount . The alarm was first given by the unusually loud and irregular whistling from the mail train from Peterborough , which ordinarily arrives at Northampton at the time above stated . On the manager , Mr . G . W . Hayes , being aroused by the whistle , and looking out of hia bedroom window , he discovered the west side of the mill a complete body of flame . He arose and instant . y despatched a
messenger for the engine , but the man met the County Fire Office engine , about half a mile from the spot , the engine driver of the mail train having , immediately on his arrival at the station , apprised the fireengine superintendent of the outbreak . In about ten minutes afterwards , another engine arrived , which was closely followed by a third . The progress ot the fire was stopped by four o'clock , and at seven , it was completely subdued . Tho dwelling house , ( which was only seven feet from tlm part of the mill where the fire was ragin ? most furiously , ) rag house , and part of the northern end of tho mill , were saved .
nOTTOS . A Pontic McKTivff was held on Monday last , ( he loih inst ., in the Parish Church , Royton , for the purpose of nominating persons competent to serve as parish constables for the ensuing year . The meeting commenced at twelve o'clock , the rev . Mr . Hill in the chair . The following are the names of the persons nominated : —James Goldthorp , sadler ; Joseph Cave , farmer ; Joseph NormitiRton , labourer ; Abraham Lord , farmer : William Fletcher , carder ; Abraham Grossley , Thomas Davis , spinners ; Thomas Melior , plumber and glazier ; Adam Whitworth , manufacturer ; James Wild , spinner .
NORFOLK . The Compensation allowed to Mr . BexGeld , the Recistrar of the Norwich Court of Conscience , whose office becomes defunct by the new small debts courts , is £ 217 12 a . per annum .
CAUBRIDGKSniRR . I Mysterious Alleged Outrage . —A married woman residing in the village of Cottenham , in this neighbourhood , was suddenly accosted in the public road , at eight on the evening of the 3 ist ult . by some ruffian unknown . Before she had time to reply a plaster was applied tu her month , she was grasped by the wrists and legs and transported on tiie shoulders of the mysterious stranger , over hedges and ditches , to a lonely field . There she was set down , and cooly told that her head would be cut off if she made the slightest uproar , or attempted any resistance . The woman was plundered of her marriage ring and some money : her clothes were then cut from her
per .-on , a portion of h * r hair was deliberately cut off , and she was set at liberty . Thus far the woman ' s story ; and whatever suspicion may hang over it , there appears to be no doubt of the fact that she did certainly arrive at the house of a relation at a late hour on the evening alwvementioned , in a state of absolute nudity , with the exception of her shoes and stockings , and a piece of flannel attached to ono of her legs . But the mystery remains to be told . The woman had no so > ner blazoned her story in the village , than two men ( one of them a constable ) traced carefully with a lantern the route which she said she
had been carried . The impediments in the shape of quickset hedges , and ditches three , and even five feet wide , were such as seemed to render ifc morally and physically impossible that any man could have carried a woman on his shoulders along such a route , without on any one occasion placing down his burden . The clothes were found lying in the field which the woman had indicated , actually cut up from top to bottom , but the marks of the footsteps leading to and from the field , which were carefully examined and measured by the light of the lantern , were those of only one person , and moreover , they exactly corresponded with the woman's own sIhks .
ESSEX . Dreadfol TxcEXDunr Firb at BARKr . vc—On Tuesday morning last , a mounted patrol of the Kssex constabulary , arrived at the Wellclose-square fire station of the London establishment , announcing that a farm house and outbuildings , together with much live stock , Ac ., had been consumed , and from the lack of assistance , the utmost fears were entertained for the safety of the adjoining farms . By the directions of Mr . Superintendent Braidwood , the engines froRi Wellclose-square , and also that belonging to Jeffriessquare , together with alarge body of the brigade , were dispatched to the scene of destruction . The fire was believed to have been the work of an incendiary .
SCRRET . HionwAT Rosbert . —At the Surrey Sessions , Caroline Jones , 30 , was indicted for assaulting and stealing a silver watch and guard chain , from the person of John Grunsnett , at Croydon . On the 12 th ult ., in the evening , the prosecutor arrived by the train from London , at the Croydon terminus . He proceeded along the high road towards his residence at Broad Green , and when about a mile from the station he was accosted by the prisoner , who followed him , and when at a lonely part of the road she made a snatch at his guard chain . He pushed her on one side ,
when a man came suddenly behind him and pinioned his arms , while the prisoner seized his watch and chain , and ran away . The man jumped over the hedge and made his escape , but he pursued the prisoner and captured her in the yard of the railway station , where she had taken refuge . She attempted to get awa . i from him , and threatened to stab him unless he let her go ; but fortunately , a policeman came up and took her into custody . The watch was found the same evening in the passage of a house which the prisoner ran past after havingcommitted the robbery . The Jury found her Guilty , and the Chairman sentenced her to ten years' transportation , '
re . Shocking Accihekt on the Gravksexd aito Rochester Railway . —A few days ago Benjamin Ba \ - lard , one of the labourers employed in this undertaking , left his barrow filled with chalk , and on resuming his labour on Friday morning proceeded towards the opening , for the purpose of shooting his load , when , it appears from the intensity of the frost * the mass had become frozen together , and adhered to the barrow , which drew him hcadbngdown the shaft , a depth of 160 feet , by which he was killed on the spat . Deceased was a single man , about twenty three years of age . The body was conveyed to the North Aylesford union workhouse , at Strood , to await a Coroner ' s inquest .
Fatal Accidekt os the Sooth-Eabtern Railway . — Tcsbridge . — On Monday evening , about 25 minutes past C o ' clock , a frightful occurrence took place on this line , by which an old man named John Seal , upwards of 90 years of age , met with a horrible death . The endue driver of the passenger train which leaves Dover for London at a quarter past 3 o'clock , after passing Penshurst station ; saw . a man whom he supposed to be a plate layer walking between the two lines of rails in the direction of Edenbridge . He was then more than a mile in advance , and as the train approached the driver sounded the steam whistle to apprise him of train Bearing him he apparently , however , took no notice of it , and
continued walking between the two linos until the engine had reached him within 40 yards , when to the amazement of those in charge of the train he stepped on to the line on which it was travelling . The driver instantly shut off the steam , and the firemen applied the break , the whistle qoing all the time , but it was impossible to save the mail ' s life , for in a few seconds he was struck down and the entire train passed over him . On it being stopped the guards found the poor old man to be dreadfully mutilated , and quite dead . In the course of the night the body was identified to be that of John Seal , residing in the village of Four Elms , in the parish of Blnxted , a few miles from Edenbridge : he was not employed on the line .
FAVKRSHAM . Destrcctivk'Iscendiart Firr . —About two o ' clock on Friday morning , an alarm of fire aroused the inhabitants of Favcrsham , in consequence ofa portion of the farming premises at Cook's Diteh Farm , in the occupation of C . Neame , Esq ., adjoining the east end ol the town , being in a blaze ; and , although the engines were got into work as soon as a supply of water could be obtained , it soon became evident that no available efforts could save such of the buildings or stacks as were then on fire . The exertions of the firemen were , therefore , directed to prevent the devastation extending to other portions of the premises and to some stacks which had not become ignited . In
this they were successful , by saving the stables , and , thereby , the residence of R . Bathurst , Esq ., bat the whole range of lodges , with carts , waggons , ploughs , and various agricultural implements , and the very excellent and extensive barns , with three floors and tiled roofs ( the barns containing at the time a principal portion of two bean stacks , recently got in for the purpose of thrashing , a quantity ef thrashed barley and clover seed ) , were all totally destroyed . The horses , and other live stock , except sixteen pigs , were saved . Tho damage is estimated at between two and three thousand pounds . The buildings arc insured . There is not the slightest doubt that this great destruction of human food has been the work of an incendiary .
axbover . The Usios . —At the weekly meeting held on Saturday in the board room ol the poor house , between 50 and 60 half-famished farm labourers , with their wives and children , applied for relief . Tho number of inraatos exceed 300 , an increase of 137 over this period last year , low wages of from 6 s . to 9 s . per week driving many into the house , with their fam lies , sooner than starve .
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ISVERNESSSniBB . Fort-Augustus . —There is great distress in this place . Most of tho able-bodied men have gone to Perth for work ; the parochial relief is miserably small ; and a number of aged bed-ridden persons would literally have starved , but for the humane exertions of some few individuals . ABERDEENSHIRE . Firh . — An alarming fire broke out in a building connected with Spring Garden Works , Aberdeen , on Tuesday week . Tho fire ra ^ ed five hours , and destroyed property to the amount of £ 3 , 000 .
7 IFBSHIRE . Tub Fisrixg . —The cod-fish have almost entirely disappeared again ; several boats having short lines caught only avery tew . Tho wind has been prevailing from the north-west , with keen frost , which has pinched ourfishermen very much . The herring-fishing has not been very general . Several of our boats have been singularly fortunate , but the majority have barely made wages .
PERTIISniRB . Rather Severe . —Lust week , a considerable number of the labourers on the Central Railway , near Perth , were discharged for refusing to contribute a day ' s pay to the fund for relieving the destitute Highlanders . It will be at once conceded that men who were regularly employed at good wages during the whole season might , at lcist , contribute one day's pay to diminish a distress so very general ; but very few seem disposed to subscribe * to the policy of arming railway timekeepers—seldom verv nice in their discriminations—with power to inflict pains and penalties in case of refusal . —Corraixmcfcut .
A Mtsthrioos Affair . — Last week , while the men employed on tho Midland Junction Railway , a few miles north from Perth , were making some excavations on the line , they came upon two human skeletons , the hair on the skulls of which was quite 'fresh . The date of their interment cannot have been very remote ; but by what means , as there was nobody missing from the locality within the memory of the neighbours that can be identified with the case , is not easily accounted for .
GLASGOW . Destitution . —From the records of the Central Police-office , we learn that tho number of persons brought before the sitting magistrate from 'Jan . 18 to Feb . 13 , 1847 , was 783 , there were 32 males , 114 females , and 44 children , Scotch and English ; and 176 males , 211 female , and 200 children , Irish . Comparatively few belonged to this city . Death by taking Opium . —A medical gentleman , nho has been a considerable time in Glasgow , went to a neighbouring town , early in the week , for the benefit of his health . He took a large quantity of opium as a medicine , but the dose proved fatal , as he never awoke from the sleep so induced .
Feveb r . v Glasgow . —Typhus fever is now rapidly spreading among the inhabitants ef the more densely populated parts of the city and suburbs .
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DCBLIK . The following have been appointed commissioners for the relief of destitution : —Sir J . Burgoyne ; Sir R . Routh : Mr . Rcdington ; Col . Jones , Chairman of tho Board of Works ; Mr . Twisleton , Resident Poor Law Commissioner ; and Col . M'Grcgor , Inspector-General of Constabulary . The run on the " road business" is still tremendous . The Gazette contains proclamations for sixteen additional sessions . The rush may be ascribed , not to a desire to take undue advantage of State liberality , but to bring works already in operation to a close before the seed time begins , so as to leave all hands free for spring labour .
Famine and Recroitisg . —The famine has greatly increased the enlistments in the army throughout Ireland—the recruiting parties can now obtain any number of men they require to take the " Saxon s hilling . " The Great Humbug . —The " last remnant of the expiring faction" mustered in extremely thin force at Conciliation-hall . Mr . O'Connell , who was believed hereto beinsuchadelicatestateof heallhasto preclude him from recording his vote against Ministers upon Lord George Bentinck ' s Railway Bill , was nevertheless quite well enough on Saturday evening to fulfil his ordinary task of communicating with his Irish lieges , through the medium of Mr . Secretary Ray . The hon . member taunts the landlords with not joining in the Repeal crusade , and thus avert the terrors of a real Poor Law .
ACCOUNTS FR 8 M THE PROVINCE ! . In Kenmare , a woman divested of the ordinary feelings of maternal affection , hardened and reckless from suffering , offered her living child for sale to a physician . In Miltown , on the other hand , a daughter supported , from her own breast , her a ? ed parent , as the Rahan Mother did her own offspring . In Ardfert , in other years the garden and storehouse of Kerry , the peasantry , who were a noble race of men , * rc subsisting upon { sca-weed and the worst of carrion ; want having driven some of them to destrov
miserable beasts of burden , and on that food to live . In Ivilorglan , where there grew up and flourished , before tho blight , a large export trade in corn , the inhabitants are starving . In Dingle , sickness and starvation are preying like the vulture and the jackall on the bodies of ^ tlie " poor . There , as in Skibberecn , the custom of encasing corpses iu coffins must be dispensed with . The relief funds are too scanty for at least on « portion—the largest—of the people , who arc falling faster than their pastors can administer the consolations of tho death-bed .
CORK . Cork still maintains its dreadful supremacy in destitution , 'flic Cork Reporter , of Thursday , contain * the condensed evidence on eleven inquests in the town of Mallow . On the preceding Monday there were forty-four corpses in one of the workhouses o ( the city ; and on the Wednesday following , one hundred interments took place . Four hundred is stated to be the weekly mortality of two unions—Skibbareen and Bantry . With every hour fresh accounts of increased misery keep pouring in . Iu Coachford , a village within nine miles of the city , there were nine deaths from starvation on Sunday , and an average of three each dav in the week .
In one townland in the same district , 700 are represented as starving out of a population of 800 . In Kanturk workhouse , built to contain 800 , there are 1 , 800 paupers ; or 1 , 000 beyond the proper accommodation . In the workhouse hospital there are 480 ; and in the fever hospital , built to contain 7-1 , there are 250 patients . The physician says : — " On Saturday last he found nine persons lying of fever in one small room , and all turning with horror from a tenth , who lay dead among them , and remained unburicd since Thursday for want of a coffin ; and yet in the district where this fearful misery abounds there
are many landlords , six-and-twenty altogether , with incomes varying from one hundred to one thousnn I a year : of these , it appears only five subscribed to the relief fund ! In the City of Cork the mortality is progressive . The destitution in Dungavvan , in the county of Waterford , is painted in fearful colours . Every day is seen issuing from the workhouse gaie the dead cart with three , four , or five of its dead inmates . I foual tho number of persons died in the 24 hours were six . In its gloomy dead house , at this moment , may be seen ten dead carcases—nine inmates of the house , and one man found lying dead on the road . "
GALWAT . The Election . — The High Sheriff , Michael Browne , Esq , of Gnrtcullen , opened the Court this day at eleven o ' clock , and read her Majesty ' s writ , and called upon the electors to propose a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament . Arthur Ireland , Esq ., proposed Anthony O'Flaherty , Esq ., of Knockbatie ; John Gunning , Esq ., seconded the nomination . Lachlan Mac Lachlan , Esq ., proposed James Henry Monahan , Efq ., her Majesty ' s Solicitor-General ; the nomination was seconded by Richard Lynch , Esq . James Stephen , Esq ., proposed Richard O'Gorman , jun ., Esq ., who was seconded by Timothy Murray , Esq . The several candidates essayed to address the electors , but so great was the uproar , that not a syllable could be heard . It was agreed between all parties that the Court should adjourn , and the polling commence next dav .
KILLMIXEY . Ten inquests have within a few days taken place , and ten deaths more from the one cause—starvation —have been reported to the coroner . Tho workhouse is full , anda new fever hospital is sought for . The inmates of the workhouse reach in number 1 , 2 : 33 , and a tloan is solicited from government to erect sheds for the fever-stricken poor . TRALEE . Mortality is dreadfully on the increase . The weekly lists of the dead . read in the chapel form a fearful catalogue . It is a common thin ? to sec two and three coffins leaving town in the i < ame cart .
BUCO . The deaths from starvation , during the week ending Saturday last , were fifteen ; and in one lamentable district of the same county , the number of corpses awaiting the coroner ' s investigation were forty . From another quarter , a policeman writes to the coroner that "half a dozen deaths from starvation had been reported to tho inspector that evening , " and awaited inquiry .
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( Prom the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb . 1 C . ) It . Layt , Iliugham , Norfolk , spirit-merchant smd carrier —J . Jtocliat , St . Martiri ' s-iane , jeivcllcr aud watchmaker —J . 11 . Llewelyn , Strand , surgeon aud dealer in medical instruments—C . Proctor , Withnm , Essex , wi « c merchant —II . Hunter , St . Uunstan's-liill and Brook ' s-warf , City , general agent—3 . Smith , Gloucester , iim-kcejier—J . Allison , Tenrith , Cumberland , bookseller and stationer—T . N . Krown , East Stonehouse , Devonshire , lcuther-dealor .
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . IMPORTANT DISCUSSION BETWEEN ARCHER GURNEY , ESQ ., BARRISTERAT-LAW . AND MR . THOMAS CLARK , OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .
On Friday evening , February 12 ih , the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather was crowded to excess , anxious to hear this discussion . At halt past seven o ' clock , Mr . T . M . Wkefxrr came forward and proposed that Mr . John Skelton should take the chair , Mr . Archer Gurney having seconded the motion , it was carried unanimously . Mr . T . M . Wheeler then read Mr . Gurney ' s challenge , which lias already appeared in the Star , and stated that Mr . Gurney would open tho debite , taking half-an-hour for that purpose , that Mr . Clark , would then takehalf-an hour to reply , —after which the disputants , would speak for a quarter-ofan-hour alternately , until tho dose of the
discus-. The Chairman then rose , and in a few remarks introduced Mr . Gurnet , who on rising was welcomed by the unanimous applause of the audience . He said he waa an advocatoof the principlesjef Liberty and Justice , and whatever he mi ^ ht advance , he trusted they would rccefvo with good feeling , in which feeling he now addressed them . When he opposed the People's Charter , he also opposed the ground work on which it was founded . All would agree that the object ! of all governments was to secure tho well-being of tho people , and that liberty is fouHdcd on the principles of Equal Justice . All are liable to err—nations may err , tiie wisest-, the greatest , the best , may
err-so that no such thing as infallibility couid be arrived at . It was the wisdom of governing that caused power to ba distributed—a division of powera government in wbiel ^ the popular power was checked by the aristocratic power—and both iu their turn countercheck ! : d by monarchy—thus constituting a triple appeal—otherwise a despotism would be the b ? st of all governments , whilst an autocratic form of government was the very worst . A division of power was besf attained by a mixed form of government , and the voice of the people was that which invariably influenced the state . It should have great power , but not be altogether absolute , The best form of Government was that which consisted of monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy , the latter
preponderating . Such a constitution was that of England , and which the " Charter" proposed to alter . ( Hear , hear . ) The British constitution consisted of three elements—first , the Commons ; which represented the middle classes —( hear , hear )—and , as they assarted , in a great measure , the masses also , their property and intellect . 'Die next was the Lords , who , to a certain extent , represented the masses also . ( No , no . ) lie could specify cases in which they had done so . Then came the Crown , which acted as a counter-check , representing the interest of both . ( Laughter . ) But there was another court—public opinion ; and should an obnoxious measure pass each branch of the legislature , public opinion would soon revoke it . He would now come
to the points of the Charter . Universal Suffrage stood firet , which would be found another word for despotism . ( Murmurs . ) Iu Franco , universal equality was declared ; but in fifteen months afterwards a soldier of fortune—a despot—Napoleon — was raised by the suffrages ef the millions to the throne of Franco . ( Hear , hear . ) Some men contended that Universal Suffrage might exist in a mixed form of government , but he believed it would be mixed in name only . lie was convinced that , in three months after tho establishment of Universal Suffrage , the House of Peers would cease to exist . He believed it would be utterly impossible for the Peers to pass a bill under such circumstances ; so that , if they did exist , it would be in name only . True , it could not
now be said the House of Commons represented the masses in a primary sense , but in a secondary one it did , just is the Lords did the aristocracy . All would sec that the great mass might , however good , err ; but he believed that the instinct of good within took them right in the end —( cheers)—but strong opinions and feelings were got up in a moment , and the wrong was done ; but , at present , a learned body , having a great interest at stake , yet independent of the pepular will , existed to check such influences . It was absolutely necessary to have such an independent body as the only mode of preserving a mixed government . And , lookinii at the American repudiatois , who refused to pay their just debts , it was a proof democracy could do wrong ; and al ^ o looking at the power and influence which some democratic leaders had obtained , he saw clearly the necessity of having a body of learned , independent men in existence , to check the impulse of the people , and give them time
to reflect , or great mischief would be done . He had already referred to the election of Napoleon to the throne of Franco ; it was to prevent despotism like this , lie would k ? ep in existence a body of weu .-cd . ucatel men . No one man—nay , not a body of mencould be trusted without some check . Too many proofs of this existed from the day of Athens down to those of our own times . ( Hear , hear . ) The records of history fully bore him out in this assertion , and the spirit of the aire demanded a check to prevent the establishment of despotic rule . The masses were now , in a sense , represented , and that which is done is done in their name , and by their loyal influence ; but should Universal Suffrage prevail , that power must be abused , and , he feared , end in a despotism . He would appeal to his opponent whether all power should bo vested in one court , or whether it was not better to have three courts , with a final appeal to public opinion ? ( l . oud cheeiv . )
Mr . Thomas Clark , on rising to reply , was received with great applause , lie had listened for the last half hour with great anxiety , mingled with much curiosity , lie was anxious to leani what arguments his honourable opponent would put forward against the . right « f the people to govern themselves ; but he had been disappointed , for he had heard no arguments adduced . lie was also anxious to learn from his opponent from whence the three branches or elements of the constitution of which he had spoken , had obtained their power to rule , and further , what benefits the people hid derived from the three powers . He repeated he had been disappointed , particularly as his rriend had spoken of the constitution , lie had ' lmpcd to have seen him produce it ; however ,
as lie would have to rise ai ; ain , perhaps he would then take it from his pocket . ( Loud laughter . ) He ( Mr . Clark ) had never read it —(& laugh from Mr . Gurney ) . —His learned opponent laughed , but he thought that the audience would require the production of that document , did such a thing exist . ( Cheers . ) lie , with his honourable opponent , thought that when the people were fully represented they would not require three estates , they would be satisfied with one hou ? e of legislation—as they wished a representation « f the people by the people . lie eontended that the present system of government was nothing more or less than usurpation—( hear , hear)—as tho < c who governed it could show no legitimate authority for so doing . ( Loud cheers . ) His learned
friend had talked of the power of public opinion , was tbe existence of the detestable New Poor Law , to which his opponent , like himself , and the great bulk of the people , was so much opposed , a proof of it ? ( Loud cheers . ) Were the wars against America , France , Canada , and China proofs of it ? ( No . no . ) lie held that hereditary government or legislation was an absurdity , and he further held that the people never called it into existence , and that it had in origin in rapine , plunder , and bloodshed . ( Cheeis . ) His opponent must not be offended if he designated such a system a most contemptible one . What did il mean ? Why , that the son of lord so and so , inherited all his father ' s virtues—well . if he did , ho might not be ovcrburthened—( loud launhtcrl—but might
lie not also inherit all his father ' s vices ? ( Much applause . ) If hereditary legislators was so good , why not have hereditary judges , hereditary barristers , hereditary jurors , and hereditary heroes ? ( Great applause . ) Then should we find the little Petticoat Nelsons and Wellingtons mighty warriors . ( Riors of laughter . ) lie condemned tho despotism ot Napoleon quite as much as his opponent did , he had sprung from the democracy , and hence was often spoken of , but perhaps the aristocratic despots were too numerous to bo particularised . ( Hear , hear . ) There had been hereditary kings and queens , but he never heard of hereditary generals . Oi course his friend admired hereditary wisdom , and , like himself , the many virtues of our beloved hereditary little
queen , but did his learned friend not think it just possible that she might possess some of the vices of her illustrious grandfather , George the 3 rd ? ( Loud cheers , ) lie believed hereditary government was a burlesque on common sense . ( Hear , hear . ) He In Id that taxation and representation should go hand in hand —( hear , hear )—and without this it was merely conventional to obey . When a power presumed 10 levy something lik « fifty-three millions of taxes per annum without the sanction of the people , it could be nothing less than a plundering usurpation , and he called on his friend to show him who gave them the power . The people had petitioned tho legislature , to the number of three millions and « , half , for representation ; but the Lower House , in iis wisdom , bad shaken its head , and said—No , no
you require a check . ( Laughter , ) His friend had spoken of American debts , but who gave the legislature of Great Britain the power to raise a debt of eight hundred millions . ( Vehement cheering . ) Well , but he believed that tho government of the State of Pennsylvania had contracted the debt in violation of the constitution , and henco its repudiation by the sovereign people , who thought that those who contracted tho debts wore the proper persons to pay them . Was he ( Mr . Clark ) to look to Poor Law bastiles , prisons , hulks , and penal settlements , as the proofs of hereditary genius ( Loud cheers . ) If ao , ke did not think the people had profited much by it . Perhaps his learned opponent possessed the elective franchise ; he ( Mr Clark ) did not ; would his opponent tell hi ' tu why he was not admitted to share in the elective richts of the community . He admitted the errors of demo-
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cracy . He knew democracy did not "'" n ;¦ " » bn iiantlyasin the palmy djys of Athens , »«* « ' "' ^ its faults , giro him tho government , of manhoo ., and mind , ten thousand times before brute / ores ( Immense applause . ) He had looked in vain \ 0 T "ia friend to produce the constitution , but he trussed when he rose again he would produce ifc , and point out the clause by which they held their rig hts . The Chartists had long looked for an opponent , ana he was happy to find his learned and talented friend come forward to night , but at the close of tho discussion ho did not think the aristocracy would gain much . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Gt / KSET ( cheers ) rose to reply to Mr . Clark , and said that he had endeavoured to keep to tho question ; ho had endeavoured to show that the
socalled " People ' s Charter " would lead to a virtual despotism ; his oppenent had called on him to show and answer so many things , that instead of a quarter of an hour , it would require a quarter of a century to do it . ( Loud cheers . ) Aristocracy , like other things , possessed evil and good . His friend wished him to demonstrate in what way the unrepresented had contributed to the creation of the national debt . Did they not know that the war against Napoleon carried the sympathies of the people with it . ( Cries oi " True enough . " ) True , a portion—a small portion—of tho people were in favour of France ; yet never did war carry so much public sympathy with it , as the one which ended so elori . ously by hurling the despot Napoleon from the throne
of France . ( Hear , hear . ) His opponent had not attempted to controvert his argument ; but , whether answered or not , he was quito certain it had been heard by some who would not easily foreet it . It was not the mere giving a vote at tho hustings that gave moral power . A good speech that sent the people home reflecting was worth one hundred votes . But to the first great principle—if hereditary goverment was swept away . It was true that errors existed under the present system of Government , as the Poor Law evidenced , and which , with his opponent , he deemed a curse ; but who were tho opponents of this measure—why the ultra-Tories , aided by a tew ultra-Radicals—( hear , hear)—while the psuedo Radicals carried out its spirit to the very
letter . Had they not liberty of conscience under the present system , and the right to meat where they liked , and when they liked , to discuss anything they pleased ? Was not their present meeting a proof of it ? But he had been called on to tske the constitution out of his pocket , —really this was extraordinary , Why , the constitution was not a play-bill ; it existed in some ten thousand Acts of Parliament , and sure he was that they would excuse him from inflicting them on the meeting . ( Hear , hear , and load cheers . ) He could , then , only treat on its general principles . A word on the ballot . Publicity was the only thing calculated for truthfulness . Tho ballot was a shield for the traitor and the liar , fit only for those who were ready to speak one thing and swear another—( Cheers )—and without tho whole Charter
with it , it would be truly execrable . [( Cheers . ) Mr . Clakk ( cheers ) said that his learned friend had stated that a mixed government was a good thing , he would call Mr . Gurney ' s attention to the miserable condition of the people of this country , aud ask him , was this a proof of its goodness ? ( Loud cheers . ) But Mr . Gurney had discovered that they possessed liberty of conscience : happily for him , Mr . ( ieorge Jacob llollyoake did not stand on that platform at that moment . ( Hear , hear . ) His friend Mr . Doyle had been three times before a judge for speaking his sentiments . In 18 H , a mixed government had sent five hundred persons to jail , the hulks and penal settlements , and this too , for merely daring " to moot when they liked , and where they liked , to
discuss what they pleased , if he had not answered his opponent ' s arguments , he trusted his learned friend would not forget to notice his facts . ( Loud Cheers . ) Ilo stood there to vindicate the principles of the People ' s Charter ; his friend had talked of the form of government , but what he asked him for , was the constitution on which that government was founded , and his opponent had failed to produce it . If the People ' s Charter was the constitution , it might be produced , and at the same price as a " play bill , " and he did not know why every man should not be in possession of the constitution . ( Loud cheers . ) The reason he wanted a vote was to protect his interest . His friend bad said tho ballot would lead to a species of lying . Ho ( Mr . Clark ) regretted to find that our mixed government had produced such a state of things as to require the use of the ballot , ( hear , hear , ) but when wealthy and
influential candidates intimidated , bribed , coerced , and persecuted poor voters , ho said " Give us the ballot to save us from the effects of your hereditary wisdom . " ( Vehement cheering . ) He meant nothing personal , but he thought the ballot might even be of great service to barristers , as it was said of them , " that they were not over particular which side they took . " ( Much laughter . ) Ilis opponent treated the vote as a thing ol little importance , but if it was of such small importance , why was so much fuss made about giving it . Ilo maintained that , in virtue of their manhood and common humanity , they were entitled to the vote , and the ballot as a shield , by which that vote might be conscientiously rendered . Ho only claimed that for himself which he was willing to give in the true spirit of Christianity which said , "Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you . " ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Gun . vKYsaid he did not think his opponent had met him conclusively . His opponent had intimated that the vote could not be bought under the ballot , —preposterous—aye , in two minutes he would convince them this was quite preposterous . Under the present system he should go down to a constituency and say , " John , or Harry , I will give- you so much if you will vote for me , " but if tbe ballot was in [ existence he should say , "John , or Harry , I do not want you to vote for me , but if I am returned I shall do all I can to serve your city or borough , and shall not fail to reward the enlightened electors fotthe honour they confer upon me . " Under the present system both winner and loser pay ; but under the ballot only the winner would pay , and that , too ,
without any dread of punishment . He appealed to them bad he not shown the folly of tbe balli > t . ( Laughter . ) Before he went to the weavers he would allude to public opinion amongst the farmers in Devonshire . The farmers had hosted the members , the result of which was Sir J . Yarde Buller an i his collensuc had v « ted in favour of protection : and now to the weavers , — he dented that either Cobden or Bright could discharge five hundred persons for giving a conscientious vote ; the whole press of England would rise against them . ( Laughter . ) Did the meeting suppose , that could Lord John Manners rise iu the house and say that Bright and Cobden had discharged a certain number ot men for daring to
register their conscientious opinions , that either of them would dare to raise their heads in that house ? No , no , such things were of very rare occurrence , lie would now recur to the question , what right had the three estates of the realm to the power they exorcised ? 'They simply had the right because such a t ; ovemuicnt was most in accordance with the good of all classes . ) ( Murmurs . ) He would now say a fenwords on Annual Parliaments . His principal objection was that it would keep the country in turmoil , and the frequent recurrence of elections " would cause questions to be taken up at a rash moment , so that he thought it was better and safer to have seven years ' parliaments .
Mr . Clauk said his learned opponent appeared to think that Annual Parliament would lend to commotion , but even so , was not commotion better than corruption ? Besides , if a man committed an error to day , was it not better to give him an early opportunity of correcting it than to compel him to remain in error tor seven years ? ( Loud cheers . ) And it' the people had such excellent representatives as the members for FiKsbtiry , Duncombe and Wakley , ( great applause ) they wsuld have the opportunity of paying them the compliment of reelecting them . Mr . Roebuck had once moved for a committee , and before such committee offered to pledge himscll to prove that not more than nine members were free from the taint of bribery and corruption . ( Hear , hoar . ) The subject they were discussing was the People's Charter , " would its adoption extend our liberties , " and ho contended that if all of unsound mind were prohibited from exorcising the franchise ,
the proportion would not be confined to the working classes . ( Hear , hear . ) The gentry had rights such as fishing , taking minerals from the earth , and he claimed the great right , the right of protecting their own labour for his order . ( Great applause . ) Hebelieved that the vote would not bo empty ; ho believed that if tho bulk of the people possessed the elective franchise , . £ 272 . per day would no longer be squandered on a dowager old lady , but that the sum would be equitably divided among the starving people . ( Vehement applause . ) Universal Suffrage would cause n severance of the corrupt union between Church and State , and restore the stolen lands to the us ^ es of the people , aye , and cause the young scions ' of tbe aristocracy to labour usefully ; for themselves ; but hereditary legislation kept tiie church for one son , the army for another , and the colonies for another , and so on , —now tho Chartists declared for the rights oi citizenship , —tho right to vote — the right to self-government . '
Mr . Gi-rnkv thought they were now coming to the point , whether every man had the right to votenow rightsi were relative , vmt positive . His opponent talked as though the right to vote was the only right . He ( Mr . Urnoy ) told them , that no taxes could be maintained for more than a year or two that were opposed to the wishes of the people ; it were vain to suppose that any system could be carried out that was opposed to the wishes of the people . Did they think that universal competition , which thev an . poarcd , with him , to condemn , could long prevail ? lie told them , No-it vas impossible , lie would tell them that primogeniture and other ovils existed under governments differently constituted to theirs ' ; i . ut in despotic states the people were comparatively comlortablo , therefore it was not in politics that the evil lay , but was rather to be attributed to the social defects of a state . His opponent complained of the
aristocracy-out the Duke of Buckingham was one of the strongest opponents of Frco Trade , whilst the men born ot peasants , & c ., were its promoters . His opponent had told them that Universal Suffrage
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: ould sweep away that glorious Establishment tlTf prov ; Jed religious instruction for tho whole ««! momty . ( iv 0 i ? in , « nd laughter . ) He would notT • present , font of that wretched voluntary system \ which the great and good Richard | Oastlcr was th opponent ; he denied , however , that the mass of th people were opposed t , a Stiiu r , liurch ; he assert *! the contrary . As to tho pro ¦ : y qualification h 7 believed that every roan of r ; i ' ..- «| - in a free cotintrv C'liild obtain a qualification ; : vu ; he did not think it ibl !< iwi'd , that every man . Vtv nivssesscd propert y n-J nscouiK'M . The ChartbiU . ..: were great in mun- j bcrs , and iospactahlefrotn il . i r property , were in ^ j position toqua . '; r v their oppoiv -. is . ( Greatcheering ) i As regarded the Payment of Members , he contended J that if a man had hold of the nood opinion of his fell f low-men , he was sure to obuin this ; and without that hold , he had no business to become a member Then i , s to Equal Representation , ho thought it ; would tend to destroy the balance of power . ;
Mr . Clark said his opponent had neither denied or affirmed his right to vote . His learned friend appearcd anxious to save him the trouble of producing arguments , as he had proved that the people v ^ more comfortable under the despotism of Austria than they were under this government of England , which he professed to admire so much ; and , really , if he was to bo a mere thing to work , slave , and bo partially fed , let him have the despotism of Austria in preference , for in Austria it is known who is the tvrant , he has but one head—( hear , hoar )—but hero
the despotism is divided . His opponent seemed much disturbed by his attack on Mother Church ; now he did not quarrel with her religion , but with her grasping avarice—her compelling , with the aid of her paramour , the State , to contribute to her funds . ( Mr . Gurney—Oh ! but it is a National Establishment . ) His opponent says it is Nationalves , a ^ i regards collection of funds he admitted it w » g for everybody was compelled to contribute to her support . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought his friend had injured his reputation by coming forward to defend so bad a cause , and he hoped soon to sec him en gaged
in a better suit . Mr . GrmfBx said if ^ c had not been understood , ho would again aver , that rights were not relative , not positive !' for instance , one had rights as an elector , another as reproscntafcivc , and a third as executive ; but he denied the right of all to vote , simply for this reason , if they did , all power would be possessed by the democracy . Now . if the aristocracy went wrong , ifc received a check from tho Crown , which represented both the other two estates . ( No , no . ) Why , even in Republican America , the President had his check on the two legislative chambers , and ho held that the Monarch had occasionally used the check most beneficially . History furnished instances ef this , and if a bill passed the three estates , if the mil . lions of people rose against it , why it must speedily
be revoked , lie repeated it was necessary to keep the people from heinR led astray hy men of taknt ; to preserve them from falling into a dilemma , from which they would bo the first to recoil , when reflection reached them ; to preserve a check ; to have a second and a third court of appeal . He repeated that the question of Austria versus England , lay in the social , not the political state ; yet Austria was not ruled solely by the Kmperor . as some supposed , but by a Bureaucracy . Ife'had attempted to prove that democracy was an absolutism , and that it was for the benefit of all that they should have checks and counter checks ; and that Monarchy , Aristocracy , and Democracy should co-exist , to keep each other in check . Man had a right to demaiid . not vote by ballot , but a right to live by his labour in the land of his birth , and that he should and would have ere long . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Clark said his opponent had told them that tho people were the last court of appeal , and so they were , for they were asked to go to the hustings and shout , which appeared to be the only right they were permitted to possess . What was the difference between a man who stole a sixpence , and the man who voted away millions of public money without the people ' s consent , He ksow the man who took a handkerchief was called a thief , but what was the other . ( Shouts of " a legalized plunderer . " His opponent had admitted that he had a relative right . Well , he supposed they must conceive the proper sphere ef the Lord , to be Saint Stephens ; but he thought every man ' s proper sphere was the hustings . ( Loud cheers . ) For his part , he could not see the necessity for thoso social distinctions . Take off the coronet , and place on tke felt hat . andhvherewasthedifference . They had
body , legs , arms , and head all alike . ( Cheers . ) True it was , they , the Chartists , had very little to do with the Landed aristocracy , except so far as they had becomo a part of it , having just got possession f their third estate , extending over more than five ' hundred a res , and having on it a fine Baronial Hall , and which they had just purchased at a cost of twenty thousand pounds . ( Tremendous and long continued applause . Amid which , it being no , v more than 11 o ' clock , Mr . Clark resumed his scit . ); Mr . William Ccffay came forward and said he thought the thanks of the whole Chartist body were due to Mr . Gurney , as he must undoubtedly have strengthened their ' opinions in favour of tho ever glorious People's Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Heconcluded by moving the following resolution : —
That in the opinion of this meeting , Archer Gmncy Esq ., has utterly failed to prove the inutility of tiie People ' s Charter , as a means to promote the Liberty of the British nation , and that his arguments havo on ! y tended to increase our convictions of the immediate necessity of obtaining the enactment of that measure . Mr . James Gimssrt seconded the motion , and only four hands appearing against it , the Chairman declared ifc to bo carried amidst enthusiastic and long continued cheering . Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved . — That a vota of thanks are due and are hereby given to Archer Gurney , Esq ., nud to Mr . Thomas Clark , for the able and efficient manner in which they have coa > ducted the discussion , Mr . Eunest Jones seconded the motion which was carried b v acclamation .
Mr . Gcrnev in response thanked the meeting for its patience and courtesy towards him , and said ho must remember that they Vcre all Chartists at tho commencement of the disscussion , and therefore ho could not expect a momentary change , but doubtlessly he had given them some reasons to reflect on , which must ultimately produce their effect . Mr . Clmuv moved a vole of thanks to their chairman , which was seconded by Mr . Gurney , and carried unanimously , Three hearty cheers were given for the Charter , and this densely crowded meeting dissotved . evidently elated with the proceedings of the evening .
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THE LAND SCHEME . ( From tho Wakefield Journal . ) Mr . Feargts O'Co . y . yor has written us tbe following letter . Wc have only done our duty as independent journalists , both in this and other instances alluded to by Mr . O'Connor ; and so long as wc havo the honor to be connected with the press , we hope to continue to do s . o without reference to party feelings or party prejudices at all . Wc believe with Mr . O'Connor , that the press will havo to tollow our example , and speak impartially of measures , without reference to the political feelings of tho oriuinators . Plore follows Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , which basalready appeared iu the Star . ] Since the above was in type wc have received the following : — Xottirffham Feb . Vtti , 1 S 47 . " to tue raoratETOR and editor .
Sir , —At a meeting of the members of the Chartist Cooperative Laud Company in this district , the following resolution was pass . d unanimously : Unsolved—That this meeting has heard read with dcliKht the able article in your paper of the 2 Sth ult ., rc « lativctothe land plan , and beg through th eir District Manager , to tender their sincere thanks for the same ; earnestly hoping that the independent portion oi ' : he press will follow tho noble example set by your enlightened journal . I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , James Sweet .
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Tub Ir . isn Parti . —Another meeting of Peers and members of the House of Commons was held on Saturday , at their chambers , Parliament-street ; Lord Monteaglo m the chair ; Mr . Spottiswoode was introduced to the meeting , and after some brief observations , explanatory of the object of his visit , laid before the members of the Irish party a scheme tor supplying the fmuls to carry out Lord George Bentinck ' measure , in case it should receive the sanction of the legislature . Mr . Spottiswoodo submitted that the money for making the railways might be
easily provided by the means of Exchequer notes of £ 1 each , bearing no interest , and receivable in taxes and other government payments , without cost to tho Exchequer , and without disarranging tho notional finances ; but on tho contrary , tho circulation of such Exchequer notes , by providing the wages of labour , would increase the consumption of excisable articles , and thereby improve the national revenue . This and other suggestions made by Mv . Spottiswoode were canvassed , but no formal resolution u ? on their merits was adopted .
ExmonnixAnv Attempt to Commit Suicide . — On Saturday morning , an extraordinary attempt to commit suicide was mailo by a woman named Ann Crabb , the wife of a gardener , residing at No . >' . Uodlng ' s-placc , Hford , Tho poor woman for some time past lias been in a desponding state of mind , and having frequently expressed a determination to commit suicide , was strictly watched . On Saturday morning , she procured a knife , and before she could bo prevented she succeeded in cutting her arts through to the bone , just hmcath the slbow joint , and the whole of the prircipal arteries were divided . A surge . n waa sent for , but he could do nothing lor her but stop the hemorrhage . She was removed with all speed to the Lonon Hospital , r , here , from the great loss ot blood , she lies without any hope of recovery .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20021847/page/6/
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