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GRAM * i-nOIKEE li \ HutfOuR OF T . S . DUNCOMBE , M . P . On Weiinesday evening a pniiiic tea party and so re- was ueid at the Crowm and Anchor , in the Strau-i , to do honour t . » the han . numlier for Fia 4 mry , fur his unce-ssim * : advocacy nf the ri ghts < if labour , and ur his services iu the people ' s cw-e . The l : irg <* iwmn was filled to overflowing . Even the platform hi « l to be rcmove-Aaud couverttid into seats and i-. h ' cs . Ats ' x o ' clock Thomas Wakley , M . P ., entered the Hall , accompanied by Fi-argus O'Connor , Emj .,- aud were greeted with the most hearty icnanstyatiftw u { wekome . Shortly after , T , 5 . Daiiaimbe , M . P ., entered , aeeiinpanicd by W . D . Christie , M . P . for lYeywouih , whtn the whole audience rtii-e and welcomed them by waving of hats and hamlkervhiefe . The chair was taken by Mr . Wak ! ey , supported by th . 3 guest oi " the evening anil Mr . Christie . i'Le wa ami " coffee having been despatched , ana the cloth removed .
The Chairman stated that ithsd been the mt « itum of the committee not io proc : ed to the special bosiuefts of tic evening tiU eicht o clock ; bat in cons-qucuce of the crowded state of the room , w m"f been resolved to begin it now , though it still wan-eu seme time of that hour . He then stat ,-d tuatthe c-wnmit'ee wrrc disappointed in af having tse prcs-uc ** : sevcwl s fiutlew * «** had been »» ^ . . a" zhni kttew « f « cuse for skew * had been received frm Mr ! Claris IKete * . & . teas JcnoW , * , " . « \ v l- ^ di , Mszaiii- The snt-cial object for wHch SU £ « ' mSemWcd would be introduced wthe - r notice formally iu the course of a lew miruic * - but the occasion of d * uic honour to Mr . Duncombe ' had been properly Mczcd by the committee for the purpose of introilacin * : to their consideratiou « ho ? e princip les which might never to te forgotten In- s peop le seeking for their mhts . ( Cheers . ) Ou this oecasiua the commutes had thrown their views lulu a scries ofresi-lutioiw . or » --sts . or sentiments ,
or whatever they mig ht be calle . l ; and the hrst ol zhc-e which was as follows , would , he spoken to by Mr . irGrsth : — The lV-opIe * tlie o * . ily legitimate source of political poatr : ii : ay they q » . eJily ctwin to that position in the Sistewhi-. ii would enable them to apply their legislative functions to the welfare and protection of tie triple community . jfr . M'Gkatk then spoke to the above sentiment . 21 c was proud that the absurd custom of toasting first the weU-hdu- * of Royalty had not been followed on the present ee-rasiou , because he believed , in accordance with the ivores of the resolution , that tbjuteoplc were the legitimate source of all voliiieai po * ffr , and that , therefore , they should on all such- occasions obtain the precedence . ( Cheers . ) lie believed that
the Qacen was made for rhepeo / . le . and not the people for the Queen . ( Cheer * - ) He should like , however , at the outset to a » t what was the meaning rf " tiic jieo- 'ilc ?"— what they understood by the various significations which were attached to the word ? There were some who would not admit that the great body of the working classes constituted the people , i'hev heard only ef the arifctocracy and tho knded "entry farming tlie ptoplc . When her Majesty called al'arliam ^ ut together , she was said to appeal to the p topte ; but to whom did site in reality appeal ? To a mere fraction of the community—out seventh of the whole male adeit population—while the other rix-sevciiths were uui understand to come within the meaning of the « vord " pet-pie . " ( Cheers . ) They were merely ihe rabble , tlie eanaiH « , the offsc-durimrs of the human race , the swinish multitude .
-Now , he wished it to be dearly understood what that meeting meant by " tiie people . " lie believed that the people composed the wh ; * ie huiusii family—pers : mso ; everv condition , from theposstssor of the gorgeous palace down to ihe tenant of the straw-thatched jaiiag * . lie believed that from Queen Yictoriadown to that poor son of misfortune , tlie victim of injustice , who was Inst Sunday arrested at Marykbone lor begdng a . few pince to get bread for his dying wife and five starving chii-irci :, all came within the meaning of the word " people . ( Applause . ) . Now , whether they reviewed the people iu their political or social pasuion , they found innumerable subjects calculated to txsiia ses raw am ! ettuituU « tAti < m . He would not Particularise inatauces of distress , bat would bring tjvil vetUcm rite testimony of Sir James Gitlmm , who thcairhi that it was a lesitiviate use to make of the
seals « f oJcce to break open the seals of other people . Sir James had told them that one-tenth of the people v .-f Great ISritaiu were steeped to the chin in poverty , and eating the bread ef pauperism ; and as soon as fcir James Grahaiumndetheanm < uncemenf , up got llie « : r « it Sir Iiobeitl ' eei , and said tliatthis was a ficeessaiy consequcace of ad vaiiced civilhatiou ( hear ) , whiie Biiiiisteis of religion were not stow to tell them that all tliis poverty was petEiittcd by Heaven aa a puni > hmcnt for their sins . ( Hear , hear . ) lie must especially liirc-et the attention of the meeting to the state of poor , d " btivs » e ! l , and persecuted Ireland . They had teen asmrcd by a commission from the 21 on «* of C-aaisons that 2 , 3 « , i , 0 ( W of the people of Icdaud woe tctiiiig their living by begging ; and taey hud now ihe icstiwony of Whig and Totv
paj-ers , and of the Cathulic au wcl ! as the Prezes : « i ; i ; elergy , ijiat famine was at that moir . e :: w tlircatviiing the people of that country ; and yet , while tii : s fact was conveyed b y all evidence , the available predace v . as * eo-iveved away I y every tide to supply the luxurious table of ihe :-oieatee oligarchy , or to uiKintr . iii tho mrogaKce of the griu-jj- middlemen . Iviw , they had rcid in the history w" Irtoiaid that St . Patrick had extcruiiliut *! all the itbnuxioiJSiej'tJles that infested the land of bis mlopiifii . * u " ould to Col thuismne St . Patrick would juijs ia tha present day —( urcat cheering)—morally to cztenamate the noxious inon .-trosities s : l ! l oi-tmg . lie must ds j call the attcutiou of tke Kecriag u > ^ the i-oh ' sica ! cocdition of the treat body of tha « o , » Ie Hi thi * coantiy . Tl-. ev were ailowcd to
iwve uotluug i-j do with the Ja , »» s but to o-iey them , - they haJ Kot : iug to du with the taxes but to jay thcia ; iiey we . * e uothhig more tliau theUelois of Greece ; tiny in :-hs co to ~ au ejection , i-lwut . , := nd les- > r . p thiir caj « s , but . they must return to lie hewers of Wsiai aud divwers of water fur their tyrauiied taskiaa < urs . Un ; t-s :-rii'td this to that tj > Tkm of class Eitsrulc which >< -s dcstioyiiig ihe couuiiy . lie was ueri icdly o : i-piskni that the h ipe exiivcssed in the stutiiuciit waaid U ; realized , and that the woiking dss-cs wtu'd bciut ia pcKscs-i . .. uof what was their rkhi , : iad what tfeey oa-4 ht to have by t ' . w . theory of the eouslituto :: ; without this tLtie \ tks uot ' t ' ne slightest h > -jc of clTei'tirig au annihilation of the people ' s cosiiiuiis . To obtain this every oi . e could , sai'l sa Ki ; -. i , a-sisr . Awd if ever lean « id what in
isir . i jay t < i a . - « o « j , i ' . sii tiic Ireecom ot h " s country , down w « uid g « : U liwsstrous injustice . ( Cliecrs . ) The CsiiiasAS uo > v «' . me to the to : ist—the special TO : ;*! of tlie c v . i : ii ; £ . { Cheers ) : — Thors : rs Siingsty i ) aiie «! ahe , Ev « ., tlie tk-qnect , untriiij . sail i .-. c .. ! fj « . t : t . ' e adT .. catc «•! " Unht ]>; , i jusufc : way liU !; : c t . t . j : u »» d Lsppy , and hi * iznie imn . « n . "l . He j aast . in the lirst place , be allowed iv return thiUilcs fur ii ; e < i : st : ; igai > heU honour conferred U ' s * -ia iiisa hy : ;<;; :- ; - ksui % j pr » ite <> : i that occssiou , and ibr tiie isa : ; a » i- lis »! j : c 1 i the meeting had responded totlieroei :: i ! iead . iiwtis of the couuiiiitee ; and he laasini-o be : > .. i ,- . > vd t-j state that UU gr-uifiMiio « & -i no : arin : from any feeling , or from any idle tonuabty e .. a . Acicl with any ynVAv Sirectic ' . c or ineciiii ^ , but b = c & irs he presided in tiie perforiuauce ii 4 t utv fnit ovi
« lt * l * = « . * alti ;« hiu-eriim ^ t Am . ... . ^ . » .., ! . * ii a % > , iv- « i ' . i aim uinfii-uiu-N cuty , due fnmi evtrv public maa , isti whidi , when called u ; on , lie ought to escrut-i wkii a gi .- . i audbi '^ rit . usfcclittg . a-. idiitcause iic cauie vi bear his pe 5 ^« :. ; l testiinony with lvfer-«* :: ; -e t < i trie e . ! i ; duei ; ei Jir . ljwi :-ombe in P « triiata » iit . \ 0 hecrs . ) No : l * -iig could aJf = rd him greater gratiti . citi hi taan t « stale fc > t : ie ucctiijgsl * a [ t , stall events , ihey S : aJ in the ii-.= arei ;« e luiu , » tiieetv , taiiiifui . aijd niiS ' iie-ii . g j « v-K ; . iie . ( Louii cheers . ) They had adopted li . m i : ; i \ . riiauicuta *> iue iu-:-. d of their cause . i- « rii ia-ell i : s-. lis ojii- iiieiabv-r « f the House , w as a humble and wiiiis ;^ i « lt , wer Hi his coileaguc ' s toOtsteps—{ ciieers}—aad w . iuid mosi cordially .- . ad cheertuv . y s . r « t « e en ik _ - 1 ivy ha-: nudv . They coi : ; d sn & ik tuna eS : « crie * jcc « i the cuduct t f . ' . li- Iijn ,-
«» iayc ; n «; . % uu ; a iiiat ' er vi < nuk . ' 1 hey had bad s-peciiiiriis of v .:.: it ! ,- ; would du ; he bad U-ca . ttkd , . - ; -n . ii : adiiOS' » iH . 'i : f ., daJ tsituticg . ( "S ! iuavey « iu " ai'd cUccrs . ) It iuw s-i- ^ ss themUlort . iue of ti . e pi ; -. i » : ci :: at Xhey ! i »« A H- « t *? - 'ea -.. lliie ' " : ia referciiee M any KpeciSic « i > : ect . i ' e k :-. cw , liuuever , s . liav every cause jsmsl jiavca : n ; ii ; t-sey nagiii to h ; ivc n . wc i . aeju iVir-Jiatiicut w . : ; -. se laiad w . iuid reik-ci the iitiaee aad the •* . viil of tUa p-.-sd-j ; v . ud s ! tiie peitpk \\ C \ iii < but make k-iWli ih-r . c Weil's aad de'cnuiaaLvii , : ; i ! il il thi ' ise views w . n : s ! : iiy eauisci . tted ! iy « ae jji . ih of aoility : uid f . iiijsiohie--.-v , i ; kc ^ Ir . ii-. iij-.-: n : b-, iiu : cause of the p « -. '»; i !<; v'i-j ; a ii'si l . id . ( Ciseeiv . ) llrlici t" the leop fe-uf tii . i iu .. iv _ . : i . w „ i .- ; y i > .-e < i , a-k v . yiv a i-jjfe ' . i sia ; , - » - < i : il : ! .- < i rtseks cast :: i ' .. ii ^ the !< -ii ^ t : i : * . ud fi . r-- ; -: i : i o- the laud ; but , if ih-. v were ludTiVi
;»» .- « aej-Ma ; . « : .-c-. - iuuale 0 . j :. vl , w . aie u : i ~ U-ere a iui « Wi . o would < j . ; re to as > eri that lia-ir deluauds si :. ml-. i b- r-. sa-iiil i ( Cheers . ) Ts . i-y iiad seen Mr . i > 3 Kc .. i « i » e w . idnr trjiiig eireaiiit ' sai . ^ -s neither b ' ci ' . fh- «^ : i = « - <} uai ! i » g under the atss * -ks with which he *•• " = a-s-lea , —ihe . i ha 5 seen huu in every cireimisiia .-t t ' .-. > . . -: si J ; = i treateucci * ., v . w . l Viv . n e .- . eiry ! V : ii ; : iriili the «* jaergi-u ,-y . 4 rbc o . rasi .-in—( .. -. ' . eersi ; the m « " i < e was wj «*> i the uui . e Le fuuuiit nav he was s \> : ii :: i ~ l 2 U \ , ii tii . ii Hi y c . ; U ; d im , S lake " the CsiU ? sc-. "iai' . : j _ « jUi . ii ; i ihitiacss was im ! v (« o ; the ' i-tr : 'j ::: Hits of . Mr . ;/„;¦ : v ; : > h- ~ . < j ;; i ; : < l ] , laid a i , i ... i-. v . uieji ir ; ifee j ; mue <* i tverv jfeisi-i-uas sy ^ i iai nv : . ' = e i . v- << the ; . etip : e So . ' their >» kt , a :. d jr . \ U : s = j ' -=- 'ji I-.- ; ]• ..,- ih ; . l he dtsii ' tii to u < j ilieiu
to-.. _ .- - :.-iv- ; jig or iwa , nay t-i ; . Wud ym UiO-a-.: •; -. :. "» : r - "jrcr . » . iu i ; aus-t . '• -. aj-cuei-al ii'Mcaie : t . ; : ie . vwaiiltje ; v : w Lr . d doae ' : h « is tUe =.-.., - -V ::: a ^ n .-i-at oi geuili ; U-. ihat . ^ deajui mecl : ;^ , :: « .- ; . " k-s-lu-.. « n ' y ramj : y ilieir i-xenicns i'i'W- - ^ 'v- "* * 'V-- -r lac Uee < tf i = ! C coumrr , !< : i ji - s ' j > a j ; . -.- : .-.-: r . 'v : 3 cvt ?! .-a ; . •/^ j ; s w .-.-.- .-k-u iv t ; * .. Wi ; :: "; z :.. . ¦ . " ,-. i- ; jirt-: a ' « . i :: t . iw : .: iUt taV wh ^ e ' t-l :. iS r .= ; -.. :,. r ; : u ;> vr . ve . - , so ;« ras i . v la ; j she t ,-s . tun . ; y or v :.- ; .-::, i ; .. u L « .: > e In xl , ri i ; i . < ijrec . ti ^> :, :- - ; - . - v-.-r ,- i : ' i .:. ' : i ( =: j ; d ? u- ;» he h ; - J iaheis Lad i \ ~' - j / -J " -i i ' v ' " - ' J ! ' 5 ' ! c , it ift « = i tbew . vn-jiu a-c ; - i . s .- ? uxz <{ iaui *& a i : ues : h : i :
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which the people themselves must answer br their own exertionu , because those who were rontJ "A ,, ' the possession of exclusive privileges «» » ot t « e petwu to give them up . ( Cheers . ) That ^ was not tiie thing they were to expect . They ; were easy and eomfortabtc , because working wth * 1 » rgij- « jd privileges oi the people , aud it wm dutj , ot the people to make the foe ^ a" ^ , ?^ "CSffiSfc TheV have shewn that they would have , no difficulty £ ^^* trS Mn Pan-nibe ' would vet boa CabinetMinis tcr ( Cheers . Ay make him l ' ostmaster-feneral , to bo sure . ( Laughter . ) Let him have the opportunity of opening Sir J- Grahmn ' s letters and discovering whether , when out of ohice , Sir James Graham entered into any treasonable correspondence . ( Laughter . ) He ought to have that opportunity , and it was not unlikely that in a short period of time he might possess it . ( Great cheering . ) With these remarks he would conclude by introducing Mr . Dunning to their notice , after which he should have the extreme gratification of introducing Mr Puncombe . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dussixo said he had the honour of presenting to Mr . Dunconibc an address from this Association ,
from the United Trades , and , indeed , from every uncompromising patriot present . That address would set forth the- high virtues of Mr . Duncombe , but he was in a position to speak of his peculiar attention to the welfare of the working classes . As president of the Association for the Protection of Industr y , and also in connexion with the Association for the Protection of Labour and Manufactures , Mr . Duncombe had manifested in a striking manner his desire to serve the people . All honour to him for his Parliamentary duties and for his public exertions in behalf of the " people ; but he had known him sit
in the above two eommittees for seven hours , attending to the details of the voluminous correspondence and general business of these committees ; and in this lay the great secret of success—that untiring perseverance which led a man forward in the prosecuticu of whatever duty he undertook . ( Cheers . ) It was this perseverance , this assiduous activity , that led him to discover the cspienage of the Postofiice , to oppose and destroy the Masters and Servants' Bill , and to make known to the legislating class the claims of that class they were accustomed to regard as servile . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Duiiuiug then read the following address : —
TO T . S . no'XCOMBK , ESQ ., W . P . Honourable Sir , —We take this opportunity of testifying our high approval of , nnd great thanks for , your manly and untiring exertions on behalf of the judustrious of all classes ; while we pledge you ear cordial support in the future struggles which labour will assuredly be called upon to make for the assertion of its rightful privileges . Sir , while wc have asked you to defend our rights , ( he rights of tbe unrepresented , and comequcntly unprotccted , we have never asked you to assail those rights and privileges of the other orders of society which do not operate destructively to the interests of the wcrking classes , as well as to the interests cf all other classes of society ; for , sir , wo hold it to be an impossibility to preserve the rights of capital if the rights of labour and industry are broken down .
In you , sir , we recognise , England recognises , and the civilised world recognises a true and uncompromising advocate of all that is good , and that should remain of our institutions , as well as the bold exposer ol wrong , tlieeloquentdenouncerof injustice . While those who know us not , sir , and consequently cannot understand our motives , would characterise you as the proclaimed leader of vulgar opinions , as the champion ofa mere mob , we beg to assure you and them , eir , upon this , the eve of what promises to be an eventful session of Parliament , that we require at your hands no more than the continuous struggle for
those timely concessions which all men , save fools , admit must be sooner or lattr conceded to the improved mind of the age . Sir , it is impossible to contemplate the great and might ; changes taking place throughout the civilised world , and especially in this our own country , without connng to the conclusion that ihe promoters of that change will seek their fair share in the increased wealth which it produces ; and wc know of no means by which this oar rightful object can be achieved , and permanently secured , except by the possession and the unfettJred right to use a vote which will
transfer from the inconvenient multitude to honourable men like yourself the responsibility and honour of making laws for the maintenance of the rights of all that shall not trench upon the rights of any . Sir , it is ihe glory of Englishmen , and should be ihe pride of the electors of Finsbury , that you go to the Senate House unfettered and untrammelled , and that your free advocacy of the rights of labour , in consequence , ' entitles you to our gratitude , as flowing spontaneously fiom your own patriotism and love of justice . Sir , in the estimation of a large majority of your countrymen you stand p : c-eminently high . We honour you for your coinage , we respect you for your talent , wc admire you for your eloquence , and we love yoa for vour principles .
W lieu tyrants hoped to chain the mind and entomb public opinion within the dungeon walls , you dared to arraign the unjust Judge , the tyrant justice , and the cruel gaoler ! And above all , sir , who of his class , but Duneombe , go far sympathised with aud honoured the captive by visiting him in his lonely dungeon ? You , sir . - were neither afraid nor ashamed to ward the ojjpiersor , and to thunder the wrongs learned from tha captive lips into the tyrant ' s ears . NoS only at home , sir , but also abroad throughout the nations of Europe , your hallowed name has been wafted upon the wings of the press . When the sons of Italy were basely butchered through tiie treachery ofourraletv , your voice was heard thundering the fierce denunciations of patriotism into tho ears of the letter-opening spy . When Ireland ' s adopted chief was iu the meshes of the law , you rallied English sympathy around him .
When ministerial aid was enlisted ou behalf of capital , for the subjugation of labour , who but the assertor of labour ' s rights dared to attack , defeat , and finally overthrow the united forces of capitalists and the Government ? Sir , however the pies may withhold from the ears of the . great the knowkdge of our afiections and love for you , lest by its promulgation your power should become too great for resistance , believe us , sir , when we tell you that a have majority of the people of England would die vather than desert you and th « standard which , through , disasters and fearful odds , you have so nobly upheld as the rall ying point for free opinion . In conclusion , sir , we rejoice in rallying round our iKdiuiiiuble chief once more , upon the eve of the great butth ; and we also rejoice in being able to convey to you ' what monaiehs would be proud to iearu—renewed as < uiauce of our affection for vour
person , ami reverence lor your principles . 3 / r . T . Duscoiuie rose to return thanks , and was vehemently cnseral . tpon ordinary occasions he could assure them that nothing gave him greater gratification than to stand before large bodies of his fellow-countrymen , whether it were for the purpose ol sympathising with their sufferings orof co-operating with them in their endeavours to obtain redress for the many grievances of which they had to complain ; but when lie looked around and saw himself not only sin-rounded by so many men distinguished for the love « f liberty and oi their country , hut when he saw that kr ^ e room crowded with the honest sons of industry and toil , who were collected there for the purpose oi conferring honour upon so humble an individual as
himself , he confessed that he felt overwhelmed with auxk-ty aud fear , for he felt that he possessed no merits , and that he had i »» t rendered such services to the cause as iroa . 'd justify them iu conrening so much honour upon him . ( " Yes , yes , " aud cheers . ) He rejoiced that his hon . friend and colleague presided over them that evening . ( Cheers . ) lie felt m- * t grateful to him lor the kind manner in which h * had expre-scd himself , am ! he was glad at his presence because they had fought together for the i .-i .-iiuteiiaiicc of the same principles , they had struggled together iu defence of the same right's , and together , as he trusted , they would enjoy the honour <« f the triumph . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no compliment and no honour which could be paid to
utuiseh wlucn must not be equally extended to him . ( Clue's . ) lie thought , however , that he might assume his hen . colleague would agree with him " in saying that on the eve of the meeting of Parliament it would be better for the people to meet in a public assembly without rcfm-BCe : o any individual , ami not for the sole purpose of paying unmerited compliments . ( Cheers . ) He thought their purpose s . . ou ' i ! rather be to discus ; the state of ihe country aad to agree upon ti : c measures which tlu ^ r required for their own prottcti- 'ui . ( Cheers . ) } v " ow , tiny fcr . cw well there wss a strong impression abroad iii
ihe csuiitry tiiat they would k-arn great tilings from tlw » v . icei ]' s speech to-morrow ; if any present participated in that txptetat ' iMi he believed thev would be wofully disappointed . ( Much laughter . ) His own jast experience would lead him to a very diifcrcut conclusion . Queen ' s speeches and -Ministerial cxpiaitatious were genera' "} - mysterious rather than elucidatory ; thin' generally rendered confusion wor > e confounded , aad the atxt few t ' ans would not ?™ vc any exception to the general rule . ( Cheers . ) VJine individual * in toiv : i " were at that moment iw posKssion of the speech ; but , as those present were not Torus , to be as-hed to the Ministerial
(• aimers , aud hnd nut mai ' e tomools of themselves , by putting oa swords and bag-wigs for the purpose of hearing the Queen ' s speech read by the . Ministry , who had already -Agreed to it , they _ could not tell its contents ; but they mijiiit guessa little how it would be composed . It was difficult to prophecy , but , if he i . < iglis judge from his experience , —having heard a -r-at ir .: i : iucrof Royal speeches during the l'l years he had " i « cu ii * . Parliament—iu all probability her Majesty wiiiJ . i begin by ifl . ing the Houses of l / ir < * s ' . mii Comliv-us that her Majesty had pas > ed a very agreeble autumn , that she had taken a very agrceblc con-• hiwital trip , that the coiniiiental Powers of Europe
were imeommon ' y civil ; out that America had grown rather ruue of late . ( Crest laughter and cileeis . )
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^ w ^ ffilSK ( lSterV and then her Majesty would look « uu " ^ rfhtaif * to the - wisdom ot Parliament to ^ cjust all these . ; diubreuceS ( Loud cheers 1 This would probably be the substance of the speech from the throne ; but persons SS tf £ k £ i Sir B . Peel ought to make some allusion to Ministerial chops and changes , and the SI out and comings in- that had taken place during the last few weeks ; but he though tiiat her Majesty would be of opinion , and sojourn her Ministers , that the least said of these absurdities the betterand her speech therefore would be perfecjJy
, silent on that subject . ^ ' iffl : ^ S to £ m would be ; explanations would be called for horn Esters , and 1 exp lanations would be given by thciu in S places ia Parliament . lie doubted much whether they would get the honest truth . He remembered two or three years ago that there was an individual int his country who entertained tlie laudable desire of learning what was going ou in the Palace—he alluded to the boy Jonas . ( Cheers . ) That individual would not rely upon the public press ; he said he would see with his own eyes , and hear with his own ears , what was going on in the P . \ laee ; and if he were present , he would v , o doubt tell them that something of this sort had taken place . He would say that one morning Sir Robert Peel most
unexpectedly called upon her Majesty , ana internum her that there had been a sort of row in his Cabinet . Her Majesty would naturally say , ""What about ? " to which Sir Robert would reply , I tried to make them believe that there was a famine in the country—I tried fo make them think the potatoe crop was no bad that something must be done , and that all political consistency ought to be banished from their minds ; but I cannot brinjj the Cabinet to titkethc same view of the subject as myself ; so I advise your Majesty to send for Lord John Russell . " Of course her Maje-ty , having the gieateitconfidence in Sir Robert Peel —( laughter * )—scut for Lord John Russell . Well , Lord John llusseti , after a week or ten days , during which he had accepted the
government , returned to her Majesty . Of course her Majesty expected ' . that all things were satisfactorily arranged , and that he brought her the names of a Cabinet who were to obtain the respect of England and Europe , and to mako America tremble . Quite the contrary , for Lord John Russell says , " My team is more awkward than Peel ' s ; I can t bring them together atall . " ( Great laughter . ) " Well , says the Queen , " what am 1 to do V " Why , " replies Lord John , " I advise you to send for Sir Robert ; " and so Sir Robert , good Conservative as he is , returned to office , if not to power . ( Cheers . ) Iu the annals of the country there had never been such attempts at a change of government , or any which had displayed so much imbecility , llehad been in the country during
thewjshiftingsand changes , but he understood they had canned great excitement in the Metropolis . lie must lie forgiven if he was not imbued with that excitement which he understood had existed in some of their breasts , but which he hoped had now subsided . Well , there was Sir Robert Peel back again with no difference in his Cabinet but that Mr . Gladstone had succeeded Lord Stanley—Mr . Gladstone , who retired from the Cabinet this time last year . lie heard him on that occasion speak for two hours , and so did the hon . chairman and iMr . Christie ; but no one could tell , after all , why he resigned . ( Laughter . ) It would not take him long to toll why he had come in again . His explanation on that point would be verv short , and . no doubt , very satisfactory to
himself and Sir Robert Peel . ( Laughter . ) > N " or would it take much difficulty to tell why he was not returned for Newark . ( Laughter . ) Did he tell the truth , as a Cabinet Minister , he presumed , always did , he would simply say that the Duke of Newcastle would not allow him . ( Cheers . ) Sow , was this not trifling with the interests of a great nation—was it not high time for the people to step forward and take the power into their own hands , and show to the Goyernmentand the world that tbe English nation would no longer be trifled with ? ( Cheering . ) What would he the measures introduced by Sir R . Peel it was impossible to say . Great hopes were entertained by the Anti-Corn Law League that he was immediately eoimr to abolish the Corn Laws , but he did not !« e-
iievehe would ; he believed that all he would do would be to relax protection a little more , to moke the screw a little loose , so loose that it would imperceptibly fall out —( cheers and laughter );—that is , the thing would be so managed as to let the country gentlemen fall down quietly , if they would let themselves fall quietl y , for he must say that , of all the language he ever heard among those who were called the great unwashed , he never heard such language as had been passing between the agriculturists and the manuiacturere . ( Hear . ) Worse Billingsgate than had been passing between the dukes and the manufacturers he should be ashamed to hear any person in that room make use of . ( Cheers . ) He wished that the Corn Laws should be instantly repealed . Durirg tlie
whole time he had been in Parliament , he had voted against that monopoly , as he had done against all ether monopolies , and he would continue to do so ; he should , indeed , be delighted to give it one kick more . ( Cheers . ) That the Corn Lawg would go , there could be no doubt . It was only a question of time , and therefore those gentlemen had better allow Sir It . l eel to let them down quietly . He did not believe that any of the evils they predicted would take place ou the Repeal of the Corn Laws . On the other hana , he thought the advantages to be derived from their Repeal were greatly exaggerated . ( Hear . ) Depend upon it , ths people would have much to do so soon as those laws were abolished . There were two gteat questions shortly to be settled when the
Corn Laws had been repealed , and he hoped they would soon be repealed , in order to make room for those two questions—he meant the question of the rights of labour , and the question of the franchise . ( Immense cheering . ) What was the great complaint among the working and labouring classes of this country , in all districts , agricultural or manufacturing ? Their complaint was this—that they did not receive a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) They complained tha * they did not get their fair share " of that wealth which they creatednor did they participate sufficiently in those comforts which by the sweat of their brow thoy dispensed to others . ( Cheers . ) These were the great complaints ; these questions must be met , and there ought not to be contentment in the land till something was done for the toiling millions . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dunning had alluded to two associatioss
over which he ( Mr . Duncombe ) had the honour to preside . Tiie committees to which he referred were appointed at a conference of delegates sent from the different parts of England and Scotland during the last spring . - Those delegates represented the working classes . One association was for the protection of industry , and its great leading feature was—not , as had been represented , to create disputes between master and man—but to create a good understanding between the employers and employed . ( Cheers . ) And as to the duties of that committee , which , sat in London , those who subscribed to the association having always their council to refer to when any dispute between masters and men took place , in consequence of any oppression of which the latter had to complain , they would be prevented from rashly and heedlessly running into any strike , which cotld onl y end in mortiticatiiin and defeat . On sueh occasions
this committee would give them their best advice , and arbitrate , as it were , between the ' masters and men ; but if the former should not listen to reason , but persevere in oppression , then , if it was the opinion of that committee that oppression was committed , they of their own accord would recommend a strike , and that when the men were on strike they should be supported by the sympathy and purses of the working classes . An association , conducted by men elected by and emanating i ' miu the working classes , was one means of relying on themselves by combination . Jle believed it to be a perfectly legal and proper combination , and he believed that if such a combination had existed in 18-12 those scenes ot misery and persecution which then existed would not
have taken place in the manufacturing districts as regarded the working classes . He belie *; cd that they would have been able to excite that sympathy in their behalf throughout England that would have put to shame , and prevented some of those wrongs which , to his own knowledge , were perpetrated against the honest and industrious on that occasion . ( Cheers . ) It was time for the working classes to begin to look on their improved condition and intelligence , and to see what they could strike out for their own protection . The greatest of all the objects they ought to have in view was the franchise . It was the only means of protecting themselves , and he and his hon . colleague had on every occasion when an opportunity presented ifcelf expressed in the House of Commons the necessity of extending the franchise to the working millions . ( Cheers . ) And when these questions that were now agitating the public mind
were disposed ot , ho trusted that the intelligence of the country would be exerted , not among the working classes only , bat that the middle classes would , enter upon the question of the franchise with the sarna spirit which , they now showed in the cause of cheap bread . ( Cheers . ) In the address which thev had been kind enough to address to him , they asked him to continue in the same course he had ever pursued since ho had been in Parliament ; and he had just to say , that if it was possible for a man to know liimselt , he would continue to follow that eom- < cc during his whole political career . ( Great cheerio *' ) lie assured them , whether his career should ho * f long or shoit duration , the :: reat and onlv remui-crboii to which ho looked for iiis services was 0 t able toearry with him . to the cl ose the same esteem and « Klo ,. i « oB ol which they had ^ v ' en him f )'" evei-iug so fettering a > , ^ S ™ , ^ ^ vTlotJ fft' ?^^ ' ^*^ " ; " yen , to uest that it mi » ht notoirv he i ™ - > .. sri ^^ sr ^ ' ^^ «* . w- u *_ 4 .. C . . might be able to congratulate each
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btheBoii ' theipossegsion at least of an extension ol those rights which ,. a « freemen , . they knew it wee their duy to demand , and which as Englishmen , ftc maintained , it was their birthright to > iijoy . -- ( Ine hon ! gentleman resumed his seat amidst tumultuous cheering . ) The CiM iMMif said that the next resolution was—The People ' s Charter : the lever by which alone a prostrate nation can be raised to prosperity and happiness , because alone it insures to all the liberty which must prove a security against nronff .
Mr . T . Clark rose to speak to this sentiment . This was the glorious charter for which many had suffered , and for which all were striving , and which , if carried , must be by the exertions of the working men , for he did not expect , after the Corn Law was repealed , that tlie working men would receive any assistance from those who met to subscribe then £ 60 , 000 . He recollected that Mr . Cobden , when that sum was raised in a room at Manchester , distinctly told the middle clasics that the League had no ulterior object beyond the repeal of the Cem Laws , lie did not mean that Mr . Cobden himselt would not vote for the people ' s franchise , but the object of the middle chases was the same as the aristocracy . Why did those classes wish for the
franchise ? Because it was a good thing for them . Then why wa * it not a good thing for workmen , who were equally affected by taxation and legislation ? He was not opposed to the repeal of the Corn Laws , lie wished them repealed , but let the working men persevere by themselves in obtaining the franchise for themselves . They ought not to be prevented from pressing this as well as the Corn Law g , for they all recollected how they were told , on tho Reform Bill , not to press minor points , and they must all recollect how they had bcon deceived in any expectatien of votes under that bi'l . Nor did he despair of obtaining votes in their favour even from those who
had hitherto opposed them . Lord John Russell , Lord Morpeth , and Mr . Fox Maulc , had all suddenly changed their opinions on the subject of free trade . Lord John , in office , had opposed the Ten Hours ' Bill , for which he voted in opposition , and he had a hope that , even in giving the people a right to vote , the noble lord would be found at last to vote for the objects of the charter , which would confer a vote on all but knaves and lunatics —( cheers)—and perhaps it was because they did « xcludo knaves and lunatics that they met with so little sympathy just now within the walls of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Robsox spoke to the next sentiment
;—The National United Trades Association for tlie Frotsction of Industry and the Employment of Labour : ma } their efforts to improve tli » condition of the operative k < i crowned with success . He complained of the evils endured by the workmen from the excess of labour in the market . In his own trade it was a known fact that there were thousands in this metropolis who wore making ladies' shoes at Cd . a-pair , and slippers at 5 d . ( " Shame , shame !") With such a surplus of labour strikes were useless , and the only mode of getting over the surplus ol labour in the trades' labour-market was to remove the men to the unreclaimed lands of this country , giving them a fixity of tenure , and enabling them to provide food for themselves , and become good customers to the Viorkmen who were left in trades . ^ Mr . T . M . Wheeler proposed the following resolution : —
The Chartist Co-operatire land Society ; may the success that has hitherto attended it mark its future career . He stated that though scarcely six months had elapsed since the society commenced , it had now from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 members , possessing 0 , 000 or 7 , 000 shares , and had accumulated a fund of nearly £ -5 , 000 . Mr . J . Skewok proposed the following resolution : — Our Parliamentary guests : may their sympathies b « in accordance nith the aspirations of tlwir imrupresvnted brethren , their effort * to serve the people in tiie Commons House of Parliament result in the destruction of class legislation , and may they long live to enjoy their reward in the gratitude and kindly feeling of millions -whom their patriotism shall hare contributed to emancipate .
The speaker lamented that so lew members oi Parliament were present on so interesting an occasion , aud passed an eulogium on Mr . Christie , M . P . for "Veymoutk , for the honest and patriotic discharge of his Parliamentary duties . He also referred to tlie literary labours of Dickens and Jerrold , whose writings had the effect of creating sympathy for the cause of the working classes , and laying the foundation , even though but in sympathy , for the common work which would fall to be done when the working classes resolved to trample in the dust that giant monopoly which now excluded them from their just rights . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Christie , M . P ., said lie was sorry , also , there were not more members of the House of Commons
present , on whose behalf to return thanks . He could assure them that it gave him great pleasure te receive the invitation to attend that meeting , and he felt very grateful for having been honoured with that invitation . He came there to do honour to him whom in their invitation they had appropriatelynamed the people ' s champion ; and perhaps they would permit him , as well as their hon . chairman , to tell his experience of their guest . He had new for four years had the opportunity of observing Mr . Duncombe ' s conduct in Parliament , where h « tried to judge of men and measures for himself ; and he always found him foremost in defending the rights of the people , and trying to extend the people ' s power and privileges —( cheers)—always ready to protect the
poor and friendless from oppression ; always ready to assist any other member of tlie House of Commons in his endeavours to achieve any object which it was desirable to attain —( ehcers)—giving always an example of energy to the apathetic , of courage to th * timid , and singlc-mindedness to the trimmers . Special allusion had been made to his recent memorable exertions against that power which , In would not say was possessed , but which was exercised by the Secretary of State , in examining their correspondence . There was a letter read that night from an individual of whose great virtues ho could speak from personal knowledge . That intlividua came to this country , driven by tyranny from his native land , and he hoped to find refuge from tht
oppressors . But he was mistaken . He found , to his surprise , that all his secrets were made known to his oppressors in his native land through the power exercised by the Secretary of State in opening his letters , and detailing them to that foreign State . ( Shame . ' ) When he found this , he went to the hon gentleman ( Mr , Duncombe ) , as any one who was oppressed would go ; and thoy all remembered his exertions in Parliament on that subject . ( Cheers . ) He regretted that those exertions were not attended with success . But the fault was not his , and the disgrace lay with the government which retained the exercise of the power . ( Hear . ) There was another thing in which he sympathized with the hon . member for Finsbury , and in which he went along with him , —he meant his views as to amending the state of the representation . He agreed with the hon .
gentleman , who spoke very ably , that the result oi the Reform Bill was a mockery and a cheat ; and he hoped that the hon . member for Finsbury wouW give an opportunity iu tho coming session for at least attempting to obtain more power for the people in the choice of their representatives . ( Cheers . ) He did not come there to give pledges , but he might say that he was prepared in the House of Commons to endeavour , in the words of the resolution , to destroy classlegislation ( great cheering)—1 « destroy class-legislation by giving more power to the people and less to the dukes in the , elections—by having larger constituencies , a much wider distribution of the franchise , and giving the poor voter , whose circumstances might make him dependent on the rich and the great , the protection of the ballot . ( Great
cheer-Mr . C . Doyle responded to the next sentiment : — A speedy restoration to John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , William Jonen , William Ellis , and nil other political exiles , to their country , their families aud friends . lie complained that the working men had not done their duty with respect to these men . Even if they had done wrong , humanity would dictate to the Government , to the Parliament , and to the people ,
the necessity of restoring these men to their country . flic Queen had granted a f ree pardon to the rebels oi Canada , the legal gentlemen had restored Mr O'Connell to liberty , and he thought her Majcstv would be equally justified in extending libcrtv t ' o Frost and all other political offenders . He recommended that private memorials should be si <* ned by the people , and be presented by themembcrs present to the Government ; and Sir Rubert Peel , wlto wis as fond of popularity as any other man , might be induced fo listen to their demands . " •
Mr . T . Coori'it responded to the next sentiment — The men of intellect and heart-Clmvles' Dk-kons . Douglas Jerrold Eugene Sue , Thomas Cooper , aadothlvs who have Riven rec uttu-anee to the aspirations and tl ^ Uiougit , that vibrate in themi ,, d 8 of tb-Jmany whohavl nun the elomiencc ot truth , aroused attention to thy wrongs and the sufeiugs enduved by the S , v ° ^ S ^ SS ^! -S ^ 7 S &^ SSSS = Z Slilt ^™ '' TV ' ,, his »™ c associattHl erinli i , r CSOt JcmW ' Dm *™ s , Md Sue ; but KK u " was morC « Pl *» l > ri » to on the e coui ^ hf ! f , tllose greater men , when US i ¦ Ur & th ? t 0 Mr * Duncombe as the S l , " ' Pnwner , who obtained from the apftt vet * the important declaration that no m «» . l . ud
«» iig . it to withhold any man ' s petition , not even a pt'toners His presence was ahu perhaps more appropriate than that of others , because if he were the Chartist ' s poet , he was also the self-educated shoemaker . ( Cheers . ) He was proud that ho had belonged to a class that did not live uselessly ; he waproud to belong to the class of Shakspeare—( cheer .- *); —and if he were asked for the discretion- , and education , and good sense , to entitle him to the fftiiicJiLee , he would ask , were other classes so very eminent i ' or
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discretion and good sense t There was now a literature that made the people think for themselves , and for the authorH of that literature he thanked the meeting for their cheera . It was time to speak out , it was the age of light and of knowledge , though it was but its dawn ; it was not now the song of war , or the song of " See the conquering hero comes , " that was popular , but the preachment of every prose writer wiio was popular was to honour rather tlie Howards and the Bernard Gilpins . Despised Chartist as he was when he came from prison , Douglas Jenold and C . Dickens ware the first to take him by the hand , and to them he ought to add the honoured name of William Howitt —( cheers ) , —who had promised himself to write a petition for Frost and Williams . ( Loud cheers . ) The CiMMJUif next gavel ' eai'gua O'Connor , Esq ., the fearless assertor of labour ' s rights , the uncompromising denouncer of its i i :-.
wrings . On Mr . O'Coxxon rising to respond , the audience started to their feet , and made the welkin ring again with their loud acclaim . At least ten minutes elapsed before he could proceed , the cheers being again and again renewed . When it had somewhat subsided , be said : He knew it was customary at public meetings to say the present was the proudest moment of his life , and he could very truly say he never knew a moment of greater importaucc . Several speakers had regretted there were not more members of Parliament present ; he was pleased to find se many . One speaker , he believed Mr . Wheeler , had warned their opponents of the volcano . He much feared thoy would not learn this fact until too
late . ( Hear , hear . ) Th is was a good opportunity to make Parliament acquainted with our sentiments . The members of the honourable House present , will have scan the officers and goodly army of Chartists , but that army is not inclined to form a portion of the militia . Wc will not light for Poor Law bastiles , nor for rattle-boxes , nor a cormorant church , or a bench of bishops , nor for national debts , nor for a landed aristocracy . Thus will they learn the cause of the undcr-growl . We have progressed in knowledge most wonderfully ; wc have given up all cur notions of physical force ; but they are now taken up by the government , as they are desirous of getting up a militia force , and he hoped the hitherto base , trashy , and venal press , would convey our
sentimtmts to the world . He did not deal gently with those gentlemen , f or he was independent of them , being himself a national gazette . ( Loud cheering . ) If he could not give labour a holiday , he invariably , 'ave the gentlemen of the press one , immediately he appeared . When the doors of his prison were closed , buncombe braved the prejudices of his order , and visited him ; he also visited poor Lenncy , in the Penitentiary . ( Great cheering . ) The address said , they would die rather than desert Mr . Duncombe , lie was not fond of dying , but should he take the fit , and do it , then would he say he looked for a merciful verdict at the hands of their chairman . ( Loud laughter . ) However , he had occasionally been
placed m trying circumstances , and he did think lie could muster courage enough . It gave him great pleasure to see in the chair the able and successful advocate of " the Dorchester labourers , likewise of his clients the Glasgow cottonspinners . ( Loud cheers . ) He was at a meeting the other night , at which a man declared it would be dangerous to put a musket in the hands of a working man . Our princi ple is " No vote , no Musket . '" ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) If ever we fight , it must be for something for ourselves . Let us have the vote , and the musket to protect it , and then , should an invasion take place , none would fly with greater alacrity to the cry ef" the cottage in danger " than would the Chartists . We are frequently told we are not united . ; I say we are .
I ask , can it be ? And a voice responds—Union and Liberty ! We are also told we lack knowledge , but if we did , our enemies would grant us the franchise instantly , lor ignorance is the tyrant's best protection . Attend a meeting of our opponents , and dulness and in-Mpidity prevail , but in ours the first of eloquence . Mr . Duncombe bas given you an outline of the Queen ' s speech , but he forgot the Estimates , which he would lie bound her Majesty would not forget . She would doubtless talk of foreign powers , but would she mention America or Prussia , where they
arc making a demand for a constitution 1 If he had valued his own importance sufficiently he should not have listened to the abuse of the landed aristocracy to-night , as he had a visit from a special messenger of the Duko of Richmond , offering him terms to join the landed aristocracy against the League . ( Roars of laughter . ) But not all the money the landed aristocracy or the League , or both combined , could raise , would induce him to say or write one word against the interest of the working classes . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . SiALLWoon having moved and carried the motion that Mr . Christie do take the chw , proposed the last sentiment of the evening .
Thomas Wakley , Esq ., Pinsbuvy ' s other able represgntative : long may he live te witness the psople free from bone-crushhtg Poor Law Unions , and many thanks to him for tbe efficient manner in which he has presided orer this meeting . The CiuiaMM ! bviefty returned thanks , lie complained that the franchise was not valued as it ought to bo by the electors . There were complaints made of tho House of Commons ; was it not a law-making manufactory f Then why did the people send in such workmen ? The men they had heard speak that night were luminous compared with the dull pated legislators sent to the lower house . ( Laughter . ) The fact was , property and interests alone were
represented , and the social condition of the people was entirely neglected . In 1837 he had endeavoured to get a reform of the representation , b y an amendment on the address , and if he had ever given a vote against the interests of the working roan , he weuld not hare had the impudence to appear there that evening . The source of all the evil was , that the working men were not represented , and they would never have their rights till they were represented in the Legislature by people of their own class . ( Cheers . ) Ihe meeting , which had bean most fully attended throughout , separated , after three ehcers for the Charter , and three for Duncombe , Wakley , and Christie .
Tes Hours' Bill.—A Deputation From The C...
Tes Hours' Bill . —A deputation from the Central Short-Time Committee of the West Riding had an interview on Wednesday , at Doncaster , with Mr . E . B . Denison , M . P ., on the factory question , previous to | the hon . member ' s leaving Yorkshire for his Parliamentary duties . The Russian Nvxs . —The Frankfort Journal having published a letter , dated Wariaw , the loth ulfc ., supposed to havo bcon written by an old officer of Napoleon ' s army , denying'the existence ofa Basilian nunnery at Minsk , and throwing doubts upon tlie tortures inflicted upon its superior , Micczyslawska and her companions , M . Leonard Chodzko addressed the following letter to the Paris Globe : — " I was born in the diocese of Minsk , the spiritual government of
which was confided from 1790 to 1815 to the Bishop James Ignatius Dcdevko , my grand uncle . As such , I declare that the alleged correspondence of a pretended officer of Napoleon ' s army is apocryphal in every point—that its contents arc a tissue of ' absurdities invented foraparticuiar object—that the : Busilian convent of Minsk has existed for the last three centuries , having been founded by Prince Leo Sapiebathat the superior , Micczyslawska , is a nativ * of the former palatinate of Froki , in Lithuania—that the martyrdom of tho holy nuns of St . Basil is an unquestioned and unquestionable fact-ami that this declaration of mine will be confirmed by all the lohsh exiles born or educated at Minsk or in the neighbouring districts . "
I'atal Accident at the Railwav Txbminijs \ t Southampton- ox Fkiday Last .-A youth , about fiftom years of age , named Bull , emplovod as an engmc-cleancr , while cleaning the wheels of a tender upon a side vail was unfortunately killed by the want of caution in lorn' men , who tvere pushing - waggon ot coke en a cross rail , not eirimr th , u « ,, i signal of « look out '' Before thepoorbefv couldS out ot tho way the buffer of the waggon cauehtifm mm the head , and literally ^ ff ST ^ llltt IT mmc ** My taken to Kadley Railway nJ ?& , 1 T ¦* ¦ " 1 < luest summoned , which met on Saturda ; when altera very searching investigamI \ Uf < ilCt ° " Accidcntal ' Death" was returned , uuUtho lour men called into tho room , when they wciestrongly censured b y George Corfu , Esq ., coroner , tor tra want of due caution in not looking a-iiead before moving- the waggon .
UREAtiWC U « o > - A Ga . VG OF MtinflEnKKS A . VD Koisueks . —Committcil to Ncuagh gaol , by John Owe Jones , Esq ., U-. M ., Phil . Maher , for the murder of Thomas Slianah . in , Process-server , near Borrisoleigh , on the 21 st of October , 1 & 31 ; Udmond Ryan , John Conway , Thomas Dwyer , and John Kennedy , of Bnwn—the latter a respectable farmer ' s son , and the person who brought the party to ilogan ' s house . This gang were connected with several other persons aiufwcrc engaged to go in all directions in the North Riding of Tipperary , committing ' outrage and murder . Since their arrest several bad characters have absconded . There is most satisfactory evidence aaainst the persons arrested , and the breaking up of such a sang is looked on as one id * the most important events that could have occurred for this county . One of the gang has turned approver , and il is thought that the perpetrators of all the outrages in this Riding will be shortly brought to justice .
Hollowat ' sOintment and Pills . —" Takeupthv bed and walk . "—Mary House , agod 48 , residing at Tooting , had been bed-ridden for the last two Years . Three years ago ( at tho turn of life ) her Je- ' s and other parts of her body swelled most frightfully . This was followed by sores am ! wounds , coverii !" nearly every part of her person , which rendered her helpless . Bypunh-nig the blood by means of these wonderful pills , and the use of the oiUment , she was radically cured in four ; weeks . Females ought not to take say other medicine than these puvifvinpillS . r . o
D1sast1wvs Colliery Explosion. {/Uriiibr...
D 1 SAST 1 WVS COLLIERY EXPLOSION . {/ URIiiBR rARIICULAns . " ! This distressing and awful catastrophe occurred about eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning , but a short time after the . men had descended the pit to work . Tho eollieiy , called the Black Vein Pit , is sitaated about three-quarters of a mile from Riscabridge , on the Machen side , opposite Itisca . On descending the shaft , which is 144 yards in depth , levels branch -off in opposite directions , the one going under Machen mountain , and known a * the "Mountain Side , " and the other running under the river which flows down the valley between the two lines of hills , and known as tho " lliver Side . " In each !<¦ . ; , fifty or sixty men were at work , and those en tho river side were out of danger , as were also several who irerc between tlie bottom of" the shaft TiTSACTHflTTS fif ) U , IKH . Y RYPr . nsinitf
and the spot where the fearful explosion took place , on the mountain side . It appears that all those within the langeof the scorching and withering blast—thirty-live in number—were killed ; one was burned to such an extent as almost to destroy the human lineaments ; and three or four others but slightly . The others were suffocated , except onea lad named John Crook , who was killed by a carriage descending on him , while the poor fellow was gasping for existence at the bottom of the shaft . Three horses were killed—one burned to ashes . The doors of the stalls were blown down , and much injury done to the works . About eight o ' clock , a noise as of an explosion was heard by the men on the side , and a dense sulphureous vapour ascending the sUf tt ' t , ston disclosed that the destroying agent—the collier ' s blighting curie— had be « n doing the work of death
below . Soon after the operations were commenced for taking out the bodies , no pen can depict , no language exaggerate , the appalling scene around the entrance of this cavern of horrors ! and no one that has heard them can ever forget the wail of the widow , the soulgiven groan of the bereaved f * th * r , and the scream of frightened childhood , as it clung aroundits hopeless mother , whilst body after body , with diversified death tokens , " Plurima mortis imago , " was revealed to the view of their distracted kindred . Eleven were found close together ; and it is supposed tlwy must have van to the spot from some distant part of the level , but that having fallen down in suffocation , thev died where they were found .
The corpses were brought out , five and six at a time , and moved immediately from the fatal spot to the homes of their sorrowing relations—some on trams , others on hurdles and pieces of timber , borne on tlie shoulders of their late fellow-workmen . . Death , in fact , was almost in every house , and in two or three instances as many as four bodies were bewailed bv their bereft families . Here wemay mention a few affecting episodes which have been dwelt upon to us with unpretending , though real pathos . An old collier , who had been actively and usefully employed in forwarding the means of recovering the sufferers from the works , had the heart-rending trial of finding , after a short inteifal , his two sons , who had gone to their toil in the morning fullofmauly vigour , and
rejoicing in health , now victims of tho explosion . The clay was put into a tram , into which the old man was assisted , sobbing out , "O Duwl O Duw ! yr mechgin anwyl ! " Another poor fellow , running from the scene of death toward the bottom of the shaft , found a boy endeavouring to reach the same point of sa fety : he humanely laid hold of the struggling youth , and when he was enabled to identify the object of his kind solicitude he found that it was his own son . ' and both , we are happy to say , were ultimately saved . Another , of a melancholy feature , may be marked . It was the case of an unfortunate young
man , named John Banks , a person ot irreproachable character , who , we understand , on the day previous , had been engaged in the good work of soliciting contributions for erecting a -house of worship to his Creator . This poor fellow was to have been married in a short time , the banns having been published in the parish church : he was found prostrated some distance up the heading , having his cap stuffed into his mouth , apparently with the intention of preventing the effect of the deadly gas . He must have made a great effort to escape , but finding himself gradually overpowered by the noxious vapour , he sunk down in his last struggle for existence . —Mormontlahire Merlin .
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BANKRUPTS . CFren Tuesday ' s CfeutHe , January 20 , lSi 6 . J VTiUiwa Vfavd , Hawi \\« , t « , * aw A . wh « ot — Ihomas PrentisIIawley , now or late of Brunswick-parade , Barasbury-road , Islington , clie « emonger—William Baldwin , Korland-road , Notting-hill , victualler—Sir John Koss , Knt ., York . road , Lumheth , bankw—John Henry Banks , Great Newport-Btreet , engraver—Francis Glaus , Basinghall-etreet , woollen-factor — Thomat Dean , Cheuiesstr « t , 'fottenham-court-road , victualler — Victoire Susaane Ursule Lenonuand , It » gent- » treet ,
milliner—John Kicketts , Gosport , grocer—Henry Frieker , Southampton , innke « per—Christopher IMaekmore , Cork-street , tiiilor— David Marks , Houadsditeli , pen-manufacturer—William Griffin , Cornhill , jeweller — John Jarvie and Jamts Itowley , Manchester , silk-manufacturers—John BndTjone , Alcesier , "Warwickfsliirc , broker andcordwainur —Riekard Fans , Kagland , Monmouth , innkeeper—John Denbigh , Bradford , wool merchant — John Bainton fiillet , Bradford , dyer—Itobert Agurs , Kingston-upon-Hull , woolleu-draper — Robuvt tivpatrkk and James Smith , Liverpool , rope manufacturer *—Daniel Wynne , Colwyu , Carnavvoittl'irs , innkeeper .
BA . VKRUrTCr AHKl'LLKP . John Lewis , Tipton , Staffordshire , grocer . mviMSDs DicukBiD . J . Asliharry , Holm Laey , Herefordshire , farmersecond and final div . of lid ., any Friday , at Mr . Whitmore ' s , Birmingham . T . AYvight , jun ., Xeweastle . upon-Tvne , shipownerfirst and final div . of Jd „ on Saturday Jan . 24 , or any subsequent Saturday , at ilr . VTak ' ey ' s , N » wcast ' e-upon-Tyne . W . Turner , Manchester , cabinet-maker—first div . of 3 s . 7 d ., on Tuesday , Feb . 8 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Jfr . Pott ' s , Manchester .
BIVIDJEKBS , Feb . 13 , B . Ling , Fore-street , Limchouse , timber dealer —Feb . 13 , It . "\ Vliite , Portsmouth , surgeon—Feb . 10 , G . and IV . Xoel , Jermyn-gtreet , hootmakws—Feb . 12 , GPayne , Kinj-street , Coveut-garden , tailor—Feb . 10 , G . Haywood , Luton , Bedfordshire , Mcklajw—Feb . 18 , C . Norman , Cumberiand-mews , Edgensre-road , coach builder—Feb . 17 , G . Sawyer , Lewts , Sussex , tailor—Feb . 21 . J . K . King , Baih , druggist—Feb . 17 , J . Dowle , Chepstow , Monmouthshire , wine merchant—Feb . 17 , J . W ,
Braddick , Bristol and Sodiiury , tanner—March 3 , J , Grainer , Stoneliouse , Gloccstersliire , dyer—March 3 , T . F . Sliillam , Dudbridge , Glocestcrabire , woolbrokcr— Feb . 10 , J . Hub'iies , Manchester , provisiou dealtr—Feb . 19 , II . P . Price , Holywell , Flintshire , linendraper—March 10 ( instead of Feb . 5 ) , E . Meredith , Liverpool , linendraper—Feb . 10 , F . Sneade , Chester , timber merchant—Feb . 13 . It . Nicholson , Stockton , Durham , bookseller—Feb . 13 , 3 , Jolpln , Bishops Veavmomii , Durham , draper—Feb . 1 : ' , W . . 1 . Cuopor ' andJ . Beattie , XoithShields , drapers—Feb . 16 , J . Driver , Slawston , Leicestershire , victualler .
CsiiTiriCATES to bo granted unless cause be shown to the contrsry on tha day of meeting . Feb . 12 , G . Vajne , ! Kiiig-stre « t , C ' ovent-garden , tailor —Feb . 12 , J . Wake , Silverstonc , Northamptonshire , timber merchant—1-eb . 11 , T . Mortimer , East-lane , Walworth , victualler— Feb . lit , J . Thomas , Bristol , marblemason—Feb . 13 , J . JJoplin , Bishops Woaiinoutli , Durham , dr » pi , r—Feb . 12 , J . Hulme , Manchester , paper dealer—Feb . V 2 , J . Buttorworth , Manchester , plumber —Fob . 14 , II , fiose , Blackburn , drys « lter . CiHTiriCATES to be granted by the Cottrt of Renew , unless cause he skown to the contrary ou or before February 10 .
T . h \ l'i p « r , Cheapside , Bishopsgate-sfreet-without , and elsewhere , wholesale stay manufacturer— i . HavTard , Brook-street , Bond-street , lompmaker—J . Tunks , Ken . sington , market gardener—J , Mortimer , Adtlaide-strec-t , West Strand , nooks . Her—T . 11 . Vauglian , roulton . cum-Spittal , Cheshire , fanner—M . Barnes , Woodbn'd ge , Suffolk , eliymisl—F , \ f . Senile , Adchiide-temce , Chelsea , checc-.
moiurerrAKTSErsniPS dissolved . W . and J , llagley , I ' ulhain , market gardeners—G . Willis aud Co ., St . Jauu &' s-strcet , \ V " c & t * A \ i * . \& % v , woollen diapers ; as far as regards J . l'esttrre—T . G , I'lersoii , W . Cane , and S . C : vkt , Badwell-mills , Hertfordshire , millers—J . Barker and K . Ii . Henderson , Stockton , Durham , auctioneds—T . and W . Hill , llanley , Staffordshire , woollen drapers : as far as regards J . Gilmau—K . Moore and J . H . Morley , Newark upon-Treut , Nottinghamshire , bacon factors—Vim , Burnett , and Co ., Sunderland coal fitters—J . TV . Watts and W . T . Brown , Manchester tailors—Gist and Luscombe , Devoupovt , maltsters— / Billingham and Son , St . Jolm-stvect , St . Sepulchre ' s ' curriers—II . Mould and J . Lock , Nasshigton , Northamptonshire , timber merchants-Bake ** and Davis , Kiiiis . wmurd , btnftordsMw , butty miners-Salmon and Son , Cht-lmsford , bmlders-E . D . Murray , A . Smi „ I ( Jnu . ami ' ' ' ° S ' liverpool-W . Adtech and . Fra / . vr , High Wycombe drapels _ „ rley aud Coper , Leeds , stoi-U
n / 7 T , nnd •""¦ KnwMlcJkslMM , Wiltshire-II . and lx . Dan-el , Stoke-upou-Treut , china and entthen . ware manu facturers-J . W . C . Clothier and 11 ; Imncv honiersetshu * , , tannei-s _ S p ;« -, U « - . md Hummel ) , Vmduit-street , l . ond-strect , tailors—llollins and Co ., . Man cliesier-J . Darby aud i . Vriest , Uuwl « y Kcgi , Staffordshire , coal masters-Wells and Claxton , Banks We , Soi-tU wark-l . and W . NVtage , Worship . street , liverv stable keepers-Clarke and Carrie , Xewman . pM » - -Sewman ¦• "et , St . Mar , lel »«^ Shad Thame . whar « i ,, ers-T . Lowe ami Co ., R eigh , Lam-ash-re , eo . 'Iier .-Xovelli , Watson , and Sou . ton . commisstoti merchants , London-W . Ju-vnon «/<• . " . Wood * , Uuvc-couvt , Milk-street . Birmingham , Sheffield and ioroi n warehouse . nen-G , Magnus and W . Holhmn , Giavt-i-hme , bouthwwk , cap m-, « - \\\ iW , C . IJuik-e . niK . h . l-L . t , l-enchnreh-i trt-et , merchants—J . llobinsou and h . Thornton , SaddU-wmrih , Yorkshire , dvsrs—J , . ' * 'S . cr - ' '" 'I H . Westmaeolf , Johu-street , Bedford-row -ttormes—Wilson and SvhoiieM , Sheffield , saw manu-¦ ae turers—T . Jordan and J . W . Smith , Liverpool , stockbrokers .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24011846/page/6/
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