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REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION.
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Brother Proletarian...
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X THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. (Fiom t...
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. Messrs P. M'Grath...
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• ;W& CHARJEIST TRIALS.
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LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.
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. UNLAWFUL AS8BMBLIHO. Mowdat, Auo 28-Jo...
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP, On Mond...
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THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. (Fiom tha...
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Report Of The Auditors Of The National Charter Association.
REPORT OF THE AUDITORS OF THE _NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .
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• Fbixow Coustbtmkn , —We have this day audited the books of the National Charter Association and found them correct , eomparing the income with the receipts , as published in the Northern Star weekly- The income being £ 194 9 s . 7 ., and although tte whole business has been conducted with me strictest economy there is a balance against the Society of net less than £ 14 ; and it seems but justice to state that this _arrear is exclusively for wages due to the members of the Executive Council . Mr O'Connor , although a member of the Executive , has not received any salary , and the balance is principally due to Messrs Kydd and M'Crae , also to Messrs Jones and M'Douall .
In examining the books , we are struck with the fact that many of the most important districts of England have contributed but very triflingly indeed towards the Liberty Fond , and many of the princi pal towns and cities of Scotland have not contributed a penny . Messrs Jones and M'Douall axe now , unfortunately , in gaol for political offences against the powers that be , and the greater _responsibility _, therefore , rests on those who are their
colleagues in office , and stul enjoying the liberties of thesubject . A respect for the wives and families of the unfortunate sufferers ought , alone , to stimulate vou to support the Executive by your _co-operaiien and pe _cuniary support- You cannot bring back liberty to these men who are now suffering within the walls of their prisons ; but you may , by rendering to their wives and families the means of support , alleviate their mental tortures , and encourage others to give to popular freedom their energetic aid .
The avowed Chartists mEnglandare numerous , and although many of them are suffering from poverty , ¦ we feel assured that if they would but exercise the means at their command ample funds for all useful purposes mig ht , wi t h no difficul t y , be raised . We call on each district to take up this subject immediatel y , as the necessities of the case call for iramediate consideration . Therefore , let all the bcal committees and district councils adopt such measures as , in t heir jud gment , seem best . We have felt it to be our duty to make this appeal to you , apart from the discharge of our duty as auditors , far we have an attachment to the great abstract truths of the People ' s Charter and a soulfelt hatred of Whig domination , and we hope yet , in
defiance of the present lawless reign of terror , to live and see the principles of the People ' s Charter the basis of the British constitution . We have , however , felt tbe duty of appealing to you to be imperative , from the fact , that when we asked Mr Kydd to do so he refused , saying , ' Gentlemen , 1 _' will write no more appeals for money at present , for although I have received no wages for a month , I would rather do anything than constantly beg for money . We can bear testimony to Mr Kydd's attention to your business and can easily account for the feeling tbat makes that gentleman refuse to appeal to you for funds , which is a subject of constant reproach by the enemies of the peop le , and a _souiceof jeering insult for the hireling press of England .
We are fellow Chartists , yours fraternally , John Arnott , August 28 th . James _Grassbt
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Siotjrbribge —At a meeting held on the 26 : a ult , Mr Peter Chance in the chair , Mr O'Connor _^ propositions were _discuesed , when it was unanimously resolTed : — 'That this meeting is not in unison with Mr O'Connor on the point of raising the price of Bhares , as it would be a _solid foundation for bickering , _disappointment , acd dissatisfaction , partly from the resources of the members being very much cramped at the present time . ' 'That the proposition of lowering the rent of allottees from five to four per cent would be inexpedient , as it would greatly retard tbe _progress of location , except that the bonus paid down will not be less , ttua £ 50—that ib to ray , a sum the interest of which would cover the reduction in rent .
. Manchester . _—Meetings of the members of this branch were held at the People ' s Institute , ou Monday and Tuesday week , for tha purpose of considering the propositions of the Directors with regard to certain projected alterations in the constitution of the Company . Messrs _M'Gtath and Clark , two of the Directors , were present at both meetings . The following resolutions were carried : —' That we do not a _^ rea to wind up the affairs of the Company , bnt are determined to continue its operation . ' ' That no member shall ba permitted to withdraw meney from the funds of the Ccmpan . r , _faat that it shall be com * pstent for any member to sell or transfer his interest ia the Company . * ' That location shall be decided bv bonus , as proposed _Iby the Directors . ' ' That we
agree to the continuous weekly pavment ? , as proposed by the Directors—namely , that members holding two shares , shall pay twopence each weekly ; members holding three shares , shall pay threepence each weekly ; and members holding four shares , shall pay fonrpence each weekly . ' 'That we agree to leaw estates to the allottees for one life in reversion and ninety nine years , and then sell the estate ? , as the _reidieat and moat effectual mode of reproducing the capital of the Company . ' 'That the aid money granted to members shall be _refunded to the Company , and that the repayment of eaid money shall commence at the date of three months from the time of location / ' That the Company shall remain closed against the _adaisaon of new members . '
Eccles . —At a general meeting of the Land members of this branch on the 27 * -h ult , Mr _Worthinjton in the chair , the following resolutions were adopted : —1 . ' That all location shall bs by _binus . '—2 . ' The repayment of aid money after three years io half yearly instalments . '—S * To abolish the Expense Fund , and pay Id . per share weekly . ' —4 , ' Left for the Directors' consideration . '—5 . 'The affairs of the Company not to ba wonnd up till all the members be located . '—6 ' To substitute a lease for one life and ninety nine years in reversion . '—7 and 8 . 'Left op » n for theDirectora * consideration . '
Abbhdkkh —At the usual weekly meeting of _thu branch of the National Land Company , upon the 11 th ult , the following important matter was taken np and discussed by tbe committee : —' Upon the breaking up of ths late Convention and Assembly held in London , MrShirron , the Aberdeen delegate , coon his arrival here , at a great public meeting called for the purpose of hearing his report from that body , publicly stated that the members of the Land Com pany were doped . He was summoned to attend the first weekly meeting of the branch , when he not only confirmed all that he had said at tbe former meeting , but made many charges against the _direo ton , and with the view to substantiate his charges , referred U 3 to the committee oi the Dean-street _leca *
lity , London . We hare sine * tkea corresponded with the secretary of that locality , and he has officially written to us , explicitly refuting each of the charges , in consequence of which the following resolution was passed _unanimously at this meeting-Moved by John _Frastr and _seconded by James Jack , 'That this cammittee are fully convinced that Mr Shirron hai been proved , by . _'hiaown evidence , to have fabricated & variety of wilful and malicious falsehoods , against the promoter aud directors of the Natioml Land Company , and after hearing the correspondence frcm the party he referred us to ; we sure folly of opinion that the false assertions were made with the intent to shake the confidence reposed in Feargus O'Connor and the directors by the shareholders of this branch .
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Shu-mild . —A geieral meeting of the Chartist _ttembers was held at tbe Three Cranes Ion , Queenstreet , on Tuesday evening , Angust 22 nd , for the election of officer ? for the ensuing quarter , and for the better organisation of the Chartist body . Mr Willey in the chair . The following members were nominated for the coming quarter : —John Taylor , John Hudson , Joseph Feaness , Joha Willey , Frederick Lever , William Conwood , Joseph Benson . William Cavill ; llesrv Taylor , sub-secretary ; George Cavill , _subtreiteurer . Ten shillings waa Toted to the Victim Fund" and the meeting separated . The council will meet for the dispatch of business at seven o ' clock erery Sunday evening , instead of eight ss before , in tne Democratic _Reading-room , 33 , Queen-street .
_DfiWjBoai . —A district delegate meeting was held an the Chartist meeting room , on Sunday , August 27 , wh * _u delegates attended from High Town , lieckmondwicke , _Birstal and De » _sbury . Mr _Ebentxer Cle _^ g in the chair . Trie minutes of tbe last meeting were confirmed . On the motion of MrStainthorp , the following resolution was agreed to : — ' Tnat a levy of me penny for ever / five paying members per month Le mace to defray the district expenKB . After other bus ; ntsi the meeting waa adjourned to Suaday ,
September 10 . The following places are earnestly re-*) _aes : cd to rend delegates to the next district de ' egtte meeting : — Cleckheaton , Little Town , Batley , _Caiofcenley , _Oaett , _iloibury and Wakefield . The _fcratl . £ _" Chartists of the various _villagtB ia the district not included in tbo above list , are requested once mo _.- e to co operate with their brethren in the district . _fr _* Wa S . Ktod delivered a lecture on the Irish _Reunion oa _Thursday night , in the Literary _InstliuiisB , John-street , which gave great _satisfaction .
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TO THE WORKING CLASSES . ' Words are things , and a small drop ef Ink _Falling—like dew—npon a thongbt , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions think . ' _Bxaosr .
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THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Brother Proletarians , In former letters published in this journal I explained the facts ( as opposed to the falsehood * of the Press gang , ) of the movement in Paris , on the 15 h May . I showed what were the objects of the _Democrats , ai proved by tbeir demands at the tribune of the Assembly ; aamely , bread and work tor the peonle , a Ministry of labour and _progreas _. _justioe for the Rouen democrats , the immediate adoption of a democratic constitution , armed intervention in behalf of Poland , and a tax on the rich to save the people at home from hunger , and save freedom abroad from again succumbing _beneath the blows of royal traitors and assassin ? . I demonstrated the pure motives of Barbes and his friends , and defended their principles and aims . But I deplored the impolitic course they had taken . The end tbey had ia riew was god-like ; but their means were ill-advised , illtimed , and ill-directed .
In the Address of tha Fraternal _Dsmocrals dated July 4 th ( which was honoured by the notice of that very sensible states-nan , H . _Dbcmuond . and that tery liberal legislator , brown-bread Jo » ph ) , I vindicated tbe democratic combatant" of June from the calumnies of their French assassins and English slanderers . I showed that the Insurrection was caused by the oppression and treason of the ruling faction—that the working men of Paris revolted because they saw themselves betrayed—the promises which had been made to them falsified—tbeir leaders thrown into dungeons—their petitions mocked
attheir _associations put down by brute force—their right of public meeting rendered & nullity , by the atrocious law of the 7 ch of June . These wrongjustified their revolt , aad the stand they made at the barricade * to the cry of' Labour ob Death ! ' They were crushed . Ever j hellish art ef war was employed to subdue them ; not _eerely cannon—red-hot shot , the mine , the rocket , and the shell were ruthlessly used to _conquer and destroy them . Vanquished and in flight they were pursued by flying artillery and cavalry , and mowed dawn witbout mercy . Hundreds ofthoie who fell alive into the hands of the con
_querors were butchered iu cold blood ; and the Tery terms of law and justice were superseded by an undisguised and sanguinary terrorism . Such was the version which two months ago I gave of the June Insurrection , a version given in no other paper in England , and which , notwithstanding the daily lies of the Pres 3-gang for sixty days past , and tbe ' revelations' of the pretended 'Commission ot Inquiry . ' 1 am still prepared to maintain , as the onl y true version of the terrible combat of June . I showed in my last letter the nature of the charges preferred against Ledru Rolun , Lotus Blanc , _Catjs . _-idiere , and Protjbhok ; and made manifest the truth that ths ' report' had _baen artfully prepared , for the purpose of excusing the premeditated destruction of the abovenamed patriots . I come now to the ' evidence' on which that report it founded .
In this ' evidence' Abaoo drops the mask of his sh 3 m Republicanism , and avows himself a thorough aristocrat . He invites the opportunity of betraying the real Republicans , at the very outset _r , f bis deposition , by saying to the President of the Commission iOdillox Baerot ) . ' I am inclined to say all I know . ' Of course honest Babrdt was only too happy to oblige so candid a witness . ' In the Provisional Government , ' saya Abago , 'there were twoelements—the element ot a moderate republic , and that of a mora ardent republic' For ' moderate' read bourgeois , and for ' more ardent' read democratic . ' Ltobu _Roius _' a circulars , ' says Abago , 'were deplorable . ' He avows that he opposed the creation of a Ministry of Labour and Progress ; and that when _Lbdrp Rollin and
Louis Blanc desired to bring the batchers of the Rouen Democrats to justice , he opposed tbem , and carried his point . The _villansua object of the Commission ia shown in the manner in which the President questions the worthy _witntBS , to wit : having called the movement of tbe 16 th of March ' a manifestation , ' be says ' What was the object of tbe counter-revolution of the 17 th of March ? ' Now note the enormous lying conveyed in these apparently simple words ' manifestation * and ' counter-revolution . What Barb t called ' a manifestation , ' was in reality a movement of the bourgeois portion of the National Guards to effect a counter-revolution , but which movement was foiled by the masses . By the ' coun _' er-revolution' Barbot means the glorious
manifestation of workmen on the 17 th of March , which for the moment saved the Republic , and for a time struck the intriguers with dismay . Straws serve to show which way the wind blows , and these questions show the real objeot of the ' . Inquiry , ' namely—the making out ' a case' _againsttfaefoonders of tha Republic . Abaoo , speaking of the clubs says , ' I should prefer seeing the worst theatres in the _world to those clubs . ' That is , he would prefer seeing the minds and morals ' of _thepsople utterly debauohed , rather than see them acquiring a _knowledge o t their social rights , and tbe means by which to remedy their _secial wrongs . ' Honest , honest Arago V He confesses that when he went to the barricade in the Rue Sobflbt , the starving insurgents told him' he had no r ight to speak to them as he had never known hunger . ' Trne , and tor the same reason he bad no right to speak for them by being placed at the head of France
in the days of February . He who has not known hunger is not fitted to legislate f * r hungry men . Let this be a lesson to the vic'ims of _hunger in all lands . It appears from the deposition of Gotjdchatjx , one of tbe schemers , that even before the revolution the ' moderates' bad concocted a Provisional Government , from which Ledru Rmxix and Louis Blatc were ex eluded . It was tbis worthy ' s opinion from the outset , tbat' an _» fission ef blood was necessary' to put an end to tbe hopes of the Democrats . 'A man' was wa t tin g in tbe Revolution of February , now that ' man ' was found—General Cavaignac . ' If , ' say * this pkcioub Republican , 'he ( the blood-stained dictator ) can be kept at tha head of affairs , it may be hoped that all will go well . ' In the Provisional Government this fellow was the creature of Gabxirr Pages—it will be concluded tbat the master must have been not unlike the man .
From tbe evidence of General _LAMORrarsRE , I glean the fact that the triumphant faction had to expend two million cartridge * before they sucoeeded in crushing the insurgents in the combat of June . General Chasoarsier , giving his evidence on the 11 th ef July , said tbat ' the insurgents _weregreitly discouraged , but tbey were regaining courage , and seem inclined to recomraence the straggle . A very active correspondence is established between the insurgents and the provinces . ' The evidence of Maris , ex-member of the provisional government , acd now Minister of Justice (!) is very similar to that of Abaoo . He states that the werkiug men desired before all things tbe organisation of _labsur . Unlike most of the ether witnesses , he denied that the national workshops conspired the _insurreciitn of Jane . These ( the real ) ' conspirators ' contradict each other .
The depositions of _Thotjts Chadvel are principally directed againBt Caussidbbi . It must be borne in mind tbat this witness has got _Caussidissb ' s place , which he hopes to keep by helping to destroy bis predecessor . There is nothing very remarkable in his depositions , unless I except the following : — Surma or Jolt 1 th . —Tbe witness said tbat great mea ' oui _. i eught to be taken without delay for ths relief of trade and _msnsfactaras . He considered the prospects or the _fature to ba alarming , and he bad womb apprehensions now than after May _15-. B . The defeated part j wrre exasperated rather tban In despair _. Here is a specimen of the sort of evidence received by tbe Commission : — M . BieKAM , S * ji .. Jolt 7 . _—Witness heard his son speak of a sum of £ _U , 000 sterling invested ia England by M . Ledru Rollin ; bat he has himself no preciis information to give on the subj . ct _.
That accomplished traitor , Mabbast , is as ' candid ' as Abaoo , but after all his revelations of the dissensions in the provisional government , he tells very little that was not well kn jwn previously . Speaking of the working men , he Bays : 'The population have seen the effects of cannon , is defeated , and it may be _hoped tbat it will not revolt again . Elsewhere they wish lo begin once more . ' The flighty evidence of _Lamariims , shows that he did not hesitate to use his' poet ' s liceECe * when before the Committee . The following words are worthy to be _sxtracted : — _'Eeshfraotionof the anarchical party bas always acted separately , and it is that which has given us tbe victory . The dissolution of the ateliers nationaux seems to me to secure it infallibly for the future .
With one exception , the most infamous evidence was tendered by _Tbiut _, ex-Minister of Public Works , wbo was so shocked at Locis Blanc ' s doings , that , although an ' old friend' of his , 'he had no longer the heart to speak to him ! ' This sensitive soul leaves nutbing undone to _destroy bis former ' friend , ' pretending tbat he ( Louis Blanc ) had not merely indoctrinated the working men with h _"» ideas , but had a ' so influenced them to adopt his words , his accentuaticn _. hii _gesturei _, 'in fact , all his peeulia-
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ritieB ! Of course , therefore , when questioned as to the several movements , this _howst fellow . Trmat , declared that Lows Buxc 'had done it all . * In the recent debate , which ended in the impeachment of Louis Blakc . this rascal _Tbblat , taking advantage of the faot that his « old friend' was born in Madrid , although of . French parents , said that Lows Blakc had inspired theworkmen' with Spanish hatred more than with French fraternity . " Well might the proscribed patriot denounce this treacherous viper as an infamous _wretch . '
The laaton this list of 'informers , ' is one Adolphb _Cbmit , compared with whom _Tuoma _? Powell appears to be a highly respectable and conscientious personage . According to his own story , be had been in the confidence of the Democratic party from some time before the revolution , and assisted in the for . mation of the Provisional Gevernmeat ; he _profei _aes also to hare been for some time in the secrets of _Caossidikrk , Louia Blahc , and Albert . It appears in the course of his evidence , that h « had been promised certain indulgences and rewards if he would
tell everything he knew ; and , on the strength of these promises , he has built op a very pretty romance—quite a model for spies and informers . I shall not waste Bpace by _extraetiag fmm , or _examining bis evidence . It will be quite sufficient that I state , on his own authority , and in his own words , tbat he had been long suspected by his own patty , and though he pretends to know the whole of the arrangements of the insurgents of June , it is evident , from his own words , that he had no _admission to their council ; , being regarded by them as a traitor . He says : —
'In consequence of the indulgence you hold out to me , 1 will . tell yoa all the truth . * # # ] was not quite well informed with respect to the plot , owing to the state of _sasplotan in which I was * * * * . / admit thai , in _ordsr to prevent every hostile demonstration on the part of Host who _Itiew _wy former life , I took the resolution of pretending to talis an active part in the insurruiion , * « * + I have only seen _Birbastand Mignotle , and be'orethem / coasted _efmyco-opiratitniniheinsurrestion _, in thi hope that it wonld frte me from suspicion , and save me frora the ven geaMtuithtsMchlwas threatened . ' On the evidence oi this wretch , Chenu , and others not much better , whose names I have already enumerated , the members of the Assembly , called 'National , ' hare decreed the impeaebmrot of Louis Blakc and Catissimkrx .
You will see in the report of the sitting of August the 25 th , that the accused representatives manfully defended themselves , and were as usual howled at by the brigand-majority . Well did Ledru R ' . 'Llin say that' hatred and rancour sat at the table of tbe Committee of Investigation , and dictated its decisions . ' He crushed the ' Ri ght '—Thiers , Barrot . and their knavish followers—under the weight of his counter-accusations , reminding thera of their cowardice on tbe 22 nd of February , when they shrunk from tbe struggle they had provoked ; and he added : — _'Teur mission is to follow , not to direct the government , for you are without ideas , and without principles . ' He dealt some masterly strokes at the hypocrites who have been crying out about' property , ' and ' family . ' He aaid with truth that the American Republic was in danger , because of the unequal division of property and the monopely of land ; and that just social institutions could alone insure the stability of the French Republic .
The language of Louis Blanc was simple , strai ghtforward , and bore the stamp of truth . His denunciation of competition exeited ' the murmurs' of tbe Assembly . H _» showed that he waB not ia the least responsible for the organisation of thenational workshops . Of course he encountered almost unceasing interruption . _Catjssibiebe , who spoke frankly and courageously , was similarly treated . Immediately the three representatives bad concluded their _speeohes , the government demanded the impeachment of two of them- —Louis BLANoand _Catjssidiebb . Iu vain did 'the Left' protest against further proceedings at that _moment ( it was now daylight , Saturday morning . ) The Moderates voted down all opposition , and the accused members were placed under impeachment , fur the affair of the loth of May , by immense majorities . The demand to place _Caussioierb on trial for the _insurrection of June was however rejected ; tbe majority Bhrunk from that exercise of their power .
As usual , the London _Presc-gang are loud in their rejoicings at the blow struck at _Democracy by the impeachment of Lows Blanc and _Caussidiere . The truculent Times exults tbat the proscribed _democrits have already become the victims of the Re p ublic , for which d uring so many years they—in the teeth of Louis _Pbilippb ' s forces — laboured , and wrote , and conspired . That infamous journal avows that it regards the measures t » ken against Louis Blanc and Caussidiere a ? a declaration of war against all professed Democrats , whom it says should ba pursued everywhere as' public criminals . ' What an outcry the Times would have raised , if the real Republicans , in the days of their power in March last , had declared war against all anti-Democrats , and pursued thera as ' public criminals I' Lows Blahc . in a few words , presents an exaot picture of the true Republicans and their enemies : —
The men who accuse us were Mowed partisans of tbe Monarchy , and always combatted the _Rapablic ; _nbilut we who ara accused are , on the contrary , Republicansare tbe men who have shed our blood — who have suffered for the Republic—who have fifty times risked our lives for it . The Republicans were made over by tbe last _porernment to public execration ; the ; w « r _« branded us men of blood and the _scaffold . But when tbey obtained power the ; proclaimed the abolition of tbe penalty ot death for political offences—they did not pronounce a single ward of hatred , ot _reageanae , or of ill-will ; they did not suspend a single journal , and they loudly proclaimed in tbe government respect for the _sacred principles which tbey hid previously defended .
Behold how differently the _shara-Republieansthe _monarchist , aristocrats , bourgeoisie , intriguers and military brigands—have acted since their victory over the insurgents of June . They have massacred their opponents by hundred . ) , and flung thousands into the foulest dungeons . They have deprived tbeir viotirns of every safeguard provided by the usual forms of justice ; aad by secret , sham trials before drum-head tribuna _l s , have doomed bundled * upon hundreds to the galleys , or to transportation from their families and country . * They have proscribed the very opinions of their opponents , and strangled every journal , tbe writers in whicb
have had the courage to proclaim the truth and vindicate the cause of the oppressed . ! Another repetition of the truth eternally taught in history , that the enemies of the working classes always repay mercy by cruelty ; and when spared by tho vietoriout masses , always * abuse the magnanimity of their victors , and never fail to conspire until they are again in a position to substitute force for intrigue , when they smite down their opponents without pity or remorse . When will the people learn wisdom ? How often must they be taught tbat ' those who make bnt half-revolutions only dig a grave ior themselves V
The ooBCOctora of the ' Committee of Inquiry ' s ' ' report' have not hesitated to repeat the lie of' tbe pvisoaed balls' which it is alleged the insurgents directed againBt the government troops in the insurrection of June . Speaking of the insurrection , the _reportsajs : — ' It was , in fact , a savage war . carried on with poisoned balls . ' In answer to this falsehood I extract the followiBg from the Gazette _dbs _HoriiATjx ( Gazette of the Hospitals ) of the 1 st of _July :-We consider it our duty to state , that in none of tbe balls we have extracted , er hare seen extracted , have we observed the presence of any poison ; the wounds themselves bave not presented any symptoms of poisoned wonnds ; we havs seen a tolerably large number ot balls of a form more or less distorted , or mad * oi _uausual materials , 6 uch at copper and zinc ; but the _wosnds made by these balls did not seem of any particular gravity .
It is known , besides , that the analyses made by M . Pdlouza of the liquids supposed to be polsoned _. have lo uo respect Confirmed the suspicions that were _entertalBed . Tha readers of the _Northerx Star will probably remember a letter , written by a French bourgeois , which first appeared in the _Lmarooi Tiuss _, and _extracts from which were transferred to thia journal about three weeks before tnTJime insurrection , in that letter the writer bitterly deplored the revolution . but comforted himself with the hope that there would soon be a battle in which * twenty thousand ot the ruffians . ' meaning the working men , would be killed ; and then he would be 'satisfied . A lew days after the insurrection two letters from this ' ruffian 'appeared in the Livbbpool Timbs . In tae first , dated June 29 th , the writer , after givmg an ac count of tha numerous defenders oi order wno _. w
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his _pjresetce , bit tbe dust , and the final overthrow of tha i || urgente , adds—Bat ' we are tioi done with it . Our laws are too lenient—tbe repression has not been severe enough , We want ( A * _pitHtu vigor * of the English government , What a compliment to 'free-born Britons '— 'the ? H , m _!* _™ otthe English government . ' Excellent j . This is « holding the mirror up to nature ' with a vengeasee ! Bravo , good bourgeois , at it again : — ¦ . » ¦ Toa are well off in England ; we , glve ' you the _spectao'e of drunken helots . Ksep your poti » ion-if yon fall oivi . llsation is at an end P . «] S ! ,, « _? s 7 s ? _lJ dr A , « , and ' _^ eas that Paradiie-S pitalfields . Only think what a less it would be if the civilisation' which ' the casual wards of our workhouses exhibit , were to perish l * _. Writing July _ftb , this blessed bourgeois , speakine of the insurrection , says t—
Ib . a 4 . taif an hour of _lntffible enjoyment , when the cannon , _thandered , trie charge beat , and General Lebre . ton lenncnea us forward . .. » * f o talk eoriously , we are in _epeu reaction ; no oue likes tie _republic—ugbody _belieres in it , If Henry the Fifth had any heart or manhood , he weqld _attlte many men on his 8 idil - _l-aa-fts-: * ..-, Y < * mfty de ? end thBt we shall be obliged to _mwg _^ tB _^ , _^ ourt . of tha middle Jges ,, In a postscript , dated _itifif _& l & tit _^ _, Our Cavaignac goes on well : he does not make long speeches or _eleqnent' proclamations , but everything he does U fall of seme . I urn attached to htm . I fancy
I see in him another Washington . If he turns out to be a Honk , I shall be none the less pleased . When tbe state of siege is over , we shall havo our newspapers bu * . aing and braying again . Tho bandits do not consider themstlTes to be comp _' etely overthrown , They are thinking of a revenge . I think it will ba a good thing to give thorn another chanoe , that we may crush them once for all , and put an end for ever to these Socialist , Communist , and _Democratic ideas . _VTe mast put down ' philauthropy , '—what we want just now is a Draconian _rtyi ' _me , and , above all , some means of ridding society ot the miscreants and galley slaves .
Suppose the sentiments and Banguinary longings , avtiwed by this Parisian bourgeois , had been avowed by Babbbs or Louis Blakc , what a howl the truculent Times and the rest of tbe Press gang , Eng lish and French , would have raised against the ' terrorists ! ' Mark thismiscreBnt ! When the _osnnon was thundering death in every discharge , and korribly slaying men who bad been driven by hunger to revolt , be ' had half an hour of ineffablb _uwormbnt ! ' How fondly he speaks of' Our Cavhgsac . who does not make long speeches , ' but' goes on well '
that is , goes on dungeoning and shooting ! If the Dictator betrays the Republic _bb Monk gold the English Commonwealth , ha will he all the better pleased ! He longs for a return to ' the rigours of the middle ages , ' and would like another insurrection to _' _orush'the working men—whom he calls ' miscreants and galley slaves '—once for all , ' and put an end for ever to Socialist , Communist , and Democratic ideas ! ' We must , ' says he , ' put down philanthropy —what we want _jvttt now is o Draconian regime !' Well , he has hiB wish—a regime of laws written in blood !
This profit-monger speaks out the genuine _senti _ments of the bourgeoisie , without any kind of circum locution , hypocrisy , or humbug . Ha is as candid as Arago , and ai bloody-minded as Nicholas . I rather like the fellow for his out-spoken _sooundrelisra . He makes no pretence to 'liberality' or ' _philanthropy , ' He is not an ' _anti-slavery ma !) , ' or a Free-trader , ' or a getter up of ' baths and wash-houses for tbe ooor , ' or a' civil and religious liberty' _humbag . No ; he is—reader , will yoa pardon the paradox ?—he iB an honest scoundrel . He speaks out what he means . He is a brilliant exception to the generall y hypocritical class to whioh he belongs . Would that we could impart his name te our readers . Why does not ths _Livbkpool Timbs give his _pertrait ? Heis _, no doubt ,
a beauty . His head , if it be anything like his heart , or his conscience , would be a study for any one in pursuit of' the sublime and beautiful . ' Leaving to Cowpbr the origin of 'country ' and ' town , ' no one possessed of common sense , can doubt that , if God made the first man , the Devil made the first bourgeois . Louis Blanc has escaped from the hands of his enemie _^ _-and ia safe in England . ¦ This villi gladden the hearts of millions in this country , to whom tbe name of Louis Blanc is a household word . Honour to tbe good and noble exile . Honour to the man who has devoted his genius to the aervice of humanity , acd bis talents to tbe came of oppressed labour . Stretch forth your arms , working men of England , to embrace tbis pure , noble-hearted
man—Who , great in bis humility , as kings Are little in their grandeur , ' bas won for himself a name whieh will be cherished when the nameB of his enemies will be forgotten , or only remembered , as are the names of Iscaeiot and Tibbrius , for their crimes and cruelties . Grjizoi is tbe guest of the enemies of Labour—Louis Blahc must be the guest of the people . Let ub welcome him in Borrow for his misfortunes , but let us also welcome him with honour for his unblemished worth . But what of the thousands of patriots—dungeoned aod transported , in chains and bitter bondage—whom we caDnot welcome ; for whom there appears to be no _escape but death , no refuge from the cruelties ot their tyrants bnt the grave ? What of their heartbroken wives and _famishing children ? 'Each new morn , Niw widows howl ; new orphans orj !'
Oh ! my countrymen , what can we de for these ? Hope 1 Hope ! The hour of retribution will come . For- ' If we do but natch the hour , There never yet was human power , That could evade , if nnforglrca , The patient search , and vigil long , Of thim who treasure up a wrong !' G . JULIAN HARNEY . August 31 st , 1 S 18 .
* A. Oorrespoadant Of The Moshiko Chbob ...
* A . _oorrespoadant of the _Moshiko _Chbob writing from Paris , on the 2 i « of August , says : The parting of the transported workmen from their friends on Friday night , is d « eoribed lo havo been most _barra _»' ng . f IU 6 REP * ESE « rART DO PsCPiB , _thfl _VSAIE _HEPDBLiQOS _. the _Pebe Dcchenb , and the Lampion , after a very ehert . Hved second existence , were again cruahtd by a decree ot Dictator _CavaAgnae , on the 21 » t ot _August . Since then two other journals ( ono of them the _Gaxetie _db Fsahcs ) have shared tho samefato .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Messrs P . M'Grath and T . Clark , a deputation from the directors , will visit the following branches during the ensuing week .- —Monday , Sept . 4 tb , Blackburn ; Tuesday , 5 th , Preston ; Wednesday , 6 th , Colne , \ Vheatley-lane , and Burnley , at Burnley j on Thursday 7 th , Todraorden ; Friday 8 th Keighley .
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Mr Kydd a Routs . —Oxford , Saturday , Sep . 2 nd ; Charterville , Sunday 3 rd ; Banbury , Tuesday 5 . h ; Waliingford , Wednesday 6 th . Stoubbbidob . —Attendance will bo given this ( Saturday ) evening , at tbe Crown ; Rooms , to receive contributions , & o . Those in arrears are kindly invited to attend . —A conversational meeting will be held to-morrow morning , to afford members of the Land Company an opportunity of discussing Mr O'Connor ' s propositions . _Noiiihoham . —The next meeting of the Land Company will be held at tke Rose , _Bridieemith-gate , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Htob . —The Land members of this branch will meet in their room , Hyde-lane , on Sunday next , at two oolook , p . m . Members in arrears with the local levies are requested to pay the same . The room is open every Sunday frora two to five o ' clock
. BARHHKAD . -The Land members of the Barrhead _n » m " _< l <» eitod to meet in the Democratic ,, , r fue 9 dar evening , September 5 th , at eight o clock , tor the purpose of taking into consideration the alteration of the rules suggested by Mr O'Connor . A full attendance of members ia requested . All members of the branch who have left the village are requested to Bend a note to the Secretary ( free of expense ) expressive of their opinion on the proposed alterations of the rules . F Davbnirt .-A general meeting of the Land _reembers will be held at the Marquis ol Granby . on _lhursday evening , September 7 , at eight o ' _clock , to _talca into consideration the propositions of the directors . All members are requested to pay up their local levies .
_SouiH Lohdon Chartist IlALL .-Mr Campbell will lecture on Sunday _evening next , September 3 , at eight o clock . Subject : « Society as it is , and as it ought to be . ' a social meeting , consisting of singing and dancing , will be held at the above hall , on Monday evening , September 11 , for the benefit of the Victims . Walworth ahd _Cambbrwull . —The Land members of this branck are requested to meet at tbe Society s room , on Monday ovening next , at eight o clock . All members are earnestly requested to The Tower _Biimrs District Committee met last _££ 7 i * . _j came t 0 tne _lowing resolution :-lnat ail delegate * are to bring a correct report of t _ae _pesition of their re 3 peotive localities , and attend next Tuesday evening , at the Globe acd Friends , _Morgan-Btreet , Commercial-road . A letter from Mr
Wakiey _, MP ., wjh bo read to the committee . Mr _B «« k will lecture next Sunday evening , at the Globe and _Frieads , Morgan-street , Commeroiakoad , at eight o ' olock ,
• ;W& Charjeist Trials.
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Liverpool Assizes.
LIVERPOOL ASSIZES .
. Unlawful As8bmbliho. Mowdat, Auo 28-Jo...
. UNLAWFUL AS 8 BMBLIHO . _Mowdat , Auo 28-John FJynn , 28 , James Daw _jMrf John Moonfly ,, $ 0 , 0 * eo _GonDijia' « ad Ldwart Biiiph , 44 , were indicted for having , at Newton , with' _otfrers , unTa ' wfuHy assembled with pikes and swords to _create ariat . Mr Polloc _^ p _^ _secujeai The prisoners were defended by Messrs _Jjimeaand Fry . The _faote of . the case , as appeared frem the statement of counsel and the evidence of witnesses , were , that on the 30 th "day Of May last , there was an intention on the part of some men in Manchester to hold a publio meeting in _Stephenson-equare , but it
was not carried into effect . There was considerable excitement , and a number of the police were ordered out , arnaa ; ' It "wa * understood that a large body of men'were to oome'in procession from Oldham , and thapolioe were placed at tbe toll-bar to prevent a _juuoTtio _^ : between them and the people assembling in Manchester . Mt Beswiok _. the head constable , was there , at the head of his men , and , after waiting a _shoit time , they saw a procession coming from Oldham , and another from Manchster to meet it . There _SM _# _«^ KfJ'i _3 was second in command . They went up to tbe
tollgate , and Flynn , addressing Mr Baswiok said he wished the gate to be opened , but this was refused , Flynn being told tbat no person with arms would be allowed to pass , After some altercation the persons were allowed to go through ihe toll bar in single file , when a pike wai taken from Mooney . The Manchester procession was allowed to pass through . In a short tfme Flynn returned with several of his party , and the prisoner Gunn took up a stone and threw it at one of tbe police constables , who was mounted on horsebaek . Birch also called oat to the mob to attack him and throw him off hiB horse . The prisoners were taken into custody immediately after the riot .
Witnesses were called for twa of the _prisoseis , but their evidence did not alter the main features of the case . The prisoners were found guilty . Sentence deferred . This concluded the criminal _buaines ! , and the Court rose at half-past seven ;
SBNTENCBS . Tuesday , August 29 . —Upon the opening of the c » urt this morning , Mr Justice Cresswell called up Flynn , Downey , Mooney , Gunn , and Birch , for judgment . f hey wished to make some remarks on the character of the witnesses and the conduct of their counsel , but were stopped by tho oeurt . His lordBhip then said , they had all bean convioted f a riot , and a very aggravated assault on the police officers . He considered that the manifest disregard oithe law , by an assault on police officers in the discharge of their duty , waa a great aggravation of the offence of which the prisoners had been found guilty . Some of them who had been convicted were evi dently the _tcols of others . The prisoners Flynn and Downey were clearly the leaders on that _ocoasion , and instigated the rest of ths prisoners to a breach of the law . Those two persons , it was clear , had for
some time been pursuing Buch a course of conduct and , he repeated , that in their _oase it waB a great aggravation of the offence . His lordship continued —You had warning , from time to time , that such f fences as those of which yon hare been convicted cannot be tolerated . You were repeatedly cautioned by the magistrates and theauthorities , still you chose to take no notice , but co _itinued to exoite alarm in the minds of the peaceably-disposed members of the community , and tbe consequence is your present situation . It is quite _impossible that Booiety can be safe if men are allowed to go about the country in tbe manner you have done disseminating _poist . n in the miads of the peop ' e . I hope tbat the time is not far distant when the lower classes of this country will learn that so long as these offences continue to be committed _. the trade of this country , in _whicb they themselves are so deeply interested , cannot flourish if the _niannfactures of this district do not
h * > uriBh , how can the lower classes expeot to be happy ? The attempt to draw labour from its ordinary and natural channels—to ask the government to find employment for the people—is a most absurd proposition . If you will Bcudy not only past but modern history , you will find that the attempt to provide tbe people employment by the government has not sucoeeded in a neighbouring nation : you will see what a disastrous failure it has been in that country , and I do hope that it may have a salutary _fffsct on the minds of the working classes of this country . The sentence of the court is that you be imprisoned in Kirkdaie Gaol for the space of fifteen _raoaths . with hard labour .
Dreadful Explosion Of Fire-Damp, On Mond...
DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP , On Monday morning about half-past six o ' clock an explosion of fire-damp tookplace at Messrs Wood and Co . ' s Colliery , Hindley Green , about two miles from Leigh . Fortunately tke whole of the _workpeople had not arrived . Several men who volunteered to search found twelve persons in the pit . Four of the number were dead when found , their _oorpses being dreadfully mutilated . Tho fifth , a boy , named John Houghton , was alive , but his thighs were broken , and his body was penetrated with a pick haulm or handle , nine inches long and about one inch and a half diameter ; the force of the explosion having nearly buried this blunt instrument in the poor boy ' s body . It was
extracted by Mr Brideoake , surgeon , of Leigh , but he did not survive his injuries more than an hour and a half . The following ib a list of the killed and wounded : —Killed . —John Asbcroft , resided at Hindley Green , aged 49 , left a wife and six children ; Richard Goulding , aged 21 , left a wife and obild . William Hampson , aged 13 , a drawer , John Houghton , aged 13 , a drawer . John Tipsing , aged 13 , a drawer . Seriously Injured . —Bryan Tickle , late el Wigan , aged 25 , wife and two children . Joseph Gregory , aged 35 , very severely burned . Mrtin Wild , wife and three children residing at Heywood . Thos Topping , Tatton —Mctnchesfr Guardian .
Extensive Fires. Three Extensive Fires T...
EXTENSIVE FIRES . Three extensive fires took place on Wednesday morning . The first fire took place upon the premises belonging to Mr Harding , situate in Mill-street , near the Grand Surrey Canal , Old Kent-road . It commenced in the stabling , and speedil y extended to the cart-house . The whole of the premises were destroyed . The orig in of the fire is unknown . The second fire took place in the sugar factory belonging to Messrs Farrie Brothers and Company , situate in Church-lane , Whitechapel . These premises were entirely destroyed , and a bouse adjoining considerably damaged by fire and water . Tlie loss will fall upon the Sun , AtUw , Scottish Union , Liverpool , and Licensed Victuallers' Fire Offices . The cause of the disaster has been traced to a lamp having been left in the stove , and which came in contact with the sugar
therein-The third fire happened at 17 , King ' s _Head-court _, Holborn hill , in the tenure of Mr Thompson , a machine ruler . These premises were destroyed , and two others considerably damaged . The orig in of the fire is unknown .
Suicide Bt A Licbnbbd Viciuallkr.—Ou Tue...
Suicide bt a Licbnbbd _Viciuallkr . —Ou Tuesday , Mr Wm . PayRe the coroner , held an inquest at the King ' s Head , _Newington Causeway , on the body of Mr Thomas Penfold , aged forty-five , proprietor of the Duke of Wellington public-house , York-street Southwark . Tbo evidence taken prove ! that some time back the wife ol deceased left ber husband and lived upon a separate allowance , but lately she had taken lodgings immediately facing the _deoeassd ' s place of business . This circumstance preyed heavily on his mind , and when he saw her go out or enter her lodgings be would frequently burst out orying . A few nights sinoe he told one of the witnesses that his wife watched him wherever he went . If he was ascending tho stairs , he there met her ghost , and when he was undressing _himstlf of a night , he found her standing
at his bedside . He deputed a person to go to his wife and ask ber whether » be would bave any objection to ooroe baok again . Tj thi * she replied that she should be delighted to return baok ; but when deceased was aBktd how long it would be before ho took her back , he replied , 'Full six months , for he intended to sell hiB business and get a situation tor himself bb a waterman . " On Sunday mernmg last , after his children had retired to rest , he committed _suioide , by hanging himself to an ires stanobion in tbe bar . Verdict- ' Temporary Insanity . ' . Southampton . —The Laud members of this branch are requested to attend a general meeting on Monday , Septembor 4 th , at _saven o ' clock , at tbe London stout house , Lower East-street , to take into _consideration the different alterations proposed by " the
direotora . . _NoTrisonxM , —The Land members will _teitet & _v the Rase , Bridlesrnith Gite , on Sunday evuiing , September 3 , at seven o ' clook .
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THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . ( Fiom tha Morning Post . ) The ; Queen will prorogue Parliament in person , on _faesday _xext-THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . ( Fiom tha Morning Post . ) TllB _'Q-ttetm _*!•• prorogue _Parliamwit in _ponon , on _fuesdsv xexi .
Charge Agail^T Two Pilots Of .Rob. Binc ...
CHARGE _AGAil _^ T TWO PILOTS OF . ROB . binc the passengers and o & _ftroF . THE OCEAN MONARCH .
Livjwocl,1 Tuu.Mday.—A Gentleman, Who Ga...
_LivjwocL , Tuu . Mday . —A gentleman , who gavafajf name as Henry Powell , and _dtibribed himself # having b # _si _* second csbin _paairBger , cam * _forvard bat he was so weak from tboeffeota of his sufferings * fl ? i !»* hw > tt ' inaudible . _Thepurportufblf _tteUh _PrJS _^ th ** ia tbe confusion otj _rjeii * ths , Oc * _pg _$ _kb « jumped into ths . yr _^ _m _& % _titiMX titfc & _ffa bo » t : drifted away : ; a _^ Bltima («) y _, h «> _rii ¦ _Sfer * s > _IK _'^¦&^ w _&> i $ ! fo $ _to _appaared to him that this vessel _mbbibntbmziti lamce m rendering _assistaucaw ih * _jeo _)> l * OD being the ir ™* , but ths ore * directed th ' t _^ fe _^ ' ! idt _£ i picking up the _floating . 'toil : J » ' ; Sg 8 iftSwr _. twp to offtbeir _^ _m _^^ S _^ mm _SttUeauently they ordered th » _ttwrtoTpfl _« K
ooara an _lnsa vessel , but prenBbs _. to this * _witflese saw a man glide into » boat into which ' _a tronfc 6 oS longing to ttw _^ Oeean _Mbnarrri bad bean _^ ace * ' TtW man , Bithell , too , took a _silW ' watbh _froa hlfflVbat this was not . _striorty speaking , a _Qtijim he ' (« j _^ oess ; was going off with a blanket _befongfog to tha pilot ' s crew , wbroh Bithell attempted to iOre » _frptt him . Being witbout under clothing of toy ' _rossis quence , be banded the watch to _thsmia . ' But the moat serious part of the _ehargewas th 1 s , bsme ! yY that a respectable young mm , oae of the _passengers by the Ocean Monarch , was left naked on board _tie pilot boat . It was said that he hid offered the _mea a sovereign to 1 st him get \ w board tbi Irish _vessel , but by some means they contrived to rftain him . Ht was reported to have a large sum off . money about him , and fmm tbat time to the present nothing what * ever had been heard of him . The trunk and tha watch ware reooveerd by Bates and Tuck , two _aotiva officers of the . _Llvanml _nnli _« . Th _» _vtrtnkii # i «
and rifled of its contents . The _watoh'Was foruid at " a pawnbroker ' s fehop at Holywell , where it had twen pledged by _Bonnion ' s wife . Adam Jones , a seasaan belonging to tbe unfortunate Ocean Monarch , identified the trunk , and stated that _several articles of clothing had been taken out of it . John Foulkes , a boy belonging to the pilot bott , made the following statement : —lie said _Bunion and he took the trunk to the house of the former , on the Die bank , and that tho young man who was left in their boat was put on _bo . ird the Taliesin , bound for Liverpool , by Bithell ar . d him , and that Bitbeit received ten shillings as a reward .
Here a young man , residing at It , Paisley-street , stepped forward ,- and stated to the _nngislrate thai he was acquainted with Joseph Searle ( the young man who is the subject of the inquiry ) , and that no tidings had as yet been heard of him , thoug h great paiss had been taken to discover what had become of him . He confirmed the surmise * relative to his having a large sum oi money on his person . The bead _constable then applied for a remand , and the two prisoners were accordingly remanded . _Tn _« Inquest . —The irqueat on the _bsdies of fivd ef the persona lost in the Ocran Monarch , was re * Burned thia morning . Hot any new fact of impcr * tance was elicited . The proceedings were again ad * iourced .
More Poisonings By Arsenic. Thorpe, Esss...
MORE POISONINGS BY ARSENIC . Thorpe , Esssx , Aug . 30 . —A horrible system of poisoning in this part of tha county , termed the Teudring Hundred , was the auhjeet of a lengthened investigation _yesterday at tha Tendring village 9 _ehool-room _, before Mr W . _Gsdd , the coroner for North Essex . The parish of Wix , where the woman Mwy May resided , who was executed at Chelmsford gaol & few weeks sinoe ior poisoning her brother for burial fees , is in this district , and sinoe the _wretobed creature ' s death the polioe authorities have received sues
information as to leave little doubt tbat similar atrocious acts bave been _committed in the surrounding villages , viz ., Bradfisld , Ramsey , _Davercourt , and Tendring ; husbands being in every case ihe viotirns . The wife of the deceased Thomas Ham , now Mrs Soutb g ate , wh » two or three months after bis death was married to a farmer of that name , was brought into the irqueat _tsom by tbe _governor of _Colchtster goal , in whose custody she has been for several days past . She was very respectably attired , rather goodlooking , and during tbe investigation frequently exchanged smiles with her husband . The dereised was twenty-eight yeara of age at the time of hia death ; she appears to be much younger .
Phoebe Read Baid , I lived in the aervioe of the deceased for two y _eatB and a ha ' . f . _yis health was good up to within two mouths of his death , when he ceased _working as a blacksmith in _oonsequence . of ill health . On the Sunday before his death he complained of pains , in his body and sickness . He had eaten no dinner , bat about nine o ' clock he had _sumeteaand to » _st . He did not leav > hi * bed that morning . In tbe course ef the morning he had a glass of wiae , and about half an hour afterwards the retching increased . _Al-out _half-pa 3 t twelve o ' clock Mrs Ham _madi him some gruel , and gave it me to take it up to him . Shtf . _mada it in a saucepan with some ' _i > rit _* , ' - -nd put _gincer , sugar , and _gin in it . While it wag boiling I was away for about twenty minutes , and on coming back she bad poured it into a basin . I took it up to him , but he said be was so sick hecould not take it . Between one and two he bad a glass of brandy in _consequence
of being so sick . He wa * not sick _before be had the gruel . On the following _moniiaj ( Monday ) he was very sick , and complained of a burning in his throat . He asked me to go to Mr Manthorpe , the surgeon , as he fflt a great deal worse . Mrs Ham told him she was going to Thorpe , and _sba would c _* ll upon bim . I therefore d . d not go . Mrs Ham returned abiut one o ' clock , and she _stited that Mr Manthorpe , would come as soon as' he oould . He not having come by four o ' clock deceased asked me to go for him . I went and Mr Manthorpe expressed some surprise about his state , as Mrs Ham had informed him in the morning that he was better . Ha came direetly to him . _Daoeased ' _s sickness continued , and about five o ' _clock ho called mo and desired me to go _asjain for the dootor . I did so and on returning saw Mrs Ham _cninf . She said , ' _Pbcoba , you wont have to go for tbe doctor any more , for your master is dead ' She added , that he died about five minutes after I left .
By the Coroner . —Mrs Ham slept with me nearly every night , as she said she could not bear him . Three or four hours after he had expired she aaid , ' Well , poor tellow , he ' s gone , and I ' m glad ui it , for we ' neyec lived happy together . I never liked him , asd I wish _ha'd died before . ' Two or three days before he waa buried , aha remarked , ' Now I shall h : ; ve that young man that I love . ' What he thro . v up was of a yellow and greenish colour , streaked with blood . The Coroner , —D > you know whether there waa any _arsenic iu the heuse at the period of hU death ? Witness . —There was sir ; and Mrs Ham _thought of getting more to kill the rats and mire in ths house . About a week before he died she told me never to aay anything about their fighting and quarrelling , and she would behave well to me . The Coroner . —Are you aware of Mrs Ham ever absenting herself from _hinie ?
_Witoes _* . — Frequently while the _dtc _.-ased wat living , sometimes as long as a fortnight at a time . On one occasion he aBKed her why she left her home ? and she said , ' I called to soe my Johnny , and bad a cup of tea with him . ' She meant John Southgare , bur _presenthusband . Before and after the deceased was unwell I hare heard her say to him , ' I like _Johnny ' s little finger batter than the whole of your body . ' On another occasion she remarked ' that she would marry Johnny as soon as possible after her bu .-btnJ ' a death ; the next day if she oould . ' Ho replied , ' I don ' t think yen will have the chance . ' She said ,
'Ob , larasure _tohavahim . ' Ha said , 'You must stop , Madam , and get rid of me h ' r ? t . ' She said , ' 1 caa have bim , and will have him ; and bo if you don ' s d ie soon I'll kill you . ' ( Sensation . ) I have heard her say tbat Bhe wjuld poison him . May , who was executed at _Crteml'ford two or thr > e weeks _ago , _somatime 3 visited the prisoner . On the day after tbe _diseased was buried , Mrs May o-. _ma to Mrs Ham ' s house and dined with ber . In tbe course of conversation I heard _Mtb May remark to tbe prisoner , ' Well , it ' * a good job Tommy is dead . ' Airs Ham replied , ' Yes , it is a . good job , ior he was a nasty little blackguard , and there was no going rear him . '
Mr D . L . Manthorpe , surgeon , said he first attended tbe deceased in March , 1847 , for an affection of the digestive organs . On the _evening ot + . ha 26 h of April he was sent for to see him . The next morning he found him dead . Mr Alfred Swaine Taylor , Professor of Chemistry , found in the stomach oi deceased _fiftet-n gruins of araenio , which was enough to poison Mvt > full grown persons . . Othdr witnesses were examined , and ths irqueat adjourned . Mr Inspector _Raison , coramur / icatcd to the sorcner very important facts relative to other _suspected _ca » es of poisoning , v » hich , if true , _develope a most _diabolical _sy-iteni . The disinterment of the bodies will no d _mbt be immediately ordered . The woman Soutl'g » te was o _* nvfyed baok to Colcheiter gaol to await _iha _cloie of _tiieeoioaei ' d iuquiiy .
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_IvEaios . —The members of this branth nf the L _^ nd Company are requested t » i meot at Mr James Finley ' _s , Bogle Hole , _Stokesley Grove , near _Iyeston , nn Sunday afternoon , ( to-morrow ) at two o ' uloek :. when the propositions of Mr _O'G . nnor will b-j < ioasdered . liiusTOL . —Tbe monthly meeting of the Bristol branch ef the N . iti _* nal _1-aud Oom _;< my will bo h » ld on _Moniiay next , _September if . ! -, at Mr 0 . _Claika , _QueEi-i-sUeet , _Castle-stiee * . It is uques _' _-od _tniu all in _arretir * for local _anA general _expEmed will _altrad m' par thim .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02091848/page/1/
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