On this page
- Departments (5)
-
Text (14)
-
A THE NORTHERN STAR September 5, 1*4(5. ...
-
RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHART...
-
The French Republic.—The Fraternal Democ...
-
Ctetfet MeUfgence*
-
WHITECHAPEL. On Sunday evening a numerou...
-
ftjxt\ )ttm\i\% j-Hettma&
-
CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY. SHAR...
-
Swoxdk or a Mas ViiRxowH.—On Monday mornins a man was found suspended from a ladder by the
-
sine oi a nay riCK, near tne •) oily uut...
-
tiraate, as a general rule for the guida...
-
polite l\\\t\\\%t\m
-
BOW SRTEET. Seriol-9 Assault.—On Monday ...
-
rrintcd by DODGAL M'GOWAN, ofI6, «>*oat "U'imiintll street, iliiymarkct, in the Citv of Weitmiustp- at the
-
Oniee, in thc same Street ami i'ansli, t...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
A The Northern Star September 5, 1*4(5. ...
A THE NORTHERN STAR September 5 , 1 * 4 ( 5 . O ¦ : : ; '
Renewed Agitation For The People's Chart...
RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER .
GREAT rUBLIC MEETING AT THE WEST END OF LONDON , to form a Central Registration and Election Committee , to act in conjunction with local committees , with a _yiew to returning Members to the Commons House of Parliament pledged to the making of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter the primary object of their labours . On Monday evening , August the 31 st , pursuant to public notice , the first of a series of Public Meetings lor the above purpose , was held at the Literary and and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenhamcourt Road . This spacious building , said to be capable of containing 1 , 500 persons , was crowded to excess , with * an attentive and enthusiastic audience .
At a quarter past eight o ' clock , , ., Mr . Thomas Clark was unanimously cilled to tne chair , amid the loudest app lause , lie _» w— * "j O ' Connor , whose name appeared in the bill , nau been called out of town to look at some land ,, wrtfl a view to its purchase for the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , but he hoped to be enabled to return to town in time to address that meetim and announce his _purchase-thud eheers ) TtaMgehnj was held for practical purposes . The _««™» J » J _« reated a great public opinion , and wm entitled to all the benefits arising from the expression of that opinion , ( hear , hear , ) which gave them a claim ta a much larger share in the representation of the _« , nnt _« . than they at present had—( loud cheers . )
True , they had a few good men in the Commons , — there ' was Duncombe asd Wakley , ( loud cheers , ) Fielden and Johnston , ( continued cheering , ) and a few others ; but he did think , such a large and increasing body as the Chartists should have more re-Jresentatives in that house . The late Convention , olding this opinion , had resolved that a Central Committee , with its local aids , should be formed with a view to the carrying out so desirable an _object . ( Cheers . ) That Convention was desirous of seeing a Chartist school erected in every village , 80 that the rising generation might be thoroughly em"bued with the glorious principles of democracy . _^ Loud cheers . ) It ha d also recommended a concentration , and proper organization of the Democratic strength of this Metropolis-, and other large towns—- ( hear , hear . ) Its members were also of opinion , that Lecturers should be sent out through , the length and breadth ofthe land , preaching tho great truths of
Democracy , and organizing Chartist strength , for the forthcoming election struggle . ( Great cheering . ) That meeting was , perhaps , aware tbat Lord John Russell had acknowledged the theory of Chartism , by _sdmittin-r that as the people became enfranchised so did morality increase , —yet , whilst he admitted the theory , he most inconsistently opposed the practice of Chartism —( hear , hear . ) However , the _Contention had agreed upon the necessity of getting up a National Petition , and continuously agitating the Totten House of Commons , until it did justice to the people . ( Great cheering . ) The Convention had also shown that it was quite np to the spirit of the age , by declaring in favour of the abolition of the trutal and inhuman system of Flogging in the Army and Navy , and of Death Punishments . ( Loud « heering . ) He now had much pleasure in introducing Mr . Philip M'Grath , to move the first -resolution .
Mr . M'Ghath rose ' greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering , which having subsided , he said he had had placed in his hand the following resolution : — That tbis meeting proclaims that political freedom is the natural inheritance of all men , without distinction of class , country , or colour , and , moreover , that the nonenforcement of such principles is tha cause of the social inequality , moral depravity , and physical degradation , wliich at present characterise the population of the -Civilised world , and this meeting records its solemn determination to nse every honorable means in its power for the establishment of such sublime principles , and never to cease agitating nntil it shall have become the "basis of the constitution , hy the inscription of the People ' s Charter upon the statute hook of these realms .
He looked upon that resolution as an epitome of Chartist doctrine . It proclaimed the great truth that political freedom was the right of every sane mind , not convicted of crime , and that was his ¦ creed . ( Loud cheers . ) The Chartists had long been promulgating this doctrine , but they had not yet succeeded in obtaining its enactment . This night would witness tie renewal of the agitation , with a _determination to succeed . ( Loud cheers . ) The people had no right to ascribe their political and social degradation to either Whig or Tory , but to their own criminal apathy . ( Much cheering . ) Discussion of the principles of Chartism was demanded of its advocates , but they have invariably failed to find an opponent with manly courage sufficient to meet them . ( Hear , hear . ) The pot-bouse Dispatch had heaped its senseless abuse upon Chartism , but ita writers were incapable of offering an argument in support of their abuse . The Nation too had
ventured to call Chartism an abomination . The light « , f Jay was au abomination to the owl , and so might the Charter be to those who could not bear tbe light of truth . Some had said the people were too ignorant to see the advantage of a national _debtdaughter and cheers )—too ignorant to see tbe advantage ol raising taxes to the amount of thirty millions annually to pay the interest of a debt tbey never contracted , and therefore it would be doubtless unwise to entrust the people with the franchise . ( Loud laughter and gr eat applause . ) Tbat debt , with a few other similar blessed institutions in Church and State , constituted England's " glorious constitution , " the envy of the world , and the glory of surrounding nations . ( Loud laughter . ) He ranch feared they were too ignorant to appreciate the blessings of thesaidglorionsconstitution—( Increased laughter)—which the poet had somewhere said—Was this , was that , was t'other thing ,
"Was everything , and nothing . ( Roars of laughter . ) He believed that if the people would only unite and persevere , they would effect their emancipation . He trusted this meeting would give a new impetus to Chartism . It must bring it out into the light of day . It was for the people to say whether the Chartist organisation and agitation should be grand and effective , or miserable and paltry . Manchester had recently opened a large institution , COHld not Marylebone do the same ? Would the Tower Hamlets lag behind ? If the people were omy _reaolved , the game was in their hands , freedom was their own . Air . M'Grath resumed his seat amidst the most vociferous cheering .
Julias _Harnet , who was received with loud cheering , came forward tosecond the resolution . He said , Le held this important meeting to be " a great fact " as the commencement of arenewed agitation for the Charter . Notwithstandine his hatred to the Whigs , lie owed it to them to admit that they were the cause of Chartism springing into existence , Lord John ' s finality declaration had called it forth—it then sprang into existeaee , and went forth conquering , and to conquer . Again , Sir John Campbell ' s declaration of its "death , " caused it a glorious resurrection . ( Loud cheers . ) And now that the Whigs were once more in power they had commenced by declaring war against the _^ Charter ; Lord John had decla re d his unabated and determined hostility to Chartism ,
therefore it only remained for the Chartists to proclaim undying hatredand hostility to Whigs and Whiggery . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought Lord John Russell had not doue well In courting Chartist opposition , ( hear , hear , ) ho should have remembered that it was Chartist opposition that mainly , in the year ISii , hurled him from power . ( Great applause . ) During the late few years of seeming apathy , Chartist principles had been silently but surely progressing . Tlieir advocates bad been sowing the good seed , and now the crop of armed men—men armed with intelligence , public virtue , and democratic energy , was springing up as the fruit of their l _. v hours ' . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs too had begun sowing—sowing the storm and they shall reap the
whirlwind . ( Applause . ) The resolution declared the justice of the People ' s Charter ; who would deny its justice ? The Nation had said some of the " points" were an ** abomination . " Alas ! poor Ireland was cruciSed between two thieves , between the Moral-force Mokanna of Botheration Hall on the one hand , and the powder-monkey successors of Brian Bora on the other . ( Great laughter . ) O'Connell had never been honest in his agitation for " Repeal . " He used it merely as * * a good cry " to extract mincy from the people and enable him to command Whig patronage . ( Cheers . ) On the ofher hand the ferocious _asti-English juveniles of
tlie Nation had merely for their aim the substitution of Irish for English tyranny , tkey had no intention to invest thc millions with the rights of citizenship which the Charter would confer . Both parties were the enemies of Democracy , and therefore he denounced their agitation as a transparent sham , a fross humbug , a " delusion , amockery , and asnare . " Great cheering . ) The speaker next took up and defended the points of the Charter ; on coming- to the " . No Property Q . ualificatiou , " he read tlie following extract from the Times Police _Import , as an illustration of thc swt of respectable legislators elected under the present system : —¦
_Mamboeough-stbeet . —A young man in the omploj of Mr . Davis , oil and Italian _warehousein in , St . Martin ' slane , applied to "Mr . Habdwjck for advice under these circumstances : —lie went that morning to Denulaine ' s Hotel , in Lcicesl ' -i _' -square , where Lord William Paget wa 3 residing , to _a ? kfor payment of £ 3 due by his Lordship to his master . He was told at first that lord William Paget had _jjone out of town , but on expressing his disbelief ef this story , and declaring he would remain until he saw his Lordship , he was , after waiting a long
time , called into a room , where he found his Lordship . Having mentioned his business , Lord William _Taget , who had a small table kuife in his hand , came close up to bim , and flourishing the knife , told him it wasd—d lucky for him that he had uot found him in his room , for ifbe had he won d have broken his b— head . Lord William Paget , after some further remarks , _toidi-hn to get out of the room , otherwise he would break his b— nose . Applicant wished to know whether he had any redress for insulting and menacing behaviour when he civilly went to ask for payment ofa debt contracted with his master t
Renewed Agitation For The People's Chart...
[ The reading of thisextract excited shouts . of execration , which it is a pity "his Lordship . lost the benefit of hearing . ] Such were their precious legis- 1 lator a under the present system . ( Loud cheers . ) Aj Parliament of sweeps and scavengers « U nJ l » sibly produce a worse blackguard than tins born-ana . tocmt and member of _tlnv" collective wisdom . , ( Great app lause . ) Let them have the Charter and they would elect a very different set of men . ( V _element cheering . ) It had been said "for a nation to j be free it was sufficient that she willed it , but that will m ust be shown through the medium of continuous and energetic acts . The people must prove their devotion by self-sacrifice aud indomitable determination ; such a people would be more unconquerable j than Theban hand , more invincible than Macedonian
p halanx . ( Applause . ) Nations from afar were watching them . Their National Petition had already appeared in several French and Belgian papers . ( Cheers . ) In France the infamous despotism of the mouey-niongers was ripening to its destruction , and the French democrats were anxiously regarding the movements of the Chartists . In Germany the moral revolt had been long going on and would eventuate in a glorious revolution . Poland , bleeding and leaning on her broken lance , looked to England , hope giving her breath and life } for future struggles . ( Applause . ) Let them persevere then , and be prepared by the next session to say to the rotten House of Commons through the medium of millions of petitioners , " Get you gone , make
way for better men . " ( Immensecheering . ) Mr . Samuel Kydd , o ! Glasgow , rose to support the resolution , and was enthusiastically welcomed . Ho said , Lord John Russell had boasted of the suppleness ofthe English constitution , and its applicability to the wants of the peeple , in the recent free trade triumph . But , he would just beg leave to hint to Lord John Russell , that it was money influence that forced the measure from a reluctant Parliament—( hear , hear . ) He would just put it to Lord John , was the constitution as pliant in 1819 , at the time of the Peterloo massacre at Manchester , when a large meeting assembled to ask for the same measure ? ( Lond cheers . ) He was in favour of the People's Charter , because he thought the progressive spirit of
the age demanded it —( hear , hear . ) Some there were , he knew , who said it would not do to grant that measure all at once ; but he looked on suon objectors as being far behind the age . When Lord John Russell intimated his opposition to the principles of the Charter , tbe other day , he ( Mr . Kydd , ) would have liked to have had his reasons for so doing . Tbe Whigs had been spoken of—but , said the speaker , I tell you the Whigs are dead and buried . ( Laughter . ) Yes , they are gone ; for we find the Minister of the present day granting votes of money to employ the Irish people , instead of sending them to seek for charity , or shutting them up in a bastile . In this respect they had bowed to a nation ' s will . ( Loud cheers- ) But he wished Lord John Russell
had gone a little farther , and proclaimed the great truth , that land and labour was capital , and voted a sum of money to set them all to work , and thus enabled them to till their fertile soil , and banished for ever want and misery , by letting the labourer enjoy the produce of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Kydd gave some tremendous and satirical hits atthe present medley " open question Cabinet , " and sat down much applauded . A friendly discussion here took place , in which Mr . ; Stallwood , Mr . Kydd , Mr . Knight , Mr . M'Grath , and Mr . Wheeler took part , in the course of which full justice was done to tbe labours of the London Chartists , in maintaining and advancing the movemeat . The first resolution was then put and unanimously adopted , amidst much cheering .
Mr . C . Dotle said he had not been much accustomed to speaking of late , having been engaged in the healthy occupation of farming , and the pleasant occupatisn of building houses and preparing land for the people —( loud cheers )—therefore they must excuse any little blunders he might commit in moving for the formation of an active committee of twenty persons , and the raising uf a fund to carry into effect the object of such Registration and Election Committee . He thought they had heard enough to night to convince them of the injustice of class domination . In order to secure & representation of our principles in parliament , it was essentially necessary that they should have in the Commons House a few men such as the honourable member for
Finsbury—( . Loud cheers)—the masterly speech of Duncombe had thrown out the odious Master and Servants Bill , and if they only had a few such men to aid and assist Duncombe , all bills of a similar character would meet with a similar fate . ( Loud cheers . ) Messrs . M'Grath , K y dd , and other friends , often made excellent _speeclies , which were reported nowhere except in the Northern Star , but only attach M . P . to their names , and their speeches would be wafted on the wings of the press to the farthest parts of tbe earth . ( Much applause . ) He believed if his brother Chartists commenced their subscriptions at sixpence each nnd went upwards in accordance to their means , they could very easily obtain a fund of £ 25 , 000 , which would enable them to contest many seats , and return several of their able advocates . He had
much pleasure in moving— That a committee be appointed , and a fund Talsed . " Dr . M'Douall came forward to second the resolution , aid was greeted with a most cordial welceme . He _sai- ' he felt proud to have the opportunity of addressing them once more . He was grateful to them for the kind reception they had given him . In the movement they had just recommenced , several things were necessary—first a press , which they had in the Northern Star— ( Loud cheers)—and he wa 3 happy to find the Manchester Guardian had recently become a convert to tbeir opinions and principles . Thc speaker next read a paragraph from a French newspaper highly eulogistic of the proceedings of the late Convention . Past experience showed that
the system of long balls would no longer do —( Hear , hear)—they must now fix upon certain boroughs and carry them , and place new champions by the side of Duncombe . ( Cheers . ) The whisper of four millions of signatures to the new national petition had already done much good . Let them proceed in the collection of their fund and the obtaining of their votes . Depend on it there was more force in four million votes then there was in as many bayonets . The speaker proceeded to show the necessity tor the Charter , by commenting on the splendid palaces on the one hand , aud the miserable Poor Law bastiles , with Andover fare , on thc other , and asked were not these the effect of clas 9 legislation . ( Loud cheers . ) What was the cause of immense wealth on the one
hand , and a squalid wretchedness on the other , but the want of political power by the great mass of the people . ( Great cheering . ) Hence the necessity of the proposed committee and fund . By such resources , and by such only , would the people be enabled to force their way into the Ilouse of Commons , and thus shew the " people's might , the people's right . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Stallwood said , this had long been a pet subiect with him , and he believed by exertion the people might accomplish a great deal . He was desirous ot shewing what a fund was required for . Perhaps many were aware that himself and others had eaused a large number of claims to be made ; and perhaps they might remember what Mr . Murray of
Manchester had stated , that a large number of claims had been made in that town , and that they had lost them alter all their trouble , in consequence of having no one to defend them before the barrister in the revision court . Well , they had an Ernest Jones amongst them , who was a barrister , and doubtless tliey had others . Would it not be well to engage some of our Ernest Jones ' s , to defend their votes in the barrister ' s courts . ( Loud cheers . ) Not only could something considerable be done in the boroughs , but also irilhe counties . He entreated their attention , whilst he gave them a leaf from the Leaguer ' s book . In the County Registration , the following are the qualifications : —1 st . Freehold , including the ancient 40 s . ; freehold , of inheritance for ever , and property held under a lease
for lives , which should be described as freehold in the notice of claim . —2 nd . Leasehold , for a term of not less than 50 years , originally of £ 10 annual value ; or if for a term of not less than 20 years , of £ 50 annual value . —3 rd . Copyhold , of . £ 10 annual value . — 4 th . Occupiers of land , or building and land under one landlord , subject to a bona fide rent of £ o 0 a year . In the first class , thc owner of a 40 s freehold forever , must have been in possession from tbe 31 st of January , in the year in which the claimant registers ; and the same in tbe case of the owner of leasehold for lives of 30 s . a year , provided he be himself in the occupation of the property . If the owner of the lease for lives does not occupy the property , the property must be of the annual value of £ 10 . He bad been thus minute , as he was desirious of showing
beyond dispute , that the Chartists bad already created 3 G votes for the county of Herts—each occupant at " O'Connorville" will be entitled to the elective franchise . ( Loud Checrs . ( He was happy to find that the late Convention had agreed to endeavour to effect the abolition of the rate paying clause in the Refovni bill . To illustrate the great good this would do , he would assure them that a means had been found to evade these Clauses in Saint Martin ' s parish , and the result was an addition of at least ono third to the electoral list . ( Much applause . ) Another object recommended was the obtainmeut of local power , parochial office , < fcc . ; onee get this done , and the obtainment of national power would be very easy . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe resolution was adopted by acclamation .
Mr . _Baukeh moved— " Ihat the iouowmg persons constitute the committee : —Messrs . J . Knight , VV . Culfay , Julian Ilarney , Dr . M'Douall , John Shaw , James Moy , John Hornby , John Simpson , James Slater , Thomas Mills , Edmund Stallwood , W . Godwin , James Grassby , John Milne , Ernest Jones , C . Doyle , T . M . Wheeler , P . M'Grath , F . O'Connor , and T . Clark . " Seconded by Mr . _Ilonxnv , and carried unanimously . Mr . Grassby moved— "That T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., he respectfully requested to accept the ollice of President of the Committee , and that his worthy colleague , Thomas Wakley , M _. P ., be solicited to act as "Vice President . " Le Populaire ,
Renewed Agitation For The People's Chart...
Seconded by Mr . Stallwood , and carried by acclamation . Mr . _Hbkhbbsbt moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded , and carried unanimously , amidst the loudest acclamations , and suitably acknowledged . Tills highly important meeting , after giving three cheers for the Not them Star , then quietly separated ; each , and all , evidently delighted with the enthusiastic manner in which all the resolutions had been carried , and the determination evinced to carry them into practice .
The French Republic.—The Fraternal Democ...
The French Republic . —The Fraternal Democrats will hold their first annual festival on Monday , September , 21 st [ not Tuesday , the 22 nd , as stated last week ] the anniversary of theabolition of Royalty in France , by a Public Supper at the White Conduit House , Islington . The following members will take part in the proceedings-. —Dr . Berrier Fontaine , Chairman , Thomas Clark ( of the Chartist Executive ) "Vice-chairman , Colonel Oborski , Julian Harney , Carl Schapper , Ernest Jones , and J . A . Michelot , P . M'Grath , Samuel Kydd , T . M . Wheeler , Dr . M'Douall , and several other advocates ofthe rights of man will also attend and address the meeting . Democrats of all nations are invited to take natt in this
festival . Supper on table at 8 el _« ok precisely . Tickets may be had of G . J . Harney , Northern Star Office ; T . Clark and T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Deanstreet , Soho ; S . Ford , Knightsbridge ; E . Stallwood , Hammersmith ; J . Shaw , 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East J C . Keen , 7 , Poplar-place , New Kent Road ; J . Moy , 4 , _Paget-place , Waterloo-road ; J , Overton , 14 , Tabernacle-row , City-road ; VV . Dun- ; nage _, 11 , Webb-street , Bermondsey ; Mr . Arnott , 8 , Middlesex-place , Som ers-town ; Mr . Dron , dyer , Oakley-street , Lambeth ; . Mr . Gathard , 5 . Grangewalk , Bermondsey New-road ; Mr . Pakes , 22 , Little Windmill-street , Piccadilly ; Mr . Parkes , Devonshirestreet , Lisson-grove ; and of the sub-secretaries of all the Chartist localities .
Ctetfet Meufgence*
_Ctetfet _MeUfgence *
Whitechapel. On Sunday Evening A Numerou...
WHITECHAPEL . On Sunday evening a numerous and-respectable meeting assembled at the Brass Founders Arms , to hear a lecture from our much esteemed friend , Mr . M'Grath , but , in eonsequence of the unexpected , and , we trust , only temporary indisposition of the talented gentleman , the audience were doomed to disappointment . However , an ample apology was made by Messrs . Knowles and Shaw , wbich the company accepted , but declared at the same time they would have been mueh more satisfied with the lecture they had anticipated from our eloquent friend . In- the course of the evening , the friends and members ef this locality expressed a desire to have a lecture from Mr . Samuel Kydd , ot Glasgow , who they trust will shortly pay them a visit . At the desire of the company , Mr . Shaw very effectively read the letters ot Messrs . O'Connor and O'Higgins , which appeared to give general satisfaction .
CRIPPLEGATE BRANCH OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . A numerous and highly respectable meeting was held on Sunday _evening , August 30 th , at Cartwright ' s Coffee House , CO , Red Cross Street , City , when after enrolling several new members , thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated . SOUTH LONDON . Mr . Ernest Jones delivered an eloquent address on " Government and its Seven Ages , " at the South London Chartist Hall , on Sunday evening , August 30 , to a very numerous audience . His able arguments and logical deductions were listened to with breathless attention , only interrupted by the loudest applause . A few such orations , aud Chartism will be itself again .
Ftjxt\ )Ttm\I\% J-Hettma&
ftjxt _\ ) ttm \ i \ _% j-Hettma _&
Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. Shar...
CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES , £ 2 10 s . The first section of the above flourishing Institution , _consisting of 6 , 000 members , is now complete ; the members in it hold , among them , nearly ten thousand shares , upon which they have paid
£ 13 , 000 . The second section advances rapidly towards completion , it numbers at present four thousand members , who have subscribed upon their shares £ 2 , 000 . Thus , although the society has been but fifteen months in existence , it has enrolled ten _thousand members , and created a capital of £ 15 , 000 . The following are the benefits which the society guarantees to its members ; holders of one share , a house , two acres of land , and £ 15 ; holders of a share and a-half , a house , tbree acres , and £ 22 10 s . ;
holders of two shares , a house , four acres , and £ 30 . Leases for ever will be granted to the occupants . The society affords facilities for enabling members to purchase their allotments , and thus become freeholders . The rent of the allotments will be moderate , as it will be regulated by a charge of o * $ cent upon the capital expended upon each . The society having been called into existence for the benefit of the working clssses , the rules enable the poorest to avail themselves of its advantages , as the shares may be paid by weekly instalments as low as threepence .
Meetings for enrolling members are held as foi lows : —
SUNDAT EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o'clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin's-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at tlie Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' cloek precisely . —Marylebone at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . _Ch ' ay ' _s Inn Road , Mason s Arms , Bri . tannia-street . —Hammersmith . * at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the f orenoon . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester . * at 87 , Church-gate , at six . — Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Ilopestrcet _, at fire .
MONDAY EVEKING . Rochester : at the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Camberwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o'clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —Limehouse : at the Brunswick llall , Ropemaker's Fields , at 8 o ' clock . _Leicester . * at "So . 17 _» Archdeclen-lane , at seven o ' clock .- — Chepstow : at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . —Armley : at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker
Armley Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at eight o ' clock , at Mr . _Farrell's Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazneau-street . — Belper : at the house of George Wigley , the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven till nme . —Bristol : at No . 16 , Horse-fair , at eight o'clock in the even ing . —Darlington : at John Moss ' s , No . 24 , Union-street , at half-past seven . — Chorley Wood Common : at Mr . Barber ' s at seven o ' clock . — Richnansworih ; at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —Mile End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock .
TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich ; at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . —Chelsea : Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenor-iw _, at eight o ' clock . WEDNESDAY EVENING . Aberdeen : the oilice-bearers meet at half-past seven at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hall . —Bri ghton : No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street , at eight o'clock .
• THURSDAY EVBN 1 SC , Shoreditch : at Chapman ' s Cofice House , Churchstreet , at eight o ' clock . Toweb Hamlets . —A public meeting will bo held at the Social Hall , 81 , High-street , Whitechapel , on Tuesday evening , September 8 , to receive a report from Mr . M'Grath of the proceedings of the late Chartist Convention , and to adopt means to carry out the Convention's resolution . Ernest Jones , Esq . and several other advocates of the popular cause will attend and address the meeting . The chair to bo taken at eight o ' clock . The late "Play and Excursion Committee" will meet at the Whittington and Cat , Church Row , Bethnal Green , on Wednesday evening , September 9 , to wind up accounts , when all defaulters will be reported to the locality on the following Sunday .
The Fraternal Democrats will assemble on Monday evening next , September 1 , at the Wliite Hart , Drury-lane , three doors lrom Holborn , at eight O'clock precisely . Demochatic Committee _fou Poland ' s Hegeneiution . —An adjourned meeting of this committee will be holden ou Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the Eull's Head , 20 , Hyde-street , New Oxford-sheet , Bloomsbury , Greenwich and _Dei'tfobo . —Dr . P . M . M'Douall willdeliv _. r a Lecture at tho Lord Duncan , Deptford Broadway , on Wednesday , September 0 th , at half-past seven o ' clock precisely . Soutuwakk . —The members residing in this locality will meet on Tuesday evening , September 8 th , at half-past eight o'clock , at the Telegvavh , opposite tho Deaf and Dumb Asylum , Old Kent-road , for tbe purpose of rc-organiz . ition .
South _Lounos CiUmim IIali ,, 115 , UlacUfriar _sroad . —Dr . M'Douall will Lecture on Sunday evening next ' September tbe 6 th , at luilf-nast seven o ' clock , subject— '' The State Church . " v ' ktkhan ' b , Orphan ' s , and Victim Relief Com M 1 TTKK . —The next meeting will be held at the bflic of the Chartist Co-oporativo Land Society , S 3 , Dean street , Soho , on Monday evening next , _Sciitcmhci 7 th , at eight o ' clock precisely .
Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. Shar...
Tub Emcutiv * Committee of the National Charter _Abbocution hereby call upon the various Metropolitan localities to elect , each , without delay , two individuals , to co-operate with them in getting up Public Meetings to adopt the National Petition ; and to take such other steps as may conduce to the benefit of the movement in London . The first meeting will be held at the office , 83 . Dean-Street , on Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock . Tm » Central Registration and Election
_Commute will meet at the office , 83 , Dean-street , on Thursday eyening next , at eight o ' clock . Sombrs Town . —A meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge Street , New Road—the chair to betaken at eight o ' cloek precisely . As a subject of peculiar interest will bo brought before the meeting , a full _attendance is requested _. Cur Chartist Hall . —Sunday morning , September 7 th , a monthly meeting of shareholders will be held to appoint auditors for the last quarter ' s accounts , and to elect a new Secretary , with other important
business , "Coopeb Soiree . "—Having just received an intimation from the treasurer , with reference to this long pending business , I now for the lost time convene a meeting of the committee , at Mr . Straughan ' s , the Old George , Snow-hill , on the evening of Tuesday , 5 ejitember _3 th , where I request each member to be in attendance at 8 o ' clock . I mean not this as an egotistical display , but am of opinion after the amount oflabour both mental and physical that was necessarily imposed on me , in the first place , and also the number of private , and public , appeals I bave since made for a settlement , that it is the bounden duty of each man to meet me on this occasion . J . Siuw , Secretary .
Swoxdk Or A Mas Viirxowh.—On Monday Mornins A Man Was Found Suspended From A Ladder By The
_Swoxdk or a Mas _ViiRxowH . —On Monday mornins a man was found suspended from a ladder by the
Sine Oi A Nay Rick, Near Tne •) Oily Uut...
sine oi a nay riCK , near tne •) oily _uutciiers , in the Green-lanes ' , parish of Tottenham , where the body now lies . He was about twenty-five years of age , of dark complexion , with no whiskers , and about fire feet seven inches in height . He was dressed in a light green coat , with gilt buttons , a striped Valenciji waistcoat , drab trousers , and a beaver hat , with the name of " Lee , Plummer ' _s-row , City-road , " written inside . Ua to the present time he has not been identified .
Coroneb s Inquest . —Windsor , Tuesday evening . —An inquest , which lasted upwards of three hours , was held this afternoon , at the Hope Inn , Frogmore , before William Marlin , Esq , the coroner for the borough , upon the body of a child , six weeks old , named Mary Ann Robinson , who was killed this morning , in consequence of being thrown from one ofthe waggons containing the baggage of the Grenadier Guards , on its route to London . It appeared from the evidence that the waggon contained , in addition to a heavy load of luggage , six of the soldiers ' wives and six children , and that upon its arrival at
the Bridge which crosses the road at Frogmore , close to the residence of the Duchess of Kent , the fore part of the luggage , from the extremely careless manner in which it had been secured by a rotten rope ( totally unfit fer the purpose ) gave way , falling into the road , between the shaft horse and the fore wheels , carrying with it three of the women , and the whole of the six children . The deceased , who was in the arms of its mother , the wife of Sergeant Robinson , had its scull fractured and its brain severely injured . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Distressing Suicide . —On Tuesday , Mr . Wakley M . P ., Coroner , held an inquest ir . the drawing-room of JSo . 15 , Brempton-crescent , Brompton , the residence of Mr . George Arnold , on the bodv of that gentleman , aged 56 , who committed suicide on the nigl . t ot Friday last . It appeared from the evidence gone into , that the deceased had for about twenty years carried on an extensive and respectable business , asa cabinet maker and upholsterer , in Michael _' s-place , Brompton , from which , having amassed considerable property , he retired atthe commencement of July last , and removed to the above house , whicli was his freehold property , where Miss Beere , one of his neices , resided with him , Mrs . Arnold having died about seven months since . On the 7 th of Julyjust
, after his removal , Mr . Gunning , the solicitor , drew up the deceased ' s will , in which he left his property greatly to the satisfaction of his family , which consisted of two brothers and two neices . Since hia retirement from business , a great alteration was noticed by his friends , in both his appearance and manners , but not sufficient to excite alarm iu their minds . On Thursday he spent the evening at the house of his other _neice , Mrs . Holmes , No . 3 G , _Thurioe-square , Brompton , whose husband , after deceased ' s departure , noticed his altered appearance to his wife . On Friday afternoon Miss Beere was sent by the deceased to town with some business papers , and on her return home , between eight and nine o ' clock in the evening , she was unable to obtain
admittance . . Alter waiting some time she fetched Mr . Holmes , who , with a policeman , returned to the house , and an entrance havin g been effected , deceased was found in a back washhouse quite dead , with his throat cut , a looking-glass before him , and a razor and two penknives near him , all marked with blood . Mr . Edward Pollard , surgeon , of Brompton-square , was immediately called in , but human assistance was ot no avail , the body being cold . No cause whatever could be assigned ior the commission ofthe rash act . Verdict , "Deceased died by his own act , but as to the state of his mind , at thc time , there was no evidence shown . " The distressing event has caused quite a sensation throughout the neighbourhood o Brompton , where deceased was highly respected .
Parental Depravity . —On Monday last , George Winter , a boy only eleven years of age , together with his mother , were brought before the county magistrates at Rochester , the former charged with stealing waistcoats from his employers , Messrs . Levy , clothiers , of Chatham , and the latter with _feloniouslj * receiving them . The juvenile prisoner and his brother were both in the same establishment , and mueh respected by their employers , but according to the statement of the unfortunate boy , he had been induced to steal the waistcoats , which he concealed in his trousers pockets , at the instigation of his mother , who had pledged them with several pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood , three of whom were present , and produced eight waistcoats , which she had left with them , Even tho plea of poverty cannot be urged in mitigation , as the husband of the woman is in respectable" employment . Both prisoners were committed tor trial at the next Quarter Sessions , at Maidstone .
Skrious Coach _Accidbnt . —On Sunday noless than five stage coaches , heavily laden with passengers , came from Leeds , via Wakefield to Barnsley , it being the annual feast there . On the conveyances reaching the Woodman Inn , which is about a mile from Barnsley , two or three of tbem were stopped for the purpose of giving the horses some oatmeal and water . On starting again , thc one which was drove by Randall had an accident , one of the hinder wheels breaking completely to pieces , by which the coach fell on its broad side , throwing the passengers down upon the _x-oad in all directions . A young man called Bashford , son of Mr . Bashford , shoemaker , Shambles-street , Barnsley , leaped off as the coach wasgoingdown _. audgot very much cut about the face and hands- A female , of the name of Ashworth , fell partly under the coach , the door of wliich flying open , caught her leg and fractured it- Fortunately none of the other passengers were much injured . —Leeds Intelligencer .
A Tea-Party Poisoned . —Tho practice of making the best teapot a repository for small articles was nearly productive of a fatal result on Sunday evening last it appears that Mr . Chappell _, a carpenter , residing in thc Cheltenham Road , his wife , and four friends , had been taking tea together , when one ol the party complained of sickness in the stomach ; almost at the same moment two of the others likewise felt unwell , and a fourth was seized with vomiting . It suddenly occurred to one of them to look into the teapot , when to her surprise she discovered a packet of a substance , labelled "Butler ' s Fly and Insect Killer" —poison . They all became alarmed , _especially when Mrs . Chappell remembered on the instant that she hnd placed the said packet , some few weeks previously , in the teapot out ofthe way of her grandchild , and had forgotten to take it out when
she made the tea , not having even rinsed out the teapot . A person lodging in the house , hearing some contusion , camo into the room , and finding that poison of some sort had been taken by every one ot them , and that they were all more or less affected bv it , immediately ran off for a medical man . Mr . Bartley , surgeon , of Stoke ' s-croft , was fortunately nt home , and on arriving at the house administered to each a powerful emetic , and afterwards antidotes and continued with them until ncarlv ten o ' clock ' The remedies used were successful , " and , with the exception of Mrs . Chappell , who is still sulfering lrom tho effects ofthe poison , as well as from much mental anxiety , as being the innocent cause ol" thc accident , the other parties are convalescent . Mr . Bartley , it appears , tested the contents ofthe paper , and found that it contained arsenic . —Felix Farley ' i Bristol Journal .
Trotting _Extraordinary . —On Monday the match in which Mr . JcnkB , of trotting notoriety , undertook to drive his brown cob in harness nine miles and n half within half an hour of the time of starting came oil' between Hounslow and Slough . In thc same match he further undertook to beat J _ohiiny Broome ' s [ tho pugilist ) mavc in the same distance , and giving her three and a half minutes' start , the stakes ' beiii ! _- fifty sovereigns aside for each match . The niaicil excited a great deal of'intcrest in the trotting circles , and attracted a great many sporting men , and after a good deal of betting , the start was made .. Mr . Jcnks's cob cainc in at the winning mark before Hroome ' s mare , and oovercd the nine and a half miles of voad in 29 minutes and 52 seconds , a feat unpre _cedentod in the records of trotting . Ail objection was made that the cob did not trot fairly , but was t scrambling gallop , and the affairs remain in dispute
Tiraate, As A General Rule For The Guida...
tiraate , as a general rule for the guidance of looal unions in connection with the National Association , tbat all cause for subsequent misunderstandings between a particular trade and the central committee , would be precluded , were the former to communicate at once to the latter , any individual instance of oppression , instead of precipitating themselves into a strike , and then appealing to the committee for support . Indeed , it must be evident to the least reflecting , that a National Association of tho Trades must be utterly powerless for good , if the Executive cannot limit the number of men on strike at one time , to the then existing ability of the association to render them efficient support . A fund , equal even to tbat of the Bank of England itself , would speedily be exhausted , were each trade to first venture on a strike , and subsequently claim support from the association , without reference to the means at command .
Mr . lloBSON reported his attendance at the " Three Counties Delegate Meeting of Frame-Work Knitters , " held at Nottingham , and _stated , that the employers in the Mansfield district are reducing the miserable pittance hitherto paid to the knitters , as much as ls . 6 d . per week , per man . From 2 s . to 3 s . a week was also exacted from each workman , by way of * rent' for the use of the frames , the original cost of which did n « t , on an average , exceed £ 20 each . By this means the frame owner realized an enormous per centage on the comparatively trifling sum expended by him in the purchase of frames , and reduced the hard-toiling knitter almost to " starvation point . "
The recital of the grievous wrongs and privations endured by the framework knitters , excited the deepest sympathy on the part of the Committee , wbo immediately resolved , — That the Central Committee of the National Association of United Trades deem it their duty to uphold the resistance of the Mansfield framework knitters to the reduction of wages , as proposed by their employer * . That the Central Committee purchase such number of frames as may be requisite for the employment of tbe Mansfield knitters , under the superintendence , and in behalf of the Association . The Central Committee feel assured that , by tbe adoption of this plan , they will best be enabled to ensure the Frame-work Knitters " a
fair day ' s wages , for a fair day ' s work , " —inasmuch a 9 the Association will not require more from them than an equitable rental for the use of their frames . " Mr . John Bush reported the result of his visit to the north of England . He had seen the Secretary to tbe Tin-plate Workers of Birmingham , relative to their strike . He had also visited the Nail Makers of Lye Waste , and had much pleasure in stating that the Birmingham agents had promised not to give o ut any more iron under the full price . He had also visited the Horse Nail Makers of Belper , who were about to have a meeting with their employers , from which they hoped a beneficial result . He had also visited Sheffield , where he found the Carpenters on strike .
From fifty to sixty had already gained an advance of 2 s . per week , and it was expected the whole strike would speedily be settled in favour of the operatives . Twenty-one delegate' attended the Carpenter ' s Convention , representing forty three towns , in which towns the Building Trade is generally good . He had also seen Mr . Forest , on behalf of the Cradley Chain Makers , they had 195 men out , but that number was now reduced to ISO ; tbey had been paid at the rate of 6 s . dd . per cwt . for | tb chains . It had been reduced to 4 s . 9 d . per cwt ., but since their connection with the " National Association of United Trades , " their wages had risen to 8 s . 4 \ , the cwt . The men now out , are generally employed on American chains , an inferior article .
The following resolution was adopted unanimously at the late Conference of Carpenters held in Manchester . That the delegates assembled at tbis meeting being fully aware of the benefits derive ; * from a unity of feeling amongst the working classes , having the same object in view , earnestly recommend the whole of the Societies in our Union immediately to join the " Natienal Association for tbe Protection of Industry , " and thereby prevent the unjust encroachments of capital _. After the transaction of other business the Committee adjourned .
NATIONAL _UNITED TRADES' ASSOCIATION , FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . » A meeting of the Central Committee was held on Monday , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair , at their office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury . Among avast number of communications received from provincial secretaries and friends , was one from Wolverhampton , making inquiry as to whether individual strikes would be countenanced aHd upheld by the committee . The general secretary was instructed to reply , that such strikes would be supported by the association , provided , 1 st . That previous to any strike being commenced , every circumstance originating that strike shall have been submitted to the central committee ; and , 2 ndly . That the committeo shall have sanctioned the strike , by declaring it unavoidable , and therefore , entitled to the best support of the association . It may be here advisable to in-
Polite L\\\T\\\%T\M
polite l \\\ t \\\ _% _t \ m
Bow Srteet. Seriol-9 Assault.—On Monday ...
BOW SRTEET . _Seriol-9 Assault . —On Monday William Norris , a shoemaker , was placed at the bar before Mr , Jardine , charged with committing several assaults upon Henry Figgins , by stabbing him in _different parts ofthe body with a knife . Constable 55 F division stated , that about one o ' clock he was on duty in Feathers-court , Drurj-lane _, and seeing a crowd collected he went up , and was informed that a man had been stabbed . Upon making further inquiries into the circumstance , the prisoner was pointed out to him as the person who had committed the offence , aud
having left lum in the charge of another officer , ha proceeded up stairs to his room , where he found -the shoemaker ' s paring knife produced , lying on a chair , and smeared with blood . He then took him iuto custody , and on the way to the 3 tation , in consequence of the remarks made by the crowd that followed him , the prisontr said that he had _serred the right , and that had he firearms by him he would have shot bim dead , which he repeated several times in the presence of the inspector , adding that had witness given him ths same provocation ha would have served him in the sanii way ; besides it would _bs a good job if tha old _*—would die .
In answer to the _t-harg * , the prisoner said that he had received great provocation , and on a future day he could give a satisfactory account of his conduct . Mr . Jardine ordered him to be remanded , upon his own confession , for a week .
CLERKENWELL , Daiiinq Outrage . —On Monday Jwaes Manning , a powerful man , twenty-eight years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged by Mr . James Kenny , of the Red Lion , White Horse-ulley , Cow-cross , with having assaulted him under circumstances of a very daring and aggravated nature . It appeared that on Saturday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , the prisoner , with _seveu or eight stout Irishmen , passed through Wliite Horse-alley , creating a great disturbance which attracted Mr . Kenny who came to the door , On making liis appearance , the prisoner endeavoured to enter . Mr . Kenny , however , prevented him doing so , on which the prisoner seized him by the throat and nearly strangled
him . They struggled together for some minutes until the arrival of Andrews , CG G . and by their united efforts they got the prisoner inside of the house , when his violence was extreme , and having contrived to get the policeman's stall'from his pocket he used it about his head and body until he was most severely injured . The neighbourhood was iu a state of excitement and uproar until communication was made to the police , when numerous _ollicers arrived on tlio spot and rendered their assistance , but iu their efforts to secure the prisoner , they were struck , bit , and kicked by him , and it was with the greatest difficulty he was taken te the _stationhouse . Mr . Kenny said it was miraculous that he escaped with his life ; he exhibited marks ef violence , and his clothes were torn from his person .
Tlio prisoner in his defence said he was drunk , and knew nothing *' of what had happened . Mr . Combe said it was so wanton and unprovoked an outrage , that he could not think of dealing with it summanly . Six individuals had been violently assaulted and injured , He _woiiU * commit the prisoner for trial . He was accordinnlv committed .
GHEENWICIi . Daking Ootbage bv _RussiAN Sailors . —On Monday four liussiuu "Pi nl-indd-s , named _P'tln-grc-ene _, Glorious ' , Brothers , and Storm , seamen on board the ship , Nicholas the First , timber laden , and lying in thc Commercial Docks were brought before Mr . Trail , iu custody of the police , charged with having committed a brutal assault iinoii James Lore )) , Charles Bag-jot , and Ezekiel Henry Gilbert , servants to tbe Directors of the Commercial Dock Company . M . May , solicitor of Deptford , attended to prosecute on behalf ot ' the Hock Company , and called Janu-s Lore !! ,
who deposed that he lmd beeu iu ll \ 6 _empte _.-- of the DcwU Company during the _lait thirty-two years . At two o'cloek on Saturday , ho was at his duty on a raft in the dock . The prisoner , II . Glorious , jumped out ofa barge alongside and sieaed hold of a boat hook which witness held in his hand , and took it from htm . He endeavoured to prevent him from so doing when tbe prisoner broke it in two parts and threw it away . He then knocked witness down and beat him with great violence . The prisoner F , Storm , then came up struck witness under the jaw and knocked him down again , and his hand was much injured . Baggot came io witness ' s assistance svml he was also knocked down .
Uiarles Baggot deposed , that the prisoner Palmgreen , knocked him down in the barge , and knelt upon and tried to choke , him , holding him by the neckcloth very tight until nearly _stvwvgled . Nearly the whoia ship ' s company < , ook part in the affray . T . H . Gilbert deposed that he was onshore , when he saw Fr- mcis Storm throw a log of wood , and Gioriuusa boat " nook , at witness , from the ship ' s side ; and if it had uot missed liim he must have been killed . Mr , Trail said , the prisoners were strangers and torei | _fuers iu this country , unacquainted with the law , as
Bow Srteet. Seriol-9 Assault.—On Monday ...
well as language spoken . Some allowance ought therefore to be made . He thought a summary _convic tion would best answer the ends of justice . Thii course being assented to , Mr . Trail asked the captain , through an interpreter what wages his men received per month , and on being in . formed that the average wages amounted to nine or ten shilling * sterling per month ; the werthjr magistrate said thai under the circumst & _ncss he should fine the tores first named prisoners , " Palmgreen , 10 s ., John Glorious , 20 s ., and Francis _Gibrious 10 s ., and as there wag no specific charge ngain 9 t Storm , he should dismiss hiin . The captain paid the fines , and the prisoners was li . berated .
WORSHIP STREET . Attemp t or a Mak to _Mubdez bis Wife , —Richard Tweedy , a rather respectable looking man , living in Grove Street , Hackney , and stated to be a foreman in the St . Katherinc'g Dock , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , on a charge of feloniously cutting and wounding liis wife . Robert Payne , Policeman 247 N , stated that between nine aad ten on Sunday nigh the found a crowd collected in an excited _stute about the prisoner ' s bou 3 e , No . 4 , Grove Street , and on entering the firat thing he saw was a pool of blood , which was flowing out of the back room into the passage , and going into tbat room he found the wife sitting on a chair with cloths about her neck , which was wounded and bleeding . In reply to
his questions she told him that it had been done by her husband , who was then gona to fetch a eab to take her to the hospital . A little boy , her son , came in , and the witness sent him for surgeons , and while the latter were _dressing the wound tbe prisoner himself brought a cab to the door , aud on calling his wife two or three times by her name , Kitty , asked her if she would go to the London Hospital ? She did not reply to him at first , but afterwards said " Yes . " Her removal there , how . ever , was objected to by the ' medical men , and it was arraHged that she should remain at home . The pri . soner , who was very much agitated , being told that he must be taken into custody , s » id , "Don ' t be too fast , " but he afterwards said he knew that it must be so ; and on the way to the _atation house he said to the witnees " I ' m aware that Pre done it ; and I must suffer for i » .
John Tweedy , the son , a little boy , ten years of age , was then sworn , and said he had seen his father use violence to his mother before Sunday . On that day his elder brother went to Eppiug Forest , and when he came home , about seven in the evening , his father waa very angry , and told him that he should not have any supper . His mother , on the contrary , said that he should , and told him to sit to the table on which the supper things were laid , and he was accordingly proceeding to do so when his father took a knife up from the table , and jobbing with it at the neck of his mother , who wag then standing at the dresser , exclaimed , " Now sweat and die 1 " The blood instantly gushed out , and tbe witness said his mother was falling , when bis brother caught hold of and supported her . His father , he said , then wanted to put a plaister o £ the wound , but bis mother would not suffer him to do so , and bound up the wound herself with a handkerchief and apron , until she couid receive medical assistance , —The prisoner was remanded for a week .
Tbe Assault ok tue Polish Exiles at Spitalfields . —The ' parish clerk and beadle at Spitalfields church , with a policeman , again appeared before the magistrates of this office on a summons charging them _, with interfering with the customary oration about to be delivered at tbe grave of a Pole who was interred in the burial-ground of that church . In addition to the particulars , which appeared inthe Star not long since , the rev . G , Roberta gaid he officiated ou the occasion . No application was made to him to permit an oration , but one of tbe parties commenced onp , and he , knowing it to be the custom abroad , did not object to it . After performing tbe service at that he went with the clerk to another grave , and he did not experience any annoyance or incon . venience . He gave no directions to prevent or remove the complainant , and there eould not have been such violence as had been asserted without his seeing something of it ; but he saw nothing of the kind , and , in fact , knew nothing of anj such disagreeable occurreuce till he saw an account of it in the newspapers ,
Mr . Broughton , after a long inquiry , said the Polesstrangers in and not well acquainted with the customs of the country—ought not to have beeu so discourteously treated , lie would not decide upon the different state _, ments as to the violence tbat had been used , but held the defendants to bail to answer any indictment , if the com . plainants should be advised to prefer one at the sessions , The defendants were held to bail .
HAMMERSMITH . Indecent _Exposuse . —On Monday a young man of respectable appearance , who gave his name as Henry Beuman , but wbois known by the name of Jordan was brought up at this Court before Mr . Clive , and several charges of indecent exposure of the person , andindelicate conduct towards females having been proved against Lim , was committed to hard labour iu the House of Cor . rection , for three calendar months . Capture of a Gang of Five Bobglars , —Five young men , all ab & _nt eighteen or nineteen rears of age ,
described on the police-sheet as George Moore , of So . 3 , George-street , Holborn , George Gardener and James Gardener ( brothers ) , of No . 5 , Eden-street , Chelsea , John Jackson , of No . 7 , Grange-terrace , Brompton , and John Withaiu alias Greenwood , of 2 fo . 20 , Pye-street , West _, minster , all well known housebreakers , belonging to "Greenwood ' s Westminster Gang , " were placed at the bar , on a charge of having burglariously entered the residence of Mr . Duesbury , a gentleman rocently returned from India , No . 1 , Upper Gore , Ken & ington . road , and stealing a quantity of valuable property .
Thomas Stubbs deposed , that he was tbe keeper of the Kensington gate of Hyde Park , and lived at the lodge at that gate . That about five o'clock that morning , as he was proceeding through that portion of the Park abutting on the high road , for the purpose of opening the Park gate close to the Halfway House , he saw the prisoners Jackson aud Moore , near Messrs . Gray's nursery , walking along the highroad , towards Knightsbridge , More having a large picture under each arm . They went on past Park House , when , seeing witness , they turned into the meadow , on which Ennismore Gardens are about to be built , where tliey secreted _tinmselves behind some pale 9 _. Witness went mid unlocked the gate , and as he came back he saw the prisoners again come from the back of
the wall of Park Huuse without the pictures , and they went _don-n the road towards Kensington , until they met the other three prisoners , at wbich time he was unlocking the Park gate opposite the Countess of Blessington ' _s , and they all then returned into the meadows . Witness theu suspecting a robbery had been committed , went in search ofa policeman , and _geeiiig Dunbar , T 91 , coming _upGorelane , he told him his suspicions . They then both went to the meadow and searched it , but could neither find the prisoners nor any property . The policeman then returned to the station-house and fetched two other constables , " who , with witness , made a closer search of the _me _.-uW , and eventually discovered the two pictures pro . duced covered over with earth .
Elizabeth Knock deposed , that she was head housemaid in the service of Mr . Duesbury , who was at present from town . The house was fastened up as usual on Monday night , and none of the inmates were disturbed during the night . That morning , about seven o ' clock , in consequence of information she received from the police , she found a number of articles of value missing , and she also discovered that the thieves had entered by means of one of the drawing room windows . The two pictures , the Indian china ornaments , and the napkins produced were her master ' s property .
Police Sergeant _Skelton , B 4 , deposed to having , witb . other constables , apprehended the whole of the prisoners together in Hyde Park , having watched them from Knightsbridge , until he could procure assistance . It the prisoners were remanded , he should be able to produce additional eridence against them in that and other cases , and also to prove former convictions against the prisoners YVitham alius Greenwood , and Jackson , if not against the others . AU the prisoners were accordingly remanded for a week .
SOUTHWARK . Holt Water . —On Monday Mary M'Grath was charged with being intoxicated , nnd refusing to quit the _Catholic chapel in the London . road . A _polictiniiiii stated that on the preceding day he was called to the above _cha'ic-l to _remove the defendant , who was drunk , and insisted on getting a bottle of holy w . iter before she left the place . Ile tried to coax her out , but all his efforts were iu vain , and when he took her up in his arms to carry her out she kicked and plunged ia sueh a manner that tliey both fell together , and she afterwards became so violent that lie nil compelled to have further assistance in carrying her tu the station-house , where she was kept until sober . Mr . Cottingham ( to defendant)—This is a serious charge against you Mrs . M'Grath , itis not the first tim * you have been here for unruly conduct ; and what have you to say for yourself ?
Defendant , pulling a largo phial out of her bosom , exhibited it to the magistrate , and said she went to tlie chapel to get it tilled with holy water , as she was just starting to pick hops in the country . Mr . Cottiiighani—Well , you might hava the holy water , I suppose , if you had not gone to thc chapel drunk and disgraced yourself . Defendant—Please your worship , I was as sober as 1 urn now , and all I wanted was the drop of holy waterbut they would noJ let me have it , and that vexed Uie a lot , and I _dai-a say that 1 showed tny temper . But , your worship , I never go to the country to "hop , " without a drop of holy water . What luck could I e . _xpecs' without US Mr , Cottingham said , there was anoutev kind of liquid , namely , gin , thathe was afraid she was much fonder ot than holy water—that as she now appeared penitent , lie should not iiittict a fine , but allow ber to go to pick hop * . Thu defendant having made her curtesy then quitted the Court , _ejeculating that she should have her _boiiie ot holy water to take with her into the coautrv .
Rrintcd By Dodgal M'Gowan, Ofi6, «≫*Oat "U'Imiintll Street, Iliiymarkct, In The Citv Of Weitmiustp- At The
rrintcd by DODGAL M'GOWAN , ofI 6 , _«>* oat _"U'imiintll street , _iliiymarkct , in the Citv of _Weitmiustp- at the
Oniee, In Thc Same Street Ami I'Ansli, T...
Oniee _, in thc same Street ami i _' ansli , tor the ) . * n > . prietor , FBAKGVS 0 'GOXSOH , Esq ., aud published bv William Hkwitt , of _* No . IS , Charles-street , Uran don-street , Walworth , ill the Parish o ' _t _. St . Marv , Xe _«" iiurtou , in the Comity of Surrey , at t ' ., Ollice , _ISo . 19 Great _WlnduuU-streul , llajmc . _i'kr . t , in the City u _We-itiuiusUT . Saturday , Septe _^ bw 5 1340 ,
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05091846/page/8/
-