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j[y Dear Friends—It was my intention to ...
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ. 30, Mount-stre...
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J[Y Dear Friends—It Was My Intention To ...
j [ y Dear Friends—It was my intention to hare written a long letter io Lord Jobn Russell this day , but the fact of y 0 UR _surrejor having arrived to mark and map 0 ut YOUR estate , has obliged me to postpone it ( ill next week . I am going to show him that what is go od in his Irish measures he has not borrowed , but taten wholesale , from my letters tothe Irish landl _* rds , WORD FOR WORD . But to your business . I 04 yonr attention to the letter of Thomas Ransc-n ; _fae most sensible and valuable letter I have ever rec eived since the Land Plan wa ? established , and which I answer thus . — i
"My dear Rawson . — -Many , very many , thanks for your letter , and , in reply , I beg to say , that if a four roomed house costs £ 90 , and a three roomed house cost * £ 60 , ehe owner ofthe four roomed house , if he chooses to have a three roomed one instead , { -ould be entitled to direct the expenditure of £ 30 in any mode he liked in the erection of out-buildings , _is d £ 30 in out-buildings -will go as far as £ 15 in a _dsreHing house , on account of no painting , glazing , _jad fine work , and all the rest of it , and stoves , mouldings , doors , and windows . 'Would to
god that every man with four room . 3 would allow oe build three rooms instead , and expend tbe _( lifference in out-buildings , allowing them to add another rcom as convenience . Let all who have _( jrawn lots on this farm , that wish the change , address me at once , not through the Star , but by letter , ON SATURDAY next , addressed , " Lowbands , f * _cdmarler , near J _^ edbnry _, Worcestershire , '' and _IJwill jsake arrangements accordingly , bnt it must be done at once , as our carpenters' work , and other work , is coing on apace . I am writing very fast , so excuse
blunders . But this is plain : in future , no reports of meetings will be inserted in the Star that do not arrive on Wednesday morning , which is no great _lurdship . Next week , if the surveying is done , I uill name my tour . To-morrow I visit Cheltenham , to meet the little Doctor . You ivill see the Star his now four editors , so that I am not neglecting C hartism for the Land . They ask me from all quarters , London , Merthyr Tydvil , Manchester , and other places , to have 50 , 000 of last week ' s letter p rinted for circulation .
Yon will see Mr . _Gurney's second letter , and Mr . Jones ' s answer . I hope you will have as good a _Ucgh over it as I had . He need not ask for fair play . Every man who has had the manliness to meet ns in discussion , has always had fair play . I long to read the triumph . I hope bis opponent _vill meet his every wish , and leave him no cause of eoiap lahit . It is very cold , and snowing ; and I am very anxious to be in it again : so I must say farewell . We CO on splendidly , and no mistake .
God help the Irish people between Russell and their NATURAL PROTECTORS ( BLESS THE MARK ' . ) . Smith O'Brien is the only Irishman in the House ; he is doing his work like a man . In reply to some applications , I have to say , that , of course , the next estate purchased will be for the 2 nd Section , and for those who are drawn in the not ballot , as it will be bought with their money . Ve have already expended ahout £ 5000 of Section No . 2 money on land for Section No . I . Your faithful friend and bailiff , Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —Pray read Mr . Roberts' letter to Mr . Duncombe—every word of it .
P . S . —My dear friends , —I write on Thursday a short P . S . to my letter , to say that , the more I think of Mr . _Rawson's proposal , the more I am in love with it . The wise members will have three rooms , and a farm yard , with out-houses ; the foolish ones "rill have large houses . I say , sleep in the cowhouse ntber than be without it , and I'll take care you _ilin ' _t take cold ; tbe oat-houses will soon help to bnild another room , another room will never build c-rfnouse--. For all who trust me , and are influenced bv mv advice and experience in this respect , I will
do my utmost to prove the value of my opinion . I solemnly declare that I would rather have 3 acres , with a three-roomed house and yard , and outhouses , than 4 acres and a four-roomed house without them . If I was as r ich , as I used to be before you emptied my pockets , I would give £ 10 out of my own pocket to all who took the three _roo-ns and out-houses . In five years , they will have nade more than the expense , and at any time can put another room to the house . I must hear at
once , and long to know . Pray have each a farmyard , and you will be the envy of SURROUNDING FARMERS . I will do as much as I can to make the mone _** go the length , and none shall be wronged of a farthing of the difference . I will make them very convenient ; cow-house , pig-styes , fuel-house , _shi for tools and barrows , and donkey carts , and place for donkey , and all that the money will do . Yonr faithful friend , Feabgds _Q'Cojwoh .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . 30 , Mount-street , Hulme , Manchester , 31 st January , 1847 . Dear Sir , —In referring to the colnrans of the Star of yesterday , I see that all communications in reference to the Land , are to be addressed to yon , at Lowbands , I take the opportunity of sending a few lines to j on . Bein <; one ofthe fortunate allottees for tiie Red Marley Estate , I received a letter from Mr . M'Grath enquiring what sort of a house I would have erected on my allotment , it being a fo'ir-acre one ; whether I would have a four-roomed one or a three-roomed one ; or whether I would have it larger or _au-iller , the rent being in propcrtion to the out-1 _*> 7 " if krger than four rooms , wbatamount of capital I was prepared to advance to effect the same . In
answer to which I submitted to him the following _Qnestions : —Is it the intention of the directors to erect tLe necessary out-buildings or only the _cotng _« ? my object in asking is , being only possessed of a limited capital , 1 wish to Lnwif I could have a three roomed * house erected , and the difference of cost betwixt a three roomed one and a fonr roomed one ; expended in the ' erection of out-buildings , rent being the same as if I had a four roomed one , without the out-buildings ; and again I remarked to him that " * e capital which the _buildings would absorb , being _advanced as above described for me , might perhaps enable me to deposit a portion of the money paid to each shareholder on his taking possession , in thi ; bank of depesit as suggested in your banking system , for locating ethers , and for a reduction of rent . Thoua 8 Rawson .
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TO THE EDITOR OFTHE " WAKEFIELD JOURNAL . " Sir , —The article upon theLand in yourlast number , b net the only act of gentlemanly courtesy the _forking classes have received at your hand . I read it with pleasure , and assure you in return for it , that _> f the success of the project depends upoH my
integrity , that I would rather go to bed supperless than lessen cmr purchase money by the amount of my supper . I don ' t want money , and if I had millions , I would spend all on my project and long for more , _tad be content to die a pauper . I wish all to do as you have done , to bestow praise and censure where merited , and to advise and exercise great caution . You have set an example which many will yet be compelled to follow .
The Land is our only hope of redemption , as all must soon admit . I should have expressed my thanks more fully , had not press of business pre- , vented me . I have the honour to remain , Yours faithfully , Feargus O'Connoe . TIIE LASD SCHEME .
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( Fr om the Waktfidd Journal , Jan . 28 , 1817 . ) _Am- > ag the extraordinary occurrencei of the present day none _appears more to than the attempt ofthe working _clatwj to form a landed democracy . Hitherto the land tj as for med the property of one body , and up to the _present time it bat been the favoured interest of every govern-
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ment . Title- * , rank , aud influence have poured in upon iu possessors , and they have had , np to the passing ol the Reform Bill , the government of tne country in their hands _. That measure In some degree rendered nngatory the immense influence possessed by this class , through the admission of the numerous class of small _traden into the electoral ranks . Under the idea , therefore , that all power is derivable from tbe land , the Chartists have resolved to appropria _' e _apportion ef _theland to themselves , and under the leadership of Ur . _FearROS O'Connor they have purchased a
couple of estates , one of which is nearly ready for the occupation of its proprietors . Now we do not think we can be accused of a partiality to the doctrines of Chartism . _TTe have found many ofits advocates such self-opin'atire , such wholesale advocates of extreme measures , invoking the overthrow and destruction of every class and interest but their own , that we conceive them to be most pernicious and destrnctire to the common principles of justice _andjgood government . But . in refusing our subscription to ibe dogmas of Chartism , we are not compelled _thereby to refuse all that is good—independent of that systememanating trom those who profess belief in its
docnes . On this principle , therefore , we are induced to advert to the land scheme as the best _proj-ositien for the elevation ofthe _workiag classes from thraldom to power , and misery to comfort , that we know of . To attempt a de . scription ef the laud scheme in this place . would exceed onr limits—suffice it to say that it is one whieh , if properly managed and honestly conducted , cannot fail to prove of the greatest importance to the class tor whose benefit it is intended . Upward * of sixteen thousand pounds have been already _subscribed by the working men towards this great lantf plan ; and one of the estates , named O'Connorville after the Chartist leader , is to be opened for tne reception of the proprietors ia May nextwhen it Is proposed tbat each of these will be prorided with a neat and comfortable cottage , outhouses , etc . with tiro , three , or fonr acres of land , according to the amount of their subscription , and receive £ 15 loan in money , to cultivate their two acrss— £ 23 10 s . their three —and £ 30 their four acre allotments . Such is the mode
proposed to make the men of England tbeir own masters . That we have any wish to see a complete transition of power from the aristocracy to the liemocracy we at once deny . But we eannotbnt view with a favourable eye the progress of the land scheme . It wat not , therefore , without regret that we saw the plaa attacked in the Manchester Examiner ; the party thus attacking it , signing _himself "One who has Whistled ot the Plough . " How , this party may bave whistled at the plough , bathe has _whistled in Spain to the sound of the Carlist ballads , as well as to thc ballads of the Anti . Corn-Law League , now deceased . This gentleman , having , we suppose , no further te _' er ion to travel upon for the League , took it into his head to serve the working classes , by calling their attention to what he calls the illegality of the affair , and its
_monstrous absurdities and pretensions . Now we do not pretend to saj that the Land Company has been legally constituted , legally enrolled ; of this weprofess our entire ignorance , but in thus confessing our ignorance , we have as little hesitation in saying , tbat we have not the slightest faith in the legal knowledge of the " Whistler at the Plough "—indeed , we think that the Whistler had better return to his occupation , as we conceive he will be ranch more uBifully employed in whistling at a _plough ' s tail , than writing long , tedious and twaddling letters on a subject he evidently knows n > t nearly as much about . He disputes the _legality ; did the Whistler never find that out before t—had he never his attention drawn to the matter during the eiistcr . ee ofthe League * Is it only now , when his former masters are dvad— J officially , — when he has nothing better to occupy bis
attention , that he comes forward as a saviour of the poor man ' s purse , his protector and frieud . Is it time to come forth now , when sixteen thousand pounds have been subscribed , when the poor man ' s purse has been emptied . We hesitate not an instant in describing the philanthropy of the Whistler as spurious _andTiollow . If he had eyes atthe time for anything hut free trade twaddle , he could have read concerning this Land Schtme when it was first projected . But the Whistler bad other work—other fish to fry;—the interest of the poor man merited no attention , whilst that of the wealthy manufacturer remained unsettled . But , now tbat the _latterhas achieved his insane purpose , the Whistler has an hour or two to spare , to write twaddle for the benefit of tbe poor man . We think it would have been more to tbe parpose , much more to the interest ofthe working man , and would have displayed a much purer philanthropy of the Whistler , had he devised a scheme for the
makiug of the plan legal—had _assisted the directors witb his wisdom , is securing theinterests of the working men . If Feargus O'Connor is sincere , honest , and revolved on iiis present purpose , he will do more good for his country than all the united band that ever raved upon the subject of free trade . The Chartist leader may expect opposition from the jealousy and spite of the useless free trade moneyocracy ; but let him perseverelet him give no cause for suspicion—let him live above it ; let his aim be the glorious purpose of assisting , as Lord John Manners beautifully observed at tbe Bingley Allotment dinner , "in securing to every man a stake in the hedge , and he would thereby be rendered a better citizen and a bettermember of society than he who had none . " Let Mr . O'Connor honestly do this , and he will , we trust , not only receive the support ofthe independent portion of the press , bnt the blessings of those he may raise from misery and slavery to honour and independence .
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VOL . X . NO . 485- LONDON , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 6 , 1847 . _^ *_ «* - _™**™^ _TZ — nvc Shilling * and Sixpence per < tani ter _*
Challenge To Discuss " The People's Char...
CHALLENGE TO DISCUSS " THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . " TO THE _CHARTIStI-UBLIC . AND THE LABOURING CLASSES GENERALLY . _FBiiow-CocsiRViiEif . — The censorious and certainly uncalled for tone of Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s reply to my application , addressed to Mr . Hewitt , publisher ofthe Northern Star , and through him to the Chartist public generally , for a fair discussion on the ( so-called ) People ' s Charter , renders it advisable forme to set myself right with you by a few plain and honest words , which will , I have no donbt , be received in a corresponding spirit of good feeling and candour . Mr . O'Connor , in the reply alluded
to , speaking , or rather writing , in a somewhat Autocratic strain , assumes thataW ? application was intended for Aim , and adds _thlfrsbould have adopted " a different and more respectful course . " _ " Your wholesale defiance , " he says , "has come into my hands in the most roundabout way ; however , as / am one of those who feel thankful for small favours , / shall deal with it , " Ac ., < fcc . Now , without dwelling at all on the somewhat doubtful courtesy of such a strain of animadversion , I may be allowed to observe that I did not imagine the entire cause of Chartism , and the whole body of its supporters , tobe merged in the one individual person of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Whatever respect I may and always shall feel for vast masses of my leilow countrymen
banded together for at least patriotic , if even mistaken , purposes , I cannot sec that a peculiar and extraordinary demonstration of respect is due to any particular individual amongst that body . 1 was not aware that an ideal democracy had so speedily , and in its very infancy , assumed the aspect of a despotism . Mr . Feargus O'Connor proceeds to inform me , that my letter is " impertinent , and savours of conceit . " But , fur my consolation , I suppose , he announces that he ( the great man ) will not be able to meet me in the coming discussion ; in which he would , of course , pulverise me and my _arguments in a very short space of time ! He says , " For my own part , I rejoice in my inability to meet you , because I have a great desire to prove to you , and to the
world , that Chartism does not _re-y npon any exclusive advocacy" to _insnre-its ascendancy , < tc , < fcc . I really never , imagined that Chartism was so utterly dependent on any one individual as to require _ his " exclusive advocacy" for its support ! This is , 1 think , in very tolerable keeping with the Autocratic , ' I ! I ! " of the opening paragraph of bis reply . With respect to the elegant allusion " as Drag was a good dog , but Holdfast waa a better , " and some other similar "blows , " 1 shall simply leave them on one side , inasmuch as I must confess my inability to appreciate the full farce of their application . For the fonr or five times repeated sneer , respecting my perhaps needless comment on the price of advertisements , ( which , be it observed , appeared in an almost I exclusively business-letter , addressed to a publisher , _I _I can only say that Mr . O'Connor's _oifer to pay " my ! half of the expenses" i 3 , what he has designated my j entire letter , namely , somewhat impertinent . It
appears to me that when my offer is hai _, ed , as Mr . O'Connor hails it , as a " rare Gedsend , " it could be scarcely necessary to seize u pon a single expression in a letter of bnsiness which might not tell well for the writer , and dwell upon this with such untiling force and acrimony . I can only now say , that , as I am desirous te meet as large a body of my fellow countrymen as possible on the occasion of the coming discussion , I should much desire , that tub EA _* * rEns IxsnrvnoK , capable ( I believe ) of accommodating 4 , 000 persons , should be taken for the night , thc expenses to be of course divided , as before proposed . I would also beg leave to suggest , ( if agreeable to tbe Committee of the Charter Movement , who are , I believe , empowered to act upon such occasions ) . Monday , _theSthof February _. _for thispurpose ; the discussion to commence at six or seven in the evening , as may be most convenient to the working clasH _» generally . Permit me to add , that I have no doubt there are many even amongst the supporters of he _Chartor , fully equal to its defence ani exposition
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ta a public discussion of thi 3 nature . I did , however , state , and now repeat , that I do not wish my adversary to be , of necessity , one and always the same , "because the object of our discussion will be to attain truth , and not an intellectual triump h over one another , " and it might , by possibility , happen that I should start a new train of argument , which might be familiar to one , and not to another , of the chief advocates ofthe Charter . Without theslightest disposition to " swagger , " Idid certainly express myself strongly as to the apparent dereliction of duty , which tbe absence of the ( so called ) Chartist leaders , might present on such an occasion . The plain truth is . ( and perhaps I am now imprudent to state this , ) that I feared the friends of the Charter might scarcely wish for such a discussion ; not because they
doubted the goodness of their cause , or because they shrunk in the slightest degree from meeting me particularly ; but because the Charter might not gain much by a triumph on such an occasion , whilst anything approaching to a defeat might do it at least great temporary injury . I wish it to be expressly understood that any opposition to " The Charter , " must net be held to apply to the Land Scheme _, which , to a certain extent , may operate beneficially , in tending to raise the price of labour . In conclusion , Fellow Countrymen , let me express my conviction , that yoa will receive and hear me in that fair and honourable spirit , which may be
expected from an assembly of Englishmen and Freemen ; more particularly , as at least on the subject of the _aceorsed New Poor Law , and the Ten Hours ' Bill , out sympathies may , I believe , be fairly said to go together . I have the honour to remain , in the conviction of your integrity of purpose and earnestmindedness , as well as that ( 1 may add ) of your somewhat rough-spoken friend , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Your most obedient servant , _AncHKR Gurnet , Barrister-at-Law . i , Maddox-street _, Regent-street . 1 , Feb . 1847 .
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London , lst February , 1847 . Dear Sir , —As you have made especial mention ot Mr . O'Connor and myself in the challenge you have giren the _advocates of the Charter , Mr . O'Connor having already answered you , I need trouble you with bnt few words in reply . You will always find me ready to face any opponents of Chartism , since I believe its principles to have such intrinsic power , that , however great , as in your case , the talents ofan adversary may be , its advocates will be enabled to baffle tbe defenders of monopoly . But , Sir , since you belong to my own order of society and profession , I should feel it to be a matter of pride , if a working man maintained the truth of those principles triumphantly against you ; thus proving to yourorder and profession , that the working men of England are nble to defend the cause of justice witbout Heraldry or _Blackstone .
Resigning , therefore , to my Brother Chartists the privilege of convincing you ofthe futility of opposing that cause , but at the same time holding myself io readiness to meet you at any opportunity , I subscribe myself , Your personal friend , but political opponent , _Ebsust _Joses . Archer Gurney , Esq . etc . & C . "
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TO THE CHARTIST BODY . Brethren , —In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the National Convention held at Leeds in August last , the Executive Committee of tbe National Chatter Association request tbe attention of thc Chartist body , to the importance of availing themselves ofthe facilities afforded by the present crisis of political events , in furtherance of the principles embodied in tho People ' s Charter . In furtherance of that resolution , they have caused the petition forthe said bill to be circulated through the country , and bave employed the advocacy of Dr . M'Douall in furtherance of his objects .
The necessity of funds for carrying these intent ions i _* _ato effect , will be apparent to everyone , and seeing how other political movements hare been carried in despite of popular conviction , through tbe means of adequate resources , yonr committee feel assured that every Chartist will afford that pecuniary assistance so trifling for the individual , but so important in its results for thc community , the more sons some have complained of the inactivity of your committee , forgetting that they-epared no efforts to carry the intentions of the Convention into effect , but that it was out of their power adequately to realise these
intentions without the necessary means . Iu carrying out the intentions of the Convention , so far you will not be forgetful of those who have suffered through the past struggle and therefore , your committee beg to point attention to the annexed memorial , praying for the return of our Chartist exiles , and exhort you to call public meetings for thispurpose , wherever practicable , recommending you to solicit the use ofthe Town Hall , and presence , and support of the chief magistrate , and members of the borough and county , wherever such meeting may be called ; and the memorial to be signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting .
Your committee , in conclusion , earnestly remind you , of the importance attaching to your present efforts , and to showing an accession in the number of signatures to the Petition , as indicative of your increasing power , and unaltered determination to see the principles of the Charter embodied as a statute of the country . Philip M'Grath . Fkarfps _O'Cosson . Thomas Clark : Thomas M . _Wheelr ** . Christopher Doyle , Secretary .
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD _JOIIIS RUSSELL , FIRST LORD OF TUE TREASURY .
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The humble memorial of the inhabitants of , in public meeting assembled , humbly sbeweth , that John Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams , were charged before a special commission with being leaders in an insurrectionary movement , which took place in Newport , Monmouthshire , in November , 1839 , and were sentenced to death , which sentence was commuted by the clemency of ker _e \ ln jesty to transportation for life . For this act of Royal mercy , your memorialists would express their gratitude to vour Lordship , _seein- ; that at the tine it
took place your Lordship held the highly important oSice of chief adviser to the Crown . Your memorialists would entreat your Lordshi p's attention to the fact that the individuals aforesaid , had led lives of irreproachable integrity up to the period of the calamitous occurrence which entailed on them the vengeance of the jaws of their country . Your memorialists would likewise mention the circumstance that , during the elapsed period of their transportation , their conduct has been exemplary to such a degree as to secure for them the highest privileges which the local authorities in thc penal colonies could concede .
That your memorialists humbly conceive thatthe punishment already endured by these men is amply sufficient to atone for the past , and to keep them and others inthe paths of peace , law , and order for the future . Yonr memorialists earnestly entreat your Lordship ' s attention to tliese circumstances , in the strong hope tbat you wiJJ , in the exercise of the high functions ot your office , recommend the aforesaid John Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams ' , as fit objects of Royal clemency , and that you will be pleased to advise the remission of their sentence , and their immediate restoration to their distressed families and bereaved friends . And your memorialists , as in duty bound , will ever pray .
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REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . At the weekly meeting held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , February the 2 nd , Mr . Ernest Junes in the chair , Mr . Hornby reported from St . Pancras that they were about to hold a publie meeting in that parish for the repeal ofthe rate paying clauses , over which Mr . Churchwarden Wagstaffe would preside . Mr . Stallwood reported that the Committee had
taken the Crown and Anchor for the evening of the 17 th instant , that the invitations had been duly forwarded to the metropolitan members and candidatcfor parliamentary honours , and that Mr . Charles Cochrane had returned an answer to tho effect , that he would attend the meeting and contribute his mite towards liquidating tbe expenses of the same . The Committee then adjourned until Wednesday evening , February the 10 th , at eight o'clock precisely .
NATIONAL VICTIM , WIDOW AND ORPHANS RELIEF COMMITTEE . This Committee held a Meeting at the Land Office , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday eveuing _, February the 2 nd ,- > hen 10 s . was voted to Thomas Rayner Smart , and the like sum to Mrs . Ellis * The
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Whittington and Cat Locality are requested to send a delegate to the next meeting . MARYLEBONE . At a full meeting of the members , the following resolution on the motion of Messrs . Large and _Trtbilcock , was unanimously adopted _. That it is highly desirable that a fund shonld be placed at the disposal ofthe Tictlm , Widow , and Orphan _Rulief Committee , wo therefore agree to pay one penny per month each in aid of the above object , and recommend our brethren throughout the country , to do the ; same .
LAMBETH AND SOUTHWARK . At the South London Ilall , on Sunday evening , Mr . Edmund Stallwood delivered a most eloquent and impressive oration on the life and writings oi that great and good man , Thomas Paine , and proved trom his works , his consistency , morality , and humanity . Mr . Brown , in a few brief and appropriate remarks supported the observations of the lecturer—A vote of thanks was awarded to Mr , Stallwood , and a like compliment waa paid to Mr . William Hewitt , who presided on _theocca-non .
BOROUGH OF GREENWICH . The Democrats of thia place , held a Public Meeting in celebration of the birth of Thomas Paine , at the Walters Arms , Church-street , Deptford , on Wedne * day evening , February the 3 rd . Mr . Robson very ably filled the chair , and gave " The memory of Thomas Paine . " "The People ' s Chatter , '' was ably responded to by Mr . Stallwood , _fcrVfti " The National Co-operative laud Company" by Mr . Morgan , and " Feargus O'Connor and Thomas Duncombe , Esqrs . " by Mr . Firth .
MAIDSTONE . Pi / _uirc _MEKnsos . _*—On Monday and Tuesday evonings last , two lar _» e meetings were held in this Tory-ridden town , in furtherance of the Land and Charter movements . Both meetings were bumpers , and passed off with the greatest eclat . They were held in the County Assembly Rooms , and were addressed by Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark , from London , and several ofthe working men ofthe town .
DALSTON , NEAR CARLISLE . _AnopTios or thb Natio . vai ; Petition . —A public meeting oi the inhabitants of _Dalston was held on Saturday evening , January 30 , for the purpose of adopting the great National Petition . At the hour appointed for the meeting to commence , Mr . It Murray was called to the . chair , who briefly stated the object of the meeting . Mr . T . Sowerby then read and moved the adoption oftlie petition , which , ou being put to the meeting was adopted . A resolution of confidence in , and thanks to , _Messrs . O'Connor , M ' Grath , Clark , Doyle , and Wheeler , was pa-sed unanimously . A vote of thanks was also given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., * M . P ., for his services in the cause of the working classes .
| MANCHESTER . Mr . Dickinson , of Sunderland , delivered a leoture on " Universal Suffrage , " on Sunday , January 31 st , in the People ' s Institute . The audience was even larger than the two Sunday nights preceding . Many new _members have been added to our association , and ir . any old faces have come amongst us that we have missed for years . _[ STALYBRIDGE . Thr National Pktition . —A public meeting was held here , in the Town Hall , on the 2 _lst ult ., when the National Petition was unanimously adopted .
LEEDS . A requisition is about to be presented to tlie Mayor , requesting him to convene a public meeting to adopt the National Petition . It already numbers ten membeis of the Town Council , and several ofthe elector . *; . It is hoped that many of the working men will sign before it is presented . They can do so ; the Bazaar . NOTTINGHAM . At a meeting of the Election Committee , the following resolution was agreed tot-That the _co-nmittee be empowered to obtain a revised list of the votes on the Register , to facilitate tbe committee _nppninted to furnish the desired information to ths Central Committoo of London . The next meeting will be holden on Sunday morning , February loth , at the Seven Stars , Barker G . ites .
SHEFFIELD . The Birth-Day of Thomas Pake was celebrated nt the Hall of Science , on Tuesday evening , February 2 nd , by a Soiree . Mr . Councillor Ironside presided , supported by Mr . Councillor Briggs , Messrs . Jerison , Young , Jackson , Marshall , Nelson , Hanson , C . Crour , Hudderstield , and others . The company included a fair proportion of ladies . After tea the _following sentiments were spoken to Jn a series of interesting speeches— " The People , " " The Memory of Paine , " "AmericanIndependence , " "The world our country ; to do good our religion , ' _^ " The Rights of Woman , " " All those who have suffered , and are now suffering in the cause of Liberty , " " A Free Press , " & c . & c . Singing and Dancing formed part ofthe evening ' s entertainment .
NORTHAMPTON . Tna Natiosai , _Puht'ox . —On Wednesday evening last a crowded meeting was holden in the Temperance Hall for the purpose of adopting * the National Petition . The principal speakers were Mr . G . J . Holyoake , Mr . Christopher Doyle , and Mr . Ernest Jones , who delivered excellent _apceehea ' , which were enthusiastically applauded . The Petition was unanimously adopted .
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Salford . —The monthly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will be held in tlieir room on Sunday next , February 7 , at two o'clock in the afternoon , for passing of the accounts and the election of a new council for the next quartet' . The Chartists of Salford are also respectlully informed that a voluntary subscription has been opened in their room , not for a pecuniary gift , but for the payment ofa debt incurred on our account , due to Mr . O'Connor from the Defence Fund debt . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the _school-room of tho Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening , by a friend .
Rochdale . —Robert Wild , from Mottram , will lecture in the Chartist room , . Mill-street , on Sunday next , ar two o ' clock in the afternoon , and six in the evening . Bolto . v . —A general members meeting of theLand and Charter Association will be held on Sunday evening , the 7 th of February , at six o ' clock . —All members in arrear are requested to pay up the same , or thty will not be entitled to the benefits of thc ensuing ballot . Mottram . —The monthly meeting of the shareholders in the Land Company will be held in the Lecture-room , opposite the Bull ' s Head , Mottram . on Sunday next , ' . February 7 th , at two o ' clock . — Same date and place , a public meeting will be held to adopt the National Petition , and to appoint proper persons to canvass the district for signatures . _NoTTHionAM . — The next meeting of the Land
Company in this district will bo held at the Fox and Hounds , Old Basford , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . The supper in honour of the patriot Paine will be held at the Seven Stars , Nottingham , on Monday evening , February 8 , at seven o ' clock . MANCHEaTKR—On Sunday , February 7 , Mr . _Tomlinson , of Rochdale , will delivor a lecture in the People ' s Institute , lleyrod-strect , chair to bo taken at half-past six o'clock , and on Wednesday tho 10 th instant , a public meeting will he held in the same place , to petition Parliament lo abolish the rate-paying clause ofthe Reform Bill . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . Bilston . —A public meeting will be hold on Monday evening , February 8 , at seven o'clock precisely , for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament , praying for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of I the Reform Bill . Dr . M'Douall , Mr . Linney , and others will address the meeting .
_Blackbur _* _- . — A meeting of the friendB of Chartism will take place on Sunday , the 7 th of February , in the Temperance Hotel , Whally Bank , the members of _^ the _Co-aperative Land Company , belonging tothe several sections , are requested to pay up their local and general expense levies , so as to insure a chance for tho ballot , which takes place on the 22 nd instant . Hull . —A general meeting of the members ofthe National Charter Association will be held on Sunday , February 7 , at the Ship Ina , at eight o ' clock precisely , on business of importance . _Ledbuey . —The members of the Land Company meet at Mr . Henry Brooks , Homend Street , every Monday evening , from eight till nine o'clock . _Ashton . —The central committeo in connection with the case of Dr . M'Douall will meet in the Chartist room , Bentinck Street , Ashton , on Sunday next , at two p . m ., when the friends of the Dr . in i the _surcoituding town * " we requested to attend .
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AnMLEY _DlSTitiCT . —A meeting is held weeklv at Mr . John Barkers , _Witeon-fold , _Towngate , Armley < Liverpool , —The Chartists of Liverpool are desirous of forming a district in connection with this locality , and would be very glad to hear from the following places : —Birkenhead , Chester , Prescot , Warrington , Preston , Lamberhcad Green , Leatherland , and any ether town not mentioned in this list . All communications addressed to Mr . Fly Smith , at Mr . Farrell ' s , Temperance Hotel , No . i , Cazneau Street . Ths _Livkupool members of the Chartist Land Company are requested to attend the quarterly meeting , on next Monday night , at Mr . Farrell ' s , Toraperance Hotel , i , Cazneau Street , at eight n'clock .
Lancashire Miners . —The general delegate meeting of the Lancashire miners will be held on Monday next , February 8 , at the house of Mr . J . Britton , Commercial Inn , Dukinficld . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clook in the forenoon . Newtoh Abbot . —The members of this branch ef the National Land Company are requested to meet on Monday evening next , at the house of Mr . John Elms , No . l , East Street , at three o'clock . _Biruin'odam . —Dr . M'Douall will lecture in the _Peap'e ' _s Hall , on Sunday evening , February 7 , at halt-past six o'clock . Leeds . —The discussion on _Lsrd John Russell ' s measures for the relief of Ireland will be resumed to-morrow evening , at half-past six , * by Mr . | _Macintosh . The Council will meet to-morrow night , at nine o ' clock .
Norwich . —AMeetiry ; of the National Land Company will be held at . the Old Library Room , St . Andrew ' s Hall , Norwich _. on Wednesday evening , the 10 th of February , at half-past seven . _Hoddersfield . —Tho . Members of the Chartist Land Company are hereby informed , that * the Meetings every second and last Tuesday evenings in the month , will in future be held at _D-bitson ' s Temperance Hotel , next door to Mr . Pitkethley's , in Buxton-road , and not at Jumer ' s , as heretofore . The next meeting will be on the 9 th instant .
_Asshmbly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . —Mr . John Skelton will deliver a course of three lectures at this institution , commencing on Sunday evening next , February 7 , and continuing the two succeeding Sunday evenings , embracing—Civil Government ; the Production and Distribution ot Wealth ; and _Theolo-jy and Education . The lecture will commence each evening at half-past seven precisely . _Maktlebonk . —Mr . C . Doyle will lecture at the Coach Painters Arm 3 , Circus-street , on Sunday eve ning next , February 7 . Subject—The present state of political and social affairs . Sodm * Loxdoh Chartist IJaix , 115 , Blackfriarsroad . —Mr . T . iM . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday evening next , February the 7 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . Subject—The past , present and future prospects—political and social—of the people .
LiMBHousE . —Mr . P . M'Grath will attend the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaher ' s Fields , on Monday evening next , February the Sth , at eight o ' clock precisely , when a petition for the abolition of tho ratepaying clauses in the Reform Act will be submitted . Cbntbal Registration asd Election Committee . —The members of this committee are requested to attend and meet their president and vice president , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe and Thomas Wakley , members of Parliament , at the Assembly-rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next , February the 10 th , at eight o'clock precisely , when business of great importance will be submitted . The Parliamentary Measures op the Session . —The discussion on these subjects , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , stands adjourned until Thursday evening next , February 11 , inconsequence of tho important Registration meetin ; in the rooms on Wednesday .
City op London . —The members of the Chartist Registration and Election Committee are informed , that the committee will in future meet at Mr . Tapp ' s , 37 , Skinner-street , Bishopsgate , on Monday evenings , ( instead of _Cartwriifht ' s Coffee House , ) at their usual time , until further notice . Nottingham . — A Meeting will be held at Mr , Smith ' s , Temperance Coffee House , Low Pavement , on Sunday morning , February 8 th .
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THE TEN HOURS' BILL . _TODMOItDEIs' . Lord Ashley visited this place on Wednesday night , and addressee ! the inhabitants in tbe Odd _Felloiis Hall , on the Ten Hours' Bill . The meeting was opened by the Chairman , the IW . II . Doughty , Incumbant of Walsden Church , in n neat speech , and resolutions were carried unanimously in favour of tlie Bill . Lord Ashley in supporting them , dwelt at great length upon the necessity of nbiding steadfast to the agitation until the Bill was carried , and not to allow the opponents of the measure to turn them from their object by sophistry or by the promise ofan agreement between masters and men . Tbe meeting was very numerously attended ; on tbe platform were many of the ministers and millowners , some of whom were no friends oi the Bill , who , however , offered no opposition to Lord Ashley ' s arguments .
HUDDERSFIELD . _Tetitions to Parliament in favour of a Ten Hours ' Factory Bill , are now in course of signature in Hudders . field .
ROCHDALE . On Thursday Evening ne had tho largest meeting ever held in this town in the Public Hall , to hear Lord Ashley and Sharman Crawford on the Ten Hours' Bill . Dr . Molesworth in tlie chair . Mr , Jacob Bright made some observations on foreign competition , which Lord Ashley replied to to the satisfaction ofthe meeting . The resolutions were carried with two dissentients . Hundred * could not get admission . The Delegatss in London . —On Wednesday morning a numb _.-r of _delegates from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire reached London for the purpose of promoting the bill now before Parliament . Thc delegates assembled in the evening at their lodging in Northumberland Court , Strand , when they determined on their course of action . There were delegates present
_representing thc _following plncts : —Manchester , Bolton , Oldham , Preston , Blackburn , Burnley , Accrington , Bury , Heywood , Rochdale , Halifax , Ashton , Todmorden _. Dukitifield , Stalybridge , Wigan , Chorley , Warrington . Stock _, port , Leeds , Bradford , and some other places in Lancashire and "Yorkshire . At this meeting the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That _tve , the delegates now assembled steadfastly to prosecute the passing ofan efficient Ten Hours' Bill for aU children and miners employed in factories , record It as our unanimous opinion that nothing short ofan efficient Ten Hours' Bill will satisfy our constituents ; and that our lahoiws whilst now in'London _shallbe strictly confined tothe promotion of the Ten Hours' Bill now before Parliament , ns brought in by Messrs . Fielden , Brothorton , and Aglionby . " * A chairman and secretary having been appointed , tho delegates separated .
_AsiiTo-s-cyni-n-LT-ss . —Nujieboos _MsEiiNo ov _OvertooaERS . —On Friday evening last , a meeting of the power loom overlookers employed at the mills in this district , was held at the Ashton Hotel , Market Place , for the purpose of discussing the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the Ten Hours' Bill . Ahout 120 overlookers were _pres' _-nt . Resolutions in favour o « the measure were unanimously passed , and a petition embodying them was adopted , which it was agreed that CHindle w Es < i _., M . r for tlte borough , should present .
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_Svjddkn Acquisition oi ? 30 ,. 6 OW . —Anextrao » d > nary and unexpected instance of good fortune has recently occurred to an elderly female , named M'Cormack , who has for some time resided in Coppice-row , a few doors from _Clerkenwell Workhouse , where she has contrived to obtain a decent maintainance-by vending in her small shop _vaj-kraa articles of confectionary . The old lady , who is upwards of sixty , o _*> Saturday received a letter from a solicitor , announcing to hep the death of an aged relative , who had resided _neau Aberdeen ( of whieh place Mrs . M'Cormack is a _bo , - tivc ) , and also that she had been , bequeathed property to thc amount of no less a _sam than £ 31 Y 0 QQ . Discovery or tub Body or an . Infant in Fi , _* bk'i > street . — The ( body of a full-grown _| fcmale child was found on Tuesday evening ,, about _half-pasS nine , in the passage close to the house , 183 . Fleet-street , by ' police sergeant Workman , C 6 . It was quite naked , and is supposed to , have been born , alive , and to have been dead two m three days .
_Awkul Suicide . —The following horrible Suicide has just taken place in the Quartier dc Breda , Paris : —A female was living in some style under tho Eroteetion oi a wealthy person , but the gentlcniftn aving _rea-on to bcliovo that she was unfaithful _^ lie called upon her and told her that he would ha ve nothing more to do with her . Before she could justify herself , or utter a remonstrance , thc gentleman turned his back and left tho room . After a moment's pause she ran to the stairs after him , and on treated hiiu to return . " No , no , " cried hu , harshly , " all is finished between us , " and he continued to descend . The poor girl wrung her hands in despair , and cried , " Ah ! I will bo at the bottom before you ! " As /! the was true to her word , for on quitting the / _HVuse he found the mangled corpse of his miatress weltering in blood on the pavement . The wretclK _* . ! girl had thrown herself from the window ,
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I _JjAUKST _iMtiWS . HOME . 1 Firb in tiik Metroboijs . —On Friday , a fire broke out in the tallow and wax-chandler manufactory of Mr . Green , 105 , Mount-street , _Grosrcnor-square . 'file engines were quickly set to work , and after some time , the fire was extinguished , but not before the workshop , melting-house , and stock were destroyed , and the furniture in the dwelling-house damaged . The loss is estimated to exceed £ 1 , 000 . Infanticide . —Yesterday morning the body of an infant was found floating in the river enclosed in a rush market basket .
Swwm . —On Friday an inquest waa held before Mr . Carter , at tlie Duchess of York Tavern , Batter * sea-fields , respecting the death of Maria Murray , aged eighteen . The deceased had been housemaid at Mr . Brian ' s , of Wand » worth-roud , where she termed an acquaintance with an engineer on the South Western railway , who lost his appointment and became very poor . This s > affected the deceased that she twice attempted suicide on Monday . At ' er recovering , site Bhowed signs of repentance ; but _haTtn-i ; been Mt alone , she escaped frora the house _, tate in the erening her body was found in a pond near the house . VerdictTemporary Insanity .
, _p _*/ 1 _* " * j > , " ~ The accounts received in Dublin on i nursday were more satisfactory . The markets are oeginning to recede , and in several instances the renet committees have come to the prudent resolution ol rendering themselves independent ofthe corn factors , by becoming importers themselves . Cork still preserves its unenviable notoriety in suffering . The _lorkLxammer , received this evening , gives commumcations from Kinsale , _Youghal , Gartrue , Skibbereen , Mallow , _Macroon , & c , in all of which destitution prevails to a fearful and almost incredible extent .
Scotland . —Famine Riots have _commtneed at Inverness ; fire carts ot grain , the first instalment of a shipment , were turned aside by a crowd oa Monday . At Evanton , where a grain ship was expected , the people waited on the beach for her arrival , and as night dre . v on , kindled a tire , in order to keep up their numbers . The vessel at last came , but had to go back as she came , without cargo . At Macduff an exporting ship was stripped of her sails ; and at Banff booms were put across the harbour to prevent ' _egress . Sail stripping was also resorted to at Gardenslown , but without effect ; and at Port Gordon the justices could not meet for tumult . A refractory special constable had also at the latter place , _totaketlie _^ oath fit the . ** obtofthe bayonet ; and , to concludorthe _catalogue , _af- 'Huiitiey _, _effigieST were burned , and the gas turned off .
FOREIGN . Francs . —Arrest of Communists . —The Gazette des Tribunaux states that fifteen persons belonging to a Communist Society , called Soci ' eiedes Mat ' _erialistes , have been arrested on charges ot " a very grave character . " Accounts continue to be received in Paris of the corn riots in the departments . The _Qnolidienne was seized on IVednesday , for what offence is not stated , Spain . —Formation of a Ministry . —The ministry wa 9 . definitively constituted on the evening ol the 28 th , as _follews : —President of fhe Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs , Due de _Sotomavor ; Grace and Justice , M . Bravo Murillo ; Interior , M . Sejag Lozino ; Public Instruction , M . Roca dc Togores ; Finances , M . Santillau ; War , M . Xavia ; Marine , M . Baldasano . Disorders continued to prevail in _mvarre and the Basque provinces . Emeutes had broken out at Tafalda _, Estella , _L-iviagu . and in the valley of Kschauri .
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UttMUfUL MUiUlMl AT DElUil . On Tuesday evening , at 5 o ' clock a horrible murderwas committed iu this _borott'h by a mm named Cross , who , after committing the crime , was in the act of escaping from his house , when he was captured by the police , and taken into custody . The person who h . _is committed this brutal crime is _Thomae *| Cro 8 s , ; a garelener , living in St . Peter _' s-street , and the obje cts of his cruelty were his wile and Mrs . Osborne , the wife of a baker , residing next door to him . Cross and his wife , it seems , were in their house alone , aad one of his daughters coming home , and not seeing _Jher mother ahout , attempted to go up stairs , when she wns prevented by the father , and an altercation took ( . lr . ee . The daughter instantly went to her next door neighbour ( Mrs . ' . Osborne ) , anr * asked her to go . in , ai ; d prevail upon her f . ither . »
permit her to see her mother . Mrs . Oshorne _. a : going to the house , was savagely attacked by Crest _, who stabbed her in the neck and face , nn _' _ti _irouJet have murdered her , had not the daughter _t-cized and pinioned his arms . An alarm was given , and Mrs . Osborne , while bleeding in the , most profuse manner , was conveyed into her house , and medical assistance was obtained . Tho wounds were found tu he of the must _seriou'character , the most formidable one _beinjin tlio internal carotid artery , _wl . ich was pierced close to the base ot tin skull . ' 1 his vessel _beiti" oue of the most important in the body , it was , i . l ' ter a consultati . n , agreed that Air . Featn should tie the artery lower down in ehe neck , which was successfully performed , aud the hemorrhage was arrested . Mrs * . _Osborne stillc ' _ontitit-ies alive . On searching Cross ' s house his wife was found with her throat cut , The poor creature lay upon a bed in the chamber on the first flior upitairn , and appealed to have sunk down
upon it , as her feet nearly touched lho floor . Der right hand was cut as if she had grasped the edge of a knife , and upon her wrist tiiere was a severe wound . One underneath her chin must havo caused instant death . The chamber floor had an immense quantity ef blood upon it , astbougli _^ omeonehad passed front the window , a _distance of " a yard and a half * to the bed , and the carpets were saturated with blood . The house was decently furnished for poor people , and on the table _opposite tho fire in the house place were a teaboard with two cups and saucers , and tlie crockery were party filled with blood . By the side of the teaboard lay two knives , one a clasp-knife , covered with blood , the one no doubt which Cross had used against _ivtrs . Osborne . The wretched man appears to have gone into a kitchen and washed his hands , one of which is seriously wounded . Mrs . Osborne was sufficiently sensible to depose to tho circumstances before the mayor , Mr . W . Eaton , but she lies without hope of recovery .
the inquest . _Ds-t-b ** , Wednesday , The inquest on the body ofthe deceased was commenced this afternoon , and was adjourned after tha reception of some evidence ( including that of the prisoner ' s daughter ) , which went principally to prove the attack upon Mrs . Osborne . _Derbv , Thursday . —The jury continued their enquiries , and heard the evidence of several witnesses . From the statements of Mr . Johnson , surgeon , who bad attended the prisoner , there can be but little donbt tbat the dreadful acts above desribed were done during a fit of derangement . The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder _against Thos . Cross . " The prisoner has been conim tied to gaol for trial at the next assizes .
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The Mancukstf . k Ltj . vc .-in _Hosi-hai . dk 8 TR 0 T £ d n \* Firk . — 'Ihis public institution was destroyed by lire on Thursday morning , and the lives ofthe house surgeon and four females , one of whom was the matron , who lived on the premises , were placed in considerable _jeopard The lire had originated in the surgery during the night , hut how it originated is not known , aud the inmates owe their escape to the accidental waking of the _fc-nvilo * servant abmt twenty minutes past five o'clock in the morning from a sense of suj ' ocation . _Shs gave the alarm tothe surgeon , aad aiterwarda to the matron ,. These parties cried for help through the windows , and short ladders , were brought and
placed under Muir _winda'iw , but not reaching to them bjt several yard ? , the sleeping roomsbeing in the third , or top . story . The surueon let himself du » n ( by tieing fae sheets of his bed together ) to tha ladder under his window ; and tho matron , _exeucisitig _woadeafsl presence of mind and steadiness fe ? a female , under the circum 3 _*» ncs , tied some sheets-together , acd * fastening "ne end to tho bottom _ofttho window sssb , out ef which -she broke a pane of glfess , lowered her _dautl \; er , tUe-3 ervant , and an agedifemalo _relative ,, successively dawn to one of the 8 ho _* st ladders , asd then followed herself , all _escapina in perfect safety . All wa 3 testroyed except the outer walls of iijc build ing . Tiiere were no- _patienta in tiie _host-eito ! at the time . in th
_^ AJii . v . t' \« iCR of Bread .- —On Tuesday , in consequence of * she sudden fall _e ? the price ot _ilour and . wheat a-. taa . vket , and the _aupplies of every _desouiption of _o-jja , the bakers at the West end reduced the -ilb . besfl bread to 9 Jd * _** _s * l 10 J ., and thu seeond raio 8 Jd . aad 9 d . in the Blackfriars-road . At Whitechapel and some other districts , good bread ean be obtained at 8 d . tho lib . loaf .
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T _11 _EA . TUE ROYAL MARY 1 . _T 3 BOSE . _PltOPRlETOH _, MU . _LOVERIDOE . LESSEE , H _» ' JOHN DOCGIASS . Engagement for a limited number of nights of Messrs . Coney and Blaneluu-J , with their astonishing dogs , Hector anel Bruin . O N MONDAY , _Tueselav , _Tliursil * y , and Satunlay , to commence with " _Sajinl-.-on , or the Deserter nud liw Dog , " supported bv Messis . _Co-. _u-y _, BUnchard , Cowle , Mrs . _Cainpbi-11 . v . uel ' . he- do ** , il _.-etor and Uruin . To be _foUftwoii i )>* _UiiT vwiulevfut touts ot the Jiou & Afwr whidt «« The Praula of a l _' rotty Page , " ta which
Miss _ilartiiu will appear . , . . . „ -.,. . . t ,. „ _* . To conclude on _ilumlay and _Saturday , with 1 he I * - - " - _° Su _Ssday and Thursday , afcer the / eaU of « 10 _> Iori family . Uw v . _vru . r . mncii ofthe _Pl . iladclph . a . i S _.-ie . " _'• _Swm-litd . * with that _^^«** ' _•^" . _l _' ' and _UXtmm l . y ° . ItalnVo , Holt . -.-.- ' - ' »¦<¦<* *¦¦ ? ««» " _»' ¦ _*» - _* - _** fat i lv aud co . elude with a popular drama . | in ! \ v " dtio " _d-. y . a v . ni . ty of entertainments _ll-r the benefit of Mr . J . * Hay ner .
Boxes 'li . ; Pit !* . ; Gallery Gel " . Doors open at half- * _asc Bis—Commence at _Seien _, Acting _tir . _llia- _-er , "Mr . T . Lee ,
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