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on that subject . It appeared to him that great injustice had been done to the petitioners in this . case , aid it appeared to huh also that the case of the corduroy trowsers bad nothing whatever to do with the question before the house . They had been told that the investigation of this matter by a committee was wholly needless . Now , on the contrary , It appeared to him that a deal of information was vet wanted , if not for legislation within the walls of that house , at least for the purpose of influencing public opinion out of doors . Hon . members were bound to recollect . that great numbers of the industrious population of this great town were employed in the very-useful trade of bakers , and that theire , as well as all other substantial grievance , ought to be looked into . He should most cordially support the motion .
Mr . S . _CRiWFonn thought that tho house ought not to turn a deaf ear to such complaints ; he should , therefore , vote for the motion of the noble lord . Lord R . _GnosvExon , in reply , said that the petitioners ought not to be held responsible for all that appeared iu the paper to which the hon . member for Manchester referred ; for they , like himself , had probably no more connexion with it than arose from taking it in . The house divided , when the numbers were—Por tbe committee _¦** Against it — Jj ' Majority -- ™
On the motion of Sir . R . Bulkeixy , a select committee was appointed to report upon all matters connected with the contract for the conveyance of the mails between Kingstown and Holyhead , and other matters relating to the engagements entered into by the Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company ; The amendments in committee ofthe Benefices in Plnrality Bill , and other amendments , were agreed to . WEDNESDAY , Mat S .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Slave-Grown Suoak . —Mr . F . O'Coxxor said that , agreeing with the Times of that morning , tbat " forewarned is forearmed , " he begged to put a question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , in order that aU sides ofthe house might bo " forearmed , " with regard to tbe subject to which he -was going to refer- He understood—though he did not say it upon an authority which the right hon . baronet eould not contradict—that it was the intention of thc noble lord tbe Prime Minister , to make the
proposition of the hon . member for South Essex ( Sir E . Buxton ) a question of confidence or no confidence in the government . It was also rumoured that a _message had been sent from Downing-street to the hon . member for the West-Riding ( Mr . Cobden ) , and the bon . member for Manchester ( Mr . Bright ) , requesting that they would not leave town for Manchester until after that question had been disposed of . He wished to give the right hon . gentleman an opportunity of stating whether these rumours were well founded .
Sir 6 . Gret was not sure that he quite understood the question of the hon . gentleman . If the question was whether any private communication had passed between the noble lord the First Minister ofthe Crown and certain members of that house , that was a question upon which he could give the hon . member no information . ( Hear , hear . ) His noble friend was not in the habit of communicating to him the contents of Ms private letters . ( Hear , hear . ) He could only say that he had never heard of any communication of the kind referred to before . . As to making the motion of tbe hon . member for South Essex a vote of confidence , he bad not even heard the subject mooted . ( Hear , hear . ) Irish Fisheries Bill . —Mr . C . Assiet moved the second reading of this bill , which was to consolidate or repeal the acts previously passed , and to assign to the Board of Works tbe supervision of all the fisheries on the coasts of Ireland .
Mr . Coxoixt moved tbat the bill be read a second time that day six months . Some discussion ensued , when the house divided : For the second reading 37 Against it 197—160 * Mr . Lact moved the second reading ofthe Extramural Interment Bill . He argued at considerable length in favour of his measure , presenting as it did considerable differences from the government proposition , founded upon the recommendation of the Health Committee . The railways , he urged , presented facilities for tbe transport ofthe funeral corteges , and would supply the means of enlarging the range of distance where _cemetries could be constructed for the use of the metropolis . The large area of ground required for the multitude of burials conld thus be obtained at a cheaper cost , and with a better _s-Jection of localities .
Mr . Labouchere moved that tbe bill be read a second time tbat day six months . A division then took place , when the measure was negatived by a majority of 12-3 to -4 . —The house rose at sis o ' clock , THURSDAY , Mat 9 th . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house then went into committee on the Police arid Improvement ( Scotland ) Bill . The bill , which contains upwards of 370 clauses , p assed through committee . The Court of Session ( Scotland ) Bill then passed through committee , as did the Railway Abandonment Bill . The house then went into committee on the Elections ( Ireland ) Bill .
Mr . Maurice O'Coxxeix moved the insertion of words at the end of clause 1 , enacting that Irish elections should in future be taken by ballot ; but the Chairman deciding that the motion was irregular in point of form , it was withdrawn , Mr . M . O'Conneil announcing that he should bring it on at the third reading . The bill passed through committee , its discussion having occupied the remainder of the night . Onthe motion for going into committee on the Factory Bill ,
Lord J . Masxe & s said that he agreed with Lord Ashley in the opinion he bad elsewhere expressed in favour ofthe Government plan , as far as regarded its framework , but there his approbation ceased ; and he announced that on bringing up tbe report he should move to substitute " half-past five" for " six o ' clock , " as the hour , of finishing work , which would be a means of really effectuating the objects of the bill . After a few words from Mr . _Aglioxbv and Sir George Gret , The committee was postponed till Monday . FRIDAY , Mat 10 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —AiiEOEn Bbibert . — Mr . F . O'Coxxor said that , seeing the hon . member for Meath ( Mr . H . Grattan ) in his place , he " wished to know whether that hon . gentleman had said at the Dublin Rotunda tbat he was offered £ 5 , 000 in that house for his vote ?
Mr . _GmirAS was understood to say that he had been incorrectly reported on the occasion in question . Mr . F . O'Coxxor , —I am glad to hear it . On the order of the day for the third reading of the Parliamentary Voters , < fce ., ( Ireland ) Bill . Sir J . Waish moved that it be deferred for six months , supporting his motion in a speech of considerable length , in which he drew an appalling pictare ofthe effects of the measure , which he characterised as revolutionary , warning English members that this was not more an Irish than an English question , and that the blow it must inflict upon the Irish Church would be felt by the Church of
England . He was replied to by Mr . Roche , who declared he had never heard better " reasons in favour of the bill than were contained in the speech of tbe hon . baronet . Col . RAwnos _, Lord Casilereaoh , Sir J . Graham , and Lord J . Russell supported the bill , and Mr . Disraeli opposed it . The house having divided , the amendment was negatived by 251 against 186 ; the bill was then read a third time and passed .
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"North _SiAFFORnsHiRE Misers . —A public meeting of miners was held in the People's Hall , Hanley , on Tuesday last , to hear the report of the Deputation , lately in London _holding interviews with her Majesty ' s Ministers , and the members of both Houses of Parliament , with a view of obtainin- * a law enforcing the better Yentilation of mines . Mr Grocott was called to the char , and the meetin _** was addressed by Messrs . Jude ,. from Newcastle _^ upon-Tyne , Richardson , Kelsey , and Daniells . The interesting statement ofthe Deputation gave great satisfaction . The followingresolutions were passed unanimously : —Moved by Mr . W . Daniells , and seconded by Mr . W . Kelsey , «« That this meeting pledges itself to agitate until the miners obtain protection in their dangerous labour , by Law , and
practical inspectors of mine 3 are appointed by government . " A vote of thanks was passed to Messrs . jude and Richardson , and after a vote of thanks to tho chairman , the meeting broke up . —Tlie Union is steadily progressing , and Messrs . Daniells and Kekey are elected to represent North Staffordshire , at the forthcoming Conference , about to be held at Wigan , on Whit-Monday . A public meeting has also been held here , and resolutions passed in favour of petitioning parliament for an eight hours , bill . Ths Bruassia BmnGE . —The engineers are now busily engaged in tbe preliminary preparations for -floating the parallel line of tube , the first great section of which it bas been arranged by Mr .
Stephenson , Captain Claxton _, and Messrs . Clark shall be turned round upon a fixed radius at one end , and swung into the excavations at the close of the month . " This initiatory operation , _expected to be a . very beautiful one , will have the effect of bringing tne tube 200 yards nearer its appointed position , but it will then , owing to its having been constructed at :, tkat . greater distance down the _™^ be . only in the position occupied by the _£ _^ 0 n their ft * 31 * starting * With this _adiWrt _^ _TS' tlie « _Peration will be a _counters' \ _££££ u . _*»*»*«»• Tbe final removal of mho ?• JS ? take - pIace oa the Wth and
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THE !" ¦ _PfiOTIsioNAL CdMUIXIEB OP ' , ' ' IHE National Charter Association met at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Thursday evening , May 9 th . Mr . J . Milne in the chair Letters containing money , & c ., were read from Truro , Hartlepool , Bristol , Paisley , Newport , Isle . of Wight , Bradford , Leicester , Gainsbro \ Chobham , Yarborough , and Derby . An address to the Chartist body , relative to the election of the Executive , was unanimously adopted . It was unanimously resolved : — " That in order to render the Kentish Chartist Demonstration effective , every person holding tickets forthe Gravesend Excursion must make a return of the number sold , together with the money for the same , to the Secretary , tothe Charter office , on or before Monday , May the 20 th . " The Committee then adjourned .
TUB PROVISIONAL COMUITIEE OF HIE NATIOHAl CHARTED ASSOCIATION TO TUE DEMOCRATS OF THE TJMTKD _KLVGDOJT . TRACT FUND . The Provisional Committee ofthe National Charter Association , deeply impressed with the paramount importance of propagandising those principles advocated in the People ' s Charter—and in accordance with ihe expressed wishes conveyed from many large towns of England—have determined to establish a fund expressly devoted to the * distribution of Tracts throughout the length and breadth of theland .
It is a lamentable fact that great masses of the population are entirely ignorant of the principles laid down iu thc Charter ; and , therefore , are not cognisant of the methods we advise for the attainment of their own rights and privileges . Our enemies' policy bas ever been to falsify the doctrines of the Charter and to vilify the motives of those wbo are struggling to obtain it ; their means have been extensive and ample , whilst , as yet , the resources ofthe people's leaders have been comparatively insignificant and deficient . - _
But now , the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association are resolved that , should they meet with the country's approval and support in their proposed undertaking , to pour Tracts ; explanatory of the doctrines contained in the Charter , into every city , town , village , hamlet , and , if possible , into every house , cottage , and hut within the British dominions . Thus the poison so liberally and abundantly instilled into the minds of the ignorant , by those who are antagonistic to the people ' s freedom , will at length be met and rendered harmless by an antidote .
The manufacturing inhabitants of large tewns have many opportunities of _becoming acquainted with the points in that document which we are struggling to make the law of the land ; but suoh is not the case with the agricultural portion of the community , scattered" as it is over wide tracts of land , isolated and distant from the great multitudes of their fellow-creatures who are centralised in cities and towns . The reasoning of tbe platform seldom reaches the ear ef the agricultural labourer ; and the only sentiments he can entertain , are those instilled into his mind by landlords and parsons , —a class of gentry little qualified to expound political or social freedom to advantage . Could Tracts but find their way to the hearth of the labourer , he would study their contents , ponder over their reasoning , and weigh to the utmost of his ability , the
justice of their arguments : so that the inevitable result would be an addition to the ranks of those who , founding their demands upon the common sense of Man , only ask for such privileges as nature intended us all ' to enjoy . " Words pronounced upon the platform -can but reach the ears of a few ; whilst printed Tracts would probably be read by millions . The immense and glorious progress of the Socialist cayse in France is more attributable to the wide circulation of Tracts than to the enthusiasm displayed at public meetings . The agricultural labourer , after a day of toil , has neither strength or energy to attend distant and perhaps lato assemblages ; out at home , by his own hearth , he could digest the _unanswerable arguments lucidly explained in the Tract before him .
Convinced of the urgent necessity now existin g for the adoption of a speedy and extensive system of Chartist propagandism , the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association call upon the British nation for aid in their endeavours to achieve this great step towards emancipating the working classes * . they implore all persons now enjoying greater facilities for studying political reasoning than those who , by the force of circumstances , are debarred all ncquiremnent of useful _knowledge , to assist the Committee in providing snch means as will educate the humbler classes of tbe community in the glorious principles comprised in the People ' s Charter .
A distinct fund has been established , called thc " Tbaci Fuxd _, " to which contributions are earnestly requested . Subscriptions received at the Charter office . ( Signed ) E . _SiAtLwoon , G . W . M . Retnolds , J . Grassbt , E . Mixes , T . Bnow . v , J . Milse , IV . Daviss , G . J . _Harnet . John Arnott , Secretary .
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_Sheffieu ) . —Mr . Otley lectured here on Sunday eveninjj last . It was resolved , " That Mr . O'Connor be invited to visit Sheffield as early as convenient . " Leicester . —At a meeting ot the Chartists of this town on Sunday List , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That Air . O'Connor be invited to pay us a visit as soon as convenient with his other arrangements . " " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . G . W . 31 . Reynolds for his manly conduct in the late Conference . " " That 10 s . be sent to the Executive Committee for the agitation of the People ' s Charter . "
Isle of Wight . —The Chartists of this place have passed resolutions declaring their support of the National Charter Association ; thanks to the Provisional Committee ; and 10 s . _towards carrying on the Chartist Agitation . Brighton . —At the weekly meeting held on Monday last , Mr . Fiest in the chair , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Hamper , and uuanimously adopted : — " That we , the members of the National Charter Association , acknowledge no man as leader , but that we have full confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and that gentleman has tho confidence of the working classes of Brighton , which was fully demonstrated at the late public meeting held at the Town-ball , when Mr . O'Connor was present ; and we shall be most happy to receive a visit from him in his intended tour .
_Gnui-Kwicn and Deptford . —A special meeting of the commitee , was held at Mr . Sweetlove _' _s room , Bridge-street , Greenwich , on Monday evening , May Cth—Mr . Brewinton in the chair—when the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —" That a meeting be held on Monday next , May 13 tb , at the above house , for the purpose of electing the council for the next three months . " Several cards were taken out , and the meeting adjourned . Bristol . —It is the intention of the Chartists of the city to invite Messrs . O'Connor and Reynolds to a public meeting for the advancement of Chartism . This subject will form thc special business at the meeting on Monday evening next , at 7 , Castle Mill-street . A numerous attendance is looked for . Leith . —Mr . Tomlinson has lectured iu this place with great success . _Caxtos . —The Chartistsof this place have adopted and forwarded a memorial for the liberation of Ernest Jones , and all other political prisoners .
. _FissBuar _Localit ** . —On Sunday last—Mr . _Liresiy in tho chair—Mr . Bezer gave an : instructive lecture to a crowded audience , at the Old Dol p hin , Old-street , St . Luke ' s , which gave general satisfaction , and a voto of thanks was given to Mr . Bezer for his services . Moved by Mr . A . Fuzzen , seconded by Mi" . Livesay : — " That this locality take in Mr . O'Connor ' s forthcoming National Instructor , and that the profits derived therefrom go to the local funds . " Moved by Mr . Fenaell , seconded by Mr . R . Fuzzen : —" That _soloDgas Mr . O'Connor adheres to the National Charter Association so long he will continue to enjoy our confidence , but we reserve to ourselves the i _* i _? ht to discuss Mr . O'Connor ' s acts , and comment thereon , approving if correct , and disapproving if incorrect . " Several new members were enrolled , and the meeting adjourned to Sunday evening , May 12 th . _Cbipflegate _LocALirr . —At the weeklv _ineetinc
of the members the following resolutions were agreed to : - «• That we respectfully ask Mr . O'Connor to at once identify himself with the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association , and not allow himself to be stultified bv the Parliamentary Reformers ; and that wo beg his attendance at the Excursion on "Whit Tuesday , to take part in the public meeting at Gravesend . " Moved by Mr . Brisck , and seconded by Mr . Brown :- " That the w _^„„ l _? _v" l 6 c ? Ht _- he tendered to Mr . Julian 5 _S _^ S ? ? , 'V lly exposure of the proceedings _SrSL _^ A ? 0 _nSere ? C 0 of the Middfe-class Reformers , and also for his observations on the _con-» _Af _« ! i ; w _^ ' M'Grath , " and Clark . " It was announced that Mr . Bezer would lecture at the Bricklayer 3 Arms , Somers Town , and that Mr . Davis would lecture at the Dolphin Old-street , St . _^ t ' , ° _^ - _^ : The mcetinE t _^ _n adjourned till the Uth instant . '
Mosomekt to Williams , Sharpe , asd Dai-shard . —The question has frequently been asked is this monument yet erected ? We regret being compelled to answer in the negative ; not from any fault oftho mason , his work' as far as possible , bavin" been ready these five months past . The * inscri ption desired to be placed on the monument was placed in the hands ofthe gentlemen of the Cemetry Board
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iu _NoremBer _^ last , and , altho . ugh such an inscription is riot a whit stronger than others inscribed . on tombs ih _Bunhill-fields burial ground , or the chr irch yards of _^ Hamriier 8 mith and Aldgate , yet we learn that it has been referred to a , higher quarter ; arid on Messrs . Stallwood arid Cox , the deputation , attending at the Board-office , on Tuesday , the _-fth _insl ., they were referred to the ; Cemetry-offlee . When they arrived there they were courteously , informed that no instructions had been given , arid a letter to the board was , on their account , forwarded ) requesting an immediate reply . We learn with regret that thc subscriptions aro yet deficient some six or seven pounds , which we trust our Democratic brethren will not fail to subscribe forthwith . '
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THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .
Brother Democrats , —As most of you are fully cognisant of the past , we shall not attempt to recapitulate the chequered scenes and the stormy blasts which " The good old ship , the Charter'' has encountered , in her hitherto boisterous passage—our purpose in now addressing you , is to call your serious attention to the present position and prospects ofthe Chartist movement . Tou are aware thatthe Provisional _Coriimittee was called into existence under rather
peculiar circumstances ( to which we shall not further allude ) on "Wednesday , February , 27 th , 1850 . "We most cheerfull y accepted the responsibilities of office , and resolved to use our humble abilities , and utmost energies , in col lecting the scattered elements of . Chartism , and , by concentrating them into one solid bond of unity , thereby lay the foundation for a firm and glorious Democratic superstructure . Thus actuated , we proceeded to develope as vigorous a policy as was practicable , considering the limited period-of our term of office , and the means at our disposal . How far we have succeeded to your satisfaction , we will leave for you to testify .
Asa Provisional Committee , oar term of office expires on Monday , the 27 th inst . It will consequently be your duty to eiect a permanent executive to direct the organisation from the above date , till May 1851 . "We regret to _Btate , that under present circumstances , it is impossible that the 5 th clause in the constitution , which says : — " The government of the Association is vested in an Executive Committee , consisting of five members , receiving salaries for their services , " can be
earned out in consequence of a want of funds . Thus circumstanced , it is for you , brother Chartists , to determine whether you will continue the appointment of an unpaid Committee , or permit the organisation thus far accomplished to fall to pieces , as "will ha the case if an attempt is made at present to carry out the letter of the 5 th clause . We call on yov , to decide , and to send such decisions to the Secretary , on , or before Wednesday , the 22 nd inst .
At the expiration of our tenure of office , a balance sheet of the receipts and expenditure during that time , will be submitted to the members . In relation to our future prospects , we may observe , that while we are of opinion that veritable Democracy never held so high a _position as at present , we are confident , that by pursuing a discreet , but energetic course" and
by keeping the Chartist body intact as the great army of progression , we cannot fail to advance , having political emancipation and social rights as the great objects in view , impressing all the mind and intelligence we possibly can into our ranks ; and combining therewith , energy , determination , aud unity of action , we are confident that victory will , ere long , crown our endeavours .
In conclusion , divisions we repudiate and condemn ; bickerings and petty jealousies , with their withering influences , we deplore ; those who malign us we pity , and advise to become better men ; to leadershi p we do . not aspire ; the charge of conspiracy we emphatically deny , * and with all sincere and honest reformers we will most cheerfull y co-operate . Trusting that our Chartist brethren will
forthwith respond to these few words , and thereby secure the continued working of the new plan of organisation , We are , Brother Democrats , , Tour Faithful and Willing Servants , Thomas Brown , William Davies , James Grassby , G . Julian Harney , Edward Miles , John Milne , Edmumd Stallwood . G . W . M . Reynolds , Treasurer .
John Arnott , Secretary . * 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . May 9 fch , 1850 . N . B . —Only paid up members are eligible to be elected , and only such can vote in the election .
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* Tbe following was received by the secretary this mornins : — 2 fi , Leaper-street , Derby . May 8 th , 1850 . Dear Sm—Some of our members object joining _becaust ( they tay ) they have had information from certain , parties in London , that the Provisional Committee arc secret ]] conspiring to overthrow Mr . O'Connor . I should like yog to deny this ( if untrue ) through the Star and _Reyimtts ' i Weekly Newspaper of Saturday next Mr . John Arnott . Vi . L , Faiee .
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THE HONESTT FUND . IO FEARGUS O ' CONNOB , ESQ ., M . P . Mr _deau O'Connor .- —Excuse me , humble and illiterate as I am , in attempting to address you my feelings overcome me , or I would not . I have read the proceedings of tbe late trial between yoa and Mr . Bradsbaw , of Nottingham , in the Star and other papers , and I confess I never read of a more unjust judge , prejudiced jury , and perjured witnesses in my life . I read Mr . Sweet ' s letter in the - Star , and thank him for his manliness . The evidence of Mr . Edward Ross , of Nottingham , was utterly false , inasmuch as he said he heard Mr . O'Connor speak in Nottingham market-place at the election , and say " He ( Mr . O'Connor ) could put all
the land members on the land m six years , if he was elected . Now , what reasonable man could suppose you could put them on the land any sooner , though jou were elected ? Did they suppose that money would jump into your pocket by magic ? I heard you deliver the same speech above mentioned , but I heard no suoh words fall from your lips . This I heard you say : I could put all the members on the land in six years if I had the money , for I could as easily build 1 , 000 cottages in a year as 100 . Now , this Edward Ross was a member of tho "Framework Knitters' Committee , endeavouring to elevate them in the scale of society , while he allowed himself to
be made a tool of by Bradshaw against a whole nation—for Mr . O'Connor ' s cause is a nation ' s cause . If the welfare of England had depended oii this gentleman ' s evidence , false as itwas , and sunk an innocent and oppressed people still deeper in the depths of misery , their curses light upon him '" Sir , I subscribe my mite weekly towards the expenses incurred by the action , and I shall continue to do 80 until tho -whole debt is paid , and then 1 will not forsake you . Even your bitterest enemies are obliged to say , your character is unimpeachable ; and from this I am the more wedded to you , _a-ad will forsake you never ! never !! never ! ' ' Yours in the cause of Liberty , Carlton . Samuei , Hudson .
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MEDALS OP JAMES MORISON , TIIEHYGKIST , AND GREAT MEDICiL REFORMER / May be had of all the Agents for the sale of Morison ' s Pills . _WUOB ONE SHIXMJfO EACH . In Bronze , 10 s . 6 d . ; in Silver , 2 * . ; in Gold , 18 * . JAMES MORISON , the ttt-f t-uvi - _i-ot-at H '" o St _Proclaimed—JTHE IMMORTAL lstly . _-That the vital prin-*"" _nt-3-rt . Tr ciple is k tlle Wood . __ _U A R V E Y 2 _n-il y . _ That all diseases arise _Irn-m iuspuritv of tlie PROCLAIMED THE Wood . P ur" _* / _Srdly . — That such im-CIRCULATION OF THE purity can only be eradi . _„ r _™~ jated by a purgative siiclr as _B-uOOD . . Morison's Vegetable ' , Universal _Meflioine of the British College of Health , New-• . ¦ road , London ,
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Polish Refugees . —The eig hteenth annual ' r aeeting of the Literary Association of the friends of Poland took . place on Friday , with the presidont , Lord D . Stuart , in the chair . It was stated in tbe report that there were still upwards of . 400 Polish refugees in England . ' - ' . "
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'' Ai _overflowing meet _^ g _^; convened , by the above _^ body , was-held ; at !> the , Literary and Scientific Institution , . _John-street ,-. Fitzroysquare , - on Tuesday evening , May the / t _"* to congratulate ' the ' Democratic Socialists : ot France on their recent electoral triump hs 111 _^ departments of the Seine and Saone-et-Loire . - •¦' ¦ ¦ ' _,, ' , ' - Mr . D . W . Ruff y wad unanimously called
to'tlie chair , and . said : they had met fortbe purpose of rejoicing at the success oftherroletarians of France , ; and . to let their tyrants know that they sympathized with their continental brethren ; and to let the tyrants here also know that they are detested . ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman read the following apology for the non-attendance of Mr . G . u . M . Reynolds : — Newspaper and UisceUany Office , 7 , Wellington-street North , Strand , May 7 th , 1850 .
Mr Deab Citizen , — I deeply regret that I shall be unable to attend the meeting at _John-strcet this evening . Press of business alone prevents me : and I regret this the more , because it would have given me such infinite delight to meet the real veritable democrats for the holy purpose of celebrating the glorious triumph of our principles in France , in the election of Eugene Sue . I beg to forward a guinea towards tho funds of the Fraternal Democrats ; and I hope the meeting will be a bumper . I remain , my dear oitizen _, yours faithfully and fraternally , Geokqe W . M . Revnoids . T _« tho Chairman , & e . , & c . The reading of this letter was greeted with loud cheers ., _ - _ _ ' ¦
The chairman then introduced Mr Gerald Massey , who was much applauded , and said , when the tyrants bound old Galileo to the stake for say ing tho world revolved round the sun he winced ; but when the cords wereunlbos _' ed , he exclaimed : — "It does move for all that ; " and notwithstanding all that modern tyrants could inflict—progress moves for all that . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Massey then moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting recognizing * the fraternity of nations ' - as no vain phrase , but a vital and eternal fact , and considering that a conquest gained by the peop le of one country is a victory for the people of every other land , hails with
exultation the triumphs ofthe French Democracy , in the elections of the 10 th of March , and 28 th of April . And this meeting , regarding tbe preservation of Universal Suffrage as tbe great bulwark ofthe French Republic , and guarantee for universal , political , and social progress , trusts that the French people will defend their natural aud constitutional rights by any , and every means , _agaust the dark designs and atrocious projects of the royalist and money-mongering conspirators who aim , tlirougli the destruction of Universal Sufirage in France , at the prolongation of the slavery and misery of the people of all nations . " Mr . Massey said
" Freedom forges her links from adverse fates ;" The hypocritical tyrant the Pope , had come back , but freedom should come for all that . ( Hear , hear . ) In Paris , Leclerc , whose only claim to the suffrage was , that in June , 1848 , he had fought against the people—had been defeated by the Socialist-Democrat , Eugene Sue . ( Great applause . ) The middle classes of France were like the Cobdens of England , in favour of unlimited competition , which meant everything for those who had the power to take , and nothing for those who produce , and yet are powerless . The next revolution would strike at the root of the Upas
tree . ( Loud cheers . ) Socialism had begun to make its way in England ; but capitalists said there are not means enough to employ all , but they forget that there's the land in prospective _. They call the People canaille , but he would remind them of what the Honourable Sidney Smyth had written on that subject . [ Mr . Massey recited passages from Mi * . Smyth ' s Poem , amidst great applause . ] The first French revolution had doubtless done ita work , and so did that of 1830 , tout it was only to raise the bourgeoisie a step higher . That of 18-18 brought power to the people , whilst the insurrection of June was the commencement of
the industrial struggle , when the proletarians exclaimed , " If we cannot live working we will die fighting ; " and he repeated , the next revolution would strike at the root , and establish the rights of industry . ( Immense cheering . ) The proletarians had this consolation in their struggle—if they do not make their condition better , it cannot be much worse . How long would Englishmen- continue to erect palaces and live in hovels ? "Would they ever consent t P be pauper slaves , and continue to
. "Rattle their bones over the stones , Being only paupers whom nobody owns V A celebrated Spartan once caught a mouse , and it bit his thumb so severely that he set it free , when he exclaimed : " Thank Heaven there is no animal so contemptible but may gain its liberty , if it will only contend for it . ' ' ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . W . Davis , in seconding the resolution , said he was sure there was not a man in that assembly but felt himself exalted by the return of Eugene Sue . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Sorle—the " Caustic" of the Dispatch—at the National Hall , had said ho rejoiced in the return of Eugene Sue ; but not on account
of Socialism or Communism , but because of its being " an exhibition of the loyalty of the peoplo to the Republic . But he ( Mr . Davis ) looked at it in a different way . He looked at it as a protest of the workmen against the rampant tyranny of capital . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought it would be well if a good understanding prevailed amongst tbe Proletarians of the whole world . In fact , ho wished tbat a universal language prevailed . Mr . Davis said this was the first meeting oftho Fraternal Democrats he was ever present at . He was pleased with tlieir earnestness , and hoped that the day was not far distant when kings and queens would be unknown , ( Applause . )
Mr . W . Cooper said , one of tho speakers had wished a universal language prevailed ; and this _meeting exhibited its love of universality . The Fraternal Democrats , too , exclaimed , " That all men are brethren . " It had been said , the French were their natural enemies ; but it was not so . Robert Nicol had very properly said— .
. " Never ask whether a man be a Christian or Jew , If he be but honest and true . " The press said the people were vulgar and brutal . It was well to acknowledge tliat ignorance had caused them to hunt down some of tho best men that had ever lived . Robert Burns had" said , " I admit the ignorance , but what ofthe learned ignorant ? " ( Loud cheers . ) The " learned ignorant " had handed over the people to those spiritual policemen , the priests , who had kept them in darkness , and then said they were unfit for the exercise of power . ( Hear , hear . ) It was high tim 6 that knowledge was acquired j but that knowledge was a
knowledge oi their nature—of science—and , especially of their own hearts—a knowledge to extend their rights and liborties . ( Cheers . ) Let them never forget the article in the Advertiser . ' "That paper was designated the "tap tub ; " and , remember , if the people ceased to use the " tap , " the " tap tub" must cease to exist . But , after all , these charges against tbe masses , the working people were the source of a nation ' s greatness . ( Loud cheers . ) Tlie Great Teacher of the World had put matters on their proper footing when he said , — " He who will not work , neither shall ho eat . " But the needlewomen—who were their mothers and sisters -did
" Stitch _,. stitch , stitoh—Till their fingers were wea ry and worn " and yet thoy were clothed in " unwomanly rags . " No wonder the people should be ignorant when such writers as Mr . Serle—tho Caustic of the Dispatchhad dared to call the brave men , who , in their blouses , covered with blood an d dust for three nights , protected the property of their oppressors" Cannaille , the rabble of tho gutters of Paris , & c , "
but he cared not for the sneer of a hireling press . Ho liked the people , and he liked his country . He could never forget that this was theland of Chaucer , Sponcer , Milton , Shelly , and Burns . ( Loud cheers . ) Then let them purify their souls by drinking deeper at the fountain of tliose glorious spirits ; so should genuine - 'freedom progress , democracy flourish , Socialism abound , and then , when : ! theydied , they would be cheered with tho consolation , that they left tho world a much better place than they found it , ( Tremendouscheering , )
Bkontbrre O'Brien came forward , loudly applauded , to support the motion , and said , after the poetic fire bf . Waller Cooper it required some little courage to address them , especially as ho was a plain prose man . He agreed with Walter Cooper , that men were the cause of much of their ? own misery _^ ; but he did not think this the time to allude to that , wheh the middle classes of France wero
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about tp „ eommit one of the most atrocious crimes . They ** _werV , " thefe " to & i &' _^^ _in"prevehtihg '' tlie-midd ] e classes : _frbm ; putting ; down democracy all over Europe , ' and ; to congratulate their . brave Parisian neighbours ion ; their recent : victory ; but iij Some week' or ten days hence , _- < they might hear of the _capitail ' of _^ France being deluged with the blood of tliese ' brave men . . The press admitted , that a more peaceful election ( had never ocourred . in England , than that which had just terminated in the election of Eugene Sue ;< but no sooner had the result ef this election transpired , - than the President called the heads of all parties together , to _consulton what were the best means for destroying the Constitution ofthe Republic ' Now ,-were he ( Mr . O'BrienUnd MM I III I atrocious crimes
the people _. to conspire to put down the English Con-1 stitution , they would- be handed over to the laws for yrosecution , and the press would demand the sacrifice of their lives on the scaffold —( cheers)—but in this matter of tho French Republic the press abets the conspirators . They might depend upon it , that should the conspirators go on with their diabolical design , all France would run with human gore—every village , city , town , and hamlet , would become scenes of blood and fire —it was threatened already . The brave French peoplo rather than be robbed a third timo oftlie fruits of their Republic , would set fire to the property of the ric h throughout the country . ( Cheers . ) This was agains t his principles j but a French
evening paper , had dared calling the people—the 128 , 000 who had voted for Eugene Sue—Cannibals , and had said , " if they rem ained in their lair they must be extinguished , and if they came out they . must be cut to pieces . " If they resolved on such a course as this , then should he say , such a contemplated wholesale cold blooded butchery ofthe people would justify the deeds he had alluded to , and he should glorify tho act . ( Tremendous and long continued cheering . ) There were two millions of men in France who understood their sooial rights , and were determined not to be put down by a set of fellows with quills behind their ears . What were the acts of petty criminals , who sacrificed their lives in expiation of their _offencos , when compared
to those monster criminals who took tbe land from thepeople , and thereby destroyed thousands of lives by hunger ; created misery and discontent , and then hired assassins to murder them ? Yet these fellows dared to deny the right of the people to a vote Why , so help his 600 , the peoplo had one thousand times a better right to vote than any of these fellows could make out for themselves . _Proudhon's _papej had'told the National Assembly that if it destroyed Universal Suffrage it sanctified the right of insurrection ; and since that period , La Voix du Peupie had never been allowed to appear—it had been suppressed , and he believed that all the papers , with tho exception of a government one , wouid be muzzled . Look at that crew of fellows who had met at Crosby Hall , with their hypocritical
pretence of respect and sympathy for the working classes , yet refusing to receive deputations from the National Charter Association and National Reform League-the cheese-paring ; , candle-end saving , long hour exacting set of devils ! ( Laughter . ) Humphrey Parry said , " They did not sit there to hear Chartism or Socialism . " Joseph Hume , too , had said , " If the Ton Hours Bill passed , it would interfere with the sacred right of capital . " Such were their Political and Financial Reformers . These were fair specimens of the middle classes of all nations _; but when these men came amongst them , let them be at once told they only represented the fag-end of capital . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them ( the meeting ) not be diverted from their purpose , but push onward for their political and social rights . ( Great cheering . ) The meeting was then addressed Mi * . J . J . Bezer and Mr . Leno , after which
Julian Harney who , on coming forward to speak in support of the resolution , was received with the most hearty cheering , said , that too often they had had to meet to express sympathy for the defeated friends of freedom—to offer consolation to the exiled and dungeoned champions of liberty—and to pay homage to the memories of the sainted martyrs who , overpowered by their enemies , had laid down their lives on the scaffold , and sealed , with their blood , their devotion to the great principle of equality . Now they had assembled under happier auspices—to congratulate the democracy of France on their glorious victories in tho elections of tbe 10 th of March and the 28 th of April . ( Cheers . ) The Red Republicans of the Saone et Loire , wbo
had returned the whole of their candidates , in the March election , by a majority of 14 , 000 , had re peated their victory by an immensely increased majority , ( Applause . ) The majority in the Assembly having , by a factious vote , unseated the representatives for that department ; thc insult thereby given to the people , had put them on their mettle , and the result had been seen in the triumphant re-election of the Red candidates by a majority of 24 , 000 votes . ( Great applause . ) The election of Eugene Sue was another glorious victory . ( Renewed applause . ) They would remember the desperate efforts mado by the Ordermongers to prevent the election of Carnot , Tidal , and De Flotte . They broke up the electoral meetings of thepeople ,
prosecuted their journals , and calumniated their candidates . Carnot was painted as the apostle of ignorance ; Vidal as the advocate of spoliation ; and De Flotte as the incarnation of anarchy and bloodshed . But intimidation , persecution , and calumny all failed , and the chosen men of the people were elected . ( Cheers . ) The atrocious tactics of the Ordermongers were employed with increased violence on the occasion of the election of the 28 th of April . Without waiting for the passing of any law , the Government prohibited the electoral meetings ofthe democrats—prohibited the sale of all journals in opposition to the ruling powers—expelled from Pans numbers of unfortunate men whose only crime was the want of employment—and , lastly , set all
their hireling scoundrels iu the press to write down the character of Eugene Sue . He included in this list of hireling scoundrels the writers in the English daily papers , who had also joined in the canting howl against Eugene Sue on tbe alleged immorality of his writings . Without pretending to a very intimate acquaintance with the writings of that popular author , he ( Mr . Harney ) would venture to affirm that there was more real immorality in a single page ofthe Times than in all the writings of Eugene Sue put together . ( Cheers . ) The immorality of the Times and suoh papers consisted not merely in giving columns upon columns of the filthy details of disgusting trials—though that was bad enough—but what was of more importance , in
giving support to a system which was the main creator of immorality . What could be more immoral than day by day to labour by lying and slandering to maintain the ascendancy of the enemies ef humanity , and to destroy the friends and champions of justice ? ( Applause , ) Most likely Eugene Sue was like all other writers—not faultless , buthe deserved the approbation ofthe suffering millions of overy land , wero it only for his enunciation of the great truth , that "No one has a right to superfluities while others want the necessaries of life . " That principle was as good for England as for France —( hear , hear)—and he ( Mr . Harney ) would go further , and say that those who at present enjoyed superfluities had no right even to the
necessaries of life . ( Renewed cheering . ) Unless a man added to the common store he had no right to take from that store ; and he would tell the readers of tho ' Times , that thousands , and tens of thousands in England , were inspired with the same conviction . ( Continued cheering . ) Well , notwithstanding terrorism and calumny — notwithstanding the devilish doings of that wretch , Carlier , who deserved to swing on a gallows as high as that , oa which Haman was hanged , Eugene Sue was triumphantly elected . ( Great cheering . ) This popular victory had driven the Ordermongers to avow their determination to destroy Universal Suffrage . It was a great fact ,. that tho rich were always cither tyrants or rebels . In this country
thoy _professed to monopolise all loyalty , and at the Mansion House they stuffed and guzzled to testify their attachment to tbe Queen . But let Queen Victoria show herself able and willing to take the lead of the great body ofthe people , in their pursuit of equal rights and equal laws , and forthwith the loyalty of the loyalists would evaporate . They would rebel against both Queen and people . So in France , as long as the rioh believed thoy could turn Universal Suffrage to their own accouut thoy professed loyalty to the Republic ; but now they found thepeople determined to exercise the Suffrage for their own protection , the traitors threw away all disguise , and avowed themselves in robellion against the' Constitution . After the election of
the first Assembly , the second Assembly , and that ofthe " Special" President , the enemies of democracy chuckled over the folly of the people , and hugged themselves with the belief , that under cover of Universal Suffrage they might establish a more grinding tyranny than had ever before existed . Awakened from that delusive dream they were now furious for the destruction of Universal Suffrage . Yes , the defenders of " Law and Order" were conspiring to subvert the law , and plunge France into the anarchy of a frightful civil war . Ho must repeat the atrocious words in which the conspirators avowed * their dark and damnable designs . The Patrie said , " Wo aro surrounded by cannibals . If they remain in tlieir lair thoy must be extinouished .
it tbey come out they must be CUT TO PIECES !" By the" cannibals" were meant tho working menthe democracy—and this miscreant advised , that if they remained quiet they were to be extinguished , that is , deprived of the Suffrage , and condemned to hopeless political and social slavery . If , on the other hand , they dared to dofend their sacred right —a right guaranteed by the Constitution—then they were to bo cut to pieces—murdered by wholesaleconsigned to pitiless massacre . ( Expressions of horror . ) lie said the people of Paris would be justified in destroying thc ofhco ofthe Patrie , razing the houso to the ground , and tearing , limb from limb , the writer of the atrocious words he had repeated . ( Great -sheering . ) There was nothing move indisputable than that tho Constitution guaranteed to
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the French _people-TTniversal Suffrage / _lv _^ stitution _-declarear . ; that ; -the : Suffrage _shoijiA universal and direct , enjoyed by all men of _'* , » ' - one years of ige ,. unrestricted by any _proper , ¦ tax-paying qualification . Buonaparte and hi . 1 * designed to disfranchise , at least" one-third Jr French people , and fully one-half . of the dwell-, 3 towns . Although he had . the woM ' _posgibleojftof Buonaparte , he ( Mr . Harney ) believed Q be too inibecile and two cowardly to have vendon his present course had he not been pushtup by the financial aristocrats , and he prayed ftthose conspirators might reap the jus t re » a _* _- their crimes . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho held in his l _* iue ni / 1 _jjogu ui _nuica the ¦ _^ n _* _. _?^ _' _? " _^ _: _?^* . > ,
a pampniet , on _-.- _jj-j *' charged with having recommended " privat e ai ? sination . " That calumny had been levelled aw * * him by Thomas Clark . * ( Hisses and groans . _)^ calumniator had founded his accusation on words written by him ( Mr . Harney ) some dW ago , to the effeotthat ' " Most probably it wouldbeon the barricade that the defenders of i , ** would henceforth combat tyranny thev _^ rather fall on the employers of the _' soWierv _^ combat not the instruments of thc tvranti _i' li tyrants themselves on their own hearths- ' ,, ( cheers . ) The pamphleteer had affeL ( f * horror , and asked what must have been f i _^ Harney ' s ) state of mind when h _?! JS t jt 1
™ - lie would answer , perfect v cZ _** And now with as much coolness as it Le ° _" ° _H 0 command while contemplating _heatroL _? _^ pracy of the French Ordermongers _UT > that sentiment . ( Immense cW ' _inir 1 ep _^^ before in this world ' s history , did a _2 _'if - _S so openly and unblushincly _consnirnffi ? _}^ of the lives and _libertlW _^^^ S _?^ tors ot the St . Bartholomew in _£ cro l _^ - ! stealthily and secretly to tho 6 XCcuL _» " _"Jft , ' i _. dared » ot S ?& ° _^ unti they had their knives at the _/> of their victims ; but at this ZJ _}^ conspirators against tho French iff " _» openly and avowedly making _preparation- **¦ _* _*"
the doom they designed for _rhrpeXie . _^ _RBS cheering . ) They calculated on thearmy ¦ Z _, _t believed they would find themselves deceived Tt » threatened to remove the government from ' Pi , ? and set up the standard of civil war ; if thev did instead of haying Paris only in insurrection the , would have all France in arms against them . AVte then could they do ? Call in the Russians . Heaven send they would do so . ( Loud cheers . ) The Cos sacks would never reach the Rhine—Germany won ]' be their battle-field and their grave , ( Great cheer . ing . ) The democrats of Germany , Hungary , Poland ' and Italy would rise again , and , aided by the Re publican legions of France , would establish Repub ! tican institutions—democratic and social . The dark night of slavery would vanish , and then would te realised the poet ' s dream" When king , Pope , lord , and bourgeois alike shall pat , away , And morn shall break , and man _awal-c , in the light of ) fairer day !" ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) Mr . _Hasiet supported the resolution
. The resolution -was unanimousl y adopted . A vote of thanks was given to tbe Chairman three cheers for the men of Paris and the Saons et-Loire ; three for the Republic , universal , demj cratic , and social , and the meeting quietldispersed .
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The May Session Of The Central Criminal ...
The May session of the Central Criminal Con commenced on Monday , before the Right Hon ft ! Lord Mayor , the Recorder , _Cr-mmon Sergeant ' \ fc Alderman Hunter , Mr . Alderman Sidney' Mi Alderman Carden , and Mr . Alderman Humphrer Messrs . Lawrence and Nicholl , sheriffs ; Me _«« Millard and Wire , under-sheriffs . m > Application for the Restitutio * - * of aluoeb Stolen Property . —Mr . Parry applied to his lordship on behalf ofa prosecutor named Ruck to orders sum of £ 160 to be delivered up to him . Tlie pn > secutor carried on an extensive business as butterman and cheesemonger inthe Borough , and at
tolast session he indicted a man in his employ for robbing him of a cask of butter , and he was convicted of that offence . At the time of his apprehension this man was found to be in possession of £ 160 , ui the prosecutor made au affidavit that he had beea plundered to a very large amount , and that he hai reason to believe that this money was the produce- / the property that had been stolen at different period * , and upon that ground he now applied to the court tt order the money to be given up to him . — Tte Recorder said the statute gave him no power to make such an order . All he had tbe power of _doicwas to order the restitution of any property _actualiproved to have been stolen , and he did not see hoi he could convert butter into sovereigns . He coo !'
not himself make any order , but if the money cane into the possession of the erown it might probably lie obtained by some other course . Charge of Perjury . — Daniel de la Cheroij Gourlay , 57 , who was stated to be a physician , smrendered to take his trial upon an indictment , _charging him with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Parry conducted the defence . No learned counsel was introduced for the prosecution ; but , at the request of the court , Mr . Huddlestone examined the witnesses in support of the cbarge .-This case appeared to be of rather an extraordinary charater , and as there was no opening speech for the prosecution , it may be necessary to state that th ) nature of the perjury imputed to the defendant , _wac
that upon the hearing of a certain plaint before tbe judge oftheBloomsbury County Court , he falsely swore that some letters , and other documents , which were in the possession of one George Jones , had not been delivered to him by that person , but had been fraudulently or feloniously obtained by him without his sanction . —Mr . G . Jones , the prosecutor , wk said he was an author , and resided at No . 3 , Upper _Gorden-street , Gordon-square , was subjected to » severe cross-examination , after which the jury under his lordship ' s direction , returned a verdict of "Not Guilty . " Charge of Stealing Books . —J . Kennedy , 24 , a respectably-dressed young man , was indicted for stealing two printed books , the property of H . James . —It appeared that the prosecutor was a
surgeon , living in Artillery-place , and on the 7 th March the prisoner called upon him , and on being shown into his consulting-room he stated that he had come to make an appointment for a private interview with a young friend who was suffering from some disease , and who wished to consult him , and it wai arranged that he was to bring him at seven o ' clock in the evening . The prisoner then went away , and directly afterwards two medical books were missed from the library in the consulting-roem . Nothing more was seen ofthe prisoner until the 5 th of Aprii following , when he went to another surgeon named Courtney , in _Finsbury-terracc , and tola the saw * story about a young friend desiring to consult im , but Mr . Courtney , " having received information 01
what had occurred at Mr . James s , detained tlie prisoner , and told him he should tako him to Mr-James ' s , upon which the prisoner begged for Goal sake tliat he would not give him into custody , tori admitted that he had stolen the books from his surgery . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " a" " he was proved to have been before convicted of an offence ofa similar character , and there was als " another indictment against him ofthe same kind .- ; The prisoner begged for mercy , and asserted that a « the time he committed the oflfence he was under tw influence of opium , which affected his mind , an " rendered him incapable of controlling his actions . * - The Recorder said this miht bo an excuse for *
g single act , but he had been proved to have dpne th same thing several times . —The prisoner said . tP upon every occasion he was under the same u » ence . —The _. Recorder said that as this was the caw the protection of the property of the public requir _^ that he should be prevonted from taking opium , a " then he would not be able to commit felony . — - " , prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned a " kept to hard labour for fifteen months . . _Manslauohter , —Aloxander Moir , 46 , _baKcr-1- ™ was indicted for the wilful murder of Susan Mo" " - his wife , by striking , _beatins _* , and kicking her , «» found " Guilty of Manslaughter , " and sentenced ' - * be transported for life .
Defrauding Tue Globe Insurance _Comi-asi . - " Walter Watts , 33 , was indicted for stealing an ordei for the payment of £ 1 , 400 , the property of Geor _? CarrGlyn , treasurer of the Globe Insurance Cow ; pany , and found " Guilty of stealing a piece _« paper . " Mr . Justice Cresswell said he slioiu reserve the point as to the sufficiency of the cop in question , for consideration bv tho _C ° urAi , Appeal . There are other indictments against _w prisoner .
Public Meeting Of Tailors Ix Liverfoox. ...
Public Meeting of Tailors ix Liverfoox . --Tuesday at noon , a public meeting oftlie opera ' tailors of Liverpool wns held in the _Ampitnw ( which was crowded ) , to consider a remedy lor slop , sweeting * , and middlemen systems . 5 _herei nearly 2 , 000 persons present ; several highly rcsR able gentlemen occupying seats on tho _platjj' _^ John Holmes , Esq ., the mayor , presided ; ana me ting was addressed by Messrs . Gooaieu , Heaney , ltiloy , Farren , Smith , Williams , «" Briggs . . . I ,., Seven is now the number of the Ministerial 1 feats ; and persons out of doors , who kno » importance which both Houses attach to . _preee" _"; ( begin to speculate upon the number which nwj required to produce a resignation _.-fyw _^ _V _^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11051850/page/8/
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