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January 33, 1849. ; THfi; NORTHERN STAR....
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January 33, 1849. ; Thfi; Northern Star....
January 33 , 1849 . ; _THfi ; NORTHERN STAR . 5 _>*
•Receipts 02tth& National Land Conxpainr...
• RECEIPTS 02 _TTH & NATIONAL LAND _conxPAinr , FOB IHB WEEK BNDIN & THURSDAY , JANUAftY 11 , 1849 .
PER MB O'CORNOB . _taaaca . £ 8 , 0 Glggleswick .. 014 0 Dorking .. i o I Eccles .. 0 12 G Newport , * WH" Warwick •* OI 7 6 liams „ 2 7 ; Market Laving- EPugb . „ 0 3 1 ton- .. 0 5 0 SESloomfieldm e i _{ Abingdon ~ 810 6 Mr Chambers .. 0 1 ( Leigh- .. 0 15 6 W _M'Lean H 6 11 Kadcliffe Bridge 3 4 4 P M'Lean M 010 I _Northampton , r Pattison M oil Harrison M 0 15 0 W BaiUie „ 0 1 i Huddersfield „ 16 6 T It Turner _« 0 5 i _Nottingham , SLee .. ¦ Oil Sweet M 16 5 ¦ ¦ York - m 0 16 6 £ 20 1 j Banbury «• 12 8 - . ' i
_KPBWHS FOND . Ciggbawick h 0 6 0 Tork .. M Oil Eccles m o 5 0 Cockermouth .. q 2 ( Market laving- CMowl _« , 0 2 1 ton .. .. o 1 6 HBadman - 0 2 i ieijrh M 0 1 6 S lee m Oil Huddersfield o 7 o Nottingham , £ 1 is ' Sweet M 0 5 9
TOTALS . Land Fund ... 2 D 1 ' Expense Fund ... ... ... l 15 j Boon 207 7 A Loan Fond ... ... ... 0 6 C Transfers ... ... 0 3 C Paid by Mr Williams , of O'Connorville 58 0 C £ 28713 C
"Wu . Dixox , Chbistofhek Dotle _, Thob . Class , ( Corrss . Sec . ) Paiur _M'GaAia ( Fin . Seo . ) "EXECUTIVE NEW YEAR'S GIFT . BECEIVXP BIT W . BIDER . K few Friends , A few Red Be-Old _Shildon , publicans _. New per J Parker .. 0 2 8 Leeds , near Holmfirth . per Bradford m 0 3 0 wThewlis M 0 4 2 Ralph Stringer , Democrat , Chep- Sandbach - 6 16 stow .. 0 0 6 Bristol , per W Hyatt .. 116 BECEIVED BT t . KTDD . Hoxton , per Newcastle , per Sumners - 0 5 0 MJude .. 2 7 6 Hall locality , Derby , W Short- 010 fl Tower Ham- Todmorden , J lets .- - 0 5 0 Cunliffe „ 10 0 Halifax . Uriah J Beth .. 0 3 0 Hinchcliffe 0 lo 6 Liverpool , J Far-J . Mardby , Ches- rel .. .. 056 terfield .. 0 10
_DECEIVED AT _Z-AHD OFFICE . J P Sogers , Mra Moir , Carron 0 2 6 _Somers-town « 0 0 6 A Friend , ditto .. 0 2 6
FOB THE EXECUTIVE . XECEIVXD BT B . KTDD . HallLocaTi'y * 0 8 74 Sheffield , G _Ca-Haltoo , J Wiley 0 7 0 vill _~ .. 2 0 _DurSeia , T Kitfe 0 2 0 Clitheroe , G Tunbridge Wells , Eohertson .. 1 WHLawner - 0 6 1 Finsbury , per Frem Friends , Allnatt .. 0 4 5 ditto - 0 16 Rotherham , Q Hanley ana Shel- Turner - 814 2 ton ENiron .. 0 5 6 Bristol , Mr Mar . Robert Knowles 0 10 tin .. „ 0 10 Yarmouth , ( Omitted on November 3 flth ) „ 0 10 0
DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . BECEIVED BV S . KTDD . Malton _. JWiley 0 10 Hanley and Shel-For Mrs M'Douall 0 10 ton , E Nixon- 0 9 6 Duffield _, per T Sheffield , per G Kirk - 0 S 9 Cavill ,. 0 8 4 Tunbridge Wells , Female Friends , WHLawner „ 0 5 6 ditto _~ 0 0 9 BECEIVED AT LAUD OFFICE . IP .. ~ « » - 626
FOB WIVES AND FAMIL 1 E 3 OF VICTIMS . _KCXTOO M W . SIDE * . Ladles' Boot aud J Dooker , _Knares-Shoe makers , borough „ 0 0 3 Eldon Arms , Mr Mathia 9 , Qaeen ' _s-square , London .. 0 10 0 per Mr Wad . Three Ladies , dington - 0 16 Denmark hiU 0 16 BECEIVED AT tAKD OFFICE . Llttletown M 0 3 6 J Lawes ., 0 0 6 "Warwick _. _» 8 5 0 Mr M'Lean M 0 0 6 Dorking .. 0 5 6 R Jervis .. 0 0 6 W P „ H 0 2 6 * j ; P , Kensington 0 10 W Temple -, 0 10 MRS E . JONES . SICEIVKD AT LAND OFFICE . BKewley .. .. ~ .. 006
BECEIVED BT W . BIDEB . C Foster , Lincoln ~ .. .. 0 1 0
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DEFENCE FUND . BECEIVED > T tTIIilAK BIBZB , £ a . a . Thornton ( near Bradford ) Chartists , per W . Drake ... ... ... ... 110 J . Hunter , engineer , Dahlia ... ... 0 2 0 Democrat , Loadon ... ... ... 0 10 Wbeatley , near Halifax , per D . Carter , „ 0 3 3 Ralph Stringer , _Sanobaon ... ... 0 14 John Butterworth , Sandbach , ... ... 0 0 6 Charles Robinson , Sandbach . ... ... 0 0 3 Hamilton , per A , Walker ... ... 1 10 0 Bristol , per W , Hyatt ... ... ... 0 5 6 Lincoln , J . _Budd ... .. ... 0 0 0 _LIhco ' d , per W . Foster ... ... ... 0 2 0 Lincoln , M . Filth ... ... ... 0 10 Total £ 3 8 7
To The Members Of The National Land Comp...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The Beard of Directors hate to announce the enrolment of the Loan Society , the rules of which have been dnly certified both by the Actuary of the National Debt Office and Mr Tidd Pratt , the Registrar . It will be seen from the accompan ying extracts from the rules , that there is a difference in the price Of shares , set forth in the rules as they stand enrolled , and the amount agreed npon at the late Conference , but this departure from the instructions of Conference was imperative to ensure legalisation .
The Conference also resolved that loans might be granted to the amount of £ 40 , but here , again , the law rendered a second departure from the resolution of Conference essential , as £ 15 is the highest sum which the Act of Parliament will permit the Society io advance as loans . The managing committee were hound in obedience to law to disregard the instructions of Conference . Rules for the instruction of subscribers , and containing blank leaves for the entrance of payments , are now preparieg and will be ready in the course of a few days , snen persons requiring them may have them by the payment of a small sum for each copy . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
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EQUITABLE LOAN SOCIETY , Enrolled pursuant tothe 3 rd and 4 thof Victoria cap . 110 . ¥ Sh ares one p oun d eac h , payable by instalments of not less than twopence per share per week .
Committee Of Management, Feargus O'Conno...
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT , Feargus O'Connor , Thoma 3 Clark , William Dixon , Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath . Trustees . —John Sewell , 'William Grassby . _^ _udtfors . _—William Rider , John George Poucher . Treasurer . —Feargus O'Connor . Secretary . —Philip M'Grath . Office , 144 , High Holborn , London . C 0 KST 1 TDTION . * That this Society shall consist of shareholders , not exceeding 70 , 000 , each of whom may hold as _Bauy shares as he shall think proper . '
MBA ** S . ' The means through which this Society seeks to attain its objects are , by the advancement of loans f Five Pounds ; Seven Pounds , Ten Shillings ; Twelve Pounds , Ten Shillings ; and Fifteen Pounds , to industrious persons on good security , for terms ol from one to three years , atthe rate of Five per cent _, per _annam .
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Ths Bam of _Ehblakd have intimated to their Correspondents tbat on tfae 28 th of Feb . next the bnsiness of their branch at Gloucester wiU be transferred to the one at Bristol , and that the Gloucester _fcranch will be closed . The distance between the two branches being now very little over ona hoBt ' _u travelling by railway , the directors do not consider it necessary to continue both of them in operation . _Scot-th _Skobibk . — Edinburgh has statues of Charlw II . and George lV „ -no _monument tc Wallace or Bruce . Dr Priehard , author of Researches into the PhyaoalHistory of Man , ' 'Egyptian Mythology , ' & c „ died in London on the 22 nd alt . ' The customs officers have received intimation that the trade with the ports of Upper California be included in the returns under the head of the United States , instead of Mexico as heretofore .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XXX . < Worts art things , and a small drop ef ink Falling—like daw—open a thought , produces Thst whisk makes thousands , perhaps millions * Wak . ' Bimh . THE PAST , THE " PRESENTAND THE
, FUTURE . Brother Proletarians , A year ago 'the mob of nobles , statesmen , priests and king * , hftla imagined that their usurpations were destined to encounter the rude shocks of' revolutionary violence . ' Blind and deaf to the signs of the times , they saw not the _risiug of the waters , they heard not the mutterings of the approaching stoim . if for a moment some misgivings of the future
haunted them , they teok refuge in the consoling but cowardly reflection : _« after us the deluge . ' The annihilation ef the _Sonderbund , ' the popular _mings in Italy , and the social anarchy in France , all failed to enlighten the blind tyrants of the nations . At least , ' laid they , al least thiB side ofthe death of _Lonia Pmi _**?*? B we can have nothing to fear . And then , should tbe ' rascal-rabble' rise against our authority , cannon-law shall recall them to order , ' and re-teach them the ' right-divine' of tho privileged few to trample upon the swinish many . '
But the 22 nd of February came—when the cry for ' Reform' was to be answered by the old and favourite argument of kings and statesmen—force . ' All right , * said Lonis _Phtxipm * . ' I am so saf e in tbe saddle nothing can nnieat me . ' The 23 rd saw the royal Jew trembling in his palaoe , and like a drowning man catching at straws , turning once more to his old arts of cajolery , hoping by a dexterous shuffling of the cards to keep up the pleasant game of humbug a little longer . But it would sot do . Thiers snd Odillon Babbot were rejeoted by the people . The 24 th—ever memorable , ever glorious day—arrived , a last trick was tried and failed . The
abdication in favour of tha ' Count dePaT ' * _^ pronounced by the Vox Populi : — 'TOO LATE !' The royal usurer transformed into' Mister Smith , ' concluded an ignominious flight by taking refuse in this favoured resort of bankrupt kings and insolvent _statesmen . The Republic was once again nroolalmed _, and through the length and breadth ef Europe , reverberated the 'joy-shout' of the millions— the tocsin of Demooracy : Vive la _Jtepubliaue !' Throughout _^ Germany and Italy the people arose , and Berlin , Vienna , Milan , and many other famous _eities , were the eceneg of popular struggles and victo ries—vioteries whioh attested the heroism of the
people and the guilty cowardice of their oppressors . The anoient rights of tbe Germans vrere once again recognised , and the vision of an united Germanyone and indivisible—exoited the sympathies and hopes of _anrrounding nations . The AuBtrians were driven from the north of Italy , and frem Milan to Naples the revolutionary tricolour proclaimed the revival of Italian nationality . Sicily threw off the yoke of the Bourbon . Hunsary achieved constitutional independence . The Poles buckled on their swords to renew the struggle for _theircountry ' s salvation . Even in this' nation of shopkeepers' the influence of the Frenoh Revolution was not altogether unfelt . A portion of the people rallied to the cry of ' The Charter . ' Agitation and enthusiasm gave birth to excitement , and many believed that thehour of popular deliverance was at bund . The signs of a revolutionary struggle grow thick and fast in Ireland .
But soon—too goon—tbe gloom of _reaction overshadowed the glory of democratio progress . Words instead of deeds characterised tbe' reien ' ofthe Provisional Government of the French Repnblio . The pledges given to the heroio workmen of Paris were not redeemed . Increased taxation rendered the Republic odious to tbe peasantry . Fi ' nally , the election of a royalist , _aristooratioal , laboor-grinding Assembly placed the very existence ofthe Republic in danger , and obstructed the march of democratio principles .
The unfortunate manifestation of the lath of _Msy —affording as it did a pretext for commencing the bourgeois' reign of terror , 'was a heavy blow andsore discouragement to the democratio cause . But terrible were _theoenBeoueneesof the fatal days of June . Wholesale butchery , martial law , the transportation and imprisonment of thousands of victims , the state of siege , the almost total extinction of the democratio press , the suppression of publio _associations—in short , a sanguinary dictatorship of four months ' duration , and the pitiless proscription of all true _Republicans !
ORDER REIGNED IN PARIS ! Betrayed by the combined oowardioe and treason of an unprincipled and unscrupulous king , the patriot ! of Lombard ? were again _vanquished by the savage tools of Arptria . The capital of northern Italy was again subjected to the intolerable rule of _Radewky ' s ruffianly hordes , and from that hour to the present time _tyrannv , confiscation , and murder have combined to proclaim
that—ORDER REIGNS IN MILAN ' . The blood-reeking Neapolitan tyrant , wbo had at first assumed the mask of Liberalism , soon threw off all disguise , and showed himself a true Bourbon . He provoked an insurrection , and , that subdued , he let loose a band of atmsinB on his capital , who slew and plundered in the broad face of day with the knowledge and sanction of his kingship .
ORDER REIGNED IN NAPLES ! The Sicilians , after their _gnocessful revolt , had received friendly _aasuraiices of conntenanoe and pro . tectum from tbe governments of France and Eagland ; Both governments proved treacherous when tbe moment for testing their friendship arrived-Under the eyes of a Briti-h Admiral—under the gnus of a British fleet—Messina _* _u bombarded , sacked , and destroyed by the forces of the Neapolitan tyrant . 0 ! shades of Blake and Cromwell ! how weuld you blush for the degenerate Britons of these days I The horrors of the sacking of Messina included pillage , destruction , massacre , and vielation . The ashes of the city andthe bones of ita slaughtered inhabitants , proclaim to this day , that
ORDER REIGNS IN MESSINA ! Onoe that the German princes were relieved of the terror nnder which they had fallen in the days of March , they commenced intrigotn ** againBt the new order of things . The _Schleswig-Holstein war _wsb * got up' for the purpose of distraoting popular attention from questions of home reform . The Frankfort parliament—composed principally of aristocrats , bourgeois upstarts , literary and legal adventurers , and intriguers and humbugs of all kinds , have so well done their work that they have made ' German Unity * the jest of Europe . Of course , the
Frankfort parliament has not been wholly devoid of talent , combined with integrity . Robsrt Bltjm , the martyr , was a glorious exception to the general want of honesty and coura ge in that Assembly . __ The bombardment of Vienna will be recorded in history as one of the most atrocious of the many infamous crimes which have conferred a horrible celebrity on the House of _Hapsburg . The frightful details of the storming of that oity . with the after atrocities oommitted by the imperial savages . I need not repsat—for 1 have more _th- » n once addressed you on this harrowing subject . The Austrian capital is still ruled by military terror , and , oi
course , ORDER REIGNS IN VIENNA ! In this country , new and tyrannical enactments , the undisguised substitution of f . rce for law , the horrible conspiracies of Government-spies , and , above aU , the organised , _anti-demooratie bourgeoisies _ ue , and the systematic lying of the Press-gang , prevented the progress of the proletarian cause . A multitude ef victims are at tbis _momens pining in prison , some doomed to hopeless , beoause life-lone slavery and misery . Of Ireland , tbe least said the
better . A few good men , who loved their country , not wisely but too well , ' ' set' their Jives , their names , their all , ' upon a cast , * and—failed . Of inch a sacrifice their oountrymen proved themselves unworthy . But now that tbe last ray of hope has fled , now that Irish patriotism is extinot , now that Erin , « Though trod like the worm , will not turn upoa power / now that thousands—millions—are content to 'die ( in tbeir misery ) and make no sign , ' now the triumph of English rule is accomplished ,
for—ORDER REIGNS IN IRELAND ! If , however , there is mnoh to mourn oyer , there is much to rejoice at in the history of the year 1848 Our truly noble erder gained many aglorious vie tory , and fought many a battle in which they well deserved to have been victorious . Moreover , in mere than one country , solid and lasting advantages have been gained . Tbat monstrous absurdity , a king , no longer exiBts in France . A democratio constitution bas been adopted , apd , unless the French people would rather be slaves than freemen , Universal Suffrage will secure all the rig hts ihey have recovered , and , moreover , will enable them to accomplish their social regeneration through the aotion ofthe legislature without , as heretofore , being driven te the emloyment of foroe in the struggle for jastice .
p The people ol Germany , though they have been to a great ex . ent defrauded by their rulers and leaders , have , nevertheless , secured mnch real power , which , doubtless , they will turn to good account for the completion of their liberties . In some of the Italian states the people still rule . Even in Rome despotism , both spiritual and temporal , has been overthrown by the intelligence and eourage of the people . On the 29 th of last month a decree was issued by the triumvirs ( who , in tern _, poral affairs , have superseded the renegade Pope , ) _convoking a Constituent Assembly , to be elected by UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE !
Throughout the continent _obo great lesson has been learned : the fell y of making half-revolutions . Of all the enemies of mankind , the ' moderates ' and _temporisers' are the worst . If a _aation abandons itself to thefud _gmts ef a L _ _u-miau , the Woody des-
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potism of a Cavaionao oannot fail to be that nation ' s doom ! Inmost of the recently agitated states of Europe , the languor of weariness has for the moment succeeded to the exoitement of the past yean But the struggle is not ended . The present is a moment of breathing time before tbe recommencement of the conflict . Now that the presidential question is decided , it is to be hoped tbat the ultra-Deraocratio and Social Reformers of Franoe , who , in the late conteat voted for different names , will forthwith heartily re-unite for the sake of their common cause . A vigorous propaganda is at tbis moment tbe one thing needfal in Franoe to prepare the country for the general
election of the members of the new Assembly , Unless measures are taken to enlighten the people , tbe next Assembly will be as bad aa the present—perhaps ( it possible ) still worse . That Assembly will be elected for three years . The _aub'titotion of triennial for annual election * is tbe very worst feature of tbe new Constitution . It is alBO to be hened that the Parisian Socialists will eschew their habitual extravagances Seme of their recent doings bave not been calculated to disarm popnlar prejudice , but tbe reverse . Those who most earnestly desire the social regeneration of France , and Europe generally , are pained to wltnesB a good cause injured by the folly and fanaticism of those who undoubtedly mean well , but who certainly aot very irrationally . I have good hopes of our German brethren .
' I think I hear a little bird who tings ' The people by and by will be the s _' ronger . '' It is positively amusing to read the predictions of ' our own correspondents / respecting the hapny year ef peace , loyalty , and contentment this 1849 is to be ! O ' most potent , grave , and reverend' donkeys , I have a notion tbat you will find yourselves very far out in your reckoning . Wait a little longer , and you shall Bee—what you sball see ! Tbe Standard of this evening contains the following paragraph : — _Chastism . _ it Is said that secret efforts are making to reTlve the Chartist agitation , and thst it is the _iateatlen of these deluded people to bold district meetings in Buoh a manner as to evade the Interference of the law .
'It is said' tbat the Press-gang are addicted to lying , slandering , and _evii-speakisg , and I am sorry to have to say that the pious Sta _^ darb is' b _» exception to the general rule . It is true that efforts are making to revive the Chartist agitation , efforts which , I trust , will be crowned with success ; but it is not true tbat these efforts are being made in seoret . So ' far from working secretly , the CbartiV leaders desire nothing so much as publioity , and will only be too happy to make publio all their efforts through the columns of the Standard . Will the Standard open its columns to the Chartists ?—Not so .
I beg to assure the Stahdard that the Chartists are not 'deluded , ' and have bo occasion to attempt any evasion of the law . They oan hold distriot _meetines in accordance with the law . For though special laws have been passed to' put down' the Chartists , no law as yet exists on the statute book to prevent the Chartists publicly assembling in the city on Monday , in Finsbury on Tuesday , in the Tower Hamlets on Wednesday , in Marylebone on Thursday , in Westminster on Friday , and in Southwark on Saturday , every week in the year if they so please , and have the means to hire places of meeting , & o . All tbis tbe Standard gentry know very well ; but it suits their purpose to put the _Joar _^ _-ois-bludgeoBer * into a renewal of their April sweat , by raising the alarm : — ' The Chartists are coming . '
Brother Proletarians , we must cive these Pressgang ruffians no pretext for their lies , at the aame time we must show them that Chartism is not dead , Tbe work ofthe future must be commenced withont further delay . Be ours the glorious task of aacelera . ting tbe coming of that good time wben it _thall be paid ; Justice reigns in _England—Jusxich reigns in Eubok ! _L'Ami du Peuple . January llth , 1849 .
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The Executive . —The Executive met at their rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening January the 5 th . Present—Messr 3 Kydd , Dixon , Stallwood , Ross , Clark , and M'Grath . Mr Harney was confined to bis bouse by severe indisposition . Mr Ross was called tothe chair . A letter was read from the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull _, requesting the services of Mr M'Grath , as a candidate for a seat in Parliament at the forthcoming election for that borough , vice Mr Baines , who bas become a Poor Law Commissioner . The secretary was instructed to enter into communication with the writer of the letter and others relative thereto . The subject of the Westminster meeting convened by the
High Bailiff was been brought before tbe committee by Mr Stallwood , who said , without in anyway opposing the conveners of the meeting , he thought the Executive might do a deal of good by attending , as be thought no party was so well able to point out a means of * employing the poor , ' as they , the Ex . ecutive committee , who were from and of the poor ' After considerable discussion , the Executive came to the conclusion that to commend and point the attention ef the people to 'home colonisation , ' must be of advantage , and each and every member agreed to attend , and if possible address the meeting in favour of that object . The seeretary was instructed to write an address on the progress of
Chartism , and the means of accelerating that great measure of political justice _. On the motion of Messrs M'Grath trod Clark , it was resolved ' That the ' Standard Theatre / Shoreditch , be taken for a bene * fit in aid of the , funds , and that if possible it should be on the night of Wednesday , January the 3 lst . Mr Stallwood was instructed to take the necessary steps ; and the Executive then , in addition to the representatives of the Chartists resident in the several districts of tbe metropolis and its environs , formed themselves into * The Parliamentary Demonstration Committee , ' when Mr Mark Lee delivered in his reports , to the effect that the ' Druids' Hall , ' could be had for the occasion . Ultimately , the com
mittee came to the decision that the present impoverished state of the people from the want of employment , would not warrant them in taking that hall and getting up a dinner ; and on the motion of Messrs Clark and Kydd , it was resolved ' That a public soiree , consisting of tea , public speaking , ball and concert , be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , on Monday evening , January the 29 th , and that the price of admission be the same as at the late benefit in aid of the ' Victim Fund . ' ' That all the members of Par . liament who advocate the principles contained in the ' People ' s Charter , ' be invited to attend . ' The committee tben adjourned .
Nottingham . —A social and democratic banquet vfas held on Monday evening last , at Mr Smith ' s Temperance Hotel , Low Pavement , Nottingham to do honour to Mr Rodgers on his release from Kirkdale Gaol , where he has been confined since August last , for an alleged political offence , but on the da y of trial no charge was preferred , After the goGd things provided by Mr Smith had been disposed of , Mr W . Dexter , artist , was called to the chair , when the _company were amused and edified with many social and democratic songs , speeches , re 4 citations and toastB . Amongst the toasts were the
following : ' Doctor M'Douall , and the rest of thfc victims of Whig tyranny . ' 'Tothe memory ofthe brave men of Paris , who died defending the social and democratic Republic—the insurgents of June . ' ' _Fro-r , Williams and Jones . ' ' Louis Blanc , Ra- _£ pail , and the rest of the social and democratic Republicans of France , and may their p rinciples be speedily established throughout the world . ' ' Mitchel , Smith O'Brien , and the rest of the Irish patriots . ' A subscription was entered into for the wives and fami lies of the patriots now confined in Kirkdale Gaol ; the subscription will be continued
weekly . BRADFORD .-Mr J . Sbaw , of Leeds , lectured on Sunday afternoon in the Temperance Hall , Southgate , to a large and respectable audience . A collection was made in aid of the Defence Fund . Edward Hurley lectured in the evening in the Democratic . School Room , Croft Street , Wakefield Road ; the room was well filled , and a collection made after the lecture in aid of the families of our incarcerated friends ; forty persons entered as members of the National Charter Association ; a council was also elected according to the old plan of organisation .
Bradford . —We have received a very lengthy address from the Relief Committee of Bradford , to the public oa behalf of the victims , from which we give the following extracts : —How , and in what way , have out brethren in bondage violated the sacred rights of property , or insulted wbat is termed our glorious constitution ? Do not all classes in Bradford and in its vicinity recollect the time when there were processions amounting tu ten thousand individuals , walking through the streets , when the town was destitute of a millitary force ? and wben , we would ask , has there been to the value of a
single farthing's worth of property destroyed , or an isolated individual injured or insulted , by the honid revolutionists who composed those assemblies ? We conscientiously believe you will answer in the negative . There are many of those Whig-made widows
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and orphans in Bradford requiring your immediate assistance ; do not allow them to suffer from want of the necessaries of life , but be determined to eontribute your mite towards the support of the destitute families of our incarcerated brethren . Prove by your contributions that if they are deprived of their natural protectors you will , duringthcir absence , be their guardians . This of itself will be sufficient to prove to our _Oppressors that the feelings of common humanity still reign predominantly in the minds of the democracy of Bradford . If , on the other hand , you allow the wives , and helpless babes of those who are suffering in our cause , ta perish , it will dishearten our imprisoned friends , bring a dis grace on our cause and ultimately establish the
triumph of our common enemies . In conclusion , we moat earnestly desire that a few active men , in every neighbourhood oi the district of Bradford , will again bestir themselves in their respective localities , and send a delegate to the Association Room , Creft Street , Wakefield Road , on Wednesday evening , Jan . 10 th , at seven o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of laying down p lans to bring tbis b enevolent object into practical operation We beg leave to subcribe ourselves yours , in the cause of Chartism , the Relief Committee—Thomas Wilcock , John Clough , Matthew Browett , Richard Gee , Joseph Briggs , Bayles Foster , Edward Smjth , John Parratt _, James Steel , Richard Wilkinson ; Edward Hurley , secretary .
Dudley . —At the weekly meeting of this branch of the Chartist Association on Sunday , January 7 th , held at the house of Mr Rankin , Cambell Street , it was resolved : — That the Chartists of Dudley and the surrounding neighbourhood , get up a tea-party to be held at some central place , for the purpose of commemorating the French Revolution , and to take into consideration the best means of getting up an efficient _district agitation iu favour of the principles contained in the Charier ; and we hereby appeal to our brother democrats residing in the district , to aid us in effecting this great object . ' The tea-party will take place some time near the 24 th of February , and information may be obtained of Mr Rankin , _Cimbell Street , Dudley .
Manchester . —The Executive . —Mr John Sutton and Mr George Henry Smith , have been elected to the Executive , during the absence of Messrs Leach and Donovan . Re-organisation of the Finsbury Locality . —On Sunday evening last a crowded meeting was held at Deadman ' s ( late Lunt ' s ) Coffee Rooms , _Clerkenwell Green . Mr Lee wss elected to the chair . The chairman having made some brief remarks Introductory to the business of the evening-Mr M'Grath addressed the audience at considerable length upon the necessity of _re-organising _und-sr the plan sanctioned by the Birmingham delegates , and of vigorous exertion in furtherance of the cause of freedom . The address was received in the best
spirit , and seemed to give entire satisfaction . Several others , including Mr Walter Cooper , addressed the meeting , and were unanimous as to the propriety of once more rallying for the ' Charter and no Surrender . ' Tbirty-seven members were enrolled , when the chairman announced that all future meeting 3 of the locality would be held in a commodious room upstairs _, and that a lecture would be delivered therein by Mr William Dixon , on Sunday evening , Jan . Uth , To commence at eight o clock . The National Victim ahd Defence Fckd . —On
Tuesday evening , at the Literary _Institution , John Street , Mr T . Cooper gave bis first oration iu aid of the above fund . The subject chosen was ' The life , writings , and oharaoter of Thomas Paine , ' which Mr Cooper handled much to the satisfaction of his audience . We regretted that many of these who cheered the heroes on to martyrdom , were not present on an oooasion set apart fer the benefit of the martyrst , but we hope tha future otationa will fiud more of them present . —Mr Clark was chairman for the evening . —At the close a vote of thanks _* as passed by acclamation to Mr Cooper for his
services . South London Chabtist Ham . —Messrs M ' Grath _!< ni Dixon delivered very spirited addresses at the South London Chartist Hall , on Wednesday , January 10 ; h , on ' The social and political _csndition of tbe people of England . '—Discussion waa invited , but the opponents of demooraoy have not the courage to discuss tba question , consequently the addresses were unopposed . Afterwards about forty names were entailed . SOUTH _^ LON _DDK _LlTBBAUT A !<» SciBNTIFIC INSTITUTION . —This institution , founded and supported by working meh , progresses we understand most satisfactory ; itwas begun about two months since , and numbers nearly 100 members ; Jhiy have now taken premises suitable for the purposes of the Institute , near the Obelisk , Waterloo Road , wbioh will open next Tuesday _evening , with a social meeting .
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Nottingham . — -At a public meeting of the members of this branch , the following resolution was carried , ( Mr Whitley in the chair ) , viz .: — 'That in the opinion of this meeting , it would be unwise in the Directors of the National Land Company to give up their claim to the rent due from the occupants on the various estates—believing that the prosperity of the Company itself must mainly depend upon its ability to reproduce the capital expended ; at the same time they would suggest the propriety of the Directors dealing with the whole of our located brethren in the most liberal spirit ; they therefore request that the rent new due be added to the original cost of the house and land , and the allottees be called
upon in future to pay the same after the rate of four per cent ., per annum , which would allow the back rent now due to run over a period of years before its liquidation , and give them an opportunity of testing the capabilities of the soil , and the soundness of the principle upon which the Laud Plan is based ; they further consider , that no difference whatever ought to be made between the members who purchased their right to location , and those who were balloted , seeing that each are called upon to abide by and be subject to the rules and regulations for the government of the Company . ' Mr Sweet addressed the members at some length , and urged upon them to aid the families of Messrs M'Douall and W hite who were in a destitute condition . A collection was then made , and a vote of thanks having been g iven to the chairman , the meeting dispersed .
Hindley . — -At a meeting of the Dodhurst Brow branch of the National Land Company , held on Monday last , the following resolution was passed : — _< That all members of this branch who do not attend on or before the 13 th of February next , and pay both local and land levies , will be struck off the books-Aberdeek . —This branch of the Land Company , held their quarterly meeting at Mrs Bain ' s Hall , en Thursday , the 5 th inst ., wben the quarterly report was submitted to the meeting , and unanimously approved of , but the officers being liable for debts to a considerable amount for room rent , secretary , salaries , & c , and ' . _as there is no appearance of getting
the same liquidated unless the members pay their local expenses , some discussion ensued as to the propriety of closing the branch . It was ultimately jhoved and carried : — - 'That the branch be kept open for another ' quarter , the members present pledging themselves ' to use their influence to induce their fellow members to come forward again . ' The following officers were then elected for the quarter : James Ewen , president ; William Troup , _vice-president ; William Porter , treasurer ; Robert Robertson , secretary ; Alexander Fiddes , John Thompson ,
Jas . Jack , andArcbibald Wilson , committee . It was then moved by William Shaw , aud seconded by Thomas Thaw , and carried : — 'That the located members do not receive so much indulgence , but that they pay aH their rents , in such instalments as the directors may think fit , according to their circumstances , but that the whole be paid by January , 1851 , ' Finally itwas resolved : — 'That this branch hold meetings every Friday night at eight o ' clock , in Mrs Bain ' s , 63 , Castle Street , for the ensuing quarter . '
Preston . —A general meeting of Land members took place in Frankland ' s Room , Lune Street , on Mondav evening last , Mr John Greenwood in the chair ; " when the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — ' That we consider the decision of the late Conference , with respect to the payment of rent by the allottees , ought to be adhered to . ' Banbury . —A meeting of the members of this branch was held at the Butchers' Arms Inn , on Monday evening last , when the following resolution was carried . Proposed by James Bolton , seconded by James Rose : — ' That the members located do not have the rents due given them by the Company , but pay it as agreed to b y the late Conference . '
Rochdale . —At the monthly meeting of the Land members , Mr O'Connor ' s letter was read , and the question of the rent discussed , when the following resolution was proposed by Abraham Crabtrce , and seconded by Charles Shaw :- Tbat it is the opinion of this meeting , that the allottees pay the rent due to the _Coeipany , and that they be allowed three years to pay it in by instalments . *
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GUILDHALL —Bow to juke cr _Fbiscsiftiohs . — Dr Henry John M Dotfgill , M . D ., appeared before Alder _, man Far ? brotber . to a * k his adrloo under the _following circumstances . His application _trss one not only _inroW . lag the gfcfetv ef tho public _agulnet Ignorance or wilful negUgenae _, but also to protect tbe profession to which hs belonged from errors which , If they terminated fatally , would materially damage their reputation , Tbe facta were these : —A short time since a patient was sent up from thecoantr _; and plaeed under his care , when instead of giving him opium , whioh the _peraoa had been accus - tomed to take , he ordered bim a _seditive of henbane aud camphorated water . He afterwards considered It _propvr to administer a double dose , and -accordingly _wrots a
prescription , whioh was taken to a chemist and druggist , when on * of the assistants made the mixture up , and gave it to the messenger , having only written the word ' Mixture , ' without saying how it _wa « to be taken , ac eordlng to what was directed In the _preBotiption . For . tunately , on calling on hia patient the next day , the latter informed him tbat he had sot touched the medicine , as there were no directions on the bottle , and _-risb-d bim to look at It . He did eo , and at once discovered that in addition to the henbane ordered , the assistant had mixed up a portion of paregoric , containing three grains of opium , and an ounce and a balf of spirit * , instead of camphorated water , so that had the dose b _« : n _tiken , be should have found his patlont dead , to the great detri . ment of his professional character . On discovering
what had occurred be proceeded _loathe chemist and drug _, gist ' s _enop _, ond eaw the two assistants , and on inquirl :-g what the bottle contained , oae of them said about three parts paragorlo , He then requested him to read the pre . seriptien which-he had sent ; and having done so correctly , inquired why his _dlreotlons had not boen complied with , when both of them treated the sffair witb gmtt levity , and said that it was ' only a mistahe . ' Under thesa _cl-ouuM & noeB he _wished to know what _courso be ought to pursue to make partieB amenable to the laws for such conduct , which was now of frequent occurrence , and whioh in several instances in this country had Ur . mlnated fatally tbreugh similar negligence . —Alderman
Fatebrotber asked if the prescription was legibly written 1 —Mr _M'Dougeil replied that it was , and any one could easily read it . —Alderman Furcbrottur wished to knew if Dr M'Dougeil bad been to Apothecaries Hall en tho Bubjcot!—Mr M'Dougeil said that it would be _useleps , as the cbemiBts and druggists bad token tbe place of the o _! d apothecaries , and were not subject to any examination as to qualification . —Alderman Farobrotber asked what specific complaint he had to make ?—Mr M'Duuicell replied that his eomplaiDt _wsr- -first , the making up of a _poinonoas ingredient ; second , that too much had been sent ; and thirdly , that no direotion was written as to bew oi when it was to be taken . —Alderman _Farebrother _grftntel a summons .
SOUTHWARK —Going & Shopping . —Ann Smith , s well _dres-ed young woman , was brought before Mr _Cottinghntfi , charged with stealing fire pieces of satin ribbon , value £ 110 s ., tho property of Mr Brook * , linen _, draper and _siik-meroer , of _Blsekman Street , Borough Henry Williams , aa assistant to Mr Brooks , stated that on Saturday evening the prisoner came into the shop . aud requested to be Bbown some pattems of ribbon * , several pieces of which were placed on the counter before her for W inspection . After some time _s _<» t > nt In examination she was observed to secret a piece of ribbon , aad was about to leave the shop , when witness _requested -be would accompany bim into the BhOT _. room , at the same time hinting Mb suipiclen as to her honesty . Tbe pri . _sener then walked towards the upper part of the shop ,
and on her way dropped a piece of ribbon , and when she was taken to the show-room five more pieces were found secrete * underneath hor shawl . Upon this discovery she exclaimed that the whole of the ribbon had been presented to her by the shopman wbo served her , and tfaHt sbe bad promised to meet him on the following eveuing . This assertion , however , was not believed , and she tben fell upon her knees , begged for mercy , esjing that Bhe was & respectable young weman , and that such a oharge would blast her prospects in life , and implored thatthe might be permitted to go bora * . The witness added that tbe _prisoner had been at theehop previously the eame evening , and that , on her departure , a piece of silk was missed frem the part ofthe counter whore she had been standing , and that was the principal . reason
that she was eo cloiely watched when she returned the second time , ob whieh occasion the ribbon was stolen . — The _prisomr , when placed at the bar , reiterated her former assertion , that tbe shopman who served her at the counter had given her the wholo ofthe ribben , on > ier promising to meet bim on the following evening . — Mr Cott'nghj * n- _^ eD < _-for-thQ * . _a-, apmaa ,, a joung ,. man , named Graydon , aBd , oo beiog confronted with the pri . _soner . she still adhered to the truth of that which she bad previously stated , ejaculating , as ehe went on , tbat he . knew he had mate her a pr > sent of the articles she was now charged with stealing , —Mr Cjttingbam , ad . _dressing tbe Bhopman , reminded bim of tbe aerious nature ef suoh an _aocnsatlon _ogainst a young wvman _, if it was not founded In truth , and then asked bim whether or
not he bid given her tbe ribbon ag sbe _dJBcrlbtd , — Gray _, don , in reply , declared tbat there was not a tittlo of truth lu It ; that be had a perfect _reeolUotlon of seeing the prisoner twice the same evening in his employer ' s shop , but that no _conversation of the kind she described ooourrcd between them , nor did be present her with Ms employer ' s goods . _—&* Cottingham said he _should commit tbe _prKener for trial , upon wblob ( be asked for the restoration of a gold ring , which she said she had given to a pelicem in while in tho cell , if he would go and inform hor mother ln tbe Oity tbat she was in custody at the Southwark s ' _ation _bouse _. —The moment Mr Cotting bam was apprised of the clrcnmBtance he sent for the policeman , 118 M , and upon hie entering the court the prisoner pointed bim out as the man to whom she bad given the gold ring ; and _sbo added , that her roason for
having it _restored to her was in consequence of tbe policeman neglecting to do what he had promised —The policeman was here striotly interrogated by the magistrate on the subjeot , and be admitted tbat be bad spoken to her while locked up in the cell ; still that she gave him no ring . — -Mr Cjttingham said that If it w ' _es proved to him that a policeman so mUcondnotod bim . self as to take property from any prisoner , he should not remain anoiber hour in the foroe with his sanction ; but that , from all be bad heard , he had reason to beliere that the prisoner had upon this , as on tbe former occa . _sion _, with reference to the complainant ' s shopman , asserted that which was not true , and therefore he could not plaoe any reliance in her assertions . —The depositions having been taken , the prisoner was then removed from tbe bar .
_HocosjiHa and RoBBEBr . —Mary Anne Jackson and Martha Smith were brought before Mr Seeker , eharged with hoouBsing and robbing Henry Rogers , a master tailor , residing in the Borough . The oomplainant stated tbat on Tuesday morning lait , a little after twelve o ' clook , he met the prisoner Jackson in a public house , whea she ask ed bim to treat her . He complied with bvr request , and for some time they convened together , about trade , when she told him that she had workad for several years at the tailoring buBine _** , bnt wbb at that time oot of work . Prosecutor thinking that he could be ofsome service to her , showed hsr a bundle of cloth he had with him and a pair of trousers , at tbe same timeoffering te give her work , if she chose to take It , Sbe appeared very thankful , and _asktd him to go home with
ber , assorting tbat she wai a single woman , aud had a bouse of ber own in the neighbourhood , Believing such to be the oase , and having drank rather freely on New Tear ' s morning , he consented , and unfortunately accompanied her to a low house In _Broadwbll , where they were joined by the prisoner Smith , He thea sent out thc latter for two _shllllngs _' -worth of gin , a portion of wbich he drank witb them , whea he became Insensible , and bad no recollection of anything , until he found himself at bis own door , in a cab . He was then minus his cloth , ihe trousers , and money . As eeom as he was able te get out , he gave information to the police authorities , whioh led te the apprehension , of the prisoner . Witness stated , that at tbe present time he was _suffarlng from the drug whioh had been administered to
_him—Polics-cons ' able 130 L said , that from tbe information he bad re . _celved be went in search of tbe prisoners aod on the previous nigbt be met tbem in Broad wall . Jaobeon admitted that sbe bad beea oonnected with tbe -robbery , tbat Urs Hearn , the landlady _« f tbe bouse , sold the cletb for 19 a ., and gave a portion of the money to Smith and her . He could not find the landlady , hut she waa bow in court . —In answer to Mr Seeker , the woman Hearn said ahe recollected Jackson coming to her bouse with the complainant , but she had no knowledge of the bundle . He was very tipsy , aud when he left they wtre compelled to lead him to the door . —Witness gave her testimony iu such a loose manner that the magistrate
threatened to indict her for perjury . Shu was ordered to remain in custody . —In defence , Jackson said that it was true that the constable had stated ; Hearn was the priaeipal , and Smith was as muoh in the job as any . — Hearn : The fellow was drutik , and bad no _maney , and he cloth was left in payment . —Smith declared that the never saw the bundle , neither did she nor Mrs Hearn know anything about it . Wbat Jackson had stated was a great _falsehoed . —Mr Seeker said tbat the case aa . earned a very serious aspect . The prosocutor bad been drugged and robbed , and , to give the polke time to make farther inqa _rlcs about the property , he should _rsmand them until Thursday .
_BOW-STKEET . — _Pobt Omc « _RomME- . —WilHBm George Miller , a letter-carrier at the Stratford Post Office , was charg > d with stealing letters . —Mr Peacock , the Post Office eelieltor , prosecuted , —Evidenoe was given tbat a letter , written by Mrs K . StmttlewoTth , of eiecester Squire , and addresied to Miss Goote , of Ham House , East Ham . Surrey , was duly poBted in the vicinity of theElgeware * ft _» _ad , about the first week in _December , but was never received , The address should * have been ' Manor House , ' but MIbi Coote stated tbat tbe error was immaterial , as tbe house would have been known by either name . —Mr Walter Sculthorpe ,
president of the London District Post Offioe , proved that the letter addressed te Miss _Croote would have been forwarded In the usual course of business , to Stratford , where the prisoner waB employed ai an auxiliary letter , carrier . — Matthew Peake , the constable attached to the Post Omce , stated that he stopped the prisoner at East Ham , and asked him where he lived . He refused to state Ub residence , upon which witness searched him , and among other things , found a dW key in hii pocket . Proceeding afterwards to the prisoner ' s lodgings , at 20 , Lambeth Street , Whiteohapel , and opening his door with the key he had secured , witness found between the sacking and mattress of Ua bed a little packet of _« _M > er , consisting ol
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fragments of letters . Among those wes the letter addressed to Miss _Coate , _ntarly _dest'ojtd , aad on lu margin was _wriM-n in pencil , ' . Fire '—Five of u- to do the werk of one _charge . taber at 12 s . « week ! Witness my hand . ' Saw the _prlsotur at the poll'e station , and told him that ho would be charged with stealing this and other letters . He said that he c uld not d . ny the on * found at bis bouse , but be knew nothing of any o < hir » . Mr R Smith , . superintending president of the London _, _diatrict , produced an immense number of torn letters envelopes , scraps of paper , & o ., whioh had been sent to him anonymouelyj at Intervals , for several months past . The fragments of letters , all of which had beer * stolen , were accompanied by sentences , written in pen oil upen small Birlps of paper , and in language of t threatening or abusive character , directed chiifiy against
Mr Peacock and Mr Souhhorpe , tbe principal agon ' s ia the detention and prosecution of Post Office delinquents They were defied , in spite of their traps , to discover the stealer of the _letterjcclosed . The following are exam _, pies ofthe pencil paragraphs referred to : —' Fire ! All the mis-sorted letters I bave I burn , except when Ihoy contain money . ' ' If I have twelve years I shall only laugh at tbe t judge , ' I hBve boen iu _i nice some years , and have boen honest , bat will bo to no more upon 12 s . a week . ' ' I have a little money of my owa besides 22 s . or 32 s . a-week , wbioh you know of . I have done well those last two years , but must have more money yet . It makes up for short wages yoa know . —Bob Short . ' 'Fire tells no _taks . You may lay your traps , end do wbat you like . You oan never find me ont . I tako them home before I break the
Beal . ' ' I send tbit to let jou know that auxiliaries must te paid mero money . ' 'You will know the _paprr , but not the writing , las . a week . ' Is that sufficient for Essex carriers V * c . Witness had _oompared the writ . Ing on these scraps of paper , and found that they exaotly resembled tbe writing on tbe letters tsken from the pri . _soner'a bedroom . Both were in pencil . Tho prisoner was employed as an auxiliary , at 12 s . a week ; but only half of his tl » e was employed in that _cspiclty —Thomas M ' _-ller , iho prisoner ' s brother , and driver ofthe mall between Harrow and London , identified tbe _ptneii in . _scriptions ou Miss Conte ' s letter , as well as those on the papers _forwarded _teMr Smith , as being ia the _prlgoner ' _a handwiiting . —The _prisoner tffered no defenoe to the oharge . —The evidence in another charge against bim . waa then taken . —It appeared that a letter containing a
small padlock key and two little notes was addressed by Mrs Vavasour , of 4 , Queen Street , Southwark Bridge to Miss Mofflt , Mission School , _Walthanmow , and duly posted in Wotling Street , some time ln September last . It did not reach its destination uniil a week afterwards ' _wbea , on its beiog opened by Mi « s Gir _% at the school ) it was found to contain two scraps of paper and a broken key , and nothing ehe . Sbe gave ths envelope with tho enclosure to _Howse , the Walthatn-to * letter _, carrier , by wh m it was carried to the PoBt Office . Oa one of the scraps of paper they found , written in pencil , the words , ' My name is _Wide-awake . I _thought this was gold , marm . I sent the letter to tho _i-ffise . *
On tha other strip was written , also In pencil , ' I only getl 2 _s . a week j marm , and I ( ball _tbiwe when I can , and you cannot help yourself , marm . '—Mr Smith proved that _amoag tbe anonymous communh aliens received by him theie was one dated the 18 th of September , con . _ttduinj * parts Of letters , find a strip of paper b oring tbs words , ' I broke the key , and thought It was gold when . I opened tbe letter . I shall aot ba honest no more at 12 s a-week . ' This was in pencil , find ia the same handwriting as all the other Inscriptions which had been _reietred to . From the postmark on _bouio of the communications it appeared tbat tbey bad been posted at Stratlord . —Mr Jardine committed tbe prisoner for trial on both charge * .
THAMES . —Chaeoe ct Mcrdee . —Jeremiah Regan nn Irishman , about 35 years of _ng- was brought up b y Thomas , No . 19 , of the River polioe , charged with wilful murder . Tha witness said tbat from information be had received he bad arrested the prisoner that day , on the _obarne of having committed a murder in Irelnnd nineer ten years » g » , ond on further Inquiry he found out the man who saw tht murder committed and tho fatal blow struck . —Thomas Coghlan , an old man residing at 12 , George Court , Brook Street _Rstcllffs , said , he came from the palish of Skull , and had been two years In this conntry . On March 17 th , 1810 , or ratber be believed , 1839 , h . 6 Uvea In ttia vttVag * oi _Kslbronogue , ln the parlihof Skuli , On tbat day ( continued the witness , wbiob is Patrick ' s Day in Ireland , it is tbe custom to have little shebeen bouses , wbere tbey sell whisky , and
other tbiBgs . At that tlmo John Sullivan , wbo was a married man , and be . d one child , was young and hesrty . —Mr Yardley : Did you know _tbedeotssed man ? —Witness I knew bim very well from the time he was a boy , and I knew the prisoner also , who was born * nt the next village to us . There was some money left by a will to six of them . —Come to tbe facts of the murder : I will , and I'll speak onl y the truth , I ' m here vrith tha grey hairs on my head , and I don't know whether I may fall dead before I leave tbe plaoe . Tbere was no man tbere before me to see it . I saw Jerry Regan sirike Ja'jk Sullivan orer the head , bnt I don't knew if be had s stone in bis head , far in _Irelaad when a man hasn ' t a stick , be is very apt ( o take up a Btona . ( Laughter . ) He beat bim in tbe back part of the head until his bUuU was broken , but the coctor said
it wasn't that tbat killed him , though it would be enough to do so , but c . blow that he had get over the temple . He lived three weeks after be got the beating , aad when he died & warrant was put out against iiXiy _Rt > _jan , bub he made a run of it , aad I bave never seen him again until I came t » this country . — . When did you first see bim here!—He was the very first man I saw wben I oame here . —Why did yoa not give him into custody then ?—Filth , I _didfc ' t , nor would I do 11 now tf I could hel p It , Twae no business of mint . —Do you give your evidence now willingly 1—Yes ; I give it willingly beoause I can't help it . 1 ' must do it . —Thorns * , tbe constable , said he had found two otber persons who would give evidenoe , but , being Irish , tbey would not attend unless they were summoned . { Vhen be took tbe prisoner iato custody he told him tbe cbarge , which the latter denied .
—Mr Yardley ( to Coghlan ) . —What was tbe oause of the quarrel between them !—Coghlan : Wby , they belonged to two partle-, and a young girl was taken away Irom her relations the ulght the murder was committed . I do not know whether it was with a stone or with his fiat Jerry R ? _gan struck Sullivan ; but be conld not do it with bis fist , for his skull was out open aad his head was as black aB your shoe . —Inspector Lewis , of the Thames polioe , said be understood an inquest hadbeen held on tbe bedy , and a verdiot of ' Wilful Murder' returned . — . Mr Yardley told the prisoner tbat he ceuld say what he pleased , but it would be written down . —Pri . sorter : As I stand in the pretence of God , I had no more hand In bitting him that you bad , gentlemen , I eaw Sullivan when be was lyirg in his bed . and said to hia , ' You hare no charge against me , Jack V and he
taid he had not . _—Cogblaa : Yes , you Baid it iras your brother-in-law did it then ; but you know I saw you , Jerry . —Prisoner : It was never a man of my name that did it , and ii it likely that that man there would be leokiBg me in the faoe these two years , and never say a word aboat it before ?—Mr Yardley said he would remand the piiBoner fer a week , and , iu the meantime , direoted the officer to communicate oo the subject with the proper authorities ln Ireland . WORSHIP STREET . — Incautious Saie or _Poibmt . —Henry Squires , a gaunt and wretched-looking young man , wbo appeared to be labouring under mental imbecility , was placed at the bar , before Mr Hamtni ) , charged with having at : empte < * . to deetroj _himst-lf by taking quantit ) of oxalio aoid . —Police constable BenBley , H 81 stated tbat on Saturday afternoon be was called into
, a low lodging house , in Wentwortb Street , Whiteohapel , wbere be was informed tbat one of _, the inmates had taken poison , and upon entering a lower room he found the prisoner seated ia a stooping position in _« chair , and in a state of complete stupefaction . Oa the table by bis side was an empty cup , and also a paper contain _, ing the sediment of Borne white powder , but without any label or inscr iption to indicate ita deadly character . The prisoner was Immediately conveyed te tbe London Hospital , where hehad since remained In too _sbatlered a condition to admit of his removal until that morning , when he was given iDto custody , and Btated , in extenuation of his condnot , that be had been driven to desperation in _ogogeguence of having bsen discarded b y his mother , who resided aud possessed considerable pre . perty la Monmouthshire , and subsequently refused any
kind of relief by the pat ish authorities oi Whltechapel , to whom he had applied for assistance . —The landlord _, of tbe house in Wentworth Street , at wbioh the prisoaer had only been living a few days , produced a well _, written letter , wbioh the latter had left upon tbe table , explanatory ot hts motive * for attempting bis lite , ana also a communication whioh bad arrived tbat morning frem bis mother at Newport , in wbich she briefly IntU mated that having baen apprised by ber son af his inten . tion to commit suicide , she wished him tb be handed over to the _police , as he wai subject to occasional fitB ef insanity . —In answer to questions from the magistrate , the prisoner said tbat after repeated unsuccessful ap . plications for assistance to his mother and other affluent members of bis family , be was compelled te seek admission to the Whiteohapel union workhouse , ta wbioh parish his father bad formerly carried en an
extensive business , and he obtained shelter tbere for a few days ; but was abruptly turned out last week for no otber assigned reason than that he was subjeot to attacks of epilepsy . The prisener added that a chemist in Whltechapel bad sold him the poison in the paper _prodoijedby the offiotr , without inquiring for what pur . pose it was intended , or puttie- ; any questions to him whatever —Mr Hammill said that this was another In . stance of the culpable want of oaution whioh the venders of such deleterious artides were in the constant habil of displaying , and wbich called loudly for the inter _, ference of t he legislature , with tha view oi Imposing some more stringent restrictions to regulate tbeir tale . With regard to the prisoner , as he was manifestly not in a condition to goat _larg * , he should order him to be remanded until his friends conld be communicated wltb , and Berne effectual means adopted to provide for hiB future safety .
On Satubdat Morning Last, Two Quartermas...
On Satubdat morning last , two quartermasters the Garde Republioaine , named Guillerm 6 and Fc _* a taine , having quarrelled about some triBiBg matter , went lo the Barriere de la Gare _, and fougnt a duel with _eworde , whieh ended fatally to Guillerine , who was run through the body and expired almcst immediately on arriving at the hospital , of i * . _^__ tS whioh he was carried . Fontaine haa not emoe maw biB appe &» noe ,-i '« w _Tcptft
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13011849/page/5/
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