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_yy Friends , _-2 > .. " - : " : '; '' ¦ ' ¦ f ni _? iias . _ eena bas ? week with me and I _. Diill pr oceed to detail : my labours as briefl y as _Iwsibl- * . On _Hon-ay _ruor _ i _ g I starter ! for Gloucester , to convey your . esteemed and r lued friend , Mr Shaman Crawford , t 9 Sni _^ _S pn _^ i * ° _^ _it * 1 _© trie j > leas _ r _ b > le spectacle ef etshty families , _herettsfowrslaves _, and living _jp underground cell _^^ _taBng . possession of their own _osfclft-s _^ _gS g _^ _Jj _^ labour fields . This g « od ' to _« o _^ r __ H . _ sip _^_ : _jpgt'iielighted with what he saw , but' _&^ s _" | _efis ? ituents of _Rochjje—who are the _ow _^ ectors as well as _elec-^ _p ; t— will ask for tie unadorned opinion of their friend , and as he is not a man to
exageera 1 shall postpone any de s cription of his _feeUags until I receive thero through that ] e criti _* tiate channel . As I told my audience , at Sheffield ( and it was a bumper ) , itis an extraordinary thing to find Mr _Sharmau Crawford , one tke largest landed proprietors in Ire-]; In < 3 . declaring in the House of Commons , that _tfie cultivator of the soil and tbe proprietor of the soil are co-partners in the soil ; it was , _ pon that account , delightful tome to be able ts illustrate that grand principle to that good and generous man .
Well , m v c hild r en , although this scheme is denounced by tbe Press-gang and those wha live upon your sweat and blood , I had my ample _regard for the abuse of such slaves in the gratitude I received from the occupants on Monday . Delight is no term to describe their feeling—it was one of pride , of independence , and thanksg iving . All—strangers , and all—con fesse d " that the eye had never beheld such a eig ht , nor has it : it drives me mad to look
upon it and to think of the impediments that have been thrown in my way ia the prosecution of such a work . But I tell those tyrants , Openly and advisedly , tbat tbougb 1 will not march to battle at the bidding of every enthusiast or braggart fool , that I will march to battle rather than allow my plan to be frustrated by any quirk or quibble with which speculators in human sweat and their tools may attempt to frustrate it .
The day was wet , for it poured showers of gold , and I was pleased to be wet to the skin , because it went to the roots of the seed , whi c h will yield my children their harvest . The concourse was immense , and all was harmony . From Snig ' s End I went to Lowbands , accompanied b y Mr Crawford and Mr Allsop ; in the midst of the pelting rain we walked throug h a majority of thejallotments , and those gentlemen declared that tbey never witnessed such a scene in their lives . Tell me tbat population presses hardly upon tbe means of subsistence , w ben this farm , upon which there were five acres of tares and ei g ht acres of turnips , when I took possession of it last year , has now forty acres of
wheat and upwards , forty acres of potatoes and upwards , cabbages , peas , beans , parsnips , carrots , mangel _wartzel , and other things , as admitted by those gentlemen , superior—vastly superior—to anything that they had seen . And as I have those witnesses now to call , they will confirm tbis fact , tbat Thomas Aclam , a four acre occupant , sold twenty-five pounds ' worth of c a bbages , planted in October , off les s tban naif an acre of ground ; that they were all sold on the ground , Eone taken to market ; th a t he h a s sp lendid pot a toes now growing w _ ere those cabbages grew ; that there is not a weed upon his allotment , and that he declared be would not take 250 i . for his holding .
We had at dinner new potatoes , the finest I have seen this year , furnished from his allotment ; he has the best beans I have seen ; the fi n est turnips , and the most splendid lettuces . His garden is less than half an acre , and he assured us that he and his family , consisting of five , could not consume what it would produce . What Free Trader , then , what friend of Emi gration , will dare talk to me about population pressing too hardly upon the means of subsistence ? But , if you doubt my estimate of what may be done wit h three acres of land , read the following table ,
giving an account of ait Sillett s produce , and his profit , after the consumption of his famil y , from two acres of ground—always baaring in mind that he paid £ l _* 25 an acre for his land , with the legal expenses ; and £ 8 a-year for his bouse ; while the average rent of two acres in our Company , and a house , w ill not re a ch £ 10 a-year . He gave £ 125 an acre , bec a use he bought in the retail market , while the land I have _boug ht is better , and will not average £ 40 an acre . But every member should read this work of Silletfs . Here follows his table of profits , after support of
family;—SOLD PRODUCE OF THE YEAR 18 * 7 . £ s . d . Produce of two Co wi , after family ' s consumption , fattening one calf arid weaning one 29 12 8 One Calf fatted , weighed nine stone , nt Se . 2 d . per stone of _l-iUw - _ 3 12 6 Skin , head , feet , _ c « » .. 0 16 0 t 8 e One _year-old { _leifer _ „ „ - .. 5 8 0 One fat Fig of right stone of _Mlbs ., at Ss . per
stone ____ _«•• i _, 3 t 0 Twenty Sacks of Potatoes , at Ss S 0 0 Twelve Bushels early ditto at es .. - .. 3 0 0 _SeTen Thousand Cabbages , at _| d _„ .. .. 14 ll 8 Twelve Peck * of Onions , at Is .. .. .. 0 12 0 Various Seedf , Vegetables , _ c ,. - ~ 5 15 0 _ 71 3 10 Deduct re Et for land at five per cent . on purchase money , ( including expe _ ses '_ -5 J .. ~ .. .. 12 10 0 Rest for House .. « •• j [ * ° *«« . _*«» . *«¦ __ ii _ ° 23 2 o
_Ket Balance of profit for the year .. .. £ 51 \ _l'i ' Now , my children , if ever you fig ht , fi g ht for that , and do not make jackasses of yourselves by cheering every fool who tells you that he has his p ike and his rifie at home , W hile be never saw a p ike nor a rifle in his life ; but breed over this , tbink over i t , talk about it , and when you see your infant children , that you would love if you could support them , torn from their motbers' breasts in the mornine , that she may obey the _summoss of the fac to ry hell , while you are denied labour _, _though _willing to work—ask yourselves if you
are not willing slaves and murderers , if you longer tolerate this desecration of God ' s holy will and commandment , that man should live in the sweat of his brow . And , rest assured , Trvy friends , that a community of Land members would very speedily lead to a wholesome system of representation , us Mrs Graham , an Irishwoman , and mother to one of my most industrious occupant ** , and a county woman of _MrShaiman Crawford , told him on Monday , that she would fight at the door of her cottage wit ' i a poker , and _against any odds , before she _"Pould give it up _.
Now you should see the ? e people- You should see my old grey-headed children , that are happy ; and myyeiuthful children , that are M » omin _ . thankful ' , and merry : and then you would __> k _vourselves , how it is that the Pres _> and the speculators denounce the project ? And here let me digress , to say a word to the Pre _> s- ( iaiifr . i o the 1 'res ? . Gang " : — : Come on ve cripples ! come ( tn ye prostitutes , you " villains , you p lunderers , you murderers : ' _C'i = ! » t _. y . e . come all , this roek shall f . y _Froi . its Srm tase , as £ 00- £ 8 IX
Vou hea-ts ! vou haven ' t the merit of prostitutes ; they , p _, r souls , obey their passions _, their _iiiitura ] passions ; vou obey your _unnaturalluvK H „ _-, v dare you ' _¦ _* rite ahout , how dare you t ; . ] j ; , UOut . h /> w dare you think ? ; i -ut , ainthin _^ that is stamped with the impress ( , f '„ , _„; _, ' _i ' _rei-doni : Vou are hired tu KrprAuate man ' s slavery . You poor drivel-1 _»' . _ _sycMj _. ' nants . you hired slaves , you of the _C' /' _M _.-ic / V . ' i b ,. IJn ' ily Ne us , and the >' w' 2 ; the IJ i"pfilch . ; .:: _
"ti "¦> _K' _-lb - tes , what induces you to give _Stride , ! r . j „ fr „ the Land Committee , _** ''d call t ! u- scheme a ju __ le , while you have _knt y <» ur I . _t- _> t as-istance to bubbles , _jugg _lfa , and _. _iet-eit . - - , for which vou were paid by the _"Peculator * to _Kniiwav ' juggles , Mining bub-* _£ S Money Clubs , Building Schemes , and a _thousan d d ' _t-J . _jsiyns _? Can vou show one , you
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brutes , of wbich the manager can say , there is betweeri three and four thousand pounds over and above all the expenses of the Company , made by the industry of the propounder , ever and above tbe capital of the Company ? No such item as sundries , no such item as expeases ofthe propounder ? No _. you cannot . You know tbat the practice is to put forth fascinating prospectuses ss advertisements , for which you are paid , and to write leading articles for which you are paid , tb a t then tbe managers may make another call , that then the bubble bursts , the Company is declared insolvent , and tbe members are answerable to the creditors .
Savages I you have attacked the Bank . Did you ever bear of any other bank relaxing its rules in favour of depositors ? Did you ever hear of another banker whose rules required notice of withdrawal , directing bis manager to honour all drafts at sight while poverty continued ? Hirelings ! you t a lk of penalties and illegality . I stated , in the House of Commons , that it was the hampering of the law ' s technicalities
that- _rendej-gd it impossible- for __ me to comply with the aw ' s requirements ; and that it was therefo _^ J soughs _thesiartple _^ _iaw to protect me against its complicated meshes . And as for penalties , for the violation ef the law ' s technicalities , I know 1 have incurred them ; but it is only I who have incurred them , not the members , as in other cases . I have incurred them to de v elope my plan , w hi c h the la w w ould have frustrated , and , thank God ! I am able to pay them , without calling upon the
Company . \ ou monsters ! you may harp upon the legal string and _^ penalties ! What can be done for the poor that is within the provisions of your laws ? but you shall make two questions , and the chairman of your committeeof whom 1 shall say nothing at present—shall divide the measure into two questions ; the one t he leg a l question , and the other the honourable question . I confess to having violated the law , because it is im p ossible to serve tbe poor and compl y with its requisition ; but I throw down the gauntlet , and , as your friend , Sir Benjamin , said—I challenge the strictest and mostsearehinginquiry into the application
of the funds ; and I pledge my honour as a aentleman that not a farthing has been speculated with—not a fraction has been abstracted trom its legitimate purpose . What do you say to that , you worse than prostitutes ? Did you ever hear of such a Company as that bef o re , whose crime is that it courted no newspaper aid , and has not spent a guinea in advertising ? Revolutions are the fashion of the day . I hope we shall never have one in England * but if tyranny drives the peop le to it , i hope your brothels will be the first victims . Adieu , you beasts ! I defy you all , Your enemy , Feargus O'Connor .
Xow , my friends , I turn from the consideration of these ruffians—a notorious Sodomite is one of their principal contributors—and I return to my week ' s work . On Tuesday I arrived at Sheffield , and was met at the station hy five of the Town Council—Mr Ironside , Mr Briggs , Dr Payne , Mr Wood , and Mr Wig f a ll , and we proceeded from thence to the Market-place , Paradisesquare not being large enough to hold
onehalf of the assemblage , and all declared that they never saw such a procession in Sheffield before . As Mr Ironside trul y said , in proposing Mr Ottley to the cbair , "This is Sheffield ' s answer to Lord John and Mr Cobden . " It was a magnificent sight . We were surrounded by government spies and reporters ; and when the delig hted workies asked me how many there were there , I replied ? " The Press will give you two hundred and thirty-seven ragam u ffin s , seven women , and five boys .
In the evening , we had the theatre crowded witb all classes . Mr Ottley was again in the ch a ir , and opened the proceedings in a brilliant speech , when Mr Ironside moved the address , which you will find at foot ; and after which I spoke at considerable length upon the Labour question , and which , my friends assure me , gave universal satisfaction . To-day ' s ( Thursday ) Times glances at the meeting in the evening , but says not a w ord about the procession , which would be a nail in the coffin of Whiggery . After the meeting in the theatre , though much exhausted and very hoarse , I remained in the company of my children , deli ghted with their conversation , and enlightened by their information , till twelve o ' clock at night .
On Wednesd a y I started for Loughborough , and when I arrived at the station , to my surprise and horror , I saw the ground occupied by dragoons , while the people upon the bridge and in the neighbourhood , cheered as the train advanced . When I alighted , tbe first man wbo addressed me was a police official ; he said the magistrates wished to see me in the station room . I went there , and they announced tbat tbe meeting had been suppressed by proclamation ; that the troops were in possession of the ground where tbe meeting was to be held , and that they had orders to prohibit the procession and the meeting . I told them that as the proclamation was issued oa Tuesday , it was their duty to have communicated the fact to me
before my arrival , as they knew I was to be in Sheffield on the previous day ; but as it w a s neither my policy , my desire , nor my wish , to bring the people into collision with the troops , that I would address the multitude assembled at the station and disperse them . To this proposition Mr Dawson objected , stating that it would appear like the _delegation of the magistrates' power to me . I replied , that the magistrates' powers were physical , mine were moral ; and that if the peop le , under the false apprehension that I was in custody , from not seeing me , were Jed to an oulhreak , that thea the responsibility would rest with tbe mag istrates , a nd th a t I did not think that the fine-drawn distinctions of Mr Dawson would be a justification or
consolation for them if the misconception or refusal should be followed by the loss of life . We had a long consultation ; there were three mag istrates—two were with me , one was with Mr Dawson—the majority carried the day , so I mounted a luggage stand at the station , and , though very hoar s e , I addressed the multitude w ith the m a g istrates on the one side and the dragoons with their drawn swords on the other . When I appeared the cheering was tremendous , and with one voice all cried out , " There ' s our father . ' ' I said , " You call me vour father and I look upon you as my
children though you are said to be too numerous I cannot afford to lose one of you , nor could / re s t in my bed if a ny imprudence of mine was the cause of diminishing my family by one . I _t-ame amongst you to-day to proclaim our principles , bv those principles I will stand in spite of all opposition , and , ere long 1 will cine amongst you again to proclaim the Charter as the triumph of those principles . ( Here meet
a _general cheer burst from the whole - * „ ' . r ) Vou know I am watched , you know how proud _tliov _« ould be to take me from anuJU vou , but that they sha 1 never do until I locate every man who is willing to lite i „ the sweat of his brow in his own castle upon _) jis own labour field . ( Lond cheers . ) Do jou love me ? (* Yes , _ves . _' ) Would you _compromise S \ \ I _* o , never . ' ) Would y ou injure our _causer ( 'No , no . ' ) Then will you obey me ? (« Ye * , for ever . ' ) Then let aB , who think it i _*
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wise to abstain from coming into collision with an armed force , hold up both hands . ( Here e v ery hand in the meeting was held up . ) Now go home and baulk t yranny o f its triump h , "— - and immediately the ground was cleared . Now , my friends , believe me , tbat those ex . hibitions evince our tyrants' weakness and our strength , while they but serve to wed me , and thousands of others , if possible , more closel y to the cause . 1 know that the tyranny of our rulers and tbe masters , will once more drive us to our torch-light meetings , as the mind of this country will not consent to be much longer pent up by day , and thus debarred of its power of expression . But you have trusted me long , and the Whigs are anxiously
looking for my " tumble into the pit-fall—but , rely upon it , that , as a live dog is better than a dead duke , I am determined to live and worry tbem , u ntil you bave gained your rights . Neither taunt nor threat , scoff nor jeer , shall induce me to peril that cause , which is ne a re s t and dearest to my heart . I will save you from the vengeance ofyour enemies , and Will save your friends from tbe penalty of that enthusiasm wbich , in these _timeg _, i , rather _approve tban censure . _^ Fpr _^ belieye , me , my friends , that nothing , not even tire _sh _ dbw of justice , ' if to be achieved from our present rulers' love of justice . Your faithful and uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ .. M . P . Most Honoured abd Estebmed Sib , We , the _inhabitants of Sheffield , ar e de s irou s oa the _prese-t festive _oecasion , of expressing onr sincere and deep-felt ' gratitude , and unfeigned esteem for you , who have laboured so long , ardently , and gratuitously for the interests and liberties of tbe people of thia country . Tou have been the pilot who has steered the Chartist vessel in the midst of the dangers and storms , which have assailed it from all the quarter * of the political _campass . And , sir , we are willing still to _cen & de in yoa ; in yonr patriotism and unfiinohing fidelity aHd perseverance . Your persecutors and _slaaderers have sought to ruin
you , and to destroy our hopes of future success ; but tbey hare not , nor can they accomplish either the one or the other . You , Bir , have laid aside caste , have forsaken your own order , that you may beeome as one of labour ' s sons , that you may raise thera from the dust of the earth , who have been sunk is poverty and wretchedness by the iron arm ef oppression ; who , sir , have been born into th ? world , merely to be consumed by unceasing toil to enrich and honour thei ; oppressors . This is , on your part a generous , a noble undertaking , and we need not remind you , that we wish you entire aHd complete _success ; _asuccesithat shall be equally gratifying and honourable to you , and shall give
universal presperity and _contentment to the people . What wonld your and our enemies have you to do , to satisfy them , or to stand high in their favour , or to merit their _unreeerred approbation ? If you advise the people to keep the peace , you are _charged by them with cowardice ; if you were to advise them to arm and offer physical force resistance to the authorities , you would then be rash and dan . _gerous , perhaps . branded by them as a traitor . Il yoa are generoas , yoa " _pffrehase popularity ,- if yoa act independently you are proud and arregant _; if you agBiBt the Tories , you are paid by th e m ; if you turn tothe Whigs or Radica l s , and offer them the right hand of friendship , you have
betrayed the people ; if you do neither , you are cried up as & firebrand and disturber of the public peace . Why , sir , if you were to <) ie of grief , because you cannot please these fastidious foes , or were to place yourself in the way of a bullet or bayonet , and thus sacrifice your life , in either case they would sing a song of triumph over your grave . But , sir , you will do neither—at least for their gratification ; but in the future , as in the past—they wHlhave tofret , to threaten , to slander , and to prosecute ; whilst you , air , will continue to fit in calmness and security , and smile at the vanity aud futility of their efforts ; rewarded , as you are , by the warm-hearted gratitude and unabating confidence ofthe people .
There is , sir , another subject to whiob we must allude , inasmuch as it has been the causa of our assembling together this evening ; this , sir , is your gigantic efforts to place the sons of labour upon their natire soil , to make them freemen in a free country , not to live as serfs and toil for others , but in a state of independence to labour for themselves . Thus , your generous efforts open a bright prospect into the tuture . This , sir , ia a new political science ( not political economy of the new Fchool , which counts gold as drops of blood from tbe hearts of the people ) . Nature , sir , has been kind and liberal to man , but man has been unkind and miserly to his fellow . You , sir , wish to restore man to Nature , as t o a liberal an d generous parent ; in this , sir , we again wish you complete success , aBd a long and honoured life to witness aud behold your numerous children on the land—independent , prosperous , peaceful , and happy .
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GRAND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION . PUBLIC ENTRY OF MR O'CONNOR INTO SHEFFIELD . Tuesday was agrand day Sir Chartism in Sheffield . Early in the morning groups of men were seen in every part of the town preparing for the demonstration , and about one o ' clock men , music , and banners began to muster in Barkers Pool . At half-past fiiree the dense mass began to move in the following order : marshal on horseback , followed by a very handsome banner , brought out by tbe order of Rechabites band ; the members of the Land and Charter Association four abreast , closely followed by a full-length banner of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . ; a banner representing a large heart , with the motto
' The aristocracy sucking the vitals of the people . The next was a large black banner with the motto , ' John Mitchel , the first victim of the new Gagging Bill ; ' then followed the Irish Labourers Friendly Society , with two rich banners representing their respective orders , followed by the members of their order ; next came the temperance band , olio wed by a beautiful carriage for the reception of Mr O'Connor , which contained five members of the Town Council . A large silk banner with the following motto , 'The greatest happiness to the greatest number , { or the greatest length of time , ' Several carriages containing the members of the various committees . The procession moved slowly along Farga t e , High-street , King-street , Haymarket , Waingate , and the Wicker , to tiie Station .
At about half-past two a signal was given of the arrival of the train containin g our chief , but to give a _description of the enthusiasm of the wedged masses would be totally impossible , as the _Jprocession moved slowlv along to the Cattle Market , where Mr O'Connor briefl y addressed the countless assembly , after which the procession separated . In the evening the soiree at the theatre was attended by upwards of 500 well dressed operatives and their wives . At half-past seven the doors were thrown open to the public , When the house was quickly crowded to suffocation , and hundreds who had come fourteen miles could not gain admisbion . On Mr O'Connor making his way to the platform the cheers were deafening . Mr Otley was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings .
Au address was read by Mr Councillor Ibonsid . e , expressive of approval of Mr O'Connor ' s conduc t in his political proceedings , and in connexion with the National Land Company . Mr O'Connor responded at great length , expressing the pleasure he felt at the address . In France , they had been telling the labouier that he was entitled to honour and compensation , but had not told him how he was to get it ; but by his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) plan the rich would become richer and the
poor rich . It was heresy and blasphemy to say that the industrious people of this country _nere to be transported as surplus population to another country . The money hoarded in the Dank of England was useless and unprofrable . Place labour on the laud ; it was Nature ' s pap , and was the only thing which could sustain and maintain them . The prond oak should be levelled—the fat war horse knocked off —and an em ! put to pleasure horses and dogs ; and then if the land were too small , he would go abroad
with them ( his auditors ) in search of another country . The Charter had been spat upon ; their fulllength portrait , the little miniature he had _wwied
under his coat fifteen years ago , his cri ppled bantling , they had laughed at him ; but now behold the master which on the 10 th of April frightened the isle fron its propriety , and caused the Queen to take refuge in tbe Isle of Wight . ( Cheers . ) Mr O ' Connor attacked the ' Gagging Bill' of Lord John Russell , the very name of which was a violation of the constitution , and described the government as seeking protection under the petticoats of the Queen . They had suborned a corrupt press , and were trying ftp- destroy the French Republic . Nothing had been obtained for the people by the Catholic Emancipation Bill , the Parliamentary Reform Bill , or by Free
Trade , but the social p lan he wished to put them in possession of would seek a good political system to defend it . Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , who would be iii his place in tbe House of Commons that day _wegjk , was his leader , not Mr Hume , nor Mr _CobdfinV They must suppose they were to mount the ladder above him , he knew his position , and would make them ktiow theirs . He would tell them that there was a still greater power than that which they mi g ht _achieve for themselves , and that was by cooperating with the Irish people . After enlarging to some extent on this head Mr O'Connor gave a great variety of details connected with the National Land _tympany ,, which were received with much approbation ; " The proceedings concluded at ten o ' clock .
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Nottingham . —A numerously attended meating va beld in the Market Placo , on Monday , at 11 o ' clock No opposition was offered by the authorities , but the caution issued by the head of the metropolitan police was posted on tbe door ofthe police office : of this the Chartists took eo notice , and about a quarter before eleven Mr J . Sweet . Mr C . Roberto , Mr Harrison , Mr J . Barber , and Mr Kydd of the Executive Committee , marohed through the town arm in arm , and passed the police _tffice to the place of meeting , followed by a numerous body ef Chartists . _Theleadera were frequently saluted with ' That ' s right , my lads , ' & c . On arriving at tbe place of meeting , Mr Sweet was unanimously called to the chair , who , af tar having opened the business of the meeting , called upon Mr Harrison to move the following _reaclution : — ' That
we , the werking classes of Nottingham , being personally affected by the unparalleled distress whioh has for a long time prevailed amongst the operative classes of Great Britain and Ireland , and being convinced that this distress iB _cautsed by _olas * made Jaws , irrespective of the sufferings of the great body of the people , wish—firstly , to convince Mr Cobden that the Chartists ara not the insignificant minority he has represented them ; and , secondly , to convince Lord J . Russell that they want , and are determined to have without mutilation , that for which the people of this countty have been so long contending , namely—the People ' s Charter . '—Mr Barber seconded the resolution , which was supported in an eloquent speech by Mr Kydd , who appeared very ill , and at the conclusion was quite exhausted . —Mr C Roberts moved the next resolution _asfollows-: — ' Tbat this meeting views with extreme disgust tho Iato
proceedings ot government relative to the case of John Mitchel , and the cowardly nnd unconstitutional means resorted to to procure the conviotion of that noble of nature . ThiB meeting also views with the utmost contempt the means employed for the suppression of public opinion in England and Ireland , and is determined to aid the people of Ireland in theii just resolve to govern _themselve 3 ; inasmuch , as it ie the right ofthe peeple of every country . This meeting is determined to assist , by every means in its power , all persons , either in England or Ireland , who have been or may be in the present struggle for liberty , proeecuted for political offences . ' The resolution having been seconded , was _catrrled unanimously . No interruption was given to the _gieeting , though a goodly number of tho police attended . Nearly the whole of _tbtyaagistrates , and many gentlemen , were at the windows of the police offices when the Chartists and their leaders passed .
Conolbton . —A public _meetisg waB held in tee ChartiBt roam , Mill-street , on Monday last . Mr Richardson in the chair . Resolutions condemning Lord Joha _Rtiasell and Mr Cobden were unanimously adopted . The meeting waa _addreaned by Messrs Pickford , Gosling , Potts , Burnett , and John West of Macclesfield . —A meeting of Chartists and Confederates was held on Sunday last , when resolutions expressing sympathy for Mr Mitchel , and for opening a subscription for hia family were unanimousl y adopted . The meeting wa s addressed by Messrs West , Carr , and Ceasy .
Milks . Bank , _Shbltoh . —A Chartist camp meeting was held on Whetley Moor , on Whit-Monday , June 12 , to protest against Lord John _RusseU ' g assertion that the people want no reform . 3 , 000 persons wera present . Several local speakers delivered most excellent speeches , whieh were frequently applauded by the meeting , _Resolutions were passed condemning Lord John ' s assertion , and to defend the persecuted patriots , and a liberal collection made . A large number of police were close at hand , and the' specials' were expected to be in attendance , but were not there . Lancashire and Yorkshirk . —A Chartist delegate meeting waa held on Sunday , June lltb , at the White House , Blackstone Edge , when the following delegatea were present : —R / Gill , Rochdale ; Mr Banoroft , Mixenden Stones ; Mr Jacques , Middle
ton ; G . Suttlipp , Todmorden- , William Tasg , Bacup ; William Marden , Sowerby ; William Walker , Midgeley ; David Tempest , Halifax , - Christopher Shackleton . Queenshead ; T . B . Taylor , Elland _; Mr Coup . Littleborough ; T . Fildes , Manchester ; Michael " . Roberts , Bury ; John Smith , _Hebdenbridge . Tbe minutes of the last meeting were confirmed . The continuance of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Delegate meetings was discussed , and it was unanimously agreed that an united delegate meeting of both counties , should bo held once in each month . '— ' That the next meeting be held at Hebden bridge . To commence at ten o ' clock , a . m ., on July 9 th . ' —It was also agreed : — ' Thafc all correspondence must be addressed to the authorised _seore . tary _, Thomas Roberts , 25 , Mount-street , Manchester . '
Stockport . —Mr T . Webb lectured here on Sunday last , and concluded his address , by an appeal on behalf ot the Victim Fund , which was heatrily responded to by a _subscription after the lecture , amounting to £ 1 Us . 6 d . ; 2 s . 6 d . has also been forwarded to the Executive , towards liquidating the debt due to Mr O'Connor , by the late Victim Committee . Coventry . —The _memhere of this locality met in their room , at Mr _Pritchsrd ' _s Cfcffee House , _Gosford-slreet , Mr Gilbert in the cbair , when the officers under the New Plan of Organisation were elected , and 12 s . 4 d . collected for the Defence and Victim Fund . Every Chartist in this locality is requested to attend next Monday evening , at the above place . All communications for the CbartiBts of Coventry , tobe addressed to Mr Hosier , Coach and Horse 8 Yard , Much Park-street .
Merthyr Ttdvii ,. — The Chartists of this town had made arrangements to hold a public meeting last Monday , but had not given the authorities the notice required , and the magistrates were preparing to entrap them en the ground , A new requisition , however , was drawn up ( signed , and handed to the high constable , calling a meeting on next Monday , when . it is hoped , the distriots around Merthyr will send their thousands , and when a collection wili be mado for the vietimB . —The ChartiBt room was crowded on Monday last , when Mr J . W . Manning , from Cardiff , delivered an excellent lecture . He will attend the meeting on Monday next .
DEBDr . —CHAftnsr Or _ N aik Meetiko . —A public meeting was held in the Matket-place , on Monday last . Mr Chandler in the chair . The chairman commenced hi ? address , when several policemen desired him to go with them before . the magistrates . Mr _ChandJer went , and a bill was read prohibiting all publiC * ineBting 3 , which , the magistrates said , had been seDt to them by the government . The meeting was afterwards adjourned from the Market-place to _CheBter-green , when Mr Arcongh , in a neat speech , moved the following resolution;— 'Tbis meeting , having heard with disgust that Lord J . Russell has declared in the Ilouse of Commons that the people of this country do not desire either the reform contemplated by Mr Hume , or the six points of the Charter , do hereby lling back the assertion with contempt , and publiely tell him that he has
stated a gross ta ' sehooil , and that his conduct haB rendered _hiai contemptible in the eyes of all honest men : we a ! so tell him that tho poople of this country will sever rest satisfied until the Charter becomes the'Jaw of the land . ' Seconded by Mr Short , supp orted by Mr Shaw , and carried unanimously . Mr Hardy then _prspoaed tho following : — ' That it is tho opinion of this meeting , that _govewnnent has shown its weakness , and likewise its incapacity to govern Iceland , by the unconstitutional manner in which it has scoured the conviction of that sterling patriot , John MiUhcd ; and thia meeting hereby expresses its abhorrence at the unjust manner in which they have hurried him from his native land . We therefore pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours in order to restore him to his native land and to tho bosom of his family and friends . ' Seconded by Mr Chester ,
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and carried unanimously . Votes of thanks were given to Mr Shaw and the chairman , when the meeting quietly separated . Dairy , Ayrshire . —A publio meeting , tn consider the circumstances connected with the trial of John Mitchel , was held in the hall of the White Hart Inn , on Wednesday , the 7 th inst . Mr D » vid Chalmers in the chair . Mr Duncan Robertson raad a petition , whioh was _seoonded by Mr Orr , and unanimously carried . A resolution , condemning the assertion _, made hy Lord John Russell , that the people are satisfied with the do nothing policy of the base finality Whigs , was also unanimously agreed to , when the meeting broke up .
Ths Shambock asd Thistle Club . —A public meeting , with a view to form an union ofthe Chartist and Repealers of Dairy and neighbourhood , was held in the hall of the White Hart Inn , on Saturday evening last . Mr David M'Mullan in the ohair . Resolutions , in furtherance ofthe above object , were unanimously oamed . Greenock . —A publio open air meeting was held in Dullingbum square , on Monday evening last . Mr John Nelson in the chair . Resolutions , on the state of the country , and condemning Lord John Russell , were unanimously carried , as also a petition , founded on the spirit of the resolutions . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Miller , Duncanloak , Hindley , Brown , and Burrell . Northumbbblanb and Durham . —A district
delegate meeting ef the National Chartist Association , was held on Sunday , June lltb , at the house of Mr T . Hunter , _Eaaington-lane , Durham Delegates preBent ' . —Newcastle , Mr James _WatBon ; Sunderland , Mr Thomas Dickenson ; Berry Edge , Mr Thomas Carr ; South Shields , Mr Thomas Richards ; Durham , Mr B . Hill ; _Coxaoe , Ms Joseph Berry ; Eaaington-lane , ' . W . McCabe ; _West-Btreefc , Sunderland , Mr Radley ; Morton Colliery , Mr John Mitohel ; ' Mr James Watson in the chair . The minutes of the delegate meeting held at Berry Edge on Sunday , May 23 tb , were read and confirmed , and the following names of persons who are willing to deliver
lecturea any Sunday in the various localities in the district * , were given in . '—Anthony Scarer , 127 , Lead _, gate ; John Grogan , 70 , Leadgate ; James Reid , painter , Berry Edge ; Jos . SimpsQB , miner , ditto ; Thomas Carr , 101 , Leadgate ; Sartees Hutchinson , Berry Edge ; John Maughan , bookseller , ditto ; Thomas Anderson , miner , ditto ; _HenryPalphramosd , plate-layer , ditto ; Thomas Richards , 3 * . Brunswickstreet , South Shields ; Robert Whitman , Thriftstreet , ditto ; J . Nisbett , 10 , _GibBon-atreefc , Newcastle ; Jamea Watson , _Manse-atreet , ditto . ; William Byrne , Stepney-terrace , ditto ; Thomas Dickenson , Coronation-street , Sunderland ; Benjamin Radley , 21 , _West-street . ditto .
The following persons were appointed to deliver _Ieotures in the undermentioned places on Sunday , June 18 th : — Durham , New Durham , Sherborne Hill , Mr Thomas Carr . _Easingtin-lane , Merton Colliery , South Hetton , Mr Thomas Dickenson . _Thornlej and _Cassap , Mr Radley . Coxhoe and Quarnton Hill , Mr Thomas Richards . The following places are particularly requested to send addresses to their secretaries , and any other person , to correspond with James Nisbett , 10 , Gibaonstreet , Newcastle , with a view of appointing lecturers to deliver lectures in the above places on any Sumday after June 18 th . _Haswell _^ Triadon , Shotton , Sherborne Hill , Thornley , Piddington , _Wingate _, Rainton , Castle Edan , _Hetton-le-hole , The Downs , Grange Colliery , _Houghton-le-Spring . Resolved ,
' That Mr Dickenson ' s offer of lecturing one month in the localities of these counties ( gratis ) be accepted , and that gentleman to commence his lectures immediately , as soon aa a consecutive route oan be found for his lectures for the month . The several localities in the district are requested to correspond with the district secretaries , bo as to enable him to form a route for the month , and localities are to understand that they will have to bear the travelling expenses of the lecturer from one looality to the other . ' ' That Mr M . Judo be treasurer , and Mr J . _Nesbitt be secretary of this distriot . ' * Tbat each delegate Bball give a written copy of the rewlution he may propose to tbe meeting to * the secretary , after snch _re-Boluticn has been passed . ' ' * Piat the neat district delegate- meeting bo held in the house of John Pratt , Magnesia Bank , Union-street , North Shields , on Sunday , June 26 th , at two o ' clock in the aftesnoon . '—James Nisbem , District Secretary .
_Sundbuland . _—DbarSih , — I bog leave to inform you , and the ChartiBt Association generally , that onr principles are widely spread in this part of the north of England . Our asiociation at Sunderland is stronger now than it haa been these six years . We can afford to subscribe £ 2 to defend eur advocates , and have more ready if it be needed . On Sunday last , we held a delegate meeting at _Easington-lane , whioh was very numerously attended , _whsn it was thought desirable to have a clever leoturer down among us , and especially John West if he could be cot . On Monday I attended a publio meeting at Berry Edge , and a nrre enthusiastic meeting I was never amongst . At the introduction of my lecture , I told them I did not intend to come abaut
twenty-five miles for nothing , and at the conclusion , I enrolled forty-one names to the Association . On Tuesday I attended a public meeting at South Shields , along with two friends , Richards and Watson ; I gave the concluding address , and got an addition of twenty-one names to our cause . I attended with Mr Richards a public meeting the Bame evening , and at the conclusion I got fifty to join the Association , making 100 fresh members in two days . I go to Coxhoo on Wednesday , where 1 hope to be successful in swelling my list , and then I mnst attend to business the other three days , as I lecture in three separate villages next Snnday . I now say to all Chartists , who can publicly advocate their principle ? , ' Go ye and do likewise . ' YourB , Thomas _Dickin'son , _Ooronation-streot , Sunderland .
Sheffield . —On Monday last a publio meeting was held in Paradise square , to consider the case of John Mitchel . Mr Councillor Ironsides was called to the cha $ , when Mr Councillor Briggs moved , and Mr Samuel Jackson seconded , the following resolution ; 1 That this meeting is of opinion that tha late trial of the patriot John Mitchel , by a jury which was avowedly packed by the government , waa a direct violation of the liberty of the subject , and tbat a memorial be therefore sent to the Queen , praying for his immediate liberation , and also for the Repeal of the Uniou , as the first step to restore Ireland to a peaceable , prosperous , and happy condition . ' Carried . A memorial to _ ie Queen , and resolutions expressing sympathy for Mr , and condolence with Mrs Mitchel , were also adopted . The speakers were Councillor Wigfall , Messrs Willey , Grayson , and Otley . After having given three groans for the Whigs , and three cheers for Mitchsl , the meeting separated . There was a goodly muster of cavalry , pensioners , and police , but happily they had nothing to do .
_ShoRBOiicH . —A meeting was held on Wednesday evening at Perry ' s Coffee House , Church-street , Shoreditch , to raise subscriptions for the defence of those individuals who were imprisoned on account of the meetings in the Tower Hamlets . Hull . —A general meeting of the members of thto branch of the Company will be held in the Wilberforce _, on Tuesday evening , June 20 th , on business ol vital importance . The officers sincerely hope that every member will attend . Pea-sons holding _tiokets for the late tea party are requested to bring them in . _Mosslby . —The Chartists of thia looality moat nightly at their room . On the llth inst they were honoured with a visit from Harrison , police inspector , and Greaves the district constables , whom thsy edified by reading to them the letter ef an eye witness of the Bingley riots .
Lonq Sutton . —A demonstration announced by _handbill'took place _herejin _opposiaion to a proclamation ' cire ulated through the town . Upwards of forty constables and a number of special constables were sworn in . The people , however , went in _procesBioa through the principal streets , singing ' Base Oppressors , ' after which they repaired to a barn where 200 partook of tea , amongst whom were some of tbe _specials and the reporter , who were highly delighted . After tea a publio meeting took place in a field belonging to Mr W . Tagg _, on Mount Pleasant . Mr W . _Beiggs , brickmaker , [ was unanimously called to the chjur . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Smith , Twaits , and Pocklington , and the meeting separated after giving three _' eheera for Mr O'Connor , threo for Mr Tagg , and three for the Charter . The ratepayers _aromucb _. dissatiBfied at the conduct of the magistrate , tha Rev . — Bennett , for making an unnecessary display , the cost of which must iall upon their shoulders .
Paiblev . —A pubiie inoetiDg was held on Monday las in Quarry field . Sevoral bands of _patriot marched from the town to the place of meoting in _procesaion , bearing flags and banners ; _amount the moBt conspicuous was a fine tricolour , with the Inscription ' The Chartor a black thg bote tho insignia of' Boath or liberty ; ' oa a black fl ir from Barrhead , a _hea- _'t and two daggers with Repaal . Tho meeting _consi 6 tcd « f 0 , 000 , nnd was addressed by Messrs Hart , _Robertson , GUmour Watson , M'Kinnand Kell y . Mr A . Miller , _oiEldersilt in the chair . Resolutions condwnmng Loud John K . U 8-eell and of sympathy for Mr _Mitchol wera unanimously csrrled . After three cheere wero given for Mitch » l three for the Charter , and a vote ef tha & _ks to the chairman , tkemeeting _eeparattd , Longton . —Oa Sunday evening , Jane the llth ,
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Mr Baker lectured to a _denesl y orowded _meetina In tho Working Man's Hull . On Tuo 8 d _» . y evening , the 13 th isnt ., n _ren . psrly _ira _* _htld , when about 150 tat down , alter which the _pnblis was admitted . Mr Barber will leoture In the above ball , on Sunday , June 18 th a 8 s < _ o ' clock in tbe evenlDg , The Fond fob Convbtino Mas Johes to hss Hug . BiHD , ( the Compatriot ef John Frost , ) In the _ snd of his Exile , —Mr John Simpson ( secretary ) acknowled ges from P _, W , B ., K ; Mr _Galsley , la . ; Mr and Mrs _Dropir _, i , sd , . m . _bs Draper , 6 d , ; Mr Daft , Is . ; Mr _ , Sweat , la . ; Mr Tound , 6 rt ; Camberwell locality . lQi . YicriH 4 wd _BznvcE Ft ****) . — _ fr Simpson also ac kniwled « e _* frnm Mr Potter , Is . ; Mr Priee , 8 d . Mr Draper , Is , ; Mr Draper , Jun ., U . _LiBBftTt FoNn Mr Draptr . Jun .. Is . ADDBESS FROM _TDB FEMAtB CHABT 18 T 8 OF 1 OHD 0 K .
_Sistehs _i , p the Unhid Kingdom , —The time has come when wo muse cease to act as barriers of freedom or oar busbnods , sons , and _brothers , will bo torn from uo , branled an felons , aad wo shall be left to starve , ov depend for tbe means of _eiistence upon the tyrants who have _robbed ut ; their tender mercies are daily illustrated by the _p'ur . lav guardians , _speolal constable ! , police , _inagiat-ates , and judges , _trho are the willing slaves of the Crown and Government , and the enemfei 0 the real _produeero of wealth . Why are thoio who cry alon i for freedom cast into prison , or maltreated by the police ? _Became their _organisation ia defective . Whj are thouoaads _ab-ient from the demonstrations , who ought to be there to give the lie to England ' s Prime ML _nister ? They are _withheld by tear—aot cowardiceit is fear that springs from love ; it _isnot for _the-nelves bat for their wives and daughter ; , that they refasc to riik their _Ifr-ei and liberties , to gain thetr rights _.
Tho f ellug Is neble ; but suppose the wives and daughters of England , Ireland , and Scotland , unite in one powerfijl association , to demand for our _bBsbands _, _brothers , and _sone , the rights so long prayed for In vain . Suppose we allow no ' rest In the hall , while tbere ie want In tho cottage . ' Suppose we form ou _ classes in town and country , maintain constant com . munlcation with each other , make every preparation for determined notion—kenp our plans to _ourselves as mno _ ns possible ; think much , talk little _. 'but act wisely—hol _ oat-door demonstrations and proceisioBS if _desirable , and show by our actions that ws are heirs to the soil , and resolved to be free .
The feeling of love , which now engenders fear , would act In the opposite direction , and form a powerful ally with the love of liberty tbat dwells in the British boionj , Our _hntbands , brothers , and sons , would follow out example and fear would give nay to courage . Ths police , degraded as they are , would feel seme little regard for our sex ; and if they did not , our gallant troops would never shrink frjm the duty of defending their mothers , sisters , aod daughters , who , goaded by _Injastige , reduced to want , » ubj < et to insult , had united for the purpose of convincing their oppressors , that _onloa ig strength , and liberty worth struggling for . Tour sister _. City , June 10 th , 1843 . A . HH STERUN 8 ,
-MAT Hoi wood , Buczs . _—Mt Gammage addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meeting at this place , In tho open air on Monday laat , oa * _Lifeour ' _a wrong and Labour ' s remedy . " Mr Snull , of Buckingham , afterwards addressed the meeting in an excelleat speeoh , after which the meeting broke up , giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .
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PRIHA . Y , Jons 16 . HOUSE OF LORD 3 , ~ No business of an ; Importance was transacted . HOUSE OF COMMONS , — Spanish _Affaibs . —In re . ply to a question of Mr Bakkeb , Lord John Eosskli . stated that th * departure of the Spanish Ambassador from this country bad not taken place in _consequence of his being recalled by his ow _? government , but was the result of tome communications which had pasted between him and IJord Palmer . a ton , relative to the recent dismissal of Sir H . _Bulwec from Madrid . It was the intention of hor _Majesty ' s government to _placa on tbe table both those communications and the correspondence which had _immadiately preceded Sir H . Bulwer _' _s departure from Madrid . Ksw Wbit tot . LiicBiTKft . _—MtStafvobd then moved for a new writ for Leicester , which after a long diseus . sion was negatived by a majority & f 123—tho numbers being 129 to G , Public _Hbalth Bill . —On tbe motion af Lord Moa .
PE 7 H the House then proceeded witb the further comi . deration of tha Publio Health Bill , and it was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next . Boiouqh Elections Bill . —The Ilouse then resolved itself into committee on tht Borough Election * Bill , and was occupied for some time in _dlscaasing the v _« riou » clauses , after which tbe Bouse adjourned . FRIDAY , JraiE 16 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Scoab Dctieb . —Lori 3 . RrjiscL- _submitted the views of tha goveraaeat with reference te the _tugar question ft _ d the state of distress existing in the Tf est IadleB ; the _propeiitio- being :, as _tegards the latter , to make an advance oh the security of the colonial revenue , or to guarantee a loan of £ 500 , 000 for the _purposa of providing an Importation of emigrants ; that sum to be In addition to the ons already allowed by
the bouse for carrying out that object , Tbe further pre . _posltlona witb _rtipect to tbe duties on sugar were tho following , to come Into operation at the period listed . Year ending Foreign . Colonial . _JulyS . Brown clayed . Muscovado . MuBcovade , s . d . j , d . 6 . d , ( 1849 ...... 20 0 „_ 18 « .. _ 13 ] 8 d _9 „ _,, * , IS C i , Hii ,., Mi 17 o .. « , »« 12 0 1851 „„„ 17 0 15 6 11 0 1852 .,.. „ 15 6 ............ H 0 10 0 1853 ...... U 6 13 a > . ., „ 10 0 1854 13 0 _ .. „ 13 0 _» .. „ .,., _- 10 0 By this ) Arrangement the duties , after 1854 , will b « equalised on all classes of sugars al 10 ii . It was also
proposed that the differential duty on rum should ha ra duced to id . per gallon , and that tbe permission given last year for tha use of sugar in breweries should he frit-drawn ; hut , as _regarded distilleries , ne advantage having heen gained frora the use of sugar , the _permle _. sion would continue . The drawback to be diminished in proportion to tho changes _tfftcted . The noble lord concluded by coving that on _Moaday the house should resolve itself into a committee on the act of 1846 , Aftor a protracted debate , the motion was agreed to _NAViQATisN Laws . —Ob the question of going into committee on tho Navigation Laws , tha honse divided , whea the motion was carried by a majority of 87 , the numbers boin ? 119 to 32 .
Lord John Rusiill postponed hit notice for bringing i _ a bill to repeal the Assessed Taxes clause of tba Ra . ( arm Bill until Friday next , and the house adjourned .
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MURDER OP AN UNKNOWN GENTLEMAN . On Friday evening , June 9 th , nn inquest was held before Mt W , Carter , the coroner for East Surrey , at the Albert Tavern , _Battsrsea-fields , upon the body of a _gsn . tleman unknown , who was found lying on the bank of the river near the above-mentioned house . The deceased is apparently twenty . _six years of age , stout figure , fair complexion , dark brown hair , close cut whiskers , hii height about five fget Ave or six inches , and he was attired in a black dress coat , a striped veil , Tweed trousers , white shirt , spotted with red dog _' _g heads holding a stick , long cotton drawers , coloured
socks and Oxford shoes , black atlk neck tie , and web ot canvas _bracos , embroidered with flowers , A pair of kid gloves wero found In his coat pocket , but there was no other property found on his person . The following was the ovldence adduced _;—Two men , _samod Norris and Snow , wsro emptying mud out of B barge into a deck , about 300 yards from tho Albert Tavern , on the Red 'House Bide , on Tuesday morning week , about eleven o clock , | wh « a they observed the bod y of a man lying on the inner side of a rise of ground , forming a portion of the embankment adjoining the Albert Tavern ,
George Marguard , , V , proved that h © was present when tho body was searched , aud he found _tbreopercuaBlon cap 3 In his waistcoat-pocket , Iu consequence of seoing tho blood flow from tho wound on the forehead , ho 6 ent for tho nearest _dec . ' or , and Dr Win _^ attended , lie examined the deceased , and said he could not ex . actly stato whether tho wound in the forehead wag Inftic ed before or after _deatk until ha had removed thoikia _, After somo further evidence the inquest was ad . journcd _, that o post mortem examination _migkt be mado
On Saturday , about noon , Inspector _Busaico hfi au interview with Mr _Btadoa , tho Bluing magistrp t _, _^ mi Stated thut Dr Wing had extracted a pistol * -j : ! e : irom the deceased gentleman ' s head , and had _stated it k > by his firm _csnvictlon that the deceased _nvs imuderad The foreuaad had been boaton iu by auch an _Injtruuuut as a life-preserver . There was uo trace of powd _.-r iu tho wound , which thera would have been if thu pis ; ,, ! had beon fired close to the person . Tho back of ike hands wero much bruised by being _beaUu _withs'iuci . stick . Tho body had evidently been carried in a ami state and thrown into the water .
_ADJOUSNED INQUEST . On Wednesday , Mr W , Carter , the coroner for Surrey , resumed at the Albert _Tavern , _Battersen-fields , the ad . journed inquest respecting tho death of James Charles Gosling , aged cwentj-threo , tho party who was found In the river Thames with a pistol wound in the forehead , aud who it was believed had been murdered and afterwards thrown in tho water . Mr Edwnrd Wing , surgeon , of Oak Ilouse Battersea , said thut he had opened tho _Bkull and found a bullet imbedded in the _trontal bono which pressed on the mem . brnnes of tho brain . Tho causo of death was _gorioug concussion produced by a pistol shot , In conjunction with the bruises on the head .
Mrs Eliza Gosling , of 48 , Grove-ploco , Brompton , idea . titiid the deceased ae boiog htr sou , aud described him at having boon very eccentric in his conduct , and inco . horeat in hia language . He had freqaently said tha * cutting tke throat was dirty work , aud if ho wished . to commit suicide ho should shoot himself in the head _/ jibd , fall back into the river , so that no _inqueot should _bolhelsl on his body . ' . . ' ' _,, . Other uvidonce coHtirniakory having been given , " . ' Tho Jury returned a verdict ' That the deceased destroyed his own life , ho beiog at the time df unsound mind . ' ' , \
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17061848/page/1/
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