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Teste 17,1848. ^ ^ THE NQRTHE3N STAR. 5
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MARTIAL LAW. The] hypocritical, tyrannic...
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THE PERSECUTED PATRIOTS. POSTPONEMENT OF...
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WBP ¦»¦»-¦. PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. After ...
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We have now arrived at another stage oft...
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Co -Keafjn'S % comsponuents.
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Mr Jon v Csogiun.—The lines will not do....
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RECEIPTS OF THE _f__TIOST_i_, LASTS COB-...
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RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Croydon .. 0 ...
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FOB MRS MITCHEL. -EC-IV-0 ST ff. BIP.B. ...
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LETTER FROM MR JOHN FUSSELL TO HIS BROTH...
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UNITED Pateiok and Patbiarchs Land ahd B...
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NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND.. I beg...
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. POSTPONEMENT OF ...
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MORE ARRESTS. On Wednesday Ambrose Tomli...
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NATIONAL LAND PLAN. The committee appoin...
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WHIG WAR AGAINST THE WORKING CLASSES.
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PUBLIO MEETINGS SUPPRESSED. '
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AHOXHER ARREST. On Saturday, at Bow-tree...
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Emigrate! Emigrate! Emigrate! " Breathes...
f rom that Land which they are commanded _toi _cab-fae to their own use ? fand who will be i _^ ld enoug h to assert , that there are ten acres I f La nd in all England cultivated to one-tenth _Pg-t of their capability of yielding ? And who _£ _¦]* emigrate to a Foreign Land , and trust to _* _tjg tender mercies of those who persecuted them at home , for protection abroad ? Under ail these circumstances our answer to Emigration is , if the Land is t 0 ° small let the drones
fro forth from the hive , and there will be honey en oug h for the bees ; let the idle non-producers go forth from the Land that they have over spread with misery , and deluged with blood ; let the shepherds who have fleeced the flock , and nipped the top of the grass , betake themselves to their condemned vessels , and then the gift of God will be ample for the sustenance of his children , who are commanded to live i Q the sweat of their brow .
Teste 17,1848. ^ ^ The Nqrthe3n Star. 5
Teste 17 , 1848 . _^ _^ THE _NQRTHE 3 N STAR . 5
Martial Law. The] Hypocritical, Tyrannic...
MARTIAL LAW . The ] hypocritical , tyrannical "Whi gs seem determined to give the world another ill _ stration of the truth of that celebrated saying of the ancients , that " Those whom the gods mean to destroy , they first drive mad . " Not even Louis Philippe rushed more recklessl y to ruin than this vile faction are posting to perdition . Unmindful of the humiliating punishment inflicted upon them . in 1841 , they are again , by their drivelling incapacity and brutal tyranny , courting that popular vengeance , ' which seven years ago hurled them from power , and will
again smite them to the dust . Like the _Bour-_ ons , these wretched Whigs have neither _forgotten anything , nor learned anything . They have not forgotten their ancient hatred of the men , who earnestly desire to carry out the principles that Whigs only mouth about when out of office , merely that they may again get in . Nor have they learned , hy past experience , the impossibility of governing the country on the strength of forfeited promwes aad broken pledges . Like the Bourbons , they have also had a " restoration ; '' and like that doomed race , they will meet with a pitiless overthrow . As well-wishers of our country , we pray that that overthrow may come quickly .
It has been laid down by " constitutional authorities ""That it is the undoubted constitutional right of tht _people of the United Kingdom to meet freely , _tchen . _£ _o _ , _andtchtrcihcy _thoote , in public plaets , peacefully in & e day , to discuss their _grievemcis , and political or oiher _c—bgcesai j or for t _ o _purpose of _frarainp _, _discussing , er puling any Toteor re _ to _§___ ce , on any suV ' cct what-¦ ever . And _agaia : — ¦ " T __ t t _ e interference of &_ y _cirll or military _ftjrcs < s ? authority , for ths purpose of _wppreisinf or ditpe _«« Ing any meeting so peaceably assembled ____ conducted , is highly _ausoastitaiisaal and _arhitrwy . "
Such is the theory of " the Constitution , " "which the "Whigs have violated most grossly and infamously . A memorial to the Queen , setting forth the grievances of fhe people , and praying for the dismissal of the Whig Ministry , and the dissolution of the present House _Tof Commons , had been adopted at great public meetings held in different parts of the country in April last . To receive the report of the reception of that memorial , and further to consider the impudent assertion of the Whig Premier , tbat the people did not desire the Charter , a
Metropolitan public meeting had been called by the Chartist Executive for Monday last . The sieeting was summoned for " the discussion of . grievances . " It was advertised to assemble ¦ " peaceably in the day , " at a " public place " __ t of the range of the ordinary traffic of the capital , and where , therefore it was not possible that injury could result to the " business" of those selfish enemies to popular rights who prefer the sale of a pennyworth of
tape , to any question affecting the liberties and happiness of millions . In _answer to "the lies and _ealumnies ofthe hireling Press , the projectors of the meeting apprised the Prime Minister , by a public letter , of the real © bject of the meeting , and the certainty that , if unmolested , it would be strictly peaceable and legal in its proceedings . The members of the Chartist Executive made themselves responsible for the perfect peace and good order ofthe intended assemblage .
All in vain . A triumvirate of despots _^—Home Secretary Grey , and Commissioners Mayne and Rowan—coolly set aside " the Constitution , " and , by " specials , " police , infantry , cavalry , and artillery , prevented the meeting . The unarmed working men relied upon " the Constitution j" the < Whigs put tbeir trust in bludgeons , bayonets , sabres , muskets , and cannon . The last argument of Kings was the only argument of the Whigs-Of course , they had the best of the discussion . Quotations frora Blackstone and De _Lolme had no chance against levelled muskets and loaded cannon . The Chartist Executive prudently gave way , and the Whigs , a la Jack Ketch , •' finished * ' "the Constitution . "
The same day , a similar act of brutal tyranny wa 3 performed by the authorities" of Manchester , under orders from the Home Office . There , too , the liberal magistrates suppressed a public meeting of the people by force . Had the meeting been persevered with , the Liberal magistrates would have imitated tbe butchering deeds of their Tory predecessors in 1819 } and another Peterloo weuld have stained the annals of that town . At Loughborough military violence prevented the people receiving Mr O'Connor , and prevented that gentleman fulfilling a pledge long given , of addressing the brave men of Leicestershire .
In short , the reign of terror is established . We live under Martial Law - ' In the autumn of 1 S 38 , the Authorities of Liverpool entertained Lord John Russell at a public dinner , when , alluding to the anti Poor Law agitation , and the agitation for the Charter , then commencing , " his Lordship ' said .- — There were some who would put down such meetings . Sat tach was not his opinion , nor that of the gorern
ment with which be _ectea . He thought the people a right to free discussion . Is was free discussion which -licited truth . They had a right to meet . It they bad _grievance * , they had a rig t te declare fhe _ , that tbey neigh : be known and re < 5 res « _ed . II they had no grleT . _ nee « , common genie _ironld speedily come to tbe rescue __ dpnt * a end to _tbeis meetings . It was not from free -discussion , it wss not from the unchecked delaration ci puhiic opinion , that governments hsd anything to fear . There vxis fear _ichtn men acre driver , by force to secret _cambinatimt . There teas thc fear— therein * the danger , and
not tn free discussion . The " right" acknowledged by Lord John Enssell he has deliberately trampled upon . He has put an end to " free discussion" by the terror of the bludgeon and the bayonet . By musketry and cannon he has prevented the people declaring their grievances , and , thereby , torn from them the last hope of obtaining redress by constitutional" means . We have ever op . _pssed " secret comfainarions , " but to that resource Lord John Russell and his colleagues
are driving the people . If that "danger " comes , the Whig Premier may reflect that the " fear ** that will then beset society he will be responsi ble for . We warn tie people against the dark and deadly schemes of Government spits ; but we must also warn the Whigs that the _course they have entered upon must result ia producing that danger to society which , ten years ago / Lord John Russell declared would be the natural consequence of forcibly depriv-* pg the people ofthe rig ht of free meeting and free discussion .
Vainl y do the cruel , corrupt , and falsehearted rulers of this country strive , by fraud fi nd force , to stem the tide ' of progress , and prevent the march of Democracy- Persecution * * ill but accelerate the oppressors' fall , and the People ' s triumph . . . "' T _jrants ! in vein ye trecetfae wizard's ring ; la vain je limit mine ' s unwearied _spring . Vr _' h _. _i ! can ye lull the _sieged winds asleep ; Arrest the rolling wt rid , er chain t _ t detp ! l * o : the wide wave contemns your _eceptred band—Ii rolled not _kac-k whin Cenete gavs cemmand' , "
The Persecuted Patriots. Postponement Of...
THE PERSECUTED PATRIOTS . POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIALS . It will be seen by the report ' of Thursday ' s proceedings in the Central Criminal Court , that the trials of Messrs . Jones , Vernon Fus-8 _? 11 , Williams , and Sharp , are postponed ' until the next Session , which will commence earlin
y July . ' At the time we write , Mr Jones and the other prisoners are still in custody , but we presume that renewed efforts will be made to obtain their liberation on bail . The appeal for the Defence Fund has been thus far liberally answered , but not one-fourth ofthe money required has yet been received . The local leaders and active Chartists must
therefore exert themselves to obtain the necessary pecuniary ' assistance for the defence of our incarcerated brethren . Eminent counsel have been engaged to defend the London victims , and we may add that Mr O'Connor has engaged Mr Vr * . P . Roberts to prepare the d « fence of the Yorkshire prisoners . To the good work , then , brother Chartistsswell the subscription to
THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND , and prove , by protecting your friends , that you do desire the Charter , and will not tamely allow the "Whigs to destroy its honest advocates .
Wbp ¦»¦»-¦. Parliamentary Review. After ...
WBP _¦»¦» - ¦ . PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a lumbering and heavy debate , of which we have purposel y refrained from ! inflicting the smallest portion upon our readers , the fate of the Navigation Laws , as they at present exist , was sealed—so far as the House of Commons ia concerned — last Saturday morning , by a considerable majority . It is said that a stand will be made in the Lords , for this last vestige of our Protective system , and that they will even go the length of
rejecting the new measure , as they did the Jew Bill . But , though they may succeed in throwing the question overboard ter a Session , there is no doubt that these laws are doomed ; they must follow in the wake of the defunct Corn Laws . The Commercial and Manufacturing classes—the representatives of the buying and selling interests—are at present too potential in the Legislature for either the Peer or the Peasant , and in these matters will have
all their own way . It is , howevever , a stranger thing to see these classes still following so madly the ignis fatuus which has already led them into such dreary bogs and quagmires . We could have understood them if the previous Free Trade measures for which they clamoured , had been successful in practice ; but in the face of the general depression of trade which now exists—which has
existed ever since these measures were passed , and to which , at present , we see no termination—it is astonishing that they should cling to this exploded fallacy with such desperate pertinacity . Not one of the promised blessings of Free Trade have been realised . The Navigation Laws may be good or bad we pronounce no opinion . upon thembut , at all events , their existence cannot be assigned as a cause for the shocking state of the country , and their removal cannot , in the slightest appreciable degree , improve that condition , while it may , and most likely will ,
produce great loss to the shipowning and building interests of the country , and , consequently , a reduction of wages to the operatives _^ employed in the various trades connected with ship _, building . By the existing Jaw , _no'foreign ship can bring into our ports the produce of any country but that to which it belongs , except it be merely brought here to be bonded for reshipment . The object of the framers of these laws was , evidently , to shut out foreign competition , as far as possible , and give to British shipowners , shipbuilders , and sailers , a monopoly of the carrying business of the country . At present , we believe , that , notwithstanding
the alterations which have been previously made in these laws , they afford considerable protection to the shipping interest . The shipwrights—whether in consequence of this protection , or not , we do not pretend to say—are a well-paid _ body of operatives . We remember being struck with their healthy and respectable appearance , at the annual dinner of the trade in London last year , and the comfortable way in which they treated their wives , families , and sweethearts , upon the occasion . ; It was a slight glimpse ofthe by-gone times of "Merry England , " to find a body of workmen able to give such a holiday out of their own indepen . dent earnings .
It is very questionable whether they will have many such holidays under the new system . The Spitalfields weavers , who have been longest subject to it , are not renowned for their festivities and merry-makings , nor the district in which they live for its prosperity . How far Limehouse , Poplar , _Blackball , Deptford , Sunderland , Greenock , and other ship-building localities are likely to resemble Spitalfields in future _, we are not prepared to say—time will tell . The "buy cheap and sell dear ' mania has , however , in every instance deteriorated the condition of the operatives subject to its will . Is it probable the shipwrights alone will escape ?
We Have Now Arrived At Another Stage Oft...
We have now arrived at another stage ofthe Session , which naturally affords a resting place and time to look back upon what has been done . Such a retrospect in an ordinary case would afford matter for a column or so of useful remarks , but the business ofa Whig Parliament may be comprised in an exceedingly small space indeed . The deeds of the three acts now played out are two . First , the Irish Coercion Bill before Christmas ; second , the " Gagging Act" before the Easter holidays . For the Whitsuntide holidays the account is nil . That is , in sad and sober reality , all that has been done for the nation by the new Parliament of the present most detestable Ministry .
Only one consolation can be extracted from this wretched state of " . _things , it must soon come to an end . _YTe _' know from extensive experience of the feelings of the middle and electoral classes , not only in the metropolis but aiS 0 | in the largest of our mercantile and manufacturing districts , that they are thoroughly and utterly disgusted with Lord John , and the set of knaves and imbeciles who make up what is facetiously called a Government _jtheywant but the opportunity to treat them again in the nation
same manner as they did in 18 . 1 . 'I he at that time was not to be deluded by the newtrap , " Cheap timber , corn , and sugar . " It rose unanimously and threw off the Whigs , who had produced one universal sensation of disgust and nausea . We thought at that time they were gone beyond all power of resuscitation . In that we were deceived , but we will say , that after being once more driven from office , if they are ever permitted to hold it ag . _' iin , the nation will richly deserve to suffer to a hundredfold degree all the evilsof Whig misrule .
Co -Keafjn's % Comsponuents.
Co _-Keafjn'S % _comsponuents .
Mr Jon V Csogiun.—The Lines Will Not Do....
Mr Jon _v _Csogiun . —The lines will not do . Hi - P . Lee , who was lately imprisoned for contradicting the statement of Lord John Russell , that the people required no further reform , at a meeting en Clerkenwell Green , wishes to inform his Whii ? persecnors that he « ill nfcvfer rest until the working classes are enfranchised , believing as he does , that tbe advancement of that class in the political scale is necessary forthe pros _, perity of the middle classes , and can alone ensure a reduction of the public expenditure . T __ _DziiliCE FUND . —Mr John _Kendrick informs us that a . few electors of Phi lpot-street , CommereiaLroad subscribed two pounds
_Eu-. t , und nei _? hbourhoed , have , to _--I . ijw the Whigs that the Chartists shall not be sarrifj _. cd by a despotic government and a corrupt press . Tha subscription list is open at Mr Wh iteli ' s _, _i , _ik-dford place , _Commercial- road East . D . M . li . ( A ' _Leaguiit . ' /—Many thanks fory our assistance and advice . The Chartitts have often held out the i and of fellowshi p to the middle classes , but tiie acts cf that class have been the ouly barrier to _ union ; Btill the ranks are open for those who _desirr- to eater them . A special broomstick is not the _emblem of _ _oit _ , and those who are not for us are against _ty .
Mr Jon V Csogiun.—The Lines Will Not Do....
_^ 7 ° _/ Vr ? of _?« - __ - _ , Boax .-Threr _frnd haa . _£ _tir IlU ° f Wi 3 htby the Chariuls .-A _correspondent informs u , that , on Tuesday last , reports -were _njing about that great numbers were kUIed in London £ «» ??•_ an A lhal _^ e metropolis was in a conflagration , which , added to the fact of large bodies of troops quickly passing through the town , caused a great con . sternauoa to the holiday folk . Breathless with alarm , tney inquired what was the matter , bnt in vain . Nobody knew , until a sergeant , who was sent to order all Bolmers out on leaTeinto barracks , stated , ' that a dispatch from Osborne House to _Parkhurst , announced _«^ n S ?? J . t 0 Cowe 8 of thr « e steamer * , containing _iboo Chartists , determined to land ; their object being _toferce _cencessioas from the QueeD . The soldiers and police stationed at Cowes , were holding them at bay until the arrival of reinforcements from Parkhurst . The writer adds , that— ' On receipt of tbe information , the Colonel sent large bodies of troops both to East and West Cowes , to defend our island from the invaders ,
ami protect our dear _wMstle-the Colonel himself continually moving between Osborne and Cowes to watch the movement of the enemy , and direct the operation of the forces . The _steamerB , like the three crows , turned out to be one , filled by a pleasure party taking a tnp round theisland , and desirous of landing to view the Royal seat . The Colonel returned , disappointed at finding a ' mare ' s nest . _'—JiCQOis .-Newport , June 13 th , 1849 . Thosus _Poohi informs us that for the future , policemen on night duty are to be provided with cutlasses , and that six months notice must be given in future he . fore they can resign , on account of so many of them wanting to leave the ' force . " Ah _Emiisi . —The verses will not suit us . J . Watsox , Manchester . —The member on whose behalf you have written , had better apply tolls- Clark , the corresponding secretary of the Land Company , and from that gentleman he will get all the desired particulars .
J . Kekgak . —We are sorry we have no roomthi 3 week , bnt the verses shall appear in our next . J . Waxd , Wakefield—No room . Mr Mandee Mat . —No room this week . J . S . W . B . —Address Ibish Felon Office , Dublin . The first number on the 24 th inst .
Receipts Of The _F__Tiost_I_, Lasts Cob-...
RECEIPTS OF THE _ f __ _TIOST _ i _ , LASTS COB-PAN'S * , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JUNE 15 , 1819 . PER MR O'CONNOR . BASES . £ 8 . d . Asbton-under- Tredegar ,. e 10 0 Lyne .. 3 12 0 Nottingham , Thrislington >„ 2 4 8 Sweet .. 1 1 Q 8 Central _Rossen- Carlisle M 5 0 0 dale „ 5 0 0 Padiham .. 3 4 0 Southampton „ 3 0 0 Glasgow .. 2 11 0 Westminster „ 0 8 0 Northampton . 5 0 0 Rotberham .. 210 0 Hull 3 7 6 Stockport ,. 10 0 0 Holme Mill .. 1 13 6 Totness ,. 0 IS 3 Rochdale .. 13 4 Bilsten .. 3 0 0 Shine / Row .. 15 6 Lambeth „ 0 3 0 South Shields .. 5 0 o Manchester .. 4 9 6 Joseph Errington l 18 o Edinburgh m 1 8 0 J G Effland .. 0 7 0 £ 69 2 It _B-PBN _8 B _ DND , ——Thrislington » 0 12 6 Padibam .. 0 2 o Totness » 0 7 0 Glasgow .. 0 2 6 Bilston .. 2 G 0 Hull ., 0 7 0 Lambeth „ 0 10 HolmeMlll „ 0 3 0 Rochdale „ O 1 a £ 3 16 0
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Land Fund 69 2 10 Expense Fand ... ... « 3 io o Rules ... . ... ... ... 0 5 6 73 3 4 Bank 801 13 10 _C 8 W ilr 2 Wm . Dixon . _Cebijtopbeb Doll ** , Thos . Clack , ( Corres . Seo . ) F- U _ r -t'G-AT-, ( Fi _ . Seo . )
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RECEIVED AT BANK , Manchester .-. -.. .. « £ 10 18 7 Barnstaple .. .. _ _ _ 2 0 0 T . _Pbice , Mauager .
Receipts Of Liberty Fund . Croydon .. 0 ...
RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Croydon .. 0 10 8 Wat Tyler Bri . Mr Miler ' s Book 0 3 0 gade , Greenwich 0 10 0 South ; London Jas . Fisher .. o 1 8 Locality „ 0 7 91 Hartlepool .. 0 4 0 Ivestone .. 0 4 0 Shields .. 10 0 Birmingham .. 2 0 0 Reading .. 0 15 0 Dundee .. 1 0 o Winchester .. o 7 6 Mr Brown „ 0 3 0 South London Bradford „ 2 3 16 Locality ., 0 5 8 Paisley _ 1 10 0 Bolton .. l o o Beith , per Kirk- Marylebone Lo . wood .. 0 18 0 cality , per Longton _ 1 1 0 Godwin .. 0 10 0 For Plans of Or . Stratford .. 0 10 6 ganisation „ 0 13 8 £ 25 8 3 } i i i kmm N . B . Some money was handed to Mr Jones at MancheBter ; but , as we cannot see him , we cannot state how much . John _M'Cbas , Secretary . Dr M' Donall gaTe receipts for t _» following . — Per Bloomfield .. 1 18 9 Mrs M'Douall _ 0 18 0 Blue Lion „ 10 6 Land Office . _ 0 6 0 £ 4 2 0
Repayments To Mr O'Connor On Account Of ...
REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT _DCJE BY DEFENCE FUND . _BICSiTSD BT W . SIDSO . Stockport , per T . Webb .. _ .. 026
Fob Mrs Mitchel. -Ec-Iv-0 St Ff. Bip.B. ...
FOB MRS MITCHEL . -EC-IV-0 ST ff . BIP . B _. H Lundy , Hull 0 2 o John _Kewbouse Birmingham , Profit on _Stais 1 18 0 _ _? 2 _ 0 _ 0
Letter From Mr John Fussell To His Broth...
LETTER FROM MR JOHN FUSSELL TO HIS BROTHER . Newgate Prison , June 12 th Dear _Bsotbes , —You have heard by thia that the government have commenced 3 prosecution against me and others for sedition , for having taken the part of tbe unfortunate John Mitchel . 1 have been accused also of recommending private assassination upoa the affidavit of a reporter , who , from the appearance o ? the fellow , I shoald Bay would rswear anything that would secure hira money or favour , but , So Help ub God , though I should bft eonvioted , I have never uttered such words , and you know my character and disposition would not allow me to think it , much more to advocate such an abominable doctrine . I Bhould have wrote yoa before but did not know tbe direction . My employer has acted admirably , for which I feel very grateful ; and
let me tell you we ( I mean my fellow prisoners , Ernest Jones , Loocey , Vernon . Sharp , and Williams , ) h _ T _6 been Visited by Mr O'Connor , and that we have received every kindness from the governor and all the officers ofthe prison , and lam in good _hepea that we shall receive an impartial decision from the jury . There ara several rioters here in prison , but not one of them Chartists , In fact , yoa know our object is to instruct the _pesple in 8 oci _ l and political principles , not riot and disorder as the press represent . No . Dear Brother , I hope you will see that something is done for my wife and family ; write to her and _g _ 8 will explain the situation things are in at present in London . I trust yea will dp this from time to time in justice to me and my principles : for ' come weal , come woe , ' we shall remain firm to the _principles of eternal justice , and freedom in action and thought , till the poor of this country are properly protected . Wishing you prosperity , I am , your atfectionate Brother , _Jonu _Fosskix .
P . S . —Write to me as soon as you can . I am anxious to near from you if anything is doing in Birmingham for our protection : now is the time for Chartism , or the triumph of Whiggery .
United Pateiok And Patbiarchs Land Ahd B...
UNITED Pateiok and Patbiarchs Land ahd Building Sccreir .-At a _meeting ot __ the _JUirectow and members , held at their Subscription Office , 4 W , New Oxford-street . It waa reBolved , lhat their first ballot shall be held in Colchester , when all members eligible by having paid up BIX _montDB subscriptions ; and who may be desirous to obtain an advance , shall be included in such ballot . Ca _ b __ wbi _ and WA _ woB 7 _ .-The Members are requested to meet at the 'Tree Temperance Coffee Honse , ' East street . Walworth , on _spewalb ™ anas _, on Tuesday evening next , Juno 20 th , at 8 o clock
Police Odteaoes—A publio meeting will beheld at the Literary Institution , John-Btreet , Tottenham Court Road , on Thursday v nest , to call publio attention to the unconstitutional conduct ot tne police force . Chair taken at eight o ' clock . Stratford . _Essex .-A meeting oi members and friends of this branch will take place at MoriejB Coffee-house , on Tuesday evening next , at eign * o ' clock , to organise ourselves , in accordance _wim the wishes of the present Executive . Mnof , Wiiiitikgton and Cat .-A special general _fating of the Land Members of the above branch will -eheia on Tuesday evening next , at eight oelooKonim * portant business . The _membere are requested to pay their local levies
. C _ biusb _„___ Grbbn .- ' John Mitchel looaMy . — A motion was carried at _Deadman ' s Coffeo . House * that na member be admitted without giving n _*» name and address , and the same is moat urgently pressed on the consideration of all other localities . Bi _ s _ Non _ M .-SaiP _LsN .-At the usual weekly meeting of the above looality on Sunday evening fast , a committee was elected for the purpose of ro , _lecting funds lor the general defence fund , ana 41 5 i . wss collected in the meeting . Any person _dosirous of taking out a colleoting book for the aoove purpose , can do so by _applying to the treasurer , ; James Smith , Ship Inn , ot -Joha _Nretofflw * " jcie _& _ry _.
National Defence And Victim Fund.. I Beg...
NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . . I beg to acknowledge lb .. ? receipt of the undermen honed suma for the Dafenoo o / Mr Ernest Jonea aad others- Yfu . Ri ___ r . £ 9 . d . Julian Harney „ . 10 0 B . W ., BUdbury 0 0 3 J _Gfowfhe ? , _IUppa __ 6 n 0 0 C J . Fisher Bradford , Wilts 0 0 6 J . Macaulsy _, Darlington ... ... 0 0 0 Anonymous , _Wootton _Basaett ... ... 0 10 H . P . _ e , Paultoa 0 2 1 W , Speed , Newark ... ... ... 0 3 0 M . S . Bradford , Yor _« h ! re 0 2 6 Two China Gilders , Hanley 0 10 Hoxton Locality ... ... ... 0 lo 6 Little Bri ghton 110
_Qaoembead Chartists ... ... 1 Jo 0 M . Grindrod , neor Roehdalo ... ... 0 0 2 W . _Aahworth 0 0 3 ? " I * * ** 0 0 6 _J-H ° _y' 8 0 10 Longton Potteries 10 0 _Cb-rtintB of Lincoln 0 12 o _Egerton . per j . _M'Nlcol 0 3 0 Chartists of Colne 0 10 0 J . Addison , BridgenortU 0 i o Bye , near Peterborough 17 0 MUea Bsnk _, Shelton 4 0 0 Seven _Railnruy _EjcaTBtors , _DonosBter ... 0 6 6 UarUne _» 8 and _Cbarlsjoa'e Tailor ' s Shop , Bolton 0 5 3 _Tlvortan ... ( ii # f # > ti 1 o 0 ChartiMs of _Peterborough ' . _' . ' . ' . ' . _' . 0 17 0 Jameo _Englinb , Brampton , Cumberland ... 0 16 A few Friends , Oxford 0 2 4
_Abridge 0 io o A . Clerk , late of Dundee 0 11 1 Mr Plaoe , _Grosvenor-jqawe ... ... 0 2 6 _D'M _- 0 5 0 A . Lodge , Paroh _' o Stent House , _Somere Town 0 6 0 _W-Shute 0 2 G A faw Democratic Tailors , per E . Powell ... 0 6 0 A few _Democrats _Tailorg , per H . B ., Sack . vlllcBtreet 0 6 6 From _Elevea Tailor * , White's Shop , Marl . borougb . street ... ... ... 0 5 G The Chartists of Tunbridgo Well * ... 0 5 6 Messrs J . _Ktndriok , P .. _Whltell , and Friends ,
P . Wlpot-street ... 2 0 0 R . Cooper , Falkirk ... ... ... 0 10 J . Clark , London ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Cockburn London ... ... ... 0 2 0 Smethwick , per B . Allen ... ... 10 0 Fbleshill _, Coventry , per R , H , Holmes ... 16 0 Mosterton , per H . Smith ... ... 0 5 0 Wellingborough , per Vf . _Westley ... 10 0 H . H ., B _ _th 0 2 6 West Coker ... ... ... ... 0 14 Fonr Labourers , Hightown , near Leeds ... 10 0 _Htttlingden ... ... ... ... 0 2 2 Carlisle , per J . Gllbertson ... ... 1 10 0 BlUton , per J . Linney ... . „ ... 0 10 0 A few Old Guards , Tewkesbury ... ... 0 5 0 Roger Snow and John Elliott , Exeter _ . 0 10 Manchester , ptrT . _Ormesher ... ... 5 0 0 J . Dots , D . _Elwood , J . Wilcock , and Two
Friends , Sleaford 02 0 C . Pitman , Jersey ... ... ... 0 10 Northampton , collected by Sarah Fa „ i _ _s » r 0 16 Cheltenham , per J , Hemmin ... „ , 10 0 Old _Svrlnford , near Stourbridge ... ... 0 16 0 _Beclej , per 0 . Lee ... 0 13 0 G . Wheeler , Dunkirk , Hoar _Dov _. 'zpb ... 0 5 0 M . W . Norman , Ventnor ... ... 0 2 0 J . Laws , Rising Sun , Salisbury ... ... 0 10 Dnkinfleld Branch of tho National Land Company ,,. ... .,, ... l 5 o Radcliffe Bridge ... ... ... 0 6 6 George Shaw , Leeds ... ... ... 2 0 0
Dewsbury , per E Ntwsome ... ... 0 10 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet ... ... 3 8 3 Dudley Cbartist Association , per W . Inonll 0 10 0 London—J . _Mathlas , _0 d ., and J . Hill , 6 d . 0 10 W . Hamilton ... ... ... 0 10 J . Hamilton ... ... ... ... 0 10 W . _Crossman ... ... ... 0 0 6 J . Hill ... 0 0 3 W . Fox 0 10 James Fldge , Shoreditch ... ... 0 0 4 Miss Kelly , _London ... ... ... 0 16
X . Y . Z ., Bath-street , Clty . road ... 0 7 0 _Sutton-in _A » bfieW , per G . tKendall ... 2 0 0 Manchester , E . Burlcj _... ,,. ... O 9 0 D . Watson , Edinburgh ... ... 0 5 0 Chartist _Association , Barrhead ... ... 10 0 Halifax , per J . _Cuipam ... ... 6 14 0 J . Taylor , Ashton-undpr-Lyno •¦• ••• l o o Collected at a Meeting iB Motherwell ... 1 0 o T . Ash , Canterbury ... ... ... 0 16 Henry Huggins , Wlsbeaob ... ... 0 16 Paisley , per N . Wataon ... ... 0 12 9 C . J . Jenkim , Esq . ... ... . „ 2 2 0 W . Temple , London ... ... ... 0 10
Tork , per W . Crowther ... ... 0 11 9 Collected in the Amphitheatre , Leicester 1 3 10 Penrith , per H . Sherlllter ... ... 0 0 0 W . Hyde and R . Edmunds , Yeovil ... 0 7 6 A Newcastle Lad ... ... ... 0 0 6 M _. lton , per J . Beatty , ... ... 0 10 0 J . Tearo , Northampton . „ ... 0 5 0 Four Friends , _Ripponden ... ... 0 2 0 Chartists ot Willenball ... ... 0 7 2 Hyde , per J . _Gaskoll ... ... 2 14 3 D . Meadow , _Thrapston ... ... 0 2 6 Torquay National Chatter Association ... 2 0 0
J . Pritchard , Abergavenny ... ... 0 1 o J 5 . Pritchard , do , „ ... OlO J . Charles do ... ... 0 10 O . Martin do 0 10 C . Beans do ... ... 0 10 T . C . Ingram do 0 2 6 — Golby do 0 0 2 J . HaBeock , Tredegar ... ... 0 2 0 W . JoneB , do ... ... ... 0 10 A F / lend , do ... 0 0 6 Sbeerness , _pt-r J , _Sansour ... ... 0 15 0 E . Cashing , Chelmsford ... ... 0 3 2 John _Msyman ... ... ... 0 2 0 AManofK-mi ... ... ... 0 10
J . Errington , Twickenham .. ,,, 0 5 0 T . Fox , Norwich ... ... ... 0 4 0 R . Jones , Chester ... ... ... 0 0 € _Bridport , per Messrs Drake and Loveless ... 10 0 H . M . B ., Brigg , Lincolnshire ... ... 0 10 Stafford , per J . Clultt ,. 0 7 2 Birmingham , per J . N . Brewster ... ... 18 3 R . Bed well , Brieriy Hill 0 10 A . Bowater &___ rie __ i , do , ... ... 4 3 0 J . Williams , Shaftesbury ... ... 0 10 Barford Labourers ... ,.. ... o i 6 Shincy _. _Riw , county Durham , per T . Blakey o li 9
T . C . Cook , EdiBburgh ... ... 0 5 0 Bolton , per James M allison ... ... 0 18 * Chester , per J . Lewis ... ... ... 15 6 J . Pritchard , per do ; ... ,., ... o 5 o Chartists of Chorley and Wheelton ... 0 7 9 Maidstone , per A . P « rgu _« on ... ... 0 14 0 Monmouth ... ... ... ... 0 6 C S . Young and Friends , RamBbotton ... 0 4 G A Friend , Dorking ... ... . ... 0 2 0 Wolverhampton , per M . WbiUingh „ m ... 0 6 6 Charterville , per E . Stallwood ... ... 3 7 2 _£ A few working-men , Thayer-street ,
Manchester-sqime ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Kidderminster , por Q . Holloway ... . „ 10 8 William , Edward , Charles , and Sephla Sea . bright , _Btthnal-green ... ... 0 5 0 A few friends , atthe Jolly Gardeners , Norwich ... ... ... ... 0 8 3 Chartist _Assocl & tlou , Norwich IOC _Afewftleads _. perR . A . Clark , Norwich ... 0 12 0 Stroudwater ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 W Flower , Brighton 10 0 _NawcaBile-on-Tyne , per K . Jude ' e book ... 0 12 0 Ditto per W , Goligbtly ' _e book 14 1 Ditto Collected at _meet'ng on Whit Monday 19 3 J , Arbill , Now Swindon , Wilts 10 0 H . H ., Swindon 0 2 6 D . _Moriion , ditto 0 10 J . _Roblnsen , ditto .. 0 10 M . Clark , ditto 0 0 6 M . Davidson , ditto ... ... ... 0 0 6 J . Ellertherne _, Radford ... ... 0 2 0
Nantwich , per T . Dunning , 0 6 0 Stockport , per F , Webb ... ... 1 15 0 Blackheath , per W . Black-tore ... ... 0 12 6 A few Ferguses , _Nottlng . htll , per W . Crow 0 4 0 Pentonville ( 1 st subscription ) per W . Hep . thorne ... ... ... 0 7 6 _Betbnal-green ( Trent street ) , por M . Prloe 0 7 0 Bethnal-green ( Waterloo Town ) , per do 0 6 0 Limebonse , Brouowlck Hall ... ... 0 17 0 _CasiU Eden minora , por M . Cook ... 3 0 0 J . T . Lund , Lancaster ... ... 0 2 6 Dorking , per ( V . _Roaues 0 13 0 A Friend , West Auckland ... ... 0 10 Woburn , per T . Wilson ... ... 0 15 0 R . Lundy , Hull 0 3 0 Mr T . Clark ... _« . 0 6 0 Mr J . Clark ... 0 2 6
£ 93 13 m BSc _ 3 _ 5 __ £ __ B __} The Mowing is the amouni of Subscriptions received for the Defence off the Martyr Chartists by the Central Committee , up to loth Jane , at three o ' clock . Perry ' s _toffee House , 4-1 % , _Church-utreet , _Bathual _Sreen „ . ... «• 6 8 6 _Gaapmat-s Coffee House , _Church-stieet _, Bethnal Green .... ... 10 0 _Cartwright'a Coffee Hon « o , _Fioabury ... 2 15 4
South London Hal ) , _Blackfrlarj-road , and Committee ... ... ... ... 14 0 Ditto , per Mr SWo _' fl Colluding boo _ ... 13 1 Westminster Locality , Strutton _Groand ... 2 0 0 Mr _Cruikshank _, Somera Town ... ... 10 0 Bermondsey Locality , Duke of Sussex ... 19 0 _WeHtmlnnter Locality , 83 , Dean . street ... 3 0 0 Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town ... o lo 0 Marylebone Locality , Painter ' s Arms ... 2 0 0 Mr Swain ... .. ... ... 10 0 YtaBbuty Locality ... ... .. 0 9 0 Mr Regersjper Mr Allnutt ... ... 110
National Defence And Victim Fund.. I Beg...
, r « . . . *• 8 . d _' » _VrWit 0 3 0 -mmett _s Brigade , _Pajdiagton .. 110 A few Friends , Red Lien , _Klngstroet . Golden . _square 0 4 1 Blue Lion , Globe Fields ... , 0 6 1 J Debating Society , Teetotal Hall , ' _CarlerVtetreat , Westminster ... 0 8 2 Standard Coffee Howe , 15 . _Chulai-itreet _, _Midflleges Hospital , per Mr Edwards ... 16 6 Mr Randall ' s Colleoting book ... ... 1 1 9 J Washington Brigade ... ... ... 14 0 Globe aBd Friends ... , „ i # > 0 5 2 Somers Town Friends , per John Arnott ... 0 17 6 Per Mr Griffiths ... ... ... 0 12 0 MrF . Smith 0 2 6 Postage Stamps , value ... ... 0 2 G From Coventry ... ... ... 0 9 10
Mr S Actun and _saepmates ... ,,, 0 8 0 Mr Terrey and Friends ... ... 0 3 6 Snig ' _oEnd ... ... ... ... 2 11 4 Exeter , O'Brien ... ... ... OlO A'Special' 0 2 0 Mr Thomas ... .. ... ... 0 2 6 John Stephens ... ... ... 0 2 6 StHalena ... ... ... ... 0 5 6 Glasgow , per W . Doherty ... ... 0 5 6 Do per » . Sherrington , Democratic _Ha'l O 17 4 A few friends , _Giossop .,. .. ... 0 11 0
Dinting Vale , ditto ... ... ... 0 10 0 J . H . R . ... ... ... ... OlO _Ashford Works ... 0 5 G Samuel PajBton ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mrs Perry and Friends ... ... ... 0 6 9 George _Stovell ... ... ... 0 2 0 Charles Triproe ... ... ... 0 10 W . Stephenson ... ... ... 0 3 0 C . Harrison ... ... ... ., 0 2 0 Deptford , per Floyd ... ... ... 10 0 Bradford , per Smith ... ... ... 10 0
Central Criminal Court. Postponement Of ...
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIALS . Shortly after the opening of tho court , Ernest J ones was placed at the bar . Mr Clareson applied tor a postponement of the trial until next sessions . Tho learned counsel said the prisoner st the bar was charged _jyith a very serious misdemeanour ) and that he had not been able to obtain a copy of th ? indictment against him , or to sub ; ona & material witness . The affidavit stated that importap . t points of law would arise on the trial , which the prisoner ' s counsel had not had time to prepare themselves to argue , and that the application was not made for the mere purpose of delay .
Mr Bodkin , on behalf of the prosecution , said he was prepared to go on with the trial to-morrow morning . It was evident , for the purposes of jusice , that no unnecessary delay should take place _, but at the same time there was no desire to exercise any pressure injurious to the _defendaata . The defendant _Joces had been in custody since the 7 ih instant , and when before the magistrate he acknowledged that every word of the speech which formed the ground of the indictment against him was correot , and be was prepared to justify it . With respect to a copy of the indictment , that had been furnished .
Mr Baron Rolpe asked when the session would terminate , and was answered on Monday or Tuesday . Mr Clarkson said , Mr Bodkin had not answered his application at all . Tbe attorney would not be ready in a week , even if the ln-iotmenf . had been delivered ; He wished to know if the prisoner waa to be deprived of his proper means of defence because the crown waa resdy for trial ; and he should like to know what right _ ib learned _* . frie _ d _ _a _ to get the . trial fixed for Friday , before the bill was even found by the grand jury . A prisoner had a right to scrutinise the record , 80 as tobe prepared to offer a legal as well as » moral defence , and how could this prisoner avail himself of thit right if this application was refused ?
Mr Sergeant Wilki » s , Mr Ba _ uhtin _ and Mr Robinson , made similar applications on behalf of their clients Williams , FusseU , and another . _jgJMr Parrt , on _bahalf of Mr Vernon , made a similar application . The prisoner in any other court would be entitled to this as a matter of right , and he legged to express his surprise thatthe Crown should E » ve instructed any gentleman to oppose the application . These ttiaU had attracted some publio attention . Mr Baron Rolfk , interrupting : This is an _application I must attend to It is worthy of remark , that in any other court the prisoners could traverse by right . I thick the application reasonable ; and as a fortnight only wili ehpse till the next session , and as there are other _chafes in the indictments not dig * _olosod by the deposition , I grant the application . The trials , therefore , stand adjourned till July ses - sion , Whicb commences on the 3 rd .
The following counsel are retained to conduct the defence ofthe different Chartist leaders : — _ForMrFi / _sssu— Mr Serjeant Allen , and Mr _Huddlestone . For Mr Williams—Mr Serjeant Wilkins , and Mr Ballantine . For Mr _Shabp —Mr Serjeant Murpby _« and Mr Robinson . For Mr Ernest Jones—Mr Cockburn , Q C . and Mr Clarkson . For Mr Vernon-Mr Parry , and Mr Metcalfe . For Mr L _ okjbt—Mr Parry .
More Arrests. On Wednesday Ambrose Tomli...
MORE ARRESTS . On Wednesday Ambrose Tomlinson waa arrested whilst at work at the Leeds Railway Foundry , by a peace-officer from Bradford , who held a warrant charging him with having uttered seditious _language at the meetine held on _Toftshaw Moor , in North Bierley , near Bradford , on Monday last . He was conveyed to Bradford , where he was expected to undergo an examination yesterday . On Thursday Tomlinson was examined bef & re the magistrates acting at Bradford , in their private room at the _court-houso there . The warrant charged the prisoner , on the _information of Mr H , H . Thompson , a short-hand writer ior the Leeds Merourt , with having , on the 12 ch of June inst ., at the township of
North Brierley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , uttered certain seditious words . On Friday he was again brought up . The examination was again taken in private before H . W . Wiokham , Esq , chairman , and o ' _har magistrates . Thompson , the reporter , gave evidence of the _speech delivered by the prisoner . After Mr Thompson ' s depositions jhad 'been read over , the prisoner put to him a few questions , with a view to show that he had read from a book or paper the _observations he had made . The _mazistrates determined on committing the prisoner to York Castle , for trial but informed him that he might bs discharged on his own recognisances in the sum of £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each , or fcur at £ 50 each , with twenty-four hours' notice of bail .
Furthsr Afpbbhenbjohs at Binglbt . —On Thursday last , three men residing in the neighbourhood of Bingley , were apprehended by virtue of warrants issued by Mr _Buffeild Ferrand , charged with having assaulted the police and rescued two prisoners who were on their way to York Caatie for unlawful drilling at the latter end of May last . The arrests were made simultaneously , by a pre-concerted movement of the police , and when tho prisoners were brought before Mr Busfeild Ferrand , he committed them to York Castle for further examination , and caused them to be marched to the railway station escorted by a number of his gamekeepers and watchers with
their guns loaded . The further examination was to take place on Friday . More _ArrnKHUNaiosa fjr Driua _^ q ai Brappord , —On Thursday , tbree men , named IhomaB Fell , aged 39 , of White Abbey , and George Koberts and Joseph Smithies , both of _Undercliffe _, were charged with having been _gui . _'ty of drilling and _training in the neighbourhood of Bradford , on the 28 th of May last . Yesterday the prisoners were brought up for examination before tbe magistrates at Biadford , when Fell was ordered to be committed to York Castle for trial . Bail would be taken for £ 200 himself , and two others in £ 100 , or fonr of £ 50 .
National Land Plan. The Committee Appoin...
NATIONAL LAND PLAN . The committee appointed to inquire into this plan re-assembled en Friday morning , in committee-room No . 21 , House of Commons ; Mr W . Hay ter in the chair . Mr M'Grath , the financial secretary , wss called for the purpose of being examined , when Mr _Fbargus O'Connor , rose , and said , he wished to call the attention of the committee to a violation of the rules which they had laid down when they commenced their sittings ,
but he had no desire to _cooplnin of tbat violation , He now wished to state , but , as he had already said , not to complain , tbat since the passing of that _, injunction ( as must have been known to the chairman , who virtually represented tbe committee ) , garbled , scandalous , aud fallacious reports had appeared in the _Mobnins C __ _omc __ , Dailt _Nbwb _^ the Suk , Manch-stkr Examiner , and other papers , and no attempt had been made on the part of the committee to remonstrate against auch a _ayateta oi reporting tieir proceedings .
Strangers were then ordered to withdi & w , _&_ , } _, upon their being re-admitted , The Chairman said on tbe 6 th of June last a resolution passed that strangers should be admitted ; that the chairman should aB _ leave of the house to report frem time to time to the house , and that the chairman be requested to inform strangers that it was the desire of the committee that no report of their pro _cee-iiegs should be published before they had reported to the house . It had been _represented to the committee that the injunction imposed by them had net beon attonded to , and that unfair , partial , and garbled statement ! , called reports of the proceedings before the committee had been published , contrary to tli 3 ir express directions , and therefore thc committee were compelled to adopt the only alternative , in consequence of that violation , and to order that the public should be excluded .
The persons present then retired , and the esamani-Uon of Mr M'Grath was proceeded witb with closed doors .
Whig War Against The Working Classes.
WHIG WAR AGAINST THE WORKING _CLASSES .
Publio Meetings Suppressed. '
PUBLIO MEETINGS SUPPRESSED .
Ahoxher Arrest. On Saturday, At Bow-Tree...
AHOXHER ARREST . On Saturday , at Bow-treet , Francis _Looket , a middle-aged , serious-looking man , was placed at tho bar before Mr Henry , charged with making a seditious _Bpeecn . William Counsel- said he lived at No . t > , Orchard-place , and waa a short-band writer . On tha evening ofthe 5 th of June be attended a meeting at the Chartist Hall , Webber-street , _Bhekfriars-road Looney said , ' I am not a speaker , but I am one who has a deadly hostility to Lord John Russell , and I will tell you more , I am one of his most practical
opponents , I believe , at present in London . I go into every neighbourhood where Irishmen and Englishmen are to be found , and try to get tbomto become dissatisfied with his government ; and I will tell you moie , I advise you to pet _armn . All tha world seems to heave at this moment for liberty and for justice to the working classes ; and now the onlyman who effectively preached the tiue doctrine calculated to give the working man the means of living * is taken away by tbe horrible machinations of aa unjust and pernicious law , and transported away from us . We have not bis fellow . I believe he wai the first man who preached tbat doctrine ; and I beieve it is the only true doctrine which is calculated to save tho lives of the people . ( A voice , ' Robert Emmett . ' ) Emmett did his business in his day : but mea have forgotten Emmett and the teaching of Emmett . We must not be atraid of government . I
tell you from thiB spot tbat I am a Repablican ia heart and soul . In my own club this iB our night of meeting . I shall not , therefore , inflict any more o _. my remarks upon you , for there are other men wbo have come here to speak to you -, but I tell you to be _particular and do this . Let every ten or twenty of you in thirrie ' gobourhood you live in meet , and if your means are very poor , and you cannot provide yourselves with guns or pikes , you can get pikea frora Is 3 d to Is Od each , and mind you , you can get pis * tols very cheap . I tell you , as one of your friends _, not to misuse them . Do not go about the streets . _ am opposed at present to street work ; I do Dot like to aot such a part ; I do not like to go into open-air meetings or processions , * but any fellow wbo is paid for cudgeling my bead in , will find me stiff enoug _ for him ; and I can tell bim , that if he attempts to strike me he shall strike no body e ! s . '
Mr Mubrouoh addressed the Court for the priso ner , whose only offence was , that he was the deter * mined enemy of Lord John Russell . Aad who , fawould not ask , waB not hostile to the miserable administration of the noble lord ? As to sedition , if hia client ' s speech partook of that cbaracter , why Earl Grey , Sir J . Graham , and some of the first men of the day , were guilty of sedition , for they had spoken in terms qoite as strong when advocating , nay demanding , the Reform Bill . If his client had called on the people to arm , be told them at tbe same tima for wbat purpose—* o defend themselves from marauders and burglars , and tbe myrmidons of oppression . He was an Irishman , and therefore sp > ko in strong terms ; but his only crime was his love of his country . His own speech proved he to ? the friend « £ order .
Mr Hbkkt had no doubt as to the tendency of tha _speesh , and should certainly commit the _prisoner for trial : requiring two sureties of £ 100 each , and hia own _reoognisanceB of £ 200 , with twenty-four houni notioe oi bail . There was a second charge against the prisoner . W . Godfrb _? , another constable of the C division , deposed that he attended a Chartist meeting iu _Dean-atreet , Soho , on tha 5 th instant { the samo evening as in the _last case ) , and saw the prisoner there . Witness did not take any notes , but recollected some parts of the prisoner ' s speeeh . He said he had just left a most enthusiastic meeting at Southwark , -where he was glad te find that the people were organising themselves in ! o _ssctfena in different parts of the metropolis . He advised them all
to arm themselves , as the time was fast approaching that they would be required to use them , as they bad taken them by surprise onoe , and would shortly do so again . Any person who wanted a pike ' , and did not know where to get it , could come to him . Ho could get them one , or as many as they liked , at 2 i each , or if they wished it , they might leave their address , and he would send the manufacturer to them . Their meetings had been denominated meetings for pickpockets ; tbey intended to do away with thosa meetings of pickpockets , aud they would shortly commence with the House of Lords , and do away with that meeting for pickpockets Heat . Any person who wished to learn to write with a steel peu t- ight stop behind , and he would be taught . Mr _Mimr . _ouoH presumed that the witness ' s evidence , unsupported by note ? , could not be believed .
Mr Henri would leave the jury to decide that question , and committed the prisoner ou this charge also , with the same order as to bail . The _prisoner was then taken to Newgate .
CASK OF MR J 0 NBS . While the night chirgea were disposing of , Me Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., accompanied by Mr Mao namara , his solicitor , attended before Mr Henry , to be admitted as one of the sureties jointly with Mr John Sewell , for Ernest Jones , wbo was committed from this court on Wednesday last . lie stated that he bad waited on Friday evening o __ Mr Jardine , tb 9 sitting magistrate , for tbe same purpose , and being referred by him to Mr Maule , che Solicitor to the Treasury , he brought back a note from that gentleman authorising the court to accept him as one cf the sureties , but on his return Mr Jardine bad just left , which caused applicant to be kept in town , much to bis inconvenience , and he hoped thera would be no objection pn tbe present occasion to accept bim as a surety in orderthat he mightleave town in the afternoon .
Mr Henri said he had received no communication from the Solicitor to the Treasury respecting Mr Sewell , and inasmuch as the recognisances oould no . be taken separately he had no power to comply with the request . Mr O'Connor , in reply , said he did not consider it absolutely necessary to have the sanction of Mr Maule , particularly as there could be no doubt of Mr Sewell _' _s _solvenoy . Mr Henry said he was not guided by the sanction ofthe Solicitor tothe Treasury , it being indispensable that twenty-four hours notice should ba given by each person offering to become a surety . Mr _MACNA _ AR _ B _ id tbat on Friday he sent in four names , and that Mr Sewell was among them .
Mr Henry said , if sueh waa the case , the specified timo would not expire until two o ' clock , by which time there might be a communication made by Mr Maule upon _thesubjeot , but , as the matter stood , ho knew nothing of Mr Sewell ' s solvency . Mr O'Conhor said , that as tbe twenty-four hours would not expire until two o ' elock , he would return to the court with Mr Sewell by that time . Mr Henbt was willing to give every facility , and begged to draw his attention to tbe fact that memherflofthe House' of Commons wye not eligible to
aot in the capacity of bail for any parly , such being the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in tho case of Duncan v . Hill ( lit _Dowling and _Ryland's Reports ); besides wbich , there were ether decisions to the same effect iathe other courts , the cause of which was , that members of parliament , by reason of their privileges , were not amenable to tbe ordinary processes of the court , aud could not be proceeded against should it be required ; it would therefore be necessary for the hon . gentloman to consider the objection before his return to the court .
Mr O'Connor replied that tho Solicitor to the Treasury had omitted to point out the objection mentioned , but of * course hia worship was moat likely to bB well _acquainted with the- law upon the subject , and he would tak . oecasion to look into tbe case referred to ; . but probably there was a di . 'notion in the rule when applied to sue . matters a the ono under consideration ; however , should it v _ rn out that bo should not be qualified , the other names that had beea submitted would be found quite competent . —The honourable gentleman then left the court .
B _ U , BOB Ma 3 _CMES REFUSED . In th . _eourse ' of the afternoon , Mr Macnam & ra , who attended with Mr O'Connor , said , that t _ at gentle * raan had gone out of town , as the _magistrate did not think him competent bail . He _propcud as bail Messrs SewelL and _Blocm-eld . Mr Sbkkll , an upholsterer , of 2 , Nos ? _KenNroad _, having been a houseS & oider for twenty , dour years , at a rental of _£ 3 ( H produced his receipts for rent and taxes , and said tte was worth more t _ % n £ 250 after paying , his debts . He possessed irc _*_ old and _leasehold property . The latter produced . _ im £ 80 a year , and the latter _£ 300 > a year .
_Robsrt _BwowjiELD , of _Harlosr-houso , Mite-end road , employing sixteen men , same forwarJ ,. and said he had not paid his taxes for four quarters . He had uot paid his last half-year _n s rent , whioh waa payable quarterly . He had been distrained upon for rent within eighteen mon _^ , or perhaps _twolva months . He possessed lira small _cottages , three of which were mortgaged . The others produced him , £ 30 a year . He had cr _ y one man ia His employ at present . He could not produce his last receipt , not being ordered to bri _ s it . Kkndal , a detective officer , said _ e distinctly told him ho was to produce his receipts-Mr IIbnby refused to accept Blcomfield as bail upon which Mr Murrell , a grocer , ot 105 , Berwick street , was put forward , who said he paid £ 80 a year rent , had been three months in business , and had put down £ 150 towards setting up himself . Thereat he had found by means of bills .
Mr Henry refused to accept the bail , and , as both sureties should be taken jointly , he could not accept Mr Sewell , and fresh notice Bhould be given . The parties then left the court , aud in the latter part of the day fresh notice of bail was served on Mr Burnaby , the chief clerk , the names being Mr J . Sewell , a _« d Mr Edward Dipple , publisher , 42 , _Uoljwell street . Strand ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17061848/page/5/
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