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To Tbe Working Classes
TO TBE WORKING CLASSES
My Dear Friends, When I Tell You Tbat I ...
My dear Friends , When I tell you tbat I am obliged to steal a few hours from night in order to submit to you a full , --- ample , and complete treatise in next month ' s Magazine , which mnst be publ ished next week , I feel assured you will excuse me this week ; and , if you should feel disappointed , ! flatter myself th ~ . t next week you will be more than repaid , -is I am determined to write an _unansweral-Ae treatise upon the question of questions—THE L . _\ XD AKD THE BANK .
1 can only tell you that it is now two o ' clock on _Thursday morning , and that at half-past five I start on a journey of thirty-three miles to atter . d an auction , and that for the last fortni g ht I hare not slept five hours a night . Here , ' and at Herringsgate , we are going on most gloriously . I have seventeen horses OF OUR OW 2 _s at work , and fifteen in-calf-heifers making dung , and ten houses up , and the carpenters' work of all nearly completed . I will just give you one word npon tbe value of
cooperation . On Friday last I purchased ten horses , for which coal merchants , brewere , timber merchants , and distillers , were all bidding , but I said . " No , they are worth more to de weavers than to you , and the weavers' pence shall beat your _po-Sads , '' so J bought them . At half-past five on Fni % _^ _jgote to _-Mp _} to build stables for ten horses | my l ' ette r dianot arrive till one o ' clock on Saturday , and at seven on the same day the horses were each in separate firm stalls with mangers , and paved
and finished . Now what say you to that ? and I was offered eight guineas , four guineas a-p \ ece for two more than I gave , and on Monday they earned Ss . -id . a horse , drawing stones to build houses for men that never had a house in their lives . When I tell you that I have the least profit from 'The Labourer , ' I may _. without begging , ask you to read and KEEP the next number . Your faithful Friend , Feakgcs O'Connor .
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METROPOLITAN . Aged Victims' Fcxd — To thc Editor of the Northem Star : —I this evening , March 14 . waited on the asitating committee of the Tower Hamlets , atthe Whittington and Cat , Bethnal-green , and bad good ¦ reason to be prond with the result of my visit , for on explaining the decraded and miserable position of poor old " daddy Richard ' s , " and the rest of veterans , victim !? , & c . after some desultory conversation , eveiy one appeared to be actuated by tbe same motives , viz . to adopt tbe most sneedy * and effectual means to ameliorate tbe sad , and deplorable condition of onr unfortunate fellow-creatures ; and in sympatbizing witb their sufferings , generonsly noted the sum of £ l , to the funds of the " veterans' and orphans' committee . " with a hearty promise to do their utmost in future , and strongly recommend all
localities to contribute one _penay a-month , wbich small sum they feel confident would enable tbe commitee to amply provide for the future support of the aged and infirm , as well as for those who are deprived of their natural protectors , by the selfish crew , who enact their base laws to crush and grind us . They anxiously ( through the Star ) look for responses froni every quarter in tbe _kingdom , to the noble example tbey have Jet , and although the majority are very poor men , are nevertheless determined that onr friends shall neither rot in prison , or a Vow Law Bell , for tbe want of their mite . All honour be to tbeir _feeling hearts , and God speed them in tlieir lraniane resolves ! " Say I . —I must tell you , also , tbat one charitab ' e soul , whose heart seemed to be made of flesh and blood , cheerfully gave a shilling , with a _regr-t only that the sum was so sm . il ) . Tour ' s truly , J . Shaw 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East .
At ihe Meeting of the Metropolitan Committee . —Mr Cummins in the chair , tbe intended meeting i _' i support of Mr Duncombe ' s motion for the repeal of [ tbe Ratepaying clauses was considered , when it was resolved tiiat the delegates should consult their constituents en tbe subject , and report at the nest meeting on Thursday evening , March 25 th . _BtttMosBSET . —The members have recorded tbeir _vetes for Messrs O'Connor , Dovle , Wheeler , Jones , and _M'Donaii to fillthe office oi executive committee The chapel at Dockhead h s been taken for a meeting to lie held on Tuesday _evening , March 30 th , for the purpose of furtheringJhe cause of Chartism .
_Martled- 'xe . —Mr J . F . Lindon , delivered a lecture to a very numerous audience , at tbe Coach Painters' Arms , on Sunday evening last , his subject was " _Natural aud P < ditital Economy , " which he treated in a thoroughly artistic manner , contrasting natural economy witb the humbug , known by the name of Political economy at the present day . He was frequently interrupted with loud cheers . At the t _arnestrequest of the meeting Mr Lindon consented to deliver a second lecture on this subject on Sunday , 28 th inst .
The Natioxal Victims' , Widows' , and _Orphans' , asd aged 1 _'atiusts' Relief _Committee _assembled at the same _pJace and same evening , Mr J . Simpson in thc chair , wben the case of the veteran Preston was brought _betore the committee , and tbe sum of ten shillings voted to him . Ten shillings was also ordered to be forwarded to Vr J . Yates for the use of Mr J . Richards . Ten shillings eacb was likewise awarded to the veteran , T . R . Smart , and the lawmade widow of Wiliiara Sberrat Ellis . The following sums were handed in : — 31 r _Jc-iin Shaw , on behalf of the agitating committee of the Tower Hamlets ... £ 10 0 _WestmiriEitr Locality , per James Grassby ... 0 7 3 Two Friends , per ditto ... ... ... 0 10 Somers Town , per John Arnott ... ... 0 3 4 Camberivell and Walworth , per John _Simpson ... ... ... ... 0 3 3
H . II ., Tower Hamlet ? ... ... ... 0 10 Mr _Bo-nharn ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Sono . —The Central Registration and Genera Election Committee met on Tuesday evening , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Mr J . Shaw ia the chair . —A communication _wasriiad from Mr . Davies , Secretary to the _Greenwich Local Committee , announcing ihe _formatisn ofa committee in that borough , and requesting addresses , forms of claim , and information , on which to found an active campaign , which were duly forwarded . —Mr J . Shaw was authorised to procure and lay before the next meeting of the committee , information connected with thc requisition got up in tbe Tcwer Hamlets , inviting Universal Suffrage candidates to
present themselves at the next election . —Mr M'Grath then brought furwarel his motion— " That a Metropolitan public meeting be held at the Crown and Anchor oa Wednesday evening , the I-ith of April next , to aid and assist Mr Duncombe in agitating for a repeal of the Ratepaying Clauses in the Reform Act" —Tlie motion baring been seconded , Ur Tapp , secretary to the local committee ofthe City of London , said he had no doubt that tbe City locality would exert themselves to the utmost to support the object intended ; in fact , they thought of waiting on every professing liberal within the I boundaries of the City , calling on them for their aid . pecuniary and otherwise . —Mr B . Rogers , Lambeth , Said Lis locality would also do its almost . After
several _wembers ofthe committee had given tlieir opinion on the subject , the resolution was carried unanimously . It was , then , resolved that a circular be issued , _tnankiu 5 the Metropolitan and Provincial newspaper press , fe-r the support rendered on a recent r . cca 3 iou , and invoking their future aid in thc _ca ' _.-fC—Messrs M'Grath , Stallwood , and Grassby were appointed a sub-Committee , to draw up the circular , and take tbe Crown and Anchor Tavern for the occasion . It was likewise resolved , unanimously , " That all Metropolitan localities , as well as every Chartist , and all friends to the repeal of those _obn-vxious clauses be hereby requested to aid , by pecuniary and other means , in supporting this Metropolitan demonstration- " "That subscriptions
be received fer that purpose at S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , and br all secretaries and other officers ofthe localities . " " That the whole of the members ( _inclu-iing the tellers ) who voted for Mr Duncombe ' s motion , be invited to attend the proposed meeting , with all such other friends as thc committee may think fir . " A very pleasing communication was read _h-m Nottingham , and tbe committee adjourned Until Tuesdav evening next at eight o ' clock . Somers Town . —On Sunday last , a crowded meeting was held at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbrid ge-street , New _llnad , Mr Turner in the chair . _Mtttrs O'Connor , M'Grath , Wheeler , Clark , Doyle , and Skelton , were nominated to act for the ensuing year . A _subscription of 3 s . 4 d . was made for Daddy Richards . Mr Gathard afterwards lectured on
praciita ' i Agriculture , and gave great satisfaction . The Solemn _Fauce !—Resolutions bave been adopted at various district meetings within tbe last few days , forthe purpose of getting np a public meeting aud tea party on Wednesday , 24 th inst ., at
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White Conduit House , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., will take the chair . The National Association has offered its services . The public will be admitted , at a charge of 2 d . each , after tee . Toweb Hamlets . — On Sunday evening , the agitation committee met and voted £ 1 to the Victim Fund : and adjourned to Sunday evening , ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock , at the Globe and Friends , _Morgan-street , _Cnmmercial-road .
PROVINCIAL . _BitsTos . —The following officers have been appointed : —Committee — W . Jennings , R . Rowley , W . Richard * , J . Pinner , and T . Almond . Scrutineer—A . Fairbnrn . Treasurer—J . Linney . Secretary—W . Furni _** al . _ , ,. BriSTos . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Bilston on Sunday evening , the case of Air Richards was brought before the meeting by Mr Linney . A subscription was entered into which ordered to b
amounted to twelve shillings , and was _; » nt to Mr Richards forthwith . The sum * of ten shillings was voted to the "Veteran Patriot * ' and Widows' and Orphans * Fund . " It was _t-Holved , — " That the local secretary ta presented with a copy ofthe plate of O'Connorville , elegantly framed and glazed , as a testimonial of respect for hhjaluable _Bradford . —On Sunday , the Chartists of Bradford held a meeting at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when the present executive were unanimously nominated as candidates for the executive committee
for tbe ensuing year . _D-cvrFRres . —The Democratic phalanx continues in a most satisfactory state in this locality . Internally it is all that cmikU . _e desired : a full muster-roll , thc most perfect unanimity and good feeling amongst its members , a reading-rcom full of newspapers and other periodicals ; everything , in fact , which can minister to the prosperity and usefulness of an institution such as the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Workin ? Men ' s Association . The last quarterly election of office-bearers resulted in the appointment of the following staff : —treasurer , Mr John Wilson , framework knitter ; secretary , Mr James Grierson , currier ; finance secretary , Mr John Wilson , smith ; librarian , Mr J . Mayson , bookseller ; auditors , Messrs William Grievson and John PatersoB , ironmoulders . And the association seems determined after a pretty long rest as regards out-door work , to
renew its efforts , so often successful , in the way of arousing the public to a sense ofits rights , and how to establish tbem . It has been arranged to set afloat thc National Petitioa in this district , and a committee is now actively engaged in the preliminaries . Another _cemmittee is busily employed in arranging some , and carrying out other measures decided on by the general meeting , preparatory to the holding of another of these soirees waich have been productive of 50 much poo *; in this locality . The ninth _anniversary of thc institution of our society will be held in the Temperance-hotel , on tbe evening of the 2 Gth inst . Mr A . M'Asland has been appointed to preside ; the programme has heen discussed and settled , musicians all but secured , and ofthe decorations ofthe room , thc array of beauty and manhood , the speeches , the songs , and the fiddling ofthe fiddlers , 1 shall take care to give you an ample report .
_COBRESFONDEXT . riiiiFAx . —The following persons have been no * _minatid for the Executive : —Messrs D . Donovan , E . Jones . J . West , — Tattersal , and D . Roes . IIebdes Bridge . —The following resolutions have been adopted : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that there should be two delegate meetings in each district , previous to each annual conference _, tbe first fer the purpose of appointing a district secretary , and the second for scrutinizing tbe votes and giving instructions to the delegate ; snd thatthe directors should fix the time and place for thc first meetings . " "That for the better managing of the election , a list of the candidates' names should be published in the Star , at least , three weeks before the day of election . " " That a list ofthe successful candidates shonld be published in the Star , at least two weeks before the meeting of the conference , to prevent the possibility of two delegates going from one district under the plea of ignorance or mistake . "
Manchester . —The following gentlemen have 1 : en nominated for thc executive : —Messrs . Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath , Feargus O'Connor , Thomas Clatk , and Thomas Martin Wheeler . Maschesteh . —At the People ' s Institute on Sunday evening , Mr Grocott read Mr O'Connor ' s letter from the " Star , " and several other articles , which were well received . Mr Dickenson then delivered a lecture on the rise and progress of the cotton manufacture . [ We have no room for the report of the lecture . ] At the conclusion of Mr D . 's address , he was presented with a silk scarf a < a testimonial of esteem from tbe Manchester Chartists ; aud also with the following address ;—
" The Chartist Council being desirous of mani festing their devoted attachment and profound esteem towards Mr Thomas Dickenson , for the able and assiduous efforts he had displayed , during the i a ? t few months' residence in this town , in the ranks of the people and the cause of democracy , do hereby present him with a scarf , as a small token of gratitude ; for we have observed in him , while advocating popular rights , a sincere aesire to promote human progress . The cause of _i-uffering humanity has occupied his chief attention . With a degree of natural eloquence peculiar to himself , he has exhibited the manifold evils of class legislation , the monarchical pride of sovereigns , with ail the paraphernalia of pomp and extravagance _, lie has also judiciously displayed , in
terms not to be misunderstood , an historical account of English aristocracy , exposing the oligarchial tyranuy of the present ages , as well aa past . lie has taken great pains , in hi 3 discourses , to make known his profound views on the present state of socict ) ; the rapacious desires of the rich to acquire wealth atthe physical expense ofthe poor ; the great _iffluenceof the one , and the hardships of the other Truth has been his only weapon , and he has directed , or rather desired , the working _clashes to walk in the paths of virtue , and steadily seek after useful knowledge . In sympathising with the British labourers ,
he has particularly wished to see them , not only an enlightened but elevated race of citizens , and has advocated unity , as necessary for the _accomolishment of their emancipation . Seeing that _knowledge , power , and unity is strength , re has done all in his power to impress these two axioms upon their minds . We deeply regret that we cannot secure his permanent stay " in this town . Howerer , we feel assured , where ever he goes , he will make known our principles the principles of the People ' s Charter . As he is now taking his farewell , we wish him te accept this as a memorial of our grateful esteem . "—Signed on behalf of the Manchester Council , G . II . Smith , chairman .
Mr Roberts then briefly addresscd _. the _mectintr , expressing his satisfaction at the proceedings . On the motion of Messrs Dixon and Donovan , a vote of thanks was given to Mr O'Connor for his able refutation of Chambers ' s . Oldham . —On Sunday last , MrT . Jones , lectured in thc school-icom of the Working Man's Hall . At the close a member's meeting took place , for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons to serve the Executive Committee , when the following individuals were put in nomination , viz . '—Messrs . O'Connor , M'Grath , D , j _' e , Clarke , and Wheeler .
Rosesdale . —At the weekly meeting on Saturday , Mr O'Connor's letter in the Star was read , and a rote of thanks passed to that gentleman for his valuable services .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Messrs Clare akd Dotle will visit the following places during the ensuing week * . BnckfasAkigh , Totnes , Torquay , Newton Abbot , and Teignmonth . _Betuxal Greek . — On Sunday evening Mr Lyltyle will lecture at the Railway Engine Coffeehouse , 122 , Brick-lane , at eight o ' clock . Chelsea . —Shareholders will meet at Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Exeter-street , _Sloanestreet , on Tuesday evening next , to consider the propriety of convening a public meeting . _Reokhrra
Democratic Committee tor Poland s . tiov —The first annual meeting is postponed from the 25 th of March to a more convenient day . Time and place will be announced in next Saturday s Star . Distress in _Iuelasd . -A public meeting will beheld at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street , on Wednesdav evening , March 24 th . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., will take the chair . Metropolitan Committee . —The next meeting will occur on Thursday , March 2 th , at 83 , Dean _, street , Soho . Business of great \ rano \\ auce will he submitted . The chair will be taken at eight o'clock .
_Mai-yleboxe . —Mr T . M . Wheeler will lecture on Snndav evening , at thc Coach Painters' Arms , Marvlcb ' _-ncs . Subject : " _Govcrnmentits effects upon the happiness and prosperity of a Nation . " Soho —Mr Illingworth will lecture at 83 , Deanstreet , Soho , on Sunday ( _te-Morrow ) evening . _Soi-tii Loxdox . -- special meeting of the _sharehoUkraof the Lambeth district , will I _> held atthe Charti « t Hall on Sunday evening , ( to-morrow ) , at half-nast six o ' clock , to take into consideration the I- « t mode of _defrajiag the expenses already m-
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curred in carrying on the business of the above branch , and either to confirm orrescind tho resolution passed on the 18 th of August , _ISfo . _mat * ve to the payment of lecal expenses . —Mr . U . W . Wheeler will lecture , as above , at eight , o deck on the same evening . Subject , " Spade Labour . South _Loxdoj- _Chahtist Halt .. 115 , Blaeklmvsroad . —On Monday evening next , March the unti , a public meeting will be held to take into consideration , the Queen ' s proclamation rehtive to a general fast ; and to pass resolutions relative to the present wholesale murders committed in the Irish nation by class legislation . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Somers Town . —Mr . P . M'Grath will lecture to-morrow evening , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , _"New-road , at eight o ' clock precisely . Subject , " The Roval Proclamation for a General Fast . "
Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting will be held at the Globe and Friend , Morgan-street , Commercial-road , on Tuesday evening , March 23 rd , at eight o'clock . Mr Harrison will lecture on " the State Church" on Sunday evening , March 28 th , at sovpn n'i * h ) f _* k .
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MESSRS . CLARK AND DOYLE'S TOUR . _LEDBtTRr . —On Tuesday erening , the 9 th instant , a numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in the Town Ilall , for ihe purpose of liearingaddresses from Messrs . Clark and Doyle , directors of the National Land Company , upon the land , its capabilities , and the means of obtaining it , as laid down bv the Company's regulations . At about 20 minutes t « S o ' clock , Mr Huish , an ardent and sincere friend to the cause , was elected to the chair , who opened the business in a pithy speech , and then introduced Mr Doyle to addre .-s the assemblage . The speaker gave a graphic but lamentable history of the physical and social evils under whose blighting influence the working people have suffered , and pointed out in clear and
forcible language tho remedy , which , it applied , wouldeffectacure , viz ., the Land ; and sat down loudly applauded—The Chairman next presented Mr T . Clark , who , upon rising , was loudly cheered . Mr C . fully explained the land plan , its principles , objects , and details , and shewed inthe most convincing manner , the benefits that would result from their adoption by the _sonsof labour , and the trading classes generally . —Mr C _' s speech gave the greatest satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the lecturers , after which the meeting dissolved . This was the first meeting ever assembled in thin faction-ridden town for so laudable an object , and there can be no doubt but the efficient labours of tbe gentlemen who held forth on the occasion , will be productive of considerable good .
_Devizes—Puulic _Meeting . —On Wednesday evening hist we wero favoured with a visit . from ' Messrs T . Clark and C . _Deiyle , who attended ' here forthe purpose of explaining the _oljjects and means ofthe National Land Company . The meeting was held in the National School-room , and was presided over by Mr Bond , jun . It was this gentleman who recently sold his right to location on O'Connorville to Mr Gamball , of Somers Town , for the sum of £ 90 . The meeting wrs very numerously * attended , and the addresses were roost enthusiastically receive ' .
Bmdge-wateb . —For the first time in the memory ofthe oldest inhabitant of thiscorrupt and _priest-domiuant borough , a publie meeting for a worthy purpose was held on the evening of Thursday , the Utli instant , in a coramedious room . The meeting was called to hear addresses horn Messrs Clarlc and Doyle upon the all-important subject of the land . A working-man ofthe right stamp was unanimouslv elected to the chair , who made a very elTective opening speech , which was repeatedly applauded . — Messrs Clark and Doyle spoke for two hours , ami their sentiments _set-med to give the most _pei feet
satisfaction to their auditors , as unmistnkeably evinced by the frequent bursts of approbation which intervened "during the time . At the conclusion , they received the hearty thanks of the meeting . _Wheii the bnsiness was over , agoodJj number of friendretired to the " Fleur de Lis , " and partook of an excellent and substantial supper , the getting up ol which reflected the greatest credit on the worthy host and hostess . Several democratic toasts were given and responded to during the evening , and the utmost harmony and brotherhood prevailed _throughout . °
V _ellh-gto . w—On . Friday evening last , a public meeting ofthe inhabitants of Wellington , was held in the large room ef the Half Moon Inn , for the purpose of considering thc propriety of forming abraickot the National Land Company . At half-past seven , Mr lhompson , _schorIraaster , was _c-lied to the chair , and opened the proceedings of thc even ! u _* » . —Mr Clark then proceeded at considerable length to develope the plans of the company , challenging refutation at every point , aud was frequently interrupted by the plaudits ofthe meeting . At the close of Mr Clark ' s address , the chairman urged some objections he entertained against the land plan , to which
Mr Doyle replied in ore ofhis usual eloquent and able speeches . At the conclusion of _lrhich , the chairman brought forth a budget containing rertain calculations which he had prepared previous to coming to the meeting , on which a discussion ensued . Thc result was , that after the chairman had exhausted his opposition , he declared that he wad satisfied , and that he bad no doubt hut that the object ! - of the company might be effected with tiie means proposed in the rules . A vote ol thanks was then moved by Mr Clark to thc chairman for bin services , which was seconded by Mr Doyle , and carried unanimously .
Plymouth . —Messrs Clark and Doyle addressed a full meeting at the Mechanics' Institute , on Monday evening . Several questions were submitted , which they satisfactorily answered . Mr . Clark ably delineated the inability of the present banking system , and completely set at rest certain doubt !* which existed in the minds of some who were present . The proceedings of the evening were most satisfactory , and the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That thc National Land Company and thc Land and Labour Bank possess tlie confidence of this meeting , and that we pledge ourselves to use every reasonable exertion to promote the objects thereof . " The mission of these gentlemen is likely to effect a vast amount of good here .
METROPOLITAN . Camberwell asd Walwort * . —A very numerous meeting of shareholders was held on Monday c / ening , at Harrison ' s Assembly-rooms , 9 , East-lane , Walworth ; Mr William Woodford in the chair . — Mr Jobn Simpson detailed the rise and progress of the Land movement in that district , and said , were the principles of the Land Company in full play throughout the length and breadth ol the kingdom , there could not be such a thing as famine . Thc present dearth , scarcity , famine , or whatever other term they might choose to designate it , was caused solely by misgovernraent . Seven new shareholders were added to the company : a considerable acquisition was also made to the ranks of thc Charter Ass < ciation . It was also announce ;! , that the _pioorietJr ofthe rooms had given up the Dispatch , and commenced taken in the Northern Star .
_Fissbcrt . —The shareholders approve of the suggestion _fw'Jwlding ihe next conference afc Lowbands , on the lst of July . Lambeth . — -At a meeting of shareholders held at thc South London Hall on Sunday last , it was suggested that the directors call upon members and others to pay into the Bank not less than one penny per week , * interest , however , not to commence until £ 1 be subscribed , the society having the benefit until that time ; but "J "? per cent , will be paid afterwards on whatever cash may be subscribed .
_SnoREMTCn . — On Wednesday evening last Mr M'Grath lectured on the Land . The lecture gave great satisfaction , and a vote ot thanks was given to Mr M'Grath . After the lecture , a special meeting ofthe members was held , when Messrs S . Dowline , L . King , E . Peterson , J . Glover , and '" . N _ews-im , were chosen for committee ; S . Dowling , _, 'crutineer . Westminster . —The debate on the Land and the Charter was resumed at the Westminster Library and Debatir _. g Society Hall , Broadway , on Saturday evening , March 13 , by Mr Stall-rood , who gave an able exposition of the " six points , " vigorously defending this just anu true representative government trom the assault- * of its enemies , and showed
the connection between thc Land and the Charter , rad . _elt-svrry demonstrated that honi the _iniBinu-C quantity of uncultivated land in England , Scotland and Ireland , that were the people fully and fairly represented , a more equitable distribution of wealth mutt of necessity ensue , and , consequently , that it would be utterly impossible that those awful scenes of misery , destitution and death which were now so feartully depopulating Ireland , could take place , and that no proclamation for a " Solemn Faroe " would disgrace our land . Mr Stallwood resumed Ins seat amidst loud applause . —Mr Cathie did not exactly coincide with the six points of the Charter . If we went upon Cob ! : _* tt's principles , that all had a iight to live , and _consequently all should be veuvc-
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sented , then should women and children have the franchise . For his part , ho thought an educational test necessary , and believed it would be beneficial ii every person was compelled to produce a diploma from a Mechanics' Institute before he was admitted to exercise electoral privileges . He could notasree with his friend , who had so eloquently descanted on the intellectual powers of his order ; on the contrary , ho did not think all , or that a majority of the intellect was to be found on the Bide of the working classes , and quoted thc great powers of mind if Earl Chatham and Edmund Burke , in support of his views . He ( Mr C . ) thought property better calculated to produce enlightened , cultivated men than poverty , and cmcludcd by asking if any one would dispute the _advantages of his educational test ? [ Mr
Stallwood : Yes , I will . ]—Mr J . Gathard said , it might not be politic or prudent to advocate women suffrage just now ; but , at the same time , he certainly would not object to that , but as regarded children , os with plants and animals , a certain time must elapse before they were ripe ; hence he objected to children possessing the vote , and thought the a ? e laid down in the Charter a good one , —it being the one of legal maturity . ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded the diploma ofhis friend , he would very much like t » know in whom the appointment of judges of the Mechanics' Institution was to be rested ? ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Cathie had admitted that knowledge prevailed to a much greater extent in the United States than in England ]; how was this to be accounted _f-ir otherwise than from their having an approximation
to tke People s Charter , and consequently the people of that country had no stamp acts , or other toll bars un the road to _knowledue . ( Cheers . )—Mr _Trumble . in following on thc same side , said he did not like the doctrine of expediency , and thought if we waited till they admitted "it was time , " we nerer should possess the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) lie contended for the superior intellect for his order—tho working _clashes . Take thc first peer of the realm , the Duke of Cambridge , as a specimen of the intelligence of his order , hear him declare that he invariably voted with the minister , and consequently that he had no mind of his own , although he had been a _lecislator for nearly half a century—( hear , hear )—hia friend Cathie had quoted Earl Chatham as a specimen of aristocratic elequence , but he should remember that
even his was not hereditary wisdom , and _asainst this he had a most brilliant nnd most powerful mind , that arose frutn and acted for tho people to placelie meant John Philpot Curran . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , ( said Mr Trumble , ) only give the people the suffrage , and thcH thc colden barriers will be removed , and from the working men will spring many a John Philpot Curran . ( _Appl-iuse . ) Tlw time for closing having arrived , it was resolved that this question be considered finished , and that Mr Cathie bring on his question— " the influence of machinery , " on Saturday next ( this evening , March 20 ) . The room iras _< o crowded that many could not find admission . We understand that a more commodious room will be provided befoie thc commencement of the next debate . A _considerable acquisition to the numerical
strength of the Debating Society was made . Woolwich . —The first important meeting on the 8 ubjectof ' the land was held at the George the Fourth Tavern , King-street , on Monday evening . Messrs Philip M'Grath , J . Gathard , E . Stallwood , S . Boonam , and W , Hewitt , _attended from London to assist in the proceedings . The spacious club room provided for the occasion was crowded . Mr W . Hewitt was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the _proceedings . Mr J . Gathard ad . dressed the _meetinsr , and said that land with labour was the source of all wealth , but it had hitherto been locked up from the working classes , and tens of thousands of them were consequently thrown out of employ , having no other resource to fall back upon than snch as that great abomination the new poor law
afforded , and which was hated by every right-minded Englishman . ( Hear . ) Well , the working men had by their delegates assembled together in the month of May , _18 A 3 , a _^ . d formed thc present National Land Company , and which , although not yet two years ill existence , had already arrived at a giant ' s strength , the pence and shillings fof the working classes _liuvinj ; accumulated into a fund of £ 27 , 000 , with which the company had purchased three estates , now in their possession , to which tho several fortunate shareholders were allotted ; and tho diicctors were now in quest of other favourable spots for the purposes oftho Company . In December last , he ( Mr Gathard ) had thc good fortune to obtain a four-acre prize , for which he had been offered 100 / ., but had declined the oiler . The Chairman now called on Mr . M'Grath , who was
loudly applauded , and said they did not meet here as Whigs or Tories , or any other description of partisans , but for the purpose of _cont-idering the best means ot placing the working men on the land . He held the principle that the possession of land is wcil calculated to improve the condition of the people . A few months a » o scarcely anything was said or written mi this all-important subject , but since the successful operation of their company had _tra--spircd ; every newspaper , periodical , _macassine , parai . hlet , & c , teemed with articles on the land , whilst it had become a staple commodity for legislators to dcsiant on . ( Hear . ) Everything , whether food , clothing , or dwellings , sprang fvom the land ; yet the land was monopolised by a few , which he declared to be a gross injustice—( cheers )—for if thc
land be the property of' tho few , those few , like his Grace of Newcastle , have a right to do what thoy like with their own , nnd consequently should they please , might abstain from cultivating a single acre , and tlut - starve large masses of the industrial population . ( Applause . ) He believed that Gad gave the earth to llis peoplo , for the benefit of all . — ( Cheers . ) However , he did not wish to take the land by force from those who held it in right ol laws made by themselves , but he did look to those who held it as bound by their tenure ti render an account , nud to cause an equitable distribution ofits produce . ( Applause . ) Mr M'Grath then reviewed the mode in which the _landeel aristocracy obtained possession , and asked , was not such a mode af obtaining property very questionable
—( hear)—yet , by snch tenure did thirty " thousand men hold possession of the broad lands of this _cnuntry to the exclusion ol their much more worthy fcllow-m n —( cheers)—ay , and in Scotland the whole land was held by three thousand men , amongst whom Ii _* s Grace of Sunderland was rated as thc greatest monopolist , I _csides being uhaiged with ( _llirouuh his agent" turning tho poor people from their holdings , out on the _highways , to perish . Mr M'GiVtth next entered into a _len-itliencd and lucid exposition of the National Land Company , its practical working , its estates , buildings , National Land and Labour Hank , & _e ., and demonstrated the value of the security _given by this bank to its depositors over every other
institution of the kind in thc kingdom . Mr M 'Grath resumed his scat amid loud and protracted _cheering . A rcsolutisn , expressive of tho approbation of the meeting in the principles of the Land Company , as _Propounded by Mr M'Grath , was moved by Mr Dempster , and seconded by Mr Stallwood , and ( after some questions had been put and satisfactorily answered ) was carried unanimously . A district of the Company was then formed for Woolwich and vicinity . Mr _Gresn was appointed secretary , pro tern . The _nights of meeting will be Monday in each week , at 5 , Beresfoid-Btrect . A number of shares were taken out . A vote of thanks was afterwards given to the chairmaa .
PROVINCIAL . _Almondbuiu _* . —A branch of the Land Company has been formed here , and the following officers elected ;—John Roy , secretary ; Richard Brook , treasurer ; John _Bradsliaw , scrutineer ; George Stanfield and George Roberts , auditors . _Accrinoton . —At the weekly meeting , the following resolution was passed unanimously :- — " That it would be _uhwiso to hold the next Conference at Lowbands , believing that little good could arise from holding meetings at such a place , unless the allottees had teen located at least a sufficient time to have reaped one crop of their own cowing . That the accommodation
same cannot be had for the members as in a more populous place , and more members may be added tothecomoany by holding the Conference in some large town , such as Sheffield , Leeds , Bristol , Blackburn , Preston , Bolton , Burnley , ¦ fee ., and further , it was decided at tho last Conference , when and where the next Conference should 1 * 3 held ; and this meeting is of opinion that the directors ought not , unless from some urgent cause , to either alter the time or placed' meeting as agreed to by a Conference of Delegate--, otherwise conferences will bo useless ; their decisions will be looked upon as not binding , and tho succeis of the society will be endangered . "
BiUMHorE , near Otlkw—On Sunday this place was visited by Messrs Alderson and Smyth , and the principles of ihe Land Association explained ; when arrangements were made for the formation of a branch of the National Land Company . _Boltos . — At a meeting of the shareholders on Sunday evening , a resolution was passed condemning thc Chambers ' s , and thanking Mr O'Connor . Bradford . —The membeis of the Land Association held their usual weekly mectim * , on Sunday evening in Bvitterworih-buildings , when a resolution was unanimously adopted in favour of holding thc conference in Julyat Lowbands .
, Chatham . —A public meeting was held at the Plough , New Brompton , Chatham , on Tuesday evening , when Messrs _Wi-lisam ! 1 ' a vne , frora the Ro-
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chester branch , attended , and explained U « groat benefits to be derived by the working _uitn ' , _jii ntthe Land Company . Tho room was well _Filk-il _several questions wero asked , and the answers _iceii _. ' eu to give general satisfaction . Several took cards ami paid their entrance money ; others proiviistd lo join . _Maj-ciiestsk—A general meeting of '• h . _' . _rclioiiicrs was held in tho Hall of thc People ' s Institute , on Sunday Jast , Mr Radford iu the chair when olKcers were duly elected . No money can be received at any other place than the office , which is open . oi \
_Wednesday , Saturday , and Sunday evenings . Newcastle-upon-Tyne . — Resolution passed ' .- - " Thnt in the opinion of the shareholders of th ' .. branch , the expenses consequent _t-pon holding the previous conference having been mere than the itieonie , we vote against holding thc ensuing cunference sooner than the time and place appointed by the late conference ; which conference should , if tho state o ' the expense fund permit , order the next conference to meet in July 1818 , at such time aud _plac-j _sw it shall deem proper . "
Nottingham . —Mr . _D-mse lectured at tho Fox and Hounds , last Sunday evening . Subject , " Tho Cultivation Of the Soil . " A spirit of inquiry was _arouse-l * , and , at the conclusion , Mr . D . _loci-ived au unanimous vote of thanks . Pershore . —The shareholders thank Mr O'CohnoV for his reply to Chambers , and approve of thc Conference meeting it Lowbands , on the 1 st of July . Rocijdalk . —A gentleman who bad recently visited O'Connorville delivered a highly satisfaciory lecture last Sunday evening , to an attentive and numerous meeting . At the conclusion , a few questions were asked , and replied to satisfactorily . Retford . —The shareholders at this place have expressed their disapprobation of thc conduct of the Chambers ' s , and their thanks to Mr O'Connor . Swindon . —At a meeting of shareholders , on Monday last , the following ; resolutions were agreed to : —• ' That the next conference he held at
Redmarlcy . " " That one penny per month be levied on each member to defray local expenses . " All members in arrears , unless paid on or before the 1 st of April , will be struck from the list of shareholders .
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TIIE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . On Monday evening this society assembled at their place of meeting , Drury-lane , when , in the unavoidable absence of G . W . Wheeler , J . Caughlan was called to the chair . Some new members having heen elected , letters were read from W . Daniells , editor of the Miners' Advocate , and 11 . Wild , of Mottram , who were both nominated for membership . The discussion on thc American Land Movement was then resumed . J . Overton said the American Reformers had put forth twelve propositions , in which , for the most part , he concurred , although he regretted that the Americans did not go the whole length of proclaiming the land national property , lie wished the Americans would invest the women with thc franchise , and set their faces against the holding of land as private property in any shape .
J . Moy repeated the objections he had urged on a previous occasion to partial reforms . " Land monopoly was not the great evil—the monster error was the allowing land to be at all held as private property . After the first French Revolution there were eleven landholders where there had been hut one previously ; but was the condition of the people improved ? lie admitted the riglit of every individual to possess as his own the improvements he 1 effected on the land , but not to hold a property in the land itself . ¦ He next showed the evils of the ; present currency system , and contended that the j American Reformers were also in error as regarded j the currency . j G . Julian * Harxet , while holding the doctrine ; that the land should not be private property , de- j fended the American Reformers . If their movement _i
was not perfect , it was open to improvement ; thc j laws of the American Reformers were not like the laws of the Mcdcs and Persians . I Carl Schapper opposed the views of the pre- j ceding speaker , who seemed to have taken Jean Jacques Rousseau for his model . He ( C . Schapper ) was not forgoing back to the teachers of a cenluiy ago , or even to the time of the French Revolution ' ; nor did he approve of the Communism taught by Robert Owen . The German Communists did not believe in the _practicability of family communities _,-the Germans would proceed in propagating their principles , until the majority of thc people were ) ripe for the change , and then change the entire ' system , social and politic . il , at once . He disnp- ; proved of the American movement , because the Americans admitted the holding of the land as j private property . I
On the motion of W . Robson , seconded by — - Brown , the discussion was again adjourned to thc next meeting ; W . Robson to open the discussion .
Emigration. We Refer Our Readers To Our ...
EMIGRATION . We refer our readers to our police report , where they will find an exposure of that swindling scheme , " The Mutual Emigration Association . " The warnings we have held out against emigrating to Texas are now confirmed by the Lord Mayor of this metropolis and the Government Emigration Commissioners . Of the real state of Texas we may say something another time-, this week we ask our readers to " mark , learn , and inwardly digest" the following statement of the appalling condition of the poor emigrants in New York : —
THE SUFFERING IMMIGRANTS . The wretched victims of capital aud land monopoly are daily thrown upon our shores . All our clmritj ' - houses are enimm < el to _siifliicatioii . The exhibitions lit misery are horrifying . Homeless , landless , half-naked famishing , benumbed with cold , covcreet with filth ane ! rags , crawling with vermin , totti-ring to and fro with the sliip fever upon tliein , they stalk through our streets , mere wrecks _» f men nnd women ! At _nifht , if so fortunate , they are gathered into tho station houses indiscriminately , among our own vagrants , and in the morning are again cast into the streets . They wonder about through the diiy heart-hroke-n and desolate' , casting tlieir imploring- _loolis upon the careless _ihroii h' of passers , speaking a language that their lips dare not utter , " 0 , give me a home ! give me shelter ! give me bread and warmth ! give me bu ' a woid of sympathy even , if jou can do no more ! " Same have perished iu thc streeW , iii the tombs , and in the various station houses ; two
were found drowned in the East river , who undoubtedly put an end to tlieir wretched existence . The hospital ivt _Blooniingelale is like a field of carnage , whero the dead and d _^ ing are piled up in one mass of revolting contagion _. The physician is sick ; there is but one nurse for all the _patieuts , and she has been laid sick with tho ship fever . The dead and djing lie for hours beside each other in narrow _unrentiUted apartments . Mothers have abandoned their young infunts and gone , none know whither . Three young innocents , so abandoned , aro 1 jing amid filth and vermin moaning pitsously for care aud nourishment . 0 Gem ! what a specimen of misery is there to be witnessed I The eye may sketch it , but tongue nor pen cannot relate it iu its horrible details . IVe intend giving next week a history of these emigrant hospitals and their abuses : lut this recital siillice for tli present , Thecommou _coti'ici' have the matter in hand if they abate the wrongs , _ivt-ll ; otherwise we shall as for a redress of grievances at the hands of the populace
Terrific ' Mvrobrs In Ireland.—We Ihlvc ...
_TERRIFIC ' MVROBRS IN IRELAND . —We _IhlVC to record one of the most sanguinary outrages perpetrated in th s unhappy land for some years past . There are various versions of it in Dublin , hut all giving the main fact , that a pay clerk of the lioard of Works and a constable have been brutally murdered . Air . Prim , one of thc pay clerks of the Board of Works , accompanied Uy an armed policeman , left Thomastown on Monday morning about eight o'clock , with a sum of money for the payment of a body of men at Callan . They were in a gig , and when they came up to a sharp turn in the road
they were stopped by five armed men , who shot them dead . It is said that there is hardly a vestige of the head of either Mr Prim or the constable left , and that in the course of the day a man was found in a wood not far from the scene of this double murder in a dying state , two bullets having entered at his shoulder and lod ged in his lungs . It is stated in a letter from Kilkenny that this man has confessed he was one oftlie party . A remarkable feature in connection with this fearful outrage is , that the brother of Mr lYnn had just been sworn on a jury at Kilkenny forthe trial of a roan charged with robbing another pay clerk of the Board of Works .
_Astu-y ' s _Tiikaiuk . —Mr I _' ccl , tho well-known printer , takes hia annual benefit as _abavc on Monday next . An excellent entertainment is provided , and wc trust the friends of tho " little ui » n" will" forget kirn not . "
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METROPOLITAN . _Desthi-ctive Firr is _Ueoe- nt _strt . _- et , W i _* -vr _. MIXSTKR . —This morning , shortly before one o _' cl . ck , a rapid destructive fire was discovered _Iwu-ninv _. . _••¦¦ _-n the premise .--, occupied conjointly by Mr _Wii'i . ' i , carpenlcr and builder , and Mr Mills end Mi- V ' nod ( private ) , siluate attsV . 102 , _Iti- ' _-rnt- ' -tnct , Westminster . The _fleine . 9 were confined to the premises in which they _originated , but they were not _cutely _extineuis-hed " until the building w . is gutted , mi ' ; he whole of the furniture nnd wearing apparel of : he occupants totally destroyed .
Illicit Distiller * :. —At the Enfield session * * , \ fr G . Duncouibc , formcrlyacltcmist , residing at IV ' ar , and who latterly livcd ' in a cottage at _Enfiehl-cji * . se , was . summoned by order of the _Cornniissiono * of Excise , for _having allowed an illicit distilleiy i his premises , by which he wa- liable to a penalty ot £ \' . ) 0 , and al-o for each of the stills , £ 200 , there ha * ; _- \ _g been six erected there . After hearing the _¦•* _:- _* C ths defendant was fined in the penalty of _£ l _,- ' . 0 O , namely , £ 200 fur _Iciny tho landlord , and £ 200 for each still .
PROVINCIAL . BAnNSLEV—J . ATE I _. AMKNTABU * COAL-riT _ACCID * NT —The inquest on the _stilFt-rcrs by thc kits c «« ' - ;> it acc ' _ele-nt , was concluded lata on Tuursday ni . _* it , when the jury returned the _following verdit : . — " Accidental death , nnd the jury _arolcf opinion * > 'afe efficient regulations are not enforced in this _dist- iefc to prevent the use of naked _liu ' its in those pa _«' ¦ _- ; o £ coal-mines where inflammable gas is known to * * * . iit , and are further of opinion that the . recuirem - of accidents involving so large a loss of human life demands the immcdiato attention of her Majesty ' - _government , and would justify parliament in l'rat . ing such a code of regulations as would ( jive greatei J . _oto in _*
ennty persons employed mining operatio :. " The jury requested tho coroner to forward their r _jutiments to tho Secretary of State for the Homo Department . Couut _Maiiijal . — _SKr-TKvc * . op Death . — Julia Barton , a _priva'ttfof t _, hc Royal Marines , was tried at _Poitaniouth on Friday , anil found guilty upon me following charges : — " 1 . That he , the said Jihn Barton , when « , private _Pojal Marine , and born : ; on the books of Her Majesty ' s _atcam-sloop Salamamf-r , in commission , on the 23 th day of January , 18 i 7 . an board tho said sloop , did utter mutinous words ; . od threaten _CodonrSerg . M , Sager _. of the said sloop , in a violent manner , declaring he would have his ifa before the ship was paid off , and did make u _> ' - of gross and insubordinate language . —2 . That he , the said John Barton , when such private Royal Marine , and so borne aforesaid , on the said 28 th day of January , 184 . 7 , on board thc said sloop , in commi > _sion , did strike the said Colour-Sergeant Miles Sa ; . r ,
being hissuperiorollicer _. in the execution ofhis du- ; .. " The dread sentence is to be carried into _effect at . 'he yird-arm of one of her Majesty ' s ship . Lincolssiuke . —Dkatii by Vapour of _Etiier . —A coroner ' sinquest was concluded on Monday at Gn _* . ntham , on Ann Parkinson , aged 21 , who died v . vo days after an operation performed under the influence of ether . A tumour had formed on ihe leg ofthe deceased , and by her own _ii-qucst it was removed whilst she was under the influence of the new antidote to pain . At first thc ether took hut slight _ifll'ct , when thc inhalation was repeated , and the operation proceeded with . She felt the pain of the incisions , and after the operati « n remained very we « k , continuing in a low stato for two days wiion she died . Two _surgi-ons gave an i pinion that ( ho operation hid been skilfully performed , and thtre was every evidence that death had resulted from the vapour of ether , the deceased having inhaled _uvive than her system would bear . A verduct to this effect
was returned . Dksmuctive Fibk at IIowBunr Hall , —On Wednesday , at three o'clock in the afternoon , a destruciive fire broke out at the ancient manorial _reddence of F . _l'olllill , Esq ,, M . P ., a few yearn back in the occupation of the present Duke of Marlborough , at Renhold , north-east of Bedford . The house was unoccupied and unfurnished , and the books removed , but the spacious entrance hall , drawing room , housekeeper ' s room , bachelor ' s room , and library , with a great number of bed rooms , comprising the left wing , havebeen burnt to the ground , nothing remaining but the stacks of chimnics , with small portions of wall attached to them .
Tue Murder at Derby . —On Thursday , at tho Derby _Assizus , James Gross , 5 i , charged with the murder of Ann his wile ; and with cutting and wounding Mrs . Osborne ( a neighbour ) , was placed on Ids trial and acquitted on the ground of insanity . The judge ordered the prisouer to be confined _eluri . _ig her Majesty ' s pleasure , SCOTLAND . _—Ixcreasf . of Feveh . _—rcstileiice is making fearful ravages in Dundee and _Gla'gow . IRELAND . —Thb Kilkenny _Mui'der- _* . —A verdiet of " Wilful Murder" bas been returned by a coroner ' s jury against tho " unknown" murderers of Mr Prim and the policeman . Several persons have been arrested upon suspicion , under the warrants _i-f Mr L . N . Izod and Mr \ V . M . Ileade . justices of tho peace , hut yet thc bloody deed is shrouded in mystery .
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN . Newfoundland . —Tbe _latcstdates from this colony give accounts ofa very severe winter . St John ' s has been again visited by a lire , which at one time threatened serious consequences . _Fkaj-ci-. — A Meeting Invadi : d by Police —Last Sunday evening a _nm-d-cr of Germans , residing in Paris , were assembled for tlte purpose of discussion , when the police , to the number of fifty , invaded the house , ordering them to disperse , compelling each person to give his name , threatening ; them _viUh tbe penalties of Louis Philippe ' s paternal adminis t ration -should they venture to meet again ; at the same time hintWto the landlord that , should a like assembly he found in his house , at any future Ume . he would be snhjected to •; fine of 800 francs . Such are the blessings of middle-class govwmueut ! France . —The food question continues to exe ' ue serious apprehensions . The corn markets are rising in the departments .
Spain . —It now appears that the Carlists gained a . decided victory at Tarassa . Somo disturbances in i favour of Monteniolin have taken place in Soria . . A conspiracy has just been discovered among the i garrison of Pampcluna . They had agreed to give 5 up the citadel t © Montemolin's party . Poland . —Accounts from Warsaw state that nit- - merous persons had been arrested at thnt city , sus- - pected of heing hostile to the government . Italy . —More than ltiO persons have been arrested d in Tuscany . The Augsburg Gazette states from Rome e that the Papal police has recently discovered in the e provinces some conspiracies , in which ecclesiastics ; s were concerned .
United States . — Great Fire at New York . We learn by the latest accounts from America that it a destructive fire broke out on the 21 th ult-, in tho w building 220 , Water-street , which was totally con- lsumed , with the _adjoining warehouse , 29 S . Both 'h were five-story buildings , and contained between m 2 , 000 anel o . _OOOj bales of cotton , all of which were re destroyed . No . 2 D 4 was damaged to the amount of of 500 dollars , by tho falling in of the adjoining walls Us and water .
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MUKUfc'K _. _iiN SiiOllEDTTCII . About half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday night ; hi a fearful murder was committed by a _lii _. _'tn , nainedied Thomas Brooks , an _umbrclla-rib-mal-cr , upon Wm . m . Gilbert , who at the time was living with t he sister ot' ot the former . The prisoner , when conveyed to thethe i station-honse , at onco confessed the crime , merelyely assigning as a reason for its commission that , had Uel he i not shot deceased , thc latter wouid have shot hinijim .. When searched , some powder and shot were found onl or _i his person . From his statement , it appears thathalt deceased , in company with the female mentionedned I entered the house , and demanded Borne trifling pro pro i perty in the prisoner ' s possession . Upon beinjein _;; ordered to withdraw , and refusing , Brooks threateneienei _» to lodge a bullet in the breast of deceased , and iui im
_Stlllitly fired ; tho shot entering on thc left side tide « the breast , death ensued instantaneously . The pre pr : soner is apparently under 20 , and his victim about 3 ut ' 21 years of ago . On Thursday morning tho prisoner was _brougfougll before Mr Arnold at _Worship-street ; but the investvest t gation was a private ono . We have , _howevevevcv gleaned a few particulars at the above stated tim tim l It appears that as police constable 201 11 was pns preceding on his fc _2 at through _Hare-alley , ShoreditcJiiitc ; ho was called into one of the houses therein byn byr _' female , who said that a man named William GobcGobcc had been shot . The constable at once _prccccd coed I into the house , whew he found _Gobertlviiig upon tjon tt basement flooring upon his back , llo had b _.-en sltn shli
through tho body . Ilo gave one moan only on t on 11 approach of the constable , and then ceased used breathe . The constable then proceeded up staii staiiii where he perceived upon the lauding the _pris-imris-uimi Thomas Brooks , who is connected with the _niurdemrdew man cither by marriage or otherwise , with a sort sot 11 ; carbine in his hand , which had evidently been jcen jiji i let off . Brooks , on perceiving the constable , _ib . ' e , i i , claimed , " It 1 had not done , it , they would hid llSU j served me out . " Inspector Harris searched the fi the fip i soner , and fouud upou him a dark lantern , apowdpowdd j flask , with poivder , and some shot . The iiiiforiiiifor . r I nate man , it appeals , had been to the house _( onee ( oncic
had repute ) on a previous occas ; ou to demand ccrtd ecrft things belonging to him in the prisoner ' s caste _custcx and he was then told if ho canio there again on si ou s s an errand , ho would sutler for it . He did go ag go a »» | and hence the dreadful catastrophe . The prise prisesi i was remanded till Tuesday next . Up to a late hour last night , and early _Jarly )) mowing-, crowds of persons wero assembled rolcd rao I the _t-ntraneo to Hare-court , Shoreditch , in which which h j murder took nlace , and the people ot the house _housc-c I -which the body lay , were callously engaged in cd in c c biting the corpse of tho murdered man at a pena penn head , for tho purpose , as it wa 3 alleged , of delof delel ing the expenses and interment of the body . y _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/1/
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