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      To Tiie Chartists

      TO TIIE CHARTISTS

      Mr V£Nr Dias Fmesds, —I Shall Now Procee...

      Mr v £ _nr _Dias _Fmesds , —I shall now proceed to _i _^ V before yo :: the farther results of ray recent tour , which 1 concluded at Macclesfield on Monday last—a tuar which has been the means of reviving Chartism _throughout Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire .

      _l'jasio . v . OaVvcdsesday n «; ht 1 addressed the good men of Preston-in Lord " Jlerhy V ccek-pit—the _managers of the theatre and oilier public _buildings refusing to admit we into their sanctuaries for any sum of money . This fact of itself _yrovss that I am a "terror" to tlieir legions , ami that I have arrived at the dignity of be ' ws _& _ited . - . _IVeiuusteml so strong ia i ' res-ton , that hundreds could not sain admittance , bnt were obliged to go away disappointed . Mav _& _len and thc old hands have kept ihe spirit alive through , the three years' calm . As 1 was the principal speaker at the several meetings , andas the subject is one that 1 shall hereafter illustrate for you and explain to you through the medium of the Star , so that every _Wking man iu the kingdom shall understand it , 1 yrefer giving you a , detail of our position in the several towns to _reiterating my own words . \

      The _meeting at I ' rcswn was a splendid exhibition of the intellectual improvement of the wurJciv _^ -classes : and if _laany paints of my address were enthusiastically clnwreJ , not a word of it was lost ; not a word of it tailed to produce its effect . _Tirs _iianiuas ofthesvstem and its consequences which I :. > _.-kcte , l for animadversion throughout my tour were , class legislation ; power of ntnohmery ; infinenrs of capital - casualties , calamities , and uncertainties , imposed upon the _Tfnrkins classes , the only \ urties who were not instrumental in producing them ; competitive reserve in tho labour market ; what constituted a virtuous , nnd what a vicious _ca _.-apetitian ; the _sectionisiug of society thc inevitable result of the centralisation of Government ; thc necessity of

      _individaalisingsoeietyv so that each man in . _iy know hit own value , and society appreciate him at that value ; the land as the onlv possible means for niacin :. ' him in thatsituation ; " the effect of thc law ol * _primogeniture , of settlement , and of entail , and my entire accordance wild , evcrr principle of thefrec trailers , provided that the contracting parties were placed upon a perfect _c-pudiuf . For instance ; 1 admitted thc prudence and justice of throwing the working classes upon " their own resources , " whilel contended for the justice of taking ' the idlers of _tltose resources . I admitted the right of the capitalist to purchase labaur in the ch eapest market , and to sell Its produce in thc dearest market ; but 1 contended that a svstem-iuade idler , who was hired

      in the loathsome _ccilav ; in the gin-palace ; in the house of call , where poverty congregates ; iu the market-place , where slaves aro sold ; in thc Mansfield bastile , where degraded pauperism is compelled to grind the air as a . badge of inferiority ; in thc _Aafiofer bastile , whero the _unwilling idler may be contending with a competitor for the carrion thai has escaped the uotice ofthe squire ' s well-fed foxhounds , or mayhap ( horrible to tell I ) p icking the marrow out of his father ' s , or modiers , or brother ' s bones !; 1 contended that the capitalist , with an abundance of money , and the power ofsclcetiun from SUCH a surplus , and the labourer so situated , arc not npon such terms of equality as to make thc contract between them a fair and unbiassed contract . 1 also showed the difference to individuals aud the nation between

      a lease for ever , and a lease terminable upon the caprice of a landlord . 1 have wade the whole of the _working classes who heard me , and they were not few , believe that the labourer who worked for hha-¦ elf upon land that he held for ever was a more free agent to contract for the sale of that labour to another , than the pauperised unwilling idfev , situated as I hare described him . _IJiave _taught them the _differeace between slave labour and free labour ; and the result of my teaching has moro than repaid me for the labour and expense . I unhesitatingly declare that there is now in England a working class mind which precludes the possibility of the minority much longer holding the majority in subjection . The three Tears' calm that has gone by has not been without its profit . _Hoise and bluster have given way to deep thought . _- _'

      ... . _ . ... There are two associations in Preston , evidently struggling for the same object ; hut they must know and l ' ceUhat , _asone , thcy would be much stronger . They promised me tliat they would unite . I was _M"hly delighted with the Preston meeting .

      Btm . vi . Er . On Thnrsdayl proceeded to Burnley , and was met at Blackburn with a coach and four very handsome grcv horses , an expense which I would rather had been spared . However , I do not the less appreciate the compliment of my warm-hearted friends . Mr . SutcliueandMr . Shuttcanie to Blackburn forme . On our passage « e were cheered by groups of slaves ; and when we arrived at Padihaiu , the concourse was so large that I was compelled to address them at some length . From thence to Blackburn , three miles , we were cheered all along the road by _p-oupi of slaves who had been released from the hard day ' s toil . Shortly after my arrival a very splendid band played some ' Chartist airs , and in less than a quarter

      of an hour a great Dart of the _population of Burnley ami surrounding districts was assembled in front of my hotcL Headed by tbe band , we proceeded to the Temperance Hotel , which had been filled for som ? time before ; our old friend , John Place , was called to the chair . Sir . Beeslcy was first _introduced , and spoke briefly upon thc value of union , and of the land , as a means of acquiring Bocial happiness and political freedom . I followed , and spoke at considerable length : in fact , until , as in every other place , every stitch on my back , and even my boots , were as wet as if they had been soaked in ariver . They tell me that my speech gave universal satisfaction ; and the result may be seen in £ 10 acknowledged tub wcekforthe Land , and £ 3 for the Executive . At the conclusion of my speech James IIo ! gatc , oi Colne ,

      put some questions tome upon presenting mc with the amount paid for twenty shares from that town , and which I answered to his satisfaction and to the satisfaction of the meeting . I was sorry here to sec poor Tatiersall , who was urged on bv the enthusiastic promises of Lis order iu 1 SJ 3 , suffering under a severe abscess in the back ; the consequence ot the brutal treatment and bad diet he received during his two vears' incarceration . He is not the same Tatter- j sail that he was ; but he is a much better man . lie has suffered more than any other martyr , but he _conwliins Jess ; and if not as healthy , _js as hearty aud _vi- 'orous in thc cause as ever he was . As 1 had not met with a more deserving person , I presented him with my " share , " anuproiniseuto make a farmer of him . -

      On the Mowing morning I met somo sixteen or twenty working men at their dinner hour at the Temperance Coffee House , and we spent a very ; pro-Stable hour _tcc ' _tlier . 1 then visited the family ol that princeof Chartists , Mr . Joseph Sutclitte , grocer ; and after a short time departed for Todmorden , whcrelspeht four cheering hours with my eld friends ; a portion of our time being devoted to climbing up mouutaiu ladders to visit some allotments which Enoeh Horsfall . with bis Ion- legs , assured me were onlv a mile and a half from Todmorden , but if we had stopped at the end of two miles , we should never have got there . However , poor Enoch had walked from Burulcv , ten miles , and I had no right to

      complain . From . Todmorden I went to

      ROCHDALE . Here we had another of those splendid aud attentive meetings which characterise the rapid march of intellect . Rochdale has distinguished itself by thc return of an Irish Chartist , who was too noble and too proudin spirit to bow to the O'Connell despotism _, _llochdale has been the first _anion _^ t the foremost to resist thc introduction of the horse-flesh and human _marrow-eatim ; Poor-L aw ; and llochdale resolved to _out-snbscribc our good friends of Leeds ¦ by

      _contribute" oncpeuhy more for the Executive , luc _utcctiug was everything that I could wish : and after the _proceedings , about forty honest working men , mnny of whom came from distant parts gave mc the pleasure of their company at my hotel tillbetween twelve and one o clock . The veteran , Robert _, ? fhl- _£ r maiden , who wouldnofcplead " guilty" at _Lancaster , was there ; _aaa James Mooney , of Colne _anoxic good soldier in the good fight , was there ; and we had a _rery delh j liifuJ , cheerful , and instructive night together . ..

      , I deriveverv great knowledge from these meetings . At them I learn the characters of the leaders in the movement ; and I am happy to say , now that we havegotridof _"theowricmen that were too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour , there never was a more effective staff , both nationally and locally , than at present . On Saturday I proceeded

      MA 5 CnE 3 TF . lt , to commemorate the bloody slaughter on tnat way incutv-six vein ? , at Peterloo . Being Saturday night , and it not being generally known that the meeting was to take place in the Hall of Science , it was not as numero us as npon former occasions : but yet it was * large , an attentive , and enthusiastic meeting . James Leech occupied the chair ; and CiarK , M'Grath , and myself were the principal speakers . Of course , the massacre of the unarmed working _vfees _inlSl'J , formed the _nrincipal top ic . There was one point in my address , to which I think . it _"ccctsary to direct public attention generally It is this-, that the working classes arc not to be charged won >• inconsistency" for advocating a repeal of thc

      \ orn Laws itt 13 W , " _aml morning them in 1845 : nor < _- « s the opposition of the middle classes to the Corn unam I 84 . 5 at all prove that they have advanced in liberalit y . On the contrarv , the change proves "w * ws _« _lass knowledge , and middle class cupidity _* _"d selfishness . Thus in _lSW , _maclnncry had not got the _potur tin * it has ' now ; and the repeal of the « . orii Law 5 jif £ Crvjceab ] C ) vovii baye conferred a _uind of individual advantage npon labourers who _a-ere not then sectionalized _, as at present , under tke influence of machinery : every individual then , it it fi been a benefit , would haTe had his individual -hare : but under the present power of machinery , » " ' master who employs 7000 hands would have < WJ shares . Hence we find that the working men _yere ri ght _Intfeeira _^ _yeeacy of . repeal iu 1819 , and

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      equally right in their opposition to repeal ' in 184-5 ; and the masters were equally brutal ami _s' / _ifnh in their opposition io repeal in IS ! 9 , _wiicu they could not have warped all tlie benefit to tlieir own a . ! - vantage , as they arc now in their advocacy of the measure , when tlicy hnpo to preserve the whole benefit ' to their own kindly use so as in due time titer _mav enjoy it . " On Sunday I attended

      THE _ttESUHHECTiqX OF CHARTISM AT _MiaDLKTO . V ; nail a glorious resurrcetioM is was . Mr friends , —It more than repaid me for my twentv-two _venrs' services ia the popular ranks ; for 1 have served since ihe time of the " White- Hoys , " in 1323 . Yes , ill truth , it must have made every goad man ' s heart bound with joy to sac the tributary streams _flowiuj : into the unbroken body from every approach and avenue . It must have been a consolation to those who thought that Government persecution , the influence of capital , tiic power of machiaerv , tho tyraimv of the oppressor , ami the fleeting " prosperity of trade , " had crushed Chartism , _tusee thegiant , after three years' slumber , once more buckling 0 : 1 the armour of freedom . The men from Bolton ,

      _seventeen and a half miles , were there ; and I'il go to them in return , lint not to _distinguish one above another , every town , within fifteen miles , * sent its staff and its soldier * . If there was one man that dav rallied around the uneoiitmniiiated standard of Chartism , there were TWENTY THOUSAND ; 1 prove it thus . Every man present admitted that the _assembly would fill the Carpenters' Hall more than _dCTi-n times ; and the Carpenters' Hall will hold -lOOi ) people . 'But I have _bcUcr data—I take it from the hireling of thc Manchester Gwjrdian . He gave us 2030 ; aud I always look upon those fellows in the light of a parson , who value their own share ( the tithe ) , aud no more . So multiply his 2030 by ten , aud you have the exact number at which I have estimated the meeting . This arithmetician said he counted thcin iifty one way , and-forty ..-mother . I

      counted them one way , aud tlicy made 173 , and I could not count them thc other way , because the ground was rather uneven . My Friends , —The circumstances which distinguished this grand demonstration from similar demonstrations , in 1 S 3 S and _ISSi ) , arc these : firstly , il was got up with very little notice , and in a very short space of time ; secondly , we were unaided by the middle classes , who in the previous years swelled our numbers that they might get the control of our movement : thirdly , thousands thought it impossible to revive Chartism ; fourthly , the pillaging parson would not allow us to hold the meeting so near the Church as was originally intended , and drove us like thc covenanters of old through rugged passes to a kind of mountainous retreat , which , to have satisfaction ofthe parson , I now christen

      MOUNT CHARTER ; and fifthly and lastly , it was the first fine day that tbe working classes have had for a Ion * period , and it was natural to expect that they would look for some other amusement after a hard week ' s toil . When I was introduced to the meeting , not a man flinched , although the rain fell in torrents and came suddenly upon us . One circumstance was mora cheering to mc and my friends than all the others put together . Formerly it was almost impossible to command attention at out-door meetings . _Stragglers lay upon our flanks , shouting and playing , while we went generally skirted b y a set of mischievous Tory shop-boys , or Whig free-traders . "AtMiddlcton not a sound was heard but the voice of labour ' s advocate , and the bursting cheer of labourers demanding tlieir rights . Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , was _uanimously called to the chair , and , inspired by tho scene before him , he opened the business in a short but

      eloquent congratulatory speech upon such a glorious j occasion , lie asked all who were interested in the good cause to act as policemen , and preserve order ; and after some further trite and timely observations , introduced William Dixon , of Manchester , to move the first resolution . Dixonmado a splendid speech , which you will see reported elsewhere . It was the only speech which can be reported at length . Bell , 1 of lleywood , seconded the resolution , in a warm appeal to his hearers to follow up tho glorious _resurrectwn hy a noble resolution to see the principles aecom _plished . He opoke in eloquent terms , and at considerable length ; and only gave way in consequence of the rain coming suddenly upon us . M'Grath , Clark , Leech , and Boyle , also addressed tho meeting in happy strains of rejoicing . Leech , from his knowledge of agriculture and faniilar cottage phraseology , produced a great sensation when he descrikd the superior pleasures of a husbandman ' s life over those of an operative slave .

      lou iwll see that at the close of the meeting we collected £ 5 7 s . for the Executive . I here give the three resolutions which were carried unanimously , amid thunders of applause : and thus ended the most sober , the most thoughtful , the most attentive , and tho most glorious , although not thc most numerous , out-door demonstraton ever held in England . Please God , before the summer is over , we will have many such in Lancashire and Yorkshire . 1 st . —That wc , the _working classes of Lancashire , after a calm of thrco years , have assembled on this 17 th day oi _August , _at-Jfiihiietun , to raise the _standard ©/ liberty , Tiia Peon . *' * _CnAivrss . once more ; and we pledge ourselves , each to the other , and all to the country , never to abandon ttie _struck for the attainment of that measure until we see its final accomplishment . We further pledge

      ourselves , aud invite all friends of freedom to do likewise , not to join any party , whether they te aristocrats , middle class men , or labourers , in any agitation which has for its object any less measure of reform than that contained in the People ' s Charter . And in order to inspire our brethren with courage and hope , we _bsg to express our entire and unqualified confidence in our present Executive , and onr resolution to support them , in spite of the reviling * of fools and knaves . We further pledge ourselves not to recognise any perambulating lecturer , who has not received his appointment as such under the hand of our Executive ; and we would recommend the Chartist body _through the empire to adopt this our firm resolution ; and , to the end that it may be carried out , we would remind all ofthe indispensable necessity of _placing as many Chartist voters as are eligible on the list of voters .

      2 nd . —That we , the Chartists of Lancashire , in public ineeti » 3 assembled , having had roar months to deliberate upon the Chartist Co-operative Land plan , aud having maturely considered the same , do hereby express our hearty concurrence iu the project , and pledge _oursulvcs to support it by all the means in our power , as in its provisions we recognise the only possible means { under the present system ) of establishing a fair standard of wages in the labour market ; of relieving _thosa whose labour is _sufficient to perform the required work from injurious competition ; of relieving those employed from thc burden of supporting class-made idlers , who weuld otherwise be a competitive power underbidding those at work in the labour market ; of making capitalists seek labourers when in need of their work , instead of , as at present , labourers being compelled humbly to beg employment from capitalists ; in fine , as a means of converting slaves into free men , by SUM'S to all that _poweb which every man is eutitkxi to , of living upon the fruits of his own labour and lir the _streat ofhis own hravr .

      3 rd . —That the foregoing resolutions bc published in the Weeily Dispatch , Weekly Chronicle , Xews ofthe World , and Xordtern Star . IlcftMiddlcton at a quarter past five for Manchester , where I was to address the people in the Carpenters * Hall ; and again wc had a glorious muster , but not as numerous as upon the previous Sunday , owing to a considerable number of our men not having returned from _Middleton till a late hour . 1 spoke at considerable length upon some new topics connected with the Land and the Charter . The _meeting appeared satisfied , as we enrolled thirty-nine members , and six have since enrolled , making fortyfive in one night . I received £ 24 _ISs . 3 d . for thc Land Society . On Monday I proceeded to

      _MACCLESFIELD , where we had a bumper : such a bumper as I hope never to see again in such a place . It was in the Social Hall—a place not more than nine feet high , and without a single window that could he opened . The entrance is through a lane and up a passage , which prevents the air from coming in . Before I rose at all , I was literally stewed . The old veteran , _Stuubs , wa g in tho chair , and _iJrsi ; introduced John West , who always makes such a speech as no man can possibly answer—in fact , he would have dene all the work without me . It is a shame , a crying sin , nay , treason , that we cannot place this man in a situation to enable Mm to give every moment of his time to our cause . It is actual prostitution to see such intellect weaving pocket handkerchiefs for idlers to blow their noses in . I spoke after West for nearly two hours , until I could literally speak no more . 1

      was like a dripping statue from head to loot ; and V was so thoroughly stewed , that I have no doubt the class-made paupers in the Andover workhouse would have considered me a delicious repast . I never saw a meeting better satisfied . After the proceedings had terminated , West and his wife , and several other friends , came to my hotel and sat with me till a late hour . I was also introduced to thc " Joan of Arc , " the only female that was imprisoned for thc League conspiracy in JSi 2 ; she is a very comely , cleanly , intellectual looking young woman . The ruffians sent her to Cheater for a year ; and her conduct was so good , that the matron appointed her to the omee of deputy-matron over the class-made female thieves , and she was remarkable for her good conduct . I asked her what she was imprisoned for ? and she answered— * ' I am sure I don't know , sir ; they called itconspiraey , because 1 told the working people that they ought no , to stum wku tiicy were _vriMiog'to

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      work . "' Wc enrolled several ' ' members , and atha ;! ' - _past six o ' clock on Tuesday morning West and a ' _numi her of ' other friends came * _losee- ' m' _/ off , and sat -with me _^ till 1 started , Tbas I have concluded a tour whirl ) throughout has given mc unmixed satisfaction . Ivor can I conclude my letter without mentioning a _cireuinstaiiec which is as-cheering to me as it must be _gratifying u them ; namely , the entire confidence that the working classes , without an exception , have in tlieir Executive , also without an exception . Tho people have now discovered that the object ofthe snarlcrs is to withdraw _confidence from an Executive of _wuvkiug men , who merit the _highest . praise for their devotion to the cause of Chartism , nnd who hare evinced the most entire absence of _seifiahess by slaving . way while in arrear of wages amount ing to

      nearly £ b' 0 . i hey not onl y did not murmur or complain _, but they did not even relax in tlieir _esertions ; and 1 lmvtf the pleasing consolation to be placed- in a situation which enables 111 c to demand justice lor men who are too proud _tnaak it for themselves . - You will see that hy my own exertions I have collected the sum of £ 4 ( 1-is . dd . towards the liquidation of their just-claims : and now , nw . friends , it " Chartism . is to revive ; and it my unpaid services are worth my reward ; aud if the _snarlers are to be balked of their prey—the ruin of Chartism—through the destruction ofour Executive ; and if the spirit dwells within you _,, let us sco that you do not require further appeal frohf

      me lo remind you of your sense of duty to yourselves ami your appointed servants . Let every town in England , Scotland , and Wales sond in its fair share . Let 113 have a surplus instead of » deficiency in thc exchequer ; and I pledge myself that in less than one mouth wo will recall half a score of our toolong-iille lecturers ouee move to preach the spirit of social happiness and political freedom—the Land and the Charter . Thanking you , my friends , more fully than I can find words io express my feelings , for your uniform attachment and _coimJcncuiii mo , despite the malice oi hypocrites , slaves , fools , and tools , I remain your ever faithful fyiend , aud unpurchaseable servant , Fk & _rogs O'Cos . xon .

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      FRANCE . _Accordins to the new electoral lists , thc number of electors in Paris is reduced from upwards ot * 21 , 000 to about 16 , 000 . This reduction is attributed to the operation ' oi ' the new law of _patenta , or licences . A considerable reduction , it ii said , may bo expected to take place Ju ' all commercial towns possessed of thc franchise , and from the same cause . Tlie return of Marshal Cugeaud to France , on leave of absence , has given rise to hopes that this ruthless governor has been virtually recalled .

      SWITZERLAND . The Swiss Diet was engaged on the Dth in discussing tho question of Lucerne . On the llth , it took up thc matter of the federal staff officers who took part with the free corps , and thc motion that , they shouid he struck off the- roll . This met with opposition from Ecrno , Argau , aud Bale country , the three cantons who were compromised in the affair , and who thought that the past should be covered with the veil of oblivion . But ths proposal was carried by a majority of fourteen . On the 12 th the Diet entered on the question of amnesty . A proposal was made that a federal recommendation should be sent to Lucerne to pardon the _niiio prisoners whom it holds , and the forty-three persons who have been condemned by default , and to call all tho others hack into the canton . The Radical cantons supported this proposition , but it was rejected by a majority .

      GREECE . The Malta , Times mentions the discovery of a conspiracy which is said to have had its ori gin _atNapoli , Hydra , and l _' oro 3 , and led to thc arrest of several _otiieers , most of whom belong to the artillery . According lo the account received by the Malta , Times several of the officers of tho regular army at Athens have been dismissed from the service . By direct accounts from Athens , of thc 81 st ult ., wo learn that the conspiracy was not of so extensive a nature as was at first supposed , and the country , generally speaking , is tranquil ; but great violence has been _exhibited in the legislative chambers ; and the language used in thc Chamber of Deputies by some oi the members was so coarse that the President was provoked into observing that they were unworthy to represent the Greek nation . It is stated that _' thc chest containing the cash of the navy at Poros has been stolen . Thc amount in it was 11 , 000 drachmas .

      CIRCASSIA . _Cosstaxiisoplt ., _Jbxy 28 . —A great many Circassians have just arrived from their country ; they give rather different accounts of the operations of Count WoronzofF than those which have appeared in the St . Petcrsburgh and Odessa papers . The Russians _must have suffered severely in their engagements , and the wounded were being shipped off from _Solioam . A great many reinforcements to Shamil Bay had gone from Circassia to Sidjak Sou , where one division of his army was collected ; a second division was assembled not far from _Tifiis ; and a third was reserved for plundering expeditions ( chappols ) . A small body of-Russians had been beaten by thc Abazalees , near tho _Kouban , but it must havo been a trilling affair . We ought , at no distant period , to get more detailed intelligence from that quarter .

      GERMANY . Tub New Catholic _Moveubkt . —A letter from IlaibDrstadt , in Prussia , of the 1 th , says;— " M . llonge preached here to-day , in tlie court o the cathedral . As he terminated his sermon with the words ' Rome must and will fall , ' a Catholic exclaimed , ' And you also , heretic , ' and then advanced to II . Rongo with the intention of throwing a stone at him , but another Catholic , who W _33 near the preacher , prevented this , and knocked . thc offender down with a stick . A great tumult thou ensued , aud the troops were called out , and forced to use their anus . It is said that several persons wove severel y wounded . Before peace could bc restored the partisans ofM . Kongo had pulled to the ground the house oi the man who had menaced him .

      Tun "JS ew Reformatio : ! . "—The following letter from Halberstadt furnishes further particulars relating to the preaching of Abbe Ronge : — " Halberstadt , Aug . 10 . —On Wednesday afternoon Abb 6 Ronge , who has numerous partisans in this place , delivered his first sermon at _llalberstaiJt , in the Open aiv , and in the yard of the cathedral , before several thousand persons of every age and sex . As soon as he had pronounced the last words of his sermon , which were these , — ' Yes , brethren , Rome ought to fall , and she will fall ! ' _arustlingnoisc was heard among the portion of the audience nearest the pulpit , when a salesman , well known for tho fervour o f his religious belief , rushed forward after Abbe ilonge , who had " just left the pulpit , and endeavoured to throw astone

      at hint . The persons who were near this fanatic field him back and prevented him _realisijjg his culpable intention ; but at the same instant a young man struck , with a heavy stick , a violent blow upon the back of AbbO Rouge , who immediately fell on the ground . Thc Abbe got up and ran away , but soon afterwards was further ill-treated by several other men ; and it was only with great difficulty , and through thc protection afforded him by a great number of his friends , that he succeeded in gaining the hotel he lodged at . Some moments after a crowd o ( his partisans walked through thc streets of the town , and threw stones at the wiudows of thc houses they thought to be inhabited by Roman Catholics . The police put all their agents on foot to appease the tumult , but their efforts were useless ; the rioters

      breathed only rage and vengeance . The military were called cut , some detachments of infantry and cavalry appeared , and after having ordered the rebels to retire , which was not obeyed , the troops charged them , and blood flowed in abundance . The German Catholics went iu crowds to the Rue de la Digue , where dwelt the salesman who had endeavoured to throw a stone at Abb 6 Ronge ; they barricaded themselves in this narrow street , and demolished from top to bottom thc house of this individual . It was only then they separated , and that tranquillity was reestablished in Halberstadt . The number ofthe killed and wounded is not at present known ; that of the persons arrested is upwards of 150 . The Royal Court of Magdeburg has instituted an inquiry into the affair , and will _judjjc it when the inquiry has terminated . "

      ( From the Journal des Debats of Monday . ) The letters we have received from Leipsic , dated tho I 3 th of this mouth , bring us accounts which are not without gravity . Public tranquillity has , say these letters , been seriously and unexpectedly troubled in this rich and populous city , the centre of the commerce of Germany . The population Oi Leipsic , that had shown already groat sympathies for the new German Catholic Church , of which , as is well known , the Abbe Ronge is the founder and chief , took advantage of a review of the Rural Guards to make a violent manifestation , which led to deplorable tumults . His Royal Hig hness Duke John , only brother of thc King of Saxony , Commandant-General of the Rural Guards of the Kingdom , arrived at Leipsic on the 12 th inst . to inspect this militia . The prince is , it is said , a zealous Catholic , and passes for having contributed , in the Council of Ministers , to the measures tsken against the proselytes of the Abh $ Kc- ige _ j B gaxony , w ] io

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      has been prohibited to open churches , or to celebrate publicly divine service . When the Prince presented himself before the Rural Guard , thc commanding officer , according to usage , cried the first , '' Prince John for ever ! " ( Vive le Prince Jean ) , The cry was received by a general murmur ; _nevcvtUcle _.-w _, no other manifestation troubled tiio review . It was when the troops filed off that symptoms of violent animosity broke out agaiust the person of the Prince in . the ranks of the militia , and among the population assembled on the spot . Tho Commandant having repeated the cry , » _ViveU Prince'J _^ n ! " there arose irom all parts confused cries of " Uongc lor ever !" "Down with the Jesuits i" . " Down with the hypoifTi _<• 1 Tli 0 P c <> a r review , trout to the , llotei of Prussia , and was followed bv the whole

      population , who did not cease to repeat the cries of " Down with the Jesuits ! " " _lloiiuc for ever ! " The guard of honour of the Prince used their efforts to maintain order ,.-and to clear the square , but tliev were forced back b y the muss ' of the population that invaded all thc adjacent streets . The Prince then __ guve orders to a battalion of infantry of tho lino to take up tlieir position before his hotel ; During this time the population continued tlieir turbulent manifestations , and sang first the celebrated chorus of Luther , " Eino festeburg ist unset ' Goth" ( Our God i 3 a fortress ) , and afterward * a strophe of a song from the Brigands of Schiller , " Ein fretes _lubcn fuhrcu wir" { Wc lead a free and charminglife ) . The population , growing more and more excited , began to ' throw stones atthe windows of the

      _npartiiu'iils inhabited by the Prince , and broke several of them . The Commander of the troops ( then about haif-pasb ten in tho evening ) , not having been able to disperse the population , cave orders to fire upon the people . It is asserted that this discharge took place without any previous notice having been given to the people , or that it was given in such a manner as not to be heard but by those nearest the troop . The bullets ' , " in fact , struck , in ¦ particular , inoilensive persons , who stood at some distance from the scene of . disorder , on tho parade in front of the hotel . Thc number of thc wounded has been estimated at thirty , seven of whom have already died . Among thc latter was a Government olliccr , a police agent , and the father of a family , standing at the

      time before his door , inquiring what was thc cause of the tumult . This event has exasperated tho population , awl , to prevent more serious consequences , the authorities assembled together the Rural Guavd « , who succeeded at about two o ' clock ill the _lllOl'Ilillg in dispersing the crowds . The Prince quitted Leipsic in the morning , but was again hissed by the populace in -the streets he passed through , and stones were also thrown at his coach . The troop is ordered to the barracks , and the authorities have sent for a battalion of infantry to reinforce the garrison . This battalion wn 3 received by tho hisses of thc populace , who manifested the greatest animosity against tho troop . The Municipal . Council has ordered the severest measures for the maintenance of order _.

      ANOTHER ACCOD . _NT . _LEiraic , August IS . —Blood flows within tho peaceful walls of our citv . Around us arc dead and wounded , who have fallen a sacrifice to the balls of thc military . ' Yesterday Prince John came hero to review our Civic Guard . He hail already been very coolly received at Chemnitz , and even here opinion was early put forth against him , Tho reason of this was understood to be the report circulated respecting his reserve and reluctance to the establishment of tlie German Catholic community , which , probably , was ths more readily adopted on account of thc dissatisfaction which his conduct iiv the lata Diet _ha \\ occasioned . He has sent his son , too , to another university—a step which is by no means liked here ; and , finally , an unfavourable- hilluencc is ascribed to him

      as to the ministry of worship . The opinion hereby produced was made manifest yesterday noon , on the exercise ground , by repeated huzzas for Ronge , and in spite of calls nuule by thc GowiVARwlawt Ilaasc , scarcely fifty voices gave vivats for thc Prince . Many arrests speedily followed . Though the excitement was very great / people did not suppose that tho worst was yet to come . About nine o ' clock a great multitude assembled in . War-horse-place , in front of the Prussian Hotel , whero thc Pnnco usually alights . Tlie tattoo was loudly beat , and the people as loudly expressed their opiuious . The crowd in front of the hotel , on the appearance of thc Prince at the balcony , gave three loud shouts for Ronge , and the favourite songs of thc Catholic reformers were sung . The attitude of the mob was extremely vehement . The

      tumult continued , and all the windows in the Prince ' s hotel were broken . The party of military here , amounting to only 200 men , were brought out at ten o ' clock . When thoy came to War-horse-place , the square was speedily cleared ; but the masses continued in the adjoining streets . The people began to separate ; but , though " they were thrice summoned to disperse by thc military , thc dispersion could not very speedily tako place . Five rounds of musketry were fired , when nine were killed , and ten severely wounded , besides numbers who wore slightly by tho cross firing from the hotel . The commandant was Colonel Siismilch . Persons attracted to the spot by curiosity suffered most while they were endeavouring to disperse . Thc promenading places were nosv pretty quiet . The excitement , however , was not

      suppressed , but rather strengthened , lue masses collected themselves in the city and on the promenades about War-horso-placc . The cries of " rage were frightful . At last the Prince ordered the Civic Guard to be cailed out ; and at half-past eleven the " appel" was beat , liad this been dune at fast , thft tumult would have been kept down , ? nd we should not havo _iad so many human lives to lament . The Civic Guard had now to disperse the multitude ; but they would only do it on the condition that the military should be withdrawn . This was not conceded , and therefore thc whole of their commamlersleft their posts and went home . The masses were now left to disperse themselves as they liked . The employment of fire-arms was not resorted to whero only mere tumultuous movements occurred . Late in the night ,

      and even till half-past two in the morning , the complete dispersion had not taken place . However , thc peop le , then went away in order that they might return as early as six o clock , -H six o ' clock the Prince left his hotel , and went to the post station . He was followed by hisses , rough music , and continued cries of "Be off ! bo off ! " The wave-like movements of the multitude continued in all parts ol the town until this moment ( nine o ' clock in the morning ) . It is not possible to give a correct picture of the frightful excitement which hadscized upon thc minds of all men . l \ * o ono ventured , or knew how it was possible , to make any defence for what had happened , aud violent speeches were heard on every side , loudly uttered without any fear . It may be easily conceived that the person of the Prince and his

      hitherto proceedings were not at all spared . The people spoke to each other of the steps which they thought necessary , and which they felt it to be their duty not to neglect . This day a meeting of students is to tuke place before twelve o ' clock . There is every reason to fear what may occur this evening , for artillery is already brought from Dresden . Among the dead arc two students , two police officers , and , according to report , Dr . J 3 r ——• , professor of medicine , and a number of well-known respectable citizens . We just learn that the students , armed with cudgels , arc assembling , and that the outer gatcof the city is occupied by a strong division of the Civic Guard . Lateh Accoosts . —The 'Journal des Debats publishes accounts from Leipsic of thc 16 th inst . The

      students had continued to perform duty until that day , when they were relieved by the City Guards . Tlie troops were still con lined to their barracks . On the 15 th thirty individuals who had hooted the soldiers were . arrested . - Two _Gos-crnment Commissioners were expected at Leipsic to commence an inquiry . One of the persons killed on the 12 th had not been interred on thc loth , his family having lodged a complaint , and demanded a , post mortem examination . The tribunal , however , had rejected the demand , on thc plea that the soldiers had acted in virtue of superior orders , It was said that Messrs . _^ Ronge and Czerski had been directed to conline thciv preaching to the districts in which they respectively resided _.

      TIIE OVERLAND CALCUTTA MAIL . Papers and letters have bceu received by express in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Calcutta . Ihe dates arc Calcutta , July 3 ; Madras , July 10 ; Bombay , July 3 ; Alexandria , Aug . S ; aud Malta , Aug . 12 . There is nothing new from tho Punjaub latelv . The Sikhs have been tolerably qu \ et , partly under the influence of a most fearful outbreak of cholera which has cut thorn down faster than they oyer cut down each other , and partly because , for the present the army s '' occupation ' s gone ; " _the-, being nobody with whom it can fight except rV ' nora Sius ; 1 , wll 0 ni

      wiZVf _i T _. _rfr _;^" . _« J «» British , lIT * tl r S kstl ? l _*''""*• _^ sliora Singh is 1 Z l , n ? 1 \ \ _^ ¦ the power of thc _Wuzeer , vo nw h _Sft de > e _and be » 'S m _m « _ch in fa _voui _tvith the troop- , j uwahir Sin | h is in iiasmx J _™? ..- _$ ' _^ Lahore is disappearing fast , after ami nil - , - son _« 2 , 5 , 000 or 30 , 000 people in the city _w ~ w £ ? _rfhhoui'hood . The disease has , however , _wossc juc-Sutjej and appeavedat Ferozepore ; but " _v . ould appear with diminished virulence . Thc . _common cholera has ' been destructive enough here , j till checked by the rains , which have now regularly I _set- m } and to _haye a visit from a disorder , _wliiph in

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      Lahore destroyed hundreds iu a dav , _wuld be ter _rible indeed . A native paper reports a most horrime . c : i * e oi dacotty , or gam , ' robbery , in a district near Calcutta A band ot dacoits attacked and entered the house o ! ; i BnvlvtYim , whoso mnriW comprised an unusual number of women . These on the attack retired to a room locked themselves in , ' and from the . inside parleyed with thc robbers , ¦ offering them all their . _jewcisand ornaments if tlicy _miaht be spiwdfrom insult or injury , Tho ruffians , however , ¦ broke into the room , and proceeded to divest the poor women of their ornaments and clothes , ami—it is almost _Un > monstrous for belief—when the ring or bangle from the arm ov ancle did not come awav easilv , tliev crit pu the limb . After mutilating ten ' ov twelve women ui tins horrible _mnmier , they retired with their booty . Sonic of their victims have died from their wounds , it is said * .

      A very annoying accident occurred ncm- Calcutta lately , A fine suspension-bridge , ' _tlm _Iwisc-t , it is said , in India , just as it was completed , fell into the water . It was thrown over the _Uitloo ivlial , : i creek a few miles up tho river . It was constrimtcd on a new principle , ami is'described in tbe " _Mei-haircs ' Magazine" for October Inst . 1 ts _folfis not , however , attributed to anything . radically-wrong in its _principle or construction , but . to an " error of judument " in ita constructor , nn officer of tlie IScngiil ' _cngincci' . t , while mnking some alteration in sonic part of it . Nobody was hurt by the fall of the bridge , as the only person upon it was a boy . who , when he saw it was going , leaped from it into the water . I never saw the bridge , but to judge from n pictorial elevation of it , 1 should say that the suspension chains , or roils , form too acute an angle with the _roait-wav . Tho centre of the bridge- and t ? io point of suspension form an angle of only about 15 degrees , ' and thc span is 250 feet . There is nothing new from China . "' _rtrtnnniiiimniwiiiiiiMBi . . - _» m i ¦ _¦ ' _¦¦¦ " — " — - " ¦¦¦ Willi—imm ¦¦¦¦ _ni _. _Mim . ¦¦ _„ . _»__> .-

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      TIIRCTCIl GOOD _IIKUUXAIIO . V I Tho Times , of Friday has the following short announcement : — _FuiuiiTi'ur . Coi . i . n : iiY Accident . — Neweastle-on-Tyne , Thursday . —This afternoon our district _wasstiirt ' ed by the announcement of a colliery accident of the most appalling description at J arrow Colliery , on the Durham side of tho Ty »& On proceeding to the spot , wo learned that about halfpast four o ' clock this atturnooit an explosion of lire-damp occurred in tlie lower scam of the pit . - Tho effect was terrific . Nearly ' one hundred men were in the _jiifc at the time ami onehalf of tlieiu being near tho pit ' s mouth readily escaped ; So _tverc in thc lower seam , and these , it is certain , met with instantaneous death , and no attempt can he made to recover tlieir bodies for several days . Other li , it is ascertained , were in a part of the pit where the explosion must have been equally fatal ; ami of these , three have been brought to the uioiuh of tlie pit . Several attempts have been made to descend tlie pit , ono of which has resulted in the death of an uuder-kcwci' belonging to the eollicrv .

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      DllEADEUL DISASTER NEAR ROUEN . A frightful event occuvred on Tuesday to iill all our district with consternation , A rather violent storm had broken over Uouen about noon , the rain hud i ' nllcn in abundance , ami some claps of thunder were heard ; but there wus nothing to presage thc horrible disaster which has desolated one ofthe richest and most industrious portions of the iirrondissement . About half-past twelve ii furious whirlwind arose in the valley beyond _Dcvi'lle , commencing at the lloulmc . It first carried away n part of tlie roof of thc factory of M . lloulr _, then , gaining force as it proceeded , it . overthrew several small buildings , broke down trees and hedges , and destroyed crops . Farther off _buildings were unroofed , and others were literally crushed in . The scourge moving with tho speed of lightning ,

      enrned to a _uisinncK some parts or the rums , then uprooted the highest and largest trees , and at last struck three of tha principal factories of the valley . The destruction is so complete , that the _imagination cannot conceive it . They have bean litir _.-illj reduced to crumbs . Of the three _establislnnt-nts which have bceu destroyed , one is the commune of Malaunay—viz ., that of 11 , Bailleul , imd which was carried on by M . _Sevcu ; the two others were situated near Monville—viz ., those oi M . Pjcquot and il . Mare . At _JI . _Jfevcu ' s l _. _'O persons were at work ; the roof fell in , and the walls gave way before any person could escape . At 11 . Male ' s liie number of hands at work was 70 ; the calamity was not less sudden anil complete . At il , 1 _'JcQuol ' s ihe number of persons at work was not lesa than ISO , The roof being

      first carried away , all those within rushed to thc doors , and they became so _eroivded that only a few comparatively could get out . This factory was iinisiied scarcely a year ago , mid the proprietor was blamed for erecting it iu a mure solid manner than any of the others ot the valley . Thc chimney , which was oiiclmiidred and fifty feet high , fell down to within a few yards of the ground , anJ was thrown across the river . The third iloor , cut off with wonderful precision , was also carried into the water . Thc two other stories next gave way , and at last the _grouiul-lioor was so completely demolished that scarcely two bricks remained in their places . Alt this was accomplished in less than two minutes ; people from all parts hurried to render assistance * , nil tire _niaimVactories and workshops in the neighbourhood scut out their

      men , who at _onco began to clear out tie ruins to save those undev tivewi who might be yet alive . Nolh ' n . g can equal the scene presented at the three principal theatres of this vast disaster . Machinery-looms and burs of iron were _ii-nctured , and enormous pieces of timber were broken as if they were mere straws , ami all lying together in one confused mass . Fragments of clothing were seen among iiocks of eotton wool with arms and legs protruding from the heap ; pieces of ilesU were adhering to thc irons , and ninny parts were dyed with blood . Now and then deep groans were heard ; some men and children , preserved as if it were miraculously by an overhanging beam , were taken out uninjured , but more I ' req uen t ! y some severed limb ov dead corpse , or a body so _nnitiUxteu that death would have been prefcrablR to the torture it endured .

      At the guard-house at _Monviile weie placed alt the bodies taken out ofthe factory of M . Picnuot . We have seen seventeen . Two were those of young girls , one that of a woman , and the rest of men and boys . Among these last several hadbeen taken out ofthe river , into which they had been precipitated from the third floor . Some were entirely crushed , others had their heads and chests driven ilat , and sonic had their heads completely severed , Need it bc said that the spectacle was most horrible . When wc withdrew from the seat ofthe catastrophe , at ten at night , wc found at M . Picipiot ' s house twcnty . fivu dead and more than _lit ' ty wounded , part of whom could not be expected to live through the night . It was believed that there were ten more victims still under therums . Out of three foremen , one was killed , the two others saved alive ,

      but severely injured . The loss in money is estimated at 120 , 0 u 0 f . At II . Neveu ' s there were nine hilled and fifteen wounded , but how many remained under the ruins Was not known . Jlis loss is estimated _; it _230 , Oi > of . At M . Hare ' s there were six dead and a great number wounded . His loss is put down at 120 , OUI ) f . In all forty dead and 100 wounded—many of these last mortally . The aggregate loss is computed to amount to _Gi'O _. OOOf . for these three establishments only . The effects of the hurricane extended upwards of a league and a half . The communes which have cliieily suffered by it arc he Iloulme , Malaunay , . Monviile , Kslette , Citrcs _, and Anceaitmvilie . At toicenumovinc the buildings of a property belonging to . M . Uarnel have been blown down nnd the trees uprooted , and also a number of sheep and cons belonging to SI ,

      Caron were killed . A gigantic tree was raised upwards of forty yards and transported to a considerable dis . tance . ltoads are rendered impassable by trees laid across them . Carts , waggons , and other carriages were blown over , and many persons carried far away . Among thc thousand incidents cited we may notice that 11 , Picyuot was on his way to his factory when the storm came on and stopped liim , and before lie could recover his road the ruins of the factory alone wcro to be discerned . Whilst the work was going on iu the ruins at M . Neveu ' s , cries were heard from him , and the men were directed to turn their _attention towards the spot from whene tlicy proceeded . He was found supporting himself on his wrists , with his back supporting a mass of rubbish , and protecting his mother , who had fallen close to Jiiip , and who would have been smothered had it not been for

      his admirable courage He had remained m this position * forming a sort of arch over her . lloth were taken out without any serious injury ; but ( lie emotion of M . Nevcu was so great that for au hour and a halt aftor his deliverance , ho could not articulate a single word , A workman , who happened to be in thc third story of St . Piequot _' s factory , was thrown into thc meadow , where he fell without being hurt . As lie got up and was endeavouring to proceed towards the ruins , ho was knocked down by an . ippio tree , uprooted by the wind , but he was only slightly hurt . The mutilated remains of two young girls had been just taken from thc ruins at 11 . Hare ' s , when a woman , who was watching what was going on , recognised them as her daughters . She immediately gave way to the wildest grief , and , rushing to the river , threw herself in , and was drowned .

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      _CiMnumra-i- _asd "Walworth . —A . meeting w , _ii be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , o ; rt Monday evening next , at eight o clock . IlAMMKitsMiTii . —A meeting : will ho " held at the Dan Cow , _Brookgreen-Janc , on _Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock .

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      CHARTIST _CO-OPEKATI _Vii _LASD SOCIETY . Meetings for thc purpose of enrolling members and transacting : other business connected therewith aro held every week on the following days and maces : — SUXD . _VY EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , _Blaclvfi'iars-roaa , at half-past six o ' clock . —City Gharti , 4 Uall _, 1 , _Turnagain-lane , at six o clock , —» r ' t' *< m » is « r : at the Partheniuni Club Rooms , 72 , St , iMartin ' s ' -laiie , at halfp ; ist svvcii . —Somen Town : at the Hall of Science , jy , _l-mnk'i'Jaiid How , King ' s-civss , at half-past seven . _—Spituljiciitf : at the Standard of Liberty , _llrick-! attv , - . it seven o ' clock precisely . _—Finmeti Brigade . - _nt the- Kock Tavern , _Lisseii- _'jrove , at eight o ' clock _Pi'ociselv . ° .

      MOMUT nVEMNO . Uanberwell : atthe MontpelierTavern , Walworth , at _onjht o clock precisely . _TUKSIUV KVBS 1 SO . tower Hamlets : at Urn VYhiuingioii and Cat , _Uini'di huw , - Detliiial-grccn , at eight o ' clock . — Greenwich : at the _fieorgij and Dragon , Dlackhcatitnul , at eight o clock . _WiaiXKSlUY EVES 1 XU . _M'wddouc : at the Painters' Anns , Circus-street _, at ui _^ 'iifc pre cisely . l . _osnps Cur _Uimrtist IIaij _,, 1 , Tiirnngfliic-lnne , —Mr . Cooper ' s third lecture will commence next _^ imihiy evening _( M-imwrow _) , at half-past seven

      precisely . . Subject : Ancient Koine : — the early lungs , and tho expulsion of thc Tarquins' by tho aristocracy : struggles of the people aud gradual growtH si democracy : the consuls , dictators , censure Ac . ; wars with Uarthmrc : Hannibal ; . _St : _i ; _iio : censorship of Catothe elder ' : the Gracchi , and their A grarian proposals . _Marius , thc conqueror of _liigiirtlm : _Syhn , _Liieullus , and l _' ompey , with their career till the conquest of Alithridatcs : age of great- men , l ' ompey , Ciosar , Cicero , CaSo , & e .: fall I'd Ciusar , . 'mil supremacy of _Augustus After tho death of Antony : —the empire , till the reign of Gonstan tine , and the establishment of Christianity as the statereligion . —Singing before and after the lecture .

      Cork _Ccrrnns . —A benefit in n { J of the sick " , superannuated , and burial fund of the above trade will lie held at the llc-yal Victoria Theatre , noxfc liiesdav evening , August 8 th . An excellent bill ol hire- is provided for the occasion , supported by those popular actors . Mr . Osbaldiston and Miss _^ incent , with thc powerful company of that _establishment , aided by several able auxiliaries . WKsramm ; . —Mr . II .. Ridley wiil lecture at the ? I _' arthenium Assembly llown , 72 , St . _Mai'tin _' s-lanf , on Sunday evening , at ei ght o ' clock—subject , " _iNaiunwl Debt . "—On Monday , a meeting of thc shareholders of Ihe Westminster Joiut Stuck Company will lake place at Mr . Morgan ' s , Grapes Tavern , _f . _ittlo Wiudmill-slrect , Golden-square , at eight o clock . . _^ _'V CiMnnsr H . ti . i .. —A public meeting of the shnrehokcrs of the City of London Chartist Hall

      , _tui'na » ain-laiK » , will be held iu the above buildimr . _tui'iw » ain-laiK » , will be held in the above building , at lli'll ' _-p : i . t ; fc _tnii _nVloi- _' c on ftunifay mi ) _i-iiiii"r . on Im « iness of importance . _Cukemvicii . —The members of Ihe Greenwich _awFDeptford united localities beg to inform their friends _tlmt it is their intention to _comnicniorato thc liberation of Feargus O'Connor , _Esij ., from York Castle , on Wednesday , August 27 th , at the _George and _Drajfjiii Inn , _Blaekheat . _' i-hiH , at eight o ' clock precisely . Tlie following gentlemen will attend on the occasion _; —Messi _' . i . Julian Harney , M'Grath , Cooper , Wheeler ,, 1 ' _olwfiil , Ross , and Gardener . A cold supper will _bcx provided . Mr . O'Connor has been invited , and is expected to attend . Chartist Haix , 1 , iTurnagain-lanc , _I- ' _arringdonstrcet , City . —A meeting of shareholders will be held . in tlie Coffee-room of the Institution , at ten o ' clock

      precisely , on Sunday _morning next . —In thc afternoon , at three o ' clock , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for thc despatch ot business . Makyleboxi :. —The members of the above locality _respcctfu-ly acquaint tlieir friends that tbey intend to wind up their water trips for the season with a , grand excursion , on Monday , September the Sth ; and solicit _thcircoiupaiiy on the occasion . Tlicy hav _& made arrangements with the landlord of thc Plough _,, at _Not'thall , to provide them with , all needfuls for recreation , and a good dinner will also be provided at a moderate charge . The boats will start from the _Wcjgh-bridgo at half-past c ' _mht for nine o clock . Fare , there and back , 9 d . ; Tickets may be had of Vincent Takes , sub-secretary , Painters' Anns , Circus-street , New-road .

      _ToivKii Hamlets . —An adjourned meeting of the Chartists of the Tower Hamlets will lie belli at the Brass Pounders' Arms , _Whitcchapcl-raul , on Sunday , at sk o ' clock in the evening . All persons holding can ' s of fhe Tower Hamlets district of the Land Society arc requested to meet atthe Whittiugtou and Cat , Church-row , _licthnal-grccn , on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock . Thc members aro informed thai after Tuesday evening next , the district will _,, for the future , hold its meeting at thc above house , on Sunday _oveninss _, at six o clock . South Losdox . —A public meeting of _shareholders ofthe Land Society will bo held on Sunday evening , August 31 st , to revise the present laws of the : society , at the Sotitli Loudon Chartist Hall . _Blackfriars-road ; chair to bc taken at eight o ' clock . * _v _^^^^ * >• _* _* _*^^ _srA _^»~* _- _~ - - _* _** *****

      Suicide . —On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the White Horse , Iliipei't-strcet , Haymarket , on the body of Emma Whale , aged twentylive , _witi of a uuotiiViikcr in Upper ltiipert-strcct . Ou Sunday forenoon , between ten and eleven o ' clock _,., deceased swallowed an ounce and a half of oxalic ae ul , and slm died about noon on the same day . Her husband bad left her on the 28 th of May with her friends at Winchester , ami , having obtained work in London , he sent for her about six weeks ago , and she came to him . Four days after it was proved that she had been faithless to him during his absence-She acknowledged it , and said she had been inveigled to _Poi'tsmoulhTrom Winchester Uy a woman naincd-Lynch ; that , on arriving at 1 ' urUmoulh , Lynch took her to a public-house near ( he ramparts , kept by a woman named Day ; thai after tea they had somewine , when they were joined by a hall-pay navy captain , who induced her to drink more wine , which _, overpowered her ; that she and Lynch retired to a . bedroom , which , after a few minutes , was entered _, stealthily by the _seMwant captain , upon which Lynch ran away , and the captain locked her in the room , and slept witli her . She scarcely knew , shft told her husband , what she was about , for she could do nothing but cry . The captain , who said his name * was Edward Stewart , pressed deceased io go and live with him , and said he would take her to India . He offered her money and bijouterie , she said , and told her to write to him , " Miss Louisa Edwards , _Post-oilicc , Hull . " The husband told thc jury he believed her story , and promised to forgive her . The disgrace , however , weighed too heavily on her mind . Verdict , - " Temporary derangement . "

      _llESTiiUCTivu Tike at Liveuvooi ,. —[ From the second edition of thc Liverpool Mercury ot Friday . }—Just as wo . were going to press last night , word reached the fire police station that the sugar-warehouse mid promises of * Messrs . 1 _'avry and _Lightfoot , _Ellcnboi-ough-street , were on lire . Mr . Hewitt , with his usual promptitude , immediately dispatched several engines , water-carts , and a . large number of thc fire brigade . 15 y the time they had reached the scene of destruction , which was about halfpast ten o ' clock , the fire had made considerable progress , having completely destroyed tlie upper story , and was rapidly proceeding through th ? roof . Shortly _after elcvcn " o ' clock the roof of tho sugar house fell in , and the total destruction of the building seemed inevitable . The scene at this ticriod was most

      distressing , the premises being situated in a dcnselypopulnted neighbourhood , : mil in thc midst Ofthe poorest inhabitants . A general move was made « n the part o £ the inmates of various dwellings around to move their furniture ami goods , and what with thc hurry and bustle of the poor creatures , who were rushing to and fro , in ol state of frenzy ami desperation , and the crying and screaming of thc women nad children , the scene can better ba imagined than portrayed . In spile of all remonstrances _, thc poor unfortunate people could not he prevailed upon to allow their goods to remain in the dwellings , in consequence of which many of them lost portions of their furniture and other articles . About n quarter to 12 o ' clock tha lire hail reached its utmost limits in Ellenborough-strecr _,

      but no sooner had thc names been got well under in this _, part of the premises , than U was discovered that the warehouse mljeiiiing , fronting Wellington-street , had caught , " two of thc upper stories of which were ascertained to be _completel y 0 _' n five . The rooms bciv . _g pat Hy empty , assisted materially the progress of the flames , and the fire spread _fatfdly for some time . Tho warehouse , which is sit . stories high , was filled in the lower rooms with cotton p- > molasses . The fourth story was soon emptied o _^ ' , ' ts contents , as were the rest , to admit of room _^ or the firebrigade to act , and in about an hour an _^ _n'luiif from thir time ofthe discovery the _lUiiies were _^ un er to so great an extent a 3 to _plqocaJl l \ Ppvclia- \ 0 „ f thc further destruction of-properly beyon _£ « ioubt . The total loss is I roughl _estjujate'd ut ' betw _^ n £ _zm \ ant l £ 6000 , '

      L'Xited Trades Association'.—The Central...

      L'Xited Trades Association ' . —The Central Committee met at tlieir ofliee , 30 , _Uyde-strcct , Bloomsbury , on Monday , the ISth instant . Mr . Bush , vicepresident , in the chair . Letters approbatory of tlio " plans" were read from tho Trades of Bradford , Derby , _OMswinibrd , tlie _xMeraititiio Association and others of Manchester , tho Carpet Weavers of Judderminster , the llnndlooin Weavers of Ivnaresboro ' , thet Block Printers of Crayford _, t . ' ie Framework-Knitters of Mansfield , and from the Miners of Scotland , and _Lancashire . The committee was occupied until _, fate in the cveuing with important business ; and ultimately adjourned until Monday , the 2 < 5 tli instant . Duxconua Testimonial—Tho secretary has received Uic following Minis sinco the last report-: —Mr , J . Beech , Merthyr Tydvil , -Is . ; Mr . Thomas Chard , Carpenter , Is . DisoovBiiv ov Mil Ghekn ' s Balloon . —The remnants of Mr . Green ' s balloon were picked up on , Thursday from the water off the "flats" ov sands at CJifJ ' e . beyond _Gravescml , by a man named Mimtz _, a shep herd . It was torn to pieces _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23081845/page/1/