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_, ' _.,,-.-e _H-nt ; I j * . _^ - -uications from different parts of the i _^ i . _ _£ _*•" iBi " _- > r _" _" g _«* e of the sly and artful i _^ rfior iu _vM- _* * some of your professing ' j _^ Vl . aud my professed friends , _arcende-t' _*^«_ to destroy that popular power which I _pro long lieW , and so honourabl y and _indew-k * * ' . _- ' _Erased . But as such attempts ir . ve V-en frequentl y made before , and have _^ _riaW " '•• - _*•• snap my fingers at my re-! l ; _U-: _in'l _wurCilJolcrs * . friendsnext week
momentand receive constant _0 X _ilrZ VERITABLE CHARTISTS . * , _*«• r " _i * i _£ _5 D 3 , —I hope you will read the . '' tXl lines : they were composed by Canning ? v -wct to the flattery of one of his professing " ? - "' _u . 1 ihiuk that the working classes " ' i . _ve-r so near a stru « srle as tbev are at fftn t i r — _* --
I _> vr , ray , Tuesday _Pargl-aiRfUt _U' - 1 incet * _^ see tllc state oi ? il _' r ai-ce " au ( "" _? ou re * * - t _**" _-lilies and the \ firlutle you wilt find that those two leading L an _ja ' s arc not as sanguine in their _expecta-B _^ _n that perfe ct tranquilli ty would . oe _es-Ifsliiijhed in France , as they used to he . jj ' ] , , _** .. ye a great number of your order are _J .. - _. W clubbing your pence to come up to the _JGreat Exhibition in -day nest . There is _ - -. m .: ih " -i 2 wonderful anticipated from that treat Exhibition ; and I think _Coioxel _f-ujiaoia * gave the House of Commons a verv curious definition of the effect it trim ! . ! have . He said , and several times : —
• Mr . Speaker , I'll tell you the effect that hat Exhibition will have , —STRANGERS
_msUh COME HERE , _—FOREIGNERS I _KVLLL COME HERE , — THEY'LL I fiTE . lL YOUR FPRX 1 TURE , THEY'LL _i _Sf-TEAL YOUR CROCKERYWARE , Ig jIEY'LL STEAL YOUR _PLAXE _& _g-JJEY'LL STEAL _YOUIF _^ jSHES , JXHEY'LL STEAL YOUR KNIVES , _iTHKY'LL STEAL YOUR FORKS , _fg-JJEY'LL STEAL Y'OUR DOGS , ¦ _JTHEY-LL STEAL YOUR CATS . ( Treifn _-endous laughter ) . " He might have added , _jthoy will vol steal your National Debt . _3 j Now , a great many people , and foolish % p _\^ * ¦ ' * - _% are of the opinion thai tliose foreigners _jftr „ i > visit England trill be for the most part | p " o- _'ul- ] ieaiis ; while I tell * vou that they will fall le CURIOSITY SEEKERS , and will _aihink no more of politics than _COLOXEL Sibi __ _t-K > r . j-E does .
My frieuds , I have received several _invitak-us to visit different towns in the North , [ uriiiir the next week . I have answered some
_i-nasnely : Stockport , Tuesday , the 28 tli ; _-Asl-ion , Wednesday , the 29 th ; Oldham , _S"ii _ i --lay , the 30 th ; Rochdale , Friday , the Slit ; Bolton , Saturday , the 1 st of February ; i _' adiham _, Sunday , the 2 nd ; aud Bradford , bn Monday , the 3 rd . I have been invited to _tlMdletou , _Iludderslield , Sheffield , Leeds , and K _** _oi „ l other places ; hut those engagements baving heen made , my friends of Middleton , iludderslield , Sheffield , and Leeds , must see the necessity of excusing me for the present , as
Parliament meets on Tuesday , the 4 th j and it viil be necessary for me to attend to my ¦ aiij . _iuientary duties , as I think it not at all uJikcly that a tremendous struggle will take dace ; and if a dissolution of Parliament does ake place—which is not at all unlikely—you rill then find that a number of trafficking _ftJitieians , who have supported the governneiit as long as their seats were secure , will hen begin to change their policy to cater or popularity , if a new election should take lace .
1 think that nothing can more convince tlie [ ovorament , and your opponents , ofthe little if ] ect and regard that you have for _yourc-Ives and your advocates , than the trifling _ubs ' _-rivtions that are coming in to pay off _fOlTt EXPENSES—and not mine—iu Skad - jiiaw - _' s case , and the WINDING-UP ) F THE LAND COMPANY . Heel firml y (• Evinced , that , if you will abandon all auta-• _o' -iiin , and seek to establish your own priniples , that the government will y ield to those _inudjdes ; whereas , if you remain disunited , bey will be mocked , and you will be kept in i state of slavery .
I My friends , notwithstanding tlie antagonism against which I have had to contend , I am , nevertheless , determined to persevere in the advocacy of your cause , untii I see yonr rig hts _feiltjctl y established . Your Faithful Friend and Advocate , $ _Feakgtjs _O'Cosxob . R . - _— ,
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f ? C : xiivatio . v or _P-aX . —On this subject a New tors . * . : _ij > er _savs : — "If it should turn out , upon _pmixr trial , that flax prepared in a particular way fan be substituted for cotton , so to enable Great _Brlnin to dispense -with our southern staple , a ' iakhty _eifect will be produced npon the value of jpr . _Wty in the southern states . The price of lands ¦ lid ' slave property will at once be diminished , aud ir .: ii ! _ess arrangements entered into npon the pre-Stu . value of that species of property will , after
_pu , T have matured , produce a crash tbat will be felt sever the entire country . A lesson would thus be _JAd upon tbe mutability of human afiairs , and tbe | _- ? _l : tical consequences resulting from the change S- _; _-nld be most iinportant . Should flax be made to ¦ espi-ly the place of cotton , then will be exemplified ttle impolicy heretofore pursued by tbe cotton Sn nes , of relying on one leading interest to the _Serehnion of all others . If that great system of jj & _r- ' eriean industry , first recommended by General Elhniilton , and since enlarged and enforced by Mr . PCl . iv , bad been adopted here in the south , no such | e * . - .-i » trop _ e could beial her . But , unfortunately , It tt system -was rejected . It is difficult to foresee | tl _? effects of this change . South Carolina , now | _ t'j . « liiig on tbe brink of secession , mig ht be induced j _$ e draw back , should she look into the future . " i Pitmen axd Mathematics . —A paragrap h has ap-| p ? ared in the papers , stating the fact- that the fh _^ sellers of _Newcastle had observed that most of _ftl-e standard mathematical -works were purchased
'lr .-p itmen . The following anecdote is in pom * : — _FE _« iie veara since , a gentleman , on his passage from _Newcastle to Shields in a steam-boat , went into the ¦ € r . __ ine-room , and found one of the books mentioned t—namely , Emerson s Fluxions—lying on the table _i-uher black and smutty , evidently much read . lie _tasked tbe young eng ineman who read the book ? iUe answered tbat he did when be had time , Bather SBurprised at the fact , and presupposing that he _twas a votSng man of superior talent , he questioned Ihha upon tbe subject , stating that himself had
studied these matters at tbe University—had passed , be believed , a fair examination—and obtained a creditable degree . With this prelude they entered « . to conversation ; and from tbat time the stranger Hied all his influence to bring the studious engineman into notice . The enginemau is now a celebrated _n-a- ' ieinatician , and the author of many ofthe very Forks alluded to . lie had , a short time pwvious tr > this interview , risen from a bank-trapper to a _l-reuksman" in a Newcastle coal-pit , as stated in evidence before the Lords * committee last session ; s . vi is now— Professor Hann , of King ' s College '—
_Vaitiliead Observer . , More Xiseveh Scuip _tcbes . —A letter nas beenre-KivedfromMr . _Lavard , dated Bagdad , _November 3 » . 1 S 30 , in which speaking of the sculptures he is _i-i - nding to the University of Oxford , he says - : ' The sculptures were unfortunately on the same _nfi with ono of the lions , which was _necked bet-vcen this place and Burrab , and above a month * -ap * _tng before their _recorery , they were too late ior , he vessel by whichl had hoped to forward them to England . They have since , therefore , remained at Hurrah with tbe rest of tbe _antiquities ; , but L bore to shin th ™* next month , and it is prouawc
thev mav be with von in the spring . Mr . _^ _J ™ also regrets that " tbe sculptures which ovgni io have been shipped two years ago are still tying on the beach at Burrab , and have suffered irrepara ble _i- 'ijurv . " He further savs : — " I have now desertea _Su-ereh for tbe time for Babylon , but have not actually commenced excavation - * , being without the _r-ect-ssa _' rv documents from the Porte , and the country - . round Bagdad being in an unexampled state oi confusion and " disorder . In fact , scarcely any one can leave the gates without a good chance of having bis throat cut , or making a triumphal re-entry in bis shirt . "
A Mossier Saw . —Sheffield is active in contri-•• _ut-iig articles of its industry for the Crystal Palace . Messrs . Speares and Jackson are having a circular saw made with segment _joiningsol _Uve fee : diameter , to he the _ee . _rfre of well-nnished _st-iaUtt satellites of starry-edged teeth . This will , it is supposed , be the largest circular saw ever raauufactured .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Ojices—14 , Southampton Street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above on Wednesday evening last . The whole of the Committee were present except Mr . Reynolds , who was confined to his home through indisposition . Mr . James Grassby was called fo tbe chair . Correspondence was read from the following localities , viz ., Bristol , Burnley , Dundee . Hastings , Huddersfield , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Paisley , and _Peterborough , also Cowpen Colliery , Horsham , ic .
On tbe motion of Messrs . Jo . ves and Muse it was unanimously agreed—*• That the secretary be instructed to state , in reply to the various localities who had applied fur the services of tbe two _membsrs ofthe Executive on the proposed tour , that such tour should be commenced as early as possible ; that one ofthe Executive would proceed to the north and the other to tbe west ; and tbe only amount the localities would have to pay would be the travelling expenses from one locality to the other ; and also that the localities requiring their services be requested to forthwith correspond with the General Secretary . *'
On the motion of Messrs . _Joses and Milne , it was also unanimously agreed— " That tbe various funds subscribed for Chartist purposes be henceforth amalgamated in one , to be called
THE NATIONAL CHARTER _FUSD ; and that all aeent 3 or sub-secreiaries , when _for-*** - _$ _-i _* _-yi- _% _^ forward them for that fund . '' On the motion of Messrs . Milne and _Harxet , tbe following was unanimously adopted as the
ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE TO THE CHARTISTS . Fellow Countrymen , — Last week we issued a list of constituencies requested to send Delegates to the National Convention . The interval before the meeting of that assembl y we desire to devote , as much as possible , to the task of _strengthening our movement . We do not believe that the time lias yet arrived for laying before you any detailed and ulterior plan of action . Our first and paramount duty is organisation , so as to prepare ourselves , that we may he able to base onr plans on the
approaching disunion of parties , and the aspect of our own association . TVe therefore intend to concentrate all our present efforts on the establishment of new localities , and the growth of those already in existence . Before the meeting ofthe Convention , two members ofthe committee will , it is hoped , he able to visit the principal localities in the country— - and , according to the course taken b y our Parliamentary opponents , and the amount of strength and support we shall find the Chartist movement able to supply , the measures will be regulated we shall propose for your
adoption . We believe great mischief has heen done by attempting to do too much—but that , by a wise direction of our powers , we maybe in a position to achieve a great advance this session . Certain measures to which we should especially desire to direct the mind of the Convention , will be submitted to the country in sufficient time to enable them to be discussed in the several localities , p rior to the assembling of tho Convention . Our wish is , that from the meeting of that assembly , should date a new era of the Chartist movement . We , therefore , implore all those localities mentioned in the published list , to bestir themselves in _time—matters of the most vital importance will come under the consideration ofthe
Delegates—and they will be sitting at a period when a great convulsion will be taking place iu all political circles , and when , above all others , the _assembly of a national representation will be required . We , therefore repeat , that the best service wc can render Democracy will be , to take all steps that can ensure a full , a fair , and au effective representation . There is certain business required to be done —and we simpl y direct your attention to the mode of doing it . The iirst step is organisation—for which funds are necessary , andwe beg here to remind you , that all funds subscribed by the country , will be devoted to the country —the Metropolitan ag itation is self-supporting .
We have received letters from several rural counties , and from other p laces , where no localities exist , informing ns that such might he established were lecturers sent down , hut that the y themselves aro unable to supply the
means . The next step is the assembly of the Convention . To this our chief energies must be concentrated . We shall watch intermediate events , and avail ourselves of them as they
arise . We likewise wish to direct your attention to the probability of an approaching dissolution of Parliament . You should prepare for this . Nothing spreads onr principles more prominently than availing ourselves of a general election . Wherever practicable , we would advise the immediate formation of Election Committees , the selection of candidates , and a preparatory organisation . In most places , a Chartist candidate mi ght take the field , in many mi ght contest tho poll , in several might carry the election , in all would further our progress . It is not too early to begin—for Parliament will meet in less than a fortnight , and a dissolution , should such occur , may ttt _« n take p lace at any moment .
In conclusion , we beg to assure all the friends of Democracy , whether they be the advocates of Social or Political Rights , that ice are the advocates of both ; and that the Chartist flag will be found in the van of either . But we also wish to state , that tec will not allow , as far as in vs lies , the old Chartist Association to be broken , divided , or impaired . On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Jones it was unanimously agreed - .- " That the Hall ofthe Literar y and Scientific Institution be eDgaged for a
public meeting , to be holden on Tuesday evening , February 4 th , for the purpose of reviewing the Queen ' s Speech . " Mr . Ho _ toak _ then moved , and Mr . Mmre seconded , the following : — " Reference having been made in the Northern Star to a conversation which took p lace at a previous meeting of the Executive , iu a manner which raises a question as to the correctnes s of the report published of that conversation , resolved that the annexed report be inserted in the minutes , which the Executive unite in declaring to be accurate . "
Mr . O ' Coxxor having acknowledged that the report was correct _. The motion was unanimously adopted , and tbe Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , January 29 th . Meeting of the Executive Committee , January 8 '* i , 1851 . Mr . O'Connor having stated that he had to lecture at the South London Hall , for the benefit of the Polish Refugees , was then about to retire ; but Mr . Harney said that before Mr . O'Connor withdrew , he was desirous of asking that gentleman a j question . "Would Mr . O ' Connor be so kind as to
state who were the professed leaders of the people to whom he referred in his letter in the Star of Saturday last , addressed to tbe " Slaves of England , " who were actuated by " sordid motives , " who " are 3 tru *"'" lin 2 for popularity and gain , " who " know nothi » of vour principles , and care not a straw for vou but merely think of themselves , " and " who create disunion for the mere purpose ef elevating f hpmselves , and living upon your disunion and crednlHv _«•• He ( Mr . Harney ) hoped that Mr . O'Connor would speak out and declare the names of the _Sshand sordid " leaders , and say if he meant the Executive Committee
Mr O ' CoNXon commenced by saying , « I will *' He then said :- " I did not mean any one m parti- ' CUla _? _Vhen _' _cSSst- a croivd are thrown , _, ThoS tbeyfit mav wear than for tueit own . ' I did _nof mean this Committee , uor any member of
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this Committee . But I will say , what I have often - said , that ninety-nine out of every hundred are tramcking politicians . If they were getting one pound bfteen shillings a week for advocating the Charter , and they could get two pounds a week by turning against the Charter , they would forthwith desert Chartism . " _Mf * Harney . — "Mr . O'Connor ' s assurance that he did not mean the Executive must he satisfactory , so far as this body is concerned . But if Mr . O'Connor , m reciting _« When caps amongst a crowd arc thrown , & c ., ' means to insinuate tbat the cap fits me , I repel his insinuation . And . 13 regards those who would abandon Chartism for an extra five shillings weekly , I believe that charge to bo wellfounded as respects some of Mr . O'Connor ' s most intimate friends ; but for myself , Mr . O'Connor is well aware tbat to maintain my principles I have made a sacrifice , perhaps greater tban any other Chartist in my position ever did make . "
Mr . O'Coxxor . — " I will say what I have said a hundred times to Mr . Jones , that I always regarded Mr . Harney as one of the most honest , consistent , and disinterested of Chartists—Mr . Jones , havo I not said so V Mr . Jones . — " You have , " Mr . O'Coxxor . — " I greatly regretted when we parted . I was Borry to lose Mr . Harney . 1 believe a better , or more honest man does not exist ; and I only wish there were a good many like him . " * . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Jons Anson , General Secretary .
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_^ Fixsbury . —The weekly meeting was held on * *_ _* hff ,-in * -the _rt-UB _^ _fr' _-Tuftiniill-street , ' Clerkenweil Green . Mr . "Wells in the chair . Mr . Philip Johnson moved : — " That tbe resignation of thensecretary be accepted , and that- Mr . David Cater be elected secretary for tbe next three months ;" seconded by Mr . Weeden , and unanimously carried . Moved by Mr . Weeden , and seconded by Mr . Jordan : — "That a delegation of two members of this association be appointed to wait upon the city locality of the National Charter Association , to confer with tbem , on the business of nominating a member for the City and Finsbury , at the Manchester Conference . " An amendment was moved by Mr . P . Johnson , and seconded by Mr . Osborn : — " Tiiat this meeting do forthwith proceed to nominate a member to tlte Convention , to represent this bo rough . " A rider to the above w . i 3 moved by Mr .
Fuzzen , and seconded by Mr . Pool : — " That the j question bo adjourned for a fortni ght " whicb was lost , together with tlie original motion ; and the following persons were put in nomination , viz ., Messrs , Osborn , Bezer , Fussell , Frith , antl A . Fuzzen . Tho greatest number of votes were given to Alfred Fuzzen . Mr . Osborn reported that the committee had two or three places iu view which migbt easily be converted into a local hall for the Chartists of Finsbury , and forcibly urged tbo members who havo not taken up shares to obtain a ball , to do so without more delay . It was then resolved : — " That a supper should be held on Wednesday , January 20 tb , at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenweil Green , to commemorate tbo birthday of Thomas Paine . " All friends of progress were invited to attend . Mr . G . W . Reynolds in tbe chair .
Rochdale , —Mr . T . ' Dickenson , of Manchester , lectured on Sunday last , on Papal Aggression , to an attentive audience , and gave general satisfaction . The weekly meeting of members took place on Monday evening last , when the editor ' s remarks were read from the Star , and other correspondence , and the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we , tbe Chartists of Rochdale , place all confidence in the proprietor and editor of the Northern Star , for their manly and straightforward perseverance in the cause of tbo people , and that that confidence will not he shaken so long as they maintain their present position . " It was also resolved , " That we get up a tea party to welcome tho champion ol tbe people ' s rights , F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., on his intended visit to Rochdale . " After the financial affairs of the locality wore settled the meeting separated .
Cirr Ci-amist Hall . —A public meeting was held on Monday _evenine at the City Chartist-ball , Golden-lane . Messrs . Holyoake and Le Blond attended as a deputation from _thoExccutivo Committee . Mr . Holyoake was called to the chair , and in an able manner laid down the policy which ought to be adopted by the Chartist body at the present juncture . Mr . Elliot moved , and Mr . Mauley s ecouded , a resolution in favour ofthe People ' s Charter , which wa 3 unanimously adopted . Mr . Bezer , in a long and excellent address , moved a vote of confidence in tho Executive Committee . Mr . _Finlcn , in an eloquent manner , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Le Blond also addressed the meeting . A vote of
thanks was given to the deputation , for their attendance , and also to the chiarman , for his services . _Loweh _TVaulc t . —At a meeting of tbe members of Sowerby and Warley , held on Sunday , the 17 th inst . —Mr . John Wrigley in the chair—after transacting tbe business of the meeting , it was proposed by Moses Robinson , and seconded by Jas . Mitchell , — " That a public meeting be called for next Saturday evening , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Manchester Conference . " The motion was put , and carried unanimously . Proposed by John Lawson , and seconded by John Fielding , and carried unanimously : — "That we highly approve of the manner in which the Star bas been conducted for some time past , and moro especially of the articles on ' Chartist Policy . '"
FixsBtjRr . —A pulic meeting was held on Tuesday evening , at the Fraternal Homo , Turnmill-street , to consider " the conduct of the press of { Great Britain towards the working classes . "—Mr . Fuzzen was called to the chair , and proved that the people of this country were kept in their present degraded condition chiefly by the instrumentality of a venal and party press , and that no great change would be effected nntil they had a free , unstamped , aud unfettered press . —Mr . Bezer developed the operation of the press upon the interests of the working classes , and , in a humorous manner , showed how even the most liberal of the pnss , excepting the Northern Star , and other Democratic journals , misrepresented and distorted every meeting of working
men when they condescended to notice them . When a jeweller ' s shop was broken into at _Camberwcll , during tbe meetings in ISIS , though it was well known by the evidence on the trial that it was done by a gipsy , who knewnotlting about Chartismyet even Lloyd's , a _professing liberal paj . er , headed their account of his trial with the words— " Trial and Conviction of another Chartist Leader . " Mr . Bezer then showed that it was only by encouraging the Democratic press , and by establishing adult schools in neglected neighbourhoods like the one iu which tbey were situate , tbat they could effectually combat the antagonism of the press . —Mr . T . M .
Wheeler ably addressed the meeting , showing them tbat ignorance enabled the press to mislead and betray them ; that knowledge was power and happiness ; that their salvation was entrusted to their own keeping , and that , once united among themselves , supported and defended by their own press , tbey might bid defiance to tbeir interested opponents . —Mr . Osborne spoke with considerable effect upon the utility of establishing an adult school in that hall . —Mr . Fuzzen addressed tbe meeting at considerable length . —A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the audience were invited to the Paine Festival , on tbe 29 th . Several policemen in uniform were in attendance , and seemed to take
great interest in the proceedings . _NoTiixonAM . —On Thursday evening , January 10 th , Mr . Kydd lectured in the Town Hall , on the «• Leading events of 1 S 50 . " Mr . J . Sweet , who was unanimously elected to preside , introduced the lecturer , who said , his subject was one which would touch upon a variety of events , but perhaps the most important were the two following , viz ., l tie progress of National Education , and that of Uvil and Religious Liberty . " He compared the manufactu _ring prosperity of the past year with the agncul . tural depression-showing the bearings of eachand broaoly and fully declared that there was a surplus of both capital and labour in this country , and _argued that the small farmer , under the present system , must be ruined . Another subject occupyin- ' themindsof men during tbe past year , was ine _Social Condition of the l ' eople , " but he d « g _nrnved that the condition of the peop e had not Kept
pace with the increased wealth of the state . _^ H vde Park Exhibition was reviewed at some lengtn , as was also Protestantism and Catholic _»*» _-r _™ _' _*» of thanks were given to the lecturer , to the Mayor , for the use of the Hall , and the Chairman , which he briefly acknowledged , when the meeting _bioke _uu . _highly delighted with the proceedings . _Tbigul _^ _-Ou Sun day . last Mr Kydd dehvei : d two addresses in the Working-man ' s Ha " . Su »!«* . I «• A Review of the Events of 1850 . " Mr . > yd d _•*¦»» frequently had an opportunity of addressing tho inhabitants of Keighly , but on no former occasion bas given more general satisfaction than on tsundav last . In reviewing the progress of educational movement , be very ably upset the objections ot tl e
opponents of a good secular education , e » ptw « y the objections raised in the House of Commons , tie alsoTcviewed the Sabbatarian Movement , showing clearly that bigotry had gained nothing by tue
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struggle . He noticed tho mission of " Cardini Wiseman , together with many other important sul iccts , and throug hout the whole succeeded in rive ; ing the attention of bis . audience . It is the intentio of the friends at Keighley to have Mr . Kydd ' _s sei vices again before he returns to London . Glasgow . —Tho Chartists of thiscity seom at pre sent to he somewhat backward in the movemen which is now occupying the minds of their brofcbrei throughout England ; not that they are less zealou 1 , 1 the Sreat cause now than they were in times goiv by , for they are as numerous and energetic as cvof but tbey appear to be of opinion tbat little gooi can be effected by them _whilo thorn ia so much nor
sonal bickering and unnecessary disputes , paralisii the power and destroying the _labouto _& _beirSiondand Manchester friends . Deeply _do'ihey deplo : these petty feuds and fatti would _theyjwt to sett the quarrel if they kuew how ; _but-tbly-are afro , that then-interference would make the ' matter wo » by rai-nng up quarrels among themselves , _andithl assist others m exhibiting to t the world tbeirIm and , consequently "* : tlieir weakness . They _arefrTel ing _otetbeir _.. oars , and will not , I believe , pMJJ strolce _^ until they see the fleet , in something _^ order _^ They are , howevor , _\_ ii ' a good condi _^ comm _^ ce _another campaign ; They have a $ g | i § Hall _,- » _mohjia _' 8 elfrSupporting by ' ' means oH _^ _M man a _^^ ea _'dingVooni , which is in _connc-gragl it . _HaflSaay be seen tlie old veterans of »@_& -sl
in _gop . _tip ' numbors at any time , particul turdapyenjpgs , when they hold public i They -a _fegBOwever , beginning ; ., to . havoj
Of Billingsgato . " The friends of Mr . O'Connoi were agreeably surprised at a letter which appeared in one of our newspapers ( tho Sentinel ) last week , on tho character of that gentleman , Tho writer , who signs himself Spiro , after showing thafc it seems to be the lot of the O'Connor family to suffer in the cause of down-trodden humanity , says .- — "Let us look at the man ; ho is standing nearly alone in the front of a battle , sustained now for years , in which he has lost health , friends , and wealth , and found little save hard words , and harder knocks , sometimes for his reward . lie is taunted with the failings of schemes tbat could notexistfor ono moment without him , and which no inducement can prevail upon him to abandon , while the men for whom he strives havo not honesty enough in them to save him from the enemies he has made for their sake . '' Here tlie
writer goeB on to show that the error is among ourselves , and also that Mr . O'Connor ' s fault is in his too honest supposition , that every Chartist is as earnest and indefatigable as himself . lie concludes the letter with tho following just remarks : — " He is still dreaming of faithfulness and freedom to come . " Such is tho feeling that now prevails in tlie hearts of tlie friends of freedom here ; and their English friends may depend on them for a strong lift when once they agree among themselves , but
never till then . To Mr . O'Connor they never can be ungrateful . That is a crime too black for them . But , on the other hand , they do nofc wish to make him a despotic leader , nor do they believe his generous soul ever thought of such a position . But they do not see why ho should not be a Chartist , nor why he should not bo a member of the Executive , it fairly elected , nor why he should not give his advice like another Chartist ; and if bis word goes farther with the body than any one s else , it simply proves that his disinterested labours have won their
confidence in spite of every calumny . Let our English friends , then , for the sake of justice and humanity , agree to move on together * , and if they cannot do that let them separate , and march in two distinct bodies to tiie land of freedom . Although every true friend must be sorry to see them adopt the latter course , still it will bo much better than standing on tho way quarelling with each other , while tho enemy remains at a distance and laughs them to scorn . —A CoKUESrOXDEXI . Sheffield . —On _Tuesslay evening , Jan . 1-ith , a meeting was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , ( _Jueon-street , to elect a delegate for the Manchester Conference , when , through the briskness of trade , only a small number attended ; and ,
in order to obtain a better meeting , a larger placard was issued , calling a public meeting , tobe held in the Hall of Science , llockingham-street _, on Tuesday evening , Jan . 21 st . On Sunday evening a meeting of members was held , when tho previous quarter ' s accounts were considered satisfactory , and the following persons were elected as councilmen for the ensuing quarter : —II . Milner , William Holmes , Thomas Lye , A * . Robinson , Wm . Roberts , Thomas Hague , John Seward , James Mitchol , Thomas Rooke , H . Flanagin , James Whaley ; Geo . Cavil ) , corresponding secretary ; R . Ruck , financial secretary ; and John AHiuson , treasurer . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday evening next . —
On _Tuesday evening , Jan . 21 st , a public mooting was held to elect a delegate to the Manchester Conference . —Mr . Grayson w ; is called to tho chair . —Mr . Robinson moved tho following resolution : — " That a delegate be sent to the above Conference ;" which was seconded by Mr . Win . Holmes , when a number of tho opponents commenced a scene of unutterable confusion—so much so , thafc a _consiileralle number left the hall in disgust . —The Chairman took the vote , whicli appeared equal . However , amidst the indescribable confusion that followed , ho said he thought the protestors had the majority . —The meeting has done much harm , in consequence of such disgraceful conduct . —G . Cavill ,
Sheffield . —Ac a public meeting , called by placard , held at Mr . Cavill ' s Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield , on Wednesday , 15 th inst . —W . Linton in the chair—it was moved by Mr . Higginbottom , and seconded by Mr . Whaley : — " That a delegate be sent to the Manchester Conference . " The following amendment was moved by Mr . Bagshaw , seconded by Mr . Jackson : — "That , being desirous of seeing an union of all Chartists , this meeting regrets to see the obstinate staud of the Manchester Council and others , to hold a Conference in opposition to a majority of Chartist localities , —to tho Executive Committee at the head of the movement , and also in opposition to the principles of Democracy , and we hereby resolve to take no part in such
Conference . " Tbe resolution was carried by a large majority . A meeting was held on tlie 19 th inst . at Mr . Grayson's Temperance Hotel , of Bolton , Stool House-lane , and Sheffield Branches of the National Reform League—Mr . Bagshaw chairmanwhen it was moved by Mr , Jackson , and seconded by Mr . Dyson : — " That a public meeting be hold oft Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , to take into consiueration the propriety or impropriety of joining the National Charter Association . " The resolution was carried unanimously . Warrikotox . —At a meeting duly convened on Sunday evening , January 19 th , Mr . G . J . Mantle , of Manchester , was elected to represent Warrington in the Manchester Conference .
Grea.T Public Meeting In Manchester. On ...
GREA . T PUBLIC MEETING IN _MANCHESTER . On Sunday , the 19 th inst ., a public meeting , announced by placards , was held in tho Peoplo s Institute , Heyrod-streefc , Ancoats _, to elect two delegates to tho Manchester Conference . Mr . Sutton was unanimously elected chairman , and commenced the proceedings by reading Mr . O'Connor s letter from the Northern Star ; after which he informed the meeting the reason tbey were called together , viz .: —to elect two delegates to the Manchester Conference . After making a few observations , he called upon Mr . Edward Clarke Cropper , who nominated Mr . O'Connor in a neat speech , seconded by Mr . Joshua _Guttcridge . Mr . Donovan also
moved JamoB Leach , as the colleague to Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Donovan give an interesting account of the circumstances as they had arisen from the commencement of tbe dispute to the present , time , to the satisfaction ofthe meeting . Mr . William Murray seconded the nomination of Mr . Loach . The Chairman repeatedly asked the meeting if any person had any one else to propose . No other being proposed the Chairman called upon Mr . Leach to address the meeting . Mr . Leach was loudly applauded , and made an able speech on what he considered ought to be done by the Manchester Conference . After his address several questions wero asked , and satisfactory answers given . Tho Chairman then took the votes for the candidates , placing
Mr . O'Connor first , who was carried with only two _noei . After which Mr , Leach was carried with only ' three noes . On Monday evening the Council held their weekly meeting in the large Ante-room ofthe People ' s Institute , and after transacting local business , a councilman wished to ask Mr . Leach what time he thought the Conference would commence its sittings ? Mr . James Leach suggested that ifc commence on Monday , tbe 27 th , inst ., afc ton o ' clock in the forenoon , in tbe People ' s Institute , Ilcyrodstreet , Travis-street , Ancoats , He also stated to the Council that the arrangements were complete for giving a public dinner to Mr , . O'Connor on the above-named day , and that Patrick _O'lliggias had promised to attend , which woui . tl . be seen , from tho
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following letter , which the secretary had _reccivet from that gentleman : — "Dublin , Jan . 17 th ., IS 51 . "Deab Sir , —I have received , your polite in vita tion to a dinner to bo given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., on Monday , the 27 th inst . Be so kind , sir * , as to inform the Manchester Council of tlie National Charter Association , that I feel highly honuuredb . y their invitation , and that I shall have gr _| a _$ _ijJlea _? Ure in joining them at dinner , or in liny _tifj _^^ _, _^
_^^^ _fl _^ _t-te _^^ _the-gratitiido of tbo people -t _^^^^ _pui niai j ty _^ ay _, : _forsakeU-ht 8 _**^ P * MW ' - " _- ' sao _^ _fieeSAIsjpTos 'ifion in _jsqclety-;^ _phe , * s _^ p'Urpose of raMiik -tne condition of the % rosirate-J _^ id dowh-troddcK _^ _rking-classes of England . _Itr-. _ailevescme sorely '' tb ' ? s ' ee any division " amongst ; the . Chartists . Had they : bad the good sense to have followed Feargus O'Connor ' s advice _fi-pm the beginning , their power would long ; _sinco _litive been iri ' esiBtiblo . Again thanking you nnd tho Manchester Council of . tne National _ClIarter-
_'Assoftfiitfen , ' - V ' ¦ ' K _& L-, "I am , very faithfully _youi-3 , | p * _# _'" - '' Patrick _O'IIiooins ; _iP'Mr . James Alcock , Cor . Seo _' _j-12 , Byrom-street , _wfpr / Duke-street , HulmO i Manchester . " " m & _^ _.. ¦ - -- _? ¦
If; ' M.Erary Institution, Carlisle $¦' ...
If ; ' M . ERARY INSTITUTION , CARLISLE _$ ¦' ; _" STREET , PORTMAN SQUARE .
_k A public mooting was held-jit this Institution } on TMrsday _^ evening . ' i . Sb _^ _meettgfi was well att ende _^ _Meenttve _' woje _touoly _^ c ere d on entering" tho room . Mr . _Hunx'bell was called to tho chair , and , in an excellent speech , showed that a want of unity alone prevented the democrats of all nations from obtaining tbeir rights . Their principles were becoming universally known and appreciated , and they only needed some denned plan to be laid down to bo ultimately successful .
Mr . O'Connor , who , on vising , _wasveceived with loud applause , moved the first resolution as follows : — " This meeting being convinced that the document , known as the People ' s Charter , is based on the principles of truth and justice , and that its recognition as law would effect nofc only tho Political emancipation but also the Social elevation of the industrious class ; v _* _e therefore hereby declare nofc to rest satisfied until its enactment is fully accomplished . " If they were all united , as the Chairman had truly told them , tlicy would have had the Charter long ago . The bill calling the meeting informed them that they were also to review tho position of affairs abroad . What did they think of tlie
President in Prance , and the state of things in that country , where a man could not even write an article in a newspaper without attaching his name to ifc . Let them look also at the position of aftitirs in Austria , _lYussia _. and Ireland . Ireland always was , and would still continue , ono of England ' s greatest difficulties ; _-tho Whigs would no longer receive the support of the Irish members , and the combined difficulties at homo and abroad would drive Lord _Joiui from bis seat in the Ministry . The Financial Reformers told them that they would be benefited by a reduction of ten millions in taxation ; but thoy as working mon , know that such would not bo tho case ; if taxes were reduced wages would be lowered . The Financial Reformers wero not even in earnest
in their scheme for a reduction of fc . _txes ; he l . elieved that if ifc came to even voting in the house on a motion to that eft ' ect , thoy _womld bribe one member to voto against it , tbat it might be rejected . ( Cry of "No . " ) The man thafc said that did not know them as he did . The Financial Reformers were chiefly manufacturers ; was it likely th ; tfc they would vote for any measure calculated to raise wages ? ( Cries of "No , no . " ) If a largemanufacUu'eronly lowered the wages ofhis workmen fourpence ov sixpenco a week , it amounted to a fortune at the year ' s end . In past timos tho stamp of the value of a man ' s labour was to be found on the article he manufactured , but tho present system of manufacturing made a workman tho mere slave of the machine , no ways interested in the article lie
manufactured . Ifc was , in fact , a system of robbery on tho workman . Mr O'Connor then gave a humourous anecdote of an operative of Barnsley , who bad accumulated wealth , and had occasionally to go to Manchester ; in goinghe alwayswent by the third and came back by tho first class train ; giving for liis reason , that when he went ho took money with him nnd liked to go with honest men ; but coming b . tck he consulted his ease , and returned by the first class . Mr . O'Connor then went into the Land Question as the chief means by which thoy could drainthe surplus labour from an overcrowded market . In Guernsey and Jersey tbey had a population ol 1 , 200 to tho square mile , in England only 300 , in Scotland 250 , and in Ireland only 100 ; yet , with this great population there was not a pauper or a criminal to be found in those islands . This arose
from them all being-fully employed upon the land . Was it not monstrous that they should have to pay eight millions a year for poor rates in this country , whilst they had millions of acres of idle land ? lie was determined never to ccaso In his exertions until ho had made the question of the Land plain to all their capacities , lie was always thinking how to improve tho condition of the working classes , aud however he might bo abused or vilified , he would still remain true to the Charter , and ho called upon them to keep to the Charter , and nothing more and nothing less . ( Cries of " our Sociafrigftts . " ) If they got the Charter they would soon get all they wanted . If , when they had tho Charter , the national mind expressed itself in favour of Socialism , they would havo tho power to achieve it . Ho was in ' favour of Socialism in its
true acceptation . It meant the fitness of things to society . Mr . O'Connor then entered into other interest ing subjects , and left the meeting amid loud cheers . Mr . Holyoake seconded tho resolution , which went for their Social Rights as well as the Charter . Mr . O'Connor was perfectly justified in wishing them to keep to the Charter alone , if such was in his opinion the most beneficial courso . He ( Mr . Holyoake ) thought it would bo advantageous to agitate at the same time for tlieir Social Rights ; but it was a matter for the public to dceido upon , and he should be willing to follow any course whicli the majority might deem best . Mr . Holoyoakc concluded amid much applause . The resolution was unanimousl y carried .
Mr . Bezkr moved the following resolution : — "That tliis meeting , believing that " the Executive Committee of tho National Charter Association , as a body , deserve the support of all true Democrats ; we therefore declare our determination to render them all the assistance in our power . " Ho had confidence in the present men , having known them for many years . To make the agitation they must join the Association , and prove by their zeal that tbey were really in earnest in their professions of a desire to raise themselves in the scale of social society . Mr . Stallwood seconded the resolution . He was glad to see that in tho resolution previously passed , they had mentioned their Social _Rijrhts .
Mr . Vernon , who was received with cheers , stated that he had been in the provinces , but had been compelled to come to London to attend a trial brought by his solicitor against Mr . O'Connor for liis ( Mr . Vernon ' s ) defenco . The whole of tbe other counsel had been paid , and it was but fair that Mr . Nixon should also be paid . Ho thought that the late Executive had not been active enough in seeing the debt settled before this ; if it was not speedily settled , it would have to bo paid with hcivy costs . If Mr . O'Connor paid the money , ifc would not como out of his own pocket , but out ofthe pockets ofthe people by subscriptions , which was his usual way of repaying himself , not only for bis public but private actions . Mr . Arnott explained relative to tho late Executive .
Mr . Wiikklku denied that Mr , O'Connor had ever been repaid for the cost of any of tho legal expenses which ho had been compelled to pay . Ho thought it was extremely wrong of Mr . Vernon to make such statements . Mr . Vernon said he had only given his opinion , and , if wrong , he was willing to be corrected . Mr . Flaxman supported the resolution , and wished to ask whore Mr . O'Connor got his money from to pay tliose expenses . ( Hissing and confusion . ) The Chairman called the speaker to order , and the subject was dropped , and the resolution was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and to Mr . O' Connor for bis attendance .
Lord Wiiarxcliffe Has Withdrawn From A C...
Lord Wiiarxcliffe has withdrawn from a contest witb Lord Redesdale for the chairmanship of committees in the House of Lords , Lord _Redesdale ' s election is now certain . Portland Breakwater . —Its present length is about 1 . 040 feet—twelve feet above high water mark . It stands the present galo well , and two points of tho compass are alread y sheltered in Portland-roads with smooth water .
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_^^_ , _£ / _r _^* - * / - _**^* _ _- > _T THE ClLVimST MOVEMENT .. . TO . TnE EDITOR OF THE _NORTKEItX STAR , .. . ' - ' . Sin , —I heg leave to be allowed , through your Imodium , tb" outer- my _pi ' titest _agiiin > t any _otlyu ' _question being pinned tu'Chartisii !* . I : nn in favour » f moral , social , and political-ri ghts ; lam _likowjso iU THE ClLVimST MOVEMENT ...
—¦ ; -faroiir , of co-operative assdci'itions . I do . not tfl' _-ik I should be against a Republican form of _Merni _ii'r . the nation . But at the risk of being ca _. lcd an " enemy , " an " ignoramus , " or an " hi . _posH- *" _,- , ' I say one thing at a time , gentlemen ; lot U 3 : gefc our Charter first , and Ihnvo no fear of an tniprpved moral , social , and political condition of tho -people . -Stand l y the Char ter ! . ¦• . ' >¦ . . > ¦ " - YoaYs respectfully , _vr'HrT ' _n '" ' ' _''"V' . . _il-TllOS . _DlCKISgOS _, Ko . _' 10 , ; Reyner _sh-eoit ,: Jfattchester . , _^
: Hungarian And Polish Exiles. A Public ...
: HUNGARIAN AND POLISH EXILES . A public meeting , on behalf of the Refugees , was hold on Wednesday _erenin _., at tho Literary in-. stitution Carlisle-street , Portman-market . Tho > attendance was very good . Priee of admission twopence . _Messiv . O'Connor and Jones wero announced to attend , but , by some mismanagement , were not properly informed thereof . Mr . Wiiekler having been called to the chair , stated that thoy were called together to express _"tbtiir sympathy with Hungary and Poland—two nation 8 _j .. who for courage anil devotion to the cause of Liberty and National Independence , could scarcely oeip ' arallelcd in the ; ann . ils _- . of Modern Europe . By the combined power of overwhelming _nynsbers and treachery , thoy were , for tho present , sunk beneath tho power of their oppressor ' s . Though defeated thoy wero not conquered ; tho spirit o ? resistance )
was sull rife among them . Thoy still cherished the love of liberty . It was to keep alive that spirit that meetings like the present were heW /' a _^ _d-he trusted tho time was not far distant when Poland and Hungary would join in ono general banquet with tho representatives of every nation in Europe , in c _clebvatinc the attainment of Political and Social Independenco . Tho Chairman then showed that they were met to show their detestation of tyranny—whether practiced in Austria , Russia , or any other nation , and to vindicate tho honour of humanity by holding up to ignominy tho deeds of Haynau and his brother military assassins , nethen sp . oke . of . tho death of the gal . _lant-jjlem , and vindir £ _| £ | i __& jti _ _SiP _^ io h & _Vi _^ _pWWtymf _' nWpW _^ _aFtKe Moslem faith , and concluded by an earnest appeal on behalf of the Exiles .
The Refugees then gave the " Marsollaiso " and other patriotic songs . ' Ernest Jones tiicu entered the room , and was loudly cheered . He explained that neither himself nor Mr . O'Connor had received any intimation of the meeting until tho middle of the ' day , and complained bitterly of the practice of attaching persons names to a bill without their consent , and pleaded ill-health as nn excuse for not addressing the meeting _, lie then loft the room . Mr . _M' ]) ou . w . t . addressed the meeting at considerable length in an eloquent manner . He contrasted the answer of Lord P _.-ilmerstou to tho demand of tho Austrian Government for tho prosecution of Barclay ' s men with the reply of Webster , tlie American Minister , relative to Kossuth , characterising the former as hoing mean and cva .-ivc , and tho latter as being _imuily and dignified .
Mr . Brown also addressed the meeting , anil stated that in a Turkish newspaper which ho had seen and heard translated , it was staled that Hem had beon poisoned , and that au inquiry was being made respecting it . A voto of thanks was given to the chairman , who acknowledged the same , and the meeting dissolved , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings . A handsome collection for the Refugees was received at the doors . During tbe evening , the Grand March of Kossuth was playod on the guitar , and a variety of Foreign and English songs given by the Refugees and tlieir friends .
Tne Polish And Hungarian Refugees Wc, Th...
TnE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES Wc , the committeo , regret to havo to announce tho death of one of the _ItL-fiigces , which , wc think , was accclcvated by want of sufficient food , another necessary comforts . Every assistance was rendered in our power , but the only _consolalion of tho deceased in his last moments was , that his friends and comrades stood beside him . A public funeral will take pineo on Sunday next , for particulars see advertisement . Wc have now four men ill in tho hospital , and three at the Fraternal Home , and wc call upon the patriotic and humane to supply us with tho means to support those brave exiles for a short time longer . Monies can be sent to Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Rider , Mr . O . W . Reynolds , or to T . Brown , secretary , II , 'Turnmill-street , Clerkenweil . Monies 6 cnt to any other person should bo specially directed for Turnmiil-street , to prevent mistakes . " T . Brown , sec .
Tiie National Charter Leagu . On Sunday ...
TIIE NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGU . On Sunday evening Jast , at the usual weekly meeting , in tho absenceof tho announced lecturer , the past conduct and present position of Chartism was ably discussed by Messrs . Clark , Side , Grant , Doyle , and Hurst . On _Tuesday evening a meeting of members was held for tho purpose of discussing the propriety of sending a deputation to the Conference to be held at Manchester , on the 27 th instant . Mr . Doyle occupied the chair , Ihe following resolution was , upon tho motion of Air . M'Gra ' th , unanimously adopted — That agreeing fully with tbo Manchester Council in tbo propriety of establishing an
organisation for the Cliai'tor , in which the sacred right of freedom of opinion shall bu fully admitted . 'ind acted upon - .. ami agreeing absolutely with them as to the causes under which CI artism bas been stigmatised and dishonoured ; this meeting agrees to co-operate with tho Manchester _fiionds , " and to send a deputation of three of our body to said conference . Mr . Nobb- _- _, in an intelligent and ablespeech seconded tbe resolution , which was unanimously adopted . Mr . Allnut , in a series of complementary observations , _pvoposcil ;— "That Messrs . A . Hurst , P . M'Grath , and T . Clark , compose tho deputation . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Williams , and carried with acclamation .
Wreck Of H.M. Steamer Flamer On Tne Coas...
Wreck of H . M . Steamer Flamer on TnE coast of Africa . —By the Cyclops steam-frigate , Captain the lion . George T , Hastings , which arrived ab _Spitltead on Sunday ni g ht from the coast of Africa , we learn that the Flamer , steam-vessel , Commander James A . St . Legev , has been totally wvevked . on that coast . TiuVdisastcr took place on the 21 st of November , on some rocks about fifteen miles below Monrovia , to the south of Sierra Leono , whilst the ship was in the immediate charge of the commander ; tho master acting under his orders . Tho wreck was complete , the engines having gono through tho bottom of the vessel . We have not heard ' of any casualties by the wreck . The Flamer
has only been in commission since August last , when she was commissioned at Woolwich , taking out tho November mails to the coast . About forty of the crow of tho Flamer havo como home in tho Cyclops , who will bo landed at this port ; and a court-martial will , of course , be tho result . Tho Cyclops brings homo the mails from the coast . On the 21 st of November she took a prize off _Ambrizoj having 030 slaves on board , 270 of whom she con vcyed to Sierra Leone , only losing two on tin voyage . This prize , and the disposal of tho slaves were the causes which detained tho Cyclops , ana a court-martial , as reported by the Birkenhead . When tho Cyclops left St . Helena there was no vessel of war there . There was an American
merchant vessel wliich bad been made a prize of by the Rattler , as although she had no slaves on board , there was a large quantity of very suspicious articles . Sho was nearly full of merchandise . Tbo Cyclops loft the commodore in tho Centaur neat Ambrize , but it was his intention to proceed to St . Helena , to spend tho Christmas there . Captain Buckle , of the Centaur , comes home in the Cyclops , invalided . Tho last 275 miles to Sptthead tho Cvclops ran in the short space of twenty-five hours The Queen ' s Speech . —The Queen is said to
have been hi ghly dissatisfied with the paragraph of tho Speech , as drawn up by Ministers , relative to . the Papal aggression . Her Majesty considered lfe lukewarm , and framed in such ambiguous terms as might be employed to _shufll c through a difficulty instead of expressing the honest feelings of a Sovereign and a Government insulted in dignity and in authority . Her Majesty , in common with the great majority of her subjects , feels very strongly on tho point ; and it is one on which tbe Sovereign may be considered , and must be allov _^ d , to entertain a strong personal opinion . —Daily _Actv _.-t .
Short Weight is Coals . —Tho affair of Captain Ray , the coal merchant , and Messrs . Cuthbert and Co ., was again brought before the Alderman on Tuesday . Mr . Coombes , of Dalgleish-whavf , Scotland-yard , appeared , as he was tbe party by whom the coals were actuall y sent . Ho represented by his solicitor that the short weight arose from tha negligence , of the carmen . Under all the circura . stances , and presuming that Mr . Coombes did not benefit by the short weight in the delivery of tho coals , the Alderman convicted tho defendant in the penalty of Is . for each sack named ia the summons _, and ordered him to pay the costs , amounting to £ 1 9 s , in all . Tho money was then paid into court , It was stated that nearly £ 100 had been subscribed on the Coal Exchange for tbe purpose of carrying on these and similar inquiries .
The Birkenhead Riot * . —Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , it seems , is not engaged for the persons committed for tho riot at Birkenhead . Mr . Boobiick is to bo assisted by Mr . Seagcanfc Slice aud Sir Georgtj Stephen ,
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