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" _^ MANCHESTER . _rvTKl MEETING AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE TO G , ' eC EIV £ THE CONVENTION AND HEAR THE _RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THAT BODY . At _ a ° hto'doektue spacious building-was filled , d Mr ! Daniel Donovan was called to the chair . % L _jesolutions that were passed at the convention _tpre submitted in the order in which they appear in " nnrh \ b . Glark moved the first resolution and spoke as _Alr ? Chairman and working mon of Manchester , — The duty of moving the first resolution having devolved upon me , I proceed to the performance of it _trith a great deal of pleasure , as lam sure it will _Jleet with the unanimous approval of the meeting , f _£ L „ that it calls upon you to agitate for nothing _jSt tf tue P _* fS ! > Ctarter , whole and entire . 7 t nnd cheers . ) lhis is the tune when we are in ho-— _^ _MANCHESTER .
lur arbonnd to stand by our Charter —( hear ) , —our Serious Charter . . ( Cheers ) We are told that we nre _* . vron S ' V _^^ _S _& r the whole ofthe Charter at nice , that we ought to _ask for a little at a time ; but _« he thoug ht it contained nothingmore than justice , ne for one would not agitate for anything less , and he was impressed with the belief that such was the _^ timent of every man in the meeting . ( Cheers . ) There were strongreasons why they should now make known their determination not to lag in their exertion s until thej ; consummated the glorious workef man s regenera tion . ( Cheers . ) Others were bidding for their support in favour of different measures—Lp trade , for instance , was paraded before their
senses as agreat boon . He cautioned them to be aware of the juggle , for even those who relied npon the « cheme , as a panaceafor all their ills , would find , that after tiie accomplishment af that trick , that thev would then be as powerless as they now arethe slaves of cap italistsand profit-mongers—voteless , m oneyless , and landless . With the accomplishment ofthe Charter matters would be entirely different ; t w wonld , in that case , aslabonrers , havo the power to return men to the Senate House to make laws to Diotect labour , which was the poor man ' s only _property and which , when protected , insured the safety of the lives and property of every one in the state . Be would not trespass longer upon their attention , hut conclude bmoving the resolution .
y Sir Leach seconded it in one of those simple but eloquent details of labour ' s wrongs for which he has become celebrated . Thus the whole fact , my friends , Ss that the aristocracy of capital have too mueh , and the people have too little of their own produce ; it will scarcely be believed that one man is performing as much work as it took 7 , 500 to perform seventyei"ht years ago —( great sensation , )—and will any man tell me how free trade is to give to the working _elasses their share in this improvement , as they call it . ( Cheers . ) I believe nothing but making laws for ourselves can do it , aud , therefore , I heartily second the resolution . The resolution was put and {« rried unanimously . Mr . Bairstow , on presenting himself to move the
second resolution was loudly cheered . He said , the present is an eventful crisis , to be made valuable or disastrous , according to the use we make of those events which faction has created —( cheers )—the factions are like figures in a panorama or a dissolving -view . ( Cheers . ) Russell finds that he cannot get all to agree with him in bis free trade views because he won't go the whole hog , and so he caunot form an administration _, and dissolves in the view . ( Laughter . ) Sir Robert Peel will have to throw tha Duke over the left before he can form a cabinet , as he won't budge , so we must have another dissolution . We , the people , it appears , are at length to constitute the panorama , so we ought to feel as if we were
responsible , even for their blunders , and try to prepare ourselvesmanfnlly for that responsibility , and press onward to action . ( Cheers . ) However they may all coalesce for a repeal ofthe Corn Laws , they are all sworn enemies to the producing classes , because they arc deprived of tbe franchise , and with them poverty is the curse ofthe world , and property is the God of their adoration . ( Cheers . ) So we must maintain a movement distinct and separate , which will pull down their unjust god and place ourjust God , equitable distribution , upon its throne . ( Loud cheers . ) Labour must depend solely _npon'itself and , therefore , to the labourers alone he looked to make the struggle effective , and it was , therefore , he cordially moved the resolution . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Shaw , delegate from London , said : Air . Chairman and fellow townsmen , I call you fellow townsmen , though it is twenty-one years since I met you . The last day I met yon was upon a memorable day—It was upon the Peterloo day . ( Groans . ) I hope rou haven't forgot it , I never shall . ( Cries " Nor we , never . " ) I rejoice to find that you are determined to advocate your own principles by the _mottos I see hanging ionnd the room . I shall now _ieao * the resolution submitted to you . Ton are told to enjoy your sufferings here , in order that you may be happy hereafter ; and yet you are asked to repeal the Corn Laws here , as a means of stopping those sufferings wliich are to be your passport to eternal bliss . _ Nowthat , in my opinionmay be good free "trade philosophy ,
, but it is Tery bad moralit } . ( Laughter . ) Upon that subject he would merelv say a word ; it was , that so Chartist ever did attempt to oppose free trade until , by the license onr toleration had given them , they insolently attempted to place their principles in the ascendant , and to trample npon ours . Then he thought , and every honest man would think , that it -was high time to test the power of right against the _iyranuy of might ; tbey did do it , right triumphed , - aad when the advocates of tyranny were discomfited ihev cried shame upon those whom their own insolence had urged to the struggle . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . West , in seconding the resolution , said—Yon confer great favour upon me , in calling upon me to second this resolution , as it peculiarly affects myself ,
as upon all occasions I have met the champion , of free trade , to place the labour-question fairly before _jou , which they would not do , as they are monopolists of the bit of knowledge they possess —( cheers and laughter)—as well as of eveiytbing else . _Aow , he thought it was rig ht that as the League and their lecturcre told one side ofthe question , that the Chartists and their lecturers should tell them the other side —( cheers)—and while all parties are looking for their share of the triumph in the recognition of free trade principle _^ why , surely , it was only fair that the poor people , for whose sole benefit the goodnatured , kind-hearted creatures took all the trouble , should look their own way for their own share . i Loud cheers and laughter . ) They say the crisis has
been attributed to Richard Cobden and the free traders —( laugbter ) --but I am not prepared to give them a triumph which legitimately belongs to the people . ( Cheers . ) The fact is , my friends , thatthe agitation for the Charter has brought the question of labour and capital prominently before the thoughtful portion of the working classes—( cheers)—and those who had the profits on labour found it necessary to throw that burden which was placed upon their shoulders on some other stalking horse—( laughter)—and so they clapt it upon the back of free trade . ( Cheers , ) Now , my friends , it is all nonsense for them to blink that real question which must be discussed , and decided , too , before an arrangement can be come to , or an adjustment made . The fact
ss , they stand in the same relation to each other as parent and child—labour is the parent , and capital is the child—and , upon my word , as the child has be--conie undutiful , we must remind it of the commandment proclaimedon the Mount : " Honour thy father and thy mother , that thy days may be long in the land , which the Lord thy _^ God has given thee . " ( Loud cheers . ) Now , working men , I think that the commandment _wkicb says that , would give us , the parent , the p rivilege of keeping a little strap by our aide , to remind the child of its duty when it becomes lefractory . ( Cheers . ) Now , I'll tell you one thing that I tell my child ; I tell him tha t it takes the labour of a million men , at twelve shillings . a week each , to pay the interest upon our child ' extravagance in the shape of a national debt , and if we allow only three to afamily—and you can't have less than a man , and a wife , and one chicken—you will see that this debt entails miserv friends
ipon three millions . ( Cheers . ) Now , my , let us to-nig ht decide in favour of the parent by _declaring for the Chartfet strap , which you needoniy show to insure the duty of your child . ( Cheers . ) We toil four nights inthe week for our oppressors , _ _£ dif wewerehalfas well _ti _^* _™* _Z \™ _inUt do it for ourselves . ( Chews . ) _^ here _a a _K » e come npon the land , which neither Peel or * c 9 & _cStedLsnrely , they _fiUW *• PgJ toe' ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , he would say , that _Svnivtr lid _oppose the Vr _^ JJ _™ but they opposed those who wodd turn all the proht into thar own pockets ; and now , he said , if _Lnglishmen and Irishmen even thought they _foem to _hungry-for men should not be allowed to live in terror of such danger-he _^ « _£ » , _Wjj ? ports , and feed tbe hungry , and satisfy the fright-Ined , and then , when that ' s oyer every man in Engknd would _^ for the People ' s Charter . ( Loud _taeers . ) i
, .. __ ,, , Mr . Dixon in moving the next resolution wid , I need not tell yon that my heart and soul is m this resolution , as I feel assured that if the peoplei were en & anchhed they wonld make -whatever change _> did come a national instead of a class _benefat . ( Oneen .. j Hehadopposed the League , _^^ . _ftTJ-JSJ working _mn , thathewas notonly justified , bat . called upon to do so . Let any man that doubts their real objects read Mr . Ridgway ' s report and he will find it there admitted that they want to make cheap bread that they may have cheap labour , mat thev mav r / _imrwfp with the foreigner . ( Oncers . j
This wiU reduce the poor man ' s 2 a . to Is . 4 u _\ , anu _makethepoormanwoReoff than ever . He _denieaww * the working men were monopolists . What did they monopolise but aR the poverty ? And he asserted that they had now evinced more real dignity _< » character than all their oppressors , when they forgot their just cause of quarrel , and as the protectors and representatives of their own order said , "Now open the ports ; you shan't put us in a false position . ( Lond cheers . ) Aye , my friends , there ' s nothing the crew would rather see justnow than the peop le taking sneh a false step as weuld release the League from _^ the responsibility of realising the great hopes held eutfromfrea trade . Ob , if they could only get to
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say if hunger came upon as , it was your own friends that caused" it—what a triumph they would have . ( Cheers . ) The Times tells ns—to tickle the landlords —tbat there is no corn any where to come fromwhat the devil then _' s the use of all the bother about opening the ports . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Now , brother Chartists , I'll show you how those men blow hot and cold at the same time . I heard Cobden say in Manchester , and you all heard him say over and over again , that a repeal of the Corn Laws would give you threeloaves in place of two , now , that was to tickle your bellies —( cheers and laughter)—and I'll tell you another thing , the York boys sent for me to meet Cobden and 1 met him in the great Music Saloon , and I'll tell you what I heard him say it to tickle the farmers , hesaid that if the Corn Laws _MW _1 t '
were repealed to-morrow his operatives in Lancashire would not get bread , a fraction cheaper . ( Laughter , and that ' s the dodge . ) Now what he ( Mr . Dixon ) said was , get the Charter as quick as you can , and then you'll get bread , and wages . to be able to pay for it , whether it is cheap ar dear . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was seconded and carried by acclamation . Mr . Christopher Doyle , in presenting himself to move the fourth resolution , was loudly cheered . He said , my resolution will take but a very short time : it is framed upon the re commendation of our great leader , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , who told us , when our last petition was so insolently treated , that he would be no party to having a further insult imposed upon the people in this Parliament , but that he was ready to _trythe metal of every Parliament , by presenting a national petition to it as soon as possible after its re-constructicn . ( Cheers . ) The last petition was signed by 3500000 the next would be
,,, signed by 5 , 000 , 000 , and especially if the Corn Laws were repealed , and failed in _producing the golden antici pations that were Iookd for . He , for one , was for a natiop _ tl petition , while he was for implicitly obeying the recommendation ofhis great leader , who had ever stood faithful to his trust —( loud cheers for Duncombe )*—therefore , said Mr . Doyle , I have great pleasure in moving the resolution . Mr . Nuttall , delegate for Manchester , said he would not detain tnem long—that the resolution had his most cordial support , and he would just remind them that the poob cahtaiists—( laughter)—met at Manchester to-day , and subscribed the .. mall amount of - £ 59 , 000 to redresB their grievances ; and let tbe working men only subscribe a farthing each , where their oppressors subscribed a thousand pounds , and the poor man ' s farthing would beat the rich man ' s gold . ( Cheers . ) He had much pleasure in seconding the resolution .
Mr . Bell , of Heywood , in supporting the resolution , said—I am not a speaker , I am an actor . There are plenty of speakers upon this platform ; but I will remind you thatit is not the- £ 59 , 000 , nor fifty-nine hundred thousand pounds , tbat will frighten the aristocracy of Eng ] ana ;\ tistheroitenpotatoesthatha 3 fri ghtened thtm . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He would tell them were the hitch was—the landed aristocracy and the money aristocracy were afraid that the people who worked and starved would wonder when they saw those that didn't work live sumptuously in the midst of working class want . ( Tremendous cheering and " That ' s it , Bell . " ) He'd tell them a story . There was an old lady once that had a daughter , and . being taken ill , thc daughter ran for a parson , and
not being at home she went to another shop —( laughter)—where she found one , and she brought him with her . __ The second came off to the lady , when he received the message , and as he was going in the first chap was coming out , and they bumped their heads together . "Did your head crack ?" said the one . " No , " said the other . " Then it ' s empty , " was the replv . "Did your head sound ?" said the other chap . "No . " " Then it ' s hollow !" ( Roars of laughter . ) Each party looks to his own interest ; and let them see if they could ' nt take a leaf out of their book , and show them that they have an interest of their own to look after . Don't you see that they always use you to do their own job , but they tell you it is yours —( greatlaughter and cheers )
—and then , when you do it for them , they let you go about your own by yourselves . ( Hear , hear , aiid "that ' s it ! " ) Now , behold this great , this mighty , this intellectual meeting ! and . where ' s-the press to report its proceedings ? My friends , that will be the very rock the ignorant aristocracy will split upon . They let us do our own business , in the hope of concealing our strength , and then , when we gather it up , they'll find it difficult to put it down . Thank God we have onr own press here , that never neglected us , the Northern Star . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now working men , as I told you , I was no speaker . ( Laughter . ) I have much pleasure in supporting the resolution . The speaker resumed his seat amid thunders of applause , and his speech was not surpassed by anv of that night .
The resolution was then put ' and carried by acclamation . Mr . G . Wheeler had great pleasure in moving the next resolution , as it entirely coincided with his own feelings ; it not only recommended the people to be prepared with fitting candidates at the next election , but it further directed the attention of the several parties to the great objects the Chartist party had in view . Now the Ten Hours' Bill should , in his mind , be a paramount desideratum with the working classes . ( Cheers . ) True he had not an equal opportunity , with those who lived and toiled amongst the slaves , of judging of the mere labour portion of the question , of the value of which however all could form a pretty correct estimate ;—( hear , near , )—but
he would base it upon a higher pretension—upon intellectual grounds ; and he was prepared to prove that , if the time sought was applied to reflection , it would be impossible much longer to preserve one single abuse ot * wbich the working class complained , and upon which their oppressors grew rich . ( Cheers . ) Had they not already tested the value of this great privilege . No , he would not call it privilege , he would call it a right . A right which should not be slightly abandoned . Now he would instance one of its effects . At the last general election for Wigan , Tory Wigan , Mr . Dixon , placed himself between the two false expounders of two false faiths . He had neither wealth nor pretensions ; he used argument as his onlv weanon : and upon referring the claims of the
respective parties to an unprejudiced public , Mr . Dixon was proudly declared to be duly elected as the _representative of Wigan . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then , was not this a great triumph ? and would not a great many such triumphs be so many of onr points achieved ? ( Cheers . ) Tou have read , my friends , of an ancient great mathematician ; he said , that if he had a fulcrum h _« could raise the world with a proper lever . Now , then , they had found the fulcrum ; the land was their fulcrum ; public opinion and the Northern Star , conducted by their champion , O'Connor , was the lever that would raise the working classes irom their degradation , place them upon the land , and give them their Charter to protect it . ( Loud ¦ dieers i Asthev were to have the land , then let
them look for a participation in its representation witk those who had unjustly withheld it from them . Mr , M'Grath , in rising to second the resolution , was received with deafening cheers . He said , —My friends , the resolution contemplates a general election , which we have every reason to expect , and it asks you not to be taken unawares when the time arrives when Peel and Russell bid for public opinion precisely what may be its value on that day . Tou have heard of Peel ' s sliding scale . Did you ever hear of Lord John ' s sliding scale ? and did you ever _understand that his was created by the Chartist agitation ? Tou know , my friends , that those gentlemen always bid for you as little as they think vou'll take , and the less the better . ( Cheers . ) Now
let us see how little Lord John has slided . His lirst slide was to the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Cheers . ) His second slip was from coercion to justice to Ireland . ( Cheers . ) His third slide was from twenty years ' obstinate resistance to an 8 s . fixed duty . His next was downwards to a 2 s . duty ; and when the ground was too slippery for him there , he slid on to a total repeal ; and if we only make tbe ground slippery under his feet , now that slippery Peel has put him out , he'll never stop sliding until he slides upon the ice of Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) My friends , this resolution also calls upon you to support your own Charter . ( Cheers . ) It further calls upon you to
bring back your loved exiles , frost , vtimams , anu Jones , from banishment —( tremendous cheering)—and onee more restore them to the bosoms of their disconsolate families . It also pledges you to the support of the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Loud cheers . ) And firstly , my friends , to the question of detail which is nearest the throbbing heart of every true born Englishman , aye , and Irishman , and Scotchman , I mean the restorationof our banished patriots . ( Loud cheers . ) Every man throughout the land will make it a labour of love to sign a petition for their release , and now mark , my friends , the just grounds upon which we bave reason to anticipate a favourable resnonse . and which ought to g ive us strong hope of
their restoration . Firstly , the present Lord Ohiet Baron , Sir Frederick Pollock , was their leading counsel and asserted their innocence ; Mr . _ivelly , the nresent Solicitor-General , was also their counsel , and also vouched for the illegality of their conviction ; their case , after a bungling . and illegal trial , because tneir counsel , and two of thejudges who tried them , declared it was illegal ; however , my friends , their case was submitted to the judgment of the fifteen _judges sitting in error to correct any technical informalities by which man ' s life or liberty may be _un-SSklnaway . Well , friends , a large majority S fudges of the land _' declared their innocence ; but the WhK to mark their triumph over an _agitatmnthafe _^ from us and condemned them to a felon ' s land to as-Se with felons . ( Great s ensation . ) Again friends , _theCanadian rebeb , as they _galled who ™ . r . taken with arms in their _hands _. fighhng against
_ _legitimacy , were pardoned ; and forgive me , _ aear frfends if I sav , that if the English people evinced _SSecoW and resolution towards their leaders S the Canadians did , the same result would hare followed . ( Loud cheers . ) But , friends , even Sis not aU ; there is another tribunal to which here is an appeal after the law has run its winding _cSe an _appeal through the people ' s _representa-SJtothe monarch ; that appeal was made , and _ft * _wte of one man , or rather the want of the vote
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_hisses)—confirmed the verdict and perpetuated their _sufferings . Well , friends , at the next election then , and _be fore the next election , by petitions , let us for whom ti _ ey suffered , let the tyrants know that we watch but . the time for their deliverance and that tbat much longed- / or hour has now arrived . ( Tremendous cheering . ) _Ify _. ou make it a point , Peel and Russell will bid for it , bm . we must make it a part of any adjustment that they propose , for mark , friends , if we left the adjustment to them , it would be like the adjustment the Irishman imposed upon his horse . An Irishman once rode a very meagre nag a fgreat distance to market to buy a sat ,. ' * of potatoes ; well , he bought the sack of potatoes , _W't he was afraid the horse would not be able to carr ) * him and the potatoes , so he put the potatoes upon his own shoulder and mounted the horse , thinking _ihat he had relieved him of the burden . ( Roars of _hti'gliter . ) Now , my friends , just so with Peel and _Bnuisell ; they'll
Keep the burthen upon your backs , whatever hack you ride . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Friends , I liavc great pleasure m seconding the resolution . Mr . Roberts , on coming forward to support the resolution was received with cheers and waving of hats which lasted a considerable time . He said , my friends , he must indeed be a bold man , who would net feel some diffidence m addressing such a _meeting and after such speakers ; " but" said he , " my _woric _SlZS ? _" » otted _*<> me by fate , whether cast S » Ji « _mmS ' _** J ffor or opening the ports of Saltod . Roars of laughter and cheers ) I havo under
. - taken the several parts assigned to me cheerfully , _™^ nl np _;* _f " » P » Wfi » r . aII , by seeing the noble army of Chartists flocking with as much resolution as ever around the standard of those honoured principles which I , for one , will never desert . Great and enthusiastic cheering . ) I confess that I had some misgivings as to the manner in which the principle would sustain itself through the last foitnicht of political change ; but now , thanks be to Uod , my apprehensions are dispelled , my fears are banished and my _fcith is confirmed , as tbe people are still true to their own nrinciDles . ( _CIippvs f v _«
you see here before you to-night your noble army of martyrs unabated in ardour , undiminished in numbers , and undying in resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) When leaders see their troops so bent upon conquest it is enougli to make them speak treason . ( Cheers . ) That is what the law calls treason .. I have spoken such treason , Feargus O'Connor has spoken such treason , and mayhap we may both be compelled to speak ifcagain ; but I know not of which class , whether Whig treason or Tory treason , fer every faction erects its own capricious standard . ( Cheers . ) I was a Whig traitor , O'Connor was a Whig and Tory traitor , but thanks be to God we are neither of us Chartist traitors . Tes , in my humble way , I have spoken treason without being a traitor . ( Cheers . ) Tour resolution is a wise one ; it says that the Ten Hours' Bill is one
of the details of Chartism , or ene ofthe benefits that is to result from it ; and l am of opinion that the Tory who will vote for a Ten Hours' Bill will be more squeezable into a Chartist than the Whig who pledges himself to vote for free trade . ( Cheers . ) It is my conviction that the man , whatever his politics or political name may be , who will vote for tbe restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , has more Chartist blood in his veins than the man who votes for free trade . ( Loud cheers . ) I don't apprehend that abandonment of Chartist principles that haunts some men ' s minds in favour of any crotchet , provided they are placed prominently before the people . I will illustrate what I mean by a story , and as Bell has told a story , and as M'Grath has told a story , I don ' t see why I should not tell mv story . ( Lauehter . l
Well , then , my story is this—once upon a " tinman old maiden lady got a barrel of sour ale , and , notwithstanding all her precautions she found that barrel after barrel went . Well , she tried one lock upon the cock , and two locks upon the cock , and all would ' nt do ; at last she tried what virtue there was in a Chub lock , and she found that that would ' nt do ; and all failing , she took council of . her footman , and said , John how is it that the ale goes so fast—wliat am I to do to prevent it ? Why , an' please you , mam , 83 ys John , I'll tell you—Put a barrel of good strong October along side of it , and not another drop of it will ever go . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now , then , always keep the strong October of Chartism alongside the swipes of free trade , and it will remain untapped for ever . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) Now . mv
friends , I am not one of those who is ashamed to learn out of a new grammar , and I have my grammar here ; it is written by Feargus O'Connor ; it is his admirable work on Small Farms , and as I got it irom John Murray , it is my pleasure to call it Murray ' s Grasimar . ( Hear , hear . ) As this grammar treats of the relative value of potatoes , and turnips , giving the preference to the potatoe , I shall compare the Tories to tbe potatoe , and the Whigs to the turnip —( cheers and laughter)—and , as Mr . Bell has observed that the potatoes have caused all the hubbub , and brought both Whigs and Tories to book , I _shaUnow read for you the extract from my grammar , which conveys my reason for preferrin " the potatoe to the turnip . Mr . O'Connor says , " 1 prefer the potatoe to the tui nip because it is best
for finishing thf . heast . " Roars of laughter , and _cheers , and shouts of * ' the Wiig beast . " in the midst of which Mr . Roberts resumed his seat . Tl / e resolution was then put and car . icd unanimously . Mr . Tattersall , delegate for Burnley , rose to propose the last resolution , and was _leceived with several rounds of applause . He said : My friends , I feel no little difficulty in addressing an august , a numerous , and talented assembly like the present—I , who have no education save that which 1 _gleanid by robbing some hours from sleep —( cheers)—lor bow else could I achieve knowledge ? 1 , a poor peasant boy , roaming through my native hills of 3 Sor . li Lancashire , an outcast from what is called ci \ iliz * d society , unprotected by the laws , and untutire I by the state .
( Cheers . ) But ah , I was _ungratelul to the law and to the state ; for I should not have _forgotten that Unlaws of the state sent me to her IV"aj > sty ' s _college at Kirkdale , where I served two yea ! s under its mild professors . ( Loud cheers . ) Broiler working men , that's the place to achieve knowledge , and learn experience ; but , thanks be to God , tyrants have discovered that they have not yet been able to establish a professorship for eradicating Chartist principles , or love of liberty , from the breast of the toil-worn slave . How many men who have nobly defended their principles here this night have received the best portion of tlieir education in those colleges ? Here , on this platform , are the nobles of nature ! Men who have never deserted their standard ; and proud should the men of Manchester be , to be able to
say that their ' s is not the town for tyranny to seek its triumph . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I would apply myself for a minute to the subject matter of the last resolution ; in that we have recommended the people to be prepared with _candidates , who alone can explain our principles and our views . See the good that resulted from such a course before ; when the voices ot M'Grath , West , and Bairstow , proclaimed our principles before our oppressors , they told them , sir , what I have ever believed , that the Charter is the only cure for our evils . ( Cheers . ) The press upon those occasions is compelled to report us , and tyrants are compelled to hear our advocates , but you may go to meeting after meeting , to hear them propound
theiro wn nostrums . We listen to crotehetmohgor after _crotchetnicnger , and in none of their propositions do we recognise the balm fer labour ' s wounds ; but 1 am tiring you ; it ' s late , and our groat champion has to come on yet . ( Cheers , and no , no ; go oft , Tattersall , we'll stop till morning . ) Well , then , another word . I not only say that the Charter will heal labour ' s wounds , but I further assert that it is the only measure that will carry all that the _crotchetmongers look for , Let me point out what will be the first day ' s fruit from this tree of knowledge . We'd begin early in the morning , not to lose time . We'd do our business first . We'd rise early , and at sun-rise we'd have the noblest vessel ix our
service , with "her yards manned , " and under a " royal salute , " under weigh , to return freighted with the precious cargo of patriots from their exile . ( Tremendous _cheering . ) At six we'd repeal thc Poor Law Amendment Act , and open the bastiles . ( Renewed cheering . ) At seven we'd pay off the national debt in the same coin _wu borrowed it . ( Roars of laughter and cheers . ) At eight we'd have the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Cheers . ) At nine we'd disband _oun _AUMT . ( Cheers . ) At ten we'd open the ports , and give you free trade . ( Cheers . ) So that in six hours the Charter would __ do more for you than Whigs or Tories would do in six hundred years . Then the Charter is the' * ticket for soup . " Look what Roberts has done for you . ( Loud cheers . ) See how he has defended the rights of the slave . Look at the guides that you have upon this platform—guides that will show you the road to liberty and freedom , if you are but true to your principles , and place confidence in their honour . ( Tremendous cheering , which lasted for a considerable time . )
Mr . Sweet , delegate from Nottingham , rose to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He said that Manchester had that night nobly preserved thc proud position that it had ever stood in in the Chartist cause . He would have news to take home that would inspire his constituen ts with fresh courage , and urge them on to renewed action for their rights . The time was come when people learned to call a spade a spade , and a thief a thief , and what other designation but a thief ceuld be given to him who would rob him of his political rig hts . ( Cheers . ) We must of all things avoid any course which would be calculated to lead the uoble people astray . He thought thc convention had bravely and manfully
discharged their task , —( loud cheers)—and tnat tue people would as manfully do their part . ( Cheers , and " We will . " ) They were not now frightened by party bugaboo _' s-they were not frightened now by the name of a Whig or a Tory-Chartist . He was called a Tory-Chartist because he ' used John Walter to beat the Whigs . ( Cheers , and " Right . " ) Aye , and he would be a Whig-Chartist , iF it was necessary to use them to beat the Tories . He had much pleasure in seconding the _resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then came _fc-xward , and was received with cheering and waving , of hats . He asked who now was the most active party in the field when danger threatened , when tr _/© herald sounded us to action ? Rvtt & _ell could nrat gather his shattered frag-
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_ru ? dn ' Lthe K _* _^ r * ( L ° « d cheers . ) Peel St It e -v W nd t 0 _& _™ , while , inforty-V & i H ra a _ter the Chartist Executive had issued \ _nt _HuVnt fi and thirty delegates , fully represent-™ fj Chartist mind , responded to the call , and S . n _^* _T ? _"* the P _^ tform to propound 9 % . to submit it to public criticism , and to ni , oJ ; _n _^ . expression of public opinion . ( Great _™ Sr _i-i ' was the cai , r ying ° _"t the democratic principle , lhat was the honourable way of performing public service . In one week they had propounded tneir policy in that hall , full of the men of Manchester , wmch received their cordial assent . Within the same time they had propounded it to the men of btockport , the men of Oldham , the men of Todmorden and Hebden Bridge : twice to the men of
Roehdale , and then to the Carpenters ' _-hall , lull of Chartists , on Sunday night last , and now they were here in a body , to submit that policy embodied in distinct and emphatic resolutions . Those resolutions had , one and all , received the individual and cordial approval of that meeting . ( Cheers and yes . ) Tes , and he was ten years younger —( cheers )—and yet there remained another link before the chain was perfect—the determination to carry out those resolutions . Let every Chartist in this meeting hold up both hands , ( Here every hand in the meeting was proudly raised . ) Stop , said Mr . O'Connor , don't ground your arms yet , hold them up and swear with m $ —I swear to maintain my principles and those resolutions—do you swear ? We do . Then say with
me , VMS swear to maintain our princi ples ahd carry out our policy , ( Here every voice responded— we swear ! he swear I !) Then I am a young man again . I discharge my doctors and throw their physic to the dogs . _Your breath has cured me . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor continued to speak at considerable length , for a report of which wehave not space , and concluded by reading a letter from Mr . Duncombe , which was received with the most vociferous cheering , and resumed his seat amid thunders of applause , having first proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded and carried by acclamation . A collection was then made to defray the expenses , having first made the building riag with cheers tor the Charter , Frost , Williams , Jones . Duncombe , Roberts , O'Connor , and the Eecutive .
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GREAT CHARTIST SUPPER . When the convention had closed its sittings , Mr . O'Connor invited the several delegates , together with Messrs . Murray , Leach , Dixon , and Win . Gray , ofthe Chartist Council , to sup with him , after the public meeting on Tuesday , atthe Mosley Arms Hotel . At twelve o ' clock forty sat down to an excellent supper , Mr . O'Connor officiating as host and Mr . Roberts as vice-chairman . Never was there a more cheerful or convivial party assembled together . We have received a long . and faithful report ofthe cheering speeches , the songs and recitations , but Thursday being Christmas-day , and our printers being anxious to make the most of it , weare very reluctantly compelled to _wit'diold , till next week , more than the sentiments . Wneu the cloth was removed , Mr . O'Connor gavethc first toast as follows : — " The people , may they soon possess their rights , and be , in reality , the source of all power , " upstanding and with all the honours .
The next toast was "Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the Champion of Liberty , ahd may he never forget the principles that placed him on thc throne of his countrymen ' s affections , health , long life , and happiness to him , and may he live to see the Charter the basis of the British constitution . " With all the honors and one cheer more . The toast was eloquently responded to by Mr . M'Grath , of the Executive . The next toast was : — " W . P . Roberts , Esq ., the Miners' Attorney-General , and labour ' s most able
legal defender , and the rest of the royal family ol Chartists ; and may he continue in his glorious career , making the law the protection instead of thc scourge of the poor , health , long life , and happiness to him ; and may he soon be placed in the House of Commons to make laws for the protection of labour . " ( Three times three and loud applause . ) Mr . O'Connor said : As I look upon Lancaster to be Mr . Roberts ' s greatest of hi 3 many greattriumphs , I call upon Mr . Leach , as the oldest offender and the greatest offender ot the bateh —( laughter )—to respond before we hear Mr . Roberts .
Mr . Leach responded at considerable length , after which Mr . Roberts returned thanks , in a short but racy and eloquent' speech , that - elicited thunders of applause . Thcnexttoast , said Mr . O'Connor , is "The plugdrawers of 1842 , * and if they are to be drawers of water , may they always know the right well to go to . " ( Great laughter and cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor : I call upon Mr . Pilling , the father of the movement , to speak for his children . Mr . Pilling spoke to the toast in his usual style of simple but effective eloquence . The next toast was , "The fustian jackets , the blistered hands , and unshorn chins , " "The handloom weavers , the pride of their country , the founders and advanced guard of Chartism , " with all the honours . Mr . Daniel Donovon responded eloquently to , the toast on'behalf . of his order .
The next toast was "Richard Maraderi , "the eloquent advocate of the poor man ' s rights ; and the oppressed and distressed of all nations . " Mr , Marsden responded in a strain of heartstirring eloquence , which no man in the movement can imitate . His appeal on behalf of labour threw a gloom over the meeting which was only dispelled by Mr . O'Connor proposing as the next toast , "Prosperity to Ireland , and may her sons speedily see through the veil of hypocrisy that obscures their vision , " and calling upon Mr . Doyle to respond to it . The worthy Irishman soon brought the smile upon all countenances again , as he preferred picturing Ireland's hope to dilating upon her sorrows . The next toast was , " Richard Oastler , the unflinching advocate * of labour ' s rights , tlie uncompromising friend of tho poor ; and all those , of every political and religious sect and creed , that co-operated with him . "
Mr . Tattersall responded , doing ample justice to the sentiment . The next toast was " The Restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis—may the People ' s Charter soon restore them to their native land . " Drunk with all the honours . Mr . Mooney responded , bypassing a high eulogium upon the patriots , and inviting the delegates to arouse tlieir districts in their behalf . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , I will give you a mournful toast , one that will cast a gloom over you ; I'll give you " The death of Whiggery , and may it never rise from its tomb . " ( _Cheers and laughter . ) The next toast was "Arthur O'Connor , the Exile of Erin , and all tke surviving rebels of ' 98 . " "Who fears to talk of' 98 ?"
John Muiray responded feelingly to the toast , explaining what those sufferings were , against which the Irish people rebelled ; after which , Nicholas Canning recited an Irish tale , which elicited tremendous laughter . During the entertainment , Mr . Pickvance , delegate for Bolton , recited an exquisite bit of poetry in praise of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and Doyle sung an excellent song . The last toast , was " Thehealth of Mr . O'Connor , " eloquently proposed by Mr . Roberts , and which Mr . O'Connor acknowledged in a speech that elicited loud and frequent cheers ; and , at half-past four o ' clock , the party broke up in the highest possible spirits , when the several delegates proceeded to their respective distrlets to give an account ot their stewardship .
Great Chartist Meeting At. Manchester. I...
GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT . MANCHESTER . It being announced that Mr . O'Connor would address the people at the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday last , at seven o ' clock in the evening , long before that hour the spacious building was crammed in every part . _^ _iMr . Sutton was called to the chair ; and , after briefly referring to the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Doyle , who spoke at considerable length upon the duty of the Chartist party at the present eventful crisis , and contended for the necessity of remaining as a distinct and separate body . Mr . O'Connor was next introduced , and was received with several rounds of applause . He commenced by analysing thc present position of the several political parties , and then stated what the policy of the Exi cative was in the present emergency _, lie also reviewed what had been done by thc Land Conference , and then said that , according to the old
Roman p _>* aetice , he felt a pride in submitting his policy , and that of his brothers of the Executive , to the consideration of the democracy in the first instance : and , as a thorough understanding was of all tilings essential , he , thought he was in safe hands when he appealed to the Chartist garrison , as Manchester had long been , for their adoption' or rejection of that policy . What satisfied that meeting ought , and would , satisfy the Chartists ofthe empire . ( Hear . ) In order that tliere should be no flinching , no mysterious frittering away of the policy approved by thousands at the Hall of Science on Monday last , he wasfprepaied now with the embody meat of that policy , in six distinct resolutions , —( cheers)—which lie would move in the convention to-mowow - - ( cheers ) —and to which , if any man in that meeting foup . d any objection , now was the time _to-iarge it for their guidance ; not to bottle it for their * _after-censur e or condemnation . ( Loud cheers . ) lie . would re _/^ d the resolutions slowly and distinctly .
Mr . O'Connor then read the _resolutions ( which will be found in the report af the _patoceedi _^ _gs of the convention ) which was carried by _acclamation amid the most unequivocal and _unMuroou' _' _., applause . Here Mr . O'Connor was interrupted V , y cheers from without , which were shortly _responded to within , announcing the arrival of Mr . l _ioberts , who was _mosl enthusiastically _received . Prfr . O'Connor continued If I had known the . Attor . ney-General had been s < near at hand , I _snould ' aave been more guarded ii my _express ' uvnv- ( _cheevs and laughter)—but , as . know the power of my craft to connect good soun < popular , loyalty with monarchical treason , I shall s &;
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no more . ( Cheers . ) At several intervals Mr . O'Connor was interrupted in the delivering of his address by nine distinct rounds of applause ; and we never heard a speech , even in hearty Manchester , in tin most excited times , so much applauded . Mr . Roberts next presented himself , amid universal applause , and said that he was glad once more to be at the revival of the glorious old cause . ( Cheers . ) God forbid tliat he sliould ever live to see the day when those hands of his should forget that they liad five times borne the Whig manacles . ( Loud cheers . ) Manacles which denoted the triumph of Chartism in the fall of the oppressor—manacles which helped to transform a majority of 200 , first into a minority , and
then into incompetency , and at last into deatli * itseh —( loud cheers)—and from which , notwithstanding Lord John Russell ' s passing gleam of prosperity , it will never rise again except to be killed once more . ( Great laughter and cheers . ) He contended for keeping the Chartists a distinct and separate party , and he hoped they did not look for good government , or expect it , except from themselves . ( Cheers . ) He hoped oppression would last until the people were so thoroughly disgusted with all factions as to make it folly for them to hope to rule by what was called good government —( cheers)—whieh , after all , was but the whims and caprice of faction . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Roberts spoke at considerable length , and sat down loudly
eheered . Mr . Donovan next presented himself , and said , Mr . Chairman , the resolutions moved by Mr . O'Connor are so completely in unison with the instructions my colleague and I have received from our constituents , that one , who was not aware of the contrary , would actually suppose that they were drawn up at one and the same time , and by the same hand . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I think the Executive aro entitled to all praise for the manly and explicit manner in which they have embodied and propounded their policy . It is essential , and especially at this critical juncture , when all are asking what the Chartists will do , that there should be no mistake , oranything left
to doubt —( cheers)—and , therefore , because he thought the object was best achieved by the moans proposed by the Executive , he most cordially moved the resolutions rend by Mr . O'Connor , for the adoption , or rejection , of that most enlightened assembly ofhis fellow-townsmen , and , that there might be no mistake about the matter , he cautioned those who held up their hands , that tbe Executive nnd the country would have a right to demand their hearty co-operation in giving them effect . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Nuttall seconded the resolution , and upon being put every hand in the meeting was held up in faveur of them , aud they were declared unanimously adopted amid deafening cheers and clapping of hands .
Now , gentlemen , said Mr . O'Connor , you have done yourselves honour , and yon have saved your glorious _irinciplos ; and let it be always borne in mind , that thc Executive had the courage to submit their resolutions and their policy to the noble fellows of Todmorden and lIebden-bridge , ( no bad judges)—( cheers)—to the men of Rochdale , and twice to the men of Manchester , and tliat to-morrow we submit them to a convention of your own , and on Tuesday we appear , before you , the _uemocracv , again , at the Hall of Science , where you are invited , free to criticise , and to prnibe or condemn ; and should the dissatisfied , or the nibblers , pick at our policy , fellows who deserted us when we were too poor to
support them —( cheers)—and who have weakened us by desertion , sliould they nibble , you must bite for us . Mr . O'Connor then said , I regret that Mr . Attorney-General wishes to untrammel himself from the duties of a very lucrative office , the _treasurerahip of the Land Fusd—( laughter)—and I wish a vote from this meeting , expressive of your desire that he should continue to hold it , and expressive of your feelings , whether of confidence or no conlidence ; all who wish , and are anxious , that Mr . Roberts should _remain our treasurer , and who havo entire confidence in him , hold up both hands . Here every hand ' in the meeting was held up , and followed by several rounds of cheers .
A collection was then made to assist the Executive to carry out their policy , when £ 5 8 s . 5 _* d . was subscribed ; and , upon counting the money , a very handsome knife was found amongst it , when Mr . O'Connor said I will release this knife for the noble fellow that has oeffred it . Here the man eame forward , a most respectable looking person , who said , Sir , I came unprepared , but I feel it a bounden duty to give my mite on tho spot , and if you will accept of the knife as a present , you will confer an honour upon me . ( Loudcheering . ) Mr . O ' Connor , after much hesitation , accepted the present , when , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the vast assemblage broke up , and thirty-four new members were added to the Land Association ' . Hurrah ! then fob Tub Charter anu the Land I
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GREAT MEETING IN THE TOWER HAMLETS IN BEHALF OP FROST , WILLIAMS , JONES , AND ELLIS . A public meeting was held , and notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather , wiu very numerously attended , at tho Social Hall , Whitechapel , on Monday evening , December 22 nd , in behalf of the above-named patriotic exiles . Mr . Edmund Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair amid loud cheers , and in a very appropriate speech opened the business ofthe meeting . Letters were read from Mr . P . M'Grath , President ol the Executive Committee , apologising for the nonattendance of the Executive , on account of their being in attendance at the Chartist Convention then sitting in Manchester , * from Mr . G . J . Harney , apologising for non-attendance on the ground of being exceedingly busy on the Northern Star , it being Christmas week . The sentiments contained in both letter * , elicited loud applause .
Mr . Frazer then rose and moved the following resolution : — That in the opinion of this meeting the unparalleled sufferings already endured by John Frost , Kephauia Williams , and John Jones , who were tried and transported for life , on a charge of participating in the outbreaks that took place at Newport , in Wales , in 1839 , have been greater than is required bythe oft ' ended laws of the realm , and more than sufficient to expiate their _Offenoi'S , even admitting their guilt , in their noble struggles to achieve thc rights and liberties of their fellow _, creatures . We therefore , individually and collectively , pledge ourselves to never cease exertion until those unhappy men are restored to their homes , their wires and children .
Ill support of the ahove , Mr . Fraser said , was he simply to move the resolution without expressing his opinion , it might be deemed cowardice on his part . Well , then , if he pvotested against the violence ofthe sentiments and actions tliat preceded thc movement , for which John Frost and his compatriots were banished , he hoped he possessed a sufficiency of manly feeling to admire tne generous and sympathetic motive that dictated them —( hear , hear)—and sure he was , that no one possesseda more sincere de . sire lor the return of thoso good men than lie did . The great mass of the working-classes , who had enabled the middle-classes to carry the Reform Bill ,
were trampled on and insulted . The middle-classes shamefully violated their implied contract , and left the working-classes to work out their own political redemption , or perish . But John Frost , as an honest conscientious man , determined that he , at least , would perform his duty , and hence , for the workingmen , he risked his person , his property , and his life . ( Loud cheers . ) 'Twas for you , the unenfranchised , the toil-worn millions , he suffered . ( Hear , hear . ) Let thc people , then , not be apathetic * , but , on the contrary , let tliem never cease calling for the return of these exiled patriots , until again they proudly tread their native soil . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . William Shaw seconded the ' motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Thomas Mills , in an able speech , in which he strongly contended for the innocence of John Fro 3 t , moved the adoption of a petition , praying the immediate restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and whicli was very Bimilar to the one recently reported at length in this paper . The motion was seconded by Mr . John Taylor , and carried bv acclamation . Mr . Thomas Cooper , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " who was received with great applause , then presented himself to move the adoption of a petition in behalf of the exile Ellis . Mr . Cooper ' s speech was lengthy and eloquent , and draw forth the most enthusiastic plaudits . We are sorry that want
of room compels us to merely notice it . Mr . C . recounted his introduction to Mr . Ellis , when both wore in Stafford gaol , and dwelt on the exile ' s innocence of the charge on wliich he was condemned to suiter his present misery . Mr . C . showed that tlie misery of the working classes , and the contempt with which their _petitions were treated by the ruling powers , were the causes of the physical force demonstrations of by-gone yeavs . He next manfully vindicated the conduct and character of John Frost , placing him in the list of England ' s noblest worthies . He counselled union amongst the Chartists , and the extension of political knowledge , as the only means oi _obtaining the Charter , and resumed his scat amidst loud uheers .
Mr . W . W . Iks seconded the adoption of the _petition , and said he cordially agreed with that and t , ' ne preceding one . He fully believed that , could Ellis bc again tried , the same jury would now unanimously acquit him . ( Loud cheers . ) So long as the people should proceed legally and morally for the obtainment of the People ' s Charter , he should be happy to mix with them for that object . The petition was adopted unanimously . The petitions will lie for signatures at Mr . Drake ' s , Brick-lane ; at the Brassfounders' Arms ,
Whitechapel-voad ; at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-grecn-road ; at the Social Hall , Whitechapel ; and other places . When fully signed it will be forwarded to T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., for . presentation ; and Colonel Fox and Sir W . Clay , _tne _members for the Borough , will be requested , ie support their prayer . Mr . Cooper , assisted by the audience , ) at the commencement and at the close of the _mqr . t ; ii _ g , sang a selection from the " People ' s Songs . " A vote of thanks was by _acclamation awarded to the chairman , and the _meeting b _^ o . _ke up .
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ARRIVAL OF TIIE . OVERLAND MAIL . INDIA AND CHINA . The intelligence by the present mail is somewhat scanty in extent , and _though not wholly devoid of importance , possesses less interest than usual . The Governor-General has left Agra , on his way to Bhurtpore and Delhi , which latter place it is expected he will reach on the 23 rd or 21 th inst . There is no alteration in the threatening attitude assumed by the British authorities towards the effervescent soldiery of Lahore , but thc report now is , that thc expected blow is to be delayed , and that hostilities will not be resorted to this year . Affairs in the Punjaub wear a somewhat more tranquil aspect than usual . No
chief having as yet dared to step into the shoes of Sirdar Juwahir Singh and his murdered predecessors , the state is at present without a minister , and the affairs of the administration are conducted by the Ranee or Queen Mother , and her favourite and supposed paramour , R _ ynh Lall Singh . Rajah Goolab Sin » h and Sirdar Tej Singh ( the ex-governor of l _' esliawur ) have alike declined the perilous office , and though the troops have declared their intention of compelling the former to become Vizier , there seems every reason to believe that the post will remain vacantfora considerable period . Thufateof Peshora Singh is still a matter of speculation .
The intelligence from Scinde is extremely limited . There is little sickness at Sukkur , Hyderabad , or the seat of government , but the troops composing the outposts have , it is said , suffered severely . Intelligence from Cabool to the 19 th of September has come to hand , but the facts detailed arc few and unimportant . A conspiracy against the British is said to have been discovered at Gwalior , but it is afc present doubtful whether thc presumed plot is not a mere fabrication , got up with the view of injuring Tara Baee and her party . The Nizam ' s dominions
continue in an unsettled state , nnd it is supposed that we may now look every day for intelligence of the * active interference of the British authorities to restore the country to order , and give a character of stability to thc government , in other parts of India tranquillity appears to prevail . Our local accounts give the particulars of a mo _. st shocking catastrophe in the native town—a Manilsa sailor , under the influence of some horrible excitement , having "riin a > muck , " crease in hand , and killed five and wounded sixteen or seventeen individuals .
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SHIPWRECKS _AiND LOSS OF LIFE . The fearful gules from tlie _ _ST . \ V . and X . JE . that _liavs prevailed for ths last week , liu re occasioned the most distressing casualties oil ' ah parts of the const , Already we regret to announce that intelligence has buen received of the loss of upwards of thirty _coasting vessels , as also many homeward bound _foreiga ones , with valuable cargoes . At liideford , on Friday night week , two vessels were totally lost within sight of the shore , aud both crews , with tlie exception of one man , peri-shed . One was a _brigantine , named the Albion , belonging to _Urixham _, the other ' s name at _yr « seut has not buen ascertained . In the vicinity of the coast of Stumble Head and Cardigan Uay , the casualties were of u most fearful character , upwards of forty lives having , it is supposed , perished on board one vessel . Another _wreck is known to have occurred near tho harbour during the same night , as the masts of a vessel are perceivable above water . Tbe geuoral belief is that she foundered with all lmnds _, and she is susuevted to be tbe Dora ,
About live miles eastward of Cardigan Harbour a fourth wreck occurred , viz ,, tbat theM argnret and ilary ,.-of Aberyswitli . The master , Mr . Jones , was found on the rocks dead , and also a seaman , dreadfully bruised . Tbe rest of the crew were drowned . She was from Drogbeda . A collier vessel was lost on Friday near Host * astle . All belonging to her , excepting one man , met with a watery grave . At lledcar for three days it blew with terrilic violence , and on Sunday eveninga vessel supposed to be the brig Commerce , of Stoekton , Mr . Lister , uiusti r ,. foundered to the southward ol' the harbour , ami every soul of her crew perished . Near where the ill-fated Margaret , Hull steamer , and all belonging to her were lost , on the Butch coast , near _Nirden , an English vessel , supposed to be the Bcllona , from Jersey , was totally lost . All her crew were drowned . The abovo forms but a slight _notica of the immense havoc caused by the gales . Tbe _destruction of property lias been beyond all calculation .
Burguut And Attemrted Assassination. — A...
BURGUUT AND ATTEMrTED ASSASSINATION . — At the _Orsett ( near Brentford ) petty sessions on Wednesday , ' two men named George Freeman and James Scorell , were committed for trial on the churgo of having ou the night ofthe 19 th iustant _, in company with a man not yet arrested , broke into the house of Mr . William Ferier Stevens , a farmer residing near Orsutt , with the intention of committing a burglary . Seorell fired two pistols at the complainant who had a Harrow escape with his life . The late uoiler explosion at Uolton . —On Wednesday the adjourned inquest was held on view of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers in the late melancholy catastrophy in tbis town . Since the day of the accident four other persons have died ef the injuries they received , so that the total number killed is , up to tl . is time , fourteen . There are others stillin a dangerous state . After hearing the evidence of several witnesses , including that of Mr . William Fnirbaim , of Manchester , the _eminent engineer , tho juiy retired , and in about three-quarters of an hour returned with a verdict of manslaughter against Thomas Kitts , oue ofthe partners in the concern .
DuiisxiNO or a Water-tank , —Loss of Live . —On Thursday u most shocking calamity took place at Liverpool , by whicli several lives have been lost . The premises where the fatul occurrence originated are known as the Liverpool and Harrington Waturororks , and run from Sussex-street , down Water-street , to hock-street . The works are very extensive , comprising various buildings necessary for carrying on the operations of the company , and on the west side was a large iron tank , capable of holding about 250 , 000 gallons of watir . It was 25 yards in length , of propoitionate breadth , and 19 feet in depth , and adjoined some sm _ . ll _houssus ou one _siiieof llock-street , occupkd principally by working people . The tank was about two-thirds full , when , about half-past one o ' clock , it burst , tbe water carrying death and destruction in its course . The houses in Rock-street
were rent asunder , and walls and roofs were torn to pieces . Thu water swept like a river down Water-street , into Chester-street , and thence into Hill . strect . It is believed , that in all seven persons have been drowned , or otherwise killed . A great number of persons have been seriously , some of thera most dangerously , wounded . Of course , theloss of property is immense . Numbers of poor familie ' s have hudthe whole of their furniture destroyed . Fatal Railway . Accident . —A shocking acci . leut occurred on Ihe Norwich Railway , on Wednesday , by which Tlieengiue driver and stoker of an up train were killed _, the engine ran off the line , from the left to the right , upwards of two hundred yards , when it ran down au embankment , and became imbedded in the earth . The
stoker leaped out of the tender , and was killed by collision with the carriages , winch in their progress , completely arnputatod one of his legs . This man , whose name was Richard Hedges , and who was recently married , survived the accident for several hours . The driver , William Pickering , was killed on the opposite side of the rail , close by the place where the engine lies inu bedded , and distant from the stoker about sixty yards . He was quite dead when taken up . In its progress , the chain wbich connected the tender with the carriages snapped , and to this circumstance chiefly the passeugers wore indebted for their safety , because thu tender , lmvuie disconnected itself from the engine , fell right across-the rails , and thus formed a barrier against the further progress ofthe carriages .
Charge or Murder . —During the last two weeks some excitement has prevailed in ihe _neighbounhood of Dagenham , and the western portion of tlie county of Essex , in consequence of a rumour having been very extensively circulated that a respectable _tradesman , named Thomas Dunsdon _, a potatoe salesman , residing at Chadwell Heath , had murdered , his wife , by cutting her throat . The wife died _as-longsinceas the 20 th of October , from thc effects ofi a severe wound in her throat . A coroner ' s _inqiiiuy was . goneinto before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., the county , coroner _, and a verdict was returned that the deceased , committed the act whilst _labonsing linden-tempurary insanity . A few days after the inquest was- _heldj . a report was spread by some of the witnesses who wereexamined before the cowner , that tho- act was nob
done by the deceased , _acd that tlio-husband had cut her throat , and that _thay had baen prevented from , _sjiving such evidence before tha- coronas as would have fixed Dunsdon _wsfch the _coaimisBion of . the crimeof murder . This _report _rca-ihed . the ears of the husband , he _threatened to take leg _, aL proceedings _, against the originatw ? of the scandal , a person named IBanham . On the Bth of the .- present , month an information was marie before 0 ctaviu 3 . _Massiten ,. Esq ,. oneof the county _magistrates , on the oath . of George Banham and _Raahel _Sunanons , thai _'llhonias-Duns don , of _ChadweL ? Heath , in . tlie parish _ofDiiitenhain , in the county cd * Essex , did , on she 2 . 0 th of October _^
feloniously ami with maljce atorethotighn . _assa-. ilt Alary * _Dansdon , and with a cwtain i _* kok _inHJGt a wound in . her throat , of which she _tliea _aniUUstfe dieik Themagistrate at once issued , a summons against Dunsdon , and on Saturday last the _prisoner _undsuwent a . lengthy _examinatisa , before " % _illiain . _QJottoa . ' _Ese _ _. » . and a full bench » f ningi _^ _natesj at the Angel Inn , Ilford , when the * s « holc of _ihe casa with regard to- the * prosecution was gone into . Tbe resuU was that the prisoner was committed ho . take his trial at the next sessions , the Magistrates , _dividing npon admitting him to bail by finding iwo . _s __« Mics to he hound to the amount of £ 360 eacli _..
A letter _Jiuom Heme of the Gth , in the Augsburg-Gazette , states thai some of the refugees from Rimini , in the States Of Tuscany , have been detected in a _conspirasy to' seduce a battalion ot the line , and enter witJ » it _in . to the Roman States . Twenty soldiera who bad been seduced by the conspirators have lied , to fwoid punishment .
Bankrupts. [From The Gazette Of Friday, ...
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27121845/page/5/
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