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_BEBBTOrO AT _VOTTXWOBASa * £ , _cttata _CtelrdBriHM _^ r the Rev . J . _iJ . Stephens lT * OU * H 8 _KatTINQHAJ- _HKSCCRY . ] On Monday last a _Rfceetnif , convened by placard , _v * s held in the epen _Market-plirce , in this town , _-vbkh Mr . ftw ** rt Oastler , was present at , and _addressed . Hie _Eaxbasfe bad beta previously applied fcr , and refused _^ and tbe ConaeYvative Hall , on th _« _Lov-pavesjes _* , was let for th * oocaaoo , but aft-ra the bargain bad been atmck tbat room was also _xeftaed , aad a wa _ggs * , in . the Market-place , was the enly _resooice . _Tayataeeiasv bad been called lor tbe p revious _ICcndaj , but in c _^ eseqneoce of tin * death of a _eanueaeo of Sir . _Outer ' s , it was postponed till
the Maacay muowiag . At a lew monies Iwiare two cft-faefc , Mr . S . W . fWtcber -ro elected Ghairman . He urged upon the mtetkag to be _peaaeabie aad ordeny , and to give _16-aS a fair bearing . Tfeare we # the * from two to three _thoosaxd present , _spectators included . Jfr . _Haxdt , of Csiv _^ rtoa , rose to mow the first _jesolm'don . He _remarked upon the pious good conduct of tbe Rev . J . R . St-phei-s , and bis profound _fltafy and research into tbe truths of tbe Bible ; tbat be preached the fovpel io tbe way that God intended it to-be _profccftfd , _eaa f < xth * t be was _pereecsted bv _$ h « other members cf tbe Cburch . If he had preached it on the system at present practised , br * wonld sot
J _& _trt D _^ ea _axrestea , out . u was lor _noiaing ainereni « _pjnwns tbat be bad suffered . Mr . Hardy made _aome other remarks about M r . Stephens preaching from his _pulpJS against the New Poor Law , and also upon tbe rigfet be bad to do so , and concluded by proposing _tkt ? Resolution—•» That this meeting cannot sufficiently appreciate the indefatigable t-xer'ioaa and undaunted spirit ol _tise Rev . J . R . Stephe-ia , in his _righteous _eonfl-c-** nt & -ihe oppression in favour nt . tbe _oppressed , for which a base and an apostate Governmerx desire his _destruction , but whose iuhuman inclinations _» f Till re ? L * t by our > urse , and , if nee « l be , by our very
Mr . J joes _WooDHOtrsE seconded the resolution . The resolution called upon , tbem to support what in gratitude rbey ought to support . . There was not a man in town or country ) he was sure , but what would blush if proved aa -ungrateful man ; aad as ingratitude must be a crime , he felt certain they would avoid it by _passing the resolution ; fer what man had been a greater _friend to tbe people than tie E _* r . J . R . Stephens f _< Hear , kear . ) He hoped _thsy would not put _thfir binds in their pockets and hate done with it ; but that tbey would think the eir ; um ? tance 3 over con _^ tently on a futnre * occa sion . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Stephens bad preached _against the New Po-jt Law ( hear ) , and the _hardskipj of the factory children ( hear ) , who were being sacrificed
by that base set of men , some of whom bad spouted out of the _Exchange _vindow , at Nottingham . Sir John Cam Hobhooae said , wben he put up for Nottingham , tbat the Ad-2 _kii ? tration would be a Liberal -one , aad formed © a the broad bAsL * of liberty ; bot let tbe people recollect what had since occurred—the basis , indf * ed , was very _iroad . Did the Dorchester labourers recelk-ct—did the w _aier-rruel _Sastile tenants recollect—did The men of Nottingham recollect , the Special Commir > _ici ? ( Hear , bear . ) He called tbe Torj ' s a devil ' s _ulministratioa , but be considered tbe Wbigs _equallj as bad , and . in _sorae _respects , _wowe . He Loped the people -of Nottingham wonld show tbat _tlu-r were not Whig *; but , like a mad dog , they will either get out of the W 3 V ef the principles , er rtoae them . ( Laughter . ) Tbe Irish , too , had cause to recollect the WbiK , Daniel _O'Caoneli
a % & c & aem . tnem base , _oratai , and Dieoay ; _doi n _«* ( Mr . VT . ) did _not-tbiuk a man eonld be found more base , brawl , and bloody , than _Daniel O'Connell Idmself . In tbis instance , however , he bad spoken tbe truth . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Woodbeu * e made some other remarks relative to tbe Notkxgham ilercsry , and th * Poor Law , wbich the length of Mr . Oaider ' s addrea . * precludes ns from _givrag , and concluded by * _ecoadi * B _£ tbe resolution , which was carried unanimously . During some part ef bis speech , a very _amasj hail-itona took place . A number cf _maa , _wiib paper * in _tbeiriats _^ _were then sent round through the cro » d , with boats and _ba-ikets , to collect the voluntary _tabscnpiiots of tbe meeting . Mr . Peters , with some remark * , proposed , and Mr . Bowvct seconded , tbe next rwjoluiion , which v , < n 1 _« _s , _&* TT _^ mA . 1 ± ran tints - —
** That the thanja * of this meeting are _Jortlv One to Richard Oastle _** , for bis practical exertion * on behalf of the . *< tiSeriiig miHions , in hi * _nocoroprunaisis ; opposition to that _uncojutitutional _measure , tue Wiiig _Kew Poor Law Amendment Act . " Mr . _RicRAJto _Oastl £ _b next stood forward , amid kmd cheeri 1 , which la-ted several _minuses . He coin-5 E . _? nced thus , " Men of Nottingham , before I commence the address I intend to make to you in behalf of my Reverend -Friend , allow me to requeM that peace , peace , peace , may be your watchword thi < day ; 1 hare heard ftrange rrport . * , and hare not been surprised to hear them ; lor 1 know the Tories have reason to dread the voice of tiie people of _Nottingham . ( Hear . ) I know that tbe _b-ise
bloody , and brutal Whigs hive cause to oread tne voice of the people . ( Applause . ) And when H _» i » announced that a poor-old worn-oat Tory agitator wa * coming to address the people , I do not leel _surprissd that tbey _should dread a second edition ol the burning of" Nott ingham Castle . ( _Lunghter . ) I wan not _surprised _t : at those wretched imps who _fonterly urged the people on against the _burouj-hmciaBenng _grstem—who led tnem on to riot , to _bloua , and to the gallows—should have placed their whole trust in the brave and loyal soldiery , and harf cried out for ' General JacksoD , " Goo ble » s him , say I ; "the Lancers , * ' God bless them ; and the d—d infernal London Police , God in heaven earse them . ( Hear , bear . ) But what have they
to _fzzr : The leaders m the present agitation , anliie _taose on the Reform Bill , have not advised , nor do _tb # y intend to advise , the buruing of any property in Nottingham , Bristol , or elsewhere , —( heat )—nor to behead the Monarch , nor groan at tke _Qoeen ; the iriends of this agitation are fur securing a _^ ood day ' s wages for a lair day ' s work . ( Loud cheeps . ) Trier desire to inert the defenders of their _csuniry—the ' troops of England ; not in the field of warfare , but on the legitimate platform oi _debate , and I hope that those defenders will never In superseded by a London , or a raral police , as i * at present caatemplated . ( Tbey never shall . ) 1 must teB tbe _sroops , and I am happy to speak it in the nrf _^ aM -of the _commanding officer of the
_Northern district , that they are considered by me _ssembrrs of this agitation as the friend * of the tkrone , of the akar , and of the _cottage . ( Cheer * . ) And if they cannot obtain better wages , we are determined to try aad help tbem . ( We - * iil , we will . ) SPeare sorry tbat aoy-Government can be tase _eaoagh to set at is . id . a-day , the wages of those Ben who have fought and bled for them , and allow to a _despicable-scoundrel of a policeman 30 s . a-Teek ror nothing but leungin ? and spying . ( Cbpers . ) We will tell the British army tb & t •* - wiil not have _bastiles-bailt . ( No , no . ) Ms will bv . e no New Poor Law , for tbe purpose < u put . _on _» ieto tbe Bastfles old veteran -soldiers , _wno , _ai _^ r ttStv sears' service , are driven into tbo * e _den-s oi ibuim
infamf , _separated from tbeir w * ve * and « , _ano had beard I w led to believe that I should _hwe had _ahtbe Lancers around me to-daj ; 1 wish they w . -r , h , _reT Inerer speak with sr _^ erdehghtth _^ _* h _, n I addre _« tbe soldier * , but it has been oruexed « therwi 4 _T tAPPt » itf *' . ) I « mnot a Consenrattve _, _mfn _^ ot _^ nWnotone of tbe sew schoo l « y _^ i _^ _sr-l anVan oW staunch Tory , and allow me to _fc & ak yonr liberal Mayor for _k ** _" _*?^^^ tctAi / , _ajain-rt » e . ( He is a Wm- ) J AUo _*» Ao to tbalk tbe Conservatives for * tog tbeir uoor * _» ay face : but . at the same time , 1 cannot _AeJp _ealHng to remembnuice that there was a Dflje , wneu _^ _J * onld not have done this . How was it , A . **™ - Co * -i * erTarir _« . when mr politics ran jtut as they n »»* _Uinatminoiiiu
_P ~ howwasit that vour bo called _fc _^ _tr , with tbe Duke ot Newcastle , _Lord-UeOT _f ti > e ' Connty , at its bead , « _ect to me , _nnauKed , tne T _i-ok of their document _^ with a _reqnert that i woald _consent to become a member of tbeir soar t ; : _^ Wkaghter . ) I did rhink , _Mewrs . _Coas _^ vaiive _* , H « _Jou vere gentlemen ; wneu 1 asked tbe _fawnr 1 acoverui _? . I did _isOt expect that you would * hut _>* _ioor ; bat God bless you for it . ( Dawn « uh _ctn . ) MB * for _-boune _whefl I behold the rags of the « ° _oa old _Consecution , which _hu l > _een so t *? rnbI _J _*»^ ed—wken X see its present _advocates turned _^ _f _^ _te _CooWt _** - _*^ _^» d" _Churei . _wd Arx 3-Sr « _rawwtm ; if _^^ _d , i am led to exclano , _l- _^ haa _^ e fine gold become dnni . « _l ! how are _^ _auVLtv _falten ! " ( Lod » : cheers . ) Bat . men of
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Eoglaad , _vwbacalljoar » elves Radicals , tovou I now appeal—bave you ever heard _anythius * fall from my lips that was not in defence of the throne , the shnrch , and tbe aristocracy ? ( No , no . ) Have I not c \ er advocated all yonr aucient institutions ? ( You bave . ) In my speeches or my writing * , pnblic or private , _kare 1 utteied one seditions word against tbem ? ( No . no . ) No ; but 1 have al « o been , and ever will be , loyal to the cottage of tbe poor , aud at tbe same tjme to the throne of the Monarch and the easties of the nobles . ( Hear , bear . ) On this occasion , I will do yon the honour , _peaple of England , to assert tbat yon are tbe only true _Conservative ;—< londcheers)—and the only body that are entitled to that-name . Yon bave been traduced by faction !' _indivi-lual _* _- —f ** we have" )—vou bave b « en slandered
behind yonr _mcJts ; but I do believe that there is not one Radical in exi-tence tbat would injure a hair of _tbelreadoTeitherQoeenor Lord . " ( Vehement applause . ) Both parties , Whigs and Conservative !" , have slandered you : they , on all _qnctions bat one . are opposed to each other ; but you will invariably fiud that both factions have joined , and wiil join together , -against yoar ri ghts , and that they have resolved to force you to five npon a coarser sort ol tood . ( Great uproar . ) Thb , General Jackson , i * tbe sura and-sobstance of our agitation j it is to fore * Britons to lite on coarser food , thatynn acd yoar brave troops bave been insulted —( _ciieering )—it is _forxbis that the soldiery have been dragged by the Whig _magistrates _throughout the North , from place to _alacp . till tli _^ v eomr » lain of the _infcma & _i- natiirt * oi
tbeir _cuty ; and now , when the Govrrament hud tbat they play a dangerous game with those b : avr men , they . require a Rural Pohce to put us down . (•• We won ' t bave tbtin ; they _shan ' t come . " ) 1 _rejoice at the ebullition of feeling evinced , aud wili now come to the more immediate business of the day . Why did I come here , -iai what am 1 addressing you for ? I _answ-.-r , in the _presence ol th-.- _commanding officer of tbe dL-tricr , 1 came not to promote a riot or a nisthibiuice—to _itci-e you to destroy jour neighbour ' s property , or to place yonr .-elves iu _opposition to " the powers that be ; " but to request that you will pi ? aceablv and qui < tly _as _> i-t , by vour coutnbutions—not to take tbe field ol _blooi—bui the field of argument , in a Court of Justice , > o t ' _lr-t by yoi . r aid the Rev . J . R . _Stephens may ther < _-
be enabled to defend himself _» g ; viim the most unconstitutional _prosecution ever _rutic . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) His only crime is , that he is a scholar , a gentleman , 'and a _Christian ; the only fault that c _* n be ascribed to him is . that he believes the Bible to be the Word of God ; and it i * fi _* r these crimes that Stephens has beeu _arr-su-d , ( Shame . ) I _uaxe tbe honour of _knowing the Rev . Geo tiernan well , and it is my proudest boast that U _* t mas _? its enthroned in the best _afi ' ectiasrt of my heart ; 1 have had tbe privilege iA _^ _jsjoyicg many weeks of social _hijvjiiTii wimni r his roof , and he in re : u n has Honoured n » e by sojourn ng for week * , n iy motnhs in my _boase . { Hear , hear . ) Yon have been led to understand tbat he is a _blood-tlirxty monsw ; that Ihe advi «* es > tbe destrncdon of property ; seciuon
, rebefiion , aad disloyalty . ( No , no . ) _Mi-n uf _>«• _tiufham , believe it not . ( We don ' t . ) Ho is a _cboiaref the first order , and exactly tje _revers--of what has been asserted . ( He was _tducateti at tbe Leed * sad _Manchester-Grammar School ; aud ou his leaving the last place , the master of the _?> _cboui gave hma a charact- r such as a first _WMUgkr of Cambridge wonld be proud of . ( Hear . ) He is a kiad said benevolent man among his people . If you dispute my word go where be is known , and yon vill see a sight such as has sever been seeu _sitice Christianity fied from ihe _!? e inhdel _chores . I have beard him preach , and hare marked tiie warm enthusiasm of h s hearer-- ; I have _I'e _.-a _taein by iundreds and thou-. andt thronging to get a glimpse of bim . to hear bis T _. > _icA > and striving to _toocti toe
hem of his garment ; 1 have seen them iiccompauy bim both to andfr » m his place of worship , und press se strong upon bim that he has been ready tx > taint , and I have _celled upon them to keep back bot they heeded me not , ( Loud and coiiliuu . d _cbeeriag ) In our _neighbourhood , an 1 a friendly neighbourhood it is to ibe pu t , I never kiewamau so kind . I have known lum—hear tbi * ye base . Moody , brutal , canting , praying , hypocritical Whigs ! I bave known him when he had j » u * _» o m « ch in tbe bouse as would supply his own wants for the noontide meal , part witii it all to a poor object who craved his charily , and go without his oinner to feed them . ( Loud _cheers ) Yet this is the man who is not fit to live . ( Skaine . ) Hear it ye _base , bloodv , and brutal traitor * , ve Wl ig « , and _biurh at
your disgrace . ( Hear , iiear . ) n is out some lew quaiters el a year ago ihat the pious factory masters passed a resolution that they would not emp " : oy any one who went to hear Stephens preach , aud this was reported tehiinby » ojae of his cougrefitiju ; hi * _ansvrer _was , if yon are to starve » o _wOl I ; 1 will receive no more salary till f-e masters have taken you to work a . aiu . ( Hear , hea *> Lear . ) For two half' yean he stood the masters out , aad _g-.-. ve his salary to kis _stanicg people ; yet t ' _ois is ihe man who is reported to be _ttu ir bitterest _eneny . — ( He i * not . )— . My friend is a _^ _si charged , by a fellow called tbe -Manchester Boater , " and by another called the - * Big Liar of tbe North , " with being a drunkard ; with _regnlarlr imbibing strong doses o ' _jniHu _snri lsndannm . Whv . mea of _Nottmgham .
the truth is , that Stephens isa tee-totauer . _^ caeer _* . ; Not _becinse be thinks it wrong to take _Jfine or _spirus in moderation , " but _becauce he saves all his money and _expends it tofeed the poor and clotbe the naked . _fBles _* aim . ) His moral character , loo , is unexceptionable ; 1 dedare ana uphold , before all , that there is not a man at Court , or at head quarter *! , or in caotle or tower , that is more _gentlemaa . y _ifa iu * bebavioor and _eondact than my reveJeud iriend . lie resided three years u . _Stockholm , as the representative of the Methodists in thbt city , during *» hich time be was the _intimate companion of _LordBloomfieid , the Ambassador from the Court of _Eagiauc to that of Stockholm . There was scarcely a day that be was not sitting at his _Lordship ' s table , id tbe capacity of bi . « Chaplain—not official but pn-. _oia _^ _-anil hi « _l _^> rdghiD _wished bim to get an
appointment in the Church of _tnglano , wmen ne d-elined . When he le _* ft _Stockholm , it was m Lore Bioomfield ' s own carriage , and _s-upplied by that Nobleman with food for a long iouruey , aud amid the parting farewell rf most of the first men of the eity . ( Hear , and loud applause . ) Many more excellent qnalit > s are em ' jodied iu your champion _whosecau ** I amhere to plead—a man more talented _—more honoured with the gift of eloquencemore kind to the poor—aad more bumble ju the _8-rvice of his God , does notex _* _Ut—¦( Hear , bear ) , and it is for these qualities . t-At the intiJel ministers have dared to lay violent hands on him . ( Shan . e . ) 1 rejoice before I retire into private lii ' e , to _reccer service to my friend , bv goiog from town to town and _pleading thecause of that holy man . ( Cheers . ) J _hor-j _ito nr _* . K _» _w-= _?« v-ji _< ior > to _deC-nd Sadler and
_Wilberf _^ ce against the wnigs , and _toougu m me p' _< _=-sent ease the o _^ ct of solicitude is of a differeut party in politics-to myself , yet for his benevolence and . _rntpgritv be _desirves my support . ( Hear , hear . ) I am _proad tO Call dm ** my * on , " a * I once ca ' _iea Sadler *• ay brother , " and on a previous occasion Wilberforee " my father , " ( load coeer * , ) and a _« he is your friend , he is _eadtl _^ d to your hearty and cordial co-operafcon . ( He shall have it . ) _W hen I came from London , I heard that the Rocket 15 ngade , the rifles aud field-piece ? , were to be marched to this ftnd _otner towns , to be iu readkaess to quell eoy disturbance , bnt ibey bare not vet come ; 1 should like to *** e them ; I likethe _tidier * web , and if they will but send all the troops to the Old _Ktug —( laugtter)—be'll make them a * loval to Victoria as * he-could wi # b taem to be . ( V _> ell done . ) Yet I can but laagb . at these movement * and rpport _? , wnea 1 ttiiak of the utter inuri iiy of any _alvrr-pis to sew . h _„ o _^ _J _^ « f _infr . _V lilv in tha Briti . * h ani : v , who are
go _braea and loyal to _tbs'ir ccnutry s cau . » e ; i _aijow that the _wldiers bare no wish to _aestroy aud uproot the pTincJpb ? s oi the Constitntion . ( _Hea-, near . ) I know tbey are bo brave , that th _.-y wouid aisdsui to _ihetth tbeir swords and bayonet _* in tbe hearts of an onarmed mob—( cbeer *) _-aad yet these mugs p . ecrvliance in General Jackson acd his lancew to cltrar wav ( Shame . ) Havinu before _remarked ou the Jood ' seH ofbe _* rt of the Rev- Mr . _Stephens , 1 must _iSTlbe _QUMtioi * , how is it he is pow in bond * / 11 U _heeause be has been an uncompromising enemy to aU abuse-, beginning at the b «! i . niiig , . * n « endinr cotriU be has demGltshed oppression . The _Sfcrkif of the poor / actory chuoren crew his _SSSSring heart to _^ sacrifice every thing in their _SSSSd I * iB enquire of yon , and also of the !« r _wkdtar there was i . ot a cause for snch eiex-« _££ ' _»^ _S Se _voww of Stephen ; * , Bull , _Sailor , _^ _SV JSK were ud i _tfed up in a _righteous cause .
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now , practised . ( They were , ihey were . ) If they will put down that which brought Stephens into the factory question , then they wiil remain unmolested ; but it is a well known fact , that the poor woman while at work in the factory , has been taken ia labour , and her offspring there- bronght into the world , while her course home has been traced by blood which she has shed . ( Shame , dreadfuL ) . Au . ' further , when a doctor is called in to net down the age ef the child , and it is disputed , I have _knowii him look in the child ' s mouth , and not sniisHed with looking at tho top part of the . _toath , actually draw the tooth out , to see th « length of the _fangc aud so judge of its age as requireci by Act of Parliament . ( Shame—down with them . ) It-Nottingham it is pretended that there are no factory evils —( we bave though)—and tbat all works well on account of the Aaaut bein « ia ; feme 4 a lose
mills ; but I have here a short account given me _bjr an officer under ber Majesty , and therefore it must be correct , shewing the cruelty practised even iu your lace mills . He says , " Not being under the Act , there is no regular time for work in the lace mihY : " some of the masters , I mu . * t say , are piou » , canting , _adu _; tensing scocudrels . ( Hear , hear . ) He goes on , "Some of the children work twenty himr .-a day ,, with no limit to age ; seven years' old children _bek'g taken out of tbeir beds and sent to work at midnight . Those who * e parents reside at a distance stay at the mills all night , and sleep where they can about the premises . " ( ShameJ And it is lor attempting to stop this that the soldiers are to cut aad slash us , aud all to please the rascally scoundrels of raill-owiiers . ( Cheers . ) He _further savs i
- Nearly all the children work the night through , wiih ao _regularity iu meals ; and iu many places they are allowed no meal-hours , but eat their dinners at their w rk . " The . humane masters , not the canting , profes > ing masters , beit understood , desired that this should be put a _ctop to , and requested tiir htterferei . ee to try and get it done ; but the tyrant Wh ' ji » resist it . This _** _n : uld come home to every soldier ' s _be-rt . Brave defenders of your country '• _Jin-k at t _« e young women of Nottingham iu _thesc . ite _thef are at present ; every day the streets of this uatu are d : 5 grnced by the touts : e {> s ot youog women m _> m eighteen to twenty w ' no _; : re worked iu the accursed cotton mills from rive ia _ the morning till h & ll- _iart eight ; it night , _aucj . v " _» unes allowed , nor _K-ivj to quit the m ' * " - _« . _^ _x . . * ue . _" ) Taey Late _n . 'ffie of _tifm to _k » _Ljc miles to their - * . ofk , and home , besides all ship . Their canting masters fim
t . _> is better for « _ieir _mtereiit ' ' than to work children , who axe protect , d by Jaw ! This is called Chri . — _liasriTy Aud to support this system tke cursec Whigs wish to set the brave Lancers on us , _auu have apprehen _d ed its great opponent , Stephens . ( Sliame . ) Men of Nottingham ! does he not de . « erve your sympathy ? (*• He does , he does . " ) Another rra * on hT Ui _^ arr . *« i , is his _opposition to the fieuJ-like , Huchristian , un-EnglL * li , unconstitutional , atrcciou . _^ measure—the New Poor Law a law which slniil never be enforced iu England , unless tbe Bib ' . e be publicly burnt —( hear , h _^ _ar)—along wiih tbe Kill oi Ri _^ nt ? and Magna Lb aria , in the m : irket-place of _evtry town ia _Eugland . ( Hear . ) The ih : ee muiist- rs of Cominissio _' _iers have mken all the law into their own _hanss , and the _Govi-rnment h _^ ve _determined * o gopport them ; but I must declare mv fixed opinion , thut what _.-ver
_Government _rony m-. iiutaiu sucu a measure , _tiiat u «> - ment cannot stand . ( They ennnot ) it ' s a _weight no legislative body can _st 3 nd under—it ' s a cargo , _loaded with _utiicn neither _Whij-s nor Tories oau keep their heads above water . ( Cheers . ) _BeSure the pa » .-iiig ol _Uie UilL , 1 bad some _couversiuion A'i tu a General o : the army , and ho told me- taut uo soldiers would fight for trie bill—that their hearts were too loyal , aud _tb : U if it was _BUempicd m he _entoicco at the point of the bayonet , a mutiny iu the army would ensue . 1 afterwards called on Lord Eido ..: liow , Tones , bear this : and he said , •* ihat when it * a as in t _' i « H o _** e of _LordV , there ¦ _was ni > power in the legislature that could authorise the passing of it ; aud it It . was . determined to _eni » rce it , n would he found that the letrislature had not the
power . _[ . \ lr . _Oastler _hej-e stated the case oi a po _^ r old soldier , wno he c escribed as being driven into the workhouse , and separated l ' roia his wile una : a : nity , wno were placed in other parts of thu bu . _lding , after be had lought for his country for 30 year * , and remarked _that if the Governor did _-o to _Ki . n _, _(^ lr . U . ) either he or the governor would be coin er .- the morning . He described the meeting of the mother aud children alter n fortnight ' s _separation , and tueir not recognizing each otuer lor _^ om _^ time , owing to tlieir altered appearauce ; the _mo'tier , in ber aii _^ _'ii _^ h , shed tears , when sue was _immeaiatels confined in a room , wna t *> o prostitutes an 4 a man _roman chained to kcr bed , where sl . e p » s > _od a most miserable night , and ail for crying ovur her _c > iiiar _.. n . H »» &\* o made somi ! remarks _rrtmive to
tne poace coming irom l _^ jndon . _Mannhel ' , aid that it vfas not tue doings of the Duke of Newcastle , although _reports bad _goneabuut that it was , but the Duke ut Portland ; bat he would not _troubfe ihtm with that , on account of his going to _Alau-hVui _> hortiy , io _liave a little talk _therp . J He went on , •¦ 1 wul appeal to tne _Noble Duke ( Newcastle ; to come out and help u »; to aid in _estnbiisking and maintaining the rights of the people , and Uis e _* n _s' . aiion , _wuicb has been trampled on . We _wiiihaveuo London police ( i . o , no ) , iivr rnrai either ( no , no ); it tney stnd them to tbe Nonh , we will not only nil K- , but act . ( Cheers ) And now | have a Utile bit of a . vice lo { rive you : if the _Wnigs _.-ud the troops upon yon , go out and meet them with a hear . tv tood will : shake hands , and let
cordi _.-vli'y prevail ( we will ) ; it is only th ' . * police 1 hate and Ot st . ( Cheer . * . ) Witk _recpect to arming , tue _NoHinvimm ItevieK has _given a garbled account o ! my opiu ' . on on that subject * . I wish it to be distinctl y known , as well as my ileverend Friend ' s . ( Hear , hear . ) It it quite true that Mr . Stephens reo mmeud * the people to arm * , there are no ifs and bu _*> about it : it is quite true tbat I recommend you _narm ( we ate , we are ) , though whether 1 or Stephens recommended it _ilrtr , 1 cannot tell ; butl was astonished that when 1 recommended arming tin-Whigs should be surprised at it ; for , duriug the Re : orm mania they advised tbe people to arm—not
iu associations , but , iuaividuaiiy , as we uo : lor eaen man to arm , and haw his habiliment *! and his armoury iu his cottage , and thus to talk with the enemy at bis own gate . 1 saw a _paragraph , the other day , _expressing alarm and distrust at a cart lead ot arms being taken into the Market-place of Stalybndge , and there s . Id ; but have they not as much right lo sell them as the great shops in London , who have their windows full ? Have not my bojs as in > ich right to sell them in a market-place , as a ranker \> _Jisplay ihem in Ids ¦ iudow lor sale ? ( Cheers . ; [ Mr . Oastler here read _a-i extract from the _Mtr / _unj _Lnronicle , of a character similar to theextractxlruui taai ua . _ter which we give elsewhere . ]
However , let us do all that we can though we cannot rdl that we wish ; we are eniitled by law to & rm ourselves ? , and we enght to avail ourselves of tbe _privilege , and if a time should come , when it is _uecew _iry to unite and erm , we shall not be _cnught _aup * t _*» _t < i « a- AH ° _nr eraat _ChartHM orlit'ert _>«^—all our ancient " usages and " _custo ' iiis , invest _LuglisLmeu * i ' . h the _ritnt of arms . Columns ot auiiquarian lore might be _oollected to prove this treat constitutional axtomand priuciple , from the mo > t _aucieut law-writers totheperiodotBlackstone . it was among other _tyraanieu , the particular invasion ol rhw national principle , that drove the Stuarts iron * _, tbe throne of their ancestors , ) he unfortunate James the Second struck upon tins fatal rock . So highly _imoonant was tbe right _esteem _«* d , that in tho
celebrated _declaration prcteu ' . ed to Wilham and i > iary , t > n the 13 ch of February , 1 GSS , by the Lords auu Commons _assembled at WesUniuster , the sixth paragraph distinctly , among the evil _ccunseJs _anc acts of the abdicated monarch he ' endeavoured to subject aud _extirpate tbe law * and _liberdetof the realm , by _causing several good subjects , being _Protectants , to be disarmed , at tke same time , when Papists were both armed _atd employed cant-Ary to law . ' There may be , or might be , laws to pi event ? _uch political unions & om arming their members ; there are none , and could be none effective , ( yea . not _ev _^ -n maoufacrured by the _borvachmongerf , or
the _cn-ft of Sir Kobert Waiiway . ; wmen can prevent Britons or private individuals , from _porcuusing , _po-sesf-ng , awd independently enjoying the _custody _and use of arms . " We know their feelings—we have heard of their bloody _thrests and anxiety w put down tbe Radical * . Good God I can this be a _Ctristian country ? Is this the land of England ' : There is but one ? aitty , we must once more connect the civil and _miliary ( w _»^ r _. Every _llt-fornier able to bear and retain _arrae , ought to possess himselt of ih _^ _se _nece-wr ? articles . Wr . O . _n-euton" » ' * 1 _cav . with a loui yoice , acd da energetic as 1 can
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—men . of Nottingham , and of _Enwbttd , Arm ! AW ! 1 Arm II ! ( Cheers , and cries j ® f * Wo are . " ) Petend and preserve the rights which . your-forefathers died to purchase ; yon have the power , _exercise it . ( Cheers , and " We will . " { Mr . Oastler then made s _^ m ? remarks about tke Housea of _PaTliament d « w sitting , which i » perfectly wrelevam to the subject , and for which w « have not space . } He conduced , "In defence of our Queen and our Constitutional rights , I am ready to go with any number to ihe _tleatb . Is it hot time that we should arm when O'Conuell has threatened to come over to England with 600 , 000 bludgeon men ? ( _Lut tbem come . ) Bot I think we can drive them back . ( Hear . ) Who of you would like to _ree our httle _Oilmen in tha Mnbrace ol that monstrr ? I" would
rather » ee her in the embrace of a _isurthern bear . ( _Nonr . ) Yon bave yeomanry to » , aud _liiont of _thein are farmer * , who are against you ; ( They are . frightened . ) I should like to have a ily at them ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Let the Lnncers * _taud _<> n one side , and we would , if _tliey are so disposed , show them some play ; they are sharpening their swords , but wo should obtain very little j ? lory _, for ihere would be no glory _et all in beating a set of meu like them . ( Laughter . ) The masses of the North would make their _smidles too hot to bold ihem , and I can only say if there aro any yeomanry present now , tbey had better eo home and stay there . ( They'd better not come . ) In _c-nclusion , J will state , that the postponement of Stephens ' s trial will beatt-nded with considerable expense , and I hope each will contribute his mite to the subscription in his behalf {' . for myself , I thank you riht
g Urartily fr the attention you have paid , md from the bottom of my heart I _rejoice at the responsive feelings expressed by your cheers . I privy that the time may never come when man will be placed _ut-aiust man in warfare , but that ail may join in « .-serti g that right which God has gitvn to tbe meaue _.-t of his _crm-iures _, iinni ( . 'ly , to "dwell _peac-nbly in the land , and verily he and she shall b fed . " 'lhen stand to one another . ( We will . ) Take tbe Bible as your polar star . You . sea what the Whigs _, « ay ; d _' o what the Morning Chronicle adrised . aud place your trust in God and your own s . rength . Uoys of Nottingham , be true to your watchword ; let it be , *' Stephens and your wives , " —" Stephens and your babi-s , "— "Stephens aud yonr God , "—aud , if nr-cessary , "Stephens and your own right arms . " Mr . Oastler concluded amid
A vote of thanks was passed to those Ministers of tbe _Go-p _.-l who have supported Stephens in their pulpi _' _s . Three cboers for the National Convention . Three cheer * for Feargus O'Connor . Three cheers ( or the _Natioual Petition aud tbe People ' s Charter . Tliree cheers for Stephens and Oastler . And three groaus for lb « base , brutal , and bloody _WhUe , were giveu successively , A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman , and the meeting quititlv duuerjed .
Mexico. Falmouth, March 29.—The Peterel ...
MEXICO . Falmouth , March 29 . —The Peterel packet , Lieuteuant Crook , arrived this evening with the Mexican mails This vessel sailed irora Vera Crux on the 4 th of February , _Tampico on the 16 th , and Havannah on the l * t March , and has brought about 1560 , 000 on freight , chiefly t ' _rumBelrzeaud Havaunah and _pa-u-eogent from Vera Cruz , _Messru . Sullivan and Mr . and Mrs . _Maguin ; aud from Havanna , Messrs . Soltan , _Dtrthez , aud Mnble ' r . Tjhe blockade by tbe French xquadron continued to be rigidly enforced at Vera Crux , and scarcely a respectable inhabitant remained in that city . Tanipico Has not _blockadt-d . and _confeouently tber * was no
_obtJt-itJe , on _account ot the _deputes with _* _rant-e , to ihe _ingren or _enresi of _inerchant ves . _< eU ; hut as _Genei'Ui _Bustamente was progre * _sing _towards that place , witosuch forces as be could tollecr , for the _pur-Mwe , of suppressing the _Federalims , who are said to have _considerably increased in _npniberi ' , it was therefore not exptoted , in _th _^ _prerent unsettled _st _^ te of affairs , that cainm _«* rce would revive until tranquillity was re > tored . Tbe _Corntvallu and Edinburgh , "f _7-i _k > n ! _* * proceeded to Huvanuah to wait orders from Commodore _Douglng , who bad shifted his pendant to the Madagascuririgate , which _khlp . with the re « of the British _rfquadron _, was at _Sacrificios . The deuchuieut of tbe line-ot-battle ship _« from the squad . is
ron reported to have taken piact m consequence if au expostulation from Admiral Baudin respecting the much _larger British force compared to that of the French , and the conce _«* . ion was made by the Commodore , to prevent any obstacle to the settlement of the dispute * between Frauce and Mexico , through the intervention of Mr . Pakennam , whose services had been accepted by both _parties _; and it was fully hoped that bis mediation would prove _successful . Previous to tbe sailing # > f the Peterel from Havaunah , a vessel arrived there which _, -aibd from Vera Cruz on the 19 ; h February . Mr . Pakenham was then hourly expected from Mtxieo , to ho ' . d a conference writb Admiral Baud . n . Duriug a _g-ile of wind on the lse February , a cutter _belongii g to the
Madagascar , which was moored a sh _« rt distance from the ship , was observed to hive broken adrifr ; the boatswain and sixteen men _wem immediatel y bent in the bar _^ e to take ber in tow . Several of the men had _^ ot into her , when a tremendous sea upset both of the b _*> _ats ; the _boatswait and Jive men succeeded in wimmuig to a reel , but tbe remainder were unfortunately drowned . It is reported that Admiral H _^ udin was _consoious ot" the error made in _takiug the pilot fn in the Express . packe _'? , and , if lequired _j in addition to tbe explanation _{ _-iven to Coiiimodort Douglas , he was ready tomaLe a most ample apology lor tbe disrespect which , at the ' impulse of the moment , was unguardedly committed to the British _hW .
The Mobdsb Of Eliza G-Rimwood. —On Frida...
The Mobdsb of Eliza G-rimwood . —On Friday a letter , of which the following is a copy , was received at Union-ball _police-office , oa the subject of the murder of the above-mentioned- female , all the circumstances attending which excited * uch an extraordinary degree of interest at the time uf its perpetration . The letter ran thus : — " Thursday evening , March 28 , 1 S 39 . ' ¦ Gentlemen , —Before you receive this hurried nore the body of the murdtrer of Eliza Grimwnod will be in the Thames . Yes , Iand I aloneam
, , tne _guil'y villain who perpetrated the hellish deed , und in a few hoars wiil receive rny deserts . Stricken in con-xietice , and shunning all mankind , I add to my character the name ot a suicide , ratber than meet with an ignominious death on the scaffold . With my death wiil all the particulars _be'in eternal _oblivion , as no human eye saw po ! gnard _ jLLej _^ _LeJier The _tpHmtyj n ' _s _nr-i-me _,-- * i * f » _shield a wotYby _fattiliy _' frohx irr < . _'proath' _\ ble disgrace , will be for ever a Heeret . Do not imagine the writer to be some bruin-struck man I am wretched . I can go on ho further . "
The above letter , wbich was addressed to the magistrates , was wriiten iu good handwriting , and on examining the post-mark it was found to have beeB forwarded from the twopenny po _* _t-oflice , Cityroad . Soon after the receipt <* f the above epistle , information was given at the office tbat tbe body of a respeetably-dre _« sed man rras found in the river , within a short _distance of Broken-wharf , Upper Thames-street , but that no werworandum or document wns found in bis possession hv which to
ascertain bis name or tbe residence of his friends . Ou _Satuiday Inspector Fiela , of the L division , attended at ihe Uuion-hall on other business , when Mr . Edwin , the chief-clerk , handed him the above letter . inspector Field , having b' en made acquainted with the finding of the body of a gentleman iu the Thames oa Friday morning , proceeded to the station-house in YYatiing-street , and from subsequent inquiries _ascertained that tbe name ot the deceased was George Green , tbat he bad beeu formerly _oaDtnin of a ahin .
but had latterly led a very dissipated life . The inspector had no opportunity , however , of seeing a specimen of the deceased ' s _haiidivritit » g , to compare it with the letter . At all events , it is rather a re markable coincidence , that the _bsuy-of a _well-dresged man was found in the river on the morning the letter «*¦ as received by the magistrate .-. On Saturday nigbt an inquest was held on the body , when it appeared that about seven o ' clock on ifiday morning the
The Mobdsb Of Eliza G-Rimwood. —On Frida...
deceased was found lying on bis face in the mud , about four feet from the shore , between some barges , and that on searching him a silver hunting watch , marked Marshall , 213 , Oxford-street , and nine shillings and a half penny were found upon his person . He had also a half-pint bottle of sherry in one of bis . _otkets . On stripping him , his sbirt was discovered to be quite dry . It had been subsequently ascerttiaed that tbe deceased had been _cajitain ' s steward on board the Victory , East India trader , but that for the last three Year * , _ueinir in bad health from a
liver complaint , he hud been without an engagement , and bad been living on what money he had _* aved ; that he had , _Bevertheless , ltd a _dis-i pared life , and had bad hia bead-quarters at 151 , _Highstrtfet , Wapping . On * _-xamining his _lodgingx , a large quantity of Indian copper money , as well as a singularly extensive wardrobe of linen and general clothing , were found . There were not , however , any papers whioh could lead to further discoverus . The deceased quitted his lodgings on Thursday -morning , and had not siuce oeen home . He
irequently drank to excess ; but it was stated by the waiter of tbe Bengal Amu , _Birchin-lane , where he had been iu the habit of _goiug for the lait twelve months , that be left that house quite sober on Thursday . The inquiry was adjourned to Wednesday . —
Fires At London In 1838.—According To Th...
Fires at London in 1838 . —According to the official reports of the last year , the total number of fires was 6 G 8 , which exceeded by 12 the average of the last five years . Of these , H were fatal fires , in which 21 lives were iost . The alarms from thimntys on fire were 107 , and there were 80 false alarms , many of which were caused by the splendid aurora borealis aud brilliant appearance of the periodic shooting stam Tne eases where premise * were totally destroyed were 33 , where they were seriously damaged 152 , and but _sligntly damaged 383 . Tb « numbers that were insured on the building and content * were 161 , on the building only 59 , on the contents only 128 . and the cases where no
_insurance at all was _effecred were 220 . The greatest number , or 63 , was in January , and the least , er 34 , in July . The distribution nn the days of the week _were—Wednesday 91 , Tuesday 87 , Friday 84 , Monday and Thur-day 81 , Sunday 77 ,-and Saturday 67 . Ihe greatest number , _distin-¦ ruishing the hours when tbey were discovered , wa * 47 at six o ' clock , p . m ., and the least , or 7 , at nix o'clock , a . m . Of the causes , 45 were undiscovered , and 6 were proved wilful ; M were unavoidable , 38 various ac _.-idents from _candles , 61 from their setting fire to bed curtains , and 33 to window curtains if
; were palpable instances of _carelessnti'S , 12 produced by .-parks from tire , arid IS from fires kindled on hearths . From tire heat applied to _vnnorw pur purrs of trade and manufactures were 39 ; flues mopped yp , defective , and ignited , 58 ; accidents from escape of gas 35 ; lucifer match-making 9 ; ovens Overheated and defective 11 ; stores and stove-pipes over-heated , & c ., 26 ; _spontar . _ebns ignition of lime , rags , and tan , & c , 9 . Of the total amount , 17 i > occurred in private dwellings , 38 in sale shops and offices , 23 with licensed victuallers , _^! * t carpenters , 37 in _lodmnir-house * . 15 at drapurs , & c .
The _Lawpinq _SiuaO't .- -The Hampshire Chronicle states _, thai the large SoUthdowii , liockraH * ter 5 in that part of the kingdom have sustained great loss , and will not breed mo / d' tbah _two-thirds _* l their usual number . The mortality among it the ewes has been vVrv ereat .
Axagcmesfzezid. Public Meeting For The R...
_aXAGCMESFZEZiD . PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE REV . J . R . STEPHENS . _OoSaturd » j _evening lait , a publio _meeiiiift was held in a twiatiag * ha » i _belmiwnj ; t » Mr . Braadhar _^ t . in _Oerby-s'reef , lu _f . _lke into « _oni ; d _.. T . ui _. > M tho CiWeol ihe Kev . J . R . _btepin'jis , and to r , ius fuiids fur his defence at UU lorihcomiux - . rial . Variuu _« atb _.-inpts h . al been _muilo tn _obtuin a mure cumiuooi .. u « place ol _uieetiii _^ , but to nu p _^^ yode _, ih .: duurs ol' _iin-tU > crutic pride being ul ; vay < i cluba _ugMH _.-tt Uouiocratic povi'riy . _tiuvYtvor , _inm-imof Whig _auil Tory intoWruiicu—in fpitt- of tbe opposition ul _n-ouii-d _luidd'O mi-n , u place wu did obtain tail hail a v _. try g _.-od _inuaiut ol' barii hands , _subur _ht-ads , an _< ) , _» p ( takl « d _amongst thereat , a c ' _-. _inaidfrablu auinbcr ( if Ian _l . cca , all _at-t'iiiiugmuch inter . _'Hted in the _renuitof ihe i _> _upending _prosreutioii , which the " huge , brutal , and bloody " _Whig » _hiivtt instituted against tbu tent Iriend ol' _Hnfi ' _-nng puVfrty . _J'l _. uaroa had bven _poottd , annuuDciug that ihe Ho > _-. VV , V . _Jackjon , from _Alunch _^ Mtor , and Mr . Al . Tens ? . Irom Bairy , would' _arttire _* _.- ! the _mt-eting ; and when _thoafgeiitlt-inun arrived , they were received wii b the luost _enthusiastic _cbetriiiir .
nir . JOHN _bTUBBS was unanimousl y called to the _chuir . He said—It . vus nigti time . the pebple sii _uld brt _eaiynciputpd _iTf _.-ia _th-. ir _presvin _degraded state , but _whieis they _wtr . ' united f « r the tank , they would never ba able to ris «" _oin-j _. > _iUiovo their _present _itupovemhed condition . Ho would u . n detain tlu'ia _uokV , a _< tbey were no doubt , a * he was _liiti . _apIf , _anxious to bear lln _.-ir _friendrf who h ; . d Couie from a di _> luiire . Me _sliould , _thereforw , conclude with the word * .. t the _placani , which tie beltl in his band , ' that Stephens waa tho _otauncli _opjioser of bad laws a _, id _uvprea-iive _meaaurr * , und lor this iiinl advocating the _rights of hone _. t labor . r— . 1 f _. iir djy ' a wa _^ es lo a lair day's work , " h < - de _^ ervea the syuipulhy and u _>* iK ( une . of ali who valued their life nr tiieir liberty , their o » n hap iness , or tbe _huiipiuew oi their wives and families . lie tlit . ii called noon
Air . vwli . MM _FAUNETT to propose the lirst resolution . '' That thin iueyting is convinced b y experience that so long as _tiit » n arc allowed to make laws so _t . s w _annate to themselves property and power , at the 1 _xp . nse o ! honest industry , tho _ItieiiQHOt the pool will be sure te meet _ni' . li _insuil aiid _ill-iiii . _if ' e . " A _inortul atub hud been _uitxde at _th- > libtTtie . 4 n . _- thu brjtish people , in the persni > of Mr . . _Stephens , and ic wu _» for the people to any whether-it should prove ei . _ectu : il , or whelh . r it ahixild turn with redoubled force _uj-on those who had directed it . Saw or never was the time . We- had for a _h * n _|* period been ground to the dust by those who feed upon tbe spoil taken _tiotn how > st labour , and when the tyiantn lei-ad thut the people were taking such a position as to pre-* . « nl u . eoutbvuauce of thu robbery , ih ' yhad pounced npon _t'te brst ol popular _aivocates _, to try whether the people were _in _. arnestor not , thinking , perhaps , that : by sucrilic . itig the _j-. _t-pie _' s Iriends , they c » uld divide the people , and thereby retain power and pluu . ' er for an indefinable period . But lei the p « ople be on the alert--let them be awake to their own _imeri-. _sia-lei th . m be united lor mutual proteciion , and all the lactiom that ever de _.-fpotic lyranny f _» _siered would not be _;> ble to resist thvir stern determ : naliou lo be free . ( Loud shears . ) Hucnncludwd by moving tbu resolution . Air . JOHN Wl ' . AVt : lt 8 > i »> cor ) . deil the resolution .
Mr . JM . ' _lONG , _troni _Rury , rose to _support the _reso * ntian , and was receivuil wiih loud _chet-rs from all _pai ts of the _meeting _, he said—It was not _Stephens that was to be tried ; it was the _pvopiH of Knghuid ; and if they allowed Stepht na to b _^ found gci _. ty , and punished , every man in the country Would be in Hanger . No man wonld be safe ; Stephens woald nut be tha ouly person to be persecuted , if ihe people did not show u dettr . r . mud front . All the wealth in the land had coiwpired against this patriot of humanity , ard lor whj . ? _Ucciinne hf : had ' tuld them that tbeir-money waablood-moiiev j that tbey had wrung their w . alfh Irom trie very vitals of the po . ir ; that a dreadlul punishment awaited their ill-died .- ; . _Because he had told them this—because he hatj said it was wrong _to ' _rtb the poor—that starvation ought hot te _wiUt in the midst of plenty , _h-i had been marked as u vjetitu by the _bl-ody _lut' . tihn who hot . l the reins ol government . Mnt wonld they ullow Stephens to be sacrificed ? ( No , 110 J Would the \ prepare to deleml bim , if money was not sufficient ? ( "V _» e will . ") Air . Vong _coutihued in an eloquent style for upward , _ofmniitmrsmd » kj . lf _,-aud coucluded- _aiuidst Iwud and _loagcontiuued cheering . , The _CHAIKMAM then put the resolution , which was carried _nnaniinoiiKiv .
Mr . WlUJAM PAHKEB rose to _proposa ( he second resolution . He had no doubt but the met ting were anxioas to hear Mr . Jackson , and » s tbat _gentleman was much more able to do justice to th « question , hv ! should cement himself with read _, ing _tite r «* _olutioti : — •¦ That it i , the _tleierminatirtii ol this meeting to iiupiess npon the public mind tbe necessity of supporting _the-llev . J . R . _Stephi us in bin _lortbcomihg trial ; arid that as he has itoud up iu den-nee of the poor in snch u bold , manly , and Christian-like manner , he is btt-hly _deserving the protection ol the brave , the assistance of lbs generous . and the thanks an 1 good , wishes of all _B- > stil _.. op ;) oj > eiit 8 . " Tha Kev . Air . Jackson _secon-. ed the _resolution . He said —The working classes need look for little hel p from any bnt fhemsrlvet }; _tfc « work was to do , end it must be done . Up
thought tliJ sooner the people provided themselves with tools the better ; they should prepare for shooting _spairows rhat they might _ahont bigger birds if necessary , he addressed the ruueting 111 a gl _> wing style of _eloqtieuce lor upwards ol an _hwur , and < oncluded ' _auiuUt _loi . d cheer . _'njc . Mr . _JOHM . NEVl _* N _prspoBed the third resolution , which _wasseetindL'd by Mr . _Barhet l : — " That this meeting deeri ; s it expetlient , for the _better collectiin of the Kev . Air . dtephens ' a Defence Vund _, that the town be divided into districts and proper persons appointed to collect the _sitiiie . " Air . _KcciiesaiJ ho would bring the _lusincss to a _gnee _^ y _cocc ' Hkion , as it _wi : 8 gettiiig late , by _proponing a Vuteof thanks to the h . ov . VV . V . Jackson , the ttev . M . Tung , and the Chan-man . which was second- d aad catricd amidst _vnthu-Btattti ? eh _.-. rii _. tr ..
Air . Jackson , after _relnrning thanks , _s : \ id he _ms ready to _luet-t any person on the question of the New Poor Law / , which h _* would _uiidert-aki * to prove was uu- £ jcri ptuT «( . _un-UhrUtian , ar . d unconstitutional . Three _che _*!* wero then given for Stephens , and the irreet \ _njf _SRparated , _uvll _satutied wiih the evening ' s _ptocecdir _. ga . The . proceeds ol tha nie « li _« 5 g _amouni . d to jfi \ _-u . U \ ; the subscription is going actively forward in ttw o > wn and _lieighbuttrhood , which we hav _.. 09 deubt , when _toaclujed . nill amonat to a _Ooosiderabla sura . '
Kart£Ebone Treatment Of Cii1ldke.V At Th...
KART £ EBONE TREATMENT OF _CII 1 LDKE . V AT THU CAFE OP GOOD HOI _* K . — KXriSAOKKiNAllV _& T . _\ TEMtNT - On Alontla ) last , Jaiu . aJohnson , _ashubbily . dressed boy , about twelve _yt-sra of age , was brought up in custody aud placed at the bar _&»• fore Air * . _Hawliinioii and L _. rd _ivlontlort , on the charge of having stolen a parse containing _nome _halff-ehte , belongingto a poor woman w ho keeps au apple stall in the _New-roa £ A _constable of the D division , by whom frit j . tisoner was , while in the act of running array , secured , Slated that the pi > rsoH robbed was not iu Htiendauce . Mr . Rawlins _^ n—Do you k . _sow » uything of tke boy F Co » _- stable—1 don ' t know him myself , but trein what 1 CSA learn reepeciing bim , he has lately _cmhiB from abroad . Air . _Rawiins ' oi . ( to tie boy)— ' * , that so ? ' Bo ) r—U _iflsd . I have bven to tne Cape of Good Hope . Mr . Rawlinson—Who- » entyott put ? Boy—Some gentle- ' men a » belongs to what they call the Jnvenile _, S _« icietv , Mr . _Rawlioson—W hy did you _karu ? J { oy—b _« eause t m ball starved and knocked about _sbamerully : but the / _served me worse than Ui .. _t—thay sold nis * i 6 fici _$ ~ fy » _otr * more
. _^ . _« _^ f « _r-Mr . Rawlinson—Sold yon . What do you _mesn—appreaticed you , I _suppose ? Bay — No , _Sir , not i > _ppreuliced ; they seldme . , Mr . RawlinHon ( with _astonlshmeii )—Tell me a little more abeut this , u > y boy . Who did thf . y _seHynn t <«? Bdj —To a Dutchman , who came and looked at a lut of lis * , ho r . ongllt me for ten guineas . . _^ j Mr . Rawlinson—How long were you atthe Cape ? Boy—More than two years . Air . Rawlinson—Ibis u a most extraordinary _itor / , and I should lik-Cpptain _brentonto b » here , particularly ua grvet omplaiatshas Irequentt y been made an to thu _aebding oat of childreu to the place named ; but t think— '• A wall dressed young ' man here _stepped _farward , and seemed _vory _auxions < o address the Mag intra tea . Air . Rawlinson—Yoa , perhaps , know something about thia bov—is it _sa ? . ' Voung Man—I do know something ef bim ; his parents ai _» 'eapectable working people , but tbey were continually being robbed by him , and in consequence- of hia associating with bad character * for day a _tegwther , an application for him to be - _¦< ent 'jut was made in the proper quarter . Air . _Rawiinaun—How long is ii since he came back T V . i ' . iuif M- < n—I _'^ _twenn _tlirnw a-nrl fuur _moutha .
Mr . _Kawliason— Do yoa ' happen to have heard why as quitted the Cape ? Young Man—Yt _»» : he Bays it waa _throagh cruel tif _atment , and that he at length contrived , after _ivuth difficulty and _inanotuvriug , to niuke his escape from the hardships imposed iputi him by a Duichiaan , to whom he and a great manyother were disposed of like bo many sheep at Sniithtield the prisoner had nut given bis right _nanid , which ia Bdward _IredDhaw . Air . R'iwlin 8 on—Hia his father been to the Society , and _mrdc Jcuown the particulars given bv him ? Young Man—He has , Sir , but 1 don ' t know which of th * gentlemen he saw . Air . ' Raw liiisoii—Have you any ihir . gfurtber to say ? Y' _-ung Alan—! he poor boy lefia me that the way the f ale tra _.- _< ffl ' _ectfd was this ; the Dutchman came to the master * saying he wanted so many _bnys , but that he shouldn ' t giv _» more than ten gui . ieas _a-pn-ce . A number of them were brouaht out . an-i exhibited before him . but he wanted _ts
pick out those which he _crng'd _^ _red the _atrongest and best ; tha nvAMer _refused t *> let him do so , telling bim thut he must take them as they came ; he then selected a" lot" and took them away little and big together . The tnslituiion by which th . > boy was sent ont wan not the "Juvenile _Society , " as h » states , hut the "Children ' s Friend Society . " _ Mr , _Ruwliwion '—Y ; : a ; I kne . w what s ' ociety he meant I _hnpe ' to God the story I have heard is not true . It is a tnnsfc _«» . ua » . Ai ___ _—^ - ' ¦ . _" _^ _'"e-ntauite an incredible one . Young Alan—It is indveu , _s . r . ' Mr . _Rawliiiaon—Perhaps you'll be _kiad enongh to take the troubla « f calling upon Captaia Brenton ; make my compliments to him , and say ( hat _if-Ue can make it convenient to came down here 1 shall be glad .- __ Captain Brenton B _» on afterwards arrived , and b y iJirection of Mr . _Rawlinacn , went into the Clerk ' s room , wnh the boy , wiih wfimn he remaim-d nearlV a _onarter of an hour , _butsis
ihe conversation which took place between theiu . in reference tothe case was private , onr-reporter ii unable to make known _« ny particulars in addition to those which transpired bM ' _iwe the bentW . _;' --- '¦ _.- •' ,, 0 <\ the return of the Captain to the _Jostiee Room , beheld a short conversation , which was quite inaudible , with Lord Montfort , and then retired . '¦? - V _ | ' : ¦>' . The hoy says t _& ai when" he escaped . from tb » Dntchroan he went on board of , and worked his way home in , a cutter . .- ¦ •'¦ ¦ ' ' -. ¦ Mr . _Rawlinaoa , after the _digriwal _« _T the night charges , Save orders to the _gaoler ' tn keep-the . " wy _' _tnaafe custody _•! n il to-morrow ( this da j . ) when ha and hia father , _agreeahly to an _understHnding entered into , will have an interview wiih Captain Brenton ,-at hi * residonce iu York-street . The otUce w ; ig at the period of the inve » tigation much crowded , and the details entered into appeared to excite tho deeDest interest . —Sun . _Tueidav .
To Chaib Makers, Wanted Immediately, A W...
TO CHAIB MAKERS , WANTED _immediately , a Windsor Chair Framer . A good workman may _haive _cpnntatit work aud Rood wages on _applicatioa to MV . Wm . P > xton , chair manufacturer , 6 , _Blanlrftt Row , Hull . Applications try letter _^ must be _pcifc . _oaid .
On Saturday, -A-Pbix. 13 , Will Appeal! ...
ON SATURDAY , -A-pbix . 13 , will _appeal ! , , _the , - _First Number ot thtf :.- ..,.:...-. london _DEMacfi _^ : ; : ;¦ A Penny Weekly Paper , established a _« ¦& in _43 itiin of communication for the Working _Clas'S _^ j' _^ a ' Tia ' abw tor the diftus ; . n of pure Demotratie / _PfiihiT-Jretf . ' _' ; *' Published by Pattie , 4 ,. Bfydges _Sttett _j _CoTBtat Garden , and sold by all _Newsveuders . '" ¦ ' v ' Price One Penny . _,, The pnper will ci'ntain scenes and _sketches _frorrt the firut French-revolution ; and a faithful history of the Polish revolution : bv a Polish Exile .
Caution. Ten Pocnes. Reward. Mr. Wilkins...
CAUTION . TEN POCNES . REWARD . MR . WILKINSON , Surgeon , No . 60 , templars Street , Leeds , _bt-gs to caution the Public _against _purcha . "ing Medicine from > ome men who are going about tkt * country stating that they belong Mr . W ., and on other pretence * , _stating th «? ir _narats to be Wilkinson , from Wo .. 60 , Templar ' s Street , Leeds . Mr . W . therefor ** - offers tbe above Reward to any individual who will'lodge the _KcoundreU ia any of her Majesty's gaols , so that they may be dealt with according to law . Alxo . £ 5 will be given to J . Smith if he will come forwards and give the name and residence of the individual - who practised such au imposition in January last . For more particulars see Mr . Wilkinson ' s advertisement in our second page .
B Lindjg-Es-S. Mr. Child Begs To Announc...
B LINDJg-ES-S . MR . CHILD begs to announce his intention of visiting the following Towns , viz .: Sheffield , _Gt-orge Hotel , Market Place , on Thursday , April 11 th . _B-wiit-ley , King ' s Head , Friday , Ap _' ril 12 th . Wakefield , New Elephant , Saturday , April 13 th . Bradford , White Swan , Monday , Tuerday , Apr . 15 th , 16 : h . Halifax , Boar ' s Head , Wedne # da \ , Thursday , April _lTch , 18 th . _Hudderefield , Plough Inn , Fr iday , Saturday , April 19 ih , 20 th . Mr . C . wiil attend at the above ' places , every eight weeks . Advice _aratis . Hours of Attendance from 10 to 3 .
People's Hepositoat Of Cheap. Jlwovnjb&G...
_PEOPLE'S HEPOSITOaT OF CHEAP . _JLWOVnJB _& GE . - MESSRS . PATON & LOVE , Bookskll « B 8 . _SiATipNhKs , Librarians , and Niws AOeNTS , No . 10 , _Neisou-street , Glasgow , tak _« this _opportunity of expressing their gratefulness to . the Public , for the very liberal _Encouragement they have experienced since they commenced ihe above Business , and beg to state , that no Exertion shall be wanting on their part to ensure a continuance of that _Farour which they have so _unexptctedW received . Messrs . P . and L . bave been appointed Agenti for the Northern Star for _Glasgow ar , d the West of Scotland , and can assure Country aud Town Ntwi _Agents and Readers , tkat they may confidently rely on their Orders heino bunetuallv _Attended tm .
_urcers to be Poet-paid , with Cash . Several of the Loudon and Glasgow Weekly Newspapers always on S _.-ie , . and'Orders taken for the _wholtMhat are Publishing . Messrs . P . and L , have also constantly on Sale al the Standard and New PeriodicaW issuing _, among which ate the Penny _Cycloj . « _djg , '' pru ' _o ' _T Magazine , Chambers' Edinburgh Journal , _i Chambers' People ' s Edition of Valuable Works , Hodgson ' s Standard Libraries , The -London Saturday Journal , The _Scotti-b Temperance Journal , Tin * Christian _Teacher , Wilson ' s Tales of the Borders , The Romancist , The Novel Newspaper , thelPennT Satirist , & j . & c . \ " ' " ' Bookbinding neatly Executed . Aocount Boob dene w Order . Gilawgow , April 4 th . 1839 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_06041839/page/1/
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