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FRANCE . The Courrier Francois draws a deplorable picture 0 ? the hardships and sufferings which the Trench « nny of occupation have to endure in Africa , " © ur troops , " says that paper , " are there placedin a condition unworthy of the grandeur of France and of modern civilization . Almost entire regiments have disappeared -without having seen a shot fired . This fatal * harvest' of men is unusually immense in Io 39 . We hare ascertained the numbers , but dare not publish them , lest it excite in France a cry of horror which -would make every heart vibrate , except those of our soldiers themselves . "We shall only affirm that in less than fire months several battalions of GOO -n ^ . ^~^ -
men Iost 1200 eacn , and haTe now 390 sick ; that detached companies have lost two-thirds of their men and continue their service with the other third ( that i ; , when the latter is free from fever ) ; and , finally that we have seen hospitals where no beverage could ' be administered to the sick for want of phials . We are wrong , perhaps , to call them "hospitals , for there axe only two worthy of _ that name in Africa—the ho . = pi : alof the Dey at Algiers , and that of Douera in the neighbourhood ; the other are mere wooden barracks , built of roughly joined planks , where the hsat of a burning sun penerates during the day and an ley cold daring the nisht In these retched sheds most of the sick soldiers have no beds , - and elsewhere that is to say in yet too many places , taoss sick lie under tentssome on straw others on
, , tne ba ^ e earth . One-fifth of the army of Africa have perished in the hospitals or on the naked ground , within the last fifteen months , and two-thirds of the remainder are now ilL Trie other tLird consists of ^ etween ,- . 000 and 8 , 900 unconquerable athlets , with hearts of steel , upon whom neither the elements , ¦ disease , nor the enemy's arms exercise the slightest in ^ aence . They alone perform the whole duties of the army , and go through 'hardships of which no -description conld give an adeanate idea . " Private letters from Toulon , of the 3 th instant , state thai the schooner Legere arrived on the 3 rd froia Tunis ( where sheleftthe brig of war JPatinure )
bhe wa 3 the bearer of most pressing ^ despatches , mentioning that a great movement of troop 3 had taken pla ? e in the Regency , and that " the EngKA party -n-ere actively at work to overcome theinfluesre of the French in the country . " f he Trllnister of iLirine had ordered all the navy officers on furlooijh in Paris to repair forthwith to their respective px-ts ; and the maritime prefects had been instructed w apprise the Minister by telegraph of the arrival of those officers . Tne ifarengo sMp-of-tbe-iiEe ~ -was completing her supply of water , but the three decker Souverain could noj be ready for sea before two or three mouths .
The Paris stock-market was but slightly affected by the accounts from the United States brought bv the Liverpool , and which first reached" the French capital a ? . Saxurday . At the commencement of business some alarm was manifested , bnt it was not of long continuance . The trifling depression observable in the prices of Saturday , when compared with those of Friday , were in fact attributed to the melancholy state of the French army in Africa , alraa-lv noticed . - Tae Droti states that Haber , who was condemned to "Transportation for conspiring against the life of the Kiiiir , but has been kept in confinement at Mont
Sr . Miehel , has been subjected there to the srstem of solitary connsaneni . in a short time he suffered so much from this treatment tuat he declared he would starve himself to death if they did not place him asain with his companion , named Annat . Hcber iept his word , and remained three whole days without tasting ainorsel of his food . On the fourth day he was in a dyiag state , but still persevered . Overcome by this desperate resolution , the director has rastored him to Ms comrade , and he has since recovered . The Otter political prisoners who hare bmi s ^ t * jee -od to the same punishment have exclaimed against it as insupportable .
SPAIN . TLe Moniteur of Friday publishes in a telegraphic d&fjjsich , ihe news of the ' reiirement or dismission of the C-jnni d'Espange , and xhe taking command of theCarlist army in Catalonia by General Segara . Th ^ general opinion at Paris is , that this removal of the Count ^ TEspa-jne is a prelude to the submission of the Gatalotian chiefs to the Queen ' s
HOME .. Tke Losd Mayor ' s Dat . —Saturday , being Lord Mayors Day , the city , from an early hour of the morning , was one scene of bustle and animation , the fineness of the day ( unusualfor the 9 ih of November ) , havin g drawn an immense throng of persons from lie snourbs andthe surronnding country-to witness ice customary display of civic splendour . In ihe evening there was a banquet at Guildhall , and the Lord Mayor proposed " The Health of Lord Melbourne and her Majesty ' s -Ministers . " When the toast was announced it -was received with a . burst of hisses from all paru of the halL The rising of
Lord Melbourne , Lord Nonnanbv , Lord Palmexswn .- and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to return shanks , was the signal fora still louder display of dissatisfaction . The tumult in the hall was indescribable . Lord Melbourne in vain attempted to address th-e assembly . Hi 3 voice was drowned in the hisses . When order " was partly restored , he entreated them to be silent , if only for a few miuntes . Again the hisses and applause rendered his Toice inaudible . The Lord Mayor attempted to obtain him a hearing ; bai with little effect j and his Lordship and his colleagues th = n resumed their seats amid a deafening noise of hisses and "weak applause , which lasted for federal minutes .
Fiees . —Sunday morning , about half-past three o ' clock , a fire broke oat on the premises of Mr . Baiefoot , a tallow chandler aaid meher , So . 110 , Upper-street , Islington . The premises being situated dose to the station Jiouse of the If division of police , messen&era -were despatched thither , and directly afterwards Inspector Miller arrived with a large body of constables and the two parish engines , but on their reaching the spoijrery little water could ~ be procured , and ^ he iiaines spread with such fearful rapidity that the contents of the store rooms adjoin ^ ing had ignited , but fortunately the engines and men from the brigade stations of Farringdou and "Whitecross-streets arrived quickly , followed by the West of England . The firemen exerted themselves in the
aiosi praiseworthy mariner , and having been compelled to work from seven lengths of hose , ihey experienced a somewhat difficult task in encountering the strong body of flame . Seeing not the least probability of saving any port ion of the melting house , they directed their " exertions towards saying tfie storerooms and stabling of Mr . Toomer , in which they happily succeeded , but with slight damage . The stock o ' f Mr . / Masters , a carpenter , is also injured . —Oa Saturday night , about ten o ' clock , a fire breke out in the warehouses of Messrs . Kemp and Luek , brush makers , Blenheim-niew 3 Oxford-street . Inforcnatioa was forwarded to the King-street and Chaados-street stations , and although assistance was instaatly procured , before the flames were extinguished a loss of £ 300 or £ 400 of property was occasioned - —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Friday iiijht , an alarming fire broke out in a range of
stabliag in Bridle-lane , Golden square , belonging to Air . LufkiH 3 , of Princes-street , stationer and rag merchant , which were used as store rooms . For some time great apprehension as to the safety of the adjoining houses was felt , particularly that of Messrs Broadwood and Co _ pianoforte manufacturers ,, whose extensive workshops are ^ situated next door but one , bat the engines belonging to the . London fire brigade having arrived from the station in lung ^ streetj and that of the County fire-office , with the St . James's parish engine , and there being a plentiful « upply of-water , ihe flames were effectually checked , and in about an hour were completely got under aad ultimately extinguished . The property destroyed is not of any Very considerable value , but much damage was done to the building . The or igin of the fire has not been discovered , but it is supposed to have been caused by some boys Jetting off fireworks in the lane .
The New Judge . —On Monday morning an unwonted excitement prevailed in the nsnally particularly quiet and solemn Common Pleas , and a great crowd of persons rushed into the Court , anxiou 3 to witness the ancient and singular ceremony of admitting a Sergeant , it l > eing imperatively necessary that a Judge should have attained the degree of the coif . Immediately upon the Judges taking their seats , Sir Robert Rolfe , the late Solicitor-Greneral , appeared at the bar , and the Sergeants and the other members of the bar remained , standing , while the following forms were gone through : —The Master save a paper to Sir Bobort , and another to Sergeant Wilde ; Sir Robert proceeded to read some exceedinfflv inexDlicable ( at least to unenlightened ears )
rigmarole , about a certain Henry Stocks , > who had been defrauded of a piece of land , Talne "half a mark , " by some other person—" whose * ame we were unable to catch" ( as the reporters say in the House of Commons ) and the said Henry btocks claiming the judgment of the Court to reinstate him in this valuable estate . Then Serjeant Wilde from his paper read something we did not hear ,, and Sergeant SpanMe saidEomethiDgwe didBotmderstand the upshot , however , of the whole tos , that the Lord Chief Jnsticea < ldressed Sir Bobert as "Brother Kolfe "—( from which it was dear that Sir Robert Tvas a Sergeant)—and asked Mm if he ironld move anythins ! to which Brother Jlolfe responded by a
respectfully negative bow , and forthwiui proeeeaea io u back out , " after BhaMng hands 'frith as many Sergeants as he could get at , and-mth . as many stuft-. gowii pillions as conld get at him . —Sun . _ RrHu , Police is Wiltshibje . —The committee or magistrates appointed to . obtain partjcolsrs , & •© - » relative to a new constabulary force , and to report to * he adjourned quarter sessions , met in Devizes on Thursday , aad "were -unanimous in opinion _ as ' to the tmreasonableness of establishing this force in Wilts . They also recommend that -the full complement of anen shall be a . ppointed , ux-order that ihe operation of the let may be extended throughout the country The annual expense it is stated , will amount 11 . 0007 . Wilts IndeperAenL
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w ^^^ AF ^ ^ raoon , ^ inquisition was taken at the Black Horse , Poplar , before Mr Baker , on view of thehody of amantnknownfaboui fifty years of age , vrho died under the following melancholy circumstance of want and priSSonS Jas Hamworth a labourer , in emplojnient at the FoUyhouse , Blackwall said that onVonday nLlrt deceased wasdiscoveredhy him about elevenJdf k ! S > fg SV slled bel ? ngin « t ° Mr . Welsh . Witness h ? m wo ^ r <^\ some tnrni P Btal ^ S to keep him warn , for which he returned thanks . He was apparentl y quite destitute . He said that h « wa niin TlaVfii- nn vi ' . n , « r * i , « i , ^» j . . ^ , ' ueiore AH .
ne -be suffered to lie there . Witness told him that he would be allowed . He then bid deceased hf ^ nft T , left hhn - Witne 33 saw no more of i 4 } , W « daesday mght , -when he was brought to the Folly-house , and witness heard that he was lonnd m the shed , He wa 3 insensible , and died in three quarters of an hour afterwards . Verdict that * w ?^ ^ f « d in a dying state , that he died shortly after , and that death was caused by want and privation .
i » v > ?^ ? 5 ' t . —Twelve Men Killed . ( Abridged from-the Bath Herald , second edition . )—Uarnday moraing , at four o ' clock , a most awful calamity took place at Radstock Wells-way pit , The following individuals—Richard Langford , a ^ 44 ; iarnham Langford , his son , aged IB ; Alfred . Langlord , another son , aged 13 ; Jame 3 Keevil , a ^ ed 41 , and his two sons , Mark , aged 15 , and James , 14 ; TS ilham Adam 3 , 19 ; Leonard Dowling , 12 ; William bummers ,-26 ; Amos Dando , 13 ; . John Barnet , 41 ; and James Pearce , 18 ; had hooked on to the rope for the purpose of descending the pit ; their weight was just fully on the cord when it snapped , precipitating the whole twelve to the bottom—a depth of / 51 ) feet , and literally dashing them to pieces So terrible was the shock that only one body could be identified , the remainder being literally smashed and dissevered limb from limb . The seven men who
were waiting at the bottom of the shaft to berelieved by the sufferers were so horror-stricken by the ghastly spectacle as to lose their speech . It appears that some fiend in human form had , during the preceding night , injured the rope , which was nearly new , and had chipped it nearly in two . It was quite * if ' i , , m the aPPearance of the rope , that the nbTes had bean cut , their ends being smooth , in those parts tampered with , and jagged in the part v 4 » ich hadgneuway . On the previous night , this same rope had safely borne thirty-two cwts . As soon ™
the rope could be adjusted , tliree men were let down into the pit . \ ie lament to say that no clue has vet oeen found to the detection of the perpetrator * luis hurriole act , and that several of the sufferers hare lef s lamdies . The inquest took place on Friday aoruing when Kingston , the bailiff of the pit , deposed that on the night before the rope was quite perfect ; seven men went down safely . Ho was decidedly of opinion that the rope had been purposely injured . Alihough he slept on the works , he Heard no noise during the night .. He knew of no ill feeling among the men . Thomas James , a workman at the pit , saw the twelve men readto descend . The top
y nan asked him MUat was the matter . with the rope ? IU said " nothing "—when the cord broke , and they fell to the bottom . He was of opinion thai the injnry to the rope must have been wilfully done . George Short , a workman , left his pick and snovel at the mouth of the pit , and when he returned in the morning he found them there . Thomas Hill , one of the workmen , who found ihe bodies at the bottom of the pit , described their appearance . He also deposed to the soundness of -the rope on the evening before the accident . The jurv , after a short consult ation , returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "
^ Extraordinary Attempt at Self-mit . der . —On Saturday afternoon , a young man of respectable exterior * a 3 admitted into St . Thomas ' s Hospital , ha-ring been brought there from the house of a man of tho name of Williams , Ko . 162 , Kent-street , where he had-attempted to blow his brains out with the tube of an Italian iron . He was a stranger to Williams , and had only lodged there the previous nisrht . About twelve o ' clock soms alarm was caused in the house upon hearing a very loud report , which proceeded from the room where he was . On oroceeding there he was found upou the floor , stretched apparently lifele-s . He was bleedinc ; profusclj- from the mouth , aud there was a strong siuell of gunpowder in the room . Having been placed upon a bed
the police were called in . They searched the room , bnt could not fiad a pistol ; bat ihey observed on the iloor the tube of an Italian iron , which was blackened as if with gunpowder , and which was a ! so much shattered . They also observed at the inclosed end of the tnb « that a touch-hole had heeu made . Inquiry was subsequently made of the young . man , when be stated that he had formed an incision iu the tube with a hand-saw ; that he then put the powder in , and afterwards a marble . He next fixed the tube firmly in the wainscot , when , haviag put the muzzle of it in his mouth , ho out a lighted lucifer
match-to ihe tonch-hole . He was promptlv taken to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , whereit was ascertained that the lower jaw was mnch shattered , and that the marble had passed through Ihe cheek on the right side . The marble was found in bis room . "When he was admitted he refused to give his name ; but upon being made aware that he wa 3 in danger , he gave the name of William Clarke His relations Trere discovered to be most respectable ; aud his father soon called upon him . It appears that he has been of extravagant habit 3 , and that he has been absent from his friends since Monday last . Hopes are entertained that liemsT recover .
Thb Ba * ks of the Uxited States . — Reports are current , on the alleged authority of Captain Fayrer , the commander of the steamer , that , as he was leaving the harbour , an intimation was conveyed to him by telegraph , to . the effect that the bank 3 at New York and Boston had also suspended . Whether this statement is well or ill founded , we are wholly unable to say ; but on a careful consideration of the intelligence brought by the Liverpool , we are of opinion that the New York banks , at any rate , would be compelled to give way . It appears perfectley clear , that tho demand for specie , for the purpose of shipment to England by the Liverpool , which would have greatly incommoded them , was only staved off by a manoeuvre of the most desperate
and hopeless character , namely by drawing bills against a quantity of new bonds created by the State of New York , which were sent out by the packet along Tirith the bills drawn against them on . parties in this country . Prior to . the adoption of this expedient , the rate , exchange on England had been 111 to llli ; but the bills drawn against the new loan were " offered freely at 108 i to 169 , ~ at which rates they found purchasers , who remitted them in preference to specie . This scheme , however , though it answered the purpose for the moment , cannot , we think , "be eventually successful , unless some previous arrangement has been made with parties in this country , to accept and proTide for the bills . —Manchester Guardian .
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TRIAL AMD CO ^ nTICTIOX OF A MEMBER OF THE CONVENTION , AND THIRTYFOUR OTHER CHARTISTS , FOR SEDITION , &c . LANCASHIRE COUNTY SESSIONS . ( Before the Rev . J . " Brooks , Deputy Chairman to Lord Skelmersdale . ) James Finney , one of the late " representatives of thej > eople , " in the National Convention for the borough of Wigan , Leigh , &c , aged 42 , and Geo . Bellamy , aged 47 , were indicted at these sessions for haying , with other evil-disposed persons , assembled together ia a tumultuous manner , and by loud shouts and intimidation ; terrified the peaceable inhabitants of Leigh , in thb county , and there and then having addressed the people so assembled , and
by their violent and inflammatory language endeavoured to excite the persons so assembled to cease from labour , and to hold a national holiday , and exciting them to act 3 of violence against the property and persons of her Majesty's liege subjects resident in the Leigh Union . There were twenty-five other Chartists to be tried for offences connected with the assemblage of the people and the stopping , of the factories , but the case of Finney and Bellamy was tried separately . The court-house exhibited quite a warlike appearance , in consequence of the number of pikes , 3 words , and daggers produced , which had been taken from the insurgB-ts . Most of the former were three-quarters of a yard in length , and mounted upon poles six feet long . .
3 Ir . Cross , a , barrister of Bolton , stated the case for the prosecution , from which it appeared that for weeks after the first of Angnst Ia 3 t the whole of the manufacturing district about Leigh , Atherton , Bedford , Pennington , Wigan , &c ., Tpraa in a complete state of rejbellion , from the thousands of armed persons assembling to stop the factories , and euforco the keeping of a ' national holiday ' until the People's Charter became a law . There were several revolutionary meetings held , at which Bellamy acted as chairman , and Finney as a speaker . Be produced the following paper , which was issued on the 1 st of August , exhorting the people to cease from labour : —
•* Working men 1—You have been instrumental in electing the General Convention to . watch oyex your rights and interests ; it now becomes your bounden duty to render every assistance in your power" for carrying out this great and glorious object , namely , the People ' s Charter . " Working men , after petitioning and remonstrating the present miscalled House of Commons , and to no effect , all future hopes being therefore dear troyed , the Convention has provisionally fixed the 12 th day of August for a general cessation from labour ; you are therefore requested , nay , your duty demands your presence in the market place , therofor » , to declare younrillingness to carry out the National Holiday , before God , and in the presence of many of your enemies , who will no doubt ¥ e in .-termixed amongst yon .
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" Industrious bees , it behoves you , one and all , to leave your hivea and g \ warm into town around the standard of liberty , ana if you are hot to hare an equal share of that which you produco , at once tell the drones that you will cyase producing , and aro determined never to produce x ^ ore , until such time as your legal and constitutional rights , are conceded , or that the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the land . . . . ¦ . "By order of the Committee , : Richaed Brookes , ^ Secretary . " leave your hives and 8 \ warm mto town around the
Thoma 3 Darwcll , the constable , of jt ? ennington , Mr . James : Hayes , a cotton-manufacturer , and several other witnesses were then called , am . "I proved that on the 1 st of August , a large number . of ?<* « ons , to the number of between 2 , 000 land . 3 , 000 , assembled in tho Market-place of Leigh , armed with pikes , sticks , and bludgeons , some carrying cro "' bars on their shoulders . There was a cart iu ti "* P centre , which was used as hustings , on which \ r « x Bellamy and Finney , both of whom addressed the mob , the former acting as chairman . Fenney was heard _ to say that h » had been chart'od with running away from the National Convention at Birmingham in order to save his neck from the gallows , which he denied to be the fact , and alleged that he had left the . Convention because he could get no money to support himself with . Resolutions weTe moved and seconded by the prisoners . It was further proved that other large bodies of workmenwho
, were assembled by the sound of horns , had congregated together on the l-2 th-and 13 th , and other days named in tho indictment , the prisoners taking part in the proceedings . They commenced meeting by four o'clock iu the morning , and contiuued to coaduct themselves in a tumultuous manner during the whole of the day ,, travell-ng from one township to the other , succeeding , by threats of violence , in compelling the operatives to turn out of the different cotton mills . They subsequently attacked the police , and expressed their determination to ccaso work uuui they had won their-cause . The inhabitants of the district were ia terror for their lives and property ; all the shops were closed , business was at a stand-still , and it was only through tho prompt measures of the magistrates , who read the Riot Act , and called in the military , that eventually the mob were dispersed , and induced to resume labour .
Bellamy , a little sturdy fellow ,. with one eye , dressed aa a collier , whom the calendar described as being scarcely competeut . to wriw , in his defence , denied that he was in any-way connected with the late riots , and said they might as well charge him with instigating the whole of the agitation which had pervaded England as to connect him ; with thetio disturbauces . The evidence against him was of the weakest kind , nothing having been proved to show that " . he was appointed chairman . He had ever maintained for himself the character of a loyal add honest subject ; and to endeavour to consign him to a dungeon as a rebel was a malevolent and wicked act . \ Ho denied having ever received a farthing from society but what he had worked laboriously
for , and had never the most remoto idea of living on the plunder of others , or of leading innocont mea into error . He had assembled with his fellow men to make known their gr ievances , and if that was a crime , Lord Johu Russell , and not himself aiid colleagues was to blame , as the then Home Secretary at a tlniner in Liverpool had stated thai the people had a right to ineet in an open constitutional manner to discuss and endeavour to remedy their miseries . If he had given offence to the law of his country , he had done so in ignorance , having kept within the constitutional limits of the law , as appointed by Lord Johu Russell . Under these circumstances he coufidently hoped for an acquittal . :. " . " -.. "
lcnOT , the Delegate to the Convention , took the same hue of defence as Bellamy , both declining to call wiineises , but stated that " the constables who had given evidence against them could , if they thought proper , give them a character as houes ' t hard-working men . c T 9 iair P an said tLev m 'S nt cal 1 tli-o constables it they thought proper . ^ Tho prisoners said , that if the constables did not choose to do so of thoit owu frea will , they would not detain the Court .
' 1 he XJiiairman , in summing up the evidence , said , thattoproroa conspiracy a-ainst the prisoners it was not necessary to . ahow that they were present at the riotous assemblages ; it was sutlicieut if they were the means of iusti ^ ating tlie people ^ to assemble for an unlawful purpose to make out a case of cons . dracy . The evidence given clearly proved the mcctings to be iiiegal . The paper produced in Court , and the cvideuce given , evinced that an illegal body calling itself " the National Convention , " had fixed a date for a national holiday . An attempt to enforce a national holiday was an offence against the laws , and it was / or the Jury to say whether the prisoners were a party to such proceedings .
The Jury , without hesitation , found the prisoners guilty .. . K S-iThe Chairman then said , that as . there was other cases of a similar description to try , in which pir-Ues would be involved in difii ; rent degrees of guiit , he should defer passing sentence till they were aH disposed of . ^ George Smith , aged 2 G ; William Wilcox , 37 ; lvichard HaTrison , 3 (); Thomas Massey , 23 ; Thomas bmiih , 41 ; John Collier , 33 ; John Blackburn , 21 James JJoardmau 23 ; John Dutton , 2 l »; William Nixon , 45 ; Matthew Starkie , 22 ; John Chals 6 n , 45 ; Alexander Cross , 23 ; John Hurst , 25 ; Wiliiam Kay , 21 ; Thomas Dean , 19 ; George Smith , 33 ; John Baxendale
, 24 ; Joseph Webster , 35 ; James Battcrsby , 54 ; Richard Eckersley , 22 ; John Shuttlewbrth , 55 ; Luke Wherrall , 28 ; William Moss , 36 ; Jeremiah Rigby , 27 ; and Peter Heat on , 40 ; were subsequently indicted for having , at Pennington , We 3 t Leigh , Bedford , Tyldesley , Atherton , and other placed , with various other persons , paraded the . said townships in a tumultuous manner , and by threats and intimidation compelled others to join them in compelling the millovrners and manufacturers to stop their milk and turn out their hands , and throateamg acts of violence if they refused . Mr . Wilkins defended Baxeudale , Battcrsby , Eckersly , and Webster ; the other prisoners wefc undefended .
air . Cross stated th « case for the prosecution , and having called witnesses to prove the case , Mr . WiMn 3 spoke for the . defence , and denied that sufficient proof had been adduced to show that the prisoners had been in the assemblage oT people with any improper intent . The Chairman then summed up the evidence against the prisoners , stating , that although the Learned Counsel ' s eloquence was of a high character , the jury must confine their attention to the facts disclosed in evidence .
The Jnry found all the prisoners Gui ! ty . Ten other deluded individuals * belonging to the Chartist party , were subsequently tried / and found Guilty . . " . _ ¦ ¦ . . , The Chairman said , that he should defer passing sentence until he had consulted his brother magistrates . The sentences were expected to be passed that evening , but , as it was growing late , they were deferred to some other day . —Sun .
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NORTHERN POLITICAL UNION . The Council met as usual on Wednesday eveninjr , at their rooms , in Nun-street . The president Mr-Edward Charlton in the chair . The secretary read several letters addressed to the Union , on tlie subiect of a Provincial Convention . That from Sheffield we have published already , the following arc the most remarkable of those letters : — Bishopwearraouth , Oct 30 th , 1839 . X > eai Sir , —A meeting of the Council of the Durham County Charter Association "was held last evening , when your letter , respecting the proposed Local General Convention was taken into consideration , and the following resolutions thereon unanimously adopted i ~
1 st—" . That this Council approves of a Convention of Delegates , from Northumberland , Durham , and Cumberland , to be held-in ; Newcastle ,.-to take into consideration the best means of increasing and giving the most evident direction to public opinion , in favour of Parliamentary Reform , according to the principles of the People's Charter . " 2 nd - — " That this meeting would strongly recommend all who are interested in attaining the foregoing objecti to hold similar Conventions in their respective localities , as the best means of collecting accurate information respecting the state of political feeling and Organisation , maturing plans for future agitati n , and so preparing the materials for another General Convention ; and this meetiag further recommends that the sa-d Local Conventions , should use their utmost exertions to facilitate the latter object . " . . \
Trusting that these resolutions will meet the views and wishes of the Northern Political Union . I am , Sir , Yours in Democracy , '" ,- . ' J- Williams . " Edinburgh , 28 th Oct . 1839 , " Sir , —The Edinburgh Universal Suffrage Committee , have taken up the recommendation of a Provincial ConTention , -when , after a long discussion as to the objects of the Bald Convention ; they came to the follo-sving conclusion : 'That they ( the Committee ) highly approve of { he contemplatea Provincial Convention , aad recommend it to be held in : Manche « ter- ' Itis more Vwa . probable that we shall have a delegate in that body -w ' aen they meet , you -will , then . - hear the true state of ou' - affairs .
"I am , your most obedient Servant , ' - . . '' Peteb Andebson , Sec . i ' ^ J 3 , Brown-street " 7 "Hump then brought forward the subject ' of t iie Provincial Convention . I ) r . Taylor—when he s « vf it in the Liberator—had conversed with Eeyeral
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leaders of the teople in London , and they wet e £ « TZ i #° ¦* $ **** of PisWct Convention * , buch was also the opinion of the men of Sunderlatod , he would therefore move that a Pistrict aad Border Convention be forthwith assembled in Nowca ^ but . that-any delegate , sent from - any ? otherpart of the Jbmpire , should be received as ; members of the Conv nUon . Seconded by Mr . Edgar , and passed > Prauq ^ Meetixg : ; in ¦ . : UNsvroRTH .-Mr . Charlton reported that on last Saturday evening , thore was a most spirit J meeting of almost all the working men ofthat ( li . trict . The most patriotic feeling v ? as evinced , aud they had it in contemplation to hold a Kaaieal tea . ICheers . ) favourable to the holding of Diat . riAt r-An ^* : ^ -
DISTHICT CONVENTION . k-H ?^^ ^ -W- $ &- Devyr , and seconded by ftlr . Charlton , that the District Convention assemble m Newcastle on Monday , Dec . 2 nd . Carried unanimously . ¦¦ . ¦¦ ¦ - .. A . Cdmmittee was ^ then appoittted to take ^ meaautes m ro ° ePtlon of the convention , to meet onFriday a ^ nd Tuesday evenings . DEFESCE PpND COMMITTEE . TL 'i * committee reporjtod that seyefal new boxes had b aen . mado , and would be left properly labelled at the ; ShQp . of Mr . Blakey , Mr . Prance ' s , Joint Stock 1 royision Stores , Now iMarkefc , &o .
Tfl . B CONVENTION FESTIVAL OF WELCOME . . Mr . Jaa'ss . Ayr moved that a public tea be held in honour « , ot -the Convention . and he would move that it be he . 'd on the Wednesdayy in the weekthat the Cohventio , l \ assembled in Newcastle ; seconded by Mr . Hume . It was mpn -d as an amendnient , that it be held on Monday , the first day of the assembling of the Convention ^ -which : was agreed to ahnost uhani ' mously . - ' : '' : ¦¦] ' . ¦ ¦" . ¦ ¦¦ . - ' ¦ '¦;¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ - '¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ Mr . Devyr movou ) f and , ] Slr . Hogg seconded , that all parties in the ' districts ,, holding books , be rerequested te meet in t : his room oil next Wednesday evening , in order to n iceive the instructiohs of the Council ; It was then , agreed that the Council assemble in future at : li , ilt-past seven , i nstead of eight o ' clock . SCOTLaVND .
Important Meetinp of wn ¦ Central Committee . —On'Thursday evening last , a » i adjourned monthly meeting of " , the Univerfial Suffn . ' . go Central- 'Cpmmittee fgr yeotlaad , was held in the > r Rooms , iVinco ' s Street ^ Mr . Moir President in th o Chair . 'It was moved by Mr . W . C . Pattison , arid seconded by Mr ; WJ . Currie Garbals , and carried t--1 st . That the Resolutions of tho Central C * mmitte »' i passed on the 12 th September last ,. " llecommouUmg to their countrymen to take into their immbdia . te consideration the necessity of preparing thernse ' tVea for petitioning the- House of Commons at the opening of the eusufug . Session of Paiijament , " hk-viiig beou generally responded to , every town , village , hamlet , factory , workshop ; rural district , &c ,, in Scotlana
are now reiiuested to prepare petitions , and to have them as ui | ivcrsally sigued as ppsgiblt ) , so as to be really to pour them into , the House of Commons , in thousands , iinmcdiatoly after the opening of Parliament . "— 2 ud . " That tho Committee previously appoinfjed for the drawing up addresses , &c ., bo instructed to meet as early as possible to draw up a , general phin . for petitioning , ' as also th « draft of a petition ; and that the samo'be extensively circulated throughout tho country , "—3 rd . "The foH 6 wiuK resolutipiis wero also moved- by Mr . W . C . Pattisoii , seconded . by Mr . J . RoUgcrsi and carried unanimously—That a general public subscription be entered mto , so as enable the committee immediately to appoint lecturers ; aud that . the various towns and
viiiag CS throughout Scotland ba requested toleua every asdstanci ) in their power to ' th ' e furtherance of this object , "—4 th . ^ That sabscriptioh sheets bo immediately priuted ,. circulated , and sent through tho various districts , iii order to facilitate the collection of such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for the above objpcts . '' - ^ 5 th . That the Committee enter into such arrangements as maybe deemed necessary to tho attaining of hpiiest , prudent ,-and ^ talented le . cturGfs , and that " tho viirious districts be re < iiieatcd tb recommend immediatoly to the Central Coiuniittep such gentleinan as they consider possessed of the aboy * qu ' alificatipiis . 'W 6 tn . ¦ lua-t a short address be diawn up , embodying measures for petitioning , with an appeal to tlie people of Scotland , showing the necessity of iuim « diately supplying the Central Committee With the
necessary luuds lor paying the expenses of locturers , and that this address be printed and circulated aioag . with the subscfiptipn sheets . " —7 th . " It was turther moved by Mr . John Rodger , seconded by Mr . James Proudfopfej and , unanimously agreed to—I hat . this Committee ^ nipt having 'been fnrhislipd with adequate funds ; ' Yiwe not yet appointed any leetu \ rersy or other agents , to agitate the conhtry , hereby intimate that no individuals have beon employed for that purpose by them , but so soon as they are furnished with the necessary fund / able and talented lecturers will be appointed , who ,-on g <) irig out , will rpceiye ample credentiala from the Committee . " Among other donations , the Secretary announced the receipt of £ 1 from the Female Hadical Association of Mount Pleasant , which was loudly applauded . ! ; ^
Ciiartism at Tolcross . —On Wednesday se ' rinigh * tho inhabitants of Tolcrpss mot in Mr .: Ashtbrtb . * s Hall—Mr . Alojcander CJbland , presi ^ e ut of the "Working ! Men ' s Associatipn , iii tho chair . The meeting was for the purpose of considering the present state of the country , Mr . William Robertson , proposed the following resolutiony which wag seconded by - Mr . Geoirgo Hiiidman : — " That this meeting , being Convinced that the present sufferings of the vrorking olasaos arise from a corrupt system of government , and that corruption being tho coiisequenco of the people not , being propprlyreptoseHted iii Parliament , and that an oxtensiori ofthefranchise is the only means by which their condition may be improved , pledges itself ueirer . to cease agitating until such time as Universal Suffrage become the law of the Jand . " . The chairman neit ^ introduced Air . George Hmdmahj who , being seconded by Alf . James CrichtonjtaoVed as : follows :- ^ " That , iat a time liko the ! tL
presetwhen trade in some . , places is almost at a etaudstill , pur monetary affairs are such that no one can calculate what a day inajr produce ; and tho determination of : Goyeriiment Beeming still to be oppression , we axe left to dread a state . of slavery or of re volution . "VVe theretpre call upon every true-hearted lover of his country to unite in one holy bond of union , that the evilsi we fear may" bo prei vented , which can only , we conceive ^ bp effected by reatoring to the people their just rightB . " The chairman here introduced to the meeting Mir . W . C . Pattison fr , om GlasgPw , whpj ! in a very impressive speech , called upon them to ;* emain firm and determined , and they would soon be in possession of their just rights . Mr . Pattispn wasi followed by Mh ¦ Vv right , - who strenuously exhorted them to < Spme forward and join rathe efforts now making in every quarter of the kingdom for Universal Suffrage and the Peopled Charter . .
Trades Organisation—The Masons . —On Wednesday evening last , the Glasgow Operative Masons Universal Suffrage Association , held a meeting ; when Mr M'Farlane ; bno of the Vice-Presidents of the Glasgow Association , delivered along address in hia usual eloquent and mastorly style , which was applauded throughput . A Committee wsis then appointed to call upon the Electors belonging to the tradeand others , to get theni to become mieinbers of the Radical Eloctora' Association . After ( Butering into arraugemehts for the more efficient support pi the Reading Rppm connected with the trade , tlie meeting separated about eleven o ' clock , hi ghly satisned , and more determined than ever to db : all that lies in their power to make the People ' s Charterthe lawol ' theLiud .
Female Universal Stofbag * Associatiox of Gobbals . —A spirit-stirring address to the female portion of Scotiand has heeh" published by" the Femalo Universal Suffrage- Assooiatioii of Gorbals , We extract the tbllowiug :---We , know it has-been sneeringly asked-- ' Whathave females to dowith politics / "To this we ansSver , Females have every thing to do with what concerhB their oWn ' interesta , and the iuterests of theijr ; country . We further ^^ answer * that . when it ; can be shown that feinales are not affectpdby unjust lawb , and not impovefis ^ ed by excessive taxation , then will we confess that- ftmales have nothing to do with politics . But this ^ we think is a narrow view of the case . We at once ask , Why should not female intellect be cultivated , aud if sp . why not lit to the noblest
appy purposes it can serrc , that of pxtensLing thei happiness and advancin g the improvement , of the huniau racei But if no other argument could be adduced to show the necessity for ieniaJe associations , this , we think , would be sufficient-T-females are the guardians and nurses of the rising generation—the child first receives Us first impressions from the mother , and * in after life , theae impressions are seldom wholly eradicated—if , th » h ; right principles arenot early instilled ; errpi > is sure to olio \ y with all the train of evils which attend its working . If , on the other hand , the mother is prp-.. perly instructed , her childron , instead of becoming droues or nests to society , may be its brightest ornaments and regen ;« rators . In order to effeci such a noble object , the principles of truth , and ^ justice , with the doctrine of equality , as taught by the
Creator nimseU ;' ought always to be instilled , and who 80 able to < &m < as our . intelligent ; loving , and coniding lemalei ! Up then ^ steters , and do your duty , the present is a'Stirring age-ran age in -whwh the working classes are alive to their true interests , and are boldly demanding from their rulera such a change in the institutions of the country as may enable them to obtain a fair remuneratioh for their labour . Rememoer that the cause of Universal Suffrage is the . cause otjustice-rthe cause of the workina millionsj and the cause of G 6 d > Othpr parties have bought to effect changes , but selfishness has iavariably guided all their proceedings . No aristocratio prinoiple ilicites the leaders of tHs moyeinent for the Gharter ^ - " Equal Rights , Equal Laws , and Justice to ail ; " is pur motto . ; Witli so holy » cauBe , and with your countenance and support , who cau doubt for i , » omeat that a speedy triumph aTraits as .
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PuBtic MEHrrms in ANDERSTOjr . — On Friday evening , a spiritedl meeting of the inhabitants of ; . derBton v was held ra the Baronial Hall . Warwick-8 V e « V forthe _ purpose of a : adfessing , her kajesty for the liberation of Collins , Lovett , ; Vincehtj ^ PoS M ^ ouaU , and ; the ; other patriots nowsufier ^ K Englan ^ and Wales for ihefr ; fearless advocacy of the people ' s cause . Mr ,: M'Fariahe , Vico-President of tfie dlaB ^ Univeraal SufiVage Associat ^^ as unanimously . called to the chair . > Ir . Cochraneread an excellen ^ aadress to the Queen , praying for the immediate liberation of the imprisoned ChartiW ' He remarkod , it ' wag necessary that ^ means shouWbeleft untried to rescue these bravemenS thejaws of the oppressors . ; He was convinced S % w # ^ naiumpusl ih » address evening a : smnted mM > h ' » ^ t . + i , « ¦ i _ i .. i .-: i-: ¦ ¦\ V *
^^^ y pasg whichheAadjustread . ( Chee ^ o He " mSi adoption . ^ Mr . Bigger seconded the inotion ^ hich wtf earned unanimously . Mr . GiUespie , delegate from the Glasgow Universal Suffrage Asgoeiation , then came forward , and delivered a longand sens ble addressyin which he touched upon aTarietvof topics ^ in . his . usual graiphic and comprehensive way , Mr . John Cumming also addressed the meeting at some length . Votes of thanks , were then tendered to tho ; Chairman , alsptp Provost Jarvieand the magistrates for the use of the hall , and to the editor and reporter of the Scottish Patriot , ^ ^ which were duly acknowledged , a-nd the meeting broke np . _ The Chartist MovEMENT .-The Committee of the Glasgow . Universal Suffrage Association met on ht
Tuesday nig . Mr . Macfarlane in the chair , who called upou thpso present who had been deputed to address meetings to give in their rcport-wffich was done , and , from what was said , it appeared the cause wa ^ dyancm ^ rapidly At a meetiSgof shoemakers , ninety ^ of that ; body had enrpUed theirv names as ^ g , fay ° urab ! o for the present movement to obtain the Cha ter . Mr . Rodger made some remarks aa to the propriety of again potitiohing Parliament when ^^ Ona % f' ^ moved : ' that the committee do recommend tothe monthly meeting , that they should adopt petitioning as the best means of obtaining the charter . The motion was objected to by Mr , ^> inker ^ on on the ground that it would have ^ tende ncy to retard the : progress of the tradea organization and that : they had ulentv nf tirnn hJ ^ ^ i- Tl
the : consHeratian ; of this subjee : W SsPie supported Mr . Pinkerton , and " said that tha 3 e had no hope from petitioning . On : "Mr . G . bern * requested to give the committee an idea , of tho nlan he would prpppsb for obtaining their object , he said that he would bring out their whole : strength on the Green , and with 100 , 000 tongues curseAurse the WJngs , arid then leave them to the force of their own conBciences He ( Mr . G . ) saii ho intended to lay th ) spiau before a public meeting for their approval beveral members of committee spoke to the question t- ' ^ MnoT . octfBMnepding- tlnit- a petition be presented to the / Queen—others that every trade petition Parliament-6 * hers again tliat the matter be left to the contra ! committee , or wait to see if another Convention was to be got up , and get theh ? advice on the sub ject . ^^ No ^ dcfitKte conclusion , however , was come to , and Mr . R . withtlrew bis mPtibn
Chartism at KiLBARCHAN . ^ On Hallowe ' en , a dramatic : entertamment was given by a number of young ^ mateurs . pf the ^ villagc , under the direction of the Wprking Man ' s Association ,. for the benefit of Lovett , CoUins , Vincent , M'Douall , and others , and p / oiid . are we m being able to say , it proved saca&ssful . beyond expectation . More than fifty people were obliged to turn away at the dpor-frpiu the over-crowded state of the room , and after paying all expenses , wo have transmitted thosumof ^ e toMr Proudfoot , Glasgow Treasurer of the Rdliof Fund . _ ^ Intromissions , of the Universal Spffrago Central CommittOO for Scotland for the last fortnight : ~ Greenock , £ 2 ; Perth , £ 1 13 a . la . ; East Eiid of uallowgate Association . 2 s . 6 d . r Monn > , Plh » . MT * t
Fe . male Radical Association , £ 1 .., "; : Girvan , 10 s , ; Alloa district , including Ciackmanaan , Alva- Tillicoultry , and Stirling , £ 1 ; fit all , £ Gi 5 s . 7 < l . Mr ltoss also handed over to Mr Proudfoot , for the behppf of those who are incarcerated for political offences , from Mr Archibald Campbell , Partick- district ,: ^ ; from a Friend , Is . ; in all , £ 8 , Is . : ' A Convert to Chartism . —A change has taken place- ; , in the editorship , and in the principleaof the Perth Chronicle , which are . how declared to bo those of Chartism .. Last week j the new editor , ' iii making his bow to his readers , uhfurlsthe banner of Universal Suffrage , which he states is henceforth : to form the sUmmtim boniitn , to the attainment of which the efforts of this paper are to be . directed . —Strathmore Journal . - . .
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LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL . The quarterly meeting of the Town Council of this borough was held at the Court House on Saturdaylast . : ¦ .- - . . . '• ¦ .- . , ¦ . . The Mator took the Chair at twelve o ' clock precisel y .. ¦ '¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . - The - Town Clerk announced that a letter had been received ; from the Hon . Fox Maule ) announcing that Lord Normahby approved of the conduct of the Magistrates in the late investigation into the conduct of Inspector Child . , - ¦ ¦ Eltictios op Mawr . —The first proposition on the noti « e-paper Tras one to elect a Mayor for the year ending 9 th November , 1840 . ; ; :
" ... Air .-Alderman Goodman , in a highly eulogistic speech , " proposed Mr * . Alderman :. Smith as . a fit and proper person , for toe ofiace ^ and strongly re ' epmmended him tp the Tories on the grouho , of his occasionally attehd | ng church . ' . ¦ ¦ . : Mr , Alderman Brown seoonded the proposition . Mr . Howard proposed Mr . Richard Bramjey . Mr . Syk . es seconded the proppsition . After the question had been put from the chair , a squabble , arose between the two parties as to the right of Mr . Joshua Bower to . ' yoteyjhe having entered the room after the ; Mayor had put the question , but no motipn was mado on the subject . The ; votes were then recorded ^ wheii there appeared ;; T--:. : ¦ :. ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ -,. ¦ . : ¦• ., : ¦ .:: : ... ;¦ ¦' / :. ; - ; ¦
. For Mr . Alderman Smith : —Aldermen t— Brown , Gopdmin , Stansfield , Tpttiei Williamson , PaWsbn , Musgraye , Gaunt , 'Hubbard , Batesonj WilTans , Goodman , Heb'deh . Councillors : —Holdforth , Watr son ; Burrows . Buttrey , Barlow , penham , Colbeck , Mitcholl , Joshua Bpwor , John Bower , Shackleton . Forster , Hall , Wprdsworth ; Cliffe , Marqh , Wilson , Rogers , Wood , Mpsai Total 32 . "'' . ¦ : ¦ FoRMR . 'BBAMLEY-. ' ^ CouncJllprs—Howard , Potts , Hey , Atkinson , Lee . CudWorth , Dove . Hunter , Brigg ^ Chorley , ; Pattnck , Markland , Sykcs , Wood , Hargreave , ' : Holroyd , Wnght , Cawopd , England
bimpson , Beckdtt ,. Nickblls ,:: Rogerson . Beeoroft , Charle ^ worth , Haywotd . Tptal 26 . > ¦ '¦ ' The Tqwn-Clerii declared that there was a majority of six in favour of Mr . Alderman Smith , and that he was , therefore , duly elected Alaiyor ^ This announcement Wiaa received with loud ap- > plause by the Whigs , which was echoed frpm the Tory side . ; ¦ -: ; .. ¦ . - ' ''¦ \ : : '¦ : ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ :.- / - ¦ . ' . - Mr . Alderman Holdforth ( the late Mayor ) now left the chair , which was immediately taken by the Mayor elect , the gold chain of office having heen previously taken from tho necX of the former gentleman and placed round th ' at of the latter by Town Mace . ¦ • : " - - , -: ' - - . ' ::, - ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " "¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ : ¦ : "
The Mator Elect then took the usual oaths of office , ' '¦' : ¦ ¦ ; :.. - . ¦ ,. . ¦ ' . - ' . ¦ ¦ : . ' . : ¦ .. ' ¦ .. - .., ¦"¦ ,: : ' - -- ¦ : -: Mr . Alderman Goodman cohgratulated the Mayor on his eleotion , and moved : ¦» vote of thanks " to . the late Maypr for his conduct while in office . Mr . Jos ! HDA BpwBR . seconded the motion . '; .-.. Mr ; Chorlet said he should hot move an amendment , although jho did riot think the late Mayor deserved a ypte pf thanks . He should ; however , move that the votes be recprdedi ; Mr , Chorley ' s motion to that effect was not secondedy and the Vote of . thanks was carried unanimously by a show of hands . J Mr . AldermauHoLDFORTi ? returned thanka , and justified his / conduct while in the chair . 1 His Dair
ticular thanks were due to the geritlemen on bis right , ( the Tones ) for the assistance they had rendered him in committees ; he likewise thanked the Town C ) e . rk ; a , p . d . Mr . Read ^ and iuadeed the whblo police corps , For the able manner in which , they had seconded his exertions , v ' ; : : : The-MATOli rettuned thanks for the honour con-t ferred on him by placing him in the elevated positipn he now occupiea . . ¦ : Dr ... . HBijTEfc had : one question to asic of his Worship . Would his . Worship , on the first convenient Suhday ,: ^ o to church with the Corporation ? : The Mayor , -- . ' said ho was born in tte church , christened in tthe church , and confirnied in . the
churchy bnt he did not tmnk ' such " exhibitipus" as those Dr : Hunter had alluded to were-proper on Sundays , and he should therefore decline doing any thing of the sort . : " Election of Treasurer . —Mr . John Smith was unajoimovrely elected Treasurer for the year ending 9 th NovembeT , 184 ( y , , . v X ¦ A vote of thanks was then unanimously given to Mr . Smith , for his Bervices as Treasurer during the ¦ past-year ., - ' ' . '' / . ¦ . ¦ :,- ' ¦ " :- ^ : : ¦•' . . " " : ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - ' '•"' -: ' ¦ " Election op Printer . —^ There were thiree candidates proposed for the onice of printer to the Corporation for the ensuing year , viz ^ Mr . Pickard ; Mr . Barf ; : and Messrs . Mason and Scott . The haiae of Mr . Barr was subsequently withdrawn , and s the voteslyrdtei recorded , when there
appeared—¦ F or Mr . Pickardi .... ; .. ; ....... " Mason vind Scott .................. 23 Majority for Pickard .. ; ..... ; ft Election o > STATio » EB ; ^ The finni of HoDson and Buckton , and Mason and Scott , were severally proposed for the office of : staiioner for the yewr ensuing . Ou a diyisioh there appeared—For Hobson . and-Buckton ...... 27 'J Mason and Scottv . ; . ^ .. ^ .. ^ ... , 24 : "' ; -: ; ¦ : ¦¦ V Majprily . >/ ..., v . > ....... i > .. v ..,.. . ' 3 . ^ + - .
' Thb Finance CoMittiTiEE ? *» d . rms CpBXyNEn . ^—> Ir . Alderinan ; ^ ottie , on . the part of the Finance Committee , presented a : report of gundry bills and eipencesjamouhtihg to £ 1 , 359 19 s . 8 d ., incurred in carrying into execution the provisions of the various acts relating to Municipal Corporations , and moved that the sasn « be paid .
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^ etootionhavinff been seconded , ; With a retiira of the ^ cause of dealin S inJ& hrheldrand a . that officer : had icHnSoSfS ScouS ^^ * - ^^^^^ MMed ^ S : Mr ; fATkiNs 6 s awved as an amendment th-it Hi * snm ^ of ^ 93 lls ., tho 3 fflPuJitbf fe ^ S ^ nrS mente due to the Coroner up / to the 2 ethSeD ^ nW Mi-. Tottie . The act of Parliament made itimS ¦ tire , on that Council to pay ihe CoronWsm ^ whrtT ^ vm sent in ; ¦ ;¦ Tlie ^ S ^ ig ht , ffied > SS vntS *^ ° ? i ? ? s'& >¦ I * correctness oThfe bn ? thW ^ - sbto 8 enientsm 3 d ^ andinquests he ^ ! S ? S ' death ? ^ ^ ^ ° ^ \^ w&mm ^ ^ KLiND having ^ ^ ecpaded thfr-amend'"' : a . ' ¦<¦ ' V ¦ .-1 ¦ ' ¦ . .--¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ " . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ' - - .. - ¦ -. - nd The motion havin * hnon « A « . » n /?« j
-- ^ -3 ? angry discussion ensnedt the Whie « warn g | Sm ® S , SSg : * »«* ' * , i 3 '\^« : ' S ? ' ^" ^ " «» Mon , wlich was car-M tm ^^ m ^^ m ^ S of'f' ^ {* H , ^ tions resSmg ^ t o cause of death he refused to give the information required , an the erdund that *!»• At . 3 y ^ T ^ i
, right to require it . ,, - -- .- -- r ^ ' - ^ ^ resunSl ^ f ^ ^^ rawn , the Council gsn med , and Alderman Goodman reported pro--th ^ fe&'UT ^ - ^ that » n ° r < Jer be made on the areasurer for the sum of £ 91 ios lid iha amountof the bia dn * to the CorS "" U 0 " ^ if r . Hunter seconded the motion : iS ^^ sssi" - For the motion 19 ¦ :... ' ¦ Amendment .., „> ...... ;„ ... 29 . Majority for Anjendment ... 10 ;
n JVfr . Atsi ^ ; stated that : the Council having now refused to : pay the Coroner's bUl , that 6 ffic ^ iSlSSEP ; . 'P ^\ W ^ .--ae . Mr . Aldeman Tottie ( on hehalf ' of the ; Pinance ( committee ) moved that the sum of £ 1406 13 s . 9 d . ( which inchided £ 46 14 s . Id . for fees to the Coroner ) be now paid .: v ' Mi-i Hall seconded the motion . Mr . Atkinson mdved that theaain of £ 1451 . 10 s . 7 d . ( which includea the . amount due to Uthe Coroner for & * 3 Sa > Mg 3 ! ^ ^^ ftr . fl * Dr . HVster seconded the Amendment , ^ or the Or i ginal ^ Motion ' :.. ¦ ...-:..,... 27 , " Amendment .......... ^ ...... ; 20
"M ajority .......,. ; .,,.. ; 7 : Watch Committee .-The following gentlemen S ^ E ^ o ™ ' * emmm ° dfr ' im ¦ ¦^ " "¦ ¦ wy ' ^ AKD - -Mcs 8 rs . Howard , Potts . . West WARD ,--Meggrs . Dovev : Patrick . North West WAim ^ Mr ; Holdsworth , North W > Rd . —Mr ; Watson , jun . Ngrth ^ East WARi >> -Mr . Lawson . East Ward . —Mr . Buttfnv .
Kirkgate Wiitp . ^ -JVIr . Barlow South Ward . —Mr : MitcbfilL : '' Huxslet Ward . —Ut . John Bower IloLBficK Ward . —Messrs ; Shackleton , Cliffe . Bramley WARD . - ^ Messvs ., Nickols , Rogerson . Heapinqley Wabd ^ Mt . Haywara . A liiiahce Committee was then appointed : as jtcII as committees for . conducting the pending Uianeery suit ; for revising ^ printing , and publishing the Report 01 the Statistical Committee -for framing bye-laws for the borough ; and for superintending the Map Survey and Valuation of the borough dow
in ; progress ^ .: V : . - . - . - :. : ,. . ;¦ : ; . -: : :.. ° ; -,- Arepprt from the ValuationCommittee was then read ; trom which it appeared that the top Surrey and . Valuation of the borough was progressing satofactonly , with . ey « y prospect of a speed * termination to tlieir labours . ; f . There being no other business before the Council , it was diakolvedathalf-piat sis O ' clock .
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It is astonishing how the foes to independence 0 ? thought have ; exerted themselyes ; in attempts for itsi subjugation : prisons , torture , and death , in thelc mpst = terrible fp rms ^ havei been the instrument * uredj-but : ypt ; f reason has maintained : its Bupreiacyj and shewn . thai its fwedo ' ra < amiot ; ,--be - eittwely destroyed , ^ whatave r the means---whatever the men ,: ^ arrayed -against : it . ;¦ Thoiigli Henry and Elizabeth : burnt Catholics , yet their ' principles cpuld not be rooted out ; thdugh Mart destroyed somany Profcestants , yet their
doctrines could not be extinguished J though the Church of Erigl ^ id has oppressed all ; who are called Dissentprs , yet their forms of belief and worship-still exist ,.. and-still flourish . The martyrdomof . humaa heings for . their theolpgic ^ , as fpr their political —tenets ^ . onl y ^ increases ^ ^ thenuinber of' their followfire . How many a one has been : ma < iei a patriot by th death of ^ a ,. ; patript ,: ' as in . the fable of the ^ Hydra , from ' whici ; ' as one head was struck off ; another equally fPrinidahle arpse in % place . $ he' truth is , > that , independently of ihe ; irec ( ueiit justice of tha cause for -which ; they suffer ,, pur sympathies are
enlistpdwith the unfortunate ^ we ' itan to the chargei brought against thein , . andlearji whether the con * - demnation be correct ; : ; from pitying we turn to liking of . them , and this' liking is easily transferred to their principles . Thus oppression and intoleranoei have quite a contrary egiect to thai which islintended . One would think thai such facts aloo « would deter any"from endeavouring to crush the freedom of thought , and yet how frequently dp we see wealth , poorer , and rank combined for this detestable : purpose . Perhaps there has seldom beerta more flagrant cas « of : ithis Kind than one which latel y occnTrbd in . Sujfolk , ^ We extract ft verbatiin from ^^ ihe Siiffolk ^^ CAron ^ ^ : Thomas Hauiaibn , : a shbemaker , apph ' edfpr and obtained last winter of
Mr . Richard CARTWRieHt > of Ixworth Abbey , an allptmierit of t irerity roods of land , which he set with potatoes , &c ., and for which he wag to pay 68 . 6 d . aiyear as rent . On the .: ; 14 th nltinip , HAtfNToif went to ^^ the Abbey to pay his renti wi& the other holders of allotments ; and when M « v CARTyrRiGHT had put the money : in his pocket , h » told him that he hadforfeited the land and crop by not going to the Parish Church . The man replied that he , was a Dissenter , and frequented another place of Worship ; upon which :: Mr ; Cabxweigot said that suph was the regulation he adopted to those holtftog under him- —* Aat / */ they did not attend the Chttrch , they' forfeited theii'holdings , together tpiththecrop& i which last he refused the man permit sion to temove fram ' tbe ground ";^ ¦ . > .: - ; - '¦ .. : ¦¦ .
Comment upon this flagrant and infamous transaction , in s moral point lofviiBw , is out of the question . The mind revolts ; at ^ it ^ so ^ forcibly that a Word ini ihe way nil ^ forinal reflection ; ^ rould . not bo borne . The / whplei feeling of the inmd rises into " a : burst of execration as inexpressible as it ia nncontrolliable . ' : " : ^ Sit the iaie , ia wSllaS the justice of the matter * is , in this ca 8 e outragedi 1 !^ pbor tenani has the cieatest of righ % te the ptb ^ s of : the land ; arid w « advise him to sue ^ his chariiable ^ landlord for da- ? mages . The tenancy Was from yfeaf to year * and the "tenant therefore cannot he ejected without ,: six monlhs' » oUcb to jquit ,: an 4 in ; ' that tima he could have had time to r » T
moye the fruits of hi § : labour ; Why ,: even a tenant at ' rwill- ^ -the lowest of all estates—has a Tight to the . profits- or emblements of tho land . M If tia : tenant ai ; wfU , " saya Buicxstone , " sows his land , and the landlord : before the ; corn is ripe , or befoi * itis reajpeid , puts hiioa out , yet the tenant shall haf » the emblementfl , and free ingress , egress , and regrew , to outi ^' . ii ^ :-i ^^^' - - ^ m ^ -ir ^^ . pi lis . ) On / what plea , theu . doia ; ibo oppressor iact , ai » 4 how can hei justify his conduct \ Humariity , reason , charity > and even toy > declare a ^ inst-hiJn- £ «* the poor teiia&t look to ( hfe -rights , and demiwiid them from one , who has shown so yindiotive and •? iiliber » l » iiiiidV . •'" . ' ; . '¦ : ' ' - ' : [ : ' : } ' : ¦ ' ' ; :, ¦ :.: ' : ¦ :.:: '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1083/page/3/
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