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SECRETS OF A TJN 1 O 2 T WORKHOUSE . An investigation , "WBieh his elicited come startling lacia lUnstxative of the iniquities practised in some of OTi country union ¦ worfchousea , commenced on Wednesday , the 24 £ a nit , and was continued by adjoummeBt . for three successive days . The evidence , as may be insgined , is too voluminous to permit of s detailed lepsrt ; bxrt the reader will probably be enabled , from the subjoined abstract , to judge of the real merits of thi s very remarkable case . It seems that on the 18 th of Jannary , Mr . It . N . Shswe , chairman of the "Union of Barton , Snffolk , xectiTed a letter ljsariDg the Blgnatnre of Thomas King , late a p&uper inmate of the workhouse , calling his attention to certain charges against the -various officers
of the nnion , npon which he entreated that he might he tsamined , with liberty to call for the eTidence cf certain persons ( mmed ) in corroboration of his statement . Hhe writer specified seTen distinct charges . The first implicated Mr . Wilkins , the medical effieer , Mrs . Constable , the matron , and Mary Bonn , the nurse , all of ¦ wh om , he alleged , had been guilty of gross neglect to-^ rai is John Gerod , a panper , upwards of 80 years old , » ho died In the house on the 22 nd Dec last The second charge related to the nurse , Mary Dunn , "who , in ordtr to spare herself the trouble of Bitting up at night trith an old pauper , named William Hagcard , who was Ihea dying , had bound the bed clothes over the dd man ' s body -with a rope , and that hB -was found dead in that stats the following morninz . The third charre
¦ wa s against Ann Davis , another nurse , for neglecting TnUiam Chitem , a panper , for whom the medica ! officer had ordered sago , which w ^ a not supplied , and the patient died , as alleged , from "want of jjroper nourishment The fourth charge was against Dunn , the nurse , for beating a sick child named James Alder ton , "who died in the house , also for beating another Jwy , named William Eos , whose health was thereby seriously Injured . The fifth charge was against Gammar e , the porter ,, who it war alleged had absented him * self from the house for two ingfcta without being reported by the Gsverncr , and that GvnBiftge h » d seduced
some ol the female paupers , ene of whom became pregnant by him . There were some other minor cbar § 63 agaiEE . the nurse Drum for beating the proper dliiiren , and for slloiring them to sleep in the same i > b& with these tfflicted trith ringworm bb < 1 otber cutaneous diseases . The writer fnrtber alleged , that Ihe nurse Ann Davis , a girl of IS , and a person of Wesi intellect , was aHcwed to attend in the men ' s ^ ra rd ; tha t there bad be » n a constant want of cl ean linen , and that when shirts were supplied the male paupers had been compelled to strip off their dirty shirs in presence of this nnrse and her idiotic asmsfcint
3 Ir . Skaines , the chairman , forwarded a copy of Ee ^' s letter to the Pcor Law Commissi oners , who immediately instructed Sir John Walsham , Assistant Poor 2 , 5-sr Gommissioner , to proceed to Bacton , in order to a rica voce enmlnaticn of King and all other persons \ rhcni he "wished to call as witnesses in support of the se"swal allegations set forth in his letter to the Chairman Gf the Union . Tia Inquiry , which took place at the workhouse , was attended by seme of the guardians , by-Mr . Constable , the j oTtmDr , Mr . Wilkins , the medical cfficei , the Rev . IE . B Ejgar . the caaplain , Gamajage , the poiter , and the -iurscs Dsnn and Davis . The writer of the letter , Ivir . g , was also present , and in answer to a question from the assistant-comciEsioEe ? .. Eaid that he was prepared to establish all that he had asserted in his original statement . It appeared that he had formerly been a schoolmaster in the Whitecbspel Union , and from the style of his letter he is obviously a man who has bad a lair education .
King ' s evidence with respect to the Hi-treatment of Ihe old msa Garrod occupied the whole of the first day . G ^ TTcd -was put in the sick ward on cr about the 25 th October ; his disease was abscess in the kidneys ; he rallied at first , but , becoming worse , was again put in the sick ward in Des ^ mber . Kin ? and the nurse SaiiE attended fciEii the nature of the disease demsE . ied frequent change of lines ; King mentioned this to the nurse , who replied that she conld not fcrcmWe the matron abont it , as it was a rale cf the tout ? not to give ent dean linen oftener than once a
jnonih . When the old man became worse , King ¦ wish ed tha nurse to inform the medical effitar of the patient ' s situation , but she declined doing bo , remarking that the patient ( Garrod ) was an old man , tnd Mr . "Wilkins could
Mr . Wilkins , tb * rorjreon , was examined . He stated , thit hia assistant , Mr . Sur . th , was quite competent to attend to the patients . He visited them Irimself en the regular days , and -G ^ rr od had never complained of abscess in the parlicnlir part described . H Wis roi his duiy to turn over the bed-clothes to examlca ths persona * I the patients . The Chairman remarked that it was very essential that some person should do so , Mr . Wilkins replied , thet when . bis axrlstaci saw this patient he wss in oriicu'o m&rlis , and the assistart had , therefore , ordered that the part should ba kept clean , which was all tha * was necessary . The AssMant-ConjtnissioDer said ke entertained a diffcrtnt opinion , for the old man lingered fur ten days after wards .
The girl Davies was then called , but , owing to the state of her intellect , she was not esamisfed , the cemjsussioner remarking , that it was highly improper that mo young a girl , and more especially being a person of weak mind , should be permitted te attend on the male patient" . With respect to the second ckarge , that of the nurse Donn having caused tie panper Haggard to bo tied down in his bed on the nigni he died , King was examined at very great length . He stated that the deceased , who was seventy-six years old , was pnt in the nek ward on ths 12 ih of January . The old man got oat of bed several times in the nicht , and as he was Tery ft « ble Kin ? and other patients assisted him into led . There w ; = neither £ re nor caudle in the ward . ISsg cJlei the narse , and told her ^ that the bed-clothes eould : not be kept on the patient . Tne nnrse said , * ' I'll manage him this time , eo that "h e shall not get out of bed any more . " Kine siid . " Why , nnrse . the
may is dying ; yon had better sit np witfe Mm ; " to . ¦ which the nurse replied , " Ko , 111 manage him . " She thez £ : >; a piece of rope , or window sash-line , and aiked King to assist her in tying the old man down in , fced . The rope was passed ronnd the bed-rail on either ; side , asd over Haggard ' s body , in which state be tras ! left One cf the paupers said , " It would be better that > yon pnt it round the man ' s ntck at once . " King -nxi ; to the bedside early nest morning . The man was then ¦ ¦ dead and cold . He had been dead £ ome hours , as the body was quite EtiSt The nurse was called , and when « he saw that the old man was gone , Ehe said , " Ob , dear , ch , dear , what shall I do ? Take off the rope , and say nothing about Haggard ' B death" * ] The nurse cross-examined King for * the j > mrpose of . showing that she used the rope- only because the dt- , ceased disturbed other patients by getting- up in the ' night , and in order that the bed-clothes should not ; laUcff
King ' s statement was corroborated in all its material ; points by th 3 testimony of two of ihe paupers belonging to the ward , one of wiom gave as a reason for not com- j plaining to the governor that he had been given to nn- i tJerBtand it was a rnle of the houss to tie the patients down in bed when they were troublesome . ; The next charge referred to the neglect of the pauper ! ¦ rarnsd Chittam , who died of asthma en the 2 J ' . b of ; December . He had been left to the care of the idiot ; iprl D 3 vies . Being unable to -eat the food supplied to the sick paupers , the medical cfScer had ordered sago , ilhe nsrsa ( Dunn ) said he sheuld have it , but he get sons , E 3 the nurse said there was not any in the house , I and £ be was busy in preparing for young Master Con&ta- ' He _ itfae governor ' s son ) , who had -been taken ill . Chittam , the deceased , complained that he was starved , j as he could not take the regular diet . H 9 became worse !
in the night , and died . When the iratEe came into the I room in ths morning , she aid , " Chittam , hoe is your [ "bread . " King observed , «« He does not want any . Don't you see that he is dead » - The nnrse said , " No ,, be is not dead , but he is going apace . " Tie man was I then dead . The nurse , finding that it was so , told her i assistant , Davies , not to talk about Chittam ' s death in the -women ' s ward . I Mx . Constable , the governor , said , that there was ! a supply cf sago in the house , but it had nos been i asked for . > ! Ehe nurse denied the truth of King ' s statement ' Mrs . Constable , the matron , was examined relative . to the refusal of linen . She stated that there was co '' limitation of clean sheets or shirts for Hie sick , anrl . that it was the paupers' own fault if they did not ask for linen . :
The charges against the ncrsa ( Dunn ) for beating paper boys , -when sick , was then gone into , fcnt it appeared from tfcs evidence that the chastinemrnt was not severe . The next branch of ths inquiry related to the charge against the porter . King admitted thaS he had made this charge npon the authority of others . It was commonly spoken of lo Uiehoose . "The governor and the perter were sererally examined , and from the explanations given' by them , the commissioner said he was satisfied the charge conld not he BOhefantiated . Sing complained repeated !; that the witnesses give A different version now of various matters from that « pon which ho had founded the complaint With few exceptions ,. the witnesses whom be called had given jiieir evidence coder restraint .
The Commissioner , at the doss of the inquiry , commented irpon the evidence * as it bore upon the respective charges preferred by King . He considered that Ihe charges against ths chaplain , the surgeon , the governor , the matron , and the porter , had not been sub-BtanMated . Those against the nurse were' established J ^ rosd al l doabi . He condemned in the most emphatic teems the practice cf tying sick patients in their beds , no matter with trhit view . The employment of a girl of "Break intellect in the character of unrse . was like-
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wise improper , and in the men ' s ward it was an indecent practice . The neglect of Chittam , who had not been famished with the sago , agreeable to the orders of the medical cmcer , was also a proper matter of com * plaint He considered ( hat the conduct of the nurse was deserving of the attention of the board of -guardians , and , although the governor and the matron were exonerated from the suspicion of having sanctioned such irregularities , they were indirectly culpable in not having paid closer attention to the treatment of the sick inmates by the subordinates . Mr . Sha-se considered that the governor ( Mr . Constable ) had been guilty of a dereliction of duty is not having required some explanation as te the deaths of the paupers named by King and other witnesses . Were dying men to be left without any person to sit up with them ? Nothing conld justify snch negligence .
Tha governor said , that until King sent the letter , he was not aware that the paupers mentioned had died in the manner described . Mr . Shawe said , that very admission only proved the gross irregularity which had prevailed in the boose . Some of the other guardians concurred in that opinion . The inquiry then terminated . The proceedings have excited great interest throughout the county .
THE GAME LAWS . Murder of Lord Nohhakbt's Keepeb . —Another instance that proves the intmcacy of the present game laws happened on Tuesday last , the 30 th instant , at two a . k ., at Mnlgrave Castle , the seat of the Marquis cf ?? ormanby . It Beems that the Earl of Mulgrave has been entertaining a party of gentlemen at that mansion , and that after shooting on Monday , the keeper , attended by six watchers , went to watch the wood as is customary . But perhaps a better view of the case will be attained by eur readers if we give the evidence taken before two magistrates , who happened to be staying in the house at the time : —Charles Lowther , 57 , for the wilful murder of Win . " Mcffat , keeper to the Marquis of Normanby , and Matthew
Pierson , 19 , aB accessory to the fact . Before Mr . T . Bell , M . P ., of Thirsk , and Mr . Edmund Turton , of K . ldale , Cleveland , two of her Maje » ty * s Jnstices of the Peace for the North Biding of Yorkshire . Wm . Mofkt deposed—I am gamekeeper to Lord Normanby , and proceeded , as is my custom , to * watch , accompanied by six other men . About two o ' clock , I heard come shots fired in the direction of Sonth lodge , and we went thither . After concealing ourselves for sonetime , the prisoner ac £ another man came up , and I went forward and said to him , HaSloo . ' * He immediately stepped back and fired at me , the shot entering my abdomen . ( At this stage of the evidence the prisoner kept crying out , " 0 lord , accept bis soul ; " •• O Christ save him . ") I immediately fell , and cried " I am mnrdered . " One of the watchers then rushed
forward , and he knocked him down with the butt-end of his gun . Two others then succeeded in capturing him . The other escaped . By Mr . Turton . —Were you armed with gunB ?—No ; we had only stick . * . Did you Bay anything but " halloo ?"—No . No words of intimidation?—Xo ; when 1 was lying on the bank he said " O , forgive me and shake hands . " I said , " I will if you will tell me who was the other man ? " and he said , "Matthew Pierson , of Eskdaleside . " This witness gave his evidence in great agony , asd lingered on till Tuesday evening , when he died in excruciating pain . Three watchers substantiated this evidence . Matthew Pieraon Eaid he would give bis volnntary evidence—He was a farmer ' s servant in Eskdaleside :
Charles lowther had taken him out poaching twice before ; this night they had shot four pheasants when tbe sad catastrophe happened . They were both committed to York Casileior their trial at the lent Assizes . The murderer is the son of respectable parents—large farmers in Cleveland , but has long been a notoriously bad character ; has repeatedly been convicted of poaching . An inquest has since been held , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against lowther and bis companion was returned , and they have been committed to York Castle for triaJ . Toe murderer is thirty-nine years of age , of a fine athletic figure—a married man , and has five children . He has been thrice convicted of poaching before . John McSkt the murdered man , was just abuut to be married .
RECORD OF DESTITUTION . MABLBOBOrGH-STBEET . —On Saturday , the claims of the applicants fox relief from the poor-box were investigated by Mr . Hardwlck after the regular business of the court was disposed of . Nearfy all the applications recently have been from the labouring Irish , and it has been found necessary to use more than ordinary caution in making inquiries into the truth of the appeals contained in their written statements . Out of the whole number relieved , which was considerable , the following cases appeared mest worthy ef commisseration ¦ — Sarah Mor ? n , who dated her petition for a few shillings from " the cellar in No . S" in one of the bystreets in the vicinity of the post-office . In this cellar the police constable fonnd the writer , her paralytic husbaad , and four chil dren , one of them an idiot . The woman bore the character of a hardworking , henest person in the neighbourhood .
Mr . Hard wick asked the applicant what means ef subsistence she had for herself and family ? The applicant eaid , she kept them all by going out as charwoman . This woik had failed daring tao last few weeks , aad her family and herself had bten well nigh starved to death , as il was in vain to appeal to the parish , in which ehe had no legal settlement . —Half-asovereign was given to her . Francis Nally , a journeyman boot-maker , No . 11 , Cross-Ktreei . The constable reported , that he fonnd the Lusband incapaWe of work frem disease . The family
were in a state of starvation from this circumstance . The man bore a very good character , and had tha advantage of a strong recommendation from Mr . Goatby , of Bond-street , for whom he bad worked when in health . The wife said , thpy were able to de pretty well before her husband got so bad , but now want and disease bad so weakened him that be was unable to sit at work ; they had been actually in a state of starvation . Mr . Gjati-y had been most kind to them , for he had more than once given her bread enough to furnish a meal for her hungry children .
Mr . Hardwkk asked her how she had contrived to exist from the time her husband had been unable to work ? The wife said , she had done her best to maintain her family by working at ladies' shoe-work . Mr . Hardwick inquired , what might be the ameunt of her earnings at this work . Mrs . Nallyjsaid , for bespoke shoes for ladies of quality she got 3 ^ d . per pair . For other shoes Ehe was paid 3 d . per pair . l \ was possible to do five pairs of these shoes a day , provided a person get up at six o ' clock and remained herd at work until late at night . But then there was no shop she knew of that bad such good employment to give for a constancy . The rate © f wages Bho considered wa 3 about a penny an hnur . Mr . Hardwick remarked that this was one of those cases where temporary assistance would do little towards effsctinc any permanent good .
Mrs Naliy said her husband was the main drawback , but he had hepea of getting into the hospital , as Mi . Goatby , who worked for the Duke of Devonshire , had promised to apply for a letter from Devonshire-house . A little help in the way of money would enable her to get her husband's trousers and boots oat of pawn , in order tfeat he might go decently into the hospital . Mr . Hardwick , after some consideration , told the poor woman he would give her teu shillings for present subsistence , and npon feer bringing the letter of admission to tha hospital he would release her husband ' s clothes from pawn .
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- I- .-I . f- _ ¦ LI - . ill . -I . - . I ^^^^^^^ . . I | . _ . . _ , - ^ v , , _ „ , - _^» Lcndo * Netfspjpebs . —The increase within the last ten years in the number of Newspapers published in London , has been so great &s almost to exceed belief . The weekly average of the number dispatched by the mails to the provinces was , in December , 1833 , 200 , 000—in the present month it exceeds 470 , 000 . The Newspapers , too , have bo increased in size that , while at the former period the weight per week was about nine tons , it now exceeds forty tons .
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HOUSE OF 1 OBDS , Friday , Fbb . 2 . Their lordships met to-day for the purpose of proceeding to the palace with the address voted on the preceding evening , In answer to Her Majesty ' B gttclans speech from the throne . The attendance of peers was extremely scanty , In consequence of the very inclement and unfavourable state of the weather . Toe Lord CHANCELX . OB and the few peers present proceeded to the palace . The House was adjourned to Monday next ; Mokdat , Feb . 5 . The Dnke of Wellington having stated that he should grant the returns relative to the number of troops in Ireland , for which the Earl Fitzwiniam intended = to move , they were ordered without any discussion , which the Noble Duke deprecated .
The Duke of Kichmond presented a petition from the Morpeth Union , containing the astounding statement that under the operation of the bastardy clause of the Poor law Bill , out of every six births In the Morpeth Union one was illegitimate . The Duke of Richmond , on the suggestion of lord Brougham , and on receiving some opposition ttom the Biihop of London , withdrew his intended bill to legalize betting ; and on the motion of lord Denman the laws relating to gaming wete referred to a select CGmmittee . The Marquess of Normanby referred at some length to the Government having negleoted to cany through any measures to enfoica the recommendations of the commission for inquiring into the health of towns , and asked whether anything had been done , or was in contemplation .
The Duke of Buccleuch spoke of the great difficulties there were in the way of legislating on the subject and stated that be hoped in a short time to be in possession of information which would enable him to suggest some legislative measure ; but he was not prepared to pledge himself on the subject .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Feb . 2 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . Mr . Ward gave notice that on the motion of the Hon . Member for Poutefract being made , he should move an amendment , that no provision far the secular Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland could be just , or tend to re-establish the tranqullity of that country , Unless based on a levision of the whole ecclesiastical systsm , so as to place all religious denominations on a footing of perfect equality . Mr . S . Ciuwpoud said , that on the motion for granting the supplies ho would oall tho attention of the < House to the subject of grievances . Sir Robert Peel asked Mr . Divett , who yesterday : gave a notice for an address to her Majesty for the dismissal of Mr . Bonbam from the office of storekeeper of the Ordnance , what was the precise nature of tho charge lie had to bring against his " Honourable Friend . "
Mr . Divett had no objection to state It , If It were wished . Be had no charge of misconduct in the management of his public i ; nd official duties to bring against Mr . Bonham ; but he was advised that his private functions , as manager of the Carlton Club , involved practices and duties incompatible with his position as a public servant - < Sir Robert Peel bad merely wished to know If the motion , for visiting a gentleman of high character with the penalty of dismissal from the public service , effected his conduct as an official man . : Mr . Wallace brought on a motion for rescinding the standing order which restricts discussion on the presentation of petitions . Dr . Bowring seconded the motion , contending that if the House opened the door widely to the present-1 ation of petitions it ought to treat them with more respect .
Sir Robert Peel s * id that there was no indispoeitiot on the part of the people to abstain from petitioning the House , lust year the number presented was twenty-five thousand ; and in relation to the subject ol education the opposition were not in the habit of alleging that petitions hod been without influence . Any Member could state in detail the nature and charactei of a petition , and , if required , have it read at the table ; and bu could found a motion on tbe subject , when n speech , on a formal discussion , would have more weight than a desultory one , raised incidentally . He contei-ded that tbe standing order was essential to tbe public convenience , i . nd hoped that the House would not rescind a rule which had been adopted after mature consideration .
Mr . Brotherto . n was quite convinced that discussion on petitions was now quite impracticable , in consrquence of tbe great increase in their number . In fact , the presentation of petitions would fall into tbe hands of a few Members , who would occupy the attention of the Honse , to tbe exclusion of every body else , add of all business . Therefore , though not indifferent to tbe popular view of the subject , he was constrained to vote against the motion . Mt . Ward said , that though he had formerly made a motion himself to tbe same effect as that of Mr . YVallaoe , he was now , by experience , convinced that he was wrong , and should , therefore , vote against that which he had formerly proposed .
Mr . Fielden contended that the number of petitions had increased because of the increase of distress amongst the people ; and therefore , if Mr . Wallace divided the House—t 7 en if be " went out alone , he would go out with him . " ( laughter . ) They mast govern the people with reason , if they wished to conciliate them . Mr . Wallace , though wholly unconvinced by any arguments he had heard , was not desirous of wasting tbe time of the House , and , therefore , withdrew his
motion . Sir G . Clerk having moved the sessional orders , Mr . Williams , on the question respecting the llrst of them , which was one regulating the procedure upon the presentation of election petitions , took occasion to observe upon the general violation of tbe standing orders , as in the instance ef the usual and u . iduo influence exercised by landlords on elections , and in that of the practice which had long prevailed respecting the admission ef strangers iuto the galleries . Colonel Wy . ndham warmly defended the landlords . After some further talk , the sessional orders were pa&sbd without opposition . lord Clive having brought up the report en the address ,
Air . S . Crawford moved to expunge that paragraph of it which expresses the intention of Her Majesty to maintain the Union . It bad been said that there was a conspiracy against the Government of Ireland : he thought there had been a conspiracy against her people . It waa inconsistent with the professed object of abstaining from all that could influence the now pending trials to introduce any allusion to RepeaL Mr . F . French hoped that all the words respecting Ireland wenld be expunged , unless Sir R . Peel would S 3 y that they should have some real meaning . The O'Connor Don was averse to anything that could influence the trials . bir R . Peel referred to the whole tenour of the speech in proof that there was no intention to produce that influence . Such intention waB excluded by her Majesty in terms so distinct that no doubt could exist upon this point .
Mr . Blewjtt said the attempt in tbe speech to prohibit any agitation of the repeal question wjs highly unconstitutional . What would have been said if the Queen had been made to declare in her speech that she would never consent to a repeal of the Corn laws ? Mr . Roebuck , aB the trials bad been referred to , begged to ask whether the Government bad directed their attention to certain recent conduct of ( Mr . Smith ) the Attorney-General for Ireland . A calm , sedate , decorous behaviour was peculiarly requisite in the management of those trials , whereas there had been , on the part of that offieer , the grossest breach ef decorum—an attempt to violate the peace in the very midst of a prosecution for violating it He could not but contrast the demeanour of the petulant lawyer of Ireland and the bright example set by the English
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Atttorney-Gefreral ( Sir F . Pollock ) , not merely of deonrouB bearing , but ef a kindly feeling , which bad bad more effect upon the prisoners and their connexions than all the process of the law . He regretted to see how widely this Irish behaviour differed from the dignified calmness that prevailed in our Eoglish Courts , and called for the dismissal of the " unworthy officer . " Sir B . Peel deeply regretted the observations of Mr . Roebuck . He mutt adhere implicitly to the resolution
of abstaining from any statement ; that could affect the trials , but he would say that Mr . Roebuck ' s observations were much more severe and censorious than the occasion required , improper as undoubtedly the conduct of the IrUh Attorney-General had been . He begged the House to make some allowance foe human feelings under strong excitement . The challenge was not a deliberate act—it had been sent in the irritation of the moment , and it bad been presently withdrawn . Under these circumstances the Government had net thought it necessary to remove their officer . !
Mr . WTSE insisted on the ill effect which such an exhibition of violence must produce upon Ireland , in a caae trheroa dignified calmness was so peculiarly requisite . He himself was no Repealer ; but he wished the omission of this paragraph from tho address , and warned tbe Government that their conduct to Ireland weuld determine whether fresh multitudes should or should not flock daily to the banners of Repeal . Lord Elliot vindicated tbe general character of the Irish law officer . In no other instance than this Bingle one bad he been betrayed , great as were the provocations that assailed him , into the smallest impropriety . Captain Bernal thought the conduct of the lost Attorney-General , for so be now was , had ' throughout the trials , in tho beginning , middle , and end , been marked by impropriety ; and this , he had reason to think , was the opinion of tho Irish bar .
lord Stanley exhorted the house , with reference to the occasional heats of its own debates , to make allowances for infirmities which were not those of the Irish Attorney-General alone . None had attempted to vindicate this particular indiscretion ; but it was difficult for a man to sit still , day after day , and listen calmly to repeated , intentional sarcasms ; though perhaps the member for Bath might be superior to any such irritability . So little of premeditation had there been in this unfortunate step , that only twelve hours before it , the Attorney-General , in a letter to tbe Government , describing the systematic attempts to entrap him into some error of this kind , had expressed a resolution that nothing should induce him to lose his temper .
Mr . Serjeant Murphy denied that the heats of this House were any measure for the conduct of a public prosecutor . That conduct had been the more culpable because of the multitudinous nature of the indictment , and the importance of the defendants , who , in truth , were the whole Irish nation . The Irish Attorney-General had , in his opening speech , referred to the example of the Attorney-General for England on the prosecution of the Chartists ; would that he bad imitated it ! He ( Serjeant Murphy ) had been counsel for
the Chartists ; and he could beat testimony , as did the prisoners themselves , to the mild and judicious behaviour of the English Attorney-General , and of tbe whole English Csurt . Tho learned Serjeant censured the conduct of Mr . Smith as exhibited ( not only as to this instance , but throughout the prosecution ) in the captious refusal of any indulgence and accommodation , in the general tone of bis statements , and in the enforcement of Mr . O'Connell ' s presence at every hour of every day , as if there bad been a felony on trial , and not a mere misdemeanour .
Sir J . GraHah regretted that ths Learned Serjeant had travelled bo far into matters which , as being connected with the trials , there had been a sort of general consent to avoid . In a little while , the objection to tbe discussion of them would have passed away , and tbe Irish Attorney-General , a Member of the House , would i bave been able to answer for himself ; and , as no Member of the Government attempted to vindicate the indiscretion complained of , it was surely inexpedient to press this discussion now . The objectionable note had been withdrawn ; the Court bad treated the whole matter bb settled , and the Counsel who gave the provocation had made on the following day a very candid acknowledgment by which all soreness bad been finally healed . Surely It was not desirable to renew it , or to press for tbe ignominious dismissal of an officer in other respects so meritorious . Mr . Ward could not admit that there had been a
systematic attempt to wound tho Attorney-General ; It waa disproved by the very acknowledgment which Sit J . Graham had stated to bave come from Mr . Fitzgibbon . If an Attorney-General could not bear a defence , because it reflected on himself , he was not fit for bis post . Mr . SJIAW deprecated the continuance of this attack upon an absent man . Mr . Roebuck ' s invectives were not only ungenerous , but , when the word" unworthy ¦' waa used , they were untrue ; for , apart from this unfortunate act , Mr . Smith stood deservedly high in the opinion of his whole profession , of which he was a signal ornament ; and , with this one exception , he bad conducted these very trials with judgment and temper .
Mr . Serjeant Stock attested that up to the unfortunate challenge , Mr . Smith had conducted himself on these trials with a temper which bis friends bad not hoped nor his enomies apprehended . His learning was great , and his character unexceptionable ; but be was subject to such infirmity of temper , that the selection of him to be Attorney-General was , it must be owned , an objectionable one . lord Ingest re bore testimony to the general merits of Mr . Smith . Mr . Wallace reminded the House how ill tbe Irish
Attorney-General had conducted the Arms Bill of lust year . The English Attorney-General had been obliged to come to his aid and do bis work for him . A man with such a temper ought not to have been selected . He was glad that this subject had baen brought on , in sp ' itu of the attempt in the speech to niDzz ( i ) the House . Mr . Brotuerton thought tbe attack on Mr . Smith would havo been aa well uiada in hia presence . But he would take thia opportunity of expressing his horror of all duelling , which he held to be no less than murder , and of calling upon the House to declare its disapproval of so unchristian a practice .
Mr . Curteis said , that if Ministers wanted to avoid discussion about Ireland , thoy ought not to have mentioned her at all ; and , therefore , the paragraph relating to her ought to be expunged . The Irish Attorney-General bad now received a pretty severe chastisement , and there was no necessity for insisting on bis dis > misRal . Sir H . W . Barron affirmed that insulting language , and gross want of temper and discretion bad marked tho Attorney-General ' s course throughout these proceedings . In order to support this allegation , he went into several of the circumstances of and connected with the trial ; such as the exclusion of all Roman Catholics from the pannel . So long as Mr . Smith should be continued Attorney-General , Ireland would never be governed in peace . He condemned the introduction of tho paragraph respecting Ireland into the Queen ' s speech .
Mr . HVMB wished It could be ascertained whether the words in question would or would not affect the trials injuriously to the traversers . As there seemed to be a difference of opinion about this , perhaps Sir R . Peel would consent to withdraw the passage . Dr . Bow ring believed that the Union would not be of long continuance if it was to be maintained by executive measures like these . He strongly disapproved the practice of duelling , and especially where calmness , serenity , and dignity were so much required as on the Irish trials . He then entered into the general questions of Irish establishments and Irish feeling - . and argued , that Irishmen were not to blame for trying to repeal the Union , if ttey thought it injurious to their country . The House divided on Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s amendment , — Against it 142 For it 35
Majority against it ... 107 : Mr . Fixzstephen French adverted to the subject of the landlords' and Tenants' Commission , the composition of which , be said , was an insult to Ireland . Sir R . Peel warmly justified it , and rebuked this exemplification of tbe way in which the phrase " insult to Ireland" Is commonly applied . Mr . S . Crawford , who had been two days examined before the Commission , bete strong testimony in its favour . Sir R . Peel pointed the attention of the houss to this important testimonial from an Irish gentleman adverse to the Government , and indignantly reprobated the practice of advancing Imputations , which were thus flatly refuted tbe moment the truth was produced .
Mr . T . Duncombe , in reference to that passage of Ihe addresB which touches upon tbe Queen ' s recommendation of an increase in the number of electors for Irish counties , moved an amendment , proposing a similar increase In the number of borough electors also . He gave credit to the Ministers for having recommended thia change aa to county electors , and rejoired to see tbe doctrine of " finality" thus thrown over . Sir R . Peel said , that nothing could be more inconvenient than to discuss any branch of this question before tbe Government Bill should be communicated to the House . There was nothing in the address to preclude any individual member from proposing an increase of borough electors ; though tbe plan of the Government would deal only with tbe numbers of the eleotors for counties . Sir H . W . Barron contended for the principle of an increase of borough electors .
Mr , F . French recommended It to Mr . Dunoombe to withdraw bis amendment . Mr . Duncombe , on the understanding that he did not preclude himself for the future , consented to withdraw bis motion for tbe present
Monday , Feb . 5 . Mr . Gibson gave notice of his intention to move , on a future occasion , an address to the Crown to appoint a commission for the purpose of obtaining a return of the quantity of land employed in tbe United Kingdom for agr icultural purposes , and the amount of its produce , Mr . Pattison was nnderstood to ask the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) wben he had it in contemplation to take into consideration tbe Sugar Duties , with a view to their alteration ?
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Sir R . Peel smilingly said , that the question which the Hon . ] Member bad just asked him was certainly one which be could only expect to proceed from the youngest member of the house— - ( great laughter . ) Mr . BLEWITT rose and said , —Seeing tbe Right Hon Baronet in bis place , I am anxious t $ call his attention to a report which has been very current in London for some time past , and which report , if untrue , ought at once to be set at rest . It has been rumoured that the Civil list has been greatly exceeded , and that an enormous amount of debt has been incurred . I wish to know if such Is tbe fact ?
Sir R . Peel ( who appeared to have much difficulty in retaining bis gravity ) said—Really , Sir , I feel quite surprised that tbe Hon . Member can be bo credulous—( loud laughter)—as to believe for a single instant so absurd and ridiculous a report—( cheering and laughter ) . A . ny person who has well observed the course pursued by Her Majesty dariag her reign must , by referring to that course , be competent to give such a report a most positive contradiction . I again give a most emphatic denial to the rumour . It bas not tbe slightest semblance of truth for its foundation —( cheers ) . I can say that there is not one shilling of arrear— ' ( loud cheers from all parts of tbe House ) . Mr . S . Crawford wished to know when it wenld be in bis power to bring forward the motion for tbe redress of grievances of which be bad given notice ? The Speaker said that the Hon . Member would
have an opportuaity to-morrow , when the otder of the day was read for the House to resolve itself into a committee of supply . Mr . 8 . Crawford—Then to-morrow I bring forward my motion . Captainj Pechell wished to know when the report of the Census Commissioners would be on the table of the House !? Sir J . GlAHASl eaid , that be did not think that the report would be ready before the recess . Mr . Gladstone , es President of the Board of Trade , proposed to tbe House of Commona yesterday the appointment of a select committee to consider the standing orders relating to railways , and the course which it might be expedient for Parliament to . take with respect to applications for new lines or for new powers in relation to old lines . He intimated that it might be fitting to reduce the amount of deposit now required by tbe standing orders ; and , having regard to the
growing importance of the subject , be suggested that future railway bills should be referred to tbe Board of Trade before the introduction of them into the House ef Commons . His present motion would not include any inquiry into the checks which it might be desirable to providej against tbe alleged abuses of existing railways . There were indications of a disposition to apply for competing lines ; but such lines would not produce all th | ose advantages to the public which are considered as attaching to competition in other matters ; and be was not without hope that such advantages might be obtained from tbe good sense of tbe existing companies , ; without any unlimited encouragement to competing lines . Tbe object he chiefly desired waa , a reasonable j arrangement for passengers of the thirdclass , wbicb he thought there was a disposition to concede , and wbicb he believed would ba attainable without breaking down the fair principle of tbe general charger . ;
Mr . Labonchere wished to make the terms of the reference to the committee a little mere extensive , lest tbe committee should find itself wholly precluded from entering upon an inquiry into the arrangements of railway companies not seeking any further aid from Parliament . Mr . Roebuck was solicitous that nothing should be done that could fetter the House in examining and dealing with a subject so material to the public welfare . He insisted on the usefulness of rivalry by competing lines ; and on the principle that Parliament , after passing an act of monopoly , had a right to interfere if that monopoly were not used as Parliament had expected it should be . Tbe hardships now imposed upon third-class passengers on tbe Great Western line were an exemplification of this grievance . Having these views of the subject , he wished that there should be nothing to narrow the scope of the committee .
Mr . C . Russell ( chairman of the Great Western Railway Company ) gave some explanations respecting the accommodation ef third-class passengers on that line , and stated { that most of the companies were at this momeat carrying this class at a positive loss . Mr . Wallace contended for good accommodation to third-class passengers , and against the discretionary power of directors to raise fares . Sir R . Peel enforced the principle , that there was a great distinction between parties coming for new enactments , and parties having invested their capital on the faith of j enactments already existing . . There might , indeed , be cases where Parliament would have a rifiht
to control even companies long since founded and seeking no new powers ; but he would caution the bouse to pause in such interference . They ought not to interpose merely because some railways produced- profits larger than had been expected ; the legislature which should do that would be equally bound to compensate those lines which had been productive of a loss . But , undoubtedly , tbe legislature would do quite fairly in checking abuse by authorizing lines that would have a competing effect ; and that power of Parliament , and that probability of competition , constituted tbe true controul on the existing bodies , who , he trusted , would see , in particular , that it was their interest to make fit provision for the third-class passengers .
Mr . S . Wortley was desirous of giving the widest possible Bcopa to the inquiries of the corn * mittee . i Mr . P . Stewart trusted that , even if these inquiries should be limited in the beginning for the sake of convenience and despatch , the subject would afterwards receive a wider consideration . Colonel Sibthorp enlarged upon tho evil which railroads had produced in displacing the employments of those wbo ware connected with the old roads and modes of travelling . He did not care how soon he saw all these railway schemes bankrupt .
After a few words from Mr . Plumptree and Mr . F French , the motion waB agreed to-. The House then adjourned .
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LONDON .-Stop the Supplies . —A placard haxing for several days past been profusely distributed through the ; Metropolis , with a long list of M . P . ' s names attached , announcing a public meeting to bo holden at the National Hal ) , in Holboru , on Monday , the 5 th instant , in aid of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s plan for stopping tho supplies , notwithstanding thq severity of the weather the Hall was well filled , —the vast majority present being " whole Hog Chartists . " Mr . T . Begtis , of Nottingham , was called to the chair , and said : — " While I occupy the ohair no man shall apply to me for a he aring in vain . If there is one principle I admire more than another , it is free discussion . ( Immense cheering . ) I now oall on Dr . Epps to move the first resolution . " Dr . Epps then read the resolution , and said there was the same spirit of class legislation in bis heart and in tho bosom of all who attended that meeting , aa jin tbe M . P . —( Loud disapprobation . )
The chairman interposed , aad obtained order . Dr . Epps continued , and Eaid discussion was a good thing ; and he trusted some one would rise and show that man was not selfish , ae wo now , live in society , where some get fat on others' labour —( hear , hear ) . Wo Had a right , when we contributed funds , to know how they are expended . It was not the noisy , but the sober , quiet , yet determined people , who were toj be depended . He thought if a man had a truth i in his bosom , and did not tell it , he was a coward —( great cheering ) . Dr . Epps then moved the first resolution , ascribing all our ills to class legislation . Mr . Statham rose and said , the Government I had determined to put down public opinion by prosecution . If the Black Smith in Ireland should get through his job , he would transfer his labours to England —( hear . hear ) . Ministers in the Commons had shown their sympathy = with tbeir Irish Attorney-General . The poet
said" 111 fares tbe land , to hastening His a prey , Where wealth accumulates and men decay . " England waaj a proof of this at the present time . The report of j the Poor Law Commissioners assured us that one million three hundred thousand persons subsisted by parochial relief ; and this , independant of those who subsisted on charity , private and publio , drawn from other sources —( hear , hear ) . The Ojibbeway Indians , in their late visit to the Queen , had shown the superiority of the savage state over the ; civil : in the former they go . t plenty to eat and drink ; in the latter they slaved —( cheers ) . Well , then , the evils were notorious : the cause was class-legislation—( cheers ) . Could any man say the people were fairly represented ?—( loud
shouts of " no , no" ) . Well , then , bow are those things to be remedied ! Are wo always to remain in our degradation ? j Were the people to be always bowed down by usurpers 1 All they desired was a just distribution —( cheers ) . This could only be obtained by a full , free , and fair representation of the whole people , as laid down in the People ' s Chatter—( immense applause ) . Around that they must rally , concentrating ; their energies to that one point—( enthusiastic cheering ) . Yes , we must all unite for one object—( loud cheers ) . I am for the principles-Cloud eries of ; " name and all . ") Yes , I am for the name and all —( tremendous cheering ) . The principles of the Charter were not that clothes or money but that manners , made the man . Then be watchful—be not caught in mantraps—but let peace and
order be our i motto . He seconded the resolution . Mr . F . Goodfellow came forward and said , —Your Chairman told you he was a working man . I am also a working man . belonging to that oppressed cites—the journeymen tailors . The Dispatch of last Sunday had called his class "the disturbers of publio meetings . " In the name of the working classes he protested against that and emphatically declared for himself and them , that they had never disturbed publio meetings where a fair hearing was allowed to all ; parties . But he also asserted their right , when a j public meeting was called , to attend and express their opinion on the subject under eonsidefation-Hloud cheers ) . Ho trusted that the speakers would not sour the tempera of tho working men ; but that tho " Bages" and " philosophers " woald set them , tho " uneducated ^ ' a good example .
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Notwithstanding the treatment they had received < J the presentation of tbe great National Petition , m by the press , and from other parties sine * , the would not despair . They could congratulate then ! selves that "honest Thomas Duncombe" was wi « j them . ( Immense cheering , again aad again hi peated . ) The first resolution was then put and carl ried unanimously amid great acclamation . Mr i \ Morton said , ever since I have addressed pqiy meetiuga it has been my conviction that u t&xatiji without representation is tyranny . " The & » Points are all necessary . He would be dishonest * he did not tell them he preferred the principle more than the name . ( Great disapprobation He was for the name . ( Hear , and loud cneertv
Last Wednesday night he went to the Crown anj Anchor—( hisses ) . "Hiss as mnch as you please bu I tell you , you injure your canse when you go ftf , publio meetings and oppose men who advocate von principles—( loud shouts" of "No , no ¦ ") He hiasaj would not join the Complete Suffragista . He wea into the lobby of the House , and heard member jeering and saying , " What can he do » he can't ate ehe supplies ! Look at him at the Crown ^ Anchor , he was put down by Chartism . " They »«* bound not to quarrel about a name , but to go f « principles . The principles of Sharman Crawford ^ theirs . They ought not to quarrel with any man reh goes any part of the way . They had many gr $ ances . The chief one was non-representation . IfttJ
were paid to go and interrupt public meetiirf they could not do it more effectually than it wfl done at present . He moved , "That the surest ail shortest way to redress grievances was b y the adm tion of the principles of the People ' s Charter . " M Bainbridge seconded the motion . Mr . Skelton ty came forward aud said , Mr . Chairman and Brotha in bondage , in rising to address you I am not ac t . ated by factious motives . It appears the onl y & * ference between the working and some of the zoiddb classes is a namo . This , at first sight , appears gm , pie ; but to the man who reflects and understand , it is not so simple . There is something in a naa ? You speak of principles . Could Government « & without a name ? When they met to draw n&Hu ,
rules and regulations for any society , the first thfe they did was to give it a name—( tremendous clie ^ ing ) . He spoke the convictions of hi § mind . Work , ing men bad given birth to the Charter . They &n it the name . Would it not be foolish to give it up ) Enthusiasm was a great element in agitation : with , out the name under which that was created , it neTej would have been raised—( immense cheering ) . Voa Gentlemen of the Complete Suffrage party , tell q the namo is a prejudice . I admit it : but is not yoni ; a greater prejudice , —bowing to ihe rich?—( Bejj hear ) . I say ours is a prejudice ; but that prejadjg tends to good . I ask the framers of the Chii ^ ter , could they have received the enthusiasm wiftoui the feeling that now exists among the working cW
ses ? The working classes had been made the toot of all parties and had been deceived by all— ( gr ^ cheering ) . If the men of wealth in the country art in earnest in their desire to redress the grievances of the people , it can be accomplished whenever they think proper to effect a real union with us . Let bof the one hundred thousand pounds , now being worse than uselessly expended by the anti-Corn Lam League —( immense and reiterated applause)—i n ] if only that sum was brought to bear with tho Iabod of the people , the object would be soon obtained , Until union , real and sincere , was effected , no gag would be accomplished . Mr . Skelton resumedhjjl seat amid thunders of applause . Mr . E . Mantz VM rose and said his object was not to create distiuojjj
but to have a proper understanding . He should lib I to have the name added —( cheers ) . He contended ! that a publio meeting was the Jury that shoal 4 decide which was the best form of agitation . Tfof principles which are in the document , and which aref known under the name of the Charter , he contended ! for . Those who had been persecuted and pro 3 ecntedf for it , had a just right to stand forward and espresl their opinions—( great cheering ) . " Stopping thai supplies" would be all very well , if Mr . Crawford had the power ; but to attempt without that power , - ; - was most contemptible . He would not quarrelwithl anyone ; but if the workers unite it must be for prmv : ciple ; and he knew none better than those knowa ^ through the length and breadth of the land , undeii
the name of the People s Charter—( great applause ) ,: He would therefore move that the name be inserted in the resolution . Mr . Ruffy Ridley came formird to second the amendment amid great applause . H « said , we have been told in this and other meetings , that tho middle classes wish for union . Union was certainly a great desideratum ; but the question was upon what ground that union was to Debased . He ( Mr . R . ) was known as a man ; but howl B / his limbs—his shape ; and by bearing that name-( cbeers ) . Toe compiler of the Charter was on th platform ; and he stood forward nobly in its ; defeae « at the Birmingham Conference—( great applause ) , He would call on those who had expressed a wish for union , to unite with the majority . When An
tell us there is nothing in a name , I ask why are ; they then so tenacious ?—( immense cheering ) . That ' name has become sacred to us . Men have been tors from their homes , from their wives , from their fami- ' lies , from all they hold dear , for contending for tho principles under that name—( hear , hear ) . Whif ! shall we forget Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ella ! those noble patriots who are expatriated foT there love of the People ' s Charter—( loud cheering ) . Bni if we give up the name , and the middle classes gain their end , would they not be entitled to : turn round upon us , and say , " You sacrificed ths name ; you are unworthy of the principles "—( tre-: mendous cheering ) , —during which Mr . Ridlej resumed his seat . Mr . Bronterre O'Brien cams
forward and sa \ d he should be paying them ajwots compliment , if he said anything he did nottbinL ; Ho did not care a bunch of dog ' s-meat which they ^ carried , the resolution or the amendment ; he would ' ^ vote for both . He had seen the resolution No . 3 , ;^ relative to stopping the supplies . Had he had tin ^ opportunity , he certainly would have mored ui amendment to a similar sentiment at the Croml and Anchor the other day . Asking members of Parliament to stop the supplies was all humbag-( cheers ) . He objected to the wording of Mr . Shannu Crawford ' s resolution . What two M . P . ' s wonH agree as to what were grievances 1 Ask the Anti-Corn Law League % they would tell you that" theCora Laws , " while he ( Mr . O * B . ) would say they ( tia
Leaguers ) were a very great grievance taemselves-( loud cheers ) . Before such a step was taken , you ought to make up your minds as to what are tbs grievances . I give Sharman Crawford credit ; but that does not preclude me from stating my opinion . I much prefer Mr . Thomas Duncombe ' s means—( tremendous cheering and waving of hats , &c . ) There is great force in the views taken up by him—( cheers ) . The proposition I should like to see adopted is this : — " That we , the various M , P . s , &c , hereby pledga ourselves to stop the supplies until such times u the people : shall have the power placed in their Tiauds of redressing their own grievances , by ths enactment of the People ' s Charter—( enthusiastic cheering ) . I shall vote for bath resolution and
amendment ! But he thought the great body of tw Chartists should adhere to the name . If any disgrace had been brought on Chartism uuder tW name it was by the infernal machinations of the middle classes—( great cheering ) . It was one thing to keep your own name , and another to make others take it . He would not bully any one into taking it . The honest portion of the Complete Suffragists could do us more good under their name than under ours . He would go with Sharnw Crawford for a tangible object . Mr . Hetherin gWn then stepped forward , and said he would just moT 8 a verbal amendment , that would enable all to Tote unanimously , substituting the words " Peoples Charter , " instead of "the principles contained in
the People ' s Chatter . " This , of course , was giving name , principles , and all —( cheers ) . Mr . W . Lovett stepped forward to second Mr . Hethering * ton ' s amendment , and eaid , as one who had somelitJlfl to do with the draft of the People ' s Charter , he waa very tenacious of its name , and knew no reason wby » should be altered ; and trusted they would always retain it as a rallying point —( loud and long-continued cheers ) . After a few words from Messrs . Morton * Wheeler , Mantz , Humphrey , and Davoc , the origins resolution and first amendment waB withdrawn , tha majority wishing not to be factious , and the amendment , the " -People ' s Charter , " now the substantive resolution , was carried unanimously , amid the most enthusiastic acclamations . —Mr . Dunlop , of Glasgow *
then rose to move a resolution in favour of Mr . & Crawford ' s motion for Stopping the Supplies , until the people ' s grievances were redressed . This was seconded by Mr . W . Lovett . Mr . Bronterre O'Btieu then rose and moved asjan amendment : "That -Mr . Crawford and other Members of Parliament bo requested to move that the supplies be stopped until the people have the power of redressing their own grievances by the enactment of the People's Charter . Mr . Moore , of the National Association , seconaea tho amendment , and said , unless we specified what we wanted , this means would be adopted until the Tories were removed and another party be reinstate ** in their places ; and then the people would not tw a bit better off than they were now . ( Great cheering . ) The chairman then put the amendment , ^ declared it was carried bva / m > afc maforitV . *»»
annoucement was received with immense applause A vote of thanks was then moved and seconded » the chairman , and carried . The chairman responde d . Three cheers were then given for ths Charter ; aw * thus ended this great •* Stop the Supplies" meeting-London Delegatb Council , M ? - Wilkins in the chair . The auditors for the carrent three months were elected . It vn $ also reaolnd that the secMft aggregate meeting be held in Marylebone on Wed * nesday evening , February 14 th , and that Feargos O'Connor , Esq ., be invited to attend . KTOTTlNGaAWI . —Alecture was delivered in tbJ Democratic Chapel on Sunday evening last , to * crowded and attentive audience , by Mr . H . Donnas on "the life and character of Wm . Tell ; " after wbicb , a collection of £ 1 Is . was made in aid of Messrs . Cooper and Richards , who are now confined in Stafford gool .
Bibmiwghao t . —Mr . George White addressed a meeting at the Chartist HalL / Peck-lane , on 5 und » J evening last .
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FOB EXECUTIVE . £ b . d . Montrese ... ... 0 10 0 From Quirry Hill and Thorpe , near Almondbury ... .,. 0 10 0 From a few Friends at Dalfcon 0 6 0 Mr . Taylor to Mr . O'Connor 0 2 0 Card * to HudderBfleld District 0 8 4 jutiojui . THrarrTB . From Manchester , per John Mnrrav 6 7 5 Paisley 0 10 0 South Shields 0 10 0 Dalston , near Carlisle ... 0 10 0 Dumfries , per Gray ... 0 7 3 Worsley , Swinton , per John MiUia ^ toB * ... 0 4 6 Eceles per John Millington * 0 16 * The Peat Office Order waa for 6 a 6 d—tbe letter containing it only applies 6 s cojnaiBtmoifs . Dnndee . Jper F . M&cdonald .. 044 HECIETBD BY 3 I 2 t CLEA . YE . TICHM FPJTD . Mr . Q . Lovett , Notting-Hill 0 10 Proceeds of lecture at Hebden Bridge , by Mr . West 0 9 3 ^ Ditto , by Mr . Wheelwright 0 6 51 Surplus of Boss , Penny , and Graham , Defence Fend , ipat ilz . W . High , Dundee ; ... 1 0 0
Mr . H-Baoth , Tipton ... 0 16 A Friend do 0 10 llrJ , Walker do .., 0 0 6 „ B . Dmld do ... 0 0 3 ~ D . Davison do ... 0 0 4 Z Bankindo 0 0 6 ~ J . laycock do ... 0 0 6 J . Liddle 0 0 6 Z J . Bott 0 0 2 DEFENCE FUND . Chartist Sawyers , Stockport 0 10 NATIONAL THIBUTE . Mr Morris 0 10 Sboreditch per Mr MMb 0 2 0 TlIlman ' B Coffee House , St-Pancas 0 5 6 Stockport 10 0 Mr H . Booth , Tipton ... 0 0 6 FOB M ' DODALI . Proceeds of Hannonlcmeetinjf , Feathers , St . Paneras , per Farrer ... 0 18 0 CORRECTION—Six shillings and three pence received from Mr . Kerr , Belfast , was placed to M'Douall ' a account , instead of to Victim Fund , to which latter it has been transferred . RECEIVED BY GENERAX SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ 8 d Weavers Arms , Mile End 0 12 Working Man ' s Hall do 0 2 4 G . Wyatt , City 0 0 8 Truro 0 3 0 Halifax o 4 2 j Sowerby 0 1 8 i Do Helm Locality ... 0 1 1 ^ Ovendon ... ... o 1 8 Siddalj o 1 li
NATIONAL TRIBUTE . Female ChaitistB of Nottingham , per Mary Ann Abbott ... 0 7 0 Mr . Webb , Hammersmith 0 10 Truro 6 3 0 Mr Hancock , Rcdrutb 0 10 Wigan 0 10 0 Merthyr Tydvll ... 1 0 0 Shoemakers , Nottingham 0 4 0 Three Corn Law Repealers , Golden Lion , Dean Btreet , Soh » ... 0 1 6 Glazier at do 0 12 Sowerby , Helm Locality 16 0 CARDS . Working Men ' s HaJl , Mile End Road ... 0 1 2 VICTIH FOND . Glazier , Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho 0 13 SUMMARY OF THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , FROM NOV . 2 ND , 10 DEC . 25 TH , 1844 . £ a . d Receipt for Cards ... 95 13 0 Do for Contributions 33 1 2 Do Monthly Subscriptions 22 10 lj Do National Tribute 5 17 » Total Receipts ... £ 157 2 0 j Total Expenditure 108 6 10 ^ Balance in Treasurer's hands £ 48 15 2 A printed sheet of the Quarter ' s Accounts , giving each item in detail , will be Bent to the various sub-SecretwisB during the course of tbe ensuing week . Thomas M . Wheels * , Secretary .
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