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of thai corruption wiieh they havfr mainly upheld . 23 ie 2 esders ! of Repeal wonld once more sell their com iry . We have ' stepped in , and Bared them a second disgrace ; aod hoice has * THE UNHAPPY GENIUS OF GHABTISU" become a real ghost m the mj of real hnjaibng .
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DEFEAT OF THE * DODGERS . "
"INFLUENCE" OF "NUMBERS" OYER * INTELLIGENCE . " The Leeds meeting for " union" of all "sections of Reformers" to force " SOMETHING * ' from the Minister , has been holden : and the dodging project most signally defeated , notwithstanding every effort that money " ** influence" could dense was resorted io , io secure-a victory over a party insignificant alike injinmbers&nd intelligence , " To ihe report Inserted last week , of the proceedings on the occasion , we beg to direct ihe attention of the reader . He will there learn that the " sons of loll , * when ° mustered in their thousands , " are far too "intelligent" to he taken in with dap-trap or humbug , or wheedled oTer with " oily werdB , " or B soft sawder . "
It ha 3 been our lot to attend hnndredfl of public meetings j and we have witnessed many ** jolly good thrashings , " and utter defeatings of political classes and parties : but never in the course of a somewhat extensive experience , did -we witness a trmmnng so hearty , a defeat bo complete , or 8 TitroBT so triumphant , as in the Leeds Court House on Tuesday week . The proceedings of that day plainly told faction that the time for using the popular power for class and party purposes has gone fcyi and that ihe people have fairly set themselves on a purpose of gosd for themselves , which neither Ihe power of gold nor the force of cant or hypocritical pretence can draw or drive them from .
That meeting -was an important one . It was the manifestation of a new dodge to a get the Tories out , and the Whigs is . * ' It was , avowedly , to be a * nnion" of all" classeB of Reformers" * or SOMEhing : " the terms of a union , " so open and comprehensive , as to embrace even the dissatisfied Teuries . The purpose -was to gather the popular Toice , on a most specious pretence , in aid of a measure most captivating to the unthinking , —the stoppage of the supplies ; and when the popular power -was arrayed * fc the back of the Parliamentary representatives of u all classes of
Beformers , " to sell it to the Minister for "SOMETHING . " The success of the dodge at Leeds -would have enanred success elsewhere . For thai reason , every manoeuvre was resorted to ; every "inflnenctf" Bet to "work , to procure fchafc Buocesa Parties were hired to beat np the Whig force * . Private and personal representations were made as to the vast importance of the move , and of the absolnte necessity of potting those rascally Chartists , —those who stand in the way of all practical reform , and tnierfe ^ e -whenever trick is attempted , — - " completely "
down . The power of the press" was also exerted Tho call to duty , " by Mother Goose io her cosusss was duly made . The whole Borough was scoured , and every Whig retainer drammed up to atteadasce And yet all failed 2 all went for nought . The whole tribe was scattered before the breath of public opinion , like chaff before the wind . Humbug had not even a shadow of success . It found itself pitilessly powerless : and it " knocked under" with the best grace it could assume . Thus was the move extinguished j and the movers snuffed oui I
But we must have on record Mother Gooses estimate of the " opposing force . " It is too good to be lost . The occasion which called it forth ¦ was an important one : and the etest tellB Bomethiug , even \ o her own cackling flock , as to the north of her opinions and the ibcihfgi 5 £ SS of her teachings . And if yr& might venture one word of advice to the waddling toughhided bird , it would be to desire her not to put
her foot in it" quite bo far next time , or she may disturb the implicit faith now entertained of her B wisdom" by the geeseified fiock . If she leads them into places of danger , cackling all the time of safety and peace , it may happen that her counsels will be despised and disregarded ; and Mother , venerated ( for foBy ) though she be , tnrnedtoihe rightabout . Is it likely that even geese vrijl stand a second feed like unto the following i ;—
"We understand the O'Connorite section of the Chartists , cave been busQy occupied for some time , in organizing an opposition , to npset the meeting to be held od Tuesday next . Thii i « no mo » than « anticipated . It will only . be following oat the policy so long punned by tae same party , by "which they have ¦ o completely succeed in driTiog the best men out of their own ranis , sna prejndinng the csnae of the unenfranchised in the eyes of every other elan of the community . We tnut , however , that the inhabitants of Leeds will sot Buffer themselves to be over-ridden in this -way , by a party , insigitificajit alike 13 su » bers , INTELLIGENCE , and vdiuexcc "
Mother having thu 3 done her part towards the ** muster , " it remained for others to do theirs . Accordingly on Monday the following placard appeared , plentifully posted on the walls of the borough . We give it here , net only as evidence of the great importance attached to the Leeds " gathering '' by the " sink-aH-minor difference" gentlemen bat also as a good sample of ** bellowB-blowing" to produce much " sound and fury / ' Here is the in-Sated bladder : —
" Men of Leeds ! have a monster meeting . ' muter 1 muster !! muster ! !! to the meeting on Tuesday next Sympathisers with the wrongs of Ireland J be there and show yoni feeling for that oppressed -part of the Empire . Distenterx ! "whose liberties are threatened , arouse yourselves , and claim 1 nil and complete religious equality . Free traders 1 who xeaUy want the fetters of monopoly striking off the commerce of the country , be ihere . And above all , lBt the sou of toil , -who have a light to occupy a station in society as free men , by haying the poirer to choose your own lawgivers , muter in yoor thoaiin ^ s , and speak ont in a tone that ¦ wBl can 33 year grievances to be speedily considered and Tedressad . "
How cruel , after all these efforts and preparations , to be voted into non-entity J to be utterly , entirely absolctely , annihilated » Bat , cruel as it was , sueh was the fate . The Charier Pin was pat into the bladder of "wind ; and the puffed-np , big , bouncing thing collapsed j fell to nothing . There was not eren a shred left . It is matter of regret that the Mayor of Leeds was not present at Aw oven gathering , to collect and inly apply public opinion . His presence at thai neeting , called for the object it was—the stofpaoj
of thesuppaes to the national CREDITOR , would have been peculiarly appropriate . Besides , having tailed the meeting , well knowing its purport , object , aod the END io be attained , it wonld have been less cowardly io have presided over it , and tins gone the whole hog with those who seek revolution ( if they are honest in thtir professions ) , than to give them a sort of demi-official sanction , in the hope that they would be able to accomplish " SOMETHING" for the party to which bis " woiship " belongs . To what was his non-presidency attri butable 3 Had hi 3 more discreet friends been at
him ? Had a hint or two been given ! Had it been whispered in his ear that Mayors were hardly in their proper place , when " aiding and abetting " schemes , which , if successful , must produce heto xtttios ! It would have been worth a Jew ' s eye to have had him presiding over his u Complete " friends , that he might have witnessed their " eompleie" overthrow . As it was , he did not see it , Most likely he wiH hear of it : and oftener , too than he may wish for ,
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OPPOSITION TO THE FACTORY BILL . This Bill is not to pass ** mu 3 ter" without opposition . The proposal to allow chtldbes of only ei shl years of age ; to ^ be admitted within the walls f a faetory to WOBKVis however , not the oppo-^ oa-exiiHng cause ; Imi-the proposal that they * re riot to he allowed Io work more than Hx-and-akilf hours a day . ' Appropriately enough , this opposition has its rise ^ BiTLCT—fQ o gj ^ j seat of &B "Dfriftr dust " a ? a ; and it has enlisted in it 3 aid the service ; c . ih « wdlrkcoira ( for humanity ) aeinrers
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of Puisey ! These are the men who raise the cry against that portion of the measure which allows children of eight years to be worked only six-an da ^ halfhoorsa-day ! Only six-and-a-half hours ! How shocking . Why limit them ! Why not allow the FitiH-pEiixBS of Batley to Bmotber infants in their du * f holes as oft and as long as they like j and why prevent the " forty thieves" of Pndsey from pursuing the murderous freaks they have pur * sued towards helpless infants !
As yet , no opposition ha 3 publicly manifested itself against the protection-fa adult-women clause . Whether the manufacturers , who now have the heart io work WOMEN "from six ajn . to nine pjn ., without kespixb for rest or refreshment , "—( see Pactory Inspeetor Howbll ' s Report , p . 19 ) ; whether these men will have the imprudence to publicly appear and oppose the very slender and inefficient measure of photection now offered , remains to be seen . Por their disposition to do so , we can give -full credit : whether they will dare to run counter to the almost universal feeling of the conntry , is another matter . One thing however
would Beem to preclude the Manufacturers' press from taking part against the Pactory women ; and that is the part it took to obtain protection to women and young females employed in Mines and Collieries . Every reason then adduced in favour of the Pemsle-Labonr Prohibition Act , applies with full force against the undue working of females in factories . The pbecedent then established by common and almost universal consent , is now only sought to be acted ob , to a very limited extent , for the behoof and benefit of a class equally as badly used , ( the relative nature of the occupations being considered ) , and equally as need ful of PBoTEcnoN , as the collier women .
On this question of Factory regulation , it is only right that each party should be fairly understood . The Batley and Pudsej men have arrayed themselves against the Belay system . Now , that system ha 3 never been advocated by the firm and undeviating seekers for Pactory Labour regulation . It was the offspring of the Whig Commission ; and was helped into life by the Whig Aot . It is , in our opinion , a most objectionable system . It brings twice the number of young "hands" into the Pactory labour market that a healthful and just system would do . It acts moxt
prejudicially upon the wages of all" young persons " above the age of thirteen ; because it overstocks the labour mart . It introduces difficulties , and confusion where all might be clear and simple . It does no good to the children themselves , nor to their parents : for to talk of teaching habits of industry to a child of eight years old in a Pactory , is to insult common sense ; and the little amount of wages given for . such "industrious habits" is only so much taken from the elder "hands . " It therefore seems to -ub ~ that the relay system cannot be defended on any good ground : and we confess that we should much like to see it utterly abolished ia favour of a plain , simple , bat efficient
Ten Hours' Bill ; not however admitting childbbk at eight years old ! To that portion of the Ministerial measure every opposition ought to be given : at the same time , if it be determined to adopt it j if the manufacturers will have infants so young , and if this cannot ba prevented , in God'n name do prevent them frem being worked more than six hours a-day ! Do defeat the Batlkt Shoddyert and the Pcdset humanitarians ! Save the infant gristle as much as you can 1 Do not let us , in this question of Factory regulation , be behind the H drab-coloured" Feh-vsyivakuns , at whose sense of honour and true feeling we are so apt to sneer . Let not the " Repudialors" beat us in the march of humaniij !
What they are doing will be learned from the following extract from the New York Sun of the 1 st nit . The news will be of good account just now , as it may serve to shame some of the Pactory child ' s opponents into better deeds : — Childbeh in Fjlctobiks . —Mr . Brackenridxe has brought forward a bill in the Legislature of Penn . sylvania , to prevent the overworking of children in cotton and woollen factories . The bill provides : —
" That it shall not be lawful for any owner , manager , foreman , or agent of any cotton or woollen mill or factory , within this commonwealth , to detain in employment in their works any female child being under the age of twelve years , for more than six hours in any one day , neither shall it be lawful for any parent , guardian , or other person , eathled to the custody or services of such child , to contraot for , permit , or connive at the employment of such child or children , at labour in any such cotton or woollen factory , for more than six hours per day , as aforesaid .
"That any parent , guardian , or other person , having charge of a female child or children , who shall neglect or refuse to Bend Baid child or childien to school , shall be liable to a fine of twenty dollars ; and any owner , manager , foreman or agent , of any cotton or woollen mill or factory , within this commonwealth , who shall employ , receive , or allow to be employed , in such factory , any female child or children , being under the age
of twelve years , for more than six hours per day , contrary to the provisions of this Act , shall be liable to a fine for every offence of twenty dollars ; said fines to be recovered before the Aldermen or Justites of the Peace as debts of a similar amount are now by law recoverable ; and the suits to be brought in the name of the commonwealth , and proceeds to be paid over by the magistrates when recovered , to the school fund of the district in which the offence RhaJl hare been committed .
" Tnat children of ft less age than sixteen years , and not within the provisions of the first section , whether male or female , shall not be allowed to perform more than ten hours labour per day iu anj such cotton or woollen factory ; and any violation of this provision shall subject the owner or proprietor thereof , to the penalty prescribed in the second section , to be lecorered and applied in like manner . "
The Tzhstltakjass even are adopting the Ten Hours' scheme . Would not it be right to ask ous legislature to follow the example ? Should not we u repudiate * , the horrors of the Factory system , and their tremendously evil consequences , and adopt the principle of fcul and efficient protection By an advertisement in another column , it will be seen that opportunities are to be given for the wobkxbs in Factories to speak out on the proposed alterations in this new Bill . If so , we trust they will be true to themselves , and to their order : and
while they Btoutly maintain their right and claim to a far different measure to the one now proposed , still that they will as stoutly set their face against j 3 ] efforts , — -made by whom they may , —to Jefeat the acknowledgement of the important principle that infants , and even adult labourers need , and that it i 3 wise to give , Legislative Pboxechon . Let that principle be but fairly recognised by parties opposed to the workers , and the latter will have less dijicxdlg fa extending ihe operation of it to all classes of labour .
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Stabs to Iceland . —The Chartista of Great Britain will render an essential service to their cause by sending as many Simrs of the present week , and the -week before , as they possibly tan to Ireland . Bovtn Win gate Colliest . —A correspondent writes us that , notwithstanding the agreement lately entered into by Ihe proprietor of the above colliery with Mr . EobertB , the said proprietor is breaking the engagement he agreed to ; and , by his tyranny , doing bis ut * most to compel the men to strike , and thus harraa the Union . Oar corrapandeBt , who bos been offered more than one bait to desert the TJnioD , but has nobly refawd it ; assures us that the men are determined
te obey the advice of Mr . Roberts , and not be made the . « at ' s-pat ? of the Coal King , We aie glad to bear it Let the Correspondent and bis feUowwoiknieo stick to the Association , and they may yet Mve the power of bringing the oppressor to a sense of . justice . . AxssBi&B IkliszBS . —Our JKtlmarnocfc Correspondent .- Informs D 3 that the Colliers , of .. Qatesbead Pit , and ' several other coal-work * , are now readers of the SorOiern Star ; and that th * y ' deslre to have this - made known , that their brother colliers may be indac&d to follow \ heir example , anil support the only paper which supports their interest . Abbxh Dtjscan and the Abb&oath Meeting . —
We Lave received another account of this metsticg ; but roust Tz » eTV 6 all till next week . J . S . —Gore ' s Advertiser . The Pouticax , JDbeah is good ; but ire cannot find room ioi it .
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The Poets . —The lines from Ashburlon , and tha Captive ' s Dream , respectfully declined : other favours are under consideration . Peter Grax , Dumfries . —We are Bony that we have not the information he requests . " Lines on the death or J . 0 . La Mont "—next wefek . Julian Ha&nbt acknowledges the receipt of letters from Mr . Celquhoun , Glasgow ; Mr . Myles , Dundee ; Mr . Collie , Glasgow ; Mr . Syme , Edinburgh ; asd Mr . Cummins , Edinburgh . Their kind favours shall be made use of . ; John Hancox , Tbedegar . —Should send bis money and bis order aooner , and be will then receive his papers at propea time .
John White , JBii . STON .--ThB Portrait of Roberts , ¦ with the pamphlet "Mr . O'Connor ' s reply to Hill and Walking" will be aent in time for delivery next week . The demand for the pamphlet bas been so much greater than was expected , that the publisher hoB not been able to have them ready to meet it . — C . Scott , Suuderland ; A . Eoston , Hawicfc ; and several others , win see by tbiB why their orders are not immediately executed . D . CAiiANDER—Toe " Pamphlets" will be 4 d . each , if posted , and the Plate of Roberts 3 £ d . The Miners' Executive . —We have received a printed handbill issued by the Executive of the Miners' Association , which we confess does not a little surprise us . In it we find ourselves most
severely taken to task for imputed conduct toward b themselves . To make out a case for the complainings ; indulged in , and the representations made , they assume that the article inserted in the Star on the 24 th ultimo , headed , *• Tremendous Explosion of a Coal Pit Conspiracy" had reference to them ; and thai we therein charged them with entering into a congpiracy with the masters to destroy the Miners Association ; and denominated them as ¦?* persons too idle to work , and too poor to live withont labour . " Now what could have put in the heads of the Executive to appropriate that article to themselves puzzles us
to imagine . When the artiole was written , we had no sort of conception that they wer implicated ia the conspiracy which we then had to expose ; and therefore could not intend any portion of it io apply to them . It was intended as a note of warning to tho Minors generally against a little clique who are trying to do with the Miners' Association what has been done with all the unions and confederations of the working people throughout all time : first , by exciting jealousy against their best friends and taleated guides , introduce disunion and divisioi where concord should alone prevail ; and thus break op the Union , which otherwise might bid defiance te all assaults . This has been
attempted \ n the Miners Association ; but so far from our suspecting even that the Executive had part or lot m the matter , the document before us , in which they appropriate all we said in exposure of the infamous plot to themselves , is the first intimation that we had that anybody supposed even that they were implicated . VVe assure them , that as far a 3 we are concerned , aU their protestations are wholly beside the mark-
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D . R-, Boulogne —The plates are sent . Those agents who desired their plates through London can apply to Mz . Cleave , who baa been furnished with a llai and the required number of plates . Hall , York ; Browm , Settle ; awd Siddle , PocKLihGTON—Order the carrier * to call , or say how we are to send . FOB THE EXECUTIVE . Froa a few | Working Men at Boulogne , Frante 10 0 TOB THE QSKES . iL DBPBNCB FUND . From fa few Working Men at Boulogne , Franee , d 10 0 FOR MBS . ELLIS . From a few Working Men at Boulogne , Fiance ' . 0 8 6 FOR THJB VI « TIM FUSD . Etom D . Y . Boulogne , France . 0 16 FOR XRS . JOKES . FroaaHater of Tyranny , Boulogne ...... 0 10 FOR MR . RICHARDS . From George Bloomer . Doncaster 0 10
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Cat ovt of the Bag . —A meeting was held on Tuesday evening , March tbe 5 th , at She ] ton , to receive a depntatlon from the Plague . Of coarse the meeting was a ticketed one . The deputation was tbe old sunpl *; Cobden and Co ., Thompson and R . R . Moore . Tbe meeting was originally called for six o ' clock , bat it having got wind that tbe Chartists intended to have a " say , " bills were posted , saying , that in consequence of forged tickets being circulated , tbe meeting would take place at five . At the last appointed hour hundreds were surrounding tke dotrs , waiting for admission . There tbe work of inspection was carried on ; the printers were stationed to swear to their tickets ; but the tickets were not so much tbe object , aa the
men who had them . Tbe manufacturers nad stationed tbe bailiffs and lickspittles to give & nndge to the printers , whenever a Chartist presented himself . When tbe oadge was given the tickets were tor * np and tbe men Bent back . Wb . il * this was going on in front of th « building , the masters ware bringing up their hands by hundreds , to whom they had Riven tickets . These were driven in at a bock door until the room was almost full . The Chartists were trying to gain admittance by ticket at tbe front ; bnt hundreds were s « nt away under the pretence of forged tickets . Tbe cry of "forged tickets" was got np for the pnrpose of keeping eat the Chartists ; bat after all it proved to te no go : for a good sprinkling of the
" good men and true" very soon caused tbe Leaguers to look nnntterable tbinga A Mr . Wedg wood was called to the chair . On the motion being made , Mr . Dorman got upon a form and asked that gentleman if he wonld allow discussion . Here there was such yelling , hissing , and hooting , in which Christian ministers heartily joined , as was never heud before . Tbe old Waaherweman led the van ; Cobden , the pet , came ntxt At the close » f Cobden ' a wUhy-wash , " Mr . 8 . Kidd rose to reply . Mr . K . reviewed and dissected Cobden ' a speech In such a masterly and unanswerable joanier , that the Leaguers writhed nnder it again ; and to rid themselves of their opponent they set np an uproar , which became so general that nothing could be heatd . Mr . K . moved the following resolution :
"That in the opinion of this meeting the question of the Corn Laws is of the greatest possible importance ; and we , as one portion of tbe great national public , call on Mr . Cobden , as leader of tbe Free Trade party , to fulfil his engagement towards us by meeting Mr . O'Connor , to disenss that question , in accordance with a challenge driven by Mr . Cobden at Bradford , and accepted by Mr . O'Connor , or be for ever treated by ua as a mouthing demagogue and a convicted faith-breaker . " This | was seconded by Mr . Dorman . It fetched Cobden ont of his hiding-place , and be publicly said he had never given such challenge 1 Bo much for bearding him in his den . We bad three hearty cheers for tha Charter , and three for Feargos O'Connor and the Korlhern Star .
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TO THE INHABITANTS OF BOLTON , AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY .
My Dear Friends . —I feel at all times a diffidence in reporting meetings for myself ; but my duty to tbe cause in which I am engaged imperatively demands th'H refutation of a most scandalous report which appeared in the colnmns of the " sickly jroung lady , " tbe Bollvn Fret Press of Saturday , February 24 tb , 1844 , purporting to be the report ef a discussion betwixt Mr . Joseph Crook and myself , ou the Repeal of the Corn Laws . For the last few weeks I feavo been labouring in the Northern district cf Lbe count ; of Lancaster , as lecturer . On WedneBday tbe 21 st , according to the route , I was to lecture in Cborley ; but owing to the room in which I should have lectured being engaged , I could not get a meeting ; 2 therefore went home to see my family .
In a short time af ' . er my arrival I was waited upon by Mr . Leach , of Manchester , and Mr . Sullivan , of Bolton , who informed me that a discussion should take place that evening , betwixt the former gentleman and Mr . Crook , of Belton ; and that the Town Hall was taken , and the town placarded announcing the same ; bat owing to some mistake in the arrangement , Mr . Leach was engaged on that evening with Mr . Mackintosh , in tbe Carpenter ' s Hall . They requested that I would go to Bolton in Mr . Leach ' s place ; and rather than the cause should suffer for the want of an advocate , tbongh much inferior in point of talent compared with Mr . Leach , I assented , and proceeded to Bolton . I delivered a lecture upon protection far labour ; at the conclusion of which Mr . Crook rose and pat a
question , which I answered . Mr . Crook said that he was perfectfnlly satisfied with my answer . He would sow -wish me te enter into a discussion with him npon the Repeal ef the Cam Laws . He was a member of the League , and had snbsribed £ 50 to its fond ; but if I could prove that it woald in any way injure the working classes , he would withdraw his support from it , I answered that the question announced in the bills was " Protection or no Protection ;'' and notwithstanding : that I bad an undoubted right to refuse to discuss any other question , yet I accepted the challenge of Mr . Crook , or any other mat , npon the Corn Lsw question . All 1 asked was a " fair stage and no favour . " 1 therefore commenced examining the
various speeches and writings of the Cobdens , Brigh t * , TiUierses and others , all which went taT prove d that Repeal meant & reduction of ' -wages . ^ Mr . Crook followed the old plur of making assertions , and arguing from them as if they were facts -. ' Bach as if we bad a Repeal of the Corn Laws , we would bave . bread one-third cheaper thai at" present ; the Cora Laws were , rent laws , and so forth . Now the Free Press sbonld bave given my reply to * those qieatioHs , in order tbat Us raadera might be able to judge bstwixt Mr . Crfofc and me as to which had the better side of the argument . In answer to that part I quoted Mr . Livsey , one cf their own authorities , who etates " That the farmers are tired of telling at Danizic price * , and " paying English xenk . " Tae ocly conclusio « that could be drawn from
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thatsUtement Was , that comwaa sol * by the farmers JEJHuS ? ^ "S ^ P " '¦*» & *»•*** " brought fc ** Dantric , and that was the cheapest matket for com in the wort * So that , according to Mr . Livwy s reasoning , com wm aa cheap n » It could be ; and the only party suffaring b , the Corn Laws was the ft *?!! ' * . ttfc *? , ««! iii » the assertion of Mr . Crook , that the priceof bread coald be thus reduced * I proved , hyjacto ana figure * , that if the whole of the duty were taken off com , and likewise every fraction of rent , that the whole would not make mores than i } i per down of flow , and the present price was 2 s . per dozen , therefore , where was the foundation of his assertion #£ J'l ^ eUl ? t * ire brea one-third cheaper ? Mr . Crook had said that if I could prove that a Repeal would be
on injary to the wotklng classes , he would withdraw his aupporfc from the League . Well , Mr . C » ook bad said that com would be brought in one-third cheaper ; would the repeal of those laws alter the system under which we lived ? would it alter the fixed monetary payments that were demanded of the people ? If the price of wheat was reduced to 40 s . the farmer and farm labourer would still ba liable to the same burthens of rent , taxes , and debts . The average crop for this country was three quarters and five bushels per acre , or twenty-nlne bushels ; but for the sake of simple argument we will dispense with the odd bushel and say three quarters and a half ; by a Repeal the farmer would lose ' £ S 10 s . in the price of Mb produce in every acre of wheat that be grew . If , says Mr . Livsey , w « take one-third from the rent which the Bolton Free Press says is 18 a 9 d per acre on the average for England ; but suppose we say 24 s . peri acre , that would be 8 s . as a
set off against the reduction In theprice of produce . How would the farmer itand then ?—he would be a clear loser of £ 3 2 a in , every acre of wheat that he grew . Well , bnt Livsey says the rent h all the hinderance ; were it not for the landlords , we could grow corn as cheap as any other part of the world . We will take tbe whole of the rent away ,-or £ 1 4 b . aa a set off against the reduced price of produce , and the farm « will be a clear loser of £ 2 6 s . in every awe of wheat produced . Who wonld be the sufferer ? The farmer ? N » , not If he had the power of throwing it on the neck of another ; but the whole of the population that depended upon agriculture for their dalJy bread , and that too not * withstanding the League cry , " we are no longer an agricultural bnt a manufacturing people . " That statement bad no foundation in fact . They were not to imagine that Lancashire with portions of Yorkshire , Derbyshire , and Cheshire , was Great Britain . Spakman ' j Statistics , p . 123 , tells us we have dependant on
Agriculture 20 , 898 , 997 Manufactures 5 > 971 , 146 or three-fourths of the entire population dependant on agriculture . In answer to the fallacy of cheap and dtar com , I showed it mattered not what was theprice of corn ; it was dear at a low money rate if the people had not the means of purchasing it As for instance in 1815 corn was 67 s 3 d . per qoarter . A jackanet weaver at Cborley could get a quartar of corn for weaving sixtyseven yards and a quarter ; whereas in 1844 , with corn at 52 s 5 £ d , he bad to weave 381 yatda , and three quarters for a quarter of corn . Mr . Crook openly , publicly , and distinctly stated , that he was fully convinced that nothing but the Charter wonld ever protect
the labouring classes ; and moved " that the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr . Dlxon for the manner in wbicn he had handled the subject that svaning . " 1 scarce ); know -what to make of tbe bnmgling report of the correspondent of th » Free Press , when he says that no opposition was offered to a vote of thanks to Mr . Dancombe and the Chairman . The resolution , passed unanimously , was , " That the best thanks of the inhabitants of Bolton , in pablio meeting assembled , is hereby given to T . 8 . Dancombe , Esq ., M . P ., and Feargua O'Cooaor , Esq ., for their manly and patriotic conduct at the Crown and Anchor meeting In London . " Hoping that you will excuse this intrusion , as I do , thinking that the holy cause in which we are engaged ought not to be injured by the paid scribe of any venal newspaper .
I am , dear brothers , in the cause of troth , year's faithfully , Wm . Dixon . Pjidiham , Feb . 27 tb . 1844 .
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TREACHERY EXPOSED AND VILLANY DEFEATED . 1 Sir , —The following is a true copy of a letter sent by toe Rev . E . Manfz to N . Doran Millard , secretary to the National Anti-League Association ; it refers to a public meeting of that body held on Monday , the 4 th init ., at the Freemasons * Tavern , London ; a report of which will doubtless appear in your paper ; it was given by one of the Anti-League to Mr . Sberrard , who , shocked at the treachery displayed by its writer communicated its contents , and allowed a copy to be token by tbe undersigned—( tho original is still in the possession of Mr . Skelton ) .
We shall leave your readers to make their comments npon this wily document , and content ourselves with attesting its genuineta , John skelton , Wji . Cufeat , Thos . BRowett , J . W . Parker . To tho Editor of the Northern Star . Sir , —We eonslder it important that this should b 3 published . : Thomas M . Wheeler , Philip M'Qrath , Henry Ross . Members of the Executive Committee .
Sir , —I am under tbe moat fearful apprehensions that tbe meeting to take place this evening will prove an entire failure ; certain it is that much caution and sound policy are needed to enable your association to pass resolutions favourable to the object you have in view . From information which I have gleaned ( and from sources which I can safely rely npon ) there appears to be a deep organization afloat to frustrate your measures , and to . carry amendments in favour of the People ' s Charter . Many tickets have been distributed among the class of weavers residing in the Tower Hamlets ; these have bsen collected together , and were yesterday brought before the District Council of the Chutists , when every delegate was instructed to take a certain number down to his locality and distribute
them among its members through the class-leaders , and also to advise them to endeavour to obtain more , so qb , to use their own words , to cram the meeting , and to carry , if possible , their own chairman . I doubt much , however . Jwhether this will be carried into effect ; but you may depend upon it they will attempt to carry their amendments , and I can positively assure yea that yesterday afternoon three persons were appointed to draw up resolutions , and to provide speakers to bring them forward at the meeting . Being present at their deliberations , I was politely requested to move the first amendment ; bat ss my object is the defeat of the League , and not the advancement of the Charter , of ours * I have no desire to adrooate their interests more than is sufficient to enable us to battle with the
common enemy , I therefore modestly deehned , I am given to understand tbat a Mr . Sherrrrd , from the weavers , has been appointed to move tbe first resolution ; should this turn * out to be true , it is my firm belief yon will make a fine opening for other Chartists to follow , without receiving any advantage ; for in the first place be bas been instructed how to play his card ; in the second be has nut popularity to draw strength to your ranks , even Bhootd be advocate the substance of your resolution ; and thirdly , I have great doubts whether he will not seek to expose any little correspondence that may have occarred between you . From my union with the Ghartists in their opposition to the
League , they have unfolded to me the secrets of their councils , and reposed tin me a ( degree of confidence which from my real political sentiments and opinions , I am not justly entitled to ; and as it is to as a point of some importance to know their operations and movements , I must say I feel an hesitation how to act in this matter . If I should speak in favour of any of your resolutions my popularity is at stake ; , and the chancesjare ten to one whether myself and your Association do not call down npon oar heads the ire of the meeting ; and if I should sit as a silent observer , I feel convinced I should be compelled , by their yells and calls , to address the meeting for them .
The questions , then , which I wonld have you to consider , are these : —Would it be advisable for me to be absent altogether 1 or to reserve myself back to move sin amendment of onr own ? In my opinion , the best courso for you to adopt will be to move a resolution ; and if that should go against the grain of tbe meeting , then let an amendment be prepared embodying the same sentiments in a different form . This I will . propose ; and by cautiously dropping a word or two to the Chartists , we will unite to carry the amendment , and allow tbe resolution to be withdrawn . I am almost positive this can be done without endangering our success : any other way we shall be defeated ; and a defeat at our onset would prove fatal to onr agitation , and give the League Eomethfng to chuckle about .
I would wish you to understand that I have never successfully opposed tbe Free Traders without the aid of the working classes ; you may ¦ ¦ : therefore rely upon my opinion respecting tke Chartists who constitute the great body of that claas which attend public meetings , I will be punctual at half-past six o ' clock , and then we can settle as to tbe best mode of conducting the proceedings . There requires much taot , skill , ano stratagem . It is very probable that I shall not call at my town , residence again to-day . It woald therefore be ageless to trouble you to write a reply . Hoping things may enm oat more satisfactory than present aspects seem to indicate , I remain , sir , your most obedient servant , ¦ ' : E . Mahtz . S , Thomas-street , Bethnol-Green . To N , D . Maillard , E , q .
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Liberation ^ of Bean . —This individual , who , it it will be remt jnoered , was taken into custody for attempting to annoy hor Majesty by prosentiil /; a pistol at hor Majesty ' a carriage , a ? she was taking an airing ia St James's Pork ; aiid for which hs was tried at the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , and sentenced to eighteen mouths imprisonment in the Miilbahk PeniU-ati * ry , was liba-. ii . cd on 3 a . urday the f-ernj for which ho was incarcerated hitvisg expired .
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The Factory Question . —On Tuesday evening , a meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , Bradford , in favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill , Mr . Joshua Pollard in the chair . On tho platform was the Vicar , Dr . Sooresby , and a number of clergymen , Mr . Walker , Mr . Rand , and several other millowners and gentlemen connected with the manufacturing business . Resolutions were moved and unanimously carried in favour of a Ten Hours Bill for all under twenty-one years of ; age , and a petition adopted , to be signed by the Chairman , to be presented by one of the Members for the Borough , in favour of the views of the meeting . Dr . Sooresby spoke very pointedly on the subject , and promised to preach a sermon on the 17 th of March , in the Church , on Factory Labour . Votes of thanks were tendered to the Chairman , the
Clergy of theChurch . and to theRev . Messrs . Dawson and Pottinger , the meeting separated with three cheers for the good Old King , Richard Oastler . Hudder 8 fiei , d . —The Tbk Hours' Factory Bill . —Active preparations are being made to support Lord Ashley in his amendment to Sir James Graham ' s Factory Bill . Tho Huddersfield Short Time Committee held a meeting on Wednesday evening , when they resolved : to write to the two Members for the West Riding , calling on them to sppport Lord Ashley , in his righteous endeavours to secure to the Factory Workers an efficient Ten Honra ' Bill . Another meeting will be held on Monday evening , at the White Hart Inn , when they hope to see a good attendance . They invite aU to attend who feel interested in shortening the hoars of labour .
Awfpl Murder . Belfast , Thursday . A . shocking murder was committed last night , in the barracks in this town , by a private soldier of the 66 th Regiment . The unfortunate culprit did not return to barracks for some hours beyond the prescribed time , and was in a state of inebriety . The sergeant of his company reprimanded him for his breach of discipline , and threatened to report him next day . The soldier at once proceeded to his quarters , loadsd his firelock with ball cartridge , and returned to where the sergeant was standing , quite unconscious of any danger , when the private shot him dead . The sergeant was a man of
excellent charaoter , and by no means a rigid disciplinarian ; the poor fellow has left a large family to deplore his loss . The soldier was immediately put under arrest , and it is said that the contemplation of the horrid crime he had committed brought him to a full sense of his situation . He declares he was not in possession of his senses , and that he will meet death as bis just reward in this world . He was sent to the Penitentiary to-day , after the coroner's jury had declared a verdict against him of " Wilful Murder . " He will be transmitted to Carriokfergus , audit is likely his trial will take place next week at the assizes . j
An Aged Female Burned to Death . —On Friday , at the Infirmary , Manchester , an inquest waa held before Mr . Champion , on the body of Sarah Taylor , widow , 68 years of age , who died on the previous Wednesday . It appeared that the deceased had lived with her nephew , in Bradford-street , Hulme , and was not of sound mind . She had been in the habit of getting out of bed , at untimely hours , and lighting the fire , and although precautions were taken to prevent her , she did so on Thursday morning , the 22 nd ulfc . and about two o ' clock the inmates of the house were alarmed by ; a cry of " Fire . " On going down stairs , they found the deceased with hor clothes | on fire , and she was severely burned before tke flames could be extinguished . She was conveyed to the Infirmary the same morning , and died of the injuries as above stated . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death : '
Ikcendiary Fire at Ofpton . —Scarcely a night passes withomt intelligence reaching the town of a fire in the neighbourhood !; and so accustomed are the inhabitants to hearing the . cry of " fire" sounded in their streets , that upon the ( first alarm , hundreds may be seen hastening towards the spot where it is supposed to be raging . On Wednesday night last , abbot seven o ' clock , the cry of fire" was sounded in St . Matthew ' s , and the fears of the inhabitants dwelling in that part of the itown wanted no confirmation , as the western horizon was illuminated with that vivid glare which clearly told that there was an awful conflagration , and , as many thought , at no great distance . It was at first supposed that Bramford was the ill-fated place , as an alarm had
been given the night previous of a fire there , which happily proved to be false . On reaching Bramford , however , the flames still appeared to be some considerable distance off , and it was at length ascertained to be on the premises of Mr . J . Raynham , of Qffton . Tbe Hadkigh and Needham engines were first on the spot , and had succeeded in gutting tho fire under and { preventing the flames reaching the dwelling-house , which stood at no great distance , by the time the engines from Ipswich arrived . As the Suffolk Fire-office engines were passing through Bramford , some miscreants endeavoured to put them on the wrong track , by directing them to the left of Bramford . To this , together with tho distance , and the state of the roads at the time , may be attributed the late arrival of tbe Ipswich engines . The buildings destroyed consisted of a double barn , stable
bullock-shed , turnip-house , & « ; la valuable bloodhorse , worth £ 150 , with a sow and a farrow of twelve pigs , perished in the flames , although the most praiseworthy efforts were made to rescue them . The shrieks of the poor animals were truly piteous to hear . The fire was first discovered by a servant girl , who was left in charge of the farm , Mr . and Mrs . Raynham being from home at the time . A largo number of the neighbouring peasantry were present , and appeared to vie with one another in their praiseworthy exertions to extinguish tbe flames . The block was insured in the Sun , and the buildings in the Suffolk Fire-office .. The damage is estimated at £ 1 , 000 . We understand Mr . Raynham had some threatening letters ) Bent him about two months since , and an effort was made some time ago to fire the stacks , but without effeot . —Ipswich Express . '
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HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesday , Feb . 28 . At the usual hour of assembly , four o ' clock , there were not members sufficient in attendance to " make a house . " '; Thursday , Feb . 29 . . Tho Earl of Lincoln obtained leave to bring in a bill for regulating the construction and the use of buildings in the metropolis and its neighbourhood . Mr . Rice called the attention of the House to the report of the committee on shipwrecks , vrith reference to harbours of refuge ; and moved an humble address to her Majesty , praying that a commission of scientific and competent persons may be appointed to consider and advise tbe best means of carrying into effect the recommendation of that committee .
The motion was withdrawn , Sir Robort Peel having announced that it was the intention of Government to appoint a commission to investigate the whole subjeot . ¦ Col . Bawdon next moved " That it is the opinion of this House , npon considering tho lateness of the period at which was issued the proclamation of the Irish Governmentjintendedto prevent the assembling of a meeting announced to be hoiden at or near Clontarf on the 8 th day of October , 1843 , that a risk of disastrous collision was incurred , and a precedent thereby created dangerous to the lives and liberties of her Majesty ' d subjects . " ]
Mr . Villiebs Stuart Becontied the motion , and Lord Eliot , on the part of the Government , opposed it . i Mr . SoMERS , Mr . S barman Crawford , and Mr . E . B . Roche supported the motion . On a division there appeared—For the motion j . 62 Against it j SO Majority ; .... ; .... —28 Lord Wobsley astted for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the inelosure and improvement of commons and lands held in common
the exchange of lands , and the division of intermixed lands ';' to provide remedies for the defective or incomplete executions , and for the nanexecutions of the powers of general and local inclosure acts , and to provide for ihe revival of such powers in certaiu cases . ; The Lokd AbVdbi'rp then asked for leave to bring in a Bill to amend ftie Mw , witb respect to Prisons and Prison Discipline in Sootlandi Thia was acceded to , ' after a few observations from Mr . Wallace . The remaining business having Leon disposed of , the House adjourned . ¦ '
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FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK DUNCOMBE AT FINSBURY . ANOTHER DEFEAT OP THE " SHOT HOYS / ( From the Morning Chronicle of Friday wa Rive the following report of a meeting in the Borough . of Finsbury , called under the auspices of Messrs . EI 6 and Hook , the two gentlemen who the other day took npon themselvep to lecture the Hon . Member for that Borough , Thomas Sling 3 by Duncombe , Esq ., for his attendance in accordance with their request , at the Crown and Anchor meeting . This Finsbury meeting was to have been one of censure on Mr . Duncombe , had the purposes of its conveners been carried out . As it was , the " tables were completely turned . " The electors of Finsbury rallied round their own M . P ., and read his traducera a lesson they will not soon forget . The storm of public indignation was too strong to be borne against . The traducers had to fly before
it . Let such be the fate of all humbugs 0 A meeting of the eleotors and other inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury mis convened on Thursday evening at White . Conduit House , for the purpose of considering tfie propriety of supporting the policy of M . Shaman Crawford , M . P ., ia withholding the supplies until the grievances under which the people labour have been inquired into with a view to their redress . The large room was den * eiy crowded before seven o ' clock , at which , hour T , Dun combe , Esq ^ M . P . for Finsbury , Dr . Epps , James Duncombe , Esq , Mr . Moore , and several other leading Liberals arrived , and took their seats on the platform . The appearance of Mr . Duncombe appeared to give great satisfaction to the meeting and his entry was greeted with several rounds of applause .
Dr . . Epps having been unanimously nailed to the chair ,. opened the proceedings by observing , tbat they were met in pursuance of a requisition , signed by all classes of Reformers ; to consid « r the circumstances in which the country was at present placed . The borough of Finsbury had taken a leading part in all the principal questions of Reform , and ita electors had the privilege of boing reprnscnted by two Honourable Gentlemen who had done more than any other men to stop the progress of unjust legislation—( cheers ) . It , was not enough , howover , that their representatives should stand up and vote in the House of Commons ; it was the duty of the electors to support them out of that Houso—( hear , hear ) . At required a high degree of moral oonrage
for eleven men to go o&t against 500 , and the electors of Finsbury should take care to show their representatives that they know how to appreciate their oonduot . Mr . Moore next came forward to propose tho first resolution , as follows : — That the imposition of taxes upon any portion of the people , wbiie that portion is excluded from all share in the election of those who impose such taxes , is tyranny ; and that it is a notorious fact that the great majority of the people is not represented by the House of Commons as at present constituted . * ' He said the first fact enumerated in the series of
resolutions which would be proposed to the meeting , was what he called a " great fact , " namrly , that while 800 , 000 men exercised the right of voting , the remaining millions were altogether excluded . Of what use was the honest and independent vote of their respected member , Mr . Duncombe , in favour of the People ' s rights , when up came tho representatives of a rotten borough and outvoted him , establishing his own principle of injustice . The Speaker concluded by remarking that he considered all had a right to the franchise who had a right to live , adding tnat he believed the broad principles oi justice were wound up in the question they had met to discuss .
Mr . Savage seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . Mr ,. Elt came forward to propose the second resolution , bnt his appearance was the signal for loud groans and hisses , which lasted several minutes , when a rush was made to the platform , and a Chartist named Hnmfrey jumped on the table , and moved that Mr . Elt should n » t be heard . The motive for the opposition appeared to resolve itseli into the fact that Mr . Elt had published a letter condemnatory of the Chartists , and especially of the conduct of Mr . Duncombe , at the recent meeting at the Crown and Anchor . After a lengthened scene of tumult and confusion , Mr . Duncomre solicited a fair hearing for Mr . Sit . He was himself anxious to know what that gentleman could say in vindication of his conduct , and thought the present a fitting opportunity .
Mr . Elt then addressed the meeting . He said he did not consider the present a proper occasion far entering on the matter alluded to by Mr . Duncombe . This announcement was greeted with loud groans , and , after ^ an ineffectual attempt to make himself heard , he proposed the following resolution in dumb" show : — " That in the opinion of this meeting it is both just and expedient to restore to the people their ancient constitutional right of the suffrage , wrested from them under a fraudulent pretext in the reign of the sixth Henry ; and that in order to its being fully and fairly carried out it is necessary to accompany it with—equal electoral districts —vote byballot—no property qualification—payment of members—and annual Parliaments . " The motion having been seconded ,
Mr . Fusseil ( 3 Chartist ) mounted the table , and proposed a resolution in favonr of the People's Charter , which was seconded by a person named Ross . . The Chairman then put theamendmentand original resolution in the usual manner , and declared the amendment to have been carried by a large majority . A short pause here ensued after which , The Chairman said those gentlemen who hod prepared the resolutions and got up the meeting now declined io take any further part in the proceedings of the evening , and several shortly after left the r latform . Tho Chartists then moved and seconded a resolution , condemnatory of the Complete Suffrage party , which was unanimously carried , and a petition , embodying the principles of the People's Charter , was adopted and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting .
A person , named Morton , here made a violent attack on Mr . Duncombe , which was stopped by Mr . Balls moving a vote of thanks to , and unbounded , confidence in , that gentleman ; adding to the motion a censure on Messrs . Elt , Hook , 'and other members of the Complete Suffrage Association , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . Duncombe , on coming forward , was received with deafening applause . He said , in accordance with a rule which he had followed ever sinoe he had the honour to represent the borough of Finsbury , he was proud to accede to the request which had been made to him to attend there that evening —( hear , hear ) . He had peculiar pleasure , he might say , on that occasion ; for among the names attached to tho
requisition he recognized those of some persons who had recently traduced his character— ( cheers ) , Mr . Elt had been asked what ho had to say ia defence of his conduct , and he had told the meeting that he did not consider the present a fit time and place to discuss the question —( ironical cheers ) . H © had adopted the Tory argument ini the House of . Commons . ( Hoar , hear . ) During tho recent debate on tho affairs of Ireland , the Attorney-General and other Members of the Administration had risen , one after another , and declaimed on the indelicacy of touching upon the question , because a slate prosecution waa pending . ( Cheers . ) He did not know whether Mr . Elfc had any prosecution pending against him ( Mr . Dunoombc ) ; but , he would a ^ k , why not meet tho question at once i ( Hear , hear . ) Tho meeting had , however , oy their vote fully approved of his ( Mr . Duneombe ' s ) conduct ; and he only regretted that they had gone
further , and passed a vote of eensure on Messrs . Elt and Hook , who he really considered were beneath notice . He felt satisfied that if he . " lost Mr . Elt ' s vote , he should find additional support in the great body of the electors —( hear , hear ) . With regard to the attack of Mr . Morton , who , by the bye , he believed was'rieither an inhabitant nor an elector of Finsbury—that gentleman has said that he ( Mr . Duncombe ) did not support the six points of tho Charter . Why , where did the gentleman live- ? as the Americans had it , " where was be Hz *'—( laughter )? He ( Mr . Dnncombe ) had presented the National-Petition , and over and over again urged the justice of the People's Charter in the House of Commons . He had before recommended the working people to stand by the name of the Charter—( hear , hear)—and he now did so again— ( cheers ) . It had a charm for tne working classes in every part of the kingdom . Mag . va Charta was associated with British liberty ; and there was no pretext for giving up
THE NAME AT THE CAPRICE OJ A FEW INDIVIDUALS —( loud cheers ) . The Honourable Member then said he should continue to support Mr . Crawford ' s motion , and concluded by remarking that the working classes were struggling for the franchise . He knew their intentions to be honest and sincere . He knew that they respected the rights of property , and knowing that , so long as be had a seat ia Parliament , he should do the utmost in his power to endeavour to obtain that elective franchise , whereby they might be truly , fairly , and properly represented in the House of Commons .
Three cheers were then given for Mr . Duncombe ; after which thanks were voted to- Dr . Eppa for hia impartial conduct in the chair , and the meeting broke up .
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OVERLAND WAIL—MOST IMPORTANT NEWS FROM INDIA . The following Telegraphic Dispatch was received from Paris yesterday . i "Malta ; Feb . 28 . " MARSEILLES , March 5 . " PARIS , March 4 . " The India mail of the 1 st of February announces the taking of Gwalior , after two combats , in which the British lost 1 ^ 000 men in killed and wounded . [ Interrupted by the night . J
" Theloss npon the side of the enemy was 6 , 000 . No news of importance from Scinde , the Punjaub , or China . " j Gwalior , the fort taken by our troop * , is , from its strength , called the Gibraltar Of the East . It covers the top of a hill , nearly two miles long , but narrow ; the sides are very > precipitous , and the highest part . Which is at the north cid , is 342 feet above the surrounding plaia . Tbe rampart conforms to the brow of the hill all around ; and the aro within is full of buildings , ! reservoirs of water , walls , and cultivated land . JAt the foot of the mountain , on the east side , is the town , whioh ia large and well built . It is sixty-eight miles south by east of Agra . Tbe British ! took it by a nocturnal escalade in 1780 . : This description will account for tbe Berert loss described in the dispatch . —Evening Sun , Wednes-
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Death of Mr . Sergbant BbMPAff . ^ Mr . Sergeanfc Bompasdied on Thursday'last , afteriishprfc illaess , at his house in ; Park-road ,, Regent ^ Park , aged 52 . He was for many years a leading coungeron the Western , Circuit , having been called toTtlie'lJ&rin November / in V 815 , and ; was made : &scr £ g | iriin 1827 . He was considered an able JiJ ^ ei ? is' $ tfminal matter ? 1 , common lawv and in ^ ufetiohs dffficting real property . Mr . - ^ rgto ^ 'Bomip ^^ 'wa s ^ ucifi rcspactel itt the profession , and possessed tot ^ yjb&ra a very good practtc 3 . ' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ ' } : % ' ,. y : - ;^ ' ' - \ , On Sunday , at Sandal , near Wakefiejl ^ ^^ ^ Robert , eldest surviving son of thftiife ^^ g ^ df kinson , Esq ., of Homington , n&QanwmSai& p ^
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