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J 0 H 5 Hrsixs , K 1 LBABCHA 5 . —Sena to Xt . Teplow . Suff ^ rf . ' ( J . Fixches . Los-dos . — "We CBBEot giTe Mm the infonBatsoa he seeks . &s Apprentice is no longer apprentice , wfc-enheliaB attained his sugoiity . TVaafever bargain Mb parent nude , caa geI ? sfFcct -while be is a minor . When hsis " £ tksti" be ir-nM mike his own bargains . A C 05 STAST READEB . DU > -PEE 31 L 1 > E . —AKiTed tOO late ^ utehaTd no r-oaa . AlLEGSD CbCKLTIES OF A WOEKHOrSE GOTSiSOB . —We giTe the follo-a-icg jost aa we received it ; if the person implicated has anything to say in contradiction or explsnsiwa thereof , -we eh&W beiappy to publish it ;—On the 19--h of ihB present
Month , George Lord . Governor of the ITnion Workfcocse , situated 5 e the TotroelilD of Heap , in the parish of B « 7 , Lancashire , Kdered Robert Lbb , an inmate of the hc-M ** , to peel sbeut 60 ! bs of potatoes , to -which task Kob&it "very cheerfaUy assented ; but "when he had peeled between lolhs and- 20 ibs , as he prsTionsly laving lost one eye , the other became go completely filled irith -water , that he could noS see ; and to this calamity , his hand was taken frith the cramp , so that he conld not hold thB knife . While in this state he v&s found by the ( xovemor , by ¦ shorn he tpss . sited if he -wonld not peel any juoto potatoes , to which Robert aBBTFered he eonld not do to . Ths G-oTernor then ordered him into a small room , called the straw toohj , "which has neither bed ox cbair therein , and the only accommodation is a small portion of straw , in "which place he "was confined five hear * , and was Bent io bed snpperless .
! This panishnieEt not being ihcnjht sufficient , this hnmane Gjvt-n-or took him again , on the 20 th inst , into s dassp ce ' lzr , and there handcuffed him to e thsin in the inul , from nine o ' clock in the afternoon , -wiitont any dinner . When the GoTernor "vrent to release him , hs said , " George , yon have killed me . " He "was asajTcred enly -with a derisive laugh . Hia supper beJsg zvsen him , -what with standing so long , and being completely overcame -with cold , he could not psrtaie of it . In this at&ta he "went to bed , to ¦ which he had to be assisted . He made his escape the following day . £ 13 . —Ton = re =. t liberty to make whit use yen think proper of this letter . M . &EK Lex , Son of Bobert Lee ; leeeiTed from his own lips . P S . —Rabert Lea -was seventy-seven years of age on lie 19 tb ulu
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PiEiCKFESGAS . —Twenty-six papers were sent from this effise , 3 jui if not all received it is the fault « f saise person connoted -srith the Posl-c-ffiee . J . il . DcxDSE . —Yts ; he can hafethem . —Say-when , snd fco" * . Johs £ la > "P . —Yes : 4 i each .
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We iiaTe no ! time , thi 3 -week , for a word of comment npon tie following reiteration of Chartist abuse , by the great profit-monger in jujnstice . It mil be seen , however , that M * nrr . irxBAPPr gemfs of Chastism . " "wM-h te eould not charm to his standard during his * COMPROMISE" tour , still haunts his iriitid as the detector of his guilt . The Chartists may also learn the -value of tbeir principles f the Juggler ' s admission : — " that , except pob HIS D 15 COCMX . NASGB , TBCET TFOrXD TTJTHOCT MUCH IHTFlCCiTr , 0 BIAI 5 ADEEBESTS THK 0 CGH 0 T 7 T THS CorrrxfiT Towjis oy 1 bexaju > , asb "wotld thcs bkcose a FORMIDABLE PARTY : BUT HE WOULD TAKE C ± KZ TO EEEP IRELAND
CLEAR OF THEM /* God help his foolish head At the lasi meeting of the Repeal Association , Mr . O'Cq ^ tell rssd a le tter from Mr . John O'Kiell of Benowcn Castle , which contradicted & report that sbj difFerenes existed bet-ween th » t gentleman and hims-lf . Mr . O'Xiell iad tnclosed him a letter written by an Englishman named English , who wanted to know if the Repeal Association had anj objection to admit persons as menaVrs who entertained Chani ^ i opinions ? He e- tir < . lj agreed wiihlir . O'Niel ! that they ought not to refuse any man to be a meinber of the association on account of his principles or opinions ; thej should judge from bis actions whether he was unfit to btcome a member of the association . Why his ( Mr . O'C's ) pelitical
opinions asreed almost » o identity with the opinions of the Chartist 3 . ELa was for UuiTersal SnSr&ge , because he thonght it was xisht . and for the protection of the Yote by Ballot , because it would preTgrit intimidation , and allow tnen to Tote aa they pleased . He "was for shortening the duration of Parliament—net to a year , but to the more constitutional period of three years , and for equalizing the districts to send members to Parliament . So be "was not fc ? Tf-jeciiag any man entertaining tho ? e opinions ^ but they could not eombino with the Chartists , because ihey soaght to obtain their objects by physical force , and by outbreak into open rebellion , Xhej fought , and fongat badly , the Queen ' s troops , and were defeated with slaughter ; but they made the attempt , and they never were condemned for it by the general body of thB Chartists or their
leaders—( hear , 'hear ) . To be sure Feargus O'Connor found eut that a grand aunt waa sick in Ireland at the time of the insnrrecuon , and he had nothing to do wiih it . He was a ^ £ aliynaneen , in the connty of Cork , while they were fighting at Newport—( hear , hear ) . They showed a disposition to extend their body w > this country ; but they resisted it , and one of tie merits of the Repeal Association wa 3 , that they resisted its introduction into Ireland , because they had recourse to physical force . When he saw thai they had abandoned that principle , for his part he was ready to forget their intentions towards him when he went to the great Leeds meeting . If he had not teen delayed at Portpatriek he should hare armed among the body of Chartists who werebronght together by Feargus O Gonnor , not to WH him , but to beat iim well . JS o w he could not be eoBtent -with that . He would not be
content to be killed , nor would he be content ; to be beaten by a great body of Chartists , ; who , if they once began , might not know - when to stop—( laughter ) . They had to make a ; collection for their expenses to Leeds—they had only ] the expenses of one day , ihe killing day , and they i accordingly went homa the next day—( hear , bear ) , j He complained that the Chartists interrupted the ; ffleetiugs of oiher persons . They would not allow i any person to meet -except they met for the Charter . They took away from the Queen ' s subjects that whieh the Qcecn had no righl to take away , namely , the right to meet to discuss publicly anything they j deemed important to themselTss , without including j topics which they did not meet to discuss . It ap- j peared from the accennte from Leeds that they broke into a meeting ot the Anti-Corn Law League , and pre- ' Ttnted that meeting caring its effect . He did not ; Care whether this frrarny wa 5 exercised by one
individual only , or by a thon-aud ; he was opposed'to it , and he would be more ready to forget the tyranny of ose than that of a multitude—( hear , hesr ) . Let jheia look to Mr . Saarman Crawford ' s i lst * - £ T , febzndonxng the tystem of stopping the supplies . He was , a 3 they well knew , a Radical ; and j he had giTen in that letter as one of ht 3 reasons , that ' two meetings held in London were interrupted bj the Chartists . Ii was that day week that at Corentry the Chariots broke into ihe meeting there acd HideaTonred to disturb it , and prevent its expressing * EJtnpwhy to Ireland . His opinion distinctly was ,, lhat of-entire cvEcurrence in the princi p le with Mr . ' O'NciL an entire abhorrence of any inquisition ic religion ; bnt he would not join any party that ' would attempt to takeaway the libeny of others , or interfere by force , or endeaTonr to attain political lights by force or Tioienct—( cheers ) . He did not iEow whether the Chartists had abandoned the
PrcEcipl ^ of physical force . As a body they had the s&ice leaders ss they bad at former periods , and nntll he saw the abandonment by them of that principle , and the selection of fitter leaders , he could hayeno sympathy with them , and he would take care to keep the association free from any connexion with tnein . U they were to psrmit any connection with * jep they would get the IrLh in tfcs different to « ns tojoiB with them , and they would become a formidable party if they had the assistance of the Irish—( cheers ) . He wanted to keep the Irish iree from an ? connexion with them , and to keep them to locking
jcr Jegnimate objects oy legitimate mesas . Hs - scorned and abhorred aiy man who songht to obtain by force any political aiTantage what ^ -Ter . Their ¦ course was peaceable and cousntuliotaL It was liar wmch e-rery good man could saiicuon-the ap- i Piication of the force of publie opinion , and an entire = ' detestation of physical fores or -nolence to attain > their objects-fn .- » hear ) . He mo « d that " the : letter of Mr . O ^ eiU should be inserted on the ! amutes , and tiat the thanks of the association be giren to him . ; The resolution was seconded , put , and carried . ¦
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B piH is a iiML Coach . —On Saturday evening 4 iaay ^ ho haa jus t arrived in London by railway apm iolkestone , started for Korwich by that mail , « acn goes from the Belle Sauvage , Ludgate-hill , * M after travelimg outside a few miles on the road , jae complained oi Eudden illness . The other "inades " ttiied the driver , who , < m opening the coach wor , to his surprise ^ if corered that his four inside J ^ a ^ engers had increased to five , the lady having * pni birth to a fine boy . On their arrival at New-* aT 4 et , she was taken out of the ecach and placed in a apartment provided for her at the hotel , and she ^ aow going on well . She is th e wife of a gentle-«* n named Andertonresiding at Norwich .
, ¦ F « A 1 , A CCIDEfT TSQii M ACHHTEBY . —On Monday , » * ttquEst was xeld at the Cross , sear Bury , before AtL ¥° ^ swon ^ > depnty coroner , on the bodv of ^ feli VV right , an apprentice to a spindle and fly "j ^ er , in Bnry . The deceased got entangled in the ™* MHBery at a mill , at Lower Plunton , Walmersley ¦ t ** re hewas -working on Thursday , and died on nosy last in eous ? qnence of the injuries he Tec ^ ived ^ Taoi& of accidental < leatli was returued .
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Mad Dog . —On JkJocday afternoon , theinbabitatts of Moorside , Bury , were thrown into a state of excitement , in consequence of a mad dog running through the sa-eets . It belonged to a man in Manchester who bad came io Bury , and while there the dog jumped up and bit his hand and ran away . It W 3 S knocked down at Moorside and destroyed . SnocKJSG Accident . —On Friday last , a shocking aeeidf nt occurred to a man named Henry Lord , aged thirty-five , a coal-miner , in the employ of Messrs . Brown and Tatiersall , Spotbnd , Rochdale . Tho unfortunate man was descending the shaft to go to sis work , when the rope slipped off tie gin , which is drawn ronnd by a hor ? e , and by the sudden jerk , -whfrh "was the consequence , he was thrown out of
" the tub , and fell to the bottom of the shaft , a disiance of thirty yards . A man who was at the bottom at the time , had a narrow escape of being killed by the unfor tunate man falJing on him . Lord was imm 8-diattly taken up , when it was found that his back was vtry much iDjared , and hi 9 thigh broken ; most of his leeth vrere knocked ont , and his body was shockingly bruised . JMe ^ sra . Brow and Tattersall were quickiy on the spot , and ilr . Leach , surgeon wa ^ -s ent for , and rendered all possible assistance . There is no hope of the unfortunate man ' s recovery . Coai Pit 1 xplosjom . —Ob Friday morning last a
yonns isiasd T-Jomss Seal , a collier at Mr . Shaw ' s coal-pit , Brenbury , near Stockport , met with an accident which is most likely to terminate his life . On the morning in question he imprudently went into the mine with a lighted candle in his hand , coutraiy to the express direction of the proprietor , acd notwithstanding tho remonstrances of a fellow-work man ; the consequence of which was , an explosion of fire-damp , b y which Seal was bo much burnt , that his life is in imminent danger . He was conveyed to the Stockport Infirmary , where he still remains . Se " erai other men were injured by tho explosion , thougb not bo seriously as Seal .
Jjrs-KBKLrrHiNG . Mela > cholt Acctdext . A v ? ry dibtre ? sng and melancholy accident happened htTd on Sabbv . n morning last , about three o ' clock , a . m . on board the brig Achiever , of Kincardine , new loading ben > for a foreign port . Daring the in jM the weather , which before had been very calm , beeams rath * r stormy , and the vessel in question , it wouid appear , had loosed some of her fastenings and was in danger of going adrift , which aroused from their Elumbtrs' such of the crew as were at the tame on board . In the hnrry , as well as owiDg to-the darkness of the morning , one of the crew , a fine young man about eighteen years of age , stumbled , it is supposed , over something lying on
deck , and fell headlong down the fore hatchway , which - ' or some r « -ason not properly explained , had been left open . The youth only iived about an honr after , notwithstanding every ; hing that medical Ekill could derj ? e , W 33 done for him . His nsme is Hedderttick , trcm Torryburn . His si ? ter came all the way from that place , " on the mornini ; of his death , to see him b- fi-ra he sailed , and brought some clean ciothes for him , and on inquiring of some person where she might find her brother , was told of hia death . HerieeJing 3 maybe conceived , but cannot w * ll be described . In the evening , his father and mother came and removed the body in a cart to Torryburn . They had been here on Thursday before , vjsiiing him before his dep&rtnre . —Fife Herald .
Accident ox the Gkeat Westers Kailwat . — On Monday afternoon , as the branch train from Cirenc&jter , Cheltenham , and Glocester , which joins the three o ' clock Bristol Great Western tram at Stvincoii , was proceeding for such purpose , considerable alarm was created among the pa ? 5 enger 3 by the stoppage of the engines without having arrived at a station , and tbo consternation was not dimmished on beholding the conductors , < fcc ., quitting the carriage . * , and running back with all possible rapidity . Tne case was , that ihe stoker , whiie engaged in his ocenpaiiou , suddenly fell off his st 3 ge , either in consequence of a fit , or of having " lost his balance . " The fall w : is found to h 3 ve been fatal to tho poor Jellow . He fell amoBg the wheels , which had passed over his bead , arms , to ., having dreadfully broken the latter in particular . It is hardly necessary to add that he was quits dead .
Death ijt Wi _ sthi : nsteb Bbidzwsll—Mr . Higgs held an isqaest on Tuesday , m the above prison , touching the death of George Brown , aged 27- On viewing the body , several of the jurors expressed their surprise at its shocking appearance , being hiersUy covered with scars arising from a recent and apparently most severe attack of small-pox . It appeared in evidence that the deceased wa 3 received on the 22 ad nit ., having been committed from Marl borough-street police court on a charge of vagrancy , and sentenced to twtnty-one days imprisonment . Mr . LaTies , the prison surgeon , said deceased made no complaint of illness on his admission , and first said he felt feverish on Thursday last , adding that he had been only recently discharged from the Smallpox Hospital . Witness ordered his removal to the infirmary , where he went on weil , and on Sanday
morning his general symptoms had much improved , but at nine o ' clock the same evening he died suddenly without a single symptom to account for such a re = nH . A juror said it was evident to him that be had never properly recovered from that decease , and be though : the authorities of the Smallpox Hospital deserving of censure for discharging a man in such a state . A long discussion aro > e as to the propriety of censuring the authorities of the Saialipox Hospjtal ; but Mr . Lavies having been recalled paid a high compliment to the general management of the institution reierred to , and said it frequently happened that paiieiiij insisted on leaving , even when desired to remain . Ultimately , in the absence of any proof that deceased had bren discharged from the hospital , the Jury found—** That deceased died from natural canses . "
Fatal Accidest to a Boy at Wakefiel » . — On Monday aTternoon a fatal accident occurred near Snow Hill Bar , about a mile from Wakefieid , t © the aon of B . Dixon , Erq ., Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the West Riding . He was betwixt eight and nine years of age . The unfortunate little boy was playing with ioaic of his school-fellow 3 on the highway , near to Saotf Hill Bar , when a hoise and cart belonging to Mr . Parkinson , of East Ardsley , was coming up , loaded with clover seeds . The horse , which was a spirited one , took fright , and started off at a qa ; ck speed . Before deceased had time to get out of thfc way he was knocked down , and the cart ran over his breast . He was conveyed to a house near , and expired in twenty minutes .
Death fbom eaxta g 33 csci . es—On Thursday last , Marcij 2 &ih , a man of the name of Thomas Brook , waterman , Primrose-hill , Wakefieid , met his death by eatij g a quantity of mosclea , which bad been cooked lor dinner . Shortly after eating a quantity he was taken violently ill , and was swollen to an enormt-us size . Medical assistance was obtained ; but to no avail ; he expired at six o ' clock in the evening . The unfortunate man has left a wife and seven children to deplore his loss . The family also bad eatea of ihe muscles , but without any ill effect .
Asotheh AiXEMFr at Mcbdek . —On Tuesday afternoon , great txcitetnent prevailed in the neighbourhood oi" Gravel lane , Southwark , by a report that a- woman named Sycamore had been barbarously treated by a man with whom she cohabited in Silver-street , Gravel-lane . It appeared that the wretched woman , who had been separated from her husband lor the last fourteen years , resided in a miserable apartment , situate in the attic story of the above-mentioned house . About half-past feur o ' clock , the neighbours were alarmed by her cries for assistance , and , on a number of persons rushing
upstairs , they discovered the poor woman lying on the floor in a state of insensibility , having been beaten in so dread .-ul a manner all over her body that life was scarcely perceptible . The police were imm ^ diattiy called ; but during the interval her paramour had contrived to escape , bnt was eventually captured . It appears the unfortunate woman has long been the victim . of this man ' s brutality . On being conveyed to the hospital , it was found that her head and body presented one contused mass of b ' ruisea , evidently produced by the blow 3 of a blnns weapon - ( supposed to be a poker , which was fonnd in the room nearly bent double ) -
Fej 6 btfcx Fall . —On Wednesday at one of the extens-ive and lofty mansions now in the course of completion , snd situate on either side of Albert-gate , Knishtsbridg * , a labourer , who had jast removed a hod of bricks from the machine by which they are conveyed upwardE , on to his thoulder , while walking upon some planks which were upon an inclined plane , bis feet suddenly slippsd from under him , caused it is supposed bv the nails in hi 3 shoes , and 'he Ml from aLeiect of " about sixty feet , through the
various putlog ? , &c , his head and other parts of his body fctrikiDg against them , until at length be ftil in o the basement of the building with his back across a large piece of timber . His fellow labourers ran to bis assistance , and finding that he was in a state of insensibility , they hastened with him to St . deorgt ' s Hospital , but on arriving at that institution life was found to be quite extinct , The unfortunate man , who has left a wife and five children , had been in the employment of Messrs . Cubitt for several years .
F . xte . \> ive FraB is Whttechipel . —On Wednesday nisht , about half-past eight o ' clock , an ex-U-nsive fire broke ont in the scented and fine soap department of Mj . Crossley , a soap-manufacturer , of Old Montague-street , Whitechapel . On the first alarm several engines were quickly on the spot , but such was the extent to which the flames had reached , that ic half an honr the whole contents of the lower part of the factory were consumed . The loss is to a ereat amount , but insured in the Royal Exchange Fire office .
Cobo . ver ' b Lnqitest . Suicide ai Watkbloo Bbixkje . —On "Weonesday Mr . Payne , City Coroner , held an inquest at the Welsh Harp , Essex-street , Whitefrisrs , on the body of Louisa Matilda Gilligau , sged eighteen , who committed suicide at Waterloo Bridge , on the evening of Sanday , the 25 ; h of Fcbruarv last . The deceased , supposing herself slighted " by a young man named Webster , for whom she had fonntd an attachment , had drowned herself . Her body -was not found until Monday evening last , when it was discovered tff the Temple-stairs . Alter a most protracted investigation , the Jnry returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
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Suicide of a Njsws j ) gent—On Sunday morning lass * iir . Licdscy , who has for several years past earned on an extensive business as a news agent at Highgate , put a period to his existence under tho following somewhat peculiar circumstances : —It appears that Mr . Lindsey , as was his custom on Sunday mornings , got up at three o'clock for the purpose of cleaning himself and Sitting his breakfast , preparatory to hi 3 starting to town for his papers . Between six and ssven o'dock the servant rose , and on ; proceeding into the backkiichen , she was horror-stricken at seeing her master suspended by the neck with a rope from a hook in tho ceiling . She immediately raised an alarm , and be was cut down , and medical aid was
promptly in attendance , but life was pronounced to have been for some time extinct . Distressing Case—A lad about seven years old , named Plant , whose father is a porter at the Company ' s wharf at Stoke , met with a watery grave on Sunday afternoon . The boy was playing with ether children near the spot where the canal crosses the Trent , and unluckily fell into the river . The other children instantly made an alarm , and the little fellow ' s father , who lives close by , ran up and plunged into tho water , whieh is of considerable depth there , in tho hope of rescuing his child , After exhausting himself in fruitless efforts he was . obliged to give up the search in heartfelt despair . Furth * r means were made use of by the police and the
neighbours to recover the body , and in about an hour from the time of the accident taking place , it was found , but of course life had long been extinct . Whilst the remains of the poor lad were still lying at his lato home , the afflicted parents experienced another severe dispensation of Providence by tho accidental death of their youngest child , a boy two years and a half old . The little lad vaB on Tuesday playing about some lar ^ e pieces of timber , near the canal , and but a few yards from his own door , when a piece of the timber became dislodged and fell upon him , thereby seriously crushing his head and other partB of his body . The child survived the injuries
but a few minutes . The children were interred in the same grave in Stoke churchyard on Thursday . The late accident at the Glasgow Theathe . — We have learned with regret that ono of the sufferers died yesterday morning in the infirmary . His name was Wm . Wood , a young man eighteen years of age , resident in Castle-street . It is believed that he received injuries by springing from the gallery ; but in whatever way they were got , the immediate cause of death was concussion of the brain . Three other persons were taken to the infirmary , one of whom has since been dismissed , and the remaining two are doing well . —Glasyius Paper of Saturday .
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BEAtmr of British Lav ? . —The ass-zos of the Midland Circuit was opened at Coventry , on Thursday , by Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr . Baron Gurney . There were sixty-eight prisoners for trial , but the offences charged were , for the most part , of an extremely light character . One man stood charged with stealing an egg , value a penny , and another with stealing an osier , value a halfpeiny . The former was sentenced to imprisonment for fourteen days , and tho latter was acquitted . In the former case the Learned Judge strongly ccn ? ured the prosecution , and disallowed the expenses . The Late Murder at Brighton . —The convict Lawrence is to be execated at Horsham on Saturday ( this day ) . A subscription has been set on foot for the widow and children of the late of Mr . Solomon , which already amounts to about , £ 1 , 200 , including £ 500 voted by the local commissioners .
Homicide . —At the Bodmin Assizes , a woman named Eliz ^ beth Moore , was indicted for killing her son , a boy twelve years of age , by striking him on the head with a stone . She had flaug it at the child in a moment of passion ; it did not appear she had any intention of hurting n . The jury returned a verdict of guilty ; but the Learned Judge said she was more an object of compassion than of punishment , and sentenced her to ono day ' s imprisonment only . The Cosvicrs Jcbse and Dowlixg . —The execution of both the convicts , who have been confined in TuHamore Gaol upon the sentence of death , has been deferred for a fortnight . A memorial was numerously signed in favour of Jubee , and forwarded
to the Lord Lieutenant some time since . The retnming post brought an answer to the secretary of the memorialists to the iflvcc that the law should take its course , and that there was no hope for tho prisoner at this side of the grave . A second memorial was forwarded on Monday night in favour , not of Jubee , but of DowJing ; but the post which conveyed it was crossed on the road by an express boaring " a reprieve" for both meu for a fortnight [ lO . h of Aprii } . I may mention that an opinion is now pretty genera ] that the brother and . accomplice of the approver , Dunne , was the person who fired the shot , and for whom Dowling has been mistaken . It appears that a striking likeness exists between the parties , and that the former fied to America the day aftor the perpetration of the bloody deed .
Breach of Promise . —At tbe Oxford Assizes , a Miss E Harbert brought an action of breach of promise of marriage , against a respectable farmer named Edcinton . Everything had been arranged for the wedding , when tho defrndant received an anonjmous letter , charging the complainant with being addicted to drinking—in consequence of which the defendant broke off the match . The attempt to prove tho charge by evidence , failed , and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £ 200 . Serious Offence . —At tho Assizes at Norwich , t ^ oyoang men named SamH el Howleit and Thomas Williamson , were indicfce-J for administering a poisonous drug to a woman named Ellen Jarvig , with the intent of procuring abortion , from the effects of
which she died . The evidence not being sufficient to suppsrt the charge they were acquitted . Forgeby . — At the Liverpool Assizes , William Bethel ) was indicted for uttering a forged acceptance for £ 171 7 * ., with intent to defraud Wm . Madaock . In a second count , the uttering was alleged to be with istent to defraud Messrs . John and Thomas John ° on . The prisoner was found guilty , and transported for fifteen years . At the assizes , Thomas Stanley Sudlow was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for forging a cheque for £ 55 , with the intention of defrauding Messrs . Jones , Loyd , and Co ., bankers . Ana Jones , at ibe same assizes , was transported for seven yeara for procuring a false entry to be made in the Register of Deaths .
Arson . —At the assfzas at Norwich , John Knowles , sen ., and John Kuowies , jun ., were indicted , the latttr for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house and some corn-stacks , &c , with intent to defraud the Norwich Union Insurance Compaay , and the former for procuring him to commit that felony . They were both found guilty , and transported for fifteen years . Foegert . —At the Liverpool Ass ^' z ?? , William Taylor , a respectable-looking elderly man , was in '
dieted for uttering , at Oliiham , on the' 20 ih of Sept ., a bill of exchange for £ ' 221 Us ., drawn on John Brown , and purported to bb accepsed by him , knowing that the said acceptance was forged , The prisoner , it appeared , carried on business for some years at S&ddleworth . He had been unfortunate , and had trrice failed , on tbe second occasion for the sum of £ 20 , 000 : he was a » ain , however , able to establish himself in business . The charge was fully proved , and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Sentence deferred .
Chester . —The Chester ass ; zcs commenced on Monday . The calendar is more than usually l'ght , there being only forty-one case ? , and only one in which loss of life has been the consequence of
. Forgert . —At the Uxbridge petty sessions on Tuesday , a person of respectable appearance , who gave his name and address as Joseph Wni ' . e Simmons , living in the Vauxhall-road , was brought up in the custody of Inspector Oi way , A division , before Sir W . S . Wiseman , Bart ., and Mr . T . Dignall , the sitting magistrates , on a charge of having knowiugly uttered a forged bill of exchange for the value of £ 200 . Two parties proved the forgeries , and he was fully committed to Newgate .
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Nottingham Frame-work Knitters—At a meeting of Frami work knitters' delegates , held at the Nag ' s Head Ian , Haynor , on MoDO / ay , tbe 1 st of April , at which meeting delegates were present from Nottingham , Darby , Dufiitki , Holbrook , Alfreton , ' and Haynor ; a letter was also read from Belpor . ] Mr . Beard in the chair , when the business connected with the silk glove branch being gone through . It -was agreed that persons should be appointed Io inspect the frames employed in this branch , as to ike widths , to prevent the statement being infringed , and to give an equal sized glove to eaoh < nanufacturer according to the size required . A full inquiry into
the infringements connected with tho plain silk hose branch having taken place , the meeting of , delegates , although desirons of removing grievances , ; where of opinion that those complained of in this ] branch must Btand over until another opportunity . The cotton hose branch was then taken into consideration ; after which it was resolved that tbe whole of the framework-knitters of Haynor and the sur- ; rounding villages , do jain in one union , having for its name the United Company of Framework Knitters of Great Britain and Ireland , for the prevention of fraud and the protection of labour . The metting then adjourned .
Meeting or thb Tailors of Bath .- —A public meeting of ihe tailors of Bath and its vioinity , was held on Tuesday evening last , at tbe Saracen ' s Head Inn , Broad-street , for tha purpose of electing a delegate to represent them in the forthcoming Conference , to bo held in London on Monday next . Mr . Milkins having been voted to the chair , read the placard calling the meeting , and having offered a few remarks upon the necessity of beiBg represented in the forthcoming Conference , said he would ju 3 t call upon the deputations who had been appointed to wait upon the master tailoia ap . d && woollen
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drapers to state the result of thb « interviews with those gentlemen . Tho master tan ' oiB it appeared sanctioned the proceedings of the journeymen , but waited awhile before they co-operated . Sabsoriptions for the expenses of the delegate was reported from some of the woollen drapere , and others were Mr h « t d ^ vm- lt wa 8 th * a proposed that Mr . Harm , president of the Bath Tailors' Protection Society be the repreaea tative of the tailors of Bath in the London Conference to be holden on the 8 th of April , which haying been secondedwas carried
, unanimously . Mr . Harris having , in a few exoel-: * L re ! £ ^ ' B ° wledgod the compliment , and stated the hue of conduct he should pursue ; the ^ i i . V 1 : copy of a petition to Parliament which had been prepared by the London Society , setting forth the grievances of the tailors and the means of redress . The petition was adopted by aoolammation . A vote of thanka having been giren to the Chairman , thh meeting separated . A considerable sum was subscribed in the room for defraying the delegates expences .
BBADFORD-T he shoemakers' strike still continues , ihe society haamade the only offer they declare they will moke . The men who have worked in the shops during the strike , will be allowed to join the socifsty . ? - £ P * yme . » f * he regular entrance money , 5 s ; if this offer is refased the fine will be advanced , lhere is not tne least doubt on the part of the society of a speedy settlement of the affair to the satisfaction of the trade . SheeWhead— 4 . meeting of framework-knitters was held on Saturday last , when it was announced that a further reduction in wages had been made by some of tho hosiers . It was resolved— " That as Mr . Robert Katoliffe , hosier , is now paying one shilling per dczan less than any other hosier , he is deserving of the censure of this meeting and the public generally . "
Glasgow . —At a publio meeting of the Glasgow Tailors Cooperative Protection Society , in connection with the Metropolitan Union , held ou Wednesday , Maroh 27 th . ; in the Odd Fellows' Halt , Trongate , Mr . J . D . Gibson was duly elected as delegate to represent the aforesaid body in tho forthcoming Conferenoe of the trade . Oldswinford , hear Stotjrbridoe . —A . m&st spirited meeting was held at Dudly Wood , of the chainroakers from various parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire , on Monday , April 1 st , to examine tho accounts of the Committee appointed to distributo the money collected in support of the mon who have been on strike against a reduction of wages . The accounts were , found to bo most satisfactory , and
what is more , the strike has been successful , as every one has resumed his work at the previous prices . The meeting was addressed by several chammakers . The meeting was adjourned to Monday next , when it is expected that every cbainraaker that can attend will do so , as business of the greatest importanco will be brought forward . It is earnestly requested that those chainmakers who have not paid up their subscriptions will do so . Tho chainmakers of every part are requested to communicate with Mr . John Chance , chainmaker . OldswinBeld , near Stourbridgo , Worcestershire , as the men in this part are most anxious to make the Uuion a National one , and are not in the possession of the address of any of the chainmakers in other parts of the country .
Wolverhampton . —On Tuesday evening , the 2 nd inst ., a publio meeting of the Tailors of this town , convened by placarJ , was held at Mr . Stoko ' s , Blue Ball Ian , Bihton-street . Mr . John Humbor was unanimously called to the chair , and addressed the meeting in an appropriate speech , observing that their object was to co-operate with the Metropolitan Association , which had been formed for the purpose of uniting in one common bond the entire of the journeymen Tailors in the United Kingdom . He trusted on this occasion all would be found ready to aid in this great cause . The following resolutions were then unanimously passed : — 1 st . Moved by Mr . Berry , seconded by Mr . Evans— "That , in the opinion of thin meeting ,
tho system of out-door working acts in a most Injurious manner to the Trade in general . We , therefore , resolve to support the Metropolitan Trade Protection Association , and Ui ? e our best endeavours to disseminate tbe protect ! vo princ iples in all parts of the United Kingdom , believing it to be the only moans of counteracting tho present system of unprincipled competition . " Moved by Mr . Dimberlise , seconded by Mr . Crawford , " That au association bn now formed to be called ' the Wolverhampton Tailors' Trade Protection A aociation . ' ' Movtd by Mr . Lloyd , seconded by Mr . Adams ,
"That this meeting return their pin cere thanks to tho Northern Star Lloyd ' s LondonWeckly Neiospaper , the Midland Observer , aud tho other portion of the press that have advocated the rights of labour . " "That a committee bo now formed to carry out the object of this meeting . " A petition enumerating many of tbe evils under which tho trade labours , having been read by the Chairman , was unanimously adopted . Tho thanks of tho meeting having been voted to the Chairman , the proceedings terminated . The petition was numerously signed by tho persona present , who expressed their willingness to aot in conformity with the London Association .
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NOTTINGHAM—On Monday evening last a general meeting of members belonging to the Chartist body was held in the Democratic Chapel . Mr . Sweet was appointed chairman . Mr . O'Coiwor ' s letter to the electors and non-electors was discussed . A public meeting on Enster Tuesday wa agreed upon , to which our wjis-roprescntativo , T . Gisborne , Esq ., ia to be invited . The following persons were appointed a committee , with power to add to their number , to make the necessary arrangements , viz ., tho chairman , Messrs Mott , Roberts , Barton , Swann , Dormau , Humphries , Morrison , and King .
ARNOXiD . —Mr . R . T . Morrison delivered a Ircture here on Sunday last , to a good and attentive audience . At the conclusion a vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer . On Sunday next Mr . Geo . Harrison will lecture here , to commence at eix o " clock , when a collection will be marie for the benefit of Messrs . Cooper and Kichards . On Easter ' ' Monday a public meeting will be held at the F . ying Horse Inn , to commence at four o ' clock , f «> r tbe purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming Conference . HEYWOOU-You will be glad to hear that the Chartists and the humbler portion of the ratepayers of Heywood neve , like the Chartists of Arnold , done their duty . Oa Wednesday last , a vestry meeting waB htald for the especial purpose of electing the town ' s officers
for the ensuii ; g year , at which Mr . William Bell , was proposed as a Euitible individual to fill the office of Collector of tho Highways and Poor Rates , in tbe place of the individual then in office , who has for a long period given dissatisfaction to a large portion of the ratppayera uf this township . But , God save the mark ! the Chairman of tho meeting , an influential millowner , who , by tho bye , had not been sleeted or voted in to the ch lir by the riu-eting assembled ; but by some balf-c : > Z : n , in somo hoie or corner , previous to the as 3 o : nb ) in £ of the great bulk of tho ratepayers ; tkis very impartial Chairman bad the unheard-of tfiVontery to refuse to put Mr . Bell to the meeting . But this was no go ; the intellectuals bad the mortiScation of seeing their " own adopted one '' in
the cbair supplanted by a poor despised Chartist . A resolution was now moved and carried by a great majority , that tbe late collector should be Btruck from the list of Surveyors of the Highways , and that Mr . Bfll's name be inserted in its place . To this resolution Mr . Ball very justly objected , as ha wished tbe lute collector to sta ; id in ( Competition with hhuself . Mr . Bell was now proposed , and having been put by thu chair , a e r ^ at majority-in favour of Bn ' . l was tho resultit bos einct ) basn rumoured that tbe inte' / ectua ' s wished to call another meeting , of the truth of which statement I know nothing . However , on Saturday evening a pnt . lic meeting took place in the Market Place , when
Mr . J 3 ,-ll gave an address , which was principally intended to ascertain the will of tlie majority of thb r Uepiyers relative to future proceedings , and also to give an outline of the proceedings ol the ¦ vestry meeting \ o tfaose of the rate-payers , who were locked ap in tho niills and various workshops , oad consequently could not attend that meeting . At the close of Mr . Bell ' s address , a resolution was unanimously agreed to by the meeting , " That legal advice should be got relative to the affair ; and that subscriptions beset going to defray the expenses . " There the business rests at present ; I should add that the subscriptions are pouring in rapidly . — Correspondent .
COXHOE ( NEAR . Durham )—On Saturday last , an open air meeting was held in this place , at wnich preat numbers attended to hoar a lecture from Mr . Q . Gammage . Great attention was paid to the lecture , and Mr . G . concluded an address of nearly two hours duration , amidst the applause of the meeting . ZtONG BUCKBY—On Wednesday evening , tbe 17 th of Maroh , Mr . Parkes delivered a lecture on the Ci > rn Laws , in tho coarse of which he proved to tbe satisfaction of a numerous audience , teat a repeal of those laws would not produce high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do .
BIRMINGHAM . —Elf . ctION ov DELEGATES . — A meeting for the above purptuu , convened by placard , and of which a fortnight clear notice bad been given , was held at the Mechanics' institute , Newhall-street , on Monday la&t Mr . Ling ton was culled to tho chair , and after the delivery of several speeches , the proceedings of the delegate meeting previously reported in our columns were confirmed , and Mr . George White , and John Beale , were duly elected to represent Birmingham in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . G . White addressed a meeting at the Chartist room oa Sunday evening last ; Mr . Maafield in the chair .
BIRMINGHAM AND WORCESTERSHIRE DELEGAfE Meeting . —A metting of delegates for this district was held at the Shoulder of Mutton , John-street , on Sunday last . The following places were represented : — Bromsgrove , Lye Waste Redditch , Sideuioor , Lickey Hills , and Sedditch Youths . The previous resolutions of the former messing ; were agreed to , and other business connected with the Convention transacted . The meeting tnea adjourned to Sunday next .
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TODMORBBS ^ -Mr . Krdd feas lectured in this locality during last week , and has given general satisfaction . A pub'ic meeting was j held on Friday m ' . ^ t , tho the 29 th of March to elect a delegate to the Convention called for the 15 th ot April . Mr . Henry Helliwell , silk Bpinner , w . is called to the chair . Mr . Enoch Horsfall moved the first ^ resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the great bugbear to national prosperity ia tbe representation ! of land and capital in the House of Commons , and the non-representation of labour ; and with a view to a redress of this monstrons evil we resolve to use every possible means legally and constitutionally that to us seem best calculated to obtain an extension ot the franchise / as contained in the People ' 8 Charter . " The motion was seconded and carried unanimously . Mr . S . Witham proposed a resolution ,
" That we elect a Ddl < gate to represent us ia the Conference to be holden in Manchester on April the 16 tb , tor the devia ' . ag tine best means of making the People ' s Charter the law of the ] land ; and in all eases , where a difference of opinion may arise , we pledge ourselves to be guided by the majority . " The motion was seconded , and the Chairman then introduced Mr . Kydd to tupport it Mr . K . spoke at great length in a very forcible and argumentative style . The motion was then put &nd carried unanimously . Mr . Wm . Helliwell moved , " That Robert Brook be the Delegate . " Mr . Enoch Horsefall made an smenduient , " That John Spencer be elected . " Tbe Chairman put the question , whan only two bands were held up for the amendment , the rest of the meeting voted \ for the motion . The meatingthen separated . j
Greenwich—A public meeting was held at the George and Di a ^ on , Blackheath hill , for the purpose of electing ; a delegate to represent that district in tho ensuing Coavention . Mr . Haynes wa ? called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Messrs Floyd and Hil ' man proposed Mr , Henry Ross as the delegate . Mr . Ross addressed tho meeting , and on the question being put , was declared to be unanimously elected . : Huddersfikld . —A general district meeting of the Chartists ot this dimrict was holden on Sunday last , in the Hall of Science , jBath Buildings , to
nominate candidates for election by a publio meeting , to represent the District in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . Joshua Hobson and Mr . James Shaw were unanimously fixed on . The meeting for election is on Tuesday next . — A . t the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Huddersfield , at their meeting room , Upperhead Row , on last Tuesday evening , it was resolved , after a 'tery interesting and wellconducted discussion , that the meetings of that body should in future be holden in the Council Room of the Hall of Science . The change from tho old room to the new will take place on Tuesday evening , April 23 rd .
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League doings at Sunderi-and . —On Monday evening Me . ^ rs . Plint and Thompson delivered addresses in this town , ut the Athei team , on the old song of Free Trade . Quaker Wilaon was moved in the cbair with a show of hands . Colons ! Thompson was the first speaker , who played the same tune in tbe same key that he has always done in his visit to this town ; the saint ) fallacies in nearly tbe stime words , with only one variation , and that was in going out of bis wsy to prove that Lord Ashley and those who voted ; with him were playing a hoax upon the people in regard to tbe ten hours cluuae . Mr . Piint wbs the nt-xt called upon by the Chairman , who , in in a long-winded speech endeavoured to upset tbo protection argument nrged by the landowners . After this gtutleman had sat down , one
of the League party came to the front of tbe platform with the intention of proposing a vote of thanks to tho League Deputation , when his voice was drowned by cries of " Dickinson , D ' ckinson , " from all parts of the meeting . The R-tpealera were quite dumbfounded when Mr . Thomas Dickinson , who had taken his place on tbe platform as soon as the doors wJre opened , came to tbe front , of the stage , and began to addrecs the meeting . The loud cheers of the audience struck terror to the hearts of tho panic-struck Leaguers ; and , in a firm , buld tone , Mr . Dickinson exposed tbe hypocrisy of the cheap-bread gentiemen . The poor old Colonel got a Bad wipe for calling the Ten Hours question a hosx ; Mr . Plint bit : bis finger-nails for VtXition ; and when Mr . Dickinson had fairly got into
the question of Trade Extension aud Misery Extension , Machinery increasing and Wages J decreasisg , tb « B ' - pealera could bold no longer , but , in bitter anguish , cried " time , time " : but ail was vain ; on went the speaker , merely remarking that \ vhen the Chairmen allowed him to comrawca , no bargain was mule when he should cease . Mr . Plint , three ] or four times , broke in upon Mr . Dickinson ' s discourse ; but all was useless : the feeling of tbe cheating was Chartist ; so tbe League were forced n : « Dst their will to bear with such a ( . chastisement as tbey wiU not ! easily forget . The speaker sat Cowa amidst deafening applause . Mr . Thompson then made an attempt to reply , and an attempt was all . Mr . Plint trijd shis hand when tbe Colonel sat down , and commenced by saying that Mr .
Dickinson had taken his statements from Camf bell's pamphlet , which be had about him . Mr . Dickinson ro « e , and denied both Piint ' s assertions . Mr . Plint said Mr . Dickinson had Campbell ' s pamphlet in bis pocket , and he had been taking notes from it . Upon this Mr . Dickinson soon pulled © ut the offensive pamphlet , which turned out to bo the "three prize essays , " published by the Lecujue , which title Mr . Dickinson read to the meeting . At this Plini turned white , and the members of tbe Lpague foamed with rage . Poor Plint lost bis temper , along with & 11 hopes of carrying the minds of tho meetiug with him ; and , after putting forth two or three empty fallacies , eat down in high dudgeon . Mr . Johnishon , b Jew , then came forward to move a vote of tbanks to tho League deputies ; and commenced by saying he had beard much about Mr . Dickinson ' s abilities , and bad felt a wish to hear what that gentleman couki say on the
pres nt question ; but he most protest against him coming and taking up the time of the meeting called for the especial purpose of hearing Messrs . Thompson aud Piint ; and be thought it a great pieee of presumption for Mr . Dickinson to intrude on their time , antl for them to keep gas burning to henr him . Daring this speech , ti . o meeting became I indignant ; and it was suggested by the Leuguera chat the speaker should conclude . Mr . Thompson rose to acknowledge a vote of tbanks passed to the deputies of the League , aud passed an culogium on the calmness displayed by Mr . Dickinson in tbe course of the debate , and wished to include that gentleman in the voto of thanks ; but a separate vote of thanks was moved from persons in the body of the meeting to Mr . Dickinson , after which tbe meeting separated , highly delighted at the sound tbriishing given to thts League , the time being about twenty minutes past i-leven o ' clock .:
Horiuble Treatment of th $ Merchant Seamen . —We implore thu friends of the working classes to read am' rtfleet ( with tbe view to a speedy remedy : upon the following hairowing account of the treatment and condition of our merchant seamen , which we triku from an excellent article in tbo Dispatch of Sunday last . Qjd knows theie is need enough cere oi legislative interference , aud we earnestly hope that ere long our gallant tars will have tho good sense to unite with each other , and compel the Government to interpose for their protection :- The merchant seamen are left to be preyed upon by crimp , robbers , and abandoned characters . Lately thair condition has been considerably deteriorated . Foirnerly captains and owners engaged their o wn men ; but now , in many cases , the sailors can not
be employed unless through a crimpy clothes-seller , who in the first instance bargains with the captain to supply his vessel with bands for the lowest possible wages . These traffickers in human fl > jsh and'bones know where tho most reduced and poverty-stricken sailors are to be found . Thoy send for : tbese wretched friendless beings , and propose to " , get them a ship , " and to advance them on their " notes , " three montha ' wages , provided thuy ixpend two-thirds of tbe money upon clothes bought in their shops . They furlter require a premium or per centage for having got tbfcm a ship . The wretched sailors jump at the off * r , Bud ncotde to the terms . Thus , instead of being paid £ 2 , £ 2 10 « ., or £ 2 15 s . a month , their fair nnd legitimate wages ,, they are often compelled , and glad to accept of £ l 10 s .,
£ 1 , and sometimes 15 s . a month . ; lt is not an un-i common thing to see one of these : contractors going through the docks , surrounded by sbo ' als of poor sailors , i imploring him to get them a vessel upon any conditions , i Should there be a brisk deroaDd for hands , and if the j crimps find that the sailors look fo » fair wages , they seduce a number of landsmen down ; io Wapping and ; that neighbourhood , under a promise ' -hat they will get employment on board the vessels . ; This the dealers j in human fltah do in order to compel the sailors to strike to their terms , for they threaten that unless they do so their plaoes will be filled by the landsmen , who will enter the service for food and mere nominal wag s . Thus these wrttchts live upon , and make money
by , tbe miseries and sufferings of both sailors and lands-, men . But it must be acknowledged , ' in justice to truth , j that there are many Captains and owners wh » , will not allow thoao crimps on board , much less ! eDgage men throc ^ h them . It j is real ly harrowing to visit the streets , courts , and back slums of the neighbourhood of the several docks . They are actually swarming with shivering starving sailors , whose only lodgings are the cold fisgs , or frightful hovels . On Sundays , the police are compelled to separate and drive them away as tbey assemble or congregate in tbe street . On last Sunday , a number of tbese poor fellows , hatless , eoatless , shoeless , and foodless , were gathered together , talking over their sufferings , when a constable of tbe Hjdivision , No . 174 , in a most unfeeling , cruel manner , j ordered them off . One of the starving beings stepped forward , and ,
addressing the constable , said , " I wish . you . would get some place for us to put our heads iii . " Why , it may be asked , are sailors in so pitiable , bo wretched a state ? Because they are totally neglected by those for whom , aud whosa gain , safety , and luxuries , they plough up the deep , and tisfc their lives . And > t fchould be borne in mind that our mercban-t seamen h ave as Btrong claims upon us as those belonging to the Royal Navy ; for 4 he merchant service is tho riursery whence , ia the hour of need and danger , niua ' , th « former be supplied with hauds . Unless some wholesome legislative enactments are passed to protect and cherish our marine , a short time will only elapse before jthe race of , those brove fellows who formerly manned "; England's wooden walls" will be extinct , and their plaoes supplied by lizy unskilful lubbers , totally unfit for their dangerous and important duties , who will not only peril ( but alsc destroy life amd property to an awful amount
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CilARTlSM TRIUMPHANT AND HZftffiUG DEFEATED . A meeting ( called public , though admission conld only be gained by tickets ) was held on Wednesday evening at thn theatre of the Literary Ins ' . imtion , Fr ? aces-&treet , Leicester-square , to get up a Ladies * N-ztfonal Memorial to tbe Queen , praying for a reducJion of the duty on tea , coffde , and sugar . W . Ewart , Esq ., M . P . rras announced to take the chair at seven ©' clock precisely . Shortly af ; er that period the meetiag was crowded , but no Chairman or Committee presented themselves until eight o'clock , the company amusiHg themselves in the best manner they could ustil the gentlemen arrived ;
Air . Ewarfc on taking the chair was greeted by two solitary clapa , and inflicted » very long and prosy speech upon file meeting , during which he stated that Free Traie was the basis on which that meeting was raised ; that it was but a branch of the great body who were agitating the country fosr free trade in cqru . He trusted that this meeting , which was only a preliminary one * would be the precursor of a great national movement in favour of a reduction of taxation on the necessaries of life . Mr . Hare , a ooffea-shopkeepor , moved the first resolution , embodying the" above sentiments , in a wishy-washy speech , remarkable for nothing but its dullness .
Mr . Marshall , a jolly-looking ; blade of the aamo class in society , seconded the resolution , and thought the best way to do it would be to get a better House of Commons . This speaker was loudly cheered , and asked to take out his card . Mr . M'Grath next mounted the stage , and was greeted with tremendous applause . The Chairman ,. after a long palaver , acquiesced in his addressing the meeting , provided he confined himself to tbe suljjct ; and , in a powerful aud argniaauiitative address , Mr . M'Grath proved to them that he perfectly understood the subject , and that they were either completely ignorant of its bearing , or were desirous of making the public their dupes . Mr . M'Grath ' s speech reas a perfect gem , and allowed by all present to be a fisishod specimen of argumentative eloquence , he concluded by moving the following amendment : —
" That , in the opinion of this meeting , the heavy taxes imposed on tea , sugar , cuffee , and other necessaries , are the result of class legislation ; and we have no hope of their removal , except by Universal Representation uuder the enactment of the Peopled Charter . " Mr . M'Grath then resumed his seat amid the most enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Clark , of the Executive , seconded the amend rnent in a speech remarkable for sound argument and keen witl Never before did the old women in and out of the House receive such a rich and woll-iaerited castigation . The Hoo . Member in the chair , who was compelled for nearly au hour to bear the keen shafts unmercifully hurled at him , literally groaned beneath
Tho luttiction , and twice attempted to rid himself of tho evil , by protesting against Mr . Cfark ' d remarks as being personal to himself , and a libel on the character of many gentlemen cf the House of Commons . This served only to whet the edgo of Clark ' s satire , and to heighten the enjoyment of trie audierce , who made the theatre echo and re-echo with laughter and applause . He told the Hon . M . P . that the audience if not enlightened would be amused —( a tif . er among the respectables)—amused to find that they Cfuld afford to laugh at the measures Jtrcught f orwa > d by a senator of the House of Commons . That iuoh contemptible measures might di > ia that house , but were unworthy a thought from working men ; they were in advance of the House of Commons , and he trusted that the Chairman wouid go back and tell them that he bad met with working men who knew how to conduct themselves 1 , 000 per cent , bettor than that learned body , who appeared
to be . sadJy deficient in common sense . He arraigned the conduct of the Chairman bn the Factory Bill and on other questions '; administered some heavy blows to a reuegade Chartist acting wiih the old women ; indulged in a little good humoured raillery at the expense of the reporters and concluded amid great applause . The Chairman endeavoured to get himself into the good graces of the meeting by praising him 3 elf for hia few liberal votes , but acknowledged his conduct had not been so good as it ought to be—{ bear , hear ) . On considering the amendment a second time he found that it was not entirely consistent with the object for which the meeting was called , and felt it hta duty not to put it to the meeting ; he would & ive them an opportunity of electing another chairman by vacating the chaiT . The Hou . M . P . then left the plaitorm accompanied by the majority of the committee , but was recalled by the groans and hisses of the meeting , and on resuming the chair was loudly cheered .
Mr . Wheeler briefly addressed the meeting relative to the propriety of the Chairman putting the amendment * . George Thompson , the celebrated anti-Slavery andanti-Cora Law League Leotmer , then addressed the meeting from the gallery , and asserted it to be the duty of the Chairman to put the amendment : he was anxious that tho breach should not be widened between the upper and l * wf * r classes of society : he then paid a high compliment to tha talents of the Messrs . M'Grath and ( lark ; stated the Chartists to be a great and growing party , notwithsiarKiing the imprisonment , banishment , and persecution they had suffered . He differed in some points from ihe preceding speakers , but eulogised the general policy of the Cnartists . He thought the conveners of' the meeting would not sleep less soundly even if tha resolution should bo lo . st , orraiher mtrged' ja oncot a more extensive character .
Tne Chairman made another long palaver , aud could not bring his conscience to put ; the amendment , but would propose a chairman who would acfc in his stead . This startling novelty tickled the fancy of the Chartists , and the honourable member in due form proposed that George Thompson should tike tho chair . Mr . Wheeler seconded this , and G . Thompson , the celebrated anti-Corn Law locturer , tho lato defeated candidate for the representation of Southampton , took the chair amid the cheers and laughter of the meeting .
This strangely elected Chairman then put the amendment , and a whole forest of hands denoted the senao of the meeting ; while for the resolution only six hands were upraised . The duty of this Chairman for the nonce , having ceased , he was moved out of the chair with a vote of thank ? , and the meeting bvoke up with the usual Chartist cheers , highly elated with the evening ' s p roceedings . The Theatre during the whole of the proceedings was densely crowded .
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Dr . Coffin ' s Lfctcres , Leeds . —Dr . Ci ffiu has been recently engaged delivering a eoursa of lectures in the Bazaar , Briggate , on the nature and remedies for disease . The subject cf his eighth discourse delivered on Thursday evening was Consumption . At eight o ' clock Mr . Julian liarney was called to the chair , and in a few observations introduced the lecturer . The worthy Doctor commenced in accordance with hi 3 usual custom by answering a number of written questions handed to him from the meeting ; the answers to which appeared to give universal satisfaction . He then commenced his lecture narratiDg his own experience of the fatal disease , consumption , his abandonment as incurable by nine American
doctors , and accdiental restoration by a female of the Senecca tribe of the North American Indians . He showed the contradictory theork-s of "tho schools , " aud tho helpless ignorance of tho " doctors" as to the means of picvtpl ' wg those fatal con ? tquence 3 whieh ninety-nine times out of a hundred follow the attacks" of this dreadful disease . The lecturer maintained by demonstrative argnmente that having ascertained ihe cause of the disease , he was capable of effecting a cure . He concluded by requesting the evidence of several patients present , and challenging the fullest investigation . Mr . Westlake , Mr . Fletcher , and Mrs . Chippendale narrated their OTvn cases . A letter was read from another female who was unable to attend , but whose
testimony was , corroborated by her husband , a Mr . Sharpe . Tho statements of these parties were truly startling , and yet told with that air of simplicity and veracity which made it impossible to doubt them . The amusing expose of the blunders and tricks of " the faculty , " made by the speakers excited no little merriment , and the unanimous and hearty plaudits of the audience at the termination of each speaker's statement testified as to the opinion entertained by all present . We have not space to give any of these * statements , or we should have had much pleasure in doing so . In conclusion , Mr . Ross moved the adoption of the following resolution , which was seconded by several persons in the body of the meeting and adopted without a dissentient : — " Resolved , that the best thanks of this meeting
bo presented to Dr . Coffin , for the valuable information given by him to the public through the medium of his lectures on the nature of disease and the remedies for their remoual , and also for the many cures he has wrought in this town and neighbourhood , of which ample proof has been afforded by several of his patients who have come before th publio and declared that to hid skill they are mainly indebted for the health which they now eDjoy , and their rescue from a miserable and premature death . " Dr . Coffin acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting broke up . Dr . C * will lecture again in the same place on next Thursday evening . We understand that Dr . Cofiin'B friends and admirers have it ia contemplation to present him with some testimonial as a lasting mark of their esteem , and apprecition of his abilities . s
Leeds House of Recovehy—We direct the attention ot" our readers to the advertisement which will be found in another column in reference to the meet * ing holden on Monday last , in the Court House to take eteps for the erecting of a new House of Recovery . The situation of tho present house has long been matter of well-founded regret and complaint , as being -calculated rather to feed fevers than remove them ; and we aro happy to see that men of all creeds and parties hare coalesced .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 6, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1259/page/5/
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