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B , DrwsBXTBi , -who mjt tbat unless ire thfi -week give insertion to some letters seat to as last vaefc , bat sot published , be « haH " feel mnch akwbliged , " is informed that » e know nothing of the letters of the nan-insertion of which he complains . - ytT . T . i I'M DaTTSOS . HATKBiOOK , « feo wLshea ioknov to 'whom be « n send his " mite" for the relief of the Chartist victims , la informed that Mr . O'Connor is the Treasurer to the "Victim Fund . { J . H . Tatlos , Leeds . —We have no room for the poetry . Bnqui ^ eb , ¦ who -wishes to know through what medium he can procure the insertion of an advertisement in » foreign newspaper , is referred to the firm of Simmonds and Clotres , Poreign 2 f eiwpaper and
AdTertising Agents , 18 . Comhill , Xondon , who undertake the insertion of advertisements in all the newspapers and periodicals pnbliBbedin any part of the ¦ werM . The cost of advertising , and every other necessary information may be obtained by Ex qui ^ eb . inquiring personally , or by letter , as above . SlABS TO IKBLAM ) . —Mr . Patrick O'Higgins , of Dublin , has received , per post , several parcels of Stars ; bnt , as newspaper * do not bear post-town-marka , he cannot say whether they have come from his esteemed and respected friends in Nottingham , or from others . The best way to do good , by file
circnlation * t Stan in Ireland , is by sending teem direcl to the parties named in the liBts with which BeYeral localities hare been applied . A list Trill he sent to Hvttinsbasa , oaifeceiptof the address ot the par ' . y to whom it should ba ^ iven . Wherever Stars have been regulsriy disiribatsi in Ireland , prcjndica and political ignorance have made way for sound political knowledge , ll 1 b the misfortune of the Irish people that they lGok to persons and not to laws . A FaiBM ) to the Minebs—The renewal of the strike precludes the necessity of his letter . Thsre are some points in it which we shall not fail to enforce on future Decisions .
J 0 H 5 Do ^ aldsDS , Obmskibk . —Mr . Mnrray knew better than to meet Mt O'Connor at the Carpenters ' Hall , however much he may have bounced at Orniskirk of his determination to do so . The only satisfodors mode of " meeting" Mr . O'Connor in his case , would be to pay the money he owes , and has owed bo long a time . BEPiAi & XOSDOJf AXD JIB . J . W . O'CONSELLWith the paragraphs recently inserted in the Star , animadverting on the alleged arbitrary conduct -of Mr . J . W . O'Connell , our regular Repeal Correspondent has had nothing to do . They were from ano' ther saurce entirely .
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Paul Xobiix , Ellaloe , did not pre-pay his letter . T ^ i . PooiE—They are issued as usual . TOB IKK COLLIEBS IS THE 50 BTH . s d Trom a Chartist Working-man 1 „ J . H ., Leeds 0 € SOBTHrjIBEBXAXD AKD DUBHAM M 1 NEBS . Ptoe Mr . Lscey , Cleckheaton 2 0 . » J . H ., Leeds ... 0 6 DTJXCOUBB TESTIMONIAL . From Mr . L&cey , Cleckne&ton 1 0 _ J . a , Leeds ... 0 8
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THE THBSE HTWDKED AM > F 0 BTT-S 1 X ELECTORS OF THE BOBOrGH CP BIB 2 OSGHAM , TFHO TOT * I > OS THE 13 tH OF JULT LASI , FOB JOSHFH STUBGE , ESQ .. To ihe Independent Electors of the United Kingdom . Tmjjy ? CoiEfTBTXESj—The result of tie r . cent Birmingham Election has taken the country by surprise ; our place on the poll at first sight looks discouraging ; nevertheless , we proclaim to the world our as shaken confidence in the sounoness of onr position , and our firm determination to "maintain the high ground of principle ' on which we stand . We address yon now ,
First—IS 2 > £ FE 5 CB A 5 B BECOMMBNDATIOS OF IHE C » r » SS OF ACTIOS TfE HAVE FELT IT OCB dctt to ppbsce . The theory of Bepresentstira Government is based on the principle that the people are the legitimate source of power . Such has ever l" 3 en the toast and sentiment of the liberal party here . Such , too , is tfee theory of the British CensUtntion . Oar single aim Ins fcetn to Te&nce that theory to practice . Conscion * of Its trnthfnlness , and realising the
TnayJTn , Salvs popuii svprema lex , we voted for the man who had the confidence of the people . On no other ground could we do justice to the golden rule" Whatsoever ye would that others shonld do unto yon , do ye even so to them . " Twelve years ago most of as had no vote . By the aid of the masses we obtained the franchise . To them it was unjustly denied . Borne into power on the shoulders of the people , how could we turn round , and in the name of liberty proclaim them slaves ?
The course of conduct we have felt it to be our duty to pursue , recommends itself to your adoption as the most effectual means of testing Use sincerity of professed Liberals . The true friends of liberty are those who are prepared to concede to the people their just rights As Time is no longer virtue when contaminated by vice , bo . liberty is no longer liberty when assimilated with arbitrary restriction . Six millions of ysur fellow-conn , trymen , above the age of twenty , are ¦ unenfrancbised-ZThose men are in a state of poli ' . iwl bondage , They ks * e & perfect xigbt to be free . The iPan "Who denies that rigfet has no just claim to be considered a Liberal . So-r * -t fo-iows , ttiat the "Xiberal interest" is the
fc&sresi of those six millions of non-electors , ; represeoted 3 t ) j ever } in tin Dei of the constituency T ? ho is prepared to do them jnstice . All ethers are counterfeit , and must be txposed . The Conservative interest is intelligble to all , and palpably based on error . The Liberal interest is easily understood , and founded on trnth . Betwetn these two interests Ees % tbir 4 , by Borne called Conservative-Whig ; by others Whig-BadicaL This middle party is now our dead"Weight We shall never breathe freely nntil that » ti * ht be removed . How can this be done ? —By the independent Electors in every constituency acting on the same principle as the independent
Electors of Sirminehan have bow acted . At the last general Election the Tories polled but ten thousand "vota more than the Whigs , which gave to the one faction -a majority of eighty over the other . Surely the independent Sectors of the United Kingdom iramber more than ten thousand men ! If so , t&ey hold in their hands ihe balance of power ; and with stJ millicms of Non-electors can turn the scale in favour of frtcdo-n . Justice to ourselves—justice to the peopleand justice to the great cause of political freedom , demands that we should ttus act . No other ccuiBe of action will effectually test the sincerity-of our
professed friends . H they are honest , tis well—they will unite with us freely . If they are false , they must fall into the ranks of error , where alone they onght to ttvid . While false men are permitted to remain in the ranks of freedom , the cause of liberty is constantly in danger of being betrayed . Hitherto they have T > een spared for the sake of expediency . Hereafter-they must be discharged for the sake of justice . By acting thus , we are told that wehadincurred & terrible responsibility by letting in the Tory . Those who say so have yet to learn , that the first duty of man is to do justly , and then leave the consequences to the overruling providence of
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Secondly—In bxpbkbnce to the fositioh which BrKMIKGHAM HAS LONG HSLD TS THE KTB 8 OP THE POLITICAL -WORLD , AND IJ * PRACTICAL ILLUSTBATION OF THE XOSS IMMEDIATE GROTOM ON WHICH THE COSIEST JEOCSSDEB . From various causes , the position of Birmingham has become a most influential one . Mark the facts of onr political history , and observe how our political character was formed i—On the 6 th of May , 1793 , Chables Qbet ( now Eabl &BET ) presented a petition to the House of Commons , specifically praying for a substantial measure of representative reform . A motion proceeding on that petition wes indignantly rtjected . In 1797 , and in 1800 , Mr . OBEY repeated his motion without effect .
Soon after Political Associations were founded bj Major Cabtytbight , in different paits of the kingdom , nnder the designation of " Hampden Clubs . " Oae of these was instituted at Birmingham in the year 1 S 15 ; its object being to obtain TJ iversal Suffrage , Tote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments . Ntxt year an open air meeting was held , at whfch , a bill of lights embracing these principles was adopted . After suffering the most cruel persecution at the hands of a tyrannical Government , tbe Hampden Club -was abolishes In 1826 , Mr , THOMAS ATTW 00 D attempted the formation of a Political Union , but failed . Various schemes of the same kind were projected during the next ten years ; bnt it was not till tbe 25 : h o ! Janu&iy , 1830 , when the "General Political
Unionwas formed , that Birmingham put foith her united strength . That Union was tbe creation of a public meeting of more than ten thousand people which lasted from ten in the morning till five in the afternoon . Its first object was " te obtain , by every jost and legal means , such a reform ef the Commons' House of Parliament as may ensure a real and effectual representation of the lower and middle classes of tbe people in that House" A petition to Parliament , embodying this object , was passed . It prayed also that redress of grievcatcts should precede the voting of supplies At this time a bill was pending in Parliament to amend the representation so far as to give additional representatives to large towns . That measure was adopted by the Union ; bat Boon after saparseded by
tbe Reform Bill of Lord J . RUSSELL , to carry wblch , all the energies of the Council were directed . On tbe 6 tb of May , 1832 , a monster-meeting was held on Newhall Hill , and more than one hundred thousand people , with deep and solemn silence , took this pledge— " In unbroken faith , through every peril , and trial , and privation , we devote ourselves and our children to our country ' s cause . * ' Ton know what followed—the passing of the Reform BilL By and by came disappointment and distress . Anticipating a crisis in public affairs , the Union , which had been in abeyance for fiv 6 years , was revived . In 1837 the Council issued a stirring address to the Reformers « f Great Britain and Ireland . It pronounced the Reform Bill a failure ^—advised ihe people to fall back on Universal Suffrage , Vote
by Ballot , Annual Parliaments ; and appealed to them thu ^ : — " If you are content to abandon all your fixed principles— to forego your unquestionable rights—if you choose to give up all hope of further political improvement—if you have made up your minds that the Reform BUI shall continue in future as it has hitherto been—a dead letter , instead of a living spirit , —that coercion shall proceed unchecked , and bribery and corruption nnexposed ; in that cate you may still reckon on the services of Lord John Russell and his fellow Councillors . * ' These sentiments were signed on behalf of the Conncil by G « oige Frederick Mnntz . It was alleged by some , that if carried out , they would divide tbe Liberal interest , and let the Tories into power . To Ibis the Council emphatically
replied" Reformers , let no vain fairs disturb you . Our cause is the cause of truth and justice : it must and shall prevail . " Then came the National Petition . That able and popular document , which was subscribe * by 1 280 , 000 people , was adopted by another great public meeting in Birmingham , on the 6 th of Angtut , 1838 . Since "then , public opinion has been concentrated on a still more complete and comprehensive measure of Reform , comprising—the Extension of the Suffrage to every male 1 citizen of twenty-one , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Equal Electoral Districts , . Payment of Members , and Annual Parliaments . That this me&sure still rales in the mind of Birmingham , is evident f torn the fact that , bo recently as the 6 th of March last , an enthusiastic town ' s meeting ( the great Hull
being crowded ) , u :. ammeusly resolved that the only effectual redress for Ireland's as well as England ' s wrongs , is to be found in tbe " full , fair , and free re . presentation of tbe people ; " and that , as a means to gain this end , the constituency should now claim from their representatives a recurrence to ancient parliamentary principle , that " the grievances of the people should be heard and redressed before the supplies are voted . * ' So tenaciously did Birmingham cling to the question of the Suffrage , that in opposition to tbe views of the Anti-Corn law League , she maintained , by positive resolution , at tbe close ef an Anti-Corn Law lecture in the Town Hall , that without tbe extension of the Suffrage , it was hopeless to expect either total or immediate repeal .
These facts unquestionably prove that Birmingham had set her heart on Scffrsge movement . The obvious conclusion is , that her representatives in Parliament should be thoroughly furnished for this great work . Anything short oT this in their qualifications must unquestionably compromise her whole previout character , and destroy her consistency- In these circumstances a vacancy occurs in the representation of tbe Borough . Two Candidates are proposed on behalf of what is called tbe " liberal interest , " viz —Joseph Stubge and William Scholefield .
In Joseph Stubgb we had a living embodiment of the great principles of civil , religious , and commercial freedom ; and no man ccnld mUtake tbe simple and truthful language in which , from time to time , his views have been announced . In William Scholefield we had no such qualification . As an Alderman of the Borough , twice only dnring the last two years bad he attended the Conncil Beard , and on both occas'ons to- * pe * k and vote against a motion to petition Parliament in favour of Complete Suffrage . He opposed the motion on the merits , deliberately statins that if the subject were to be fully diseased , " it icovld lake him half an hour on each of jive of the points to show thai they tcere objectionable ihe Ballot beivg the only one of the six to which he could ai once agree . " These facts
were generally known in Birmingham ; and yet the very men who had previously professed themselves the deveted friends of freedom—who were parties to the democratic sentiments heretofore quoted , proposed William Scholefield in opposition to Joseph Stukge . Sincerely desirous to promote unity of action , every endeavour was made to induce them to snbmit the claims of William Scholefield to the judgment of a public meeting . They denied the competency of that tribunal , and contended that the Electors , and the Electors alone , were the proper judges in the case . Meanwhile , one of the most magnificent meetings ever held in Birmingham nnanimously made choice of Joseph Stukge . This meeting took place , five days previous to the Election ; thus : ffjrding ample time to William Scholefield and his mpporters to weigh
the responsibility which their pesition involved . At the nomination of Candidates , tfee choice of Joseph Stubge was confirmed , while William Scholefjeld , out of nine thousand hands , had but fifty held up in his favour . K iwithstaBding all this , he was carried thronjfh tbe polL Ton knot ? the result Grieved to think that Conservatism should find a home in the very cradle of liberty , « e honestly deplore the retnrn of a Tory ; but bf-Jieving that the time hza arrived when tbe advocates of freedom must grtpple with principle , and not with party , we are not disappointed at the defeat ol a Whig . It is better to deal with an open and nudis ^ nised enemy , than an indefinite and undefinable friend , inasmuch as tbe desolating progress of error is alwsjs most successfully opposed by the direct antagonism of truth .
Independent Electors of the United K ngdom i Are you prepare *! to adopt and carry out this cenrsa of action ? If yon are , then suffer us to suggest what we consider essential to its success : — First . —Properly qualified Candidates . —This prerequisite is all-important . If possible , get tried men . Tcese are not the times to take men on trust . St Stephen ' s is a jjoisonous atmosphere ; the shafts of error fly thickly tnere ; and every man you send to that House should be encised in truth . We know 'tis difficult to find such men ; nevertheless some « uch may be fcsd ; and twenty would constitute an opposition powerfn ] eDonob to brine the Olieaieh lo t&wus .
Second . —The choice of Candidates must be left exclusively to public meetings . To facilitate this end , it appears desirable that Independent Election Committees should be appointed in every Borough , whose coolant and regular duty wenld be to superintend the registration ; and whose Bpee ^ al and extraordinary duty , to call public meetings on grrat occasions . Where it is practicafeis , tie meeting to choose the Cbandidste might be beat calie 4 by members of tbe Town Council , as was done in Birmingham . Thi dly . —Firm determination to carry tbe popular Candidate through the polL High moral courage is indispensable in the hour of trial . The Birmingham Election proves this . Had every . Elector who voted done justice to his own convictions , as be was bound to do , we honestly believe that our numbers would
have stood well . Had every Elector on the roll , who did not vote , given free expression to his feelings , they would have stood belter . Want of moral courage was the besetting S'n of many in that hour of trial . On no cronnii < jf principle can this be excused . Fourthly . —No compromise . So long as independent Electors are found-hesitating they are in danger . From the best of motives , the best of men are oftentimes misled . Had the proposals of trimming Reformers been always boldly met , they -would not have been so often repeated , nor so successfully urged . Convince a man tbat you are in earnest , and he will deal with yon as an honeet man . Canvinee him that you are determined to maintain your ground , and be will use no dishonest means to pull yon down . Theiefoie our watch-word must be " Truth , " and our motto , "No
Compromise . " At a meeting of tbe 346 Eleetoxs of tbe Borough of Birmingham , who voted on tbe 13 th of July lust for Joseph Sturge , Esq .. held at tfce Public Ofnee , August 7 , 1844 , the foregoing Address was unanimously passed , and ordered to be published forthwith-James C . Pebry , Chairman . Birmingham , Aug . 8 , 18 * 4 .
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Suicide op a Gentleman at MaiDa Hill . —On Snnday morning diaries Edwards , Esq ., an elderly gentleman , of independent property , residing at No . 1 , Clarendon-place , Maida Hill , committed suicide , by cutting his throat with a razor . No cause can be assigned by his bereaved relatives for the commission of ihe rash act . Folkstone . —A track , containing property forwarded by Messrs , Rutley , carriers , of Dover , was taken off the luggage train at this station on Sunday evening , and detained , in consequence of a dispute respecting the payment of the locomotive fees . The
truck contained a quantity offish , meat , vegetables , bread , and other perishable articles for the London market ; also some wine , and a number of packages destined to be shipped abroad from London-bridge . The not-oTer-saronry tfflavia arising from the fish on Tuesday afternoon filled the station , and induced an order for their removal and burial at the back of the station . There wts a large quantity of "jemmies" ( . sheep ' s heads and plucks ) in a sack , which were not improved by keeping , and the close weather spoiled the meat . It is said the affair will generate a law suit . —Maidstone Gazette .
Shocking Suicide of an Insane Pauper —Ob Tuesday evening Mr . Baker held a « inquest at the King ' s Arms , Bonner ' s-fields , Bethnal-gret-n , on the body of Siephen Strand , aged 64 , recflDtly an insane inmate of the infirmary of BethDal- ^ rfen workhouse . From the evidence of various witnesses it appeared that deceased had been of weak intellect for many years , and laboured under a delusion , which greatly tormented him , that he had killed a man a long time b « o at Portsmouth . He was , however , quiet and inoffensive . Ha left his bed at six
o ' clock on Saturday morning last whilst the wardsman was lighting tbe fire , and when the latter missed him he went in s -arch of him , and trying the water-closet he heard a noise proceeding from frcm beneath it . Deceased was soon discovered in tbe soil and extricated , and would ha . ve soon died from the most disgusting species of suffocation , had it not been for the prompt application of emetics and other detersive remedies . He was attended by Mr . Agar , the parish surgeon , but ho never recovered from the effects of tbe filthy immersion , and died on Monday morning . Vsrdict— " Insanity . "
FiEK . —On Friday last , a fire was discovered to have broken out in a straw stack on the premises of Mr . Samuel William Bacon , of Bulls-bridge farm , Hempstead , contiguous to a barn and extensive outbuildings , but from the prompt and energetic assistance of the labourrra and others present was speedily extinguished . Sarah Jobeon , aged 15 , maidservant in Mr . Bacon ' s house , was apprehended late on Friday night by Superintendent Oakley , and taken on Saturday before W . H . Lay ton , Esq ., who remanded her to Dunmow station . —Essex Herald .
Nabeow Escape — " General Tom Thumb" was taking a ride near Clifton , on Sunday afternoon , in an open carriage , accompanied by his father , his guardian , and his preceptor , Mr . Sherman . The General and the latter were on the driver ' s box , and on descending a steep hill , the horse took fright , ran at the top of his speed , and dashed against a high stone wall with such force as to break bis neck , and shiver the shafts and a portion of the carriage to atoms I The two inside gentlemen escaped with a few slight bruises . Mr . Sherman had seen the approaching danger , and held the General firmly in his arms , and the moment the concussion occurred , he cleared the horse and wall , the latter nearly nine feet in height , and landed safely in the adjoining field , preserving his charge harmless !
Fatal Accident on a Railway . —We are sorry to state that the collision which occurred on Thurs day week on the Dundee Railway , in consequence of a carter , named Alexander Smith , attempting to cross the line with his charge , when the mail-train was in sight , and by which the horses were killed and the cart destroyed , has also proved fatal to Smith , he having died the same evening . We understand there was no blame attached to any of the company's servants . Smith was rather an eocentric character . A few years a ^ o , when loading sand at the Wardmill-hill , a l&rge quantity of it came down and nearly covered his horse and cart , bnt being driven under the cart he himself was nut much hurt . When dug out , which was done instantly , ho very coolly inquired for his whip , offered his preservor a snuff for his trouble , and drove off . —Montrote Review .
Fatal Case op Stabbing . —Another of those offences , unhappily but too common of late , in which the knife is resorted to a ^ a means of vengeance , occurred late on Saturday night in the parish ol Norton St . Phillips , Somerset , and by the petpetrat ; ou of the crime , a young man , named Charles Francis , has been cut off in the prime of life . The deceased and his murderer were both labouring men , and a quarrel having arisen at a public house relative to the breaking of a cup and a glass , asci ; fflo ensued , in , course of which tho prisoner waa knocked down several times . Upon gaining his feet , some of the bystanders observed that he had a knife in his hacd , and it was taken from him , but he immediately
snatched it hack again , and after some few minutes plunged it several times into the body of the deceased , causing his death in a few minutes , one of the wounds dividing the femoral artery . The prisoner was immediately secured , and when charged with the crime merely said , he knew he bad done it , and would do it again . His name is George Hillier , a gardener by trade , and he has tbe appearance of a wild and dissipated young man . An icquest on the body was held on Vlonday afternoon , at the Fleurde-Lis Inn , Norton , before Mr . Uphill , coroner for Somerset , when the facts above stated were established , and a verdict of " Manslaughter" returned . The prisoner was committed for trial at the next
assiaes . Illicit Distilleries . —For some time past suspicion have been entertained by the excise authorities that an illegal distillpry of whiskey existed in the neighbourhood of Cockentouih ; but so careful were the delinquents , that no clue could be obtained to their haunt . At length , Mr . Robinson , supervisor of excise , determined upon a personal inspection of the localities in the district . Having obtained the aid of Mr- Brown , superintendent of the Derwent police , and of Sancton , a police- officer , he proceeded on his search , and having come to some high bills near Cprton , they perceived smoke curling threugh the tops of some trees in the neighbourhood of which there was no house , and being
satisfied their quest was eucce .-sful they arranged their plan of attack . They crept adroitly round the fell nntil within a short distance of the spot , so as to approach it unperceived , when they made a sudden rush to the place where the firo was , and there they found the parties stripped to th ^ ir shirts , and busily engaged in their illicit manufacture , at a place called Mere Gill . The moment the distillers perceived they were discovered they made a rapid retraat . One , an old man , took to the water , but after a severe struggle was captured by Mr . Robinson ; another , a boy , after along chase , was taken by Policeman Sancton ; a third , named Burns , was caught by JVlr . Brown ; and the fourth was taken by an exciseman . The excise officers remained aud kept custody of the still , &c , which they found in full operation . There were four tin waler pail ? , a spade , an axe , an iron scope , a furnace , fljur sack ? ,
a valuable copper worm sixteen feet lone ; a large mash tnb , a fermenting tub , an eighteen gallon Oisk , a four gallon cask , an oblong tin vessel , calculated to bold about ten gallons , fitted to be carried on a person ' s back , and used to hawk whisky through the country ; thestillj which was large enough to hold eighty gallons ; nine gallons of spirit that had been " rnn" the first time , and about 100 gallons ol wash ready for distillation . The prisoners vere taken before the magistrates , the Rev . E . Fawcett , A . M ., and Mr . John Watson , on Tuesday , and gave their names Patrick M * Culloch , aged 53 ; Hugh , his son , aged 13 ; Patrick Giboons , aged 55—all from the Emerald Isle ; and Francis Burns , of Cockermouth , aged 29 : they were committed to Carlisle gaol for three months with hard labour , in default of paying the penalty under the statute , namely , £ 30 eaohi—Carlisle paper .
Destructive Fire at Richmond—On Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , as Constable 206 V was per mbulating Richmond Green , he perceived sparks issue from one of the chimneys of the Cricketers ' public house , opposite the Theatre . The lower part of the house waa enveloped in flimes , and the family escaped , but with some difficulty , from the upper part and over the backs of the neighbouring premises . Shortly after the flames burst forth from the windows . The engines were soon on the spot . The fire communicated to the house 26 , Richmond Green , and to No . 27 ; the first being wholly and the next partially destroyed , with a great portion of property that was not burnt being materially injured by water and rtmeving . The houses on the
other side of the Cricketers , Nos . 23 and 24 , were also partially destroyed , and were , together with their rurniture , considerably damaged by the water , while the furniture was also injured by removal , in which respect the whole of the Inhabitants of the row of houses ( in number about thirty ) have suffered . It is not at all known how the fire originated . The inmates of the Cricketers retired to rest at , about eleven o ' clock , when the % hta and fires were properly put out . It was fully proved that it commenced in tho cellar , and a remarkable fact connected with that circumstance is that a light
had not been taken into that part of tbe premises for several weeke past . The proprietor , Mr . Vollum , and his servant were the only persons in the houee at the time of the fire ; and the latter , in escaping , met with a sa 4 accident in conEequenoe of jumping out of tbe window . Mr . Vollum states that he lowered bimelf from one of the back windows on to the roof of an outhouse , and , on'looking after his servant , he saw her standing at . the second floor window . He begged of htr to escape in the same manner as he did , bnt t-he did not appear to understand ; and eventually jumped out , falling on the roof with great violence . He carried her io an adjoining
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house , perfectly insensible . By tho subjoined official report made by Mr . Braidwood to the various insurance companies in the metropolis , the fearfnl extent nLn .- , rf 1 the h *™ ° " occasioned will be observed , together with the probable amount oflosa :-f L « r . / ' , ? minute 9 past three a . m ., called by amounted policeman to a large fire raging at Rioh" ., £ ? ' was f ? fc 0 have commenced from some unknown cause , m the cellar belonging to the Cricketfvf P" ™ : ? ^ . on Richmond-green , in the occupation ot Mr . Henry Vollum . licensed victualler . The premises were totally consumed , and contents with stock io trade destroyed . The building was the
property of Mr . Collins , the brewer , at Richmond . ( It was three stories high , with a frontage of about twenty . jive feet , and between thirty and forty feet in depth . ) The contents are insured by Mr . Vollum in m ^ . ^ 're- Office for £ 600 j and the building by Mr . onilins in the Uuion Fire-office for about £ 860 . no . Jo , Kichmondgreen , the dwelling-house of i k . ? ? wtally burnt down . It was a substantiaJ bri ck building , somewhat larger in depth than the above . MrB . Sanson , is insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office , and the building in the Atlaaoffioe . a total loss . No . 24 * the residence of Mr . Ihomas Hughes—roof consumed , and part of the noors beneath destroyed : other Darts aeriouslv
damaged by water . Furniture and contents saved , with much injury . Not insured . No . 23 , the dwelling house m the occupation of Mr . Warren . — private ; mo 3 t part of the roof burnt off , and rooms beneath partially destroyed ; the remainder of the premises greatly damaged by water and hasty removal of the furniture and the contents . Mr . Warren is not insured . The building is covered xT a " o , IIisurance effected in the Sun Fire-office . Wo . 27 , a dwelling house , tenanted by sevtral tammes—part of the roof burnt off , and much damage to the premises . Not insured . No . 28 , tbe premises , of Mr . Harvey , fruiterer and ohandler—roof partly off , and the contents grea'Iy damaged by water , loured in tho Norwich Uuion Fire-office . Besides the above , the report mentions several houses greatly injured by fire and water in Cricketers - oaurt , aa : also in PenBioners ' -cpurt , the occupiers unfortunately of whom are of the labouring class , and
are not insured . Up to a late hour on Tuesday night , a great body of fire still raged beneath the ruins , but there were no apprehensions of its doing further mischief . The young woman who jumped out of the window is , wo regret to say , in a dangerous state .
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Turn-oot op Locksmiths . —Tbe locksmiths of Walsml , Wulvurhampton , Willonhall , and neighbourhood , numbering about three hundred persons , have turned out for an advance of five per cent , on their wages . Tbe priceH piid to this clasa of persona are exceedingly low ; many of them having large families , being compelled to work fourteen or sixteen hours per day for 1 . 09 per week—Sun . Dime mbe Testimonial . —Central Committee of Trades , & . < $ ,, Saville Home , Leicester square , Wednesday evening , August 14 th , Mr . Rose ( currier ) in the chair . Messrs . Barratt , Gamman , and Foster took their seats as delegates 'from the cork cutters '
trade society . Mr . Bailey also took his seat from the second society of operative carpenters . Mr . Gillman reported tbe highly successful result of the great Fin ^ bury meeting , and the determination of their committee to co-operate zealously with the Central Committee . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to tho gemlemen of the Finsbury oommittee for their praiseworthy exertions in getting up tho meeting at White Conduit House . Messrs . Stallwood and Smyth reported the favourable reception they experienced at the Repeal Wardmote , and the expressed determination of the Repealera of London to work heart and soul in the iood cause of testifying thoir gratitude to Mr . Dunwombe- ( cheers ) . Mr . Barrett reported that the
cork cutters had ordered a levy of Is per man , whioh in London alone Would realise £ \ 5 . Mr . Gamman read the rough sktech of an address from the same body to the members of their trade throughout the Uuiied Kingdom , which was adopted . Mr . EUwtvrds reported the successful ra ? ult of a meeting recently held at Rat cliff Cross , Tower Hamlets , and stated that a public meeting would be held at the Black Swan , Brown ' s-lane , Spitalfields , for the same purpose on the 27- h instant , to which Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., was invited . Mr . T . M . Wheeler reported that Mr . P . M'Grath had readily compl . ed with their request , and would proceed to Dover to attend the public meeting in that borough on Monday next , August 18 th . Messrs . Grasby and Hicks were appointed a deputation to attend the West End boot and shoemakers on Tuesday evening m-xt . —A
letter was read from Maidstone , requesting collecting books , addresses , &o . for seventy paper mills ; from Win . Knill , Barnstaple , Devon , on behalf of the Chartist ? , enclosing £ 4 2 s . 9 J ., and thanking the Northern Star for its exertions in behalf of the working classes from Bath ; and stated that a Lady in that city had most generously subscribed five guineas , and that all the servants in her houbekold had amo contributed their mites ; and that a public meeting was about being held in that city , over which the Mayor would preside . From the Com mi : tee of tho Incorporated Sooiety of Licensed Victuallers , stating their determination to bring the matter before the whole body at their next meeting , with a view to aiding the testimonial . Also letters from the tailors of Norwich , from Northampton , from Reading , from Manchester . Thus it will be seen the tide of bucccbb has fairly set in .
Cheltenham . Public Meeting . —Duncombk Testimomal . —Pn Moutlay evening last , a public meeting took place to further tho above object . Mr . Hollis was called on to preside . He observed , in opening the business of the evening , that he was happy to see such a numerous assembly , particularly of working men , on that interesting oocasion . All good men are but discharging a common duty by hououring those to whom honour is justly due . Sympathy and respect on all occasions are an impetus to renewed exertions . They were assembled on that occasion to perform a necessary , an important duty , that of doing honour and tvinoing their gratitude to one of the best of men and greatest patriots of the present day , who in the senate was
their advocate and defender , and almost singlehanded protected them from further injury , though surrounded with a whole host of would-be enslavers . Mr . Gieniston proceeded to inove the first resolution , and ' spoke on the various services rendered to tho people , and particularly to the operative class , and trade societies by the indefatigable Duncombe . The resolution was as follows : —*• With intense feelings ol satisfaction , with pride and admiration , we ihu-3 in public meeting assembled , acknowledge the very many services rendered to tho cause of civil liberty by that indefatigable and sterling patriot , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . We appreciate his talent , eiifrgy , and consistenoy ; and , therefore , reBolve to present him with an expression of our
gratitude ; and to assist the London Committee in carrying out , by subscription , a token worthy of his esteem . " Mr , Berry proceeded to move the next resolution : — " It is with much pleasure we find that large bodies of our countrymin have already exerted theniselves in facilitating the object in view ; and that a considerable sum of money has been placed in the hands of the Treasurers—Messrs . Grote , Prescot , and Co ., bankers . This meeting in furtherance of t-uoh measure recommend that a subscription bo opened in ihif > boroutih ; and the inhabitants are hereby appealed to for contributions , and those places which have not acted as yet in the
matter to aroufe themsulres to immediate action . " An address to Mr . Duncombe was then moved in a lengthy speech by a gentleman with whose name we have not been furnished . The address was an echo of similar documents which hare already appeared in this paper . The last resolution was to the following tfftsct . Moved by Mr . Leach , and seconded by Mr . Isles - ;— " That the thanks of this meeting are not only due to T . S . Dnueombe , E-q ., but to the Hon . Craven Berkeley , representative of this borough , and to the Members of Parliament who voted against ) , that monstrous measure the Masters ' and Servants' Bill . " All the resolutions were
passed without a dissentient , and the greatest unaui mity prevailed . Mr . Hollis was appointed trea
surer * Smtalpields Weavebs—A public meeting of the Broad Silk Hsnd-loom Weavers of Spitalncids and its vicinity was held on Tuesday , August 20 , h , at the Crown end Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , for the . purpose of taking into consideration the best means of putting a stop to the low prices now being paid by several manufacturers , and the reduction of wages in the trade in general . Mr . Hov » sham was unanimously called to the chair , and called on Mr . J . Sherrard , the trade secretary , to state the purport of the meeting . Mr . Sherrard said the meeting was convened at the request and desire of the workmen of several shops where a scandalous reduction had taken place in the already starvation prices paid to the men . The committee of the trade , in responding to the call deemed it requisite that something should be done , and that something they thought should be the obtainment ot
a legislative protection for labour —( hear , hear ) . A strike they looked on as worse than useless , and from the late speeches of Lord Howick , Mr . Charles Buller and Lord John Russell , coupled with the premise of Sir J . Graham , to bring in a measure of protection next session , they thought that by perseverance they might obtain so desirable an object . But it was for that meeting io determine what steps should be taken , and for th \ m , the officers , to carry them into execution —( hear , hear ) . Mr . Burroughs then moved the first resolution , as follows : — " lhat we , the weavers of Spitalfields and its vicinity , in public meeting assembled , consider that the conduct of the government in refusing all enquiry into our grievances , is culpable in the highest degree , and that such culpability must tend to the destruction of all hope respecting such government in the minds of the people . Yet , notwithstanding , this meeting in of opinion , that : unless some means be speedily adopted to , put a stop to the repeated rob-
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beries made by certain unprincipled manufacturers apon their work people , in the shape of lowering their wages , not only ; will the wages of the better paid portion of tbe trade be considerably reduced , but the eyBtem , if persevered in , will ultimately bring ruin on the manufacturers themselves . And this meeting is further , of opinion that it is the duty as well as the interest of every upright and honourable manufaotnrer to aid and assist us ( the operatives ) , in our endtavonrs to obtain that most desirable objeot—protection for labour . Therefore , this meeting resolves , that no difficulties , be they ever so great , shall deter us from prosecuting to a successful issue oar struggle , for a legislative enactment , having for its object the protection of our labour
because we are fuily convinced from past experience that nothing shore of that wi > l ever effectually alleviate or remove the accumulated load of misery and distress beneath which the Working classes , are unjustly made to groan . " In euppon of this resolution , Mr . B . read from the Northern Star the speech recently delivered by Lord John Russell . Lord Howick suggests that ! we should have a species of Board of Trade established , and that masters and men should there meet and regulate wages . Mr . Stocks , a man who took very great interest in the weaving trade , had called on him , and stated the growing opinion of the weavers of the north was that the country should be divided into trade districts , ia which all trades should be represented , and that tbe
presidents of such boardsshonld bo elected by the conjoined votes of masters ; and men—that such presidents form a board , and meet in some central place in the kingdom , and there and then regulate the price ot wages —( hear ) . For his part , he heartily wished something of the sort aidopted—( oheers ) . Mr . Delafore , ia seconding thel resolution , said if ever there was a time for men to bestir thomselves , the present was that time . Only think of the idea of men making velvet for eighteenpence a-yard , and that they should bo in such a wretched plight that the fear of losing such miserable employment should restrain them from coming boldly forward and stating their opinions . Good God ! a better existence might be procured from the vending of
matohes—( hear , hear ) . It rested with the workmen themselves to bring about a better state of things . Mr . Sherrard said , from the reading of Lord John Russell ' s speech , they mast see that he had been compelled to change hiB opinion . Well , then , it was necessary that the working men should all agree , all cordially unite . Mr . Sherrard then clearly illustrated the futility of strikes , and the fallacy of " extended commerce , " and < l b " ie ^ Trade . " It was said that inoreased trade would raise wages . Why , at the very shop for which he worked , this summer , they had an increase of trade , and was compelled to take on additional hands , and at the very same time they reduced the wages to the extent of three penoej per yard on velvet—( loud
cries of hear , hear . " ) Mr . Moles said protection was no new fangled doctrine ; they once had protection , and in Spitalfields under that protection , they obtained four shillings per yard for making velvet . That act waa repealed . What was the consequence ? Why , J trade might have increased , but their miseries had ako increased , and now they only received Is 6 d for the same work thev had four shillings for formerly—( hear , hear ) . Never was trade so good as it was this summer ; yet the operatives were in a starving condition . Mr . Gladstone had said that the operatives in the aggregate enjoyed more comforts than they did twenty years ago . He took that ! opportunity of telling Mr . Gladstone that was not true : and that in making
that assertion he had ] been misinformed , although provisions were cheaper , and olothes were cheaper , he could assure that : gentleman they did not nor could not procure asijmuch of either as they did twenty years ago— ( hear , hear ) . The resolution was then put and carried ( unanimously . Mr . Sherrard , in a powerful speech moved the second resolution as follows : — "That this I meeting is of opinion that no objeot , however laudable , can possibly be attained unless means be used for that end ; and as funds are one of the chief , this { meeting resolves one and all , to rally round , and become members of the Uuion , in order that tbe foregoing resolution may be
effectually carried out ; and in order that we may no longer exhibit to our fellow-countrymen the folly of resolving , while at the same time we manifest an utter want of patriotic and manly spirit in not carrying out our resolution . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Ryon , and very ably supported by Mr . Burroughs , who [ read them the late Mr . Cobbelt's severe castigation on the Spitalfields' weavers of former days for their pandering to power , and cautioned them not to draw down enoh a castigation on themselves in the present day —( cheers ) The resolution was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given the Chairman , and tbe meeting quietly separated . i
London.—Scbscriphons Foe The Miners.—Musioalinstrument Makers,; White Horse, North-Stre6t,
London . —Scbscriphons foe the Miners . —Musioalinstrument makers , ; White Horse , North-stre 6 t ,
Tottenham ( Jourt-ioad- £ 4 153 bd ; mends , per Mr . Dooley , Bell Inn , 8 s ] 6 d ; Mr . Wilke , Rochesterstreet , West , Is 6 d ; Gold Beaters' Society , per Mr . Hutohings £ 1 ; dyers , ? per Mr . Jewell is 6 d ; Mr . Morland ' s book 4 s 7 < i ;• skein silk dyers , Black Swan , per J . Edwards 19 * M \ engineers , Lambeth 7 s ; Friendly Society of Carpenters , King's Arms , Marylebone-street , per Mrj Bernard £ 1 15 s 6 d ; Metropolitan Delegate Council ( Chartists ) £ 2 \ 3 i 7 < f ; second instalment of benefit Albert Saloon £ 4 5 * 9 J ; sermon at Hare-street Fields , August lltb , 8 s JOJ ; ditto , Globe Fields 5 s 5 d ; Mr . Oliver 6 a ; Mr . Carey and family Is ; Mr . Merrick's book 6 s 91 d ; Mr . Green ' s book Is 4 d ; Mr . Stratford ' s book 6 jd ; sawyers , per Byott 2 s 6 d ; Batker ' s joiners , per Mr . Symfc 9 s ; Rigby ' s biushmakera Is 7 d ; Nash ' s ditto 2 s 2 d ;
friends at TonbridgeJ Wells , per Mr . Guineaman 7 a lOd ; Mr . Cooksey ' s silk hatters 6 s 6 d ; Mr . Fullers , ditto 5 s lOd ; Mr . Hawkin ' a ditto 2 j ; Mr . Snalley ' s book , 3 rd 4 s 6 < i ; Bookbinders' Society , per Mr . Dunning £ U 6 s 2 i ; Masons at British Museum £ 1 2 * Id ; Compositors' Union , per Mr . Thompson £ 2 ; Gold I- Beaters' Society , per Mr . Hutchings 143 ; J . S . Bult , per Mr . Hutohings 2 * 6 , ; Mr . Linden , shopma'es aud friends Us 5 & ; profits of sale of Northern Star , per Mr . Farrer 5 s ; Mochanics at Hastings , per Mr . Cleave £ \ 2 s 2 J ; Triangle and V'cinity , ; Halifax £ 1 ; friends , Griffin Inn , Leonard-street , Shoreditch 8 < Id ; stuff batters , Mr . Ellwood ' s shop 5 s 6 J ; ditto , Mr . Mayow ' s shop 2 s 6 d ; ditto , Townend's Bhop , all per Mr . Kelsey U 7 d ; Journeymen Steam Engine and Machine Makers' Friendly Sooiety , Easton and Amo ' s , 11 s ; friends , per Mr . Messenger 17 s 7 d ; Mr . Drake ' s book . Messrs . iMaclin and Avershad 2 j 3 d ; Mr . Dudson , 1 a . —Wilson Ritson , Secretary .
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THE OPENING OF LETTERS AT THE POST OFFICE . The Secret Comnmteea , appointed by the two Houses of Parliament ? to inquire to what txtent the opening of letters at the Post Office has been carried , presented their reports a short time ago . The report of the Committee of the House of Lords is meagre . It , however , prominently mentions one practice which is more cautiously touched upon , in the report to the Commons . The following is the passage we refer to : —¦ " It appears to have for a long period of time , aud nnder many successive administrations , been an established practice , that the foreign correspondence of foreign ministers , passing through the General Post Office , should be sent to a department of the foreign office before the forwarding of such correspondence according to its address . The Postmaster General , having had his attention called to the fact that there was no sufficient authority for the practice , has , since June , ] discontinued it altogether . "
The report from theiCommittee of the lower House goes more deeply into ! tbe general subject . The following table shows the number of warrants which have been issued in each year , commencing from 1822 , when a recbrd of them first began to be kept at the post-office : — 1822 12 1830 ...... 14 1838 8 1823 ,... 7 1831 1-7 1839 . 16 1824 2 1832 5 1840 7 1825 6 1833 4 1841 18 1826 8 1834 6 1842 20 1827 8 1835 7 1843 8 1828 4 1836 7 1844 7 1829 ...... 5 1837 4
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The excess of warranfs in 1829 are stated to be the result of the riots at Newport , and that in 1842 of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts . The following is a table of the cases , in which warrants have been issued , from 1799 to the present time : — Baukof England 13 Bankruptcy 2 Murder , theft , fraud , &c 144 Treason , sedition , &o 77 Prisoners of war 13 Revenue ... 5 Foreign correspondence .. 20 Letters returned to writers 7 Address copied .. ~~ ... 1 Forged frank 1 Uncertain 89
Total , 372 The committee mention elsewhere , that by far the greater portion of those clawed as uncertain are criminal warrants . The principles which the committee lay down as having guided the Home Secre * tariss who have held office during the present century in the opening of correspondence , are as follow * " The warrants issued during the present century may be divided into two classes : — " 1—Those issued in furtherance of criminal justice , and usually for the purpose of obtaining a c' . ua to the hiding-place of some offender , or to the moda or place of concealment of property criminally abstracted ; and these , for brevity's sake , the com mittee will term criminal warrants .
" 2—Those issued for the pnrpose of discovering tha designs of persons known or suspected to be engagod in proceeding dangerous to the state , oe ( as in Mazzini ' s cise ) deeply involving British interests , and carried on in the United Kingdom , or in British possessions beyond the seas , " With regard to both these classes of warrants , the object in issuing them has been , in many cases , to ascertain the views , not of the party receiving , bufc of tbe parly Bending the letter . " Having thus given onr readers an idea of the general extent to which this power has been exercised by the Secretaries of State , we extract that portion of the report which refers in detail to some of the most remarkable cases in which it has been employed of late years : —
•* During the outbreak in the manufacturing & ~ d mining districts , which took place in August , 1842 , in the week of the greatest anxiety , a clerk was ^ ut down from the London Post Office , with directions , under the authority of a Secretary of State ' s warrant to open the letters of six parties named therein , all taking a prominent part in the disturbances of that period . In the same week , the same clerk wa 3 directed , under authority of two other such warrants , to open the letters of ten other persons named , and , a fortnight later , to open the letters of one other person , making seventeen in all . Most of the persona whose letters were ordered on this occasion to be opened were indicted , and many both indicted and convicted , before the special commission appointed to try the parties concerned in those disturbances With one exception , these warrants were issued between the 18 'h and the 25 th of August , 1842 ; and they wera all cancelled on tbe 14 th of October .
" About the same time , two clerks were sent down to two provincial towns , each with directions , under authority of a Secretary of State ' s warrant , to open and examine the letters addressed to one individual in each town ; but in one of these eases there were no letters to open . One clerk employed on this duty returned to his ordinary business after a week ' s absence , the other after an absence of five weeks . " 2—In the autumn of 1843 , during the disturbances which took place in South Wales two clerka
were sent down from the post-office , into the disturbed districts , with directions , under authority of a warrant from the Secretary of State , one to inspect the letters of one person at a particular town , the other to inspect the letters of another porsou at another town ; and subsequently , under authority of a different warrant , this second clerk was sent to a third town , there to inspeet the letters of a third person . In all t ' jree instances , the persona whose letters were to be inspected were specifically named in the warrant . One of these warrants was iu force eighteen , the other seven days .
" It is these facts , probably , that have given rise to the report of a commission or commissions having visited the manufacturing districts , charged with ft general authority to open and inspect letters . " 3—The third of these cases is that of a warrant to open and detain the letters addressed to Mszzini . This warrant was issued on the lat of March , and cancelled on the 3 d of June , in the present year Throughout that period , the intercepted correspondence was transmitted , unread , from tho Home Office to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs . The facts of the case , so far as your committee feel themselves at liberty to disclose them , appear to be S 3 follows : —
" Representations bad been made to the British Government , from high sources , that plets , of which Mr . Mazzini was the oentre , were carrying on , upoa British territory , to excite an insurrection n Italy ; and that such insurrection , should it assume a formidable aspect , would , from peculiar political circumstances , disturb the peace of Europe . The British Government , considering the extent % o which British interests were involved in the maintenance of that peace , issued on their own judgment , but not at the
suggestion of any foreign power , a warrant to open and detain Mr . Mazzini's letters . Such information deduced from those letters , as appeared td the British Government calculated to frustrate this attempt , was communicated to a foreign power ; but the information so communicated was not of a nature to compromise , and did not compromise , the safety of any individual within the reach of that foreign power ; nor was it made known to that power by what mean 3 or from what source that information had been obtained .
u 4 . A warrant to open and detain all letters addressed to Mr . Woroell and to Mr . Stolzman waa issued on the 17 th April , 1844 , and cancelled on the 20 th June . " 5 . A warrant to open and detain all letters addressed to Mr . Grodicki at Paris , and to another foreign gentlemen , was issued on the 3 rd of June , 1814 , and cancelled on 'he 13 th of the same month . " The last two warrants rested on grounds connected with the personal safety of a foreign sovereign , * entrusted to the protection of England .
It appears to your Committee , that , under circumstances so peculiar , even a slight suspicion of danger would justify a minister in taking extraordinat y measures of precaution . The committee have not learned that there appeared in the letters that wf re detained any thing to criminate the gentlemen whom the Committee have very reluctantly named . "The Committee think it may be desirable for them to make known , that the above three warrants are the only warrants to open the letters of foreigners which the present Government has issued .
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The Policy O? True Reformers. '
THE POLICY O ? TRUE REFORMERS . '
The attention of every Reformers of every grade and colour , is earnestly sought for the following most important doenment . In it the Chartist will see every point of his much-abused policy unanswerably maintained ; and he will see also the " beginning of ihat etd ^ he has so long and so arduously laboured to secure . Let bnt the policy here so eloquently laid down , and so admirably sustained hy reasoning at once powerfnl-to-conviction , be generally acted on by the friends of Mr . Stnrge thronghont the country , * i the next general election , and we shall have the cause of Befprm placed on a tangible basis , with ' a tangible objsci , to be worked ont by tangible means . The cloak of peot £ SSio >* only will be stripped from cS the limbs of the insincere and the designing ; and ve shall learn to know one another as we really are .
It i 3 "with fte most heartfelt pleasure that we eongratnl&te Mr . 5 turge and his friends on their recent proceedings . They hare begun to -work ont into lite , into actou . bktsg . the glorions principles of democracy , in a manner and wiih an apparent sincerity that must secure for them the admiration of every devoted friend of liberty . The ground of action-which they have laid out for themselves in ttie following address , i 3 broad , firm , tangible , Becure , becanse democratic . There is no- mistake" about it . They at once my what they are iboni ; and announce their determination to snffer
no consideration to sedncs them from the Btern path of duty . It is a pity bnt that such a plain and understandable manifestatioa of intention and object had been issned by Mr . Stnrge and his friends at first , when they determined to pnblicly advocate ihe principles ol Chartism . In lhat case it is probable that much of misunderstanding ; much of consequent ill blood ; much of bad feeling , -wonld have been prevented . However nctc , we can have no " mistake . " The following doenment prevents ihe possibility of that . Here -we have a full policy ; % full line of action chalked ont . That line of action
is truly Chartist ; truly democratic , in conception , in arrangement , in object , in intention and scope ; and we fear not hut that it will he faithfully worked oat : for had other eonree been intended , the following plain-spoken address would never have been issned-May we hope that we see the dawn of better days than those we hare experienced ; and that tbe time is not far distant when the friends of the people will be " all on one Hide and their enemies on the other ?
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Bradford . —Popular Lectures . —On Wednesday evening last , Mri L . Jones delivered , in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute , in this town , the first of a course of two lectures on the poetry of Wordsworth , Shelley , and Keats . Tho front soata were nearly empty , but the back seats—and we were glad to see itHwero comfortably filled by those of the industrious order—a gratifying augury , let us hope , that the " million" can appreciate truth , simplicity , and beauty , and will worship at their shrine when , as on this occasion , the
means of intellectual gratification are placed within their reach—ita purchase being only a penny ! At the late hour at wtnoh we write , we cannot do more than state that the lecture was of a very able and interesting character , ! and that the beauties of Wordsworth were iiiusirated with so rnuoh taFte and judgement , and the readings executed with so much skill and beauty , that the gentle and excellent author of " The Excursion" himself might have listened to his ardent admirer without any apprehension of fear for the result . —Bradford Observer .
Todmorden . —As Boon a 3 the Star placard appeared on tbe walls on Saturday last , giving notice of what the Star of that day contained , the Leaguers might be seen running from one news-agent to another , begging for & \ Star . Some went so far as to take them away , and march off without gaining tho consent of the agent , they were so determined to see one . Many are tho surmises about the League giving no report of thejdiscussion . It has weakened the confidence of those of the labouring class who have foolishly expected ! some good from Uobdeo and his followers , while the honest Chartists are more than ever satisfied with the position they havo taken ' and with their champion , O'Connor , and his copatriots .
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DEiYTHS . On the 16 th instant , much and deservedly respected , ia the 80 th year of her age , Ma < -y , relict ol the late John Lcighton , of Monkwearmouth . On the 17 th instant ; at Deptford , Kent , aged 17 Robert Frier , after three days' illness . He was an intelligent youth , and mnch respected by »; iwm knew him . He joined tho Chart-vat Association when only thirteen years of age .
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To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle . Sib , —Being just now engaged in writing & littla treatiae on the " Morality of Living Statesmen , " with the motto— " La parole nous a ete donnee pour mentir , " by one of the best specimens of the genus , Tallerand , I would feel extremely obliged if you could help me to the solution of a puzzling doubt which started in may mind on glancing over tha " Report from the secret committee apnointed by tha Lords to inquire about the Post-office Espionage . " ¦ In the report of the House of Lords , July 4 th , I find that the following conversation took place : — The Marquis of Normanby—Have Mr . Mazzini ' a letters been communicated to any foreign power ? " The Duka of Wellington—I have no knowledge of it .
" The Earl of Aberdeen—I can more readily answer that question , and / can assure the noble lord that kot one syllable of the correspondence has heen communicated to any body whatever—( hear hear ) . " And the " hear , hear" of the Noble Lords waa loudly re-echoed , nex- day , by all the Ministerial press . Th © declaration of Lord Aberdeen was to be trumpeted forth all over Europe ; and both friends and foes to be apprised "that it was trua that the English Ministry had , daring four months , opened and read my correspondence ; they had , during many years , opened and read that of tbe foreiga ministers , till the Postmaster-General having , ia June ( j' ^ st at the time of my petitioning ) , felt tha immorality of the practice , discontinued it altogether ; but they had done it only for their private * comfort , not on suggestion of any foreign
accomplice . " . - In the report of the Secret Committee , as printed jesteiday in our columns , I find that" certain parts' * —the only interesting parts , I suppose— " of the information contained in Mr . Mazzini s correspondence twebe communicated to a foreign government . " The declara ion of the Honourable Lordi ? of tha Secret Committee being so entirely at variance with that of the mo 9 t Honourable Lord the Secretary of State for the Foreign Affairs , I should really like to know ( so as to bo enabled to arrange this new specimen of morality under its proper head ) on which side , according to your valuable opinion , ia the truth , and on which the can you find a Parliamentary word for it ! " Your moBl obedien . t , " Joseph Mazzini . 11 , Devonshire-street , Queen-squaro . Aug . 6 . "
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