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Jixss Cockburs Belakkt . —This nnhappy man —nnh&ppy * whether innocent or guilty—left London on the morning of the 31 st AuguBt ( the day following his trial and acquittal ) , and passed through Giteshead in the eTemng , on his -way "to North Sonderl&nd . His return home , as well as that of some of the witnesses who appeared in his favour on the trial ( according to & letter dated the 28 ih , giving an account of his arrival ) , has been the rererse of welcome . One party , Mr . Hall , it i 9 said , was stoned from the village halfway down to the Sea-houses , whtre be resides , and on
"Wednesday * n effigy was elevated on a pole , and , after bains paraded -for some time reran d the neighbourhood , it was set fire to in the presence and amidst the shouting of some hundreds of the population , in front of Bel&nev ' s house , on the Toad to Bambnrgh . It was afterwards thrown , half-coBBnmed , Into a park or garden adjoining his residence , and the people eoneladed their ** labour of love" with a tremendous hurrah . The excitement in the locality cf 2 sorth Sonderland , where Belaney and his unfortunate and much-respected wife were so well known and where her friends mostly reside , is described by a correspondent a 3 being still Tery gr&A—Gatesheai
Observer . SriCIDE OT THE EXBX OT StRADBROKB ' s HEAD Keepeb . —SmoLX , Sepi . 1 . —Yesterday morning jnueh excitement was occasioned in the vicinity of Henham Park , the country residence of the Earl of Svndbroke , by the rumour spreading of his lordship ' s iead gamekeeper having destroyed himself . On inquiry the report was found to be true . It would appear that a litile before noon on Saturday , the unfortunate man left his cottage , taking a double- barelled gun with him . He proceeded to a spot near his loose , where a quantity of
bullrushes grow . From the relative positions of the gun and tie body , it would seem that he had bo placed 50 me cf the rnBhes across both the triggers , that by moving his foot which confined the ends of them , he fired the gun off . having first put the muzzle in his mouth . The head was shattered in a terrible manner , more particularly the left portion , which was almost blown away , the braia being found at a distance from the body . A more determined and horrible mode of self-slaughter can scarcely ever , if ever , have occurred . His death is ascribed to the annoyance occasioned to the deceased by the predatory acts af poachers .
Snaps op Another of . Earl Stradbrokb ' s GmiKEEPERS . —The first excitement and surprise occasioned by the suicide of Eisev on Saturday last , had barely subsided , when the neighbourhood of Henhim-park was again astonished by the selfdestruction of a man named Cruxey , who held the position of superintendent of keepers , horses , and dogs , connected with the Earl of Stradbroke's establishment on that estate . This unfortunate man shot himself on Sunday afternoon in his own house on the Park estate , scarcely twenty-fonr honrs after the dBaih of his fellow servant . Many rumours are
rife to account for these snieides j bnt it would be improper to repeat them at present . The inquest on Easey is postponed , we believe , till that on Crnxey can be held . A third case of suicide occurred at Halesworth on Monday last . In this instance the indiridnal was a yonng lady of great beauty and accomplishments , named Burgess . The cause of the act was said to be disappointment in love . She effected her purpose by drowning in the river about a mile below the town . These successive suicides have caused great sensation and regret in the neighbourhood .
Narrow Escape troh the Jaws of Death — On Triday afternoon last , as Mr . Hobert Turnbull , merchant , Mr . Standen , of Oxford , and two men . were returning to Scalloway from Heanie , in a sailing boat , and while about mid channel , between the islands of Hoy and Hevra , the boat took in to much water as to fill and go down , wh n Mr . Tnrnboll and the two men were drowned . Immediately On the boat being filled , Mr . Standen , seeing that the danger was imminent , sprang from the boat , and swim off a little distance . He then turned round to look for his naformnste companions , who were -clinging to one another , and Tittering terrific cries of despair , but aid from him was hopeless , as , being encumbered with heavy « oat and boots , and feeling
the weight of them seriously impeded his exertions to save himself , he was , therefore , compelled to strifce out for the nearest land , which was about a mile distant . To himself , however , the possibility of swimming eo far , encumbered as he was , together with the coldness of the water , the wind being strong from the north , appeared impracticable ; but-at the moment when fcope almost fled , to his inexpressible joy , a vessel was seen making towards him , and in a few minutes more a boat from her arrived , and took him in ; landing him shortly thereafter at Scalloway , much exhansted . —Perth Journal . Extraordinary Death . On Monday , Mr . " Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the University CoHe £ e Hospital , on the body of John Bait , aged
27 . From the evidence , it appeared that deceased , who was in the service of Mr . Damns , of 17 , Pulteney-street , ap to the morning of Wednesday last enjoyed goad health . She ikea . complained to a fellow-servant of pain , in the back , and appeared so ill that she was taken to the Charing-cToss Hospital , where , after remaining three honrs and a half , the medical man prescribed former , and she went away , as he told ier her ' s was a ease not fit for s hospital . She returned home , and becoming mnch worsen was , at six o ' clock , brought to University College Hospital , where she wa 3 admitted . Doctor Q , uain deposed that on deceased ' s admission she was labouring under symptoms of fever of a very peculiar , and
unknown character , and was treated for fever ; bnt it increased with great rapidity nntil Friday , when it proved fataL It was quite a new form of disease , and neither himself or any of the medical men had seen anything of the kind before . He had , with Mr . "Wilson , opened the body . There wa 3 no derangement of the brain or nervous system , nor the slightest trace of poison in the stomach ] or anything by which a medical man could account for death . It was , however , his opinion that death had resulted from some disease of the Wood- She was quite sensible , and did not complain of ill-usage . He had no doubt her death was from a natural cause , but of what disease it vras impossible to say . Verdict—Natural Death .
Suddsx Death of the Reepeb of Exeter Hall , while Bathing — On Saturday * morning , about half-past eight o ' clock , as Mr . "William Gordon , keeper of Exeter-hall , who had been lodging at Zirham ' s . in Edward-street , Brighton , for a change of air , was bathing in the sta , he was suddenly taken with a fit and / ell in the water . He was immediately assisted into the machine from which he had been bathing , and was attended by an assistant of Mr . Cordy Burrows , surgeon , bnt life was extinct . An inquest was held before Mr . F . H . Gell , coroner for East Sussex , en Saturday evening . Verdict , " Died of apoplexy . " Deceased ' s wife " was waiting on the beach when he was taken with the fit which ended in his death .
Death troh Over-exertion . —On Tuesday , an inquest was held at the Black Horse , Tungsland Road , before" Mr . Baker , Deputy Coroner , on . the body of Joseph Peachey , aged 49 . Deceased was lu ring at No . 12 , Weybridge-place , Mile-end , Newtown , and had a wife and two children to support . Paring the last twelve months he had been seldom in employment . A month ago he got some work at a chemieal manufactory , but in consequence of his state of health he was obliged to leave . Oa Friday afternoon he was carrying a sack of coals from a cart to No . 14 , Upper John-street , Hoxtou , when he fell down . Blood immediately Sowed from his mouth . Mr . Weston , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , was sent for , in who 3 e presence the deceased died . Death wa 3 stated , by the medical gentleman , to have been the effect of the rupture of a blood vessel , from overexertioa , upon a constitution weakened by want of proper nourishment . Verdict , " Visitation of God . "
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIOXAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE METROPOLIS . Friejcds , —Oar solicitude for the prosperity of that cause for the advancement of which we have been installed into office , and for which yon have diligently straggled during the last eight years , impels us to address you at the present juncture . We have observed , -with the most poignant regret , that a base amount of apathy has for some time back existed among the Metropolitan Chartist body . We are convinced that political agitation is guided by the agency of unerring laws -. their operation is cleaily
dis-C 3 rniWe to the attentive observer . of passing events . [ National enthusiasm , by "whatever cause excited , hn its risings and depressions—its ebbiegs and its flowing ! The public mind may be forced up t » a certain elevation proportioned - to Its enlightenment and the force of circumstances acting upon it ; "when it instinctively seeks repose to compensate for that exhaustion of energy -which its efforts necessarily induced . But . each renewed effort in the cause of troth will be more vigorous , spirited , and enthusiastic than its predecessor , nntll its object shall "ba triumphantly accomplished The cause of truth never recedes , though its progress may be impeded .
*• Truth cast to earth shall nse again , The eternal yean of God are ktr ' s ^ But error wounded , -writhes in pain , And dies amid her -worshippers . " Another cause -which haa operated to produce the present state of political inaction , we most not here omit to mention—that is , the xiischievous spirit of discord TFhich it seems the delight of some professing Chartists to fester and . foment . Since the devolving of office upon us , -we have carefully endeavoured to j sieer clear of dissensions and cavils ; it has been our constant study to heal them wherever they made their hateful appeaisnca . : nevertheless , our movement has been cursed with a swarm of cavillers ; whose captions spirits have to a certain extent realised their nefarious objectnamely , the prostration of our cauBe . The last twelve months has been prolific of penny-a-liners , magazine tcribblerx , and pamptiMeentig adventurers , who , tiough masking their malice in concernment for the movement Tere evidently beat upon tfce destruction ot the Asso |
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ebaon . Maajor the metrojo'itan lccaiitiei have been alerted " »« & these pss * , haiiag the same iniquitous purpose In view . nJ ^ ^ S " ' however , should not excite surprise . The tyrant *! policy baa been , inaUagei . " Divide et impera-diriie and rule "; and so long as we are cursed wita a corrupt Parliament to vote , and a despoBc Government to expend , £ 40 , 000 annually , under the title of tecret service money , long will every movement ^ opposition to legalised wrong be infested with the detested presence of spies , informers , and the fomenters of discord .
Many of the would-be assassins of the National Charter Association have been denuded of their hypo-« ritical covering ; their motives have been duly appreciated , and their power of doing mischief completely subverted . Despite their malign efforts to impede and destroy Chartism , it « till exists in all the freshness and Tigonr of truth to triumph alike over its open foes and pretended friends . It must be cheering to the friends of liberty to know tfiat the principles of political truth are more widely diffused , md more firmly radicated in the minds of the people than at aDy former period of the agitation . Whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself , the people never fail in an unequivocal expression of their adhesion to the cause of liberty , as well as their utter contempt for the pitiful nostrums which the political empirics of the day are promulgating as the panacea for the grievous wrongs with which misgovemment has afflicted the industrious millions of thlB empire .
Yes , fr iends , the Chartist agitation , prostrate as its present position may appear , is nevertheless in the ascendant of aU others ; its light radiates the mental hemisphere of labour ; it is revolutioniz i ng myriads of minds , dispelling their prejudices , rendering - clear and obvious the rights and wrongs of the human race . Like the _ mountain torrent , dammed up fora time , It will continue momentarily increasing in strength until nllimately it bnrsls its barrier , sweeping to annihilation all impedimenta to Vu progress . Men of Xondon , our object in laying before yon th " s address is to itimulate you if possible to redonbled exertions in the cause of your country ' a freedom . Have you no incentives to action ? Ponder yonr political degradatlsn . The badge of . helotage is on your breasts ! the stigma of slavery on your brows I The metropolitan population amounts to nearly two millions of ¦ which the paltry fraction of only eighty thousand are
invested with the rights of citizenship ! Contemplate the appalling mass of social misery which grows out of your political prostration ; you are doomed to excessive toil , and the privation of the commonest comforta of life , while your heartless tormentors , the arWtocracy and the middle dassset , monopoliza a superabundance of life ' s choicest blessings . We unhesitatingly aver that the being who contents himself with " things as they are , " is a traitor to himself , his family , and his country . He may have the physical appearance of man , bnt he can make no pretension to its mental or moral endowments . The being who remains ^ quiescent under the yoke imposed by the present system , mast be some mindless , soulless creature , wholly devoid of that nobleness of natwe which scorns subserviency to usurpation or misrule ; a meie mass ' . of flesh , blood , and bent , destitute of those ennobling qualities which farm the chief adornment , the brightest feature in the human character .
Passing events should teach the apathetic , ( he aristocracy of labour , that pending the existence of monopolized political power , all efforts to secure the right * of labour must end in failure . The Miners of the North have for the last nineteen weeks nobly straggled to secure a miserable remuneration for their perilous toil , but the power of the millionaire has triumphed , and the voteless , defenceless labourer is constrained to submit to oppression more falling than thst which he originally resisted . The centralizition of civil power givts
the capitalist omnipotence over the destinies of the operative , and nntil the virtue , spirit , and patriotism of the people demolish the baleful monopoly of legislation , the land must necessarily continue as hitherto , fluoded with poverty , pennry , vice , and crime . T 7 p then , fellow working men , and at the glorious work of your conntry ' s redemption from the oligarchic sway with energy spirit , and union , renew the attack upon the ramparts of the citadel of corruption ; down with . the tottering pile , and thus secure for your fatberlandf the blessings of peace , liberty , and happiness .
We shall now brit fly proceed to call your attention to the course which , in our opinion , should be pursued at the present juncture . 1—Let the various localities be Immediately put into vigorous operation in strict accordjuice with the rules of the Association . 2—Let meetings be regularly held in each locality , render them interesting to the public by reading , lectures , and diseossions . Let the grand and permanent object of every meeting be the increase of the Association and the dissemination of its principles . And let their proceedings be conducted with a decorum commensurate with the magnitude and importance of the object they are designed to advance . 3—Let the London delegate meeting be re-organised without delay , for npon the existence and efficiency of such a body mnch will depend in the promulgation of ChartUt principles . ---
---4—We have perceived that a great portion of the local funds are expended in payiDg for printing bills and announcing meetings , while the failure of many a meeting is ascribed to the inefficiency of the means employed in calling it To remedy this state ef things we wonld recommend to the localities immediately to take steps to possess themselves of a small printing press . Such an acquisition , when wisely directed , would become a powerful auxiliary in propagating our principles . By its instrumentality , there is not a court , alley , or garret in London that may not be illumined with the rays of political truth . Let no man say that this cannot be accomplished . Let him that will not put his shoulder to the wheel remain with bis hands folded ; but let him not try to innoculate others with his criminal indolence . It only requires a little of that energy and perseverance which characterised your efforts in ' 39 and ' 41 to ensure success .
In conclusion , friends , allow us to express a hope that this address will be productive of its intended results ; that it will realise oar sanguine hopes ; that it will tend to rekindle in London the smouldering fires of Chartism ; that it will evoke the enthusiastic spirit of bygone days ; that a glorious struggle will be at once begun to secure the inestimable blessings of happy homes and inmates free . Philip M'Obath , President Feabgrs OCosnoa . Thomas Clakk . Christopher Dotle . Thos . IS .. Wheeler , Sec . PS . Let every locality in London send delegates to a meeting to be held at the Chartist Hall , Turnagain Lane , on Sunday , Sept loth , at three o ' clock , when a plan for the re-organization of London will be submitted to their notice .
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M . RTS ^^ P ^~ Wedn <*< & 7 night last , Mr 5 X ^ ? t « * ^ otwe on the Principles con-SSr ? flf p «> Pte '« Charter , at the Temperance lectoe tZ » T ^ ' * hich W 88 weI 1 atteDd ^ *** I *™ L ? . ? gb 0 Ufc gaTe « eneral satisfaction , and is ^ led ^ nimS' * " """* "" ^^ *»* » . ? a ?^^ ?''" Mond » y last , it being the annual m £ L \ * « W >* in consequence of the cheap trips to and from Liverpool , the numbers were not so h « -f « " * aJormei occasions . Toe large room wai , ? ZZ : f Wded to exce 8 s - T » e dancin S and oth ^ amusements were conducted In flrst-tate style . The company separated at a late hour , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainments . ueugmea
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IMPORTANT CASE—LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS IN A JOINT STOCK BANE . CRELLIN V . BROOK . This was a case tried at the Liverpool Assizas . Mr . Martin and Mr . Cowling appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr . Watson and Mr . Robinson for the defendant Toe declaration was for money lent on a banking account , and the defendant pleaded in abatement , not denying the contract , but alleging that be entered into it , along with fifteen others , whose names he gave and claimed that they should be entered with him d % the parties to be sued against ]
Mr . Martin said the plaintiff in this p « - . e , Mr . Robert Quayle Crellin , was a gentleman living in the Isle of Man . The defendant , Mr . William Brook , wr * a manufacturer , residing in the neighbourhood of Huddersfleld , and he was sued as one of the shareholders in the Isle of Man Joint Stock Bank—a bank which formerly had beesi a private one , but which , in the year 1836 , was formed into a joint stock one . It carried on bU 8 inesi until August of last year , when it stepped payment , and tbe people who were happy enough to be customers had no other way of getting their money but by suing for ft His client was particularly unfortunate , for on the 8 th of July , 1843 , he paid into the bank the sum of . £ 1 , 490 , and on the 14 th August , little more than a month , the bank stopped . He had taken out a few checks , not amounting to £ 100 , and
now , in the month of August , 1844 , he was bringing an aotion for the balance . It wonld be learned from the pleadings , that the defendant did not deny hia liability . He admits that he was a shareholder , but states that fifteen other persons within tbe jurisdiction were members of the bank with him . If a party be sued for a debt which he owes along with others , the law permits him to plead an abatement , and compels tbe plaintiff to bring his action against all the parties . If he does not , and the defendant succeed in establishing that fact , he stops tbe action . But the law also states , that a pirty who pleads a plea of this kind must state all the persons who contracted with him .
If he fails to state this , it is fatal to such a plea , and unless he makes out that all the parties named are jointly liable , he also fails . He ( Mr . Martin ) would not > stop to inquire whether » 'l those named in the plea were liable ; but he would proceed to show there were others who were jointly liable , but who were not named in the plea of abatement . The amount claimed was £ l 319 Is . 2 d ., and he would produce the deed of indenture , for which It would be seen that one person 4 . l _ fc— M » . ? dolphna M'WilUmn , who ml -within the jurisdiction , aud could be produc : d lu court , was jointly liable , and yet was not named in the plea of abatement .
Phillip Gelling was the first witness examined . He said at one time he was rishier of the Castletown branch of the bank , and stated that he received the £ 1400 for the plaintiff . la his croes-eximination , he said the money was in the bank . He ( witness ; had received it from a client of his , and he transferred It to the plaintiff ' s account . On tbe 8 th November , 1839 , he became connected with the branch bank at Castletowu . Mr . Watson—By the law of tbe Isle of Man , if several persons are liable for a debt , can you sue them separately as well as jointly ? Witness—I ask your Lordship ' s opinion whether I am to give a legal opinion here ? , Mr . Watson—O , I want to learn a little law , but 1 do not mean to give you much for it His Lordship—Law is not worth much that * i not paid for . ; You are bound to answer the question . It is only as to tbe practice in the Isle of Man . Witness )—My own impression is , that you can take them separately .
His Lordship—But , after all , we have nothing to do with thst . Mr . Watson was proceeding to argue that that state ofthingB Would prove it was not defendant's debt , when His Lordship cut him short by saying , " -It is all moonshine to say it is not his debt . " ! R . W . Fletcher , manager of the bank , was called to prove that John MQ'iillan , Adolphus M'William , and William Smy the , of Rugby , were all shareholders in the bank , and within the jurisdiction of the Court Mr . Watson , in cross-examining , read the fifteen names which were entered on the plea of abatement , and asked the witness if they were all shareholders . The anBwer waa in the afflirniative . Amongst the names was that of Thomas Caivsrt , the defendant in the next case . This dosed the plaintiff ' s case .
Mr . Watson contended that his Learned Friend en the other side ought to show the liability on the part of the defendant , which he had not done . It was not stated in the action that it was brought against him a * a shareholder . The Learned Counsel proceeded to reuO . the Slst section of tbe partnership deed , which provided that it should be lawful for the entire body of tbe directors to establish branches of the bank in the rfiffetent towns of the Isle of Man , and then contended that , aa the £ 1 , 400 had been paid to tbe Caatletown branch , the defendant was not liable , there being no proof that he sanctioned the establishment of that branch .
Mr . Martin thought that when he showed tbe bank had carried on business for a considerable time , which fact must have been known to all , they might reasonably infer it was authorised . It would not do to Bay that because one person might not concur in the branch establshment , therefore that ground of objection was good . His Lordship decided in favour of Martin ' s view . Mr . Watson then contended , that although he did not make out bis plea of abatement , the plaintiff was only entitled to Is . damages , aud was proceeding to argue this point , when Hia Lordship safd—I do not see tbe logic of this , and upon Mr . Watson still contending the points , the Judge said , You must Bhape your plea accordingly , and if not , get a rule to alter it He then informed Mr . Martin he need not trouble himself to reply , and ordered the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff for tbe amount claimed , £ 1 , 319 Is . 2 d . Mr . Martin—I hope your Lordship will give speedy exection .
Mr . Watson thought this was not a case in which speedy execution ought to be given . Tbe case was decided simply by the signature to tbe deed . There w&b no proof of Mr . Brook ever being in the Isle of Man . His Lordship said there had been proof given of his being appointed a director of the bank after ita failure . Mr . Watson—You will Bee there are a large number of persons . His Lordship—Who are no doubt unwilling to pay . Mr . Watson—Suppose they were to bring the whole of tbe debts against one defendant ? His LordBhip—It would be very hard , but still it would be very hard for the public who have paid their money into the bank not to get it , and when they ask for it to be kicked about from pillar to post , and not get it from any one . Mr . Watson—AH these parties ate perfectly willing to pay their proportion .
- His Lordship—I cannot interfere . I think he ( the plaintiff ) has got his verdict properly , and he ought to get his mom y . Mr . Watson—There is plenty of zoom to say there ought to be only Is . damages . The Judge—I do not feel that there ie any . Execution in a month . There wrs a second case , in which the Plaintiff was the mother of tbe Plaintiff in tbe last case . Tbe aotion was for £ 676 7 b 3 d , lodged in the Bank in the same manner and under similar circumstances to the foregoing . It was brought not against Mr . Brook , but against another shareholder , a Mr . Thomas Calverr The evidence and course of the case was similar to the former one ; and tbe Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—damages £ 676 7 a 3 d . Shareholders In Joint Stock Banks ttki Jbttte * look cot 1
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Her Majesty ' s Marine : Excursion , —Wiadsor , Tuesday Eyeniag . —Ten of H ^ r Majesty ' s ponies and six of his Royal Highness Prince Albert ' s saddle horses left ihe Castle this morning , and were conveyed by the great Western iR-ulway from Slough to Paddington , en route f > jWoolwich , to be embarked on board one of the Government steamers for Sootland * They are to reach ] Blair Atholl by Monday next . The present arrangements are , for the Queen aud the Prince Coneort to take their departure from the Castle on Monday , proceeding from Windsor to the Farnborough station ( where preparations are now in progress for the accommodation of Her Majesty ) , and thence by a special train to the coast of Hampshire , whence they willaet sail in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht . The Court is not expected to be abient from Windsor for more than three weeks ot a month .
Hull.—Important Meeting.—Signal Triumph Of The Chabtists Over Both Thb League And
HULL . —Important Meeting . —Signal Triumph OF THE CHABTISTS OVER BOTH THB LEAGUE AND
AHTI-L . EAGUE . —ua Monday evening , a great meeting was held in the Court House of the Court of Requests , Hull , to hear a leoture from Mr . John Harper , a lecturer for j the anti-League , who endeavoured to prove that the protection of the Corn Laws is just and necessary to ] the farmers and labourers of the country . From the commencement , the lecturer was interrupted almost at every sentence by a knot of Leaguers , evidently determined to stop the proceedings and prevent discussion , by riot and olamour . Their conduct throughout the erening was most disgraceful and unmanly ; but the energetio conduct of the Ravi . Mr . Hill , who had been
appointed chairman , supported as he was by the ma jority of the meeting , succeeded in obtaining an imperfect hearing . Thejleoturer ably reviewed the progress and destructive ; consequences of the partial adoption of Free Trade principles , and exposed the fallacies , absurdities , and inconsistencies of the League ; showed the contradictions of the diffent Free Trade leaders ; gave specimens of the characters and of the enormities of the Free Trading manufacturing tyrants ; j and concluded by blaming the working classes as : being negatively the oause of all their misery , making a very ridiculous attempt to pTove that the Charier , instead of bettering , would make the condition of the working classes worse than at present . This brought up Mr . S . Kydd , who on rising was received with loud cheers . He entered into the question and proved that protection ! to labour was a just and natural principle , and showed that the twenty-five
years , during which the principles of Free Trade had been gradually introduced ,- had been injurious to the interest of tho masses , while the landlords and capitalists had fattened and inoreaaed in wealth . Mr . K . contended that the lecturer had proved , that the monayocracy and landed aristocracy were protected by legislative pojwer . During these twentyfive years , the modes of Government had been two ; for the first fifteen years of that period by the oloseborough-mengering system ; and for the last ten years by the boasted-of reform '' extension , " under both of which , the landlord and capitalist , were enriched , and the labourer starved and degraded ; and why bo ? j The simple question was answered by a knowledge of the fact , that in both oases the social as well as the political influence of wealth , commanded protection , while the labourer , the most needy , was left to starve and toil without . It might be true that the working classes had not availed themselves of all the benefits of the Reform
Bill in the acquirement of political power ; but it was also true that the ! reason they had not done so , was the want of the ballot to protect them . Mr . Harper had said the franchise would not benefit . He had forgot that the working men of ( Yorkshire and Lancashire moved to a man for the protection of ten hours per day , in the factory agitation . This was a measure of positive protection and benefit ; and \ n all such oases the national intelligence of the people and their immediate interests therefrom , would induce them to secure the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest possible number . This entirely destroyed the argument that the working classes would derive no benefit from the franchise . Mr . Kydd proceeded in an eloquent and admirable
manner , to de-troy every objection , to the franchise , as the only means of protecting the working man ; and , after administering a severe and well-merited castigation to the press in general , but to the despicable , mean , lying j Hull Advertiser in particular , for protecting themselves by grinding sentences out of paragraphs , and squeezing sense to nonsense at the expense of speakers for the benefit of party and faction , concluded amid the enthusiastic applause of { the meeting , by moving : — " That in the opinion of this meeting protection to labour is essentially necessary . That tho landed aristocracy and moneyocracy are protected by legislative power ; and that labour can only be protected through the medium oft the franchise , as defined in
the People ' s Charter . ' ? This resolution being seconded , Mr . Scholey rose , and in a rambling manner attempted to prove that the Repeal would benefit the people ; but [ avowed himself a Chartist , and declared that he agreed with every word that had fallen from Mr . K . After ceveral other persons had spoken oa each side , and no amendment had been proposed , the resolution was put to the meeting , when nearly the whole of the meeting , ( Repealers included ) , voted for it ! and only three bands held up to the contrary . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , for his very ! able and strictly impartial conduct in the chair , the meeting dispersed ; and thus ended one of the most decisive victories ever achieved by the Chartists of Hull .
Bradford . —On Sunday evening the adjourned meeting on Mr . Jackson ' s pamphlet was held at the Victoria Inn , Eccleshill . The large room was filled with parties from ! Bradford , Bingley , Pudsey , Shipley , and Idle . Thb Chairman opeued the proceedings by stating that the meeting was arranged by the mutual agreement of both parties ; Mr . Jackson pledging himself to attend . Mr . Mensforth was to open the discussion in support of the onarges contained in the pamphlet . Mr . Smyth to produce ( according to promise ) proofs of their falsehood : be now called on Mr . Mensforth to open the discussion . The Chairman resumed his seat ; after a pause , it was found Mr . Mensfonh was not present . Mr . Jackson was then called on ; no answer being returned , on
enquiry it was found 1 he was also absent . The Chairman called for any of Mr . Jackson ' s friends ; but with no better success , as not one in the large assembly oould be found to offer an apology for Mr . Jackson , or defend him . ' Mr . Smyth was then called or , who stated he regretted the absence of those parties , who boasted their only object was discussion and to abide the test of publio opinion . He was ready to submit his proofs of the falsehood of the charges against Mr . O'Connor , j The letter of Mr . O'Connor in Saturday ' s Star had superoeded one portion of his easy task , and came , as it were , in the nick of time as that letter refuted the principal charge contained in the pamphlet ; and be had no d jubt but the Leeds Times was led into the error it
nad committed by this trashy pampblef . The minutes of the first Sturge Conference of 1842 was then read , to shew that Mr . Philp was not a member of that body , and therefore could not be damned ( as the pamphlet expressed it ) for attending it . The minutes of the Conference held in December 1842 was then produced , and tbe amendments of Messrs . Williams and Philp , in opposition to the Charter moved by Lovett , was read , proving that Mr . Pnilp , like Mr . " Jackson , had ] deserted from the straightforward path of democracy , Mr . Smyth concluded by challenging a successful refutation of anything he had asserted . A resolution was then unanimously adopted declaring the ' pamphlet and its author unworthy of further notice , and the meeting separated .
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Great Pugilistic Contest for £ 200 . —On Wednesday the long-pending fight between Simmonds ( of Birmingham ) and Smith ( the Checquer lad ) came off below Gravesend . These men met on a previous occasion , with a view [ of settling their differences , but were compelled to make retreat in consequence of magisterial interference ; on this occasion , a steamer was provided for conveying the combatants and their respective friends to the locality selected for tbe fight , and which left Hungerford-markot completely crowded with the sporting fancy . These men had acquired considerable merit as pugilists , and from the amount of stakes and the heavy betting , great excitement was created in the sporting arena . Smith received from his opponent £ 20 for allowing choice of ground !; and the parties having arrived at their destination , a ring was roped and staked ( at this time there was about four thousand spectators ) , I and betting to a very
corsiderable amount took place bet weea the Birmingham and London fancy , Simmonds being the favourite . All preliminaries being arranged , tbe men made their appearance in the ring and shook hands together , testifying there was no ill-feeling between them beyond ; the possession of the stakes , and then putting themselves into a fighting position , they immediately commenced war with much severity , and displaying great courage and science When forty minutes bad elapsed , it was quite manifest that Simmonds had an advantage over his opponent ; they kept up the encounter for one hour and thirty-four minutes , when the friendB of Smith , despairing of any chance of winning , withdrew their man from the contest , and Simmonds was declared the victor . The weight of the combatants was ( upon going to scale ) 9 st . 101 b . each ; they appeared in fine condition , and exhibited great muscular form . Large sums of money were transferred to Birmingham on this occasion .
Murder on Banbury Race-Course . —Information has been received at Sootland-yard , of the murder of Samuel Newman , a hawker , a few nights ago * on the above race-course , by two men and a woman , who are well kaown as frequenters of race-coums and fairs . They brutally assaulted him , and after they had rifled him of . everything , threw him into a river near the spot , where he was discovered . A verdict of wilful murder was returned by the Coroner ' s jury a / zainst them . i
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Thb Conglbton Spv caught . —Joseph Radford , a slinking , idle , lazy fellow , who gave " evidence " against a number of operatives in the " Plug-plot " prosecutions of 1842 , has himself been caught in the trammels of the law , and appearances indicate that he is likely to experience a confounded squeeze . On Thursday week he was placed before the Magistrates for the Macclesfield and Congleton djstriot , on a charge of felony , and fully committed for trial . He had , in 184 t , ordered a quantity of grave-stones at the qaarriea of C . R . B . Legh , Esq ., at Styperson , for which he paid a portion on account , and ordered more . These were supplied , aud several applications were made for the balance due , which he put of with promises to " call and settle . " At length in
Jul y he set up the plea that he had paid , and produced an invoice with the amount receipted , aa paid . This invoice was deposed to , as being in his oum handwriting ; and he was committed for the forgery Explosion of an Engine Boiler . —Another of those terrific explosions which have of late disgraced this locality took place on Sunday night last at the colliery known by the name of the Deep Pit , and in the occupation of the Sheffield Coal Company . This pit is situate about two miles from ihe town , on the right side of the road to Eckington , and is one of those from which , the colliers turned out a few , months since . A number of the old bands intended to go to work agaia at this pit , and it appears that a number of others were determined to prevent
it . It is supposed , therefore , that to carry thia determination into effect , the destruction of the boiler and steam-engife was accordingly resolved on . The pit was guarded by an old watchman , named William Prince , who , on the night of the explosion , evidently thought that the better part of valour was discretion ; for on seeing some men pass the hut in which he was watching , about a quarter before eleven o ' clock on Sunday night , he remained perfectly quiet till the explosion was over , and the incendiaries had decamped . The boiler , which stands about three feet from the ground and 30 yards from the pit mouth , was raised on brickwork , the base of the erection being about three feet in thickness , gradually diminishing in an upward
direction , till the upper part of it formed a cap of only one brick thick . ThiB brickwork was about sixty feet in circumference at the base , and with the boiler would consequently be about seven yards in diameter , presenting a degree of solidity that no ordinary power could shake . The explosion was heard many mile ? off , in the direction of Eckington , the wind at the time being in the west . On this occasion the chief movers in the act have been caught in their own trap ; for , not being aware that the embers under the boiler where then smouldering , they introduced the cask of gunpowder , and by some means ifc ignited while they were olose to the door of the flue . The effect on one misguided man named Bolden was terrific . He reached the door of his sister , who keep 3
the Norfolk Arms at the Manor , about twelve o clock , and who but from bis voice and dress would not have known him . His face and hands presented a spectacle truly pitiable to behold . The face was like one large black cinder , the hair entirely singed from off the head , and the eyes , though not lost , fearfully swollen and burnt round the lids . Both hands were in a similar Btate , and the left side was also much injured . How he got to his sister ' s house , is a mystery ; but the probability is , that some of his less injured companions assisted him to the door , and then left him , that they themselves might not be recognised . Surgical assistance was obtained as speedily as possible , and every means adopted to relieve his sufferings , which must have been
excruciating . On being let into the house , he merely observed that he was dying , and immediately afterwards became almost speechless , only articulating at times somethiag that oould not be understood Information having reached the police , one of the officers was left to take legal charge of the unhappy man , till further steps was resolved upon . Portions of hats , caps , and coats w ere found near the boiler , all much burnt by gunpowder . Parts of some wooden , hoops and staves were also found , indicating sufficient to prove that the cask containing the gun powder was capable of holding about fifty pound 3 The state of the hats and caps were also enough to show that the heads that wore them are in no enviable condition . The whole of the metal work surrounding the stove door was forced away , and more or less broken . The fire-grate was much damaged , and the stone plate shattered . A poker , nearly aa
inch thick , which had apparently bren used to force the barrel of gunpowder uuder the boiler was broken , off , about two feet from the lower end . The steam chest , which was about ten yards from the boiler , but connected by an iron tube , was also forced off , and the boiler itself had been driven aboufc six inohes from its original position . A fragment of one of the caps that had been blowu off by the explosion was picked up about fifty yards distant from it . A briok watt , directly facing the flue door , was partly knocked down , and the roof of a small shed adjoining nearly-carried away . The cnlmney connected with the boiler was slightly shaken , and indeed the whole of the works surrounding it partook of the violent effects of the explosion . Boulden is about 28 years of age , and it is said that his father , who was a collier * once received a similar injury from an accident . —Sheffield Iris '
Sunday Pleasuring . —Two Hokses Killed . — The inhabitants of Hudderafield were much excited on Sunday afternoon , by the accidental destruction of two horses in different parts of the town . A party of young men had come from Leeds in a car to spend the day at Lindley , and were returning home , some of their friends accompanying them a short distance on the road . When they left Lindley , seven persons were in the car , and on com < ng down by the Crowo Tavern , tho belly baud- ( which bad been spliced ) gave way , and the weight of the party being behind , the horse was lifted off its feet ; oa the party leaning forward , the animal became frightened , and set off down Temple-street a » a tremendous pace . On nearing the George Hotel , one
of them jumped from the vehicle , as did another by the church ; two of the others held the reins , and exerted all their strength to check the animal , but to no purpose ; for it passed the gas-lamp at ' Amen Corner , ' tore away a strong wooden post , and ran with great violence against the iron rails in front of Mr . Machan's shop . A pquare iron bar projpcting entered behind the animal ' s shoulders ia the soft part of the belly , and came out at the hind part of the flank , lacerating the whole length ia such a manner that its bowels hung to the ground . The vehicle was overturned , and the party received some severe contusions ; but , as far as we have learned , no broken limbs was the consequence . A knife was instantly plunged into the heart of the
animal , which expired immediately . The vehicle was very little injured . The same evening , but aa hour or two later , a person had left a gig , the property of Svkos , and Co , standing at the door of the Warren House publio house , near Milnes Bridge , without any one to mind it , when the reins falling down , became entangled in the horse ' s feet , which startled it , and it set off at full speed along the Manchester road to Huddersfield , where it turned up Cloth Hall-street towards the stables , but taking ; the wrong turn at the top of the street , went behind the Cloth Hall , up to the gate of Mr . Marshall's yard , and then , by some means , broke its neck , and died almost immediately . News by Anticipation . —Benefit of
Clairvotancb . "—The York Courant of Thursday had the following paragraph : — " On Wednesday , the members of the Mechanics' Institute , Huddersfield , and their friencs , to the number of about four hundred , visited this city by railway , accompanied by'an excellent band of music The party paraded the principal streets , headed by the band , » nd afterwards proceeded to the Castle , where they were allowed to inspect the prison , and other objects of attention . The Minater , Cemetery , Assemblyrooms , Museum , City Walls , Ac , were also visited daring the day , and the strangers returned . home at six o ' clock , apparently highly delighted with what they had witnessed . " This paragraph is an extraordinary instance of Clairvoyance , and
indicates one of the many advantages JJiat mast arise from a general " extension" of that extraordinary branch of a most extraordinary science . The relator of the latter portion of the " new 3 " in this paragraph , beats "the youth Alexis " all < o nothing . He could only see through a millstone , atid read " ready-written" writing whea placed at tho back of his head , but this " Yorkie " has proved that he can see into the wemb of time I Punch recorded the other week that a clairvoyant patient of his acquaintance could see into the middle of next week : but as Punch ' s authority is deemed Eomewhat apocryphal , people only laughed at the announcement . But here is proof that the thing is not only possiblebut that it has been done ( on-asmall
, Bcale ) . The " sensitive " reporthur in this ihstancestates that the " strangersrelurned home at six o - cloek , apparently highly delighted with their journey . At five o ' clock the same evening , ( Wednesday ) the sTneount" wan in our hands at Leeds , twonty-four oSSfrom ?' Old Sot . " , where the "™ b" ™«> for home" to * place at six ! Though the Courant bears date Thursday , it is always printed off and in Leeds on Wednesday afternoon . He was a clever fallow that , that saw the •; cheap trip train" ream at six , and ' recorded the fact" at three ! His claw-SUV abilities are first-rate . Ten to one on him against Punch ' s favourite ! The Ipish Statk Trials . —Meeting of the Judges . —Thursday morning at twelve , being the
hour appointed for the assembling of the Judges of England , to consider privately their views and opinions upon tho Writ of Error brought by Mr . O'Connell and others , in the House of Lords , a lew minutes before that hour the several Judges , with their usual characteristic punctuality , began to arrive at the residence of the Lord Chief Justice ox the Common Pleas , Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal , No . 43 , Bedford-square . Tbe first to arrive was Chief Baron S . r F . Pollock , who was immediately afterwards followed by Lord Denman , Mr - < . f 1 ^ f Alderson , and the whole of the other Judges ot tna Q-ieeu ' a Benoh , Common Pleas , and Exchequer "The consultation of the Learned Persona ^ it was understood , was immediately ' entered [ upon ana none of the Judges had taken their departure a * ouo o ' clock .
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! ZrO 2 # Z > O * r . CHARTIST HALL , TURKAGAIS-LANE , Sxj > dat Etekisg . —Mr . Gardner in the chair . Mr . \ O'Connor ' s letter from the Northern Scar was read 1 amid much applause . Mr . T . M . Wheeler then deli' vered an able and eloquent lecture on the past and I present condition of tbe working clasies , which ' elicited great applause . At tbe conclusion , Messrs . ' Wiltismb , Hawiey , and Over ton , addressed tbe meet-! ing . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , and ( the meeting dispersed . i Tower Hamlets . —Mr . M'Grath opened a new ; locality at the Marquia of Granby , Pnmp-row , Ratcliffecross , on Sunday evening .
; Bethnal Green . —A meeting was held at the ; Whittington and Cat , Church-row , on Snnday evenj ing last . ! Metropolitan Delegate Council , Sept . l . — i Sums received and forwarded to the Miners , per Mr . ' , Parkea , part proceeds of an Harmonic meeting at j the Golden Lion , 5 s ; MarylebonB . per Mr . Buckmaster , i ileesra . lovett and Packer ' * book , 2 s . 8 d .,- B . » wmei-: smith , per Mr . Stallwood , Mr . George ' s book , 3 s . 9 d . | Mr . Willis ' s do ., 2 a . 1 . j KNARESBOROUGH . —Mr . Dwaine , late of london , has had an interview with a patty » f Chartists , s at the house of Mr . Wm . Johnson , when the state of ' Chartism in Knaresborough was brought under consi-¦ deration , and Mr . Dwaine recommended the Chartists ! present tc form themselves into a committee , which was ; instantly done ; after which be gave an historical s account of the family of the O'Connor ' s , and showed
- in a clear acd lucid manner how they had suffered a : d : bled for the cause of democracy . At the conclusion | of Mr . D ' s . address , it was agreed that we should write ; to F . O Connor , Esq . asking him to pay us a visit at tbe -. easiest opportunity . The 16 tb of the present monsh i was the time fixed , if the Hon . Gentleman could make 1 it convenient to attend . The committee will guarantee \ & room capable of holding oue thousand people . ! "West-Ridixg Delegate Meeting . —This meefc-| ing was held according to notice , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday , September 1 st , when ] delegates -were present from tbe following : places : — j Bradford Central Locality , Mr . ThoHiaa Cole ; Horton , t Mr . J . W . Smith j Halifax , Mr . James Bawden ; Dis-, trict , Mr . Chippendale ; Dswabury , Mr . Fulsome ; i Hebdenbridge , Messrs . R . Sutcliflv , J . Stott , and T . ' iJitchel ; Littletown . Mr . Charles Brook . Mr .
Sat-; cliffe waB appointed to the chair , and after thQ minutes i had been read the following sums , for the Executive , ; werehancied in : —Halifax , cards 2 s . 61 , handbooks j Is . 9 d-, Execntive Fund 3 s . 9 J . ; Helm 2 s . 6 d . ; Warley : 1 b . 63 . ; Hebden Bridge 6 s . 10 i , handbooks Is . 93 . j > Dswabury Is 8 d . ; Littletown la . 6 d . ; a friend , do . Is . ; j Bradford Central Locality Is . Sji ; friend 2 a . The ' Secretary ' s accounts were audited and passed by the ! meeting , after which , on the motion of Mr . Smith , : seconded by Mr . Chippendale , the minutes of the last ! meeting were confirmed , with the exception of that
1 resolution allotriug mileage to delegates coming more ¦ than right miles , nearly all the delegates thinking it | wonld not be wise to adopt that-at priB . nr . Among ' other resolutions were the following-. — ••¦ That thia I meeting recommend to the Localities that no lecturer i be recognised who is not a payable member of the : Charter Association . " " That we , the delegates j assembled , request the Executive Committee to take ! a month ' s tour in the West-Riding of Yorkshire , and j that the West-Riding Secretary correspond with them ! to that effect . " After conversation on various topics connected with Chartism the meeting adjourned to the & « t Sunday in Ocfco&er .
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE MAPPERLEY HILL DEMONSTRATION , NOTTINGHAM , AUG . 26 . RectipU . £ b . d , Byron Ward locality 0 3 0 Female Association ... ... 0 1 6 Shoemakers'do 0 3 0 St . Ann ' s Ward lecallty 0 3 0 Seven Stars do o s o From Arnold 0 18 " Buford 0 2 0 " Carrlngton 0 3 0 41 Calverton 0 12 " Lambley 0 10 Collected by Messrs . Freece , Widoweon and Sweet 115 First cellection ob the Hills ... l 19 11 Second do ... 1 0 7 f Mr . Hunkin ... 0 3 0 Mr . Farnsworth 0 2 6 Mr . Mellors 0 2 0 Mr . Gregory 0 10 Mr . Donnan 0 10 Mr . Lee ... 0 10 Mr . Figan ... . „ 0 0 6 Mr . Slack ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Boonham ... ... .... 0 0 2 Messrs . Parr and Lovett 0 10 0 United cordwainers 1 3 e Seven Stara ... ... ... 1 10 o Mr . HMlam 0 1 Oi Mr . Seagrave # 06 Mr . Mason ... 0 1 o £ 9 16 Expenditure . £ s . d . Paid the Sutton band 15 0 Paid Lambley ditto 16 0 Bills printing 15 0 Posting ditto 0 1 0 Postage and paper 0 l o Post-cfflce order 0 0 6 Paid to the Executive one { half the profits ) . „ ... ... ... 2 11 6 Paid to the Treasurer of the Local Victim Fund 2 116
. £ 9 16 Audited and found correct by Messrs . William Tovham , | Job Atterbury , Bkkj . Humphries . James SweeIt , Secretary . Manchester . —Carpenters' Hall—Mr . J . Leach delivered a pleasing and instructive lecture in the above Hall , on tbe evening of Suuday last , to a respectable audience . A goodly number of the middle class was present . BOLTON . —Two lectures was delivered in the Assosiation Room , Cheapside , Great Bolton , oa Sunday last , by Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester . The first lecture was at half-put two o ' clock in the afternoon . Subject— " The Law of Primogeniture . " The second , at six o ' clock in the evening ; subject— " War . " The lectures were well attended , and a collection was made at the close of each for the Executive .
MR . Wests Tour . —I continue my narrative of the state of ChartUm , and the condition of the people in North Lancashire . ' On Monday I visited Bacup , and held a meeting at night , in their very commodious room . B . icnp , in common with other towns , has experienced a little of the present flash of ( peculation , misnamed " prosperity "; and as work h » B become more plentiful , i am sorry to say many of the Chartists are not as attentive to their duties as they ought to be . I entertain but little hopes of the emancipation of tbe working classes from the tyranny of the capital Ut , so Jong as they are to be turned aside ( even for a time ) from the steady pursuit of their just and inalienable rights by every little spurt of trade—every evanescent effect of manufacturing speculation . It seems to be impressed upon tbe . minds of too many t-f the labourers that all that Is wanting is work , work , work , ¦ and Kntil such time as they become convinced that if they can do without the wages they can do without the work ,
we aball have violent blustering , misnamed Chartism , in " bad trade , " and then again apathy when what is called " goodtrade" returns . I made these facts apparent to tbe men of Bacup , and made a good impression , particularly when I alluded to the fact that even now the factory masters In Bacnp are introducing the silent system into the factories , fining the hands threepence each for speaking to ecih other , and sutgeciing young females , upon penalty of a fine , whenever they are urged to attend the coils of nature , to exhibit a piece of wood called a " pats" to the overlotker , to give him notice of ihe Jacl . O ! Englishmen , does not every drop of blood within your veins proclaim you dastards , who can tamely submit to see your wives and daughters subject to such hellish , such barbarous , and infamous indignitiea i I may here remark that many of those masters , in whose mills thesb regulations are enforced , are amongst ihe j ' or emosl in ihe ranJcs of ihe Free Traders , and in high odour amongst the diffsrtnt religious
con-. " Oh , for a forty parson power To chaunt thy praise , Hypocrisy . " On Tuesday , I visited Haslingden . This is a fine spirited little place . There is not a long chimney in it Tke inhabitants are principally hand-loom weavers . I was announced to lecture on tbe Corn Laws and Fiee Trade . There was a most splendid and enthusiastic meeting . Too much praise cannot be given to the brave men whs have kept tbe glorious banner of the Charter unfurled ,: in spite of all opposition . At the close I invited discussion . There were some Leaguers present , but though they showed their teeth , that was all they bad the courage to do . On Wednesday , I proceeded to Accrington , and found a great improvement since my fast visit . They are now setting to work in earnest . I think they will not soon forget the lecture I gave them on their past neglect . On Thursday , I visited Blackburn
and lectured at night in the Temperance Meeting Room , which is also taken as a preaching room by several working men . I wish them all success in their laudable undertaking . I next proceeded to Preston . In my next I hope to give a better account of Preston . At present there seems to be culpable neglect somewhere . On Sunday I visited Cborley . I had received a letter from this place , stating that tbe polics had been at their dirty work again ; threatening the landlord of the house where the meetings are usually held , with tbe loss of bis license if a- Chartist meeting was allowed to be held on a Sunday . I was determined if they wouM not allow it in-doors , they should have it out ; and , in the evening I had a fine meeting in a very convenient place . There is a fine spirit of Chartism in Cborley , but their exertions are cramped for want of a room to meet in . Thia difficulty is likely to be soon got over , as there is a bnilding in the ccurse of erection in the town , of which they have a promise as soon as it is computed . —John West .
BIRMINGHAM . —Mr . Thomas Clark addressed a numerous and spirited meeting on Sunday morning last . At the close a collection was made in aid of the funds of the Association , and several new members joined . In the afternoon Messrs Williamson an Clark addressed a large meeting on a piece of waste ground near the hospital . In the evening Mr . Clark delivered a short address to tho members and friends at the Beading Room , 89 , Steelhouselane , after which a spirited discussion took place between Mr . Clark and Mr . jLangston . BR 03 MSGR 0 VE . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . Clark paid us a visit , and lectured to a large meeting in the Market Place . Kedditch . —Mr . T . Clark delivered a stirring and convincing address to a nnmerouB meeting , on tbe Green , on Wednesday evening last . Much good has been the result of this lecture .
WASBFIBtD . —On Tuesday evening last , an excellent address was delivered to a numerous and attentive audience , in the Chartist Association Room , George and Crown Yard , by Mr . G . f . Evans , late of Birmingham , who is now residing in Wakefield . He very forcibly depicted the miseries of the working classes ; shewed the gradual increase of poverty and ' pauperism , and concluded an able address by urging upon the working men to join the association . HOLXINWOOD . —On Wednesday , the 28 ih of August , a tew good men and true , assembled at the house of Mr . Joseph Hitcben , to welcome Mr . James Williams on his release from Kirkdale Gaol , after an imprisonment of two years . Mr . Hitchen had provided a substantial supper for the occasion . After the cloth was jremoved , the company a-nused themselves with songs and recitations . Mr . WilliamS explained to those present his opinions on the Chartist movement , aad also big treatment in Kirtdale .
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ADDRESS OP THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brother Chartists . —Your Delegates at tbe last Convention , held in Manchester April 15 th , 1844 . elected a •? Notioncd Defend and Ffctfm Committee , " for the purpose of alleviating the wants of our Chartist brethren who may become vietimizad tot their advocacy of Chartist principles . Your Delegates at that Convention passed a rule for each and allliocallties to be gnided by—vte . "That each locality pay one penny per month from each paying member . " ( See handbook ) . We now ask of each Locality to plainly understand that they ought to pay up their arrears immediately , as the funds are quite out . The real truth 1 b , we have been obliged to borrow several pounds from nur worthy Treasurer , Feargus O'Connor , E * q . Chartists , shall it now be said that " O Connor has to keep the Vislimsr aa " well as to pay the Executive . " We do trust that Localities that have not paid up , nor commenced payiDg as yet , will Immediately see the necessity of sending their monies to the General Treasurer , F » argns O'Connor , Esq ., { as no other person is responsible to this Committee . I remain , Brother ChartUU , on behalf of the National Defence and Victim Fnnd Committee , Edward Clark , Secretary , 37 , Henry-street , Oldham-road . To whom alljapplications , or any information required from this Committee must be , addressed . Post-paid .
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^ — - MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . EXECUTIVE . From Long Govaa f 5 o ~ Rochdale ' , [\\ \ " j _ u 10 RECEIPTS BY GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . Chelsea , per Dowling o 10 o jt ockport . ;; : ;;; o j ; ; Crown and Anchor , o 4 0 Somers Town ... m ' \ "' '" o 4 0 Golden Lion ... " ] o 3 o Weavers' Arms ... " . " ""* "'" o 1 0 Mr . Salmon , San ., London ... . . " 0 2 6 Bradford ... k n Brighton , Gap of Liberty 030 1 MTSSIONaBY FUND . Brighton , Cap of Liberty ... 0 16 Mr . Salmon X 0 10 Mr . Dawson , Holbrook ' . ' . ' . .. . .. . 0 0 6 Mr . Dawson , Birmingham ... 0 0 6 , VICTIM FUND . Stockport 0 10 0 Mr . Salmon , , 0 l 0 Brighton , Cap of Liberty ... ' . 0 1 6 MINERS . Brighton , Cap of Liberty { fourth subscription ) 0 16 1 T . M . Wheeler .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1279/page/5/
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