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DEMOCRATIC SC 7 PPER . ft-Dcmocratic Supper was lioldcn attlie Angel Inn ,: Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , oa Monday last , August 11 th , to celebrate the anniversary of tbe fwroxticn of tbe Democratic Association of 183 S-30 . It should hare been holdenon the 10 th , that beins i& « day bat the Hhh falling on a Sunday , rendered the adoption of tue < l ; iy following instead necessary . At eight o ' clock the sapper / was announced to be readv . The chair was taken l » y Mr . Julian Uarney , supported on bis right by 3 Ir . William Rider , one of tbe Yorkshire delegates to the Convention of 1 S 39 ; ^^^^
and on ms left by Mr . lnomas Uooper , recently a ¦ sufierer in Stafford Gaol for bis devotion to the cause « f Chartism . A considerable number of the fair sex graced the meeting with their presence . A short time after tbe commencement of tbe supper Major i 5 ennio \ vski entered the room , and was warmly revived by his old friends and comrades . 'i'he viands having been disposed of with a zeal on -Hie part of caeb and all , which fully proved that they toasidered democracy a " knife anil fork question , ' and th . 3 cloth having been removed , the second part if the cvening ' a business commenced bv
The Gniiiaiix saying : —It was customary on ocea--aonslike the present to give one of two standing ¦ toasts—the Sovereign , or the sovereign jteople . He -couM not hesitate as to which he * should select . ( Hear , hear . ) It aright be appropriate for aristocrats , tasking In the smiles of royalty , and profitmongers , who lived by ministering to the luxuries and selfish caprices of a court—it might be well for those classes to drink " the Queen , " and bellow " God save the Queen "—but for Democrats , who had nothing to do with , royalty but the questionable pleasure of helping to pay for it . it would be mueb . more appropriate to -driik " the People , " and shout" God save tiicrights of man ! " ( Cheers . ) The doys of old-fashioned loyalty had gone ; lovaltv to individuals went out
- ¦ arith tlie Stuarts ; was smothered in blood at Culioden ; and the loyal man now was loyal to his country and the principles of liberty . ( Applause . ) The - -idhercntscf the Stuarts , though mistaken mcu , were ioncst ; they believed in the right divine of kings , and proved their faith by the offering ot their blood and their lives . They were fearfully mistaken ; but ihey were to be respected for their sincerity ; whereas , en the other hand , the privileged and pot-bellied rascals who now baast of their loyalty at their feeds and guzzlings , cared nothing for Victoria , except as the head of a system by which they profited , and Avere enabled to riot in wrong and robbery . They ^¦ ould just as soon have for the head of that svstem
iNick the younger of Russia , or Christina the royal eUe-brutc of Spain ; and would just as sooa toast those worthies as they did Victoria . ( Hear , hear . ) She chairman then proceeded to criticise the " Queen ' s speech , " delivered on Saturday last , his remarks thereon being warmly applauded . The diairman concluded by saying that most of the com-Z > any present had been engaged in tbe movement for the People ' s Charter since its commencement , and their reception of the toast he was about to give would prove tliat they -were yet as zealously devoted to the obtainment of that great measure , despite prosecution and persecution , misbikcs , failures , and -treacheries , as they were when they first engaged in -the struggle : —
- " The Sovereignty of the People , as defined in the People's XJhartcr . To the establishment of that measure as tlie law of the land , -ive pledge our uutiving extrtions until success cromis our efforts . " Mr . flExnr Ross responded to the sentiment . lie felt proud to have the honour of appearing amongst them that evening ; the sight of tbe excellent Democrats who surrounded him , and the recollection of wiatlhey bad done in former years , inspired him with hone and renewed vigour , and really wade him feel feu years younger . ( Cuecrs . ) The sentiment ae had to respond to was a noble one ; it recognised the only rightful sovereign , the people , aud pointed oat the way by whieh that sovereignty might be established . That way was through the obtainment of
the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) But how was that Charter to be obtained ? Not b y using the mealy mouthed language of expediency ; not by cringing to the " respectables , " and weighing every word before 2 &ey gave utterance to It , lest it should alarm the genteel Reformers ; not by carrying on a mere mechanical agitation , meeting and * talking , but bilking aiothinw to the purpose , and doin < j nothing at all . ( Cheers . ) To get the Charter ' they must enlist the sympathiesof themassts , and to do that the people must be spoken to in language thev comprehend ; «> methirig like the . spirit of the Democrats of 18311 aiust be revived if they would succeed . { Applause ]
¦ Mr . Boss thea spoke at seme length oa each section ofthctoast in succession , in one of the ablest common sense addresses it was ever our good fortune to isar , and which elicited the warm applause of the company . lie concluded by expressing bis hone that sack meetings would be held often . If thc ' Dcmocrats woul'l promulgate their principles , and revive enthusiasm for those principles , they in'ist come befcre the public ami address the public ; by so doing hz felt assured they would materially hasten the obtainment of the Charter , which was the only means !> y which they coald hope to establish the sovereignty of the people .
Mr . Goopeu snug " Rule Britannia , " with a Cliar-41 st chorus , assisted b y the whole of the company . The CnAinMAX said the next toast , relating as it aid to tb-2 Democratic Association of 1 S 33-39 , would require some explanation , as all present had not been members of that society . The chairman then entered into a lengthy review of the various popular associations whieli had existed in the metropolis from 1830 tfr 1833 , including the National Union of the Working Classes , the Trades' Union , the - " Metropolitan radical ; Association , the Central National Association , ami the Working Men ' s Association . Having explained the causes that led to the formation of the Democratic Association , thecbair--man said the principles of tbe association were
vet to us explained , wherein it differed from other bbdies . The members were " ' Chartists , for thev auoptcd the Charter at the outset of their career " ; but they differed with other bodies , or rather one particular body , as to the modus apcrandi ; tkeyrepu-= diated aU reliance oa the middle class , and all conn ection with the shopocracy ; lUcy further avowed tkat all the means which oppressors employ to keep the oppressed in bondage , the oppressed were justified Jn osing agaiust the oppressors . ttut the difference tos not confined to mere questions of policy ; the democrats went beyond all other parties in the -avowal of the extreme but righteous principles -of political and social equality . They were Chartists , lint they were . ' Cliaftists aid something
anore . ( Cheers . ) What more they were was sufficiently signified by the day they selected for the annivei-sary of their Association—the 10 th of August . That day was memorable for two great events—the overthrow of the French Monarchy in 1702 , and the proslamation of the famous constitution of 1793 . "They did not hesitate to adopt that day , because it was a day not famous in : English , lut in French hisiory ; they loved their country , and gloried in the history of their ancestors , but they were so far coszaopolites as to be willing to adopt the great days , tlm great events , and the great men of all nations Into , their political calendar . ( Applause . ) Bvadoptmgthe 10 thof Ausustof 1702 , they avowed themselves to be Republicans . ( Cheers . ) He was a Republican—he always had been , and he felt assured he
always -would be to the day of his death . ( Loud cheers . ) But Republicanism was a very vague termit might mean anything from Venetian oUgarehism io simple Democracy , where the people met in public assembly and made their own laws , without the intervention of representatives . They wanted sonietluiig more defined than the word Republicanism , and they found it in the Constitution of ' 93 , in adopting the great principle of which they avowed themselves Democrats , so that they were Chartists , Republican Chartists , and Democratic Republicans ; he thought that a very excellent trinity in unity . ( Applause . ) The chairman then entered into a brief exposition of the great principle of the Constitution of ' 93 , the principle which confided to the people the actual
aialfing ' of the laws , the members of the national assembly only devising aad framing the proposed enactments , leaving it for the people themselves b y their < Urect votes to sanction , amend , or reject the JHeasures proposed . Having explained this , the chairman continued . In this principle consisted tbe great superiority of that constitution over all others he had ever beard tell of . Possessing such a power , a people could never be deprived * of ' their liberties . With institutions based oh such a principle , s . nation ' s existence must be eternal , and eternally &ee . ( Cheers . ) Eufc it might be asked why conicieaiorate the anniversary of a defunct association ? Hie would answer , for the purpose of keeping alive sad promulgating the principles of which
tbatassociatioa had been the representative . ( Applause . ) It laigkt be good policy to say " get the Charter first , and consider what we will do with it afterwards , " but he could not see the good of such policy . The Charter was a means to an end , but what was the end ? Were they agreed as to that ? did they think of it ? They must do se if the Charter was to be of any real benefit . The Charter was an axe to cut down the tree of corruption—a power to pull down the strongholds of despotism ; but of what use would it be to destroy the upas of corruption unless they knew Iiott to plant the tree of liberty ? or pull down the fabric of despotism , imless they knew how to build vp the temple of freedom ? ( Loud cheers . 1 Unless
jliey were prepared for the future all they could expect' to result from the Charter would " be that at the best , with , universal suffrage nearly nniyezsalTrong would exist , as was the casein the ynited States at this day . Of the acts and deeds of the Democratic Association , he would only say that it "ras successful because its members called tilings by their right names , and enunciated principles which , being in accordance with universal right and justice , were understood and appreciated by the working jaen * -.. The Democratic Association was not faultless , it fell into the mistake of hoping fortoo much within TOO Short a period of time . But tbe principles of that associafionwere . andare TinexccptionaWe . and were the principles that must be appealed to to revive en ' thusi-Asm . mthe laetrcpais . He hoped to -ee ^ any such
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appeals as the present , assured as he was , that important results would flow therefrom . ( Cheers . ) By meetings like the present they would spread abroad a knowledge of the rights of ' man , and hasten that glorious time When tyranny and slavery alike shall pass away , And morn shall break , and man awake , in the light of a fairer day . ( Loud applause . ) The chairman concluded by giving the following ; Senthnent : — . | " The day we celehrate . May the principles of the Democratic Association of 1 S 38-39 he " our hope and out guide , until the rights ; of ni : m are triumphantly established , aud despotism in every shape is for ever overthrown " ^ z ^^
The Ciuiemax said he had much pleasure in callins on their old friend Major Bchidwski , a man who had been infamously calumniated , and suffered terrible peisccution even from some of the Chartists themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) TheM : ijorhad , however , outlived the mistakes of those who were misinformed , and the slanders of those who , traitors themselves , wilfully plotted his ruin . ( Cheers . ) His presence at tlmicstival proved his uusiinkcn fidolity to the good cause , while the reception his friends had given him proved that they who knew him best trusted and honoured him . ( Loud cheers . )
Major Lexiowski , who was received with renewed cheering , said—lie hardly need tell the meeting how grateful he was for the kind reception they had given him . But a few days ago he little anticipated the pleasure of ever again addressing his brother Democrats . Most of them knew how cruelly he had been slandered ; he had been used most unjustly by men who would not grant him a trial , or any means of proving bis innocence—nay , more than that , his accusers had never offered to prove their accusations . He would say nothing more on that subject now , but he did not renounce his resolve to wring justice from those who had denounced him , or affected to suspect him . llchadsufferedmuch , Iielmddrankol tlieclmlice of misery to the very dre » s : he had been famishine
with hunger and cold ; he had been homeless and ali but friendless , and in this state would have left England and renounced this country for ever , but that , had he done so , his enemies would have said " behold the proof of his guilt . " ( Hear , hear . ) True , he had retreated for a time as a wounded man must retreat , but he had remained in England , and nowhe was stronger than ever . ( Cheers . ) By his own abilities and industry he had carved eut for himseli an honourable means of living . He was * no ' longer wretched and powerless , and now he rejoiced he could once more stand before them , and with them , a brother in the cause of ' universal " liberty . ( Great cheering . ) He believed that much " of the odium which had been cast upon him was because he was what was called a foreigner—at least that was made one of the pretexts for suspicion . The idea called nationality was a delusion and a
fraud ; men of nil countries were brothers , and it was his duty to aid Englishmen in the struggle for their rights , as it wa 3 the dutv of Englishmen to aid his countrymen in their contest for freadom . ¦ ' ¦¦( Che ers . ) Tbe aristocracy of all nations were in union ; they cared nothing about nationality , neither did the merchants and profitmongers , why , then , should the peop le ? ( Applause . ) Major Beniowski here entered into a review of the state of parties at the time of the formation of the Democratic Association , denouncinjrin withering language those who were playing the part of humbugs at that period . Coming to the present time , he observed it had been said that the Democratic Association wasdefunct ; it might be , as an organised body , but its spirit still lived , and let but its banner be uplifted , and hundreds would speedily rally round it . " ( Loud applause . ) the CminilAX then gave the third sentiment : —
"The Northern Star , the people's organ . May the light of an honest press illumine the minds of the masses , and teach tlitin how to retain as well as obtain the blessings of equality and liberty . " Mr . Rider , who was warmly received , in rising to respond to the sentiment , said—Being a plain , homespun Yorksliireman , the audience need not expect any curled , frizzled , or dressed-up oration from him . If , after the substantial repast , and intellectual feast they had enjoyed , any still felt a gust for dainties in the shape of a dish of finely-turned periods , garnished with ilowers of rhetoric , they would , so far as he was concerned , find themselves disappointed , lie had been too much accustomed to porridge-eaters to qualify aim to cater for silk-lined stomachs . What
they would get from him would be very plain , and in the same strain as they sung in concert some six yeara ago , when he bad the pleasure of becoming personally acquainted with the Democrats of London , and of tdng initiated into their most honourable order . Since they last met , he acknowledged he had been an idle soldier , doing no duty , and allowing his ann 3 and accoutrements to contract both dust and rust ; nevertheless , not having deserted the regiment , he did not stand before them with a fear of a Democratic Court Martial , or the nine-tailed cat , before his eyes . He might be interrogated as to the reason of his political idleness , and from the observations made by the friends who had preceded him , and from the oneness of opinion that pervaded the
assembly , on what were once delicate points , he felt bound to explain the cause of his inactivity , prior to adverting to the points centred * in the ' sentiment lie was called upon to support . The real and only cause of his inactivity , then , was sickness—a severe and protracted sickness ; not corporeal , but mental , and produced by the contemplation of the duplicity , tergiversation , apostasy , and black-heartedness of those who had surreptitiously , and for sinister purposes , wormed themselves up to leadership among the people . _ More injury had been done to the cause of the millions by pseudo-patriots , than by all tbe opposition , persecutions , and prosecutions of avowed opponents . They well knew what a nest of unclean birds were gathered together in Bolt-court the last
time he had the honour of meeting the London Democratic Association ; and they knew full well the amount of good that resulted from the chirping aud iluttcring of that heterogeneous assemblage . The hard-earned pence of the working men were recklessly expended , and time killed by the . reading of old Acts of Parliament , culled from some chandler ' s stock of waste paper , and which was equally . ; as irrelevant to the object of their mission as would be the reading Cock Robin or Tom Hickatbrift . But it wiled away the time , and kept up the game of picking . At length the working men saw the dodge—the supplies were diminished , and in proportion to that diminution the ardour Of the patriots abated . Had money continued to be
poured into the treasury , these birds of prey would have sat on their wind-eggs to this very moment . Most of the members of that Convention sprung up among us like mushrooms , they danced like meteors , and they vanished like vapour . May we never see their like again . ( Cheers . ) However , there were a few good men and true in that" parliament . " I am proud to say there is one here ( pointing to the chairman ) . ( Cheers . ) He , asanAttr € » ncfe /« man , didnot getmany pickings ; he didnot apethe efteminatethings in St . Stephen ' s ; he did not blink the truth ; he did not run , like some of the crow , on hearing the sound of £ 100 , 000 ringing through the land , to echo the thousand times refuted sophistry and rhodomontade of the Whigs . No ; he went forth without money
and without scrip , proclaiming the principles of Democracy , and he yet stands immovably fixed on the rock of political truth ; yet able and willing , on all meet occasions , to fight the good fight of freedom . ( Applause . ) ; Their chairman had enemies in their own camp ; but they had slain themselves with their own weapons , and here he was at the head of a well-trained Democratic band , unscathed and undaunted . ( Loud applause . ) With respect to the sentiment lie ( Mr . Rider ) was called upon to respond to , he must say that the committee had placed him in a novel position . It was like placing a shopman behind the counter to puff his master ' s goods . ( Laughter . ) There were , no doubt , thousands in the metropolis who were adepts in the art ; but he could
not simper and smile , and cut the demisemiquavers of those gentry . These might be indispensable adjuncts in a profit-mongering establishment , but as \ m master was not a profit-monger , ; he dispensed with ladies ' men , or decoybirds . Nevertheless , as the customers had called upon him to try his hand , unknown to the master , he did not feel that diffidence be should do if standing in the position of a servingman emptying the shelves of silks and satins for the Inspection of some Lady Trollop , or Miss Selina Drabble , lie would , therefor e , say , as the master was out , that the article was of first-rate qualitymade of the very best materials , by the very best workmen in the land . ( Cheers . ) It was adapted for all climates , and suited to all shades of
complexion and conditions of life , save thieves , tyrants , tax-eaters , and such like vagabonds , who ought to be whipped naked through , tha world . ( OmVapplause . ) Its firm texture had entitled it to the preference given it by that portion of the community carrying the badges of honest industry—blistered hands , fustian jackets , and unshorn chins . ( Cheers . ) It is also of a fast colour , which not all the waters of prosecution running between the throne and Joe Mitchell ' s , can wash away , or even produce a suade of change . Its like cannot be purchased in any other house in town or country for love or money . It bears away the Sett . It shines more brilliant than the Sun ( as every Spectator and Observer must confess ) , and the Trw . vctter knows there is not its equal on the Globe .
( Great cheering . ) It is far in advance of tfce Times and the Age in which we live . The Star had its origin in the same town as himself—the once benighted town of Leeds , where the working men were wont to beled by the nose , like asses , by the " Great Liar of the North . " Every sincere friend of the people was maligned by that infamous vehicle of Wb . Jjgery , and the misrepresented might as well lock for blood in door nails as jtistice at the hands of the Whig pander . But the Star arose in the very focus of Whiggery—the monster -was bearded in his own tlen—Jightshoneindarkness . Tlieinfant / Sfarstripped the giant of Yf higgery of Ms strength . The workies saw the deformity ef the Idol they bad blindly worshipped—they , renounced their idolatry—saw they were men , and now , through ' tiie instrumentality of the Sta y , thov act as n \ pp . and have taken m . pst of
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their local affairs into their own bands . The Star was now fixed in the great metropolis of the world , and was in reality tbe people ' s organ . Men of other nations walked by its light , and experienced the benefit of itsiniluence . ( Cheers . ) But let it be borne iH mind , that , as the people ' s organ ,-it had to combat faction —singly it had to contend against a host ; therefore it must be sustained by the people , as it had hitherto been . By the people it had been made invulnerable to every attack , and by the people it would retain its power over those who conspired to compass its destruction , lhe sentiment alluded to the principles pvopounded in the Star-those ofEnualitv but as the
, assembly were mostly veterans in the cause , ho need not trespass on their time by expatiating on that portion of the subject ; they were already tau » lit , and were proof ayainst fraud and sophistry of every ' description , * come from whatever quarter it might . As lie was anxious to hear Mr . Cooper he would sit . ' . down by observing that the proprietor and present conductors of the people ' s organ had been sufficiently tried , and found faithful to their trust , - anil honest in principle—the principles they propounded were honsst aud just , and it remained * with Use people to push on to the attainment of the Charter and the Land , and ali good things would follow to the fullestablishment of pure Democracy .
The chairman then gave " the health of Joseph Mazzim , and success to the Democrats of all nations . " Mr . Coor-En ( author of the "Phrgatorv of Suicides" ) rose to speak to the toast . No Euglulunan gloried more in Ins nation ' s list of great men than he ( Mr . C did . He would feel ashamed did he not glorv in the names ot the incorruptible and brave llamuden , the martyred Sydney , the incomparable Milton , the upright Cartwright and Hunt—itor less in such patriotic orators as Chatham the ' elder , and Eiskine , who wrote their names on the page of England ' s historv with the sunbeam of their owu peerless eloquence , and did not depart , in their manhood , from the Democratic sentiments of their youthlike the
rene-, gades Burke , and Wyndhani , " and Pitt , and Burdett . let ,-. when names Jike that of Joseph Miizzini are mentioned , thsy ought to despisuthe narrower Icehng ot nationality , and merge their sympathies in a broad and enlightened philanthropy , embracing ; he patriotism of every land and every people . \ Vith all his fond partiality for the good and great among his own forefathers , a true English Democrat feels an unspeakable glow of the heart while pondering on the deeds of glorious Tell-th . it matchless peasant , who broke the fetters of his fatherland , aud whose name would echo in songs of liberty , as long as the eagles gazed undazzled at the sun while they soar above the Al-is of free Switzerland —(» reat applause ); aor is lie loss powerfully and nobl v aftbeted
wuiie-dwelling on the brightness ' -ot Kosoiiiski ' s jurning glory , and the woes ei' veepiag . Poland Enthusiastic applause . ) The honoured name contained m the toast was enrolled in this shining catalogue ot European patriotism : Joseph Mazzini had won lasting honour , not only for his true-hearted love tor beautitul , but oppressed Italy , his celebrated atherland—but for the high-spirited resolve , and intrepid perseverance with which he hunted the infamous letter-spy through all his false and diabolical attempts to cast the base and bloody stain of murder upon him . Mazzini had triumphed : ho had substantiated his own truth and high honour ; while the English Fouehe was doubly tarnished with irifamv , and would be remembered with detestation by tlie
latest posterity . All honour , then , to Joseph Mazzim ! and may the remnant of his life be filled with happiness derived from the knowledge that tbe cause ot Italian liberty , in which be had struggled so long and ardently , was nearer and nearer a splendid and permanent success . ( Cheers . ) The toast further breathed a wish for " the success of tlie Democrats of all nations . " The word " Democrat" chosen by the association whose establishment thev commemorated to night , was a word of grand associations , for it came from noble old Greece—the immortal land of Tliermistocles , and Aristides , and Miltiades : it breathed of the glorious struggles of Marathon and Salamis ; it raised up " the thrilling image of Xeonidas aml ' . ' his fearless 300 , who fell , a forlorn hone , at Thermbnvi a *
and it : told . ot the proud Persian humbled , and of Kings and their arrogance brought low—but of a whole people exalted to freedom-and that people the noblest that ever lived beneath the sun for eloquence and poetry , and philosophy , and the arts , as well as lor bravery . ( Great applause . ) The word "democrat 'was , then , like the name " Chartist , " one that ought to be dearly cherished for its associations . As Democrats , they possessed a name under which they could embrace as brothers , the shades of the patriotic dead of all countries , and the patriotic living of every land : as Chartists , they loye a name dearer than lite to many , for it had been sanctified' by suficring Nothing seemed to him so cowardly ; so ignoble , as the renunciation of a good name , -because it is displeasing to those whom the world calls " respectable . " A really good man , and truly patriotic , though somewhat timid , said to him ( Mr . Cooper ) , the other day ; 'Why . do" you call yourself ' the Oliartist * oa the
title-page ot your book « Do you not think it will prejudice some people against it ? " I answered , "Sir , I care nothing for that ; the name is dear to me lor 1 have guttered for it ; and since my enemies imprisoned me for being a Chartist , they ' shall never have the name from me : on'the contrary , 1 will place it before their eyes as often as ever 1 can . " ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) With unsubdued and unabated zeal for the Charter ,, as an Englishman , he felt proud , however , of the broader name of Democrat , when reflecting on the noble struggles of patriots in other lands , and most cordiall y responded to the toast giveii by the chairman . ( Prolonged cheering . ) Mr . Ksight also briefly addressed the meetine , responding to the sentiment ; but as we had not the pleasure of hearing him , it is impossible for us to give even an outline of bis remarks . , ; " The , health and speedy restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and other exiles , ' ' was the concludinnr toast . '
! Mot . responded in a very sensible and feeling speech . : ; Mr .: Ross then proposed tkvfe the 4 t \\ of November , the birth-day of the patriotic Henry Hunt , should be celebrated as a Democratic festivity , by a supper , in a similar manner to the anniversary they were then met to celebrate . The proposition was unanimously adopted , and the committee which had acted : for bis occasion was appointed ( with power to add to their numbers ) to make arrangements for the Ilenrv llunt festival . ' Mr . Cooruit briefly stated bis desire tliat a permanentfund , tobecallcdthe " Veteran Patriots' Fund , " sliould be formed , for the relief of individuals like Daddy Riehards , Thomas Rajncv Smart ; Allen Davenport , Preston , and others , whose venerable age , infirmities , sufferings , and labours in the cause of liberty , rendered it lamentably discreditable to the
working classes that thej ; should be neglected , and perhaps have to . end their days in a bastile , if not speedily placed out of fear of want . The subject had been one of deep and earnest thought with him in imprisonment—he had already mentioned it to several patriotic friends in London , and ho trusted it would now be received with approval . Major Beniowsky immediately tendered 10 s . as the first subscription , and Mr . Cooper was requested by the company to make adefinite motion on the subject ; which he did , jy . proposing-that a public meeting be held in the City Chartist Hall , on Monday night , September 8 th , to determine on the establishment of a fund for the permanent relief of suffering patriotic individuals , above sixty years of age , to be called the " Veteran Patriots Fund "
The motion was carried unanimously , and all present were pled ged to use their efforts towards procuring support to the intended fund . In all , £ 1 Is . lOd . was subscribed towards vt in tlvc voony The good feeling and hilarity of the meeting , by singing and agreeable conversation , was kept up till midnight ; and the friendly and ardent Democrats separated with the resolution to use increased energy in spreading the everlasting principles of truth and freedom .
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MANSION HOUSE . Monday . —Shocking ]) eciudation . — A man named Thomas PasfiuW , who is what is called a " scutnehiwttr , " or " cliancu" porter , " was brought before tlm Lord Mayor , cliari'cd with having cut his own throat'iii ' u fit of driMikcnncss . ur rather of madness , tlio result uf druuken habits . The prisoner , it appeared , had been'left ' a legacy of about £ ( iO or £ 70 by a relative' a short time ago , and had never been sober down to the time at which he made the attack uppu . his own life on thc 7 th of last July , 'llisfeinulevhild , a poor hall-starved wretched looking creature , aged about fuur years , had been dragging out a miserable existence vvitli him in tatters in a garret in the neighbourhood of . Tower-street , a : id oi-uasioiially received » ssistaucc from the bi'iievolent poor people about the locality , who looked uiiuh their neglecteU littlei fallow creature with gvcut compassion . Tlie child was in the habit of wandering about
the streets while the father was smoking and drinking ' in whaVwwrccaueu the "Hash cribs " of the City , and used to wait upon the stairs until it pleased him to return home and open'the door of his room , which continued nothing in the shape of furniture or hed-ciothes extent a threadbare old blanket , a box , and a pail . On tlie niglit of the 7 th of July the " poor infant was tuund waiting uyou the stairs , ami some of the lodgers hnving liad reason to suj ) . pose that this father was in his room , an attempt was made to gain admission , but those who tried the experiment > vere obliged-to break open the door before they succeeded . Uuou entering , they beheld a ghastly spectacle . The unfortunate drunkard had deposited the greater part of his person in tlie box , and was bleeding' lVom a severe wound in the neck , which hung ' over the pail ; and cash to the amount Of between £ 20 and £ 80 was found in a ' eorncrni
the room , the remnant , it was supposed , of tlie property he he had been left by his relation . The prisoner , upvm being asked whataecount he tould give of himself , replied that he had been completely unconscious of what had happened ; tfc ' athcluul some disagreement with a female relation , which put him out of sorts , and lie took drink to get rid of the trouble ; but what further took place he really could not say . lie , however , vowod that ho was very sorry for what had occurred . - The child , when this ' prisoner ' was carried to the hospital , was placed in the uarc of a female named Mary Miller , who treated her with remarkable tenderness . The mother , it was stated , has been some time dead , and the neighbours expressed niu ' eh anxiety that tlie Lord Mayor should interfere to prevent the cash found in the room from being squandered by the prisoner . The prisoner was remanded tor a few days .
1 ussday .-An Impostor . -A woman namedAnnPcgriiii , who had the appearauctt of the wife of a decent tradesman , was brought-before the Lord Mayor .-R . Webb ( policeman No . 053 ) stated that as he was walking along Wormwood-street he ' snw the defendant , apparently in great agony , rubbing her knee at tlie door Of il hall . She was very loud in her lamentation , and , upon being questioned , said she had had a violent fall , and had sustained desperate mischief . Witness took her to the station-house , and . caused her to be examined by a surgeon , who told her to rest a little , and she would soon get over the injury , if she had been injured . In the station-house she became apparently a greater object of compassion , i ' orshecoim . lainecl ot in both
pains legs , and it was considered necess&n to take her , on account cf h * r agonies , to the husuttiil . She Vwuame extremely . violent upon tlie stretcher , but was at last deposited in a bed in the hospital , and examined by Air . Irawrs , who , after due investigation , stated that nothing whatever was the matter with her . —The Lord Mayor rYou charge her , then , with being an impostor ? - ine policeman said there was no doubt at all that site had complained of pain for the purpose of exciting corapas . sion ; and there was reason to . believe that she had been lately engaged in stripping children of their clothes in the unfrequented lanes and alleys . —She was remanded for a tewdays .
LAMBETH . ToEBDAt . —Serious Charge . — George Humphery Brvaut was \ iUiced at the bar bufoye My .- Henry , on a charge of being drunk and wilfull y setting fire to the house ot Mrs . - Elizabeth Odell , No . 5 \) , Hill-street , Walworth . . Mrs . Udell deposed that on the evening before , the pri . spiier , who had lodged at her house for upwards of twelve months , came home very much intoxicated , very much illused his wife , shamefully abused her ( witness ) , aiid threatened to burn the place down . He then ' went ' up Stairs , but after stopping a few minutes returned down again and exclaimed , "I have set a light to your hOUSO . " Witness ,, m consequence , ran up stairs , and upon entering Uic apartment occupied by the prisoner and his wife , she found tlie bed and bedding on fire . She instantly fl m <' some water on the bed , and , with the assistance of her servant , succeeded in extinguishing the fire before it had done serious
any mischief . Had she not gone up so soon , and acted so promptly , she ( the witness ) had no ' doubt Whatever the house must have been burnt down . The prisoner , after making the declaration sh » had before mentioned , about setting a light to the house , went away , but returned m about a quarter of an hour , firmed with a large club , and swore the most desperate oaths he would have the lives of both his wife and witness ; and so violent and determined was his manner , that they were both obliged to lock themselves up , in-the lime instance , and then escape from his rage by gutting out of the front windows , while the prisoner was in the back part of the house . He had also violentl y assaulted the police . There was a third charge against the prisoner , of having stolen a large ingot of tin from tlie premises of Mr . Coad a plumber , in High-street , Camberwell .. He was remanded to a tuture day to give the officers an opportunity oi tracing the property .
o - ¦¦ ,- :: -- : -i - ' - - -V : ' -. ' . THAMES .- ; , ; ' . , - . . ' .. ., -. Monday . —Bbdtal and . CowABDtT MANsiiAUGDTEn . — Michael Carroll , a feltwnakw , aged 20 , of No . 3 , Taylor ' sp ace , Old rord , Bow 'Patrick Foley , of Noi 2 , Taylor ' splace , IS ;¦ -Martin = Banim , - 28 ,-of WindmilUplace , Old 1 ortl ; : Marbnkeenan , 08 , and Baniel Keenhn , his son , 39 , of tlie saine place , were bought before Mr . Jjrodorip . on a charge ot manslaughter , the first with causing , the-death of a young man , nained . James . Bristow , a stonemason , by striking him on the head witha poker , and the other four with aiding and abetting ; Carroll . The two Keenans , Kanim , aiid Foley were described as labourers . Tlie first witness ciillcj : was Hiuhard Smitli , who said he was a blacksmith and lived opposite the gas works at Old l \> vd On Saturday night he was in tlie Dog and Cartridge , lli"hstrcot , - Bow , with some friends , and he lef ' t there a few minutes before twelve . After" - walking a short distance
. they stood in the middle of tlie road ; just before parting with , each other , and were in conversation together when a stone was thrown from the direction of . the house occupied by the Keenaus , 'which •" struck . a young man named ivingdom on the back of the head , and inflicted a swtre wound . The blood flowed copiously from the wound , and Kingdom appeared to 'be in great pain . "Witness and another person named George Williams went to the door of , the house from which they suspected the stone was thrown , and asked for an explanation of such a dastardly outrage , and were grossly abused and threatened by the Irish people in the house . . - "Finding remonstrances of no avail , and as they were not likely to obtain the name of the man who threw the stone , they left the house , and were about to part , when Carroll made his appearance and challeuged Williams to tight . He accepted the challenge and they began fighting . .. Williams auueared to bsmL
ting the best of it , aud closed with his adversary , who then hit him in a most savage manner , and severely injured him , aiid Williams was compelled to let go . The fight was about to be renewed when Carroll called upon his countrymen for help , and a great number of Irishmen came out of their houses , armed with sticks , pokers , and other dangerous weapbns , and made a desperate attack on witness and his party , who were unarmed , and they were overpowered by numbers and compelled to retreat They halted by the railway arch at Old l ' ord , and were soon afterwards joined by a man named Thomas Smith , who said he had been interrupted by a party of Irishmen near the Five Bells , where they left Carroll and his friends uiucn oeatewitn
n a poker . While they were talking , James Lristow , the deceased , and another man , who were on thew way home , -joined them , and he advised them and his own party to remain where they were until the Irishmen became quiet and had gone to their homes : but some oftheni determined upon going back , and he accompanied them . On arriving at the place where they had left the Irishmen / he saw Carroll lurking about , armed "it l a heavy kitchen poker , which he attempted to conceal under Ins coat ; when lie saw them approach . Thomas ssmitli . immediatel y exclaimed , "That ' s the man who struck me with a poker in Bow . " When Carroll found he was discovered , he ran towards his own dwelling , and xSnst OW Dassed It . and was ilhnnfc tirnnt . v m- tliivtu -,:.,., u
away , when Carroll and another mnn came towards him , and Carroll struck him a tremendous blow on the side of tllO head with a poker , and felled him to the ground . Eight or ten Irishmen , armed with all manner of weapons , and some without any , then made another furious attack on witness and his friends , and they were obliged to re . turn to Old Ford , where they remained for some time , and missed Bristow , who they afterwards understood had managed to get up and crawl to tlie station-house . When they saw him again he was being led home between two policemen , and appeared very much exhausted , By that time the Irishmen had disappeared , and he heard no more of them . Mr . Broberip said he should remand the case until Monday next . ¦ . ¦•'
. i SOUTHWARK . Tuesday . —Atcempt at Suicide . —Hannah Clarke , a young female , the daughter of a respectable man , was brought before Mr , Cottingliam , charged with attempting to commit suicide . She was arrested by a policeman on theprerious night , when about to throw herself into the river at the . London-bridge / stairs . When the defendant was placed at the bar before the magistrate , she exclaimed that she would not be deterred from carrying hor object of suicide into ett ' ect . —The policeman said she was the daughter of a man in good . circumstances , and that she
absconded from home about twelve months since , and went to livo under the protection of a man who had since been transported for highway robbery ; that as soon as he was sent out of the country she became of profligate habits aiid abandoned herself to a life of infamy ; that her father was even now willing to take her home , Uut she rejected all entreaties of that nature . —The magistrate remanded the prisoner until Saturday , and said that notice should be given to her father to attend , ami unless he procured bail for her not attempting to repeat the attempt upon her life , she should be committed for a long period to gaol . -:. ' .
Wednesday . —Sava oe Assaults . —Mr , Cottingliam was engaged fc * a considerable time in hearing charges of assault , twa of . which , of an aggravated descri ption , svftvd pvtfcvrad . at the instance of two women against two men , named Joseph and William Martin , who , although bearing the same name were in no way related to each other . The first case was preferred against Joseph Martin , by a young woman named Mary Kogers , from whose statement it appeared that . a'bout a fortni ght aeo she happened to be present when the defendant and a . woman were , quarrelling together . On that occasion , she ( complainant ) interposed , upon which the defendant , who w . as armed with a , poker , made a blow at her head / She raised her right arm to guard her head , and was struck Avith such violence between the elbow and wrist , as to inflict a wound there as well as on the top of . her head . The wounds of such serious
were a nature , " that she was obliged to be conveyed to St . Thomas ' s hospital where she was confined until that day , being unable to quit the ward . She here exhibited the marks tf the injuries she sustained on the occasion . The defendimt endeavoured to palliate his offence by saying that he was intoxicated and that , in wresting the poker from the complainant , he by accident struck her over the arm ; that he regretted the occurrence , but tlio liquor was the cause of n Mr . Cottingliam said the condition of the complainant even nmr , a fbrtnignt after " . the outrage , Seed t e serious nature of the attack , and that it' was mSSiJ ! she wasnot killed , for had BWnot thi . owrirr Sn the way described , andthere by prevented the force of the blow on he head , she must have been ' deprived of 1 fe The magistrate then inflicted tlio full penalty V . N * '« defendanVand . indefault ' Qf pay ^ SSsiSmS ^ omouths . ; T ^ noxtol ^ S ™^
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Martin , preferred by Mary . Coombe , who Stated that ns she was walking along the Mew-cut on the preceding night , the defendant , -who was walking with another man , knocked up ; against her , aiid nearly threw her down . When she recovered herself , she . merely asked her assailant why ho acted in such a manner towards her , and had scarcely time to utter the words , when lie doubled his fist and struck her a severe blow on the mouth , that had the effect of loosening several of her teeth . He was in the act of running away , after having committed the cowardly assault , . when he was pursued and taken into custody . The defendant said that the complainant was about to strike him for accidentally pushing against her , and that in warding off the Wow her mouth came against his knuckles , but that he had no intention of hitting her . The magistrate , having severely commented on the cowardly nature of the assault , inflicted a penalty of £ 5 on the defendant , who , having expressed liis iuaWlity to pay it , was ' committed to gaol .
CLEHKENWELL . Wednesday . —Ixchatitude asd Roiuseuy . — -Arthur Prayne was charged with stealing £ 25 in gold ililil silver , two gold rings , and a gold pin , the property of . William Femes . The prosecutor is a warehouseman in the City , and , actuated by motives of humanity , had , although in very humble circumstances himself , shared his bed and board with the prisoner , who was , ' when he craved his assistance , in destitute circumstnnc . s . The prisoner ' s habits were so irregular that the prosecutor wus obliged to dismiss Mm , and . a day or two after his room was broken into , and the above-mentioned money and jewellery abstracted . The prisoner , who alone knew where the box containing the property was placed , was seen coming out of the house on the evening of the robbery , lie was remanded .
WORSHIP STKEET . "Wednesday . —CiiAitcB of Stabbing . —Eliza Avern , a middle-aged woman of masculine appearance , was placed at the bar before Mr . Dingham , upon the charge of cutting and wounding her husband , William Avern , a cork cutter , living iu Kealc-strect , Spitaltields . It appean d from the statement of tlie husband , who had lost his right eye , and had several scars upon his face , that he had been married about 25 years to the prisoner , but her temper was so violent arid ungovernable thatlie had led a life of constant disquiet and unhappiness nearly the whole of that time . Between nine and ten years ago she stabbed him so dangerously in the side that liis life was for some time despaired of , and on a subsequent occasion , in the course of ( in altercation between them , she attacked him with a dinner fork , and stabbed him in the . right eye , the sight
of which had been totally destroyed . She had since then repeatedly assailed him in a similar manner , and he bore the marks of her violence upon almost every part of his person . Ou his returning home rather late on the precediug ' . night , lie , handed to the prisoner the amount of his du )' * earnings , but recollecting afterwards that he had to purchase some cork for his business , he requested her to return a small portion of the money , which she positively refused to do , and on his repeating the request she became greatly excited , and seizing a knife from the table made several rapid thrusts at him , in warding off which he received a severe cut on the thick part Of the right shoulder . . He" arrested her arm as she . was about to repeat the blow , and after a violent struggle gave her into ' custod y , ^ ... Mr . Bingha'ih said he sliould order her to be brought up again , that the case might be completed against her . ' ' , ' ,
; . ; ,- . -. HAMMERSMITH . "Wednesday . —Desperate Irish Riot at Kensingtos . —James Murphy , James Connor , John Cotter , and Timothy M'Canhy , four Irishmen , the two former living in Jenuings ' s-buildings , Kensington , and the other two in Marylcbone , were charged before Mr . T . Paynter ,. the sitting magistrate , with having been concerned with a number of other Irishmen not in custody , in a desperate riot ill the town of Kensington , on the night of Sunday list Murphy , Connor , and Cotter were each committed to hard labour for one- ( calendar month , and M'Carthy was ordered to find bail in two sureties in £ 10 each ., to appeal at the sessions . Several other persons engaged iu the riot , which was an extraordinary one , and disturbed the Whole town , were sentenced to imprisonment .
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ADDRESS TO TIIE , MEMBERS OF THE IKIXBPEN ¦ SliS ^^ " Corasmj events cast their shadows before . " BBBTH HW ,-S 6 8 obna 8 the executvw government of any community attempt to rule with an iron hSTtd proced to carry out their self-opinionated" ^ ft , W ^*™ l »« n . . lrom aa ^^ tbe . just murmurings of disapprobation . The < W commences his system of tyranny ' "by era ' d . » i P ? mask of friendship he proceeds onward ^ TUt ^ , ., &W » ££ * jA ?* E& : Sws ^ cSsHS « whose . standard is emblazoned ft ? ZrA , ?™! ' ° s ^ & ^^ SS ?^
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of C . S .: Ratcliue ! and ithe Board of Director , , vwhose grand schemes was to niake an innuisitoriM ° ° amination of tbe funds , &c , of every lotot thTn --f *" suspending whole districts , and ttnatffi S" 5 i with the sairiesanguinary . punishment i shouldI they * , « T ilinch from bowing , to their arbitrary will riiit . n Laws state that all proposed a lterations in ' thom IT * V ^ vinfaU and circulated with the January lU port & Unity . Thisruk-theprincipleofwhichisallord bylJr be essentially necessary to the well-being of a ttm ^ nity-has been violated at the last A . M . CI The " tive have resolved among themselves to alter the FU ° " cial arrangements of the Order , and for fear of «!'"" self-opinionated views being thwarted , they m ' erelv '» . , «^» U » rf » n to their views , knowing ^ Su ^ fi t il > v Iwnn inViimtv . i ln n ,,, * . » ^ c i . . ° . . " " 'Wd they been submitted to the test of beta ' *
„ - ft ( ir ) v , through the Unity , that their intemion ^ Z ^ SS been approved of . It would be n gross libel iZ , were we to say that they are i gnorant of li e , , hfr » f "' Order : they are no such thing . ThevU 1 , " , ° ¦ our of the fact , that by Mteving our ^ 5 ^ they were treading upon the vitals of the Uult v £ ' endangering its ve * existence ; nnd ere Ion- thoI ' tire for so doing willbe glaringl y ap , ^ c ' "' ° - ( the executive ) have been sinctro in . !« £ . vie Z oi S state of , he Unity , they would have nJ ^ SSt ^ the surplus fund of the Order " thorn * have w distributed , among those Lodges and Mstricts t ,, f were in « state of pecuniary embarrassment ^ rcques ed them to votrcm-h tlu-i r expenditure ^ pointed out the vast sums of money tlVv > nsL ° !!«!! ™ ££ ** » not nccess ^ «>* ™ sovon I mentThe will
. following perhaps shew the re 4 ns . From 1830 to 1 S 45 , the principal men of the e *» cut' ! v ^ 7 ^ ^ Sfns , lining &c . t mnvih ^ £ ofi , ow , independent of what they have veteiteg frOm private individuals . Wh y sliould we tamelv submirtob . made the tools of men , whose sinister motives are so v ^ apparent ? They say you nmit reduce your Charit * Gifts . Do they hint in the least about retrenchin ^ our expenditure on llegalia ? No . Let reason answer * cause . AVe wished justice to be done us , and for that purpose waited respectfully upon the Bistrict Officers L threats were held out ) to request them to < call a general meeting of the District , in order that every man should understand how far the alterations affected him . . Thev have since issued a circular , condemning us in no very respectful language , for daring to openly complain of the unjust and sinister proceedings of a bodr ' trlio liave betrayed the trust reposed in them . "'
Why did the District Officers refuse to callamcetinj ; more especially after the very strong feeling displayed at the last Quarterly . Committee ? If their caoseispure , why cringe from fair discussion t—why uphold the con . duet of men who have always been aliens in feeling lu . wards us ? They I > oa « e of being the jioor motfs friml- ! lor . getting at the same time , that the parties they uphold arc appropriating as much of his earnings to themselves as they possibly can . Strango anomaly I On one side an . pears a recommendation from the Board of an increase ol salary to £ 300 per annum , for C . S . ltatcliffe ; on tl .-e other iside a long statement of the poverty of the Unity . These are the men the District Qfficers are determined , " whatever s the consequence , to uphold . Wedidexpcct . inaciscuWt emanating from them , to-have had some explanation as to the future Financial arrangement of the District . Ths following is the most we can glean : " It has been sup . that the
posed alterations proposed limits the wifVs funeral money to £ u . It is no such thing ; the £ 5 is merely mentioned to show the principle of the matter . " Why not tell us distinctly to what extent the alterations will affect us ? Again they . state ; " Where grievances exist , take , a proper and constitutional method of vedrcssirg them . " Where is the prospect of success ? They , the executive , have too much influence and power to leare ' any hopes of revoking thcin decisions . They again say " We arc able to prove , that , by a trifling increase in tiiv contributions , the same payments might be made . " If an increase of contribution . be necessary , we can arrange that question without being coerced by the Doard cf Directors . They refer us-to the present ana past position of the District—granted ; and it will be seen that the District was never in a more prosperous state than at present ,-nnd for ihelast three years we have beengra dually decreasing our expenditure .
The District Officers have suspended the Duke of >* or . folk and Union Lodges . We know not why they shouli have selected them ; atthe same timo there are many others ( which they are not ignorant of ) of the Same Opinion . It would be tiring the patience of ; the readers of this , were we to extend the argument to the length the importance of the case demands . Itis-in contemplation to hold a meeting of the membtrs of * the District , due notice of which will be given , when we hope that every member in the District , who possibly can ,. will attend . Dear in mind that if you lamel y submit to the usurped power of tin Board of Directors , that the Widow and Orphan ' s Fund must be abolished , the Funeral Fund reduced to £ 10 for a member ; £ 5 for his first-wife- ; the widow of a deceased member nothing . We again , call upon you to come forward . Now is the timi : or ' never . The man who tamely submits to be enslaved deserves to bear auy burthen ltij task-masters would impose uaon him
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE . MWSPENDBNT OBDEll OP ODI > FELLOWS , OF LlVEltPOOL AND OTHER DISTHICTS Gentlemen and Ukotuehs , _ Circumstances ' havearisen iu tlie Order which call for immediate investigation . ,- . : ¦ - . ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ The parties named below having formed themselves into a Provisional Committe ^ for the purpose of exaroin . ing into the bearings of th « Financial Schemes of ths Glasgow A . M . C , beg leave to state that they have care fully weighed well tlie whole plans as submitted , and < lo not hesitate to pronounce them as a most m > just and meaUed-for interference with tits internal affairs of lodge * as guaranteed by the general laws of the Order , in the management of our financial arrangements .
We beg also to state that we do not wish or desire to up-root or destroy any of . the useful parts of our valuab * and esteemed Institution , ' out simpl y to remedy existiii " abuses , and to co-operate together for the purpose < tf managing " our own house at home" on the most economical principles ; and to , do justice to our brethren without levying on tltcirrfunds fov the swpport of tho : e who do not render any real service to the Order , but who , on the contrary , are adisgrace to the Unity . j First . —We propose that the Liverpool District saceila immediately from tlie Manchester Unity . Second
. —That we establish ourselves ; as the " -Indc pendent Order of Olid Fellows , " and we earnestly solicit the zealous cooperatibn of every Lodge and District ia the Universe , so that the principles of our noble Institntiou may be fully carried' out—free from extravagant axd ttseless expenditure—ffte pom the trammels of men «* o . haw letrayed the confidcnce-ac reposed in them , by thcir-uu , callei ! - for persecutions and utter contempt for the rights , and liberties of the members of our Order . Thihd . —That- all the Lodges joining HiisUaity'do . contribute their fair- pvoportion for' the purpMCfOf . Vcstablishing District Funeral Funds , for the decent i&er . ment of deceased members and their wivea ^ aiii ' for granting suitablsrelief to the widows and orpUanicsfour departed brethren . : - ¦ - i-FouOTii .-. 'Cbat the scale of gifts be fixei : bjfi com . mittee of one oe more members from each lod ^ e " j
, Fifth -. That when properly organized ; , ijaanediate steps be taitcn tc , enroll the Funeral Fu ^ slj and that Lodges be- recommended to enroll tiicui- ' Bi ' -lawB- and ^ X ^ iSf ^ r ^^^ tllc By order . o £ the Provisional Committee ,. r , V- ^ . 'Stam ^ st ; Secretary . . [ A gpand aggregate meeting whs to- i ) e h ' eH on Thurs . day evening , m the Queen ' s Theatre , Wecasiaerontlie foregpmg proposed resolutions . It . was wnfidttltlv expected by our informant that . they : w <« iW be saopted The Eccles-District has joined thfr . | fanaester- and Sal ,. ordiBrcthren , against the Board of Dicoiors ] '
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, ^ % ^ I HI t fit _ SisoutAR Case . —A short time since , a young man , about eighteen years of age , meanly dressed and unable to speak , from his tongue having been cut out , was landed at Boulogne from a London packet . He had been taken up in Edinburgh for vagabondage , and being supposed from his features to be a native of i ranee , had been taken before the French Consul , who having interrogated him in French , received answers » y ?» sns . _ rhe young man having intimated that he believed . Boulogne to be his birth-place , was forwarded there . Immediately on his arrival the eommissary of the port confided him to the care of a gendarme who was to lend his assistance in endeavouring to discover the young man ' s parents All attempts have hitherto proved ineffectual , and no
- tumg can be discovered from the young man himself as hecan neither read nor write . His conduct wasat iirst so exceeding ^ violent , that it was faund necessary to place him in confinement . It was supposed b y some persons that he was a cabin-bojt : named Fournier , who had embarked some time baek on board the Irma ; butihe ^ real 1 Fournier arrhed at Boulogne within the last tew days , and of couase put an end to this supposition . Fronihisgestures . it is supposed thathe was present at the inteational sinking of a vessel , and that his tongue was est out to prevent his . disclosing what he knew . Tvsc » things appear certain —one , that he is not a native of Boulogne , and the othef , that he is but little removed in intellect from w 1 . ? ^ -The ' authorities ' gro busy in investigating this affair , but it is still involved in mystery . —« % - ¦ ¦
« an » . .- . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ / - ¦ ¦¦ ..: - . ...- - . . Sale of Slaves fc « the Benefit o ^ Theology —We find the following notice of a public sale , in the Savannah Bepublitan of March 3 , 1815 . After describing the plantation which was to be sold ; the noticeadds— " Alsoat thesame time and place , th e fol , Iowmgnegroslaves , to wit , Charles , Peggy , Antonett , Davy ^ September , Maria , Jenny , and Isaac-levied on as the property of Ucnry T . Hall , to satisfy a mortage A . fa . issued , out of Macintosh Supreme Court , in favourofths board of directors of the theological Seminar } ' oftheSynod of South Carolina and Geoi-fiia v . Wd Henry T . HalJ , . Conditions cash "C , O'Neal , DemUy Stoiflf , M . C . "
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—^^^^^* - - — . — ~ r ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ - ^ ^ r * r ^ ^ n *»* ODD FELLOWSHIP . TO THE KDITOn OF THE KOnTHEnX STAU . . Donegall-st ., Belfast , Aug . 6 th , 18-15 . Sin , —As some reports of proceedings in connection with the Manchester Unity , of Independent Odd Fellows have appeared in the Star of Saturday hist , and some previous numbers , and as such statements are calculated , if sufl ' ercd to pass unnoticed , to do inuch mischief to the order ,, and consciiucntly to the working classes generally ,:-1 have thought ; it necessary to trouble you with a fewjremarks thereon . I should have done so sooner , but siippostd some one mote competent ; than myself would . . have done so . The importance of the subjcct . tp the working classes will be a .. sufficient guarantee for ' theinsertion of this
communication . Lain as strong ' au advocate for freedom as any ; of your niost , zealous * COiTesnoildente can possibly be ; as nearly seven years' subscription to the Northern \ Strir . ^' . tlirbiigu '; good report aud trough evil report , "; will ' testif y ¦• ; but I am soitv to be obliged to doubt the pvirity . of . the motives by which' tlie leaders of this movemeht are actuated , lliere appears to me . to bo more of pci-sonal pi q . ue ami disappointment , than that pure Jove ol' principle ai \ i ¦ l - bc -tnc maiu spring of tlie Reiormer . All that has been said , one assertion exceptcd , viz ., the scale being . founded on a " . false data , " appears to me to be totally beside , the question ; and if it is the good of the order they are ' seekimr . whv not have
availed . 'themselves of those means the laws of the order so amply afford ; for ' remedying supposed or real grievances ' i If 'the ; resolutions '' complained ' of , as passed by the lato annual conimittee , can be shown to be inimical to the well-being of the order , and . the maj ority of the members will it , by laying the matter lawlully before the board of directore , the operation ot the offensive resolutions could bo suspended until the next A . M . 'C ., which would be the proper plan lor settling the dispute . As regards representation ,-1 consider the system to be all that any reasonable man can wish . Every district can send a deputy to the annual comniittee ' „ awl those districts who have more than 1000 members two deputies , and so on for every 1000 mcmbei'S one deputy ; and as these deputies are elected bv the representation of each lotlire in ouarterlv ' committi **
ot the districts , I cannot see what valid objection can be raised against it . As we have 4000 lodges in the unity , it each was to send a deputy to the committee , 1 think we should have a legislative assembly w . th a vengeance . This would inuecd bo " odd . " ¦ Most of the speeches and resolutions 'hitherto published appear to be directed against the officers of the order . . --If they have been unfaithful to their trust let them be exposed , and suffer accordingly . I would be the last man to throw a cloak over their sins if they be guilty . If they have been guilty of "jobbery or peculation , let the proper steps be taken to put a stop to such proceedings ; and let them be treated as every man should be who would defraud such an institution . Their removal from office and disgrace would be a warning to those who would come after them .
I send with this a copy of the last " quarterly re port ; " and you will sec by it ' that there arc other causes for this , more than appear sit first sight , and which I fear are not very creditable to the parties concerned . Upon calm reflection , the resolutions taken by the A . M . C . are calculated to place the order on a more firm and durable basis , without contracting to any extent worth naming , the benefits of the order . ' 1 he reductions apply chiefly to the funeral p its for members' wives ; and I am of opinion that a man should not be looking for a large sum at the death of h , wi C ) he having ° the same moans to support , hunself as . before . I think the women might look with some degree of suspicion upon men w lo are over anxious on this point . When a man isS ls film
whiourZ ThT * V ° i ly - " d also * « ^ widow and the fatherless arc left unprovided for as is the time when assistance is most required ; and on those occasions the sick , and funeral giftsTe . EX noS th 3 Sa T ^ - ' ^ 'ese aCVJn in IL , ? nifv i ™* t Wlthout notice > evei'y todge . btenuG , uL T becn 1 ? lade acquainted 4 k the lmonded change long previous to the meetin » ' bf the fesaasfs g ^ a . 'iAJtiKffi ^ tht orfe , taAct impiwoineiils thoroi ™ 1 "S !
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Gossujie ^ your Ora SMpp . ~ Several penuma . were fined 40 s . each at Manchester Borough Cwrf , on tnursday for not consuming the smoke of ( feur steaia-engme furnaces . ; : ¦ : >"• " Sample tor Osios Grombs 3 . —There arc-noir giWing in a garden belonging to Mr .. Isaa ^ ' Side-. bottoin , ot Mill Brook , in Staky , n ' cav . Stale ^ id ^ e . hrty-one onions , of the Charlotte kind , the produce tionof one single root . AUihe above are . ft apen ^ feet and healthy cdmHtion . - ~ 3 / an ^ cste ) - Ceurfy-
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Leeds ^ Cloth Markets . —^ In consequsncQ of . tho state oftlie weather buyers are cautious , aqilwutsequently there has been , only a moderate bwmesa dur'IKVT - ., * ecJotn halls , botl i qn Saturday Sraft ' at ° - 4 Qms * nd for a 11 deaejsptjLpH * of goods nrlivM K ° T ' ^ ' Tdesday . Mom 12 .-Tlie amval ot whqat &is ^ ek has ftjlsa to about an vSf ° ^ S . i th ^ a mojTeratBdemohd at rather ornt the rates of last Tuesday . Having a hScr £ l ° and ' » . » w * these avtictearo nctd to ? more money . No alte / aticm ™ aUuw mm
aince Saturday morning it has rained hoavify till S ^^ emncI abated > tostiU ta » ^ I . ^ W& oq MAitKE ? Monday , August 11 .-fM ^ . . Cd . j maslin , Wb % - . ' bean 3 and p 0 Wj 1 ( 8 . Od . per load ; oata ? 3 s . 6 d . per quarter . -Mamos Cons ; M «» w , Saturday , Atobw- ^ - ; I ^ r ? 1 ll . ad a l ^^^ supply of wheatand oats offer-Sfwi """^ - "jwket , and no alteration iaprioe . wS AT ^ ' x ^ heat ' re ( J - f «> m ^ 6 ° ' wuite , ditto , q 8 s . to 04 s . per qr . of 40 stoaes ; oats , I lid . tow ^ nevstono . . ¦ nWl P ^ . ^ IKET , SAliiBDAT i AvftVST O . -The ? i 5 tUe ); vn thl 8 neighbourhood continues very unsettled . We have a moderate supply of grain here this movmng ; that , combined with tho very rainy morning , causes our farmers to ask advancing nriccs ;
Which the buyers generally are not inclined to comply with , consequently ; we have but a small amount of business doing . -.-. " ¦¦
Printed By Dougal M'60"W An, Of 17, 6r«At "Ffindmffl* Btreet, Haymarket, In The Oi^ Of Westihinster, Atth»
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Officain the same Street arid Parish , for the Pro « prietor , FEARGUa O'CONNORi Esq ., andpubh " shettby WiitiAM Hi witt , of No ; 18 , Charles-stJ'eet , Braadoa « street , Walwerth , in the Parish of St . ' Mary , News * tq » . . in the County of Surrey , - at the Office , Ko . SJGi Sjiraud , in the Parish o 8 l , MBryJc . Strana 4 & * 8 . City o f Westminster Saturday , August 16 , 18 i-5 S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1328/page/8/
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