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SOTJTHWAKK ELECTION . KOH WATIofoFcASDIDATES . ' "XSSSSS&Zfi ZSS S ^ tSs SttW&S ^ LV n T ™ t offte Tovm-liall . The hour ap-S ^' by& B-SiMftropeDiBS the proceed-££ ! was tonToVock , but shortly after nine o ' clock fEsJaoS had asSmblea-Abpnt twentyminntes beS tSaieinfor ^ ment came ia from the direc-S r fToolev-stteet , consisting of a number of coal-Ems ^ dwharf-porters , whomadetheir way to the SS ™ sporting Mr . Pilchert cards andshouti ^ lfr . Pachersname : one of his placards they £ & ^ q uestionable taste , stu&ronnd a worn-out &nto form tfeeir burnerJust as tins body commenced their outcry Mr . Pilcher came on the Jmstmgs , and advanced to the rostrum or small stage which protruded from the front * to acknowledge their " mast sweet voices , " as be frequentiy did thronihont the day . Sir W . Metesworth ' s
deportinent was mere reserved , and afeiost haugfety ^ he flung backiuB 1 od S feair ftom ius temp tes with a somewhat impatient manner . Mr . MialTs tearing was extremely cool , even throe # out the ^ sar . For about ten minutes the "Pilchers" 4 » d almost undisputed possession of "tbecommon < a * , but the supporters of Sir W . Moleswdrth began &en to come on the ground ; Mr . Miall ' s friends were last in the f eld . The crcwd was v « ey good fedmoured , and finite satisfied -with preventing all thespeakers from beta * - heard by any person further fean a yard from ihem . The « andidates « reie all receded with agood 3 eal of applause , mixed with disapprobation ; Mr . Miall had ,, perhaps , father the fewest foes , lire < hree shoot hands befere the fray . The High Bailiff , ¦ dressed -in a court suit , and accompanied by Ins depntv-aadSir J . Pirie , arrived'Sftten o ' clock ; and , as it was everybody ^ interest tostand well with the presiding officer , ke was listened to with due attention . : .
The High BiSiFFsaid , they weremetinconse-¦ quence of being'deprived by "death of an oM and faithful representative ; and , -without preswaingto < jffer an opinion on that geBfSjeman ' s public merits , « ny observer of his conduct might be allowed to bear testimony that he was a gentleman of higfe and heaionrable pretensions , andso ^ ainedablyin the Commons' House < of Parliamentsfche trust reposed in him . < Hear . ) Their duty in electing a successor to Mm -was too well appreciated fey ^ he intelligffiit , wealthy and influeetial electors flien before hem ( a laugh ) to make any observation upon it necessary ; he was < raite sure that they would show that they * ppre ciated this . " important tra& by the meaner in "which they discharged it . *
Mr . W . Uawes at tesgtb came forward to propose -Sir W " . Molesworth , -and was received with uproar , ; and shouts of " He ' sa « tamcoatraRa infidel , " " Ah Ji Infidel ! Mr . Hawes-proceeded "to reconnaend the Ion . baronet as tbennost fitting $ erson teTepreseet the political , the eemmercial , and tbs religions ¦ opinions of the inhabitants of this boroagh . He represented the political opinions « f all who wished for an extension of < fe s « 5 rage ( " So , no' ^ siot to naive It universal , as « &e-ef his opponents Wished , bet to base it upon prop-rfcy , reason , education , and fitness to vote . Sir W . ileleswortfe had voted for the repeal of those cbcsesof the Reform Act by wfalch a large mass of the people of that borough were excluded from the franchise . 'As to the commercial interests of SoutUwark , he ^ was largely connected with ftem by 3 > roperty , andhi $ v 8 tes in Parliament had beetffor free iradeand a repeal ef the Corn Laws ^ vhen these views "wereunpopniar , he had thecourageito maintain them . Be would also represent properly the civil and
religious interests ef that great borough , advocating that lationalliberfy of-conscience winch enabled a man to declare 'and maintain his opinions freefy , and not ' stigmatising any one by unmanly placatSs because ! he held a different opinion . Se W . Moleswortn wasj surrounded by all those gentlemen in die borough "who had distinguished themselves in it by the maintexance of civil and religions liberty « or the last twenty -y-ara . But -who surrounded Mr . Pilcher J "Where wee the Barclays end the Petts ? Where was the commercial interest ? And who surrounded 3 Ir . Mall—the Rev . Mr . This andi&e Bev . Mr . That ; became forward as the advocate of civil and religious liberty , but only liberty for himself and ibis party . The one was supperted by the rankest Iknyism , and the other by Eeargus O'Gennor aed iis friends . The -fittest maa to represeat the borotigh -was Sir W . Molesworth , and he weald be at the head of the poll . ( Much -confusion /}
Mr . Miitm -seconded the nomination of iaeifeoncnrable baronet . Mr . E . Paluez then < came Formssvd to p topsse Mr . Pilcher {'" 2 ? o Tory l ">) , -a gentlemen residing aasong them and acqaaiuted with all thsir local wants , ¦ which ^ Sir'W . Moleswcrth could mot possiblj'uoder--stand . Mr . Pilcher would support our Protestant constitution ; and Jet- the electors remem . bes-iliat we -owed our civil and Kligions liberties to fiheefffsis of Protestants at'the Reformation . ^ Mr . Paknor proceeded to denounce the sentiments of Usbbes , and Sir W . Molesworth as his editor ; but the uproar made it impossible to collect wi £ h ceitejnty what he £ aid . ) . . Mr . Dakb seconded the noraintrfwn of Mr . PScher . Mr-A . Peliak : had much , pleasure ia proposing Mr . Miall , a man emanating 'from th ( iir « wn class , and a man of honest integrity . He had Beng fcnown that gentleman -- ( " Down with lim !' )^ ana long
"valued his writings on the-euBJect of eivii aiidrell ^ ious li berty . Mr . Midi's prineiples were net pf a eelfish order , but were those of an expanded mind , and he would give to the whole British community every . privilege he asked for -himself . He < rcas for universal suffrage , and so was Sir W . . Molesworth seven or eight . rears ago ; fcut ie had changed or denied his principles to siiit a particular classcftlie Sectors . ( Groans . ) A very loi-ge class of British Crhristianssympathised wfth- 'Mr . Miall on the rolun iary principle . Mr . IIawes iboi cried shame upon the piacardists ; but he { Mr . PeUatt ) would say it ¦ was an honour to them that ,-When taunted with being unable to brin * . proof of the infidelity of If obbes , they iad done it nobly , quotiegtthe highest authorities of the last century , down toSinJ . Mackintosh , to prove that Hobbes was notealy a % rant , a despot , aad a centraliser in politics , bat an infidd in religion . ^ Uproar . ) Mr . J . M . Webb seco ^ eS the ~ nomlBs £ ; ion of Mr . Miall .
Sir W . MoLBsaroRin theceamefoiirar-d to address the meeting amidst consideitble uproax , caused as much by the clieere and siients of his supperters as by the groans and hooting ofiis opponeats , < which continued without a moment ' s intermission i * the con--clusion of the lion , baronet ? s speech , « sdn ^ ich as we liave already obserred ( and . the same remark applies equally to the speeches of'tfee other candidates ) , was only heard by thoseimmediately arouud hios . Havingin Araia hegged for a petlent hearing . from the -crowd -while he explained totUem his peiiticaO principles , ihe hon . barouet proceeded to say , —Of-the three candidates who aspire 10 -the honour * rf . representing you in Parliament , . the lot-has fallen upon me first to a-Jdress you . I entreat a patient hearing < w&ilst I
endeayour . as briefly asl can , to explain siy . pelifcical principles . Jf you approve-cf my principles , iit will be your duty to elect me . ; if * you disapprove . of -them , it will be your duty to reject me . For bhib yfarsl * at and voted in the House of Commons as a . Radical . To those principles I still adhere , aed intend i » adhere . Are jan for or are you . against Radical ptaaciplea ( cheers ) . 1 wiUputthe ^ HestionmoEe-distincfly ^ Are you in favour of Free Trade ? Are you opposed toaU protectiEg duties ? Would yoa estena year « omm » cc—eseliange yflurmaBafaeturesfoTlhepiio-Jnctions of every climate , so that your manufactures may flourish , aad the labeuriagclasses be prosperous and happy . ? Bo youdesirearepealoftue Conn Laws ^ cheers ) ? Do you wish Sot cheap food—for
Abundant food . for oar daily Increasing populaiionj Accordiag as yoa answer i ^ ese questions , yes or no , so should j « u vote dor or against me . I have supported every measure calculated to extend the commerce and unshackle the industry of this country . As astaaeh Free-Trader I should take sny seat as joar repraseniatire la the House of Comlnons ( eheeK ) .. Again , ate you in favour of religious Jiberty and equality ? I ^ j yoa agree with me in thinking , that neither the 6 tate nor society ought to interfere with the religious belief of any man ? that all creeds , seets , and reUgions—that Protestants , Catholics and Dissenters , Jews and Christians , should Jbe treated in erery . respect alike ( chests )? Ifyouhold theseopinioos , thenitisyourdutytovoteforme . For ,
througout the whole of my public and private career , in every thought , deed , and word , I have been true to the principles of religious liberty and equality Again , would you do justice to Ireland ? I have proved that I would by every vote that I have given en Irish affairs . I have proved it since I came into this borough . 1 might have avoided all the danger £ > f this contest , if I would have shrunk from the side « fjostice to Ireland . I was asked howlskould have voted with regard to the late grant to Maynooth . I might have evaded that question . I might have said that I waslot in Parliament when that measure was passed—thatit was settled and gone by . I felt , however , that it was my duty to you honestly to state my cpinions with regard to that grant , and I felt that in justice to Ireland I must have voted for it . The
great majority of the Irish nation have adhered to the religion of their forefathers , and are st ill Catholics . The piety of those ancestors bequeothed vast property for the maintenance of the Catholic religion , and for the instruction of the Catholic priests . That property has been ahenated—not to the uses of the state , nor for the . benefit of the whole Irish nation—but to the support t » r eh jgwnin which seven-eighths of the people stterly disbehere . As some slight compensation , £ SS ? 'i ™ « f Ereat wrong , the Irish parliament afirSMfcm ? ^^ tethem-to render them il ^ i ^ wrooV ^ nd wt , « kd become inadequate for its purpose , ana last year it was proposed to make it
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sufiScient . Now , I ask , could the House of Commons , with propriety , have rejected such a propose ? Would not the refusal of this grant have bee £ considered as tantamount to a declaration of ' * nostility towards Ireland ? Would it not have affirmed the assertion of the agitator , that there ^/ as no justice to be obtained from England ? "W ' ould it not have lent force to the cry of a Repeal of the TJnion ? I answer it would . I am opposed ' the Repeal of the Union—no one more so , but ti \ en I say , do justice to Ireland ; destroy her monster church " , the reproach of England ; and when ^ ou nave done this , then , and not till then , refu ^ this small gr ant to Maynooth . Now a few wrjraS ^ lth regard to those antagonists . First , wif a regard to Mr . Pilcher . Mr . Pilcher is a Tor / . I say it with every respect , for he has as mucn tight to his conscientious opinions as I have to mine . Qur opinions are diametrically
opposed . Ther e is a fair , upstanding fight between us , which the r , oll of to-morrow will decide in my favour-Now a fev / words to the friends of Mr . Miall , and to that gentleman himself . Many amongst you , I know , are honest and sincere men , for whose characters I entertain unfeigned respect . I wished that our united forces should do battle to the common enemy . I offered to agree to any fair compromise . I promised to retire from the field if I were the weaker , and to give all the assistance in my power to your ' candidate . These offers your candidate rejected , and the contest went on . Still I hoped that no angry feelings would arise between us ; I trusted that we should abstain from personalities towards each other , and that this wocld be a calm contest of reaaon . In these , my hopes , I have been disappointed , and for that disappointment I am not to blame . Not one word of disrespect , trot one single syllable of reproach did I utter against your candidate till I was assailed— _
A TOice from the hustings exclaimed : " You beguE . " Sk William Molesworth : What ? How ? The same voice : "You called Mr . Miall reverend . " Sir Wniiaii Momssworth ( laughing ) : And is that aterm . of reproach ( laughter ) ? I repeat , not one word of reproach did I utter till I was assailed . When struck , however , I am ever ready to strike in re-Sum . "Who struck the first blow ? You , Mr . Miall ! You quitted the high ground of argument .. You descended Into the arena of abuse . You accused me of dishonesty on account of my opinions with regard to Maynwth ; you taxed me with insincerity because I possessed property in the Church of England ; you called upon the Dissenters of Southward to shrnk withliorror from my opinions ; you attempted to excite religious rancour and animosity against me ; like an inquisitor of -oid , you presume to question me on my religious belief , and to summon me before the
tribaaal of your private judgment . 1 am glad to meet yiu here to-day , face to face , to answer you , to scoff ¦ at your pretensions , and to bid you ¦ defiance . I tell jou , in the name of religious liberty -and equality , ! that no msaJias a right to interfere with therein gious opinions of another man—that no man has a right to question or blame the belief of Ms neighbour . Xtell you that in your conduct and language towards « ie you have been untrue to the great principle of religious liberty—you have been without that citmty which is the essence of religious liberty . You have denounced me as the editor of the warks of Hobbes of Malraesbury . Electors , I am proud of the fact , I will rest upon it a claim to jour support , in opposition to the « Iaims of Mr . Miall He is the editor of the Nonconformist . I am the editor of Hobbes . To compare the tw © works to-i geyser , would be like comparing the vastest moun- ' tarn on the earth ' s surface with tnesmaUest mole-hill . Tiie works of -Sobbes will last more centuries than
the Jxonconformist will days . The writings ot Hobbes will live as long as the Anglo-Saxon race and Jangaage . They will be read age after age , by the -studious amongst the millions of our race , who will people the two Americas and the islands of the * Southern Ocean , and who will wonder at the ignorant and the bigotted herd who dared to assail so great a master of thought and language . As one < of that herd , it is your only chance , Mr . Miall , of escaping oblivion . When I commenced this contest , I was toll by one of Mr . Miall' s admirers that he was , % retired and accomplished student , skilled in literature , a lover of learning and wisdom , an acute rcasoner , an aole writer , and in every way well fitted to instruct the nation through the public press . I did believe all this , and I felt almost ashamed of entering into a
contest with such a person . Now , I ask you , electors , has Mr . Miall ' s conduct with regard to Hobbes been in conformity with the character I have just given . ? If you , Mr . Miall , had any love of learning , any regard for the literature of your country , any reverence for the wisdom of past times , any admiration for beauty of language , vigour of expression , vigour of logic , and boldness of reasoning , though you might , like myself , deem many of flobbes ' s opinions erroneous , though you might reject the whole of his doctrines , yet jou would have aceorded ' praise , not blame , to me for enabling the student to peruse the works of one of England ' s most illustrious authors . No ; like that Mahometan warrior and bigot who destroyed the wisdom of ages , you would burn every work and consume all literature that in the slightest
degree was at variance with your limited notionswith your own koran . You hare denounced me as the editor of an infidel work ; I have challenged you to make good your assertions , I have called upon you to point out one infidel passage , one single sentence derogatory to Christianity in the works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury . Have you or have you not read those works ? If you have not read them , what right have you to say that they are infidel productions ? [ Mr . Miall , who was standing so close to Sir William as even to touch his arm by reason of the pressure of the crowd , here made a remark , to which Sir William Moleswsrth immediately replied . ] If you have read them , then point out one infidel passage in them , one single sentence hostile to Christianity . Idefyyoutoit . Toil have shrunk from the
attempt , lou have directly acknowledged that no such passage can be found in those works . Would it not have been manly and courageous to have acknowledged your error , to have said that you had never read those works , and that you had been misled with regard to them ? Instead of doing this you have had recourse to subterfuge . First , you have talked about Gibbon . Now toll me , acute logician , able reasoner , what has Gibbon to do with Hobbes , or Hobbes with Gibbon ? Two minds more dissimilar can hardly be found than the philosopher of Malmesbury and the historian of the Roman Empire . Would you , the lover of knowledge , not only destroy the works of our greatest dialectician , but the writings likewise of our greatest historian ? Would you consign to the same flames the Leviathan , and the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire ? 2 dly . You have insinuated that some of Hobbes ' s opinions lead to infidelity . Prove it , I say . Now , I ask , is there a single work renowned in science , in literature , or in art , against which a similar charge has not been brought by some narrowminded bigot ? It is a well-known historical fact , that every great discovery in astronomy , in natural history , in chemistry , or in any of the physical sciences—that everything which has made us better acquainted with the heavens , with the earth , and with human naturethat every acquisition of knowledge which has tended to elevate humanity , every attempt at free inquiry , every effort to shake off the trammels of authority , has been successively attacked by the ignorant and narrow-minded as leading to infidelity . Under this malignant and accursed plea some of the greatest
spirits of the human race have been persecuted and slain . Socrates was put to death as an infidel—he who first said there were antipodes was burnt . The followers of Copernicus were persecuted as disbelievers ; and the great Galileo , on bended knees , was compelled to assert that the earth was immoveable . Bacon and Descartes were taxed with irreligion ; the doctrines of Lock were said to lead to materialism . Newton was accused of dethroning the Deity for the discovery ot the law of gravitation ; a similar charge was made against Franklin for explaining the nature of the thunderbolt . Priestley's library was burnt , and his person endangered , on account of his religious opinion—and , in our own days , Buckland , Sedgwick , and the other geologists , are accused of overturning revelation by their discoveries
wiih regard to the past existence of the earth . In short , in all ages , and among all nations , infidelity has ever been the war-cry which the base , the ignorant , the intolerant , and the canting tribe have raised against the great , the noble , and the genenras spirits of the hum . in race . That cry you , Mr . Miall , have attempted to raise against the works which I have edited . I now again solemnly , call upon you , before these , the electors of Southwark , whom you wish to represent in P . itliament , I challenge you to make good your assertions . If you shrink from the attempt , or faiJ ^ -as fall you will—then I accuse you before your fellow-citizens of having brought this charge against me for base electioneering purposes . I brand you as a calumniator—and appeal to the poll of to-morrow . ( Great cheering from Sir William ' s friends . )
Mr . Pilcheb next presented himself , and was received with a stunning volley of cheers from his friends and a fire of yells and hisses from the rest of the mob . The supporters of Sir W . Molesworth appeared resolved to pay off in the same coin the interruption which their favourite candidate had received during his address , and all parties amicably concurred in manufacturing so frightful an uproar , that , although the honourable candidate considerately elevated his voice , in the veiy ears of the reporters , who were stationed close to hun , only detached sentences of his speech-could be gathered . He submitted to them that a commercial man vas best fitted to represent such a constituency as that of Southwark .
tS Surely , he observed , out of the five or six thousand electors which Southwark contained , one of them at least could be found worthy of being their representa tive in Parliament , without seeking amongst those who were Btrangers to the borough and ife interests He knew the wants of the borough , and he had had a better opportunity of becoming acquainted with them than eitherof the other candidates . He had lived among the inhabitants ^ and had performed the duties of the various offices which it had fallen to his lot to be elected to ; for he was proud to say that he had served in various capacities , not in Southwark alone , but in both London and the county of Middlesex . I He had considered it his duty to come forward in the Bervice of his country when called upon so to do ( No
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go ; we wont have you , , ] j e nau been a strenuous supporter of the various charities of the borough , of its dispensaries , and its hospital ( frantic vociferations from the coal heavers , which the honourable candidate gracefully and gratefully acknowledged ) . Some persona had called him a Tory and others had called him a Whig , but he would tell them what he was—a true and liberal reformer of every abuse that could be shown to exist in the country . At all times he would maintain the independency of the electors . The Poor-Law should have Ms utmost attention , and he would do everything in his power to alleviate the pressure upon the poor man , by giving support to the extension Jol trade and commerce . So also the question of the Corni Lawsshould have his best attention ( as we understood
the honourablecandidate ) , and he would do all in his power , not only to extend the trade generally but locally to benefit the borough by the introduction of that which he hoped and believed was not far distant , extensive docks in Soutkwark ( cheers ) . With respect to the Maynooth grant , if an opportunity offered he should be a strenuoussupporter of the repeal of the grant ( loud cheers ) . With respect to the income-tax . he believed a property-tax would be better , and he should much like to see a repeal of the assessed taxes , which pressed so unequally upon every class of the people . He was also friendly to a probate and legacy duty upon real property . _ The sale or conversion of the crown lands would give , according to a late calculation , £ 6 , 000 , 000 , which would relieve the people from
those taxes which he had mentioned as pressing injuriously upon them . The honourable candidate concluded by expressing his sense of the support he had received , and the peculiar gratification * he felt at being able to say that his cause was advocated by the ladies . ( The conclusion of the speech was received with ecstatic delight byMr . Pilcher ' s friends , and a storm of disapprobation from the rest of the crowd . Mr . Mull then came forward , and perceiving at once the inutility of addressing the crowd , followed the example of his predecessors , by directing his voice towards the reporters . He said that he , as well as the hon . baronet , liked to meet his antagonist face to face , but he disdained on the present occasion to reply to the personalities with which he had teen assailed—that he , in common with , the hon . baronet
who had preceded him , was glad to meet his astagonist face to face , and he rejoiced in the opportunity afforded kiln of witnessing the peculiar courtesy and refinement of manner that distinguished tlxe aristocracy when pressed harder tban party convenience allowed . He scoraed , howewr , to reply to the personalities in which the hoe , baronet had indulged , tion , such as it was , agasust that of ffobbes or any otber man . Ee would say for himself however , that , accordieg to his ability , he had always tried to do good to his fellow men , and advance the-in-Serests of their common humanity , and jfc was a matter of no "concern to liim whether his name was handed down to oblrtion , or was handed up to posterity . He was actaated in his'present conduct by no such motives as these . He had taken a stand in
what he considered right , and none of the taunts ot the hen . baronet 'could make him ashamed of his positien . With Tegard to tfcs infidelity of Hobbes , he had been challenged to produce a single passage of Ms works that would afford evidence t > f his sentiments in this ' particular . ( A voice in the crowd : " Do not burst your boiler ? ' ) The whole scope of his works were against Christianity and civil liberty . They were exposed to the rights of individual conscience , amS , consequently , opposed to that pure and spiritual religion whick they professed to reverence . If he had-erred in this respect , lie had erred in good company—he fiad erred in common with Duckworth and Hafiam—with Dugald Stewart and Sir James Mackintosh—who ail concurred in condemning the . doctritses propounded by the infidel philosopher of Malmesbury . If Sir William Molesworth were right , then the literary and philosophical world had been dishonest for the last two centuries . He found not
fault with the honourable baronet for his private convictions , and he begged to assure him . that he never would interfere with them , and would not on account of them proscribe him . On the contrary , he would give him ^ the utmost opportunity of making known his sentiments , and respect him for the zeal and energy with which he might defend them . The honourable baronet had accused him ( Mr . Miall ) of being bigoted and intolerant , and had taken his stand on a misunderstood or misinterpreted sentence of a speech of his , as reported in the public papers . It was clear that the honourable baronet did not understand his real sentiments , for if there was one man in the community more than another , who would leave mind free to science , religion , and philosophy ,
he was the man . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) This was the truth , and he defied any man to produce a single line which he had either written or spoken , to prove the contrary . ( Loud cheers . ) He denied that he had ever referred to Sir William Molesworth as the editor of " Hobbes , " until the Honourable Baronet , with miserable taste , taunted him with being a " Reverend . " ( Laughter , cheers , and uproar . ) Tho Hon . Baronet took credit to himself for being the exclusive friend of Ireland , and he had drawn their attention to what would be the effect of withdrawing from the people of that country the grant of Maynooth . Now he ( Mr . Miall ) begged to tell them that the great cause of discontent amongst the people of Ireland was the Church Establishment ; and if the
contending factions of Whigs and Tories had been desirous of calming down their rage , which disturbed the tranquillity of that country , they would have long since withdrawn that establishment . The Endowment Bill , for which the Honourable Baronet was prepared to give such a decided vote , was brought forward solely in order to save that monstrous institution . ( Cheers and uproar . ) The aristocracy of both parties trembled lor its permanent existence , and in order that it might stand they bribed the Roman Catholic priesthood by this so-called Educational grant . This , however , was not the only scheme of a similar kind which they intended , for they proposed to promote two or three other ecclesiastical establishments , and to keep the oriesthood in
the pay of Government , in order to smother the aspiration of the people after liberty . ( Cheers . ) He had already more than once informed them that this new policy of the Government was the solo cause of his having obtruded himself on their notice . Let the Dissenters of the Borough of Southwark believe that this was an evil injurious to the liberty of the people , and let them who intended to vote for Sir William Molesworth consider what would be the result of that vote . They had now an opportunity of vindicating their principles and character , by sending to Parliament a man pledged not only against this grant , but against all State endowments whatever . If they acted otherwise , it passed his imagination to consider in what manner they would retire from the
contest . ^ If they were defeated , where would they hide their heads for shame ? If they obtained a victory they should hurry to the country , so that none might be a witness of their compunctious repentance . Even the very children would reproach them with being traitors , and as having betrayed the cause of civil and religious liberty entrusted to them by their forefathers , under the most solemn obligations to hand it down unimpaired to posterity . ( Cheers and great confusion . ) The honourable gentleman who moved the nomination of Sir W . Molesworth as a fit and proper person to represent them , declared that he could not understand the position which he ( Mr . Miall ) had taken up . He did not wonder at the gentleman ' s want of comprehension ,
for none were so deaf as those who would not hear . ( Laughter . ) The honourable gentleman , doubtless , looked at what would be the effect of this contest in another borough in the neighbourhood [ cheers and laughter ); and , therefore , he could not understand any movement , whether political or ecclesiastical , which did not strictly fall in with the convenience of the Whigs [ great uproar ] . He was proud to observe that the elective body throughout the country generally , were emancipating themselves from the shackles in " which they were held by the domineering Whigs [ cheers , hisses , and confusion ] . To these electors he wished all success . He now
stood ferward in his own person , to give them every assistance in his power [ cheer ' s ] . With this view , he had determined on giving every elector in the borough an opportunity of recording his vote in favour of his henest principles , and whatever might be the result of the experiment , he considered that , in doing so , lie was conferring a benefit on every honest man . In the noisy state of the meeting , it would be useless for him ro persist in addressing them at any greater length . All he could say was , that he should be most happy , if they put him in the proud position of being their representative , to pledge himself to an advocacy of those public interests on which their hearts were set . Mr . Miall then retired
Mr . Maynard here stepped forward , with the etter of Feargus _ O'Connor in his hand , andmanully confronted Sir William Molesworth . SirWm . iad the consummate impudence still to denr the " speech , " and attributed it . to John Temple leader M . P . for Westminster , who is now on ike Continent . ' Upon this , Mr . Maynard told Sir William that he was present at the meet&g at the . Crown and Anchor , reported in the Chronicle , and heard HIM deliver the speech in question ; and also avow the pleasure he had in following in the steps of Major Cartwright . Sir William then said that he would write to Mr . Leader , and get that gentleman to confirm his ( Sir William ' s ) statement ! The High Bailiff proceeded to take the show of hands , holding up a large placard bearing the name of the candidate for whom the votes were to be aken . He then declared that to the best of his judgment the choice had fallen on Sir W . Molesworth . ¦¦ ¦ ' .. A poll was demanded for the other candidates and was fixed to take place at 8 o ' clock on the following ( Thursday ) morning , and continue till 4 o'clock
Mr Pilcheb moved , and Sir W . Moleswobth seconded , a vote of thanks , to the High Bailiff which was carried unanimously . ' The High Bailiff returned thanks He' was much pleased with the orderly and impartial manner in which the meeting had acted ( ironical cheers and laughter ) . He trusted that the same good understanding would be maintained to the close of the poll , and that nothing would transpire to mar the
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good name Southwarkbad acquired for its conduct , ^ elections . ¦ ¦¦ . ' ., - , . , . The multitude then gradually separated . THE POLL . The polling commenced at eight o ' clocit on Thursday morning vigor ously , and from l } , ftrst announcement of the numbers at nine 0 c ' . ock , it was evident that Sir W . Molesworth wo \ , ld be the successful competitor . nine o ' clock . Molesworth 561 Pilcher - •¦ -.. 206 Miall - - - - 185 XffELVE O ' CLOCK . ¦ Molesworth . ¦ . - - 1419 Pilcher - - - - - 816 Miall - - - - - 306 THREE O CLOCK . Molesworth - - - - 1835 Pilcher - - - - , 1116 Miall ..... 341 FOUR O CLOCK . Molesworth .... 1942 Pilcher 1176 Miall ... 363 Molesworth , majority over Pilcher - 762 Miall - 1589
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MANSION HOUSE . Saturday . — Extensive Robber ? of Tea Warehouses , —Edward Brazier , Joseph Hincks , Robert Way . wood , and James Williams , were brounht before the Lord Mayer , in custodyof George Russell , policeman 44 . Mr . John Potts , of tfte firm of Matson and Potts , tea dealers , of No . 3 , Martin ' s-lane , Gannon-street , deposed' tha the prisoners Brazier and Hincks were in the emplo of the firm . Suspicion being entertained that their servants w » e robbing them for some time past , the firm applied to the police to watch their premises , which , watching led to the present arrest . G . Russell < of the detective forco City Police , said , that on Friday , about one o'clock , he was on tse watch in Thames-street , when he saw Brazier and Hincks together . Hincks had a packet apparently of tea in his hand . He looked about him , and then
put the parcel in his right-hand pocket , and proceeded to the White Swan public-house , at the corner of the street . After a time , Williams came up with his cart , and went to the same house . Ultimately they both came out , "Williams having a parcel under [ a . cloth , which he put into the cart . Leaving his cart , he went down College-hill , and ultimately returned , carrying a blue bag on his shoulder , apparently containing something heavy . He ( Russell ) went up to Williams , and told him that he was an officer of police , and asked him what he had in the cart , when he replied , " About 201 bs . of tea , which he had bought in the City . " He declined to say where he had bought it . On being asked for his bills of parcels , he replied , " He had none . " Williams was then taken to the stationhouse . —Samuel Coombes , policeman 16 , corroborated the testimony of his brother officer , and added , "that on searching Williams's cart , they discovered eight parcels of tea , one ditto of tobacco , four ditto of sugar ,
all of which he now produced , together with two parcels of coffee found at the prisoner Williams ' s shop ( a chandler ' s shop in Hoxton ) . Mr . Pelham , jun ., who attended for the prisoners , asked if the small parcels now produced might not be legally in the postession of a tea-dealer ?—Mr . Locock , of the firm of Locock and Richards , tea-dealers , College-hill , deposed that the prisoner ( Robert Waywood ) was in the employ of their firm , and had admitted that the bags containing some of the goods were theirs . He ( Mr . Locock ) identified the bags . —Inspector Waller said he believed the prisoner Hincks had made a confession to his employer . —Mr . Potts was recalled , and said Hincks has admitted that he had done wrong ; that he had taken about l * Bis . of tea yesterday , at about half-past one o ' clock , of Brazier , and handed it to Williams . He believed Hincks had been mixed up in such transactions for the last six weeks , and the other prisoners for a much longer period . The whole of the prisoners were remanded until Wednesday next at ten o ' clock .
Monday . —Suicide on board a Hull Steam Packet . —Mr . Hall , of the firm of W . J . Hall and Co ., of the Custom-house . quay , waited on the lord Mayor , for the pur . pose of malting a communication to his lordship relative to the suicide of a gentleman on his passage from Hull to London , in a steam vessel . It appeared from the state ment made by Mr , HiiU , that on Saturday afternoon , the 6 th of September , when the William Davley steam vessel was on her passage from Hull to the port of London , a gentleman , best cabin passenger , jumped overboard , near the lower middle buoy , abreast the Shears , and was drowned . The moment Captain Turner saw the unfortunate man in the water he ordered the engine to be stopped and reversed , and the boat to be lowered , and manned . The order was instantly obeyed , but all the efforts of the crew were ineffectual . The deceased sunk and was seen no more . No appearance of insanity was attached to him , as far as those on board had opportunity of ascertaining- during tho voyage , but he was observed to be exceedingly low-spirited and restless . On Friday night he partook of tea with the rest of the passengers , and sat
in the cabin all ni fa'Ut . On Saturday morning he took breakfast alone . At about two o ' clock in the afternoon he had a small bottle of porter and a biscuit , and after tlie other passengers had dined , he dined by himself on deck , and soon after he' finished his meal he committed himself to the waves . He was about Ijve feet eight inches tall , had a round face , appeared to be thirty oi ! tliii'ty-oue years of age , and was dressed in a 'Eaglioni coat , light drab trousers , light waistcoat , light handkerchief , and Wellington boots . According to the best of the recollection of Mr . Barrow , the clerk of the William Darley , the deceased hud a watch in his pocket at the time he jumped overboard . A passenger was booked as Mr . H . Coll , Norwich , who was supposed to be the gentleman who drowned himself , as a box , with his mime upon it , was left on boavd , and had not been claimed . There were also a light leather portmanteau , a coat , and fishing tackle , unclaimed . It was stated that the articles specified as having been on -board without being claimed , may be seen , for the purposes of identification , by application to Messrs . Hall .
BOW STREET . . . Saturday . —Another Pketender . —King Edward VII . !—A young man of respectable appearance , who claims to be closely related to the Royal Family , and who gave his name as Edward William Searle , waa placed at the bar charged with making a forcible entry into Clarence House , and with wilfully breaking a pane of glass . Giles Midwinter , of the Grenadier Guards , said , that at half-past six o ' clock last evening he was on duty as sentry at Clarence House ( the residence of the Duchess of Kent ) , when the
prisoner came to the gates , and after some parley with the servants , attempted to get into the house by force ; one of the servants turned him out , and witness endeavoured to persuade him to go away , but he could not be persuaded that he had not as much right to free ingress and egress as the Duchess of Kent herself , and witness was at last obliged to bring him to the station-house . The prisoner , it appeared , had , on getting to the station , asked for writing materials , and wrote a letter , which was produced in court , and of which we give a copy : — Westminster .
To IT . R . EC . the Diike of Cambridge . The King of England , Ed . Wm , Searie , is detained In a common loek-up-house for breaking his own , or rathar his mother ' s , window . I appeal to you whether I am what I have stated , and whether the Duchess of Kent is not my mother-in-law . If such should not be the case , I am wiling to abide whatever punishment they may inflict upon me ( or penalty ) . I cannot be blind to what has been going on in London and in France , particularly this last two months , without supposing myself to be related to you aud the Royal Family of England in some way or other , but how , God only knows .
I have submitted to punishment enough lately , and I beg of you , I implore you on my knees , to afford the information I have so long wished for , hut in vain . ¦ William Burgess , tailor , of the Strand , said that the prisoner had lodged with him for about twelve months . He knew several of the prisoner ' s friends . Mr . Greenwood , a barrister , was , he believed , an uncle of his . He knew the prisoner had friends and relatives in Durham , but not in London . Mr . Greenwood did not live in London . The prisoner was ultimately handed over to the parish authorities as a lunatic .
CLERKENWELL . TtiESDAY . — The Infeusal Poor Law . ^—A Stock jobbing Scoundrel . —Mr . Whitton , a stock-broker , residing in Cross-street , Islington , was summoned for refusing to maintain an illegitimate child , of which l'e was said to be the father . Mr . Robinson appeared for the defendant . The hearing of the case was originally fixed for an earlier day ( Wednesday last ); on that occasion the mother of the infant , a quiet-looking poor girl , attended with her witnesses , but the defendant did not appear , and the case was , at the request of his solicitor , adjourned till to-day . Mr . Robinson again applied for the adjournment of the case to Tuesday next . —Mr . Combe asked upon what grounds ?—Mr . Robinson said his client was busy upon the Stock Exchange , "llary Watts , the complainant , said she had brought all her witnesses there at great trouble and expense on both days . Mr . Mould , the magistrate's clerk , said it was too bad to harass the poor creature by bringing her there day after day . Her expenses should at least be paid . The poor girl said she was obliged to bring witnesses from their work—poor people—on the last day
and on this . Mr . Mould suggested that their expenses should at least be paid by the defendant , Mr , Robinson said his client would pay her 5 s . to compensate the wit . nesses , but nothing for her own time . The poor girl said she could not live upon nothing , and wanted her own expenses . She hoped the magistrate would make the defendant pay the expenses of the former day . Mr Combe said the defendant ought to pay at least 5 s . more for the attendance of witnesses on that day . Mr . Robinson declined , but finally said he would be guided by the magistrate , who recommended that 10 s . in the whole should be paid for the expenses of the witnesses . The girl asked if she was to be allowed nothing for her loss of time . She had a child to maintain , and found it hard to get employment . Mr . Robinson said he did not wonder at it . Mv . Mould : Perhaps it was your client brought her to that condition . You had better pay her over the expenses . Mr . Robinson said he would abide by the maris . trate ' s decision , but did not pay her anything . The poor girl ultimately left the court with her witnesses , having reluctantly agreed to the adjournment .
SOUTHWARK . " Satubda * . —Electioneering . —Patrick Regan , an Irishman , was charged with creating a disturbance , aud assaulting policeman 92 M . The policeman stated , that bein £ on duty in Tooley-street the preceding night he heard the prisoner vociferating « Pilcher for ' ever , and
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d—n those who don't vote for him . " He was drunk at the time , and created a good , deal of disturbance ^ When desired to go home , he refused , and kicked the policeman in tho shins , and behaved otherwise with considerable violence , so that it was with difficulty he was at length conveyed to the station-house . Mr . Traill asked the prisoner why he behaved with such violence , and whether he was one of Mr . Pikher ' s supporters !—Prisoner : I was engaged in keeping the door where the meeting was held , and liaring taken a drop too much on my way home , I don't know exactly what I did , but don't recollect kicking the man'B shins , —Evidence having been adduced that the prisoner had on other occasions acted with great violeuce towards the police , he was committed for a month .
.. OLE RKEN WELL . Saturday—Assault—Two ! men , named Pugsey and llawlins , were charged with the following assault upon Mr . J . Dwyer , inspector of St . Luke ' s parish . The complainant , who is a feeble old man , deposed , that on the previous evening he was getting away a horse and oray that were obstructing the street ( St . John's-street ) , when a mob collected , amongst whom were the prisoners , Without any provocation the prisoners all kicked him , knocked off his hat into the mud and jumped upon it ( the hat and gold lace were valued at A" 2 ); they then tore his coat to rags , knocked him down and kicked him . He had given them no provocation whatever . The prisoners were fined in the whole amount , £ 3 os . for damage and assault , or ten days'imprisonment .
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MESSRS . M'GIUTH , DOYLE , AND CLARK'S TOUR . Burnley . —On Monday evening , September 1 st , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held in the Temperance Hall , for the purpose of bearing addresses from Messrs . Doyle , M'Grath , and Clark , members of the Executive Committee ot the National Cliartei * Association , on " the Charter and the Land . " At eight o ' clock , the time ann ° « ncei 1 for commencing business , on the motion or Mr . Holland , seconded by Mr . Shutt , Mr . Thomas Tattcrsall was called to the chair , who , after a bnet but wiling speech , introduced Mr . Thomas Clark to the meeting . Mr . Clauk , on rising , was greeted with loud cheers . He stated that the object of himself and brother
members of the Executive in attending that meeting was , to put this question to the working men ot Burnley : —Are you prepared to assist us in our struggle to emancipate our common country from the life-destroying and iiell-boon system of misrule under which it is at present groaning ? They were there to ask them if they felt a desire to be men ? If they wished to throw off the domination of the master class , and try for once to become their own rajisters ? To prove to the world that working men could live without masters . The experiment certainly was * novel one , but , nevertheless , it was worth , a trial-They had all heard of the Chartist Land plan , that was to give to pack member o £ the Land Society two acres of good land , a cottage , and £ 15 lCs . Sd .
to enable them to commence operations , and all for the sum of £ 2 10 s . Now , how was that to be done ? Why , by co-operation , to be sure . ( Cheers . ) One man could not do it individually , but one thousand could do it conjointly . Some of their" friends" had been telling them that they could not buy the landthat the aristocracy would not sell it to them because they were Chartists . This was rank nonsense , and no man who gave the question the slightest attention would malce so egregious a mistake . The aristocracy , when they had land to sell , did not stop to ask the politics of the purchaser , but who was the highest bidder ; and to him was knocked down the bargain , no matter what might be his politics or religion , or even though , like the aristocracy , he had
no religion at all . ( Laughter and choevs . ) Again , they were told that two acres of land would not be sufficient to maintain a man and his family , and they were asked if they wanted to starve them ? Those who agreed that two acres of average land would not yield plenty for the support of a , family , in his opinion , knew nothing about the capabilities of the soil when properly cultivated . He readily admitted , that , cultivated as Land is at the * present time , two acres would not be sufficient , hut when cultivated as it ought to be , he was fully confident that it would be ample for the comfortable maintenance of an average family . Here Mr . Clark recited several instances where verv bad land , with improved culture , had been made within the last two years to produce
crops varying in value from £ G 0 to £ 130 per acre . These things he had seen himself , and therefore he could believe them . As to starving them , if their object was to do that , they need only leave where they are afc present , and that end would most assuredly be accomplished . Mr . Clark continued at length to urge the advantages held out by the Cooperative Land Society , and concluded an interesting address by inviting discussion on the several points advanced by him . He retired amidst loud cheers . The Chairman next introduced Mr . M'Grath , who was received with enthusiastic applause . He commenced by congratulating the Chartist friends on the rapid progress which the Land scheme had made since it was first ushered into existence . There
were those puny drivellers in the country who opposed it with all their might and . main , because they said it was a violation of " first principles" to purchase land , and yet the leader of this section of malcontents had himself declared that if he had money at his disposal , he would invest it in the purchase of that land which his followers contended it was a violation of right to have anything to do with until by their united energies they could succeed in making it national property . That was , "live horse , and you shall get grass . " ( Cheers . ) Now , he was a first principle man , and would go as great lengths as any man living to make the aristocracy return to the people their stolen property—the Land ; but that was an end that could be accomplished only when
the million understood the value of the soil . ( Hear , hear . ) Such , then , was exactly what the Land Society proposed to do ( cheers)—to teach the working men of the empire the value of their native land when their labour was applied to it for their own benefit , and not for the aggrandisement of a plundering aristocracy . In the prosecution of this grand experiment they had also to encounter the fierce and rancorous opposition of the heartless Free Traders , who , more than any other party in the state , dreaded the application of domestic free labour to English soil . These men were industriously circulating amongst the working classes that monstrously absurd idea that the land of England was too sterile to maintain the children of its birth . He could easily
show the fallacy of this Malthus-like doctrine . Mr . M'Grath then quoted Earl Lauderdale , Sheriff Allinson , Porter , M'CulIoch , and several other of the most able statists of the day , to prove his position , clearly showing that the land of the united kingdom , so far from being unequal to the task of producing enough for its present limited population , would , if moderately cultivated , grow food enough for two hundred millions of human beings . The time had arrived when public attention must be turned to this question . " Population was pressing havdly on the means of existence , " as the flinty-hearted political economist would say . The Co-operative Land Society was but the advance guard , the main body of the army of Labour was yet behind ; but let them once observe the van engaged , and in actual
operation , they would then sec the whole in motion , and the land made the rallying cry of all , which could be secured to all only by the enactment of the People's Charter . ( Cheers . ) Aye , theglorious Charter ( loud cheers ) , the sublime principles of which would yet be made Jaw . ( Renewed Cheers . ) They were charged with , having deserted that Charter which had cost them so much anxiety and trouble , and which , had become a part of their very existence ; but he was sure he . spoke the sentiments of his friends Clark and Doyle , of the whole directory , nay , of the whole Land Society itself , when he proclaimed that they would abandon the noble struggle for their immortal Charter only with their lives . ( Immense applause . ) Mr . M'Grath continued to dilate upon the advantages that would accrue to the people from the enactment of the Charter , and concluded an eloquent and powerful address amidst the hearty applause of the meeting .
Mr . C . Doyle , on being introduced to the meeting , was warml y received . He commenced by expressing his entire concurrence iu what had fallen from _ the two preceding speeches , and assured the meeting that they need not be at all apprehensive that Christopher Doyle was no longer a Chartist , aecause lie was an' advocate of the Land plan . Those who knew him would laugh to scorn the idea of his deserting the cause he loved so well at heart ; if going to prison three times for . his advocacy of Chartist principles was any proof of devotion to those principles , then , indeed lie considered himself entitled to credence when he asserted that he was still as good a Chartist as ever , though he was determined to do all in his power to push forward the
excellent movement for the Land . He wanted the land to make man independent , for there eouldbe no real happiness with dependence , and yet , was it not a notorious fact , that the-industrial position of ' the community we re depending on others to find them that employment over . which they ought themselves to have entire controul . His opinion was , that all men were born to labour , and that no power was given to one to say to . another- thou shalt , " or "thou shall not labour , " which meant " thou shalt , " or " thou shall not eat . " The factory operatives of this country were now employed because their masters could make profits out of their
abour : but he , Mr . Doyle , contended that profits for others ought not to be a consideration in the employment of any human being . They were told that capital and labour were mutuall y dependent on each other , but that did not by any means prove that there ought to be capitalists and labourers ; as capital was only so much spare wealth created by labour let the labourer have the surplus wealth which was " of his own , creation . ( Applause . ) He denied that there ought to be a distinct class of persons , styled capitalists , who , by the employment of that capital ( called into existence by energies of others ) was enabled to live in idleness and luxury , whilst the real
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producer of the capital , ^ $ j ^^ w £ i&tt&s ££££ © $ 53 Se , andSe ^ bairman , after which the meeting broke up . BLACKBURN . ., j We had a- visit from Messrs . Doyle , M'Grath , and Clark on Tuesday evening last , but owin £ to our
not being able to procure a room to meet in , nor a printer to print our bills if we had a room the gentlemen were disappointed in their intention , of addSng public meeting , but had a sort of a conrSonal meeting of about sixty of our friends which we hope will result in something serviceable to the cause . Air . Doyle informed us that as we had no printer in Blackburn that would print our bill ? , that Mr . Leach , of Manchester , would execute ordera for the country localities , and have them delivered at considerably under the prices now paid to the country
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OSWALDTWIST 1 E . . On Thursday evening last a public meeting oi tne inhabitants of this place was held in the large room ot the Tinker and Budget Inn ; Mr . Roberston , an excellent Chartist , was unanimously called to the chair , when the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , and Doyle , on the Land and Chartist movements . The speeches were patiently and attentively listened to , and seemed to give universal satisfaction . At the conclusion , a great number of rules and cards were disposed of .
BOLTON . Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , and Doyle addressed a public meeting in the Temperance Hall , Little Bolton , on Friday evening last , on the subject ot the Land plan . Mr . Clark spoke first , and laid down the plan in a simple and easy form , and was followed byMr . M'Grath , who supported him in his usually eloquent strain , and was well backed up by the invincible Doyle ,, who handled his facts in his own peculiarly liappy strain , to the entire satisfaction of an . admiring audience . At the close a number of cards and rules were disposed of , and 10 s . ljd . collected ior fciie Dixon Fund .
ROCHDALE . Mr . Tnoxus Clark lectured here on Sunday evening last . Mr . Clark made an appeal on behalf of the Dixon Fund , and 12 s . OJd . was collected . MOSSLET . Messm . Dotle and M'Grath attended a camp meeting here on Sunday last , and acquitted themselves in a manner equally creditable to themselves and the cause . Their addresses gave the greatest ; satisfaction , and much good is expected to result from them . ASHTON . On Sunday evening last we were favoured with a visit from our friends Messrs . M'Grath and Doyle , members of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . The Charter and Land questions were ably handled by both gentlemen , their sentiments being warmly applauded by the meeting . Several new members were enrolled .
BRADFORD . The Land . —On Monday evening a meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held in the largeroom , Butterworth-buildings , Mr ^ J os . Alderson in the chair . After receiving contributions , the Committee laid before the meeting the resolution come to by them to extend the district , ' and to make arrangements with the other districts in the West Riding to employ one or more of the Executive in explaining the object and constitution of the Land . Society , in connection with the People ' s Charter-It was then resolved that this meeting send a delegate to Halifax on Sunday next , to represent those- , views at-the West Riding delegate meeting . f fh » motion was adopted , and Mr . Smith was eleetecL the delegate .
LONDON . Cur Locality . —Mr . Cooper's fifth lecture was , as usual , throngly attended last Sunday evening . Mr . Shaw was called to the chair , and introduced the lecturer by a brief eulogy of his character . Mr . C ., ; when one of his "People-songs" had beensung ^ commenced his . historical discourse by a description of Stonehenge , the cromlechs of Wales and Cornwall , and the round towers of Ireland , and shewed that all those primeval relics were indicativo of the sun . worship of the first inhabitants of Britain—the ancient Kelts . The Kymri or Cimbri of antiquity , were then shewn to have passed over from the Peninsula of Jutland—to have located themselves in that district of Scotland lying to the south of the
Foi'th and Clyde—to have thence advanced into-Cumberland , Westmoreland , Lancashire , and Cheshire—and , finally , to have settled in Wales and Cornwall . Csesar ' s invasion and the Roman conquest were next depictured : and , eventually , Hengst and Horsa , the Saxons , were announced a 3 . landing on the Isle of Thanet . The so-called Heptarchy was hastily sketched ; and the lecturer ,, having outlined the character of Egbert , proceeded to give a fuller picture of the glorious Alfred , hia . philanthropy , wisdom , and bravery . The heroine queen , Ethelfleda , his daughter , and his magnificentgrandson , Athelstane , the weak Edwin , the powerful Edgav , and the wily " Saint" Dunstan , were next dashed off ; and after hasty sketches of the Danish kings , and of Edward the Confessor , the final struggle of Harold , and the battle of Hastings ,, introduced the conquering Norman .
Cuartist Co-operative Land Society . —The ad « journed meeting was resumed on Sunday evening at the South London Chartist Hall . Mr . Cuffay took the chair , when a shareholder moved that the 1 etter of Mr . O'Connor in last Star be read , which was seconded , and carried unanimously . The secretary having read the letter , the shareholders , who had previously moved for its reading , now moved that that meeting be adjourned sine die , in accordance with the spirit of that letter , which was seconded and adopted by a majority . The meeting adjournedaccordingly .
Chartist Co-operative . Land Societv . —A meeting of the members of the Land Society , residing in the metropolis , was holden on Sunday evening last in the Chartist Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriarsroad . The meeting was called chiefly for the purpose of considering any amendments that might be suggested on the present rules of the association . Mr . William Cnffay presided . The secretary to the provisional directory , Mr . T . M . Wheeler , read a report to the meeting , showing that up to the 14 th of July , 1845 , 106 towns were connected with , the society ; and ldod persons were enrolled as members ; and since that period it was calculated that not less
than another 1000 members had entered . ( Loud cheers . ) The amount of cash received by the general treasurer was £ 1029 3 s . 6 Jd ., while their wholo expenditure had been only £ 98 19 s . Id . ( Cheers . ) The society was progressing rapidly , so much so , that in two months hence the society would number o 90 t > members . ( Loud cheers . ) On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Sale , the report was received ; after which , several propositions were submitted for the amendment' of certain of tho rules ; the discussion on these piopositions occupied the meeting to a late hour , and ultimately an adjournment was voted to-Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , at the same place of meeting .
SUDBURY . A meeting was held on Tuesday , when a branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society wa 3 formed , a committee appointed , and 18 s , 4 d . in instalments paid and forwarded to . the general secretary . We are in hopes of adding considerably to the number of members in a few weeks . A meeting of the shareholders will be held every Monday at Joseph Goody ' s , Cross-street , at eight o ' clock each evening , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions . A meeting will be held at the Horn Inn , North-street , Sudbury , on Saturday next , September 13 th , for thepurpose of explaining the objects of the Land plan .
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SnocKiNG Omnibus Accident in the Cut . —A * ttfe of Wright ' s Haiapstead Omnibuses was proceeding along tho Poultry , this ( Saturday ) morning , at half-past eleven o ' clock , driven by Samuel Homer at ' the rate of five or six miles an hour , a lad of about thirteen years of age suddenly darted from behind a carriage and was knocked down by the pole , tliehorses passing over him . Ho was taken to the sliop of Mr . ffinstanley , who pronounced tlie case to be * highly dangerous one . The sufferer was immediately removed to Saint Bartholomew's Hospital in a cab The driver appeared much affected by the accident . Not the least blame attached to him . He immediately repaired to the Mansion House and gave personal securit y to attend at any time , when called on , should the case prove fatal .
Fatal Accident on the Croydou Railway . — On Friday afternoon , as the " experimental train' oil the Croydon Atmospheric Railway was on its second return trip to theCrojdon terminus , and w itum three quarters of a mile of it , one of Mr . Samuda * labourers , named Michael Murohy , who had inip rU dently and rashly ventured on tne line , was knocked down by the : piston carriage , and the whole train passed over and killed him on the spot . The brcaR * were immediately applied , on an alarm being given , and the train stopped . The remains of the unfortunate man were then literally gathered up , and coiy veyed to the White Horse public-house to await tne coroner ' s inquest . No blame seems to be attributapie to the conductors of the train , or any other parties connected with the railway .
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vmce me same ana raneu , '"» ~ - , ,-prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and P » Wu * e ° ¦ * 1 William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street ^ rano street , Walwerth , in the Parish of St . Mary , We » " « ton / in the County of Surrey , at the Office , •»<••< " Strand , in the Parish ot St . Masy-le-Straud , n w City of Westminster . Saturday , Septemt > er' 13 , 1 S 45 . J
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 13, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1332/page/8/
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