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AMERICAN AKFAIKS . YOUNG AMERICA AND PRESIDENT POLK . ( From the New York Young America . ) The President , after the usual flourishabout - " no-Hanoi prosperity" and so forth , which , as usual , wUi not bear criticism , commences by informing us that the union with Texas lias been consummated , all but the formal ratification ' ey Congress , in spite of themachinations of France asd England to prevent that result . Since Mr . Polk was elected to perform this work there can be no fault found with the manner of its execution . There are bad provisions in the Texas Constitution on the subject , of Xegro Slavery , and there are good ones on the Land an ; l other subjects . Whether good or evil to the cause of humau prosress Trill be the predominant result of the admission of xexas to the Union is problematical .
MesicoTias concluded to make a virtue of necessity , and submit to the annexation with as good a grace as possible . She is indebted to us for certain " outrages upon the persons and property of our citizens . " and . Mr . Polk is dunning her very hard for payment . In regard to Oregon , the President states that Gre ? . t Britain rejected the offer of a compromise by a division on the much talked of 49 th parallel , thus disappointing , on the one hand , those who clamoured for "the whole of Oregon or uone , | * and , on the other , those who anticipated taat the President ' s rashness would involve us in war . He
recommends that the rear ' s notice required by the treaty of 1827 , of a desire to terminate the joint occupancy , shall be given by the United States ; that in tie meantime jurisdiction be extended over our citizens in Oregon ; that stockades and bloek-house Arts be erected on the road to Orejjon : that a regiment of mounted riflemen be raised to protect emigrants on their journey ; and that an overland monthly mail to Oregon bs established . lie also pro . poses " "liberal grants of land xo the patriotic pioneers" to Oregon . This is nonsense . Tie pioneers to Ore « on went there to get laud to use or
to t > -: cuiatc upon . If they went to get laud to u * e , it is a sad reflection on the wisdom of our government that they could not get it nearer : if they -went for speculation , they . will be surprised to find themselves cracked up as jmtrwu . It is understood that they have granted to themselves a section of land apiece , and if they come tinder this government would it not be well , while it can easily be done , to restrict the quantity of ' and that may be held by an individual , and to lay out village lots so that mechanics and others may be provided with homesteads as well as fanners . -
The President is a little windy on the subject of "European interference" with the affairs of this continent We have it already , in the worst form that it could possibly come . We have the accursed European sy .-tem of land monopoly , which renders millions of our . citizens homeless on their own soil ; and the statesmen who should i get us into a wa >* about a phantom , before the European system of land monopoly is banished and every citizen a freeholder , would deserve the execration of the landless to all eternitr .
The receipts and expenditures for the late fiscal year were each over twenty-nine millions of dollars . Over eight millions of the expenditures were for public debt , and twenty-one millions for ordinary and ex-¦ n-axmiinavy expenses ; at least double what ' it ou » ht to have been . Of the receipts , a little over two millions w « re for public lands . For this paltry income of lea cents a head all the evils of land speculation are icflicttfd on otr frontier settlers , crime and pauperism are multiplied in onr cities , and the horrors of land monopolv are stored up for our posterity ! We have about ten Tattlions of debt , which the President very properly means to pay off as soon as possible .
lie recommends a reduction of the duties on imparts to the point that , with the tenpenny land income , they will be sufficient for the economical expenses of government . I have faith that one of these days the United States will have a President -whowiJlrecomsuend a repeal of the tenpenny land tax , and a reduction of government expenses to ten millions , to be raised by a direct tax on property . A constitutional treasury is strongly and ably recommended , and the recommendation is backed up bv uiMiisvFfcrahle arguments . That our public money should be loaned to sets of paper money-mongers to enable them to fleece the people , is an abomination that has been tolerated much too long . On the all-important subject of the public lands the President has made no advance . Even in 1832 , President Jackson recommended that the public lands should no longer It a source of revenue .
President folk still clings to the ten penny land-tax , at the expense of ihe best interests of- the coantrv and the rights of the la&dUsa . He is fully alive to the viliainies of Lund speculation , yet the best he can recommend is , that while the speculators may still get tne good lands , the plundered landless mav , if thev can rake together dollars enough , have the refuse lands at a trifling reduction of price ! Would it not be weil for the workers of this country for once to put in office a President who has seen , if lie has not leit , the evils of a community composed inainlv of dependant ; tenants ? It is " quite natural that a ¦ wealthy man , consuming annually the produce perhaps of a hundred poor men ' s labour , and associat jng only with men of his own class aud habits should have his mind fixed mainly upon national prosperity and national glory , and * but little upon individual prosperity , and individual bigots .
Jefferson was an exception , and Jackson partially so ; but tiie jrencral rule Lolds good . It the landless would secure then- right to the soil , they must select for Wicir agents , not men ownins large estates and people to work them , but men who understand what it is to tie landless and compelled to do three ni-n ' s work for one maa ' s pay . The aw « er « l land ' s are rented , and the collection ot the rents easts four times the income ! as all rent collecting ounht to cost . The President , of course , is anti-rent as regards the mineral lands . This is a Bubj-jct requiring especial consideration . In consequence of the grasping spirit of avarice engendered b y the traffic in Jand « nd the insecurity < a a humesttad , every now and then our government as induced to ion * the Indian tribes further back into the wjkem&ss , and then , it appears , those whn nrn .
cue * all arc taxed { through the tariff and the public ianos ) to support regiments of mounted dragoons to travel about amon- the Indians and awe them into submission should they feel any disposition to be restless in consequence of their expulsion from the ioraes of their fathers , which expulsion would have been entirely unnecessary but for land monopoly , lue Indians are made quiet at present—thanks to our Republican standing army ! Our Kepublicnn navy is in fine fighting trim , and ¦ was enabled to make quite a respectable demonstration , for the edification of Mexico , without exceedin ** the appropriations . The President recommends the increase of the navy by steam vessels . He thinks our chief reliance for defence must be an . "efficient navy . A much better means of defence , it seems » me , would be to give every man a home to defend . bUCU a dfieUCe would Ci . st nothing , and with sunli a
defence tuere would be little dauger of an attack . i a * V « pated , tlie licwpostage law does not furnish Modern ; iucome , and it must be modified . As tuc people are scattered over four times the necessary surface lor the benefit of speculators , it would be well rf some means could be discovered to make Hum pay the deficiencies iu the post-office revenue -No reduction of salaries to conform , with , the reduction of the wages of labour through misgovern-S M . imim , m ^ ded ' not evea in « B »« i to the 8000 dollars salaries aud $ 000 outfits of foreign ministers , to enable them to a ]* foreign fashions . A very serious omission . The message , oa the whole , is great on the minor points , but small on the mam one —a , tree sou for a free people .
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- Jerome Advestcrees . —About ten o ' clock in the forenoon « t Wednesday , Mr . George , the examininggste « & «* of the Customs at the entrance of the We , tl d « a Import Dock , observed two respecteble-JonfongeliiMnai , who had made their way into the i . injeliouse basin , marching about wiUi carpet ba « -s a jar munfa . and apparently at a loss how to prt £ ed . Smcg twocluldrenof sueh tender years / one ten , the other thirteen ) , evidently made au for a journey and so wholly without guidance , lie que £ uoned them sis to their busing there at aiS hour , so accoutred , and without any one to d r < S t-W TIk : poor little fellows burst into but
W takiuseourase torn the kind tearing of thToffieer fc . ey frankly fc , ld the little wmW ' phtIn whfeh % y had so simply , yet so boldly , en Sa « ed They said they were sous of Airs . DataU a widS engaged jit the Beriia wool and fifty tadTin Lambs Conduit-street , Holboru ; that their mother tone a w « I «« r , and diey themselves 2 Sn ° beS Stt ^ E ^ E-l A ' -whtt thev conceived \ £ ZT , from * ? tete ISES ^ SS fS *^ JH peio l « 4 «» protted to bis dominions ?
«»« l £ , \ & i \? ftjer Sift sees asd trr their fortunes m ,. r , ajgrfiusdiiidren . had them at CeSSed to Jk . D . x « ffi , tlie pnndpal of the- dock iSfce SiS ibc . rlmle kits were overhauled . TiX \ ™ S tatusnmanta with great providenw evSto A .-iacr jdateai ^ , dvcr fork , butcvidentiv more under tfe iiafnasiia of a removal to a berth in a a-sS Wdaimsafoa unardmg ^ hool than to a iSt tlie filth of an Asiatic ship . \ fr Ji ; ,-, „ / V , "' -arctmust Lave * £ * k'fe ^ SS Felice , had them at once convered l , oim- t « f 1 . 7 Wetted de fisfct of thdr * & ! £ u Si ^ wL CouJil scarcely sneak her gratitude .
The presents > ent by the Emperor of Morocco to the King oi ( he HcucliJuft . Marseilles on tSh flit . I Uey conastcd oJ ekht Ambiau Lokcs , a Jio ~^ fran , the Sabrah of Morocco , two ostriches and rtc ? . istel <» ] ies . '
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GLASGOW CHARTIST DIN 1 NTBR . A number of the Glasgow Chartists , who are in the habit of holding a weekly social meeting , to talk over passing political events , and who Lave for some yoarsheld an annual festive meeting , resolved that they would this year meet together and dine with such friends as they could muster upon the afternoon of New Year ' s Day , 1846 . All preliminaries being arranged , the company met in McTheraQn ' sTavern , Old Post Court , at five o ' clock . ' Mr . James Mohy long known not only to Scottish but also to English Ckartisfe , as a stern , unflinching democrat , ably officiated as chairman , supported right and left by the venerable Deacon Carsa and Mr . John Miller . Mr . George Ross , well known to all good and true Scottish Chartists , officiated as croupier , supported right and left by Messrs . Paul and Thomas Aucote , jun .
Amongst the company we observed Messrs . Lang , Rankin , Pinkerton of Paisley , Thomas Ancote , sen ., David Sutherland , Kyle , Bennet , Mo'Cubbin , George Ure , < fec . The party having done ample justice to the good things of this life , provided arid served up in the best , style by the hosti Mc'Pherson , at an extremely moderate charg « £ The Chairfian opened the main business of the meeting by proposing the first and most important wast— " The People ! the only legitimate source of all political power : may they soon see the necessity of active and united exertion being made to obtain thew just rights '" He begged to congratulate the meeting on the number assembled to-night ,
remarking how rare it was that so many should meet after such a length of time with ^ uch a small break in their numbers . He was delighted to see Mr . Lang , despite his dismal forebodings , previous to Sew Year ' s Day , of his ever ma king one again at such ameeting as this . It was also highly gratifying to have brother Rankin present , after his long and severe illness ; it gavei him great pleasure to see his honest countenance once more . He was also glad to see the friend from Paisley ( Mr . Pilkington ) . With regard to the toast he had read , he would say a few words ; it was one of a very important nature , and one , he was sorry to say , the people seemed not fully aliveto , although there was not the shadow of a doubt of their being the highest source of all political power . He
thought that he could see amidst the clashing of parties , that the time was rapidly approaching when the people would be roused to insist upon the possession of their just rights , overwhelming all opposition . He would refer to the late meeting held in the City Walls , on the Corn Laws , as an index of the state of public feeling . They met in numbers , but not to applaud ; the resolutions were put in nearly solemn silence , vigorous efforts being made ox the platform , and in its immediate vicinity , in vain attempts to get up the steam . He was persuaded that , had but one single individual in the confidence of the masses started up , he could easily have carried the day in spite of the League . For his part , he could not believe that . the manufacturers wire giving ( heir princely contributions through , any desire to serve the people . No , they were casting their bread on the waters , to be gathered with interest after many
days . ( Gheers . ) All present were interested in obtaining the just rights of the people , for all suffer injury . Every man present had to be engaged the lifelong day in simply providing the bare necessaries of life—in looking for something to eat and clothe himself with . On the other hand , when the people had a voice in making the laws , they were able to enjoy a much larger share of comforts than it was In the power of the working man in this country . He alluded to America , Switzerland , « fcc * , in all of which countries they eat their bread in pleasantness " under tueir own vine and fig tree , none daring to make them afraid . '' ( Applause . ) The chairman having again read the toast , called upon them to respond to it in an overflowing bumper , which was done standing , amidst great and reiterated cheering . After which Mr . Bennet sang the appropriate Bong" A man's a man for a' that . "
Mr . Paul was now called upon to give the next toast , which he did in a short pithy and witty speech — " The People ' s Chatter , and no surrender , may it speedily become the law of the land . " The toast was received with three times three , and drank with all the honours ; followed by an appropriate song from Mr . Kyle . - Mr . Bennet was now requested to propose the next toast ; -Mr . Bennet gave— " The Chartist Press under whatever name and wherever found , may this mighty engine multiply amongst the people , and be found successfully combating the prejudices of class , and curbing the oppressor ' s power . " Mr . B . was of opinion it was of little consequence under what name a paper honestly advocated our principles , neither
did it matter wherefound , whether in London . Leeds , Isle of Man , or Princess-street , Glasgow . Such engines would multiply in exact ratio as the people exerted themselves to obtain their just rights . The Chartistpresshad done great goodamongst the people , it had carried a knowledge of the working man ' s rights andjast claims into every house . Mr . B . concluded these few observations with some remarks as to the prevailing prejudices amongst the upper and middle classes of society , of which he was glad to say very evident symptoms of giving way were apparent . He also drew attention to the great extent to which the oppressor ' s power was carried , not only in political and social life , but also in the church . He would now sit down leaving the toast in their hands , which was drank with all the honours .
The Chairman now called upon the Croupier to favour the company with the next toast . The Croupier expressed his regret that the toast which had been put into his hands had not fallen into abler hands , particularly when he saw their young friends from Paisley amongst them . The toast which he had been called upon to speak to was one of a very important nature , and which he trusted would be drank in sincerity . He for one would like to know in reality for what these men had been " sent out of the country ? Hid he been one of the jury that convicted them , he could not , with a clear conscience , have found them guilty of fighting against their sovereign ; He bagged to call their attention to movements bein * madeiu England to get up public meetings with a
view to petition Parliament in behalf of these exiled patriots . Should it be said that Glasgow will be behind in that good work ? No ; he trusted not . ( Cheers . ) He hoped to see a large and overflowing meeting got up in the City Hall for that purpose tram which a strong renionstrance should emanate ( Aplause . ) They had some reason to hope their excrtions would not be lost . Had not the exiled Canadians beeu freely pardoned , and solicited to return to their country ? Had not even Daniel O'Connell been allowed to escape ? lie trusted that if sueh a meeting was got up , it would be gone about with spirit and attended by gentlemen from a distance . (
Renewed cheers . ) He also hoped that their exertions would be crowned with success , in the free pardon and return of those exiles to the bosom of their families friends , and country , with whom they would find an affectionate , hearty , aud enthusiastic reception ( Great applause . ) The worthy Croupier now called for a brimming bumper to— " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and thu other exiled advocates of the People ' s Cause , may they soon be restored to their country their families , and the cause for which they are sufl fering ; " which was drank amidst great cheerin " Mr . Bennet playing " The Exile of Erin" on that sweet instrument , the accordion , and followed by some other enlivening strains .
The Chairman now rose and said : Mr . Croupier and gentlemen , —I find it has now fallen to my dutv to oropose the next toast , y h ., "Mr . Pinkerton , and the Chartists of Paisley . " He ( the Chairman ) was right glad to see their friend amongst them , and he suicerely trusted it would not be the last time of their-meeting on such an occasion . It would give him great pleasure were he accompanied next time by as many of our Ciiartisfc brethren from Paisley as could conveniently come . He would only impose this condition--that they be of the right sort , "whole hoggcrs " likeMr . Piukcrton . ( Cheers . ) He would now conclude by giving the toast , and wishing health and prosperity , and best of times to the Chartists of laisley .
Responded to with all the honours . Mr . Piukerton shortly returned thanks , resetting the apathetic state of the Paisley Chartists , lie said , that after twenty-five years tugging at the oar with them , he could not now say what tUe Paisley people would do . Every idea of noble-mindedness seemed * to have vanished since the time they had been compelled to exist iipon the paltry , miserable pittance , of one penny « day . He was at a meeting the other day m Paisley , called to make provision for the poor , and their whole talk was , not "kowmudi they should provide , " but "for how Uulc they could get off with paying . " He begged to return his grateful thanks for himself and the good town of Paisley lie had great pleasure in being associated with the Chartists of Glasgow , and would now propose a toast viz ., "Messrs . Ross and Moir , and the Chartists of Glasgow . ( Cheers . ) A more unflinchine man than
George Ross he did not know . As for our friend Moir , he didnot know how to describe him best ; whether as the noble aristocratic delegate for Glasgow or the unflinching leveller of aristocratic WJiiglings . He regretted to see him maintaining his Malthusian practices , strutting aloof , looking on and admiring , but alarmed at the idea of partaking , lie would not be surprised some of these odd days , to see friend Moir in a better way . Without detaining them longer , he must say of Mr . Ross , whether in the camp or at the board , lie had always found him hoblc-minded . Look at the beautiful morals inculcated , and sound political knowledge disseminated , in that small halfpenny publication , the Seouith Chartin Circular , so long and so ably carried on under the good captainship of Mr . Ro « s . flc had now detained them long enough , ami would conclude by cravintr a bumper to his toast , which was drauk with all the usual . honours .
Mr . Rossshortly retnraed thanks on behalf of Mr Moir , tho Glasgow Chartists , and himself He " would just ronark that lie had never been a flatterer but hetrustee l neither Mr . Moir nor himself would be found wantmg or absent where good work was to be done ; nuithev would they shrink from tr , kiu « a
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part both in the . getting up : and carrying out one or two public : meetings ia behalf of the exiled patriots , which , having at . heart , he entreated his friends not to lose sight of . . ( Cheers . ) Mr . James Lang , being now called upon to give a toaat roae and kaid , that hewas Borry to Bay the particular , toast had been entrusted to him , as he regretted his total inability , to do it that justice which it merited at their hands . He must crave for his toast % special bumper , as , the real toast of the evening , viz ., " Feargus O'Connor , Esq . and all other honest advocates , expounders , and lecturers , in favour of Chartist principles ; may they soon find a common basis upon which they may honestly unite to fight the battle of Universal Suffrage . " ( Great
and rapturous cheering . ) Mr . Lang passed a high eulogium upon the sterling , honest , unflinching character of Mr . O'Connor . He said , that man had been called everything but a gentleman—held up as everything that was bad , as a "traitor , " and as a "blasphemer . " Many traps had been laid to work his ruin ; but he was too cautious and prudent a general to be Etf easily caught . He hoped ere long to see a strom ; union amongst all classes of Chartists , and the entire abolition of that fighting and quarreling which had too long been dividing their strength . He was glad to see the movement making in favour of Frost , Williams , Jones , and the other exiled patriots . He was delighted at the prospect of the return of these men . With reference to what fell
from the chair in the early part of the evening respecting himself , he must say , that this time last year ne bad felt so very distressed in spirits , and poorly in health , as to express his fear of Dot surviving to meet with them on the return of another New Year ' s Day . He was , however , extremely happy at once more meeting them in as good health and spirits as ever , and with as good a prospect of meetingthem upon many similaroccasions . ( Cneers . ) He would now conclude , calling upon them to charge their glasses to the brim for his toast , which was drunk amidst nine rounds of applause , upstanding , and with all the honours . The Chairman now craved abumperfor their jocular old friend and brother clubbist , " Mr . James Rankin .
and glad to see him once more amongst us , may he be speedily restored to good health . " It gave him sincere pleasure to see that Mr . R . was so far restored as to be able to be present . He trusted that this would only be one of many such delightful re-urtions with increased health and strength to Mr . Rankin . Drank with all the honours . Mr . Rankin , on account of his weak state , fiimply and shortly returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him , and for the good wishes expressed towards him . The Croupier now craved liberty to propose a toaat One , he regretted to see , had been , by some unaccountable neglect , omitted in the programme ; it was the health of the oldest Chartist and Radical now
present , viz ., that venerable Cobbetite , Deacon Carss . ( Great cheering ) He would not enlarge on the merits of Mr . Carss , they all knew him better than he could describe . He would now call for full glasses to "The health of Deacon Carss , and may he be long spared to meet with us as he had hitherto done . " Drank with cheersandupstanding . Deacon Carss rose , and in a short ' and pathetic speech returned thanks for the honour done him . He had long been an admirer of Cobb ' et and his writings , and he considered it a high honour to have been entrusted along with their chairman and another gentleman to manage the business arrangements of Mr . Cobbet ' s last lectures in Glasgow . They took the Theatre Royal , upon their own responsibility , for
three nights ior these lectures , the expences of each night averaged about £ 22 , and the receipts about £ 80 to £ 100 a night , thereby giving them the great pleasure of putting something handsome into Mr . Cobbet ' s pockets before leaving . ( Uounds of applause , ) The Chairman would just remark regarding what had fallen from his friend , Deacon Carss , that , for himself he had a teneration for the writings of Cobbet , it was from them he learned his first po-, litical lessons , and from them he learned that hard words brokeno bones '; he participated in the honours of doing what was necessary in the arrangements for Mr . Cobbet ' s last lectures in town , and ha felt it tohavebeena high honour . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman now called upon Mr . George Ure
to give the next toast , which he did in an excellent energetic address , congratulatory and eulogistic . He said that several had claimed their toasts as the toasts of the evening , but in calling for a bumper to his toast , he would call for it as for the genuine toast of the night , the toast he had to give was as follows : — " Our Noble Selves ; may we ever be found at our posts whether of honour or labour . " ( Cheers . ) It is true there is none of us so distinguished as to receive such titles as royalty only bestows ; but , Mr . Chairman , I would ask , is it not something to be proud of to be permitted to associate with and be called the friends of the people ' s representatives ? I see in this room men freely chosen by the people , and delegated to represent this great fiit , v . Vnr
himself , he would say , that he consi dered it the highest honour ever lie achieved , that he became one ot their number . He regretted that mercantile arrangements would in three weeks time terminate ms meetings with them weekly but he trusted ( if bo permitted ) to meet them , at least , each new year ' s day . He would now crave a bumper for his toast , which was drank amidst the several honours . ihe Chairman now rose and expressed his regret that they were about to lose ao valuable a member as our young friend Mr . Ure .. He would propose that Mr . Ure consider himself formally invited at this meeting to join us at all times convenient to himself , bure he was that he would meet with a welcome reception whenever he should favour us with his company . He begged them to drink health and prosperity to Mr . George Ure , in his new sphere . Drank with best wishes for Mr . Ure ' s prosperity .
Mr . Ure returned thanks for the reception the meeting had given to their chairman's invitation , lie was proud to know that he would be welcome amongst them , and begged to assure them that he would avail himself of their kind invitation as often as was m his power . Mr . Sutherland being now called upon for a toast , said—Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , the toast that has been given me is one that demands the highest talents to do it justice ; but coming from me , totally unused to public speaking , it will not be expected that I will occupy much of your time . The toast , eentlemen , is as follows— " Our wives , families , sweethearts , and absent frieuds . " The toast divides itself mto two heads ; the first part— " Our wives and families . ' It is truly a pity , Air . Chairman , that you are yet a stranger to the charm of saying : I have a sweet wife of mine ain . —(« heers )—for the wisest man the world ever saw .
He dearly lo ' ed the lasses . ( Great Janghtor and cheers ) . From twenty years ' experience I can assure you that you are losing the principal enjoyment and charm of life . What so delightful as the society of a cheerful warmhearted , woman , to share your happiness and soothe your cares ? And if blest with a family , how pleasant to oe in . themidst of sueh relations . And , Mf , Chairman , in your present situation in ' life , as you ara not so able to enter into the feelings of those amongst us who are husbands and fathers , I have to propose a ¦ r $ kSl [ tli of sweethearts and absent friends , " and it I was more acquainted with your private lives and prospects I might , like one of our friends here , 5 ^ 2 »^ , ^ H »* I will not occupy time farther in
ycur inducing you to fill a bumper to this toast , for who can be a better husband , father lover , ^ qr friend , than the free man who dares to assert aw own rights and the rights of man ? itesponded to with all due honours . «¦ £ k J / 10 . " * ? , . ' 8 enior » then roie and proposed lneCairman , " in a tew eulogistic remarks , which were warmly applauded . The Chairman shortly returned thanks , and becged them to charge their glasses to the health of "The Croupier . . Mr . Ross having returned thanks for the manner in which they had responded to the chairman ' * toast of his good health , Mr . Samuel Benaett rose , and craved permission ot the chairman to propoae a special toast , which was notm the programme . He begged to the
propose health of the patriot Patrick O ^ igg ^ Esq ., Tf Dublin , who , with a few good and true Chartists around him , had dared to brave Daniel O'Connell and his myrmidons in their stronghold , and who was now indicted upon some paltry charge of sedition to stand his trial ; he knew Mr . O'Higgins to be a warmhearted and unassuming man : they would all remember lus ( Mr . B . ) having visited Dublin some time ago , there it was that he met Mr . O'Higgins , who treated him as an old friend , took and entertained liitn at his own house , and from thence he took him to one- of their meetings ; it was just such another
meeting as our own , both in men and the spirit displayed * at that meeting he had the high honour conferred u ; pon Mm of being proposed as an honorary member ^ uong with your chairman , Mr . James Moir of the Dub . un Chartist Association ; he had considered that event i we of such distinction , that he had preserved his tiv : ket of membership to this time , and lie believed that Mr . Moir had done the same with his ( Mr . Moir : l es ); he would now conclude by proposing the he atth of Patrick 0 'Biggin's , Esq ., and the ChartU ts of Dublin , for whom he would crave brimming i . 'lasses . Received upstanding , and drank with all the honours .
The Chairman no v got up fo propose the last toast ot the evening , and s « d , fiat as it was getting late , and near the time o f breaking up , ho would just remark that he , for 0 . ie , had speut an exceedingly pleasant night , and tru » ted that each and all of the company could respond u i the same . He hoped that all might be spared to spt nd such another night next i > ew learg Day , as coinfi wtably and harmoniously as tins last : he would no * dismiss them to theft upnves with " A good night and n happy new year . " i He company broke up about e | even o ' clock .
Thus omled a highly interest ' Z Mating of Chartist mends , each and all of them s * . 1 suited in sentiment as to go through tlie evening moi ' harmoniously than most at sueh meetings usually u ' J ^ proceedings were enlivened by several stirring ' democratic songs
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from Messrs . Kyler , Bennet ,. M'Cabbin , ; George Ure , Thomas Ancbtt , juni . and-JohnMiller .. Mr . Bennet also favoured the company with several sweet and appropriate tunes on the accordion . A very affecting and interesting scene took place in the course of the evening , involving a very . handsome present from one individual to another , in testimony of the giver's high esteem for the recipient ; but which your correspondent requests to say he _ i 8 constrained , at the express and earnest desire ol tne generous donor , to abstain from more particularly noticing . noticing .
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COMMITTAL OF PATRICK O'HIGGINS , ESQ . FOR SEDITION . HEAD OFFICE , ¦ DUBLIN . ¦; - Oft Tuesday , Mi :. ; PatrickO'ttigginB , of flortn Annestreet , appeared before the magistrates of . the above office to answer the charge of composing , printing , and publishing a malicious libel , entitled " Landlord and Tenant-Tyrants turning Tenants out . " Mr .. Cantivell attended for Mr . O'Higgins . Mr . Wilson appeared as the representatives of the Crown Solicitor .
Mr . Porter , addressing Mr . O'Higgins , said , that the crown were prepared to sustain the indictment in either of two cases , both of which were within the magisterial jurisdiction of that office ; for there was evidence of a publication of libel in the county and in the city of Dublin : and under these circumstances he considered , it to be his duty to hold Mr . O'Higgins to bail to appear at the next commission of , Oyer and Termincrfor the countj and city of Dublin . That was what was at present proposed to be done , leaving to the crown tho option of the tribunal before which they would arraign the defendant . ¦ Mr . Cantwell thought that such a course would be very novel and it would be a hardship to the defendant to oblige him to enter into recognizances .
Mr . Porter replied that it would not he a hardship , as he would take the same securities in each case . His object in requiring the two recognizances , aud returning informations to the county as well as the city , was to prevent unnecessary delay , which would result from the defendant being snahledto raise a question of traverse in prox . If the indictment was found against him in the county , he might say that he had not been held to bail or committed to answer for such oifence twenty clear days before the trial , and the recognizances entered into to appear at the commission , and answer the charge brought against him in the city , might not-prevent him from asserting his right to traverse in pros in the county , and vke . vena .
Mr . Cantwell observed , that , however sufficient the ground taken by Mr . Porter as a legal reason might he , it was not fair to place a man between two jurisdictions and leave him in doubt whether he was to be tried bj a county or city jury . He had never known a case where a person was made amenable under such circumstances ; and he did not see why the crown should ask the magistrates to hold Mm in two recognizances . Mr . Porter wished to disabuse Mr , Cantwell'a mind with respect to the idea that tho course was taken by him at the suggestion of the crown . It wits the view taken by himself , of his own accord , in order to have an effectual investigation of the tranaction , upon which he would hot pronounce any opinion .
Mr . Cantwell remarked , that the course taken seemed like a disposition to sel « ct the jury that would be conceived to be most favourable to the prosecution ; but he was sure that Mr . Porter , who had always been the advocateof a proper administration of justice , would not suffer suspicion to be thrown upon the proceeding in that case . He did not care hefore what jurisdiction he was . arraigned ; all he wanted was , that the Crown should make selection between two tribunals , instead of demanding a , species of double-barrelled recognizances . Mr . Porter said- ^ -Suppose the Attorney-General prosecuted in that case ( and he had no reason for supposing he would do so ) , would he , as a magistrate , be justified iu preventing him from bringiug the case before the tribunal ^ vhich he thought best to insure the interests of justice ?
Mr . Cantwell replied that Mr . Porter would not be justified in precluding the Attorney-General from taking any course he liked , but he had no right to assist him in adopting extraordinary means . Mr . Thomas Kemmis hore entered the Board . room , and Mr . Cantwell addressing him , expressed a wish that he should interfere in the case , and make a choice between the two tribunals . ' Mr , Kemmis declined doing so , Mr . Porter observed that he saw no actual hardship in the course which he intended adopting , but he considered it necessary for the due administration .
Me , Cantwell said he could not dispute the power , of the magistrates , upon strict legal technical grounds , to take such a course , and his appeal was more directed to the prosecutor than to them . _ If a person were brought before the magistrates of a . particular locality , he knew the tribunal which should entertain his case ; but he was placed in embarrassment and doubt when he had to appear before a double jurisdiction , and he considered that the unconstitutionaltendency of such a proceeding ought to induce Mr . Porter to abandon his intention ; for the effect would be to enable the Attorney-G eneral to take his choice of two juries , and ascertain which was most calculated to forward his own ends .
Mr . Porter mentioned a case in which a man was charged is Kilkenny with having stolen two pigs ; he was counsel for the prosecution , Mr . Marcus Costello for the defendant . The grand jury of the city ignored the bills , which charged , the prisoner with having stolen the pigs : and the very day that they did so he sent up bills to the county grand jury , charging him ' with having stolen property in his possession , and these bills were found , Mv , Costello complained that this was a great grievance , but the presiding judge did not sympathise with his client . : ¦¦ ... . ¦ Mr . Cantwell remarked thatvery few people sympathised with pig stealers , ¦ . ¦ ,,. .
Mr . Porter said , that Mr . Magee was a magistrate of the county , he ( Mr . P . ) was a magistrate for the city and for the county , as was also Mr . Magee , and if informations were tendered to each of them—one to institute proceedings iu the county , the other in the city , neither could refuse to take them . Why then should he hesitate about receiving the informatien , acting , as he was entitled to do , iu both capacities 1 . Sir Nicholas Pitzsimon alluded to the case of Willis , the jeweller , whs had been bound over by him in two recognizances , to stand his trial for the same offence in Dublin and in the King's Couutj . Mr . Cantwell wished to know upon what evidence his client was required to enter into two recognizances
Mr . Porter than read the informations which had been alreadyjwarn in the case . The alleged libel was comprised in a numlrcr of questions and answers , having reference to the landlords and the tights of their tenantry . Thefivst information which his worship read was that of Mr . Jernan , of Balbriggan , county Dublin , merchant ; the substance of which was , that ' in October last he received two copies of a newspaper called The Norttern Star , containing circulars upon which the libel was printed , and he believed he got a third copy of the newsr
paper and circular . Mr . O'ffiggins admitted to witness ill a conversation that the placard was the same as that aboutwhicnatr . O'Connell had mado such a " rout" In the Association , but denied that he was either the author or distributor of it . The next information was that of Mr . Hogg , provision dealer , Ormond Market ; the substance of which was / that he ( Ilogg ) asked the defendant tor one of the placards to which Mr . O'Connell had alluded ; he replied that he had one , and if he wished to see it he hadit in his pocket , and lent him the paper . He did not seem inclined to leave it , but he did so .
Air . Cantwell said that there was nothing more reasonable than thata person should be anxious to see a docu , meat which a man , so celebrated and eminent as Mr OConnell considered so objectionable , and therefore it was not to be wondered at that Hogg should bo desirous to see it . Mr . Porter said that might be a good topic for a jury but not for a preliminary observation . . It appeared to him that both informations could he given in evidence upon either trial ; and that Ternan could be examined before a cityjury . and Hogg before a county . ' Mr . Cantwell said ,- that if such evidence aB that producedm that case were deemed sufficient to sustain an indictment , the atones Commissioner ought to leave the country as fast as he could . Mr . Porter observed that he was not aware that he wac at work within his district yet .
Mr . Cantwell said , that he had been reading some of the letters of the Times Commissioner , for the purpose of that prosecution , particularl y those parts which referred to the , 11 JU 6 tlce of iandlor ( ls townrds their tl ! nantry d rft he endow * in . that case were sufficient to sustain an indictment , he should tremble in his shoes , and get over to tho other side of the water as quieklj as possible Mr . Porter observed that if Mr . GuntweU ' a remarks ' were published , the departure of the Times Commissioner might be expedited . Mr . Caatwell replied , to at he hoped what he said would expedite the departure of the Times Commissioner , and save him from a prosecution , except he employed him as his agent . ' . Mr . Porter observed that the ' magistrates would not bo precluded fro , m returning to Ui « commission any further informations which might be sworn against the defen dant . Hedidnotsay tUat they would be sworn , but he did not promise that they would not .
Mr . Cantwoll said he ^ would rather encounter a double barrelled indictment , than a pocket pistol in the shaue ot an information in the dark . Mr . Porter remarked that it was not his intention that auy proceeding should be taken in the dark , and ha was sure that the Crown had no such intention either Mv . Cantwell replied that he did not know , for at a very memorable trial they were very often taken in the dark . Mr . Porter , then addressing Mr . O'ltiggins , said that he was about to take informations against him , and to require him to outer into recognizances to appear at the Commission for the City and County uf Dublin , and he was ready to hear any statement which he might bedisposed to make . Mr . CautvveU said tlia ' t , acting by his advice and under Ins direction , Mr . O'Higgins would not make an statemeat .
The recognizances were then entered into , Mr O'Hig gins giving hail in £ 100 to appear and take his trial he lore the juries for thu county and ( lie city , aud pvovuU ™ two sureties , in * 50 each ( Mr . Edward Gutchell aud Mr Jwin Lungnn ) ,
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( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , January c , me Richard Hulse , of 14 , Little Tower-street , City , ch 8 . mist-George Simkin , late of Faversham , Kent , tailor-, John James Clark , of Hounslow and Twicken , and of Westbury-upon-Trym , Gloucestershire , ouilder-waiiani Insall , of Shipston-on-Stour , Worcestershire , auctioneer -John James Clark , of Westbury-upon-Trym , Gi 0 Uc f d
tershire , builder—Josep h Simpson , oLees , woolstap | er —James Bretherick , of Newlay , Yorkshire , dyer—Thomas Heppell , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , timber merchant-, George Edward Shultz and Henry Ward Carr , of Liver , pool , stock brokers—Samuel Brown , of Denton , UncHl shire , hat tnanufnctuTCT—William Gvosvenor , of Sheltoa and Hanley , Staffordshire , iron founder—Thomas Nash jun . of Stourbridge , Worcestershire , builder — George Greenstock , of Weston-upon-Mare , Somersetshire , iroil monger—William Gay , of Cheltenham , builder .
PIV 1 DENDS DECLARED . Joseph Maybury , John Maybury , and Joseph Majburv jun ., of Bilston , Staffordshire , iron plate manufacturer ' s second snd final dividend of Is . 3 Jd . in the pound , on th ^ separate e 3 tate of Joseph Maybury , ( sen ., payable at 27 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thursday . James Haigh , of Hogley , Yorkshire , clothier , first divu dend of 10 s . in the pound , payable at 43 , MiU-hill , Leeds , any Wednesday . William Miehael Onions , of West Bromwich , Stafford shire , iron founder , final dividend of 7 | d . in the pound , payable at 27 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Thurj . day . William Broomhead , of Birmingham and Sheffield , mrrchant , first dividend of 8 d . in the pound , payable at 7 , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , any Friday .
Thomas Palmer , of the New-road , Whitechapel , soap , maker , third dividend of 2 s . Id . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , any Wednesday . Theodore Lockuart and Charles Lockhart , of Cheapsidc and Fulhnm , florists , first dividend of 12 s . in the pound ; also first dividend of 2 s . 3 d . in the pound on the personal estate of Theodore Lockhart , and of lCs . 7 d . on the per . sonal estate of Charles Lockhart , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , on January 7 , and two following Wednesday * . John Vyre Tardy , of Portsmouth , linendraper , second dividend of 2 s . 4 d . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , on January 7 , and two following Wednesdays . James Ayling , of Leeds , cabinet maker , first dividend of lOd . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , on Jan , 7 , and two following Wednesdays .
Charles Parslow , of 46 , Blackman-strect , Southwark , tailor , second dividend of Od . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , on January 7 , and two following Wednesdays , Edmund Knyvett . of Buckingham-cottage , Great Stanmore , teacher of music , first dividend of 4 s . in the pound , payable at 9 , King ' s Arms-yard , Moorgatc-street , on January 7 . Robert Ilowland , of Thame , auctioneer , second " dividend of 2 d , in the pound , payable at 25 , Coleman-street , any Wednesday . DIVIDENDS TO BS DECIARED . At the Coui ; t of Bankruptcy , London .
Edward Jones , sen , of Budge-row , paste board manufacturer , January 30 , at one—William Verey , of the Black Bull Inn , High-street , Kingsland , licensed victualler , January 13 , at twelve—Charles Allen , of TacHey Hampshire , maltster , January 30 , at half-past eleven-John Quinsey Harris , of Winchester-place , Southwark , hatj manufacturer , January 30 , at one—Richard Freeman , of 22 , Edward-street , .. Portman . square , hosier , January 18 , at eleven—John Gibson , of 20 , Motcombcstreet , Belgrave-spuare , oilman , January 28 , at eleven .
In the Country . John Frankland and Thomas Frankland , of Liverpool , ' merchants , January 30 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—Thomas Davis , of Liverpool , merchant , January 30 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—Richard Jackson and Richard Yale , of Leeds , engineers , February 5 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bankruptcy , Leeds—Henry Fawcus and Robert Fawcus , of Stockton . upen . Tees , timber merchants , January 29 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne —Charles Timmis , of Darlestou-green , Stone , Staffordshire , flint grinder , January 29 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham—Henry Knowles , of Bridgnorth , Shropshire , druggist , February 16 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankrwptcy , Birmingham . CEEriFicATrs to be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting .
George Coates . of 43 , Hart-street , Bloomshuary , apothecary , January 30—George Hind , of Bishop's Waltham Hampshire , draper , January 29—Wra . Matthew Hansard , late of Westbourne-road , Paddington , afterwards of 30 , Beaufoy-terrace , Marylebone , and now of Park-road Holloway , also of Highgate , florist , January 27—Samuel Manning , of 17 , Newman-street , Oxford-street , stone mason , January 28 _\ Villiam Lancelot Kelly , of Tewkes . bury , printer , January 29—Richard Mirfin , of Leeds , draper , January 27 , Certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before January 27 .
Robert Hughes , of 113 , Piccadilly , upholsterer—George Michael von Dadelszen , of 23 , Mincing-lana , City , mer . chant—Henry Samraous , of Nelson . terrace , Stoke New ington , tea dealer ;
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . ' Edward Mitchell Aston aud George Walter Scott of 32 Throgmorton-street , City , stockbrokers- Richard . Wilssn and Edward Wilson Scott , of Kendal , Westmorland , attorneys—Henry Smith and Mary Guy , of 59 Far . rmgdon-street , and 31 , LudgateJiUl , City , drapers - Oobert Shafto M'Leod and George More M'Leod , of Stock . > vell , Surrey , brcwers-Josias James Rogers and James [ fan Rogers of Exeter , veterinary surgeons-William shields and John Shields , of Durham , mercers—VfiUiam bverest and John Wardroper , of Epsom , Surrey , attorneys -Thomas Hartley and Robert Ingham , of Leeds , share . S w ^ ° ! w ' J 0 hn Field ' - Thomas Bavlov , a ni . I'lha' ? , - VooJ ' . of ^ vnford-court -George Andrews and
Joseph Andrews , of King ' s Lynn , Norfolk grocers-Joseph John Uoretonand William Moreton , of Winchester , plumbers-Henry Gosling and William Davis , ot Bristol , McpB-Grotge Puller and Henry Edmund JIarsh . of Charlotte-row , Mansion-house , auctioneers-Oliver Thomas Joseph Stocken and William Chambers of Wa ham-green , Middlesex , brewers-Esquire Boetw and John Garlick , late of Glosoop , Derbyshire , picker makers-Best Varral and W . G . Walker , of kwiek Sussex surgeons-Robert Dodgson , Lewis Helbling , and Richard Dans , of 50 , Old Broad-street , City , morel ants J * " ?* f ds ll « b <» t DodBSo ^ -James Gaukroge ! ners-Davul Cracklow and Henry Ward Farrer . of Old !" ! WI " ' ^ chants-John Maror
, ; ' S ** . . Browne and Richard Denny Lark , of Ktaeton / Warwtekshta , « r «* , west bmithfidd , ironmongers-Thomas Dale iun andBenjamm Hague Dale , of Barnsley , Yorkshire & * / mture dealers-Peter Pickup . William bV ^ , mTjohtt Burton , of Preston , Lancashire , merdmn s-RoS VMkms and William Crane Wilkins , of' . -5 loneaS ? lamp mauufiKtuvm-hiniQs Welch and W iS jhd gwtoMf Banksido and Great Trinity , an S * co S « SSS 3 = \ m Banbury , jun ., Q f 77 , L omba ^ et , CUv i , nk r S ^ TH 'Sf ^^ . ^ y ) - Jolm l KiSytnd
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Prom onr own Correspondent . , The tattlei ' between , the , Times ' . Commissioner and Mr . O'CoHUeli having drawn to a . close , the al l-absorbing topic of public interest in this great city at present is the probability of another trial for sedition . . Not a great state affair , but a little go , magnified into a government prosecution by the foul conspiracy of O'Connell and the Conciliation patriots . It is new matter of fact , and bejond more speculation , that the government h « s heen reluctantly forced into this paltry and disgraceful prosecution at the instigation of Mr . O'Connell and the repeal pacificators , The placard which formB th « groundwork of the charge is fresh in every man ' s recollection , and since its appearance Mr . O'Connell , with supposed
information as tothe authoV . in themostinsuhous , cunning , and rascally manner , gave to it an undue importance , as well as unpopularitj , by professing to believe that it was the work of the detective force , connived at by the government . After having laid his hellish train of suspicion , unpopularity , and supposed guilty purpose , Patrick O'Higgins , Esq ., a ' name neither ' unknown nor unhonoured'by the English people , vras seasonably pounced upon , as the author of tho document ; and , although the informations against him , VBre extremely loose and vague , the government owed to itself and to its caiEr spi the duty of searching inquiry ; and the consequence was that , after a protracted hearing , and a large amount of Ugal sophistry , which you will find in the report herewith sent , Mr . O'Higgins was held to bail to commission himself in
stand his trial at the next , one hundred pounds , and two sureties in fifty peunds each , one of the ' sureties being a Quaker . , 1 cannot forbear noticing one of the most paltry , low , ungentlcmanlike , and unprofessional acts which occurred in tir own presence during the preliminary investigation—one of moral turpitude unparalleled as far as the liberal press is concerned . The damning character given to the document very naturally descended upon its supposed author , and the Liberator and patriots of Conciliatton-hall being the only parties who saw conspiracy in truth , sedition in its mild expression , and murder in the denunciation of wrong , have from the outset been guarded in withholdiug the "damnable document" from public -view , well knowing that its publication would be the easy answer to
the charge of sedition . Under these circumstances , honour tells us , that the fair and straightforward course , especially for that portion of the press which animadverted freely and severely upon the placard , would have been to publish it , and thus give , to every man an opportunity of judging for himself , from the contents . But , so far from this course being pursued , one newspaper in particular , the Freeman ' s Journal , has not only been guilty of fulminating its hired slander against Mr . O'Higgin » , but has descended to the paltry trick of suppressing the truth . The reporter of the . Freeman , who attended the preliminary investigation ,-having a shrewd notion that there was only one copy of the document in court , and making as shrewd a guess that some paper , lees truculent , might wish to publish It , resolved upon being beforehand , and asked Mr . Cantwell , the agent for Mr . O'Hicgins , for the copy forpublication . Thereporter
of another paper also wished for a copy , Dut , upon being told that there wris only one copy , the reporter of the freeman undertook to semi slips of the document to the reporter of the other paper in time for publication , And , will it be believed by Englishmen , or by Irishmen who have not yet sacrificed , their noble patriotism and love of fair play to bombastic knavery , the Freeman , who violently denounced the document on the 11 th , the 18 th , and 25 th of November , not only broke hi& word to his brother reporter , but had the meanness , in compliance with vassallage to Mr . O'Connell , upon . whose breath the paper lives , to WITHHOLD TUE PUBLICATION ALTOGETHER , well knowing that its appearance would hove been the ready answer , to its own dander . When will Irishmen open their eyes 1 and when will Dr . Gray make atonement for the dastardly and un-Irish manner in which he has lent himself , as [ deputy spy , to the Liberator ' s "Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . "
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^^ 17 )^^^^ = MSS ^ IS » W l ^ JttoRr ' t ? "' t w » & > S « S £ iaj on tuc table the confession ot John Tawell " jum . isincontimmtion of the resolution " wffiiL unanimousl y adopted at thelast sessions , tl at » the confession of John Tawell bo laid upon the table at fotSh n ' ? lain - f ? llc ( J T * ° Oliver it up tOTUvsnth . rhe . magistrates , in deraandine the con fesspn , do not consider that the refusa 0 tie cK " man rests on the privileges of his order . Thorn ?" Sffjf , J JwEynwn-eron . a Roman Catholic tJS ^ V - ncss to ^ ee any confession made nriSj * Cnme ' lhe c ° nfession is not one of privileged communication onlv . n 8 t . hft » i , « ni « : r ™
ESaJSfi vsar ^ tss should not , m order to gain a private benefit hi . allowed to withhold public doenmento , ] SitMe 0 the continued refusal of the chaplain to de iw .., » ho confession it will be a matter to bring before £ bishop to discharge him from his offico ^ iSHlISs ssasssisigs wm& ^^ . si ^ fB notes A . 0101 , 5501 , 5550 , 0115 Ao tP ?< M x \ o clue liasas vet been obtained ll-rUt i , ' idUcoYoryoftUetUieforSSS . ljtoleaatotl 10
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On Saturday last an inquest was held at St . Helen ' s on the body ef John Cunlifte , who came to his death under the following appalling circumstances : —The deceased was a shoemaker , about 30 jcutb of age , in the employ of Mr . Sims , and was a cripple , wearing a wooden leg . Thomas Wilkinson , a man in the same employ , deposed that on Thursday last , about half-past one o ' clock , John Fairclough ( the prisoner present ) went to Mr . Sims ' s shop , and a 6 ked the deceased if he had three halfpence to give or lend him . He said he had not . The prisoner then asked deceased , " Dost thou remember the time
when 1 had to pay 5 s . for thee V Deceased replied , " Ay , and if thou dost not mind thine eye I will make thee pay another 5 s . " After that witness heard a blow struck and , on looking round , both men were on the floor , the prisoner uppermost . The deceased had the prisoner's thumb in hi 9 mouth . Mr . Sims ' s brother , who was present , took up a piece of wood , and threatened to strike the deceased unless he let go the prisoner's thumb . He did let go the thumb . Witness then went into the house adjoining to inform the master . On his return in a few seconds he met the deceased staggering across the yard - . on asking him what was the matter , deceased replied that he was stabbed ; witness went after the prisoner and had
him apprehended . Mr . Samuel Sims corroborated tluevidence of the last wituess , and ' stated that after the prisonerand deceased got up , witness left them both standing in the shop , and" wentinto thehouseto tell his brother . He immediately returned , and saw the prisoner come oui of the shop and walk down the passage ; the deceased followed , crying out ; « Oh I'm stabbed ¦ ' he staggered and fell down ; blood was coming from his mouth ; both witness and his brother ran for a surgeon , and Mr . Gaskell ' s son was in attendances about half a minute . The other witness , Wilkinson , came shortly afterwards with a police-officer , and on searching witness found the knife which he produced under the seat where the deceased
had sat ; it was witness ' s own knife , which he left on his seat on going into } he house ; it wasblobfl y . and the edge snipped ; the knife was perfectly smooth not five minutes before , when witness used it ; witness ' s seat was about three yards from the place where he found the knife . Mr Gaskcll , surgeon , deposed that he found the deceased bleeding from a large wound in the back , between the left shoulder blade and the backbone . Witness probed the wound , and found that it had passed into the cavitvoV the chest , between the seventh and eight ribs ; witness bandaged the wound , but the deceased never spoke . Shortly after he became nearly pulseless , and was gva . dually sinking until half-past eleven o ' clock the same
night , when he died . Witness made aport mortem ex , Rmination , and on opening the chest found a wound in the inferior lobe of the left lung ; there was also between V' ?\ 1 TnCeS ° f Wood > n the cavity of the chest , which had flowed from the wound in the lung ; this was the cause of death . The wound was about five inches in depth and two inches in breadth esternally . No human aid could have saved the deceased . Mr : Storey , superiiitendant of police stated that on Friday morning , the urisoner was informed that Cunliffe was dead , when he began to make ¦ a statement , but was cautioned ; the prisoner , however , persisted in making it , and he said he went With the intention of buiing a last at ; 'Sims ' s shop although he did not mention it there ; he a&ea Sam ' , Sim . to lend him three halfpence , who said he had Rot " u ™ ° ^ . f 6 tra n&e man > a !> J » the shop at the time hom he did
v , not know . He then asked Cunliffe to lend him three halfpence ; they had some angry words , and Canute and he got to quarrelling that Cunliffe struck rthit t-rT and v hejboth wMtd ° wn to eeth «» at that time Sims and the other man went out of the shop ; that th ey then both , stood up in the attitude of fi ghting , and the deceased ; struck at him with a knife , £ ITT f trivardst 0 » k from him ; that Cunliffe bit ins thumb when they were both down together , and £ t 1 tll f ""^ ° Cunliffe he was C MH 5 down for something else to strike prisoner with * *•* " <* «> e deceased on the back with the knfe St . ' ^ , T i 0 USlyt l 8 kenfroin «« deceased ; that he threw the knife away , but did not know where . The prisoner 3 ls _ ostated that the deceased threatened to WU him . The jury returned a verdict of « Wilful Murder " and the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the ttotJUCSt - ¦ -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1349/page/6/
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