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( Contained feast our saitsgh page . ) HOUSE OF LOEiDS-TKuassAT , Fj : b . 19 . Several iitutUtuswiaa presfcuted ior aud against a rejiealof t-stc Corn Lsphs . Lord Leaumom moved , pursuant to notice , for papers relative to die interference of England aud Frauccia the affairs of Rio de la Plat ; :. { Left speaking . ] SOUSE OF GOMMONS-Tac BSDAT , Feb . 19 . Lord U B estkck presented a petition , sigaco by 4 , < oo handloom weavers in Spitalliclds . Tuc petitioners stated that they vkwed with alarm the sweeping changes proposed by the government , supported by the cry ef cheap bread , which , in the qiiuion of the petitioners meant low wages , therctore they prayed this house not to sanction the proposed
measure . CHARTIST EXILES . .. Mr . Sharmak CaAVFOan presented a petition from Lancaster , signed bj 4 , 000 operatives of the town ; also a petition from Airdrie . in Scotland , praying for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones . TEX HOURS ' BILL . Mr . Cooper presented petitions irom W igan , and several other places , in favour of the len Hours ' The County Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . The Drainage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed .
INTERFERENCE AT ELECTIONS . Mr . CoiiEW then rose to move lor a Committee of Privilege * toinquire into the causes that led to the vacation of their seats in this house , by the members lately representing Chichester , Xevrark , Woodstock , and Buckingham , to make inquiries as to the elections of the present members for those places , and to inquire how far the standing order against the interference of peers in elections had been infringed . [ Left speaking . ] HOUSE OF COMMOXS-Thursdat , Feb . 12 . [ From our Second Edition of last week . ] The Marquis of Chaxdos took the oaths and bis teat for Buckingham , and Lord Henry Lunnox for Chichester . Ou ( he motion of Lord Gbasviixe Somerset , the second report of the committe on railways was agreed to , after a short discussion .
Sir James Gbahaii , in reply to Admiral Dundas , said the government had no power orer Captain Jolmstone , of the Tory , he hating been acquitted on the ground of insanitr , except to keep Mm in close confinement in Bedlam for life . He also tinted that it was tlie intention of garernnioi ' -t to take measures for examining- the masters of merchant vessels before their appointment . 3 Ir . Duscombc gave notice that on Tuesday next be sfcouH move fur leave to bring in a bill to aineud the laws relating to friendly societies .
THE COtttf LAWS . —ADJOURNED DEBATE . The adjourned debate on the question " that the house do resolve itself into committee ou the Customs aud Corn Importation Acts , " was commenced by Jlr . GoLQcnors . who entered into an explanation of his vote in lsSS , in support of Mr . Villiers ' s motion for a committee to inquire into the propriety of repealing the Corn Laws . Sir It . Peel had entirely mistaken his past sad his present opinions . He had never mtertained the opinions so consistently entertained by Mr . Villier *; and he liaducver poised from them to the doctrines of high protection . II « bad always considered the question of the Com Laws a most anxious aud perplexing question ; aud in 1 S 41 , not being in Parliament , and having much leisure time , he had studied it with all the diligence and
imjiartialit ? he could command . lie had come to the conclusion that protection was necessary for the interests of a ^ risnl nire ; and baling come to that conclusion lie Lad declared liimfelt ' un advocate tor a fixed duty on Com . After the occurrences of the last few months , it seemed probable that his notion of a fixed duty , had it t >« n adopted , would have now been deemed preferable to that of a sliding scale . After applying himself to refute Sir R . Peel ' s arguments respecting prices and wages , he proceeded to commeut on the speech delivered by Sir 3 . Graham on Tuesday evening . Sir 3 . Graham had then tUpoted very summarily of all liis former arguments on lias subject ; aud had sain that as he confessed that he had dunged his ophdons , there was au end of his former reasonings . So , there was not an end of them ;
Sai a statesman who sucke like Sir J . Grahata , with eioqaencs and genius , eu'ht to recollect that big words were winged shifts which stuck deeply in Bitu ' s hearts . They had made many converts , and had influenced and were influencing thousands of his fellow countrymen ; and he { Mr . Colqnboun ) was of opinion that Sir James ' s explicit recantation of his immonal nurds would not convince the country that he could raise nages or exalt the financial condition of the labouring population by his present measures . Ee was afraid that those measures would bring on the cfcunrjT evils « f a kind to which Us attention ought to he , yet had not been called . What would be their effects on the colonial interests ; Theprotectiunon timber a » d sugar would uot l « ug survive the protection of corn :
sud then the manufacturers of Eugiaud would find themselves no Icui . ser in posEes&ion of the advantages which they uow possessed in tne colonial market . Under such tijcuiustaiicvs , what would be the condition of the country if , in addition to a failing harvest , it should have to struggle , as iu 1540 , against a falling revenue ! But what reason was there to iuduce the house to give its assmt to a commercial code which even Mr . Villiers could uot recommend to his constituents as a perfect code , as it still enforced protection on silk , on sugar , on tiwber , an copper , and various other articles ? If , then , protection were left on some fabrics , why was all protection to be taken from that manufacture—for
com had beeti justly called by Lord F . Egerton a raana . ' aciuse—mhich was of all others the most precarious in its course , and the nio .-l uncertain in its returns ! He remitted that erer sines he had taken his seat on the Ministerial bench agricultural protection had never reseired from Sir IL Peel anvthiu ;; like a rinccre defend ! , lit ! had no uutiliativ to him , and a Tery sin-Cere r-gard for many of his colleagues ; but his opposition to Sir It . i ' ecl ' s administration would in f » ure b ; oiieiily avowed and steadily adhered to ; for , a * long as Sir K « hers declined discussion on all the great questions which agitated the minds ot Englishmen , so long he should not promue him any adhesion , nor repose in him anv confidence .
Mr . \\ txs intimated hit intention of siding with the g « Terumtut . Mr . G . Heatucote pointed out the inconsistency of the government in oj . jMisiujr an eight chilling duty , and now piojhirins osie of lour shillings , and expressed his determination to oppose tUe measure of tlie government , as lehud before That of li : s noble friend the member for London . Mr . C . \ V _ JLuiTixsupi > ortedthetK (? asure , andcont « nded that an iutiux of corn irom the north of Europe aud the United States of America was not likely to occur . Mr . Thomas B * uixg regretted that " he should differ ftum thine with ulimn he had btrenin the hubit ol ' actinp , hut he ccuceiveii himself bound , ou principle , to oppose Sir Hubert 1 ' celV Jiiea » uies .
Lord MosPtTti oldened , that the house knew before tint evening that Mr . T . Baring nana friend to free trade in the abstract , bat aftw hi ? recent jpet-ch it would he citficuk i « persuade tiic country that he was a friend to it eithsr iu the abstract or iu the detail . Mr . Baring had told the lmure that the greatest want of the country list autumn was the . want of a Minister . At the present moment that want was most severely felt by that party of which Mr . Baring was a member , and which was now Mt without leaders and without a head . Mr . Baring bad proposed a compromise on this question . The time tor it "Was gone by ; but it had been offered once by the leaders ol the party with which he ( Lord Morpeth ) had acted , and had b »*! i insultingly :
h-r ha-i last the hou . iur of sitting in tliat house he had irav .-lied much in America ; iie had lived two years in ¦ tUc iKart "fan agricultural district , and he had lost and recline ! the representation of Yorkshire . That last cirru : nsiai : c < : told its own m-iKil and its nivii incciiiiip , and re . iu : rt- < J uv comment of his t « ex | i : idu it . In Yorkshire Was thr greatest woollen trade , llie gi catest linen trade . « he greai ^ t steel trade in the empire . The withdrawal Of proteeij-. u from tSicse iratles was iinniucliate ; and ytt they bad all of them met before ihe hustings at WakefielU , and had declared bj his return , " Cum ] ietUioo we have u » meet , and all we ask is a fair field and no favour . " "Why should not that interest which plumtd itself < m being eminently English , take a leaf out of the book of these begrudged manufacturers , aud whv should it be the in to
only interest ^ which scorned fair odd * order ktep its own ? lie said that he had lived two y «« 6 in the heart of an agricultural district ; mid that circumstance had lei him to the conclusion that the protection , which you profess to preserve for the benefit of the farmer and tha agricultural labourer , teas nothing but a misnomer and a positive injury to both . The iuterest of all classes was identical ; but the real iutertst of agriculture must always depend on the well-being of the community , and on the effective dwnaud of tlie working classes . That effective demand always existed when the price of bread was low . The fact was—aud it could not be denied—that with cheapness of bread there always came an increased demand for labour . He made a syllogism on this subject do the nork of a speech . It was impossible to deny that there was not a sufficient quantity of food grown in this country for ourpopuUtion There was a daily addition of 1000 children to that popuaddition
lation , or an of SflS . OOO in a year . Then there was not an addition every year of 865 , 000 quarters of wheat to our nativegrowth of corn . Ought we not then to procure a supply of corn from abroad , and at the cheapest possible rate , in order to be able to furnish the poorer classes of our community with a cheap and abundant supply of food * If a flair could not be detected in these premises , then he maintained that the aristocracy of England , in spite of their prepossessions and prejudices , must see that they could not persist in their resistance to this change trithout infatuation , and he had almost said without nun . He then proceeded to explain to the > ou « e the impressions which had betn made upon his mind with reference to this question by his travels in the United States . Much that he had sera In ft * United States , and much that he had heard since he left them , had not given him much faith in tha good to be derived from unmitigated democracy ; aud he had not returned home with a duninisbed attachment either to the monar .
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chival or to the aristoeratical institutions ef England ; lux . lie had fcU most sensibly in America OuU we could not eanfrout in E , ujUnd that appearance of ease mid comfort which , from flit cheapness of food , tea * cisiWe in the great mass of the American people . He had also telt that WE COOLO SOT MEET THE WAXT 8 AHD WISHES OF ODB OWN PfOI'LE I ? WE DID S 3 T WOBK OUT ODE ARISTOCRATIC INSTITOTK'SS IX MOBS OF A DEHOCKATIC 6 HUIT . No ChtSS which propped itself on selfish iuierestg could escape from downfall in this age of intelli gence ; andnoaristocracy— not even an aristocracy as illustrious as our ox n—iould stand under the pressure of a system of Corn L )« ivs , if those Com Laws werejprohibitory , He , tllerdbre , chwalor to the aristoerntieal institutions ef England ; te ] ie had fcU mst MuMy in America- ( 1 « U u < c could not
conjured the aristocracy to rise above their ewn special interests , and to bear their part in the coHsideration of this question , which , if not adjusted with them , would be adjusted iu spite of them . Our system enabled us to embrace within the active energies of industry , the st « adv forethought of the middle clashes , the privations and pa " - ttetice of the working classes , the busy agency of a fr « e and « mh g steued press , and the progressive intelligence of au advancing age . Let the aristocracy throw in their lot together with these interests , aud let it be their pride , as it would be their safety , to be the leaders aud not the laggards in the onward inarch of ' the great community of tlit Urltish e » . j > ite . Mr . Gaskem . opposed the government measure .
Mr . IloEiiDCK eutered into an elaborate refutation of the leading arguments adduced by the advocates of protection throughout the debate , premising that he had no opinions to explain away—nothing to defend—but everything to assail . The cry of protection , he contended , was simply for the benefit of the landlords , and without concurring in the opinions which had been expressed , as to the benefici ; il ci'hstqHenccs to follow a repeal of tha Corn Laws , he assented to tUe measure , earnestly trust , ing that her Majesty ' s gevernment would take this opportunity of introducing a large measure of national education . Mr . Hodgson Hinde supported the amendment . On the motion of Sir H . Douglas , the debate was adjourned till Friday . The Fishery Tiers and Harbours ( Ireland ) Bill passed through Committee , and was ordered to be reporUd on Frifiay .
The Citations ( Scotland ) Bill was tsad a third time and passed . The Drainage ( Ireland ) Advance of Money Bill went > ito Committee , aud several new clauses having been added , was ordered to be reported on Friday . The Committee « a the County Works Presentments ( Ireland ; Bill was postponed till Monday . The house then adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COAiMOXS-Fiiuur , Feb . 13 . The slow and lumbering debate drags its length heavily
alon ~ , mid lo » es eieu tlie little interest that it possessed so long at we were in doubt as to the maunur in winch the collective wisdom would bundle an old and hackuied subject , when their own interests were at stake . But so far from any the least feature of novelty beiug presented upon the old hacknied subject , from the commencement of the debate we read of nothing but the mystifying of the very easiest aadtnoet simple blanches of political economy . This debate was actually neexssary to disgust the working chnsag vrith the preEent sj stein of representation .
Sir H . DoncLAB was the first to renew the old fudge , and , after a lachrymose lamentation of the sweeping manner iu which the stilts were going to be knocked from under agriculture , he coacluded by parading the ghost of Mr . HuEkisson , who would be as capable of moulding present emergencies as a blind horse , if he had not profited much and lived to some purpose since he lust bungled many of our commercial relations . Sir II . Douglas contended that if we wished to preserre our maritime ascendancy , we should protect our colonies . Viscount Tiuuxs said that the last three years had made a man of him ; that he was but a child before , and had since that period gained all his knowledge . We are not exactly sure whether or not it was within that period that he married the Prime Minister ' s daughter .
Mr . F . Scott fired a full broadside into the Ministerial camp , and not inaptly competed Sir R . Peel to the counsel who , hariBg made himself master of the plaintiff ' s case , subsequently took a fee from the defendant and brought his previous knowledge to bear to ruin his cause . Whilst he was proceeding in kisdenunciations of til « measure , Sir R . Peel asktd Mr . Scott for whom he was re . tained ? Mr . F . Scott ( apparently bursting with indignation ) . — For whom am I retained ! Who am I counsel for ? I am counsel for no mau no party , and no sect . I was proud to follow the party of the constitution when the right hon . baronst hoisted the banner of it ; but uow that he fights under a different flag , 1 am left to myself .
and must act according to the dictates of my own ceuscienoe and my own judgment . The hon . gentleman , after apologising for the warmth into which he had been betrayed , delivered a long invective against free trad * , which he described as sense in the abstract aud nonsense in the reality , and as a fantastic cobweb sparkling like a dewdrop in tlie sun . With our taxation it was impossible With our debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 , we had no more right to call on this country to eater into competition with countries comparatively uutaxed , than we had to ask a man with a hundredwei ght on his back to eater into the lists with an opponent perfectly uneu .
cumbered . Besides , the appearance of the political atmosphere in the East , and still more in the West , was not such as to encourage us to make at present the rash and perilous experiment which was now recommended—an experiment which , he contended , would produce the loss of Canada and all our other eolouits . He concluded with a lung and declamatory philippic against her Majesty ' s Ministers , who , with free , trade on their lips but not iu their hearts , were now venturing upon a grinding , bonecrushing experiment , which would eonsigii not only all the agricultural labourers , but all the other industrious artisaus of the kingdom also , to one unsparing and undiscriminating ruin .
Mr . Wabd span the old jam that we havt so often attempted to unravel , under the heud " Cotton Twist , " but failed to take a single kuot out of the skein , and , in conclusion , he expressed a hope that the majority in its favour in that house would be so large as to insure for it ft favourable reception whenever U was Kent up t 9 another place . Mr . MiU 6 , the father of the Masters and Servants Billa fact that must never be lost sight of—finding his rrggtd regiment nearly routed , made an expei iuientjto rally them , and certainly , above all comparison , in his second speech made the very best anti-free trade hits that have yet come under our notice . He observed , that he was glad that this question was presented to the house in such a shap * that there could be no mistake respecting it . Protection
must be defended as applicable to every class of the community , or must , if withdrawn from one class , be withdrawn from every other . Last night Mr . Baring had talked of the expediency of a compromisa . He nerer had been , he never should be , for such an arrangement , Oil tlie contrary , he thought that We StUSt either have tlie preaenc duties under the sliding ecale , or else submit to new duties proposed by Sir Robert Peel , and to their abolition at the expiration of threa years . He could uot understand the principlvs on which that proposition rested , nor could he see why the policy which had been pursued for more than two centuries , aud which had rtised this country to greatness , should be set aside on no other ground than the experience of the last three years . The uppreheusion of impending famine had been
alleged as a reason for this innovation ; but he wan rejoiced to have it in his power to dissipate all fears of a coming scarcity on the authority of returns made to the Central Agricultural Association from its provincial branches in twenty-six counties , if not more , ot Englnud and Wales . There was a sufficient quantity of wheat in Englamd for the consumption ot its inhabitants , and the price of potatoes was at present falling in the London and country markets—a certain proof that the supply of them was not deficient . Though he did not approve either of tlie plan proposed by Sir Robert Peel or of that proposed by Lord John Kussell , he must say , that if he wert compelled to accept < a \ fc 01 the other , he should prefer that of Lord John KusEell to that of Sir Robert Peel . To show thnt tlio
alatmwas not uufoundau , that we should be iuundattd with foreign corn in case of the repeal of the Corn Laws , he read a description of the immense agricultural resources of the United States in the axUnsive valleys and boundless prairies of the Mississippi , and of Kuttia in her northern and southern provinces , amid the roars of the houte when lie came to the exaggerated accounts of the fertility of TumbofF , once SO unfortunately quoted bj Lord Stanley . As soon as our markets should be thrown open to the world those fertile lands would be tilled , and our barren lauds wuuld go out of cultivation . He concluded a denunciation of great length and violence against the proposed tncHsure by a declaration of his fears that the time would souu arrire when the people of these islands would curse the duy when first then : government was intrusted to a cautious and temporising free trade Minister .
Lord March then moved the adjournment of the debate . A number of members were leaving the house under the idea that the motion would be agreed to when Lord Xobibland rose , and speaking to ihe question of adjournment , said , that though his priuciplts were unchanged , he should vota for the measure of the govurnwent . He foresaw that this question must be settled ; and , as that was the case , he would rather have it settled by Sir K . Peel , in whom he had confidence , than by Lord J . Russell , in whom he had none , Mr . Fakband wished to know what confidence the noble loru had in Sir R . Peel when he was dragged out of the Coal-hole to vote for him on a l&te OCC 8 « io » * Lord Soethland rose amid a tumult of laughter , but sat down again without uttering a word . Colonel T . Wood , jun ., expressed his intention of Supporting x bill . The debate was then adjourned .
Having waded through the several columns of rubbish , we really feel that an apology is due to our readsrs for the immense , aud , we tnaj add , unwarrantable length at which we haie tbronicled the rubbish of the protectionists and th « boasted inconsistency of the anti-monopolists ' . However , we must again state the indispeusaWe duty iuu posed upon us , of convincing the people that their representatives know but little of those subjects upon which they are so thoroughly informed , in order to justif y ourselves for having appropriated so much valuable space to therepetitiauofstutfjthat every hand-loom weaver has refuttd times out of mind , within the last eight years V . ' e conclude our summary , by a strong expression of belief that the measure , however successful in the Com
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mons , will meetwith » n unexpected doom in tha Lords ; and then our day comes , when the land and machinery will fairly bid for popular support , and we shall have no hesitation in stating our views very broadly and boldly , when the day of struggle , or the day or action , comes ; while we have observed no secresy iu concealing our price , under which neither party need take the trouble to bid . Next week and the week following will be the two most important weeks in this country ' s history . mons , will meet with » n unexpected doom in tha Lords ; and then our day comes , wlum the land and machinery
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET ! WESTMINSTEU . On Tuesday evening , February tlie 10 th , an overflowing meeting ( hundreds going away who could not obtain admission ) was held in the commodious theatre of the Temperance Hall , Yorkstreet , Westminister . Mr . Workman was unanimously called to the chair , and in a neat speech , opened the business of ihs evening . Mr . Wilson then came forward . and moved a resolution in favour of petitioning Parliament , to address tlie queen , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones .
Mr . French seconded , and Mr . Doyle supported , tbe resolution . He said that John Frost , even by his enemies , had been held up as a justice-ioving magistrate ; he had always stood in the gap between the oppressed and the oppressor . ( Loud cheers . ) What crime had he committed ? Why , he had depicted , in glowing colours , the safteringsand privations of the men and women of England , lie had ascribed justly those evils to class legislation , aud that the only remedy was to ewe to every man , of mind
sane , of twenty-one years of age , the elective franchise in accordance with the provisions of the People ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) He ( Mr . Doyle ) appealed to them all to use their energies , to spate no labour in working out the great object in view —( hear , hear , )—and by a steady perseverance and a firm determination , a sufficient public opinion would be created to iuduce her Majesty to send out a vessel to Australia to bring the exiles back to their native kud . ( Great cheering . ) The motion was then put and unanimously adopted .
Mr . Turner rose , read , and moved a petition in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , in accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Richard Dowling . Mr . T . Cooper rose and said , he knew he had been the advocate of physical force . Like John Frost , he had witnessed the sufferings of the people , and this had caused him to fay , let us go out and end them , but after three years' deliberation and serious reflection , he had come to the conclusion that this waswrony , and that war , either aggressive or defensive , was wrong . Lot him not be misunderstood , ho was not for passive obedience , but for non-obedience and moral resistance , and until this system
was adopted universal happiness would never prevail . It had been said that universal peace would never prevail until all the people had arms in their hands , but in New Zealand and the Cirribee Islands , where this custom prevailsd , they hud not peace , as the natives killed , roasted , and eat their opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) He claimed to be a Chartist and a philanthropist —( bear , hear , )—and sure he was , that if they did not adopt those philanthropic principles which he had the honour to submit to them now , they would ultimately , and that at no distant period . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper concluded by moving his petition , with the clause in opposition to war , aggressive or defensive , as a substitute for that moved by Mr . Turner .
Mr . Thomason seconded the amendment . Mr . Feargus O'Connor now rose , amid the most vociferous cheering , and said : He knew no place more fitting than the present place in which they had met to advocate the cause for which tkey had assemblecl , inasmuch as it was in this very place that John trost made the speech for which he was struck from the commission of the pence . ( Hear , hear ) , lie was present at the trial , and was cognizant of tha whole proceedings . He ransacked the whole country through , until he found money enough to employ two of the most talented men at the bar to conduct the de : enc < j of . Frost , viz ., the present Chief Baron and the present Solicitor-General . These two eminent men said , they were not guilty , while an iimorant
man ot the name of Christopher Johns or John Christopher ( and this intelligent juryman could not say which was his rigJit name )—( laughter , ) -gave as a reason for joining in the verdict of guilty , that he did not find him guilty of treason , but that he came into the town of Newport whilst there were soldieit in it . ( Laughter . ) He asked , ws . s it justice to extend mercy to murderers , thieves , and pickpockets , and withhold it from such exemplary men as Frost , Williams , and Jones ? ( Loud cheers . ) In consequence of a recent decision of a very intelligent jury—( Laughter , )—he had written out a new code , a sliding scale of punishments , adapted to the rank of persons tried and convicted of murder . Thus , a noble lord should be reprimanded by the judge : an
esquire , in addition to the judge ' s reprimand , should be open to the censure of the opposition press —( laughter ); a shopkeeper should be severely reprimanded , and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment , but if the murderer be a working man , a voteless outcast , he shall be hung . ( Greatapplause . ) He thought such meetings as these were neither the time nor place for bringing forward such doctrines as those propounded in the objectionable clause of Mr . Cooper ' s petition . Very shortly there would be a general election , and then they must shout in the candidate ' s ears , "Frost , Williams , and Jones !" "The Ten Hours' Bill ! " and "The Charter ! " ( Great cheering . ) He thought it was high time justice resumed her seat , and that those exemplary men were
restored to their native land , to iheir families , and friends . ( Loudcheers . ) Democracy was progressing : the Emperor of Russia trembled on his throne , the Emperor of Austria was insecure in his Italian statt-s . The King of Prussia had notice to quit unless ho conformed to the wishes of the people , ( vociferous cheering . ) We heard of constitutions cemented by the blood of our ancestors ; ho thought the cement must be very rotten , and that such a constitution would fall , and that the temple of liberty would be erected on its ruins . ( Vociferous cheer-Mr . G . Julian Harney , after some remarks expressive of his admiration of Mr . Frost , whom he knew in the Convention of 1839 , suggested in the case of
Lllis that it would be best to appoint a special committee , who Bhould have the authority and the means to bring to London the witnesses from the Potteries who could prove the innocence of Ellis , and thus make out a case to lay before the government . Mr . ilarney said he must give lib decided opposition to the motion of his friend Mr . Cooper , and he did bo with great pain , as no two men could be more attached to each other than he and Mr . Cooper ; but he thought Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine ill-timed , and calculated to do great harm by reviving the old feud of moral uessus physical force . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cooper said he was opposed to all war ; so was he ( Mr . Ilarney ) , but still ho thought it was wise to choose the lesser of two evils , and sometimes
despotism was a greater evil than war . ( Cheers . ) In some countries—Pehtnd and Italy , for instance—the effect of Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine would be to keep the people in perpetual slavery . He was surprised that Mr . Cooper , who was such an admirer of Hampden and Sidney , should promulgate such a doctrine . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not agree in casting censure , direct or implied , on such men , nor on such a man as the immortal Washington . ( Great cheering . ) The horrible butcheries on board the Tory , presented an illustration of the way iu which Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine would work . The unfortunate men Baw their comrades cut and hewed to pieces , and offered no resistance ; the result was the horrors they were all acquainted with , which had ended in the acquittal of the monster Johnstone . He ( Mr . II . ) said it would have been infinitely better that the sailors had
chucked this wretch overboard , and thus saved their own lives . ( A voice , " No , no . " ) He said , " Ye » , yes . " ( Great cheering . ) He regretted that he could not support Mr . Cooper ' s petition , as , with the exception of the clause objected to , it was better than the original , lie trusted Mr . Cooper would with draw that clause . Ho admired Mr . Cooper for his abilities , esteemed him for his political integrity , and loved him for his manly qualities ; but his ( Mr . H . ' s ) sense of duty compelled him to oppose Mr . C . s petition as it wasatpresent worded . ( Applause . ) The question was then put , and the originnl petition carried by an overwhelming majority ° - liHenV " 68 ° Ved a mmorial to tae Q ueen to t » e Mr . Sawyer seconded it . Mr . T . Clark , in au eloquent speech , supported its Adoption . It was carried unanimously .
• * h [ . P cr in a s P , cu « Pleto with pathos and lntellectua vigour moved a petition in favour of William Sherrat Ellis , which was seconded by Mr . Sawyer , and carried unanimously . Mr . Brown moved , — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the whole of the evils with which this country is afflicted can bo clearly traced to class legislation ; we therefore resolve unceasingly to agitate until the principles contained in the People ' s Charter shall Uecom # tke law of the land . " Mr . P . M'Grath , in seconding the motion . Mi * . T . M . Wheeler supported the motion in a speech of great energy , and it was carried by acclamation . In the course of the evening the secretary ( Mr . W . Matthews ) read the following letters from the members for the borough : —
Wednesdsy , Feb . 4 th , 1846 . Sir , —I cannot have the pleasure of attending the meeting in York-street , in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones but I agree with you in your interfertnet »» their Uhalf . Your obedient servant , J . Temple Leadex . Captain Tlous preetnts his eomuliments to ilr . Matthews , and regrets he cannot attend the meetiug appointed for Tuesday . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the chairman , and the densely-thronged meeting separated , evidently elated with the improved and improving prospects of democracy .
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MANSION-HOUSE . "With ins Brogce and his Blarney and Bothering Ways . "—On Monday Elizabeth Boyd , a simple Irishwoman , charged a rough ilUooking fellow , a native of the lamo country , with haying impossd upon and robbed her . The complainant was ' industriously performing her domestic duties , when the prisoner walked up to her , ami udressiugher in iiffuctionatc terms , nail , "Betty , jewel , you don ' t forget mo , do you ? " As she had not the slightest recollection of the man's face or per » on , she told him candidly that ho was quite a stranger to her . " Oh , then , faith , said lit , " it ' s I that ' s your own brother . " —( Laughter . ) "M y brother ! " exclaimed the woman , " that ' s quite impossible . You are not like him in anj respect . You har « quite a different sort of face , and he
is a great deal taller . " " Why , my jewel , " » aid he , " that ' s the fault of the climate . I ' ve been in the hot country . I ' ve bean over-burnt my features , so that I au t like tbe same man at all , and quits spoiled my growth , so that I nu ' t near the size I used to be . "—( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor : Had you no such recollection of your brother ns would help to detect such an extraordinary attempt at imposition ? Witness : Upon my word , my Lord , I could not sue the least bit of likeness iu the world between him aud my brother . But I did not know but that the severe litat of the foreign parts he wai in mi ght have changed his complexion , so I thought it the best way to go for my sister to have her opinions about him . "Oh , faith , " says he , " jou may depend upon the truth of what I say . You are my sinter , sure enough , " and so he ki 6 « ed my hand , Well , I said to him you look tire *; wouldn ' t you like a up often , and some bread and butter and eggs 1 " Yes , " jays lie , "I ' ve no objections , " so I gave him a good bellyful and then I went for mysiiter , and the moment he saw
her he claimed relationship and kissed her hand . So we didn't know but he might be our brother , and then he told us the ship he came heme in was lying in the St . Katharine ' s Dock , and he had on board tilk for a gown for me and for my sister a chest of tea , and some other thing * that would be of use , only he wanted some money to pay tlie duty , ( a laugh . ) We then gave him all the money we had , and awaj he went . This was in October , and I never set eyes upon him since until this morning . I found after he left the house that b « had taken a basin full of lump sugar and a silk handkerchief , although I had just before lent him one te tit up th » tilk gowns with . The prisoner : Oh , then it ' s I that repents of it . I'll never do it again , please you , my Lord Mayor . It was nothing but distress that drove me to the bad act ; but I'll take my oath against such deceitful' doings for ev « r . The Lord Mayor : Tou have been guilty of a most disgrnceful robbery upon those two credulous poor womon , and vou fitmll repent it on the troadmill . —Committed .
a respectable dressed and lutereiting young woman was brought before his lordship , by policeman 438 , who said , she had obstructed the footway in Birehin-lanc yesterday afternoon . She carried a basket of orangos . He and his brother constables had frequently ordered her away ; she refused to go , flatly telling them she would not ; be liad , therefore , taken her to the station-houie . She wa sagirl of a very indifferent character ; shehad had several good situations obtaintd for her , but had been discharged from all in consequence of her bad behaviour . His lordship asked her , if he forgave her , would she ho . have better for the future t She loudly sobbed an affirmative , and was discharged , and her fruit was ordered to be given up to her .
BOW STREET . Satubdat . — Pocket Picking . — A . hoy , who eould scarcely look orer the dock , and an ill-looking fellow , about 19 y « ars of age , were charged with the above offence . Mr . Bird , a florist , stated that his attention was culled to both the prisoners at the bar this morning , about a quarter past sight , by observing them intently watching a gtntleinan to whom he was giring chaugn for a Jsovereign . When the gentleman Alluded to had placed the money in bis pocket , both prisoners followed him , and witness likewise accompanied them to watch their movements . He distinctly taw them attomptto pick this party ' s pocket , in which the younger boy
wns sheltered by bis companion . Finding their efforts rendered abortive by the activity of the gentleman , who finally left the market-place , they desisted from their attempt , and sought for other opportunities . Witness continued to state that he eventually saw the younger one insert his hand three separate times into the pockets of different parties , but who had apparently beeii prudent enough to take safer measures to ensure the keeping of their money than was likely to arise from placing it within r « ach of the prisoners ' operations . Witness at length seized them both ; the stripling was extrein « ly mtive , and was obliged to be carried to the stHtion-house . They were both remanded to thii d * y week .
SOUTHWARK . Violent Assault and Attempt at Suicide . —On Monday , George Loveland Treeve was charged with committing a violent assault on his nife , and threatening her life , and afterwards attempting to destroy himself . A policeman of the L division stated that on Saturday night he was called to a house in Hatfield-street , Stamford , street , and informed that a gentleman upstairs had violently assaulted his wife , and afterwards made an uttempt upon his own life . He ( the constable ) immediately proceeded to a room on the fir .-1 floor , and saw the prisonar , from whose hands a razor had just been wrested , after he had inflicted a wound on his throat . The prisoner appeared to be in a state of great excitement , and after the wound was dressed , he was conveyed to the
station-heuse . Mrs . Treeve stated that she was married to the prisoner three years ago in Guernsey , he at that period being an officer in the West India Mail Packet Company ; that his father was a major in tlie army , and barrack master of Jersey . Some time ago the prisoner was left a considerable sum of money at the decease of a near relation , since which period he had been leading a very intemperate life . That on Saturday night he returned home and got into a violent passion with her in coosequence of her having called at the residence of a ¦ olicitor in Bedford-row , from whom he was in the babit of receiving the money bequeathed by his deceased relation . TllUt it Wag truu she had visited the gentWman alluded to in order to acquaint him of the manner in which her husband was squandering away the produce of the legacy ,
and to prevent it if posaible . The prisoner having been apprised of the circumstance , when he returned home he began to abuse her , threatened to stab her with * . knife which he snatched from the supper tablo , but which he laid down again , and then taking up a jug of water he threw tnj ! contents over her , and also flung a glass ducanter at her . She was compelled to call for protection , and the landlady of the house interfeMil , but to no purpose . He , in fact , was as violent as ever , and when police was called , he shut himself up in the room aloue , and there it wa » he drew the razor a cross his throat . The prisoner eaiil he had no recollection of the
eircumtUncee , the wound he hud inflicted on himself was not of the slightest consequence , and if permitted to go at large he would never go near his wife again . Mr . Cottiugliam said that he could not permit a man who had acted in the manner he had done to have his liberty without he found bail to kv . ep tho peace , for if ha was ¦ ow discharged he might murder his wife , and then he ( the magistrate ) would he blamed for not putting the law in force when the prisoner was first brought before him . ¦ The magistrate then adjudged the prisoner to enter into his own recognizance of £ 100 , and find two sureties of £ 50 , eaoh to keep the peace , aad to be imprisoned until such sureties were entered iuto .
WORSHIP . STREET : Charge of Forgery . —On Tuesday William Redway Alien was charged with having feloniously uttered two forged bills of exchange for £ 30 and £ G 5 , with intent to defraud Mr . James Wilson , Brunswick-place , City-road . The prosecutor stated that , in the latter part of the month of January , 1812 , the prisoner , with whom he hud been previously acquainted , called at his house , and requested that he would discount for him a bill for £ 30 , purporting to be accepted by Mr . Islop O 4 i ) l , an extensive builder at Queen ' s road , Dalston . The prisoner said that he hud
received the bill in payment of an account due to him by Mr . Odcll , and feeling satisfied as to the respectability of the ostensible acceptor ; witness advanced him the amount without the slightest hesitation . On the 25 th of March following , the prisoner induced him tu discount another bill for £ G 5 , anil bearing the same acceptance , but both the bills in question , on arriving at maturity , were declared to be forgeries . Mr . Islop Odell proved that neither of the signatures to the bills produced were in his handwriting , and that he had never authorised any one to sign them for him . The prisoner was remanded till Tue 6 duy next .
THAMES . Ciiarge of Robbebv . —On Tuesday Elizab « th Webb , tevtnteen or eighteen years of age , was charged with robbing her employers . It appeared from the evidence that the girl was in a very destitute condition two years ago , and was relieved and succoured by the parish of St . Dionis , Backcburch , in Feuchurch-street . After being well clothed and put in a fair way of getting on in the world , a situation was procured for her by Mr . Brewer , the assistant-overseer , in the family of a gentleman navned Home , at Plaistow , in Essex , and she continued there until three months back , when she left , and no suspicion of her honesty being then entertained , she was reewnmended to another situation in the house of a widow lad j named Jessop , also livinr in Plaistow , whero sht ro .
mainad until the Wth of January . Subsequently to this suspicions were entertained of her honesty , and Ilr . Brewer went to the dwelling of herunclt in Itadcliff , and upon searching her box h « found the body of a silk gown , a crape tippet , and a pair of crape cuffs belonging to Mrs . Jessop , her list employer . He caused her to fce apprehended , and Serjeant Harris , 21 K , soou ascertain « d that a food deal of property had been ^ lost both by Mr . Home and Mrs . Jetsop , whil « the prisoner wusin their service . A great proportion of tho property was traced to tho prisoner , who had employed herauiit to p » nn souio of it , wbilw the remainder shehad pledged in her onu name ,
nnd represented that she came from lint . Jessop , and the pawnbrokers made out the duplicates in the name of Elizabeth Webb , for Mrs . Jesbop . Table-linen and female wearing apparel to the amount of £ S , the property of Mrs . Jessop , the whole of which tho prisoner had pawned on three separa te occasions in one day , the 23 rd of December , wtre produced by a pawnbroker ' s shopman , named Gusling . The whole of the articlw wereidentiiied by Mrs . Jessop . A valuable gold ring , belonging to Mr . Home , pawned b y the girl ' s aunt at the request of her uiec « , was identified by him . The prisoner held down her head and sobbed aloud . She made no defence , M » , Hrodsri eommittedUur .
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DREADFUL MURDERS . . ASSASSINATION IN THE METROPOLIS . < Shortly after six o ' clock on Monday morning the inhabitants of Pitt ' s-phce , a narrow paved court leading from Drury-laneto Great Wild-street , were alarmed by the report of a pistol from the house No . 4 in that place , the first-floor and cellar of which were occupied by the deceased , James Bostock , in his trade as a working brass and gun metal-founder , rhe first person whose attention seems to hare been particularly attracted by the circumstance was a man named Parsons , who occupied the second-floor of the house in which deceased resided . Hearing the di » - ¦ DREADFUL MURDERS .-
chargeof a pistol while in the act of dressing himself he descended to the ground-floor for the purpose of discovering whence it had been fired . On reaching the passage at the foot of the staircase , he stumbled over what appeared to be the body of * man , and on opening the street door he at once diecovered tlie deceased Bostock stretched upon the ground apparently lifeless , with a stream of blood issuing from one of his ears . A neighbour named Woodman and several other persons were soon on the spot , and the police-stretclm having been obtained , by the advice of a medical gentleman who had been summoned on the instant , the deceased was at once removed to King ' s College Hospital .
A medical examination immediately discovered that the deceased's ear had been penetrated by a bullet , and from the fact that the unhappy man , although still breathing , was in a perfect state of coma , it became evident that the ball still remained within the skull . After lingering from the period of his admission until nearly four o ' clock in the afternoon , the deceased expired from the effects of the wound . For some time after the attention of the police had been called to the circumstances above detailed , probably owiDg ¦ to the absence of all motive for the crime , there was considerable doubt as to the party by whom the act had been committed . . In the course of the morning , however , such facts were brought to
light as leave little , if any , doubt as to the author of the catastrophe . It appears that tho deceased had in his employ as an apprentice , a young man named Thomas Wix . On Saturday last Wix was sent by the deceased to one of his customers to obtain payment of a , small bill , amounting to 15 s ., or thereabouts . Wix obtained the money , and on his return home informed his master that he had had the misfortune to lose 11 s . out of the amount . He begged the deceased to allow him to make up the loss by payments of 2 s . 6 tl . a-week , to be deducted from his wages . This , however , the deceased objected to do , and further he expre 8 « ed his determination to deduct the whole sum from the wages due to > Vix on Saturday nisht ^ -a proceeding which he afterwards carried into effect . This circumstance is supposed to have
created a rancorou * feeling against his master in the mind of Wix , the more so as the parties are described to hare lived generally on very indifferent terms . It was the custom of Wix to knock up his master about six o ' clock every morning , in order to obtain admission to the workshop . Ho is supposed to have done this on Monday morning , as the widow , of the deceased states that it was in answer to a single knock at the door that her husband , who had just breakfasted , descended the staircaso from their apartments on the first floor . The report of the pistol almost immediately followed the opening of the door , and from the position in which deceased was found , it ii conjectured that the assassin must have watched the opportunity afforded by the deceased turning round to proceed up stairs in order to take his deadly
aim . The possession of a pistol , with powder and bullets , by Wix , is proved in a very clear and satisfactory manner , by a tradesman named Stone , who keeps an oil shop in Great Wild-street . Wix went into Mr . Stone ' s shop on Saturday , the 7 th instant , and purchased a small quantity of gunpowder , remarking that he was going out shooting on the following day ( Sunday ) . On Monday , the 9 th instant , h 8 again visited Mr . Stone ' s shop , and purchased on that occasion another » matt quantity of gunpowder . Mr . Stone asked him what he had shot on the previous day , to which he replied by giving a description of some bird which Mr . Stone imagined to be a snipe . Doubting the fact , Mr . Stone asked him what sort of a gun he used , whereupon Wix pulled out from his breast a bright barrelled pistol about six inches
long . Mr . Stone next asked him what sort of shot he used , to which question Wix replied by producing three or four small bullets . At Mr . Stone ' s request Wix gave him one of the latter , to seo if it would fit a pistol he had in use . This bullet was on Monday handed to the police by Mr . Stone , and in the event of a similar one being found in the head of the deceased . it will ,-of course , form an important link in the chain of evidence to be produced against Wix hereafter . Thus , taking all these facts into consideration , although it docs not at present appear that any one saw Wix near the scene of the murder on Monday morning , as he had absconded from his usual haunts , and has not been hoard of since Sunday , it is only reasonable to suppose that he must be privy to the crime of which he is suspected . The deceased has left a widow but no children .
Wix appears to have borne but a very indifferent character for some years past . About nine months since lie endeavoured to poison himself by taking an enormous dose of laudanum while labouring under some excitement . The attempt was , however , discovered in time to frustrate his intention . His mother is a poor woman of very good character . She lives in Little Wild-street , but her son has long been separated from her by his dissipated courses , He in about 21 years of age . APPREHENSION OF THB MURDERER . At a late hour last night Thomas Wix was
discovered at a coffee-house , and taken into custody . Information was brought to the police-station in the morning that the prisoner was seen in Finsburysquave ; and it appears that he subsequently went to Gravesend , probably with the view of planning a more effectual escape . He seems , however , to have become much dejected , and , on his return to London , lie sent for a friend to consult with , him upon the matter . It was , we believe , during an interview with Iub friend , that Mr . Pierce , the superintendent of the F division , received information from one of the constables on watch as to his appearance , kt ., and caused hi » immediate apprehension .
EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THF MURDERER . Tkomas Wix , who stands charged with the murder of his master , James Bostock , was on Tuesday placed at the bar before Mr . Twyferd , at Bow-street , policecourt , From the time of tho opening of the court , and indeed for some time previous , the street was crowded with people , anxiously waiting te " catch ft sight" of the accused . A beadle was in attendance to take note » of the examination , and to furnish a resport to the coroner , by whom he bad been sent .
A lew minutes before the prisoner was brought to the court , a gentleman applied to the magistrate to have the case put off till to-morrow , saying that he wat a relati # n of tho prisoner , and that he was in possession of facts which , he thought , would materially alter the aspect of the case . Mr . Twyford said that ho could not postpone the hearing of the case . If the applicant had any facts to adduce , an opportunity would be given him in the course of the examination . At ten minutes to two o ' clock the prisoner was placed in the dock . He is very boyish-looking , not appearing to be more than seventeen years of age . He was dressed in a velveteen jacket . During the examination he showed great levity , and evi
dently thought very little of the charge against him . Samuel Parsons , an old man who lives in the same house as the deceased , No . 4 , Pitt-place , Drury-lane , said—I am a coachmaker by trade . At seven o ' clock on the morning of Monday , being then in bed , I heard a cry of "Master ; " I immediately got up , and partly dressed myself . Before I was quite dressed I heard the report of a pistol . When lwa » dressed I went down stairs and found a caudle alight in the passage . I put it out . Afterwards I found a body in the pas snge , and I went to the street-door , and saw Mr . Goodman , who lives at the house opposite , at hit door . I asked him to bring a light , which he did , and we went together to the place where I had seen the light . We found the body of Mr , Bostock lying in the passage , and covered with blood . We then called in the police , and the body was taken awav on a stretcher .
A shopman in the employ of Messrs . Harding , gunsmiths , of 02 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-inn , said that on Monday or Tuesday of last week the priROHer came to him with a pistol , which was out of order . It was a flint and steel pistol . Witness oiled the spring , which was stiff , and the barrel , which was rusty . Ho said he wanted to shoot a dog that had bit him , and showed a . tear upon his jaw . He asked witness to tive him a bullet . He had not a bullet , but he gave him two slugs . _ On Wednesday he came again , and » aid that tho pistol had missed five , but witness showed him that it was in good order , lie said he had shot the dog . On Thursday he went to the nhop again and showed witness a percussion cap pistol , which he said he had got iu exchange for the other , and had given half-a-crown into the bargain . Witness put tho pistol in order , and gave tho prisoner a few cap * . He said he wanted to go shootingon Primrose-hill on Sunday . Ho then went
away . Edward Mailers , a dealer in pawnbroker ' s unredeemed p ledges , of 129 , Drury-lane , said that in the course ot last wenk the prisoner came several times to his shop to bargain for a pistol which he wished to buy . Finally witness gave him a percussion-cap pistol in exchange for a flint pistol , receiving kalf-aciown in addition from the prisoner . The prisoner said that he wanted it to shoot birds with . ( The witness produced the pistol which he had received from the prisoner . ) James Stowo , an oil and colourman , of 19 , Great Wild-street , proved that the prisoner bought gunpowder of him on several occasions daring the last week . He always said ho wanted it to shoot birds withand on one occasion he showed him
, a pistol . John Collins , 44 F , stated that while he was on lty in Great Wild-street on Saturday night , he was Hied mto the house , No . 4 , PittVphce . bv the de-
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ceased , who was about to give the prisoner into cus . todyforobtaining money , and converting it tohn own use . The prisoner said he had lost it , and offered to pay hall-a-crown a week till the whole sum ( 11 s . ) should be paid . Ihc deceased did not « ive him in charge , but said he would atop out of his week ' s wages the 11 s ., and 2 s . Cd ., which he had borrowed from him . Policemen Pocock , F . 14 , and Thompson , A G 2 , took the prisoner in charge , in a coffee-house in Great Queen-street , Drury-lane , at about twelve o ' clock on Monday night . He asked on the road to the station-house , whether " the | governor waa dead ?" They told him he was ; and he said " he was a —L . rogue to me ; this was brewing for him , for twelve months , ami I have revenged myself for his cruel treatment to me . " He wan cautioned that anything he said would be used against him , and he Baid uo ceased , who was about to give the Dmnnpp intn n ., j . forobtainin ? money , and conrprt n « 5 Jk
more . The prisoner , who , during the evidence of the policemen , had appeared more serious than before , on being asked if he had any question to put to the witness Pocock , said " No ; he gives his evidence so sincerely that I can say nothing to him ; and the evi . dence ii so clear against me that I must contess that I am ' . guilty of it . I did do it ; and 1 only wonder I did not do it twelve months ago , his conduct to me waB so cruel . " The witnesses were then bound over to prosscute , and the prisoner was fully committed .
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Penbith , Tuesday Night , Nine O'Clock . —Evcr since the commencement of the Lancaster and Carlisle , and other railways in the north , a . most determined » t , d inyeterate animosity has unfortunately existed amongst the Eiigli 8 h and Irish labourers , the former refusing » allow the latter to work with them , by rea 6 on of the latter working for under wages and other grievances , About one o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon the English working at the great cutting neur Yew ' s-crag , on t he Lancaster « nd Carlisle lino , about two mileB distant from Penrith , on account of a number of the Irish hating on
Monduy used one of the English " gangers" tery ill , roie en masse and drove the Irish off the works to Y an waft , wb « uce tliey again routed them , and pursued them to the workings on the other side of tbe Eamont , and attempted to drive them there , but the Irish mustered a strong force and obliged the Engliih to retmt . In the evcuing tht Irish having assembled at Flump , ton , marched into Penrith to th * number of 300 , five in a row , armed with knives , sticks , clubs , pokers , pitchforks , achhee , and other weapons . No further disturbance took place that night .
VfEUNEBDAi Eveniho . —About a quarter part sight o ' clock this morniBg upwards of 1000 of the English entered Penrith in a body , ali ' . armtd with scithes , pokers , sticks , hammors , picks , pistols , and various other weapons . On entering the town thsy proceeded up the front street into Middlegate , where they turned into Burregate and Sandgate , the streets where a number of the lri « h lodge . But they found none of them . Thence they proceeded up Albert-street to the town-head in starch of the Irish , where they found three or four , who were most dreadfully kicked and beaten . Leaving the town , the mob , which by this time had amounted to upwards of 2 , 600 , proceeded on the Carli « le-road to Milestone house , where a number « f the Irish early in the morning
had tnusterad , but on hearing of the approach of the English had fled . Several individuals were captured and dreadfully beaten and ill-used . Whwever the Irish could be found they were hunted out and shockingl y maltreated . The English had to & coaeid « rable extmt dispersed , when it time to be known that about 80 O Irieh , all armed , w « re within two miles of the tewn , when the English all remustered , and proceeded to meet them . A dreadful conflict wus now apprehended , but in th « mean , time the yeomanry cavalry had been called out , and forthwith proceeded to meet the Irish to prevent them entering the town . The Irish , however , did not come . On thQ return of the cavalry the Riot Act wai read , and the troops right a-breast cleared the streets of the Eng . lish . It was feared that the Irish would M-entcr tha
town on Wednesday night . [ IO&TDXK riJ . TICCLia « , 5 TnuRSDAi Evening . —About twelve o ' clook this morn , ing avidotte galloped into the town with the intelligence that about 700 Irish , well armed with guns , pistols , pikei , bill-hooks , hammers , knives and other unplomenti , were within two miles of the town , on the Carlisle-road , advancing in a body . The bugle sounded to arms ; the troopi » 'er « out almost in an instant , two of whom gallopped off , with Sir 6 . Mujgrave at their head , on the Carlisle , road , and most fortunately met the Irish about half a mile out of the town-head , when the Irish halted . A parley ensued , which resulted in an arrangement that
those of the Irish who had been working en the line in Westmoreland , and the neighbourhood of Penrith , should lay down , their weapons , and Ire escorted by a detachment of the cavalry to the Gray Bull Inn , at Pourith town-head , whore they would be paid their wages due , while the other part of th « Irish were to remain wkh the remainder of the cavalry , or return to Plumpton . This was accomplished , and the Irish were got rid of . At the same time a troop was sent oft'to Eamont-bridge , under the command of Colonel Hassell , a mile on the south of the town , to keep the English back . Another detachment wag stationed at the Yamvath ; bridge , " a mile further up the Eauaont . At uightfnll a number of the troops returned to quartm , patrols being left on duty in various directions ,
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SOUTH LANCASHIRE . A South Lancashire delegate meeting was held on Sunday in Ashton-under-Lyne , in the Chartist Institution , Bentinck-strect , when Mr . Williams handed in five shillings from the Chartists of Stockport for the central fund , Mr . D . Donovan handed in fifteen shillings from Manchester for the same purpose . The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed , the following resolutions were passed : — " That Mr , Wild , of Mottram , be empowered to convene a meeting in Hyde , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones a"d Ellis , and also to petition for the Ten Hours' Bill ; and we earnestly entreat the Chartists and friends of democracy to assist him ; and we further authorise
Mr . Wild to establish a Chartist association in Hyde , nnd that the expenses incurred be laid before the next delegate meeting . " " That the Chartists of Ashton be requested to hold meetings in Droylesden and Denton for the same purpose , " " That the Chartists of Rochdale be requested to hold a meeting iu Littleborough for the same purpose . " " That the Manchester Chartists be requested to hold meetings in Patricroft and Eccles for the same purpose , " " That the Stockport Chartists be requested to hold meetings in Hazel-grove and Chealde for the same purpose . " "That the Oldham Cbartists he requested to hold meetings in llollingwood , Failsworth , Shaw , Royston , Lees , and Mosely , for the same purpose . " " That Lord Francis Egerton and Mr .
Entwell , members for the county , be requested to present the petitions to the House of Commons , and in case of their refusal , that they be forwarded to Mr . Duncombe . " "That the Chartists of Hey wood be requested to hold a meeting in Bury for the same purposes as the other localities . " " That it is our opinion that endeavours should be made to estend tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and , to do this effectuall y , we recommend to the following localities—namely , Manchester , Stockport , Ashten , Staleybndge , Mottram , Mosely , Oldham , Rochdale , Ileywood , Littleborough , Bolton , Bury , Wigan , and Harrington—the necessity of holding a delegate meeting in Manchester , on the second Sunday in
March , to consider the best manner to accomplish tins object . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting that tlie Chartists of the united kingdom of Great Britain should not agitate for any measure which has not for its object the establishing the People ' s Charter as the law of the laud . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is absolutely necessary that an address should be published to the country at large , showing the injustice of war , the horrors of the war in India , and tlie absolute tyranny of the embodiment of the militia ; and that our secretary be instructed to request the executive to publish such anaddruss , and that we pledge ourselves to give it every circulation . " " That every locality be requested to give in an estimate of the number of subscribers contained in the
respective associations likely to assist the executive circulating the works of Thomas Paine . " " That each locality be requested to take their share of the Chartist Hymn Books . " " That this meeting dissolve , and the next meeting to be held in Oldham , on the last Sunday in March , to bo held in tho Schoolroom of the Working Men ' s Hall . " All letters lor the District secretary to be addressed to Mr . James Williams , No . 9 , Lowe-street , Stockport ( not Lauccstreet ) . v
ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE . CiuimsT Tka Party and Ball . —A tea party and ball came off at the house of Mr . Thomas Coop , sign ol the Shepherds' Arms , Old-street , Ashton , on Monf > " evening last , February 16 . The tea being given by Mr . 1 . Coop , of the above house , on account of his recent removal from the Tontine Inn , Catherinestreet , the large room was crowded to excess . The worthy host , who is a republican Chavtiat , had spared neither trouble nor expense to make the ladies comfortable . The room was embellished with portrait *
oi limit , O Connor , and other patriots , and was altogether moat tastefull y decorated . About half-past five not lens than one hundred of the female Chartists sat down to a substantial repast , which did very great credit to the worthy host and hostess . Singing , dancing , and recitations were the order of tlie evening until a very late hour , when , at the conclusion , there were three cheers given for Feargus O'Connor , three for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , three for the len Hours' Bill , and three times three for tho jharter . The-party broke up at a very early hour , highly deli ghted with the eveuing ' s entertainments .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 21, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1355/page/8/
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