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^ HHH ^^^^ H ^^ H ^ I ^^^^ IH ^ HH ^ I ^ HflH ^ IMHB ^^ BHHHI ^ HBB ^ VeV ^ V hatatthemortne could only deflect tix day *' pay as a p : ia ry for tlic twenty-four hours' continuance of refusal ro do duty . —Mr . Yardley said , tliat was his present impression ; Irat toe would never sanction any disobedience of the lawful commands of the master of a ship . CLERKENWELL . —TintEATEireD MnsDEB . — Nicholai Yergie , a labourer , was cha ged under the f- llowinjr car-Iqub and suspicious circumstances : —A policeman , on Tneidmy eTeninir . sww the prisoner in Brill-row . Somers To'ti , with a large pistol in his possession ! and being informed V >; amaa that he intended to commit murder with it , and that he had been to anoilshop in theneighhourhool topurchaeeaflint for it , took b : m into custody . On making enquiries he ascertained that to te the fact .
anil that the prisoner had stated that he had been as . sanltedby a man in P < icock * -= field * . Islington , who had cut his head . lie determined on being revenged , be had bought the pistol for the purpose of blowing ou ' Ms brains . Oa examining the pistol , it was f ound to be neaviy loaden . On questioning theprisoner , nesavi »» lad been assaulted , exhibited a wound ou the back part of his h-aa . and he int n ed to have rerense tor the injury irithont seeWnp redress bylaw . Mr . Comoe qaestionedthe prisoner , who answered surlily . * a-TOitted b 3 Tin K purchased and loaded the pistol with a murderous intent , bul he « nraW notn . en . inn thename oftherarty whom he intended to harm . Vr ., Combe , under the drenmstauces . ordered him to find bai to keep the pesee ,. and that the pistol should be detained by the ¦ *"" THURSDAY . GUILDHAl-L . —Dahdo KEDrvrvos . —A middle aged man . of respectable appearance , of dark complexion , with tmshj black hair and whiskers , and of rather low stature , was this day placed at the bar befor Mr . Alderman Sidney , charged w « th several frauds upon tavernkeeprrs . and confectioners in the city . - Ti : e prisoner , on apsearing before the magistrate , indignantly refused to five his name or addrrss . and insisted that the compbvmnt could only claim debt against him , and protested against what he called the illegal conduct of the inspector , in locking up a respectable man like him all night , in company with "bad characters" in a station * houRp . The Alderman proceeded to hen the evidence of Mr . Tnelis . confectioner , in St . Paul's Church . yard ,
corrobated by a young woman in his service , that in the course of yesterday theprisoner feasted sumptuously at Ills house , upon mock turtle soup and other minor refreshments , and was afterwards , walking off without payment , saying hehad no money , and must have credit for his cheer until some other day . This not being acceded to . he said that the yonnir woman who waited on him in the first instance had agreed to give him credit . But Mr . Inglis at length gave him into custody , and money more than sufficient to pay being found upon him . the charge of fraud was even'ually taken . Mr . Bailey , of the Sun Tavern , Ludgate-hill , the proprietor of the Goose and Gridiron , in the same neighbourhood ,
and Mr . Goodwin Cannon , of the Punsh Tarern , 99 , Fleet-street , recognised him as the perpetrator of similar victimising feats npon themselves . After hearing a good deal of evidence of the same character , Mr . Alderman Sidney asked the prisoner if he persisted in refasing to give his name , for if that were the case , he should commit him as a rogue snd vagabond . The prisoner at length stated that his name was John Simmons . The Alderman observed that he had on a previous occasion given the name of Johnson , and that more rec-ntiyhe had figured ondf r the name of John Smith . The case concluded by the prisoner being committed for tw months .
( From eur Second Edition of last Week . ) SOTJTHWARK . — Cbabge op attempting to comhit Peiosy . — 'WiHiam Bearde , alias Donovan , a young man . with a cut over his right eye , was brought before Sir . Seeker , charged with entering the Sun Cow publichouse , High-street , with three other men , for the pur . pose of committing felony . —The prisoner , who is su =-prcted of belonging to a gang of thieves who plunder paMie-liouses , walked into the Dun Cow that morning about half-past eight o ' clock . They went into the taproom and called for a quartern of rum , and while the har-maid was serving them the prisoner took an oppor tnnitv of slipping unperceivrd out of the room . In
about fire minutes afUrwarJs he was seeing coming down stairs , and endeavoured te make a " bolt * out of the house , but wit prevented . On examination of the rooms np stairs , it was discovered that three coats belongs ing to the landlord ha « l been taken out of his bed-room , and were found lying on the staircase , dropped , no doubt , by the prisoner , in his anxiety to escape detection . His three companions escaped during the confusion of -thejmomenr . When before the magistrate the pr isoner asseverated Ms innocence of having any felonious intention ; saM it was all spite , and . that he obtained hi * living by honest means . Committed to the House of -Correction for three months .
BOW-STREET . —Stealing a watch John Orchard , a drnmmer in the Coldstream Guards , was charged with stealing a watch and a sovereign , the property of Captain Charles Grirastead . It appeared that on the 2 Gth of November the prosecutor left his gold xratcb and a sorercign on the table in his own room , adjoining the guard room , to which no one but the prisoner and a corporal had access , at ei « ht o ' clock in the evening , when he went to mess . At el-. ven o'clock he returned and missed the watch and sovereign . Nobody hat the prisoner and the captain ' s servant had been in
the room . The prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday Jastby policeman II 17 , at a public house in Whitechape ! He said that he had taken the watch and sovereign , and fca-l taken a cab toItntciiffe highway , where he g * t a man whom he knew to pawn it for £ 0 . The policeman , after leaving the prisoner at the station , went to the lodging of the man mentioned by the prisoner , but failed in apprrhending him . He afterwards made inquiries at the pawnbroker ' s , and found the watch which he now produced , and wMch wes identified bj the captain , Mr . Jardine remanded the prisoner to Saturday week .
CLERKENWELL . —AssacLT . —James Brookes was charged with violently a ^ s ^ ulting police cen stable 141 G , u : id * r tV . e followim ; circumstances : —The policeman Mated , that last night he saw the prisoner in the New Road , in company with a drunken female , whom he knocked down and brutally assaulted , and when he ( constable ) interfered for her protection , the prisoner struck him three times in the face , and attempted to trip bin . np . "When he was taken into custody he resisted violently , and it required several constables to tckc him to the sta ion house . Mr . Combe said lie would not . in the preernt c « se , inflict a fine ; he would take the more effectual remedy of ordering the prisoner to find good hail t > i keep the peace . Noticing provided with sureties , the prisoner was locked up .
FRM > AV . ( From , our Third Edition of Last Week . ) CLEKKEXWELL . —A Woman £ ichetisg Herself ik a CnOBCU . —Sarah Fitzgibbon , an elderly woman , whose aupearanre indicated t-mporary insanity , was place at die bar before Mr . Combe , charged with bavin-. ' teen found concealed in St . Peter ' s Church , Islington , it was « uppused with intent to commit feiony . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . Thonas Dunn , schoolmaster t < i the National School , Islington , that the Her . Ifr . Estler , the Slinister of St . Peter ' s Church , was in the habit of having a fire kindled in the vesiry three times a week , an-1 attending there for the purpnsc of bis religious duties . Sometimes the rev . gentleman sent his own servant to light the fire , and occasionally witness ' s
servant ma so . Yesterday morning , at an early hour , his servant went into the church , and proceeded to the gallery stairs , utult-r which some patent firewood was kept . On opening the door , she heard something move . The place was very dark ; hat on arriving at an avenue leading to the belfry , she saw a human form stand * in : ; before her . She was greatly alarmed and t-rrififd , when she screamed aloud and ran out . calling for assistance . Witness met her in a fainting state , and being informed as to what she hud seen hi ' ca-led iufever . -il policemen , nliofound the prisoner cone-altdund .-rthe Rallery-Ktnir * . and she was taken to the station-house . Site heg ?< -d ( if them not to send her to )> n > ''ii ; ? lr . was in < 5 jd ' s lutuse , and a ? kvd for a priest , jViHc-eonstable 71 X corrSiiirated this evidence . The iri < unTBaid . to him that fhe had been in the church
thrte davs and three nights . She had a market basket , in whirli was an empty quart bottle . On searching l-. er three sovereigns and 2 s . 61 . were found , which she s : tiii Ik-lmigrd to her master , Mr . Herbert , of Cropleytemce , Vveulock-street , NewXorth-ioad . Islington , who said the iv » an honest , sober , industrious , and quiet woman . Mr . Combe asked her what she had to say to the charge ? Prisoner , who looked vacantly , said the door was open and she went into the church , and stopped there ; ( giving the same account she had ipven to the witnesses . ) Mr . Combe—Why did yon go into the church ? Prifoner . Because they told me that I was to be burnt and my master was to be shot . The money found in my pocket was my master ' s He sent me with it to pay the Queen ' s ta * s , Theprisoner was discharged and given into the care of her master , Mr . Herbcit , who saidsnr should be properly attended to .
STARLBOKODGH-STKEET . —Henry B . Latoyr , a Frenchman , _ nho descr ibed himself as an agent , Kinp Street , S . » ho , was charged with baring feloniously assaulted Ann Dalye , a little girl , 12 years of age , who Jived with him in the capacity of servant . The c- ' -QijiIainam said she had lived in the service of the defendant abuul three month * , and her principal business was u > carr ; out newspapers , and to make the beds , which latter dut * was usually done about ten o'clock at night . On Saturday night last complainant went np stairs to make the beds , when her master came to her , behtved with gross indecency towards her , and attempted to effect his purpose . She screamed and resisted , and was at last released . Sh > - mentioned to a fellow-servant , with whom she slept , what had occurred . The servant said it was a great shame , but advised her not to tell her mother as
her mother would perhaps beat her . Complainant was nfr . iid to tell Mrs . Lautour , as her master ha 4 threatened to murder her if she spoke of what bad occurred . Complainant went to her mother on tbe following Sunday , but did not mention the behaviour of her master to her . The other servant Ictt a few days afterwards , and met complainant ' * mother accidentally , ami then she toldher what she ( complainant ) had communicated to her . Her mother immediately came to her , and questioned her as to the truth of what she had heard . She told her mother exactly how her master had treated her . She was tben taken away , and the present proceedings instituted . The defence of the accused was , that he was not at home , except for a few minutes , on the evening when the alleged assault had taken place . The charge against him had been invented for interested purposes . A person named Duffit , stated that he kept the shop beneath
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Mr . latour ' s rooms , and that he did not hear any scream on Saturday night from tbe child .- -The child had stated thather master had never before taken liberties with her . Thfttwas not true , aB the girl had , three weeks ago , mentioned to his wife , that her master had taKen liberties with her more than once before . lne B '" questioned on this point , and she in the most posit . ve manner denied that this . tatement . « Ultrue At a late hour in the evening the charge was mimed . The solicitor for the p risoner said he was prepared to prove iSr ^ r ^ - ^^ rt econdservantgirl , He , however , was prepared to ad . mit that some indecency , though far short of the extent . letailfd b ? 8 < h * beenpiaciised by the defendant towards the g irl . After some evidence was given on behalf of the prisoner , tending to shake in some degree the credibility of the little girl , Mr . Bardwicke decided on dealing with the case as one of aggi avated assault , and
accordingly inflicted the full penalty of £ 5 . or two months' imprisonment . THAMES-STBEET Mr . Pelham , solicitor , came before Mr . Ballantine with f mrteen men and boys , formins part of the crew of the Glenel ^ frigate ( late an East ludiaman ) , the flag ship of General Florea , which , with two war steamers . intended for the invasion of the Equi-< lor , have been seized by the government under the Equipment and Enlistment Act , in consequence , as it is alleged , of their being fitted for the purposes of hostilities with a power on friendly terms with Great Britain . Mr . Pvlham said be had been just informed that some of the patties for whom he applied were before Mr . Broderip on a former day , and on the Magistrate being informed the Glenelg was condemned , and that no voyage bad been performed , said he had no jurisdiction . The men
and bojs in attendance informed him , they had entered into articles of agreement with a Captain Gem , for the " run" to Corunnn , and were to receive two months' pay in advance , and only one month ' s advance had been paid . The ship had dropped down to Graveeend , and had b » en seized by the government , and brought back to the East India-dock . The parties had received from £ 1 15 s . to £ 3 each , and they wanted the other month ' s pay . Mr . Rallantine : which I have no power to order them . They belong to an expedition which has been intercepted . Supposing tbe contract to be a legal one , and that the Gleuelg was chartered for the regular purposes of trade , I could order no wages till the contract wan completed . Mr , Felham : Exactly so . I told them their application would be useless , but they would not be satisfied till they heard youropinion . They told me a story abont the ship being seizedfor having smuggled goods on board , ( A laugh . ) 1 know very well the reasons which induced Her Majesty ' s Government to intercept
theexpcdition , which appears to me to be an illegal one , and contrcry to the lair of nations . The spokesman of the party snid he bad shipped by the run to Corunna- Mr . B Hantine : the ship is likely to run somewhere else . The seaman : I have received a month ' s pay in advance . Mr Ballnntine : Tou are wry lucky then . The sr-aman : But the boatswain and three others have received two months' ^ p aj each . Mr . Ballantine : So much the better for them . You will obtain no summonses here . The seaman said , that although he had agreed to go by the run to Corunna , fresh articles were to be signed there to go to South America , or somewhere else . Mr . Ballatine : What were you to do when you got there ! The seaman : I don ' t know , Sir , indeed , Mr . Pelham ssid he would advise all the people who bad consulted him-to leave tbe 31 ene ! g , and bring their clothes and hammocks ashore as quickly as possible , for he had no doubt ihe expedition was an illegal one , and tbe intention of the promoters of it were hostile to a foreign power . The parties tha * withdrew .
LAMBETH . —Emily Julia 'Williams , aged 16 , and Henry Williams . 8 ged 12 years , were placed at the felon ' s bar . before Mr . Norton , on a charge of stealing two glazi- t ' s diamonds , of the value of 35 s . The prisoners , though to young , have frequently been brought to this court on charges of felony , and the girl has been tried and convicted at the Old Bailey . It appeared tbnt on Wednesday a glass-cutter named Star , residing near Kennington-common , lost two diamonds worth 35 s . On the following day they were pledged at two dift > t > nt pawnbrokers by the prisoners . Tbe duplicate of one of them nas subsequently sold to a person nam > d Payne , and upon his applying to take it out , Mr . Archbutt , tbe pawnbroker who bad then received a notice of the diamond having been stolen , sent for Bedford , a constable ; and this led to the apprehension of the prisoners . Itedford , in his
examination stated , that on going to the lodging of Williams , the father of the prisoners , and seeing that person he asked him if he had had any graziers' diamonds in his possession ? and he replied he had bad two . lie said that hs had formerly kept a repository at Stoke Newington , and the two glaziers' diamonds were part of the goods left upon his hands . He also said that both were pawned . White he ( Redford ) was in the room , the female came in with some tea and sugar , and he also observed in her hand a duplicate , which be took from her , and which he found to be for a picture pledged for eighteen-pence . The boy also came in with some coats , which were wet and dirty , and which he had very little doubt bad been stolen , and he took both into custody , Thomas lockyer , the Rao . er , deposed—that after he had locked up both the prisoners , the boy began to cry very much ; upon which the girl , who was in the next cell .
called out to him , Don ' t cry , there won ' t be anything d-netoyon . " The boy replied , "Won ' t . there 1 " The girl then said , " There won ' t ; we must say that I wasn't with you when we took them . We must say that father gave us them twn , and we sold them to a Jew in the street , and the other , too , a man and a woman came along and gave them to us to pledge . We must say a man and woman gave us tbe pictures to pledge . " Redford . the officer , said he should have taken the father of theyrisoners into custody , as he had no doubt whatever he encouraged his children to rob and participate in the plunder , but he appeared so ill at the time that he feared he would die . Mr . Norton directed tbnt he might be at once attended by the parish doctor , and . if he pronounced him in a fit state to be removed , he should bring him to the court . Williams was subsequently brought up in cu 6 tody , and with bis children was remanded for a week .
WORSHIP-STREET . — Robbing a Child . — Mary Anne Buckley , a younjf noman respectably dressed in mourninc , and wearing a veil , wa 9 placed at tbe bar before Mr . Bingham , charged with stealing the sum of Is . C I . from tbe person of a little girl , nine years of uge , name E ! iza Grey . It appeared from the evidence that ihe child wag sent out by its mother , at two o ' clock that afternoon , with the money in question wrapped up inpnper , to make a purchase in the neighbourhood , and on reaching Pinsbury-square was accosted by the prisoner , a stranger to her , who told her that she was intlmaMy ' acquainted with her mother , to whose house she was proceeding to take some plums and currents for the Christmas pudding , and asked her what she had in her hand . The child unsuspectingly told her her errand , upon which the prisoner took the paper from her , opened it , folded it up again , ami having returned the parcel to her , was walking
away , wbeu the little girl , convinced tbat the package felt lighter than before , examined it herself , and finding it owly contained a penny , was in great distress at the loss of her mother ' s money , and raised an outcry . This attracted the attention of several passengers , and the pri . saner , who was rapidly disappearing , was instantly pursued by two men , who overtook and detained her until the arrival of a policeman , into whose custody she was given . Mrs . Hayward , the female searcher at the Featherstone-street station , produced tbe money tbe prisoner had purloined , which she found in her possession on examining her dress , and it being stated to the magistrate that a prcat number of other children had teen lately robbed by a well-dressed woman in the same neighbourhood , theprisoner , who confined herself to a positive denial of the charge , was ordered to be brought up again next week , to afford an opportunity for establishing other cases of a similar description against her .
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—^ ALARMING COLLISION ON THE BOLTON RAILWAY . Manchester , Thursday . —A collision oi a frightful character took place yesterday upon the Bolton division of tbe Manchester and Leeds Railway , whereby a ballast train , in which were 29 labourers , in the employ of the company , was run against by a lugungc-train travelling oa the same line of rails , but in an opposite direction . The engine of the bailasttr . iin was seriously damaged , and the carriage contain > n 3 the work-people thrown off the rails and turned over . The engineer and foreman of the lugeage-train , seeing the opposite train approaching , shut off the steam and had time to jump off and escape uninjured . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the men , all of whom were more or less injured , were sent to their homes , where some of them at present remain in a very bad state .
The accident appears to have been occasioned by the wilful disobedience of orders by one of the engine drivers , who has since been sentenced to a mouth ' s imprisonment with hard labour . In the event of any of the injured parties dying , he will be tried upon a charge of manslaughter . The injuries received by some of the men are stated to be of a serious character .
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Melaschom Shipwreck . —The schooner Rowena , of Jersey , was brought into this port on Wednesday last , by the George Vickery , a Bideford vessel , commanded b > Captain Tatham . It appears that the George Vickery fell in with the ill-fated vessel on the u-oast of Devonshire , finding her a total wreck , dismasted , with the rigging , and Eonie pices of timber floating from the stern , her bulwarks smashed , hatches washed away , the deck completely cleared , and the Yessel water-logged . The stiffened corpses of a part of her crew were lying in various parts of the wreck , and one of the first objects that presented itself on the vessel being boarded , was the body of
one of the unfortuate sailors , lashed to a fragment of the mainmast , and in * putrid state , which shortly afterwards was carried overboard with a part of the wreck . Captain Tatham having procured the assistance of several Pillgwcnlly boatmen , she was grounded in oar river , and a hole cut in her side , which considerably reduced the water within , when the cabin was entered , and the bodies of two me !) were found , —one being thought that of the captain , about five feet five inches high , with pleasintr countenance , lon ^ dark hair , and large red whiskers , and linen marked J . II . —supposed to be about thirty years of age—Ifonmoulfuft ' tre Merlin .
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THE 'ST . PANCRAS REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTIST SPUBLIC AND WORKING CLASSES GENERALLY . Friends and Brothers , In August last your representatives met in Convfntion at Leeds , delegated by you for the especial purpose of devising and recommending for your adoption such plans for future agitation as they in their wisdom might consider to l > e the best calculated to ensure the enactment of the People's Charter . With the important questions that occupied their deliberations , and their wise decisions thereon , you are already cognisanttherefore we will not here
, enumerate them , but proceed to state that the object of this address is to call your serious attention to that which we consider to be the most important of their recommendations , viz ., " That a determined , enercetic , and united effort be-made to return to the House of Commons at the next general election ten or twelve stern , incorruptible , and unflinching ndvocale * of the people ' s cause . Men imbued with , democracy and patriotism , whose spirits , burning with freedom ' s sacred fire , ' would fearlessly expose and denounce the wrongs , and never rest until they had wrunst from the tyrant factions those equal and inalienable rights which are justly due to the sons of labour . "
We contend that this is neither visionary nor Utopian , but sound and good policy , and as we fully acree with Brother ' . Wild , of Mot tram , that " The House of Commons is the place for the discussion and promiil ( jarnation ot our principles , and that the Charter cannot become law until our lawmakers are made to understand it , " ve therefore bail it as the best and most practical plan that can be propounded . That this noble project might be efficiently carried out , the Conference also recommended that Registration and Election Committees be forthwith formed in every city , borough , town , village , and hamlet , and likewise that a central committee be elected to sit in London to concentrate and direct .
The central committee has been elected , they have met week after week , they have drawn up and printed" for general circulation , addresses and forma of claims < er registration , and they have solicited your co-operation . The utility , the magnitude the vitality of the question has been urged on your attention through the columns of our democratic organ , and , althoueh four months have elapsed since the Convention met , yet the central committee have not received any ' communication or support from you , excepting an application from the GJas'ow friends for a quantity of addresses . . We ask how is this ? why this lukewarmness , thi 3 lethargy , this apathy , this torpidity , it cannot be that you have no confidence in the central
committee . We can testify from personal knowledge that this committee consists of sterling democrats , whose hearts and souls are bound up in the cause , and that they would spend and be spent to ndvance human progression , that as they have nobly done thpy will do their duty , and that they are ( as stated in their address . ) " resolved to make a nreat , united , and constitutional effort to be free . " Then whv will you not unite with and support them in this mighty agitation ? Is it because freedom has no charms , liberty , no endearments , slavery no horrors ; will you prefer being crushed beneath the ponderous wheels of the Juggernaut of capital ; are you pertinaciously determined to hug the chain that binds you ? In conclusion , we emphatically ask you what you
intend to do towards carrying this treat measure ? You must he convinced that sectional agitation would be futile , that to be successful we must unite . We are prepared to do our part with the greatest alacrity , hut , until we ascertain what amount of support we are to expect from such places as Manchester , lieeds , Nottineham , Birmingham , Sheffield , Ac ., we feel a diffidence in exorting our energies , therefore , let us at once understand each other on this matter . Let there be no delay . The general election will soon be here . Let us be prepared . Let us not have the soul harrowing and heart burning reflection , that had we been united and energetic we could have conquered . Away then with apathy . Rally round the committee , and agitate ! agitate ! agitate ! Signed on behalf of the committee , < William -Famus , Chairman . John Aihjott , Secretary . DISCUSSION ON THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO THE CHARTER . Mr . Ernest Jones having accepted Mr . Edwards' challenge to discuss the right of the people to the suffrage as defined in the Charter , met that gentleman at the Tower Hamlets Institute on Saturday evening last . By the time appointed the lame hall was crowded , a great proportion of the audience evidently belonging to the middle or shopkeeping classex . The position taken by Mr . Edwards was . that Might was Right , that having the power to do a thine pave you the right to do it , that therefore those « n ! y were entitled to the franchise who now enjoyed it , and that the working classes of this country had no shadow of right to its possession , and if they had it would be too ignorant to use it in a proper wav . Mr . Ernest Jones ably combated
these assertions , and . defeating several attempts to draw him into thelliscussi'm of irrelevant matter , reduced , by pound practical argument , his opponent to adroit that might was frequently wrong , after which Mr . Edwards lost the ground of his opposisition , and practically il ' rMrated his change of opinion , by stating , amid the laughter of the meeting , that if only twenty Hands were held up for him , he would not confess himself in the wrong , since it would be might triumphing over riiht . But even in his very low estimate of the numbpr of hands to beheld up for him he was deceived , since the principle of tlie Charter were vindicated by the enthusiastic declaration of an ovi flowing meeting . Mr . Jones's illustrations were throughout hailed with the mo 3 t hearty applause , an' ! the meeting separated , after giving three most enthusiastic cheers for the Charter and three for the land .
CITY LOCALITY . At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of the city of London , on Sunday evening laat , December 5 , after the minutes of the lxst meeting being read and confirmed , and the reports of the different delegates was given in and received , it was moved by Mr . Fuzzon , and seconded by Mr . Nobbs—That a Balance Sheet from the National Petition and Legislation Committee be made out and forwarded by our delegates to the Central Committee . Mr . Tucker then moved— ¦ That Mr . O'Connor ' s appeal to the Chartist Body be taken into consideration . Agreed to after much discussion . The following was moved by Mr . T . Salmon , and seconded hy Mr . George II . Tucker t—
That we , the Chartists of the city of London , have read with regret the letter of Mr . Feargus O'Connor with re-Fpect to the Defence Fund , and that we immediately commence a subscription , and recommend to the country to pay as early as possible a just debt due to that gentleman from their body . It was then moved and seconded—That five persons be appointed to collect subscriptions and carry out the same . Mr . John Ovenon , Mr . John Wilson , Mr . G . HTucker , Mr . Elijah Nobbs and Mr . William Allnutt were appointed , A subscription was them immediately entered into by those members present . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next , at six o'clock , at tho George Inn , Snowhill .
CHARTIST ASSEMBLY ROOMS . At a meeting of the Chartist Council in Deanstreet , a resolution—Tli . it collecting book ;! be issued for obtaining fuViscrip . tions towards liquidating the debt due to Mr . O'Connor for the Defence Fund ; and that the subicriptions be continued until tbe debt be paid . was unanimously adopted .
ToDMORDEN . The council of the National Charter Association met at the house of R . Brook , on Sunday night last , when they come to the conclusion that it was the imperative duty of every honest Chartist to do his utmost to raise funds for that purpose . A subscription was openvd immediately which is likely to go on well ; books were given into the hands of different individuals , who were authorised to collect from any person , who may be inclined to give . They agreed to invite Dr . P . M . MDouall to call at Todniorden , to deliver one or two lectures , on Sunday , the 20 th instant .
BILSTON . At the weekly meeting of the members of Ihe National Charter Association , held at the house of Mr . Joseph Linncy , White Horse , High-street , on Sunday evening , the 6 th instant , the defence fund was brought tinder consideration , and a subscription entered into towards defraying th e arrears thereof . The members also desijous of encouraging Mr . Haranden , Jun ,, for his zealous exposure of tho aristocracy , have commenced a club for the purpose of taking a eopj each of his work for which they subscribe two-pence per week .
HANLEY AND SHELTON . At the last meeting , the following resolution was unanimously adopted -. — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that every lover of political liberty , but liiore especially tbe section of reformers , calling thuinsulvu * Chartists , ought to fael proud that they have for the first time an opportunity of exhibiting a substantial proof of their resptct for , and confidence in tlieir upright and indefatigable leader , F . O'Connor , ! and funlicr pledge ourse ? veB to respond to his timcly ' nnd reasonablo appeal to tlic utmost of our power . "
. BERMONDSEY . g The cause progresses in this locafify . Nearly every meeting night fresh members are a < Jded to the Chartist Association and Land Company .
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The subject of Cooperation will be brought forward next Tuesday Evening , at eight o clock ; also , the liquidation of the Debt due to our noble champion , F « argus O'Connor , Esqi , when the attendance of every member is earnestly requested .
/ SOMERS TOWN . / On Sunday evening last a meeting of the members of the above locality was held at the Britklayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge Street , New Road , Mr . William Johnson in the chair , Mr . John Arnott proceeded to read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from the Northern Star . Mr . William Farm then rose , and in a few pertmen remarks on the immense debt of gratitude that every friend to free expression of opinion owed to Mr . O'Connor , moved " that a subscription be now entered into for the purpose of liquidating the debt due to Mr . O'Connor , " which was seconded by Mr . Child , and unanimously agreed to . 7 s . 3 d . . was collected in the room .
Mr . John Hornby , seconded by Mr . Arnott , "That 12 s . 9 d . be voted from the fundB of the locality in order to make the amout one pound , and that the same be forwarded to the O'Connor fund . Carried without a dissentient . t , It waa also agreed that a committee be appointed to collect monies for tho above object , and that the eaid committee consist of the following persons , Messrs . Farris , Child , John and James Cooper , Hornby , Cockain , Perry , Johnson , and Arnott . Unanimity and a determined resolution to be foremost in this work of justice characterised the proceedings .
GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of Hie above locality , held at M * . Pavia ' s room , Cold Bath , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in the Northern Star of last week was brought under discussion , when it was unanimously resolved " That we do , at once , enter into a subscription for the purpose of repaying the monies advanced by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., on behalf of the Chartist victims . ! N . B- —It is requested that the members of this locality attend on Tuesday Evening next , December loth , to hand over their various contributions .
. : ¦ - , ¦ HEBDEN BRIDGE . : A publ- ' c meeting for the purpose of adopting the National Petition was held in the Democratic Chapel . Bridge Lanes , on Thursday , the 3 rd of Dec , at eight o ' clock , Mr . R . Sutcliffe was called to the chair . t . . 1 Mr . John Smith moved the first resolution , which was seconded in a very lengthy and argumentative speech by Mr . Crockburn , from Burnley , and supported by that old veteran in the cause , Ben Rushton , from Halifax , in his usual straight and forward manner . The resolution was carried unanimously . The petition was moved by Elias Hitchen , seconded by Thomas Dawson , and very ably and eloquently supported by Mr . Thomas Tattersall , from Burnley . The petition was carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks had been given to the speakers and chairman , the meeting broke up . :
MANCHESTER . On Sunday evening last , the People ' s Institute was crowded in every part to hear Mr . J . R . Cooper lectura on "Government and its true Functions . " The lecture was interesting and instructive . Mr . John Sutton filled the chair . Mr . Grocottread two articles from the Star—The Irish Fouehe and Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , when a collection | waa made towards the debt due to Mr . O'Connor .
BIRMINGHAM . , At our usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , after ] reading the letter of Mr . O'Connor in last week's Star , it was unanimously resolved that a subscription be entered into , towards defraying the debt owing to that gentleman by the Victim Committee , when two pounds were collected by the company then present .
HULL . At a meeting of the Chartists held at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday last , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read from the Northern Star , when it was resolved— : . '' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the claim of Ifr . O'Connor upon the Chartist public for the defence fund ought immediately to be discharged . " " Also that , » subscription be made for the aforesaid object . " Which was immediately opened , and Mr . Lundy was appointed treasurer . Subscriptions will be received by Mr . Lundy , Myton Gate , and Mr . Barnett , 14 , Finkle-street , and by the Council of the National Charter Association ,
GREAT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . On Wednesday evening , December the 9 th , a numerous and highly influential meeting was held tor the adoption of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Follows waa called to the chair , and was supported by a number of the delegates Mr . Follows briefly introduced the pmw'IWs , nnd read a letter from Mr . Joseph Stur ^ e apologiiilg for his absence , and announced ; Mr . Walter Thorn , who moved the adoption of a resolution . Mr . A . Fussell seconded it .
, Mr . T . Clark came forward amid great applause , to support it , and said it would appear that after the pe ? ple had gained a Charter for the middle class , the middle classes of this town refused them the use of their own hall to meet in ; however , the time waf coming when things would be different , the people would obtain power , and the case would be altered ; they were not represented , surely it could nob be said tuat either Mr Spooner or Mr . Muntz were the representatives of the People of Birmingham . ( Loud cries of " No , No . " ) Under the present system they had been promised plenty to do and high wa ^ es . lie had travelled through a great portion of the country , he hud discovered no where the promised high wages . ( Loud cheers . ) After making an earnest appeal in support of the Charter , he retired loudly applauded . The resolution was put and carried unanimously . , Mr . O'Connor entered the hall , and was received with the most hearty cheers .
Mr . Smith Linden then came forward to move the adoption of the National Petition , which he read and moved . He would like to know were the men of Birmingham satisfied with their present condition ? All classes but the working ' classes were reptesented , but perhaps the apathy of the working classes was the cause . He hoped to see the working classes of England shake off their apathy , and they would deserve thi-ir rights and enjoy them . ( Loud cheers . ) After recommending the Northern Star , and exhortitig the people to attach their nnincs to the National Petition , he Bat down loudly applauded . Mr . Goodwin seconded tho adoption of the Petition .
Mr . Ernest Jones , in rising to support the petition , was received with great applause , and said he had much pleasure in uppearing before them . The National Petition told them their grievances were universal , ami hence the remedy must also include all in its healing embrace ; showed the absurdity of a property qualification , either for the voter or the representative . He laughed to scorn the Whig Educational test , and asked for a Whig to define what he meant by it . He showed by contrast the superior state of morality existing among the working men , over arid above that which prevailed in the " upper classes . " " There was a good time coining , " for now all tlie thronos of Europe shook an the sound of the glorious voice of Democracy . ( Great cheering . ) Aye ,
and more terrible to tyrants , there was our Land Plan . ( Vociferous cheering . ) Yes , we had two plots , and the time was not distant when all England would bo the People ' 8 Estate . ( Thunders of applause . ) Mr . Pniiiip M'Gratii rose , much applauded , to speak to the question , it would appear the worshipful learned political economist , Martineau , pruierriul "LucyNeal , " "Lucy Long- " "Jim along Josey , " "Dan Tucker , " "Zip Coon , " and "The Gals of Old Virginny , " better than political disquisitions , as he had granted , the use of the Town Hall to the Ethiopian serenadera , and refused its use to the people who paid for ita support . Mr . M'Grata then in his usual eloquent manner traced all the great evils that afflict society to class domination , and proved to
demonstration that the only sure , certain , and effective remedy was the People's Charter , proved that taxation was universal , affecting ail , even from their cradle to their grave , and hence the necessity of universal enfranchisement . ( Immense applause . ) if the speeches of the highly intellectual members of Parliament were fairly reported , sure he was that nothing in " Disraeli ' s Curiosities of Literature , " wns so well calculated to excite their risibilities . Mr , M'Grath here gave an imitation of a certain naval M . P ., which set his audience in a perfect roar of laughter . Mr . M'Grath having alluded to the land project , made an eloquent appeal for renewed exertions , and sat down rapturously applauded . Tho Petition was adopted unanimously .
Mr . Pare moved that the Petition be entrusted to T . S . Duncombe for presentation , Mr . Walter Thorn seconded the motion . Mr . Feargus O'Connor came forward amid the most enthusiastic applause , and said he was here to appeal to the men of Birmingham , those men who by their threats of marching to London , gained the Reform Bill , and it was now to them lie would appeal to gain something for themselves , and , thank Gud , whatever may be the cause , whenever the next movement occures , none would be more prepared to take the field than the despised Chartists . All parties had been asked for an explanation of their princples , and none save the Chartists , could give a
satisfactory renly , and now they _ had added something of a social character to their political one , they shouted the Laud , the Land , in order that they might have the leg of mutton to place on the spit , ( Great cheering . ) An army was oi'little use without good officers , well , they now h : id good officers , and they bad a distinguished mark to point them out , —the Land , tlie trae emancipator , which would make them truly free and independent . ( Great cheering . ) Aristocracy said they held tlieir lands by Royal Patent , but he had yet to learn that , kings were higher than the " King of Kings , " and God had declared the Land to be the property of all . ( Immense applause . ) He did wish tho surplus labour in the market to be located on the land , and thus would
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the home trade be increased , and all classes bo benefitted . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O ' Connor said he had been a member of the Birmingham ' Political Union , and never could obtain . a balance sheet , but last night he produced , as sWtreasureV , his balance sheet , ere ^ r item of the large sums received , accounted for , " and here it is , ( producing the balance sheet . ) ( Tremendous cheering . ) Aye , my friends , this is the secret of my success , this is the talisman of our prosperity , this is my shield and cui * rass . ( Immense applause . ) Mr . O'Connor alluded twelve members to
to the necessity of returning aid and assist T . S . Duncombe . ( Great cheering . ) And concluded a most eloquent speech by declaring that ho would die as he had lived , a pure lover of liberty . ( Tremendous and long continued applause . ) After a word from Mr . Burrell , of Glasgow , the motion was put and carried unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Sweet and Feargus O'Connor , a vote of thanks was awarded by acclamation to the Chairman , Mr . Follows , who made a suitable response , and the meeting was dissolved .
BARNSLEY . At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of this locality , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the Chartists of Barnsley , resolve to use our utmost endeavours towards liquidating the debt due to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " Subscriptions will be received at the Chartistroom , Mr . Thomas Aclnm ' s , Wilson Place , from seven till ten o ' clock on Sunday evenings .
MARYLEBONE . At a meeting of the above locality , Mr . Aldona in the chiir , Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s letter in the Star of Saturday , December 5 , was read to a numerous audience . The following resolution was adopted : — "Thata volantarysubscription be entered into , towards liquidating the debt due to Mr . O'Connor . " A collection was made , which amounted to 7 s . Id . Mr . Clark gave 2 s . 6 d ., making it altogether 9 s . Id .
LEICESTER . On Tuesday evening , December 8 th , a Lecture Wits delivered in the Shooting Gallery of the Amphitheatre , by Dr . P . M . M'Douall , on " The Principles and Advantages of the Small Farm System . " At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was given to Dr . M'Douall . STOCKPORT . Mr . Robert Wild lectured here on Sunday last , w ! ien £ l 2 s . 6 d . was collected towards defraying the debt due to Mr . O'Connor . The council will continue to receive subscriptions . ASI 1 T 0 N . At the weekly meeting of the shareholders on Sunday last , a Committee was elected to collect subscriptions towards paying off the debt owing to Mr . O'Connor . A subscription was then entered into and the sum of 11 s . 61 . collected .
HYDE . Mr . Wild , of Mottram , has Lectured here . BRIGHTON . A general meeting of the Chartists , waa held at the Artichoke Inn . on Wednesday evening , December 9 th , 1846 . Mr . Roser in the chair . The sub-secretary read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from t \\* Sta * , and on the proposition of Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Page , a committee of five persons were appointed to raise subscriptions towards paying the deficiency of the Defence Fund . The sum of £ 1 was voted as a commencement . MANCHESTER .
The Manchester members decided on Sunday to give one pound from the funds towards the payment of the debt due to Mr . O'Connor , and that a subscription be commenced .. ' and kept open for three weeks . The council of Manchester have appointed a committee for the above object , they have the issuing of collecting books which may be had by application being made on any Sunday night at the People's Institute , and during the next week at the treasurer ' s house , Mr . M'Cullough , 63 , Cheater-street , Hulme , or at tbe seoretary , R . ltadford , 8 , Violetstreet , Hulme . MACCLESFIELD .
The members of the Mutual Improvement Class , in connection with the National Charter Association , met in their room , Stanley-street , on Monday evening last , to discuss "Whether the Charter could be obtained soonest by a combination of the trades of the country , or by a public opinion created by agitation . " We anticipate great progress in political knowledge under the guidance of our friend tfrJ . West . The subject next Monday evening will be , " Has mankind ever been benefited by a Priesthood ?" The debate to be opened by Mr . Joseph Allen . NORTHAMPTON . Dr- M'Douall has lectured in the Town Hall of this town , to a large assemblage , on the Small Farm System . Thanks were voted to the lecturer , and also to the Mayor for having granted the use of the hall .
MERTIIYR TYDVIL . The members have resolved to subscribe 6 ( 1 . each towards liquidating the debt due to Mr . O'Connor . FRAMEWORK KNITTERS . The Hyson Green United Company of Framework Knitters in union with the United Trades held a public meeting on thM ^ Oth ult ., when an address w a" given by Mr . i ^ J ** tf n tn ? great benefit the working class wou ^ j We by joining the Association . »
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THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME . —THE O'CONNORVILLE ESTATE . ( From the Manchester Examiner . ) The form of the property is a parallelogram . It runs from east to west , or nearly ; the west end being elevated by a gentle ascent above the east end , and the houses being placed at intervals on each side of this loner centre walk . The land is bounded on each end with thickets of trees ; and though there are farm fields on each side , they are eo thickly beset with hedgerow timber , and hedgerows , and with copices for the breeding and keeping of game , that the wfcolc country looks more like forest land than farm land .
Standing across [ the long centre road at the top , and ending it , is a handsome building with a tower , in which tower there is to be a bell and a clock ; the building being erected for a school-room , the dwelling-house of the master , and . I think , a lecture-room and library . Behind this buildinir is a coppice in process of being grubbed up , which ground , when cleared , is to be the schoolmaster ' s farm . The building is prettily designed , formed of red brick , faced with white stone . Ftanding at the front door or at its windows , a dotting of smaller houses than ¦ hose running through the centre of the property are seen in a line a hundred yards or so to the left of the centre li « e . These are all single houses of three rooms each , to which are to be attached two acres of land each . There is no such row to the ri « ht of the centre line . On that side the farms are to be three acres and four acres each . The hoiist'S are of four rooms and five
rooms each ; several are double fours and double fives . Few of them are copies of each other . All on the centra line are placed back twenty or thirty yards from the road on each side of it , and at nearly equal distances from each other . At the distance of half a mile , as seen from the hiuh ground on which the school stands , an undulation on the surface cuts off the line of houses from view , and allows only one or two to be seen at the farthest and lowest extremity . As nearly as I could ascertain , the houses are as folows : —Six double five , two double fours , six double threes , one single fire , three sinsle fours , and ten sinale threes . It is hardly possible to conceive anything more pretty than those houses , even in perspective from the school on the _ gentle height overlooking them , unl'ss it be the view upward , with the school-buildings in the high distance . But apart from the prettiness of the perspective , each erection is in itsi'lf tasteful .
Only three of them are yet inhabited , and but few of them completely finished , the building work having only been begun in June . But all are roofed in , with doors and windows fixed , floor and glazing done , and plastering in operation . Of those that are occupied , one is used as an office by the foreman of the work ; one is used by Mr . O'Connor when he goes there , and is jkopt ready for him by some person whom I did not see ; and the other is occupied by a hand- 'oom weaver from Ashton-under-Lyne . He is the only shareholder of the society who has yet taken possession of his farm . The others who , like him , drew prizes at the ballot which took place to determine which of the members were to eet those allotments , have not yet come to take posses-ion . The weaver has his loom with him , receives his warp and weft from Manchester , and weaves g in ^ hama at O'Connorviile , and sells them to the visitors and neighbouring inhabitants .
The Chartist Speculation , — -A short time ago two pioces of land , one of which is situated at Herringsgate , Herts , consisting of 104 acres , and the other at Red Marley , Worcestershire , comprising about ICO acres , were purchased by the Chartists , for the purpose of the erection of cottages upon them . During the last week , up to Friday night , the sum of £ 13 , 031 4-s . 9 d . was raised , the whole sum collected being £ 18 , 000 towards the object , On the former estate thirty-six cottages , with a school , have been built at an expense of £ 5 , 000 , and which will be taken pussts * ion of on the first of February . Early in the ensuing year several cottages will be erected < m the latter estate . The Kcv . Lord Wriothesley Russell , Minister of Chenios , in the neighbourhood , lias been frequently at Herringsgatf , ' viewing the progress of tlie undertaking . —Morning Advertiser . ^ Mr . Feargus O'Connor . —We understand that all the necessary legal and other steps for completing
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the transfer of the estate ai Uedmarlev mT ^ T purchased by Mr . F « ar ^ lO'CoS ^ nS * hammer , at the Bell Hotel , Glocester , are beS he ceeded with . The farm , which " consists of one \ iT ^ dred and eighty acres , « toform a Chartist co-nno tive estate , upon which are to be located about ai *?' persons or families , with allotments of about I acres of land to each cottage . —Gloeulir JounJi ** Quoted into the limn . : . W " »« U
URAND SOIREE AT THF PEOPLES IUrr LOVEDAY STREET ,- BIRMWGii Am AI % HONOUR OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPRnT TIVE LAND CONFERENCE . ¦¦ K ' On Monday evening , December 7 th , about fivo hundred persons of both sexes sat down to tea \ ( ta which , ' * Mr . Alfred Fussell was unanimously called to tin . chair . He was supported on his right and left k ! Messrs . P . M ' Gratb , W . Dixon , T . Clark Wpff ' T . M . Wheeler , C . Doyle , and Daniel Donom y ' The Chairman read the following letter ;—Sherbouruu Mill , Birmingham , „ .. T , Decembur 7 th , 181 S . Gentlemen , —! feel much obliged / or your kind invitehT / V ™ Part J , the PcopleV Hal 1 ' wenin S , butfakng 10 unwell from a . everecold , Icannotdo my sel / thB pleasure of attending , although I hud quite in . tended do » g ao . I can assure you I wish every encce « to the cause . ¦ • ¦ . ¦ ¦
I am , gentlemen , Your * respectfull y , James Baldwin . To the Committee of the Chartist AvRoclation . The Cuaibuan said , they had met to celebrate the first Chartist Land Conference held in Birmingham . ( Loud cheers . ) Many persona were astonished at the vast progreBsmade by the Chartist Land Company , this was one of the glorious results of Chartism He concluded by giving the first sentiment : — * " Prosperity to the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and may its progress exceed the most sanguine expectations ot iU founders . " Air . M'Gbath said , we assembled here to eniov
"the ( east of reason and the flow ofBoul . " The Chairman had told them that Chartism was in & flourishing condition , ae could corroborate him in that particular , as during the last six weeks himself and his friend ^ Clark , had been on a tour of agitation , and had obtained more Town Hall * to lecture und hold meetings in , than they had ever obtained " befotf . He looked on this as a nitre proof that Chartism wag becoming fashionable amongst the middle clasies . Why was this change ? The Laud had made them men of property , and consequently respebtable . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard that that sapient gentleman , the Mayor of their town , had refused them tbe use of the Town Hall ; in which to preach , the sublime truths of Chartism , while he had granted
the privilege to the Ethiopian Serenades to sing nigger songs in . ( Hear , hear . ) During the last eighteen months they had met with nothing but triumphs , notwithstanding the many petty attempts ai persecution —( loud cheers)—and they now poaaessed a capital of eighteen thousand pounds , and he Yen * tured to assert that in three years they would tre * be that amount , and quadruple the number of members .. ( G / eat cheering . ) It was necessary that they should obtain the Land , in order that the present accursed manufacturing system might be uprooted—( Loud cheering )—that system of commerce had sacrificed more human lives to Mammon , than had Wellington and Napoleon to the God of War . ( Loud cheers , ) Mr . M'Grath pointed to the case containing the model of O'Connorviile , and said these are our best and most eloquent orators , these are the practical
things that brings support to both the Land and the Charter . ( Greatcheering . ) . Mr . Whujm Dixojt rose amid considerable cheering to respond to ihe following sentiment : — " The People ' s Charter , the embodiment of the glorioui principles of political equality , may it speedily belome the law of the land . " Mr . D . said that class legislation was the cause of the other injurious monopolies that afflict the human race . He considered the Charter as the great means to a worthy end—( loud cheers )—he looked upon a man without a vote , as like a pewon with his hands tied behind him . ( Hear , hear . ) At thia moment Mr . Feargus O'Connor entered the hall , and wus greeted with the most enthusiastic applause . Mr . Dixon continued at considerable length , eloquently enforcing the principles contained in the sentiment , and sat down loudly applauded . *
Mr . D . Dokovaji rose , cordially welcomed , to respond to the following sentiment : — " Frost , Williams and Jones of Wales ; Roberts and Jones ef Birmingham ; Ellis of the Potteries , and all other exiled patriots , may they speedily be restored to their native Jand , to enjoy in comfort the society of their wives and families . " He regretted that it should be necessary to respond to such a nentiment . Those men were banished under the pretence that they were rebels , but let her Majesty remember that she held the throne on the ground of a successful revolution , and had these men only been successful rebels , statues would have been erected to porpetuate their memories , from one end of the kingdom to the other . ( Loud cheers . ) lie trusted they would not be satisfied with raising their voices in tbat hall , but that every man and woman present would attach tlieir signatures to a memorial , praying their restoration to their homes and families . ( Great cheering . )
Mr . Fearqus O'Connor rose amidst great applause to respond to the following sentiment : — " Success to the Northern Star , and the health and happiness of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., ita proprietor , one of the founders of the Chattist Co-operative Land Company , and the uncompremising and unpaid advocate of the rights of the people ; long may he live to witness tbe succeBS of his great undertaking , and may lie enjoy the confidence and gratitude ot the whole people , for whose welfare he has devoted his great talents , and in whose cause he has sacrificed his health , his wealth , his connections , and all that is dvar to man . " Mr . O'Connor said he thought one of the moat disgusting sights was ( hat ota mother administering medicine to a sick child ,
and he thought if he attempted to inflict a speech on them nuw ttiey would take him lor a tyrant . He differed with his friend Donovan , he had not sacrificed his health , he weighed fifteen stone eight pounds . He had not lost his fortune , his riches consisted in the great exertions he had made for the people . ( Great applause . ) Ireland was badly treated by her agitators ; had her affairs been conducted by working men , instead ef being managed by a set of idle , drunken fellows , Iceland might now have been tree . ( Great cheering . ) It wits in ruin for the Chief-Justice of the Queen ' s Bench , or the Queen , or any one else , to attempt to get rid of him ; ho was determined not to be got rid of until such times as the Charter had become the
law of the iand . ( Immense and long-continued applause . ) There was a time when they had a Political Union in Birmingham ; he contributed to its funds , but had never seen a balance sheet , and perhaps like another mountebank , they might tell him to wade through bevvnty three thousand vouchers . ( Hear , hear . ) The compliment they they paid the Northern Star was the only one he desired . It had teen A dear child to liim , but he was pleased to know it was a light to illumine the darkness of Europe . ( Loud cheers . ) Upwards of five hundred successive numbers of tn . it journal had been published , and no persecution could put it down . ( Great ciieerinir . \ He
had been offered a large sum for the Star , but when asked to fix his price , had given the principle of the Charter . ( Rapturous applause . ) Mr . William John 0 Conuellhadmadeatiltatit , and with the help 01 the Lord Ciiivf- Justice had obtained a verdict lor £ 50 . This , with costs , perhaps would amount to £ 400 . Bm he was not to be deterred , he would rally Birmingham , and although , he would not bring the Star to Birmingham , he would come among them and start a Penny Popgun , to put down the sham who had deceived them . ( Great applause . ) He would now say Good Night , Mr , O'Connor resumed his seat amid the most vehement cheering .
Mr . Doyle rose , and in an able speech responded to the following sentiment , amidst great applause : — "To the health and happiness of the Directors of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company ; may they always be actuated by a fervent desire to promote the welfare of the members , and by their persevering conduct enjoy tho gratitude and confidence of all , which is so essential to the success of the Company . " A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the chairman , who vacated the chair , The Hall wa 8 then cleared for Dancing , which was'kept up with great spirit and good humour , until early dawn .
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The Revolt in Bosnia . —The Voss Gazette , of the 28 th ult ., slates that the revolt in Bosnia against the Virier Ilalil Hiamli Pacha may fae regarded as at an end , tbe rebels having met with a signal defeat on the 9 th ult ., from the troops of the Vizier . DlSCONTINUANCK OP THE MilL VOK ROTTERDAM . — On Monday notice was issued at the General Post office , St . Martin ' s le-Grand , that the weekly mail made up and forwarded every Saturday evening by the Batavier for Rotterdam , was discontinued for the season . Sawders' Strike at Sunderlaxd . —The sawyers of this town , who are a very numerous body of men , have been on strike" during the last five weeks for an advance oi wages , and there does not seem any prospect of an amicable settlement being come to between them and their employers . M . Michslet . —The death of M . Michelet , announced lately in most of the papers , was not that of the historian , but that of his father . —Globa .
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