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• foat in all future Conferences all estates have one re presentative . ' Mr Smith ( Bradford ) timed— ' That for the fntare , 700 members be the number represented by one mem ' ier . Mr O'Gossor raoyed— That the several estates be classed in the district to which they belong , and be re presented accordingly ; ' which was seconded and carried unanimously . Mr Jode moved , and Mr IIchphiuks seconded'That all branches composing a district shall be as Bear to each other as possible . ' Carried unanimously . On the motion of Mr Webb , it was resolved— That each branch , have tho power to settle the amount of 3 local levies , and the salaries of its officers . '
Mr Geassby moved— "That -when an estate is purchased , the directors issue with the announcement , the liabilities there are attached to the sane . ' Carried . Mr Gri ^ bt moved— ' That nn relation of a director be employed in the Land Office . ' Motion lost by a great majority . Mr Grassbt then moved— That al > parties payfor monies into the office , be transferred to tne branches in which they reside ; and where there are now branches , that they bo charged local expenses , the same as if they belonged te a branch . ' The motion was seconded . The Directors suggested tao propriety-of charging those who joined at the office , local espeuses . Mr Clakk moved a resolution in accordance with the ab ve , which was carried . Mr Wheeler moved , seconded by Mr
O'Caxsos' That the directors snail in no way interfere with the religious instructions to be inculcated in the school establishments , it being left to mutual arrangement between the schoolmaster and the allottees . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Shaw moved—* That in the erection of future schools , they shall be so constructed as to enable the two rooms to be thrown open , so as to hold the members a d their friends . ' Seconded and lost . Mr Starr moved— ' That the cards , for the future , be printed separately from the rules . Seconded and lost . - * Mr FcssEu . moved— 'That the contracts hitherto made by Mr O'Connor have been satisfactory , and that all future contracts be left te him . ' Seconded by Mr Xuttall , and carried unanimously .
A vote of thanks , on the motion of Mr Wiu > , seconded by Mr Lixsey , was unanimously awarded to the Board of Directors for their past services . On the motion of Mr Donovan , it was unanimously resolved— ' That a vote of thanks be given to the Local Officer ? . Mr Cube was desirous , before the Conference closed , to suggest the propriety of having a demonstration to the Ilouse of Commons , on the day on which Mr O'Connor took his seat . Mr Shaw thought the suggestion an admirable one . It had been already broached in the Tewer Hamlets . On the motion of Messrs Surra and O'Coskor , it was resolved— ' That the wages of delegates , and travelling expenses , be the same next Conference as paid at the last and present . ' Carried unanimously .
Mr O'Co . vxob then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , Mr J . Sweet , not only for the mode in which he has performed his duty on this , but on every occasion . It was wonderful to see workingmen so well , so ably represented . It was a novelty to see men taken out fthe manufacturing dis trict , and made their nwr > masters . It was pleasing to him to see the great progress the Company and the people were making . It was gratifying in the extreme . It had been said that Landism had destroyed Chartism ,
but had it done so ? The' delegates present had had an opportunity of Beeing the cottages , Mid he asked them had they ever seen a more beautiful spot in their lives ? ( Loud cheers . ) lie looked npon every man here as a friend and a brother : and when he got into that House , to which the Chairman and the brave men of Nottingham had returned him , they would find no change and no difference in him . He concluded by moving the vote of thanks , which wai carried by acclamation . The Conference was then dissolved .
( From our Second Edition of last iceik . ) Thumdat , August 19 th . Mr Swssi resuned the chair at half-pait nine o ' clock . * Thb CfliiBiuH , on behalf of the Finance Committee , reported that the accounts had beea kept in a systematic manner , and were correct . He read the following report : —' we , the undersigned delegates , representing lajga constituencies in various parts of the kingdom , appointed as a Finance Com * mittee by the Land Conference which commenced its sittings at Lowbands , in Worcestershire , on Monday , August 16 tb , 1847 , haying carefully examined the accounts of Feargns O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer to the Company , together with ail Vouchers , Bank Books , and Exchequer-Bill accounts for the same , hereby declare that we have found such
account * correct . We cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without giving to Mr O'Connor our heartfelt thanks , fer bis manly defence of our principles under all cireumstances , and also for his unexampled laboara in bebalfof the members of this Company : we sincerely hope that he may long live , and receive that which he so well deserves—the blessings of a grateful people . Having also examined the accounts of Mr Thomaa Martin Wheeler , our late financial secretary , and those of Mr Philip M'Grath , our present financial secretary , we find all their accounts perfectly correct
, and have much pleasure in tendering , in the name of our constituencies , our best thanks to both those gentlemen for the able manner in which they have discharged their arduous duties . In conclusion , we have great pleasure in informing the working classes generally , that / The Landand Labour Bank , ' is now established upon a firm basis , and we respectfully call upon every body ot working men throughout the kingdom to render that Bank every assistance in their power . Onward and we conquer ! The People's Charter , and no Surrender !
Signed by themembersofthecommi ttee—J . Shaw Tower Hamlets ; W . Dixon , Manchester ; J . A . Fussell , Birmingham : Joseph Hewitt , Leeds ; Duncan Shenmgton , Glasgow ; RobertBurrell , Greenock ; WiUiam Edwards , Newton Abbott , and Teigmnouth David Rice Morgan , Merthyr ; James Sweet , Nottingham , Chairman . The report was received with great applause . Mr p 'Cosxos then rose and gave an analysis of the balance sheet , stated that £ 2 , 000 deposit was paid on the Mathon Estate , and £ 900 on the Minster ; and that the stock of available capital on Land was £ 34 , 600 . He had shown the committee his accounts
and banker ' s books up to last Saturday . In his balance sheet he had not charged one farthing for any personal expenses of his own . As respected Messrs Wheeler and M'Gratb , he was happy to say that their accounts were correct . He had never had a difference with Mr Wheeler on money affairs , nor had he ever advanced a fraction to Mr Wheeler to enable him to make up hi * accounts . He thought hi 3 balance sheets and accounts showed thi the had cabinet work as well as field work to do ( hear , hear ) , and he fearlessly asserted that no merchant ever presented such an account . Mr O ' Connor resumed his seat amidst much applause . d
« n-n Aw 85 U - ' ? ? Pre ™ a 8 ly imaginedthat Mr 0 Connor rewwed his expenses for seeking out to view estates , but he had found thatnot a farthing for such purpose was charged . Mr Dixon stated , that it was the Finance Committee s wish that Mr O'Connor should be paid , but he refused . He ( Mr D . ) nevertheless hoped that the members would present Mr O'Connor with a piece of plate , similar to that presented to Mr Dancombe . ( Cheers . ) Mr J . A . FcssEtL , coinoided with the observations made by Messrs Shaw and Dixon . Mr Whkum said , his balance sheet left something in his favour , and he felt that he had served them honestly and faithfully . Mr Edwards said , it afforded him contidsrabla pleasure to bear witness to the correctness of the accounts .
Mr Wn » moved , and Mr Cabbimioh seconded That the accounts be received . * Mr Wild wished the report of the committee to be printed and distributed . Mr O'Cosxob objected . Mr Wiu » perjevered , and moved , Thatthe report be printed ; ' which was seconded . 1 b Suwnond . ' That 50 , 000 copies of the report be printed ; ' Which was seconded by Mr Wijw and carried .
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THE LATE NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE AT LOWBANDS . At the conclusion of the sitting on Friday , Mr O'Connor gavea supper to the whole of the delegates , in the splendid-school house . The supper did Mr Ashton , who had got it Bp , great credit , and eonsisted of saddles of mutton , hashed mutton , minced veal , hams , tongues , and all the vegetables now in season . Feargu 3 O'Connor , M . P ., the worthy host , presided , supported on his right by Mr James Sweet , Chairman of the Conference , and on his left by Mr Philip Ai'Grath , President of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . Duo justice having been done to the choice iare provided , and the tables having been cleared , The CnAiams , without comment , gave— 'The People s ^ Charter and No Surrender ! ' which was diank with three times three and one cheer more , upstanding and uncovered
Mr Tmikhsau , was called on to respond , and rose much applauded . He said he was surprised that Mr O'Connor ahould have cUIed upon him to respond to so important a toast , when the eloquent M'Grath , the humorous Kydd , the satirical Clark , the fervid Doyle , and the flowing Wheeler , wert present . Mr
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Clark . who had beat Ward atSheffieli ; and Mr Kydd , who had slashed Dundas at Greenwich . He repeated , he was surprised . However he was a Chartist to the back bone ( great applause ); and . therefore , willing to do his part . 1 hey were now becoming respectable . They were in possession of several estates , and had a share in the representation , in the person of Mr O Connor . ( Thunders of applause . ) It was stated by some , that the press was the representative of the public mind , fhis was not true , for with the exception ot that glorious luminary , the Northern Star—( lend cheersj-they did not notice the people , except to abuse , vilify , and misrepresent . ( Cheers . ) But notwithstanding that , backed as they were by the Democratic party out of doors , thev were powerful ;
and if they only continued to progress as they had done for the last twelve months , they would speedily be enabled to compel the legislature to pass the People ' s Charter whole and entire . ( Rapturous cheering , ) Some of the party candidates at the late elections were very intelligent . . ( Laughter . ) At Clithero , the candidate was asked would he support Uaiversal Saffrage . He replied' No , bathe would vote for the People ' s Charter . ' There ' s aspecimen of intelligence for you . ( Roars of laughter . ) In returning Mr O'Connor , the people of Nottingham had done something . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed Mr O'Connor was destined to be the regenerator and liberator of this country , ( umd cheers . ) He w&s n « w leading on a glorious band—a more than Spartan band . Unjust governments had broken into the people ' s houses and sent them to prison , but they had
tailed to eradicate the principles of Democracy . ( Enthusiastic and lung continued cheering . ) They had slandered , persecuted , and prosecuted their chief , but he still lived to witness this glorious progression , to know that the principles were respected and respectable , and to be again represented in parliament . ( Great applause . ) Frost , Williams , and Jones , would again be amongst as , and all the factions combmed should never put them down . ( Renewed cheering . ) Go on ! ' shouted the voice of progression at Nottingham , at Halifax , at Derby , at Sheffield , at GreeHock , at Norwich , at Wigan , at Tiverton , asd at Greenwich —( much cheering)—and go on thev would , until tyranny was buried , never more to rise . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr Doile sung , in excellent st yle , amidst great applause , all joining in chorus — ' Spread the Charter . '
MrO'CcNSORsaiditgave him pleasure to see so many round him who were shut up in caverns and prisons in 1839 and in 1842 . He was an enthusiast then and he was no less so now , bat he was not led away by enthusiasm . They were told the people were not intelligent enough , but he asked , where was the party who could rally so much intelligence , talent , and enthusiasm ? ( Loud cheers . ) When they were attacked in 1839 ,-1812 , he much feared the result , but now they were so strongly fortified that , were the people similarly attacked , there would be great danger to all the property in Britain . ( Great Applause . ) lie was determined to proclaim their principles , not onl y in this School-honse of Chartism , but in the Senate House of Britain . ( Loud
cheers . ) His own position was very curious . When he came here first the people stared at him with astonishment , evidently expecting to find he had horns . ( Loud laughter . ) He did not know if Earl Beauehamp would like them to speak to him , or if Colonel Lygon would smile on them if they did , or if the Jew-jobber , Ricardo , would continue his patronage if they smiled on . him , but he had taught them the knowledge of his power . ( Loud cheering . ) He knew he gathered his strength from the people . He should be nothing without the people , but perhaps the feeling was reciprocal . ( Loud Cheers . ) He was now about to give Success to the National Land Company . ' ( Great applause . ) They did , indeed , present a novel spectacle—Labour meeting in its own
house to legislate for itself ; he had great pleasure in giving the ' National Land Company . ( Much cheering ) v Mr M'Grath rose to respond . He said that on looking round he perceived a number of working men who had now become Landholders . That was indeed a novelcircumsttnce . He felt much pleasure in responding to the toast , asne believed the happiness and independence of the workiBg classes depended in a great measure on the success of the ' National Land Company . ' ( Loud chetrs ) He had saidoverandoveragain , there would be no Charter movement at the present time were it not for the Land movement . ( Hear , hear . ) They cnuld not ob . tain ready admission into Town-halls until they began to obtain property . He looked UDon every
estate as a tower , and every allottee as a sentinel , and it was on these well-garrisoned fortresses that he looked for the battle of freedom to be fought . ( Loud cheers . ) He was told by the brutal mayor of Derby that he belonged to an ignorant set . He had no doubt his worship would find them too vim for his generation . ( Cheers . ) Their humble bepining had been laughed at . Messrs Shaw and O'Connor were the two first members of the Company . Mr M'Grath then traced the various phases through which the National Land Company had pasBed . until it had achieved its present glorious position . The Company now numbered 35 . 000 , and occuDied
nremises worthy ot the Bank of England itself . ( Loud cheers . ) They had the able generalship of Mr . O Connor , and he believed that gentleman would give them credit for being apt scholars . They have received money from all partsof England , as well as on ?^? nce nd Bete """ . making a gross sum of £ 86 . 000 . The Press had been at-linst us , and now taey found even in the Dis patch articles in their favour . From his very soul he wished success to the 'National Land Company . ' He wished by next Christmas to see it number 100 000 ; with that number , and the capital thereby produced , the Company must become the noblest institution on the face ef the earth . ( Great cheering *)
Song , by Mr Raskin— and , Base Oppressors . ' sung as a duet by Messrs Tatikrsaia and Dons . ^ mP . ^^ enRave , ' The Z 036 ' Shamrock , and Thistle ; ' and called on Mr Samuel Kydd to respond . MrKTDD said it gave himreal and sincere pleasure to observe the kind manner in which that toast had been given and received . It meant , may the Rose never see sorrow , the Shamrock never be devoured SX vermin , nor the Thistle ever harbour a despot . Ihe Thistle had risen gloriously when a Wallace slept at Elderehe . It was the spirit of individaality
, that soul of society which caused Wallace to proclaim Scotland akingdom . It was that same feeling that now moved that kingdom to assert its freedom in connection with England ; for they had lived beyond the prejudices of the old time , and were now citizens of the world . England could boast of her Milton , her Cromwell , and fher hero Russell , who died onthe scaffold . Ireland could boast of a Moore , » £¥ wM » "Ml a Robert Emmett ; < leud cheers : ) iiimpW " ' ' 1 1 Lve for eTCr - Ye * how well did Goldsmith ' s lines apply to her sad
con-• 111 fares the land to hastening ills a prey , w erc weaUh accum » ktes asdmen dewy . ' If the English were generous and brave , the Irish were filled with holy inspirations . It was with pleasure he had learned that the nation of the starspangled banner had sent her ships with food forthe Iran . ( Hear , hear . ) Duncan Sherrinston had this day asked to have an estate bought as far north as possible ; he supposed for the purpose of giving Scotland ' s absent sons another opportunity of crossing the Tweed . Mr O'Connor had proved the greatest wenaer of the age—he had created a new out of an old state of society . He had said , I will take the people out of the streets of Manchester . Leeds , and
London , to sojourn in nature ' s green fields ; ' and he had accomplished his purpose . The cuckoo ' s notes were never heard with more real pleasure than by the occupants of those levely spotg—O'Connorviile and Lowbanda . ( Hear , hear . ) He was glad to find the public voice setting in against Jew-jobbing , money-mongering competition , and in favour of cooperation . ( Great applause . ) A system under which the Rose , Shamrock , and Thistle , would enjoy their true position—that which God and nature always intended they should—producing and living all for each , and each for all . ( Rapturous cheering ) Mr Shaw , in a few words , gave , The memories ef Muir , Palmer , and Kirvine . '
Mr T S S ' L 8 aid » ne had m "ch pleasurein proposing T S . Duncombe . Esq ., M . P ., for Finabury . ( Loud cheers . ) * Dr M'Douall rose to respond , and said he did not think it possible to toast any man who was more respected than the honourable member for Finsbury . ( Hear , hear . ) Why so ? Simply because he had done his duty , dreading neither frowns nor sneers ; especially so , when he presented the monster petition for the People ' s Charter , and ha hoped the People would take such another wedee down with them when they accompanied the honourable member for Nottingham te the house . ( Load chesra . ) Mr Duncombe had long and consistently advocated their principles , and they were bound to resoeefchim .
( Hear , hi ar . ) His honourable colleague , Mr Wakley , had nobly defeaded him , whilst ha lay on a sick bed , and paid him a marked compliment . ( Hear , hear . ) He was gratified at knowing Mr Duncombe had Borne one to support him in that House , and should he stumble now , he would have a giant to pick him up . ( Loud eheera . ) He fervently hoped Mr Duncombe would speedily recover from bis present indisposifcon , and that Mr O'Connor woald make known to him the great sympathy evinced in his behalf by the People ' s representatives from all parts of the kingdom . ( Loud cheer ? . ) Mr Jos . Lihnet said , he conld not allow that
importunity to pass without testifying his gratitude te the man who had saved him from the jaws of death in a felons cell . Mr Duncombe had visited him in his dungeon , ( the Penitentiary , ) and never forsook him nntd he had obtained his release . ( Loud cheers . ) MrDoxissaid , he had heard with pleasure the eloquent address of Dr M'Dauall andthe gratefnloue of Mr Linney . He now had a toast of equal imporimportance to propose—It was Health and hap . piness to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ' It was not necessary to eulogise Mr O'CoBnor , his deeds spoke for him . True , hewas an Irishman by birth bat his good deeds proclaimed , him to be a citisen if
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the world . The toast was drapjc with three times three and one cheer more , wh ' foh were renewed on Mr O'Connor ' s rising to respond , Mr O'Connor said , he begged to assure them the way in which the sentrcip . vit had been received was truly grateful , to him . They had , indeed , triumphed and turned maudling Whigs into prospective Chartistv He did not mean by triumph , his return for Nottingham only , but look at the success of Mr Clark at Sheffield , Mr Jones at Halifax , Mr M'Grath at Derby , Mr Roberts at Blackburn , and Mr Harnefeoiapelling Lord Palmerston to make rerelations of his foreign policy at Tiverton , and Mr Kydd "compelling Dundas to retire hencetorth into private life . Who was there that wnnld sav
that the press represented us ? But despite of it , he would compel public opinion onwards . Men looked first for toleration , next for equality , and then for ascendancy . They were now fast making for the latter . ( Hear , hear . ) lie had lived on the slander of the press , which had proved the death of ¦ bo many . Was it not much that a poor party had lived down slander ? It was but a few years ag that the people of one town did not ktow that another existed at a short distance . Then , a Turnpike Bill was of more importance than a national measure , but now public opinion was organised , and a handloom weaver stood up to put down a minister . ( Loud cheers . ) In 1839 and 1842 , the Whigs and Tories persecuted the Char lists , but they dared not do it now . ( Cheers . ) The Aristocracy had boen telling the people for a hundred years past , that they were ignorant , but they bad not erected one school for the people ' s instruction , but the people had now
commenced business on their own account . Everything the government said they could not do , the people took in hand , and shoged thorn they could do . He had been in the Ilouse of Commons before , but they did not know him then , yet had he made ministera tremble in their seats ; but the people knew him now , and gave him his support . ( Greatcheering . ) He had been made a present to them , and they had accepted him . ( Loud cheers , ) True , as Mr Doyle had told them , he was born in Ireland , but the world was his republic . ( Great cheering . ) The Land was but an adjunct , give him the Charter , and then the Land would be open to all . ( Loud cheers . ) He asked , in God ' s name . how any government could expect to resist the preseet all powerful torrent of , democracy . ( Loud cheers . At another election , they would be enabled to return a hundred and twelve members . It was for the sake of their wives and children he had established the Land Plan , and he here renewed that oath he had sworn , to establish it
or die . [ Indescribable and long continued cheering , during which Mr O'Connor resumed his seat . ] Quiet having been restored , Mr Doyle subs , the audience joining in chorus , ' We'll rally around him again and again . ' Mr Doyle then gave Mr John Shaw , the first member of the National Land Company . ' Mr Shaw responded . Song by Mr Nuitall , ' The Lancashire Man ' s
Journey to London . ' Dr M'DouAiigave— ' Health and prosperity to the allottees ot O'Connorviile and Lowbands . ' He said he knew something of the soil , particularly of Lowbanda , and was convinced withdae application , it must prove beneficial to ita holders . The houses were built and the Land cultivated on correct principles . He knew there were trifling difficulties to overcome , but what were they , compared with the difficulties of the backwoodsmen of America . ( Cheers . ) Mr T . M . Wheelkr responded .
Song by Mrs Kknham , the wife of an allottee , 'I am a democrat bold , ' at the conclusion ot which three hearty cheers and one cheer more , were given for the Fair Sex . ' Mr James Grassbt then in a very neat speech gave 1 The National Registration and Central Election Committee , ' which was received with hearty cheering . Mr Rankin responded to it in a most eloquent speech . Mr Tattbbsall then favoured the company with a recitation , and Mr S , Ktdd with an ' extempore Humourous Effusion , ' which concluded a most instructive and pleasing night ' s entertainment . At three o ' clock two stage coaches , each drawn by four horses , Btarted with the majority ot the delegates to the railway at Gloucester . Each appeared well pleased with the result of his labour for the public good .
jar Our reporter states , that by accident he omitted in last week ' s report the name of Mr Martin Jude , delegate from Newcastle .
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LECTURE ON THE EDINBURGH ELECTION On Wednesday evening a lecture on the late election in Edinburgh was delirered in the Adam Square Hall , by Or Glover of Edinburgh ; There was a numerous and respectable audience , although the hall was by no means crowded . The first part of the lecture was devoted to a vindication of tbg conduct of tho citizens of Edinburgh in having chosen Mr Cowan as their representative in preference to MrMacaulay . The lecturer commenced by stating that previous to the late election he wrote ai follows : — 'Neverin the history of Britain was there a period when it was bo requisite for every man to think , judge , and act for himself , independent of every poll .
tical party , and regardless of every political name . ' That election wan now over , and it bad unfolded the fact , that despotism of MrMacauIaj ' s imagination ( alluding to Mr Macaulaj ' s definition of poetry in the Edinburgh Review ) had not triumphed cm * the intellects olthe majority of the electors of Edinburgh . Had the victor ; been iron , it would be matter of no consequence what opiniens were entertained on the subject j but the return of Mr Cowan could only be regarded as a first step in adrance , and not a yictory achieved . It was merely one of tho outposts token , and though that had been done , the enemy had been foolishly allowed to maintain another outpost equally vulnerable . Mr Craig had been returned . To some it may seem strange tbat a Tindieation should be called for of the conduct ofthft
majority of ( as Mr Macaulay himself styled then ) the most enlightened constituency of the empire . It is . in trutb , the very ignorance of those who call the wisdom of tbat decision in question that makeB a vindication required . It therefore became a sacred duty to the electors of Edinburgh , and , above all , to the cause of trutb and of right , to prove that it was indeed a wise decision to eject Mr Macaulay , one of the Miaisters of the Crown ; and the very wisdom of tbat decision exposed the folly and simplicity of those London electors who returned tbe present Prime Minister—Lord John Russell . It was not Bimply because they were Ministers that they were objectionable ; bnt it was because of their deeds , accomplished and contemplated , as ministers and legislators which was tbe cause of the ejection of Mr Macaulay , and which would have been the cause of the ejection of
Lord John Russell had those electors who supported him in London bean equally enlightened , or equally wide awake to the evils of allowing such men to wield tho legislative power in this great empire . ' The Cedar said , it would ma \ teuis lecture an inconvenient length were he to enter upon an examination of the Whig Ministry since they resumed power ; ho would confine himself to the topics teuched upon by Mr Macaulay in the Mnsio Hall , on the 27 ta July last , when he came , as he said , to render an account of what had transpired in Parliament during tha previous 13 months . The learned lecturer , entered into a lengthened detail of the various subjects alluded to , and dwelt most particularly upon what he considered the crowning act of the whole—the ¦ Minutes on Education , ' and quoted a great variety of extracts from the
printed speeches of Mr Macaulay on the subject of the minutes . Mr Macaulay appealed with confidence to posterity , ' which enjoying , as he hoped and believed , the blessings of a wise and liberal system of national education , would marvel that ever the introduction of such a system should hava been opposed , and would marvel still more that tbeoppositisn should have been carried on in the name of civil and religious liberty . ' If ( said the lecturer , ) posterity should marvel , . it will be , that a statement so false should have been cheered in a British House of Commons , and that any of the authors of such a system should again have been returned to tbat House of Par . Hament , and that even a poet of the 19 th century should have had tbe hardihood to affirm that these minutes bore a national system of education—a wise , liberal sjs . tem of education—and appeal , in defence of his
statements , to the system of national education founded in the New England States of Amarica by the English martyrs of another age . If the spirits of those patriots of illustrious renown , whose names , if they figure not in roUs of Eng land ' s Parliament , are , we trust , inscribed in the records of heaven , could notice aught belew with scorn or pity , with how much of both would they have regarded the raau who would prostitute their names and tbe system of education which they established in o free clime , to protect from infamy « nd disgrace the slavish minutes of grovelling courtiers and priestl y sycophants , who would thus dare to transform a nation ' s childhood from Intellectual freedom into tho slaves of England ' s episcopacy or Rome ' s hierarchy . No ; our forefathers strove , and their fathers strove , for freedom ; and if they won it , and we havenot , it is because we have been ^ A ^ L ^!?" ™ " * Wl 8 tocrac y «*«« overbearing house of Bishops
, wdthey werenot . ( Great applause . ) And if , when thu man of poetry and fairest lwguage appeals m defence of these accursed and enslaving minutes , to the doings and the endowments of New Enu * and ' s pet schools , where Episcopal inspectors areun . known , but where the laws , the teachers , and tbe pec pie are all mall-I say , when this man of fairest tongue and nonin ff language , appealed to the deeds and doities ° - ™ ? " ° Wgh " Pitit and ^ conquerable Principle , wb / didhe not nobly follow their example t Why did he not divide England into districts , and endow anationihichoolin each-fix b y Act of Parliament theduties and qualifications of the teachers , and allow them and the people to manage the schools that they were to bs taxed to support ? That , however , was far too simple and direct a procedure , and would have prevented Whig patronage and priestly interference . We cannot follow the learned leotujer throarh the devious track which he
panned , however , much we were fascinated by the flights of fancy which' were here and there interspersed with the preside euth ' ues of tbe educational minutes , and also with tfaecono ' ut't of the Ministers in reference
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to the Irish famine and dUtreBi , land the policy pursued Jowards Portugal by our Legislature . The le < t » : ei was listened to with attention , and was conclude * at halfpast ten o ' clock . —NorthBritish Mail .
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i __ __ _ GRAND SOIREE AT HALIFAX . On Monday last , a grand soiree was given in honour of Mr Ernest Jones , at the Odd-fellows Hall . Long before the time appointed , omnibuses and carriages of all descriptions were streaming towardi the feital scene , and the town presented an aspect of unusual bustle and excitement . From the roof of the hall waved a large flag , and others hung from the windows—while thronging the steps and piers of the magnificent porticoij ' and the adjacent streets , crowds were assembled , who greeted the approach of Mr Jones and his committee with hearty cheers . Every portion of the building was densely crowded . —Yet such was the order kept in that vast assemblage , that
the harmony of the evening was not once interrupted in the slightest degree . We Hever remember to have seen a more magnificent sight than the hall presented on this occasion . The walls were literally covered with portraits of eminent patriots , while laurel and flowers contrasted with the gilt frames of the pictures , and a profusion of banners waved down from every side , blending their rich colours into one harmonious whole . A full length portrait of Mr O'Connor , as he came out of York Castle , Was hung over the platform—while the brave device of the ' Old Guards , ' The Charter and No Surrender ! ' showed conspicuously its handwriting on the wall . ' Beneath the gallery , at the opposite end , were inscribed the words— ' Welcome Ernest Jones '
—patnotio devices and emblems were profusely scattered , and , indeed , turn to whichever side the spectator might , he would behold something to admire . The orchestra , a most lofty gallery on the right , was completely enshrouded with laurel , as were the chandeliers downthe length of the hall , — while a profusion of choioe flowers decorated the tables , of which two tiers were ranged across the platform—and several rows lengthwise down the hall —all laden with a superfluity of good things . Indeed , too much credit cannot bu given to the ample and munificent arrangements of the culinary | department , that supplied the choicest viands in the greatest profusion . Above 1300 sat down to teaand when the company were all seated
, , the sight was truly enchanting . The ladies of Halifax had done honour to the cause by adopting its colours , and green scarfs , ribands and favours , denoted their adherence . Well may Halifax be proud of its daughters , for we may safely assert that never in the mawkish assemblies of royal courts have we seen bo great an array of female loveliness and crace , while the face of maid and matron alike were beaming with a pure enthusiasm and joy unknown to the worn-out votaries of heartless fashion . At five o ' clock Ernest Jones and his committee entered the hall , the company receiving him with protracted cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs and
, the band striking up an inspiriting air . Mr Jonathan Gaukroger was called to the chair . When silence was restored , grace was sung , and the entertainment pasted off with genuine hilarity and harmony , enlivened by the inspiriting airs of the band . At six o ' clock the assembly dispersed to meet again at seven for the public meeting . We may here observe , that such was the anxiety manifested to be a partaker of the festivities , that high premiums were offered for tickets to the tea , and even for checks to the meeting afterwards , between which and tbe tea Mr Jones addressed the assemblage without from the window .
TIIE PUBLIC MEETING . A public meeting was held after the tea party ; but , indeed , the crowds never quitted the Hall and its vicinity ; on the contrary , they kept increasing until eight o ' olock . The appearance of the Hall , when illumined , was , if possible , more brilliant than before . The building literally blazed with light for , besides the ordinary lamps and chandeliers , small gaB pipes had been stretched from the latter to the walls , from which issued jets of eas ..
Mr Barraclough was called to the chair . We much regret that want of space precludes our reporting the very able speeches held on the occasion . Mr George Buckley moved , and Mr Robert WilkiasoH seconded , the first resolution , which ran thus : — 'That this meeting express their tha » ks to the electors and non-electors who have supperted the liberal candidates , for their manly and straightforward conduct during the late contest for the borough of Halifax . ' Glee—Wake , Eolian Lvre !
Mr John Sutcliffe moved , and Mr Isaac Clissett seconded , the next resolution : — ' That this meeting rejoices in the noble stand that has been made in the cause of civil and religious liberty . Glee—The morn ia breaking ! Mr Joseph Hanson nnved , and Mr W . K . Thorburnlseconded , the third resolution : — That tliiB meeting pledges itself to employ every constitutional means for tbe accomplishment of the great principles embodied in the People ' s Charter . ' The above resolutions were carried unanimously amid thunders of applause . The Chairman then introduced Mr Ernest Jones , who addressed the meeting at considerable length , but was much affected , by the warmth of the reception he experienced . Kr Gaukroger then , as Chairman of tho Election Committee , rose , and after some apt and pithy remarks , read the following
ADEBE 68 TO EBHEST J 0 NE 8 , ESQ ., Late Candidate roa the Representation or tbe Eokocoh o ! Halifax , IIokoobed Sib , —This spontaneous assembly of the electors and non-electors may be considered the close of our electioneering contest . We meet not oa this occasion oppressed with feelings of sorrow , mixed with disappointment and revenge , as the corrupt and vicious supporters of faction and bad government are wont to do on the unfavourable result of an election . No , sir , we meet under great buoyancy of spirits , warmth of heart , and high exultation , arising from the great good which has been achieved , and an enlivening prospect of reaping in due time a plentiful harvest .
It would ill become us , not to have included you , 6 ir , in i participation of this joyous Benson , who with tbe utmost friendship , kindness , and patriotism , chose to bcoome our champion in the cause of such reforms in Church and State as would make England in reality what she is only in name , as well as for the recovery of our constitutional right of being present , either personally ( or by representative freely chosen ) in Parliament , for the making of 'laws we are bound to observe , and the imposing of taxes we are compelled to pay , We are proud to say , that you have , sir , laboured hard in our cause against every kind of opposition , and even to the detriment of your advancement in life , as regards the peeuniary interests of yourself and family ; and we are bound to acknowledge tbat you have on the
occasion of our late election , displayed courage , energy , and moderation , which may have been equalled but never surpassed . We say not this to natter you , we deal not iu flattery , You bavc done nothing more than every man in England is called upon to perform according to ability . But since it so seldom happens that persons of genuine charaeter and sterling abilities are found to step aside from the contracted road of present self interest , it becomes our duty to mark the event in some particular way and manner , and tfcis , sir , is our principal reason for oHf requesting your attendance on thiB ftstive day , to furnish us an opportunity of thanking you personally , and of requesting your acceptance of a small , but earnest token of our admiration and respect ,
Previous to the discharge of this public duty , allow us a passing notice on ons important class of our townsmen A single glance of only a casual observer must have seen andtiumired tbe sober and peaceful bearing of the non-electors , who attended in their thousands our nomination and polling days , in the absence of the UBUal attractions of music , or a display of even a ribbon , and who , moreover , not only kept the peace themselves , but engaged to prevent others from breaking it . And we think , too , that the close of this meeting will contrast with some lately held in this borough ; we think it is more than probable we shall have no need of carriages , omnibuses , cabs , or guides , to take from this assembly a number of gentlemen in a state of shameful and dishonourable helplessness , because ours is
' A feast of reason and flow of soul ' Not a beastly feed—and flowing bowl , We are also wishful to express our desire you should retire from thla contest with renewed hopes and increased resolve in the pursuit of your onward march to freedom . Go , then , eloquent ' and highly gifted advocate of universal liberty , justice , truth , and humanity into the bosom of your happy family , and tell them the electors and non . electors of Halifax have entrusted to you and their keeping this gold watch and appendages as a small token of our regard and esteem , m the earnest hopo you may enjoy it a long time in perfect
good health and peace of mind . And may lie , who guideB the . \ 6 tars with his finger , aad could dissolve them with a breath , imbue the hearts of our countrymen with wisdom and perseverance sufficient for the attainment ofsuohnaeful reforms in Church and State aswilluresent anarchy and confusion in our Una ; or perhaps what is more , a total annihilation or ruin of our country ' such as have fallen to the lot of the once powerful and splendid empires and kingdoms of antlqultv rather let our beloved England become a pattern o ' f excellence to all nations of the world , till time shall be no more than she should be as a rock in the ocean , only to be discarded and avoided by the wary and skilful pil « t
The reading of this addreB was hailed with aTu ap fV au 8 ( \ MrGa Wrthen pMae 3 the gold watch and chain , which are of themmS magmficent description , amidst the rapturous c £ m of the immenseassembly . When thev hadTSS &ssaA ' as * -Sitifttt Glee-The stout limhed Oak . MrMilhngtoB then moved , and Mv ' t n . seconded , the fourth resolutionS 5 » t ?» f "T , thanks of thi s meeting beTivIn SSL ? a- cordlal only for having provideS for £ ?„ & i * ladle 8 » not an excellent tea W « i « * tS nterte lnment 8 Uoh ¦« & £££ ttwfcsc * Mr ErnesMweB moyed , wo Mr WUkinBon BB .
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conded . avoto of thanks to the Chairman , whi c h was carried by acclamation . , Mr West , who had come some distance to beprelent at this demonstration , then made a few brici but eloquent remarks , and with three choerai tor O'Connor and the Charter , and then for Frost , Williams and Jones , the meeting separated at ^ -an advanced hour of the night , thus ending one of the most glorious demonstratioss ever known in Halifax .
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CASE OF ABDUCTION AT MALTA . The ' gentlemen of the long robe' at Malta have been busily engaged in a case which has created very considerable sensation . Prom the opening address of the conn , sel for the plaintiff , it appeared that Mr Curtis , a gentleman of fortune , aud having five daughters , had obtained a legislative net for the annulment of his marriage with Emma , the daughter of Sir William Curtis Bart . that soon after he deemed it advisable to remove his three youngest daughters to Malta , aud before leaving for lisboa , placed them In the scholastic establishment of the Misses Cannon . That the Misses Cannon had received strict injunctions from the father to allow of no intercourse , even by letter , between the young ladies and their mother , or any others through whom it
, was Bupposed Bhe might seek to correspond with them- iu reference to which injunction the father had addressed a letter to his children from the Tagus , calling upon them to g . vea written promise , that they ' would strictly and mviolably obey the same , whiohhe pointed out to them as affeeting their future welfare and happiness be . yond what they could im . gine , which promise was s ' gned by the three sisters , and duly forwarded to tbe father Matters remained in this state until the ' ev . ning of Friday UK . 1 ? ' * , ? ° ° f lhe plaintiff " . «•> cr ° "inB with the three Misses Curtis , and threeyouag ladies , their pupils , from Valetta to Sliema , in a ferry-boat , manned by two men , to tako their accustomed daily exercise , were about mid-channel passed by a man-of-war ' s gig pulled by several hands , steered by Lieutenant Baker
commanding her Majesty ' s steam-packet Arden , and having in tho stern-sheets two females in mourninir Which , shooting a-head . landed the parties a few minutes before Miss Cannon and her pupils . On coming up to them Miss Charlotte Curtis recogni . ed her mother and maid , as the two females who had landed with Lieutenant Baker , whereupon Miss Cannon , until then unaware t the fact of Mrs Curtis being in Malta , hurriedly re . traced her steps with her pupils , and embarking in the same ferry boat from which they had just previously landed , desired the watermen to pull quickly to Valetta Lieutenant Baker , with Mrs Curtis and her maid f 0 ] ' lowed their motions , and the gig pulled hard in pursuit overtaking them about midchanuel
- , when Lieutenant Baker hailed- 'Miss Cannon ! I have in my boat the mother of the Misses CurtlB , ' and one of the gi R ' ™ putting oat a boat-hook , forcibly detained the ferry boat ' whon Lieutenant Baker demanded , in the name of Mrs Curtis , the delivery up of the three Misses Curtis with which demand Miss Cannon refused to comply nrotB . it ing that they had been confided to h » ^ J l ' ^ t tection by Mr Curtis , whose authori ty alone and no other , could she acknowled ge . Lieutenant Baker offered to assume nil tflf \ esPnSty and , aided by the maid servnnf » " , ullw f > urged Miss E . len Cur ^ to ^ s ' orer S the gig , whereupon Miss Cannon again protested against sueha . tep remindlBg the young lad , of her recent
promise to her father , which she was in duty bound to maintain Lieutenant Baker and the maid , on the other band , sought to impress upon the young lady that her duty was to obey her mother ' s wishes ; finally pro ceeded , with the assistance of her maid , to rX Mi « Ellen Curtis from her seat , when she app ^ fto £ Cannon in great grief , a « to what course sh ! should nur sue , who pointed out to h « that her duty IZivel her " Samgps
n St P fl , r , DSlady ' Mn « »« -. On the part of the defendant exceptions neretuken : first , that tne young lady , whose wishes should be consulted , must be a party to the suit ; secondlythat she was
deter-, mined to remain with her mother ; thirdly , that she was not a minor ; and , fourthly , that though nn agree . uent had been entered into , ewiuf ebitflj to Smgolu .
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' - ' ¦ ' ^ ~ I rities in the conduot of Mr Curtls ^ or himlnflu ^ I lis to live apart , still this was no divorce and ^ I latter lost not in consequence ths right of nn . at ft » I her children . ontro U ^ I The court gave judgment in favour of tho ni I condemning Mrs Curtl * U deliver up to th tifl » » I ". voung lady , to be by them re-conducted to their" !} " ing , there to remain under their charge until in i ^ " I as Mr Curtis , the father , might think proper t "?» I other directions , or make other provision in th 6 ** I From this decision an appeal was immediatel * ]**• I by the defendan t , vt ho also entered an aotlon to w * the execution of the sentence pending the appea i lpen * I ' ^^^^^^ ~~ S ^*~ ^ I
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WORSHIP . STREET . — Momeeoos Aita c ' i — - THE BlAMBB OF A DISTRESS WaBJUNT . —G . flo | ' ° * gunmaker , and two of his workmen , 0 . Teakle Zl '« Hardy , wire charged with assaulting and wou Uliin » Z ' Evershed ; Thomas , his son ; and George Lam * , * broker ' s man . Evtrshed said that th « y went on g , | * day last to a house occupied by the prisoner Holm ., ¦ Phoenix-street , Spitalfields , to levy a distress due J , ' , J ° elder complainaBt , as landlord of the premises , to ? they exhibited their warrant the defendant Ho i called upon his irien to arm themselves and set u m > l them . Holmes seUed a gun barrel , and gtrack » " elder Evershed a violent bl » w upon tbe shoulder » v- ? felled him to the ground , and before he could L ! his feet the defendant Teakle attacked him with a chi f and stabbed at him several times in rapid » uccp - ' | In hie attempts to ward off the blows the p » im ^ I hund was cut to the bone , and the other defendan ts ,, tinned all the time beating him with two musket barr ?* and he was rendered completely powerless , and m whole person covered with bruises . The three defe dants then commenced a simultaneous attack upon h ° " son , who received frightful wounds upon Wb heart , anj was also knocked down and rendered par tially j Oj e . sible . With tho assistance of the broker and his man they were at length rescued from the hands of the pr i soneri , 0 . Larner corroborated the above eviaence and statod that while the defendants were ill- treating the complainants they set a large bull-terrier upon ths witneii , which severely lacerated his leg , and that an of them subsequently attacked him , and beat him on . mercifully . Mr Haramill ordered each of the defendant ) to enter into bii own recognisance in £ 100 , and fin 4
two sureties in ££ 0 , to answer the charge at the session , Commotion at a TusmicAi , Saloon . —Wiiii ani Rawlins was charged with having , at the Britannia Saloon , Hoxton , raised an alarm of fire . —A policc-eoa * stable said that someone at the gallery entrance shouted ' Fire . ' The cry was followed by the shrieking of women and tbe greatest confusion amongst the audience . The defendant was pointed out to himas the person who had raised the cry . He did not at first deny it , but mad « great resistance to being captured . The most terrible confusion was caused throughout the house , many of the persons in the gallery dropping from thence into tbe pit while those in the pit rushed upon the stage ; several
were severely Injured . Hats aad bonnets were flvine about in all directions , and & number still remained there , the owners of which were not known . —The boxkeeper saidjthat at least 100 people rushed from the pit to the stage ; many were injured by trampling over one axiop then The prisoner denied that he had raised the alarm . Margaret Collins said that the prisoner and some com * panionsjamped down the stairs , and the officer would not let them return , but told them they might have their money and leave the house . This th « y would not do , and some of them shouted'Fire . ' She did not hear the prisoner himself cry fire , but he was one of the party , —Mr Hammlll remanded the prisoner .
THAMES . —Obtaining Goobs undeo , Fuse Vn . tences . — . J . Boucb , recently captain of a merchan tman , was charged with having obtained various articles under false pretences . On tbe 18 th instant the prisoner nent to the shop of Messrs Brown and Redpatb , ironmonger ! in tbe Commercial . road , and said he came from the ship Senator , producing an order , which he said wai signed by James Barber , the ship ' s broker , for seme knives and forks . He was supplied with two doxen knivei and forks , valn » 44 s . It had since been ascertained that there was no such as person as James Barber connected with the Senator , neither had any authority from any persen connected with that ship been given to the prisoner . He called again on Thursday for some more knives and forks , and was given into custody of a policeconstable . The officer traced the articles to the shop o £ a pawnbroker in the Blackfriars-road , from whence bb assistant attended and identified the prisoner as having pledged them for j £ 1 . — He was fully committed for trial .
Extkhswe SMBGQMsa . —Ten seamen , named Pettoi , Schroeder , Schoultkas , Croup , M'Donald , Cameron , Harrison , Taylor , Young , and Abb , were charged nitn carrying foreign manufactured tobacco , contrary to tht statute . In neither of the cases did the quantity at , tempted to be smuggled by each person exceed 6 lbs . snd they were therefore summarily adjudicated upon . They were severally fined—the four first in the sum of 201 , each , Abb , 8 s ., Young , 83 ., Taylor , 10 s ., Harriion , 12 i ,, M'Donald , 15 s ., and Cameren , 20 s ., according to the rei . pective quantities they had each attempted to convey .
BbotalandDiioeacefcl Amu . —Charge or Mik ° SUOQHTEB . —Joseph Cator , Joseph Johnson , andDaniel Aiger , labourers , were charged with aiding and abetting Iu a fight which took place between two boyssamtd John May Harris and Robert Auty , in Abbott ' s Fields , Poplar , on Wednesday , and which resulted in the dtath o the lad Harris . Another man , named Newiom , was brought before the same magistrate on Thursday , charged with a similar offence , and was liberated on bailuatil Wednesday next . The boys , who had had nopreTiuui quarrel , wero scholars of the National School in Poplar , and on Wednesday last the boy Auty was met bj Eom « of the men in the employ of Messrs Robinson , and tsey
persuaded him to pick out a boy about Mb own age aid si 28 to fight with him . ne selected Harris , and tlie fellows who got up the fight promised to reward the con . queror with some beer and halfpence when the conteit terminated . The boys fought in the field for about half an hour , in the presence of many of the labourers in Messrs Robinson ' * employ , not one of whom attempted to stop them , but urged the boys on . Auty , who is eight years old , was declared the victor . Th « men gave Harris a quantity of rum aud baer , and made him drunk . H » was taken home by two schoolfellows . He vomitted » good deal , and appeared to be suffering greatly . Tbe next moraing he appeared to be dying , and a doctor was called , but he died in half an hour afterwards . An
loquest was commenced before Mr Baker on Friday , when the coroner said that every one who was present at tbe fight was liable to bo indicted , and directed that any pef sons who could be identified should be apprehended , to answer the verdict of the jury , if they brought it in murder or manslaughter . The prisoners vf ere remandedico ball till Wednesday . SOUTHWARK . —CnAKoE or obtaining Monet ckdib FAL 6 K PBETENCEK AGAINST AN ATTOBNEI ' S ClER * . — W . Hall , a solicitor ' s clerk , was charged with obtaining ten shillings from a poor woman named Manuel ) , under false pretences . The complainant ' s husband and two others had been charged with burglary , and she wished to have him defended by a solicitor . She saw Hall , who represented himself to be a solicitor , and agreed to conduct tbe defence for ten shillings , which she paM . He left her at the court , and did not return until the examination was over ; and when she called upon him
to return the fee ( which she had difficulty in railing ) he said that he had given it to MrHardman , bis employer . —The prisoner had a salary of 36 s per week , nna was employed by Mr Hnrdman to take tho instructions of prisoners whom he was employed to defend . lie admitted that he received 10 s . from the complainant , and dist . nctly informed her that he was then going to tbe Csntial Criminal Court to apprise MrHardman o ! tbe circumstance , and to get him to come over to that court to defend her husbaud . A great portion of the 10 s . fee was paid for cab hire in seeking his employer—Mr uardman stated that he authorised the prisoner to tak « instructions from clients and to receive fees , but he had not received the fee in question . —The prisoner coOplained that he had received a dreadful beating from tbe complainant ' s friends , who attacked him as be came from the Old Bs . iley . -Mr Cottingham committed hto for trial , taking baU .
LAMBETH . — Thomas FoBter alia * Chitty , John Taylor , ThomaB Smith , and Eliaa Eaton were brought up on the following charge : — It appeared that last Thursday night the hou 6 eofi ^ Strange , a tailor and draper at Tonbrid ge . wells , n »* been broken iHto aud cloth of the value of £ 60 or £ 78 carried away . On Saturday the attention of Ooddard and Davidson , two of the constables there , was oalled » a hamper which was at tbe railway station , anftffbi * bore the direction of John Chitty , 2 , Arnold ' s Paragon , Franois-street , Newtagton , ' and on opening it they found it to contain about £ 20 worth of the stolen cloth .
Mt ! , t ° ' Per Was tawrWii directed , a * a S 21 S 1 S ? D ^ asoncam « «> y the same tr . in , « d fffio . fi « S 8 l 8 tance of Morton ^ d Smith , two officers of the P division , when it was arranged that tbe hamper should be forwarded by one of the cowponj ' " vehicles . On iMoaday morning Sergeant Morton accompanied the vehicle to No . 2 , Arnold ' s Fa ragon , and stoedby whilo the driver delivered the hamper to * prisoner Eaton , and obtained a receipt wbich was signed J . Chitt j . Before Eaton had time to shut tbe doer , Morton made his appearance and inquired for Mr Chitty ; she replied that Mr Chitty used to live at her honse , but had left for some months and directed that sll
parcels SDnt to him were to bo taken in . Morton thflO told her that the humperjust brought contained tbo pronuso of a robbery committed at Tonbridge-wells , ano that he should take ' her into custody . The other tbwe prisoners , who were asleep in the house at the time , were also taken , and upon tbe house being searched a great variety of property supposed to nave been stolen was found . In the possession of the femnlB prisoner there was discovered two gold watches of a most valuable description , three gold chains , besides various articles of plate and jewell ami fifty-nine pawnbrokers
ery , duplicates relating to jewellery , all of which there « little doubt had beon stolen . The prisoners were r « - manded .
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THE RECENT INVESTIGATION AT SLEAFORD . ^ ( Continued fromtht Second itye . ) case oi his client , namely , the pretended disturbance at the Bristol Arms , as what happened before Dodsonjoim d the crowd , had nothing whatever to do with the deceased . However , tbe intention of the learned counsel for the defence , being to show that Sharpe was excited by previous circumstances , and thus to palliate his action on tbat plea , be ( Mr J . ) had entered into tbat line of evidence , and had , he thought , clearly proved on tho testimony of the very witnesses for the defence , that no riot or rescue took place throughout the day . He would firstly remind their Worships that he had accounttd for every moment of the deceased's time on
that day . ( Mr Jones then recapitulated the evidence ) Sixteen witnesses fur the prosecution bad teatiied that Dodson did not join tbe crowd till the disturbance ( if any ) was over , —and then acted in the most peaceable manner . Of the twelve witnesses for the defence , everj one deposed that the police were never molested or struck that no rescue was attempted , and that there was bo occasion for tbe interference ef the police . Two of these swore that Dodson was taking a part in th& row at the Bristol Arms—one of thece latter , however , never saw his face—can ' t be certain , and only judgvs , because be had a white blouse and black waistcoat on , though he admits that his blouse and waistcoat were the same as those of many others , Tbe second , at first , swears , and then only ' thinks '— ' can ' t be certain
— ' imagined' he was DodsoD ;—saw him when he describes himself knocked down by a crowd with bis eye closed by ablqw , and in the midst of the most heroic exertions ( if we are to take his account ) in his own defence . And how does he recognise him ? -By seeing his features after death—with its awful change—and such a death had altered their expression and their aspect . Not another witness for tbe defence saysoneword abeut Dodson , except that they saw him struck and collared'af ter he was down andevery one admits that the de ceased was getting out of the way ; these men , too , are not credible witnesses , they contradict each other and themselves—and swear the very reverse in their crossexamination tbat they do at irst—whereas tbe witnesses I have called vary not one iota in their statements—are
shopkeepers and others ( including constables , ) ef first rate respectability , and all depose the same as to a moment of time , the relative position of the parties , the dress worn by each , and every particular connected with the case . These witnesses were thus distributed about at the time , that what bad escaped the notice of one , must have been seen by another—some standing at Snow ' s house , ethers at the Waggon and Horses , or at tbe Bedehouses , CarrVplace , tbe Joiners' Arras , the chamber window of a private house , the kitchen window of another , —by the side of the police , or by the side of the deceased . Again , the witnesses for the defence , before the coroner s jury , deposed very differently to what they have dona to-day . No word abeut the stick in Dodsou ' s hand—no word about the stenes taken from him
in the lock-up ; why not mention these things to-day—if they are true ?—since on thete the caBe for ] the defence depended—not on two men fighting an hour before Dodson came near the place . ThiB silence is an admission of perjury . Mr Jones then recapitulated the evidence , showing an intent on the part of Sharpe , —tbat might even justify a stronger verdict than that of manslaughter —aud also recapitulated the evidenoe of eleven witnesses who heard him ; make use of brutal and revengeful expressions towards the deceased during the day , and of exultation after he bad struck him . Not alone did Dodson experience his brutality ; but a poor countryman , standing quietly by the road side , was struck unpro-Tokedly by this guardian of the peace . Mr Shabpe—Why , he waa a gipsy .
Mr E , Jokes—Well , sir ! He was doing no harm ! let ne tell you , a gipsy is as much under the protection of the laws as you are at this hour . The coups « 1 then adverted to tbe laws regulating homicide , and said—Your worships will remember tbat the police are , firstly , onlj authorised to use their BtaveB in a case of riot . Ho case of riot has been proved , or attempted to be proved ; and had a riot orourred at the Bristol Arms , it is clearly shown that Dodson wbb not present , and the law , though it holds a man answerable for what occurs during Mb presence on similar occasions , does not hold him answer , able for what occurred previous to his arrival . The
police may further use their truncheons in a case of rescue —( not one of the witnesses have proved an attempt at rescue )—and even then only in self-defence , whereas every witness on either side has sworn the police were never either attacked or endangered , They may further use their staves in case a man resists and flies , if that man is guilty of treason or felony ; but it is expressly laid down , that if a man flies , or resists and then flies , such man being guilty only of a misdemeanour or breach of the peace , and the constable strike him- should death ensue from tne blow—such constable is guilty of manslaughter at the lenst .
The Court having been cleared , the Bench after a deli . Deration of seme time , decided on dismissing the case . Mr Aitix—I protest agaiast the decision of the bench for these reasons : A man has been killed—he was killed by a blow inflicted by Sharpe . From all the witnesses produced , I am solemnly o £ opinion tbat there was ne real necessity for that blow and consequentl y it is due to public justice that the case should go to a jurj , as a case of manslaughter . Mr E . Jones then informed the bench that the friends of the deceased ware determined to carry the case to the assizeB ; and , if necessary , to petition the House of Commons .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1433/page/8/
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