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tetmported for life . Sir Geotfo Grey de « fresme to Infona Jon tttt I ' toM pfcpen tare trtelw * hta foU tod uxio * i oonudsra&n . indthat he ^ " ^ Mm « a ftcreis sufficient « om 4 *» ' ?{ £ * £ * ^ biclfe ^ i theaclctel Bg ^ Sft SS ^ iotton , Sk j ^^ ggfc tho verdict of the jut , 1988 no " ^ SSartKtBW ** h « trial ; « nd W ^ tSiSbSwtht Berber to hare be * ^ A taiS naSeSinitrwsnt , to fbinla tint ! £ Sr pradeMeindcautwtt'CB bupart msUlaTa Ewed hisfrom the saagkion to whteh his coadect tnthe transactions in question naturally exposed him . i am , Sir , ^ our obedleat servant , fc Cownansi Lbwis .-& . SteTeniOD , Esq ., 19 , EaexStreet Strand .
. Diaih o ? a Fumle Pris 9 kie . — On Saturday last an inquest was held in Eonemonger Lane gaol , on the b idy of Hvy Ann \ Sajne , aged thirty-nine . The dsoeased tsb in custody awaiting her trial for having " attempted to reorder her hushacd , Robert H « yne , compositor , by stabbing him with a table knife . Sha burst a blood vessel in a fit of caughing ' whkh «* need her death . Verdict accordingly . - F * t * ii Rhhmt Accident . —On Saturday night lut aa inquett wai held oa the body of James Cap-- per , aged thirty-eight , who , incautiously croiiing the rails at the Minnies station , was knocked down by a train and bo much injured that , after lingering some i& 5 » , he-died afc the London , Hospital . Verdict "Accidental death . '
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THE CHOLERA . OnSatordiy last the Board of Health receired inforffst ra of the following new cues : —Steoney , 1 , fatal ; Lambeth , 3 1 fatal ; Soutb . wark . 4 ; Camber . « eQ , = 2 , fatal ; Greenwich , 2 ; Hwkuey-read , 1 ; Hanitoo ^ rkhouse , 1 ; Edinburgh , 25 , U fatal ; North and S juth Lsiih , Id . i fatal . Total new cases , 54 ; 22 fatal . OnMondiythe following oates were reported to file Board of Health : —St Marylebone , 1 ; Stepney , l ; Lvnbetb , 2 . 4 deaths ; Southwark , 6 , 4 deaths ; Camfaerwell . 3 , 2 deaths ; Greenwich , 3 , 1 death ; Stamford Hill , 1 fatal ; Sautkwark , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 14 , ifatal ; Leith 7 , 1 fatal—Total , 39 new eases , 18 deaths .
On Tuesday the Board of Health received reports of the following new cases : —Stepney , 1 ; Lambeth , 1 ; Sonthwark , 3 , 1 fatal ; Batteries , 1 ; Edinburgh , 13 , 2 fatal ; Leith . 6 , 3 fatal . Total new cases . 25 , 6 da ; fas . The Registrar General ' * report , issued od Ttdsiay , states the total deaths from all causei during tat week to hare been 1 , 163 , the average tea ; 1 , 154 . On Wednesday the-following sew cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Stepney , 1 fatal ; Lambeth , 1 ; CambarwJll , 2 fatal ; Edinburgh , 19 , 5 fatal ; Leith , 7 . 1 fatal ; Haddiagton , 1 fatal ; Srechin . 1 fatal ; total new oasei , 32 11 fatal
- HuxBiKK Prison—On Saturday last , Mr Bedford hi Id : i itqiest in the Millbank Prison as to the death ot oce of the convict ; . The particulars , thongh yainfcl , were interesting . The deceased wa 3 taken to the prison early in this year , and there was a special report sent with him to the following effect : — 'That he stated to the governor of the prism wiere he was sent from , that his brother ( aba in the Milftank Prison ) and a man of the name of Wicks ( also there ) had ' split' against him ii many burglaries they hsdjjeenengfiged in , and he ¦ would ' serve them but' if he had the chance . The governor of the ' county gaol advised he should bB kept from his toother and Wicks . ' His wm done . The iriwner was taken ill , and confined in the infirmary , where hehad erery attention from the medictl
officers , but u . timateiy died of dysentery . The brother was examined , andsaid every thine , he believed , bad been done for the deceased . The Coroner : Hare you any request to make ? Yon cm speak without fear . The brother . —I should like to make ene request . — What is it : If I have the power it shall be remplied with ?—To follow my brother to the grave . —I cannot make an order for fliat ; I have no power : Ho doubt the officers of the prison will attend to yottr wish . —Dr Biyley , the physician , atd the Rer . lit Penny , the chaplain , said the request of the pri > Boner should certainly ba complied with . —The Core * ner asked whether the cholera had left—Dr Bayly replied , that in all tha cases of cholera the patients were convalesent . —Have you been able to discover
whether the choVi took piaca in any particul ar psrt of the prison ? - ^ Na ; we have five pentBgonB in the prison ( these are the angular buildings from the centre ) sad fifteen essea of cholera , and it is a most singular fact that three have come from etch pentr . gon—Perhaps the wind had something to do with it ? —I cannot answer thatqueatum . — 'Iha jury returned Terdictof'Natural Death . ' » «»«¦«» BaomET—On Saturday last . Mr Gannan , but . gem , of Bromley , reported to Mr Baker , s death mm Asiatic cholera . He was called on Friday , about eleven a . m ., to attend a man of the name of Samuel Dean , apipemaker , who lived in the ne ehbrarhooi of Mill-street . The nsnal medicines were presented , but without effect , and the man died the eamenieht about ten o ' clock .
Siockwiih , Liscolkshirb . —There hwe been at Stockwith , twodecidedcases ef Asiatic cholera , both Of which have terminated fataly . BtiCKFSiABS Road . —Oa Monday night Mr W . Payne , the Coroner , resumed and isoneluded an inqairyatthe Crown Tavern , Blackfriar ' s Read , into the death of Edward Nash , aged fifty-eight , a to Be jobfer . Tee deceased was a person of very de ? rav < d and intemperate habit ? , and , though a married mar , he had been for the last five yeara linn ? with a per . Bon named Sarah Walker the ktener of the house in
which he d-ed . Deceased had ton in his usual nealth , when the trsmonitory symptoms of cholera p . t 5 K ? l i ! ^ on-Faday , and , as he had pasitivelv Btat 6 d that hB believid that ha had been hocussed a port morlem examination had been made . Df Goding Bird , the eminent physician of Guy ' s Hospital , deposed that he found no appearances to lead to the candusion ftat any deleterious drug had been ad . winatered . He wa 3 certain that death had result'd from pestilantial er Indian cholera . Verdiot 'Bea k froracuolera . '
Ebdsbuegh . —In Home families the epidemic hes bsen atteaded with distressing fatality . In the Canongate a mother and fourot her children were attacked with itjKddied a&h . iit tixos , afcerwaxda : and in Loanhead , four sUters , belonging to the paper null * there , lay dead in the Bame house at oce feme . About forty altogether have been seized at this Tillage , and the fatality amounts to about the talf . It firat broke out amongst those belonging to ttepaper milbinthat vicinity , and has beenchieflj eonhnjd to them , aad not , as we were led to believe amoag the colliers , very few of whom have been at tacked by the epidemic . There have beea eighteen Cases reported in PortobaUo since thecan ^ eree . aentoftte d « e are Thera wailonefatil case it Uixckpenoa Wednesday ; and on Friday tha keeper ofTynecaatletoU-bsrdied of cholera after an Ulness ot a few hoars .
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Lobd Cahdigak asd the 11 th Hussars . — The Jo / m Bull has published a staetment relaiive to Lord Cardigan , founded upon a case , the alleged circumstances of which are briefly these- a short time since the Hon . Gerard Noel , a captain in the corps of which Lord Cardi gan is colonel , having been kte at stables reported himself , expressing regret for Ms breach of discipline . He was at once placed under arrest by the colonel , and the arrest remained in force until the regiment left the town on which occasion Captain Noel marchea out in the rear of Ms troop , without bis sword the usual course
adopted towards officers under arrest . Snnn afterwards Captain Noel was again plated under arrest , for not returning to his duty daring the Jiaster holidays , the role , however , being that officers in the army , whoarealso members of the legislature , may at any tune absent themselves from their regiment—TBithout the necessity of obtaining leave of absenceto attendtadr parliamentary duties . From this arrest , so soon as is was known . Captain Noel was released by the general of the district . Not long after bis liberation from the seeond arrest , Capt . Noel , not being exactly on the spot where at the moment he
ought to have beea , Lord Cardigan peremptorily called out to Kua . ' Capt . Uoel , go to jaar troop , ar 1 ' To winch order ths captain replied , lam With my troop , sir ; ' being immediately answered by his lordship , « ¥ eu are not , sir ; neneof your London manners here ! Hurt by the colonel ' s words , he asked for a private interviesr , at which be asked lord Cardigan why insulting language had been applied to him on parade , in She presence st his troop ? The answer received was , ' Set out of aiy room , sir ! ' Thereupon Capt . Noel laid the wlwle matter before the Commauder-in-ehief , who , after
a considerable coirespondence with the parties , arestei , through , the Adjatant-Gene « d , that Capt Noel should apologise to Lord Cardi gan , a direction with which Capt . Noel , in the presence of the Adjutaai-General , Lord Cardigan , and oijierauthcrmes ^ mused to compl y . The flon . Captain Noel is member for the couuty of Entlaud ; his fe&er . the Earl of Gainsboroug h , is a supporter of the government , though th « j captain himself is a Conserve ; his maternal uncle is Sir G . Grey , the Home Secretary , and his stepmother is lady of toe jjedebamber . Capiain Noel writes to the commander in-chief , expressing his wisa to obey his pace ' s coin ^ nands 1 st for ot
S ^ ni ? w j !! ance a court in . W- The Duke of Wellington refuses the court aLS ^ W priDCii ) l 3 ' and acourt martialis anpraciicable , for before such a tribunal Lord Car-* gu must prefer his charge .. Here thenX
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\ 7 AKDSW 0 RTH . —APicw * School . —Mr R . Drouet , » ged 29 , t&Bbrofterofmd aitUtant manager to Mr Bartholomew Draet , tha proprietor of an extensive eittDlUbment &t Low « Tooting , for the reception ef ptuper children , belonghig to tke metropolitan unions , vu placed la tile dock before Mr Beadon , and charged with caplt&Uj intuiting Hirgvret Dawk ; , l&te aa in . mate of that establishment . Tha prosecution bad bem Instituted fey the board of guirdiaai of the abore-men-Hoaed anloa , in comeqaence of the statement ! tnide to them by the girl DiwUy , « h » was one of their pauper children , andfa « dbeen ' firmed out at Mr Drouet ' s citablUbnunt . Hsrpret Diwley . It new an inmate of the Kensington workhouse , Oa the 12 th of Hay , 1847 , wassenttolIrSronet ' sestfthllshment at Tooting , ani Itftonthe 22 acl of May , 18 * 8 . Knows Mr Richard
Drouet , thepiuoner . He wasnnder > master to Mr Drone * whilst she was ia that eitftbliibment . Was during the last thr « e months of her remaining there parlour maid , that Is , had to wait upon Mr Drouet and his family . Oa % Saturday night about thru weeks before sbe left Tooting , went to call Mr R . Drouet to snpper ; he was in the lodge , and he told her to go and call Miss Day , the undtr-matron , who was in the other hoaie . She did so , and was eomlogont of the garden , when the prisoner , who mi bshlnd the gate , rushed oat upon her , ctught hold ot her , and drew her into a little room caU « d the dissecting room , Sbe tried to scream , but he put one hand of er her mouth and succeeded In perpetrating She eff-< no 9 . Sbe struggled as maoh as she could , but to no iffect . She afterwards weat as fsit as she could to her wotk-but finding the was too ill to do It she got another
girl to take her place , and west to bed . Sbe told this girl she felt very ill , but nothing more . She did not know whether Miss Day passed while she was in the dii . acting roam . The cook and leyeral girls slept in the lima loom as hetulf , but fho did nt > t it ; any talng to them . On Sunday she told the nnrse she was very ill and ehe gave hsr some medicine , but the did not say what had made her ill . She lay In bed the whole of that day . On Monday she was too ill to work . Mrs Ktnnally tha washerwoman , gave her some tea , and told her to go Into the hot roam ; she there saw Louisa Watts , another girl , who asked what was the matter with her , and she told her . Soon afterwards sbe went into tba echooLroom , and after sitting there a short time Mias SharaDler , the school mistress , told her that Louisa Watts bad iafcrmed her about Richard Droaet taking
ladecent liberties with her , and aikea her if it was so . Complainant antwered that he had ; and the an ! the ( overnesi ' g assistant , Sarah Goat , said he was a very Impudent man , and she ought not to have got in his way . She did not tell Miss Shambler or Miss 6 ) at that the prisoner had criminally asiaolted her . Complaisant never made any other compltlat until ehe came to Ken-• ington . Neither Miis Shambler nor Mill Goat aibed her asy farther questions abontit . Two or three days after he went to Kensington sbe mentioned the subject to a Mrs Jarrla , when she asked her how tke children were setting on at Toonsg . Sbe thea told her that the prisoner had taken Indecent liberties ' with several of the girls , as also with her , C itherine Barley , and Seokeraon , to whoa he had givsa a pair of geld earrings . Jams did not take any ( atthtr notice at the time . The next
occasion on which she alluded to the assault was when Catherine Cormsck was telling the other girls how the pthoner used to roll them , on the put , when her slsttr Anne , who had two children at Tooting , came to her , * ad she thea told her that she had been aisaolted by him , and she told the muter of the workhouse . She did not tell any one till last Monday that she had been criminally assaulted , when she told Mrs Gerandum , who said she had two elderly girls there , and she would take them away . She saw the prisoner several times after tbe occurrence had takea place , and he nsed to speak to her , but never relative to it . — Louisa Watts stated that she was eighteen years of age , and belonged to the Strand Union . Some years since she weat to Tooting , and had left on last Christmas eve . She kneir the last witness , and think * she did make a
complaint to her in the hot room , about Ur Stcharde takiog indecent liberties with hsr . She did not pcrceiro anything the matter with her . She did not sptak ts Miss Sbambler or Miss Goat . She did not tell wltnetr that he had dose anything else . Witness did not hear that he had done the same to other girls . She knew a girl named Barley . Had never beard anything said of liberties taken with her . —The complainant was here recalled , and hi answer to a question from the benoh , said tbe prisoner had ttken liberties with her for months before he assaulted her , and she told her of that as well as the assault . She also told the governess , Shambler , on both occasions . She did not know whether it was before or after Christmas the first oceasion . On that ocoiiion she merely nodded her head ; on the second occasion she sent for her . —MrBeadoa said bis opinion was
that the complainant had committed gross perjury ; she had sworn sbe had told Watti of the assault , and that witness had left months previously . Hs would , however , proceed with the inveitlgition . —Catherine Barley stated that she was thirteen years of age , and belonged to Kensington parish . She went to Tooting on the 6 : h of December . She knew Dawley . On the 8 th ef May , Dawley was taking same linseed and mustard iato the master ' s ward , when she asked her to let her go and see her brother and sister . Tke prisoner said sbe should take it herself , and she did so . As she was gelng up the stairs , Mr Richard put his hand tip her clothes . She nearly fell down , and he went away . When she came down , she told Diwley of it . He had never spoken to her nor troubled her since . —The witness Burley said la her cross-examination , the assault on her occurred a
fortnight after she had been at Tooting , She told the governess when they were in class , whe made no answer and she did not know whether she heard her . —Miss Sarah Jane Say was next called . She was under-marron at Mr Dronet ' s ; she left his establishment on the 7 th of March last for Margate , for the benefit other health , and did not return till tbe 27 ch of Jane . —Me Drouet wished to observe that the room alluded to as a dissecting room by the cemplalnant was nothlog ' of the kind—It was used as a store , and always locked . —Miss Sarah Sbambler ths governess , positively swore that the complainant never spoke to her abont Mr Richard Drouet , nor . had the witness Barley ever made any complaint to hep . She naa had a great deal of trouble with Dawley . Witness had been seven years tha jjoverneai . —Susan Jarvls said sitt was in the Kensington Union ; that hearing Cormaok
sp ; aksf the liberties thai wore takea with the girls at Tooting , she ask « d Dawley if it were true , and she then said it was not only true , bat that Richard Drouet had assaulted her against hercoasent . The witness detailed the facts much astbe complainant had herself stated . Witness added she had made the same statement to the Gaardians ; she did not know Dawley to be a bad behaved girl . —Mr Beadon repeated his conviction that the cemplalnaat and the girl Burley had perjured themselves . What motive these girls eeuld have had to get op such a charge itwas Impossible for klm te say . He could believe neither the complainant nor Barley , and the case must be dismissed . —Mr Roberts said a repoit ef a man acting as his client was alleged to have done was rain to him , unless it was satisfactorily shown to the public that not the slightest imputation rested on his
character . —Mr Bjadon : I can only state that from that which is before me , I disbelieve the girl ' s statement en tireiy . —Mr Dreuet e » Jd he was most happy to COUrt the fullest public Inquiry into the management of his eita . bttshment ; and on Wb firat hearing of the darge he btd Riven the authorities every asslstanoa In Mb power . SOUTHWARK .-STA » BiNG .-E . Mulcabywasbrought before Mr Cotnngham upon the charge of having stabbed S . T . Wa'Jington with a clasp ktife . —The complainant , who appeared to be in a very weak and exhausted condition from loss of blood , stated that on the preceding ng ' Jt , about a quarter before twelve ©' clock , he , In company with his wife and a man named Dooley acd his wife , were returning home together , when , in walking along Bsnkside , they enconnttred the prisoner . The latter was standing near tbe Phoenix gas werks , and as
they passed him he made use of some very coarse and 61 sgu « tlag language , npon which Dooley remonstrated with him , and an altercation occurred between them waich ended in Dooley walking away , and complainant ' s party proceeded onward nndir the Impression ttfat it was all over and that they would hear no more at ' out the prhon-r . They , however , bad not walked maoy yards when the prisoner came running after them , aad Dooley being in advanee , the prisoner ran up to complainant , and standia j before bJUJ io at to impede his progfeis he esciaimed , adaTMBing complainant There , taka that —— Westminster , ' and immediately plunged the point of a clasp knife into his siie , and then ran away , leaving Ae weapon sucking In the wound . Complainant , finding he w » s stabbed , called out , and Deoley pursued the assillant . The knife Was here produced , with blood opanthebladao ! it , and wasoae of thoBe large clatn knives which are in generslnse among labourinmen
g . Tho complainant added that h . had givenThe > ^ oW no " provocation whetever , and that the angry words which fcad previously occurred were between the prisoner BUd DioUy . —Bablty confirmed the complainant ' s aOCOunt of the outrage , and said that when he pursued the ptiBoner the litter , np ; n his coming up with him , resisted very much , and tried to make his tBcape . —Mr Odling , surgeon stated that the wound was situated between the seventh and eight ribs . It was three qaartersof aninoh in depth , and bad Hot the point of the weapon come in contact wkb . the rib , in all human probability it wouli have entered tbe large intestines . —The prisoner , in bis defence , said that he had just left a publio hoase when he met the partiei , and that tbe complainant and Dooley began to abate him , and theD strack him , sad he defeaded himsdf as well 88 he could , until at length he received a severe ; blow on tke bridge of his nose from one of them , and ia his excitement he did not know
afteraards whet he did . He admitted that the knife produced belonged to him . There were marks of his having been strsck on the nos ? . He aided that he was a labourer , and had been three years in one employment . —Committed . A BofHAN . — James Sullivan , a ruffianly-looking f How , was charged with wounding Mary Goldsmith under the following circumstances : —The complainant , otriDfj to the nature ot the Usuries inflicted upon her by her ferutal assailant , had the lower portion of her face strapped np wife adhesive plaster , and being incapaci . tited from giving her oral testimony In eonsEguiinoe of an extensive gasu running along her upper Up , and most of her teeth knoaked oat , she therefore gave in a written acconnt of the circumstances attending the oiUrage . Mr Cottinghim read the statement , by whioh it appeared that the complainant had been living with the prisoner la the Mint for the last two years , and by
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her labour asiiittd Inhls support . That oa tha prevteas night he cams horns , and the was preparing some fried bacon for his sapper , when , without hsr havteg given him any provocation , he seined the fryiag . pan off the fire , and , aiming a blow at her head , struck her on the lower part of the face with * the edge of It , the boiling fat run . nlnr down her head and neek . Hot coateated with this aotof brutality , when she remenitratod with him , he rathtd upon her , aad with his clenched fists struck her right and left In the face , until , as ske expressed It , * she was one gore ; of . blood , and fell semeless at bis feet . The clothing she wore daring the attaok was produced , and was completely saturated with blood . —A yonngmso named Coombes , who was present , confirmed the complainant ' s written statement of the facts , and when aikad b > Ur Cottlngb&m why he had not iaterpoiei when he
witnessed the priionsr almost murdering the woman , bis reply was that Sullivan was such a desperate character that all ia the house were afcald of him , and that he , witness , dartd not interfere , under the apprehension that he would attaok him , and that the prisoner would , in « moment , nse any weapon that was at band when he was in a passion . —Mr Cottlngham said , that the witness had disgraced himself for bsiEg an idle spectator of such an outrage , and that ne was not worthy of the name of man for such conduoc . The magistrate then , addressing the prisoner , aaked him what he had to say in answer to the oharge . —Prisoner : I was in a passion at the time , and am now sorry for it . —Mr Cottlngham said that was a petty eiouie for half muideilog the woman , and that instead of dealing summarily with suck in offender he should send him befere a Jury . —Committed .
GUILDHALL . —Ah Unconscious Thief . —An « lderly geatlemtn , who gave his name as John Cross , residing at Ho . 24 , Duke Sir » et , Dtury Lane , and who repre- ' sented himself as a teacher , at schools , of the French and German langaagei , was charged with stealing some knives aad forks from the premises ef Mr Field , 129 , Holborn , coSee-hsase keeper , —It appeared from ths evidence , which wai very slight , that ne went into the kottse and ordered a cap of coffee , when he was observed to have placed something lu his bag , aad it was als » no . tlced that he had his hand on two table cloths . His bag was at once searched , and , besides same hooks , the kalves and forks were discovered , although of trifling value , f here were also some newspapers found la hie possession , but no owners for them . —Alderman Glbbs : W « U prisoner , what have yen to say *—Prisoner : I did not do it ; if I did my hand mutt have done what , my mind was unconscious of . ( Laughter . )—Aid . Glbbs : Bat other people w « re conscious of what jou did . —Prisoner : But I am not cobsoIoob that I was there at all . —Aid .
Glbbs : Ah , but they are . —Prisoner : The fact tslhad a little porter with some friends , aad they mast have put some opium into it , which had the effeot of causing some confusion hi my cerebral apparatus . ( Great laughter , ) —Alderman Gibbs : Will you tell me what you are !—Priitraer : I am a schoolmaster , and teach , not only toe German and French languages , but ' Greek alio . —The prisoner here spoke In very good Preach , to justify his assertion . —Alderman Gibbs asked if the prisoner was sober when In castodj!— The prosecutors and the officer said that he was not . —Prisoner : I hope jou will not sbnd me forth again ia the world as a despicable beggar , for I shall not ba able to get a situation if I am sent to prison . —Alderman Glbbs : lam willing te take the case upon your own skowiag that you did not know what yon were doing , and shall , therefore , fine you Gs ., or ¦ even days' imprisonment . —Ths fine not being paid , he was conveyed to gaol .
LAMBETH . —Umuplt Odtbaoe . — . Robert Jones , a well-dressed man , resld ' . ng at No . 20 , Canterbury Street , Lambeth , was charged with the following outrage : —It appeared that on the previous evening , Mrs 8 areh Batey , a respectable married woman , who was on her return home , having taken leave of some friends re . tiding on the Middlesex side of the river , she having to leave town tke next day for Kewoastle to join her has . band , on reaching the pay place on tbe Middlesex side of the Hungerford Bridge , and while paying the toll she dropped seme halfpmce , which a female friend who ac companled her stooped to pick it np . While so engaged tho defendant cams np and caught hold Of the lattir female by her shawl , and puehed , ber to the ground with great violence . Mrs Batey followed the dfcfendant on
the bridge and aeked mm how ha could be galliy of such an unmanly and violent assault upon her frlead , when h « extlalmed , ' Woman , don ' t insult me , ' and at tbe same instant struck her a violent blow with a stick on tha left cheek , and Inflioted a deep wound . He thea threw the itiok over the bridge and tried to get away , but she seited hold of him , end managed to keep her hold till a policeman heard her cries , and took him into custody . Mrs Batey s evidence was oonfitmed by hu friend , and Mr Norton said , a more crael and unmanly outrage than the defendant had been guilty ot hid new been brought before him . He should fine the defendant in the full penalty of £ 5 for each assault , and in default two months' imprisonment en eaoh charge . The money wfb immediately paid .
BOW STREET . —A Shobt HoKErM 9 OH .-John M'Nell , a lithographic printer , was charged with having intermarried with Elizabeth Mary Bonoett on Monday morntng last , his wife Emma beieg then and still alive . —The prosecutrix , who might ba termed a fiao younj woman , stated that she resided at 31 , Greek Street , Sobo , and was married on Monday morning by banaB to thepriBoner , at St George ' s parish cburoh , Bloomsbury , at which time she was totally igaorant of his having another wife , and from information she received shortly aftxr the ceremony was performed , she gave him into oustpdy . —Evidence of the first marriage having been gives , the prlioner was called on for bis defense , and said that his wife was not only glvea to drunken habits , bat that she was unfaithful , and when he accused her of it , she admitted ner gailt , acd gave him permission to get married . —Remanded .
WESTMINSTER . —A Footman in Tbodble . —W 1 U Ham Smith , John Thomas Sedgemore , and Edwin Smith , ihrea boys of the raspeotive ages of eight , nine , and fcurtem years , were charged with stealing a number of geraniums and other plants , and Thomas Prater , a footman In the service of Mr ABhford , ol 81 , Ca > dogan Place , was charged with having unlawfully received a portion of the stolen property , —At abont six o clock on Monday eveniBg , Heary Fells , 279 A , 6 aw William Smith and Sedgemere enter the grounds Of lie Took , florist , Cldogan Place , and Uavo there ia about five minutes afterwards , when he tcok them into custody , Sedgemore having brought a root of thyme with him oat of the ground , Ia oonsequence of information he reoeived , the constable then went to the house of
Mr Ashford , and asked Pcater if ha had any geraniums , to which he at first replied ' No , ' but afterwards admitted that he had some which he bad purchased of a boy . The constable then found two orange trees , thirteen , geraniums , and three pots of stocks in the house and garden , and Prater stated that he had purchased them of Eiwln Smith , The ls . tt « was Own apptehended , and six more plants In pots were found at the house of his parents , where he resided . —A boy , named Haatley . livlog in Doyley Street , Chelsea , stated that on Tuesday evening he saw Prater give the boy William Smith a penny . Smith then oame up to witness , and inquired whether be wanted any flowers , to which witness replied 'Yes , ' and asked where he got them from . Smith said out of Tuck ' s grounds , bat teld witness not to say anything te the footman , Witness afterwards said to \ he footman , ' What a boy that jouog Smith is ; he goeiinto the grounds andgttj the flowers' When
fis faotmsn replied , * I shouldn't think a little boy like him would be such a thief , '—In defence , W . Smith aaid he did not know any thiag about it , but the prisoner Prater gave him a penny . Edwin Smith , who , when first taken into custody , denied that he had said any plants to the footman Prater , but who subsequently , at the B ' ation , admitted that he had said that he was with tie footman when the latter told him to get some flawets . The footman afterwards asked him where he got them from , and he replied from Tack ' s , aad then the footman went with him , and remained outside while he ( the prisoner ) went into the ground and got ten gera . nlumB and an oraage tree . —The boy ' s statement ap . pearedto create » omo Btnsatl on through the auditory —Prater , who commenced his defence by observing I think this boy is speaking false , ' declared that he had no idea where the boy got the plants from . In conBe . quence of the death of a fellow-semnt , who had been left in charge of tha house with him , ha waa there for
some time alone , and employed tho boys to run of er . rands for him , and gava them pesce now and then but not for flowers , and they gave himafew plants , h ut little did he ( Prater ) tnlak where he got them from . —Mr Brodatip said ho had not the slightest aoubt that the boys had been Induced to commit the offence by the prisoner Prater . There was , however , nothing in the Act of Parliament under whioh the prisoners were charged which touched a persan for receiving . He was there fore , reluctantly compelled to discharge Prater and could only say that his conduct had been so Seh . n . eitue
. mat it no were in his ( the Magistrate ' *) 8 ervice , he should not continue so for another hour He could not think of putting the law in force against thechlldren but ibxuld hand them m . to ih 6 lr «« ,, 2 r , j 536 correction . He should commit the prl 8 O ner sS S fourteen days , and as he had before stated » L S «? antly obl . ged to dl . charge Prater .-Mr AsCd aBho was about to retire , said that it was butjuaSX te ! L ° ? £ ' thath « n ^ be ^ » hi service forTomeUme SSS ^ -watfa-SrS aSSSESSr been tbe terror of Ratcllffa HiKhmav wT « h who . haV 8 Charged * lth tbe feltartnr Si ™ br 0 U B P the clrcumBtanceB conaSZuh waK ' Obbe ^ singular j-Aboatfoaro ' clolChrafuir 'T ^ S ' 011
fortnieht FordBh 6 a * a « w J . ™! . ™?<* Friday fortnight Forde heard that a man had lZ I , I down and robbed in Palmer 8 tr » pffl ^ I knockea hastened totheplace , and « Sa m ' 8 h ** mU > He Robson lying ontheground " ^" " ^ d Harrington anumbe / ofW aVo A £ * £ *¦*« te j . « d sasjsassiSBA ^ s pXXh ^ osi ^ S S then searched f « ft ** . * na found lS ££ * busily engaged over a waahtub whlldt ? £ , PP « entJj wtte endeavouring to -caw So ? " !! ll l £° « cur 5 dthem , and was convejEh cm tl ^" l I " hous ? , but on tho way L « ... !? ° Btatlon hustled by a mo , of ZlmTand n ™ ° ' Urround « d " 4 woman Lynch made h « c , caBofln /' ! thllt tho haunts went to some 3 a ? X ™ , qUUtfD * " nsual
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when torn * evidence wai gone Into , and they were remanded until Friday week to allow the police an op . portanltyof re-cspturlng Ljnch . Oa Friday , however , the prosecutor did not app « ar ; Lyaoh had nut been cap . tared , and the prisoners Brien and Archer were dia . charged . On hearing they ware at liberty , Lynch came oat of her hiding place , and showed htrielf triumphantly In her usual beats , Her triumph , however , was bat of short duration , for she aad her two an » clates were again taken Into custody that same evening , the censtabUs having in the inter las made arrangements to secure th « attendance of tbe protecutor and the witnesses . When they were brought up on Saturday the preiecator itattng that he wai making tho best of his way home abeut four o ' clock on Friday
fortnight , when h « was-seized by four women , who hu » tled him about . A short time previously ht had changed a sovereign at the bar of a publio house whero there were a number of women , and though he had drank something he knew he had 15 » . < r lit la his pocket , for he had his hand on the money when they hustled bim , Oae of the women thrust ber hand into his pocket , and in the straggle which earned he fell . His trousers were torn , and the woman succeeded ia wresting the menay from him . — Tiro boys , named Dodd and Clarke , confirmed the prosecutor ' s statement , bb 4 dtBoribed the robbery as a most bsre . faosd and impudent one . One of tbe prisoners held down the prosecutor ' s lege , while another stopped his month to stlfla his cries ; and Lynoh pat her h » ad In bis packet
and tore away the money . — Lynoh : I hope your worship Is not agoln to believe what thase little boys says . —Mr Ballantine : They swear to what they say . — Lynoh : To be soro they do ; but aint my word better than their eath any day 1 ( Laughter . )—Police Consta . ble Potter said that when he took Mog Daly . — Lyaoh : That aint my uams . My nam « is Margaret Lynch , bought and paid for . Who took yon to the church when I wets christened 1—Brlen : Ha , ha!—Archer Well , Master Obarley Potter , good morning to yon . Tou said you'd Bend as many of us as you could out of the country ; bat may ba jour tarn would come first , Charley , and God knows it weald be a happy riddaace , We won't ask for a lock of your hair , Charity , ( Laughter , )—Potter went on to say that when he arrested Mog Daly ,
alias Ljnoh , she made quite light of the matter , saying the case had been dismissed , and there would be no more of it . —Mr Ballantins , however , viewed the matter in a different light , for he ordtredlhs depositions to be taken , and tbe prisoners , who still continued to deport themselves with the most b&refaoed effrontery , were committed to Newgate for trial . MA . RYLEBONE . —Abtfol and Extensive System of RoBBEkt . —On Thursday the court was orowded In con . seqaenoo of its having been the day appointed for tke farther examination of tbe young man , Charles Cep « - land , who was brooght before Mr Long on Thursday , the 2 nd instant , charged witQ havlnj stolen a quantity of plats tiw probity of Sr Savage , of Daisst ? l&w , DoiBtt Square , when a remand , after hearing the evidence ,
took place , upon the application of Inspector Porter , whe expressed an opinion that , In the course of a few days , many other cases of robbery would bs made out against the accused , who , from Information communicated from time to time to the different divisions of police , had no doubt carried on his nefarious practiced to a very considerable extent , the sufferers being chiefly gentlem » n of the medlcsl profession . The facts elicited on the first Inquiry are btitfiy these - . —Between seven and sight on the morning of the 2 d Instant , the prisoner went to Dr Savages house and askad If he ( the Sector ) attended a lady named Jackson In Portman Street , saying that if he did he was required to make all possible haste to her dwelling , as she was takea suddenly 111 . The maid servant went upstairs to speak to ber master , leaving
the prisoner in the hall , and on coming through the dining . roam to give him an answer , she mlased from the table four silver spoons , and also a pair ef silver sugar tongs . With maoh presence of mind she closed the doer , whioh she looked , so that it was impossible for the prisoner to make his egreis , and having at onoe taxed him with having tho articles of plate In bis possession , he at length gave up to her the whole of them , saying he was a very unfortunate man , She gave an alarm , and ob Sanders , 221 D , being called in , the prisoner was conveyed to the station bouse . —Tbe prisoner admitted having the plate upon him , but asserted that it was not his intentioa to take it away . — Several additional casss were proved against the prisoner ,
who has plundered Dr Wells , 96 , Warwick Street , Belgrava Road ; Mr Smith , surgeon , 8 , Bennett Street , St James ' s ; and Mr Angero , H , Upper Kennington Green . Inspector Porter said that there were five or six more parties who had been robbed by the prlioaer under circumstances similar to those already related , —Mr Long asked if in any of the other cases mentioned by the in . spaotor any of tbe stolen property was forthcoming , and be said tbat some of it had beon traced , —The magistrate was of opinion that , as that was the case , it was Hot worth while to go into more evidence . Four cases had been beard , and upea them he Bhould send the prisoner for trial , —The prhoner , who denied all knowledge of the pwtlea , except is the oaie or Dr Savage , was fully committed upon four charges .
WORSHIP-STREET . — Jdvekim ; Thiif Catcbibs —Two stout young fellows , George Mason , alias Joieph Hodgss , allss Whitehead , and Thomas Jobeon , allsB Whltebead , sad a young woman , nam 9 d Ann Kelly , were oharged with stealing two pieces of calico from the shopdoor of a draper in Churoh Street , Bethoal Green . —The prisoners had been seen in company , and when the robbery was committed the female took off her shawl to cover tho stolen property , which the prisoner George Mason oarried nsder his arm . They were observed , howtver , and followed by tbree boye , one of whom , a boy fourteen years of age , named James Brooks , ran up to the prisoner , and , laying hold of one of the pieces of calico , exclaimed : ' You have stolen this from my uncle . ' The prisoner looked round and instantly dropped tbe
piece that had been laid hold of , and ran off with the other ; but tbe other boys ( till pursued him for three quarters of a mile , when one of them caught hold of tbe remaining piece of goods , and called ' Stop thief ! ' upon whioh a milkmaa and another man laid hold of the pri . soner The latter , however , made a most desperate resistance againBt them and a police constable , and when he WaB at leagth subdued , it was found neeesa&rjr to strap him down upon a stretcher to convey him to the Btatlen . hoase , and he was then bo completely prostrated by the violent raertlens he had nsed that the police surgeonlnas sent for , and upwards of an hour ( lapsed
hefore the prisoner waa sufficiently recovered to support himself . Since then , however , he has made several del . perate attempts at escape , —The two pieces of calico were produced , and identified by the tradesman from whoae shop they had been stolen . The male prisoners were recognised aa brothers , of tho nomo of Hodges , They had been repeatedly in custody , and only liberated from ' prteon about a week before the Ofourreuca , and another brother 'bad already betn transported , —Mr Hardwick remanded ail the prisoaers preparatory te committal , end was so pleased with the courageous hanesty of the boya who bad cauted thoir apprehension , that he at onoe gave them a pecuniary reward . ""
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CHARTIST FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Sunday , Nov . 19 rH . —A meetinf will h * a held &t the Branch Office , back of tbe Tbree Horse Shoes , Merthyr Tydvil , at lix o ' olock . —At R . Bromley ' s , New Street , Batley , near Dewsbury , at two o ' olock . —A Bpecial meeting of member ^ , at the Temperance Hotel , Blanket Row , Hull , in the evening—A general meeting of members of the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road , at eight , o ' clook A meeting to elect a counoil , at the Ship Inn , Steel house Lane , Birmingham , at Beven o ' clock . —Mr J . West will lecture at tho People ' s Institute . Hejrod-Btreet , ManoheBter , at Bix o ' clock . —Mrs Theobald will lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Todmorden , at two o ' olock , and half . paBt Bix o ' clock . —Mr Watson will lecture atNwicastleou-Tjae . at iiaW-past » ix o ' clock .
__ Moudat , Nov . 20 ih . —A diBcusaion on the Chartist Organisation , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , Carlisle , at eiaht o ' clock . —At the Brnnswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , Limehouse , at eight o ' olock . Tub ' Dit , Nov . 2 Ut . —At Me Richard Castle ' s , Mill Street , Bristol , at seven o ' clock . —A publio mtetiBg at the Artichoke Inn , Brighton .
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FORTHCOMING LAND MEETINGS . . Sbndat . Not . 19 . —A meeting will be held at Nov . C , Jobn Street , Caldew Gate , Carli le , at two o ' olock . —At the Coaoh Painten' ArmB , Cirous Street , New . Road , Murylebone , at six o ' clock . —A yearly pencr « l meeting at Nurton ' a Commercial Ctffee House , Blackburn , at two o ' clock . —At Stukport , at two o ' clock . — In Batter worth Buildings , Bradford , at one o olock . —a meeting of the No , 3 Branch , at John Coute ' Bj Batcher Lane , Bury , at two o ' clock . — A special meeting in the school room of the Working Man ' s Hall , Oldham , at twe o ' clock . —In the meeting room , Cross Street , SpriDg Street , Scaleybridjfe , at two o'clook . —At the branoh office back of the Three Horse Shees , Merthyr Tydvil , at six o ' clock . —At the Barley Mow , Oid Bethnal Green Road , near Elizabeth Street , Shorediteb , at seven e ' olook . —At the Ship Ina , Steelhouse Lane , Birmingham , at geven o ' clook . —A meeting will be held at Mottram . at two o ' olock . '
Monday . Not . 20 th .-A meeting will be held at Swindon . —At the Jolly Forgemen , Rolfe Street , Smethwick , ati seven r ' clock .-At the Pelican , Pelican Street , New Radford , at seven o ' clctk—In t \ iTX ? . Wale 3 Lod ee room , Malt-shovel , North Churoh side , Hull , in the evening—At the Royal Oak , Horn Lane , Sundorland , Tuesday . Nov . 21 at . —In the Chartist room , Stanley Street , Maoclesiield , at fight o ' clock . —A general quarterly meeting at Mr Farrell ' a , 02 , Richmond Row , Liverpool in the evening . —At tho Globe and Friends , Morgan Street . Commercial Road London . Wednesday . No ? . 22 ad . —In D . Marsden ' s long room , Ellard , at eight o ' clock . Friday . Nor . 2 ish . —At St Thomas , Exeter , in the evening . __
Saturday . Nov . 18 th . —A meeting will be held in the People ' s Institution , Mill Street , Congleton , at aevsn o ' clock . —At the Red Lion , Regent Street , Eejk ' ti , at eight o ' clock . —At the Friendly Iku , ChuroL \ Street , Halifar , at eight o ' clock—In the Tempert'oce-room , Chaple Staeet » AcciingtoD , at Emu o clock *
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RE-ORGANISATION OF CHARTISM . THE XXKCVTIVE CMUIITTU . In accordance Vrtu the instructions of the Birmingham meeting , recently held at the Ship Inn , in that town , the firat meeting of that portion of the Executive Committee residing in the metropolis was held at the room * of the National Land-office , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , November 10 th . Present—Messrs Kydd , M'Grath , T . Clark , E . Stallwood , W . Dixon , and Julian Harney .
Mr W . Dixon having been called to the chair , the resolution , constituting the Executive , as passed at Birmingham , w » b read , and the following persons added to the Executive Committee—J . Leach , Manchester ; J . West , Macclesfield ; R , Burrell , Greenock ; H . Ross , London ; T . Bolwell , Bath ; R . Brook , Todmorden ; T . Tattersal , Burnley ; E . Rouse , Reading ; J . Self , Isle of Wight ; Ingham , Abergavenny ; A . J . Fussell , Birmingham ; and Sturges , Winchester .
On the motion of Messrs M'Grath and Ciark , it was resolved : — That the stcretary be instructed te write to the Weat Riding of York delegate meeting , to request the co-• peratien of the West RMiu j in the work of re-orga . ntsattoD , On the motion of Mesirj Harnbt and Stall , wood , it was resolved : — That at oar next meeting the plan of organisation be dUcuued . with a view to Its revlilon .
VICTIM COMMITTEE . Mr Clark moved : — Thai the resolution ! panel atBlrmlngham _ aa « el » , ttwtaU Victim and Dttsnoe Funds should ba national that the EmouUv * Committee form the National Victim and Defeaoe Committee , and that tho claims ol Messrs Jones and M'Donall , and other victims , be referred to the General Victim Fund—ba conarmed , Mr Stallwood seconded the motion . Julian Harney asked for a statement of the reasons on which the resolution relating to tbe families of Messrs Jones and M'Douall , had been founded and adopted . Mr Kydd gave a statement of the reasons advanced at the Birmingham meeting .
Jt / lian Harney declared himself not satisfied with the explanation , given by Mr Kydd , and there fore moved the following resolutions : — I , —That the resolution referring the claims of the ftmllUi of Ueairs Jonis and M'DomJl to the Oentrftl Victim Pond , be provisionall y rescinded , 2 . —ThatMesirs Jones and M'Douall accepted o « oe In the Chartist Eiecutlve on the faith of receiving a cer . tain sum weekly—that while in the performance of their duties Messrs Jones and M'Oouall have been snbjeeted
to persecution and itnprlionment — that the Incarceration of Meiers Jones and M'Doaall , has deprived thslr families of the means ef support whioh they would eojoy were their natural protectors at liberty—that therefore , while confirming the resolutions adopted at Birmingham appointing an unpaid Executive ( with the exception of the secretary ) for the future , this com . ml , ttee Is of opinion that the families of Messrs Jones « nd M'Douall , are en » Med to reoeive the salaries paid to those victims before their incarceration .
In support of the abuve resolutions , Julian Harney said : He regretted he felt it his duty to oppose anything that had been done at the Birmingham meeting , as with the general proceedings of that meet , ing he was well satisfied . He cordially approved of the appointment of an unpaid Executive ; it was a principle he had long advocated . It was well known that he was no favourer of class-distinctions , and least of all such distinctions in the ranks of the Chartists . But he measured every act—private and public , social and political — by the principle of justice , and he maintained that the resolution passed at Birmingham , was unjust to Messrs Jones and MDonaU . Were all the families thrown on the
Victim Fund , the distribution of assistance shou ! be based on equality , but he insisted that the families of Messrs Jones and M'Douall ought not to be thrown on the Victim Fund . There was a broad distinction between the situation of men whose services as Chartist speakers and leaders were voluntarily given , and that of men who , elected members of the Chartist Executive , were placed in a position of danger , and compelled by the duties of their office to brave that danger by constantly taking the lead in public agitation . From the moment Messrs M'Douall and Jones were placed in office , they heceesarily became marked men—and more liable than they had previously been to be run down by the
agents of the government . When the people placed men in a situation of danger , they were bound by every principle of justice to afford special protection to such men—or , at least , to their families . Did any one suppose that paying the families of Messrs Jones and M'Douall the salaries previously paid to those victims , was anything like a compensation to the families for the loss of their natural protectors ? He thought not , but to , withhold that assistance he thought an injustice . The men had gone to prison believing that their salaries would be continued to their families , and even af : er their sentence , the members of the Executive at liberty had ( as he understood ) passed a resolution to the effect
that the salaries should be continued to the families . If Messrs Jones and M'Douall had accepted office as members of an unpaid Executive , the case would have been different . He knew that Mr Jones taa sacrificed a certain income , derived from his . connexion with the Northern Star , at least fully equal to the salary of a member of the late Executive , that he might give his whole time to tha service of the movement as a member of that Executive . It had been said that a sufficient reason for throwing the claims of Messrs Jones and M'Douall upon the Victim Fond , existed in the fact that
money was not supplied to pay the salaries . In spite of this , he said that if it was the right of Mrs Jones and Mrs M'Douall to receive the salaries for . merly paid to their husbands , that right ougto to be maintained , and means ought to be taken to procure the money . He again urged that men placed by the people at the head of the movement , should have the shield ofpopular protection thrown over them . These views induced him to propose the provisional rescinding of the resolution passed at Birmingham , ¦ with a view to its re-consideration by the men who constituted that meeting .
^ Thomas Clark would most strenuously and deeidedl y support the resolutions agreed to at Birmingham . He did not believe that Messrs Jones and M'Douall were arrested became they were members of the late Executive Committee—if such were the case , then the other three members of that body would also have been arrested . Nor did he believe that it could be shown that either of the gentlemen had been arrested in the execution of any particular duty which had been assigned them by their colleagues ; if they had , let the duty be pointed out , and the manner of its performance stated . But aduiiting that they were now suffering because they were members of the late Executive Committee , or for
the performance of some specific duty , at the instigation of their late colleagues , then , in neither case could the maintenance of their families be imposed upon the funds of the present Executive , seeing that the existing [ Committee was an emanation from a body whose decisions were based upon a practical repudiation of the proceedings of the National Assembly , whioh had appointed Messrs Jones , M'Do uall , and theirlate colleagues . The present Executive could not in any shape take cognisance of the defunct Executive , and for his part he was most unwilling that it should ; but especially was he unwilliug that the present Executive , at the outset of its labours , should by vote
any or . decision commit itself to even a seeming approval of that course of policy with which the public mind associates the names of Messrs Jones and M'Douall . He thought that the decision at Birmingham was hi ghly proper , and as one he was prepared to do his share to make the Victim Jund as large as possible , so that the families of all belonging to the movement should thave a fair share of support . It ought to be borne ia mind that very shortl y a large addition would most likel y be made to the list of victims , owing to the extensive arrests which had been made in the north of some of the oldest , truest , and best Chartists . He was stronglv against the resolutions of Mr Haruey .
Messrs M'Grath , Staliavood , Kydd , and Dixon also supported the proposition for confirming the Birmingham resolutions . Julian Hauney expressed himself not converted from his own views by the arguments of the other members of the Committee , but his resolutions not finding a seconder , of course fell to the ground , and the resolutions adopted at Birmingham were confirmed . On the motion of Messrs M'Gbath and Clark it was resolved- 'That the secretary purchase and file a copy of the Northern Star weekly—as the organ of the Chartist body .
The secretary was also instructed to prepare an address to the Chartists and Democrats generally of In ™? •^ m ^ B for their co-operation and support m the good work of political emancipation . Messrai M'Grath and Kydd were deputed to v . ait on the London Victim Committee , and Messrs Donovan and Sutton on the Manchester Victim Commntee , to request those bodies to transfer their
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powers , m accordance with the Birmingham r « M turns . ° *« ony It was resolved that the Committee meet «*» Friday evening at eight o ' clock , and the CommuS then adjourned . vuu « nHte
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ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE PEOPLE . Fellow Coi / NTRYMEN ,-That principles are ; n destructible , is a truth supported b y the evidence ages . Thrones may be shaken-states destroyed peoples annibilated-patriots sacrificed-rich land * become barren heaths-seas change to lands Z lands to seas-but principles remain in their entiretl unchanged and unchangeable , undestroyed and ;!* destructible . ' u m * You , who have raised the standard of freedom and right , m opposition to despotism and wron . have strugglednobl y and heroicall y , often meeting £ verses-hearing social and political persecution !! struggling on in the quiet solitude of your own
consciences , m a manner and with a spirit alike honourable to yourselves and creditable to the character of the cause you have espoused . But y 0 U , who have i ?^ vV conquered - And wh 7 2 ad result ? You h ave worked , and the many have looked on . Had the masses of your fellow country men-whohaTe , with you , the same common intel rest-given to your endeavours the support and co . operahonthatthe necessities of th eir circumstances and the interests of their country demanded , yZ this day would have been in the ascendant . J 5 British intereati and honour would have Bafelvre ! posed upon a pedestal of true national greatsesT having for its basis the suffrages of the majority of he male adult citizens of the land in which wi live .
Despair not . Force and fraud may conquer but cannot for ever rule ; and at a time when the basest Minis era have hired the basest tools to do the foulest deeds that ever were done b y men ruling in a land that is mockingly called free-and whea these same Ministers exultingly outrage decency , and glorify themselves , iendJike , upon the prey they hold-at a time when social and political chaos threatens to envelope all in ruin , and leave to armed myrmidons a mighty nation ' s spoil-we who are of the people , for the people , and with the people , once more band ourselves tOKtuer in
com pact phalanx , and take the initiative in a great na " tional movement , having for its object the political . and social emanci pation of the masses-res pectinn : theinerestsand duties-protecting the UrnTanf properties-and conservi ng the liberties and securities of every member of the commonwealth . Oar success or failure rests with you . If unsupportedour failure is certain and the triumph of despotism Sand : * - M , other hand ' y ° « ive to « s y ° « S , " " " ldedC 0 ; ° perati 0 n ' tliec ! luse <* humanity ana the people will rule , and restore safety
Intelligence and organisation are as essential to success as are nu » bers and display . The few eovern the many , not because the few are ever able torule , but because the few are intelli gent and organjsed for a defined object . Look around , we beseech . you , and see that in every hundred and borough , a few busy persons of no great mind , but firmly banded , together for party purposes , sway the election of members of town councils , boards of guardians , and return deputies to serve in parliament ; in most cases , too , m opposition to the will of the majority . And what is the secret power that enables them so to do ? It is organisation . Look from your own doors and windows , and see tbat little boy drive & herd of twenty oxen , each of which is ten times
stronger than he ; and what is the power that enables him to drive these huge animals at will ? It is intelligence . If the oxen were as -wise as their driver , they wouldrulehim . Thus it is that a few ounces of intelligence , directedjwith a purpose , control many pounds , of untrained and undirected instinct . If the people ia this country agreeing with the principles of the People s Charter were organised , local power giving strength to the national will , and national decision . giving activity to policy , no organised faction ia power could withstand the demands of the people for a day . They mi ght then , in justice and verity , exclaim , < Vox Populi , Vox Dei' (' the voice of the people is the voice of God . ' )
To beget and direct this intelli gence ; to gather together , and control the elements of this organisation's , and shall continue to be , the only object of our existence as a political body , and it is with pleasure that we assure you that we have received many promises of support . The report of our meeting at Birmingham has kindled hope once more in the heart * of many good and true men , and we doubt not-but our call will be responded toby the brave men of
Yorkshire and Lancashire . The horny-handed and stalwart miners of the north of England have not yet resolved to hug their chains to the hour of their dissolution ; nor will our Scottish brethren , whose truthfulness and patriotism have won for theuj country a world-wide fame , rest contented to beg . for death , and leave to their children no heir-loom but the name of departed glory , associated witr > living misery and want .
The Birmingham delegates expressed a wish that the local Defence and Victim Fund should be incorporated into one national ' Defence and Victim Fund . In following out the spirit of this instruction—we wish it to be distinctl y understood , that the Victim and Defence Committees , now in existence , will not be dissolved ; on the contrary , it seems advisable that their numbers be extended , so that their powers may be more efficient for the collecting of information and funds , and also to aid in a proper and equitable distribution of monies collected . Tbe object aimed at we think desirable—to wit that the ciicumstanees of , a \\ the Wig-made widows and orphans shall be known to one central board — so that , as all suffer from the
samecommon cause , all may be supported in a like degree . If , however , any of our friends dissent from this proposition , such dissent will be met with noopposition on our part—our object is not to oppose but to conciliate ; we look around us and see friends in distress , and desire to aid them in their day of trial and trouble . Tlie rVives and families of our incarcerated brethren command our sympathy ,, aad we hope all will give liberall y , proportionate to their means , and in that way which their judsment deems best . b
In our present attempt to work out what we ia our souls believe to be the salvation of our couutr ? and the emancipation of mankind , we address you m no spirit ef party intolerance or political intrigue--our objects are clearly stated , and well undV stood . Our principles are not exclusively fitted for one grade or class , they are universal , and for all . III" ? ? f / v US ' 8 ive t 0 us ' and w " hout delay , you MU * a hearty support , if you be 0 pose ' to us we respect you not the less . but court from you amanly and honourable opposition , convinced that , with full , fair , and free discussion , truth will triumph over error . r
Wi ! 5 n ?? Vievvs ' theu ' do * e confidently call upon the Old Guards of democracy to bestir themselves , and provide us , without delay , with the arms and ammunition necessary for this ' war of reason against brute power . Let the local councils now existing , and private friends in districts where there , arc no such councils , send us the mean 3 necessary for an efficient agitation , and we will issue tracts , and addresses forthwith that will be read in every house and repeated in every market-place , makine our motto , ' THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER , ' the household word of every heart and home , and unfurling the flag of freedom from every city gale and castle wall of the United Empire .
Signed on behalf of the Executive of the National Charter Association , by the members resident in London . Philip M'Grath , Thomas Clark , William Dixon , Edmund Stallwqod , Henry Ross , G , Julian Harney , Samuel Kydd , Secretary .
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5 THE NORTHERN STAR . November 18 , 1848 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1497/page/8/
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