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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES. XXX.
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SECEIPXS Or THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . FOB THE WBBK ENDING THURSDAY , JANUARY 11 , 1819 .
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DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . ¦ SKEWED "ST -8 SIDD . MaltOD , J Wiley 0 10 Hanley and Shel-Eor Mrs M'Douall 0 10 ton , E Nixon- 0 9 C Duffield , per T Sheffield , per G Xirk - 4 S 9 Cavill - 0 3 4 Tanbti .- ' Wells , ! Eemale Friends , WHLawaer .. « S -6 ditto .. a e 3 BECBITED AT LANS OFFICE . ? F , - - » .. 026 FOR WIVES ANT ) FAMIUE 3 OF YiCIHIS . eeewxD m w . » idb « . ladies' Boot and J Hooker , Knares-Shoe maker * , borough « « 0 3 Eldon Arms , Mr Mathias , ^ jeen's-square , London .. 0 10 0 per Mr Wad . Three Ladies , Alnrr + nn _ 0 1 -6 ( Denmark hill O 1 6
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The Beard of Directors hacs to announce the enrolment of -the Loan Society , the rales . Of Which baTe been falf certified both -by the Actuary of the National Debt Office and MrTidd Pratt , the Registrar . It will be seen from the accompanying extracts from the roles- ibat there is a diffec&ace in the price of shares , set forth in the rules as they stand 'enrolled , and the amount agreed upon zblhe late Conference , but this departure from the iaatructions « f Conference was imperative to ensure ksgalisation .
The Conference also resolved that loans might be , ¦ granted to the amount of £ 40 , but here ^ gain , the ' Jaw rendered a second departure from thejesolution ¦ of Conference esseatial , as £ 15 is the nicest sum s ^ h ich the Act oi Parliament will permit tbe . Society to advance as loans . Tte managing committee were i > QEsd in obedience to law to disregard tbeiastructioas oi Conference . Ruiss for the iustruetios of subscribers , and contfsiaing blank leaves for 4 ae entrance of payeients , iVre now preparieg and will be ready in the cource of a ies > 4 ss > ^ hen persons requiring them may ktxe th ^ JS bj tfce payment of a small sum for each cojy .. By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
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EQUITABLE LOAN SOCIETY , Enrolled jjoreaant to the 3 rd and 4 th of Victoria cap . 110 . Shares one pound each , payable by instalments of nntlesa tban twopence per » hare per week .
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COMMITTEE OF 31 ANAGEMENT , Feargns O'Connor , Thomas Clark , William Dixon , Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath . Trustees . —3 ohn Sewell , William Grassby . Auditors . —^ William Eider , John George Poucher . Treasurer . —Feargus O'Connor . Secretory . —Vhilip M'Grath . Ofice , 144 , Hieh Holborn , London . COKSTlIDTIOlf . 'That this Society shall consist of shareholders , not exceeding 70 , 000 , each of whom may hold as Bany shares as be shall think proper . UBABB .
1 means through which this Society seeks to attain its objects are , by the advancement of loans of Five Pounds ; Seveo Pounds , Ten Shillings ; Twelve Pounds , Ten Shillings ; and Fifteen Pounds , to industrious persons on good security , for terms of from one tQ three years , at the rate of Five per cent . per annum *
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . wv « w ,. t ' addition to this admirable eat * WUh-Ihe toe £ * l ™ ££ , ™ lecture , on ti » Collation nmt bu . been , a 6 « ' « [^ TaB firat lecture mssm Haggsi t , o « tpH oreatly delighted . _ # t , ,. DOtn +
* fCT fn ~ Rvanaed B chofliier ara eDgagc" *• §^ S § earnei Professor of no ordinary interest , it be , r ? a BnStmnehienght after at this time for intonation .
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' Words are things , and s smtll drop of ink Falling—like d « w—vpoa tboight , prodaeei Tb&t vhiek a&kei thoniaadc , perhaps millions tfaitk . ' Bxb « n . THE PASTTHE PRESENTAND THE
, FUTURE . Brother Proletarians , A year ago * the mob of noble § , statesmen , priests and kirgV little imagined that their usurpations were destined to encounter the radeehocks of * revolutionary Tiolesce . ' Blind and detf to the signs of tbe times , they saw not the risiBgof the waters , they heard not the mutteriDgs of the tpproaching storm if for a moment some misgivings of the future haunted themthey teok refnge in the
con-, soling but cowardly reflection : * after us the deluge . The annihilation of the ' Sonderband , ' the popular twng « in Italy , and the social anarchy in France , all failed to enlighten the blind tyrants of the nations . 1 At least' « aid they , ' at least this side of the death ef Louis Philippe we can have nothing to fear . And then , sheuld the ' raaoal-rabble' rise against our authority , cannon law shall recall them to * order . ' andVe-tewh them the righfrdivine * of the privileged few to trample upon the swinish many . ' .
Bat the 22 od of February came—when the cry fot l Reform was to be answered by tbe old and favourite argument of kinei and statesmen—fores . ' All right , ' said Loois Phoippe . ' I am so safe in the saddle nothing can ihake me . ' The 23 fd saw the royal Jaw trembling in bia palace , and like a drowning man catching at ltr&wi , turning once more to his old arts of cajolery , hoping by a dexterous 8 hufflVng oi the cards to keep up the pleasant game of humbug a little longer . But it would not do . ThibRS and Odilloh Bahrot were rejected by tbe people . The 21 'h—ever memorable , ever glorious day—arrived , a last trick was tried and failed . The
abdication in favour of the ' Count de Paris' waa ptoncunoed " by the Vox Populi : — 'TOO LATE !' The royal tuurer transformed into' Mister Smith , ' concluded * q ignominious flight by taking refuge in this favoured resort of bankrupt kings and insolvent statesmen . The Republic was once again proclaimed , and through the length and breadth of Europe , reverberated the ' joy . shout'of the millions—the tocsin of Democracy : ' Vive , la Republiquo V Throughout Germany and Italy the people arete , ud Berlin , Vienna , Milan , and many other famous cities , were the scenes of popular struggles and victories—victories which attested the heroism of the
people and tbe guilty cowardice of tbeir oppretsors . Tte ancieRt rights of the Germans were ojicb again recognised , and the vision of an united Germanyone and indivUible—excited the sympathies and hopes of surrounding nations . The Austrians were driven from tbe north of Italy , and from Milan to Naples the revolutionary tricolour proclaimed the revival of Italian nationality . Sicily threw off the yoke of the Bourbon . Iluneary aohieved constitutional independence . The Poles buckled on their swords to renew the struggle for tbeir country ' s salvation . Even in this' nation of shopkeepers' the Influence of the French Revolution was not altogether unfelt . A portion of the people Tallied to the cry of 'The Charter . ' Agitation and enthusiasm gave feirth to exoitement , and many believed that the hoar of popular deliverance was at hnnd . The rigns of a revolutionary struggle grew thick and fast in Ireland .
But soon—too soon— -the gloom ef re-action overshadowed the glory of democratic progress . Words instead of deeds characterised tbe' reign ' of the Provisional Government of the French Re-•¦ blie . The pledges given to the heroic workmen of Paris were not redeemed . Increased taxation rendered the Republic odious to the peasantry . Finally , tbe election of a royalist , ariatooratioal , labour-erinding Assembly placed the very existence Of the Republic in danger , and obstructed the march of democratic principles .
The unfortunate manifeitation oi the 15 th oi May —affording as it did a pretext for commencing the bourgeois' reien of terror , ' was a heavy blow andeore discouragement to tbe ¦ democratio cause- But terrible were thecensc ^ oeneesof the fatal days of June . Wholesale butchery , martial law , the transportation and imprisonment of thousands of victims , the state of siege , the almost tetri extinction of the democratic press , the suppression of public associations—in short , a sanguinary dictatorship of four months ' duration , and tfce pitiless proscription of all true Repubhjstns !
ORDER REIGNED IN PARIS * Betrayed by tbe combined cowardice and treason of an unprincipled and unscrupulous king , the patriots ef Lombardy were again vanquished by the savage tools of Aa < tria . The capital of northern Italy was again subjected to tbe intolerable role of Ribeizby ' b ruffianly hordes , and from that hour to the present time tyrana ? , confiscation , and murder have combined to proclaim
that—ORDER REJGNS IN MILAN ! The blood-reeking Neapolitan tyrant , who bad at first assumed the mask of Liberalism , soon threw off all disguise , and showed himself a true Bourbon . He provoked an insurrection , and , that snbdned , he let loese a band of a « wwtms oa his capital , who elew rad plundered in the broad face of day with , the knowledge and sanction of his kingship .
ORDER REIGNED IN NAPLES ! The Sicilians , after their successful revolt , had received friendly assurances of countenance a& 3 pro t * otion from the governments of France and Sogfand ; Both governments proved treacherous when the moment for testing tbeir friendship arrived Under the eyes of a Britirh Admiral—under the guns of a British fleet—Messina was bombarded , sacked , < and destroyed by tha forces of tbe Neapolitan tyrant . O ! shades of iktsc and Cbomwb&s . 'I how weuld you blush for the degenerate Britons of these < & ? s 1 The horrors of the sacking of Messfe * included pillage , destruction , tnawtcre , and violation . The antes of tbe city aud the tones of its slaughtered ioh&bitartte , proclaim to this day , that
ORDER REIGNS IN MESSINA ! Once thai the German prinoes were relieved of the terror coder which they had fallen inthed » yB of March , they commenced intriguing' against the new order of thing' . The ScMemrig-Holstein war was ' got np * for tbe purpose of distracting popular attention from questions of home reform . Tbe Frankfort parliament—composed principally of aristocrats , bourgscit upstarts , literary sod legal adventurers , and intriguers and humbug * of all kinds , ihave so well done tbeir work that they have made •( German Unity tbe jest of Europe . < Jf course , the Frankfort parKment has not been wholly devoid of talent , eombieed with integrity . Rosbbt Blum . theimartyr , was a glorious exception to tbe general wsat of honestv and conrue in that Assembly .
Tfee bombardmeet of Vienna will be recorded id history S 3 one of the most atrocious of ( the many infameus crimes wbidh have conferred c feorribl * celebrity on tha HosseofHapsburg . The frightful details ef the storming of that city . with , tfae after atrocities dMmmittedfoy the imperial savages . I need not rep 3 at— -for I hire hi re thm once addressed you on tais harrowing subject . The Austrian capital is still ruled bj military terror , aao , of
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ORDER REIGSS IN VIENNA 1 In this connfrf , new acd tyrannical enactments , tfae unduguiseii cabstitution of f < rce for law , the horrible conspiracies of Goyernment-spies , asd 4 abore all . tbe organised , anti-demooratic bourgeoielesgae . and tbe 6 je / t&ea % tic lying of tbe Press-gao ^ r , pieveiated the progress of tbe proletarian cause . A multitade of victims are at this caomens pining in prison , tome doomed to Jiopelegi , because life-lone , slavery a / sd misery . Of Ireland , * te least said the better . A few good men . who loved their country , not wise !* hut too weU / 'set' their lives , their names , their all , ' upon a east , ' aed—failed . Of such a sacrifice their coontrymen proved themselves nnwortLy . But now that the last ray of hope has led . now that Irish patriotism ia extinct , now that
Erin , , Though trod like the worm , will not tar a upoa power , ' now that thousand *—millions—are content tp 'die ( in tbeir Misery ) and meke no oign / ww tbe triumph of Engliiu rule is accomplished ,
for—ORDER REIGNS IN IRELAND ! If , however , there is much to mourn over , there 1848
is much to rejoice at in the history of the year Our troly ooble order gained many a glorious vie tory , and fought many a battle m which they well deserved to have been victorious . Moreover , » n mere than one country , solid and lasting advantage ! have leen gained . That moHgtrous absurdity , a king , no loneer exists in France . A democratic constitution has been adopted , and , unless the French people would rather be slaves than freemen , Universal Suf . fraee will secure all the rights tkey have recovered , and , moreover , will enable them to accomplish their social regeneration through the action of the legislature without as heretefore , beine driven ts the
employment of force in the struggle for justice . ' 1 he people of Germany , tfewgb they have been to a great ix ' ent defrauded by their rulers and leaders , have , nevertheless , secured much real power , which , donbtlesp , they will turn to good account for the completion of their liberties . la some of the It& \ Un gtateB the people BtiU role . Even in Home despotism , both spiritual and temporal , has been overthrown by the intelligence sai courage of the people . On the 29 th of lait month a decree was iceoed by the triumvirs ( who , in tem . poral affairs , bave superseded the renegade Pope , ) convoking a Constiinent Assembly , to be elected by TJNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE !
1 Throughout the continent one great lesson has been learned : lhe folly of mating half-revolutions Or all the enemies of mankind , the moderates' and ter aporisers' are the worst . If a sation abandons itaelf to the fudgcries of aLiMARiniB , the blegdy d . w
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potiim of a CmiGHAC cannot fail to be that nation ' s doom 1 _ In most of the recently agitated states of Europe , the ! a euor of weariness has for the moment sue ceaded to the excitement of the paet jear . But tn « sirucgle is not ended . The present is a moment of breathing time before the recommencement of the Now that the presidential question is deoided , it is to be hoped that the ultra-Democratic and booiaJ Reformers of France , who , in the late contest voted for different names , will forthwith heartily re-unite for the sake of their common cause . A vigorous propaganda is at this moment th « one thing needful in France to prepare tbe oountry for the generali
election of the members of the new Assembly , Unless toeasum ave taken to enlighten the people , tbe next Assembly will be as bad sb the present-perbaps ( it possible ) still worse . That Assembly will be elected for three years . The aubjutution of triennial for annual election * ia the very woret feature of tbe new Constitution . It is also to be honed that the Parisian Socialists will eschew their habitual extravagances Same of their recent doings have not been calculated to disarm popular prejudice , but the reverse . Those who most earnestly desire the social regeneration of France , and Europe generally , are pained to witness a good cause injured by the folly and fanaticism of those who undoubtedly mean well , but who certainly act very irrationally . I have good hopes of our German brethren .
' I think I hear u little bir& who sings Tbe people by « nd by will be tbe stronger . '' It is positively amusing to read the predictions of our own correspondents , ' respecting the happy year f peace , loyalty , and contentment this 1849 is to be ! O ¦ most potent , grave , and reverend' don keys , I h ' . ve a notion tbat yon will find yourselves vety far . out in sow reckoning . Wait a little longer , and you shall see—what you shall see ! The Standard of this evening contains the following paragraph : — CBi » TieK . — It ii sstd tbat secret efforts are making to revive the Chartist agitation , and tbat it is the Intestlen of thcie deluded people to bold district meet , ingi ia such a manner aB to evade the interference o ( tbe law .
'It is said' that the Press-gang are addicted to lying , slandering , and evil-Bpeakinf , and I am sorry to have to gay that the pious Siawbab * is bo exception to the general rule . It is true that efforts are making to revive the Chartist agitation , efforts which , I trust , will be crowned with success ; but it is not true that these efforts are being raaae in secret , So far from working secretly , the Chartist leaders desire nothing bo much as publicity , and will only be too happy to make publio all tbeir efforts through the columns of the Standard . Will the Standard open its columns to the Charfcigta ?—Not bo .
I beg to assure the Standard ibat tbe Chartists are not ' deluded , ' and have no occasion to attempt any evasion of the law . They oan hold district meetings in accordance with tbe law . For though apeoial laws have been passed to' put down' the Chartists , no law as yet exists on the statute book to prevent the Chartists publioly assembling in the city on Monday , in Finsbury on Tuesday , in the Tower Hamlete on Wednesday , in Marylebone on Thursday , in Westminster on Friday , and in Southwark on Saturday , every week in the year if they so please , and have the means to hire places of meeting , &o AH this the Standard gentry know very well ; but it suits their purpose to put the bourgeois-bludgeoners into a renewal of their April sweat , by raising the alarm ;— ' The ChartiBtBare coming . '
Brother Proletarians , we must give these Press-? ang ruffians no pretext for their lies , at the same time we mu ^ t show them that Chartism is not dead The wofk of the future must be commenced withou further delay . Be ours the glorious task of accelerating tbe coming of that pood time when it shall be said ; Justice reigns in England—Justice reigns in Ecropb ! L'Ami du Pbuplk . January llth , 1849 .
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The ExEctmvE . —The Executive met at their rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday ev « ning January the 5 th . Present—Messrs Kydd , Dixon , Stallwood , Robs , Clark , and M'Grath . Mr Harney was confined to his house by severe indisposition . Mr Ross was called to the chair . A letter was read from the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull , requesting the services of Mr M'Grath , as a candidate for a seat in Parliament at theforthcoming election for that borough , vice Mr Baines , who has become a Poor Law Commissioner . The lecretary wa » instructed to enter into communication with the writer of tbe letter and others relative thereto . The sub . ject of the Westminster meeting convened by the
High Bailiff was been brought before the committee by Mr Stallwood , who said , without in anyway opposing the conveners of the meeting , be thought the Executive might do a deal of good by attending , as he thought no patty was so well able to point out a means of ' employing the poor , " as they , the Executive committee , who were from and of the poor ' After considerable discussion , the Executive came to the conclusion that to commend and point the attention ef the people to ' home colonisation , ' must be of advantage , and each and every member agreed to attend , and if possible address the meeting in favour of that object . The secretary was instructed to write an address on the progress of
Chartism , and the means of accelerating that great measure of political justice . On the motion of Messrs M'Gratn and Clark , it was resolved That the ¦ Standard Theatre , ' Shoreditch . betaken fora beneifit in aid of the funds , and that if possible it should be on the night of Wednesday , January the 31 st . Mr Stallwood was instructed to take the necessary ¦ eteps ; and the Execative then , in addition to the representatives of the Chartists resident is the several districts of tfae metropolis and its environs , farmed themselves into The Parliamentary Demonstration Committee , ' when Mr Mark Lee delivered iiMs reports , to the effect that the Druids' Hall , ' eouid be had for the occasion . Ultimately , the com
ffiifctee came to the decision that the present impoverished state of the people from the want of employment , would not warrant them in taking that hall and getting up a dinner ; and on the motion of Messrs Clark and Kydd , it was resolved ' Tbat a public wiree , consisting of tea . public speaking , ball and . concert , be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , on Monday evening , January the 29 th , and that the price of admission be the same as at the late benefit in aid of the ' Victim fund . ' ' That all the members of Parliament who advocate the principles contained in the ' People's Charter , ' be invited to attend . ' The committee then adjourned .
Nottingham . —A social and democratic banquet was held on Monday evening last , at Mr Smith ' s Temperance Hotel , Low Pavement , Nottingham to do honour to Mr Rodgers on hie release from Kirkdale GaoU where he has been confined since August last , for an alleged political offence , but on the day of trial no charge was preferred . After the good things provided by Mr Smith had keen disposed of , Mr W . Dexter , artist , waa called to the < ehair , when the company were amused and edified with many social and democratic songs , speeches , re . citations and toasts . Amongst the toasts were the
followinjr : ' Doctor M'Douall , and the rest of the viefens of Whig tyranny . ' To the memory of the brav « men of Paris , who died defending the social and democratic Republic ^ the insurgents of June . ' ' Frort , Williams and Jones / Louis Blanc , Raspail . and ihe rest of the social and democratic Republicans of France , and may their princip les be speedily established throughout the world . ' ' Mitcbel , Smith O'Brien , and the rest of the Irish patriots . ' A subscription was entered into for the wives and families of the patriots now confined » n Kirkdale Gaol ; tbe subscription will be continue d
wfifiklv BRADFORD—Mr J . Shaw , of Leeds , lectured on Sunday afternoon ia the Temperance Hall , South-Mte , to a large and respectable audience , A collection was made in aid of the Defence Fund . Edward Hurley lectured io the evening m the Democratic School Room , Croft Street , Wakefield Road ; the room was well filled , and a collechon made after the lecture in aid of the families of our incarcerated ftiends ; forty persons entered as members of the National Charter Association ; a council was also elected according to the old plan of
organisation . , .. „ Bradford . —We have received a very lengthy address from the Relief Committee of Bradford , to the public on behalf of the victims , from which we give the following extracts : —How , and in what way , have OHr brethren in bondage violated the sacred rights of property , or insulted what ia termed our glorious constitution ? Do not all classes in Bradford and in its vicinity recollect the time when there were processions amounting tu ten thousand individuals , walking through the streets , when the town was destitute of a millitary force ? and when , we would ask , has there been to tbe value of a single farthing ' s worth , of property destroyed , or an isolated individual injured or insulted , by the horrid revolutionists who composed those assemblies ? We conscientiously believe yon will answer in tbe nega-Uve , There are many of those Whig-made widows
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~ ^ ——— ———» orphans in Bradford requiring your immediate assistance ; do not allow them to suffer from want of the necessaries of life , but be determined to contribute your mite towards the support of the destitute families of our incarcerated brethren . Prove by your contributions ) that if they are deprived of their natural protection you will , during their absence , be their guardians . This of itself will be sufficient to prove to our oppressors that the feelings of common humanity still reign predominantly in the minds of the democracy of Bradford . If , on the other hand , you allow the wives , and helpless babes , of those who are buffering in our cause , to perish , it will dishearten our imprisoned friends , bring a dis grace . « i our caute , ann ultimately establish the
triumph of our common enemies . In conclusion , we most earnestly desire that a few active men , in every neighbourhood of the district of Bradford , will again bestir themselves in their respective localities , and send a delegate to the Association Room , Croft Street , Wakefield Road , on Wednesday evening , Jan . 10 th , at seven o'clock in the evening , for the purpose of laying down plans to bring this benevolent object into practical operation .--We beg leave to subcribe ourselvei yours , it the cause of Chartism , the Relief Committee—Thomas Wilcnck , John Clough , Matthew Browett , Richard Gee , Joseph BriggSi Bayles Foster , Edward Smith , John Parratt , James Steel , Richard Wilkinson ; Edward Hurley , secretary .
Dudley . —At the weekly meeting of this branch of the Chartist Association on Sunday , January 7 th , held at the house of Mr Rankin , Cambell Street , it was resolved : — ' Tbat tbe Chartists of Dudley and the surrounding neighbourhood , get up a tea-party to be held at some central place , for the purpose of commemorating the French Revolution , and to take into consideration the best means of getting up an efficient district agitation in favour of the principles contained in the Charter ; and we hereby appeal to our brother democrats residing in the district , to aid us in effecting this great object . ' The tea-party will . take place some time near the 24 th of February , and information may be obtained of Mr Rankin , Cambell Street , Dudley . Manchester . —The Executive . —Mr John
Sutton and Mr George Henry Smith , have been elected to the Executive , during the absence of Messrs Leach and Donovan , Re « oroanisatiom of thb FiNSBuny Locauty . 7—On Sunday evening last a ^ crow ded meeting was held at Deadraan ' s ( late Lunt ' s ) Coffee Rooms , Clerkenwcll Green . Mr Lee w&s elected to the chair . The chairman having made some brief remarks introductory to the business of the evening-Mr M'Grath addressed the audience at considerable length upon the necessity of reorganising und ^ r the plan sanctioned by the Birmingham delegate ! , and
of vigorous exertion in furtherance of the cause of freedom . The address was received in the best spirit , and seemed to give entire satisfaction . Several ovhers , including Mr Walter Cooper , addressed the meeting , and were unanimous as to the propriety of once more rallying for the Charter and no Surrender . ' Thirty-seven members were enrolled , when the chairman announced that all future meetings of the locality would be held in a commodious room upstair * , and that a lecture would be delivered therein by Mr William Dixon , on Sunday evening , Jan . 14 th . To commence at eight o ' clock .
The National Victim and Dbtbkcb Find . —On Tuesday evening , at the Literary Inttitutiun , John Street , Mr T . Cooper gave bia firat oration , iu aid of the above fund . The subject chosen was ' Tha life , writings , and character of Thomas Paine , ' which Mr Cooper handled much to the satisfaction of his audienoe . We regretted that many of those who cheered the heroes on to martyrdom , were not present on an occasion set apart for the benefit of tha martyrs , but we hope the future orations will find more of them present . —Mr Clark was chairman for the evening . —At the closn a rate of thanks was passed by acclamation to Mr Cooper for hia services .
South Lobdon Chartijt IuM / . ~ MeBsr « MGrath and Dixon delivered very spirited addresses at the South London Chartist IIilI , on Wednesday , January 10 ih , on ' Tha social aud political condition of the people of Eogland . '—Discussion was invited , but the opponents ot democracy bave not tbe courage to discuss the question , consequently the addresses were unopposed . Afterward * about forty names were earilled .
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Nottingham . —At a public meeting of the members of this branch , the following resolution was carried , '( Mr Whitley in the chair ) , viz .: — 'That in the opinion of tljis meeting , it would he unwise in the Directors of tbe National Land Company to give up their claim to the rent due from the occupants on the various estates—believing that tbe prosperity of the Company itself must mainly depend upon its ability to reproduce the capital expended ; at the same time they would suggest the propriety of the Directors dealing with the whole of our located brethren in the most liberal spirit ; they therefore request that the rent new due be added to the original cost of the house and land , and the allottees be called upon in future to pay the same after the rate of four
per cent ., per annum , which would allow the back rent now due to run over a peried of years before its liquidation , and give them an opportunity of testing the capabilities of the soil , and the soundness of the principle upon which the Laud Plan is based , they further consider , that no difference whatever ought to be made between the members who purcliased their right to location , and those who were ballotedj seeing that each ate called upon to abide by and be subject to the rules and regulations for the government of the Company . ' Mr Sweet addressed the members at some length , and urged upon them to aid the families of Messrs M'Douall and White who were in a destitute condition . A collection was then made , and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman , tbe meeting dispersed .
Hisdley . —At a meeting of the Dodbursfc Brow branch ef the National Land Company , held m Monday last ) the following resolution was passed : — ' That all members of this branch who do not attend on or before the 13 th of February next , and pay both local and land levies , will be struck off the books Aberdeen . —This branch of the Land Company , held tbeir quarterly meeting at Mrs Bain ' s Hall , en Thursday , the 5 ; h insf ., when the quarterly report was submitted to the meeting , and unanimously approved of , but the officers being liable for debts to a considerable amount for room rent , secretary , salaries , &c ., andjas there is no appearance of getting
the same liquidated unless the members pay their loeal expenses , some discussion ensued as to the propriety of closing the branch . It was ultimately moesd aud carried t— ' That the branch be kept open for another quarter , the members present pledging themselves to use tbeir influence to induce tbeir fellow members to come forward again . ' The following officers were then elected for the quarter : James Ewen , president ; William Troup , ^ ice-president ; William Porter , treasurer ; Robert Robertson , secretary ? Alexander Fiddes , John Thompson ,
Jas . Jack , and Archibald Wilson , committee . It was tben moved by William Shaw , and seconded by Thomas Thaw , and carried : — That the located members do aot receive so much indulgence , but that they pay a \ l their teats , in such instalments as the directors may think fit , according to tbeir circumstances , tiut that the whole be paid by January , 1851 . ' Finally it was retolved : — « That this branch bold meetings every Friday night at ei ght o'clock , in Mrs Bain ' s , 63 . Castle Street , for the ensuing quarter . '
Prbston . —A general meeting of Land members took place in Frankland ' s Room , Lune Street , on Monday evening last , Mr John Greenwood in the chair ; when the following resolution was unanimously agreed to;—* That we consider the decision of the late Conference , with respect to the payment of rent by the allottees , ought to be adhered to . ' ROCHDALE . —At the monthly meeting of the Land members , Mr O'Connor ' s letter was read , and the question of the rent discussed , when the following resolution was proposed by Abraham Crabtree , and seconded by Charles Shaw : — ' Tbat it is the opinion of this meeting , that the allottees pay the rent due to the Company , and that they be allowed three years to pay it in b ^ instalments . '
Moustais , Yorkshire . —At a meeting of Land members of this branch , on Monday eveniDg , 8 ih oi January , Abraham Butterfield in tho chair , tbe following resolution was agraed to i— ' That this meeting is of opinion thatfcbe resolution adopted by the Conference , at Birmingham , to exclude fcioee member * who have not paid up their * hare monev . ? Wtv . 8 ° t 0 pay any more * ith 5 ntQreemonths Tin f ^ f ! f C < nferenee , from any participa' hi » W ? d 8 of * . Com P 8 ° r . » "" Just , and KS nW I K ° P ? P back the subscription ot ( he dusatufied members , after deducting their fair proportion of 1 O 88 s and we call upon every memffr for tho honour of the Company , and the reputation iSssss ^ z ^ * to ™ ^
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GUILDHALL —How TO uikb cr raiscuinoNS — Dr Honry John M Doagtll , M . D ., appeared before Alderman Paribrother , to ask hia advice under the following oircamataaccs . His application waa one not only involving the st > fety of the public against ignarance or wllfol negligence , bat also to protect tbe proftisaien to wblck he belooged from errors which , If they terminated fatally , would materially damage their reputation . The ( act * were these : —A ihori time since a patient wan « ent up from ibe country andplaeed under hia care , when Instead of gWlng Mm opium , which the perjOH had been P . ctU ( tomed to take , he ordered him a sed >» i ? e of benbano and campboraUd water . Hoaf ' wffarda eonalderiiJ It proper to administer a double dose , and accordingly moti a prescription , which was taken to a chemist and draggitt , when ona of the assistants made tbe mixture up , and
gave It to the mejsenger , having only written t ' ifi word ' Mixture , without soylag how U wat 10 bo tjken , ac cording to what waa directed in tbe prescription . Fortunatel y , on oalliDff on hia patient tbe next day , the Hi ; ti > r informed him tbat he had nei touched tbe medicine , ai then wer « no directions on tba bottle , and c rlthud Mm to look at it . H < 3 did so , and at ones dUcoverefl that in addition to ( he henbane ordered , tbe aBBJtaothaii mlxi'd up a portion of paregoric , containing three grains cf op ' . nm , endau ounce and a half of spirit * , I . ut'a 4 of camphorated water , bo tbat bad tho dose be . n taktn , be should h&va found hia patient dsafl , to tbe great detriment of hU profeailooal character . On diicoreriog what had occurred he proceeded to . theebemlat enddrng . gist ' s shep , and taw the tiro asiUiants , and on inqulritg what the bottle contained , oae oi thtm said about three parts par 8 gorlo . Ho th » n requested htm to read tbe pre . terlptlan which'ho had tent ; and having done to oorreotly , inquired nhy hit direction ! had not been compiled with , when both of them treated tbe * 8 Ar with great
levity , and laid that It was ' only & tnlB ; ak « . ' Undtr tbeja circumstances ho wl-hed to know what coureo be ought to purtuo to make parties amenable to the law * for such condact , which was now of frequent occurrtneo and whtoh in several in&tauceB in this country had terminated fatally tltrcDgh similar negligence . —Aldvrmun Fa . ebrotber asked if ihe prescription waalegitly written f —Mr M'Sougell roplied that it was , and any one could easily read it —Alderman Farebrother wished to fansw If Dr li'DoogeU bad been to Apothecaries Hall an tbe aub-Jeot!—Me M'Dottgall wild tbatitwonld be useless , an the chemists and -druggists bad taken the place of the o d apothecaries , and were not subject to any examination as to qualification . —Alderman Fsrebrotber asked What tpeolfio complaint be bad io m&ke ?—Mr M ' Duagell replied that his complaint W 86- -firat , the making up of a poisonous Ingredient ; second , that teo much had been sent ; and thirdly , that no direotion was written as ( o hvwor when it was . to be taken . —Aldersaan Farebrother granted a summons .
SOUTHWARK— floi »« a SHop ? itfo . —Ann Smith , & wall df eited young woman , wa » brought before' Mr Cottlngham , charged with stealing fire pieces of satin ribbon , value £ 110 s ., the property of Mr Brooks , linen , draper and silk mercer , oi Blackmail Street , Borough . Henry Williams , aa asiUt&nt to Mr Brooke , stated thit on Saturday evening tbe prlaoaer came into ihe » kcp , and requested to be shown seme patterns of ribbons , several pleoei of which were placed on the counter befere her for her inspection . After » om .= lima s'pont in examination she was observed to secret a piece of ribbon , and was about to leave the sbep , when witneii reqimt d ihe would accompany him into the sboff . room , ftt tho same ticpe hinting bis suipicien as to her boneaty , The pri . BQner then walked towards the upper part of the shop , and on her way dropped a piece of ribbon , nod when she
was taken to tbe show-room five more pieces were found ecreted underneath her shawl . Upon this discovery ¦ be exclaimed that the whole of the ribbon had been presented to her by the shopman who eeived her , and tbat tbe bad promised to meet him on the following evening . This assertion , however , was not b ^ ieved , and she then fell upon her kneei > , begged . for mercy , pajlng thit eb « waa a respectabie young weman , and that such & ohsrge woali blast ber prospects in life , and implored that ihe might be permitted to go homo . The witness added tbat the prisoner had been at the shop previously tbe same evening , end that , on ber departure , a piece of silk was mltaed frem the part of the counter where she had been standiDg > and that was the prisc pal reason that she waa to closely w&tobcd whin she returned the second t ! me , on nhloh occasion the ribbon waa stolen . —
Theprisontr , when plactd at tbe bar , reiterated ber farmer assertion , tbat tbe shopman who served her at the counter had given her tbe whole of tbe ribbon , on her promising ta meet him ou the following evening ,-. Mr Cottlngnam sent for the shopman , a yontig man , named Griydon , aad , oa being confronted with tbe prisoner , she still adhered to tbe troth of tbat which sbe had previously stated , ijemulating , as she went on , tbat he Knew he bad made her a prcsont of the articles 8 be wai now charged with stealing . —Mr fotUngham , ad . drafting the shopman , reminded him of tbe aerlout nature ef inch an accueatbn against a young woman , If it wm cot founded in truth , and then aaksd him whether o ' not he bed given her tbe ribbon ai she dsscribtd , —Gray . doa , In reply , declared tbat there was not a tittle of truth in It : that he had a perfect recollection of seoing the
prisoner twice tbe same evening in hta employer's shop , but that no con venation of the kind sbe described ocourred between them , nor did he present her wiib his employer ' s goods . —Mr Cottlngham said be ehtmld commit the prlsenir for trial , upon which she asked for the reitoration of a gold ring , which she said she bad given to a policeman while in the cell , if he would go and Inform ber mother In tbe Oitj tbat she was in custody at tho Southwsrk station house . —The moment Mr Cattingbum was apprised of tbe oircumBtanoe be aent for tbe policeman , 118 If , and upon his entering the court the prisoner pointed him c ut as tbe man to whom she had given the gold ring ; and she added , that her reason lot having It restored to her wai In ooniequencft of the
policeman neglecting t » do what be bad promised —The poll . emao Wtitbere striotly interrogated by tbe magic . ttate oa tbe subject , and be admitted tbat be bod spoken to her white locked up in tbe cell ; still that ebs gave n ! m do ring . —tlr Ojttingham said that if it was proved to bim that ft policeman so miiconducted himself a * to take property from any prisoner , be should not lemti ' n anovbw bout in the force with bis sanction ; but that , from all he had heard , he bad reason to b&lieve tb » t tne prisoner had apon tbis , as on the former occa . lion , with reference to tbe complainant ' s shopman , a * . set ted that wnlcn waa not true , and tberefora he could not plaoe any reliance la her assertions , —The depositions having been taken , the prisoner was then removed from tbe bar .
HoGUfljiKQ AMD RoBBEftl . a-Mary Anne Jaokaon and Martha Smith were brought before Mr Seeker , ebarged with hocnsiing and robbing Henry Rogers , a matter tailor , residing 1 b tbe Baroagh . Tbe complainant stated that on Tuesday ssorn < ng lajt , a little after twelve o ' clock , he met tbe prisoner Jackson in a public boose , when she asked him to treat her . He complied with htr request , and for tome time tbey converted togetber , about trade , when she told him that sbe bad worked / or several yean at the tailoring business , bat wai at that time out of work . Proieeutor thinking that he could fee of tome service to ber , showed her a bundle of cloth be had with him and a pair of trooaers , at tbe same time offering to give ber work , if she chote to take It , Sbe appeared very thankful , and ask d him to go home with her , asserting tbat she wa « a single woman , and had a
bouae of ber own in the Btighboarbood . Believing such to be tbe oftBe , end having drank rather freoly on New Year ' s morning , be consented , and unfortunately decorapinlftd her to a low house in Broad wall , where they were joined by tbe prisoner Smith . He tben sent nut tbe latter for two sbilliaga ' . worth of gin , a portion of which be dtaakftUbthera , vibeahe btcamb tna&ntlble , end tad no reeolleotlon of anything , nntil tie found hfraaeH at all own door , la a cab . Ha was then minus bis cloth , the trousers , and money . As bbob as be was able t * get out , be gave information to tho police authorities , whiah led t « tbe apprehension of ( he prisoner . Witnets stated , tbat at tbe present time he fae euiforing from tbe drug wblob bad been administered to him . —Poiw . eon-« ahle . 120 L »»{ d , that from tbe information be bad re . oelved be went In search of the prisoners and on the pre . vious night he met tfeem in Broadwall . Jackson ad . milted tbat sbe had been connected with the robbery , that Mrs Heatn , the landlady ef the house , sold the cloth for Ms . , and gave a portion of tbe money to Smith
and her . He could not find the landlad y , bo * abe was aow In court . —In anBwer to Mr Becker , the , woman Heorn said she recollected Jackson coming to her house with the complainant , but sbe bad no knowledge of the bundle , He w&S very tipsy , and when be left tluy were compelled to lead him to tbe door . —Wltneas gave her testimony In sucb a loose manner tbat the magistrate threatened to Indict her for perjury . Sh » was ordered to remain In eustody . —In defence , Jackson Btid that It wat true tbat tho constable nad stated ; Hearn was the prieelpal , and Smith was ai much In the job at any , — H am : The fellow was drack , and had no m » ncy and t ho dotb wat left in pByment . —Sm ^ th declared that sbe never taw the bundle , neither did she nor Mrs Hearn know an ) tiling » tOUl it . What Jackson Wstated was a great fblaehoed —Mr Seeker aald tbat tbe case as . SB-nod a very stciout aspect . The prosecutor bad been f rugged and robbed , and , to give the polite time to nuke farther Iflqu ' rleB about tha property , he should remand them until Thursday .
BOW-STREET . —Post OwicbRobbieub , _ WHIUib George Miller , a ieJter . oatrier at the Stratford Post Office , was chargi d with stealing letterB .- —Mr Peacock , the Post Office solicitor , prosecated . —Evidence was given that a letter , written by Mrs K . Shattletvortfa , of Giocester Square , and addressed to Mist Sfoate , of Ham House , East Ham . Surrey , was duly poited in tbe vloinliy of tbeElgeware R « ad , about the first week lnD ; -eensber , bat was never received . The address should have been ' Manor House , ' but Mies Coote stated that the trror was immaterial , as the home would have been known by either nairae . —Me Walter Scultberpe .
president of the London Diotrlet Post Office , proved that tha letter addre »« td t » Mi »» © oote would have been forwarded in the uiual courao of business , to Stratford , where the prisoner was employed as on auxiliary letter , carrier , — Matthew Peake , the constable attached to the Post Office , stated that he flopped the prisoner at Ess * Ham and asked him where he lired , He refused , to Btato his residence , upon welch witness searched him , and among other things , found a d ^ r key in his pocket . Proceeding afterwards to the prisoner ' s lodgings , at 20 , L-. mbeth Street , Whitecbspel , and opeoing bia dQor With the key fee had secured , witneBS found between the sacking a ; id mattreBB of hlab ; d a little packet of « U > er , consisting of
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fragmtnts of letters . Among those was the letter addressed to Miss Coete . nearly destroyed , and ou it » margin wfl « i written in pencil , ' Fir * < —Five of ut to da tbe f ork of ono cbarge-taker ai 12 . . * week ! WitneM my hand . ' Saw the prisoner at the poli » e station and told him tbat he would be obarged with stealing tbis and Other letters . He eaid that he could not dt-nv tho ona found at hia house , but he knew nolblcg of any o . h : rs Mr R . Smith . > upetlntenS \ ng preiWeat of tb 0 Lj&ooa dis net , produced an immense number of torn letters envelopes , scraps of paper , &e ., whiob bad bsen sent to him anonymously , at intervals , for several months past . Tbe fragments of letters , all ef which hid been , stolen , were acoompsnied by sentences , writtca in pi-n oil upon small strips of paper , and ia language of t > tbreatet 1 g or abuBlve character , directed cbiifl ? against
Mr Peacock and Mr Soulthorpo , the principal agents ia tbe deteotlon and prosecution of Post Office delinquents Thay were defied , in spite of tbeir traps , to discover tha stealer of tbe lettcronclosed . The following are exam , pics of tha pencil paragraphs referred to : — ' Fire ! Alt tbe mie-sorted letters I bave I burn , except when the ? contain money . ' ' If I feave twelve years I shall only Uugti at the b—— judge / 'leave been iu office some years , snd bave bjen honest , bat will be so no more upon 12 b . a wsek . ' ' I uava a little money of my own brides 22 i , or 82 a , a-weck , whiob you kaovr of , I have done well those last two years , but mutt bavt more money yet . It BDBkes op for short waives you know . —Bob Short . ' 'Fire tells no tales . You may lay your traps , and do what you like . Ton oen nercr Bnd me out , I tuke them horns before I break tha
seal . ' < I send this to let you know that auxiliaries mutt be p-vid mere money . ' You will know the p » pjr , but not the writing . 12 s . a week ! Is that sufficient for E « ies carriers Vic . Witness had oompartd tho writ . ing on these scraps « f paper , and found that tht-j- exaatly resembled tbe writing oa tho letters taken from the prisoner's bedroom . Both were in pencil . Tho prisoner W 9 B employed as an auxiliary , at 12 s . a week ; but only hftlf of his tUne was employed in tbat capacity . —Thomas Hiller , ihi prisoner ' s brother , and driver of tbe mall between Harrow and London , identified tbe ptneit la . BcriptioD * ou Miss Cooto ' s letter , as well as tnoso on the papers forwarded teUr Smith , a « being in tbu prisoner ' s haudwiltiog . —The prisoner offered no defence to tha charge . —Tbe evidence in another charge against him was then taken , —It appeared that a letter containing a
small padlock key aad two little notes was addrmtd by Mrs Vavasour , of 4 , Queen Stret-t , Sou hwark Bridge , to Miss Mogit , Mission School , Waltbambtow , snd duly posted in Watling Street , some time in September last , It did not reach its . destination un > il a week afierwarJt , when , on its being opened by Mia » Girt , nt the school , it was found to contain two scraps of paper uad a broken key , and nothing else , Suu gave tbe envelope with the enclosure , to Howse , the Walthamtitoff letttr . currier , by whom ie was carried to tbe Post Office , Oa one of the aor&pi of paper they found , written in psQcil , the words , ' My name is Wide-aw ^ ke . I thought this was gold , marm . I smt tbe letter to the offlse . '
On the other strip was written , alto in pencil , * I only get 12 s . a-week ; marm , and I ( ball thieve when I can , and you cannot help yourself , marm . ' —Mr Smith proved that among the anonymous communl . a ' . ions received by him theie was one dated tbe 16 th of September , con * taining parts of letters , and a strip of paper b . aring the words , ' I broke the key , and thought It was gold when I opened tbe letter , I ehall Hot be honest no more at 12 s . a . week . ' This was is pencil , and la the same handwriting as all the other lasctipttaH wbith h « a been referred to . From the postmark on some of the communications it appeared that they had been posted at Stratford , —Mr Jardine committed tbe prisoner for trial on both eharzea .
THA . ME 3 . —Chabqe is Mcrcsk . —Jeremiah Regan , an Irishman , about 35 years of age , was brought up by Thomas , No . 19 , of the River polioo , charged with wilful murder . The wltneBi said that from lnforuatloa he had received he bad arrested the prisoner that day , on the aharje of having committed a murder ia Ireland nine or ten years age , and on further inquiry he found out the > man who saw th ) murder committed and the fatal blow struck . —Thomas Coghlan , an old msn reBldlug at 12 , George Court , Brsob Street RatcUfie , said , he came from the paiith of Skull , and hod been two years in this country . Oa March 17 th , 1810 , or rather he believed , 1839 , he lived 1 b the village of Selbronogue , in the psri . h of Skull . On that da ; ( continued lha nitneas }] which is Patrick ' s Day in Ireland , it is the custom to have little shebeen houses , where they sell whisk ; , a . n . 3
other things . At that time John Sullivan , wh » waj a married man , aHd had one child , was young and hearty . —Mr Tardley : Sid you know tho deceased man f — ¦ Witness I knew him very well from the time he Wfll a boy , and I knew the prisoner also , wbo was bora in the next village to us . 1 here was some money left b y a will to sis of them . —Come to tbe facts of the murder I I will , and I'll apeak on ' y the truth . ' I ' m here with tha grey hairs on my head , and I don't know whether I may fall dead before I leave the plaoe , There was no mtm there fe&foto me to boo It , I saw Jerry Began strike Jack Sullivan over tbe head , but I dou'l knew if be bad a stone in bis haad , far in Ireland nheu a man hasn ' t a Btlck , he is very apt to take up a stone . ( Laughter . ) He beat him in tbe back part of the bead until his Rkull was broken , but the doctor » & 13
it wasn ' t that that killed him , though it would be eaough to do so , but a blow tb . it be Is ad get over tbe temple . He lived three weeks after he got tbe beating , aad when he died a warrant was pat out against Jerry Reganybut he made a run of i t , an 4 I have never seen him again un ' . il I camb to this country . — . When did you first see bin * here?—He waa the very first man I Baw wheu Ioimt here . —Why did you not give him into custody then !—Faitn , I dida ' c , cor would I do it now if I could help it . 'Twas no business of mine . —Do jou give your evidmoe now willingly » —Yes ; I give It willingly beoause I can't help it . I must do it . — 'Thomas , the coasts- ^ ie , said be bad found two other persons who would give evidence , but , being Irisk , they would not attend u » ie »» they were summoned . SVhon he took the prisoner iato custody he told him the charge , which tbe latter denied . —MrY » rdley ( to Coghlsn ) . —What was the oauae of tho quarrel between them !—Coghlan : Why , they be > longed to two partlet , and a young girl \ m taken away from her relations the night ttio u-urder was committed .
I do not know whether it was with a stone or with his flit Jerry Bigan struck Sulliran ; bat he couid not do it with bis fist , for his skull vat cut opou aad bis bead was SB black ri your gnoe . —Inspector Lewis , of the Thames police , said he understood au inquest had been held on the bsdy , and a verdict of ' Wilful Murder' returned . ' —Mr Tardley told th « prison , r tbat he could say what he ploaacc ! , but it would be written dowD . —PH . aoner : A < I stand in tbe presence of God , I had no more hand In hitting him tbat you ha 4 , gentlemen . X saw Sullivan when , be was lyirg in his bed . and said to hint , ' You bavo no cbargo against me , Jack V and he tiid he had not . —CogV-laa : Too , jou said it naayour brother-in-law did it then ; but jou . know I saw you , Jerry . —Prisoner : It was n « ver a man of my name that did it , nod is it likely tbat that msn there would be laokifig me in tbe faoe these two years , and never say a word about it before t— Mr Tardley saii he would remand the prisoner fer a week , and , in the meantime , directed tbe officer to communicate on the subject with tbe proper authorities in Ireland .
WORSHIP STREET . —iKCADTton * Sale o » Poison . —Henry Squires , a gaunt and wretched-looking young man who appeared to be labouring under mental imbecility , was placed at the bar , before Mr Hammil , obarged with having atemptei ? to destroy himstlf by taking s > quantitj of oxalic aoid —Police constable Baash y , H 8 i , stated that oa Saturday Afternoon ho was called Into a low lodging noose , in Wentoortb Street , Whltechapel ) where he was informed tbat one of ( the inmates had taken poison , end npoa entering a lower room he found tbe prlBOner seated In a stooping position in « chair , and in a atato of complete stupefaction , On the table by bis side ff * a an empty cup , and also a paper contain * ing the sediment of some white powder , bat without any label or inscription to indicate its deadly character . The prisoner was Immediately conveyed to tho Lend on
Hoapital , where ho bad since remained in tOO ehat ; ered a condition to admit of njs removal until that moraine when he waB given into custod y , and stated , in extenut . tlon of bla conduct , that be had been driven to despera * tlon iu csngequsnee , ol having baen discarded by bia mother , wbo resided and possessed considerable pro . perty in Monmouthshire , and aubfieqaently refused anj kind of relief by the parish authorities of Whitechapel , to whom he had applied for assistance . —The landlord of tbe bouse In Wentworth Street , at whiob . tho prisoner had only been living a few days , produced s well * written letter , wbioh the latter had loft upon the tableexplanatory of hia motives for mumpting bis life , and
also a communication which had arrived that morning frem his mother at Newport , in which she briefly intimated that having baen apprised by her son « f hl | inten ., tlon to commit suicide , she wished him to be handed over to < he police , as he was subject to occasional fits £ insanity , —In answer to questions from the magistrate , the prisoner said that after repeated unsuceessful an * plioations for assistance « o his mother and other fflasat members of bis tolly , he w » i tompf lied te seek admission to the Whitechapel union wsrkhouse , Ia which parish bis father had formerly carried on an ex . tmslve business , and he obtained shelter there for a few days ¦ but was abruptly tarned ' out last week for no
other assigned reason tbau tbat he was subject tO attacks of eplltpiy , The prieener added that a ohamisB in Wbitecbapel bad sold him the poiion in the papti produced by tbe officer , without inquiring for what pur , pose ii " , ra » intended , or putting any questions to hla » whatever . —Mr HttmmlU eaid tbat this was another Instance of the culpable want of cautlcn wbioh the vender ! of aach deleterious urtloks were to the constant nabil of dUplajing , aud which called loudly for the Inter , ference of the legislature , with the view of impoaisg some more stringen t restrictions te regulate their sale . With regard to the prisoner , aa he was manifestly not in a condition to go at larg » , he should order him tc > be remanded uatil hia friends could be communicated with , and some effectual means adopted to provide for hia future safety .
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On Saturday morning Jaafc , two quartermasters of th& Garde RepuMicaice , named UuiilermC and Foo > taine , having quarrelled about some triflieg matter , went to the Barricre de la Gare , and fought a duel witu swords , whieh ended fatally to Guillerme , who was run through the body and expired almcst immediately on arriving at th © hospital , of La Pne , to which he was carried . Fontaino aaa not ninee maw hie appearance , —Paris Paper ,
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January 13 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
Letters To The Working Classes. Xxx.
LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XXX .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1505/page/5/
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