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      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XL . tt Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " bibon . LETTERS

      A GLANCE AT HOME AFFAIRS . FOREIGN POSTSCRIPT . Brother Pkoletabiass , The -writer of the " Parliamentary Review" in tbisjoumal , gave yon , on Saturday last , an account of the " Nine Weeks' Work " of the " noble , " " honourable , " and " right honourable" legislators , who assembled in the "WestminstertaSc-and-tax-trapj for the " despatch of business , " on the 1 st of February last . After reading the reviewer ' s account of their high mightinesses' proceedings , His impossible to avoid the conclusion that Parliamentary " despatch of business" closely approximates , 3 ii its results , to the shearing of a hog—** Great cry and little wool . "

      Well , after more than a week ' s holiday our hard-working legislators re-assembled on Monday last , tut still so jaded were they , so little refreshed by their eleven days' relaxation , that during Sir . Scott ' s speech in support of his motion for a select committee to inquire into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , scarcely forty Members could be kept together to constitute " a House . ' * It \ b true that when the moment for a division came , the number of Members present suddenly increased to one hundred and fifteen . The cause of so considerable an influx of industrious legislators will be understood when I add ,

      that Mr . Scott's motion was negatived by 81 to 34 ! Tuesday evening brought a still more " beggarly account of empty Ijoxes . " A discussion of questions ™ connexion teith the subject of the sale of landed property in Ireland , was suddenly brought to a close by « ' an Honourable Gentleman " suggesting that the House be counted , which being done , it was found that only thirty-one Members were present ; thereupon " theHouse" adjourned . The " no-House" dodge was workedfor thepurposeofpreYentingMr . George TuoMPSONbringing on his motion on the War in the Punjaub . At the commencement of the sitting , both HoBHonsE and GouiBOEN entreated the

      Member for the Tower Hamlets to postpone his motion ^ which that gentleman refused to do . The burking process was then had recourse to . The " Honourable Members " slunk away , and before Mr . Thompson could bring on his motion , the House was " counted out" and adjourned . Why do not then-high-mightinesses adjourn once and for ever ? Why do they meet at all ? What good do they do ? Why should they

      assemble for no other purpose , that I can see , than to rob the people by " votingthe supplies / ' and render " night hideous" by their eternal mouthings ? Would to Heaven they would shut up shop and leave us to the rule of unveiled despotism ! But they are too cunning for that . Oppression and plunder are never so safely carried on as when masked with the hyp ocritical forms of " Constitutionalism . ' *

      It is acknowledged-by all parties that the « nly novel production of the " Nine Weeks ' Work" of our legislatorshas heen the speeches of Sir Robert Peel on the Irish difficulty . " Mark you , speeches only ! Not a motion " for leave to bring in a bill , " or for the appointment of a commission to carry out his professed views ; not a hearty , and , therefore , honest attempt to efface the miseries of the Irish people by immediate legislative action ,

      but mere speeches—that is , a bid for power I But "Pbel has renounced the very idea of resuming office . " Fudge ! "Well , then , " says another admirer of the " great statesman , ' " Peel is too sound a politician to risk a defeat by proposing his Irish regeneration scheme under present circumstances , and , therefore , ' bides his time , ' until , as Prime Minister once more , he finds himself in command of a working and obedient majority in the House of Commons . " But is this the

      ¦ course a lover of justice , and true friend to humanity would pursue ? Ho . An honest legislator , seeing the misery of a nation , and believing himself possessed of a remedy for that misery , would at once propose his scheme in legislative form ; and if he failed on the first attempt , would propose his plan again , and—if need be—again and again , until finally successful .

      p £ EL Las been a " statesman" longer than I hare lived years , and what lias his statesmanship done for you ? When were you benefi tied by lis measuses ? * What advantage have you derived from Iris free-trade schemes ? "Will he even now admit Labour to at least a share of representation in the Legislature ? 5 ot he , indeed . With all his plausibilities he is but a great stat--juggler ; a trickster ¦ who prevents real progress by his " timely concessions , and tnimblerig measures of "judicious

      reform . But it maybe urged , that " it is unfair to judge of Peel's Irish Reform Scheme by the antecedents of its author ; it should be judged on it own merits . " Be it SO . Ine ex-Premier suggests the appointment of a commission to—1 st . —take possession " on equitable terms "—of the lands at present uncultivated by the insolvent landlords ; the said lands , divided into estates of 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 2 , 000 acres each , with a clear parliamentary title , to be disposed of to private capitalists , public companies , < fcc , possessing the means of cultivating the soil and giving employment to the peasantry ; 2 nd . To free the Land from its burden of redundant labour , by a

      properly-organised scheme of emigration ; 3 rd . To administer the grants for the encouragement of the fisheries , &c , and to employ labour in road-mating and other public works ; 4 th . To better organise the poor-law management and re-establish the workhouse test of destitution . As regards legal forms the Commission to have the power to set aside and dispense with the legal swindling which at present accompanies every transfer of Land . I admit that , contrasted with , the miserable measures of the Whigs—the " sixpenny Bate in Aid , " the £ 59 , 000 grant , and the continuation of the Habeas Corpus Suspension , Psel ' s scheme looks vast and comprehensive . But a slight examination

      ¦ w ill suffice to show that the scheme is wondrously insignificant , compared with the noise made about It . Some parts of the scheme even demand condemnation ; such , as'the projected organisation , of emigration , and re-establishment of the workhouse test . The suggested clipping of the claws of those foul birds of prey , the lawyers , is very well in its wav . But the grand part of the scheme—the colonising , or , rather , I should say , the re-landlordising of the West of Ireland , is open to the most serious objections . Landlords , under all circumstances , must be a curse to the community . It may be that the present set of Irish landlords is the worst possible on the face of this earth , and that Sir

      Robert Peel s landlords would be the best possible set , —say as good as our English landlords ! "Will any man pretend to show that such chopping and changing will banish misery from Ireland ? I grant that to supersede the existing bankrupt , broken-down lords of the soil , by a set of vigorous , full-blooded capitalists , will , in . ill probability , be a means of restoring a large breadth of land to cultivation , and giving at least temporary employment to a large number of the pauperised population . Good , as a measureTof relief ; and any thin " that affords relief to the suffering should be taken for what it is worth ; no more . But such a scheme of - " reform" does not call for any extravagant

      demonstrations of joy . It will not cure the ills of Ireland . It will , at best , bring about such a happy state of things as exists in " Merry England . " Labourers of Dorsetshire and Wiltshire , you ean testify to the happiness of living under the dominion of wealthy , independent landlords ! I can understand why Peel ' s scheme should be regarded with favour by English capitalists . "Let us have "Free Trade in Land , " says Mr . Bright;— "let the traffic in land be as free as traffic in cotton . " I dare say the hon . member for Manchester sneaks feelinahi . Capitalists troubled

      with a plethora of wealth , would be only too glad to dispose of their superfluous cash by purchasing land in the " cheapest market . " Imagine , too , the step in advance for our millpcrats—factory kings in England , and landlords in Ireland ; their feet planted on the necks of the wealth-producers of both countries . A " consummation devoutly to be wished "—by Johx Bright and his order ! There is a certain " philosopher" named Cab-Z . TIX ,-who has acquired a . reputation by writing some smart -things , and many stupid things bu

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      which stupid things his admirers imagine must mean something very profound , seeing that they are expressed in a mystery-mongering javgon utterly opposed to " plain English . " This queer g enius is a great " hero-wnrshippor . " Willum hie Cosqberor , " or , as he pedantically calls him " Wilhelmus Conquestors , " Cromwell , Daniox ' and such characters , are . the gods of his idolatry . ' I have for some time past expected to see him coming out with a panegyric on Wixdischgeatz Jellachich , and Radetzsky ! But no , he appears to have taken a peaceable turn , and , behold , has exalted Peel which stupid things his J « dmn-ers imagine must

      for us poor mortals to fall down and worship . [ That will not I . There is no greater " sham" on the face of this earth than plausible Pkel . ] Last Saturday ' s Spectator contains two weary columns of Cakltle ' s choicest bedlambalderdash in laudation of Peei ' s " beneficent " "prophecy ; " and the Edijtor " bangs Bannagher " by adding ;— "England and Ireland , Ulster and Monster , O'Connell arid Cromwell , the House of Commons and the IIero-wor 9 nipper , are in conjunction in the Bouse of Peel ! Is it an omen ? Does the member for Tamworth act under a spell ?"

      I could have understood and joined in these raptures had the ex-Premier proposed—for instanceto commence a series of veritable reforms , by taking possession of the misused and uncultivated estates as national property ; and instead of disposing of them in 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 * , and 2 , 000 acres , to speculators and money-gorgers , to have let them in lots of 5 , 10 , 15 , and 20 acres , on long leases , at a corn rent , the rent payable into the national treasury . He might have suggested , in addition , the letting of large tracts of land to co-operative associations , similar to the Chartist Land Company . " But the capital for these small farmers ? " Surely our " strong government , " irith the sanction of our '' omnipotent Parliament , " could raise a loan , the interest on

      which , and finally the principal , would be provided for from the rents paid into the national treasury . Such a scheme—which I have merely indicatedwould free the Irish tillers of the soil from the exactions of the land-robbera for ever ; would raise miserable paupers to the rank of independent yeomen ; change a wilderness of woe into a paradise of felicity ; and give to the legislator who should effect such a reform ( as the commencement , be it understood , of other regeneratin g measures ) , an unquestionable title to the eternal gratitude of the Irish people . But Sir Robert Peei . is no such legislator . Sueh a course would be denounced by the plunderers of Labour as " a violation of the rights of property . " Mark Peel ' s words : — "I-wish for no violation of

      the rights of property . Nothing can be more easy than to suggest remedies , if we choose to disregard the rights of property , which it is the first duty of a British Legislature to uphold . " How comes that to pass ? Because the British Legislature represents Capital in hostility to Labour ; capital in Land , produce , . manufactures , shipping , railroads , houses , money , &c , &c . Peel confesses that " if we choose to disregard the rights of property" remedies may be easily suggested . And why not disregard those " rights , " if necessary to protect the more sacred right of life , menaced by " famine , disease , and death , by starvation ? " Why not ? Because , says Peel , it is the first duty of the British Legislature to uphold the rights of property . The first duty—a ,

      more imperative duty than to uphold the Labourer ' s right to live ! We know tbis before the oracle spoke , but it is as well to take notice of the important fact that our great regenerator will sanction no reform which will interfere with the " rights of property" as at present acknowledged . I tell you that the "rights of property , " as at present recognised-, are the right of robbery . The " rightsof property" must be re-cast , and made to include the Rights of Labour . The " statesman" who opposes or shrinks from such a reform , may be a clever cobbler of worn-out constitutions , and a political tinker of the highest order , but he is not the man to regenerate society , and lay the foundation of a people ' s greatness . But , bvother-proletarians , you might as well

      expect grapes from thorns , or figs from thistles , as that men who live in palaces and enjoy princely revenues drawn from your toil , should feel any real anxiety for your welfare , or exhibit anything like ardour in the work of social reformation . " Put not your trust in princes" said one of old—one of the tribe who knew his class well ; and I say , put not your trust in rich men , for it is impossible for them to do you justice . If ever your political and social emancipation is effected it must be by yourselves , through the instrumentality of men of your own class . From the hut , the cellar , and the garret must come the saviours of your order . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle" than for legislators of the Peel class

      to legislate for your welfare , or make Jaws in accordance with the dictates of simple justice . The half-confessions of the Free Trade leaders at the Wakefield banquet , and the Leeds meeting , of their despair of achieving " financial reform , so long as the House of Commons is unreformed , is an important admission for us . When agitating for Corn Law Repeal , Cobdex , BRiom , and Hume did not so . readily abandon the hope of victory because once defeated . Their cry raised upon every detent was " Hurrah for total and immediate repeal !" Not so , now . They have suffered but one defeat , and already they are beginning to acknowledge their hopelessness of victory without a previews " extension of the Suffrage . " But how far will they extend ? There ' s the rub ! Some weeks ago I was speaking to a person fully informed of the views , hopes , and intentions of the Financial Reformers , when he assured me that nearly all the

      men of influence in that party were secretly in favour of Universal Suffrage , but could not go so far at present . I asked , " How far will your friends go ? " The answer was , " That depends on circumstances . If financial reform cannot be obtained from the present House of Commons , then the party will go for a large extension of the Suffrage . " "How large ? " I again asked . The reply was , " That depends upon the opposition . K" violently opposed , a demand will be made for such an extension of the Suffrage as will leave you Chartists nothing to ask for . " My rejoinder was , " Then God send you may be bitterly and violently opposed , if that will drive you into doing justice to my order . " I say so now : and I call upon you , brother proletarians , to shake off youv apathy , and prepare to take a becoming part in the strugglewhich cannot be much longer delayed . Remember that your only ark of political salvation is THE CHARTER .

      I have not space for comment on the trial and acquittal of Dkouet , the Tooting child-farmer ; his acquittal will not much surprise you . And I dare say you will be as little astonished at the conduct of the judge as at the verdict of the jury . I will not trust myself with the free expression of my own feelings , but , will quote what the Morning Chronicle ( no very warm friend of the poor ) says : — " The conduct of Mr . Baron PhATT was , as it has been too often—at Exeter , at Abingdon , and in the Central Criminal Court—most discreditable to the judicial bench . Throughout the trial his object appears to have been to browbeat the counsel for the

      prosecution , and to insult and embarrass their witnesses . This iust judge (!) told the jury there was no case , and that the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal . No sooner said than done . The jury , with as little hesitation as they would have felt at finding a Chartist guilty of " sedition , " immediately returned a verdict of Kot Guilty . ' More than this—the verdict was hailed by the audience witli cheers and clapping of hands , and Mister Drouet left the court receiving the congratulations of his friends and admirers !!! 2 fo ease ! Not Guilty ! and shouts of applause ! Of course—• ' Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the laws !"

      And what care judges and jurors , commissioners and guardians , for your lives , or the lives of your children ? Those who applauded the acquittal of Drocet , doubtless looked upon the death of so many surplus brats as something to be rejoiced over . Of course they will subscribe for a " Drouet Testimonial . " But the dead as well as the living demand their homage . That much-iujured saiiit and holy martyr , Jlother Browxkicjg , who was hanged for merely starving and flogging her apprentice girls to death , deserves a memorial of Malthusian gratitude . Doubtless Mr . Baron Plati will come down handsomely both for the " Drouex testimonial" and the " Browxrioo monument !" Poor , down-trodden , spiritless people ; when do

      you mean to bring this horrible system to an end ? The liberation of Mr . Dorer , the proprietor and editor of the once famous . Nation , is a matter to rejoice over . On his fourth trial , the jury again disagreed , and failed to return a verdict . Seven of the twelve were in favour of a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Duffy has been discharged on bail . It is not likely that any further attempt will be made upon his liberty—at least , for past" offences . " If Mr . Duffy is the earnest man I suppose him to be ( I say this with but small admiration for Mr . D . 's politics ) , he must be a very unhappy man , when he contrasts the realities of the present with the dreams of the past . Twelve months ago , Mr . Dcffv . went to prison , believing that his countrymen were about to engage in a death-struggle for the restoration of their nationality and freedom .

      The hour struck , but the men were wanting . On emerging from prison , Mr , Do tft finds his countrymen—if the newspapers are to be credited—utterly indifferent to " Repeal" and " Independence , " looking to Peel as their saviour , and paying down their cash in aid of " His Holiness" the Pope . Tins «« Papal Rate-in-Aid" is a disgrace to Ireland . Some weeks ago , I saw it reported that one thousand pounds had been collected in the diocese of a Bishop , appropriately named Cantwell ! It is now stated that the " Papal Rate-in-Aid" will amount to from £ 25 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 . Oh ! miserable , priest-led people of Ireland , you have not the virtue to even attempt your own redemption , yet you wul basely assist tyrants to enslave those who have broken , their chains ! fe it not enough , that Emmetis tomb still remains uninscribed , that Muchel languishes in a felons exile , arid that your

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      best and bravest are in prisons or in banishment ; is such degradation' not sufficient , but that you must add the shame of wringing from- , your rag * afld misery the means to restore Tyranny in a . iftnd which is at this moment free ? By Heavens , you place yourselves beyond the pale of human sympathy f Oh ! Erin , how low " nert thou sunk , by misfortune ami tyranny , till Thy succour of tyrants hath plunged thee beltw The depth of thy deep , in a deeper gulf still . I can but direct your attention to the important—though generally melancholy intelligence from the continent , in this number of the Star . I must defer comment till next week . You will see that after a courageous defence Genoa has succumbed to the arms of the treacherous governn I l V

      ment of Piedmont ; that the counter-revolution is victorious in Florence—at least , so says the French telegraph—and that the Roman Republic is menaced with instant destruction by the arms of Republican France ! The intervention to restore the Pope will render France the most infamous and hated nation in Europe , unless the French people put down and signally punish their present villanous rulers . I commend to your special attention the account of the progress of the war in Sicily . Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest , the hellish atrocities perpetrated by King Ferdijiasd ' s butchers . Read and remember that " statesmen " ¦ n the British Parliament have dared to applaud the Neapolitan miscreant , and that nearly ail the daily journals published in thi 3 metropolis have abetted that monster , and excited him to wade

      through those torrents of blood which , by the hands of his infernal instruments , he is now shedding in his attempt to re-establish his accursed dominion over Sicily . There ; fs one—and only one—gleam of sunshine piercing through the dark cloud which " at present " envelopes , the continent like a funeral pall ; I allude to the glorious victories of the Hungarians . According to the latest accounts , the Magyars having gained a bloody victory over Windischgbatz and JsLLAcmcit at Waitzen , had , under their glorious General Bem , re-taken their capital and entered Pesth m triumph . But tho struggle is not ended ; the Muscovite tyrant is sending entire armies into Hungary , numbering some 30 , 000 each . Brother proletarians let your hearts' aspirations be poured ¦ forth for the final victory of the brave Hungarians , who have sworn to live free or die ! L'AMI DI 7 PEUPLE . April 19 , 1819 .

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      The Navigation Laws . —A meeting was held at Hull on Monday to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to reject the ministerial measure for the repeal of the navigation laws . The meeting was called by the mayor , who presided . — Mr . S . T . Hassell , merchant , moved the first resolution , which affirmed that the bill now before parliament would materially damage the interests of shipowners and others connected with British shipping . Mr . Hassell would ultimately consent to some alteration in tho navigation laws , but he contended that it should be preceded by remedial measures for the purpose of removing the peculiar burthens under which the shipowners laboured . He

      had no doubt that the country would have free trade , for a time ; but there ought to be no free trade , unless accompanied by a reduction of taxation . and expenditure . —Mi * . T . Ward , shipowner , seconded the motion . —Mr . W . II . Iloldsworth moved an amendment , asserting tho soundness of the principle of free trade , and tho justice and wisdom of its application to the shipping interest . He exposed the fallacies advanced in support of protection , and told the shipowners that their opposition would be as futile as that of the landlords was on the question of the corn laws . —Mr . Alderman Jones seconded the amendment . — Mr . J . Foster ( Belgian consul , and vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce ) , supported the amendment . His objection to the ministerial measure

      was that it did not go far enough . It declared that the British shipowner might build his ships where he liked ; but he ( Mr . Foster ) would not be content until the shipowner could build where he liked , man where he liked , and provision where he liked . It was absurd to attempt to protect the interests of a small class at the cost of the whole people . —Mr . Richardson remarked upon tho small number of shipowners present , as a proof of their indifference to the question . —Mr . French , shipowner , said he was a thorough-going free-trader , but he thought that free trade should be preceded by retrenchment and financial reform . —After several other speeches on both sides of the Question , tho Amendment was put to the meeting and rejected . The original motion was then carried , and a petition to parliament resolved upon .

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      SILK KNOTTED BRANCH . Here follows a specimen of Liberal ' s liberalism . When , we wonder , will the eyes of those who live by their labour be opened to the doings of those who live upon the proceeds of unprotected labour ? Mr . Sweet , of Nottingham , the agent for the " Northern Star , " has Mr . O'CONNOR ' sinstructionstopay ten shillings in aid of the Branch whose sufferings are so graphically depicted in the following narrative , and we sincerely trust that this example will be followed by a long list of subscriptions in next week's " Star , " as the industrious classes may rely upon it , that support and defence of their own order will go farthest iu checking the

      tyranny of their oppressors ; but we regret to say , that the infernal system under which we live so vitiates the mind of man that few feel for the woes and sufferings of their fellows , while if one hundredth part of the amount that is spent in brutal and debasing dissipation were applied to the cause of labour , the regeneration of man would be speedily effected . It is only from tho disunion of the many that the supremacy and tyranny of the few is established ; and why is it that that hidious monster , disunion based upon jealousy , does not vanish 1 Simply because the labouring classes are the greatest oppressors of their own order . Again we appeal on behalf of those struggling sufferers .

      TO THE FRAMEWORK - KNITTERS' OF ALL BRANCHES , AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL . Friends and Fellow Wohkmek—The hands employed in the above branch have for sometime past been thrown into confusion in consequence of their requiring a regulation or statement in the number ot courses , in all hose made below Maids' or small Women ' s in size . This small request being granted , one manufacturer being apprised of the exorbitant

      profits of the second-hand masters ottered to tne said masters a scale of profit , for their future guidance ; this they agreed to abide by . The workmen and masters employed by this firm , are thus mutually agreed . This being the case with tho most important house in the manufacture of silk knotted hose , the workmen employed by other firms deemed it imperative , in self-defence , to adopt the same system , to accomplish which application was made to one" master to

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      adopt the above scale first , Hio refused to comply lT T of sucn r <* isni the hands ceased ' to I ^ T J i , , Wt Of tho Workmen Armed the other secon d-hand masters in Nottingham , who it appears ^ O Bte d jnt o a bond or agreement , to resist to iir 2 « S * ! . P ° lhe Ilon <^ demands of . heirwtfknmn . These masters having iw rears past been fj the habit of extracting exorbitant pro-Ms , ( brought on during tho depression in trade ) feel reluctant to he reduced to a moderate scale of proiit . . One of these seco . nd . hand masters a Mr Bush insulted las hands in the grossest manner , bv takini from them then- spare &et mi m at a time wlief thei men were from the shop ; and when one of them went to his Yfovk , this worthy stated , " he rcquH the feet and alk to work up hhmclf . that thcorders Z * U ° ? V b , ™ ^ noon this S changed his tale ,-the next day he said they mitrh I TTl i

      wo ™ ., u uwy required nothing more than tie »« ,-afaons 2 H the number of courses . Thus ibese men have been forced out of employ in self-defence , or submit to the tyranny of this little man , and to work too at a less price than the majority of the trad * wmnJ , Y . cl * cimimstances as th wh ZZt h IS ^ lndependont-minded working man men T h ! " * F ™ i ° acted ? What wiU the workthev ™ Xl ?" ches « " >* the public think , when rf'Jr T o J wo shilli"gs ™< 1 sixpence out nriceli fift ° ^ r e first h ^ nd or ^ rohoiwe price being fifteen shillings for winHincr nn , i ( , i ; n »

      rec ive s ^ tf ^ V " han ? at " thiS " tim seaS T f-, ' , SS and ofehtpence ; for the rST ? I « TV "" " . ? and ri * P « ace ; aud frame ent Uo shillings and fourpence ; and if we allow SSST vS ° ^ ' T > ° P' «* otteS JSSfnV Th " , the wo ' kman '« share to seven « HF % U V f a man holds ten fr » m « . ™ d the So , % f ° m thos 1 , fran > es be one dozen each , this £ Tt 3 wH 1 reccivc for his > * ro » W » , for bmgxng out tho silk and taking in tho work the sum of one pound , leaving five shillings for winding tlie silk ; and the man who makes twelve pairs eS silk knotted hose , the sum of seven shillin- 's . We , the workmen in the silk knotted branchhave

      , determined to use our uttermost power to put a stop to such an unjust system of taxation ; but being lew m number in Nottingham , and ours bein <* a local grievance ( the other portions of the branch not suttenng in like proportion ) arc necessitated to appeal to our fellow workmen in other branches , and the public , for assistance to enable us to defeat the resistors of justice . Any donations or subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committee , which will sit at the " Cricket Player , ' Barker-gate Nottingham , on Saturday next , from five until nine o clock m the evening .

      A deputation having waited upon two manufacturers , to state the grievances under which the workmen were labouring , received for answer , that " they should not interfere between workmen and masters . " The following is a statemen t of the required alterations : — . Amount of Charges at present . Required Alteration ! The . 'lst , 2 nd , and 3 rd size 2 s 6 d—to Is 9 d 4 th and 5 th 2 s Od—to 2 s Od

      6 th 2 s 6 d—to 2 s 3 d N . B . — "We are sorry to have to inform our follow workmen , that we have two opponents ( journeymen ) in this struggle , whose names are ' William Russell and Edward Gilbert ; the first refused to act with his shopmatcs , and the other took one of the turnout ' s frames , These men are now working to Mr . Bullock , while his shop is struck by the trade . Committee—John Ba . ggeri , ev » John Cammbry , Jun ., Thomas Shaw , Adam Barber , William Tomlimso \ , Geokoe Scott . Secretary Francis Beaudsat . l .

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      MARYLEBONE . —A Queer " Lark . "—Edward Woodall was placed at the bar beforo Mr . Broughton , charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief , the property of Mr . Goorgc Peach , a clerk , residing at No . 21 , Westbourne-grove , Bayswater , —The prisoner was attired in a mousselin-de-laine dress , a slate-cnlourcd polka , and a straw bonnet and black veil ; his appearance was altogether feminine in the extreme—Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What are you . —Prisoner : I am a ballet dancer , and am known at several theatres . lam now engaged at the St . James ' s . —Mr . Broughton And does the manager know that you are going about in this way , in the disguise of a woman ?—Prisoner : It was only done for a lark , Shyand I have my own clothes underneath . ( He here pulled

      up his female apparel , and exhibited a pair of black trousers- and boots . —Sergeant Walker , 5 D , deposed that on the previous morning , between one and two o ' clock , ho was spoken to by Mr . Peach , who , pointing to the prisoner , said— " That girl has stolen my handkerchief from my great-coat pocket . " Witness went up to the prisoner and told him -what he was charged with , when he said' Don ' t take mo to the station-house , I want to speak to you , and will , give you something to drink ; I am no girl , but am a young man , living in Pickering-place . " He ( prisoner ) was , at the time , with two other persons . —Mr . Broughton : Did tho person who lost the handkerchief say anything more ; o you ?—Witness : He told me that he had- liecn in

      the company ot the prisoner for nearly an hour , and that he ( prisoner ) had put his arms round him many times ; his belief was then that the prisoner was a girl . —Mr . Holt , a tradesman , said ho had no other idea with regard to the affair than that it was a mere lark on the part of the prisoner . Witnes * did not believe that he ( prisoner ) had ever had the handkerchief in his possession . —Sergeant Walker produced the handkerchief , which , after the prisoner was locked up , he found within 200 yards of the spot where he ( prisoner ) was captured . —Mr . Brovighton : Is the owner of the handkerchief here ? —Witness .- —Ho is not , Sir ; but he was desired to attend , and ho promised to do so . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What is your answer to

      this?—Prisoner . —I was not aware of tho risk I was running in this freak , and if I had intended anything wrong by putting on f « mak appavc \ I should not have had my own things on underneath . —The person who said he had lost his handkerchief was much the worse for drink when he met me . Ho said , " Are you going home alone , Miss ? " and I said , Yes . " He would not let me go , or I should have been glad to have got rid of him . I never put women ' s clothes on before , and am sorry that 1 should have acted so foolishly now , but I did not dream of any harm arising out of it . —Mr . Broughton looked upon the affair m a serious light ; to say the least Of it , the assumption of women ' s attire by a man in the public streets was an offence from which

      gveat abominations might possiWy arise . —The prisoner was bailed , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 31 ) each , for his being- again forthcoming at the court ; and it was directed that a summons should be issued an-ainst Mr . Peach , whoso evidence is material in the case . The prisoner was again placed at the bar on Tuesday , when Mr . Peach was present , a summons having been served upon him by order of Mr . Broughton , who was resolved upon sifting the matter to the bottom , as he considered that it was an affair of too serious a nature to be lightly passed over . A solicitor attended for the prisoner . Some new facts were elicited , and tho prosecutor alleged that , while in conversation with the prisoner , ho

      ( tho latter ) committed an act of the grossest indecency upon him . . He ( prosecutor ) entered into many other particulars as to the various places along which he and prisoner walked , and the nature of the discourse which took place . Ho unhesitatingly assorted that his firm impression was that lie had been talking to a young woman , and was not undeceived until after he ( prisoner ) had been searched at tho station-house . —The solicitor , who had cross-examined witnesses with much tact on behalf of his client , said that the act of putting on female apparel was a frolic of a very foolish nature . He ( prisoner ) had certainly been guilty of great indiscretion , and which he would regret to His latest hour . He was a young man respectablv connected ,

      and good bail could be put in for his better behaviour in future . He ( the solicitor ) did not think that the prosecutor stood in a very favourable li g ht in the transaction , according to his own version of the matter . —Mr . Broughton considered that tha solicitor had , in his zeal for his client , thrown out an allusion against the prosecutor which was not called for . How . the handkerchief had been abstracted , and by whom , was a mystery ; but he ( the magistrate ) had no hesitation at all in condemning the conduct of a young man dressing himself up in woman ' s clothes . That of itself was an offence contra bonos mores ; but a more grave offence had been preferred , viz ., that of an indecent assault upon the prosecutor . Mr . Broughton added , that

      he should not as yet decide as to whether he should send the prisoner to trial or not ; he should take time to consider fully the case in all its bearings , and g ive his decision on Tuesday next . Good bail was tendered and accepted for the future appearance of the accused . The case excited an unusual degree of interest . WORSHIP-STREET . —A Helpmate . —A . lifcfc woman named Martha Jones , who has been sove » l times before in custody for similar outrageous acts , was brought before Mi . Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding her husband , a foreman in the St . KatUerine Docks , and also with threatering

      his life . —The husband , who appeared to be aspt aceableas . his partner wasfurious , stated that he had been married for twenty years to the prisoner , by whom he had had a family of seven children but that for a long time past she had g iven herself up to such vicious and profligate habits that his life had been rendered perfectly miserable . She had imbibed such an insatiable thirst for gin , that she was wholly reckless as to the means she adopted to gratify it , and neither he nor his children were ahle to keep a second article of wearing apparel , or any other article of property that could ho converted into money without its being sewed by the prisoner

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      and carried off to tho pawnbrokers , whose shops she was in the dail y habit of Tisitintr . ' and \ vh < m h 0 ventured to remonstrate with her upon the ruinous course she was pursuing , he was constantly subjected to such furious attacks with the first weapon she could lay her hands on that hia life was always in danger . lie had been obliged to bring her before tlic magistrate for such conduct , and she had been several times committed to prison , but she only became more callous and desperate , and while sitting nt toa with Ws children on the preceding Friday the pr isoner , who had been incessantly drunk the whole of that week , suddenly began abtising him with the most foul-mouthed expressions , ana then smping one of the table-knives , brandished

      it in hi * face with the most terrible threats and imprecations . It was evidently her intention to inflict upon him some serious injury , and lie tried to wrest the knife out of her hand , but failed in doing so ; and , after getting ose of his fingers nearly severed from his hand , was obliged to rash into the street , or he was satisfied he should ] me been murdered . Notwithstanding all this , howeve * he did not wish to press the charge vindictively against her ; and if the magistrate would make her find sufficient bail to secure the safety of himself and children ,- whoso lives were iff constant danger from-her violence , he should be perfectly satisfied . —Rowland , the warrant-officer , said , tff . it upon calling at tire house the complainant , in il ' tistration of his wife ' s desperate character , drew his attention to the State of the wainscot in the parlour , which was marked ' i ; i innumerable places with deep indentations , left by heavy missiles she had hurled at his head : and 1

      he produced a pileof duplicates for his own ar . d the children ' s elol . hin « , which the prisoner had pledged to satisfy her propensity for drink , —Mr , Hammill said that it was certainly a most lamentable case , but , as the husband , had abandoned the more serious part of the charge , he was determined he . ind his family should have the protection &om violence he sought , and he should therefore order the prisoner to procure two substantial houseltolders to be answerablo for her peaceable behaviour for the next month . —The instant she heard this decision , the prisoner turned fiercely upon her unfortunate husband , and bitterly exclaiming , " May my curses rest upon your head , you murdering villain , to the last day of your life , " was removed by the gaoler , and , not being able at the close of the court to tint ! any one who would ho a guarantee for her future good conduct , was ultimately carried off in the van for the time specified .

      • WESTMINSTER . —Atxegt . i > Murder of a Wife by iikr HuiBAXj ) . — John Wardley , aged ii ) , described as a labourer , was charged before Mr . Broderip , on suspicion of having caused tho death of Anne , his wife , by assaulting her . —Caroline Donelly , a woman in humble circumstances , stated that the prisoner and his wife occupied an apartment immediately over hcv , at No . I , Leg-court , Peter-street , Westminster . On Saturday evening , about tea time , she heard the prisoner and his wife quarrelling in their room , shortly after which the latter left him , and a 3 she came down stairs made use of angry words . She then passed along by witness ' s door , and went out . In about fifteen or twenty minutes more , she again heard them quarrelling in their room , and on listening she heard what

      she thought to he a tremendous combat between them . The deceased made use of very low language to her husband , immediately after which there was a heavy fall which shook the place . As witness was going out shortly afterwards she hoard something like a heavy sigli , which she thought proceeded from the prisoner ' s apartment . She paid no particular attention to this and wont to market , but upon her return in two hours found that prisoner s wife was dead . —Mr . Taylor ( tlie chief clerk ) : Had you any opportunity of observing whether she was sober on Saturday evening ?—Witness : I could hardly say whether she was sober ov drunk . I had but little acquaintance with her . I should say she had had a drop . —Mr . Taylor : Is

      what you have described all you heard or know upon the subject ? — Witness : It is . I paid but little attention , not thinking that anything like this would come of it , having heard similar quarrels between them before . —Mr . George Burton Payne , of 10 , Tachbrook-street , and 4 , Groycoat-plaee , surgeon , said , that at half-past eight on Saturday uight he was called to attend the prisoner ' s wife , at I , Leg-court , and found the prisoner and two females engaged in lifting her into the bed . Witness , who at tne first supposed she was in a fit , inquired whether she was subject to them , when tho prisoner replied that she had ' not lately , and added , that he would not deceive him ( witness ]; lie had struck his wife on the chest , and knocked her down . The

      women then informed witness , in a whisper , that it had had the effect upon the wife of producing ii miscarriage . Witness then observed that some blood had been wiped off the floor , and on examining the woman , who appeared much exhausted , he found some appearances which seemed to denote that the circumstance stated by the females ViaJ occurred ; but he could not say positively that it had . She was insensible , and ' ahnost pulseless , and witness requested the prisoner to accompany him to his shop for a stimulant , which he immediately did , and on witness again going to the house almost ininiediately lie found her dead . Witness then thought it was his duty to give the necessary information to the proper authorities with . respect to what had

      occurred , and intimated that such was his intention to the prisoner , who did not throughout exhibit the slightest disposition to conceal anything , but was open and straightforward . — Mr . Broderip : Have you any notion of what caused death ?—Witness : 1 have not . I cannot tell the cause of death until I malic a post mortem examination , for which I have received the coroner ' s warrant . —William Nolan , 5 G B , stated that he went to prisoner ' s room at ten on Saturday night , and told him that he must accompany him to the station-house ; he immediately replied that he would . On his way thither he said lie had earned ISs . and given his wife lGs ., keeping the other 2 s . to buy a shovel to go to work with on Monday morning . He asked her for 2 d ., and she would not give it him . She had been drinking , and abusing him for some time , and told him that she

      would go to the public house and spend all tho money lie liau < $ ivon her . She further aggravated him , and he struck her in the side and knocked her down , hut ho little thought it would come to what it had . He was perfectly sober . — Mr . Broderip having inquired whether the accused wished to say anything to the charge , the prisoner , who has the appearance of a sober , quiet man , replied , in a subdued tone , " Nothing . "—Mr . Broderip said it was his duty to remand him upon this very serious charge fora week . — Tho prisoner , before his removal from the court , made an application to tho magistrate on behalf of his four children , who were unpVotected . — Mv . Broderip observed that they should be properly taken care of ; and Mr . Collis , one of tho relieving officers of St . Margaret and St . John ' s , stepped forward , and said they should be admitted into the workhouse , and properly provided for .

      BOW-STREET , —The RonnERY of Coixs at the British Mpskom . —Timoleqn Vlasto , who stands accused of stealing a , quantity of coins and medals from the British Museum , and from the collections of several persons of distinction , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , on remand from Thursday week . Mr . Bodkin conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Clarkson attended for the defence . On the bench were General Fox , Sir Henry Ellis , nnu the Earl of Enniskillen . —Mr . Doublcday , one of the curators of the antiquities , swore positively to two coins , now produced , as having been stolen from the collection in the museum under his care , lie could not homistakon about them , for lie had taken , previously to the theft , a cast from each of them in a

      sulphur mould , which was of the most perfect kind that could be made , and gave the minutest flaw and peculiarity of the original with great exactness . lie could , therefore , swear without any doubt to the identity of those two coins . He had taken no cast since the robbery . The coins had been in the possession of the police since the arrest of the prisoner , and they were found by Inspector Field , of the A division of police , concealed in a secret drawer in the prisoner ' s writing desk . The Inspector , in the course of his evidence , now produced in addition seventy-one valuable corns , which he also found at the prisoner ' s lodgings , No . 15 , St . Janics ' s-squaro . —General Fox identified the greater part of these as having been stolen from his cabinet , to which tho

      prisoner had access . Of the remainder he could not be go positive , although , as they were all rare and valuable , and similar at least to those which were missing from his collection with the other more certainly identified ones , he could have no doubt they were the ^ ame . The value of theso coins as old metal might not be above ten pounds in the whole ; but their value as antiquities was not so easily determined . There was none of them that was not worth at least three or four pounds , and he had paid at a greater rate for most of them . The gallant general took occasion further to say that he had been informed by persons of the highest respectability that not only was the prisoner ' s family highly connected , but his own conduct had been irreproachable up to the time when these charges rosc . Mr . Jardine said , that such testimony mieht

      be of some service to the prisoner elsewhere , but could not avail him at present , He was remanded for another week . The prisoner ' s father , the late Count Vlasto , was connected with the Turkish diplomatic corps about twenty-three years ago . MANSION-HOUSE . —On Tuesday , Patrick Moore was charged by an officer of the City of London Union , under the new act of parliament , intituled " An Act to alter the Provisions relating to the-Charges for the Relief of the Poor in "Unions . " Th © act enables any person employed by the guardiatis of the poor to search any individual appl ying for relief , and to hand over any money found upon him of which he shall not give a complete disclosure to the guardians , and it enables the magistrate to inflict upon him the punishment of a rogue and vagabond . —Pound , one of the officers of the City of London Won , attending in Northumberland-alley , stated thaCthe prisoner aad called at the union » nd

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      £ fsa ^ - ^^ s ^^ ^^ aitrJ ± t firmed t , ' el . OM' »'" i « tion of th * bundle con-Joss ^ ttt and concealed in his trousers , Us Td Up ^ J WhK ™* ? ° A { r , exccllenfc clean S When he was asked how he happened to he starvinwhen he had so much bread h his possession h % s * id « Oh , ftM f because I hadn't ti £ ? E Zt % •' lie added that lie had put the money together to « o horns to Ireland , I / at he was told it was ° not enou « 7 i

      so he thought he would put it out of people ' s war and get a pass . . He had been in England abou ' s three months , but if he could g-et home ho did not want to come back , —Alderman Gibbs : I see that the case is one of complete imposture , and I am glad that we - have- an act which authorises the searching aad : punishmg- of such persons . You are sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for one month as a rogue-and vagabond , and the money found upon yoa wilt be-handed over to the hoard of guardians . As for your application to be passed home we shall consider that whon your time of imprisonment shall have-ceased . —It appeared from a subsequent conversation between the prisoner and Stye officer , that Moore- had never worked an hour aswre his arrival in England ; , but had contrived to 1 iv * comfortably upon' the benevolence ofhiscountrysuen here .

      dElHtENWELL .- « Cnnnm Assault — M Kelly was charged , by M ' s .. Elizabeth Waters , with having criminally assaulted her . —The prosecutrix deposed that on Mondhy nio-ht last , at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock she-was returning home , and on &er arrival in Chai'cli-rond , Islington , she was accosted by tlie pr isono' ,. who asked her the way to tlic Liverpool-road ; . She replied that she was a stranger , and could not inform him . lie followed her until she came- opposite a dead wall when he seized hold of her waist , threw her down on tlie pavement , and conducted himself in n most brutal and cowardly manner ; . She- resisted him , and called out " murder" and " police , " when he placed his hand on her face to prevent her making an alarm . Theprisoner used every effort to

      accomplish his design ,, but he failed * in- consequence of her efforts to prevent him . Aflengblr her cries brought several policemen to the spotf ,. when he was taken into custody , after a desperate-resistance . Witness repeatedly begged of him to have-mercy upon her and let her go , as she was a married woman with a family of children ; but he refused ' fro- do so , and she nearly became insensible . —Micliacl Monafian , a polico-canstable , confirmed the- evidence of the prosecutrix as to her cries anil entreaties for " mercy . " When lie took the prisoner into > custody , he exclaimed , " It ' s all right , policeman ; s-he isiiiy wife . " This the prosecutrix strongly denied ' : and the prisoner said ho could not allow himself to betaken . Ho then tried to run away , but witness secured him with the assistance of another constable . —Tlie prisoner in his defence , attributed'the- blame to the

      prosecutrix ; and he was fully committed for trial . Extensive Robbery by Buys . —Two hoys named Daniel Pellat and George Vincent the eldest of whom was not mere tlian- sixteen years of a * e , wero placed at the bar for final examination , charged with h&ving been concerned ia rob&ing Messrs . Vivian and Dixey , ladies' shoemakers , in Churchstreet , E (! ge « are-road , of property to a considerable Amount . It appeared from tho- eridrnce that the prisoner Pellat was errand boy to tire prosecutor , and that on the ] Oth inst . he was sent with a bill of £ 2 13 s . to Mr . Angell , a gentleman lirinsj in Groveend-road , St . John's-wood , and lie had 7 s . given to him in order that he mi ^ ht give change-in tha event of three sovereigns being offered to blm . Miss Angell not having three . sovereigns-by her gave the pisoner a £ 10 note , desiring him to " brins ; t > ack the

      change , but he neglected to re . urn , , and in consequence thereof-a communication was made to Mr . Vivian , who , from information whirli he iiad received , went down to Greenwich and found Pellatin the fair . He asked him what he had done with the £ 10 note , when he delivered it up , saying , " Here it is . " The other prisoner was with him , and they were both given into custody . —Newman , 310 II , produced twenty-three duplicates , which he found upon Pellat . lie ( the latter ) and the other prisoner admitted that they had pawned the articles to which the duplicates referred . —Many pawnbrokers wee in attendance , bringing with them the « property pledged . —Mr . Vivian identified all that was brought forward , and said that durin » the time- the prisoner was with him ho had mi > scd ninety or a hundred pairs of shoes . — 'the prisoners were both committed finv trial .

      SOtSTrlWAKX .-DonQvan and Powell , the two ynen charged with two other m « n ( not' in custody )) in criminally assaulting and robbing . Mrs . Eliza Seal , the wife of a commercial traveller , in Colemanstreet , were brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination on the charge . A solicitor handed in a certificate of the complainant ' s illness * arising from the outrageous nature of the assaults committed on her , and said that he received the document from the medical man , and that such was hef bad health at present , that she was quite incapacitated from attending the present examination . —An , inspector of the City police saivl that vn consequence of having observed an account of the examination of the prisoners in the newspaprrs , he considered it his

      duty to attend for the purpose , of communicating that on List Sunday night week ( the night it was alleged she was turned out by her husband ) , she was taken into custody by a policeman , who found lies at a late hour of the night in a state of intoxication in the street , and she was confined in the J 3 ew-lane station-house until the morning . The inspector added that the woman gave the name of ElizaSeal , and that if lie saw her lie shou'd be enahled to say whether she was the female upon whom the alleged outrage had been perpetrated . —The policeman said , that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her house by her husband she went over to Walworth , and slept at the

      house of her laundress . The latter had also confirmed tlie fact . —Mr , Cottingham s iid . ihat even admitting the complainant was intoxicated on the night in question , there was no doubt that advantage was taken of her situation , and that , most brutal outrages were committed upon her . The certificate that had heen produced described that the unfortunate woman was unable to attend , therefore he should remand the prisoners ; but upon this occasion he would lme no objection to admit them to bail , to appear on Monday nest , themsslves in £ 40 , and two sureties of £ 20 each . The prisoners , however , not being in a conditicn to find the required sureties , were sent to gaol .

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      SHIPWRECKS IN THE BLACK SEA . Co-SSTANTisor-J . E , March 30 . —Soveral disasters have occurred in the Black Sea : a- Turkish vessel was totally lost on the 18 th , just outside the Uosphorus , on the Asiatic coast . On the- 20 th another Turkish vessel was lost at KiUce . A Russian hvig , from Odessa to England , with irrain , was lost the same day , on the coast of Karabouruou . The English brig Expert , Capt . Jameson ,, from Odessa , and the Greek brig Alcibiude , G ' .-ipfc . Saktouri , came in collision ; the Greek brig foundered , but the crew got on board the Express .. TVic Copia , Capt . Pan-c , of Liverpool , is lost . it Soulina ; the Shakspelire , of London , Captain Lindson is . also lost near port . Another English brig , name unknown , is reported lost . All the crews have beon . saved . It is hoped that the Black Sea gales are at . last over .

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      Fatm , Accident . —A most melancl > oly accident , which terminated fatally , occurred on the Leabridge station of the Ivorth-Easterii Railway , on Tuesday evening , about sixo ' clock . A middle-aged woman named Fletcher , wife of a small grocer at Leyton , Essex , returning from town * stepped out of the carriage before tin-train had finally stopped . It is presumed she lost balance , and Her foot caught in the step of the carriage ; she was thrown under tlie train , and when taken up was found to have her arm and her thig h boiie broken , oae leg nearly cut off at the ankle , and liar body much lacerated . The poor woman continued in great agony , but retained perfect consciousness- until twenty minutes before nine o'clock , when death put an eivi to her sufferings . Mr . T . S . Du . vcoanE , M . P . —Ihe health of this

      hon . gentleman lias so far impsaved that it is his intention to resumsbis Parliamentary duties s ? iortly after the termination of the Easter recess .. The disease under wMch Mr . Dunsoaibo has suffered so severely for a psotracted pcrisd , has yielded to the skill and unremitting care of bis medical . attendants , who are , we understand , of opinion that , w . ith proper precautions ^ the hon . meiB&eirfor Finsbury lias yet many years of public usefulness before-him . —Globe . Loss oi- Life at BAii'mnoER . —On Saijarday morning last a five broke out ai No . 10 , Pari-plaee , Bayswater . The premises , were in thej occupation of Mrs » Maty Forester ,, a < Swiss lady ,, who , it is to be

      regretted , was burnt aanost to a einder . It appears that about eight o ' clock i&fche morning somo peifsons . living opposite discovered the unfortunate female- making to . the front wiadfow with the whole of her wearing apparel in flakes . Before- the poor woman had time to reach tie window she fell from exhaustion . Ihe neighbours having apprised the inmates of t&e- house of what theyiiad witnessed from the outside , they ma . de to tho room occupied by the deceased . Owing to tho exertions of tho re « sidentsin the place , the fire was extinguished , but not until Mrs , forester was burned to death , and some considerable damage done to the furniture , < feo . Fortunately the property destroyed was insured in the Bun Fire-office .

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      PUBLIC MEETINGS . CONDUCT OF MR . D'EYXCOURT , M . P ., ON MR . COBDEN'S MOTION . A meeting of the Lambeth Electoral Association took , place on Tuesday evening , at the Horns Taverni Kennington Common , " To take into consideration tho reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , for the absence of his name from the division list upon Mr . Cobden ' s motion for Financial Reform , and upon the general business of the association . " Ttvere -was xaiher a numerous attendance . .

      Mr . Chabi . es Jokes was unanimously called on to preside . Air , F . Dodlton , aftev referring to the previous meeting on this subject , and reading the letter of Mr . D'Eyncourt , explanatory of the course he had pursued , said the committee had no other course than to call this meeting . Since doing so , they had received another letter from Mr . D'Eyncourt . After reading this letter , Mr . Doulton moved the following resolution : — " That the reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , in hia letter of tho 19 th of March , for the absence of his name from tho division list , upon the important question of Financial Reform brought forward by Mr . Cobden , on the 26 th February , are deemed by this mooting most unsatisfactory . " Mr . Leggiks seconded the resolution .

      The Rev . S . Grxes moved , and Mr . F . Hardy seconded , an amendment , respectfully requesting Mr . D'Eyneowt to sustain by his votes the largest measures of retrenchment consistent with the maintenance of national credit . Several gentlemen having spoken for nnd against the motion , the amendment was put and negatived by a large majority , and the original motion was carried amidst loud cheering . Mr . Addisoton moved : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , no member of the House of Commons deserves the confidence of the people who fails to record- his vote in favour of such a measure as that brought forward by Mr . Cobden ; and that Mr . D'Eyncourt has , by his conduct on that occasion , forfeited his claim to the support of the electors of this borough , " Mr . Barber seconded the motion .

      Agreed to . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated a little before eleven o ' clock .

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      Araii . 21 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN $ TAR " " " ' " ''" ' i i °

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1519/page/5/