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SOTJTHWAUK . — A public meeting was held at the Shin ni » l Hermud Tavern , Snow-fields , Bermoal ^ jJ TaesdaycTenmglast . forthe rurpose ofelectin " four dele a es to represent the Borough of Soutt -wark in tne forthcoming Chartist Conference Mr LiSGEH was unanimous y c died to the chair . ^ cKunnan havui stateu the object of the Mr . G . "W . M . Seesoeds rose to move the nVt resolution : — "That this meeting views with extreme pain , and regret the awful amount of destitution and misery at present existing in this country , and believing tbs same to be caused chiefly oy class legislation . We hereby declare the only remedy consistent with reason and sound national policy , to be the sdiption of that document known ROTTTmvti . i .-
- asthe Peoples Charter , whole and entire , as the law of this land . " Mr . Kaynolds said , that England was differenlly situated to continental nations , and required different means-to be adopted to effect the necessary remedy . Time and circumstance demanded that we should confine ourselves to what are called constitutional means , so as not to embarrass our cause , or get our leaders into a dilemma . Mr . Reynolds entered into a clear and satisfactory justification of the present middle-class association , and commended it to the working classes as a ladder which they might ascend to their own rights as contained in the People ' s Charter , amidst considerable cheering . The Prime Minister and aristocracy had dared affirm that the working classes were ignorantwhile it was their intelligence they dreaded ,
knowing well that the moment they achieved the Charter down would fall the colossal pyramid of abuse ' which was the mainstay of their existence . ( Loud chers . ) They were told that Universal Suffrage thadbeen tried in France , and found wanting . Since be revolution there had been three opportunities of testing it , namely , the election of the Constituent Assembly—the election of the President—and the legislative Assembly . But be it remembered , prior to the revolution the constituency of France numl > ered only 200 , 000 . whilst the minister held in his possession 00 , 000 places , and the reversion of as many more , making a control over 120 , 000 ; and when the priests and press was—with few exceptions—in tUe minister ' s favour , it will be clearly seen that the government monopolised the
representation . Whenever the few liberal papers dared insert an independent article , they were immediately seized either at their office or in the post-office , consequently it was almost impossible that the people of France should understand the best mode of exercising the franchise . When they were suddenly called on after the revolution of February , 1843 , to exercise the rights of citizens , that glorious citizen , Learn Eollin —{ s ; reat cheering )—had perceived this , and had sent his circulars into the provinces , to give the necessary instructions , which had called down on his bead the wrath of the Timu and Chronicle , and the underhanded opposition of those wolves in sheep ' s clothing—Messrs . Lamar tine , Gamier Pages , &c . ( Hear , hear . ) But after all did Universal Suffrage fail ? Xo : for did not
the Constituent Assembly bring forth a constitution as far superior to ours as a sovereign was to a brass farthing . ( Loud cheers . ) Then let us take the second test—Why was Louis Napoleon elected ? Not for his great name , but because he declared he was a Republicanand a Socialist , and declared he won' . d stand by the constitution ; and as a proof of his Socialism pointed to his work on Labour . "Well , lh . ; n , in this case Universal Suffrage had not failed ; if anything had failed it was Louis Napoleon , who hid failed to keep his word . ( Hear , hear . ) The t ' lird test was , perhaps , more difficult to handle , hut he ( Mr . Reynolds ) did not hesitate to approach it—the difficulty was , that there were 650 to elect , when there were not so many known public men in France , and consequently they had to ludce men by
their promises—and be it known that the Orleanists —such as Odillon Barrot , Leon Faueher , & « ., after the revolution , said , " We accept the revolution , and will maintain it ; " and be it further remembered , that in the first or Constituent Assembly , the lied Republicans numbered only 150 , whilst in the second or Legislative Assembly , they mtutered 358 , and if the men of promise had kept their word the Legitimists would have been in a minority of 200 : —hence , Universal Suffrage has not failed in France . ( Loud cheers . ) If ltome , Hungary , &c , had been overthrown , their overthrow was not attributable to Universal Suffrage , but to the gangrene left behind by monarchichal institutions . UniTersal Suffrage had not failed in France , and had proved gloriously snecessful under all the
three experiments that had been made—but Englishmen possesied much more political information than their French neighbours , and hence he declared it a scandal an i a shame that they should be kept for one day from that suffrage to which they were so fully adapted . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . S . SL Ktdd , in seconding the resolution , said : The lteform Movement of 1830-33 was earned by a union of the middle and working classes , whose leaders were the most liberal of the aristocracythey advocated power for the people , but their measure failed to g ive that power . The second step was mainly instigated by the unstamped press The agitation for the People ' s Charter soon assumed a most prominent feature , and then these middle classmen , if not in a mass , had one by one shrunk
hack , leaving the working classes to themselvei . ( Hear , hear . ) Thethird move was that of the Anti-CornLaw League ; at first , their meetings were open , but no sooner did they discover that the people preferred the suffrage to what they ( the agitators ) were pleased to call cheap bread , then their halls were only to be gained by ticket admission . Yet had a hireling press declared public opinion to be in favour of this measure , when the working classes were shut out , and one side alone was allowed to . be heard , ( Hear , hear . ) Well , the middle classes were again in the field , and the Working classes wereagain most generously lending their support , notwithstanding the insults and wrongs they had received at their hands—( cheers)—but he ( Mr . Kydd ) did not regret the part taken by the working
jQ ; n in the past—they had gained experience , their friends had been imprisoned and banished , and "Wellington had covered the Bank with sand bagsa truly sandy foundation for a British constitution . ( Laughter . ) / Well , whilst he -would not counsel direct opposition to any middle class movement , he did see the necessity for a good and through organisation of the working classes , in order to direct public opinion . ( Loud cheers . ) As far as regarded the question of Republicanism he ( Mr . Kydd ) thought it impossible that "three estates" could exist with coeval powers , and hence ¦ ff « J had found the principles of monarchic and aristocracy prevail over the commons ; and here it was that he now desired an extension of the suffrage to strengthen the power of the people . ( Loud
eneers . ; lie ( Mr . Kydd ) had no fear for the future in France ; neither had he in England — ( loud cheers)—but they must do something more than talk ; they must act , and effect a real organization . The resolution was then put , and adopted . Mr . T . Clark rose , amidst applause , to move the second resolution as follows : — " That this meeting cleat four delegaces to the forthcoming Conference to assemble in London , for the purpose of drawing up a new plan of organisation for the obtamment of the People ' s Charter . " What that resolution asked them to do , was a miniature of Uuitersal Suffrage . He trusted that the people would see the neeessily of supporting this movement . It was not the gullibility of Peel or Russell that kept them from their ri g ht , but their own want of moral courage . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir F . Pollock had said , "that when the people had made up their mind , that mind faithfully expressed was law . " He held it to be a credit to be a Chartist—he held it to be
a sign of intelligence , that a Chartist knew that his fellow-men did not come into the world with a ri » ht to rule . ( Cheers . ) He trusted they would select four persons who would faithfully carry out the objects in view . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . M'Gbato , in seconding the motion , said , the resolution was to elect four persons to aid in the propounding a plan of organisation , which , he trusted , would result in the adoption of their principles as law . That the Charter would do something for the working man , there could be no question—that was one reason for his agitating for it ; hut the principal reasons were : it would elevate man in his own esteem—he would be at once ennobled ; whereas , now , too manv looked up with a species of awe to the man who * had a better coat tb " themselres . Li the forthcoming Conference they did not want orators , but good , sterling practical , persevering men . ( Loud cheers . ) After a fevr words from the Chabmax , the resolution was unanimously adopted .
The following persons were nominated bv Mr . Hewitt , and seconded by Mr . Kxatxet . : —Messrs . longer , Percy , Wilkins , and Pcarcy ; and no others heing nominated , they were declared to be duly elected . A vote of thanks was then given to the deputation , and also to the Chairman , and the meeting quietly dissolved .
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ASSTVEHSAHT OF THE POLISH " REVOLUTION . —On Thursday , the 29 th of November , being the anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1 S 30 , the Democratic Polish Society assembled together at 17 2 Jew-street , for the purpose of celebrating that memorable event . M . Podoluki presided ; Lieut .-Col Sztolzmanand Capt . Domagalski were the speakers The meeting terminated with the reading of poetry Eentfrom France by General Mieroslawski , and the angmg of patriotic songs . Mr . Macbeady is about to visit the west of England . He has been announced to appear three Bights at the Exeter Theatre , which has been leased to Mr . Davis , ofXewcastle-on-Tyne T > 9 ^\ i f ^ L / iWF 0 IlD ^ - J " * Polished a pamphlet of forty-five pages , entitled , "Depopulation not Necessary . —An appeal to the British members of the Imperial Parliament a g ainst the ^ termination of the Irish People . " °
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NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . Mr . J . B . O'Brien , the president of this association , lectured , as usual , on Friday Evening last , at the John-street Institution . Mr . O'Brien maintained that the late revolutionary experiences on the continent had added five hundred per cent , to tne moral power h e formerly possessed while advo-Ci k- £ v hose PrinciPles of National Reform for which he had so long contended , under so many , and such various disadvantages . He stated his contiction , that with as limited means as ever anv association had wherewith to work upon the public mind , the doctrines of the Xational Reform League S- * r ° ? P g'ess in society . As one proot Of the truth of this nasnrtinn . he aiMiwprf the
Iac * p main proposition of the League—the nationalisation of the land-has recently been pub"W discussed in that highly respectable institution , tbe Whittington Club , as would be seen from No . XLlL of their Gazette , which reported that on the Uth of Novemb er the Discussion Class of the Club was occupied with the following question : — " Has man a right to property in the soil ?"—it being contended by the mover that the right was merely conventional ; that the same power which created the right could abrogate it ; that the interests of society demanded that the land should again become public property ; that man had naturally an equal right to the elements , earth , air , and water ; that they had an individual right only in the
produce of their labour ; that the rent of land should form the revenue of the state , thereby superseding the necessity of taxation , —developing the resources of the country , —and relieving an over-burthened labour market ; and concluding , by proposing a plan by which , in a given number of years , the present proprietors of land would be reimbursed their purchase-money , and the soil become the property of the state . Now this was an evidence of progress in the right direction ; and contrasted strongly with the state of public opinion when by what is called the Spencean Act , it was a penal offence to advocate the doctrine of Spence , that" the land ought to be the people ' s farm . " Twenty years ago the doctrine of making land public property
would subject the man who held it to the imputation of being either a fool or a rogue ; and even Cobbett could find no better excuse for poor Spence than that he was half-cracked . But now , thank God , the doctrine had ceased to be considered either knavish or ridiculous . Only the other day , the same question had been discussed at the Belvidere rooms , in the New-road , in meetings comprised almost exclusively of the middle class ; and had been carried , after two nights debate , by a majority of one only , which proved the interest the company had taken in the question . At the well known discussion hall , in Shoe-lane , an overwhelming majority had recently assented to the proposition , that no permanent prosperity can
accrue to the country without a radical reform in the present system of landed tenure , currency , and commercial exchanges . ( Cheers . ) Another proof that the National Reform doctrines were making progress , was derived from a late work of Robert Owen . Owen had formerly expressed his belief that the changes he proposed for society would be accomplished by the voluntary acts of all partiesthat capital , skill , and labour would cordially amalgamate , and go at once into community . The lecturer here paid a warm tribute of respect for the labours of Owen , who , in trying to work out the problem of communism , had enunciated many truths of great benefit to the world : like the alchymists of old , he had not found his "
philosopher ' s stone , " but , like them , he had made known to the public some valuable discoveries . Well , Robert Owen , in his last book , had proposed that the government should buy up land as fast as possible , for the benefit of the people . Even Mr , Fearjjus O'Connor , had lately , from the manner in which government had treated his Land Society , been led to confess himself a convert to the same doctrine ; he had publicly made that confession on the very platform on which he ( Mr . O'Brien ) then stood . Mr . O'Brien then alluded to the effects of the Free Trade experiments , and quoted the Standard of that evening in vindication of the truth of his prognostications of the effects of that measure . The Standard , in reference to Ireland , had shewn that
Free Trade , by reducing the prices of agricultural produce , had diminished the profits of the producer no less than 25 per cent ., which the Cork Reporter had stated to be equal in amount to the whole rental of Ireland . The result was that farmers found it more difficult than ever to pay their rents or employ labourers , and bankruptcy and pauperism overspread the country . As he had predicted , the landlords , to avert some portion of the ruin which they saw approaching them in the shape of an overwhelming stream of poor-rates , were determined to get rid of the pauperised people by wholesale : hence their determined opposition to tyie Irish Poor Law ; hence their inhuman evictions of their wretched tenantry ; and hence the lamentable
amount of death from famine in that miserable country . The lecturer then contemplated the effects of partial Free Trade on England and Scotland ; and maintained that the agricultural interest could not sustain itself by the present prices . He forcibly contrasted the difference of power possessed by farmers to meet the enormous weight of the public and private debts of the country at present , when wheat was selling at only 40 s . a quarter , and when the same corn fetched 80 s ., and which , of course , necessitated the farmer to double his sales before he could realise the same amount of money for Ms produce : just as a Birmingham button maker had now to sell three gross of buttons in order to get the same amount of sold
currency which one gross would have brought in twenty years ago . Not long since the Times had stated that a sovereign would now command nearly double the amount of food , clothing , and other necessaries and luxuries that it would thirty years ago ; and yet the Times pertinaciously held th ' e doctr ine of a gold standard of value , into which all currency must be convertible . It was . easy to perceive what an unjust and unfair power this gold standard bestowed upon capitalists and usurers . He then alluded to the anomalous system on which the Bank of England was conducted : and amusingly illustrated the privilege which the government had granted to it of issuing eleven millions upon a debt due by the State to the Bank . In fact , that was
the principle of the banking-system—to issue paper " promises to pay , " and get interest upon those promises in hard cash . The present state of the national circulation showed the stagnation of commerce and trade : at this moment the Bank of England could , by their charter , issue thirty millions ; but they had only eighteen millions afloat ; —and why ? — because no man knew how to apply capital to produce a profit—and therefore the notes of the Bank were not wanted for loans and discounts : and so they could not be forced in circulation . The lecturer here urged upon his audience the desirability of their giving their attention to public questions , so as not to be deluded into the belief that England was making rapid progress in
political and social amelioration . He was sure , that for these last sixty years—ever since the time when Horne Tooke and others broached the idea of Universal Suffrage—the people had made no actual progress in the possession of their just rights . On the contrary , they had lost many of their rightsthat of Commons land , for instance , which was now being gradually taken away from them . The law had been made more stringent—many acts formerly held venial , were now classed as penal offences ; and the right of trial by jury had been curtailed—magistrates having the power of punishing without the sanction of a jury . In short , the power of the people had decreased , while the power and numbers of the privileged classes had increased . Luxury had
been augmented , and so had poverty and dostitution . Ourlcgislature , * instcad of keeping to their legitimate duty of acting as the protectors of property , had become the nefarious creators of property for the benefit of the privileged classes , by granting them exclusive monopolies—such as those to railways , gas companies , water companies , &c , by which the public were deprived of the benefits of having these improvements at the cheapest rate , because they had to pay all the taxation in the shape of profits which these monopolists could by any means levy upon the consumers . ( Hear , hear . ) We understood in the room , that a donation of JES towards the funds of the League had , that week , been received as the produce of a raffle got up by a few friends to the cause .
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Six MEsDnowxED .-A lamentable accident has occurred off Margate The Mystery , Haveling boSt with a crew of six hands , left the port for thi Z pose ef boarding and sneaking all vessels bouna to the port of London . The boat in running under thr bow of a schooner for the purpose of nuttin » Vm on board , on the leeward side of the v ? ssc ? H into by the schooner , cutting ¦ hwriSi ^ f ™ The boat immediately filled , Ldis igSftS all her unfortunate crow . The canton % ? £ schooner it is said , never hove % K sell ° attempted to put his boat out to save the If ' ? nate crew Immediately the inSg J e \ ti " i by a vessel running down , that witnS Z ^ cumstance , buttoofar JeeVard tobeof ™ , ° i tance two of the owners proceeded toW " furnished with proper authority Lwido ?'
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~~~ 7 T ~ Tthe-. tek hours act . TO THE FACTORY OPERATIVES OF GREAT TO 1 JU . ** RITAIK AND J . RELAKD . Feliow-Wobkctoplb , —The position of our affairs toSKls Mening , and the prospect of a speedy ettlemento fthe points in dispute , by a decision of heSes of the land , is faat advancing . In accordance wfth the resolution of the last delegate SSin " a deputation was sent off to London to Sesento Sir George Grey the following memorial , which . was drawn up at the request of the delegates : ToTueRt . Hon . Sir Giohqe Ghet , Bart ., M . P . i Secretary of State for the Home Department , &c , &c . The Memorial of the Factory Workers of Lancashire , Yorkshire , » nd Cheshire , in Delegate Meeting assembled , Homdii Sheweth , —That your memorialists have assembled in Manchester , to the number of sixty-two , from the various manufacturing districts , and that they represent at least 30 000 of their fellow-workpeople , and have met to-ether for the purpose of devising the best means of hrmrinc to a speedy issue the difference of opinion which nowexists relative to the spirit and meaning of the Factories
That they cannot but deplore that there is great difference of op inion amongst the county magistrates , upon material points of that law , which being now administered m different ways in different localities , produce the effect nf their betas one law for Lancashire , another for Yorkshire and a third for Scotland , all affecting similar classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . That by this conflicting state of things much discontent is enfiendered in the minds of lioth factory masters and factory workers , whose time of working the law was intended to regulate , and creates in the minds of the operatives a feeling of contempt for all laws ; inasmuch as this s ystem of law-g iving appears to confirm them in an opinion that there U one law for the rich and another for the poor , —an opinion in which your memorialists do not participate , but which they are bound to declare they believe to be fast extending amongst the factory workers ,-an opinion which , if it once becomes universal amongst the people , would create a spirit of insubordination which your memorialists dare not contemplate .
.... That , during the present year , your memorialists met together , and sent from amongst their fellow-workpeople several deputations to wait upon yourself , as the responsible adviser of the Crown , with instructions to urge upon you the absolute necessity of the points in dispute being brought before the Judges in a superior court , with a view of their being finally settled for the guidance of local justices , from whose decision there is no appeal . That , after repeated interviews and conTersations upon the points in dispute , and the desireableness of a settlement of the question , you gave them a promise that a case should be prepared , and submitted to the Court of Queen ' s Bench ; upon the result of that case eo submitted youi 1 memorialists were content to rely , but from some cause or other it was never proceeded with .
That your memorialists still look up to you with confidence for the fulfilment of that promise , and therefore humbly but most fervently pray that you will take immediate steps to submit the legality of the system of working by shifts , as now practised , to the Judges , for their decision , by which this vexed question may be set at rest for ever , and thereby a good feeling be re-established between masters and men , and the breach lessened which these disputes are fast widening . And your memorialists will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the Delegates , Paul Hargkeayes . Chairman .
The deputation reached London on Tuesday , November 20 th , and on the following day received a letter from the Home Secretary , through the influence of Lord Ashley , iippointing an interview for Thursday , the 22 nd , at twelve o ' clock . At the time appointed the deputation attended at the Ilomo Office , and was respectfully received by Sir George Grey . After the presentation of the memorial the question was briefly discussed , but nothing was elicited as to the intentions of the government beyond the mero fact that they were anxious to have the question set at rest . The deputation immediately proceeded to make inquiries in other quarters , the result of which is highly satisfactory , as will be seen from the following facts which were elicited . It will be recollected that a case was some time ago tried at
Heywood , in which Mr . David Mills was the defendant , and that he was , by his own consent , convicted in a penalty of £ 5 , with a view of enabling him to appeal to the Quarter Sessions , and from that tribunal to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . By an act of parliament , which came into operation on the 1 st of the present month , it has been found , that when the appellant and respondent agree , they can at once remove the case to the Court of Exchequer , without tho usual delay of bringing it before the court of Quarter Sessions . This course has been adopted , and the argument , in all human probability , will come on for hearing in the superior court in January next , when it is confidently hoped the illegality of working by " shifts , " or relays , will be for ever set at rest . Your committee will narrowly watch the whole of the proceedings , and will report from time to time as circumstances will admit .
When this decision is obtained the work may no have ended , as it is said , that any decision of the court at Westminster will not apply to Scotland . Should that be so , your committee will then bring the whole of their energies to bear upon our Scottish fellow-workpeople , and will , without delay , institute proceedings in the Scottish courts of law , with a view of settling the question there . With a decision of the English Judges against the working by shifts in England , there is little to fear that a speedy verdict will be obtained in Scotland . In the mean time we must call upon the workers of both countries to stand firmly to their post , — never to talk of surrendering a single moment of the fifty-eight hours a-wcek , and to collect their funds and forward them immediately , to enable the committee to meet any new difficulty or emergency that may by any possibility arise . I am , Fellow-Workpeople , yours respectfully , on behalf of the Central Committee for the Protection of tho Ten Hours Act , * T 5 0 MAS Mawdsmy Secretary .
«„_ ., .. .. , Central Committee Room , Cotton Tree Tavern Great Ancoats-street , Manchester , November 28 th , 1849 .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The December General Session of the Peace for the County of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell , before tho assistant judge and a full bench of magistrates . There wore sixty-nine prisoners charged with felony ! and seven with misdemeanour , for trial . The learned judge very briefly addressed the grand jury , after they had been sworn ; and they having retired , the court proceeded with the ordinary business . The Qujeh v . Wiixum Watson . - ~ Assault . — Mr . Ballantine , addressing tho court , said he had
an application to make in tho case of " The Queen on the Prosecution of Alexander M'Dougal against William Watson , " which was a prosecution of an assault under somewhat extraordinary circumstances . Mr . M'Dougal was a highly respectable gentleman , a solicitor , residing at No . 3 , Charlesstreet , St . James ' s-square , and he had , some time ago , had some pecuniary transactions with the defendant , who was a wine-merchant , and those transactions terminated in a very unpleasant manner in consequence of the peculiar line of conduct pursued by Mr . Watson . On the day named in the indictment , he believed the 8 th of November , as Mr M'Dougal was leaving the Parthenon club , tho defendant
rushed at him and used a whip , with a considerable degree of freedom , about Mr . M'Doucal ' s shoulders . Tho defendant was taken into custody and of course was examined upon a charge of assault before a magistrate ; and in answer to that cnargothe defendant made some assertions respecting the transactions he had had with Mr . M'Doutral of a most unwarrantable and , he was instructed to state , utterly groundless nature . The magistrate sent the defendant to this court for trial- but in the interim , inquiries had been made by his friends the result of which would , he apprehended , relieve the court from the necessity of trying the case for most unquestionably Mr . Watson was a lunatic During Ins imprisonment in tho Housr nf TWnnf ;^
, Dr . Sutherland , and Mr . AYakefield , the « meon had examined him as to his state of mind , and they were satisfied that he waa insane . He was under most strange delusions with respect to various members of his own and tho prosecutor ' s family , and he was under tho impression that Mr . M'Doucal * Z engaged m an intrigue against him , but he was bound to say , injustice to Mr . M'Doi gal that Mr Watson s friends were thoroughl y convinced that the reflections thrown upon his character by Mr Watson were unjustifiable and entirely devoid of truth . Dr . Sutherland and Mr . WakefieldI had given a certific ate that Mr . Watson was insane and upon that certificate Mr . Watson was nowTonfinoS in a lunatic asylum . Under theso ciZmstW he apprehended there would be no obstacle t 0 £ immediate discharge of tho recofinisancero ? i J , D e xenaant
8 uau . _ . 1 ' ayno said ho appeared on be half of the prosecution , and he consented to the at wmM MWBB encedto nine months' hard labour for a rl ^* M mmsi ^ SZZfa ^^^ Bcnous cases , and tho sentoiice Zl ,. ^ erevei ' . shobe transported for ten TSi C ° WWaS that * TZ A nSd " ¦ « V ™ Vision , of a TCry fitudrar K ? m hlS - own confeshouse of Dr . ChS ScE ?^ ? dffollin ? crescent , Cam doS-towST- w ' ^ ^ Brecknockmonths ' hard labour tenced to * « e
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Wednesday . —Tricks op Boo Stealbrs . —H . rladog ^ ncier , pleaded guilty toan indictment , in which ho was charged , under the 6 th section of liL ff Stealing Act , with a misdemeanor , in hav-• ^ ffnllv and corruptly taken three sovereigns J . Tilnf Montague James white , upon pretence fl 0 S fvS v aluable bloodhound which had of restoring a veiy ^ mhr been stolen from nini eutio j addressing the appeared for tn H >™ ^ ^ boufc fte mh £ No . cmb IkS in question , which was an execedve ° l' ? JSJi 5 e animal , was stolen from the ingy fine ftfj 2 nei White , Lieut . White ' s father , residence of Colony ^ n the 24 th the prisoner in Glouceste ^ g ^ dens , a ^ ^ ^ wenttolneut- »™ d could restore it to the whei ! tut uifJfi ««» paid £ 3 , bring it back - ?« ' , ^!! „ , ^ bv hi mself and a personnamed ¦ f g ~ „„„ ... —TniCKS OP DOO STEALERS . —O >
it woum uo vr - Miv he represented the dog Taylor , in whose custody ^ n ^^ rep b ntl ^ then Ti in theSnTr and Lieut " White the place between the ¦ P ™» b tho priaoner , but , " ! ' \ f m * s aToE ofecer in attendance , alt t ° Ug nS the prisoner and his friend of course , unknown w tno Pm « d thepri 8 oner havthey were not appie hende «» ana lef £ was ' - re 0 £ r would be prisoned , Lieut . . White , given the dog wouia »» F ^ . into really ^^^ C ^ VSeTgns , and that same L ° ll : ^ M rive him more money . ,
Accord-Lieut . White nho g ^ " witnes 8 ed thi 8 tmn . ilistSP House of Correction , and to pay a nne « l « . . RoDBERY . -Daniel Jones , a blacksmith , lately emnloved at the Euston-square Station , and John Sufnlan formerly stoker on board H . M . steam-ship SJfflid forhaving stolensomo silver coin .-Tho prosecutor was the landlord of the Oxford Arms -laceCamdenTown an <^ I the
, Seymourp , _ prisoners having presented themselves at the front Of the bar' and called fora pint of beer , they availed themselves of tho momentary absence of the burmanto sweep a quantity of silver from a shelf about four feet behind the counter . Qumlan saw that their movement had caught the eye of the barman , who was in tho parlour , and giving a whistle to appriso his companion of the circumstance , they decamped . Jones was taken with the money in his pocket . —Jones was sentenced to six , and Quinlan to three months' hard labour . Bramhall at
Robbery and Fraud . —Thomas , an - torney , and most respectably connected , was indicted for having faudulently obtained by false pretences from William Augustus Ham 10 , 000 gold leaves , of the value of £ 27 10 s ,, with intent to defraud Christian Henry Augustus Brake , and also four watches of tho value of £ 60 ., the property of Samuel Hopp , Gass and another . —Tho prisoner pleaded guiltv to the first indictmeet , and not guilty to tho second . —The evidence was briefly this . It appeared that the prisoner went to Mr . Drake ' s shop , in King-street , Soho , and represented to Ham , the shopman , that he was Mr . Wilday , of the firm of Wilday and Co ., of Holland-street ,
Blackfriars-road , whose card ho presented , and that he had met Mr . Drake at Birmingham , and had arranged to do business with him . He produced a card of Mr . Drake ' s , and having asked the shopman if they were in want of any of the articles Messrs . Wilday manufactured—to which question the shopman replied in the negative—the prisoner requested that 10 , 000 of gold leaf might be made up for him and left at the Scotch stores , Burlington-street . These statements were utterly untrue , out , believing them to be genuine , the shopman made up the gold leaf and delivered it as requested . The second case was this : He went to the shop of Messrs . Gass , 116 , Eegent-street , and handed to Mr .
Samuel Gass a note which purported to have emanated from Mr . Reid , of Rose Villa , Hampton , Messrs . Gass ' s landlord , and in that note was a request that two gold Geneva enamelled watches might be forwarded on approval to Mr . Reid . Mr . Gass made up four watches , of tho value of £ 50 , in order that Mr . Reid might have a good choice , and an approbation bill , into a parcel , and gave it to the prisoner , who stated that the watches not approved of would be returned on the following Wednesday . Tho note was a forgery , and on the prisoner being apprehended at 91 , Morton-street , two of the watches were found upon him , and the other two had been pawned by him . —Before the
examination of Mr . Gass was concluded , the prisoner said he was in a very unfortunate position , having no legal adviser , nor the means to procure one—nor had he any friends who would , if applied to , provide him with such means . He was not in a situation to meet the charge ; and , therefore , not to waste the time of tho court , he would , with his lordship ' s permission , plead guilty to both indictments . —Tho plea of " Guilty " was then recorded . —Mr . Collard , the superintendent of tho Great Western Railway police , was then examined . He proved that in July , 184 S , the prisoner wa 3 at tne Old Bailey upon five indictments for railwav
robberies , and he pleaded " Guilty'" to two of them . In consideration of his having given information that to led the recovery of more than £ 200 worth of property , he was sentenced to a year's hard labour . —Tho leavned Judge said he very well knew , but did not like to say , who the prisoner was . He had no doubt but that tho position , of the prisoner was a heavy affliction to his aged and worthy father . The sentence of the court was , that , for the felony , ho be kept to hard labour for nine , and for the fraud six calendar months , making fifteen months together . —Whilst standing in the dock the prisoner was served with a notice that he had been struck off the rolls .
Music and Dancing . —The Argyll Rooms . —In the course of the day the grand jury brought in a true bill against George French Bryer , Robert Bienell , Emile Laurent , Charles Dursin , Alfred Calkin , Joseph Calkin , and Richard Moxey , for keeping a public place for music and dancing , called the Argyll Rooms , in Windmill-street , Haymarkct , without being licensed to do so .-Just before the rising of the court Mr . Rosson , a solicitor , said that three of the parties named in the indictment were then m attendance , accompanied by several persons who were anxious to become their bail , and he hoped his lordship would admit them to pail at once , so that they might not be suhip . e . tP . rt tn
tne annoyance of being taken into custody on a bench warrant—The learned Judge asked who the defendants present were ?_ The Solicitor replied Messrs . Bryer , Laurent , and Dursin . -The solicitor trusted that his lordship would accede to his request , for he was convinced , from the character of the parties who were instituting these proceedings , that one obket was to get tho defendants into custody until bail was procured . The prosecutor was not an unknown individual - Mr . Thomas Stowell .-The learned judge said ho expected so , and that simple fact told him not only what sort of a prosecution it was , but the peculiar manner in which it would be conducted . Ho fnllv i , nrfo ..
tho character of such proceedings , and if the magistrates ( addressing Mr . Witham ) would not grant more licenses to such establishments , who could wonder at such proceedings being taken ? The public remitted a greater amount of entertainment than the licensed places afforded , and if illegitimate p aces afforded what there were not legitimate places to provide , why of course peoplo would go to m IV I 'lT te cs , tabllshments . If the parties aid their best to conform their houses to the law and were refused the permission to do so , it S ^ " \ ™ > ™ > could not think otherwi fVinn Ik 1 lU -- " " " « u I . U 11 ILV UHiei'WlSe the
, mmt , tL gl ' eate ? : numb - er of such establishments there were licensed the better . He felt convmced that tho system at present pursued wa wong , and he certainly hoped" it would Toon II changed , and the change he was certain ™ Ta ll 7 SZf P ° d VeSul - - ^ Eud Say nSiJ ol this present prosecution on that occasion hut as to the application , he had no hesitation whatiSr '" fit ting it , and the order of Eourfw-fs ££ ? ££ Sfo ; n Bryei ' ' ^ uvent ' « 2 du 3 J l ^ ^ u S ^ S ^ ifgrS h
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CORN . Mark-lane , Monday , December 3 . — We had a , better show of samples of new English wheat at market this morning than for some weeks past , and this , with a large arrival from the Continent , caused a dull market at a decline of Is to 2 s per qr . upon last Monday ' s quotations . The sale of foreign wheat was in retail , and prices Is per qr . lower . In flour little doing . Tine malting barley went off slowly at Is to 2 s and grinding and distilling Is per quarter reduction ; for tbe latter , however , there was a fair salo . Ueans without alteration . Peas Is cheaper . With a large arrival of Foreign oats . New corn was difficult of sale and fully Is per quarter lower than on Monday last , good and old met with buyers for cons Z tion at about last week ' s rates . Bye without d " \ vZ nS " seed cakes unaltered . For both red and " vhite Sr . i : rre inuetohav ^
» XSz 3 ff sSTK SS'lSte * gpesssgfi !®? l ^^ ss ^ il 28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new 24 s to 2 Cs , ticks 25 s tn 9 sL harrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s oats Ti ™ , % J Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 20 s , ditto FoC ' , , ? ° 19 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s tf £ E ? J ^ % feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and b nc ! 15 , I % ^ ch potato , 17 sto 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s toU * , ' **? ttSiR&svL-sitfttSsaft
Fobeign . —Wheat . — Dantzic 44 s tn w « a « i w . » sfti"aa-jttft ? a £ sBS 3 ^ aMsnteaSSS dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 31 s BraW «» French 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to « £ SalSiosi 53 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s barieTwfcm £ and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s Sail « oT ? I Us , EastPr iesland , 15 s to 17 s . Egyptian , 14 stol 5 S ! i , ; X 14 s to 15 s , peas , white 25 s to 27 s , new boilers , iSsto 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 80 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s E » vntian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen -ink Prieslaiid , feed and black , 11 s to 15 s , ditto , thick ami brew 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish ui iolGs , flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 21 s to 23 s ii-un 280 ? b " to 3 S S MtZiS Md St 8 ttin ' ° S tO 23 S ) Fre " ' Pw
Wednesdat , DecemberS—With a continued good sun . ply of Foreign wheat , flour , barley , and oats , to this market , as well as to most of the outports , our tnde is extremely heavy for every article at declining rates . ' Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 020 quarters foreign , 8 670 quarters . Barley—English , 3 , 050 quarters '; foreign , 10 , 510 quarters . Oats-English , SO qua ^ Insh , 4 , 330 gns . ; foreign , 11 , 720 quarters . Flour-1 , 271 ) BULKS * RicnjioND ( YonKsiimE , ) December 1 . — TTe had a vers Sin ^^^^^ SSSLSaa' ^ 3 sCd t «^^^ ea , , 4 s 0 d
BREAD . ew fo 7 ^ ^ ? " £ rcatt in the metropolis are from <> iu , to 7 d .- , of household ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . per libs . loaf .
CATTLE . SsninnEiD , Monday , Dec . 3 .-The number of foreign Swv , \? n d - l . u Offer , into-day s market ««» reason , ably extensive , but that of calves was limited . All descriptions were very dull in sale . Fresh u » this morninKtfie £ b «« ° ! hometa he % ? ts ™ rQm «» ^ crease , and of fair average quality . The weather being very ilnfavour-H ^ w' ^^ 'f " ^ " !? attendance of buyers « mall , and the dead markets heavily supplied , the beef trade was in SoW 8 ffih ltatef J * W decline iu the < iuota ' ThS \ fl J fl V , ' otal clearance was not effected , The highest figure for the best Scots was 3 s lOd perMbs . There was a further increase in the supply of sheep Foi-2 dnP r r « n 0 h ^ T « drulc ? h ? av ? ' an < l Prices were quite 2 d per 81 bs beneath those obtained on Monday last The top quotations for old Downs was 4 s per 81 bs . AMioueh the supply of calves was limited , the trade for real 3 d heavy to-day , at barely stationary prices Pigs-ttK nnm ! ber of which was Umited-movedoff slowly at late rates Head op Cattle at Smithpield . -Friday -Beasts 730 * , db 7 , sheep , 27 , 170 ; calves , 137 ; pigs , 295 . ^^ warp ^ Haw , { S » S ^ dgSft 2 So tS & » 4 Wi f » rt ^« S ^ Seal Sf £ " ? ' l ^ V 38 4 d : P rfme <»« ¦ 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d ; £ WW £ 2 ts smaU pork ' 3 s 10 d t 0 ls ° "'
PROVISIONS . Ioxdon , Monday . —Fine Irish butter was rather more in £ && * le few / rosty dftys last ™ i 2 ndSrtS instances sold at an advance of Is per cwt . other sorts in m ° d f * te de" )» nd . Holders not pressing ' £ lfs Price ' s ? £ -cVT ™ ' W » ?> 80 s ? Waterford GO to GO ; Carriefc t . i r ^ l } n ' s ' Llmevi (! k 60 s to 66 s ; Sligo GOs to 02 s ; boa dVt ° ° ?? CWt > ^^ Md in iSoporttemSl Msi sinSMP beStq - Uaty - 194 St 096 s P « c »* «* n : 111811 smged sides were in limited demand the sumilv increased . Prices 40 s to 48 s , as in size ami m alky Some 3 Gs to 44 s . S f ° ' Wadderc ' and kegs English Butter , Dec . 3 . -0 ur trade for stale eoods con . tinues inastate of great depression , although tl ? e h ' lrters of it would readil y accept lower prices to cftect sato Thn supply of weekly Dorset is now almost at mend ^ Dorset So ^ Devo 0 9 GS PerC r- ditt 0 ' " £ feS per doShJ ' n
SEEDS . hww " * / . Monda y--Cloverseed was again held rather SSSST' ^ anavy seed hardly sold so well as on Honda " Other sorts of seeds were about the same « s on this day wifS to w ° 7 er 8 eed > rcd 35 s to 40 s ; finc 45 s ^ 5 os ; \\ mte < J 5 s to 50 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] —s to —s linseed ( per qr . ) sowing 54 s to 56 s ; crushing 40 s to 42 s- nseed SSlSfh ^ ° 31 bS > T £ 9 ° £ 1 ° * TrcfoaTlS cwt . ) 14 s to ISs ; rapeseed new ( per last ) £ 28 0 s to & ! 9 0 s :
POTATOES . SonrnwARK Wa terside , Dec . 3 .-Our market continues triita ? . MV S P " icularly from the Continent all of which are willing licavDy , with the exception of choice }» S ^ " ? ^ egentS ' ? llicl 1 are in 1 uired » fte £ TiefolkS ave this day ' s quotations :-York Regents 80 s to llOspef ton ; Wisbech ditto , GOs to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 74 s Ditto Cup , 30 s to GOs ; French Whites 60 s to 70 s . Rhenish and Belgian ditto 50 s to 65 s : Dutch ditto 40 to 55 ,
FRUIT AND VEGE TABLES . Covest Garden MARKEr . -Hotliouse grapes continue ta be well supplied , considering the season . fineSS VS hardly sufficient for the demand . Filberts and walnuts iuuil aounaant . Uoou table pears are scircn i > n ,,,., gnmates may still be obtained at 4 d each A , non 3 vZ " tables turnips arc good and plentiful . Carrots "K me " Cauliflowers and . broccoli sufficient for the demand d toesbave not altered since our last account TohV , * othersaiading are plentiful . £ ivo ~ Lch f omiflo Is 4 d ppr pottle . Cutflowers consist of heathsTe S , , m ? gardenias , bignonia , venusta , topSSS ' mums , fusehsias , primulas , coia&lOnSC &
hops . Bohocgii , Monday , Dec . 3 . -0 ur trade remains withou firmST " SU 1 Ce , our lftst re P ° ' Prices . continue hrmattheannexed quotationsi-Sussex pockets , 12 C . ; to 5 ° 0 s jJS ° f kCUt ' t 0 m ' "ud E « Et Kent
WOOL . weS'MW 0 - -, - ^ iraports of wo ° lilst ™ & Goodll ^ H ^ . ^ 0111 ^ . 1 350 ^' 1168 1 Vora tlle Cai « oi 1 wood IIopo ,. l , ll , 5 from Russia , 550 from Swan River and onThnv ^ ° ? T" ?? , \ ? - The r uWic s ^ commenced on Thursday » t Uic Hftll of Commi'vco , and 20 , 000 bales areof buvpv ^ : ? ircred > P 7 "" y Colonial . The attend , nco SJSwd 1 ? ' ' - HddinSs «™ brisk ' a « 'l Prices range higher . Ihe series will last about a fortnight . wintf / 00 ,- ' , 3 --Scotch-The ™ still continues that stocks LrJo de 1 ? l ld for lilid Hi SWa"d woo 1 5 an < l « 'ero hive tl S T d 10 lders anxieus t 0 seU . " would no doubt isatour nnnt " t ° f depre -r SillS PricCS- Asit is «* little doing g s ^ < szra& ttss $ & ffiS ^ -s * SyH ' nrt ^^ ffiia ^
mST « n 7 n I \ deci ( fcaiy better feeling in oup K «^ i , ^ V ! . steilfly ^ d rather active se erf Tm ! Y S 5 * prlcesa « hnde more in favour of the S 43 'ZTs ° ' ^ WC 6 k > m bales *•*»* lU 3
TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . ' forrif . ' .. Dec-3—Notwithstanding the heavy ' . tocks o fe t ° > yPf * « . ° <« f < a « l « . inW . the £ » oh £ V ? kdldnot cxc « a 2 > 90 G casks , our market Moml ^' ln" ; P"ccs are quite Is . per cwt . higher than oil Monday last . To-day P-Y . C . on the spot is quoted at 3 Ss to K w m lame pnces *»*> " ««* delivery . Town JcraL PW CWt ' " et CaSl '" R 0 U ° ' ' 1 |( 1 lEADENlutt . —Market hides 5 G ! b . to C 41 b ., lid to lid per nV , o ° , ° 2 ? : : ' ] id to If d ; ditto 721 b . toSOft . ^ ljd to 2 Jd ; ditto 80 ) b . to 881 b ., 24 d to ° ? d flittn RSft , & 981 b ., 2 jd toSJd ; . ditto OGlb o 10 ft 3 told -ditto uZx zisi ^^ A ^ r ' ^ ' ^^ fcf ^ wsdKi -s S 30 l ' ° ; COCOa UUt l ton 3 SE - to 101 . j
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ThePiimess' Sihikb isDnRHiM . —On Wednesday last eleven pitmen employed at Ludworth Colliery , about six miles from Durham , were brought before the magistrates charged with riot , and with an aggravated assault on William Trenholm , whom they had beat in the most cruel manner because he had accepted work in a pit which the men on strike had left . A medical witness said the only surprise he felt , on examining the prosecutor , was ) that concussion of the brain had not ensued from the iujuries on the head , which had apparently been inflicted by some edged instrument , such as a coal rake Or SmmtedfjS : * " " ~™ * W
Fires k the Cut-Road and Gosweix-street . — On Thursday night , between eight and nine o ' clock , iTb ° io n v ^ t r ft , ° ft Thc first was ¦** Albion , ^ o . 23 , Macclesfield-strcet , City-road , the property of Mr . Ilatswill , by which the upper part of the house was burned out , and the Wer rooms much damaged . The other fire happened on the premises of Mr . Gravee , a staymaker , carrying on business at 81 , Goswell-st reet . The flames lere confined to a workshop in which the fire commenced , but great damage was done te the lower portions of the premises by water , and the contents were seriously injured by hasty removal Mr Graves was insured in the Sun Fire-office . Dn . BucKUxohas a scheme for supplying London by impounding the streams from a surface of 2 500 square miles , all of which run into the Thames near Henley . But what is to become of the Thames * '
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PARLIAMENTARY AND . FINANCIAL REFORM . GREAT MEETING IN PERTH . The reformers of this city having sent a request to Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . George Thompson to pay a visit to their locality , and those gentlemen having consented , a numerous and highly respectable requisition was presented to the Lord Provost , to convene a public meeting . His lordship immediately complied , . and also consented to preside . The meeting took place on Thursday evening week , on which occasion about 2 , 000 peraona assembled in the City Hall . His lordship having introduced the deputation , the two hon . gentlemen addressed the
meeting at great length , and were heard with the * deepest attention . Nothing occurred to disturb the harmony of the proceedings , save some unmannerly interruptions by the agent of the Right Hon . Fox Maule , M . P . This person , however , was speedily ejected by the hearers in his vicinity , and his compulsion was hailed with loud acclamations . At the conclusion of the addresses of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Thompson , resolutions cordially approving of the objects of the National Association , and appointing a committee to carry them into effect , were proposed , and carried unanimously . Thanks were voted to the Lord Provost ; and , after three cheers for the speedy reformation of the House of Commons and the reduction of the national burthens , the meeting separated .
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PUBLIC MEETING IN GREENOCK . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., finished their present tour on Friday week by addressing one of tho largest and most respectable meetings which haTe been held in Greenock for many years on any political subject . The deputation did not intend to pay a visit to Greenock at the present time , but a requisition having been presented to them from a large body of respectable inhabitants , they were constrained to accept of the invitation . The meeting in Greenock
was held in Blackhall-street Chapel , and never , we may say , have we seen assembled in town a more orderly , respectable , and interested audience . The platform was occupied by the hon . gentlemen of the deputation , Bailie Hamlin , Councillors Macfie and Martin , A . Dennistoun , Esq ., &c . Throughout the meeting there was a goodly sprinkling of the influential classes , as weU as a large body of our mest industrious , sober , and intelligent artisans—and among them many who have battled for reform principles , steadily and consistently through life .
On the motion of Councillor Martin- , Bailie Hamlin was called to occupy the chair . The Chairman Baid -Gentlemen , you do mo a high honour in calling upon me to fill this chair on such an important occasion , and over such a respectable audience . I am always proud to serve my fellow-townsmen , and promote the great constitutional objects on which the deputation , Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., have kindly consented to come here and address you . The deputation that are to address you tonight have been well received in every town which they have visited on their tour . This meeting , I am sure , is one that will sympathise deeply in their mission , and will not suffer them to so away from
Greenoek with an evil report . Aly friends will excuse me for not making a long speech . ' I am not accustomed to make long speeches , and I am glad that 1 cannot , on tho present occasion , serve the meeting better than by introducing Sir Joshua Walmsley . : Sir Joshua Walmslbt was received with loud and continued cheering . He said he came there to promote an agitation in favour of the rights of their fellow men of all classes , creeds , and conditions , and to ask them by all means in their power to aid the national association in putting an end to class legislation . ( Applause . ) Their object was to promote a union between the middle and the working classes—classes who had been too long divorced , and who had only tounite honestly and enerseticallv
together in order to carry any measure of reform , however sweeping , if at the s » me time just and constitutional . ( Applause . ) He desired that these classes should know each other belter , that they may appreciate each other better . ( Cheers . ) And was it not right that they should make an effort in recovering , to the labouring classes of this country , their ] ust rights , of which they have been so long deprived ? He maintained that the man who had not his rights was not a man if he did not feel discontented . ( Cheers . ) Sir Joshua Walmsley then proceeded to explain , at considerable length , the principles of the national association . G . Thompson , Esq . then came forward , amid loud and long continued cheering . He said , they were b
learning y degress the truly divine power of moral forco—mountams could not resist it in its course , standing armies could not grapple with it , the sharpest sword could not cleave it down , the widest mouthed bellowing cannon that ever sent a fortyeight pound shot through ranks of human flesh , could not hinder the demand of the humblest man who used the divine faculty of speech in thecauso of justice and truth , and who took his stand upon the immovable and impregnable rock of right . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Thompson entered at great length into the question of county freeholds , and said I like the scheme , as far as it goes , because of its practical character . It point 3 out to the thriving and thrifty artisan how he may do somethin g
for himself , independent of tho government and the legislature . ( Cheers . ) I like the scheme , because it brings in its train a host of advantages of a personal , domestic , social , and moral , as well as of a political kind . There is no labour in vain connected with it ; there is no sowing without reaping ; it is a speculation without risk , an adventure in which all must sooner or later draw a prize . ( Cheers . ) If tho funds be but honestly and wisely administered , not only is the sum put in safe , but the sum drawn out must be more than that put in , since it is buying at wholesale , and divided that bought thus cheaply ( because at wholesale ) at retail prices amongst the members . ( Cheers . ) I like the scheme , because , in addition to its social
advantages in begetting prudence , economy , and forethought , it gives the working man a stake in the soil , respectability , station , and political independence . ( Cheers . ) I like it above all , because I have the best authority for saying that two thirds of these freeholds are hi tho hands of men who have obtained them by their savings from the disuse of intoxicating liquors . Having said this , I must express my deep regret that there are indications in certain quarters of a desire to make freehold land societies the beginning and the end of the move , ment for Parliamentary Reform . I cannot consent to this . Is the universal desire for reform—for the extension of the suffrage—for the immediate purification of the House of Commons—and for the
making atonement to the politically wronged millions of Great Britain , to take no other shape than this recommendation to the working men of a section of the kingdom , to save their money and become county voters ? ( Criesof " no , " and loud cheers . ) Why , say that you could enfranchise such men for £ 30 a piece ? When fifteen millions of money have been earned , and saved , and applied , and the estates are purchased , divided , allotted , and the title-deeds made out and delivered , you have but added , at tho end of ten , fifteen , or twenty years , 500 , 000 to the electoral bodv of England
and what security is there that these votes will remain m the same hands ? To do anything really of service to the country or of political benefit to the people , the artisans and operatives must bo thc persons enfranclrised . ( Cheers . ) The suffrage should be made contingent on no such matters , but demanded by the people as a right . ( Applause . ) Mr . Thompson concluded a brilliant oration .- amid the most defening and repeated shouts of applause . Councillor Macfie moved a resolution embody in « a vote of thanks to the gentlemen of the deputation . Archibald Desxistou . v , Esq ., begged to second the resolution .
Mr . R . Burrelii wished to express his views before tho resolution was adopted . He was glad that a large and influential party were willing to go so far for political justice . He believed , however , that no extension of the suffrage would Drove permanently beneficial to the labouring class unless payment to members was adopted : and he was sorry to say that was no part of tho scheme proposed by tho deputation . In his opinion , We but working men were capable of properly -epr " - sentmgthe condition of the working class for no others understood their condition . Mr Bun-ell sat down by intimating that he would support the resolution so far as it went . MU The Chairman put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Sir Joshua 'Walmsu ;? , in a few remarks nro posed a vote of thanks to the chairman . He mitrht tell their friends who had spoken , that they were all working men . He ( Sir J . ) had raised Himself up from humble life to the station he now occunied ( Great applause . ) r The motion was carried by acclamation . Three hearty cheers for the cause concluded tli « proceedings . °
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