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      which drove it downwards , and it miit » ; t ° -l . ttebackoftheneck . c'W !? &" £ & , & £ * 1 -was a most dangerous wound , and ^ itneL dM * ™ t expect the prosecutor would have 1 voH tl , l - , ° 5 rattwsdsfest ^ H ™ ? , fCet fr T * " P ™ -tor . greater aSJSi ^ ^ e . regular medical attendant of hefiumlv , gavesimilar testimony , and also stated tnat the prosecutor was now perfectly recovered , etccpt inaslight measure in his voice , from the ettects of the wound . Fifteen years ago witness at ™? " t"e P « soner for ddiriumtremeiis . This was the case for the prosecution

      Mr . Baiaasiixe then addressed the'jury , and called the following witnesses for the defence : — Mr . F . T . Moskuocse deposed that he was a younger brother of the prisoner , and he was in company with him on the afternoon of the 4 th October w WCnt V" Tl ° P » ^ ere t he prisoner tad some oysters and bread and butter , and the prisoner behaved very strangel y by interfering with the customers who came mto the shop , and ne also « po . ve to the passers by . After they left the oyster shop the prisoner went into several public houses , and drank from twelve to fourteen glasses of brandy . Witness tried to restrain him from drinking , » ut was unable to do so . and the nrisnnpr

      besMr . e very much intoxicated . At witness ' s request the prisoner went to a coffee shop to pet sopn tea , and while the tea was being prepared , the prisoner leaned his head upon the table , and seemed to be in a state of stupor , and when witness roused tun up his face appeared of a deep crimson colour and witness was quite terrified at bis appearance Wiie i they left the coffee shop , the prisoner staggered and appeared unable to walk , and witness wished him to 50 home and sleep with him ; but he refused , and said he would sleep at a public-house called the Three Crowns , and witness left him about half-past five o ' clock . At that time the prisoner was extremely drunk .

      Lewis Soiomoss , an outfitter , in East Smithfield , deposed that he knew the prisoner , and remembered his purchasing a cap of him on the 4 th of October . This was about six o ' clock , and at this time he considered he was sober . He saw him again at seven o ' clock , and he was then very drunk and violent . Witness advised him to go home quietly , and the prisoner called him out of his shop and presented a pistol at him , and pulled the trigger . The pistol was not loaded . IlESiir Thomas Poweix deposed that he knew the prisoner , and ? aw him at the Slack Horse public-house , near Wellclose-square , about dusk in the evening of the 4 th October . He had a pistol in his hand , and was very violent .

      Richmond Bhows , the barman at the Black Horse public-house , Knightsbridge , deposed to his remembering the prisoner stopping there with a cab on the night in question , and also to the fact of his being very drunk and excited . Wiluam Watsox proved that he saw tbe prisoner at Baling about half-past ten at night , on the 4 th October . He was railing about in tho road with a pistol in his hand , which he Baid was loaded . Fbascis Fobsdes deposed that at half-past nine the same night he saw the prisoner in the Coach

      and Horses public-house , at Tnrnham-green , aud he obserred a pistol in his hand , which the prisoner presented at him , and asked if he was frightened . Witness told him he was not , and the prisoner then pulled back the hammer , and he saw there was a percussion cap on the nipple . The prisoner afterwards let the hammer fall gently upon the nipple , and replaced the pistol in his pocket . At this tune he appeared very wild and excited . Mr . W . Argent , the landlord of the Bed Lion at Ealing also spoke to the excited appearance of the prisoner .

      M . R . M . Piper , the uncle of the prisoner , deposed that he had known him for several years , and he considered lie was a humane young " man , and not at all of a vindictive disposition . Mr . Baixaniise said this was the case for the prisoner . Mr . Bodkix having replied , Mr . Justice Colkridge summed up . He said that , it being admitted that the prisoner had committed tbe act of firing the pistol , and that he must at all events be convicted of an assault , the only question that remained was , with what intent had that act been committed ? The ordinary rule of law was that a man was supposed to intend to do that which was the natural and inevitable result of his own

      asts , and if under ordinary circumstances a man Were to discharge a loaded pistol at another at a distance of two feet , the only reasonable conclusion that could be come to in such a case was , that his intention was to destroy that person . This would apply to the case of a sober man in his sound senses who committed such an act ; but it would of course feo -widely different in the case of an idiot , and the law likewise admitted a distinction where a man , from the effect of drink , had reduced his mind to such a state as to render him unable to know what he was about , or to form any conclusion as to the consequences of the act he was about to commit . Drunkenness in it 9 elf was in law no excuse for a Crime , and it was the duty of the person accused to make out to the satisfaction of the jury that the effect of drink had been to render him in such a state of mind as not to be aware of the consequence

      of his actions . The question , then , for the jury to decide in this case was whether that feet had been made out to their satisfaction . If they thought it had . it would be their duty to find the prisoner guilty of an assault only ; but if , on the other hand , they should be of opinion that it had not , then they would say by their verdict to which of the other charges contained in the indictment the prisoner had rendered himself amenable . The jury retired at a quarter to three o ' clock , and were absent about half an hour , when they returned their verdict finding the prisoner " Guilty " Bpost the count chargiug the iutent to be to de grevious bodily harm to the prosecutor . They at the same time said they strongly recommended him to meie / , on the ground that the act had been committed by the prisoner while under the excitement of liquor .

      The prisoner was then removed ; and just before the court rose he was again brought up to receive sentence . Mr . Jcsiice Coleridge , addressing him , said that the jury had found him guilty of firing a pistol at the prosecutor with intent to do him grevious fcodily harm , and had acquitted him of the more serious charge . They had at the same time recommended him strongly to the merciful consideration of the court , and he was always glad to attend to such a recommendation when it was founded upon a proper ground . In this case , however , the jury had given the recommendation upon the ground that he had committed the act while under the influence of liquor , and his dutv compelled him to

      say that the court could not allow that fact in any way to operate as an excuse , and that they could not for a moment permit it to be thought that it "was any palliation of an offence that it was committed under the influence of drink . Ho could not help thinking that in the present case the prisoner , having formed the desperate design which to some extent he had carried out , had endeavoured to fortify himself to commit it by the excitement of drink . He had now , therefore , to answer for a grievious crime . Upon some real or imaginary grievance he had deliberatel y ; armed himself with two loaded pistols , and having sone to the house

      of his father at a time when he knew he should find him helpless and unsuspecting , he had discharged both the weapons at him { the father , ) and lad left him upon the ground bathed in hu blood and apparently dead . Human nature shuddered at such an act , and it was one which could havdly be considered possible unless proved , as in the present instance , by the clearest possible testimony . Under these circumstances , the court felt it had no alternative but to pass upon him a sentence that would remove him from this country , and for a Yery long period . The prisoner was then sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

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      KOSSUTH AND THE LYING « TIMES . ' ( From the Daily News . ) Our readers -will recollect the indignant protest lately addressed by an aide-de camp of Kossuth ' s against the calumnies of the' Times" Vienna correspondent , who charged him with carrying cheats of treasure * and with Heaven knows how many peculations . The aide-de-camp's letter , though indignant , was a plain statement of facts , and an appeal to a great many witnesses . Instead of answering such a protest , as the correspondent of a London journal ought to do , the person who fills that office for the Times' at Vienna , responds as follows : —

      'As one of Kosyith ' s aide-de-camp ' s has lately ad . dressed a letter to the'Times , ' complaining of the unjust attacks which have been made on the ex-Dictator , 1 extract for the benefit of your readers the following ' positive fact' from the * Constitutionelle Blatt aus Bohmen : '— ' Kossutb , who practised in the Zempliner County as a lawyer , was , as one of the leaders of the opposition , already most obnoxious to the conservative party in 1831 . * Tdey took advantage of the circurmtance of Kossu'h

      having gambled an-ay a sum of momy belonging to some orphans , whish Lad been deposited in bis hands . As this took place while the county meeting was assembled , it reached the ears of some of tbe conservative parly , and they on the following day demanded in the country court that the missine sum should be produced . Being in the majori'y they also ordered that a fiscal suit should be hut ' tatcd against Kossutu , notwithstanding that , with t !* he ' . p of his friends , be bad been enabled to nav m the money before the court rose . ' The piper in

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      question adds . though whether ironically or seriously I know not , that Kossutb . ' probably ntter intended 10 wrong the orphans . ' This defence of one calumny by the reckless and jocular putting forth another from a Bohemian print , we leave to the appreciation of every teader .

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      special thanks of the Chartist body . At the same time the delegates constituting this Conference must add their thank * to Mr . Kydd for his services , from the commencement of the Chartist agitation to the present time . " He said he had known Mr . Kydd from the commencement of the agitation ; and he had ever—both whilst in his own locality , and since be had become a leader of the Chartist body—done that which entitled him to the best wishes and thanks of every lover of liberty in the country . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Kydd had earned a name second to no one in that movement . ( Hear , hear . ) He had no desire to flatter that gentleman , but he would say , tliat tho sacrifice made by Mr . Kydd was most generous , and ho therefore

      moved the above resolution . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor rose for the purpose of seconding the motion . Ho would rather , nt the same time , the resolution had expressed thanks to Mr . Kydd for having suffered the £ 60 to vemain in abeyance . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Kydd was a very talented man ; and he was , therefore , sorry that his talent should lme been thrown away upon a people who had shown the greatest ingratitude in return . He hoped , however , they would have the assistance of Mr . Kydd under the new organisation ; as he was a man calculated to do much good amongst the middle classes , in making converts to Chartism without any abatement . He surprised the middle classes of the "West Riding of Yorkshire , by his speech on their hustings at the last general election He

      repeated , he had rather that Mr . Kydd had placed the matter in abeyance ; but as he last night so generously gave up the sum for the good of the cause , lie felt it to be his duty to . second the motion of Mr . Harney . Air . Uitiso thought Mr . Kydd had acted a very generous part , and should vote for the motion , not wishing that the sum had been left in abeyance as a clog upon the new organisation . ( Hear , hoar . ) Mr . Towssesd thought some testimonial should be got up to Mr . Kydd . Mr . Clark thought the best testimonial that could be given to Mr . Kydd was the money due to him—( hear , hear)—but he would su pport the resolution , as that gentleman had so willingly eiven " up his claim to the £ 60 .

      Mr . Brown thought Mr . Kydd had no right to give up the money . Mr . Hodden testified his knowledge of Mr . Kydd ' s abilities , and regretted very much that he should have been obliged to give up so large a sum which so justly belonged to him . Upon the motion of Mr . O'Conxob , it was then agreed that Mr . Kydd be allowed to say a few words to the Conference on the subject . Mr . Ktdd then stepped forward and said , he did not care one jot for the money itself . He gave up

      Ins claim because he thought if it wero fastened to the legs of the new movement it would prove a great clog to its progress . ( Hear , hear . ) He thanked the Conference for the kind feeling they had expressed towards himself ; and to make that matter quid pro quo , he would thank them for their kindness . He would just say , that if they paid him , or placed his debt in abeyance , they should do the same with others who could bring long bills against the Chartist body , among whom , he regretted to say , were Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Clark , and Mr . Doyle . ( Hear , hear . ) -

      The motion was then put , and carried unanimously . G . Julian Harnbt , moved : — " That the delegates constituting this Conference hereby call upon the Chartists of the British empire to release Mr . O'Connor , M . P ., fcem the onetous obligation of meeting the demand enforced by the attorney who defended certain of the Chartist victiniB in the trials of 1818 . "—Mr . Harney said , this question had been so often brought before the Chartist body through the columns of the Northern Star , that , with few remarks from him , every member of that

      Conference would see the necessity of coming to some resolution which might influence the Chartist body to make an effort to re-pay that money which Mr . O'Connor had been compelled to pay on their behalf . If , when the matter had been tried , law had been fairly and impartially administered , the case would not have been decided against Mr . O'Connor , ( Hear , hear . ) Ho hoped the money would be re-funded , that Mr . O'Connor mi ght not be made the scape-goat any longer . Mr . John Arnoti seconded the motion .

      Mr . O'Cosson then rose . He said if £ 200 was all he had spent in the cause , it would not be too much ; but when he looked back , and saw that ho had spent between £ 60 , 000 , and £ 70 , 000 he though that the people ' s ingratitu e had not been a sufficient reward . When the Northern Star was bringing in £ 13 , 000 a year , nearly the whole of that money was spent in the cause . There was no law for him—no matter what evidence he brought forward—no mutter how clear the case was in his favour , —he was always sure to lose the day , and made to pay enormous sums of money . In no single action ever yet brought against him , in this country , had a verdict in his favour been returned . Look at the immense

      sum he had paid to keep the Chartists in prison from performing the degrading task of picking oakum : yet the Chartist body allowed him to paj that , without ever sending a farthing for the purpose . No single individual in the world , besides himself , would have stood the immense expense which he had been put to on behalf of the cause . And it was a notorious fact , that whilst he was paying £ 25 per week for the support of tho families of Chartist prisoners , he was charged , —and by some of those prisoners themselves—with embezzling the funds of Chartism . ( "Shame , " " shame . " ) And whilst upon this subject he might as well tell them , that some of the villains on the Land Company ' s estates , who had been located at the expense of the

      poor fellows who had paid their money , and who had no prospect of being located for some time to come—had , well-knowing that he was now £ 7 , 000 out of pocket by them , maliciously charged him wfrh robbery and fraud . ( " Shame , " " shame . " ) He thanked Mr . Harney most cordiall y for the kind spirit he had shown in bringing forward this resolution ; and he could assure them that , though he had no hopes of ever getting a patch upon what he had paid in support of the cause , yet , as regarded this sum , which he had to borrow to prevent the Northern Star being seized by the sheriff ' s officer , he had no intention of being so magnanimous as Mr . Kydd had been , in relinquishing his claim to the £ 60 so justly due to him . ( Hear , hear . ) At

      tho time that gveat political humbug , Daniel O'Connell , was gulling the people of Ireland with his frothy promises , he could have raised £ 10 , 000 , from the impoverished people of Ireland to meet an emergency , sooner , than he ( Mr . O ' Connor ) could raise the small sum due to him on account of Macnamara s action . ( Hear , hear . ) But he cared not if the people owed him ten millions , he would not abandon the cause which he had so much at heart . ( Cheers . ) In no age or country had any man been subject to so much persecution from a government , or so much ingratitude from the people , as he had been made the victim to ; but , nevertheless , wove evory single man to abandon the cause , he would hold up the glorious banner of Chartism and stand alone , braving the danger , and bidding defiance to all his enemies , until he obtained for tho whole

      people that full , free , and fair representation in Parliament , to which they were bo justly entitled . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Kydd , having again obtained permission to say a few words , condemned the verdict given by the jury as being contrary to truth ; but he thought if Mr . O'Connor had sent for him to give evidence in the case , he might—having been present when Macnamara was engaged to conduct the defence of the Chartist victims—have told that jury that Mr . O'Connor did not make himself responsible for payment of expenses , but positively told Macnamara that he should pay no money besides what came to him through the Victim Committee . Mr . O'Coxxoit said , it did not matter ; for if an angel from heaven had g iven evidence on his behalf , the result would have been the same . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Lee was anxious that the money should bo refunded to Mr . O'Connor , and ho looked with contempt at the beggarly answer which was made to that gentleman s appeal in the Northern Star ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Claim announced that Mv . Reynolds had just handed him an order for two guineas , as that gentleman ' s quota towards the li quidation of the sum due to Mr . O ' Connor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Uttixg thought that if the Conference made an appealto the people , they vfouW soon liquidate the debt .

      Mr . AiisuTi wished to nuke a remark upon the circumstance mentioned by Mr . Kydd , which was that he and another gentleman , besides Mr Kydd ' were present when the arrangements were bbinir made with Mi * . Macnamara ; and they were witnesses upon the trial : but , though they sworo to the fact as to tho Victim Committee being answerable for any expense incurred , the case was docided against Mr . O'Connor , and would have been whatever evidence might have been offered . ( Hear ' hear . ) '

      Mr . Reynolds said , when the Chartists were apprehended , and Jic heard of the affair , ho immediately sent Mr . Davis , his own solicitor , who conducted the examination ; and that gentleman caused him the greatest surprise when ho received his bill at the end of the year , and found not one single penny was charged for the expenses of that examination . Ho thought he was in order in mentioning this fact to the honour of Mr . Davis ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . JIonuEN' supported the resolution . Mr . Brows had been one of tho men who had assisted in slandering Mr . O'Connor on previous occasions ; but he now begged that gimtiuinan ' s pardon , after hearing what he had just told that Conference . JJc also wished to convey to Air . Hcvnold ' s the best thaiiks of Mrs . Mullins , who liad on her departure from England , eutrusted him to convey the sauw for Iris gentlcmajity and patriotic exertions on behalf of her . son .

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      After a few more words from Mr . Harney , the motion was put , and carried unanimously . G J «« an Barney then moved : —" That tho delegates constituting this Conference , without pledgin g the newly-constituted association to any debts contracted by any former association , or other Chartist body , nevertheless consider it necessary to remind the Chartist body that there is a balance of £ 20 16 s . 7 d . due to the printer who printed the documents of the Convention , and Assembly of 1818 ; and the delegates hereby remind the Chartist body of the duty of discharging the said dobt-a duty enjoined both byjustice and' a proper regard for the honour of the Chartist name . " He was a

      member of the National Convention which sat in John-street , Fitzroy-square , in 1818 , and this debt was contracted partly by that body , and partly by the National Assembly , which sat in the same place a short time afterwards . The people ought ; to have paid that debt ; but , despite the numerous appeals which had been made , there still remained a balance of £ 26 16 s . 7 d . due to the printer . His own constituents , who were also the constituents of Dr . M'Douall , the good and true Chartists of Notting hamshire had paid up their share of the debt . An example which he trusted would be generally and immediately followed . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Clark seconded the motion , which , on being put , was carried .

      G . Julian HARNErthen rose to move another resolution , as follows : — " That the members of this assembly recognising the paramount importance of a Free Press , both to guide the people in the struggle for their political franchises , and to aid them in securing and making a wise use of those franchises when achieved , hereby earnestly advise tho Executive Committee of the re-organised Chartist movement , to make every effort in furtherance of that most necessary reform— the total abolition of the taxes on knowledge . " Mr . Harney said , that although he was well assured that a Chartist parliament would at once repeal the taxes on knowledge , nevertheless , he considered it of vital importance that those taxes should be abolished even while they

      were yet struggling for the Charter . The proletarians of this country had no daily organ , and but one weekly . True , they might occasionally see an article in the Sun , or the Daily News , favourable to the cauao of progress , on the part of their neighbours on the continent , but in the next sheet of those journals there was usually a flat contradiction of principles , or , at best , a cowardly equivocation . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought as little of their affected sympathy for liberty abroad , as he did of those mock philanthropists who held meetings and made long speeches in favour of Hungary and Poland , when they would not even ,-vdvance one step for the freedom of their own country . ( Hear , hear . ) In 1848 , when they held

      the Convention m John-street , Fitzroy-square , the press of London most foully misrepresented that body , assorting that the delegates designed to wrap London in flames and deluge the country with blood ; although those calumnious writers well knew that the only object of the delegates was to have a peaceable and quiet procession through the streets of London . Then did the infernal influence of a monopolist press display itself in the arming of the whole of the middle classes of tho metropolis , against the working classes . The resolutions and declarations of the Convention , announcing the veritable designs of the delegates , were published in vain . But when the Convention abandoned the procession , and held only the meeting on

      Konningtoncommon , then the Times Bcoffed at , and ridiculed the Chartists , for not trying physical force . ( H % ( U ' , hear . ) Now , if they had had the stamp tax , the paper duty , and advertisement duty repealed , they would have had daily papers of their own , and would have been able , through those papers , to have successfully combatted the falsehoods of the moncy-mongering journals . ( Hear , hear . ) Turn to the continent , and look at the patriots Kossuth , Ledru ltollin , and Mazzini , who , whilst nobly struggling for the freedom of their respective countries , were branded by the base London press , as traitors , anarchists , and enemies of society . In France , an unstamped press which had existed since the Kevolution of February , had made millions of converts

      to the principles of veritable Democracy . So well the enemies of freedom knew the importance to the people of an unshackled press , that they were about to introduce a bill into the Assembly to reimpose tho stamp on the journals . It was calculated that that tax would extinguish the multitudinous publication of papers which had for their objects , the suppression of tyranny , let it come from a Monarch , or a President , and the establishment of a veritable Republic . ( Cheers . ) The abolition of the taxes on knowledge in this country would incalculably advance popular intelligence , accelerate the triumph of Chartism , and ensure the wise use of the Suffrage -when achieved . He had taken his

      nrst political lessons from the unstamped papers , published between the years 1830 , and 1837 . He was but a boy then ; but boy though he was he had suffered imprisonment thrice for circulating cheap untaxed , democratic knowled ge . ( Cheers . ) He wished to see the spirit of that time revived . He believed there were men ready and willing to if need be , again brave persecution in the cause of a Free Press —( hear , hear)—and for himself he considered no sacrifice too gveat to achieve so glorious an object , believing it to be a necessary first step towards the establishment in this country of truly democratic institutions . Mr . Harney , in resuming his seat , was warmly applauded .

      Mr . O'CoNKon rose to second the motion . If the immense tax was taken off newspapers , they would have those selling now at fivepence , reduced to fourpDncc . He had moved very strongly in this matter before . In 1830 he was one of a deputation who waited upon Lord Monteagle , for the purpose of inducing him to agitate for the repeal of the obnoxious stamp duty . He assisted in establishing an evening paper , ( the Evening Star , ) some few years ago , and acted as the unpaid editor of that journal for two months of its existence , and wrote five co ' lumns of loading matter everyday , a comment upon what appeared in the morning papers of the same day ; and when , at one time , its destruction seemed inevitable , he paid £ 150 to preserve it He tra veiled through the whole country , telling the people to take that paper in preference to the Northern btar ; and when his editor wrote to him to tell him he was ruining the latter journal , he wrote back to say he cared not for the Northern Star , as on * wapII .

      Ohartist paper was not sufficient , and he would sacrifice anything in the world so that he could establish a daily journalI to lead the Chartist movement . ( Cheers . ) After all these gi eat exertions , however when the hvenhm Star promised to become succWful-what was his surprise , on returning from the country , to find the paper sold to the Tory party and advocating Tory politics ! It was necessary r * 'A . ?" , of newspapers should be reduced , and he held it tp bo mdespensable , under the new organisation , that they should do all they posslly could for the achievement of so great an object as the repeal of the duties on newspapers . ' Hear hear Take these taxes off , and the popular feelin * would soon bo in favour of democracy ; and then the lima , which ever went with the most fluctuating party , would be selling at threepence , and advocating Chartist principles . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Starwood said , he had worked with Mr Ilarney for an unstamped press , and , like his friend he had borne iv long imprisonment , and suffered

      wavy nnes , tor publishing a newspaper without a stamp . He believed , that at tho time of the unstamped papers , the principles now denominated Chartism were more prevalent that they were tit the present time . The good resulting from a cheap and well conducted newspaper nrass »« « 2 ' Ukeable , and he should Ea'SJJto J ?^ tho renewed agitation lor that purpose , even at the risk of being again placed under Colonel Chestevtonscareat "Mount Pleasant , " or being im . mersed m heavy fines . ( Cheers . ) . Mr . Reynolds was fully conscious of the immens > amount of flood that would be done in the en " g £ mentof the people , if even tho paper duty wero taken off That duty was three half pence To pound ; but it ho had no paper duty to pay , he would be enabled to sell his own public ations a ha If IJ pncoa winch they wero now wllinff . or i ™ uouui

      e me quantity of information . TKc t found at tlio present time , that cheap newspapers weretfi -Q SLS"Pp 0 ! ttetl - The jVaw ° / «*« V £ w Bold 08 , 000 copies ; Lloud ' , Wed-i , Newspaper , od So . OOO copies ; and the Wetklj Times so d about -M . COO copies , weekly while the It tekh , J ); , Pal ° - doublo the price of the others-was the onlv ¦ uwr papor which could compete against them T , fi only the stamp duty off / and tfioy y d have ill heir threepenny newspapers selling at twopence " - tako , at the same tune , the tax offpapor itself -ind they i » jg it inundate tho country w th nets ' and ponodieuls , carrying with them the truth of OlmS tism ; and winch would , ill a very little time work such a ohango in the Kinds of the midd 0 class " of this country , as would shako their BroindioM ™ i obtaui thatior the intelli gence of irS 0 ; in " chem that I 1 U 01 > le ' fc n ° ™ ' » i Sud

      After some further discussion upon tho matter tho mouon was put , and carried mmium y - ™ & ^ S ^^^ £ rpBr ^ taito *^^ ss Moved by Mr . Ciahk , and seconded by Mr Ai . i . xuTT :- "That this Conference tenders » hrarty thanks lo Feargus O'Connor , M ' CeV ¦ ! Thompson , M , l \ , Sir Jo . sluu Wainslev Mr Itichnrd CoIkIimi , M . I ' ., William Wiffianw it " ami II . T Alkhwoi . , Kw for the patriotic ' ' crnlea ! voiii-H which thoy have ina . lo to procuro Urn \ i \ Jn tlou of the Chartist vicliiii . t . " Can 101 Upon the suggostiou of Mr . lluowx , iUv ! iSiV < jvonl that the imiiUH of Alderman lluinphrov and Alder man Sulnoy he added to thoso in . xm . in . l ;„ u ..

      Clark ' s resolution , as a . c ommunication had buoii received Jfrom Alderman Siduoy , stating tliat tl Chartists now confined in NowlmLo , had drain hi 01 placed under Unit system ol discipline which thoy

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      were subject to when they went to the prison at first . Moved by Mr . M'Gbatb , and seconded by Mr Drake : — "That this Conference , considering the untiring and unparalleled exertions of Mr . O ' Connor , and the great monetary sacrifices made by that gentleman during a long political life , in furtherance of the popular came , hereby tender to him , in the name of their constituents , their most cordial thanks ; and at tho same time they express an ardent hopo that he may live long to witness the happy consummation of the glorious cause to which his life has been devoted . " Mr . Clark announced that Mr . Reynolds had volunteered to pay for the room in which the Conference had been sitting , and that that gentleman

      had printed the new " constitution at his own expense . ( Cheers . ) ne would therefore move : — " That the thanks of this Conference are due , and hereby given , to Mr . Reynolds for his magnanimous conduct on the present occasion , and for his service * in the cause generally . " The resolution having been seconded , was put , and carried unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Dotle , seconded by Mr . Arsott , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Provisional Committee , who had drawn up the new plan of organisation . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman for the impartial manner in which he had conducted the proceedings throughout . The Chairman having briefly replied , declared the Conference dissolved .

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      adequate to carry out the principles it had propounded . To carry out the great principle of the nationalisation of land , the League had propounded a system of state credit for the people ; and to enable the producers of wealth to exchange eac b , other ' s produce without being cheated by the prr § sent system of shopkeeping , and the fluctuating prices caused by a gold standard of value , they had , proposed a system of equitable exchange , similar to that formerly advocated by Mr . Oweu ; and they had also proposed a just system of general currency , together with national education , and financial economy . Mr . Campbell briefly replied , and said the evening had too far advanced to admit of the discussion , being further continued at that time , and the meeting separated .

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      CORN . Mark Lase , Monday , Dec . 17 . —We had a very middh ' iw supply of wheat to-day from Essex and Kent , but a fiir arrival of foreigu since this day se'nnight . The best drv qualities of both English and foreign were taken off pretty readily at fully last Monday ' s prices , but secondary and in ' ferior sorts met very few buyers . Malting barley firm but forei m grinding or distilling dull , and Is chsaper . In malt but little doing . White peas eoU . heavily and fully \ l cheaper , owing to the large foreign arrivals , and grey were ruther lower . Kew beans were more plentiful , and sold at Is to 2 s decline . The out trade was uot brisk but irood qualities maintained last week ' s prices . Rye dull sale . Good fresh flour , both Freneh and American , was held more firmly . Linseed cakes slow sale . In cloverseed not much doing . The current prices as under —

      Bamsii .-Whe « t- £ ssex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new life to 42 S ) ditto winte rs to 48 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yor £ hire , red 35 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , whiv « i » 28 to 37 s ditto red 31 s to 38 s , Devonshire and SouuriM . lure , red , -s to -s , ditto white _ to -s , rye , 21 s to 237 barley , 881 to 30 s , Scotch Sis to 24 s , Angus-s to _ ' Malt ordinary , _ s to -s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grev new Ms to 27 s , maple 2 Ts to -JDs , Iwbite 28 s to Ws , boile ' rs new 26 » to 29 s , beans , luge , new 23 s to 24 s , ticks 24 s to ! w 7 harrow , 25 s 1 to 28 » , pigeon . 2 Ss ; to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to VJs , ditto Poland and potato 17 « to 20 » , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 2 > s , Irish feed , and Muck 15 s to 20 k , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseeu . Essex , new £ 2 / to £ 30 per last , can-away seed , kino , new 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ 4 10 s per ton , Ita . seed , £ 9 Ws to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per Back of 2801 b » , ahip , 28 s to 30 s , town , 38 s to Ms . ' l o » nQN .-Wiieat .-Dantzig , 44 s to 50 s , Anhalt an « Uarks , 38 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 » to 42 s , Uostock 44 s to 4 ( is . Danish . Holstmn . » nJ

      Fnesland , 30 g to 34 s , Petersburg !! , Archangel , aud J < i g £ 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 t to 34 s , Marianopoli , and Her ! dmnski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant ana French , 34 s to 3 tis , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 3 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 « s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar » ndnostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , SmI , 20 s ti 24 s , Last Fncsland , lGs to 18 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , 14 i to 15 s , peas , white , 23 s to 2 « s , new boilers , 26 s t * 27 s , beans , horse , 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 25 s to 2 Cs Egrp . turn , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bvemcn , ana Fnesland , feed and black , lls to 15 s , ditto , thick and brerr . 15 s to 22 s , lllga , Pctersbuigh , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 i tol « s , flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , Freneh per « oull ) St | 32 a to 3 iS »

      Wednesday , Dec . 19 . —Since Monday there is scarcely any grain up by a vessel ; and having a slight improvement in some of our country and provincial markets , the trade here may be considered as tending to improved prices . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 320 quarters foreign , 1 , 720 quarters . Barley—English , 140 quarters 1 foreign , 2 , 930 quarters . Oats—English , & 40 quarters ' Flour—410 sacks . '

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 J < 1 . to 7 d .- , of household ditto , Sd , to Gd . per ilbs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Sshthfieid , Monday , Dec . 17 . —The annual cattle show took place to-day , aud both in quality and number exeeeded almost any previous exhibition . Notwithstanding the extensive number of beasts brought forward , the beef trade , owing to the numerous attendance of buyers , and to Christmas-diiy falling early in next neek , was steady . Comparatively speaking , however , prices were low ; the top figure for the best Scots and Herefords , including a few of the shorthorns , being 4 s fid per 811 ) 8 . ffe wtve tolerably well , ; but not to say heavily , supplied with sheep . Large heavy qualities , were a slow inquiry . In all other breeds of sheep a steady business was transacted at fully Friday ' s quotations , 10-stone Downs realising 4 s 4 ( 1 per 81 bs . without dinWulty . Calves , the supply of which was small , were in moderate request , and last week ' s prices were well maintained . Prime small pigs supported late rates , otherwise the pork trade ruled dull .

      Head of Cattle at Sshthfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 2 , 300 ; sheep , 5 , 880 ; calves , 294 ; pi B s , 2 ( iO . Mondaj . —Beasts , 3 , 635 ; sheep , 24 , 193 ; calves , 103 ; pigs , 240 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal , )—Beef , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od ; mutton , 3 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 41 to 4 s Od ; pork , 3 s 4 dto 4 s 2 d . towoATB and TiEADENHAlL , Monday , Dec , 17 Inferloe beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s lid ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd : prims large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s id to 3 s 8 d ; larga pork , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s 103 : middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s id ; prime ditto , 3 s Gd to 3 s lOd ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 2 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . Losdon , Monday , Dec . 17 . —The arrivals last week from Ireland were 5 , 090 firkins butter and 2 , 040 bales bacon ; and from foreign ports G . 430 casks butter and 70 boxes and bales of bacon . The provision markets rule dull . In butter we experienced but a moderate demand during the week , and the transactions passing were of little moment . Bacon also meets a slow sale , and prices have further declined ; prime Waterford singed , 40 s to 45 s , according to weights , « c , Hambro , 38 s to 42 s . Stock and delivcriesfor the week ending Dec . 15 : — Butter . I Bacon . «« ? 1 ° ? » D «! ivery . I Stock . Delivery .

      1847 .... 1 G . 530 7 , 490 2 , 220 080 1 S 48 .... 65 , 980 8 , 140 1 , 730 1 , 110 1849 .... fiO , 5 liO 8 , 930 2 , 170 1 , 570 English Butter , Dec . 17 . —As the season advances fine English butter becomes scarcer and dearer . Unfortunately but a small proportion of present arrivals are of that description , the make being nearly over . On the contrary , all stale and middling parcels are more diflicult of sale and submit to lower prices . On the whole , our market presents a downward tendency , being incited thereto by this mild weather . Dorset , fine weekly 94 s to Olis per cwt . -ditto , stole and inferior GOs to 80 s ; Devon , new made , 80 s to 84 s ; fresh , 9 s to 13 s per doz . lbs .

      POTATOES . Sodihwabk Waterside , Dec . 17 .-The arrivals from the continent thelast week wer « quite as largo as ei her of he former three weeks , which , with an unusual Sh ^ sup ! ply , tends to lower prices of all sons of potatoes narticu . arly second-rate samples . Our market , is 1 eavy \ uhe M *»™ & . lotions ^ York Regents 80 s to lUta Perton * Wisbedi ditto , BOstoTDs ; Scotch ditto COS to 75 ?^ Ditto Cup . 30 s to 00 s ; French Whites dusuioftf- Rhenish a , d Bels , an ditto 30 s to 60 s ; Dutch ditto 10 to 50 s

      SEEDS . London , Monday—The late rise in prices of clover ^ ed swiarsrMMrSttS ^ ^ WSKSfe" * < 1 Ilotations «« & * £ &

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      CHARTIST CONFERENCE . Conclusion of Thursday ' s Sitting . Mr . Curk did not intend to vote upon this question at all ; but he would bear his testimony to the tact tUat 30 s . was not enough for a man who had a wiie and famil y to support , and , at all events , it would not allow him to appear respectable enoudi to go among the middle classes for the purpose of carrying out the object of the 3 rd resolution at the bottom of the programme . The sura proposed by Mr . O Connor was a mean and beggarly sum and though there were men that could be got to do the

      business for that sum , they were men upon whom no dependence could bo placed , and in whom the Chartist bod y generally would not have confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Drake agreed with Mr . O ' Connor , that according to present circumstances , 30 s . was enough ; but let this new organisation succeed as wellaa he . for one anticipated it would , and he should then have no objection of voting £ 5 per week to the members of the executive . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M'GiUTir moved " that as the old executive had been alluded to as not having been paid , Mr . Kydd should be allowed to address a few words to the Conference . "

      The motion having been seconded by Mr . Uiiisg , was put and carried . Mr . Ktdd then came forward and said , as he had been called upon to speak , he would just tell them what he did out of 30 s , a week " when he could get it , " When in Manchester it cost him 4 s . od . per day to lire , and left him 7 d . per day in his pocket . ( Laughter . ) The Chartists owed him £ 60 for his services as a member of tho last Executive , and , though he should not offer himself us a candidate for fresh honours , he should make them a present of that small sum of money . ( Laughter . ) Though Mr . O Connor had spent so much money and so much SSftr ( Mn ty * * 1 ? 11 " 18 * say » that "totake £ 00 from a man who had a hundred was more charitable than to take £ 00 from a man who had

      nothmg . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . IIarxet said , that , although he should have preferred to have seen the secretary paid ten shillings more than the other members of the Executive , yet , as his amendment had not been seconded , he should vote for the original proposition of two pounds . He had personally known the members of every Chartist Executive , but never knew one of them that saved money by serving the people , but , on the contrary , he had known several who had been placed in difficulties in consequence of their hospitality and the unceasing demands made upon them for subscriptions to all kinds of funds , and for the relief of unemployed Chartists . It was a principle much insisted on last nioht

      tnat Chartist leaders should attend the meetings of Parliamentary Reformers . How were they to do so if they were not in a position to assume a respectable exterior ? They must remember that tney Jived in an age when Diogenes in his tub would not be respected , and even an Apostle if walking the streets in rags and tatters , would be looked upon and punished as a vagrant . He begged to remind them that the paid Executive would not take office for three months . In the course of that time the fate of the present attempt at organisation would be decided . Either failure would prevent the election of any executive , or success would furnish the means to pay the members thereof . Had thev not hnnn

      Wldthat middle class converts were thronging to the Chartist standard ? Surely those gentlemen would not be content to give merely a paltry shilling a year ! Surely they would give a guinea , or five guineas ! If otherwise , what was the worth of the so much vaunted middle class conversions ? Let the delegates act up to their own principles , and vote for a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . Mr . Aelnutt thought 30 a per week enough for a man and his family . J He did not get so much as that all the year round , and he kept himself and family well . What would those men in liis locality—Fiusbury--who were only earning about 9 d per day say to giving the members of the Executive £ 2 per

      After a few remarks from Mr . Besilt in favour of the amendment , and from Mr . Muae in favour of the resolution , the question was taken , when the motion for 30 s was carried by 10 to 9 . ' Messrs . Clark , M'Gratb , Doylo , and Dixon declined voting . The Conference then adjourned till Friday .

      FRIDAY EVENING . The delegates met at eight o ' clock , and the Chairman- having taken his seat , Mr . Clark secretary , read the minutes of the previous meeting , which were confirmed . Mr . Arxott then moved : — " That . this Conference earnestly recommend to the Council or Committee of every section of trades to forthwith call meetings of their several bodies , in order to impress on them the imperative necessity of adoptin « , as their political creed , tho principles of the People ' s Charter , and energetically agitate for its enactment , and thereby ensure their social amelioration . " Mr . Uttixg seconded the motion .

      Mr . Alison wished to make the following addenda to his motion : — " That a deputation of three be now appointed to wait on the Conference of the National Association of Trades , to solicit their co-operation . " Mr . Towssesd seconded the addenda . Mr . Clark said , they must be cautious asto what union they made with the trades . ( Hearj hear . ) He recollected , in 1842 , that the trades of Manchester got up an agitation , and after obtaiuin" the adhesion of the Chartists of that place , they deserted the cause they had espoused , and left the Chartists to be prosecuted and put in prison ( [ Tear , hear . ) However , though he did not expect a deputation would do much good , the enrolment of some of the members of the trades waited upon might a = sist , in some measure at least , to carry on the society under its new organisation . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . O'Coxxon said , they ought to solicit the cooperation of these very parlies whom they did not think would join the association . He , too , recollected that in Manchester , in 18 i 2 , himself and fifty-nine others were prosecuted for an agitation got up by the trades of that town ; but let them be wary in future , and give no class of men the opportunity of betraying their advocates , or of compromising their principles , ( near , hear . ) There were two classes of trades—the aristocratic and thelower class . As to the first , they were men getting enough to keep them and their families in comfort , and therefore would not joki any political movement , but the lower class of trades , would be with them to a man . He thought the motion of Mr . Arnott a very shrewd and a very timely one , and had much pleasure in supporting it . Mr .- Stallwood said , he knew that much good mi

      ght be done by sending to the trades . AVhv , one of the rules agreed to by the late Trades Conference , was in favour of Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) That Conference represented upwards of 17 , 000 of the trades of London . Besides they had at least two good Chartists at their head—he meant Walton and Delaforce—who would advance the cause of Chartism among tho trades as much as possible . Mr . Milxe supported the motion . Mr . Lee said , the trades of London were now in a very had position—so disunited , in fact , that he really did not know where a deputation would be able to meet them . It had been ascertained that there were only 4 , 000 united for the protection of wages , while the number of those who worked for any price offered by masters exceeded 30 , 000 individuals . He would , nevertheless , vote in favour of the motion .

      Mr . Bnow . v was convinced that great good might be done by the deputation . The shoemakers had contributed no less a sum than £ 23 to tho Victim Fund . ( Iloar , hear . ) The Chairman did not think much good would be done to the cause by the adoption of the motion now submitted to them . lie had invariably found the trades of London in favour of Chartist principles , but would not assist in obtaining their adoption . They believed they had political rights but were content that some other parties should endeavour to get those rights for them . ( Hear hear ) JL ^ 'f i"f SET t L 10 Ught the remtirks A CS 1 Ut T mUSt PoVle

      an 7 h ° T " - ' ^ « t ailes and show the necessity for their joining in a straggle for their rights , that those right ! which they aped they ought to have might be tbe mere speedil y obtained . Ho was convinced that most of the shoemakers , at all events , would join tK Hear , hear . ) The deputation would do we To impress upon each trade the necessity of ealing meetings of their different bodies , for the purnosf of expressing their belief in the priSsTiid down in the People ' s Charter . This done nnd 1 i waS sure that , with such men as Mr . WaC and Mr . Delaforce at their head , they would soon find a . majority of the trades of London marcMng in the front ranks of Cuartisra . It was not for f nor ta to command success , but they might do So -they m . ght deserve it . ( Hear , hear !

      Air . Uiiixo supped tho motion . Alter a few W 01 . from M Ahxott , Towv S ; i ? v ' " lotion ™ ** - J - » B M'Gri lF i i r ; - eonsistin S , ^ Messrs . Kydd , Mbrath and Dixon , was then appointed to carry out the fpirit of the resolution . ll ululfcu lo calr ' G . Jclus ILulsey then moved — <« Thit tha patriotic and praiseworthy sacrifice made by Mr ^ J < M , in renouncing his claim to the sum of £ C 0 due as salary for hit services as Secrecy to the late Charter Association , entitles him to the

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      CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND RE-ORGANISATION OF THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . . 1 , —The object of those persons who signify their adhesion to the principles and plans set forth in this document , is to institute a legal , peaceful , and constitutional agitation on behalf of the People ' s Charter . 2 . —The persons thus uniting their opinions and their moral energies , denominate themselves collectively ' Tho National Charter Association . ' 3 . —This Association consists of all individuals who taka outcards of membership and subscribe to the fund of the society . i . —The principles to be promulgated by tho Association are those contained in tbe document known as the P « op ! e '» Charter , mid which may be thus summed up : —1 . Universal Suft'rago . 'I . VoteWy Ballot , 3 . Annual Parliament : ? i . Equal Electoral districts . S . Xo Property Qualification 6 . Paid Representatives .

      5 . —The government of the Association is rested in an executive committee consisting of fire members : receiving salaries for their services . 6 . —The executive committee appoints the secretary , who receives a salary for his services . 7 . —All members of the Association are entitled to votes ( perBonally , and not by proxy . ) 8 . —A card of membership is granted for one year upon payment of one shilling . The contribution may be paid by instalments of not less than one penny wsekly the member not to receive his card nor be eligible to be a member of the executive committee , until the contribution is paid in full ; but any person subscribing to the funds of the

      Association will be entitled to vote in all its proceedings . 9 . —As any individual who fails to maintain his payments , ceases to be a member of the Association , he cannot vote unless his arrears be previously paid up . 10 . —The mode of propagating the principles of the Association shall be by public meetings , by the circulation of tracts , by the aid of lecturers , and by any other legal means which the executive may think fit to adopt . U . —At the public meetings called by , and at the instance of this Asioniation , the most perfect freedom of speech u recognised ; save and except nitb regard to language calculate * to cause a breach of the peace or otherwise violate the laws . . 12 . —Lecturers will be appointed by the executive committee , 13 . —The National Charter Association has been founded and exists independently of all other institutions whatsoever , whether political or social ; and it is to be hoped that it may become a rallying poist for all democratic scctious and popular interests . 14 . —An office will be taken in London to serve as the headquarters of the Association : and this office will be deroted solely to the business of the institution .

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      [ We accidentall y omitted in our report , last week , to mention , that a letter was read from Mr . C . Clark , Bristol , which Btated , that the Chartists of that City were desirous of pursuing any practical plan of organisation which the Conference mi ght think fit to adopt . ]

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      *» " » SS ^ SiS' ^™" . In consequence of severe illness , Mr B O'Rrinn President of the National Reform League wwS able to give his usual Friday wmuigVture lut week ; and Mr . A . Campbell undertook to give an impromptu address to tho parties assembled . -Mr Campbell stated that he was not aware at Jhti stage Mr . O'Brien had arrived in tho elucidation of the principles of National Reform advocated ! bvth ? gentleman , and therefore would not JJIJz

      ioiiow Mr . u-j ttion on the present occasion Tho subject he should commence with had just been de termincd by seeing a letter in the Weekhi n £ ™ Z which he himself had written in refe ete o t 0 origin of the forty shillings freehold scEo . Cobden had stated that that idea had originated wiVh , Mr . talker , of Rochdale ; whereas , ffi £ ! iti he , ( Mr Campbell ) had clearly shown in the letter alluded to , that it had been suggested by himself Z ongago - M September , 1838 , in a disc / sS & took place between him and Mr . W P Zi \< Z tho Guildhall , Bath . A repoiV of that dtcSion had beon printed ; and the extracts cL , I that , not only was the forty shii £ & « iiuiiwiu

      men , totally independent of Mr Cobde , but that that gent eman , had at tlio time dmR : refused to entertain the idea , repudiaSnSft ? gether . Mr . Campbell endeavoured tHiowtw ins plan for getting tho freehold vote , w 2 JP J ? F-ohC th , rt pel 5 ° 8 S . nS * ystem Seated by £ * Cobdon and the Financial Mormon ; in-ismuM , , it was proposed to unite labour and 2 h ! large form , giving to each proprietor tufrthtof tho franchise , at the aamo time enabling lfi ? oomb . no with it tho advantage * of ooSftion I , ? us ft lows , by producing and . oonauming iS ^ com- 0 of all reform should bo ttooSSS ? offe ^ , , ?* ^ s ^^ s ^ 3 p knowledge was dangerous , a » d not 5 SSK ° i s ? o ^ s £ o ^ a ^ j

      Ka »^? OTJ 2 r ^^ spectus of the National Reform Leaguo ° " , em \ , H « - tlmt it was not , onl y necessary to If , L ai ' klI 1 g on paper , but to take the fiiS ™ , ?" ^ "" ing them out it , practice . Tim 2 « " i ° f carry ofimeponcehad enunciated S . eSfu 5 tJtt nlion I'ut , in praotioe , the Rovernnwin « r i ? ofall me " . ncVe . 1 in direct omioJtioJ o \ w ^ » 't' 7 Gnmpboll conclude ] I iuvitL 1 do ri Mr . had been said . ' llluun S discussion on [ National ltolbnn \ l " ™ . ° « l'Mupectus of thj Aujonoan Constitutiuu ° iefoV tivS i 1 ?! 18 ldor ! « ' ? llil 1 ' not enunciated dJ , • ! lnasi "Ueh as it proiiortr or , im / , » w ;„;; '' ? '' f l « iudMfaS « rtWffl ^* ^^ Ss

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      THE LATE CONFERENCE , TO TBE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —In the report of Wednesday ' s proceedings ot the Conference , it is stated that I moved the following amendment to the 3 rd resolution proposed by Mr . Clark :- " That this Conference discountenance all opposition at the meetings of the Reform League , or any other body of men seeking any portion of political reform so long as the Chartists were allowed a fair and impartial heaving . " This is not correct ; the amendment I moved reads as follows :- " That this Conference discountenance [ all factious opposition at public meetings

      , but at the same time recommend the working classes to attend and maintain the right of free discussion at all meetings called for political veform . Allow mo to state that in thus acting , I represented not my own opinion only , but also the opinion of those who sent me to that Conferenco and for the information of those gentlemen who seem so smitten with the middle clasges , I be to say , that if the National Charter Association is to be based on the princi ple of Mr . Clark ' s resolution , that it will gain very little support from the veritable democrats on this side of the water How the men of the country will act remains to be

      seen . The fact is , the people are beginning to look for something more than tho Charter , as for any tiling short of that they deem to be moonshine ihe Chartists are told not to mar nor obstruct I beg to state , that they never have so acted towards nuy honest body of reformers . The Chartists have a ways asked for , and are determined to have fair play , ^ believing that any body of men denying that , arc dishonest in their profession , I mav just mentton that every public building in Soutlnvark is barred against demooaoy ; and that the publican , at whose house the meeting was held for the election of delegates , has been waited on by the police authorities , and through the fear of losintj his license , has denied us the use of his house £ ov other meetings . Now , I ask , under such circumstances now is public opinion to be agitated in favour of democracy ? There is onl y one resource , that is to attend all political meetings , and advance the Charter by all fair and honourable means . I intond so to act , and advise my brother democrats , throughout the country , to do likewise . b I am , yours in the cause of democratic and social progress . p c t . u .. Jo " Pearcey , Junr . m » nV ? *?* WeV 0 fom ' who voted for ^ e amendment , not three , as stated in tho report . —J , P

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      bU THE NORTHERN STAR . 1 Dwrna . M , 1849 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1553/page/8/