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" !^(» 'Yqainay . plaw ; % i _ eiaiar tinder « ^ ai < S ^ MonarcttSl imitations , Mia ^ v him VitH tha name of a freeman and a ^ Uto nrk ^ nt tieis really ' Sud veritably a 680 T& Wtty chases Hold Ms life in ^ flrnand s . They rale in the councils of the te . xheyni ake the laws for the slave cla > s , * * L ^ as in *® c *^ of ^® joMneynien bakers , a ) £ L l ^ ey implore assistance ^ or even an inff into their case by the Legislature , the 9 ci akers and the Government coldly turn k ^ -refuse the request , and , as ferasin *^ n Kes . doom them to despair . Would it iBmrauuer mat ^ : ^ g
t be ^^ m w despair Ob to desparation—tHat to desperate deeds sfie e alone is the true foundation on which National institutions can securel y stand , and ? hat even Kittmtnres and nnllowhers are but a r ~ L s ubstitute for a country filled by con-Z 2 a jastly treated , and prosperous , indus-^ ovs raea ? The parties who stand in the ! Ly of such objects , are alone responsible for A e ^ ls and the sufferings which may arise jftin that obstruction . .
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^ ° ?^ rff - w 4 oflleBrifa'A Colonies XiSr ^^ ¥ Mdi it does to £ X £ J » tes ; -Thepeopl ^ bf this country JKi ? t °° ^ of oligarchi a l government athome , to place ftemselyes Voluntary under the same regi me . ^ en / they resolve to se ek ' a settlement in anew , country . There cannot be amore conducive proof of the high estimation in vnich the masses of this country hold political andmunicipal privileges than thelarge proportion of the total number of emigrants who annually place themselves under the . Republican institutions '; of the United States . Our North American Colonies are far more g ^^^^ yn ^ c ^
accessible , and far more cheaply reached , than ' the nearest of these . States , yet the number of emigrants who proceed to Canada , New Brunswick , or any of our colonies in that quarter , are insignificantly small in comparison . The number of emigrants who left ' our shores in search of new homes last vear was 249 , 498 . Of these 219 , 450 ' settled in the United States , while only 79 , 256 have settled in the whole of the British Colonies ^ near and remote . "Within the last two years , 480 , li 5 persons emi grated to North America , of which only 72 , 432 went to the-British Colonies , and 407 , 683 to the United States .
These facts show , that iriframing Constitutions for our Colonies , our Legislatorswere engaged in an important task , and that upon the liberal and practical spirit in which they went to work depended , in a great measure , the rapidity with which the extensive and varied resources of these Colonies could be developed . They have altogether failed to appreciate the magnitude and importanoe of the subject , and to apply commensurate measures . They have given the Golonies not Constitutions , but a few incoherent materials out of which to make them . It is strange that our Yankee relations
should understand so much better than ourselves the art of self-government , ^ hile our legislative philosophers and savans have been puzzling their wise brains with all kinds of theories and schemes , the mbtely congregation of personsfromall parts of the wor ] d , who have settled in California , have alread y agreed to a liberal and comprehensive Constitution , and elected all . the necessary state officers . . Their Legislative Assemblies are in full action—inur nicipal arrangements have been beneficially cbmpleted , and the whole machinery bfpolitical , judicial , and executive government is working smoothly . Even among the Mormons , in the Great Basin , we mid that they , too , have
framed a Constitution , and organised :. a civil Government and Legislature , with all appropriate officers . What is far beyond the reach of the wealthy , educated , leisurely and enlightened aristocracy , and privileged classes of Great Britain , is the easiest possible achievement to the Anglo-Saxons , who are not under their guidance . What is the cause of all this ? Does the defect lie in them , or in the people ? Are the leaders or the followers blind ? Or , lastly , is not the inference a reasonable one ,, that the oligarchial nature of our institutions is fatal and adverse to self-government—and consequently , good gbvernment-rboth at home and abroad ? ' :
Another party fight , on the question of Protection , has taken place , with the usual result , in the present Free Trade Parliament , namely : thatthe landlords have been thrashed . The motion , however , did not come from their own side , but from a repentant Free Trader , and , it maybe , that that fact had something to do with the largeness of the majority , which exceeded that of any previous division on the question this Session . We have so frequently
expressed our views as to the interested and class nature of the struggle between the contending factions , on this question , that it is unnecessary to do more than note the debate , as another proof that the question of Free Trade is not yet settled ; and the desperation with which the Free Traders , vote against every thing that would involve the risk of a dissolution , and an appeal to the present Constituency , shows their innate consciousness that such an
appeal would result in the reversal , of their policy .
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MR . JAMES TAYLOR AND FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEHOLDER . Sib , —In looking over your report of public meetings I find a speech delivered by Mr . James Taylor , at Ipswich , which contains an attack on a pamphlet written by myself , called , "Freehold land Societiei Injurious to the . Welfare of the People . " As . that speech contains some glaring mistakes respecting my pamphlet , perhaps yon will allow me to notice the fact through the medium of your paper . 'You will excuse my quoting the whole of his remarks , when I inform you they are one tissue of errors from beginning to end . He commences by . saying , that "Before he left home lie bad received a tract from an anonymous writer , which he believed had been
extensively circulated , in order to mar the progress of the institution . "( Loud laughter . ) , It said that the . society told these men ( what men ?) they did not care now they obtained property so that it was obtained ; whether by the plunder of employers , or by murder , they did not care , —( loud laughter , )—so long as they got a vote . He stood there to repudiate such a foul assertion , and to declare , from his very soul , that if lie thought such a base act would be perforated by the humblest individual in the society , who thus wished to raise himself in the scale of society , his protestation should be carried on against that individual . They stood on the proud principle , tbat he who wished to better , his position in life was the man likely to become more
moral in all his acts , to pay the strictest regard to all transactions in life , —and to feel a tenfold . interest in the well-being of all classes of his fellow-creatures . " In another part of the tract it was stated , that "The society was opposed to the principles for which their forefathers bled . He had never known before that their forefathers bled for other than the principles they were advocating ; they did not bleed because they were opposed to an extension of the suffrage , or , because they did not wish the productive classes to obtain their rights as men and citizens . ( Hear , hear . ) If their principles were opposed , it was not because they , desired to make the working classes wiser and better men in the several relations of life , —( certainly Mr .. T . must
mean the contrary of this , )—but simply because there was a Tote attached to the movement . ( Hear , hear . ) If there was no vote connected with the society , —if that fact could be forgotten by any man , however exalted his position , or whatever his political opinions , he would be the man to come forward and stand upon their platform , —( whose platform ?) — -and advocate their principles . ( Applause . ) He had merely referred to the tract just to show the animus of those who opposed the society ; the best argument they could employ against it was that they had a desire to induce men to commit murder and arson . " ( Laughter . ) Now , sir , I have never throughout the pages of my . pamphlet , made use of language which is here ascribed to me , nor said anything that can possibly bear suoh an absurd ridiculous , and unreasonable construction . I
therefore charge , Mr . Taylor with either wilfull y fahu . fying my statements , or , what is nearly as bad grossly misunderstanding them . It is true that I have accused those societies with advocating prin . ciples which our forefathers hied and died in opposing , but my reason for doing so is not the one which he would insinuate . Mr . Taylor must have known when he made . this . assertion , that I had , in pre ^ ceding pages of my pamphlet , charged these sooieties with adopting and promulgating a princi ple of property qualification in preference to a moral one ; and that it was to this principle which I allnded when I made the remark , and not to the reason which he appears to assign . I trust , therefore , that Mr . Taylor will , both from a sense of honour and a love of justice , proceed instantly to withdraw his assertions , or substantiate them by truth and arffurank :....,.. I « n , jroarsre 8 ^ otfallyf ¦ ¦ -= ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' : ••• :.- ; ¦¦ ' !' ¦ . : ¦ ATfbnawMtt .
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THE HONESTY FUND . TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR ESQ ., > i . jp . Respected Sir , _ I enclose you a postoffice order for £ 1 , payable to you , to assist in defraying the expense of the late libel case with Bradshaw of the "Nottingham Journal . " Dear suywebeg to sayj . that our ' confidence in you is the same , and that we shall not recognise any other . leader ; but we do hope and trait , that for the sake of your healthstrength
, , life , and the cause that you have at heart , that you will not exert yourself too much in agitation , but take time for rest . We also wish that youmay be successful in your new publication , to give that political information to the working classes which they require at tbe present crisis of political affairs . Signed on behalf of the subscribers of the above sum . •• « - vr-: ¦ ¦;'¦ ¦ CoifKAD Spbisgalv St . Martin s-at-Oak , Norwich . ¦
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THE CROSBY HALL CONCLAVE . 10 THE EDITOR OF , THE NORTHERN STAR . ' ' Sir , —Haying . been some days from town , I have only now the opportunity of correcting an error in yonr paper of Saturday week . . I was not a delegate at the V National Reform" Conference . I was invited by the Council , and attended to watch proceedings . I withdrew as soon as I saw that there was a determination not to allow a word to be said for Universal Suffrage . I have never aidednor shall I ever aid—any measure which would enfranchise one class only , of the nation , and so increase the number of those "interested , " in keeping the remainder in slavery ; or ( as Mr . Cobden expresses it ) " ln garrisoning our present institutions against the mass of the people . " , . " lam , sir , « ¦ ¦ ii . li . Your obedient servant , May 10 th . W . J . Likios .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ABERBEEN BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMx AN jl Gbstusjies , — The call made for the payment of expenses , by those members who have not paid aiiu was made by the Directors , and not by "Mr Clark na is set forth in your resolution , which was published in the Star of last week . My name was attached to the notice or call , ' in my canacitv as servant of the board . The dig at "Mr Clark " was , therefore , . like many others that have been made at him , lately ; wide of the mark . I am , Gentlemen , . Thomas Clark :
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. Match against Time . —Sir W . N . Younge performed the arduous task of running a mile and leaping 100 hurdles , 3 feet 6 inches hi gh in 18 minutes and 30 _ seeonds , on Monday , the 13 th inst . ( the time specified in the , agreement beine 25 minutes , ) The . field in which , the above waa performed was not a t all favourable ; being ' a small rectangular one , with much grass in it , high lands , and a little on the descent . The course was an oval , with four hurdles on the ascending , and six
on the descending side , 15 yards apart . The feat was performed in the following order and time : — The first 10 hurdles were cleared in 1 minute ; the second , 1 J ; the third , 2 ; the fourth , 1 *; the fifth , 2 , ; the sixth , 2 i ; the seventh , 2 J ; the eighth , H ; the ninth , 2 |; and the tenth , 2 . A minute ' s rest between each 10 hurdles . The cheering of the spectators was loud and universal at the conclusion " of the match , which was very cleverly performed , although" Sir William was neither in" health-nor spirits ; : ; : ¦
Scene at a Protectionist Dinner . —The following account of violence and . scandalous conduct at the dinner meeting of the Somerset County Protectionist and Conservative Association , at the Old Down Inn , on the 1 st May , 1850—Sir John Cox Hippisley in the . chair—is from the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette of the 8 th inst : — "After the usual -toasts , Mr . W . A . Green stood up for the purpose of proposing the healths of Mr . Miles and Mr . Pinney . A burst Of disapprobation from every quarter of' the meeting showed that there was no probability of Mr . Green ' s proposition being entertained ; and after ' considerable confusion , Mr . H . Blandford , who sat on the side of the room immediately opposite Mr . Green , rose from his seat , mounted the form , strode across the four tables which intervened between him and Mr . Green , seized him by the collar of the coat , and with the assistance of others ejected him from the room , amidst the cheers of the meeting . "
: North Staffordshire Miners . —A public meeting of miners was held in the People ' s Hall , llanley ,. on Tuesday last , to hear the report of the Deputation , lately in London holding interviews with her Majesty ' s Ministers , and the members of both Houses of Parliament , with a view of obtaining a law enforcing the better , ventilation of mines . Mr . Grocott was called to the chair , and the meeting was AddressedI-by Messrs . Jude , from Newcastleupon-Tyne , Richardson , Kelsey , and I ) aniells . The interesting statement of the Deputation gave great satisfaction . The following resolutions were paBsed unanimously : —Moved by Mr ; ' Vf . Daniells , and seconded by Mr . W . Kelsey , "That this meeting
pledges itself to agitate until the miners obtain protection in their dangerous labour , by laiv ; and practical inspectors of mines are appointed by governmont . " A vote of thanks was passed to Messrs . Jude and Riehardaon ,-and after a vote of thanks to tho chairman , the meeting broke up . —The . "Onion B steadily ^ progressing , and Messrs . Daniells arid Oslsej are elected to represent North Staffordshire , at the forthcoming . Conference , about to be Held at Wgan , on "Wh it-Monday . A public meeting has also been held here , and resolutions passed in favour oi petitioning parliament for ah eight hours biii . ^ ? , ' tI * u ^ v ^ . ABSociation baa been formed gj wtlana * wth the ; Dnk $ © j ; Moxim $ : $ ; its
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SeuEn ^ 5 met at their office , 14 , Arnott iT imm - l 5 thi Present : Messrs J . « rSr ^ fe ^ MU « e . ^ Stallwooa , J . ceste ? tir ? X ^ n Lane ' Suuderland , Leih P ^ Thf I ^ ° ' i % > rds « f member ^ tSubtSii . retary ^ s deputed ; to write to enSffn ? l ^ ^ ^^^ mberofmlmbera henceforth 2 "t- ° . their ^ alities ; and that nencetorth , each return ba ma < 1 ™™ VW ™* iv raad
^ SS ^ r ° ^«^ vw : nSS * * , Gravesend : excursion , are- re-SSgJi S make ' * return of thetickei sold , I feelS ' ^> ffi « e , 1 ^ : Southampton-8 trS D ^ rand 'on . or before Monday next . . ™ S TilEYt ^ OnTueaday ^ ening the dimoTtS . ^^ to insider-4 adfnffw ^ ^ 7 onal Committee , when ' tho ^^ gws olu ^ on was parried :--. '' That we , SSifflSp ° MJ ! pm % ,-, seeing ; the' im-J iSS $ Z -into effect the fifth clause of the ^ onstitu n ; that we do , therefore ^ accept the proposition offeredKv k ^ V ^ iaL ^
, £ ^ e pf ^ National ^ 15 ^ of fteir wUlm gness to act as an unpaid Executive . A Committee was formed to RnZVv ^ £ ' VernoH D « fence ^ j « j pHtw .--At-a meeting of'the ' Chartist Association in this town , Seldion the S inst ., it was resolved : ~ « That the thanks of this meetingbe tendered to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for the strai ghtforward , and-unflinching manner in wLich He has ever adv 6 ~ c f tl ^^ of labour ; that we ' sliU regard him as' our uncompromising leader -and that wej ) lace ,: unbounded confidencedn the present Provisional Committee i hopine thev ]
w » P ^ . 3 same course which thoy have hitherto done and that nothing but ' a dereliction of their duty shall cause us to withdraw that support and confidence : from them , which they are at present so justly entitled to . " ; BBianiou .-At a weekly meeting lately held , the following members were nominated , andeleSto S 9 a m S "' ^ - Messrs . John- Wells , Gideon SSS m » Iml Cura 1 min 8 ' James Williams , Carles fSSSSSST ^^^^ XM ^ lliam CRirPtEOALB LoCALIir- 20 , G 0 I , nEN-I , ANB .-At the ; meeting it ^ was resolved : - « That the Daily News bo discontinued , and that tW Northern Stew and Reynold * s Weekly Newspaper be taken . " - The members will meet at half-paW'two o ' clock on Sunday , to select candidates foivthe Executive
. ; MOJHJiIEKIJOW , LMAMS ; SHAKPE , AND HAKSIIABD . —The question has frequently been asked , - is this monument yet erected ? We regret being compelled to answer , mtho negative ; riot from any fault of the mason , his work ; as far ; as possible , having been reacry these five months past ; ' The inscription desired to be placed on the monument was placed in thchands of the gentlemen of the Cemetry'Board iu November last , and although suclfah Inscription is not a whit stronger than others , inscribed' oh tombs in Bunhill-fields burial ground ; or the church yards of Hammersmith arid Aldgatei yet we learn that it has been referred to a higher quarter : and on Messrs . Stallwoodatid Coxthe deputation '
, , attending at the Board-office , on Tuesday , the 7 th ins S ., they- were : referred to the Cemetry-office . When they arrived there they were courteously informed that no instructions had been given , and a letter to the board was , on their account , forwarded , requesting au immediate reply . We learn with regret that the subscriptions are yet deficient some six or seven pounds ; which we trustoiir Democratic brethren will not fail to subscribe forthwith . South Shields . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Assodiatidn of this place was held onMonday evening , May 13 th , in Mri " Thomas Dryden s School-room , when the portrait of Kossuth was ballotted ; in aid of the Honestv Piind . arid
the sum of nineteen shillings realised . Mr . John Kyje moved , and Mr . William Robinson seconded , — That'this meeting hare full ' confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ; , M . P ., ahd Mf . G . Julian Harney , and sincerely hope that no difference will arise between those gentlemen . "~ Carried unanimously . Tower Hamlets . —A publio meeting , convened under the auspices of the National Charter League , , was _ held at the Yox and Hounds , Hare-street Bethnal-grcen . Tho meeting was * attended by Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , Tapp , - Allriutt , ana S ]"" . Messrs . Smith , Brisck , Clark , Brown , Side , Slocomb , Drake , M'Grath , arid Davis iddressed themeetincf , when the following resolutions
were earned by acclamation— " That in the opinion of this meeting the conduct and policy pursued by the present Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association is calculated to , secure the political emancipation of the people by carrying out the documents called the People ' s Charter ; we therefore pledge ourselves to' support the National Charter Association , " ' "That ; in the opinion of this meeting , the National Charter League is not worthy the confidence of the people . " A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The Charter Leaguers retired in solemn silence , apparently regrettin * their visit to the Tower Hamlets . ¦¦¦¦ ' ¦¦
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National Charter League . —The couricil ' met at their reoms , on ' Wednesday evening last ; ' when there were present—Mr Tapp , Mr . Side '; ' Mi \ xsobbs , Mr . Dixon , Mr . Hobdenj tirV Allnutt ' , Mr . M'Grath , the President , and Mr . Clark , the Secretary . The chief business of the evening consisted in arrangements for lectures ; and tho adoption of an address from the League to the People . ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ .:.-. •• . ¦ - ? . ¦ .: : . ••! \ EXPKSSE OP ¦ GOVKRNMEKT PROSECUTIONS IN ENGLANb and in America . —We observe that . in the
important prosecution of Dr . Webster ; for the murder of Dr . Parkmari , which lasted twelve'days , and depended Bpon' -a . long train of ihlricate evidence and of facts requiring minute attention , arid most difficult of coherence , two counsel only were engaged , while in an almost ' trifling chavge of fraud tried at the Central Criminal Court on Friday , in which tho Globe Insurance' Company were the pursuers , . the following costly array of counsel were engaged for' the prosecutioh ; -the Attorney-General ,- Mr . = ClarKson , Sir J . Baily , arid Mr . Boville . : ¦'<¦¦<• ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦> ¦ i
The AoinoRiTiEs at the British Museum are stirring m a matter . which does them credit , and will be gratifying to all who are interested in our early history . The endeavour to procure the romoyaltothe safe custody of the Museum of the w ^ i " ^ "sewpta of Pnideritiu s , Higden , Wickliffe ; dsc , in . tho Tennyson Library—where they : are now comparatively useless and unknowninterrupted by the death of the late Archbishop of Canterbury , has been renewed ; arid we believe with so much of good . feeling on all sides , that it is at length likel y to be brought to a / satisfaoton conolusion .-i ^ ftcnaum : i ' *¦¦ .. '
The Projectbd . Improvemesi or . Si . Paul ' s CHURCHiARD . —On Monday a numerous and influential deputation waited by appointment . upon the Deanand Chapter of St . Paul ' s Cathedral ,. with reference to the plan for ' doing away / with , the iron railing round that edifice . —After a lengthejiod interview , the Dean said he could not see that there would he any use in widening the church yard , unless the end ; of Ludgate-hifi , where' he contended all the stoppages ocourred , were widened .- The authorities ,. hesaid , intended toopeh the bhurohyard for the use of foot passengers , and the chanter i ® M $ > $$ , WfijieiMl ajar aijHtQ ^;^ ¦
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-, MANSION . HOUSE ; ¦ ii Chahur a * - ^ :: ¦ • ' Goods w , Fraud , -Mortimer SVorr » r - IIf ° W too ^ : ^ firman Gibbs VaSS hayingobtamed ,: under false prctrndes "& + »;„ of ; No . 108 ; Cheapside , a quantity of silk lineri arid cotton' goods ^ Mr . . Clarkson , instructed bv Messrs .-. Ashurst ! and Co . ; attended for the prosecution ; and Mr . Ribton , instructed by Mr , Hobler attended , for . the defendant ;—Inspector Mitchell said he had reason to believe that several other cases would be brought against the defendant , who was then remanded upon the tire oaFes . ? : BOW-STIIEET . —Highway Robbery . —A desperate , looking fellow was charged with highway robbery . —The prosecutor , whose namo did not
transpire ; deposed that on Sunday ho had been drinking rather freely at Biiyswater , and about eight o ' clock m , th 0 1 . evening he was going-home down Neiv Oxford-street , when he was seized at the back and uraggedto the ground . He was so intoxicated that he could not help himself , though he knew that lf , f w - robLed - He screamed " Police !" butbefove any one arrived he had been plundered oi ; Aw . TOtoh and some money ,, Ho could not say f ? n Vii'S . t h ° P nsonei 1 wh 6 struck him down . He of " whL thcr 0 were tw » or three others , all conlSu Sf ? ?^§^ ed in the > -o ^ ery .-A police the Sll ^ ^ division deposed that he observed man win n > Unmng ^ ^ company with another Z the iL ° ™ i t 0 tho Po'we .-Nothing was found on tne prisoner .. but ns . t . hn nfha . ««„ = « : j ^ . » .
„ X tieft * * ^ l }? . Th ^ oner wSSndcd : V 1 Dg any kllo 4 d fi ° ^ matter ! 1 ) m ^ 3 w " MuBDER . wBao ^ LANE . - Danid & ' A ? f efflmillC ( i : cllai 1 ! edsith throwing his wife , Ann Donovan , from tbe second floor back room window , at No 19 , Short ' s gardens , Vuryfe > w T l V had been P lBOed in ^ nge " - Mr . Wood , the . house-surgeon at King ' s Colleee lloapital , stated that the unfortunate woman was ^ 'nJ n a T , ' y P recariouai state , and not out of danger , It ^ yas probable that she would ultimately recover , but he was unable to . give any opinion as to the time when « he might appear in the court . — Iheeyidenco was taken before Mr . Hall'in one of
, the private rooms , and the magistrate , after hearing tne state of , the injured , woman , adjourned the further hearing of the case . . ,. DArino Robbery . -J . Mitchell and J . Fitzgerald were charged under the following circumstances .-• lhomas A . Carpenter said tliat on Sunday morning he went to a private , house , No . 37 , Gobrge-street , ot . 'tales s ,. for the purpose of . obtaining some gin , ashehad previously , been supplied at tho same house . He knocked , and was readily admitted , and found the two prisoners there . After he had been supplied with some gin , the prisoners requested , him to . stand ' some more , and at the same time , i ± ' ¦ i ' i " M ¦•*• «* iw oauio mini ;
» •<» tbreatened him .-if he refused . He then treated them with several , glasses , and as he was leaving the house , the ,. prisoners caught ; hold of him and held his hands down , while a female , who had been drinking with them , ; thrust her hands into his pockets , and took out a , sovereign . On gainingthe street , witness gave . the prisoners into custody , but the female escaped . —Tho prisoners denied the robbery , and Mr . Jardineaaidthere was sufficient e > idence . to provo another conviction against the proprietor of the house , for retailing spirits , and advised the . police , to take the necessary steps ; to obtain a , conviction . -He should remand the prisoners . . *
A WnoLEsoMB Exposure . —Sidney B . Sparkes , the- proprietorof a sham , agency omcer was placed at the bar before Mi-. Jardine , charged with ob > taming . byfal 8 e representations sums of money from several young men by means , of newspaper advertisments . The ., court . was . crowded by young men ; principally . from the country , who had deposited cash secunties with . the prisoner and his accomplices for nominal situations they ^ were . to be provided with . —Sergeant Thompson , P , produced three files of agreements , letters , and receipts , which he found at the prisoner ' s ' . place of business , in his handwriting ( from which it ; appeared that he assumed different names as to the nature of his transactions required ) , togetherwith a quantity of
documents tound at the . house of-Mr . Parrott in Groat Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , where the prisoner rented , an office , and in Brownlow-street , Drury-lane , among which were twelve different agreements between him and persons to be engaged as agents , messengers , and clerks , upon payment oi deposits varying from £ 10 and upwards , all bearing datewithma month .-George Morris , a young man , said that lie had answered an advertisement , and having seen Mr . -Wright , who keeps an agency office m New Oxfordrstreet , to whom he was referred , he paid him a deposit of £ 20 to become his clerk , im .-mediately after which -Wrightwas committed to Whitecross-street prison , by order of a judge of a county courtbefore whom he was summoned ' %% rf % mill 1
, 1 * 4 ' ~~^* mmm ^ m ^ *¦ vfcj M 1 ^ AM f yH — which caused the business to be carried on by his son during his absence . In a short time witness was enabled to ascertain the nature of his employer's agency business , by the visits of the witnesses , and other young men who had been imposed upon by the prisoners ,. Campbell and Stanley , and created a disturbance in the office , complaining of the treatment they , had met with . Witness had frequently been sent on business to the offices kept by the prisoner and hi 3 : associates in Kingsgate-street , Brownlow-street , and Great Queen-street , where he saw them , and from their repeated visits at his employer s office , he entertained no doubt that they were connected with hiai in the same transactions . It may bo necessary-to mention that Charles
Stanley , the prisoner ' s partner , was brought to this court on two different , occasions , charged with being concerned with , him in obtaining several sums of money by false representations , but was discharged by Mr . Hall ,, , who , upon exa mining the agreements signed by both parties , decided that the offence amounted to a breach of contract , over which ho had no jurisdiction ; and again by Mr . Henry , who , after hearing the statements of the complaining parties , expressed an opinion that the transactions between them . amounted to a debt , which should be recovered by civil process in a county court , there being nothing in the proceedings to ' constitute an indictable oftence . At this stage of the proceedings , Mr . Jardino ordered the prisoner to be removed to
the cells , the several witnesses being requested not to leave the court ,, and Sergeant Thompson having been provided with a warrant , signed by his worship , returned in about an hour , when Charles Stanley , alias Nixon , was placed at the bar with the other prisoner , and the whole of the evidence being read over , which was taken at the present and tbe former , examination , the witnesses underwent a longthened cross-examination by the prisoner Sparkes , scarcely any portion of which bore upon the direct charges , except that a complaint was made upon the subject at the Clerkenwell i
-oiice-court . —Mr . Jardine said that it was a case which required serious consideration , and he should order the prisoners : to be remanded . —Other witnesses offered to give evidence of the frauds that had been practised upon them by the prisoners , but they . were informed . that ample opportunity would be afforded them for that purpose on a future day . —Mr . Jardine reminded the prisoners that he had not expressed any opinion respecting the several charges brought . against them , , it being his initention to hear : every , case before he would decide upon the course he would pursue , and after refusing to . accept bail for their future appearance , the pri-¦ ¦
soners were removed from tho bar . ¦ :. .:. - ¦¦ : >¦ Assault upon a Constable' by a Soldier . — A . Abbot , late , a soldier in . the Coldstream Guards , was charged with violently assaulting . police-conr stable No . 83 , A division , while in the execution of his duty . —The prisoner was a private attaohed to a battalion of the Coldstream Guards , stationed at St . George ' s barracks , Cbaring-cross ; and on Tuesday the prisoner , and another private belonging to the same regiriient , were drummed out of the regiment for general bad conduct . The prisoner , after being disgraced in the sight of his companions , repaired to the canteen , near Whitehall , andremained
drinking with some friends who were soldiers , until he became intoxicated . Ha left the canteen about four ; o'clock , and as he was proceeding along Whitehall ,. he was observed by police-constable No . 83 ; A division ; to bo in such a condiiion that ho could scarcely . walk . The constable , followed him ,, when tho prisoner suddenly turned round , and struck him a tremendous blow upon the mouth . The constable ' s lip . was severely cut , and bled psofusely . The constable did not speak until after- ' he was 'struck . —The prisoner pleaded drunkenness , and was fined 40 s .. or three weeks' imprisonment . He was unable to pay the fine .
' Robbery op Bank-koibs . —G . Shipton w . asfinally examined charged with stealing nineteen £ 5 Bank of England noSea , the- property of Miss , Elizabeth Hawes Sewaid and Misa . Jane Sewardi of No 7 Gqwer-street , BloomsbuW . The prisoner said no ' - S ^ 9 enC ° ' — fully ww ^ tto * fa _ MARLB 0 RbTJ 6 H . STREET . - Shoplifting - ElizaCoBnorwas cha 1 ! gedwith stealingBi 5 Sy ^ of si k , value £ 21 . 2 s ., the property of Mr W Shea Saturday afternoon the prisoner came into bis shop Zl ^ K f 5 ted v ^ s omo 3 i ^ ' A . S ? S placed bofore . hcr , and . after evamini ™ tim int . a \ m
SSI if t 0 ? WCBase on the ground that sone would suit hen She then left the counter , and ouher wiy to the door , she purchased two reels of cotton * v ^ » having observed something in her manner wnicn excited his suspicion , followed her and taxed nerwith robbinghim , whereupon she pulled from her ppoket the sixtoen yards . of silk produced , whioh no identified as his property . Ongoing soorohed at the station , other property , consisting of pocket handkerchiefs , gloves , and , pieces of tpe , supposed to have Tbeenatoleb froin other shops , was round upon her . ' Tho prisoner wascomraitted for trial , t Atiempibo Aubon . — Michael Switier , a clerk in tKeoiuploy Qftbe IrUU Soei « ty f \ raa ctorge 4 on
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susp 1 Cion of having TO 8 de « -atfempt to set fire to tho offices occupied by the Society , at No . 32 , Sack , ville ^ treet , PiccadiUy .-lfryDod , for . the proaecail tion , stated that , on the 7 th of May the woman en * ployed to clean the offices of the society saw alight through tbe crevice in the door of a closet in one of th ^ rooms where the clerks were , em ployed . The aurrlnS ^ brok ? "Pen , and a lighted candle , ofolS dln a P artic « l ? r manner by a quantity Iichtod 3 pers ' and . olos 6 to . several other unbeneath Ca" £ « ' ^ as d-scovered . The closet was vouoSs f » S ^ ' * Ioset ' where tho company ' ^ die wS UhadfceX' 7 , , ? / d the can " would burn down to td ™ llad . Calculated that * at night , \ Mdfi 5 fti ^^ f ^ f ^ would afterwards ££ 0 £ 2 tl robai ) l V ^ houB ? g } tion took place , ^ fa ^ J ™™* iuupiior not 6
. ou . was suspected at fi « t . T 7 consequence of information thS L O > l offlces ' forthe night , heihad been' 2 JtSS % cindle in the closet was ma-le , he ^ V $ * iX * £ tioned . and requested to send for his keys Ka his keys wer « produced one of them was found to unlock the closet door . The prisoner was subsequently given jnto custody en suspicion of havine ueen concerned in an attempt to set tho office and house on fire . A discovery had been made that considerable sums o , f money had been embezzled by- some one , and the chief clerk had since absconded . —Mr . Long said there could not be a nnrti .
cle of doubt as to the intention of the person who had placed the candle in the closet . There was no " reason , however , to suppose that the act wag the act of , more , than one person , and as one person , had run away under suspicious circumstances , who had been , seen in the office about half an hour before the candle was found , the strength of tho evidence was in that quarter . As to the key , it was not an uncommon key ; and , therefore , tha prisoner might have had it innocently in his possession . Under all circumstances , especially as on * person had absconded , it would be unjust towards the prisoner to send him , to , gaol ; and , therefore , he must discharge him .
CLBItKEN WELL . —Atibmptrd Suicidp . —Esther Davison , the wife-of a Bhoemaker , residing at No . 18 , Peter-street , Clerkenwell ,: was charged with having attempted suicide by poi 3 on .-Mr . Wood , a surgeon , of St . Johu-street , stated that on the previous day the prisoner ' s son called on , him and requested his attendance , saying that . his mother bad taken poison . He instantly proceeded to tha house , and fouiid the prisoner lying insensible 6 a the bed , exhibiting all the sy mptoms of poison , and a phial which had contained laudanum was near her side . ' He administered some remedies . which partially restored her to her senses , but she refused to take antidotes until he ( Mr . Wooa ) persisted in his threats to resort to violent measures to compel her
, when she reluctantly consented , and he immediately returned to procure the stomach pump . She was taken to the . hospital , where . every attention was paid to her , and a quantity of poison extracted from " Her stomach . Her , husband attended , but could assign no cause for so rash an attempt on her life . -. The prisoner , in a melancholy tone , promised not to repeat . such an attempt in future ; and she was remanded for a , week , with instructions that every precaution should be observed to prevent her laying violent . hands upon herself . , ,.. " ... . . ; , _? S 0 UT 13 WARK . — Impudknt Robbeut . —James Russell , alias Rousell , well known as a member of the swell mob , was charged with stealing in the Surrey Theatre a . valuable gold , watch from Miss Flumer
Ann , the daughter of a tradesman residing in Holborn . —The prisoner , who declined making any defence , was fully committed for trial . LAMBETH . —The Robbery , and alleged Mur « der ' at Clapiiam . —Henry Stark and William Knight , two notorious burglars , were placed at tha bar on a charge of being concerned in various burglaries and robberies , and amongst them the robbery on Sunday , the . 28 th . of last month , ; at tho house of Mr . John Maddle , of No . U , Claremontplace , Wandsworth , when Sarah Snelling , tha housekeeper of that gentleman , was found dead in so mysterious a manner . The prisoner Stark ha « been in custody for some days , and the officers had been anxiously engaged in endeavouring to secure his companion , but he inanaged to evade their
vigilance mil Sunday . evening , when Lockyier , police gaoler to the coort , saw him coining over Blackfrmrs-bridge , and go along the Blackfrianw road . Ihe officer watched him into a house ia Market-street , Borough-road , and in a short tints s aw , n C 0 J me out » Wltha hat on instead of a cap . Ue followed and secured the prisoner , and on searching his person , found upon him a "jemmy , " a dark lantern , a screw driver , a desert knife , and a box of " silent" matches . —Edmund Day , a police con * stable , belonging to the P division of police , de . posed that on the night of Sunday , the 21 st of last month , he saw both the prisoners at Peckham , in . company with a man of the namo of Dixon , and at two p clock on the following mornine . the kite *
was found m tho lower part-of the house of Mr Oldroyd , a gentleman residing in Commercial-road , Peckham . Secured and gave him over to tha police . Since then he had been tried at the Old Bailey and transported ., Sergeant Quinnear deposed to the prisoners being notorious burglars , and tha associates of Dixon , who had been transported . The officers , it was said , were in possession of evi-™ c « ° L , mportance ' as respected the robbery of Mr . Maddle , but did not think it prudent at present to disclose it , and the prisoners , at their request , were remanded for a week . - Mr . Maddle was present at the examination , but declared that iha prisoners were strangers to him . Penny Theatres .-John Gibbs , Ge ' orge Gibbs »
« w "w rence , rnomas Smith , William Conway , William Chase , Harriet Gibbs , and Emma Lawrence , were placed at the bar , on a' charge of performing m aa unlicensed theatre . Twelve other persons of the lowest grade , many of them wellknown thieves , were also charged w ' ith'being found in the building and forming a portion of the audience . —Police-constable Thomaa Cannon , 59 P , said that on the preceding night he , accompanied by a friend , went to the booth , arid asked a female what there , was to pay .. She replied a penny a piece , and having paid that sum they entered into the plana alllotted to the audience , and saw all the defendants at , different times on the stage . They were each dressed in character and were performing in somn
play , but what the piece was he was unable to say They had each a different name . One was called * Captain Stiles , the golden farmer ; another Mr . Maud ; ' another the parish beadle j and a fourth , Jemmy Blowhard ; and they enacted different parts During the performance , he saw James Lawrenca pick the pockets-of three of the performers , and on ench occasion he was cheered by the audience . Mr Maude , addressing Captain Stiles ,, said he was out of collar and wanted £ 500 , upon which the Captaia replied that he had no money , to give him . Maud then said , " then you must come and do a . job with mo to night , " to which Captain Stiles replied " very well , 111 go with you , but it shall be the last time ; we have committed many crimes tomther . huh thi «
shall be the last . " The defendants then arranged to commit a burglary , and were preparing a scaling ladder on the stage to enter a house , when he , witness , saw the police come on to tho stage , andha Cannon , rushed on also , and assisted in securing . the . dofendants . —Sergeant Quinnenr and other officers . Corroborated the testimony of Cannon . —Mr . Elliott expressed surpriso that such performances should have been tolerated for a single night , and convicted tho defendants in a penalty of 20 s ., orfourteeadavs ' ' imprisonment each . Mrs . ! Lawrence was however subsequently dischurged ,. sheheing near her confinement , and receiving some sli ght injuries while being secured on the preceding night ; The audience-por tion of the prisoners were discharged with a ,, severa caution .
_ W . Gasland , J . Welsh ,. E ; . Winsland , Jl Cook , and Jane Johnson , performers at another place of a similar description ,, but if possible- lower , as the admission is but one halfpenny , were convicted m asimilar offence ,, and the audience prisoners discharged . . ¦ ^ HAMMERSMITH . . * . Chaboe or . Robber * . — George Pettitt , an ex-policeman ; and Thomas Jiinch , shoemaker , of Leaping . barTvard . King ^ street . Hammersmith ,. , two tall and powerful men , were finally examined on a chargatof ; haviiig stolen , mtho dwelling-house of Mrs . J . ane . Clark , Kingstreet , Hammersmith , Bank of England notes , gold and silver monies , plate and other . ' asticles , to th e * u - j nearly * § 00 . —Thoprisoners ,, whoreserved ; their defence , were fully committed to Newgate fof , trial .
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E ^ liaRATION FROM THE UNITED , KlNODOM . — © a Wednesday tie tenth general report , of the Colonial Land Emigration Commissioners was printed , giving some interesting inforcjation coanccted with , emigration from the United Kingdom . The emigration froitt the United 3 Singdom . 3 » ring the ten years ending the 31 st De . e ., 18 i 6-,, amounted to 856 , 392 persoaa , giving an average- of 85 . 689 emigrants a year . During the-years 1 S £ ? and 1848 tha number of emigrants was . 258 , 270 wd 248 , 089 respectively , bojog nearly double the largest number that ha& w-aigrated in a » y previw year . Diubg the year iS 49 the emigration had reached tho unprecedented
number of 290 , 498 persons , of winch number 260 ^ , 811 proceeded to North America ; 210 , 4 oO went to this United States , and 41 , 807 to Uriti s ^ , North Ataerica . The commissioners estimated th ^ t in 1849 , exulusive of cabin passengers , £ 1 , 74 ^ 500 was ex pended on emigration , of which op ; jy £ 228 , 800 was paid out of public funds , leaving nioro than £ 1 , 500 , 009 as thei probable amount . prided out of pr vate or parochial funds . : . ., v Last wees a Jew who , gave evidence in the Liver S « ^ ° I v COUrt m v oa 8 e of felony , refused to sjga his depositions ; ash y 80 doing he would violate ttia Hebrew Sabbath ; Mr . Bushtoa said that ; aa tha witness deolmed to sign the depositions on wmS ^ i ho Wl " aUw w " Cq m n
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PABLIAMENTARY REVIEW . « flE SUFFRAGE QUESTION-COLONIAL ^ FLF GOVERNMENT AND EMIGRA T IOX-ANOTHER PARTY FIGHT-ABANpOSMEST OF THE TEN HOURS ACT . ipgElrish Franchise Bill has at length passed rfheti ird reading in the Commons , and has B 0 V to pass through the ordeal of a still more Itsfle Assembly . From the first we have slated obt opinion , that the measure is merel y a party one , intended to subserve the interests Jd maintain Ihe ascendancy of the Whi ? s
and Free Traders in Ireland ; but acting on tlie F 7 « that n 0 u 154511111611 ' ° f popular jjirhts should be refused , have refrained from roounnienting upon its provisions in a hostile spirit . V anything could make it valuable in Jjor estimation , it would be the evident apprejienjion with which the Irish landlords regard ii . They appear to dread that it is at least « he commencement of a policy , which will roa-^ jjally diminish , if not destroy their political gscendancy in that country . During the pre-• rions stages of the measure , they debated it
inch by inch , and upon the question that the j 0 he read a third time , Sir Joms Walsh boldly moved its rejection in the usual phrajgology by which that meaning is expressed in Parliament . The large majority by which fbe bill had been carried through its successive stages was sufficient to convince the landlord party that they had not the slightest chance ef sneeeding in such a motion , and . they did not expect it . The real object was to get up £ neh an opposition to its details as might encourage the Lords to mutilate and damage it as much as possible . More than one of Ihe
opposition speakers significantl y expressed his hope , that " elsewhere" the bill would be rendered less objectionable to the territorial interest than it now is . One admission by Sir J . Ghaham deserves to be noted . He vas evidently by no means in favour of the HO , and if he dared to have negatived it by Ms vote would have done so . But he was afraid . He has been pondering over the
history , and analysing the causes of revolutions , aid he has come to some conclusions thereon , ? Keh may be recommended to the serious ( sadderation of other less cautious and astute Je ^ slators . Duly weighed and comprehendedj fey lead much further than the ex-Home Secretary is as yet prepared to go ; but , in the mean time , the admission is enough for us ! Ehe Eight Hon . Bart , said : —
?™ * ^^ *<> gre ! Lil sedlir& thebasis Elbe consWuent bodj . He did not olgect to it upon that sonant - ( Hear , hear . ) He mast saj that , consideringthe isrease of the democratic element in our institutions ' he em the greatest danger in erecting an immense superenctare npon a narrow electoral bash . If thatsuperiinictnre did not stand upon an extsnded electoral baas teuasqmte sure that no narrow bans would be fonnd lagtosnstainit ; and he therefore could not object to the Hlbecanseitwoaldextendthatbaaa . Ssmeallnsion had
isenmaJetowliattheyhadlatelj witnessed elsewhere . He tMignt theyon ^ it not to ne $ kt examples which were patent . and before their eyes , and if he weretomention statin his hnmole judgment , was ths immediate cause of the fin of the Hngly power , of Louis Philippe , he would ajjt was fins-4 hat he maintained , or attempted to maintain , Hie semblance of a representative government witli awashtaticnal body which , compared with the great feilk of the poptfabon over whom he mled , was dan"ercaOynajTow and utterly inconsistent with a system of regKSBtaUon .
"Dangerously narrow , and utterly inconsis tent with a system of representation . " These are pregnant words , coupled with the confes Bon which followed immediately afterwards , from the same quarter , that he " was satis"fied a suffrage restricted , as compared with ' Universal Suffrage , assimulated to Household "Suffrage , based upon permanent residence , " and the payment of local taxation , was the " lafelads on which to rest the franchise . "
If this means anything , it is that Sir James is prepared to support the principle of Housetold Suffrage as the groundwork of the representative system ; and upon the next occasonvrhen the " Little Charter'' is brought fcrward , we may expect to see the ex-Mcas-Seb voting for it . These facts are not worth much in themselves , but they are valuable as indications that the Suffrage Question is aaKng progress in influential quarters ; and tie unreasoning fear , and terror-stricken
panic , with which the herd of aristocratic legislators are wont to regard it , will , by and iye , be replaced by a feeling more in accordance with the character of reasoning beings . Sot a few of the objections to the £ 8 Irish franchise were based upon the ground that it wrald constitute a strong claim for granting a similar franchise in this country . Lord John BtssEu wa 3 asked upon what ground he es uld refuse such a demand if it were made orvh
y the Irish people should , in this respect , te treated differently from the English and file S cotch ? The tendency of the measure , it ^ a 3 complained , was to give an added impetus ® the D emocratic movement in this country . Ajs " noble lords , " "hon . baronets , " and aon . gentlemen" who urged these cogent reams , may rest assured that , while the Demooakc party are not insensible to the fact , that sica measures proclaim their erowine nower
uey w ould not abate their determination , or Base in their efforts for the enfranchisement « ^ e people , if the House of Commons was gjtapidl y obstinate as Lons Philippe
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THE-F <) MSH'EEFUGEES AND " THE LITERABT ASSOCIATION OF THE FBBBNDS . OE POLAND . " ™ THEeighteentti annual taeetingof the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland was held on . Fnday ^ . May , 3 rd ,- at Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s- > In along account of this meeting reported in several newspapers , . W f read ,, the following passage " ^ the speech of the resident secretary , Lieutenant CharlesT Szulezewsla :- ^ " Many •*« ^ stitubons . had existed . in different parts of Europe for the , purpose of assisting the Poles , Int they had all been swept away anndsttiie chan ges which had taken niace . th
a ? *? g &Ui ° ^ y-e true land of liberty and freedom-was there one left . To that the Poles might look as . an encouraging ,. thobgh sohtajy . proof thatthe freedom of their county is not yet hopeless . " ...... - - ....-. . Of the ' existence of this Association W are foll y cognizant butof its real design avo are not equally mformed . There are Poles in London who are entirel y forsaken bytheAssociation ,. and who may diefrdm distress without their condition being known to the Friendsfand
" ^^ - f iTS , thatS Polish exiles latel y expelled from Switzerland -forty or fifty in number )~ receive each 3 s . 6 d . a week from the Association ; but it is too evident that that amount isinadequate to supply their wants , The Poles do not ask ° e -P * c l- wpuM » fl > et . wish , that the friends of their unhappy country would afford them the means of working for their living . It must be admitted , that the " Friends of Poland are stronger in words than in * >™™> Correspondent .
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tfft sPecimen of the hybrid Legislation fl ^ W 1 ^ a ^ ! after long and frequent Su * been senttothe Lords . The Australian JJgja BUI ultimately passed the third r ^ g as it had passed previous stages , not « gseanybody approved of it , or Bad M& U' *? c a for ^ e purposes in view , or ^ ea Giat it was fo , ^ or satisfactory ^ e , but because its opponents were di-SSl . fS" ? ^ emselves , and the boasted ^? 1 ? ^ ty proved to be as in-Coln ? K le islate practicaUy for the JJaie s , as the Ministry . The Bill is vague onriri T 1 npoa &Q verv P omts where it } £ J » have been explicit and definite . ' ^ standing fte time it has occupied , and aj-Jf ^ t show of work in the shape of r ^ ifflents . ailiiitirmnl olanooa « ti / 1 on fnrfh
¦ d * Gladsiose , Sir W . Molesworth , \ rin EBCCB » ^ ABDEBtEr , and others , tjB eto the title of Colonial Eefonners , ^ « U came out of the Committee nearly in sane shape andwordsasitwentin . There Iheo i 4 " Great CTy and Kttle Wool . " w " y good thing that can he said for the Bj ^^ i s , that it professes to give the ColofotW f xesas of securing self-Government *«* eWJv ' ^ ^ matterB * Trab ifc **> fett eteflIt , ostenable power is grievously lat WJJy many restrictions and conditions ; s h ^ et in ^ that however much Downhigopef e ^ y " ^ sa to make these practically Sen an ? * ^ Qoloniate grow in popula-Tfi J ** jo * er they wiU make that a verity ^ we Coloaial Office means to be a i **¦» fte case , ihe atream of Emi
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Lord Ashley , on Monday night , formally withdrew the clauses he was instructed to support by those who committed their , interests to his care , in order to have the Government compromise substituted . Sir G ; Grey promised an early day for the subject , when , we understand Lord J . Manners—with more honesty , consistency , and chivalry , than the noble , benevolent , and pious member for Bath—will give the House of Commons an opportunity of redeeming itself from the foul dishonour of deliberately fulfilling its own act and deed , to propitiate a few rascally millbwners and cotton spinners with long purses , who , if properly treated , ought to have been sent to the treadmill for breaking the law .
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Pomsh Refugees — ; The following letter appears in the Voix duPaiple , addressed froni the delegates . elected b y the Polish democratic refugees expelled from Switzerland , and at present in London , to the editor of that iournal . " London : —Citizen . ^ We make known to . our brother countrymen in France , that , driven from the precarious asylum which Switzerland at first afforded to those amongst us who had to escape the bullets of despots in Posname , Hungary , Italy , and Baden-we find ourselves thrown upon the streets of London , ignorant of the language , without work ,
resources , or bread . Many amongst us still suffer from aeyere founds . We have made an appeal to the different foreign democratic societies . ^ The'French Democratic Socialist Society has alread y responded to our call in finding for us a place to meet in , and promising work for several . The German and Hunganan socialists ; have fraternized heartily , witb us . ' Our number , at present , is forty-fire ; but from intelligence ^ already receivedr we feel confident it will sopn increase to one hundred & ^^' ' \ ^ ^ ^ yoixda Peuple }' adds the . . Mowing note : — « . « We entreat all 1 tte ° » gan 8 ° f democr 4 CV * ° - ¦ - putiKah ' - this
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MRS . FUSSELL , . WIPE OP JOIIX : EUSSELL , O NE OF .. THE POLITICAL PRISONERS STILL' CONFINED IN . THE TOTUILL FIELDS IIOUSE OP . CORRECTION . " "Welearn , with extreme regret , that this industrious , Vorthy , and innocent victim of Whig tyranny is in grcatneed—ih fact , that unless about £ 10 can bo raised immediately , Mrs . Fussell , with heir numevoiis family ; of six children , wHlbo . turned out of house and home . We are fully aware of the many privations which Mrs . Pussell has experienced during her husband ' s long ;' and unjust incarceration , and consideringthe limited means of support ; whichishe has received , we are ' confident that it must have
been , by . the " strictest economy : and carej that she has hitherto straggled on , and kept possession of her little shop ,- which to be deprived of would take from her all certain means of subsistance . Under these circumstances , we trust that every frifend to humanity willtheirutmost to raise thesmall amount to prevent this wrong from being perpetrated . We also understand , that in order to aid in thU laudable pnrpose , afe ' wfriendshaye taken the Standard Theatre , Shorditcfe , for a Ticket Banefit , ' on Wednesday , May 29 th ( beingthe second anniversary of thoevening on which Mr . Fussell delivered the speech of which he was most unjustly convicted . ) ' We need not add that we hope Mrs . Fussell . will have a bumper bii that occasion . ; Subscri ptions will bo most thankfully received by Mrs . Pussell , 15 , Pearl-cresent , Baggnige' Wellsroafl ; or by John Arnott , 14 , Squthaniptpn-streeti
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1574/page/5/
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