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MY FRIENDS , —It . was my intention to have presented you with the first of a Series of Letters in the Chartist Circular of this week , but I have not had time . All appear now to be thirsting for knowledge , and where can any procure it better or cheaper than in this spiritted little publication . J rejoice to learn- that its circulation is on the increase ;¦ I implore , you to support it , it is the pioneer of our cause , and is worthy of your confidence . Next week you shall have the first number of a new Series . From your faithful Friend , F . O'Connob . CONTENTS OF No . 79 . Observations on the plan of organising the Chariists of GJreat Britain , adopted by the National Charter Association , —Public caution ; revival of the Castlereagh and Sidmputh Policy . —An address to the reflecting of all classes . —Labour is the only source of wealth . —The movement , by John Oatt La Mont .-r-Righls of the poor . — £ . s , d . Luxuries . — Popular poetry .- —Chartist hymng .- ^ -The beauty of Liberty . — -Crush tho Aff ^ aaua * —F&ata for enquirers , &
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NEW EDITION OF CAMFBELL'S CORN LAW PAMPHLET . « Now Publishing , Price Sixpence * AN EXAMINATION OF THE CORN AND A . PROVISION LAWS , from their First Enactment to the Present Period ^ : By John Campbell , Secretary to the National Charter Association . " This is an important Pamphlet worthy the best consideration of all who take an iuterest in th « movement . "—English Chartist ( Jireular . V / London , Sold by the Author , at 180 , High Hoiborn , where all letters for him are in future to be addressed . - ¦•"¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ .
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TPHB NEW BEVERAGE . EDW ^ I ^ S BRE AICFAST POWDER . THE general satisfaction this article gives , and the increasing demand for it in all parts of , the Kingdom from its great Superiority over every Substitute / fwCofiee hitherto disopvered , has led to numerous imitations . It is Prepared from a Grain of British Growtbi and is / known to be far more Nutritive than Tea ot ; Cofiee , Thousands how / use it in prefeVebce to ^ either , and thereby / effect an , importantSaving . . v ; : Sold by Agents iri moat Towns , Price 6 d . per Foundi ; iS ^ e / WHn § Qualityv-Scu . . ; , ' ThV Piijblip jire ^ . i » utfor ^' -i . ' a ^ iipi ^ - ! : imitet 6 rs '' -in Lbndbri ; iad , yMioua . jother- parts of th < i Country , whb acknowl ^ Pge . the mferipr ity-of their iown , ana pay a tribute to tu «|/ eicellerice of-this Pr « paration , by copying alVclosely / as' ^ ^ poiasible the ; name , labels , and packets , ' EachGenuine Packet has the words , " Edwards , \ Srpthers , 0 anufaciurers , London ? printed . thereoii . ; AUf > tnersiaie JBpuriouSi and some of them-highl y peurnituous . ;" : . .- ¦; . A Liberal Allowance to Agentsand Co ^ operatjve Sop ieties . ;^ - . . ¦¦¦''¦ ¦' . [' ¦ ' : ^ ' r ' ¦'¦ ¦ : ; . - ' ' : / : ' ' : '¦ '¦ ¦¦ ¦ .. /; ¦ 99 , BlackWarVRoad , London ; / August , 1842 ; /
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-NO TAXED COFFEE , V fTIHE great and increasing demand for Messrs . JL Cr © w& Tybbeil ' s BREAKFAST POWDER , and the decided preference given to it overall others where it has been once tried , at once proves it to be an article . that has no equal in the Market . It is more healthful than Cofiee ; and does not cost onethird the price . From its sale hitherto a good round sum has accrued to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , to be appaed to tbe fortherance of the great principles of libctty . Chartists are , therefore , in some measure , bound to purchasej it : for by this means they can "kill two birds with one stone : " cripple the Factions' Exchequer , aid put money into their own : while they will procure an article at once nutritious and healthful . ¦ - /¦ ¦ - ; . - ¦ ¦; - ¦ . ¦ ' :: ¦; ,.- ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦> - ¦ ¦ , ¦/; .: // . - ¦ - . ¦ Sold in Paokages of four and eight punccs , at the rates of 8 d . and 6 d . per lb . The 8 ( 1 . is recommended as the beBt ; while the 6 d . is guaranteed to be the best in the Market at the price . Wholesale Agents : Mr . J . Hobaonf Northern Star Office , Leeds , and No . 3 , Market Walk , Huddersfield ; and Mr . James Leach , Tib-street , Manchester , ; by whom it is supplied to Venders and to the Chartist Associations , at the same prices as it can be procured from the Manufactory , 81 , Belgrave-Gafce , Leicester . : ^ Remember 1 No Duty ! and no Licence needed to oeii . it . rn . .- . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ,-. / . .. " ¦ - :: ¦ ' ¦ ¦•¦ ' ;¦¦ ¦ ¦ : \ -w \ -
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ibar employers . It having been told to the magistrates that ereai cumbers bad got into the town fay SSaZS&e j consuliedforawhJe ^ and t ^ a let the Ashton-men pas 8 do ^ n . Aneo « te-tt ^ t . Thepeople wanted to have a meeting in Steve ^ nWiare , but the" authorities having nonce of this , soldiers were again put as a bamer to them , and they were oblieediopasson to . Piccadilly . Here the people consulted , and formed the design of having a meetin * bri ihe erer-to-be remembered v Peterloo f but mtteathey were again frustrated by the military ,
¦ who' were Btstionea , ™* mo purpose , at tae too of Mosley- ^ treet . l "« ot in . the least disconcerted , the -Drocession sallied down Portland-street , at the ¦ bottom of which the military were again stationed . This canseo" the people to turn down Sackville-street , ^ ndthey ultimately reached Granby-row Fields . ^ It being now twelve o ' clock , and the factories fazing , it was determined to hold a meetiDg there . A car * being on the spot , it w&s Eoon mounted , and before the Magistrates and Colonel Wymess could arrive , Mr . Pilling , who had been appointed Chairman , was addressing a meeting of more than 20 , 800
persons . The meeting was also addressed by Mr . Challenger , Mr . F . M . Brophy , Mr . Dixon , Mr . Bailey , Mr . M'Laaghlan , Mr . Doyle , and Mr . J . Leach , of Hyde . After thanks had been siren to the Chairman , and three deafening cheers given for ihe People ' s Charter , the people of Staley Bridge , Ashton . and Hyde sgain fanned in procession , and took the road home in a peaceable and orderly manner . After the tarn-oats , had left the town , great Bombers of the workies in the Machester mills collected together , and repaired to the factories of Messrs . Kennedy , Gray , Williams , Clark , Harbottle , Guest , Barton , Thompson
Lees ,. Hay le ' s printworks , and Preston ' s spindleshop , at Pin-mill-brow ; and here W 6 are sorry to say greal damage has been done . The framework . of the windows has been completely demolished , and several of the m ^ n severely beaten forgoing to work again at one o ' clock . At Mr . Mellon ' s timber yard , Tpiere £ he foreman , & Mr . Turnbull , refused to let the men but , lie was set upon and left ina . -very dangerous state . -The s » winjf machine was completely ajftsftoyed . - "Mr . Newton ' s dye-works was also stopped ; . bai no damage was done at this place . At K * O 3 ifrey & mill , Oxford-road , considerable damage was done , and life was lost . Mr . BLrley is well knpwnas- one of the Manchester Yeomanry on the
f » me& 16 thof August , 1819 ; and , as such , has receiYedmany marks of popular esleem . When Vnc iuxn-ohi 3 arriTed at this mill to induce Messrs . Birley * s "hands" so join them , the force-pump Wtofcedby the engine vraa turned upon them . This produced " retaliation . Some carts , laden with coals , happening to pass at thi 3 moment , were instantly thrown up , and the windows were almost as instantly demolished . The managers of the mill then ascsnded to tie roof , and threw down upon the Biultitn . de in . the streets , heavy pieces of Btone , iron , and other missies . One of these falling upon the head of a young girl , dashed her brains out on * the
spot . The police are all out , armed ; and the military are posting from one part of the town to another , endeavouring to disperse the people . What the end of this state of things will be God only knows . At the present there is not a mill working in Ashton-under-Lyne , Stalybridge Dukiafield , or Hyde . On this night there " is to be a meeting of delegates from the whele of the power-loom factories in Manchester , to be held in the Large Room of Mr . Kennedy , Temperance Hotel , Ctobs-Btreet , off Swan-street , to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to prevent the reduction wMcli the masters are about to make .
TheJ 3 ill calling that meeting contains the following , as a specimen of the way in which the ¦ wearers are treated : — " The 56 reed 20 * 3 twist , 16 ' s and 20 ' weft , length 62 yards , breadth 27 inches , picks 13 inihe \ inch ; in 1839 was Is . lOd . ; at present it is only Is . 5 d ., and thi ? week they bad the audacity to offer a further reduction of 2 d . per cut . "
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molished . I also went to see the premises of Mr . Becton , in Lower Mosley-street , and here similar devastation was to be seen . The factory windows , with the windows of the dwelling-house of Mr . Becton , and those of two other adjoining houses occupied by his managers , are all smashed . The town 13 is a state of great excitement . The military and the police are moved from one part of the town to another , in order to disperse the people , hut without effect ; for as 6 oon as they have accomplished it in one part , their presence is required in another .
• John Edward Taylor , of the Manchester Guardian , states that the depredations committed are attributable to the Chartists . This is as black a falsehood as could be uttertd . I am bold to say that there was not a leading Chartist in the mob ; and although some of the Chartists have taken part in the meetings , it has been for the express purpose of advising the people to be peaceable , under th ? conviction that the Anti-Corn Law party are at the bottom of the whole concern . From other sources we collect the following : —
Between fifty and sixty persons have been apprehended , and lodged in the New Bailey prison Threats have been uttered in many parts of the town that the New Bailey shall be pulled down , « nd the prisoners liberated . In some instances temporary places of confinement have been- demolished . The police officers on Wednesday heard -of an intention to attack the lock-up at Newtown . A strong body was despatched thither , and arrived just in time to find the deed
accomplished they had been sent to prevent . The attack commenced about a quarter-past twelve o ' clock , the crdwd throwing stones at the lock-up , which is a f-mall building , formerly a dwelling , but altered so as to form a police-station , wb . BTB several men are generally on duty . They soon forced a way into the premises , and very speedily demolished the furniture . They then tore down doors , window-frames , the beams of the roof , and we are assured by an eyewitness that in ten minutes the place was almost literallv levelled with the ground .
Shortly afterwards , a report reached the policeoffice that the same body of men intended to attack the Manchester Gas Work s at Newtown ; and about half-past twelve a strong body of the police was despatched thither . We understand that the Gas "W orks had become an object of attack from the circumstance that some of the turn-outs who had been captured by the police , had been conveyed there for safety : and the crowd expressed a determination to rescue the prisoners . Since writing the above , we learn , that the attaokwas made ; the mob Bpeedily forced open the doors of the gas-works , broke two or three windows , and did some other damage , but not to any considerable
extent . They found the two prisoners of whom they were in search , in the custody of threo policemen . They beat the policemen severely , and rescued the prisoners . Prom an eye witness who was on the spot shortly afterwards , we learn that about halfpast oae o ' clock there could not be fewer lhan 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 people in the neighbourhood ; the dragoons were galloping about , with drawn sabres , driving the people back ; strong bodies of the police and the 60 th Rifles were keeping the ends of the streets in various directions , bo as to prevent the mob passing ; and this was the state of things in the streets for about half a mile round the gas works in ail directions .
Another report , brought to the police-office about the same time , was , that the rioters intended to visit the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ( and probably- others ) with the object of tearing up the rails , and thus , as they hwped , preventing any reinforcements of military reaching the town . The Riot Act was read opposite Stirling and Beekton ' s Lower Mosley-street , by Daniel Maude , Egq , at 8 n early hour thia morning . One of the Borough Magistrates also read the Riot Act in the neighbourhood of the Gas Work , at the attack there .
Oldham . *—When the body of turn-outs , who had left Ashton , as above stated by our correspondent , arrived at Oldham , they attacked several factories on that fido of the town by which they entered ; amongst " which were those of Messrs . John Worthington and Sons , Messrs . Joseph Rowland and Sons , and one or two others . When they made their appearance at Messr 3 . Worthington ' s factory one of the firm very imprudently presented a blunderbus at them , and narrowly escaped very serious abuse . At this place , the police made a stand against them ; and , after a s serere conflict , in which several of them " - received considerable injury , succeeded in securing two turn-outs whom they lodged in prison , and whs were subsequently committed by the magistrates for trial at the next assizes . A letter from a friend of ours in OJdham just received says :-
—The factory hands have strnok work in this town and neighbourhood this day ( Wednesday . ) The LEADING MEN CP THE CHABT 1 STS HAVE BEEN SWOH . i >* special- cosstabi . es . There has been a meeting to-night , and the turn-outs appear determined to persevere . They are to tare another meeting tomorrow ot nine o ' clock .
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Wakepield— -The cause in this locality looks well . The association now numoerg 100 members , sixty of whom were recently enrolled after a lecture delivered by Mr . West . A camp meeting is to beheld at Stanley oa Sunday next , at which Mr . Coultas is expected . - Baenoldswick . —The Chartists of this locality have agreed to entertain no lecturers unless ' arrangemenls are entered into one week prior to the time .
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THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . ( From our own Correspondent . J There is certainly no parallel In electioneering records to the recent Nottingham struggle , neitker is there in the whole history of party politics a single scene at all comparable to that -which the night before the election alluded to furnished . The straggle ia over , as far as exhibitions of mind and body go , and Mr . Walter , like the rest horse of the team , is once more in the shafts as " occasional Member" for Nottingham . His glory , how ^ ever , will be of short duration , as each succeeding day—nay , hour , brings te light some fresh enormity illustrative of the fact thit Nottingham was to be bought , no matter the price ; cheap if we can , dear if we must . Bat to our sketch .
After the nomination a great meeting assembled in the Market Place , at which the Blues were expected in increased force ; nor were the victorious Chartists unprepared . Nothing unusual or worthy of particular remark occurred at the meeting , and therefore we dissolve it , and commence "with the perambulatory choir . At eight o'clock or thereabouts , an immense procession of about ten deep Was formed . O'Connor , M'DouaH , Cooper , Jones , WeBt , Sweet and Clarke , leading the way—Cooper with bis stunning tenor leading the musicians . In this order they traversed the whole town , and upon reaching the Sntton Road were joined by a procession of about 200 brave Sattoners , who npon learning that O'Connor had been seriously injured , marched fourteen miles at a few
minutes notice to satisfy their own minds . The meeting of the wafcera was but a placid ripple compared with the meeting of these two tides of opinion . The cheers were deafening ; whan they bad subsided , the Sattoners took the bead of the procession , and then , innoculated with freBb vigour , again the town was traversed till ten o ' clock , whan the Button men were billetied in the Chartist chapel , their wants , physical and intelketual , were attended to , the brave Sweet discharging the ofiba of caterer for the body , while M 'Donall regaled the mind with one of those pleasing andinstruo five effusions , which find ready access to the heart , through the delighted ear . At eleven o ' clock O'Connor visited the Sutton battalion , and was received with &uch cheers , as the chapel was stranger to . After this the leaders repaired to the guard room , which should be here described . The suite of rooms furnished by that veteran patriot , Mr . Samuel Bean , five in number , were all for the night at the disposal of the night
watch , and each w&s occupied by the most zealous of ihe Chartist body . The two largest were assigned to the relief guard , and the floors furnished a welcome bed for the exhansted occupants . The staff had not been more than half an hour in quarters when tke music of the B ) ue band struck upon their ears , and instantly it was proposed to muster the Chartist band ; but , unfortunately , the musicians had left town . In this dilemma Air . O'Connor inquired whether it was possible to procure some drummers and flfers , but it was hopeless . He then asked if French horns could be procured T "No , be Jasus ! " replied a fine stout Irishman ; " but I'll tell you what ; we have the best piper in Ireland , and the boys in the lane would rather hear it nor all the music under the sun , " and off Pat Malone ( for so in ignorance of our friend's name we shall call him ) jumped for the piper ; and in his absence we take the liberty of narrating an anecdote of the immortal Patriot .
After the nomination three gentlemen in the interest of Mr . Walter did Patrick the honour of waiting open him . Pat , however , was absent , and Mrs . Malone presented herself upon her husband ' s behalf , and upon being questioned as to Pat ' s vote , she said Bhe knew nothing about it , that her man would be in presently ; the presently arrived , and "with it the canvassers , who then accosted Malone , " Well Mr . Malone , w « are coas to solicit your vote and interest . ' * Mr . Malone , " Wisha then , its a cowld job , for I have neither vote nor interest . " Well , but , Mr . Malone , if we procure your vote for you , will ycu give it to Mr . Walter ?" 11 My vote , why I ' m not a free man , and has no vote . " " Well , but if we get ft foryoa , will yeugive it to Mr . Walter ? " " What , Pat Malone vote for bloody ould
Walter ? no , be Jasus , I ' ll cut my tongue out first , not for a thousand , no nor for ten thousand pounds . " . And so ended the interview ; when Pat being more BoTewd than polished , immediately repaired to the committee room , and having mentioned the case to Mr . Sturge ' s agent , search was made , and sura enough thero stood the name of Patrick Malone , as a ten pound householder . When learning tbe fact , Paddy jumped like a deer , and exclaimed , ' * Arrah ! be Jasus , tbtn , sure enough , wun't Paddy Malone be tbe first man in the morning to vote for Sturge and tbe Charter ! " and honest Paddy , who by this had returned with his piper , was as good as bis word . The piper arrived ; Mr . O'Connor called for an Irish jig , while M'Douall was in search of tbe Sutton brigade . The jig was struck up , and Paddy ami a partner , a fine strapping mountaineer , set to a merry jig , each with a shillalah in his hand , playing the crack-skull exercise , to the tune of tbe
foxhunter ' e jig , to the great delight of the spectators . By this time the Sutton brigade , under M'Douall , bad arrived , and instantly the word ¦ " Turn out the guard 1 " was given , and passed from Toom to room ; and in less than ten minutes a procession , six a-breast and more than 400 yards long , was formed In front of the guard * room , tbe piper at their head , with Pat Malone oh one side and his athletic partner in the dance on the other . Thus marshalled , with O'Connor , Cooper , M'Doaa . 11 , West , and Jones at their bead ( Mead and Clarke being appointed to Arnold ; , the procession , under the guidance of Pat Malone , proceeded through tbe Irish part of tbe town , as Pat said , just to wake the boys ; and sure tnongb the boys dressed themselves in double qnick time , to the tane of St . Patrick ' s day in tbe morning . By twelve o ' c ' . esi . tbe procession was immense , and the Blue band silenced , and even tbe pipes smothered in the chorus of
Spread , spread the Charter I spread the Charter through the land ; iet Britoas bold and brave join beart in hand . The music of a thousand voices , Cooper leading them , all roused the sleeping cottagers from their rest , who had ample time to dress before the tail of tbe procession passed . Tbe night was calm and serene , and the gas shone bright , while many an illuminated window told a tale of Tory midnight purity . For two and a half hours ths vast assemblage had traversed the town chetxing at the friendly mansion and groaning at the fob ' s retreat , until at length a bait was made before the Conservative Assembly Rooms at half-past one , and the full melody of Chartist song
burst from every throat , which appeared as if by magic to extinguish the shining light of faction inside , for darkness followed the bl ; za . After this tbe procession proceeded to tbe house of Mr . Samuel Ton , where Mr . sturga was stopping , ana awe a scene occurred which l&ffiss all description . The vast assemblage formed into a hollow square , and sung and cheered , until Sturge , arous&d from Mb slumber , presented himself at a window , and his appearance was hailed with cheers that made the town ring again . ' Well , my friend , " said honett Joseph , " hivst taou intt with , any suspicious characters to-night ? " " N < jt nsany , " was the reply j which was followed by nint times nine cheers . The procession again formed , and , as if by mutual consent , attnek
up" We won't go home till morning , We won't go home till morning , We won't go home till morning , Till Walter runs away . Till Walter runs away , Till Waiter ruas away . " After having left Mr . Sturge , the procession marched through the whole to * n , and at . half-past two returned te their quarters , when the four Sutton glee singers were in attendance , who regaled the brigade , or rather staff , with some excellent glees . We were not long in quarters , when "Turn out the gnardl" resounded through the barracks , and upon the instant all were upon their legs beaded by ¦ their leaders , in quick pursuit of a party of Blue skirmishers who had stolen a voter j be mas an elderly gentleman , within a shade of the police act ,
inasmuch as bis steps were unsteady , hifl walk circuitous , and his eye jolly . In ltss ~ than .-two minuteB the prizs was in the hands of the Chartists , and was safely conveyed to his own bouse at half-past three , when his wife in a state of great alarm threw the key from the window , the Cnaitists opened the door , and remained till it was locked inside , after which haviDg received the thanks of the reltased vater and bis lady , they stationed six stout fellows as a guard upon the door , with strict injunctions that' no influence should be used by them , while no intrusion should be permitted from the enemy . We were not long in quarters after this skirmish when " Turn cut the guard" again assailed our ears , and again the guard was out to Keform yard , where a voter had been besieged during a whole night by the enemy , but was qnickly restored to freedom by the Chartist staff , and a strong guard also left for bis protection . . ;
In oar progrew we met Tory magistrates , Tory captains , Tory agents , and Tory bladgeon-men flying in twos and threes in all directions from the -ward nightwatch , —for every ward bas its night-watch . At length tbe day began to dawn , and Bypmtoma of blue butchers , blue fishmonger * , and bine bakers presented , themselves , but shortly disappeared before the Chartist procession , whi « h was all marshalled , witb the brava Sattoners at their bead , precisely at fonr o ' clock , and upon the word beinggiven , all moved towards the market place , where the booths had been erected , and which O'Connor bad pledjed blmaelf to be in possession of fey a quarter past four ; and by that honr every inch of ground was in possession of the people , the booths being literally lined outside . Thns matters proceeded till tight o ' clock , at which hour the Torus had mtsstertd in the booths uz the
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greatest number , and , emboldenedby fcb !* , a large body of blue devils rushed Into the market-place , ' and attempted to force the Chartists back ; but ia less than five minutes the rufians were driven from the field in all directions , and / or the remainder of the day , and up to the close of the election , the Market-place remained in the undisturbed possesion of the Chartists . To describe tbe Bcene which was kept xxp i&t eight mortal hours would be impassible ; excitement never abated , but on the contrary appeared to increase as the hours roiled on .
Attsn o ' clock , Walter wM beat , dead beat , and he discovered , for the firBt time , that virtue woiildrally around Stnrge ; and then to work went Tory gold and Whig influence . The rascally compromisers , aliirniBd for their £ 4000 , began to exert their influence ; many Whigs polled for Walter , and about forty-four publicans , who were operated upon by double Motives , also fliiw to the rescue . The Whig magistrates being ^ the compromisers , threatened with loss of license upon the one hana , while Starga- s anti-tippIingreBplution , rendered them unfriendly upon the other , and yet , in spite of all did Sturge pell 1801 electors , being a large majority of the registered constituent body , while Walter ' s Parliamentary title consists in many voices from the grave , and many sweet ones purchased with Tory gold j but howbtit , out he will Certainly go , once , more , and , perhaps , loss in cash will teach him a leBson which loss of character does not as yet appear to have impreMed upon his mind .
At four o ' clock , tho market-place wasdrammed , and the feeble Tory crew proclaimed the feeble Tory triumpb , which was followed by groans from the assembled thousands ; and immediately Mr . / OConrior presented himself at the window of hia lodgings , and wa * hailed with the most enthusiastic ; cheers . Alderman Wakefield ; the head conspirator , ana" a number of niB ' / Whig- dupes were in the opposite windows of the police courts ; and if Walker writhed under the castigation on the previous day at the nomination , Wakefield and his crew must have quailed under O'Connor ' s lash when he said , "You arc now , you slaves , well represented : "you have a renegade Whig and a renegade Tory . " Wilkefield and hi « party could not stand 1 the thousands .-of honest flngera which were indignantly pointed at them , amid groans and txecrations , and were literally driven from their peeping holes .
O'Connor then put on his boots , without skin on bis heels , and bopped across the market-plaae , where he again addressed them . ; A public meeting which was announced for seven o'clock , in the Market-place , was addressed by O'Connor , M'Daoall , Clarke , and West ; Roberta , O'Connor ' a seconder being in toe chair ; towards the close of the business , West announced that he had been grossly insulted by some blue lambs , who threatened . 'to murder him and O'Connor . This threat roused the blood of the Irish Catholics , who immediately after the
procession had escorted O'Connor home , formed themselves with a po vrerf ul party , and paraded the town the whole of Friday night , occasionally passing O'Connor'a lodgings , and cheering . One circumstance should hot be omitted , the blues contemplated having a procession , and at about half-past seven , made th * ir appearance in the Matkot-place , with a vast number of blue flags and banners ; but upon beholding tbe Chartist gathering , the whole party became simultaneously panic-stricken , dropped their banners , and scampered off in all directions , to the great amusement of the Chartists .
After the meeting , the Chartists formed a procession , sung through the streets , accompanied O'Connor to his home , and thus terminated the ever-memorable Nottingham struggle , in which virtue put vice to shame and sobriety gained a lasting triumph over dissipation . We must new return for a moment to the notice of the Reverend Mr . Stephens , whom his friend , the rimes , rejoices now to call his Consebva'I'Ive Friend . This gentleman proceeded on Thursday after the nomination to tbe bouse of Mr . Oliver , the printer , for tbe purpose of revising and correcting a Tory speech ,
which he made upon his health being proposed by Walter ' s Committed , and while there was recognised by many a poor fellow who had stinted himself of a dinner to augment the Stephens' Defence Fund . About a bnndred persons collected outside ; some crying out D—n thee , give me my shilling , I wanted a dinner when I gave it thee ; give me ^ my ¦ threepence , thou devil !" Mr . Oliver in vain tried to appease and disperse them , by calling in the police ; when fortunately Mr . O Cannor made his appearance , and persuaded the people to go peaceably away .
On Saturday morning , Mr . Feargus O'Connor and Alderman Frearson , accompanied by a number of the most respectable inhabitants , and surrounded by thousands of the good people , appeared at the police office , to answer to the several charges preferred against them , and in less than a minute the large room was crammed . Nine magistrates were in attendance , the mayor in the chair ; when Mr , JBowly , solicitor for the plaintiffs , Wuounced that it was not his intention to offer any evidence in support of the charges ; that he , therefore , abandoned the oaso against both defendants . Mr . Alderman Frearson said , that he demanded an apology for the insults offered to him , and intsiBted upon the proceedings going forward . Mr . Browne , solicitor for Air . Frearaon , aaid that the conrse intended to be pursued by the plaintiff was adopted with his perfect concurrence , and waa , in his opinion , tantamount to an apology .
The Mayor observed , taut no evidence being adduced , they bad no power to proceed . Mr . O Connor said thiit he required no apology ; that be was perfectly satisfied -with the arrangement , and when the announcement was made that : this case was dismissed , the building rung with cheers , which were re-echoed outside , and thus terminated the great prosecution .. . ' ¦ ' . ' . .- ' . : ¦ -.- 1 .- . ; ¦ ..- ¦ - . : ' ¦¦ ' :. ' . " - ¦ ; . . Mr . O Connor , and Mr . Alderman Frearson , followed by the people , then left the covttt . Mr . O'Connor addressed the multitude from the window of oia lodgings in the Market-place , and thus ended the whole affair , and a week which never will be obliterated from the mind of any one who witnessed them . Not one single drunken man of the Cbattist party was « een throughout the whole week .
CLOSE OF TirB POLL . Walter ................... .. 1885 Storge .... v ......................... 1801 Majority ........ .... ~—84
( From another Correspondent . ) Nottingiitam , Taesday , 9 th Angust , Well ! the hurleyburley ' sdoner And the battle ' s lost and won . " The bullying Tories , through bribery , kidnapping , and tbe blackguard butcher boys , fish-carWads , and the tap-rag-and-bobtail of Blue Lamhery , have returned Mr . Walter . Much good may he do them , if they can keep himr which , by the by , we doubt very much . The petition against his return will be presented tOr night ; and we suspect that sufficient proof will be produced to turn out this " fine old English gentleman *' and his notions of olden day corruptio&a , too . He had 1 , 885 to vote for the conservation of old feudal barbarities , and all the antiquited and novel corruptions
of Granny Church and Gifwr State . Toey boast or ; a victory . Let them lay this flittering unction to their hearts , and be welcome to enjoy the deception . We have struck the death-blow to corruption here , 1 , 801 good men and true have recorded their votes , unbought ones , for Sturge and the Charter—call ye this nothing ? and this , too , with clean teeth and empty stomachs . O . ' howjeari the fools thus glory in their own shame . and yet call it a victory , " merely because they have colled eighty-four more than the friends of liberty —and " one-third of the eighty-four bad votes ? f Then the compromising WbigB Were neutral of course . Mauy of our friends were 1 burked , or otherwise disposed of ; and we lost many , because we would not treat them to refreshments , when they came in , or prior to starting to the polL
The greatest moral triumph ever gained in England is our numerical defeat . 'Tia no use for the Tories to cock their tails and try to crow so douaeiy—tboy tacitly give their boaetixig the lier-they dire not exhibit any symptom of rejoicing . No chairing , very little guzzling , all now is hushed ; and yet Chartismconquered Chariistu . —walks about with elevated crest . The victontius lories are chop-fallen—dismayed j and wear , notwithstanding their taunts , a sort of a howcarrie-ye-8 O face . They look ; qualmish and jaded , and thoroughly ashamed to look their honest and incerruptr ible fellow-fcownsmen in the face . The poll book will be published in a day or two more , and " Then , O then , " "O dear , what will the matter be , " "Sampson will lose all bis hair . " Exclusive dealing must be most r jg { dly obstrved , and will be continued till the Tory and Whig compromise shopocrats , begin to sing with doleful faeea .
" The Bailiff ' s are coming . O dear , O dear ! The Bailiffs are coming , O dear !" Yes , they must get tickets for Bastile nine water soup . And the Chartist may exclaim , en verity ,, "Now is the winter of oar discontenti . Made glorious summer by the Sun of Cork " " Feargus has quit himself like Feargus 1 And heroicly hath furnished a fight heroic ^" On Saturday morning the most intense anxiety prevailed to knew the result of the examination of Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Aldermnn Freaxeon . A dense mass
had assembled round tbe doors of the police ofiace , at the Exchange , at eleven o ' clock . The rtporters were admitted into a spacious saloon , where ^^ tables and Beats were set apart for their accommodation . Mr . O'Connoi and Alderman Freaisdn , with their friendB took thelt seats on the left hand of the Mayor and other magistrates . As many of the people aa could be conveniently admitted were allowed to come in , and the three or four front rows seating themselves d la Turk , npon tbe floor , three or foM rows behind them kneeling , the rest standing in . a / closely compact body , the scene was novel and striking . ^ -
. The Mayor suggested that no one who wished to give evidence was to remain , with tbe exception of the geptlemen of the presa , who were present at the " mill . ' Ha then called upon Mr . Bowley , Walter ' s agent , to bring forwnrd his witaessea . ; That gentleman stepped forward and said—Mr . Mayor and Gentlemen , onr party , not wishingto k « ep up further excitement , and finding no just ground pf complaint against Mr . Alderman Frearson , beg leave to apologue to that gentleman for the trouble we have
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given him ; and in the name of my friends I withdraw the complaint against him and Mr . O'Connor . Mr . O'Connor said—Mr . Mayorj I suppose , Sir , We may withdraw . As I have for the first time in my life been associated witb an AWerman , and as the prosecutors have not thought me worthy o £ an apology , I think I may fairly claim half the honour from the worthy Alderman . The Mayor then said—The case is dismissed . No sooner were the words uttered than the dense mass in the room nearly shook the building to the foundation with hurrahs and dapping ; the Bound ran like the electric spark to those on the outside , and the Market Place sent forth its human thunders , peal after peal , in quick succession . Mr . O'Connor shortly addressed the people out of Mr . Robinson ' s window , and they peaceably dispersed . / - ¦ /
2 forgot to state that , on Friday evening , we had an immense public meeting , ia the Market-place , when Messrs . O'Connor , Clark , Weat , M ' Douall , Mead , arid Jones were present The three former briefly addressed the people ; and then we traversed the whole round of tbe market , Hinging , " We'll rally around him , " -when the meeting quietly dispersed . On Sunday , Mr . Ytead lectured at the Pheasant Library , at twelve o ' clock , and preached upon the Forest , at half-past two , from the 15 th chapter of the 1 st Epistle to the Corinthians , and 57 th verse , — " Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory . " The congregation wa « about ten thousand persona .
In the evening , Dr . M'Douall lectured to upwards of twenty thousand , and then we formed a procession , and proceeded down Mansfield Road , through Plumberstreet ; to the Market-square , singing Chartist hymnsthis is a novel procedure in this town , and aatoniflhed some of the natives very much , especially the Sabatonian canters . ' :, ' . ¦' ¦ . ^ ¦ ' '¦¦ •¦¦ ¦ ' \ - ' " . .:. '¦ ¦ ¦ Qn jSionday , Messrs . Mead and Clark attended a Chartist festival in Clarence-court , where between forty and fifty partook of the cups that inebriate not , and lots of other good cheet ; Singing ; dancing , && , auccoeaed ; until eight o'clock , when Messrs . Clarke retired to lecture at the Britannia , in Mount-street , to the Shcetuakers' Afiaociation , and Mr . Mead to Riceplace chapel , to lecture upon the Law of Piimogeniture . ¦'¦ - : , ' ¦ . ' , "¦ ¦ . '" . '; ' . ¦"' ' ¦• . ¦• : i .:. --- ' - .- / ¦ ¦ -: <
Two pounds nineteen shillings and ninepence was collected upon tbe Forest on Sunday . V ; The election has spread tbe Charter in Nottingham with a witness . This has been indeed a prond week for the Bona of freedom . ; . da Addresi from ihe Six Non-electors composing half of Mr . Slttrgc ' s , Central Committee , to the 1 S 01 independent ISleclors who voted in favour of Mr . Sturge at the late Election for the Borovgh of Nottingham . Gentlemen , Fellow-townsmen , and Friends from the surrounding districts .
We , the undersigned members of the Non-electors Committee , beg leave to return you our most heartfelt thanks for the noble conduct yon have evinced during the recent struggle against corruption j We feel that we owe this public acknowledgement to von , and we should consider ourselves wanting in gratitude and patriotism if we iomitted the fulfilment of this pleasing duty ; you have done much towards eradicating the foul blot from the ancient escutcheon of this very important borough , which has so long disgraced it . You have shown a noble example to tbe whole nation , and
have exercised the votes which exclusive enactments b , ave UJ / juatly given you , ( whilst they have deprived ns of the right of voting ) in a manner which reflects equal honour upon you as men or as Christians—^ 1801 ia a «» lorioua minority indeed ( and out oppouanta have little cause to rfjoice in tbe paltry majority of is * . Yoa have woo a glorioaa triumph ; they have obtained a mere numerical victory ; youra has been a triumph of principle over corruption ; theirs a victory of might and gold over justice and honesty .:, ¦ -. ' .. . ' " \ . :-: ' , ""¦ ,. : / . ' .- ' .. '¦ . : r ' v "' ,
Gentlemen and fellow-citfajns , we again thank you most cordially ; nor must we forget to include in our warm and ardent thanks to yon , the talented gentlemen and lecturers who have so ably advocated poponlar rights , and laboured so bard in supporting the man of your choice . ^ To Mr . Beggs , the excellent and indefatigable secretary of the Complete Suffrage Aasociation , we owe most unbounded thanks : his urbanity and gentlemanly conduct have endeared him to us , his poor unrepresented fellow-townsmen .
Gentlemen , we beg , in taking leave of you , to say once more , May the Great Power , in whose bands are the destinies of all nations , give success to the glorious cause of universal justice , for which yon , in common with ourselves , have so stedfastly and manfully contended . We remain , Gentlemen , Your faithful though humble brethren , In the hoiy cause of Righteousness and Truth , Samuel Boonham , John Skkbrixt , Joshua Gabrington , Jonathan Bahbek , Benjamin HuMPHiELiES , Joseph SouTEH .
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Derby . —A large and enthusiastic meeting was held i « th ^ market-place , on Tuesday night , to return thanks to the brave electors of Nottingham , who supported Mr , Sturge at the election , and to hear an address from Dr . M'Douall .
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Latiely , waa / duly registered , George O'Counor , son 0 / John and ; Mary ; Armitage , Sandbacb tailor . ? : '¦/ v '" - ; '' : .: . ' . ' /;¦ ' ^ . : - ¦¦ : ¦ . ' . ¦¦< : ' . / ' - "¦ - ¦ - . •' . Baptised , on Suaday , May 29 th , at St . John's church , rlampstead , by the ReVi , —• Collins , Alfred Prbst , Emmett , Bronterre Wallace , Bon of .: Joseph and Sarah Wallace , of Marlborough / Road , Chelsea . ; Oa Tuesday last was daly registered , by Mr Edwaid : Kay . ¦ Be « i 8 trar , Glayton , Martha Frost O'Connor Watbutton , daughter of Mr . Daniel
Warburtori , Black Hill , Clayton . A ehort time Bince ,: Hannah , the wife of Mr . John Warbnrton , of , BkGk Hill , Clayton , > -as safely ceHvereo of a very fine . spri . which has bseii registered Feargus O'Connor Warburtoh ; both the mothers and children are doing well . : I ) a the . Christian Chartist Church , Greenvneh , upon Sabbath , -the 7 th August , by Mr . Wiliiam Walker , of Glasgow ^ the infant daughter of Mr . John Thomson , pastor of the eongregatipn , and Margareb Kei ) , his wife , was baptised by the name of Martha Frost . /
" V . " ¦ ¦ - . ¦ " ;¦¦ ¦ wiARBXAGHB 8 . . ¦ ¦ -. ¦/ ¦ ;• - . '"¦ - ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . On Thursday last , at Woodhouse chnrcht Mr . Wm . Clarkaon , horse-dealer , to Miss Ann Taylor , both of * Leeds . -. '' -. ;¦ ¦ ¦¦; : -: " ¦ . -. ¦ -. / ' / '¦ v -- / / - / - : '¦¦ -: //' : On Monday , the 8 ch inst ., at the church of St . Martin-cuBi-Gregory , York , Mr . Wm . Malim Afkinsorij of Sand Huttonv near Thirsk , timber merchant , to Elizabeth , third daughter of Teasdala Hutchinspn , Es ^ ., of Gratssfield House , "Pateley Bridge . ¦ : ¦' .. - ' : '¦ ' .-. ¦ r- ; -: r-:: r ::-: .- ' .- / ¦'' .: , . y .: ¦ . / w /; .-- // On Saturday , ; at AM Saints , " York , Miv C . Marleyi of Ayeliffe , in the county of Purbam , Jo Miss Calvert , of Falford ^ near York ; . ; . : Same day , at Dewsbviry , Mr . / George AllbutI , Burgeon , of Batley , to Misa Anna MaTia . Brooke , daughter of Mr . John Brooke , of Ing Mill , L > eira ~ bury . •/ - ¦ ' : " - ¦ ;¦; ¦¦ , ;• : :. ; . ; . ; :- ;? -. - ;;^ . ' -.. /\; - .- /; : ' ;•> ' -.
: . ,- "' . . -,, ¦ . ' : . :: ¦¦;¦'¦ DEATHS . - .. - .. - . '¦ . . ; ,. . / .:. / - : ^ ' .. Oa Tuesday last , at Driffieid , aged 24 yeare , Mr . W " m . Meek , hair cotter . ¦¦ - ; vv- - - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ On . Sunday morning last , at Fulford , trtr , John Smith , fawner , of that place . He wag the pWegt man in Fulford . '; 1 " ¦ . ' :. ¦' - ¦ . ¦ : : i \ .- ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ '¦¦ :. ' : [ ¦ ¦ r- ^^ - On Saturday ; last , suddenly , at Bickeratafli 3 t . Helens , near Liverpool , much respeoteidl , aged 62 , Mr . Abraham Greaves , late of Ossctt Street-side , near Dewsbury , and Purston Jackling , near Pontefract , farmer and coal owneai : . Oh Friday , the 5 th inst . y at : Laeds , Elizabeth Haddock ^ aged 25 years , York-Street .
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE , FROM AUGUST 3 rd TO THE 9 tu INCLUSIVE . £ . e . d . Halifax ... ... ... ... 1 8 4 Todmorden ... ... ... 0 16 8 Manchester painters ... ... 0 2 0 Duckenfield or Ashton ... ... 0 5 0 Manchester . Carpenter's Hall ... 0 16 0 Merthvr Tydvill ... ... 2 13 4 Hyde ... ... ... ... 0 6 8 Youths , Stockport ... ... 0 3 0 Denton ... ... ... 0 2 0 We 8 thaughton ... ... 0 S 4 Stafford , Youths ... ... 0 2 0 London , per Wheeler ... ... 0 16 It Leeds ... ... ... ... 1 19 2 Salford ... ... ... 0 5 0 Per Crow , Mr . Cavill , Melton
? Mbwbray ... ... ... 0 1 6 Kirkheaton ... ... ... 0 I 6 ^ Yew Green ... ... ... 0 3 1 Berry Brow ... ... .. 0 2 6 Hpnly ¦ "• ' ... ... ... 0-3 6 Leptoa ... ... ... 0 2 5 Daltoa ... ... ... 0 1 8 Huddersfield ... ... ... 0 18 0 Mr . rJampbell has paid oyer to Mr . Cleave 7 s . 6 d . from Yeovil to the Convention Fund . The 10 s , in ; last week ' s receipts , from Warner , ought to have been from Wainer , Star Coffee House , GoldenTlane .
The 33 . 8 d . acknowledged from Warley ought to have been placed to the Halifax account . J . Campbell , Secretary .
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HiSCETESTKR . —Wcdj Uiday Morning , half-past fow o ' clock . —The decision of the delegates from the power-Jooju factories , of which I sens an account yesterday , was that they wou ) d hold a public meetins in Granby Row Fields , at four o ' clock oa this ( Wednesday ) morning . At aboat half-past four o ' clock Mr . Cros ? 7 ey , from StaJjhridge . was unanimously called to the chair . Beopened the proceediogsbystating that ihebu 3 . nes 3 of the meeting was to take into consideration the best jJan to be adopted to secure a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work .
The meeting vras addressed by Mr . Donavan , Mr . Lane , 3 dr . M'Cartney , Mr . Dojle , and Mr . Dixon . The itter gentleman told the people that he thought the anti-Corn Law l . ague yr&s at the bottom of these reductions . It weald he remembered by mauy present that that oracle of the League , Dickey Cobden , had told Sir Robert Peel that if the Corn / Laws wets noi repealed it would be impossible to keep the people in the manufacturing districts in subordination ; and the manufacturers being desirous of Tpnfring their prophet appear a 3 a true obp , hid adopted the plan of reducing wages to drive the people to desperation . But he ( Mr . Dixon ) hoped that the people would have more good sense than to
be made the tools of the parties who had proved their greatest enemies ; and tkat they would , whilrt endeaYouring to get an advance of wages , be determined to keep the peace . The number prerent was about ten thousand . After the meeting they formed into procession to go throngh the manufacturing parts of the town . About half-past five o ' clock , a number of females assembled in the riezghbourhood of Great AaCOatBstreat , " and proceed through the main streets , their Bumbere all the while augmenting . Their object was to stop the various mills not already stopped . Having succeeded in bringing oat the workpeople in the employ of Mr . Moor , of Mill-street , they
ihen proceeded to tha mill of Mesas . Kennedy , where their application for the dismissal of their "hands' * having been refused , they poured a treznendons rollsy of stones into the windows , burst open the outer door , and were about to rush into the factory , when a posse oE police arrived , headed by Sir C Skaw . A scene hereupon took place which baffles all description . The police charged the people , sparing neither age nor sex , bat laying abonfc them right and left with their bludgeons and Cutlasses J many were knocked down and beaten till they were unable to rise from the ground . One old man , eighty-two years of age , and within a few ysrd 3 of Ms own door , had his head cut in a most stocking manner by a blow from a cutlass . A great
quantity of stones were thrown ; and the people having rallied , the police , who bad separated in fonrs and : SVe 3 to ase their bludgeona and cntl&SSes , seampered off in all directions , amidst the curses and execrations of the immense assemblage ; nor did they stop till they were told by their superiors that the military were close at hand . The military then came np , consisting of a detachment of Dragoons and another of tke Rifle Brigade . The police again returned to ihe charge , and with the assistance of the soldiery sneceeded in dispersing the people , and capturing many , chiefly boys , whom they took into Messrs . . Kennedy's null ; and after a short time 3 marched them down under an escort of both horse and foot , and a numerous body of the police to the Borough Court for examination .
At twelve o ' clock , the people again assembled in Granby Bow Fields , according to the decision of the meeting in ihe morning . Mr . Doim&n was nn&nimonsly called to the chair . He said that , as a working man , and a power-loom weaver , he would rather die than go to -work , until he bad a fair remuneration For bis labour . HI 3 was not a solitary ease . He ha 4 three children and a wife . He dare not go home- ; for if he did , these children -would ask him for bread , and be had none to give them 5 and he w » s sure that thousands ofttiose who now heard him -srere in the . same condition . { Loud cries of" Yes ; we are . ') Mr . D . made a powerful appeal to the people , during which he was loudly cheered . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Dixon , Lane , P . M- Brophy , Woolenstan , 3 nd others . The aumber . 3 present were from 15 , 000 to 129 , 000 .
A resolution was passed by acclamation— ' * That » meeiiEg of the various trades and working men be held on this ground on to-morrow morning , at six o ' clock ; Kd that we do not return to work until we i » re the prices paid to us for onr labour that we iad in the beginning of 1 & 40 . " The Biot Aei ha * beea read : at least , so say placards that are being posted . Wednesday aflernoon , half-past Threes—I have just had the news brought to me , that an attack has been made upon the people in ' the neighbouibood of Oxford-ioad- I can rely npon the veracity of my informant , trhp was an eye -witness of the proceedings . The mechanics of Manchester were about to hold a meeting on a piece of waste ground , near the
S » £ works , Dxlbrd-j oad . When assembled , one of the Dragoon 3 galloped in amongst them , and wzamenced catting ji ght and left with his sabre . One man hid his hat cat in two , but received no fertiw * injury . The dragoon lost hi * sabre , and vu f ^ J ^ ?^ - The People were then charged by Vparty of the Rifle brigade , and several were pneked , and one man had his hand run through with * bayonet . - The greater part of the mills are stand-% , and the few that are working are : guarded by we military and the police . On account of the » ldiers preventing the mechanics from holding their noting this afteraoon , thej hare come to the con-^ sion of placarding the town , ealling ameetiDg to » e holden in the Carpenters' Hall , at six o ' clock in * ae morning .
I am sorry to say thai the damage done yesterday » Trry serioas . 1 went down to riew the mill of «* . Birley this morning , and nearly the whole of « ms Windows in that large establishment are broken , ^ two dwelling-houses in which the managers ^ oe , -with the lodge , have the entire of the frame-K of the windows and the dwre completely de-
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WATKIN'S TESTIMONIAL COMMITTEE . The Committee for getting up the testimonial met on Sunday morning last , at 55 , Old Bailey . After the transaction of business , ana distrlbnting raffle tickets , it was agreed that the sums which had been subscribed for the above purpose be sent to the Star for insertion . The following subscriptions have been received by the Committee : — £ s . d . Fesargus O'Connor , Esq . ... 0 10 0 John Campbell 0 10
K . X . Philp 0 10 Collected by Mr . Packer , Marylebone ... 0 4 4 . Wa Salmon ... 0 3 7 Andrew Hogg 0 3 5 Mr . Siratton 0 2 6 Robert Wilson 0 2 9 Mr . Whidden 0 2 4 Mr . French 0 2 2 Robert M'Donald 0 18 Mr , DivilB .. 017 Mr . Sumner 0 17 Wm . Balls 0 16 Sir . Jno . Goulding 0 10 Mr . Xarey ... 0 0 lo Mr . Wisedale ... ... ... 0 13 Thos . Mills 0 0 9 Sums under la . 0 2 4
It 5 requested that all ihe Committee will attend next Snnday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock . W . Salmon , Secretary . Cbow AJfD Ttiibell ' s Brb ^ hpast Powder . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale or Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Breakfast Fowder t for the week ending Angusi the 6 th : — £ s d Mr . James Leach . Oak-street , Manchester , and wholesale agent for Lancashire ... 3 0 0
Mr . Simeon , Bristol , wholesale a ^ ent for the West 0 6 0 Mx . G . J . Harney , Sheffield 0 6 0 Mr . Hoes , Dawley , and -wholesale agent for Shropshire 0 6 0 Mr . Legge , Aberdeen 0 3 0 Mr . Barnett . Keunerby 0 16 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 16 Mrs . Smith , ditto 0 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... 0 1 G Mr . Robinson , Derby 0 16 Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray 0 0 5
. £ 4 9 3 Abdcction Case . —At the Liverpool Assizes on Tuesday , John Orr M'Gill , Richard Jones , Jan © Clayton , John Osburn Q , oick , and Thomas Wormand "Rogerson , were indicted for carrying off Miss Crellin , from Liverpool to Gretna , and there by administering' stupefying drink , forcing her info a marriage with M'Gill . Mr . Baines conducted the prosecution . He raid the prosecutrix was an elderly woman , of weak mind , having property to the amount of £ 4 , 000 . Several counsel appeared for the defendants . After a long investigatiop , the Lord Chief Jnstice summed np . His Lordship said that the . Learned Counsel had laid the evidence before the jury as if in case Miss Crellin had
made herself drunk , and if after that the prisoners had carried her away , they were not gnilty . He , ( the Lord Chief Justice . ) however , was of opinion that though the individual had intoxicated herself , if any one toek advantage of that state to take her away and -marry her against her consent , and did earry her . away , though ever so little distance , with that intention , against her will , such party waa gnilty of the offence charged . The Jury retired , and re-entsrei the Court at a quarter-past nine . They pronounced John On M'Giil , Richard Jones , John Osborn Quick , and Jane Clayton , guilty . Margaret Jones and Thomas Wormand Rogerson were acauitted . The Foreman of the Jnry addressed the
Court as follows : — "My Lord—The Jury wish to express an opinion in addition : the Jury beg to express the opinion that Mess Crellin is also herself highly culpable in the business . " The prisoners were , by ordey of Ms Lordship , removed from tbe bar , and the court adjourned at twenty minutes past nine o ' clock . Th « following sentences have bees since passed : —John Orr M'Gill to be imprisoned eighteen calendar months , and kept to bard laboar ; John Osburn Quick to be imprisoned fifteen calendar months , and kept to hard labour ; and Mrs . Uayton and Richard Jones to be imprisoned twelve calendar months , and kept to hard labour . All the prisoners to be imprisoned in Lancaster Castle . The sentence on Copeland alias Martin , was deferred .
A few DATS i . GOi the remains of three newiy-born children were found in the river Ancholme , not far from Brigg . „ On inquiry ! it proved that a young woman named Jace Beech , of Wrawby , had given birth to ihem all , and had thrown them into the river , lor the pnrpose of concealment . She has been cemmimd for concealing the birth .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 13, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct611/page/5/
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