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GLORIOUS AJSD TR 1 U 31 PHAJST : DEFEAT OF ALL TEE BOBBER FACTIONS BY THE WHOLE HOG CHABTIST BR 1-
GADE OF . SUivDERLANP . . On the morning of Friday the 20 th , large bills ! appeared on the -wills of this town , anneuncrag a | pnblic meeting , for the purpose of taKin * into con- ; fdderation ihe charges made against Mr . James , VSHbiils by . Feargu 3 O'Connor , Esq ., in the ; Evening Slar of the 3 rd , and repeated ia ihe Northern Star of the 7 th . of this njtmth . The meeun ? was called -with a penny admission in the Athetsum \ Lectnre Room . By the terms of fee bill a vote of . eensnxe was to have been pss ? ed en Fear ^ us irCon- ' nor . Esq ., but , alas , for the uncerranty of all human schemes , poor Mr . Williams redconed withont his i host j the Chartists on -fee first appearance of the bills . met in th ^ r ; -ncil Rooms , itobinson ' s Lane , to j
make arrs ^ cmen -ts for defends *? ^ eir t > Tave leader . ; All thin ^ t > eing settled to their ne ural satisfaction , they sternly awaited the tts ft wax on Monday night , and to their great delight and satisfaction , two of their brother hogs , Kessis . Con Murray and , Samael Kidd , arriredfrom ^ ewcastle ai'iour o ' clock I in the afternoon . On their names being announced j in the Council Room , all * 77 as joy and gladness , and j it was at once agreed that Mr . Kidd should appear j against Mr . Williams , -es the friend of O'Connor . "We should also hare srid that the Chartists sent a ; deputation to Mr . Williams , requesting him to allow the poor -working msn free admission , as some , thonsands had no penny to pay . They contended
that the pablic character of O Connor -was the property of every Cbarfcst , and before he should be j put on trial , it would ba only justice that all were ' , allowed to "be present . The deputation offered to pay j the half of the expenses of the hall , if Mr . "Williams : would pay the other half , this he would not accede to , j and hundreds of our best and bravest men , through j poverty , were kept without the building , and the hall j filled with those only who could pay their pennies . ] Baring now -sketched the previous proceedings i in as short a manner as possible , we proceed to 1 give . a candid , fair , and impartial report of the tteeting and dissassion . ' Long before eigni o ' clock , the hall , which is -capable of holding 500 , was densely filled in every
¦ corner . Mr . Wmans arose and proposed that Mr . Knot , a working man , should take the chair . ( Loud cheers ) . Mr . Heskheh Retllt proposed , as an amendment , that Mr . John Chalk , aiiother working man , and one of jae Gouneil oi the whole hog brigade , should take the chair . This amendment was receiTed with tremendous thunders of applause and load cheering , which lasted for several minutes . Mr . Reillt then took a show of hands for'Mr . Chalk , when , to our judgment , two-thirds of the meeting ~» oted for him . Mx . "Williams next for Mr . Knot , when about 150 snpported him .
Mr . < jhaxk , on taking the chair , remarked that it ¦ was irell known to tie audience that he was not a speech-maker , and would not therefore waste their time longer than by calling oa every man in that zoom , no matter what were his individual opinions on the subject about to be discussed , to give a fair tearing to both speakers ; nothing elicited truth so well as a fair discussion . If they did not hfiar all parties patiently , they could not judge impartially ; newonld now leave the matter in their own hanas , and trusted they wenld all support him in keeping good order . After thanking his brother Chartists for that mark of their confidence and respect , he sat down amidst loud cheers .
Messrs . Williams and Kidd then entered into the following arrangements : — "Williams to take fifteen minutes in opening the discussion , and proving O'Connor ' s charges to "be false . Kidd , fifteen minutes in defending O'Connor , and proving his charges against Williams to be strictly in accordance with irnth : each speaker thereafter to have-ten minutes alternately until the close of the debate . All things being now settled , Mr . William 3 came forward , londiy cheered by his friends , and said in substance as follows : —
Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I am charged in the leading article of the Northern Slar of Saturday , the 7 ih , copied from the Evening Star of the 3 rd of this month , and from the pen of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., -with having made a base compromise of principle to the enemies of the Cnarter in the Birmingham Conference . Secondly , in haying impudently and audaciously endeavoured to form a third party in the © aid Conference ; and lastly , with being actuated by mercenary motives in the part I hare taken to secure the six pounds a-week as a Complete Suffrage lecturer . These charges , couched as they were In language of the most insnlting style * called upon him as a tp »™ to whom character was valuable to defend himself , and that such defence
should appear through the same channel .- He did not stand there to xieny the right on the part of a free press to discuss xhe character of every public inan , But -while he -would freely admit this right , he ¦ would also maintain thst if a man found that he "Was nnjastly ^ -charged , that same press ought to tear him in reply . He -would then take these charges one by one , and show to any unprejudiced and unbiassed man that they were each and all de-Toid of truth , that they were slanderous and nngentlemanly . The first charge was , that he had made abase comproiatae of principle to the enemies of ShejChatter attheiJirmiDgham Conference , £ » ew , he denied that he had made a base compromise He denied that he had -violated any one
single point of the Charter . He proceeded ; ie discuss the points of the People's Charter , ! seriatim , at each point turningio Kidd , and asking ; him to prove to that assembly , which of them he had j compromised . He admitted that he had differed in j opinion with the majority of the Conference , but he had dbneso conseientiou ; ly , andhehoped his talented j opponent yronld not deny him the privilege of think-5 ng for himself , or exercising his judgment without being abused for so doing , or pinning his convictions i io the skirts of any man living . If a man were to ' he denounced in such a manner as he had been , by ; O'Connor , and such denunciation -was called Char-. tism , then he ( Mr . Williams ) would cease to be a ' GhartiBt . if- this -were to be called liberty , he would declare before God iliat he would cease to advocate
its principle . In conclusion , he called npon them in ihe most feeling manner to panse , ere they came to a decision " that evening , to banish all prejudice , if they had any against him , and give his opponent ihe same impartial hearing they had given him . He sat down loudly cheered by his friends . Mr . Kidd came forward amidst-the most deafening cheers . When silence had been restored , he said Mr . Chairman , ladies and fellow-working men of Sunderland , I must teg leave to correct an expression which . Mr . Williams used to me individually . He has told you that I am a "very talented gentleman , now he believed Mr . Williams had not said so disrespeetfeUy , bnt he bad been in error , for the . fact was , he ^ Mr . Kidd ) was only just a poo r hard
¦ srorkiBg man , who must earn his bread by the sweat of his brow , and as to his talent , he could lay no pretensions to that , Imt he had trnth and justice onhissWe . ^ He stood there on the sure founoation , on the glorions , on the pure and nuEnllJed doctrines of democracy , and on this solid rock he stood to proTe that Mr , James "Williams had compromised , not any one particular point of the Charter , but that he had done the mischief by wholesale—thai he had basely violated all the Six Points—that he had grossly compromised the fundamental principle on Trhich the People ' s Charter was bnilt—( deafening cheers , clapping of hands , and' waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ) And now fox ths proofs . They would all be aware that the Conference at
Birmingham was elected by Universal Suffrage , at least the majority—it was virtually a fair representation of the whole people of Great Britain ; its members were elected a t pnblic meetings fairly called , unless m such cases as that of Paisley , Doneaster , and the Eeeond returns of such as Newcastle-upon-Tyne and pidham , where the villany of the Sturgites interfered to suppress the pnblic voice . Tae address of the Suffrage Tfrrion called upon the country to elect their delegates and send them to Birmingham for the purpose of conferring with one another in framing a Bill to be Bent into the Honse of Commons on the part of the people . This address did not say to the people , you must send delegates who , on their arrival in
Bir-BHngham , are to sit silently and swallow every n&s- ' trnm we , the Suffrage Council , think proper to |™ P ? 3 Vmthout consulting their own judgment , or 1 uie ^ instructions or opinions of their constituents . it ? t had said so , the people would have treated men » proposition with contempt , by not electing one single delegate , and in his opinion very justlf \ Sled toLS 6 TeTeiSe T * , fact " Tfae J ™ re SaTnSS&Si ^ de * ocratic principles ; it ts ^ saKsftg majorig , otherwise there was no use of their meet ! mg . ^ Did the Co mplete Suffrage party aefon th £ » E # I «« . ASS no ^ SS ' fl 8
* J i . m ° s * strenuously maintained not . Their : -Sfv W % ?™ }* igr ? TO&us-Ooud cheers ) i -4 hey lost their dogmatical motion on their huge ? f £ ° i ? f f ^ . af ^ i > eing left in a minority , - they 1 Sr £ K » ? ^ ^ ^ 13 t the S ? v * Ariiy -asd got off to aroom tTthemselres . In thus ac ^ . ^ d , any partwular pomt of the Charter for Tiolafaon-they . did not pick them-thiy were so far Whole hog men , for they swept the principles with one feU swoop- < laughter and cheers ) -Mr . Kidd tten turning Jo Mr . W ^ you have asked me , Sir , to -Bhpw _ rjoa -which-of these points you hare compro- ) mised , here 13 my answer—the whole of them inas- i much asyoa ran away with the minoritv —/ eontinnpH i : j ; ; j j 1
cheering ) . ; If Mr . W . could show him that the majority were to he guided and gorerned by tKe mitority , feenTf onld he be prepared to admit that be had aot made a compromise . In further illustration of such a libel on democracy , he instanced the Corn-Iaw Repealers . If their lying great gun , Dickey
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Cobden , introduced a measure to the next session of Parliament for the repeal of the Corn and Provision-Laws , and the majority were to divide against him , what would be thonght of the eighty tr ninety repeal members , if , with Dickey at their head , they were to leave the House of Commons , meet in another place , and declare themselves the Parliament 1—( cheers ) . Now he held this was just the position in which Mr . W . and his Sturgeite friends were placed . They had acted on the old Tory principles of the few dictating to the many . He would , before sitting down , call upon his opponent to answer his question withont endeavouring to hide himself under a cloak of sophistry , for he ( . Mr . Kidd ) was not to be hwnbugged after that fashion . Here is the question , is
the right of the minority to govern the majority in accordance -with the principles of the Charter I—( great cheering ) . Mr . Williams , on rising the-second time , showed by his evasive a » d sbuSaing attempts to answer the <{ Hestion of his opponent , that ho was writhing under the first speech -of ' Mt . Kidd . He contended that , ia some instances , the minority had a right to act independent of the majocity , in proof of which , he referred to the Protestaat Reforaation and the persecutions of the "first reformers , by the admissionof every man . They were in the minority , and a very snal ] minority at the cemmencezient of their career , and would Mr . Kidd dare to hold that they should have given in to the-Kajority 1 yet , this he must do if he contended for this doetriEe under aK circumstances
Recalled Hh&x attention to America , where their Charter principles were in full operation . In that country , the majority of 17 , 000 , 9 tt 6 white people kept the minority of 2 ; 980 , 00 l ) in bondage , on-no other pretext than that of their skin being black . Here then was convincing evidence to prove that there was extreme cases in wbieh the « rinority vere justified in opposing the majority , and acting independent of them . He held tnat the-case of the Conference was one of thfm ; he did > not leave the majority until be found there was no good to be effected by remaining longer with them , until be foiftnr that the seceeding party were active business men , and more likely to bring about the 'regeneration
of tbe-conntry . He tried to do some little good to the people ' s cause , by moving the preamble of the Bill of Rights , in the Chartist Conference , as being preferable to the preamble of the Charter . When this was lost , he considered he was jn daty bound to go over to the minority ; he maintained that this was fully answering the question of his opponent . He then called on Mr . Kidd to show what point of the Charter he had compromised , as in his whole speech he bad never attempted todo so . He contended this was the whole foundation of the discussion , and , as yet , he stood acquitted of the charge of compromise , and would in his next ten minutes take up the second charge . —( lond cheers . )
Mr . Kidd would not permit biB wily opponent to lead him from the real subject under discussion to that of negro slavery ; he would say , in reference to the poor slaves , that they were kept in bondage , not as Mr . W . erroneously held , under the full operation of the principles of our Charter , it was under the damning influence of class-legislation the poor blacks were kept in bondage ; as a proof , Mr . W . would now be informed that , in the Northern States of the Union , where universal suffrage was the basis of their State Assemblies , there was scarce a vestige of slavery to be found ; while in ihe Southern States , where there -existed a forty dollar qualification , there were more slaves than freemen —( loud cheers)—it was the rascally middle
classes that kept the poor Indians in chaius—it was ihe rascally class that formed the minority at the Conference , and to whom Mr . W . had bow become allied . He would ask them what interest the poor working American could have in keeping his poor negro countryman a slave ' —( continued ¦ cheering . ) Mr . Williams was more unfortunate in his attempts to make the minority at the reformation -serve his purpose , for there was no similarity between a minority on the question of religion and the question of politics . In the question of religion he held the rale of majorities and minorities was uncalled for , and not only that—it was tyranny of the worst description to compel a minority in * religion to believe with the majority , when at the same time
their holding different tenets could not injure their majority , while they paid their own clergy on the voluntary principle , but it was quite different ae regarded politics ; for if Mr . W . ' s minorif ? had the power of making laws affecting the lives and prepenies of the majority , it would be high Toryism , and not democracy . He would again call the attention of Mr . W . to the simile in his last speech , viz the Corn Law Repealers , as a minority in the Honse of Commons , which was quite to the point , and which he had not yet answered . ( A grea , t uproar here ensued on tb 6 part of Air . W . ' s friends , and they continued to interrupt Mr . K . during the rest of the evening . ) Mr . Kidd , standing until the respectables became a little more quiet , coolly observed ,
Gentlemen , these arguments are nipping ye—yonr troubles are only beginning—you will get more of them—( roars of laughter , and cheerine , and ruffing , which made the gallery shake ) . Mr . W . gave another reason for leaving the majority , and going with the minority . It was this , because tb © minority were men of business ; yes , he ( .. Mr . Kidd ) could not deny it ; they were men of bnsiness , and no mistake ; tbeiT huge and overgrown bill of rights , that took five hours to read , was a practical proof that they conld do a deal of business , bnt it was no proof that they had done it welL He had been told by Mr . W . that the preamble of the bill of rights was pTeferable to the preamble of the Charter ; this they would see was only an assertion ; he had offered no proof . Now , m what consisted the superiority of this preamble to ours : why , because it was written
by lawyers ; it was made up of a whole boshel of legal phrases , such as whereases , aforesaids , &c . & . c . &c , and in a very holy and reverential style , added to that of extreme loyalty . They addressed the robbers of this nation , Including the big-bellied bishops , as the lords spiritual and temporal —( great laughter and cheer 3 . ) He had been asked by Mr . W . what point he had violated ; why did he ( Kidd ) not prove that he had violated the whole by destroying the principles ; and until his opponent met the question in its proper form , he would keep him as firmly nailed to it as a bad shilling to a grocer ' s connter—( laughter and cheers ); he would keep him there till he answered openly as a man , and a professing patriot , andfrom what they had heard , he was not likely to answer it—( continued cheers and disapprobation . )
Mr . Williams now came to the consideration of the eecond charge , viz ., that he had imprudently and audaciously endeavoured to create a third part ; in the Conference , by proposing the preamble of the Bill of Rights . Why if this was a crime against the msje&ty of Mr . O'Connor , he could prove that that Gentleman held in 1839 that the Charter was defieieient in itB details , aDd not only did he say this but had almost damned the Charter by declaring its details to be nonsensical . He then read Mr . O'Connor ' s speech delivered in the Convention from an old Slar of that year , went on to say , * ' ant I to ^ be denounced for endeavouring to amend what O'Connor has told as was nonsensical , and after being so denounced ia the columns of a Chartist journal , withont being allowed the insertion of my defence ? " He wished his opponent to iwite this well , and as he undertook to defend Mr . CCeanor , show him how he conld square this witk Chartist principles .
Mr . Kxdd held it was an attempt , an impudent and andacious attempt , to create a third party by Mr . W . introducing a document for discussion , when on the day before , it was rejected by a majority of 99 . Was there any thing more clear and reasonable than this view of the question ! His opponent finds fault at not getting free access to tie columns of the Star . Did he take a proper method of defending himself ? He denied it . A * letter which would occupy three columns and made up of scurrilous abuse , was not likely to find a place in any paper . Were the poor working men to pay 4 . Jd for such trash , to the exclusion of better matter ? It was quite common with the enemies of Chartism in
their disputes with the Slar , to write such letters as would disgrace a fish wife in point of abuse , well knowing that they would not be published , nay that in point of fact , they were unfit for publication , and then cry out against the conduct of the editor in not giving them fair play . Mr . W . had told them that Mr . O'Connor called the details of the Charter nonsensical in 1839 ; well , for the sake of argument he wonld grans this to be true , and what did it amount to ? why , that Feargus O'Connor had not changed his mind in the Birmingham Conference , for he there spent the greater part of two days in assisting to amend these details —( lond and enthusiastic cheering . )
Mr . Williahs now rose to repel the lying insinuation that he was ingratiating himself with the Complete Snffrage partyfor the purpose of becoming their lecturer at five or six pounds a week . He said this was done to injure him , for those who knew him , and thephysician who attended him , knew perfectly well that from the state of his health he was quite unable to deliver a lecture for any party . Mr . W . by this time had got off his coat , and drawing himself up to his full height he made one of the most powerful appeals to the sympathy of the people we have ever heard . He asked them were they going to censure him after what he had suffered in » - * - — - ¦ ¦ ¦ — ^ m ~ vv * w ¦ mm > % w »*^ # w ^» »* «*** w * fe » I
! ^ ** ^ their cause ? were they going to send him to his grave and leave hi 3 -wife and family without a guardianl were they now going to tell him who bad so often stood their friend , James Williams we will never again allow you to appear on our platforms ™ J ™ ** ° e ** <> t our Principles ? Surely they S « ° * -V £ th ^ h * ** & them better ; but after all , if they did he coald not help it . Mr . W . ^ Lr ^ ™ nch . affscted , and many of his friends , ^ specially the females , shed tears ; indeed we frankly ™ v ' £ e *?***** be « an to ttink the whole hog men should relax their stern severity for his deser-] tion of their cause . Mr . W . sat dowi hi a state of , complete exhaustion , crying out don't blast mv character—Goud eheers from the friends of Mr . W ) imTI " - * ?? i * lisin S for tne l * st time , said , he felt himself i ^ ther awkwardly situated , not as regarded the strength of his position , for he now stood master of the field-
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" yes , yes , " arid ** no , no , " from all parts of the house ) ; but he felt tbr * t he was now approaching the most delicate part of the dispute , viz ., the money matters in Mr . O'Connor ' s charges . Mr . W . was said to be on the look out for a Stnrge office . Well , even on this Bubject , he would boldly give his opiniotts ^ and here they were . All those lecturers who had been brought into publio life , who bad been made valuable , by the poor Chartists , and had since joined the ranks of our enemies , did not go away all atoace . No ; they went bit by bit , just as Mr . W . was now going . True , Mr . W . had told them , and referred to bis physician to bear him -ont in it , that the state of his healch would not on any account permit his giving alecture hut -was it not a fact that no man ia these countries
^ as the habit giving such speeches and lectures , Mr . W . had made a strong , and he woald say , a very feeling appeal to their feelings and their sympathy . He asked them not tocenBure him . < Cries of " It wont do ; " and great disapprobation and hissing . ) He ( Kidd ) had no wish to Bee him censured , if he came forward and honestly acknowledged bis errors , and faithfully promised to be a good boy in future . But why did Mr . W . cry so loudly against being censured , when he was using his every exertion to censure such a brave and disinterested advocate of suffering humanity as that bold indomitable patriot Feargus O'Connor ? ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) In conclusion he now called upon them to vote in accordance with their
honest convictions , regardless of the sympathetic appeal of Mr . Williams , or the many and valuable services of O'Connor . He held , and he was proud to sayithat he had by his humble abilities defended O'Connor , and confirmed the charges preferred against Mr . W . He had one word more to say , beiore sitting down , which was , that for the character of his species he was sorry to be compelled to admit that all who now endeavoured to injure O'Connor were creatures whom he made respectable by his purse and his press . He would bid them farewell , and Bit down by again calling on them to do their daty . The chpering which followed Mr . Kidd ' a last speech surpassed anything we have ever heard .
Mr . Williams immediately rose and without comment , moved the following motion . ' That the principle of democracy and of natural justice requires that a wrong done to the humblest member of the state should be regarded as equally important as one inflicted on the most distinguished ; that it is one of the most sacred and inalienable tights of man to ba permitted freely to exercise the powers of his mind and as freely to declare and act on bis honest convictions . That this meeting is , therefore , of opinion that the conductors of the press have a right to examine and comment upon the public conduct of all public men , while the latter are equally entitled to
vindicate themselves through the same medium . That as the character of a man is as sacred as his life , and as Mr . O'Connor , as Editor of the Evening Star , has brought charges and made insinuations against Mr . Williams , which , if trne , would render him unworthy of public esteem and confidence j it was , therefore , the right of Mt . Williams to be permitted to reply to the same , and the duty of the Editor of the Star to insert such reply ; and this meeting finding that the reply of Mr . Williams to the said attack has been withheld by the Editor i f the Star , are ef opinion that each conduct is at variance with the principles of democracy and with the principle of doiog unto others as we would they should do unto
us . Mr . Kidd immediately moved this amendment : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting the conduct of FearguB O'Connor , Esq ., in exposing the dishonest and treacherous trickery and shuffling of Mr . James Williams , as one of the delegates from Sunderland , to the Birmingham Conference , was manly and straightforward , and entitles that gentleman to the thanks , gratitude , and confidence of the hard-working , illueed sons of toil throughout Great Britain and Ire * land ; and it is also of opinion that every word written ou that subject in the Evening Star of the 3 rd of this present month , is strictly in accordance with truth , and justifies us in withdrawing any confidence which we reposed in Mr . James Williams , in the early part of the Chartist agitation . "
The Chairman then put Kidd's amendment , calling upon all who supported his as being the resolution of this meeting to hold up both hands . With one universal shout , up went a forest of hands , which , to our appearance left none down . He then , in the same words , put Mr . Williams ' s motion , for which we should think about 200 voted . The Chairman then declared the amendment carried by a large majority . This amendment -was carried with every demonstration of applause and loud cries of " Long live O'Connor , the people ' s champion . " Mr . Williams ' s friends here created a great confusion , denied the correctness of the Chairman ' s decision , and called for the appointment of tellers .
Mr . Kidd then appointed Mr . Con Murray , of Glasgow , as his teller ; Mr . Williams , another gentleman , whose name we could not learn . The votes were again taken , when the majority seemed even Btill larger . The tellers consulted , when , strs-nge to s&y * the gentleman ohoseD by Mr . Wil . li&ms declared he could not say on which the majority was . Mr . Williams then remarked , " 0 , then , we will give it up on both sides , and stand as we began . " Mr . M ubiuy stopped him : " Not so fast Sir , " he had an opinion in the matter now , and he would tell Mr . Williams that he was prepared to prove to the best of his judgment that there were at tho very least between 80 and 100 of a majority for Kidd's amendment ; and this , with the Chairman's decision , and the fact that the Chartists had carried their friend to the chair , completely knocked poor Jemmy almost stnpified . The meeting then separated in a very uprorious manner .
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HTJI . lt— Defeat of the Complete Suffragists —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . J . ColliiiB , of Birmingham , delivered a lecture in the Free Masons ' Lodge , Myton-gate , on the principles of Complete Suffrage . The meeting was but thinly attended ; the great majority , however , being Chartists , as the result proved . At eight o ' clock Mr . Firth was called to the chair , who briefly opened the business by stating that as discussion vras anticipated at the close of the lecture , any person would be at liberty to ask Mr . Collins any questions that might be to the point . Mr . Collins then , weot through the Six Points of the Charter , defending them very cleverly , and replying to the objections raised by their opponents in a convincing manner . He then pointed out the utility of the Complete Suffrage union , in bringing the electoral body to
act m concert with the non-electors , and concluded by requesting all parties to join -with them . This was very coldly received . The chairman then asked if any person had any . question to ask- Mr . West rose and asked if he might be allewed to make a few observations in reference to the conduct of the Sturgites at the Birmingham Conference ? The chairman s » d that -was contrary to rule , as the ^ -questions put chould be in reference to Mr . Collins * lecture . Mr . West stated that with the lecture he perfectly agreed , bet he had charges to make against the Complete Suffrage Union , and against Mr . Collin * in particular . There was then an . universal cry for Mr . West to get on the platform , which he did . Mr . Burns , or " Moscow Burns , * ' as he is called , rase and said they would
allow Mr . West ten minutes to make good his charges . Mr . West said he was in the haiids of the meeting , and that wban he wanted the permission of Mr . Burns to address & meeting , he would apply to him , but that at present it would took much better for him to sit dewn until his cervices were needed . The Chairman then put it to . the meeting , and Mr . West was alloVed half an hour to state the case . He commenced by referring to the Conference , and the shameful manner in \* hteti they had treated the people's delegates after putting the country to an enormous expense , and then because t ^ iey could not have all things after their own faBhion , * x > kick up their heels and run away . Mr . Collins here interrupted , saying he -was not the representative of the Coinpletb Suffraguts , but as Mr . West said he had
charges to make against him he was sorry that gent , did not do so . Mr- West , then I charge you with being a renegade to your principles , and a traitor to the cause of the people . As a Chartist you suffered imprisonment with William Lovett , and yet in the Conference you voted against Wm . Lovett and the Carter . You went through Scotland , rallying the people under the banner of the Charter , receiving the tribute of their honest gratitude ; yet in the Conference you voted against their representatives ; and , not only that , but , like a sneaking co-ward , yon ran away and left them , thus treating the People ' s representatives with scorn and contempt . Mr . Collins attempted to justify his conduct by saying he never deserted bis principles , that they were the same
now they ever had been , but , as a member of the Complete Saffra ? e Canncil , he contended the minority had no right to yield their opinions to the majority that their Bill was supericrto the Charter ; and , therefor e , more worthy the attention of the peop'e . Mr . West replied , and exposed the hypocrisy of the doctrine , that the opinion of the majority should not rule . He defended the Charter for its simplicity and clearness , compared with the Sturge " MONSTER , " and concluded by movirjg the following resolution : That it is the opinion of this meeting that the beBt means of carrying out the principles of Complete Suffrage is in a steady perseverance in the advocacy of those
principles , as defined and laid down in the document ( as amended ) called the People ' s Charter . *' The Chairman refused tojput any resolution , when Mr . West said , then he should be nnder th » necessity of moving another Chairman . The meeting responded , and this brought them to their senses , the Sturgites saying it ought to be put The Chairman , making a virtue of necessity , put it to the meeting , and it was carried unanimously , Collins" own committee voting against him , and thus by their vote stamping their champion as the renegade which Mr . West so successfully proved against him . The Sturgites looked blue , and tteir boast that they would destroy Chartism in Hall , hu 5 met with a signal exposure .
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Lectores . —Mar . West delivered three lectures on the influence of Obartism on the physical , moral , and intellectual condition of the people ; the first , on Saturday nigb ' i , in Mr . Hill ' s room , which was well attended ; tb a second , on Sunday night , in the same place , the room being crowded , numbers going away who were unable to obtain admission . On Monday night there was a public meeting in the Masons' Lodge , to sdopt a petition to Parliament for a committee of enquiry into the conduct of Lord Abinger . The spacious -all was crowded to suffocation , Mr . Hickman ; was called to the chair , who opened the meeting in a ' few appropriate remarks , and called on Mr . Barker to move the petition ; Mr . Barker , ia a very sensible ' speech ; pointed oat the necessity of the people speaking
out on this subject . He read extracts from Abinger ' s charge , which were highly unconstitutional , and proved , the necessity of Lord Abinger being removed from the Bench to preserve it from impurity , or being sullied by political bias . Mt . R . Pindex seconded it . Mr . West supported it , and it was carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr . West to deliver his third lecture , who commenced by contrasting the present state of society physically , morally , and intellectually , with what it would be under a system of Government responsible tb the people . These lectures have done much good in removing a deal of prejudice from the minds of many vtho were misled by the misrepresentations of our enemies , as to the objects of the Chartists . At the conclusion , Mr . West invited
discussion ; bnt no one appeared . Mr . West then rose to set himself right as to Wednesday night's meeting , a false report of bis resolution having appeared in the Hull papers : this brought out . Mr . Burns , who , injthe end Substantiated the truth of Mr . West's statement . Dr . Richardson then tried his band with but little better success . He then asked Mr . West bow he would get the Charter ? Mr . West aswered satisfactorily . The Doctor then commenced an attack on the Chartists' and Feargus O'Connor , and said , we never could get the Charter without the purses of the middle class ; that all our leaders could be bought , and that the intellectuals were leaving us ; that he had a conversation with a member of the government , and that he Rave his opinion of all parties , and that the Chartists were the most insignificant because of their poverty . He then made an attack on Mr . Maloney , the
honest ; delegate to the Conferance , for voting as his constituents instructed him . Mr . Maloney replied to the dentiat's insinuations in a manner the man " of teeth" will never forget Mr . West gave him the finishing stroke , telling him to go and tell his party they might keep their gold , for the Chartists preferred honest poverty anl principle to competency without principle ; that they might buy some of the leaders , but the people were independent of them . He wished them joy of their " lumping- pennyworth , " but they would find out , in the end , it was not worth the purchase . Tbo meeting gave three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three for Mr . Hill , three for West , and then sung " We'll rally around him , '' in grand style . The meeting was a most glorious one , and we think will be a finisher to the petty faction of discontented " renepadts , " who for some time have been trying all schemes in their power to destroy the Chartist movement .
COLNE . — At the Council meeting held on Sunday it was agreed that a delegate tueecing should be held on Sunday , the 12 th of February , in the Chartist News Room , i Windy Bank , at two o ' clock , p . m . TODIYIORDE ft . —Mr . Isaac Barrow preached two sermons on Sunday last to numerous and respectable audiences , and gave great satisfaction . WORCESTER . —Mr . R . G Gammage , of Northampton , visited this town on Saturday , and delivered an able and argumentative lecture on the present state of society and the People ' s Charter , in the Chartist Association Room , bottom of Bank-street ; and another on Sunday , in the same place .
CARLISLE . —The Working Men's Mental Improvement Society . —This society held their usual weekly meeting at their room No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday evening lost . After some conversation oa the subject , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " Tbac the members of the Working Men ' s Mental Improvement Society , anxious for the increase of the general defence fund , more especially as the Liverpool Assizes are rapidly approaching , would respectfully recommend to the notice of the members of the Council of the ' Carlisle Chaitist Association , ' a letter , signed Con Murray , which appeared in the Northern Star of January 14 th , 1843 , suggesting an excellent plan for increasing the said fund , being fully convinced if that plan be rigorously followed out , a considerable sum of money might be raised in Carlisle , for that laudable purpose . ''
LEAMINGTON . —At the usual weekly meeting at the Prince of Wales Inn , on Sunday last , Mr , James Green in the chair , Mr . Henry Sansford delivered a very eloquent and instructive lecture on the evils of priestcraft—the different opinions the ; promulgate , the evil tendency those different opinions have on society , and concluded by proving that essential saving religion , or true Christianity , wholly consists in doing good to each other . MANCHESTER . —The Chartist mechanics held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening last , when an instructive lecture upon the position of political parties in this country , was delivered . Cahpentebs' Hall . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above Hall by Mr . Dixon and Mr Little .
Cropper-Street . —The Chartists of this part ef Manchester have opened a new room for the purpose of advocating the principles of democracy ; Mr . Dixon lectured upon the monetary system , aad the policy of Sir Robert PeeL The following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That we tha inhabitants of Miles Platting and neighbourhood , consider tho Evening Star to be the only daily paper that ever advocated the true principle of democracy , and we pledge ourselves to support that ; paper to the utmost of our abilities . " BURY . —On Monday evening , alecture woo delivered in the Garden-street Working-man ' s Hall , by William Dixon , from Manchester .
NOTTINGHAM . —A meeting of delegates from the various localities in Nottingham , was held' in the Democratic Chapel , when it was resolved that local lecturers be employed to agitate the surrounding villages , and twelve names were taken down for that purpose . The Chartists also met at the above place on Monday evening , when a resolution was passed that a quantity of the Bills containing Mr . O'Connor ' s challenge to the Corn Law League should be sent for , and five shillings was voted from qhat locality as their share of the expence . Ten shillings was also voted to the local victim f uud . Arnold , neae Nottingham . —Mr . Richards , from the Potteries has been lecturing here to good and attentive audiences , and has given great satisfaction .
Carrington , near Nottingham . —The Chartists of this locality met at their room , Mansfield Road , on Sunday evening last . The Tea Party Committee met on the same evening ; and , after transacting business , agreed U > meet every Sunday evening , till the tea party takes place ; they will meet next Sunday evening at six o ' clock . BARNSLEY— The Chartists held thoir weekly meeting Jn the schoolroom , under the Odd Fellows ' Hall . Mr . John Vallance was called to the chair . The Council laid before the meeting the plans they intended carrying out , in tbe hope of giving new life and energy to the . movement , such as reading , lecturing , and providing matter for general discussion , by which they hope to give & new impetus to . the agitation here , Ten shillings and fourpenee was voted for four hundrtd Circulars , in the disposal of which they earnestly solicit the support and assistance of all those who have the regeneration of their common country at heart .
| Those parties holding monies belonging to the ; Defence Fund , are particularly requested to attend with , it next Monday night . . SHEFFIELD . —Chartisu . —A meeting was held in t the Fig-tree-lane Room , on Monday evening , Mr . j Haroey read from Oastler ' s Fleet Papers & withering i castigatiOn of the Freebooters , —the " Old KtnS ' a" uni veiling of the infernal theme by which the late " strike " j was brought about and bis cutting exposure of the ' raeeally objects of tbe Sturgeitea were warmly respoaded to by the meeting . Mr . Harney added some c ^ intaenta , and was followed by Mr . Parkes who deli ? wed a brief address . D ungworth . —MesBrs Harney and Gill visited this * ' hig . ^ lspd village" on Wednesday week , and in the evenin <; addressed an excellent meeting .
Home Colonization . —Mr . Lloyd Jones lectured on this important subject at the Hall of Science , on Sunday eve ^ 'dng fr * * . to a crowded audience .
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NOMINAT IONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL .
. SALFORD . Mr . Peter Pollitt , Da'vis- street . Mr . Robert MacFailan « » Heath-street , Pendleton Mr . John Eccles , canal-y . wd , Windsor , do . Mr . Jamea Sanders , Hope-. stre 3 t . Mr . James Wilkinson , Meth vine-place . Mr . William Sumner , Ford-street . Mr . Eobert Hulme , Durham-sti ««*• Mr . Ralph Buckley , Market-street . Mr . William Gillebrand , Bevel-street . Mr . George Roberta , Legeuder-streOt . Mr . James Sandiford , Corporation-street . Mr . John Millington , 43 , Hope-street , . sub-Trea surer , Mr , John Miller , 1 , Boundary-street , 8 u > Secre tary .
TROWBR 1 DQE . Mr . Edward Payie , weaver . Mr . Israel Say , do . Mr . George Eames , cloth-dresser . Mr . James Harper , do . Mr . Alfred Mar chant , do . Mr . John Johnson , shoemaker . Mr . Arthur Heath , grocer and baker , President . Mr . James Watts , do . sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Ames , maichant-spinuer , Mortimer street , sub-Secretary .
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Captain Thomasj Roberts , master of the ship Ann Mundell , appeared at the Thames Police Office , on the charge of j assaulting John Crouch , the carpenter of the vessel , on the 28 th of August last , on the high seas . The misdemeanor was of a serious order , and the defendant | was ordered to find bai ] , himself in £ 200 , aad two sureties of £ 100 each , to answer the charge at the sessions . Loss of the War-Stramer Ariadne . —By a private letter , received on Monday , we regret to announce the total loss of the splendid war-steamer Ariadne , in the service of the Hon . East India Company , attended with melancholy consequences , which occurred at about eleven o ' clock at night , on the 23 d
of June last , near the entrance of Chusan harbour . The Ariadne was an iron-built steamer , about 400 tons burthen , with two powerful engines . She was constructed upon a new principle , for the purpose of navigating the Chinese rivers . Tho Ariadne was 130 feet in extreme length , and about 50 feet from one paddle-box to j the other . She carried two swivel guns of large calibre , one aft and the other before the mast . The British fleet in China during the late war , received the most valuabl e service from the Ariadne and four other small steamers belonging ; to the navy of the Hon . East India Company . The officers and crew were saved , but three Chinese who were on board perished .
Scandal . —Dublin , Jan . 28 . —A trifling incident ; occurred at the drawing-room on Thursday evening , which has furnished a subject of much conversation , and of some dark { mysterious paragraphs in the newspapers . The Freeman ' s version of the affair is as follows : —¦ " It is rumoured that a certain member of the legal profession—who , however , has recently figured in the court more frequently as a client than as an advooate—was in the act of ascending the Castle stairB , with the intention of mingling in the glittering throng at the drawing-room on Thursday evening last , when he was intercepted by an inspector of police , who disputed his right to enter . Mr . , who had jgone to the trouble and expence of attiring himself in a full Court costume , was
highly incensed at this interference , and demanded to know how it was that he , who bad attended tbe Courts of the Monarch , and had himself introduced debutants to the halls of St . James ' s , would not be permitted to confer the favour of his company upon the mere representative of royalty in Dublin . The inspector confessed that he was not fully prepared to assign a true and veritable cause for this anomalous circumstance ^ So it was—* But wherefore it was so ' twas not in him to say '—an"d all that he knew wag , that if Mr . did not take himself away , he ( the inspector ) would have to discharge that office for ihim . Mr . looked unutterable things at the inspector , but having the fear of the stretcher , as welljas his person before his eyes , ' pulled his bonnet over his brow , and , thruotin ' g
both his hands desperately into his breeches pocketa , walked away evidently highly disconcerted . Some Galway gentlemen , who happened to be entering the saloon just at the moment that Mr . —— was ascending the stairs , land before the ill-omened inspector had crossed his path , meanwhile spread the report that Mr . , the barrister had been admitted , and was one of the company ; and this mischievous rumour having reached the ears of some of the Castle officials , two inspectors of police , ' attired in ball costume ! ' were introduced to the ball-room for the purpose of ejecting the intruder , in case he should be found amoug the courtiers . It is needless to say , that owing to the interference of the officer on the stairs , their search was unavailing . "Globe . ]
Murderous Conspiracy to take a Convict Ship . —Intelligence has just been received of an intended massacre of the officers and civilians on board the Eliza , Government transport , which sailed from her Majesty's Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , a few months since , jwith convicts for South Australia . It appears , as the vessel neared the Line , a murderous conspiracy existed among some of the convicts , which would have terminated , no doubt , in the certain destruction of those marked down as their victims . There , were two hundred and sixtyseven convicts on board , among whom was a 9 oldier , who had been transported for fourteen years for striking a sergeant . He privately sent a letter to the surgeon , informing him of the intended
outbreak , on the morning of the 4 th March ; that tho design , was to put to death all the soldiers , offioers , passengers , and such of the crew as offered the least resistance , ! and then to steer for the Brazilian coast . Tbe ! man was prudently conveyed to the cabin , so as not to excite suspicion , where he was minutely examined by the surgeon and captain . He never varied in his statement , and so answered all the interrogatories put to him as left ni > doubt on the minds of his hearers of the intended horrors . Extra sentinels were immediately posted , and at 3 o ' clock on the eventful morning tho passengers and crew were summoned on deck , when their situation was explained to them , arid all then being well armed , were ordered to defend their lives to the last . The
morning , our correspondent writes , was calm and beauteous—not a whisper was heard on the mighty deep , when suddenly eight bells announced the hour when the murderous coD&tct was to take place . The prisoners were well organized , and armed with iron bolts and other weapons stolen from the ship ' s stores . The surgeon , with all the gallantry of the navy , was unwilling to sacrifice the life of the sergeant whose duty it was to open the convicts * £ ate at four o ' clock —all was breathlessj anxiety , woen the surgeon unhesitatingly himselfj advanced to tl : e gate , desiring a couple of file of soldiers to advance and shoot the first prisoner who dared to nasa exceot the one he
named . They at oncejperceived their plot was discovered , retired to their berths , and threw , . he bolts and all offensive weapons out of the ports i ^ to the sea . Had the collision taken place , the loss of life would have been dreadful . The ringleader wt' « a young man of the name of Dickenson , who had be ^ n an apothecary's assistant in Thavies' Inn , Holborn . He was a desperate opium eater . He leaped overboard immediately after the discovery , and notwithstanding every exertion to save him he was drowned . Every precaution was adopted Jor the security of the convicts , and theyiwero handed over to the civil power ou arrival .
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From tht London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 27 . BANKRUPTS . Alexander Hay , of Great Qaeen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , coachraaker , February 3 , at half . pajf twelve , and March 10 , at twelve , at the CourTo * Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alsagar , offldJ assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; and Mrv J . B . May , solicitor Queen-square . ¦ * George Cole , of Bexley-heatb , Kent , grocer , Febrnar 3 , at half-past ten , and March 10 , at eleven , at tlra Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alaagar official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; Mr . Sadgrove , solid ! tor , Mark-lane .
John Sead ( Jewing , of Lowestoft , Suffolk , grocer February 4 , at half-past ten , and March 3 , at eleven ! at the Court Bankruptcy , London . Mr . PeonelL official assignee ; Mr . C . S . Gilman , solicitor , Nor wich ; and Mr . Storey , solicitor , 5 , Field-court , Gray Inn-square . Jeremiah Glllman , of Stewkley , Buckinghamshire grocer , February 9 , and March 13 , at twelve , 3 the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . William Turquand , official assfgaee , 2 , Copthalt-buildingj - and Mr . W . B . Buchannan , solicitor , Basinghall-street Alexander VVintou , David Winton , and Jamee Webber , of Wood-street , Cheapaide , warehouseniav February 14 , at half-past twelve , and March 13 , jj eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London , ' jj , William Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-buildingsi and Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street Cheapside .
John Erason , jun ., of Sawbridgeworth , Hertfordshire veterinary surgeon , Februaiy 4 , at half-past-one , anj March It , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; loa . don , Mr . Edward Edwards , official assignee , 7 , p ^ derick's-place , Old Jewry ; Mr . Lewis Henry Brahaa solicitor , 101 , Chancery-lane . * Richard Payne , of 20 , Hatton-walk , Hatton-gu ^ brass-founder , February 10 , at two , and March lo * at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Ur ' James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurcli * lane ; and Mr . Lewis Henry Brahaio , solicitor , 101 Chancery-lane . John Orbell , of Brandon , Essex , miller , February H , at two , and March 3 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy ' London . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane ; Mr . Thomas Marston , solicitor , 66 , Torrington-square , London ; Messrs . Stedinan , solicitors Sudbury , Suffolk .
Thomas Brighton , of Spalding , Lincolnshire , apotbs * cary , February 8 , at half-past twelve , and March 14 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Binning , ham . Mr , Riehard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham M essrs . Charles Bonnor and Son , solicitors , Spalding Lincolnshire . John Bancroft , of Salford , Lancashire , grocer , Feb vu&ry 9 , and March 9 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . Richard Powdell . offi . cial assignee , Hobsan ; Messrs . Gregory and Co ., solid . tors , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Makinson , solicitor , Manchester . Thomas Simpson , of Gateshead , Durham , painter , February 6 , at eleven , and Marcb 10 , at one , at ths Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr-Thornas Baker , official assignee , Newcastle-up » a . Tyne ; Messrs . Crossby and Compton , solicitors , 3 , Church-court , Old Jewry , London ; and Mr . John Theodore Hoyle , solicitor , Newcastte-upon-Tyne .,
Charles Mottram , of Liverpool , wool broker , February 6 and 28 , at eleven , at the Court uf Bankruptcy , Liver pool . Mr . James Cazenove , official assignee , Liverpool , Messrs . Cornthwaite and Adams , solicitors , 2 , Dean ' s . court , Doctor ' 8-comnrous , London ; Messrs . Fisher and Co ., solicitors , Liverpool . Stmuel Higbfield , formerly of Liverpool , bat now of Birkenhead , Cheshire , merchant , Februaiy 13 , tt twelve , and March 7 , at eleven , at tbe Coiut of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mt . John Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Mallaby and Townsend , solicitors , Livepool ; and Messrs , Chester aud Toulmin , solicitors . Staple Inn , London .
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . ' Joseph Morgan , Earl-street , Marylebone . boot maker . Nancy Williams , Powick , Worcestershire , pabltcan . William Hopton , Wakefleld , out of business . Mary Ann Ogistnorpe , Wallasea . Cheshire , oat of business . ' Joseph . Tonge , sen ., Manchester , dealer in manure . James Lidgote , Upper Rosamond-street , Clerkenwell , journeymen carpenter . Stephen Traviss , jun ., Doncaster , builder . Alfred Harvey Bristol , licensed retailer of beer . William Bedford . Wick , Bedfordshire , victualler . Rev . James Day Heckford , Pidley , Huntingdonshire , curate .
Thomas Chaffey , Brighton , auctioneer . George Snow , Kinnington-street , Newingtoa , com * positor . Henry Brown , Nicholl-square , Cripplegate , engraver , " William Biddle , Cornbury-street , Old Kent-road , oat of business . William Mallinson , Mirfield , Yorkshire , fanner . John Harrison , Sedberg , Yorkshire , hatter . Robert Wbitaker , J an ., Rochdale , woollen weaver . John Gerrard , Thelwall , Lancashire ,- publican . John Cater , South Island-plaae , North Brixton , officer of Her Mojesty ' s Customs . Edward Fax , Liverpool , perfumer . John Vatas Simpson , Union-court , Old Broad-itreet , corn operator . James Pennistone , alias James Penistone , Sheffield *
cordwainer . John War bur ton , Stockport , joiner . John Emmett , Bradford , Yorkshire , wool-sorter . William Gilbert , Bland-street , Dover-road , ont « f employ . John Townsend , Great Ban * , Staffordshire , farmer , Walter Armitage , Birstal , Yorkshire , beeraeller . James Hall , Oxford , journeyman plasterer . Henry Pittman , Patriot-row , Betbnal-green , bost * maker . Anne Percival , Halkin-terrace . Cadogan-place , milliner . David Boast , Phoanix-row , Great Surrey-street , dta « count agent
Robert French Laurence , Charlgrove , Oxfordshire , clerk in holy orders . Thomas Marshall , Sheffield , batcher . John Bayly . Woolwich , shopman . George Wilkins , St . Alban ' s , eoach-bnilder . James Jones Dransfleld , Holes Oven , Worcestershire , accountant . John Rankin , Manchester , baker . James Armitage , jun . Sheffield , fender-maker .
PA . R 1 NER 8 HIPS DISSOLVED . Andrew Birrell and George Wright , of Liverpool , vinegar manufacturers—John Kay and George Kay , of York , boot and shoemakers—Thomas Case , James Mort , and John Simpson , of Liverpool , and of St . Helens , manufacturers of earthenware—John Wooitaa and William Ryder , of Higher Grimsby , Lancashire , caal getters—John Simpson , Joseph Simpson , and Robert Simpson , of Leeds , Tobacco manufacturers i 10 far as regards Joseph Simpson . ) John Moore Ingham and Rachael Baines Ingbam , of the Olive Branch 1 ^ Swinegate , Leeds , innkeepers—James Johnstons ana Richard Aspinall , of Liverpool , timber merchants—Arther Ougbterson and Company , of Liverpool , broken * ( so far as regards Arthur Oughterson )—Cuthbert Bate * ssn , Christopher Bvteson , John Batesen , and William Bateson , of Castleford , Yorkshire , potters ( so far as regards John Bateson )—Charles John Waddington , Robert Lewin Holt , David Ogden , and Joseph Opien , of Liverpool , and of New York , America , merchants .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 31 . BANKRUPTS . Francis Fenton , grocer , Little Peter-street , ^«* minster , February 10 , at half-past twelve , and Marca 10 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basin gBaiistreet Whitraore , official assignee , Basirigbal 1 **" * ' Lucas and Parkinson , solicitors , Argyle-squwei Bege street-William Woods , sen ,, and William Woods , J < "V hardwaremen , Newgate-street , City , February U > » one and March 3 , at twelve , at the Court of »«>*• ruptcy , Basinghall-street Fennell , official assignee . Goddard , King-street , Cheapside . vniarv Robert Ames , linen-draper , Margate , Feoroa */ 11 , and March 10 , at eleven , at the Court of i * f *" ruptcy , Basingball-street , London . Belcber , offlcw assignee . Cox , Pinner ' s Hall , solicitor , Old
Breau-Street - m e » William Henry Turner and Thomas Bincher Turner , cotton-spincers , Blackburn , Lancashire , February i and March i , at twelve , at the Manchester Dt ? j " l Court of Bankruptcy . Fraser , official assignee , » af " Chester . Grimsditcb , Macciesfleld ; Slater and Beeiw . Manchester , solicitors ; Bell , Brodrick and Bell , i »» churchyard , London . .. Joseph Bradwell , ironmonger , York , Febrnary "f and March 16 . at eleven , at the Leeds District u »» of Bankruptcy . Fearne , ' official assiijnee , **< & * , Wood , solicitor , York ; Richardsons and Gold , * oi& John Ridsdale , stuff merchant , Leeds , February «» and March 6 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Conn Bankruptcy . Freeman , official assignee , Leeds ; tjewgo
and Rawson , solicitors , Bradford . _ . John Jones , wine and spirit merchant , WTer P- ~' { February 8 , and March 7 , at twelve , at the "'?¦ £ *" DiBtrict Court ef Bankruptcy . Turner , official assignee , Liverpool ; Robinson , solicitor , Liverpool . Da ? id Robertson , merchant , Liverpool , ^ V" ^ *! at twelve , and March 14 , at eleven , at the iiT fP £ " District Court of Bankrnptcy , Bird , official assignee Liverpool ; Watson , solicitor , Liverpool . Richard Rymer , house painter , Manchester , Fewnw / 13 , and March 8 , at eleven , at the Manchester Distncs Court of Bankrnptcy . Pott , official assignee ; * onw » King-street , Manchester ; Lake and Waldron , solicitors , Basinghall-street , London . . r . nca . Thomas Cartwright , banker , Heaton Norm , ^ T " Bhire , February 13 . and March 8 , at twelT « ' " ^ T ML yiohester District Court of Bankruptcy . FoK , ° ™ cial . visignee ; Ungatd , VauB baD , ^* f £ ; JJ « l ££ Vaugb'w , solicitor , Stockport ; Bower and Bact , W ™ eery-lane / London .
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KOTTINGHAM . Mr . B . Humphries , framework-knitter , 11 , Lee ' s Yard , Narrow Marsh . Mr . J . Burkland , ditto , Colwick-street , New Snenton . j Mr . Walter Smallwood , do . Crossland-street , Narrow Marsh . I Mr . Isaac Barton ; do . 5 , Cherry-street . Mr . William Rice , needle-maker , 21 , Wadestreet . ( ... . ¦ Mr . Silvester Truman , bobin and carriage maker , 4 Oat Yard . I
, _ „ . Mr . Samuel Richmond , shoemaker , 21 , Drakestreet , i . Mr . Henry Barker , framework-knitter , 8 , Commerce-Btreet . ' Mr . Charles Roberts , tailor , Hackley . Mr . John Baum , framework-knitter , 16 , Abinger street . t Mr . William Farley , do . 21 , Tiler-street . Mr . John Haslem , gardener , York street , sub Treasurer . i Mr . George Clarkstone , lace hand , Old Radford sub-Secretary . t
! DERBY . Mr . Thomas Briggs , millwright , City-road . Mr . Edward Drewcot , weaver , Nun ' s-street . Mr . Stephen Heather , petrifactioner , Kensington .. Mr . Thomas Cheater , smith , Castle-place . Mr . William Chandler , weaver , Leaper-street , sub-Treasurer . ! Mr . Enos Ford , joiner , City-road , tub-Secretary . Mr John Moss , cordwainer , Darby-lane , corresponding Secretary . \
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MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS . The following very important railway circular , was issued on Friday by the Board of Trade : — " TO THE SECRETARY OF THE — RAILWAY
; COMPANY . " Railway Department Board of Trade , Whitehall , Jan . 27 , 1843 . " Sir . —In consequence of the late occurences on the North Midland Railway , the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade think it right to call the attention of tbe director ^ of railway companies generally to the extreme importance of observing the utmost caution in making reductions in their establishments by which the public safety may be affected . The experience of the last three years has fully satisfied their lordships that the comparative' exemption which has been latterly enjoyed from the alarming accidents which occurred so
frequently Jn the infancy of railway travelling , is to be attributed mainly to the gradual formation of establishments of exptienced and trustworthy engine-drivers and other servants , upon all the leading passenger railways , and that "it is only by maintaining such establishments that a repetition of such accidents can he effectually prevented . This opinion has been confirmed by the recent Occident upon the North Midland Railway , and the investigations which their lordships have directed , in consquence . have fully satisfied them that sudden and sweeping reductions in the branches of the establishment connected with the public safety can rarely be attempted without occasioning great danger . ;
" Under these circumstances , although my Lords have no wish to interfere with the discretion of the directors of railway companies /^ becially in cases where pecuniary considerations areisjrolved , they think it their duty to remind them of the heavy responsibility which they will incur if they allow themselves to be influenced by a mistaken economy , so far as to attempt reductions , either in the number and efficiency of the establishment which previous experience has led them to consider necessary for conducting the publio traffic in safety , or in the accustomed wages of tbe class of servants upon whose intelligence , sobriety , and habitual good conduct the safely ef the passengers depends . ; " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , i " S . Laing . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct789/page/6/
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