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CELEBRATION OF THE RELEASE OF MR. HENRY VINCENT, FROM OAKHAM GAUL.
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fbidat , Fxs . 26 . B ? TTie Bishop of Losdox presented two petitions from placet in Essex against any future grant to the College of Mayaooth ; also a petition from a place in Lincolnshire against the sanetion given to Krperstitionspracticee in India , asd prvyiag that the enactment on the subject might be carried into effect The Bill for extending the Burning Art to the eoniity K > d city of Dublin iru read a second time and . committed . The Earl of Mockt Edseccicbe presented a petition from Falmonth , complaining of the removal of the West India packet station from Falmcmth to Dartmonth , and praying "that the change might n » t be mncttoned \ mtil their Lordships had inquired into the matter . Tfa » Noble Earl , -who supported the prayer of the petition , concluded by mo-ring that the report of the commissianers on the tnbject should be laid- before H » House .
Viscount Melboce 5 E said , that the Government lad nothing whatever to do with the place from vhieh the -rexsels were to start—that depended upon the comp&ny to which they belonged . All that Government fc » d done was to reserre to itself the right as to the port from which the mail should start , and they had determined that they should proceed from the port of Dartmouth . He had never heixd any opinion in favour of the port of Falmtnth , except from those parties who were connected with the county of Cornwall . Lord AsHBrnTOH thought the arrangement made \ } j the Government was a most absurd one , because the Teasel would have two harbours to mike instead of one npon erery Teyage .
After a few observations from the Earl of Minto and Lord Melbourne , the petition was ordered to be laid on the table ; and a copy of the report of the eommittee on the subject of the departure of the "West India nmil « was ordered to be presssted to the House . Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter before six ofdoci till Monday .
Monday , March 1 . Jho public ; business of any importance w&b transacted . Their Lordships sat bu : foraftw minutes . Tuesday , March 2 . The Earl of Abebj > ees stated , in reply to a question from the Earl of Dalhousie , that it was not his intention to bring forward again the Bill relative to the Church of Scotland , which b « had introduced in the last Session of Parliament . The Hoase of Lords did not sit on Wednesday .
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HOUSE OF COMM 0 N 3 . —Friday , Feb . 26 . The SeTern Navigation Bill was read a second time , « fter a brief discussion . Mr . Hisdlet presented an excellent petition frsm Ashton for a revision of the Tariff . Seyeral oiher peti-Mons were presented . In answer to Mr . Hcme , Mr . Mattle stated that an aceonnt of the ' expence of Lard Cardigan's trial might be laid before the House . Lord Stanley ' s Registration Bill was postponed till . Monday . The House went inAo Committee on Lord Ksane's Annuity Bill . In the Committee , Mr . Ewart moved to omit the words extending the grant to the two next heirs , so as to confine it te Lord Keane for his life .
Captain Hamilton , who has before exhibited symptoms of anindependent mind , thoujh he be a Tory , supported * lr . Ewart He regretted that the people out of doors should suppose that the granting of a peerage acd a pension nms : go hand in hind . Sir Joh * Cam Hobhovse supported the original motion . After a short debate , the Committee divided , and the original motion was carried by 117 to 74 . The Bill ¦ went through the Committee unaltered . The East India Ram Duties Bill also went through 3 Committee . The Railways Bill was committed , pro forma , to ccable Mr . Labouchere to introduce some amendment fait . A motion for a Bill to enable Municipal Councils to borrow money on Annuities was withdrawn . The House adjourned .
Monday , March 1 . Mr . Abmstboxg took the oaths and his seat for King's Comny . Lord J . HfcssELL , in reply to a question from Sir J . Graham , Paid that a pension had been granted to Lient . M'Ormackjfor wounds received in the captuTe of the Caroline . He vr&s not aware of the fact ¦ when asked the qutnioa on a former evening bv Sir B- Inglis . Lord J . Russell then stated , in reference to the Parliamentary Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , that in the state of the public business it vrould be extremely incjuTenieut that the discussions in «> mi * nmee Aould take place before Easier . He should , thtre fore , propose to go into commii ' . ee in the first wetk after the Easter roli-iays , atd would name Friday tfce 23 rd of April .
Lord stasist sirong-iy expressed his surprise at the delay proposed by the Noble Lord in a measure ¦ of such importancs . He gave notice that in committee he woiOd take the sense of ; he House against the clauses relating to the £ o franchise , ai ^ d then commented in energetic language upon the coarse adopted by the Government . He gaTe the Noble Lord credit for great ingenuity in pasting over no less than twelve order days before h » brought on the committee , by which means be mighl perhaps be enabled to defeat his ( Lord Stanley's ) Bill by postponing it until a period , when lapse of time alane would be fatal to its success . He strongly nspected the motives which had ied to this coarse of proceeding , but would at present content himself with postponing the reading of his Bill until the 24 th of March , pledging himself that w . ihin ten
days before that day he would state to the Noble Lord whether he would or not , under the circumstances which might arise , pre& 3 the second reading upon that day . Mr . GotLBC&s observed , in reference to the Postofice revenue , that the amount paid into the Exchequer daring the past year was Etated to be £ 447 , 000 , thus showing a deficiency of £ 1 , 200 , 000 . He wished to know whether the revenue aris ug from official correspondence , which was paia by a Tote of the House , amounting to about £ 200 , 000 p = r annum , was or was not included in the sum of £ 417 , 000 , and a ' so whether the balances in the hands of the collectors were not included , which balances bciEg , he believed about £ 20 i ) , «! & 0 more , ' ¦ would , in faci , show a toral ] os 3 of the Post-office revenue , with the exception of some £ 40 OC 0 or £ 50 , 000 .
The CHA > -CEXLoa of the Exchequer said , that the Right Hon . Gentleman was correct in supposing that the oficial correspondence revenue was includ " ? © d , as it always had been , in the return of monies paid into the Exchequer ; but he was wrong in the amonnr , as , instead of £ 200 , 000 , it was only about i-70 , 000 . With re-peet to the balances in the hands of collectors , ia consequence of recent arrangements respecting money-orders , it had become necessarr to allow larger balances than heretofore to remain in their possession .
The House then resolved itself into a committee of supply , and Mr . 0 'Ferra . ll brought forward- the navy estimates . He stated , that the number of ships of ail kinds employed last year was 239 , and tkat the number employed on the 1 st of January ¦ this year , was 242 . Tnis " gave only a numerical increase of 3 ; but thtre was a great increase in the strength _ of the vessels , requiring a corresponding increase in the number of men . He . therefore , proposed to increase the number from 37 , ] 65 , the number last year , to-43 . ^ -jO ; and the increased amount of money it would be necessary to vote he estimated at aboat £ 706 , 000 . The Right Hon . Geutleman concluded by moving that a sum of £ 29 , 69 i be granted to make up the deficiency in the expenditure of the navy up to March , 1840 .
Sir G . Clerk condemned the practice of asking Parliament for a sum of money insuficient to maintain the efficacy of the navy , and be consequently obliged to ^ come to Parliament to make good the deficiencies % { former years . Lord J . Ecssell replied that the number of vessels coming home at the time the estimates were asked for , rendered it unnecessary , in the opinion of the Government , to ask for an increased estimate , as it was probable that some < f them would be put out of commission .
Mr . Hume thought the course pursued b y the Government , !* their negotiations respecting Turkey , was calculated to weaken that country , and to disturb the peace of Europe . After some conversation the rote was agreed to . On the next rote being propo ^ d , Sir R . Peel wished to know whether , when it was said by the Government that the eastern question was settled , it was merely mean ; that there was an absolute impossibility that Mehemet Ali should ig&in obtain possession of Syria , —or whether , * s be coped w&a the case , that the question was so teUled as regarded France , that there was no reason to apprehend any farther misunderstanding upon the subject !
Lord Paimebstos replied th * t if the Right Hon . Baronet me&nt to ask him what was the state of the relations between France and England , he would Of that he did not see anything connected with -those matters , or likely to arise out of them , which in bis opinion could tend to interrupt the £ TX > d understanding between tie two countries . vOo the vote for 43 , 000 men for the ensuing je * r , l * r . Hpia objected , and said , if 35 , 000 men Were ontiftient to accomplish all that had been re-• entlj . vwaapliibed , be could not see the necessity f inere » T « iBg the s * r » l force to the extent of « 000 BK 5 U . '
Lord J » A * anMB > H md that when other naval fOVM nn wfflftaang tbeir naval armaments it F « MB «* n > ely be pmdflni for this country not ' to | f « w bar saral JcTpe vpoa an emcie&i footing also .
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Mr . Hcxb thought England should Bet the example of reduction . It appeared as if England , having first inmlted France , ihe only power -with itbicb she was on bad terms , was now disposed to defy her . The vote for 43 , 000 men was then agreed to . The , House , after agreeing to some other votes in committee , resumed , a&d the report was brought up . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
Tuesday , March 2 . Mr . Easthope gave notice , that on the Kth of March he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Church Rates in England and Wales . Mr . Wallace moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the duties of the nearly sinecure office * of sheriff principal , or chief stipendiary judge , in each county in Scotland , and also into the system under which these stipendiary judges nomidate deputies to perform the laborious duties of the County Courts of Scotland . After seme discussion , the motion ma negatived by a majority of 86 to 37 .
Mr . Col < juhook moTed for IeaTe to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts of the Irish Parliament relating to the College of Maynooth . His object was not by this Bill to put an end to the grant to Maynooth , for that -would be a subject of future consideration , but to pnt an end to the sanction given to it by Government , by thfe system of visitation , &c , which was laid down by law , but -which was no longer acted upon . After some angry discussion , leave was given to bring in the Bill . The House soon after adjourned .
Wednesday , March 3 . The Chelsea Poor Bill was read a second time . Sir . E . Tesnest moved the second reading of the Designs Copyricht Bill , which was opposed by Mr . W . 'Williams , who moved , as an amendment , that the Bill be rt&d a secoud time that six months . Mr . Sueil said that the calico printers of Scotland and Ireland were in favour of an extension of the copyright , while those of Lancashire were divided upon the question to such an extent that it became a subject of exciument and agitation . The Government would not object to extend the term to six months . Mr . Greg was of opinion that the extension of the copyright would be extremely mischievous to the calico trade . Sir R . Peel thought a case had been made out sufficiently strong to justify the second reading of the Bill .
Mr . Warbcrtox thought this question very different from that of a copyright in books , and wouid therefore support the second reading . Mr . Labouchere was in favour of the extension of copyright , but only to a period of six months . Afur some further discussion , the second reading was agreed to witheut a division . Mr . Hodges moved the committee on the Constabulary Bill , which was opposed by Mr . F . Mavle , -who moved that it be committed that day six months . After some discussion the Bill was negatived by a majority of 5 S to 36 . Mr . Kelltt mored the second reading of the Punishment of Beith Bill , postponing the discussion "upon it until a future stage . The Bill vras accordingly read a second time . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , acd the House adjourned .
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( Reported by our London Correspondeat . J On Monday , the friends of Mr . Vincent , and of the cause for which he has suffered long and most oppressive incarceration , gave a dinner on the occasion of his release , at the Whit * Conduit House , London , for the purpose of awarding their congratulation , and publicly expressing their sense of the great service * he has rendered in his consistent and powerful advocacy of the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter . The tables were furnished forth in the theatre of theTuvcrn above-named , bnt it was soon found , after the rush to obtain seats had somewhat subsided , that the ample dimensions of that noble room were insufficient : cr the accommodation of the unexpected number t ! at presented themselves , and tables were accordingly spread in another apartHient .
The time appointed was four e ' e ock , but it was newly five before the arrangement wtre complete , when the ebet-rs which burst forth at the end of the room , and which in an instant became general , announced the approach of the guest of the evening . The band , stat-oncd in the music gallery , joined in the greeting thus wiruiiy bestowed ; and Mr . Yiuesnt passed through the company acd took his seat at the cross-table , on the right of Mr . Lovett , who occupied the cia ; r . The company , at this period , presented a goodly show of hithiy respectable persons , amounting in number to sK'Ut fire bundled , among whom were
many elegantly attired females ; ami the Rev . Dr . Wade bavicg pronvuutcd " Grace , " an excellent dinner was discussed , -with seemingly high rehih , by all present . Tke prevailing taste , however , appeared to be testotalism , for water only was diunk by the greater nnmber ; and , certainiv , the advocate of total abstinence might triumphantly exclaim , " Look upon this picture and on that , " in contrasting the perfect order and propriety of demeanour exhibited throughout the whole of the proceedings on this occasion , with the disgraceful uproar , and miserable squabbling , for which the great Whig and Tory meetings are invariably distinguished .
After the removal of the cloth , the drop-scene of the raised stage , to the base of -which the tables extended , was drawn up , and seats being placed in the front , three or four deep , afforded accommodation , and a most commanding situation , for those who had not been enabled to procure seats in the body of the room , and gave a picturesque and imposing tfiect to the entire scene . The CHAIRHA 5 , in rising to propose the first toast , said they had assembled there that evening fur the purpose of expressing their sympathies for a man who had suffered de « p \ y in their cau&e , acd to congratulate him on escaping a prison death . ( Cheers i Vincent had suffered two trials : be had been imprisoned twenty months ; yet he was before the assembled Chartists oi
Londos to tell them that he stood before them the same mm—the same determined advocate of the People ' s Cuarter , which would alike protect the interests of all , and secure the happiness of the people upon the only su ' . id basis . He came before them to shew that the punishment of the body did not establish the conviction of the mind . < Chcers . i If the enemies of the Charter wished to convert the Chartists , they mu 3 t first convince . Man , however , wouid not be man , if he did cot sometimes err ; acd thus some , cast up to the neck in poverty , have suffered their misery to lead them into acts which have unhappily retarded the cause they were desirous of promoting . ( Hear . ) He would implere of all to avoid any abatement of the principles of the Charter ; let them pursue tkeir course with determination , but let them shew to the world that they were
rf opinion that their great cause was best seived b } sober , temperate , and prudent conduct'Cheers * —ai-d se prove that democracy -was as beneficial in practice as it "was just in theory . ( Hear . / ETen the middle classes , if they taw their own best course , ought to join with them , for the present sjsttm was annually wasting their capital , and eventually must rtduce them to the level of the labourer . They ought to join the Chartists against the coiuir . oa enemy . The great danger lay in delay , and he trusted they would soon ste their folly and join them , in on ' . er to stcuTe the peace , the happiness , and the prosperity of the country . With these prefatory remarks , he begged leave to propose the toast— " Th « People , and may they speedily obtain their political rights . " The toast was drunk with loud cheering .
The Chairman said the next toast was— " Henry Vincent , the eloquent advocate of the people ' s rights ; health and prosperity to him . " It was unnecessary fox him to siy a worJ in favour of that toast . The toast was drank enthusiastically , with three times three-Hr . Vixcext said it certainly gave him much pleasure to see so many of his friends after an imprieenment of twenty months , and he was happy to say in the best possible health and the highest spirits—( cheers;—and with , increased love foT their glorions cause , and he begged to thani them most warmly for the cordialthe Radical reception they had given kim . He did not look upon the assembly he saw before him as a personal compliment to himself , but as a demonstration made ic
favour of liberty which he bad struggled for , and which he stood before them to advocate . It had been his fortune or misfortune to take part with his fellow-workmen dering a fearful agitation for the accomplishment of their political liberty , and in hia advocacy he had fallen Uto a snare which had been purposely laid for him by the aristocrats who misruled the # oantry , with the view of stopping him from advocating those principles which were embodied in the People ' s Charter , but he pledged himself they had totally deceived themselves . He had been pkeed at the bar at Mo&mouthbrought before a Jury , but not a Jury of hie Peers , as in the case oi . Cardigan the other day—he was aot tried by a Jury of working men , but a Jury of men whose prejudices had been excited by the paltering and
insidious statement * which had been constantly appearing in both Whig and Tory newspapers ; they found him guilty upon garbled evidence , and sent him to the county gaol . He was not before them to wail over his sufferings like a puling child ; he was not about to tell them of the sour skilly and the stinking bread , for thanks to a food constitution he had kept his -word in outliving his persecutions and laughing at his persecutors ; bnt he would just tell them one or two anecdotes of the manner in which the humane parson of the prison attempted to break his heart He was told that the Chartists then in that pmon , would be hung by six at a time . ( Loud cries of " ahama" ) They were told that the gaol was too full , and be , and Edwardi , and Dickenson were pat in the condemned cells . This was too gpod for the parson—he ra afraid tttj might not
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know it , and be asked them if they knew where they were ? They replied , " yea , they were in the rooms from which , persons were taken to be bung . " ( Shame . ) From these cells they were taken in order to make roomfor John Frost and bis cooipanioaa after tbeir illegal trial . Well , after having been in gaol for twelve months , be was tried again for an offence alleged to have been con * mltted previous to the one for which be was » uffeiing , in the same county—they expected to have seen him broken ia spirit , weak in . body , and pale in the face ; but , on the contrary , they found him courageous , hale , and hearty ; he was , however , again found guilty , | and further imprisoned , a thing almost unprecedented In consequence of the agitated state of the country , he was removed to the Penitentiary , where he was
confined in an airy stone room of four yards long by twe wide , where they attempted to teach him the delicate art of tailoring . ( Laughter . ) He bad only been there two months when be wai removed to Oakbam , where he was allowed the liberty of purchasing his own fo # d , and again be lived like a Christian . Now , what wa « the result of all this ? He went to prison a democrat —be stood there the same man ; and if he had not been active in London since his release , it was not owing to bis having become lukewarm in the cause , but because he thought be was entitled to at least a few weeks ' relaxation , after an imprisonment of twenty months . However , be was again before them , to vindicate the right of the working classes to be represented in the House of Commons . That was the cause of their
meeting ; for he would hold any one in political contempt who could forget that great principle out of compliment to himself . He contended that every man shou ' id have a share in making the laws he was called upon to obey ; that -was the principle of the Charter , and he would for ever advocate it to its fullest extent , and denounce any one as a public enemy who would compromise any one of the five great principles it contained . After going at considerable length into the five great points of the Charter , the speaker denied that he had ever been a " pike and dagger" man ; he had always been prepared to go along with the people in any course they thought it proper to adopt , but be bad always been of opinion , and bad always advocated , that no ether means should be used than peaceful
ones . They would never obtain their end unless they became a sober and a moral people . Let them attend to tbeir domestic duties—let them look to their own families , fui&ike the gin palace , and so shew the aristocracy that they were a people worthy to bo entrusted with the power they claimed . If they did not—if they continued to frequent the beer-shop and the publichouse ,-they would be unworthy of the privileges , they sought If they were a s » ulless people , they might dethrone the royal family , and outlaw the House of Lards ; but they would fall back again into the condition of miserable and degraded slaves , and , in the language of St . Paul , " the last state of that people would be worse than the first . " He was thereto pledge himself , with all theardenrof
youthful enthusiasm , to a renewed advocacy of the People ' s Charter . I Loud and prolonged cheers . ) In his boyhood he bad been a democrat , and these principles had frown with his growth ; beside the printing press he had read the writings « f Paine , and Volney , and Cobb ? tt , and Franklin ; be became an enthusiast in the cause of liberty , and he thought in the depth of his enthusiasm , that everybody else was- like him , and that the pe « ple would soon be free . ( Cheers . ) After having b « en confined twenty month * in a prison , Whoso yard he walked in solitade , with no book to cheer him , and » o friend to speak to , he came out with the settled conviction that a change must be made not LESS than the People ' s Charter ; but as much further as the strength of the public mind will carry it . ( Hear , hear . )
Now , ( said Mr . Vincent , ) a word as to the meaiis : —the days of idle bembast and rant are gone by ; the common sense of the nation is with us ; and every attempt at mere folly will recoil on our own heads . If we content ourselves with attending public meetings , and returning with congratulations on having heard " excellent speeches , "—if we talk about our readiness to do anything for the public cause , and yet are offended if a sixpence in the shape of contribution be required of us ; —then , the sooner we abandon our false position , the better for ourselves and ethers ;—but , ' even in this room there are s sufficient number , if their energies be rightly directed , to effect a moral and politic *! rerolatioa ia London ia two or three years . The most enlightened minds and the most
virtuous heart * must combine in one large society for the erection of a Trades' Hall , and for sendiDg forth missionaries to call the drunkard from the gin-palace —( loud cheer *)—to point to the poor broken-hearted and wretched being who , while her husband is on his way to the pawnbroker ' s , to pawn her rags for drink , is starving with her family , perhaps , in a miserable cellar . Ia such a being worthy the name of man ? iCries of " No , no . ") Then we must reform him ; and if it be not possible to reform him by any other means , I implore even the most jovial snul among you to lend a helping hand in the establishment of democratic teetotal societies , in sobeiising the population , in watching individals , and in putting down the caut and humbug of the fanatics . ( Hear , hear . ) We have the power of quietly revolutionising our country , if we will but exercise that power iu u proper manner ; our salvation lita iu eur own hands , and if we are determined to free our country , as 1 for one am , let us baUUi
with every slave till we have achieved our object . ( Great excitement and prolonged cheering ) My heart is with you—my soul is with you—and I never felt more determined to go forward in a righteous cause , i j un bound to " keep tae pe ^ ce , " and 1 will keep it , like an honest man ; but , by th « God that made me , I will devote every energy to spread those principles that shall prepare the . way for the greatest meaiure of happiness to the entire people . Let not men Bay , " am for Paul , " " I am for Cephas , "say not I am for Lovett , and i for Fr ^ st , or Vincent , or O'Connor—but let the cry of all be , " I am for the Charter "—( loud cheers )—and so improve the public mind that before another annual revolution be completed , the watchword will be " Long live the people to make good laws ; long live liberty ! " ( Tumultuous cheering , lasting for several minutes , greeted Mr . Vincent al the conclusion , as at the commencement of his address . )
Mr . John Clbavb rose to propose the next toast : — " The People ' s Charter ; may it speedily becoaie the law of the land . " He felt , in proposing this toast , that he bad a sacred duty to perform , as an unenfranchised citizen ; and , notwithstanding all that their friend Vincent had &o well eaid about his ardour and enthusiasm being undiminished , those who have gone a little before him might be permitted also to renew their declarations of energy in the cause of the People ' s Chatter . Mr . Vincent had very ably gone over the various principles embodied in the Charter , and though he was eloquent throughout , he felt perhaps that he was a little trespassing ; though at the same time he felt tl . ut he was here unfairly put upon his trial , in rebutting the various calumnies that some dirty ,
sneaking cowards , who dared not speak openly , had whispered about , that Vincent had abandoned his principles . ( Loud cheers . ) But he had not stopped to snarl with the -snarlers ; he took up these principles , and showed that he was the same Chartist at heart as before he entered the Whig " dungeons . Mr . Cleave then proceeded to state that the means of advancing the cause of the Charter must not bo negected ; be had considered these means , and had come to the conclusion that it was folly to fritter away the means which a life of industry supplied , while fifty millions a year continued to be spent in spirits an * betr ; the man who had not slain
his Bins was a fit creature for Whig or Tory despotism . ( Loud cheers , i Kef erring to the aiiUreSB of Mr . Vincent , ( as originally published in the Star , ) the speaker said that if the working men of this country would ac ; up to the spirit of that address , and devote that which they now spent in intoxicating drinks to their own self-eltvation , the humbug of " moderation" would be slain outrijjht , and tebtotalism would be teetotally triumphant . In conclusion , he urged upon all the friends of the Charter t « give up the pot and the pipe , which formed a dead weight upon the working man in this country . No friend to the People's Charter would spend that upon poison , which he ought to devote to the regeneration of his ceuntry .
ilr . MoeRE said , it was his melancholy duty , in the toast he had io propose , to refer to friends who vrere not there , but whose zeal for the cause of Chartism bad made them the victims of oppression , and he trusted that equal zeal would be manifested in their endeavours to place those friends again amoD ^ st them . He alluded , amoug others , to the venerated and aged Frost , who was the victim of an illegal sentence ; and they would recollect that their friend Hetherington . was detained over the water for an offence against church craft . He would then propose ,
" The Bpeedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the liberation of all imprisoned victims of political and religious persecution . " —( Great applause . ) He trusted they would indeed soon be brought back from their distaut banishment , to which they bad been consigned by the machinations of Whijf and Tory , whose votes never failed to be blended together against those who advocated the cause of the people . But , ha repeated , they had been illegally transperted . The quibbles of law , so successfully urged in the recent case of one who was distinguished by the prefix of " Lord" to his name , were not allowed to be entertained in favour of the unfortunate men in question . The same measure of justice was not extended to them ; for he did not deny the justice of Lord Cardigan ' s acquittal ; the law of evidence ooght , in all cases , to be strictly
enforced , not only with respect to identity of persons , but every particular point which has been subjected to legal regulation . The accused ought to nave the full benefit of such law , then why was it withheld from Frost and his companions 1 Their case was similar to that of Lord Cardigan . An axception was made on a point of law by their counsel , and the Jndges said they would reserve the bjection ; and when counsel asked if they should stand j ' -n the same situation as if the objection waa taken , Ahen the Judges acquiesced ; and , on theafterconsidei "ation of the question at issue , nine out oi fifteen J . idges were of opinion that the objection in favour oi * the prisoners was Talid ; and whea the next obsta « Ie was raised—whan it was urged on the part of the prosecution that the objection had not been made l u iime , and that therefore th « prisoners
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were not entitled to benefit by it , ti * of the Judges were of opinion that it teat made in time . ( Hear . ) Bat the fact was , in eaaea of murder buou pleas might be admitted ; but , if the fate of a political opponent were involved , he was deprived of everything that might save him . He would remind them , too , that the aged mother of Frost was yet living , in the hope that she might once more look upon her child ere she died ; and the wives , children , friends , all who were in any way connected with those unhappy exiles , and thousands who were not , would join in working out their deliverance . They ( the meeting ) would also recollect , that Frost waa of a class above them , but that he had given up all for the prosecution of their cause . Mr . Moore concluded by strongly reprehending such prosecutions a 3 that instituted against Mr . Hetheringtop , and expressing a fervent hope that Frost , Williams , and Jones might be oioe more among them . ( Prolonged cheering . )
Mr . Peat , in supporting the toast , observed , that Frost was , in every respect , an upright nan , and the poor man ' s friend ; and if one n » * n was » w » re of those facts more than another , it waa their little enthusiastic friend Vincent . But Frost was in a penal settlement , while Lord Caadigan was pronounced "Not guilty , upon my honour . " Away with such honour—the honour of these king-made nobles ; but Frost was a noble of nature , and carried with him into exile the impress of superiority . ( Applause . ) It had been said that the case of Frost and that of Lord Cardigan were parallel cases : he was not of that opinion ; he thought them widely different . In Lord Cardigan ' s case , a foul design was manifested ; a design upon the life of &
fellowcreature ; need he tell them , that in the case o Frost nothing of the kind was exhibited . The wrongs that had been inflicted upon the people—the insults that had been heaped upon them by refusing their petitions ; these working upon minds not so intelligent as they ought to be , had induced the commission of acts which were deeply to be regretted , and for these Frost had suffered , and was suffering ; and that man , whose mind was as little as his body , Lord John Russell , was at the bottom of it . ( Cheers and applause . ) He set engines to work for entrapping the best of men . The outrage which formed a plea for severity might have been prevented
if proper means had been adopted ; but it certainly was , in a great measure , justified . He trusted they would never cease from their exertions , until placed in the position which they were entitled to by the laws of God and the Iawa of reason . The toast was then put from the chair , and received with general applause . Mr . Neesoh then rose , and observed , that in having the toast he was about to submit placed in his hands , ho considered himself more highly honoured than any of the company , as it was one which no individual whose mind was properly regulated would fail to approve . It was
" The ladies . who have honoured us wit ' a their presence . As they are alike interested with us in good government , may they still lend us their powerful influence to obtain it . All who were there present , would well remember the time when the ladies were not held in such high consideration ; but they knew that they were now the dominant party . —( Laughter . ) He had ( and it might be news to them ) on a particular occasion , received an order from the Court of Queen's Bench to appear , as he understood it , personally before the Queen ; but they would anticipate what his feelings were when he found it was all a hoax . —( Laughter . ) The first office of the State was now filled by a womau , and one , too , not of the greatest experience ;
but they must support the dignity of their chief magistrate , who , being a womau , rendered the propriety of this toast the more strikingly manifest . He adverted to the reprehensible neglect of female education , and contended that it would be better that the opinion of the Turks , who held that women have no souls , should obtain in this country , than that they should remain as they were ; but ho ' trusted that the time waa not far distant when education would render them better wives , better mothers , and place them iu that station in society , to which they were bo nobly entitled ; he trusted that the time was not far distant when ignorance would be swept from the gentler sex like chaff before the wind—when they would no longer be
infatuated with the charms of a tawdry dress , or filled with envy because a neighbour exhibited a finer riband than themselves—when women , as well as kings , priests , and lords , must give way to The growing intelligence of the people . ( Applause . ) He hoped , too , that the time was not distant when meetings of this sort would be crowded with women . He again emphatically dwelt on the necessity of ennobling the female and raining her from the station of a mere domestic menial , by education , but he advised them to educate their daughters themselves , and not hand them over to church and state schools . Let their education be dul y attended to , and women and children would soon join the cry for Universal Suffrage .
The Rev . Dr . Wade said , he perfectly agreed with the sentiments expressed by Mr . Neesom , with respect to the ladies ; but , as to the Sovereign , he rather pitied her , as Bhe evinced the possession of qualities which only required a more genial atmosphere than a court . He was , in bis youth , entrusted with a petition to William the Fourth . He was sent up with it , and he would assure them that , in its presentation , he was most roughly handled ; and he overheard his Majesty enquiring of the Lord Lieutenant of his ( the speaker's ) county , " What ' s the meaning of this petition ? " in a tone and manner not at all flattering to his feelings . The Queen had acted very differently . He had also been eutruated with a petition to her Majesty , ou behalf of Frost ,
Williams , and Jones , which he happened to take for presentation , ou a day especially appointed for the reception of addresses only ; and her amiable conduct on that occasion , and the manner iu which she expressed herself , ev « n in the presence of her courtiers , was such us convinced him that , if any fault were to be ascribed to her , it was imputable to a corrupt Court , and not to the natural aispoaition or inclination of the Queen . He went , as he said , on a day exclusively appointed for addresses , and was told that his petition would not be received ; but he told those who endeavoured thus to put him off , that he had a duty to perform for those who had sent him , and that he should persist in his purpose . He did bo , and her Majesty eventually received his
petition iu a most gracious manner . He adverted to the bright prospects which awaited " us Chartists , " and taid , he waa what was termed a middic-class man ; and , aided by them , ho could do much ; but consistently with his cloth , he must press for the employment of moral force only . He agreed with the sentiments uttered by Mr . Vincent , and contended that no ono need bo ashamed of being a Chartist . In this age of inventions , nothing had bten found out at all comparable with Chartism ; it meant a reformation of the democracy . They had formerly a Magna , Charta ; that was for the nobles ; but they resolved now to have a Reform Charter . They had obtained a Reform Bill , but that was a humbug . Tnose who carried it hallooed on the people , as huntsmen do thtir hounds ; but they ( ihe huntsmen ) took the hare , and theu lashed back Che hounds
lhat had aided them to their kennels . ( Applause . ) But would they be suffered to do so now ? Would such treatment now be tolerated ! No . The Charter they sought for was such as every Christian Should advocate ; it involved what every Christian should strive to obtain for his country—equal ri « hte , and equal laws . He would say to them , as Wa ? 5 » n # ton said to the Americans , when , they were trying their great Chartist plan—be discreet , bo moral , and show that you are worthy of the boon you ask for . This country was in a state of transition—things could no longer stand still . The Poor Lxws must be amended , and measures adopted which would render the people free and happy . He , for one , should make every possible effort to promote tho advancement and eventual success of the cause in which they wero all embarked . ( Loud chiers . )
The toast waa then formally submitted by the Chairman , and drunk with three times three . Mr . Caueron next observed , that a most unexpected aud pleasing duty had been imposed upon him , that of returning thanks in the name of the ladies . He proceeded accordingly ; and , after the expression of some suitable compliments , concluded with the hope that the rights aud dignity of woman would , ere long , be more generally acknowledgsd . The Chairman now intimated , that th 9 graver portion of the business ef the evening was at an end , and that the remainder of the time they were together would be devoted to dance and soDg . He then quitted the chair , when
Mr . Vincent rose , and , after apologising for again presenting himself to tUe meeting , said his purpose was to propose the health of the consistent and longtried Radical who had so ably occupied the chair that evening—he meant their modest and amiable friend , William Lovett . He ( the speaker ) had knows him during a period of four years ; ha hail been much with him , at his own home , and in walks in the green fields , and it was by that sort of communion only that a man could be truly known . Throughout this intimacy , he had ever found William Lovett the most consistent and determined supporter of Democracy in all its bearings He bad suffered much from imprisonment and persecution in consequence , but it would be insulting to most present , who had known him for a much longer time , to say more than to propoie the hoaltb . of their worthy friend , William Lovett Drunk with great enthusiasm .
Mr . Lovett , in shortly acknowledging the toast , observed , that although the excitement ef a public meeting was painfully unpleasant to him , he bad unwillingly acceded to the request of his friends * n the present occasion ; and he warmly thanked them for the kind support they had given him , and the attention they had uniformly bestowed upon those -who addressed them . Under each plate was placed a copy of the address , written by Mr . Vincent , in Oakham # aol , with the names of the Rev . Mr , Hill and others , attached thereto j this furnished a "luncheon" for the assembly , for the address waa aagerly " devomred . " An excellent band was to attendance the whole evening , and enlivened the proceedings with popvlap airr .
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Death from DKarrrimoji . —Operation op the New Poor Law in the Kensington Union . —On Wednesday , a lengthened inquiry waa instituted before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex , and a jury , consisting of thirteen respectable inhabitants of Kensington , in the large room of the Gloucester Tavern , Gloucesterroad , Kensington , into the circumstances attendant upon the death of William Eaton , aged 61 years , who died in the workhouse for males belonging to the Kensington Union , on the morning of Saturday last , a few hours after he was brought there . The jury accompanied the Coroner to the workhouse in Gloucester-road , to see the body of the deceased , which was deposited in the dead house ; The body presented nearly the appearance of a skeleton , and on leaving the place , several of the iurv declared
the . Bight they \ bad witnessed would never be effaced from their remembrance . The deceased waa a shoemaker , and had lodged in a room at No . 12 , New . Court , Brompton . It waa proved that since Michaelmas last , he had only had about two pairs of shoes per week to make , for which he would receive 2 a . 8 d . His room presented a scene of unparalleled misery and destitution , and it appeared that he had had relief from the Kensington Union , to the extent'of a pound of meat . There were several Guardians present , and the coroner ordered the relieving-officer to be sent for , to whom he addressed some severe animadversions . All the blame , however , was laid on the system . The jury found a verdict that the " Deceased died from exhaustion , gradually produced by scantiness of nourishment . "
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PBOM OU * LONDON COMESKMfDEHT . Zondon Thursday Evening , March 4 . * Quarter to Seven . Awpot . Death op a Gravb Digger . —This afW . noon , about four o ' clock , as the under-sexton ofsT Bride ' s Church , Fleet-street , was employed «» digging a grave , adjacent to one of the vaul ts tC brick work of the latter gave way , and buried' hiZ alive . It waa upwards of two hours from tiS occurrence of ihe accident , before the poor fello » could bo got out , when it was found that he
must nave expired almost instantaneously , li dense crowd is now surrounding the . bm of the accident , and the City police are not the maS civil in their deportment ; for on our endeavo urin g to learn the name , &c . of the deceased , » t »] £ Twelve Bells , near the Church , one of those na boiled gentry , under Mr . Whittle Harvey ' s cob * m aud , called to a companion to lend him his truZ . cheon , tv keep the course clear , that course hoiss a public thoroughfare . * "
Cirr NEWs .-rThe classes who live by rin / rin * the changes" between paper and gold , have been somewhat startled to-day , on the receipt of newaItv the American packet-ship , United States , that tha United States Bank had suspended cas h payments a course which was followed by most of , if not all ' the state bauks in the adjacent country . Daring the day , however , the more reflecting portion of thl •' ¦ dabblers" found out that this step , on the pariofthe American banks , was in all probability bat a preliminary measure to the liquidation of the outstanding ' * cotton claims , " and confidence was again restored * indeed , should this conjecture prove well-found *) ' a brisk trade may be anticipated this summer for ear Manchester and Sheffield goods . The following are the closing prices of the British Stocks this afterT noon : —Consols for Account , 894 S Do . Money 883 * Kew Three-and-a-half per ,. Cent , 97 i ; Excheauli Bills 12 s . premium . v
The Bloomsbury Chartists held their usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , when the following resolution was unanimously ado pted : — " That this Association views with feelings of regiet the conduct of a portion of the men of Kirkcald ; , in allowing themselves to be gulled by the Whig sad Household Suffrage faction , and that they caution their Chartist brethren throughout tha country against the insidious machinations now making by the Sham-Radical party , and trust that they will never lend themselves to agitate for anything leas than the Charter . " ^
. The . Corn Law League is Afraid of thi CHAansts !—It is a singular fact , that on . the occasion of the Chartists holding a festive meeting to celebrate the release of their friends from durance ( the Lovett and Collins dinner , ) the Cora Law Repealers took advantage of the circumstance to hold a meeting , in the hope that they might pass their resolutions undisturbed ; on thai occasion , they conjectured rightly ; but , on trying ou the same game on Monday last , notwithstanding the num&r rous attendance at the Vincent dinner , the Anti-Corn-Law party were doomed to be disappointed , for the friends of the Charter mustered in sufficient strength at tho Crown and Anchor , to defaat tha factious purposes of the "Repealers , " and to carry by two to one , resolutions in favour of Universal Suffrage and the Charter . One fact is wor . th . atoa of argument .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) FaiDAY , Mahch 5 . —Our arrivals are moderate of all articles . Millers hold off from purchasing , ex . pecting better supplies , and prices tor Wheat have receded Is . per quarter . Barley . is steady sale , without alteration in value . Oats , Shelling , and Beaus maintain last week ' s rates . Leeds" Corn Market , March 2 . —Th « arrivals of grain to this day ' s market are again large ; but the most part was sold last week . The finest dry Wheat has been dull sale , all other descriptions Is , per quarter lower . Barley has been in fair demand at last week ' s prices . Oats and Shelling scarcely so well sold . —Beans little alteration .
THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING March 2 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Q , ra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 6370 2933 1950 8 4 iO M £ s " . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 5 8 113 8 J 16 4 J 2 00 228 ? 25 111 Leeds Cloth Mahkets . —We are sony we cannoi notice any improvement iu our local markets ; th » stock of goods sold , during the two last market daya , has . been limited in the extreme . Nor is there any large share of business doing in the vfalehouses ; nothing , in fact , but for domestic consumption ,
Bbadfoud Markets , Thursday , Maech 4 th . — Wool MarketJ— This market is without any material alteration since our last report . The general opinion i ? , that the news from America has produced a deadening effect on the market . —Yam Market . —The demand for Yarn is very steady , and no difference in prices . —Piece Market . —In this branch of the trade there appears to be rather a flatnes ? , occasioned by the report of the United Slates Bank having suspended payment . Fancy goods still continue to be inquired after .
Salpord Cattle Market , Wednesda y , Mabcb 3 . —There was a fair show of Cattle to-dav , and which met a fair demand at about last week ' s currency . Of Sheep tho supply was fully equal to fch » demand . At the close of the market hut little unsold . Beat Beef , 6 " £ d . to 7 d . ; prime , 7 } d . to 7 id . Best Mutton , " 7 d . to 8 d . ; e ^ res , inferior , 5 jd . to & % i . State of Trade . —Notwithstanding the activity existing in the Liverpool cotton market , and the
gradually advancing prices there , the demand for yarn continues very moderate , and a limited business was done , yesterday , at the prices of the preceding weak . For goods , tho " demand was still more languid , and some articles , especially 27-inch printing cloth and domestics , were currently offered at lower prices . Very little business , however , was done , even at this decline ; and the market -was altogether an unsatisfactory one for tho mauufacturers . —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday .
Newcastle Corn Market , Feb . 27 . —We had a fair supply of Wheat from tho couniry this morning , but the arrivals from the coast continue exceedingly moderate . On Tuesday fine samples obtained an advance of Is . to 2 s . per qr ., and that advance was maintained to-day on all descriptions . The market is nearly cleared of barley , and price 3 are the turn dearer ; Fine rye commands a steady sale , but other sorts meet with little inquiry . In beans there i « little passing , although offered on lower terms . Maple peas are in demand for seed . Malt u unsaleable . We had a good supply of oats this morning , and finer qualities were readily bought up for seea at a trifling advance , while other descriptions were without change . The arrivals of flour are light , ana good marks meet a ready sale at our highest quotations .
Lokdon Wool Market , Monday , March lst . * - Since our report of this day se ' nnight , there ca * been a trifling reaction in the inquiry for most kinasof British Wools , and previous rates are well supported . The accounts from our manufacturing districts are , on tho whole , favourable . During tne past week the imports of Foreign Wool ? , W quarters , have not exceeded 1800 packages , ine best colonial aud Spanish Wools command a lair inquiry at full prices , but otherwise the trade is heavy .
Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , . March 1 . On Saturday from eight to ten thousand bucs were sold , 300 « being on speculation . To-day the saies amount to- about 8000 bales , of which speculators have taken 1500 bales . With all this demand toe market is Well supplied with Cotton , and prices are very little changed . Tho sales consist of luOOSoi ^ -ta at 4 | d . to 5 id ; 400 Maranbam , 7 | J . to 8 A « ¦ . ; «» Bahia , 8 id . ; 200 Egyptian , 9 H to 13 d . ; 100 ? & ' nam , 9 £ d «}—American , 6 £ d . to 8 d . Liverpool Cattle Market . Monday , Makch' 1 .
—The supply of stock at market to-day has be ^ n much smaller than that of the preceding week , an « of a middling quality . There was a good attenuate © of buyers and dealers , but from the short eupm there was a consideable advance on the prices irom our last quotations ; consequently , the demandsi were not very extensive comparative to some oi _ » u » markets for the last few weeks . The best »*»*** readily at 7 d . varying from that down to bd . du * those at the latter price were of an ordinary uoscription . Good Wether Mutton realised wUjj »? r varying from that down to 6 $ d . Number ot tati « at market : —Beasts , 856 : Sheep , 3 , 082 .
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IMPORTANT FROM A 2 XEBuG £ L UNITED STATES . I SUSPENSION OF THE UNITED STATES BANK . We have received by the packet-ship George Washington , which arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning , New York papers to the 8 th ult inclusive . Their contents are highly important The Bank of the United States bad for the third time suspended specie payments . Having , it is stated , been disappointed iu the receipt of large amounts of specie , it w « s compelled , en the afternoon of the 4 th nit , to refuse the payment of » demand of 100 , 0 * 0 dollars from New Yotk , as well as the | » yment of some other heavy sums .
( Correspondence of ihe Journal of Commerce . ) Philadelphia , Feb . 5 . The burst up of the United States Bank yesterday gave rise to an excitement , which has continued through to-day , such , as was never before witnessed in this city on any similar occasion . The fact of the failure of the Bank to meet the two or three draughts of large amount on Thursday was hot understood until after the can left for your city to be an absolute failure .
Early this morning the streets were crowded with citizens , and before the opening of the doors of the banks there were crowds of greater or less extent in front of them all , and particularly so before the United States , Girard , and Farmers' and Mechanics' . On the opening ot the doors , there was * a rash fot specie by depositor * and note holders . All paid , including the United States , for five dollar notes , for an hour or two , when the Girard began to wince , and finally " resigned trumps , " standing its hand no further than to pay its five dollar notes . Thus has gone on the first day of Jrial . The greatest confusion prevails , and the banks were all busily employed in paying out specie from the opening to the dose , some with two or three clerks . A much larger amount must have been drawn from the banks to-day than on January 15 .
The Bank of the United States has been cited before Judge King , to shew cause of refusal to pay her ten dollar notes . She is allowed ten days to file her answer or to pay the money . All the banks before three o ' clock ceased to pay anything but their five dollar bills , except five—the Western , the South wark , the Commercial , the Philadelphia , and the Bank of North America . We shall , in all human probability , have a general suspension to-morrow . The banks , I think , cannot stand another day ' s rua like this ,
( From the National Gazelle . J Further Suspension . —P . S . One o ' clock . —AH the banks of the city , with two or three exceptions , have just suspended specie payments , except for five dollar notes . The apprehension expressed above is thus already realised . Suspension in Delaware . —The Philadelphia United States GaUelte of Saturday laat says— " We understand that the Directors of the several banks in Wilmington , Delaware , held a meeting yesterday morning , and resolved to suspend specie payments in consequence of information received from this city . Philadelphia , Feb . 6 . The notes of the United States Bank are selling at a discount to day for specie of 15 per cent #
A man of the name of Sheets , a labourer , committed suicide last night , in the upper part of the city , by shooting himself through the heart . Want of business was the cause- Philadelphia , Feb . 7 . It appears that on the day the United States Bank suspended , the City Council and all the other Banks agreed to receive the notes of the United States Bank . A Mr . Millar has instituted a suit against the United States Bank for a refusal to pay two ten dollar notes in specie . An application was made on Friday morning for a citation against the President and Directors of the United States Sank , to show cause why the Charter of the Bank should nut be forfeited in consequence of the Bank refusing to pay specie to the holders of ten dollar bills . The citation was awarded , and made returnable on the 15 th inst
( Correspondent * of ihe Courier and Enquirer . J Washington , Feb . 11 . I have no longer any doubt that the President-elect has completed his Cabinet . He had difficulties to contend with , arising out of geographical divisions ; these , it is believed , have been happily arranged in such a manner as to give general satisfaction to our Whig friends . In the selections which have been made the President has consulted tbe / eelingsand wishes of his friends in different districts of the country . Indeed even their prejudices have been considered . In doing this General Harrijon has evinced a sound judgment , mingled with sagacity and discretion . Nor has he been wanting in promptitude . I have reason to beliove
that the following gentlemen will constitute General Harrison's Cabinet The statement is not nude on slight grounds : — Daniel Webster , of Massachusetts , Secretary of State . Thomas Ewing . ef Ohio , Secretary of the Treasury . Johu Bell , of Tennessee , Secretary of War . George E . Badger , of North Carolina , Secretary of Navy . John J . Grittenden , of Kentucky , Attorney-General . Francis Granger , of New York , Postmaster-General . The M'Leod Case . —The American Grand Jury have found a true bill for murder against Mr . M'Leod , who however will not be tried till the fourth woek of this month , unless the American Government should think fit to issue a special commission ,
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TO THE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE VARIOUS CHARTIST ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Brother Chartists—You are all made pretty well acquainted with the barbarous and lamentable death of our Chartist brother , poor Clayton , who died under the merciful treatment of the base , bloody , and brutal factions , for the crime of endeavouring to mete out the glorious principles of Chartism , justice , and liberty .
Knowing that the predominant character of the advocates of Chartism is that they would do unto others as they would they should do unto them , I appeal to you on behalf of the helpless widow and inoffending child of the above named victim of tyranny and profession , to endeavour to pay a last tribute of respect to our deceased brother , by placing those who were dependant upon him for support , above the frowns and insults of the base and unprincipled portion of society .
According to the Star of this day , the Delegates assembled from the different placeB of the West-Biding of Yorkshire , recommend that funeral sermons be preached in all the Chartist Associations and Chapels on the 14 th of March . In addition to this I would recommend that at the close of vach sermon , a collection should be made on behalf of the widow of poor Clayton , by which means a sum sufficient would be raised , whereby she might be able to commence b usiness in some way or other , and the Chartists of Sheffield would most certainly give her their most decided support .
Fellow Chartists , — 'Tis no more than a duty that yon owe to your principles , that you act up to this plan , and convince the world that you are worthy of the name of Chartists , and of tht > objects that you contend for as your inalienable rights . If but 15 , 000 of the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland should meet on that day , and each contribute but one penny , it would amount to £ 62 lls . Do your duty as men , women , and as Chartiats ; let the money be transmitted to the Star Office , and all to be duly acknowledged in the columns of that invaluable journal , and yon will prove to the world that you are in reality friends of justice , humanity , and liberty , and while you advocate the rights of man , you are not forgetful of yourduty tothe Whig-made-widows of your murdered advocates . Faithfully yours ,
W . H . Cotton . 38 , Ludgate-Hill , Birmingham , February 20 th , 1841 . P . S . —I think it would be more convenient to appoint some person to stand at the doors of the meeting houses and solicit subscriptions for the proper object , and so prevent the confusion of collecting , when all are anxious to get out . W . H . C .
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0 THE NORTHERN STAR . ___^
Celebration Of The Release Of Mr. Henry Vincent, From Oakham Gaul.
CELEBRATION OF THE RELEASE OF MR . HENRY VINCENT , FROM OAKHAM GAUL .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct845/page/8/
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