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GLORIOUS ASD TBl"CM . PaAM DEFEAT OF ALL THE RUBBER FACTIONS BY THE WHOLE HOG CHARTIST BRIGADE OF SUXDERLAKD . On the monrng of Friday , the 20 th , large tills appeared on the walls of this town , announcing a public meeting , for the purpose of talcing into consideration tie charges made against Mr . James William-, by Fearsns O'Connor , Efq ., m the Evening Star of ihs 3 rd , and repsaiwi in the Northern Star of ihe 7 th . of this south . Tae meeuzsjj was called with a peu ^ y admission in the Arfcei seam Lecture Room . By the terms of the bill a vote of censare was toliave been passed on Feargus OTonnor E ^ q , in * , alas , for the nncertanty of all human schemes , poor Mr . Williams reckoned without his host : the Charnst ? in the first appearance of the bills met in their < ~ V - aea Rooms , Robinson's Lane , to make an ^> - caicEts for defending their brave leader . All thiiu - - ^ eing settled to tfreb- m -ttual satisfaction , they sf * rnly awaited the vaz < : - war on Monday
night and to their great denght and satisraction , two of their brother hogs , Messrs . Con Mnrray and ; &mnd&dd , arrived from Newcastle at lour o ' clock { in the-afteruoon . On their names being announced j in Ihe Council Room . s 31 -was joy and gladness , and ! it was at once asre « d that Mr . Kidd should appear j against Mr . "Williams , as the frieod of O'Connor . I " We should also have said that the Chartists sent a deputation to Mr . "W £ liams , requesting him to allow . the poor working men free admission ! as some thousands had no atecny to nay . They contended that the public character of O'Connor was the property of every Cbsrrist , and before he should be ' pnt on trial , it -w ^ uld he only jusaoe that all were ' allowed to be present , The deputation offered to pay ' the half of the expenses of the hall , if Mr . Williams ; -would pay the other half , this he would not accede to , j 3 tnd hundreds of our best and bravest men , throngh poverty , vrere kept without the Guiding , and the hall J j illed with thoisoaly who eosld pay their pennies .
Having now sketched the previous proceedings : in as short z manner as possible , we proceed to ' , give a candid , fair , and impartial report of the meeting and-disenssion , J Long before eight o ' clock , the hall , which is ca- yable of holding 5 \) 0 , wa 3 densely filled in every ' -corner . x ' Mr . Wiruxsis arose acd proposed tha £ Mr . Knst , a working man , should take the -chair . ( Loud ' cheers ) . Mr . Hisketh Reiixt proposed , as an amend- j ment , that Mr . John Chalk , another working man , and one of tha Council oi ihe whole hog brigade , should take tha chair . This amendment was received with tremendcxs tbnnders of applause and load cheering , which lasted for several minutes .
Mr . Rxhat then took a show -of hands for Mr . Chalk , when , to out judgment , two-thirds of the meeting "i oied for him . Mr . WiU-LtMS next for Mr . Kcet , when abont 150 snpporied nim . Mr . Chaxk , on taMsg the-ctair , remarked that it ¦ was well known to the audience thai he was not a speech-maker , and wonld nor therefore waste thrir time longer than by calling oi every man in that room , no matter "what were his individual opinions on the subject about to be Giscussed , to give a fsir ¦ hearing ; to both speakers ; nothing elicited tru'h bo well a 3 a fair discussion . If they did not h ? ar all parties patiently , they could not Judge impartial : ?; he would now leave the matter in their own hanas , and trost § 9 they wpnld all support him in-keeping . good order . Afi « r thanking his brother Chartists for that mark of their confidence and respect , he -sat down amidst loud cheers .
Messre . Williams and K ; dd 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 mmnt-ep in defending O'Connor , and proving his charges against Williams to be strictly in accordance ¦ wit h truth . : each speaker thereafter to have ten minutes alternately until tie-close of the debate . All things being how settled , Mr . Williams came forward , londly cheered i > y his friends , and said in snbstaiice as follows : —
Mr . ChairmaE and Gentlemen , J am charged in ihe leading article of the Northern Star of Ssturday , the 7 th , copied from the JSrenrng Star of the 3 rd of this month , andfrom the pen of Feargns O'Connor , £ > qn "with having made a base compromise of principle to the enemies of the Caarter in the Birmmgiam Conference . Secondlj , in hiring impudentJj and audacionsly endeavoured to form a third party in the said Conferecee j and lastly , with being actnated by mercenary motives in the part I have taken to secure the six pounds a-week as a Complete Suffrage lecturer . These charges , « onched as they were in language of the most insulting style , called upon him as a man to whom character was Ts 2 uable to defend himself , and that such defence
fihonld appear through the same channel- He did not stand there to ceny t ' ne right on the part of a Iree press to discuss tfce character of every public man , but while he wonld freely admit this right , he "would also maintain that if a man found that he "was unjustly charged , that same press ought to hear him in reply . He would then take these charges one by one , and skew to any unprejudiced and unbiassed man that they were each and all de-Toid of trmh , that they wire slanderous ssS tmgenilemanly . The first charge was , that he had made abase compromise of principle to the enemies of the Charter at the BirmiEgham Conference . Now , lie denied that he had made a base compromise . He - denied that be had violated any one angle point of the Charter . He proceeded to discuss the points of the People ' s Charter , -smoiizn , at each point turning to Edd , and itddBg
him to prove to that assembly , which of them he had compromised . He admitted that he had differed in opinion with the majority of the Conference , " bnt he iad doneso consdentioa ; ly . andhehoped his talented opponent TTould not deny h-m the privilege of thinking for himself , or exercising bis judgment withont being abused for so doing , or pinning his convictions to the skirts of any man living . If a man were to be denounced in such a manner as he had been , by O'Connor , and snch denunciation was called Chartism , then he ( Mr . Williams ) "would eease to be a Chartisu If this were to be called liberty , he would declare before _ God that he would cease to advocate ite principle in conclusion , he called npon them in the most feeling manner to pause , 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 . Xidd came forward amidst the most deafening cheers . When silence had been restored ^ he said Mr . -Chairman , ladies and fellow-working men of Sunderland , 1 must i eg leave to correct an expression which Mr . Williams used to me individaaily . He has told yon that I am a very talented gentleman , now he believed Mr . Williams had not said so disrespectfclly , but he had been in error , for the fact was , he ^ ilr . Jiidd ) was only just a . poor hard ¦ wor king man , who most earn Ms bread by the sweat of his brow , and . as to his talent , he could lay do pretensions to that , but he had trnth and justice on hi 3 sJe , _ He stood there on the snre foundation , on the glorious , on the pnre aid unsullied doctrines of democracy , and on this solid rosk he stood
to prove that Mr . James Williams had compromised , not any one particular point of the Charter , bnt that he had donetha mischief by wholesale—that he had basely violated all the Six Points—that he had grossly compromised the fundamental principle on which the People's Charter was boilt— ( deafening cheers , clapping of hands , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ) And now for the proofs . They ¦ would all be aware that the Conference at Birming-Ifem 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 at pnblic meetings fairly called , unless in such eases as that of Paisley , Doncaster , and the Eecond reiurnsof such as Newcastle-npon-Tyne and
pidham , where the villany of the Sturgites interfered to suppress the pnblic voice . Tke address of the Suffrage Union 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 sent into the Honse of Cozumons on the part of the people . This address did not say to the people , yon must send delegates who , on their arrival in Birmingham , are to sit silently and swallow every nostrum we , the Suffrage Couscil , fhink proper to propose , withont consulting their own judgment , or the instructions or opinions of their constituents . If it had said so , the people wonld have treated such _ a proposition wiih contempt , by not electing
one single delegate , and in his opinion very justly too ; but the reverse was the fact . They were called together on purely democratic principles ; it -was not pretended , by any party , that they would ^ LzH S . v ? ? pim 011 on any P ° iat ; bnt , it was expected tbat , nn accordance with these principles , the mrnon ^ y would give in and be governed by the ' w - T& °£ erW 1 Se V * ™« » o use of their meet- ' S& .-3 * * C ^ PkteSB&age party act on this ' principle 1 ( Hear , hear , and louderies of no , no . ) rio ; lie most strennously maintained not . Their ™ 1 ™ % ^^ Ph this , we will agree with all the I * hi ^^^ . ^ agreeswiaills - ^ load - ^ eers ) -Hiney lost their dogmatical motion on their huge * SL ^? f > a ? . aftCT beiDg left in a minorify .-they then faek np tbeir heels against th « ^ -P-t miL ^ Ti
S ^ Km i ? 100111 by ^ emselvea . In ftui acting / on will observe they did not take , as I have ££ oiZw ^ ¥ ? L fl" » " * -fl » T were so for £ ,. * -n IP ™* {? * swept the principles with one fell swoop- ^ laQgbter and cheen ) -Mi . Kidd then tnramg toMr . W ^ yonhave asked ^ sS to show yon which of these points yoa have compromised , here ib my answer—the whole of them inasjnadi * sy © n ran away with the minority —( continued < heermg ) . If Mr . W . could ehow him that the majonty were to be guided and governed by the mitority , 4 henwonldiebepirfipared to admit that he had not made a compromise . In further illustration of snehalibel on democracy , hs instanced the Corn-Iaw Bepealeia . If tneir lyiDg gt ^ t gnuj Dickey
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Cobden , introduced a measure to the next session of Parliament for the repeal of the Corn and Provisioj Laws , and the majority were io divide against hi ' m , what would be thought of the eighty cr ninety retveal members , if , with Dickey at their head , they " jyere to leave the House of Commons , meet in another place , and declare themselves ihe Parliair . ent t—( cbeers ) . Now be held this was just the position in which Mr . W . and his Sturgoite friends wejj © placed . They had acted on the old Tory principles of the few dictating to ihe many . He would , bp / ore sitting down , call npon his opponent to answer his question wiifcont endeavouring io hide himself onder a cloak of 3 ophistry , for he ( Mr . Kidd ) was nyt to be humbugged aflet that fashion . Here is the question , is the right of the minority to govern the majority in accordance with the principles of the Charter?—( great cheering ) .
: Mr . Whuams , on rising the sycond time , showed by his evasive aad shuffling attempts to answer the question of his opponent , that he was writhing under the first speech of Mr . Kidd . He contended that , in some instances , the minority had a ri ^ ht to act independent of the majority , in proof of which , he referred to the Protestant Reformation and the persecutions of the first reformers , by the admission of every man . They were in the minority , and a very small minority at the commencement of their career , and ¦ wonld Mr . Kidd dare to hold that they should have given into themgfority 1 yet , this he must do if he contended for this doctrine under all circumstances . He called their attention to America , where their Charter principles were in fall operation . In that
country , the aajority of 17 , 009 , 000 white people kept the minority of 2 , 000 , 000 in bondage , on no other pretext -than that of their skin being black . Here then * vas convincing evidence to prove thtt there was extreme cases in wbieh the minority were justified in opposing the majority , and acting independent of them . He held that the case of the Conference was one of them ; he did not leave the majority nstil be found there was no good to be effected by remaining longer with them , until he found that the seceeding party were active business men , and-Qore likely to bring abont the regeneration of the country . He tried to do some little good to
the people ' s cause , by moving the preamble of the Bill of Right * , in the Chartist Conference , as being preferable to the preamble of the Charter . When this was lost , he considered he was in duty 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 had never attempted to do so . He contended this was the whole foundation uf 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 . —( load cheers . )
Mr . Kidd would not permit his wily opponent to lead him from the real subject nnder discussion to that of negro slavery ; he wonld say , in reference to the poor slaves , that they were kept in bondage , not as Mr . W . erroneously held , under the lull operation of the principles of our Charter , it was under the damning influence of class-legisiation 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 fho Southern States , where there existed a forty dollar qualification , there were more Bl&ves than freemen —( loud cheers)—it was the rascally middle
classes that kept the poor Indjans in chains—it was the rascally class that formed the minority at the Conference , and to whom Mr . W . had now become allied . He would ask them what interest the poor working American coald 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 tne question of religion he held the mis 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 conld not injure their majority , while they paid their own clexgy on the voluntary pr inciple , b « x it was quite different as regarded politics ; for if Mr . W . ' a minority had the power of making laws affecting the lives and properties of the majority , it would be high Toryism , and not democracy . He wonld again call the attention of Mr . W . to the simile in his last speech , viz . the Corn Law Repealers , as a minority in the House of Commons , which was quite to the point , and which he had not yet answered . ( A great uproar here ensued on the part of Mr . W . 's friends , and they continued to interrupt Mr . K . during the rest of the evening ) Mr . Kadd , standing until the respectables became a little more quiet , coolly observed ,
Gentlemen , thtsa arguments are nipping ye^—your troubles are only beginning—you will get more of them—troars of laughter , and cheering , 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 the minority were men of bnsiness ; yes , he ( Mr . Kidd ) could not deny it ; they were men of business , and no mistake ; their huge and overgrown biil of rights , that took fire hocrs to read , was a practical proof that they conld do a deal of business , but 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 preferable to the preamble of the Charter ; this they woaid see was only an assertion ; he had offered bo proof . Now , in what consisted the superiority of th : s preamble to ours ; why , because it was written
by lawyers ; it was made up of a whole bushel of legal phrases , Ench as whereases , aforesaids , &c . & . C . & . c , and in a very holy and revfrential style , added to that of extreme loyalty . They addressed the robbers ef this nation , including the big-bellied bishops , as the lords spiritual and temporal —( great laughter and cheers . ) 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 it 3 proper form , he would keep him as firmly nailed to it as a bad shilling to a grocer ' s eounter—( laughter and cheers ); he woula keep him there till he answered openly as a Eian , and a profe-aing patriot , an < ifrom what they hiJ heard , he wa 3 not likely to answer it—( continued sheers and disapprobation . )
Mr . W iixuMS now came to the consideration of the second charge , viz ., that he had imprudently and audaciously endeavoured to create a third party is the GeDference , by proposing the preamble of the Bill of Rights . Why if this was a crime against the mafeUry of Mr . O ^ Connor , he could prove that that Gentleman held ia 1839 that the Charter was deficicieat in its details , and not only did he tay this but bad almost damned the Charier by declaring its detai ' s to be nonseaacal . He then read Mr . O'Connor * * speech delivered in the Convention from an old Star of that year , went on to say , ** am I to be denounced for endeavouring to amend what O'Connor hss told U 3 was nonsensical , and after being so denounced in the -eolumns of a Chutist
jonrnal , wiiheut being allowed the insertion of" aiy defence ! ' He wished his opponent to note this woiJ , and as he undertook to defend Mr . O'Connor , show him how he could square ^ iie with Chartist principles . Mr . Kidd held it was an attempt , an impudent and audacious attempt , to create a . third party by Mr . W . introducing a document for discussion , when on the day before , it wasrejectedby a majority of 99 . Was there any thing more clear and reasonable than this view of the question 2 His opponent finds fault at not getting free access to the 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 &p of scurrilous abuse , was not likely to find a place in
any paper . Were the poor working men to pay 4 Ad . fcr such trash , to the exclusion of better matter ? " it was quite common with the enemies of Chartism in their disputes with the Star , to vrite such letters as wonld disgrase a fish wife in point of abuse , well knowing that they would not be published , nay that in point of fact . thty were unfit for publication , and then cry out against the conduct of the editor in not giving them fair play . Mr . W . had told tbi-m that Mr . O'Connor called the details of the Charter nonsensical in 18 S 9 ; well , for the sake of argument be would grant this to be true , and what did it amount to ? why , thai Feargus O'Connor bad not changed his mind in the Birmingham Conference , for he there spent the greater part of two days in assisting to amend these details —( loud and enthusiastic cheering . )
Mr . Williams now rose to repel the lying insinuation that he was ingratiating himself with the Complete Suffrage party for 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 the physician who attended him , knew perfectly well that from the Btate 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 their cause 1 were they going to send him to his grave and leave his wife and family without a guardian ! were they now going to tell him who had so
often stood their friend , James Williams we will never again allow you to appear on onr platforms as the advocate of our principles ! Snrely they wonldnot ; he thought he knew them better ; bat after all , if they did he coald net help if . Mr . W ^ here became much affected , and many of his friends , ' especially the females , Bhed tears ; indeed we frankly own that we ourselves began to think the whole hog I men sbould relax their stern severity for his deser- j tioii of their cause . Mr . W . sat down in a state of complete exhaustion , crying out don't blast my character—( loud eheeri from the friends of Mr . W . ) Mr . Kidd ,. in rising for the last time , said , he feit himself rather awkwardly situated , not as regarded the strength of his position , for he now stoed master of the field- ( loud cheers , and cries of
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" yes , yes , " and "no , no , " from all parts of the ] house ) ; but he felt that he was now approaching ' the most delicate part of the dispute , viz . ; the money matters in Mr . O'Counor ' B charges . Mr . W . was said to be on the look ont for a Sturge-office . Well , even on this subject , he would boldly give his opinions , —and here they were . All those lectnrers who had been brought into public life , who had been made valuable by the poor Chartists , and had since joined the ranks of our enemies , did not go away all at once . No ; they went bit by bit , just as Mr . W . was now going . True , Mr . W . had told thet ^ l and referred to his physician to bear him out in it , that the " state of his health would not ou any account permit his giving alecture
but was it not a fact that no man in these countries was in the habit of giving such speeches and lectures , Mr . W . had made a strong , and he would say , a very feeling appeal to their feelings and their sympathy . He asked them not to censure him . ( Cries of " It wont do ; " and great disapprobation and hissing . ) He ( Kidd ) had no wish to see him censured , if he came forward and honestly acknowledged his 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 1 ( 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 say : that he had by his humble abilities defended O'Connor , and confirmed the charges preferred against Mr . W . He had one word more to say , before 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 pnrse and his precs . He would bid them farewell , and sit down by again calling on them to do their duty Tae cheering which followed Mr . Kidd ' s 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 importaat as one inflicted on the most distinguished ; tb&t it ia one of the most sacred and inalienable lights of man to \ a permitted freely to txarcise the powers of bia mind and as freely to declare and act on his honest convictions . That this meeting la , therefore , of opinion that the conductors of the press have a right to examine and comment upon the public conduct of all pnblic men , while the latter are equally entitled to
vindicate themselves through the saint ) medium . Tbat as the character cf a man is as sacred as his life , and as Mr . 0 "Connor , as E litor uf the Evening Star , has brought charges and made insinuations against Mr . Williams , which , if true , -would render him unworthy of public ^ esteem and confidence ; it was , therefore , the right of Mr . Williams to be ptniiitted to rtp . y to the same , aad 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 hzs been whhhtld by the EiiHor cf the Slur , are of opinion that such conduct is at variance with the principles of democracy anrl with the principle of doing 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 ot Feargns O'Connor . Esq ., in exposing the dishonest aDd treacherous trickery and shumiDg of Mr . J ^ ines Williams , as one of the deltgateB from Sunderland , to the Birmingham Conference , was manly and straightforward , and entitles that gentleman to the thanks , gratitude , and coiifiderce of the hard-working , illused sons of toil throughout Great Britain and Ireland ; and it is also of opinion that every word written on that subject in the Evening Star of the 3 rd of this present mouth , is btricily vx 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 haiids , which , to our appearance left none down . He then , in the 5 ame wordB , put Mr . Williams ' s motion , for which we should think about 200 voted . Tne Chairman then declared the amendment carried by a large majority . Tais 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 tne 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 still larger . The tellers consulted , when , strange to say , the gentleman choseD b y Mr . Wjlhams declared he could not say on which the majority wa « . Mr . Williams then remarked , " O , then , we will give it up on both sides , and stand as we began . " Mr . Wubhay 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 the very least between 110 and 100 of a majirity 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 stupificd . The meeting then separated in a very uprorious manner
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BULL—Defeas of the Complete Suffragists —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . J . Guitiua , of Birmjngbam , delivered a lectnre in the Free Masons ' Lodge , Myton-gate , on the principles of Complete Suffrage . The meeting was but thinly attended ; the great majority , however , behig Chartists , as the result proved . At eight o ' clock Mr . Firth was called to the chair , who briefly opened the business by etating that as discursioQ was anticipated at the close of the lecture , nny person wonld be at liberty to ask Mr . Collins any questions that might be to the point . Me . Collins then went through the Six Points of the Charter , defending them very cleverly , and replying to the objections raised by their opponents in a convincing scanner . He then pointed out the utility of the Complete Suffrage union , in bringing the electoral body to act in concert witii the non-electocs , and concluded by reqeestisg all parties to join with them . This was
very -coldly received . The chairman then asked if any persoQ had an ; question to ask Mr . West rose and asked if he might be silevred to tnafce a f « w observations io reference t « the conduct . of the Sturgitau at the Birmingham Conference ? The chairman siid that was contrary io rule , as the questions put should be in reference to Mr . Collins" lecture . Mr . West stated that with tbe lecture he perfectly agreed , but he had e&axges to make against -the Complete Suffrage Union , and against Mr . Collins in particular . There was thea an universal cry for Mr . West to get on the platform , which he did . Mr . Burns , or " Mosccw Barns , '' as Ik is called , rote and said tbsy would allow Mi . West ten minutes to Kiake good his charges . Mr . West said he was in the hand ? of the meeting , and that Krhen he wanted the permission of Mr . Buies to address a meeting , he wouH opply to him , but tbat at present ii would look snuch better for him to sit down until hia cervices were needed . Tfce Chairman ihen
put it to tee meeting , ana Mr . West was allowed half an hour to Btate the case . He commenced by referri ng to the Confere&ee , and the shameful inamer in whicL they bad treated the people ' s delegates af tar putting the country to an enormous expense , and then hscause they could not have all things after their own f&shton , to kick up their heels and run away . Mr . Collins hero interrupted , saying he was not the representative of the Ccmpletb Scffr ? gi » t 8 , but as Mr . West sairt . he had chirgaa to make against him he was botij Ifcat gent . did not do bo . Jilr . West , then I charge you with bting a renegade to your principles , aad a traitor to the cause of tha people . As a Chartist you Buffered imprisonment with "William Lovett , and yet in the Conference you voted against
Wm . Lovett and the Chapter . You went through Scotland , rallying tho 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 tbat , but , like a sneaking coward , you ran away and 1 « ft them , thus treating the People ' s representatives with scorn and contempt Mr . Collins attempted to justify his conduct by saying he never deserted his principles , that they were the same now they ever had been , but , as a member of the Complete Suffrage Csuncil , he contended the minority had no right to yield their opinions to the majoritythat their Bill was superior to the Charter ; and , therefore , more -worthy the attention of the people . Mr . West replied , and exposed the hypocrisy of the doctrine , that the opinion of the majority Bhould not rule . He defended the Charter for its simplicity and olearness , compared with the Sturge " MONSTER , " and
concluded by moving the folio wing resolution : That it is the opinion of this meeting that the best means of carrying out the principles of Complete Suffrage Is in a steady persevetence in the advocacy of those principles , as denned and laid down la the document { as amended ) called the People ' s Charter . ' The Chairman refused tojput any resolution , when Mr . West said , then he should be under the 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 , xnakag a virtue of necessity , put it to the meeting , and it was carried uHANiiioTJsyy , Collina' own committee vothig against him , and thus by their vote stamping their champion as the renegade which Mr . West so successfully proved against him . The Sfcurgites looked blue , and then boast that they would destroy Chartism in Hull , bag met with a signal exposure .
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Lectures . — Mr . West delivered three lectures on the influence of Chartism on the physical , moral , and intellectual condition of the people ; the first , on Saturday n'gutj , iu Sir . Hill ' s room , which was well attended ; the 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 adopt a petition to Parliament for a committee of enquiry into the conduct of Lord Abinger . The spacious ball was crowded to suffocation , Mr . Hickrunn was called to the chair , who opened the meeting ia a few appropriate remarks , and called on Mr . Barker to movb the petition ; Mr , Barker , in a very sensible
speech , pointed out 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 . Mr . R . Pinder seconded it . Mr . West supported it , and it waa 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 to the people . These lectures b uve done much good In removing a deal tf prejudice from the nrinda of many who were misled by the
misrepresentations of our enemies , as to the objects ot the Chartists . At the conclusion , Mr . West invited discussion ; but no one appeared . Mr . West then rose to set himself right as to Wednesday night ' s meeting , a false report of hia resolution bavin ; 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 bis hand with but little better success . He then asked Mr . West how 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 c'ass ; that all our leaders could be bought , and that the ! intellectuals were leaving us ; that he had a conversation with a member of tee government , and tbat he gave his opinion of alt parties , an « l tbat 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 , tolling 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 1 the people were independent of them . He wished them joy of their " lumping pennyworth , " but they would find out , in tho end , it was not worth the purchase . Tho meeting gave three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three for Mr . Hill , three for West , and then sung " We'll rally around aim , " in grand style . The meeting was a most glorious one , and we think will be a finisher to the petty faction of discontented " renegadta , " who for some time have been trying all schemes in their power to destroy the ChartiBt movement .
COLNE- —At the Council meeting held on Sunday it was agreed that a delegatCTiieeting should be heli on Sunday , the 12 th of February , in the Chartist News Kooni , Windy Bank , at two o ' clock , p . m . TODMORDE > . —Mr . Isaac Barrow preached two sermons on Sunday last to numeruus and respectable nudiences , aud gave great satisfaction . WORCESTER . —Mr . K . 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 Chartiat Association Room , bottom of Bank-street ; and another on Sunday , in the same place .
CARLISLE . —TUG WORKING MEN'S MENTAL Improvkment Society . —This society held their usual weekly meeting at their room No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Sunday evening hst . After some conversation on the subject , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That , 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 tha members of the Council of the ' Carlisle Chartist Association , ' a letter , signed Con Murray , which appeared in the Nortliern Star of January 14 lh , 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 iu the chair , Mr . Henry Sansford delivered a very eloquent and instructive lecture on the evils of priestcraft—the different opinions they 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 au instructive lecture upon the position of political parties in this country , was delivered . Carpentebs' Hall . —On Sunday last , two Iecturss were delivered in the above Hall by Mr . Dixou 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 , aud the policy of Sir Robert Peel . The following resolution was carried unanimously :-r- " That we the inhabitants of Miles Platting and neighbourhood , consider the 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 , a lecture wan delivered in the Garden-street Working-man ' s Hall , by William Dixon , from Manchester .
NOTTINGHAM . —A meeting of delegates from the various localities ia 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 Bhould be seat for , and five shillings was voted from t ) hat locality as their share of the exper . ee . Ten shillings was also voted to the local victim fund . Arnold , near Nottingham . —Mr . Richards , from the Potteries has been lecturing here to good and attentive audiences , and has given great satisfaction .
Carrincton , 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 to meet every Sunday evening , till the tea party takes plaee ; they will meet next Sunday evening at six o ' clock . BARNSLEY . —The Chartists held their weekly meeting in the schoolroom , under the Odd Fellows ' Hall . Mr . John Vallance wns called to the chair . The
Council laid before the meeting the plans they intended carrying out , in tke hope of giving new life aud energy to the movement , such as reading , lecturing , and providing btatter for general discussion , by which they hope to give a new impetus to the agitation here , Ten shillings and fourpence waa voted for four hundred Circulars , in tho 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 feoldjng monies belonging to the Defence Fund , are particularly rt quested to attend with it next Monday night SHEFFIELD . —Chartisu . —A meeting was held in the Fig-tree-lane Room , on Monday evening , Mr . Harney read from Oastler ' s Fleet Papers a withering castigation of the Freebooters , —tho " Old King ' s" unveiling of the infernal theme by which the late " strike ' w » s brought about and his cutting exposure of the raecally objects of the Slurgeites were warmly responded to by the meeting . Mr . Harney added some comments , and wiis followed by Mr . Parkes who delivered n brief address . Dung worth— Messrs Hatney and Gill visited this " highland village" on Wednesday week , and in the evening addressed an excellent meeting . Home Colonization . —Mr . Lloyd Jones lectured on this important subject at the Hall of Science , on Sunday evening lost , to a crowded audience .
NOMINATIONS F > 0 R THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SALFOB , *>• Mr . Peter Pollitt , Davis-street . Mr . Robert MaoFailanOj HetUh-street , Pendleton . Mr . John Kccles , canal-yard , Windsor , do . Mr . James Sanders , Hope-stre ?) t . Mr ; James Wilkinson , Methvint ^ plaoe . Mr . William Stunner , Ford-street . Mr . Robert Huluie , Durham-street . Mr . Ralph Buckley , Market-street . Mn William Gillcbrand , Bevel-street . - Mr * George Roberts , Legeader-atreet . Mr . James Sandiford , Corporation-streOt . Mr . John Millington , 43 , Hope-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr , John Miller , 1 , Boundary-street , eui > -Seore tary .
TROWBRIDQE . Mr . Edward Payne , weaver . Mr ; Israel Say , do . Mr ^ ( ieorge Eames , cloth-dresser . Mr . James Harper , do . Mr . Alfred Marchant , dp . Mr . John Johnson , shoemaker . Mr ; Arthur Heath , grocer and baker , President . Mr , James Watts , do . sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Ames , marchant-spinner , Mortimer street , sub-Secretary .
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Caitain Thomas Robkrts . master of the ship Ann Mundell , appeared at the ThameftPttice Office , on the charge [ of assaulting John Crouch , the carpenter of the vessel , on the 28 th of August last , on the high fif * as . ] The misdemeanor was of a serious order , and the defendant JwaH ordered to find bail , himself in £ 200 , land two sureties of £ 100 each , to answer the charge at the sessions . Loss or the War-Steamer 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 iroa-built steamer , about 400 tons burthen , with two powerful engines . She was constructed upon ; a new principle , for the purpose of navigating tho Chinese rivers . The Ariadne was 130 feet in extreme length , and about 50 feet from one paddle-box to the other . She carried two swivel guns of large calibre , one aft and the other before the mast . ) The British fleafc ia 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 furnishpd a subject of much conversation , and of some dark mysterious paragraphs iu 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 olient than as an advocate—was in the act of ascending the Castle stairs , with the intention of mingling in the glittering throng q , i the drawing-room on Thureday evening last , when ho was intercepted by an inspector of police , who disputed his right to enter . Mr . , who had gone 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 had attended the Courts of tho 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 aud veritable causo for this anomalous circumstance . So it was—* But wherefore it was so ' twas not in him to say '—and all that he knew was , that if Mr . did not take himself away , he ( the inspector ) would have to discharge that office for him . Mr . looked unutterable things at the inspector , but having the fear of the stretcher , as w ; ell as hia person before his eyes , 1 pulled his bonnet over his brow , ' and , tb . ru 9 t . ing
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 , and before the ill-omened inspector had crossed his path , meanwhile spread the report that Mr . -4— , 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 casehe should be found amoug the courtiers . It is needless to say , that owing to the interference of the officer on the stairs , their Bearch was unavailing . " — Globe . :.
Murderous Conspiracy to take a Convict Ship . —Intelligence has just been received of au 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 , with 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 si ' xfysevea convicts on board , among whom was a
soldier , who had been transported for fourteen years for striking a sergeant . He privately sent a letter to the surgeon , informing him of the intended outoreak , on the niorning of the 4 th March ; that the design wa 3 to put to death all the soldiers , officers , passengers , and such of the crew as offered the least resistance , and then to steer for tho Brazilian coast . The man was prudently conveyed to the cabin , so as hot to excite suspicion , where he was minutely examined by the surgeon and captain . He never varied ia ! his statement , and so answered all the interrogatories put to him as left no doubt on tho minds of his hearers of the intended horrors .
Extra sentinels were immediately posted , and at 3 o ' olock on the eventful morning the passengers and crew were summoned on deck , when their situation was explained to them , I and all then being well armed , were ordered to defend their lives to the last . The morning , our correspondent writes , waa calm and beauteous—not a whisper was heard on the mighty deep , when suddenly eight bells announced tho hour when the murderous conflict 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' gate at four o ' clock —all was breathless anxiety , when the surgeon
unhesitatingly himself advanced to the gate , desiring a couple of file of soldiers to advance and shoot the first prisoner who ( dared to pass except the one he named . They at once perceived their plot waa discovered , retired to their berths , and threw the bolts and all offensive weapons out of the ports into the sea . Had the collision taken place , the loss of life would have been [ dreadful . The ringleader was a young man of the name of Dickenson , who had been an apothecary ' s assistant in Thavies' Inn , Holborn . He was a desperate opium eater . He leaped over- ? board immediately after the discovery , and notwithstanding every exertion to save him be was drowned . " Every precaution ( was adopted for the security of the convicts , and they were handed o ^ er to the civil power cm arrival . ¦
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 27 BANKRUPTS . Alexander Hay , of Great Queen-Btreet , Lined ,,. . Inn-fields , coachmaker , Febrnary 3 , at balf-i ^ f twelve , and March 10 , at twelve , at the Comt >* Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alsagar , offii fc t assignee , 12 . Birchin-lane ; and Mr . J . B . May , solicits Queen-square . wr George Cole , of Bexley-heath , Kent , grocer , Febra s * . 3 , at half-past ten , and March 10 , at eleven at ttl Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . AlganT official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; Mr . SadMove snKrt * tor , Mark-lane . ' ^** John Bead Growing , of Lowestoft , Suffalk , gio ^ , February i , at half-paBt ten , and March 3 , at eleven at the Court Bankruptcy , London . Mr . PenndL official assignee ; Mr . C . S . Oilman , solicitor , Not wich ; and Mr . Storey , solicitor , 5 , Field-court , QtsrL Ion-square . *
Jeremiah Gillman , of Stewkley , Buckinghamshire , grocer , February 9 , and March 13 , at twelve ^ the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Wini ^ Turquand , official assignee , 2 , Copthall-buildinttT and Mr . W . B . Buchannan , solicitor , Basin ghall-sti ^ Alexander Winton , David Winton , and Jao « Webber , of Wood « atreet , Cheapside , warehousemen February 14 , at half-pa * t twelve , and March 13 , ^ eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . ' } $ ? William Turquand , official assignee , Copthall : buildiiw , ! and Messrs . Heed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-atr ^ t . Cheapaide . ¦ h
John Emson , jun ., of Sawbridgeworth , Hertforda ^ veterinary surgeon , February 4 , at half-past-one , jja March 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; I ^ a don , Mr . Edward Edwards , official assignee , 7 , ^ J derick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; Mr . Lewis Henry Biina solicitor , 101 , Caancery-lane . ' Richard Payne , of 20 , Hatton-walk , Hatton-gudg , brass-founder , February 10 , at two , and MaidLj O * at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London , jj / James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abctroufc . lane ; and Mr . Lewis Henry Braham , solicitor , 101 Chancery-lane . . *
John Orbell , of Br andon , Essex , miller , February 11 at two , aud March 3 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy * London . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee 12 , Abcnurch-lane ; Mr . Thomas Marston , solicitor , 66 Torrington-square , London ; Messrs . Scedman , solicitors , Sudbury , Suffolk . Thomas Brighton , of Spalding , Lincolnshire , apothecary , February 8 , at half-past twelve , and March 14 , t& half-pa « t eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmimj . ham . Mr . Klifbard Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham M essTs . Charles Bonnor ana Sou , solicitors , Spaldin » Lincolnshire .
John Bancroft , of Salford , Lancashire , grocer , Feb . mary 9 , ; ind March 9 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . R'chard Powdell , offi . cial assignee , Hobsen ; Messrs . Gregory and Co ., solid , tors , Bedford- row , London ; aud Mr . Makinson , solicitor Manchester . Thomas Simpson , of Gateshead , Durham , pafnfer , February 6 , at eleven , and March 10 , at one , at ths Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mi . Thomas B . iker , official assignee , Newcastle-np « n . Tyne ; Messrs . Crosaby and Corapton , soliciton , 3 , Church -court , Ola J&wry , London ; and Mr . Jola Theodore Hoyle , solicitor , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
Charles Mottram , of Liverpool , wool broker , Febrnuy 6 and 28 , at eleven , at the Court at Bankruptcy , Lira , pod * . Mr . James Csz ^ nove , official assignee , Liverpool , Messrs . Cornthwaite and Adams , solicitors , 2 , Dean * , couit , Doctor ' s commons , London ; Messrs . Fisher aid Co ., solicitors , Liverpool-Simuel Highfield , formerly of Liverpool , but now of Birkeuhead , Cheshire , merchant , February 13 , it twelve , and March 7 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . John Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Mallaby and TowdkbI , solicitors , Livepool ; and Messra , Chester and Toolmin , solicitors , Staple Inn , London .
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . Joseph Morgan , Earl-street , Marylebone . boot ' maker . Nancy Williams , Powick , Worcestershire , publican . William Hopton , Wakefleld , out of business . Mary Ann Ogisthorpe , Wallasea . Cheshire , out of business . Joseph Tonge , sen ., Manchester , dealer in manure . James Lidgote , Upper Rosamond-street , Cleikenwell ,. journeymen carpenter . Stephen Traviss , jun ., Doncaster , builder . Alfred Harvey Bristol , licensed retailer of beer . William Bedford , Wick , Bedfordshire , victualler . Rev . James Day Heckford , Pidley , Huntingdonalilrt , enrate .
Thomas Chaffey . Brighton , auctioneer . George Snow , Kinnington-street , Newington , com « positor , Henry Brown , Nicboll-square , Cripplegate , engraver , William Biddle , Cornbnry-atreet , Old Kent-toad , out of business . William Mallinson , Mirfield , Yorkshire , forma . John Harrison , Sedberg , Yorkshire , batter . Robert Whitaker , jun ., Rochdale , woollen weam John Gerrard , Thelwall , Lancashire , publican . John Cater , South Island-plaee , Nerth Brixtoa , officer of Her Majesty ' s Customs . Edward Fox , Liverpool , perfumer . John Vatas Simpson , Union-court , Old Broad-street , corn operator . James Pcnniatone , alias James Penistone , Sheffield ,
cordwamer . John Warbarton , Stockport , joiner . John Emmett , Bradford , Yorkshire , wool-sorter . William Gilbert , Bland-street , Dover-road , oat of employ . John Townsend , Great Barr , Staffordshire , fanner . Walter Armitage , Birstal , Yorkshire , beerseller . James Hall , Oxford , journeyman plasterer . Henry Pittman , Patriot-row , Bethnal-green , boatmaker . Anne Percival , Halkin-terrace . Cadogan-plaee , milliner . David Boast , Phoenix-row , Great Surrey-street , da * count agent .
Robert French Laurence , Charlgrove , OxfordabiM i clerk in holy orders . Thomas Marshall , Sheffield , butcher . . John Bayly , Woolwich , shopman . George Wilkins , St . Alban ' a , coach-builder . James Jones Dransfleld , Hales Ow § n , Worceatenbiity accountant . ? John Rankin , Manchester , biker . James Armitage , jun . Sheffield , fender-maker ,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Andrew Blrrell and George Wright , of Liverpool , vinegar manufacturers—John Kay and George Kay , <» York , boot and shoemakers—Thomas Case , iwe * Mort , and John Simpson , of Liverpool , and ot St . Helens , manufacturers of earthenware—John Woolau and William Ryder , of Higher Grimsby , Lanca shire , csal getters—John Simpson , Joseph Simpson . ¦«» Robert Simpson , of Leeds , Tobacco manufactures 1 * 0 far aa regards Joseph Simpson . ) John Moore isgfM
and Rachael Bainea Ingham , of the Olive Branch Inn , Swinegate , Leeds , innkeepers—James Johflstone » ae < Richard Aspinall , of Liverpool , timber merchants—Arther Ougbterson and Company , of Liverpool , brokers , ( so far as regards Arthur Oughterson)—Cuthbert Bate ' ssn , Christopher Biteson , John Batesen , and wuua » Bateson , of Castleford , Yorkshire , potters { so f « « regards John Bateson }—Charles John tfaddington , Robert Lewin Holt , David Ogden , and Joseph Ogaen , of Liverpool , and of New York , America , merchant *
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 31 . BANKRUPTS . Francis Fenton , grocer , Little Pet ^ r-street , Westminster , February 10 , at half-past twelve , anil » » 10 , at one , at the Cjurt of Bankruptcy , B ^*~ T . street Whitmore , official assignee , B-isingbalBU ^ V Lncas and Parkinson , solicitors , Argyle ^ square , « e »
street . •„ _ William Woods , sen ,, and William Woods , J a * ? hardwaremen , Nevrgate-street , City , February 1 * , one and March 3 , at twelve , at the Court oi J * " » ruptcy , Basinghall-stteet . Pennell , official aaag Goddard , King-street , Cheapside . . ^ y Robert Ames , linen-tiraper , Margate , * f ? T 11 , and March 10 , at eleven , at the Court 01 o ruptcy , Basinghall-street , London . Belcher , 0 assignee . Cox , Pinner ' s Hall , solicitor , via » William Henry Turner and Thomas Blucber Tnrntf . cotton . spinrte-s , Blackburn , Lancashire , FeDr <» 7 and March 4 , at twelve , at the Manchester u « Court of Bankruptcy . Fra ser , official assignee , » . cheater . Grimsditch , Macclesfield ; Slater and B « w » Manchester , solicitors : BeU , Brodrick and Bo" . *™
Churchyard , London . Vphmart ** Joseph Brad well , ironmonger , Yorfc , FeWW ^ and March 16 . at eleven , at the Leeds District to of Bankruptcy . Fearne , official assignee , V * g > Wood , solicitor , York ; Riehardsons and f ^^ l 3 , John Ridsdale , stuff merchant , Leeds , * ^?*' of and March 6 , at eleven , at the Leeds W" ^^ Bankruptcy . Freeman , efficial assignee , Leeaa , w" ^ and Rawaon , solicitors , Bradford . Tlverpobl , JonnJonoa , wine and spirit merchant , Hfjgjj February 8 , and March 7 , at twelve , at the HJgJ District Court ef Bankruptcy . Turner , official asfflgnw , Liverpool ; Robinson , solicitor , UTCrpoffL * r £ 9 David Robertson , merchant , ^^^ Sooi at twelve , and March 14 , at eleven , »* K $ * District Court of Bankruptcy , Bud , official & »*
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] IVOTTINGHAM . Mr . B . Humphries , framework-knitter , U , Lee ' s Yard , Narrow Marsh . Mr . J . Burklaud , ditto , Colwick-streefc , New Snenton . j Mr . Walter Sniallwood , do . Crosslaud-street , Narrow Marsh . i Mr . Isaac Barton , do . 5 , Cherry-street . Mr . William Rice , needle-maker , 21 , Wadestreet . I 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-street . ! Mr . Charles Roberts , tailor , Hackley . Mr . John Baum , framework-knitter , 16 , Abingerstr et . Mr . William Farley , do . 21 , Tiler-street . Mr . John Haslem , gardener , York street , sub-Treasurer . ! Mr . George Clarkstone , lace hand , Old Radford , sub-Secretary .
DERBY . Mr . Thomas Briggs , millwright . City-road . Mr . Edward Drewcot , weaver , Nun ' s-street . Mr . Stephen Heather , petrifactioner , KensiDgton . Mr . Thomas Chester , smith , Castle-place . Mr . William Chandler , weaver , Leaper- street , sub Treasurer . ; Mr . Enos Ford , joiner , City-road , Fub-Secretary . Mr Jahn Moss , cordwainer , Darby-lane , corres ponding Secretary .
MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYSThe 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 ocenrences on the North Midland Railway , the Lords of the Committee ef Privy Council for [ Trade think it right to call the attention of the d rectors 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 bo affected . The experience of the last three years has fully satisfied their lordships
that the comparative exemption which cas been latterly enjoyed from the alarming accidents which occurred so frequently in the infancy of railway travelling , is to be attributed mainly to the gradual formation of establishments of exprienced and trustworthy engiiieidrivers and otlier servants , upon all the leading passenger railways , and that it is only by maintaining such establishments that a repetition of such accidents can be effectually prevented . This opinion has been confirmed by the recent accident upon the North Midland Railway , and the : investigations which their lordsnips have directed , in conEquence . 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 dancer .
" Under these { Circumstances , although my Lords have no wish to Interfere with the discretion oT the directors of railway companies , especially in ca . ° es where pecuniary considerations are involved , they think it their duty to remind them of the heavy responsibility which they will incur if they allow themselves to bo 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 public traffic in safety , or in the ' , accustomed wages of the class of serv . nit 8 upon whose intelligence , sobriety , and habitual good conduct the safely ef the passengers depends . " I am Sir , your obedient servant , " 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-ncseproduct977/page/6/
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