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To The Chartists.
TO THE CHARTISTS .
Mr Tbitr Deah Fkiesds,—Iahallnotf Procee...
Mr TBitr Deah Fkiesds , —Iahallnotf proceed to lay before you the further results of my recent tour , which 1 concluded at Macclesfield on Monday last—a tour which has been the means of reviving Chartism throughout Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire .
FKESIOX . On W e dnes d a y ni ght 1 addressed the good men of Preston in Lord Derby's cock-pit—the managers of the theatre and other public buildings refusing to admit me into their sanctuaries for any sum of money . This fact of itself proves that I am a "terror" to their legions , and that I have arrived at the dignity of being noted . We mustered so strong in Preston , that hundreds could not gain admittance , but w e r e obliged to go away disappointed . Marsden and the old hands have kept the spirit alive through the three y ears ' calm . As I was the principal speaker at the s ev e ral meeting s , and as the subject is one that I shall hereafter illustrate for you and explain to you through the medium of the Star , so thatevery workin g m a n in th e kin gdom shall understand it , I prefer giving you a detail of our position in the 36 vera ! towns to reiterating ray own words .
The meetiug at Preston was a splendid exhibition of the intellectual improvement of the working classes : and if many points of my address were enthusia st ic a ll y ch e ered , not a word of it was lost ; not a word of it tailed to produce its effect . ^ The portions ofthesretem audits consequences which I selected for animadversion throu ghout my tour were , class legislation ; power of machinery ; influence of capital ; casualties , cal a mi t ies , and uncertainties , imposed upon the working classes , the only parties who were not instrumental in producing them ; competitive reserre in the labour market ; what constituted a virtuous , and what a Vicious competition ; the sectionising of society the inevitable result of the centralisation of Government ; the necessity of
individualisiugsoeiety , so that eachman may know Aw own value , and society appreciate him at that value ; the land as the only possible means for placing him in tbatsituation ; the effect of the law of primogeniture , of settlement , and of entail , and my entire accord ance witn every principle of the free traders , provided that the contracting parties were placed upon a per fect equality . For instance ; I admitted the prudence and justice of throwing the working classes upon "their own resources , " while I contended for the justice of taking ike idlers og those resources I admitted the right of the capitalist to purchase labour in the cheapest market , and to sell its produce in the dearest market ; but I contended that a system-made idler , who was hir ed
in the loathsome cellar ; in the gin-palace ; in the bouse of call , where poverty congregates ; in the market-place , where slaves are sold ; in the Mansfield bastUe , where degraded pauperism is compelled to grind the air as a badge of inferiority ; in the Andovcr hostile , where the unwilling idler may be contending with a competitor for the carrion that has escaped the notice of the squire ' s well-fed foxhounds , or mayhap ( horrible to tell ' . ) picking Uit marrow out of Ms )' other ' s , or motlier ' s , or brother's bones . ' ; 1 contended that the capitalist , with an abundance of money , and the power of selection from SUCH a sur plus . ani the labourer so situated , are not upon such terms of equaudt as to make the contract between them a fair and unbiassed contract . 1 also showed the difference to individuals and the nation between a lease for ever , and a lease terminable upon the caprice of a landlord . 1 have made the whole of the and not
• working classes who heard me , they were few , believe that the labourer who worked for himself upon land that Lc bcld for ever was a more free a ^ ent to contract for the sale of that labour to ano th er , than the pauperised unwilling idler , situated as 1 have described him . I have taught them the differesce between slave labour and free labour ; and the result of my teaching has more than repaid me for the labour and expense . I unhesitatingly declare that there is now in England a working class mind which precludes the possibility of the minority much lon-er holding the majority in subjection . The three years' calm that has gone by has not been without its profit Noise -and bluster have given way to deep thought . -3 i There arc two associations in Preston , evidently atrng-Iing for the same object ; but they must know and feel that , as one , they would be much stronger . The y p romi s ed me that th ey w ould unite . I was highly delighted with the Preston meeting .
BCBSLSr . On Thursday I proceeded to Bnrnley , and was met at B l ack b urn with a coach and four ver y h a nd so m e grev horses , an expense which I would rather had been spared . However , I d o not the les s a pp reci a t e the compliment of my warm-hearted friends . Mr . Sntcliffe and Mr . Shuttcame to Blackburn forme . On our passage we were cheered by groups of slaves ; and when we arrived at Padiham , the concourse was so large that I was compelled to address them at some length . From thence to Blackburn , thr e e miles , wc were cheered all along the road by groups of slaves who had been released from the hard day ' s toil . Shortly after my arrival a very splendid band plaved some " Cliartist airs , and in less than a quarter of
of an hour a great part of the population Burnley and surrounding d istricts was as mbled in front of mv hotel . Headed by the band , we proceeded to the Tem per anc e Hotel , w h i c h had b e e n fill e d for s oms time before ; our old friend , John Place , was called to the chair . Mr . Beesley was first introduced , and spoke briefly upon the value of union , and of the land , as a me a ns of ac q uiring social ha p piness and political freedom . I followed , and spoke at considerable length : in fact , until , as in every other place , every stitch on my back , and even my boots , were as wet as if they had been soaked in a river . They teli me that my speech gave universal satisfaction ; and the result may be' seen in £ 10 acknowledged this week for the Land , and £ 3 for the Executive . At
the conclusion of my speech James Holgato , of Colne , put some questions ' to me upon presenting , nic with the amount paid for twenty shares from that town , and which . I answered , to uia satisfaction , and to tut satisfaction of the meeting . I was sorry here to see poor Tatteraall , who was urged on by the enthusiastic promises of his order in 1 S & , suffering under a severe abscess in the back ; the consequence of tht brutal treatment and bad diet he received during hi * two Years' incarceration . He is not the same Tattcrsatt that he was ; but he is a much better man . lie has suffered wore than any other martyr , but he complains less ; and if not as healthy , is as hearty and vigorous in the cause as ever he was . As I had not met with a more deserving person , I p r e s e nted Wm with my " share , " and promised to make a farmer
of him . ¦ . - On the following morning I met some sixteen or twentr working men at their dinner hour at the Temperance Coffee House , and we spent a very profitable hour together . I then visited thefauulyof that princeof Chartists , Mr . Joseph Sntcliffe , grocer ; and after a short time departed for Todniorden , where 1 spent four cheering hours with my eld friends ; a portion of our time being devoted to climbing up mountain ladders to visit some allotments which Enoch Horsfall , with his lorn : legs , assured me were only a mile and a half from Todmorden , but if we had stopped at the end of two miles , wc should never have got there . However , poor Enoch had walked from Burnley , ten miles , and I had no right to complain . From Todmorden 1 went to
noemmn . Here wc had another of those splendid and attentive mectinqs which characterise the rapid march of intellect . Rochdale has distinguished itself by the return of an Irish Chartist , who was tooaoble and too proud in spirit to bow to the O'Connell despotism . Bochdale has been the first amongst the foremost to resist the introduction of the horse-flesh and human marrow-eating Poor-Law ; and Rochdale resolved to out-subscribe our sood friends of Leeds by
contributing one pennv more for the Executive . The meeting was even-thing that I could wish ; and after the proceedings * a b out forty honest working men , many of whom came from distant parts , gave me the pleasure of their companv at my hotel till between twelve and one o ' clock . The veteran , Robert Brook , ot iodmorden , who would not plead " guilty" at Lancaster , was there ; and James Mooney , of Colue , anot h er good soldier in the good fight , was there ; and we had a very delightful , cheerful , and instructive night together .
1 dcriveverv great knowledge from these meetings . At them I learn the characters of the leaders in the movement ; and I am happy to say , now that we have sot rid of "the gentlemen ' that were too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour , " there never was a more effective staff , both nationally and locally , than at present On Saturday I proceeded
MANCHESTER , to commemorate the bloody slaughter on that ^ day twenty-six years , at Peterloo . Being Saturday night , and knot being generally known that the meeting was to take place in the Hall of Science , it was not as numerous as npon former occasions : but yet it ^ as . a large , an attentive , and enthusiastic meeting . James Leech occupied the chair ; and Clark , M'Grath . aud nivselfwerc the principal speakers . Of course , the massacre of the unarmed working basics in ]¦?]<• , formed the principal topic . There was < me ixiiut in mv address , to which I think it necessary to direct public attention generally . It is this : thai the working classes are not to be charged with " iuwmsisteiicv" for advocating a repeal of the
Lorn laws j u lsjfl / and opposing them in 1815 : nor does ihv opposition of the " middle classes to the Corn Laws in ] Si 3 at an _ „ rove liiat tuev have advanced in iibealiiy . On the contrarv , the chan g e p roves working class knowledge , and ' middle class cupidity and selfishness . Thus In 1 S 19 , maeJdncrg had zotgot thejMir th <« it ha * mw and the repeal of the Corn Laws , if serviceable , w o uld have conferre d a hum of individual advantage upon labourers who were not then scctionalizcd , as at present , under the jifflueuc-e of machinery : every individual then , if it had been a benefit , would have had Iris individual ^ arc : hut u ncer the p resent pjwe r of machinery , J « e master who employs 7000 hands would have "Wl shares . Hence we find that the working men ¦ fereijght in their advocacy of reoeal in 1319 , and
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equally right in their opposition to repeal in 1845 ; and the masters were equally brutal and selfish in their opposition to repeal in 1319 , when thev could not have warped all the benefit to their ova advantage , as they arc DOW in their advocacy of the measure , when they hope to preserve the whole benefit " to their own kindly use so as in due time they mav enjoy it " On Sundar I attended
THE RESURRECTION OF CHARTISM AT MIBDLETOX ; and a g lorious resurrection it was . My friends , —It more than repaid me lor my twentv-two years' services in the popular ranks ; for I Have served since the time of the " White Boys , " in 1823 . Yes , in truth , it must have made every good man's heart bound with joy to see tho tributary streams flowhv .: into the unbroken body from every approach and avenue . It must have been a consolation to those who thought that Government persecution , the influence of capital , the power of machinery , the tvranny of the oppressor , and the fleeting " prosperity of trade , " : had crashed Chartism , to see the giant , after three years' slumber , - once more buckling on the armour of freedom ; : The men from Bolton ,
seventeen and a half miles , were there ; and I'll go to them in return . But not to distinguish one above another , every to w n ; within fifteen miles , se nt its staff and its soldiers . If there was one man that day rallied around the uncontaminated standard of Chartism , there were TWENTY THOUSAND ; I prove it thus . Every man present admitted that the assembly would fill the Carpenters ' H a ll more than seven tiroes ; and the Carpenters' Hall will hold 4000 people . But I have better data—I take it from the hireling of the Jfancftesfer Guardian , lie gave us 2000 ; and I always look upon those fellows in the light of a parson , who value their own shave { the tithe ) , and no move . So multiply his 2000 by ten , and you have the exact number at which I * have estimated the meeting . This arithmetician said he counted them fifty one wav , and forty another . I
counted them one way , an d they made 178 , and I could not count them the other way , because the ground was rather uneven . My Frien d s , —The circumstances which distinguished this grand demonstration from similar dem o nstration s , in 1838 and 1839 , are these : firstly , it was got up with very little notice , and in a very short space of time ; secondly , we were unaided by the middle classes , who in the previous years swelled our numbers that the y mi g ht ge t th e control of our movement ; thirdly , thousands thought it impossible to revive Chartism ; fourtldy , the p illaging parson would not allow us to hold the meeting so near the Church as was originally intended , and drove us like the covenanters of old through rugged passes toa kind of mountainous ret rc . it , which , to have s a ti s f a cti o n of the parson , I now christen
MOUNT CHARTER ; and fifthly and lastly , it was the first fine day that the working classes hare had for along period , and itwas natural to expect that they would look for some other amusement after a hard week's toil . "When I was introduced to the meeting , not a man flinched , although the rain fell in torrents and came suddenly upon us . One circumstance was more cheering to me . aud my friends than all the othersput together . Formerly it was almost impossible to command attention at out-door meetings . Stragglers lay upon our flanks , shouting and playing , while w e were generally skirted by a set of mischievous T o ry shop-boys , or Whig free-traders . At Middleton not a sound was heard but the voice of labour's advocate , and the bursting cheer of labourers demanding their
ngbts . Daniel Donovan , of Manc h ester , was uanitnously called to the chair , and , inspired by the scene before him , he o p ened th e busine ss in a short but eloquent congratulatory speech upon such a glorious occasion . He asked all who were interested in the good cause to act as policemen , and preserve order ; and after some further trite and timely observations , introduced William Dixon , of Manchester , to move the first resolution . Dixon made a splendid speech , which you will see reported elsewhere . It was the only speech which can be reported at length . Bell , of Ueywood , seconded the resolution , in a warm appeal to his hearers to follow up the glorious resurrection by a noble resolution to see the principles accom plished . He spoke in eloquent terms , and at considerable length ; and only gave way inconsequence of
the ram coming suddenly upon us . M'Grath , Clark , Leech , a n d Doyle , also addressed the meeting in happy strains of rejoicing . Leeeh , from his knowledge of agriculture and familar cottage phraseology , produced a great sensation when he described the superior pleasures of a husbandman ' s life over those of an operative slave . Y o u will s ee that a t th e close of the meetin g w e collected £ 5 7 s . for the Executive . I here give the three resolutions which were carried unanimously , amid thunders of applause : and thus ended the most sober , the most thoughtful , the most attentive , and the most glorious , although not the most numerous , nut-door demonstraton ever held in England . Please God , before the summer is over , we will h a ve m a n y such in Lancashire and Yorkshire .
1 st . —That we , the working classes of Lancashire , after a calm of threo years , have assembled on . this IT th day of August , at Middleton , to raise the standard of liberty , the I ' toriE ' s Ciiabtek , once more ; and we pledge ourselves , each to the other , and all to the country , never to abandon the struggle for the attainment of that measure until we see its final accomplishment . We further pledge ourselves , aud invite all friends of freedom to do likewise , not to join any party , whether they he aristocrats , middle class men , or labourers , in any agitation which hasforits object any less measure of reform than that contained in
the People ' s Charter . And in order to inspire our brethren with courage and hope , we beg to express our entire and unqualified confidence in our present EsecutH-e , and our resolution to support them , in suite of the revilings of fools and knaves . Wc further pledge ourselves not to recognise any perambulating lecturer , who has not received his appointment as such under the hand of our Executive ; * nd we would recommend the Chartist body through the empire to adopt this our firm resolution ; and , to the end that it may be carried out , we would remind all of the indispensable necessity of placing as many Cliartist voters as are eligible on the list of voters .
2 nd . —That we . the Chartists of Lancashire , in public meeting assembled , having had fonr months to deliberate upon the Chartist Co-operative Land plan , and having maturely considered the same , do hereby express our hearty concurrence in tbeproject , and pledge ourselves to support it by all the means in our power , as in its provisions we recognise the only possible means { under the present system ) of establishing a fair standard of wages in the labour market ; of relieving those whose labour is sufficient to perform the required work from injurious competition ; of relierinjr those employed from the burden of supporting class-made idlers , who would otherwise be a competitive power underbidding those at work in the labour market ; of making capitalists seek labourers when in need of their work , instead of , as at present , labourers being compelled humbly to beg employment from capitalists ; ill fine , as a means of converting slaves into free men , by giving to all that power which every man is entitled to , of living upon the fruits of his own labour and by the sweat of his own brow .
3 rd . —That the foregoingresolutions be published in the Weekly jUispatch , Weekly Chronicle , Xcws of the World , and Northern Star . I left Middleton at a quarter past five for Manchester , where I was to address the peop le in th e Carpenters' Hall ; and again we had a g lorious muster , but notas numerous as upon theprevious Sunday , owing t o a c on s id e rab l e num b er of our men not having returned from Middleton till a late hour . I spoke at considerable length upon some new topics connected with the Land and the Charter . The meeting . appeared satisfied , as wc enrolled thirty-nine member s , and six have since enrolled , making fortyfive in one night . I received £ 2118 s . 3 d . tor the Land Society . On Monday I proceeded to
MACCLESFIELD , where we had a bum pe r : su c h a hamper as I ho p e never to see again in such a place . It was in the Social Hall—a place not more than nine feet high , and without a single window that could be opened . The entrance is through a laue and up , a passage , which prevents the air from coming in . Before 1 rose at all , I was literally stewed . The old veteran , Stubhs , was in the chair , and first introduced John West , who always makes such a speech as no man can possibly answer—in fact , he would have done all thfcvioik without me . It is a shame , a crying sin , nay , tre a son , that wc cannot place this man in a sit u a ti o n to en a bl e him ta give ev ery moment o f hi s tunc to our cause . It is actual prostitution to see such intellect weaving pocket handkerchiefs for idlers to blow their noses in . I spokeaiter West for nearly two hours , until I could literally speak no more . 1
was like a dripping statue from head to loot ; and I was so thoroughly stewed , that I h a v e n o d o ubt the class-made paupers in the Andover workhouse would hare considered me a delicious repast . I never saw a meeting better satisfied . After the proceedings had terminated , West and his wife , and several other friends , came to my hotel and sat with mc till a late hour . I was also introduced to the "Joan of Arc , " the only female that was imprisoned for the League conspiracy in 1 S 12 ; she is a very comely , cleanly , intellectual looking young woman . The ruffians sent her to Chester for a year ; and her conduct was so good , that the matron appointed her to the office of deputy-matron over the class-made female thieves , and she was remarkable for her good conduct . I asked her what she was imprisoned for ? and she answered— " I am sure I don ' t know , sir ; they called itconspiracy , because I told the working people that they ought not to starve when they were willing to
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work . " We enrolled several members , ¦ an # ? a ) ' ¥ alf past six o ' clock on Tuesday morning : Wesfc ^ & hiptther of other friends came to see , ifl | Njfl £ j » ttsatwith me ; till I started . Thus I hav 6 cmttftuMft'tour which throughout has given mounmi * en s ' atisfaction . | jjA ( can I conclude my letter without mentioning a ^' cir cumstanee which is as cheering to me as it must be gratifying to . them ; namely , the entire confidence that the working classes , without an exception , hare in their Executive , also without an exception . The people have now discovered that tho object of the snarJcrs is to withdraw confidence from an Executive of working men , who merit the highest praise for . their devotion to the cause of Chartism , a nd who have evinced the most entire absence of selfishess by slaving away while in arrear of wages amounting to
nearly £ no . They not only did not murmur or complain , but they did not even relax in their exertions ; and I have the pleasing consolation to be placed in a situation which enables me to demand justice formen who are too proud to ask it for themselves . Yon will see that by my own exertions I have collected the sum of £ 46 4 s . 5 d . towards the liquidation of their just claims ; and now , nvjr friends , if Chartism is to revive ; and if my unpaid services are worth my reward ; and if the snariere are to be balked of their prey—the ruin of Chartism—through the destruction of our Executive ; and if the spirit dwells within you , let us see that you do not requirefurther appeal from rae to remind you of your sense of duty to yourselves
and your appointed servants . Let every town in England , Scotland , and Wales send in it s f a ir share . Let us have a surp lu s inste a d o f a deficiency in the exche q uer ; a nd I pled ge m y self that in les s than one month we will recall half a score of our toolong-idle lecturers once more to preach the spirit of social happiness and political freedom—the Land and the Charter . Thanking you , my friends , more fully than I can find words to express my feelings , for your uniform attachment and confidence in me , despite the malice of hypocrites , slaves , fool s , a nd tools , I remain your ever faithful friend , and unpurchaseable servant , Fbarous O'Conxor .
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FRANCE . According to the new electoral lists , tho number of electors in Paris is reduced from upwards of 21 , 000 to about 16 , 000- This reduction is attributed to the operation of the new law of patentes , or licences . A considerable reduction , it is s ai d , may be expected to take place in all commercial towns possessed of the franchise , and from the same cause . The return ol Marsha } Bugcaud to France , oh leave of absence , has given rise to hopes that this ruthless governor has been virtually recalled . ¦ ;' . "
SWITZERLAND . The Swiss Diet was engaged on the 9 th in discussing the question of Lucerne . On the Ilth , it took up the matter of the federal staff officers who took part with the free corps , and the motion that they should be struck off the roll . This met with opposition f ro m B e me Argau , and Bale country , the three cantons who were compromised in the affair , and who thought that the past should be covered with the veil of oblivion . But the proposal was earned by a majority of fourteen . On the 12 th the Diet entered on the question of amnesty . A proposal was made that a federal recommendation should be sent to Lucerne to pardon the nine prisoners whom it holds , and the forty-three persons who have been condemned by default , and to call all the others back into the canton . The Radical cantons supported this proposition , but it was rejected by a majority .
GREECE . The Malta Times mentions the discovery of a consp iracy whi c h i s said t o have h ad it s o ri gin at Napoli , Hydra , andPoros , and led to the arrest of several officers , most of whom belon ? to the artillery . According to the account received b y the Ma l t a Time s several of the officers of the regular army at Athens have been dismissed from the service , By direct accounts froni Athens , of the 81 stult ., wc learn that the conspiracy was not of so extensive a nature as was at first supposed , and tho country , generally speaking , is tranquil ; but great violence has been exhibited in the legislative chambers ; and the language used in the Chamber of Deputies by some of the members was so coarse that the President was provoked into observing that they were unworthy to represent the Greek , nation . It is stated that the chest containing the cash of the navy at Poros has been stolen . The amount in it was U , 000 drachmas .
CIRCASSIA . Constasuxoplr , July 28 . —A great many Circassians have just arrived from their country ; they give rather different accounts of the operations of Count Woronzoff than those which have appeared in the St . Petersburg !! and Odessa papers . The Russians must have suffered severely in their engagements , and the wounded were being shipped off from Sohoam . A great many reinforcements to Sbamil Bay had gone from Circassia to Sidjak Sou , where one division of his army was collected ; a second division was assembled not far from Tiflis ; and a third was reserved for plundering expeditions ( chappols ) . A small bod y of Russians had been beaten by the Abazal e es , near th e Kouban , but it must hav e bee n a trifling affair . We ought , at no distant period , to get more detailed intelligence from that quarter .
GERMANY . The New Catholic Movement . — A letter from H a l b erstadt , in Pru s sia , of the 7 th , says : — "M . llongc preached here to-day , in the court of the cathedral . As lie terminated his sermon with the words ' Rome must and will fall , ' a Catholic exclaimed , ' And you also , heretic , ' and then advanced to M . Ronge with the intention of throwing a stone at him , but another Catholi c , who was n e ar th e preacher , prevented this , and knocked the offender down with a stick . A great tumult then ensued , and the troops were called out , and forced to use th e i r arms . It is said that several persons were severely wounded . Before peace conhl be restored the partisans ofM . Ronse had nulled to the eround the house of
the man who had menaced him . The " New Refoumatios . "—The following l e tter from Halberstadt furnishes further particulars relating to the preaching of Abbe Ronge : — " Halberst a dt , Aug . 10 . —On Wednesday afternoon Abb 6 Ronge , wh o has numerous p a r tisans in thi s place , delivered his first sermon at Halberstadt , in the open air , and in the yard of the cathedral , before several thousand persons of every age and sex . As soon as he had pronounced the last words of his sermon , which were these , — ' Y e s , brethren , Rome oug ht to fall , and she will fall ' . ' arustlingnoise was heard among the portion of the audience nearest the pul p it , when a salesman , well known for the fervour of his religious belief , rushed forward after Abbe Ronge , who had
just left the pulpit , and endeavoured to throw a stone at him . The persons who were near this fanatic held him back and prevented him realising his culpable intention ; but at the same instant a young man struck , with a heavy stick , a violent blow upon the back of Abbe" Rouge , who immediately fell on the ground . The Abb 6 got up and ran away , but soon afterwards was further ill-treated by several other men ; and it was only with great difficulty , and through the protection afforded him by a great number of his friends , that h e suc c eeded in gaining th e h o tel he lod ged at . Some moments after a ' crowd ol his partisans walked through the streets of the town , and threw stones at the windows of the houses they thought to be inhabited by Roman Catholics . The police put all their agents on foot to appease the tumult , but their efforts were useless ; the rioters
breathed only rage and vengeance . The military were called out , some detachments of in f antry and cavalry appeared , and after having ordered the rebels to retire , which was not obeyed , the troops charged t h em , and blood flowed in abundance . The German Catholics went in crowds to the Rue dc la Digue , where dwelt the salesman who had endeavoured to throw a stone at Abb 6 Ronge ; they barricaded themselves in this narrow street , and demolished irom top to bottom the house of this individual . It was only then they separated , and that tranquillity was reestablished in Halberstadt . The number of the killed a n d wounded i s not at pres e nt known ; that o the persons arrested is upwards of 150 . The Royal Court of Magdeburg has instituted an inquiry into the affair , and will judge it when the inquiry has terminated . "
( From the Journal des Debats of Monday . ) The letters we have received from Leipsic , dated the 13 th of this month , bring us accounts which are not without gravity . Public tranquillity has , say these Ictteis , been seriously and unexpectedly troubled in this rich and populous city , the CClltrc of the commerce of Germany . The ' population of Leipsic , that had shown alrcadv great svmnathics for the new German Catholic Church , of " which , as is well known , the Abby Ronge is the founder and chief , took advantage of a review of the Rural Guards to make a violent manifestation , which led to deplorable tumults . His Itoval Highness Dnkc John , only brother of the King of Saxony , Commandant-General of the Rural Guards of the Kingdom , arrived at Leipsic on the 12 th inst . to inspect this militia . The prince is , it is said , a zealous Catholic , and passes for having contributed , in the Council of Ministers , to th e m e asures taken a g ainst the proselytes of the Abb 6 Ronge in Saxony , who
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has been prohibited to open churches , or to cel e br a t e publicly divine service . When the Prince presented himself before thff . Rural Guard , the commanding o fficer , according to usage , cried the first , " Prince John for ever ! ' * ( Vive le Prince Jean J . The cry was received by a general murmur ; nevertheless , no other manifestation troubled tho review . It was when the troops filed oiF'thafc symptoms of violent animosity broke out against the person of the Prince m the ranks of the militia ; and among the population assembled ; on the spot . The Commandant having repeated the cry , " Vivele PrincoJean ! " there arose from all parts confused cries of " Ronge for ever !" " P " * , * * . the Jesuits ! " " Down with the hypoernes ! f he Prince after the review went to the Hotel , of Prussia , and was followed by'the whole '
population , who did riot cease to repeat the cms of . "Down with the Jesuits ! " " Ronge for ever ! " The guard of honour of the Prince used their efforts to maintain order , and to clear the square , but they were forced back by the mass of the population that invaded ' all the adjacent streets . The Prince then gave ' orders . to . a' battalion 0 f infantry of the line to take up their position before his hotel . - During this time the population continued their turbuleat manifestations , and sang first the cel eb r a t ed chorus of Luther , " Einc festeburg ist unser Goth" ( Our God is a fortress ) , and afterwards a strophe of a song from the Brigands of Schiller , " Ein Ireies lebeiifuhren wir" ( We lead a free and charm ' lngHife ) . The population , growing more and more , e xcited , began to throw stones at . the windows of the
apartments inhabited by the Prince , and broke several of them . The Commander of the troops ( then about half-past ten in the evening ); not having been able to disperse the population , g ave or de r s t o fire upon the people . It is asserted that this discharge took place without any previous notice having been given to the people , or that it was given in such a manner as not to be heard but b y those neare s t the troop , 'flic bullets , in fact , struck , in particular , inoffensive persons , who stood at some distance from the scene of disorder , on the parade in front of the hotel . The number of the wounded has been estimated at thirty , seven of whom have already died . Among the latter was a Government officer , a police agent , and the father of a family , standing at the
time before his door , inquiring what was the cause of the tumult . This event has exasperated the population ; and , to prevent more serious consequences , the authorities assembled together the Rural Guards , wh o su cc ee ded at about two o ' clock in th e m o rnin g in dispersing the crowds , ' The Prince quitted . Leipsic in tho morning , but was a ga in hi s se d by the populace in the' utreets lie passed through , and stones were also thrown at his coach . . The troop is ordered to the barracks ; and the authorities have sent for a battalion of infantry to reinforce the garrison . This battalion was received by the hisses of the populace , who manifested the greatest animosity against the troop . The Municipal Council has ordered the severest measures for the maintenance of order . :
AXOTHEU ACCOUNT . Leipsic , Au o usr 13 . —Blood Hows within the peaceful walls of our city ..-Around us arc dead and wounded , who have fallen a sacrifice to t h e balls oi tlw military . Yesterday Prince John came here to review our Civic Guard . He had already been very coolly : received at Chemnitz , and even here opinion was early put forth against him . The reason of this was understood t o be the re p ort circulat e d r e s pect ing his reserve and reluctance to the establishment of the German Catholic community , which , probably , was the more readily adopted on account of the dissatisfaction which his conduct in the late Diet had occasioned . He has sent , his son , too , to another universit y—a step which is by no means liked here ; and , finally , an unfavourable influence is ascribed to him
as to the ministry of worship .. The opi nion h e reb y produced was made mauilcst yesterday noon , on the exercise ground , by . repeated huzzas for Ronge , and in spite of calls made by the Commandant Haase , scarcely fifty voices gave watt for the Prince . Many arrests speedily followed . Though the excitement was very great , people did not suppose that the worst was yet to come . About nine o ' clock a great multitude assembled in War-horse-place , in front of the Prussian Hotel , where the Frince . usually alights . The tattoo was loudly beat , and the people as loudly expressed their opinions . ' The crowd in lvont of the hotel , on tka appearance of the Prince at the balcony , gave three loud shouts for . Ronge , and th e favourite songs of the Catholic reformers were sung . The attitude of the mob was extremely vehement . The
tumult continued , and all the windows in the Prince ' s hotel were broken . The party of military here , amounting to only 200 men , were brought out at ten o ' clock . When they came to War-horsc-place , the square was speedil y cleared ; but the masses continued in the adjoining streets . The people began to separate ; but , though they were thrice summoned to disperse by the military ^ the dispersion could not very s p ee d il y take place . Five rounds of musketry were nved , when nine were kiHed , and ten severely wounded , besides numbers who we r e s li ghtly by the cross firing from the hotel . The commandant was Colonel Susmilch . Persons attracted to the spot by curiosity suffered most while they were endeavouring to disperse . The promenading places were now pretty quiet . The excitement , however , was not
su p press e d , but rather strengthened . The masses collected themselves in the city and on the promenades about War-horse-place . The cries of rage were frightful . At last the Prince ordered the Civic Guard to be called out ; and at half-past eleven the " appel" was beat . Had this been done at first , the tumult would have been kept down , and we should not have had so many human lives to lament . The Civic Guard had now to disperse the multitude ; but they would only do it on the condition that the military-should be withdrawn . This was not conceded , and therefore the whole of their commanders left their posts and went home . The masses were now left to disperse themselves as they liked . The employment of fire-arms was not resorted to where only mere tumultuous movements occurred . Late in the night ,
and even till hall-past two in the morning , the complete dispersion had not taken place . However , the p eo p l e then went a w a y in order that they might return as early as six o ' clock . At six o ' clock the Prince left lifs hotel , and went to the post station , lie was followed by hisses , rough music , and continued cries of "Be off ! be off ! " The wave-like movements of the multitude continued in ail parts ol the town until this moment ( nine o ' clock in the morning ) . It is not possible to give a correct picture of the fri ghtful excitement which had seized upon the minds of all men . No one ventured , or knew h ow it was possible , to make any defence for what had happened , and violent speeches were hoard on every side ,
loudly uttered without any fear . It may be easily conceived that the person of the Prince and his hitherto proceedings were not at all spared . The people spoke to each other of the steps which they thought necessary , and whi c h they fe l t it to be th e i r duty not to neglect . This day a meeting of students is to take place before twelve o ' clock . There is every reason to fear what may occur this evening , for artillery is already brought from Dresden . Among the dead are two students , two police officers , and , according to report , Dr . Br , professor of medicine , and a number of well-known respectable citizens . We just learn that the students , armed with cudgels , are assembling , and that the outer gate of the city is occupied by a strong division of the Civic Guard .
THE OVERLAND CALCUTTA MAIL . Papers and letters have been received b y express in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Calcutta . The dates are Calcutta , July 3 ; Madras , July 10 ; Bombay , July 3 ; Alexandria , Aug . 8 ; and Malta , Aug . 12 . _ There is nothing new from the Punjaub lately . The Sikhs have been tolerably quiet , partly under the influence of a most fearful outbreak of cholera , which has cut them down faster than they ever cut down each other , and partly because , for the present , the army s " occupation ' s gone ; " there being nobodv with whom it can fig ht e xce p t P e shora Singh , whom it does not . choose to meddle with , and the British , whom it thinks
best to let alone . Peshora Singh is in open rebellion against the power of the Wuzcer . whom he wishes to depose , and being as much in favour with the troops as Juwahir Sing h i s in dis g rac e with them , will probably effect his purpose . ihc cholera at Lahore is disappearing fast , after carrying off some 25 , 000 or 30 , 000 people in the city and neighbourhood . The disease has , however , crossed the Sutlej and appeared at Ferozcpore ; but it would - appear-with diminished virulence . The common cholera has been destructive enoug h here , till chocked ; by the rains , which have now regularly set in ; and to have a visit from a disorder , which in Lahore destroyed hundreds in a day , \ rould be terrible indeed . ¦
. A _ native paper reports a most homwc case of dacoity , . oiv gang robbery , in a district near Calcutta . A teiid-oUlacoits attacked and entered the house ol a ¦ Brahmin ,- whose family comprised an unusual number of women . These on the attack retired to a room , locked themselves in , and from the insidf parleyed with the robbers , offering them all their , ewcs and ornaments if they might be spared from insult or injury . The ruffians , however , broke into the room , and proceeded to divest the poor women of their ornaments and clothes , and—it is almost too monstrous for belief—when the ring or bang le from the arm or-ancle did not come away easily , the y cut off the limb . After mutilating ten or twelve women m this hornbls manner , they retired with their booty .
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Some of their victims have died from their wounds it is said , f A very annoy i ng acc id e nt occurred near C a lcutt a lately . A fine suspension-bridge , tho longest , it is said , in India , just as it was completed , fell into the water , it was thrown over the Ruloo Khal , a creek a few iniles up the river . 16 was constructed on a new principle , ami is described in the " Mechanics ' Magazine" for October last . ¦ -ft * foil is not , however , attributed to anything radically wrong in its principle or construction , bu t to an "error of judgment "
in its constructor , an officer of the Bengal engineers , while making some alteration in some part of it . Nobody yvas hurt by the fall of the bridge , as ihe only person upon it was a boy , wW , when ho saw it was going , leaped from it into the water . I never saw the bridge , but to judge from a pictorial elevation of it , I should say that the suspension chains , or rods , form too acute an angle with tho road-wav . The ^ entre of the bridge and the point of suspension form an angle of only about 15 degrees , and the spams 250 feet . There is nothing new from China .
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Stavfordshirb Misbhs . —According to the announcement in last week ' s Star , Mr . Roberts arrived on Monday last , at the Wolverhampton station by half-past twelve , . when a g oodl y number from various parts of . the district were assembled to meet him : They moved on in procession to Bilston , with music playing and banners Hying .. A good substantial dinner was provided at the Sampson and Lion , Bil s ton , which being disposed of , all repaired to the place ol meeting , where some thousands were already assembled . Mr . Linney was unanimously callcit to the chair . Messrs . Brown and Ramsay addressed ' the meeting in a very suitable manner , after which the chairman introduced Mr , Roberts , w h o said , he had
formerly been a public speaker , but was not now . Nevertheless , he would not hesitate to exert himself when called on b y the w o rkin g c l a sse s , as he was entirely wedded to them . He was there that day to ask them a simple question—Were-they prepared to become members of the Miners ' A ssociati o n ? ( Cheers . ) He would not tnko their cheers as an answer , but would in a fortnight hence learn if they h a d su b scri b ed , and forwarded their pence to the General Board . Then he would know if any good had been done ; if not , in that time he would—not wash his hands of them—but attend to another call , lie repeated the question—Were they prepared to do their share of the work ? He had been lighting for them these last twenty years , but it was impossible
to win their battles if they remained disunited . In the Commissioners' Report , lately published , was fo be found a long list of the South Staffordshire grievances , which would scarcely be credited if not known to be true . Amongst which was the abominable Truck system ; numerous accidents from various causes ; and the number of premature deaths were found to be above one half , or fifty-five out of every hundred—another great evil in Lancashire , was where women were brought in to supersede the men when on strike ; but ajlittle sacrifice and the spirit of union once carried out in its simplest forms , would deal a death blow for ever to those crying evils . The battle for freedom was now on the other districts , and until they were prepared he would so and fight
elsewhere . Mr , It . here related the particulars of the Haswell explosion , and the inquest held ; also the late explosion in Wales , where twenty-six lives were sacrificed . He also detailed the doings of the Welsh Trucksters , where he latelyjeasedoncof those rotten bacon gentlemen of £ 15 . In these m a tter s , although often and loudly called on , they never raised their voices . How lamentable to think , while the sacrifice required was so small , that they should be so indifferent . Union they should emb race , or they must still remain in slavery . Since the Union had been established in Lancashire , as much as £ 1000 a fortnight had been raised ; and the wages in the succeeding fortnight had risen £ 5000 . Masters themselves have admitted that within the
last year £ 100 , 000 more was paid for wages than in the year previous . But raising wages alone was not his business . Ho wanted to raise that tone of manly feeling , and witness throughout a higher tone of clcvatioiv amongst the labouring classes , such as h e had se e n in the N or th , which gave him more real pleasure than the £ 100 , 000 advance in the wages . He wished also to see women aud children appear more r e s p ectabl e , and to be better educated . Another part of his business was in teaching magistrates their duty . He did not ask them to support him , but to support themselves , by uniting with their brethren , and get rid of the chains they had forged ; and to look on him as one who was striving for the emancipation of the working classes from social thraldom . A vote of thanks was given to Mr .
Roberts and the chairman , after which the meeting dispersed evidently well pleased with the day ' s proceedings . Blackburn Mixers . —The strike at Broadficld and Belthom collieries still continues , without any prospect of a termination . The masters arc determined that the men must g ive ud th ei r Union before the y return to work ; A deputation consisting of four men , two from Broadficld and two from Belthorn , waited upon Mr . Thomas Simpson , one of the owners of the c o llier y , and printing master , at Fox-hill Bank , to know upon venal conditions he would allow them to return to work ; and here are his terms : —'' The men must give up their Union ; take to Thomas Simpson their cards of membership ; sign an agreement previous to it oei ' mj jilUd up , and for not leas than
twelve months . The Broadficld men to go and work in the Belthorn pit , and to work night and day , so that the knobsticks may work in the Broadficld mine , which is much better and thicker than the other ; and that only those men who have not taken any active part in the Union , or made any exertion to carry on the st r ike , shall be allowed to return to work ; those who have taken an active part in tho Union , or daring the strike , must be sacrificed . " The men requested to be allowed to return to work without signing the agreement , an d to receive th e wages received pr e vi o u s t o bein g shut out of the pit —the master to employ whom he may think proper ; th e k nobstick s t o w o rk in the Belth o rn pit , and work night ana day with the old men . " These
fair and liberal propositions af the men were indignantl y rejected . The Union has hcen established in these collieries about two years ; and during that period the men have advanced their wages one-half . Previous to the Union they worked twelve and fourteen hours per day for from four shillings and sixpence to seven shillings per week , in a mine from fifteen to eighteen inches thick . The families of tho men lived upon the meanest description of food , and were nearly destitute of clothing . Altogether , misery , poverty , hunger , and wretchedness were their lot . Ignorance abounded . Few can either read or write , having been put into the pit in their very infancy . And yet this Scotch maw-worm—a man who has sprung from the dunghill , would perpetuate this state of things . Since the Union started they can earn from ten to fourteen shillings per week , and arc well satisfied with the
amount : but it is too much ; and Simpson has determined to break up the Union , that he may aga in rule with an iron hand . Will the peop le all o w t h is ? Let these men be supported ! They have now stood eighteen weeks , and will stand eighteen weeks move , if tlioy can only get as much as will keep them from starving . It is the duty of the working classes at once to set to work , and send in subscriptions for their support . No time is to be lost . Let these sons of toil see that a beggar-bom shall not , with all his riches , subdue their virtuous resolves . Subscriptions may he sent , either to George Norton , Temperance Hotel , King-street , Blackburn ; or to Mr . W . Bccsey , caro of Mr . George Nurton , King-street , Blackburn . # gr Mr . Beesley will meet the men at Belthorn , on Sunday next , at five o ' clockp . m .
, ^ Strike of the Operative Drens of Glasgow . — The operative Dyers of the city and suburbs of Glasdow formed themselves into a Union of their trade about twelve years ago , since which period tlwy have continued firmly united , and consequently have b een consid e rabl y successful in their endeavours to improve their condition . Previous to their Union their wages were about twelve shillings per week , and they had to work often " in time of briskness" from sis in tho morning till ten at night , and sometimes till twelve o ' clock at ni ght , without a farthing additional wages . Some time after they were properly org a nised , they got their time shortened to ten hours per day , and their wages advanced from twelve shillings to sixteen shillings per week ; but even witb that advance , from the very fluctuating nature of the
trade , their wages , taking the year round , do not average more than from eleven shillings to twelve shillings per week . About twelve or fifteen months ago the men made an appeal to the masters for an adv ance of wages ; but their a p peal was tr ea t ed with contempt . A few weeks past the men renewed their appeal , but in a different form . They made a dem a n d f or an a d vance of t wo shillings pe v week , winch demand was resisted by the masters , who arc also in union ; and the whole body ceased labour on the Mth inst . iSiie of the most influential of the masters have given the advance , but others of them are doing all in their power to defeat the men . Some of them have offered the advance on condition that the men would sign a bond that tlioy would withdraw from the Union , and not join any other , This proposal the
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men hare rejected with scorn . A number of tha masters are now beg inning to resort to the old trick of taking in "knobs ; " men who nev e r wer e at the I business before . A difficulty stands hi the way of the I masters here , few of them having any one to learn ; their "knobs . " Tha men arc sanguine that they will succeed , unless the masters get men from England ; 'but they have no . fear upon that score , providing their English brethren are made acquainted with the real state of the case . The firm of Fleming , Watson , Nairn , and Co ., great advocates of " free trade , " were the first to'advertise ¦ for "knobs . ' Alexander Iteid , of Goran , filled his shop with ' knobs" a few years ago . Lately these men app lied to be admitted into the Vnion . They were admitted ; and on the Hth every man of them ceased work , and are- now Hie most determined body of men in tha whole Union .
I Ihe Tailors or Chippenham , Wiltshire . —A i meeting of the Provincial Tailors' Relief Society took place on Friday , August loth , at the Swan Inn , River-street , on which occasion the meeting was addressed b y Mr . 0 . Maunder , agent fo the United Tailors' Protection Society . Alter u most powerful appeal to the trade , on the necessity of raising oner national and uniform shieid of protection , the lectu r er at do w n a mid general approbation . Tlie com- niittee of the Town Association then screraflv addressed the members , and proposed that the account *" be settled with the Provincial Society , and the Body , at once proceeded to form a section of the Protectioa Union .
Ihk Iauors op Bath , Somrrsesskhk . —A general meeting of the Tailors was held at their association room . Grapes Tavern , Wcstgatc-strcet , to hear a lecture from Mr , Charles Maunder , from tho Islandof Jersey . Subject : "A review of the . past and present state of the trade—offering , the principles of the United- Tailors' Protection Society as the only remedial measure at present within the reach'of . the * journeyman Tailor . " The speaker was listened to with great attention throughout his discourse ; and ' the committee decided that the meeting should adjourn until Monday next , when Mr . M . would meetf tt \ e honourable employers , and als o a larger number " of the journeymen by the committee giving a full ' publicity of the intended meeting , and waiting on the different employers . In the mean time , Mr . Maund e r w o uld vi s it the towns of Bradford , Tonbridge , Warminster , and Prome .
United Trades Association . —The Central Committee met at their office , SO , Hyde-street , Bloomsb ury , on Monday , the 18 th instant . Mr . Bush , vicepresident , in the chair . Letters approbatory of tho " plans" w er e r ea d from the Tr a d es of Bradf o rd , Derby , Oldswinford , the Mercantile Association , and others of Manchester , the Carpet Weavers of Kidderminster , the Ilandloom Weavers of Knarcsboro ' , the Block Printers of Crayford , the Framework-Knitters of Mansfield , and from the Miners of Scotland and Lancashire . The committee was occupied until late m the evening with important business and ultimately adjourned until Monday , tho 25 th instant . DtrxcoMiiK TusTiMosiMi —The secretary , has received the following sums since the last report : —Mr . J . Beech , Mcrthyr Tydvil , Is . ; Mr . Thomas Chard , Carpenter , Is .
. Fhamework-knittkrs' Movemest . —A county delegate meeting of Framcwork-kuittcra was held on Monday last , at the B . ickby Arms , Leicester , when delegates were present from the various branches in Leicester , Loughborough , Sliamford , Sileb y , Glen , l \ lgstone , Whitcrick , Thornton , Kibworth , Smccton , Syston , T l m r maston , Woodhouse , Ac , when it was unanimously agreed— " That the delegates present use their utmost endeavours to assist tho committee in carrying out the present measures , and for the bringing in of a uii . l for the prevention of frauds in the marking of hosiery goods , Ac . " A code of rules was adopted , after a discussion , for tho government of all minor districts in Leicestershire , under the consolidated union of Framework-knitters . On tho motion of Mr . Kirby , of Wigstonc , seconded by Mr . Taylor , of Loughborough , it was unanimously agreed
— "That the rules be printed on a sheet form , and sold to the members of the union . " Districts have been formed at Loughborough , Glen , Wigstono , Kibworth , Smcct o n , and Thurmaston . At the latter place 208 joined in one week , and nearly all paid . On Monday next Messrs . Winters and Buckby attend a t Syston and Sil eby , for the purpose of forming dist r icts , and hope that as many as value their own rights will attend on tho occasion . In the evening a very numerous meeting was held in the large amphitheatre , to e x p l ai n th o pr o vi s i o n s of the new act , when a discussion arose on the latter part of tho seventh clause . But the " act" generally gives great satisfaction . After Messrs . Johnson and Winters had addressed the meeting on the " act , " Mr . George Buckby moved in an eloquent speech , and Mr . Gcovgc Read , of Thurmaston , seconded— " That this meeting uses its best endeavours to establish unions in tho
vavvous branches , for the protection of labour , and the carrying out of all constitutional measures that may be adopted by the general committee , or any act that may be enacted by the legislature for our benefit . " Carried unanimously . A gentleman handed in 5 s . towards the expenses , and the meeting , after some routine business , was dissolved . Tub Knareshorc- ' Tunx-our . — The turn-out at this place still continues , with unabated determination on the part of the men , with the exception of a few that have taken out work this week . We have expected this all along ; and the traitors will do us less injury "in" than " out ; " for they have set afloat all kinds of reports to our injury .
Lancashire Misers' Ixtblmosxck . —The General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , at the house of Mary Marsh , tho iu ' ng ' s Head , St . Helen ' s . Chair to b e taken at eleven o'clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution ana law fund , is Is . lid . per member .
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Suicide . —On Monday Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the White Jlorsc , Rupert-street , Haymarket , on the body of Emma Whale , aged twentyfive , wife of a bootmaker in Upper Rupert-street . On Sunday forenoon , between ten and eleven o ' clock , deceased swallowed an ounce and a half of oxalic acid , and she died about noon on the same day . Her husband had left her on the 28 th of May w ' ith her friends at Winchest e r , and , h a vin g obtained work in Lond o n , he sent for her about six weeks ago , and she came to him . Four days after it was proved that she had been faithless to him during his absence . She acknowledged it , and s . iid she bad been inveigled to Portsmouth from Winchester by a woman named Lynch ; that , on arriving at Portsmouth , Lynch took her to a public-house near the ramparts , kept by a woman named Day ; thai after tea they had some wine , when they were joined by . a half-pay navy captain , who induced her to drink more wine , which overpowered her ; that she and Lynch retired to a bedroom , which , after a few minutes , was entered stealthily b y the soi-disant c a p tain , n po n which Lynch ran away , and t h e ca p t ai n l o ck e d her in the room , and slept wit h her . She scarcely knew , she told her husband , what she was about , for she could do nothing but cry . The captain , who saidlus name was Edward Stewart , pressed deceased to go and live with him , and said he would take her to India . H e of f e re d her m o ney and bijouterie , she said , and told her . to write to him , "Miss Louisa Edwards , Post-office , Hull . " The husband told the jury he believed her story , and promised to forgive her . The disgrace , however , weighed too heavily on her mind . Verdict , " Temporary derangement . "
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Mr . M'Grath will visit Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Sunderland , South Shields , Carlisle , and other towns in the North , during the course of the ensuing fortnight , lie will proceed thence to Scotland , and will be duly provided with account hooks , rules , and ca rd s o f membershi p . The localities in the North needin g his services must immediately correspond with Mr . Nisbett , 0 , Gibson-strcct , Ncwcastlc-upon-Tyne ; and those in Scotland with Mr . Smith , 20 \ Rotten Row-street , Glasgow . Masciiesier . —Mr . M'Grath will lecture on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) , in the Car p enters ' Hall : subject— " The Land and its Capabilities . " Chair fo be taken at half-past six o ' clock . A special meeting of the members will be held on Sunday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , in the Hall . It is reouested that all who can , will attend ,
Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Wm . Bell , of llcywood , will lecture in the Working Man's Hall , Ilorscdgc-strcot , at six o ' clock iiithc evening . NoTi / xeiiAM . — A public meeting will be hold on Mapperlev Hills , on Monday next , August 2 . 5 th , at two o'clock in the afternoon . The Land Society meet in the Democratic Chapel every Monday evening , at eight o'clock . Barxsley . — The members and friends of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to attend a public meeting , at Mr . Thomas Aeklam ' s , on Monday evening next . Mn . Thomas Clark will lecture at Ilcliden Bridge on Tuesday ; Lower War-ley , Wednesday ; and at Sowcrby Helm , Thursday . Mr . C . Doilf . will lecture at Bacup on Tuesday ; Walingrccn , Wednesday ; and at Oswaldtwistle , 'i'lvatsdav .
Hevwood . —A meeting will be held on Monday , which will be addressed by Mr . M'Grath and Mr . Doyle , to commence at eight o'clock in the evening . The members of the Cliartist Association are requested to meet in their room , Hartley-street , on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening . Bradford . —On Sunday next a public meeting will l ) c held in Ywiden , near Bradford , on tho Chartist Co-operative Land plan . Messrs . Alderson , Smith , and others will address the meeting . — 'flic members of the Cliartist Council will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . —The members of the Chartist Co operative Society will meet for the transaction of b u s iness , on Monday evening , at eig ht ¦ - * « ¦ ; T . 4 puWic mccti "g - will be held in the house of Mr . Dalby , sign of the Robin Hood , Underclyfe . on , Sunday evening , at luU > n « st five o ' clock ,
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