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ADDRESS _. ¦ ' :. _- > aiWK » _rtii jut ? 3 , 1852 . __ ___ _^«^_ == _^ ; _% HE STAR OF FREEDOM 5 ______ _ULMiTTT-li _ _~^~^^^^^^^^^ _~ — ' "' ----- - ¦ - . __ . ¦_ . _-. __ _.., _,. _ ¦ _^ _T _^?^ T _^^^" _* r _ _" _- _^ _- _** _*^* _^»> t _^^ fi _* mtmmTmmmma-a _* maMmtm _* _ammaK _—mmimam——wmwmmm-m-mmm- _—* - _————— -m 1 11 ___________ __ . . .... .
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I 0 1 TO - HE EDITOR OF THE STAB OF FREEDOM _^ J J J \ Yhen a man of mark such as Richard _kTSdT _^ aes an address to the Electors of the Wert _S ' _SS ' it is esteemed a public _top _^ _° , _™ " i ' _lSb _aH as important . That Richard Cobden ila Sarah an assembly as the British House of _Comipurs-i -J _* Je t _ _ss _ s
_ilarfdar man ; fame and opportunity are . _S Sard Cobden has not yet proved himself to be a _S _tmaa . At this moment he alternates between _ a « _ _t » st and the future . He stands on what he has f * * ' J he speaks to tho present time ; the future will _axu Sid more of him than he has yet shadowed forth te - the document before us in bis address tothe electors ie the West Riding of Yorkshire . s Mr Cobden is an advocate of Free Trade , and bis _. _inis the credit of representing the opinions of ael ' _^ teen-twentieths * ofthe population of England . « b > 'hall speak for himself . _I-U _Ju not i nsult your reason by offering to emosetheevflinflu-., _5 nf . « olicvwhichseeks to create an artificial scarcity of the f i The ior
" . ' . _ pm _____ e neees » ts _axgnnw _*** - _» - » - _" - _' - »**• % 3 i £ _& tta _"Serial the Vast six years , which > has , de-* _S . that a . r . eimportatiou of the necessaries of We confers % TSs _<**¦ material advantages , but that it _Promotes the oi t oniy _•>" - nf _, _ , thr _. _ushtbe moral influences that flow is _im * * n : l , ' _r _° _tTr ___ _^ h » sac _ omn ishedtbe aim of the statesman W _F _^ _S-ftSt _^^ _toB co ' mfort and . happiness to re _are oi the _pnuan _^ _ropu j j b _^ _^^ ds > _^ * ? ° r . l _sesentmeS , I am giving utterance to the _convict tietbof the population oi
s _fnTani ftd &_» ° _** a _ e- _* -iU-twei- . me C ! fhTp hraseology of that paragraph is _J _^ - _* " _* _* " _* rt _iakesverymuchof the fashionable mode of getting _SScStSs What does Mr . Cobden mean by , ' i _? 25 £ _? rf Providence , ' if by the'bounties ' - Providence' be meant the g ifts of nature t Cobden will discover that the laud aud '¦ Ubatis under and above its surface are the 'boun-- L of Providence / tbe ingenious inventions of man I ethe _^ boun & es Providence , ' aud among the _wLZim there is of ibe fruits of _* e same an _i _tftificialsearcitv . * Nest to the * evils of an . _jffb-Lscarcitv' may be ranked those _arismg f _«* n an
- artificial p lentv . ' Ap lenty which does not , _«« , _«« . fcfrom Heaven , fall Sn the just and the unjust , but fat d
3 _'bichmakesthe vineyard of the rich man a _* , _tocks the poor man in his sufferings . Has Mr . i obden any remedy for snch anomalies i It ne lias - : t it ba named . Ii he has not , in the name of de-3 ncy , let him talk no more of ' artificial scarcity nd the ' bounties of Providence . ' ' The necessit y for argument has been superseded v the experience of the last six years , & c . ' From _ e first Mr . Cobden has cried down all argument on , rinciples , and the experience of these past sis ears has only proved that Free Trade has not _emedied the social evils of British society—it has , t as - -. rale , carried ' comfort and happiness to he homes of those who live by tbe daily labour of heir hands . ' The poor rate return , lately quoted in be _Dao-es of this journal , is a triumphant answer to
_v \ l such boasting . Such ' statesmen - ana puuanhropists' as have had their aims acccomplished ' _jy Free Trade , as set forth by Mr . Cobden , are not _> £ our school ; and if ' nineteen twentieths of the _jopalation of the kingdom' can be satisfied with he accoroplishmenl ; of such aims—such a promotion if their * hi g her destinies ' —such a ' satisfaction of their p hysical wants * as are reflected in the poor rate and emigration returns of this country , as a portion of tbe dissentient « twentieth , ' we pity their ignorance , and , as heretofore , we will strive to enlighten them .
Think of _3 Ir . Cobden ' s declaration , ye starving Hig hlanders , ya perishing stockingers , ye wretched weavers , ye refractory wool-combers , ye over-worked colliers , ye badly-paid shoemakers , tailors , and watch makers of London , Liverpool , Northampton , Stafford , and Coventry . Think of it ye serfs of tbe soil , ye workers in factories and workshops . Take note of it ve en ° _ neers , who , on the authority of Mr . Cobden , ' waxed fat and kicked . ' All of yon are tbey that 'lire by the daily labour of your hands . ' Tou are they for whom Mr . Cobden professes to speak—you are the men , who , on his authority , are enjoying ' an abundaait and easy supply of your physical wants . ' If all be well with you , as the honourable member for tbe West Riding asserts itis , why do you complain ? Cease your murmuring , and when Mr . Cobden speaks , answer ' So let it be . ' Should Mr , Cobden be iu error , it will behove vou to correct him .
We desire no ' artificial scarcity , ' no return of one-sided Protection ; but we know that this ' prosperity ' anthem , which Mr . Cobden chaunts so merrily , is a death-song to tens of thousands ; that unlimited competition is a curse , and not a blessing ; that cheapness , the god of his idolatry , is , to the toiling millions , a merciless monster , iron shod , and _trampling under its hoofs all that is dear to humanity . This is not a ' prejudice , ' as some gentle monitors would hint . Such a conviction is based upon facts—rests upon a knowledge of principles , which , like water , will find their level ; and we repeat , that unlimited competition , which is the beginning and the ending of Mr . Cobden ' s Free Trade , is only war in a new dress—conflict , not concert ; it
never yet saved a people—it never will ; its triumph will prove to be the humiliation of labour , and that Empire of Cheapness , ' which Mr . Cobden has for sixteen years laboured to establish , will , when fully established , be filled with the victims of unenlightened selfishness ; and in it will be heard , weeping , wailing , and gnashing of teeth . We speak 'by the book ;' and are , for that reason , not prone to bo in error . We refuse , for mere convenience sake , to chime in with error , however popular it may be ; and while we would deplore any attempt to disentomb the buried corpse ofa one-sided Protectionist policy , we reject Free Trade , or unlimited competition , as wrong in principle , injurious in practice , and ruinous ia the end to the true interests of mankind .
We do not , like Mr . Cobden , cry down reason and argument . We do not believe in the . doctrine of' _infiUibility , ' whether its citadel be Rome or Manchester ; and , though strong in our convictions , we are open to all fair controversy , and will , when confronted , be found at our post . Certainl y we do not see anything in the social condition of the working men to justify Mr . Cobden in bis assertion that tbe necessity for argument Has been superseded by experience . On the contrary , we think experience has proved the necessity for argument ; and we refuse to bow obediently , even at the bidding of the member for the West Riding , who has been not inaptly Called the 'Sir Anthony Absolute of politicians- '
The doctrine of unlimited competition—of which Mr . Cobden is , in Parliament , the leading advocate- — ia destined to lose its held on _\ the minds of observing and thinking men . Mr . Samuel Laing—the most Valuable of all pur travellers , and one of the most deservedly popular of living English authors—has , ia his most recent work , declared that regulation and ooperation are necessary to keep competition in check . Mr . Laing is not one of the 'horse-shoe idiots / as Mr . Cobden , in his famous Leeds speech , declared the farmers of England to be . He is not a 'monopolist . ' He is not a ' little loaf advocate . He is a scholar , an observer , a thinker ; and , as an authority against unlimited competition , cannot be charged either with ignorance or personal interest .
_Sir . Cobden still entertains tbe opinion tbat other nations will follow the example set by England ; and freel y reciprocate her Free Trade commercial policy . _* b * . Cobden ' s earlier prophecies on that head have tamed out to bo mistakes . He now expresses a ' belief in the universal , though tardy , triumph' of *« own principles . We tell him that his ' belief' is 5 > PPosed to f ** _ts ; and for tbat reason will prove to " _•^ delusion . Climate , soil , habit , instinct , andlaware _apposed to his 'belief , ' and until all these can be changed , his scheme of unrestricted exports and imports will _faa hazardous in practiceand end in
_dia-, a Ppointment . _„ "hat Mr . Cobden ' s hopes are may bo learned from Wb fo llowing paragraph of his address : — _a _^ ** _* present , however , it is our duty , by one more strong and _fw ft 4 t ? _f- ** saon of opinion , to _establish upon an imperishable of _! tl 0 a the _principle of commercial liberty . That the advocates _trt 9 aoP ° 'J should have made another special a | peal to tbe conn-Wt _^ SstrS' -n ( l thus retarded other important public questions , B nti „ * _S ,: ett 8 d '* oferas oar domestie interests are concerned . tiL _^ * ' *< * nsoleouwelTes with the belief that the _decision now ** * -3 aon c ' me _'o by the electors of England will havie a salutary _la _^ _fp _* abroad . Hitherto other nations have regarded only as ths , _^ * met > t onr Free Trade measures , the reversal of wbich "" we seen _constantly threatened bv the party now in power .
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They will shortly see a second Protectionist government repudiate Protectionist principles . Than vrill commence the influence of our example upon foreign countries . I do not shrink from avowing my belief m the universal thongh tardy triumph of a principle which has been demonstrated in our own case to involve tho well-being of thepwHrte and the prosperity of the government . With the general difiasion of liberal commercial principles , I shall expect witu confidence the growth of a more _frai . k and generous international _spmt , and , in spite ot the _backslidiogs of some from whom tt expected better thingB , and who have involved us in the cost ° lS _ _?^ epa _ ' _? nsof _*** Ido not hesitate to declare my con-- « -tiDn ,. tnat the final triumph of Free Trade , which England is now about to consummate , will be the strongest guarantee that i _ _ ? " s can - iv 6 for tbe _obiervance of that divine precept which enjoins 'peace on earth and eood will towards men . '
The greatest ' Monopolists * we know of are the Manchester cotton spinners , the very * men who are Mr . Cobden ' s friends , and whose interests be advocates . What they and he mean b y ' no monopoly ' is liberty for them to use their Capital in the way which to themselves is most advantageous , A kind of « liberty' which implies to all who are weaker than tbey , submission and subjection . A ' fraternity ' which undermines the foundations of ' Justice , ' and whilst its advocates use the words , ' peace on earth and good will towards men , ' tried by their practices at home and abroad , they are the authors of ' war on earth and hatred among men . '
Wo ask Mr . Cobden , and all who think with him , to point out to us a single instance in which unlimited competition , internally or internationally , has not proved injurious to the best interests of humanity . India and Manchester , China and Bradford , America and Leeds , all tell the same tale . When called upon , we are prepared to submit an array of facts in evidence of all we have said thafc cannot be overcome by any species of caut , whether such cant be political or religious .
In all that Mr . Cobden urges against our present electoral system we heartily eoncur . Our present electoral system is faulty from beginning to ending ; it is wrong in principle and practice ; it rests upon absurd Property Qualifications , is prejudicial to tbe interests of Labour ; opposed to a just representation of the interests of all , and demands immediate consideration , with a view to its entire reconstruction . The readers of our letter of last week will not misunderstand us , when we adopt with approbation Mr . Cobden's words : —
I trust that Cie people of England will for their next task undertake that reform in our electoral system which is called for by the state of public affair ., an _ which is necessary to bring into harmony the theory and practice of our free constitution . _Ghacchus .
Mazzini And M. Bicciardl To The Editor O...
MAZZINI AND M . BICCIARDL TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAB OF FREEDOM . . Sm , — -Allow me briefly to repJy to M . _Nadaud ' a correction of my " many errors . " First , let me explain thafc when I said " some Socialists , " I used the word some iu limitation , not of those whom Mazzini addressed , but of those who thought ifc well to quarrel with him on account of hi 3 address . There is a Spanish proverb— " He begins a quarrel who strikes the second blow . " The second blow here ( which needlessly made & e quarrel ) was struck , only by some Socialists : a very small minority of French Socialism . I am by no means aware thafc M . Tticciardi" is in a better condition" than myself "to know the facts" of the Italian war . ft is _ rn _ that . " _ f . Ricoiardi is not a blind admirer
of Mazzini . But be is a blind opponent ; which is hardly a " better condition . " And as be puts up for an historian , his blindness does not excuse his departure from facta . M . _Xadaud , _tbon ;» h I doubt he has read Ricciardi ' a history , may as 3 erfchis accuracy . I impeached it on one most important point , and M . Sadaud cannot defend him , but waits "his answer . " M . Nadaud . does _however take upon himself to explain that M . llicciardi blames Mazz ' ni "for not having carried war into Naples— -not before tbe fatal overthrow of Novara , but after , as a means of easily recovering from it . " If M . _Nadaud will refer to his quotation , on May 18 th , of the very remarkable letter of M . lticciardi , he will find these words — "Naples once gained would in all probability have obviated the fatal overthrow of _Uovara , or at least afforded
means of easily recovering from it " It was impossible but that without the aid of the latter ( Naples ) Piedmont should finally succumb" "To remain moveless beside Naples ... waa as much as consenting to perish as soon as she ( Austria ) should bave overcome Piedmont . " Is this after or before ? _,., _ ,. I will impeach M . lticciardi s accuracy again . In his letter of June 16 ih . M , Kadaud quotes bis opinion of the "deleterious influence" of Mazzini at Milan , of his " oxciting discord , " as justifying M . Louis Blanc's assertion of _Mazzini's" sacrificing to hia own Utopia the necessity of not detaching Piedmont from the common cause . " I repeat , as an historian M . Ricciardi should be acquainted with facts . lie would then know that the very opposite of his words ia true ; that Mazzini gave his most strenuous help towards ' obtaining union , deferring to it all his views of that
Republic , which M . Nadaud , or M . Louis Blanc , calls an "Utopia . " Here are Mazzini's own words from tbe programme of his " Italia del Popolo . " M . Nadaud will also find them quoted afc pago 100 of" RepubliqueetRoyauteen Italic" Geonre Sand * , translation , Paris , 1 S 50 : — " Let us embrace each other upon tbeoomnion ground which oircum-. tances assign us : Deliverance of the country , expulsion of the foreigner who threatens it . We will study together what aro the most active and efficacious mean 3 for war against the Austrian ; we will point out to governments tho way which must he taken in order to conquer , and we will march on it with them . Oar first thought is the war : the _seconc * _. unity of the country : the third , what form , what institution may assure its liberty and facilitate its mission . " These words characterise Mazzini ' s whole conduct through _, out the Lombard war . And these words of forbearance wero written even after the bad faith of the royal party had become openly apparent . But 3 L Ricciardi's temper may be
judged by the expression of" Mazzini , issuing from his retreat . " You see , M . Nadaud , that I contradict M . Ricciardi ' s accusations , direct and indirect . Certainly it is not for mo to disallow your crediting them . I speak for the sake of my own countrymen , who will take my word at least in preference to tbat of M . lticciardi _. For the rest , I am glad to find that the attacks upon Mazzini's character are sinking into mere complaints , that his conduct does nofc meet the approval of the "clever man" and " accurate" historian , who "had his name been Giuseppe Mazzini , " would have made his triumvirate remarkable by " seizing a musket and electrifying the youth of Itaiy . " Why was he not there at that period ? For the future , let us only hope that he will not write the history of Socialism . No wonder so electrical a genius despises the " pompous _uselessness" of Mazzini , though he mercifully allows the other triumvirs ( not forgetting Saliceti ) te escape his pompous censorship .
I have bnt one word to add on tbe unfortunate remark that " no French writer has more than Louis Blanc contributed to the reputation of M . Mazzini . " The reputation of the defender of Rome does not depend upon French writers . And if it did , it is to far higher names tban thafc of Louis Blanc that it could safely appeal . I am , sir , yours faithfully , Brantwood , June 23 th . W . J . _Lisios . [ We wish the disputants in this war of the pen would infuse a little less of gall and vinegar into their compositions . We agree with Mr . Linton , that ' ' the reputation of the defender of Bome does not depend upon French writers . " But why add the
succeeding sentence ? Op inions may differ as to the eminence of French writers , and Mr . Linton has a right to his opinion . But with all deference , we must be permitted to say that not the voice of partisans , but the voice of enemies , as well as friends , has ( long since ) p laced the author of " Ten Years " in the first rank of literary eminence . Louis Blanc does not profess to be poet or _roraancist ; but aB historian and political writer , he is , to . say the least , not secoud to any oi his contemporaries . - We have yet to learn who is his equal . — _-Erniolt . ]
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_P . Hison yon a . Dabk IIoesE . —¦ " Why doot you »•_ . _.. _„* hole in the wall and let the light in ? " we said to a poor Irishman . '' Faith , your honour , I am not fit to be seen in it , " was the reply . A Bhoad Distii-ctiox—A ship from Port Glasgow was recently lying in the harbour of New Orleans , when an Irish emigrant one day came on board , and thus addressed the cook , who was also Irish— "Are you the mate ? ' ' "No , " said he ; hat" I'm the man as boils the mate . A ' Babd Nam-. —A man named Stone exclaimed in a tavern ,. " I'll bet a sovereign I have the hardest name in the company . " " Bone ! " said one of the company ; " what's your name ? " " Stone , " cried the first . " Hand mo the money , " said the other , " my name is Harder . "
Chancery . —Every animal has its enemies . The landtortoise bas two enemies—man and the boa constrictor . Man takes him home and roasts bim ; tho boa constrictor swallows liiro whole , shell and all , and consumes him slowly in _thein ' erior . Just so does thc Court of Chancery swallow up a great estate . ' A _Yasheb , who came over to the mother country some time ago , and who was asked , on going back , how he liked Great Britain , —• " Well , " he said , ""England was a very nice country , exceedingly fertiie , well cultivated , very p opulous , and very wealthy ; but , " said the Yankee , " I never liked to take a morning walk after breakfast , because the country is so small that I was- always afraid of
walking over tbe edge . _Sobumbly ImpudK ! -. —A young spark ( says the " Publio Balance " San Francisco paper ) , who hoarded at one of our principal hotels , had managed for a long time , by one artifice or another , to postpone the payment or his bill . At last the landlord became quite impatient , and , stepping up to his juvenile boarder , slapped him gently on the shoulder , and asked bim for the money . " I have not a red cent , about me at present , " was the laconic reply . "But , ray _ par sir " said the _landlord , "I cannot afford to keep a boardin _g-house without being-paid . " " Well , " exclaimed the young p hilosopher , ' If you cannot afford it , _scf . _otit fo some one that can . "
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CHARTISM . REVIEW OF THE LATE WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . ( Concluded . } Brother Demochats ,-To rightly appreciate tbe thoroughly legitimate ( not ' Legitimist" ) character of the _delegation that met at Bradford , it must be recolleoted that au attempt was being made to form a new society , but no one had as yet become member-of it .. AU-the localities were oalied upon to give an opinion as-to whether they were in favour of it or not . Under these circumstances any locality had a right to send a person to represent their opinions on the subject . Who were the delegates who disapproved of the " new move ? " Two of them represented
Leeds , the largest town in Yorkshire , and one that has been connected with the Chartists from the commencement ; yet because the Leeds delegates were opposed toMr . Jones and his plans , he declares they had no right to be there _, lieighley , that has had a society ever since tbe time that the Black Dwarf" was published .. Sowerby , whieh has contributed more money to the West Riding fund than any other village . Queenshead , whioh every old reader of the " Star" will recollect , has been an active Chartist locality ever since O'Connor formed the Radical Associations , and which has only been inactive for a short time , because we could get no room to meet in , but during the time that we have been in this situation we hare collected together £ 120 towards building one . All the old Chartists were called to * gether , when the delegate was selected , and tbey were
unanimous in their determination to oppose tho acts and policy ofthe " Smashers . " Wheatley , whieh has never had its Association broken up . Ovenden , which has for years been in the habit of occasionally sending delegate ., to these meetings , as is proved both by the minute and the cash books . Eliand , an old Chartist locality , wbich every Chartist lecturer who bas travelled this country will recollect , Mr . Jones complains that the delegate was- eleoted at a public-house ; a circumstance which I maintain does not disqualify him . Korthowram , at which place I assisted to form a locality fifteen years ago , and at which I have occasionally lectured ever since , Mr . Jones states that the delegate from this locality elected himself ; , another falsehood . The delegate stated that they , like many others , were in a state of disorganisation , but the Chartists had been called together , and furnished him with his
instructions . Bis credentials were _sisneii by two old and wellknown Chartists , one of whom stood bail for me in 1842 , when I was arrested on suspicion of being engaged in tbe "plug war . " Lower Warley , which has always had an Association , and which , it will be recollected , sent a delegate to the Manchester Conference last year , Mr . Jones states , in his paper , that David lawson , one of the delegates from this place , acted as chairman afc the meoting in Gibbet-lane when the delegates for that locality were elected ; which is another falsehood . The chairman of _tbiit meeting was " James Dawson , " and not "David Lawson , ' ' as stated by Jones . The Gibbet-lane locality , which has been in existence upwards of tiro years , and the members of which are those who formerly met in Bullclose-lane , before they were forcibly ejected from that place , and robbed of the furniture by the party who arrogate to themselves the sole right to hold an association in Halifax . The " Labour and Health" locality , which is the oldest Chartist house in Halifax '; a party having met there , for the purpose of
securing Parliamentary Reform , long before Chartism was known , and which has lately been much , strengthened by parties who have loft Broad-street , on account of the intolerance manifested there , and by numbers of others ' _^ who have left to escape from the ravenous jaws of the insatiable " begging box , " whose hatoful chink has become a perennial sound at that place . This party now forms tho strongest locality that has for some time existed in Halifax . The Democratic Association , at Bradford , which engaged Mr . Jones , and paid him the last time he lectured in Bradford , and which no one can say is a newly-formed locality , and the association which has been formed at Mitchells' coffeehouse , Bradford , by a number of men who did not like to abandon the principles , but who were determined not to be made the mere puppets in tho hands of Mr , Jones . It is not the first time that Bradford has been divided into a number of localities , as Mr . Cameron seemed to think . It was formerly divided into four localities , and they all sent delegates to the West Riding meetings .
Let us now look , at some of those delegates who" were sent to support the "Smashers . " There is Cinder-hills , where about four of the members of the Broad-street locality live ; these men met , and appointed two of themselves aa delegates ! There is Pudsey , which never paid a single farthing to the West Riding expenses . In fact , I believe no association ever existed at this place , and the dolegates evidently elected themselves , as is shown by their credential ? , which were signed by Mitchell , one of the delegates , on behalf , as he said , of the Committee , which
Committee no doubt consisted of his colleague and himself . Then there was Robert Roper , of Bingley , who was elected , according to his own statement , by three others and himself , in defiance of the members of tho association to which they belonged . Shortly after he had taken his seat , one of the members from the Bingley association followed him , and handed in the following letter . * ' To the Chartist delegate meeting , —Gentlemen , I beg to inform you tbat tbe Bingley Democratic Society baa not sent a delegate to tbis meeting , and if there be one pretending to represent tho same , it is a forgery .
" Yours , _ 5 C , W . Uallau ; On the reading of this letter , Mr . Roper gave the above explanation . Yet notwithstanding this barefaced piece of imposition , Mr . Jones and his party , who objected to Leeds and other large localities being represented , were quite ready to accept the aid of Mr . Roper , and attach his name to their list of genuine (?) delegates . From this it will be seen , that notwithstanding the number of names whioh they managed to scrape together , only four Chartist localities were represented by them , namely—Halifax , Bradford , Midgley , and Huddersfield ; and as the two former places are divided , only two places could be _siid to be united on the question . When Mr . Jones penned his report he must have known tbat it would becontradioted , but he no doubt considered that the parties who read it would never aee
any other . I hope , however , that those who read this will be at the trouble to show it to his readers . He states that I was sent for to Croft-street , whither ho and his party adjourned , after the breaking up of the meeting , and that I refused to go ; which is as pure a fiction as tho "Arabian Nights Entertainments . " Though , if they had sent for me , I should not have gone . After tbey came baok from that place , lie sent for me into another room , where I found him surrounded by tho gang who had come from Halifax . His object in sending for me was to read a letter which I had sent him , in reply to ono which he sent me concerning tho former Manchester Conference . When I heard it read , I heartily wished that he would give it publicity , for I did not know that I had written anything so good on that subject . Ho likewise read a number of certificates from the delegates who had met at
Manchester , denying that they had acted under his influence . Did any ono imagine that the men would write themselves down as asses ? Of course not . He then denied , in the most positive terms , that he had ever written to me , advising that Yorkshire should be formed into ' ' a state" of itself , appointing its own Executive , & e „ and challenging me to produce the letter . Of course , not having it with me I couid not ; but I will now give the whole paragraph ; and if Mr . Jones will appoint three of his friends in Halifax , oa whom he can rely , I will meet them witb two of my friends , and show them the letter . And after that , for his further satisfaction , I will send it to London , where I will appoint three persons to meet himself and two of his friends ; and if he does not accept these conditions , let him stand branded as a liar and _' a traitor . The paragraph is as follows * . —
Could not all Yorkshire form itself into an _o-gamsed Chartist body ( as though no association were in . exUtewtt ) , having its own local Executive and devoting all its funds , all it . talent , all its attention towards the organisation of the county , the establishment of fresh localities , enrolling members , and spreading intelligence by the tongue and pen . Let it be a Chartist _organisation complete within itself . ' - The italics are his own . The letter has already been read by somo scores in Halifax , so that whether Mr ; Jones agrees to my proposal or not , denial i _* out of the question . C Shacrxkto ! _-.
P . S . — -Since writing the above , information hag reached me that the delegates from Pudsey eleoted themselves , as there is no Association there ; and tbat their credentials were made out for them after they got to Bradford . Thero is no doubtthat this is true ; for the credentials are dated for Sunday , the 13 tb of June . —C . S .
Cnbltehham.—A Meeting Of Friends Favoura...
CnBLTEHHAM . —A meeting of friends favourable to the Chartist Executive Committee elected by the whole Chartist party , took place-at their late meeting room , at thc People's Institute , Regent-street , on Tuesday evening , June 22 nd , to consider the best means of supporting the legitimate head of the Chartist body . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to ' --Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Hemmin : — " That we being members ofthe late locality of the National Charter Association , and disapproving of the present attempt at usurpation in the Democratic ranks , feel it our bounden duty to nse our erery endeavour to counteract tbe same . We therefore resolve to form ourselves into a locality in connexion with the real Executive Committee which was elected by , and with tho consent of , the whole Chartist body . " Proposed by
Messrs . Hemuun and Glover ' . — "That E . Sharland be appointed secretary _yro tern . " Proposed by _MessrB . J . Pajton and Sharland : — " That we adjourn to Sunday _mornins next , at eleven o ' clock , at 253 , High-street , for the purpose of enrolling members , and other business . " Several new members were enrolled , and the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Messrs . Glover and J . Payton : — "Should any member of this locality take out a card of membership of any other , he will cease to be considered a member of this locality , and his name shall be erased from the books forthwith . ' * * Proposed by Messrs . Adams and Willis :- _ " That ve recognise every newspaper ad voeating the principles of Democracy , but hold tbe supremacy of none . " The meeting then adjourned to Sunday morning next , at eloven o ' clock . —Ed ; _Shauiaud , Secretary .
Bradford _Euscriox . —At a meeting ofthe Chartists , of this town on Monday evening , the question of the propriety of bringing forward a . Chartist candidate at tbe approaching election was anxiously discussed , and it was unanimously _resoUed _^ - " That G . Julian Harney be requested to oome
Cnbltehham.—A Meeting Of Friends Favoura...
forward . " The ' m . < -tinr » waB enthusiasticall y unanimous in their . desire , that Mr . ' . H . should . appear on the hustings as the working man ' s candid , te .
Invasion Of The Right Op Meeting; On Mon...
INVASION OF THE RIGHT OP MEETING ; On Monday afternoon a crowded public open-aii meeting- was held in Bonner ' s Fields , to take into consideration the late aot of tbe government , in having suddenly suppressed the open-air discussions of the _working classes in that locality , by the interference of armed police ! W . A . Hows , Esq ., occupied the chair , - and stated the objects of the meeting . The birth-right of Englishmen . he said , had been invaded , the right of assembling for the free expression of their sentiments had been interfered with by the Home-Secretary , on the plea that their meetings , which had been held io the same place formanv years , were obstructions , and that indecent and blasphemous language had heen made use of . He had frequentl y attended the meetings and never heard any such Iauguago uttered . It was not the disposition of the people of the
Tower Hamlets thus to act . He had torty years' expe rience in the locality , and could testify , with feelings of pleasure , to the steady advance which had been made b y the working classes . There was no reason why the liberty of the subject should be more interfered with in Victoria-park than in Hyde Park , where real obstructions were occasioned by the throng of carriages ofthe aristocracy .- It- hnd not been shown thafc there was any act of parliament to warrant the po lice in the step they had taken , * they were nofc to be bludgeoned as they the _^ had been , and were prepared to provo that public opinion would now send back the swords of those who attempted to interfere with freedom ignominiously back into their scabbards ; and that those who had been so maligned by the Home Secretary were worthy of possessing the great rights of Englishmen ( Hear , hear . ) .,,,,, .
C . F . _NicnotLS then moved the following resolution ; ---That this meeting , composed of all shades of religious and politi . cal opinions , hereby testify to the peaceful and orderly assemblage of her Majesty ' s subjects in Bonner ' s-fields ou Sundays for -several years past , such assemblages _Jbaving met to discuss questions affecting their social improvement , to advance tlie cause of temperance , and to hear addresses influencing their earthly amelioration , aud their eternal welfare . That these quiet and calm assemblages have , without any caution given or warning used , been suddenly suppressed by the presence ofa body of mounted and armed police , who wUl neither permit persons reasonably to converse together , nov arrest thca . when thus engaged , but a . bitraYily listen to , in . terrupt and separate such persons , without assigning a reason , or giving them the opportunity of trying the question by law . That this meeting considers the capricious and unexampled interference of their paid servants , the police , a most dangerous infringement of tlie right of public speech _afforded by the common law of England , and is determined to mal « ' a stand against an actthat is at _onca aggressive , ill-liberal and _unconstitutional .
The meeting he saw before him gave a direct denial to tho calumnies which had been uttered by the Home Secretary . The men who wero in the habit of meeting in that spot weekly had never outraged public decency . When their representative ( Mr . G . Thompson ) appealed to the Home Secretary on the subject , that functionary had boldly asserted that indecent , obscene , and blasphemous language had beon made use of , to the annoyance of tho locality . The Home Secretary must have been misinformed , as ho had stated that which was at variance with the truth , It was no doubt an attempt of the Tory government to put down public discussion . They no doubt would like to introduce the acts of Lord Castlereagh ; but public opinion would soon convince the Derby government that such an attempt would very soon be put down . ( Hear , bean ) Mr . James Savage seconded the resolution . A . S . A _ rto » , Esq ., spoke at some length in sunnort of
the resolution , and was loudly ap ;( lauded . He had heard the persons he saw before him accused of blasphemy and obsoenity . The decorum he saw gave a flat contradiction to such a foul calumny , ( Hoar . ) It was most essential that at all cost the right of public assembly should be vindicated . There was no law whioh sanctioned the late unprecedented interference of the Home Secretary . ( Hear . ) Thc police had not the power to interfere unless sanctioned by the law of the land . The police were not to he the tools of the government , but the servants of the public , out . of whose funds tbey were paid . ( Hear . ) Thero was only one way in which ho could account for the late attempt to disallow meetings on that spot , and that was that it-was a part of the Crown lands . If tbis was the ground upon which the Home Secretory had interfered ,-then the people had the House of Commons to appeal to , nnd by which he hoped they would get redress . ( Cheers . ) .
G . _Thompson , Esq ., M . _P-, next addressed the meeting . He had travelled in many foreign parts , and he had always found his countrymen protected in propagating their peculiar views as missionaries , even at the expense of running down the religion of the country in which be was residing . It was hard if the same liberty was not to be found at home . He regretted that the reply he received to his remonstranco from the Home Secretary was most vague . It had been re . ported , by whom he could not remember , that blasphemous and obscene language had been . used-at these meetings in Bonner ' _s-fieId 3 , but upon what particular occasion he could not ascertain . ( Hear . ) He trusted that whoever might represent them in the next parliament would make it tlieir business to move for every tittle of evidence upon which this arbitrary and illegal step b & dbeen taken .
Mr . _Nfiwiow supported the- resolution . He said it bad been stated that the attempted suppression of these meetings bad risen from the complaints of certain inhabitants _whS had characterised the proceedings as immoral and obscene . Let such iahabitants como lorward and state their case ; and if not , we can claim exoneration for ourselves . The interference had been made because tbo government wished to suppress the growth of publio opinion . ( Cheers . ) They did not dare to interfere wvh in-door meetings . But be was in favour of the question being voted ; and he had no doubt that subscriptions would be raked to carry out this object . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put and unanimously adopted . Dr . Oxlzx then rose , and moved : —« That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Home Secretary on tbe matter , aad apprise him of the resolutions agreed to by tbat meeting .
Mr . T . _Htmr , in seconding the resolution , eaid , that the maintaining a right depended less on statute books than onthe spirit of the people . He did not believe that such an invasion of public liberty as that they had been considering , would be suffered in America . Were the government to succeed in this , they would not stop afc thafc point ; and if energetic steps were not taken , Englishmen would have to hold meetings to resist tho violations of other liberties . ( Cheers . ) Mr . F . Cubsoi . briefly supported the resolution , and thought that this was but the commencement of the struggle . The characters of the Bonner ' s Fields meetings
had been misrepresented . " We held such meetings to improve our minds , and show the 'higher' orders that we are _« lower' only by reason of our being compelled to toil for our bread . " ( Cheers . ) The resolution was agreed to unanimously , and , after a brief speech by Mr . Palmer , Messrs . Williams , M . P ., 6 . Thompson , M . P ., W . Newton , Acton , Ayrton _, C . T , NiobollJ , Dr . Oxley , F . Curson , T . Hunt , W . A . Howe , and W . Palmer , were appointed to confer with the Home Secretary , and after the usual _honours to tbe Chairman , Ibis large meeting dispersed .
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153- We _sball be glad to receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations aud Stores , in England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales .
#Gr Tht " Association Gazette 1 ' Having...
_# gr Tht " Association Gazette ' having ceased to appear , we place our columns at the disposal of our Co operative friends . If open to the public _preta , the Conference on the 26 _ . of July , will be attended by a special reporter from this Journal . — Editok .
Forthcoming Co-Operative Conference. The...
FORTHCOMING CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE . The following resolutions have been adopted by the promoters of the _TWoiking Men ' s Associations : — - That a Conference of _delegates from the various bodies engaged in practical _oo-operatlon be requested to meet in London on Monday the 26 th of July , with a view to consider the beet mode of making available the facilities afforded by the ' Industrial and Provident _Societies' Act' for the progress of Co-operation . That tbe following questions be submitted as the principal points for the consideration of the Conference . I—As tothe propriety of all Co-operative Associations enrolling themselves under the new Act . 2 . —As to the extent to which it is desirable that Co-operative Associations for similar objects should adopt rules formed on the same model . 3 . —Whether , it should not be a rule for all Co-operative Establish _, _ments to sell all articles exactly for what they are
. 4 ™ hetbe _* * _and ffhat steps can be advantageously taken for the , establishment or extension of institutions for the purpose of giving unity and force to the Co _. _pwati . emovement . S . —Whether any and what steps should be taken by thc Co-operative Associations to enter into connexion with other bodies which are not divecUy co-operative in their character , C .-. V 7 hether any and what portion of the profits of Co-operative Associations should be capitalised and how the same should be applied . " 7 _.-WhMher any and what portion of them should be applied as a provident _sinking , und . " 8 . — "Whether any and what steps Bhould be taken for the establishment of a journal or newspaper as the organ of the Co-operative movement . °
It being very desirable that as many co-operativo bodies ss possible should be represented at the Confereuce , it is proposed that any number of associated bodies should be at liberty to unite for the purpese of sending delegates , n _ _S _ tS __?_/ _representationwiU _. e . _thesame as those of the Bury _^ f e " _^ Ddegate . *' ' i ld on 6 ot > _d Friday , 1851 , namely :-That each Co-operative Society shall send ' _delegates in proportion society of above twelve and under one hundred and twelve members , one delegate _; one hundred and twelve , two delegates ; and for every one hundred members above one hundred and twelve , one delegate . In consideration , however , ofthe distance which the _de-™ . ™ _T _* _ Te Part _ *_ " - ooun _^ wiU have . o t _" a _deleaaSZs . ° Pr ° Xieaf 0 P b 0 die 8 who _^ ot send _a 1
_aMftffiMS . * memberS " nder ° nehnndredbeMt re _? pt & _Sr _^ QnSU . _^ S _ _SH . 1 b 4 - _^ _tojed te a Festival , to be offeredby the Society to the Delegates and otherfriends of Co-operation . _^ Arrangements will be made for providing lodgings lor the dele-The Society offers its hall , No . 3 __ , Castle-street , ( which is being constructed by the North London Working Builders' Association to hold . 00 person- ) for the purposes of the Conference
West Ridino. —An Adjourned Conference, C...
West _RiDiNO . —An adjourned Conference , comprising repr . 8 entat . ive 8 from the several Co-operative Societies of Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Pudsey , _Yeadon , \ _T . . sden , Bing-
West Ridino. —An Adjourned Conference, C...
ley , and Howarth , was held in Brad / _ord-on Sunday last Mr . Holme 8 , o _( _L-. e . _s , occupied tbe chair . A d / af _£ o / rules for the _management of tbe _proposed union , to-be _denominated the " Northern Union of Co-operative Societies , " was submitted to the meeting , and , with a few verbal alteration ? , agreed to . It was also resolved— " That the seat of the Central Committee , for the first year , should be located in L .-ds ; . anda list of names of gentlemen , well known for their services _iVthe cause of Association , together with ( he President of each Society in the Union , was agreed to as forming the executive for tho first year . " After about three hours' deliberation the Conference broke up , the unanimity of their deliberations being a favourable indication of the future usefulness of the Union—the first of the kind , we believe , in existence . Mr . Lloyd Jones , of London , was present , and , at the request of the chairman , favoured the meeting with a few explanatory commems on the neAv law of Industrial Trading Societies , which is now only-awaiting the Royal assent to become law .
Guide To The Lecture-Room. Lecture *7ins...
GUIDE TO THE LECTURE-ROOM . Lecture * Instil { xtion > John-street , Fitzroy-square .-July-i _' . h ( . J ) , a Hall of Science , Cit . roa _ . _ , iu ! y . th ( 7 J ) , Thomas _Coopeiy'Life and Character of Sir Walt * , ltnl _. _iirli > , _^ S _>*;• % " IIolbo ..,. _ -. u _- y 4 th ( S ) _, P . ... Perfitt , The Cml . \ _nr-Cayaliers and Itoundh . iuls . _« _iW , ° - _»?¦** , . , _b- _* _- , - _«*"< _- -t , _KtackMaw-road .-July 4 th ( 7 J ) , Charles Southwell will lecture " Social Institution , _Charles-street _. _bld Garratt , _Manchester _.-July _ th ( 11 a . m . ) , Ciscuss . on .., ( 7 p . m . ) _» Lecture Areopagus Coffee and Beading _Itoom _, 59 , Church'lane , _Whitechapel .-i-very Sunday , Monday , anil Wednesday ( S ) , a Lecture or Discussion . " City Forum Coffee House , CO , _Redcross-street .-Every Sunday , Monday , and Thursday , ( 8 . *) , a Lecture . Commercial Hal ) , riiilput street , CO' » raerci . it-roa < 3 . cast . ~ Theological 1 ) iseussions every Sunday morning ( 11 ) . Sunday _even ' me < " ) . Tuesday ( 8 ) , Thursday ( 8 ) i and Saturday ( S ) . Progressionist Halt , Cheapside , Leeds , July 4 th ( GJ ) , a Lecture .
Temperance Star Hotel , Swau-street , Bi'iggate , Leeds . —Every Wednesday ( 8 ) , a Discussion . Working Men ' s & . cademy _, Edgar-street , Preston . —Lecture every Sunday at 10 * a . m—Discussion every Sunday evening . East London ; Litcrary Institution , Bcthnulgreen . —July 4 th ( U a . m . ) , a Lecture , Eclectic Institute , Denmark-street , Soho . —Every _Friday < 8 i ) , Mr . J . B . O'Brien , Homo and Foreign Polities . Every Sunday ( 7 i ) , oa Moral and Social Science .
Frightful Collision On The River.. On Th...
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE RIVER .. On Thursday a collision of the most alarming and frightful oharacter occurred in tho river Thames , off Korthfleet Point , by which the Duohess of Kent , Kamsgato steamer , the property of the Commercial Steam Navigation Company , Captain William Humphreys , commander , was run down by the _Itiivensbourne , Captain Bacon , tho property ofthe General Steam Navigation Company , and bound to Antwerp with nearly . 200 passengers and full cargo . The following particulars of the . accident , gathered on the spot at the time it took place , may be relied on . It _appearcs that the Ravensbourne was steaming down the river with full tide in her favour , immediately in tlie wake and just on tbe starboard side of the Meteor , Gravesend steam boat , and arrived nearly , opposite _Nortbfleet Point about
two o ' clock . On nearing the Point tho Duchess of Kent , Ramsgato steamer , was coming up tho river . ag & intt . tide and hugging the southern shore—the tide running very strongly .. The Ravensbourne was about three parts over the river on the Kent shore , and , as sho approached Northfleet Point , appeared ' to take the starboard tack > and as she neared the Duchess of Kent coming up , the latter crossed , apparently with the object of passing between the Ravensbourne and the Meteor , when , in an instant , consequent on the . heavy way on ajarge and powerful-steamer like the Ravensbourne ,. and- on her having the tide with her and being in full steam , befoye tbe _Vuencss of Kent could cross her she ran into her bows about twenty feet from her figure head , or just before tho windlass on the starboard bow . Tho crash was fr-ghtful , and the Duchess , of Kent , after heeling backward from tbe violence of the shock for a
moment , was found to have her starboard bow completely store in , and nearly cut in two . . She immediately began to fill and to commence sinking , bows foremost . The _ssene among the passengers , a large number of whom were ladies witb children , is described as truly frightful . A . rush was made enmasse to the after part of the vessel , ahd women with children were seen clinging to various parts ofthe sinking ship . The Captain of the Ravensbourne , finding that the Duohess of Kent was _ragidlysinking , baqked , ana therush made by the passengers of the Duchess _of- . Kent to get on board of her was dreadful , and women with children in tbeir arms became so frantic tbat they rushed in tlieir fright to the still sinking oart of tbe ship ; at this moment the Meteor arrived alongside , and the passengers- and orew wero literally dragged on board of her , and onboard the Ravensbourne , with cne exception . This was-a gentleman named Hale , a brewov of Broad . tairs _, Isle of Tb . net , who
being infirm , could not be reached , and , Btill remaining on his seat ,, went do * _ _nvtith tbe vessel , which in a few minutes sunk , bows first , almost perpendicularly , the- keel being lifted as sho sank twenty or ' thirty feet out of the water . The captain of the Duchess of Kent , it ia only justice to state , was , with tbe exception of Hale , the last to leave hia ill-fated vessel , and his _esoape was truly miraculous . A rope had been thrown from tho Ravensbourne over the stern of the Duchess of Sent , and fastened , and as the last portion of the vessel reached the water , hp seized the rope and waa hauled on board . Mr . Hale , although unable from infirmity to assist himself while on board the vessel , most extraordinary to relate , the moment he reached tbe water struck out and kept afloat until rescued by one of the boats lowered from the Meteor . The scene of consternation which prevailed after the Duchess of Kent bad
sunk , both on board the Ravensbourne aud the Meteor , can be better imagined than described . Mothers , fathers , husbands and wives , who had become separated , some being taken on board the Ravensbourne , others on board the Meteor and the Topaz , which had also arrived at the moment tbe Duchess of Kent went down , having missed and being unaware of the fate of each other , were to be seen running about in the most frantic manner , making inquiries as to the safety of tbeir relatives . One lady on board the Meteor was is a most frightful condition , as she stated that she had left ber two children asleep in the cabin , and was on deck at tho moment the vessel struck , and had not seen or been able to glean any tidings of them . It is also stated that at the _iroment of the collision nearly the whole of the passengers ( about seventy in number ) were on deck * , but it is believed there were somo few in the fore cabin , and as there are somo still missing , it is feared they may have gone down with the vessel , the belief
being , in consequence of the immense power of the Ravensbourne , tbat at least twenty feet of the bows of the Duohess of Kent were out away by the crash . This belief is _lustified by tbefaot that from the monieatof the collision to the time the Duohess of Kent entirely sank beneath the surface of tbe water was little moro than eight or nine minutes . The fore cabin must have filled immediately . As soon as the consternation created by the catastrophe bad in some measure subsided , the boats of tbe various vessels whioh bad arrived at the spot were stationed in the ' vicinity of the sunken steamer , with a view to pick up any bodies . whieh might float out of the wreck . The Ravensbourne and the Meteor , having the rescued passen- > _gers on hoard , proceeded on to the Terracepier at Graves- > end , where the affrighted passengers were landed and _mus » » tered , and , aB before stated , it is believed that some few r are missing ; but from the confusion vihicb still prevailed 1 anything like accurate information could not be obtained .
Incidents of the most exciting character took place . As s the Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking , a gentleman was is observed ru _. bing up one of the paddle-boxes with a little lei girl in hia arms . The Meteor was then -approaching to Lot render aid , and so great was bis excitement that in the hedesire to save the child before the Meteor had reached odl within ten or twelve yards of the sinking ship , he raisedietS her up with tbe view of _throvting her on to , tbe Meteor , _butmil -at the moment tbe shrieks of the passengers on board the ; h « approaching vessel restrained him , and tbuB the child _wasvav saved from inevitable destruction , As soon as the alarm waa given Gaptain Humphreyseyr adopted every means to ensure the _safsty ofthe _passongers i _irsi numbering between sixty and seventy . In bis efforts he ho was assisted by the captain of tho _Bavensbourae , and _thethi captain of the Meteor , a Gravesead boat , which was oloedosby at the time tbe collision took place , and backed _heihei engines when the _dangar became apparent . By the unitedten efforts of the orews of the three steamers , and the timelyiel _; :
use of their boats , all the passengers , with the exceptiontion of one , were got safely on board tho Meteor or the _Bavens-enss bourne , Captain Humphreys remaining to the last on _boardiarfi the sinking steamer , * _tth the one exception alluded to , whowhii was an old and deorepid gentleman , who went down wittwit . the vessel , but rose again immediately to the surface of the" thi water and was rescued by one of the boats of tbe _MtteorflOJi Tbe remainder ofthe passengers were taken oa board tbithti Ravensbourne , and landed at Gravesend . There was oa _oj this occasion less lugg 3 go tban usual on board , and it i _; it ii stated that nearly the whole has been recovered , _Captaiiptaii Humphreys feels confident that all the _pas . engers wenwen saved , notwithstanding the short time that elapsed _betweeiwect the collision and tbe sinking of tbe vessel . It is _supposeposei by those on board that the fore part of the sunken _vessffesss must have been cut off . The _Raversbourne received nedn material injury , and after landing the affrighted passengerngee at Gravesend proceeded on her passage towards the Bee BJ gian coast .
An Inisn Capitalist. —A Gentleman In New...
An Inisn Capitalist . —A gentleman in Newcastle was a / as it p lied to _soino time ago by an Irishman in bis _employn _ ejym « to see if he could assist him in the investment ofa _hundrundii pounds . " A hundred pounds ! "' said he ; whore ha . has you picked up such a sum 1 " «• It ' s all my wages sincesincc came to work for you , your honour . " "But bow _haveytveyj lived m the meantime . " " . My wife keeps the house , _anse , aa wo save what I earn . " "'And what does your wife woe wee at ? , ' Why , the truth is , your honour , she goes oies u every day with the children and oadges . "— Glasgow Con Cd stitutional .
_ _. Captain Vivian has addressed a letter to tbe electors . tores Bodmin , in which he intimates that he will not aga ; ag _£ solicit tbeir suffrages—his participation in the proceedineediii connected with tbe recent duel between Mr . Smytbe albe tt Colonel Romilly having alienated an essential portion of tn off support by which his return had been effected . * Cnr of Lonoos Hospital for Diseases oi ? ths Ch _ - Cmi —The quarterly meeting of the board of _roanagementJmenn this institution , was held ou Wednesday , at tbe officJ offiS Liverpool-street , Henry Tucker , Esq ., in the chair . Sooth Eastbbn Railway . —Traffic receipts for tbe wibe m ending June _26 , 1852 , £ 15 , 135 Is . 7 d . Ditto ! June 28 , 18 J 28 , IU £ _ T , < S 6 l < Jv < _34 . Decrease in 1 _& 2 , £ 1 . 920 4 s . lid .
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