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0 ' TO THE MEMBERS OF THE . CHARTIST C CO-OPERATIVE LAND ASSOCIATION.
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0 ' To The Members Of The . Chartist C Co-Operative Land Association.
0 ' TO THE _MEMBERS OF THE . CHARTIST C CO-OPERATIVE LAND ASSOCIATION .
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Jh Mr Dear _Fbiesos , — Ion wiU learn from this eek freek ' s receipts , as published " in the Star , that the » pl people hare not yet becon _* __ tire 4 of waiting for the _itv day when their _shtte labour is to tei * rninate . Among iex file many _interestingjin-idents ofthis week , there is it i not one that will give yoa mora pleasure than the _illo following fact : —A gentleman _, who , I belie .-, has ina always been s friend to progression , and a great ad . tin toiler ofthe Northern Star since it made its
_appearn « anee , called npon me on Sunday last , but as ft was ot not in my power to see him npon that day he called gal again oa Monday , audi shall not keep you long in us ] suspense as to the object ofhis visit . lie told me ha tbat he had always looked to the possession of the ui land by the -working classes , as the only means of m ] improving their c * ndition , and that since he had seen in through the Star that an association was formed , that ie he liad since read attentively my several letters upon th that subject , and tbat seeing from my letter of last Ss Saturday that we were now in a state to commence sp operations , he came to tender me a loan of £ 2000 on be behalf of the Society , ifwe had not asufficient amount ll already subscribed to make a purchase , or ifwe re-31 quired itforotherimprovements .
Now , this is not the only offer of the land that I Ii hare had since the Association was started , but I n mention this one becaus ? the gentleman brought his 1 money in his pocket , and said that it was ready at a as hour ' s notice . Ihave recewed some adTertise-1 dents ef different properties to be sold in different c eounties this week , but haTe not yet had time to pay : attention to them ; howerer , I beg most sincerely to i _tt-inkthe-everalsecre-aries , andpei 3 on 8 statingthem-1 selves to t « unconnected with the Association , bnt wishing the project success , for having forwarded them . I have much more pleasure in writing my letter to some portion of the working classes weekly , than I
_hareinthe discharge of all . other portions of my duty * and especially in writing my letter to my own , my dear , agricultural children—and I will _teltyon why , - because , although I am , I confess it , a very violent politician , as well for the purpo * _ es . of justice aa to take vengeance upon a horrid , a beastly , a tyrannical oligarchy , that hunted my family like wild beasts for their devotion to liberty ; yet I have a better right to love the Land Chartists than any other Chartists , and I will tell . yoa why—because they are sincere Chartists . And I will tell you more —that I am really suspicions and doubtful about the
Chartism of a ranting , bawling fellow , who won ' t give a shilling a week , sixpence a week , or threepence a week , to purchase not only his own liberty , but to enable him to grant emancipation to his fellow man ; while I am very much flattered at the unexpected success of the project . Nevertheless , if the working classes knew their o ___ i interests ; if they spent the one-half or the one-tenth in trying to procure an independence for life , that they spend in the purchase of newspapers alone , not to speak of monies otherwise spent , they wonld soon be the landlords of the country . ,
Another reason that I prefer my letter to any other portion of my work is this , that I am unshackled by thevnlgar fashion that Tegnt-tes newspaper writing . I have not to measure my character as an editor by the amount of mysterious nonsense that I can cover in a , high sounding sentence . I hate all the forms of the press , and , however the Star may live , and . SHALL LIVE , as my living monument , and shall advocate the principles of the Charter , and show how they are to ba made serviceable to yonr order when the measure is carried , nevertheless it is my intention to establish a fireside cottage family newspaper , full of simple truths
and interesting anecdotes , for men , women , and children , making yon pleasantly familiar with all the interesting news ofthe week , that is exciting to those who live npon your labour , and contrasting its fashionable folly with that rational intelligence that I mean to communicate to yoa and to your families . I have a great deal of work in me yet ; indeed I feel convinced , that if I felt the necessity of doing it , that I could edit two daily papers in addition to my weekly labour . As soon as ever the Land Association is in full practical . operation , I will give
it the full benefit of my labour gratuitously , by _writing such a work weekly , upon the veiy lowest paving terms , as will bind up in monthly nnmbers in beautiful and useful voln _ a _ 5 _, thus leaving you a libiary , with a handsome engraving as a fr ontispiece , thirteen volumes each year . Thege I will expect every subscriber to have handsomely bound and preserved in their cottage library . In them I will publish the best selected letters from the father ., mothers , and children of the Association , and in this work I shall take the greatest possible pride , j
I ahatt now turn from the consideration of our social to our political expectations . I am sure that ihe manner in which tbe awkward squad of Protectionists have " stood vp to receive" in the battle which is now going on between thtm and the practised hacks , hired by Sir Robert Peel to govern this country by a new system of policy , will have opened the eyes of every working man to the necessity of struggling for a share of that power by which the other classes protect their interests . It most be clear to eveiy man that Sir Robert Peel ' s present policy is to cany out the principle of centralisation by the aid of an aristocracy of talent . He haa tried
ths aristocracy of land , and has failed ; lis has tried the aristocracy of capital , and has failed ; and he is now about to try the aristocracy of talent . Tim may appear to be the best aristocracy for tbe purposes of representation ; but at the same time it would be the most dangerous , if not critically watched , lie is getting rid of the old school of politicians , and calling to his aid all the young blood that he ean enlist at any price ; and the science upon which this new school is to be formed is the science of political economy—the most undefined , the most dangerous , and
the most cruelly interpreted science that ever was propounded to the mind of man . The accepted interpretation and definition of political economy is , the best means by which the powerful speculator can amass moHey from the labour of the powerless slave . . Believe me that , howeTer Sir James Graham _misunderstood Mr . Strafford O'Brien , when he affected to d-BVthat political economy meant extensive speculation , but that it did mean distribution , when I tell yon that he knew that it meant the speculation of the powerful in the labour ofthe powerless .
I have already written so much upon the debate now going on , that I shall make but one further observation uponit- _^ t _is this : That it very much resembles the triumph of an enthusiastic party holding up their hands on the day of nomination , while ihe quiet , conscious candidate still remains satisfied of the triumph tbat awaits him in the polling booths . 1 The confidence of the Commons reminds us of tbe enthusiasm of the unrepresented ; while the suspicious quietness of the Lords assures as that they expect their triumph in the polling booth . Now , I very strongly suspect that the fate of Peel ' s measure in its first trial will be similar to the fate of Catholic Emancipation , which Sir Francis Burdett denominated the "Annual Farce , " and very like the fate
that the Reform Bill met at the hand , of their lordships ; and if so , it will then become our duty to _convoke an extensive convention of the working _classes , to sit in London until the struggle is over ; and if the frightened Lords are ready to offer nsmore than the confident free traders , we will let them see npon whose side the balance of power is . But , come what wiil , I am resolved that the present struggle shall not cease without forcing a knowledge of our strength , our union , and our resolution into all corners of the earth . Believe me , when I tell yoa that 1 am not an idle or unobservant spectator of passing events . I told you a thousand times , that -when the two factions bepn to wrangle , that I would then watch my opportunity to pick up the substance while they were fighting for the shadow .
I know Stanley ' s power . I told you , in 1840 , that Peel was disturbed in his dreams , as to how he could remove him to the liouse of Lonfa . He is the best debater , and most flippant and eloquent man iu ether liouse of Parliament . lie is precisely the young blood that the old fogies _required to stir up _«^ d _rtW _^ i _w *»»«»» he takes the command , Abe charm ef Wellington is gone . It is one _STlil _^ _Cri ? ¦ " _^ _W in _whon . _£ ? _£ _?" S _" _^ _frfence in matters of
- - comparative _mMipific _ u . ce , but it « anotUcr _thm- to follow him in _hislrap into that gulf that swallows up their Properties . _Aow I wish toprepare you forthe tunes thatlbavede-cnbed , and then I hope to give yon another proof , tbat when _yourinterests areat stake , and your battle ig to be fougiit , that 1 am . the fir _ st _ L the field , and the last to shun the light _, lam , as ever , Your fond and faithful friend , Feakccs _O'Cossor .
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THE " CONSPIRACY" CASE OF TUE BELFAST JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS . The . editor of tha Coi _*_ wa __«« ' Companion communicates to us the following extract of a letter from Belfast : — " 'With regard to yeur inquiry about the _preeiie natara and _origin of onr strike , the facts are these : —The prior dispute began wholly in _resisting reductions on tlie several __ h _» p _ we had to contend against ; which were all of thatcla » s called third aud fourth-vat . shops , with onlj one exception ; and which shops had monopolised the greatest part of the trade of the town . After being wonted by ths opposition these employers experienced , the ; immediately formed themselves into what thej termed The Mutual Defensive Society , and continued meeting weehly till the 30 th of December , at which time tbey came to a resolution , along with two other matters of
lisburn , and one in Carrickfergus , to discharge ever ; man that would not sign a document which they had drawn up for thc purpose by a lawyer , the document binding whoever signed it , to continue the engagement for one year , and to renounce our society ; they , thinking that by turning ont 300 men , which they stated they employed , the hands so discharged would not be able to make any resistance , and so they would bs necessitated to come to their terms . Themen _. besides _. hadin general overdrawn money on Christmas Ere ; and when they thought to begin to work hard for the idle time ofthe holidays , they were put off till Tuesday , the 30 th , and " then told what was expected of them . TVe all refused , howerer , to
submit to this baseness ; and then , on the 3 d of January , the town secretary of our society , myself , as well as the district secretary , and five members who formed our committee , were all bad before the magistrate , and on the complaint of Mr . Trimble , the secretary of the masters' union , and although we were net given to understand what law we bad broken , yet we were bound over to stand our trial at the next Carrickfergus assizes , winch will not take place till some time in ifarch . On receiving the summonses , Wa Went to _ftlig-g- -be second best attorney in the town , and when on making huomi to him our wishes , he told ui that he already was engaged as the lvgal adviser of the masters , and had been so for three months previously ; so you see how the plan was concocted . "
On the day preceding the date of this letter , another public meeting took place in furtherance of tho objects ot the Joint Stock Boot and Shoe Company , as a mean _, of insuring work te the journeymen so ill-treated by their employers , and when various addresses were delivered ia behalf of the undertaking , a code of regulations _ jj-it _ to , and the necessary officers appointed , so that this very important endeavour of the Belfast journeymen to free thumselves for ever from the thraldom of their oppressive employer . * , is now in the full course of bging thoroughly tested . As before , many members ot other trades attended , and other individuals ofa still higher rank in society . Au office was also announced as being taken , and shares were already beginning to be subscribed for with avidity . A full account ef the proceedings and tbe rules are given in the last number of the Banner of Ulster , so that aU , as the editor of the Cordwainers ' . Companion observes , now wanting , is a due supply of money-assistance to enable tho unemployed journeymen and their families to bids out the time when the operations of tht _* company will be brought into proper play .
The London Shoemakers have felt deeply _intarested in ' tbis contest , and already bave assisUd the struggling parties with considerable sums , aud sent a delegate to Belfast to _tepoT- _«_ . __« proceedings . A delegate from Belfast is also at present in London ; and a meeting , to which all the London Trades will be invited , is to take place , on the subject of this momentous strike , on Tuesday evening next , at the Mechanics * Institute , Holborn . The Belfast delegate will attend on the occasion ; and so , we understand , will Mr . Thomas Cooper , in respect and _siinpathy for the members of his own old calling . This is as it should be .
Ttigas Handloom W_Save_S,—At A Meeting H...
_TTigas Handloom W _ save _ s , —At a meeting held bj the operative handloom weavers of Wigan and the _surrounding villages and townships , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " Th :. t we , th « operative handloom weavers of Wigan , and the surrounding villages aud townships , view , with feelings of agony aud distress , the violation ' -of the compact made between tlie manufacturers and weavers in 1814 , which compact stated that each manufacturer should reduce his lengths from _sevsutj ana eighty yards to fifty , and to this agreement each--a-ier annexed his signature , but now hare basely infringed upon this _regulated _length , and increased their pieces to sixty and seveutj yards , thereby putting it beyond the power of the weaver to produce his cut at the end of the week , and without any increase of wages for the overiength . " " That a petition to the present session
of Parliament emanate from the great body of the handloom weavers , praying their honourable house to enact a law to bind the manufacturer to a stated length , and protest the defenceless weaver against the oppressive and avaricious manufacturer ; being fully convinced that unless the government interferes in behalf ef the wearer _. In compelling tlie master to remain at a fixed length , it will be rendered totally impossible for the workman to support even the miserable existence that he is sow dragging out in destitution and want . " " That T . S . _JDunconibe , Esq ., M . P ., be applied to , to present our petition , he being one of those few in whom we can place confidence , and who we believe to he the real supporter ofthe rights of honest industry . * ' After the passing ol the above resolutions , the secretory read tbe petition prepared by the committee , which met with the approbation ofthe meeting at large .
___" - _ . am __ w (» ek-1 ___ _ci-te-ss * Movembst . —A three counties delegate _mtetinj of ftaw-Wotk-kuitter- -was held at the Barkfey Arms , tipper George-street , Leicester , oa . Monday last , when the following places were represented : —Ar . nold , Sutttn-in-A-hfield , Mansfield , Uucknalbby-Sutton , Skegby . _Mausfield _Woodheuso , Sutton forest Side , Bucknal Torkard , tliesereral branches in Leicester , Sheepshead ' Sutton _Bonnington , Dis _. worth , _H- _ thero , Long " _vfhatton , Kegworth , Loughborough , Barrow , Quorndon , Glen , Biaby , and Heanor . Letters were read from Mount Sorrel , _Hjson-green , Old Basford , . Derby , aud Belper , expressing their views on the general business of _frameirork-kuitters , and the probable results of Sir Robert Peel ' s me _ su __ s ; Mr . T . Emmerson iu the chair . Mr . Buckby moved , and Mr . Warner seconded , " Tbat the _general committee be empowered to draw up a petition to the legislature , on the question of frame-rents and charges ; aud also praying the legislature to amend thu Truck Act , in order to prevent indirect trucking . " Carried . Moved by Mr . Warner , sicond-d by Mr . Wild ,
"That the committee take such steps as they may think proper , to maka such alteration * iu the Ticket Act as sh _ m embrace all parties connected with the tradu , so as w make the act effective . " C _ rri _ d . Moved by Mr . Warner , seconded by Mr . Saxton , "That it is the opinion of this meeting every _delegate is in duty bound to press on his constituents the necessity of joining the National Union . " Carried . Mored by Mr . Wild , seconded by Mr . _Xonnan , "Thateach delegate pieient use his best endeavour to collect one penny per frame towards the general expenses . " Carried . Ordered that the next three counties meeting be held at ~ uuoti-in . Asli . ield , aud at such time as tha committee may deem it necessary , giving ten days' notice . —A public meeting was also held in the Market-place , at half-past twelve o ' clock ; Mr . T . I Winters iu the chair , The mrcting wag ably addressed by the delegates frem Sheepshead , Sutton , Huckn-l Torkard , Heanor , and also by Mr . Buckby , of Leicester ; I after-which they u ___ iuiciuily agreed that tlic committee I should take the necessary steps to joiu the National I Union . —Correspondent .
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MOEE EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE LANCASHIRE MAGISTRATES UNDER THE MASTERS AND SERVANTS ACT , AND SIGNAL _TKHJMFU OF THE -MINERS' ATTORNEY-GENERAL , W . 1 \ ROBERTS ESQ . Onthe 12 thJanuary an information was exhibited against Jacob _Ogdeo , which was sworn before Samuel Newton , Esq ., a magistrate for Lancashire _^ who granted a warrant for Ogden ' s apprehension . His _Cffence was haviug absented himself from the service of his master , John Darlington , coal proprietor , of Tyldesley , in Lancashire . Ou the -5 th January Ogden was brought in custody before the petty sessions at Leigh , near Bolton , Latn . ~__ l . ire . There were present on the bench , Messrs .
J __ u _» PownaU _, John Green , and Malcolm Kugent ltoss , magistrates . Mr . Samuel Newton , before whom the Information was sworn , was mot _jtnnwnt . Several objections to the information were taken by Ogden ' s attorney in defence , one in particular , that while it stated that Ogdeu contracted to serve it did not state that Darlington contracted to employ , and consequently there was uo mutuality in the _agreement , which was contrary to law ; tbat , therefore , what the information charged did not amount to a legal offence . The magistrates , however , overruled suoh objections , and having consnlt-d together , the chairman stated the judgment to be , that Ogdeu should be imprisoned three months . The Masters and
Servants Act , 4 Geo . IV ., chap . 34 , requires that the complaint should be _hrard by the magistrate before whom _theinformatiouwas sworn . Ogden wasr * mov-d tothe lock-up . The parties acting for the prosecution seem to have discovered their mistake , which tliey endeavoured to eure by their subsequent management ; nothing , however , _jf- s said onthe subject , and Ogden remained in the lock-up all Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , in the belief that he was " serving his time . " He was not taken to gaol till Saturday night , or the following Monday . Mr . ltoberts , his attorney , visited the prisoner on the 21 st , procured copy of cotun _. itiiient , and found it wns dated 17 th January , signed by Mr . Xewton , and was for seventy-five days , with bard labour , _iustend ot three
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months wv tbout . Ogden eould give no information as to all this . He _recollected , however , that on Saturday night , at about eig _ _' » o ' clock , he was taken to a little room , where there iv *** . three or four persons ; he was asked whether he had " ,-igned the agreement . " He _said' _-Yes , _*' and was then taken away , the whole affair of this second trial occupying about ten _mitiiites . Upon affidavits of the above facts , ihe Court of Queen ' s Bench was moved on tbe last day of term for a habeas eorpus , to bring up Q gAm with tho cause ofhis detainer , and for a certiorari , to bring up the conviction , in order to have it quashed ; and the court immediately granted both writs , the former returnable at _-h-mber * immediately , butthe certiorari returnable on the first day of Easter Term , the court _considering the argument as to the validity ofthe onvictiesJ itself upon the extraordinary faets disclosed by tho _»_ Sd _ vit _ of tw grave a character for Chambers , and _propw for a full _eeort .
On Saturday last , Ogden was brought up to Chambers before Mr . Justice Patteson , upon tiW writ of habeas , and the gaoler ' s return ofa voluminous _ptfjehment document , setting out the proceedings and conviction , and prepared , it seems , by the magistrates' own counsel , in order to ensure its correctness . Messrs . Bodkin aad Huddle . _iteii-, counsel , with Mr . W . l \ Bo-ortg _, aftenrfed to . support Ogden ' s discharge , and Mr . Lloyd , counsel , to support the magistrates' proeeedings . After a discussion of long duration ( in the course of . which the judge _expressed hi _. opinionthat it would haa very haTd case for She m _^ ri to be sent back to . prison when there seemed . to he , ' in 'his opinion , such good grounds for argument as > to the validity of the warrant of commitment , by virtue of nbich he was to suffer , independent of other irregularities and
statements that could not then ba entered into > , the prisoner was admitted to bail until tiie first day of _ntxt term , ia spite of the most strenuous opposition from the opposite party in endeavouring to _seatf him back to prison , and , instead of returning in the custody of the gaoler , hi went home in thesame carriage with his triumphant advocate , Mr . Roberts . Kow , we have good reason—substantial reason—to assert that this man has ren _. ere- mors solid benefit to the causa of labour thitn all who hare goo . before him . His triumphs 1 . 76 not in tbe shout that follows an enthusiastic sentence , bat in the cheering smile that bespeaks the joy of tha mother and tha child at seeing their protector released from the hands of the assassin , andjwtored to the fond embiace
of his family . This man really deserves well ofhis country , and yet we find such ruffians as Thomason and others allowed , not only to carp at his usefulness , but to nibble at his character , and such fellows as Carpenter ready to give publicity to their slander . This is the _thivty-seveuth victim that Roberts has snatched from thc grasp ofthe _tyrauts , while in this ease the wily justiee , with the assistance of the ablest counsel , made sure of foiling even the ingenuity of Roberts ; but in this also he has triumphed , and tyranny has received further chastisement at his hands . Ogden may rest assured that he will never hear more of tbe case , but his oppressors maybe equally sure that they have not yet heard the last ofit . Mr . Roberts has really done his work well .
Meetings In Behalf Of The Chartist Exile...
MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . ; WES _. MISST-n . On Tue-day evening , Eebruary thc 10 th , an _overflowing meeting ( hundreds goin _^; away who could not obtain admission ) was held in the commodious theatre of the Temperance Hall , Yorkstreet , _^ _Yestm _^ _nister _. Mr . Workman was unanimously called to the chair , and in a neat speech , opened the bu . iucs _. of tha evening . Mr . Wilson then came forward and moved a resolution in favour of petitioning Parliament , to address the queen , for the restoration of Fro 3 t , Williams , and Jones .
Mr . French seconded , and Jlr . Doyle supported , tbe resolution , lie said that John Frost , even by his enemas , had been held up as a justice-loring magistrate ; he had alway * stood in the gap _betocen th-. oppressed snd the oppressor . ( Loud cheers . ) What crime had he committed ? Why , he had depicted , in glowing colours , the sufferings and privations of the men and women of England , he had -iscr ;_ -d justly those evils to class legislation , and that the only remedy was to give to every man , of of
sane mind , of twenty-one _^ ears age , the elective _fraiiclibe in accordance with the _provisions of the - _" -opte ' s Charter . ( Great cheering . ) Ho ( Mr : Doyle ) appealed to them all to use their energies , to spare no labour in working out the great object iu view —( hear , hear , )—and by a steady perseverance and a firm determination , a sufficient public opinion would be created to induce her Majesty to send out a vessel to Australia to bring tbe exiles back to their native land . ( Great cheering . ) The motion was then put and unanimously adopted .
Mr . Turner rose , read , and moved a petition in behalf of Fro-t , Williams , aud Jones , in accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Richard Dowling . Mr . T . Cooper rose and said , he knew he had been the advocate of phy _ ical force . Like John Frost , he had witnessed the sufferings of the people , and this had caused hitu to say , let us go out and end them , but after three years' deliberation and _nerious reflection , he had come to the conclusion that this was wrong , and that war , either aggressive or defensive , was wrong . Let him uot bo misunderstood , he was not for passive obedience , but for non-obedience and moral resistance , and until this system was adopted universal happiness would never prevail _.
It had been said that universal peace would never prevail until all the people had arms in their hands , but in New Zealand aud the Carribee Islands , where this custom prevailed , they had not peace , as the natives killed , roasted , and eat tlieir opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) He claimed to be a Chartist and a philanthropist —( bear , hear , )—and sure ht was , that if tliey did not adopt those philanthropic principles which he had the honour to submit to them now , tliey would ultimately , and that at no distant period . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper concluded by moving his petition , with the clause in opposition to war , _aggressive or defeusive , as a substitute for that moved by Mr . Turner . Mr . Thomason seconded tho amendment .
Mr . Feargus O'Connor now rose , amid the most Yociferous cheering , and said : He knew no place more fitting than the present place in which they had met to advocate the cause for which they had assembled , inasmuch as it was in this very place that John Frost made the speech for wbich he was struck from the commission of the peace . { Hear , hear . ) lie was present at the trial , and was cognisant ofthe whole proceedings . He ransacked the whole country through , until he found money enough to employ two of the most talented men at the bar to conduct the deence of Frost , viz ., thc present Chief Baron and the present Solicitor-General . These two eminent men said , they were not guilty , while an ignorant mauof the name of Christopher Johns or John
, Christopher ( and this intelligent juryman could not say tthica was his right name )—( laughter , )—gave as a reason for joining in the verdict of guilty , tliat he did not iind him guilty of treason , but that he came into the town of JSewiiort whilst there were soldiers in it . ( Laughter . ) lie asked , w .. b it justice to extend mercy to murderers , thieves , and pickpockets , aud withhold it from such exemplary mon as Frost , Williams , and Jones ? ( Loud cheers . ) In _congequcucof a recent decision of a very intelligent jury—( Laughter , )—he had written out a new code , a sliding scale of punishment ., adapted to the rank of persons tried and convicted of murder . Thus , a noble lord should be reprimanded by the judge ; an esquire , in addition to the judge ' s reprimand ,
sbo . _ild be _ojseit to the censure of the opposition press —( laughter ); a shopkeeper should bo severely reprimanded , and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment , but if the murderer be a working man , a voteless outcast , ho shall be hung . ( Great aoplause . ) Uo thought such meetings as these were neither the time nor place for bringing forward such doctrines as those propounded in the objectionable clause of Mr . Cooper ' s petition . Very shortly there would be a general election , and then they must shout in the candidate ' s eara , " Frost , Williams , and Jones !" " The Ten Hour * ' Bill ! " and " The Charter ! " ( Great cheering . ) lie thought it was high time justice
resumed her seat , and that those exemplary men were restored to their native land , toiheir families , and _Iriends . ( Loud cheers . ) Democracy was progressing : the Emperor of ltussia trembled on his throne , the Emperor of Austria was insccuro in hi * Italian states . The King of Prussia had notice U > quit unless he conformed to the wishes of the people . ( Vociferous cheering . ) We heard of constitutioncemented by the blood of our ancestors ; he thought the cement must be very rotteu , and that such a constitution would fall , and that the temple of liberty would be erected on its ruins , ( Vociferous cheeri « i ' . ) .
Mr . G . Julian Harney , after some remarks expressive of his admiration _* f Mr . Frost , whom he Knen in the Convention of 1839 , suggested in tho case ot Ellis that it would be best to appoint a special committee , who should have the authority and the mean * to bring to Loudon the _witnesses from thc Potteries who could prove the innocence of Ellis , aud thus make out a case to lay before the government . Mr . Harney said he must give his decided opposition to ihe m otion of his friend Mr . Cooper , and he did so with great pain , as no two wen could be more attached to each other than he and Mr . Cooper . hut he thoug ht Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine ill-timed , and cal-
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_culated to do groat hart , hy reviving tho old feud of moral wm physical force . ( _Henr , hear . ) Mr . Cooper said he was _opposed ta all war ; so was he ( Mr . Harney ) , but still he thought it was wise to _clioosethe lesser of two erila , and sometimes despotism was a greater _evifthan war . ( Cheers . ) In some c ° * ** _-jP _« larid and Italv , for instance—the effect of Mr . Cooper ' s doctrine wou ! d be to keep the people in perpetual slavery . . Ho was surprised that Mr . Cooper , who was such an admirer of Hampden and biduey , should promulgate suck a doctrine , ( Hear , hear . ) He could not agree in _castirig censure , direct or implied , on such men , nor on sucbaman _ssthe immortal Washington . ( Great cheerisg . ) The horrime butcheries on board the Tory , pretented anillustration of the way in which Mr . Cooper's doctrine would work . The unfortunate men saw their comrades cut and hewed to pieces , and offered so
resistance ; the result was the horrors they wer * all acquainted with , wbich had ended in the acq ® ttal of the monster Johnstone . He ( Mr . H . ) said it would have been infinitely better that the sailors had chucked tbis wretch overboard , and thus saved t _* ir own lives . ( A voice , " . No , no . " ) He said , " _ _s » , yes . " ( Great cheering . ) He regretted that he _couW sot support Mr . Cooper ' s petition , as , with the es _> _ception of the clause objected to , it was better than ' the * original . . Be trusted Mr . Cooper would _withdraw that clause . He admired Mr . Cooper for liis _abilities , esteemed him for his political integrity , and _lof-d him for his manly qualities ; but his ( Mr . ll . ' s ) sense of duty compelled him to oppose Mr . Cs petition as it was at present worded . ( Applause . ) The qts-stion was then put , and the originnl _fetition carried by an ov « whelming majority . j Mr . _Hay-ues mored a memorial to the Queen t- * ~ be . ike effect .
Mr . Sawyer seconded it . Mr . T . Clark , in an eloquent speech , supported _iSk adoption . It was _carried unanimously . Mr . T . _Cooler , iu & speech replete with pathos anu intellectual vigour , moved a petition in favour of William Sberrat Ellis , which wa * seconded by Mr . Sawyer , and carried unanimously . Mr . Brown moved , — " That , in- the opinion ofthis meeting , the whole of tho evils with which tbis country is afflicted can be clearly traced to- class legislation ' ; we therefore resolve unceasingly to agitato until the principles contained in the People ' s Charter shall become the law of the land . "
Mr . P . M'Grath , in seconding tho motion , said the most beautiful thing ho knew of in nature was to see a people assembled to do an act of justice . They had met to do a virtuous , holy , and just act—to seek for mercy and justice to those expatriated martyrs , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . ( Loud cheers . ) He hoped the time was not distant when the voice of those patriots should be agaiu heard advocating the rights of man . ( Great cheering . ) At tlie present time , only one in seven possessed the franchise ; and would they consent longer quietly te continue crawling slaves , in the ratio of seven to one ! ( No , 110 . ) Well , then , they should assert their manly
dignity by asserting their right to enjoy all the privileges and immunities of freemen . ( Loud cheers . ) JW was the Charter to be obtained ? Why , was it not easy if they were united for seven to wrest their rights from one ? ( Cheers . ) Never until the People ' s Chatter was obtained , would the people enjoy peace , _prosperity , and universal happiness . ( Tremendous cheeiing . ) Mr . T . M . Wheeler supported the motion in a speech of great energy , and it was carried by acclamation . In the course of the evening the secretary ( Mr . W . Matthews ) road the following letters from the members for tho borough * . — Wednesday , Feb . 4 th , 18-6 .
Su , —I cannot have the pleasure of attending the meeting in Yorlc-atr _. et , in favour of Frost , William * , and -ones , but I agree with you in yonr bi ! er /« rence in their behalf . Your obedient servant , J . _T-HPLJ Lead-B . Captain _Itout _pretenti his _eomplitneats to ilr . Matthew , and regrets he cannot attend the meetine appointed for Tuesday . Letters were also read from T . S . Duncombe , and T . WaWey , Es « ivs ., member- for _Fmshury , expressive of their sympathy , and determination to do all they can to eftcct tho return of those mucli-injured men . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the chairman , and the densely-thronged meeting separated , evidently elated with the improved and improving prospects of democracy . BRIGHTON .
An enthusiastic and numerously attended public meeting , was held in the large room of the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Thursday , January 29 th , to petition Parliament for tho restoration of Frost . Williams , and Jones to theii * natire homes and families . Mr . John Good ( one of the delegates to the first convention from this town ) was unanimously called on to preside . The chairman opened the business of the meeting in an appropriate speech , not forgetting a castigation In tho high constable for not convening a public town meeting , having called a meeting a few days before , in compliance with a requisition not so numerously signed as ours , for the League . Having been personally acquainted with Mr . Frost , he ( the chairman ) gav » him an excellent character , and concluded by calling upon Mr . Woodward to move the first resolution .
Mr . Woodward , in a most interesting speech , proposed the following resolution . — "That it is the opinion of tliis meeting , that the sentence of transportation for life passed upon John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones was cruel , unjust , and ilk-gal ; and this opinion has been confirmed by the decision ofthe House of Lords in the case of Tuckett v . Cardigan , and more rec-ntly , in the case of tlie liuccn v . Gray , O'Connell , and others . This meeting is , therefore , of opinion that tho time has arrived when the royal clemency can be exercised without any forfeiture of tho claims ot justice : her Majesty having granted a free pardon to the Canadian insurgents . Wo , therefore , resolve to petition Parliament to memorialise her Majesty for the restoration to
John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones to thciruative homes and the bosom of _tlieirfamilies . " Mr . Flowers seconded tlie resolution in his usual energetic manner , which was unanimously adopted . Mr . John Page , in a very appropriate speech , proposed the adoption of a petition , founded on the above resolution , which was seconded by Mr . George lloppy . and ably supported by Dr . Sutton and Mr . Osbournc ( of Bristol ) , who is acquainted with Mrs . Frost . The petition _having been put by the chairman , was carried , every hand being held up for it . Mr . Woodward moved , and Mr . Mitchell seconded , " That the chairman sign the petition 011 bohalf oi the meeting , " which was carried .
Mr . _Georce Giles proposed the following resolution :- " That G . It . Pechell , Esq ., M . P ., bc requested to present thc petition to tbe House of Commons , and Lord Alfred llervey , M . P ., bo requested to support tho prayer thereof , " wliich was also carried . Dr . Sutton proposed a vote of thanks to the clinirjnan , which , being seconded by Mr . lloppy , and supported b . v Mr . Page and Mr . Flowers , was carried unanimously . The speeches throughout were excellent anu _^ to the purpose , and could not fail to make a deep impression upon the minds of all present ; in fact , every one seemed to wish for the return of the exiles , many expressing an opinion that they would be sent for in less than six months . Thus ended one of the best _lM-tings Yf __ have had for a long time .
_SU-DEIt-AND . A very large meeting has been holden here , in the Arcade-room , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in behalf of the Chartist exiles . Mr . John Hill , a most respectable merchant in Sunderland , was elected to the chair , and opened the meeting with an excellent speech—impressing upon the minds of the meeting the necessity of peti tioning Parliament for thc restoration of the exiles in question . Mr . William Dobbie proposed the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Monarch , and canted unumuou-ly . The accond resolutiou was proposed by Mr . Bruce , seconded hy Mr . Uaylor , and carried unanimously . The third resolution was proposed hy Mr . Bruce , seconded by Mr . Chappie , and supported by Mr . Dickinson . The petition wn * carried unanimously . A resolution was carried that the two member * for the boroug h be requested to _snpport Mr . Duncombe when he brings forward his motion upon the petition in the iiouse .
nONCAS-ER . Petitions in favour of the Chartist exiles arc in course of signature in thi * town , and are likely to be numerously signed . AI . K _ D _ . R _ . A public meeting of tho inhabitants of this city was held on the 2 nd of February , for the purpose of petitioning _Parliamsat for thc return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , to their native land ; Mr . James McPhersoa m the chair . The petition was moved by Mr . Alexander 11 . Henry , and seconded by Mr . Robert Lowpy , which was carried unanimously and is now irt course of signature— Correspondent ,
ALVA ( SCOTLAND ) . Spirited meetings have been lield _bere on behall of the exiled patriots—Frost , Williams , Jones , and _Eliia ; nnd also in oppositrfr ) to the contemplat _' - d _enrolment ol the militia .
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NO VOTE ! In . O MUSKET !! _ROCHDAM _..-On Friday evening , the 30 t _» January , a public meeting was held in the Pohh _' o Hall , at eight o ' clock , for the purpoae of _protta ting against the present outrageous attempt to ram . upwards of forty thousand soldiers , and _exposing tfu * absurdity of working men joining militia c _ Hbfc . l ' _-he largo hall was crowded in every part , and a number > _- » f individuals could not gain admission . _JoShi Petrkr , Esq ., was called to the chair , and after a _fiflf introdcictory observations the following _gentleman were respectively called upon to submit the following _molutions ;—Jacob Bright , jim ., moved , and Olive . * Ormerod seconded , — "That this meeting protest _at' _-iinst the present attempt to rai > e the mrlitia of Great Britain ,
! _oecause 15 is certain to press heavilv npon th « workin" classes , affect tho prosperity " of the eou'ntryfo » ter a military spirit , wliich is bad in _principle , inconsistent with British liberty , and totally at variance with the spirit ofthe times . " Wm Li _' gan then proposed , and John Ashworth seconded , , — " Tha . this nweting , believing that the system and practice of war are directly opposed to _Christiahity ,-calculated to promote uneleanness , intemperance , _together with every species of immorality ; to unsettle the jeace of _tainilies , to arou * e the jealousy of foreign _jxitions-and increase their _armios . to augment the enormous military burdens of tbis kingdom _—deisolemnly protest against the present movement to raise the militia . " The _Hev . J . Gibbons _tfsen
propceed , wliica- was supported by Messrs . J . H . Midgisy , jun ., and' Ev Townsmd , — " That should tlie proposed' enrolment of the militia actually take place , this meeting earnestly recommend th * _friends of peace to consider ' whether'ii be not their dmy peace . uJJp't i . endure xll the legal consequences _^ rather than _consent to serve er take any steps- to provide A substitute , 91 . sanction the assumed _riijht of government to _coin 5 _« l men to take arms against tlmr conscientious convictions , or to _subjeet them t » any penalty in consequence of refusal . " At this stage of tlte proceedings- the respected chairman _suygasted the following resolution , which was carried ' in tho most enthusiast _^ ' manner , via : — " That a _subscription ; be raised to support the families of wo _ rkim _ _» en
_who-may conscienftiusly refuse to serve when balle , cd fertile militia . " Mr . E . Taylor then proposed the petition , which was- supported by Messrs . Doyle aad _ litcli . ll , and ordered to be entrusted to S . CrawfoHl , Esq ., M . P . for tlie borough . 'lhe interest of the meeting wa » sustained witft great _spirit until about half-past ten o ' clock , when a vote of thanks having been proposed to the chairman , the * large assembly quietly separated . At th * close of the nweting , the following individual * «* -r « appointed * ceinmitt-o for the purpose of carrying out tho . fourth resolution . Messrs . John Petri ., Henry King , Oliver Ormerod , James II . Midgley , jun ., John xSshwortb , Edward Taylor , Jacob Bright , jun ., Jesse HaiU , and William Logan .
_DO-CA-i-R . A public meeting of thc inhabitants ofthis town and _neighbourhood was held in the Town-hall , on Friday lust , wbich was numerously attended . Tho meeting was called by the Mayor , in compliance with a requisition siyned by sixty-one persons , including several members o ! the town council , to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons against a measure which they were pomiaded would prove injurious alike to the Bocial , commercial , moral , and religious interests of the whole nation _, in the absence of the mayor , Mr . Alderman Uivley was called to tlie chair , who proceeded to read the requisition and notice of the mayor . Mr . _Hantie rose to propose the first resolution .
War was fraught with the most dire and calamitous mischiefs to tho human race , and perhaps there was no country where war had not performed its havoc upon the homes and happiness , tlie habits , mid the morals of thc people resident t _jiorein . He referred to recent times , to the late _i _ilit of our soldiers to _Affghciiistaii , where a severe _ivtiibution was inflicted upon us—15 , 000 British subjects being engaged agaiust the lives and property of a free and independent peoplo . He also referred to the wars of Europe in connection with the French revolution , and in which Great Britain was engaged with otlier powers in placing the Bourbon dynasty upon the throne of Fiance—in a _[ crusade against the principles of liherty , against the rights of a great and a
i ' ree _people to choose their own governors . That war cost us upwards of a thousand millions of money , and destroyed two millions and a half of human beingswithdrawing from industrial pursuits in this country millions of the best men that Europe had ever produced . If , add to this , they remembered that fifteen years ofthis war had saddled us with a debt of eight hundred millions , and then remembered tbat in three short days the people of one city , Paris , undid all tlicy had then done , tliey must see at once tlie ( ittor inutility , the perfectly _ iircic . il nature of all such attempts to drag down the human mind by _biuto force . It was intended to levy a force of about 45 , 000 men , which would be chiefly drawn from the working population ofthis country , inasmuch as those who _.
had it in theii * power wonld avail themselves oi the advantage of paying a substitute . Therefore , whilst the poor working man had to stand his chance of being balloted , he was also liable to be tempted into the service by a bonus given to him by those who were hblc * to iind the money . And wliat was the natHre of the service required ? They were aware there had been a lengthened discussion of the Repeal question in Ireland during the last few years ; and tliere was likely to be a necessity for a large portion of tho regular forces in Canada and otlier parts ofthe British empire . So that the 2 __ , 0 ll 0 regulars required to keep Dan quiet in Ireland would be wanted in foreign _iiatts ; and the militia of Great Britain
would have the privilege of going to Wexford , where the inhabitants hud perhaps not altogether forgotten some of th . deeds previously performed by British troops in that country , lie next proceeded to observe that government ought to be carried on upon the principl « s ol equity and justice , and upon sueh principles of conciliation as would obviate . the necessity ol a great expenditure for the maintenance of a standing army in times of peace . The resolution wns to the _elfect that the principles of war were opposed to the spirit of the gospel nnd to the best interests of man , and that the meeting protest against the conduct of governments in attempting to scttlo disputes hy the sword , & e .
Mr . W . E . Smith , in seconding the resolution , cordially approved of every word contained in it . And yet lie must honestly say that he was not so fully convinced of the principles of peace as to say that no war , under any ciicumstaiiees , was justifiable _, ( llear , hear . ) There was a bvoad distinction between offensive and defensive war—tliere was a wide difference between the war which had to do with the ambition of the people , and that which had to do with the defence of our liberties and rights . ( Hear , ) The resolution was put from thu chair , and carried unanimously . ....
Mr . Plant moved the next _resolution , and said he believed the reason that the in opo-ition of government had been made was , that thu people of England were becoming too sensible to become recruits , and to go and be shot at for a shilling a day . Besides wliich , _ . e u _ doi-t- Dd tbat militiamen had 4 tl . deducted from that sum for linen to make them comfortable . Allusion had been made to the Jewish wars by some » ne as an argument in support , of war ; but they should remember that one rule among the Jews was , that il Any man felt afraid hc might return home . Another rule was imperative , that if Ue hud married _Wllll ' twelve months he must return home . Ko one now would stand up _forofFetisive war ; but in a purely defensive war , the individuals they attack mast be considered as robbers and murderers . The speaker said the object of government in this measure was tocom-, pel the mUitiauwn , by lnua .- « mg them from time to
time , to enter tlic line and join tho regular force .. But though they could compel a man to serve who had not the means of paving ior a substitute , could they , lie would ask , compel liim to take an oath I No . They might send liim to p rison for refusing , but they could not make him a soldier without hi * own consent . He hoped they would all prepare _theinaeives to resist this tyrannical edict , and _notsvibniitto such abominable tyranny . A conscription never should be allowed in England , and no _govenuaout ought to be allowed to compel men to bo soldiers . The resolution proposed was that ot ' au objection to . the embodiment of thc militia , by winch thousands would , bc forcibly taken ft 0111 their homes , exposed to the demoralising effects of a military \\ h , to tho great injury of themselves and their _fancies , and by which tlieir habits of industry would be iostrojed , aud themselves and their dependents ( . stymie a charge on the
mvtvon . Mr . Joseph Clark seconded the resolution . Thc Rev . G . 11 . Johnson _mov - d the next resolution , the adoption ofa _petjjipn founded upon the previous resolutions . It was , a matter of congratulation to many who werc in ti >» sumo position as himself , that of not having _avftiii- in sending members to Parliament , that they ooald notwithstanding make thenvoices hoard thero ; and unless they went to the House of Commons with petitions against tho c measures to _whicli they dissented , t _'* ey became _rcipoiisi-_ i . e in their several degrees / or all the injuries that thesu measures mialtt inflict , lie wns not yet convinced of the _corrt-t'tne . _'S of all the principles of tin . Feacc Society ; but he w ould go with them so far as
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r _t ' to say that a forced standing army Jn any nation w _ i _4 n _«««_ ww to that nation . Mr . Chad wick , of A _rksey , came forward to _sscondf « resolution , Tho game that Peel was now _pkymfJU * _P' * y . 4 u . e"fcy years ago by tiio worst prime Z _S _£ _" » ever knew , Lord North . In 1773 1 * _& _Af b fi _•^ V _" . _™ to this nation , because _fl ™ iidT 1 1 * " ? ' th _« _af"e time . We were to bar free trade at last But there was treachery in thp _eainp . lliey _ffanted to _« md the militia to _lrclaLd t » assist the police to collect the rents of the faniisl ing poor . . They dare not fight with America and with a famine m Ireland at the __»_« . Jtime , and so it was for Ireland tliat thtse 45 , 000 _militiamcit were wanted . Mr . Geo . _Blagden moved a vote of thanks to ths chairman , whicli was seconded , by Mr . _Illiiigworth . The Chairman acknowledged the compliment , and the company separated . ORB-NOCK . On Wednesday eveuing , the _ th current , a great public meeting of the _inhabitants of this place was held in the hall of the Mechanics' _Institution , for the purpose of considering the intended embodiment of the militia . Mr . John M'Luskny w . is unanimously called to the chair . He opened the meeting with a » few appropriate remark ) , and concluded by reading the bill calling the meeting . tt Arthur Fay moved the following resolution : — Th-t this meeting ofthe inhabitants of Greenock r baring learned witli indignation and alarm that the
government intend embodying the militia , is deeply impressed with the conviction tliat such a protectiveforce is not only uncalled-for at the present moment , but would be highlyinjurions to the b « st interesfc * oi the working claws , by _drawing from their hon : «» the h _^ band- of virtuous wives , the fathers of help-. ess children , and the sons and props of old aee and infirmity . Mr . F . aWy supported the resolution in a speech of considerable length . Mr . John M'Farlan e seconded the resolution with a short . bat _appropriate address , when it was carried by acclamntftm . * wm r Jo _hnPeac ° _c'fc proposed the next resolution : — _^ 1 hat tins meeting has » o hesitation in declaring _i-mt it is the very essence of tyranny toeompct men to _**> _ncrifice their time and means in supporting in » ti _ tuJfwis in the _fsrniatbnsl . whkh _iiiey are denied the
privilege of taking any part , That it would more accord with reason and justice to draw the miiitiairom tliat section * of the community who appoint the legislative i « dy ,. and who frame and enact Jaw * ior tile-embodiment of such a force . " In support ol this _rerolution Mr , Peacoek « . id—It may be asked , _< k it theduty of wor & ti . g men to _d-ilsnd tlie property 'Of those ' who Jook _UJlwi them as- lieing miworthy ot the _snialf-st _privilegs- ? . In tbe name ef common sen *) , what does it mutter to working , mn under -what _gownunent tLfij- exist , whether Russian ,. Prussian , 3 ritish , or _Ainerifcai , . - . thev have not * vete , a voiasj nor stake in- the co ntry ' l- Is it nobare insult to Jfte meral dignity , of man to drag working men from-. heir homes ; , and range them iii batt 0-array , like a parcel of _powdsr-monkeya-orinechaiiicafi figures , to m » . eh , halt , _statfct-at easso _. _-whtel about to tB » right , tothe _leftpreparepres-nttireat
the-, , , , despotic mandate of some _oM-fcie 07 some _voung . aristocratic puppy . Oh , it is * a _* strange government _,, this _cwBritish-goremnient ! . ' If a _woil-i-ing man is caught , in the act of _shooting »¦ pheasant , a moor fowl , or a hare , ho is dragged off-to prison and sentenced to _transportation _bey-rwd tlio s * as .. They will not allow y o * to shoot h * n « : _hut _u-i > . » . . _i , P i * tt _3 o they win ioree arms in vou . ' hands and giveyou a shilling a day to shoot mV . _- .- The chains-and gloom of a ( _Jttngeon ,. when the sou . 'is conscious of doing no evil , is heaven when - < _rnipni _. d with tliehorrid occupation of imbruing our hand * ia _youraeighbour- ' blood ; aail he who __ _* _sles , - < _or-hii _* es wilh Money , any other , _to-scrve in Ins place-, is as gnilty oi * murder as he who 'strikes the blow . Let them _, light who profit by h '» h = ting ; but w _. rking men have _*> right to light for- those who rob-tliem of their _natural _rights and _liberties .
. Mr . M'lvinzie _brii _^ iy seconded the resolution . C _ -ried unanimously . Mr . _Rooert Burrell _proposed thc third ' resolution z — "That this _meetim _? is-of _opinuraahsit it isth » duty of the uneiiliaucliiMd portiou of the community of Great Britain and Ireland to weigh weJiin their mia « U whether it would b . in -triet accordance with the moral law , or for ihe well-being of themselves and families , either to serve in the militia _thein-» _i _* lves > to find substitute-By . or to pay Sues for noncompliance ; but rutherto Kubinit to the alternative of having their effects confi-eatcd and their persons imprisoned . That this - meeting , and each individual for himself , is determined to use everv means
which thu law andthe _constitution allow ,. _to-p ! vvi . iifc the intended embodiment , and in the meantime agree to-forward petitionsta both Houses of Parliament pvaying them to prevent the raising ot such a force . " Mr . Burrell said—If tlicy became militiamen they could bo compell-tl _ . _*_ t th- bidding . of * _ « t > - ther , to bio- thu brains out of . _tlioit _* . lather , brother , or oth-r of tlieir kindred . 'Hhoy- dare no . s « y- no , or they would have the punishment of martiaMniv- inflicted on them for _disobudienco . Their families could be no worse off were thoy imprisoned ,, than if tlicy were militiamen . The _suldier _' s pay _< vould not afford any support to the family ,. while ,. itVtliey were _imprisoned , a fund could be raised for the protection of their families .
Mr . John Gray briefly _cecondod the motion ,, and it was carried by acclamation . Mr . Robert DiuiJop read and : proposed a petition founded on the resolutions . Mm . John Peacock seconded its adoption , and it was carried unanimously . It was moved by Edward Taylor , seconded by Thomas Mitchell , tliat Mr . Bain ,, the member for the burgh , bc requested to present the petition to the Commons and support the prayer thereof , and that Lord Brou _> linni be _i _. _i-juestedtopr . sentitto the- Lords . On the motion of Alexander Ml ' _-dneii , seconded by John Arnot , ten of a ' * Wateb Committee were appointed to watch tlic movements of govenani _. _iifc with respect to the nr'litia , and were empower id to bring the trades' delegates together when deemed necessary .
The meeting was thc largest in-door _Bweting tlmfc has been held here for _nloug time . Several _liwudivdbad to go away who could not uct admission .
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HORRIBLE _MUIU'ER A-ND _SUICIDE . Between six anil seven o ' clock on Thursday morning the inhabitants of Arbour-square , _Coiimiercial-iO'ni , « erenl : irin _< idliy loud calls for the police nnd _scvwitms of inur . v _. 'r issuing from the house , No . 18 , in the _squaro , occupied bj- a n _.-spectablo man naui . tl Baxter , employe * as a _clvrk in _Teinpltimiin . _' - coal wharf . Police vonstab . e Siitliei'l . iud _, who was _pussing the h-usc , whieh is within abont eighty or one limulrul yards « f the _Tliiinu-s _Polteveourt and station-house , imnicdiiitt'ly _entoiHil , -m . ! _, ov descending to tlio bnek kitchen , _rcet-iyuj in hu armt the body of a young woman in the lust gasp of dentil , from a frightful iiotind on the right * i > : _ - «_ T the throat , which _gujii'd tu the _extent of several _iiu-lias . She died almost immediately , without uttering a word . Having laid tho I'orfy on the floor , he
proceeded to the next apnrtnicnt _, which was _fuvnishud ii » tiiu way of a parlour , uwl there , on the _floi-r _t-Ios « to the fire-place , lay tlie body of a mun _nbout twenty-six year * of age , with Ids _liciil nearly severed from liis body , his _thi-o _. _it being cut quite across . A pool of blood haii issti . il from the wound , aud where tins woman lay in the other apartment the place was 11 U 0 deluged with blood . There was a poml of blood at tli . foot of the staircase , and the door , the _tabhs , and the chairs , wero _siatiered and smeared with gore . The fender , tire irons , anil furniture , wore seattered about in ev . ry direction , mi- all tliin »« betokened « - _ilent hut terri-le struggle . It _sveins the _dei'taseil young woman , who h __ d not yet a «~ twined her sixteenth year , was the daughter of ilr . Baxter , the proprietor ofthe liouse . Against the _fathi-i _ . consent she married her murderer , Jeremiah _Spenee
Stark , ahout nine months since . Tin . ugh averse to the match , her poor fu I her took tliem into the house , in the hope that he might further their future prospects ; but . the son-in-law was ofa gloomy and morose ten per , and . apparently idly uis _[! Osed . The only discoverable _^ _rov-iv _' _.-. for the terrible tragedy , whieh has _fmu-tully al * irimd > the neighbourhood , are these * . —A little brother oCf the young woman _Elh 11 Baxter , alias Stark , slept iu tlio same apartment with her Mid her husUaml , and . on the previous night heard the latter abusing her and calling her odious names , This he tol- to his _f-iher > who mildly remonstrated with Stark nil the impropriety ofhis conduct . It would seem tliis galled the fellow , and
must have rankled all night in his miiul . Fiom t ) _ij .. np- _> _peuninef . of the front kitchen , which seemed to be tbe _br-a-fnst room of the family , the young woman must have -ecu at wotk iu tbe place wlwn Stark n * v ? d <* thenllack upon her , and the silent _struggle between _tln-ttt ¦ mst hare been terrible . Her hands wire rui . ii > .. m _verat places through the gloves which she had tauloiug her work . The jiooryoiing woman , who is _supposed to hava been in the family way , is said to havebveim . _fiwiet , g" 0 ' . l-• _empered girl , of very prepossessing app _^ _a-puce , and her life might have been saved had not he ., too gnat love > for the murderer and suicide _prevci- _^ l her giving a , timely alarm , as there were several _pei-Mtis in tlie „ ou »_ at the time .
[ _it-Theh _fauticvi , _a-oi . ] The inquest ou the bodies was bvJd _. _Tliiii-duy _aft-Di * _"" * at three o ' clock , befove Mr . \ Y . l > _- . > kev . Xo » - _** . _nvcta _. were elieited from the evidence prr-dueed , which _reiaiaprinclpally to the _lU'intuiiour of * U ' -ik , and bi- _ _conduct to his unfortunate wife during tlie last few days . Tliu . _eovonov having summed up __ i * s jury , » fte _ - a -hurt deliberation , returned a verdict " _*^ iat the deceased Jul _euiwlfc Spenee Surk killed his _witVj while _laliuirtttg under insanity , and tliat afterwards he _iniliese'l a _w-iind upon himself while in the same _s-tnto . of which he d ' n J . —~— - - ~
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1 v - _ bssivk _Com'uckatios . — du _Wcdiitsdivy eveninj :, before seven o ' _clock , the _inhabitants "f _Wiiiulswoi'th-voiul wore thrown into a state of excitement by the outbreak of a live 011 the propirty of Mr . Oakley , a curpeuU'v . Upon tke engines arrivin « the five had extended from tho but torn to the top of . Mr . Oakley ' s manufactory , and « _l- « i t ' " ' oii- . iout the whole ofthe _ndjoiiiim . premises , bc . _' _oii . mi : t <> Mr . Churn-. k , a _iilumln-v and painter . I be hiv waa not { ot under uutil it had c » u _ cd eoii * _-: i ! . rablc _instruction .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 14, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14021846/page/1/
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