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ABKEST OF ARMED CHARTISTS IN LONDON ( From the Daily Papers of Thursday , Aug . 17 ) Last night a scene of the utmost confusion too k place in Webber-street , _BJackfriara , which for two or three hours created considerable sensation in the _^ t _wTem that fro m P riwte information received hi the government , a strong muster of the P division of police was ordered to assemble at the L division in Tower-s treet . The men were immediately placed in reserve , armed with cutlasses , and were joined by about 150 constables and sergeants of the L division . The men belonging to the M section were also on duty at the Stones-end station under the direction of Superintendent Evans .
About half-past nine , on a signal being made , Superin tendent Rutt , and Inspectors Carter , Evan , Arnold and Rogers , with rearly 300 men , marched to the Angel Tavern , in Webber-street , kept by Mr Smith . Mr Rutt , with a pair of loaded pistols and a cutlass at his side , entered the house , accompanied by a strong body of constables , and at the same time upwards of a hundred officers were drawn np in front of . the premises under arms . The moment the police entered the _tap-room or parlour a general movement took place on the part Of the persons assembled there , and Mr Rutt cried out' It any man offers the least resistance I will
, run him through , ' at the same time showing his drawn cutlass . This had the desired effect , and little or no resistance was attempted , The police then , in a body , seized fourteen men who were in the room , and conveyed them , under a strong guard , to Tower-streei , where upon being searched _p istols loaded to the muzzle , pikes , three-corner daggers , spear heads , and swords were found upon their persons , and others were found secreted under the seats on which they had been sitting . Some of them wore iron breast plates , and others had gunpowder , shot , and tow balls . Under one ma ? , no less _thaa seventv-five rounds of ball cartridge were
discovered . The prisoners were all placed in front of the lobby , and having been duly charged , their names and addresses were taken , and scarcely a man was brought forward who teas not well Mown to the _policezs being a prominent Chartist . The whole of the prisoners were locked up at Tower-street under a strong escort of police armed with cutlasses . Soon after Superintendent Rutt and Inspector Russell , from private information
which they received , proceeded to Blue Anchor-yard , York-street , Westminster , where , it was stated , a gang of armed Chartists were waiting to march out and join tbe other portions in the event of a procession being formed . On entering the house of a cell-known leader , the man and a large pike were found . The whole of the Metropolitan and City police , not on duty in the streets , are to a man in reserve at the station-houses under aims , in case their services should be required .
The whole of the military quartered at Buckingbam Palace , the Tower , Mint , Bank of England , cd tbe various barracks are at the present moment under arms , and a continuous line of communication is being kept up between the Metropolitan and City police , as well as with the military and other official bodies . Upon the police proceeding to the house ot Samuel Morgan , one of the men taken by the L division , the police found the leg of a chair loaded with lead and a number of nails driven in at the extremity . It was about the length of a policeman ' s truncheon , and so heavily laden that a blow on the head vrltr > it must have caused instantaneous death . Swords and weapons of various kinds have been found at the residences of the other prisoners . Mr Inspector Carter , with several constables , then proceeded in a bodv to search the abodes of the other parties
cap-Yesterday , in consequence of information received at the Home Office that a Chartist demonstration on a large scale was intended to be held at a house in Moor-street , Seven Dials , orders were issued to the superintendents of tbe various divisions of police & t the west-end of the metropolis , to muster all their men , and keep them in reserve till further orders . At four o'clock a strong body of police , under the direction of Superintendents Pearce and Grimwood , of the E and F divisions , proceeded to tbe offices of the Mendicity Society , Red Lion-square , where they ¦ were kept in reserve till five o ' clock , when from information received by Superintendent Pearce , tbe latter accompanied by Superintendent Grimwood
went to the Orange Tree public house in Orangestreet , and having satisfied themselves tbat a number of armed Chartists were in tbe house proceeded _TOlh several _censtables into tbe place , and arrested about eighteen men , armed with pistols , pikes , and blunderbusses . The landlord wag also arrested , and several cabs Laving been procured , the whole of the prisoners were iandcuffed and conveyed to the police station in Bow-street . The public house in question is now closed . About eleven o ' clock an alarm was g iven that upwards of 600 Irish Confederates armed with pikes were about marching from Moor-street to meet the Confederates in _Webber-street , and in consequence of the alarm manifested by the inhabitants , the whole of the C division , fully armed , under the orders of Superintendent Beresford ,
proceeded to tbe spot , and found that a number of Irish had assembled at a public-bouse in the street trader the pretence of having a raffle , in order to raise funds te defend the Confederate leaders on their forthcoming trial . This , however , turned out a mere subterfuge , for on the house being entered , the whole of the persons assembled were found with arras in their hands . A violent resistance was offered on the part of the Confederates ; but on the police drawing their cutlasses , they speedily threw down their arms , and ran out of the house . Four who _wre more violent tban the rest were taken into custody . Quiet was not restored to the _neighbourhood till a late hour . Upwards of 300 _ball-carfeidges were found secreted in St James's Churchyard , Clerkenwell , by one of the constables on duty , who took possession of them and carried them to _£ ts station .
A vast number of irishmen surrounded the Southwark Police Court this morning , long before the opening of tbe court , in expectation of seeing the parties who were apprehended last ni ght ia the Angel public-house , Webber-street , After waiting antjl nearly one o ' clock they dispersed , being made acquainted with the circumstances of their being taken to _Bow-street . Although the parties were taken in tbe district of the Southwark Police Court , fee government had given orders for their removal to Bow-street . They were accordingly conveyed fo that station in the middle of the night .
SEARCHING FOR ARMS . Last ni ght Superintendent Evans , M , received _infirmationfrom aprivate source , that a quantity of muskets , pikes , and other weapons were concealed at fee Rechabite Coffee-house , Great Suffolk-street , Southwark . He went to the house with a body of poliee , and searched tbe house witbout the least epposition , but no arms were found , except an old musket , which , being broken at the lock , was rendered useless . _Theciffee-shop in question is used by a number of secret temperance societies and suspicions have been for some time attached to the inmates .
EXAMINATION AT BOW-STREET . ( From the Times of this day , August 19 th . ) The numerous bodies of Chartists apprehended in London , on Wednesday evening last , by the metropolitan police were brought up for examination at the police-court in Bow-street yesterday morning ( Friday ) , at eleven o ' clock . Mr Hall was the presiding magistrate . The ccurt continued very crowded throughout the proceedings , which occupied the whole of the day . A strong force of police , armed with cutlasses , were on duty in and about the precincts of the court .
Mr Clarkson attended to conduct the prosecution , and the prisoners were defended , apparently without their knowledge , by Mr Macnamara , a solicitor in Lincoln ' _s-inn-fields _Jwbo complained to the Court , once or twice , of his having been denied access to bis clients at the police-station unless in the presence of an _inspector . The first eleven placed at the bar were Joseph Ritchie , Alfred Abel , Wiiliam Gurney , John Sheppard , James Snowball , James _Riche ' rdson , George Greensledge , Henry Small , Edward Scudding , William Byrne , and Phili p Martin . They were chiefly journeymen shoemakers or bricklayers . Mr Clarkson opened the proceedings by briefly detailing the leading particulars of the disclosures of Wednesday evening , and proceeded to examine the following witnesses : —
Nicholas Pearce , superintendent of the F division . — Oa Wednesday evening last , about 6 o ' clock . I went to the _Orange-tree public-house , Orange-street , Red Lion-square , accompanied by a number of officers , and found the whole of the prisoners there , in a room en the first-floor front . We took them all into custody , and found under the chairs and
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benches which they had been occupying a number of _combustible-balls , covered with to « satu rated with turpentine . I took two large clasp-knivea from Ritchie , whose hat and clothes smelt strongly of turpentine . He refused ta give his address , but afterwards told me , at the station-house , that he had only very recently returned from France . Sergeant Thompson , of the F division , who accompanied the last witness , picked up a paper in the room purporting to be a certificate of the appointment of Greensledge and Byrne as Chartist delegates
of the _» Thomas Paine' branch . Having afterwards learned where Ritchie lived , witness went to the bouse , No . 2 , Cross-court , Russell-court , Drurylane , and found in the kitchen , occupied by him , 117 ball-cartridges , four _bullet-moulds , four loose bullets , three combustible balls ( covered with pitch and having a fusee running into the centre of tbem ) , some powder-horns , and a quart bottle all containing powder , a bayonet , a ladle for melting lead , fifty percussion caps , a quantity of small shot , several pieces of lead , two pamphlets on the Charter , and other papers .
Police constable F 136 proved that Ritchie had lived in the kitchen in question , which was formerly occupied by himself ( witness ) . Constable 18 G , on searching the lodgings of the prisoner Scudding , at No . 31 , Cock-lane , Smitbfield , found in his box a card of the ' London Life Protection Society , ' upon which the name of the prisoner was written as being entitled to ' ona musket . ' Thirteen other prisoners were now placed at the bar , as the remainder of tbe evidence chiefly affected them , although involving several of the party found at the Orange Tree public-house .
They were—Charles Taylor , George Cox , William Poole , Charles Wicks , Thomas Herbert , Thomas Ions , James Browton , Hugh Conway , Alexander Hardy , Samuel Hardy , James John Norton , William Winspere , and Samuel Morgan . They were of much the same class as the first lot of prisoners . Superintendent Rutt , ef the L division , said , that upon information be proceeded with a body of men on the same evening ( Wednesday ) to the Angel public-house , in Webber-street , Blackfriars-road .
They found tbe whole of the prisoners ( with one who managed to escape in the confusion ) in a back room—the tap . Witness had a cutlass in one hand and a loaded pistol , in the other , and threatened to shoot or cut down any one who offered resistance . The officers then began to search the prisoners , wbile witness kept strict watch on tbeir movements , especially as he had seen weapons in the breasts of one or two of the party . All the weapons produced were found in their possession .
Constable L 124 searched George Cox , and found his membership card , and another , both produced . Constable L 21 seached W inspere , who had his body encased in the shield-plate produced ( apparently part of a coal-skuttle ) , wearing it under his clothing , and tightly strapped round him . Witness also took the pike-head produced , from the same prisoner . Constable L 6 searched Thomas Herbert . Nothing particular was found upon him , but he took seventy-five ball-cartridges , wrapped up iu a handkerchief , from under the seat where he was sitting , between Ions and Winsyere .
Constable L 112 searched James Browton , and found the sword produced between his shirt and trousers , and a dagger in his left-hand pocket ; The guard to the handle of the sword was in bis hat . A small screw-wrench was taken from his jacket pocket . Constable L 108 searched Hugh Conway , and found upon him two large pike-heads , which had been concealed under his coat . He also found upon him some Chartist cards , and a special constable ' s warrant , which had been originally made out in the name of William Sparks , but the name had been erased , and that of ' Hugh Conway' inserted there instead .
Inspector Roger , of the L division , searched the lodgings in which Samuel Morgan lived , in Bond " street , Borough-road . He found there an old sword , a loaded cudgel , two Chartist cards , and an order of the South London Life Protection Society , entitling the holder to ' one pike - , ' also a pamphlet on the Charter . Inspector Arnold found a sword at the house occupied by Poole , in Northampton-place , East-lane . It hung from the wall of a room in which his children were sleeping on the floor . Constable L 184 searched Samuel Morgan , finding a pike-head iR his coat-pocket , and fifteen ballcartridges in a piece of rag . Inspector Carter took a sword from the urinal adjoining the room , having previously seen it placed there by one of theprisoners .
Thomas Powell , examined . —I am a carpenter , and live at 23 , Glocester-row , Glocester street , Hoxton . I have been a member of the Chartist Association _, and was elected a delegate of the Cripplegate district branch , which held its meetings at Mr Cartwright ' s , in Cripplegate . I continued to attend the meetings after my election . On Tuesday evening last I went to the Lord Denman beer-shop , in Webberstreet , to a meeting of delegates , of whom there were about forty present . The prisoner Ritchie was one of them . Gurney was also present ; but I do not identify any one of the other prisoners at the bar as being there also . It was proposed at this meeting by one of the speakers that a deputation should retire to a neighbouring coffee-house in the
same street , to consult together and come to certain decisions , and aftewards to communicate the result to the meeting . This speaker said he had just arrived from the north , after taking a tour round to the principal towns . He told _ns that he had been watched by a policeman for the last four hours . He had been told so by a boy , as he was leaving his house . He said that tbe people of Manchester and Liverpool , and ( I think ) of Birmingham , were up and doing , or would be doing , tbat very night . About five of the delegates then retired , and returned again in three quarters of an hour , but the speaker alkded to did not come back with them . A man then stood up and acted as chairman . His name was Mullins . Ritchie and
Gurney were still present . The chairman said , ' Gentlemen , you are all aware that the sub-committee having retired , and come to certain resolutions and decisions , have appointed me to give you certain instructions , which they have agreed _upoa . You all understand very well what we have met here for . Now , gentlemen , 1 have one question to ask you ; and you understand there is to be no flinching —you must speak out honestly and boldly whether you mean to come forward as men , or not . Tomorrow night the blow must be struck . I wish to put this question plainly to you — whether you intend and are prepared to come out , every one of you , to a man ? Here some one
remarked that there was no time to lose , and he had better put it round the room ' yes' or ' noi' whether they would come out or not ; upon which the chairman did put it to the delegates , each " separately , including myself . He asked the person next to me first , and he said ' Yes' Tlien he asked me , AND I SAID _« YES ALSO . { A laugh . ) And the same question was put t > every oae present . There were only two who said * No . ' Ritchie and Gurney fcoth gave their assent . The chairman then gave directions that on Wednesday night , at eight o ' chek , every delegate waa to
assemble the members of his locality , at their place of meeting , all armed and ready . Some one of the delegates asked how they were to come with their arms without being detected . The chairman said , 'Come in the best way you can . ' Some delegates inquired how was it possible to conceal their pikes ? Tne chairman said , the further directions I have to give you are these— ' We shall take up four positions . ' One of the delegates , Mr Brewster , was to head the bsdy at _Cierkenwell-green ; another , Mr Payne , was to take the Tower Hamlets ; and Mr Muilins and Mr Bassett were to take the Broadway , _w _estminster , and the Seven Dials districts .
Tne learned counsel here applied for warrants for tbe apprehension of tbe four leaders mentioned by the witness . Examination continued . —The chairman said , that every man would be expected to be at his post at twenty minutes past nine o ' clock to a second . Arrangements were then made , in pursuance of a previous understanding , as to what should be done by the different assemblages , under the command ot their leaders . Each delegate present was to bring four men , good and true , upon whom they could rely , fordoing anything and everything , and Ritchie was appointed the superintendent of that body . It was propo .-ed that they should meet him at the
Orange Tree , public house , prec ' _utly at five o ' clook on Wednesday afterncon . It was understood that they were to fire houses , railway premises , or anything . Ritchie was _present at the Orange Tree at s previous meeting , when thia course was decided upon a nd the directions given out . On the Tuesday _eveniBg , after Ritchie was appointed leader of the band of men to be selected by the delegates , some one * _eat round the _ronm to ascertain from each person present the number of firm men he could ensure , and the number of forty-five was promised . Brewster said that the gunmakera' shops _nsust be seized if tbey could not get the requisite supply of arras elsewhere , This was said ia reply to a question put to him by
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one of the _delegate . _Brewater is oalled a warden , and , according to the Chartist organisation , each warden ha * tbe command of one hundred men in his district . I was asked how many mea I would bring to follow Ritchie , and I replied that I was sura of one , and would ask two . Gurney said to me , ' Oh , nonsense , you can get five ir Bis if you like . I can , _aud shall . ' Gurney was not a district representative , but he told me that he attended at the Orange Tree , not for the purpose of acting himself , but to show the confidential men whom he bad secured what course to take under Ritchie ' s directions . He told me this at the police
station , where I was admitted to see him after he was in custody . At the meeting on Tuesday , another of the prisoners , Poole , produced some trioolour wristbands similar to the one produced , ( found on one of the prisoners . ) These were distributed amongthe delegates only , so that the men under arms might recognise their leaders . ( One of the * cards' was here shown to the witness ) This is the card given by a society whieh hold its meetings in Hattougarden . and which distributed pikes , muskets , & c _., to all who had received such cards from the society . The prisoner Martin was the first man who ever showed me one of these cards .
Cross-examined . —My name is Powell , but I have sometimes assumed the name of Johnson , because I did not wish my relatives to know that I was mixed up with guch things . I ENTERED THE CHARTIST ASSOCIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEARNING WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF ITS PROCEEDINGS AND COMMUNICATING THEM TO THE POLICE , if I saw occasion to do go . I thought that something would happen injurious to the peace and state of the country , and I was resolved to get what knowledge I could of the intentions of these men , for the purpose of defeating those intentions if possible . Soon after joining them , I found tbat I wasamonp men who would do anything and everything . I GAVE GURNEY SOME POWDER ONCE , PERHAPS ABOUT HALF A POUND ; I never gave him any ballets . I have never been employed by any one to get information . I told what I knew of my own free-will .
f his being the case for the prosecution , as far as it was intended to carry it at present , Mr Clarkson said he had now to request that the whole of the prisoners might be remanded for a fortnight . It would be impossible to complete the indictments for the coming sessions at the Old Bailey , which commenced on Monday , and , even if practicable , would not be just even to the prisoners , who would not then have time to prepare their defence . Mr Macnamara did not object to the proposal for a remand . but he submitted that with respect to the _oriatmera at the bar , there had not been a syllable
of evidence adduced against them , fie waa instructed that they happened to go into the public-house by mere chance for a pint of ale or something ef the kind ; for it should be remembered that , although the prisoners _steod charged with a treasonable conspiracy , they had assembled in a publio-room with open doors . The two brothers Hardy , Ions , Norton , and oae or two other * , here assured the court that they were not parties to the proceedings at the Angel tap , having only entered for refreshment a few minntee before the arrival of the police , whioh took tbem quite by surprise . They did net say , however , that they were not Chartists .
Mr Hall was bound , upon the present evidence , to regard all the parties present at these meetings aa implicated , in a greater or lesser degree , perhaps , in the avowed design of the party , which was no other than to attempt an insurrection in London . The possession of so many deadly weapons proved tbe desperate character of these assemblages , and he should have no hesitation in remanding all the p risoners till Thursday , the 31 st _inst ., fully agreeing with the learned counsel for the prosecution , and the solicitor for the prisoners , that tbe evidence could not be completed or the defence prepared in time for the forthcoming sessions at the Old Bailey . Mr Macnamara inquired if bail would be permitted ?
Mr Hall _ceuld on no account admit the prisoners to bail . The present aspect of the charges against them led to the conviction that they would probably be committed for the very serious offence of high treason . The prisoners were then removed . _ThemaB Jones and Frederick Stone were then charged with being found with firearms in their possession on the same night . The prisoners were remanded ; Stone to be admitted to bail .
William Swinbourne and Charles Young were next placed at the bar on a similar charge . Inspector _RusBell , of the A division , found the prisoners together on the night in question ( Wednesday ) at the _| Blue Anchor in Westminster . Witness and another officer went into Swinbourne ' _s house , and after searching his rooms and tbe outhouses , found , a great number and variety of pikes , pike-heads , _daggers , fire-arms , bullets , combustible balls , & c . Mr Hall remanded Swinbourne till the 31 st , but discharged Young , against whom nothing appeared in evidence . A _yeuth , named Thomas Elliott , was charged with having bullets in his possession , also , on the Wednesday , but , after one or two questions had been put to tbe constable who apprehended him , the prosecution was withdrawn ,
William Argua , an ' Irish Felon , ' was charged bj constable F 1 with walking the streets in the midnight of Wednesday with a gun in his _possesion , which he had concealed under his coat , and _^ described as an ' umbrella' when accosted by the police . It appeared from a card found in his possession that he was an enrolled member of the * Irish Felon Society , ' in London . The laafc words of Mitchel were printed as a motto on the card . He was remanded for a fortnight . William Lacey and Thomas Fay , the former ol whom has been referred to as connected with the Charterhouse coffee-shop , were charged with having attended the meetings of delegates . The number of Chartists remanded ia thirty , and two bave been discharged .
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We add the following version of Powell's cross-examination from the Morning Pobt : — Cross-examined by Mr Macnamara . —J wint by another name—tb & t of Johnson—in order to _^ prevent my being known to the Chartists . I am in tho employ of a relation . I became a delegate about a month since . I ENTERED THE ASSOCIATION POR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATING IT TO THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS . I ENCOURAGED
AND STIMULATED THESE MEN IN ORDER TO INFORM AGAINST THEM . I thought something would turn out injurious to tho peace of the country , and I thought I would give such information to the authorities as would put a atop to it . I knew that I was mixed up with a class of characters who would do anything and everything . When the chairman made use of the expression , ' The blow must be struck ! ' only Kitohie and Gurney were present . I GAVE THE MEN SOME BULLETS . Martin told me tbat the society in _Hattongarden would supply muskets to the Chartists and Irish Felons . I ONLY GAVE BALLS TO GURNEY . I GAVE HIM HALF A POUND OF POWDER . I ALSO CAST SOME BULLETS ON PURPOSE FOR HIM , AND GAVE THEM TO HIM . About forty persons were present at the meeting on Tuesday . I was taken to the police station yesterday .
We add the following version from tho Morning Chronicle . Cross-examined by Mr Macnamara : My name is Thomas Powell , but I have also gone by another name . I have gone by the name of Johnson , in order to prevent my beine known to my relatives in this matter . I ENCOURAGED THESE MEN ON . I DID SO ON PURPOSE , IN ORDER TO IN . FORM AGAINST THEM . ( Sensation . ) At first I thought that something would turn out that would bo injurious to the Btate and to the peace of tho country ; and I was determined to furnish the authorities with such information as would be necessary t ) put a _Btip to it . I will tell you further if you wish . I knew that I was mixed up , after I entered the association , with a olass of characters who would do anything and everything .
Do you know that the _Hatton-garden Society furnished weapons to aoy persona who would buy them ?—I waB told that the weapons there were intendedforObartiBts _, and Irish Confederates . 1 HAVE GIVEN AWAY POWDER AND BALL . I GAVE THEM ONLY TO GURNEY . I GAVE HIM ABOUT HALF A POUND OF POWDER AT ONE TIME , AND ALSO A LOT OF BULLETS , aa I knew that he was a warden , and was busy preparing such things . Who let you in to see Gurney at the station-house ? —An officer , but I do not see him here . You don't know him , do you ? -OII YES , I DO KNOW HIM , OF COURSE . ( Alaugh . )
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MANSION HOUSE . John James Bezer waa brought before the Lord Mayor , in the oustody of D . _tniel May , city policeman , No . 357 , upon a cuarga of misdemeanour . Mr Hay ward , from the _office of the Solicitor to tho Treasury , attended tor the prosecution . Mr James White , shorthand writer , gave evidence of a speech delivered by tho prisoner at the Miltonstreet Theatre , on the 28 . h of July last . Daniel May , a policeman , deposed to the arrest of the prisoner . Having said be would reserve hia defence , the prisoner was fully committed for trial .
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ARREST OF MR CUFF AY . __ We are informed that Mr CurLiy was arrested at bis home , yesterday ( Friday ) evening , aud conveyed to the Bow-street Police station .
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Tower Hamlets—The members of the District Committee , are summoned to _attsnd next Tuesday _evening at eight o ' clock , on important business , at the VYhittingCt'ti and Cat , Church-street , Betbnal Green .
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MONDAY , _Aoocbt 14 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Royal ascent waB given , by commission to a great number of public aad private _bills-SOPPEESSION OF THE _CtOBS Iff iEBLtMD . —The LoSD CBANOEiioahavlng _mnvsdthe eommlttal of the Unlawful Oath * Acts ( Ireland ) Continuance and Amendment Bill , The Earlof _SHBiwSBoav rase to ask what were the Intentions of the government with _reapeot to their future policy la Ireland , more especially with regard to tbo adoption of remedial measures for that country . Suoh _monsures had been recommended by numerous parliamentary committees and royal commissions , by statistical and _polltloaljwrtters , far these twenty years , solicited
for by almost every grand jury in the cou & try , earnes tly insisted on by Lord John Russell as being necessary in 1844 , 1846 , and at other periods , yet up to the present hour they esfstod oaly in idea , none of tbem having been carried into effect . Tho noble earl eaid there was ono grievance existing In Ireland which was greater , but far more difficult to deal with than the rest , viz , tho established churchi Religious distinctions were the bane and curse of tha empire , and were the primary cause of all tho mlagovernment of Ireland . He had no hostility to the establishment , but sure he w « s that Its reconstruction would be _prodocilve of advantage to both _cburehes , and tend to the benefit of tbe nation at large , and without a settlement of that question tbe Emancipation Act became merely a measure of toleration _.
_TheManjuisof _Lakbdowne regarded the Bill before the house in the strictest as well as the largest sense , ae a remedial measure . To ensure the peace of Ireland , and to establish the security of life and property in that country , was the first thing necessary . Until the _sapremacy of tbe law aud the power of tbo government toput down the organised tyranny exercised lu Ireland should be nude manifest , it would be useless to attempt to introduce measures with the view of Inducing persona to Invest capital in Ireland . Daring the last half century there had prevailed in the Imperial parliament one constant endeavour to improve the state and condition of Ireland . Other measures than those brought forward had baen contemplated , but had b «« n delayed by tbe rebellion which bad unfortunately broken out ; but when peace , law , and order were restored , then the consideration of those measures would be resumed , and would engage , he was confident , tbe best and most anxious attention of both bouses of parliament .
The Duke of Wsllihgtoh supported the Mil , as the complement of the measures proposed by the government for tho purpose of putting dewn rebellion . He knew _somethlBg of military affiirs , and he had no hesitation In saying tbat this bill was absolutely necessary , and that It should be carried Into esecutloa with the greatest activity . After a few observations from the Earl of _Dtbaet , Lord _Rcbesdalk , and the Marquis of _ClambicABDE , Tbe bill passed through committee , an amendment moved by Lord _QttvaiLl , having been withdrawn .
PABLiAHENTAar . Elbciobs Bili ,. —Lord Bbauhokt , in mevlng the second reading , explained that the object of this bill , wbich had been sent up from the othor house , was not practically to interfere witb , but to carry out , the rate-paying clauses of the _Rsform Bill . The provisions of the Beforra Act whioh rmde tbe right to vote depend on the payment , before the 20 th of July , of tbe rates and taxes due in the previous April , operated in numerous instances to disfranchise persons perfectly solvent , and in every other respect qualified to vote , and who had omitted paying tho rates and taxes , net from an Inability to pay , or neglect of their own , but from tbe negleot of the collector , who , being often a person oi
strong political bias , managed by omitting to call on those elcotors who entertained opposite views to hie own , to _laflticnea the register by keoptng oat their names . By the present bill it was _propesed to leave the test of tbe right to vote , the payment of rates and taxes , but to require the payment , before the 20 th of July , of the _amount due up to the October instead ef the April preceding . This would prevent a praotlcal abuse which was now muoh complained of , and would open the register to some of the most wealthy and respectable householders , who were now too often improperly excluded . It was not proposed that the bill _ehould come into operation for a year .
After some discussion the bill was read a second time . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter post nine , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tho home met at twelve o ' clock , LOHDOH AHD NoBTH _WesTEBH RAILWAY . —Mr _THOBrllet rose aud said—I am aware tbat it is not in _aceordanoe with the usual practice to put questions at the early sittings of the house , but seeing my hon . friend tho member for _Kondel and chairman of the North 'Western Railway Company in his place , I will take the liberty of _aaklag him whether any agreement has been come to between the directors of the North Western Railway Company and the engine drivers of tbat company ; and if not , whether such arrangements have been made as will provide for the secure working of the line and the safety of the public . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr Glyn replied—I am extremely obliged to my hon . friend f jr giving me this opportunity of _anewerisg his question , and I regret tbat I was absent from tbe house on Friday , when a similar question was put to tbe right hon . gentleman the President of the Board of Trade by the hon . member for _Leominster ( Mr _Barkly . ) I have nowtheBatiafaationef belnflf able to inform my hon . friend and the house , that every provision has been made for tbe proper working of the trains on the London and North Western RaUway . ( Hoar , hear ) Avery considerable number of the old engine drivers aBd assistants have returned to their duty , aud with the experienced men whom we have been able to secure from other lines of railway , every train will henceforth from this morning be worked by raen as competent and efficient as those who have left tbe company ' s service , ( Hear , bear , ) The Turnpike Acts Continuance BUI , tho Poor Law Union Districts Sckool Bill , the Money Order Department Post Office BUI , aud the Boroughs Incorporation Bill were read a third time and pissed ,
The Militia Pay Bill and the Parochial Debt and Audit BUI passed through committee . Tbe report ef the Steam Navigation Bill was received _. After about an hour ' s sitting the houBe adjourned to five o ' clook , _Soffbbsszd _Cobbbsiondence . —On the motion to go into a Committee of Supply , Lord 6 . Bemtikck moved an address to her Majesty , praying tbat she would direct the Earl of Elgin and Kineardiue forthwith to transmit to her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Colonies copies of the omitted correspon . deuce between tho Provincial Secretary of Canada aud tbe Secretary to tbo Montreal Board of Trade , aud would direct tbat tbe same be laid before the bouse _.
Lord J . _Rubbell objected to the motion , on tbe ground tbat it would imply a censure on Lord Elgin aud _Kmca & dine ; but bo bad no objection to the _production of the paper referred to , and the Under Secretary of the Colonies would take the first opportunity to move that It be laid on the table . With this _aigurancsheeipresBed a hope that the Noble Lord would allow his motien to ba aeaatived , and the House to go into Commltte of Supply . Tbe motion was put and negatived without a division . The houee then went Into Committee of Supply on the miscellaneous estimates , which occupied the remainder of the sitting . In the course of the discussion the Chancelloe of the _Excueqoeb announced that Lord Shelbubne , in pursuance of the recommendation of tbe Committee on Expenditure , had resigned his office a > 5 one of the Lords of the Treasury , and that it was Hot the intention of the Government to fill up the vacancy .
A conversation of some length took plaoe ai to the expenses of building the New Houses of Parliament , which induced the following observation from Mr O'Connob : Sir , this is a question of taxation—a question upon which Her Majesty ' s ministers bave evinced the greatest delicacy , as well as those gentlemen by whom they are surrounded , who alwajo express themselves most tenderly upon the subject of taxes er funds eitraoted from the pockets o ( the working classes . And as the house was fond of precedent , ho ( Mr O'Connor ) would call their attention to a recent inquiry into tbe expenditure of the fun is of the poor ; and following tbat precedent , If no other member undertook tbe _ta » l $ , he would consider it to be his duty to move for the appointment of a Seleot Committee , to inquire into the expenditure of the _[ peopleYmoney f as well aB for an accountant to examine the accounts , and he wonld propose the Judge-Advocate as chairman of that committee , and no doubt they would have a critical and honest report _.
[ If it waB , we fear that the new buildings , which were originally estimated at £ 700 , 000 , and which it is now admitted will not bo finished for two millions sterling , would not stand the ordeal so well as tbe affairs of the National Land Company and tbe buildings upon its estates . ] A gratuity of £ 2 , 500 ., given by tha Government without tbe sanction of Parliament , to Sir C . Teeyelyan , permanent Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury , for his extra services in carrying Into operation the relief measures for Ireland , waB the subject of animadversion as a very bad precedent .
Mr B . Osbobhe did not at all object to the salaries paid to ministers . It was small enough for tbe anxiety tbey underwent and _nrduous duties thoy had to perform ; but he ; must obj cct to the number of tbe Lords of _eheTrcasury , whose chief business was to make a house and listen to the debates . He complainsd of tho payment of £ 2 , 500 to Sir C . Trovelyan for extra labour in tho cause of tho Irish relief fund . Hia 9 orvice was under 10 year « , and in addition to his salary and this sum of £ 2 , 580 pocketmoney , paid he know not out of what fund , he had been made a K . C B . It might bo said that the labours he had to perform were very heavy ; but the same might bo said of several other situations when those who 611 ed them _< _5 id not receive Cd . bejond tbeir salary . ( Hear , _tusr ) .
Tha _CuANCEtLon of tho Exchequer said that this was a particular and exceptional case , in which a gra tulty was only doomed reasonable and just as a mark of approbation of the extraordinary exertions _mnSennd ol . moat incessant labours which were undergone by Sir C . Trevelyan . Tho minute of the Treasury by which the gramity was ordered would appear in the civil contingencies , Mr Disraeli , whilo readily acknowledging the great services rendered b y this gentleman , could not forgot tbat the Order of tho Bath bad been conferred upon bim —a reword bestowed ns fjr _servleas which could not b 3 paid for by £ _pecuniary grant . ( Hear . ) The _voto of
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£ 2 , 800 was surely conceived in rather bad ta « t «; and _preuxahevdkr , like Sir C . Trev elyan , bearing his blushing honours ( a laugh ) , mig ht well t » _BUpPBIfld tO MOOU from receiving * n extra year ' s salary . Mr Gladstone _condemned the conduet of the _Government iu this matter . It was there duty to bave submitted a vote to the houee ; not to have taken on themselves to reward a public servant . The particular payment to Sir C . Trevelyan was not even mentioned in tho estimates before the committee . Ail that the estimates Stated was that £ * , 045 were required on account of services performed in connexion with the distress in Sootland and _Irelsnd . Who oould suppose that a single oh & _rge to the amount o ( £ 2 , 600 wag Included In what appeared to be an aggregate of small items ? ( Hear . ) If It had nit been for the hon ; member for Mlddlestx the house would have known nothing of tha matter . „ , ,, -. _« ,.,. hmlfjmta _ and a
The occupants of the ministerial bench defended the irregular aad unjustifiable course they had adopted , by referring to the services of the _ofBoer , to whom they bad granted tbe gratuity , Mr OBBOBKE Wished to recall the committee to the question before it . A sum of money bad been given to officers of the Treasury without the consent , ' of Parliament—a course whioh no minister was justified in pursuing . Ha was in the hands of the bouse whether be should take a division on the question now , or wait till the vote for civil contingencies . Ultimately he postponed taking a division until the civil contingencies were before the house . After taking a number of _voteB the house resumed . Lord J . _Kcsseix gave no _' -ice that be would fro on with a Committee of Supply at twelve o'clock on Wednesday , that on Thursday tho Diplomatic Relations with the Court of _Rumo Bill would ba proceeded with _, and that he would not move the third reading of the
Sugar Duties Bill before Monday next . The Commons Incloaure Act Amendment Bill wa _« read a second time , The 8 heep , Aio ., Importation Prohibition Bill , and the Sheep , & c , Contagious _Diserders Prevention Bill were passed through _Committee . Tbe other orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned at two o'clock . TUESDAY , August 16 , HOUSE OP LORDS . — The _Constabularly Force ( Ireland ) Bill arid the Parliamentary Election ! Bill , were severally passed through committee . _Poblic Health Bill . —Lord Campbell moved that the house should not insist upon some of its amendments to the Public Health Bill , which had been objected to by the House of Commons , or tbe bill , which still contained some valuable principles , must bs lost ( or another year _.
The Earl of Ellehbobough , though objecting to many of the amendments of tbe House of C _immons , be . cause they gave a power of jobbing to tbe local boardi , would , _nevertheleit _, not give an excuse to the House of _Csmmons for depriving the _public of the advantages the bill even yet contained . A short conversation ensued , after which the motion of Lord Campbell was agreed to . The Unlawful Oaths Acts ( Ireland ) BiU was read a third time and passed . Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage , and their _lerdsblps _atfjouraed .
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met ai twelve o'clock . The morning sitting was prinoipallv occupied in Committee on the Benenable _Lta-ebold Conversion ( Ireland ) Bill , wbich was not gone through , when tha Chairman reported _progress and obtained leave to sit again . The Steam Navigation Bill was read a third time and pasted . The report on tbe Parochial Dobts and Audit BUI , was received , as was that of the bill for prohibiting the importatioa of foreign sheep , ou account of the disease prevailing among tbem , Tho sitting of tbe bouse was then , at three o'clock , suspended until five o ' clock . On the re-aeeemblsng of the house at five o ' clock , an hon , member moved that it be counted , and only thirty members being _preutot , the house stood adjaorned WEDNESDAY , _AuansTlC HOUSE OF COMMONS , —The hoaae raet at twelve o'clook .
The National Lane C _^ _MrANV , —Mr Q . Thompson , on the part of tbe hon . member for _Macolesfield , asked the hon . member far Nottingham whether he intended to withdraw his friendly _Sooietles Bill for the present session ; whether he intended to take any further steps with regard to a registration of the National Land Company ; aad whether he purposed te give to the present allottees any title to tbe allotments which they now held under the rules and regulations of the company , and , if not , what course ho intended to take in reference to those allottees t
Mr P . O'Cohbob said , If the hon . member for Macolesfield had read the order book of the house , or the proceedings of the committee , or the resolutions of the committee , he would havo had an answer to his first question . From tbe evidence of Mr Laws , tbe barrister , be would find tbatno bill could bave been introduced by { bim ( Mr O'Connor ) which would answer the purpose in view . To the second question his answer was , tbat if the hon member had _consultsd the same authorities , and read the evidence ef Mr Laws , Mr Tidd Pratt , and others , would have known that it was impossible to take furtfcer eteps with regard to registration , To the ( bird question bis answer was' T « s , ' He ( Mr O'Connor ) was now en gaged using his utmost endeavours for the purpose of divesting tbe National Land Company of every feature of illegality ; and be would odd , that it was his intention to effect the enrolment of tbe eempany as a benefit society , because he considered it tbe _readiest mode of obtaining the object for which it was established .
North Westebn Railwat . —Mr P . _O'Cohnob , asked the hoa . and learned Attorney-General whether , in consequence of the dispute which had arisen between the managers of the North Western Railway and the drivers of the line , those persons who had previously taken sea-Bon tickets oa tbat line , and who bad , since tbe dispute in question , proceeded to tbeir respective destinations by posting or otherwise , had any remedy against the company , or any redress or guarantee for redress , for being compelled , either through personal dread oi caution , to place themselves In that situation ? The Attobhet . Gehebal said , any answer to that question , given on the moment , would necessarily be unsatisfactory ; more tban tbat , it might be positively injurious . To giro an answer officially would require great time , to give it professionally would require _grsater . ( Laogbttr . )
Unlawful Societies ( Ixsland _) Bill . —On the motion of Sir G . GrBiT the Unlawful Societies ( Ireland ) Bill ( brought down from tbe Lords ) was read a first time . Fobeiom Diseasid Sheip . —The question ef the third reading of the Sheep Importation Prohibition Bill afforded Lord Geobgs Bemiihcs the opportunity of giving hia ironical thanks to tke government , or the Board of Trade , for the first retrograde step made in the matter ef Free Trade , hoping that the present measure would not be the last in the direction of protection . Mr _Labocchese said compliments from the noble lord to the Board of Trade were so rare that if he could _boncstly accept them he should be very glad , bat he was ignorant that taking precautions against the admission of diseased animals , calculated to spread contagion , had anything to do with free trade .
Mr Home considered there was no retrogression from that principle in the present measure , but he w » b at a loss to know how it was to be carried out so as to prevent diseased animals from being imported . Mr Lsbouohbbe replied , by means of the Custom _, house officers , who would prevent their being landed . There was anothf r bill , which gave the means of preventing tainted sheep being brought to laarket by graziers or others _. The house having gone into a Committee of Supply , and the vote for _tncForoign Offloe having been pro . posed ,
Foreign Policy , —Mr Disraeli brought under review tbe condition of Italian politics , and our present relations with the Italian States . It had been his intention to have raised the question on tbe vote for the Lord Privy Seal , who had figured in eo extraordinary a manner in these transaction b ; but in order to avoid allap _poaranceofo personal attack be had abstained from doing so , and had chosen the vote for the Foreign Office aa a fair occasion for his comments . It was well known tbat Lord Kioto bad been on a roving commission to teach politics to a country sadly in want of the knowledge , and to advise Sovereigns in adjusting iheir political differences . Her Majesty's Ministers' first fear was that Austria was about to invade Sardinia , and Lord Minto ' _s first object was to prevent that invasion . He
bad succeeded perfectly , for the onlj thing that had happened was that Sardinia had invaded Austria . Crossiug the Apennines , Lord _Minto had then a _delioate negotiation to manage with the Pope—a matter of solid difficulty . Tho result of this negotiation was the Dip . lomatic Relations with Rome Bill , brought in with great haste , and , after lying long on the _shrlf , again about to be brought to light , Tfce union of tho two Sicilies wa 8 tho next comm ' _saion _, and it appeartd the King of Naples had engaged this performer who had been starring It so successfully in tho north of Italy . Lord Minto ' s cxer tions bad tbeir usual success ; instead of tho union oi the Two Sicilies , tho total repeal of the political _csnnex . ion between Naples and Sicily followed his perform
_aaoes . Notwithstandiog these experiences , the government were , it appeared , about to mediate in the affairs of Northern Italy , and It was desirable to know exactly what was the principle and what the motive of the mediation , and what end was expected from it , Tho mediation of this country might bo a political one ; but looking at the treaties of Vienna and Paris , and seeing that the Emperer of Austria aud the King ef Sardinia were in possession of the territories eecured to them mediation would be a nullity . Our mediation might be a sentimental one , and , if so , ho hoped tha coun try would resist aiiy such new-fangled uni absurd po . Hey , as , if adopted , would lend Italy into inutrioaLle confusion . But was tbo mediation to fee armed ? If so , _undor tho existing position of Austria and
Sardi-, it would bo an invasion , and the armed iotcrve : - turn of England and France _weuld bo a commencement of war for the _eecuring of p : oce . If tho medianon was to bo a peacefu l one , there was no chance oi Us _juccess . Then _« hat was anticipated from thia proposed mediation « Would hor _Majesty ' _e _governrsen n if ' . a kln B
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! " ' as intended merely t » show to the world that a ,. » was a cordial co-operation between the present goy « m _° ment of Prance and England . The honourable membe " concluded by warning the government against ar _/ alliance with Jacobinism , which began with fraternlt and ended with assassination ; wbicb commenced with ' professl ns of universal charity , and _concluded wim _usiversal spoliation _. Lord Faimekstok said , tbat the mission of Lord Mint had been solicited by the several Courts ofltal y towhlrh he bad gone ; tbat it bad been _intended to forwa rd tha progress ef civilisation , and improve the condition and _hsppiuess of tbe people ; and tho mission had been quite successful . Tho proposed mediation in the north 'V b * inf . t _> _nri « i ? _marnlv ta show to the _nnrlrf _« .... ..
of Italy wag the result of a desire expressed b y A ustria at the outset , and repeated within the last thrte davs The mutual interest of France and England was t ' allay the storm tbat bad been raging , and to prevent internal conflicts from becoming external wars . En » . land could not ba supposed to have any hostile feelim , towards Austria , and she was bound to combine _with France in endeavouring to put out tho sparks of wa _» wherever they appeared . Tho noble lard , having replied to many of the points urged by Mr Disraeli con . eluded by paying a high compliment to the _civilisation * the moderation , and the peaceful intentions oi the Franeh people , and by expressing a confident hope in the preservation ofpetce .
Mr H . _Baiuie condemned our continual _interfevnee in tbe eff _< iir 8 ~ of other nations , and wished to know if our co operation with France was the first step in tbe renewal of the cordial understanding with that country . At half-past three the _Cbiibmait reported _progreit and the house adjourned to five o ' clock , ' At the returned sitting—Slave Trade . —On the motion to go into a Committee of Supply , Mr Ubqohabt moved , as an amendment , ' Tbat from the correspondence laid upon the table in reference to the suppression ot ( he slave trade in Mussulman countries , It _appeared thather _Majesty ' s servants had adopted proceedings calculated to aggravate the horrors of the traffic , and to alienato frem this country the good wi ] J of the governments and nations io Interfered with / Mr _Ubodhabt ' s motion was negatived without a d !
. The House went into Committee of Supply , and tho discussion en the vote for the Foreign Office was re . _sumed by Mr Ranees , who contended that the house had a right to have a full explanation from the Foreign Secretary of the circumstances connected with the expulsion of Sir H . Bulwer from Madrid . A debate ongued and continued for a considerable por . tion of the evening , and terminated by passing the vote . The Poor Law Expenses , Mint Expenses and other votes were then agreed to . Tbe house adjourned at half-past one o'clock .
Address Of The Central Defence Committee...
ADDRESS OF THE _CENTRAL DEFENCE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THB BRITISH EMPIRE .
Brethren , —In June , 1848 , the English government caused the arrest of Mr _Ernest Jones and others on a cbarge of riot , sedition , and illegal assembly . Being thus unexpectedly pounced on by the minions in power , means were immediately adopted to meet the emergency . The Executive Council and _Metropolitaa Commissioners , on June 8 th , summoned , by the means of trusty messengers , the most active and leading Chartists aad all tbe local officials in the Metropejlis ( about 100 ) together , to devise and adopt some means to defend and
support the prisoners and their families . They decided on appointing a committee of eight persons for that purpose . A committee was immediately elected and installed in office , and had their instructions from the assembled body , and in the following week their election was further confirmed by tho Chartists of the Metropolis , through the means of a de . legate meeting convened for that purposo . The persons chosen to tbat committee were Mr _Allnntt City and Finsbury ; Mr Pitt , Marylebone ; Mr Tapp Finsbury ; Mr Side , Lambeth ; Mr Langar , South wark ; Mr Lacy , Westminster ; Mr Plume , Tower Hamlets ; Mr Hayman , Bethnal-green .
From the moment of their appointment to the present , they have been unceasing in their endeavours to rescue the patriot victims from the meshes of the law . Nothing was left undone by the committee . Bail , although of an enormous amount , was procured . Evidence of an importantdescrjption was collected—witnesses subpoenaed , and the first , legal talent in the country secured ; prisoners sup . ported and assisted in and out of prison ; their fa . milies attended and assisted with ten shillings per week , from the moment of the prisoner ' s arrest to the present time . And here , let it be known , that Mr O ' Connor ' s private purse has been at the service of the committee , to enable them to keep the prisoners from oakum picking , and their families from penury , destitution , and wretchedness !
Men of London and of Britain , why 50 _sullenlv stand with folded arms , when duty demonstrates the reverse ? Arouse ye , and rescue our dearest , purest , and best friends , from those pangs of remorse which your apathy engenders . Suffer not those talented , sterling patriots , whom / action and class laws are persecutiag—suffer not their honest hearts to be cankered by your ingratitude , or allow it to bring them to a premature end ; then save , oh , save them from a felon ' s grave ! Suffer not the advocates of your _happinsss , the defenders of your
rights , and ihe promoters of your welfare , to have another pang added to their unjust sufferings by your ingratitude , injustice , or apathy . Let them know you have made provision for their families , and snatched them from the horrors of a Castile , and it will draw a prayer of gratitude from their sorrowing hearts , and be the balm of consolation to their souls . Let funds come pouring in from every direction , for such a holy and noble cause . Show to the world that you know your duties , and are determined to perform them .
There are at this moment several district Victim Committees in the metropolis , who were appointed to collect monies for the defence of tbe prisoners , and their families ; but , up to this time , the monies collected have not been paid into the Central Committee , the Executive Council , or to Mr O'Connor . Such conduet demands inquiry on tbe part of those who contributed the funds . _& The committee has also reason to believe that the contributors to the several district victim collecting committees paid iu tbeir monies with the understanding that it was to be placed ta one generalfund , from which the prisoners and families should each
receive an equal share of public sympathy . No greater act of injustice can by any possibility be perpetrated m society , than that of districts withholding monies , or applying it to any sectional purpose , contrary to the intention of the donors ; and a fund so sacred as a victim fund should not , under any circumstances , be appropriated to other purposes . The _committee feel grieved to be forced publicly to direct attention to the above , but stern justice and
necessity demands it ; but being a duty , however painful it 15 to the feelings , it must be obeyed . Experience has unfolded to man a lesson that one well organised body is more powerful and efficacious than ten equally numerical , if disorganised ; therefore , _m future , for the sake of harmony and effect , let all the tributary streams flow into one great reservoir , and its beneficial effects will be speedily realised , and innumerable blessings will fiW therefrom .
The committee beg to correct an error of their Bradford friends , who at a public meeting passed a resolution not iu accordance with the truth They desire also to inform them , that Mr O'Connor never intimated m his letter it was the Central Defence and Victim Committee who applied to him about the monies . The committee desire to inform all friends they have never directl y or indirectly acted in the manner described , for they know too well to be
heart , to question for a moment any pecuniary _busi-IZZ " { ft that ™ _hk- _^ Patriot may be _SfX ; _rJr S ° T mmee has communicated , _„?' 0 r 0 lll ! l , _object , there can be no doubt , but justice compels the committee to correct nvl _^ _T _^^ y _^ _^ crept unintentionally over the minds of the Bradford public meeting . Christopher Hayman , Sec . Committee room , Windsor Castle , 152 , High Holborn August 101848
, , . P . S . —District committees , branches , divisions , or known friends , will be supplied with collecting books on application to the committee
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19081848/page/8/
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