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THE RECENT INVESTIGATION AT SLEAFORD . m ( Ctnlinuci from the Second . _~ P * _ye . ) case ot bis client , namely , the pretended disturbance at the Bristol Arms , as what happened before Dodsonjoiued the crowd , had nothing whatever to do with the deceased . However , the intention of the learned counsel for the defence , being to show that Sharpe was excited by previous circumstances , and thus to palliate his notion on tbat plea , he ( Mr J . ) had entered into that line of evidence , and had , he thought , clearly proved on the testimony of the very witnesses for the defence , that no riot or rescue took place throughout tbe -day . He would firstly remind their 'Worships tbat he had accounted fer every moment of tbe deceased ' s time on that day , ( Mr Jones then recapitulated tha evidence . ) Sixteen witnesses fur the prosecution bad testified Ibnt
Dodson did not join tho crowd till the disturbance ( if any ) was over , —and then acted in the most peaceable manner . Cf the twelve witnesses for the defence , every one deposed that the police were never molested or struck—tbat no rescue was attempted , and that tbere was ao occasion for tbe interference ofthe police . Two of these swore that Dodson was taking a part in th 6 row at tha Bristol Arras—one of these latter , however , never saw his face—can ' t be certaia , and only judges , because be had a white blouse and black waistcoat on , though he admits tbat his blouse aud waistcoat were the same as those of many others . Tbe second , at first , swears , and then only ' thinks * — ' can ' t be certain ' — imagined' he was Dodson;—saw him when he describes himself knocked down by a crowd with hia eye
closed by a blow , and in tbe midst of the most heroic exertions ( if we are to take his account ) in his own defence . And how does he recognise him 1—By seeing his features after death—with its awful change—and such a death had altered their expression nnd their aspect . Not another witness for the defence gays one word abeut Dodson , except that they saw him struck and collared after ho was down aod every _ooeadmits that thede ceased was getting out ofthe way ; these men , too , ore not credible witnesses , they contradict each other and themselves—and swear the rery reverse iu their cross . examination tbat they do at first—whereas the witnesses I have called vary not one iota in their . statements—are shopkeepers and others ( including constables , ) ef first rate respectability , and all depose tbe same as to a
moment of time , the relative position of the _partit-B , the dress worn by each , and every particular connected with _thacase . These witnesses wero thus distributed about at the time , that what had escaped the notice of one , must have been seen by another—seme standing at Snow ' s house , ethers at the Waggon and Horses , or at the Bedehouses , Carr ' s-place , the Joiners' Arras , the chamber window of a private house , tho kitchen window of another , —by tho side of the police , or by the side of tbe deceased . Again , tho witnesses for the defence , before tbe coroner ' s jury , deposed very differently to what they have dona today . No word about the stick in Dodson's band—no word about tho stones taken from him in the lock-up ; why not mention these things today—if
they are true {—Since on these the case forjibedefence depended—not on two men fighting an hour before Dodsou came near the place . This silence is an admission of perjury . Mr Jones then recapitulated the evidence , showing an intent on the part of Sharpe , —that might even justify a stronger verdict thau that of _manslaughter —and also recapitulated the evidence of eleven witnesses who heard him make use of brutal and revengeful expressions towards the deceased during tbe day , and of exultation after he had struck him . Not alone did Dodson experience his brutality ; but a poor countryman , standing quietly by the road side , was _atiuofc _unpro . vokedly by this guardian of the peace . Mr Shabpe—Why , he was a gipsy .
Mr E , Jones— Well , sir 1 He was doing no harm ! Let me tell you , a gipsy is as much under the protection of the laws as you are at this hour . The counsel then ad . verted to the laws regulating h 3 mlcide , and said—Your worships will remember t hat the police are , firstly , ouly authorised to use their staves in a case of riot . No case of riot has been proved , or attempted to be proved _; and had a riot occurred at the Brhtol Arms , it is clearly shown tbat Dodson waB not present , and the law , though it holds a man answerable for what occurs during his presence on similar occasions , does not hold him answerable for what occurred previous to his arrival . The po . lice may further use their truncheons in a case of rescue —( not one of the witnesses have proved an attempt at rescue ) --and even then only is self-defence , whereas every witness on either side has sworn the police were never either attacked or endangered . They may further use their staves in case a man resists and flies , if that man is guilty of treason or felony ; but it is expressly laid down , that if a wan flies , or resists aud thea flies ,
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u h . in _. o . iilltv only of a misdemeanour or breach ensue from tho blow-such constable is guilty of _man-Me Co _^ _rVhatgten cleared , tho Bench after a dellbeS oS L ° e tL , decided on _f _^/^ ° nch Mr _Atux-I protest _agaiast the decision of th « bnch for these reasons : A man has been killed-b nj MM by a blow inflicted by Sharpe . From all the witnesses _produced I am solemnly of opinion that there was ne ? ealn cessity for that blow , nnd _consequently it is duo lo publ _" ! justice that the case should go to a jury , a . a _^^ t en Informed the bench that the friends of _fhe deceased were determined to carry the case to tho _aSsto ; S if necessary , to petition the Houso of _finmrnnna _. . ¦—
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T-iat in all fntuie Conferences all _estates hare one tepresenUtiw . * Mr Stfira ( Bradford ) moved— ' That for the future , TOO members be the number represented by one member . ' Mr O'Connor mojed— 'That the several estates be classed in the district to which they belong , and be represented accordingly ;* which was seconded and carried unanimously . Mr JtjDE moved , and Mr HuHrmtiES seeonded'That all branches composing a district shall be as near to each other as possible . ' Carried _unanimously .
On the motion of Mr Webb , it was resolved— ' That each branch have the power to settle the amount of its local levies , and the salaries of its officers . ' Mr Grassby moved- 'That when an estate is purchased , the directors issue with the announcement _, the liabilities there are attached to the same . ' Carried . Mr Grassby moved— 'That _norelationofadirector be employed in the Land Office . ' Motion lost by a great majority . Mr Grassby then moved— ' That al' parties payms monies into the office , be transferred to the branches in which they reside ; and where there are now tranches , thai they be charged local expenses , the same as if they belonged ts a branch . ' The motion was seconded . The Directors suggested the propriety of charging these who joined at the office , local expenses .
Mr Cure moved a resolution in accordance with the ab-ve , which was carried . Mr Wheeler moved , seconded by Mr O'Ccnxob'Thatthe directors shall in Mwa ? interfere wish tbe religious instructions to be inculcated in the school establishments , it being left to mutual arrangement between the schoolmaster and the allottees . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Shaw moved— ' That in the erection of future schools , they shall be so constructed as to enable the two rooms to bs thrown open , so as to hold the members a _« d their friends . ' Seconded and lost . Mr Stark moved— ' That the cards , for the future , be printed separately irom tbe roles . ' Seconded and lost . Mr FcssEiiHOved— 'That the contracts hitherto made by Mr O'Connor have been satisfactory , and that all future contracts be left te him . '
Seconded by Jfr _Nuiiaix _, and earned unanimously . A vote of thanks , on the motion of Mr Wild , seconded bv Mr Lkxkt , was unanimously awarded to the Board of Directors for their past services . On tbe motion of Mr Bosons , it was unanimously xea » l ved— ' That a rote of thanks be given to the Local Officers . Mr Clark was desirous , before the Conference Closed , to suggest the propriety of having a demonstration to the House of Commons , on the day on -which Mr O'Connor took his seat . Jir Shaw thonght the _suggestion an admirable one . It had been aheady broached in the Tower Hamlets . On the motion of Messrs Smith and O'Connor , it was resolved— 'That the wages of delegates , and travelling expenses , be the same next Conference as paid at the last and present . ' Carried unanimously .
Mr O'Cosson then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , Mr J . Sweet , not only for the mode in ¦ which he has performed his duty on this , but on every occasion . It was wonderful to see working men BO well , so ably represented- It was a novelty to see men taken out fthe manufacturing dis trict , aad made their _owt masters . It was pleasing to Mm to see the great progress the Company and the people -were making . It was gratifying in the extreme . It had been said that Landism had destroyed Chartism ,
but had it done so ? The delegates present bad bad an opportunity of seeing tbe cottages , ind he asked thera had they ever seen & more beautiful spot in their lives ? ( Loud cheera . ) Ue looked upon every man here ss a friend and a brother : and when he got into that House , to which the Chairman and the Brave men of Nottingham had returned him , tbey would find no change and no difference in him . He concluded by moving tbe vote of thanks , which was Carried by acclamation . The Conference was then dissolved .
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TflE LATE NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE AT LOWBANDS .
At the conclusion of the sitting on Friday , Mr O'Connor gavea supper to the whole ofthe delegates , in the splendid school house . The supper did Mr Ashton , who had got it np , great credit , and consisted of saddles of mutton , hashed mutton , minced -veal , bams , tongues , and ail the vegetables now in Beason . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., the worthy host , presided , supported on Jus right by Mr James Sweet , Chairman of the Conference , and oa his left by Mr Philip M'Grath , President of the Executive Committee of tbe National Charter Association . Due
justice having been done to the choice fare provided , aod the tables having been cleared , The _Chaishas _, without comment , gave— 'The People ' s Charter and No Surrender ! ' which was drank with three times three and one cheer more , upstanding and uncovered . Mr _Tatiersall was called on to respond , and rose ranch applauded . He said he was surprised that Mr O'Connor should hare called upon him to respond to so important a toast , when tbe eloquent M'Grath , _thebamorons £ vdd _, the satiric *! Clark , the fervid _Iloyle , and the flowing _Wheiler , were present . Mr Ciark , who had beat _WardatSheSsId ; and Mr Kydd , ¦ whe bad slashed Dundas at Green-rich . He repeated , he was surprised . However be was a Chartistto the
back bone ( great applause ); and , therefore , willing _? to do his part . They were now becoming respectable . They were in possession of several estates , and had a share in the representation , in the person of Mr O'Connor . ( Thunders of applause . ) It was stated by some , that ihe press was the representative of the public mind . This was not true , for with the exception of that glorious luminary , the Northern Star—( lead _cheers ) --they did not notice the people , except to _abu ? e , vUily , and misrepresent . ( Cheers . ) Bnt notwithstanding that , backed as they were by the Democratic party ont of doors , they were powerful ; and if they only continued to progress as they had done for the last twelve months , they would speedily be enabled to compel the legislature to pass the People ' s Charter whole and entire . ( Rapturous
cheering . ) . Some of _theparty candidates at the late elections were -very intelligent . ( Laughter . ) At Clithero , the candidate was asked would he support Universal Suffrage . He replied * No , bathe would Tote for the People ' s Charter . ' There ' s aspecimeaof intelligence for you . ( Boars of laughter . ) In returning Mr O'Connor , the people of Nottingham had done something . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed Mr O ' Connor was destined to be the regenerator and _liberator of this country . ( i . oud cheers . ) He was now leading on a glorious band—a more than Spartan band . Unjust governments had broken into the people ' s houses and sent them to prison , but they had failed to eradicate tiie principles of Democracy . (
Enthusiastic and long continued cheering . ) They had slandered , persecuted , and prosecuted their chief , but he still lived to witness tbis glorions progression , to know that the principles were respected and respectable , and to be again represented in parliament . ( Great applause . ) Frost , Williams , and Jones , would again be amongst ns , and ! all the factions combined should never put them down . ( Renewed cheering . ) ' Go \ m ! ' shouted the voice of progression at Nottingham , at Halifax , atDerby , at Sheffield , at Greenock . atNorwich , atWigan , at Tiverton , aad at Greenwich —( much cheering )—and go on they would , until tyranny was buried , never more to rise . ( Tremendous _cheering . )
Mr _TJojxe sung , in excellent style , amidst great _Aophuse , all joining in chorus— 'Spread the Charter . ' Mr _O'Ccssoa said it gave him pleasure to see so many round him who wero shut up in caverns and prisoi . s in 1839 and in 1612 . He was an enthusiast thea and he was no less so now , but he was not led away by enthusiasm . They were told the people were not intelligent enough , but he asked , where was the party who conld rally so much intelligence , talent , and enthusiasm ? ( Loud cheers . ) When they were attacked in 18-39 , —1842 , he mueh feared the result , but now they were so strongly fortified that , were the people similarly attacked , there would be great danger to all the property in Britain . ( Great Applause . ) He was determined to proclaim their _principles _^ _not only in thia School-house of Chartism _, but in the Senate House of Britain . ( Lond
cheera . ) His own position was very curious . When be came here first the people stared at him with astonishment , evidently expecting to find he had horns . ( Loud laughter . ) He did not know if Earl Beauchamp wonld like them to speak to him , or if Colonel Lygon wonld smile on them if tbey did , or if the Jew-jobber , Ricardo , would continue his patronage if they smiled on _^ _him , but he had taught them the knowledge of his power . ( Loud cheering . ) He knew he gathered his strength from the people . He should be nothing without the people , but perhaps the feeling was reciprocal . ( Loud Cheers . ) He was nowabout to _gire' _Successto the National Land Company . ' ( Great applause . ) They did , indeed , present a _nowl _spectacle-Labonr meeting in its own house to legislate for itself ; he had great pleasure in giving the 'National Land Company . ' ( Much cheering . ) «
. „ . .. ... . _ Mr _M'Ghath rose to respond . He said that on looking round he perceived a number of working men who had now become Landholders , lhat was indeed a _novelciKtimstance . He felt much _pleasnre in respondingto the toast , as be believed the happiness and independence of tho working classes depended in a great measure on the success of the _National Land Company . ' ( Loud cheers ) He had gaid orer and over again , there would be no Charter movement at the present time were it not forthe Land movement . ( Hear , hear . ) They conld not obtain ready admission into Town-halls until they began to obtain property . He looked npon every estate as a tower , 2 nd every allottee as a sentinel , and it was on these well-garrisoned fortresses that be looked forthe battle of freedom to be fought .
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( Loud _oheers . ) He was told by the brutal mayor of Derby that he belonged io an ignorant set . fie bad no donbt his worship would find them too wise for his generation . ( Cheers . ) Their humble _begining had been laughed at . Messrs Shaw and O'Connor were the two first members of tbe Company . Mr M'Grath then traced the various phases through which the National Land Company had _passed _. until it had achieved its present glorious position . The Company now numbered 35 . 000 , and occupied premises worthy ot the Bank of England itself . ( Loud cheers . ) They had tbe ablo generalship of Mr
0 Connor , and he believed that gentleman would give thera credit for being apt scholars . They have received money from a « partsef England , as well as i 2 ? nnn m Be , Sium _. making a gross sum of _** b , 000 . The Press had been against us , and now tbey found even in the Dispatch articles in tbeir ™» - From his very soul he wished success to the National Land Company . ' He wished by next Christinas to see it number 100 000 ; with that number , and the capital thereby _produced , the Company must become tbe noblest iBstitation on the face ef the earth . ( Great cheering' )
Song , by Mr Rankin—and , ¦ Base Oppressors , ' sung as a duet by Messrs _Taiikusali , and Doilb . Mr O'Cossou then gave , * The Rose , Shamrock , and Thistle ; ' and called on Mr Samuel Kydd to respond . _MrKron said it gave bim real and sincere pleasure to observe the kind manner in which that toast bad been given and received . It meant , may the Rose never see sorrow , the Shamrock never be devoured by vermin , nor the Thistle ever harbour a despot . The Thistle bid risen gloriously wben a Wallace slept at Elderslie . It was the spirit of individuality
, that soul of society which caused Wallace to proclaim Scotland a kingdom . It was that same feeling that now moved that kingdom to assert its freedom in connection with England ; for they hadlived beyend the prejudices of the old time , and were now citizens of the world . England could boast of her Milton , her Cromwell , and » her hero Russell , who died on the scaffold . Ireland could boast ofa Moore , a Graf an , and a Robert Emmett ; ( loud cheers : ) aud her Ballad Minstrel would live for ever . Yet how well did Goldsmith ' s lines apply to her sad
condition'III fares the land to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates and men decay . ' If tbe English were generous and brave , tbe Irish were filled with holy inspirations . It was with pleasure he had learned that the nation of the starspangled banner had sent ber ships witb food forthe Irish . ( Hear , hear . ) Duncan _Sherrington had this day asked to have an estate bought as far north as possible ; he supposed for the purpose of giving Scotland ' s absent sons another opportunity of crossing the Tweed . Mr O'Connor had _proved the greatest wender of the age—be had created a new out of an old state ol society . He had said , ' I will take the people out of the streets of Manchester , Leeds , and
London , to sojourn in nature s green fields ; and he had accomplished his purpose . The cuckoo ' s notes were never heard with more real pleasure than by the occupants of those levely spots—O'Connorville and Lowbands . ( Hear , hear . ) He was glad to find the public voice setting in against Jew-jobbing money-mongering competition , and in favour of cooperation . ( Great applause . ) A system under which the Rose , Shamrock , and Thistle , would eDJoy their true positioa—that which God and nature always intended they should—producing and living all for each , and each for all . ( Rapturous cheering . ) Mr Shaw , in a few words , gave , ' The memories ef Muir , Palmer , Skirving , Gerald , & c . '
Mr Taitbrsaix said , he had . much pleasure in proposing T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P _., for Finsbury . ( Loud cheers . ) Dr M'Douall rose to respond , aud said he did not think it possible to toast any man who was more respected than the honourable member for Finsbury . ( Hear _. _^ hear . ) Why so ? Simply because he had done his duty , dreading neither frowns nor sneers ; especially so , when be presented tbe monster petition for the People ' s Charter , and he hoped the People wonld take sueh another wedge down with them when they accompanied the honourable member for Nottingham to the house . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Duneombe had lung and consistently advocated
their principles , and they were bound to respect him . ( Hear , h _^ ar . ) His honourable colleague , Mr Wakley , had nobly defeaded him , whilst he lay on a sick bed , and paid him a marked compliment . ( 1 iear , hear . ) He was gratified at knowing Mr Duneombe had some one to support him in that House , and should he stumble now , he would have a giant to pick him up . ( Loud cheers . ) He fervently hoped Mr Duneombe would speedily recover from his present indisposition , and that Mr O'Connor would make known to him the great sympathy evinced in his behalf by the People ' s representatives from all parts of the kingdom . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr Jos . Linsby said , he could not allow that opportunity to pass without testifying his gratitude to the man who had saved him from the jaws of death in a felon ' s cell . Mr Duneombe had visited him in his dungeon , ( the Penitentiary , ) and never forsook him nntil he had obtained his release . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Doyle said , he had heard with pleasure the eloqnent . _address oi Dr M'Douall andthe grateful one of Mr Linney . He now bad a toast of equal _imporimportance to propose . —It was ' Health and happiness to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ' It was not necessary to eulogise Mr O'Connor , his deeds spoke for him . True , hewas an Irishman by birth , bat his good deeds proclaimed htm to be a citizen ef the world . The toast was drank with three times three and one cheer more , which were renewed on Mr O'Connor's rising to respond .
Mr O'Coxsob said , he begged to assure them the way in which the sentiment had been received wa 3 truly grateful to him . They had , indeed , triumphed and turned maudiing Whigs into prospective Chartists . He did not mean by triumph , his return for Nottingham only , but look at the success of Mr Clark at Sheffield , Mr Jdnes at Halifax , Mr M'Grath atDerby , Mr Roberts at Blackburn , and Mr Harney compelling Lord Palmerston to make revelations of his foreign policy at Tiverton , and Mr Kyddj compelling Dundas to retire henceforth into private life . Who was there tbat would say that the press represented us ? But despite of it , he would compel public opinion onwards . Men looked first f or toleration , next for equality , and
then tor ascendancy . They were now fast making for the latter . ( Hear , hear . ) He had lived on the slander ofthe press , which had proved the death of bo many . Was it not much that a poor party had lived down slander ? It was but a few years ag tbat the people of one town did not know that another existed at a short distance . Then , a Turnpike Bill was of more importance than a national measure , but now public opinion was organised , and a handloom weaver stood up to put down a minister . ( Loud cheera . ) In 1839 and 1842 , the Whigs and Tories persecuted tbe Chartists , but they dared not do it now . ( Cheers . ) The Aristocracy had boen telling the people for a hundred years past , that tbey were ignorant , but they bad not erected one school for the people ' s instruction , but the people had now commenced business on their own account . Everything the government said they could not do , the people
took in hand , and showed thorn they conld do . He bad been in the House of Commons before , but they did not know him then , yet had he made ministers tremble in their seats ; but the people knew him now , and gave him his support , ( Great cheering . ) Ue had been made a present to them , and tbey had accepted him . ( Loud cheers . ) True , as Mr Doyle had told them , he waB born in Ireland , but the world was his republic . ( Greatcheering . ) The Land was but an adjunct , give him tbe Charter , and then the Land would be open to all . ( Loud cheers . ) He asked , ia God ' s name _how any government could expect to resist the preseet all-powerful torrent of democracy . ( Loud cheers . At another election , they would be enabled to return a hundred and twelve members . It was for the sake of tbeir wives and children be had established the Land Plan , and he here renewed that oath he had sworn , to establish it or die .
[ Indescribable and long continued cheering , during which Mr O'Connor resumed hi 3 seat . ] Quiet having been restored , Mr Dotlb subs , the audience joining in chorus , ' We'll rally around him again and again . ' Mr Doyle then gare * Mr John Shaw , the first member of tbe National Land Company . ' Mr Shaw responded . Song by Mr _Nuitall , ' The Lancashire Man's Journey to London . ' Dr M'Douall gave— ' Health and prosperity to the allottees oi O'Connorville and Lowbands . ' Hesaid he knew something of the soil particularly of Lowbands . andwascenvinced with due application , it must prove beneficial to its holders . . The houses were built and the Land cultivated on correct principles . He knew there were trifling difficulties to overcome , but what were they , compared with the difficulties of the backwoodsmen of America . ( Cheers . ) Mr T . M . Whebkr responded .
Song by Mrs _Resham , the wife of an allottee , 'I am a democrat bold , ' at the conclusion ot which three hearty cheers and one cheer more , were given for the Fair Sex . ' Mr James Gb _assby then in a very neat speech gave ' The National Registration and Central Election Committee , ' wbicb was received with hearty cheering . Mr Raskin responded to it in a most eloquent speech . Mr Tatiersall then favoured the company with a recitation , and Mr S . Ktdd with an ' extempore Humourous Effusion , ' which concluded a most instructive and pleasing night ' s entertainment . At three o'clock two stage coaches , each drawn by four horses , started with the majority ot the delegates to the railway at Gloucester . Each appeared well pleased with the result of bis labour lor tbe public good .
_% @ - Out reporter states , that by accident he omitted in last week ' s report the name of Mr Martin Jude , delegate from Newcastle .
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LECTURE OH THE EDINBURGH ELECTION . On Wednesday evening a lecture on tho late election in Edinburgh was delivered in tho Adam Square Hall , by Dr Glover of Edinburgh ; Thera was a numerous and respectable audience , although tbe hall was by no means crowded . The first par t of the lecture was devoted to a vindication of tho conduct of the citizens ol Edinburgh in having chosen Mr Cowan as their representative in preference to Mr Macaulay . Tbe lecturer commenced by . stating that previous to tho late election he wrote as follows : — 'Severin the history of Britain was tbere a period when It wag so requisite for every man to think , judge , and act fer himself , _independent of every poll _, tical party , and regardless of every political name , ' Tbat election was now orer , find it had unfolded the fact
that despotism of MrMacaul & y ' s imagination { alluding to Mr Macaulay ' s definition of poetry in the Edinburgh Review ) bad not triumphed ovtr thc intellects of the majority of the electors of Edinburgh . Had the victory been won , it would be matter of no consequence what opinions were entertained on the subject ; but the return of Mr Cowan could only be regarded as a first _atep in advance , ond not a victory achieved ; It was merely one of the outposts taken , and though that had been done , the enemy had _baen foolishly allowed to maintain another outpost equally vulnerable . Mr Craig had been returned . To some it may seem strange tbat a Tindication should be called for of the conduct of the majority of ( as Mr Macaulay himself styled them ) the most enlightened constituency of tbe empire . It is , in
truth , the very Ignorance of those who call the wisdom of that decision in question that makes a vindication required . It therefore became a sacred duty to tbe electors of Edinburgh , and , above all , to the causa of truth and of right , to prove that it was indeed a wise decision to eject Mr Macaulay , one of the Ministers ofthe Crown ; and the very wisdom of that decision exposed the folly and simplicity of those London electors wbo returned the present Prime Minister—Lord John Russell . It was not _simplj because they were Ministers that they were objectionable ; hut it was because of their deeds , accomplished and contemplated , as ministers and legislators which was the cause of tbe ejection of Mr Macaulay , and which would have been the cause of tbe ejection ol Lord John Bussell had those electors who supported him
in London been equally enlightened , or equally wide awake to the evils of allowing such men to wield the legislative power in this groat empire : Tbe _Decter said , it would make his lecture an inconvenient length were he to enter upon an examination of tbe Whig Ministry since they resumed power ; he _wtuld confine himself to tbe topics touched upon by Mr Macaulay In the Music Hall , on the 27 th July last , when he came , as he said , to render an account of what had transpired in _Purliament _during the previous 13 months . The learned lecturer , entered into a lengthened detail of the various subjects alluded to , aud dwelt most particularly upon what he considered the crowning act of the whole—the ' Minutes on Education , ' and quoted a great variety of extracts from tbe
printed speeches of Mr Macauluy on the subject of tbe minutes . Mr Macaulay appealed with confidence to posterity , ' which enjoying , as he hoped and believed , the blessings of a wise and liberal system of national education , would marvel that ever the introduction of such a By stern should have been opposed , and would marvel still more that theoppositisn should have been carried on in the name of civil and religious liberty . ' If ( said the lecturer , ) posterity should marvel , it will be , that a statement so false should have been cheered is a British House of Commons , and tbat any ofthe authors of such a system should again have been returned to that House of Parliament , and that even a poet of tho 19 th century should have had the hardihood to affirm that these _minutes bore a national _system of education—a wiso , liberal
system of education—and appeal , in defence of bis statements , to the system of national education founded in the New England States of America by the English martyrs of another age . If the spirits of those patriots of illustrious renown , whose names , it they figure not in rolls of England ' s Parliament , are , we trust , inscribed in the records of heaven , could notice aught below with scorn or pity , with how much of both would they have regarded the man who wonld prostitute their names and the system of education which they established in a free clime , to protect from infamy and disgrace the slavish minutes of grovelling courtiers and priestly _sycophantB , who would thus dare to transform a nation ' s childhood from intellectual freedom into tha slaves of _England ' s episcopacy or Rome ' s hierarchy , No : our forefathers
strove , and tbeir fathers strove , for freedom ; and if they won it , aud we have not , it is because we have been cursed ivith an ignorant aristocracy and an overbearing house of Bishops , and they were not . ( Great applause . ) And if , when this man of poetry and fairest language appeals in defence of these accursed and enslaving minutes , to the doings and the endowments of New England ' s pet schools , where Episcopal inspectors are unknown , but where the laws , the teachers , and the people are all in all—I say , when this man of fairest tongue and floning language , appealed to the deeds and doings of those men of high spirit and unconquerable principle , why did he not nobly follow their example 1 Why did he not divide England into districts , and endow a
national school in each—fix by Act of Parliament the duties and qualifications of the teachers , and allow them and the people to manage tbe schools that tbey were to hi taxed to support ? That , however , was far too simple and direct a procedure , aud would have prevented Whig patronage and priestly interference . We cannot f ollow the learned lecturer through the devious track which he pursued , however , much we were fascinated by the flights of fancy wbich were here and there interspersed with the prosaic outlines of tbe educational minutes , and also with the conduct ofthe Ministers in reference to the Irish famine and distress , and the policy pursued towards Portugal by our Legislature . The lecture was listened to with attention , nnd was concluded at halfpast ten o ' clock . —NorthBritish Mail .
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GRAND SOIREE AT HALIFAX . On Monday last , a grand soiree was given in honourof Mr Ernest Jones , at the _Odd-fellows' Hall _, ton ' before thc time appointed , omnibuses and carriaees of all descriptions were streaming towards the feitkl scene , aud tho town preaented an _. aspecof unusual bustle and excitement . From the roof of the hallI waved a largeflag , and others hung . Irom he windows-while thronging the stepsand piers ofthe magnificent portico / and the adjacent streets , crowds were assembled , who greeted the approach ol Mr Jones and his committee with hearty cheers . Every portion of the building was densely crowded . —let _wirfv waa the order kept iu that vast _asserabla _& e , that tho _hnrmonv of the evening was not once interrupted
in the slightest degree . We never _remember to havo seen a more n _»? nificent sight than the hall presented on this occasion . Tho walls were literally covered with portraits of eminent patriots , while laurel and flowers contrasted with the gilt frames of the pictures , and a profusion of banners waved down from every side , blending their rich colours into one harmonious whole . A full length _portrait of Mr O'Connor , as he came out of York Castle , was hum ? over the platform—while the brave device of the 'Old Guards , ' 'The Charter and N _« Surrender ! ' showed conspicuously its handwriting on the wall . ' Beneath tho gallery , at the opposite end , wero inscribed tho words— Welcome Ernest Jones ' —patriotic devices and emblems were profusely
scattered , and , indeed , turn to whichever side the spectator might , he would behold something to admire . The orchestra , a most loftv gallery dn the right , was completely enshrouded with laurel , as were the chandeliers down the length of the hall , — while a profusion of choice flowerB decorated the tables , of which two tiera were ranged across the platform—and several rows lengthwise down the hall —all laden with a superfluity of good things . Indeed , too much credit cannot be given to the ample and munificent arrangements of the . culinary J department , that supplied the choicest viands in tbe greatest profusion . Above 1300 sat down to tea , and when the company were all seated , the sight was truly enchanting . The ladies of
Halifax had done honour tothe cause by adopting its colours , and green scarfs , ribands and favours , denoted their adherence . Well may Halifax be proud of its daughters , for we may safely assert that never in the mawkish assemblies of royal courts have we seen bo great an array of female loveliness and grace , while the face of maid and matron alike were beaming with a pure enthusiasm and joy unknown to thc worn-out votaries of heartless lashion . At five o'clock Ernest Jones and his committee entered the hall , the company receiving him with protracted cheering and waving of hats and handkerchiefs , nnd
the band striking up an inspiriting air . Mr _Jonathaa Gaukroger was called to the chair . Wheu silence was restored , grace was sung , and tbe entertainment passed off with genuine hilarity and harmony , enlivened by tho inspiriting airs of the band . At six o ' clock the assembly dispersed to meet again at seven for the publio meeting . We may here observe , that such was the anxiety manifested to be a partaker of tbe festivities , that high premiums were offered for tickets to the tea , and even for checks to the meeting afterwards , between which and the tea Mr Jones addressed the assemblage without from the window .
TIIK rUDLIC MEETING . A public meeting was held after the tea party ; but , indeed , the crowds never quitted the Hall and its vicinity ; on the contrary , they kept increasing until _eicht o ' clock . The appearance of the Hall , when illumined , was , if possible , more brilliant than before . The building literallyblazad with light for , besides the ordinary lamps and chandeliers , small gas pipes had been stretched from the latter to the walls , from whicii issued jets of gas ..
Mr Uarraclough was called to the chair . We much regret that want of space precludes our reporting tho very able speeches held on the occasion . Mr George Buckley moved , and Mr Robert Wilkinson seconded , the first resolution , which ran thus : — 'That this meeting express their thanks to the electors and non-electors who have supported the liberal candidates , for their manly and straightforward conduct during the late contest for the borough of Halifax . ' Glee—Wake . Eolian Lvre !
Mr John Sutcliffe moved , and Mr Isaac Clissett seconded , tho next resolution : — ' That this meeting rejoices in the noble stand that has been made in the cause of civil and religious liberty . Glee—Tho morn is breaking ! Mr Joseph Hanson nmed , and Mr W . K . Thorburn ' seconded , ihe third resolution : — "That . _thw meeting _pledgee itself to employ every _constitutional means for the accomplishment of tho great principles embodied in the People's Charter . ' The above resolution * were carried unanimously amid thunders of applause . The Chairman then introduced Mr Ernest Jones , who addressed the meeting at considerable length , but was much affected by the warmth of the reception he experienced . Mr Gaukroger then , as Chairman of the Election Committee , rose , and after some apt and pithy remarks _, read tho following
Adc & _ess to Ebnest Jones , Esq ., Late Candidate fob tue Representation or tbe Bo & ooan or Halifax . Honoured Sib , —This spontaneous assembly of the electors aud _non-electors may be _considered the close of our electioneering contest . We . meet not on this occasion oppressed with feelings of sorrow , mixed with disappointment and revenge , as the corrupt and vicious sup . porters of faction and bad government are wont to do on the unfavourable remit of an election , No , sir , we meet under great buoyancy of spirits , warmth of heart , and high exultation , arising from the great good which has been achieved , and an enlivening prospect of reaping in due time a plentiful harvest .
It would ill become us , not to have included you , sir , in a participation of this joyous season , who with the utmost friendship , kindness , patriotism , chose to become our champion in tiie cause of such reforms in Church and State as would make England in reality what sho is only in name , as well as for the recovery of our constitutional right of beiug present , either personally ( or by representative freely chosen ) in _ravliament , for the making of 'laws we are bound to observe , and _tl-ie imposing of taxes wo are compelled to pay . We are proud to say , that you have , sir , laboured hard in our cause against every kind of opposition , and even to the detriment of your advancement in life , as regards tbe peeuniary interests of yourself and family i and we are bound to acknowledge that you have on the
occasion of our late election , displayed courage , energy , and _moderation , which may have been equalled but never surpassed . We say not this to flatter you , we deal not iu flattery . You have done nothing more than every man in England is called upon to perform according to ability . But since it so seldom happens that persons of genuine character and Bterling abilities are found to step aside from the contracted road of presont self iutercst . it becomes our duty to mark the event in some particular way and manner , and this , sir , is our principal reason for out requesting your attendance on this festive day , to furnish ns an opportunity of thanking you personally , and of requesting your acceptance of a small , but earnest tofcen ofour admiration and respect ,
Previous to the discharge of this publio duty , allow us a passing notice on one important class of our townsmen . A single glance of only a casual observer must have seen anil admired tho sober and peaceful bearing of the non-electors , who attended in thoir thousands ohr nomination nnd polling days , in the absence ofthe usual attractions of music , or a display of even a ribbon , and who , moreover , not only kept the peace themselves , but engaged to preveHt othors from breaking it . ' And we think , too , that the close ofthis meeting will contrast with some lately held in this borough ; we think it is more than probable we shall have no need of carriages , omnibuses , cabs , or guides , to take from tbis assembly a number of gentlemen in a state of shameful and dishonourable helplessness , because ours is
' A feast of reason and flow of soul ' Not a beastly feed—and _fioiu ' ng howl , We aro also wishful to express our _desiro you should retire from this contest with renewed hopes and increased resolve in the pursuit of your onward march to freedom . Go , then , eloquent , and highly gilted advocato of universal liberty , justice , truth , and humanity , into the bosom of your happy family , and tell them the electors and non-electors of Halifax have entrusted to you and their keeping this gold watch and appendages , as a small token of our regard and esteem , in the earnest hope you may enjoy it along time in perfect
K ood health and peace of mind , And may he , who guides the stars with his finger , and could dissolve them with a breath , imbue the hearts of our countrymen with wisdom and perseverance sufficient for the attainment of such useful reforms in Church and State as will present anarcby and confusion in our land ; or perhaps , what is more , a total annihilation or ruin of our country such as have fallen to the lot of the on _? e powerful and splendid empires and kingdoms of anti quity ; rather let our belored Eugland become a pattern ef ' excellence to all nations of the world , till time shall be no more than she should be as a wi in the ocean , only to be discarded and avoided by the wary and skilful t
pu » , _^ _J _S _^ Lf _^ _^ ddrfis wa 8 _bailed with shouts of applause , iY \ t _Gaugroger then presented the gold watch and . chain , which are of tL most _magnifioent description , amidst the rapturous oheers of the _immeiiBe _& _sasmbly . _Wfcw _faeyMsubsided ,
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the recipient , who was much affeoted , briefly , but heartily thanked the meeting-Glee—The stout limbed Oak . . ' , _MrMillington then moved , and Mr J . Greenwood seconded , the fourth resolution : — 'That the cordial thanks of thia meeting be given to the ladies , not only for having provided for our entertainment aucb an exoellent tea , but also for tho countenance and support they have given to the cause of the people . Glee—Uail Memory ! Mr Ernest Jones moved , and MrlWilkinson seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried by acclamation . Mr West , who had come some distance to be present at this demonstration , then made a few brief but eloquent remarks , and with three cheers for O'Connor and the Charter , and then for Frost , Williams and Jones , the meeting separated at an advanced hour of thc night , thus ending one ofthe most glorious demonstration s ever known in Halifax . ..
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_CENTBAD _BEfllsmmK ' iM > BlKCTION COMMITTEE , ItfCeipis .-Somers Town , £ 112 s ; Cmff _. _Usj Rochdale , AWsGd-, _Esrcmont . _2 s 6 d ; Robert Side , 5 s 2 d _; Comea-ain . 2 * ; Damans Mills , 4 s 61 ; Sutton , near keighley , Si , from Keighley , £ 2 10 ; Falkirk , 6 . 6 *} Bath , p _. r Choppell _, Bs : Mr Guest ' s Book , Is 4 d j J . R . and Son , Chester , 10 s : John Pritchard _, Chester , 10 s ; Truro , Hs- J . Harrison , PotoiMH , Ufid ; J . Taylor , _Rosiendale ; 2 s 2 d-, George _HaUaway , Kidderminster , Is-, W . Commerson , Manchester . 2 s ; John _Dwker , Knaru . b 9 rougb , 33 ; J . Beaton , Bucklane , 3 s ; J . Capan , Clitford , 2 s : _Easington-iane , Is ; Gateshead , 4 s 7 _£ d ; Mansfield , lid ; Atherstone , Is ; _Wisbeach , 9 s ; Mr Ever _, stood O'Connorville . Is ; John Barnes , ls j Bermondsey ,
, 3 _s ; Gar ,. n Piffith , 2 s ; Heywood , per B . Clegg , Al ; Radcliffe , per N . _Critchley , 10 s ; Todmorton , £ 3 ; Ely , lis CodforJ , 4 s ; Birmingham , perRudhall , 2 s . Total £ 1717 s 8 | . James G _» assbi , Secretary . Lbeds . —The Chartists in this town have commenced active o perations forthe municipal elections in November . A Central Committee has been _appointed , of which Mr Henry Thompson is chairman ; Mr T . Clarkson , treasurer ; and Wm . Brook , secretary . The burgersa ' r « ll will be issued on the 31 st . of August . Those persons whose names are omitted , will have to make claims . Information on these points , wiil bo given by Mr Brook , at the Back-room , Bazaar , on Sunday and Monday evenings , trom 8 t n 9 o'clock . The Central Committee is requested to
meet at 8 o ' clock on Monday night . Mn Samuel Kydd ' s Tona in ScoTLASD . —Me b . Kydd will be in Aberdeen , _« n Monday the 8 th of September , to commence his lectures _through Scotland . Our northern friends will favour the good cause by making such arrangements as they think beat .
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Bi _/ _Ackbubn . —At the quarterly general meeting of this branch , held on Sunday the 22 nd , at the Oldsize House , Mr Richard Proudlove in the chair . Mr John Smith , ( brother to Mr Janes Smith , now allocated at Lowbands , ) _cime forward and gave a very cheering account of his journey there in _cwnpany with his brother , to his estate . The account he gavo of the comfort ofthe houses was most cheering . The number of members' shares taken , and money paid upon the shares , in Blackburn , wore laid before the meeting as follows : —716 members ; shares taken , 2575 ; money paid upon shares to the 4 th inst ., £ 918 8 * . lOd . ; and disbursed at the same date , £ . 917 li . 3 d . The books were audited nnd found Horrent . After a vote of thanks tO Mr
John Smith , ( and to Mr Proudlove , } for his conduct in the chair , the meeting dispersed ; and while _doina bo a subscription to the amountof £ 1 . 3 s . was raised for the support ofthe colliers on strike in Scotland . _Biruinohau . —No . 3 branch . —At a meeting of this branch held at the house of Mr F . Palmer , 98 , Hill-street , on Wednesday , August 18 , the followin . resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —moved by Mr Richard Pare , and seconded by Mr Stephenton , That this branch being convinced of the manifold grievances under wbich the great mass of the people suffer , are determined to use every legitimate means for their removal ; and in order to carry out such means , do now agree to join the National Charter association . Moved by Mr Bough , seconded by Mr Freeman ,
Tbat we , the members of this branch , do tender our sincere congratulations on the triumphant return of _thttt prince of patriots , F . O'Connor , Esq ., to the Commons House of Parliament , and do express our thanks to the noble-minded electors and non-electors of Nottingham , for the spirited example thoy have set to the nation at large . IIuli . —At the weekly meeting of shareholders , Mr Stephens gave in his report from the Conference , when it was moved and carried : — That the report be received . Several new members joined the Company . A committee having been appointed to investigate the case of Mr Graham . The meeting adjourned till Monday _evenini _; next , at halt-past seven o ' clock .
Hull . —At a general meeting held at the ahip Inn on Sunday last , addresses of thanks and congratulation to the electors and _non-electora of Nottingham , to Mr O'Connor , and to the other Chartist candidates and constituencies , were unanimously adopted . Lowbands —Pubiic Meeting o . v ths Estate— - On Wednesday week- the people from Ledbury and surrounding villages came pouring onto tbe estate , to the amount of upwards of 2 , 000 persons , in the expectation of hearing an exposition of the principles of the Land and Charter ; in consequence ot which a mee ing was held in the centre of the estate , after tbe rising of the Conference , at which several farmers and their daughters attended on horseback . Mr Martin , the artist , was unanimously called to the chair , who after a few appropriate remarks , introduced Dr M'Douall to the meeting . The Doctor spoke eloquently , and at length , on the advantages of the Land Plan : and sat down much
applauded-Mr Donovan delivered a humourous but impressive address . Mr M'Grath Baid , he trusted the people had at last begun to look to their own interests , aad were determined to work out their own salvation , lie had no doubt the Chartists had had a bad character given them ; they had , doubtless _, been called levellers and destructives , but he pointed to what they had done for a refutation of those charges . ( Loud cheers . ) He claimed for the Chartists the character of elevators . ( Loud cheers . ) Tfcey came to teach men to work and live for themselves , instead of for others . ( Greatcheering . ) Mr M'Grath exposed the system of taxation , showing its inequality ; and proved to demonstration , that the Charter and the Land was the only remedy ; and resumed his sent loudly applauded . Mr Clark descanted on the inhuman Poor Law , and pointed to the Land Plan as an excellent preventative of pauperism . He was loudly cheered . Mr Dixon followed , in an able address . A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _Sono . —A meeting will take place at 83 , Deanstreet , Soho , oa Monday evening , August 30 , at halfpast seven , for tbe purpose of hearing the delegate report of the late Conference , 'fhe members of the Kennington , Chelsea , and Hammersmith branches are requested to attend . Also the eleotion for a secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer for the Westminster branch will take place .
_Nkwcastlb . —The members ofthis branch are particularly requested to attend a general meeting of the members , to transact business of great importance , at the house of Martin Jude , on Sunday eveng next , August 29 th , at six o'clock . Dudley . —The adjourned meeting of the Midland Counties' Agitatioa Committee will take placo in tbe ' _. Chartist Reading-room , Priory street , on Sunday _jseptember 5 th , at two o ' clock , when delegates from the following places aro expected te attend : —Bilston , Wolverhampton , Sraithwick , Stourbridge , Walsall , Birmingham , and Dudley .
_Lbdbubt . —The members of this branch are requested to meet , for tho future , at tho residence of Mr Alexander Iluish , _lloraend-street , Ledbury . Blackbubsb . — The secretary of , tho Land and Banking Company will sit in the _Temperance Hotel , Whalley Banks , every Saturday afternoon , from five till eight o ' clock , to receive share money , and on Sunday , from two till half-past four o'clock , for the Bank , and from live till eight o ' clock lor the Laad , as usual . Manchester . —The shareholders of the People ' s Institute are requested to meet on Sunday , ( _to-morrow , ) August 29 tb , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Sou- ™ Shields . —A delegate meeting of ths counties of Northumberland and Durham will bo held on Sunday , at two o ' clock p . m ., in the house of W . Gilroy , Cross Keys , to consider the best mode of agitating the two counties . Those places » ot sending delegates may communicate „ with Mr _Gilfillan 23 , Kin _? . street . South Shields .
_jgr Chartist meetings will be held at the usual places on Sunday , August 29—at Heywood ; Littletown . ( 2 o ' clock ); Bradford , ( l o ' olock ); Hull , ( 0 o ' olock ); Roohdale , ( Mr Donovan will lecture at ( 5 o ' clock ); Halifax , ( Mr Webber will lecture at hallpast 6 o ' clock . On Tuesday eming—at Banbury ; Sheffield , at 8 o ' clock , at the Temperance-hotel , Rockingham-street , to secure the election of Chartists to the Town Council . A West-Riding delegate meeting will be held on Sunday , at half-past 12 , at the Good Samaritan , Dewsbury . On Thursday will
_orenmg a meeting bo held at the Temperancehotel , King-street , Northampton . S _& rMeetings of _shareholdors in the country will be held atthe usual plaoes ( where not specified to the contrary ) on Sunday morning , nino o ' olock , at Manchester ( to receive the delegate ' s report ); afternoon _, two o clook , at Leeds ; afternoon , two o'clock , at Bradford ; evtnmg , at Sheffield , Bury , Birmingham , at the _Peopled Hall , to bear the report of the delegates . Congleton , to hear the report of the delegate . On Tuesday evening , at Norwich , to hear tbe delegate ' s report . On Wednesday evening , at Northampton , _tyhear _foQ deUgate _' _Bieporh
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' .. W 0 i 8 Hl _' _- « T _' - " _'»'>» MW a _«* ck _oron the _BEAB _. BS cT _»*>»»«• _^^^ Holmes , a gunmaker , and t , ' 8 work _™ ' _« _Teakl . and _' e . Hardy , were charge 'I * _'th assaulting and wounding S . _Evershed ; Thomas , ««» ' _" _" * _* _*«» , a broker ' s mon . _Bwrsh * _** _>?* _»•» _* « _JT Wnl on S 8 taN day last to a house _occupied _ty the _P" _«« w Holme , , la _Phmnix-street , Spltalfields , to" M' ¦ dl 8 t _™« due to « _, a elder complainan t , as landlord of . 'he Premises ; _Wben _S _exhibited their warrant the defendant _Holoe _, called upon his men to arm therose ) . _'" _» nd set u them . Holmes seized a gun barrel , m . _wack th » elder _Bvershed a violent blow upon tho _sboWOer , wh ' _^ felled him to the ground , and before he < coold rcco » ec his feet the defendant Teakle attacked him with a chisel ,
and stabbed at him several times in rapid succession ; In his attempts to ward off the blows the _pal _. m of bj , hand was cut to the bone , and the other defendants con . tinned all the time beating him with two musket _bswrelj _, aud he was rendered completely powerless , ana' his whole person covered witb bruiBes . The three defen . dents then commenced n simultaneous attack upon hit son , who received frightful wounds upon his head , and was also knocked down and rendered partially insen _^ sible . With the assistance of the broker and his maa they were at length rescued frem tbe hands of the prf . soners . 0 . Lamer corroborated the above evidence _^ and stated that while the defendants were ill-treating the complainants they set a large boll-terrier upon tha witness , which severely lacerated bis leg , and that all
of tbem subsequently attacked him , and beat him on . mercifully . Mr Hammill ordered each ofthe _defendants to enter into hi » own recognisance in £ 100 , and find tiro sureties in £ 50 , to answer the charge at the sessions , Commotion at a Tueatkical Sawon . —William Rawlins was charged with hating , at the Britannia Saloon , Hoxton _, raised an alarm of fire . —A police-constable said _thattomeone at tbo gallery entrance shouted 'Fire . ' The cry was followed by the _shruhing of women , and the greatest confusion amongst the audience . The defendant was pointed out to htm as the person who had raised the cry . He did not at first deny it , but made great resistance to being captured . The most terrible confusion was caused throughout the house , many of tho
persons in tbe gallery dropping from thence into the pit , while those in the pit rushed upon the stage ; _sevsral were _severely injured . Hats and bonnets were flying about in all directions , aad a number still remained there , the owners of which were not known . —The box-Itceper said _, that at least 100 peop le rushed from the pit to the stage ; many were injured by _trampling over one another . Tho prisoner denied tbat ho had rawed the alarm . Margaret Collins said that the prisoner and some companionsjumped down the stairs , and the officer would not let tbem return , but told them they might hare their money and leave the house . This they would not do , and some of them shouted'Fire . ' She did not hear the prisoner _himself cry fire , but he was one of the party . _—MrllammiJI remanded theprisoner .
THAMES . — _Obtainikq Goons cwder _tiw Pse . tehces . —J . Bouch _, recently captain of a merchantman , was charged wi th having obtained various articles wider false pretences . On tlie 18 th instant the prisoner went to the shop of Messrs Brown aad Redpath , ironmongers , in the Commerci » _I-road , and said he came from the ship Senator , producing an order , which he said was signed by James Barber , the ship's broker , for some knives and forks . He was supplied with two dozen knives aud forks value 14 * . It had since been ascertained that there ' was no such as person as James Barber connected with the Senator , neither had any authority from any person connected with that ship been given to the prisoner . He called again on Thursday for somo mors knives and f orks , and was given into custody of a policeconstable . The officer traced the articles to the shop of a pawnbroker ia the Blackfriars-road , from whence aa assistant attended and identified the prisoner as having pledged them for £ 1 . — He was fully committed for trial .
_Estiksivk _Suuoqmho . —Ten seamen , named Fetws , Scbroeder , Scboultkaa , Croup , M'Donald , Cameron , Harrison , Taylor , Young , aHd Abb , were charged with carrying foreign manufactured tobacco , contrary to the statute . In neither of the cases did the quantity attempted to be smuggled by each person exceed 61 bs . and they were therefore summarily adjudicated upon . They were severally fined—the four first in the sum of 20 » . each , Abb , 8 s ., _Younjf , 8 s ., Taylor , 10 s ., Harrison , 12 s ., M'Donald , 15 s ., and Cameron , 20 s ., according to the res . pectlve quantities they had each attempted to convey .
Brutal and DisaaAcnut Appaib . — _Cuaboe o ? aians & _AUGurEB , —Joseph Cstor _, Joseph Johnson , and Daniel Aiger _, labourers , were charged with aiding and abetting in a fight which took place between two boys named Jobn May Harris and Robert Auty , in Abbott ' s Fields , Poplar , on Wednesday , and which resulted in the death of the lad Harris . Another man , named Newsom , was brought before the same magistrate _MiThutsday , charged with a similar offence , and was liberated on bail until Wednesday next . The hoys , who had bad no previous _quarrel , were scholars of the _National School in Poplar , and on Wednesday last the boy Auty was met by somo ofthe men in the employ of Messrs Robinson , and taey persuaded him to pick out a boy about bis own age aad size to fight with him . He selected Harris , and tbe fellows who got up the fight promised to reward tbe con . queror witb some beer and halfpence whea tbe contest
terminated . Tbo boys fjught in the field for about half an hour , in the presence of many of the labourers ia Messrs Robinson '* employ , not one of whom attempted to stop them , but urged the boys on , Auty , who is eight years old , was declared the victor . The men gave Harris a quantity of rum and beer , and made him drunk . He was taken home by two schoolfellows . He vomitted a good deal , and appeared to be suffering greatly , Tha next morning he appeared to be dying , and a doctor was called , but he died in half an hour afterwards . An inquest was commenced before Mr Baker on Friday , when the coroner said that every one who was present atthe fight was liable to be indicted , and directed tbat auy per * sons who could be identified should be apprehended , to answer the verdict of the jury , if they brought it in mur _» deror manslaughter . The prisoners were remanded on bail till Wednesday .
SOUTHWARK . —Chaboe op obtaining Monet ondbb Fai . se Pretences against an Attorne y's CtEBC . — W . Hall , a solicitor's clerk , was charged witb obtaining ten shillings from a poor woman named _Mannell _, uuder false pretences . The complainant ' s husband and two others had been charged with burglary , and she wished to have him defended by a solicitor . She saw Hall , who represented himself to be a solicitor , and agreed to conduct the defence for ten shillings , wbich sho paid . He left her at the court , aud did not return until the examination was over ; and when she called upon him to return the fee ( which she had difficulty in raising ) lie said that he bad given it to Ur Hardman , his em . plover . —The prisoner had a salary of % s . per week , and
was employed by Mr Hardman to take the instructions nf prisoners whom he was employed to defend . He admitted that he receired 10 s . from the complainant , and distinctly informed her that he was then going to tbe _Cential Criminal Court to apprise Mr Hardman oi tba circumstance , and to get him to come over to that court to defend her husband . A great portion of the 103 . fee wus paid for cab hire in seeking his employer . —Mr Hardman stated that he authorised the ' prisoner to take instructions from clients and to receive fees , but be bad not received tho fee in question . —The prisoner com . plained that he bad received a dreadful beating from the complainant's friends , who attacked him as he came from the Old Bailey . —Mr Cottingham committed bim for trial , taking bail .
LAMBETH . —Thomas Foster alias Chitty , Johu Taylor , Thomas Smith , and Eliza Eaton were brought up on the following charge - . — It appeared that last Thursday night the house of Mr Strange , a tailor and draper at Tonbridge . wrlls , had been broken into and cloth of the _ralue of £ 60 or £ 70 carried away . On Saturday the attention of Goddard and Davidson , two of the constables there , was called to a hamper which was at the railway station , and which bore tbe direction of 'John Chitty , 2 , Arnold ' s Paragon , _Francis-street , Newington , ' and on opening it tbey found it to contain about £ 20 worth of the stolen cloth . On Sunday the hamper was forwarded as directed , and Goddard and _Davidson came by the same train , and procured tbe assistance of Morton and Smith , two officer * Df the P division , when it was _arrauged that tho hamper should be forwarded by one of the company's vehicles . On Monday morniDg _Strgeant Morton accom . nanied the vehiele to No . 2 , Arnold ' s Paragon , ami
stood by while tho driver delivered the hamper to th _» prisoner Eaton , and obtained a receipt which waa signed J . Chitty . Before Eaton had timo to shut tha door , Morton made his appearance and inquired fen Mr Chitty ; she replied that Mr Chitty used to live ai , bar house , but had left for some mouths and directed that all parcels sent to him were to be taker , in . Morton then told her that the hamper just brought contained the _produce of a robbery _committsd at _Tonbridge-wells , and that ho should take her into custody . Tho other three prisoners , who wore _aslsep . in the house at the time , were also taken , and upon tho houso beiug searched a groat variety of property supposed to have been stolen was found . In the possession of the female prisoner there was discovered two gold watches of a most valuable description , three gold chains , besides various articles of plate and jewellery , and fifty-nine pawnbroker' duplicates relating to jewellery , all of which there _^ little doubt had been stolen , The prisoners were ve manded .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28081847/page/8/
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