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ZSH 3 HLBT . Wossrso Men ' s Hall . —The great iDeonveaience felt by the labouring class of thia town , throcgfc the irant of a suitable place for meetings , lecture * , and other public business immediately connected wkh their interest , is now happily removed by the purchase of the Old Primitive Methodiat Chapel , which is intended for a Working Men ' s Ha . lL This btulding , which is capable of holdiDg atar a thoui « d persons , and cost upward * of £ 500 , ks . t lately been purchased by Sir . W . D . " Weatherits * , oa behalf of the Kadfeal Aaaoci&iJoo , for £ 308 , fieirly the whole of which Le ha * advanced iicafeif , throogh hi « ardent wishes for the gooi of t ' ae UWaring class . T-o secure the pla * e as much a 3 powibte to the becefit of thii bod y , a eommittw has been appointed , and a number of roles and conditions drawn up to the effect that the cost of the
chapel shall be divided into 300 shares of £ 1 each , which may be paid by inttatment * of 6 d . per week ' aad that no person shall be allowed to hold more chin six shares ; each person oa the payment of bis ekare or shares , to commence receiving interest at the rate of ? per cent This very easy mode of payaeat will giTe any working man an opportunity of becoming a shareholder , and the Radicals of K . ei ghkr will at last have an opportunity of possessing a place where they can meet to devise plans for their owa improvement , the same aa their more wealtny neighbours . The committee meet in the place every aitarday evening , to receive tbe subscriptions ; and it is to be hoped that the laboring class will avail themselves of an opportanity likely to prove of to aoefe benefit , and which they have thos providenclally placed within their reach .
Eooa . Law Guardians . —The annual election < f Poor Law Guardians , and other parish officer * , few -jwoineed the usual bustle on such occasions , and has had tae effect of opening tbe eyes ef the labouring « U » Kill more to the nature of tbe oorrupt system snder which they suffer . The "Whiys and Tories here are in high glee at what they are pleased to term the defeat of t »« Chartist * in parochial asair * , which , Hke all the rest of their victories , ha .-been nothing bat an exhibition of inju * riee and lowcanning , suficient in itsetf to confirm the Radical *
a their worst opiaionB of a middle , as well as an upper das * , legislation . The first thing which drew the a £ estran of tbe Radical * was a notice posted on lie chorch-ooere , calling a meeting of tbe ratrpair « rs to elect overaeeers for tbe present year , several days before the 25 th of March , the time appointed by law ; it having been always customary to deet overseers , with other officers " , " on tbe ? 5 th or * ooa after . A number of rate-payers attended , according to invitation , and proposed an adjournment till the proper time , which they carried with aa overwhelming m * joritv . The party calling tb / meeting , finoing they had bo ehanca of gaiHing their point by fair means , is smuggling men of their
own kioaey into » Sace , on * of them , aciing at the time aii bead eonstabre , inforaed die meeting , tbat be -waste propose a number of fit and proper per-* ocg to fill tbe situation , and whether the meeting approved of then or not , he weuld take care they were appeisted . He accordingly roeadoned the susei of six or eight individual * , candidly telling the meeting that be would accommodate them with four out of the aomber , having n © ekrofct of the magistrates agreeing with his cboic « , which promise he contrived to accomplish , in defiance of the meeting . This , we suppose , vrag victory the first over the Chartists , and shews tbe regard paid by na ^ is-¦ fatcs to tbe decision of a vestrv meetiaar . V ierorv
tne second was the appointment of six Guardian * under tbe New Poor Law , and was grained in ji maaser eqaally honourable . Tbe Radicals , through » their hatred of the law altogether , had no- wish to '• identify themselves with it , by taking any pari in i the election of its officers ; but thinking that if its \ a&airers met with so opposition , they would choose ¦! six coBteatpribie tools to tbe Commissioner ? , they nominated six opposed to it , and nearty ail Radirali . ! Any person acquainted with the hatred of ihe wba- j bitants at larjje to this measure , would have sup- ' < posed it impossible to get six fellows in who would give the least countenance to it ; but tbe » etbvd of > ¦ managing bonnes on this occasion , soon made it
apparent that public opinion was of very little consequeae * , and a poll agaikst the New Poor Law , like a vestry meeting , was all a farce . Having the choice of tie persons to carry out the votirjgpapers , they pitched upon characters suitable for the occasion , who , in the discharge of their business , certainly did honour both to their employers and the 2 s * w Law , as far as ljing , misleading , swearing , And every thing calculated " to serve their purposes , wonld go ; te repe * t Mftevbxlf of -winch irosM pat any lor » r of honesty and fair play te the Wo * o . Tfae # e means , aided by a large number of plural votes , which this new invention allow * , to make all -opposition , by the labouring elas * s , a raockerv ,
enabled them to gain what they thought proper to call a myjority . Victory the third was gained over tbe Chartists by the appointment of three churchwardens , which they managed by readiag numbers of good Christians roand to inform tee inhabitants that tbe Radicals intended to put three inSdeb in , who had burnt their bibles . This terrific tale , which was a downright lie , invented for tbe purpose , had part elect is Baking some believe that Christianity would be ataa end , if Radicals were madeints churchwardens , and sseeeeded to a miracle ; but , to . make things still more-sure , numbers of the factory lords compelled their baste to go and vote -against the Radical party and their consciences ,
uader the good oW argument , we suppose , of a dinrasal from their servicein case of refusal . Bv these means , ana-numbers « f others similar , they contrived to gain * sorry majority , which , after all ' , was owing to the iBdifference of the labouring class about churchwardens , - or anything else connected with tbe parish—hundreds of them sever eominsr sear to vote at all . The bet victory over the Caartijta was obtained on Saturday last , at the Skdpton Court Leet , by the nrearing in of two head constables , which they were tiloved to do for the following reasons : —For several years kack , tbe Radicals have always been sarcessful in cominatiag respectable gentlemen to this office by
overwhelming majorities , at the vestry ; bat , on the men of their choice attending at the coort to be sworn is , they have invariably found tbe deeUJon of the vestry set at sought by the good understanding previously existing betwixt the court and their Whig » nd , Tory opponents . Paying the utmost regard to justice tbem * elTCS , they imagined that tbe unanimous voice of a respectable body of ratepayers , ealled tDgetkecioRthe purpose of appointing constables , was quite gufladent to secure their return at a Court Leet ; but , judge of their disgust -and astonishment , when they have found that a -erawliog pen ' tioa , gat up by half-a-dozen millo-¦ c .-ats , was at any time sufficient to set aside tbe
rights of a vestry , and ofuse the return of individuals whose names were sever once mentioned in public at all ! Consequently , the twe gentlemen appointed to this office by the Radicals had no wish to be-insulted in the same manner again . They very properly considered it too much to go ten miles to a place , improperly called a Court , to witness a fellow , called the Clerk , act as fugleman to a dozen ignorant old farmers , ealled the jury , by giving then tte hint who they sboott v » te for , and , there fore , wisely kept away altogether . Tfca ftet ei tbe
matter is simply this—the Radicals are getting tired of this desultory kind of warfare against opponents , who , however despicable in number and argument themselves , are rendered all powerful by tbe assistance they receive from a corrupt Government , and are determined in future to redouble their -exertions , in purify iDg the fountain-of corruption itself , by a reform at head quarters . Yet these open violations of justice kave been called defeat of the Cbartisw , with a * xaveh s * mp as if eomson sense kad dessrted tbe cause of national liberty ,. and ? aae to advocate tbe wreUhed principles of % ' hign
and Tones . Sebmoks . —On Sunday last , twa fiseonrfw , on the Nature and Effects •/ Tree Christian Fuitb , were delivered , in tbe New Jenii ^ leHJ Church , Keigbley , by the Rev . fvWHitt , from Hall . Coilectioos were made after each service , xjh behalf of the Mission Fnnds of tbe New-Gkareb , - '
DEKBY . Dklegate Meetikg . —This aieeting was held at tbe Crown and Rose Inn , Corn Market , Perby , according to adverti » e «* nt , wbe » Delegjies from Nottingham , Bon * all , Belper . and Darley were present . Mr . T . Marriott , Delegate from Parley , was ub aaimBuely voted to tbe chair . Hr opened tie basiness of tbe meeting by reading letters frpm-I j eiceeter , Lougbb »» rongb ( a y « ybal communication from Sutton-in Aahfiel 3 ) and a letter from London , ap proving of the fdndple and degigp of the effieteut organization , of toe Midland Counties : also an
exesilent addreffl froia Messrs . Smart and Skeviugton , Delegates for tbe Midland Counties ; alaw a paper wataining a number of printed queries , issued by the direction of tbe General Convention . Aftrr *» tne pointed observat 3 » m bv tba chairman , who is ° ue of the Society of Friends , Mr . L-lley , depoted from the Nottingham Democratic Association , handed ' - a letter from Mr . Ingram , during to be the Primer of tie Midland Counties Protector Newspaper . Mr . L . urged tie con touts of the letter upo * ^« consideration of the meeting , in a long speech . The meeting decided tbat the question cou'd not
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, theH ^ e eatertained . Mr . Haciforth , delegated from the Nouingiam Woriiog Jfelea > Assooiatiop , snbmitted the following resolutions to the meeting ;—iais meetin « r , in conjunction with the rSottineham Delegated Meeting representing U » indnsK « ns classes as-embWdatthe FoxandHeunds Inn , in Lwtergate ^ ottmgbam , on the 18 th day of March . 1883 , waea upwards of twenty delegates were pre-¦^ \ *? - . f ^] 0 Tric ? re * olation was UB&nimtraslv adopted , 1— "That toctmveythe sentiiaentsof th ' r lndujtnoaj classes of the Midland Counties , namely NomnKbAm , Leicestr . aivl TWhv . w » t « ta ; n , i
oonaidemnoa the mean * necessary to establwh a I ^ emocraDc Newspaper , to repress t the said classes , m » bareg at live shilUfags each , and the i > elegateg be instructed to do all In their power to rurtaer the above object , and that w < - lorm onrselves ^^ . a tnionof the three couDlie * : —That Derb ? shaUbe considered the head place for calling Dele ' - gale Meeting ? for tbe next month : Leicester for tae fecond month ; and Nottinghar * for the third month . In obedience to the above resolution already advertised , this meeting beimg in delegation now assembled at the Rose and Crown Inn , in peiby , on Monday the 22 d of April , mstant , and in conunnalion of the said Nottingham Delegate Meeting , unanimousl y resolve , 2 nd—^ Tbat the question of the establishment of a newspaper , in the interest of the working classes of tW three coHnnes , take precedence , and be iorthwftk entertained by this matins alreadv emoowered » t > a » r .
knowledged by the industrious classes of th » three ceuntie * , through the medium of their accredited Delegates . " 3 d— "That as soon as the necessary means are raised , a newspaper , in tbe interest of ttve industrious classes be forthwith established , and printed at Nottingham , to be called * The Mulland Counties Protector , and Nottingham , Leicester , and Derby ^ Jvertiw , "' 4 tn— " Tc&t snares at the rate of five shillings per share , be allotted to the number of 8 , 000 , females to be allowed shares ; and no person to be allowed more than twenty shares ; and the reserved shares , if « i , v , to be he . d convertible by the directors and commit , tee . 5 th- ' -That Working Men ' s and Democratic Associations , established in th * three counties , appoint _ qualified and reputed Treasurers and { secretaries , who with the acting Chairman el such association * , are the empowered and resMn .
sioie parties , acting for themselves and shareholders , to carry mto effect the ab j ve object . And are hereby fetubomed to procures book , for the enrolment of the naaes of applicants desirous of becom" > g shareholder in the Midland Counties Protector ^ T Tn 6 lh - r , Th&t ^ ^ pointed official parties shall punctually attend at the place of meeting where situate , from eight until nine o ' clock , on the evenings of the Association ' s general nights oJ meeting , there to allot shares , and the same to be iegibly written , and briefly numbered , in the book to be procared for that purpose , and ondor tbe superintendence of the secretary , treasurer , and chairman . — , th . " TliRt applicants becoming shareholders must make application to the * ecretaiy appoints for that purpose ^ carriage paid , whether JU Notting->?« ' u 'f ' Derby , Belper , and Sottonin-As-iheld , as die place may be , and according to : th ? foUowiug form : —1 , A— S— , hereby authorise m fcasae to be set down for share or shares in the Mid . and Conntn-s Prjtector Newspaper : and will Accept such number of share or share-s aa may i stand allotted to my iiame , as witness my tau- — i Abel Smith . "~ 8 tb . - That , in the mean time , Dr . i iayloriuow in Londos , be solicited to become the i editor , and that the next delegate meetii . g be con-, vened by the industrious classes and held at 5 Leicester four weeks Jrom the date hereof . " After tho adoption of tbe above important resolutions two
aelegates , nz . . \ Jr . Johnson and Mr . Cotton , lett te attmd a meftbg aX Melbourne . Information was also received of the Chesterfield meeting , « s also some important circumstances respectiiig " » New Poor Law Union in Derbyshire . Mr . Liiley made a lonjr sp ^ ecb . con clading with the following motion :- — "Ttiat this xneeiing , at the present emergency , think it theii duty to obtain the moral » Dd pbyiical * tra > gtik-of the three counties , in order to co-operat © with their northern and metropolitan bmiiren , and that We hase full confidence in the Convention . " Mr . Meakin , from Helper , in
seconding the above i . esoluriun , made some very stringent remarks , improved the resolution , whicn ¦ was cor « iially passed . A lon ^ j conversation then took place , a * to tbe propneiy of an address emanating from tbe Derby delegate meeting , to the British army . The chairman rose to move an amendment , but was overruled , he being in ihe chair—and the resolution passed withutt a sirgle dL » sentient—ani an ad
Derby , April 22 , 1839 . M . B . —Da » notice will be given to subscriber * when and how the payments oOhajv * shall be made
HAVOXVG-HSATOM . Pcblic Meeting . —A most lively and numerously attended oot-door meeting was beld at Hanging-Heaton , ontbe 2 l !* t instant , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe Peopled Charter ; it was resolved , 1 st— " That the labouring classes being borne down on every hand by the mo 3 t cruel oppression , this m * etiDg deems it necessary that tbe whole body of the working people should unite firmly to carry out the National Petition and People ' s Charter . " 2 nd . — " That thia meeting has tbe greatest confidence in the National Convention , and that "we are determined to support them to the utmost of our power . " 3 rd . — "That both "Whig * and Tories * havmg altogether disappointed the hopes of the people , and legislated for their exelusive interest , we , the Radicals » f Hanging-Heaton , regard them as equally undeserving of confidence . "
MANCHESTER . Political Union * . —At a meeting of tbe Manchester Council on lagt Thursday , in consequence of their present meeting ronm being too small fewtie numbers tbat attend , it was resolved , " That their meetings in future should be held in the large room , Cornwall-street . Oldham-road . " It was also agreed , after a long cbcutsion , " That a delegate meeting should take place on the 6 th of May , to consist of delegates from all parts of Yorkshire , Cheshire , and Lancashire , to be held in Manchester , to take into consideration the present portion of affairs , and also tbe number of Chartists
determined to stand by their principles at all hazards . " It i ? particularly requested that co town will fail in sending delegates . On Wednesday last , a meeting was held- is No . 1 , District , Mr . Dean , in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Butterwortb , Qain , and Doyle , on the present agitated state « f tne country . The chairman also read a letter from Lord John Russell te the Magistrates of Mompoutb , on the subject of the people arming ; and commented in so mild terms on tbe conduct of Little John ; only one spirit seemed to pervade the meeting , and tbat was to carry out tbe principles of tbe Charter , or die in the attempt .
Final Examisation o * . G : eorgr "Whitakkb , the Man that Choppjed off his Wife ' s Hand and Fingebs iw Oldham-Road . — On "Wednesday last , George TVhiraker was brought up at tie New Bai'ey , having been remanded for several weeks , n consemience of his wife being unable to appear and give evidence against him . She has , however , to far" recovered as to be able to stir out , and was at the New Bailey on tke iay above mentioned . She if , however , a most miserable object , being maimed ia the roost horrible manner . Several witnesses were called . The first was a young man named John Bolland , who had been residing in tbe house where tbe
dreadful deed was committed . An old man named Allan , Daggatt , the police officer , and tbe mother of tb « unfortunate woman , detailed tbe cireum « tanf-es of the perpetration of the deed , and the apprehension of 'Wbitaier . Daggatt and the witness Bolton both testified to his being perfectly sober , as did also the mother . Tbe prisoner , ob being asked whether he . bad any questions to ask any of tbe witnesses , -said tbat he did Bot wish to put aDV questions to them . What they had said was all truth ; and "he did not wish any thing but the truth . The following statement which the prisoner had put in , was then read ; and he said it was all true , and he wished Bothing te be added : —
Sir , —It is with fediugg of tbe deepest regret that 1 have (• ecanoa to lay before jon * iU Btatemenl of facls , knowing in \\ , that upon my rx * minatscm in the pre * ence o 1 my wife I sh » 0 >* t be » bte K speak in Ihe w » v which I desire . 1 theiefcTc Luiublj beg that you will p * r < fon the lib « Tiy 1 h » ve taJte * in haolirg to yon thi * document . I do not Tor » moihrnt deny the atrociom act with which I soar charged , bat Ibrg to mate most KiLcerely , that at the timer Icommitted h'i was not in my proper senses . My wife h »* often aaid . and ibe Itnows it well , * that when I have been drinkingspiriia to the extent 1 had os tbat occasion , 1 know not Jptat 1 do-. A to wbe rea * on of my coztunitOBg ta i » aon « trop » net , 1 am totally » t a lut * to acrouot Tor it ; but so Ui as'l am able to recollect tbe following is aa oatline of thcirc » m » tance » . On Wedncsd « y morninf , preriotu to thr Shbo * T OB which thi * orcarrri ] , I west out Met took the
eli ** t b « T witk roe , wi-a tie intention of fr » tl : ng » little brasdv , slr I leH -Dsweil from the quastitjof spirit * 1 had been ' drinking the day before . . 1 wai sot more than fire minntM ** 3 T , vad npon my xeturo lToond my wife bad gene Bwaj , tsikinp with her the youngest chUd , leaving the otbw three witime - wt kavrtgjh-id no previous qu » TreU « j [ tbat I recollect , ""•« " / ob my eoniinoal drinking . My wife never bs > n » g left m * before I felt jrready agitated ,-w >> ieh « sused me sriiLtb get » oredrink , lwent « three o ' eioc * n « ct tooning to Err father ' i hotue . I kaockf- ^ them op , aod th « father came to the window , and positiv *! y tolJ me * he wat not Arre- 1 met hi t mother on Thtrr-day morning , and 1 •« ked her likewise if she bad seen ray * ife . She ilsu dtm ' n-f having * - » ei > lw . I then went h » ck neaily Irantic , and broki up hit brume , toek the farnitxire to wh <> re I do not know , being comp l etely ^ nJnk . 1 constantly kept sending up and down cq-ihi s a'ter her , but could not hear anything who-
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ever till Sunday morning , when J went to one Mre . EJwards , where 1 hnd a pair of ttwets left . Mr » . Edward * then told me that my wife had called on Saturday night , and had taken the » hetU up to some of her friend * at Pendleton ; from here I went to go to her mother '* . 1 saw her mother coininjg out of the house ; I agiin a « ked her if she had « etn unytkmg of my wife , but she » gain denied her . After a litlle conver »« tjon and treating the mother with a gla&j of ( tin , * h » at length said , that she , if her husbaad wool * alfow her , would inform me where mv trifn wu . Sh » than f * t »\ tmi » . » ..
rum and ale , . Her husband then got up and gav » direction * for her to fetrf * my wife . He ( my wii ' a father ) thca iwid it wm thpir intewtion or senaing her into the wuntry for a month unknown to toe , if [ hai sot come that mornin * . We ennunued at her HterfWs hotuo til ) after dinner , I being a great deal put out of tke way , ani keeping con . tantly taking raore drink . I aaked her fath « if be would allow n * to remain at his house a » night ; bat to gare me ne tntwer . We w « nt then to my brrther * house , m Newton-lane , and after that uwe I know irhni took plac « .
( 24 gn « d ) t tw , « ^ ^ GKORSB WfllTAKBR . To X > antcl Mande , Eaq . The depositions were tien taken , » d be was c »» mitwd to take bis trial at the next assizes .
BUSY . Committal op a Husbams charc ? 2 i > with THE WltPUL MURDKB or HIS WlFB . On Thursday last an inquest was held at the houne ol Mr . M'Whipp , Globe Tavern Jnn , Bury , before Mr . J . E . Queanien , coroner , on the view of tbe body of Mary the wife of James Hey wood , landlord of the Whk « Bear Inn , Market-pls « e , ' Bury , wW had come by her death under circunstances whichproduced great excitement and eommiseration throughout the wbe 4 e town . In thi * case Mxteeii
jurymen were summoned instead of twelve , the iwus-l number- foer each from the townships of Bury , Elton , WaJmerste y , and Heap . The investigation lasted several hours . The unfortunate subject of tbe inquiry was about twenty-eight year * of age and had a little boj aboot eight years of age , by a former marriage , and a daughter about niae weeks old by the prison er to whom she had been married about eighteen month » and the match seems to have beeB anything but comfortable , his harsh treatment being notorious . On tbe afternoon preceding her death , it appeared that Hey wood had been nt the Cock-pit at Holcome , returning home in the evening . He was known to lose about 24 s . on the match . Oo
retiring t » recta female servant , who sleptin a room near the one in which the prisener and deceased slept , heard the prisoner say , " If yon joung devil ic in the house when I getupi ' thmornin , ' I ' llpunse him out " ( meaning her son by the former husband , who slept with the servant in the next room . ) Mrs . Heywood did not annwer . The money , receipts of tbe day , was then counted , amounting to 24 s . He asked if that was all she bad drawn ? She said it was , except 5 s ., which she gave to him when he went away , and a treat whieh she had given to a malt man . He eaid , " Is that all thou has drawn , and yon kegs were filled up last night , thou nasty drunken ? " She did not answer . He said she
was drunk ; she again denied it . He said , " Art thou sober ? " She said she was not drunk . Then there was scuffling ; and she said , " Jem , I ' ve had one gill of ale to-day , and that ' s all I have had . " He said , ' « Wilt thou tell me them lie * ? For two pins I'd flee ( flay ) tbee frem top to bottom . " There waa a scuffle and she cried out , "Jem , you'll break my arm ; do not , Jem : oh ! do not . " He Baid , " What makes thee tell me these lies ; what makes thee do so ? " She said , " Well , I'll beg pardon , Jem . " A blow was heard whilst she was begging pardon . Several other blows followed , and then a deep moaning for some time ; and then allvrasailent .
Ihe servant thought from what she kad heard that her mistres * was on the floor . After a short space , sbe heard Heywood say , " D—n thy * oul I'll make tbee to rise , if I can find a stick . " " There were two walking-sticks in the room ; and she heard three biows , as given with a stick . He euid , " Wilt not get up ? Art not for getting up ? " Ko answer . " If t' will not , " be said , "I'll set tbee on fire , an tbou may smother there . " Tbe girl then thought be attempted to lift her , and she fell down again ; and he said she might lie till she was rotten before he would lift her again . The girl then supposed he went to bed , as in about five minutes sbe heard him
get out . He said , "Mary , Mary , speak . " No answer . "Art not for speaking to mt ? det into bed ; th' child wants thee . " There was no reply . " Sptak ; " he said , " or I'll call up Margaret . " No reply . The prisoner then called the servant to see what was amiss with her mistress , gaying she would not get into bed . On entering the room the poor woman lay upon her back on the floor , in her night dress , a corpse . On the following morning Mr . Andrews
went to the hou . * e , and on learning the circumstances took Heywood into custody . The body was opened by Mes 5 r 8 . Parka , who gave it a * their opiaion that death had been caused b y suffocation . The jury return ** a . verdict of Wilf « l « ar&a against Heywood , " who wa » commjttearto KiffdaSj gaol for trial . Hey wood ' s account of the cataativpW is that his wife got suddenly out of bed , and in tailing her head came in contact with wme of the fmrmturej and caused her death . —Manchester Paper *
EAST BURBOT . Public Meetino . —A public meeting of tne men of tht Eastern division of the county of Surrey , wit held on Monday , April 22 nd , on K ^ nuington / Common , for the purpose of electing a Delegate to the General Convention . A band of nmsic was bn Hh 6 ground , together with numerous flags andTMinSera t among others , a large tri-coloured flag , a reflMtfinerT motto— ' - 'I '! i ;? - " For children and wife , •'* ¦ - " ¦' We'll war to tbe knife , ' ' " So help us God . " ¦ " ¦¦' A purple flag , motto , " The People ' s O » arte > 4 » n'd i no Surrender . " A white banner , with 4 W £ ap " <» Liberty , motto— . ' . , .. . -.
" Free we'll live , or Free we'll dtoi" : '• Mr . Henry Ross was called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood proposed Charles Westerton as a fit and proper person to be returned to the ConyenSbn . A * an amendment , Mr . Moore proposed Joseph Williams as a fit and proper person to be elected Delegate . Each of the candidates then , addressed the meeting , nnd having answered the questions put to them , it was very evident that Mr . Williams was the favourite ; his straightforward answers " to ike queries put to him eliciting theenthusias'trc applaase of the meeting . On the show of hands being taken , the Chairman declared Mr . WTliams to b » elected by a great majority . In the course of tbe proceediugs , the meeting' was addressed by Julian Harney , Wi ' . linm Rider , Charles Neesom , und other friends of the people .
EOVLET . The Akciekt Druids amd the Rev . J . R . Stephws . —A paragraph appeared is the Northern Star of the 13 th instant , stating that a subscription had been made at Honley by the Order of Ancient Druids , Foresters , dec ., of tbe above place . The Order ol Ancient Druids beg to state that they neither made , or knew of any subscription being made for the Rev . J . R . Stephens , and hope yon will insert this in the Northern Star of next week , and you will much oblige the Order of Ancient Druids at Honley . w .
BVX& . Bookbinders . —We . see by placard * opoa tbe walls &ftt a public meeting of the smreral trade * , ia Hull will be held is tfeFrte Mason Lodge , Mjtofe gate , on Monday evening xjejet , at eight o'dojck » & tike into consideration ^ tbe ben mean * of assisting ibe journeymen bookbinders of London , against the unjust aggre&sion imposed upon them by taeir matters . " ; ScAntuLous Enticement , ami * Desbrtioj * . —At the police-court , oa Wednesday week , Xwp girl * were brought up ^ named Margaret Gallin ^ her , and Saraa Brookshank , the iorroer from Leedsand the
, latter fronv Holbeck , about Iheag ' es of 13 und 14 . They had beett brought from - feeds , by a Mrs . Gaseoigne , wbo lived in Harper-street , and who had enticed them from 'that town to go to London , under pretence of retting tbem situation * . After their arvival is Hull , the woman nnd hor husband abandoned them just as tbe packet ) sailed , f ivmg them a shilling , It appeared the girls had worked in a factory where they bad 4 s . 6 d . a week . There seems little doubt-that the woman was otjeof tnose wretches vrho decoy yonng girls-to rain . The magistrates directed the suverintrndant of police to write to tbe "authorities of Let&f on the subject .
Ma :. sion House , Monday . —Two . men , who gave the names of Jonny'Do ' iinell , and Frederick Mitlon , were committed ' on the charge of breaking into tbe dwelling : hoase of Miss Boulton , in Kingstreet , on SondsT night They had been surprised in the work of phratler ana made a desperate attempt at escape , but were peized by Mr . aad Mw . Ward tb e neigbDoury of Ml » # B ., -who guccreded in detaining them until the arrival of tbe police . Various / hoi « ebreak ng UBiplementa were found npon them ; also some money and a locket and two necklacM whlih Miss B . iaentified as her property . —— -HoR'RiBtr Depiuvity .- —John Wilson , who lives in West-street , was charged wita thebomble offence of violating hi » own daughter . The examination * were taken privately and were of tb . # most dijigusring natnre . He was committed for trial , and Mr . M'ilanu * the supetinteadent of police , wasljonnS overin ^ lOO to prosecute .
Wqrking Men ' s Association . —At the weekly meeting on Tuesday , it was moved by Mr . Wilde , and seconded by Mr . Burn ? , That application be made to the General Convention , in case Dele ^ at * be sent down to attend pnbiio meeting * on Whto Monday , that one be requested to attend Hull and its neighbourhood .
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. Body Fouxd . —Oa Wednesday week , an iaques ! washed in the Sicrirty of tha ' 'Holy Trinity'b urial gronnd , on the b- ^ dy of a man unknown who was found in the Hurnber , in an advanced state of decomposition that it was pot easy to determine hi * af e . There Vita nothing found tpon his person bnt a declaration of the loss of a pawn ticket , for a pencil and handkerchief , pledgea with Henry Dempster , Union-street , Borough , on tlm iSd February , 1838 , signed John Brown , of 3 ^ o . 7 , BlaekmsTistreet , Southampton . The only money found , afottrpemnt piece . —Verdict , found drowned .
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GREAT AND IMPORTANT MEETING AT MANCHESTER IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . On Tuesday trveniDg last , a meeting was convened iu Butty ' s Circtti , Bridgewater-street , Manchester , fot the purpose of aflbrding an opportuoitv to Mr . J . R . Richardson , Mr . James Brontml ? O'Brien , and J ) r . MacdouaU , ol givina the people of Manchester some information relative to the proceeiUng « » ff thft Couventiop . Althouj { b the notice by wait * ths meeting was called was remarkably snort , tfher hilts announcing it only haying been ported th * day before , the imraeu »« building was literally ujpamraed , notwithstanding every person had to pay for : hi « admission . There were present a number of respectable females , who seemed to it
equal not to ampass toe males in their enthusiasm . Two or three ftlag * having , snitable mottos were displayed in the * ciroiw , one of which was one of the nags' that wtwedl in the breezft on tbe memorabla Held of Peterloo . Tlse proceeding of this meeting were ol the most animated kin 1 ; th « enthusiasm was uayaralleledi by &aj thing evcr witoessedin Manchester before ^ , and tbe language and tone of the speakers exceeded every thing that cottldhave been anticipated , and was- responded to by tbe deafening acclamiuiona of the aoxioas and entbusiastic assembly . We give nndfrrheath a report , which though somewhat long , must oft necessity bu a mere outline of the proceedings which lasted from eight till nearly twelve o ' clock .
Mr . Dean was unanimously , called' to the chair , amid renewed and deafening cheer * .. Be said he felt proud at being called upontouresidd-owr such a numerous and respectable assembly as the present ; ani he rejoiced still mord that such an a *^ Rmbly coald be called together on so short a notice . ( Hear , hear . ) That fact was of itself Huflicientr proof of the feeling which existed in the minds of thtt * -pedpl < 3 in reference to the great questions-which' tte » y were met to-consider . ( Hear , hear . ) If they looked to th » present position of affairs in the- ceantny they would agree with him , that it wa » the doty of every working maa to come forward and do his duty at the present moment . ( Hear , hear . ) If they renewed the transactions ! of the Government ,, and of the
monied elassin particular , they wonld at once see that their sole and only aim wad to k « epth « min their present miserable state ; and to inflict still more and deeper sufferings upon the poor man . ( Hear , hear . ) If they looked at the conduct of the Corn Law repealer , and the various other sects who were agitating up and down the country for th * purpose of dividing the people , in the nope that they might be able to draw their attention from tbe only means whereby they could remedy their present condition ; and mor « r specially if they looked t » the conduet of the cotton lords in stopping their mills not » o much for lack of trade as with a view to repeal the Corn laws , that they themselves might reap the advantages , it was pretty cleur that their
sole object was to agitate the minds of . the-people to such an extent as would certainly drive thesn to rebellion . ( Hear , hear . ) Bat he wonld Waiv& that subject , and would say a . word or twotiu-refeffnee to the present Hons * of Commons ! Our pteseni weak and imbecile Ministers had been obliged W n ^ ply to the House of C « mmon » for » vot » of oonfMenon in themselves . They knew ful ^ well that , th . a people had no con-fidenc& in thfe ' tnVand' they wanted i » go on htill a little longer' by having 'tht ^ dontideac * 6 f theiroyrn tools . He ^ jad » l * Jita mention thai Lord J . Russell had been sending lettermto the ftttthoritiesof different counlJei'oiV th * Hiihjectbf ' tb ^
beople arming tkenwelvni . T The vpTeient ihova » feB » 8 were evidently esciting-flarna in the miada of tbe government ; they liad Been given io understand ihatthi > . pfeol ) V »' w < ouW b # dnpef no longer ( cheers ) ' . and thut th » y , wera now determined to have their liberties or die in the attempt to obtain them . ( Renewed cheers ' . ) They were now beginning to understand that the peopl ? were preparing themselves for a coming arisis ; and he had no doubt that ton man they wonld manfully meet whenever that time came . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) There were other gentlemen present , and he woul 1 not detain them with any further remarks . ( Cheers . )
Mr . BuTTEKwonTH thea rose to propose the first resolution : — " That the careful attention which tneGenerairConvention has hitherto paid to the ftri gfr *? interests confided to it , the prudeBce and fjwff with which thoaa jntereaU have been main . tMM& are sn ^> as to entitle that body to the warmlit ffetitud * 'of tke people ilso to Justify tb Mtfiitt ) tird . «<* Hdencs io it fortimMweA He "fid ibMfttt aswmhjy live the He to the aristocracy o !^ SatrhJ ^ -TO > l ^*'«» y telrttg ' iflTftal we mm reaMi w « Bad no ^ , our . rights was tbat we » O gjlP > ig »« W ^ tp nwke ^ p . r , pper uw of , Aam . ., M * kqT ;» S | they ought to have credit for wishing to gain icuoMmtge by coming td the plater whence / itema ««** f i ( Hear , hear , ) Bat there was ambrepfeatw Wactehstic
1 * « m that meeting than ; even this i iinjdl l * two 3 that tke people seemed to have got $ 0 i $ * l »> ow ] edge enough to tbhoh' them' lirtrt they « r < M | M too hard , an 4 too long , for too littfe nemy- j BedMn ( hear , hear ) :, and that , ( hey were deterwilMJBiinhavff this state of things altered as soon ai ^ oeMp . There was not an individual-. thera- « ib » *^! £ 3 muca right to jbave ^ . voica in makicg tb , e law ^ Br which he w « to be governed as any of the srisfcwacy in the present House of Commons ( bh «« t ) : and he was satisfied thera was not an iihiiiiidn ^ in that meeting that would ever feel , satisfied witk » aytniuj ( short of that right ( near , hear )' : aBd tjiat 4 m people of £ uglat > d , Scotland , and Wain * werajdelerpjine ^ to try , every legal zneaju . in , tl ^ eir power * to obtain it . ( Cheers . ) He wag equally cbnrinced from the disposition manifesto ^ by the greaikulk of the public , that if moral means would
HQtiKfc , the people wexe Ketexmxped to trjseme ^ bing else . It would be pselejs for him to burke the matter ; it was of too demonstrative a eharactfeh No * man ^ onld shut bi * eye * to . tbe foct , lhatthe ^ eppln were determined to have their righ , t * . < Hear » iear , i To a eertain extent , the aristbcracy and the cotton lotds might attempt to hoodwink the people by agitating the repeal of the Corn L , aws ; ^ uL the bulk of thepepple had already come to the conclusion , that if Um Cora Laws were repealed under present cir-OMNttnces , that repeal wonld result in no benefit » t *< m . ( Hear , hear . ) ,. T . b « y . w 9 uld , theirefpre , be » o ttftger gulled with this Corn Law agitation . Tfce gneat bulk of tbe people were beginning to { tl * t » their confidence , not in the Uou ^ a pf Corat |» S»—the representatives of the £ 10 electors , but 'lift . . mBkitA * £% ^ &mm . Ma *> lvam * Ai ^* kT 1 . i * J . * l «^« . ri ^ . a » AUai __
( L » ndck « ers . ) If that iConvanrion acted up to its duties * it would be expected , in , the prooer . time , to bring forward some measure whica would oblige the Government Io gite wuyttf the people , of to be placed in a different position to what it occupied at present . If the National Petition should be rvj >> cted --1 » thought he was stating the sentimeiita of the bulk of thw population when he said that they were , determined to have Universal Suffrage , at all hazards . ( Immense cheering . ) A considerable portion of the aristocracy of this country ran away with t £ fc » , pd * a that the people were mere machines , to be fOM upon , by every , body ; but though some of their mjWBgsea" friends had left their ranks , they had not f ^ j ^ KoAten them . ' ( Hear . ) There was « time in Etelaad's hutory . when by the withdrawal of a
few leading characters froin thjeir ranks , their caiiae would haveleen lost ; hat ityrni notsBnbw . Those desertions had only shown the people , that the power waa in their own hand * to redress their own grievances . ( Cheers . ) They had become convinced that they could do this matter for themselves ( hear ) . He would much rather have all the people with them than a part ; but if there were some that would not ga with diem , they dust leave them'behind , and move on themselves , without halting . ( Cheers . ) What was it that had goaded the people of this country to inch a state of madness ? VVas jt that •* philanthropic , " of that quiet , easy , " God-like " disposition of the present House of Commons ?¦ No : but it was the manner in which they had
conducted then ? business that the people had come to tbe conclusion that they were no longer a parliament for them . ( Hear , hear . ) After having passed-the Poor Law Amendment Act , the Irish Coercion Bill , and after proposing the Rural Policft Bill , he dated any man to tell him that they possessed ow spark of real liberty . He could not hel p repeating it , therefore , that it was a reviving jight to gee « o many ' men assembled for tbe protection-of tlicir dwu rights . They wonld have the system altered peaceably if they could , but have it altered they wouro . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ;) : The present statyof things could not much longer ? eaist in the country (" very short" ) : and if any outrage were
committed by the people , it wonld be the ' tinstoi cracy oF iho'country npon whose beads the blame wonld reit . ( Hear , bear . ) Had our rulerv manifested any disposition to heal the wouad 3 of the people , they would never have contemplated th ? pasMng ^ ofa 1 Rural Police Bill ; If that bill were passed , thej wonld not be able to stir out of their houses without jogging against a policeman . ( Hear , hear . ) Nay , they 'w © ulft not be allowed to go to bed without a policeman having Kberty to come into their bedchamber to ascetUia whether they were dreaming trcasos . ( Immense disapprobation . ^ As they wete anxious , ho «« vei , to hear other friends , he wocJd not detain them longer thau merely to propose the rersolntiftn . ( Lond cheers . ) . ^ Mr . Rawson , of Buryvwas called upoato ' Second I the resolution * Ho said he- felt himself VtpoonrQd la
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being called upon to address so large , so thoughtlul , and so resppcttiMe " aft assembl y as that . ( Cheers . ) Whenheconsidtned thathe was a humble individual « -ho ? e interest was id ^ ntined with the interests 61 che thou- > andsof working men by whom he wa / tfnrrounded ; and when he thought that those thotaandti had called npon him to take an active partio that warfare , which they were now yrng ' mg with their opprff . « ors , he did feel proud . ( Hear , heir * hear . ) Th y bad forjed us into active exertions . We had *> nfft > red loii ? , seTeraly , but patiently ; they had JuffVred nntil longer suffering became a vies . ( Hear .
near . r > ve nad suBered so severely , that tWe wa * not a greater araoont of suffering coiild be pot upon U * ' j ftnd f ° ^ " rea 3 on » people were forwd to the determination to free themselves if possible from the degrading slavery in wbicb they had so long existed , ( Cheer ' s . ? Those who occupied higher station * ) n society than roers- labourers , might blarae the pesple for the line of conduct they were purse ing ; bot he wonld remind tb 8 m » . that they were the sole causes of their acting in Kher way in which they did act . They wished not—they never did wish—to injure them . ( Hear , hear . ) They had injared the people most seriou-ly . But feeling themselves to be men—knowing , an thei'did ,- that beibjr ever willing
( to toil , they ought to have sufficient to eat ( hear ) , sufficient to « lathe themoelves , snfRtient 10 make their families ) aomfortable and snffieient to supply e * $ ry necea « ry want . Bu- ? their strength had been ttjrken from them by tho . se who reaped all the benefit and who enjoyed every comfort of ltfer at the expense of the people —( hear , hear)—thow whom they had placed lti'th * seats of power . Then such a sttete of things having come-npon us , and feeling thatr they were Englishmen , wfaosp proudest boast was to protect their freedom , and to snpnort the glory and honour of their country —( hear , hear )—having in their breasts English' hearts , to what other determination could they come than to-spill the lost drop of bloo * that flown- in their Vens— - to sacn « w , ia addition to every comfort .- ami in
addition , to every privilege as Englishmen—to saennce even life itself , in order to overturn that eppression' that had ground them into the eBu » t , —( imm ? ase cheering)—to sacrifice that'life whieh was not worthy of pre ^ rving , unless they could restore to'th * inhabititnti ^ of this conntrr that protection and , those comforts'to which , as-Englishmen , they were Jt > justly entitled . ( Continued-cheering . ) They did not want to apset the throne of the Queen . TJiey did not wiskto dctToy or to subvert the aacrediies . 1 of private prspeHy , of whioh individuals had become righteously-possessed . ( Hear hear . ) The ]? did not wish to take from anotht-r that which belonged to him . ; , but they were-deter - mined—the thousands and tens of thousands-of Englishmen were determined ^ -that they would not have their own . rights wrenched from their grasp .
( Hear , anfl cheery . ) It was trae ~ it was awfuHj too true—that such-a state /> fthi » gs wrb brought upon this country , as the feeling heart must- view with horror . Bbdnl not believe that the rhanufaoturersgenerally were ; wishful to . increase theip snfferings by stopping th , eir works . Jv >; . he- rather believed that they themselves were- feeling that oppressive weight which must eventuallv sick down aU rights , anii ' aal jnstiwtiowi , of pypi $ cla ^ . in . tfus uufprtuaate conatry . ( Heat , hear . ); He had had tite pleasure the day before of meeting ' deTe « ites from almost every part of the country ; , andy whatever question wan pnt to them , i ^ wa ^ i almost in » - poctarble to felicit tiny answer , exceptsucn as related to physical force . ( Long and lbud cSeeritig . ) What didthk prove except that the country JVom , one end to the other was tired of petitJonintr—tired
of rerrionstraiting ^ -tired of making use of moral mean * to effect their purposes . If « a * clearly to fa seen that those vrho ought ever to lend an : attentive ear to the prayers of the people , ha 4 stopped their pare and hardened their Jwar&v and that rib otlier mean ? of admission to their feeling * could be had than such as was enforced by a bullet or by steel . ( Immense cheering . ) This was ttie conclusion to whioK they had come , and they had Hod cbme toit suddenly and at once . They bad tried . forbear * what virtue there was in petitions—they , had tried 1 br years whit contd be done Arith ' remon&raucesthey had tried every moral meoo « , and ail had been ineffectual . But being , as they weite , determined toobtaift theirfreedorri they would—sIM he iio < w s ^ aid itiii order that there might -bw no mi ^ alte—in order that the Govermeut ,. the oppressive and c » w-
ardly Government of the country might know ithe spoke to every rank and Clas » in society—to every individnal , from the beggar to-the Queenthat they might be fully acquainted with that lamentable state of things at present existing . They could not crush the people—they could not paralyze the strong arm of a people ' s power—they never could put down the people of England , except with the loss of their existence ; for England ' s glory run parallel with the feeling * and wishes of the people ;—( immense cheering ;)—and unless they did justice , ( and they wanted nothing but justice , ) unless they did justice t » the labouring classes of England , England ' * dim must set for ever . ( Immense cheering . ) England ' s glory most suffer an eternal eclipse—her power must sink beneath the puny and dastard . arm of continental states , whose
name scared * ought t 6 tar heard amongst British frefemen . ( Cheers . ) The champions of lir ^ rty thrjongliout the world "will ttfconiera jest and a byewojrd jpr ^ e > eri , j « erf , and every s } ave on fhe continent . ( Cpntinneo ' cheeriing . ) He would not detain them wage ^ M there itfere' other ' s to' address them ; and he hud . gre&t ; plee « ure in seconding th « resolntion . ; Mr . J . R . RtCHARDSQ ^ Aoa , rop « ,, 8 ^ a . vra 8 received with Mvpral round * of upplauae . He Mid he thanked them most irtrfrtDrfor ^ nie noiinn * in whkht thty fc » d pasted tne la * t rj »* lution . It gave him every , hope m-the peopla of Mnnduster ; it gave him rgnerffed tdafidrfnee'in the people of Wijt ^ wat-geinfawKialjdt ^ i iCheerg . ) It encouraged him ' !? . ^^ ° L ^ iS ^ ^ f l ; W r ' ft fne . work , which h « and tha CanVehHoBDadtey ably Mgmt , ana which he hoped they Mfcould no auccB *» rally xpmplete . ( He » r , h , e » r . ) These were
empijjjhad Jpng tcentrie ^; bat they mus t be tried further . , "Ijie Government' of Enkland hid been tried ; they were on their , Aail now j : . Bay , iei miftbt «» y , they were Helf-con-^ Biuned . ( Cheer ^ . inid Ung ater . ) jhe middle classea of thi « € tn «» ty wt ? e about to De thid ; and if there were any of tham . thora , J ^ b ^ gf ^ jl th « ir attention' to wfcat he was atdut is » ay ; ' fqr , as sure » a the sun had setto-day , so murely munfitha iftidiita daaas * jow the rhnki of the people . ( CJ > eeni and ;* Np ^ no , " ) Hehoped he . wonld be able to con-,, vincp . » hy middle class man that might be present that he ¦> , ¦> gT « rt » »« -4 « wU . if he did npt give all the « upport in his piwer to tbe people ' s cause . ( Hear and che « rn . j He knew that « tt * mplsh » tt beeitmafle on the part of both Whigs and Torie * to divert the people ' s attention from the paths of , duty . He knew that they had tried to do that , and a » surely a * the / haxl . ^ ried ;^ t « o , tmrely had they failed . The middle VshgaesJ ^ pajdejlupbi ) , what they could obtain through the «» mtng « . ofthe pow ; the Government depended npon the ¦ middle jciM Ue * for their support ; and if the poorer clam
c » uld not » uf poTt tke Oiiddle class , it could not anpportthe Qoveinment . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he would inquira upon what point the Usvarnment stood ; and what ht * was about t » Mate was really the secret of the whole matter . The working Classen thought they had not money enough for their labour vbtit the Q 6 v « rhm « nt had no money at aH —( near )—for they had been bankrapt for the last twenty years ; and they were now obliged t » submit to whatever the bank direcUrs chose to dictate to them . Thar were , therelore , in a greater hobble than the ceople of England wero at present . Mr . Richardson proceeded at great length to address the meeting , referring to the Savings' Banks , the Bank of Bogland , the money system generally , the Stuck Jobbing , and a variety of other topic * . He concluded bis address . by adverting to the Question of arming ; but aa he has just published a speech delivered in the Convention on the subject , aud which may be had for one penny , we think it unnecessary to repeat farther what he said . His addres * was listened to with tho i >\ oat patient attention , and wax responded to with the most hearty cheers .
Mr . Jas . Bronterre O'BRIEN was nexl introduced to meeting , and was received with the most rantarous and deafening cheers , which were repeated again , and again , and again , lie said it-was his intention to adk them on tbat occasion whether they were " up the mark . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He found , however , there was no occasion to ask that tjneation now , for he had had many intimations since he came into that place that they were right np to the mark . ( Renewed cheers . ) He was glad to know that in the immediate vicinity of Manchester they wero equally ready : ( Loud cheera . ) He had abundance of evidence that they were up to the mark there also . ( Tremendou * cheeH . ) He b »< 5 come frojn Leigh , Chowbent , and other place * in that neighbourhood ; and hn had to tell them that every man that baa signed tho N » Uonal Petition was prepared with arguments of the niegt ^ oi ' n /^ and forcible description . ( Loud cheers . ) In fact he had discovered that almost every adult
male in thxt nei g hbourhood had signed the Petition , and there was also a pike for every signature . ( Immfn-sc cheering . ) - H « had never advised his conatitnentsto « o svrim theuiselvea , f » ri ^ had always been his principle never fc > d » anything which might by possibility appear to . be contrary to the law , so great waa his respect for the law , not indeed for the sake of the law , but for his own sake . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) But they might judge of his-delight when he found ' that hi * advice wag unnecessary . They had take * their affairs into their own hands ; and hs believed , so helph m God , that thay had done the right thins , ( bond cheers , ) It had been his fate to call the ruling claaseti of this ' country bv very hard names . Hn had done so tat years . He ealled them robbrrs , traitors , nsurpers , and even , in some cases , wilful murdiiivrs of the people . Now , be had nevbr called liny , c )»« s orf m ? n bv those names , withast conaidering wh » ther they wtre entitled to them ; and he should consider himbbH gUiltir- ^ enormously guilty , unltaa ho were capablu of of
proving , bv the irrefutable evidAnc ^ facts , that they were * ntlrt »« tb Ml the epithets he had Uettovred wpon them ' . Now , ihe would prove that they were rebben at this moment . ( Cheer * , . and laughter . ) That , he bctitved , waa the proper coon *; iir » t , to prove that they were robken , and . then he wouj ^ j MkjheiT , ooinio ^ ^ a * to what wa » to be dene . with robbers ! ( Cheers : ) What did they mean by a robker ? ' gimfly ^ nohwho , by fore * or fraud , took that which rightfully belonged to another , and made it his own possession . That t * ra *< tabb « r . Now ^ they w « M ftware that thate wa « no jsecurit ^ - for property m this or nv other country other than the law . His object waa to shew that under the present laws , and . CouBtitutiou . it wa » impossible for an immense mass of the community to aoquire property . The speaker then entered into a vsnety tf sUtlirtlcal Mtamti to shew the manner In which the working classes had always been opposed , and prevented from , having th * ft * value er their labour . Be con « luf « d * y some very facetious jtmarka a , the » nWtct af axmiag , a&d waa moat heartily responded to , l > y O » e ' meeting . . . . ,. . ,.. , ..- * ,.... . ,,.
Dr . MacbOUALL followad in » aimilar stra ^ rivettina tho attention of tho audience b y his splendid and knpaa * ioned ¦ eloquence ' . ' ' ' ¦¦'¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ '"¦' - . ¦ - ¦'• \ - - . Mr . Benbow moved , tai Mr . JAO&SCK seconded , the ( . next resolutien , ishioh waa— ?» That thj * meeting pledge themsplves to maintain the yrinci pk * of ike People's Charter until it bocomea ihelaw of the land , pe »« 9 ably if they can , but forcibly if they must . " ; ¦ ¦ ' - ^ r A vote of thaalcs was then givm . to the Chairman , and after three cheers foT O'BrieB i » hiso for Stephens * Urea for O'Connor , and thie « times \ hr « o had been given for tho CQaveutiAo , tUe meeting se . M « jti ? ia . t mrwjy Usehe ft ' ekek .
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FEARGUS b'CONNOE . At last this hra *© and indefatigable friend of the people ia about to nrjfler for the incalculable services he has rendered his Country . It will be seen by our legal intelligence , thit a criminal Information has been filvd against him , by the Attornjey . General \ for an alleged libel on the guardians of Uie poor of the CJnion of Warminster , in 'Wihshiie . It w a most paltry , cwjrardly proceeding . It ia an attempt , under pretenee of vindicating tie character * at a few worthier creatares , to do what the government bag long wished , bat bid sot the manliBew to do on its own ref > pon « bil % - Bawd y , Jo victimise toe ataa who , under Providence , fcas been the main instrument of their opproachingdwrafaf . Feargns O'Connor hw done more- for the Mbertiea of Britain than was ever before do ** by anyone private individual for the ! sberties of tmy other ewnttrv ., anefent or
modern , r » the worlA In this K « 8 the geeret of the infomatiosagainst hlo-the wb » l « ' * aead and front of his offesding . " Bad he no * been the priaw aover-the alpha and » mega , . a » it were , of the w \* t he h * edV about Vfarmin ^ ter w any other Uehmi ,, with imparity . ¦ . ' f . lSf ?!! . Orne ^ S * Dera 1 ' * lnoviD ? * r the rale , taUfedor the mis-statementiriB tbe Star- and of tbe necessity of protesting chara « ter .- Bur were tbat the so * object intended- the partfes would have proceeded hj . action , artd not by a erirainal mfcnnafrW
in an swrtion forliM-tbe defendant u allowed to prove tha-truth of bis published statWHenb . I » o sucb liberty ijr allowed him . in an inforaiadon . If « ither truth nor the vindicatio « of character oan therefore have anything to do with the prewnfr proceeding In truth , mtm capable oft accepting guardianships-of the poor , uirfer the existing sygt « m can have nocharacters wovth protecting ,-Were it possible to ad * to Fearguo O'Connor ' * populanty , this new . Whisj maiiceuvre will' hav « that eSect .-Cberative .
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HOUSE O ? tOHDS—JMmday , Apr *< & > ~ £ et ^ ° Jl" Were P ^^ nteo «»• various snbjeeU . The wort 1 remarkable one waa fre * the Gnardiaw of an UnioB ia BsWl , calling on the Legulat « e to takt in ^ tlwir cw ,. ider » tionS : enactments respecting : « egal marriaget . It appeared ^* ™ , rte . usual canrse of proceeding the proper pfficerhad recS » S ^ f ( m " Intend ^ a ? 7 iage betwWn » bacheler M fto name of Morgan , and a . wiiow of the ramnune . in » n ^ qaevce or some inquiries that were made , it WMfoapJ that tha nro « nSn was the widow o » Morgan's brother ; and theXmJ jnarnage Waa therefore HUpped * The p * rtk . left tte , ffi bot came down soon aftcwurdi aa man and wife , the » Jrria « to having been solemniz-l in-London . To j > reveUf ,. in 7 u ^ pr »« e « d « i « s of thisobj . di . n , ble natm ^ , t b * pSltSmS L . > rd RADNOR declined to uene on the somtiTktea o « ZZS nd > aOd ^* - Stiadbroke waa SSwd fa £
Lord LYNDHURSTf asVed l * rd Broughaa * whether it wa » ^ S t ^^ m ^^ rto tha Ho - «*• K Urd . BROUGHAM replied ,, that he wM waiting , only , to a »«« r . aw whether the Governasent would withdraw « o mon-T * l v ° " ' »«« - He would this day w « eh bring-forS thL J ' wdmance were not repeated beTore that dr ffaf NORMANB ^ Uid ett **• *» Me the cainanee , Htt-Lord BROUGHAM , observii > g . that he understood tUt th « first towteen clauses of the Metropolitan Poliee BH 1 we » t ,, be wuhdrawn , wished to fcarTfrom . I » rf -MelboS S ' whether an abandonment of the wholp Bill were intended f * S AJKLBOUKNB replied i * the negaUv ^ ™ UinAed-. W h , £ . gave notic « . " that he-would , on a future occasion , call the attention of their Lordstiips to certain otkr rcporu arising frsin theiepert of ike Maltese CoaimLuwi ^ r . as those reports operated on individuals in the Ulusd of M Jta ¦ " * . . ulduot at prw . ent state the day . when , he would brinff the abject forward \; but when be hid fixed e » Aeday " hIabcmld give hu noble friend pPO 5 it 9 ( Lord Norinanb y ) / ol ^
Lori STANHOPE presented p » tilioi » signed very nmme-» o «* ly by parsons belonging to tho indortrious classes Thev viewed , he snid , with horror the working of the New Poor Law , productive a * it was of no othw eflea on the humbler classes than that of rendering them more miserable than wrerT H « then presented a petition from , a parish in the county oXXent complaining ttat the able-bodied laboutew , whatever mi K ht be their condition , and howsver deaerving of relisf . receared no advantage from the poer-ratea , The > titioneri prayed for a partial repeal of the Poor Law AmendmentT £ m which prayer he did-not concur , for he felt strongly conl ta ^ iSr ^ aL 00011 ' * ^ gM l ° " nd iU t 0 ^ «* Lord MELBWURNE moved tho secotd reading of tie Dean of fcxeter . &c . Appointment Bill . ' The Buhop of EXEiBR aaid he would not oppose tba second reading , but reserve the amendiiwnu h « intended t » propose for the Committee . The BUI provided tbat nothkfc . hould prev , nt the appointment of any ee . lcsiastical pereoa oaay vacancy amongst the prebend , and canons residentiary . That , he begged to observe , was- the point at ism between the Chapter of Exeter and tha Grown * If thaBia
were pawed , it would lie nothing less than reauirinn thft chapter to elect a penon . for a certain . p * riiled purVw , * UUeV * l «» wted npon th « perfect right iffree SecCi . ^ i » wned to know from the-Noble VWount at the h « adof tW Administration if he would put the Hodse in possession rf tho correspondence which £ » d taken B lace Uweer ^ ti Wd ^ FLR ^ TTR ^? apter ° l ?" 4 that ***** Lord MELBOURNI ! . v » aa of opinion that corrwponfcM * upoathia * ubJe « t . wa 8 confid 6 BtiaL « pon » e » eo The Buhop of BXBTKlt , . considering the ftoble Vucaiutt to fill a higher character than that even ol a Member ef th * House , desired to know from him if the chapter had not claimed th « right of free eUction ? * ajj MKLbOUKNB was . understood to dBolin « gimg an . Tho Bill was then r ^ ad a second time . The Bi j hop of BXBTKR give notice , lha . t he intende * moving that there be laid on the Uble erf th . House th * letter of the Rev . Dr . Bpll , dated the 20 th of April instant « I uo n atriflffiyfeiffi ^ daim to a * - ^ The House then adjourned .
Tuesday , AprilT 23 . Many ^ petiHons WBre presented . tJou ^ c ^ mhtt . 11 ^^ 604 ° " De > a ° ^^ * *
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HOUSE OP COMMOWS . ^ M » tf «» , ^ J / 2 SL The House was almost exclusivel y occupied with- ' tsW ' afram ^ S . ^ S " ^ » 8 a » na ^ * b- «» -Jamaica Government BM . . Mr . BURQE , ag « ftt for th * Hdus . of AaS ^ ofJamaiea ,. did not conclude hU speech till so late an hour , that tb » argument of Mr . Sergeant Mtrewwher . - whois to be hwrd for the people of Jasttaica , wa « deferred tiU nexte « enina . Anew w nt vra . ordered for Leith in the rooaTof the-J ^ oSrV&Stf ^ ^ office of Judgeof tbe The Imprisonment for Debt Act Amenoment Bill waa Krida * "tcoai time ' "nd ordered to be- committud oa The House adjourned at ialfpast twelwr o'dock tfll tO'Q&T *
Tuesday , April % L Mr . HARVEY movtd areselution , in lieu of theexiatin * standing order , to seenre that all Knriosure BillashonU contain provuions for allotting a pomoa o £ rt » land for the recwation and advantage of the humbler cluwa , the sUndLft order being found to work inefficientl y »» nim » K evTn ^ ado ^! 011 ^ 011 ' ^ * *¦* ^^^ ' — the ^ n £ ? S ! V ^ &ffi £ * * SX ^ W Of Sjr E . CODRINGTON moved a resolution tbat all her Majesty s sh ? p » should in future have bat one complement a laen , whether in peace or war . * Alter some discussion , it was nogatived by—Ayea ....... ^ _ .. 27 Noes ..., ; ... ju )
Majority against the motion ....... 63 Colonel DAViES obtained leave to bring in a BUI toresQof High feht riff inKnglamd and Wales . The consideration of the Jamaica Government Bill wm resumed , and Mr . Sergeant Merewgtaer waa heard on behalf h B * ll * rea individuals who had petitioned against
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ELEGANT BOSEWOOD FBAMfiS , with GLASS , made to ft . the ? ORrRAITS which . have been given with the Northern Star , price 2 s . Elegant ROSEWOOD . FRAMES , « ith GLASS made to hold the PLATE of the NATIONAL * CONVENTION , which h to W pre ^ Jed £ f £ Subseribtt * . ot $ w .. Stav > only 3 a , 6 d . - t 7 ^; Hkywood pledges himself t « produce & FKAME and GLASS at the above pricevftat caunot . be equalled by anyone in the trade , for the same money . Persoaa ordering , quantitieawifl be liberally dealt with , for Cash only . - ' Sold % ABgil Heywood , 56 , and 60 , Oldhamstreet , JManchtoter . ' ^^ N-B ; FRAMES of every description made to order , and in the fiwt style of ^ Workmawhip .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1054/page/5/
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