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HOUSE OF LORDS—Thursday . Fee . 5 . Tiie E .: ri of Ibmnusir . lirougiit up thcrepurtuf the Coir . niiti-.-c on ll : iL » v ; tv Bui * : wbidi was to ike effect tliaf ttu- . * t ; iicli « g «• «« , nrquiring liraon&icuihof tlstf ai »« u-. it of capital sabscr . ltjd \ k uv \ mv . b& , should l » e surjKiinkii with rts-nx-t to such railway bills as sLall commence iu the IL . use < if buds this session . That no such hills should be read a first time until cue-twenticd : of the nmouut subscribed should I * deposited ; and a further oue-tweutieth before the bill should be read a third time ; and that , no bill should l > e received after Mmday , February 23 rd . The noble earl gare notice that he * should draw theatteution of tlw house to thesulgeet to-moirow .
Tiie Earl of Claxcaktt then rose to move fur the apjiuiiitineai of a select committee t « inquire into the management of the medical charities in Ireland . iLeft $ j < c . * . kimj . ] DOUSE OF COMMOSS-Thc rsdat , Fed- 5 . A new writ was wleml wr the borough of »« " *'"» - laiD in the n .-. ni of Sir L Fn-wantk , who had accepted the Chilteru Hundreds . . .. .,, Mr . Cukistie putted a petition m favour of the Ten Hours * Hill . PENAL ENACTMENTS . , _ Mr . WtTsox tia-n moral for leave to bring in a bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties on her Majesty ' s Roman Cathu-Jie sul'kets on . -ufoimt o ! their religion .
Sir 3 . iM . ss ( Jk&ham said thnt a . bill similar to that proposal by t «» e lion , and learned mernbsr had been laid on the taWc of the House of Lords by the Lord ChancelW . It was , therefore , a subject f-r the consideration of the hou . and learned mt-rabcr whether , umfer such circumstances , he would persevere in ii-s motion . [ Left sitting . ] HOUSE OF COMMOXS-Thcrsday , Jax . 29 . \ Fnm our Second Edition of latt « rcdfc . ] THE TEX HOURS' BILL .
lord AsHLtT moved for leave to bring in a bill to reduce the hours i > f working tif young peisms in factories to ten hours in the day . Two years had € k { ised 5 Jneehebrouglit the subject before the House ; but events had since taken piste that illustrated the truth of the principle ; he had then propounded ; ami the question was now narrowed to this— "Can a Teu Unurs" Kill It : adopted withoi t injury to tbe interests of the trade , and without depreciation of the vages of kb-. mr * " He tlien gave the hi-usa a history of a scries of experiment * which had recently been made iu the manufacturing distticts on the effect of reducing the lionts of labour . Mr . Gardner , of Manchester , had reduced tbe hours of { aboer iu his factorv to tit-v-. ' ! i Lours . Messrs . Horroeks and
Jackson , of Prc > to : i , had made a $ imi !» r reduction . So liad several other eniiuestt manufacturers . The resuit iu every case demonstrated tli&t the produce of the reduced hours of labour was both greater autl Letter—that the hands were in better healththat taeir children were better educated — and U&t the foeting . between the employers and the employed was much ameliorated . Such also bad k * H the effect of a decree issued in Prussia Ihaitiug the houss of labour tj ten hours a-day in the case of all children under sixteen rears . Accounts had been transmitted to him from Elberfeldt , in ¦ which tie most satisfactory description was given of rue result * o ; tltat law on the noral and physical condition of the operatives . Pas-ins from these
indiriaual d « htifc , be proceeded to show that the effects of tbe limitation of tbe hours of labour oft the moral , pLyju ^ l , and Suanciai condition of our population engaged iu manufactures iormed a constant contradiction to all tiie predictions uttereJ by the antagonists of the Ten Hours' Bill when it was last ui : dcr discussion . Tfcclr first prediction was , that tha catton trade would be dtslrwed by any such limitation as he proposed ; tiicir second wxs , that the wajres Gf the protected parties would be diminished ; their third was , that the wp . ges of their children would be reduced to a lueie nothias ; aiid t'idr fourtli was , that the children would l » e dismissed , and that great physical suffirinsi vwnld be ihe w * u \ t in tlieir
respective fasuhes . i'he hutory of the cotton trade dai-ins tie la < t year was tlw best refutation of the fe pan of t ' les : p : e Hctii . ns ; the fact that there were j » v 30 , 000 children under thirie-tn yiare of age > vorkicg six hours and receiviiij ; in-t * ruction three iioars a day , when there were very few receiving « ducation in 1833 , and the report of the operative spinner * thciiisrlvts—who fooucrly opposed the eu-£ cunc :: t limiting the labmr of cuiidn-u to half time —stating ti'at the pinsieil and moral coudition of their children had been so much improved that tbey did not appear to be the same race of human beiugs . were the best refutation of the latter jartol tkem . lie implored the house to consider that the greater part of the children employed durin "
tne present wnj : hours of laboiu * were females . "Wa s there uot something cruel and monstrous to take young girls ef 13 , the Tt-ry day on which they readied that age , and to demand from them the same esten : of L-tOiiur which was demanded from tUe me * t \ igi > roa 6 adult men ? How could they jcara on tluir return home any of those tioi :: < stic arts which weie so necessary to the comii-rt < of the labouring man when he returned jaded s :: d weary to his humble cottage ? There « as evideneo enough to prove , though he would not « uote it , that the degraded c < -i : dition of the female population was one uf the chief causes of diatrfes ssd crime in our manufacturing towns . Ile « outrastcd vita the degraded cunditien of the female population
in Gar lnaiiuinctumc district-: the gr . at improvemej-t whk-ii had txkui p ! ai-e iu the intellectual , mcr . u , and ; il : \ sical conditinn of tl . o fem » le operatives at Lotic-H , iu the United States , since the labour there had bceli llmiku to twelve hours a day . The fact » s » , that our women w « re uiinxcd iu nature and habits by beiug r . ihtracied from their domtstic duties si insig by tiuir protracted industry in iieated factories . Society sufivred by it—individuals su&rcd by it ; and the operative { -o ; iul ;< tion would suffer by it . until legation gave them what Z \ Isdame Cami-a ! i told Napoleon wr < the best gift lie emiid give t *» France , " a generation of mothers . " He iiupn-sstd « oi the house the ccu&iiieratiou that It « nm ! d «* w « -li both for the masters and the
operative * to have this question finally settled . Nothing ¦ ccuUi l « « s * s « r thasi to reptai h : s bill , if its efieetH should pruve prejudicial ; for the operatives would be tUe first to cry out against them ; but if its effects ¦ w ere iiktly to prove b : nefio : si , then they had a right to expect thst the hou « e would assent to their just and reasonable requests , lie implured the house , therefore , not to throw out this measure ; for if they < n « , thry would destroy nil hope of secular improvement aiitong the younger part af the manufaciuring population ; thf y would aggravate the feud which so ting existed wtweeu the house of want and the 2 ioujC of pltiity ; they would render poverty di . seontei : te-s wea ! t ! i eiid property odious , and would impede the social , nicral , ami religious ini i roverucnt of all clas » et > of the c-uumuuito .
Sir J . Gcii !* H « ai < l—Ke did not initud to offtr any opposition to tUt itttruduciiuu of Ui « Jirtst lit bill . Afttrr cuinjiiwiciiUi . g Lord Aelilty on ilic tacrifictn nliicli he hitu made iu this caus % —f » cril : cet wliicli were greater than Ml to thclot of tr . o't men to innkn—lie proceeded to cu :: tc : ni that < .-v « rything Hliich had occurred in the inai : u ! sci-: ii ; g dinricls since tile passing of the act vf 1 & 4 , inrtcail i-f encoura ^ iug further ligisltt : « n « a tiii * subj ^ t , siiowtd tliat wr ought not to eistuni the « xt ; iing urningetiicnis . If it «> re tme that highrr «; : ^ irs Iixd let-c gained by the optratives iu cuistqueitce of x reduction in their hours of lklxiur , he « : is glud to hear it ; but lie thought that it km a Teuton for not interfering farther hx legislation betntct the tmjiioTtr * iid the cm .
pio . vtu . Afi « r jKihititig out tii" « dvantuge « nhich had 1 > £ t-n giiiiCd : ur the laboariiig iu « iiul " ac : ui ing pupL-Iatiun b . v Li < nl A . ur » a dsy , he proceeded to contend that any further in : erf < -rence by Parliament with manufacturing labour vould l > e an iutfrUreiice nitli capital and ma . cliiner . , , which nould be h ; g ! ily dangrinus in a com . mtrcial cuuntrj lifcc our own . It ii-. ig ] it Ims atkt < i , wtijr . if turf : « rere liis •¦ pimoiiF , be aliuwed this bill to be iutr . x ' . ucfcd . U : s ausner ma > , that on fonuei occhsioiib L « r < l As'lileyhadeiideaTv'urt'dtotugralthlsotiiiiious
as auiti . dL'ientti ou tiiea ^ Ki es jnoposcd by the gorrrnment . but that on the prefeat occac : on he had introduced , on Id-onn it . <| iynMl > i ;; iy , a suhft : iitti « "e mes ^ ure , nhich it would Itc tiivi-uuvltous to r < -jvct nithout exauiiuation . He b « g ^ t i « m of the liou'f on bis loiUrhip ' s I'iii * : ioul
Sir <> . STKiCE 2 . iM > n > # deletmiticd to give hi : most cordial iupj < ort to flu * bill . In > epir to Sir J . Gralinni ' a uii ^ erVKtiou < m the t : ectffity of | H > ttjfC > uing the decision o ;> r : il of iKoft i&ir * on the ground that it would gir « a s : iu ; iilu > to cuinuitrcv , -nil would thus Le productive of beKri ' a lo agriculture . If , ; lun , i : gave a stimulus to tw : r .-. uHT , it wou'd ' pivc increased emploMiient to in-< 3 : vidua !« t-i ^ xgtd in uiciiuMttuns ; ami , if mi , tliii wan of all u : hri » tiie time for prc ^ Mlig the billou the notico of Parliament .
i ; r . itiLiv . NT cxprefced hi * FurpriEe that Lord Afihiet . ttho Vnu ' . d lie tl : r last man in the woiM to attack the rk-liu of proprtty generally , could have been in . d > : cr < i t < i li : ii ! g in » i'iii which attacliei ! the poor niah '< { H '« 2 < erTy , by iaierferiag with his lal-our , nhich was his jijojMiiy . Tlrt . t-iil , bj tuortutiug the lu . uvi ; «» f labour , nouiu reduce Ut tvages , aud would thut do hitu more burnt ; 1 : h * i ^ o ^ c . I >< T < i J « i : k Xt . ssz * s trjfted that tht housa would not be iui I . ; : te « r £ unjci < t « of the l-. s % fptaker to reiifit the
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^ al Lord A ^ to Us ^ ^ m ^ K . lung won dconc . hae ^ e fteh « S ^ ^ SrtCST . SS a and unhesitating gupp 01 , 10 Mr HtB" insisted on the soundness of Mr . Trelawny ' s argument , that no Utcrfcrence with labour omid ^ U plTce without interfering « , th the nghts of property , l udustrv and cap ital eught to be left free . It was ridiculous for tiio noble lord to compare the manufactories of Lowell with those at MancheEter . The state of society in the two « ountries was quite different . In Amelica * society was migratory , in Euglaad it was sUtioH-3 ry . lie recommended Lord Ashley to turn his attention to the condition of th « infant labouring population iu the agricultural districts . It was in n much « or ? e coudition than tiie infantile population of the manufacturing districts .
Mr . B . Escott reprikd Lord AiOilej ' s doctrine , that the decision of the majoritjon the last occasion when thi * tuliject was discussed was not the decisiou of the house , but that of the Ministry , both oa behalf of the house and of himself , as an independent member , who had then voted against the bill , and who should do so on the present occasion . Many persons in the country « aid that it was not Oie Ministrj which had revirsed the " decision of the house on that occasion , but Lord Ashley himself , who had voluntarily guen up his own measure . He alfo hoped that Lord Ashley himself would quote his blue-books accurately and fairly—a practice which his lordship was not always in the habit of adopting . Mr . CoL « Duon » defended Lord Ashley . The claims of Immunity were in this instance in concurrence with , those of sound policy , aud demanded a moderate restriction oi the hours of l ;; b « ur .
Ur . Uoecdck said that this bill was an unjustifiable interference with the righ t * of property . The prioe of labour depended ou the supply Mid the demand . No legielatir « interference could raise or depress wages except in this waj . Increase th « demand for labour by taking away tucal restrictions , and you raise the amount of wages . Increase the rertrictionsonlabour , bs this bill proposed , and you iueritibly depressed the rate of its remuneration . He could hitngelf play the same game as Lord Ashley . It was a very easj gami , forit wa » the game of humanity ; and you had only to sccuse yourself of all the cardinal virtues under the sun . Lord Asbley called himself the friend of tiie Iatx » Dr « r ; but when bis own pocket was touched by thu rrmoriVof eomuiercial restrictions calculated to benefit the 1-WurtT , he was among the first to cry out tV . at the monarchy was ruined and the state on the point of dissojution . [ Mr . Koebuck concluded his speech amidst t' cheers" from the "liberal" opposition , benches ! 1
After & few words from Mr . Wodehocsk in support , and from Mr . P . Howard in opposition , to the measure , Mr . Mfktz expressed his opinion that Lord Ashley hud not been lairly dealt with in this debate . The argument of iion-interferedce with labour was sound upon ttie whole ; but there was an ixception to it in the case of factories worked b y steam . It was not just that a man should make ins ntYer-tiriug steam-engine work as long as he pleased , tbat be should tlien compel his workmen , women , as well as children , to work a » long as his steamengine , and that he should then decline to give them work if they refused such protracted labour . Another circumstance which would make him Tote for the noble lord ' s bill was , that the labour of women aud children wa « preferred to that of men , —the women were employed , while the men w « re doing nothing . ( Cheers from the Ministerial benches . ) These woman and children were employed fifty per cent , niora thau they ought to be , and he should on this account tote for the bill of the noble lord .
Mr . J . 0 'Cok . vmx . declared his intention to support tbe bill . " ^ Mr . WiELEr said he would put it to the hon . member for Bath ( Mr . Roebuek ) whether he liad . reason to pride himself on the circumstance that his opinions upon this question remained unchanged ! That learned gentleman had obtained his knowledge of this subject in bis study , surrounded fcj not the most interesting book * in the world—tbe statutes at Urge , aud the decisions of the courts of law . ISut where bad the hon . gentleman who bad just spokeu obtaiuedhis knowledge of the subject I ( Hear , bear . ) That bon . gentleman was one of the most experienced , wealthy , intelligent , and htunane of men—( hear , hear)—a man universally beloved , who ever was the friend of tiie poor—a practical man , and not a
tbeorettcal man , who would run thtough granite after a principle , who would so adhere to a principle that he never would go by any course which reasonmigbt invite him to follow . He ( Mr . Wakley ) would ask his hen . friend ( Mr . Roebuck ) whether infants in this country were to be . sacrificed to bis principle ! Why , the hon . member for Oldham ( Mr . Fielden ) used at bis factory nearly one-hun , dredth part of the cotton imported into thi * countrysnd his opinion on the subject had been fully stated . lie ( Mr . Wukley ) trusted the right bon . gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department would not be insensible to that speech . The right hon . gentleman was stated to hare said that bis opinions nere unalterable . Did he not think it rash , after what bad passed within these few days , to ' say so ! It was indeed rash and unphilesophical ,
It was proved that men could bend their minds in new directions , that there wen men who would deviate from the course they had long pursued when th « y saw that it was for the general good to do so . He gave the right hon . gentleman credit for his change of opinion on the Corn L-4 WS . Nothing could be worse—nothing more irrutionul , than to charge men with dishonesty because they had changed their opinions . In his view it was a disgusting accusation , andoneunfittedfor a legislative assembly . lie ( Mr . Wakley ) was an advocate for the representation of the working classes in that house . He had always advocated the widest extension of the suffrage . He would like to see representatives of that order sitting there . There were some of them whose speeches would not disgrace the intellect of that assembly . More
splendid speeches , indicative of natural eloquence , he had never heard ; aud h « t trusted the day would come when his ivishos for tbe presence of representatives of the working classes in that house would be realised . Supposing the working people were adequately represented there , how many sessions would pass before a Ten Hours'Bill would be adopted ! It would pass in the very first . The hou . member for Montroge ( Ur . Hume ) adhered to his principle , but knocked down his argument . He completely tripped himself up . He said be would interfere irith reference to mental education . Wiry , the nokle lord wanted to go only a step further , and take into vww tbe physical condition . As a medical man , he asserted that excessive labour prevented the development of full strength in young childreu . Mr . NiWDEGiTe supported the bill .
Mr . S . C-kawfokd said be had taken an opportunity of making himself acquainted with the feelings of the operative clats in the town which be represented [ Rochdale , Quaker Bright ' s town !] when on a former occasion the noble lord bad brought forward a similar measure . Their opinions were in its favour , and he ( Mr . S . Crawford ) would give tbe noble lord bis hearty support . Lord Asblet , iu replying , complained that the hon . member for Durham should have lsft the house after haviug madtt a personal charge against bun . Tbe year before hut , he ( Lord Asbley ) was in tbe county of Lancaster , staying with his hon . friend the member for Oldham ; while there , it occurred to him , that being within a tbtrt distance of Rodidale , where tbe mill of the hon . member for Durham was situated , he would go there ; hut as he had gone over a great number of mills , and was perfectly conversant with their working , he did not think it important to add to bis knowledge the working of a mill at Rochdale . Still be went there , but simph
and solely that he might cill at the counting-house , and see the hon . member , or leave his name . Why did he do this ! Because in that house the hon . geatittuMiliad attacked him in a manner wholly unjustitiabhf , and because the hon . gentleman having retracted what he snid , he ( Lord Asblev ) thought , being within fifteen miU-s of Rochdale , ho should show he entertained no reieiitinant against the hon . meinbtr , but wished to meet him on friendly terms , if be called on him . He saw tho bon . gentleman ' s brother , and conversed with him for half or threa quarters of an hour ; he ntked him if be h ftuld go ovtr th » mill , but be declined , because he really wkk afraid the hon . gentleman would say he came ttisre and walked over the worts that he might discover ionic fault or defect i » them . Be thought the hon . gentleman had travelled out of the record , and gone far beyond what he was justified in saying , when he charged him with beiug one-sided iu his statements and views , merely because , when at Rochdale , he declined to go over hit mill .
Mr . Fieidik expressed his greatsurprise at Mr . Bright's opposition to Ui » present meassre , as he r « coUected tb * time when that gentleman had himself petitioned for a Teu Hours Bill ; but he supposed that he had repented of his humanity , owing to his bpving been recently mixed up with other associations . This measure had been described as interfering with the rights of propert y in interfering with labour . Labour be agreed in regarding as proporty ; he held that it was as much entitled to be protected as accumulated property ; but , if labour was to be protected , the labourer must have not only the opportunity , but tbe ability to labour . It did not require anything . but the common experience of mankind to know that a child thirteen years of ags was not capable ol sustaining the fatigue ef labour in a factory duriug a whole day . Let honourable members imagin * hon
they would like any of their children to be drugged out of bed at five o'clock in the morning , not to return home again from the factory until eight o ' clock in tha evening . There were nearly fifteeu hours ; aud was that sort of slavery to be continued ! ( Hear , hear . ) Ou Monday week be bad attended a meeting of hi » consutuents , called by the chief constables . One of them occupied the chair ; and both of them , formerly opponents of a ten-hours bill , came forward , expressing tlieir approval of the principle of the measure now before tin house . Why , then , should this house be behind ottitrrg in expresfciug approbation « There was no f « ar that trade would be injured by competition , if tbe hours of labour were shortened ; for every time they had be « n shorten « H ) y legiilatire euaetinent trade , on the contrary , bail increased .
Mr . Height complimented Lord Athley on the improved tone of his speech on this occasion , and though * that he had acted wisely in not again dragging ihis cripple * on to tb « floor of the house . When Sir . Qard . ner of Manchester , and his manager , wha was an enthusiast in this cause , reduced his hours of work to eleven , he increasid the speed of his steam-engine , and other machinery , and made up for lost time by taking gome miuutes irom tbe breakfast-time of bis people . Mr . Gardner had likewise promised them tbat if his expert , ment succeeded he vouldreduca th « time this winter to tea hours ; but be had not made that reduction , aud
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his manager bad recommended him not to make it . The noble lord did not , in his ( Ur . Bright '*) opinion , know so much of the interior of mills as he ought . The nolle lord once colled at the countiii >? . hou 8 o of the concern with which ho ( Mr . Bright ) was connected , and was invited by one of his brothers to lo * k through tbe establishmeat . The noble lord declined to do so . He should most certainly oppose this bill , but it would be with reluctance , because be knew that many of the operatives—but lie believed not a Majority of themwere in its favour . He considered that thu measures recently introduced by Sir R . Peel—wbicli , he trusted , would be made more perfect before they passed the house—would do more to promote the industry , the wages , and the social relations of the working classes , than all the philanthropic legislation of the noble lord .
The qucation was then put and carried , but with an emphatic " No" from Mr . Roebuck , which was followed by calls for a division ; none , however , took place , and leave was given to bring in the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the bouse adjourned at half-past ten o ' clock till Monday .
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On Friday , William Richardson , formerl y assistant to tbe Astronomer Royal , at the Observatory , Greenwichpark , aud Ann Maria , bis eldest daughter , were brought up on remand at the Greenwich police-court , and placed before Messrs . Jeremy and Greve , tbe sitting magistrates , charged with secreting the birth , aud privately burying at uigbt in tbe garden of tiie male prisoner , a child which his daughter , the female prisoner , bad given birth to at a house iu Southwark , and wbich child sbu had borne to the male prisoner , under circumstances most horribly revolting .
The first witness called was Elizabeth Reynolds , who deposed that she is a married woman , aud resides at No . 3 , Wuston-place , St . Thomas ' s-stmt , Borough . Mr , Ricba .-dson and the female prisoner came to her house . He said be wanted a lodging for his daughter , and nurse to attend to her , as she was near her confinement . This was on the 13 th of September last . He wished for a comfortable and quiet place , aud a bargain wus entered into to pay Ss . per week for a single room , and 5 s . more for attendance , lie gave his card , and tiiid be would consult Mre . Richardson , aud call again . Mr . and Mrs . Richard , son called two days afterwards , and engaged the apart-¦ tents on the proposed terms . The female prisoner took possession of the apartment , and was delivered on the loth of September last of a male child . The child dicu ten days after its birth . The child when born was strong
aud healtby , and after the first week was seized with sudden illness . It was taken with violent screaming , and continued in tbat state all ni ght . Iu tbe morning Mr . Wood , of Union . street , Southwark , surgeon , was sent for . He came at half-past twelve . He was present again at eleveu on Friday night , and on Saturday morning , at four o ' clock , its mother called witness , and said the iulant was tkad . Mr . llkharuson and bis wife came afterwards , and between three and four o ' clock in the afteruoou tbey went away together . The infant was subsequently taken away at night by Mr . Richardson in a blue bag . Witness told Mr , Ricbardsen that it was necessary to get a certificate and have tbe birth registered , as also its death , lie said he bad done so , and hud given the child a name , but would take tke body home , to save expense .
Richardson asked the witness if she recollected what he said when she told bun of the child ' s deatb ; and she replied that" he would not have lost it for £ 50 . " Thomas Jones , labourer , deposed tbat Mr . Richardson employed him to dig a hole in bis garden ; this was iu last September , on Thursday or Friday . Thinks it was September . The prisoner said he was going to London . He said to witness , " Dig a hole in tue corner of the gravel path . " He dug it three feet long and four deep . He was to get it done against tbe prisoner returned , as he meant to ha 7 e a bit of a drain to draw the water from the house . Witness aug the hole , and prisoner came borne between five aud six tbat evening , and said it would do very well . It was open three days , and on th « Monday following 1 filled in tbe gmel by his order . He said ho bad altered his mind , and should not have the drain , but did not say why gome of * e gravel had been tilled in .
Stephen Varaiy , bricklayer , deposed tbat be was em . ployed by Richardson , on the 27 th of September . Witness weut in the evening , and asked for Mr . Richardson . The daughter said that her mother and father were gone to London , and would return at nine o ' clock . Witness waited , and Mr . Richardson returned carrying a coffin under bis arm , wrapped in two silk handkerchiefs . The coffin was about two feet long . Prisouer said be was sorry he had kept him waiting so long . They went into the house and sat down together . Prisoner , who was very warm , said that bo had walked all the way from London . During this he was putting the coffin under the sideboard , He took a chair , paid the men , and then witness . He then said , "Call next morning . " Witness took no verbal notice of the coffin . Witness saw no hole in tbe garden .
Amelia Richardson , aged fifteen , a very well-dressed girl , deposed that she lives with her mother and 6 isters in Frieudly-place , New Town , Deptford . On the 27 th of September she lived with her iather on Royal-hill , Greenwicli . She saw a man dig a hole th » re in the garden . Witness held a light that night , at her father ' s request , between eight and nine o ' clock . Witness knew what was going to be done . Her sister Ann and her father went to the end of the garden together , and her father put the c , ffin iuto the hole , and put some gravel over it . She held the light . Nothing was said ut the time . Ko conversation nbout the child ' s death had been before her . She asked what the hole was for , and lurfather taid " for the baby . " Her sister was much aifected , cried , and said , "Poor little thing , " alluding to the baby . Her father bat acted with greac violence towards her as well as her sister , nhen not obeying his harsh commands .
Mr . Oak Mitchell said , he had made a post mortem examination of the body , aud bad , since that , tried various tests , one of wbich was with the vie v of finding arsenic , but it had been unsatisfactory , and had puzzled him . He had dince consulted the coroner , who had determined to send the remains to London to undergo a strict examination by a most experienced practical chemist , in conjunction with Dr . Leeson , Forensic Lecturer at the London hospitals , aud resident in Greenwich . The prisoner said , in answer to the magistrate , that be wished to give , seriatim , a statement of facts from first to last concerning the charge . ' Mr . Jeremy said he was not bound to do so , but if be did , it would be taken down as evidence by the clerk . Prisoner ' s solicitor recommended him to refrain from doing so at present .
The prisoner said , however it wight affect him in the eyes ot the world , be wished the humble truth to appear . He wished , at all personal sacrifices to go itriatim into every fact . He never considered the birth or death of the infant had been concealed . He merely wished that the body should not be thrown out of the churchyard . It could have been more secretly disposed of in London . He had no thought that the remains would have been disturbed , at least in bis lifetime . In June bis daughter was unwell . Dr . Stutton , of Nelson-street , Greenwich , attended her . He ( prisoner ) went into the country upon some business , in Yorkshire , and on his return he found that symptoms of her being pregnant presented
themselves . He stopped the medical treatment , in order that abortion should not ensue . Hit engaging a nurse and a doctor proved there waE no intention on bis part to make » secret of the birth or deatb . His wife and daughter both had attended iu engaging the apartments . He then read several letters from his wife , daughter , and sou , showing tbe affection that subsisted in tbe family , which proved nothing as to the alleged charges . He concluded by saving he deeply regretted and repented of all the circumstances , particularly of his own conduct . He bad done everything to provide well for a large family , and this was the only event he had to deplore through life .
The female prisoner , on being asked if she wished to say anything to clear herself , said she was v « ry sorry for what she bad done , but it was her father who had compelled her to do to . Ur . Jeremy : To do what 1 Prisoner : To give way te my father . Mr . Jeremy asked her what she went to West-place for ! Prisoner laid that she wished to say no more ; she had no desire to prosecute her father now .. He bad been guilty ef similar conduct sine * her return home . Her mother and sister did not know cf bis conduct . She had been at Mr . English ' s , a baker in Blisset-street , once at midnight for protection , fearing that her father would violate her . That iva « in December , 1814 , She wished to say no moi * . She was not willing to submit to him Uer father and mother quarrelled that ni ght ; she was frightened . Her motherlefthoine that night .
Amelia Richardson recalled , —Reintmberg her sister Anngoing to the Greyhound Inn , Greenwich , one night siuce the child was born , to get a bed . Her father weut too . Th » y could uot get one and returned . She heard her father call Ann . He said " Come here . " Shesaid , "I am not coming . " He said tbat if she did not come she should not » top in the house another minute . She said " I doa ' t want to come . " He said , " Then go out directlyget your things and leave . " She was partly undressed ; she went out , and fathtr followed her : they returned soon . The prisoners were then remanded for a week , Tbe magistrates refused bail for either of them .
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Seiuovs Charges against a Siockuhoker .- ^ -Lkkdb , Feb . 3 . —The greatest surprise was created in Leeds to-day by the apprehension of Mr . II . J . Marcus , of the firm of Marcus , Naylor , and Co ., on a charge of forgery . The examinations so far h * ve been conducted before the magistrates in privacy , but the facts of the case are understood to be that the name of Darnton Lupton , Esq ., late mayor of Leeds , had been attached toatransferof some London and Croydon Railway shares without his knowledge , the attestation to the sifinature being by Mr . Marcus . On apprehending Mr . Marcus , we hear that he made a
desperate attempt at self-destruction , and it was only by the activity of Mr . Read , of the police force , who dashed the bottle of laudanum in pieces , which the unhappy man had just raised to his li ps , that the attempt was frustrated / Mr . Read ' s hand and Mr . Marcus ' s face were both cut in the struggle . Alter the cxaminatious of to-day the case was adjourned , and the prisoner remanded until Thursday . Mr . Marcus was not a member of the Stock Exchange , but held the office of chairman of the Sharebrokers ' Association , lie is also one of the honorary secretaries of the Leed » Mechanics' Institution .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET ! [ Continued from our Third Paqc . ] GHKAT PUBLIC MBUTING is GLASGOW . On Monday lust , 2 nd inst ., n great public meeting of the unenfranchised inhabitants of Glasgow , and suburb , was held in the City Ilall , at . cight p . m ., Mr . Jas . ClarkBon in the chair . A letter of apology from Mr . Moir was read by Mr , Jas . Adams , and another from Mr . Ilenry Vincent . Both gentlemen heartily concurred in the objects of the meeting . Mr . Gen . Adams moved the first resolution , as follows : — " That we , the unenfranchised classes resident in the city and suburbs of Glasgow , in public meeting assembled , arc decidedl y of opinion , that , according to the acknowledged principles ' of the British
constitution , no person ought to be called upon to take arms in defence of law ? , in the making of which he has no voice ; we therefore can view the present intention of the Ministry to call out the militia rcgimentB only as an act of the mos t , flagrant injustice , while by far the greater number of those who , according to the existing class made laws , are liable to serve , are denied tho ri ghts and privileges of citizenship ; and as an act of justice to ourselves and families , we thus publicly express our determination to resist , by every peaceful , legal , and constitutional means , any and every such attempt , until those rights and privileges are conceded to us , which , according to the laws of nature , arc our inalienable birthright . " Mr . John Bryan seconded the resolution , which was aii but unanimously carried .
Mr . James Adams moved the second resolution : — " That we are firmly convinced that the same reasons which now exist for raising armed force ? , for the protection of our country both from foreign aggression and disturbances arising out of internal discontent , which are a dishonest and selfish course of policy towards other nations , and a system oi unjust and partial legislation at home , will never cease nor the principles of peace be securely and permanently established until , by the enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of these realms , the whole male adult population shall be admitted within the pale of the British constitution , by which means the law of the nation will become a tr « e reflex of the public mindandwill , " The resolution having been seconded , was carried .
Mr . A . B ; Cummins moved , and Mr ; S . Brown seconded the third resolution , which was carried : — " That we view w hat is commonly called " Militia Protection Societies" as being , in point of fact , only so many means subservient to the protection and continuance of class despotism ; we are therefore determined not to shield ourselves from the operation of laws so obviously opposed to every principle of reason , justice , and true constitutional freedom by any such method , which , at best , is but the substitution of a hired for a forced order of military slaves . But in lieu thereof we agvee to raise , by voluntary subscrip tions , a fund for the indemnification of those who may suffer loss by acting from conscientious motives , and that a committee of eighteen be now appointed for that purpose . "
A committee of eighteen were then appointed . Mr . Duncan Sherrington moved the adoption of a petition founded on , and in accordance with , the resolutions . Agreed to . Mr . Sherrington also moved— " That the petition be presented by Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., to the House of Commons , and by the Duke of Wellington to the House of Lords ! " ( Great laughter and cheers . ) The " monster" meeting , which consisted of at least G 000 men , then separated , after giving a vote of thanks to the chairman , and three cheers for the Charter , three for Thomas Duncombe , M . P ., and three for Frost , Williams , ' and . Jones .
DUMFRIES . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Maxwelltown , was held on Tuesday evening last , in the Market-place of that burgh , to receive the report of the committee appointed at the Court House , by the anti-militia majority , whose triumph at the meeting held there was noticed in last week ' s Star . An unanimous and enthusiastic concourse of good men and true , numbering considerably upwards of a thousand , and constituting by far the largest meeting ever assembled in Maxwelltown , gathered together . Mr . Samuel Ilenry was called to the chair . The secretary of the committee then read the report of that body . The petition from the meeting against the embodiment of the militia , the committee reported had been forwarded , signed by the chairman , to W . Ewart , Esq ., M . P ., lor presentation ; and that gentleman has since intimated that he will present it on the first opportunity with pleasure . With
respect to the formation ot an anti-militia society , the committee recommended their townsmen to refrain from joining any such association until the tirospectus of the National Protection Society shall nave been published , when a meeting will be held in Dumfries , under the auspices of the Working Men ' s Association , to form a branch , and petition Parliament against the threatened conscription . This report was unanimously adopted . The chairman then called upon Mr . Wardrop , who addressed the meeting at considerable length , and with much ability , on the subject under consideration . A petition similar in its object to the one sent from the Maxweiltown meeting , has been hawked about Dumfries in a private sort of way for a couple of days back . It emanates most probably from the League faction , . as the Whigs are extinct in this quarter . The few who have seen it , think there is not much amiss with it . The unwonted modesty that has led the Leaguers on
this occasion to " Do good by strength and blush to find it fame , " must be attributed to the raps on the snout the sneaking faction are always sure of , the instant it is poked before the public . The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Working Men ' s Association continues to thrive . More recruits have been enlisted by that body in the last two . weeks than the six recruiting parties in town have entrapped for Queen Victoria in as many years . Measures have been taken to increase the efficiency of our Reading-room by the addition of a daily paper during the present session of Parliament .
NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA ASSOCIATION . This body met at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' slane , on Wednesday evening , February 4 th ; Mr . Milne in the chair . Messrs . llornby , Johnson , Hal ) , J . Sides , T . Sides , Garrett , Reynolds , Pike , Salmon , Dall , Knight , and Cuffay were added to the committee . Mr . O'Connor then re-stated the objects of the association , and the present state of the militia question ; he also stated las fixed conviction to be that the militia would be embodied and called out , and the great necessity of firmness and union amongst the people in opposition thereto ; and congratulated the meeting on the great demonstrations making throughout the country against the embodiment of
the militia force . He concluded by urging all to exertion , as all were liable in some shape , and then success must crown their efforts . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . T . M . Wheeler then submitted a code of rules . He had taken for its basis the census of 1841 , the last taken , and calculated that from the numbers to be drawn , and the ratio of the population , a payment of five shillings per member would enable theassociation to give each member that might come under the ban of the law £ 10 , to renew his- goods , or support his family , should he be sent to prison : — Natiohal Anti-Militia Association , establisbed tor the protection of tbose who have a conscientious objection to the service , and who will uot pay others to do that for tbem which they object to tbemselveB .
Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Treasurer , Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary , MANAGERS . Philip M'G rath Christopher Doyle Thomas Clark Edmund Stallwood William C » ffa y Alfrod Hunnibell John Hornb y William Shaw JohnMUua i : William Knight . 1—Persons can become free members of this society , tnd entitled to all it& benefits , by the payment of ¥ ive Shillings , payable by instalments of not less than three , pence wur week .
2—The government of tbe association , and tha managemant of its funds , shall be invested in a managing committee of twelve persons , chosen by Its members , who thall have full power to act for tbe good of the association , according to the tenor of the rules ; and shall be allowed a sum not exceeding sixpence , on each five shillings , to defray the cost attendant upon the printing , and other necessary expenses . 3—The name and address of each member shall be entered in the secretary ' s book . Any member removing and not giving due uotice thereof , shall . be fined sixpence .
I . A member , on being drawn for any division of the militia force , and refusing to take the necessary oath , or provide a substitute , shall , in the event of the fine being levied on bis goods , receive the sum of £ 10 , together with the expense incurred by his legal resistance ; or in the event of his being sentenced to impriionment ' his family or friends shall receive eighteen shillings per week during the continuance of the same . 5 . To verify to the association tbe certainty that fine or imprisonment has been inflicted on any member he must immediately , upon being drawn , transmit notice thereof to the Secretary , who will then direct him in the course to pursue , and make arrangements for him to receive tbe benefits stipulated for in these rules . 6 . Agents and assistants may bo appointed by the managers iu tht several districts of tho country- all expenses connected with the local arrangements t ' o be borne by the residents themselves
7-Members negUctinj to make good their payments , or being more than one month in arrear . will bo excluded from all participation iu the benefits of the society . 8-In case of the militia not being ballotted fer , or of any alteration taking place , rendering an expenditure of the funds unnecesiary , the money subscribed shall bo n . turned to the members after the expenditure . hall have been deducted , such expenditure not to exceed sixpence on each five shillings . 9—A balance sheet , shewing the receipts and « xpenditure of the association , shall be issued quarterly . The committee , after passing a vote of thanks to ftlr . Wheeler , for drawing up the rules , and to tlw chairman , adjourned until Monday evening next .
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LONDON . National Victim Committee . —This committee met at tho City Chartist Hall , Turnagaiu-lane , on Sunday , teb . 1 st ; Mr . Mills in the chair . Mr . llindes , of Shoreham , made an application for a vote of money , in consequence of the loss of his pension some year * ago , caused by his advocacy of Chartism . The committee regretted the case did not fall within their jurisdiction . On the motion of Mr . Tucker , seconded by Mr . Milne , an extra two pounds was voted to John Richards . Messrs . Cuffa and Stallwood were requested to draw up an address to the country on behalf of the fund . The committee then adjourned until that day three weeks .
BACUP . On Sunday evening last the adjourned discussion on the rules , and the ' suggestions of Mr . Roberts , was resumed , when the following resolutions were unanimously passed— " That we , the shareholders of Baeup . Branch of . the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , do agree to the alteration of the rules , so that the ballot shall precede the purchase of land such land to be bought for the society . Also , we , agree to the suggestion of our treasurer , Mr . Roberts , relative to the allotments becoming freehold . OLDllAM . The following resolutions have been unanimously adopted by the members of the Land Society :
" That it is the opinion of the members of this locality that the suggestion of Mr . W . P . Roberts , respecting making the allotments freehold , be adopted instead of leasehold . " " That the two objections of the revising barrister be left with the Board of Directors , to get the rules enrolled in accordance with the Act of Parliament . '' On Sunday last Mr . A . F . Taylor delivered an instructive address on " Agrarianism , " in the schoolroom of the Working Man ' s Hall , in which he showed from history the cruelty , torture , and inhuman slaughters that took place in gaining possession of the colonies said to belong to this country . Great attention was manifested throughout the discourse .
PERSHORE . At our usual weekly meeting , held on Tuesday evening week , at the residence of Mr . John Sidoway , a discussion was entered into respecting the alt-rations in the rules , as suggested by Mr . Tidd Pratt ; which ended by the members present unanimously approving of the suggested alterations . The meeting also highly approved of Mr . Roberts' plan of conferring the vote upon each shareholder . A petition to Parliament for the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , is now in course of signature , having been already numerously signed ; and will , in a few days ,-be forwarded to Mr . Duncombe for presentation .
MANCHESTER . Oa Sunday last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read to the audience , after which the chairman called on Mr . J . R . Cooper to address the meeting . Subject ' England and its Institutions . " The lecturer gave a very instructive lecture , showing war to he an evil to society , and that science and literature were requisite to make a nation great . The lecture occupied about an hour in delivery . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and the chairman , and the meeting retired to their homes . After the lecture , twelve shares were taken up in the Land Co-operatire Society . Three societies aie formed for the purpose of supplying each member with a book , Mr . O'Connor ' s- "Small Farm" work . Each member
pays one penny per week , and three are presented to the three successful persons who draw the prizes , until all in the societies have one each . Another society is being formed for the above object . A Seuth Lancashire district delegate meeting was held on Sunday last , Feb . 1 st , at Mr . Dixoa ' s Coffeerooms , Greftt Ancoats-Btreet , Manchester , when the following resolutions were passed : — " That thedistrict secretary be instructed to correspond with the Executive , calling UDon them to issue an address to the country , impressing upon the Chartist body the necessity of establishing a National Election Fund , to be raised by a levy of one penny per member for one or two weeks , we pledging ourselves to carry out this object in South Lancashire . " " That we
, the delegates of South Lancashire , recommend to our constituents the propriety of establishing a Cen , tral Fund , for the purpose of calling meetings in those towns where meetings have not yet been neld , for tho restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jonei , and for the promulgation of our principles , and establishing Chartist Associations where none at present exist ; and that the Executive be requested to delegate one of their body to visit South Lancashire for the purpose of aiding us . " "That we , the delegates of South Lancashire , recommend to our constituents and the Chartists generally , the propriety of aiding and assisting the several Short Time Committees , to
put them in a position to enforce their views upon all candidates , who shall offer themselves for the suffrages of the people in all future elections , and to assist them in getting signatures to the present petitions . " " That James Williams be the district secretary . " "That this meeting adjourn until Sunday , Feb . 15 th , to assemble in the Association-room , Bentick-street , Ashton-under-Lyne . " All localities are requested to send delegates , and to instruct them to attend early , as the- chair will be taken at ten o ' clock precisely . James Williams , District Secretary . —N . B . All letters for the district secretary to be addressed to Mr . J . Williams , No . 9 , Lance-street Hillgate , Stockport .
STOCKPORT . The Land . —The members of the Land Society held their weekly meeting in the Chartist Institution , Bombcrs-brow , on Monday last , when the following resolution was agreed to : — " That the alteration in the rules suggested by Mr . O'Connor as to dispensing with division of districts be agreed to ; but that the suggestion of Mr . Roberts be laid aside for the present . On Sunday last Mr . Ambrose Hurst delivered the last of a course of four lectures upon " The inhabitants ef ancient Greece . " The lecture gave general satisfaction .
ASHT 0 N . Celebration of the Birth of Thomas Paine . —On Saturday evening last , January 31 , a large number of the disciples of that noble of nature , Thos . Paine , met at the house of Mr . James Asuworth , Hurst Brooks , near Ashton-under-Lyne , to celebrate hi « birth . The large room was tastefully decorated with splendid portraits of all the leading characters of the School of Reform , at the head of which was a large painting of the immortal H . Hunt , surrounded by the black flag and cap of liberty ; the flag bearisg this inscription , " Remember the blood that was shed at Peterioo . " At the other end was hung a very splendid plate , in a gilt frame , of the great national petition procession . On the rieht was
Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; on the left John Frost , Lsq . Tho whole being surmounted by T . S . Duncombe , Esq . After the company had done ample justice to the good things of this life , and the doth removed , Mr . James Higson , an old veteran , wu called on to preside . He made a very lengthy speech on the occasion that had brought them together , and the principles for which Paine contended . A lone list of toasts and sentiments was given from the chair . Amongst the rest were the following - : i he people , the only source of power ; " " The immortal memory of Thos . Paine , " which was very ably responded to by Mr . Thomas Coop , of the Shepherd ' s Arms ; " " Feargus O'Connor , T . S . DuScombe and the People ' s Charter ; " "A speedy SK ?^!*** ™«* *» - , and Ellis ;"
lm northern star , ihe people ' s advocate ; " "The inaependenc « of America ; " " The Ten Hours' Bill •" i » . ' . " m ? - memo « es of those who fell at Pete ' r-«? i-l * ^ he , !! F meraory of Mr « Henry Hunt ;" Ihe friends ot the peoplcin all countries ; " " The working classes , and may they enjoy the fruits of their labour ; " "The political martyrs of every country , who , by their acts or deeds , have contributed to the cause of freedom . " " Paine ' s Dream " was very ably recited by Mr . Samuel Iladfield , as also other select pieces suitable to the occasion , inch as The Sea " " Emmett ' s Speech , " 6 sc . Amongst the songs were , " In Liberty's Cause ; " " Exile of Erin ; " "Peterioo ; " "The Birth of Painoj " "Liberty Tree ; " " Henry ' a Ghost ; " "The Good Old Patriot ; " the " Frost Anthem , " « fcc , < fcc .
MERTHYR TYDVIL . A aupper was held on Thursday evening week , to celebrate the birth-dav of that famous patriot , I horaas Paine , at the Rising Sun ; Mr . John Jones in the chair . About one hundred sat down to an excellent repast . The cloth having been removed the chairman opened the business of the evening in an appropriate address , after which a number of democratic toaste were given , and songs appropriate to each toast were sung . v * * w
SHEFFIELD . At a special meeting of the Sheffield branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held at Mr Card ' s Democratic Reading-room , Fig Tree-lane on Tuesday evening , Mr . Taylor in the chair tK o lowing resolution m unanimousl y agreed to _ That we agree to the alteration of the rules , in order to proceed witli the enrolment . We likewise , 22 with Mr . Roberts' suggestion . " _____^^_ _ .
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Tower Hamlets . —Mr . Phili p M'Grath will deliver a public lecture at the Brass-founders' Arms , Whitechapel , on Sunday evening next , February 8 th , at halt-past seven precisely . Westminster . —Mr . C . Doyle will deliver a public lecture on Sundav evening next , February 8 th—subject , " Sir Robert Peel ' s Policy " -at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane ; to commence at seven precisely . Somers Town . —Mr . T . Clark will deliver a public lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , on Sunday evening next , February 8 th , at half-past seven precisely . Subject , " The Political Writings of Thomas Paine . "
Anti-Militia Meeting . —A public meeting will be held at the National Hall , High Ilolbom , on Wednesday evening next , February 11 th , to agree to an address to the working men of England ; to cominence at eight o ' clock precisely . Bacup , —A public meeting will be held on Sunday evening , Feb . 8 th , in the Chartist Rooin , Rochdaleroad , at six o ' clock . Stockport . —Mr . R . Cooper , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Institute , Bamber ' s Brow , on Sunday evening next ; to commence at six o ' clock precisel y . —A members' meeting will be held in the Association Room , on Sunday next , Feb . 8 th , on business of great importance .
HiSDLEv . —A meeting will be held at Joseph Boirden ' s , on . Monday , Feb . 9 th , at seven . o ' clock in the evening , to form a branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Oldiiam . — On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . J . R . Cooper , of Manchester , will lecture in the Schoolroom of the Working Man ' s Hall , at aix o ' clock in the evening . Subject , "England and her Institutions . " Barnslbt . —Tiie Frost Restoration Committee will meet next Sunday , Feb . 8 th , in Mr . Acldara ' s room , at six o ' clock in the evening . The friends from Dodworth , Monk Bretton , Ardsley , Gamber Hall , Smithy Mills , Worsborough Common , Littleworth , and Cliff Bridge , are requested to attend . —The Anti-Militia Committee will meet on Sunday evening next at seven o ' clock , in one of Mr . Acklam ' s rooms .
Rochdale . —Mr . James Williams , of Stockport , will lecture in the Chartist-room , Mill-street , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock in the evening . All communications for the Rochdale Chartists to be aildressed to Charles Shaw , Great Georgestreet . Manchester . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , will lecture in Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at half-past six in the evening . Subject , " The Flowers of Mythology , or the Beauties of Ancient Fiction . " The shareholders' meeting of the Cooperatire Land Society will be held in Carpenters ' Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Feb . 8 , at ten o ' clock in the morning . Glasgow . —An extraordinary meeting of the mem bera of the Glasgow branch of the Land Society wil be held on Monday evening next , 9 th instant , in the New Chapel , Nelson-street .
Macclesfield . —Mr . West will deliver a lecture in the Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the evening . Subject . " Peel ' s Budget . " On Tuesday evening , a meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in the above room at eight o ' clock , p . m . Old Basford , Notts . —A meeting will be held at the Fox and Hounds , with a view to the furthering the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , on Sunday evening next , February 8 th , at six o ' clock .
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THEATRE ROYAL , MARYLEB 0 NE . We recently visited this popular temple of the drama . The enterprising lessee has engaged Mr . White , and hit highly-trained wild animals , who are performing in a grand spectacle , called " The Lion of the Desert ; or , th « French in Morocco . " It is , as its name purports , a spectacle , well adapted to show off the great prowess of Mr , White and the docility of his animals . Mr . White , at Abdullah , drives a huge lion harnessed to a triumphal car , and afterwards enters a den , in which are several animals of the desert , including lions , leopards , < tc . Their dscility was here fully displayed , tha lions fawning on Mr . White , and anon making a pillar for . his head ; and the
leopards , &c , jumping about like so many kittens , fondling their keeper , and licking his face . The spectacle was eminently successful . Our friend Rayner as Bin Ismail , was evidently placed in a position unworthy his talents , At the close of the piece , Mr . White was called to the foot-lights , and came , leading a leopard thereto , and was greeted with loud marks of approbation . The pantomime , after a run of upwards of thirty nightsj is at great a favourite as ever . The evening ' s entertainment concluded with the drama of " The Death Plank ; or , the Dumb Sailor Boy : " in which Mrs . Campbell played with more than her usual ability . The drama was , as it deserved to be , triumphantly successful , and will bear repetition many times during the season .
ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . Mr . Batty , the enterprising manager of this popular establishment , which is nightly filled with crowds of admiring visitors , notwithstanding the attractive nature of the present entertainments , has purchased two large elaphants which are daily expected to arrive in England , when they will be introduced in a grand Oriental spectacle , in preparation , in a style of magnificence which will support the well-known reputation « f Astley ' s .
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Rotai Polytechnic Institution . —The chemical lecturer of the above most excellent establishment , Dr . John llyan , has , we are delighted t » see , resumed the subject of general chemistry , which hai for a considerable time been set aside for that all-engrossing subject , the potato disease . His lecture on Thursday was on the abject of heat , introductory to an extended series , explanatory of the application of chemistry to the general purposes ot life . We are more and more convinced o £ the high character and the moral influence of this splendid institution , especially while its profesiors take
so much pains to bring the most abstruse subjects of science into such a plain and simple form . If we might offer to thi » talcuted lectures * fitting B \ rt > ject for a future course , we would suggest to him , as a text-book , the report of the Health of Towns' Commissioners . Thwe he would find a wide and legitimate field for hi * powers as a m . dical or chemical teacher . Dr . Bachoffaer ' s lectures o » natural pMoioph y Me the theme of praise from all who have h « ard him , and most juitly to for the delightful way in which he blends simplicity with aciance is greatly to be commended .
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,, av aiugiiam , Howmgnamshire , John Huskinson , aged fifty . six years ; whose remains were consigned to the silent tomb on Sunday , Jan ; 25 tU , amidst a great concourse ot his friends . He might truly be called a Christian—an ornament to society , and an houtst man ; he consistently opposed Kingcraft and Priestcraft ; he formed a Sick-club aud Burial Society , and joined the Temperance movement , setting a good example to his neighbours . He was a subscriber to , and a reader of the Star from its commencement , and stood forward to do good at all times , declaring that nothing short of the enactment of the People ' s Charter could benefit the working class . All attempts to prevent him pursuing the evea tenor of his way were fruitless—he lived and died a Chartist . His illness , which was long and painful , was borne with great patience and resignation : his last words were— " All is well ! " He has left a family to lament his loss , and who , we sincerely hope , are following tha good example set them by their late father .
CHRISTENED , At Warrington , on Sunday last , at theparish church , » ion of Peter and Itaehael Clare , ot Latchford , by tue name of James Sliiigsby Duncombe , by the Hon . Rev . Horace Powys , rector . When the name came to be entered in the parish books , one of the minister * remarked that " Duncombe misht be a great politician , but h « did not think he was so good a Christian !!"
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street , Haynisrket , in th . City of Westminster , at the Office , in the same Straet and Parish , for the Proprietor . FKAKGU S 0 'CO . SMOR , Esq ., and published by Willuu Hkwitt , of No . 18 , Charles-strcet , Brau don-mreet , Walworth , in tli « Parish of St . Mary , N « w ington , iu the County of Surroy , at tbe Office , No . 16 , Great \ Vindmill-stre » t , llaymsirket , nr . thx City of Westminster . Saturday , February 7 , 1846 ^
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THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LANn "" SOCIETY " . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling member and transacting other business connected therewith ' are held every week on the Mowing days and places ;—
SUSDAT KVJJNlJfG . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock—City ClMrtist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Touitr Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —ihtryklont : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven .
M 0 SDAT EVISINO . Camlerwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . IUKSDAT EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , Blackheathlull , at eight o ' clock . Newca * tle ~ upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , irom seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Hull : The weekly meetings of the Co-operative Land Society are , on Sunday niphtatsix , and Tuesday at eight o ' clock , in the Council-room , Pier-street , Wellington-street .
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i ^ ¦ —§ MuRDKR . —Wednesday ' s Government Police Gazette contained the offer of a reward of £ 100 for such information as will lead to the apprehension and con-Woili I T" ° ? or pe , rson 8 wh ° t ° « tlw moraine l ? ft 1 ' F . / 0 US Jy , murd ^ d a man na med Edmund lottle , in Merafield Plantation , Plympton , £ &f MT ' P ° P el < t y ° f the Wht Hon . SeerSv « W f' ^ ° ' ^ » Wlon . the orTr ? i , u" * " ? ptorai 8 ed t ° recommend the grant o her Majesty ' s most gracious pardon to anv accomplice ( net being the person who actually « £ Stad L t }! rder ) Wh 0 A SLve « uch ev 2 ce " s will lead to tho same result . £ 50 of the above re ^ iSfSttSS " - ^ . - ^ Mr drKftt ? . T e ' ? 8 a lettcr from AleX ! > n-&J * K » lfc -. mentioning a rumour that the \ iceroy intends to visit Europe . Considering the great age ot Mehemet Ali , thi * [ s not very probable .
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of 8 THE yORTHERN STAR . February -7 , ' " 1846 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1353/page/8/
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