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      Report Op The Auditors Of The National Charter Association.

      REPORT OP THE AUDITORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .

      ' Fsu-Ovr Couktbyhbn,—We Have This Day A...

      ' fsu-ovr Couktbyhbn , —We have this day audited ibe books of the National Charter Association -ai found them correct , comparing the income with g £ receipts , as published in the Northern Star treeUf- Tfle income being £ 194 9 s . 7 ., and althoug h the whole business has been conducted with ( jj 6 strictest economy there is a balance against the Society of net less than £ 14 ; and it seems but jtiitice to state that this arrear is exclusively for \ ftges due to the members of the Executive Coun-& Mr O'Connor , although a member of the Executire , has not received any salary , and the balance is p rincipally due to Messrs Kydd and M'Crae , also to Messrs Jones and M'DoualL

      In examining the books , we are struck with the ftct that many of the most important districts of Eng land have contributed but very triftingly indeed towards the Liberty Fund , and many of the principal towns and cities of Scotland have not contributed a penny . Messrs Jones and M'Douall are now , unfortunately , in gaol for political offences against the powers that be , and the greater responjibilitv , therefore , rests on those who are their

      colleagues in office , and still enjoying the liberties of the subject . A respect for the wives and families of the unfortunate sufferers ought , alone , to stimulate jouto support the Executive by your co-operatian and pe cuniary support . You cannot bring back liberty to these men who are now suffering within the walls of their prisons ; but you may , by rendering to their wives and families the means of support , alleviate their mental tortures , and encourage others to give to popular freedom their energetic aid .

      The avowed Chartists in England are numerous , and although many of them are suffering from poverty we feel assured that if they would but exercise the means at their command ample funds for all useful purposes might , with no difficulty , be raised . We call on each district to take np this subject immediately , as the necessities of the case call for immediate consideration . Therefore , let all the lical commi ttees and district councils adopt such measures as , in their judgment , seem best . We have felt it to be out duty to make this appeal to you , apart from the discharge of our duty as auditors , far wehave iattttehmentto the great abstract truths of the People ' s Charter and a soulfelt hatred of Whig domination , and we hope yet , in

      defiance of the present lawless reign of terror , to live and see the principles of the People ' s Charter the basis of the British constitution . We have , however , felt the duty of appealing to you to be imperative , from the fact , that when we asked Mr Kydd to do so he refused , saying , * Gentlemen , l " will write no more appeals for money at present , for although I have received no wages for a month , I would rather do anything than constantly beg for money We can bear testimony to Mr Eydd ' s attention to your business and can easily account for the feeling that makes that gentleman refuse to appeal to you for funds , which is a subject of constant reproach by tbe enemies of the people , and a source of jeering insult for the hireling press of England .

      We are , fellow Chartists , yours fraternally , John Arxott , August 28 th . James Gkassbt

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      Stockbridge —At A Meeting Held On The 26...

      Stockbridge —At a meeting held on the 26 rk nit , Mr Peter Chance in the chair , Mr O'Connor * * propositions were discussed , when it was unanimously resolved : — 'That this meeting is not in unison with Mr O'Connor on the point of raising the price of shares , as it would be a solid foundation for bickering , disappointment , and dissatisfaction , partly from the resources of the members being very much cramped at the present time . ' ' That the proposition of lowering the rent of allottees from five tofonr per cent would ba inexpedient , as it would greatly retard the progress of location , except that the tonus paid down will not bo less than £ 59—that is to cay , a snm the interest of which would cover the reduction in rent .

      Manchester . —Meetings of the members of this branch were held at the People ' s Institute , on Monday and Tuesday week , for the purpose of considering the propositions of the Directors with regard to certain projected alterations in the constitution of the Company . Messrs M'Grath and Clark , two of the Directors , were present at both meetings . The following resolutions were carried : —' That we do not agree to wind up the affairs of the Company , but are determined to continue its operation . * That so member shall be permitted to withdraw money from the funds of the Company , bgt that it shall be com * petent for an ; member to sell or transfer his interest In the Company . ' ' That location shall be decided by bonus , as proposed Iby the Directors . ' That we

      agree to the continuous weekly pavments , as proposed by the Directors—namely , that members holding two shares , shall pay twopence each weekly ; members holding three shares , shall pay threepence each weekly ; and members holding four shares , shall pay fourpence each weekly / 'That we agree to lease estates to the allottees for one life in reversion and ninety-nine years , and then sell the estate 5 , as the readiest and roost effectual mode of reproducing the capital of the Company . ' 'That the aid money granted to members shall be refunded to the Company , and that the repayment of said money shall commence at tie date of three months from the time of location . ' ' That the Company shall remain closed against the admission of new members . '

      Eccles . —At a general meeting of tbe Land members of this branch on the 27 th nit , Mr Worthington in the chair , the following resolutions were adopted : —1 . * That all location shall ba by bonus . '—2 'Tbe repayment of aid money alter three years in half yearly instalments . '—3 'To abolish the Expense Fund , and pay Id . per share weekly . '—4 . ' Left for the Directors' consideration . '—5 . 'The affairs of the Company sot to be wound up til ! all the members be located . '— 6 . 'To substitute a lease krone life and ninety nine years in reversion . * —7 and 8 . ' Left ansa for theDirectortf consideration /

      Aberdeen —At the usual weekly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , upon the 11 th ult , the following important matter was taken up and discussed by the committee : — 'Upon the breaking up of the late Contention and Assembly held in London , Mr Shirron , the Aberdeen delegate , upon his arrival here , at a great public meeting called for the purpose of hearing his report from that body , pub'icly stated that the members of the Land Company were doped . He was summoned to attend the first meekly meeting of the branch , when he not only confirmed ail that he had said at the former meeting , but made many charges against the director * , and with the view to substantiate his charges , referred as to the committee of the Deaa-Btreet

      locality , London . We have sines tlea corresponded with the secretary of thst locality , and he has officially written to as , explicitly refuting each of the charges , in consequence of which the following resolution was passed unanimously at this meeting . Moved by John Frastrand seconded by James Jark , 'That thiscammittee are fully convinced that Mr Shirron hai been proved , byjhisown evidence , to have fabricated a variety of wilful and malicious falsehoods , against the promoter and directors of the National Land Company , and after hearing the correspondence frsm the party he referred ns to ; we are folly of opinion that the faUe assertions were made with the intent to shake the confidence reposed in Feargus O'Connor and the directors by the shareholdersof this branch .

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      Sheffield.—A General Meeting Of The Char...

      Sheffield . —A general meeting of the Chartist Eembtis washeldat toe Three Cranes Inn , Queenstreet , on Tuesday evening , Ansust 22 nd , for the election of officer * for the ensuing qnamr , and for tho baiter organisation of the Chartist body . Mr Willej in the chair . The following members were nominated for fee earning quarter : —John Taylor , John Hudson , Jcseph FeaneeP , Joha Willey , Frederick Lever , William Cttnwood , Joseph Benson . William Cavill ; Henry Taylor , snb . secretary ; George C & vili , * ubtrcaiurer . Ten shillings was voted to the Victim Fund gnd tbe meeirzg separated . The council will meet for the dispatch of business at seven o ' clock «* ery Sunday evening , instead of eight as before , in fte Denueratic Read : n * -room , 33 , Queen street .

      DswrBBBt . —A district delegate meeting was field to the Chartist meeting roem , on Sunday , August 27 , when delegates attended from Bijh Town , Heckttsadwicke , Birstal and Dar-sbury . Mr Ebentzer CUi- g ia the chair . The minutes of the last meeting * = re contra ed . On the motion of Mr Stainthorp , tee following resolution was agreed to : — ' That a levy ? f one penny for every five paying memters per month j * ffiac e to defray the district expensts . After other jfcsnesj the meeting wssadjourred to Sunday , Septetbar 10 . The following places are earnestly revested to tend delegates to the next district de ' e-Bjtte maiic ^ . — Cieckheaton , Little Town , Battey , WHelien ' ey . Ossett . Horbury and Wakefield . The « aa : b « Charti st ? of the various villages in the district * j *& in-Jaded in the above list , are requested ones gore to eo operate with their brethren in the dis *

      , A'Ttwcham.—The L-Sna Members Will Meet...

      , A ' ttwcham . —The L-sna members will meet at * -R « se , Biidlescith Gate , on Sunday evsning , •^ fcpj ber 3 , at seven o ' clock . , > H £ lska —A metting of the shHrehoidirt of the ^ tional Land Company will be held < n Tuesday yeup $ . ' text , at Herbert ' s Ctffee-houie , Exeterp ^ t . Sloase street . * hen all members are re quested 10 attend , es important business wiii be transacted .

      The French Republic. Bbothib Pboletabias...

      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Bbothib Pboletabiasb , In former letters published ia this journal I explained the facts ( as opposed to the falsehood * oi the Press gang , ) of the movement ia Paris , on the 15 h May . I showed what were the objects of tbe Demrcrats , as proved by their demands at the tribune of the Assembly ; aamely , bread and work for thepeoole , a Ministry of labour and progreis , justice for the Rouen democrats , thetmmaZiaic adoption oi s democratic constitution , armed intervention in bshalf of Poland , and a tax on the rich to save the people at home from hunger , and save freedom abroad from again succumbing beneath the blows of royal traitors and assassin ? . I demonstrated the pure motives of Babbes and his friends , and defended their principles And aims . Bat I deplored the impolitic course they had taken . The end they had in view was god like ; but their meant were ill-advised , illtimed , and ill-directed .

      lathe Address of the Fraternal Democrats dated Joly iih ( which was honoured by the notice of that very sensible statesman , H . Dbummosd , and that very literal legislator , brown-bread Josiph ) . I vindicated tbe democratic combatants of Jane from tbe calumnies of their French assassins and English slanderers . I showed that tbe Insurrection was caused by the oppression and treason of th &^ aline faction—thst the working-men of Paris ' iiOTbtteu because they saw themselves betrayed—the promises which had been made to them falsified—their leaders thrown into dungeons—their petitions mocked attheir associations put down by brute force—their

      right of public meetine rendered a nullity , by the atrociora law of the 1 ' Ja . of June . These wrongjuitified their revolt , and the stand they made at the barricades to the cry of' Labour on Death ! ' They were crushed . Every hellish art of war was employed to subdue them ; not caerely cannon—red-hot shot , the mine , the rocket , and the shell were ruthlessly used to conquer and destroy them . Vanquished and in fli ght tht-y were pursued by Sying artillery and cavalry , end mowed dawn without mercy . Hundreds of thoie who fell alive into the hands of the conquerors were butchered in cold blood ; and tbe very forms of law and justice were superseded by an undisguised and sanguinary terrorism .

      Such was the version which two months ago I gave of the Jnna Insurrection , a version given in no other paper in England , and which , notwithstanding tbe daily lies of the P / ess-gang for sixty days past , and tbe ' revelations' of tbe pretended ' Commission o Inquiry . ' I am still prepared to maintain , as the only true version of tha terrible combat of Jane . I showed in my last letter the nature of the charge s , preferred against Ledru Rollut , Loois Blanc , Causudiebe , and Vxovbeos ; and made manifest the truth that the ' report' had been artfully prepared , for tbe purpose of excusing tha premeditated destruction of the abovenamed patriots . I come now to the * evidence' on which that report ifounded .

      In this ' evidence' Abago drops the mask of his sham Republicanism , and avows himself a thorough aristocrat . He invites the opportunity of betraying the real Republicans , at the very outset of bis deposition , by saying to the President of the Commission ( OmxLQH Babbot ) . * I am inclined to say all I know . ' Of course honest Babbot was only too happy to oblige so candid a witness . ' In the Provisional Government , ' says Abago , 'there were twoelements—the element o ! a moderate republic , and that of a more ardent republic' For ' moderate' read bourgeois , and for ' more ardent' read democratic . 'Ledru Rollir ' s

      | circulars , ' says Abago , 'were deplorable . He avows E that he opposed tbe creation of a Ministry of Labour | and Progress ; and that when Ledhu Rollin and Loon Blanc desired to bring the botchers cf the Rouen Democrats to justice , he opposed them , and carried his point . The villaneus object of the Commission is shown in the manner in which the President questions the worthy witness , to wit : having called the movement of tbe 26 th of March ' a manifestation , ' he says ' What was the object of tbe connter-revolniionof the 17 th of March V Nownoto the enormous lying conveyed in these apparently simple words ' manifestation' and ' counter-revolution- ' What Barb-i called ' a manifestation , ' was in reality a movement of the bourgeoit portion of the

      National Guards to eSect a counter-revolution , but which movement was foiled by the masses . By the 'counter-revolution' Babbot means the glorious manifestation of workmen on the 17 th of March , which for tbe moment saved the Republic , and for a time struck the intriguers with dismay . Straws serve to show which way the wind blows , and these questions show the real object of the ' Inquiry / namely—tbe making out' a case' against the founders of the Republic . Abago , speaking of the claba says , ' I should prefer seeing the worst theatres in the world to those clubs . ' That is , he would prefer seeing tbe minds and morals [ of thepsople utterly debauched , rather than see them acquiring a knowlefgi o > their social rights , and the means by which to remedy their social wrongs . ' Honesr , honest Arago ! ' He confesses that when be went to the barricade in th « Rue Sobffljt , thestarving insurgents told him 'he had no right to speak to them as he had never known hunger . '

      True , and tor the same reason he had no right to speak / or them by being placed at the head oi France in the days of February . He who has not known hunger is not fitted to legislate fsr hungry men . Let this be a lesson to the vie -ims of hunter in all lands . It appears from tbe deposition of Goubch atjx , one of tbe schemers , that even before the revolution the ' moderates' had concocted a Provisional Government , from which Leobu Rollin and Louis Blanc were ex eluded . It was this worthy ' s opinion from tbe outset , that 'an tffnaon of blood was necessary' to put an end to the hopes of the Democrats . 'A man' was wanting in the Revolution of February , now that' man' was found—General Cavaignac . ' If , ' says this precious Republican , 'he ( the bleod-stained dictator ) can be kept at tha head of affairs , it may be biped that all will go well . ' In the Provisional Government this fellow was the creature of Gabsizb Pasbs—it will be concluded that the master mast have been not unlike the man .

      From tbe evidence of General Lamokickbe , I glean the fact that the triumphant faction bad to expend two million cartridges before they succeeded in crushing the insurgents in the combat of June . General Chakgarhikb , giving his evidence on the 11 th of July , said that * the insurgents were greatly discouraged , but they were regaining courage , and seem inclined to recommence the struggle . A very active correspondence is established between the insurgents and the provinces . ' The evidence of Masts , ex-member of the provisional government , and new Minister of Justice (!) is very similar to that of Akiqo- He states that the working men desired before all things the organisation of labaur . Unlike most of tha ether witnesses , he denied that the national workshops conspired the insurrection of Jane . These ( the real ) 'conspirators ' contradict each other .

      The depositions of TboevbChauvbl are principally directed against Caussidiekx . It must be borue in mind that this witness has got Cadssidiebe ' s place , which he hopes to keep by helping to destroy his predecessor . There is nothing very rtmarkable in his depositions , unless I except the following : — Sittisg of Jolt IJi . —Tha wiiness said that great measures ought to be taken without delay for tho relief of trade and manufactures . He considered the prospects of the future to ba alarming , and ha bad worse apprehensions now than after May 15 : h . The defeated part ; b : k czespereted rather than in despair . Here is a specimen of the sort cf evidence received by tbe Commission : — 31 . £ io » A 2 r , Sen ., Jntr 7 . —Witness beard bis son tprah of a sum of £ 11 , 000 sterling invested ia England by M . Ledru Ruliln ; but he has hfmself no precise information to give on tbe sutj ct .

      That accomplished traitor , Mabbast , is as ' candid ' ss Abaoo , but after all bis revelations of the dissensions in the provisional government , he tela very little that was not well bn ; we previously . Speaking of the working men , ha says : 'The population have seen the effects of cannon , is defeated , and it may be hoped that it will not tevoit again . Elsewheie thty wuh to legin once more . ' The flighty evidence of Lahabthb , shows that he did not hesitate to use his * poet ' s licence * when before the CommitTee . Tbe following words are worthy to be extracted : — 'Each fraction cf the anarchical party has always acted separately , and it is that which has given ns cL'e victory . The disstlution of the ateliers nationaus seems to me to secure it infallibly for the tumre . '

      With one exception , tbe most infamous evidence was tendered by Tbbiat , ex-Minister of Public Works , who waa so shocked at Louis Blanc ' s doings , that , althocgh an ' old friend' of his , * he had no longer tbe heart to apeak to him ! ' This sensitive sfcul leavfs nothing undone to destroy his foimcr * frierd , ' pret ending that he ( Louis Blanc ) had not merely indoc trinated the working men with his ideas , but had a'so influenced them to adopt hie words , his accentuation , bia gestures , 'iu fact , all his

      peculiarities 1 ' Of course , therefow . when questioned as to the several movements , this honest fellow . Tbblat , declared that Louis Blakc ' bad done it all . ' In the recent debate , which ended in the impeachment of Lotjis Blaso . this rascal Tbblat , taking advantage of the fact thathis old friend' was bornin Madrid , although of . French parents , said that Lows Blanc bad inspired tbe workmen' with Spanish hatred more than with French fraternity . " Well might tbe proscribed patriot denounce this treacherous viper as ' an infamous wretch . ' The last on this list of 'informers , ' is one Adolphb Chkku , compared with whom Thomas Powbll appears to be a highly respectable and conscientious personage . According to his own story , he had been in the confidence of the Democratic party from some

      time before the revolution , and assisted in tbe for . mation of the Provisional Gevernmeat ; he profeises also to have been for some time in tbe secrets of pAussinnnB , Louis Blakc , and Albskt . It appears in the course of bis evidence , that he had been promised certain indulgences and rewards if he would tell everything he knew ; and , on the attength oi these promises , he has built up a very pretty romance—quite a model for spies and informers . I shall not waste space by extracting frem , or examining bis evidence . It will be quite sufficient that I state , on his own authority , and in his own words , that be had been long suspected by hisown patty , and though he pretends to know the whole of tbe arrangements of the insurgents of June , it is evident , from his own words , that he had no admission to their councils , being regarded by them as a traitor . He says : —

      'In consequence of the indnlgtnce you hold eat to rae , I will tell you all the truth . * * I wm not quite well Informed with respect to the plot , 9 * lB »' tfrl 68 'stllB' irt ' iuifcfeMiii la-whtetr ^ wat- ¦*• - ?•

      * * I admit that in order to prevent every hotl & dmonttratfon on the part of those who lneto « y former life , 1 tools tht resolution of pretending to take an active part in the insurrection . * * * + I hare only seen Btrbast and Mignotle , and be ore them I toasted ef my co-optratiiM in the insurrection , in the hope that it would free tM from suspicion , and save me from the ven geante uithwhichlvms threatened ' On the evidence of this wretch , Chbnu , and others not much better , whose names I have already enumerated , tbe members of the Assembly , called 'Na * tional . 'hava decreed the impeachmentof Louis Blanc and Caussidiesi .

      You will see in the report of the sitting ef August the 25 th , that the accused representatives manfully defended themselves , and were as usnal howled at by the brigand-majority . Well did Lboku RHun say that' hatred and rancour sat at the table of the Committee of Investigation , and dictated its decisions . ' He crushed the' Right '—Thiers , Barret , and their knavish followers—under the weight of his counter-accusations , reminding them of their cowardice on tbe 22 nd of February , when they shrunk from tbe struggle they bad provoked ; and he added : — 'Year mhsion is to follow , not to direst the government , for you are without ideas , and without principles . ' He dealt some masterly strokes at

      Immediately the three representatives bad concluded their speeches , the government demanded tbe impeachment of two of tbem . —Lows Blakc and Cau- 'sipibrb . In vain did 'the Left' protest against further proceedings at that moment ( it was now daylight , Saturday morning- ) The Moderates voted down all opposition , and the accused members were placed under impeachment , for tbe affair of the 15 th of May , by immense majorities- The demand to place Caussidiihk on trial for the insurrection ot June was however rejected ; tbe majority shrunk from that exercise of their power .

      the hypscrites who have been crying out about' property , ' and ' family . ' He said with truth that the American Republic was in danger , because of the unequal division of property and the monopoly of land ; and that just social institutions could alone insure the stability of the French Republic . The language of Louis Blanc was simple , straightforward , and bore the stamp of truth . His denunciation of competition excited ' tbe murmur * ' of tbe Assembly . He showed that he was not in the least responsible for the organisation of the national workshops . Of course he encountered almost unceasing interruption . Causbibibkb , who spoke frankly and courageously , was similarly treated .

      As usual , tbe London Presp-gang are loud in their rejoicings at the blow struck at Democracy by the impeachment of Louis Blanc and Caussidiere . The truculent Times exults that the proscribed democrat * have already become the victims of the Republic , forwhichduringso many yean they—in the teeth of Louis Philippe ' s forces — laboured , and wrote , and conspired . That infamous journal avows that it regards the measures taken against Louis Blanc and Caussioikrk as a declaration of war against all professed Democrats , whom it says should ba pursued everywhere as' public criminals . ' What an outcry the Tikes would have raised , if the real Republicans , in the days of their power in March last , had declared war against all aoti-Demooratp , and pursued them as * public criminals I' Louis Blanc , in a few words , presents an exact picture of the true Republicans and their enemies : —

      The men who accuio us were avowed partisans of the Monarchy , and always comfcatted tbe Republic ; whilst we who are accused are , on the contrary , Republicansare the men who have shed our blood — who have suffered for tbe Republic—who have fifty times risked our lives for it . The Republicans were made over by the last government to public execration ; they were branded as men of blood and the scaffold . But when they obtained power they proclaimed tha abolition of the penalty of death for political offences — they did not pronounce a single word of hatred , of rengeaaee , or of ill-will ; they did not suipend a single journal , and they loudly proclaimed In the government retpect fortheeacreg principle * which they had previously defene ' ed .

      Behold how differently tbe shara-Republieansthe monarchists , aristocrats , bourgeoisie , intriguers and military brigands—have acted since their victory over the insurgents of June . They have massacred their opponents by hundred . * , and flung thousands into the foulest dungeons . They have deprived their victims of every safeguard provided by . the usual forms of justice ; and by secret , sham trials before drum-head tribunals , have doomed hundieda upon hundreds to the galleys , crto transportation from their families and couatry . * They have pro scribed the very opinions of their opponents , and strangled every journal , the writers in which

      have had the courage to proclaim the truth and vindicate the cause of the oppressed , f Another repetition of tbe truth eternally taught in history . that the enemies of the working classes always repay mercy by cruelty ; and when spared by the vietoriout masses , always ' abuse the magnanimity of their victors , and never fail to conspire until they are again in a position to substitute force for intrigue , when they smite down their opponents without pity or remorse . When will the people learn wisdom ? How often must they be taught that ' those who make but half-revolutions only dig a grave lot themselves V

      The ooacoctors of the ' Committee of Inquiry's ' ' report' have not hesitated to repeat the lie of' the poisoned balls' which it is alleged the insurgents directed against the government troops in the insurrection of June . Speaking of the insurrection , therepMtsays : — ' It was , in fact , a savage war . carried on with poisoned balls . ' In answer to ( his falsehood I extract the following from the Gazette des Hopitaux ( Gazette of the Hospitals ) of the 1 st oi July : — We consider It our duty to state , that In none of the balls we have extracted , er have seen extracted , have we observed the presence of any poison ; the wosnde themselves have not presented any ayroptoma of poisoned wounds ; we havs seen a tolerably large number ol balls of a form more or less distorted , or mud ? ol uausnil materials , such as copper and zinc ; but the woanda made by those balls did not eeem of anj particular gravity .

      It is anon ) , betides , that the analyses made by M . Pilouzs of the liquids auppoied to be polsoned . have In ao respjet canfirmed the auspicious that were entertained . The readers of the Nobthsbn Stab will probably remember a letter , written by a French bourgeois , which first appeared in the Liverpool Timss , and extracts from which were transferred to this journal about three weeks before the June insurrection , in that letter tbe writer bitterly deplored the revolution , but comforted himself with the hope that there would soon be a battle in which' twenty thousand el the ruffians / mejning the working men , would bt killed ; and then he would be satisfied . ' A lew days after the insurrection two letters from thu ' ruffian ' appeared in the Liverpool Times . In the first , dated June 29 tb , the writer , alter giving an account of the numerous defenders of order who ,

      his presence , bif the dust , and tbe final overthrow of the insurgents ,-adds—But' we are koS dona with It . Oar laws are too lenient—the repression has not been severe enough . We teont thspitOess vigour of the English government . ¦ What a compliment to 'free born Britons '— 'tbe pitiless vigour of tbe English government . ' Excellent ! This is holding the mirror up to nature ' with a rengeasoe ! Bravo , good bourgeois , at it again : — Ton ate wall off InEngland ; we give " you tho speotao ' e of drunken helots . Kaep your position—if you fall Ctrl . Hsatfon fs at an end Particularly well off in England ; witness that Paradise-SpitalfieldB Only think what a loss it would be if the ' civilisation' which 'the casual wards' of our workhouses exhibit , were to perish ! : Writing July 7 th , this blessed bourgeois , speaking of the insurrection , says : —

      Ibadhalfanhourof imffable enjoyment , when the cannon rbandered , the charge beat , and General Lebre . toa launched \ sa forward . * * To talk scrlously , we are in open reaction ; no oua llkea the tepublie—nobody believes in It . If Henry the Fifth had any heart or manhood , he would unite many men on hie side . * * Ton may

      f see in Mm another Washington . If he turns out to be a Monk ; I ahall be nous the less pleased . When tbe state of siege Is over , we shall have our newspapers buz . slog and bKi ^ JMgara . ^ The bandits do not consider ihenmiTes to hTcomp > etely dvfftBfo ^ rft ^ fm ^ wrl thioMugfpf a v « veugeV > 't'think It will Ve a good thing to give them another cbanca , that we may crush them once for all , and put an end for ever to these Socialist , Communist , and Daraocratio ideas . We must put down ' philanthropy , *—what we want just now la a Draconian -regime , and , above all , some means of ridding society of tbe miscreants and galley slaves .

      Suppose the sentiments and sanguinary longings , avowed by this Parisian oourgeofr , had been avowed by Babbes er Louis Blakc , what a howl the truculent Times and the rest of the Press gang , English and French , would have raised against the ' terrorists ! ' Mark this miscreant ! When the cannon wa » thundering death in every discharge , and horribly slaying men who had been driven by hunger to revolt , he 'had half an hour of ineffable enjoyment ! ' How fondly he speaks of' Our Cavaigwac who does not make lor-g speeches , ' but' goes on well '

      that is , goes on dungeoning and shooting ! If the Dictator betrays the Republic , as Monk sold the English Commonwealth , he will be all tbe better pleased ! He longs for a return to' the rigours of the middle ages , ' and would like another insurrection to * crush'the working men—whom he calls ' miscreants and galley slaves '—once for all , ' and put an end for ever to Socialist , Communist , and Democratic ideas ! ' We must , ' fays be , ' put down philanthropy —what vie want just now is a Draconian regime I ' Well , he has his wish—a regime of laws written in blood !

      This profit-monger speaks out the genuine sent ! ments of ; he bourgeoisie , without any kind of circumlocution , hypocrisy , or humbug . He is as candid as Araoo , and as bloody-minded as Nicholas . I rather like the fellow for his out-spoken eooundrelisra . He makes no pretence to 'liberality * or ' philanthropy . ' He is not an anti-slavery man / or a ' Free-trader , ' or a getter up of ' baths and wash-houses for the poor , ' or a' civil and religious liberty'humbag . No ; he is—reader , will yoa pardon the paradox ?—he is an honest scoundrel . He speaks out what he means . He is a brilliant exception to the generally hypocriti cal class to which he belongs . Would tint wo could impart his name te our readers . Why does not the LivanrooL Times give his portrait ? He is , no doubt ,

      a beauty . His bead , if it be anything like his heart , or his conscience , would be a study for any one in pursuit of' the sublime and beautiful . ' Leaving to Cowpeb the origin of ' country ' and 'town , ' no one possessed of common sense , can doubt that , if God made the first man , the Devil made the first bourgeois . Louis Blanc has escaped from the hands of his enemies , and is safe ia England . This will gladden the hearts of millions in this country , to whom the name of Louis Blanc is a household word . Honour to the good and noble exile ; Honour to the man who has devoted bis genius to theserviceof humanity , acd his talents to tbe cause of oppressed labour . Stretch forth your arms , working men of England , to embrace this pure , noble hearted

      man—1 , great ia his humilliy , as hings Are little fa their grandeur , ' has won for himself a name which will be cherished when the names of his enemies will be forgotten , or only remembered , as are the names of Iscariot and Tubbics , for their crimes and cruelties . Guizoi i ? the guest of the enemies of Labeur—Louis Blanc must be the guest of the people . Let us welcome him in sorrow for bis miafoitunes , but let us also welcome him with honour for his unblemished worth .

      But what of the thousands of patriots—dungeoned and transported , in chains and bitter bondage—whom we cannot welcome ; for whom there appears to be no escape but death , no refuge from the cruelties ot their tyrants but the grave ? What ef their heartbroken wives and famishing children ? 'Each new morn , Now widows howl ; uew orphans ory !' Oh ! my countrymen , what can we da for these ? Hope I Hope ! The hour of retribution will come . For— 1 If we do but watch tbe hour , There utver yet was human power , That could evade , if unforgiren , The patient search , and vigil long , Of tbtm who treasure up a wrong !' G . JULIAN HARNEY . August 31 st , 1818 .

      * A Oorrespoadent Of Tho Moehimo Cheosic...

      * A oorrespoadent of tho Moehimo Cheosicw writlngfrom Paris , on the 21 st of Aogust , says : ' Tne parting of tho transported workmen from thtirfrlend . on Friday night , is dcecribed to nave besn most harrowing . f Tno IUpissestast do Peitle , tho Vbaie Bep ouLiQue , tho Pbbe Ddcuene , and the Lampiop , after a very thert . Hved second existence , were agnin crush ! d byadicreo of D . ctator Cava ^ gnec , on tbe 21 st of August . Since then two otfcer journals ( ons of them the Gazette de Fsasce ) have inured tho earns fate .

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      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL . VOL-XI . No 567- LONDOM , SATURDAY . SEI % MBERiri 848 . 1 *^ 3222 %

      To The Working Classes. • Words Are Thin...

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Words are things , and a small drop of Ink Falliof—like deer—upon a thought , produce * That which makes thousands , perhapa millions ! think . ' Biaoir .

      National Land Company. Messrs P. M'Grath...

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Messrs P . M ' Grath and T . Clark , a deputation from the directors , will visit the following branches during the ensuing week : —Monday , Sept . 4 th , Blackburn ; Tuesday , 5 th , Preston ; Wednesday , 6 tb , Colne , Wheatley-lane , and Burnley , at Burnley j on Thursday 7 th , Todmorden ; Friday 8 th Kelgbley .

      Mr Kvnn's Route —Oxford, Saturday, Sep. ...

      Mr Kvnn ' s Route —Oxford , Saturday , Sep . 2 nd ; Charterville , Sunday 3 rd ; Banbury , Tuesday 5 . h ; Wallinglord , Wednesday 6 th . Szoobbrioob . —Attendance will be given this ( Saturday ) evening , at tbe Crown ; Rooms , to receive contributions , < fco . Those in arrears are kindly iavited to attend . —A conversational meeting will be held to-morrow morning , to afford members of tbe Land Company an opportunity of discussing Mr O'Connor ' s propositions . NomifOHiif . —The next meeting of the Land Company will be held at the Rose , Bridlesmith-gate , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Htdk . —The Land members of this branch will mset in thsic room , Hyde-laue , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock , p . m . Members in arrears with the local levies are requested to pay the same . Tbs room is open every Sjnday from two to five o ' clock .

      BARBHiiD . —The Land members of the Barrhead branch are requested to meet in tbe Democratic Hall on Tuesday evening , September 5 tb , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of taking into consideration tha alteration of the rules suggested by Mr O'Coonor . A full attendance of members is requested . All members of tho branch who havo left the village are requested to send a note to the Secretary ( free ol expense ) expressive of their opinion on the proposed alterations of the rules . Davestry —A general meeting of the Land Rembers will be held at tho Marquis of Granbv , on Thursday evtHiBg , September 7 , at eight o ' clock , to tuks into consideration the propositions of the directors . AH members are requested to pay up their local levies .

      South Li » don Chartist Hall . —Mr Campbell will lecture on Sunday eveuins mat , September 3 , at eight o clock . Subject : « Society as it is , und a * it ought to be . ' A social meeting , consisting of singing and dancing , will be held at the above hall , on Mondayevcniug , September 11 , for the benefit oi the "Victims . Walworth and Cambtowku . —The Land membeta oi this btanck aro requested to meet at the Society s room , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . All members aro earnestly requested to attend .

      1 ' hb Towan Damlbts Dis trict Committee met last Tuesday , and catna to the following resolution : — ' That all delegate * are to bring a correct report of fcbe pfcsition oi their respective localities , and attend next Tuesday evening ; , at the Globe » nd Friends , Morgan-street , Curameroial-rosd . A letter from M r Wskley , M . i ' ., will ba read to the committee . Mr Barter will lecture next Sunday evening , at tho G-lobnaiid Fnesfis . Morcan-sueet , Commercial-road , as eight o ' clock .

      The Chartist Trials. Liverpootassizes. T...

      THE CHARTIST TRIALS . liverpooTassizes . tJNLAWJVl A 89 JHBI 1 IIB . Mondat , Atro 28—John Fjynn . 28 , James Downey , S 3 , John Mooney , SD . OaenGunn , 23 ' and Edward Birch , U , were indicted for having , at Newton , with others , unlawfully assembled with pikes and swords to create a riot . Mr Pollock prosecuted . The prisoners were defended by Messrs Jamea and Fry . The facts of tbe ease , as appeared from the statement of counsel and the evidence of witnesses , were , that on the 80 Ih day of May last , tltere was an intention on the part of some men in Manchester to bold a public meeting in Stephenaon-souare . but it

      was not carried into effaofc . There was considerable excitement , and a number of the police' were ordered out , armed . It was understood that a large body of men were to come in precession from © Wham , and the police were placed at the toll-bar to prevent a junction between them and tbe people assembling in Manchester . Mr Beswick , the head constable , was there , at the head of his mea , and , after waiting a short time , they saw a procession coming from Oldham , and another from Manchster to meet it . There were about one thousand persons present . Flynu was at the head of the Oldham procession , and Downey wa < i second in command . They went up to the tollgate , and Flynn , addressing Mr Beswick said he

      wished the f ^ ate to be opened , bat this was refused , FJynn being told that no person with arms would he allowed to pass . After some altercation the persons , were allowed to go through the toll bar in single file , when s pike was taken from Mooney . The . Man-4 ^ mm ^ ByM ^ ° ^ ed P »» 3 trough . In a shoifOrmeniTymf returned with several of h $ party , and the prisoner Gunn took up a stone and threw it at ene of tbe police constables , who was mounted on horseback . Birch also called out to the mob to attack him and throw him off his horse . Tbe prisoners were taken into custody immediately after tbe riot .

      Witnesses were called for two of the prisoners , but their evidence did not alter the main features of tbe

      case . The prisoners were found guilty . Sentence deferred . This concluded the criminal business , and tbe Court rose at half-past seven .

      SSNTHNCE 3 . TrasDAT , August 29 . —Upon the opening of tbe ceurt this morning , Mr Justice Cresswell called up Flynn , Downey , Mooney , Gunn , and Birch , for judgment . They wished to make some remarks on the character of the witnesses and the conduct of their counsel , but were stopped by tbe court . His lordship then said , they had all been convicted f a riot , and a very aggravated assault on the police officers , fie considered that the manifest disregard otthe law , by an assault on police officers in tbe discbarge of their duty , was a great aggravation of the offence of which the prisoners had been found guilty . Some of them who had been convicted were evi

      dently the tcoh of others . Tbe prisoners Flynn and Downey were clearly the leaders on that occasion , and instigated the test of the prisoners to a breach of the law . Those two persons , it was clear , had for some time been pursuing such a course of conduct and , he repeated , that in their case it was a great aggravation of tho offence . His lordship continued —You had warning , from time to time , that such offences as those of which yon have been convicted cannot be tolerated . Ton were repeatedly cautioned by the magistrates and the authorities , still you chose to take no notice , but co itinued to excite alarm in the minds of the peaceably-disposed members of the community , and the consequence is your present situatkn . It is quite impossible that society can be safe if men are allowed to go about the country in the manner you have done disseminating poia <» n in tbe minds of the people . I hope that the time is

      not far distant when the lower classes of this country will learn that so long as these offences continue to be comuntted . tke trade of this country , in which they themselves are eo deeply interested , ctnnot flourish : if tbe manufactures of this district do not rhumb , how can tbe lower classes expect to be happy ? The attempt to draw labour from its ordinary and natural channels—to ask the government to find employment for the people—is a most absurd proposition . If you will study not only past but modern history , you will find that the attempt to provide tbe people employment by the government baa not succeeded in a neighbouring nation : you will see what a disastrous failure it has been in that country , and I do hope that it may have a salutary effect on the minds of tbe working classes of this country . The sentence of the court is that you be imprisoned in Kirkdale Gaol for the space of fifteen mosths , with hard labour .

      ( From our Third Edition oflaat week . ) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . —Friday . This morning was appointed to commence the trials of the persons who have been recently arrested upon the charge of sedition . The first esse taken was thst of George Shell , 32 , described as a shoemaker , who was indict d for having uttered a seditious speech on the 28 th of July , at the Chartist Hall , in Webber-street , The Attorney-General , Mr Welsby , Mr Badkin , and Mr Clark , conducted the prosecution . The defendant had no counsel . The Attorney-General , in addressing the jury , said that the defendant was charged in this indictment upon two counts—with being present at an unlawful

      assembly , and making use of seditious lansuage at that meeting . The tpeech in question was delivered on the 28 ih of July , and it would ba unnecessary for him to remind them of the course of events in neighbouring countries a short time before that period ; bat it was perfectly clear that those events had had the effect of occasioning a good deal of excitement in England , and had . induced illdisposed persons to endeavour to create disturbance . A short time before the day in question , proceedings had been instituted in Ireland against a person named Mitchel , under an Act of Parliament that had recently received the sanction of the Legislature , and he could not help saying , properly convicted , upon the clearest posaible evidence , of felscy , and sentenced

      to transportation . Mr Mitchel , who , in the speech which formed tho subject : of the present indictment , was styled by the defendant tbe Patriot of Ireland , was o . invicted of having but too fatally excited the people of Ireland to rebellion , ard at the time tbe speech in question was delivered portions of that country were in actual rebellion . On the 2 Tth July , for some reason er motije which it would be quite unnecessary for him to allude to , a telegraphic do spatcb for which , ai it subsequently turned out , there was not the slightest foundation , arrived in London , stating that Ireland was in rebellion , and that the troops had refused to act . At this time there was no doubt that a complete system of organisation existed among the disaffected in this country , and

      this faot was established by documents found in the possession of the defendant . The result of the despatch to which he had alluded was , that on the following evaning , the 28 th July , the meeting is question took p laceatthe Chartist Hall , Webber-itreet . Atthia meeting the prisoner proposed a resolution , and made a speech ; and when they had heard that speech he apprehended there could ba no doubt what were the motives of the prisoner and tho persona assembled with him , or that their objects vara spoliation and devastation , and that they were regardless of the rights of public order and public safety . The resolution proposed by the defendant was to the following effect : — ' Resolved , that this meeting strongly protestsagninst the baiesnd unconstitutional proceeding

      of the British legislature in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland , and heieby tenders its best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for the resistance ho offered to that proceeding , and we hereby pledge ourselves to render our assistance to our Irish brethren in the hour of trial . ' Tho jurywould remember that this resolution was proposed on the day after the report that Ireland was in rebellion , and that the troops had been defeated , Tho defendant , in speaking to this resolution , made pome observations upon tho subject of what ho termed the rights ( 4 labour , and the title of the labouring classes tobtbe wealth of the country ; and ha went on to say tint ' brave spirits had sprung up , and although John Milclul , tbe patriot ol Ireland , had been expatriated for teaching his countrymen ( heir duty , yet others ware ' ready and anxious fo follow

      his example . ' This patriot , tho jury would recollect , Was the man who had talked of invoking the Gad of ba'tles , and who had recommended that the streets should bs strewed with broken glass to pre vent the troops from acting , and who ic 3 truc : ed the Indies of Dublin to cast bullets , and to throw vitro ) upon her Majesty ' s troops . Alter some other ivmarks , tha Attorney-General thanked G » d that in ' this country jurors were not afraid to do their duty , av . d h ' o was equally sure that wLile they would look with a jealous eye upon any attempt to prevent the people from enjoying ono of thoir dearest rights , they would at tho same tiaie take care that thut r ?(; ht vs-3 nut abused , and msda tho vehicle ol exciting the lower orders to aoia of violence and plundcv . Mr Willhm Counsel , . the shwt-hand writer , wv then called to prove the delivery o ; tho speech by th «

      The Chartist Trials. Liverpootassizes. T...

      } defendant on the 23 th July , at the Oh & Hht Ilsll , ft I Webberstreat . A person named Boyeen was elected { chairman , and about five hundred persons were pre ' tent at tbe meeting . A number of Irbbmen , form ' ing a deputation from the Mitchel Club , came in during the meeting . By tbe prisoner : I am quite sure that there was a cry of ' Tea' from tbe meeting when you asked them if they would act as men . Henry Mannering . a police constable , deposed that he apprehended tbe prisoner as be was leaving a Chartist meeting , at tbe Chartist . Hall , in Webber * street , and he afterwards searched his house and found some papers , which he produced . The papers were read , Mr Cope produced a copy of the second edition of tbe TiMBJof the 37 th July . stating the insurrection bad broken out in Ire land and thetrcops were disaffected , The Attorney-t'eneral said this was the case for the Crown . } defend < bl 6 fi . he 23 tbJuly , at tie CbSf & J Hall , ft J Webber-street . A person named Boystn was elected I chairman , arid about five hundred persons were pre * tent at the meeting . A number of IrUraen , form * ^

      defendant thon read a speech to the j ' rjry , ia which he said he should not follow the Attorner-Ge neral through the mazes of the law , for he confesse such matters were beyond bis comprehension . He hoped that it would no t be thought thst he stood * at the bar for any act of dishonesty towards his felfo * men , and it was a cunsoLtf ion to him that his honou * and integrity as a man w : ere not impeached , and h » considered that he waa only placed at that bar fo » differing in opinion \ tkh the government , and no * thing else . His speech had been called * edittous > and various other characters ; but he considered ; j that nothing could be mr > 7 & d iabolical than to give it isuch a name . He warateu & ed of exciting the peciple , but he said that history confirmed the view he

      had taken of the manner ib which Ireland bad been misgoverned by this country , and he and every one else- wou'd be justified in assisting' tbe Irish people by constitutional means to obtain their just rights . After alluding to other political logics , the defendant ski the working classes were no ^ beginning to under stand their rights , and were < oware that they were tbe producers of sit wealth , & u < i they were deter * mined to meet and discuss theis grievances , and en * deavour to obtain those rights ; and if the nobis lord ate the head of the government thought to put them down by engaging extra pslicemen , and em * ploying spies , he would find himself very much mis . taken . Tlfee working classes weredttermined to obtain theirrights , and they would' only do so when the Charter became the law of the land . He th » n

      proceeded to refer to the details of ' Shartist scheme of government , and said that the provisions of the Charter wer * very much misunderstood . They had no intention to array one class of society against *^ fy . PM , $ ^ J & *> tba » ewrj man of full age and untainted by crime should hew 8 voice ia the election of the representatives of * the country ; and he said that tbe good conduct and forbearance of the people on the 10 th of April showed that they had no objects of plunder or violeiwe . Ha con « eluded by stating that in bia opinion these prosecu tions were only instituted for the purpose of putting down publia opinion , and he called upon tbe jury to protect their rights by returning a verdict of not guilty . The Attorney-General replied ,

      Mr Baron Piatt then summed up , and- said that one of the most important subjects in this country , and , indeed , in every other civilised community , was tbe preservations of the public peace , and the material question which the jury would have to consider was , whether the defendant , by the speech he had delivered , intended to disturb the public peace , acd to excite tbe persons b y whom he was surrounded to acts of violence , and to create in their minds contempt for the law and tbe government of the country . The jury retired , and were absent nearly an hour , when they a gave a verdict of guilty .

      James Maxwell Boyson, 38, Dentist, Was T...

      James Maxwell Boyson , 38 , dentist , was then arraigned upon a similar charge . The defendant conducted his own defence . The Attorney- Gsceral , in openiag tbe case , " said , tho defendant appeared to be the secretary to an association called tha South London Life and Property Protection Society , and the jury would see in the course el the Oise the dangerous characterof that association . The rules upon which it wes- founded were discovered in the possession of the prisoner , and he would read them to the jury . The first resolution was : — ' That this society ba known ss the South London Life and Property Protection Society , to ba governed by a council , secretory , committee , and treasurer . 2 . That every ten members living nearest ) to each othoriorm a class , with power to elect an officer , to be called a decimeron ,

      and the ten decimerions living reare & t to each other to have the power of electing an < flu-er . to bs calls i a centurion , and ten centurions similarly situated to have the power of el * cting an tfiicer to bo called a millerion . The decimerions to fotm a committee , and the centurions to be members of the council , and the millerions as president s . according to the seniority of service . 3 That every member , according to hia own choice , be armed with a musket or price of uniform make atd convenient size , to be approved of by the committee , and subscribed for according by the weekly instilments . 4 . That this society consist oi an unlimited number of members above the sge of eighteen . 5 . That all pewons who are already armed , or desirous of arming themselves , will be allowed to join us , on complying with

      t le third resolution . ' Tho Attorney . General said that the prisoner was a member of the association having these objects , and he apprehended there could be very little doubt of its illegal character . Lie then proceeded to state that the speech which formed tbe subject of the present indictment , was delivered by the defendant at the same meeting on the 28 th of July , at the period when , as they were aware , a report was current that Ireland was in rebellion , and what was more alarming still , that the troops were not faithful to their allegiance ; and although his expressions were more guarded than thxe made use of by some of the other speakers , yet there could be to tioubt of their tendency and object ; besidis which , the prisoner would , in law , be answerable for all that took pkee if the fact of the nveting being of a seditious character was established to the satisfaction of the

      ; ury . The meeting was called , as n was alleged , for the purpose of expressing sympathy with tie people of Ireland . Mr F . B . Hughes , the government abort-band writer , was called to prove that the defendant delivered the speech in question , and that tho other circumstances refernd to by the Attorney-General , took place on the occasion . Mr Counsel was also called to depose to the speech being made by Shell , the former defendant , with a view to establish the seditious character of the meet .

      mg in question . By water , a constable of tho L Division , depessd tha ; he apprehended the defendant , and upm searching his lodging he found a sword , a file inat had been recently sharpened , acd the papers which he produced , and which were the same referred to by the Attorney-General in his opening address . There was also a card produced , irsm which it appeared that tbe defendant had been admitted a rutin , bar of the South Lamboih ' Life and Property Protection Society , ' on the 12 th May . The Attorney-General said , this was the case foe the Crown .

      The defendant then addressed tho jury . Ilo described the prosecution as an attempt to crash him on account of his political opinions , ilo had tot , he said , had a proper opportunity of preparing hia defence . Pens and ink were certainly furni-hed to him , but he was not allowed to have any ot the books from which he wished to make extract ? , no 5 even that portion of tho ' Penny Cycioj to Jia' which defined tho word ' sedition . ' Baron Piatt asked the defendant who it waithat refused to allow him to have books ? The defendant said , ha supposed it waa tho chap-Iain .

      Baron Piatt remarked , that a prisoner baforo trial ought to be allowed to havo any books that he required . The defendant then proceeded , acd denounced those prosecutions as attempts by the govoti . men . Uo destioy their political right- * , and ho i-aid that if tha middle classes , from whence they ( ths jurj ) w * re derived , countenanced them , th » y would find that it was only a stepping-stone to their own degradation . Ho then defended bia conduct at the meeting in question , and said that as chairman he was of necessity compelled to take an active part in the piYuetain-js . With regard to the ex . ressionot sympathy tor the Irish people , he expressed on opinion that ttcir py .-i . - ion at that time loud ly called for such » n expression oi feeling ; and he said that tbe only reason te gave the answer ho did to Mr Ruocey was , thatil he tad aiven a different one , ho was perfectly weil awsra that a disturbance would have ensued , which the police , who he knew were outside , armed , would have made

      a pretext for attacking thorn , lie proceed : d to state that 'the butcberu' were evidently Ixnt upon slaughter , and wuuld have laid hold of too slightest pretence to attack those who were present ac ths meeting . Aa regarded tho 'society' that bad fceea alluded to , he consideied it a perfectly justifiable association . A learned conns ?! bad \» tn cucfiilted upov . the subject , and he hud recomtnerd-. d it shuuld biar the title it did , and ho consiii 2 rcd _ it vevfcetly let ; al , ai ' . d a sirribr one had b ; -en citaWislcu a ' - Nottingham with th « - sanction til tha Mayor . The defondant w < » nt > nt' > a long tirade upon the subject of the Chart *! -, una asserted that it would be lueicss to i-xpect » v- « working elates io he coatented . Ujitil thty had obv-incd their rights . Tf-o / utoruey . Genera ! briifly replied , Ti . o learnfd judge then st . mnied « j > , acd Uw tf . after delibarating abca hill ' -sr-hour iu & ptivate . reoci , ictuined a verdist of GuilP ' .

      J. Sbaw Wsa Tunplaced At The Bar R-P-^N ...

      J . Sbaw wsa tUnplaced at the bar r-p- ^ n sular i ; harg « . The 'defendant applieu to thb court t-u f-uscpona his trial , on ths ground that bs faa « W ' Jt keost osrami ' .-ied ' wo dajs , und \> v . d not bad iiny- > to L'"op ? vcfc : s df iescc—l'he ' Ai ' orney-Genwai - *' -: ! i- 'O IhiiughL t £ o application vsts ; i rtwwn iiUls oi .. - , : v . d ho should viH ) reloi * n ' fto- * . p ;» io it . i . i . iiir , amihsf Uch-uc ' iuit , ch ' s ^ w witli sediti .-n , rj ad a ; i similar applk & tion , » i ; U t ' , 5 Ujsl was also ordervd to sisml OY . v .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02091848/page/1/