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    jflv opeued the door aud they walked iu . The * Miffs * *& ' Wnit sre tbe acts of tde Assembly ? f ^ r not its resolutions ? Yes , distinctly and & ZL I shall publish one proposed by Mr Adams htWerenee to a large portion of his attack . ? nd The resolutions to which I refer shall be an Jeer to the charge of < blarasy' against myself . ^ As to the Executive not being dismissed by J iBembly . appointing five others appeared very ite it ; trhiIe m * acce f tance of office as one of the { Lafire proves two things-firstly , that I was not V * te driven from the ranks by a set of namby-•" j jy p ismires ; aud secondly , that as I did so , j ^ o ' eJennined to recommend the old organisation ' $ n rendered the Chartist movement perfectly Lj . My acceptance of office was long after the Trembly h » d died a natural death . I was elected the __„ b ( 3 thi * trlrinr » nr 1 tlt # * ff xtrsllrorl in T * U * .

    j ~ the people ana nomy Assembly , and by m peop le I was and am determined to stand . Jr nt as the 'Northern Star " stands at a book of Terence when it is supposed that it may be used ^ fl st me , I defy any of ray accusers to point out ^ ang le line in that paper confirming the assertion that I admitted the legality of an association ( onsxsting of more than forty-nine members ; but , on tbe contrary , I stated in the Star of the 6 th of May j » * a i not untilMr M'Grath told mi on the 15 th of ip ril that the Loudon men were to elect eight Agates to the Assembly , that I was aware of the juried illegality ; what elicited the answer from jfr M'Grath was this , as published in the Star : I / mdon ; said he , 'is . to elect eight delegates . ' « Tnen , * said I , « is the rest of the country but to elect forty-one ?

    As this question of legality or illegality is sought d , be based upon my presumed legal kuowlege , althoug h diffusely scattered over thewholeindictment , jvriil answer it continuously . When the Convention was sitting , it will be remembered that my visits to it were enly casual , and then hurried ; that I merely made such statements as I thought necessary , and was then compelled to atfend to my duties in Parliament—and the delegates ^ 21 remember that I requested them to sign a petition on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; that tbey did sign the petition , and that it was brought to oe , I think , by Mr Murray , a clerk at the Land

    Office , at the last moment for presenting petitions . I presented it . Sir Robert Inglis and others looked it it , and counted the names , and . having discovered that there were fifty-one signatures , it was moved ( bat it be rejected , as the law did not recognise juoiethan forty-nine delegates meeting in convention . I went to the Convention the next morning , took the petition with me , and told them what fools they must have been to have given me a petition ained by two more than the law permitted to sit in such an Assembly , and that I was not at all aware that it consisted of more than fbrty-nine members . [ Then , as to the Convention of 1839 , it did not consist of more than forty-nine members . ]

    Again , the Convention in 1842 , m Manchester , aid not consist of forty-nine members ; but these scribes—so ignorant of Chartist matters—presume that because there were fifty-nine included in the Lancaster indictment , that they must all have been delegates ; whereas , from fifteen to twenty consisted of defendants from different parts of tbe country , tbat never bad anything to do with the Convention ; for instance , the Rev . Mr Schofefield , in whose house the Convention assembled , bad nothing to do * ith the Convention ; and it shall always be my pride and ray boast , thst my rejection of tbe address , submitted to tbat Convention , saved the delegates from a lone imprisonment .

    Then , as to the Sturge Conference , I would be only too happy , to morrow , to make a delegate in a Conference of four hundred or four thousand , to save the PEOPLE'S CHARTER from such men as Brewster , Ritchie , tbe middle classes constituting the Jury class , even backed by such men as Cochrane , and , I thins : , Adams , who voted in that Conference for the abandonment of the same of the PEOPLE'S

    CHARTER . There is , however , one most important fact , and one which must not be lost sight of , touching the difference of the law ' s nicety before and after the ] 0 th of April Man may brave imprisonment at home , even at the expense of the folly of others , as I have done—but these critical lawyers , so full of & cts , bnt deficient in dates , appear to hare forgotten that , on the very night of the 10 th of April , after that national triumph , which the Ten Thousand Pounders and tbe National Assembly wholly , utterly ,

    and ! entirely destroyed—but I trust only for a time—Sir George Grey explained the provisions of bis Gagging Bill , making open and advised speaking felony , and the publication of it also felony . Thia was giving despotism a power and a might against which right conld not successfully contend , and had it not been for the timely dispersion of that Assembly , wherein a few cowards would have influenced the minds of brave men , the long catalogue of expatriated victims would have struck a deadly blow at Chartism .

    The Attorney-General declared Chartism , as attempted to be organised by Adams and Co ., as illegal , but never has declared that Chartism , as propounded by me , is illegal ; but these three wise men say t—« Well , and are all things to ba held as illegal which . ' a WhJg Attorney-General chooses to caU so ? Splendid authority , certainly 1 Upon the aame authority , Mr O'Connor is a sedition-monger , a libeller , and a conspirator ; tat trill Mr O'Connor plead guilty to these charges , simphr because the Whig and Tory Attorney-General who irefefred these charc . es against him said so !' This is an extremely enthusiastic appeal , but mv answer is , that Mr O'Connor pleaded 'Not Guilty' to those charges , but , unfortunately for him , Special Juries declared him' Guilty /

    4 tbb-. The Chartist power is to ba measured by numbers or funds , and we are told that our ^ former safety was attributable more to our inherent ' paverty and weakness than to the superior wisdom of its acknowledged leader . Well , the National Assembly was certainly weak in numbers , but wished to make amends in wealth by substituting a £ 10 , 000 fund for our poverty , atbly . As to my acknowledging the National Assembly to be a fair representation of the Chartist mind . in tbe' Star * of the 6 th of May . it was based upon the natural presumption tbat they would do then-duty to the Chartist body-a presumption . bowever , which every day's experience taught me was ill-founded . 1 was deceived in the same way at the last General Election , when I anticipated great things from the fact of 260 new members being chosen who were likely to be influenced by the

    progressing mind of the age . 6 thly . As to the conversation so critically repotted in the indictment , between Mr Adams and Mr O'Connor , on the question of legality , not one word of it ever occurred . 7 iblv . Mr O'Connor is not answerable for Mr Gark's ' proposition ; it would be hard if he was , particularly as Mr O'Connor never directly or indirectly interfered with the election of delegates to any Contention that ever sat . and had not time to hold a angle conference with the Executive daring the sitting of the Convention . number than

    Stbly- With regard to a larger fortynine , 1 should bave bad no objection to a larger and Bore comprehensive Convention , representing ALL DLASSES FRIENDLY TO THE MOVEMENT , to present a memorial to tbe Queen , praying for the dissolution of Parliament—the dismissal of ministers —and the appointment of men who wonld make the CHARTER the law ef the land . In sush an assemblv of all classes , including the jury class , there might have been safety , and the scribes forget that the one and simple duty is defined—namely , that of presenting the memorial . there

    9 ihly . The scribes deny tbat because was no offensive resolution passed , that , therefore , there was no offensive language used towards Mr O Connor . Kow . for the contradiction of their fake assertion , I refer to tbe delegates—to the daily papers * hich were flashed in my face every evening when I entered the House of Commons-and to the secret meetings of the Scotch delegates , which were held lightly by a band of consp irators ; and I think that ery fact admitted by the tcribes , that , without WMnlting me , they dismissed me from the Executive ; and then , curiously enough , they refer to * he 3 for ofthel 3 thof May in pr oof of my acquiescence in whaHhey did a fortnight before , and "anther a whimsical charge against me . that I should have submitted to this insult rather than be » bone of contention . However , I am well pleased

    lo accept the taunt . Wthly . As to my use of the words ' WAIT , ^ AIT , WAIT , ' I really do not know how to fcwer them . I can only say , tbat if all , or aa I have often said before , that if one-half of those professing Chartist principles worked for a « H > nth as I have * orkedinEnglandforthe hut fifteen yeare , that you would not have to wait a day for tbe Charter . Uth . Comet the charge of cowardice on the 10 th tf April , and this charge Mr Adams shall answer him-*« " hy speech and resolution . The speech delivered ivommon

    ° a the 11 th , the day after the Kennmgton ¦ aw ting , and the resolution proposed on the 14 th , of tturw relative to Mr O'Connor ' s « blarney , * but cer-^ J after ths Ten Thousand Pounder was aware of

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    Mr OSonnor s < cowardice , andr also :. after- he , wis aware that the Convention : had decided that Mr 0 Connor amotion for the Charter should not be brought forward . Here is Mr Adams ' s speech , delivered on Tuesday , the 11 th of April , at a GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT THE LITE RARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION JOHN STREET , FITZROY SQUARE . ' Now , curious to say . Mr Adams waa the first speaker and spoke as follows , taken word for word from the A orf Aern Star * ot ths 15 th of April ' Mr ^ , 'f ^ ate for ««« ROw , leame fomare , loudW applauded , and laid : Perhaps the best tUaVthV / conia do was to review the proceeding , and the poMcyoftte . Convention . The deleaatea had b « n cW . aJffi . J » r __ r \« s *

    , „ ri . SSSU ** ' «*«** «' » . « m . *> The , had the character of consistency to preserve as well as that of courage . ( Hear , hear . ) They had professedly said , that tte agitation waa peaceful and moral , and yesterday they had turned oat to give a demonstration of their peacefuli moral forco , not to give battle . ( Loud cheer * . ) Although he was one of those who held the " doctrine « morally if we may , forcibly if we must' ( Loud cheers . ) Bnt , he taw . let us exhtust moral means first , ( Hear , hear . True , he came to the Conrention with hia life in his hand , bnt still that wat no reason he should commit suicide- ( bear , fcearj-and he did not think they had showed any want of courage . He had a letter in his

    pocket which contained this : — 'I should sooner hear of your death than your cowardice . * His sister , also , wrote as follows : — « I would rather lay yonr lifeless body in the grave than hear that you were guilty of being either a spy or a coward . ' Now , this showed that his family were ' up to the mark . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) His consUtuency , also , left it with him whether he should remain in town or not . He had never heard anyth-nsr less from any del egate , but that he was prepared to sacrifice all in their Catt ** , and when the real day t > t trial arrived , they would all be fonnd to act worthy ot Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen . ( Great cheering . )' Now that was the speech aud I next come to the resolution .

    1 st . — 'Mr West stated that he doubted whether they woald get the people to petition again ; bnt he begged to move , after what had taken place in the House of Commons on Thursday night , tbat Mr O'Connor would not be justified in bringing forward a motion on the subject of the Charter . 'Ur Graham moved , as an amendment , — 'That the Charter ba brought forward that aight 'lie motion and amendment having been respectively seconded , a vote was taken , when the amendment waa negatived by a majority of thirty . five to foar , and the original motion carried . ' Now that resolution is in the Stay of the 15 th of April , page 8 , col . 3 , and in the same page , col . 4 , will be found the following : —

    4 Oe . the motion of Mr Adams , A VOTE OF THANES WAS GIVEN TO MR FEARGUS O'CONNOR FOR HIS NOBLE AND SIGNIFIED CONDUCT IN THB HOUSE OF COMMONS LAST NIGHT , AND THAT CONVENTION DECLARED IT * WARMEST SYMPATHY WITH HIM IN THE TREATMENT HE HAS RECEIVED . ' The motion was carried unanimously , and briefly acknowledged by ' thefcon . gentleman , who retired amid loud cheers . ' Now , here was my justification—nay , MY COMMAND—not to bring my motion forward under the circumstances , and here was Mr Adams ' s condemnation of ray out-door COWARDICE , and my indoor BLARNEY , after four days' and nights' reflection , as the meeting was on Monday , the 10 th , and bis motion was brought forward on Friday , the 14 th . I would ask if there could possibly exist a stronger conviction against ray present accusers ?

    12 tb . With regard to my laudation of Sir George Grey , I stated then , as I state now , that men will he guilty of acts as a body , that the basest among them would blush to acknowledge as an individual , and I was showing the vices of the system which thus induced individuals of kindly feelings to lend themselves to acts of injustice ; but surely this was no great crime ? But , perhaps my Scotch censors hold it to be a crime to say good of any man . 13 tb . With regard to my fling at the Irish Confederates in the person of C . G . Duffy of the Nation , after circumstances are not to constitute a test for judging previous acts . In the letter of Mr Duffyupon which I commented—the most rabid and ungenerous attack was made upon the English Chartists , and the Irish people themselves were invited to rely upon the shopkeepers and the landlords rather thau upon their own exertions ; and would I , who

    bave suffered so much in the defence of Chartism , have been justified in allowing this apple of discord to have been thrown between the English Chartists and Irish Confederates , to secure whose amalgamation has cost me years of pain , trouble , and expense . But , do my accusers forget that the Irish Confederates of that day were as much opposed to the policy of the < Nation' as I was ? and would these Scotch censors make Mr Duffy ' s martyrdom the basis of tbeir present onslaught upon me ? Mitchel was suspected and denounced until victimised , and then be was eulogised , and so it is with every man ; but much as I sympathised with Mr Duffy , the English Chartists must bear in mind tbat he vowed never to * BRIDGE THB GULF' between them and the Irish people , and that as a representative of Chartism it was my duty to resent the insult . I did so , and will again , if circumstances warrant .

    14 th . I have no objection to risk my * corpse , ' as the Scotch philosophers term it , because it would be worth hut little except for dissection ; bnt I have a great objection to place my life in the keeping of such men as Adams , Cochrane , and Co . 15 th . The scribes state that no insult was offered to-Mr O'Connor , and yet we find the following pithy morsel in the voluminous indictment preferred jgaiKst him . Here it is . * The enttmriasm of the people abated—their brightest hopes of success were all blasted by Mr O'Connor ' s let . ten . They hesitated about sending their delegates to tbe Assembly . The first of May came—the Assembly

    met ; and behold the result . Ont of 140 delegates elected , only twenty-seven appeared , at the commencement . Gradually they came dropping in , till the beginning of the second week ; butneverdid the number reach anything like that originally intended . The Assembly saY , from the beginning , it had not the unanimous support of the country . The sincere portion of the members , finding themselves so awkwardly situated , and knowing the cause . BOTSViixo orastx exmessed their minds upon the object . Thi ? called forth the condemnation of the O'Connor party , who , in consistency , ought not to have been there at all . and hence tho speedy dissolution of the Assembly , and the complete prostration of the people ' s cave— yet O ' Connor is the popularleade r . '

    Now I should be glad to know what tbe terms « boldly and openly expressed their minds upon the subject , which called forth the condemnation of the O'Connor party , and Mowing the cause' refers to , it not to abase of Feargus O'Connor ? But then see the self-condemnation of the Assembly , and see the exemplification of the democratic principle , as illustrated irith those gentlemen with tbeir LIVES IN THEIR HANDS , ready to be sacrificed in tbe glorious cause of liberty , but panting more warmly for the ten thousand pounds , but now increased to the fever pulsation , in the vain hope of destroying bim who prevented tbe plunder of the people , and the sacrifice of their cause . The democrats admit tbat the Assembly , from the beginning , had not the unanimous support of tbe country , and although the veritable Chartists belonging to the O'Connor party constituted a large majority of the Assembly , we are

    told tbat 'IN CONSISTENCYTHEYOUGHTNOT TO BE THERE AT ALL . ' Now , is not this extremely democratic , or does it not smack of the democratic policy laid down in the Birmingham Sturge Conference , in which Messrs Adama and Cochrane were delegates , when the Chairman declared that the majority was in favour of preserving the name of the Charter , hut the good sense was with the small minority , the chairman , walking out , and abandoning his own Conference ? Now is not this a bright illustration of the Scotch philosopher ' s notion of Democracy and Universal Suffrage ? But still further to prove that these creatures of Paddy Brewster are strongly impregnated with the Birmingham policy and definition of majority , tbey have the unblushing insolence to propose that the name of our movement should be changed from the CHARTIST ASSOCIATION to the DEMOCRATIC

    CONFEDERATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . 18 th . Mr O'Connor did promise in the Star' of the 15 th of April to propound a plan , and every week from that period to tbe close of the sittings of the National Assembly , Mr O'Cennor was propounding his plan ; not a new plan , but the plan which he recommended in the ' Star' of 1848 , namely-a union with the small shopkeepers , trades , and Irishmen . Tfae Irish bad but recently joined us ; and had it not been for tha villainy of the Ten Thousand Pounders , ' with their hearts in their bands , ' before one month after the 10 th of April , all those parties would have joined us ; and from the Scotch delegates in that Assembly I trace the ternportry suppression of Chartism .

    I 7 . h . Mr O'Connor did pledge himself that if that Gagging Bill passed , be weuld declare himself a Republican ; and he thinks that was a pretty broad announcement in such a House . And when taunted hy Sir Robert Peel with stating ' that he did not not care whe ther the Pope , ' the Devil , or the Pretender waa on the throne—or what they called the monarch-if the people had the power of electing him '—upon that occasion Mr . O'Connor did not qualify , bnt repeated the assertions . And now , without anv reference to the enraged state of the House during the last session , Mr O'Connor submits his speeches as published in Hansard , as specimens of the boldest speeches ever delivered in the House

    of Common * . 18 th I did « ay , that I would impeach the minister ., but I taut ft » t * » w Bore MWt tt , a t 0 do

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    so , ' when , all would heitheir supporters , and * all howl at me . .,. ' . . .. . . . , .. l ? ih . i ; did promise to brine on' the motion for the Charter , but the new Executive , appointed by tbe philosophers , gave it as their opinion , that it would be injudicious , and surely the philosophers will not now dispute the wisdom of their own officers . 20 th . I did tell the Conventioh , that I would be prepared to assist the National Assembly , anticipating that that Assembly would be a legal Assembly , and would fairly represent tbe Chartist principles ; but I did not anticipate the gathering of such a body , to misrepresent those principles , and render them odious .

    21 st . The mind of England , might have been looking to me for the promised fruits of their long and incessant labour ; but , for fourteen long years , np to tbat very-period , the mind of Ireland had been marahalled against my principles , and embittered against my person . 22 nd . I adopt every word of the following passage , as my own .

    • MEASURE HIK BY HIS OWN STANDARDEXERCISE YOUR OWN JUDGMENTS . BE MEN . READ , READ , READ ; THINK , THlNK THINK TRY HIM NOT BY ONE SOLITARY ACT , BUT BY HIS EVERY ACT . AND THEN DECIDE AS TO WHETHER HE BE ENTITLED TO A CONTINUATION OF YOUR CONFIDENCE . ' Now those are the words in the indictment , and upon them I join issue with my accusers ? I say , try me upon my every act , not during the last boisterous season—not since I joined the English Chartists—not since I established the ' Northern Star , '—not since I first came into Parliament in 1832 , but since I first joined the Irish people in 1822 , when deserted by their every leader ; when every

    door of every relative ' s house waa shut against me , and when I was compelled to fly my country for thirteen mouths . Yes ; try me through my long and continuous struggles with Daniel O'Connell and his Irish lickspittles—with the < base , bloody . and brutal Whigs' and their officials—with the press and its power—with the middle classes aud their deeprooted hatred—with the jury class , and tbeir omnipotence , and , though last , not least , with the vermin of Labonr , and I assert , without fear of contradiction , that no public man who ever lived in any age , in any country , can boast of the same political consistency for over a quarter of a century , when promises , pledges , and anticipations held out to the poor , justify them in tolerating their betrayal by their pledged friends .

    Henry Hunt was prematurely burned to the cold grave by popular ingratitude , created by folly and madness . He was murdered , and rests in his grave with the consolation of his memory being honoured ; and yet the ordeal through which he passed , was but child's play , compared with what I have gone through . John Knight , of Oldbam , Henry Hunt ' s friend , told me with his last words , * that the Londoners would destroy me if I stopped the supplies ; ' and , no matter what my opposition to ' the philosophers might bave been , if I aided them in the £ 10 , 000 grab , I might have denounced the principles of Chartism as long as I pleased .

    23 rd . I did sell to the secretary of the Glasgow Association 1500 cards , upon my tour with Mr Doncombe , the secretary telling me that that number had applied for cards , ' and when my toady repeated the lie , '—Oh 1 how the Lord doth deliver my enemies into my hands—James Adams , of Glasgow , stood in front of the platform in the City Hall , and spoke to the sentiment , 'Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., ' when he stated that he could not ' FIND LAN GUAGE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG to express his admiration of tbat gentleman . ' Now , what will the honourable delegate say of his abuse of the honourable gentleman ?

    24 th . In 1846 , Mr O'Connor himself advanced a great portion of the funds to keep the movement alive , and surely , when the scantiness of tbe receipts at tbat period is referred to by tbe philosophers , instead of being urged as a charge against me , it should be urged as a charge against the people . But what do the philosophers say ? Why , that WHILE HE KNOWS , AND BE IS AWARE THAT GOVERNMENTKNOWS . THAT WHEN THE STRUG OLE COMES , HE CANNOT MARSHAL THE FORCES HE BOASTS HE CAN COMMAND . '

    Well , surely , if ever there was a justification for aot going to battle with inferior forces , and their inferiority known to . the enemy , here it is furnished by the philosophers ; but let it be understood , that if that weakness does exist in the popular ranks , it has been caused by such vermin as those to whose charges I am replying . 25 th . Mr O'Connor did much prefer the Free Trade policy of Peel to that of Russell , and Mr O'Connor , when famine stared—not millions of bis own countrymen—but the whole population in the face , and when he was aware that if Free Trade did not pass , the agitators of tbat country would have saddled English Chartism with all tbe

    consequences of the famine—would have told tnem , that , but for the Chartists , the streets would have been paved with penny loaves , and the houses thatched with pancakes ; and Mr O'Connor having discovered for many years , that Irish hostility to English Chartism constituted the main strength of the Whig government , he did call a Conference at bis own expense , and what other man in Europe would do it—that Conference consisted ot the most consistent opponents to Free Trade ; that Conference saw the justice aud the policy of the proposition ; that Conference submitted its proposition to a meeting of over 5 , 000 working men in the Hall of Science , at Manchester , and it was unanimously

    received amid the most unbounded applause . Was this an act of despotism ? First , to have consulted the representatives of Labour , and then to have submitted their deliberations to Labour itself . And what Mr O'Connor now says is , that under the present system , Sir Robert Peel is the only living statesman who can suggest those changes which Free Trade imperatively demands , and which the dominant pariy will accept ; Peel ' s Free Trade means a progressive advance towards reciprocity ; Russell ' s Free Trade means office ; while Mr O'Connor further contends , and ever has contended , that the

    only possible means of making Free Trade nationally beneficial . is by the enactment of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER . But Mr O'Connor does not belong to tbat class of politicians , who under a bad system which creates famine , starvation , and death , considers himself debarred from selecting a choice of evils . And Mr O'Connor ever has and ever will , attribute the present distress of the country to Lord John Russell ' s Free Trade policy , which might have been much mitigated by the policy of Sir Robert Peel , but never can be wholly eradicated , until the creator of wealth is represented in the House of

    Commons . 26 tb . I now come to the last charge , that of mis . stating the number of signatures attached to the National Petition . 1 st . The Convention itself appointed a Petition Committee , and upon that committee was Mr ADAMS himself . They appointed" London men to count the signatures to tbat petition . On Wednesday I went to the Land Office and asked Mr M'Grath how the petition sheets were coming in ? He took me down stairs to tbe cellar , in company with Mr Nicholson , who was appointed to take tbe

    numbers . Mr M'Grath showed them to me , and told me he did not think there was over a million aud a half . I admit that I did stamp my foot , and tbat I said in a rage , « Are these tbe men who want the Charter ? ' « Oh , Sir , ' said Mr M'Grath , 'this ie nothing , the Convention bas reeeived communications from all parts of tbe country , mentioning large petitions that have not arrived yet ,- they have not come yet from any of the large towns . ' I replied , ' I stated to the country that this time there will be five million signatures , and if I cannot state in the House that there are that number , you must get

    some oue else to present it for I will not , ' and I left the office . On Saturday , the 8 th , I went to Snig ' s End , and between Wednesday and Saturday I bad not a word of conversation relative to the petition . On Sunday ! returned to my hotel ; there were present there Mr Cullingham , Mr M'Grath , Mr Clark , Mr Doyle , Mr Dixon , Mr Harney , and a highly respectable gentleman , well known to and respected by the working classes . When the Executive entered I said , ' Well , M'Grath , how goes on the Petition . * 'Well , Sir , ' he replied , « I think your expectation will be more than realised , as they are sear the are millions now , and the men will be engaged all night in counting and rolling the sheets . ' I said , Thank God for that . Shall I have such a list as I can read to the house , if the signatures from any locality are

    questioned ? ' Mr M'Grath replied , n es * w , m Nicholson bas been appamted to draw np a tot torn each place . ' On Monday morning I went to the Convention-it was stated to the Convention , not by me but by one of the Committee , that the signatures amounted to much more than five millions , but tbat as they were still pouring iu the men were still rolling it , aud the list was not aompleted . Cuffey , who is now summoned u one of my accusers , was preseat in the Convention j we got into the cars

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    drove to . ; theLand Office to receive the Petition , the Committee brought me out the list , amount-fig to 5 , 700 , 000 , ' and placed the Petition in the' car . ' I stated the numbers as represented to me ; and when impugned b y tie Government—on the faith of thirteen law , clerks , who I subsequently showed should have counted at the rate of 150 a minute , besides discovering all the . false signatures . and obscenities , and without eating or drinking—I made tbe following ; speech in the House of Commons , which wilt be found in page 1 , column 3 , of the 'Star' of the 15 th of April :-

    ' On the motion that the report do lie upon the table Mr F . O'Connor said , tbat it would be quite impossible fer any thirteen clerks to count , from the time the petition was printed , even 1 , 900 , 000 signatures , snd he should , therefore , more for tbe appointment of a committee to inquire into the subject . There was an old saying , ' That those i » ho hid knew where to find , ' and he believed that if snch abuses , did exist , it no douot was tbe act of some of the government spies . ( ' Oh , 6 a . ' ) He fully be . Hered that the number of signatures he had represented the fwtton to contain was correct . He woud apply another test to tbe petition . The petition was contained in four or five large handles , and It took himself , assisted by four other persons to lift the lanrast of th « hnndles .

    ( J , 2 'i ? '¦ * ? e dld not belleve ue should have any difficulty in obtalalng a petition upon the same subject sigHedby 15 , 000 , 000 or double or treble that number . ' * f ,, n « fln < , , 00 ° was mtaeported , it Bh 8 uld haYe Deen Now , then , I ask any sane man whether , with a thorough knowled ge of the omnipotence of a Select Committee in such eases , whether 1 would be likely to move for the appointment of 8 UCh ' & tribunal , if- I did not conscientiously Mieve that I had not been deceived by the PETITION COxMMITTEE ? What would have been my chance of escape if a petition , which . I represented to contain five million seven hundred thousand signatures , was found to contain only onethird of that number ? With respect to the petition

    presented by Mr Buncombe , it did contain ihe number stated—namely , over 3 , 300 , 000 . Mr Philp , one of the Executive , was superintendent of that petition , and with him rests the responsibility * , while , with regard to not being counted , every man who understands the forms of the House , is aware that every petition MUST BE COUNTED ; and Mr Buncombe was not held responsible then if there was any inaccuracy , because terror then was . not so necessary to keep the Whigs in power , and because HIS destruction then , though a much abler man , was not considered as necessary as my destruction in the perilous days of April ; and I now unhesitatingly declare that the last petition was infinitely larger , and infinitely heavier , than the petition presented by Mr Buncombe .

    There is another fact , of which the philosophers are not aware—namely , that , independently of the large muster roll , during the previous week , I had presented 175 other petitions for the Charter , some of them—if I remember right—signed by 12 , 000 , some by 6 , 000 , some by 4 , 000 , and some by smaller numbers . As regards Cuffey , what I stated in the House was not that he was a Tom-fool ; ' but when Colonel Sibthorp ( I think ) called him a' Tom . fool , ' and wished to make ' me responsible for his every word , I defended Cuffey , and asked if I was to be held accountable for what every ' Tom-fool ' said ?

    Having thus answered this portion of the charge , let me now , call the reader ' s attention to tbe nicety with which * our protessing friends scrutinise the sipatcres ( o a Chartist petition , as compared with the dashing and unscrupulous manner in which their enemies perform the same work . I know parties who signed the petition against Catholic Emancipation every time they passed the place where it lay ; while it is an indisputable fact , tbat for Catholic Emancipation , and against Catholic Emancipation , for Reform , and against Reform , for Free Trade , and against Free Trade , for the admission of the Jews to Parliament , and against their admission , signatures have been

    manufactured , as Mr Newdegate stated , at so much per hundred . But to furnish the reader with tbe strongest proof of this process being well understood by the House , when the strength of party is sufficienlty powerful to meet the sneer of their opponents upon the charge of fabrica'ion , fast session I presented a petition numerously signed from the Colliety districts in Lancashire , with reference to the Colliery explosion : Sir George Grey subsequently took it off the table , and not with anger or gravity , but as if it was a common practice , shewed me that nearly every name was written in the same hand . But , as with physical force , so with petitions ; I must bear the weight of both ; I must

    be denounced as the physical force Chartist by the Press and the enemy , and as a moral force coward by the profening friend ; I must be answerable for the genuineness of every signature to a petition , while others pay for , and boast of , their manufacture ; and when I saw hundreds standing at the Land Office , while few were signing the petition , I asked Mr Clark , - who was with me , why they did not sign it ? and he replied tbat many of them could not write—and I retorted 'You are pretty fellows to get up a petition . ' You should take a lesson in petition manufacturing from the enemy ; aud when you find one who cannot write , let another sign his name , and let him put his mark .

    But let me now see if I can establish some greater number of signatures than 1 , 900 , 000 , by a sectional analysis of the country . Oa Wednesday morning , the 5 th of April , the second day of the meeting of the Convention , as reported in page 1 , col . 5 , of the < -War ' of the 8 th of April'Mr Adams said , from Glasgow , which was a district comprising an immense population , he had brought up one hundred thousand signatures to tbe petition , and another thirty thousand had since been forwarded . The middle classes had begun to fraternise ; in fact , the only parties who refused their aid and subscriptions , were those who fatten on < he vice and dissipation of the people —the publicans , ' 'Mr Wyld , the delegate from Jlottram , said he had brought up 70 , 900 signatures . '

    Now , if the Scotch philosophers will add 70 , 000 to 130 , 000 , they will find that it makes 200 , 000 , or more than one-tenth of the reported signatures , coming from Glasgow and Mottram alone , while Mr Ligbtowler reported 70 . 000 from his district ; and Mr Ernest Jones spoke as' follows : — ' Mr Ernest Jones believed that U would be found that the number ef signatures really affixed to the petition was underrated rather than overrated . ( Hear , hear ., ) There were 200 , 000 signatures now lying at the office ; he had been advised of 47 / 00 which were sent from Halifax en Thursday last , which had never come to hand . ' ' Mr M irsden stated , th < tt he had brought € 5 , 000 signatures with him . '

    Thus we have 382 , 000 signatures , WITH MORE TO FOLLOW , reported by five delegates , more than one-fifth reported to be affixed to the petition , and not embracing the large manufacturing towns of Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Huddersfield , Liverpool , Preston , Bolton , Oldham , and' district , Edinburgh , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Carlisle , Bristol , Bath , and tbe thousand and one tributary streams . ButseeMr Adams's wrath at the imputation cast upon the petition before his rami , was perverted by the hope of the £ 10 , 000 : —

    'Mr Adams moved , as an amendment , ' That the Con . ventton would undertake to procure a greater numb ; r of genuine signatures to tbe petition than it was represented to have had , if tbe Government were prepared to consider that as an argument in favour of its consideration . ' Now then , as is my custom , I am going to carry the fire into the enemies' camp . Of course every reflection cast upon the number of signatures , since the failure of the National Assembly , was known to Cuffey and others previous to its presentation , but certainly to Mr James Adams . who was A MEMBER OF THB PETITION COMMITTEE , and therefore , if the numbers were falsified , and if in consequence thereof I received insult from the House of

    Commons , and the Chartist cause received damage , I charge the insult , the damage , and the falsehood upon James Adams , whose business it was to have reported truly the number of signatures , and thereby have saved himself from the charge of palpable fraud committed upon Feargus O'Connor and the Charlists . He cannot get .. over this , even-if I was guilty , because he is particeps criminis , and stands in the position of Powell and Davis , with this difference ; that iu the transaction he is guilty and I

    am wholly innocent . 'I t is to be understood , howevei , that I merely charge this information upon his own evidence , as at this moment I declare , so help me God . I believe there were over five million signaturesno the Petition . However , I leave the question with the Scotch jury , and , truth to say , they are much better than English juries ; and when the controversy is between me and the biggest blackguard that ever wore a head , he'd be sure to get a verdict , but then there ' s au appeal to a larger tribunal , and that is the WHOLE PEOPLE . "

    So much for Mr Adams ' s views before the anticipation of the £ 10 , 000 ; and now for his previous physical force views when he bad'bis heart in his hand . ' The reader will find the following in page 5 , col . 5 , of the « Star' of the 8 th of April : — Mr Adams did not see the slightest necessity for any bravado . Tbey were pursuing a peaceful , legal , and conatltutional course . He thought that they were wrong » anticipating an onslaught . Such discussion was cauulatea to provoke feelings of hostility . What right had the Goverament to make an onslaught 1 The question haa jet to be decided in a court of law , whether we bad or had not the right He therefor * moved , as an amendment , « That this Convention has no right to anticipate an on . ilweat , or . the arrest of the members , on Monday next .

    " Wa Never Seek The Battle, Kor Shn&It W...

    Now , 'then , what will the reader say to the valour of the patriot with 'HIS HEART IN HIS HAND , ' proposing to appeal from the field of battle to the arena of law , and who now abuses me and the Executive for not waging war with the elements on the 10 th of April ? This patriot , with « his heart in his hand , ' very much reminds me of poor Judy Flannigan , who , when startled by the sudden appearance of her lover , exclaimed , ' OH 1 WISHA , DARBY , MY JEWEL ; BUT MY HEARTS IN THE HEEL OF MY SHOE !'

    Now , I think I have bean as good as my word in answering every charge semft ' m ; and I think the reader will see that I bave more to dread from the rascality of professing Chartists than from the snares of Powell , Davis , and their masters ; and although I have gone to great length , and occupied much space , if the reader thinks it is thrown away , I am not to blame . Let these whom the philosophers assured that there was not an abusive or offensive word in tbeir statement , judge for themselves ; and let each ask himself , whether there is another

    proprietor of a newspaper in the world that would publish such rabid nonsense—such insulting stuff ? The position of the three tailors of Tooley Street was sublimity itself compared to that of Paddy Brewster ' s three knobstick Chartists , urged to madness by the cherished venom of their master , whom I have thrashed twice at Paisley—in his own townonce in Dunfermline , once in Aberdeen , and once in Glasgow ' . and still fuither , these knobsticks were driven to frenzy by tbe disappointment of the lion ' s share of the LIBERTY FUND .

    Are these fellows , who declare they did not abuse I me in the Convention , aware that the whole of their original correspondencehas been placed in my hands ? Is their immaculate coadjutor from Falkirk aware that I am also in possession of his original correspondence , and of the original correspondence , during the sitting of the National Assembly , of the Scotch delegates and their constituents , and that I bave never published a word of these atrocious letters , though I have been requested to do so ? But I have withheld tbem in the hope tbat the ' philosophers ' would see the error of their ways . I shall now conclude with an anecdote

    strictly illustrative of the position of the pa . triot who came to London with ' his heart in his hand , ' to fight the battle of the Charter . In the old days of the Spanish wars an enthusiastic volunteer ordered his regimentals , that he might die grand j but , though panting for liberty , he had a strong affection for his heart , and he told the tailor to put a strong tin-plate in his coat . The regimentals came home late at night ; the war-whoop was sounded early in the morning—the enthusiastic soldier

    was doomed to a place in the front rank—the order to charge was given , when his regiment was routed j and when , scampering over a ditch , a grenadier gave him a poke in [ the posteriors with his bayonet , which assisted him in the bound . The gallant soldier felt for the wound , and discovered that Mr Snip had put the plate of tin iu the backside of his breeches , instead of inside his coat , and he exclaimed , —• By Jove ! Snip knew better where my heart lay than I did myself . ' Feargus O'Connor .

    The Door Aud They Walked Iuthe December ...

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    We Have Read That Part Of Mr O'Connor's ...

    We have read that part of Mr O'Connor ' s answer to the charges of tbe Glasgow delegates , and the statements therein made , in which our names are mentioned , and they are critically and literally true . Phijlip M'Grath . William Dixon . Thomas Clark . I was appointed by the Petition Committee of the National Convention , to take the number of signatures coming from each town and district , and the manner in which I performed the duty was thus ;—the delegates who brought petitions wilh , them reported the numbers to ' me , and I superin . ' tended the counting of those which came by post without numbers affixed , and the duty of counting !

    those petitions was assigned by tbe Petition Committee to London men . After the numbers were impugned in the House of Commons , Mr Adams , who was the most active of the Petition Committee , and who called upon me every day at dinner hour to ascertain the numbers , accompanied by me waited upon the several delegates again , to ascertain the number of signatures brought by each ; and upon comparing , the list , as furnished hy me to Mr O'Connor on the day of the Kennington Common meeting , with the statements subsequently made by the delsgates , there was little , if any , difference between tbe numbers stated by Mr O'Connor in the House of Commons , and that subsequently ascertained from the delegates themselves .

    I can solemnly declare , that neither Mr O'Connor , nor any person authorised by him , nor any person whatsoever , directly or indirectly , attempted to influence me as to the statement of the number of signatures to the National Petition , and of the truth of the above slatement I am prepared , if necessary , to take my oath . W . H . Nicholson .

    Dkath Of Thb Right Hon. Charles Bcixkr.—...

    Dkath of thb Right Hon . Charles Bcixkr . — Mr Charles Boiler , member for Liskeard and President of the Poor Law Board , died at an early honr on Wednesday morning . About a fortnight ago Mr Buller underwent an operation for one of the most painful disorders to whioh man is liable . Although the operation was suoeesfully performed , great debility succeeded , . the health of the patient not having been previously very robust . On Monday , it seems , a low fever supervened , and under it the right hon . gentleman sunk about half-past six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , despite the unremitting attention and skill of his medical attendants . Tha deceased has pa 9 sed | away at the comparative prematu . e age of forty-two .

    A Hbeoinb . —Alexandria , Ncv . 23 . —A vassal bound for Aden with coal , having lost her master by death when about twelve days' sail from her do . stioation , the crew conspired to take possession aad dispose of her on tbe coast of Arabia . However , the captain ' s daughter , Miss Arnold , a young woman of the ace of twenty , was on board , and she having received some intimation of the piratical intentions of the men , armed herself with a pair of pistols , seeured all tho firearms , and getting tho mate and another man to join her , bravely forced the mutineers to work the ship to Aden , where they are now in confinement .

    Seizors of an Illicit Distilldry . —On Wednesday Mr E . Thomas and Mr J . Vaostooe , Excise officers , went to a house in Water-lane , Hackney , and having gained admittance at the front door , they proceeded to mnka an examination of the premises , and in the back room of the ground floor found a large copper still , set in brickwork , which had been recently worked off , with a small quantity of illicitly , made spirits , Tho rest of the working had been removed by tbe men belonging to the place . There were about 100 gallons of molasses wash prepared for distillation , a number ? of tubs , pipes , and the

    general stock-in-trade of a contraband distillery . Two females were found in the house , who gave the raws of Fhoo ' io West , and Ann Brown , the latter of whom was recognised aa an old offender , having bien detected in a similar transaction in 1847 , when the seffered three months' imprisonment ; both women were given into custody . While tbe Excise officers were in the house preparing to despatch their seizure to the Excise wavehouses , a gentle tap was given at the door , which was opened , and a man , bearing a bag of molasses entered , who was also given in charge .

    Dcbhah—Dbath rsou HTDRornoBU . —On . Wednesday week , Mr Gaorga Camming ! , Inakeepor and grocer , residing at Sherburn Hill , died in the greatest agony from the trltets of hydrophobia . Abiut nine weeks ago tho deceated had what is called a ' wife's feast * at his home , and , during tbe course of the evening , two dogs which wero In the house began to fight under a table , and , on the deceased attempting to separate them , one of the dogs flew at him , and bit him ilightly upon the nose . Mot much notice was nt first taken of the matter , although some time after it took place deceased complained of ehoottag palus from the wound up te his head , On Monday tvratag , however , nnmistalwaWe symptoms of tbe dreadful mal » dy exhibited themselves , and they Increased in violence np to Wednesday night , when , aa staled abeve , Mr Cmnmings expirtd . The dog , effected Its eioape from the homo , and has not atece been seen .

    Stbakoe Ciecch takcb . — A boy named Edwin Hayball , of Cburd parleb , ono day lout week fell Into a mill pond and was lapposed to be drowned ; he wai , however , taken out of the wafer and the body carried home . Everybody helievid the child dead ewept his mother , whose affliction was very great . She took him in her arms and ield Wm before the fire . After nearly boll an hour the child showed symptom * of returning ceniclousnesi , npon w hich « oae change in the position of the body took place , when it was discovered that tbe child ' * foot had been in the Arc , and was dreadfallf burnt . A surgeon having been called in did what was

    necessary , and the child was getting on very well . Aboat three dsysafter the mother placed him before tie fire for a moment while she went into tbe garden , and on her return was horror-struck to find ber child burnt almost io a cinder . It Ie a singular coincidence that a girl , the cousin of the aborenamed Edwin Hayball , a short time since fell into the fire , and one of her breasts was almost entirely consumed ; in her agony she ran to the mill pond to allay the pain by bathing tha breast with oold . water , when she fell in and was drowned . An Inquest has been held on Edwin Hayball , and a verdiot of * Accidental dsath' returned .

    The Edinburgh Ouartiat Tfcl\L3. On Satur...

    THE EDINBURGH OUARTIAT TfcL \ L 3 . On Saturday last Henry Ranken and RobVrfc Hamilton were placed at ihe bar of ihe llii > h Court of Justiciary , in Edinburgh to hear the judgment of their lordships in full beach , on theobjeotionn which had been raised by their counsel to the sufficiency of tho verdict whieh the jury about a fortnight agio pronounced in their case , finding them guilty of sedition , in so far that tbey used , language ' calculitea to excite popular disaffection and reaietance to lawful authority . ' AU the Lords of Justiciary were present , except the Lord Justice General .

    The Lord Justice Clerk having stated the termi of the jury ' s verdiot , and the explanation with whioh it was accompanied , that they had purposely left out the word 'intended , ' in characterising the language used ^ by the prisoners , at great length gave it as hia opinion , that to hold , as counsel had done , that such a verdiot was equivalent to one of not guilty , was a position opposed to sound reason and common sense . Ho showed , from avast number of cases , that it was not essential in an indictment for sedition to set forth the averment that the words were' intended ' to produce such a result as popular disaffection and resistance to lawful authority ; and he contendod , that it it was not necessary for tbe public prosecutor so to frame the indictment , it was not

    necessary for the jury to find such . an ' intention . ' Ia a ease of theft , for instance , it waf not necessary for the jury to use the words ia the minor proposition of the indictment , that h * wickedly and theftuoasly took the articles away ? The words ' guilty of theft ' were quite snffiaient to establish the character of tbe act ; and hence , on tha same princi p le , the verdiot ' guilty of sedition was sufficient of itself to ' characterise the crime of sedition . The crime of sedition consists in wilfully , unlawfully , and to the publio danger , using language tabulated to produce general disaffection , dislovaltv .

    and resistance to lawful authority . Now , in this crime he apprehended that tha law did not look for or r < quire the general dole , or legal malicious inten « tion or purpese with reference to the prer-ise intent which tbe words were calculated to produce . If nuch purpose was also proved , the case would be one of a more aggravated kind of sedition . If this view of the law of the care was correct , and he held that ib was . then he maintained that the objections to tha verdict must fail . Ho stated iu oonclosion , that it was satisfactory to him tbat tbe jury had left ont the wsrd intended , because it left the case in a less aggravated light .

    Lords Maomnzib , Moircaispy , Mhdwht , and Wood , successively delivered their opinions which , m the main , coincided with the rhva of the Lord Justice Clerk . LordCecKBDBN , in along speech , was in favoflf of holding tbe objection relevant , and the verdict al tantamount to a rtrdict of acquittal . Ho held that there could be no sedition unless there was some direct or indirect guiltiness of iotenti' n that evil intention was indispensable to tbe commission of the crime

    , ae nau looked orer all the indictmentain the well-known State trials of the last century , aad hewuldnot find one in which the wickedness of mind of the accused was not charged , although , no doubt , the charge was not always framed in thesaroe way . The libel before them contained not only a general charge of wickedness , but a special charee of what that wickedness consisted in . That was thg case which the prisoners were wanted to meet . The use of the words averring this showed that the pro * seeutor must have understood that it was neoeiMv *

    for him to embrace them in the indictment : and Oer . teinly the intention was not left out in the course of } ho trial . Bat thejury baying left oue the intention in their verdiot , the substance of the argument founded on this by their lordships was , that this was ? L i . A t 8 r , a ij e M 1 ia not "w tWs 8 taH- Aasnminp ? that thewidenoe of intention was essential to tho offence , it was the province of tho jury to find'it proved ; and as they had not done so , he held that there ought to be no straining of the verdict to make it express what it did not do , and least of all when that stramiBg was against the prisonars . and for the benefit of the public prosecutor . In conclusion , hia lordship stated , that when the crroumstauce essential for the prisoners conviction was not found , he wai entitled to have the verdict considered as one of ac 3 quittal . ^^ There being thusonly oho judge in favour of sutf taming the objections raised by tha prisoners' coungal in arest ff judgment , the objections were repelled

    . _ J Attn MAH >» * MamaaJ 1 . ^ — .. _— I _ £ -w * V * t >* and the court proceed to pass sentence . Lord MoscBmr said that he wag happy to think that , having now sat on this criminal benoh for nineteen years , he had not been called upon during all that time to take any part in a trial for sedition til ] now . A case had however now occurred ; and it was impossible not to see that iu the circumatanoej under which thia indictment was laid there Waa & D absolute necessity at law requiring the public authorities to bring tbe matter under the consideration of the court . The indictment contained very serious charges . The charge of conspiracy in the terras libeled was one of a vcry serious- character indeed . That charge , however , had not been proved anainst tho prisoners at the bar . That being the case it was laid aside ; hut then they came to the chs ' rze of sedition contained n tho indictment , the jury having found both ths prisoners guilty of sedition . in $ f P m L t , oaJa ! i , te ? 1 B ^ pressed in * their ? erdiot . The finding thsm guilty of the charm

    of seaman even in we modified & rm expressed iin she verdict , implied a certain crimiijil ntentton . # It implied the intention of speaking words which in the op nion of the court and thejury vrere seditious . He would notgoibrouih any of the particulars connected with this case but he would just say that it was impcsaible fer any calm and sober-minded man to read the speeches delivered and partieolarly to read the whole of them as riven in evidence before the jury , and to look to the tate of the country , and not to see that they were ' iediUoua in the character which the jury had given to them , namely , that they were calculated to excite popular disaffection to government , and to excite resistance to lawful authority . If they had any meanim * « r

    all that was their meaning and import , fie was not speaking at present ef the intention of the parties , but was stating that that was the meaning and import of the speeches whioh bad been read in ey * dence . It would bejtsad matter indted if thcdelivery ef such speeches in large asemblies of persons , one delivered in a room where were assembled from TOO to 800 individuals , and another in an cpenfield called Bruntsfield Lhks , were not to be regarded as dance * , ous to the best interests of society , and were not to bo approaehed by the law . He would not allow himself to enter into the reasons by which the delivery of these speeches was defended—he would not allow himself to enter into the views of tbo perrons do liysring them , and of the association to which they

    oeiongeu ; out , no wouia only say , that if theft views were accomplished by the means they soo > gested . it would be most dangerous to tho countrr and to the best interests of the subject . While how * ever , he said all this , he could aot help feeling sorm and it gave him great pain in being called -upon to pronounce sentence in this case . ¦¦ ¦ He wished tbat he had Iwen saved this duty-it was undoubtedly very painful to have to pronounce sentence npon persons suoh aa those at the bar , who , -in all other respects , appeared to be raapeetable individuals ! The law , however , must be put in force ; the court must discharge its duty to the country , and it must not allow such a thing to go on , when a jury had found them guilty . It was , howBver ' a great eons *

    , lation to think that , as this case now stands , itlia undoubtedly a very mitigated case of sedition . iH $ would give all weight to the proceedings of tho jun in disavowing the intention , and in finding that the language which was used , was hot intended to excite in the manner stated in the indictment . Then * again , he wonld take into consideration that tSC serious charge of conspiracy was set aside ; andria these circumstances , they ought to pronounce eein tonee with all possible leniency . He was convinced that every person in the community , who believed , that the prisoners at the bar had been fairly ami honourably convicted by a jury , would be of opinion that the sentence which he was to pronounce waa as lenient a one as possible . The sentence whioh he

    would propose would he , that the prisoners be imi prisoned for a period of four calendar months . The Lord JushcbClbrk . addressing tbe prisonenj said : Henry Ranken , and Robert Hamilton , if yon retain and cherish the sentiments and opinions which were expressed in the speeches whioh have been proved in evidence against you , it is quite unnecessary for me to say more , in pronouncing the sentence of the court , than this , that the object ef punishment is to deter you and others from committing the like offencea in time to come ; and that , oi course , in * agatdto you in particular , the repetition of similar offences , after punishment has once been pronounced by this high court , will operate meet prejudicial !*

    against you iu the event of another conviction . Sat I weuld fain hope and trust—I express it with sincerity , for I hare collected it ' somehow , I cannot tell hew , in the course of this trial , from your wnoS manner and demeanour—that it isnot likely that job will again rashly , wantonly , and recklessly use suck language as you have done on previous occasions , ' . Ia the situation whioh I hold , I think it is my duty S state that I do not think that the authorities irde feted one day too soon to prevent and atop meeunil at which sueh language as was proved iu evidease was openly and constantly uttered . I have now ( ft declare that the sieterroe of the court is , that you be imprisoned for a period of four months . The prj & Mers havisg been removed frem tbe bar ' , the ceraTsdjouroed .

    A Mtjbmi, The Motives Of Whieh Are Invol...

    A Mtjbmi , the motives of whieh are involved iri soma mystery , took place on Thursday nieht week * at Bougivsl , sear Paris , iu tbe house of M . Odilloi Barret . Tbat gentlraan , being in the departrntaj d'Aishe , Mme . Barrot , had , for her persons ! sj > ouritr , caused her valet de chambre tos ' oip ini room adjoining her own . During the night this rcoss was entered , and two pistol shots were find ati & a valet de chambre , who , it is said , died in the ctani of the next day , without being able to state the < M cumjjt & Dces of the attach .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02121848/page/7/