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      down * uch s ^ ntetcES in short hand as appeared to him the most prominent , and his testimony would be corroborated by another , who attended for a similar purpose . He apprehended there would be no diffi cultv in proving the offence . He believed one of tbe highest privileges of the coi ? titution was that which allowed open aud public speaking—calm , fair , l 8 - / . 1-mate discussion—and he , like every Englishman , duf c ot wish to take away one iota of that important privilfg & . No class of persons could look upna tbe event * that had occurred in the metropolis in any other light than that of severe condemnation , lie felt no doubt the jury in this cue would do their Mr Richard Ktomh , examined by Mr Welsbt — I * Crown Solicitor of Ireland . Produced the record of conviction of John Mitchel , for felony . ( The examicidcopy was put in )

      Fredsbick Tow . v Fowt . ee was then examined by Mr Bodkin . lie said , I have been in the habit for some years of attending to report public meetings . I renumber attending a meeting which was held on Cl > rkenHell-Ere en , on the 2 ^ h of May las % 1 took pltce about half-part six o ' clock in the evening . I saw the defendant Fussell there . He was in a van , in which ttere were about twenty persons . Al together there were about 3 000 persons present . The first perron who spoke at the meeting was a person named Williams . I to ^ k a note of part of what he said , but not ail of it . I merely took such portions of it as ere necesiary for a newspaper report .

      ( The witness tneu read the part of the speech commenciEg , ' The bloody aristocracy has done its work , ' wb / ch was read in the opening address . He then read extracts from tbn speech of M'Carthy , who was the next speaker . ) Fussell , the present defendant , then addressed the meeting . He said , the government bad succeeded in convicting honest John Mitchel . and then went on to say , ' how have thev accomplished " . it ? Why , by packed juries and partisan judges . I tell Lord John Russell I have no sympathy with his damnable government . If the Queen does not recognise the people , the people mo $ t forget to recognise the Q , aeen . It " JohH Mitchel is sent oat of this country , every Irishman must rise aud revenge the imult , or

      they will no longer be worthy of the name they bear . The government is not worth the support of any honest man . It is too contemptible to ba recognised , aud you must use your besteEdeavonrs to overturn it . And now I wish to impress upon you one safe way of ge'tin ? rid of onr bad rulers , who forget their duty to their country . I openly avow that I recommend private a ssassination . What made the Emperor of Austria fir ? Why , tha fear of assassination ; and it i > by taat ' meani that we matt get rid of our bad rulers . I wou ' g disown any one of my own sons who would not assassinate any one who wis instrumental in-banishing me from my country . ' Williams then asked the people to fall into marching order , which

      fciey readily did . The procession then went along Ayiesbary-Btreet , St Joun ' s-etreet , Old-street-road , to Finsbury-sqaare , where it remained for about a quarter of ' an hour or more . The people then proceeded through Long-lane to Smithfield , and from thence down Snow-hill and along Holborn , to the Land and Labour Bank of O'Connor , where they gave three cheers . They then went to Lelcesterrquare , snd from thence to the Chartist Assembly Room near Sohc-qnare , where I left them . There were about 3 , 000 people altogether when the prowssion started . The procession appeared to create s great deal of fear and terror , in the minds of the peo pie along the line r , f march ; many shut up their shops and closed their doors .

      Cross examined by Mr Sergeant Aixex—I was on the waggon . There were three speakers , and the whole speaking did net occupy rnore _ than twenty minutes at the outside . My note is in abbreviated long hand , and is my usual mode cf taking down speeche s to be inserted in the newspapers . ( The witnets here handed in his notes to the learned counsel , and pointed out to him the latter passage ef Fussell's speech . ) Thirty or forty of the best reporters on the L'cdon press take notes in that way . I have been employed on all the London papers . I have been employed on the Timii . I attend meetings on my own account , and send ia my repcrts to the different newspapers , and if they use them they pay me for them . I have communicated with the editor of the Times personally with respect to taking reports of

      meetings . I do not know that I have ever spoken to the editor hisuef , bat I have seen him d ' . zens of times . I hare been a reporter six or seven years , and lome portion of the time was editor and reporter of the R » n . wAT Telegbafs , 1 have never atteo ^ ed a police oSce as a reporter , but about thirteen years ago I attended & poiica < aart as a defendant , for hvfiug ton away from my master , to whom I was an appren tice . I nave also been charged with felony at a police court , in consequence of an action I had aeainst the Mohkisg Chromcle . I was charged Tjfth ¦ ptittmg tbe ash of & lighted clear into the letterboi of list nEKipapCT , ami tke case came Mora Mr Hall , at Bow-stteet , who dismissed me , because there Ker © no grounds for _ the charge . I commenced an » rfnr ;'' -. ; r » rths Tvioi-. ' : " ..--.:- ' :- % hov i ~ L ~ > r .= 8 . iv .

      av . hi ' -icg suincjou : evidence to substar . iiate tii » i ' - ' .-. i "• < f ' -y- .-. ' ' ¦•¦ . t >' .---.- ¦ : avf .. eirc iti-iiG ay ro ; : ! ., •; ; azi I isd be ,: o gin ! ' * . - J . KSQ-.. mh i never t v ; , r ; : at * ¦ - [ . ¦ - . " .-n 4 . o tbsV fehr . e fi- . OV-me / hr- ;; . " ! r \ tTV RBSCOIO-d ' 0 !' hi - -ii ? < 5 :.. " ' - . w ! ed - V : i =.-.- £ Ep c ; r , ta-- p ^ p ? r dealers . : . ija nui aware whe . ner 1 owe them anything . I wasediior of the Thsatricai , Chronicle , but not ihe proprietor . I never bought £ iQ or £ i 5 worth of paper from them on the understanding that it was

      for that paper , and then sold it next day for . £ 10 . I & ave been a Oankrupt , but obtained my certificate homed lately , and handed in ray assets to the araouat of £ 300 more than my debts . I report for all the papers , and eend copy on the chance of its being inserted . I am paid by the line . I never was in the « m > loj of the Blickwall Railway . I attended nearly all the Cn & rtist meetings , and reported some of them . I was engaged by the Expbkss to report the . meeting on Kennington Common . I never geod to papers when they have their own reporters present .

      Re-examined . —If I send to a paper what is not tree , ene may send for years without having a Bas i s . Hekst Potiee was next examined by the AsrOBSEt-UESKEAL-Iam a reporter , and report for all the daily papers . I report in short-hand . I attended the meeting on the 29 ; h of May . I arrived there a few minutes before seven o ' clock . 1 waa on fee van . ALthe commencement of the proceedings Iahould say there were about 2 . 000 or 3 , 000 persons present . _ I took a note of part ef wkat wag gaidat 4 Se ; meeting . ( The witness here read the notes he K , » f ^ » ' * P eEc ! l ; a > s ° the notes of M'Carthy ' s and Fussell ' s , which were quoted by ih Attorney-General in bis opening . ) The people then fall into marching order at the request of Williams . The witness then described the progress of the proeeaaion to Dean-street , Soho , as detailed by the last witness .

      Cross-examined by Mr Sergeant Alles-I was not engaged by any paper to attend the meeting . I aare lived in the same house with tha last witness Ence the b . gmning of the year . I did not see any « uer reporters at the meeting . I was induced to go toere on the chance of getting my account inserted ^ * ; / P ? sera - - Tfae 8 P eak'ng altogether occupied about forty minutes . Fowler and I acted as partners . If I heat lalse reports to any ot the newspapers 1 nave no doubt that my reports would not be inserted again . I retired with Fowler after leaving the meeting . We did not compare Botes , but he wrote one portion of them , and I another portion , leant exactly say now which part I wrote ^ , ™ ' \ f great noise at the meeting . The whole that I wrote was put into the Mob ? . tta Gjummcub . I swear I never compared notei

      Horace Haevet , policeman , was next called and Hummed by Mr Clarke-Attendfld the meetisecn CieraeaweU-green on the 29 th of May . A man umed WiUiama first spoke at the meeting . I have the nofcs with me that I took of his speech . I left toe meeting for * short time , and when I returned Fusel ! was > F » kin * . The people , were theQ chnr . ^ very auch . Whenl iusseil had done speaking Williams said . ; Aow friends , fall in , four abreast / I saw Williams in front ef the procession as >' t went through Compton-street . He said , addre tsinR the V * ° P h f , . tlt «^ y w ere friends to the cause they would fill into the procession . The witness then detoiled the progress of the procession to Dean-street and akothe route : it took in returning back to Smith-Said . On returning , opposite the Dk ? 4 tcH offica , - „

      JTieeMtreet , some ol the leaders cried out , ' Let us smash it m ; bat they did not carry out the threat , Wnen they got to the corner of Bridge-street , Black-JufM' some fitt ed that they SQ 0 Bld attacfe the W office . Ihey then went through Farringdoastreet to fcrnithfela , aad from thence -to Redoros « - ftreet , where ftiUiams addressed the people from a eoff .. e shop window , lie Said they had had a meeting in spite ot « finality Jack , ' ( meaning Lord J . Russell ) « ad that they would continue meeting until their Insh Brethren had oetaiHed their liberty , whatever Bight be eaid by Lsrd John and the other members ef the Government . M'Carthy also spoke from the window , and told the people they would do if tomorrow , and a * ised them to corns armed with bum ^ „ h £ JZ *? ° / ^ cr 0 ff ( i «« i «» . ' Lead 1 u s « , and we will do it to night . ' The City police then interfered , and dispersed the people- .

      The witness waa cross-examined bv Mr Allen yiUwut , however , eliciting any material fact that Sad H 8 t been already given in evidence . JiKK Coixrsg , of the City police , examined by Mr ¥ chbj-0 n the 29 th of May Isrt , my division was JKeredto io ( o Redercss-street . There were bewett 3 . 000 ani , i , m people assembled opposite wtwnghf s coffee shop , frera a window of which . §»* « wwM addreggmg then . We had orders to Wiethemob , which we did , without using our ftaaeheosB , bat suny of them assembled again in gden-lfine . I then had t brickbat thrown in my £ et » Ttere were fear potfoesea wouad « d b * jid

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      roygtlf , Severtl Metropolitan policemen CMne to their assistance . Hot water was throws Rt some o the police from the windows of the houses , and also frsm gome of the courts in the lane . James Terrt , a glass maker in St . John-street , was then examined by the Attorney-General . My shop is situated close to the Green , and 1 could see persons going to the meeting on the 29 th May . I was not alarmed myself , but my family were , aud many o my neighbours , I shut up my shop . I saw the procession turn out of Aylesbury-street . I think there were about GOO persons pre ent . That is all Ieaw . I cannot set whether there were more . Joshua . Fiewsm , a hatter , residing in Aylesburystreet , Clerkenwell , said on the day in question he and his family were much alarmed at the number of people passing . They saw the horse troop pass , and of course they were alarraed . —( Laughter . ) He consequently followed the example of his neighbours , and shut up his shop .

      Cross-examined by Sergeant Allen : The people forming the procession were of tbe worst class , and in consequence of their proceedings , serious injury was done to his business . Bv Chief Justice Wilde : I do not know the names of the speakers ; but they were of the werst possible c'a ? s . ( Laughter . ) This concluded the case for the proseculmn , and the jury retired for a few minutes for refreshments . On the return cf the jury . Mr Sergeant Alles took some objectless to the

      indictment , which he submitted was not in conformity with the evidence as ta the words spoken , in two or three instances . In one of the speeches , where it was said tbat Irishmen would not deserve the name , if tbey did not rise to a man to revenge the insult put upon them by the transportation of John Mitchol , the evidence was that the word * you' was used instead of they , ' which he submitted rendered the paragraph totally unintelligible . In the other ir stance , in the passage relating to the Queen , the word ' neglect ' was on the indictment , whereas , according to the evidence , the word actually used was * forget . '

      The Chief JdoTice , after conferring with his learned colleagues and referring to the indictment , ruled that these portions of it should not be relied upon , but that the rase should goto the jury upon that pert of the charge in which the defendant was alleged to have recommended private [ a = Ba ? BiRation . Sergeant Allen then addressed the jury . He said that he really felt a difficulty in knowing how to shape his defence on account of there being charges against the defendant which he considerad were entirely dissimilar , and which would require a separate line of defence . Chief Justice Wildk here interposed , and said he was of opinion tbat the learned sergeant need not direct bis attention to the count charging a riot .

      Sergeant Allen proceeded . He was obliged to his lordship for this intimation , as it relieved him frera a portion of the difficulty under which he laboured . He had no rt ^ addrejs himself to the charge of being present at an unlawful assembly , and if the charge of riot fell to the ground , he apprehended that this must alao . There waa no proof of any unlawful object in calling the meeting together , and it really seemed as it it had no other object than the one stated in the course of tbe evidence , that they were determined to have the meeting on that occasion , because Finality John had prevented them from meeting on tho 10 th of April , and be submitted that there was nothing to show that this was ia the first instance an unlawful assembly . Then , as to the charge of sedition . The Attorney-General had done

      him no more than justice , when he said he was sure he would not attempt to justify , the speech alleged to have been made on the occasion in question , in which the defendant was represented to have recommended private assassination . He felt equally the odious character of such a recommendation with any gentleman present , and his defence was that no such statement wag made by the defendant ; and be s & ould show , by satisfactory evidence , that the reference to assassination was never intended in the sen « e in which it was bow represented . These were , no doubt , most exciting times , and it was very natural for men in their position to look very unfavourably

      upon any attempt to create disturbance and alarm , and to excite the multitude , thereby endangering tbe liberty and security which they enjeyed ; but he entreated them net to allow their feelings to influence their minds in the present case , and that they would , so far as was possible , endeavour to ascertain what wsg the real effect of the speeches that were made on this occasion , and to consider what wonld have beea the conclusion they would have come to respecting them , if tbey had been delivered at a time when there was an utter absence of tbe present political excitement- The learned sergeant then proceeded to comment upon the speeches tbat bad been given in evidence ; and he argued tbat ia Bpeakisg

      oftheeonrmntnti with contempt , the ipeafcer had not exceeded the bounds of tair discussion , and he said that if a government was not liked by any portions of the , - •¦ ¦ , ;);' . e . ! ¦ = > b ^ d s . v . u ' n ' ¦;¦ = a . : . •><¦ . ; and , if tiiyy plsased . sav , as iu this instance , ' . has t ' nev ' noked .... - ¦ - - - - -- ; -. - .: v -- oBatv- O ; . a ,:..: ; ,,,-f 11 OliiV . i ! f . l-. - -3 tl ' .. ;> .:: > . ^ TsC-. i . ' j i ,:: ) .,. i ¦ . ? . '?* i-I £ i . - . l ; T . iv-. ' f-oiiic-rit" , ; --ui - ; ho ml ;; ljt be rcmoTtd . '' . rv day ' , ¦¦; < c '^ v-ho ! W : -: f 0 vvv . M . 1 'izh th'nuM . ' . v ¦ . OftatSK-. j .::- ! ftL'd 1 . 6 dl ' v £ 0 t k / lOvr fll ' .. ( I ' . / r , jfli . v .-.. bers of the J-ju * e ef Cc-mois L „ a aoc = aid iiiesame thing . The learned sergeant proceeded at somelength to comment upon this part of the evidence , and then went on to refer to that part of the case in which the defendant was represented to have said , tbat u the Queen forgot her duty to tbe people they had a right to forget her , and he asked whether it was b new doctrine iu this country that the people had to

      a right expel the sovereign , if the sovereign did wrong ? Why , the very liberty which they now enjoyed and . the present constitution of the country was oning to the glorioaa revolution of 1688 . The very laws under which they lived , the liberty of which they baasted , were obtained by banishing from the country a sovereign who went beyond the jaw . Could it , therefore , ba denied that such a subject was not a matter for discussioa ? He felt satisrad it could not . He believed that but for the state of political excitement that prevailed , no notice would have been taken of the matter , or that if a member of parliament had made snoh statements to his constituents at a public meeting , they would have been passed over without any notice . The ATTORNET-GBBEEUL here rose and laid that if such a speech had been made by any person , no matter what his station was , he should have felt it his duty to prosecute him .

      Ser g eant Allen p ro c cede d . -Noi withstanding ( hi ., he behevei that he was perfectly justified in theobservation he had made , and that this portion of the speech did not amount to the offence of sedition : and he again asserted , that if the people imagined that the sovereign abused the Jaw , they had a right to meet to discuss , the propriety of expelling a sovereign who so acted , and he declared his opinion that but for theexcitementthat prevailed at the time , the present prosecution would never have been SSLmL *? J ? expressing contempt for the government itself , surely there was nothing m that , for it was dene every day , snd in all manaer of places . It might , for all he knew , be a very excellent government-he wonld not give an opinion upon that subject-but it certainly appeared to him to present very much the appearance of a lame man upon crutches , ani * ho ^ a obliged to bear continually upon one side or the other . to

      ana rely upon the two extremes entirely for sup . port , and under these . circumstances , he considered that people might very well consider themselves justified in meeting to discusg the propriety of attempting to get rid of such a government . He then proceeded to comment upon that portion of ihe charge which fee admitted was of the moat serious character , namel y , the recommendation to commit private apanination , and he said that he was instructed by the defendant to deny most positively that he ever made use of such an observation , and that he should be able lo show by evidence that it was never uttered . He urged the improbability that a man , who he should , show enjoved a respectable position in should

      society , have made such an odious statement , and he said that the witnesses for the prosecution must have misunderstood him , and that at all events , if the alleged speech was not altogether aiabncation , that the witnesses must have misunderstood what the defend ant reall y Baid . The learned Sergeant then remarked upon the expression " base . brutal , and b Whigs , " being brought forward in the evidence , to prejudice the case , when every one knew that it was only a quotation ; that it had been used by an eminent individual , a member of the House ot Commons , in speaking of the Whig Government , who was not only not prosecuted for usine the expression , bnt actually had an offer from that very government , of one of the highest offices in the

      ante . ini conclusion he called upon tfae jury to acquit the defendant , and by that verdict show their determination not to uphold one law to the rich and another to the poor . ' Witnesses , were then called for the defence . Stephen Blaomtone , examined by Mr Huddlk sioke . —Hesaid he was a carpenter , and that he was at tbe meeting , and was near enough to hear the addresses delivered . He heard the whole of the address of Mr Fussell , Iu speaking of private assassins , tion , he said the Emperor of Austria had been compelted _ to fly from , fear of it . He did not use the words m the sense imputed to him . He said he had five sods , ana if they did not avenge his ( FusaellM wrongs , he weuld dUe ' wn them . He ma'da use of the words , * private assassination ' once , and only then in the sense he had stated : The report of his speech in the next day ' a psper waa j ncorre 0 {; . i ( ' ia , accuracy was impressed upon him the moment he saw it .

      . Cross-examination by the ATroasBr-GaNBRAi , He belonged to the South London Hall district of Chartists . He was enrolled a member of that society Inndon was divided into districts . - Ndticsa of aeeti mg are distributed by the secretary . Handbills are often distributed for the purpose of informing the BembeM where and when the meetings are held . He

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      went to th © meeting in question in consequence of ueeing a placard iu the streets , ' Meet at all hazards . ' He believed some of the districts had captains . Was in the van at the meeting close to Fussell . There might have been 4 , 000 at the meeting . There was applause , hut Rot much noise . Mr Fussell , in speak ing of private assassination , alluded to a paragraph in the ne wspapers with respect to the Emperor of Austria . Iu speaking of the government , he said he and others wiehed to see the . system ef things ohanged , asthe taxes pressed heavily and oppressively upon them . He said a great deal more , bnt ho could

      not recollect all . Did not recollect even the substance of what Fussell said with respect to the Q , ueen . He thought be spoke in favour of the Queen . ( Laughter ) He said John Mitchel was a persecuted man . Did not hear anything said about the duty of Irishmen to rise and avenge their injuries . Was struck with the words , * private assassination , ' because he thought at the time if those were his sentiments that he could not countenance him as a fellow-Chartist . Should say there were not more than 40 , 000 in the crowd ; they took three-quarters of an hour to pass . Did not see either Vernon Ot Williams .

      Michael Weedon said he lived in Hatton-garden , and that he heard Fussell speak at a distance of six or seven yanls . He could not say whether he said the word'avenee' or ' revenge , ' when he spoke of his five sons . He agreed with the last witness in all respects as to what he said iu reference to private assassination . He spoke of the Emperor of Austria , and said he had been driven from his dominions in consequence of the fear of private assassination , and that however strong a government might be , it might easily be rendered weak if it did not exist in the affections of the people . _ .

      Edward Stokes , a jeweller , residing in Spenserstreet , Clerkenwell , said the defendant Fussell had been in hia employ six or seven year ? , and had always borne an excellent character . He always considered him a sober , peaceable , and inoffensive man . Cross-examined by the Atiornet-General . —Had heard that the defendant was tried at Warwick assizes in 1839 , for being engaged in some Chartist dis ' -urbanees . John Bbittaik said he had known him four years , and always considered him a peaceable man . This being the case for the defence , The Attohnby-General then replied .

      The Chief Justice summed up , and explained at considerable length the state of the law with regard to illegal assemblies and eedition . He said it was certainly a most important privilege possessed by the people of this country to meet and discuss political grievances , but at the same time it was equally important , for the protection of them all , that the right should notbeabuEed , and tbat public meetings should not be made use of by designing persons to influence the minds of the lower orders of people , who perhaps might be at the moment , from particular causes in a state of distress , and peculiarly liable to be acted upon by exciting addresses , and thereby induced to unusual acts of violence , and endanger the public peace . This was the question at issue on the

      present occasion , and the jury were the proper arbiter ? of it . After some further observations upon the same subject , the learned judge said , tbat the doctrine Advanced by the learned sergeant in his speech for the defendant , that if the crown did not perform the duty which the people thought they were entitled to receive at the hands of the crown , they had a right to meet to discuss the propriety of expelling the sovereign , was an entirely new doctrine to him . The learned Sergeant had founded hia assertion on the circumstances of the revolution of 1688 , but he fergot that the great lawyers aud the great statesmen of that day decided the doctrine of the existence of any person

      to remove the Sovereign , and the constitution nanc ° tioced the principle that the Crown could do no wrong . The Crown odIp acted by its advisers , and if wrong was done the instruments were alone answerable , and not the Crown itself . Where would it end if the people had the power of discussing whether the Crown had done wrong ? Who was to decide the question ? Was it to be discussed by such persons as appeared to have assembled on the present occasion , snd under such circumstances ? Could such a subject be safely left in their hands ? It was impossible they could do so , and if such proceedings were permitted , they could only produce anarchy , confusion , and tyranny .

      The Jury retired , and after deliberating about a quarter of an hour , they found the defendant Guilty upon those counts of tbe indictment charging bim with sedition , and attending an unlawful assembly , and acquitted him of the count charging a riot . The defendant was immediately ordered into the custody of the Governor of Newgate . Judgment was postponed . ( Continued to the Eighth page . )

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      ' ENGLAND'S COMING REVOLUTION , ' The above is the title ot a pamphlet bearing the liEpTeEi ! of h . vrlnj brvn vrriltau ly a mw ' cle-alatfl man . A 3 it has neisher author ' s nor pnbiisber ' is ri « vfcf .. ' * s' -. o <' . j . > ! iiiad !" ii ;/«^ i . rsvitrf . ' f . ' iJVi . S .. TO - ? .: ; AE' . 'lOOSiflT . L :-r d-jc . 1 r : ' j ; - , cr ; .. 7 loy ! . !;< JioMaing uiulkm > :, An P'l ' rltEtinr heart , that beeuiina tho pEopIo Lice mi ' . ' . lie ! i . r . u-, -j . v . ' \ pik " . i up b , ;¦ ¦ : ¦ !< h-Ipj , < l j ' , !;! l wiHlo ; rl ? uuiii titi . " auiahtt ! aside aud branded hiiadi . to tlio gull-Ing yoke of class legislation , of political non-entity , ol unmitigated toll , « f Insufficient feed , of aged pauperism , of workhouse insults , and begrudged crave !

      FOrotAS LEASEES . The glorioss field of patriotism and eternal famu opined ir . France will make many ambitious men bid for Wader ship in England ; but tho people must be waryif of the middle class , let a long career of Independence ba the test ; if men of the press , see that their writings have been on the people ' s and virtue's side : these are the most dsogerotu aepirents—josoj reckless of political honour or honesty , who paader to morbid tastes , and ¦ end ibrth their moral poison from streets watched by Vice Society men—yet mtbal possessing talent , they are the most subtle and the most to be avoided . The work lag class are these chiefly to ba relied open . They knot * the waate , the wishes , the sufferings of the millions ; and we can prove the most brilliant talent of the country has sprang from their ranks , THE " tbucoleht 'TIKES . '

      The baseness , falsehood , and truculency of the leading paper ia England , iu hoodwinking tho aristocracy and foreign powers as to the real feeling , determination , and power of the English people Iscrimiusl . It can no more stay the ascendancy of the people than St can hide the rising son . Hence , all aught to prepare for the new era , and not have it arrive so suddenly as to wrack them In an unexpected confusion . » * * Thlspaper also preaches of the happiness ef the people of this country , and joy which they ought to feel in having such a blessed and excellent constitution ! This in the fece of dally examples of law and justice beiogantagonlBtlcl In nearly whole counties being individual property ! . In houses or cabins of the people being destroyed , and their persons , in God ' s image , being cast on the highways to perish and to rot ! In the face of nine millions being

      required for poor rates , and dally , hourly exhortations to private charities ! In thousands homeless , outlaying in the public thoroughfares ! In almost daily deaths from starvation ! In the moat industrious people in the world being in rags , in ignorance , in want ! But this papsr Is also notorious for its tergiversation : should it see the face of power becoming , pallid , its monopolising gtatp becoming weak , it t ? ou \ o rush upon the dying monster , and assist in its destruction . It may on tho morrow become as farioue In democracy aa it has been before ; and its advocacy of brickbatlsm ba as loudly proclaimed , and as glowingly advocated . If it continue todlstort facts , to preach what Is false , lo hide popular movements end expressions of the people ' s will , disgrace will recoil with vengeance on Its own head , and misery an its trusting , unthinking disciples .

      THE JDIDEE . It is expected Russell will resign ; that for a tlmo a party designated less liberal will succeed him ; that tho stern position and sufferings of the middle class , aided by some of the working class , wUl hurl it from office , and that Cibden will then be called to power , and reform follow reform . Cobden ' a reforms will abolish primogeniture and entail ; the church will be divorced from tho state ; the civil list reduced ; the army and navy be leesened , and advancements In them be the result of merit , not of wealth and birth ; thus , the rifling , javenlls aristocracy will be thrown upon their parents , not the country , for their support , —This ia the picture of the future drawn by the middle class . But the people look more fer a government possessing the extended views of the French republic ; and should any chance affair occur , either of others or their own creation , it night be airalii TOO LATE , and Cobden , like Barrot , bo shoved aside for sterner , heavier metal . It U this that the aristocracy have most especially to fear ; for occur it probably will ,

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      The Choibra . —Letters from Buohareat , of the 16 th ult ., announce that political affjira are sua pended , on acoount of tho cholera , which has raced here with virulence for the last fire days . Since the 7 th of June , about 160 persons are attacked dailv of whom 8 ty are carried off by death , A general name prevails among the inhabitants , and all who are able to make their escape to the mountains , hasten to foreign ports . All the public tribunals are closed . Eight cases of cholera having occurred among the royal household , some of the female attendants in the royal nursery were seized yesterday . The Prin . cesssetoff this morning for the mountains , acoompanied by her hueband . In Constantinople , also , according te Aar last reports , dated June 14 th . f ho „ hn

      { era had again increased , and carried off 42 nersons in the course of a week . The cholera ia also roEine in Russia . s " ASaMsBBttYoOTH .-MrJohn Moore , of Norton near Stockton , an active , temperate young man , who has not yet completed his first century , but will do so m a few months , digs and cultivates We oto larder ? and says he shall be glad to live so long „ fitt GatJtad Observer . ' " *** y 0 M 2 men -

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      FRATERNAL FESTIVAL . On Tuesday evening last a number of the members of the society of Fraternal Democrats , together with a number of the members of the German Working Men ' s A ssociation , assembled for the purpose of taking farewell of Carl Schapper , who had returned to London , and was about to leave again fer Germany , taking his family with bim . A substantial supper had been provided , to which ample justice was done . Af ter the cloth was removed , Julian Harney was called to the chair . The President ' s seat was surmounted by the bonnet rouge .

      In the course of the evening the following toasts were duly honoured : — ' The Proletarian Martyrs of June , 1848 , and speedy justice on their murderers . ' ' The health and prosperity of Carl Schapper . He carries with him the fraternal affection of the English working men . May he in his native land see the speedy establishment of veritable Democracy . ' ' The English Chartists , and may Ernest Jones and the Other persecuted patriots enjoy a speed y triumph over their persecutors . ' Health and Happiness to

      Mrs Schapper and family . ' The Working Men's Associations of Germany—may they accomplish their object , the Sovereignty of Labour , based upon the ruins of Kingcraft , Lordcraft , Priestcraft , and Shopcraft . ' ' The brave Armar . d Barbes , and all the true democrats of France ; and victory to the Real Republic' 'The healths of Carl Marx and Frederick Engcls , and success to the New Rhenish Gazette . ' ' Prosperity to the great organ of English Democracy , the Northern Star . ' the Chair

      Eloquent speeches were delivered by - man , Carl Schapper , John M'Crae , Samuel Kydd , and Henry Bauer . The songs of the evening included the Marseillaise , the Carmagnole , and Mowif pour la Patrie . On Wednesday morning friend Schapper left London with his family , by the steamer for Cologne , carrying with him the earnest good wishes of bis brother democrats , both English and German . We fear it will be long before we shall have his like again .

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . EauALiTY , Liberty , Fratebnitt . BriETHnEN , —Duty commands us toeddressyou in vindication of our brethren , the proletarians of Paris , the victims of traitors , assassins , and

      calummators- , , < ., _ X . . 11 The Parisian bourgeoisie have had the battle they longed for . They have slaughtered the founders of the Republic . They have mu rdered women and children . They have indulged in the luxury of wholesale assassination . Aud , now , having t-fltablished a reign of blood and terror—having ' made a solitude , and called it peace' - they exultingly shout to their worthy comrogues oi other lands :

      4 Order reigns in Paris !' The Press-gang liars and calumniators have exceeded their usual mendacity , in their attempts to disguise the causes of the insurrection of the 23 rd , 24 th , 25 tb , and 26 th of June . The causes of that heroic outbreak are plain enough to all who have watched the march of events in France since February last . The Provisional Government , immediately on its installation , proclaimed that'The Revolution having been accomplished by the

      People , ought to be accomplished foe the People ; ' which proclamation waa followed by a decree guaranteeing ' existence , through labour , ' to every citizen . But , beyond the establishment of the badly-managed ' National Workshops , ' nothing was done towards carrying out the pledges given to the people . The Ministry of Labour , demanded by Louis Blanc , wa s r e fus e d by the Assembl y , and the refusal accompanied by the grossest insults . Day by day the profitmougering villains of the Press and the Assembly calumniated the men of the Workshops , whom they denounced as thieves and disaffected idlers . Lastly , the intended closing of the Workshops was announced ; the betrayed ouvriers being offered the alternative of entering the army , or submission to absolute starvation . This fiendish treatment of the working men drove

      them to revolt . Louis Blanc prophesied tlie revolution of hunt / er ,- Paris has ttitlleSfled the illiWVeclion Of hunger , and that insurrection has been nearly a revolution . You .: rc told that , with Universal Suffrage , insurrections canuoi bf : justified , Bui . ¦* ¦ ? . assert , < i . . ... m . . ' v ... : " ¦ ..., „» .,. ,. ( , „' .. k / 1 ¦ ' ' Vhi- ' ft revolutions ti . ivc sanct ' V :. ' ne , '<; ,: ov ri ' - ¦*' . « ....: to oppression . Th- mif ^ ry « f llic i ' rolet . v . ri ; 'n : i is tho prooi of ^ Mj . rt ^ -. i ! . The jw > inm « - :.: t h i ; i 'violated ' ( Ik . rigsM of WiS ( . 'nee throuirh labour ' which it iiad guaranteed to the people ; and , therefore , each man of the starving thousands , finding no protection from the social compact , had a rig ht to defend personall y his natural ri g hts against the iniquitous system which doomed him to hunger and wretchedness .

      The rights of every man are sacred ; and if majorities cannot abdicate , or be despoiled of their rights , neither can minorities . ' Inequality and oppression are synonymous , ' and the victims , whether the majority or the minority , the many or the few , have a right to rebel against oppression . The working men of Paris found themselves betrayed , their hopes blasted , the promises held out to them falsified—their leaders thrown into dungeons their petitions mocked at—their associations put down by brute force—their right of public meeting invaded by the atrocious law of the 7 th of Juneand , lastly , in a state of half-starvation , they found themselves threatened with total abandonment to destruction by hunger ; therefore , they revolted ; therefore , they took up arms in

      * The holiest cause tbat tongue or aword Of mortal ever lost or gained '— . —the cause of Labour ' s rights against the plunder , ers of Labour . They went to battle with the cry of

      « LABOUR , OR DEATH !' They fought , failed , and fell-as the assertory of justice have fallen many a time . True men in every land will glorify their heroism , and heap curses upon their conquerors . Thevfikill and bravery of our unfortunate brethren and the unexampled heroism of their wives and sisters , must command the admiration of their order throughout the world . After the battle , and when the bourgeoisie had tbeir heroic enemies at their

      mercy , they took their revenge by shooting some hundreds of them . This massacre of unarmed , fettered prisoners , has been the daily pastime of the bourgeoisie since the suppression of the revolt . The hypocrites who raised the howl of * terror' against Barbes and the Clubs , have themselves established a reign of terror against the liberties and lives of the working men . Freedom is dethroned , and mill , tary despotism reigns supreme . 'The Republic is lost , the brigands triumph !'

      Certain stories are told by the French and English journals of cruelties committed by the ' insurgents . ' It is asserted that five prisoners belonging to the Garde Mobile had their throats cut b y t he defenders of the barricades . It is asserted that other prisoners were found hanging in the Pantheon , and that otherswere mutilated ; very horrible if true \ But having looked on thai picture , now look on this -. According to the conquerors' own account , some hundreds of the 'insurgents' after they had laid down their arms , were fired into by the Garde Mobile and one hundred oi the unfortunate men fell dead . According to the correspondents of the Lendon papers nine hundred prisoners were shot in the course of Monday evening and Tuesday morning , June 26 th and 27 th ! Women were shot and

      beaten to death with the butt- ends of muskets . The atrocities committed by order of the Algerine favourite of the middle-class must also be taken into account . The shelling and blowing up of houses necessarily ensures the destruction not merely of armed combatants but also women and children . Imagine a house mined and suddenly rent to pieces ' with the heads , arms , legs and mangled bodies of its inmates shotting into the air ! Imagine a bombshell falling upon a house and exploding in innu merable fragments , each the executioner of a horrible death ! Why do not the Press-gang launch their thunders against the bombarders of St Atitoine the slayers of women , and the butchers of unarmed nrisoners ? r

      minlYT i at , a num ^ r of thieves and criminals took part , „ the struggle . Very likely such characters are never absent from such conflicts There were many in the revolution of February But criminals are the natural productions of the ore ' sent state of society against the abuses of which the Democrats took up arms . They desired to put an end to crime b y putting an end to , social injustice he great creator of crime . Had the working men been victorious , poor plunderers would have found no more countenance than rich robbers . Both would have been stricken by the sword of justice . We must add that in the recent insurrection there could have been no crimiaalg so base as those who

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      had robbed the people of the fruits of their victory in February , aud thereby rendered the insurrection of June inevitable . „» . v ; nir Another calumny levelled against the working men of Paris is , that they were fighting for the Bourbon Heruy . or JonmiAB , or LooiS NAPOLEON , which of these ' pretenders , ' the calumniators nave not yet decided on . It is said , too , that amongst the prisoners taken were men with their pockets V 1 IW UHJVMV 1 W ww ww— .--- j . arrested

      filled with money , and that » en were m the act of distributing money . It is possible that m the ranks of the insurgents there were agents of the pretenders ahove named who hoped , in the event of the working men achieving the victory , to turn that victory to tbe profit of their employers . But the masses foug ht not for royal pretenders , but for Bread , Labour ' s Rights , and a Veritable Republic . The cries of the « insurgents , and tho inscriptions on their banners , proclaim the object of

      the insurrection : — 'LABOUR OR DEATH !' ? RREAD OR DEATH 1 '

      ' LIVE THE DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL REPUBLIC !' But , it is said that' fire , ' ' pillage , ' aud ' violation , ' were the ends sought by the insurgents , ' and the National Assembly has not scrupled to sanction these horrible calumnies , The answer is easy . The only incendiarism was committed by General Cavaignac and the defenders of property , ' who rained red-hot shot upon the Faubourg St Antoine . Not a house was pillaged nor a woman injured by the'insurgents ; ' but the people have been robbed of their arms , and women have been murdered by the partisans of' order 1 '

      The calumniators of the working men pretend that the' insurgents' proclaimed war against society and civilisation . A lie of course . But if they had proclaimed war against society , what then ? Society wars against them , and why not they war against society ? We frankly avow that we have no respect for society as at present constituted . ' Civilisation ' means ill-requited labour , starvation , gaols , and bastilles for the masses . To the millions civilisation is a huge lie , an organised hypocrisy . Perish such civilisation .

      The French labourers and artisans grow corn which thev must not consume , rear cattle which they must " not eat , weave cloths and silks , and make endless articles of dress and luxury which they raustnot enjoy ; they build palaces and mansions but not for themselves . They live on the coarsest food , wear the meanest clothing , and dwel l in the most miserable habitations . The working men of Paris , having within view Elysian-like

      enjoyments , are surrounded by a hell of woes . They are mocked by the words ' Liberty , EauAlity , Fraternity ; ' but their ' Liberty' is the rule of tbe sword ; their 'Equality / to die of hunger whilst idlers revel in every luxury ; and when unwilling to perish tamely they declare their resolve to' live working , or die fighting , ' they see ' Fraternity' illustrated by red-hot shot , cannonb alls and bomb shells ! Better be

      Where the extinguished Spartans still are free , In their proud charoel of Thermopylse , ' than live the wretched slaves and victims ot a state of society which , whether it takes the names of Monarchy or Republic , ever despoils and slays the children of industry . The flag of the Red Republic is the flag of the Proletarians throughout Europe . The time has gone by when the masses might have been conciliated by

      political phrases and nominal political rights . Millions of working men in France , England , and Germany , now understand that tho best of paper constitutions cannot include all the Ri ght s of Man , nor the most important of those rights . The red flag struck down in the Faubourg Saint Antoine , is not conquered . The faith of which that flag is the symbol , is not confined to Paris , but lives and grows in every hive of human industry ; and not one , nor fifty defeats , will prevent the triumph of that faith .

      In sp i t e of t reason , massacre , proscription , and calumny' Labour ' s battle once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding clre to son , Tha' baffled now shall yet he won . '

      G . JULIAN HARNEY , Sec . Approved of , and signed in behalf of the Working Men ' s Associations of Germany , b y—CARL SCHAPPER , and CARL MOLL . London , Jn ! j-, 4 th . TPIP . !««*( , ' ¦;; - ! . v / -: g i ? . ifk : nni-i ... t ,- ~ i '> . iuiL-u . i-s > L h . M bt ' -vn the scent < o . ; cccletuaut . i ' . v ; mt , Tbo ciiv I'loiitymsii repaid by u looa ? ii < i ; k , v ; . ¦<\[ a ,: vl ,,-j : > ' n ' . > . > j \ t . y tax , v ; . ' . ' ! c . ie levied on thf- »» r-i ( iUi ¦ ' > ' tc ;'; : ccrdub limits , tbe lawyers > jpin » exoV ? d . TH . « . burden has & iw" & J & Dfcis :. ' Unpopular , 5 v . ! jjh ? r > . " : Kni -1

      avoiding public display , the ordinary course with re ousants has been to arrest bank deposits ; but two defaulting upholsterers having apparently taken means to avoid this course , their furniture was ad . vertised for sale & few weeks ago , but the crowd collected together waa so numerous and noisy , that no auction could take place . The proceedings were e ? e novo announced to take place to-day , and rumours having gone abroad that tbe police and military were to back tho legal authorities , a large orowa neeembled at Mr Darlington ' s premises , in Frederickstreet , whose effects were first to be sold . Besides tha cramming of the shop , a noisy multitude assembled outside , and the tumult was such that no sale

      could be carried on . The auctioneer was jostled on bis way out , and had hia face cut , but by the aid of the police , he got off in a cab . Hanover-street which is adjacent to Frederick-street , and like it runs off at right angles from Prihcea-atreet was the next rend < avoua of the spectators , who proceeded thither in such numbers that all orderly conducting of Mr Sword ' s sale ( the second defaulter ) was out of the question . Shortly before the advertised hour the sheriff , sheriff substitute , sheriffclerk , procurator-fieoal , superintendents of city and

      county police , attended by a Jarjre police force , made their appearance . The sheriff had tho Riot Act ready to read , but did not appear to read it throughout . After much confusion Mr Sword ' s rooms were cleared of the inmatee , and an area opened in tha street , which waa maintained with some difficulty . A company of soldiers then arrived , and tho area being kept free , the sale went on . The auctioneer and purchasers weua all from Glasgow and , after tbe sale was over , a second company of dr ** oons arrived for the purpose of eseortinp thP

      Kosda in carts , to the station of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway . Great uproar was caused by the appearance of the cavalry , and ono of the carter ' s horses being more than ordinarily restive , a cloth was put over h ! 8 eyes , and the cavalcade was then enabled to proceed under the guardianship of tha fluluwy , and , amidst the yella and hootinee of the multitude , Was dispatched to Glasgow , Suicide of a- Prisoner .-Au inquest was held by n * V- ' nS in th ? board . roomof the House of Detention Clerkenwell , on David Thomas Gibaon alias David Cdlfltt . aged 55 . one of the nortioa ..

      rested last Saturday for the robbery of a bag of silver at the bank of Messrs Cooks and Biddulph , Charing Crosa , who hanged himself in his cell . Edward Ginger , a fashionably dressed young man , and deceased s accomplice , sworn : He knew nothing of the deceased . He never saw him before Saturday—Coroner : You need not eay anything to criminate ffi ; S « « 6 would speak the tJSb ! WMe he and the deceased were ia the cell in Bowstreet , deceased said : ' 1 . am about being ssnt from al that m dear to me . I wonld sooner destroy my . self than bear that privation . If I had anything I would destroy my 88 if . 1 have been once transported , and sooner than endure again the horrors of traual portation I would destroy myself . Take my advice do not do wrong ; for if you do , be asS it 5 i come to this . ' Ue then cempbined of hie loins and exclaimed . : 'I have a child as old as yo ? . don't rSrJT ' In P'ead R ui'tyon Wednesday , Q God ! what pains I endure ! ThlB morning i L \ +. «

      reuow transport in Piccadilly , whom I was about other . ™ I should S fin s > o . Tt "T " ™ ; rather mlu death thm «« S S ™ . ''• ' ™* J forgot it-Coroner : It would

      . ' b watt If thl Z , of transportation wero bTtte known L thi sons would not so easily woo ' e Kw « *? ° » P " Deceased ' s widow a 3 l 5 K / wSo ^ I £ 1 ? S pectably attired , and were % verwhelmedI with « Ef and bare most excellent characters nrUAntal * i . ' selves , in the inquest rooffl , \^ S ? S ^ SS agreed to spare them the pain of an wSISon Inspector Shackel and & r « e « t iffSer of £ he detective orce , proved that tho deesaaeK * alzl wei

      were , Known members of the swell mob .-Ver Trb Shake and tub Eel . —As Mr Matth «« i u „ , i Si ? ? r , % * £ I * « SJSttiSS Gwrfai , near Glanrafon , one day last week hi . wo ' gresa wa 8 . ^ on Beeing a ^ IS ^ aS a br dge which he was attempting to pass £ > Z treatedafewpaces , and snatohiulnp a sione from ?!„? n & ? h ^ l atthe "nw ^ mo YfsltopTtaoolS ; r t into the "ver , but , singular to say , the nptile had no sooner reached t - o mountain stream purling below ; tSlS'tf ™ ° / 1 -V H M , » moasuring between two and three feet m length , received it , and it waa bo more Bow—Carnarvon Herald ,

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      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES . The greatest anxiety pr ^ ls as to the resul t ofth iruis The Infamous conduct of the Whigs iu peraecu . iriais . * ueonle has done more to draw tha S of " at nit toTfirm . y between the Chart ..,. Ifnce ilw commeuctm . nt of the agitation . Tn sTHEOBitn Wolfe To « Olo ..-A er .. M meet . ijof hie club was held an Sunday last in the large «™ « f Vartwrteht ' i Coffee House , Redcro . e-street . Kenis Srn S the chair . Several gentlemen al 10 fddrVuad the meeting , and ^ subscription to the Drfenco Fnnd " « entered into and the meeting hen adjourn . * . Tom Mitchel CtoB -A crowded meeting af Confede-MUs and Chartists «¦ teld 0 U MV « » " 1 « J Gravel-laoe , Southward Mr Curry u the chair , The noting liberally subscribed to the ?*«» M . ''^^^¦^ iV ^ - ^

      Meetings were also heldthe same evening at Oreenwlcta , B-rmondsey . and Kensington , which were well attended . Tub mv . s CLO .. -A crowded meet ng was held on Monday evening last , at tbe Assembly rooms , Dean . street ' Mr En g lish I . the chair . Mr M'Manu , made a bUtement respecting the attorney eng . ged to defend ho patriot LoiMwy . who had taken umbrage becau ¦• tu committee had retained * ft" - * " " ™* £ Mr Looney : he ( the attorney ) sent In his bill and tbo charges were most enormous , amounting In the whole to £ 27 9 , 81 . The various Items were then readout and received with dsrlslvecheers . -MrSturgeonr ead a letter to the meeting from Mr Looney , it breathed throughout „ Uh th . mo » t pure , patriotic democratic * £ ** £ A dlionnloii ensued rritb respect to the exclusion efW Loonev from the General Defence , Fund ^ when M ! .

      LlodsaV tatedthatlt was the express wish « * £ ™ V to be defended by hi . brother Confederates , there being no blame whatever to be attached to the Chartl . t . i .. veral of whom had come forward and subscribed to the Defence Fund of that gentleman .-A Gentleman , whose name we could not catch , said , that tho Chartl . t Defence Committee were rendy to usiitKr Looneyln anyway It may b * required Of ^ them to do . Mr Feargu . 0 'C , nn * r had made inqulrle " ««««« » Looney , aud that gentleman was fully satisfied with the « " ratten made-Mr Vernon , who had entered during the discussion , thou attorns . * the meeting , hut a . he had aaotber meeting to attend , bis stay wm short . Xh » meeting vehemently cheered him on Ml ^ P "'" ' - " * Maher said there was one journal In London , and that wn .

      the Nokthem Stia , which devoted a portion of its co . lumns to their proceedings . He had great plaainn in moving a voto of thanks to that truly democratic journal—* That tbe thanks of thU meeting are due , and hereby gives , to the Nobthem Sta * , for its abteadvocacy of our rights .. '— Mr Gla . gow , in . econdlnB tha above , vote of thanks , said , he bore bis humble testimony to what had fallen from Ms frUnd who had preceded him . It waa tho duty o ? every Irishman who had the least eparkof nationality in his breast , to give all the support he could to thst journal . —The resolution was then pasted amidst loud acclamations . —Mr T . O . Mahouey , in aa eloquent appeal , called on all present to rally for Ireland ' a redemptien . —Mr Barry also addressed thu meeting , urglrg on all present 10 subscribeI to tb 8 Defeno * Fund . —Several subscriptions having been handed

      in , the meeting then separated . Robsht EMMBTT Ctnn ,-Large meetings of this Club were held at the Temperance Hall , Cable-itreet , Wapplng , « n Monday and Tuesday last , at which several eloquent appeals were made , and subscriptions freely en » tered Into for the Defence Fund . The meetings brake up , giving cheers for the Whig law-made victims , for the Charter , and Repeal . The second annual ball of the Davis Confederate C : ud will bo held on Monday , July 10 th , at tho Awembly Rooms . Dsanstreet . Tickets of admission Is each , tho proceeds of the ball to go to the defence of Trancff Looney , and the supportof his family . Meetings for the ensuing week . Sunday evening , « Druids Arms , ' Greenwich . ' Croff ^ GraveUsne , Southwark . ' Fountain and Still , Goldtn-lane . Denny ' s Coffee-house , Great St Andrew , street . Cartwrlght ' s Cffee . house , Redcross-street . Jenning S-fcuilding . Kemingten .

      , Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday evenings , Washington Temperance Hall , Cable-street , VTapplng . Wednesday evening . Assembly Rooms , Dean-street . Livebpooi .. — A meeting of the Confederates of this town was held on Tuesday last , at the School Room , Circus . street . Messrs-Reynolds , Somer » , arid O Donnell , addressed tbe meeting . It was stated that there were thlrty . three clubs In working order , and that before ft month thore would be a hundred ; and that they would number 90 , 000 men . Lirge meetings has been held at Birmingham , Hew . castle . on-Tjne , Bileton , Bingley , Bradford , Ashton , Southampton , Manchester , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Paisley , Aberdeen , & o . Mr VEBK 6 N addressed the Chartists of Westminster , at the rooms of the' Wallace Brigade , ' Strutton-ground , Westminster , on Sunday evening last .

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      WESTMINSTER . —John Harris , an IlMooklng fell » w thirty sears of age , was finally examined , charged with ihe folicI ' . ' ag rtnrlng Wsnvrr . y r « M > e ? r —Mr « ^ i '" i-f- » » , ¦ i ...-., . . .. ¦>;• . wii ' -. yi . L-i , . : ' 1 . ¦ Jv- . tui'Cty ' . 'ieMiuf , iba L -nh of . ! u < s * , lIid wu . > . r . <¦ ug ov .. r th : Qiu > : ' :-etrc , jt putt Vj < -i . h . vi . t ; i . t , Ub » . v .-v ,. - i-a alvmrYit , : ; ¦ ftlt b rj . -a tU j at ;) bo jh . 'j i < ,, j ., > .- ; » .,-. r ' . ejfth . M . .:. . ; or . - . ttrnuvi , nr-. ud si » r ttiv > pritouir et ..= . 9 ii " v ¦• t' . rif ; to U'll ! 't j . vftT fro-. k-: r . $ ht > •¦ - . ugat bola t u . > e > bey wUU bt : y ? i ( hr ti-. nd , in or ^ .-r ? o retain -. o *;> -. ' :-slouofit , but the prisoner pulled It so violent !* tha ., in

      the struggle , she was thrown down on the ground trricc , and the prisoner , having ultimately succeeded in forcing the bag away from her , ran off with it . Tha prosecutrix was so seiiously Injured by the falls , tbat she was confined to her bed for some days , and unable to appear against the prisoner nntil to-day , —Evidence was given to prove that the prisoner was pursued nni captured by Michael WaUace , 25 B , who found the bag , which contained a £ 5 note , £ 5 in gold and silver , a handkerchief , and some other articles , on his person . Tha accused said nothing In defence . Mr Broderip committed aim for trial at tbe Central Criminal Court . .

      MANSION-HOUSE—On Tuesday a master baker was brought before the Lord Major , charged with having at . tempted to commit suicide . —Musard , a Horselydawn waterman , eaid that he and another waterman heard a splash in the river , and soon after observed the defendant floating through the second arch of the bridge . They picked him up , and carried him to the Swaa public-house , and tbey believed the act was the coaaequence of intoxication , The surgeon by whom he had been eiamiaed lu Guj ' s Hospital ssld the man wae drunk at the time . The complainant's wife said there

      never had b : en tho slightest misunderstanding between her husband and herself , and he bad never been before , since ais marriage , at all in liquor ; on the contrary h « was a most sober and hard-working mas . —The Lord Mayor . —You must procure two sureties to answer far your good behaviour for six months . If yep have any regard fer your life , or for your own wife , I would ad . vise you never to drink again . Ball was immediately procured by f . e defendant , who could scarcely bs prevailed up > H to believe , that he had . been upon the brink of eternity ,

      MAETKnosK . —William Davidson was charged with having committed an outrage upon Police . constable Clouting , 166 D . who , in consequence of tbe injury inflicted upon hlra , has ever since the occurrence , which , took place upwards of a week ago . been incapable of dolsg duty . It appeared that on the 27 th ult ., the prisoner was noting in Salisbury . street , Portman-market , and that on his being takm into custody , owing to his nolay behaviour and refusing to go away , he struck the officer a tremendous blow with his fist , and nearly strangled him by thrusting his right hand between his ( tha oQcer'sV stock and bis throat ; ia addition thereto , he kicked him With all his force On the lower part of the stomach The prisoner waa at length secured , principally through the assistance of Mr Aldersoa , landlotd of the Royal Champion ; and , after much resistance , he was con . veyed to the station-house . He was fined In the full penalty of £ 5 ; In default of payment , two months' im . prisonment .

      Coal Pit Explosion At Wsdnksbubt.—Our Co...

      Coal pit Explosion at WsdnksbubT . —Our correspondent at Birmingham writes us tbat another explosion took place on Monday moraine , ia a eoalmiM occupied by Messrs Rusself aud « o \ £ e ^ edneabury . ^ e consequence of which was that six men were very seriously injured it seems that the men had been down the pit about tffo hours whea tho explosion took place Preyiou-JaTffi VW °° mnien ™ e woA , Borne 3 tt 2 took tho safety-lamp and tried the pit with the te ?* , th 6 l T ^ "king that there wJEoS R about two or three inches of fire-damp m the roof of an old working , and that Mt would not hurt ? The men accordingly proceeded to their « mnh « mx . J

      ¦ , About eight o clock a quantity of rock accidentally fell Irom the roof of the pit , carrying with H the Combustible matter , this was ignited by the candle which a man named Meake was using , thereby causing theexplosion . The doggy , ThomesDollmai M wj much injured . John Dollman , T . Bellamy . MPa I t / nn 2 t 0 n' ' Walk ,. S " G ^™> ^ d J . ' Meake , are all very much burnt , acme of them not bemg expected te recover . Tho works are blown to atoms , so that the proprietors must sustain considerame damage . As usual in these cases , whioh are becoming of almost daily occurrence , no cause is assigned for the accident . Dbbadfui , Omnibus Accident . — About half . past nine o clock on Tuesday niorninir . aaoneof Adama '

      Waterloo omnibuses was prooeedinR down Waterlooroad , and opposite st John ' s Church , the driver wa » observed to fall from his seat on the footboard . Th © poor fellow was in a fit , and the reins fell over between the horses' legs when they became restive , and darted off at a fearful rate , Fortunate ! j tho horses were stopped near the Hero of Waterlootavern , and the driver and an outside male passenger , who had unwisely thrown himself from the roof , were removed to Dr Brookes ' shop ; there it was ai . certained that tho driver was injured severely by tho kicking ofthe horses , and the passenger so dreadfully wounded also tbat they were instantly

      conveyed to Uuy ' * Hospital , with little hope of recovery mr either . It appeared that the driver had beeo subject to fits , whioh accounted for his being strapped to the seat , otherwise he must have fallen Miffeen the horsei aad beea in » taatl / killed ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 8, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08071848/page/6/