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    • THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER.
    • Railway .Accident.—A serious accident occurred, on-Suuday evening to the Dover down-mail train i • i. I.......T i... 1...-1.-.. _x i._ir« i o -i--.
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    • Manchester Sthikb.—Meeting at Limehousb.—A i public meeting was held on Wednesday last at the
    • Serious Accideki on tuk Greenwich Railway.— On Monday afternoon an accident of a most disttessinfi nature occurred nn tlm linn of tho frrwiiwinl.
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    • BANKRUPTS. [From the Gatette of Friday, May i J
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      ^_^»«^ -I Gon tinued the Fage . \—~ ~ - ~ had not been appointed Gustos Rotulorum according to the intention of the Legislature . The Earl of St . Gkbhass contended that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was not compelled by the Act to give the appointment of Gustos to the Lord Lieutenant of a county . 1 A desultory discussion followed , and the production of the papers was agreed to . The House then adjourned till Thursday . HOUSE OF COMMOKS , TrjE 8 DAT , MAT 5 th . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour .

      NEW MEMBER . The Eatl of Lincoln took the oaths and _ his seat as Member for the Falkirk burghs . The Noble Log was cheered on his entrance by the ilwisterwi benches . NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr . P . ScBoragare notice , flu * " } the second 2 SsW 8 saj ^ rf * j 3 st Bill - VU . i resolution to the effect , that before tbe means to remedy the causes whence the cnmeinlre-- ^ r ^ HEra f-ave notice , that on Tuesday next he would " ask leave to introduce a Bill relieving the trade of ropeniakers from the operation of the Faciories'Biil . ...... " . ' .. '

      _ _ Mr . T . Dcscombe stated , that three months ago he had moved for certain returns relating to the removal of tbe poor in the townships of Yorkshire . Some of the towns had forwarded the required returns , but in the case of Blackburn , Stockport , and Leeds , there had been some difficulty made as to producing them . He , therefore , moved that an ordei be sent to the town-clerks of those towns commanding their production immediately . — -Agreed to .

      CORN IMPORTATION BILL . The order of the day Laving been read , the louse resolved into committee on this bill . On the question that after the 1 st of February , 1819 , a duty of Is . a quarter shall be payable on the imperii of all wheat , barley , bear or bigg , oats , & c . Lord George Bentinck moved the omisssion of the word " oats / ' with the intention of leaving this grain subject to the present duties . The noble lord said , that in the discussion that bad already taken place , the arguments were almost confined to wheat , which mainl y concerned the people of £ n £ land , rarely touching upon that grain in which the people of Ireland and Scotland were mostly interested . But when it was considered that there were 558 , 0001

      -growers of oats in Ireland , whose farms did not exceed fifteen acres , and that the annual importation into Eng land of oats amounted in value to two and a half millions sterling , and that should the proposed abolition of duty on foreign oats lower the price to the extent of ten per cent ., it would cause a tax upon the profits of industry of these small farms of net less than £ 350 , 000 a year . The noble lord proceeded to say , "Could it be possible that a farmer who holds fifteen acres can have such a capital ? Can he possibly have thrashing and winnowing machines and the other requisite machinery for the management of a { arm ? But we must deal with such a state of things as we find . We did not make the state of things , but we find 553 , 000 occupiers of land in Ireland who

      bold but fifteen acres , and we are to say—that they ought never to nave been farmers , and consequently that they may at once be sacrificed— - ( Cheers)—that 558 , 000 farmers , employing three millions and a-half of human souls , are to be sacrificed because they do not possess the required amount of capital . ( Cheers . ) It might certainly have been better that there should be so small tenements in Ireland ; but , as I have already said , we must deal with things as we find them . I cannot cut up human beings like a log of wood . When we find three millions and a half of human creatures , we musttake care that we adopt no measure by which they will be reduced to beggary and wretchedness . But it seems that the princi-Bles of political economy go so far as to say that these

      three million and a halt of human beings were to be occupied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There was a time when the right hon . gentleman scouted such political economy as this . ( Loud cheers . ) I recollect the time when be approved of the description of the political economist contained in the letter of my noble friend , ( Lord J . Russell ) , to the electors of Huntingdon . My noble friend , in that celebrated letter , ^ described them as a body , whose doctrine it was to buy in the cheapest market , to substitute the com of Russia and Poland for our own—as a body of men who cared nothing- for the difference between an agricultural and a commercial population , and wbo disregarded the moral and social happiness of the neonle—as a body of men who counted for nothing a

      hardy race of farmers and labourers—as a ^ body of men , with whom wealth was the only object of speculation , and who cared nothing for the claims and pretensions ^ of the unprotected poor . ( Loud cheers . ) Such was the description te which the right hon . gentleman gave his hearty concurrence . I recollect that the rigkt'Jion . gentleman was interrupted by the hon . member for Montrose , and what was his language then ; ( Loud cheering . ) "You sat for the likeness , " ( exclaimed the right hon . baronet on that occasion , apostrop hising the member for Middlesex ) " you present the faithful resemblance of a harsh , coldblooded , political economist !"—( Loud cries of * ' Hear , " and laughter . )—" of one whose only object

      and exclusive aim is the developement of his . own peculiar system —( hear)—of one who , wedded to his own theory , would rejoice , if through its practical carrying out , the produce of the fertile foreign soils , and still more wretched peasantry , should displace in our own markets , the products of onr agriculture . " ( Hear , bear . ) Sir , if the member for Middlesex , then " presented the faithful remembrance , " then •' sat for the portrait" of " a harsh , cold-blooded , political economist "—( laughter , and "hear , hear" ) —I want to know whether we might not now find a no less striking" resemblance , " an equally faithful "portrait" of the same character , in' the person of an eminent teacher of Political Economy , at this

      moment seated on the Treasury Bench . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) His lordship then proceeded to argue that the measure would materially injure Ireland , and concluded by lecturing Sir R . Peel for Iris inconsistency . It might be very well for women and children to change their opinions , but it waa disgraceful in a statesman , who for thirty years bad taken part in the councils and government of the country . Sir W . H . Bassos spoke against the motion . The CHANCELLOBoftheExcHzquEB said the effect of Lord G . Bentiack's motion would be , that after the 1 st of Febraary , 1849 , oats would be admitted without any duty at all .

      The Atiobxbt General likewise stated that such would be the construction put on the clause should the word " oats" be omitted . Lord G . Bekxisck withdrew his amendment , aud on the question that the clause should stand , moved the omission of the entire clause . After a short discussion the gallery was cleared for a division , but none took place , and the clause was agreed to . The other clauses were likewise agreed to , andi the report waa ordered to be brought up on Friday . -.. ; .. ; -. The Customs'Duties'Bill also passed through committee—Lord G . Bbhxihck having declined to take a discussion in that stage . The report was ordered to be received on Friday . The Polling Places' ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed , and . the house adjourned at nine o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wedhisdat , Mat 6 . ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL *

      Petitions in favour of the Bill for removing the disabilities of Roman Catholics . were presenje tl * y Mr . P . Howard , Sir C . Napier , Lord J . Mtwnprs , and Sir William Somerville ; and against thwSrr by Mr . Colquhoun . ¦/¦; . -- ¦ On the order of the day being read for tbe house to go into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bilk Mr . C 014 UHOUX rawed , is an amendment , that the house should go into committee on the bill that day six months . The hon . member said themeasure

      contemplated not merely the repeal of the Act of Supremacy , and the statute prohibiting the introduction of papal bulla and writings , but also the repeal of those clauses in the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1827 , which had been introduced as necessary securities by bir R . Peel himself . To both these distinct portions of the Bill , Mr . Colquhoun said he was deter . mjnedJy opposed ; and he appealed to the head of the government to assist in preventing such a bill from proceeding further . He objected to it especially on the ground that ic would encourage the Jesuits in this country .

      Sir J . Graham wasanxious that the hon . member who had charge of this bill would postpone it till the bill which was now before the other house of parliament was before them , _ Upon that bill several suggestions had been madein the other house , and those suggestions were now under the consideration of the servautsof the Crown . On these accounts be trusted the hon . member would postpone the consideration of Jus bill till a future period . Mr , Waisox could not accede to the suggestion of Sir J . Graham , inasmuch as the bill introduced into the House of Lords was essentially different irom that then before the House of Commons .

      The Earl of Aeundbl and Surrey defended the Jesuits from the remarks of Mr . Colquhoun . Sir R . Peel regretted that Mr .- Watson had not thought St to accede to the reasonable and just appeal of Sir J . Graham , and was compelled to vote against the further progress of the present measure , in order to record his dissent from Mr . Watson ' s course of proceeding . Lord J . IlESSEii observed that the present measure consisted of two parts , one having reference to obsolete penalties against Roman Cathulira , and the other to living penalties enacted in 1829 . Mr . Watson proposed to repeal bath ; but the bill of the House of Lords only repealed the former . Now , if gs-

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      xv j — .. j . „ n ita mind ^ not to -repeal'the yerament had-maoe up ^ ts ^ hat Jhe , ££ cf * ¦ ' ¦* « f ^ uf ^ vtrU ^ ni Jawof ^ the / land , 1829 1 ought to beMg ' V ^ fe . Wats 6 u in calling it justified the course or . on that £ upon the house at once . «« : » ^ i * ! ' rRiUAM then recommended Mr . Watson to diride ' this bill into two partsand Wise the discus-S . V . or , the latter part only , which wont to repeal deemed to be wise and salutary . . Mr . Watson had no objection to take the course suggested . . 1 The Sfxaker informed the house , that if tho bil were to be divided into two parts , an instruction most be moved to that effect ; and before that could be done Mr . Colquhoun must withdraw his amendment . Mr . Colquhoux declined to adopt that course .

      Mr . O'CoxxMi eulogised the Jesuits . He said , Mr . Colquhoun had suggested that we should imitate the example of France in reli g ious matters . ( Mr . Colquhoun . — "No , I did not . " ) He quoted the French , and a French statesman , as an authority , aud would have us follow his example . There was some novelty in recommendingthe example of France on matters of reli gion . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member had cited M . Thiers as an example , and had called him a great statesman . . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) could not quite agree in that description of M . Thiers . Had he not endeavoured to stimulate the anti-Anglican feeling in " France , in order to raise himself to power ? Could he bea good man or a great statesman who condescended to minister to the bad prejudices of his fellow-countrymen ? ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Finch placed in opposition to the eulogy of Mr . O'Connell the severe condemnation passed on the Jesuits by . Clement XIV . in his bull for the repression of that order . Lord R . Gbosvenor did not rise to . make any observations either in attack upon or defence of the order of Jesuits ; but to notice seme expressions that had fallen from Mr . O'Connell . That , hon .: and learned gentleman had denied to ; M . Thiers , the character of a statesman , and even of a goed man , because he had availed himself of the anti-Anglican prejudices of Ins countrymen to excite feelings of

      hostility between this country and his own . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Lord R . Groavenor ) trusted ho might , without offence , tell that he hoped he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not forget the accusation he bad so justly made against M . Thiers ( bear , hear ); but that the words he had used would at all times and under all circumstances be indelibly engraven on the . memory of the hon . and learned gentleman himself . ( Cheers . ) After farther discussion on the comparative merits and demerits of the Jesuits , and another discussion on the mode of effecting a division in the bill , the house divided on Mr . Colqnhonn ' s amendment which was negatived by a majority of 110 over 67

      voices . The house then went into committee , and on the motion of Mr . Watson all the clauses , except those which repealed certain provisions of the Emancipation act of 1829 , were struck out of the bill . Mr . Watson then moved that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again , in order to have the bill reprinted , and the registration clauses added . This motion was eventually carried , but not until a smart skirmish had taken place between Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Law , and Mr . Newdegato , who exchanged seme sharp recrimination , with one another . The Corresponding Societies' Bill was read a second time . Theadministration of Criminal Justice Bill passed through committee . The Elective Returns' Bill was also committed , and the house adjourned at five o ' clock . •'

      — . HOUSE OF LORDS—Thuhsda y , Mat 7 On the motion of Lord Ltttelton , the Western Australian Bill was read a second time . . On the motion of Lord Monieagw ; the Railway Deposits Bill was read a third timeand passed . The Deodand ' s Abolition Bill , and the Death by Accidents Compensation Bill were read a third time and passed . Their Lordships then adjourned . ; HOUSE OF COMMONS-Thubsdat , Mai . 7-Mr . Watson moved for a select committee to inquire into the nature-and extent of the taxation of suitors by the collection of fees in the Courts of Law and Equity , and the application ^ of such feeB- & d . After a lengthy discussion the motion was negatived . The other notices on the paper were postponed , aud after some unimportant Bills were advanced a stage , the House adjourned before eleven o ' clock . -

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      The Charter And No Surrender.

      THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER .

      Signal Defeat Of O'Brien, Bairstow And T...

      SIGNAL DEFEAT OF O'BRIEN , BAIRSTOW AND THE OTHER " TORY TOOLS" AT MAN CHESTER AND SHEFFIELD .

      MANCHKSTKB . For some time past , something more than a suspicion has existed , that Mr . O'Brien was in the pay of the protectionists , and was endeavouring to effect a diversion in their favour . Besides the general spirit of the National Reformer , and the elaborate republication of Lord George Bentinck's speeches in its columns , the editor , Mr . O'Brien , has been labouring to induce the Working Classes to oppose Sir Robert Peel ' s Tariff and Corn Law Repeal Bills . For this purpose , he has announced his willingness to attend public meetings , hire buildings , placard and advertise , < fccv , at his own expense (?) and having ridiculously failed at Barhsley , the tables being completely turned upon him , andnothing , as thelawyers say , taken by his motion , but the pleasure of paying the expenses ( a collection being refused ) , he reserved

      his strength for a grand coup de main at Manchester . Accordingly , he has for some time fixed his headquarters in the metropolis of manufactures , where he has been feeling the pulses of the Chartists , in order to induce some of their old leaders to join his movement . In this object , with one exception , he failed . It was first resolved to hold a meeting in Stevenson ' s Square on Saturday last—but a placard issued by the Chartist Council , to the effect that the Chartists of Manchester-would hare no connexion with Mr . O'Brien and the Protectionists , and would agitate for no object but the obtaining of the Charter , whole and entire , created-terror in thecamp of the Conspirators , who abandoning the project of an open-air meeting , called a meeting for Sunday evening in the Socialists ' Hall . Of this meeting we have received not less than three accounts , all three substantially the same . We first give an account of the usual weekly Chartist meeting , also holden on Sunday evening .

      CARPENTERS HAU ,. On Sunday , our meeting commenced by reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the audience , after which , our placard was read declaring to the people of Manchester that we bad nothing to do with James B . O'Brien and the Protectionists . Another placard was read which O'Brien had issued , containing his name , and those of James . Leach , Jonathan Bairstow ; and John West . A resolution was moved that we go to the Hall of Science , it was opposed on the ground of-the members' meeting deciding that we treat them with contempt and go on with our own meeting . The chairman called on Mr . T . Clark to address the meeting , he didso in eloquent strains for nearly an hour , handling his subjects in a masterly style . Mr . Donovan next addressed the mating , and said , " Friends I have a placard in my hand which I will read . " He did so , and after reading it , said " I am sorry to see Mr . James Leach ' s name appearing

      between two rogues , for I believe that Mr . Leach has not received any , Tory . gold yet , but , I know positively that J . B . O'Brien and J . Bairstow have ; as for Mr . J . West ' s name appearing on the bill , that I cannot account for ; I had a discussion this day with Jonathan Bairstow , and ho told me he was in the pay of Tories , and that he received one guinea a day ; whether he was joking or hot , I cannot say ; but I took it for earnest . I then said to him , * Ifs not the first time you have received Tory money ; for I know you have , and the people will have nothing to do with you . ' * Wont they / , he replied ; 'but we - have his majesty the mob with us , and we'll conquer . ' I replied , * You'll be deceived . ' That , friends , is the true statement ef our discourse , and I am fully persuaded he is in the pay of the Toriei , to agitate the protection . principle , and should they call a public meeting , not a paid meet ing like that to-night , if no other will oppose them , r . wilL .

      Mr . J . Nuttall said—I am no great orator , but would advise you to abide by your former decision to stand a distinct party , not assisting either the Tories or the Whigs , advocating nothing short of the People ' s Charter . I will attend , if they call a public meeting , aud back Mr . Donovan , or he shall U & ClC DIG Mr . Romkin said—Friends , this shows the necessity of paying attention to the advice of your council , sticking stedfast with them , and never diverging from the right path with any leader or leaders . If

      they call a public meeting , come prepared , and not be taken by surprise . A vote of thanks having been given to the various speakers the meeting was dissolved . —The hall was about three parte full . While the above meeting was going on , O'Brien and his gang were holding forth at the Hall of Science , and getting beautifully threshed by mere boys as we shall now proceed to show . There was a charge for admission to the meeting of one pennv , and two pence ,

      MEETING AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE . At the time specified in the bills , Mr . Thomas Eames was called to the Chair , and briefly introduced Mr . O'Brien , who for more than an hour laboured to convince the meeting that he was noi in the pay of the Tones , and that Peel ' s taritt would be productive of infinite injury to the various trades , and in particular to the shoemakers , filkweavers , hoisers , glovers , hatters , curriers , and watchmakers . He concluded by reading a resolution which Mr . J . Leach rose to propose .

      Signal Defeat Of O'Brien, Bairstow And T...

      -- "Mr ^ Iieaeh commented in bitter terms on the conduct of * the deputation sent to him by the ' Char * tist council of the Carpenters ' -Hall , who , he said , had falsely and basely misrepresented him to the . council . He utterly denied being in the pay of any other than the working , classes , > or / that he was then advocating , any ether opinions than those he had been ' contending for . He concluded by moving the resolution , which was seconded by some one in the bod y of the hall . The Chairman was about to put it , when Mr ; J . Hargreaves rose to move an amendment , the substance of which was , that nothing short of a truly democratic government would remove the burthens of the people , or give protection to labour . He said Mr . O'Brien

      aud his companions might be very honest in the advocacy of protection to labour , but it looked very sus-E icious for Mr . O'Brien ( who said in a former meeting eld in the Carpenters Hall , that he was as poor as any man present ) , to go about the country and call public meetings at hie own expease ; he ( Mr . O'Brien J must recollect that he told a man named Smith , to get out' ' Slashing" Bills , and that Tory gold would pay for it . Mr . Bairstow had also told Mr . Donovan that he Mr . B . had received Torymoney . Here a scene ensued which it is easier to imagine than de * scribe . Mr . O'Brien raising both arms above his head , and exclaiming , " It ' s a lie , a d—4 lie ; so help me God , it ' s a lie . Mr . Bairstow jumped to tho front of the platform , and there standing in an attitude quite as classical as that of Dan Tucker or Jim Crow , shaking his head and roaring at the top of

      his voice , Til tell you when I received Tory gwd , J received it at the Nottingham Election , and at Stockport . " He then went on to justify his conduct , but was met with hissing and yelling ,, and cries of " Pay Cooper , " " Give Jones ., his ^ clothes , " and "You re a traitor . " Mr . Nixon then rose , and in a clear and forcible manner seconded the amendment ; Mr . Bairstow then moved , that the resolution and amendment should go together , and form one resolution . The Chairman on putting it to the meeting , was stopped by a person moving that tlie meeting adjourn or dissolvei ; this , was negatived ,. as was also Mr . Bairstow ' s amendment . The amendment by Mr . Hargreaves was then put , and was almost unanimously adopted . " Mr . O'Brien has promised another meeting , but when , he did not say . ,:

      ( From another Correspondent . ) On Thursday last , May 3 , the walls' of this town were placarded with large bills , containing the announcement that James Bronterre O'Brien would address the * inhabitants in the Hall of- Science , Camp Field , on Sir Robert Peel's measures—The Ten Hours' Bill—The Poor Law—Coercion Bill and the Charter—Admission , body one penny gallery two-pence . A t the hour announced for business , Mr . O ' Brien ' s party nominated Mr . Thomas Eames as chairman ,, no opposition was offered , and he took possession of the chair , and opened the meeting by reading the placard which called the meeting . He then introduced Mr . O'Brien , who began in the most whining and supplicating manner to

      bold forth , putting himself in spaniel-like attitudes , and cutting very ludicrous figures , which excited roars of laughter . He then stated Peel ' s tariff would interfere with native industry , and therefore should be opposed unless accompanied by measures of protection . Mr . J . Leach came forward and began with a very shrewd and argumentative speech on protection and statistical evidence of foreign manufactures , giving a description of the coarse bread which Russians lived upon , stating / if Peel ' s measure was allowed to pass , Englishmen would have to be content with the same kind of food . He then alluded to the placard of the Chartist Body and repudiated the idea of his having received Tory money or of his being in the pay of Tories .

      Mr . J . Bairstow acknowledged he had received Tory money on two former occasions , asserted that a man is perfectly justified in receiving it , provided he was not hindered from advocating his own principles . The meeting received these confessions with the highest degree of disapprobation . Mr . O'Brien proposed , Mr . Leach seconded , and Mr . Bairstow supported ; the following resolution : — " Resolved—That we oppose the Coercion Bill , support the Ten Hours' Bill , ask for a better Poor Law , and advocate tbe immediate enactment of the People ' s Charter , and that we oppose Peel ' s present Bill , and support Native Industry . " ¦ '" ¦' Mr . J . Hargreaves moved , Mr . Wm . Nixon seoohded , and Mr . W , Nuttall supported , ( three youths

      not 20 years of age anyone of them ) the following Resolution— " That in the opinion of this meeting all Monopolies existing in any country are an evil ; but the Monopoly of the Franchise being the primary cause of all the evils which wc complain of , we are determined not to take part with any agitation that has not for its object the establishment of a free , sound , and Democratic Government . " J . Hargreaves , not 20 years of age , made an excellent speech , which told well on the audience , making O'Brien and Bairstow writhe in the chairs which they sat on . Young Nixon , about 18 , followed with his speech . Young Nuttall , about 18 , wound up in a . masterly Btyle . AU expressed their surprise to see Mr . J . Leach connected with Mr . O'Brien ; he ( Leach ) knowing full well that O'Brien was in the pay of the Tories . O'Brien ' s party wanted to dissolve the meeting without trying the motion or amendment : but it

      would not do ; however , they moved the adjournment , but lost it . Mr . Bairstow moved that both motion and amendment be amalgamated , which was negatived . Then the motion and amendment being put , the amendment was carried by a large majority . O'Brien , and Brairstow , after tbe young men replied , got up and appeared more like demons and maniaes by their speeches , grimaces , and attitudes , than men having their faculties . [ N . B . Mr . J . West was not at the meeting , although his name appeared on the placard . ] Dr . Hully proposed , and many others seconded , that three groans be given to O'Brien and Bairstow , which was responded to in right earnest . Dr . Hully then proposed , seconded by nearly the whole of the audience , three hearty cheers for Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. which were given , and their stentorian voices , clapping and stamping , made the building ring .

      Thus lended O'Brien ' s humbug in Manchester . He or any ether may rest satisfied they cannot decoy the Manchester people . The youthfut victors went of their own accord ; the Chartists holding their usual meeting at the Carpenters' Hall at the same time , i ( From another Correspondent . ) After describing the proceedings of the meeting , much the same aa above given , the writer concludes as follows : — " The amendment having ' been carried by acclamation , three groans were called for , aud most heartily given for O'Brien , the same

      compliment was then paid with , at least , equal liberality to incorruptible and modest Bairstow , and the meeting separated . The impression on a looker-on was ludicrous in the extreme , and the effect was aptly illustrated by one of the retiring auditors who said , "Wasn't it a lark to see these Grand Goliahs baited by these little Davids ? " The effect of the course taken by the Chartists is decidedly favourable . to their cause . It is evident that they have a simply defined and honest object—namely , the Charter—and that they will neither be cajoled by flattery nor bought by money . ¦ .. ¦¦¦ ,.... !

      . THE SHEFFIELD MEETING . ( From our Sheffield Correspondent ) Ibegtogiveyou an outline of a Public Meeting held here on Monday evening ; May 4 th , called by the Protectionists . Large placards were posted en the walls , headed " A Great Public Mbetikg to petition Parliament against Sir Robert Peel's measures as now proposed . The meeting was called for half-past five , in Paradise Square , and was very thinly attended . About half-past six the gentlemen made their appearance . Amidst a dead silence . Mr .

      O'Brien commenced by telling the meeting , that as nobody could read the resolution so well as himself , he had better read it . Having done so , he spoke for about half-an-hour , when a person proposed the rotation , which was seconded by some other person . Mr . Leach was called on to support it . At the close of his remarks , Mr . Evinson movec , an amendment , saying that he understood that the meeting was to be a "Great Meeting , " but he should call it a "little Gammon Meeting . " After some further remarks , he concluded by reading the amendment in favour of the People ' s Charter .

      Mr . Briggs came forward and said he could not comprehend the meeting , he had read the bills " great meeting " but he thought they had christened their efaild before it was born . After a few more observations he said h p cordially seconded the amendment . The Protectionists , anticipating defeat , agreed to throw their resolution overboard , the chairman put Mr . kvinson ' s amendment to tho vote , which was all but unanimously adopted , only about half a dozen hands being held up against it . The meeting broke up without giving thanks to the chairman as is usually done , and not a word was said about the petition .

      Annual Conference Of The Boot And Shoema...

      ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' NATIONAL MUTUAL

      ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION . On Monday , May the 4 th , instant , one of the most important Annual Conferences which , has yet assem - bled of the aboveTrade , commenced its sittings at the King and Queen Inn , Foley Street , Marylebono . On Menday morning , at 10 o clock , the following Gentlemen took their seats as the Representatives of the undersigned towns and districts : — ' "W est End Mens Mea . Mr . Thos . Will ' mms . ' ¦''*¦ Jno . Hamip . f Jas . Devlin , a . ! Jno . Smith . § " } Thos . Holmes . P West Eud Womena ' Men . Jno . Walker-dine . City Mens' Men . fJhas . M'Carthy . Strong Trade F , Crump . Birmingham ... J . Mason . Manchester ... P . Blockly . Leeds ... W . Stewart .

      Annual Conference Of The Boot And Shoema...

      Sheffield ... . Danl . Sullivan ;; Bury- : ¦•' - '¦ . - , V ' * ' - "Alleri ;' ; -- . '"' ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦'' Birkenhead ... ' Sefton . ; Chatham ... ' "G / West : - ^ Cheltenham— , ; . ' < / A . Sharland . r Carlisle— ... ' Conkey . Newcastle— ... RICan . : ' rwi , t ^ - ^ -I ... J- Hereford . < « , t , j—1 ... ; J . Horstora . Cork Ireland

      . ! : , j ;;; .- j . Sulivan . Clonmel— ... Mard . Londonderry— ... J . West . Waterford— ... J . Daley . ' Newry— ... C . Hector . Leicester— ... J . Good . Wolverhampton— ... J . Birch . Nottingham— ... J . Jackson . Oxford- . „ A . Mc Intyi'fl Stafford— ... Jarrington .

      Winchester— ... Bell . Preston ... W . Liddell . Belfast- ... Ward . Bridgewater— ... J . Harding Mr . Blockley , of Manchester , moved , seconded by Mr . Steward , of Leeds , that Mr . John Mason , of Birmingham , be appointed Chairman of the Conference . Both speakers warmly eulogLod . Mr . Mason . The motion was unanimously agreed to . The Chairman returned thanks for the honour conferred , and addressed the delegates at some length on the position of the trade , the duties of the conference , and the necessity of union , industry and perseverance on the part of the delegates to bring their labours to a successful issue . The Chairman ' s address wa g much applauded .

      The credentials of the respective delegates were then handed in , after which the Chairman announced that the cases of disputed election were the delegates for the West end of London Men ' s Men , and the Strong Trade of London . After some deliberation it was resolved to appoint a committee to investigate all the circumstances-connected with the two cases , and report thereon to the conference . The following gentlemen were then appointed to form the committee—Messrs . M'Carthy , Sefton , D . and J . Sulivan , Good , Hector , Horsl ord , Sharland , Dayley , Jackson , and Holmes . The committee subsequently reported : —

      That having given the most careful consideration to the claims of both parties for , the West End . we consider that Mr . Thomas Williams and Mr , John Harris are the legally elected delegates to Conference ; Mr . Hobby's ' section having respected the authority of the annual district delegate meeting as created by the general law , - while the other sections refused'to comply -with the law ai acted upon throughout the eountry , and as confirmed after mature deliberation by : tbe judgment of the committee . In the case of the "Strong Trade , " the committee reported- — That the election of Mr . F . Cramp from the Strong Traders null and void , they having unconstitutionally deprived their fifth section of a voice in the said election , and we strongly recommend the utility of calling a general meeting of their district , ' to . elect in a legal manner ia delegate'to cohfererice / 'their fifth section to"have a voice in electing such delegate .

      The report of the committee wasreceived , and the resolution confirmed by a majority of twenty-six against two . Subsequently the " strong trade " having complied with the recommendation , of Conference , Mr . Cramp was received , and took his seat with the other delegates .

      TUESDAY . After a considerable amount of preliminary business had been disposed of , several resolutions were adopted . Mr . Blocker , of Manchester , having given in a protest on the part of a member " of Conference it was resolved : — ¦ That this Conference is not authorised by . any general law to question the validity of the Delegated ) right to sit as a Delegate in the Conference , That a committee be appointed to enquire into , and decide on the Winchester case . The committee ' s decision'to be final , The membsrs . of the committee to be five , namely , Messrs . Daley / Sefton , Stewart , M'Carthy , andHarrop . * After dinner , it was resolved to retain Mr . Smithies on Conference as long as his services might be required , and remunerate him accordingly , commencing from Wednesday , morning .

      Aletter from Bath was read from the chair , stating they had appointed'a special committee to offer some suggestions to Conference , instead of sending a delegate , and giving the said suggestions . - ¦ An applicationhaving been received from the Association of ^ Trades , for leave to send a deputation to this Conference , it was agreed unanimously to receive the same to-morrow ( Thursday ) morning . In the Winchester case , tho committee recommended that the delegate should be permitted to sit in Conference , to give his opinions , but not to be allowed to vote , not having been legally elected , through the improper conduct of the Southampton district . - . «

      WEDNESDAY , AND THURSDAY MORNING . The Conference was resolved into committee , to receive the official report and accounts of the general secretary , and this special business precluded both strangers and our reporter from being present .

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      FOREIGN ^ AFFAIRS . . ; The Insurrections in SPAIN AND PORTUGAL have been suppressed . At Santiago ( Spain ) , the insurgents under Sous , after a gallant defence , were compelled to capitulate . Concha had a hundred killed and wounded in combat . Subsequent accounts announce that all the points occupied by the insurgents , Vigo , Lugo , and Pbntevedra , were in possession of the Queen ' s troops , and that their respective garrisons had been taken prisoners * Nineteen officers above the rank of captain , who had joned in the revolt , had been sentenced to death , and immediately executed . One of the chiefs , Rubik Celi , had escaped on board a vessel lying off Vigo . . The unfortunate Sous appears to have been included in the list of victims murdered in cold blood . The insurrection in

      POLAND still subsists , and is said to be extending . Dbmbrowski , ex-secretary of the revolutionary government of . Cracow , is said to be now the Commandei - in-Chief of thepeasants , amongst whom are several nobles holding command as officers . , ITALY - is in a very disturbed state ; conflicts between the people and the soldiery are of daily occurrence . We have to announce

      MORE VICTORIES OF THE CIRCASSIANS OVER THE RUSSIANS . . According to advices from Teflis , received via Odessa , the Russian troops had again been attacked by Schamyl , and driven back with great slaughter from the military positions they held on the Caucasian frontier . The Circassian Chief was said to be at the head of 40 , 000 men . From the

      . UNITED STATES wehavenewsof ' Thb Voib op the Senate on the pMOON QuKBiioM . Tie long discussion on the question of " notice " has been decided in the affirmative , on i \ i £ friendly motion of Mr . Johnson , by a majority of twenty-six , against General Cass , Mr . Allen , and : the : other friends of the President . The discursion was deferred for . . one day , in order to give Mr . Houston , the Senator from Texas , an opportunity of addressing the house , which he having done in a hostile spirit to England , the amendment of Mr . Johnson , introducing the word friendly after the word " solution , " was adopted by 40 to 14 votes , Mr . Allen ' s proposition , on the simple notice haviag been previously negatived by 32 to 22 .. ... .

      War between the . United States and Mexico is almost certain . The whole of Mexico was in a state of confusion . Tbe appearance of several Journals was interdicted , and an appeal to Santa Anna , at present at Havannah , to return , was in a state ot forwardness .

      Railway .Accident.—A Serious Accident Occurred, On-Suuday Evening To The Dover Down-Mail Train I • I. I.......T I... 1...-1.-.. _X I._Ir« I O -I--.

      Railway . Accident . —A serious accident occurred , on-Suuday evening to the Dover down-mail train i i . I ....... T i ... 1 ...-1 .-.. _ x i . _ ir « i o -i--.

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      ( VTIJ . UIUUU A . ; . U » p « .. O O , and which , when going at the rate of about 15 miles * an hour , ran into an engine which was en its way to the New-cross station from London-bridge . This engine had become disabled , and was at a stand still , and the proper signals were yiyen in consequence . to stop the mail tvairi which followed if . As ' far as can now be ascertained these signals-were not observed by the eiigine-driyer of tbe mail train . He was so surrounded by steam , which he was blowing off , that he did not see the first . sigual that was made . The

      engine-driver ot the disabled engine seeing that the signals were disregarded , ran forward with a light to stop the mail train , and this was of some use , and the speeel was slackened . The place of collision was between the junction of the Greenwich and Bricklayers Arms Railways with the Croydon . The stoker ot the nml train engine had one of his legs fearlully _ crushed between the engine and tender . The cngmc-dnver fortunately escaped . Several ol the passengers were severely bruised ; tliev wore removed to the Bridge-house Hotel , under the care o Mr . Castles , of the London-brid ge station , and every attention was paid to them . that the painful circumstances demanded .

      DMiwOTVL A . cciOT . ST . —On Thursday morning about half-past two o ' clock , two men were driving a Greenwich fly over Waterloo-bridge towards the Strand , when the horse started and throw both the driver and a man riding on the box with him to the ground . The driver was not hurt , hut his companion was obliged to be taken to King ' s College Hospital with no hope of recovery . The horse than darted towards Lancaster-place , where , with the shafts only attached to him he , dashed against a . lamp-post " where it was left in a dying state .

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      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . r Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —Jn . .- »•/ SUMMV KVBNI . VG . South London Chartist Hull , 115 , BlacMriars-road : at halt-past six o ' clock . —City ChartUt Hall , I , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane-at halt-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half . pastseven . —Tower HwndtUi at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock Erech-ely . —Emmctt ' s Bri gade : at the Rock Tavern , lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marykbone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half , past seven .

      MONBAT KVBHINO . Cambenuell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o clock precisely .

      TUESDAY EVEHIN 6 . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock , Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . LeieesUf . ' The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o clock . Armley : The members of the . Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at thehouse of Mr . William Gates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o clock .

      WEDNSSDAT EVEKlHG . Hammersmith , at the . Temperance Hall , Bridge Road , at eight o clock precisely . PBOVIKCIAl H « TINOS Of ' THE CHAETIST CO-OPIBAT 1 VE lAHD SOCI 2 TT . Leicester , every Monday evening , at No . It , Archdeden Lane , at seven o ' clock . . Loughboro ' , every Monday evening at the Talbot Inn , Mill Street , at eight o ' clock . .. '"'" . ' ... Chepstow , every . Monday evening , at the Temperance Hotel , iBank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . Aberdeen . The office-bearers meet every Wednesday evening " at half-past ' seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Hall . , ' ' . " .. ' . ' ¦

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      Chartist HALh , 1 Turnagain Lane . Farringdon Street . The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday Morning next , May the 10 th . In the evening , at seven , when Mr . Worseldine will deliver a lecture , subject , "The Three Tragic Poets of Greece . " 'I ' owku Hamlets . —A special general meeting of the members of the Land Society , and members ol the various Chartist localities in the Hamlets , will be held at the Whittington and Cat , Church-road , Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening , May the 10 th , 1846 , at eight o ' clock . The friends of Co-operation are informed that a Boot and Shoe club will forth--with commence to assist the Working Man ' s'Own Shop , under the guidance of the National Trades ' Association for the employment ot labour . Leeds . —Mr . James Harris will deliver an Address to-morrow evening , in the Back End of the Bazaar .

      BLAcknunif . —A general meeting of the Shareholders of this branch of the Chartist Land Society , wiilbe held on Yedneadar next , May 13 th , at Mr . Norton ' s , Temperance Hotel , Whalley Banks . Nkwcastlk-upon-Tynk . —This branch of the Chartist Ce-operative Land Society meet in the ' house of Martin Jude / Sun Inn , Side , every Sunday evening , from 6 to 8 o clock , for tbe purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , May 18 th at the house of Mr . Thomas Melling , sign of the Colliers ' Arms ( New'Springs ) , Aspull Moor , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also beheld on the same day , which will beadr dressed ; by . several of the accredited agents of the Miners Association . Charles Meadowcroft gratefully acknowledges the sum bf £ 4 from the miners of East Lothian , Scotland , on behalf of . the miners of Bolton , who are still out , with but little prospect . of resuming theirwork . .

      Hide . —The members belonging to the Chartist Co-Operative Land Association will meet on Sunday next , at six o clock , at the house of Mr . Thomas Perrin , Railway Inn , John street . Bradford . —A public meeting will be held on Sunday , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , on Wihsey Slack , near Bradford , to elect Delegates to represent the West Riding in the forthcoming Convention . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet in their Room on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , at 1 o clock in the afternoon . The members of the O'Connor Brigade , will meet in their Room on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , at 2 o clock in the afternoon . Stockport—A Lecture will be delivered in the Chartist Institution , Bomber ' s Brow , on Sunday next , by Ambrose Hirst , of Oldham , at 6 o clock in the evening . A members' meeting will be held on Sunday the 10 th , at 2 o clock in the afternoon .

      Manchester . —The monthly members' meeting takes place on Sunday next , at Carpenter ' s Hall , at 2 o clock . The shareholders' meeting of the Land Society will be held on Sunday morning , at 10 o ' clock , in Carpenter ' s Hall . Dewsburt . —A meeting of the members of the Cooperative Land Society , will be held in the Chartist Room , Bond-street , Dewsbury , on Sunday , May 10 th , at two , o ' clock in the afternoon , when all members in this district are particularly requested to attend . A Special South Lancashire District Delegare Meeting will be held in Hey wood , on Sunday , May 17 th , at ten o ' cloekin the forenoon .

      Mr . D . Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Association-room , Mill-street , Rochdale , on Sunday ; May 10 th , at six o clock in the evening . Oldham—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . A . Hurst will lecture in the School-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o clock in the evening . —The Committee of the Land Society meet every Sunday , at two o clock in the afternoon , in the above room , to enrol members , and transact other business .

      Manchester Sthikb.—Meeting At Limehousb.—A I Public Meeting Was Held On Wednesday Last At The

      Manchester Sthikb . —Meeting at Limehousb . —A i public meeting was held on Wednesday last at the

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      Victoria , Three ooit Lane , . uimeuouse . iwr . vrjueu , ship-joiner iii the chair , who read the p lacard calling the meeting , and after briefly addressing , called on Messrs . Bush and Railton , the Delegates , who entered into a full statement of their past and present position ; the amount received and expended ; the number out , and the levies paid weekly by the men at work . Mr . Adams moved , and Mr . Wartnaby seconded , a , resolution , approving ofthejoonduct of the men , and promising to subscribe weekly to support them . A large bouy of collectors were then appointed , with secietary and treasurer , and the amount collected last Saturday ( £ 5 12 s . 3 A . ) paid over . The meeting broko up after lining for four hours crowded almost to suffocation .

      Manchestkr . —The Funeral or John Roach , our respected Brother Chartist , took place on Sunday last . Every street near his residence was densely crowded by spectators . Prccisley at 3 o ' clock in the afternoon the procession was formed . Two ¦ mutes headed the procession ; followed by the Odd Feilowv lour a breast ; next came the Boiler Makers , four a breast , ( the branch of trade which deceased belonged to ); then the Chartists , four a breast . The procession proceeded along Clarendon-street , Oxford-street , Mosley-street , ' Oldham-street , and Newton-lane , to Saint Patrick's Church , where his remains were interred . He was carried to his grave by 12 carriers , namely four Odd Fellows , four Boiler Makers , and four Chartists . Between 200 and 300 attended the procession . About three days before his death be was delirious , be had bean brought up a Catholic , but

      cared little about priestcraft ; however bis wife was persuaded to call oh the priest , she did so . Some one told the priest that his two young children , the eldest about nine years of age , the other about ' 'five years of age , had been christened at Mr . Schotield ' s . Then , said the priest , ^ " Mrs . Roac h must give consent to have them christened over again by me or I shall not give the sacrament to Mr . Roach . " ( Poor fellow , he know nothing of what was going on at the time , his faculties having departed . ) Then asking the children ' s names , he said , when hearing the youngest named William Emraett Roach , and the eldest named Feargus Roacli , " I will not christen them by those names , but they shall be christenedj thc eldest John Boach , and the youngest William tloach . " When will such humbug come tc an end ?

      Serious Accideki On Tuk Greenwich Railway.— On Monday Afternoon An Accident Of A Most Disttessinfi Nature Occurred Nn Tlm Linn Of Tho Frrwiiwinl.

      Serious Accideki on tuk Greenwich Railway . — On Monday afternoon an accident of a most disttessinfi nature occurred nn tlm linn of tho frrwiiwinl .

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      Railway , to a man named Reubin Martin , aged 2 i years , residing in the Spa-road , Bermondsey . Mar tin was in the service of the Greenwich llailwa ; Company , and was usually employed at tho Deutfovl station , and whilst engaged ncac the Creek-bridge he was knocked down by one of the trains proceed ins towards town , whereby he received a frightfu

      wound of the sealp , about six inches in length , am severe injury to the skuli , together with several con tusions , aud bruises on various parts of his bodj The train waa immediately stopped by . the- engineei when he was found to be quite insensible , and bket ing copiously from the wound . IIo was carried j the nearest surgeon ' s , where . his wounds wei promptly . dressed , but the injuries he bad sustaim were of such an extensive nature that it was . decun ncccssary to remove him to Guv ' s . Hosp ital , who i he lies in a very precarious condition .

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      bow stiieet-The late attempted Assa 8 sinatioii " inT ) iiuiiy _ , _ Saturday being the day appointed , for the Te . & xaniinati of Thomas Graham , the young man who stands cliai-ire" ! with firing a loaded pistol at Thomas iilowitu in Drurr lane , ou the night of Saturday week , the Court vtifs crowded with many persons who were anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner , aud who expected that someim portant additional evidence would be adduced on tbe oe casion ; hut in this respect they were doomed to bo dis ^ appointed . Shortly after one o ' clock the prisoner was * placed in the dock . Mr . Humphreys , the solicitor , an . peared on his behalf . The prisoner appeared firm and collected , and altogether indifferent to the situation in which ho was placed ; The ouly witness examined was _ Mr . J . Duncan i . who stated , that he was house-surgeon to tbe King ' s College Hospital , and that he had attended Blewitt from the evening of his admission there to tlie

      present time . He had now recovered from the shock caused by tke wound he had received . —Mr . Henry : Do you consider that he is now free from danger '—Mr Duncan said , that he could not undertake to sayat pre ^ sent that he was altogether out of danger , although he had hopes of his recovery . —Mr . Henry said that , under these circumstances , he felt it his dnty to remand ths prisoner for further examination until Saturday next . A . Tebmble Tailos . —On Monday James Cuthbeth , a journeyman tailor , was charged with drunken and dis . orderly conduct opposite the official residence of Sir h Peel , in Whitehall Gardens , on Skturday . afternoon last ' Nothing could be less terrifying than the appearance of the defendant , who , having indulged too freely in an ale house , where the imprisonment of Mr . S . O'Brien had been warmly discussed by a little assemblage of his fellow countrymen , reeled towards "Whitehall-gardens , made a great noise , and told the police and by-passers that lie meant to shoot the rigkt hon , baronet ( applying to Sip

      Robert , however , a more unpolished epithet ) as soon as lie made his appearance outside , of the door . —He was taken to . the police-station and searched , but he had no pockets and the only weapons he had about him where a counle of needles and a thimble being li portion of his stock-in trade . —The defendant said , that so far from havin" ant intention or desire to shoot the Premier , he had been all along arguing that he was " the first man of the day , " "the true friend of the people , " & c . ; and , moreover , he had actually got tipsy iu drinking the health of Sir ltobert , contrary to the wishes of the company present . He was totally at a ' loss to account for his conduct iii Whitehall-gardens , and fancied it must be all a mistake entirely , ithaving been found , upon inquiry , that the defendant was really a very harmless and respectable man ( although rather given to the sin of drinking . )—Mr Henry simply required him to find a couple of sureties , and to enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace for three months .

      "WESTMINSTER . Tub Batteksea-Bkidgb Tbagedt . —On Monday , ou Mr . Burrell enter . ng the court , police-sergeaat 20 V immediately ascended the private platform , and advancing Within a foot of the magistrate , informed him that in ! coroner ( Mr . Wakley ) had sent his compliments , and tlus ' ired that the magistrate would send Eliza Claik , the unfortunate woman who stands charged with the murder of her children by throwing them into the Thames from Bat . tersea-bridge , before him at the inquest . —Mr . Burrell who spoke in a very low tone of voice , and part of whose ' observations were consequently lost , replied , "Youcan give my compliments to the coroner , and , say that I cannot comply with his request . " After another remark which was inaudible , Mr . Buirell added , "Ishould be glad to render Mr . Wakley any assistance 1 legally could . " Immediately after this . tJames Clark , the husband of tlie Unfortunate woman above alluded to , was churared with

      being drunk mid incapable of taking care of himself . Andrew Maekarstie , a sergeautof theV division , said that about two o ' clock on Sunday morning the defendant and his stepmother , with a man , came to the police-station in Mihuun's-row , Chelsea , aud inquired about tbe deceased children . At a quarter-past two they all left together accompanied by j > police-constable ; but on going along the Kine ' s-road the defendant suddenly leftthe party . In a few minutes afterwards witness was going down Beau , fort-street . "When he observed defendant muttering some incoherent language with respect to his children . As he was proceeding hurriedly towards the Thames , and evidently in a state of grant eiuitement , witness considered that he was neglecting his duty if he did not secure him , —Defendant denied that he was drunk , but said that he

      was very much excited . He did not hear of the melan . choly intelligence of his wife destroying the children until between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday night , when he was first apprised of it by a man named Bartholomew , who met him in lloyal Hospital-row . —Mr . Burrell re . called the sergeant , who declared that the defendant had been drinking very freely , and smelt of liquor . —Mr . Bur . rell fined him 5 s ., which was immediately paid . —Tlie defendant ' s stepmother , who held the surviving child in her arms , a fine girl , apparently about three years aud a half old , entreated with tears' iu her eyes , that she might be permitted to keep it . She would undertake to bring it up , and take care of it . —Mr . Hurrei ) , after a private conrer . sation with Mr . W . Taylor , the chief clerk , directud her to keep it for the present . * .

      SOUTHWARK . Atmempted Suicides . —Ou Tuesday-Elizabeth Dayls , a respectable-looking , well-dressed , married woman , and Martha Parry , another married woman , were brought before Mr . Cottingham , charged with attempting to destroy themselves . In the case of Davis , the name inserted in the police sheet , it appeared that between four and live o ' clock that morning , as policeman 179 L was on Out * in Upper Ground-street , Blstckfriars , his attention was par . ticularly culled to the defendant , whom ho observed loitering about a passage which led down to the Thames , After watching her movements for some time , he at length observed her proceed down the turning loading to the river , into which she was about to precipitate herself at the moment he seized her , andprevented her from accomplishing the act . With much difficulty he brought her away from the spot , aud on the way to the Station-house she made several attempts to obtain her release , and also

      frequently ejaculated that she was determined to put an end to her existence . When taken before the inspector at the station-house , she refused to give the least information as to who or what she was , merely saying that she was iu excessive trouble , and thatshe had no desire to live . The inspector finding that she was in a . very excited state of mind , instead of putting her into a cell by herself , placed her iu one where there were two other female pri . soners for security . She , ' however , had not been long locked up wheu screams wereheard issuing from the cell , and ou a . policeman repairing there , the defendant was found iu the act of strangling herself with a haudkerchief , and would have effected her object , had it not been for the alarm raised . by thotwo other inmatos of the coll . In order to prevent a repetitk-n of the attempt upou her life , it was found necessary to have her strictly watched until she was brought up to this court . Wheu the defendant was questioned by Mr . Cottingham , she still refused to

      give her name or address , or describe the cause ot her having attempted to deprive horself of life , although the magistrate in the most kind and benevolent manner assured her , that instead of his wishing to send her to gaol ho only wanted to befriend her , and to send for some o , her relatives or friends , who would enter into suretief that she would not repeat the attempt upon her life . Ms entreaties , however , had aiiy effect , and the . defeudano was therefore ordered to find two sureties . of £ 20 eaeht She / however , had not been long locked up , when she be ., came more calm iu her mind , and when subsequently questioned by Mr .-Edwin , the chief clerk , she then informed him that her husband was a managing clerk in a mercantile house . in the city ; that on Monday he dined at the ' London Tavern ,, returned home late , commenced abusing her , ' and his conduct was so bad towards her that she rose from her bed , ' ' and in a state of mind bordering on distraction quitted the house determined never to r £

      turn , and wandered from her home to the spot where she was found by the policeman , as above described . She , however , would not be persuaded by Mr . Edwin to gire her real name or the abode of her husband , and was therefore seut off with the rest of the prisoners to gaol at five o ' clock . > With respect to the other women , Parry , who is the wife of a porter Liuincolii ' s-inu-fields , it appeared that about half-past ten o ' clock .. that morning , , a man named Thomas Mackbeth , in passing over Bluckfriais-bridge , saw the defendant throw herself off the steps on the Surrey side into the river , He immediately rushed down the steps , and jumping into the water , seized her by the hair of the head just us she was sinking tho third time , and with the help of a private in the Guards drew her ashore , aud conveyed her iuto the receiving house in Upper Ground-street , where the usual remedies were applied with success , and the patient was sufficiently recovered by three o ' clock to be enabled to be brought up to this court . Onbeing placed at the bar , she appeared N be in a very desponding state of mind , and endeavoured to cover her fa . ee . Her husband , brother , aud some other of

      her tnends attended , from whose joint statements it appeared that she was . labouring under a serious internal complaint , from which she suffered excruciating pain , and tor which she had only a dav or two previously obtained a letter of admission into the hospital . The husband , however , - was ^ compelled - to - allow that his unfortunate wife was given to . a . propensity for . liquor , which agra « vated tue disease under which she laboured . He aud hii frieuds , however , would undertake tliat she should be unmediateiy placed in the hospital if the magistrate discharged her .. Mr . Cottingham assented to the application on the required sureties being produced / aud , at tho s . tme time , he iu energetic terms applauded the conduct of the man Macbeth , to whom tlie defendant was entirely indebted for tlie saving of her life . He at the same time regretted that there was no fund at this court for the purpose of rewarding persons who saved tho lives of t eir fellow-creatures , otherwise the man already named would be fully entitled to its benefit . However , hu would advise that person to apply to the Royal Humane Society , aad he ( the magistrate ) would most " wilJiinjry give a . certificate of the praiseworthy conduct exhibited by him ou the occasion .

      Bankrupts. [From The Gatette Of Friday, May I J

      BANKRUPTS . [ From the Gatette of Friday , May i J

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      John Willium Pitsch , Sackville-streot , Piccadilly ^ tailor — Godfrey Bihgley Wadsworth , Broad-street , Golden-square , apothecary—Charles Hambridge , Curtain-road , Shorediteli , coachsuiith—Edwin Buonaparta Siuithi ? and James Alexander Thomas Mathews , Great Dover-road , Newingtou , Surrey , 6 la , ss merchants—John Harlow , Leicestir . square , tobacconist—William Toogood Timewell , Churlotte-stvcet , Bluc '& friars-road , silver lead refiner—George Baxter , Church-street , St . George ' s , Southwark , currier—YT illiatn Sheffield ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09051846/page/8/