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      August26. 1848. The Northern Star. 5

      August 26 . 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      The Scotch Chartists. It Is Rumoured Tha...

      THE SCOTCH CHARTISTS . It is rumoured that Messrs Ranken and the o ' . her prisoners are to be sent to Fort George to await their trials , which , if' the powers' have their owe way cf it , will not come en till the middle of November . PETITION OF THE ECOTCn VICTIMS . Unto the Honourable the Commons of Great Briialn an ! Ireland ia Parliament assembled , the Petition of Henry Rankin , Archd . Walk-ir , Jitnes Camming , John Gran * , and Robert Hamilton , present pris -tiers ia thc-Calton Gaol of E "dnhurgh , Hnmbly skewetb , —That your petitioners ere at pre . seat confined in tfce Calton Gaol of Edinburgh , on the charge of high treason .

      That whatever may be tha result of their trial , it is evident , and must be well known to yonr honourable house , that in Edinburgh , the msans of pgitation connected frith tbe referm movement at present going on in this country are not essentially different from what have been used throughout England and Scotland , both recently ana ct former remarkable psriQds of our political history . Os ail snch occasions , parties charged with crimes connect ' . * with said agitation ? , have been cot . mitted en tbe minor charge of Sedition , end consequently admitted to bail until a jvir ; had acquitted or declared tbem : uilty . Tbat this mode of procedure has been d * ep & rt ? d from in the case of your petitioners , inasmuch as they have bsen committed on the capi ^ -1 charge of High Treafon , solely for the vexations purpose of preventing them from getting the bemfi : of the bail .

      That the effects of such committal are . tint yonr petitioners are subjected to solitary conBnimxnt in cold ceils —that In twenty-fonr hoars tfcey aru on ' y a'low . d half an hour ' s eitrcise in tfce open air—that they are restricted to the diet of convicted prisoner *; dud , indeed , are posltlv . ly underfQinp punishment for a crime wtrch they declare themselves fnaosentof , and which innocence is maintained by the constitutional law of tbe country , until decided otherwise by a competent jary . That , as the law holds every prion to be innorcnt no . til proved guilty , and as your pstltioaers have not been so convicted , they would humbly pray ysur honourable house to cause icqiiry to be made into the eircum . stances of committal , end the description of evidence

      against them , with the view that they may bs admi ted to bail ; or . in the event of that beipg impracticable , thst their condition in prison may be so ameliorated as that tteymsy not hare their cons'itutiens undermined with duetse by a long and severe imprisoRmmt previous to trial , aiifi thus be punished uajuitly and il ' . egslly . simply because th ? y ere working men , and ther-frra enable tn contend with the local authorities of Edinburgh , vho { with every feeling of deference ) ynnr petitioners be ? to state their belief bave overstretched the law , end tbua cansidyour honourable bouse to be applied to by your petitioners for protection . And your psiiiioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray Sighed bt the Five Victims .

      Ltbebitios cr the Gref . sick Chartists . —We understand that the Sheriff's tfficisls of Renfrewshire have deemed it their duty , after making the necessary investigatiocs . to liberate Me-srs Burrel ! and Nei ' son of Greenock , from the prison of Paisley , where they were confined for the last three weeks , on the charge of having committed a political offence . It has been mentioned to us that the Chartist body of Greenock , in consideration of their rescect for Messrs Berre !! and Neilson . took care that the fatni . lies of thesa rr > en were cared for in their absence . — Renfrewshire Reformer .

      Mr Bnrrell , end a lad who web imprisoned with him , were liberated on Friday week last , on £ 20 bail to appear when called for .

      Reign Of Terror. To Ths Editoh Of The So...

      REIGN OF TERROR . TO THS EDITOH OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . I send yon a ropy of a Manchester paper of this day , from which jou will learn all particulars of ths arrest ef a great number of the leading Chartists of Manchester arid district , together with several of the more prominent Confederates , and others who have had nothing to do with any bady . Tbey are charted in the language of the indictment , with— ' Conspiring together to incite divers of her Majesty's subjects to commit insurrection , riots , tumults , unlawful aseea biies , and breaches of the peace ; and lo arm them Eelves for the purpose of thereby carrying on the said insurrections " , & e , and obstructing by force the execution of the lawi of the realm . ' This charso I believe , from beginning to end , "to be a huge'fabrication , and got np with a view of convincing the world , that all the vigilance of certain magisterial and police worthies here of late , have not been

      unwarranted . Nothing can esceed the audacity of the police minions , from King Beswick downwards ; tkeir conduct is most despotical . It used to beapopuhr fallacy at one time that , except in c ises of felony , no man could be arrested without a warrant ; but like many other errors of the ssme character , it ha * been exploded here at least , as the police do not consider the possession of any such doautaent at all Esceissrs for their purpose . It is sufficient that they met t a man ia the street—he is seized and dragged off to the Town Uaii , and when he inquires ' upon what charge he has bern deprived of rfc liberty , * bs if verv coolly told that ' he will be informed at some fntare time' This actually occurred yesterday in my presence , in the case cf Mr Leach , who was treated cxact y as I have described . I was mysei arrested with Mr Lesch , upon suspicion of being somebody else , but having bsen discovered to ba ejj-Belf , I was liberattd in the course of the evening .

      A true bill -was lonnd against all the men ( fortysix in number ) before any of them were aware of the nature of the charge , or of the character of the evidence to ba brought against them . The ' Authorities' as they are called , are tryine hard to make out a desperate case ; bat if I am nol mistaken , the sequel of their present proceedings will realise tbe old fable , of a certain great raoun tain pivins birth to a little mouse . The ' conspirators' are to ba tried at tbe next sessions at Liver , pool , which are to beheld some three months hence . The greater number of those already in custody are requested to find bail , themselves in £ 200 each , and two securities each in £ 100 ! for their appearance at the sessions . The bail is universally regarded as being monstrously high—so high in fact , as in many cases to amount to nositive imprisonment for the next three months . Mr Roberts , who appeared for ths whole ef the prisoners , tried hard to g & the bail lowered , but with no tff ; ct .

      I saw the whole of the arrested conspirators as they appeared at the dock . They looked like men conscious of their inaocence , and contrasted in their bearing and demeanour most advantageously with the poor wretches with whom they are compelled to associate in their present position . We lire in strange times ! What these things will end in time only can devtlipe . With best resoeets , yours truly , Thomas Clabk . Manchester , August 2-3 d .

      Durham.—Mr Wm. Byrne's Route For The Nex...

      Durham . —Mr Wm . Byrne ' s route for the next fortnight : - Uaswell , Monday . 2 S . h Aug . ; Thornley , Tuesday 29 : h ; Cassop , Wednesday 30 th ; Five Houses , Thursday 31 st ; Kellow , Friday , 1 st Sept ; Crooke , Monday 4 th ; Towlaw , Tuesday 5 th ; Walsingham , Wednesday Gib ; Berry-Edge , Thursday 7 th ; Leaagate , Friday 8 'h . Bristol . —A meeting of Land members will be held at Mr Charles Clark ' s , Queen-street , Castle , g treet , en Monday next , August 23 : h , at half-past Eeven o clock , to read the Parliamentary reports , Susderlasd . —The Land members are requested to attend a meeting on Monday , August 28 : h , at J . Buddoa ' s , Robinson-lane , to consider the removal of our meeting ? - to a more central part of ths town .

      Worcester . —The Land memters of this branch are requested to attend a meeting at the City Arms , on Wednesday , the 30 th of August , ta discuss the propriety of adopting the propositions of Mr O'Connor , as contained in the Star of the 12 : h instant . Loxgtos , Wirkin ? Man ' s Hall . — The shareholders of the National Land Company are requested to attend & meeting on Sunday next , the 27 th inst ., St two o ' clock in the afternoon , to take into consider ation tke propsiitions laid down by the Directors .

      LiVEEFaaL —The Chartist members of the No . 3 lscality , are requested to attend a general quarterly meeting , on Sunday evening , Augcst 27 th . at eight o'clock , at Jolley ' s Temperance Hotel , 70 , Great Cresshall-street . —The members of the Lverpoo i Democratic Press Club , are requested to meet at Farrell ' s Temperance Hotel , Richmond-row , or-Monday evening , August 28 th , at half-past eight , 1 e order to arrange with the council for the working of the prefs , and to discuss tha propriety of reducing the price of the shares . Land members will be

      Bilfcr . —A meeting of held iu the old school room , Butts , on Tuesday evening , the 29 : h inst ., at half-past s < x . o ' clock , to conaider the propositions laid down in Mr O Connor c letter : a strict attendance is requested . CosoLKMS .- A meeting of tbe shareholders of thn branch of the Land Company will be held in L ; on-Btreet . on Tuesday evening next , at half-past sevei . o ' clock . All shareholders are requested to attend . NoRTUiMPToN —A districtdele ^ e meeting will be held a . >! .- Monday ' s , Silver-street , on Monday , September the 4 tb , at twelve o'clock . Mr Ktdd ' s Kocte —Reading , Friday , September the 1 st ; Oxford , Saturday , the 2 nd ; Chartervi He , SundAy . tte 3-d ; Banbury , Tuesday , theo : h ; Wallingford , Wednesday , the 6 : h . If the abov « arrangement be inconvenient to any of the districts menbr-ced , they will favour Mr Kjdd , by writing , post

      per . . „ ., Uchh / h—A district delegate meeting will ba held at OJdShildea , Cbapel row , on Sunday , lO . h September . All branches in the county arereqeested to send a delegate . All branch that bare bad the services of Mr Wm . Byrne , the district lecturer , must seed their monies for the lecture fund to Mr S . Henry Robinson , draper , Hartlepool district

      treasurer . , , ... . . Suethwick . — The Land members of this branch are rtqutsted to meet at the house of Mr Joan D . rby , J . lly Forgemen , Rolf-street , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , when business of great important will be submitted to them .

      To The Editor Of The -Northern Star." Th...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE -NORTHERN STAR . " The world is suffering ; so many evils from the want of information on subjects vital to the well-being of society , that I am induced to request the use of some of the columns of your widely-read journal , to give , from time to time—with your permission—such knowledge as I possess , to the public , with the view of preparing the nvnds of producers and nonproducers of wealth , for those changes , in principle and practice , which can alone remove the causes which produce the evils with which both parties are afflicted . To-day I send the following-, and request its insertion . ROBERT OWEN .

      Robert Owen On A New State Of Human Exis...

      ROBERT OWEN ON A NEW STATE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE , BASED ON A NFAV PRINCIPLE , LEADING TO A NEW PRACTICE . Why this general poverty , amidst the most abundant means to create universal wealth i Why this universal ignorance and crime , amidst the most ample means to prevent the existence of either ? Why this universal division among the human race , when the certain means to create union have been discovered ?

      Why the wars of mankind , when it is the highest and best interest of all that there should be universal peace ? Why the present severe suffering—physical and mental—over the world , when the means exist , in illimitable amount , to remove the causes which create them ? Wh y . the extended misery of the productive classes over the world , and the present insecurity of the unproductive classes , when the causes of these evils are known , and may be easily removed ?

      Why , when all desire to he happy , should the human race , throughout all its variety of institutions , adopt those the most opposed to its real interests , and uniformly reject those which would secure the most permanent happiness to all , when the latter would be far more easily and economically obtained ? The time has hut just arrived , in the due order of nature , when a just reply to these questions could be given , without a sacrifice to the individual , of all that the world deems most valuable . And why this risk for declaring to the world the most valuable of all truths ?

      It is because all men , from their infancy , have been systematically educated in the most gross , and now most palpable falsehood . The foundation adopted on which to construct their minds and entire character , is an error fatal to the after attainment of truth ; an error which is the father of all lies , deceptions , evil passions , and crimes ; and which is also the cause of the present anarchy of the so-called civilised world , and of the mental blindness which now afflicts the whole human

      race . This error—this fatal falsehood—must now be abandoned by the authorities of the world , for , fortunately for man , no power on earth can maintain it longer . It has been , and is . the curse of the human race , the creator of all their evils ; and why so long permitted to make them most irrational , wicked , and unhappy beings , it is not yet for man to know .

      The world , after the experience of the unknown period which has passed—after the discovery of so many important facts—is , , at this day , in a state of utter mental confusion . The falsehood which has been taught to all , and the facts which have been acquired , are in direct opposition—and , hence , the mind and conduct of man are ^ compounded of the most gross and ignorant contradictions . Under this insane state of human existence , the authorities of the world profess to require truth , while they continuall y teach and practise falsehood . They profess to require honesty , while they continually teach and practise dishonesty .

      They profess to give and to require justice , while their entire teaching and practice are to perpetuate the most gross injustice . They require wealth , and profess to promote its creation , while they adopt the most stringent measures to prevent its creation and deteriorate its qualities . They profess to require a right distribution of it , while they adopt the most effectual means to have it distributed in the most unjust and injurious manner . They profess to desire to improve the character of the human race , while they adopt the most certain means to prevent its improvement , and to deteriorate its mental and moral powers .

      They profess to desire to make those whom they govern good , wise , united , charitable , and happy , while all their arrangements ire directly calculated to make them bad , ignorant , disunited , uncharitable , and unhappy ; and to effect these latter results , they have been most successful . They profess to desire te establish virtue in their dominions , but they take the most direct measures to perpetuate all manner of vices and crimes .

      Tbey know , if they really possess any useful practical knowledge , that man is , to a very great extent , the creature of circumstances existing before and after his birth , and , as these are , so must the individual become , except so far as his peculiar compound of original qualities may influence them—and yet of these original qualities he had no previous knowledge or power—he could not choose or decide upon them .

      With these facts hourly glaring the authorities in their progress through life , they not onlyjjpermit , but encourage , the most inferior , vicious , and criminal circumstances to be created , and continually reproduced without let or hinderance ; and when these irrational c ircumstances have produced their unavoidable influence upon the individuals placed within them , then do they most unjustly blame and punish even to death these unfortunate victims , created to be such by the educated ignorance of these blindly-acting authorities .

      These authorities profess to desire to tram men to become rational beings , while they adopt the most cunningly-devised measures to prevent , if possible , man ever becoming rational in mind or conduct . These same authorities—the existing authorities of the world—make the individual , whose circumstances and character they form , to be accountable ts their irrational-made whims , while in strict justice these authorities should he made responsible to the individuals for the good or bad circumstances in which they have p laced them , and the inferior or superior character which thev have formed for them . Because the isolated individuals were powerless against the authorities , while the authorities wereand are . all-powerful over individuals .

      , ilence all the ignorance , falsehood , disunion , poverty , crime and misery of the human race at this hour ; hence the anarch y in all countries , with the utter confusion of men s minds , and their present infant helplessness ; hence the misery , and gross irrationality which pervade all nations and people ; hence the disorders of Ireland , of France , of Germany , of Italy , and of the world . I ask , are the au thorities of these nations , then , to blame for

      these errors , crimes , and miseries—for this irra tional state of the human mind , and insane conduct of all people and their governors ? No ! they are themselves victims of the fatal falsehood , on which , alone , the human character has been formed and society constructed . They have been taug ht from their birth , that they form themselves individually , and ought to be responsible for their physical , mental , moral , ' and practical character ; while these have been , and always must be , formed by the

      Robert Owen On A New State Of Human Exis...

      Creating Power of the universe , and by the society which has also emanated from the same power ; for , without it , nothing organised can exist . The first germs of nationality in the human mind will make it most obvious , that the physical , mental , moral , and practical character or qualities of each individu ?! , are , in every case , formed by nature and society for him , without his will , knowledge , or consent , and to make a being so formed responsible for those qualities to the powers which could alone form them , » s the very essence of insanity .

      In consequence , the world has become nothing better than ^ a great lunatic asylummade so by one fundamental falsehood , which has become the father of all lies , and oi all the errors and evils of the human race . Having spent four months in Paris , and quietly observed all their most irrational proceedings in and out of the National Assembly , among all parties ; and hearing , from every division of them , the following p ithy saying as they imagine it to be : — " We want no theories—we have had them in endless numbers and contradictions ; we desire to know what is the practice you , or any party have to propose . ' My reply to this statement has been" ON WHAT FUNDAMENTAL

      PRINCIPLE IS THE PRACTICE YOU ASK FOR TO BE BASED ? " Does the Republic require that the practice must emanate from , and be in accordance with , the old principle of falsehood which has so far governed all the transactions and institutions of the human race , and created the anarchy , disunion , and crime now so prevalent over the world ; or will it allow the practice to be based on an eternal truth , and the institutions to emanate from that truth , and to be always governed in accordance with it ? If the practice is to be based and constructed in

      accordance with the old fundamental falsehood , which ^ can only produce insane measures , I decline having anything to do with such proceedings , they must of necessity be irrational . But if there be now sufficient knowledge of humanity , or of the laws of nature , within the French Republic , to openly abandon this principle of crime , misery , and insanity , then will I give Jthem the knowledge in a simple form : — First , —To create the greatest amount of the most valuable wealth , in the shortest time , with the least capital , and most pleasure to the producers , and benefit to the consumers .

      Second , —To distribute the wealth so created the most advantageously and economically for all . Third , — -To form , from birth , a superior physical mental , moral , and practical character for all , according to their natural organisation . Fourth , — -To govern all beneficially for all without individual rewards or punishments . Fifth , —To gradually supersede all the inferior , degrading , vicious , and criminal-creating circumstances , by those only which are superior for creating and distributing wealth , forming character , and governing .

      Sixth , —To effect these changes without disorder of any kind , or interfering with existing private property or arrangements , or without producing evil or injury to any one . These are the only means to change the present irrational for a rational state of human existence . Robert Owen , London , 21 st August , 1848 .

      Social Progress. (From The Reforme) The ...

      SOCIAL PROGRESS . ( From the Reforme ) THE CACBE CF THE EXISTING ANARCHY OF EUROPE , AND ITS OKLY B 1 MBD ' . 1 All evils work their onn cure . ' When society was without esperienee , it coulJ only guess , at random , and without a knowledge of facts , respecting the earth , themselves , and the elements of nature by which they were surrounded , and upon all these subjects it guessed most erroneously . It was many ages before it had acquired sufficient experience to know how fo investigate facts , with the accuracy necessary to enable it to draw rational conclusions from their investigations . It is yet in infancy on thin subject , for the world is even now governed by the most vague and false imaginations , in direct opposition to the millions of unchanging facts , which continually demonstrate the falsehood and endless evils ansing solely from those most absurd and foolish notions .

      The steady progress of experience has now elicited the knowledge of bo many facte in oppoiition to these old falsehoods , and the glaring abautditlea which they hourly exhibit , that a conflict has arisen between these old imaginations , now discovered by many to be based on falsehood , and knowledge derived from the investigation of facta which never chacga . In other words , a conflict of life and death has arisen between the ignorance , and falsehood , and absui dities , transmitted from past agea , by our savage anl inexperienced early ancestors , and tho truths elicited from the new facts and new powers which the progress of real knowledge , through the advance of the material and mental sciences , attained within the last hundred years .

      This cornict , between old fa ' sehoeda and new truths , is the real cause of the present anarchy in the civilised world so called , and of the discovered state of the human faculties , which are in progressive excitement to throw off these fatal shackles of false ideas and consequent injurious practices , and to adopt true ideas , and the beneficial practices which will emanate from thorn . The old authorities of the world , Tiaving the power of prejudices in their favour to enable them , for a brief period longer , to use the ignorant brutal force of society to continue tbe contest , will soon discover , that the reign of ignorance , falsehood and fraud , cannot bo maintained against knowledge , truth , and honesty , without daily loss of power and influence with the mass oi the population of the world , and

      that , as they must , by the Ian of progress , soon admit of this change for the permanent high advantage of the human race , it will be true wisdom in them now to endeavour to learn these new truths , and to take the lead in making them fully known to the people , and calmly and quietly to introduce the practice in accordance with these inestimable truths . This practice will well employ all tho bow unemphyedundtr the present most ignorant and artificial state of society ; and by this employment the idle shall be made industrious , the hungry fed , the naked clothed , the houseless well lodged , the ignorant taught most useful and valuable knowledge with good habits and conduct , infl jenced always and only by pure charity derived from a correct knowledge of human nature , the only cause which can produce the genuine feelings of universal charity ,

      This practice will well form the character of all the children of those who will be thus employed , and insuchmaoner that they can acquire good habits only , with real knowledge tbat will bo moat valuable to themselves and to society . The practical arrangements to ensure tbis profitable employment , and effect this great change in the character ot the children , will also be the moat effective for their easy good government , without any of the evils arising from the present ignorant and most unjust mode of governing on false principles by force and fraud .

      Society is now , by the three days' revolutien in Paris , and subsequent events in that city and throughout Europe , divided into two hostile parties , one of ancient prejudices , fearful of progress—the other of progress without the knowledge how to direct it , without violently , prematurely and unjustly destroying the existing system , which existing parties did not create , but of which they are victims . For however bad the old system of the world may now ba , and I admit it to be theessenceof ignorance , wickedness , and gross injustice , yet are the individuals who now defend it to be pitied for being so trained as to believe palpable ftlsehopdtp be unerring truths , gross ignorance to be high knowledge , foolish laws in opposition to Nature a laws to be wise and just , although tbey hourly produce crimes and mi-tries without termination .

      .... It i ? not by violent opposition , by abusive ^ terms , by unwritable criminations and recriminations , or by foolish wars and fighting , that these old errors can be overcome , or the new truths kept down . Both parties in France are in equal error , both are uncharitable and unjust to their opponents and both mistake ths course which ought now to bs ad l ? was this grievous error on . both sides that created the late national confl i ct , n the atreeta of Paris , and if ignorantly maintained will be the cause of deluging Europe with Wood , and for no understood purpoie , between brothers thus madly ^ rh ^ ireBS of knowledge requires that the

      people-by which term I include the enure popuiatfonofTvery country-should derive more , penu , nent and substantial benefits from this advance than the old system of ignorance has yet Permitted them to attain . The three days' revolaUon gave the party of progress advantages which were too _ much in advance for them to use for the general benefit , in the crude state of the public mind respecting new

      Social Progress. (From The Reforme) The ...

      truths and new meaauivs . This party , by its proceedings , were evidently inexperienced in national subjects , and had but a partial and too limited knowledge to direct the public mind peaceably in a ri ^ ht course . They had a vague conception that it was just that men should live and enjoy life through their own labour , and , onnsf quently , that the unemployed for want of employment , should have it found for them by society , which would bo benefitted by their properly-directed industry . So far tbey were right ; but they wero without knowledge of what was required to effect in peace , this mighty change in the condition of society , for employment could not be devised , and made perma jent for the working class , without creating another

      and altogether different state of society , and for this task the parties , placed by s . range and unlooked-for events , were unprepared . Tbey knew not tho science of human nature , the science of tho overwhelming influence of circumstances over human nature , or the science of society ; and without a knowledge of these three sciences permanent profitable employment cannot be found for tbo working classes ; but with this knowledge advan ' ageous occupation may always be found for any number of the human race , without the evils arising from the present over-crowding and apparent over popnlatitn in any district or country . The knowledge of these sciences is not yet known to the public , but they have to be acquired before tho present anarchy and irrationability can ba made to subside .

      The party of progress attained the power to advocate their views openly and fairly , which they never previously possessed ; tha ? obtained the power to bs governed by universal suffrage . With these advantages they [ should have remained satisfied , until through those means they could h ave enlightened all parties . after they had become sufficiently enlightened themselves to be enabled to further enli ghten others . The National Assembly m ? the true v « ice of the nation , and it fairly exhibits the public mind ot France , and its powers are the most legal that can

      now be attained . It is true that it has proved itselt to be inexperienced in national practical measures , almost as a child beginning to learn a new lesson ; but yet it evinces a great desire to advance in political wisdom , and those who thought they knew more , would have acted well to have brought forward with kindness , directed by judgment , based on the knowledge of the three sciences previously named , facts from these science- which , when properly stated , must carry conviction to the minds of all who study and rtfleet npon these , now , all-important subjects .

      . The party opposed , erred in deciding upon questions which they were without experience to com . prehend . They hast'ly decided that profitable employment could not bo found for ths present unemployed , without knowing the cause of that great error on tho part of the unproductive and miseducated classes , who have hitherto had the power offeree and fraud under their control . It is not only possible , but moat beneficial for all , that every one willing to work should be profitably employed , and this may be readily done when society can be sufficiently instructed in these three new sciences . Because , then , it will then perceive the incalculable advantages to be derived from having society based on true instead of false fundamental principles , the characters of all well formed , of all being rationally and beneficially occupied , and all being justly governed .

      This party opposed to progress , and to the permanent employment of all the working classes , are , without knowing , the advocates for ignorance , falsehood , poverty , deceptions , divisions , crimes , and endless evils ; and they also oppose , without knowing it , the only principles and practices which can give real knowledge , true charity , permanent wealth , cordial union , and a superior character to the human race , that will ensure their proaperity , peace , and happiness . Let these two parties now in the National Assembly unite their good intestines for the benefit of France and of the world , for both parties have good intentions ; and let them calmly and patiently investigate these subjects , and each will soon discover their own errors , and see the true path before them . Re bert Owen .

      Committal For Conspiracy At Liverpool. L...

      COMMITTAL FOR CONSPIRACY AT LIVERPOOL . Livbrfool , Wednesday . —This day a highly respectable young gentleman of the name ot Martin Boshill , who for a length of time hag been manager of the firm of Orr and Barber , well-known merchants of this port , was placed at the bar , before Mr Rushton , the stipendiary magistrate , under the following circumstances : —In the book found at the house ct Murphy , who was committed for conspiracy on Monday last , amongst other names appeared that of the prisoner , and this circumstance taken in connexion with other information in possession cf the authorities , induced them to issue a warrant for his apprehension . The warrant was executed yesterday at the office of his employers , in South Castle-street , and ho remained in custody until he was brought before the magistrate this morning , when the evidence against him wag produced .

      Mr Rushton said that the prisoner must be committed fur trial , and stated that he much regretted to see a young man occupying such a position as he did placed in such circumstances . He had been connected with a society which had for its object an extensive and deeply laid scheme of conspiracy . His handwriting had also been spoken to , which proved that he had been a member of the society up to the time he was taken , He did not doubt that he had been made the dupe of older and more designing men ; but he ( the magistrate ) had no alternative but to commit him for trial , and he did so upon the evidence which had already been brought forward against the prisoner Murphy . The prisoner was then fully committed for trial at the present assizes .

      LIVERPOOL ASSIZES . Treasonable Conspiracy . — In the course of Wednesday morning the grand jury returned into court with a true bill against T . B . M'Manus , Lawrence Reynolds , Patrick Murphy , Francis O'Don nel / , Joseph Cuddy , Maftuew Somers , Robert Hopper , Edward Murphy , Jamas Laffan , Martin Boshill , Thomas O'Brien , George Smith , Patrick O'lianlan , James O'Brien , James Campbell , and one or two other young men of respectability and standing in the town , whose connexion with the Con federate c ' ubs has beea traced by books and docu ments which have been discovered .

      True Eill'against Forty-Six Char Tists O...

      TRUE EILL'AGAINST FORTY-SIX CHAR TISTS ON A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY . ( From the Morning Chronicle- ) NORTHERN CIRCUIT . —Liverpool , Acg . 22 .

      CROWN COURT . ( Before Mr Justice Crefawell . ) In the course of the day , tho grand jury came into court with a true bill for a seditious conspiracy against George Archdeacon , Thomas Rankin , George Joseph Clarke , William Grocofct , Edward Clark Cropper , Daniel Donovan , Peter Feeney , James Hoyle , John West , Lawrence Reynolds , George Webb , George White , James Leach , Peter Murray M'Douall , John Nuttall , Michael

      M'Donougb , James Wheeler , William Schofield , John O'Hea , William Chadwick . Jamea Downey , William Barton , Bernard Sebastian Treanor , Joan NMson , Thomas Roberts , George Webber , Joseph Barker , John Rushton , James Dolan , James Flynn , Thomas Whittaker , Henry Williams , H . Ellis , George Rod . gers , John Joseph Finnigan , Patrick Devlin , Michael Carrigani Joshua Lemon , Samuel fleams , Joseph Spooner , Ernest Jones , George Ramsden , James Abraham Ball , James Mulligan , Mark Hulme , and William Heaf .

      The foreman , on this being announced by the Clerk of the Crown as a true bill , said , * My lord , I wish to state , that in finding this bill the grand jury have been unanimous .

      CHARTIST ARRESTS . ( Abridged from the Manchester Courier , of Wednesday . ) We have to-day to announce the re-capture last night of most of the Chartist and Repeal leaders who were apprehended last week , with the addition of several others , who thought themselves secure from any interference . A * the hearing on Wednesday , at the Borough Court , it was not thought prudent to announce the exact amount of evidence the police had against the parties ihen in custody , and they were , therefsre , liberated on bail until this day . But though the

      evidence was not unduly made known , it was in the possession of the police , and at a consultation held with the law officers of the corporation , it was determined to abandon the more protracted process of examination before magistrates , and at once to bring them before the higher tribunal of au assize court It seems probable that by this step it was hoped to show that the authorities were not playing in the matter , but determined to uphold the dignity of the law and maintain the peace by every means in their power ; and to put an end to the nightly disturbances that have destroyed the peace of the city .

      On Thursday , therefore , the Town Clerk , Mr Hcrford , the Deputy Town Clerk , and Mr Iligson , the Clerk to the Justices , met , and went very fully into all the reports furnished to Captain Willis , the chief constable , by his officers , or obtained from other sources , comprising accounts of all the treason and sedition publicly sp ken at in-door and out-door meetings since April . The result was the selection of material sufficient to abundantly warrant a charge of treasonable conspiracy against not fewer than forty-six individuals , a large number of whom resided in the city , and of course including those who were arrested last Tuesday night , and others with them who had made violent speeches , or been most prominent and active in their connexion with the Confederate clubs . An indictment was at oaco drawn up , under the direction of Mr Uerford , containing the names o

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      those persons . It is a monster document , measuring in length about four yards , and containing nine counts , setting forth treasonable conspiracy in various shapes Such a quantity of wri ' . ing occupied a considerablo time in the engrossing , and the indictment was not ready ior presentation to the grand jury , at SZF ?' ! Tl jeaterday . It was handed in at SfJw . T kby - » e law officers , and Mr Beswick ™ JtZiZ ? F' ^ ^ merons subordinate officers , were readinesa to give evidence in proof of the ex

      ffihP II h S heanng Commenced immediately , and the evidence was not concluded until afoot half , past two o ' clock . The bill was brought into court br ore four o ' clock , and theforeman in presenting it to his lordship said , it was only proper that heSald inform the court that the grand jury were " nanU mousintheirdeterminationtofinda true bill on the evidence put beforo them , against all the persons named in the indictment . Bench warrants were instantly applied for , and granted without hesitation by the judge .

      In the meantime , the police here , in expectation of the re ? uft , had not been idle . Captain Willis had a list of all included in the indictment divided among the different police districts , or rather the B , C , and D divisions . Asscon as the evidence had been given before the grand jury , and there was the certainty ot a true bill being found , a telegraphic communication was made by the Town Clerk to his wnrchip the Mayor , who was in waiting in the Town Hall , with Captain Willis , in readiness to act upon any information . The message was received at the Town flail by three o ' clock , in the afternoon , intimating that ns doubt existed as lo the result . Th * banch wai rants were brought to Manchester by Mr Beswick , who left by the 4 h . 30 m . p m . train , reaching Manchester at 5 h . 40 m . The police were instantly set to workand

      , before half . past ten o ' clock the greater number of those named were in custody at the Town Hall . Each superintendent sent out simultaneously officers who knew the men that resided in hia division , so that , as on Tuegday night , there was little risk of the parties escaping because of tardiness of movement by the police , or bungling arrangements . The warrants charge them with conspiring , togegether with others , to incite divers of her Majesty ' s subjects , to commit insurrections , riots , tumults , unlawful assemblies , and breaches of the peace , and to arm themselves for the purpose of thereby carrying on the said insurrection ? , riots , tumulta , unlawful assemblies , and breaches of the poace , and ob-Btructmg by force the execution of the laws of the realm .

      Some of the parties were almest immediately in the hands of their captors , and all were much astonished at the re capture of those out on bail , or tbe capture of other ? , who had been deemed secure , because hitherto untouched , and apparently unnoticed . L'mch was the first person apprehended . Flynn , one of the number out on bail , walked into custody unwittingly . He met Mr Beswick in the street , and asked bim at what hour he must appear on Wednesday . The chief superintendent 'didn't know , ' but invited him to step wish him to the office to aee . Flynn followed him , and when once within tho doors , Mr Beswick informed him of the warrant against him , made him prisoner , and consigned him to the cells below for the night . It was intimated that any beds or clothing that might be forwarded from heme would be received at the office and allowed them , so that they might not have cause to complain of undue rigour in carrying out the warrants .

      The following aro the names of the prisoners who were lodged in prison last night . The first six names are those of the parties on bail to aopear to » day : — James Leach , printer and newsvendor , Rochdaleroad ; Henry Ellis , driller , cellar in Jersey street ; Michael Carrigan , groom , Great Ancoats ; Joseph Lemon , weaver , Gas street ; Thomas Rankin , en graver ; James Dolan , labourer , Long-street ; Edward Clark Cropper , joiner and cabinet maker , 37 , Henry street ; James Flynn . shoemaker , Beck-Btreet , Sal .

      lord ; William Burton , umbrella maker , Oldham-Ftroet , and House Bank-place , Cheetham ; Thomas Roberts , labourer . Mount-street , Hulme ; Mark Hulme , smith , Thompson street ; George Webb , glazier , Chestergate , Stockport ; William Heap , mechanic , Lion-street , Ashfon-road ; Peter Feeny . clothes dealer , High-street ; W . H . Chadwick , occupation and residence not given ; George Joseph Clarke , ditto ; Robert Ramaden , ditto ; Jos . Spoontr , cabinet maker , Cotton-street ; Michael Donough . labourer , Addington street .

      Added to the above , tho following , who are inc ' . uded in the indictment , are in custody elsewhere ;—James Downey , Geo . Webber , of Halifax ; Ernest Jones , barrister , of London ; Geo . White , of Bradford ; and one or two others . As far as we have been able to ascertain , Burton was apprehended at his own ahop , in Oldham-street , by Mr Beswick , and Inspectors M'Mullin and Loughlen ; Leaoh at his own house ; Roberts at Messrs Birley ' s Mackintosh establishment , by Superintendent Taylor , who found in his possession a kind of pocket ledger , by which it appeared he was secretary and

      treasurer to the Chartist b"dy , and engaged in getting up subscriptions for the Defence Fund . Webb was appreheaded at his house in Stockport , by Subinspector Neaves , of the detective force . Rankin was taken at his work , in Cable-street , by Inspector Ciiawkloy , of tho B division . M'Donough was taken at ; his own hou ? e by Inspector Gifford , of the B division . Peter Feeny was apprehended whilst passing along Rochdale-road , by Sub-inspector Taylor , of die B division . Mark Hulme , who is a smith , has been engaged in the raanufactuie of pikes and other weapons , which he made to the order of the prisoner William Heap .

      As the prisoners were brought in they were seveally told that any refreshment brought to them by their friends would be allowed , and such as chose to send for bedding or additional caverlets for the night were permitted to do so . Mr Burton , we understand , was so circumstanced that he had no one to leave in charge of hia shop , his wife and family all being out of town . The legal power under which these men have been apprehended is that possessed of presenting an in . dictment to a grand jury at a sessions or assize without having previously brought the parties acsused before a magistrate . Under those circumstances the trial does not take place at the assizes when the bill ia found , but bench warrants are issued , and the

      parties are apprehended and either held to bail to answer at the next assizes , or kept in hold until then , la the present case it is most probable they will be tried at tbe winter assize at Liverpool . The warrant demands their appearance at the next session of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery to be holden at Liverpool . The arrest under this charge , in the case of those bailed out , will supersede the adjourned examination at the Boreugh Court to-day . They will be brought up there , but no evidence will be gone into ; that is quite unnecessary seeing tbat it has already been decided by tbe grand jury there is a prima facie case against them sufficient to warrant a

      trial by a petit jury ; and the magisratea will simply have to award the amount of bail they will require from each for their appearance at tho assizes . We are also enabled to state thut a similar course is being pursued in Liverpool . Yesterday afternoon , when the grand jury had decided the Manchester inuictment ( > they proceeded with one presented on behalf of Liverpool . We bolieve it contained the names of some most influential individuals . At first it was not intended to name more than six or seven , but , on finding the clean sweep being made in Manchester , they greatly increased the list , and some fourteen or fifteen are indicted .

      BOROUGH COURT . —WEDHESDiY . ( From the third edition of ihe Manchester Guardian , ) The court was crowded this morning , In const quenoe of its b . coming known tha * a number of apprehensions of CbartiBts had taken pl « ee curing tbe preceding- even , iog and night . The following magistrates were on the bench : —Mr Maude , who presided ; Elkanah Armitage , mayor ; and Messrs T . Townsend , C . J . S . Walker , F . R . Hodgson , W . B . 'Walking , M » tthew Kenned y , J . hn Sbarp , and William Neild . Captain Willis , chief conatable ; Captain Shsppard , of the county constabulary ; and Mr Boardman , of tho town council , were also on the bench . The town clerk appeared for tho prouecution ; and Mr W . P . Roberts for the prisoners .

      The first placed at the bar were those who had been remanded from Wednesday last . 0 : thtee , four did not answer or appear . Patrick Devlin ; George Rogers ( who , wo believe , wrote from Mottram to the police , stating that he could not come because of the expense of ( ravelling , and offering to surrender , if money was Bent him for his travelling expenses ) , George Webber ( who is In Yprk Castle , fcr trial at tha next Yorkshire aeaizes ) , and George White ( who , wo believe , was lieere / ed on bail the other day , at Birmingham , ) The Town Clerk then stated , on tho part of the authorities , that since tbe prisoners at the bar were last before the court , it had been thought necessary to present

      a bill ef Indictment against all of them , with many others ( forty . sisin all ) , for conspiracy ; and they were all now in custody under bench warrants , under which he believed twenty . three individuals ( including those In tbo dock ) had been apprehended . Ha should not have nay eiidence to offer before the magistrates on the charge on which they had been previonsly brought up , aa ttat charge bad been preferred in another and more f .. rmal ahapo . With reference to ball , he would say tho prisoners were now standing In a very different position , and hoped , therefore , that the court would take caro to require track ball as would insure the appearance of tho prisoners to take their trials at the next assizes at Liverpool .

      Mr Roberts charged the partlts ' who had brought the prisoners there with bad faltb , in not fulfilling tho pro . mlse of Mr Pollock , that they should before this day know tho nature of the charge aguinst ihen ) . He believed the preferring a Mil of indictment was for the direct purpose ef preventing thrm knowing the exact evidence against them ; He asked the magistrates to bear this In mind when fixing the amount of bail , Mr Maude said the first course of tbe bench would be to discharge the prisoners from their recognisances , ard to discharge their bail . As to their ball on the beuch warrants , the magistrates had better have a list of their names , occupations , and condition of life . Twenty . four hoars' notice of bail would be required where tho parties Offering were lu Manchester ; forty-eight hours' noiioe , where the bail was at a dUtaaco ,

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      Ai ;* r B-. > nH- d ! s 1-. u ^ . ; on . it was "nm , ! , »¦¦ ¦¦ ¦• f : i ., if J Mr Burton , of Oldhani . t ' . reet , could tind uurnU * sat ' ia factory to Mr Bewiilc , bis bail shou'd bs laher iorri-witb Mr Burton wur plncrd at too bar , nnd , In a-. - . awcr too ! qu-fifiona from Mr Maude , Bitted lt ; nt ho w--. b ; ,, manu . _ lacturi-r of uni ' "r-jl ! ai and otnyg in Oldhoin .. , , BBjj ; Im ; : hio shop was hie own prop ! rtj , nnd rati o - . 70 iq 33 His sureties , Mr Sclby Moss , jewtller , uv . ¦ '¦ Mr __ ., Scholes , draper , both of OMbam . atreet , were ici-rp { ejj by Mr Bey wick ; tho amount to bo decided by ' . hema »« yistra'es . Mr Roberts urged that it would save time and -foabloo if tho snrno amount of bail ond the same sureties weree accepted for tho ether prisoners aa beforo . Tho Town Cierk said , tho circumstances were , etir-. ngedj , Before , there was no evidence offered aga-nst ; . ' . e pri-isoncrs ; now , u tru-3 bill had unanimously l > m .-: foundd a ain « th . jmby the grand jury , aftir htarin ^ is Lknoo , ! , on an indictment for conspiracy ; and thy w . > vu takena under bench warrants .

      Tho magistrates retired into their private room , about ) a quarter p ^ at eleven o ' clock , to consider the n ^ unt 06 I bail , an j on their return at twelveo ' c ' ock , Mr Maude said , that as Mr Roberts Rpps ; :.- ' for all ! tho prisoners , thereof of thcra need not be n-.: is- , ! at thee bur . Looking to theeggrava-odch : r ^ e , wfc ( i < vmb thatl ulone by which the bench was guided , and tiiu c-irourav stances of tbe prisoners , tho coneluslou to -.. oko . theyj had come was the following : —Per Mr B-jrti .-n twoc sureti . b to give bail in £ 200 each ; and he to citerintoa his owu recogniaaEce for £ 400 . Tbe follow in *—viz ,,, Leacb , Raukin , Feeny , Cropper , Donovan , W » db , Chad-.-wick , Roberts , Dolan , Fijnn , Whlttaktr , l- ' innigan ^ , Keirns , and Ramsden , te find each two mi . .-ties inn £ 100 eucb , and to enter into their own nu . y .-iisaocear : n £ 200 . ( Sensation in the gallery . ) Thenext i . icludodc li Donough aad Ellis , to find two sureties in . £ '• ' } eachf ftnrt to tnter Into their orvn recognisances in Xi" 0 . Then Williamp , Carrigan , Loaman , Spocner , Hulm .- , , vvi Heaps to find each two suictiasin £ 25 each , and mu iter intc « their own recognisances in £ 50 ,

      Mr Roberts said , tbat , as to a somber cf ti-. se wh « wore to End two sureties rf £ 100 tacb , it w ui : ' . araonni io imprisonment to the next agsizep , be hop' -a ihe ma * gis ' . ratcs would ro . conslder the amoiii ' . t ; ann ,: ! theyrea malned of iho gemo opinion , then that they would accepi four sureties in ££ 0 each instead , being , In in ., a bettes security than two lo £ 100 . Mr Maude said , the bench was not prepared to grarx that application—at all oveatu , at present , if tho prli sontrs cou'd not obtain tho ball , it was tli * : i open tt them to moke another application to the benoh—or tt the judge sitting at the nssiz ; s at Liverpool . In answer to further inquiries of Mr R . itm ;; , Mr Maule said that bail could bo received fnH , , thong ; the prisoners wtrastnt to Kirkdalo gaol . I' . Tiuld tt vary incoiivenienr if the police here were lo-i . v charge ; with the custody of the prisoners .

      Mr Burton ' s bail and recognisances were th , 1 enteral into , and he wes discharged , the condltian »¦ . ng thai bo should appear at theneat session of Oyer au J ' i ' rrtainej to be holden at Ltvt . rpc . ol , The prcceedii .,-i in cotjJ then terminated . , ' .. Tho total number of prisoners who aro now in custo ^ J under tho bench warrants , Is 23 ; of whom 19 , inoludifi ' t , George Joseph Clatke aEd James Spooner , wsre take )! during the evening arid night , and whoso l , mes , & d . i are given ebewhero ; and also the follovrinr , -tho sun rendered on ball or their own recognisances th ^ j ( Wednesday ) morning : —Daniel Donovan J . ! : n Josepl Finnigan , Thomas Whittaker , and Henry Wi'liams .

      ( From the Daily News ) « Committal of the Political Peisohebs at Livek pool . —Yesterdcy Murphy nnd O'Brien , wl > o Liad beer remanded on charges of conspiracy , v / .- ' . s broughi up for re-examination . Against O'Brien fvm ' ier corrc boratory evidence a as adduced , and he won < oramietei for trial . Tho evidence against Murphy was strength ened by a person who lived opposite to him swearinj that he saw him , through his bedroom window , examln log a number of pikes , This and tbe other evident having been gone over Murphy was also committed fo : trial . Our correspondent , who dates Ashfon , Monday , aaya —The authorities here have spent another anxious ant harassing nig ht . The military have been under armai divisions of county police and special constables havi bsen held in readiness at the Town Hall , nnd armei patrol , both foot and mounted , harescoured iho boreag ]

      and its environs from hour to hour , The nature e-flu teifigence in the hands of the magistrates , it in said , wil Justify the same precautions and tbe same harassini vigils again to night . It is said thut on Sstunlay night after all tho precautions taken , and all the watching , th Chartists or Confederates held a mldn'ght o . rMing , bn It was beyond ihe mere precincts of the town . Accord ing to the information received of it tho m : .-ting tool place near Droylsden , about three miles from Ashton and tho Game distance from Manchester . Shots wtr hesrd from time to time'n various directions again las night , and it is conjectured that theso , and rocket which are occasionally thrown « p , are uttd h y th partitb as signals , Tfce policeman who were b = n : nd ove to give evidence agsinst M'Douall , the Ctiartiit leadei and against the four men in custody as implii jred in th outrage of Monday night , the 14 th inst ., hava receive summonses to eppear thU afternoon before the ^ rand jui at Liverpool assizes .

      At Manchester the Confederates continue to ho ! mestng ' , and at r-everal of them tbe nun appr bended on Tuesday night , and liberated on bail , a dressed the audience . At a meeting in the Heyre ' street Institution , a building of their owu , on Suadi night , one of the parties , an Irishman , named D ^ nova repeated a story he had very humorously toil sever nights beforo , about bis apprehension , and thu collfjit between the police and his wife , which , he assured h audienco , was about the warmest engagement he he ever entertained any idea they shsuld witness in the atroggle for tbe Charter , Ths police , he eaid , told hv tbey wanted his arms , His reply was tbat be had wife and family , and bis arms were necessary to eas bread for tbem , They then explained that it was tl fire . arms they wanted , ' Oh , the / ire arms , ' was his n joinder , ' if it was the tongs or poker they were af te they belonged to his wife ' s department of the househo ! business , ' and sure enongh the wifo was not inclined I

      capitulate without making them / ather too hoe to hand ! He denied that either he or his associates were in & n way implicated in or bad any knowledge of what wt going to take place in Ashton . They had not counsel !* physical force , nor been privy to its use . He did m deny tbat tbe parties to tbat affair vrere Chartists , an fools would always be found in any agitation , Tbe Mai c & efiter Authorities , however , had missed their waythero seemed to be a conspiracy amongst tho magistral * and not amongst the Chartis ' c—and it was a conspirat against all tho moral force men they could lay the hands upon . He assured his friends that as soon 1 Wednesday ' s examination before the magistrates wi over , and they were set at liberty—as set at liberty the asssuredly would he—not a moment ' s time would be lo in taking steps for an action against their prosecute : for false imprisonment . Up to Tuesday evening all wi quiet in Manchester , nor was any disturbance appr bended .

      1 I 0 BE CHARTISTS ARRESTED . Manchester , Thursday . —Mr Rogers waa brongt before the boiough magistrates under the indictmer for conspiracy , and committed to the assizes . Tfa prisoners committed on the previous day wei removed to Kirkdale prison , yesterday , being unab ] to obtain bail . At Ashton , thirteen were brought before ti magistrates , who bad been taken under bench wai ranta obtained in the same way , by indictment , i tho assizaa , as those on which the Mancheste Chartists had been taken . James and John Tayloi Wm . Aitken , James and Edward Harrop , Williai Bolton , William Macklin , Joseph Batty , an Thomas Stowell were apprehended on Wedneada night , and brought up at the Town-hall yeaterda to give bail for their appearance at the next Li verpoc assizes . Samuel Ratoliife was brought to Ashtoi on Wednesday evening , He is charged with eeditio ; and conapiraoy .

      At Bradford , on Wednesday night , the polid apprehended James Helliwall , Eli Wilman , Josepl Ridehalgh , Thomas Ibetaon , William Wood , Adan Stratton , Thomas Wilkinson , Edward Power , Danie Lindon , and John Smyth , in the Emmeti'a section room . A number of books and papers in the can of the secretary were taken by the officers . A 1 tbe house of John Smyth , in Thomas-street , t number of papers were also found .

      An ' Irish Frenchman.—La Democratie Pad ...

      An ' Irish Frenchman . —La Democratie Pad ftque tells us , in a recent number , that a mayoi in the environs of Paris issued the following : — ' Deal fellow-citizens , —The Garde Mobile is to arrive heri to-morrow : I do not know the hour , but prepare t ( receive them an hour beforehand ; let us give £ becoming reception to these , ; brave ^ defenders oi anarchy . ' Hanley PoixBRiES .--The Land members are requested to attend a meeting to discuss the propositions of Mr O'Connor , in the Christian Brethren ' s Room , Market-street . Hanley , on Wednesday evening next , at seven o'clock . Each member must show their subscription book or card on entering , as tbe meeting is for members only .

      Sumdbrland . —At a meeting of the Land members held on Sunday , August 13 , William Ovington was elected secretary . AU further communications most be addressed to him at 57 , Burleigh-atreet , Sunderland , Durham . Mrs FusaBLL . —We are happy to state that Mr B Fusyell ' a benefit which took place at the Albert 5 a » loon on the 16 th instant , was in every respect a bumper . Aberdeen . —A special general meeting of this branch of the Land Company will be held in tha Union Hall , Blackfriara-street , on Friday evening , September 1 st , at half-past seven o ' clock , when the present state ef the Company , and other matters ,, will be submitted to the meeting . Mr Shepherd , from Manchester , will deliver & lecture at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road , at half-past seven , on Sunday , the 27 th of August .

      Globs abb Fsibbdb . —Tbe Council will meet on Sunday evening , August 27 th , at six o ' clock , and the class collectors must attend with their books and contributions by half-past siz .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26081848/page/5/