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      Police Espionage. (From The 2forning Adv...

      POLICE ESPIONAGE . ( From the 2 forning Advertiser of Monday . ) "We intentionally deferred to notice a charge of assault at one of the police-offices , which disclosed the discreditable fact that the authorities of the police force are in the practice of sending their men in disguise to the meetings of Chartists , and our object in taking up this matter is that the Secretary of State may disprove the complicity of Government by a public censure of the culprits . The homely proverb expresses a - philosophical truth , when it says that " -Silence gives consent ; " and in all cases of this kind , not to condemn is to approve , or , as it is move forcibly put by the Roman poet , " He that does not forbid a crime when he is able , commands it . " . I

      The political spy and informer is the most noxious Of all charactersfwhat , then let the Home Secretary ask himself , are the emp loyers of such persons -and what his approvers and accomplices ? We are not using language stronger than the occasion demandsfand coula easily justify it , by quoting the infamy of Sejanus , which Tacitus has eternal . sed ,-the obloquy which will rest upon the ^ head of William Pitt so long as the speeches of Mr . Grey , afterwards Earl Grey , live in parliamentary historv , —Curran ' s words of fire , or the public execrations of Sidmouth and Castlereagh , which still ring on the ear . And because we would not have a liberal government covered with a like obloquy in perpetuity , nor the reign of Victoria made compai-ab'e in culpability to that of George III ., and his successor on the throne , we trust that no time will be lost in warding off the foul imputation which ibis misconduct of the police authorities virtually attaches to the national character .

      Besides the discredit which these persons are brinirins upon the Queen and her Government , we have to complain of a . gross misdirection of tbe public money . The citizens pay the police force liberally enough , to protect their persons and property , and not to intrude themselves into their meetings for deliberation on political subject ? . We hare ample experience of the direct tendency and effects of such underhand intermeddling , in the riots and murlers which were caused by the machinations of political emissaries in former periods . It may , perhaps , be said , that it is the duty of

      the police to learn , by all the means m their power , what passes among the people . We deny it . They are merely officers . As constables they have no cognisance of political or any other kind of discussion concerning laws and government , religion or science . They have no cognisance whatever of such matters ; nay , more , the public do not allow the roost intelligent among the body to be capable of forming ajuagraent concerning them , or the tendency of them , and the law and the judges of the land ratify this decision of the public . Their proper business is with overt infractions of the laws , and with manifested intentions of such overt acts . All

      beyond this is a culpabla transgression of du'y , a violation of the rights of free citizens , and a nialappropriation of public money . On these grounds alone the parties who have thus conducted themselves demand correction from the higher authorities . Ifone but a magistrate can lawfully do what these men have presumed to do . He alone is capable of employing persons competent to form opinions of the tendency of any movement of the people . He alone is competent to exercise a discretion on tbe receipt of their reports . Mere extravagance of opinion is no affair for either constable or magistrate in England . They have cognisance of nothing but acts , and manifested intentions of breaking the peace , or violating a Jaw . If they transgress this line ihey themselves endanger the peace . It was so in the police case to ¦ which we have referred . The Chartists detected

      some disguised policemen , and assaulted them . Those men , had they gone in their proper character , and in an open and honest manner , would not havo occasioned a breach of the peace ; but they went in a secret manner , which is always suspicious , they excited a very natural irritation , and , in fact , might have caused a loss of life . In every point of view , the conduct of the police is censurable ; but it is of the first moment to the public , that the practice of espionage should be checked before it becomes a system , and loosen all the confidence of man in bis fellow-man , If suffered to continue , it will , at no distant period , be tbe bane of society , as it was in ancient Rome , and in modern France .

      Industry V. Idleness. Sib,—As Want Of Ex...

      INDUSTRY v . IDLENESS . Sib , —As want of exercise impairs the health of man , and as I believe certain idle allottees require a little physic , allow me to administer a dose . If they are too idle to dig , 1 trust they will soon become too idle to eat the bread of others . I have no authority to make public the name ef the writer of a letter I received on Wednesday morning , from Buckinghamshire , yet I wish you to give the letter itself publicity , also the remarks of Mr . Harrison , from last weeks Star , as a contrast of the effects of Idleness and Industry . Yours truly , W . Ridee .

      XOOK OS THIS PICIDRE -AND OS THIS OF IXD 08 TBT . or idleness . It grieves me to hear of Mr . Harrison , also the bad conduct of some of an allottee at Minster the members of the Land Lovel , said that all Company towards Mr . was distress and de- O'Connor , and their neglect solation on that es- of cultivating the land , gives tate , but they bad me much pain ; I only wish brought the curse that I had the same opporupon themselves , by tunity as they have , of betfollowing the advice tering my condition . We of Beattie and Gath- have a small piece of landard , and going to law , church land—let to ns poor instead of paying men at a rent of £ i 8 s . per their just debts He acre ; it contains three acres .

      then gave a shocking We have ten poles each , and picture of the state of we pay half-yearly in ad-Githard ' s , Seattle ' s vance , and if I was to give and other allotments , as much more for my ten stfting thatcharlock , poles , I would not leave it , thistles , and docks , for I can grow two crops were growing to the every year , by good cultivaheight of several feet , tion and well-manuring the and that the crops land . I have been cutting were wasted on the fine cabbages for many ground because they weeks , since the early potawere too lazy to reap toes came up , and they will them . Mr . Grim- last for some weeks longer , ahaw , eneofthe best My potatoes this year were farmers there , told good . I believe if I had one

      him that instead of acre of land to work upon , throwing it into that I could get as much Chancery to avoid clear money from it as 1 paying rents , they now get for twelve months , should be made to Our wages are eight ahilpay compensation to lings a-week . 1 am now the Company for the out of work , but I hope I manner in which they shall soon have work again , had deteriorated the I have five children , and Talueof property . The they are all girls but one ; houses and out-houses they plait , and a few weeks were actually being ago tbey could earn a good destroyed , and though bit of money every week .

      the allottees denied Trade is yet very bad , but doing it , yet they en- thank the Lord they can couraged the boys in earn a little now , which will the work of destnic- keep us from starving . I tion . have paid but little into the Land Company , but if it had been likely lo have kept on , I should have kept on paying . I have paid twenty-nine or thirty shillings in , and if I never have a single far-. thing I shall not grieve , aud if the Company winds up , and Mr . O'Connor has

      another Company , if I live , 1 will j oin it , as I believe it is the nest thing in the world to raise the poor man from slavery , and make him a freeman . Excuse me , sir , for writing so much , but my heart is in the land , and there is nothing that I should like to do , while 1 have health and strength so well , as to cultivate the soil . Send me the paper , and believe me to be yours truly .

      Thi Armt.—The Condition Of The Soldier S...

      Thi Armt . —The condition of the soldier serving in oar colonies , with regard to the stoppage exacted for his ration , has been under the consideration of the government , and it is intended to reduce the rate from fivepence , at which it stands at present , to threepence halfpenny . The necessity for this step has been made apparent in the evidence taken before the Committee on Army and Ordnance Expenditure ; and the effect of lowering the costof the ration of one pound of meat and one pound of bread to threepence halfpenny , will be to leave the soldier abroad eightpence halfpenny , out of which he will provide himself with other articles of feed conducive lo his health and comfort . That this will be

      attended with an increased expenditure there is no -doubt ; but when we consider the long expatriation Of our soldiers , and the varied and unhealthy climates in which they cheerfully serve , we are quite sore that it is an act of justice and humanity of -which not even the strictest economist will complain . In thus increasing the balance of daily pay to be received by the soldier , every care will be taken , especially in tropicalolimates , that a proper proportion is expended in such articles as contribute to his effieii-ncy for the due performance of his duties , and no risk will arise that that which is intended as a boon shall be , by neglect on the part of the officer r impr . v dence on the part Of the soldier , converted , into an evil . —Unas .

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      Whiiiinotoh and CAT .-There was a full attendance of members present on Sunday evening . Mr . Bowling was called to the chair , and the secretary read Air . O'Connor's letter to the shareholders , also Mr . Dixon ' s , and the report of the Land meeting at Golden-lane , from the Northern Star . —The Chairman wished to correct an impression under which Mr . O ' Connor was labouring , viz ., that the committee getting up the meeting were actuated by feelings hostile to himself , or that they in any way induced the allottees to attend . He thoug ht the conduct of those who attended was unjustifiable , and their language so violent and insulting that the meeting would have been justified in expelling them . He believed Mr . O'Connor had been misled

      by others relative to the committee ; they believed that in calling the meeting they were not only consuiting tho interests of the Company , but also dir . O'Connor ' s private feelings . He was surprised at Mr . Dixon ' s letter ; he had greatly underrated the numbers present , and mistated other things relative to tbe meeting . Mr . Dixon was met by the deputation at Mr . O'Connor ' s door and desired to accompany them ; this he declined doing , yet was the hist to misrepresent them . The slack attendance was owing to their having no bills to announce it , and the political conduct of the Directors had caused many to cease taking in the Northern Star . —Several members spoke in favour of the correctness of the report in the Star , but blamed the letter of Mr . Dixon . —Mr . Wheeler , in answer to a question from

      Mr . Darlison , showed that Mr . O ' Connor had stated that proper receivers would be appointed by Parliament to receive the money arising from the sale of the estates when the Company was wound up , and apply it to paying a dividend to the shareholders . He also reprobated in strong terms the insulting and violent language used by tho allottees at the public meeting in Golden-lane , and referred them to . the case of Sherlock v . O'Connor , which was . read from the Star , and received with applause . —Mr . Wilson , late secretary in that district , in a long address gave his reasons for the partial failure of the Company ; they were all to blame , from the highest to the lowest ; Mr . O'Connor had been too enthusiastic , and the members loo sanguine in their expectations , and too backward in their payments .

      He acquitted the Directors of all charges of dishonesty , but believed that they had neglected their duties in hot either resigning or calling a Conference at an earlier date . The local secretaries and treasurers had also been neglectful in not being more particular in sending in to the Directors the separate amounts paid by each individual . If this was not seen to before the Company was wound up great confusion would be the result . Mr . Wilson stated that persons had , to his knowledge , paid £ 9 a year rent for an acre of ground , in what was now Victoria Park , whilst for better land at Snig ' s End and Lowbands , and a house like a palace to live in , they pretended they could pay no rent . He believed the allottees had entered into a general combination to defraud the shareholders . —Mr . Darliston thought

      the best way they could assist Mr . 0 Connor was by furnishing funds to wind up the Company . —Mr . Lawrence WAS Of opinion that the Conference should be called in London if it was only to investigate the accounts of the branches , and see whether the sums tbey had paid agreed with the cards of the members , which should be called in for that purpose . He agreed with Mr . Wilson relative to many of his views as to the causes of the partial failure of the Company , but thought that the Conferences were chiefly to blame . He believed the original plan would have been successful if it had not been altered . —Several other shareholders expressed similar views , and severely criticised the conduct of the allottees , and those who supported them , including Messrs . Stallwood and Isaac Wilson . —Mr .

      Talboys denied the assertion in Mr . Dixon s letter that he had paid nothing to the Company ; he had paid 8 s . 6 d .: he had no enmity either to Mr . O'Connor or to the Directors , but he thought that the shareholders should have a share in winding up their own affairs ; this could only be done by having a Conference . Mr . Dixon ' s letter was an uncalled for attack on the committee , and tbe report of the meeting was not so full as it might have bsen . He thought that Mr . O'Connor should have stopped longer to answer any questions that- might have been put to him . —Mr . Lawrence moved , and Mr . Talboys seconded : — " That we recommend the calling of a Conference in London in the first week in May , and that it be called after tbe same method as the last . —After considerable discussion relative

      to the expense , & c , the motion was carried . — Several of the committee for getting up the meeting at Golden-Jane stated they were full paid-up shareholders , and wished it to he so stated in the report . The meeting then adjourned . Leicester . —At a meeting of the committee of No . 1 brancb , a resolution was adopted , calling on all the paid-up shareholders who have not yet paid their levy of sixpence towards winding up the affairs of the Company to do so forthwith , as no application will be made to Parliament till the £ 400

      is paid . We hope they will not impede the progress of so desirable an object . We agree with tho different localities that a Conference be held before the bill be presented to Parliament , and we think with Mr . O'Connor that it is unjust to be governed by laws we have no voice in making . A good understanding cannot be had unless a report be given from the different districts , and as Nottingham was once named to be the place , we think a more central town could not be selected , as a direct lino from all parts of the kingdom cau be taken .

      The Land Company. Ihb Committee Of The N...

      THE LAND COMPANY . IHB COMMITTEE OF THE NORWICH BBANCH TO THE MEMBERS OF TUAT DISTRICT . raiENDS . —We , the Committee of that Branch , feel it our duty to address you upon the present position of the Land Company . Friends , the Company was established for the purpose ef placing you on the Land of this country , hut the ignorant selfishness of government , aided by a base hireling press , and the treachery of ingratitude of those whom we have put upon the Land by our hard-earned pence , has caused its failure . After taking possession of their allotments , some of the allottees refused to pay rent in accordance with the rules of the Society . Brother Shareholders , wt beg to inform

      you that Mr . O'Connor has done all that laid in his power , but could not obtain that protection which every one has a right to expect from the laws of his country ; therefore there is no other course left but to apply to parliament for a bill to wind up tbe affairs of the Company , and for that object a call has been made to each locality to remit their share towards the expenses .. Now we cannot expect that one man , or ten , can do the business of all the members ; so we hope and trust that each member will pay his share , and rescue the property from the

      grasp of those who have appealed to the Manchester school for the means to throw it into chancery . We also beg to inform you , that for the better accommodation of the members , subscription lists are lying at the following places : —Mr . J . Storey , at St . Augustine ' s-gates ; Mr . T . Fox , at the Queen's Head , St . Giles ; Mr . B . Howlett , Bee-hive , Kingstreet ; Mr . J . Collins , New Larkenbam ; and at the room , St . Mary's , every Sunday morning , at half , past ten o ' clock . By order of the Committee , Conrad Spkingall , Sec .

      P . S . —We also suggest that petitions be got up by every branch , and preiented to the' Honse of Commons by their own members , praying the house to smppoit Mr . O'Connor in winding up the Land Company . We also recommend that Mr . O'Connor should have the power to receive loans of five or ten ( hillings , to be repaid when the Company is wound up , for we feel convinced that a sufficient sum will not be raised in time by a levy upon the members . C . S .

      Winding-Up Of The Land Company. To The K...

      WINDING-UP OF THE LAND COMPANY . TO THE KDITOK OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Furnace-road , Longton , Staffordshire . Dkau Sib , —I send you two shillings in Postagestamps—one shilling for mjielf and one shilling from another shareholder—towards winding up the Land Company . I cannot understand why some penons are continually calling out for the Land Company to bi wound up , and yet withholding their share of the necessary funds to do so . They must be either fools or knaves—fooli to think that a Company can be wound up without funds at its disposal ; and if Ihey are aware of this they are

      knaves if they do not supply the required amount . Some are for selling an estate , and raising the money in that way . But how can that be done , when the law requires it to be advertised , which would incur other legal expenses , previous to the sale ? I hope we ihall hear no more from these persons about having political power to govern their country , when they have not the sense nor honesty to govern a Company , with a view to its lUCCClful winding up . But tbe greatest brawlers are always the least doers . I am heartily sick of such persons . I remain , yours in the cause of Right , Nov , 23 . A Paid-t / p Shareholder .

      TO 9 . O'CONNOR XSO .., M . P . Dear Sib , —In reference to your call in the Star of the 9 th lu » t . , I am instructed by a few friends te awertain from you , whether , if any one advance five or ais » hilling » towards the expense of winding up the Company , will that be repaid back to

      Winding-Up Of The Land Company. To The K...

      them when the Company be wound op , Jor we feel « a « ,. » a sufficient sum will not be raised in Sbv levy as if i « only a few that will pay ? Dear sir , I hope you will yet live to see your principles carried out , and triumph over all your enemies . I remain , yours with respect , St . Martin ' s at Oak , Conrad Springall . Norwich .

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      The Provisional Committee Of The Nationa...

      The Provisional Committee of the National Cuartkr Association met on Wednesday evening last , at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . Mr . John Milno in the chair . Correspondence was read from the Globe and Friends , stating that tho locality had been rc-organised , and a council nominated ; from Beverley , announcing that several Chartists had formed themselves into a society ; from Cheltenham , disagreeing with the Manchester

      Conference , and expressing their thanks to the retiring Executive , for their past services ; from Whitechurch , containing sentiments of a similar character : from Lynn , Leicester , Limehouse , and Westminster , also disagreeing with the Manchester Conference : and from Bradford , Ovenden , and many other places , forwarding their nominations tor the Executive Committee . The secretary having been instructed to prepare a list of the various localities , which had expressed their opinions for and against the Manchester Conference , then road as follows : —

      MANCHESTER CONFE ENCE . For—Manchester , Sheffield , Hull , Rochdale , Stockport , Todmordcn , Nottingham ( one locality ) , and Finsbury . Against—Went Riding Delegate Meeting ( including Bradford , Halifax , Huddersfield , Bingley , Bir-8 tal , Ilolmfii'th , ifcc ) , Aberdeen , Bormondsey , Birmingham , Bristol , Cheltenham , Coventry , Edinburgh , Exeter , Emmett ' s Brigade , Finsbury Hamilton , II ebden Bridge , Leicester , Limehouse , Lynn , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , New Radford , Nottingham ( District Council ) , Paisley , Roy ton , ,. StaIybridgo , Stockport , Sutton-in-Ashfield , Washington Locality , Westminster , WhUechurob , ; and Whittington and Cat Locality . ' . „ ' ..

      , Jt was then agreed that the said list-be" inserted in the report , and , after the transaction of financial and other business , the Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , Dec . 4 th . NOMINATIONS RKCKIVED FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . G . W . M . Reynolds , George Julian Harney , John Arnott , James Grassby , John Milne , William Davis , Edmund Stallwood , Edward Miles , Ernest Jones , Feargus O'Connor , Samuel Kydd , Thomas Cooper , Thornton Hunt , George Jacob Holyoake , Walter Cooper , Gerald Massey , Robert Le Blond , Thomas Martin Wheeler , John Fussell , Thomas Brown , John Pettie , W . J . Linton , James Bronteric O'Brien , Robert Owen , and Thomas Jones .

      IXIT . RUCTI 0 KS FOR TAKING . THI VOTES . Where localities are formed it is desirable that a time and place of meeting be appointed for the purpose of receiving the votes . This being arranged , and the meeting made public , all who desire to have a voice in the election arc requested to write down from the above list ( or any other which may hereafter bo published ) , the names of nine persons for whom they intend to vote , and if not able to attend let their voting paper be enclosed and forwarded to

      the said meeting , addressed to the secretary . The whole of the voting papers to be so placed as to be in accordance with the recognised mode of balloting , and on drawing them the votes for each candidate shall be taken down by parties appointed for that purpose . Such list , with thenumbers attached , having been duly attested by tbe said parties , and the chairman of the meeting , must be transmitted to " The General Secretary , H , Southamptonstreet . Strand , London , " on or before Wednesday , the 18 th of December .

      Joun Arnott , General Secretary . Sutton-is Asiifield . —At a public meeting specially convened for the purpose of discussing the address issaed by the Executive , it was resolved : — " That it is the op inion of this meeting that the Manchester Council has no proper authority for calling a National Conference , to be held at Manchester , and that Christmas is especially ill-timed for such purpose ; and further , we fully concur in the steps taken by the late Executive , for the election of a new one ; and that the projected National Charter and Social Reform Union has our most cordial acquiesence , believing that it will be productive of great results , that such an amount of mind and energy will rally round our standard as

      the . democratic cause has never witnessed . — " That the secretary be instructed to balance the accounts of this locality , to asceitain how many cards are disposed of , and make a return to the Executive as early as possible . " With all due respect for the name and character of Mr . O'Connor , we regret- that that gentleman should have stood aloof from the recent Conference . We believe that the delegates composing that Conference are imbued with an ardent desire to serve the good cause , and think Mr . O'Connor should have attended the sittings and have given them the benefit of his views , rather than to have suggested the Manchester Conferencc , a « it were from a spirit of opposition ; however , we feel assured that they have taken a

      step in the right direction , and as such shall have our support . Globe asd Friends . — After a highly interesting lecture on Sunday evening last , by Mr . J . J . Bezer , to a numerous and respectable audience , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : —Proposed by Mr . J . Shaw , seconded by Mr . T . Davis , " That this meeting views with shame and disgust the existence of that abominable system , so fraught with mischief to the dearest rights and l iberties of every British subject—theempioyment of policemen in private clothes , as spies upon the people , by worming themselves into the legal assemblages of our countrymen , for the purpose of entrapping our

      friends ; and believing such practices to be unconstitutional , and alike degrading to the man and insulting to common sense , we trust that the people throughout the country will speak their sentiments with reference to such Whig innovations of their rig hts . We therefore respectfully request , that Messrs . Wakely , O'Connor , George Thompson , and other democratic friends , will bring under the notice of Parliament the intrusion of policemen , and consequent arrest of Alfred Fuzzon , at , a recent meeing of working men in Turnm ' ill-street , Clerkenwell . We also hope these gen tlemen will endeavour to obtain a committee to inquire into the nature of the duties performed by the members of the police force . "

      Crippleqate Locality . —The members met at their rooms , 26 , Golden-lane , for the purpose of ballotting for nine persons to be nominated by them , as candidates for the new Executiue of the National Charter Association . The names of the persons elected as the nine to be nominated and supported by the Cripplegate Chartists , are as follows , in the order in which they received the votes of the members : E . Jones , S . M . Kydd , G . Julian Harney , A . E . Delaforce , G . J . Holyoake , W . J .

      Linton , F . O'Connor , W . Davis , and Thornton Hunt . A deputation was then appointed to arrange with Mr . Walter Cox , the mason , for completing the monument to the memory of Hanshard , Williams , and Sharp . The secretary was also instructed to make out a list of the nine candidates above-named , and make arrangements for receiving the votea of persona wishing to vote for any or all of those put forth by the Cripplegate Chartist . Yotes can be recorded at the rooms , 26 . Goldenlane , Cripplegate , on and after the 30 th of November .

      Lynn . —At a full meeting it was proposed and seconded , — " That we , the Chartists of this locality , consider that the Manchester Council , not being a duly elected head of the National Charter Association , had no authority to summon a Conference , and that the present Executive Committee have been worthy of the greatest confidence . We further agree to nominate the following persons to serve as the future Executive Committee : —Wm . Davis , G . Julian Harney , E . Stallwood , J . Grassby , Feargus O'Connor , Ernest Jones , Samuel Kydd , G . W . M . Reynolds , and John Arnott ; and that the time and place for calling a Conference be left to that body , if duly elected , and we pledge ourselves to support that Executive to the best of our abilities . Carried unanimously .

      Emmett Brigade . —A crowded meeting was held at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening—Mr . Kelly in the chair—when it was resolved : — " That every member of the Brigade be summoned to a meeting for the purpose of nominating an Executive Committee , on Sunday , " which was carried unanimously . —Bronterre O'Brien , wbo en tered the room , was greeted with loud cheers , and proceeded to deliver an address on Democracy at home and abroad , in an eloquent and impassioned strain , which elicited rapturous applause . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was awarded to him by acclamation . A member having asked Mr . O'Brien's opinion as to * the time and place at which tho proposed Conference should be held , Mr . O'Brien

      replied that ho was in favour of holding the Conference in January next , because he thought at that time they would obtain more of the attention of tho Press than they would in the month of May . lie was decidedly of opinion that London before all other places was the beat for holding it . ( Loud cheers ) . —A discussion then ensued between Messrs . J . Fussell , B . O'Brien , and S . Mundin , on current political events , which was adjourned until Sunday next . Mr . O'Brien again undertaking to attend , Mr . Blake announced the intention of the Emmett Brigade to hold a complimentary meeting in that place on Monday evening , December 2 nd , to Mr . Edmund Stallwood , for his faithful services in the cause of Democracy for upwards of twenty years ; and that G . W . 'M . Reynolds and other friends were invited , and expected to be present ,

      The Provisional Committee Of The Nationa...

      StockporTi—At themembe a' meeting on Sunday the following ; resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the , Provisional Committee had not acted up to the decision of tho Hebderi-bridge' delegate meeting , in not resigning their seats in tho . Executive ; we , therefore , expressed our opinion in . favour of the Manchester Conference . But , the Executive having now given upland called on the . localities to nominate an Executive , we nominate , as fit and proper persons to sit on the Executive Committee of the National

      Charter Association , the following gentlemen : Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., Ernest Jones , Esq ., G . W . M . Reynolds , G . J . Harney , Samuel Kydd , J . Arnott , James Grassby , Thomas Jones , and Wm . Davis . " Wuittinoton and Cat , Church-street ,. Bethnal Green . —Mr . Wheeler attended here to lecture on Sunday evening , but owing to the protracted discussion upon the Land Question , tho lecture was adjourned . Considerable local and financial business was transacted , and arrangements made for . getting up a series of concerts on Monday evenings , the receipts' to be applied to the formation of a Tract Fund .

      Cbown and Anchor . — A large meeting of members met on Sunday evening—Mr . Kirby in the chair—when it was resolved : — " That we accept the resignation of the Executive , and . fully appreciate the policy they have pursued , and also that we tender them our sincere thanks . " It was moved and seconded , that the following persons stand as candidates for the ensuing Executive , viz .: Messrs . Arnott , Davis , Grassby , Reynolds , Stallwood , Jones , Harney , Mile , Milne , ' and that the poll be taken for the past Executive , with the addition of Ernest Jones , on Sunday next , Nov . 30 .

      LEICESTER . —At a meeting of the members of this locality , held on Sunday morning last , the following resolution was adopted : — " That we entirely disagree with the conduct of tho Manchester Council in attempting to call a Conference , and consider it an assumption of authority which they are not entitled to . In our opinion , the Executive Committee lire the only persons eligible to call a Conference , when and whore they , think proper ; at the same time , we think London the best place /'" That this meeting is of op nion > that it will be unwise to adopt the plan proposed by the late Conf erence , for the following reasons ¦;—First , because of the many conflicting opinidhs ; r 6 n the social questions ; second , as the Conference 'has , in bur opinion , destroyed the principles of equal representation , by giving to the few , thei ' same numbers ' of delegates as the many ; third , because we believe the Charter the common ground , all might unite upon , without sacrificing any of their ultra opinions . "

      Todmobden . — At the weekly meeting of members , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That it is the fixed opinion of this meeting that the Executive should be chosen b y the full and free voice of the whole people—that is , the Chartists who are not able to pay their quota , as well as those who are enrolled members , should have a voice in their election ; and it is also the opinion of this meeting , that it is more in accordance with the spirit of true democracy , than by electing them at the Conference at Manchester ; and further , that a timely notice should be given to each locality , by the present

      Executive , for that purpose , "That an union , such as has been proposed by the late Democratic and Social Reform League , cannot be advantageous , under existing circumstances , to the Chartist movement , and that , in our opinion , all thoughts of such union , for the present , should be abandoned . " It was also resolved , — " That ten shillings be sent to Mr . Aitken , of Ashton-under-Lyne , in aid of the M'Douall Fund , for that gentleman ' s public and unremitting zeal in advocating , at all times and under all circumstances , the glorious rights of man .

      Royton , —On Sunday last , the members assembled in the Democratic School . After the books had been audited , and a new council elected , Mr . O'Con . nor's proposition to hold a Conference in Manchester was discussed , and the following resolutions were passed , —• " That we , the members of the Royton Charter Association , approve of a Conference being hold at the earliest opportunity ; but we deny Mr . O'Connor ' s or the Manchester Council ' s right to dictate where it shall be held , ¦ We respectfull y submit , that the time and place ought to be decided by the Executive Committee . " ' * That an union of all Democrats is absolutely necessary , to enable us to carry those principles on which depend the

      happiness and welfare of millions yet unborn ; and we pledge ourselves to support any wise and legal measures that may be adopted to carry the same . " We desire our brethren in different parts of the country to be up and doing , as there is plenty of work to do , and no true Democrat can remain inactive while so many of his fellow creatures are steeped in misery , and prevented from having a voice in the making of the laws by which tbey are governed . There are many ways of doing good , and we suggest that , wherever there are two or three active men that they subscribe their pence , purchase tracts , and distribute them amongst all who are ignorant of the glorious principles of the Charter .

      The Potteries . —On Sunday evening last the Chartists of Hanley and Shelton met at the bouse of Mr . J . Yates , Temperance Hotel , Crown Bank , to re-organise their body , and discuss matters relative to the present aspect and position of democracy generally . There was a numerous attendance , and many individuals entered their names and paid subscriptions as members . Before the close of the meeting the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the Chartists of this district , do cordially approve , and are determined to

      give all our support to the Conference appointed to sit in Manchester on the 1 st January , 1851 . " Manchester . —Mr . James Leach lectured on Sunday evening in the People ' s Institute , on the present " Aspect of affairs . " to a large and crowded audience . After the lecture , a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer with acclamation . —On Monday evening the usual weekly meeting of the Council took phice , and after transacting local business , a reply to Mr . Jones' attack on the Manchester Courtcil was agreed to , : ; nd which will be found in another page .

      Bradford . —At the usual meeting of the Chartists , held in the Democratic Schoolroom , on Sunday last , Mr . Joseph Hudson in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted , moved by Mr . John Moore , seconded by William Stansby , — " That this meeting highly approve of the address of the Amalgamated Conference of the democrats of London , and that we send in our adhesion forthwith . " Mr . Thomas Wilcock then read the resignation of the Executive Committee , when the following persons were moved , seconded , and unanimously nominated as fit and proper persons to form the Executive Committee : — James Grassby , John Arnott , G . J . Harney , William Davis , G . W . M . Reynolds , Ernest Charles Jones , Mr . F . O'Connor , Edmund Stallwood , and Edward Miles .

      Bristol . —At a meeting , held at No . 7 , Castle Mill-street , on Monday evening , Mr . Dyke in the chair , the Executive address to the Chartist body was read , when an animated discussion took place . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Sheam , and seconded by Mr . Clark , —'' That this meeting agrees with , and is willing to act according to that address , in electing a new Executive Committee . " We think it is more unison with Universal Suffrage than any other proposition put forth ; then the veritable Chartists will have a National Council of their own ohosing , and we are of op inion the people would not elect bad servants . ' Carried unanimously . It was moved and seconded , — " That this meeting adjourn until Monday next , Dec . 2 nd , when the men of our choice will he put in nomination ; and it is expected that all members will be present . "

      Bermondsky . —At a meeting of the Bermondsey Chartists , held at the Ship and Mermaid , Snow's Fields , on Tuesday evening last , the following resolutions were adopted : —1 st . " That the whole of the present Executive , with Mr . Ernest Jones , be put in nomination for the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . " 2 nd . ^ Tbat this locality approves of an amalgamation of the Democratic and Social Reformers , but believe the same to be impracticable until the re-organisation

      of the Chartist body has been accomplish- d . " IIeijden Bridge .- At a meeting held on the 24 th of November , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the calling a Conference at Manchester is injudicious , and that the only legitimate party for calling any Conference of the Chartist body is the Executive Committee . " The following persons were nominated to serve on the new Executive ;—G . J . Harney , E . Jones , G . W .. M . Reynolds , J . Grassbv , J . Arnott , S . Kydd , and W . Davis .

      Ccwi'EN Collibry . —The Chartists of this locality deem it tbeir duty , ns well as that of the whole Chartist body , to settle the account due to the Treasurer of the Executive . The following subscriptions have been received . —John Robinson Oil . ; T . Messci-6 . ; John Watson Cd . ; John Rhodes Od . j A . Hunter Od . ; R .. Davidson 3 d . ; T . Dixon 3 d . ; Dodds 3 d . Tho following are the votes for the Executive , viz ., W . Davies , J . Grassby , G . J . Harney , E . Miles , J . Milne , E . Stallwood , G . W . M . Reynolds , J . Arnott , and E . Jones to be added thereto . Forty votes .

      Newcastle .-upon-Tynb . —The members met on Sunday evening , November 24 , in the Joiners'Hall , which they have taken for a meeting room , and have also started a Democratic reading and news room .. George Smith in the chair . Moved by M Jude , seconded by John Brown , "That the thanks of tho members of the Newcastle Chartists be given to the present Executive , for the able manner in which they ^ have- conducted the business of the National Charter Association , " Carried unanimously . —Moved by M . Jude , seconded by Henry Harding , " That this meeting is of opinion that the Manchester Chaitists attempting to hold a Conference is likely to cause discord and dissension among the Chartist body , instead of union . This meeting is of opinion that the Executive is the proper party to . oall a Conference . "

      The Lower Warley Delegate Meeting. To Th...

      THE LOWER WARLEY DELEGATE MEETING . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —On looking over the Northern Star of Saturday last I was greatly surprised to see it stated that there had been a delegate meeting at Lower Warlfiy of the various localities in the Halifax district . The places represented and the names of the delegates attending are omitted , and the result of their meeting is the formation of a new district , to be called the' Halifax District of the National Association . ' But what surprised me most was , that I , being the acknowledged secretary of the Halifax

      district , having been appointed to that office in the memorable year . ' 48 , received HO notice of that meeting . I might come to the conclusion that there has been no delegate meet ng at all , or , if there has been , that the delegates there were selfelec ! ed . I think it would have "been more honourable on their part , if they had consulted the district officers before they had taken such a atfp , for tbe following reasons : —At the last delegate meeting , held at Lower Warley , which I had the pleasure o ' calling , I w shed to resign the office of secretary ; but the delegates said I should not give up the office until all the debts which had been contracted were

      paid ( and I can assure you they are many ) . At another delegate meeting , held at Nichols' Temperance-hotel , the old veteran , Ben . Rusl'ton , said that he would never desert the district until every debt was paid up , and that , if nine persons could be found with himself , lie woald paysivpenceper week until all was paid up . There is another circumstance connected with this would-be delegate meeting that makes it appear very suspicious , it is this—that the

      Halifax Branch of the National Charter Association and several others , which I could mention , received no notice of it until they saw it in the Northern Star of Saturday last . I think I have now stated the real facts of the case , as far as lam concerned , and I beg to assure those- 'friwids who have so kindly written to me on the subject , that I have had nothing to do with it , in no-shape or form whatever . '' ..-. Uriah . Hinchcliffe , District Secretary of the Halifax District .

      Westminster County Court. National Land ...

      WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT . NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . SnBRLOCE v . O'Connor . Fiudat . —On this case being called on , Mr . Roberts ( not Mr . Roberts , of Manchester , ) appeared for the plaintiff , and the defendant appeared in person . The plaintiff was originally a member of the East Durham branch of the National Land Company , but becoming dissatisfied , applied to tbe office , 144 , High Holborn , for repayment . He had never seen Mr . O'Connor , but had been informed that he was the head 61 the concern , and acted upon that impression when he paid the money . — -A Clerk of tbe Registration Office put in books as evidence of the provisional registration , but on being crossexamined by Mr . O ' Connor , knew nothing of the

      subsequent proceedings , havihg been but lately engaged in the office . —No further evidence being adduced on the part of the plaintiff , Mr . 0 ' Connor . addressed the Judge , and referred to the old mftxim , " that be who pleaded his own cause had a fool for his client , ' ' . but he appeared thereon behalf of 70 , 000 shareholders . His Honour might not be aware that in several similar cases the Judges had decided to give no judgment until the Company was wound up . Re had taken all the necessary steps to bring it before Parliament early the next session , and though both Lord Campbell and Sir F . Pollock bad decided that in law the property was his own , yet be was determined that every shareholder should receive 20 s . in the pound , provided the estates realised sufficient . < The accounts had been submitted to tho strictest investigation for nine weeks before a Committee of the House of Commons and

      Government Auditors , and from their evidence it was shown that about £ 5 , 000 was owing to him . His Honour was aware that the Company had to endure a great amount of antagonism , owing to prejudice against himself , but the strictest justice should be done to the shareholders , and Parliament itself would appoint parties to see the funds properly applied . His Honour in giving judgment , stated , that the only evidence before him was , that the plaintiff had paid into a Company £ 2 16 s ., but who that Company were he had no evidence . He had heard of the Land Company , and knew that in tho Court of Exchequer the Judges had refused to give judgment until Parliament came to a decision , relative to its being wound up . Ue could make no order of payment on the defendant .

      Great Firb In Fredbricton.—I Write In Ex...

      Great Firb in Fredbricton . —I write in excessive haste . Our city has been desolated by the most terrific fire which , taking our population into account , has ever taken place in this province . Upwards of one-half of the city is burnt , including a large portion of our best buildings and places of business , and the spacious Wesleyan church and parsonage . The fire broke out about two o ' clock in a barn near this church and before any assistance could be rendered it' was on fire , and with great difficulty the organ was taken to pieces and got out , with cushions , books , & c . ; but within half an hour the flames wreathed round the lofty spire , which , with the ponderous bell , fell into the midst of the

      burning heap . The fire then crossed Carltonstreet and drove rapidly on in every direction , particularly among the thick cluster of stores in Queen-street , thence down to Regent-street , burning every building in its course . By five o ' clock at least 200 houses were burnt or on fire , and then by great exertion its progress was stopped . About 3 , 000 people are this evening houseless . The fire , extending through to the front street , consumed all the buildings from Anderson ' s-corner down to Small ' s Brick-building ( which was saved ) , on the property formerly Staple ' s hotel , including S . Barker ' s , F . W . Hatheway ' s , W . and G . Grosvernor ' s , Spahnn ' s , J . S . Coy ' s , C . Grigor ' s ,

      S . K . Foster ' s , Doherty and . M'Tavish ' s , Horsfall and Sheraton ' s , Wolhaupter ' s , Cirlin ' s , Flewwelling ' s , T . Hatheway ' s , H . S . Beck ' s , Beverley ' s , and all on that side of the street within the points named , In the rear , the fire extended from the barn above the Methodist chapel to the Bank of British North America—the latter saved . The Catholic chapel was on fire , but has been saved . Mr . Welch ' s hotel ( in . Mr . Sphann ' s building ) , the Exchange , and Segee ' s hotel , and M'Intosh ' s hotel are among the buildings destroyed . The calamity is awful , as ruin—irretrievable ruin , must be the result to hundreds . The insurances were considerable . The Wesleyan church was insured in the Central-office for £ 600 , and the organ for £ 100 . Other insurances on private property are

      considerable . J . he time , however , was unfavourable , as our merchants had just got in their full stocks , and as a great deal is burnt their insurances will be but a small compensation . The Central-office has lost heavily of course , and bo also have the foreign offices . The whole city seems to be in ruins . I look down and see nothing but long ranges of chimneys , surrounded by burning heaps , where a few hours ago hundreds of comfortable dwellings and stores existed . I cannot—dare not-attempt to realise the consequences . The fire was made more unmanagable in consequence of the wind , which bleiv a gale , and caused an irrisistible body of flame ; The energy of man seemed altogether powerless . All classes of people were at work—the Governor , the bishop , and all sorts and conditions of men .-St . John ' s , New BrunswickCourierNov 12 th

      , , . . National Charter League . —The usual weekly meeting was held at Talford ' s Temperance Hotel , rarringdon-street , on Sunday evening last , Mr . T . Clark in . the chair ; Mr . Reudell delivered a highly . interesting lecture on " The Life-and Times of Oliver Cromwell ; at the close of Which some of his views were disputed by Messrs . Dalrymple , M Grath , Worseldiue , and Clark . The lecturer was supported in his opinions by Messrs . Nobbs and Side . At the close of the discussion the unanimous tbai . ks of the meeting weie awarded to Mr . llendcll for hw able discourse ; and the chairman "f ^ I' ^ W- Mr ^ l'Qrath would muke the Mamfesto of Cardinal Wiseman the subieet of a lecture pn Sunday evenine . 1 st December

      dreadful Boiler Exi-losion at Bradford . —A ™'" I explosion took place on Thursday afternoon at the mill of Messrs . C . Ward and Co ., in Manchester-road . Two persons were killed , and three seriousl y injured . Exhibition op 1851 . — Arrangements havo been niade , we learn , with the police authorities of trance , and even other countries , to concentrate a tew foreign police in this country next year to watch the movements of any foreign pickpockets who may be tempted hither in tlie spring . Death of Lord Nuoknt , M . P . —The Right Hon . Lord Nugent , M . P . for the borough of Aylesbury , expired at his seat , Lillies , on Tuesday afternoon . His lordshi p ' s demise was scarcely expected , as his disease hart taken a more favourable turn .

      Municipal Boroughs in England and Wales — It appears from a return printed on Saturday last that the income wns £ 1 , 241 , 655 , and the exoenVi . Sure £ 1 170 , 019 , connected with municipal boroughs in England and Wales . P l , „ l ° Sf " " ?' u °° Roman . sUve * medal arw e 1 ust been discovered by a poor vine grower in th « « J \ s ^ -aa s L « £ t £ | 8 S"KS ^ iStS = t ^ were sold to the town of Nimes li * S ratnrae ? ' teurs , at the viite of mS . « ' to SOmo amtt " sist of 2 of Julius cLa , " 14 Pf r T ^ B % con " eian , * Nero , 17 Antoninus , J rUuE ' UmS i ? r 2 t ^ wife'A IIS ?* ™ . 1 Plotinus , 1 Luoilla ( the wife Of Antoninus ) ,, ! Nerva , 1 Sabinus , 1 Didius-

      Great Firb In Fredbricton.—I Write In Ex...

      Jufianus , 1 Pertinax , and 2 " of Aurelian fTT " he Mlver medals onl . ' v 1 , 500 have bee !^ ° ?\ f others were melted down by a silversmith , to 3 they had been sold . 'l 0 wnot »

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      THAMES .-Attempied Suicidb . -J . jw ,, , scribed as a cooper , of 48 , Chamber-street \ v & chapel , forty years of age , was chargedwHh ' atw ?' ing to commit suicide by throwing himself intn - ^ river Lee at Bromley .-It appeared that on M last the prisoner was observed wandering Zl near the river for some time ; ' atlast he nlnnTS in . A man , named Wood , managed to get h m i by stooping down by the aide . The p & tT threw himself in again . Re was a second H ! rescued on which he ajain plunged in- head fT most , and this time he did not rise a « ain . AnoH , ' man , named Jones , pulled off bia coat , iumnai ;

      aiter tne prisoner , and after some difficulty brom . ? him out almost iifelssa . When be had- a little f „ covered , he asked to bo allowed to- drown hinJif and struggled to get away from his preservers i ' was ultimately taken to tho workhoase , where . remained UlUlonday under the cave sf three Sar goons -Mr . Yardl y said one of the surgeons shouH have been in attendanc e , so that he might not . oft in total ignorance aa to the man ' s state of mmd . Prom what he could make out , the pri one appeared to be a person not accountable for hi own a / rVtnnti 'P Kq „ .,..,. i ... . WIS own actkmsThe must stand

      . case over for 2 present , for the attendance of one of ihe sur ° L , He was sorry that his funds were so very small fo ; relieving deserving persons . fle could no ? munerato according to his wi 3 h 83 those twouS who had so numanel y rescued a f en 0 w creature from an untimely end , but thev should cert-unwi . indemnified for their actual loss of time The man who jumped into the water should have 10 s .. and th « other 5 s .-The prisoner was broug ht up again in the course of the day , and the constable Wed Mr . Hammill ( who sat during the latter Dart nf

      tne oay ; a note irom the workhouse , which stated that the prisoner was subject to epileptic fits Tha prisoner stated that he was out of work , and when one of his fits came over'him he ' did ndtknow what he-was about—Mr . Hammill thought it that wa the case he ought to be taken care of by some per . son or other . He should remand the prisoner for 4 week , m order that be mi ght have the attention of a' surgeon . The prisoner was accordingly re , manded . ° ' MARLBOROUGH-STREET . -Sending Thsjw . enino Letters . —William St . Clair was cisarscd with having sent a threatening letter to Mr . Fox of the firm of Fox and Henderson , contractors for the Exhibition Building , in Hyde-park . —Mr . PoS said he received a letter by post ' this morning , which had been sent to Mr . Humphreys , his solicitor , wmie diking m the building , about two o ' clock . J :. ? . y > the P « soner came up to him . and said

      Will you grant me an audience V Complainant asked _ his name , and he replied , "William St . Clair . " Complainant replied , "Certainly not ;' " ' upon which the prisoner clenched his fist , * and said "lie would make him repent it . " Complainant called a police constable , and g ave the prisoner into custody . In his possession was a copy or the substance of the letter which complainant had received in the morning . Complainant ascertained that the prisoner had worked at the Exhifai . tion as a glazier , and had been paid hia wages last Saturday night . Complainant did not kno wthe pri . soner , there being between 1 , 000 and 2 , 000 work . men employed . —The foreman said the nrisoner wai one of the operative glaziers employed at the workj .

      A protest , signed by about fifty of the glaziers , amongst whom was the prisoner , was sent in to him last week . The protest had reference to tha scale of payment which was considered to bo insufficient . —Mr . Bingham said he was dufte prepared to deal with the case before him upon the evidence , that case being an attempt to procure a higher scale of wages by means of certain threats . —The prisoner in defence said the copy of the letter found on him contained the substance of the letter sent to Mr . Fox . With respect to the threat that he would make Mr . Fox repent having refused to give him an audience , he had been misunderstood ; the words he used were that Mr . Tox might repent the refusal . —Mr . Bingham considered the case waa one of a serious complexion , and he must therefore remand the prisoner for further inquiry . —The prisoner was admitted to bail .

      SOTJTHWARK . —Attempting to pice . Pockets at the South Eastern Railwat Station . —Cornelius Barrett , a notorious pickpocket , was charged with attempting to pick the pockets of several individuals on the incline of the London and South Eastern Railway Terminus . —A police constabla said that on Saturday evening , a little-after six o ' clock , he was on duty on the Surrey side of London-bridge , when he saw the prisoner pass him and proceed up the incline of the railway towards the station . Knowing him to be a convicted thief , he followed him and saw him mingle with the passengers who were leaving a train . Re then tried several persons' pockets and as he was about to puthis hand in a lady ' s pocket , witness ' seized hold of him and secured him . —Mr . A'Beckett ' asked what was kno wn of him ?—The con sta ble said that he had often been summaril y convicted for picking pockets , and he believed that onee was for an attempt at tha

      same railway station . —Prisoner : " Thai ' s false . I have not been in trouble for two years , and can get a good character for my honesty since then . "One of the officers in the employ of the Railway Company here stepped forward much to the prisoner ' s astonishment , and informed the magistrate that he was convicted at this court two months ago for attempting to pick pockets at their station . He was sentenced to one month . CLERKENWELL . —A Begoing Lsttkr Imp ostor . — -Francis Jarvis , a young man , was charged by Mr . Thomas Maonus Catlin , solicitor , of Elyplace , Holborn , under the following circumstances :

      —The prisoner , on Saturday evening , called at the house of the prosecutor , and handed a letter directed to him ( Mr . Catlin ) purporting to hare been written and si gned by Messrs . Fearon , wine merchants , of Holborn , and Mr . William Cubitt , the builder , of Gray ' s-inn-road . On perusing the letter , he instantly discovered that the signatures were forgeries , he being well acquainted with the hand writing of the above gentlemen . On questioning the prisoner he did not deny having committed the forgeries , and he begged for relief , saving that he had had great distress . A policeman was sent for , and the prisoner was given into custodv .-

      William Horstord , the mendicity officer , being sworn , said that tlie prisoner had been repeatedly in custod y in the name of Jarvis and other numerous fictitious names , and had been convicted , and sent to prison from everv police-court in London ; in tact he was the most notorious impostor in tha metropolis . —Mr . Combe ( to " the prisoner ) ; "What have you to say to the charge l-prisoner ( coolly ) : Nothing ; only that all the officer has stated is perfectly true . ( A laugh . )—Mr . Combe : You are committed to the House of Correction with hard labour for three months . —The prisoner smiled and was locked up .

      BOW-STREET . — Obtaislvo Money bsdu False Prethnces . —A young man named John Fitch , described as a teacher of music and dancing in Jesus-lane , Cambridge , was placed at tho bar before Mr . Hall , charged with obtaining money under false pretences . —Mr . Bourne , cashier , in the service of Mr . Parker , bookseller and publisher , 44 o , West Strand , stated that on Saturday evening , > ovemb « r 2 nd , the prisoner came to the " shop , and after representing that he was the nephew of Professor Scholefield , of Cambridge , said that he had lust arrived in England , after a long voyage , and mentioning the names of several highly resecta ble persons as bis friends , none of whom were in to « n , he was at a loss for so much cash as wouid defray

      his travelling expenses down to Cambridge . He also represented that he should not be out of money but he was unable to get a bill of exchange cashed to answer his temporary distress , and showed some letters , apparently written- by a person named Scholefield , whom he pretended wa » his father . Witness knowing that his employer was acquainted with the professor , asked if a sovereign would he sufficient for his present wants , and the prisoner replied that it would , and that he would repay it on the Monday following , and on his return to town for the purpose of getting his lucgage from the vessel . The prisoner not returning according to promise , inquiries were made , and then it was discoverud that , the name of the professor having been so repeatedl y used of late for such purpos es , he had been compelled to insert an advortiwrocni in the local newspapers cautioning the publio against a person using his i . ame .-Constable Tapley ,

      pio \ cdthat he apprehended the prisoner on suspicion of felony , but being discharged , he hirtwiued mm that he would be detained on the present charge . P risoner said he knew nothing about it , initbetore and after he was identified , ho inquir ed it any other persons were preferring charges against him , since whith time he discovered that he had defrauded several otbers by the same me : iU 3 . — Mary Johnson , daughter of the landlord of the Crown , public house , in Esssx-street , Strand , said that the prisoner eame to lodge thereabout a month hack , aud occasionally afterwards , lie said he had been { 0 America , and was once joined by a boy and a girl he called his sister . He next catno about a fortnight back aud went nwav without pavimj tho amount of his bill , previous to which he ' desire * that if anv letters oame directed to Mr . SclwlencU , or Fitch , they should ho taken in . —The prisoner - declined putting any questions to the witnesses , and he was ordered to bo remanded for a week .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30111850/page/8/