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      S THE NORTHERN STAR , JuLY *> 184 _^ _-M-M-M - - _g-M-WHW W H _¦¦¦— I—I I ¦ " _. _^ ... __ - __— - —— - ' "' ~ _~~

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      Monday , Jolt 25. -To. Se Of Lords.—Soma...

      MONDAY , Jolt 25 . -TO . SE OF LORDS . —Soma bills oa the table cf thi bouse wero forward ; .- a staea . The Evieted _Distituts Foor ( Ireland ) Bill was pagsed . HOUSE OF COMMONS —Mr _Wsightsjh rep _. rted froru the Sligo Election Committee tbat Mr Charles Townley had not _baen duly elected , having been g-Hty , fey his _aeents , of treatise . Sir G Git-, in reply to Mr A Staff ir i stated , it wai ¦ sot _intendid to propos . a _ y _alteration cf the Iri « h poor few in reference to the qu-rttr-. c _. e _clatiso , but tbe coar _ i _ -ion $ K had the subject _unitr _conelderatiou with a view to _making an order respecting it .

      The Ukf _ odcc _ d _D-spatches . — "Jr IIawes _entered in ' m a long _eiplanatioa of the _cirenmstances _which had led to tho despatch oi _Goreraor Grey of Jamaica not having beea produced , asd c . _l' . ed on Lord George _Bjn-¦ tiEck to win-draw tbe charges ha had _preferred _against fits neble friend E-ri G .- _^ _yand _himieli . on Fiiday erening . li the noble lord refused tu accede to his _request , fee should dem _. nd from the hous _» an inquiry into the _sSiir , in order that Ue and his noble friend might have an opportunity of vindicating themselves from so foul an

      aspersion . Lard G . _Bek _. ixce ; observed , that though thc memo _, _rxndam on the despatch was perfectly correct , still the hen gentleman had made out no case to show thatthe <_ e _? p 3 t _. b . of tbe 5 ; h of April had not bee _? , withheld from the committee by the _C-lonial Office , that despatch containing important information . He bad mnde two dkllne . charges . The first was , that tha C . _lonlal OS-ehad systematically withheld from p-iliTnent and the committee important _infennatisn , of which beh should have been put in possession . His Beccnd charge _wa = _, that iu the evidence which he had given on the 5 : h of April , the hoa . gentleman had displayed a rery B __» rt mes-ory with respect to the memoranda which U 2 d been made on the despatch . After the speech of the hon .

      gentleman , he wss more surprised that he shouid have given tbe answers he had done before the committee . The _acble lord then proceeded to support his _charges against E _* rl Gr _^ y by documents which he hsd b . f . re quoted , and oth . _ra which he produced , to prove that there had beea a ' guilty keeping back' by E _ rl Grey of documents which were most important to the committee , in influencing their decision on tbe colonial affairs of the ¦""" Test Indies . Having thus reiterated the charges cf a systematic suppression ofthe trath—of the keeping back < _-0-U---Et 3 fer a political purpose , he would _1-ave the whole matter in the h-R _. _s of the house , OBservin ; _, at the same time , that he meant by his charge against Earl Grey a political fraud , and not a fraud in tke ordinary acceptation , of the word ,

      Lord J . _Rnss-tL complained that no answer had beer » ivea to Mr Haw 6 s ' s question , as to whether he intended to adhere to or withdraw the charge ha had made ca 3 ? riday ni _^ ht of minutes h aving _besu concocted asd in . _dorsedupoa the despatch after the time they purported to have been dated . The other charge was , that tho noble lord had charged Mr Hiwes with haTlng answered the qu _. stioni ofthe committee in a manner that was calculated to deceive them , with tho direct intention of « oingso . He wUhed to know whether the noble lord woaid adhere to that charge also , or retract it ! He called on the noble lord to answer distinctly , whether he _wo-1- prove tho .. charge ! or withdraw them . He indignantly repudiated the imputation of _palittcal fraud on the part of Eiri Grey end tbe _. _cb . _rdisates of tbe Colonial 0 £ 5 : e .

      Mr _Dis-i-ir thoaght that Lord G , B ; ntieck had « _so - eR quite long enough to eonvey his meaning to the house . It was a misapprehension to _suppose that the aoble lord bad _intend . d _tsmafee a direct and positive charge of concocting minutes against Mr Hawes . An _3 if _ ach had been hia intention , Mr Hawes ' . question bad been _answerel , in the first sentence of Lord G . Bentinck '_ ? pe _? cb , in which he declared that , so far as that charge went , everybody must _havebsen satisfied tbat the hoa . gentleman's statement in his own exculpation bad been , correct . Hs _( Kr Disraeli ) then made himself a par * y to ths real accusation , which was that of a rjatc mane _suppression by the government of information -ff _ . i . ch . told _agaiast its own views snd policy , which he did by re-stating the whole case , and q _ oting

      _velnmiaously from documents to sustain and strengthen it . The hon . member proceeded to lay that , to all these charges , ministers had cemmenced their defence by pleadikg guilty , their allegation being that their effence was a blunder , not a crime . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought th 3 t settling could be mere enormously ridiculous than their position . ( _Chetr- and _laughter . ) Itwas very con vealent f _. r a government to d _. _preeats discussion , and 10 censure all iaquiry as in bad taste . Nothing could possibly bs more indelicate than asking a man questions which he didnotfini it convenient to an _. _wer . ( Alaugh J But tbese were _questions which must be answered . He believed that that discussion would _cak _. an impression elsewhere that * _elsawhere' to which the hon . Under Secretary had so confidently appealed . ' Elsewhere '

      it wouid be said that there were _soms facts of a very suspicious character , which must be explained . ' Elsewhere'it would bs _runembsr-d that three important despatches had not be . n produced before the _.-fsrermmittea ; and' elsewhere' It w . uld not be _forgetten tbat the noble Secretary of State had held up Jamaica as a desirable pl . ee for tb . 6 . _nxe _. ts-eat of capital . ( _Cfceers and laughter . ) These were aU facts which would tell ' tl _. _ewhere ; ' aa- he had tbat confidence in the good sense and spirit of ' elsewhere' to belieTe , that they weald not find fault with a member of parliament who attempted honestly to do his daty and to elicit truth , aad who was nos afraid , when necessary , to impeach a minister , however high his po = _ltien , brig ht Lis honours , or _IoFg his pedigree . ( Loud cheers , and laughter . )

      Mr V . SmTH complained that thn hon . member for Bucks had evaded the main question , which was the charge _sgaiust the Colonial-office of havisg concocted certain minutes . ( Ko . ) The observations of the noble lord , in plain English meant a charge o ? forgery . ( Hesr , bear . ) The hon , member for Bucks had Bald , tbat his noble friend had withdrawn the charge . If he had done so , he ( Mr T . Smith ) considered he had dene eo in a very unhandsome manner . ( Ministerial cheers . ) He thonght that the noble lord should either withdraw his charge or put himself ia a condition to prove it . ( Hear , hear . ) _Thesecond charge was that bis hon . frien- ' s ( Mr Hawes ) memory was shorter than anything on record since the celebrated oase of Theodore _M- ' ecehi . Sow who was that Msjoc-hl ! The greatest liar the world had eveproduced . ' Ferdinand Mendez Pinto was but a type of him . ' _( Lvighter . ) Were such things to be a 93 tr te _ of an hon . member of that house and not either fully prov & or frankly withdrawn ? ( Hear , hear )

      Sir J . _PAoisGies considered that an undue import _, ansa had been given by government to tbe personal charges , which , if they had _be :-n made , had bsen al . O withdrawn ; and the attention of the honse had been di-Terted froa _. tbe real charge , whicb wss as to tbe propriery ofthe _csnduet ofthe Colonial Office . In hig _qpialon , there appeared to be a prima , _fatis CASS figainit it . Sir 6 . Gky denied that any attempt hai been made to divert the _attention of the honse . The real question before the house wss that more immediately personal to Mr Hawes , the _charge against whom wa completely re . futed by the plain and unadorned _statement which he had made . He then declared that the government was quits ready to meet any charge which might be m 3 de againstthe Colonial Office , when tbat more immediately

      uader the attention of the house was disposed of . Mr Disraeli seemed to think that it would be better for the gov ernment if it had a regular opposition to contend with . The waat of an opposition was certainly not a matter of which the governm . nt had to complain . " _vThat they had to complain of was , that there wai not at the head of that opposition a gentleman ef high feeling , of a _geaereus mind , of _jrreat parliamentary experience , ant . cap 3 hle of leading a party , and who , in ac doing , would have Bome regard for the character of the faeuse , tEe decency of debate , and the character of the party which had to look up to him , ( The latter part of the honourable gentleman ' s brief speech , which was vociferously _chtered , was delivered with great warmth snd Tehemencs of action , )

      Lord G . _Behtikck , who rose in a state of evident excitement , observed that , judging from the manifestation of feeling which bad taken place in tbe house on Saturday morning , it was the opinion of the house at least ti _ t its character hai not been so much damaged by anything that had fallen from hun , as by that which had proceeded from tho noble lord at the heed of the governsent . ( Cheers from the Opposition . ) He then proceeded to repeat his charge against the government , which he designated a grave and serious offence , which was _calcalafeohto bs deeply _isjerloas to ihe transmarine possessions of the Crown . The matter then -Topped , and the _adjourned debate on the Sog * S Qdestion was resumed by

      ilr G . _Tbokpson , who _eendemned tha government _-sheme of colonisation . He described tie importation et _cobles as ruinous to planter ., for those servant- were buy runaways , immoral , and possessed of every vice , _without one virtue , besides being very expensive . 'With respect , to the charge of breach of contract sgainst - _ nglan 4 _, he _eentended that the colonials had b _.. n the first to faU in carrying out the conir _. _cts . The distress of the colonies did not proce . dfrem the cet . ef em _. E _. i nation in ISt _. and 1816 , or indeed from any other cause _ihar _. culpable _ralnn-n '_ -in _ t and extravagance on thc

      part of those who were intrusted with Indian _property . He hoped to see the day when the West Indies would have no ab-eatee landlords , _bticg _convinied that _jnueh might . be effected by personal superintendence , thrift , and improved cultivation . He disapproved cf the govern _ aent loan , as he was convinced that it only stove off the evil day for a short time . nn 3 those colonies _wouM then be in as bad , or a worse position than before ; nor conld h _3 vote for increased prottctioa , for be thought ii unnecessary , while the former was a _departure from our national principles .

      Mr _BEBSAli commenced by answering ih ™ various arguments of members who had attacked the _manBgemMi efthe _JTe _. t Indian plantations , _: nd with respect to Mr Thompson ' s attack on absenteeism , he would ask hirn how it wis that sixteen resident plaaterB hid cu _^ ie ts the British Parliament to say they could not go on , an < _i wonld ba ruined if government did not assist them . _H-. was not _averse , as had been _tuppo-cd , to the introduc tion of improvements , for on his estates there was al ways an order to adopt every improvement that was n be had . He asked how it was that this country had o late _yeers inculcated sew doctrines ? Formerly , -rber we were at war , the cry was , * preserre the colonies . ' and ¦ -lew the _gorers-aent tb-nks them aot worth _preserving _ffcestab-Utyof-ha Throne wai mainly attributabl . tt

      Monday , Jolt 25. -To. Se Of Lords.—Soma...

      our colonies _dtriug the war , and if the government In tended to maintain them , they must adopt a large and comprehensive scale of relief . Ho advocated the principle of admitting colonial produce duty free , As _< o the duty , _hoadmi . ted tbat as far as the . eale of _rednotion upon Muscovado sugar was conoerned , ths proposition of ths government was better tban tbat of the right hoa . gentleman on thc opposition benches . He believed that it he w . re to go amongst his _mercantile friends andconnerions he could not raise one shilling npoa his West Indian estates . Wb } , therefore , under such

      _circumstance as these , were the We 3 t Indians to be subjected to the charges jo constantly mado against them of _apa-- _^ _v and _idleness , wben they had not the _meaas of _cultiv -ting properly their estates ? _H 9 should be _SOWy , itb . ! year ISIS , to fiad that England hod so far departed _t _' roai tho dictates of common sense as to give up the _" _* est In Ha colonies for worthless possessions . For the reasons he had 6 tate _ _, and _cr-nGidurimr that the Chan _, cellor of tho Exchequer bad _btld firm to his _differential daty on rum , end had not listened to the gay Lotharios from Ireland , he should vote for the propositions of the gottrnment before the house . ( A buTBt of laughter . )

      Sr J . Gk _. hah admitted thegreat importance of the sebj _.-ct , although surrounded with difficulties , but the ieBUe must bo deci _' _ted by the initrasts ofthe entire community . He was unable to find , in the speech of tho hon . gentleman who had just snt down what he would _recommnud to remedy the distress in the West Indies . He admitted ihe justice of the corcp _lsints of the colonies for tho cutting short of the time of the apprenticeship , by wnich they hod been _plac-d _umler tome _disadvantage . He then reviewed tho acts of 1 S 44 asd _184 G . and admitted that the act ot" the former year was Imperfect , inasmuch a 3 it was intended to prevent any encouragement being given to the slave-grown sugar . With retp _^ c : to the latter _h-3 had been induced ts give an

      unwilling assent to it , bfcause ho would not be n party to upset a government that had so recently acceded to cm o . This act had been pissed after great deliberation , full _discussicr . _, and cartful review of the facts ; and therefore he .. ought it a fin ?! decision with regard to our pelicy on the sugar question . It had cheapened sugar , without giving the stimulus that was expected to _shs _tlave trade , He also . aw in manifestoes from the Protection Society signed by the _Dake of Richmond thBt _cbetpness was treated with derision . Taking all tbese signs together , he believed tbat an attempt at reaction _waximpenoing , ani to such reaction he was decidedly opposed . ( Cheers from the free traders . ) In passing , he woald speak efthe value of

      cheapness-LordG _Bektisck—Aud the cbcapi ess of wages , ( _Protcctioalst cheers . ) Sir J . _Gbahah wonld net shrink from that part of tha question . ( Hear , hear ) His experience of the year 1842 convinced him on that point . LordG . Bentinck— Tou stated t both ways . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir J . GaiHAH— . The noble lord ' s taunts fell harmless on " nim . ( Hear , hear . ) No taunts could drive him hot from power to make room for others . ( Hear , hear . ) He was there ready and bound to speak thetruth —( hear ) _—3 ' : d his experience of the distress of tbe manuf * ctuiiDg _ciUricts convinced him that the converse of the proposition , namely , that _lowaess of price was accompanied by _lowness of _nage 3 , was true , and tbat low wages fell on fhe working community when articles of first necessity

      were dear . ( Hear , hear . ) He was satisfied therefore thatthey must bo cautious before tbey allowed taxation to enhance the price of articles of the first necessity . ( Hoar hear . ) Cheapness of price could not bo put down by tbe anathemas of the Duka of Richmond _, ( tie . ir . _i ; ear . ) What was tha practical bearing of the _chi-apn ts of 6 Bgar ? It entered into the consumption of every lamily . It was almost the only condiment to the tasteless rice , the insipid gruel , the _saur-krout of the poor man . ( Hear , hear . ) And when ke could get nothi -g m _ re nourishing , it rendered palatable his coffee and his tea . ( Hear . ) Cheapness , therefore , In tbis matter was everything . Thia was the first attempt at a reactionary policy founded on a re : urn to prohibitory

      duties , an _ he was opposed to that reaction . ( Hear , bear . ) Hs believed in the present stato of society in t _^ _iscoo _ntrr , and with all th _ t Is teklng place around them , that it was impracticable —( hear , hear)—and if pr 2 cticable , he believed i : to be most dangerous . He believed It was the very reverse of conservative with regard to all their _institutions , and , If carried into _« £ fect , he trembled for the _consequ . _noes . ( Hear . ) This proposition was the first step to give _tfftct to the prophecy of the honourable member for Buckingham . He was nat prepared to take _th-t step . ( Cheers . ) He thought It _unwise aud impolitio _, and , _holdia .- that opinion deeply and sincerely , ha could not hesitate to give his vote _agaia _. t the amendment of bis hon , friend . ( Cheers . )

      The debate was adjourned till Thursday , and the house rose at half-past twelve o ' clock . TUESDAY , Joke 27 , HOUSE OF LORDS . —E . rl Gblt , in moving for the _production of _certain papers , defended _himself from tho charge of having kept back , falsified , and coneocted do . _cuments , with the intention of deceiving and misleading a committee ofthe House of Commons , appointed ta inquire into the condition of the West Indies . He admitted t _^ a : a despatch from one of the governors of the West In _lia Islands , intrnded to bave been communicated to that committee , had by mistake been kept back , but he pledged his honour that no _intrntion had existed on his pan , or on that of bis colleague , to deceive or mislead the commhtee .

      L « rd Stahlet regretted the situation In whieh ho was placed , tkat ef becoming an licenser of the public department over which he had formerly presided ; and _fcavlnrecapitulut-d lhe chargeB against the Colonial Office _, gave credit for aa intention on the part oi the minister to _produce the document in tho first _instance , but contended that the withholding of : he documents was an error , if not a wilful one , at least of the _grsvsst kind . He _eonciuded by submitting that , while he did not directly charge Eari Grry and his colleague ( Mr Hawes ) with the wilful suppression of despatches , which ought to have been placed before tbe committee , be had at least made out a strong caso of _su 3 picisa against t _ e _management in the Colonial Department , justifying Lord G . Bentieck In tbe course he had pursued . Lord Beocghak considered tbat it was perfectly justifiable in Lord G .-orge Bentinck to pursue , in relation to public acts , the course he had taken . Earl Gbet replied .

      After a few words from Lord Lansdowne and Lord _Redebdale the subject dropped , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —There not being forty members present at four o ' clock , the house stood adjourned . WEDNESDAY , June 28 , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tbe _h-use met at twelve o ' clock . The Officers of Hee _Mas-sti ' s Ship _Sbeabwatez , —Sir G , Gbet . —I am aDXious to make a brief statement to tbe bouse in justice to _ro-ne naval officers , wbo feel themselves _aggrieved by state-Bents effecting tbem which bave appeared in the public papers , and have been made tbe _subj . ctof a question in this house . I refer to the officers of her Majesty ' s ship Shearwater . The bouse

      will recollect a question put to me some time since by the bon . and gallant gentleman opposite , the member for Armagh , founded on a statement ia tho newspapers , thatthe prisoner Mitchell , who was _convened In tbat r . bip to Spike Itland , had been Invited to breakfast by the officers of the Bhip . At that time 1 had no information on tbe subject beyond what waB contained in tbe public papers , and in a private letter to the same effect . Since tbat time , however , Admiral Mackay , who is in command at Cork , baB called for a detailed report upon the _s-bject fram Lieutenant Tumour , the commanding officer of the Shearwater , and the explanation is _pstftctly satisfactory , and completely exonerates the o £ u . e * s from tbe slightest imputation . It appears that the prisoner was placed on board under the charge of two pelice offio = r 5 , and the _chart-room was assigned by Lieutenant Tumour for their use during the _passago . The _staivsrd was directed te furnish the prisoner aad _pollce-.-ficers

      with their meals in tbe chart-room , and this was done , with the excepti 03 of their breakfast , on tke onl y morn . ing on which they were on baard , wbicb , in consequence of the chart-room being occupiei by tha _police-officers ' bed , Was with the permission of Lieutenant Turnour , previded in the gun . room after tbe officers of the ship had themselves breakfasted . Lientenant Turnour and the cffl _? ers , tbongh _feelisg aggrieied by tbe statements which bave appeared npon tbis subject , have very properly abstained , in obedience to general iastruo _tior . _sin _fush cases , from justifying themselves by _> ny statement made through tbe public press , and , although I should other-vise have thought is unnecessary to refer again to tbe case , I feel that under thesa circumstances it is due to the officers of the Shearwater that I should give this explanation of the real faets of the esse , which completely exonerates them frora the slightest blame .

      Desbt Sweeps . —Sir G . Gbet , in reply to Sir Robert Inglis , said that in consequence of bis attention having been called to the advertisements which appeared in the newspapers , in reference to Derby sweeps , he had made inquiries in respect to the state of the law on the faubject , and he found that in 1845 , there was a decision in the Court of Queen's Bench , in which it was decided that Derby sweeps were lotteries , and were , _consequently , an infraction of the provisions of the Act relating to lotteries . He had , therefore , had a communication with the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes , and he learned trom a letter sent to him by the Secretary of that Hoard , that it was the intention of the Board to lay some of the advertisements in question before him . When they came before him , he would give them the best attention possible .

      Tue 'No nou ; t' on Tuesday . — A conversation took place on the subject of tho ' no house' yesterday Mr Ewaet and Sir W . Moleswoktu , who h . " > d been pre vented bri-ging on the motions of « hich they had R iven notice , bitterly complained of tbe absence of their friends , and Mr Cobden strongly censured the government for not making a house . Sir G . _Gbey spoko In reply , and the subjectdropped . Roman Catholic Relief Bi __ . —The motion to go into _cijiiiuiittee oil this bill led to a protracted diseunsion , ' ¦ hieh terminated by a division , and a majority of twenty ! six fur the motion .

      Che house then went into committee , and the remainder of the sitting was occupiei ia the discussion of _clauses , and divisions upon them , in which the members were so equal that the chairman gave the _castin" vote . This was objected to by the Opposition , on the ground tnat the Speaker had the power of giving the castin " vote . The Chairman of Committees had no such power " Ultimately the Chairman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit next Wednesday , and the house _roso at six o ' elock , bftviBg made very little progress with tbe biU ,

      Monday , Jolt 25. -To. Se Of Lords.—Soma...

      FRIDAY , Jume 80 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Royal Assent was given by commission to _numtroub bills , the titles of wbiob will b « found in tbe _parliamentary report , Ou tbe motion of Lord Ca-. P- . e __ -, tho Public Health Bill was read a second time , after a short discussion , and their lordships ac'journed . HOUSE OF COM MOMS . —SirB . _Hai-i . gavo a notice of motion for Monday , to aBk for what reasons so large an Increase In tbo metropolitan police force had recently been made . Mr E . Dentso _: _* , for Tuesday , to move for the appointment of u _select _comontteB to oonBWor by what means the public business of tbe house might ba accelerated . Oi the motion of Mr StaffjBD , nnd after a dobato , a new writ was _ordtred for the borough of Sligo , as also for Great Yarmouth .

      A conversat _' on ensued between Mr TjKQnnAnT and Lord Palmerston on the _subjec _* of returns relative to the Spanish debt due to England under the quadruple treaty , the affairs ofthe Mosquito territory , and as to the dismissal ofthe hon . member for Stafford from the offico of secretary to the embassy at Constantinople . The noble Lord in rep ly to Mr Wild , stated that he had not heard of any seizure of arms on board a British vessel on the coast of Brittany . It was true that reports had been circulated in quai tors where they ought not to bave beea listened to , that the British governmont had given encouragement to attempts at disturbance in Franee , than which nothing could be more false or unfounded . The government hnd every reason to acknowledge the fair aud handsome manner in which the provisional

      government hnd conducted the intercourse between the tive countries , and he tru-ted no doubt would be entertained that the conduct of the British government towards France had been of asimilar ch aracter . If anyprivate adventurer Lad been detected in the act of landing arms on the coast of France it was competent to the French authorities to de . il with such a person according to tbe law . Tbe house _having passed into committee on the Sugar Duties . Mr Bright emphatically condemned thc government for having disinterred tho question of protection , after they had buried it , and concluded a speech of do tails with respect to the past and present condition ofthe West India colonies , by moving , that it is not now expedient to make any alteration on the Sugar Duties Aet of 1846 .

      The speakers in opposition to tfee motion were Mr G . _Berkelev , Mr Bagsbuw , Mr Tollemache , the Chancellor of the _Bxchcqi-cr—wbo expressed bis p leasurable convictiou that tlio anticipated deficiency in the budget of two millions and a half would turn out to be only half a million—Mr A . Hastie , Mr Cardwell , Mr J . Wilson , and Lord Nugent . The committee divided—For the resolution .. .. .. 302 Against .. .. .. 36 Majority against Mr Bright .. —266 The Chairman reported progress , the house resumed , the report to be received on Monday , and the house adjourned .

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      _Fitzroy-r-quare ... ... ... 0 3 c Mr Thoroug-goad ' a Type Founders , Fore . street , Holland-street , per A , Adls ... 0 5 ( T . Hatfield , Cambridge 0 1 C _Caester-lo . _street , per J . Bland .,. ... 0 4 C Moseley Chartists , per J . _Bardsley ... 10 C T . Bingley , London ... ... ... 0 3 . Brampton , Cumberland , per J , English ... 0 2 0 Friends , O-baum ... ... ... 0 7 . Wolverhampton , per M . Whlttlngbam ... O 10 0 A Few Fri . nds , _psr Anstey Cottrell ... 0 6 £ A Few Friends , Upperby , near Carlisle ... 0 5 0 ,, Durham ... ... 0 5 0

      „ B .-asside ... ... 6 2 0 H . M . Aimgier _. Ely _.,, ... ,., 0 3 6 _FritndB , _Haslingden , per R . Brierley ... 0 3 4 _Dean-stroet , tbiee subscription . ... 0 12 fi A . Harper ' s Book , Belvidere-road ... 1 3 C Friends , at Clayton We . t .,. ... 0 2 10 Exeter , per J . W . Havill 0 G 7 Mrs _Bradshaw , Rugby , ... ... 0 0 6 Mottram , per R . WUd ... ... ... 12 6 Mr Taylor , Salford 0 1 c Democrat , Chepstow ... ... ... 0 0 6 A Cbartist Shipowner ... ... ... IOC Nottingham , per J . Sweet ... ... 16 6 A fiw _Masoas , Britannia Bridge , Auglesea 13 0 FriendB to the Cause , Dumfries ... ... 0 15 8 B . T . Pewell . Barbican ... ... 0 1 0

      Twelve _Non-Eleotors , Barbican ... ... 0 10 W . _Luercus Montana , near Stirling ... 0 0 6 B-tb , per J . _Hopkins ... ... ... 6 6 0 ,, per Mr Brittain ... ... ... 0 10 Otley , Chartists ... ... ... 0 6 0 A Few Friends . Wolston ... ... 0 3 0 Tentuor , per M . W . Norman ... ... 0 3 0 Carron Iron WorkB , per W . Hurley ... 0 17 0 Hartlepool , per M , Parkinson ... ... 0 12 3 Murton Colliery , per J , Rosbey ... ... 0 3 0 Church _Gredsby , per R . Hawley ... ... 0 2 7 D . Wright and others , Aberdeen ... 0 3 0 _Airdrie , per M . _Whiteiarr ... ... 16 0 J . _M-, Swindon ... ... ... 0 1 G South London Hall , by Bruford ... ... 0 1 < 1

      Mr Hill 0 10 By Pattinson ... ... ... 0 8 0 Hall Committee ... ... ... 0 8 4 Small _Subicriptions ... ... .. 0 3 9 Congleton ... ... ... .. 0 It 0 Sleaford ... ... . „ ... 0 15 0 Brompton ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Blackburn , per Mr _NewbiggiBg ... ... 0 7 8 „ per Mr Howarth ... ... 0 12 5 Messrs Hatton and Gumbrill ... ... 0 19 Mr J . Skopland ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr Sims and Frlensa ... ... ... 0 . 0 Mr Kent ... ... ... ... 0 10 MrWeedon 0 5 0 Shoreditch 0 3 9 £ 191 12 _6 J ¦ __ - — - _*—_¦_¦_—¦ Johs Arnott , Somers Town , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Defence and Victim Fund : — Mr Hinton's Book ... ... ... 0 6 8 Collected by Mr George _Aust _' m , in _Corlewis ' s 8 hop ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 D . C . 0 2 6 E . . 0 2 0 Mr Farm ... ... .,, ... 0 10 A Friend , X . B 0 10 _MrM'Cartney ... ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Packwood , jun . ... ,,, ... 0 0 G Mr _Waddington ... ... ... 0 0 6 A Frie _ d ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 MrBrunton . ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 Per Robebt Wild . Jobn Fickford ond Chartist Friends , Padfiold 10 0 Three Friends ... ... ... ... 2 G Great Marlow per E . Staij . w _30 d . An OM Radical ... ... ... 0 2 6 R H . Smith ... ... ... ... 0 10 J . Sweet bega to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Defence Fund—viz : — From Byron Ward Locality ... ... 0 8 0 From tbe Marquis of Graaby do ... 0 4 9 J From the Newton ' s Head do ... ... 0 8 0 Collected on the Forest ... ,,, 0 8 3 From the Seven Stars ... ... 0 I 2 _J From the Colonel _HotchlnBon ... ... 0 17 Mr W . Johnson wishes to acknowledge the reoeipt of the _following subscriptions from the members and friends of the Somers Town locality for the Defence and Victim Fund : — Mr Gilding ' s Book ... ,,, tt ( _ o Mr Wright's do 2 2 Mr FarrlDgton ' _s do ... ... ... i i _MrSaar sdo ]] 2 4 _RoJarason ' B do ... ... ... ... 2 6 _Cruiksbank ' s do ... ... it > j _g A Few Friends , per Mr Humphreys ... 2 6 Mr Watts ... ... ... ' _* ' 0 G

      Liberation Of Mr John Fussell. Judge's C...

      LIBERATION OF MR JOHN FUSSELL . Judge ' s Chambers , Juno 24 , According to notice served by Mr James Macna raata , eolicitor , Lincoln ' - Inn Fields , on Friday , on the Solicitor to the _Troasury and the Governor ol Newgate , Mr Joseph _I-eiseus John FusseU appearen belore Mr Justice Erie today in order that his surelies might be examined aa to their _Butitiency to become bail for bis appearance at the Old Bailey in the July sessions next _enauing . Mr Thomas Lister , watch-case finisher , 51 , Perceval street . Clerkenwell , was immediately accepted _, and Mr William _Gazeley , builder , 9 , Grange-road , Camden Town , was also accepted . Mr _Fusatll _th-n entered into his own recognisances for _theeum ot £ 300 , aud his above-named _suretR" _- a the sum of £ lOd each .

      LIBERATION OF MR VERNON . On Wednesday before Mr Justice Erie , in chamber , bail that waa deemed satisfactory having been tendered on behalf of Mr Vernon , his liberation W £ _g ordered until the timo appointed for hi . trial ,

      The French Republic. Latest News Trom Pa...

      THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . LATEST NEWS TROM PARIS , _HOMI-fAT-ON OP THE NEW FRENCH MINI 3 _TRT . The latest intelligence from Paris informs us thai OU Wednesday General Cavaignac retui ned into the hands of the National Assembly tho executive power with whioh he had bsen invested . The Assembly passed a vote of thanks to the General by acclamation , and agreed to a decree confiding to him the oxecutive authority , with title of President of the Council , and power to appoint his ministers , whioh haa been oom po 3 ed a 3 follows _• — Genera l _Cavaignac , President of the Council : Bethmont , Justice : Senard , Interior ; General Lamoriciere , War ; Verninhac de St Maur _, Marine ; Goudchaux , Finance ; _Rscurt , Public Works ; Tourret Commerce ; _Bastide , Foreign Affairs .

      MORE BUTCHERIES . Paris , Wednesday _Nion _ . —¦ A great many shop yet remain closed . The mark of death is _everj where . There nre , according to the most moderat estimates 10 , 000 daad , and perhaps double that num ber wounded . A great _nurabsr of insurgents wer _i-hottoday in different places . The belief is tha 1 . 000 have been di « po ? ed of summarily . Many _mua hive fallen sacrifices to the rage of the soldiery whili entering the houses for the purpose of opening i _passage within from ono to another , Considerabh

      arrests wero made to-day in the Bois de _Boulogm of . onoealed insurgents . What now is to bo _doni with the workmen ? The question is fearful . Al business is suspended—all manufacturing over . Many of the leaders of tho insurgents havo been killed , and others captured . Among the latter are _Dtnatte and Napoleon Lebon , the _physic _' an , who ie the friend of _Bsrbos . It is said that Deuotte , who wan taken by a National Guard whilst at dinner at an English tavern , was the bearer of papers which compromiaed Lamartine and Louis Blanc .

      Petitions to the National Assembly are preparing praying that the members of the ex-Exooativo Government may ba put on tbeir trial . Northkrn Stab Office , Saturday Morning . The _Asae-ably was oocupied on Thursday with the ballot for the President , in place of _Cit'zsn Senard , who has accepted the Ministry of thi Interior . Citizen Marie , late memher of the Executive Commission , was elected President [ of the ; Assembly . C itizen Bastide has been appointed Minister ol Marine instead of Admiral Leblano , who has declined to take office : and General _Bodeau replaces Citizen Baakida as Minister of _Foraign Affairs . A pension of 3 , 000 f . was voted to the Widow of General Negrier , and promotion is granted to his son in the army .

      M . Ledru-Rollin was in tb . 9 National Assembly yesterday , after having been absent since Friday . At a meeting of the members of the moderate majority , it was resolved to support any mini-try who would adopt the following measures : — I . The rigorous disbanding and disarming of those National Guards who refused to co-operate in resisting the recent insurrection ; 2 . The main _, tenance of a g arrison in _Paria strong enough to resist Buch attempts as those of May and June ; 3 , The immediate dissolution of the ateliers nationaux ; 4 . The temporary closing of the clubs ; 5 . The provisional maintenance of restrictions on the press .

      THE KILLED AND WOUNDED . There is as yet no offisial account ofthe billed , but common report estimates it at 18 , 000 . The number of wounded is , it is said , double that number : No _possible _conjeoture can be formed of the loss the insurgents have sustained . The following is tho latest report of tho superior officers killed and wounded in the insurrection : —General Negrier—killed ; General Brae _^—assassinated ; General _Franooia—killed ; General _Regnaud—killed ; General Bourgou received a ball in the thigh ; amputation is impossible and his recovery very doubtful ; General Corte wounded in the leg ; his at ite ia satisfactory ; General _Darne _. me—his leg has been amputated ; tbere are some fiODes of his recovery ; _General Duvivier wounded in the foot—more serious than waa first _supposed : General Foucber— " / rounded in attacking a barricade in Faubourg du Temple .

      Thus nine general officers have been killed or wounded . The number of colonels and superior offieers put hors de combat is immense . THE PRISONERS . Citizsn de Cormenin has made the following repert as to the prisoners taken in the late insurrec

      tion :- » ' At the Luxembourg there no longer remain any prisoners . At the barracks in the Rue deTournon there wera at first about twelve hundred , but all have boon removed except about threo hundred . Citizen de Cormenin went unattended in the midst of them , they are all working men . Yesterday , for the first time , they had seme soup distributed to them ; up to that time they had had nothing but bread . What they most demand is power to write to their families to inform them of their safety . They also demand to be examined as promptly as possible . An additional number of _examining _magistrates have been appointed for that purpose . M . de Cormenin haa demanded that the children of twelve years of age and under should be the first examined . The prisoners in the Rue de Tournon are being removed as

      quickly as possible on other points . In the Tuileriei about 800 were at first placed in the subterraneous passage leading under the river terrace . They are forbidden to approaoh the bars of the windows , and several have been shot for non-observance of this order . M . de Cormenin has caused the dead bodies to be removed , but he did not enter the plaoe himself , foi the place was in too dreadful a state . In consequence of their confinement in this place many ofthe prisoners were in a state bordering on insanity . Orders hsd been given for their removal , fearing an _infeotious fever may be generated . Tho number of wounded in tne Tuileries is _considerable . They _consist of National Guards , Garde Mobile , and insurgents , and are all treated with the same care by the medical attendants . Amongst the number is the violent clubbist , Deplanque .

      Tho prison of St Laz . re contains 240 prisoners whose wounds are only slight . They occupy the ground floor , the women having been removed to the upper stories , there are also many wounded National Guards and Gardes Mobiles in this establishment . Ci ' . _izen de Cormemn has not yet visited the Hotel de _Vi-le or the Conciergerie . The prisoners who were taken to the former place declare that they Buffered more thero than in any other place of confinement . ' It is said that an officer has died in the Rue Vivienne of a poisoned cigar .

      STATE OF THE DBFARTM-NT 8 . A body of from 1 , 200 to 1 , 500 armed insurgents have assembled between Dreux and Evreux , in the _neighbourhood of St Andre . Troops havo been ordered to march on that point . Orders havo been dispatched by telegraph to close all the clubs , and the order has already been carried into execution in many departments . A letter from Lyons , dated in tbe afternoon of Tuu . day , the 27 th inst ., says : — 'We are not yet without disquietude as to the disposition of the workmen . The Voraces have still even pieces of oannon at the Croix Rousae , and will not give them up . General Gemeaux has given them till this evening . It is feared that this disarming will uost dear .

      'The Biter Bit,' Or The Parson Outwitted...

      'The Biter Bit , ' or the Parson Outwitted . — A certain minister of the Gospel , resident not quite twenty miles from Stalybridge , having heard that a shopkeeper was in the habit of selling ' Chartist pikes , ' called upon the supposed vendor of forbidden articles , and wished to know if he had any pikes for sale . The Chartist said that ha had not , at present , but shortly expeoted a fresh arrival . The _parsoa then inquired if ho had disposed of many , and was ooolly assured that he had disposed of a large number . This gave the minister a strong desire to be _posso * _sod of one of the dreadful weapons , in order that it might be handed over to'the powers that bo . ' Not being satisfied with the assurance of the ChartiBt , that he had none on hand

      , his reverence sent other parties to obtain him one . with a like result . The supposed pike-seller , indignant at such conduot , determined tbat the desire of tho ' minister of peace' should bo gratified , and , accordingly on Thursday morning last , addressed a note to tbe gentleman with whom the curato lodged , informing him that the wish of hia rtverenco miijht now be gratified for the low sum ot 2 s . Shortly after the parson was seen wending his way tothe shop of the Chartist , anxiety and _delinht depicted on his countenance . The minister wished to know if the note was the Chartist's writing , and waa informed that it was . ' Then ' his

      Bays reverence , ' I will take a pike ; ' and one was immediately handed to him , carefully lapped up in brown paper , and away went his reverence , ' pick' in hand , as if he was going to take the town by storm . The minister immedia ' _-ely repaired to the police-office , with his treasure , and on opening told after told of paper , found that he had a' pike nab , not the freshest , between two sticks , instead An formidable ' queen of weapons . ' The _chaariu mid moitihcation of his reverenoe may be easier _imaginad than described . A few wags , parties to the plot immediately repaired to a neighbouring ¦ nn , and spent the 2 _^ , drinking ' _Succb . s to tho parson and his pike . '

      Efficts cf English Rule in _ RBLAND .-At -Neua _^ u l etty _bessDiis , last week , a girl named Brien ;> u- _sentenced to a month ' s imprisonment for beating \ m sister because she would not joiu her in _ohargin « _lD _. _endi-iriam against her own cousins , that she _mi _^ at get out to America at government expense . M _. NCiKBTBU . —A public meeting will be held in _tnu Carpenter ' s Hall , Garrat road , on Monday _evening next , to raise fund 3 to defend our brethren in Man heater , now under prosecution , for Uieir devotion to the holy _oauae of Freedom . Mia Theobald , a lady who haa set a glorious example by her idvocaoy of the People ' s Rights , has been _invited to attend , as also baa W . P , Roberw , _ 5 sq „

      Forthcoming Meetings. Wolvbehampron.— A ...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _WoLvBEHAMProN . — A publio meeting of the Chartists Will be held at the Bricklayers' Arms , near the British Sohool . Walsall s _' _. _reet , on Sunday evening next , July tha 2 nd , for the purpose of carrying oat the new plan of organisation adopted hy tho National Assembly . All members , and tho 39 friendly to the prinoiples of _Democracy , aro respectfully invited to attend , Chair to be taken *> t seven o ' clock . IIeb _3 en Bridge - —The members of this braneh of the National Land C impany are requested to attend at their meeting room , on Saturdiy , the 8 _ih of July , at seven o ' olock in the eTening . Lxigh . —All the members ot the Leigh Branoh of the National Land Company are requested to attend at Mr James Cook ' s , on Monday , the oid of July , at eight o ' clock in tho evening , to elect new officers fjr

      the next vear . . Padiham . — A North Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be _hi-ld in the _Odd-Fellowa' Hall , Padiham , on Sunday July 2 nd . to commence at eleven in thf forenoon ; when the following places aro requested _tosend delegates :-Preaton , Chorley , _Qimldtmttia , Clitheroe , Burnley , Accrington , Padiham , and BlacV . burn . Those places who have not paid the 53 . levy are desired to bring it to the meeting . Mytholm Rotd , —A camp meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon , at two o ' clock , Lecturers from Halifax and othor places will attend .

      _Midglv . y —A distriot delegate meeting will be held in the Association-room , at eleven o ' clock in tbe forenoon , when each locality is requested to send a delegate . Camp meetings will be _heid on Sunday the 0 th of July , at Staindland ; and ou the 16 fch on the _Ladstone , Norland _Motf , Bradford . A West Riding delegate meeting of the Life and' Property Protective Society , will ba hold at this place to morrow , commencing at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Delegates are requested to ba ia Butterworth-buildin « s , at that time . A West-Riding secretary will have ts be appointed . > informed

      MAKcnESTiSR . —Thepublicarerespectfully that a grand soiree and ball will be held in the People's Institute , lleyrod-street , Ancoats , on iVIonday evening , July 17 , being the second anniversary of the opening of the above place , at which Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will positively attend . W , P . Roberts Esq ., and the Rev . Jas . Scholefield , are also expected to be present . _^ _Pktsrboro-gh . — A general meeting ofthe members of _Vaib branch of tho National Land Company will be held at the house of E . Scholey , _Midgats , on Tuesday , July 4 , at eight o ' olock in the evening . The business of the meeting will be to audit tbe accounts , appoint officers for the ensuing quarter , and consider the propriety of holding monthly instead of Weekly meetings . Members for non-attendance will be fined 3 d ., officers 63 .

      Little Towh , near Leeds . —A general meeting of Land members will be hold at Mr Charles Brooks , on Sunday , Jul y 9 , for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing six months . Members in arrears for local levies are requested to pay the same without further notice . Chair to be taken at ton o ' clock , Burt . —The shareholders of thiB branch of the National Land Company are requested to meet in their usual meeting place , Clerk street , next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . The auditors will report for the expiring quarter , aad officers for the ensuing quarter will be elected . The committee of the above branch are also requested to meet in the above room , on the same day , at two o ' clock in the

      afternoon . _Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members wil be held at the Horse and Groom . New Baspord . —On Sunday evoning , at seven o'olock , wben Messrs Sweet and Roberts will _addres . the meeting A Free and Easy will be held on Saturday evening , at . even o ' clock , at the same place . Hull —The Chartists of Hull beg to announce that they have engaged a powerful steam Bhip for a pleasure trip to _GriraBby and Cleethorpe ' s , on Sunday , July 2 . Longton . —A lecture will be given oa Sunday next , in the Working Man ' s Hall , by one of the Irieuds of truth .

      Limshousr . —Mr S-. Kydd " will lectura on' the Navigation L . ws , ' at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemakers' Fields , Limehouse , on Tuesday _evening , July 4 th . Chair to be taken at eight o ' elook precisely- Collectors for the Liberty Fund are requested to bring as much money as possible on Monday evening , to the above hall . Lancashire and Yorkshire . —A delegate meeting will be held at Uebden-bridge , on Sunday , July 9 th , at ten o ' clock , a . m . It is requested that all localities able to send delegates will do so . —The secretary has received the letter from the Keighley Council . _F-malb Charti 8 I _8- —A lecture will bo given at the Olive Branch , Old Pancras-road , on Monday evening next . Chair to be taken at eight o ' olock .

      Nottingham . —The Distriot Council will meet at three o ' clock , on Snnday afternoon , at the Il 9 ra 3 and Groom , near Bradford . The members belonging to the Seven Stars looality of the National Charter _Association , are requested to meet at seven o ' clock on Monday evening next , for the purpose of _oiyani .-ation , and other important business . _Ash-on-undkr Ltnb . —A meeting of the 'National Guard * will take place on Sunday next , July 2 nd , at half-past nine o ' olock , a . m ., to which meeting all tbe

      members are requested to attend . —A quarterly meeting of the shareholders of the National Land Company will be held at the Chartist-room , _Bentinekstreet , on Sunday , July 2 nd , at two o ' clock , _fyn ,, to settle up _acoounts , elect officers , and other business . All members are requested to pay their levies . — -The following papers are taken in for the use of the Land and Chartist membera , viz : — ' Northern Star , '' Irish Felon , ' Tribune , ' National Guard , ' North British Express , ' ' Daily Freeman ' s Journal , ' ' Daily Telegraph . '

      Bermondsey' —Tha members of this branch of the National Land Company will hold their meetings every Monday evenine , at eight o ' olock , instead of Tuesday , at Mr Fowler ' s , Duke of Sussex , Grange-Walk . A general meeting of the members of thie locality of tbe National Charter Association will be held on Tuesday evening next , July 4 th , at the above house , for tho purpose of eleoting the Executive C _tuncil and Commissioners . The membera of this locality intend forming a library , and begin with the Northern Star and Irish Feloh . All members having collecting books for the defence of the Chartist _patriots , are requested to exert themselves in the good cause , and forward what funds they have in hand as quickly as possible .

      _Sau-ord . —The quarterly meeting of the members of this branch of tho Land Company , will be held on next Sunday , July 2 nd , at two o ' oloek , at Mr Lee's , Temperance H _. tel , _Irwell-etreet . All Members are requested to attend . —N . B . —The next quarter ' s looal levy , becomes due on the above date . Membera are requested to be as punctual as possible in tbeir payments . Dundee . —The half-yearly meeting of this branoh of the National Land Company , will be held on Monday evening , July 3 rd , at eight o ' clock , ia Pullar ' _a meeting-house , _Mutraygate , for the purpose of electing officers , and the transaction of other business . Tothe Land Memrerso _/ the Westminster branoh 83 , Dean-street , Seho . —Notice . There will be a general meeting of the members of the above branch on Sunday , July 1 st , at half . past two o ' clock in the afternoon , on business of importance .

      Whii _ ikqton and CAT .-The council of the above locality aro requested to meet at Mr Perry ' s Coffee house , 42 J _Church-street , Shoreditoh , on Sunday morning , at half-past nine o ' clock precisely Souer . Town . — I he Defence and VictimCommittee meet on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' elook , at Mr Duddndue _' g , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbnd . e street , Somers Town . All persons having collection books are earnestly requested to make a return on that evening . Somers _TowN .-Mr Lindon will leoture on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayers * Arms , _Tonoridge-street , _N e w-road , to commence at eight o'elook Manchester . —There will be a meetine of the balloted m . mb . n of Manchester , Ashton , Bury , Old . ham , and the surrounding districts , on Sunday next July 2 nd , at Mr _Whittaker _' _s , 93 , Great aS _« _££ street , at ten o'clock in tho forenoon

      j _» J _» _- 0 B CnA 8 " i Haix —Mr J . FusseU and Mr Martin will attend at the above hal on Sunday _evening next , July 2 . at eight o ' clock . _CAssop .-Mr Radley will be at Cassop , on Sunday the 2 nd ot July , and at Thornley on the same day Halifax . —The West Riding _delet-ate mefitino _«; _n be held on Sunday July 2 at & l _t-fcbSffXS Bu Iclnse . lane , Halifax Delegates from _allpaJH ; the Riding ate requested to attend , M business of im _tanma-street , King's Cross , in conjunction with the Somers Town distriot . Wo hope _shortH _« o send in some funds , and _to'lSTSu _^ _B brothers now in pri _ on . -An harmonic rneelinr wi be held at the above house on Wednesday ? Job ; l tb

      . , t } u m J _' _~^ A eneral meetin _? of the members h _fht N , a . v Chsrtep Association hew , while held at the Butchers' Arms , Butcher-row on M _™ _day _ev-uir _* . July 3 rd . at eight o ' clock _^ il ' bets aro .. quested to attend . _SubTcrioUom _? ro ce , ved for the Defence Fund by the follS friends -John Hone , South _Bar-street _; _JanSiBotKn ' _Caiaiorp-street : Thomas _Haigh _, ChuS-hi ' Dr M'Douall will lecture in Manchester on Sunday , July 2 nd . He will be at Leigh on In Sunday n ___ t , j Uiy 2 ntl t _lwo o ' clock in the a ' ter

      _IW-Th members of _thff ranel ofThe Land Company are requested to meet in their ? oom _Ilvde . _ane on Sunday next , at twoo _' clook in tKtornSn miff ° _' tiCm f 0 r the next * '« 5 " S 15 S All _wttSar" _*" ffithlooal ! * M _? * _^

      Forthcoming Meetings. Wolvbehampron.— A ...

      The _Chartht Prisoners . —The trial * of thg Chartist prisoners will take place early in the ensuing week , at the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey . Against Ernest Charles Jones there is one indictment , _obtaining threo count . _, in which he is charged with ' seditious speaking , ' 1 unlawful assembly , ' and ' riot , ' at the Chart * _,, meoting held at Bi-hop _Bonner _' s-tields , Bethnalareon , on the 4 th of June last . Mr Serjeant Wil . _kinsou and Mr Clarkson are the counsel engaged in his behalf . Joseph I . J . FusseU , in one indictment , containing eight . _ounts , is charged , in aix , for _sed ' . _tious speaking ; in one , for unlawful asse mbly ; and in one , for rie _., at the _Clerkenwell-f ( r ( y , r _ meeting of the Chartists , on 29 th of May last . Mr Serjeant Allen , together with Mr _Hiiddleston , will appear to defend him . Alexander

      Sharpo is charged , in an indictment of four _couDt 3 for sedition , unlawful assembly , and riot , at the _meeting on CJerkenwell-green , on the 265 h of , MaF and , in another indictment , of firo counts , of con , mitting _siovlar effonces at Bishop Bonner ' s-fields on tbe 4 th of June list . Mr Sergeant Wilkins and Mr Robinson are tho counsel selected for this pr j . soner . Against Joseph Williams there are threo indictments ; one . of two counts , charging him ( con . jointly with W . J . Vernon ) for an unlawful assembly and riot on the 29 th of May last , at Clerkenwell , and the other two ( of fotir counts each ) with seditious speaking ( in addition to unlawful assembly and riot ) at meetings held on Clerkcnwell-green , on the 25 ch and 2 Gth of May last . Mr Sergeant Allen , assisted by Mr Ballantyn _. and Mr Walttr Morgan , will appear for J . Williams .

      Another BoaBu Explosion—A correspondent , writing under date , Dudley , Friday evening , says : — ' For the second time within the short space of threo weeks we have to record ono ot those appalling _accl dents which have of late bsen of such fr _. _quent occurrence in this district , and attended with such terrible _consequences . The scene of the new catastrophe is the Bloorafield Iron Works at Tipton , near this place ; and it seems that one of the boilers in use was a condenser , somewhat in shapeof an egg , save that it was flat at one end . From some cause or other thin part of it gave way , aa explosion took place , and the entire boiler , _whicii was about seven tons in weight , waa forced with _considerable violence in a horizontal direction across the canal , and into a brick-yard one hundred yards distant .

      So soon as the fir _. t shock was over search was made after the bodies of the unfortunate persons who had suffered by the occurrence ; and up to the hour of writing the following had been discovered _;—Henry Millington , a _^ ed nineteen , found dead , unmarried . William Perry , much burnt , and not likely to recover ; wife and two children . William Jones , head cuf , body much scalded . John and Thomas Lister , also very much burnt . Three females _engaged in packing bricks much injured . The cause of the explosion is a _raysttry . It is fortunate , however , that a great number of those employed at the works were at their suppers outside the building at the time , or tbe loss of life must have been much greater . It La high time , however , that the question of these _explotions underwent a searching and impartial _investigasion , seeing that they are becoming of such frequent

      occurrence . Disastrous Fire . —On Friday morning , batween the hours of ten and eleven , a 'fire broke out on the premises , 8 and 9 . Wild-court , Lincolu ' _s Inn-fields . The range of buildings are solely occupied by carpenters . Owing totheinfl . mmable nature of the houses , and the rapidity witti which the flames made progress , fears were entertained Jest the whole court should be destroyed . The engines , owing to there being no carriage thoroughfare to the scene ofthe _confligr & - tion , were a long time before they could be brought into pliy , which occasioned considerable alarm among tho inmates of the adjoining houses . The moment , however , tho engines were brought to bear against the flames , a _tnsrked change tooik

      place , and in about a couple of hourf , by the great exertions of the firemen and others , the C 9 n-{ . _agration was subdued . In the meanwhile a number of persons , who w . re acquainted with the premises , entered , and succeeded in saving an immerse quantity of tools , which would bave been otherwise destroyed . We are sorry to state that the buildings were mostly occupied by poor carpenters , who had their whole stock in-trade upon the premises , and that none of them , with the exception of Messra Hyatt and Saunders , were insured . The origin of the fire is , as yet , unknown , though supposed to he a spark from a pipe falling on the shavings . The amount of dama-e is very great , though it has cot b _. en correctly ascertained .

      Funeral of Brother Hknry Hanshard , who di _. d from the effect of blows , given whilst attending a public meeting at Nova Scotia-gardens , Bethnal-green , on the 4 th day ef June . As we an . nounced iu our last , the good and true Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , had resolved to honour the remains of their departed brother with a public funeral ; and before the hour of two o ' clock on Sunday , June 25 tb , the Whittington and Cat , Crown and Anchor , Globe and Friends , Sir Walter Scott , Grev ' s Coffee-house , and other Chartist houses , were crowded with persons anxious to testify their respect to the worth of their departed brother , and to mark their abhorrence of the violence and brutality of their oppressors , by attending the mournful cortege . At three o ' clock , Abbey-street , Bethnal-green , where

      the body had been removed to , and the streets adjacent , were thronged with human beings ; the pro _. _cpssion then formed , the relatives of the deceased taking their place next the coffin ; then followed Chartists from all parts of the metropolis , and in which the ' Emmett Brigade' was most conspicuous ; the procession , its numbers being variously computed at from five to seven thousand persons , proceeded quietly along the Bethnal-green-road , to the Victoria Cemetery , _passingatong theroute wherethe police so wantonly exercised their brutality and ferocity ; but on this occasion not a policeman was to be seen , although there were plenty of them concealed ready for ' action . ' Arrived at the Cemetery , the ex-City Missionary , who was discharged from his functions for having written and refused to retract the

      truth relative to the police outrages in Bishop Bonner ' s-fields , was most appropriatel y chosen to officiate as clergyman on this occasion , and delivered a most feeling address , alluding to the ' unnatural means by which the departed brother had l 0 > t his life ¦ ' his address produced a powerful effect on the audience ; he was followed by Dr M'Douall , in an address of thrilling , powerful , but mournful eloquence ; he called on Mr M'Crae in his eapa _. itvof dissenting teacher , to offer a parting benediction , and to call on all present over the remains of their deceased brother , never to cease their exertions , until the Charter became the law of the land ; and thereby avenge their brother ' s blood , upon which

      call very man present took off his hat , and with uplifted head gave most solemnl y the required _pledge , The addresses of Dr M'Donall and Mr M'Crae produced a deep effect , the tears flowing copiously down the furrowed cheeks of many an athletic man ; the effect _w-as much hei ghtened by the appearance of the aged father and mother of thc deceased , who was the mam support of his venerable parents . The body being deposited in the earth , the procession accompanied the friends of the deceased back to their residence , and then quietly dispersed . We learn that a considerable sum was collected on the occasion , which we understand is to be devoted to the support of the aged couple , who have been so mercilessly deprived of their ouly son .

      -Sanlmipts*

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      (From The Oazette Of Tuesday, June 20 ) ...

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01071848/page/8/