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    • lTflE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS 3 'OF NOTTINGHAM.
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      Ltfle Independent Electors 3 'Of Nottingham.

      _lTflE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS 3 OF NOTTINGHAM .

      ^. Le Jies.—Upon Three Occasions I Have ...

      _^ . jies . —Upon three occasions I have _^ _t _gff _boroag h the skirmish ground of _fac-^ en the next opp ortunity occurs , I n _« ii _* ll _^ 1 , attle _" field of principle . * subdued tone of your representatives ; Mai to which expediency has brought ' ¦ _^ asters ; the increasing liberality of fJL . ' the diminished Ferocity of _Protec-^? f . ' the renewed alarm of the Church ; _ffto the approach of * a period beyond ' _# evea the Whigs cannot protract the _* f the present parliament , all denote the _t of a ge _" erai election . _^ j } l < e as ° _> ' _^ t _™« s , a general elation _^ Lidered as of paramount importance , and _:

      i _^ cually te " y ° u tnat ot a " elections _^ rticn tis ihevery most important ; hut _tf _g _^ _sf l no reason beyond the influence it _^ iare _« _I H , T 1 some clap-trap in which they _^ hare heen artful enough to enlist your " {&¦ _^ V tl , e 0 th _- 6 r _hand ' * ? ou wfl - _^ , lor the approaching election of _surpass-^ _nflr tance to all classes , but especially to _Oane chases . _C'ftlj- Vie principle only of Free Trade . _teei recognised as yet , and upon the next _^ _pnt " will depend its moulding ;

      _yier it is to oe m _» de a class measure to _op-^ von , to grind you , and degrade you , or _Sfer itis to be made a national _measure , % & the rights of labour as well as those _Ijjpital shall be recognised ; whether the _Ljjjng of Free Tradeis _, that one master may Jl you to sell your labour in an _artifijTover- stocked market upon the competi-Lnrinciule , while another master may comhtiu to purchase your food at an artificial 1 , 1 price ; and whether , upon your inability

      _fiel the artificial _higrfrice of food by the [ juice of wages , you are to look to the _work-^ pauper sstinted fare and afelon ' s degrad' farb , as your sole alternative ; whether you _^' depend upon the mercy of the domestic _jafist for employment , aud upon the jealous jrner for food ; whether you are to rely j the melting of distant ice , and the navijja of distant rivers , for your breakfast , j dinner , and your supper , produced by _. - « _. or whether , as masters of" your own

      _glaioMr , applied to your own free soil , fertij _^ by your own genial climate , you are to _^ _aref or yourselves— exchang ing your _sur-^{ . _. r commodities which you can purchase _^ pr ofitably than you can manufacture ? ¦ _jjEOuldingof Free Trade principles to class _j _^ _ses will be the primary object ofthe Free _tytiTS in the next Parliament , and to meet _> jjr designs the people must he prepared . _^ e m ould of the Reform BUI was much ¦ _^ eenerous and democratic than the model 0 p opular apathy has allowed active facia to cast from it . In the first Reform

      _Par-^ _nent more than three-score members were _prance of the people ; but the people allowed _jai to struggle alone , till Whig watchfulness _Ji p opular indifference justified their _desern of the popular cause . If the people had been as anxious to prevent , _tliev now are to cure , they had ample power die Reform _Parliament to compel a much , _# liberal reading ofthe Reform BiU . "With _jsd _experience of the past before us then , ; isl » okfor a more profitable . future ! _fcamdly-The battleof the State Church must ! _saght in the next Parliament , as the

      _nuigKhas now grown heyond endurance , and , £ upon it that Churchmen will make the _sjt of their slender forces , within and without . loudly- The battle of Labour must be fought be next Parliament , for , rely upon it , that _jrerer the necessities of an expiring tenure sy compel the outgoing tenants to tolerate ] ijudge s construction of law iu favour of the _skman , that those who make both Judge £ Late will not submit to any infringement : ik rights , orany abridgement ofthe power , [ capital .

      Vie have emancip ated ourselves from many siliilities ; we have outlived the delusive cry 'faction , 0 don ' t divide the Liberal interest . " \ as the press of the Liberals contends , a _srousih conquest of an enemy is indispensable _i the " advancement of civilization , so the _srougli conquest of a faction is indispensable _bthe advancement of legislation ; and if , as we u told , Ireland can only he prepared for _jdTiralinn by another and more complete congest , Whiggery can only he prepared for kislatioa by another and more complete

      _Bathrow . ¦> "" i lie man who is in advance of popular opium lives in perpetual strife , only sustained h lis own convictions ; hut as the madness of _inlay is the parent of the wisdom ofthe moras-, when with death envy ceases , then postenty does him tardy justice . Such , I confess , * has been my case in life . 1 lave been denounced , vilified , and perseitfd : but my convictions have sustained me . _Kr object has been to force legislation onwards 5 civilization has advanced , and as a year of _fe quick present is more than equivalent to a saturv of the sluggish past , and as you are

      fw wise NOW to take any man upon the repmendation of a bit of comparative iibep Sty , I feel myself called upon to state my l _& icarprinciples . I shall strenuously struggle to enwe a f ull , free , and fair representation \ f the People iu the Commons' House of Miament , and with that view , and from a ttU-founded conviction that the principles of _h People ' s Charter can alone accomplish it , { nil support and vote for that measure at all _faes , when itis brought forward by our chief M leader , Mr Duneombe .

      I will aid to _the'fullest of my power to sepatfethe Protestant Church from the State , _^ mil oppose all State religions , believing _ktaflockcan makeabetterselection of ashep _^ d than a _^ _joZi / icaZ Minister or a political _pa-% n can , and believing that the present State _^ aWishment , is the causeof much treachery , fcophancy cruelty , deceit , " blasphemy , and _iSutlism . But in contending for such _sepaction , 1 shall also contend for the application £ Church propertv to its original

      purpose—Niely , the support of the poor ; and as all _Ihtitees of the poor have failed to discharge _feeir trust honestly , I shall contend for the Iter being their own trustees , by each willing _lisbandman being located upon land of his 6 _, for ever , for which he shall pay a moder rent , as his contribution towards the snppr t of institutions which recognise and protect bis rights . I will contend for the principle f direct taxation , under such arrangements _fc _* iil make it impossible for the master-class «* throw the burden upon the labour-class .

      During our struggle for _Jihe Charter , I will 8 "e my vGte for the removal of every _chicle that stands in the way of that measure . 1 will not ' accept of place , pension , or _emo"ffltf / rom any Government or parti / , neither * J" I cater for support by looking for _patrotee for my supporters . I If returned , I will resign my trust at the _fe of each session to the people in public Peeling assembled , in the market-place of » ° ur borough , and shall only consent to re-N _^' t it upon the wish of three-fourths of the fe Hitants . Believing in the ability of the l _£ * p le to insist upon any form of government r y please , ' 1 shall he ever ready to present _Hitions _against oppression and injustice , as

      v exposure only can redress he had and prer _ation insured _, -hough the honour I seek is the represcnta-N"f an English borough , 1 shall take part * sil ! ri-h questions ; and , believing that a _^ pful ufihe . Union means separation of the _™« _countries , I shall at all times support the _* _kpeadence of my natire country iby endea' ooring to rid her of a foreign yoke ; believing , }? « _' _« _, that the accomplishment of a mere * r _« l ofthe Union would hut _^ lead to intttas 8 « l corruption , increased taxation , _in" _^ ed treachery , and increased _^ dependence J !« submission , inasmuch as the English Mifils _{ « r , stinted of apparent power , would have * c ourse to extended means of corruption . J look upon Railroads , the Team Postage ,

      ^. Le Jies.—Upon Three Occasions I Have ...

      the Penny Stamp upon Newspapers , and the munici pal Reform BiU , as the corner-stones of a new constitution ; and I have ever thought _thata proper use made of those means must inevitabl y lead to perfect social and political freedom ; and , although Mr Spring Rice , now Lord Mouteagle , said , "Repeal the I 7 n £ bnrestore the Heptarchy ! " for the purpose of recommending the principle of centralisation , I hold the principle of self-government in such high esteem , that I shall endeavour to confer powers , immunities and privileges upon counties , towns , and boroughs , wholly independent of the Imperial Parliament .

      Indeed , I believe that if a proper use had heen made of the Municipal Reform Bill , by the people , that that measure might have heen made an engine of complete political freedom . I will vote for every limitation in the hours of slate labour which will ensure the workers a fair share in the profits of their toil . I will vote for the unqualified repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act . I will contend against the right of Ministers , officials , placemen , or pensioners to vote in Parliament--I will vote against the legal murder of human beings hy strangulation cr otherwise .

      I will vote against the power of a Minister to draw secret sercice money from the national exchequer . I will contend'against this country waging war against foreign states , except incase of foreign invasion . And last , though not least , I will struggle to make the Small Farm System a Government measure , according to the Rules of the National Land Company , and I will contend for the appointment a Minister of Agriculture .

      I will move the restoration of Frost , William ? , and Jones , as an amendment to every demand for supplies ; and , despite the howl of in-door factions , I will thunder the popular voice in their ears . These things I promise ; to those conditions I pledge myself ; upon them , and upon * them alone , I ask for your support . 1 ask you to retain them as the means of judging me . - We live in new times , and want new minds to govern them .

      If my princi p les do not suit your notions ; I _sfaall give my support to your choice . I am , Gentlemen , Your obedient Serrant , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Bilstos . —At a meeting of the members it was moved by Mr Linney , seconded by Thomas Davis , and carried unanimously : — That a committee be chosen to agitate the principles of Chartism , with a view to yromulgate the same at the forthcoming general election . The following persons were then elected , with power to add to their number : —J . _WaBnidge , llenry Fowler , Wolmhampton ; John Richards , W . Furnival , Thomas Davis , and Thomas Almond . _BiRMisGaui . —At a public meeting h- Id in the Town Hall , BirminEham , for the purpose of _considering the best mode of alleviating the distresses of the country , the Charter being moved aa an amendment upon a mot on foralteriug the currency , called from Mr Mason the following reply : —Mr Mas- > n contended that the amendment was out < -f order and could not be put to the meeting , and observed thai the _present was neither the time or place to

      introduce the subject of the Charter . lie felt _satisfied that the working classes would much more effectually accomplish the end they bad in view , and wonld mncli sooner obtain full and complete representation by acting with judicious reserve and moderation , than bv pressing the matter where it did not properly arise . As soon as the middle classes -aw their increased intelligence and worth , they would give them the power of voting , and _boih their interests and conscience would induce them to respect their rights . The amendment was out of order , and he maintained that tbe mayor would not be justified in putting it . At the usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , at the Ship Inn , the following r _^ _Biilutiun was unanimously passed . Moved by Mr Fnssell , and seconded by Mr Fearn : — ' That we are of opinion tnat Mr Mason has basely deserted those principles ofjnslic which he long advocated , and has thereby forfeited the respect and confidence of the working classes . "

      CuEi . TB _> Hiu . —At a meeting of the members it was resolved •—Thar , notwithstanding the _unaccountabla apathy manifested by the unenfranchised portion of our fello «" _townsmen , we are determined to continue our association , inasmuch ae we feel confident that the time is rapidly approaching when oar countrymen will be brought to acknowledge and appreciate the serv ces ef those , who , in and out of season , tbroogb evil and good report , have been , and still at e , struggling for the attainment of tbe political rights of their fellow men .

      _Citr Locality . —The members , after being some t me without a place of meeting , have lately taken the large 11 all attached to the Star Coffee-house , 71 , Old-street , St . Luke ' s . Mr Tapp has been appointed sub-sccrttary _. in the place of Mr Salmon , jun ., who retires . Since the opening ofthe flail , lectures have been delivered by Air Skelton on " Progressive Civilization , " and by Mr Clark ( on Sunday evening last , ) on " the evils of society and their remedies . " lie said " Of late I have travelled much , and I fiud wealth every whereabundant , ' tis strange , but true wherever I have _fonndexcessive wealth , there also abounds the extreme of destiluuon _, misery and wretchedness , The remedy for those evils forces itself upon our attention , bat the great error oi society is , that our present legislative wisdom will not allow tbe people to take care of their own affairs . On ail manufactured goods , labour stamps the value , but when labour is abundant it is cheap and used as a marketable

      commodity , thus we hare man the image of his Creator reduced to the level of the brute . Why all these monstrous proceedings ? because the state of society is rottea by throwing small farms into large ones which are not half cultivated ; the small farmers and labourers arc thrown on society to compete with each other and starve . No man can deny that with our great literary , commercial , manufacturing and mineral greatness , we ought to be truly great ; but , _atas , thousands are now perishing of starvation , who have been always willing to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow , lie who don ' t like democracy , don ' t like truth , and he who opposes it must be T ; eieus or ignorant . The lecturer after dealing with his subject in a masterly manner resumed his seat much applauded . A vote of thanks was awarded him , and the meeting adjourned to Sunday next . It was announced by the chairman that a course _cfSlectures willbegiveu .

      LixciSBiRK i _\ d \ oausHiBE . —At a delegate meeting on the 23 rd ult „ at the White House , _Blackstune-Edge , Mr William Heap , of Bacup , iu the chair , it was resolved : — That the annual camp meeting he holden near the White House on Blackstoue-Edge , for the purpose of carrying out the _principl-s of the People ' s Charter , and that F . O'Connor , Esq ., £ . Jones , Esq , and the members ofthe Executive , be invited toatund . Leeds . —The _Forthcomisg _Ewctios . — Ever since the commencement ofthe agitation respecting the Education scheme , the Liberal party in this town has been split np . The Mercury with the Dissenters opposing all state interference ; Stansficd and his party supporting the Government measure ,

      yet , at the same time stating that it did not go far enough . Sisce the question was settled in the House of Commons , both parties have been taking measures for the election . One party states that they will support no candidates who are in favour of Government Education , and the other party will not support any who are against it—so matters rest at present . The voluntaries held a meeting , called by circular a fortnight since , which was attended by four hundred electors , and resolutions were passed respecting their pclicy at the election . Since then they have given out that Mr Sturge , of Birmingham , is to be one of their men ; the second is not yet

      declared , although Mr E . Haines , jun ., and Mr Peter Faiiburn h * v . e both been named . The other party , head by _Stansfield , are taking steps for securing the returs of men who are in favour of Education , and a deputition from them is to wait on Mr Adam , one of the present members , requesting him to stand again , and there are reports that the Conservative par ; y will support him , along with Mr Beckett ; something definite will be heard in a short time as to who the caudidates will lie . In the meantime the _ChartUta have not be idle . Last Monday evening a _meetinsjef tbe electors and non-electors waa held in the Vicar's croft : more than G , 000 persons were present . Mr Councillor Robson was called to the

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      chair , and opened the meeting with reading-the hill , and requested that all persons should have a fair hearing . Mr Councillor Brook moved the first resolution , which declared that the Suffrage question was paramount to all others ; that the candidates to be brought forward should be prepared to vote for its being granted tothe extent provided in the People ' s Charter . He alluded to the promises of the Whigs during the Corn Law agitation , that they would go for the Suffrage after they had got repeal . _Httpld them they had not fulfilled thoso promises , _ancTat the present election they were trying to burk tiie Suffrage question , and hoist that of Education , as

      the only testfor candidates . lie would stand by the Charter , and he hoped the Radical electors would do the same . Mr Henry Child ( an elector ) seconded the motion , and stated he was heart and soul with them . Mr Joseph Barker ( the founder of the _Barkerites ) _, supported the resolution in a very effective speech . An amendment was moved by Mr Brotherhead , and seconded by Mr Matthew Jackson , "That a vote of thanks be given to the late administration tor their bold measures , and that candidates holding their opinions are worthy of support . " The Chairman put the amendment , when three hands were held up in its favour , and a forest of hands against it . Tho resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr John Shaw moved the second resolution , calline uponi all Reformers to unite _^ andjfilect men to carry out the foregoing resolution _^ He made a very able ipeech in its support . Mr Thoma ?

      Morgan seconded it , and when put was unanimously adopted . Mr James Harris moved the third , appointing a committee consisting half of electors and half of non-electors , to carry out the views of tbe meeting . The number of the committee was CO ; 30 being electors , and 30 non-electors , and to have power to add in the same proportion . __ Mr William Barker seconded the resolution , and it was carried unanimously . This terminated the business . Three cheers were given to the chairman for his services in the chair , and three were given for the Charter . Circulars have since been delivered to the electors , stating that Mr Sturee would address them on Thursday evening , and on Monday evening he will _a-ldress an open meeting of electors and non-electors , at the Music Hall . Let all be there who can by any means , and if he shrinks from the Suffrage , let him bo told he won't do .

      Halifax . —At a meeting of members of the National Charter Association , Mr D . Tempest in the chair , the following resolutions were adopted : — Moved by Mr Cockroft , seconded by R . Holt : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that Mr O'Connor in recommending an agitation for the abolition of tithes , is departing from the straight forward path of Chartism ; and we beg to assure Mr O'Connor that we will _neither countenance nor support any agitation having for its objects a less measure of justice than the six points of the Charter , and should Mr O'Connor persevere in this line of conduct we shall consider him no longer _deferring of our supporter esteem . Moved by G . Webber , seconded by II Sutcliffe ,

      That this meeting is of opinion that now is the time in the _prescntcrisis of affairs , when distress and poverty is _stalking through the land , to get up an agitation for the enfranchisement of the masses , which shall speak to onr oppressors in language thnn-lertoned , and force them to yield to fear , what they have so loDg denied to justice . _Metropoijtak CoMMUTEE—This committee met at the Asseiubly-rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho . on Tuesday evening June 1 st , Mr Jeremiah Caughlin _, in the chair . Mr Stallwood on behalf of the sub committee reported the progress ofthe arrangements fur the Metropolitan Anti-New Poor Law Demonstration , to beheld at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Tuesday next , June Stb , and stated that Mr W , B . Ferrand , R . Oastler . and several others , had already communicated their fntention to be present , — the resolution , petition , & c , was then agreed on , and from the spirit displayed by the several

      committee-men , a crowded i-emonstratioii may be fairly anticipated on the occasion . Several returns of tickets sold for the late benefit at the Pavilion Theatre were made . All persons having tickets or money are requested to make an immediate return to the secretary , Mr Tapp . The appeal from the South London Chartist Hall was then taken into consideration , and a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect : — "That we procure lecturers and render every support in our power . " The committee adjourned until Monday next , June 7 th , at eight o ' clock . National Registration axd Election Committee . —The body met at the Assembly-rooms , 83 , Deanstreet , Soho , on Tuesday evening , June 1 st . Mr John Milne in the chair , when a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to Charles Cochrane , Esq ' , for his very munificent support to this committee . On the motion of Messrs Stallwood and Godwin , it was unanimouslv resolved : — " That this Committee

      hereby recommend Ernest Jones , Esq ,, Barrister-atlaw , to the electors and non-electors of tho borough of Halifax , as a fit and proper _person to represent their interest in the Commons House of Parliament . " The secretary was instructed to obtain some _iuformation relative to the borough of Carlisle . All constituencies are earnestly requested to forward in formation without delay , where there is the least chance of returning a universal suffrage candidate Address : —Mr J . _Grassby , 8 , Noab _' s Ark Court , Standgate , Lambeth . The committee then adjourned till Monday next , June 7 th , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Staffordshire . —At a meeting of tbe Bilston and Wolverhampton ChartiBt Agitating Committee , held at the house of Joseph Linney , High-street , Bilston , on Sunday , May 33 , ( the following persons present , — Henry Fowler , Joseph Wasnidge , William Furnival , John Richards , chairman , and Thomas Almond , secretary , ) the following resolutions were agreed to :-That a delegate meeting be held at Dudley , on Sunday , June 13 , at one o ' clock to represent the following placeB _, viz . Birmingham , Smethwick , _Liewaste , Oldbury , Tip . ton . Kidderminster , Stourbridge , Redditch , Bromsgfove _, Bilston , Wolverhampton , Walsall , Darlaston , Wednesbury , and any other place within twenty miles of Dudley . Tbe delegates to meet at the house of Mr Morris , Mizzeppa Tavern , Campbell-street .

      The friends residing in these localities where no organised body exist are requested to correspond with the secretary of this committee , and to state whether there is a prospect of establishing the Chartist _Association in their toeaiity ; also what amount of personal _aad pecuniary aid they can _render this committee to enable them to revive the Chartist agitation , _» nd bring the principles to bear at tbe next General Election . All letters must be post-paid , and addressed to Thomas Almond , trunk-maker , _Muaday's Buildings , Horseley Fields . Wolverhampton .

      Toweb Hamlets . —The members ofthe _Whittington and Cat locality and Land branch met on Sunday evening . May the 80 th , 1847 , Mr Kirby in the chair . Mr Mathews reported from tbe _Metropolitan Meeting Committee . The report having been received , the notice respect ins the benefit of the O'Connorville Tea Tray for the Victims was brought forward , when ten persons subscribed towards the object . The Allottee Committee reported progress , and the rules were unanimously passed for assisting , by co-operation , members in taking possession of their allotments , when receiving a _prizs in the ballot ofthe National Land Company .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Assembly Rooms , 83 Dean-street . The members arc requested to attend on Sunday _. June , 6 th , at halfpast 7 precisely . Important business will be brought forward . _Beihual-Green . —Mr S . Kydd will lecture at the " Whittington and Cat , " Bethnal-green , on Sunday next , at 8 o ' clock , p . m . Subject : — " Protection , Competition , and Co-operation examined . " _BRADFonn . —The members will meet in their room _Butterworth-buildings , ou Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Citt . —Star Coffee House , 71 , Old-street , St Luke ' s . Mr Salmon has been appointed branch secretary , in the room of Mr Nobbs _, who retires . Tub Dkmocratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration > ill assemble at eight o ' clock , on Friday evening next , at 83 . Dean-street .

      Halifax . —An out-door meeting will be held at tho drying-house ? , bottom of Booth Town-lane , on Sunday morning next , to commence at halt-past nineo ' clock . Mr A . Hanson , of Eland , will give a lecture hire in the Working Man ' s Hall , _Bullclose-lane , te commence at half-past six in the evening . Manchester _^ —Mr R . Marsden of Preston will lecture in the People ' s Institute , _Heyrod-street , _Ancoats , on Sunday , June 6 th , chair to betoken at half-pastsix o ' clock . A members' meeting will take place at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the above place . Menial Improvement Debating Society . —A publie meeting , convened by thie body , will be held in the Jemperance Hall , Broadway , on Saturday evening , June 12 th , to discuss the merits of the several candidates aspiring to the honour of becoming representatives of Westminster in Parliament . Chair to be takon at 8 o clock precisely .

      Norton Foloatb . —Pewter Platter Tavern , White Lion-street . —The committee for getting up an ex curaion to O'Connorville , on Monday , July 5 th , 1847 . tfil attend at the above house _erery _Tuesday _' _eftn-

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      _inrr , to receive _instaimeutsi on tickets , and to make other arrangerae _$ _^ ; -Tibhets may be had at the following places : — . Whittington and Cat , ; Church-row , Bethnal Green ;¦ : Pewter Platter , White Lion-street , Norton _Folgatej _MrvTapp , 37 , Skinner-street , Bishopsgate ; MrK « tt ,: 67 , Mount-street , Church-street , Bethnel _Grveri ; Mr . JeanB , 18 , Union-street . Hackney-road ; Mr . Randall , Church-row , Bethnel Green ; Railway Engine _. _^ Brick-lane ; Mr Matthews , 5 , Princes-street , ' Stepney Green . South London _Charikt Hall , _Blaekfriars' Road . —On Sunday evening , June . 13 th , Mr W . Brown will deliver an address on tho " Forthcoming Election . " To commence at 8 o ' clock .

      Saint LcKB .- _^ Mr . 'W . Robson . _wjll deliver a public lecture at the Stai ' . Coffee-houtie , 117 . Old-streeet , on Sunday evening _.-jiext , June 6 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . _Subject '; - " . The superiority of a National Organization of Trades ; over mere local bodies . " Tower Hamlk _^^ A general _jneetjiig of the _meni-. bcrs of the National Charter Association will b _9 held on Sunday _evenujgron _^' . b _^ portance . The members of . the Land branchWe requested to _atlehd ' and pay their quarterlylex * _pehses _.-. _h- _;^;^ : _c _>' ' . ' , _v | _fS

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      ., ,, ., _^ _jp _*& -. _•~~ ... ; . _« . _^ _vr' _- * . s _^ - _^ i _^ - .. > _- Blackburn . —At the adjourned quarterly meeting of the Land Company , Thomas Cronther and Christopher Aindle were elected auditors for the next bi ' x months . William Rostran and James Crouther be * Bom _' . nittee-men for the next six months in place of two withdrawn . Edward Walker was elected scrutineer for the next month . Mr Roberts and Mr Busby will stand as candidate for the representation of Blackburn at the nest election .

      Bolton . —The Chartist and Land Office is removed from Market-street to over Mr Armstrong ' s earthenware warehouse , near the One Horse-shoe , New Market-place . Meetings every _Nfonday _evening at half-past seven . The quarterly member ' s meeting will be held on Sunday , June 6 th at six o ' clock in the evening . Blandford . —A branch ofthe Land Company has been establishod here , and is prospering . —A Cooperative Provision Society is also heing formed , which , if generally supported and honestly directed _, cannot fail to be found very beneficial . Recently a large meeting was holden on Mill-down , opposite the Park and mansion of Lord Portman , fur tho purpose

      of discussing the high price of provisions . A memorial to the Queen praying her to direct her advisers to take measures to relieve the Bufferings of the people , was adopted , as were ' also resolutions in support of the people relieving themselves by co-operation . The " respectables" both Jay and clerical , tried to prevent the working men from attending the meeting , and . _failing in : that , tried to excite a riot by a superfluous and brutal exhibition of force ; nearly all theshopocracy being sworn in as " special constables . " The . meeting , however , under the able guidance of Mr T . Saunders , Jun ., assisted by Messrs Taylor and Milford , was conducted and concluded in perfect peace and order .

      _Carrisoton . —At our usual monthly meeting held at the New Inn . Carrington , Mr Dowse in the chair , theroom was crowded to hear the interesting report of Mr _Leye's visit to O'Cr . nnorvillc . A vote ol thanks was given to . the speaker tor his interrc * tin » report , and a similar vote was passed to Mr

      O'Connor . ' Doncaster . —A public meeting was held here on Monday night to hear a lecture on the principles and _objects ofthe Land Company , by Mr Grimshaw , of this town . Charles Abbot was called to to the chair . Mr Grimshaw gave , great satisfaction to all present . This branch , which was opened in January last , numbers more than sixty members and is likely to go on very prosperously . The fourth section will meet at Mr Thomas Phillips , Church-lane , at live o ' clock and adjourn at seven on Sunday eveninas , when the third section will meet and adjourn at nine . _Edinbukch . - Meetings of the Land Company are held every Saturday night , in the Painters' Hall , Carulebes _Ciose . Persons wishing to transmit money to the Land Company , or any of the funds connected with the Chartist body , will receive information by applying there , or to ° Mr J . Cummings , 14 , Duncanstreet , Newtown ; -

      Falkirk . —National Land—On Thursday " week the Falkirk branch of the National Land Comoany held their monthly general meeting in Adams' Temperance Hotel , for the purpose of electing office hearers , die . We are disposed to regard the scheme as no mere chimera , but one ( if those in high places maintain their integrity , and the name of T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P ., and others afford from past experience a certain _guaranteed at least worthy the attention of the industrious _artizati who inay _. aocording to the prospectus , by a small weekly payment in proportion to his number of shares , secure for

      hini-. _selt a house and land sulhciont to provide the _necessaries of life , ami a certain amount of money to enable him : o commence with advantage . * * * Any man who can derive pleasure from virtuous and healthy exertion , and practice sell'denial in order to estimate the value of happiness , and who can reconcilo himself to be contented with the necessaries of life , may find tho suhject worthy his attention . It is a pity to see the plodding hardy Scot taking farewell of the land of his nativity , and the soil on which he was horn , t ? bury him' elf iu the wilds of Canada , while so many thousand acres of that very soil lie uncultivated . From tho timo that must

      necessarily elapse before the scheme can be made available to all its members , thoy must adopt _a- < their motto— " patience and perseverance . " — Stirling Observer . Georoie Mills . —At a meeting of this branch held May 24 tb . Mr Peter M'Neil in the chair , the letter of Mr O'Connor , in the Slur of May 15 th , having been read , several resolutions were passed , including votes of thanks to Mr O'Connor andthe other directors , and the following : — " That wo suggest to the directors tbe propriety uf purchasing an estate in Scotland _. _as we think it would bo the means ot arousing the people from their apathy . and furthering the cause of democracy . "

      Hindley . — At a meeting of the branch held at the house of Mr T . Morris , resolutions were passed approving of the Bolton _resolution for the division of districts , and forming a branch of the bank . The depositors to pay not less than one shilling at a time . Hull—At the weekly meeting of the Nationa Land Company held at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , the proceedings at O'Connorville were read from the Star amidst great applause , alter which twenty-seven new members were enrolled , making a total of ninety-six entered during the month of May . Amongst tbe new members was a gentleman who took up two shares to be disposed of ( when successful ) to the most deserving member that may be selected by the Chartists of Hull . This is a good example to thoso who might help us if they would , having the moans to do 80 .

      Islington . —A public meeting of the National Land Company , will be held at the lecture-room , _Islington Green , on Tuesday , June 8 th . Chair taken at 8 o ' clock precisely . A deputation from the directors will attend to explain the advantages and plan of the Company , in order to enable tha working classes , by unity of effort to become possessors of the land , their original birthright . Lououborouoh . —The members of the Land Company have taken a room at the Wheat Sheaf , Ward ' s End . Meetings will bo held every Thursday nightat eight o'clock . The first meeting was held on May 27 th , Mr Wm . Warren in the chair . Mr Skedington was appointed treasurer and secretary , and Messrs _Moseicy , Warren , Wright , Thurman , and Hurst ,

      committee ; and Mr Wm . Warner , scrutineer , for the next three months . Rochdalk . — On Sunday evening Mr Richard Marsden , from Preston , delivered a lecture in the Chartist-room which was well filled . Edward Mitchell in the chair . After a brief address from Mr O'Hca , of Manchester , Mr Marsden commenced his lecture which continued for one hour and a half and gave great satisfaction . Fifteen new members joined Iho Land Company . _Suefpielo . —At the weekly meeting of tho members of the Land Company , Mr _Iliggiubottom in the chair . The following persons were elected to manage the Funding Society , in aid of the Bank : _—Messrs lliggingbottom , Cook , _Youli , Billings , sub-Sec . Thirteen members were enrolled .

      Jjebdkn Bbiboe.—The Shareholders Will Me...

      _JJebdkn _Bbiboe . —The shareholders will meet in their Room Bridge-lanes , on Saturday evening , June 12 , at 7 (/ clock . A meeting will be held in their vciMfl every alternate _Saturday _evsaing _, till ,

      furthcoming meetings . Bradford . —A public meeting of tho shareholders of the Land Company will be held on Sunday ( tomorrow ) at'two o ' clock in , the afternoon , in tho large room _BuUerwurth-bmld'mgB . Members arc requested to pay up the directors' levy to enable them to vote for a ' delegate to tho forthcoming conference . Butteklkt . —The next meeting of this branch will be held at the Odd Concern , Butter-ley , on Sunday 6 th June , when tlie secretary will ho in attendance fromC til ! 8 o ' elock . Cm-. —Tho members of the City branch will meet at the Star Coffee-house , 71 , Old-street , St Luke ' s , ou Sunday evening nextat-7 o ' clock-

      Jjebdkn Bbiboe.—The Shareholders Will Me...

      further notice . A money club has been farmed here , consisting of pound shares , to assist tho Land and Labour Bank . The club will meet at the same time and place as the shareholders ofthe Land Company , every fortnight . Hyde . —The shareholders will meet at the house of Mr W . Ilening , Hyde-lane , on Sunday , June 13 , ( instead of June 6 th _, ) at 2 o ' clock , p m . _AlERTHrB Ttdvil . —The meetings will in future bo hold in the old-established place back of the Three . _'IIoree Shoes , every Sunday morning at 10 , and 6 in the evening , to read the Star , and other publications-connected . with the Land ; and every Monday evening , at half-past 7 , for the enrolment of members . The shareholders are requested to attend Pn _>( Mohday next , to pay the levy for local _cxpihses .

      _^ NinTiNanAM District . —The next meeting of the Nottingham District of Land Company , will ' be held at the F * x and Hounds , Old Basford , on Sunday evening next , at 6 o'clock . _SSouTti London _Chabiist Hall—A meeting _o shareholders will be held on Sunday evening next , June _Gili , at hull-past sis o ' clock precisely , to _Consider _^ tlie best means of raising a fund to convey allottees to the several estates . ,. ; : ' ; STqcKPi > _Ri . —The quarterly meeting of this branch will be held in their Institution , on Wednesday eveniiigMay . _Oth . at _^ o _' clock .

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      To The Electors And Non-Ehectobs Of Derb...

      TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-EhECTOBS OF DERBY . Gentlemen , In a few days the duty will devolve upon you of re . _lurning tothe Commons' House of Parliament a representative of those princip le ! , and opinion _^ upon which you would have the _legislation of tbe British Empire founded . Judging , from the numerously-signed requisition which I have received , that a coincidence of opinion exists bet / reeii you and me , upon some of the most important topics which engage public attention , I respectfully presume to oft ' sr myself aa a candidate for the honour of _rapresenting in Parliament the _important borough of Derby . _Gen tlemen , —I know that it is deemed somewhat unfashionable for candidates to give their constituents _pledges as to the principles which , as representatives , _ttiey will act upon . Such a docM-ine I hold to be inimical to fair and equitable _reprcichtatien ,

      Gentlemen , —You have certain opinions long formed and ardently cherished regarding social and political _arrangements , and unless jou pledge your representative to support such _principles , you have , no guarantee against the grossest misrepresentation in the tomple of Legislatien . Entertaining _thtse opinion , I beg to inti . mate my _perfect willingness to be pledged as to the course I shall _puisue should your confidence honour mo with a seat in Parliament . Gentlemen , —Seeking your independent suffrages and support , I deem it _imperative upon me to lay before you as distinct ah avowal of my opinions upon the great questions which engage the public mind as tho limits of tins brief address will _permit .

      IRELAND Gentlemen , —The appalling state of tho sister island demands our immediate attention . Thousands of our _fellow-creatures have already fallen victims to / ev « r and /( tmit > e , while thousands have have beon consigned to tho earth without the decency of either coffin or shroud 1 and that so carelessly , that , in numerous instances , the starved corpse _lian become food for voracious dogs ! The horrible condition of this people calh loudly , deeply , and imperatively for _ono concession—full and impartial justice . To pour the balm of equitable legislation en the festering sores of this unhappy nation shall ho an object of my unwearied pursuit . ThiB country is the victim of long accumulating political wrong and social disarrangement . I consider it , therefore the duty of every friend to humanity to labour With diligi-nce to redress tbe one and rectify the other .

      POOR IA \ V . Gentlemen , —I am decidedly opposed to the _existing Poor Law . Its provisions appear to me to be repugnant to every feeling of humanity and religion . I <> ppo-e this Law bi cause it severs tho unfortunate man and w ' _-fe who fall under its operation . I opposo it , because it adds to the , _'degi-adatiou of the parents' poverty , the poignant anguish of severance from their beloved offspring , I oppose it , because it attires the victim of want ia the vile habiliments of the felon . 1 oppose it , because ofthe wretched subsistence It doles out to the destitute . I oppose this Law , finally , because of the enormous ande . unnecessary expense which it entails on the industry of the country , and therefore my most zealous exertions shall be directed to the speedy abrogation of this modern Draconism , and its substitution by a law based upon tho reason and _philanthropic ofthe people of England ,

      ELECTIVE FRANCHISE . Gentlemen , —As regards the extension of the Suffrage , _T liold that manhood , sanity , and integrity , ought to be its only limits . I opine , in unison with our ablest Constitutional Commentators , that taxation and representation should be co-extensive . [ believe that the House of Commons should be tbe Commons Flouse , and that its constituency should be the whole male adult population , and not a pultrvpevt , as is the case at tho _pro-ent time . I am in favour of Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , and equal Representation through equal Electoral Districts . To effect such an extension of the Franchise , und such a radical reformation in tho Constitution of the House of Commons 1 shall labour with all the energy and _pei'B-. ' . veranoo which the _roomentuousness of these objects , and fidelity to my constituents demand at ray hands .

      STATE . CHURCII . G entlemcn , —I am averse to the state aggrandizement of any form of religious worship ; I regard state endowments as inimical to pure religion , and an invasion of the sacred rights of conscience . I am for every man worshipping his Creator according to the form prescribed by reason , and ratified by conscience . I am therefore solemnly opposed to those penal statutes which constrain millions of the population to uphold in gorgeous splendour a Church , at the shrine of whose altar they never adore . Hy earnest _tfforts shall bo directed to tho emancipation of conscience by severing the unholy connection between Church and State .

      CRIMINAL CODE . Gentlemen , —I consider that the rigour _efouv crimi . nnl code is not in harmony with the genial spirit of the _ninsteenth century , My best efforts shall be devoted to its modification , I view the gallows as a disgrace to a christian land ; and therefore believe that It is tho duty of every lover of England's fair fame to _struggle for tho annihilation of this infernal machine of ignorant , barbarous , and despotic power . Gentlemen , — There are many other topics of grave importance which cannot properly to descanted upon heie , but upon which I trust to have several opportunities of _addressiiiiryou . Among these questions , that of

      " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work " stands preeminent . I agree with Lord John Russell that the ' _Worklng-lfan In England does not get a . fair share of the produce of industry , " and believing most devoutly tho Scriptural maxim , "That the Labourer should bo the first partaker of the fruits of the earth , " my constant endeavour shall bo to give _existoaco to such Laws and Institutions as shall change this country from a land ot masters and menials—of splendour and squalour—of palaces and prisons—into the happy abiding place of an < dnca (« il and emancipated people , who shall freely banquet on those _bountrous blessings with which the God of Nature stored tho _Universe for the enjoyment of bis creatures .

      I remain , Gentlemen , your obedient Servant , PfilMF JI'Ckath London , Juno 1 , 1847 .

      Suicidk Of A Stsam-Doat Car-Taix.—On Fri...

      Suicidk of A _Stsam-doat _CAr-TAix . —On Friday morning Mr Thomas Green , the master of the Era , a Richmond steam-boat , was missed from his berth in the vessel , where ho U 3 u . \ lly slept . Search wai made for him , and two letters were found on the cabin _tablo _in-his handwriting . One was addressed to MrIIandcock , of the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , tho owner of tbe steamer , and tho other to his mother . Tho contents showed that he was much disturbed in his mind , and declared his intention of comrailing suicide . The drags were procured , and search was mado for the body of tho unfortunate man , which has not yet been recovered . lie was appointed master of the steamer only a fortnight ago , and his appointment appears to have caused some jealousy among

      the _stoam-boat people on the river , in _consequence of his not having beon a mate previously , Martlbboss . —A _numeroHs meeting of the electors ofthe borough took place on Tuesday evening , at the _Exmotith Arms , _Hampstead-road , to bear the sentiments of Lord Dudley Stuart , a candidate for the representation . The chair was taken by Mr _Wagstaff . Mr Serjeant Slice , also a candidate , was present . The chairman regretted that the company could not have the presence of the noble lord , and read a letter from his lordship excusing his attendance , in _consequonce of tho death of Lad y Dudley Stuart at Rome , on tho 19 th of May last , intelligence of which had

      been just received . A resolution was then put and carried that , under the circumstances , the _meeting of electors suspended their judgment on the eligibility of Lord Dudley Stuart as a candidato until _t' -ie ' y should have an opportunity of hearing him . Mr Serjeant Slice and some other gentlemen having spoke * the meeting was adjourned , ' NBffCASTLMf . v » £ _R-LTNB . - < . Mr W . Jackson will , it is expected , bo returned for this borough . Lord Edward Howard also stands on tho liberal interest . Nomolk ( East )—Mr E . Wodchouse intends to offer himself again to the choice of tho eastern _dirisien ct the _ecmstv .

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      Destructive Fire Im Tub W Riimissten-Roa...

      Destructive Fire im tub W RiiMissTEn-RoAD . — This ( Saturday ) _inornins :, ' shortly afier one o ' clock , afire of . the most alarming and destructive character broke nut nn theestensive premises nf Messrs Maudsley and Field : the well-known ennineers in the Westminster-road . Messrs Maudsley ' _s premises oc . copy r . n extensive froniate in the Westminster-road , exactly opposite Iho Infant Orphan Asylum . The workshops extend several hundred feet in the rear , and are bouitded by a narrow thoroughfare , known as _Gloiicester . strcet . which latter has an outlet into _Oakley-stroft . The fi e appears to have _originated in an extensive range of workshops recently erected , immediately _ahuttin _? on _Gioncester-street _, _^ Bufca very few _moments elapsed after its outbreak before tbe horizm wns hrilihintlv illuminated for . miles m ¦ JV HI / 1 IU > ll » T _« a til MllfWJI'l * _«»«"" — -- . _-

      , . every direction , and in a very _jhix't time a number of _engines arrived with a numberof firemen , who set to work at onco to stay the progress ofthe flame * . Unfortunately , however , the fire had obtained so firm a hold that their endeavours—thwarted by a _miserable lack of water—were of small avail . The loss to Messrs Maudsleytnust , nf course , be fearful . All the valuable _muchim ry _contained in the _worbshops . cowing nearly an acre if _m-nintd , is destroyed . The Mordib in _Maiiylkbosr . —On Friday evening at six o ' e !« ck , a jury met at the Carpenters' : Arms ,.. Adam-street _We-t . Bryan _^ _ton-fquare , to investigate ihe circumstances connected with the death " or Mary StOHcll , the aged female alleged to have heen murdered by a woman named Mary Ann Hunt , on the night of Tuesday last . The _evidence adduced

      before the coroner was similar to that piven before the magistrate at Marylebone Police Court . The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Mary Ann Hunt . and'the coroner issued his warrant for her committal to Newgate . _TnsPoisosiKosatKensal New Towx . —On Friday the remains of Thomas Hickman and bis five children , the six I'ersons who w _? re poisoned on Sunday last , through eating a rhubarb pie , wre removed from their _residence at Penton-villas , _Kensal New Town , for _intermsnt in tho burial r-romid of Chelsea New Church , in Robert-street ; Kihe' _^ road ; Chelsea . _- ¦

      SuicidksintheSrkpkntine . —On Thursday momjng , between four and five , Thomas Cox , one ofthe icemen of the Rnynl Humane Society , whilst passing along the banks of tho Serpentine river , discovered , lying near the water , a man ' s hat and coat , and alsn a female ' s bonnet . lie informed Mr Superintendent William ? , who instantly nave orders that the river sliouM lie searched . After some time the men found the body of a man under the first arch of the bridge which divides Hyde-park and Kensington-gardens . The men continued to drag it , and about lour feet from the same spot they found the body of a female . Both were removed to the receiviug-house in Hyde-park , when , upon examination , it was ascertained that they had been in the water

      several hours , Who the parties were it is impossible to tell , or by what means they got into the water . The prevailing opiniom is that both the deceased committed suicide simultaneously . The water where the bodies were found was only four feet six inches deep . On Friday evening Mr Bedford , the coroner , held an inquest at the _ftwo and Crown , Knightsbridge , on the above deceased , whoso names , it appears , were Joseph Blackman , aged 3 t _> , and Eliza liollis , ngi d 24 . Mary Ann _H «> His , of No . 10 , Richmond-street . _Mnida-hil ] , identified the bodies of the deceased . Blackman was by trade a painterand glazier , and Eliza Uollis , her sister , was a servant , recently out of place , and resided with her ( witness ) . Her deceased sister first became _acqnain'ed with

      Blackman ( deceased ) while ill service at 21 . Portman . si . i _Poi'tman-uquac . _Hersisfer was _n- ? ar her confine ment , and latterly bad been in _exceedincly low spirits , frequently _declaring that she sbould'drown herself . Blackman had told her sister that he was single , and it was not until December that she found he was a married man . Her deceased si < ter went out on Tuesday last , and did not return , but on the next day she received the following letter : — "Dear Mary , —You will receive this from me as tho last . I hope I shall be a trouble no more in this world . My dear mother lias all my thoughts ; and now' farewell .-Eliza IIollis . " Jane Blackman . of James-street , Oxford-street , said the deceased ( Blackman ) washer husband , and that she knew of the intercourse _between him and Hollis . He never threatened to commit suicide , but was very anxious about the girl , who he feared

      would make away - . vith herself . Witness bad learned that i he girl , after she left her home on Tuesday , went and took Biackniau away from his work . Nothing more was heard of them until their bodies were found in the Serpentine between fmr and five o ' clock on Thursday memins . —The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned , but how the deceased got into the water there was not sufficient evidence to show . " Derby Election . —Mr M'Grath arrived at Derby on Thursday evening , and addressed the electors and non-electors in the Town Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . He was most enthusiastieally received , and his address gave great satisfaction . MeBsrt Clark and Doyle also sp 4 : e st the _mooting . The latter two gentlemen nrrlved here on Wednesday , and addressed an immense meeting on Chester Green _oa the sameeveninL' . Tho friends of Mr M'Grath jus determined to take him to the poll . Tha tcMi is ail

      excitement . _FORTUGAL-SncTimiKoy , I ' iud . w Mo : m _»« . —The Peninsular and Orioiital _Uomoauy ' s st _« im « ship Tiger arrived early thie . morning from the Pea .. insula , bringing the _nswl mai . s . Lisbon , May 2 _ii .--The question which hag _eii anxiously occupied public attention here is solved at last . There is to be an _intervention hy force cf arms in the domestic concerns of the Porlngaos ? . At an early hour yesterday morning the sound of _caniiou was heard in tbe- _direction of St _tibsE , and it is _nndtrstood _thatth-jriiii ;; _- - been some tirinf ; going on fruit . tho batteries .

      The last accounts from Oporto statu tho Junta and its followers do not shnw the _least _disposition to yield , but manifest a determination to fipht to the last . The Queen ' s General , Count Casal , had retreated from Lamego ( south of the Doiiro ) upon Castro Dairc , and the position abandoned by him had been immediately after occupied by General Povoas , who with 3 , 000 men , is _manotuvring upon Saldanha ' s right flank , and greatly annoying him by cutting off his supplies and . communications in that _diicctiou . It is said that Count das Antors intends to call in all his forces , and concentrate them at Oporto , either for the purpose of _advancing in mass against Saldanha , or making a desperate stand against tho anticipated onslaught of the new " noly Alliance . "

      Eliza Cook. C1uuisal Information.—Tus Qu...

      ELIZA COOK . C 1 UUISAL INFORMATION . —TUS QUEEN I' . SMERDKH . Bail Court , Thursday . — [ Before Mr Justice Wightman ]—Mr Martin applied to his lordship for a rule calling upon Thomas S . Sinerden _, the printer of the Daily Advertiser , to shew _cau-e why a criminal information should not bo filed against him for publishing a libel reflecting . " on the cbaiacter ef Miss Eliza Cook , a young lady who had written several poetical pieces that had been published in the Weekly Dispatch . In tho defendant's paper of the _29 : h of May there appeared tho following paragraph in reference to an intention on the part of the proprietors of the Dispatch to present their readers with a portrait of Miss Cook : —

      " Eliza Cook . — Considerable auxiety has been excited oh the part of the public , who do not read the poetical contributions of the Dispatch , to know what really can have induced its proprietors to picsent their subscribers with a portrait of a woman who _hiis murdered her own child . Such is fame amongst the masses—a murderess is a heroine , and a poetess unknown . The learned counsel stated that there was not the slightest foundation for the baso insinuation contained in the paragraph , and he had the affidavits of Miss Cook and several of her friends contradicting the statement , but he added that it was probable that

      if his lordship granted a rulo , nothing further would be heard of the matter , as the defendants had , in a more recent paper , admitted that there was no foundation whatever for the charge-they had made against Miss Cook . Tlie following an extract from the affidavit made by MissCook : —And this deponent further saith that she is a spinster ; that she never had or gavo birth to a child ; and that , on the contrary , sho ib a spinster of strict honour and perfect chastity ; and she further saith that she has never murdered or bees concerned , or charred to have been concerned , in the murder or death of any child whatever , "

      The apology ot the _defendants allued to by the learned counsel , was couched in the following terms :- « The " _Dismcii , " and Eliza Cook- It ia with great regret , that wo find that a paragraph , meant more as au appeal against tho taste of the English people than an attack upon Miss Eliza Cook , ha ? been interpreted into an asporsion upon the lady ' s character . The fact that one Eliza Cooke , * Cook , had recently been cxeeufed for murder , and tha » we had heard tho question asked by a friend , who was not over well read in modern poetry—What could have induced the Dispatch to give such a portrait ?—led to the publication ofthe paragraph ; and , if a libel , wc considered it rather as a libel upon the taste

      which was better read in the criminal reports of the journal than in its poetical columns , to which a pointed allusion was made . We can only say , in addition , that Miss Cook has no warmer admirers ot her genius than ourselves ; and that it is with uufeigned regret we find that a possibility for such a construction being put upon our paragraph did cxht . It cortainly was unintentional upon our par * . With regard to any action for libel with which the Dispatch threatens us , vo havo only tha option of being at their service when and where they will . If any moral _damage has been done , we have made moral reparation to the extent of our power , and to { ja « ! matter _muBt rest . " His lordship gran ed a rule to show _oaci _&

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05061847/page/1/