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    • 0-COSNELL e. O'CONNOR. TO THE CHARTISTS .
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      0-Cosnell E. O'Connor. To The Chartists .

      _0-COSNELL e . O'CONNOR . TO THE CHARTISTS .

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      ifT Pjab _Fbjssds , _--tobcK _^ er Las an admiKilile conceit about one _^ _Lffion , p rince that was -very tender of tne _W * _Z ( his subjects . He never taxed them until 8 BlD _^ an absolute necessity for doing so , and _&*** nt _jness of his Exchequer roused the cupidity _* B" neig bbomhing prince . This covetous man m hjSSadors to Deucallion _' s court to discover « _- _** _>* . ... c . _ _««» i . _« r _« - « _^ , » i .: _«_ ... finances before

      < Ute oi his making -war upon i for , having heard much of his poverty , his \ 1 m neig hbour anticipated an easy triumph . ¦ _jTJ _^ _assi'dors were free _ty admitted to an inspec-. 0 f the Treasury , and finding it- empty became j , _" r and dealt some threats of invasion of -M-KB' _**! - _^ jjrjon ' s territory by their master . Deucdlion , -a simp le good humour , prevailed upon them , _wnfcv er , to stop for the night He sent his officers _^ _ont gt his people while the ministers of his jealous _a-d « n * oV neighbour were asleep . The officers

      _gjn tioned the danger to -much an empty Exchequer -sslikely to reduce their country and tlieir beloved _jjince . The answer of one and all was prompt nnd _jj-jgal . They were never called upon to pay taxes _ggqrt when there was an absolute necessity , and _jrtien the mimsters of the bad man were about to _me t pompous leave of the mild Deucallion , he _reve sted them to take another peep at the Treasury , _jf jvliicbilto their surprise and mortification , they _£ a _* a filled witn the sinews of war . Their haughty _-jide , and insolence , and daring , was , as if by magic , {"• gaged into wonder and subserviency , whereupon -he good king said to the had king ' s tools , " There , _, ¦

      so ask your master what chance the invader can _jave against hearts that are so generous as those of j my subjects . Behold the produce of a night !" Now , ray friends , lose this fable as an illustration of my present position . I have not only refused payment for my services , hut , as long as I was able to afford it , I refused the repayment of monies expended for yon . It would be very idle to recapitulate the amount of money that the independence and valour of high spirited gentlemen has cost me ; a scrap of George White ' s , ( for which I do not hlame him , bat the editor , ) cost me nearly _£ 400 ; while the se veral other effusions of high spirited gentlemen lave cost me a much larger sum . The trial of l rj 1 1 j - a _

      O'Connell against O'Connor , which came off yesterday ( Wednesday ) , in the Court of Common _Fieas , is a model of English justice . I beg of you to read the quibbling , quirking , mean , unjust and damning manner in which the Whi g Chief Justice ( Sir Thomas Wilde ) sent the most ample apology to a special jury . "Wilde never forgave me , nor never will forgive me , and I never wish him to forgive me , for the true character I gave of his speech and bloodthirsty bearing at Monmouth , while prosecuting Frost . Observe , I do not come to this conclusion upon his charge delivered on Wednesday , because on Monday night , in consultation with Serge ant Wilkins and Mr . Wilde ' s nephew , who was mv junior counsel , and mv solicitor , when I was

      assured of success beyond a doubt , I asked , " Who is likely lo be the Judge ? " and npon hearing it was Chief Justice Wilde , I exclaimed , " Then , pardon me , Mr . Wilde , but it ' s all up . Don ' t be angry , for Judges , like other men , have their feelings and p rejudices , and he hates me most reli giously . " Xo _*** , then , I have no hesitation whatever in saying , that the verdict was the Judge ' s verdict , against law , against evidence , and against fact . What are the facts ? Mr . Hobson , at the time of the libel , was my sub-editor ; immediately npon reading the £ bel , and without a single word of notice from , or commnnication with , Xir . " _ William John O ' Connell , I wrote the following

      apology;" Sir . —I have _forsome weeks back noticed a kind of running fire about your conduct in tbe Northern Star newspaper . As soon as I saw a very uncalledfor and unprovoked attack upon yon inthe columns cf that paper , I made enquiries a ** to the sonrce from whence those charges came , and as I emp ' oy a reporter , exclusively for communicating the proceedings at repeal meetings , I resolved on discharging mr present correspondent from that office , if he bad commenced its undertaking by what I considered a very unjustifiable attack upon private character . I jcarned , however , that be was in noway connected -nth the slander in question .

      " 1 now thinkita duty to my country , to you , and to myself , to state , in confirmation of what I understand you bave asserted at a _sabsequent meetinc , tuit not only was the report in question inserted -tdihoutmy knowledge , bat that , further , the moment I perused it , I communicated my strong disapprobation _, of it to tbe Editor . I may further add , that what is slanderous and spiteful in the communication 1 whollv disbelieve , while what mar be true is many a

      coed man s case . I trust , Sir , that neither I . nor the Northern Star , shall ever be made tbe instruments cf weakening whatever power you may have to _organize Irish hatred against English _oiicarchical misrule , while yon must prepare your-elf , ' while engaged in such an _undertaking , for the _criticism of friends , as well as the unmsrited slander of foes . Trusting that this _explanation -will be tbe more acceptable , for being a voluntary correction of what 1 believe to lave been a gratuitous and unmerited falsehood ,

      " I remain , Sir , your obedient servant . "FfiAHGCS O ' _Go-SSOR . " Instead of inserting the above apology in due course , it was reserved for a week at the office , and accompanied by a note of Mr . Hohson _' s , which Chief-Justice Wilde , according to the Morning Chronicle , sent to the Jury as my apology . However , as I expected , there was a verdict against me , for £ 50 , and the costs of both sides , of course . This fact compels me to ask for my own . Tou owe me a balance of £ 225 on the Defence Fund . Like Dncallion , I refused to receive even tbat until it became indispensably necessary . My accounts are not like Mr . O'Connell ' s . I have not 73 , 000 vouchers , but I have an Attornev ' s Bill of Costs of

      * £ 5 G 9 , of which no item is charged in the settlement , which I republish at foot from the Star of the 8 ib of July , 1843 . Of the items paid up to tbat lime , but not contained in the Bill of Costs for Cooper ' s trial , White s trials , and the Lancaster b " al , for tbe professional services of Messrs . Yates and Turner , and with which I was not served until 181-1 , and therefore could not include the items in my account of July , 1843 , my account now stands precisely thus : — Dae to me upon the Defence Fund , _s-ctilcd bv the auditors at

      Manchester , in _lfitO , ... # £ 2 S 0 0 0 Paid since settlement of account in July , 1-342 , ... 351 0 7 631 0 7 Balance in my hands 8 th July , 1842 ... £ 534 6 11 _Cieilit taken / orca _~ b paid _Messrs . Yates and Turner , and making part of ihe £ 351 0 7 paid since , ... 71 0 0 405 611 Balance due to Feargus O'Connor , £ 225 13 S

      _Xow , my friends , you will say whether it is fair •** _* •* oue man should pay for a nation , or whether a nation should pay its own debt . I want that money , and if it was not iny own , I would di g before i wouid ask for it . I believe I have only to say tbat 4 is needed to insure its repayment , and therefore I - " a that arrangements will be made for its _dis-*¦ " ?** , asit is hard that the O'Connell paupers should « quartered upon me by Saxon law , when their _^ n _ticueqiier _li 2 s failed . All sums for the _repaytofa-t of the above debt , you will p lease to address to * ne , Northern Star Office , Great Windmill Street , _¦^ _ymarl-f . t _, London . Althoug h my own , it will be _£ _•»<•& % received as a Chartist Christmas box , as I _^ _ouldu _' t vrisb to give the paupers the trouble of ***• _% •*•• second time for alms , now that _iheir own _C house is sbut . - - _** foot you will find the balance sheet of the _j _^ _n ce Fund , as published ia the Star of thc 8 th of _/? : I 8 _l ? , a , 1 ( " j „ ] _cil T 0 U w jjj not fin j a s jng ]( . ' _^•^ _tsined itt Messrs . Vates _at-d Turner ' s Bill .

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      with the exception of £ 71 paid in cash , and . for which I give credit above . Ever your faithful friend , Feargus 0 'Coj * nob . FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN ACCOUNT W \ _"m THE DEFENCE FUND .

      Ba . £ i d To Jobn Cleave 485 0 0 From Mr . Pray , through E'tning Star , ... 23 * 0 0 Meeting in the Hall of Science , Manchester 15 6 0 From the Chartists of Preston 4 0 0 Lunn , Lancaster ... ... 10 0 Birmingham , by Mr . Roberts 2 0 0 Manchester , do . ... - ill 0 From two men , at Hall of Science , Man . Chester 0 8 0 Received at _Abrtlteni Star Office 178 4 5 Received self , from Manchester 4 15 0 Post Office Order tent from Birmingham , and taa . de payable to m _« 2 0 0

      £ 931 18 S _Ca . ; ByPeplow , Stafford 50 0 0 Do .. 10 0 0 Manchester Committee , for _Lirerpool Special Commission ... ... ... 50 0 0 Shee , t * pr Chester Special _Commisuon ... 20 0 0 Gash paid in fees of office , for removing the trial into Queen ' s Bench 71 0 0 j Returned Campbell ... 110 j _Paia White's Committee 5 0 0 1 To Peplow , for Cooper's _lwt trial 25 0 0 : _Paidfordo-for _tvroSubpstn & s 0 12 . 0 M Paid Council self 16 10 0 ; To W . P . Roberts . Esq 310 11 0 | Paid on registration of money letters ... 18 0 : Doyle , at Lancaster 10 0 ' Leach 10 0 -Turner 10 0 " Bairstow 1 10 0

      _Beesley 1 10 « MCartney 10 0 Pray , with suhpa-ma to attend trial ... 10 0 0 Ruffy Ridley , for defendants , when in London 1 0 0 Ditto , to bear his own ezpeuces to Gloucester 10 0 Dot ' s , when in London 1 10 0 _fiailtOB _, ditto 1 10 0 Ha . _ner , ditto 1 0 fl Parkes , ditto , 1 0 0

      Taylor , ditto 10 0 Arrau , ditto 10 0 _Skevington , ditto 12 0 Bairstow , ditto 0 15 0 White , ditto 0 7 6 MCartney ... 0 5 0 Fenton 2 ID 0 Durham 0 5 0 _Uundin and witnessess , per Cleave ... 0 10 0 Peplow _. hy ditto 2 0 0 Cufiay , by ditto » 10 0

      Total £ 597 11 6 Balance in Treasurer ' s hands , to meet unsettled accouuts Sol 6 11 £ 931 18 5

      Court Of Common Pleas, Dec. 2. (Sittings...

      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS , Dec . 2 . ( Sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex , before Chief Justice Wilde and a Special Jury . )

      O ' CONNELL V . O ' COKNOR ASD ANOTHER . For , the plaintiff , Mr . Sergeant Dowling and Mr . Percival Banks ; for the defendants , Mr . Sergeant "Wilkins and Mr . Henry Wilde . Mr . Banks opened tbe pleadings . It was an action for libel , in which William John O'Connell was plaintiff , and Feargus O'Connor aud Joshua Hobson , the one the registered proprietor , and the other printer and publisher , of the Northern Star

      and Leeds General Advertiser , were defendants . Tbe libel was set forth in the declaration , and to this the defendants had pleaded , under the shadow of Lord Campbell ' s act , an apology , and the payment of money ( £ 5 ) into court ; the plaintiff had replied , under the same statute , to the effect , in common language , both were insufficient , and tbat he ought not to be barred from farther maintaining his action . On this issue was joined , and so it came before tbe inry .

      There was a question raised as to the right to begin by Sergeant Wilkins , but his lordship decided that clearly the right was in the plaintiff ' s counsel . Mr . Sergeant Dowling then stated the case , and read the libel , which ran as follows : — " One of tbe reasons why the London repealers object to tbe payment ( which has called forth the conduct complained of ) of W . J . O'Connell is , that he is compelled to be out of tbe way all the week , fearing an arrest , and can only be seen out on Sundays . He has been living with a lady of the name of Moss , who entrusted Mm with money to pay bills , to the tune of

      £ 200 or £ 300 , and he , instead of paying the bills , other-vise employed the cash . She wishes to arrest bim , in the hope tbat the Association will pay the money to save him from disgrace . All tbis he publicly acknowledg ed at the St . George's Ward , and taunted Mr . Dwaine with knowing bis embarrassments and wishing to increase them . He also boasted that Mr . O'Connell would pay the sura for hira , but he was too proud to ask him . He stated last Sunday that if twelve wards declared against him , he would immediately close them all . " The learned sergeant then dwelt with great force upon the peculiar positiveness and circumstantiality of the

      libel . Mr . Sergeant Wilkius argued that the apology made was sufficient , and so was the £ 5 paid into court , and that the reparation was complete . The apology was in the following terms : — " Respecting this matter , we have only to say that the reports spoken of in the above communication were forwarded by a party who has long been known as a consistent " and truthful advocate of public liberty ; that they detailed conduct on the part of Mr . W . J . O'Connell towards bis brother associates , which ,

      if true , was utterly iudefensible , being an arrogant attempt to stifle discussion , and prevent even the freedom of thought ; that we did not view the particular statement complained of in anything like the lig ht in which it has been viewed * , that we did not consider that the party making the statement had any intention even to impute improper connection between the parties ; that the one other fact comp lained of had been adduced by W . J . O'Connell himself as a sort of reason for tbe imputed arbitrary conduct ; that wc have inserted every word of exp lanation and justification that has been forwarded ; that our intention has not been to cause ill-feeling or division between the parties to the recent dispute , which , it must be borne in mind , arose amongst

      themselves ; that we will never interfere for such a purpose , while we never will witness a violation of all rig ht and all princip le on the part of an advocate of liberty , without administering the effective castigation of publicity , and that it has not yet appeared to us that Mr . W . J . O'Connell was justified n depriving 2 , 000 associated repealers of the rig hts of associationship on the grounds set forth . If those erounds were not the true ones , we shall be happy to be better informed . —Ed . N . S . " It appeared from the record that tbe libel was published OU the 3 rd of August , 1844 . Tbe action was commenced iu the subsequent November , but in consequence of the impossibility of serving _Peargns O'Connor , tbe declaration onlv bore date on the 7 th of January ,

      1845 . G . Fial . a clerk to Yates and Turner , the defendants' solicitors , put ia some documents and newspapers ; the latter , by the bye , in an utterly loose and _illezal wav , but which the counsel for the plaintiff did not think it worth their while to persist in objecting to . It was clear that the volume of the Northern Star in which the particular papers referred to were inserted was genuine , and had not been printed for the purpose ; hut the precedent of admitting them in this manner , under such high authority , may peradventure hereafter prove embarrassing .

      Thomas Dudley Bedding was called to depose to a conversation with Mr . O'Connell , the p laintiff , after O'Connor ' s apologv had been published , and lie stated that O'Connell told him that he knew O'Connor would not himself abuse him , as he was too much a gentleman , and that be felt grateful for the ample apology . . Mr . Serjeant Dowling then replied , and his _lorcish-n summed up , telling the jury to say if the recantation in the so-called apology was a straightfor-

      Court Of Common Pleas, Dec. 2. (Sittings...

      ward , frank , and manly one , and met nil the distinct allegatious in the libel , or whether it was a sham and equivocating document ; and also whether the £ 5 paid into court as damages were sufficient . The jury , after a short consultation in the box , found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ 50 , including the * £ _5 paid into court .

      The Government And Tiie Corn Laws. On We...

      THE GOVERNMENT AND TIIE CORN LAWS . On Wednesday afternoon , a deputation from the citizens of London waited , by appointment at thc Home-office , on the Right Hon . sir George Grey , Bart ., her Majesty ' s Secretary of State forthe Home Department , tor the purpose of presenting , through the Right Hon . Baronet , a memorial to be Majesty , praying that her Majesty will he graciously pleased to cause the ports to be opened for the admission of foreign corn , duty free , with a view to provide for the _distress of the people . Mr . Cuarlks Cochrane adverted to the letter of

      Lord John Russell , addressed to the electors of London , in November , last year in which tbe abolition of all duties on corn was recommended in most earnest terms . He concluded by expressing the regret and _disappointment of the memorialists , that Lord J . Russell thought fit to act now that he was in office entirely in opposition to the opinions he had expressed and the advice he had given when out of office . Inconsequence of tliis inconsistency on the part of the noble head of the Administration , the memoralists had lost all confidence in his

      Lordship , and therefore-instead of presenting the memn > rial to him , they had resolved on presenting it to her most gracious Majesty . Mr . Cochrane then handed the document to Sir George Grey , after making a few apologistic remarks . Sir George Gbet—I assure the deputation that there is not the slightest necessity for any apology for speaking their sentiments freely and frankly . There is not a word in the memorial for which theie is any ground to complain . It is worded with the _greatest propriety . With regard to what passed between Lord John Russell , and the former deputation ** , I cannot say anything , not having been present ; but I am sure that no minister would have a right to complain of a free and unreserved expression of the sentiment * of those who appointed them—it is an undoubted right which the people have . Mr . Cochrane—We are still left in tbe dark as to

      what is meant by an " extraordinary necessity , and therefore Ministers must be responsible for the course which we adopt in endeavouring to make out the " extraordinary necessity " of which the Prime Minister speaks . Sir George Gbet—I cannot undertake to say what Lord John Russell meant by thc words , not having been present when tbey were spoken , but 1 presume be means , that certain statistical facts respecting the condition of the country would alone constitute the necessity to which he refers . I am quite sure that he would not consider public meetings , however numerously attended they might be ,

      as constituting any such " necessity . " I can say for myself , as a Minister ofthe Crown , that I would not . A certain class of statistical facts , bearing on the condition and the circumstances of the country , would alone , in my view ofthe matter , justify me , as a Member of the Government , in tendering my advice to her Majesty to throw open the ports . But though I cannot promise to support the prayer of your memorial , I shall have great pleasure in presenting it to her Majesty , as expressive of the _feelinj-s and sentiments of that portion ofthe citizens of London by whom it . was adopted . The deputation then withdrew .

      Ly.Vn.—In Answer To The Appeal Of The La...

      Ly . vn . —In answer to the appeal of the _law-made widow , Mrs . Jones , in the last week ' s' Star , ' I send the following : — -Miss Valentiue , 6 d ; Mr . Smith , 6 d ; E . Scott , 0 * 1 * , 15 Friends , 2 s . 2 d . - , Joseph Scott , Od . ; total , is . 2 d . Subscriptions will continue to be received by me in Lynn , and I call on all my brother sub-secretaries to do likewise . — Joseph Scoit , Subsecretary . SOBSCRIVTION IS BEHALF OF _MtlS . ELLIS . — At tlie close of the business of the Glasgow branch of the LandCompany , Mrs . Ellis' appeal to the country was read , when it was moved and unanimonsly agreed to , that we open a subscription in behalf of that unfortunate woman and her family ; that the subscription

      sheets be kept open for three months , and the proceeds regularly forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . George Meikle was appointed secretary , and Divid Buird treasurer , when the following subscriptions were received , the great part of the meeting having dispersed bt-fore the suhjeet was brought on : —Thomas _Gordan . Is . : William Dempster , 3 d . ; Alexander M _' lnty _. Gd . ; James Smith , 6 d . ; John _Fearguson , 6 . 1 . ; William Decherty , 6 d . ; D . Sherrington , 1 * . ; John Gavin , 6 ( 1 ; John Sinclair , 3 d . ; George Meikle , 3 d . ; Thomas Turnbul , Od ; Robert Clark , ( id . ; David Gibson , Od ; James Dunn , 4 d . ; James Hamilton , 3 d . ; in all 7 s . 4 d . Deducting 4 d . from the above for money orders and postage ; net 7 s .

      _DiiEADKL'L Fire _anu Supposed Loss of Life . — On Wednesday morning , between the hours of twelve and one , a lire of a most fearful character , by which it is supposed one or two persons lost their lives , broke out at 31 , Calcraft-terrace , New-cut , Lambeth , known as the Exhibition ot " Nature and Air , the property of a Mr . Fergusson . From inquiries made during the fire , the reporter learned from the proprietor oftlie establishment that wfeilst he and one or two parties were sluing in the front kitchen partaking ofa glass of rum and water , they wcresuddenly alarmed at hearing aloud crackling noise proceeding from the exhibition room . Upon getting to the top of the staircase they found that the exhibition was wrapped in one broad sheet of dame , and numerous figures were blazing away with

      the greatest impetuosity . An instant cry of ' * Fire !" was raised by Mr . Furgusson , in order to arouse the other inmates of tlie place ; but whilst he . was endeavouring to do so , thc flames made such _progress , that it was with the greatest difficulty that any one could escape . As it was , tiie persons in the lower Hoor were severely singed in getting out . In the course of a few minutes , thc brigade engine from Waterloo-road was atthe scene , followed immediately afterwards by the West of England firemen and engine . At that period the flames had bruken through tbe front window-shutters , and they were rapidly extending themselves to the upper floors . Without delay the engines were set to work , from an abundant supply of water furnished hy the Lambeth Company . The exhibition being of so inflammable a character , the figures being composed principally of waxtlie flames rose with such rapidity , that

      , before a drop of water could be discharged into the place the building became fired from the ground-floor tu the roof . By strenous exertions on the part of the firemen , the flames were got down by half-past one , but not until the exhibition of wax-work figures , the living serpents , and monkejs were destroyed . The cries of thc latter animals , on the flames reaching them were of the most agonizing character . The whole of the furniture in thc upper floors is likewise consumed . Mr . Fergusson assured the reporter that he was fearful a daughter of his housekeeper had perished in the flames , but be was quite certain that a female dwarf , named Robertson , had been burnt to death . He stated that she was sleeping in the b .. ck room third floor , and had not the least __ possibility ol effecting her escape . How the fire originated cannot be ascertained . Mr . Fergusson estimates thc Joss of his collection alone at upwards of £ 1 , 000 .

      Froia subsequent inquiries it was correctly ascertained that a young woman , a daughter of Mr . Fergusson ' s housekeeper , had not perished in tiie fire , as it was at one time feared . Mary Ann Robertson , tlie dwarf , however , was found about four o ' clock , atthe top ofthe building , burnt almost as black as a coal , ner remains were found by Barrow , the deputy foreman ofthe West of Eugla . nd firemen , _lyiniz on a portion of a bed on which she generally slept . Ilcr head and feet were nearly destroyed , and her trunk was frightfully charred . The exhibition was valued nt upwards of £ 1 , 000 , it contained 400 fulllength figures of celebrated characters , from kings to malefactors . Iu the first floor there was a beautiful self-performing seiaphine , valued at £ 1-10 , an organ that cost £ 100 . two smaller ditto , and a couple of

      pianofortes . There were 140 _sovercigi . s in the same place , all of which fell a prey to the fury ot the fire . It is , however , expected , that the money will be found in the ruins , and up t > Wednesday evening the firemen had been successful in recovering between twenty and thirty Bovcreigu _*! . Besides thc destruction ofthe above property , an Egyptian mummy , -1000 years in preservation , was consumed , and a large valuable serpent . Whilst the firemen were searching the ruins , they found ft large monkey , which , to save his life , had wrapped itself up in a piece of green baize , by that means it escaped suttocation . Mr . Fergusson , who has been such a serious loser , was not insured tor a _sin « le penny . I he adjoining buildings were _dani'iged by lire and water , but not to great extent .

      any On Thursday an inquest was held at the Hero of Waterloo Inn , Waierioo-road , on the body of Mary Ann Soulhev , otherwise Mary Ann Robert-son , _ai _* ed 10 the dwarf , whan , after hearing the evidence ot < evcral witnesses , the Jury returned a verdict , ' •* That the deceased died from the efleots of burning cau-ed hy thc house having _accidental taken fire . "

      Ly.Vn.—In Answer To The Appeal Of The La...

      TYR & N _& Y OF THE MASTERS OF WARRINGTON ; CHARGE _OFCOSSPIRACY AGAIN S T 17 MECHANICS , AND COMMITTAL OF

      THEIR GENERAL SECRETARY . We sto p the press to announce this fact briefly , having received a voluminous report of the proceedings before the Warrington Magistrates , too late , however , for insertion this week ; but it shall appear in our next . Mr . Marsh appeared for the conspirators ( the masters ) , and Mr . W . P . Roberts for the men . Mr .

      Roberts exhibited his usual legal skill , and succeeded in forcing the bench to take his own bail in £ 1 , 200 for his clients ; the ' Shallows ' committing Alfred Cheeseborough and Henry Selsby . Mr . Roberts' legal points - were unanswerable , and unanswered . by the conspirators' man , and the mechanics have stoutly resolved upon fighting the Noodles with constitutional law .

      Nothing , we learn , can equal the excitement throughout the district , and now is the time for _LondonMechanics to furnish the sinews of war to their struggling brethren . The charge was against seventeen workmen , for conspiring to prevent persons working with a particular master . Full particulars will appear in our next number .

      Alarming Collision On The Bolton Railway...

      ALARMING COLLISION ON THE BOLTON RAILWAY . Makcheshsb , Thursday . —A collision ol a frightful character took place yesterday upon the Bolton division ofthe Manchester and Leeds Railway , whereby a ballast train , in which were 29 labourers , in thc employ of the company , was run against by a luggage-train travelling on the same line of rails , but in an opposite direction . The engine of the ballasttrain was seriously damaged , and the carriage containing the work-people thrown off the rails and turned over . The engineer and foreman of the luggage-train , seeing the opposite train approaching , shut off the steam and had time to jump off and escape uninjured . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the men , all of whom were more or less injured , were sent to their homes , where some of them at present remain in a very bad state .

      The accident appears to have been occasioned by the wilful dibobeiiience of orders by one of the engine drivers , who has since been sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour . In the event of any oftlie injured parties dying , he will be tried upon a charge of manslaughter . The injuries received by some of the men are stated to he of a serious character .

      Heavy Snow Storm In The North. (From The...

      HEAVY SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH . ( From the Manchester Courier of Wednesday . ) The open weather we have experienced during the ( -Tenter part of last month , but little prepared us ¦ ° r thc rigour of winter , which came upon us on Saturday night without any warning . _^ At half-past six o clock the snow commenced falling , and continued to comu down heavily up to a late hour in the evening , a strong frost prevailing at the time . During the whole of that night , Sunday and Monday , it was bitterly cold , and on Monday there was ice on various pools of water in the outskirts t-f the town quite strong enough to enable the youngsters to enjoy a slide . Though the fall of snow was considerable , the railway traffic has not been impeded to any serious extent , though some few detention have resulted . The snow on

      the Sheffield line lay so thick on the east side of the tunnel as to be quite up to the station platforms , and the train which left Sheffield at five o ' clock was detained between Sheffield and Dunford Bridge about 56 minutes ; the train which left Manchester ut hali ' -pasi seven was detained C 4 minutes in the same place from this cause . The snow had _falion much heavier there than we had it in Manchester , aud drifted so much that the measures commonly adopted proved of no avail , On the Manchester and Leeds line the snow began to full about six o ' clock , and when it lmdcea 9 ed there . vas a greater depth of if . than wu hatl . One ofthe trains from llul ! was ! ir < ui » ht nearly to a stand-still between Leeds and Normanton _, nnd a train from Manchester

      hud to _nssist it forward for about three miles . One ofthe trains on Saturday night was detained about an hour during the period the snow was felling . On the Liverpool branch of the London and North Western the last train from Liverpool on Sunday night was an hour behind time , butall the Manchester trains were regular . The snow did not extend to Birmingham on Saturday night ; f _»? there , up to Sunday at noon , none had failen . The snow appears te have fallen iu a calm , as there were no _draftings in the cuttings , except ou the Sheffield line ; and weare happy in beii . _£ able to say that we can hear of no accident which litis happened in consequence . Yesterday thc weather was much warmer ; towards noon there were evident marks of a thaw in the town , and before evening the greater portion of that inthe streets had melted away .

      The change was not visible in tlie outskirts so early . but it was confirmed before the _evening closed , and a _dri-a'ing rain which occasionally descended seems to intimate that we have a decided change in the upper regions of the atmosphere . We hear that several accidents have occurred in the streets in consequonce of their slippery state . _Numerous cases of sprains , _dislocation * -, wounds and bruises , the result of falls , bave beeu taken to the infirmary ; but no fractures , nor have wc heard of any . One man had his bottom lip _completely cut through by falling with his mouth against some hard substance , and in other instances equally severe injuries were received ; but all the patients were able , after the _necussary attention had been bestowed by the officers of the Institution , to leave for their own homes .

      ( From the Newcastle Advertiser , Dec . 1 . ) Winter has at length set in with all its rigour . On Saturday and the following day we were visited with a heavy storm and fall of snow ; and yesterday the frost was very intense . The roads in _consequence have been heavy , but not impassable ; and the coaches generally , having additional horses , have been pretty regular .

      Aboliiiok Op Pujhshmknt Of Dkatii.—On We...

      Aboliiiok op Pujhshmknt of Dkatii . —On Wednesday a public meeting was held at thc London Tavern , Alderman Sidney in the chair , to adopt measures to secure the total abolition of capital punishments . Messrs . Gilpin , Vincent ; and several others having denounced the punishment of death , as a remnant of barbarism , equally opposed to Divine legislation , the law of nature , and the civilization ol the present century . A petition to Parliament against its continuance was adopted . Melascuolt Shipwreck—The schooner Rowena _, of Jersey , was brought into this port on Wednesday hist , by the George Vickery , a Bideford vessel , commanded b ) Captain Tatham . It appears that the George Vickery full in with the ill-fated vessel on the coast of Devonshire , finding her a total wreck , dismasted , with the rigging , and some pices of timber filiating from the stern , her bulwarks smashed ,

      hatches washed away , the deck completely cleared , and the vessel water-logged . The stiffened corpses of a part of her crow were lying in various parts of the wreck , and one of the firat objects that presented itself on thc _vessel being boarded , was the body ol one ofthe unfoituate sailors , lashed to a fragment of the mainmast , and in a putrid state , which shortly afterwards was carried overboard with a part of the wreck . Captain Tatham having procured the assistance of several Pillgwenlly boatmen , she wns grounded in our river , and a hole cut in he > side , which considerably reduced thc water within , when the cabin was entered , and the bodies of tw < . men were found , —one being thought that of the captain , about five feet five inches high , with _ple . ' _-sin-. eountenaic _" , long dark hair , and large red wbiiJ'X ' rs , and linen marked J . II . _—suopo . « ed to hiabout thirty years of age . —Monmouthshire Merlin .

      Sheriffs' Fu . nd . —The half-yearly general meet . ins was held on Monday at tiie London Coffee _lloase , _Ltdgatc-hill , when the chair was taken by Mr . Alderman and Sheriff Challis . The report recommended the _appropriatien of £ 500 from thc permanent fund to the Elizabeth Fry Refu » e for the _relciicf of Destitute Females , on the principles long advocated by the society . Several members spoke in favour ofthe recommendation , which , on ihe proposal of the late Lord Mayor , was agreed to , aud the officers and committee i ' or the cuiuing year wore appointed .

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      Scoilasd.—Mr. Robert Burrell Has Been El...

      _Scoilasd . —Mr . Robert Burrell has been elected delegate for Scotland including Glasgow , Edinburgh , Aberdeen , Dundee , Greenock , Ayr , Perth , Kilniprnock , Dunfermline , Alva , Paisley , Hamilton , Arbroath , Hawick , and a great number * of miner places . The candidates with the number of votes they received , were as follows : —Robert Burrell , Greenock , 313 ; James _M'lntyre , Alexandria , 27 ; Alexander Brown , New Mills . 73 ; Robert Kirld , Dundee , 176 ; Archibald Walker , Edinburgh ; 115 ; John Colquhoon , Glasgow , 113 ; Alexander Clelland , _Totness . 73 .

      We have rcceftod from Manchester , Kirkcaldy , and Edinburgh , reports ofthe instructions to their respective delegates . We have no room for the publication of these ' * instructions" which , of course , will be laid before the Conference by the several delegates . , Halifax .--Mr . C . W . Smith has been elected delegate for this district , _Lebos . —Four gentlemen were nominated to represent this district , in the .. Conference , viz ., Messr _* * . Brook and Shaw of Leeds , Spurr of Huddersfield , and Frith of Keighley , in consequence of the secretary being nominated , the Leeds section appointed four persons to examine the vote * * , and see that every thing was properly done . They have done so , and have certified that Mr . Brook is elected by a large majority . Several instructions has been passed which is unnecessary to repeat here .

      Tub Ballot fob _Mbtkofolitan Dbleoates to the Chartist Lano _Conpuuknck . —A meeting to _scrutinise the returns from the several districts was held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , on Wednesday evening , December the 2 nd , when the following was declared as thc result;—Henry Ross , 188 ; William Cuffay , 165 ; John Shaw , 100 ; James Knight , 155 ; John Gathard , 111 ; Alfred Fettit , 110 ; James Grassby , 103 ; J . lllingsworth , 6 S ; William Hewitt , 5 G ; Messenger , 51 ; consequently Henry _Rosbi William Cuffay , and John Shaw , were declared duly elected .

      _Mkrtuyb Iydvil . —A full meeting of the members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative L . _» nd Company was held ou Sundayevening last , when thc programme ot the intended businesss to be brought forward by our directors at the next Land Conference , was read and highly approved of excepting the sale of the estates , wo recommend mortgage or tlie establishment of a bank of deposit . We also wish our directors to establish a national benefit society in connection with the land , and we trust that a school-house will be erected in every district for the education of the children .

      THE LAND versus TRANSPORTATION . THE EMIGRATION HUMBUGS IN TIIE POTTERIES UNMASKED . Our attention bus been drawn to a hand-bill professedly emanating from the Central Committee , but which , in reality , springs from tlie Editor of tbe Exa . miner , directing the minds of Potters to the fact that Mr . O'Connor h giving £ 50 per acre for land . Now this statement is quite consistent with the guner . il tenor of this man ' s writing * , He is a special pleader , ai'd although be hat covered himself undtr thc g : irb of his Committee , it bears all tlie external marks of bis own workmanship . Now let us sec ivhiit the truth is , —it appears in the 6 rst instance Mr . O'Connor lias purchased an estate at Herrinitsgatc , for less than £ 18 per acre : —

      in the second place he purchased an estate called _Carpunder's Farm , for a _lilrle over £ 20 per acre ; this cswto he has since , sold for £ 1309 more than it cost tho Company . Iu the last case of purchase he lias given £ 8 , 000 for nn estate , wliish we understand is something near £ 59 per acre . But does this prove the position of the Editor ofthe _Examiner , that £ 50 per acre is the average price of li'iid in this country , certainly not , as lie very well knows . There is plenty of land in this country which may be had for less than £ 18 per acre . Now if an _houc-st man had stilted the case , he would have told you what wns the average price of the land of the three estnus , whieh have been purchased for the Chartist Cooperative Lund Company . Every man of common _understanding knows that land is not one uniform price all through the country , imd wc want land that will suit our purposes , we want the best land in the country ; we have _irot some of it . and we shall have more , so soon as our

      Directors have linished the other _ettutes they have jutt purchased ; we di not want swamp and bog land ; such , in our opinion , is dear at any price ; we have land into which there is a good road , and markets adjacent , in convenient places ; we have no occasion to wade breast-high through water to go to our dwellings , nor to go hundreds of miles ill search of customers for our ptoduco ; no , we can sell all wc want to sell , cither on thc spot or very near to it . Here are the advantages of Home Colonization . Nor will it take us nearly £ 100 to go to our allotmentsthe same that it will take every family who is unfortunate enough to be sent away from his native land hy your society . Neither shall we lose four months' wages in ci oscing the water , besides having to experience all the horrors of emigrating to such a distanco . Were your dupes as well acquainted with emigratiou ns some poor fellows wc could name , they would at once pronounce it to be sickening heartless depravity .

      A pretty scheme this to remove surplus labour , when , according to the best calculations that can bo made , it would take £ 10 , 000 to remove one hundred families , a sum of money that would take you till doomsday to realize ; for with all your agitation , and all your deception , all your reasoning , your machinery _dodgts , and all the rest of your juggling , you have _realised £ 1380 1 ' ro'n the commencement of your career , and your scheme will hare less support in future thnu it has received , because of its deceptive character and well-known impracticability .

      You are for ever telling your few readers , that for twenty-one shillings they may havo twenty acres of land , a good log hut , nnd all the blessings and comforts of life . Now you know that there are plenty of men who once were friendly to emigration , who have paid their two and three pounds each , and you have told them that it is their duty to pay even twenty shares if Ihe object cannot be realized without it . These men have left you in _disgust , and they are ashamed of even acknowledging the fact that you have juggled them out of so much

      money , ana are willing to sell their shares at a sacrifice of seventy . five per etut ., or more , should the purchasers think they ar « not low enough . No _« , Sir , let us tell you and the public another fact , which is ns follows : —that we offer to sell to the _Emigration . Society one hundred acres of land in America , fifty of which arc woodland , with a firm title and all the necessary requirements , for £ 15 . The owner declares that he can do infinitely better on four acres in England than ou one hundred in America . Now . Mr . Editor , here is something for you to reason upon .

      The Home Colonization Company has many advantages over transportation , and has prospered oven beyond the expectations of its most sanguine supporters . The funds increase on all hands . It appears , that besides paying all agitating expenses , that with the sale of cards and rules we have saved a fund of nearly £ 1000 , without a constant drain ou the pockets of its members . Our own Committees work for nothing—our Secretaries have no pay —our Iiiiid Agent has travelled thousands of miles for nothing—our Directors hove pay , but their tvuges is not equal to yours , and we cim say with truth , that our National Scheme bus been carried oh with us little _expanse as your pigmy scheme has cost its members . It . uppears from your Balance Sheet , that you have received £ ( i for going twice to Liverpool , £ 15 ' or Agency , b sides

      other things which we could name . Your Secretary received for oue journey to Birmingham £ 1 12 s , and 15 " . on the same date , for something els . " you do not _namr , and a further sum of £ 1 G 12 s . 8 d . Your Committee' , too , has cest the society £ 21 5 s . since your last Balance Sheet , aud there aro plenty of other expenses which . •• wallow up more than a third of your whole receip t * . When will working potters see their own interests , and take their affairs iu their own bauds ? Wc . ro we connected with you , another week should not elapse bet ' _aro we would ask you some very pointed question * . You art always harping about division , aud say it is tlie Chartist * who arc for sowing the seeds of discontent amongst our

      members . Now let me tell you . Sir . that your _liamulius never been mentioned , nor your society either , at any Lund Meeting that has been held iu Hanley , from first to lust , among the Chartists ; we are not one-half potters , therefore your affairs do not interest ub . but our opinion is , from the little knowledge we have of you , there need be no division mongers where you nre , for yon _st-eni to us to bo one of those characters who would create division anywhere to accomplish your own Hellish ends . Your cant about your society being a failure is trul y laughable . We believe , Sir , as far as you aro concerned it is no failure , nor ever will be so long as you can get dupes to replenish your Exchequer . Yours , lie ., The Committee of the Hanley Uiuncii of the Chartist Co-operative Land CoMraNT .

      The Fugitive Clerk, Cowap, Who Absconded...

      The Fugitive clerk , Cowap , who absconded IVom _Wingate Colliery with nearly £ 000 _belonging to bis employers , Lord llowdcn and partners , and who was apprehended at Ghent , is said to be again at liberty . The whole of the money , with tlio exception of his " travelling expeiiHcs _. ' _- _' nnd the cost of his '' gentlemanly " outfit—Iiis gold watch , _riiig , wig , imperial , and -moustaches—having been reo _^ vorcd _, it lias nut been thought worth whiic to bring him to this country for prosecution . —Newcastle Chronicle '

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      _AI _S application was made oh the 22 nd _fri-iCQ-bei _' , to the Vice-chancellor of England , by Ar . Beard ( who , acting under a _mestextraordiny delusi j ; _i , considers liimseltthe sole patentee of the Photogrupliic _orojess !) to restrttin MR . ESERTON , of 1 , Temple-strict , and 148 ,. Fleet-street , rom taking _Photographic Poiti . uts , which he does by a process entirely _differeat fron and very superior to Mr . Beard ' s , and at ouc-hnlf . tliecl . rge . His Honour refused the Application in toto . No license required to practice this process , which is _liiuglitby Mr . _Egurton in a _frw lessons at _amudarate _charge . All theApprra tus , Chemicals , & c , to be . had as usual U his Ik-pot , 1 , Temple-street , Whitefriu ' re .

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      THEATRE HOTAL MAUYLEBONE . _PHOPUIETOlt , Mil . LOVEMDOE . _LKUSEE , MB .. JOHN _DOUOIABS . _Rc-engagement of Messrs . Coney and Blanchard with , Iheir W .. lld * _l'tul Dogs , for two nights only ; to appear at half-price . ¦ _¦¦»— . ¦¦¦ , _$ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . O N MONDAY , and WEDNE _^ u ' AY to _commence * J «( . The "Stranger . " Tlie "Stranger ; " ~ oii . Mou _* cW Mr J . Rayner , on Wednesday Mr . Cowle ; Mrs . Haller , ih's . Campbell . To be _folloned by "Mr . and Mrs . G , " supported by Mr : T . bee , ; md Miss Martin . To conclude with tlie Dog of _Motiturgis , in which Messrs . Cuncy and Wanchard will _iippear with tlieir wonderful Dog , Hector . To commence , on Friday and Saturday , with the " Wandering Roys , " supported by the strength ofthe company . After which " The Drunkard ' s Victim . " Principle characters , Messrs . Cowle , 2 . Rayner , T . Lee , and Mrs . Campbell . To conclude with ' Frankenstein , " iu which the entire company will appear .

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      ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . Mr . Morgan , the very _obliginsr , and highly respected , Box and Saloon Keeper , takes his benefit on Thursday evening , December the 10 th , " The Road to Ruin , " and other entertainments arc selected for the occasion . We trust his numerous friends will not overlook him , but give him , what he well deserves , a bumper .

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      Manvleboxk.—The Members Of This District...

      MAnvLEBOXK . —The members of this district of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , will meet for the transaction of important business , at the Coaehpnintcrs' Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , Pecember 6 th . at six o ' clock precisely . WEaTMissTKR , —The _Chavtu _* . t . Locality will meet , for the election" of officers and the transaction of other business , at the Assembly and Reading Rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday ever . _ing next , December _Oth _, at half-past six o ' clock precistly . South London Chartist Hall . 115 , _Blackfriars ' - road .--Mr . John Shelton will deliver a public lecture , on Sunday evening next , December the 6 th , at _lialf'Dflst seven o ' clock prcciselv , Subject— "Tlie Land and the Charter . "

      Soum _Lonuon Debating Club — This club will meet , at the South London Chartist flail , 115 , Blackfriars ' -road , on Wednesday evening next , December thc Otli , ( and every succeeding Wednesday evening , ) nt eight o ' clock precisely . Subject for _Wednesday evening next— " What arc the best means whereb y the people may better their position ia Society ?" MimioroLiTAN Committee . — -The _uext meeting this body will he held at 83 , Doan-street , Soho , oa Wednesday evening , December ICth , at eighto ' cloc

      precisely . CliNTRAL IlEGISTnATIO - ** AND ElKCTIO _. V CcMMITTEE . _—Tiiis body - _^ ill hold its ntxt meetintr on Monday _Evening , Decembey the 14 i . h , at the Assembly and Reading Rooms , S 3 , Dc . in-streei , Soho . The Late Patkiot and Poet Ai . len Davenport . —Mr . Walter Cooper will deliver an Oration on the Lifo and Death of Allen Davenport , at the Finsbury Literary and Mechanics' Institution , Frcderiok-Plnce , Goswcli-voad , on Sunday evenina next , December the Cth , at half-past seven o ' clock precisely .

      The Fukkiul Obsequies or the Late _Allku Davekfort wiil be obsemd un Sunday afternoon next , December the Gth , by the friends of the deceased Patriot Poetfoliowin

      Vutehans , Orphans , axd Victims Committee . — The _CoE-inittee met , on Wednesday evening last , at the Land Oliice , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho . Mr . John Shaw in the Chair . _N 5 r . Shaw paid in the following , from Mr . James Weils , Is . ; Mr . Fitzgerald , 2 s . Gd . - ; Mr . Evershed , Gd . ; Brass-founders' Arms , 3 s . for Mrs . Jones ; from Mr . Kendrieks , 6 d . ; Mr . C . C . Willia m-- , 6 d , ; Mr . Bradford , Sen ., 6 J . ; and Mr . Bradford , Jim ., Gd . On tlie motion of Messrs . Grassby and Wheeler , 10 s . each was voted to Mrs . Booker and Mrs . Duffy , the committee then adjourned to Wednesday , December 16 th . —John Arnott , sub _* sccri : taiy .

      Justick to Millions . —A public nice ! ing will be held in the Temperance Hall , Great Carlisle-street , Portman Market , Marylebone , on Tuesday eveiiiiiir , Decomber 15 ih , for the purpose of _c-u'suipring ( lie propriety of adopting tfie National Petition fur the People ' s Charter , and fbrniinj- a Local Registration ; ind Election Committee ,- the _following distinguished advocates of the People ' s cause . " . re expected to take part in the proceedings;—Fcarjrus _u'Cnnnor , Esq ., Messrs . Ernest Jones . G . J . ' iL . rnc y , J . Skciton , and T . M . Wheeler . The members for the Borough aro also invited and expected to attend . Chair to be taken at _ehiht o ' clock precisely .

      _Thkati-e Royal Makylkbose . — An eveniug ' _a frnnatic amusement will be _« iven at this commodious aud elegant temple of the muses , under the patronage of T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., ( who will honour the theatre with his presence on the occasion , ) on Tuesday evening next , December the Sth , in aid ofthe funds of the Assembly and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . Tickets to be obtained at ali the Land Company's Trades , and Chartist places of meeting thioughout the Metropolis . Shall Polaxd I _' ekisii ?•—A special publie meet _, ing of ihe Fraternal Democrats will bo boiden on Monday evening , December Till , at thc White Ilarr ,

      _Dniry-lano , three iloors from _llolborn , for the purp . isu nf taking into consideration ihe address of '' The French Democracy to the Democraci * of Europe . " The chair will bo taken at ci » ht o ' clock . The publie as well as members are invited to attend . _Fuskimi- of Allkn Davbnfort . _*—The procession will leave the Ilall of Science , City-road , Finsbury , at one o clock precisely , to-nn . rrow , ( Sunday , ) and proceed tn Keusall Green , where the deceased will he buried . . _Subscri ptions in aid of defraying the funeral expense . ** , will be received by Mr . Bendall _, Ilall of Science ; by Mr . Watson , ' ( _Jycen ' s Head _PiissuKC , Paternoster-row ; and by Mr . Hall , 66 , Bunliiil-row .

      A Select _IIai-. monic Meeting will be held at tho Earl Cathcart Tavern , Minister-street , It agent ' s Park , on Saturday evening , December 12 th , 1846 , for the benefit , of A . Street . To commence nt eight o _' elouk .

      Civllieb Turn-Out,—The Colliery Masters ...

      _Civllieb Turn-out , —The colliery masters atBaven-• lpli gave notice lo their mun a fortnight ago , that it was their intention to reduce their wages by taking from them their _yardage , or to cease working the pit . Saturday last the notice expired . Tho _yreat body ot the men remain out . If tiny stand a lew days , there i . _; r .: > i thefli f _-htest doubt but the masters will yield . _Aeomextation ' op the Royal Regiment of Arrii . LiiY . —In consequence of the number of companies required to relieve those on foreign - stations whose period of servico has expired , it is determined to add two additional companies to each battalion .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05121846/page/1/