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    Hupobtantmeeting-.--Thefirst Blow Struck...

    HUPOBTANTMEETING-.--THEFIRST BLOW STRUCK AT THE ACCURSED GAME LAWS . On Thursday , the 30 th ult ., a numerous meeting of the farmers and other inhabitant rate-payers oi the parish of Ruislip , Middlesex , convened by public notice , _washeld _intievestry-ioom of Ruislip church , "to consider the cruelty , injustice , and minousconsequences of the Game Laws , with a view to petition Parliament for the repeal or modification of the same . " Mr . W . Somes , alarge landed proprietor in theparish , having been called tothe chair , and the notice calling the meeting having been read , MrCJJeskksof Eastcottsaid before he

    pro-. . . , , , posed fhe resolutions he intended to offer to the vestrv , he would beg to request thc chairman to desire -ft _' _evest-ry-clerktoread tothe meeting a paragraph which appeared in the Times newspaper of Friday last , the 24 th inst ., on the subject o £ the Game Laws , which would show them that it was the intention of one of the membere ( Mr . Bright ) to brin _* thc question before the Legislature ( loud cries of Hear , hear , and cheers ) , and which described the effects of the working of the Game laws . ( Hear , hear . ) The paragraph alluded to , which contained a copy of Mr . Bright ' s notice , as well as an extract from the report of Mr . Williams , inspector of prisons , having been read ,

    Mr . Jje . vkb . -s said , that in addressing the meeting on ihe subject for which it had been called , he would _commence by saying , that he considered the Game Laws ; ha . their operation , io be most cruel , most peruielotl * , And mosi expensive , particularl y in that parish . ( Loud cries of Hear , hear , and We know it well . ) He had often been an eye-witness to the losses sustained by the farmers in that " parish from tiie game-r-losses , he should say , of from 10 to 30 per cent , { lond cries of Hear , hear ); but as there were so many farmers present , he would leave it to them to state what "those losses amounted to . He had

    beard it stated that farmeis did not properly employ their labourers ; but he would say , protect the farmer from the ravages of ihe game , and they would not be obliged to be labourers as well as farmers . ( Hear , hear . ) The farmers have -now enough to do to watch the game , and even while they were walking over their grounds for their own protection , they were followed about by some of the gamekeepers , who broke down the hedges to watch them , and committed all sorts- of damage . ( Hear , hear , and That ' s true . ) Then again , it - was not so much what the game ate , as what the keepers destroyed in watching-. ( Hear , hear . )

    The Chaibmak said that was an erroneous opinion , as the law of trespass would prevent that . . Mr . _Jssbtss contended that it was so . There was a farmer in the room who had suffered from the proceedings ofthe gamekeepers . He found them treading down his crops , and Med to prevent them , and eventually gave them into custody , when they employed a wily lawyer , who ran . Mr . Eales , for he was the ! farmer , up to £ 30 expenses . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Eales declared that what Mr . Jenkins bad stated was the truth .

    Mr . Jeskins would tell them of another case which had occurred on his own land . He had a man who went out in the morning to milk his cow , when he saw a hare lying in a snare under the hedge , and he took it up and threw it on one side till he went home with his milk . He then saw one of those wretches called gamekeepers , creeping on aU fours after him , under the hedge , who called ourtto another , and they then brought the man to his house and asked to see him , but he sent word down to them , that if they did not immediately go off his premises , he would send for a policeman , when they took up the hare and went away . ( Hear , hear . ) That was on the Sabbath-day , too . WeU , then his man was summoned to Uxbridge , when he ( Mr . Jenkins ) , attended , but

    ihe magistrates would not hear a word the man had to say , but fined him £ 3 . ( Hear , hear , and cries of Shame *) On another occasion he ( Mr . Jenkins ) took out a srammons against the same gamekeepers for trespassmgonhisland , but the magistrates dismissed it , tolling him that he ought to have first given them notice , when notice-boards were stuck up at all parts of his property . ( Hear , hear . ) With regard tothe cruelty caused by the Game Laws , the sporting gentlemen in that nei ghbourhood were not perhaps such good shots as some noblemen were who bagged their hundreds and thousands in a week , but he had seen poor animals mutilated , lying on the ground for two or three days together . ( Hear , hear . ) He had lately seen a bare whose leg had been broken by a

    shot , that had been lying onthe ground until the leg had been eaten op by vermin . In another instance he had discovered a hare which had been caught in a _feap . by which two of its legs were broken , and en going up to it be saw one ofthe scoundrel game-Keepers Ijihgin wait , watching to see who would take it np , upon which he said , "Til put afew shots into you , " and went" to fetch his gun , but whenhe got back be found hare , snare , andmanwere _aflgone . A third instance of the cruelties engendered by the Game laws , hi _thatpai-ish was the murder of the bo _^ John Brill , -from revenge at his having given evidence against poachers . "Was it then , he would ask , not

    tame that an eml was put to such a state of affairs as that ? ( Loud cries of Hear , bear , and Yes , yes . ) They . wcrc also saddled with an _expense arising out ef the prosecution of poachers , and their maintenance in gaol , whilst atthe sometime that they were in ? risen the parish had also to support their families . Hear , hear , and cries of Shame . ) He thought , therefore , they had good grounds for petitioning against ' the Game Laws , and he trusted -there would not be a city , town , parish , or village throughout England but would ' petition against them . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He then moved the following resolutions z—

    " Resolved , —That , in the opinion of this meeting , the tendency and operation of the Game Laws are fraught with evils of alarming magnitude , and require prompt legislative interference ; tbat in all parts of the country the creel consequences resulting from the continuance of those laws are made apparent in the extensive destruc _* tion of the growing crops of the cultivators of the land ; the fearful demoralisation of the people ; the sanguinary conflicts and deeds of blood ; and the loss of limb and life so frequently recorded by the public press ; the hatred and contempt engendered iu the rural districts towards the administration of the laws ; the waste of the land bv

    extensive game preserves ; the temptation thus created m the minds of the poor , destitute , ill-paid , and ill-fed labourers ( hear , hearj ; " the serious and increasing costs to the country in county and poor rates , by prosecutions at assizes _andsessio us , and the maintenance of the . wives and families of the prisoners out ofthe rates ; the mercenary character of those laws since game had been made a marketable commodity , and the contempt thereby created in the minds of the great body of the people towards the owners of the soil ( hear , hear ) , all conspire to render fhe Game Laws , as at present in operation , a deep and withering stain on the national character , and calls loudly and imperati-reiv for their immediate repeal .

    Eesolved also , that a . petition to both Houses of Parliament , embodying the above resolutions , be adopted by this meeting , and be signed by the inhabitants generally of this parish ; that to the House of Commons to be presented by Mr . Bright , M . P ., and that to the House of Lords _DyLordkadnor , Mr . _Hcrbidge ( a farmer ) felt great pleasure in seconding the resolutions . The Chaibma-s said , with such resolutions he would have . nothing to do . ( Hear / hear . ) He considered that the meeting , as a vestry , could noteome to a resolution that the labourers were ill-paid and ill-fed , for if they didj they , as the employers , would stamp themselves as oppressors . ( Cries of " So they are . " )

    He would have nothing to do with a petition founded on such resolutions . ( Hear , hear . )] Mr . Jbshess was convinced that it was a wellknown fact that in too many cases the labourers were _iB-paid and ill-fed . ( Hear , hear . ) He could adduce numerous cases in point , if the meeting wished it . ' The Chaihmah said he had , at the request of Mr . Jenkins , drawn up a petition , which he would read io the meeting . It was as follows : — Tothe Hon . the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in ¦ -.. ' Parliament assembled . The humble peMonof the inhabitants of Ruislip , in the county of Middlesex ,

    Showeih , —That they are much oppressed by reason of the great quantity of game reared and preserved in the said parish for fhe purposes of sporting . The temptatiou held out tothe poor man "b y the unnatural quantity nasamostruinous and demoralising effect , for , despite of legal theory upon the subject , persons , especially those occupying fhe humbler stations in society , cannot be -brought to look upon game as private property . Tour petitioners beg further to state to your hon . house that ' they are called upon to pay enormous sums for the maintenance of the police force , and which force is occupied almost wholly in assisting the game-keepers . The ratepayers also nave to pay very heavy expenses for fairing poachers to gaoL where they get much evil and no good / inasmuch as they consider themselves unjustly punished and martyrs to the amusement ofthe rich .

    Tour petitioners also beg to represent , that thefr crops are much injured by the game , which game they cannot legally destroy _ttpon their own land without paying alarge sum for a license , and which the majority of them are wholly unable to do . Your petitioners , therefore , humbly _request that your hon , house willbe pleased to take the subject jof tbe Game Laws into your early and serious consideration , frith a new to making such alterations as shall in your wisdom seem fit to meet so great and crying an _eviL __ _5 _fe § And your petitioners will ever pray .

    A lengthened argument then ensued as to the point whether the resolutions need be put to the meeting if _thevestry approved of the petition draw up by the chairman ; during which Mr . Bowles -maintained that the resolutions ought to be put , and the petition would then follow . Mr . D . Somes said , -that although he was the only preserver of game present , he would contend that fhe -resolutions were not borne out by facts , for n t a -farmer present had stood forward to say that they were oppressed , ( Loud cries of Hear , hear , and great disapprobation . ) Mr . _Eaxes said he would , as a farmer , take up the OTdgels withjMr . Somes , and he would tell mm and the meeting that when Mr . Pierce ' s gamekeeper _trespassedonhialandhe toldhimtogoofftheland . The gamekeeper told him that he had as much

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    ri _» ht * _a-le' { Mr _:-E-aes ) had-to be on the ' _land-and _tlTe gamekeeper then called on another who was on horslback , who trampled . _^ , over the land and because he ( Mr . Eales ) resisted them , he had had to -nav 25 guineas expenses - , and to crown the whole , the lawyer told him to mind he did not get turned out of his land . ( Loud crie 8 of Shame , shame 5 ) He told Mr . _Oughton , his landlord , last rent-day , that his land was not worth so much by 2 s . Cd . per acre since the game had been so numerous . ( Loud cries Hear , hear . ) Mr . D . Somes wished to know if Mr . Dales meant to say that any great damage was done to thc crops by the game ? Several of the farmers instantly cried out , " What

    with the game , and what the keepers' tread down , we are nearly ruined . " Mr . D . Somes said he wished Mr . Durbidge would answer the question . Mr . Dchbidge said it decidedly was so , but he could not state to what extent he found the damage , as he had never kept account of it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . TuioiT said , on his land he had suffered a great deal . On some -parts the game had eaten the crops totally away , and be had , in consequence , been obliged to g _' iveup part of his land . ( Cries of " What do you think of that ? " loud cheers . ) He could not keep it at any rate , for it was all eaten up . ( Hearhear . ) "

    , ....,, . Mr . D . Somes inquired how much land Mr . Tillott stiUheld ? _, , _, , _., _Sir . Tuxott rep lied he bad now got only eighty acres . _, , Mr . D . Somes persisted tbat in his opinion the statements in the resolutions could not be borne out . ( Hear , hear . ) Cap tain Tiie declared that Mr . Somes had better then say tbat the farmers were all liars . ( Much confusion . ) Mr . Toeit ( another fanner ) declared that no man

    had suffered more from the game than he had . ( Hear , hear . ) The year before last he had sown three acres , three roods , and some odd poles with wheat , at 9 s . per bushel . -The rabbits , however , ate it all down in December , and he then put on it fifty bushels of soot , at 8 d . per bushel , but in December last he only got nine sacks of wheat from off it , and sustained a loss cf from £ 30 to £ 40 . ( Hear hear . ) Mr . Poulton said , he had been obliged to give up the land he had held of Mrs . Somes , as the game quite ate him up , and Mr . D . Somes knew it well .

    Mr . D . Somes denied thathe knew anything ofthe

    kind . Mr . Bowles considered that Mr . Pierce ought not to have been alluded to , as he was a gentleman who spent a deal of money in that parish . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Eales said , but not amongst the labourers of that parish , as he would not emp loy them . Mr . Bowles thought Mr . Pierce paid very dearfor everyhead of game he preserved . Much confusion here ensued , the majority of farmers calling out , " We have to keep them . " Mr . Bowles said , unfortunately , the game was like poachers , they overrun the land at night . ( Hear . ) Mr . Eales thought they had a right to speak of

    Mv . Pierce , for when the men came back to Ruislip that he had sent to prison for poaching , Mr . Pierce told them , " No , I wont employ you ; and they , the ratepayers , were obliged to keep them and their families , while Mr . Pierce brought labourers from other parishes to do hia work . ( Hear , hear , and cries of Shame- ) Mi * . D . Somes having moved an adjournment of the meeting , without naming any day , and finding no seconder , The Ghairmaw was pressed to put the resolutions , when he . put It to the meeting whether they , as farmers , would say that the labourers were ill-fed and ill-paid ? ( Hear . ) A Farmer : Why , yes , they are .

    Another Parmer : There is no doubt that they are . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The Chairman said , as it appeared to be the wish of the meeting that he should put the resolutions , he would do so . The resolutions were then put to the vote , and carried without a dissentient hand being held up , Mr . Tobit then moved the adoption of the petition drawn up by the chairman . Captain The seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously , amid loud cheering . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting broke up .

    Meeting At Aylesbury. A Public Meeting O...

    MEETING AT AYLESBURY . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Aylesbury and its -vicinity was held in the County-hall in this town on Monday evening , for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament in favour of a repeal of the Game Laws . Thc meeting was both numerously and respectably attended . Dr . Lee ( of HartweU-house ) presided , and opened the business _^ of the evening l _» y stating that the present meeting had been called'in consequence of some gentlemen , farmers , and others in the neighbourhood , haying long been of opinion that the Game Laws had been most injurious to the general interests of societ y ; that while they afforded amusement and luxury to a few privileged individuals , they were

    ruinous to the well-being of the nation at large . ( Hear . ) The subject had been growing in public interest year after year , and now many influential gentlemen were determined to press it upon the attention of the Legislature . In the course of last summer Sir IX Verney , one of the magistrates , proposed a resolution . that application should be made to her Majesty ' s Government , with a view to induce them to bring forward some measure to modif y and improve the Game Laws ; and upon that occasion Sir H . Verney mentioned that nearly one-third of the persons in gaol had been committed for infractions of the Game Laws . That resolution was seconded by himself , and supported by two clergymen and another gentleman ; but he was sorry to

    say that they were but five , with a majority ot eighteen or twenty against them . The result , however , had not damped the ardour of the minority . ( Cheers . ) After reading from the Times newspaper the notice of motion given by Mr . Bright for a Select Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the operation ofthe Game Laws , and also the statements of Mr . Williams , an inspector of prisons , corroborated by some chaplains of gaols as to the demoralising influence of those laws , the chairman adverted to a return obtained by Mr . _Mainwaring of the number of gamekeepers murdered during the ten years ending 1843 , from which it appeared that no fewer than forty-one gamekeepers haa lost their lives during that period in protecting the game of lords of

    manors . He was sorry to say that the first on the list was Charles Coles , the gamekeeper of a clergyman of the Church of England , one of those gentlemen who professed to be the descendants of the Apostles , though Holy Writ did not inform them that the Apostles took out game licenses or went out foxhunting . ( Hear , hear . ) The next was a gamekeeper to a relative of Lord DeGrey , in Bedfordshire ; the next case was in Berkshire ; and then came , he regretted to see , one in Bucldngliamshire . In Cheshire there had been three such murders , in Derbyshire two , in Glocestershirc one . To the disgrace of Buckingham , he was compelled to admit that another gamekeeper had been killed in that county . In Northamptonshire two had been murdered . From

    a return ef the number of persons convicted of offences against the Game Laws in 1843 , obtained by Mr . Bright , he found that there were 119 such persons who had been convicted either at the quarter or the petty sessions in Buckingham . ( Hear . ) Those details showed that the present meeting was called for no light purpose , but one involving the comfort , happiness , and lives of their fellow-creatures . ( Hear . ) However right it may be thought that dukes , marquises , and baronets should have their amusements and pleasures , those amusements and pleasures were not to be promoted at the expense of the imprisonment , banishment , and death of large numbers of their fellow-subjects . Sir H . Verney stated last July , that out of 530 prisoners in Bucks ,

    apprehended during the preceding year , 169 were offenders under the Game Laws . ( Hear . ) The recent instance of the murder of the Earl of Lichfield ' s gamekeeper had created a most painful sensation in the publie mind ; and so impressed were the coroner ' s jury who sat on the inquest with the fact that tho Game Laws were a fruitful source of crime , that they made a unanimous representation in writing to that effect , which had been forwarded by the coroner to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , and he trusted that it would meet with due attention . ' ( Hear . ) He had hoped that Aylesbury would be the first in this movement , but it had been anticipated by the parish of Ruislip , in Middlesex ; still the men of Bucks had the . honour of beine second

    in the field . ( Cheers . ) _DTe was glad to see also that the Earl of Euston had issued an address to the magistracy of Sussex npon the subject . ( Hear . ) To the old style of shooting he did not object . Formerly gentlemen considered shooting _a-pursuit which united exercise and sport ; they would go out with their dogs , and if they killed two or three head of game , they were satisfied . Latterly noblemen and lords of manors had got into the practice of preserving game to the amount of thousands upon thousands , and recentl y they had adopted a foreign custom , to wliich they durst not give an English name—the battue . ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) He regretted to find that persons of whom he wished to speak respectfully , such as the Marquis of Exeter , the Duke of Rutland ,

    and Others , had fallen into the new fashion , wliich was getting men to sui-round and drive the game together , so that , instead of sporting , it was downright murder and massacre . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sorry to add , that in that very county there had lately been amost heartless and brutal battue . ( Hear , hear !) But it was attended with some not very consistent formalities , for it appeared that the parties first went to chapel to say prayer at nine o clock , and at ten they were ready for the battue . The massacre was then _perpetrateS by eight or ten men styled noble ; and to wind np all , the newspapers stated that when it was over .. the band played "See the conquering hero comes " as they returned . ( Laughter . ) While he readily acknowledged that the Duke of Buckingham possessed many good qualities , he must

    say _. _that'his'GMce was not likely to keep up his * dignity , _orto win . tluv esteem , of lus , fellow-subjects , by such _pi-oceedin ' gs as that . ( Cheers . ) It might look very well , while he was surrounded by hussars ,, and yeomanry , and tenantry , ] ksviiig _^^ _n-rilf-a- _^ wn ior their day ' s work , but no time soldier , or sailor , or sp 6 rtsman , could approve of such wholesale slaughter . Such doings were not confined to the laity ; the clergy patronised them , and he had heard of one clergyman who made the school-boys of his parish beat up game for his battue . ( Shame . ) A petition to Parliament was about to be submitted to the meeting , and he thought it would be well if copies of it were sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of the diocese ; so that in their

    next milk and water charges they might remonstrate with their clergy upon the subject . ( Hear , and a laugh . ) In the neigbourhoodof Salisbury there had recently been three battues , which caused the destruction of 1 , 100 head of game . His opinion was , that the Game Laws should be abolished , and that the law of trespass would be quite sufficient to ensure a gentleman sufficient game and snort . His neighbours woidd protect his land , and his tenants would get rid of a great source of disaffection . ( Hear . ) Any gentleman who would have the moral courage to call upon Parliament to repeal the Game Laws would prove hjunself to be thc farmer ' s friend . The game preserver was not the farmer ' s friend , but Ms enemy and the nersecutor of the labourer , loading * the

    villages in liis neighbourhood with taxation to maintain the wives and children of those he caused to be Sent to gaol . The game preserver was indeed the tyrant of liis country , filling the prison with inmates sent from his own domains , and doing mischief to almost every other class of his fellow subjects . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Gbace re-echoed the sentiments of the chairman with regard to the Game Laws increasing local taxation , and proposed the first resolution : — That this meeting have long beheld with regret tke moral , pecuniary , and social evils arising from the operation of the Game Laws , hy which the labourer is degraded , the farmer impoverished , society often disorganized , and the amount of local taxation seriously increased .

    It was seconded by the Rev . W . Morland , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Scrivener ( a farmer ) said he believed the Game Laws to be so bad , that it was impossible to amend them , and therefore they should be got rid of altogether . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed them to be a crying evil . ( Cheers . ) Had there been no . Game Laws , he thought they might have been spared the expense of a new prison , which would cost something like £ 40 . 000 . ( Avoice , " Ay , and the workhouse too . " ) He moved the second resolution : — That a petition to Parliament , praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Game Laws , be adopted and signed by tliis meeting , and as many of the inhabitant's of Aylesbury and its neighbourhood as think proper to affix their signature .

    Mr . J . _M-Oores ( another farmer ) having seconded the proposition , it was agreed to nem . con . Mr . Gibbs , sen ., said that he was glad to see so numerous an attendance , and to observe the presence of some lads , for there was not a youth of fifteen years and upwards who was not interested in the object of themeeting ; and after making a few remarks on Mr . Berkeley ' s pamphlet , he proposed the adoption of a petition embracing the sentiments of the resolutions . Mr . Pebrin ( a farmer ) observed , that he witnessed so much mischief arising from the Game Laws , that he could not refuse to second the petition , which was thereupon adopted with loud acclamation . On the motion of Mr . Adcock , ' seconded by Mr .

    Gunx , Mr . Bright was requested to present the same to the House of Commons , and support the prayer thereof . Mr . Biught , M . P ., then addressed the meeting at considerable length . Upon the motion of Mr . Cape , seconded by Mr . Dickins , a vote of thanks was presented to the High Sheriff for the me of the County-hall , and to the chairman for liis services on the present occasion . The Chairman acknowledged the compliment , and said he believed that two-thirds of the gentlemen who sat on the magistrates' bench had been guilty of poaching when young , and therefore he was surprised at the severity with whicjj they treated poachers . __ He hoped thev would leam to be more lenient , particularly the clerical magistates . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The chairman then declared the meeting dissolved .

    Triumph Of Chartism. Importa3-T Rubhc Me...

    TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . IMPORTA _3-T rUBHC MEETING : AT SHEJ ? _FIELU . —MR . WARD AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . On Tuesday afternoon , IT . G . Ward , Esq ., M . P ., addressed a numerous meeting in the Town Hall The large Sessions Room was filled before the appointed time ; and a few minutes before two , Mv . Ward entered the room , accompanied by his friends , and was received with loud applause . On the motion of Mr . Alderman George Turton , seconded by Alderman Butcher , Thomas Ablihe Ward , Esq ., was called to the chair . . -, ¦ .

    Tho Ciiairuah . —Gentlemen , —I have great p leasure in taking the chair , because I regard the visit of our Member to this town as honourable both to him and to you . ( Notour , Member . ) . It is , _^ honourable to him , because lie is , come voluntarily to give an account ofthe proceedings of the last session ; and it is honourable to you , as attending to hear him . I am sure you will give him a candid and patient hearing ; and I have great pleasure in now calling upon Mr . Ward to address you . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr . II . G . Ward . —( Loud cheers . )—Gentlemen , — If anything could make me repent at all the engagement I contracted when I first came among you , that I would pay you an annual visit , for the purpose not merely of stating to you my conduct in Parliament ,

    but also of comparing my views on public subjects Wltll yOUl' Own , Strengthening myself by your concurrence where we agree , and bringing our differences , where we differ , to the test of public discussion , hi an honest and manly manner ; 1 say , if anything could make me regret this engagement , it ' wouldbe the necessity of coming among you at a , time like this , when 1 cannot but feci that there is very little to be done by a liberal man in Parliament , except what is pleasing to the party in power ; because , by one of the most extraordinary , effects , we . sec that the greatest social and political change whicli was ever carried peaceably—I mean the change effected in 1831 , in the constitution of this country — -the result of that change , after the lapse of ten short years , has been to

    bring bapk to power the very . party which it began by driving from power , and has brought them back , with a majority to support them , as compact , if not quite so large , as that which enabled them to defy public opinion up to the year 1830 : It is useless asking by whose fault this has ' occurred . I was always one who thought that there ' were great faults on the part of those who led * the Liberal party ; that they showed great vacillation and great timidity . Others say that the faults were those of their followers—of apathy in some , and unreasonable expectation in others , It is useless to inquire into this now . The only thing is , to learn , if it should ever come to our turn again , that we must take care to understand each other a little better . To do that , the Whigs themselves must

    _leai-n , that nothing but broad and intelligible principles can replace them where they once stood in the opinion of the country ; and the country , on the other hand , must not carry its expectations too far , and expect changes too vast to be made at once . Mr . Ward proceeded to comment on the position of Sir Robert Peel , after which he took up the Irish Church question , and the Corn Laws and Sugar Duties questions . His remarks on these subjects were of no interest , nenext touched on the Short Time Bill . — " I now come to a question which has excited more interest among you , than many to which I have alluded . Imean Lord Ashley ' s Ten Hours' Bill . ( Hear _. hear . ) I wish to speak as plainly about it here as I did in the House of Commons . I opposed it . because

    I believed it to be utterly impracticable , and that , if carried out , it would be most fatal to the prosperity and the interests of the working classes . I utterly distrust Lord Ashley as a legislator , because I tell you fairly , that I despise that sort of spurious philanthropy which is at once reckless on the one side , and calculating on the other : which on the one side is niggardly , and on the other generous at other people ' s expense , although most paraimonious where its own interests are touched . ( Cheers . ) I have no faith in such legislation . Let me see Lord Ashley taking off the tax which he helps to keen upon the people ' s food , and trying to amend the situation of-the agricultural labourers in Dorsetshire , who , at the very gates of his father ' s park , are earning only 7 s . a week

    a miserable pittance out of which they can barely sustain life . Let me see Lord Ashley attend to these tilings first , and then I will give him leave to go into the factory districts , and remed the evils there , which I feel quite as strongly as he can do . Now ' , gentlemen , I will tell you as shortly as I can why I refuse to meddle with this question b y Parliamentary interference . The direct interests to be affected by it are enormous . " The wages paid every week to those employed in the cotton manufacture are £ 225 , 000 , andthereare 450 , 000 persons employed . " The steam power in operation is to the extent of 100 , 000 horse-power , and the goods exported amount to thirty-five millions a year . From all this , Lord Ashley proposed to strike off one-sixth . As far as I can understand the question , it is susceptible of

    the clearest proof that this would be a deduction of 16 £ per cent , from the wages of every working-man in that employment . That is my conviction . But the indirect interests involved are infinitely larger than the direct . Look at yom * own interests , for instance . It may be asked what you have to do with the cotton factories ? You have much to do with that which they produce . It is to your interest to have cheap and good articles for thc use of your wives and your children . That is your interest . You may not like to sell cheap , but you like to buy cheap as well as anybody . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) You do not like to pay a shilling a yard for that which you can get for ninepence . ( Hear , hear . ) But it is not merely a question of the supply of yourselves , you must look also to your employment . If the produce ofthe cotton districts be reduced one-sixth , there

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    will-be : a- " _g prresponding _^ reduetion _: in _^ every article used in those districts .. I do not know whether there be anv colliers here ; but if so , I think they will perceive that a diminution of one-sixth in the demand lor co _& _- bHL require _oiv _^ sixth _less labour to procure it . So it would be in other branches — the macliine-mahers , the _iron-foimders _/ tlie painters , the builders , the dealers in indigo and other die-stuffs , in tallow , oil , and every other article used , in the cotton manufacture . If you strike off one-sixth from thc produce , you must strike off also one-sixth of all these _[ " What is to become of the surplus labour then I" ] —and one-sixth also— -I beg pardon ; you rather put nie out . ( Laughter . " Answer the question . " ) I will answer any question when I have done . ( Cheers ,

    and some interruption , in the midst of which the chairman requested that any questions to be put to Mr . Ward might be reserved . till the close of his address . ) Taking , as I did , this view * of the question , yon will allow that my course was consistent . On this subject I had the mortification—and that it was one I tell you fairly—of hearing what was called the case of Sheffield stated in the House of Commons , without any previous communication with me . ( Cheers from the Chartists . ) And veiy gallantly Mr . Duncombe stated it , though , as I think , with a comp lete misunderstanding of the facts and circumstances . ( Disapprobation and cheers . ) A most complete misunderstanding , and I told him , as I tell you , that I think so . Yet whilst thus misunderstanding the

    facts and bearings of the case , he stated it , with the most perfect boldness and fairness , to those who had confided their interests io hun . At one or two of yonr subsequent meetings , I was blamed in terms that I did not merit . Somebody said that I attempted to sneer down Mr . Duncombe , in the House . In the first place , Mr . Duncombe is not the man to be sneered down easily— ( cheers ); in thc next place , he is a great friend of my own , with whom I have a fair agreement on many matters , though we disagree on some others . He is a very fine , gallant fellow , and I would never say one word to disparage him . As to sneering him down , I never dreamt tbat sueh a thing was possible . It was stated , at the meeting to wliich I refer , by Mr . West . I think , my old friend

    —( laughter , )—that Mr . Buncombe s reception here , last summer , was a complete answer to my calumnies . There never was a more gross misrepresentation than this , which I will prove out of Mr . Duncombe ' s own mouth . When Mr . Duncombe brought forward that case , there was an unusual amount of agreement between him and me , as to the circumstances , though not as to the conclusion . You know that he brought the case of Sheffield before the House of Commons , as a proof , that before Parliament proceeded with the Factory Bill , it ought to submit the whole question of wages and emp loyment to a committee up stairs . I seconded that proposal , and I did so , telling Mr . Duncombe fairly , that I did not coincide in liis view ofthe result , if he thought that such a committee

    would report in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill . It was with that view that I seconded tho motion ; and I can only say , tbat I was misrepresented most grossly to that meeting , when it was stated that I had attempted to sneer Mr . Duncombe down , and had calumniated , him , neither of whicli was possible under the circumstances . There was another bill in which many of you took an interest , which I opposed along with Mr . Duncombe . It was tho Masters ' and Servants' Bill . I voted against giving an unlimited jurisdiction to two magistrates , because Iconsidered them to be a most improper tribunal . I hope to see the day when we may arrive atthe establishment of a better tribunal , in order to effect an amicable settlement of such questions . I believe that a sort of

    arbitration would be practicable , and would be found to work satisfactorily in _nine-tcntlia _. of the cases . But sure I am that two magistrates would be the worst sort of tribunal ; on that point I went with Mr . Duncombe , * and when I think him right , I shall be happy to go with him again . But with him , when I think him wrong , I will not go any more than with you , and you have your remedy when you are tired of me . ( Loud cheers . "Nay , wehavn't . " ) There is a great difference between your situation now and what it was two or three years ago . You are all moving upwards at present ; you are not as well off as you should be ; but looking at the aspect of the political world , the certainty of peace , and the extension of our foreign intercourse , we have the prospect of a long

    continuance of a good and healthy trade , if not marred by injudicious restraints . ( Cheers and loud disapprobation . ) I know perfectly what that means . You thought ; I was repeating the arguments used at the Cutlers' Feast , but I was speaking only of legislative restraints . Mr . Ward next said a good deal about the China trade , the Income Tax , the Canada Cora Bill , & c , and concluded as follows : —I have not the least idea that the Liberal party can , during my time , return to power , though I should be very happy to see it . But we may succeed in promoting the progress of your industry ; and I hope that , at a future day , when the clouds that now exist shall have passed away , you will see , on the _whofe . _that I

    have done my duty by you honestly aud fairly . ( Loud-cheers . ) Mi * . Briggs said he wished to put a question to Mr , Ward ; and the Chairman _Announced that Mr . Thomas Briggs , an old friend of Mr . Ward ' s , was going to ask him a question . Mr . _Briggs ' s question was—Do you reckon to represent the whole borough , or only a class ? Mr . Ward . —I reckon to represent the whole borough —( cheers ) ; and what is more , I endeavour to represent it faithfull y . I have the satisfaction , I beg to remind Mr . Briggs , of thinking that at both of my elections I was chosen , not merely by the votes ofthe electoral bod y , but by the show of hands at the hustings , as you yourselves admitted . - ( Cheers . )

    Mr . Biuqgs . —I deny it , and I will put it to this meeting , whether the show of hands , at the Com Exchange was not hi favour of a working man . Mr . Ward ;—It was a near thing , but it was given in my favour . Mr . Briggs . —But who was the judge ? I do not dispute that , but it might not be done b y an impartial j udgc . If you represent tiie borough of Sheffield , your conduct should be guided by the . majority . ( Hoar , hear . ) I have but one charge against fyou , and then I will g ive you a little advice as to your future conduct . ( Hear , hear , and confusion . ) lie did not find fault with Mr . Ward ' s vote on the Masters and Servants' Bill , but with his vote and manner of speaking on the Short Time Bill . ( Hear , hear .. )

    They had sent him proofs from Sheffield that the artisans have had power to . do what the cotton and woollen operatives could not do . The tools of the Sheffield artisans were generally their own , and they could take them up and lay them down at pleasure . But in the cotton and _woollen districts the artisans were a set of peor slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) The machinery and the raw material belonged to the mas _" - _ters , and thc poor slaves having only their bare fingers were forced to be in subjection . ( Hear , hear . ) If he had any notion what a legislator should be , it was , that ho should be like the fly-wheel of a steamengine , if Mr . Ward understood what that was . — | Mr . Ward ; Yes ,. I know what that is . ]—It was the regulator of the power . The legislature should do All * -Mm nnAnln _n . I . _n _^ _X I . a . t _An .. U « _nl J _^ r _„ .. il . .... . 1 ... _^ _«¦ _- uuiu ivuttii euuiu uoiv

    , . un , -n- _wiey uo ior ineniBeiYes . It should assist the operatives . He appealed to thc people of Sheffield , whether the measures taken by the trades had not been a great benefit to the ratepayers ofthe town . The Government had . learned only the art of creation , but he wanted them to learn also that of distribution . Mr . Ward did possess popularity , but he was losing ground . ( Loud cheering . ) Thc working classes had found , from experience , that the short time principle was beneficial to their interests . Demand and . supply regulated all things . That they had taught the people . Cause and effect they had yet : to put into them . Work alone was not enough . They wanted also remuneration . As to the foreign trade , it appeared it was only to be _mainl-O . _na _/ l lir _BnnAmiii _. _nl . _nn . % _..... in am * . + li , a It / . o _/\* . 4- / . n . l _# .. _4 _^ _£ / crzUlUlltciJJUt _rtllU _ilt _5 _UUUbCUUGU

    , w _«"« "J . _'OU _' . - _' _-B- ' , WHO meant low wages . He _csdled on Mv . Ward to represent the town , and not a portion of the people . If he came to represent-a section , though the most wealthy —[ Mr . Ward : Idon'tcareatallaboutwealth ] —he could not expect to maintain hispopulavity . He asked what would be the condition of all other classes , if the wages of those who supported tliem were reduced ? Duncombe was the man of the people—( greatcheering ) , andhehopedyetto see Mr . Duncombe in the majority . Mr ; Ward complained that he was powerless , and it was because the Government- of 1831 did not carry out the principles thc people approved . , They pleaded the House of Lords , who were no more to be regarded than so many old

    washerwomen . If Lord John Russell came into power , he must threw aside finality and go-a-head . [ Mr . Ward : I told him that at first . ] He would give Mi * . Ward credit for bis annual visits to his constituents , for short reckonings made long friends . He would ' now give Mr . Ward some advice , audit was that , if he meant to put up for Sheffield again , he must go-ahead . ( Cheers . ) He must not trust to the party who had sent for him to do what they coidd not do for themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) The aristocrats , the priests , the lawyers , and the doctors were all combined , and he advised the working-classes to follow their example . ( Loud cheers . ) He thought that the

    Whigs were more powerful out of oihce than they Were in—oil the same principle that a terrier was effective When he was at thc heels of the bull dog . Let the Whigs therefore stop out of power , for if he understood anything of Lord John Russell . he must mind how he got into it again . In Jan . 1831 there was no man who laboured more to put the Whigs in power than himself . He was honest , and thought then that the Whigs were Radicals . Mr . Ward had said that they were going on reforming , but they were going on very slow . Had legislation kept pace with them ? Mr . Ward . —No .

    Mr . Briggs . —Mr . Ward had said also that he could hold out no hopes that the Income and Property Tax would be taken off . . He wished all was direct taxation , and should hot care if Mr . Ward told Sir Robt . Peel what he said . _, Mr . Ward—I'll see to it , and tell Sir Robert Peel . ( Loud laughter . ) iiA colloquy here took place between Mr . Briggs and Mr . Ward relative to the National Debt . Mr . BriggS' continued— " Well , then , you ( Mr . Ward ) should lay down apian for reducing it ( the debt ) , and carry-that plan out . His plan would be first , to

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    _eettle-the income of the- Queenr and-then those of _tJie _judges , and of all the _sineeurists . Would not the reduction of these tilings make food cheaper ? He would take a man with £ 100 a year , and supposing food was half its present price , would he not be just asgood a man with £ 50 a year as he was how for £ 100 . These things should . therefore be probed to the bottom , for we could not now meet foreign nations on equal terms . He would suppose there were to be four men of different countries set to run a race . Put four stone weight on the shoulders of the Englishman , three on the Frenchman , two on the German , and one on the American , How could the Englishman , with foiir stone on his shoulders , be expected to mn such a race ? ( Loud cheers . ) He only wanted to hold up the constitution of England —that is , that we might have a Queen , " Lords- and Commons . It was represented in theory that we had a democratic government—that was a mixed

    government , and which was the best of all . But who was the House of Lords responsible to ? Nobody . Who was the House of Commons responsible to ? Why , the £ 10 householders and _-iOs . freeholders . But werc the common people represented in that house ? ( No , no . ) He next recommended Mr . Ward to read Volney ' s Ruins of Empires , and thought Eng land was fast approaching to the state pictured in that remarkable work . He recommended them to read " Arts and Artisans at Home and Abroad , " which would shew that those who werc protected were the best remunerated . Mr . Briggs retired amidst loud and general cheering . Mr . _OiiEr next addressed the meeting . He commenced by saying that he had to ask three questions

    ofthe hon . gentleman , who had condescended to give an account of his Parliamentary conduct . The first was , if the labour and skill of a man , or of a number of men , be as much their property as the houses and lands ofthe rich are theirs , have they not a right to dispose of it in such quantities and on such terms as they think proper , oi" as will best suit their own interests ? If an employer or capitalist compels artisans or labourers to work eleven or twelve horn's a day , or to starve , when they think ten hours sufficient for the wages , is not the capitalist as culpable and as deserving of punishment by law , as the working man would be if he could earn only 10 s ., and forcibly took los . by possessing the power to starve his emp loyer into compliance ? That was the first question . The

    second was , as to the relation of the employer and the employed . It was well known that , in a tune of bad trade , when there was a deflclency of demand , it was immediately , and perhaps of necessity , made the means of reducing the . wages of the working classes . But if , as he had stated , the skill and labour of the working man were his property , it was the duty of the Leg islature to devise means to protect that property . The third question was of more importance than the vest ; for , \ mt \ l the working classes were represented in Parliament , they were not likely to be protected . He asked Mr . Ward to explain why an Englishman , whose skill and labour brought him in £ 100 a year , had not asgood and valid title to the franchise as the 40 s . freeholder ? Mi * . Otley proceeded to speak at some length , but we have no room

    for his address . Mr . Ward replied . In notioing the speech of Mr . Briggs he said—Mr . Briggs gave me a good humoured lecture , and it appears that my only faults in liis eyes are , first , that I am not a Chartist , and secondly , that I do not agree with him as to Lord Ashley ' s bill . Tdisagree with him totally on the latter subject . I believe it would cut off 25 per cent , from the wages ofthe people , and I refuse to do it . When I am convinced that it would not do so , I may take a different view of it . Mr . Briggs begs the question on one side , just as I do on the other . I believe , that if the time be reduced , it will be impossible , except under peculiar circumstances , that the men should receive the same wages . I believe that shorter horns of work means shorter wages . ( Loud disapprobation . ) Itis my firm and full belief , that short time means short wages , and nothing else . I told you before , that I

    would not be drawn into a discussion on this subject to-day , and , as Mr . Otley remarked , two ofthe questions which he put were such as I could hardly be expected , at tin ' s time , to answer they will be fair subjects for consideration to-morrow , and they shall have my best attention . Mr . Otley has asked me , if a man earning £ 100 a year , is not better than the forty-shilling freeholder ? I told you when I first came here—though I was informed that thc subject was unpopular with the constituencies—that I thought the franchise should be extended to household suffrage . We must always have some qualification , for I do not want to see the real working classes overwhelmed by men who have no stake at all in the country . Give me a constituency composed of men , each of whom has a house over his head , and a family to take care of ; aud I will gladly throw myself upon the intelligence of such a _constituency

    Mr . Briggs again presented himself to speak amidst much uproar and confusion , intermingled with resolute thunders of applause , winch lasted five minutes . Mr . Briggs proceeded—You may go on until you calm down , for I will not be done as I was last time . Mr . Ward shan't shuffle me without answering the questions that I put . ( Cheers , disapprobation , and cries of Good lad , stick to liim !) He hasn't answered me ! 1 only want to remind him of what he has not answered . I put the question of four men runniug a race with different weights , in comparison with an Englishman ' s ability to open a foreign trade in competition with other nations . I also asked liim to say how he would reduce the national debt . This last he has cunningly evaded . I know it is the sore place ; but I do not mean him to go away as he did at bis last visit , saying that he had answered me , when , " he had slipped over the

    principal questions . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Mr . Ward again appeared and said : Gentlemen , Mr . Briggs ' s question really makes me the Chancellor oi the Exchequer .- Upon tho question of the national debt , I must tell you that I cannot see that this country would gain anything in imitating Philadelphia , by the destruction of national credit . It would be quite a different thing if we bad the original contractors of the national debt to deal with ; we have now to deal with persons who have since purchased stock , and some of whom arc entirel y dependent for a livelihood for what they thus receive . There are not less than 80 , 560 persons , whose annual receipts do not exceed £ 5 ; you , surely -would not think , of depriving these people of then * claim for the sake of reducing tho national debt . There are also 45 , 000 persons who receive £ 10 per annum . [ Hero Mr . Ward was interrupted bv

    Mr . Briggs , who said : Will you prescribe a remedy ? that is what I ask you . Will you prescribe a remedy for the deficiency wliich will arise in the revenue from carrying out your speculative notions on Free Trade ? Mv . Ward , in reply , contended that if Free Trade was established , no deficiency of revenue would arise . The revenue would be collected from taxes levied differently from those which are now exacted solel y for the purpose of protecting the Duke of Richmond and others . Ah * . Bbigos . —Are you for direct taxation ?

    • The Chaibma . v here rose to call Mr . Briggs to order , when he was respectfully requested to sit down , for he " wor worse than an old clog of wood in a chair "—who'd put him up to call order , " & c , & c . The uproar here was indescribable . Mr . BniGGS . —I'll have the question . answered—you shall not shuffle me , Mr . Ward . ( Cries of " Stick to him . " ) Mr . Ward . —Gentlemen , I submit that the question put is not one affecting my personal conduct— to

    answer which I appear before you this day;—It Is a question of financial policy . My idea however , is that you will be able to raise your revenue by small taxation in lieu of levying large duties—that is my principle—put it on what you like * _, saddle what you call the right horse ; put it on to veal property if you please , only do it on a principle of equitable fairness , and then I have no objections to it , and providing also that you reduce the protecting duties which arc levied for the iniquitous purpose of giving unfair advantages to particular interests .

    Mr . Briggs again put forth amidst cheers ' of disapprobation and discordant uproar . Gentlemen , I _ain satisfied . Mr . Ward , this day , has likened himself unto a badger , and I am thankful that I have been enabled to draw liim out . He has said he will be guided by public opinion . That is , publie opinion , taking the sense of such like meetings as these . ( Cheers . ) I will now move a resolution . Wm . Fisher , Esq ., said he thought he had some slight claim that they should hear him , as he never troubled , them with long speeches , Ho had a resolution to submit to them , which he proposed with great confidence . It was , that tho best thanks of this

    meeting are due to our highly respected representative , Henry George Ward , Esq ., for the very full and candid account lie has given of his Parliamentary conduct during the last session , and that his constituents have perfect confidence in him , and hope that this borough may long possess the advantage of his valuable sen-ices . ( Loud cheers . ) Although they had heard it stated that Mr . Ward was losing his popularity or was likel y tolose it , he submitted this resolution m confidence that Mr . Ward was not losing his popularity . ( Hear , hear . "Yes , he his . " ) That he was not likely to lose it , and that he did not deserve to lose it .

    Mr . ArPLT & B-i seconded the resolution . Mr . Briggs said , that after the manner in which the resolution had been drawn up , and the insinuation that Mi * . Ward was not losing his popularity he would put it to the test . He moved that to make Mr . Ward a good representative ofthe people , the enactment of the People ' s Charter was necessary ( Cheers and disapprobation . ) ' A working man , at the extreme point of the Hall seconded the amendment . He was willing to accede to avote of thanks to Mr . Ward for lus visit to Shef field , - but injustice to himself he could not agree _uC , T e n _-al motion , masmuch as he differed with Mr . Ward materiall y m politics . How there fore , could 1 m be expected to assent to a motion which declared lum entitled to his confidence * ihd whenhe appeared there to assert that' he dissented from the line of conduct which our member had Dur sued during the _iast session of Parliament . ( Lond cheers from the Chartist party . ) ¦

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    ,. „ _AIr . B . RA > u , i"y _,, town . ; cjerk , ' agreed with _flm i sneaker , and suggostedan alteration in _theoriVin _, ! _^ tion , upon which the opposing party became _boL _" _"' _ously turbulent , and kept up continuous crie-. nf _., _W lawyer ' stricks . " "Theamendment . " sof % Mr . W : Fisher considered that he was m n „ order to withdraw afew sentences from hi , n , n , _- ect ( Criesof " not a sentence , " " not a hW _< " . ° T _*> word , " " thc amendment . " ) ' not a Some tune elapsed ere order conld he restn Thc chairman at length gained a hearinc \ _T Fisher had altered liis motion , and Mr . _BrftL , _- consented to withdraw his amendment . ( KeL t _!^ dissatisfaction . ) The motion now stood , that "nC best thanks of the meeting are due to _ourhi-Ai respected representative , Henry George Ward _i ?*

    duct during the last session . " ( Uproar . ) ' ° " Mr . Briggs here declared tbat he would not had he withdrawn his amendment . ( Tremei < . i cheering , ) He stated to the Chairman T * he would leave it to the meeting . ij ; e a "'' -j stick to bis opponents—he would submit to no in gling . They should have minded better how tv had put their words together . ( Cheers and _laughC _^ Mr . Ward here rose and said—Gentlemen r r ' to order . I have some little experience in this _niaff of order . You talk about juggle—I can assure _^ there shall be no juggle in anything with which I _« concerned . As to my yielding to public opinion _^ has been stated by Mr . Briggs , I tell you that the

    public opinion oi a meeting is _nw WIG law 01 ffiy P liamentary conduct—( cries of " Oh , oh i" )— , iud v / _/~ you to pass twenty resolutions calling upon me _T support the Charter , I should not do it . Had * friends at all consulted me about this motion , I shot-Id have advised them not to attempt to ask men whn had been arguing against me for the last two hours to agree with me ; it is an error of jud gment _arising out of the kindness of my good friends , but to th <> letter of which I am myself decidedl y opposed . The Chairman then put the question to the meeting , when the amendment was earned b y a lar « e majority . . ' °

    A vote of thanks was subsequentl y passed to Mr Ward for his visit . He briefly acknowled ged the compliment . Thanks were voted to the Chairman , and the meeting separated at about half-past five o ' clock . TT _///

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    " _^^* _r _»«« Fire at Chiswick Church . —On Sunday morning , shortly belore the commencement of divine service the utmost alarm was created throughout the village of Chiswick , in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the parish church . The first _discover was made by Wright , the beadle . It appears that he was engaged in repairing one of the bell ropes that had broken a few minutes previously , when his attention was arrested by a piece of burning wood falling upon his head from the spire oi the church . Upon making his way into the nelfry , he found one side oi the spire , which was composed principally of wood and lead , in a blaze . Without loss of time he raised the necessary alarm , and having procured additional assistance , the parish engine was drawn out and set to work , and being well supplied with water the fire was confined to that portion of the steeple where it originated , but it was not entirely .. extinguished until considerable damage had been effected ; the spire being much burnt and injured by the molten load flowing dewn . The ceiling was also damaged dovin to the ground floor with water . The church is insured in the Westminster Fire-office to the amount of £ 2 . 000 .

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    BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , Jan . 31 J William Burt , bisson-grovc , New-road , _boardingJiause . keeper—James Argent , Golden-lane , Barbican , victualler —Edward Cooper Mowers , Whitchurch , Buckinghamshire , cattle-dealer—Richard Harris and John Hill , Newgatestrcct , City , tailors—Samuel Bvico , St . John-street , tailor —Richard Greenwood , Bradford , Yorkshire , bookseller-John Collins , Sheffield , grocer—John and David Hepwoith _, Raistrick , Yorkshire , cotton warp dyers—Thomas Whyre _, Bivmingham , _hardy-are-merchant—Edwin Llewehin Robiiison _, . _Vloultoii _, Lincolnshire , fell-monger—William Up . toil Lester , AHlermanhury , sUk-nianufacturer—William Bliukhorn , Little Bolton , Lancashire , manufacturing-chemist—John Irving , Blackburn , Lancashire , linendraper—William Fielding , Taunton , Lancashire , bat plush manufacturer—Absalom Francis , William Davey _, and Matthew Francis , Bagillt _, Flintshire , ironfounders—Robert Jones , Liverpool , bootmaker .

    BANKRUPTS . ( From , Tuesday ' s Gazette . ) James Burton Rayner and Thomas Scarlett Carter , Coleman-street , City , lamp manufacturers—diaries Stephen Ha ward , Colchester , Esses , grocer—Samuel _Hunim , _lh-ick-lane , Bethnal-green , silk-hat manufacturer—James Miller , Southampton , boot-maker—Thomas Weston , Southampton , plumber—Joseph Ashbarry , Holm Lacy , Herefordshire , farmer— . William Aston , sen ., Binning _, ham , victualler— -John Whitlow , _Jfanchester , _lacenuin—Joseph Hcgginbotliam and George Peck , -Manchester , machine-makers . ' ¦

    _DECLAIUTIONS OF DlVIOEXnS . J . C , and _O , II . White , Bath , music-sellers , first dividend of Cs in the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr Acraman , Bristol . I , Aldcrson _, Warley , Yorkshire , wovstedSpinner _, first and final dividend of Ss 2 d in the pound , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Hope , Leeds . J . Cavtledge , Brow-bridge , Yorkshire , merchant , first ; and final dividend of 4 s Gd in the pound , to those who have proved since tho last dividend , any Tuesday , at the office of Mr . Hope , Leeds . — Lees , — Brassey , — Fan-, and — Lee , _Lombarci-Stl'eet , City , blinkers , dividend of Is id iu the pound , and creditors v _.-lio proved on Jan . 17 may receive dividends _ainounliiig to 9 s in fhe pound ( in addition to tiie above ) , making the sum of 10 s 4 d , any Wednesday , at tlio o ; T . cc of Mr . Belcher , King ' s Aims-yard , Coleman-strcef .

    S . Southey , first dividend of 10 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frederiek _' s-piace _, Old Jewry . J . F . Sporer , second dividend of 6 s in the pound , and first and second dividends of 19 s in the pound or new proofs , to the joint creditors of Sporer and MiJey , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Fredcrick ' s-pIace , Old Jewry . J . F . Sporer , first dividend of 20 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Fredorick ' _s-Dlaee , Old Jewry . - W . E . Dray , first dividend of 4 s in the pound , acv Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frcderick ' _s-p ' lace , Old Jewry . 0 , Alderton , fivst dividend of Is M in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , Frederiek's-piace , Old Jewry .

    D . Pope , first dividend of 2 s in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edwards , _Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . T . Brand , first dividend of 5 _fd in the pound , any Saturday , at the office of Mr , Edwards , Fredcrick's-placc _, Old Jewry . J . Crambrook , first dividend of 4 s 4 d in the pound , on new proofs , any Saturday , at the office of Mr . Edward ? , Frederiek ' s-piace , Old Jewry .

    DIVIDENDS . Feb . 25 , J . Bull , W . Banks , and G . Bryson , Kingstreet , Cheapside , City , wholesale linen drapers—Feb . 27 , J . Bail , Salisbury , cabinetmaker—Feb . ' 27 , J . and J . Simmons and J . Pine , Battersea , prussiate of potashmanufacturers—Feb . 27 , W . Pearson , Chelmsford . Essex , draper—Feb . 27 , It . H . C . Hunt , E . 0 . Smith , and H . C . nunt , Old Broad-street , City , merchants—Feb . 25 , S . Jones , Cheapside , City , jeweller—Feb . 25 , _C . Ridley , Gould-square , City , wine-merchant—March 5 . P . Williams and C . Mottram , _Wood-street , City , Manchester warehousemen—Feb . 25 , D . Roderick , St . Martin ' s-lane ,

    victualler—Feb . 23 , T . Pearson , Mitre-court , Fenchurchstreet , City , wine-merchant—Feb . 25 . T . Ginger , Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire , innkeeper—Feb . 2 C , T . Reynolds , jun ., Great St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate-strect , City , merchant—Feb . 28 , T . Mease , Stokesley , Yorkshire , flaxspinner—Feb . 27 , T . Lakin , Nottingham , builder—March « , T . Walker , Kirkstall _, Yorkshire , brewer—Feb . 20 , R _. Alsop _, Manchester , grocer—Feb . 20 " , D . Arthur , Neath ,. Glamorganshire , ironmaster—Feb . 27 , W . Oliver , Darlington , Durham , printer—Feb . 27 , R . Currie , Newcastleupon-Tyne , bookseller—Feb . 25 , J . Pym , jun ., Belper , Derbyshire , cabinct-maher—Feb . 25 , W _, Fletcher . Birmingham _, oilman .

    PAHTNERSIIIPS DISSOLVED . J . Lowry and J . WiUson , _Kingston-upon-Hull , coal merchants—W . jrannen and J . Ruttcr , Shaftcsburv , Dorsetshire , attorneys-at-law—W _. Westbury and G * . Simmons , Walbrook , City , lithographic printers—J . Reid aud J . Glazier , Goodge-street , _Tottenham-court-road , undertakers—H . Stuart and T . Russell , Liverpool , watch manufacturers—R . and W . Wilding , Padiham _, _Lancaslnve , cotton manufacturers—M . Blyth and S . Millbourn , Taverham-imlls , Norfolk , _paper-makcrB —W . Holt and G . Ingram , lCingston-upon-Hull , drapers—II . R . Morley and H . Hall , Kingston-upon-Hull , merchants—C . Law and J , M , Cobb , Margate , wine merchants—J . and W . Hind , Erith , Kent , farmers—S . and M . Hindc , Bedford , plumbers—J . _Soutlvan , O . Timms , and W . Davis , Wor . eestcr , drapers—T . O'Rorke and W . Birks , Manchester , commission agents—G . Brown and I . Best , Pickering ,

    common carriers—J . Robin , sen ., C . Robin , and J . Robin , jun ., Liverpool , merchants ; as far as regards C . Robin—R . and J . Burt , Kingsbridge , Devonshire , linen drapers—G . Kelk and J . Brookes , Old Compton-street , Soho , furnishing ironmongers—W , Newman and S . Loft , Louth , Lincolnshire , flour dealers—W . and J . Barr , Nassaustreet , Marylebone , builders—A Webster and T . Pearce , HmiBhelf , Yorkshire , coal merchants—J . L . Findley , jun ., and H . M . Naylor , Birmingham , general dealers—T , Price , T . Backhouse , J . Meek , and J . Spence , York , glass manufacturers — L . Redhead and F . T . B . A . Spiers , Mark-lane , City , ship-brokers—J . Bellis , and T . Giles , Birmingham , linen drapers—J . _Barugh , M . Wingrave , and W , B _. Sunley , Ratcliffe-highway , store-shippers—G ( Townson Robinson , and J . Haworth , Knugden-brook , Lancashire , drysalters ; as far as regards J , Haworth—W . Williams , J . Walker , R . Scott , and E . Scott , -Plymouth , beer-brewers .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08021845/page/6/