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      Fhe Northern Slur ... D Ecember21, 1850 ...

      fHE NORTHERN _SlUR ... D _ecember 21 , 1850

      So The Armies Of The Holy Alliance Of Th...

      SO THE ARMIES OF THE HOLY ALLIANCE OF THE KINGS . SoLDftfts !— The tyrants who oppress you raise anew the standard of great wars . Powerless to defend the ' r despotism against the propaganda of ideas r . nd of rights , they desire yet another time to mike au appeal to the fratricidal policy of battles . - Their pretexts you know ; behold their object . * They hope to drown in blood the spirit of liberty Which now animates the serfs of Ukrania , as well as the pariahs of western civilisation ; they hope , by awaking in you the murderous instincts of combat , to postpone _m-lefinitelv the reign of

      human _feretherbood . Soldiers I will you consent to this ? Count yofirselves , and count them . How many are they . " emperors and kings , valets and accomplices ? At best a few thousands . " Yv « r want xsf union only makes their strength . Observe this MonarcU * ho , p lacing Ins will above _eternal reason , believes himself a god upon earth _hecauso be leads , like a vile herd , sixty millions of men , his equals before humanity . What would become of the power of which he is so proud if these men remembered <& at some of them owe tho sacn-S ~ e of their Mco _? to the resurrection of heroic Poland the _raatyraation , the others to the moral _reestaulishment cf their race , all to fraternity and

      ind ependence ... « , And the firs _$ of his vassals , this Emperor of Austria , but yesterday a child , who ha ? steeped his crown in blood at Vienna as at Pesth , at Milan , as at Venice and Brescia , coull he reign a day , an ho-ir , ifeach of you , Poles , Italians , Hungarian ? , Austrians betook yourselves to your own banner , -the true banner of honour . We know that they have taken care , purposely , to distance you from your own hearths . It is Hungary which is employed to keep down Italy ; Austria watches disarmed Hungary ; Italians stand opposed to Germans , and Poland , who feeds the armies of all her _thr-.-e oppressors , is banished to Siberia and the Caucasus . They hope by these means , to take you from the memories of home and childhood ; they intend , by

      these means , to turn to advantage your old animosities , your prejudices , that the despots have _flourished , and to assure the servitude of all by all . But , as if an invisib le hand impelled your tyrants to unite you , you are now to be separated only by the fires of the bivouac You can—jou ought , then , to baffle their Machiavellian combinations . Both country and humanity demand it , for there is but one duty for men as for peoples , for soldiers as for citizen * , let them groan under foriegn oppression , or oppressed at * home themselves—let t _' _- iem be made instruments of oppression abroad—and this duty is to be free :: nd to love each other .

      Be . then , brothers , all you who carry with the _weiirht of military servitude the memories of a captive country . Were you of race 3 formerly hostile _, communing in hatred of tyranny , in the love of liberty , yon ought to unite against the common enemv . " Let hands join , let hearts understand each other " _, that from the detachment to the battalion , from the tent to the camp , a mysterious and sympath etic network may be extended , and soon the army of Despotism will be the army of Liberty . But if , through isolation or the unpitying severities of discipline thwartiug your efforts , you are not ablo to organise revolution in the camp —a revolt in broad day—desert without fear , one by one , ten by ten . What matter ? But , above all , do not desert without arms , for they will be needful to conquer your independence .

      Let not the shame that the teachings of passive obedience attach to those who violate the military oath stop yon . Soldiers of country and humanity hnow you when you desert . It is when you enchain your reason and your courage to the orders of an iniquitous idea . " But to' break _engagements imposed by force , sanctioned by falsehood , is on the contrary , to return to the true banner of honour . If insurrection on a large scale , if desertion in masses be impossible for yon , then die martyrs rather than strike down those who are called your enemies and who are your brothers . History will record your names and honour your obscurer devotion equallv with the most brilliant deads .

      German soldiers ! — you , who ought to have but one object , that of creating the great Germanic eountry—will you go to serve the cause of the Kings , to betray your common pareat ? Remember that , conquerors or conqured slavery awaits you . Ought generous Germany to bave armed all her children in vain ? Oh I doubtless those who , so long bent beneath the military yoke , have forgott _.-n home and country , to make themselves the blind _toDls of tyranny , preserve the heart cold and the hand firm to hurl death at ihe beck of a barbarian despot . But to-day the entire nation is rising in manly inspiration with its invincible horror of slavery . There we find , again , the noble youth who , at Vienna , at Berlin , at Stuttgard , at Baden , at Rastadt , combated for liberty . Can the homicidal traditions of the barrack prevail against the magnanimous inspirations of so many free and valiant hearts .

      We find there again the glorious remnants of the phalanxes of Hung try and Poland , the sons of unhappy Italy . Soldiers of liberty ! will you strike down its martyrs ? Ah ! rather let the holy conspiracy that we preach to all soldiers united under the same banner he organised from one camp to the other ! Let the Tanks mingle , and let one loud cry of enfranchisement be raised from all these hearts united in fraternity ! And yoa , soldiers of the Prussian landwehr !

      would you trust yourselves to this King who has ten times been traitor to his oaths , after having kneeled before the revolution when triumphant , after having saluted with uncovered head the corpses of the people who had fallen beneath the balls of his satellites . ? No , no . The sentence is pronounced against him and his race ; its execution -will not be long delayed . Have not he and his always leagued themselves with the Russian despot , as they are now doing ? You hold in your hands the de stmies of Germany ! Then lay not down your arms until the Republic is proclaimed .

      Remember thep , all , _scldiers of the Holy Alliance of Kings ! Remember the sublime example so lately given by the Hessian army , where no officer could be found to constrain the legitimate resistance of a People strong in its right . May you remember it ; each of them broke his sword , in order not to be wanting in his civic duty ; and yet tbey were not ciilei upon like you to shed their bretheren _' s Wo id . Soldiers of the Holy Alliance I forget it not ; jour enemies are in the palaces of kings . Enow how to will , and the guilty projects of Absolutism will only have served to found the liberty of all the Peoples , the universal Republic ! Ledhu Roltjn , A . Dabasz . Delegate of the Polish

      Democratic Centralisation . Joseph Mazzisi , _Aexold Rvge , Ex-Member of the Con stituent Assembly of Frankfort .

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      The Covet of Assizes has been occupied for four days in the trial of twenty-two persons , for having formed part of a secret society called the Nem 6 sis , the object of which was the _dsstruction ofthe existing government , and the establishment of a democratic and social republic . On the 22 ud July last , a commissary of police entered a wine-shop in the Hue Saint Victor , 118 , whilst a number of conspirators were engaged in deliberation . On their persons were found different revolutionary documents , and proclamations addressed to the army , denouncing the President of the Republic in the grossest terms , and calling on the soldiers to desert . There was also discovered a copy of the standing regulations of thesecret society the N 6 m 6 _sis ; tbey set forth , among other _things , that the members were io labour to secure the triumph of democratic principles "by all possible means ; " that at the head of the association should be an executive

      committee of five members , with subordinate and district committees ; and they minutely detailed the manner in which the committees should act in ordinary and-extraordinary circumstances . The conspirators _^ at first held their meetings in the plains of Montrouge , and subsequently in different public-houses . In possession of some of the principal conspirators were found plans for reconstructing a government , in the event of the success of the society . One of them provided that there should be a dictator , and tbat he should be assisted by different committees . A number . of drafts of decree 3

      were also found ; some of these enacted that the property of any one who should leave France , or den the chief town of his department , should be confiscated ; that the property of the President of the Republic , of the ministers of Louis Philippe , and of the members of the majority of the Assembly , should be confiscated , and tbat they should be allowed 2 f . 50 c . a day to live on ; that war should be declared a gainst England ; that women should he emancipated , & c .., There were also forms of the oaths to be taken by the members ofthe revolutionary tribunals and others . The interrogatories of the accused ~ and the evidence presented nothing of interest , v . The , jury acquitted eight of the accused ; three did-not . present themselves ; and the Others were convicted . The court condemned the

      convictsasfouows :--de Valory and Henricy to two years' imprisonment , and 500 f . fine , and five _vears ' interdioaon of civil rights ; Corbet to " fifteen months' imprisonment , lOOf . fine , and five years ' interdiction of eivil rights ; Rerand , Val tier Berreta , Sellenet , Chancel , Gonfle , Jayet , and _Grorset , each to six months' imprisonment , lOOf . fine , and two years ' -interdiction of civil rights . The condemned , ' as they retired from the docs , cried . " rWe la nep ' ub . lime D . mocratiqae ! " _Tm la Constitution / ' » De - Valory , who was very elegantly . dresseJ is of good i ' _amily-and ; wasiformerly aide-de-camp to General _rCduitdis _^ iHenricy wa 3 fomerly , ooe . of the editors _^ oftbe-National , and a _emmissaireopho Provisional _j _S-GoVemfcnt . Theotbers . are-chiefly . workmen , and fe jfjH _# 0 f them were in :. Caussidiere ' s £ 0 0 rp 3 ; Ot _Mon-^ _i _^ ri _^ :- ~ _Qalufnatii .- --- - - " v - - - _,

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      THE CHARTER IN DANGER ; -- -- - Fellow _CousTBTMs _^ aliy to the - rescue of the Charter' _* t the _risk of once mote being called dictatorial * , I venture again to raise my voice , bumble though it is . to warn you of your danger . ] said at the Outset that more was involved in the n ' rcsenfc dissension , than tho mere question as to when and where a Conference should be held . 1 said , the principles of democracy and the whole future of our movement were at stake : and truly

      " The most momentous crisis that has ever occurred ia the British democratic movement" is at hand . If Cobden , Bright , and Walmsley were behind'the _scenesj moving their puppets , they could not U served more effectually . Workingmen ! be on your mtard ! von are on the verge of danger . All I ask of you is to think calmly , dispassionately . Look at the common sense side of tho questiondivest yourselves of nil party-feeling , do not be led away by declamation or fine writing-reason on the facts that are brought before you , and judge !

      Why should the men who objected to the actual _Executive not be satisfied when they resign ? Why should the men who called for a new election , refuse to join in it when it 13 announced ? Why should the men who said the actual Executive were the only cause of -disunion , still create " antagonism" when the " cause : is removed ? Why should the men who talk so much about democracy , " and profess to obey the " majority , say in their last address of the proposed London Conference , which would of course not meet , unless sanctioned by the majority of the Chartist body ; " wc resolve to take- »<•> act or part ill such Conference , should any be called ? " Why should they further refuse to obey the will of an overwhelming majority , already pronounced in favour of electing an Executive , and try to slip through it by the contemptible quibble of the Chartists not being the _majority of thcpeople ? If those gentlemen don ' t

      represent Chartists , tliey represent nothing—therelore what right have they to despise or sneer at the votes of Chartists ? Let all these queries be well _reacted on . Aud what think you of their telling us they mean to make a formidable impression on parliament , aud in the same address ostentatiously exaggerating our weakuess in the eyes of government ? Ask yourselves , why should this Conference meet in January ? There are only two reasons given . Firstly , to elect an Executive , and secondly , to impress parliament in our consequence . Just fancy their wanting an Execntive electedand , instead of at once setting about the election , saying : you are to elect a delegate to a Conference ; then you are to put your heads together , and determine upon your E xecutive ; then you are to tell your delegate ; then your delegate is to go and tell tbe Conference ; and then the Conference is to tell the country . Did you ever hear of such a round about way of doing business ?

      Besides , there is this inseparable objection against ihe Executive being elected at a Conference ; the Conference , " owing to many of our local associations having perished altogether , while others exist , only in name , " ( as the Manchester Council have at last been compelled to admit , but as 1 stated at the very outset , ) can represent only a small portion , even of the Chartist body ; most localities ( that do exist ) very wisely refuse to elect delegates ; many are unabl e—many are two much " sunk in torpor ; " therefore the Executive , if elected by the Conference , could be elected by only a very small fraction of the Chartist body . But , if the votes are given by direct means , then every individual Chartist throughout the kingdom

      can give his vote , whether he belongs to a locality or not ; and according to the notice of the Provisional Executive , whether he is enrolled or not . Bv the first means , an Executive cannot be fully and fairly elected ; by the second it will be elected as fully and fairly as an Executive can be . Now , in the name of honesty and common sense , why should they object to this ? Working men ! let us have no hok and comer Executive , elected by a parly Conference . As to the other reason for holding a Conference in January , * in order to impress parliament , " ( for the argument about the press is too futile { to need

      further remark , ) it really scarcely requires an answer . It is preposterous to tell us with one breath , "that we are to make an impression on parliament , " and with the other , that we are " an insignificant body , " more pitiful than the smallest benefit dub ! And if we are to make an impression , it is not by breaking up six weeks before parliament meets , when the very existence of the Conference will have been forgotten , but by bringing the powers of the National Convention to bear upon the house , after the first torrent of the party warfare has had time to subside—after the Papal hubbub is over , and the attention of the public and the press begins to be at leisure .

      I wish to point out what I conceive to be some of the advantages of a Convention in , or shortly before , May , and in London : —Ireland and the West of England should be represented in it , which they cannot now , but can be then if the interval is properly employed . The people will know what measures government propose , and will be able to act accordingly , which they cannot now . Propounding our views before hand to Lord John , is warning him against us ; but let him first commit himselfto a line of policy , and we have then got the advantage of displaying the errors of an opponent , while we propound our remedies in this place . I hold that tbe " old jog-trot system" of going through the form of one annual motion for the Charter in the House of Commons—is a mere farce ; and that we ought to organise our forces in the house , as well as outside of it . I therefore would suggest , that the Convention should invite all the Democratic members of Parliament to an

      interview , in order to arrange a plan of parliamentary procedure . This can be done only by a Convention sitting in London during parliament . I conceive they ought to come to an understanding with the Convention , to bring forward , one after another , a series of motions , embodying all our social wrongs , and the remedies we propose ; not wild theories , but sober , practical measures , adapted to the existing state of men . With this view the Convention might propose a petition ( signed only by its members in the name of the people , each delegate stating the town he represented , ) embodying each of the grievances and proposed remedies , though exposing tbe grievance and reasoning out the remedy ; we should thus show that we are

      neither destructives nor visionaries—we should rally all social reformers on our side , without the danger , as at present _, of breaking up or injuring our National Charter Association . The House should thus be inundated with a series of motions , paralysing the ordinary jog-trot of its business , —overwhelming it with the popular voiceand , as soon as it had got rid of , or . burked one measure , it should see it had gained little , for the next in the series should be at hand . The discussion thus raised , would do more to spread our name and principles , than ten years of newspaper writing and platform spouting . We should reduce oar parliamentary opposition to a system and not leave it to the random interests of

      philanthropy on the part of individual members . But how get our democratic M . P . _' s to take the trouble—the House to pay any attention to them—and the Press to report them ? Not by running away toMan 7 Chester—not by hiding in a corner , certainly . Not by breaking up six weeks before Parliament meets —not by meeting at a time when they themselves say ' * the people are sunk in lethal torpor , "—when we can have neither public opinion , pressure from without , union , or general representation . February , as some now propose , is , if possible , worse tlian ' January ; whether we intend to impress Parliament , claim attention , or attract respect—for the session will be just beginning , —all eyes and thoughts will be anxiously directed to its opening

      measures—the House itself will be engaged in all the fury and freshness of its- first political encounter ;—but , after the first storm of party has evaporated , and the novelty of the session worn off , there will be a lull in the political world , in which we may , step forward and claim a hearing . Then , in order to get our democratic M . P . ' s to pay attention to our wishes , and the House to give them a respectful hearing , ( they were respectful and attentive enoughon the \ 0 thof April ) , the Convention should put itself at the head of such gigantic demonstrations as shall be strictly within the limits of the law , but as shall show pretty plainly that the public mind 13 not to be trifled with . I ask you , do you suppose that your members would not do their

      duty , that they would be too proud to come and take counsel with the Convention , or that tbe House would not become amazingly respectful , while they knew that five hundred thousand men were standing on Kennington Common ? Oh ! my friends , vou would have members who never yet told us they were democrats , come knocking at 14 , Southampton-street ; as to the House , you might hear a pin fall in it ; as to the Press , they would , with wonderful quickness , discover something rational in the Charter after all . Now what more easy than to assemble half a million of men , ( not to march in procession , or to threaten .-violence , but merely to express their calm _opinion and solemn desire , and send up their _^ eltition to Parliament through the delegationtof the entire country ) in

      London , ' and in . May' ? 2 ? u £ when , and where cist could _tfiai t b _frf done ? The " Exhibition " is " foolish '' -enough I grant : and that is the very reason ; - * hy we should benefit by the folly of our . opponents . The Exhibition is a God-send to us , for it draws our talent and numbers together , as could not otherwise be done ; And what , but a Convention / could adequately take the lead of the . people . at such a time ? No Executive could do it , especially if elected at second-hand by a - ' party Conference . 'No ! but when each town streams up to London in its . _numbors in May , they would eaoh recognise and rally rouhd their own delegate , and clothe him' with' a ' power and influence it would ' oe vain . to . look for elsewhere . It , will not be too lite m the session , for Parliament will have full ¦•'¦ '* - •' - ' _t . " : ' . _- ¦ ; ¦ : ' - '¦ _' _¦'"¦ - . ' . - -i J .

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      three months , or more , to sit . The Convention should sit lor at least one month— two , if possible ; for this agitatiohtoust not be the ebullition of a moment , it must be a . . well-digested , practical plan , worked out , step by step , to . its . conclusion ., Now I ask you calmly to consider , " what place and time offer equal advantages with London and with May . And now . let me entreat you to give up all antagonism , all angry feeling oh this subject . ' Are we not all brothers in the same cause ? Surely a man may offer au opinion , surely the country can discuss it , without quarrelling about it , and dividing into two parties . Surely personal vanit y and individual pique should not outweigh tbe duty of the minority to give up a false position . Join hands then , good men and true , on both sides of the question , and if there are any who will still raise discussion and quibbling , let them havo it to themselves , while wo go on straight in our course .

      As to the January Conference being needed " to prepare vis for the coming struggle "—it will just unfit U 3 to meet it . Union and organisation aro the preparations we require . I ask you , is this Conference likely to achieve either ? The majority of the peop le—or Chartists if you like-have pronounced against it ; a large proportion have already elected anew Executive ; do you expect them to stultify themselves and rescind the votes they have deliberately and carefully come to , after several weeks mature consideration ? An . Executive . is already elected , by the will of the majority—do you wish to split the Chartist . body into two separate and antagonistic parties ? I appeal to your common sense , whether there is any other way of healing all

      divisions , than all setting heartily to work in electing the Executive . That is the only common ground of union on which all parties may now meet . If you really want a Conference , and if a Conference in January were needful , the election of an Executive first is a necessary , preparatory step , is the only way to smoothe dissension , and cause such a Conference to be f ully attended , and looked upon to note as an obstinate faction , but with obedience and respect . ' It is fierfectly useless to talk about " preparing the pubic mind for the coming struggle " until you hav established union . It is perfectly usoless to propound plans and propose measures to a disunited body ; to talk of union , and reject tho only means that can achieve it .

      The Manchester Council and their friends tell us , " we are weary of the jog-trot system of agitation , which has been carried on for some time "—so am I —then they give us their programme of action—and mark what it is : — "As we have not fully stated what our intentions are in supporting a Conference in Manchester , we will now state plainly and unreservedly , what we think ought to be done to sustain a veritable agitation for the Charter ! Firstly , for the Charter , pure , simple , and entire ; and secondly , to carry out , to the utmost of our abilities , co-operation amongst ourselves , which is so successfully in operation at Heywood , Rochdale , and Bury , and other places . An united organisation , as exhibited at the

      above places , if carried out throughout England , would give such a mighty impulse of strength to the agitation for the ¦ . Charter as was never experienced . " That is their entire plan . If this is not the "jogtrot" system it is something worse . They will have " the Charter , pure and simple ; " and in the very next line they tack the grocery business to it . They tell us , when we have a universal organisation of mealtubs , we shall find that a considerable help towards getting up the agitation for the Charter . How many years shall we be ? Good Heaven ! with low wages , short time , panics , and misery coming on , ( according to their own showing ) , how many years shall we have to wait , before a few working men have become shopkeepers and fine gentlemen ,

      and condescend to help us in obtaining the Charter ? How many aristocrats of labour Bhall we make , before wc have learnt , that we have been only incveasing the ranks of our enemies } Oh ! my friends , that proposition might have come from the camp of the enemy . This is keeping the Charter " pureand simple , " with a vengeanceT No one can appreciate the value of the principle of co-operation more than 1 do ; it is what we must carry out when we have the political power—that is , the Charter—but if you think to get the Charter by means of social co-operation , you are bad coachmen , for you are putting the cart before tbe horse . I mean , ere long , to write to you at large on this subject . Why do bishops , dukes , marquises , and bankers patronise

      your co-operative stores , and tailors associations ? Is it because those human harpies love industry ? No ! but because they think they will thus draw you away from politics ; and know they can always destroy your co-operation , should it ever become dangerous . Why does the newspaper , The Workingman ' s . Friend—wsiniD bv Her Majesty ' s Commissioners—announce , as one of it s principal features , " full reports of workingmen ' s associations ? " Why , but because they know that they are the dragchains of democracy , and the grave of the Charter ? —though they may afford "snug secretaryships " to their deluded or designing tools . The emancipation of a people was never achieved with candleends . -Let Emmett sink into a counter-jumper , and Wolfe Tone into a butterman , I know these profit-mongers — these men of . the " advanced

      mind "—and I despise them . You should see how they bow and cringe at their _shopdoor , before the coronetted carriage of a peer ! They all tell us that the hour of storm and struggle , of low wages and short time , of relig ious discord and p arty battle , of bankruptcy and panic is at hand . Where will then be the _profitmongers ? Pretty citadels of freedom will oe their mealtubs and their candle boxes ! Out upon them ! the pedestal of liberty never yet was the counter of a grocer , —or the Charter of man ' s rig hts the ledger of a shopman . They talk of "the criminal folly and private cowardice of mere demagogues . " Will they name them ? Who are the demagogues ? What were tbe criminal acts ? Who _wasguilty of private cowardice ? If they mean poor Cuffay , Ids conduct was indeed ill-judged , but , by Heaven ! it was not criminal !

      How was the movement ruined ? I will tell them : it was the public cowardice of knaves and fools tbat ruined us in' 48 ; it was their cowardice tbat gave courage to the Whigs , and invited them to strike the blow , it was their public parade of weakness and disunion , both of which they alone created , that foiled us in our progress ; it was their cowardice that maddened Cuffay ir » to conspiracy , and drove him into exile . But , I tell them , that courage , even if misdirected , bas never disgraced a cause . I tell them that suffering has always made it more holy and more dear ! Do they ropi'oaoh . _us , that our blood boiled when we saw the misery of humanity , met the sneers and insults of its oppressors , and were honest enough to express our

      indignation ? Do they reproach us , that we suffered in gaols and hospitals for its expression , till some of us died , and tbe remainder still smart from the infliction ? I tell them , for one , I am ready to do the same again , and bear the suffering as I bora it then . They talk of the " stigma of redism . " Republicans ! . pioneers of intellect ! advanced guard of reform ! hear that , and glory in the badge . ' You martyrs of June , Barbes and Blanqui : You heroes of Rome , Garibalbi and Mazzini ! May I yet walk as one of the humblest of your followers in your wake of glory ! May I yet see tho low , servile ,

      cowardly spirit of profitmongering scouted from the democracy of Britain ! Profitmongering and liberty are as compatible as hell ' and paradise . Chartists ! Be true to democracy ! There are no two paths on the road of right ! Beon you ? guard Crush all these insidious attempts ! Remember , many objections have been urged against a Conference in January—not a single individual hasuvgtd an objection against electing an Executive at , once . Electan Executive before you take any other step ! I implore you—most urgently implore you ! . You cannot possibly err b y so doing , —and you may prevent much mischief , irremediable mischief to our cause .. E . Jones .

      P . S . —It is not very creditable to the Manchester Council to have obtainod and published a private letter of mine to a friend ; but why they have quoted my letter to Mr . Ormesber I am at a loss to conceive . It is wholly beside the question , and there is not one word iu it I would wish to retract . I also beg to observe , I never invited myself to Manchester or any other place , but my first communication was in answer to a repeated invitation from the Council . . I distinctly re-assert that Messrs . Leach and Donovan wore not present at the open-air meeting in Campfield—and , if any of the other gentlemen were they must have beon on tho outskirts of the meeting . In reference to the accusation in one of the letters in the Star , that I mis-represented the votes of

      Finsbury and "nanley , " on the Conference ques : * tion , ' I refer the _writerj as to Finsbury , to the Northern Star of the 16 th of November , where the following stands recorded under the head of " _Chartist Intelligence , " on the fourth column of the first page : — ' Finsbury . —At a meeting of members , held at the Fraternal-homo and Lecture-hall , on Sunday last , resolutions approving of a Conference being held in London , were adopted . "—— . As to " Hanley , " I mentioned it aa one of the towns represented in the West Riding "Delegate Meeting—and so it was . I refer him to the report " of the said Delegate Meeting , in the Northern Star of October 16 th , first page , fifth column . So fartravellod a lecturer as Mr . M'Grath must have known it was a Ilanley in ' Yorkshire , and not that in Staffordshire that was meant .

      | Asi to balancing " _Bermondsey" against "Manchester ,. . 1 would ask the writer . _whiTm ' tim lu _^ n , -tftfeSM of November , the wkt _lmmi ' balanced against a single locality of Nottinglam-or Ziln ?? L l , Prom ;? cu <>« slist ho should suppose I meant the balance to stand thus ? ' I K _^ _Jt 6 t 0 & letter J _signea " William Jones , " t , s > _LL _? am op po t 0 _thoRflttira of tho Ohar-£ Ti _«&^ conclave ; Hike 311 opouaud above _boml _.

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      Prom the terms of a letter from Rochdale , which _sJswearetohave no difference of opinion _- _^ en the areat leader of our movement states that it . is relS * Conferen ce should beheld " - ] -beg-leave , _SSSiPBOtfully _, to differ . No man has more reeard for Mr . 0 ' Connor than myself , but I do assert , Bumble as I am , I have a right to express my conscientious opinion : that it is possible a man , how-. ever great , may be liable to make a mistake ; that , therefore , the government of an Executive , annually chosen , is better than the perennial

      dictatorship of one man—and that , it tne nat oi one man to decide our movements , we had best know this at once , as both an Executive and a Conference would , in that case , be a mere farce , and be only putting ourselves to unnecessary trouble ; and if no man is to be allowed to form or express an opinion , but must first privately ask some dictator of the day whether it meets his views , and ho may be permitted to open bis mouth , I profess myself , at once , a rebel tothe creed . _; Hardwicko-lodgo , Bayswater , h . o , December 18 th 18 S 0 .

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      PRINCESS'S . .. _- . ' . Henry IV . was produced at this theatre on Saturo _. vy evening , - with a very good cast , and an excellent " mounting" and mise en scene , and With the additional eclat of its ha ving been performed by the same company on the previous Thursday at Windsor , bv command of her Majesty . An interesting circumstance connected with tho performances , both at the Castle and at the Princess ' s , is the return ofthe veteran actor , Mr . Bartley , to the stage . There is no play-goer of twolve years standing who will not reoal with pleasure the name of this meritorious comedian . As a representative of what are

      called " hearty old men , " embracing a series of characters that extends from Mennenius Agrippa to some terrible uncle in a farce , he has not had his equal since the days of Mr . Dowton , the parts in which Mr . _Farren has chiefly distinguished himself belong ing to the other division of senility . His voice has always been remarkable for its power , and his articulation for its distinctness , so that the larger houses , in which many an organ has piped in vain , never could render Mr . Bartley inaudible or unintelligible . In his performance of Falstaff on Saturday ( when Henry IV . was played for the first time at the Princess ' s ) , we could detect nothing like a falling-off in any of the good qualities with whioh he has endowed by nature , or which he has acquired by art . There were tho same jovial countenance ,

      the same firmness of deportment , the same round full utterance that belonged to the Bartley of former days . Mrs . C . _Keanas „ Lady Percy , and Messrs . Harley and Keeley as the two carriers , are sighs of a determination to come out with a diffused vigour which is , now-a-days , most uncommon . Of the fiery Hotspur we havo a spirited representative in Mr . Kean , and nowhere does he turn to better account his remarkable skill in fencing . The last scene of Hamlet is a good specimen of the " gentle assault of arms ; " in Hotspur there is the slashing desperate fight , accompanied with flashing eye and fiercely determined lip . In what may be called the accomplishments of his art , Mr . C . Kean is always eminently satisfactory . Mrs . Keeley is Dame

      Quickly , with abundance of _lrraacibilityandafund of good humour beneath the surface . Nor should Mr . Addison be dismissed without a line . His Bardolph is a careful , well-considered performance , the dogged annoyance which ho feels when allusion is made to his nose being admirably characteristic . The bad habit of looking at the audience when he had made a " point , " Mr . Addison seems to have surmounted , and the Bardolph , like some well-disposed subordinate figure in a Dutch painting , is as inobtrusive as it is complete . Notwithstanding the deplorable state of the weather , the house was crammed in every part with an audience that evinced the greatest enthusiasm at the termination of the play .

      Astley's. A Fitting Opportunity For The ...

      _ASTLEY'S . A fitting opportunity for the production of ono of thoso spectacles for which this theatre is remarkable , was afforded on Monday ni g ht in the performance of " Kennilworth _; or , the Golden Days of England ' s Elisabeth . " It need hardly be said that so fruitful a theme received the most satisfactory treatment both from the scene painter and stage _<• decorator , " whilst the qualities of the horses were displayed to great advantage in "the chivalrous scenes of July , 1575 , " and in "the progress of Queen Elizabeth to Kennilworth . " The whole of the characters mentioned in Sir Walter Scott ' s

      novel are introduced in the spectacle . Whether the present drama is the same version which was performed some years ago at Drury-lane Theatre , it is not easy to decide at this distance of time ; and the difficulty is increased by the fact that the horses play as conspicuous a part as any of tho other members of tbe dramatis personal . The Earl of Leicester was performed by Mr . N . T . Hicks , whose power of voice and skill in wielding the broad sword were brought into sufficient requisition to satisfy the turbulent gods . Mrs . Moreton Brookes enacted the Queen with a degree of energy and majestic dignity which the illustrious ori ginal could not have surpassed . . The character of Amy Robsart was played by Miss Fenton , who depicted the woes of the love-lorn damsel with much earnestness and feeling , The piece was in every respect rendered

      m the style for which this theatre is distinguished . The red and blue lights shone with great brilliancy throughout the evening , and the cries of " Bravo ! " were loud and frequent . The scenes in the circle which followed comprised the usual amount of palpable jokes and extraordinary evolutions , the latter being sueh as to afford sufficient proof that the great source of attraction at this establishment has in no way abated . _. We are informed that the Christmas pantomime is to be entitled , Harlequin O'Donoghue ; or , the _IVhite Horse of Killarney . The plot of this piece , which is founded on the well-known Irish legend , is written expressly for this theatre , by the author of Bluff King Hal , and when the Mammoth resources of this establishment are considered , there can be no doubt of its success .

      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Mr. J. H....

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Mr . J . H . Pepper has just commenced a series of leetures at this establishment on agricultural _chemistry . The lecturer commenced by observing that ho was not there to teach farming * ; it would be , of course , too ridiculous , to suppose that any chemist could give a farmer praotical experience ; the object of the lecture was simply to demonstrate the valuable and important connexion between the two . The learned professor then proceeded to show by analogy , that if it is possible to observe and trace out the growth of tbo human frame , that it must be equally within the power of the chemist , ' by analysis , to discover the proper food and growth of plants . Soils contain their clement , viz ..

      certain organic and inorganicelements , carbon , oxgyen , hydrogen , nitrogen , earthy bases , acids and their elements . Plants must , of course , represent the soil from which they spring , and contain organic matter , ash or earthy substance , were then proved by numerous interesting experiments ; to be the proxinate elements of tne vegetable world . The business of tbe scientific farmer was not only to afford decaying organic matter to the soil , but also to take care that the earthy bases and salts were placed in . due proportion . These and other interesting points were supported by conclusive _arguments , and many experiments , diagrams , & c . The lecturer through [ his discourse was greatly applauded by a numerous audience .

      Festival And Pbeseniatioji Is Falkihk,—A...

      Festival and _Pbeseniatioji is _Falkihk , —A public festival was held in the congregational _chapel , Falkirk , on Monday , 9 th December ; Mr . D . Matherton in the chair . The meeting was called to do honour to the Rev . A . Dunoanson , in connection with his exertions against the Burgh ; Police Bill , nnd ; also , for his persevering and laborious endeavours : to work-out the _pooples rights and liberties The Chaifmaa introduced the business of the evening in a clear and enlightened speech , pointing out the object of the meeting , the recent struggles of the inhabitants to preserve their rights , the able assistance they had derived from Mr . Duncanson , and and the universal desire that existed on the Dart of

      the inhabitants to do honour to that gentleman & c , & c , -fee . He called upon Mr . Wallace , student of divinity , who gave an able address on liberty . The Chairman then called upoh Mr T Grahamston , to present the testimonial , which he did in a lengthened and appropriate speech . The testimonial consisted of a massive gold watch and appendage , a beautifully wrought and ornamented silk purso , containing forty sovereigns , and a very handsome gold ring set with peaVls , to Mrs Duncanson . Mr . Duncanson accepted the testimonial , returned thanks to the chairman _committee , ladies , _&„ ., _& c , and addressed the audi enco m a _leng hencd and eloquent speech . The watch bore , on its inner case , verv nP ., f i , _Z _^ I _. a

      tne _tollowinginscri ption :- « Presented to the Rev . A . Duncanson , by the . inhabitants of tho parish of _laiKirk and the surrounding districts , with a purse of gold as a mark of their esteem for his unwearied and effective opposition to tho new police act , and sterling , unflinching advocacy of the people ' s rights aud libercios , Oth December , 1850 . " The chapel was crowded in every part , there _bi'ing more than 1 , 200 persons present , and so groat were the desire to obtain admission , that several days before tho festival took place as muoli as six timos the price of the tiokets was offered for thorn . Several professional gentlemen , Including Mr . Gardner and Mi \ Hendrie , contributed to the harmony of the meoting , and the evening- was spent in a most happy manner .

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      Worship-Street. — Burglary.—J. Cornish A...

      WORSHIP-STREET . — BURGLARY . —J . _Cornish and J . 'Welsh , -two determiried r'lookihg follows of most notorious character , and Jane Welsh , the wife of the last named prisoner , were placed at the . bar before Mr . Arnold , ; charged- with having been concerned in burglariously _^ breaking into the dwellin _^ _-hOUi BOfMr . John Pitman , ' a _stockbroker , residing in Grove-place , - Hackney ; and _stealing a large quantity of plate and other valuable property . —The prosecutor stated that at an early hour on Sunday

      morning he was called up by ono of his servants who apprised him that the lower part of the house had been ransacked by thieves , who had effected ah entrance . through the back * kitchen window , and , upon examining the place , he discovered that a quantity of plate and _wearing apparel , and various other articles , had been carried off . Ho identified the silver toastrack and knives and forks now' produced by the police as a portion of the stolen property . —The prisoners declined offering any defence , and were ordered to be remanded for the formal

      completion of their depositions . ROBBBRX FROM A CATHOLIC _CfTAPEL . —Cornelius Scully , aged sixteen years , who was charged on the 10 th with being in possession of an iron-cash-box , supposed to have been stolen , was again brought up . —John Rooney sacristan of the catholic chapel , Moorfields , identified the prisoner as having been an acolyte at the chapel two years ago . He was discharged for tasting the sacramental wine at ter being taken from the altar . The box produced was used for the purpose of receiving alms , and was attached to the wall near the centre door of the chapel . It was safe on Sunday , the . 8 th inst ., and witness missed it on the following Wednesday . Prisoner was seen about the building a few days previous to the 8 th . — -The prisoner , who said he had lately been in the employ of a person named Davis , in Hounditch , was ordered to be imprisoned for two calendar months .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — Robberies by Servants . —Mary Ann Cartwright and Ann Mary Saunders wcrebrought before Mr : Bingham , charged with having stolen a quantity of meat , bread , candles , and other store-room articles , belonging to Mr . Henry Wootton , surgeon , No . 32 , Fitzroy-square . — The prisoner Saunders admitted she stole the articles ; her excuse was that the other prisoner , who was her son-in-law ' s wife , was in great distress . The prisoner Cartwright also pleaded distress . Theywerc both committed forone month to prison . WESTMINSTER—Outrage by a Soldier . —

      Richard Green , a private in the 2 nd battalion ef Coldstream Guards , was charged with the following ruffianly conduct . —Mrs . Diana West , an elderly widow lady , residing at 103 , Warwick-street , Vauxhall-bridge-road ; stated , that on her return towards home from attending Divine service at Westminster Abbey , at about half-past four o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , she was about to enter the Birdcage-walk , St . James ' s Park ,, from Queen _Square , wheii she was met by a soldier , to the best of her belief the defendant , who seized hold of her , hugged her tightly , and said she was the person who had appointed to meet him there . Complainant called out "Police ! " and tried to free herself from his grasp . She pushed him from her and he went away , but , in doing so , he pulled her shawl so violently tbat he took the greater part of it away , leaving a portion of it round her neek . He then

      took to his heels , and she saw him enter Queensquare with the piece of shawl in his hand . She was , however , afraid to follow him . —The charge having been proved , the defendant was fined £ 5 , and in default was to be committed for two months . _CLERiKErfWELL _, — Indecent Assault . —T . Murphy , a respectably-dressed man , who was described on the police-sheet as a gentleman , residing at No . 2 , Bryan-street , Caledonian-road , Islington , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , charged by Mrs . Caroline Davy , a young woman , the wife of a respectable master jeweller , of No . 17 , Tysoe-street , Clerkenwell , with an indecent and violent assault . —Prisoner ; I was drunk when 1 did so . —Mr . Coombe : Then , pray what are you ?—I am a commission agent . —Mr . Coombe : Youstand committed to thellouseof Correction , with hard labour , for three months .

      MARYLEBONE . —False _Pbetences . —A Pole , who gave his name and address _Adolphus Ozaplinski , 10 , Robert-street , Lambeth , was laced at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having , under false pretences , obtained three guineas from the Turkish Embassy , No . 1 , _Bryanston-square . — Dilam Effendi , an attache to the Embassy , deposed tbat on the 16 th ult ., he first saw the prisoner , who then presented to him a paper , which was a claim for six guineas for six tickets for the Polish ball , held on the 14 th , at Guildhall , under the auspices of Lord Dudley Stuart . Witness returned to him the said paper , telling him it was a mistake , as there were only three tickets taken , and he then went away . On the 18 th he again made his

      appearance , with a written demand for three guineas , and witness gave him a cheque in the name of the Count for that amount upon Martin , Stone , and Co . De was asked to give a receipt ; but be remarked that there _wss no necessity for his doing so , as the paper presented by him bore his signature , which was quite sufficient . The paper alluded to was here produced , and handed to the magistrate . —Lieutenant Charles Szulozewski , secretary to the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , and who resides iff Sussex-chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s , deposed to his having supplied the embassy with three ball tickets in aid of the Polish Refugees resident in this country . They were delivered at the mansion of his Excellency at leaBt a

      week before the ball took place . In a week or ten days afterwards witness sent a letter to the Embassy requesting payment ofthe three guineas , and he received a reply to the effect that the sum had already been paid . —In answer to Mr . Broughton as to how he found out that tbe prisoner was tbe guilty person , witness said that a few days ago a letter was written to Mrs . Milner Gibson by a Pole , who solicited assistance at her hands ; the said letter vi as sent to witness in order that he , as secretary , might look into the matter thoroughly , and after ' a preconcerted arrangement he ( witness ) took him from the residence of Mrs . Milner Gibson , upon whom he had called , to the Turkish Embassy , when he was there charged with the fraud , and he admitted his guilt ; he was then given into the custody of police constable Robertson , 517 A . —

      Lieutenant Szulozewski , the secretary , said all that he knew ofthe prisoner was tint he had been many years in this country , and received money as a " Polish Refugee , " but in 1838 , at the request of a committee of his countrymen , his name was removed from the list for misconduct , and his allowance of course ceased . Prisoner was not in any way in the employ of the society , nor had ho any right to collect money for tickets for the Guildhall ball . —The prisoner , in answer to the charge , made a rambling defence to the effect that he met another Pole , who gave him the paper , and on his receiving the guineas he had £ 1 3 s . for himself , the other person receiving the £ 2 ; he ( prisoner ) admitted that he had acted wrong , and expressed his sorrow for what he had done . —The prisoner was remanded .

      Post Office Robbery . —John Stevens , a Postoffice letter-carrierat Woodford , Essex , was charged with stealing a letter , containing marked money . — Mr . Walter R . Sculthorne , a president in the London district , said that he was authorized to test the honesty of the servants , employed at the Woodford Post Office , owing to the frequency of complaints from tbat quarter relative to the loss of cash letters . Witness accordingly made up a letter containing a half-sovereign , marked in three places and a marked shilling , and had it posted and properly stamped at the general office on the loth inst . It was directed to " Mr . Lewis Ford , to be left at the Baldfaced Stag , Loughton-road , Essex . " Tho

      next morning witness went to Woodford , in company with Poake , the constable , and made inquiries respecting the letter , which had not been delivered . He saw tho prisoner , who said that the letters bad been sorted by himself and a man named Cooley ; but he had not seen the one in question , although it would have come into his delivery . Witness then directed the officer to search the prisoner , upon whichthe marked half-sovereign find the shilling were found in a small pouch in his possession . The coins were identified by witness . The prisoner said that he had picked up tho pouch in the road . —Inspector Cole and Pealie confirmed this evidence . The prisoner , who had been in tho service seven years , was then fully committed for trial .

      GUILDHALL . —Forgrrt . —John Doherty was again brought up and placed at the bar for further examination , before Sir P . Laurie , charged with uttering a forgid check for £ 72 , purporting to be signed by " William Harrison , " ono ofthe Commissioners of Inland Revenue , with intent to defraud Messrs . Gosling and Sharpo , bankers , Fleet-street . —Mr . Mullens of the firm of Bush and Mullens , solicitors to the Sooiety for the Protection of Merchants , Bankers and others , from Fraud and Forgery , attended for the prosecution , and stated that he had mado inquiries as to the truth of the statements first made by the prisoner on being taken into custody , and had found them perfectly correct ,

      even in the most minute particular . Under these circumstances , and believing the prisoner was only the tool of a third person , he attended for the purpose of requesting the prisoner ' s discharge . The prisoner" was discharged accordingly . TnE Law of _CoriRiaiiT . —James Gilbert _wu seller and publisher , of 49 , Patern ster " oV was summoned before the sitting _Alderman J' tn court , to answer an information _^ l 2 _o _^ _iw \ by Mr . Antonio _Panizzi _, on behalf of _+ _& T * } _° o { the British Museum , ' " for that he on _tU _oS ? of October , in the present year rfM « iiri 2 otl 1 cause to bo published , _Vceitaff m _£ \ _^ _f » _Jf bcrt ' s New Map of the World '¦ andi _M ni G L more than one calendar month h * d ri . _^^ thw h publication of the said Z hi / T elaPsed sl _^ o the _!»> awl _^ _-2 _tf _^ _?^ '" r um Gilbert ) had the said map at the _BritSS ( LLV mt ( ? , ? _- \ had _rendered _himselfffi t _^ _C 0 I 1 _^

      Worship-Street. — Burglary.—J. Cornish A...

      Hodges appeared , in ; the . ' absence of Mr ! Bodkin _* ho _. was originally instructed , to prosecute . -Thi learned counsel , in opening the case , said , is " ha was instructed , the case was ono of some publio importance . By an act passed in the 5 th and Cth of Victoria , entitled " . An Act to amend the Laws of Copyright , " , it was provided that a copy of every new publication should be sent to the Trustees of the British Museum , and , in the event of non-com * pliance with this provision of the act , the defaulter should bo subject to a penalty of not more than £ o in addition to the price of the publication , and all costs attending the recovery of the same . " He was not , however , instructed to press for the full penalt y in this particular case ; but , in consequence of the _^

      great difficulty experienced by the trustees of the British Museum in getting many publishers to comply with that part of the act referred to in the information , they had found it necessary to make an example , and the present proceedings , were accordingly institute' ! against the defendant . —Defendant contended that the map produced was not a " now " publication , but only a re-issue , as the map had been published about eighteen years ago , and was then his property , but that since that period he had sold his interest . in it to tho engraver , and ; he was only publishing it for a third person . In the first instance a copy was sent to the British Museum . —

      5 S _;^ Sf . man Hum Phre y / _aid , that according to « S , * * a ° _f nowl ? . _dgment he was commit-£ f £ _T _*^ t J - _•» well aa on the Trustees of the British Museum , for it app eared ' that he had brought out an old _publicatH and * by merely putting in the word "New" he had deeoived tho public , by loading them to _belies thai ifc was the latest and best edition extant .. However tho defence set up did not refute the charge as the very insertion of that small word rendered the reissue a new publication , and he would , therefore convict him in the miti g ated penalt y of ten ' shillings and costs / together with three , shillings , - the price paid in the first instance for the map . ThQ money was immediately paid into court .

      SOUTH WARE . _—HionwAt Robbery on _Ken * - ningto . v Common . —John Collier was charged with having been concerned with another man , not in custody , in stealing from the person of Joseph Paine , a hawker , a pocket book , containing a £ 5 note of tho Bunk of England , two letters , and somo memorandums , also a silver watch , chain , and- two keys , and two fourpenny pieces , while crossing Kennington Common . —Prosecutor stated that he resided at Peterborough , and gained bis livelihood by hawking goods about the country . Having some business to transact in London , he walked from Croydon on Monday with the property safe in his possession . In passing through Streatham he overtook tbe prisoner , who had a sack across

      hisshoulders , and entered into conversation with him / - They had not walked far when another man joined them , and they all proceeded towards London . While crossing Kennington Common the prisoner , suddenly put his band in his coat pocket and took out the property mentioned in the charge . He seized hold of his wrist and demanded it from him , when he exclaimed , " Oh ? wait a little , I'll soon give it you back . " The other man also said , " Give him his book back again '" when they pushed him oh one side and ran away . The prosecutor pursued tho prisoner and saw him go into a public house , and as witness was about to enter he met him at the door and pushed him down . He still followed him , and kept him in sight until he met a policeman , to

      whom he stated the circumstance , when the prisoner was pursued and taken into custody . —The prisoner declared that he knew nothing about the robbery , or any other man . He certainly walked'from Streatham with the prosecutor , but he kept two yards in advance of him until he was apprehended . He denied having ran at all . —Mr . A'Beckett-asked the prosecutor whether he was sure the prisoner was the man who put his hand in his pocket ? ' Prosecutor replied that ho was . He saw his face several times , and until tbey arrived at Kennington Common they walked side by side . —Sergeant Lovesay , 15 M , said he took the prisoner into custody while he was running towards the Borough ; with the sack in his possession . On hearing the charge

      he searched him , but only found a penny on him . On their way-to the police station he denied all knowledge of the prosecutor —Mr . A'Beckett committed him to the Central Criminal Court for trial . THAMES . — Caught in the Ficr . — Henry Howard was charged with attempting to pick pockets in the Wi _ltechapel-road . —Mr . J . B . Tolbert , of Devonshire Cottage , Devonshire-street , Mile-end , said , on Tuesday evening last I was going down the Whitechapel-road , and saw the prisoner and another person walking behind a gentleman . As they looked very suspicious fellows I watched them narrowly .

      Just before reaching Commercial-street , this man looked behind him to see that the other was fairly covering him . I then saw him lift the tail of Mr . Town ' s coat and put his hand in his pocket . I brought down my stick upon his shoulder , and said to him , " You are caught at last . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . Town then turned round and collared him immediately . —Roche , the gaoler , said the prisoner had been in his custod y in the City of London Union some time since . —Prisoner : I was going to Bow to look for work , and I live at Lambeth with my wife . —Mr . Yardley remanded the prisoner , directing inquiries to bo made as to his character .

      The Charge Of Cruelty Against Mr, Sloane...

      THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST MR , SLOANE , THE SPECIAL PLEADER . At the Guildhall Police Court , on Friday , Mr . G . Sloane , again appeared } before Mr . Alderman Humphrey , to answer the charge of cruelly ill-using his servant girl , Jane Willbred . Mrs . Sloane was not preseut , her friends having advised her to meet the charge at the Old Bailey . Jane Wilbred , was then , called in , and appeared a little better . She said—Mr . Sloane beat me a t

      various times for wearing my shift sleeves on my shoulders . Mrs . Sloane beat me for the same thing . There was meat always cooked on Sunday , but I had none of it . When my mistress could not make me eat my own dirt my master beat me until he made me to do it . ( Sensation . ) There was no water closet or privy in the chambers . Mrs . Sloan o and the young lady made use ofthe chamber pot . I also made use of tbe pot . I was not allowed to use it more than once a day . KI used it' at night Mrs . Sloane said she would make me eat it , and tried to do so . They put the dirt on a turnip and forced it down my throat on an iron SDOon . Mv

      master was present . Sometimes I dirtied about the place when I could not get at the pot in the day time . Mr . Sloane was present when Mrs . Sloane attempted to put it in my mouth , but not when she first did so . Mr . Sloane stood behind me , and he beat me at that time with a shoe on my back , because I would not take it . ( A shudder ran through the auditors during the recital of these filthy and horrible details . ) It only happened onco that Mr . Sloane beat me for that reason . Mrs . Sloane was present when Mr . Sloane beat me . Miss Duvaux , tho y . ouug lady , was also present at the time when my dirt was forced into my mouth with the spoon .

      Miss Duvaux not being present , the case was adjourned for a week , and Sloane was liberated on giving two sureties of £ 250 each , and himself in £ 500 , that he will attend again on Friday next .

      On leaving the court , Sloane waa pursued by a mob , and pelted with mud , until a " policeman met him , who hurried him into a public house , and afterwards put him into a cab . On arriving at the Temple another mob was waiting for him , when finding his only safety-in flight , Sloane ordered tho cab to be driven across Waterloo Brid ge , and ho ultimately found shelter at the railway station .

      The Plate Robbery In The Strand . — At T...

      The Plate Robbery in the Strand . — At the Central Criminal Court on Friday , C . Clinton , D . J . Shaw , J . Bai ' cock , J . Gardner , and G . Buncher , were tried for the burglary , and Mary Anne Buncher , and Mary Anne Chereneau were indicted for harbouring the prisoners . Clinton pleaded guilty . The evidence ( which has already appeared in our columns ) having been given , tbe prisoners were acquitted , with the exception of the boy Clinton , who was sentenced to be transported for twenty

      years . Unnatural Cnura . —George Goddard _, aged CO , and Thomas Whittaker , aged IS , were indicted as the York Assizes , for that they , on the 19 th of November last , at Huddersfield , did feloniously and wickedly perpetrate a detestable crime ; The evidence was of the most conclusive kind , and the jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty . His lordship put on the hiack cap and sentenced both prisoners to death , and said that he could hold out no hope to them of mercy in this world

      -Encounter with _BuRCLARs .-On _Thursdav _moru-Infir _/ i ce ofllcers navhl _£ been apprised of an V p _»? J ? buvg ! _& _WCTe P lMed _>«» the vicinity of _Lewisham and Blackheath , when they perceived _S ™ rn \? n oomi" 6 » _» light ' chaise cart . The oh _> _^ _nnnK \ gcd tho P _* * ' 08 t 0 surrender , and stopped the _liorso , on which two of the men p resented pistols at tho officers , who , not being adequately , armed , were obliged to allow the thieves w escape , but kept possession of tho ciit _, which con * _fvfi _? nousehreaking implements . It is said that tne thieves form part of what is termed the ' Surrey Exhibition of 1851 . —Mr , Cooke devoted the receip ts of tho Royal Circus , Bristol , on the 13 th inst ., to the funds of tho Exhibition of Industry , and has , wo hear , handed over to tho financial ofiicor the sum of £ 50 .- The performance was under the patronage of the Mayor and corporation . ' Jknny Lind was thirty years of age-on ihe Oth of Ootober . . She was born in the year 1 S 20 .

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      Parwnot&T. Anue, Westminster, At The I'R...

      _parwnot & t . Anue , Westminster , at the I _' riiiui _* eace , IU , Great WiudmUl-street , _Havmiuket , in tbe W ot Westminster , for the Proprietor ; _FfiAUGl'S O'CO . N _^ _11-* r 1- _M-P-. and published by the _saiU _WuVuji Ru _« . ' _-l ! the . Oflv p in tlie _« ame _su-e t and parish . — SatuniaJ _Bceeiur-tr 21 st , 18 W . # "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21121850/page/8/