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      _ftftArft-kS-J- _SOJKEE liN BONO UK OF T . S . _ja _^ CPMBE _. _JVl . H . ... ( On On Wedne-dav evening a pnblie tea party ana > mrei > _irej was bold at ibe Grown and Anchor , m tbe fetraa-traail , to do honour t _. thc hon . member for "i'inib'iniburv , for Lis _tmceasins _a-vocacr _sf the TtgV . tS E f kbf labour , a __ £ > r bis services in the people ' s ca : i _*_ p . The Vhe ia . .- - room was ailed to overflowing . Even the l _ l _ -t f » l _ -tf » _rtu n _„ d to _U > rcnitife _ an _* J _conf ratted into _Keats nnd fend _£ •& _' « -. At sir o ' clock Thomas Wakley , MA ' ., _mintermteretl the Hall , . _m-onipanied by Feargus _O'Conwior , ior , Eiq .. raid vwve greeted with the most hearty _ieltanoleDioi ' _-ir . _itic'n-. of welcome . Shortly after , T . S . _^ ime-imeo-ribc _, M . l \ , entered , _accDiupaiiied by Vf . _ 0 . 3 jlira 3 _ _irislii _* , M . P . for _Vs ' eymenth , when the whole . _"_ diaincetuce _ivse *\ _at _vrekoBicd them by waving _ot'bat- aad ii _ianihanilki-ivhioi-. Ti The chair was _tslreii by Mr . _WafcJey _, supported by { _flr . * ih ' . * i-aesl cf tbe t-veilingand Mr .

      Christie-, Ti The t « i a- < I ecfe having been despatched , and tithe the cloth remoreit , , ., T . The _GnvuiMiX stated that _ithsdbren thcintenttioutlon of the committee not io _proeeedto the sj . ce .-ii t busibiisinc * s of iU erening till eight o'doel . ; bnt i » cossseaiseaueaee of the _crowded state of the roe" * , _«• - _*• - I bfle ; bfleu _solved i _. bed- it now , fhong- it f _^ _!^'' t somsome time cf thaf hoar . He then state- - « _£ _» _££ < _eoneonunittce _wer-idisai'Pointed in no .. " ** " _* .. _? * ,

      l B « Bift » e- of several _genfl-nicn wL ° tad . _* _K _™ _££ 1 _thathat Jvrter * of . _ _. _ *> iornbsci . ee _^ ± g _^ _^ . _ancand Jlr . Jo- _*>« _^^ _Ued _woiUd be _iiitr-dueed * whwlueh tbey _^^ , _^ the course of a few mt-1 to t « the v . notice _£ _™^ _Jdoitt < , }| 0 nearto _JIr . , _ _nnlnnte-i _^ £ " £± 1 _simd by the committee fi r _' _SS _fZs _^ _SS _^ _** _conation ¦ _ita _« i _£ _&* 2 « which ought never to bcfissaitten ' bv ' _^ _X fc _^ kmg f «* th-ir _rights . ( Cheer * . ) . On l _ bi _^ tbis-i'ea * > ioii the _connaiitee had thrown their views iintdnto _as-crks of resolutions , or _to-sts . or sentiments , i or or whatever thev might be called ; ana t _ ieim . t c . : theih __ 5 e . which was as follows , would be spoken to by iliilr . il '* " rath : —

      _. The People ! the or . ly legitimate source of poliiiea 50 ijower : _maj- thev sp . e-Hy attain to that position in thc _StaStatewaiiliwo-M enable them to apply their legislative fwfunetioas to the _welfars and protection of fhe _wtee

      commtmumty . . Mr . _5 ! 'GRAia then spate to the above sentiment . Hi He was proud that the absurd custom of toasting lirst _tbineweB-bei-g of Royalty bad not been followed on ththe present occasion , --cause he believed , in accenjar ance with tbe words of tbe resolution , that tbe j > fco »" e wi were the legitimate source of all political power , and tii that , t _ . eT . ftrc , _iber should on ail such occasions obta tain tbe precedence . ( Cheers . ) He _belkved thai tl the Queen was made for the people , aud not thc uejplplcfordieQaeen . ( Cheers . ) He should . ike , howeterer , ai tie eaiset to ask what was the _im-using of " " the people ? " —what tliey understood by the various ai-significations which were attached to the word ? T There were some who would not admit that the

      gi great body of the working classes constitute- ] ' . be pi people . They heard only of the aristocracy ami the h landed gentry forming tbe people . When her . Majesty c ; called _ ¦ _Parliainent together , she was said to appeal ti to the people ; but to whom did she in reality app peal ? To a mere fraction of the community— one _s seventh of the whole male adult poi . u-. ii _ i : — -wiiil . tl the other _-ix-sevenths were not understood to come - « witliin the meaning of the * rord ' * people . " ( Cheers . ) 1 Tbey were merely " the rabble , tiie canvuiie , the cms seoumi 2 s of the h __ 3 anr _ c-, _thessrinish _r . ia . jitof . e .

      i Now , he wished it so be clearly understc-od what tk \ t i meeting meant by " the people . " lie " _oeiievsu that 1 tbe people composed the whole human family—pers sons of every coildilioa , from the _possesior ofthe _gor-! geous p-Jace down to tb <; tenant ofthe straw-ihatehea i coitags ? . He believed thattirom Queen _Vica-riad-wn 1 to that poor son of misfortune , the nvam of _isjsstice , who was last Sunday arrested at _iiarylebune _* or _t-egging a tew _pEj-. ce to set bread for his dying wife anii five _starring _cliildreu , all cams within the a * e ; mii _; , - ofthe word " people . " ( Applause . ) _Xow , whether they reviewed the peoj . le in their political or social position , they found _innomerable subjects calr-iaU _** tto excite _soit-w _an-1 _c- . uiiniseritlon . He would r < it

      _particubirUe insta _. ;~ _cs of distres- - , but would _brin- _ _before them the testimoi : ;; of Sir James _Grahum _, whv thought that it was a legitimate use to make of theseals cf office to break open the seals of other people . Sir James had told them that one-tenth of th « people of Great _ Gri * _Liin were steeped iothe diin in poverty , and eating the bread of pauperism ; and as soon as Sir James Graham made the announcement , np sot the great Sir Robert Peel , and said tbat tliis was a neeessarv consequence of advanced civilisation ( hear ) , -while _TumhtC'is of religion were not slow io _ic-3 i them that all this poverty was permitted bv _Heaveu as a . _punishmentJor theirsia __ . ( Hear , hear . ) lie must especially direct the attention of the meeting to the state of poor , distressed , and nereecuted Ii _* c ! and .

      They had bf en assured bv a commission from the Bouse of Cc-imuoiis that 2 , : 3-0 , < M _ O of the people oi Ireland were getting tlieir living by _begijicg ; _anvi they had now the " testimony of _"IVMg and Torv papers , and of the Catholic as well as the l _' r _^ - testant _^ _clerey , tbat famine was at that moment threatening the people of that country ; and yet , while this fact was _coi . veyed by all evidence , the _availabb produce was conveyed away by every tide to supply the _lu-jurious tabic of the absentee Ojigarfiy . nv to u-fdntain the arrogance ot the griping midfcineE . Xow , thev had read in the histoiy cf Ireland that St . rVitrick had exterminated ail thc obnoxious reptiles that infested vie land ofhis adoption . Would to Go J that some St . _PaU-kk

      would arise in the present day —( great cheering )—xuoraliv to Dstenninate tbe noxious _monstajsities -till existing . He _inust also call the attention of the meeting to the _gciitical condition of the great body of the people of this _ccontiy . They were allowed io have _nof-itjg to do with the laws but to obey ihem ; they had _uotriing to do with the taxes but to jay them ; they were nothing more than ihe ilelois of Greece ; they might go to an election , sltouti _? n _ _ifss np their caps , bnt they must return to lie hewers of wood and drawers of water for their tyrauiical _tayjmasters . He as _ ribed tbis to that V » te _ u of _ehigs

      misrule which was destroying thc country . He was decidedly of opinion that the hope expressed in the sentiment would be realized , and that tbe working classes wonld be put in possession of what was their right , and what they ought to have by the theory of the constitatiou ; without this tbeie was noi thc slightest hope of effecting an amelioration of the people's condition . To obtain this every one coald , and _shauldj assist . And if every man did what iu him lay to accomplish the freedom of his country , down would go this monstrous injustice . ( Cheei-. _j The _Gs-jsuax now came to tbe toast—the special toast of the _evi-nins . ( Cheers ) : —

      Thomas Sii _ gs _ j Duncombe , _Eaij ., the eloquent , untiring , amlincurmptibie advocate of universal justice may bis life be _long and happy , and Ms fame _iimuoriai . He musi , in the first place , be allowed to return flianksforthe distinguished honour conferred upon him by asking him to preside on that occasioa , and for the manner in which the meeting had responded to the recommendations of the committee ; and he must alio be allowed to state that hi- gratification did not arise from any feeling , or from any idle formality connected with any public spectacle or meeting , but because he presided in the performance of a solemn and imperious duty , due from every public man , and which , when called upon , he ought to execute with a glad and bilarions feeling , and because

      he came to bear bis personal t--tini- _ y with reference to ihe conduct of air . _Hiuieonibe in Parliament . { Cheers . ) _Nothing could afford htm greater gratification than to state to tbe meeting that , at all events , they had inthe House one bold , sincere , fai _ afG _ , and unfliaching advocate . ( Loud cheers . ) They had adopted him in Parliament as the head of their cause . For himself he , as one member of the House , was a humble and willing follower in his colleague ' s footsteps —( _cheers)—and would most cordially and cheer-Jhiiy second the choice they had msde . They could speak from experience of the conduct of Mr . _Duacombe ; it was uot a matter of doubt . They had had specimens of what h- would do ; he had been tried , an _ had not been found wanting . ( " S » have you , " and

      cheers . ) It bad been the misfortune of tbe i > eopie that thej had not been united in reference to any specific object . He knew , however , that every cause must have a head ; they ought to have some one in Parliament whose mind would reflect the image and the ¦ will ofthe people ; andif the people would but make knows their views and determination , and if those views were only enunciated by one man of ability and feitiifuluess , like Mr . Duncombe , the cause of the people could not fail . ( Cheers . ) _Uhiieu _. the people of this country had only been , as it were-, a rope of sand , as _nntlc-d _ . _tk-ks cast _alons the icagih and _brearfth of the laud ; but , if tii __ y were united for one just and legitimate object , where was there a man who would dare to assert that their demands

      should be -. fused ? ( Cheers . ) faey had seen Sir . _Dcncomba under iryiug _circuniitances neither blenching nor quailing under the attacks with which he was assailed , —tbey liad seeu him iu every chvumstance displaying grcatenergy , and that energy rising ¦ with the emergency of the occasion —( cheersj ;—the more he was opposed the more he fought—nay , he was such a glutton that : _hf _* y could not take the courage out af " aim . Hut boldness was ouly oi _ e of the high _qualities of ilr . _Duncomlie _' s mind , —he had a heart which was the home of every generous sympathy ; be loved the people for their sake , _-isid it was _frau that love that he desired to do _thsni

      _go-jd . One meeting or two , nay ten , could not _aciomplish their object , but it must be a general movement . The connaittee who had done them the honour thai night of getting up that splendid meeting , if they would only ramify their _txerck < r . and extend them ov-r the face of the country , might soon see their benevolent objects _coinpieuly uiunphant . Mr . Duscombe , t __ r * ugi _ out the _wLo-e c _* _ his Parliamentary career , so _iai * as he had the opnertunity of witnessing it , had gone in the right _direction , and every additional step he had token had been towards the people , and not from them ( Cheers . ) . Xow , wouid tbey be suctessiul in their efforts uuder his auspices ? That was a question

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      which the people themselves must answer bv t en own exertions , because _tta _^ who « ff ? Jg _£ _Sa _ - the -possession of « _clusire _pnvileges _^ re n () t persons to give them up . ( _Jhew _^ ; _erCeasy and tue thing they were to expect , _^" the righte and _cnifortable because working : wrttt _rf _^ _privies ol the people , _^^ _oncoiiifertalile . geo ; ifc to make the toe u _* ie ** __ * f _^ j Tney _havesh . wnthattbey * _g _£ hadauy . and . _vhJ in prying into - _^ " _^ _J _S _' j It mU hoped ii not make ttcm fed « _ngj _^ _j ) u ncomb e would

      • _« m _^ _Sml , to bo sure . ( _Md _^) Let t u _ . uu . _i-ui . luuity of oprnaig Sir J . _Gvabatu s SS _^ S _&^^ _' w ! ie » out » _f ° _^ > i \« J- « mes Graham entered into any treasonable corr _^ ondoa-e . ( I _ff ilter . ) He ought to have that cii _«' ort «» ii fv . and it was not unhkely that in a short _penodofthue he might possess it . ( Great cheering . ) Wifk the- - - _K'r _o ' _^ _^ woum _^ Mr . _Duoriing to their notice , after which he should Uave the extreme gratification of introducing Mr l '!* _n--mbe . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . _Dcxmxo said he bad tbe honour of presenting to Mr . Dunt'ombc an address from this Association , from the United Trades , and , indeed , from every uii-- _ojupr-inising patriot present . That address would set fonti the high virtues of Mr .- Duncombe , but he was in a position to speak of bis peculiar attention to the welfare of the working classes . As president _w ths Association for the Protection ot _Jncastrr , snd slso in connexion r . itb thc Association _f-rtlici ' _ivrecuonof Labour and Manufactures , Mr . jpuueomb _. bad manifested in a striking manner his desire to R * rve tbe people . All honour to him for his Pariiuinentery duties and for his public exertions

      in behalf of tiie people ; but- he had known him sit in the above two committees for seven hours , attending io tiie details of the voluminous correspondence and general _b-sines- of those committees ; and in this lay the great secret of success—that untiring perseverance which led a mar . forward in the _prosecnii-n of whatever duty he undertook . ( Cheers . ) It was tliis perseverance , this assiduous activity that led him to discover the espionage of the PostofHce , io oppose and destroy thc Masters and Servants' Bill , and to make known to the legislating class the claims of that class they were accustomed to regard as servile . ( Cheers . ) Air . Dunning then read the following address : —

      TO T . S . BBXCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . _^ _Hcncnr-ible Sir , —We take this opportunity of testi'jing our high approval of , and great thanks for , yoci * manly and untiring exertions on behalf of the industrious of aii classes ; while we pledge yon our cordial support iu thc future struggles which labour will assuredly be " called upon to make for the assertion of its rightful privi ' _eges . Sir , whilc ~ we have asked you to defend our rights , the righte of the unrepresented , and _consequently u ** _pnitci-tcd , we have never asked you to assail those right , and privileges of the otlier orders of _society which do not operate destructively to the inten-sts of ihe working classes , as well as to the interests of nil other classes of society ; for , sir , we hold it to lie an impossibility to preserve the rights of capital if the rights of labour and industry are brokeu down .

      In you , sir , we recognise , England recognises , and tne civilised world recognises a true and uneomprcnn-ii-. ; g advocate of all that is good , and tbat should remain of oar institutions , as well as tlie bold exposer oi wrong , the eloquent denouncer of injustice . While tuise who know us not , sir , and consequently cannot understand our motives , would characterise you as the proclaimed leader of vulgar opinions , as tbe -h-uspitiu ofa mere mob , we beg to assure you and them , sir , upon this , the eve of what'promises to be an eventful _session of Parliament , that we require at your hands no mere than the continuous struggle for those timely concessions which all men , save fools , admit must be _awnier or later conceded to the

      improved mind ofthe _ase . Sir , it ; s impo _ :- _> ible to contemplate the great and mkbiy _clisuges taking place throughout the civilised world , ar .. ! especially iu this our own country , witbotti coin . tiif to the conclusion that the-promoter , ol thfcl ciiabgu wiil seek their fair share in the increased wealth . _wkifb it produces ; and we know of no means by which tais our rightful object can bc _achiev-d , and _pcniianeiiiiy secured , except by the possession and lne nnfettm-d ri _^ ht to use a " vote wbich wili transfer from tbe inconvenient multitude to honourable miu like y < : _* u __* self the responsibility and honour of making laws ibr the maiiit-nance ofthe rights of aii thai-hut ! net'trench upon the rights of any .

      | Sir , it is the glory of Englishmen , and should be the pride of tbe electors of bin-bury , that you go to tho Senate _iiuuse unfettered and uuiiauimelied , and that your free advocacy of the rights of labour , in consequence , entities you to our gratitude , as Sowing _si-oniaiieou-ly Item your own patriotism and iove of justice . Sir , in the estimation of a large majority of jour _countiymeii you stand _prc-emiiientiy high . We honour you for your courage , we _resptct you for your _taleiis , wc admire you for your elwpicii--, and we love yon for your _principles ;

      \ vhch tyrants hoped to chain themindand entomb public opinion within the dungeon walls , you dared to arraign the unjust Judge , tbe tyrant justice , and the cruel gaoler 1 And above all , sir , who of his class , but _Duneombs , so far sympathised with and honoured _tiift captive by visiting him in his lonely dungeon ? Yon , sir , were neither afraid nor ashamed to -card the _oppietsor , and to thunder thc wrongs learned from the captive lips into the _tyvaiifs ears . . Sot- only at home , sir , but also abread throughout the nations of Europe , your hallowed name has been wafted upon the wings of ihe press . Wheu the sons of _Itaiy were basely butchered through tiie treachery ofoui _* ru . er > _- , yonr voice was heard thundering tbe nerce denunciations of patriotism into the ears of thc _iettc-r-aponing spy .. V _» i ; en Ireland ' s adopted chief was in the meshes of the law , yoa rallied English sympathy mound hini .

      When ministerial aid was enlisted on behalf of capital , ibr the subjugaiioa of labour , who but the assertor oi labours right * dared to attack , defeat , and finally overthrow the united forces of _capitalists and tbe Government ? Sir , however the press may withhold from the carol ' the great the knowledge of _oursffection _« . _and love for you , le __ t by its promulgution your power should become too givat for rcsistaucG ,. believe us , sir , when we teii you that a large majority of the people of England would die rather than desert yea and tba standard which , _tlirottjih disasters and feasl ' ul odds , you bave so nobly up-leld as the rail ) ing point for free opinion .

      In conclusion , sir , we _rajoics in raDyw : . round our _iadi-uuiaule chief once more , upon the eve of the great battle ; and we also rejoice in being able to convey to you what monarchs would be proud to learn—renewed assurance of our affection for your person , and r-vevence for yonr principles . ilr . T . _HuscoMiiE rose to return thanks , and was vehemently cneered . Upon ordinary 0 ce . 1 s . o- _ s he could assure them that nothing gave bim grsater gra « liiieation tu & u to staud before large bodies of bis feliow-couiiirpneii , whether it were for the purpose of sympathising with their sufferings or of co-operating with them in t \* -. en . eadeavo-i- to obtain redress for the tunny grievances of whieh they had to complain , * but when he looked around and saw himself not only

      surrounded by so many men distinguisheu for the love of liberty and of their country , but when he saw that large room crowded with til . honest sousot industry and toil , who were collected there for the purpose ol conferring boiioiif upon so bumble an individual as himseif , he confessed that he fcit overivhehued wi'h anxiety and fear , for he felt that he possessed no merits , nnd _th-. the had net rendered such services to the cause as would justify them in couilr . _-ing so much honour upon him . ( " Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) lie rejoiced that his hon . friend and colleague presided over them ( lc . it evening . ( Cheers . ) lie felt most grateful to him lor the kind manner in whicli lis had _expressed himself , and he was glad at his presence , _t-eause thev had fought together for the

      _ BSHiieaar . ee of tlie same principles , they hid s . _rtiggted _togetUcr in defence of the same right-: , _. MV \ together , as h- trusted , they would enjoy the honour of the triumph . ( Loud cheers . ) There was no _eoiaplinieut and no liohOtii * which could be paid tu himself whieh must not be equally extended to hiin . ( Cheers . ) lie thought , however , that he might assume his hon .. colleague would agree with _liini in saying that on tbe eve ofthe meeting of Parliament it would lie better for the people to meet in a public assembly without reference to auy _iuiUvidiu . l , and not for the sole purpose of paying _uumeritcd compliments . ( Gbeevs . ) He thought their purpose sliould rather be to discuss thc state of ihe country awl to . _terco upon the measures which thoy _re-tnim .

      for their own prokction . ( Chceri .. ) " Sow , they knew well there was a strong _impre-si-u _aU-.- « . d in the country that they would learn great _tLiu-s front ihe _< inev ; n's speech to-morrow ; if any present participate . ! in tliat expectation , lie believed the ; . - wouid bu _wofiilly _disiippomted . ( . Much laughter . ) liis own past experience _vtosld lead him to a very dill - rent _eoiicliisiuu . Queen ' s speeches and _iMiuisterial _cxpianatious v _irc generally mysterious rather than elucidatory ; tliey generally rendered confusion worse _conf-UB-.. ed , * _and the next few _di _. js _wonnl not prove any exception to the general _ruk _* . ( Cbct'i _,. ) Some individuals in town were at that moment in possession of the speech * , but , as _ilr _.-r-e p resent were not TcrKs , fo be .. _sked to the Mini _.-i-jiia !

      • Juniors ., and kid not made _tuinroois of tiicmsoives , by j . v . ttiug o : _ swoiiis and bag-wigs for the purpose of bearing tlie i | aeta ' s speech read by the Ministry , wLo had . i ' ita . ? y sgreed to it , tbey could not tell its contents ; _bnttaev might giieisalittio bow it would be _c-omposfd . It was difficult to _proplu-ey _, but , if he ¦ g ht ju _ g _ fr . » m . lis _axpwieiicc , —having inard a s--.- _ lnnmitfruflloy . il spcecbesduringthePj yc » rs he _If'ifl U _* _-- - ! : _n _PariiauK-at—iii . _-tilproi'sbi _^ i-y j _;_ r .: hij _ _- _ _ ty w « Jd ' R ' _uii . by tellhig the Houses of Lo : i ; s a _" j . _-i _Coii _:-la-.-u _^ . that _ise ' r _Msj-.-sty had passed a very a _^ retble _aulunin _, liini she iiad taken a "very agrecbie coi ; - _tineiitHl _trii ' , _ilui lhe _coniintntai Powers of fc _ . m . pe w-rcuneoinmouiy civil ; but that America hid _groiru ratiiei rtn . f 01 iau _* . ( Gr eat iaughtur nnd _cLcei-s . )

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      Then , in all _probab'dity , her Majesty would go on to say that the potatoe crop m . _lteland had been destroyed- ( laugBfer ) , aiid that ; the - potatoe crop m England was a little better , _tkoughstill u _. difi-rent . Her Majesty would also express her tern t that the -sricultuwl and manufacturing _mtercsishad gone to loggerheads , aud that there had been a great deal ot bad language passing between ths Anti-Gem Law League and the Agricultural Protection _Society ( laughter ); and then her Majesty would look with coulideucc to tiic wisdom ot Parliament to adjust all these ; dillc-rciices . ( Loud cheers ) This would probably be tue substance of the speech frem the throne ; but persons mi « bt-think that Sir K . Peel ought to make Mine and the

      allusion to Ministerial chops ana changes , goir . " _s out and comings in Umt had taken place during the last few weeks ; but hc thought that her _M- _'jestv would be of opinion , and so wouid tier Ministers , that the least said of these absurdities tlio better , and her speech therefore would be _perleeiy _* silent 011 tbat subject . Explanations , however , lucre would bc ; explanations would be called ior Irom Ministers , and explanations would be given by them in their places in Parliament , lie doubted much whether they would get thc honest truth , lie remembered two or three years ago that tlieve was an individual int his . country who entertained tlie laudable desire of learning what was going ou iu the Palace—be alluded to the bey Jones . ( Cheei _.. ) That individual would not rely upon the public

      press ; he said he would see with his own eyes , and hear with his own care , wliat was going on in the PAlace ; aud if he were _present , he would 110 doubt tell tliem that something of this sort had taken _pl-io-. lie would say that one morning Sir Robert Peel most _Hii-xpectedly called upon her Majesty , and informed her that there had been a sort of row in his _Cabinet . lier Majesty would naturally say , "What about ? " to which Sir Robert would reply , "I tried to make them believe that there was a famine in the country—I tried to make tliem think thc potatoe crop was so hid that _soniethiiiu must be done , ami that all political consistency ought lobe banished from their minds ; but I cannot bring the Cabinet to take the same view ofthe subject as myself , so I

      advise your Majesty to send for Lord John Russell . " Of course her Majc-ty , having thegreate _* teoi . lldci . ct . in Sir Robert Peel —( laughter)—sent for Lord John Russeil . Well , Lord John _Ru-sell , after a week or ten days , during which he had accepted thc government , returned to her Majesty . Of course ber Majesty expected that ali things were satisfactorily arranged , and that he brought her tiie names of a Cabinet who were to obtain the respect of England and Europe , and to make America tremble . _Quite the contrary , for Lord John Russell says , " My team is more awkward than Peel ' s ; I cau't bring them together at all . " ( Great laughter . ) " Well , " says the tineen , " whatam ltodo ? " " Why , " replies Lord Joliu , " 1 advise you to send for Sir Robert ; " and so

      Sir Robert , good Conservative as he is , returned to office , if not to power . ( Cheers . ) In the annals of the country there had never been such attempts at a change of government , or any wliich had displayed so much imbecility . lie had been in the " country during theseshii ' lings and changes , but hc ' understood tbey had _caused great excitement in the metropolis . He must he forgiven if he was not imbued with tbat excitement which he understood had existed in some of tlieir breasts , but which lie hoped had noiv subsided . Well , there was Sir Robert Peel back again witb no difference in his Cabinet but that Mr . Gladstone hail succeeded Lord Stanley—Mr . Gladstone , who retired from the Cabinet this time last year . He beard him on' that occasion speak for two hours , and

      so did the hon . chairman aucl Mr . Christ ie * , but no one could tell , after all , why he resigned . ( Laughter . ) It would not take him long to tell why he bad come in again , liis _exjiUuiatiou on that point would bc very . short , and , no doubt , very satisfactory to himself and Sir Robert Peel . ( Laughter . ) Nor wouid it take much difficulty to tell why he was not returned i ' or Newark . ( Laughter . ) Did he tell the truth , as a Cabinet Minister , he presumed , always did , lie would simply say that the Duke oi" Newcastle would not allow him . ( Cheers . ) Now , was this not trilling with the interests of a great nation—was it nht high time for the people to step forward and take the power into their own bunds , and show to the Governiuentand the world tbat thc English nation would

      no longer be trifled wilh ? ( Cheering . ) What would be the measures introduced by Sir R . Peel it was impossib . e to say . Great hopes were entertained by the Anti-Corn Law League that he was immediately going to abolish the Corn Laws , but he did not believe he would ; be believed that all lie would do would be to relax protection a little more , to mak _* _. the screw a little loose , . 10 loose that it would impercep tibly fall out —( cheers and laughter );—that ivthe thing would be so managed as to let the country gentlemen fall down quietly , if they would let themselves tall quietly , for he must say that , of all thu language he ever heard among tbose who were called tbe great unwashed , he never heard such _language as had been passing between the _agriculturisis and tbe _manufacturer-. ( llear . 1 Worse Billingsgate than hadbeen

      passing between the dukes and the manufacturers he should be ashamed to hear any person in that room make use . of . ( _Clwcrs . ) He wished that the Corn Laws should be instantly repealed . _D-vfrg the whole time be had been in Parliament , he bad _voicd against that monopoly , as he had done _sg-iinst all ether monopolies , and lie would cuutinue to do so ; he should , indeed , be delighted to give it one kick more . ( Cheers . ) That the Com Laws would go , there could be no doubt . It was only _ai-iiestion of time , and therefore those gentlemen Imd better allow Sir R . Peel to let them down quietly , lie did not believe that any of the evils they predicted would take place on the Repeal of the Corn Laws . On the oth-r hand , he thought thc advantages to be derived

      from their Repeal were greatly exaggerated . ( Hear . ) Depend upon it , the people would have much to do so saou as those law . , were abolished . There weie two great questions shortly to be settled when the Cora Laws had been repealed , and he hoped they would seton be repealed , in order to make * 100111 for those two quvstions—he meant the question of the rights of labour , and the question of tlie franchise _, ( immense cheering . ) . What was the great complaint aiuoi-g thc working and labouring classes of this country , in all districts , agricultural or mauulacturiug 1 Their complaint was _titis—that they did i . «« fc receive a fair day's- wage for a fair day's work . ( Cheers . ) They complained that they did not get their fair share of tliat wealth wliich thav

      creatednor-did they participate sufficiently in those conitorts which by the sweat of their brow they dispensed to others . ( Cheers . ) These were tlie great complaints ; these _questions must be met , and there ought uot to bc con tent ment iu tin * laud till something was done for the toiling uiiilions . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dunning hail alluded to tvvo _associations over which be ( Mr . __ Duncombe ) hud tbe honour to preside . The committees to which he referred were appointed at a conference of delegates sent from thc different parts of England and Scotland during the last spring . Those delegates represented tbe working classes . One _associuuo _. i wus tec tin . protection of industry , and its great leading feature was—not , as had been represented , to create disputes between master and man—but to create a gooit _ui-ikistitiidiiig

      between the employers and employed . ( Cheers . ) And as to the duties of that committee , which sat in London , those who subscribed to the association having always their council to -tier to when any dispute between masters ami men lock _piaee , in consequence cf any oppression of which the iatta * had to complain , they would bs prevented Irom rashly and heedlessly running into any strike , which _ci _> uld only end in mortification and defeat . On Mich occasions this committee wouh give them their best advice , and arbitrate , as it were , between tiie masters and men ; but if the former should not sis-111 to _misi-n , but _pei-C-verein _oppres-don , then , if it was the opinion of that committee that oppression was committed , they of their own accord would _twdinmenil _astrik- _* , and that when the men were on strike thev sliould

      lie supported by the sympathy and purses ot tne working classes . An association , conducted by men elected by and emanating fn in _liie working classes , was one menus of relying 011 themselves by combination , lie believed it to be a pcrfeclly legal aud proper combination , and lie believed that it such a conibiu _* . _tiun had _cxi * _ lcd in 1 SJ 2 _li-. ohe scones or misery aud persecution which then _e-i-ted would i . ot have taken place in the manufacturing districts a * regarded th . workingcl _» s ? . es . lie believed that they woulsl have been able to excite that _sympathy in tlieir behalf throughout England that wu _' _uld Lave put to siiaine , and pri vented some of those wrongs whieh , to his own knowledge , were perpetrated . _* ig < iin 3 t the " honest aud industrious on that occasiun . ( CbecvsA

      It was time for the woiuuig classes io be-in to look on their improved _COllditi-JU aud _ifiUUigi-uw , and to sec what _tiiey _tould strike out for _tiieir own protection . "fli « greatest of aji the oljecU _tin-y ought to have in view was the franchise . It wiia the oniy meaus of _prutectiuK themselves , aud iie and his hoi ; . Colin . - _-uc had on every occasion when an opportunity presented itself expressed in the _iiotist- of luminous the _iiecc-sity of extending the franchise to thc working _millions . ( Cheer .. ) And when these qtiestiun . _s tbat were now agitating tke public mind were disposed oi , lie trusted that the _it-teiligcnee oi the countiy would be exerted , not am- > _*; g ihe v ; o ; kmg d _ . __ .-i . _ j culv , bat that the miudie cksses would

      cuter uputi tiic question oi tne _irauciiise w . t . i tne same spirit whi .-h they now showed in the _t-i . usi * ui cheap bread . ( Cheer .. J In iii- address which ihey had _iieeu _kit . d enough to address to him , they asked jjini to _coiJiini . _t . in thesaiuc course he had ever pursued since he had been in _Paritameia ; and hc had just to ; -ay , timt if it was _i . o _.-sibi . ' fur a man 10 know himself , lie would continue to follow that course during his _winile political career . ( Great cheering . ) lie assured them , whether liis car _. cr should be ui long < : r short duration , the Meat and only remuneration to wbicb lie looked for his strvh * . was to k _* _iil _' . ie . V : < . _* . _- , wt > - with him to the dost u . i * _« ti _* ii : csiccin and -odd o _, in ion oi which tliey hud j ; _ivi-ii him that evening so iiaiU-ring an _assuiai-te . ( Chews . ) Iu _ciint'lusion , allow him ; at tiic _eomincucvnieni of a new year , to trust that it wight 11 . 1 l ou . y he a year of tinnl . uyed prosperity and h _.: pph : e-s to all , but that at the clone they might be able to congraut ' _aic each

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      other on'the . possession-at least of an extension ol those rights which , as freemen , '' they , knew it was ¦ their _du- ' y'tod-ina _^ lie maintained , it was their birthright to enjoy . —( The hon . gentleman resumed bin seat amidst tuiaulcuous _chw-ing' ) The Chairman said that the next resolution was—The People ' s Charter : the lever by wliich alone a prostrate nation can bo raised tu prosperity ntid happlnes _? , because alone it insures to all the liberty which must prove a _stcuiity against wrong .

      Mr . T . Clark rose to speak to ibis sentiment . This was the glorious charter for which ninny had guttered , and for whieh all were striving , and wliich , if carried , must be by the exertions ot the working men , for lie did not expect , after the Corn Law was repealed , that the woi king men would receive anv assistance from those who met to subscribe their £ 0 * 0 , 000 . He recollected that Mr . Cobden , when that sum was raised in a room at Manchester , distinctly told the middle classes that the League bad no ulterior object beyond the repeal of the C » rn Laws . He did not mean that Mr . Cobden _hituseli would not vote for the people ' s franchise , but the object of the middle _cl . _-. sses ivas thc same as tlio aristocracy . Why did those classes wish for the

      | ranchi > e ? Because it was a good thing for them . Then why was it not 11 good thing for workmen , who were equally affected by taxation anil legislation ? iie was not opposed to the _i-epcul of the Corn Laws . He wished them repealed , but let the working men persevere by themselves in obtaining the franchise tor themselves . They ought not to be prevented from pressing this as well as the Com Laws , for they all rccollictcd ho iv they were told , on the Reform Hill , not to press minor points , and tliey must ail recollect how they had been deceived in * anv _expectation of votes under that _bi'l . i \ or did he despair of obtaining votes in their favour even from those who

      had hitherto opposid them . Lord John RusselJ , Lord Morpeth , and Mr . Fox Maule , had all sudden !) changed their opinions on the subject of free trade . Lord John , iu uftice , had opposed tbe Ten Hours ' Bill , for which he voted in opposition , and he had a hope that , even in giving the people a right to vote , the noble lord would be found at last to vote for the objects of the charter , which would confer a vote on ail but knaves and lunatics —( cheers)—and perhaps it ivas because they did exclude knaves and lunatics that tlicy iviet with so little sympathy ju 3 t now witliin the walls of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Robson spoke to tbe next sentiment : —

      Thc _Actional United Trades Association for the _Trvteetioil of Industry and _tbeS-ii'loymc-at of Labour : mil } thtir efforts to improve the condition of the operative be crowned with _success . He complained of the evils endured by the workmen from the excess of labour in the market , lit his own trade it was a known fact that there were thousand * in this metropolis who were making ladies' slices at ( id . a-pair , and slippers at _ d . ( " Shame , shame I ") With such a surpJtia of labour strikes were useless , and the only mode ofgetting over the surplus oi labour in the trades' labour-market was to remote the men to ihe unreclaimed lauds of this country , giving them a fixity of tenure , and enabling them to provide fond i ' or themselves , and become good customers to the workmen who were left in trades . Mr . T . M . Whselbr proposed the following resolution : —

      The Chartist Co-operative Land Soeiety may the success that has hitherto -attended it mark its future career _. He stated that though scarcely six months-had elapsed since the society commenced , it had now from 5 , 000 to 6 , 000 members , possessing 6 , 01 ) 0 or 7 , 000 -. hares , and had accumulated a fund of nearly £ 5 , 000 . Mr . J . Sk _ i _ to _*< proposed , the following resolution : — Our Parliamentary guests : may their sympathies lio iu accordance with the aspirations of tluir _uni-i-presontvd brethren , their efforts tu servo tiie jicopie in the Common ? House of Parliament result in Hit ; destruction of das .- _, legislation , aud may th _. y long live to eujoj tUav _vtviavvi in the gratitude and kindly feeling of million- whom thtir patriotism shall hare contributed to emanvipnie .

      lhe speaker lamented that so lew members ol Parliament were present 011 so interesting an occasion , and passed an _eiilogimn on Mr . Christie , M . P . for Weymouth , for the honest and patriotic discharge ul his Parliamentary duties , lie also referred to the literary labours of Dickens and Jerrold , whose writings had theeffcet of creating sympathy for the cause ofthe working classes , and laying the foundation , even though but in sympathy , tor the common work whieh wouid fall to be dune when the working classes resolved to trample in the dust that giant monopol . v which now excluded them from their _juat rights . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . GiiiusiiE , M . P ., said he was sorry , also , there were not more members of the House of Common * * present , on whose behalf to return thanks , _lkcould assure them that it gave him great pleasure tc receive the invitation to attend that meeting , and be felt very grateful for having been honoured with that invitation . lie came theie to do honour to hiin whom in their invitation they hud appropriate ! . _, named the people ' s champion ; and perhaps thei _svauld permit him , as weU aa tsli-iv hon . _vhaiviuar . . . t > tell his experience of their guest . He had now i ' four year- had the opportunity of observing Mr . Duncombe ' s conduct in Parliament , where he tried t < judge cf men and measures for himself ; and lit _alwavs i ' cuv .-d him foremost in defending the rij ;_ t .

      ofthe people , and trying to extend the people ' s _powti and privileges —( cheers )—always ready to protect tin poor and Iricndless _fn-m _oppression ; always ready ti assist any other member of the liouse of Commons it his endeavours to achieve any object which _itwadesirab . e to attain—( . eheers)—giving always an example of energy to the apathetic , of courage to tht timid , and _single-niiiHledncss to the trimmer .. Special allusion hail been _miiile to bis recent memorable exertions against that power wliich , lu would not say was possessed , but which was exercised by the Secretary of State , in examining theii correspondence . There was a letter read that nigh ; from an individual ol" whose great virtues he coal * speak from personal , knowledge . That individua

      came to this country ,, driven i >>* tyranny from bit native laud , and he- hoped to find refuge from thi oppressors . But lie was mistaken , iie found , ' to his surprise , tbat all . his secrets were made known tikis oppressors in his native lanil through the powei exercised by the Secretary of State in opening his lelt _. rs , aud detailbg them to that foreign State . ( Shame . ' ) When he-found this , he went to the hon gentleman ( Mr . Huacombc ) _, as any one who was oppressed would go ; and they all remembered his . exertions in Parliament on that subject . ( Cheers . ; He regretted that those exertions were not attendee with success . But the fault w ; iS nor . his , and the disgrace lay with the government wliich retained the exercise ofthe power . ( Hear . ) . There was another thing in which he sympathized wi-. li the hon . member for Finsbury , and in which he went along wit ! . hiin , —lie meant his views as lo amending thestai <

      01 the representation . H « agreed with the hr . n . gentleman , who spoke very ably , that the result of the Reform Bill was a mockery and a cheat ; alike hoped that the lion , member for Finsbury wouh ; give an opportunity in the coming _session for at least attempting to obtain move power for tbe people in the choice of their representatives . ( Cheers . ) He did not come thero to yive pledges , but he might say thai hc was prepared in the House of Commons to endeavour , in th * words oi thc resolution , tu destroy elasslcgi-kuiun ( great cheering)—ts destroy -hiss-legislation by giving awre power to tiie people and loss to the _dulu-s in the election ; -. —by having larger con-- litueucits _, a much wider _distribution of the franchise , ami giving the poor voter , whose circumstances wight n . ake him dependent on the rich and the great , tl . e protection of the ballot . ( Gieat chterii _' -O Mr . C . Doyle responded to the next sentiment : —

      A speedy restoration to . Totm 1 ' rost _, _Kuphaniali \ YUliams , William Joirm , William _Eliis , and nil other poliiienl exiles , to their couutry , their families and frieiids . He complained that the _working men had iv t done their duty with respect to thee meu . Even if thev bad done wrong , humanity would dictate to thi-Goveiim . ev . v * . tk- PaiHttnicnt , ai : d tothe people , the necessity of restoring these men to their country . Tiie Queen had granted a free pardon to the rebel . * of Canada , the legal gentlemen hud restored Mr . O'Connell to liberty , and he thought her Majesty wonld be equally justified in extending liberty to Frost and all other political _tiieiuieis . He recommended that private memorials should be signed by the people , am ! bo presented b . v t ) iuine » iber . s present to tiie UoviTimieut ; and Sir _iub-ivt Peel , who wa » as fond of popularity as any oti . ir man , might be induced lo listen lo their _den-ands .

      Mr . T . Coor _' _- _'u responded to tne next sentiment : — The men of intellect _aaii heart—Charles Dickens * Douglas _Jerrohl , Uiigcin . See , Thomas Coopw , and others who have given free _utt-. runce to the aspirations imd tin thought * _tlr . vt vibrato in the minds of die many 11 ho _liavt ; wiili the eloquence of truth , aroused attention to tin wrongs and the _siiilerings endured h y their follow num who have denounced vlwirly and enipliatiuallyr . ll who uri-Its * Mil to do a people evil , and who have evoked in many a hitherto apathetic breast , an earnest desire tu promote the _aeeomjiHsUnieut of justice , or to aid tho advunetiuei . t of _ktiowi-vufie nnd of trulli .

      i lie felt it an honour to have his name associated [ with the names of _Jem-hl , Dickens , and Sue ; hut _! _pti-iutys ius . \ . ve .-wu __ . vews , v . y _..-yv __ appropriate 0 : 1 the I pivsen _* - occasion than even those greater men , \ vl . i > i _ j lie eould retun . thanks to Air . Uuncoinbo as li ' _ni friend of bim , a prisoner , who oi . iained from the 1 Speaker the important declaration that mi one bad ihe right , to w ' u ' . i ' _iio- 't any mini ' s _poiiiii-n , not even ' a prisoner ' s , iiis presence was a ! . o _peihap . s _u . _»» _. prcpnale than that of others , because if lie were tin-Cii .-u-li .- _ t ' :- poet , he was _als ¦ the _sclf-eiliieaci- _d-liof . maker . ( _Cheu-s . ) iie was proud that ho had belonged io 11 class that did tint live _ib-les _^ y be wi .. proud i : _> belong 10 the class of Shal { _spearc-. ( t : i _., c _^)* —and ii he were a » ked for the discretion , nnd edpeation , ami _goi-dsense , _» _. eniille him tothe _irunelii-u * lhe _ivoulu ask , were other classes so vcrv _euuuuit fov

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      discretion and good sense ? There was now a literature that made the People _tbV'k ror themselves , and for ' tho _ahlKow of that lilera _ ture he thanked the meeting for their cheers . It wa _* time to speak out , it was the age of light and of knowledge , though it was but its dawn ; itwas not now . tlio song of war , orthe song of "See the conquering . hero conies , " that was popular , but the preachment ol ' every prose writer who was popular was to Jmnour . rather the Howards and the Bernard _Gilpins . Despise- ' Chavtist as he was when he came from prison , . Douglas Jerrold and C . -Dickens were the first to take hi »> by the hand , and lo them hc ought to add the hono '_ L _»* d name of William Howitt —( cheers ) , —who had _» _t- > miscd himself to write a petition for Fruat aud Williams . ( Loud cheers . ) The _CnuiiMAS next gave—Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the fearless assertor of ! _l-A -ow _' - rights , tho uncompromising denouncer of its I .... ...

      _wroiijis . On Mr . O'Consor rising to respond , the audience started to their feet , and made the welkin ring again with their loud acclaim . At least ten minutes elapsed before hc could proceed , tke cheers being again and agaiu renewed . When it had somewhat subsided , he said : Hc knew it- was customary at public meetings to say the present was the proudest moment of his life , and he could very truly say he _lwvcr knew a moment of greater importance . " Several speakers had regretted there were not more members of Parliament present ; he was pleased to find so many . One speaker , he believed Air . Wheeler , bad warned their opponents of the volcano . He much feared tbey would not learn tbis fact until too

      Idte . ( Hear , hear . ) Tin ' s was a gocd opportunity to make Parliament acquainted with our sentiments . Ihe members of the honourable House present , will have Ke _^ n the officers and _goodly army of Chartists , but . li . it army is not inclined to form a portion of the militia . We will not light for Poor Law bastile ? , uor for rattle-boxes , hor a cormorant church , or a bench of bishops , nor for national debts , nor for a landed aristocracy . Thus will they learn the cause of the under-growl . We have progressed in knowledge most wonderfully ; we have given np all cutnotions of physical force ; but they arc now taken up by the government , as they are desirous of getting up a militia force , and he hoped the hitherto base , trashy , and venal press , would convey

      ourseatiimmts to the world , lie did not deal gently with those gentlemen , for he was independent of them , being himself a national gazette . ( Loud cheering . ) 1 ihe could not give labour a holiday , he _invariabl ) gave the gentlemen of the press one , immediately lie appeared . When the doors of his prison were closed , Duncombe braved the prejudices o f his order , and visited him ; he also visited poor Lcnney , in thc Penitentiary . ( Great cheering . ) The ailefress said , tliey would die rather than desert Mr . Duncombe . Ik- was not fond of dying , but should Hv . _takv . the lit , and do it , then would he say he looked I ' or a merciful venlict at the hands' of their chairman . ( I . oud laughter . ) However , he had occasionally been placed in trying circumstances ! , and he did

      think he could muster courage enough . It gavt hiin great pleasure to see in the chair thc able aud _successful advocate of ; tl . e Dorchester labourers , likewise of his clients tho Glasgow cottonspinners . ( Loud cheers . ) He wns at a meeting the other night , at which a man declared it would be dangerous to nut a musket in the hands ofa working man . Ourpr . iic . p _ eis" ?» ovote , i . OHiusket . " ( Loud and long continued cheering . ) If ever we light , it must be for something for ourselves . Let us have the vote , nnd the musket to protect it , and then , should an invasion take place , none would fly with greater alacrity to the cry of" tha cottage in danger " than would the Chartists . W ' e arc frequently told we are not united : I say we are .

      I ask , can it be _s And a voice responds—Union and Liberty ' . We are also told we lack knowledge , but if wo did , our enemies would grant us the franchise in > tantly , for ignorance is the tyrant ' s best protection . Attend it meeting of our opponents , and _dulnesa and iu-. ipidity prevail , but in ours the first of ekquer . ee , Mr . Duncombe has given you an outline of the Queen ' s speech , but he forgot tho Estimates , which ho wonld be bomid her Majesty would not _forjiet _. She would doubtless taik of foreign powers , but

      would she mention America or Prussia , where they are making a demand for a constitution ? If ho had valued his own importance sufficiently he should not have listened to the abuse of the landed aristocracy to-night , as lie had a visit from a _special mossenger of the Duke of Richmond , offering him terms _tojoin the land ' . d aristocracy against the League . ( Roars of laughter . ) But not all the money the landed aiiscucrftey or the League , or both combined , could raise , would induce him to say or write one word against the interest of the working classes . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr . Stallwood having moved and carried the motion that . Vir . Christie do take the clnir , proposed ; he last sentiment of the evening . Thomas Wakley , Esq ., Finsbury ' s other able _rej-re-. _-ientative : long may he Hv « to witness the _puoplo _frw _>' i om _bone-cruih ' mg Poor Imiv Uaiom , and many thanks to him for the efficient manner iu which lie 1 ms presided over this meeting . The _Ci-uiitMAN briefly returned thanks . He complained that the franchise was not valued as it ought to be by- the electors . There wero complaints made ' _»! ' the House of Commons ; was it not a law-making manufactory ? Then why did the people send in sueh workmen ? The men they had heard speak that night were luminous compared with the dull pated

      legislators sent to tbe lower house . ( Laughter . ) The fact was , property and interests alone were represented , and the social condition ofthe people was entirely neglected . In IS *)? he had endeavoured to get 1 reform of the representation , by an & ta ___ „ i ~> -ttt on the address / and if he had ever given a vote against the interests of the working man , he would not have had tbe impudence to appear there tbat evening . The sou : ee of all the evil was , that the working men were not _represented , and they would never have their rights till tliey were represented in the Legislature by people of their owu class . ( Cheers . ) The meeting , which had been most fully attended throughout ,, separated , after three cheers for the Charter , and three for Duncombe , Wakley , and Christie .

      Luif Hours' Bill.—A Deputation From The ...

      luif Hours' Bill . —A deputation from the Centra ) Short-Time Committee ofthe West Riding had an _iiiturview on Wednesday , at Doncaster , with Mr . E . 11 . Denison , M . P ., on the . factory question , prevbus to _^ _he hon . member ' s having Yorkshire for his Parliamentary duties . Tub Russian- Ness . —The ZV « ufc / ori Journal having published a letter , dated Warsaw , the 15 th ult ., supposed to have been written by _, ih old officer of Napoleon's army , denying the existence of a Basilian nunnery at Minsk , and throwing doubt , upon the _iwvtur-s inflicted upon its superior , _Miecavalawska ami her companions , M . Leonard Chodzko addressed die following letter to the Paris Cdobe : — "l was born in the diocese of Minsk the spiritual government ol

      , which was confided from 1706 to 1815 to the Bishop James Ignatius Dederko , my grand uncle . As such , 1 declare that the alleged correspondence of a eratended oi _' . icev of Napoleon ' s army is apoervplial in every point-that its contents are n tissue of ' _absunlitmsinvented foraparlicularobject-that thu Basilian convent ol Minsk has existed for the last three _cent uries , having been founded by Prince Leo Sapiehathat the superior , M-C . a _ yslaw . ka , is a native ot lhe _. ormor palatinate ot Froki , in _Lithuania-thtit thc martyrdom ,. i the holy nuns of Sr . _Baril is an _uu'lmstioned and unquestionable fact-and that this _f . _eelai-atiim o ( mine will be confirmed bv all U , lolish exiles born _m * educated at . Minsk or in the _neighbouring districts . "

      _ m _ _Acci-m at tiik Railway _Tmoiiscs at Sorrr . A _ no . \ oar _-iii-at Last .-A youth , about fifteen years ot age , named Dull , eniplovctl as an _enuiite-cleancr , while cleaning the wheels of a tender upon ; _t side rail , was _iiuiV . _vUt . v . _Uvly killed bv tie want ul caution in four ' men , who were _puslinis a _waggon of coke on a cross rail , not giving the nsunl signal of " look out . " Hefore the poor buy could set _oi _. tofllie iivt . v the buffer of tho waggon caught him upon tlic bead , and literally smashed it to pieces . The body was immediately taken to Radley Railway Ifo . ol , and a coroner ' s inquest summoned , which met on _SiUnvdn ; ., when altera very . searching iuvcsti _& tlion , a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned andthe four men called into the room , when thev weve _strongly connived by Gcovsc _Cni'fo , Esq ., _ooi-o _' - liev . ior then * wiUn of due caution in not lookina-nead before moving thc waggon .

      _Biikakimi ur of a Gang oi * Mubokrkiss and iS . oi . iH . i ( s .-Coii . m . tieil to Nenagh guul , by J 0 j ui _* . ore Jones , E « _,., ll . M ., Phil . Mahir , fov theWZ nf 1 iioiinis . Shanalian , Process-server , near _Iforriso leigh , on the 2 l » t of October , 183-1 ; Kdmoml Rv ' in " John Conway , Thomas Dwyer , and John Kenned ,- ' 0 ! b _' awn—the latter a respectable tanner ' s "on _iii _. i the person who brought the party to _Horn ' s hnm _,. ll . is { . mig were connected with sevWi { . other ne ,- ' sons nml were en _^ geil to go in a ! l _Oiroc-tiot _* . * - in thc _tNurlh Ruling ot I _ipperary , committing ontl „ _, J ttiwilcr . . Since their arrest several bad _chanicters nave _absconded . I here is most _sitiMacterv evidenee _aw . nst the persons avmud , and the bwakinir up oi such a gang is looked on as „„ c „ _f h , 1 Uost iiuportaut events that emi . d have cceiivveil for this comity line of the gang nas turned approver , ami il is _thoudit twit the peiperators oi all the outrages in this Ruling will besnortly _brought to justice .

      l _ oi _ . ow . irsOiCT _ . ST anu Pill ..- " Take up thv _oi-d ami walk . -Mary Rouse , aged -IS , residing a \ . looting , liad been _hed-niMen I ' or the last _twove-u- _* _iln-ee years _apo ( id the unn ,. * f ijfo ) | , cr . _'cVam . , ihoi- , hii _* , s of lier body swelled must _frishifiiHv ( lus wi * unloved . by sores „ ml W 0 UIll | - . _; _, ; .. ¦¦ arl y oveiy part ot lier person , whi _, h vemkveil un * help ess . hv _purilvmg the blood l . y means of the > * om .-rHu _pilis am . the « , of the oii , f nu-nt , she _S . . _' _muivilly cured m lour weeks . Female " . A wo - _^¦ kc _tuiy other _mefee th ** _l _£ _^ Sj

      Dis-Ast-Io* 7 *- Colliery Iixploslotn* ....

      _DIs-AST-iO _* _* - COLLIERY _iiXPLOSlOtN _* . > ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ i _ ' iFURniBR ? A 1 > - I < 3 UUR 3 . | ..... , This distressing and _awiui ' -. _^ astrop he occurred ahout eu'ltt o ' clock -on Wednesday _iiiOrmi-g , but a short time after the men had descended ih _« pft to work . The colliery , called the Black Vein Pit , is situated about three-quarters of a mile from Riscabridae , on the _Macheit side , opposite _llisca . On descending tbe shaft , which is 144 yards in depth , levels branch off in opposite directions , the one going under Mitchell mountain , and known as the •• Afot .-iit .-tiu Side , " and the other 1 tinning under tho river which _ftosvs down the valley between the two Him of hills , and known as tho " River Side . " In each ievei _, fifty or sixty men were at work , anil those on ' tin ? _£ i _>* er _sitfo _were oiffc of danger , as were aiso * _PY- _ _-v _ il who "ere between the bottom of the shaft , w _.. _^ . __ / i . ;_ i COLLIERY _EXl'LOSlOiV

      and die spot tvJiere the learlul explosion took place , on the mountain side , it appears that all those within the tang- ol the scorching and withering blast—thirty-five in _limr-ber—were hilled ; one was burned to such an exisid as almost to destroy the human lineaments ; am ! three or lour others but slightlv . The others were suffocated , except onea lad named John Crook , who was killed by a carriage descending on him , while the poor follow was _easping for existence at the bottom of the shalt . _Inrco horses were killed—one burned to ashes . _ The doers ofthe stalls were blown down , and much injury done to the works . A bout eight o'clock , a noise as ot an explosion was heard by the men on the side , and a tiense sulphureous vapour ascending the shaft , soon disclosed that thv destroying agent—the collier ' s blighting cumc— had _bt-i-n doing thc work of death below .

      Soon after the operations were commenced for taking out thc bodies , no pen can depict , no language exaggerate , lhe appalling scene around the entrance of this cavern of horrors ! and no one that has heard them can ever forget tiie wail of the widow , the soulgiven groan of the bereaved fcthw , and the scream of frighten « d ciitiutwud , as it clung around its hopeless mother , whilst body after body , with diver-ined death tokens , " Plurima mortis imago , " was revealed to the view of _ti-ieir distracted kindred _. Eleven were found close together ; and ic is supposed tin y must have ran to the spot from some distant part of the . level , butthat having fallen doivnia suffocation , they dieu where they were found . __ Tbe corpses wero brouiht out , five and six at a time , and moved . " _mmwoiaieW l ' tom the fatal , spot to tbe homes of their _sorrowing relations—some on trams , others on hurdles and pieces of timber , borne on tbe shoulders of their late follow-workmen . Death ,

      in tact , was almost 111 every house , and in two __ or three instance , a . many as four bodies were bewailed by their bereft families . Here we may mention a few , affecting _cphttwe . -whieh have been dwelt upon to us with unpretending , though real pathos . An old collier , who had beeiuictive ' y and useiully employed in forwarding the means of recovering the suii ' erers Iron _. the works , had the heart-rending trial of finding , after a short interval , his two sons , who had gone to their toil inthe morning full of manly vigour , and rejoicing in health , now victims of the explosion . The clav was put into a tram , into which the old man was _assisted , sobbing out , "O Duw ! 0 Duw ! yr mechgin _anwvl . " Another poor follow , running from the scene of death toward the bottom of tne abaft , found a boy endeavouring to reach the same point of safotv ; he hunn . nely laid hold of the

      struggling youth , and when he was enabled to identity the object of his kind solicitude lie found that it was his own son ! and both , we are happy to say , _wereultimatciy saved . Another , of a melancholy feature , may be " marked . It was the ease of an unfortunate young man , named John Banks , a person of irreproachable character , who , . ve understand , on the day previous , had been engaged in the good work of soliciting contributions for erecting a house of worship to his Creator . This poor _fellow was to havo been married in a short time , the banns having been published ia the parish church : he was found prostrated some distance up the heading , having his cap stulied into his mouth , apparently with the intention of preventing the effect nf the deadly > as _. He must have made a great effort to escape , but folding himself gradually overpowered by the noxious vapour , hesunk down in his last stru--lc t ' 01 * existence . —Monmouthshire _Mu-Un

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      Bankrupts. (From Tuesday's Gazette, Janu...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , January 20 , ISIS . J William Ward , Maaehcsttr , auctioneer — Thomas _Preini- Ifawiey , noiv or lute of _ih-unswick-purade , _Biirnstiuvy-i-Giul , _Islington , _elieoseinoiigtr— William Baldwin , * > _orUiu _::-i- < v _. d , _Nottmj ; -i * . iSl , victualler—Sir John _lUss , Kuc , York . road , L .. in 6 < _.-tl ! _, _ j ; _u- ! . * r— John Beery Hanks , Gre . it Newport-street , engraver—Francis Glass , _Buiii . gliiill-str _. et , _wooll _. n . fiictor — Thomas Dean , _Cheuicsstruet , _Tutteiil . _ani-cotirt-road , victualler — Victoire _Susann- Ursulu Lenonuand , _ltmrc-iit-. U'eet ,

      milliner—John Ilieketts , Gosport , grocer—Henry Fneker , bouthanipton _, _innkesptr—Cl . risiupher Blacku . ore , Cork-street , _tuiior—David Murks , _UouiiUsditoh , pen-manufacturer- — William GriiHu , Cornhill , jeweller—John Jarvie and _Jaim-s _llowlvy , -Imichester _, silk-manufacturers—John lt .. ilbone , Alcester , Warwickshire , broker and eordwainer —Hiehard Paris , _Ua-jland , _ilonmoutli , innkeeper—John Den _. igh , Era-ford , wool merchant — John Buiuuu _Gillet , Uradfoid , dyer—Uobeit Agars , _Kingston-upon-UulJ , woollen-draper — Jiobert KIrpatricfc and Janie _. Sniith , Liverpool , rope _msii . ut ' acturers—Daniel Wynne , Colwyn , Carnarvonshire , innkeeper .

      _BASK-OPTCY AH __ irL _ - _* -. John lewis , Tipton , S _. _-atiordshi _.-e , grocer . DIVIDENDS DECLARED . 3 . Ashbarry , lloim Lacy , Herefordshire , fannersecond and thud div . of llii ,, any Friday , at ilr . Whitmor _«' _s , _birmiiighau ) . T . Wright , juu ., Xewea 5 . tie .-ttp 0 n-. yne , shipownerfirst and final div . 01 3 d ., ou Saturday Jan . 24 , or any _sub-efjuent Saturday , at Jlr . Wakky ' s , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . W . Turner , Manchester , cabinet-tanker—first div . of 3 i . 7 d ., on Tuesday , Feb . 3 , or any subsequent Tuesday , at Mr . Pott's , Manchester .

      DIVIDENDS . Feb . 13 , B . Ling , Forc-sr . rt .-t , _Limchouse , timber dealer —Feb . IS , K . While , _Poi-. S'i . _'outh , surgeon—Feb . 10 , G . mid W . _N-. el , _Jerinyn-Mrect , bootmakws—Feb . 12 , G _' Payne , Kins-street , _Guvciit-garden , tailor—Ft * . It ) , 0 . Haywood , Luton , Bih _ . brd _ . hire , bricklayer— Feb . IS , C . Norman , _Cuinbeviiiiui-niew-, Edgewaro-roael , eoaeli builder— Feb . IT , G . * s _ . w . _m . y , Lew . * , Sussex , taiior— Feb . 24 , J . R . King , Bath , druggist—Feb . 17 , J . Dowle , _Chepsiow , Monmouthshire , wine nit-reliant—Feb . 17 , J . W .

      Braddiek , Bristol and _Sodbm-y , tanner — March 3 , J . Grainer , _Stoneliouse , _Cocc-su-i-shire , dyer—March 3 , T . F . Shilluin , Dudbridge , G _. oce-tcr _. lur-, woolbroker—Feb . 19 , J . _Hashes , Ma » elw _« v . v , provision deaUr—Feb . 1 !) , 11 . P . Price , _Hoiyvvt-II , Flintshire , iinendraper—March 10 ( instead of " Feb . 5 J _, _K . Meredith , Livtvpo-1 , Iinendraper—Feb . 10 , F . _Snemle , Chestrr _, limber _niti-ch _.-iut—Feb . Id , li . iViebolson , Stockton , Durham , bookseilev—Feb . 13 , J . J orpin , Bishops Wwirmouth , Durham , draper—Feb . 12 , W . J . Cuopw ' and J . Benttie , NorthSliieWs , drapers—Feb . IG , i . Uviver , Slawst-n _, Leie _» stershirc , victualler .

      _Cbmificates to bo _griiiitsd unless cam . b _^ _aho-jn to the contrary 0 : 1 the day of _nietting . Feb . 12 , G . r _.-iyne ,, lung-street , Covent-garden , tailor —Feb . 12 , J . Wake , _Silvei _^ tone _, Northamptonshire , timber merchant—Feb . 11 , T . -Mortimer , Bast-lane , Walworth , victualler—Feb . 10 , J . Thomas , Bristol , marblemason—Feb . 1-3 , J . _Joj _. _iiji , Bishops _Wearmoutli _, Durham , _dritpf-r— Feb . 12 , J . Hulme , Manchester , paper di-. ili .-r—Feb . 12 , J . _But ' ertvurtli , Manchester , plumber —Feb . lt , , _'I . jlose , Blackburn , drys-ltei _* . _Cektivicates to b _> _jp-anttd by the Court of Review unless cause besbmui to the contrary on or before Felivuarr 111 .

      T . F . Piper , Cheapside , _Bishopsgate-street-wUUwit _, avid _clsewhc-re , wholesale stay manufacturer J . _Ilarvard _BvooU-strett , Buml-, _tner , bmpnu . ker—J . Tunks , Kcnl _silicon , _limrket iMrd _. iicr—J . Mortimer , Atlelaitle . _' -treet ' West _Straid . books . Uot—T . B . _Vaugbnii _, _Poulton-eum _! _bpitta , _ClK-sh , v _,-, _fai-inl .. r-M . _Bavnts , Woodbriduc , Sut rolk , e ) , y _„„ st-F . w . Slarle , Adelaide-terrace , Chrfs _«« Ciiceseiuoiiircr . ' * - _' _- ' j

      _l'AllTNCEsmrs DISSOLVED , wm . s _* _S _rf' _S _* , _^ ' FllV ' ' u , arije * _srt »« -e . d apers L r ' * Ja ,, 8 _» _«^ t , Westminster , woollen n apers _, _u tar ns _tegnnhi J . Ptsta-. e-T . G . Picrson ta _! Z' "» ' _*"«»«« « K . llendmon , StoeUt _. _n , 1 > U / - woolle _, dnipt , s : „ s far nj > _^^ j _Glhnnu-n . Mcoie - eon f . :. _(¦ eWMk « _* ' _-J" _* 'l _' V- ' « t , Sottiu hamri , irc , iters _Tw ' hwuvtt ' nnd Cp - S _«""« erl « nd , _< oal t * ors ~ r _,-r ? m , rt W > T ' 1 Jr 0 " * M _«« h « U _* t , PI ' 1 , 7 : " , V U , sl : 0 , ube ' » _wonport , _maltste / s-J . ¦ ' _••¦ Imghaiu ami Son , St . _Jolm-stveet , St . Sepulchre's wS , _* « _""V-V _^ _-- _™ _- _- -Bak « and Davis , _Kiiis * . r , , * Ion , sllue - - _' _«**? »»< ievs _ S „ lmon a « d-on , Che Word , _ImiUlers-1-.. ]) . _ilurray _, A . SmitU _juw ., and * . _W . _ltogw , Uvcrpool-W . Affleck and E _. _Frii-er , liigh _wjconibe _.. _i-apers-Turh . y and Cooper , Leeds , _sloekbrolu-rs-lu . viu- and _Maiiinson , _Meiksham _, Wiltshire—11 . and K . Daniel , _Stula-npon-Trent , china and

      earthenware ma .. ulaeinre , s _ J . W . C . _ClotUw and It . Impev , ¦ _joiiiersetsli _,,-,. _, _innuers-sparrting and _llunmiell , Co : ' . ! _diut-siuet , _Bond-stn-c-t , _tnilors-Uolli-js and Co . Mm > - e _1 _,-stev-J . Darby and . 7 . _Pii _. st , UowlBy n « _gii ., StaffordtZ' T' _'" _^"' r _* ' _l' »* » ' _»» Cln « oa , _Bankside , South . waik-l . a „ a \\ . _N 0 _ltage > Worshi p-street , livery stable _aeepeM arkc and _Currto , _Kewman-pasLL l _{ _~ _« _--eet , S .. MHnlvbo , ! e , tai ! . _rvn _,. _lters 4 > etcha , d lSr ? 5 S TT * _^ " _^ _- T . Lowe ai C . _^ \\ ton , _eoimuiisiou nii .-i-. i-- ... 1 1 ¦ .. ,. ' SV 001 _W _\ Hi ,- " _•" ' _* " _* u ! oi _* _-Jn _"t-ynon and W . ¦ mi lret » Ti ' _Ali ; _U'Hr-t * M « nH _« I . a . u . Slie . lieid ' " ' , f : ! t "j _^^ . _ruitn-. G . Magnus and W . llof . m . n , li ' 4 y'T ' ' T 7 ' _^ ' _^ _»»^ -V . Fo . , C . Bailey . ' 1 V' ti' ' ' ' : ; l «' _eb- ! -i _!» ei , inerebaiit *—J . Robinson p . . * U ! 0 _"'r on , _sioidleworth , Yorkshire , _dy-.-rs-J . _iinm-er an , * . _K _^^ _-xx . John-str-tt , Bedfovd-vow , ttoniies—W jl _^ _,,, _.,, „; j > l . i : ui _; tfij . SJietlield _, saw iimuu . _^ _uwv-ysVf , Jordan r . i-d J , W . Smith , Liverpool , stork . brokers .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24011846/page/6/