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      -S 5 _sff == _^ _MANCHESTER . _itvETlSe AT THE HALL . OF SCIENCE TO cSEA »*\ CONVENTION AND HfiAR THE _K _^ _yjIlOSS ADOPTED BY THAT BODY . _sSS o ' clo ck tiie spacious building was filled , A * f _S paniel Donovan wascaled to the chair . s _«^ -lotions that were passed at tlie convention _# - _taii tted in the order in which they appear in ¦ _SH _* 1 _* 5 Tf _$ _e _^ _urk moved the first resolution and spoke as jir . _^ f ) Bo * u h . jmian and working men of Manchester , — > h * - _* - "" _i- moving the first resolution having _deli _' _jV _onure , I proceed to the performance of h T 0 _' . rest deal of pleasure , as lam sure it will _tfi tn * S , _jjC un animous approval of the meeting , _tutf * _- * L * ft calls upon you to agitate for nothing _^ _agira _people ' s Charter , whole aud entire . short oi _» This is the time when wc are in _ho-O- _ijmdto st 3 nd by our Charter —( hear ) , —our _a _<^ _Char ter . ( Cheers . ) We are told that we _jjoriei * - _* - . _^ gs ing f the whole ofthe Charter at _^ _ewre o _c _^ ght . to _a-k for a little at a time ; but _""f _' thou-W it contained nothing more than justice , 35 le would not agitate fer anything less , and ht _**** - _^ pressed wiili the belief that sueh was the he ** ' v Q t every man in the meeting . ( Cheers . ) s _*^ frc strong reasons why they should now make T- _^ _ijeir determina tion not to lag in their _exerl-nO" ** n .. . _nnnpiin-tTvi 9 torl flip otnrinnc vcnrlz nf _WIBUUIUkww _iuwuuo _nvinut _^ _- — _,

      , . until tlieV ... v . _^ " _^ Levation . ( Cheers . ) Others were bidding _"""V ir support in favour of different _measures—** _tride for instance , was paraded before their _frcC - asa _^ rcat _baon . He cautioned them to be seil 5 e ! , _,- - the iu' ™ le , for even those who relied upon _^ h eme as lVn acea fo r all _thair ills , would find , _i f _ifter the accomplishment of that trick , that £ would then be as powerless as they now arei _-uvk if _eanitalistsand _pi-oGt-mongers—voteless , , vh « and landless . With the accomplishment W _fX Ch arter matters would be entirely different ; Jh _* r would , inthatcase , aslabourers , have the power _Zturnnicn to the Senate House to make laws to _^ tict labour , which was the poor man ' s _onlypror -v and which , when protected , insured the safety _Vv ' lives and property of every one in the state _, i . _iwould not trespass longer upon their attention , but _include by moving the resolution . Mr Leach seconded it in one of those simple but

      _fluent details of labour s wrongs ior wmcii lie lias Kme _celebrate . Thus the whole fact , my friends -that the aristocracv of capital have too much , and _lllpneonle have to" little of their own produce ; it _« ill scarcely be believed that one man is performing H much work as it took 7 , 500 to perform _seventy-5-lit vears ago-fcreat sensation , ) -and will any _„ = mi me how free trade is to give to the working r _^ cs theirsliare in this impro vement , as they call it ( Cheers . ) I believe nothing but making laws for _oureelves can do it . and , therefore , I heartily second the resolution . The resolution was pat and _Carried unanimou sly .

      Mr . R airstow , on presenting himself to move the ceco"d resolution was loudly cheered . He said , the present is an eventful erisis , to be made valuable or disastrous , according to the nse we make of those events which faction has created —( cheers)—the _faction are like figures in a panorama or a dissolving view . ( Cheers . ) Russell finds that he cannot get all t o agree with him in his free trade views because he won t go the wholeliog , and so lie cannot form an administration , aud dissolves in the view . ( Laughter . ) . sir R obert Peel w » _'l nave to _throw the Duke over die left before he can form a cabinet , as he won ' t bud _* 'C , so wc must have another _dissolution . We , the people , it appears , areat length to constitute the

      panorama , so we ought to icelas it we were responsible , even for their blunders , and try to prepare _ourstl vesinanfully for that responsibility , and press onward to action . ( Cheers . ) However they may all _coalesce for a repeal ofthe Corn Laws , they are all s worn enemies to the producing classes , because they are deprived of the franchise , and with them poverty is the curse of the world , and property is the God of tlieir adoration . ( Cheers . ) So we must maintain a Movement distinct and separate , which will pull down their nnjust god and place ourjust God , equitable distribution , upon its throne . ( Loud cheers . ) labour must depend sole _' y npon _^ tself and ; therefore , io the labourers alone he looked to make the struggle

      effective , and it was , therefore , he cordially moved the resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Shaw , delegate from London , said : Mr . Chairman and fellow townsmen , I call you fellow townsmen , _though it Is twenty-one years since I met you . The last dav I met you was upon a memorable dayit was upon the Peterloo day . ( Groans . ) I hope von haven't forgot it , I never shall . ( Cries " _Xor we , never . " ) I rejoice to find that you are determined io advocate your own principles by the mottos I see banning round the room . I shall now read the resolution submitted to you . Ton are told to enjoy your sufferings here , in order that you may be happy here after ; and yet you are asked to repeal the Corn Laws thos whih

      here , as a means of stopping e sufferings e are to be your passport U > eternal bliss . How that , in niv opinion , may be good free trade philosophy , but it is very bad moralitj . ( Laughter . ) L pon that subject he would merely say a word ; it was , that no Chartist ever did attempt to oppose free trade until , by the license our toleration had given them , thev insolently attempted to place their principles in the ascendant , and to trample upon ours . Then he thought , and every honest man would thiuk , that it was high time to test the power of right against the tvranuy of might ; they did do it , right triumphed , and when the advocates of tyranny were discomfited thev cried shame upon those whom their own

      insolence had urged to the struggle . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . West , in seconding the Tesolutbn , said—You confer great favour upon me , in calling upon me to second this resolution , as it peculiarly affects myself , as upon all occasions I have met the champion , of free trade , to place the labour-question fairly before vou , which they wonld not do , as they are monopolists of the bit of knowledge they possess —( cheers and laughter)—as well as of everything else . Now , he thought it was right that as the League and their lecturers told one side of the question , that the Chartists and their lecturers should tell them the other side —( cheers)—and while all parties are lookins for their share of tbe triumph in the recognition

      of free trade principles , why , surely , it was only lair that the poor people , for whose sole benefit the goodnatured , kind-hearted creatures took all the trouble , _should look their own way for their own share . { Loud cheers and laughter . ) They say the crisis has been attributed to Richard Cobden and the free traders —( laughter)—but I am not prepared to give them a triumph which legitimately belongs to the people . ( Cheers . ) The fact is , my friends , that the agitation for the Charter has broug ht the question of labour and capital prominently before the thoughtful portion of the working classes —( cheers)—and those who had the profits on labour found it _neces-* arv to throw that burden which was placed upon their shoulders on some other stalking

      horse—( laughter)—aud so they clapt it upon the back of free trade . ( Cheers , ) Now , my friends , it is all nonsense for them to blink that real question which must be discussed , aud decided , too , before an arrangement can be come to , or an adjustment made . The fact is , thev stand in the same relation to each other as pareut and child—labour is the parent , and capital is the child—and , upon my word , as the child has beeorae _undutiful , we must remind it of the commandment _proclaiuiedon the Mount * . " Honour thy father and thy mother , that thy days may be long m the land , whicli the Lord thy __ God has given thee ( Loud cheers . ) Now , workiug men , I think that the commandment wkieh says that , would give us , the parent , the privilege of keeping a little strap bj our _sidP to remind the child of its duty when it becomes

      _refractory . ( Cheers . ) Now , I'll tell you one tnmg _ftatl tori my child ; I tell him that it takes the labour of a million men , at twelve shillings a week each , to pay the interest npon our _child ' s extrav agance ra the shape of a nationa debt , and if we allow only three toafaimly—and vou can't have less than a man , and a wife , and one chicken— you will sec that this debt entails niisery nnon three millions . ( Cheers . ) Now , my friends , let ns to-night decide in favour of the parent hy declaring for the Chartist strap , which you need oniy show to insure the duty of your child . ( Cheers . ) We toil four nights in the week for our oppressors , and if we were half as well disposed to ourselves , we _nifrht do it for ourselves . ( Cheers . ) There is a chan _* re come upon the land , which neither reel or _<' obden created—surely , they did ' nt blight the

      potatoe ! ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , he would say , tnat thev never did oppose the principles of free trade , but they opposed those who would turn all the profit into their own pockets ; and now , he said , if hnglishmenand Irishmen even thought they were going to be hungry—for men should not- be allowed to live in terror of snch danger—he would say , open the ports , and feed the hungry , and satisfy the _frightened , and then , when that ' s over , every man in England would go for the People ' s Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dixon in moving the next resolution Slid , 1 need not tell you that my heart and soul is in thi > resolution , as I feel assured that if the people were enfranchised they would make whatever change did tame a national instead of a class benefit . ( Cheers . ) He had opposed the League , and he thought , as a _KoTJunjrnian . that he was notonly justified , but called

      upon Jo do so . Let any man that doubts their real _objects xead Mr . ltidgwav _' s report and he will find it there a . 'iniitted that they want to make cheap ° read thSt they may have cheap labour , that * % may _t" » mpete with the foreigner . ( Cheers . ) This will " _reo'ice tire poor man ' s 2 s . to Is . 4 d ., and _wake thepoor w _* worseoff than ever . He denied thai the _workiu" men Fere monopolists . Wnat did they 1 _fn & polise ° but allVhe poverty ? And he assertea t 5 » t thev had now e \ _"ia _<* _u more real dignity of cuafatterthan all their on " _"wessore , when they forgot their

      just cause of quarrel ai " - _^ protectors ana re-I _* re sentatives of their ow ' _" _* order said , "Now open the ports ; vou shan ' t nu * _- « s in a false position . \ Loud cheers . ) Aye , mv frit ni < ls » tnere ' nothing the ere * would rather _' see iuknow than the people taking = »™ a false step as weuld rel _**** t , ie _LeaSue _« ° ™ _* J ihe responsihi % ofrealisin _* _--. _% _<* Srcat hopes held e'Jt fromfree trade . Oh , if they _« _oald onl y 8 *

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      _say if hunger came upon us , it was your own fr iPmU _-StfimSf J ""** 6118 _u _* - } 0 tickle the landlords what th _^ _lv-i _? . _^ f"y where to come fromwnat the devil then ' s the use of all the _bothor Eft _^ artists , I'll show you how those men blow hot and cold at the same time . I heard Cob den say m Manchester , and you all _hcardWm _^ av over and over again , that a repeal o _ffcoSli _^ r _^? i ? ii i ,, your _oeUies —( cheers and lau « hterl--and I'll tell you another thing , the York _Ku 2 _nt forme to meet Cobden _andfmet him in SSt Music Saloon , and I'll tell you what I heardKsay were _^ £ f / amerS ' _*&** that if the <*» B weie lepealed to-mo _nwhis operativesin Lancashire _Sl _^ _^ _^ _&™ tion cheaper . ( _L aSter and that ' s the dodge . Now what he ( Mr . _Dhcon _tkenWlltM T A quick as r _° _«^ S it _S _*? - _r ' , wases . to be able to pay for it , whether it is cheap » dear . / r . n „ . i _nuoa _~ \ Vi . _i

      resolution was seconded and earried bv acclamation . moY _^ t £ _ft _* W _* P rcsen _« ng himself to move the fourth resolution , was loudly cheered . lie said , my resolution will take but a very short timel _^ L . _™ du ntherecommendation of our great leader , Ihomas S ingsby Duncombe , who told us _hJSmM i Pet , t , _< was so insoleut | ytreated * that he would be no party to having a further insult iniposed upon the people in this Parliament , but that _ewasi-ead y to try . the metal of every Parliament , by presenting a national petition to it as soon as _posl sible alter its re-constructicr .. ( Cheers . ) The last SSSh _^ flK _^ _7 3 . 500 , 000 , the next would be signed by o OOo OOO _, and especially if the Corn Laws were repealea , and failed in producing the golden anticipations that wcre _looked for . He , for one . was for a natior . _-. l petition , while he was for implii citly obeying the recommendation of his _srreatleadpr

      who had ever stood faithful to his trust- ( loud cheers tor J 3 uncombe ) -therefore , said Mr . Doyle , I have great pleasure in moving the resolution . Mr _Nuttalh _do gate for Manchester , said he would not detain tnem long—that the resolution had ins most cordial support , and he would just remind them that the poon capitausts— ( laughter)—met at _^ "p hester to-day , and subscribed the small amount ot _ioQ _. OOO to redress their grievances ; and let the working men only subscribe a farthing each , where their oppressors subscribed a thousand pounds , _aiid t , le poor man ' s farthing would beat the rich man ' s gold . ( Cheers . ) He had much pleasure in seconding the resolution .

      Mr . Bell , of Hey wood , in supporting the resolution , said—I am not a speaker , I am an actor . There are plenty of speakers upon this platform ; but I will remind you thatit is not the £ 59 , 000 , nor fifty-nine hundred thousand _pouuds _, tbat will frighten the aristociacy of _Englanujitis therolknpotatoesthatlias fri ghtcnedthim . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He " would tell them were the hitch was—the landed aristocracy and the money aristocracy were afraid that the people who worked and starved would wonder when they saw those that didn't work live sumptuouslv in the midst of working class want . ( Tremendous cheering and " That ' s it , Bell . " ) He'd tell them a stow _, riiere was an old lady once that had a daughter , and . _iteing taken ill , the daughter ran for a parson , and

      not being at home she went to another shop —( laughter)—where she found one , and she brought him with her . _^ The second came off to the lady , when he received the message , and as he Kas going in the first chap was coming out , and they bumped tlieir heads together . "Did your head crack ?" said the one . "No , " said the other . "Then it ' s empty , " was the reply . "Did vour head sound ?" said the other chap . " No . " " Then it ' s hollow !" ( Roars of laughter . ) Each party looks to his own interest ; and let them see if they could ' nt take a leaf out of their book , and show them that they have an interest of their own to look after . Don't you see that they always use you to do their own job , but they tell you it is yours —( _greatlaughter and cheers )

      —and then , when you do it for them , they let you to about your own by yourselves . ( Hear , hear , and "that ' s it ! " ) Now , behold this great , this mighty , this intellectual meeting ! and where's the press to report its proceedings ? My friends , that will be the very rock the ignorant " aristocracy will split upon . They let us do our own business , in the hope of concealing our strength , and then , when we gather it up , they'll find it difficult to put it down . Thank God we have our own press here , that never neglected us , the Northern Star . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now working men , as I told you , I was no sneaker . ( Laughter . ) I have much pleasure in supporting the resolution . The speaker resumed his scat amid thunders of applause , and his speech was not surpassed by any of that night .

      The resolution was then put [ and carried by acclamation . Mr . G . Wheeler had great pleasure in moving the next resolution , as it entirely coincided with his own feelings ; it not only recommended the people to be prepared with fitting candidates at the next election , but it further directed the attention of the several parties to the _sireat objects the Chartist party had in view . Now the Teu Hours' Bill should , in his mind , be a paramount desideratum with the working classes . ( Cheers . ) True he had not an equal opportunity , with those who lived and toiled amongst the slaves , of judging of the mere labour portion of the question , ot the value of whicli however all could form a prettv correct estimate ;—( hear , hear , )—but

      he would base it upon a higher pretension—upon intellectual grounds ; and he was prepared to prove that , if the time sought was applied to reflection , it would be impossible mucli longer to preserve one single abuse of which the working class complained , and upon which their oppressors grew rich . ( Cheers . ) Had they not already tested the value of this great privilege . No , he would not call it privilege , he would call it a right . A right which should not be slightly abandoned . Now he would instance one of its effects . At the last general election for Wigan , Tory Wigan , Mr . Dixon placed himself between the two false expounders of two false . faiths . He had neither wealth nor pretensions ; he used argument as his onlv weanon : and unon referring the claims of the

      respective parties to an unprejudiced public , Mr . Dixon was proudly declared to be duly elected as the representative of Wigan . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then , was not this a great triumph ? and would not a great many such triumphs be so many of our points achieved ? ( Cheers . ) Tou have read , my friends , of an ancient great mathematician ; he said , that if he had a fulcrum h e could raise the world with a proper lever . Now , then , they had found the fulcrum ; the land was their fulcrum ; public opinion . and the Northern Star , conducted by their champion , O'Connor , was the lever that would raise the working classes from their degradation , place them upon the land , and give them their Charter to protect it . ( Loud _cheers . ) As thev were to have the land , then let

      them look for a participation in its representation with those who had unjustly withheld it from them . Mr . M'Grath , in rising to second the resolution , was received with deafening cheers . He said , —My friends , the resolution contemplates a general election , which we have every reason to expect , and it asks you not to be taken unawares _whem the time arrives when Peel and Russell bid for public _opimon precisely what may be its value on that day . You have heard of Peel ' s sliding scale . Did you ever hear of Lord John ' s sliding scale ? and did you ever under-tand that his was created by the Chartist agitation ? You know , my friends , that those gentlemen always bid for you as little as they think vou'll take , and the less the better . ( Cheers . ) Now fiist

      let us see how little Lord John has slided . Ilis _- slide was to the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Cheers . ) Ilis second slip was from coercion to justice to Ireland . ( Che ? rs . ) His third slide was from twenty years ' obstinate resistance to an 8 s . fixed duty . His next was downwards to a 2 s . duty ; and when the ground was too slippery for liim there , he slid on to a total repeal ; and if we only make the ground slippery under his feet , now that slippery Peel has put him out , he'll never stop sliding until he slides upon the ice of Chartism . ( Loud cheers . ) My friends , this resolution also calls upon } « u to support your own Charter . ( Cheers . ) It further calls upon you to briug back your loved exiles ,-Frost , Williams , snd Jones , from banishment —( tremendous

      cheering}aud once more restore them to the bosoms of their disconsolate families . It also pledges you to the support of the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Loud cheers . ) And firstly , mv friends , to the question ot detail which is nearest the throbbing heart of every true born Englishman , ave , and Irishman , and Scotchman , I mean the restoration of our banished patriots . ( Loud cheers . ) Every man throughout the land will make it a labour of love to sign a petition for their release , and now mark , my friends , the just grounds upon which we have reason to anticipate a favourable response , and which ought to give us strong hope of their restoration . Firstly , the present Lord Chief Baron , Sir Frederick Pellock , was tlieir leading counsel , and asserted their innocence ; Mr . Kelly , the pr esent Solicitor-General , was also their counsel , and

      also vouched for the illegality of their conviction ; their case , after a bung ling and illegal trial , because tneir counsel , and two of the judges who tried thein , declared it was illegal ; however , my friends , their case was submitted to the judgment ot the httcen iud _« es sitting in error tocorrect auy technical mtormafities by which man ' s life or liberty may be unjustly taken away . Well , friends , a large majority oi the judges of tlie land declared their innocence ; but the Whigs , to mark their triumph over an agitation that destroyed them , tore our honourecI patnote from us and condemned them to a felon's land to associate with felons . ( Great sensation . ) Again friends , the Canadian rebels , as they are callea , who were taken with arms in their hands , fighting a £ ainst ai

      _leritiniacv , were pardoned ; and forgive me , oe _frtends , if I say , that-if the English people evinced the same courage and resolution towards their leaders that the Canadians did , the same result would have followed . ( Loud cheers . ) But , friends , even that is not all ; there is another tribunal to which there is an appeal after the law has run its winding course , an appeal through the people ' s representatives to the monarch ; that appeal was made , and ihe vote of one man , or rather the want ofthe vote S on ? man , Mr . Daniel _O'GonnelMgroans and

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      _S _^^ verdict and perpetuated their _nnH _lirf " » i d , _» _? n ? nds at tlie next election then _wliS re thenex */ lection , by petitions , let us Ibr watah _bShSI' f ' th _^ rants know tha we watch but the time tor their deliverance aud that that cTeerinT lfv _nS t _* T _**** C _^ emendou w _libLfflfc make _V _! . > Pceiand to- ** win oia tor it , but we must make t a part of anv ad ustment hat they propose , tor mark fr end ? if we u _tmenShelrf _? _** _" ** it _WhfSffilil _^ adjustment the Irishman imposed upon his horse An Irishman once rode a very meagre na g aSat _dis _tance to market to buy a sack of potatoes - well he bought the sack of potatoes , but _C was afraid to S ? so ° _hfStl * _^< _W him aml t ot toes so he put the potatoes upon his own shoulder and mounted the horse , _thinfiing that he Ed iShaved him of the burden . ( _IW « _tfi , „ i . _* l _^

      k _^ p ft , _? . S ° WithPeel ai "J HusSeli ; * they'll vo 7 r £ _HW _T _T ' _h- _^ _'V whatever _luk } 0 U iiue . ( _Iremendous cheer ne . ) - Friends I _lvive greatp easure in _seeondingthe rfsoluS . J » _S , lloberts ' ° « coming forward to support the rehS wC _^ uTr _* l _. c ,, em « _tf waving of « , _?/ ¦ j V asted 1 _

      some misgivings as to the manner in which the principle would sustain itself through the last tortnnzht of political change ; but . now , thanks be to God _. _^ my apprehensions are dispelled , my fears are banished , and my l _.- . ith fe confirmed , as the people are still true to their own principles . ( Cheers . ) Yes you see here before you _to-night your noble army of martyrs unabated m ardour , undiminished in numbers , and undying in resolution . ( Loud cheers . ) IV hen leaders see their troops so bent upon conquest it is enough to make them speak treason . ( Cheers . ) lhat is what the law calls treason . I have spoken suou treason , Feargus O'Connor has spoken such treasoa , and mayhap we may both be compelled to speak itagain ; but I know not of whiehclass , whether Whig treason or Tory treason , fer every faction erects its own capricious - standard . ( Cheers . ) IwasaWlnV

      traitor , O Connor was a Whig and Tory traitor , but thanks be to God we are neither of us Chartist traitors . 1 es , in my humble way , I have spoken trea < on _A-ithout being a traitor . ( Cheers . ) Your resolution is a wise one ; it says that the Ten Hours' Bill is one of the details of Chartism , or _ene ofthe benefits that is to result from it ; and 1 am of opinion that the lory who will vote for a Ten Hours' Bill will be more squeezable into a Chartist thau the Whig who _plod-ps himself to vote for free trade . ( Cheers . ) It is my conviction that the man , whatever his policies or political name may be , who will vote for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , has more Chartist blood in his veins than the man who votes for free trade . ( Loud cheers . ) I don't apprehend that

      abandonment of Chartist princi ples that haunts some men ' s minds in favour of any crotchet , provided they are placed prominently before the people . I will illustrate what I mean by a story , and as Bell has t'dd a story , and as M'Grath has told a storv , I don ' t see why I should not tell my story . ( Laughter . ) Well , then , my story is this—once upon a time an old maiden lady got a barrel of sour ale , and , notwithstanding all her precautions she found that barrel after barrel went . Well , she tried one lock upon the cock , and two locks upon the cock , and all would _' nt do ; at last she tried what virtue there was in a Chub lock , and she found that that would ' nt do ; and all failing , she took council of her footman , and said , John how is it that the ale goes so fast—what am I

      to do to prevent it ? Why , an' please you , mam , says John , I'll tell you—Put a barrel of good strong October along side of it , and not another drop of it will ever go . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now , then , always keep the strong October of Chartism alongside the swipes of free trade , and it will remain untapped for ever . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) Now , my friends , I am not one of those who is ashamed to learn out of a new grammar , and I have my grammar here ; it is written by Feargus O'Connor ; it is his admirable work on Small Farms , and as I got it from John Murray , it is my pleasure to call it Murray ' s _Giummab . ( Hear , hear . ) As this grammar

      treats of the relative value of potatoes and turnips , giving the preference to the potatoe , I shall compare the Tories to the potatoe , and the Whigs to the turnip —( cheers and laughter)—and , as Mr . Bell has observed that the potatoes have caused all the hubbub , and brought both Whigs ana Tories to book , I shall now read for you the extract from my grammar , which conveys my reason for preferring tlie potatoe to the turnip . Mr . O'Connor says , " 1 prefer the potatoe to the tin nip because it is debt for _FixisuiXG the BEAsr . " Roars of 1 lughter , and _cheers , and shouts of " the Wi ig beast . " in the raid 6 t of which Mr . Roberts resumed his seat . The resolution was then pi . t and car . led

      unanimously . Mr . Tattersall , delegate for Bi rnley , r j se to propose the last resolution and was leceived with several rounds of applause . He said : My friends , I feel nt little difficulty in addressing an august , a numerous , and talented assembly like tin present—I , who havt uo education save that which i glean d by robbing some hours from sleep —( cheers)—lor now else could I achieve knowledge f 1 , a poor pcasa it boy , roaming through my native hills of Nor . h Lancashire , an outcast from what is called ci * iliz d society , unprotected by the laws , and untuttre i by the state . ( Cheers . ) But ah , I was ungrateful to the law and to tho state ; for I should not have _forgotten that the laws of the state sent me to ber _A _' aj : sty's college at Kirkdale , where I served two yea . s under its mild

      professors . ( Loud cheers . ) Broil er working men , that ' s the place to achieve _knowledge , and learn experience ; but , thanks be to God , tyrants h ave discovered that they have not yet been able to establish a professorship for eradicating Chartist principles , or love of liberty , from tbe breast of ihe toil-worn slave . Uow many men who have nobly defended their principles here this night have received the best _poriion of their education in those _colleges ? Here , on this platform , are the nobles of nature ! Men who have never deserted their standard ; and proud should the men of Manchester be , to be able to say that their ' s is not the town for tyranny to seek its triumph . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I would apply myself for a minute to the subject matter of the last

      resolution ; in that we have recommended the people to be prepared with candidates , who alone can explain our principles and our views . See the good that resulted from such a course before ; when the' voices ot M'Grath , West , and Bairstiw , proclaimed our principles before our oppressors , they told them , _Bir , what I have ever believed , that the Charter is the only cure for our evils . ( Cheer . * . ) The press upon those occasions is compelled to report us , and tyrants ave compelled to hear ouv _advocates , but yon may go to meeting after meeting , to hear them propound their own nostrums . We listen to crotchetmongoi- after

      crotchetm & nger , and in none of their propositions do we recognise the balm for labour ' s wuunds ; but 1 am tiring you ; it ' s late , and our groat champion has to come on yet . ( Cheers , and no , no ; go on , Tattersall , we'll stop till morning . ) Well , then , another word . I not only say that the Charter will heal labour ' s wounds , but 1 further assert tbat it is the only mea ure that will carry all that the crotchetinougers look for . Let nic point out what will be the first day ' s fruit from this tree of knowledge . We'd begin early in the morning , not to Jose time . We'd do our business first . We'd rise early , aud at sun-rise we'd have the noblest vessel ix ecu

      sehvice , with "her yards manned , " and under a " royal salute , " under weigh , to return freighted with the precious cargo of patriots from their exile . ( Tremendous _cheering . ) At six we'd repeal the Poor Law Amendment Act , , and open the bastilcs . ( Renewed cheering . ) At seven we'd pay off the national debt in the same coin we _bohrowed it . ( Roars of laughter and cheers . ) At eight we'd have the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Cheers . ) At nine we'd disband our army . ( Cheers . ) At ten we'd open the ports , and

      g ive you free trade . ( Cheers . ) So that in six hours the Charter would do more for you than Whigs or Tories would do in six hundred years . Then the Charter is the " ticket for soup . " Look what Roberts has done for you . ( Loud cheers . ) See how he has defended the rights of the slave . Look at the guides that you have upon this platform—guides that will show _' you the road to liberty and freedom , if you arc but true to your principles , and place confidence in their honour . ( Tremendous cheering , which lasted for a considerable time . )

      Mr . Sweet , delegate from Nottingham , rose to second the resolution , and was loudly cheered . He said that Manchester had that night nobly preserved the proud position that it had ever stood in in the Chartist cause . He would have news to take home that would inspire his constituents with fresh courage , and urge them on to renewed action for tlieir rights . The time was come when people learned to call a spade a spade , and a thief a thief , and what other designation but a thief C 4 » uld be given to him who would rob him of his political rights . ( Cheers . ) We must of all things avoid any course which would

      be calculated to lead the uoble people astray . He thought the convention had bravely and manfully discharged their task , —( loud cheers)—and that the people would as manfully do tlieir part . ( Cheers , and " We will . " ) They were not now frightened by party bugaboo ' s—they were not frightened now by the name of a Whig or a Tory-Chartist . He was called a Tory-Chartist because he used John Walter to beat the Whigs . ( Cheers , and "Right . " ) Aye , and he would be a Whig-Chartist , if it was necessary to use them to beat the Tories . He had much pleasure in seconding the resolution . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . O'Connor then came forward , and was received with cheering and waving of hats . He asked who now was the most active party in the field when danger threatened , when the herald sounded us to action ? _Itusgell could not gather his shattered frag-

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      ments of the Whig wreck . ( Loud cheers . ) Peel couldi t keep his Tory band together , while , in fortyeight hours after the Chartist Executive had issued their writs hve and thirty delegates , fully representing the Chartist mind , responded to the call , and were every one then upon the platform to propound tlieir policy , to submit it to public criticism , and to ask ipr an expression of public opinion . ( Greal cheering . ) _IJmt was the carrying out the democratic principle . That was the honourable way of performing public service . In one week they had propounded their policy in that hall , full ofthe men of Manchester , which received their cordial assent . Within the same time they had propounded it to the men of Mock port , the men of Oldham , the men of Todmorden and Hebden Bridge ; twice to the men of

      Rochdale , and then to the Carpenters ' -hall , full of Chartists , on Sunday night last , and now they were here in a body , to submit' that policy embodied iu distinct and emphatic resolutions . Those resolutions had , one and aU , received the individual and cordial approval of that meeting . ( Cheers and yes . ) les , and he was ten years younger —( cheers)—and yet there remained another link before the chain was perfect—the determination to carry out those resolutions . Let every Chartist in this meeting hold up both bands . ( Here every hand in the meeting was proudly raised . ) Stop , said Mr . O'Connor , don't ground your arms yet , hold them up and swear with me—1 swear to maintain my principles and those resolutions—do you swear ? We do . Then say with

      me , we swear to maintain our principles and carry out our policy . ( Here every voice responded—we swear ! we swkau !!) Then I am a young man again . I discharge my doctors and throw their physic to the dogs . Your breath has cured me . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr , O'Connor continued to speak at considerable length , for a report of which we have not space , and concluded by reading a letter from Mr . Duncombe , which was received with the most vociferous cheering , and resumed his seat amid thunders of applause , having first proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded and carried bv acclamation . A collection was then made to defrav the expenses , having first made the building _riwg with cheers lor the Charter , Frost , Williams , Jones . Duncombe , Roberts , O'Connor , and the Eecutive .

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      GREAT CHARTIST SUPPER . When the convention had closed its sittings , Mr . O'Connor invited the several delegates , together with Messrs . Murray , Leach , Dixon , and Wm . Gray , of the Chartist Council , to sup with him , after tlie public meeting on Tuesday , at the Mosley Arms Hotel . At twelve o ' clock forty sat down to an excellent supper , Mr . O'Connor officiating as kost and Mr . Roberts as vice-chairman . Never was there a more cheerful or convivial party assembled together . We have received a long and faithful report of the cheering speeches , the songs and recitations , but Thursday being Christmas-day , and our printers being anxious to make the most of it , weare very reluctantly compelled to withhold , till next week , more than the sentiments . Wueu the cloth was removed , Mr . O'Connor gave the first toast as follows : — " The people , may they soon possess their rights , and be , in reality , the source of all power , " upstanding and with nil the honours .

      I he next toast was " Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the Champion of Liberty , and maybe never forget the principles that placed him on the throne of his countrymen ' s aifections , health , long life , and happiness to him , and may he live to see the Cliarter the basis ofthe British constitution . " With all the honors and one cheer more . The toast was eloquently responded to by Mr . M'Grath , of the Executive . The next toast was : — " W . P . Roberts , Esq ., the Miners' Attorney-General , and labour ' s most able

      legal defender , and the rest of the royal family of Chartists ; and may he continue in his glorious career , making the law the protection instead of the scourge of the poor , health , long life , and happiness to'him ; and may he soon be placed in the House of Commons to make laws for the protection of labour . " ( Three times three and loud applause . ) Mr . O'Connor said : As I look upon Lancaster to be Mr . Roberts ' s greatest of his many greattriumphs , I call upon Mr . Leach , as the oldest offender and the greatest offender ot the batch —( laughter)—to respond before we hear Mr . Roberts .

      Mr . Leach responded at considerable length , after whicli Mr . Roberts returned thanks , in a short but racy and eloquent speech , that " elicited thunders of applause . The next toast , said Mr . O'Connor , is " The plugdrawers of 1842 ; and if they are to be drawers of water , may they always know the right well to go to . " ( Great laughter and cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor : I call upon Mr . Pilling , the lather of the movement , to speak for his children . Mr . Pilling spoke to the toast in his usual style of simple but effective eloquence . The next toast was , "The fustian jackets , the blistered hands , and unshorn chins , " " The handloom weavers , the pride of their country , the founders and advanced guard of Chartism , " with all the honours . Mr . Daniel Donovon responded eloquently to , the toast on behalf of his order .

      The next toast was " Richard Marsden , the eloquent advocate of the poor man ' s rights ; and the oppressed and distressed of all nations . " Mr . Marsden responded in a strain of heartstirring eloquence , whicli no man in the movement win imitate . Hisappeal on behalf of labour threw a gloom over the meeting which was only dispelled by Mr . O'Connor proposing as the next toast , " Prosperity to Ireland , and may her sons speedily see through the veil of hypocrisy that obscures their vision , " and calling upon Mr . Doyle to respond to it . The worthy Irishman soon brought the smile upon all countenances again , as he preferred picturing Ireland ' s hope to dilating upon her sorrows . The next toast was , "Richard Oastler , the unflinching advocate of labour ' s rights , the uncompromising friend of the poor ; and all those , of every political and religious sect and creed , that co-operated wit Ii him . "

      Mr . Tattersall responded , doing ample justiee to the sentiment . The next toast was " The Restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis—may the People ' s Charter soon restore them to their native land . " Drunk with all the honours . Mr . Mooney responded , bypassing a high eulogium upon the patriots , and inviting the delegates to arouse their districts in their behalf . Now , said . Mr . O'Connor , I will give you a mournful toast , ' one that will cast a gloom over you ; I'll give you " The death of Whiggery , and may it never rise from its tomb . " ( Cheers and laughter . ) The next toast was "Arthur O'Connor , the Exile of Erin , and all the _surviving rebels of ' 98 . " "Who fears to talk of' 98 ?" John Mm ray responded feelingly to the toast , explaining what those sufferings were , against which the Irish people rebelled ; after which ,

      Nicholas Canning recited an Irish tale , which elicited tremendous laughter . During the entertainment , Mr . Pickvance , delegate for Bolton , recited an exquisite bit of poetry in praise of Frost , Williams , aud Joues ; and Doyle sung an excellent song . The last toast , was "The health of Mr . O'Connor , " eloquently proposed by Mr . Roberts , and which Mr . O'Connor acknowledged in a speech that elicited loud and frequent cheers ; and , at half-past four o ' clock , the party broke up in the highest possible spirits , when the several delegates proceeded to their respective districts to give an account ot tlieir stewardship .

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      GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT MANCHESTER . It being announced that Mr . O'Connor would address the people at the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday last , at seven o ' clock in the evening , long before that hour the spacious building was crammed in every part . Mr . Sutton was called to the chair ; and , after briefly referring to the object of the meeting , introduced Mr . Doyle , who spoke at considerable length upon the duty of the Chartist party at the present eventful crisis , and contended for the necessity of _Remaining as a distinct and separate body . Mr . O ' Connor was next introduced , and was received with several rounds of applause . lie commenced by analysing the present position of the

      several political parties , and then stated what the policy of the Exi c Jtive was in the present emergency _, lie also reviewed what had been done by the Land Conference , and then said that , according to the old Roman _practice , he felt a pride in submitting his policy , and that of his brothers of the Executive , to the consideration of the democracy in the first instance : and , as a thorough understanding was of all tilings essential , he thought he was in safe hands when he appealed to the Chartist garrison , as Manchester had loug been , for their adoption or rejection of that policy . What satisfied that meeting ought , and would , satisfy the Chartists ofthe empire . ( Hear . ) In order that there should be no flinching , no mysterious frittering away of the policy approved by thousands at the Hall " of Science on Monday last , he wasjprepa . ed now with the embodyment of that poliey , in six distinct resolutions , —( cheers)—which

      lie would move in the convention to-morrow ; - ( cheers ) —and to which , if any man in that meeting found any objection , now was the time to urge it for tlieir guidance ; not to bottle it for tlieir after-censure or condemnation . ( Loud cheers . ) He would read the resolutions slowly and distinctly . Mr . O'Connor then read the resolutions ( whicli will be found in the report of the proceedings of the convention ) which was carried by acclamation amid the most unequivocal and unanimous applause . Here Mr ; O'Connor was interrupted by cheers from without , which were shortly responded to within , announcing the arrival of Mr . Roberts , who was most enthusiastically received . Mr . O'Connor continued : If I had known the Attorney-General had been so near at hand , I should have been more guarded in my expression' , —( cheers and laughter)—but , as 1 know the power of my craft to connect good sound popular loyalty with monarchical treason , I shall say

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      no more . ( Cheers . ) At several intervals Mr . O Connor was interrupted in the delivering of his address by nine distinct-rounds of applause ; and wc never heard a speech , even in hearty Manchester , in the tnest excited times , so much apphiuded ; Mr . Roberts next presented himself , amid universal applause , and said that he was glad once more to be at the revival of the glorious old cause . ( Cheers . ) God forbid that he should ever live to see the da \ when those hands of his should forget that they Had five times borne the Whig manacles . ( Loud cheers . ) Manacles which denoted the triumph of Chartism in the fall of the oppressor—manacles wliich helped to transform a majority of 200 , first into a minority , and

      then into incompetency , and at last into death _itseli —( loud cheers)—and from which , notwithstanding Lord John Russell's passing gleam of prosperity , it will never rise again except to be killed once more . ( Great laughter and" cheers . ) He contended for keeping the Chartists a distinct and separate party , and he hoped they did not look for good government , or expect it , except from themselves . ( Cheers . ) He hoped oppression would last until the people were so thoroughly disgusted with all factions as to make it folly for them to hope to rule by what was called good government *— - ( cheers)—wliich . after all , was but the whims and caprice of faction . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Roberts spoke at considerable length , and sat down loudly cheered .

      Mr . Donovan next presented himself , and said , Mr . Chairman , the resolutions moved by Mr . O'Connor are so completely in unison with the instructions my colleague and I have received from our constituents , that one , who was not aware of the contrary , would actually suppose that they were drawn up at one and the same time , and by the same hand . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I think the Executive arc entitled to all praise for the manly and explicit manner in wliich they have embodied and propounded their policy . It is essential , and especially at this critical juncture , when all are asking what the Chartists will do , that there should be no mistake , or anything left to doubt —( cheers)—and , therefore , because he

      thought the object was best achieved by the means proposed by the Executive , ho most cordially moved the resolutions read by Mr . O'Connor , for the adoption , or rejection , of that most enlightened assembly of his fellow-townsmen , and , that there might be no mistake about the matter , he cautioned those who held up their hands , that the Executive and the country would have a right to demand their hearty co-operation in giving them effect . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Nuttall seconded the resolution , and upon being put every hand in the meeting was held up in favour of them , and they were declared unanimously adopted amid deafening cheers and clapping ot hands .

      Now , gentlemen , said Mr . O'Connor , you have done yourselves honour , and you have saved your glorious irinciples ; and let it be always borne in mind , that the Executive had the courage to submit their resolutions and their policy to the noble fellows of Todmorden and _Hebden-bi'idge , ( no bad judges)—( cheers)—to the men of Rochdale , and twice to the men of Manchester , and that to-morrow we submit them to a convention of your own , and on Tuesday we appear before you , TnE democracy , again , at the llall of Science , where you are invited , free to criticise , and to praise or condemn ; and should the dissatisfied , or the nibblers , pick at our policy , fellows who deserted us when we were too poor to

      support them —( cheers)—and who have weakened us by desertion , should they nibble , you must bite for us , Mr . O'Connor then said , I regret that Mr . Attorney-General wishes to untrammel himself from the duties of a very lucrative office , the treasurers !) ip of the Land Fu . nb —( laughter)—and I wish a vote from this meeting , expressive of your desire that he should continue to hold it , and expressive of your feelings , whether of confidence or no confidence ; all who wish , and are anxious , that Mr . Roberts should remain our treasurer , and who have entire _confidence in him , hold up both hands . Here every hand in the meeting was held up , and followed by several rounds of cheers .

      A collection was then made to assist the Executive to carry out their policy , when £ 3 8 s . oid . was subscribed ; and , upon counting the money , a very handsome knife was found amongst it , when Mr . O'Connor said I will release this knife for the noble fellow that has oeffred it . Here the man came forward , a most respectable looking person , who said , Sir , I came unprepared , but I feel it a bonnden duty to give my mite on the spot , and if you will accept of the knife as a present , you will confer an honour upon inc . ( Loud cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor , after much hesitation , accepted the present , when , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the va « t assemblage broke up , and thirty-four new members were added to the Land Association ! Hurrah ! tiiex for TnE Charter and ids Land !

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      GREAT MEETING IN THE TOWER HAMLETS IN BEHALF OF FROST , WILLIAMS , JONES . AND ELLIS . A public meeting was held , and notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather , was very numerously attended , at the Social Hall , Whitechapel , on Monday evening , December 22 nd , in behalf of the above-named patriotic exiles . Mr . Edmund Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair amid loud cheers , and in a very appropriate speech opened the business of the meeting . Letters were read from Mr . P . M'Grath , President ol the Executive Committee , apologising for the nonattendance of the Executive , on account of their being in attendance at the Chartist Convention then sitting in Manchester ; from Mr . G . J . Harney , apologising for non-attendance on the ground of being exceedingly busy on the Northern Star , it being Christmas week . The sentiments contained in both letters elicited loud applause .

      Mr . Frazer then rose and moved the following resolution : •—That in the opinion of this meeting the unparalleled sufferings already endured by John Frost , _Zephania Williams , and John Jones , who were tried and transported for life , on a charge of participating in the outbreaks tbat took place at Newport , in Wales , in 1339 , have been greater than is required by the offended laws ofthe realm , and more than sufficient to expiate their _offeiicoB , even admitting their guilt , in their noble struggles to achieve the rights and liberties of their fcllowcreatur <; s . We therefore , individually and collectively , pledge ourselves to never cease exertion until those unhappy men are restored to then' homes , their wives and children .

      Iii support of the above , Mr . Fraser said , was he simply to move the resolution without expressing his opinion , it might be deemed cowardice on his part . Well , then , if he protested against the violence of the sentiments and actions that preceded the movement , for which John Frost and his compatriots were banished , he hoped he posse « sed a sufficiency of manly feeling to admire the generous and sympathetic motive that dictated them —( hear , hear)—and sure he was , that no one possesseda more sincere desire for the return of those good men than he did . The great mass of the working-classes , who had enabled the middle-classes to carry the Reform Bill ,

      were trampled on and insulted . The middle-classes shamefully violated their implied contract , and left the working-classes to work out their own political redemption , or perish . But John Frost , as an honest conscientious man , determined that he , at least , would perform his duty , and hence , for the workingmen , he risked his person , his property , and his life . ( Loud cheers . ) 'Twas for you , the unenfranchised , the toil-worn millions , he suffered . ( Hear , hear . ) Let the people , then , not be apathetic ; but , on the contrary , let them never cease calling for _theretui-n of these exiled patriots , until again they proudly tread their native soil . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . William Shaw seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Thomas Mills , in an able speech , in whicli he strongly contended for the innocence of John Frost , moved the adoption of a petition , praying the immediate restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and whicli was very similar to the one recently reported at length in this paper . The motion was seconded by Mr . John Taylor , and carried by acclamation . Mr . Thomas Cooper , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " who was received with great applause , then presented himself to move the adoption of a petition in behalf of the exile Ellis . Mr . Cooper ' s speech was lengthy and eloquent , and draw forth the most enthusiastic plaudits . We are sorry that want

      of room compels us to merely notice it . Mr . C . recounted his introduction to Mr . Ellis , when both were in Stafford gaol , and dwelt on the exile ' s innocence of the charge on wliich he was condemned to suffer his present misery . Mr . C . showed that the misery of the working classes , and the contempt with which their petitions were treated by the ruling powers , were the causes of the physical force demonstrations of by-gone years . He next manfully vindicated the conduct and character of John Frost , placing him in the list of England ' s noblest worthios . lie counselled union amongst tho Chartists , and the extension of political knowledge , as the only means of obtaining the Charter , and resumed his scat amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . W . _Wilks seconded the adoption of the petition , and said he cordially agreed with that and the preceding one . He fully believed that , could Ellis be again tried , the same jury would now _umiiiisiously acquit him . ( Loud cheers . ) So long as the people should proceed legally and morally for the obtainment of the People ' s Charter , he should be happy to mix with them for that object . The petition was adopted unanimously . The petitions will lie for signatures at Mr . Drake ' s , Brick-lane ; at the Brassfounders' Arms , Whitechapel-road ; at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green-road ; at the Social Hall , Whitechapel ; and other places . When fully signed it will be forwarded to T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., for presentation ; and Colonel Fox and Sir W . Clay , the members for the Borough , will be requested to _support their prayer .

      Mr . Cooper , assisted by the audience , at the commencement and at the close of the meeting , sang a selection from the " People ' s Songs . " A rote o f thanks was byacclamation awarded to the chairman , and the meeting broke up ,

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      . ¦¦ I .. ¦ j .. . .. _* - _~ . ! _.... r—* ARRIVAL OF THE . _OVERLAID MAIL . INDIA AND CHINA . The intelligence by the present mail is somewhat scanty in extent , and though not wholly devoid of importance , possesses less interest than usual , ihe Governor-General has left Agra , on his way to _Bhui-tporc and Delhi , which latter place it is expected he will reach on the 23 rd or 24 th inst . There is no alteration in the threatening attitude assumed by the British authorities towards the effervescent soldiery of Lahore , but the report now is , that the expected blow is to . be delayed , and that hostilities will not be resorted to this year . Affairs in the Punjaub wear a somewhat more tranquil aspect than usual . No

      chief having as yet dared to step into the shoes of Sirdar Juwahir Singh and his murdered predecessors , the state is at present without a minister , and the affairs of the administration are conducted by the Ranee or Qucon Mother , and her favourite and supposed paramour , Rajah Lall Singh . Rajah Goolab Singh and Sirdar Tej Singh ( the ex-governor of Peshawur ) have alike declined the perilous office , and though the troops have declared their intention of compelling the former to become Vizier , there seems every reason to believe that the post will remain vacant for a considerable period . The fate of Pcshora Singh is still a matter of speculation .

      The Intelligence from Scindc is extremely limited . There is little sickness at Sukkur , Hyderabad , or the seat of government , but the troops composing the outposts have , it is said , suffered severely . ' Intelligence from Cabool to the 19 th of September ha * come to hand , but the facts detailed are few and unimportant . A conspiracy against the British is said to have been discovered at Gwalior , but it is at present doubtful whether the presumed plot is not a mere fabrication , got up with the view of injuring Tara Baee and her party . Tlie Nizam ' s dominions

      continue in an unsettled state , and it is supposed that we may now look every day for intelligence of the active interference of the British authorities to restore the country to order , and give a character of stability to the government . In other parts of India tranquillity appears to prevail . Our local accounts give the particulars of a most shocking catastrophe in the native town—a Manilla sailor , under the influence of some horrible excitement , having " run a muck , " crease in hand , and killed five and wounded sixteen or seventeen individuals .

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      SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE . Th » i ' oarftil gales from the _N . W . awl _N . B . that have prevailed for the last week , hare occasioned tbe most distressing disunities off all parts of the coast . Already we regret to announce that _intelhgence has been received of the loss of upwards of tkirty coasting vessels , as also many homeward bound _foreign ones , with valuable cargoes . At Uideford , ou Friday night week , two vessels were totally lost within sight of the shore , and both crews , with the exception of one man , perished . One was a brigantinp , named the Albion , belonging to Urixham , the other ' s name at present has not been ascertained . In the vicinity of the coast of Stumble Head and Cardigan Bay , the casualties were of a inost fearful character , upwards of forty lives having , it is supposed , perished ou board one vessel . Another wreck is known to have occurred near tlio harbour during ihe same night , as the masts of a vessel are perceivable above water . The general belief is that she foundered with all hands , and she is suspected to be the Dora .

      About five miles eastward of Cardigan Harbour a fourth wreck occuired , viz ., that the Margaret and Mary , of Aberyswith . The muster , Mr , Jones , was found on the rocks dead , mid also a seaman , dreadfully bruised . The rest of the crew were drowned . She was from Drogheda . A collier vessel was lost on i _' riday near Boscastle . All belonging to her , excepting one inau , met with a watery grave . At Hedcar for three _daj-6 it blew with _terrilic violence , anil on Sunday evening ;! vessel supposed to be the brig Commerce , of Stockton , Mr . Lister , masur , foundered to the southward of thu harbour , and every soul of her crew perished . Near where the ill-fated Margaret , Hull steamer , and all belonging to her were lost , on the Dutch coast , near Nirden , an English vessel , supposed to be the . Bcllona , from Jersey , was totally lost . All her crew- were drowned . The above forms but a slight notice of the immense havoc caused by the gales . The destruction of property has been beyond all calculation .

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      BOBQI . ABV AND ATTCMFTED ASSASSINATION , —At the _Oi-aett ( near Brentford ) petty sessions on Wednesday , two men named George _1 _' reeman and James Suorell , were committed for trial on the charge of having on the night ofthe 19 tU instant , in company with a man not yet arrested , broke into the house of Mr . William Perier Steruns , a farmer residing near Orsett , with the intention of committing a burglary , Scorell fired two pistole at the complainant who had a narrow escape with his life . TllE _LATB BOILBB EXPLOSION AX BoLTON . —Oil Wednesday the adjourned inquest was held on view of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers in the late melancholy catastrophy in this town . Since the day of the accident four other persons have died of the injuries they received , so that the total number killed is , up to tl is time , fourt « en _. There are others still in a dangerous state . After hearing the evidence of several witnesses , including that of Mr . William Fairbairn , of Manchester , the eminent engineer , tho jury retired , and in about three-quarters of an hour returned with a verdict of manslaughter ag | . st Thomas Kitts , one of the partners in the concern .

      BUBSTING OF A WATER-TANK . LOSS OF _LlFE , —On Thursday a most shockiug calamity took place at Liver pool , by which several lives have been lost . The premises where the fatal occurrence originated are known as the Liverpool Mid Harrington Water-works , and ruu from Sussex-street , down Water-street , to Rock-street . The works are very extensive , comprising various buildings necessary for carrying ou the operations of the company , and on the west side was a largo iron tank , capable of holding about 250 , 000 gallons of water , It was 20 yards in length , of proportionate breadth , and 19 feet in depth , and adjoined some small houses on one side of Uock-stveet , occupied principally by working people . The tank was about two-thirds full , when , about half-past one o ' clock , it burst , the water carrying death and destruction in its course . The houses in Rock-street

      were rent asunder , and walls aud roofs were torn to pieces . The water swept like a river down Water-street , into Chester-street , and thence into Hill-street . It is believed , that in all seven persons have been drowned , or otherwise killed . A great number of persons have been seriously , some of them most dangerously , wounded . Of course , theloss ofproperty is immense . Numbers of poor families have had the whole of their furniture destroyed . Fatal Railway Accident . —A shocking accident occurred on the Norwich Railway , on Wednesday , by which The engine driver and stoker of an up train were killed _, the engine ran oft ' the line , from the left to the right , upwards of two hundred yards , when it ran down au embankment , and became imbedded in the earth . The stoker leaped out of the tender , and was killed by collision with the carriages , which in their progress ,

      completely amputated one of his legs . This man , whose name was Richard Hedges , and who was recently married , survived the accident for several hours . The driver , William Pickering , was killed on the opposite side of the rail , close by the place where the engine lies imbedded , and distant from the stoker about sixty yards . He was quite dead when taken up . In its progress , the chain which connected the tender with the carriages suapped , and to this circumstance chiefly the passengers were indebted for their safety , because the tender , having disconnected itself from the engine , fell right across the rails , and thus formed a barrier against the further progress of the carriages . Charge of Murder . —During the last two weeks some excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Dagenham , and the western portion of the county

      of Essex , in consequence of a rumour having been very extensively circulated that a respectable tradesman , named Thomas Dunsdon _, a potatoe salesman , residing at Chadwell Heath , had _murdered his wife , by cutting her throat . The wife died as long since as the 20 th of October , from the effects of a severe wound in her throat . A coroner ' s inquiry was gone into before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., the couuty coroner , and a verdict was returned that the deceased committed the act whilst labouring under temporary insanity . A few days after the inquest was held , a report was spread by some of the witnesses who were examined before the coroner , that the act was not done by the deceased , and that the husband had cut her throat , and that they had been prevented from giving such evidence before the coroner as would have fixed Dunsdon with the commission of the crime of murder . This report reached the ears of tlie husband , he threatened to take legal proceedings

      against the originator _i . f the scandal , a person named Banham . On the 10 th of the present month an information was made before Octavius Massiter , Esq ., one of the county magistrates , on the oath of George Banham and Rachel Summons , that Thomas Dunsdon , of Chadwell Heath , in the parish of Dagenham , in the county of Essex , did , on the 20 th of October , feloniously and with malice aforethought assault Mary _Dansdon _, and with a certain razor inflict a wound in her throat , of which she then and there died . The magistrate at once issued a summons against Dunsdon , and on Saturday last the prisoner underwent a lengthy examination before William Cotton , Esq ., and a full bench of magistrates , at the Angel Inn , Ilford , when the whole of the ease with regard to the prosecution was gone into . The result was that the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the * oext sessions , the magistrates deciding upon admitting him to bail by finding two sureties to be bound to tjie amount of £ 500 each .

      A letter from Rome of the Cfch , in tlie Aagslurg Gazette , states that some of the refugees from Rimini , in the states of Tuscany , have been detected in a conspiracy to seduce a battalion of the line , and enter with it into the Roman States . Twenty soldiers who had been seduced by the conspirators have fled , to avoid punishment .

      Bankrupts. [From The Gazette Of Friday, ...

      BANKRUPTS . [ From the Gazette of Friday , December 20 , ] Charles William Toulmin , of 0 , South Island-place , Clap _, ham-road , livery stablckeeper—Frederick Dixon , of 3 » , Loug-lane , Bermondsey , currier—Francis _KobinsonfTQfj _*^ -- -, Priuces-strcet , Chelsea , _cowkecper—Joseph _LanSptfaV' ; of ¦ _*? ' - Sejmoui _' -row _, Little Chelsea , surgeon—Georee _^ _SflgnstuSt'T Absalom , of l _' ortsea , victualler—Curtis _WUlMfe * _3 _g _^* » f . ; 7 ; t ' --ii G rea t Portland-street , M arylcbone _, and late o _^^ _SsSfprdtr' . _instruct , ¦ wine merchant— Edward _Sti-aeteifVoraSiiitc-, * . '' builder—William Wai _/ cs , of _Newcastle-uponij _^ e _^ _gracij ' _&' ¦ ' rhttiu Phillips , of . Birmingham , steel pen _maKei-ii _$ ? _jSV "' _- ' - _^ _% _* _$ _& _P ' . ' ¦ - _' - _lerick Dixon , of 3 » , ncis _Kobinson _^ iqfc _*^ - _* ' oseph _LanjptfaV ; of- '¦ - n—Georee << Sugnstus }~ r * is _WUUJrm _^ iM * . 7 ji :-dlate o _^ KD _* _sfo-rrltr " - traetei _^ _rSB _^ iitc-• ... " . _'N _e-uponSSi _^ _mce _'? _jS si pen ma _^ Ve _\?* _jy _*>' _- _'"¦>

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_27121845/page/5/