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      Thb Draws TTnivebsity Magazine for the resent month , contains a . long article ( twelve eolumns ) upon the following- enigma ;— " "WhatVe tie Irish Conservative Members tibout ? " Do you give it np ? Answer—About 30—Dublin Evening ^^^^ s ^ i ^^^

      PosL The xakge Property of the late Bev . "W . CLoughlen , who died La Bocnelle , in France , in fiietie year 1808 , has teen decided in favour of Mi * s Creagh , of Dublin , and Brown Melony , of Limerick , The decision left the Trench Consul s office , on Tuesday , for the French Government .-Dublin Paper . A Butcheb , with whom we happened to be in conversation the other day , assured nsofi singular fact , that he invariably found the sbonlder of a sheep exactly one-tenth l > art of the weight of its whole body , and that he would have _ no objection to sell a lot on these conditions- — Western Zvminarv . _ . . - -

      A few Dats sixes one of the engines on the Birmingham rail-road , owing to a board being carelessly or designedly placed oB the rail , was turned ofi into a ploughed field , -dragging two or three of the carriages along with it . Fuxdat , Mr . Joseph O'Keefe , of Cork , was fined £ 20 "by the Recorder of that city , for sending aa insulting letter to Mr . Joseph Hayes , of Cork , to provoke certain hostilities , and in which-he-accused Haye 3 of-perfidy and falsehood . Mr . O'Keefe was also bound to keep the peace for seven years . Some Fishermen found an enormous" tunny fish a few days since grounded on the sands near Cape ASly . They towed it into Dieppe , and on measaring ' it , found it to be ten feet long ; it weighed several hundred pounds .

      "Wjg belteve that it may be considered certain that Sir John Maxwell , of Pollock , will be the new Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire . = . The Pasha of Egypt lias at length officially communicated to the Consuls of European powers at Alexandria , Ms resolution to declare himself utterly independent of the Porte . The Tukxel . —The prosecution of this undertaking is now carried on with vigour , and the shield israpidly approaching the Middlesex shore . Severahjf the distinguished foreigners who are now in this country on Saturday visited the works . Thursday sight a dreadful fire broke out in a thatched public-house , ia the main street of Mallow , and spread so furiously that in a short time twenty other houses were totally consumed . —Irish Paper .

      The Orkney Islands are suffering this season from want of rain , a . want experienced in few other parts of the kingdom . ¦ The Htfshall estate in "Wilts , the property of Sir Edward Poore , Bart ., consist ing of 3 , 100 ac-es of land , and a rental of £ 3 , 200 a-year , was sold last week by ilr . Robins for £ 93 , 500 . It is stated that an engine on the Great "Western Railway , sent to the assistance of another . engine on Monday last , performed twelve miles in the almost incredible time of fiVe minutes , being at tie rate of 144 miles per hour .

      Last "Wednesday , Tonssaint Fouraier , ! Napeleon Laudry Founder , sen ., and Francoi 3 Fournier , were guillotined at St . Martin Le Gaillard , for file murder of seven persons . The plact of execution , which was also the scene of the murder , is about fifteen miles from Dieppe , and nearly 30 , 030 persons are supposed to have assembled jo witness the horrid spectacle . The culprits were convicted on circumstantial evidence , and protested their innocence to the last .

      " vVilsok , the Speaker op the Arkansas HOT 7 SE of Assembly , who killed Anthony , a member , with a tonne knife , on the floor of the house , while in Session , was tried on the 14 tb ulr . The verdict was— "In the case of John "Wilson ,, for tie murder of J . J . Anthony , the jury findnot gmlty of murder , bat exensa'ble homicide . " "We ; shonld like to know what is considered murder in Arkansas J ! A Dreadful Accident happened at the Lower Easton Colliery , near Bristol , on " Wednesday , iy the breaking of a cog-wheel , in consequence of which five individuals were precipitated to the bottom , a depth of forty fathoms . - They were all taken up quite dead . — ' Dorset Chronicle .

      2 \ ew York . —The accounts from Kew York are to the 8 th inst . The money stock , markets were heavy . United States Bank Shares were qnoted at 121 . Treasury notes at par . A new specie circular had been is $ ned by the Treasury , describing what sort of paper was to be received for duties and W . - ¦ . " The Following Gentle } ien are to be Tailed to the Tank of baronet 3 : —Sir Augustus

      Cuffed , a captain of the navy and Black Rod ; Sir John Herschel , one of the first scientific men of tiie age ; Colonel Edwards , M . P . for Montgomery ; Mr . Jephson , M . P . for Mallow ; Mr . Hall , M . P . for Marylebone ; Mr . Bulwer , M . P . for Lincoln ; Mr . R . Phillips ; Mr . East Clayton East , of BerksMre ; Mr . E . Menteith , of Clonburn , in Scotland ; and Mr . J . Dunlop , M . P . for Ayshire . —Ministerial paper .

      The Bankrupt Bill has been printed . It reduces the official assignees from thirty to twelve , and gives two of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy £ 500 a-year each , and their DeputyregL « trars , £ 200 a-year each , besides travelling expenses on eiremt , in addition to their present pay . They are to go abont the eormtrj in districts , two at a time , with six official assignees in each district , to examine into country commissions and fiats in bankruptcy issued previous to the present year .

      The Exportation of the precious stetals from the port of London for the week ending Saturday last ¦ the 23 d ult ., i-onsdsted , according to : the official retnrns , of 80 , O 8 S ounces of silver , and 438 ounces of gold . Of the Eilver , 49 , 800 ounces were sent to Rotterdam , 14 , 288 to South Australia , ar . d 16 . 090 to New South "Wales . Of the gold 188 ounces were sent to South Australia , and 250 ounces to New South "Wales .

      Fatal Accident during the Procession . —Saturdav an inquest was heldat the Duke of Oraond , Storey ' s Gate , on Richard Elias , aged 26 , who was killed whilst viewing the procession " on the day of the coronation . Rohert Hill / butler in a family in Great George-street , deposed that he knew deceased , who was footman , to Mr . Duncan in tbe same street . The day of the coronation - he « aaae to his master ' s residence to "have a view of the

      procession as it proceeded to the Abbey . A very extensive erection had "been made at the ' back of the premises which overlooked the Broad Sanctuary , towards the galleries formed on each ride . Deceased , m his eagerness to obtain a good position to view Ae spectacle , was monnting a ladder to the roof of the honse ^ when he fell into the back area . He fas taken up insensible , and as it was impossible curin g the bustle to obtain a surgeon , he was " conveyed to " Westminster Hospital ; but owing to the dense mass of persons jfrwas some considerable-time before he could be got in . Mr . Dassent , housesurgeon , stated that deceased died an hour after admission from a fractured skull , " Verdict " A . cei dental death . "

      Steam-boat Accident . —On Saturday moming , soon after three o ' clock , the Hnll steam-shi p Monarch was coming np the river towards Galleyqnay , when the swell raised by the action of her powerful paddle-wheels swamped a barge , laden with 43 tons of coal , the property of Mr . Joseph Robin ? , " of Bankside . The barge was navigated by two lightermen , and soon after the Monarch passed her near tie Tower the swell rolled over her , she shipped two

      heavy seaS j and almost immediately went down . One of the men jumped into a skiff , and the vortex caused by the sinking of the barge nearly carried him down also . Hi * companion clung to an ° ar until he was picked np by a boat which put off *» hi * assistance . Tbe Thames police came np JH nnediatel y afterwards , and gave all the aid in their power . The barge , after discharging her coals into ofc river , rose to the surface of the stream , bottom ^ wards , ana « blew un"lw the force of the water

      beneath . The wreck afterwards floated down the titct j * an has not been recovered . ; , 'i EGED ^¦ c -Rber . —On TVednesdav , an invest was held at Biddulph , Staffordshire , ' on the a £ f 2 , rt ^ S * Satton » * K itwas alleged , had hmdi J \ ^ y from inj ' uries received at the S ^ ^^ *** W ***>«• On the S ^ ££ ? v ° ^ l * ° ^ J <* iah Sntton the feSaT ^^ vi iee P teer-sbop , had been imfmm pil brought on a dangerous ffiness . Si * £ * 3 : _ , ™

      % i ^ i £ i ?^ j ^ j ^ * £ « sL fd Tw ^ ll ^ ** * " * retone ^ a verdict of « "Wfl "IMnrder" against lie husband , who hasS ** asutted to takehis trial at the assizes ?

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      A DEPLORABLE OCCURRENCE took place at Apt , in the Yancluse , a few dajs ago . Two old men , the one aged and the other 70 , had quaTelled and resolved to fight a duel . They went without any seconds into a distant field , and , after a sharp contest with swords ,. one ; of flient fell to the ground mortally wounded . Some children who were near ran to the town and gave the alarm , and the survivor was soon after arrested . Dreadful Murder . —On Menday evening last the village at Charibury , Oxfordshire was thrown into a state of excitement and alarm by a rtport that James Trofanan / ayoung man living at Charlbnry , had been Bhot by Robert : Chapman , Lord ^ m ^^^^^^

      Dillon ' s gamekeeper , and was then lying at a place called Harbridge Bottom . A number of persons repaired to the spot , when the poor fellow was found to be quite dead , the shot having passed through hi ^ arm and into his side . At a short distance Chapman was standing with the gun in his hands , * nd was taken into custody and brought to Charlborr . Oa the following morning an inqoest was held on the body by Mr . James "Westell , coroner , and the inrcstigation continued throughout the day , asd ended in the committal of Joseph Chapman , to Oxford gaol for wilful murder . It appeared from the examination of the witnesses that tiie deceased had called on one of them ( Richard Claydon ) in the morning , and asked him to accompany him in the evening rabbit shooting ; accordingly he , with a youngman named "Widows , accompanied the

      deceased to the spot where the dreadful occurrence happened . The deceased , with his two companions , were standing in tbe road about eight o ' clock , waiting for some rabbits to come out of the wood , when Chapman , the keeper , came up to them with a double barrelled gun in his hand , and asked them what they did there . Having told him , he used most abusive language , and said if he saw him ( meaning the deceased ) shoot a rabbit , he would blow his brains out—a threat he repeated more than once . Has gun ( a percussion one ) at this period had no caps on . The altercation was renewed , and whilst standing together in the road , Chapman retired a few steps , Taised his gnu , and fired . The deceased staggered a few paces and fell , and must have died instantly , the contents passing through and lacerating his " heart . He has a wife , and we believe a large family . —Bucks Gazttte .

      Accident . On Tuesday evening a frightful accident happened in Regent-street to Miss Masson , the vocalist , who was proceeding in a fly to a party , at the Bishop of London's , when the horse took fright , and the vehicle coming in contact with a post , was dashed to pieces . Miss Masson was taken up in a state of insensibility , and carried into the Bull and Mouth ofiiee , in the Regent's circus , when she was conveyed in a hackney coach to London-house . She was so seriously hurt as to be unable to be in her place in the choir of "Westminster Abbey at the coronation , her injuries are not of a dangerous nature .

      Cattle Lifting Extraordinary . — On Tuesday last , about one o ' clock in the morning , the Crow Park , near "VVemys 3 Castle , was broken into , and no less than 13 head of prime cattle , the property of Captain " Wemyss , the member for Fifeshire , stolen from thence . The rogue drove them through no less than three toll-bars , to a cattle-market held near Ceres that day , a distance of 14 miles . He offered the lot to a cattle-dealer there for £ 110 , came down to £ 100 , and ultimately to £ 94 . Anxious to cut his stick with promptitude , he eagerly asked for his cash ; but as there are always two ' at a bargainmaking , the dealer told him he would p y his master , but not

      him . By this time the farm gr ieve of ^" : emyss Castle , who had traced the cattle to the mad leading to Ceres , and taken a post-chaise at Windgates , rcme xrp and claimed his bestial , and in the intern th& stamp slipped away , and neither trace uor trail of him has been seen " or smelt since . He is a small man , about 40 years of ase , from 5 feei 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inehes ' in height , " dark complexion , and thin-faced . The cattle were worth £ 130 , and the lot having been sold for £ 94 , the market was so much depressed that little business was done , and many withdrew their cattle altogether . Sueh ^ a " spreath" has not occurred in the " kingdom of Fife"' since the olden time , when man pursued

      " The simple plan , " That he should take who hath the power , " And be should keep who can . " "We understand that a reward of £ 10 10 s . has been offered for the apprehension of this modern Rob Roy . —Scotsman . Mr . Levison ' s Lecture . —On Friday evening , June 22 d , Mr . Levison delivered a popular lecture at the Town Hall , Doncaster , to the Temperance Society and tbe public generally , on the means of training man as a phvsical , organic , moral , and intellectual agent , by a brief examinatien of the important relation of the atmosphere to the functions of respiration and arterial circulation—the mode in

      which the latter is adapted by pre-arranged benevo'eace and wisdom for renovating the waste and exhausted organs of the body , by constantly supplving new matter , &c . But by far the most interesting and important part of the address was the elucidation of the moral obligations which are deduced from the cereLral organization , as also the nccessitv of cultivating the intellectual faculties , by giving subjects for meditation and thought to those ' who give up their habits of drinking , and to induce the productive classes to tbink and improve their now degraded habits and

      pursuits . The audience was very numerous and attentive , composed principally of the classes who have heretofore been denied the opportunity of nsing their mental faculties for any other purpose , than merely toiling to obtain a scanty supply of food : and it nmst have been highly gratifying to Mr . Levison . ( when he stated that he intended to give a series of lectures on the physical and organic laws at such times as hi 3 professional engagements would enable him to do , ) that th < > promise was received with warm approbation and applause .

      Steam Navigation to New York . —An incident , shewing the importance to Liverpool of a direct intercourse , by steam vessel , to New York , occurred last week , which strongly illustrates what we have before nrged ; namely , that the establishment of aline of steam vessels , taking their departure from Liverpool with tbe sam p regularity and punctuality whic-h hitherto have distinguished tbe sail packet-, will make it the leading point for arrivals and departures , not merelv for England , but for the

      continent of Europe . On the -advertisement of the sailing of the Royal William , for New York , on the 5 th Jnly , being 2 dvertised in the London papers , several applications were forwarded from Paris , engaging berths in that vessel , and transmitting the amount of the passage money , the parties undertaking to be in Liverpool in time fbr the Hoyui William ' s departure . Tne railroad from London to Liverpool aids in no small degree that expeditionand certainty which are so essential to travellers . The

      proposal to ensure the Royal William to and from New York foT £ 20 , 000 , one half in London and the other in Liverpool , was taken , and the list filled at the Underwriters' room it two hours from the time the risk was put on the books . —Liverpool Mercury . Animal Magnetism . —Ve stated last week that some gentlemen , most of whom are well known as men of science , had formed themselves into a committee to examine tbe subject of animal magnetism They began hy making some experiment * or rather

      , observations , on O'Key , " the chief performer at Oniverrfty College Hospital ; and being desirous of guarding against all sources of fallacy , made it a condition that none of those more immediately concerned in the recent , exhibitions in Grower-street should be present . On this being made known , Dr . Elliotson prohibited her further attendance , requiring that either Mr . Wood or himself should be present . As this was not agreed to , the investigation has been for the time interrupted . - Medical Gazelle .

      The Indian Jugglers' Secret Discotered —Lieutenant _ Hutton observes , that the snakes which the Indian jugglers handle with impunity aie drugged with opium , which renders them quiet and harmless . The effects of the drag will not wear off for a fortnight or three weeks . This fact Lieut . H . ascertained by personal experience ; a drugged snake which he had purchased having , ati : he lapse of three weeks , flown at Mm unexpectedly and nearly strangled Mm . —Oriental Herald . The Sultan ' s Letter of Congratulation . —A subject which has excited no inconsiderable talk , in the Court circles , is tbe " letter of felicitation" forwarded by the Sultan to her Majesty on tbe occasion of her corosation . It is a remarkable

      document in its form and substance : it is represented to -us as being about 36 inches in length , and between three and four inches broad ; the penmanship is very careful and elegant , bearing in . the margin the signature of the Sultan , with all the titles of the very high and puissant Seignor which from time immemorial have appertained to the principal representative of the Ottoman'Court . The paper is of a very fine manufacture , approachirjg to vellum in ; appearance , fids letter was . pnt in an envelope , and sealed with the armorial bearings of the Sultan , and the whole enclosed in a crimson cloth sachet or bag , somewhat resembling a lady ' s small reticnle . It is richly embroidered in gold , and a tassel and string of peculiar beauty of manufacture completes this tiniaue billet doux . —Cupid .

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      . Fatal Accident bt FiRE .-r-On Satnrday eremng a fine doj , about fire years of age , ; was broughtintoihe Koyal Free ScwpitaL GrWaKstreet , in . a most horrid state of Buffering / froni * Vich ae ^ pp or feature ^ » ft er a few honre relieved by > » Vu The bad practice of parents allowing their children to play with fire led to thu Bad eatatfrophe . J ^ l ! ^ * v L 1 ^ D SMP > M * Franklin S **** * fca ^ taien place at Tetschen , in SmSE ? 'ZJr 1 " **«* : <* 8 * or ten acres , prin-SrfLTi * \ *"" . ?»* , »* continues tAnk srZ ttJfiS T ° moHn » in . In some spots tiie earth haa : given way only to the extent of .- few fe e £ butin others it has faUen 5 £ * yS 80 that the trees have disappeared . ' ««« ., ¦ : »»

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      PUBLIC MEETING AT OLDHAM . A public meeting was held at Oldham , on ThursfKJ-JSS- ' ? ^ JP ge ° P space at the bact of oM « J ^ l V ^ ^^ ^ called ^ ^ o V ? he afora ^ V hy placard . Mr . Alexander Taylor was unanimously called to the chair . . ... ^ Immediately upon , the Chairman ' s rising to address the people ^ there was a general gathering towards tbe place of meeting from all sides : and the num-De " were soon swelled to upwards of 10 , 000 persona . il Chaij ? m opened the proceedings by observing that to him it was a most gratifying and delightful spectacle ^ and he had no doubt it was iso 4 o hundreds besides himselfto behold auch an immense

      , mass of human beings met together , not like the lords , and the squires , and the gentry , and the rest of the small fry that followed close at their heels , lor the purpose of filling their hungry bellies with luxuries which they did not , could not , and would not earn : and of exhibiting their embroidered coats and laced hats , which had to be paid for by the laboinng millions ; they were not met for the purpose of exhibiting a loyalty which they did not feel , like hundreds of the nobility and gentry were doing at that moment ; and expressing an attachment to the person and government of our vounir Ou « pn .

      which was only inspired by their love of thepensions and places connected with them , which had to be paid out of the sweat and toil of an industrious , butinsulted , oppressed , and plundered people . After alluding to the New Poor Law , and the conduct of the Poor Law Commissionew , and commenting in strong terms upon the cruelties practised in the Poor Law Workhouses . Hj briefly requested tbe people to be atttniive and orderly , and the speakers to be as short and as much to the point as possible , and sat down , calling upon Mr . Knight to inove the first resolution .

      Mr . John Knight said , he rose to propose a resolution which , he believed , if he had read it rightly , said something about the Queen and the Poor Law Commissioners . Now , he could tell the meeting that the Queen-was a personage whom it was very difficult to approach . Notwithstanding the general distress in which almost all ranks and classes of society , except the nobility , are now placed in , Ministers had actually settled up the Queen an income of more than a £ 1000 per day , while hundreds and thousands , yes , and even tens and hundreds of thousands of her subjects , and industrious subjects too , were living , or rather starving ; for it was not living upon 2 } d , 2 d , andJJd , per day . Something

      Had been said about 6 s . per day ; he should like to see how many persons there were before him who could hold up their hands and say , they were earnng 6 s . per day . \ VTiat , not one ! Then , how many of you can get 5 s ? What , not one ! Well , how many of you get 4 s . then ? What , only five or six hands u p ^ yet ! How many of yon then can get 3 s . od ? Oh , you can show a few now . ' ( About twenty or thirty hands were held up for 3 s . ) How many of you can only obtain 2 s ? Ah ! you put them up by hundreds now . But how many of you cannot obtain , more than Is . per day , by reason of want of work and low wages taken together ? Ah yon nold them up in larger numbers now than I would

      expected you do ! ( Groans , and shame . ) ant what a picture ! and was that state of things to last ? \ Vas it right or reasonable that men were to be placed -in such situations that they could not earn one shilling per day ? he would tell them one thing snch a state of things could not last much longer , iiut what had brought this deplorable state of things uito existence , audwho were to right it now that it did exist . It was very easy to say what had brought such a state of things about ; but it was not so easy to point out a remedy . He ( Mr . K . ) thought there was but one remedy in existence , and that was a preponderance of the democratic influence being earned into the place where all the laws and meat iureswnica

      naa beggared and ruined the country had had their origin . He then went on to shew how by a continued increase rents had arisen , and of course agricultural produce too would have risen in yalue proportionately , from a very small sum , until the rental of the country , now amounted to somewhere about £ 100 , 000 , 000 annually ; he said the the present almost incredible mass of misery and suffering which covered the land had been bronsrht about by this means principally . He observed the same men , who had by a variety of means , too numerous to mention , so increased the value of land ana . the amount of rents , that people could hardly afford , with the present > cale of wages , to purchase as much food and clothing as would keep them from starving , or pav for even thfi mnrf m ;« ,.

      able hut to shelter th .-m from the fury of the elements , had now passed a law ; which told them in plain English , that poverty was a crime , and they must now be ^ ta rved to death completely , or else bastiled . and brought to premature graves In- eating impure and poisonous food , at the instance of the the Poor Law Commissioners . The venerable old gentleman , then commented in severe terms upon the conduct of the three hostile kings , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — _ " That in the opinion of this meetiug , the Poor . Law Amendment Act is at direct variance with the constitution of England , and of the chartered rights ofEnglishmen ^ s set forth by tke Magna Charta . 3111 oi

      ana me J Kigbts ; and inasmuch asit deprives themof the free use of their lives and limbs by shutting them up in a prison , called a Poor Law workhouse , and asit endangers and jeopardises their lives , when labouring under misfortunes orer which theyhavonocontrouijb y compelling them to subsist upon food , so small m quantity , so impure , and * o obnoxious in quality , as to produce disease andpremature death , itis , therefore , our duty legally and constitutionally to resist this most tyrannical , infamous , and cruel law , by all the means that may be within our reach ; and as this the day of her majesty ' s coronation , we deem it to be a proper and fitting opportunity , to assemble in public meeting , in order to memorialise her majesty to remove this most obnoxious Law from the Statute Book ; and as a first step towards so desirable an endto dismiss

      , immediately ; from their present traitorous employment the three Poor Law Commissioners ! Mr . F . A . Taylor seconded the resolution in a short but excellent and energetic speech , - after which , the resolution was put from the chair , and earned unanimously . Mr . James Mills then came forward , and in a short bnt pithy speech , which was well rece-. yed by the meeting , proposed a memorial to her Majesty , Themcmorial was seconded b y Mr . A . Sittcliffe , in rather an interesting speech , m which he observed that if one-fourth of the working men , about one million and a half , would but come forward and petition Parliament , we should soon get the New Poor Law repealed , and Universal Suffrage granted too . It was because so few petitioned that our petitions were not heeded . r

      The Memorial was then put from the chair , accompanied with some very excellent remarks of the Chairman , and carried amidst shouts of applause . Mr . J . L . Qcarmby was called upon to propose ff next ^ omtlon > ^ W ch was to the following effect : — " Thatas the Reform Bill has proved to be apiece of gross deception and unprincipled treachery , at least as far as the working classes are concerned : we , therefore , deemitto be our duty to come forward fearlessly and boldly to demand a full and complete restoration of our rights , which we cannot do more effectually than by joining our brethren of Birminghani in their demand for Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , and No PrmiPrtv

      Qualification for Members . Mr . J . T . Quarmjby observed , after reading the resolution , that he was very sorry it had fallen to his lot to propose such a resolution as thatwhichhe neld ^ n his hand ; he was sure ( although the meeting would _ like it all the better , he knew ) that if Lord Brougham , or any other of their loyal and saintly Lordships , were to hear of the people of Oldham passing a resolution containing a demand for Universal Suffrage , they would be perfectly shocked ; they would callit revolutionary ^ he wag snre ; nay , that would not he bad enough ; thpy wouldc ^ llUstaTk staring rebellion , and if they pnly dared , "but thani God they dare not , theywoufi prosecute them aU for high treason . Jut , Mr . h ^ Flw t wST * ' -f ^ 8 on a evolution ls ^ itthat we want if we do want a revolution ? whit is revolution

      y a from misery , poverty , wretchedness , and slavery- to comfort , happiness and libeny ; but do we want these blessing « without earning them ? ^ No . We only want a fair day ' s wage for a fair day's work ; this is the revolution we want ; and i ? it too much r He knew the aristocracy , the money-mongers , and even a great many ofi the Whig ten pound shopocracy would call it too much , but would any honest man say it waa too much . - A ^ TtS *™ ; ^ . elUous , / what , do we rebel agamst ? Whj v against toiling , hard all Tour hves in order tq ; -keep , a get of titled plaikderers , who after . working ; us almost ¦ to deWh ; mi onier that we may produce , wealth and lnxuries ; for them to enjoy ; would' turn ' round upon us , fa ^ c sbutns up in a bastile , and leave us there to fifi'd out the length , Jan 4 'lireadtli , ' ; ian 4 de ^ th , of jibe tender merciea of ^ itejPoor Law Commissioners ; But there was another name they would giye-ns ^ when they heard we were for hayinj ? Universa Suffrage , and helping to make such laws as we

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      shouH like to Nbe rtlttd . by , they wonld call ^^ de-| ^ ctlve ? , TOdlevelle ^; and , truly , Mr . GhairSiarj ^^ ^ emen , T aid : afra ; d ^ ^ tall be « aa degroyere « tod levellers to 6 wh ^ fl » we &i the ^ Snm ^ e ^^ S » f eIei P ^" ' ¦*»* pensions and sinecjres , « £ ^ &ng anr ^ of mere thwi twenty years : wid we shall level all taxes ; we . shall put * heuaddl < supon the back of the sKe 8 t towev iastead of making the weakest do all the work aid carry Wl the bnrdens of the state . But it-was necesBary to ' say something about how « H this was to be done ; ibf it was * we 11 kriowri , thaVnntfl we could get a voice , " and aloud ' and firm one too , ^ in the House of Commons , we shouia . in . t ^ j * m-& * sk * :

      stead of . growing better , grpw ever lrager and wprae . tie went pnt ^ ahow the injttstitee of those who argued againstUniversal Suffrage and the other principles connected witibit ; ; and after taking a ^ hort glance StSi ^ T f and ^ retched ^^ condition in ' which almost all classes of labourers were placed : and ^ "S ^^ cP ^ uct : <| theJwiS Tones , and , sham-radicals ;• who , he eaid ,, by their « Jftshnes 8 and- imbecility : had ^ nrst brought S S ^ iS ^ &lsfe ^^ m ^^ msrn

      i ^ l ^ feeTS ^ tteS ^ the hapmness , comfort , and welfare of their families , , if they wished for the ^ peedy ^ d effecS redressment oftheirnumerous anahea ^ grievSs to struggle haraer than they had vet donef " ndS ma ^ y ^ hereto . fbre , ir uisaSffSgS ¦ £ ? $ hL ^ & P ^ ^ connected withTt , arid and then ^ they could soon obtain the repeal of the diabohcal Poor Law Amendment Act , arSiSrother Wbywhichthey ^ e ^ oppressed and degraded andjhe enactment of those by which they would be rendered happy and comfortable . > Mr . ^ JAMEsGnEAVES Seconded the resolution in

      a ; lengthy , eloquent , aiid manly speech , which was listened to ^ y . the ^ udience with great attention . He abserved that the tune had now arrived when hngJishmeri must leara to act instead of talking ' for his own part , he : was prepared for the worst . He ' * ° ? i V ^ ? r see lhi ? i SS comfortably and amicably settled , if it wore possible , but he would say let come what , will , let us have the present deplorable and wretched state of things altered somehow for the better ; and if moral force and constitutional means will not do - ^ although he was no Coartenay , yet he , was prepared for the worst—sooner than longer be a patient spectater of the misery and wretchedness in which the people of this country were placed , without attempting something in their

      The resolution wa » then put to the meeting , and earned unanimously . Mr . JamesMills then rose to propose that the Birmingham demand for Universal Suffrage , - « fec be . adopted by this nieeting , as our petition to the House of ^ Commons , as meeting our views and wishes , and embodying a redress for all the grievances of which we have to complain . 1 Mr . J . Nicholson , one of the Socialists , seconded the petition , or rather demand , which was carried , amidst loud cheers , by the meeting . Mr . James Gheaves then proposed , and was seconded by several persons at once from amongst the crowd , that Earl Stanhope be reduested to nrc

      sent the memorial to the Queen , which was carried amidst general cheering . It was then proposed that General Johnson be requested to present the Universal Suffrage petition to the House of Commons , and that J . Fielden , Esq . be requested to support its prayer . Throe cheers were then given for the ^ people of Salford ; thr . ! e for GeneralJohnson and Mr . Fielden ; three for Mr . Knight ; three for Oastler , Stephens , and FeargusO'Gonnor ; three for the JSorthern Star , the C / iampion , and the Manchester Guardian ' , three for tW Chairman j three for Earl Stanhope ; and three groans for the Poor Law Commissioners . An eloquent speech was made at the close ^ of the meeting ly a Mr # Grinishaw , from Heywood . - ¦

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      TRIBUTE TO DR . JOHN TAYLOR . On Thursday evening , the 2 Sth June , ( coronation day ) a party of forty gentlomen , to show their contempt of illuminations , and all the degraded foolery of coronations , invited that stern Republican , Dr . JortN Taylor , to a public supper in the Black Bov Tavern . r * . . The chair was taken at eight o ' clock by Mr . John Cowie . Mr . Charles Mathison and Mr . Peter M'Donald , croupiers . The first toast from the chair was the " People . " The next was the "Honoured Guest , " whom the Chairman eulogised as descended from the ranks of Ihe anstocracy to advocate the cause of the people , and sacrifice every thing for them . . _ In an eloquent reply , Dr . Taylor Doirited out the

      follyof attempting to conciliate men who wouldnot be conciliated , as instanced in the case of Mr . Roebuck , who had thrown himself into the hands of trimmer . * , only to meet their scorn and contempt ; having thus , in fact , followed out the very course which he blamed the Whigs for in regard to the 1 ones . He concluded a . speech " of some length and great pov ^ er , by gning the toast of " Civil and Religious Liberty . " Mr . Charles Mathison tlien gave" Universal buflrage , Annual Parliaments , and the Ballot ;" after paying a merited compliment to the work on the Ballot lately published by their guest , he expressed his dissent from the principles promulgated in it unless the Ballot were accompanied hv jrrfint

      extension of the Suffrage ; he thought parliamenU should be as often n . s the people wished them . Mr , Thomas Gillespie , in a poetical speech of great beauty , and which we cannot attempt to "ive any report of , traced Mr . O'Connor through his whole career ; spoke of his exertions at Rathcor mac—for the Dorchester labourers , and concluded by proposing . " Messrs . O'Connor , Stephens , Bell .-Bronterre , * c . and the Radicals of England "—( Tremendous ; cheering . ) r ^ n ! F J 0 ? o ? , ? the "Memory of the Patriots of 1 / 93 , and 1819 and 1820 ; " drew a masterly picture aitlie efiorts of Messrs . Muir , Palmer , Margarot . Gerald , Baird , Wilson , Hardy , &c , and Tivetted the atrention of his audience by one of the

      finest speeches we ever heard from him . Mr . John Cujijung paid a well-merited tribute to the Radicals of Edinburgh , who had met that veryday upon the Calton iiiU , under their gallant leader , ^ and under the very guns of the Castle , denounced royalty in all its forms ; he had been under Ins tuition at school ; had watched him closely since , and bad ever found him the same unbending democrat . Mr . Fraserhad suffered in the cause , but his spirit never quailed ; he concluded by proposirig the healths of "Mr . John Fraser and the Radica , ft f Edinburgh . '' ( Continued cheering . )

      Mr . JajiesWalkkr , after an eloquent speech , in ; ne course of wluch he eulogised the beloved and benevolent Robert Owen , gave " A speedy Amelioration m the Social Institutions of the Country . " Mr . Love , after depicting the miseries resulting irorn Jgnorance , and tne advantages of knowledge , after pointing out how far we were behind other countries in our system of education , and reprobating the plan of leaving it in the hands of tne state clergy , iwh > are interested in keepingthe people m ignorance , proposed "A National System of Education . "

      . Mr . Alex . M'KerHacher gave " The freedom of the Press . _ Mr . J . Alexander after having eloquently depicted he misery and injustice which the cotton spinners lad met with gave , amid deafening cheers , " The healths of the five victims to tyranny , and may the ceremonies of this day be made instrumeiltal in : restoring them to their families and homes . " Mr . J . Bruce , after showing wnat alegislator ought to be , urged the folly of expecting them to be herediaryvand gave" A speedy termination to hereditary legislation . " ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Robt . Rogers commented severely upon the conduct of Ministers in regard to Canada , who had receivedmsteadof

      , ^ redress , a sword , and for justice a gibbet ; and , after an able speech ( his maiden one ) gave a speedy emancipation from the folly of a show of SOBYc ^ to out ' Canadfaa brethren . Mn M'BoNALD gave " The memory of John i ait , whose monument was in their hearts , and 7 if- ifl . Rl ^ P , » ld ; b « in their emancipatiori , SencM ms Ufe ^ ?) e ^ u d « Voted , ( Drnnlt in solemn , Mr . J : M'Kechnie , in an oration which we might mvain attempt to report , spokj of Franklin and Washington as honest amid corruption and the strife of states , rlhs toast' " The mampry of these ^ m' n th / Qepartedliberatorsof North America /' _ Mr . K . HALlIday , with feelinsr and entht \ ainoT «

      gare " The memoryof Augustus B « aumbnt . " T ^ ^ nfte ° ^ T , ^ g e ' Tll (» Female Reformers ot acotland , ' and we only wish our fair countrywomen hadtaenpresent : to hear the eloquent man-Sfw ? f * ? h the ? righta , social and political , were advocated or ; the . deafening and repeated - cheers with which each bprat of eloquence .. was hailed ; ^ * V nnaoubtedly , the W kpeecli < S healthhr £ "k *? ' hmia rP ^ cheering , gave " The of Ireland » WWaD > Cl < aw < brd ' ' ' *** ™ Radicals

      man ^^ r 6 ^ , ^ "t ^ ealth 6 t the Chair-^ tk A wreat applause . ) ¦ ¦ - ^ " ft ? ^ * f- > Pte , stated that he had ' ' cartffi « * ' % ? $ ¦ ¥ location , the former conse&fe — ^ f « P"vinced byreasoA ., He Mssif v ^ f- W ^ ty ^ tchers ^ from ^ lex , and « r of IS * &W ® mm * n * Blticher , and mticb pre-StenbPnJ c « «« of a ; , Watt , an ; Arkwngh ^ a Senffi ^ A- ^^ H Qr ^ O'Connor . Hethlnked ^ Jh ^ J ^ V ®*** ' ^ ' * ^ ' and would 'MMhejbeteri-a a . Repubfican . ' . . ¦ ^ i ^ wS * # " * " ^ Wth 8 Of *

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      g ^ assissssrfegs S ? ° 1 ' 5 * t <> oa h 7 ** «^ of th ? cotton stumers , careless how far it might niilitateaaaW whiS ^^ V ? ?^ ^ VSSSHSS 2 ? tnffe 7 " V ^ y d ^ S ^ , would derive the Wm ¦*» . t *******^ ^ .-

      m ^ f— ^ uth acknowledged the comph- - ment , and would continue that conduct which had secured him theirapprobation . « ««*" . A nwrnber of excefieht songs -vr ere sung chiefly by ^ essrs . Ste henson , M'DoB 4 d , Paton , Walker , ana King , and a more harmonious meeting has never taken place in Glasgow . The company afterward * resolved themselves into a conunitte for the formation of a Republican Sociej ^ r , to which a number gave in their names , and appointed Dr . Taylor convener , and then separated at a late or rather earlv hour . "

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      diffinent Tj odias ef Trades cbnsJderei their order anfficiently protected by the role * of ttieir reiipeijti ^ association and they rested : satisfied with tb « protection ^ whioh tiiose ? rnles yielded tai their wcietyy and therefore lecame negligent of iheir political duties , from a fuiQi&l reliance upqn their associated « treogth . The system of our gbyernment , however ^ cannot afford the snrrender of any portion of industry , that cao be ceded . tp ' tbaj money-mpngers as the price of their : political mpport ; and eonseqaently at the instate of that , party , ( any regulati < m for adjusting the suppl yto the demandteing destructive ; .. ,

      of the gamblingpf capitaUst . , ) war was made against all labour-protecting schemes , tbe effect of which has been to throw ihe whole body of the hitherto disunited and different rl < m-tryiBg ; communitj into one general force , for the assertion of their political rights , by which alone their ; social an < Lclass regulations can be protected ; ThVtrades did not formerly join in public nieetmg * , but for the reasons" stated , they now do , and by the manner in which their co-operation has increased the importance of our proceedings , it is quite evident , that they are a powerful body , and that to their former

      supineness , is to be attributed , our long lingering suspense . To the trades and the Newcastle societies both English and Irish , we are indebted' to the splendid and astonishing meeting which toot place on Thursday last , the most important , and I think , the most numerous , and certainly the most orderly , ever con ^ enedih this or any btlier COUUtry . ^ When . 1 witnessed the procession and cast my eye over the united thousands from the platform , I came ai once to the conviction , that' our moral power Vvtasysufli ciently made manifest , and ; that the Opinion of the

      meeting was merely required as our ^ future rule ; of ' action . It is in order that the ; benefits of ^ such a display should not be lost to society , that t now address you . Imake no comment upon the proceed ^ ings as regards the speakers or the audience , ' but I come at once to that part of my subject , which is IJiely to be variously handled by the servile press of the country . I mean the introduction of a mhitary force . If I have read the history of this country to ? ny advantage , or if I have taken ! a right . view of tKe constitution , or put a proper construction upoa

      the laws of the land , I declare the proceedings of Thursday to have been a violation of the law , —an infringement of the constitution—an attack , upon , liberty-an attempt to create revolution , and ' a justification , if retribution is not made , vto absolve all subjeets from their allegiance . I shall take care that my observations shall be but a preface , ) o the sworn testimony of disinterested : persons .: I am aware of the manner in which any charge cpming from me unsupported by the evidence of others

      would be met in both Houses of Parliament , and by the press , and the factions , and therefore I shall state what I saw , and what thousands of respectable professional gentlemen , independent shopkeepers , and honest working men will substantiate upon oath . Any representation which we can make , if al all erroneous , cannot damage the accused , because as to the ground , the site of the barracks , the place of meeting , the line of march , and the place of review , a map shall be furnished to both Houses of

      Parliament ; and as to the amount of interference by the military , the ground is marked ; and as to the conduct of the commanding officer , Mr . HuntB ^ surgeon , Mr . Grey , tobacconist , Mr . HoRNjbookseller , ' and a host of respectable witnesses are ready to depose upon oath : for these reasons then i ' shall simply confine myself to facts which thousands will swear to , and shall merely be their narrator . "Whett the business of the meeting had proceeded to some length , a squadron of the 5 th Dragoon Guards was marched considerabl y out of the way and . out of the usual line , as I am informed ^ from the barracks to the review ground , upon the outskirts of the

      meeting . In a few-minutes after , a large detachment of the 52 nd Foot were marched with fixed bayonets by a different route from the barracks and still more oot of their way , making several angles , and going over the worst marching ground , and within a few yards of the right of the hustings , leaving the people on the right and left . After a very short review , the

      Dragoons returned , not by the same route ; but ! when , in front of the meeting , wheeling mere ob-i liquely to the left , and passing so close to the ! meeting as to separate many on the outside from the ! body , and to excite the indignation of all . Thd : Dragoons marched on , " people cheering as if ill defiance , and the Commanding Officer rode , close toj the rear of the hustings , while I was occupied ia ! keeping the . attention of the meeting from the ^ military and directed to the platform , imploring themj to take no nptice , as the whole basinet should be brought before the House of Commons , which seemed to give general satisfactiph—a proof that the people are ready to respect the laws . ¦ While I . ^ as thus engaged , Mr . Gkey and othenr said , ^' Mr , O'Connor , here is the CommandiBg Officer ^ ust at your back ; turn round . " To which I replied ^ ¦ " Good . God , keep all your faces to the front , and

      do not let the people see him ; do you- think I am mad , to tarn now , and oring the whole body round . " I did not turn , but Mr . Hume , Mr . Gret , and others , are ready to state upon oath what the conduct of the Commanding Officer was .. In ^ short time after the Dragoons had passed , and while I wai » addressing the meeting , the foot soldiery returHed so close to the . platform , that I splemnly declared though speaking—I was making my arrangements aa to the best mode of defence , and the . disposal of ^ the timbers of the hustingSj . and other missiles fcr our protection . I observed that the flags- wev& d . oubly manned as the excitement increased y the conclusion

      to which I came was , that the standards were to furjaisn a part of our defensive weapons * "While the infanlry were passing , some persons who had been obliged to give way began to hiss , which was becoming very general ; but , after- ' alittle ^ ^ expostulation ,, anda renewed pledge that justice should Wdone , quiet was restored , and the scene fortunately elbsed without bloodshed or daraage ; : which-was-dnly prevented by the confidence the peop le ; had . in their Chairman and their cause ^ and by the straining of my lungs , vhi < A seemed to reach the ears of the military , and . induce them to quicken theiripace .. I have now laid ^ the whole case before the . public ,, with the assurance that the facts shall he invests

      gated , and with this brief commenfc , Ify / upon ; other occasions , the regular line of marcb ,. 6 om the barracks to the review groand had been by the' ; place where the meeting was '' -Held / prudence' required , and the . recent Canterbury butchery , ; should : rhave dictated , the propriety ¦' . aad' the deeenoy of selecting : another direction j bvii the fact isj &at the : . troop 3 were marched considerably out of their , way , and ia an unusual direction . Agaitt ^ the DragoonSj upon going to the ground ^ were marched ; in front ' of tnb meetings and oh ; thew -return ia front s and elbse to ^ .

      the left of the meeting ; while theirifantry were marched > to the ground on the rig ht of the meeting ^ and o » their return , to the rear of the meeting : thus , both the Dragoons and Infantry , if they . took the right eourse of marobing i 6 ' the groiit ^ ,-took the wrong Tcourse in marcbing from , tie ^ und , lor especiall y ^ tbe ^ Iafantry were ^^ maTched , in a diamej . trickily opposite direction . Here . Ipppclude , hoping , I thafc-: ™ - future , " "those who attend 'Public meetings ,

      ¦ will coine like tree inen , l -atidiwitfe the -theaTk 3 of searing tbeir&eedomf T ^ racteristic of the ^ Wg . means , of , mee ^ ng , mor ? l force du ^ g t ^ y ^ far as ' regards ihe evidence io be addticed ^ before . tW % ; H o ^'' - ' ot ; il'C om ^ . on 8 ^ . i ^ : '; tbe ^ ilaii& ; nbf iMr DoUBLf day , rj $ faec- ¦ Chairman , and , . Ao&e who arranged the , nieeting ;| ' , pnd ^ ye the ^ hpnour . to be , [ '"¦;• ' '' ' Yo ^ r faitbfiil seryanV ' ¦;' : :-l- ¦ ' ' .- ]¦ » FEAB&US Q'CGNNOE ,

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      JUSTICE ! JUSTICE !! JUSTICE !!! The London Democratic Association to the Democrate of Great Britain arid Ireland . rtf " ? w . « EN 8 ,--Aroused to action , / by the pen of that inimitable political writer-that indefatigable social Reformer and "Friend of the People "WROJfTEanE , and by a sensitive appreciation of the Jnjunes and calumnies inflcted upon' our brethren of th . e neighbourhood of Canterbury , we resolved Upon petitioning the Legislature , demanding an investigation into the circumstances of the lamentable catastroph&-the unjustifiable butchery above alluded to . Accordmgly , a petition was drawn up , and preseutedtothe Lords , by that consistent opponent ot tyranny , Earl Stanhope j : demanding , in addition to > the mveatigation , that the men , DoW imnrisdned . ¦ JU lc ial of

      « S-t uw ^ t ' "ft ^ ? ^ P ° ceeding 8 stayed , " nSt ^ result such investigation Be known ! ^ heirtLprdships , ; howevery-in their . Aristocratic wisdom , were p leased to ; midinterpret or minconstrue this last-mentioned request . It was , in tiiat august assembly , very sagaciously observed , that "if : they SfAn ^ W 6 re ^ ^ P ^ ^ th the Prayer of the petiaon , they would be guilty of a breach of the law themselves . " Now we will not here attempt to give our own opinion of this very lucid developement u o lef , fe tlve . W 18 d , J but will quote that of the ?« Auf ^ T " ! ^ . P P ; which , after stating , that "their Lordships refused to receive the petition though , from the report of their proceedings , we do not exactly understand why" goes on to say , that the only reason assigned for rejecting it was , it prayed for that which ' the Lords could not do . \ Vhv

      mere is scarcely a petition presented to them , ¦ which may not be rejected on the same ground ! The Lords cannot of themselves , fortunately for us , alter any law ; and every petition which asks them to do that , i ^ ks an impossibility , as much as the petition ? ? the Democratic Association . They can , however in cpncurrence- with the other House , and with the ' Crown , alter or suspend any law they please . The Legislature could , for example , pass an act—and sucb acts have been pa ? sod—to put off the Summer Assises at Maidstone , for three or sii months . The petition then did not ask the Peers to do an impossibility auy more than any other petition which asks them to alter a law , without adding , 'in concurrence withlhe other estates of the realm ; ' and to reject it on this ground was most fallacious . "

      Now , Fellow Democrats , we are generally branded as levellers ; to which term—if by it is meant the destruction of inequality , occasioned by the enactment of bad laws , for wliich purpose our Association is tpunded , —we are proud to plead guilty : but here we appealtp a branch of the Legislature ; and , to use the Parliamentary jargon , in a constitutional rnwde demand of it to do that which the " 5 Mn " shown there is a precedent for doing ; "but it is a precedent to which their Mightinesses were not desirous of reverting . The reason is obvious;—their Lordships are the Representatives—are indeed the . very personifications of that class of tyrants , by a part of . whom , —and not by tbe so-called madness of Courtenay , or the fanaticism of his followers , — the late tragic affair was occasioned .

      _ One argument adduced in our petition was , that Courtenay being , as alleged , insane , was incapable ot committing murder in the eye of the law , and therefore his followers could not be either justly or legally answerable for his acts , But this too met with the opposition of the Lordly High Priest of Malthusianism , whose sympathies are overnowin « in the cause of the black slave ; but who , in the face of heaven and before men , dares , night after night , to vindicate the soulless tyranny—the heartless oppression inflicted upon his own plundered countrymen , for whom no sympathy is found in the breast of

      a Brougham ;—he is reported to have said , —that it conld not be pretended that "the persous who acted with the lunatic Thorn were notblameable for their acts , unless th ^ were pro ved " to be lunatics also . " Granted , the said persons are responsible" for their mvh acts , but we contend not for the actsi of Courtenay ; now itis for Aes acts , they are committed to prison , and their lives placed hi jeopardy ; and this , we assert , is as illegal as it is atrociously unjust . In support of these our sentiments , we quote the following extract from an Editorial article on the subject , in the ' Mornin g Herald : — . b

      " Legally speaking , a madman cannot be guilty of murder , or airy other crime , and there comes the question how far any of his followers can be implicated in the guilt of murder , seeing that the act of homicide was not , in either instance , murder in him who struck the blows ? They were but the result of sudden paroxysms of insanity in Courtenay alone , not the consequence of any preconcert with others . Now , if one man be tried as a principal'in a crime and be acquitted , another charged as an accessor ^/ . must be acquitted too , for where there is no principal ^ it is a rule oflaw as well as of reason , that there can be no accessory . We think the sameprinciple might be applicable to principals in the first and second degree , for if there be no principal in thefirst'degree ^ there can , we would humbly suggest , be no principals in the second degree , who are also known in law as accessories at ( lie fact . " _ Fellow Countrymen v'we have vindicated onr

      netition , we have proved that its prayer was as legally cprrect j as its arguments were incontrovertible ; and the Anstocrats shall see that we will not quietly acquiesce in its rejection , nor will we cease to agitate hi endeavouring to obtain justice for our brethren . But ior our exertions to be of any avail we require your co-operation , we call upon y « n , "brother Democrats , to join us in our demand for : justice . To stimulate your exertions we need but state on the authority of t&e public papers , that in consequence of this wholesale assassination 'There are in the neighbourhood of Therne Bay , no less than twelve widows and thirty-one children thrpwn upon the poor rates * some relief has been affordecl ,-but it is said the guardians do not intend to afford more , unless within the walls oj the workhouse !> r Our brethren « : e murdered , those who escape assassination are to be tried for their lives j while the widow , and the orphan are to be consigned to the horrors of an accursed Bastile !!!

      In conclusion , we call upon , you , in the sacred na : i : es ef Justice and Humanity , to petition the Legislature for an investigation into the facts connected with this infamous outrage , and demanding of ti . e two houses to pass an act for the h'berating of the parties now imprisoned on charge of murder , and causing all proceedings against them to be stayed until the result of the investigation is known . We further recommend you to intrust your petitions to the Lords , to the patriotic Earlof Stanhope , to whom our thanks are tendered for the noble manner in which he acquitted himself on presenting our petition . We are , Brother Democrats , Yours Fraternally , The Members of the London Democratic Association . ( Signed on their behalf . ) DAVID WTLLIAMS , Chairman , GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY , Secretary . Market Coffee Roomsi , Smithfield , June 25 th , 1838 .

      The Noethefik Star. Saturday , July 7, 1838.

      THE NOETHEfiK STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 7 , 1838 .

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND AND TO THE NORTHUMBKIANS IN PARTiCULAR . . Felllow-meNj—Nothing can be more necesg ary in our present state , both as regards our position . and the conduct of tiie daily pressy than , that a timely and well authenticated npti « : e should be taken of : all matters of interest to th- e people . In general , questions of vital importance , are disposed of by the daily press , while our part y for want of

      such an organ ^ is engaged in mere w onderand conjecture , without the power of redri ; 8 a or even . ; ex-1 . amination . Novr , more than every , watchfulness is 1 necessary , for the reasons which I shall briefly explain . Our meetings of late , to de » plare pur wrongsi ] have been more numerpuB , n , oire ^ ciumerpusjy attended , and more stvpngfe / & ?*? xcterised by determination of expreesion . ty ^ an pt 3 jlic meetings arewont to be . You will-Bjj turallj ^^ seek . ¦ % reason . ; It | s not . then , that a new , ^^ it : ^ . as arisen ,, but , * h at an union of different " / jpiVitg' ^ ' ;^ - ^^ ::- ?^* --. .. ^^^ cedently to the attaok w d threatened desteuctto » « f , Tt ^ , „„!„; , ^ > Go , « BW » t , tie

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1013/page/3/