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      - ^ - \ BS ] DJ ) B « SF 1 ELD MEMORIAL . r * kE TOXX 0 WIKG -IS THE JtBMOSLlAt' * H 1 CH THE r CHAIBUAK BEFD 8 ED TO POT -TO TVt _ MEETING OF . - TOOR tAW : 6 XJAB » IA » 8 IUST WEEK , * JUTO jSFHICH ^ THE PRESS OF MEEITHGB COMPELLED ITS TO ' OMIT , ^ r , a » B ^ I ^ Commutioaen ^ K ^ i ^ e ^ Wtaet r - Gentlemen , — We the undersigned Guariia&s of the Hod * " : 2 enfield"T 7 nMBi , teg to l » y before year Honourable Bbard , ibe foDowin | rp » rtieol « rs eonnecled with the grievance * which "•^ eTieg'jonrHdnonnile Board to redress . ' Thi Art eaSed the Poor Law Amendineat Act , empower--Sijj the Ccmnussioners "To unite ud declare to many ptrisbe * as they may think fit to be united for . the admin is-: « nmon of the ]» Wb for the relief of the -poor , and snch y « ri * he » shall thereon he deemed a Union for such purpdaes . " —Sec 16 . ¦ ¦"¦ " ¦' . ¦ ¦ - . - - -. " itxUoprorides that after a Union ii formed , " One or more GwtrdianB shall be elected for each parish indnded in such Union . '' —Sec 38 . ^ ....-- _ . _ . Thai after a Union is declared , there are aTerage * to he took « r ti * three jean ending on the tventy-fiftaday of March BextpTwedingroch inquiry . "—Sec 28 . Ttarthe ¦ •» sereral parishes included or proposed to be inehuled , shall contnlrate and be assessed to a common fond . " " —Sec 28 _ - ^ . .. . . ¦ -- . ThatGomaissioners are " to . direct Guardians of so many > ariAes as titey mar in aich order declare to be -united , to elect officers . "—Sec 46 . : - " The Statoie-onder which we ( Commissioners ) act , leaves to our option to permit the parish to remain as at present constituted , or to p lace it under a Board of Guardians , or -in unite it -wilh other parishes . "— first Annual Report , Pfe l 5 . . . - . . - ¦ ¦ - Hente we infer , the Commissioners could hare sanctioned Ifae arrangements made by the' Guardians with Charles Mott , "B * t } -, » Juigost last , by dqjng which , they would hare ' c&hjted a great majority of the people of this Union :. ThoSe arrangements 'would hare been less of an experiment than the rules imposed npon " ¦ as . We think they would have "keen adrantageons to both paupers and rate-payers ; , bnt 5 f tier had not proTed bo , they could have done no harm , anawoda have been capable of alteration at- any furore i—mj ^ mS ^ LD 3 JEMOSIAL .

      We have often asserted that some person gives the ComaBiwdoners false information respecting this Union , and we jh * the following quotation as proof . " The law has subsequently been brought into operation in all the Unions which have feres formed in the West Riding" Yorkshire , and we are happy to be enabled to state , that even in Hadder&field and in Keighler , in which places the effects of agitation showed themselves with most violence in the"firsi instance , this step has been effected in the midst of the mest yerfcet pnhlic tranquilliry . "—Fourth Report , pace 30 . Pnbfchea August 4 th , 1838 . , '" . ' What cam the ComnrvJRsrkmers thipfc of this statement , when « SQred that so far from the lawJhaving been carried into eSect inHudderefiftia , the averages were not tarn duly ascertained and declared ; the Board was not complete , and the Guardians h » d not agreed on the first business attempted to be performed "fcy them , -that is to-fleet a chairman and vice chairman . —^ ee After

      ( oi Uuirn , page 4 , role 3 ; and Orders aad Regulations , jage 6 , rule-J . " ¦¦ - -.- "¦ — The Guardians shall at the first meeting alter every annual election of Gaardianj , elect col of the whole number of Guardians a chairman and vice-chairman . " The majority of / Guardians at the fir . * t meeting , ninth of April , ehuse a chairman and vice-chairman , and the minority appointed others , who have hitherto been sanctioned bv the Commissioners . Advantage was took by appointing a temporary chair Sian from the minority , on the strength of-the Clerk's le ^ ml ino » le 3 ge , against the votes and opinions of the majority . The farce was kept up by refusing to count the votes of several duly elected Guardians who voted " with the majority , and inclnding in the - minority , ' votes by persons who had not been duly elected , which was done contiary tu -the declarations and protests then made , and afterwards reyea' ed at several meetings , and erentnally proved to be

      corjectbyjmndry revisions which have since taken place ; till which revisions , the Guardians were kept fom the meetings ~ b j constable * . : . - ' "SVe think Parkin , of Ldnthwaite , was elected according to fi * ^*^" TTH iT * winTH i r ^ phbHshedrules ; he ^ ?* V a -large majority on the poll , and we consented to " admit another in his place , only because the Commissioners wished for greater jjublieity than seemed to hare been practised in this case . - "We are sorry to see that advantage may be taken of thaj concession to Parkin ' s prejudice , and that his was the onlv case in which pablkity seems to be desired . -Asthis Union comprises 34 townships and 41 Guardians , and is not complete till-this day , tnis seems to be the proper time for electing a chairman and vice-chairman , f . r they are to he elected •* oat of the whole number of

      Gnardi-¦ a ns , after an amrnirt election , " which was not finished uU last Monday . , The proceedings in the Honley election have originated a . Sonbt whether any of the GnardlanB are duly elected , - as the notices far the elections have been declared defectite and had aiter , bran Assistant Commissioner . ifVe thuk the following quotation , from the second annual report , page 14 , deserving of attention . A Board of GsartUaos is styled " an admirably constructed "Board , fieely aad fairly chosen from amongst the best qualified of oui paiishixjg rs , and which we have the opportunity of removing annually . " if some of 4 he individoals who -have hitherto insulted the majority of this Board were subjected * o a scrutiny , according to the last quotation , we think "filer would be found not ' to have been " freely and fairly < ehosen /* ¦ — . - J

      The nature and importance of a Board of Guardians we learn from the following . Orflw of Union itaelfe ipressl / piorides tor the fature management of the relief of the poor of all the townships Bolted by one Board of Gnardians ; and for a combina ' iion of the funds of the several townships , on certain terms , and for certain intents , carefully and strictly denned i > y the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act . "—Third report , page 126 . i . ' ~ " . - . *• A Board of GuarulaBB , duly representing the interests of ifce several townshipsuiiiied- "—Ibid , 30 . * 'The Goardian represents the interests of his own town-¦ ni p , at a Board where other jnterests are simaarl y represented , from which cirenmstance two advantages an » e ; the < rfBce knsBally intrusted to the most eligible of those who are willing to accept it , and is Teicarded by the person appointed , as a post of peculiar trust and responsibility , the ot mtn

      ouoes w ae cannot neglect or desert without apparent Bsk to die interests he represents . " "The importance and Tah . » ofthis incident caniiot be too highly eatimated . " Third report , page 28 . . . ' - - i * - ^ The opinions of Guardians axe regarded b y many peop l * Trifh rn ^ ifTTgpfg , > int Tint an mi \\ t > ii » fyramiaffyrnvrB jj ^ thirdreport , ; pageSL . _ — " . yjTtat tb > jate-paygTB ^ gnerally approve of the new law , jreiluteil tiT-Jthe act that in each t / nion in Westmoreland , the&Bardians have liet ^ diied the lftpalature in ivonr ef the i » ° " ; - " " > ' Z , ' - ' ' ' " Vth j caomot thettu 3 d « rsfield Guardians petition ? Because ¦ fi Se mmdrf ^ r have opinioM different from lie opinions of the inajdrityi and must sot he compromised because they hite tfpuier cB ^ tcuJK ^ 4 * ¦ . . . * * ; According to ' the above quotations , Gnardians assembled at the Board , are rtpritentathet , and have business to yerierm fof-feeir several townships , whui Aer " cannot

      neglect or desert without apparent risk to the interests represented . "" ' -- ¦ " _ - " - ¦ ¦ ., --The Gaarihtnaihave eqoslpower , for -the Commiieioners m , " where other interests are similarly represented . " . lr It pe so , we represent more than twice die number of people , « nd more than twice the amount of rates represented by the minority- ; yet they twarp the chair and the vice-chair—they zefussd to pat bur motions , at three successive meeting ? . At "the laat meetinjr , they Temsed to hear ns speak on questions ¦ "before thu Board . - . If it > e the pleasure or the Commissioners that things con-¦ fau e in this way , we must not , as individuals , put ourselves at i « ue with them ; bnt we think the people whom we repreaent , have aright to be informed why their representatives are treated so eontnmaeinTislv . "

      ¦ We have long had" reason to believe , and the eiretun-« ± » nees of the la < it jaBe&fg faBy warrant oar belief , that nothing would please our opponents more than to provoke xb to do scone tsBi act ; and we are too well convinced of the weakness of-human virtue to" feel quite at ease in such circumstances . . - " " - - ¦ We . have come to ftis Board with the best intentions for carrying the _ Commissioners' oruvra into operatinn ; but when 'WBszt ouwii ia the ixxuix and feel the bui -R ^ iich is-pnt . Tipon TO , aad the degradation to which car opponents wish to adnee . us in the presence of our fellow-citisens , our indignat » n overnowers *] tyery other-feeling , and we can only find Snlt- _ If any iMnV we'strain-a point , and are fastidious , we leg him to read the following rules : — ' - —" The powers aad « Bth « au « s Wrti y orbT the said act , granted or vested in the Guardians , «^^ n and niay , from time

      to time , be exercised by the major part ol snch Guardians -who shall attend at any meeting , a be holden as herein Sreeted "—Second Annual Report , pajte 81 , rule 2 . Otrr meetings were held under the directions of the Comsunoaen ; and the above sras the " only rule which had been Wihl «» ly givpa to us at " the commencement ^> f onr dispute ; but since that time we have received a small book otorders andjrejrolations , in which the direction * are— - ' And when tfiere shall he an eqnaLjmmber of » otes npon any qne « - t » on , inclp-diag the vote of the presiding chairman , he shall haw aeasdng vote ; -Bnle 4 , page . 7 . » The : majority of tte Gnardians ^ preseat at-any weekly meeting , may" &c . itnie S . page 8 . - "TOar inference can any man oraw from these mles , ^ eyl tbs * J \ Th opmioju of the majority are the opinions of-ike - Board , and the majority is the goreminR body . "Why then , » hen . we divide 16 to 6 , should the chairman remse _ U > -pnt ooi motions , and the clerk mfoseto minute ften ? . . .

      JfTreraMfbe controlled , we tiiinVihe conirolling power StonldJbMhe law , which knows no difference of personi We KeirirhaTd to he subjected to a minoriry , who insult ns with Bnpnnity , «* a-j »« i » ee-Bs with the l » w , 4 br » peaceable demand of But nghts as ririrtTis , when their physical powers "WeitoMrtraefed theprtceaing quotations , to shew that 3 wehavB towtook owr do&s , the errar cannot be charged tojt-glecfc ; se have diltgeBtfy itenMitd the Comnjutoun ' ^ gBCT f ; anaxomfonaed in the best manner we could ; bat w * ks *« cnal ^ Btly nmaed . to adopt the crude notions , and « support the irrecular . ^ coBdaEt of those who substitnte the ^ ^ W « sriflii ^ p eojile , ** lor thelaw-ttd the Com »» is » io »

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      ^ K ^ afe ii ^ ftaffiai ;^ ^ Kngupon ^ ni a * Ww oTtbe poor under these exrcumstssee * ; but no evil Marswffowianowiag thatbntiBW to contmne in the hands •* thepre » e » tOverseen . ^~«— - — : JP ^ m « J ^^ rarmot » fg tect _ aoa ' -betray the interests inf }« d jK ^ ae •* ~ rnit > iiM ij welit ^ tout Honourable Board {• nspcad th «« rder Jth ^« l y ,, ull ft / A , VB 39 .

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      ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTHERN STARj AND DINNER TO MR . TITUS SENIOR BROOKE , AT DEWSBURY . m Meml > ere of the Dewsbnry Radical Association celebrated the first anniversary of . the Northern Star by giving a public dinner to Mr . T . S . Brooke , of that town , for his valuable and patriotic services m the cause of freedom . The dinner wis served up in ^ the AsKocdatiou Room in a most excellent and ^ Mtantial manner , the repast consisting of good old English cheer , roast beef , plum puddiug , and a ANNlVERSARlT ^ F - jrHE NORTHERN

      variety of other , good things , served np in a style much to the credit of the provider , Mrs . Oals , of the Royal Oak Inn . Mr . Samuel AilAtt , natter , a ¦ working man presided as chairman , the duties of which office he discharged wilh greai ability , and to the satisfaction of the company . After the cloth was withdrawn , the chairman bnefly . opened the business ' of the evening by making some very able and appropriate remarks . He concluded by giving as the first toast , ' The Health of our worthy guest and partriotic towngman , Mr . Titos Senior Brooke , with t . iree times three . After the cheering had subsided ,

      Mr . Brooke rose and returned thanks in a most eloqnent and able speech , which had a most impressive . effect on the minds of the company . The next toast which the chairman gave was" The Health of our worthy friend and patriot , iMr . Pitkethlty , of Hudderstield , " with three times three , to which - Mr .- PiTKETHtET Tetumed thanks , and >^ poke at great length on the necessity of union andperseverance of the working classes , lor to obtain their natural and undoubted rights . He enlogised the Radicals of Dewsbury , for their almost unexampled exertion in the cau > e of freedom , and he hoped that as the good Radicals of Dewsbury had proved

      themselves to be almost , if not altogether , the foremost in the cause of liberty , truth , and justice , that they -would not relax in their duties , but persevere to the end in obliterating from the face ot the earth tyrannical and oppressive laws . He also defended the good men of Huddersh ' eld , in a most powerful manner , from the base allusions which had been made towards them on account of their determined opposition towards the New Poor Law . He said that the mpn of Huddersfield were no secondary men , but that they wen * as determined in

      their efforts , and exerted themselves equal to any of the Radicals in England , to obtain Universal Suffrage , and their necessary rights . He concluded by cautioning the people of Dewsbnry against the impositions and trickery of the T hing called \ Acia / td , " who had intended to deceirethe men of Hutltlersfield , but , to his great mortification , and to that of the Whigs they were going to deceive him on Monday evening next . He hoped that the people of Dew * bury would be awake , and deceive him also , if be should dare to approach them . He concluded with great applanse .

      Mr . Samuel Healet then rose and said , Air . Chairman and friends , though-we - are met here thin evening , for the purpose of doing honour anrfjusticr-U > them and their instruments for their praiseworthy actions , let us not forget the grand principle which onght to be the b-Jsds of all our poliiical movements ^—( hear , hear)—let us not forget that the unrepresented classes of England claim our first attention ; let us in all our political occasions direct our first attention to this great question of questions —( hear , hear)—and the question is , bow are we to obtain Universal Suffrage < fcc ? By union and perseverance . ( Hear , hear . ) Onr enemies say , "You don ' t know what you want . "— »• Should we crant

      you Universal Suffrage this week , you would want .-omething else next week . " They say we are destrnctiyes and plunderers , and that we want their properry . But we can . tell them that this is fa se ; and that their property is as safe from us as the stars in the sky are . They seek to put us down with bloodshrdl But we ** ek to obtain our rights by reason , truth , and argument . The Whigs gulled the people by their Reform Bill—< hear , hear )—^ and the enfranchised have been deceived by the effects ol that BilL ( Hear , hear , and " we have . " ) -But now they are determined M have a real true Reform Bill , and that Bill is the People ' s Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) The Reform Bill gives a constituency of about

      600 , 000 , and by that constituency are the working classes held in oppression . The People ' s Charter wonld give a constituency of about . 6 , 000 , 000—a cumber so great that all the Whig and Tory moneymongers would find impossible to bribe t . iem . ( Hear , hear . ) Let us reflect on the grandeur and justice of our cause ; let us remember that this cause is our cause ; and the cause of generations yet unborn —( cheers)—and for it let us nail our colours to the top of the mast , and on it our motto , we will have inscribed . 'Liberty or Death '—floud cheers )—and this we will proclaim to onr enemies . I do not mean by this to recommend recourse to phygicalforce under present circumslances . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) But I do say , if the people of England are insulted in Jegally striving to obtain their political and « xrial jights—and when all their moral efforts have failed to obtain their rights^—( hear , hear )—then , I do « ay , it will be as much and more a duty to xesist than to obey . ( Cheers . ) The time , my friends , is fast approachiEg , when ( if a mightychange does not take place ) it will be said of England , as it was said of ancient Babylon , that she is fallen , and that to rise no more . Andil the pride of ancient empires has been levelled wiihtb «< Uu 5 t , becauseLOf these corrnptions and oppressions , enn it be supposed that England , a modern Baoylpn , will long * t and against the concentrated intelligence and determination of the people . No—it cannot be ; andmy

      , friends , -we _ must be determined , that we wiU no longer ait down quietly under the oppressions and tyranny of the modern Nebuchadnezzar ' s . ( Hear , hear . ) . Rather than do this , we will drive them amongst wild beasts , as they did by Nebuchadnezzar of old . Mr . Healey was londly cheered throughout , and concluded by giving the following toast , which was drunk amidst the dea d ening cheers of the company;—" The faithful , unflinching , and unexampled organ of the working classes , the Northern Star . May it still continue to defend our rights , and to advocate the cause of the poor oppressed against the rich oppres * or , tiil oppression and tyranny are obliterated from the face of the earth . "

      Mr . Pitkcthlev responded in a very able and powerful mauner , by giving a history of the origin , fec ^ ol the Northern Star . The next toast ' . which was given was— ' ^ The People , the producers of all wealth , and the true source of all legislative power . "—Drunk with three times three . . Mr . John Hague , tailor , of Ossett , ably responded .- He made some very excellent and just remarks on the rights and privileges which the working classes ought to enjoy , seeing that they were the only real wealth and strength of a nation . He exhorted working men to come forward on public occasions , and if they could not make an eloqnent speech , they could tell a simple practicable account of their daily , sufferings , which would do more than all the eloquent speeches put together .

      Mr . Brooke again rose to make some remarks with regard to the enclosure of Peep Green . He said that it was almost the only remaining common in this part which the poor had not been deprived of , and because the people chose to meet upon it to petition Parliament for a restoration of their right ? , the enpmies of the people had determined that they wonld deprive them of it also . After some very able remarks , he concluded by proposing— "The health of his friend , and the friend of the people . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., " which was drunk with three times three and oue cheer more .

      The next toast was— "The healths of John £ i elden , Esq ., the Rev . J . R . Stephens , R . Oastler , Esq ., J . B . O'Brian , Estq . ^ and all true friends of the people . "—Drunk amidst loud cheers . The next toast was— "The immortal memories of Hunt , Cobbett , Beaumont , Godfrey Higgins , John Knight , and our lamented fellow-townsman , James Wilhin , and all the . other departed friends of the people ; may the recollection of their actions and virtues inspire us with fresh courage to persevere Tn the good cause which they so nobly advocated . " Drunk in solemn silence . \ ¦ The next aad last toast which was given , was couched in strong language , expressive ol the sense or abhwrence ia . whica-the accuis » d Poor Law , and 1 U enforc ^ are ^ Brfden . V * he > fioneB * Radicals

      « ° ^ pop » g «»^ w « pd * y . -It w *? tbrunk « nid * t great ^ The buwne $ g : of &e evening . tn $ cwicluded "b y Mr . PiTKEtHLETrproposingthe heahhs of theChairman , Mr < 8 . AHott , and t iw Vice 4 } hairman , Mr . S . Healey , which w « re most enthusiastically responded to by the whole con * pany . : :. ~~ J \ ' - : . Tn e ^ c « mp 1 any separated abont twelve o ' clock . ^ rT Uung ^ was-condncted is . * most sober arid orderly . nManer , and no oae appeared to have bdoljjed . to « u » B 3 . Thur ended one of the most interesting- entertainments eter witnessed in Dewsbxi fj . ' ' : ; : - . - " . . - ¦; - ; ... / .. ;¦ In Uie cofttte of the evening , the following resolution wairj cwried unanimously : — " ^ That the Secretajy of -tie . © ew ^ ury Radical Association be directed to write *^ ietter ^ toJ . B . O'Brien , Esq ., requestin ^ Jm' ^ 'iira te X'letter fbt the Northern Star , enore ^ on the Peep Green enclosure .

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      Moved by Mr . Thomasoh and seconded by Mr . LbwRT . - ' . ;¦ - . - . ¦ - . ' ¦ : . - ¦ ¦"' . ' :: v ;"; . - ¦ •" . ¦ ¦; . ¦ ¦; ¦ " " v - The second resolution was , — -That , knowing the power and privileges of the English nation have been long OBurjgd by a mere minority of the people , we also know Wat it was the interest , and has been the practice , of the falsely-styled Government jot England to > ow dissension and createi distrust between tb e people of England and 1 reland , in order that bath nations , losing sight of their real interests , might not use effectual measures of opposition to the continuance of tbwir nefariou « and tyrannical usurpation .. ' ' '¦ - ; _ ¦ - ' - ' . ' ¦ ""¦ : ., ; :- . . ; ... ' .:. ¦ ,-r ; .,.-- Moved hy Mr . Cockburn , and seconded by Mr ; Jas . Ayr . « .- ; , J ^ d by Mr . Thoma ^ x seconded by Mr .

      The third resolution w|»—That we see in Universal Snffrage alone afetaedy for the manitold ills which disgrace those islands ; and we firmly believe that in that measure-willbe found the means of restoring to Englishmen their rights , and to Ireland tliat position as an independent nation which she ha

      The fourth resolution was , —That , in order to have a clear understanding : and a perfect union between the great mass ef ihe people of the two countries , we pledge ourselves to use every means in our power , by addresses and deputations " to the people of Ireland , to disabuse their miuds of the prejudices which have been so industriously instilled hi tothem by our common enemies : ^ eo that the t «" o nations , by their nnited efforts , maybe enabled to obtain their natural and just rights . Moved b y Mr . Parker , and seconded by Mr . W . Atkinson .

      The filth resolution was—In order to carry the foregoing reskriutioiis into eflFect , we pledge ourselves to come lorward in support of the Northern Political union . Moved by Mr . Hepburjj , and seconded by Mr . Charlton . Thauka were then voted to the Chairman , and suitably acknowledged . Excellent speeches were made by the Chairman and by the movers and seconders of the respective resolutions which our limits prevent irom us from being able to give . The aboye summary is abridged from our contemporary , the Aorthtrrn Liberator .

      F. O Connor And Ms. Salt

      F . O CONNOR AND MS . SALT

      MEETING OF THE BIRMINGHAM UNION COUNCIL . On Tuesday night last , the Council met for the dispatch of business . ' Mi-.. Blaxi . aur » in the chair . Shortly after the chair was taken , Mr . O'Connor entered the public office , and was received with sereral rounds ot the most enthusiastic cheering we ever heard . When silence was restored , Mr . Watsojj , one of the Council , rose to bring forward , in pursuance of notice , a motion to the enect , that the Council be requested to appoint and hold district meetings in Birmingham lor the collection of the National Rpnt .

      The Chairman observed that he was most anxious to give every faciltyin forwarding business , but he saw no such notice upon the order book ; and as their friend Mr . F . OComior was p : exe ' ut and , no doubt , all were nnxious to hear him , he trusted that Mr . Watson would postpone his motion to a iuture opportunity ; the more especially as he assured him that the work sought to be accomplished by him was going on most prosperously . _ Mr . Watsojj s ^ id that h *^ ave as distinct notice of the motion as wor-Js could be found to express it ; but as human nature in politics was the same as

      human nature m all other branches of society- — be had learned that to ensure the sticcess of a motion in the Council , it was necessary that it should proceed from si > me wealthy and influential individual of that body—and not from a mere working man like himself—That the question of churchrateiy which seemed to absorb their every attention , was but matter of mere local consideration , while the spirit of his motion pointed to national , cay , nniversal interest ; as it was to forward the great question of the suffrage ., ( Cheers . ) However , for tne present he had no objection to waiveit . ( Hear , hear . ) '

      Mr . Collins , member of the Council , said , I cannot remain silent when a charge that wealth and influence affects our deliberation and judgment , is made by one of our own body —( hear)—and to show my readiness to give every facility to the discussion upon Mr . Watson ' s motion , I am ready to move that the standing order be now dispensed with , and that we proceed to a consideration of the subject , although 1 am as anxious as any man present to hear my friend , and your friend , Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud cheers , and cries of ' O'Connor . ")

      The Chairmax said that he understood Mr . Watson to have withdrawn his motion , arid that if time was wasted , it would appear very like a conspiracy against Mr . O'Connor , in order to prevent him from being heard . He ( the Chairman ) should be most delighted to hear him , but regretted that the indisposition of a dear friend would deprive him of the treat . ( Cheers , and " we'll hear him . " ) Mr . Collins again lose and said , that he coHld not be supposed to have any objection to hear Mr ^ O'Connor , an be had said upon his return from the north , and since , whenever opportunity offered , that there was not a more honest , zealous , and influential member belonging to the Radical ranks ; but wnile he thus spoke of him in his absence , he would not shrink , in his presence , from administering reproof and censure when he thought it deserved

      ( H ear , hear . ) And he would no w say in his presence , that he thought it a rash agsumption ^ and ill-judged j to appoint a day fortheaccomphshmentof Universal Snflrage . ( " No , no , tio . " ) Yes ; he would still say , that no individual had a right to arrogate to himself a power which would be best executed by the Convention , in whom they had reposed confidence . ( "We'll have , tue day . " "We'll have the day . " ) Still he would not shrink from opposing Mr . O'Connor ' s precipitancy , as he had not shrunk from condemning Mr . Douglas ' s despondency . He had always found fault with Mr . Douglas , for fixing so distant a period as years for the accomplishment of the Suffrage . ( Hear , hear , and " we won't wait . " ) He ( Mr . Collins ) thought that one year would be sufficiently long to delay the forthcoming of the measure . ( Cheers . )

      The Secretary begged to assure Mr . Wntson that all those precautions and exertions sought to be effected by his motion , were already in progress through the means adopted by the Council , which , without the arrogation of too much power to themselves , had had the salutary effect of stimulating the people ia their various districts to do that voluntaryly , which was likely to be accomplished with a belter grace , and to be attended with more beneficial : results , than if the Council had exerci-ed authority which did not belong t . v them . ( Cheers . ) He was sure that Mr . Watson would be glad to learn that their exertions had not been . -fruitless , nor had they been inactive ; for , although circumstonces made it impossible to visit working men upon such occasions during the week-days , yet those persons upon whom ihe duty devolved had

      thought it neither rin nor shame t devote the Sabbath to the holy purposes of universal amelioration . ( Cheers . ) He lor one was the less ashamed of his avocation , when he had the proud reflection to think , that to the duty of collector he added that of monitor ; and as his admonition always had been to impress his brethren of the wprkiwg classes , that the first and great move to be made by them was a progression in pel ^ esteem and self-respect . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was quite sure that these obsenations would satisfy hi * fnend Mr WaUon ,. and that he would allow Mr . O'Connor now to proceed . ICheers , ] He could not , however , conclude without observing that the working men came lorward with then * mite' with a disposition and Zeal that did honour to their hearts , while it proved the earnestnessof their devotion . [ Loud cheers ]

      Mr . Watbos begged leave to assure the meeting that the discussion which ha < T taken place was not provoked by him , as he had previously withdrawn his motion , which , however , he would take another opportunity of presenting more formally .-- As to him , wa working man , the AcspqmpushmeniotlJniyersal Suffrage had an interestlBgr ! - Burpi&ing all local considerations . [ Loud cheers . ! '¦¦" : ' . The chairman then introduced Mr . P . O'Connor , upon which the whole mbeting rose , cheering and waving their hats , for a considerable length of time . When silence was restored , he said , Mr : Chairman and working men of Birmingham , 1 thought I had made a pretty fair estimate of an EnfiUshmkn ' s love

      of justice and fair play—but how much must my most extravagant notion be increased when I find you thus ready to acquit without trial , faking , as my defence , my services for the kst seven years in th&canse of liberty and freedom . ( Great cheering . ) Yes , Gentlemen , for although you had no direct announcement of my intention to be present tonight , yet was every manof you assured that I would appear before you . ( Loud cheers . ) Yon heard me chargedin my afcence , and youknew that in person 1 would defend myself against my accuser . ( Loud cheers , and h we did . " ) You pronounced your verdict npoii my entrancej because yon knew that I was « jiot gailty . " ( Cheers . ) G entlemen . when a

      tuMgeoi even inconsistency u made again st a public mar ^ it is his duty to submit himitelf to public scrutmy and judgment . ( Cheer * . ) ' This is your only guarantee for iris integrity . You must also narrowly , canvas his objects * and with this view I must beg of you to follow me bMto that ¦ Jk ? v ^ 4 V } tK ^ e con cur « nce . ot ihe men of the North , 1 agned , sealed , and delivered unto Z ° rH «* % ! r ^ ? W * e pledged ourselves each unto the other to give ^ effect to the . conditions therein contained , viz . that Universal Suffrage was necessary for your protection- that union was indispensible for the accomplishment of the measure —and that traitor should be the aame of him who

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      should impeie this people in their prdgresR . ( Great cheepngO I appeal to you ^ hetherrfroiii ; thatmo-S ^ li *? v ^ t ' ^ by tord and deed , given the fulle 8 «| effect to the ; ppnditions of thisltreaty ( Long-continued ^ cheering ,, and Hyou have ^ ) Wave ? not cast from me the name of leaden and become an humble , and , sincere follower of the i ? W : ' AU . wo « l f and . then 6 tless bold aiid patriotic heldenPv And that : I have followed them at an immeasurable distarice , though charged with rashness , rshall presendy prove . [ Chwfs . ) Gentle , men , the time has tow arrived when yon cannot scan and pawe the sentences of one individual , and give ahbeiral andextensive interpretation ^ f those to . hoqld impeje th > people ^ in their nrb ^ s . / G ^ ,

      others ., ( Cheers . ) The time has now arrived when every moral word must be stamped with ib phyincal tendency—and every physical word must be stamped with its moral nieanmg and acceptation . ( Great cneenng . ) And in pnssing I cannot avoid observing what a contradiQtion is a man—that which lnanotherhe one moiuent condemns the next he does bijnaelf complaisantly . Have you not this night witnessed a striking instance of the truth of the ^ sertion ? ; Mr . ColliBii rose ; to charge me with rashness , for fixing a period of ten months forthe accomplishment of Universal Suffrage-. while in the same breath he censures Mr . Douglas forthe indefinite Jimits which be prescribed to our labourer and

      concludes with an assertion that twelve months is over long f < , r delay . ( Great cheers ^ and laughter . ) Ml give him the twa months , and in order t ! o prove my wilhngnessto unite allparties , I adopt hi < suggestion , and : shall for : the present waive mv opimonv pledging myself to you that my first motion in . the Convention shall be . that a day shall be fixed , atter which opinion shall be no longer at sea—and doubtful as tir its course . [ Long-continued cheering . ] ^ Gentlemen , Mr . Salt is not present he-e to-night ; I do not regret his absence , as it will nothing embolden me-- [ GhHers]—nor would his presence intimidate me , or make me alter mvcoiirsp

      tcneers . J . Oentlemen , I have no charge against ; Mr bait , neither is his accusation , against me , but against a princi ple , He has charged with rashness some expressions of mine , contained in a postscript oJ two lines to a letttr addressed to the-me / of Colne , in which I state that >< the Press of London is attacking Stephens , and that his protection is in their muscles and not : in the elements Of the law " [ Great cheering . ) 1 shall now read Mr , Salt ' s letter tor you , and leave it to you whether or not those lines should have subjected me to accusation and threat of excommunication . [ Mr . O'Connor here read the letter , which concluded thus : —

      " He hadbeeh most anxious to be on good terms with all Reformers ; and the dislike lie had to exhibit any thing like disunion . among " themselves ^ had made him slow to see the faults of Reformers , and still slower to speak of theni publicly . This feeling had kept him irom reph-ing to much that he disapproved of in Mr . F . O'Connor ' s speech , at the last meeting of the council . That gentleman had continually in private assufedhim ( Mr . Salt ) that he was the apostle of peace , and had diligently sough t to restrain violence of language in others , and when . immediatel fter these

      y a . assurances , he found him in the postcript of a letter to tne people of Colne telling them , "' itwas theirmusclei that were required ,, and . not the elements of law , '" he thought It was playing them fulse , Whoever inculcated doctrines ot violence , who bid men use force and not reason , did not belong to the Birmingham Political . Union , nor could he be recognised as the all v « f a society , whose motto was—peace , law , order . It was absolute ruin to tha cause of Reform , to b « connected with such a man ; and , therefore , the sooner the declaration was issued the better "

      The reading of the letter was followed by . loud cries of ^ Shame , shair . e , shame . " ] No / said Mr . O'Connor , there is no shame if the accusation can be supported—that the tendency of those words are calculated to injure your cause . [ Chfer > , and "They ' re not . " ] Gentl-men , Gbd forbid tliat I should be obliged to b :: iid my fame upon the ruin of others ; and , therefore , while I set ; k ; to establish my own defence upon precedent furnished by Attwood and Fielden , you will not ! suppose that 1 cast reproach upon them , but on the contrary that I cite them as examples worthy of being followed , [ Cheers . ] You will remember the glorious 6 th of August last . [ Hear , and cheers . ] Mr . Attwood , after observing upon any attempt On the part of the

      Government to coerce or arrest him , said that " the men of Birmingham gave him strength with a 100 , 000 right arms , bold hearts , and sound heads . " ( Loud continued cheering , and "so we do . " ) Was not this a very muscular sentence ? And yet it had escaped Mr . Salt ' s nbtice . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Mr . JohnFielden , the northern patriot and colleague of Mr . Attwood , had said in his manly opposition to the ^ ew Poor Law Act , that " 'he time had not yet arrived when they could resist force by f rce ; but that the people would soon be forced to do so , and they would be justified in so doing . " ( Loud and long continued cheers . ) Now , said Mr . O'Connor , was not my little P . S ., which seems to have haunted Mr . Salt ^ but a very faint shadow of so muscular a substance ? ( Great laughter . ) ] will now give you one line which runs

      thus" Cuui duces faciunt talia quid non milites facient . " The English of which isj When the generals do such things what will not the soldiers do ? This ferretting out of two lines from volumes spoken by me during seven years ^ -the testing it by private conversatioh which , as a gentleman , 1 * always hold sacred , but never desire ttiat others should do so , — and the spasm Which it ¦•'¦ ¦ has causod Mr * Salt , reminds me forcibly of the pang which the oyster gave to the man who ate but one , and qualified it with eighteen tnmblers of whiskey punch , but who , upon the following morning forgot thei strong dose , and said , " D—^ -n that oyster , it has disagreed with me ; I'll never eat another ! " ( Vehement cheers and

      ^ laughter . ) Thus has my innocent dose affected Mr . Salt to nausea , while' he calmly swallows tlie physical draught of the two State ' physicians . ( Cheers and laiighter . ) Well , I may be a quack—but I'll tell you what my quackery amounts to : this ferment cannot be kept up ; this agitation shall not wither , without producing that fruit which your mild breath is daily ripening , and without yielding the whole benefit to yourselves , heers . ) Some anxiously hppe that it will be soothed down into new clasp distinction , or turned into a fresh mart for the sale of public opinion . ( Immense cheering : ) But it shall not . No body ol men ; no individual man shall make profit ; of this , our glorious agitation ( Great cheering . ) It shall neither

      Ptf made a warelipnae commodity , which would sufferifrom long-storing ; neither shall it be turned into ahop goods for the sale or dispensation of trafficing politicians . ( Great cheering , and waving of hats . ) : You have inarked ' the deadly course ol excited wrath and suppressed indignation in Ireland , —and the drag which has thus been put to the chariot of Reform shall not , with my cousentjr stop its onward motiou here . ( Great cheering ) Gentlemen , I can leave youj but ! cannot aibhndon . yoVi ; I can return to my plough , and my ^ profession , while in my solitude I would mourn over the destinies of ¦ thosi who saw liberty within their reach , but allowed it to be strangled before it had arrived to

      their possession , ( pheers . ) I know my danger- ^ see the precipice—but r dread hot the fall , ( llear , hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) I know the aptitude of mesn to go with . a stroijg our . rent ratlior than oppose it ; they but retriain in the net until they can rend its meshes , and then with indignant sicorn they wreak their vengeance upon him who en trammelled them . ( Great cheering , ) The case was my own in tile county of Cork . By the force ot public opinion , I dragged men with me who were abject slaves whenl had power , but who embraced the first moment of my downfal , as the signal , tor vengeance . ( Vehement cheering . ) So would it be now . Your apathy would prove my ruin , and mark

      me as a fitting : victim for the abolition of this social malady ; while my strength arid my protection is in yi ) urf , muscles , and not ^^ in the elements of the law . ( Cheering , aad waving of hats ;) In this , my cru-. sad * , and your crusade , in quest of liberty , I aim not a single blow at the Constitution ; but I am arme d with the authorities upon that Constitution , which tell' me , that as one for whom it has beea established , it is niy duty to defend it at tM . risk ol life and limb—to . dethrone monarchs who violate it— -and to join with the whole people , w ^ h ^^ stances warranty : in the establishment ofanew and suitiitble Constitution . The base of that Coustitiidon is—'• u : Nulli vendemuH ,: nplli . negabimnsi aut def

      eremusjustitiarhyelrectuift : Vthatis , we sell nothing , we deny nothing , neither do ; we delay justice or equity . ( Cheers , ) Have they not sold your-biitbrightr Have -they flirt , denied you justice ? Have they not delayed thev surrejpder of what was due to . yoiir most humble petitions , to ybnr wants and to your necesfsities ? , What a mangled and perverted maxim , theny is . this ! And could the compilers of the ; law , a ^ : they stood raider that head , start from , eternityj and cast one glance over the proceedingsi of the present day , they would shudder horrbr-atricken ,, at the , " skeleton , and scarcely discernible feAture * of England ' s greatest' boast , Which , indeed ^ : made her the envy ' and adinirationof surrouricling nations ; but , alaa , the Crowzi is rpbibed of its brightest gein . arid the

      most noble ; rights of man are set to auction ii > the hignest bidder . ( Loud and long continued applanse . ) Then , ^ ^ g ^ ritleriieri , get this constit 11 ^ )! and the advice ot the gentleman who spoke from the other-side of the table will : be v ? orked into practice ; ifor then , and not till then , will you have an iiiterest ; in self-esteem ^ an anxiety for honourable , ambition , and a : desire to see the lawn respected , because they respect those for whose ^ especial : protection / they have been enacted . ( Great clieeiring . ) The hope : of reward must always precedei iinproyemerit ^—persnasion . is : better , than coercion . Good law * « puld speak ' .- ' to ^ ^ yoiir leeiiugs with a persuasive influence—while baxl' laws goad you ; into resistance , and . then torture youj because you do resist . ( Lond cheers . ) '' Now , '' said Mr . O'Connori *• in the ; defence of my principle , and in support of the Biild expression contained in my

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      postscript , I shall constiture you as a jury between meand that p rinciple , for I hold it ihat- Mr ; Salt has now nothinif to do with this acciisatioii V I admit $ ig , nght to make it , and yoa wiU jastiiy iny " g t to : defend myself . ( Loud cries of ; hearhe * ar . i Wuhthatyiew , then , you shall tiy ^ e npont the principle on . Tuesday night next , in the Town Hall of Binmngham- ^ fcheering and waving . Bf hats ) —lor I--will then move a resblutidn declarktory of what aconstitution means , ; wh « ni I shall be prepared wnkthe best auihbrities upon the subject ^ dwhen Mr . Salt will have an opportunity of morag , as ah amendment , the danger of my principles or rny excoinmnHicatibn from the ^ Radical ranks , r No , no , « We won ' t have it ; . '' ) Gentlemenif C ^ ZX r . ^ J l ^ Z , A . - ; ,.,

      was to be tried , whjr not try me npon long practices instead ot ferretingpat two lines of a postscript ? Why not take a retrospective view of the mariner in which I have conducted my . < elf during the agitation of this question , and contrast my performances dunng along career of great excitement with the deeds of thqse who could not stand a' two month ' s agitation ^^ without being illrjininated with ^^ thei blaze of cities , the light of castles , and the fire of houses ? ( Hear , hean ) When the head of the mpnach was threatened , the great captain of the day was ihsulted , and invective was the current language of party ? ( Great cheering . >> . What has been my course , and what the danger to those who have foilpwed ine F Not a single man brought even before a magistrate

      to answer for a wdlation of the law . ( Cheers , and " True ^ " ) Gentlemen , yon are to recollect that mine was language u ^ sed after three and a half years ' prosecution bf an object , while yours is not so mild asit w ^ is even when you first joined iis and , maphap , deferred hope will add to your iexcitenierit , and throw into the shade , that which upon my part is thought injudicious . Recollect that till r August last . your declaration was in favour of bricks- and mortar while ours was for mind 'and intellect [ Cheers , and " Aye . 'l Remember that Mahommed has come to the mountain and not the mountain to Mahommed , and that if you are so easy in circumstances that you can still hold on to the lirigering hope that Universal Suffrage will one day comi . ' , inai i

      anq n me interim you can thus suppliantly plead to the morieymonger and the layr with hatin oae hand and petition in the otherf a position beneath the dignity of a freenian , and , thus situated , lisp in humble prayer , " Pray , good Mr . Mbneymonger , give me frem thy store that which 1 have furnished toil .,- and which of right belongs to me j but bylaw is thine "—{ great cheering;—if time will atlmit Of this dalliance upon your part , the operatives of the North see death too close , and hope at too great a distance , to join you in your slow and weary progress . ( Cheers . ) Good God , in what have lerred ? and what after my long service is now the charge against me ? ( Cheers , and " Nothing . " ) Have 1 not laboured under tha meridian snn and th « winter ' s

      chilling blast v by night and by day , from morn till noontide , and all for you ? ( M uch cheering . ) And is the only hope that 1 have ever cherished to be thus bliglued before I see you housed and clad and armed with the constitutional privileges of freemen , standing before the door of your castle , smiling upon the partner of your joys and the children of your creation , giving thanks to God that you live freemen because you had resolved to die rather than longer wear the bonds of slavery ? ( Loud cheers . ) It may be called impracticable , because each day brings not with it any apparent fruits of my labour , but again I tell you that Universal Sutlrage is not like a piece of furniture that can be shown to you in fiuished part . - ' , but it is a thing that will come at once as the

      produce of my labour , of your labour , and of all our Union , and our perseverance . ( Cheers . ) And yet 1 am called dangerous ; and yet where is th « man who has ever lieard me mentibni sirms , or who has ever known me to recommend physical , force ? Have 1 not always told you that even if there was a necessity for it , wbich ( iod forbid , the man who attempts to marshal it will but destroy its effect ? ( Cheers , and " You have . " ) Have I not told you tliat moral power was ' the deliberative quality ineach man ' s mind , which taught him how to endure , wliuH to forbear , and when forbearance became a crime ? Then physical force , which is to moral power what the substance is to the shadow , will come like an electric shock , and accomplish by

      might what was refused to right . ( Loud cheering . ) Gentlemen , this has been your only , and this shall be your last and your successful struggle for liberty ;—( repeated cheering , )—for while I defend myself against unmerited accusation , I have no hesitation m declaring that should a tight be neces ^ sary in the defence of the Constitution , I shall be ioiind performing a soldier ' s duty . [ Cheers . ] : Yes , and upon that day I will prefer the danger of the Bolfiier to the responsibility of the General . I will ' fight under Attwood and Fielden . [ Great cheering . } But I will not delay the struggle to an indefinite period —[ cheers]—I will not longer s » . bmit to see youth nursed in prison—manhood spent in earthly hells—old age consigned to the tender

      mercies of a pauper-house , and the surgeou ' s knife reeking with the blood of experimentalised paupers . [ Long-contiuued cheering . ] I have but one question now to ask you ? Are you ready for the suffrage ? I CIieers and ' Aye . " ] Will you ever be better prepared ? [ "No , never . " ] VVill procrastinatibn aid you in its accomplishment ? •[?» No . " ] Then the suffrage is yours . [ Loud cheers . ) - © Wtimnen , I have upw trespassed long and unwillingl y upon your patience . _ [ ' No , no , " and "Goon . " ^ N ^; to me it is a painful subject , and not of my seeking ; but you would spurn me and cast me from you if I

      allowed my honour to be assailed arid shrunk from its defence . . [ Cheers . ] You know the charge ; you kuow the question which is to be tried on Tuesday night ; you know that here the charge was made ; you know that here the verdict shall be given . You are the Jury ; I dread uo ' iritiuence : I shall leave you and go on in the prosecution of your cause , and I shall appear upon the day of trial , a stranger and unattended , to defend my honour , my motives , and my actions , against any who may assail them . [ Here the whole meeting rose and gave several rounds of cheers , waving their hats and aiterwards clapping their hands ]

      Mr . Eames , one of the Birmingham Council , ro s * and said- —1 am sure I never was so delighted in the whole course of my life as I have been by the manly and eloquent appeal of Mr . O'Connor , ( lam sure , "Nor I , nor I , nor l , "ran through the whole meeting . ) I am now more than seventy ^ at . d I remeriiber that we were a year and a half before we could get Mr . Attwood to act with us , and sincehe . joined , he has seen the necessity of vigorously prosecuting this cause , and that he has often used strong language ,

      and may perhaps use stronger still . ( Cheers . ) And if Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Stephens have . used strong language —(¦ " No , they hav ' nt , " and three cheers for Stephens at Norwich . " ) Mygood friends ' , said Mri Eames , you all know me , ( Cheers , and "" you ' re a trump . ) I have never deserted these colours , nor shall I ; and I cannot help , in conclusion , observing , that should auy itripedimerit be thrown in the way of prbcuripg the Town Hall , you are bound to procure a fitting place for Mr . W'Connor on Tuesday next . ( Cheers , and " we'll have it . " )

      Mr . Collins said , that he never heard so eloqiient a speech in his life —( hear , hear)—but still at the hazard of everything , arid at the expense of any popularity he possessed , he would correct him when wrong . Mr . O'Connor had saidi that Jhe Birmingham Council would make money of this agitation . ( No , no , he never said any such thing . ) Well , said Mr . Collins , he said mat . \ ye only came up to the mark of Universal Suffrage in August last . ( Well , he was right , look at your medal , and there ¦

      you will see 'Household 5 uttrage . )^_' . Well , sajd Mr * Collins , did we not go forth into . * Scotland before that time and arou . se the country and upon my return , did I not tell you that there was not a better Radical in the world than Feargus O'Connor ? ( Cheers and * You did , ") Well , then , ! say-so still ; but though I am ready to die lor Universal Sutlrage , 1 must and will speak my mind ; and so far from this explanation doing injury , I agree with M r . Eames , that it will but cement us the more strongly and make us the more united * ( Cheers . )

      Mr ; O'Connor would just roerejy say , in anawer to Mr . Collins , tor whoseingenuousness and candoar he feUgreatrespect , thathv ^ did not even bintj because hediduot believe , that the 3 jjraingham . Councilv ? ould make money of this agitation . Every one around him . was conscious that he was referring to Ireland at the time—r [ hear , hear , and ^ ' ; So . youwere . ; "J--and as to the time of the Birmingham declaration for Universal Suftrage , it did not signify yhetber he attached it to the meeting or to the date of the petition , for he had before justifitid them in their delay , and he was not now going to taunt them , lu conclusion , he begged to say that he felt towards Mr . Salt as he ever did : and if he were there to-night he

      would most heartily shake him by the baud ; and ; if he ( Mr . Salt ) was determined to fight , it should be Salt against Salt , for . he ( Mr > O'Connor ) would not ^ Sg ht with him , nor in- any way damage thei ; causej nor should others use him to damage the . ' cause . [ Tfemendous cheeringi ] And noy ^ , Gentlemen , as Mr . Eames has observed that some impediment may be thrown in the way in procuring the Town Hall , 1 can only say that 1 shall be" at tho Hen and Chickens , where 1 shall be ready to meet you at th # Town Hall , or by torch-light , under the canopy of th ? broad blue sky ; and till tbeni G | rf be y ? ith you . [ Mr . O'Connor then ^ retiredj and w ? w follbwetl from the Hall and down the street by the cheers and plaudits of the working men . ] r

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      . . .- ^ m ... - \ : FATAL ACCIDENT ON TliE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY , ^ histb ^ T ^ sdaylNighl' ' .-. A luggage train , which left Liverpool for W ?" Chester late last evening , met ^ with an accident , . m ascending ^ he inclined plane at this placet wmen terminated fataUy to the engineer « f - } fl £ §? J 2 one of the engines . ' The train consisted ottorty ^ aree Waggons , and was propelled by fourengines-rtwom trout and two b ^ hmd . At a fef minute * past eight o ' clock , it was advancing ; slowly , « pthe ^ hJl at ^ a steady pace , when the boiler of the Fatentee r Xaa

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      i £ & £ lff - <« Plpde 4 withijnQwe fesembUngv the and , o * er places , raore thiflr a mile distant . Tha EarSSwt ^ P » for three or ibnthundrej sSp ^ jgii i ^ - ^^ sKSSfiinSfSs gftA"WJMf . ^^ "M . fonudm-. - « iield ^ n ' o . fsspsp ^ i ^ s ^ fcreman , a lad of eighteen years , of ige , w J Wot ^ ma quite xontrary direction ; hwlef ^ W W L £ ? ^ l yseve ^ -from his body ; and ^ n ^ fwbiards visiomj ,, ..

      . poia men were Ureadfully scalded r Tw « pigs were killed . None of the ^ ther engineera ^ or breaksmen wereinjured ; , - ; ;/ . ; . ^ *^ J Af three ^ ^ ^ tf dock tibw afternoon , " a ^ ^^ iury met at thV » Engine public house ; to enquire touching the death of tae ^ deceasttd men : John fleye * , Esq . ? of ftS presiding as cbrbuer ., v - ' ^ i ; K * ?^^ v William : Themas , a . watchman , deposed to tWo circumstance of the . expkti ^ tM the ; > engu 5 breaking away , and flying past bim . ^ ea su » fwt ^^ i ^' ;* ¥ il ^ er tofthecoin P * 3 rV deposed tf-at ; b ^ had *** ithe Pa ^ rfrt engine ^ ince the aS dent The end of the boiler was blown out . WitnS could not aqcount for the accident . ; If there-hM been a scarcity ot ^ ater , the leaden plug : would ha ^ nielted , ^ a ^ hrewoud have ; been ^ ut 6 ut . ^ burst tube : wyufd have caused the same effect m company stncUy prohibitedv thei enirinPP « £%

      » we . gh- ting . v- . the eugines , arid woulduischarge ^ y engineer ^ r firemen detected in the act of doing w Theyhad no right to bresson the levers . ¦ = WiS Goald not sta ^ j positively whetrer the Patentee hadla | afety ya ve p j ^ ^ the ^ nlrotof tEguSf Some of the engines have three safety valves . Tna Patentee ^ run five years j it belong , to the M& c ^ ter end . The boiler ^ abbatiqUarSS mch thick , anoV was calculated to b « aA pressure ^ 501 b . s to ' the . inch . _ No injurywaadone t » the tender . ?? 3 ? J ^ - reakmgof the araglirik ,- which , attache 4 it ^ tc the engine . If the deceased men had tlie steam up at too ^ great a pressure , and then aoniied nrp « nS

      seauS ^/ W' « i « WNbb : ttigitbe = tiiS ffi sequence , it is more dangerous ; to apply pressnri ° » » boiler when the eng ine * ascend ariiacunWtha onievelground ; the uteam . in the latter case esci pmg much faster . . Warburton is an old and experiencedengineer . Witness is praQtical engineer at the M f ? and has charge , of the engine- there . Mr . ± iie is the engineer at Manchester , and the /' aten ^^ beioaged to him . Furfy-Jhree waggons i » a very great load , and was no doubt the indirect cause ottheaccident . Jf the train had been dirided U would mail probabilitynot have happened . -Tha Patentee w&s always reckoned a ^ furious engine v ¦>¦ ¦ iL , ix ? 3 * ryret \ irax . d a verdict of ' . 'Accidental deam , " with a deodand of 20 s . on the engine . —

      ihe ^ engineer , Charles Warburton , was a youni man living in . Manchester , and he had been for some years in the service of the company . He wag mamed , and we learn that , bus two or three days Betore , hid wife was confined ; the infant died and at the time ol the accident , the poor woman was not considered out of danger ; nor , indeed , is she yet .- ^ 1 he fireman , Samuel Jones , was a youth of 18 / a very steady lad : he also Uved in Manchester , ; and was about to be married . : '

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ; ; . / MARKET , -,. ¦' - . - ¦ ¦ .. ; We have a large supply of Beans ^ chiefly forei gn ^ but moderate ot ail other articles . Good dry Whea qbtanis the rates of la ^ t Friday , but damp Samples go pft slowly , and barel y support -that day ' s prices . . Oati are unal t ered in value , but the' sale not lively . Bean 1 aSK arC 6 ' inee - " ' ady ^ ^^^ ^ pBADfoRD Wool Mabket , Not . ' 15 th ;—there ts a good demand for almost every description of English Wool , arid the ; prices are quite firm . New South Wales Combing Wool is more in request , and the supply becoming less abundant . Price of Hay in Leeds , is 6 i 4 . to 7 d . ; old do ., 8 d . ; Straw , 4 ^ d per stone . .

      . Potatoes ;— The urice of this -valuable commoo m . m tblS t 0 WQ ' ^ fr ° m 7 i ' 8 d- P wei 8 hi ° t TALLOW . T-Theprice of this article in Leeds , v is 5 s . 8 d , per stoney which meets with a ready sale ; ¦ ¦ " .- ¦ ¦ ;;¦ ¦ : ¦ . . . ' \ - \ ' - " . '¦ ; '¦ : . ¦ ' . ¦ =-.: ¦ ¦ ¦ WAKEFIELD CATTL ; g ^ 5 IijlKET , Nov . 14 ^ We had ashort supply of' Sheej ^ at market thia morning ; the Beasts was ^ fair ^ upp ly . There was a good attendance- of -buyers , ' ; : and , tbe market was better in ^ price . ; VBeef , '^ s ; to 6 s / 6 dV per St . ; Mutton , 6 d . to ^ e ^ d ^ ef lb * . ^ Beasts , 650 1 Sheep , 4 , 200 . There wir .. % fairsupply of Lew ¦' : Cattle and Calvera . % '; " // - ^ v : ; ^ ^ J ^^ WgSSW ^ E Cobn Market , ^ N or . 10 . ^ : g ^^ ^^^ ^ Ss . ier ^^ r 5 ? 9 . per qn ; Gats , 13 d . to I 4 d . berstbne . W- ^ : * " ? t V :

      SkIPXON CATTiE MabKKTj NtfTV 12 . - ^ 8 had an excellept sbow of all kinds of Fat Slock , and there being no want of consumers , the market » ras brisk , and prices Tather higher . Beef , 5 id . to ft i IS ' 4 ^ , to ^ d . per 1 b . Calving ^ CoWl telebedhigh jiriees . ¦ : . ¦ ; . . r Howden Cobn MaJikbt , Not . 10 . There was a moderate supply of grain at our market to-day , at the fbllowing average prices : — Wheat , 72 s . ; Barley , 31 s ; ; pats , 21 * . 3 d . ; per qr . •; ¦ ' - ¦ > : ¦ - _ ¦ ' .. ' " . '¦ ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ; ' ¦¦¦'

      DoNCASTEii Corn Market , ' Nov . lO .-The . Pp lj ¦ ¦¦ ¦ of Wheat was only moderate , without any advance in price . The stales-were not brisk ; however , in consequence of higher prices being demanded . Oats and Beans pf the best quality are still improving . ; Barley has made its appearance in the market , and the quality of new is : much approved of , but we must wait another week for quotatiQns before we can give them correctly . Wheaiy 26 a ; to " 303 . ; Rye , 16 s . to 18 s . ; Blendcorh , 26 s . to 28 s . * Beans , 16 s . to 18 s . | Barley , 28 s . to 30 s . : OatS i 21 g . to 27 s / per qr .

      Newcastle Cobn Mabket , Nov . 10 . —We had onl y a small supply bf wheat at our market this morning , the condition of which was very bad . The farmers do not feel inclined to thrash wheats ia their present soft , unriiarketabie state , so that country supplies may be limitedi for some , time ^ to coriift Weiad a moderate arrival , of .-this :. description of gram from the south , which as well as all fresh old , was in good demand , 4 nd considerable ^ ales werie t-ffected ^ t rather higher prices than this iay week .

      There has also been , an increased / demand for Rye , and prices for fine qualities are 2 s . per qr . deartr . Barley was in fair ' supply , and sold ireely to ; the maltsterfl at an advance of Is ; per qr . Peas are very scarce , arid much ' inquired after . Fresh old Oats are Is , per qr . dearer , and . good dry new sold readily to-day at a similar improvement . Arrived this week ; Coastwise ^ ¦ ¦¦ . 1 , 4 . 17 . ftrsi Wheat , 133 qrs . Rye , 1 , 626-qrs .- Barley ,- 244 ^ rs . Malt , $ 70 qrs . Oats , 54 qrs . Beans , 24 qrs : Peas , arid 1 , 417 sack * Flour . v . - r ,. ' - .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - ;" . ; . ¦ . : ; ' . : :

      State of TBAbE ^ DariHg the latter p art of ; last week , there was an improved demandforyarn , •; priricipallyj we believe , for ^ the East India markets } ' and the Increased prices demariiled , by the spirinert ,, in cbrisequence ; of the . ilate advance in cotton , were ; morevreadily obtained / ¦ tnanypre ^ iouslyi , Yesterdayii however the appearanc ^ p ^ the closing of the Elbe by no ineans an improbabfe ' eyerif ) had r j ? on ( e effect in . checking the demand for ^ rermaitiy , ; atrdb : tbe .: ¦; market- wa ^ . mprequiet . ; The demand for minufaetured goods continues to be good for this advanced , season of the year . —Manchester XJttt ^^^^^ e dnjwday . ; - : * ' . ; - , ; " ¦'; \ " . /\> V ;

      Htiiji Cq » BN ¦ MAjiKET , Npyi 13 . —We harea good supply ofnew wheat by the farmers ; the quality ; generally is middling arid ordinary , as well as very tender ; The millers show no disposition to purchase , exeepti ^ the best sort , which is comparatively scarce ^ ;^ 8 uct irtet a fair demand at a rcductibnof ^ ls . ; tb 2 si ; ; and all below met a difficnlt saiej though offered 2 s ; to 3 s . under the rates of last week . Pricesi . ' . wire ' - ; as varibus as quaiitieBj ranginjS from 60 s . to 76 s . per qr : Supplies of all other Gram were scanty ; Old / Beans and Old Oats are ^ request , and a shade higher ; there ia also * good demand for Biriey , and : high prices > re paid fm best - jnaltinf deseriptioris ; g rinding Barley and Pjsa » arejjnueh iriquired after , tinseed and B $ pe « etid as ltet week .:

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1032/page/8/