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      Hs . Bes&I Pra , iire , ^ eTowlist , lxa 8 « eceaea fcwn Dmrj LaneTCheatre . , Tire FiUltAiiSKTABY Pjlpetis printedfor the session 1837 * 8 ambont , exclusive of maps and plans , to thir ^ - ] foi&"feoBsand fotio pages . AT .- JSO P £ Sipi > once the establishment of the ironworks in Stourbridge , has the demand for iron been *« great as at the present . Thb Chamber of Co 3 oebbce at Manchester have had a Special General Meeting to petition Pariiamentfer the total repeal of the Com Laws . ASbcotsd Dakebl Lambebt died a short time since at Haverhill , Massaehusets : he weighed

      -377 pounds . The Archbishop op Canterbury las appointed the Bev . John Peel , "brother to Sir Robert Peel , to "be Bean of Canterbury lor the * ensuing year . - Polish Jbws . —A great number of Jews , who hare emigrated from Poland , on account of the extortions to which they were snbjeeted by the Hussan authorities , have arrived at Paris *; It IS IN contemplation to erect a new lightfconse at Calais , 200 feet , high , in the room of the Tour du Guet , which stands only 120 feet above the level of thesea .

      The Kino ofBat aria ha * received , as a present from the Emperor of Russia , a Tase of Malachite , of extraordinary beauty and size , "being twelve feet "hi gh with the pedestal . ' . "" ' .-. " . A Fire has Hecektlt taken place at Mobile , which destroyed property to the amount of 100 , 000 dollars ^ - The theatre in Emanuel-streecisone oftbe buildings destroyed , CojQnTTAi .. ^ At the Marylebone office on Thursday wetky a fashionably dressed lady , named Scsan Ashwell , who said she was of indeptndeiit fortune , was committed to Newgate for shop-lifting . A Cemtbk 2 btah . —A woman , named Mary Davies , is residing at Compton Martin , SomerseDshirh , in the 106 th . year of her age . She is able to- lead without glassed , and attends the parish ¦ church . v" ~ ~

      On Thursday Mart Ans Wrat was charged with marrying George "Winter , having had at the time three other husbands living , and also for stealing a cheque for £ 171 12 s . 10 d . "

      SoatE Barbarous Miscreaxts cut the ears off aman BamedPat Gallagher , at Ballymote , Slijro , a few days since i A reward of £ 100 is offered for tie discovery of the savages . PlorekCR . —A recent letter from Florence S 2 T < that the city Is unusuall y full of foreign visitors , and that more than 2000 strangers have ~ taken apartments there Jot the winter .

      Cad Fixed ;—The cad of a Chelsea omnibus was on . Thursday , fined 20 s . and costs at Qbeensquare office , under the second clause of the new act , for having-wilfully deceived a lady with respect to the ront and destination of hisvehicle . "" Protection ; of Property- —A meeting of farmers and tradesmen has been held at Barnet , for the protection of their property , and with the avowed purpose of benefitting the condition (?) oi tht labourers . The Journal de Paris taies occasion , from the late eondemaatio-k > f the Temps by the tribunal of . Correctional Pojct j to insist upon the necessity of revising the laws on the press as incompatible with its legitimate freedom . " .

      M . / "Battber , the responsible editor of the Charivari , was condemned bj default , on Saturday week , to pay a fine of 8 OOOfrs . ( £ 320 ) , and to be imprisoned for eighteen months , for having inserted in the Charivari of December 1 st , an article reflecting offensively upon the King of the French . Ahbe , on Thursday night , burnt down the extensive premises of Bowman and Son , sugarbakers , Duncan-street , "Whitechapel . Property said to be worth £ 220 , 000 was consumed . A maa was thrown down and trampled to death in the crowd .

      Thb Bask of Belgium announce that it is obliged to make a temporary suspension of its payments . The General Society announces that by the ^• w re ^ f the "government it guarantees the repayment of the sums deposited in the saving ' s bank established by the Bank of Belgium . His ExcEiLEKCY the Lord Lieutekakt has directed that henceforth the eonstabularr force shall take cognizance of all infractions of the laws relating to the observance of tie Sabbath , nnder the 7 th ' "Win . IV . c 17 . —Irish Paper . TfiB YlSCOVVTB SB TB JUoRTEMART basjast died " at Paris , at the early age » f twenty six . She was the daughter of Prince Francis Aldobrandini Borgbesej who married , in 1 S 09 , Mademoiselle de la . Hochtfoncanh .

      The Ci / erk of a Poor Law Uxiox in Berkthire advertises for a / p arish schoolmaster , at the « plendid salary of £ 15 a year , and provisions from theT workhouse supplies . It is added that" none aeed apply who has not a competent knowledge of xeading , writing , and arithmetic V The late gales of "Wixd have so damaged the Eddystone Lighthouse , that a floating light "ves # el is about to be moored near these formidable Tocksr As yet the light has been uninterruptedl y exhibited in the building s but this may be unavoidably discontinued ; and as thedepth of water in the vicinitv is-great , the light vessel may drift . —Hamp shire ^ Telegraph . . - \ -

      Sixgtjlar Theft . —A mastiff dog , belonging to Mr . Graves , of Partington , has been detected in the act of stealing turkeys . On a search being made at hi * depository in s . garden adjoining the farm from whence the _ turkeys were stolen , no less than eleven fowb and two turkeys were found buriedin the earth . —Manchester Advertiser . Ox . Tuesday sight , a . woman , who lived wit * her father in SeriningtoB-lane , stabbed the old man , in a violent passion , with a table-knife . She -iriri custody ; but the lather , who Is seventy-six years old , and called by the penny-a-liner " an independent gentisman , " refuses to prosecute her . His life is inaanger . . .

      Os Suxbay Week two fellows from St . Giles's &ngat ipr two hours on Old Oak Common , fora purse of tin sovereigns , till both were so dreadfully injured as to be obliged to return home in a coach , and ene of them is not expected to survive . Several policemen are said to have been unconcerned spectators of this brutal scene . A Meeting of the principal occupiersi . in the parish of Aylesford was lately held , for tbo pnrpose of making soae arrangement for the employment , of the surplus labourers , and to -increase the day labourer ' s pay from 2 s . to 2 s . 3 d . Earl Cornwallis has rused the wages of his labouring men . Thepr ihcipal landowners of Townmalling have raised the laboarer ' a wages from 2 s . to 2 s 3 d . per day .

      Faxaticish ExTRAORDiXARY . —There has lately come to reside in Supert-street , Sotherhite , a fanatic ' Has lame Ls affirms is Josepb , amd be represents himself as the "W andering Jew , whose history in the early ages of Christianity gained orach credit . He is about thirty years of age , has a Jewish cast of countenance , wears a long black ijeardjjaiid is extreinely clean , in Ms person . The Army . —The draft intended for the 8 th regiment at Jamaica has been countermanded for

      the present , as , should another regiment be required in North America , the 8 th will be corps selected . Tb « Qaeftn ' s bays have mored froin ^ Dnblin to the Northern districts : herein consequence » f its disturbed state , the present military force in it not "being found sufficient . Query , can Ireland spare a regimemt under present cirenmstances ? So great is the difficnltj experienced in Taising recrnits for ¦ fil e line that the standard is now reduced to five feet ax inches , at even which size they come in slowly . - , " V v " - ¦ ¦

      The : JJestrttctiok of Mb . Jowett's Mill . — ¦ We have the best- authority for stating , that the most probable cause of the disaster was the spontaneous combastien of a quantity of cotton waste that iad accumulated beneath ,, the floors of the millj whilst fliey were in a shattered and dilapidated condition . The owner and occup iers of the mill have arrived at this conclusion , after a most searching * nd careful investigation ; and from the factsstated tons we have not a doubt that they attribute the destruction of thtir property to its real , cause . — M&sehaler Courier .

      New Poor Law . —At a meeting of the Chelmsfbnj Board of Guardians on ( Thursday , ) Colonel Vfade , the Assistan t Commissioner , attended . On it being mentioned to him that the guardianawere determined to persevere in relieving the able-bodied labourers , whose families were too large to subsist upon the pittance afforded by the present rate of wages , a » 3 that the parishes of the union had voluntarily aweaped . ftemaelyes to enable the guardians to effeottili « objwct , the Colonel said that the Poor : l . aw CommUooDers would not approve - of snch y ohntary m ^ B » mf > nt , and would visit them with an increase of tie average * . If the iLhabitapt 3 of the tinitm cbose to do an act of charity of this description , they should do it by voluntary subscription , and not by a voluntary rate , which was contrary to * te orders of the commissioners . —Chelms / ord Her .

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      Coalpit Explosion . —On Wednesday an ex" jlosion took place in a coalpit at Moxley , by which six individuals were seriously turned . TREAT . ^ -Iiast weei , Mr . "Vrombwell , of the menagerie , Sheffield , treated 544 boys , and 380 girls , attending the Lancasterian schools , with a view of his exhibition . Pills . —Christmas week , and that in which Lord Mayor ' s Day takes place , are always the two weeks when the apothecaries and the sellers of pills have the most business . L ^ rg e Potatoe . —Last week a potatre was drawn b y Mr . Francis Plyming , of St . Clements , near Truro , weighing two and a half pounds , and ^ measuring fourteen inches ia circumference .

      Coach Accidexts . —On Monday morning , a * the Emeraldi Bath coach was proceeding along Piccadilly to the Great "Western Railway- terminus , at Paddington , it' broke down . A . similar a accident occurred to the Weymouth coach , proceeding to the Southampton Railway , at Vauxhali . In neither case were the passengers injured . The Ship Asia left Cromarty about the end of last month , with three hundred passengerschiefly

      , from Inverness , for Sydney . On her voyage to the channel , in fair weather , she leaked so badly that she was obliged to put in at Devonporr , and place her passengers on board the hulk Yigo . After undergoing repairs at Devonport , she still leaked filtten inches in twenty-four hours ; and is not yet seaworthy . Tke poor emigrants who have lost tbeir passage , aTe in great distress ; and the Asia ' s owners ought to be compelled to find them another .

      As two gentlemen were driving home to Stourport on Thursday night , they fouDd a man laying in a pnol of blood in the middle of the road . On taking him up , they found him to be Mr . Wildsmitb , a shoemaker , of Shrawley , who had been knocked town and robbed b y three ruffians , near the Fearn « , a lonely part of the road , and where they had left hjm for dead . He had been collecting debts on the morning of the robbery . —Worcester Herald . Ax Irish Attobset . —On the trial of an a ^ f . on bro-jght by an attorney for the recovery of hi' * bill of costs , which was heard in the Court of Exchequer , Dublin , last "Wednesday , the defendant '? counsel read from the plaintiffs bill the following items : — " To anxiety of mind , and want of sleep occasioned thereb y , for 14 day .- ! , at 10 < . per diem , £ 7 . As I was walking through town

      about your business I was run over by a car , and I did not know what became of me until I found mvself in an ; apothecary ' s shop , very snre and uneasy ; in fact ; I escaped by the j = kin of my tarth from death—for all this lost time ( I was a fortni ght sick ) and for anxiety of mind , not talking of great bodily pain , I charge the moderate sum of £ 12 . To time lost in endeavouring to borrow monev for yen which I eonld not get , . £ 10 . To gi eat inconvenience in setting your house , and loss of time in irawing up deeds and leasts , £ 100 . " ( Roars of laughter-, in wh ^ eh the Court heanily joined . ) The Chief Baron charged the jury , that as the action was brought on a judgment ebtained . by the plaintiff , they must find a verdict for him , but " recommended the defendant to bring the case into a court of equity . —Freeman ' s Journal .

      The Herring Fishixg in Lochfine has been very- prodiicriTe this some time back , and the fish large and extremel y fine in quality . As the fish are in deep water , the labour of the fishermen is very hard . The herrings taken tbese few days bat-k run from 600 to 703 per barrel , and are sold * for curing at 4 s . to 4 s 63 . per l ' 0 . Some of thtr boats at the latter end cflastweek were extraordinaril y fortunate , and if the ^ reather continue moderately fine the fishiog is expected ro last for afsw wt-eks . As the North highland fishery proved a decided failure this year , owing to the rough stormy weather , it is much to be desrred that the fishing in Loehfine should continue . —Scotch paper .

      Horrid Barbarity . —Early on Tuesday morning last , the constable on dnry at All Saint ' s-green , Norwich , beard dreadful cries and moans as of a person in extreme suffering in the house of a fellow named Carter , j ^ ot Wing able to mak e the persons iasideopeu "the door , the officer applied to the next magistrate , who authorised him to break into the hbu- » e . On descending into the lower room , the constable ' was horrified by seeing a female , quite naked , hanging from the ceiling by the hair of her head . Her hand 3 and legs were tied togetherand

      , , although alive , she was totally senseles ? . Some females were called in from theTadjnlnins bouse , who took her down and put her to bed . No persos expected the sufferer to _ survive many hour * - , she having ; hung in the way she was found for nine hours . In the course of ^ he morning she partiallv recovered , and said that Carter ( her husband ) ^ id it , and then -relapsed into insensibility . The monster has been taken into custody , examined before the magistrates , and remanded to await the poor woman ' s fate . —Essex , Htrts , and Kent Mercury .

      alATEmoxiAi Disappointment . —Wednesday-morning } a * t a rural pair from a nei ghbourine villagej suitablj attended by a bridesmaid and " father in church , " arrived in this city for the purpose of entering into the bonds of matrimony . The expectant bride , in tbe confidence of affection , had surrendered to the dishonourable lover a sum of £ 13 to defray the expenses of the marriage , and with this money the scoundrel absconded , and has

      not , we believe , since been heard of . The disappointment of the church officers of their fees , and the bridal party of the intended marriage feast , may perhaps be thought more amusing than important , . but the eruelty to the feelings of the deserted female , is not a subject for mirth , and we sincerely hope that the heartless robber , who trifled with her affections and plundered her of her propertv , " will be rewarded according to his deserts . —Gloucester Journal .

      Gaite-Watcher Killed . —The park at Normanby-hall , near Crigs , the seat of Sir Robert Sheffield ; abounds with , game , and has lately been very mnch visited by poachers , the reports of whose guna were" a subject of annoyance to Sir Robert , who , it is said , recently reprimanded his watchers for not having eaptuTed one of the illicit sportsmen . On Thursday morning weefc , about three o ' clock , a report of a gun was heard in the park , near to th « hall , when two watchers advanced to the spot from which the shot had been fired . The man who first

      cameupwiththepoacberattwnpted to capturehim , but the poacher declared he would shoot him if he persisted ; "be did persist—the poacher fired , and iilled the watcher on the spot . It appear * the poacher must have been on his knees when be fired , one side pf the watcher ' s face being blown off , and other shots having entered his breist and passed out through his back . The night was very dark . The poacher immediately ran off , and was met in his flight by the other watcher , whon it is said he knocked down with the but-end of his gun , but this was done so instantaneously that the watcher-could not recognise his person and he escaped . —Lmeoln Paper .

      Alarming Explosion of Gas at the Old Westminster Gasworks . —About half-past six o ' clock on Saturday evening , the neighbourhood of Horseferry-road , "Westminster ^ was thrown into a state of indescriahle alarm by a loud report resembling a discharge of heavy artillery , which was discovered to . lave proceeded from the works of the old ¦ Westminster Gas Company , situated in the above road , nearly adjoining Marsham-street , whence large columns of flaine and wnoke were ascending into the air , illuminating ; the . horizon for ^ some distance . Great numbers of persons instantly hastened to the spot , when it was found that several of the retorts had by some means exploded , and immediatel y beeomine i

      gnited had communicated to the wooden roof cover " ¦ ing the retorts , which was speedily in a blaze . Information of the occurrence was promptly forwarded by the police to the various engine stations of the Fire Brigade , when those from the Chandos-street King-street , and "Wells-street stations soon reached the spot , followed by that from "Watling-street , accompanied by Mr ^ Braidwood , the superintendent and those belonging to the county and West of England Fire-offices , but the Gas Company having enginesof their own , by means of which the fire was extinguished , the others were not admitted within the premises ; the extent of the damage and the parti culars of the insurances could Tiot therefore be ascertained * . "¦ "' - ,. " ' -

      Extraordinary Stjicide . —Miss Sarah Arminger Jast Sunday drank tea with her sister at Yarmouth , after which she went but , as she told her family , -to see a friend , leaving her cloak behind her . She called at the house of a relation , with whom she left her watci , a ring , some money , and keys , as she said for a short time . Nothing was heard of the young woman until Monday morning , when her body was . found in the River Bane , with the hands and feet tied together . The body was much « econjp © 8 ed

      , and on examination neither that nor h « r clothes led to a belief that she had met her death through violence . The garters ^ ad been used to tie Tier legs and hands , and a white pocket handkerchief was tied over her eyes . ' An inquest was held , and very great interest excited by the singularity of the facts stated . The medical witnesses believed that the deceased could have tied the knots herself , and , in the abseace of all proof to fix guilt on any one a verdict of '" Found Drowned" was returned . —Bwry Potf ^

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      ^ Barbarism !——Some inhuman wretcties at Newark , dipped a cat in a quantity of vitriol on Friday morning , and turned it into the street . The poor creature ran up Mr . Moore ' s passage at Kirkgate , uttering the most piercing cries , until "if expired . —Nottinghamjournal . . The Committee of the Congregational Union t -l ^ land and Walea have memorialised Lord John Kussellto institute inquiries into the cases of the Dissenters imprisoned at'Carmarthen . They strongly urge upon Lord Jehu , the fact that John James was really persecuted on account of his unprotected vote at tke last election in favour of the Government candidate ; and his case they say , is only one out of thousands .

      The Magistrates of Ipswich forwarded a complaint to Lord Hill of the conduct of the military stationed in that town , who have bad some quarrels with the police ; but 200 of the more re-. ^ pectable inhabitants seat a memori al to tbe Horse Guards exculpating the military and blaming the police . Complaints areinadein various parts of the irregularity of the mails , which are sometimes delayed for several hours beyond their usual time of arrival . Until conveyance by railways is better managed , this inconvenience will continue ; but there is no reason why it should not be speedily obviated . .

      ¦ The Chancel of St . Leonard ' s Church was demolished on Tuesday week , by the sudden falling in of a ^ quantityof earth in the rear « f the building , beanngdowm by its weight the roof of the chancel , throwing down the walls , and burying the whole iu one mass of ruin . The body of the church , which is of solid masonry , escaped without sustaining any serious injury . On Sunday morning , at eight o ' clock , according to annual custom , by a grant made by two maiden ladies to the parish of St . Mary , Paddington , a quantity of small loaves of bread and slices of cheese were distributed to the poor of the parish of Paddington . By the terms of the grant the loaves must be thrown from the steeple of the church into the churchyard ; which was accordingly done .

      HOBBERY AT THE FaLMOUTH CUSTOM House . —Mr . Felix Lovell , first clerk to the Collector of Customs at this port , on Monday ^ e ' nnight , during the absence of the Comptroller ^ abstracted from the Queen ' s chest upwards of £ 400 , with which he absconded , proceeding : b y the same night ' s n : ail to Exeter , whence he went on by the Quicksilvermail tollche 3 ter , at which place he was to be taken up by the Telegraph coach for Londoni Itis presumed he proceeded to Bristola packet

      , having . been received from him on Thursday , bearing the post-mark of that city , addressed to Mr . Dob < on , tide-surveyor , which contained a parcel for Mrs ^ Lovell , in her husband ' s hand-writing , which contained £ 50 in "Western District Banking Company notts , and which she at once handed over to Mr . Dobson , to be delivered to the Collector ; a circumstance the more creditable , as there is reason to believe she and her two sons are left in nfearly a destitute state . —Falmouih Packet .

      Imprisonment for Debt . —Canterburt Court of Requests . —William Sedgwiek was eommittted to Westgate Jail for forty day * for . adebt of £ 1 3 s . 6 d !! His wife and two children became chargeable to the parish of Bridge , never having before received relief . The maximum of imprisonment is we believe here adopted , andwe shall b « glad ¦ . to knovr whether there are any very particular circumstances in this case , as it is discretionary with the Commissioners to rednce the term . The boasted Act for abolishing Imprisonment f « r Debt seems from this to be something like a failure—at any rate the law of debtor and creditor calls loutlyfor further amendment .

      Fortifications at Sheerxess . —A survey of the isles of Sheppy and Grain has been going on for some months past , by order of Government , with a view of immediatel y fortifying her Majesty ' s Dock-yard , which is at present without almost the slightest power of resisting an invading foe . Several plans have been laid before tbe Lords of the Admirality , but the one that is most likely to be brought before the Hocse next session-proposes a line of fort ification across the range of hills extending from Minster Church to the Swale . A range of batteries

      here , it is said , will cover the whole island , and would , at any time , prevent an enemy from landing at the South-eastern extremity . The Dock-yard and Mill-town are to be covered with strong batteries , and martello towers will alsa be erected along the shores at given distances . The Isie of Grain is to be fortified with strong batteries extending in the shape of a half-moon . These will not onl y cover the entrance of the Thames , but also the Medway . The estimated expense , we hear , is nearly a million and a half of money . — Greenwich Gazette .

      Monomania . —A Ktot , axd no Mistake . — We stated , in a former Number , that we should have occasion to notice a few freaks of the poor imbecile tailor , whose adventure under the brewing tub some weeks since is no doubt still in the recollection of many . Ever since he arrived at the "Hall of his forefathers , " and was received by bis affectionate mother in tbe pitiable condition then stated , he has had a doetorin constant attendance . It was hoped for some time that a favourable change would have taken pla , ce , but the doctor has now given it as his opinion that his ease is decidedly Monomania . Ever since the beginning of last there have

      April , been symptoms that his intellects were undergoing aberration . About that time , he became possessed of the idea that he bad been made into a Justice of the Peace ; and , so strongly has this belief kept possession of his brain that it is generally thought by those who best know him , to be the principal caase of his present malady . How could such an idea could , have arisen in his own mind , we cannot tell , / unless , as is asserted to be the case by a few of bis friends , it was brought about by some promises of promotion , which were held put to him about the time of the last county election , in consequence of an entertainment given in this neighbourhood to the unsuccessful Whig candidate ! . Since the late disturbancesy about a

      score of household troops , have been kept at the Hall ; and , this tailor ' s residence being in the immediate vicinity , he supposes the guards-. placed there are in honour , and for the protection j of himtelf . It is not unusual for bis neighbours , even to some distance around , in the stillness of the midnight hour to hear them call out at short intervals , " On duty ?• ' " On guard , gentlemen ? " and the sentry , knowing his delusion , generally makes answer , " On duty , sir . " This appears to satisfy him for a time , and he sometimes hints , though we understand from the gnards themselves , rather vaguely , that if they omly keep him safely guarded , although he has done nothing for them yet , he shall be sure to " come down handsome" at last .

      Latterly tbeidea of a riot has been mating aad bavoc in his head , although it is thought that he does not understand the real meaning of the word ; yet it is very much doubted whether this new image may not have a tendency to goad him on to madness . Thedoetor we .- fancy has some notion of this' sort ; he thinks it best to be prepared for tbe worst ; he has , therefore , ordered all the window shutters to be well lined with sheet iron , but whether to keep his atient from

      p getting out , or to prevent the evil spirits which haunt Ms imagination from getting in , we have not beard . The doctor has also given directions that he shall be attended by a keeper dressed like a military officer whenever he goes out , for as the tailor believes that his only chance of safety is in military display , it is considered best to humour bis fancies . Last Saturday night our hero made his escape from home between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and sallied ' forth with a full

      determination to read the Riot Act ; he proceeded to the quarter pf the military , rpnsed them and ordered them in a most magisterial manner to turn out ; and they , from his authoritative tone , not knowing him from a justice , went with him from one public-house to another , until at the Black Goose , or what is better known by " Robin-o-Green'ods , " they found a riot , or in other words , a man belonging to the Railway and another haying a " bit of a fight . " Here happened to be , ( accordmg to custom ) most of the officers of the Todmorden

      navy , otherwise called the fleet , with the High Admiral and "Inquisition General "" Brownvooi at their head ; these having some time since been made " special ? ' turned out , and by dint of numbers ; succeeded in throttling this disorderly railway man , by drawing his neckerchief tight and other manoeuvres , and eventually secured hiih by hand . cuf& , until he could be taken before his betters on Monday last , yhere he was fined £ 4 and 16 si expenses for his share in the riot . Our "knight ot the thimble

      'lat t ¥ e head of the military , made repeated attempts to rr-sd the Riot Act , but could never succeed in ubtaiuing sufficient silenee to make himself heard . - After this exploit , and after parading the village in the farce of a justice for about an hour , his keeper and the " specials" at length prevailed ; on . him to Teturn home , where , for any thing we know to the contrary , he still remain ? . [ This was in rype last weekbut obliped tobeomitted ^ E . N . S . ]

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      -.. Summons against the ¦ Querns—Stowell , . he . notoripus infbrmer , * aa ^ plie ^ to tBe m ^ is trates and obtained ^ a summon ? against her Majestyi for having only the-l . tters ^ . B . von the vans which cpnyeythe ^ prisonere to and from the police offices . Stpwell said he had had informations against : the present X » ng of Hanoter * Lord Melbburne , &c ^ m which he haa obtained convictions , and he did not see why the Queen should he spared . . - ; , JJIoNOM ANiA ^ One . - - " j&Tthose ^ singularcases commonly classed amongst the supernatural has been producing considerable interest of lat « amon ^ t the ^""^ ana professing p art of the community , of which the ^ bllowing are the particulars i ^ Aman named John Rhodes , residing till within these few days in Dalton-lanej near Eeighley , has been for about six weeks pastsuhjected to a course of visits

      from a character having the appearance of a gehtleman , ( visible onl y to himself , ) and who is always tempting him to accept of money . According to the man * own account , this mysterious being made his first appearance some seven weeks ago , when he was sitting comfortabl y at hoin « , free ftoni all fear and apprehension , aad introduced hirasolf by asking himjf he could not recojlect , about ; two y ^ ars ago aiebt of twenty-nve shillings being demand ^ of him ^ andthatnotbeing ^ ble to payit at the time , he wished that : he had some money to pay it with if it even came from the Devil , On recollectinir the circumstance , the gentleman told him that he had come with the wished-for article , ( showihg him a large quantity of gold , ) which i he insisted upoa him taking , telling him also that he claimed him as his

      own , through virtue of his foriner wish . Oh JRhbdes signifying his determination to have nothing to do with either him or his money , he at last disappeared expressing his inteBtion of calling on him again , and maktng . him comply . The iman ,: thinking that he might be Janghed at if he mentioned tbe case to any of his neighboursVkept . it a profqund secret for a considerable time ; but , finding that the yiBits of the uneatthly character ^ w ere becoming : longer and more frequent ,, and were repeated several times a-day , both when he was up and in bed ; he at lastmade the cjase known to nis neighbours , and implored theiiadvice . Several of them accordingly volunteered to keep him company , and some to sleep with him ; but all was of no avail ^ th e- Tisits being repeated the same as before , even when the house

      was filled with people , and although the apparition seemed to the poor fellow to speak with a voice like thunder , and was as visible to him as atiy other person present , still he was unheard and unseen bv any of the rest . An attempt was next made to try the effect of prayer on banishing the intruder , and numbers of people , mostl y belonging to the Ranter persuasion , and noted for their abilities in that line went , to render , their best services , and ^ some of them possessed of more nerve than usual continued sleeping and praying with him through night , yet although in some few eases he disappeared durinsr

      their efforts , according to their own -account , he generally left such a-smell of sulphur as almost to deprive them of the power of utterance . Bleeding has been tried with no better effect , together with a changfe or residence , , but It has still bfen all of no use ; and he has now actually given over working and appears to be wasting through the effects pf fear , occasioned by the visits of this imaginary being , who appears relentless in his persecution The above is a real fact , and we think that Home of the phrenologists who profess skill in the knowledge of mental disorders iwould do well to come and examine his brain , and try to point out a remedy as all other means have hitherto iailed .

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      THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS MOVED B ? JOHN THOMPSON , AND SECONDE D BY ROBERT BLAIR , WAS CATtRIED BY ACGXAM AT 10 N ON THE 18 TH DECEMBfeR , 1838 IN THE MOST CROWDED MEETING WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN IRVINE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS .

      _ T » Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Honourable and respected Sir , —We beg leave to address you . on . the present occasion , and to tender you our most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the able , disinterested , and indefatigable manner in which through a long series of years you have advocated the-cause-of universal freedom ; and while we eongratulate you on the noble and fearless conduct displayed by you at your trial in Birniingbani , we are no jess anxious to testify our approbation of the determined stand youseem prepared to make ! against any colluwpn with the man who has-abandpned the principles' he formerly professed ^—betrayed the trust reposed , in . hirii ^ and who , in our opinion . Only seeks an opportunity on the present occasion to sacrifice

      the people and their cause to the " Ba > se , bioody and brutal 'Whi gB , '' who are alread y pahting for the ^ unhallowed ofi ^ ring at his prostituted hands . And this , forsooth , is the man who would he received ag a brother , and admitted as a leader in the Kational jiovement ! —be who has shed the hy p ' ocritical tear of sympathy for the poor factory child and wailed , apparently in the most pathetic manner over its miseries , yet no sooner were a few paltr \ - pounds offered for the sacrifice , than , Judas-like , be betrayed them with a kiss , abandoning the little innocents to the tender mercies of their heartless task masters . Shake hands with that man 11 Forbid it heaveri , forbid it O'Connor , forbid it every emotion of the patriot ' s heart !

      Ahd . now brave and patri 6 tic Sir , aware that first and foremost in the ranks of freedom you have ever stood , we cannot allow ourselves to sit silent while an attempt is makingito endanger you and the holy cause in which you are engaged , we therefore embrace this opportunity Of again expressing our entire and decided : eonfidence in you as the noblest cha . mpion of the people ' s rights ,, "We heed scarcely say that we form no portion of that sapient !! bod y , who have set themselves up as the represebtatives of Scotland , and have designated us part and parcel of their supposed small portion with whom they in their wisdom have disclaimed all connection . " * .

      "We hope then Sir , that you will go on andpro ? - per in your philantrpphic career , iind that ydujmay long enjoy health and happiness , and speedily see your labours brought to a succesafnl termination is the heartfelt wish of the Radicals of irvine . . ' Signed iriName and by Appointment ' : of the Meeting , JOHN BRUCE , Chairman .

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      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . MEETING OF THE LONDON AVORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION . ( From the Sun of Thursday . ) Pursuant to advertisement , a meeting of the above Assf . ciatioa was held last night in the Assembly Rooms , Theobald ' s Road , ia order to corisider of the present state of afiairs respecting the National Petition , the People ' s . Charler , &c .. Mr ^ HETHEBiNGT pN was called to the chair , and said , the meeting had been assembled for the purpose of laying before the working men of London an acepxint of the progress of those principles wbicb it w . as known they entertained , and an account of the success which had attended the labours of those ; who had been delegated to promulgate those principles amongst their brethren in the countrv . As

      tne subject roust be most interesting to them , he would not detaifa them from hearing the statements of those who were ; to address them ; he would only entreat that they would give a fair and impartial hearing to every person who might wish to address them , for their cause was worth nothing unless it could stand up and vindicate its propriety iagainstall gairisayersw Let them- vindicate themselves m a proper and ; open manner ? and then they ^ must put an end to all the foolish apprehensions which were professed to be entertained by the old women of the country . ( CheerM and langhter . ) ; M j' P a ^ TW-ell said the meeting had been convened by himself and others for the uurDose nf

      telung the working mem ; -of the metropolis the state of ^ lmg in the countr y ; respecting the great objects of * e Association—toihearlromO-Connorv Vincent , and others what was theexcited staie yfthe country , and to show them that the apathetic state of th « metropolis was a disgrace to the labouring classes congregated ^ ertin . ( Cheer *) : The committee thought the time had aimed wheii the men of London should either give in theit adhesion to the principles of the Charter and the National Petition , or say that they should dissent from theinVfoT tho tune had now arrived when they would be compelled to say * "He who is not with us is against us . ?' ( Cheers . ) It would not be ; ehpugh for the men of Loudou to say they aarreed with tn ^ m , s th ^

      must steadUy andnrmly support the . principle , and be prepared to do all that the Convehtfon told them , was for their benefit . Any man who flinched frOjri that test , was no friend to the working classes . He XMr . Hartwell ) had recentl y ^ been in the West of Lngland , and the scenes whichi he had . wjtn ^ sed nmoug the agricultural labourers were ^ most &sJ tressing ; they were enough to make one swear that a system which prodncea' to inucb . ? misery should it oncebe destroyed ^ The . avei ^ e . rate of w age ^ i ^ the districts he had visited did not exceed > 7 s . a week —( groans )—yet the farmer eharged the poor man 9 * , 6 d . a bushel for his flour . ( Hear . ) The consequence was that the labouring man wits reduced to live ; upon potatoes and salt , and to clrink warm water coloured . mth . the raspings of breadi ( Cue *

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      orihame . ) At the- sanietHne the labo « rei » were enthusiastic in the sapport they gave the Charter . H 0 had a meeting ^ on . Chariton Dowiii and hotwithstandingallthe metins . tfiiiipid : to deter the men from attpridibg- ^ -notwithstandin ^ the thre ats and the actual tyranny exe / cised over ; Jfche poor men , there was a f Iprious meeting held , at which , the Chiirtt-r and the Petition wereunariitnous'ly ndop ted . ( Gheers . ) w ^^ Snfi plkj : there was to be a meeting held , ou ¦ Wed hesdny , for the snjne purpose , and he bad not the slightost doubt , with the same result . While he was in , thp country , he had several applications from Hampshire ; Gloucestershire , and -other places , praying the Association to send down delegates soon if they c tild not now , ( Loud cheers . ) He thought the . working men of London , agitated as they-would be ip the ensuing mpntV * would give in their cheerfuladhesipn to the Charter : ( Cheers . ) If th&Convention , -if the delegates to the Convention , were

      nonupported in the town where they deliberated , there was no saying what resposibility they might have ; , he did not speak so ; from despair , but to TPUS 0 them , for , as he was one of the Delegates , he cpud assure the meeting that whatever that responsibility might be , he would never flinch , from it . ( Cheers . ) f be resolutipns which were to be submitted to them were pledging them tp . support the tonveiition , if they approved of th « Charter and the 1 eUtion , and nominating a Commitfee of agitation J or the metropolitan districts . " He trusted the labours of the Committee would havy got the people into such a state of organization that they would be able tp bring from 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 from each district to welcome the Delegates into London . As they , no doubt were anxious ; to hear the statements 01 Messrs . O'Connor and Vincent , he would content himself with moving the adoption of the three resolutions .

      Mr . F . O Conxor then came forward , and was received with deafening cheers . He addressed hnghshmeri , Irishmen , ' and Scotchmen , and all brother-Radicals : he rejoiced to seethe cpnjiiic of the battle—it might be fought there , but its ( results would be felt universally . ( Cheers : ) When he last presided over a meeting in that place , he was assisting to establish a club for the purpese of Universal Suffrage . The effects of that club , and other exertions , had indeed been glorious ; for the people almostxiniverHally , were now determined to hdve their rights—they were determiued not to be bamboozled anylonger out of their rights by Whi « or Totji or any faction . He did not wish to attiick propert y of any desciption . Many persons were

      now rolling , in wealth and luxury , which had been wrung from the blood and sinews of the forking men . The working classes , however , are satisfied to let them retain their ill-gotten wealth , and to begin afresh , and to make their all out of the natural resources of the country . The old women who had been alluded to b y Mr . Hetheriiieton , might therefore ; lay aside their fears and slumber , m safety . He , however , was of opinion along with poor Richard , who once lived in the North , poor Richard , or John of Greenrield , said— " All the stufF in the world , was made for all the people of the world . " ( Loud cheers . ) That was his opinionandifit were not for the Corn-lords and Cottonlords—but , above all , if it were not for the

      Government-lords ^ there would be more than enough for all tolivein a state of happiness and peace . The peoplo of London were apathetic because they Vrere bette . r off than their brethren in the North ; but if the Government were allowed to go on their present way , no barrier could be drawn round London—the contagion must rapidly spread among the London workmen , as it now raged among those in the country , The question with them was not whether they were more comfortable than the working men in Yorkshire , but were , they ^ is comfortable as they ought to be ?| ( Loud cheers . ) When he saw their faces , which were not so fat as they ought to bewhen he saw their dresses , which were not so good as they ought to be—then he knew thev were not . Kn

      well oil as they ought to be . He saw many Irish faces around him—they were speaking to him in Irish —( loud laughter )—and asking him what he wns gciing to do for Ireland . By the blessing oi God , he would do as they intended to dp for England—( cheer . * )—although the world was his republic , Ireland was the land of his birth , and he would be no party to postpone any of those healing measures so much needsd for that unhappy country , and if Ire-I . ttnd / did not obtain justice , England should notj-if lie could . impede it . The Honourable : Gentlemaii then alluded to P'Connell ' g conduct , in regard to the prypf ^ Justice to Irdandj" in much ihe sime lariguage-as appeared in bur > PapiRr o £ last night As to Corporate Reform , he would give evetV" sincle

      mnn the appointing qt corporate officers by means of Universal Suffrage , He would never change his politics to suit any party , and hewas now as steady an advocate for that upon whicl ^ StB started , viz ., the Repeal of the Union , as he eve ^ was , for he felt , that ¦ tintil- Ireland had her own nobles and her own representatives in College-green , she would never have j tisitice .. Yorkshire and ; Lancashire return onatehth of tbe House of Commons ; the people t ^ -ere are determined to . be trifled with no longer ; they are determined to have their , rights ; they are united to a man , and are determined that they will no longer support any one who will not support their cause . They are now only carrying out the principles formerly urged by Lord ' Broueham . Lorvi

      Grey , Sir J . Hobbouse , Sir F . Burdett , and maify others . If they required a moral force to carry the Refprm Bill , why could theynotemplpy it also tocarry out its natural results ? The people wonld have tiacked them , but as soon as that was done , they refused to hurt the feelings of the Tories by turniag them out from office . They retained them as a sort of army of reserve upon which theyinight fall bads when they had deceived the people . The Moru Gentleman explained Ms ideas with respect to the Irish Church , and the employment of physical force in nearly the game language as appeared in the report of his speech in our paper of yesterday . These ffieetiiigs were now becoming more important than they ever were before , for they were now goinetmon

      the wings of the press , not only through England and Ireland ; but over the world ; and he could not withhold his tlmnks from the proprietor of The Sun Newspupar , who had given the best report he ( Mr . O'Connor ) hud ever seen ot a Radical meeting-r-he meant that held last night at Mr . Chesney ' s Rooms . ( Loud cheers . ) He cared not what description of article , or comment ,: the Editor of that paper might write iiDon , the meetings of the Working Men ' s Associations ; it was quite at tbe discretion of Editors to comment as they pleased , provided they laid the circumstances before the people , and allowed them to judge between the principles expressed and the ; judgment of the Editors . ( Cheers . ) This was all he claimed and asked : and he looked on it as a , siffn

      of better days , when he saw a Whig newspaper giving so good a report of a Radical meeting . He knew it would give coufnge to their friends in the North—a body x > f ^ hich the Government was more afraid than all the rest of the world besides . ( Cheersi ) Let the people of London look to the North , and mark Ibe proceedings of tbe people there . They were virtuous , straightforward , zealous , and determined ^ and could assemble together in fprce , although they were in sections , and spread asunder . But shame upon the people of London , who could be got together by the ring of a ; bellj- that ; there was not such a union here . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There was one small village , which he could name , containing more Unionists than all ' London mit

      together ! ( Cheers . ) They must now ^ however , cast aside every species of timidity , for this was a cause worth living and dying for , and must never be : desertedi ( Cheers . ) Wnen Lord Stanley opposed the Repeal of the Union , be was very physical , for he said he would oppose it ttt the death ; and he ( Mr . O ! Cpnnor ) would go for Universal Suffrage , if necessary , to the death .. . ( Loud !' -cheers ' . ) . ; Why ? Because it ¦ wonld niaketboseyrbo smrvivecl - blin . more happy and comfortable , and the country more tranquil . ; Universal Suffrage was a question but little understood by the governmeat . Did they think they could stop it ? Whp was to be their stopgap ? The Westminster Reformers , in their timidity and cowardice , tried to hook Lord Durham in to

      stop the gap , and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) nisvef praised Uim so much as for throwing these poltroons overboard . . ( Loudcheers , " ) -: He was dad that they had got such a slap in the face ; and he trusted . wheh any more wanted to make a tool of the people , they would do the same . ( Cheera . ) In . the course , of six weeks ? , Parliament would be once more assembled in St . Stephens , The resolutions proposed to-night werefor the purpose of testing the the ^ opinions of the people as to the manner in which Hhev would meet those who were coming not to oppose the Parliament , but to place their wisdom inopposition tp it * folly . They bad to make U P their minds witltin the period , whether or not the forty « nine men who had put themselves in thei foremo ' st

      ranks of moral danger , and were ready in order to resist the force .-. of tyranny to place themselves foremost in the ranks of physical" danger—whether these men were worthy pf support . ( Cheers . ) This jagitatibn was unparalleledj and if any government could stand up against a united people , ; it would cease to beacpnstitutipnal government , and wouldbecQme a milit ; ry despotism . The instant ; a government said it would not . attend to , and surrendet ; tbe . demands of . two millions of persons , they were placed beyond / thefpale of the law , and absolved from-their allegiance ( cheering ) . / ThatIhexe wouldbeagreat simtgele no man could donbtl ; arid that the rjeoDlo

      were prepared for it became plainer eyeryi day . There would be : an attempt at counter-excitemen t , a kind of St ; John Long CQunter-principle of irritntior i—r ( laught « r)—buthe hoped they woiii P ° t iiv ^ the peop le , a wotind in the back ( cheer >) . ; The Ballot and the Corn Laws mi ght be ; offered , but let thepeoplerefuse themuhtil ^ the y obtained Uiiiiversai Suffrage .- An objection to granting this , was , that the people . were too ignorant . If they were , they would get it tormqrrow ^ for the ignorance of thte people was the tyrant's best title to ^ ppwer . When would the people have sufficient knowledge , according to the Whig standard ? Not until dbprnsday ( cheersj& laughter ) . Notwithstanding what haibseu

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      said ^ and done / hlJib ^ ctrMsa heiie ^ tbat thelrisli people , would / B ^ itetwtthi't ^ eJEpgBsh , and forcd ihem forward ; iri tti 3 ^ j ] tatipni fie ; liad a ^ grea * respect for Paddy ^ and / feapw w ^ he got asb ^^ lahin his harid and a princi ple before him which told himTthat Ite migfiGsinstead ' of being a Voluntary ; exile in this ' cotisitry > ' bjr tHe iise of his own energies become , a happy man isi hi ? own country ; Irishmen did not come- here fronl choice , but because they could not help it , through the fell tyryriny of the landlords , the injustice of the magistrates , and the brutality of the damriable panson . ^ ( Cheers , ) They came here for an asylnm , and bo was happy to say that asylum they were sure to meet , for where aa Irishman was iiidnstrious ani

      honest , he neverknew an Englishrnah turii ' his back upon him . ( Hear , hear , and loud cbeers . ) It wquldbe presumptuous in him , % hilstothers . were doing somncb vto say one word aboutSvhat he bimselt bad done , but while in the House of Cbrumons andout of it , lie had stood by the Ultt-a-Democratia principle . He had never yet in thought , word , speech , pr writings , expressed a single sentence against the fullest measure of liberty lor the people . Before he entered Parliament he made a pledge t » bis coiistitnents that lie would never receive place or emolument frpm any goverhmentthat was not based upon the principle ;; of Universal Suffrage , and that hf * never \? ould ' receive trotn the people ; one farthing for travelling or other expenses durinff the whola

      course ot his life . ( Cbeers ;) That pledge he had kept . ( Cheers . ) . He had been denounced by the newspapers as avagabond arid ' - wild enthusiast . He had spent thousands in the causa of thepeople , with ; no hope of ever getting it back again otherwise than by being overpaid in seeing the poor , happvj theirhre-side comrortable , andtht-ir children gambolling about it . Whence saw that , he should say he was the debtor of the Radicals , because the Radicals had accomplished it for themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) He would stand between the people and alarm . The Morning Chronicle and the Glope , the bull-dog and tei-rier of the Whi g Government —( langhter > £ said tliere was no other salvation ipr the country than a rural -p ' olice- ' : a rural p olice to take Fearim *

      O Connor , ( Langhter , ) Would-they stand a rural police ? ( Cries of ' No , no . " ) That w ^ one of the next things that would be attempted to be foTcedt upon them . The Goyernmeni were beginning , i& say through the ¦ C' / iromcle , that the arfriy had / not the power pf ubiqnityr—that ; there cpuld not be a soldier behind eveiy torch , and that , therefore , there must be a rural police , a thing unknpwii to this country . ( Hear , hear . ) Only by Universal Suffrage could they put that down . The struggle they made for the Reform Bill would have earned Un& versal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) At every ; meeting at which the Repeal of the Corn Laws was moptedii let thena go like men , and movies ^ an . amendment for Universal Suffrage ; If theBallot was agitated let

      them move the same amendment . He could scarcely say , after the fatigue he had iiridergone- ^ attending meetings one hundred and fifty miles apart—that he should have been there at all had it not been for the threat of George Henry Ward i arid to show hinx thathe despised it , and that he was in ; ho danger , because he was too deply rooted in the affections of the people , arid was actuated by honest motives . ( Cheers . ) Let them be united . He would not he the subject of dispiiter ^ he would create no dissensions , becanse he had this cause really at heart . He was not advocating the cause of the people merely from personal vanity or ambition . He cared not what suflefings or deprivation he himself

      underwent" Come he slow or come he fast , It wbut death that comes at last . " He was determined to go on continuously and energfttically until Universal Suffrage ; became theilaw . of the land . ( Loud ' cheering ' . ) With these remarks , be thanked them for the patient and indulgent hearing they had given him . He would now leave th « m , biit would always . attend them with more alacrity thaij he would a , summoins to apnear at Westminster Hall : —v By the Grace of God , 'Vicib-ia Queen , Defender of the ; faith , ' and so f 6 rth . He thanked them . ( Mr . b'Cpnnor resumed his seat amidst loud plaudits . ) ' /' Mr . Vincent supported the resolution . They belonged to a uartv . who although creatinff aereat

      mass of wealth , obeying dvery law , and contributing ^ largely towards the-wasteful expenditure and extravagance of ¦ thft / 'StateV ' y . et' - : ; h'ad '\ iio ;^ BDare . . in the advantages , and honours of the Constitutiori . ( Hear , hear . ) They bore - all its burdens , were bending . underall its oppressions , j | nd were branded with the -vile name of slave . Why ? Because they were cpwafds at heart , arid had not the courage to tell the Government the hour had come when justice must be done to the people . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) There existed in London yet a sufficient mass of materials to make old St . Stephen ' s crack before it . ( Cheers . ) It had been the cue of the Daily Press to throw every possible contempt on all the demonstrations of the petfple . Every art and artifice that

      some cunning , clinging , pettifogging , penny-a-line scamp could -possibly , invent to blacken the character of the . people , had been resorted to , and tbns meetings ' . -of 200 , 000 individuals have dwindled dovpn in the columns of the honest Times—and . perhaps , more honest Chronirle—to 10 , 000 , 15 , 000 ^ or . 20 ^ 000 . ( L 6 ud cheering . ) ^ He , had been & the WestpfJEngland forsome time , and could bear testimony to the . fact , thatthere ; the people were as wellv if not better organized , than . -in the North—thiere were ^^ as prompt , vigorous , ^ en ergetic , and determined souls ' there as existed ^ irk the ^^ glonpus Northern districtsof England . ( Cheers . ) Iji the aristocratic city of Bath , he had th ^ e honour of " addressing 15 . 000 as fine" pisantry , " aVeser : graced Daniel O'Corihell in his best days .

      At Bradfqru ; afewmilesfrom Bath ' , 10 , 000 persons had assembled ; witb . 200 . torches , " to the terror pf every tyrant who liad ^ oppressed , them , In Trwbridee , 10 , 000 persons had assembled by thering of a bell i ^ half aji hour , and . ^ atwaftwhaihougbtto be , and must be done in London , ( GJteat cheering . ) At Bristol , the pepple were ra ^« apathetic , "but a . meeting for the purpose of rousing uiem : Was to be held there in the cpurse . oif / ifc ^^' -if ^ fe ^^^^ j ^ . ' nearly the whole populatiorA '' ytgi j& . i , ytiqaisk , ; a state of agitation andV orgaiMrat ? ott . aff ^ -iha ^ iiesw'befofe been witnessed ; and a meeting wa $ to be held of the . hardy mountaineers , at wh / tck . speakers in , the Welsh language ; were t » attend and prbpliim tfie glad tidings of liberty , and ^ extend the boai

      of brotherhpodi Of : cpnrse , the 1 Government ¦ were aware 6 f \ vhat-w-as going on , ; and bow " itiajiy people ; were organised indifl ' erenf places , audit ^^ wasevjdent from their anxiety abput the rural police , ^ that they knew the game Vrould be np whenthe people of London moved . ( Great cheering . ) The westena . part of England was in an effective state of organization , they acknowledged no laws but laws made by themselves—they would pay no tasesj except they had a voice in the laying on of those taxes . ( Cheers . ) They wpuld do inpre than that . If the Whiga . wanted aidto go- toCanada to butchers the honest upright patriot , and sent down their militia list ? , the answer would be , No vote , no musit ' et- ^ fignt yoprselves , " ( Cheers . ) The Whiesmrfrf raise ian :

      alarm that Russia wanted t * take 1 n > key / pr Persia j or some other place , but the answer would--be— - ' - " They m ^ y ' take the devil himself , bdttheyshall not getusto fight—let thein fight who gain' by the battle . " ( Lou ^ i chee-rs . ) Those wbb talked so mucji against physical force were using it to put down , liberty in Canada ; and when he read pi" twentysix brave Cariiuliaris having been brought to Liverpool , manacled ; as felons- —men , who oaght ; to be honoured and idolized by the masses for their patriotism , he wished therehad been . 100 , 000 men to rescue them , ( Cheers . ) Phyiscal force 1 . that had hitherto destroyed the-best efforts of the people , who would r iot suffer war to be made on Canada if they could heldit , but who would do iustice to the Canadians

      by elevatiilg them intoa glbribus republic . ( Contihued cbeers . ) " Not ^ only the West , but the North , of England , and the whole Of Scotland , were nriited to a man . At Newcaafle-upon-Tyne 100 , 000 irien assembled , and though surrounded by i . body of the Queen ' s troops , who were perhaps sent as a body , guard —( laughter)—they stood / firm , smiling at their red-coated brethren , and hailed thenvwith ? ' three cheers for the ¦¦ Charter . ?' ' ' ( Cheer ? . ) Not a large town or village in Scotland was / without its Afisbciation ; not a district was there iri which a delegate hadnotbeen elected ; Now astothe sou ^ h of England , that stronghold of the parsons : ^ at Chelmsfordi Ipswich , and Colchester there were glorious bodies of democracy and in six months the southern division

      of England would be Q ^ uite np to th ' e mark . ( Cheers . ) From personal . experience and communications , he could say that the cause was daily arid hourly progressirigV and the people . b . iad now such' a , bane pf moral and ^ physicalpower as ^^^ feeriablethenitotalile their righta from the GovarasMat any ntosaenjt th # y thought it proderit to do soi ( Cheers ^) Ajnyichangpi to be ' successful , ' . mnst be brought about peacefullyy but the people , mtist npt allow tHeGoverrimieritio think they could dragoon them into : Bobmitsio& . The people would beat them , but witkoutb ) oodsbed ; they would astound them by a moral thunder-claft . When the time came for the assembling of the Coriyention , if the Government dared ; to > lajra haad thi its members to bring them to trial v tins public mind in London ought 4 pT > e prepared forit : lQtit be ri p ^ arid ready for the work ^; and whea the f tinwr came let no blow be . struck—let no bloody annberaiaed

      — -let no musket beelevated—let the : T ^ rJe / aJwer ^ ble in . every village , town , ' and / barolf ' . t ^^ Jtet ; 'Qien ^ congregate u * . tiioosands aad ^ te ^ of thoja ^ d& ^ ajld say , m peaceful arid suppBeatory / JAi ^ gmke ^ . W-l ^ fn thesebpys out again , or we ' don't go bacfeW ^» oAt *' ( Great cheering . 7 Let the people in Lottdon concentrate alVtheir / energies to rally ronnd the Qonventioa in cotintless masses ; an d /;^ h |^; im ^^| b ^ , pMMt ; of faction should dare to divide their ^ tuicila * or | ge strong ajpn of a traitor . Government ^^ beiwwdtoiinipedetheir progress ttten '^ tnbi eifiia ^^ bfliber ^ : and rightj ' raise his v ^ i ^ to neavetiaia exclaim , ^ Epnglivett&Cdiiy ^ ntioii ^^ * e ^ ve 7 clw » j ^ a —long live the laws they wiU make ^ Mg ^ l ^ l |[ jt ! e ^ jr , and the Constitution ! " ( Lond arid loHg-continu « id cheering . ) ' . / ' . ,. ¦ . / . ¦ ' . ¦¦ . ¦^ / ' ; . - "; : ¦¦' ¦; : ¦ . '¦'¦ . ¦ . ' .: '" . " . ¦ - . : ' Mr . M'CdNNEtL addressed the meeting , after ¦ wh ich , the resolutionB were agreed to , :

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1038/page/3/