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      CrHMFTR ftTi OOKV H » TiON . Bie-misghaM , Thd&sdat , May 16 . Tbe Convatign met this morniDg at ten o ' clock , asd there was a greater attendaace cf strangers than oq My preTiou * day . Mr . Has&is was voted to tbe chair . Oatheiaotkm of Mr . Pitkbthly , which , vras seeowied by Mr . Gill , Dr . Fletcher , and Mr . Bicbardsoa were a . ppoint * d to draw up an Address to tbe Queen , to be submitted ta the simultaneous meeting * for Useir adoption .

      ABSENCE OF MEMBERS . Mr . Richakdsoj * drew the attention of the Chairman to the fact of Messrs . Deegan , Knoj , Craig , Dnncan , and "Warden , having gone ofi by the railway that morning without leave of absence . Mr . Cot . LT . KS expressed ins surprise at sncfc conduct . It was treating the ConTeiuon with a ereat deal of coaxempt . Mr . Gill inquired if any one knew anTtiiiae of De&n ? . - 5 Mr . EacHABDsex s&id ilr . Cardo had also

      disappeared . There were many present who were aaxioos to start far their different destinations , but wfeo thought . it was nnderetood that no one was to leave until Saturday .

      JLBUXSTS . Mr . O'Connob was now prepared to submit the resolntion of which he had given nodee Yesterday , aad he hai eadeavoured to embrace in it the objects they had in view , pointing ont what he conceived to be the duty of those animated by a lore of thtir cause , and wot . were wealthy enough to become bail . He did not feel himself well enough to say much , and therefore , believing there would be no opposition to his resolution , he would merely submit it to the Members , reserving himself the right to reply if necessary . Tbe first resolution was as follow * : —

      " i . nat the arrest ? of the Radicals that have taken plaes , although effected by the magistracy , was with the sanction , and by the direction ' of the Secretary of State for the H ' ome Department . " That hating reai the evidence adduced against Mr . Vincent , we are of opinioa that bis arrest wa . < illegal , and his detention is unconstitutional , and XhxX his and other arrests have been made with a vie * to intimidate the delegates from the full and EiiBly discharge of their dudes . We are aW of opinion th& : the refusal of the apprehended to allow o ! bail being given , is rather an act of covr&rdiefe than of bravery , inasmuch as the presesce of every

      influential person is now more than ever neceysarv : an 3 , moreover , the object of Government is thereby effected , without incurring the odium which a refusal to accept of bail would subject them to . . We , therefore , strongly recommend tie friends . " of . the cause taking prompt measure" to deliver any of their party from ihr hands of the enemy , bv tendering bail for the appearance of tbe accused when reqdred . Vfe cannot omit stating that in our opinion the Secretary of State for the Horn * Department hd 3 ail through his administration acttd the part more of a maniac than of a statesnaa . "

      Aed-tbe next was' ¦ "We are further of opinion that in the event of any attempt being iss . de to stop or otherwise interfere -w ; : b the simultaneous me ^ tin ^? , it will he the izTY of the delegates firthwi : h t 9 repair to Blrminsfiirs , convene tLs Convention , declare their sft-C-gs permanent , and recommend the immediate observance of all those measure * set forth in tbe address of the U ± of May . " ( Cheers . ) He felt convinced the Government wonld not ' . Bterfere with these rimultaneoas meetine . o , bet it vaa their doty , at the game time , -to be prepared . Mr . Richabdsou seconded tbe resolutions , Mr . Vincent had not considered what bis duty was is rcfa $ i ! 2 ha' ) .

      Dr . Fletcher begged to read the following Utter , which hid be ? n received by the Secretary "rom Mr . Frort , and which would , perhaps , * erv * a * some excuse for the course Dcs-acd bv Mr .

      v : — Ifewpor :. Mo = mou : h » -h : r » , May 15 th , 15 " 9 . Dsab Lotztt , —The coarse pursued by the iligisira : cs of Mocmosthsnire i * that wnich I Anncipatcd—is teat which 1 pointed out to our friend O Connor : anal as o : opinion that we should tike tiose ^ p trans which 1 suggested . Mr . Roberts , a very cie ^ tr charti « t , and a very clever solicitor , of Ba : b , went to Mocztoutb yesterday , arid from Moiaou : h to Newport ; and , in a long conversat- ^ n on the suVjtct , we agreed that the mr > . « : pr ^^ er . t course woald be tbe oae fi r * : pointed out . ^ c « "iii immediately bring Mr . Vincent Lsfare tbe Co-r : by habeas ; » re * hali then have in opiortunirv oi Xix . rxv . zi out . to tbe couatrv tbe arDitrirv

      asa i-jegii c-ousui-t oi tee magistrates , tbe ianoccnct > of tbe parties , the exorbitant amount of bail , ihe snconstiturional raeie of holding to go ^ d brbsv ;^ nr before coa fiction , a . ad when ao offence was comeiiUeQ . V » s ^ ha ' ii bare an opportunity of testing tbe opinions of the Court , as to the legality cf panii--metftiDgi ; iedeed this is absolutely necessary , f » r tit- ma-gis traces here are determined we shall have uo meeting * . They are in the town and neighbourhood , swi-ariag in special constable * daily , i 3 d tie authorities declare teat they will arm them , ind taa : they will put down public opinion by force . O ^ e or : w-3 thing ? will follow from patting this det ' err ^ narfoa : h : j practice , a complete dispiriting of the p-ople , or r . zi outbreak , either of vrh ; c-h will be 1-ta . l to our cau « e . 1 have fead the sreates ! difficalfv

      iu keepiBg ihe people within bounds , acd I am convinced that uoming but my presence could h 3 ve rer-traii-ed them . Tbe great men in this part of the country are frightened out of tbe few" wiu they pjs <« ss . A detachment of the troop ? was sent from iere . oa Monday , at oue hour ' s notice , to iL-inmouth . tbe county town , to guard the gaol , the tn = author : tirB apprehending a rescue . I bope that the Co 3 ven : jo 2 will approve of the coerce which I hsTe rcr .-= ed . 1 am sati ; fied th&t it is tbe best , aaa tbr -xpeij ^ e will be but trifling—I am iDfo .-m- ^ d that i * . wi'l not exceed £ 40—were it to cost £ 400 the money cocid aot be better employed . If the Convention hid retained any solicitor , I hope they wHl read the or-der , for I am wtU assured that noo £ e coold or would perform the business better , probably no : so well , as Mr . Roberts . Under present circam * ta . Dcesthe Convention

      , wiiisee the necessity of ray remaining in 'Wales aaal tbe businuss it brought to a elose . Somebody Ecstbc on tbe spat to fnraisb the neeesiary inforaation . Tke moment the business is completed , I -wjli be at ay seat at the Convention , for I assure jog I long to be with yea . 3 e aooi en ^ u ^ h to let me know wben tbe Meab = r * return from , tae rimultaueous meetings . Truly yours , Joh ?< Frost . Mr . }\ zE 53 jr was of opinion that bail ought to be f ives in an ca-sg wbtre arresu took place .

      Mr . 0 Cos : nor was opposed to the app'opriafioB of asj s 2 tn from the national rent towards defraying tna expenses of Mr . Vincent ' s trial , er the writ ol habens ^ orp -u . He would willingly give bii quota for tbe purpose , but be protested against tbe doctrine cf tbe lands of the Convention being appropriated to defray tne » a expenses . The resolutions were then put and carried uuaiie : 3 . » - ' v . Pr FLETCHER then moved a vote of tiasks to Mr . F .-cst -or bis letter ; that the Convention highly et ;; roved of tae coarse taken by Mr . Frost , but exceedia 2 ; T resretted they could not appropriate any portion o : the national rent to tbe defence of Mr . Vinet-nt .

      Mr . O'Coxkob seconded tbe motion . "Wnile he refused to consent to the fund * of tbe Convention being taken for that purpose , be begged to tender his snb * criprir , n of £ 5 towards defraying tbe txpensesof the defence of Mr . Vincent . ( Hear . ) Tan tcotion was nnanimxisly agrted to . y £ . r . 3 IaRSDE > . " said , tbit i ! the arrests eoitinned a ? -. hey had d «? ub , a ttop woald be -put to tbeir proceeding * as effectually as if the G-overnment suppressed their simultaneous meeting ? . He , therefore , wished to ask Mr . O'Connor , whether he had asy objection to add the following words to hi * resolutions : — ' ' ¦ That if tbe arresfa should become general over tie country , and be muck further persevcrtd in , we * h a .: l view those anesB as intended by Grvenim = ot to destroy the present movement ^ and > baU at oace proceed to carry out without farther ielay bui ulterior measure * . "

      Mr . O'Coksob . "had do objection wk-atever to the proposition . Mr . 0 'Bbiex thoaght it & very reasonable and proper oae . Mr . Keesou said it will be necessary tbe Chartjsts should Bhow a bold front , and not aliew thea-§ dve « to be pnt down . If they allowed one after another to be arrested and thrown into prison , the spirit of the working cl »* 8 e * would be broken . He ibrjugbt if one man wsj arrest « 3 , that oufht to be tae s-gnal for a revolt . ( Hear . ) < The sootion was then put asd esrried .

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      iRBw Mr . 0 'Conkor said tbat be saw by & Second edition of tbe The Sun , which Contained a report of the proceedings in Parliament y « rt ? rday evening , and which had just been put into his hand , that Lord John Russell , in answer to a question from Mr . Wynn , had admitted one of tbe strongest of their pr > 31 t 3 ons—namely , that every man ia the country had a ngJU to arm . ( Hear , hear . ) To recommend the possession pf arms was wroDg ; but they had

      now the opinion of Lord John RnsselL Let them rest oa that opinion , and act up 9 n it . Mr . Attwood had spoken out very well last night , and he thought the Convention were highly indebted to bim . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Jehn Russell said the brandishing o ) these arras and taking them about for exhibition , was illegal . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . O'Connor ) would go further , and say that it was cowirJl y , foolish , ridiculous and treasonable . ( Hear , hear . ) Two or three persons who teek pikes or anv other

      iostrumeats to a meeting , were doing that which would commit every one of that meeting , and were acting in a most cowardly and foolish manner . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped some person would produce a short resolution to-morrow ( and he wouH recommend his friend O'Brien , being tbe fittest person , to do so , ) embodying the sentiments he had then expressed . POLICE SPIES . Dr . Fletcher begged to state to the Convention that he had been informed , and bad good reason to believe , that two squads of police arrived in Birmingham last night , from London . He believed some of them were in the room at that motneut , ( cries of hear , hear , hear , ) dr ? s ? ed in plain cloties . ( Great sensation , eTery one in tbe roam standing up , and searcbingly scrutinizing every countenance . ) He did not kcow them pprsonallv , but ke knew tbev

      were m Birmingham . He would hire no objection to these people coming in their livery ( a laugb ); feut he thougnt they ought to express their disgust at the conduct of the scoundrels vrho sent them , as well a * tbeir contempt and disgust of their tools . The police -were not paid by the people to be . "p ieon them ; and the sending of spies through the country wa * tV . e foulest part of a mean and dirty * y « tem of despotism . ( Loud cheering . ) He thought the fict worthy of notice ; and he hoped tbe peop ' e of Birmingham would have their eyes on them , and dodge them about through their ' several haunts . ( Htar , hear . ) He ( Dr . Fletcher ) had always received every civility from the London police , ? . nd he should think that r * an most culpable who offered tbem the cligbest insult if they bad tbeir police drjss on ; but when they went among the peopie a . * spies , be thought they oeght to treat them as the laws ol nature authorized tbe people to treat all spies .

      Mr . O'Brien , in reference to what Mr . O'Conncr had alluded to , and the advice he had tendered , begged to offer a few ob ? ervatioK 3 . One reflation would no : embody all the advice mx-essary to be aiven to tbe people . He was of opinion that a combination of the greatest caution and determination was nrcessary on the part of the Convention to prevrat mi .-chief from occurring at tbe approaching sicsultaneous meetings . Every possible ' precaution should be resorted to to guard tbe people against violations of the law . ( Crse * of hear , hear , hear . ) They should be advised against ea .-rvin * yrick * , arm-, or ar . y other dt = crip : ion of wrVpoas to the mectinps . Thev should be advised to m-irch solirr

      and orverly to tbe ground , aud the marshal * and oiaer offce-ers , having charge of tW arrangement * , shcu ' . j b » instructed to provide a-: ai :,.-: t vcry ~ < -a-ua ! tv : ha : m'jrh : give the meribg-s aa iliec ^ l complex ion " . Resolut-ions to this efiVc : should be agreed to by tbe Coavectioa , and published forthwith throughout the country . Other resolutiors would l-e al > . i necessary . It was possible , nay , more than probable , that , in spite of all our precautions , the enemies of the cocarry might excite tumults at : d ViDltnte at the meeting ' . ( Hear , hear ) iv . ies and armed rufiians in the st-c . et pay of our enemi ^ micht be spct to tbe meetinc * . ar , d : r « tr- .. c '' ed to promote a breach of tbe peace , in orJer to trive the authorities aa excuse for di- ;> er < iB ^ the people by arrn < rd ' orce . There wa * no teilinc to w hat ex * ri--rnities the people mi ^ bt be driven in ca « es of this kind , ual- < - the peoale vrerc fore- * -arn » J nf the ~> a *» tne

      y oujh : to act . Id his ( Mr . O'Brien' - ) r .-, ir .: or , it ought ro be a recommendation from rhe l . ' onven"ion to me Chairmen of tbe several meetirgs , f . j : >« olve the m-etingj at ocee in case any i -o'der sh-u'd manife > : it-e f . It wouU be the duty of the Chairman to advise the p-ople to depar : jjittly to their h-Tnes , and it was our duty to recarr . rnesd ' the people to yield implicit obedierce to thtir ( . 'hairman . in short , every means should be taken not onlv to reader tbe proceedings strictly les ^ l and orde ' rly , but a ! -o to arm the Chairman with the power of ai * r » lving the meeting tbe vwry in » :.-ir . t an ic f-ati-on was mar ; iffSUrd by the authorities to di « prrse ' . hern v -y despotic violence . To resoiutioas ernb > j yin ^ these several recommecdation * it wou . 'J , " he tho-- -. t , ^ be necessary to add otb-.-rs of a raore detii-o , but cot less needful character . It was possible , as be b ; -. d already observed , that 1

      &il our m ^ iprat'an ari ^ n- ^ r .-p :-ri .- ^ 1 - *^* ^ .. -. . ...: . ail our moleration and prtcautivinary sugirestions n ' uht Dot . 'umce to prevent tbe people ' s biorj from beice ? he ^ . by the illegal violence of ant ? nemW ? . It wa ; po *» ible that in contravention of tbeir own la . w » , the rulers and authorities of this country nrzht let loDse their blood-hounds upon peaceable and unarmed multitudes . Should any atrocity ofth : skind tate place , he trusted the people wou . d never a ^ ain assemble in public meeting , until every maa of them — until the whole nation —was armed . ( Cheers . ) He trusted a !« o , they would arm without delay , and that they would hold the live ? ard property of ; he upper and middle classes responsible for evjrv drop of : he people ' s blood that m : ght be "bed iu coi : traventicn of tbe laws . ( Cbeer « ) The Government and constituted authorities of this country were hut tbe creature * of the upper and middle c ! a * sc . s — creatures never titled but in accordance with the will of

      tbeir creators , and therefore it vras perfect ! v just that the upper and mi 351 o clas .-es s hould be held responsible , for tbe illegal ana de-tructiv- violei . ee of the maaistra' . e ? , soldiery , a :: d every other description of thsir tools and agents . ( Cbeers . ) It va-s hii intesrioa , in drawing up the resolutions alluded to , to embody in tbem eugj ^ 'Sf / ocs to the t-ffect tbas described . In short , it was aV-nlutely essential that tbe people should be fully provided fo ' r tbe present crisi * , and armed on all pjints app . in « t the tyrants who were thirsting for their blood . ( Load cheer' . ) He bad thought it nfcessarv t « make these observations , because it was no : im " . > s . sible that he might not have an opportunity of expressing ki « sentiment * to-morrow , as it had be-r-n intimated to bim that the officers had warrant * for the apprehension of severs' of th-- del- jates , and be understood tbat he was oBe of the parties .

      Mr . O'Connor said the object of the police in coining among tbem as spies wan , that they may know the members of the Convention , « o a ' * to be able to put tbeir hand * on them tbe firrt convenient opportunity . If he chose , he could put his hand on one of them in * miuute . He trusted , however , the people would avoid any encnuater with the police . The police were anxious for an affray , because if they only got a w-iuad a quarter of an iach long , and an eighth deep , they would tret a pen-ion , but the people would have nothing but a .

      rope . ( Lauszhter , and hear , bear . ) The Convention wa . < aware that hitherto the Irish people hid not been supposed to be so much with tbem as e ; . u : d be wished . He was convinced the Irish people wers to a man in favour of tbe principles thuy advocated . ( Hear , hear . ) He under-Mooti there was a Society in Birmingham called tbe Hibernian Society , and who were preparing to join the Convention . If they would attend the simultaneous meetine * , he would present tbem with money to purchase a banner for the occasion , on which should be inscribed , " Universal Suffrage , Kepc-al of the Union , and the Abolition of Tubes . ( Cheers . )

      Birmingham , Friday , May IT . Tke Convention sat this morurig as usual , at ifce Chapel in Lawrfcn ; e-srreet . The building was crowded to suffocation with strangt-rs . Oa Mr . O'Brien catering , he was loudly applauded , ADVICE TO THK PEOPLE . Mr . O'BRIEN , in accordance with bis promise yesterday , bad drawn up tbe following resolutions : The first was , " That ' Peace , Law , » nd Order ' shall continue to be the motto of ibis Convention 50 long aa our oppressor * ^ hall aot in tbe spirit of ' Peace , Law , and Oritr' towards the people ; but should our enemes substitute war for peace , or attempt to guppr ^ i * our Irwful and orderly agitation by lawlew violence , we shall deem it to be the sacred duty of fte people to meet force with force , and repel assassination by justifiable homicide . ' Mr . O'Brien then moTed the second

      resolution" That in accordance with tbe foregoing re-. olar . ion , the Convention do employ only lpgal and peaceable means in tbe prosecution of the great and righteous objects of the present morement . Being also delirons that no handle should be afforded to the enemy for traducing our motive * , ot employing armed force against the people , we hereby recommend the Chartirts who may attend the approaching simultaneous meetings , to avoid carrying stave « , p ikeg , pistol * , er any otber offensive weapons about their perSCa *—we recommend thera to proceed to '^ g ground sober , orderly , and unarmed , as also ' treat ai enemies of our cause any person ot * er ( 0 Dg w ^

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      may exhibit such weapon * , or who" hr aw * o& £ t «' of folly or wickedness , should proro&tf » b »^ cU of the peace , " Mr . Woodhouse 8 econd « d the resolution . Mr . M'Douall moved that the following t >« added , by way of addenda , to the resolution : — "And this advice be adopted , provided the authorities of the different districts where meetings are to be held , do guarantee a deputation of the people that neither the military nor police shall be ern . ployed agiinst the people , as Jong as the people conduct thennelves in a peaceable aadorderly man- * ner . "

      Mr . O'Brien thought ttas objects contemplated by Mr . M'Douall wonld be attained by s substantive proposition . He would rerommend th » t the Magistrates in the different districts should be waited on by the deputation , for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was any intention to taterfere by force , stating , at the same time , that they wished to conduct everything peaceably and orderly . No Magistrate would refuse to give aa answar . If they said they would interfere , which he ( Mr . O'Brien ) did not believe they would , that would be telling the people what they ought to do . Dr . M'Douall would persevere in his amendment . The ^ acti on was then put by the Chairmas * . * There were— - " *"

      For the motion 19 For the Addenda . ' 4 Majerity 15 The following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That the marshals and other officers who may have charge of tbe arrangements for the simultaneous meetings , are particularly requested to use every means in their power to give effect to the recommendations embodied in the preceding resolution . We also recommend that the a oresaid officers do in all cases consult with the loaal authorities before the meetiags take place . "

      Mr . O'Brien in moving the next resolution - ^ " Th \ t in case our oppressors ia the upper and mu £ die ranks , should instigate the authorities to assail the people with armed force , in contravention of the existing laws of the realm , the said oppressors in the upper and middle ranks shall be held responsible in person and property , for any detriment that may result to tbe people from such atrocious instigation , " —observed , tbat large bodies of the middle classes

      had been sworn in as special constables j and it appeared that they had , in some instances , acted with great brutality . They had not only beat the men known to be Chartisw , but they had ill-used and beat tbe women , and committed other excesses , contrary to law , humanity , and justice . He therefore moved the above resolution to show that while they themselves were determined to obey the law , they •^• ere also determined the authorities should obsy the law .

      The resolution having been seconded , was carried unanimeusly . [ Mr . O ' Connor here entered tbe Convention , ( one o ' clock ) , and was saluted with the most deafening cheer * . ] EXAMINATION * OF BROWJ *" and FUSSELL . Mr . O'Connor then rose , and said that perhaps the chairman would excuse him for intruding on the C invention , while he gave a short account of what hid taken place at the public office . As * oon as be heard of the arrest of Brown and Fus « ell , en an aj . plication from Brown ' brother , and FuBsell ' n hrother-in-law , he determined to go diwn to the office aad ict as counsel . He did so . The

      evidence against the prisoners was that of a tax-collector , who swore to some language used by Fussell on the 20 th and -21 st of March last ; and Inspector Field , and a metropolitan policeman , named Jenkins , who gave evidence against both . It mi ght cot be unimportant to observe , that all the rules of evidence were entirely dispensed with , that the evidence of the two policemen wai exactl y such evidence as policemen always gave— namely , evitient-e which it w < n impossible to break ' down , because they swore from written documents . What thi-y sirnre to was , what h-as uaid at the meetings held on Tui ' -iay night , Wednesday ni ^ ht , and last nicrhf . They swore that Brown said , " Meet ao-ain to nih

      -morrow g :, and cime with something in your hn > is , to repel force by force . " Nothing whatever appeared against Fu . Wll . He ( Mr . O'Cf . ) directed tat ^ attention of the Magistrates to the rules of ev ; Jenee . The evidence the policeman gavi was tnat they each separatel y wrote their own notes after they returned from tbe meeting last night , and then they digested oDe piece of written information from tbe notes they tool . They destroyed the notes tb «" separately took , and swore to that com ^ - drr . ee r-n one piece of paper . It was in . of Field , and Jenkins swore to it . The c < . ( Mr . O'C . ) pursued was not to cross-examine tax-gathtrer at all because he gave no evidence

      ataiLs : the prisoners that could in the slightest decree operate sgaiiist their liberty . The peliceman gave evidence which could have been subverted , but be couJd assure the Convention ar . d the public , that they might as wtll talk to the wall as lalk to the Magistrates of Birmingham on the rules of evidei . ee . ( Hear , bear , and a laugh . ) Tbe Magistrates had frequently attempted to stop him , but he told tbem he would not be interrupted , and that if he was not to make speeches they were not to nuike interruptions . If the ca « e had been closed according to his ( Mr . O'Connor ' directions as counsel , tbe prisoners would have been at large . He gave his advice to the prisoner * to

      abstain from saying anything . Fussell and Brown afterwards addressed the Court , and did Hot do much damage to themselves ; but a Mr . Bray , a solicitor , wbo , he understood , had been instructed by Fus-h-U ' s friends , made such an impression against the pr isoners , that he brlieved it led the magistrates to adopt the course they did . HeheggHr ] him to be quiet , but Br .-. y -aid he was acting for Fuv-tU , and he ( Mr . O'C . ) said to himself , " God sav-- me from my friends . " ( A laugh . ) Moevidtnce was given on which a man ought to have been committed . The magistrates' delibera ed for about an hoHT , and they deeideo . tbat the enormity of the crime charged on the two prisoners was such that

      they would oe guilty of a dereliction of their duty if they did not commit the prisoners into the hands ol ' the gaobr . Jenkins swore he would not hv abl- > to repeat the evidence he had yivea from the paper iu his hand , five minutes afterwards , and yet hesworu l : e was able , at eleven or twelve o ' clock , to recollect what he had heard at seven o ' clock sufficiently : o commit it to paper . ( Shame , shame . ) Field was the celebrated Inspector who , on all occasions , was s ^ ent by the Government to act aa a base s j > y to ferret out evidence , and wtll he performed his duty . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) asked the magistrates what amount of bail they required , and he had no hesitation in -aying tbat the conduct of the magistrates

      was illegal . ( Hear , hear . ) What bail would the meeting suppose wia required ? £ 800 foj Brown and £ -100 for Fas . * ell . ( Shame . ) He told tbe magistrates that that amounted to an act of tyranny—that the bsil should be considered in reference to a man ' s station in life , and that he would have him brought up by Habeas to try tbe validity of the bail . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one gentleman who appeared to be the mouthpiece and the organ of the Court—a Mr . Chance^—a very good name , far everything btfore that Cturt was as complete a chance < is if tae dice were taken and thrown for it . ( Laughter . ) Tbe matter then stood thus : —Those men were in custody , on the oiidenee of a

      taxi * a \ berrT , from whom there was so little information that he was not bound over to appear againFt them , and on the evidence , of Jenkins and Field , who said he wa-s cent down on Snsoay night . He ( . Mr . O'Connor ) yesterday in th& Convention m&de some allusion to thf dress of a s . py , and if they had ssen the manner in whirh Jeakinn was dressed and perfsmed , they would be satisfied he did bo * support it honeMly by his wages . He would take that opportunity of impressing on every one who heard him tbe fact , tbat there was no law fo / tke poor man in this country ; and that he must not look for pTotection either from tbe executive , the administrative the judicial , the legUl-itit i * , ot th * representative powers . ( Hear , hear . ) Such , conduct , however . would prove to the people that the makers of tbe

      law , and the administrators of the law were agaiiwt them , aad he had bo hesitation in saying , that if the Magistrates went on acting as they had done , that instead of the people relying upon their moral esertions , they would iu disgust and despair resort to outbreaks on tbeir own accounts . ( Cheers . ) There was no security for the life , the liberty , and the property of the poor man : and as his friend Mr . O'Brien had said yesterday , if there was not there ought to be no pTotecton for the life , tbe liberty , or the property of the rich man . ( Cheers . ) One of the Magist rate * of Birmingham—and he wished this to go f orth to the public-had told the people on a former occasion , when there wa » cou » iderable excitement in the country , that " there was no use in their moral nengen § e—

      that they onght to establish rifle corps , become marksmen acd sharpshooters , and that , then , they might uOpe for a redress of their grievances . " If ^ iown bad followed that advice be might have rendared himself liable to imprisonment , but the mapUtrate who gave that advice was held harqi \ f ( m while tfc . 9 poor man who did not follow t > jg a ^» ' (?

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      was hjlito bail . ( Cries of shame . ) He hoped the panple would behave themselves well—they weuld Rod thp . Jfcjriu such ,. hands as wa ^ toa powerful for them , if they stepped oae inoh beyond it . He hoped , however this would nut discourage them , but thit they would knit ¦ •' . themselves together io one Srm bond of union , for , come what would—•• come vr *}] , ootpef wW— -they would have that which ffoald pat aji end to thij order of things —Uaivernal Suffrage , ; And no-mistake . ( Cheer * . ) One result of the aMtyrt of Vincent aud the . otherj would be , that Wf , being brought fup ^ b y iltfieaa Corpus , wou | Wf . ableto trry . nat radrelf the legality or the arrftt ^ the comtnfeweut , but the legality of the CbarWitaelf ^ -.-no * before a jury of magistr ate ^ hut under ' the direction of tf constitutional Jud * e aud

      before a jury of their coimtrj-. ( Cheers . ) The result of sach a course , he * had no he . rita on id saying , would ops rate to their" ' advantage . He hoped , however , that , iu the meantime , tbe people would not give the eaemy an exctwe or ai opportunity for seizing a » d . arresting them-. He trusted hi ? had said enough to persuade the men of Birmingham tb » t there wers men steady and lejolute at the head of their cause , and that tcr the advice of those man they tpmt look for ' comfort and support . He had dwauarged all his dunes faithfully , and he trusted every one who heard him would be equally faithful ia the discharge of hi *; b ^ t the people wouli-aot discharge their dutiei faithfully , if in thinking of thennelve * they did not at the same time think of the cause . ( Cheera . )

      EXtCartVE COMMITTEE . It wm moved by M > -Br ? CHiRDSov , and seconded by Dr . Flbt&hbr : and carried unanimously , " That aa Executive Committee of th-ee perjons be appointed to sit i * v London to 8 > - [< erlnt * nd the presentation of th , e National Petition , to prepare the People ' s Charter , aud to confer with Messrs . Fielden and 'Aitflrooi &i to the b » st mode of bringing auch . Charter bafore the Hjuie of Commons . " *^ . Oa the motion of Mr . O'Brien , seconded by Mr . Mills , aa addres * to the Queen , prepared by Dr . Fletcher , was adopted aad ordered to be pr inted . ¦* . :

      BENT . The Seoretahy stated that he had received ^ h at day from the Bliiwo ' rth Working Men's AsJoqiation , £ 3 5 j . ; from tbe Working Men ' * Association , Gosport , £ 1 . A vote of thaalr . * wn then given to Mr . Luvett , theSecretary , for his impartial aud manl y conduct . A yota of thanks was also givea to the man of Birmingham , for the warm reception the members of the Convention had received at thbir hands . Tne Convention then adjourned till the first of July , unless the Secretary should find it necessary to convene it earlier .

      It was anuounced that if any one at the simultaneous meetings made use of atay violent language , or carried weapons , he would uet on hia ' own responsibility , and thitif arrested , the shield of the Convention woald not be thrown around hi-a . Tnree loud and hearty cheers were givea for the Convention by the strangers present .

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      » THE CORN LAWS AND THE CHARTER AT DONCASTER . Large meetings have been held within the last month at the New Concert Room , Doncaster , ia connexion with the iniquitous Corn Law system ; and the men of tha ^ to * n are urich indebted to Mr ' . Sidney Smith , of F > l \ nburgh , Mr . ttrei fr , of Leeds , Mr . ChadwiekjOf Arkiey , aud Mr . Shearman , for their able elucidation of the question in all its bearings . On Friday , the lO : b'inst , W . n . Chad-viek , Esq ., delivered a powerful lecture 0 : 1 the Corn Laws . On the following Monday he continued the subject . Willoughby Wood , E < q ., of C ; unp-all Hall , wa * ealled to the chair , amid loud cheers . In the course of his address , he recommended that « very man of sane mind should do all in hi ^ power to obtain a vote , and con * 9 que-itly a voice in the

      Government of the country . This sentiment received the loui and long-continued plaudits of that crowded a ? 'embly . Mr . Chalwiek ' s satirical remarks on Whig legislation were admirable ; aud the meeting heartily resposiled to his . statement , that vyhile we send missionaries to the North and the South , the East and the West , we—the pretended inculcators nf Christianity—supported that ht-ll-begotton ( 'measure the cam tax . Mr . Milner , of D-jpfianter , in proposing a vote of thanks to the 1 -, remarked that when he attended tin late of . the Corn Law advocates in the Town held a phalanx of ten parson * , and said , surely one at least of tbme " fithers in . ilraUe'hils voice in favour of th » people ; . to a maa' . they were leagued against the 11 .. d « . ' ...

      Well , wo arexftfeitly obliged to our lecturers for so ably erpla ^ aing the Corn Law question . The disease ha 9 « % Su , Vclearly . d-jmonstratwd to exist , but not one of ^ the gfeiik'mei ventured to prescribe a remedy . The lecturers , under orders , we prssume , from the Manchester " league , " have made it a point of conscience to favour us with a side thrust at "Dicky Oastler , " Fea-gus O'Connor , and tbe Chartists , and , at furthest , advocate Household Suffrage ; but , although no Charter meeting his been held here , we are sincerely glad to find that the men of Don caster arc nnt to be gulled by such devices . William Thorald Wood , E-q ., in seconding Mr . > lilner ' s motion , said- Gentlemen . — You have

      heard Mr . Chadwick ' * admirable lectures , and I presume that every oue of you is fully convinced of the deplorable tendtucy of the present or any other corn tax . That you all admit . Hut then comes t'je question— Hew are you to rid yourselves of this vile impost . " Will the legislative landowners be such fools , such simpletons , nuch nincompoops , as to attend to your petitions on the subject ? Will they , for the love of you , grant your de > ircs ? ( "JVo , no , " and laughter . ) You -ay rightly —they vvi | not . This obdunvcy on the p 3 rt of the M . P . m provokes the just ire of ; He "philosophical Radicals . " But did it never occur to these worthy Radicals tbat class legislation always bas bten , and always must be , for the interests of the few against ?

      those of the many ¦ Oh ye " philosophical" Radicals , you call the legislators " knaves" and " fools , " and all manner of ugly names—for what ? Wh y , merely for acting according to natural and immutable laws- ( loud app ! au . < e ) -for doing that which any other man—aye , even the virtuous " philosophical" Radicals , placed in similar circumstances , would have done . ( Renewed cheers . ) We cannot , nor need we , disguise the fact , the axiom , that where any men , or class of men , has irresponsible power over oae or more of hit * ftllow creatures ,. he will abuse that power . This is no fault of the officials—if blame is to be imputed anywhere , lat it be to those who place men in a condition which will necessarily lead them into temptation , and then turn round and abuse tbe rulers for the

      inevitable results of- your own imprudence . ( Hear , hear . ) Give men irresp mnible power , and ,, be assured , that from ! that moment thair interests are opposed to yours , for human , nature is suck , thnt every man is compelled to act for hisj own aggrandisement father than for tbat of others . Gentlemen , your course is obvious . If class legislation be , as I have said , alike injurious to the rulers and the naled , abolish at once and fer evw . « o foul a blot from the face of the land ; your only remedy will be Universal Suffrage . ( Great cheering . ) I am a Chartist . ( Rvut-wed applause , and an ironical cheer from one end of the room . ) 1

      know many real well-wishers of the people are opposed to , the Charter ; but tliis I attribute chiefly to the fact that , with a few exceptions , the entire press of Britain is leagued against its great principles . ( Hear , hear . ^ More lies have beeu published by the press , with r ^ gaTd to the Charter , than on any othar subject . Ill is a complete and most shameful system of misrepresentation , and ® nly serves to prove the awe in which the Chartists are held by the aristocrats and their tools . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Wood then stated that the Sheffield Iris , once an advocate of the People ' s Charter , had last week published a leading article , headed What has the Convention done ? " The writer of that article eilher discussed

      a subject oi which he was entirely ignorant , or else had been guilty of the grossest misrepresentation . He ( Mr . W . ) cared not which it was . That article , after making various false statements , recommended the people to unite on eoino gre-at question , such aa the Ballot . Now mark the wisdom of this bait . The Iris wishes you to agitate for the Ballot , which could alone Benefit those who now possess votes , aad would in nowise better the condition of the unrepre * rented nrilliens . Mr . W . then read a letter which he had addressed to the Editor of the Iris , in reply

      to the abo \ e article , and which reply the said Editor had refused to insert . Mr . Weod , in conclusion , observed that Household Suffrage would not do thera a hit of good . ( Cries of "Not a bit , " and cheers . ; Oa the contrary , it would increase the number of the people ' s tyrants . Mr . Wood gat down amid the hearty applause of the assembly , after one ftf the . atyent speiches which it has ever heea owlot . te hear * Mr . Letisok rose , and . \ n a weat speech attempted to reply to , Mr , W ^' g arguments ,

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      although hw chief - aim appeared to be to e * T ^ conduct of the . shuffling and renegade SheffieU J " - nis ^ rauerable attempt to wrcite « feeling agai n * ; the Chartists , by allusion * to . " Dicky Oaitler , " aad similar devices , was rery properly , met by cries of "Odstler ' saTory , " " Put him down , " with hisaes ana groans . These attempts of Mr . Lemon failing , the . worthy n > raJ-Torce advocate turned romnd and stated that Mr . Wood , in his very extraordinary and ill-timed speech , had acted unfairly iu introducing the Charter into , a Corn Law . maeting . If the Corn Xar wish to

      ivdpsa ^ aw hold exclusive , © ae-sided assemblies , and to preach to the people thai ; which thfrpeop l * could hare told their would-be teachers viz ., that the Corn Law is a grievous evil , without desiring to discuss the mode of repealing it , Mr Lsyison wa » unquestionably right , and we wish him joy of hi ? ' moral force . " It is , howaver , quite clear that Mr . Levison had bat ftw admirers in the meeting , a great majority being evidently ia favour of the Charter and no surrender . . Afcer three hearty chuers had been given for Mr . C ^ ad ifi ck , and three for the Chairman , jthe meetiBgim * e up . .., ;; . ;

      A * we are qotte ripe for the ChartefJat 'Doncas-¦ te r , and are inundated with * Vf hig-Rsdical lecturers it )•> sincerely to be ' 'bopwi that the Conrention will send to our town a missionary able and willieg fully and fairly to _ expound tVe mferite of the Charter . We can promise any saeb missionary an enthusiastic reception , with probably a liberal contribution to the National Kent . . At the recent Anti-Corn Law mseting-i , we observed on the platform C . T , Wood , jun ., Esq ., Neville

      , Wood , E ^ q ., Editor of The Nuturalist : i Mr . Edwia Lankester , Mr . Miluer , &o . & 3 . J ., J ThB faut of gentleman belonging to the higher rank * of society being favourable to the Charter , i * alike honourable to them lelves , and cheering to the real wall-wishers of the people . Among : this class we have m'ash pleasure in including the Messrs VVi >» d , of Campsall 'Hall , near Djncaster , Thomas ' Gully , Esq .., of Acfcworth . Park , near Pontefraot ( aad late AI . P . for that boraugh , ) and Charles Wat « rton , E * q ., of Walton Hall , near Watefield in this ountv atone . ,

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      RURAL POLICE . France has an admirably-organised gystew of preoeiUiw police—a , police centralised , ami adapted in all its parts as a powerful machine- of government to the utmost point of perfection . It is that system which the Whig Ministers , the quondam brawlers about public liberty , are endeavouring to transplant into this country , that its root of tyranny may strike deep into the soil of ancient freedom . and its pestilent branches may cover with their noxious shade a land consecrated by the immortal triumphs of constitutional principle . It is to eflfeet this object . that the indolent and frivolous Melbourne resigns the couch of effeminate idleness at the palace to make aa occasional exertion to enslave his ' country . It is for this that Lord John Russell consumes more than the usual portion of midni ght

      oil in elaborating into legislative provimoag thiae luminous notions upon police government , which have the benefit of tbe convincing evideace of Mr . Gibbon Wakefield—the erudite logic of Mr . Stipandiary Trail—the far-sighted patriotism of Mr . Fox Maule , and the profound philosophy of Mr . Benjamin Hawes .. } Aad behold the fruits of this centralized system of pDhce iu France !—the country whence our liberty-loving Ministers borrow the principles of their Police Bills , which are to establish a system of worse than Turkish Kadiisra on the soil of England , and give us the despotic decision of a single Police Migwtrate as the substitute for the verdict of a jrjttY . The fruits of that system in Franca are terrible and bloody . It is a system unlcr which , while rational liberty perishes revolutionary violence becomes a thing of familiar

      occurrence . The " preventive police" of Paris has unquestionably not been wantiDg in zeal or activity , under the " Citizen King , " in endeavouring to crush the freedom of the press ; and extinguish the power of public opinion . Its domiciliary visits to the printing ofibes of refractory journal * to seize and confiscate all publications at which the court chose to take « fte * sc < i , bave been of unexampled frequency . But what plots , what Tegidde attempts , has this centralized police prevented ? When we think of its preventing vigilance , for which the price of public liberty is paid , the names of Fieschi and Pepin , and Alibaud and Meunier , rush upon our recollection . VW see in Paris or in Lyon * personal liberty grossly invaded—the sacredness of the domestic home

      v / obted—publio freedom trampled to the eArtb . —but the peace of society ii ' jt protected . The last erne ate in Paris , which cost so many lives —mostly of peaceable passengers in the streets men and women—how did it originate ? In the noon-day—in a moment of apparently-profound popuUr tranquillity—no previous muttering of the breczs—no murmuring of the waters , suoh as forstell the coming storm—a banditti , consisting of between 200 and 300 ruffians , dreswed as working men , suddenly appeared in the streets of the French capital , in the central portion of tbe city , and are allowed to proceed , without resistance , to break into nun-smith ' * shops , and then to attack military posts . Where did this banditti come / ronx ? That is the " question . Nobody

      knew" They came—they went like the simoon , Tke harbinger of death and doom !" This one thing is certain , that , wherever they came from on their mission of murder , their violence was not the consequence of any spontaneous popular movement . The people-participated not in this obviously artificial and contrived movement which has added to the martial trophies of the Napoleon of Peace many captured omnibuses and vanquished hackney coaches . | Either this emmtti was a raere police plot or it was not . If it wa ? , what are we to say ef the security which society derives from a plotting ? If it not

      police were a police emeutc , then the po . ice knew that there was such % thing in preparation , or they did not . If they knew there was such a bloodthirsty conspiracy about to break forth , and did not prevent it , what are we to say of the execution of their duty by a preventive police p If they did not know there was such a conspiracy about to break forth , what are we to say of the knowledge activity , and vigilance of the centralised police ? We tan only say , in any view of the case , that this , Bourbon police is only strong to destroy public liberty but powerless to protect the lives and property of the public— Morning Herald .

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      MUHDER IN CADOGAN-PLACE , SLOANE STREET , CHELSEA .. On Saturday morning , a rreat sensation was created throughout the neighbourhood of Sloaae-* treet Chelsea , by . the- discovery of a . shocking and barbarous murder , wfcicb . had been committed on the previous evening at the residence of Harry Edgell , Esq ., formerly Clerk of the Arraigns for the county of Bucks , and now a Magistrate tor the couaty of MiddlewHt , No . 21 , Cadogan-place , Sloanestreet . The victim is a young female named Elizabeth . Vayater , under-housemaid in Mr . Edgell ' s establishment } , aad tbe individual suspected of having committed the horrii deed is James Marchant , the . uacU > r-footrnan . Tbe unfortunate womaa , wbo h-adnot long been in Mr . Edgell ' a service , was about tsA-enty-one years of age , and of prepossessing

      appearance , jwd Marchc « at , between whom acdjbis victim ,, it is said , an intimacy of a tender r ^ tore had sprung up since tbeir residence under the same roof is about twenty year * of age , and has been in Mr . Edgell's service about eight or niue months . On Friday , about two o ' clock , Mr . Edgell , with his family , and accosapanxed by the honaekeeper , coachman , and njM > en-footman , proceeded on a visit to NgrthCray , iu Vent , leaving the cook , the upperhousemaid , tbe deceased , and Warchant ^ in the care of tbe house until their return . AJtxout three o'clock , the cook ajad upper-housemaid left the premiKes to transact some private b \ mnws «' , at which time so . quairsl had , to th $ ir . knowledge * taken placo between the deceased and Marchacj ,

      both appearing on the best of terms , together . The cook returned sho * tly after six o ' ciock . but on ringing the bell * could not obtain admittance . Sh <\ h 6 wevw eatertained no suspicion that anything wsja . wrong but after waiting soiaa time went awayJ conceiving that her fellow-seisi-asts were playing her I gan » e trick . Soon after eight o ' clock she again returned , but met with ao . better success . While waiting tbe coachman wwi upper footman returned from North Cray with the carriage , to whom she immediately communicated the circumstance of her twice having been unable to obtain admittance They accordingly proceeded to the stables at the rear , from wheaee they obtained access into the

      garden , and knocked at the bacX door , which they found fastened on the inside . Receiving 00 answer they forced , it open , and on entering the houae they fonnd u all in darkness . They called both of tae parties b > name , and groped their-wav in the dark "ita teveral of the rooms without finding any trace of them- . On entering the front drawing room , P . owever , they kicked against some substance on the floor , which , on Stooping down , they discovered to be . the body of their unfortunate fellow-servant Elizabeth Payirter , and naw by the indistinct light through ths windows , which were not closed . , a nLvl ofblooi on thfc floor . They ingta $% Bl ^ c » - ^ h ' gh . t ?» whan a most horrible Spectacle vahS- ' - 5 . " ' . •* v- ••¦ . *?* . uted it-

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      self . The bodyiwasjexteaded at fnll leogth on th « carpet , tha lead towards ths windo * , « ni the feet to . warda the door . Oa the right side was a large too ! of blood , and about a yard distant , aad closa » he hwai , wail another . Near the feet of th » CO ^ ^ » one of her shoes , which had appirantly dece 3 flb . ^ been cast off . Her cap was off , and in a Btrugft .. * of blood by her head , and her apron , lav in the p 3 » i . « ofi , was by her side . The footwhich was like ^ ist . , ' 1 honae of Mr . Jay , a surgeon , man instantly ran WtW retarned with him , ana No . 42 , Sloane ^ streftt , who - -ssed an Opinion that on examining the body , e * p > - foir hours . Oa Ufa had been extinct for three' o . 4 an' ei »« oa 5 » ! D e dwcoveTv . . *«! aU tfis

      ^ : L l ^>^ ^ ^ , wo * n * on the left side , which had < fi » .. ¦ 'Ww maia vessels , and from which thd hasmo ^ rv , £ ?»} been most extensive . A razor , with wfcioh " " * ^ . * if deed had been committed , was also . founds ^ --- - short distance of the body . Mr < Jay , beKetinJ the tuna that the deceased had Committed the ac >> hersBlf , advised the servants to keep the tfecurrene secret antil thiey conld hear from Mr . EdgelL to r-W ^ -W "MMdiately sent the upper footman oa hofseoack for the par pose of relating the melancholy discovery , and also that Marcbant , the under foetm « n , was nowhere to b » fanad , applicaUoa h&yhtg ¦ u ?** Z a l th 0 res -a < M » c 9 of his father , in tbl n « ighbourhodd , resp € ctiHK him . bfttwifhonf »„„„ , got wind

      v dweovery , huw ^ ve ^ among the ser- * ^\ zZ t h » adjoiaxng residents , &n * aboat twely » Kaveoor , B 148 , who instantly weat to the how for tb * pnro *« e of ascertaining the truth of the state ^ 'rR ™ in a few ^ inutes followed by M-Kenzae-, B 44 , who had likewto heard of tha dreadful occurrence . Oa being admitted , they searched the house , and in tho pantry found a towel markrl with blood , which had evidently beea used by thejmurdererin wiping his hands after tha committal of the dreadful act , and which left io doirbt that the mrfortnnate woman had sot died bv her own hand . The acting inspector at the statianbonstrm Elizabeth-street , Kmlico r also" wdnt to fits spot , and left a police-constable in charge of tha house until the-arrival of Mr . Edgell .

      InterMgence of the- murder having been communicated to- Mr . W . B . France and Captain Bagne , K . N ., two of tha local magistrate ^ they proceeded t <> Mr . Edgell ' s house to ascertain the particulars Fk ^ ' ^ Dqairies , iQs !; itnbd bv thetn , it appeara that Mr ., Mta ., and Mias Edgell leffhome eirlier than was at first supposed , viz ., about half-pasfe twelve , lBawng particular directions wir ¥ the servants , « apecially the upper housemaid , " not" to ' abaanfe themselves . ^ She , howeve ? regardless offteinjunetion , prpcdecfed at three otioctc to visit her relations 1 at Ricbiaond . the cooi also going tewat h e friends elsewhere ,- leaving flw'uafortunate EUzabetk . ^ Paynter anting at needlework in her bediroom v 0 stairs , and the supposed imurderer , MiArchattt * in thaA lower part of the premises . ' Th * report that aa-imP

      macy or a tender nature subsisted between them coald not be traced to any aathentic source , th » other servants denying such to be the fact : and it wonld appear that the murder , from the coldness and rigidity of the body whea found , musr have- beea perpetrated within a very short time after the cook and npper homemaid left the premises . There appears no doubt that Marcbant , entertaining design * on tbe chastity of hi * victim , embraced the oppWtomty of the absence- of the family and of his fellow-servatits to carry them into effect ' . for which purpose , it 13 presumed , he proceeded up to her room , and eitber by means of a subterfuge-or by ' forc © got her down mto the drawing-room . It would then appear that Marchant had attempted to effect his

      purpose oa a sofa which stood on ( he right hand ° - .. 1 f , '" ag-roona , between the front wiadoir * which face the west , and the door , the- chintz covering of wfaK-h is declared by the upper house-maid , when she left the house ,- to have been perfectly smooth and in order , but which now appears ia great disprcter , and a footstool placed thereon which . was not there before . The ill-fated woman beinr possessed of strong muscular powers , it iasnppdsed , however , overcame her brntaJ assailant , and escaped from his-gresp towards the window , with the intention of raising an al * rm , and it appears she must bavB halfraised the Venetian blind for that purpose ( the whole of the blinds having bsen drawn dowa br the uppejhoosemaid before she left ) , whsn « Ji » »/

      -again seized by tbe murderer and thrown dewn on the noor-oftbe drawing-room but whether he- thea succeeded in effecting the objact of his wild desires has not been ascertained , no minute medical examination having yet been made . The position of thft body would ,. however , lead to that supposition ,, and that to-prevent her cries alarming the n 9 i ? hbonrhood the assassin imbrued his hands in her blood ] here-is no doubt the struggle between the marl dered woman and her assassin must have been fearful , her legs being somewhat extended , ono of her shoes and her apron off , and , in addition to her dress being , considerably disturbed , her stockings were found . to have been drawn half down her legs , while in her left hand-was grasped a quantity of human hair , supposed to be that of her murderer . -

      The wounds are in the neck ; tbe first , which is a , supernctal one , being in tbe front of the tb + oat , aud the one by which aha was deprived of life ,. extendiiur from the right ear , round the baok of the neck , dzvidmg the wheleof the vessels octhrleft side , and occasioning , extensive h-emorrhage . Tie villain , having C 0 m { flete < l : his crime , it ia- conjectured , proceeded-down staira into the pentry ,. and , hannfir wiped hut oanda-on the towel , wk 4 ch ,: with a napkin , have beea ; found there marked with blood ,, put ' oa hu great- ^ at aad hat , which are missing , and mada flji . escaae by , the the area nte ^ locking tae gate aftar tttia ; the key of whicnjjs no where to ba found . ' ¦ -r * -

      The murdered woman was a , native of Oxfordshire , of rather a morose disposition ,, and possessed great muscular strength . Murckant ' s father has for years lived intbe-neighbonrhood of Chelsea , and now jilU the .-situation of a porter at alibrary in Elli 3-street The son , previous to entering , the service of Mr Edgell , lived as page with , tbe family of Mr Elwvn , No .. 84 , Cadogan Place ,. and is described as being natarally of a very wilful disposition . It ha * been considered probable that he may have -committed suicide , and the Serpentine and other places affording facilities for self-destruction , have baen searched , but without any . discovery being made- J Mr . Jay , accompanied by . some other medical gentlemen , attended about twelve o'clockfor the

      , purpose of examining the body , with tHe inteariaa of ascertaining whether the sarmiaes above stated are well grounded ; but taey were not permitted to proceed ,. it being the opinion of Messrs . Edgell and Francty . aad Captsji Bagui \ that \ ha body ought not to . be further disturbed until after it has been viewed by the .-coroner aud . j-ixy , The excitement in the-neighbeurhood ot Chelsea , Pimhco , " and Knigbtsbridge , exceeds all belief . from an . early hour yesterday morning until long after dark . last night ,. the residence of Mr . Edgell was sunoonded b y hundreds of persons anaiously discussi ^ tbe point * - of the lamentable circumstances ., Av party oi police was . in attendance to preserve order .

      Dunag yesterday several officers cfthe B division were eag ^ ed in piosecutiug iaquiries to discover the retewat of Mar « bant ,. but np to a late hour last night he had not het-n apprehended . Tha iuquest wiiibe held bafort- Mr . Wakley thij afteraoon .

      BOiRBBSBKR . OF XHC . JtVaDERER , At a few minutes after nice o ' clock last night an express reached Captain Bague , the magistrate , who haa been activaiy engaged , in investigating the circumstarjces of the mexder of Elizabeth Paynter ( and who regained at home during the jreater part of yesterday to receive intelligence of the exertion * of the poliaa ) ,. that W . illiaja John Merchant , th » perpetrator of tbe foui . deed , bad surrendered himself to one of tte horee-patroV at half-past eight o ' clock , between tionnslow aniAscot . The accused evinced great distress of mii } d ,. aiid avowed himself to be th& murderer of the unfortunate young woman . He was immediately coaseyed to tb ^ statioQ-house at prentictd ,. and a communicatics : was made to th » local trate

      magis ^ -j ^ hom - Captain Bague informed the rej ) orter wo * i ] d no doubt ordss his removal to tbo police-station , Elizftbeth-streei , Pimlico , in the course ^ of the . jight , preparatory to the accused being , brongb 4 . before the corc-ipr and jury oa , Mon-^ ay . Captaia , Bague , as socn as he obtained tha intorm-ition proceeded to tk « bouse of Mr . Edeell . audcommuajcated the factoJ Marchanfs ajjrrender to that Gentlftinan ' s domB « ti ( a . The intelligence , soon , spread , through the neighbourhood , and caused a great awwabon . At tea o'clock last night th » house , «** surrounded by groups of persons in 5 ^ - ; a -sd rjUfflc * z

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      » > J ! f ^ ? V i AN ° -C «* -- ^ our men wer » held to bail last week , charged with maltreating f& ? & £ ££ •¦• officer belongiflg totfee Animak ' Courtksay HEDiTivvs . -Ths landlord of the tten i . ion » aad several bthei * , have received a letter from Loi ^ aa , Bigufcd « Vlilliam Caurtenay , " where 1 **~^ - he was osly in the grave seven day * , and that he will mai * an appearance , at the K * d l ^ ioD , Boaghton , in the course of this mop . th ; that [¦•^ r * « r . »» -fe-h » in preparation , and he will thett "a there expUia aU mysteries , » ud work miracles . fl C ' ** £$ & thflt * « fiv : Mr , Handley , of Herne H . il ^ hw seen one of the letters . Strange a * . J m 17 .. *? £ «»«• . tUM > T Of hi » deluded followeria

      * r « - -v t * ' «*" * ' e anticipaticg the day of H » . Sts" ** * ** - the latter end of May last jear !*****„ . Notable occurrence known as the " Cour-^ J ?^ tragedy" took plac * . The . subject is toa . nou 3 for h hoax ; und the attempt to raise aa ex-I citement of this kind is most discreditable to tha ' writers of these letters . — Kent Herald ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1058/page/7/