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      HOME . KMr . &ro > o » has got the Peerage of Camoy » , and 1 & Otway Cave the Bray e Barony . . The qcasdty of rain which fell at Yoker Lodga , Ere Mies -west of Glasgow , daring the month of August , 1839 , was-2 inches 22-40 ths . - ; ' - Thsijr-OTnr of rain -which fell at ih » Dumfries Observatory , daring the month of August , 1839 , was likrh £ ! 3 35-40 ths . ' A cold BAis mired -with snow , fell at Belfort on ftc " 201 h nit , and the summit of the mountain of th » Ballon -was coTered with a white capping . A Phexchjias , the other day , committed the Tery pardonable error of calling- Buckingham Palace * £ uck-and-ham Palace . " - ¦ ; ? s ^ s sn ^^ >—

      ^ Ve aus assured that the fine collection of pictures in the palace in -which the Prince of Orange resulsd at Brussels , is going to be sent ib Holland ! Gssat PKEPiRATioss are making at JDrury-lane by the new lessee , -who -mil commence -with a new drama of peculiar interest . - There abe 40 , 000 inhahitants in the island of Angisea , and of those , 24 , 780 have signed the totalabstinence pledge . 5 hekida > " Kxowxes is occupied ia writing a plav for Covent Garden Theatre , in which Ellen iWsrill Ristain the principal character . Twelve JorKXETME ?; shoemakers hare been sent to prison at Nenaiih , from one to two months , unuer conviction for assault and combination . T ^? ^^ g of Batjlru signalised his fele-d&y ¦ u ~ t i " » - ta , free Pardon of three stndents jJ ? pa <*_ & « en condemned for high treason to ah inuetciite imprisonment .

      A . Scotchman ' s Motion op London . — ""Well , Joan , what thintye o' London , boo , isV yon a gran place ? '' A gran place ! oh , man Sandy , it ' s just like a thoosand Coogates !"— Chambers ^ Journal . The Ballast Board of Dublin have decided on erecting a lighthouse on St . John ' s Point , on the Donor-mo , coaaw -where sevsral shipwrecks have occurred , j - 31 s . and Mas . Bisnop and Sir William-Scott , Bart ., have withdrawn all furilier claim to the ¦ AJrtb peerage , ilr . Barclay AHardice is now ' the oiuy claimant .-There has lately been discovered on the farm of 3 t .- \ v .-Bellow , of Adderburv , a very fine specimen oi a iusiil tree of considerable size . —Reading Merzury .

      Iheiie are sow twenty-one joint-stock tanks in the county of York , and fifteen old private establishments have within a , shon period become incorporated with them . . Els Grace the Archbishop of Dublin , the iii-Laaps oi Dawn , F ^ rns , fek , aril Goyne , are the lour ^ Insa representative Bishops for tae ensnin ^ Session oi Parliament . " - The > -thber of convicts at ths hulks at Brest , at the beginning of this year , was 2 IO 0 ; at Itjchefon 900 ; and at Toulon , 250 O ; in all , G 250 . Malou-n i * i Ms work , states in 17 in > -the total was 7 , yiK ) . __ As tee Sox of Captain Sevens was leaning over ine engine at TVheai i £ itty mine , the engine man put the engine to work , when . the poor youth had liis head puiied from off his body . —Corn xrali Moved Gazciie .

      L _ ircnLA- \~ GalSPvAITh , grave-ei ^ ger for the Ga --f c |*? pel bnrying-ground , Paisley , while engaged sj his vocation , and when prett ' v deep i : i a grave , was killed Qn the s ^ oi by the " falling of a head- ? ione into the grave where he was working . Tte roPCLATiox of the world is estimated ' at seven hundred and thirty million ; of-which fifty millions are Protestanis ; one hundred and twenty millions ( Sri ? tiaa 3 of other sects ; nine millions Jews ; and one jiaiiur-cil and forty millions Mahometans . A COAL-3 HXE has been opened in the island of Car- ^ ia , in the environs of Rotimo . by order of Governor SInstapha Pacha , and a quantity of rhe coal has been sent to Egypt , where it has be-in found snflieiently good to secare an order of several thousand quintals .

      O . raox to Gaolers A 5 D TrusKEYs . —Mr . Jnstiee Psrieson has directed the removal of the gaoler at L-diow . and a inrnkev at Newport , for _ qut-stionin prisoners with " the view to the obtaining" of evTdeuce for their conviction . —Bristol Mirror . LuXTEXANT-GeNE&AL SlB 3 \ 2 CHARD DoiY . MS Jackso . k , K . CB ^ Colonel of the 81 st foot , has been ap- > :-Iii-id to the command- of the forces in Canada , iu the room of Sir John Colb&rue , who is returning home . " . . ; ¦ The Pope has jtst cacsed the fresco paintings of Raphael , in the Vatican , to be restored . Thev had not been cleaned since 1702 , and were almos * entirely concealed from the eye by a thick-coating of dust . Xhey have now recovered their original freshness asd splendour .

      Tbksz is sot ix the whole port of Liverpool a angle graving dock fit for large steamers , aad they are obliged to be taken to Gla ^ ow , Belfast , aad Holyhea-i , when they want repairs . The Pooa Law " vV ' oeejiouses now in progress are to b 2 completed within the given time , n ^ der tae pei ; a 2 tr of £ 10 a-week for contracts wiiaiu XljAfi ) , aad rising to £ 40 a-week , for any above £ 5 , 0 ov . — Zixcrick Chronicle . The & ) E 5 » erkt "Wop . SHorsE-is to cost £ 5 , 300 ., and the m-idel to be that of Elizabeth ' s reign . The Grzirdians protest against the plan and contract of the Commissioners , and declare they will not borrovr any money for its erection-- — -Ibid . Ltettexaxt-Coloml Edward Anthony Angelo has betra appointed Chief Commissioner of Police , mi -i < 3 the Xew Police Act , for Bolton , at a salary of i' 5 "n > a vear .

      It is said the subscriptions for defraying the expcEse of the grand entertainment given to the Dike of Wellington at Dover , were not Sufficient for the purpose , bnt haye fallen short to the amount ofiiiore ilian £ 1 , 000 . —Globe , Tnz Chaetist maiority of the Town-Conneil of Carlisle have decided thai Lord John Russell ^ message to the Corporation , inviting them to increase the police force , shall not be complied with ; aad that Ms Lordship should be informed of their decision . —Cumberland Paoquct . ' . Ay I ? , 15 Hmax pnrchased the sixieenih of a lottery ticker , for which he paid one pound ten shillings . It caias sp 3 . tweaty poand prize , and he received one j »> u ^ l three shilunes . . " Itis well , " he said , " it is no worse ; if it had T > een a twenty thonsand pounds , I slionld have been nuned- "— -BasU ^ lontagifs

      JSssavs . Is the evidence delivered "before Parliament . on the connexion between drunkenness and insanity , it is slated that in Scotland , where they drink about three times one quantity of spirit that is consumed in Ji ^ giaud , the _ number of insane persons is about three to one , as-compared wiih ihe number in England . - A k-qmax of Barwheinj in Belgiuin , who had contracied habits of intoxication , perished lately by spontaneous eombnstion . Persons who were present , says ihi ; journal , deeiara that the £ re commenced in tbe mortis , and then extended to the breast and anns . Fxjdat was the anniTersary of the death of ihree diitliiir ^ hed indivi-inals—^ Lord Barleigh , who died in Iti « . t 3—General Wolfe , . killed in 175 &—and Charles James Fox , who died in 180 i .

      Tuz OitxrrflOLOGiCAL SociETr hare come to the de : » : nninatioii of hatching the eggs of all their xare birds- by means of the KccaleoCion , insUad of intrusting them to the caprice of the x > arent , as in the latter case they nave generally failed . I vTAXTiaDE . —It is a fact that the young person now iii ^ yewgate , to be tried for her life at the Central Criminal Court , on the charge of having destroyed her new-born child , is not yet eighteen years of E ^ e . She had lioi attained her , seTeateenth " year wi : cn she wa 3 Seduced by the man who was the faiiier of this child , bnt who , under the bastardy cia-se of the Kew Poor Law 3 was not liable to any part of the expenses of its maintenance .

      A SaABi Replt . — " I wish yon would grra me that gold ring on yoar finger , " said a Tillage dandy to a country girl , " for it resembles the daratioa of mv love for you—it has no end . " " Excuse me , sir /' s £ d she , l choose to keep it , for it is likewise emblsmatical of mine for you—it has no beginning . " \ Dbxt ^ kes Dcck- — Afew days ago , a ^ ^ dnck , b » - lon'Tn" a Mr . Marsland , waa placed on the table at the Woodman Inn , "Wakefield , when it drank a ^ l-sa of ale and axpennywoiih of braady and ^ ter and afterwards t hree Eixpennyworths in a t , mt , rtata . to the astonishment of ; the company ^ - think that tne

      P ^ ion Pilot . £ We should brutes who snbiected the duck to this experiment were drunk , —as the only excuse , thongh a wretched one , for their inhumanity J ItodABKABLir CTKcnMSTAKCE . —There is a hu £ 3 ko ^ 2 in the parish of Tarbet , . Easterllo 3 s , on wh . cn tradition relates ftat at one tune four lair ^ J ^ O ^ sii . and vet all of them sat on then own sept ic P r 6 T > ertik , each with his feet on his own land . There wS a hollow in the eentre of tne st-one wmch contained the botBe and quaish , from ^™* . ™ w ancient davs of feudal festivity , these ™* ff ; , d . j ubt . drained wplous libataoD 3 . —Kelso Chrome ^

      Xisr week , a horse , which Lad beenlcft stendmg in Castle-str ^ t , rery deliberately walked ^ to the shop of Mr . Fisher , hair-iresser , ; and hariag looked G-oisdy around , proceeded in the mest orderly mank-into the baci parlour . Here its attention waa taken bv a iar-e lookin ^ -g lars gainst ibewaJJ , be fore wbich it stood surveying nseif wua c ^ dentsatids ^ ion for -6 Eie ti me , shatingnsli . -cU , ar ^ Tieigii-Esss-if in aa raiacj of dJ ^ vl i ^ iuj ^ rc it -tn , Mr . ILL r , thi-gl . a £ r ^ :-rate to-i ^ -r , vas b ^ u e » s - ilr -11 o ^ c ^ - "iz ' . e cpon iraii a cuiiouier- arc : eviisI- ' -i : 1 Li : ; i > - ¦ ' -- i * - ^^ l * - ¦" . r » i ^ i . 5 U-U' .-i j . ' -jiiu ;—v . -m a ^

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      The Doncastes Cup . —This massive and splendid ? w . ^ ^^ P ^ te has forwarded M iwfcf - ^ - ^ ^ - lt is more tha& uaSy TaluaUe , . standing three feet four inthes higXad weighmg npWar £ of 500 ounces . The fom ^ Silt of ' the Etruscan Tase , on two sides of which ar ^ reliefs of horses , and from the other sides -mKne elVgant scroll handles , each surmounted by a ^ ffin ( the supporters of the arms of the town of DSncaster ) , one of the bass reliefs represents a beautiful group , composed of three horses-the old English hor ^ e , the Arab , and their progeny , the prLnt iracer ^ WS ^ SiB ^ -

      ± a * , ouua ' exhibits sixhorses at speed ; Both are chased in a bold and classical stvle-a praise ¦ a ^ n ^ dae to > workmanship of the erutos . Ihe enp stands upon a plinth of polished black marble , having an ample foot , the rim of which is ornamented with a richly-chased wreath , it is from the manufactory of Messrs . Storr and Mortimer , and , with the exception of the celebrated troodwood Shield , designed and executed : by that house , it is the largest and grandest prize we hare seen . I * is altogether a beatiful specimen of art and workmanship .

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      , MLiUWCKESTER . ( From ovr men Reporter . ) WHIG PERSECUTlOJy OF THE CHARTISTS -APPREHENSION OF MR . R . J . RICHARDSON . i "Whig malice seems to be about as insatiable a * their appetite for power and place . Not content with the late prosecutions instituted aganist the Chartists-at the Assizes , they seem bent upon pursuing the objects of their mali gnity to th « utmost limits of their power , in the vain hope of oxtermii nating the race . Unfortunately for them , the germ ^ is seated at a depth they will not easily reach ; and ; however industrionsly they may cut on" the sprouts , I "I Process common to nature , they-will only mul-I tiply the faster . However , time wili shew . In I KpP ^ ttou as tksv sow thev may expect to reap . Hie last Tictim

      ; . of their persecution to the present I tune is Air . R . J . Richardson , of Manchester , who j was taken from bis- own house , on Friday evenim ' j September 13 th , and lodged in the borough lock-ups ' : all night . The warrant was executed by one of the : Hoac becreiary's "rural" bludgeon men , better j known here by the appellation of " blue-bottlo" ' ; polite . i - ^ n Sa , . UTd 3 , ? morning , Mr . Richardson was placod 1 ?? °¥ r J 1 ? - X ott € r ' the Whi-dubbed Mayor , and , ilr Maude , the Stipendiary Magistrate , when the ! lollowing lnstractive colloquy took place : — ; Mr . Potter— "ibu are aware that vou have been > brougut here under a bench warrant , " charged with i seumon and conspiracy . j 3 Ir . Richardson—1 understand so . ] Mr . Potter—Have you any bail ? I Mr . Richardson—To wha ' t amount do vou require ; bail ' ' ^

      Mr . Potter— "We have considered the matter , and we thiuk that yon should give bail yourself in Kcog-^ izaucts of £ AJi ) , aaJ two sureties of £ i 00 each . Mr . Richardson—Then I must protest against the amount , inasmuch as it is contrarv to the precedent set in other cases . We have " here , ( producing a copy ot the Xorlhern Star ) the case of the Queen r . iijuerivorth , at the last August Assizes , where ynJy two sureties of £ 50 were required ; and we fea . - e t-ubsequeutl y the cases of the Queen i \ Rev . W . v . » Js .-ksoii , and ibe Qaeen v . Tiiman and others , in wlilcii sureties to the same amount only wer » j repaired .

      Mr . Maude—Yes , but these were parties differe-iiJy circumstaaced . Tlie question is as to the respectability and condition in life of the parties , l oil are in much different circumstances to what tae parties you liave named wero ia . The law has provided that bail shall be taken according to the « ojiiiinon and dejijree of ihe parties requiring it . ilr . Richardson—The law distinctly lays " it dovru ^ i » a rale that all men are equal , and makes no distinction whatever in point of property , but only in degree of olfciice . Mr . Maude—But in this instance we hav « considered that the bail we require from you is not too Hill Cxi * Mr . Richardson—If you persist in it , I shall be under the necessity of applying to the Judge l « xi term for a commutation of bail .

      Mr . Maude— "i ou have no occasion to wait till next term ; you can do it at any time bv applying at th > Judge ' s chambers . Mr . Riiiiardson—Of this , then , I shall take advantage . But 1 see no reason why I should be pur to this inconvenience when a grave and learned Judge Las laid it down as a rule that small bail only is necessary in these cases , and when such bail , too was proffered and accepted at a time of the greatsst excitement and popular commotion ; and when now , in my case all is peaceable and quiet , to demand such exorbitant bail . ilr . Maude—W « do not consider it so , according to your condition in life . Mr . Richardson—Here is a case , " The Queen v . O'Connor , " in the case of the Warmiustur Uiiion , where after a lengthened trial and coav . ctiua the Judge only required Mr . O'Connor to cuter into hia

      own recognizances to appear wuen called upou for judgment . And again in the case of " The Qu # ca v . J . Bronterre ' O'Brien , '' when the defendant was ' arrested by virtue of a Bench Warrant , issued la ^ t > ewcastie Assizes , and taken before a magistrate at Bow-street—there tho bail was extraordinarily low . Mr . Mauds—Yes , bnt you see all the case 3 you have now cited are different to your own , and do not appertain to it in the least . Mr . Potter—Well , have you any bail prepared ? Mr . Richardson—No . 1 have uot tak « u any trouble about the matter . My question lies wiTh the public ; they are the best judges , and they will consider the amount of bail to be fixed , and judge of it according to its merits . ilr . Potter- —We have no objection to divide the . bail and mnke it into fonr parts or sLs , as you-tbink it is too much .

      Mr . Richardson—For the amount of the recognizances you require I do not care a straw . There are plenty of persons in Manchester would be bail for me to any amount . All I care for is that a precedent shall not be established in this case ; and 1 do think that yon ought to be governed by the precedents which have been already sat by tie Judges of taeland . [ Hare ilr . Maude rose from his seat , and Mr . Potter » eeing he was likely to be left alone in the clutches ~ of . Mr . Richardson , hastily jumped up aiiu said , as he slided awkwardly towards the door , " Well , we'll leare word at the office that the bail you teudcr , if approved of , shall be taken . "

      And here Mr . Richardson was left standing at the bar to be removed by the officers at pleasure . Soon afterwards Mr . Peter Gendall , and Mr . Anyon Duxberry , two tradesmen of Salford , waited at tke Police-office , upon the superintendent "blu « bottle , " to tender bail , and that functionary having satisfied himself of its eharacter , lir . James Garratt Frost , a borough magistrate , was sent for , and the recognizances of these parties were s « - cepted . ilr . Richardson was accordingly set at liberty .

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      STOCKPOBT . ( From our ovni Reporter . ) COTJltT HOUSE , SATURDAY , SEPT . 14 . Before the Mayor , Jonathan Thornhill , Esq ., W . B . Worthington , Esq ., and P . E . MaiBland , Esq . THE BASTAHDY LAWS AGAIN . Mary Ann Hampson , a single woman , was apprehended on a charge of neglecting her child , whereby it had become burdensome to the Stockport Uuion . Mr . Barrington , the Governor of the Union Workhouse , Stoekport , stated that on Saturday night last , a young child was brought to the Workhouse , and a note for Mr . Bowden , one of the Stockpon Overseers , authorising ii 3 admission into the hou ^ e

      until further orders , the child having been left at the shop of M&ssrs Carrington , hatters , Carrington Yields , by its mother . - The boy , who brought the child to the Workhouse , said that the child had been left at Mr . Carrington's tinder the following circumstances . The defendant , who 13 the mother , Came to the hat shop on the above evening , and inquired for-Joseph Savage , the father , fr « m whom ehe demanded Is . lid . dao to her , wbich he refused to give her . She left the child , saying that he should keep it . She had not since applied for her child .

      The Bench having called upon the woman for her defence . She said that she had been a&gnainted Tvith Joseph Savage for 5 veyears last June , " during which ncriod he had over and over again promised her marriage ; but in tho course of two years after , in consequence of his father ' s conviction for clandestinely receiving Btolcn coal , and imprisonment for two " year . ? , ta * pcrfonnancs of the ceremony was put by . Shieo then—The Bensh—We cannot listen to storias of thi 3 kind . We have nothing to do with what" took place between you and Savage . Is this child yours \ Defendant—O , yes it ' s my child . The Bench—Then what ' have you to say to the charge against you ! If you were not able to maint ? in it yourself , you should have taken it to the Board : but , if you are able , veu crL ^ -. iOt father ii .

      The defendani replied that the father ought in common decency to do something towards " maintaining his orrn child , for she co-id not l > n ;; jr do it ; he had now formed an acquaintance -with another person ; in fact , he had taken his work away from the defendant , and given it to tusoii : eribr ike purpose of iasratiating her affections . He had frequently told her to bring the child to him . and he wouid take it home to his mot her , who would look after it and do well for it . Therefore , shu xlionght ilie-had not acisd a £ , a : r . st ilia liw j ;< tak ' - ^ iho . clilldand ° Ic 2 vhijj j ? wi * * i thr i ' dih .: ' ^ hiTBtn .:: ^ lon ;^ L . ^ r- : ; i \ :: e jaw di . l uot .- - ¦ ' -rrt'bc ¦ : , - -ri- ; v tf ' . ; e : - - ~ -- ¦< - ' i- " 'i iu ! : en ;

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      do her duty to it , and pay the expenses to which the worship had been , put , they would sot her at liberty . She had her remedy against the father afterwards . . - " .- . v- \ The defendant said she would do that , on condition that the Bench would recommend what course ^ v 11 !} 1 P ^ "su < ? against the father of tlje child . In © Bench did not consider themselves in a situation to give advice ; she must consult her attorney . The only question was would she agree to take the child and pay the expenses . The defendant answered in the -affirmative .: and was discharged . A Cheshire Farmer amongst the * ' Frail SlSTERTlOOD . " &lK ^ ij ^ Msi ?

      Margaret Lemon , Elizabeth Horrodes , ( alias Pretty -Betsy , ) and Kate . 'Hi ybyS * . trio o-i the pave . ' were charged with having on Friday last , taken from the personof J 6 hnCash , a purse containingniiie sovereigns , and stolen three sovereigns thereout . On thC-oase > being called , the prosecutor , who is near 80 years of age , came hobbling into the witness box , with the assistance of a stick . He is of a yellow ghori-haired breed , with a crimson snout ; and a face the colour of the red lion at Brentford , and apparolled m a old stone-coloured suit , stitched and cut in theObadiahfasliion . In fact , ho looked a , regular , jolly , _ never-caring chaw-bacon ; and although he felt himself in a very awkward predicament , he nevertheless , looked as content aud "as ¦ - comfortable

      as nine pence . " Cash state ;! that on Friday , the 31 st inst ., about liah-past one o ' clock , he ivent-from the market down to wIictb his cart : md bor ? e were , near tiro Bull Ton , MiLgatOj for the purpose of making preparations to return home to Warford , in this county . Horrocee beckoned him into a house' just opposite . He bad at that tune nine sovereigns in a dark-coloured purse mhis _ inside waktcoat pocket , besides two other sovereigns , and " , some silver in one of his trowacrs peckcip . On * going into the ho ^ . ^ , lie paid for sixpence worth of gin , aud afterwards paid Is . for some more gm . When he was nearly dru- k , Kate asked

      him to go up stairs ; and having no objection to the invitatiou , ho was proceeding accordingly but when he had ascended three or four steps , they all commenced jostling him ; and immediately afterwards he missed his purse : of gold . He refused to leave the bouse until his money was rctnrned . Thev said they would Lelp him to look for ihp purse ; and presently liis purse coiitaimng Kve sovereigns was given to him . On explaining that there were four shore , the povsou who brought hiin-the purse , and who lie thought- was lemon , then jravo him another sovereign '; but tleuiad ail knowledge of . tho remaining " three . Tho prisoners were then given into custody .

      Cio . < -.-c : ; -amiued by Mr . w . Vavgh \ n , vrho appeared for ihe accused—Come to Stock ]> ort nearly every Friday from AVarford—was not taking a walk after an old ai-ouaintance , named Scra > gj , on the above occasion—knew nothing about her , nor any oilier iHss Margaret Scragg—was not Ecirc- ' iin '' foV any body jiarlicular—it was the middle girl that put up . her hand for me to go . into-tho hoiuc—sho is u v r 5 ' . " P rctI . sort of n girl a :-d 1 thouglit --o- at thu time —( laughter)—Uid not know that "her name was Pretty Beixcg—but it was AW" that took me up stairs . : Mr . W . Yaighan : I suppo .-c vv- ] ic : i yon had-them both , upon you ? knees you ' repeated the words to Captain Mscheath . " How happy could I IxmtUJi either , If to'ther dear -charmer " wctv awiy . "

      Ca ? h : 1 know nout about him—he wnrna-thcrc—( lan . dner)—I only went two or three ^ teps belbro 1 mismi my money—it was a wron ^ step tl :: it * s truedid not make any bargain—nor shewed any moneynor made each . a present—' am tlirce bofercigus short —that ' s one a . piece—did not pay anything to JCatedo yon thi ; : s j dii not know Avfiat 1 v / aS .-doiiiK—got my Aar ; .. f the gin—we . had first a um'i » in , then a cUl ^ but no quart—aod it is . tnif , I aiu old , and ; . iey ve made me pay for it—had not auvihing !<> do with the wonior . beyond talking and driiiViurilcre

      ; . the prisoners gave hitimativn that Casj , ' " was not telhu ^ the truth . ] The agc < l and " yallow-hajrcd la . ldie" persisted in his innorence—di « l hot fumble with civ money in my hand—had not inv trovrscrs iu mv hand either—never pulled my purse out for anything—iiry . waistcoat was lyo ? e , bnt nootlior part of uiy clotlijuijwas—' am not unfortunate in th ^ se sort of things—did not recollect having bceu robbed in such j . bccs on any ' fiitu ' re occasion ^ - never was ^ - because I do not make a practice of it—if they tell you to the contrarv they tell von a lie .

      ihe Court—We are net r / uiic satisfied that vou ever had this money ; ea ? i you wrpfliico a witness " who ever saw it in your po 4 c ? sjo " 'h on vhis day ? I ( ash—To be sure : I received eleven sovereigns i from one person , two of which I put in this purse , i and put two others in mv trousers pocket to buy stuff wiih . ' J In answer to a question by Mr . W . Ii ^ batn , Cash [ raid , I do not mean that sort of " stuiF" uion—I ( laughter)—I mean grocerks and that , like . Do | you think 1 dunna know what I ' m dpir . k , mon ; Cannot tell how it was ; did not go to sleep , nor lie down—ncut o ' th ' sort , mon . ) The Court—Cash , where did you receive this i monev ?

      Ca .-h—Why , I received eleven sovereigns by ten o ' -ciock ith' morning from Mr . Blako for pigs ; but never showedLit any one . / Cash admitted being a married man , and having a grov .-n up family ; ind that tills transaction was not right ; and in spite of some of-tho best information ^ on behaU" of the police , he persisted in uot havint been robbed-in ' a noasts of ill lame . ¦ ¦' -. " By Mr . W . 'Yanghan—Never tol >] the prisoners that 1 had been robbed in a similar manner by Margaret Sc-ragg .-The Bench said they were not inclined to believe the testimony ; and therefore did not call upon Mr . W . Vaughanfor any reply or defence on behalf of the women .

      The Superintendent of Police said that he should not be surprised if the prosecutor did not next Friday go to the fame placo , for he knew him to be gniliy of poing to lewd v . - omeu , by whom he had been robbed more than once . The Mayor—Prisoners , you have on this occasion narrowly" escaped ' - being put upon your trial ; for had there boeii any oiher evidence than ' that of the prosecutor ' s , or had hi ? been somewhat stronger or moTO credible , we should have sent you before another trjl-unal . But we have doubts upon our minds , and we are willing to give you the benefit

      of those doubts , but if you come here again , it will be worse for you . Now , take my advice , which is , to change your course of life . You are discharged . With respect to you , Cash , an old man , we hardly know how to express our indignation at you , a mail grey with years , being robbed in a common brothel . You mustjsay all tho costs incurred in this-prosecution .- The ... mn « nstrate 3 are sorry that the girls did not take and keep the-whole- of " your money—it would then "have been ' "a- " warning to you ; and even at present you by losing part of , your money , will be able to measure , to a certaiu extent , the cost of yourfoliy and the price of your disgrace . Cash—Very well ; very well .

      He then hobbled out of Conrt , followed by the Syrens , who kept taunting him ou his way along the street , by pulling him by his coat or his stick , whilst a third would almost "kill him with kindness , " by clasping him round the neck . WHAT 3 S CAMI . NO h-TO PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLEUS Joseph Mayers , retailer of beer , Cheadlc Bulkcley , was summoned lor wilfully and knowingly permitting gaming on" his" premises , contrary to the tenur ar his liceiiae . Walker , a policeman , stated that on the evening of tho 7 th inst ,, he and Higginbottoiu , au assistant officer , were proceeding through hugeie . - - - and Brinkoway , and heariiig a " noisb in -iia-er ' s house , they stopped and listened , anil heard

      somej . erson say " I'll bet you twopence . " Suspecting that gaming was being carried on at tho tiino , tne officers entered the house , and found men and the landlord engaged at a table with a sort of " tcet ^ ttun , ' which was then spinning , and some : coi > pers also _ lying : before them . Tlie "instrument was accordingly seized , and the landlord summoned for wilfully permitting gaming . The tee-totum , which is of an octagonal form , and dotted like dice , was handed into the- bench , who . ^ aid that it was not a regular tee-totum ; but unquestionably was used for the purpose of evading the responsibility attending ihsplayiug with dice in a box . :

      Mr . W . Vaughan , solicitor , appeared for the defeiidant , and cross-examined Walker , who said that the house was not a disoruerly house , and , with respect to the instrument , he never saw such an one before in allhis ' -life . Mr . V . hereupon then submitted that according to the evidence , this bifence , if it be one , did not come under the Act of Parliament , since it had never been contemplated b y tlie Beer Act . This child ' s : play-thing ( said he ) was turned upon ihe table , and vras actually spinning at the time that the oSieers entered , and copper and silver perhaps upon the table also ; but before Mayers could be held responsible , it must be proved that it was an offence in law ; and if this were an offence , why were not the publicans , who were riot allowed to encourage any sort of gaming , brought up for permitting skittles to be played upon their premises !

      The Clerk said that no notice could be taken of skittle playing , unless there was a disturbance through it . : "" . : ¦ ¦ - ¦ - " : :. ' : '¦' ilr . Sadler , the Superintendent of Police , Baid that if ilicTo was any bcttiug upon the gamp of skittles , the officers would take notice of it undoubteilly . The ilayor observed that ikittleswcro generally played in tha back grounds , and inquired whether , if there was betting for beer , any notice wosld be taken against the landlords J 3 ir . Sadler , the Snperhitendent , replied that 110 Steps . Lad , as yot , boon taken-in 0 ucl » c ? . ? es .. Mr . W . VArci-iAr ;—Imust say that this case does ic-i-. coms Biider the terms ; .. f t ) : J Act of 1 '; rlianicnt ri-r-rri ; :- .: to ljci-v 1 yi ' . sos—tLe -. . \ -r * h oi' i . iii ^ h arc " - '' I : .- , 'xli .: ¦ : } -, uTi " :-. viciiv . piiri . i ' : ' any gp \' , t > ir , ' fcc . 1 % - -. - . iii .-L .: ; . „ j'i-j-: . ^ - : \ .:.: ^ ajaing- Wj ; pvr : iied o ^ i me :. r ? .-. i . . Acuvl ^ ii . j .:: vvc"is c ' . ' ivviiVC ; : ; di

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      some person ^ s betting t ^ opence ^ a bet the Chartists would be discharged from ^ Chester Castle--what hatrn is thero in ; that ! : Audi there is etronger evidence m the defendant ' s faTour that such a thu » i ' 5 ? - ^ -ff . fl ^ i ^ : ^'» o *«* fa » 0 ifB : w-- « eon by tho officer in this mortal world befori . It is not < h ^ 25 a- i yrb& * % * a mere child ' s tee-totum . The Clerks-It is an offence against th * tenor of iis-license , and not against any - particular deien . aant ...-.. ; -. ¦ . " . : "¦ " :. ;••' -. ¦¦ ' : ' . > "¦ ¦ "¦¦ - ¦ ¦ -. .-:.-Ilr . P . E ^ Marsland ^ But , Mr , Vaughan ,, wo must set you right on that ppint . Here ia ualaTfful bettniff distiuctly ^ proTed , for when the officer goes into the house , hefindsmbiieyuporithe table to show that some gammg had been going on . Mr , W . Yaughan—But surely , becauso a man is heard betting , tho landlord is pot liable to a me ; " ¦ - --. ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ - ¦ : - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - -- . " ' ' ¦ ¦ . - " . ¦ -

      Mr . P . E . Jlarslandr-iExactl y so ; but you must also take the gaming into consideration ; and certainly it is a game ofchance . Mr , W . VaughainUl ain sorry to hear thai the impression upon ; tho bench is against me . I liumbly submit that nothing but the botHngis legally before youj and the betUngeannbt , of Ttaelf , be gaming . As for tins teo-totum , it is hot dice-it is a child ^ s play-thing . Then there are two parts' to : prove to completo this case . The first is ¦ betting ; and certainly . the consta , blo states hearing one : person sar ijO- Ot ; two-pehce . " Granted ; but there is no evidence to show that tlvo landlord did it ; and that any gaming was gojng oh up « n which bets were madp , lhat ( and tho principal part of the information it is ) istiot before the Court . There was only

      betting ^ and upon what ? Tha " t tho parties were gambling ^ a more conjecture , and nothing more But , supposing they were gaming with this thing , there is nothing in the Act of Parliament to show tlia . t gaming is an-: offence ,, malum in se ; on the contrary , tho A , ct of Parliament allows ^ gaming , for thero is a . special clause in tho Act permittintr caming in tho Royal Palace ,: &c . bb Tho Clerk—But this is not the Royal Palace Mr . W , Vaughan —Cortainly . not ; but 1 have quoted the Act of Parliament vvitli a riew to show that , in law , gaming is not an offence , maluni in se . I do not dcfoiitl gaming—on the contrary ; but as we have the laws for our guidance , I refer to those laws to prove that . gaming- is not wholly prohibited in

      principlo ; and with p . fir : learned Logislators of tho present day , if tlicyhad thought otherwise , they would have done somcthihg ' . ip . -do- ' away with gaming altogether , both iu name and in practice . W

      ciri . pt of a tee-totum j for which is the more dangers ous , a bc ^ of 2 d . in money , or that in dnnki Uhmrest-ipna-bly , that for drink h . tho more wicked oii all accounts , supposing that there bo a comparative wickedness in the cases iii point-. Tho principle of saiinngisforinoney . or for - mpuey ^ s worthi and if o ; ie oi the cases be gaming , the other is not tho less so . If , then , tho charge in question , though not against the law , bo discountenanced by tho Bench I trust you will bo satisfied with telling my client that the practice will not ho allowed , since gamin" by cards rind ( lice are clone away with , and 1 am sure he will feel it to be his interest at once to comply with tlie wishes of tho mnjnstratee .

      llio Clerk—It has been decided tliat shooting with pcrcussioii caps at a candle is gamin / ' . Mr . P . E . ¦ .-Mar-stand—This game is o . sify '¦ cvaftinff the law against dice . Mr . W . Yanghaii suggested that his client . having pleaded ignoranco oi ' thclaw , lie should not be pumrhed . on that account , . particularly as his houso has hitherto borne a good character . .- ¦ Mr . fr . P . . E . Marsland observed that tho charge against Mayers certainly involved that of tuilawlallypermrttinga game of chance to bo played iii his hpiise . ¦ ¦ - . - Tlic " ¦ . Superinten . dont , and Walker ^ tho oflRcer , said that the defendant kept , i . very orderly house . 1 ho Bench-remarked , tlwt-a . house may appear to bo well conducted , and yet allow and encourage gaming therein . :

      The Mayor ! ,, ( calling upon tho defendant ); said-Mayers , Mr . Sadler certainly gives your house a £ oo ; d char . ac . ter . Tho information against yoa haying been made out , Sve cannot pass it over without a convietion ; but . we shall put tho least possiblo pon . iltyupon you that tho law will allow , which is 40 s ., including costs , for gaming ; becauso wo arc of opiuiou that this is gaming . Wo hope , however , that m future you will riot allow anything of this kind again in your house .

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      My Friends , —I am about to lay before you a review of the ptpceedings of the first ' . session ' ofthe first General Convention , appointed by your order for tho amelioration of your condition . It is needless to refer to tho very hasty manner in which so novel a 6 ody was appointod , whilo to go through all the circumstancos connected with its formation arid proceedings . ' would occupy a largo volume . I shall , therefore , confino myself for the present to a consideration of tho materials of wbichj in tho first instance , it was composed ; of the alin 63 t insurmountable ; difficulties Against which it had to contend ; the benefits which it lias conferred upon tho cause of tho people ; and , lastly , I shall explain tho

      reasons why its last moments were disturbed by apv parent dissentioiis about"finaueialmatters . Tlio contitution of the Convention , in its original form ; was a strong barrier against any-immediate step for the realization of Universal Suffrage ; from the fact , that there was a large majority . of tho attending members , who merely looked upon tlio' measure as a steppiiigstono to individual gain or promotion . I Phallgivo you a list of those of tho midcllo classes who withdrew themselves , from ; th ' e CoriTention ^ and , altliQUgli their motives for withdrawal were widely difFercnt yet theact oi withdrawal fx < m different motives had precisely the same tendency . " The following is a list of the name 3 of the middle-clasa members who resigned : —

      Mr . James Paul Cobbett , for Manchester and surrouuding districts . Mr . Artuur S . Wade , for NottinghaTn , Suttori 4 n-Ashfield , and Mansfield . Mr . Robert Kellie Douglas , for Birmingham and surrounding districts . Mr . TnojiAS CtUTTON Salt , for Birmingham and surrounding districts . llr-BENJAMiNVHADLEY , for Birmingham and surrounding districts . ¦ Mr . Joiiff Peirce , for Birmingham , its surrounding districts , and Reading . , Mr . Pa ^ uigk . J-iATtUFAy , for Perthshire and Fife-: shiro . '¦' .-. •¦ . : ¦ '¦ ¦ ' " . ¦ " : ¦ ' ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ' : . " ¦

      Mr . Huqh Craig , for Ayrshiro ; Mr . William Sieven ViLLiEns Sanket , for Edinbtugh and Mid Lotliiau . ¦ Mn Jahes Wroe , for Marichester and its surrounding districts . . - ; Mr . J p sEPit Wood , for ^ Boiton-lo-Moors . Mr . John Good , for Brighton . Mr . James Harris , for Shropshire . Mr . James ¦ ' Whittle , for -Iaverp ' opL , Mr . Besjamis A .: Tight , for Reading . The working men who resigned ^ ere— . . '• -... Mr . Reginald John Richarbson , for Manchester and surrounding \ districts , ' jyri . 6 showed good cause . ) Mr , William Rider , for the West-Riding of Yorkshire , ( who gayo a conscientious ; reason . )

      ^ Mr . : Alexander Halley , for Dunfermlirie , Kirkaldy , Alloa , Clackmannan ; Stirlingshire , and Falkville ;; ¦ ; ' i . ' ¦ " ''¦ •" - ' : Mr , WittiAM Gill , for ShoiBeld and Rotherham , < who assigned cause . ) Mr . James Fennev , for Wigan , Hindleyj and West . lloughton , ( whoso constituenta were ^ unablo to support him . ) / ; Mr . James Mills , for Oldham . Thoso of the middle-class ^ whotwerp eleoted , but did not serve were Messrs . R . B . B . Cobbett ; Kightixgale I believe ; Willis ; Smith ; of vliivcrpool ;' ¦ Muntz ; . Edmunds ; : a ^ Grocer of Tbdmorden whose riame I fprget ; Ebenezeb Elliott ; and Mri Stephens ..- ' - . - . '¦¦ ¦ : : .- ""• - , '• /¦ -. ' . . ' . ' . ' .- "¦'¦ / ' ¦

      Thus you . havo , tweuty-mue , a l ^ go majority of tlie whole ConVerition ; twerity-oile ( of whom fifteen ; were of the ; middle-classes ) resigned ; and eight of the middle-plasa , who heyer took their seats ; making of the middle-oiass : vxivry twentythree , who either resignedV . or did not join tbo CouveiHion . , ; . - . . . --. ¦''"" ; " . ¦¦ ¦¦' ¦; ::-. " " . In a calm and . dispassionato veview , it is not my business to offer a " Sharsh word ) which wpuld only icn ( l : to-weaken-argument ; a ; iu therefore I shall net Attribute any motive to ihoso who re ^ iiod I may , hm-rever * !•« s ! lowcd :. to observ e , th . 3 Vtho cl'JvCJOn Of those persons yroTsd that tiicy had tlic

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      public confidence , arid ^^ cpnsequentiy their resignatiph must have taken a considerable portion of that con ^ fiderice from the , Convention . Then I como id a consideratiou of iny second head , namely , the almost insurmountable difficulties against which the Con vention had to contend . Etery man witli a particlo of brains and the slightest reflection , will seo at once that Bectional and local , differencesr must havo followed as a consequence of so many resignations , and that a body , thus weakened , could not proceed with the same vigour as if no such evil had occurred . This , then , was the first blow at the Convention , which , added t& the terror with which all in power view the accomp lishment of our prin-Ms ^ is ^ s ^ - ^

      ciples ; the inexhaustible treasure at the disposal of our task masters for the suppression of our opinions ; the ready aid and hostile front which all who live by plunder in their several localities , ' wero read y to present to the Government , and against tho Chartists ; the prejudice- ' . ' of a landed and steam a , ristocracy acting as grand jurors ; the iinplacable hatred of those classes serving as petty jurors ; the corruption of the magisterial bench ; the unconstitutional and subservient conduct of the judges ; the oxpenso attending the procurement of defence ; the vialation of law , by the requiremerit of- . ' exorbitant-bail ; the dismissal from work ; the perjury of witnesses ; the employment of spies and iriformers . * the command oi' soldiers and police ; the dread of a

      rigorous prison discipline ; the endurance of taunt , scoff , geer , and scorn ; and , above all , the thunder and continued hedge-fire from that masked battery of cowardly assailants , tho devils of the daily and weekly press , were of themselves sufficient to have appalled a better organised body . Such were the weapons in tho hands of our opponents , an organised banditti ,, while our only arms were principles founded upon the immutable basis of truth , which no sword can pierce , no cannon can shoot , no terror can destroy ! Although lewd and unconstitutional power in the form , of the rankest tyranny may have triumphed for a season : yet it is a short one .

      What positivo position under tho circumstances could the Convention have taken ¦ , without coming into closer contact with all the appliances of organised tyranny ? and what , in spite of all , has been the resnltof the Convention ' s first labours i It has forced a consideration of our principles upon the monarch ; upon both Houses of Parliament ; upon the judges of- ' tho land ; upon a . 11 classes of society ; upon all the states , of Europe ; upon the press ; and , above all , upon the people themselves . It has established the right of its successor to sit , or to prove tho cowardice of Government by not suppressing bur body , "It has , "in the language of our excellent contemporary , the Northern Liberator , '' established the

      U 1 GIIT OF TUE PEOPLE TO HAVE ARMS . " IthasprOVed that the union of the people is all that is necessary for the accomplishment of universal happiness . It has proved that the people can be taught to obey just and mild authority , while it has engrafted upon their souls an indelible hatred of oppression : It has taught the people to know their friends from their foes . It has taught them their strength , a knowledge of their rights , and the means by Avhich they are to be acquired . It has done these things , arid more . It has taught them to look upon the . errors of the . first body thus hastily thrown togetherj for the accomplishment of the greatest change ever worked insociety j as alight to . poiut to its successors the shoals , instead of using it as a beacon to L'uide them in their future coarse .

      Cliartism , previously to the meeting of the Convention , was spoken of as a thing in the clouds . Tho light of knowledge has dissipated the mist , and the goddess , Liberty , now stands boforo the world ; at whoso shrine all must worship ; before whoso altar tyrants must henceforth bend tho stubborn knee . " Emancipation" and " Reform" took millions of money , and half a century of agitation , with offerings of scores of huniin sacrinces ^ before they had attained the position which , in less than eight months , we havo gained for a measure opposed by tlic wealthy , and which is to be tlio key to unlock and shed abroad the hithortp--Withheld promised " fruits" of the other two measures .

      What is the charge against the Convention—not by the brave and generous people , but by a portion of its own body ? Why , that the bciriefit has not been worth the expenditure . Gracious heaVeils ! where i 3 the th ing bearing the semblance of man who ' dares to make the assertion ? It is most easy to complain ; but it will bo difficult evor again to bring together a body , take them for all and all , who have discharged a difficult duty , as the first General ¦ Convention of the industrious classes . have discharged theirs .

      I come now to the apple of discord ; that infernal maohine , which is sure , to sow dissensions among men—money . In speaking upon this portion of my subject , I must be very plain : and , as I hold it of paramount impoitarice , from the watchful eneniies by whorii ; I am surrounded , to guard myself , with others , against the slightest imputation , ; . I must first state , that I was not blind to tho iesult likely

      tP follow the collection of Kational Rent ; and , forturiately for myself , I can appeal to horipurable men for proof of the fact . Oii tho 5 th of August , 1838 , the evening previous to the great Birmingham Dempnstriation , 1 accompanied Mr . Salt to the house of ^ Ir . Muntz , where I mot Messrs . ArnvoOD , Douglas , Moir , Purdie , Vikcent , Colliks , and others , whoa the following conversation took place : —

      Mr . An wood : " Now let us put the question of Rent to O'CoNNOB ; What do you thiiik of a collection of Rent , to back the Petition ?" Mr , O'Connor : " I am decidediy opposed to it , and for this reason—that it has . iiruined the cause of liberty in Ireland , by throwing suspicion upon all connected with it ; arid , although we may be pure , it will make us appear as a staff of hired agitators , keeping the system up forourowji benefit . " ; ; . ' Mr . Attwood : " Thero you hear . That ' s my own Opinion , and don't you think mo right in not being treasurer , and not allowing my name to be mixed up with it ! " : ^

      Mr . 0 Connor : "Decidedly ; it would ruin you . * Mr . Attwpod : "Thereyousoe , Douglas , O'Connor agrees \ yitb me . " Mr . Douqlas : "Yes ; but Mr . O'Connor ' s is only a ; n opinion ^ and one which , fortunately , has no Ayeiglit upon th <| question , as it has heen already decided . "" ; /¦ ' . . " -.,: , .:. ,:,,. . = > . ' , . .. '¦ -.-- " , : - .. ' ¦¦ > ir . O'Connor ; " I only moant it as an opinion ; but you haying agreed upon it , it will become my duty to giveit a fair trial . " : :

      Such was the convejsaitiori , in which oither Mr . Moir or Mr . Pdrdie agreed with me ? "but ' - ' ' s ^ We'd ; that the Scotieh : wonld have a sharp look out ¦ after ' the fmvds . The first application of the funds was tp Scud missionaries about , the country-for the purpose of instructing the popple , arid to ^ prpcure signatUTea to the National Petition . I opposed it upon the ground : that those constituencies tha . t : were organized would consider tho apprppnation of their funds for sUchpurposd as unjust . The quegMon , however , was carried ; and here I cpnfes 3 my error ; , for : I am bound tp admit , that rieyer Was money more jiidiciously and usefully employed , and never did missionaries do more zealous ; honest : and efficient 6

      duty . Now I come to the ^ rand envt Convent . ipri , which . I foresaw , and proposed to prevent . I was aware ihat '; np unifprm scale of exp-enditure couldbp established , arid Imoved that each ^ delegate should be allowed a spdcified sum , 10 s . per day ^ to cover his oxpences ; stating , as every : member can testify ,. tha , t any other loss uniform course would open the door for dissentiom I wag beaten by a motion that the delegates should keep an account of their espenees , aud should bo paid all reasonable charges , ; This motion has been { without : the slightest dishonesty- being chtiTgeable uponasfelamcinhevy ' > !«? cause . « f cverr ^ b ? 6 qr . 6 nt quiuTcl aboui xatucV . When sohh ! cleL-a-tcsiado

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      applicaf lOHfbr ^ an ^ xterisiori of time a ^ mofe mpneft I invariably : * pppsed it , and , ' sq >^ d many oth ers ; -hat t ^ ie just representatipriii" madfe by them of the good likely to result induced a compliance : npbn thepuk of the Conventionf and ¦ Iwell recollect '" its being fiwcibiy : urged ; that : eveir : hundred Opounds ape ^ would produce threefold . Those accpunts , ^ many / of which ^^ were outstaridirig ' ¦ ¦; frpm ' - - ; waiiit of ^^ u pennaneii ; Finance Committee , stoodorer until they becam * mixed up with the complicated bugihess of th « Defence Fund , and the second mission , of delegatoB i which ^ considerably augmented the difficulty of a

      settlement \ during the whole pf which tiine , portions pf the press which never had previpnsly noticed our proceedings sent reporters toSwatch , exaggerate , and circulate the difficulties into which the Conyenr tion had fallen ; the fact bsing , that no Sltislo oTbijeatiou was ever made by any" claimant to the decision of the Committee as to his account ; bujt spine , whose - demands had been settled , presented & very virtaejis front , by opposing more moderate ^ cha , Tgea made by others . The press , representing moneymongers of alt grades , has ; a peculiar interest ia magnifying the charges ; under thishead . Firstlv

      the rogues knowthat-by a foulvexpenditure of a portion of the . people ' s money tho masters have been enabled to steal arid appropriate the remainder to their own uso jand , secondly , their masters ^ are aware that no great measure can bo carried without supplies , and thence their motives for endeavouring to' disgust the people . With one exception ^ there was . not ; a single unfair , account handed in to the Conrention : arid when . th « cnth-e accounts are published , which- they mu 3 t be

      tliat will be se 6 n at once . I was present . at all th « scLuabbles , and took my part in them ; and they wero insignificant . compared to many thatl have seen in small local societies upon the same sore subjeci--money . However j we have this healing clause -all the accounts of the Convention will be ^ ublishod ; while no account has ever been given of thousands of pounds pocketed by Irish agitators for doing mischief , or by the Birmingham . traitors calimg themselves the Political Council , who taxeel the poor to betra-y them . ' .. . - ' . ; .. :- . : ¦/ : ; <

      Our whole expenditure for an eight months Session , and two expensive missions ,, hastiot amovinted to £ 2 , 000 ; out of which , a large sum was spent in transmitting the reports of pur proceedings through the £ «» newspaper to our constituents . If , in ita last moments , some members of : the Convention , who wished to fly abroad With a new feather , in their wing , had riot waited what they thought the proper time for a ; n exhibition of . great prudenco arid honesty , no discredit would have been cast upbri the body . The people remained firm to the last ; and any damage suffered ; has been from the work of the few members rather than from any imprudence pr dishonesty on the part of tho Convention generally . Ihave now shown the mariner in which

      tho body was ; originally constituted ; the losae which we sustained ; the persons opppsecl to us , and tho position we have acquired : arid though our gaols may be crariuried ; although I . ' may be th « next ; althougli brute force may exercise its yet unopposed authority ; though men may desertj of which I see evident signs ; -yeti if I stand alone , am prepared to sail through the storm in tlie bp * t I have embarked in . He is a cowa , rd who deserts it in the tempest . We have raised the storm , and we , must go before it ; forto stem it is impossible ..

      Oh | it is an easy tiling to work with a body taking -credit for tho good performed / arid shrinking from a . share in the responsibility attaching to a momentary defeat . We are ; neither ; snbdued , nor conquered . Oiir friends , and not our . eneriiiesj haw paraiysed us for tlie monierit . Theistaridard is bui bent ; it is not broke ; and , by heaten , it shall again be raised , when tyrants shall ciSase to hold their power , arid Whigs shall befho riiore . ^ To effeetthisj I propose "

      A NEW CONVENTION , To consist of twerity-one English , Welsh , ^ nd Scotch members : the thirteen principal towns of England and Wales to elect one each ; Scpt !^ & ^ t ^ elect ' eiglit . The thirteen English and Welsl 3 SiSt gates 1 will pay at the . rate . of £ 2 " perWedl ^ icii constituericy to add £ lweekly ; thereby makmy thto salary of each delegate ^ 3 ; and imposi ' ng upon Eng ^ land and Wales no ^ greater burden ; than . £ 13 per

      week . Should I bo ejected for one of : those places , I shall perform the Work gratuitously ; and , bolng compelled to be at Lqedsr-a : portion of each week , U costsme £ 12 a Week-to : go andretumj ^ ich Will make my cpntributidn : to th »; next General Coriveiv tion about £ 40 per week . For this you neeaV no * thank me . You hayo enabkdtrie to do jt ; ; Tha first wish of my neart is to see . " ypii free .: Hid I millions tO'mprrow , aH shouy ^ e : devotedto 1 ^ compUshment of iny darling object— "¦ .. ' . : '

      UXIV ? SK § AI . SlfJFFRAGB . I suggest that some bteatUirig time should he given for the ; proper arrangements ; arid . that the Convention Should : meet upon the first Monday ia November , to : ¦ . - . . ; ¦ : :. . ^' .. ' ¦' : '¦ . -. ' . - ¦ . ; ' ¦ " - ; . v- ; ¦ CARRY BNIVEESAL SDFFRAGE . I also suggest i for the nniformity of the proceedirige , and preserrationof order , thai ^ chairman should be appointed ; that John -Frost should be treasurer in whose hands I will deposit two months' donation ; and that Lawrence PiTKETiiLT ehould be pay inaster . ' - .:.- / " . ' : " '/ : ' ¦'¦' .. " ' .-: . '¦ ¦ : / ' . . - ' ¦ - .- ¦ - .- . - ''¦'' .. ' ' _ ¦' -. . '¦ ¦ . If John Frost had boenchajrmari ofthe latpCon :-ventioii ' . ' frota the commencement , We > should haya had no squabbling . '¦ ¦" - ¦ : . ¦ ¦ '' ¦ ;

      The ^ e , contributipns I wiablcd io make from the support which the - working classes have given to the" Siitr ; aiid as it has beou the . great General of the mpyembnt , let tlie ^ General ; now pay th « troops . Should teia ^ larifeiliXbut ii cannot !) I will name the day myself , when Universal ^ Suffrage shall be the basis of the Constitution ! I Should I lire j wiU enjoy it ; should I perish , you Will accomplisH it . When I set a , boutit , 1 was in ^ arnest ; and bv all that ' s just , I : swear that twill 'Mpir % to tte death . Ihave no friendsvat least lio ^ seTen / ah o ^ the : degree-V ) f working men -, therefpre I : kriow ^ ini danger , find tha hMi . wno * A nw ^ jj ' n .: « j i- ¦ : ;; ¦ ^ a . v ? t " ¦ aivni

      . = ~' . . .- ™ ~ - ~» "" j"w it ls . io . meetM ? - B ? cautious : how you giye creden ^ e ^ iSco ^^ without . proof . Yow hava enemies sufficie ^^ ur friends are few and powerless ; If I aW ^^ & myself , I ^ will beat 46 Tm .: a ^ ; op ^ sitibn ^ ) I ^ freedom ; I am a slave w ^ y ^ u ;^ hayo been madei presen ^ tav ^ ry ^ recei yedf Uo with opea arms ? and / my ^ ertudy ; % otigh life isbldf lie to rep ^ your . « jnfid « nce i ) y ^ e 1 ^ and aflectipn M jburJ order ;;; In concfesio nvinV fhends , yoU'WilV ^ bear : in ; mind thai we haVe tieen beaten for-the - praseritby trea ^ i not by the ^ memy and ihatit is child ' s plajitb ' phfour thumbs ^ in ad

      mouth just when we should ^ rallymg ^ ui forces andredonbling our exertion ^ ;; ^ fc ^ e fellows whi > have been lightened in the first skirmishy repair * some ^ snug local community ^; and there profitably paradethcir-own Tartuesari ^ tb ^ : vic ^ -oftii » eoiii yentiom To some it may , be ioore ^ lofiiaWe , bat recollect ^ that the ear wbjchV neyer heard ^ of Chartom till the establishment of the CpnTention , is nowmado ; familiar tpjfche soundof d ^ fiance ^ which we have . hurled ' at all unjust authority . . A ^ Coiiventipn composed ot tw ^ tyron ^ % Bmbpr 8 wiU-be a * good , and more efficient , than , one hundred . Look forvtbem ; , took WeU ^ r ^ eta ^ and set ' them to kai ^ w

      ^^ I the& 6 tch'vyill be mdyatyourcall , '' ' ¦ ¦ ^ andrlTegretniy ; inabilityto ^ payalL ; Howe ^ r , ihe " ^ : ^ bra ^ ft . blue ib ^ riets ; will v supp ^ " IJniTer ^ Stifirage arid ; no ; Sorpandej ^ is iny : ¦ ; - - motto . .. - ' -.. ; > i ¦ :- r" : ' ;) . - , ; . ' : - _ ¦ ' ' ; y : : '" '; - " .. - ; ' -: 7 ' - " " " a / .: : ; " . * ; v " - . ;'" - . ¦ . " ' : ' I am ,, you wij ^ the fusti an jackets , blistesed : ' , ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦! ';¦ " : baudfl , arid unshorn ohins , : /;; v ; : : . - W ^ rVr ^ sT ; I , ' -- Your - devoted , friend and servant , S ShgSKo ^^ ;¦ . -v / . " WliGUSiQ 'CO ^^^ - P . ; S ^ Never mind the > faumbng :. ojf th * «^^ p ^^ classes joining yoiu : iteU yon they ^ evqr ; 5 ]^ p ® 3 ^ iiecossitjr compels : tlicra .: / Thby . would- ratjfe ^ B-, ^^^^ the devil iaanfaeo Uniteksai . Srap . BAdii'iVdKs ^^ ffli ^ ' ^

      16 The Working Classes.

      16 THE WORKING CLASSES .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1075/page/3/