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      HISTORY OF THE GENERAL CONTENTION OF THE WORKING CLASSES ; JTith an Account of their Proceedings from Day Jo Day ; by Dr . Johs TaTLOR , Delegate for Ben fretcshire , Northumberland , Cumberland , $ c . No . 3 . EfTRODTCtlOX COJTEHfinED . On a motion of Messrs . Pitkethly and Neesom , Alderman Hadlet was called to the chair . The Secretary read die proceedings of a previous OF THE WORKING CLASSES : ^ ~

      meeting of the delegates . A letter "was readfrom Mr . Cleave , excnsing himself from attending on account of ill health . A protest was iead from twelve persons in the county of Forfar , in Scotland , objecting to the election of Mr . W . G . Burns as a delegate . On a motion by Dr . Taylor , and Mr . Douglas , the Secretary was requested to write to the parties , and to inform them that we ( the Convention ) cannot entertain the qnesfcion , but ( that ) it must be referred to a public meeting of the eonnfy .

      A protest -was read against the election of Mr . ALram Duncan , from the Dumfries andMaxweltown "Working Men ' s Association . On a motion by Messrs . "Whittle and Moir , it was resolved that if any question should arise respecting the undue election of any member , it be referred to Ms constituents to settle it . On a motion by Messrs . Pitkeihly , and Douglas , it was resolved that in the interimtrustees . be requested to pass OTer and transmit all sums in their possession va 3 well as all sums in the Inn of Grot-e an I Co ., lo the treasurers now appointed . / Una motion by Messrs . Piikethly , and Douglas , it -was ^ solved " that Messrs . George Rogers and High CraE ^ - be appointed joint treasurers to the Convention . The sum of £ 1 'J was handed ia by Mr . Frost , of Neiapart , stil : Monmouthshire , and paid to -Mr . Douglas .

      On a motion by Messrs . Pearee and Moir , it was resolved thai Messrs . Yineent , Hartwellj and Collins be appointed a sub-committee to receive zed arrange the National Petition . On a motion by Messrs . Silt and Piikethly , it was xes-jlved "That the delegates present form themselves into sub-committees for the purpose of waiting np ^ n eTery Member of Parliament , to induce them to-hpport the National Petition and the People's Charter ; and that such committees make a written report to the Convention . " Messrs . Feargus O'Connor and Douglas proposed " That Messrs . Salt , Frost , and Pitkethly be " appointed a sub-committee to carry the previous resolutions into effect . " :

      Air . James Paul Cobbett , West Riding Yorkshire , Thomas Smart , Longhbro' and Leicester , and John Skevington , Loughbro' and Derby , were then introduced as Delegates . * On a . motion bv Messra . Douglas and O'Connor , it Was resolved , That Mr . James Mills , of Qldham , John Richardson , of Manchester , Thomas Clutton Sail , of BmninghamjBenjaminHadley , of Birmingham , and Matthew Fletcner , of Butt , " form a depntation to wait on Thomas Attwood and John Fielden , Esquires , to consult with those gentlemen , and to ascertain from them the most convenient and proper season for presenting the National Petition to Parliament . " The committee appointed to look ont -for a proper place to meet in , made their report , and stated that the Hall a-t Doctor Johnson ' s tavern , Bolt Court , Fleet Street , was in their opinion the most eligible place , and which could be had for ten shillings per 2 aT . . - . - "¦' "¦

      On a motion by Messrs . Richardson and Peiree , the place was ordered to be engaged , and the next meeting to he held there . . '"" .-Teargns O'Connor gave notice that he should on a future day bring forward the question of appointing a committee for conducting the defence of Rev . J . iC Stephens . : Mr . Whittle reported that the sub-committee appointed to consider the propriety of printing official reports of our proceedings had ' npt yet come to any decision . ~ ' ¦ Thanks were . then Toted to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      BEMARKS . The question of most importance was that of the protests from Dundee and Dumfries , and in truth they involveda startling point ; for , if the elections haa been unfair , to what tribunal could the injured appeal , if noi to the . People ' s Parliament ? Inxlie case of Burns there was little to speak of , because It was the appeal of twelve persons , who , " if I remember rightly urged no argument either that the majority were dissatisfies , or that any important fonnhad been broken through . The case of Duncan ¦ was widely different ; he had not been returned according to the rules laid down , and generally , if nci universally , followed in Scotland . No meeting fox nomination-of candidates had been advertised : n <

      public meeting of the county called to give their epic ion ; no time for scrutiny of character , no oppor ^ iunity of opposition . Introduced and returned , the same " night , the people of that county had a perfect and most -undoubted light to protest against a nominarion and appointment which leagued them with the denunriatora of O'Connor , and tied them to the chariot wheels of the trinity of humbugs and apostates , O'CenneD , Brewster , and the Birmingham traitors ; bnt they did not protest in tie proper manner—they did so in the name of a working man ' s association , which the Convention could not safely communicate with without danger of falling under the Corresponding Act . Their proper plan ¦ was to have ealled a fair meeting of the country . 1

      laid the whoe circumstances before them , and intimated the result to the Convention , which then only could properly interfere . Although I felt the nimost eontempt for 3 > uncan—although -1 kcew that his election was illegal according to the rules laid down , and followed in the rest of Scotland—although , too , I knew that his retaining his seat foi that county would , for a while , deprive the Conveniior of those resources which its wealth and intelligence , and , more than all , its enlightened public spirit could at all times command , I at the same time felt it to be my duty to prevent the time of tht Convention from being squandered in election squabbles , aad that we , as a body , had no powei to legislate in the matter , aad . ^ nght not even u er the etter of the cia ti At the

      ^ isw l Asso on . same lime is was understood by the Contention thai 1 should write as an individual , and .-taic the . steps which should be taken ; I did so , a meeting was called , at which a majority decided upon retaining Duncan . The means by which this majority was obtained the Convention could have nothing to do with , although xt maj be my duty to detail the whole circumstances at a later period ! They attached no j discredit to the majority duped , s . n& still less credit ' to the majority who duped tbem ^ but of this hereafter . The result to the cause has been injurious , inasmuch as neither the signatures to the petition , nor the amount of rent has been worthy of a county which I know to be hearty in the cause . - ' -

      With regard to the propriety of waiting on members of Parliament to solicit their support ,- and argue the question with them of the People's Charter , there was some difference of opinion ; several delegates declaring that they would not degrade themselves by calling on or acknowledging in any way , the House of Commons . 1 confess there appeared to me an inconsistency in thvs , isasmnchas they accepted payment and , came to London to present " a petition to that house they pretended not to acknowledge , while at the same time they would not take the necessary steps to ensure its reception . -

      The great majority thoughl that it was their boundenduty to their constituencies , since a petition was to be presented , to do so under the best auspices , and that however little reason they had to hope from £ he Hvuse of Commons any favourable result , it wa 3 still their dnty to exhaust every resource , and take from -their opponents or pretended friends the power of saying they had neglected anything . In this view I acquiesced , and althongh I had no opinion of the members ( and my notes of conversations held with sixty—even of them which will come in their proper place , will show I had not overvalued them ) I was not prepared at the same time to consider thai any tronble or annoyance to myself could be considered . as a degradation when it could by any possibility tend to the advantage of the people , and I think there were few of the Convention who did not view

      the matter in the true light . Thereports of the proceedings of this matter are now before me , and they exhibit a very remarkable spirit as animating the Convention generally , for the very men who had been most active in denouncing the proposal which the majority had apeed to adopt , at once declared that though they did BOt feel themselves competent for the v 3 ? 2 . ™ f no opinion of its utility , they would cheerr . % take their share of any trouble which the Convention might impose upon them : the evidence of this generous ^ confidence , where many had so little expectation 01 meeting h inf used-new hone into the breasts 01 all , and led to aspirations which have been as well redeemed as in any human assembly they could be , as shown in the continued -existence and acknowledged usefulness of the Convention long after its enemies had predicted its xuin , and ks most - sanguine supporters anticipated its

      destruction . MI 5 TTK 3 OP TEBHTJiKT <> TH , 1839 . "On a motion by Messrs . Pitkethly and Doctor MTDonall , Mr . John Frosty of Monmouthshire , was called to the chair . On a motion by Messrs . Douglas and Colling Mr , L ^ rett vras appointed Secretary . - The Secretary read the minutes of a previous ! meeting of the Delegates . Mr . salt reported having seen . Mr . Attwood oh the \ subject of the petition , and that he had-expressed ¦

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      _ These names appear in the list given of the first day 3 proceedings erroneously , hairing been added : « i ^ rards , in order to facilitate the £ lling " over of ^ aaeB - - J . T .

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      his -wish that it should first be prepared and made ready for presentation previous to determining the day for introducing it . . On a motion by R , K . Douglas , and J . B . O'Brien , it was resolved— " That the Secretary be instructed to advertise in such papers as the Petition Committee may deem advisable , that all returns of the INational Petition must be made on or before the 28 th of February . - ... .. . The Committee appointed to consider the propriety of taking steps to insure an accurate report of the proceedings of the Delegates , reported as follows : ^ y % P ^ n ^ on previo ^ !?^

      That they agree unanimously , that it is not necessary to take sny such steps , but suggest the propriety of an occasional engagement of reporters , to take notes , and furnish a report of the proceedings of any day , which from previous notice given ot the business to be brought forward , may be deemed of such peculiar importance as to reqnire a fuller report than may be expected from the daily press , ( Signed ) " 2 axes Whittle , Chairman . " "Membersof Committee present : —Messrs . Donglas Dr . Taylor , Carpenter , Mathew , Sankey , and Dr . Fletcher . " On a motion by Mr . "Whittle and Mr . Douglas , the report was received as satisfactory .

      On a motion by Mr . Collins and Mr . Gill , it was resolved—That the names of the delegates present , be read over every day at eleven o'clock . On a motion by Messrs . Douglas and Pitkethly , it was resolved—That the name of Mr . Carpenter be added to those of Messrs . H . Craig and George -Rogers , as joint Treasurers of the Convention . I On a motion by Messrs . P . Matthew and Dr . Taylor , it was resolved—That a Committee be formed for the purpose of ascertaining the best means of extending political information throughout the kingdom , and especially in the metropolis , and t to report as speedily as possible . I The Committee appointed were , Messrs . Matthew , 1 Salt , Hetherington , Dr . Taylor , Carpenter , O'Brien , j G . Rogers , Neesom , Hartwell , Cleave , Harney , Vin-1 ^ ° h Cardo » Lovett , Craig , Lowry , aud Pitj kethly .

      On a motion bv Messrs . Richardson and Bussev , it was resolved—That the Queen's speech from toe Throne be read . A motion having been made by Messrs . Richardson and Whittle , for the appointment of a Committee to draw up an address to her Majesty , and haviug been withdrawn to make way for the following resolution , proposed by Messrs . Bussev and O'Brien , jiz , —That the discussion on the propriety of drawing up an answer to the Queen ' s speech be postponed . An amendment was proposed by Messrs . Douglas and Salt—That the subject of an answer to the Queen ' s speech be referred to the Committee for drawing up an address to the people of the United Kingdom , and that Messrs . Richardson and Bussey be added to that Committee . This amendment was carried .

      K 0 T 1 CES OF MOTIONS BY DR . TAYLOR . That on the next meeting he would introduce the propriety of appointing a separate and distinct day for conducting the business of committees . BY MR . CARDO . That at next meeting he would more " That each delegate be allowed to issue one order each day for the admission of a stranger to witness the proceedings of the Convention . " BY MR . P 1 IKETHLEY . That at next meeting he would more for the appointment of a door keeper . Mr . Good , delegate from the town of Brighton , was Ihen introduced to the Convention . Thanks were toted to the Chairman and Secretary and the meeting dissolved .

      REMARKS . The delegates met for the first time in their new hall in Bylt Court , and besides the vast difference in price , it was in all respects a place admirably suited for our meetings . It had two entrances , one to the hotel of Mr . Beck , and another leading direct to the Strand down a short open passage , with a Toomy lobby between the hall door and the entrance . The committee rooms were conveniently situated near the private entrance—the whole was lighted from the top , and , being at a distance from the street , all was quiet and still . The hall was hung found with paintings , portraits of the officers of the ancient and honourable ' Ijfe 1 / umber Troop , portraits of various members or the Cobbett club , with a good likeness of that extraordinary man himself . Banners , small mortars , cannon , and the other ensignia of the order . were tastefully arranged round the roomand the wholehad most imooain / iwm

      , - a ^ avuuu vn ^ , ojLiu iuc nuuic uou a UIOSL lXupOaing appearance . The hall might be abont sixty feet by forty—( I am not sure of its exact dimensions )—two tows of mahogany tables extended up each side with a cress one at the top on a raised platform . In the centre of which sat the chairman with the Secretary beside Mm ; the members were ranged on each side of . the tables , which were sufficiently apart from each other to allow free sommunication with the Secretary and-Chairman , and with each other . Behind the delegates , and arranged along the walls wero benches on which strangers and visitors sat , while at one side of the room , mid way between the chair and ¦ the public entrance , and behind the delegates was a table and chairs for the reporters , of whom there

      were always several present ; there were two fire places , one directly behind the chairman , and the other directly opposite to him , and between the two doors : at the side of the latter Mr . O'Connor generally stood when addressing the delegates ; from habit the members generally took the same seats . On the right of the chairman Craig and Rogers , the Treasurers , sat . I used to appropriate to myself a seat at the end of the table , facing the private entrance , and had for companions Dr . M'Douall , Mr . James Taylor , Petei Bnssey , Dr . Fletcher , and James Mills . Frost , Pitkethly . Sankey , and Whittle used to sit at the same taole , as also Halley . Richardson , of Manchester , always sat on the left of the chairman of

      ! j j ] 'l j -j ; Burns , 3 > nndee , was generally near him ; at the same table were Smart , Skevington , and at the extreme end near the public entrance , Neesom , Marsden , Rider , and Harney , took their places . As many as fifty-five delegetes were i sometimes present , and when surrounded by stran-! gers and ladies , many of whom visited us , each j delegate with paper and pen 3 "before him ; the whole j had an imposing and busines 3-like look , which imi pressed the stranger with the idea that these men I were met for no common pnrpose . To this descrip-1 tion 1 shall add that of one of the papers of the j day , leaving out merely the personal part of it ; it is J

      entitled—¦ " a VISIT TO THE KATIO ^ AL COJ « VEXTIO >\ \ A very rational curiosity is now felt throughout the country to tnow what sort of a thing this J < ational Convention is , which is jiow sitting in London , and what sort of people the delegates are who compose it . We thought the other day we could not more profitably employ a morning than in paying them a visit . ? * ? ? ? » We opened the door and fonnd ourselves in a very large room , large enough and lofty enough to be dignified with the name of hall . It has a large looking glass at each end , and a number of immense sized old portraits upon the walls , and one which ¦ Appeared to have been recently put up of William Cobbett . At one end- of the room hung two banners , with inscriptions , and several lists of subscribers to the benefit society of the Lumber Troopers : at the other end appeared two I small brass cannons , two flags , two coats of arms , and a piece of armour .

      Down the hall were ranged two rows of narrow tables , which were united by a cross table at the top . At the middle of the cross table sat the chairman ; by his side the secretary ; the delegates occupied every other seat at the tables ; and the -visitors filled the line of benches vhich run round the walls Among these were , at least , a dozen of the fair sex , apparently the wives and daughters of the delegaies . . ¦ - " ¦ ¦ . - We have been used to the noise and turmoil of the House of Commons , and to the unseemly sounds and sights which are there presented . We confess we scarcely expected to see that house surpassed in riot , even by men altogether unused to the forms of debate ; but we certainly were not prepared to witness so entire a contrast to that house as this

      assembly presented : and to find the difference bo decidedly in favour of the Working Men ' s Parliament . We have in our time been present at deliberative assemblies of every kind and character ; but never , in the whole course of our experience , had we seen so sober , orderly , decorous , and business-like a meeting as that in which we then stood . The man who expects to find in the debates in the Lumber Troopers' Hall a set of frieze ^ coated illiterate men , j all eager to speak at once , all yieing with each other 1 the vehemence of their gesticulations , and the extravagance of their language , and all dealing in general declamation , and despising all practical reasoniiig , will find himself most woefully ^ appointed . Their appearance may , without any risk of a charge of partiality from any one who has seen the two assemblies , be pronounced to be quite equal to the House of Commons .

      \ t ere , artery few men dressed with any pretension to fashion , for there are few young men in the Unction ; but we noticed one or two who might be pitted against Lord Palmerston himself . * * ? * * «/« £ » w ^ i ° S \ Gonv ention was composed of I ? on ?^ he J fi ? rv ' f- lot > kin ^ middle-aged men . tkfcft Ifi ? , f ? bers P « sent , we would undertake to pick out twelve as intellectual faces as could b : iTiuropI amdemal M * Wtf e * ual num"W hen we entered , the Secretary was reading the minui « of the meeting of Friday , and he was to with the most attentive silence . There was no shuffling of feet ; no noisy passing to and fro no ioud cnatienng , or unrestrained impatience ; he vras heard without interruption : and when he had

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      finished , the business of the day commenced , by Mr . Bailie Craigannounoingthexeoeipt of £ 30 National Kent from Glasgow . This gentleman made no boastful speech on the occasion : he simply stated the fact , and the announcement was greeted by a slight cheer such a one . as ^ night have come from the well-bred benches of the House of Lordfl . ¦ This" Bailie Craig in a man of singularly prepossessingappeai-ance tall , ^ U made—not © orpufent , as a bailie should be-with a broad bold forehead and an expression indicative of kmdnfiKsanrl h «

      nAvolence . He struck us as being one of the last men whom one would expect to find mingled in the strife of a revolutionary assembly . Great indeed must be ' the necessity , and dire the amount of injustice , when such men are driven to courses so evidently foreign to their nature . Mr . Craig was succeeded by several others , who announced the receipt of National Rent , and by two delegates who presented requisitions to the Convention to oppose the anti-Corn Law meeting . To our great astonishment , these requisitions were looked at by the Chairman , and placed upon the table without being read . *

      We left the National Assembly Hall impressed with a very high admiration of the business-like , quiet > and respectable manner ia which all their proceedings , were carried on , and the spirit which pervaded the assembly . It was evident enough that a class of elderly , bald-headed men , of whom , one of the delegates for Lancashire , Dr . Fletcher , may be mentioned as a good specimen , are the brains of the Convention , and direct everything except its tongue . The tongue , however , was always an unruly member , and they have provided against this as well as they can , by resolving that they will not collectively be held answerable for what any member may say . —( Extracted from the London News . ) Having thus attempted to describe the appearauce and effect produced on strangers by the Convention , I shall now proceed to offer a few observations on the proceedings of the day .

      In looking over the minutes it will be observed that the petition sheets were ordered to be sent in on or before the 28 th of February , and I wish this to bo borne in mind , as it gave rise to a mistake which at one period had : . nearly , created a serious division . The petitions were ordered to be sent in on or before the 28 th , which clearly proved there could have been no intention of presenting them on that day , as many days would necessarily bo required to put them together . Yet to this motion alone is to be attributed the error into which many fell , of supposing the 28 tb to have been fixed for the day of presentation , and the consequent discontent of some parties at the Convention having fixed the time two months later .

      0 Connor at a later date defended the conduct of tho Convention by showing that no day had ever been faxed , but the origin of the mistake has not been traced till now . . \ We were all anxious to have accurate repoitsj and many discussions took place in committee as to the best means of securing them , but I for one was deterred from employing regular reporters , and printing the reports . In consequence of Mr . Douglas averring that it could not be done under an expense of £ 50 per day . I have since learned to estimate his assertions at their proper rate , but at this time I presumed him to be well versed in these matters ^ and I could not acquiesce in gi \ ing any such amount from our funds . .

      The plan which tho Committee recommended , and which was adopted on two occasions was not found to answer the expectations of the Convention , and the want continued to be felt both by the delegates and the country of an authentic record of their proceedings and expressions to which they might refer j instead of having to resort to constant explanations inconsequence of misrepresentations by the London press . . -.. " : ¦ . -, - . . ¦ ¦ .-: The difficulty was certainly a great one ; but after mature deliberation . I think it mieht have hfiAn « mt

      over in the following manner , and I recommend it to the consideration of any succeeding Convention ; it is , that a reporter should be employed at £ 2 . per day , for which sum a person could be got capable mth the assistance of the delegates of making up a fair report . These notes , together with the speeches of such delegates as chose to write them out should be ' put in print every night , and twice a week published ou a large sheet , those intended for the country , upon a penny stamp , those for London and neighbourhood unstamped in tho same manner as the Athenavm and other scientific periodicals . These mi

      ght be sold at twopence each , or one penny , when not stamped , and each delegate should be the agent for seeing them forwarded to such of his constituents as would take them , and through whom the price should be received . These I do not thiok could come under the designation of a newspaper , containing as they would do merely a report of the proceedings of a particular body , and dealing in no general information . No securities , consequently , would be required ; but even if they should be , they would be the more oaSily obtained that , no advertisements being admitted , there would be only one half the securities required for a common paper . I am confident that many thousands of them would be sold , and far

      more than enough to cover the expense ; the surplus to be applied to the National Rent . But evon supposing that the expenses were not all covered by the sale , 1 should think that a certain portion . of the funds , could not be better employed than in thus giving circulation to the proceedings of a body to whom the people looked for advice , redress and protection . . .. The last Convention could not anticipate the length of time it was to sit ; and I , for one , while pondering upon this scheme , thought that before it could be in complete operation so as to be really useful , the expense would have been incurred and our labours at an end . Many other circumstances , too , concurred to make us hesitate . All -was new and strange to us ; we"had no precedent to steer by , and were like men venturing upon ice which they wero

      not sure would bear them , and weighing every step they took . Ihe next Convention , so far as matters of arrangement and detail are concerned , will have a comparatively easy task to fulfil , and with our example before them , may launch out more boldly and adopt some modification of this plan at once . With regard to the address to her Majesty , it should be here observed , that the original object which the movers had in proposing that an address to the country should be put forth by the Convention , was to have a sort of reply to the speech from the Throne , circulated at the same time , and to contrast the mystification and tho emptiuess of the one with the simplicity and dignity of the other . This end was not attained , and for reasons which will be afterwards shown .

      I early foresaw that the chief business of the Con-Ten tion would be done in committees , upon whose well-digested reports the Convention would have to decide , and my opinion was that two days each weekshould be deyoted to the business of comamtues . It was considered , however , that as committees could sit both before and after the meetings of the Convention , that one whole day wonld be suffipient ; and I have since been glad that no more were appointed , for I observed that many members who did not like to be absent from , and were most punctual in their attendance at the public displays , thought it no crime to b « absent from the committee meetings . As I shall list of the

      publish a attendance-during each day , andin committees , so far as it can be obtained , the public will be enabled to judge who did their duty , and who did not . The only reason why one admission was allowed to each member was , that the room would not hold more without being so inconveniently crowded as to impede our business ; but except on very particular occasions any stranger , who had no acquaintance with a delegate could easily gain admission by desiring the doorkeeper to get an order from any member who had not previously given one , and if there was room in the hall , no distinction of person was made , and no refusal given to any one .

      I purposely abstain from noticing any of the debates at present , becauso tho busines ? must be considered as merely preliminary for the first week , and only interesting to those who took part in the pi-o ^ ce « dings , _ but I shall be forced to quote pretty largely from various sources , when matters of ieal importance havei been settled down by the Convention . John Tayior .

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      * They were read afterwards in their turn , according to the usual course of business . J . T . '

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      MR . LOWRY , AND HIS IRISH MISSION . We give the following extracts from a private letter which has been handed to us : — 10 lawrence pitketii 1 , t , esq ., huddersfikld , My dear Sir , . You say that you have seen letters from Dnblin charging Mr . Lowry with a total neglect and disregard of his duties while here as a missionary from the Chartists of England , and you require me to state to you what I know upon tho Bubject , as I had ample opportunity of observing Mr . Lowry ' s conduct while here , and that these letters stated , also , that Air . Lowry made professions regarding arrangements which he ; had effected fora discussion with Dan s partv , which professions were not founded in fact—that he absented himself , and that the Chartists of Dubliii did not kuow where lie lodged , or where ne- was to be foiiud . ¦ :

      In answer to these charges against Mr ,. Lowryj I : do assure you that they are utterly unfounded . Mr , Lowry did not neglect the duties of , his mission : on the contrary , ho did , to my knowledge , every thing that a prudent niau could do , to have a meeting in Dnblin , and to explain , at that meeting , the principles of Chartism , and the views , objects , and intentions of the Chartists—or more properly speaking , ihe English Radical Reformers , the steady , persevering , and uncompromising friends of Ireland . This he could not " -effect .. ' . You will , no doubt , have seen , ere now , in the newspapers , a report of the Lord Lieutenant ' s speech at tho iiiaugmaaun of the Lord Mayor of Dublin , on

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      Monday , the 30 th of September : ; wherelu ; Mb Excellency compliments , in a very special ^ mauner , ' the jeKonawhpwere most conspicuous . in assailing your ; friend , Mr ., Robert Lowry , ^¦ %% the meeticg in Henrystreet . Hi ^ Excellency 6 &ys ~ ( i fhat I cannot ««/ - finently express my commendation of the conduct M yourfellow-cihssensywho , wtihouticmy extraordinary exertion of power , or withoutf < rny extraordinary assistance ] called for fa thi constituted , authorities , did , bytheir ownfree act , ^ d ^ atthosei ' emissatKsof mischief ,, who werejent from England Jo excite arid disturb t « , and who so utterly failed in that attempt , tMt they have ) been , I ; trust , effectually' discou ^ raged , , from renewing any efforts 6 f a similar nature "} , ' ¦' . ' : " - ¦ :: ' ' : ¦ : . . * : '¦¦ ¦ * ¦' . , -: .. ¦ : ' w ^ reiuhiBfikcel-

      Now-that pait of his Excellency ' s speech ; which states that these 'Vieimssaries of misehief sent front England to disturb uB ^ hert , is , to saythe : least of it ' , an excellent ^ falsehood . There -rtrere no "emissaries of mischief" sent here from England—there v ^ ere no '' emissaries of mischief " defeated here , by the paid spies who disturbed the meeting at the London Tavern , in Henry-street , ani who did : their utmost to create a riot at that meeting , which was legally called , for a legal purpose , by Mr . L . T . Clancy There was only . - ¦ one * person from England at that meeting—Mr . Robert Lowry ' , bfrNewcastle-upon Tyne , a qiiiet , modest , unassuming , amiablej apber man , who was foot sent here as an emisBary of mischief , or to " disturb us , " ' .. but who was sent here to

      contradict jthe base glanders and , falsehoods promulgated by : the base Whig and Tory ; pressV in Eiigland and Ireland , and to explain to the citizens of Dublin , and to all Ireland , the true-and real objects , motives , views , and intention ^ pf the Chartists of England—to meet on the spot , here , the covvarHiy slanderers of the English Chartists and Chartismito prove to the people of Ireland ,, that the Chartists were tho strenuous advocates of V' * peacej . law and order , '' while at the same time they advocated ' in a firmjipeaceable , legal , and constitutional manner , the rights of the best portion of the people— -the working , classes . This was the object of Mr , Lowry ' s mission here , and hot to " ' -disturb us , " as his Ekcellencv thinks

      proper , and is not ashamed , to assert .-. ' - It is quite true that a few place-huiitihg , punch-drinking , Iriah patriots did go with the assistance , oons 6 bt , and approbation of the constituted authorities , including the Irish Executive , to the meeting in Henry-street ; and there , in the most ; outrageous and ruffianly manner , broke candlesticks , chairs , and tables ^ and assaulted Mr ; Lowry , and overthrew the meeting ^ ; and that , the leaders of this ^ aug of drunken blackguards ^ who have been so highly coinplimented by his Excellency tho Lord Lieutdiiant , arpHfJ . j Murphy , attorney , candidate . for tho Town Clerkship ; Thomas M . Ray ; Secretary to the jProcurpors , and whose ; sou has lately got a situation- under the Government ; I . Lawfehsdn , a ; . clerk in the

      Million-onice , in tho Castle ; Thomas Arkms , of Mary * slaue , an old clothosrniaiv formerly a ; pot-boy at ihe sign of the " I | am , " in Wa , tlirig : street , now a candidate for the situation of store-keeper tP the Metropolitan-Police ^ f i Those were ; the leaders of the attack upon Mr . Lowry , and these afo the persons whom his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant selects as objects of . his special recopimendatipn . Jtist think , for a moment , of the visit of a quietv peaceable man , like } At Lowry , frighteniu ^^ thq CluefV Goveruor , arid all the constituted authorities of a nation , "from their proprioty . " : lt is now it has come out , that ' when it was publicly anpouncodthat Mf . Lowry hadaetuaily arrived in Dublin , the Privy Council was summoned—the police were ordered to be on the

      alertall the troops iri tile gairrisdn of Dublin ^ received orders to bo iu readiiioss at a moment * s notice- ^ - orderlies , horse arid foot , were seoti posting as quickly : as possible from the Castlo to the' fiatracks—tho placeThunterswerecalled . intp requisition ^ g-ndtoldjas they hoped for tho approbation and countenance of the Viceroy , to put forth all their strength to put down , and crush in tho bud | tho "emissaries of mischief , ' that is to p <> y , to prevent the good citizens 6 f Dublin from hbaring tho truth—from hearing of the treachery of the Irish Members and their great leader—from ( hearing of thi . ir support of the Irish Coercion Act , tho Irish Avins'BilJ , aud their ; absenting themselves from the liouse'when the motion for withdrawing tho poi ) 8 io > ii to tho Duke of CumV

      berland was brought forward , last Session of tarliament-r- to prevent them irotn hearing of the benefits which both countries would denyevftqm a cordial union between the working . ' people of England and Ireland . To prevent this , and to ; endeavour to foment jealousY , discord , and hatTcd ' .-between tho Irish and the English . people , was the duty which these plaee-huuting patriots uudertook to discharge . . ¦ .:-. - ¦ . ... - ... ¦ ¦ . V ¦ . . . ;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' -- ; - .-. ¦" . . ' ,.. '¦ It is right that you hhbuld know , and that the people of England should kiipw , these parties { but the matter does not stop here . The Irish Executive , to Druminondevidence

      according Mr . ' s , have descerided so low as to Bot up public-bouses in tho city , lor tho purpose of entrapping rthe ignbrant and unwary in the meshes of ' Bedittpa' ^ ' or what may be construed into sedition , One man of this sort , whose name is Patrick Gatfney , has been provided for in . a foreign country ; and the person ' who was employed by the Government to give money to Gatfney ' s wife , to get heroiit of tho way , was no less a personage than the far-famed Counsellor Costello , formerly President of the Trades' Union , a furious Rop ^ aler , and tale-bearer to Lord Plunkett , the Lord Chancellor of Ireland . V

      In a future letter 1 shall give you , I hope , rather an amusing sketch of l ' utriots peregrinatioua . Truly your ' s , Patrick O'Higoiks . Dublin , October 10 , 1839 . P , S .-One of those Government public-houses is about to be opened in my immediate neighbourhood , from tho windows of which every person coming to my house , can bo seen and recognised . ' P . O'H .

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      GREAT FLOOD IN THE WEST OF ' . ENGLAND . ' ^ ; . ¦ ; ( Fiom the Sherborne Journal of Thursday . ) SaOACITV AND GREAT VAfcyE OF A NEWFOUNDLAND Doo . —On- Friday last , a man : named Bartlett was coming in a cart on the road from Thornford to Bradford , wheretho road was itoodod with water to a considerable depth , and running with such violence that the cart was completely overturned , and Bartlett under it- The dog , which had been swimming directly at the head of tho horse * missed the man and the cart , and turning back , dived and seized Bartlett : by the collar of bia coat , drew him from under the cart , and swam with him to the bauk , when he got over into afield ; an soon as the dog saw the man eafo , he immediatel y t > luneed into

      tho water again , swam after , and seized the horse b y the ear , kept his head above water , and brought 1 him to the bank . Bartlett , who had by this time ' come a little to himself , ran down the field to where the dog was still keeping up the horse , which he endeavoured to extricate from the shafts by cutting the harness , but . could not unfasten the belly-band ; ho then ran a little distance and procured a large flint stone , and returning , the ; dog still holding the horse , beat but the staple , and liberated the hoise , which immediately sunk , but shortly after appeared again on the surface of tho : water ; and after a time the dog , which had never let go : hia hold , brought the horse to a place where he was got out o ( the water , and thus saved tho life of both the man and his'horse . . : v . :

      Martock . —This town has not experienced ' such a deluge as happened , hero pii Friday last within the memory of the pldest inhabitant . It rained incessantly from eleven o'clock on the previous night till about five o ' clock in the evening . The water rose fast all the morning , but not s 6 rapidly as to excite ; , any particular alarm even amongst , the inhabitants of those houses which are liable : at the least overflow of the river , to inundation . But about twelve at noon , the Water rushed down from the hills : in the vicinity , threatening to bear down all thaiopposed its progress / The ; ground floors and cellars of tho-lower part of the town were Boon flooded , and then commenced a scene of bustle and confusion auipngst the families inhabiting those houses , arid it might Well be said ( quoting the popular song , at present in vogue ) there' was , " such a getting up stairs I never did see . " There " wei- «

      several pigs , aod bullocks swimmihg about the town , but we haveriot heard that any wete lost , ; which may in some measure be attributed to the great exertions of sonie of the inhabitants , ; and , amongst others , we noticed the worthy vicar , Mr . Oakman . A young fellow , of a very gentlemanly appearance : but no doubt enyious of his swinish brethren , which were swimming in all directions , and perhaps wishing to show his . predilectioii ^ for mire , plunged into the water and swam about '¦ the streets for a , considerable time , to . the ridicule and no snSall amusemeut of the spectators , who iieyef before witnessed such a scone in their streets . A great portion of the land contiguqusto the river Parret i in this neighbourhood , still remaiiQs under water . A great number of apples have been carried away by the flood . No other material damage , or any accident Worthy of notice , ye are happy to say , has taken place .

      Ilcuester . —The -lttth of October wilVlong be i-emenibered in this town and neighbourhood / for , perhaps , the most tremendousi flood that has ever been witnessed by the oldest inhabitants The very heavy rains which had -faUen : ibr days before , with little iutermission , had filled the ditches to pverflpw and swamped the . grcund in every direction jthe evenine of Ihursday gayepresage of a comihgstorm ; the dawn of Friday ppeued with a torrent oi ' rain ^ continuing , without the slightest intermission ,- through the whole day , Whilo a roar of watbrs met the ear In every direction , llchester is divided from the parish of Northover ( on the London road ) by aiioble bridtre of seven arches ; Over the river . Iyely and navigable at times for barges . to ; Lahgport .:. . For a tinje ; tho river , sustained its natural course in the npper channel , but at length its barriers gave way , and the rushing flood spread wide its sea of angry wateri with

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      a fury no human aid could stay . Confusion and dismay / spread through , the neighDourhpod . ' Pijpvir dehtially ;; help , lieingat ; hand ; cattle ofeveiry description we safely drifen away ^ save a valuable Old , but blind , oart-liorsebelonging ' -. to Mr . Harris , of thi King ' s Hami which could not be teached frbiri ihe rapidity , of the flood : ;; woriderfulj hpwever , to every ^^ perspii wasi the escapeofthe ; horse ^^ byinstincti or sbmjf' property undefined ; he had ; broken , nn a safe . direction , over ^ hedges ^ ^ : and ditches : to ; high grounds in Lyinington parish . Nbrthover cornntflj , adjoining the bridge , was an pbiect of great fury to the waters , which , with the dwelling house adjoining , munaatea a : furyjno ; p ^ y ^ A >? ould V Cpiifu « on : and

      was to a considerable neighty with great damage to flour aud coTfl , hayj &c ; \ At the usual time ( six o ' clock ) the Telegraph coach from London arrived at the Darlington Hotel , to phange horses ; the water m the street being then high , and rapidly iricreasing , the pagsengCrs . cpuld-not alight , anq , for 8 afety ,, were drivel over the bridge , to the Castle Ihh , in ; llchester , the change of , horses following ; here the passengers took alarm , and many-refused to go ; forward , the whole town being encompassed b y a sea tif water , iipr was the coachman without his feara for himself and horses ; we are ; happy to addjhowever , they forded the water in safety .

      Between eleven and twelve o ' clock the same night Mr . Shorland , sujrgeon , the late bailiff , returning home thrpiygh deep : water oh horseback ^ found a man at the——i " nn , entreating the servant for assistance in carriages ; and . horses to remove the passengers from the Vivid night coach , which / from the depth of water , had stuck fast on a bank of mud ^ and dirt , a inilp pri the Ilmiiister road . ' - To ehforce the nian's appeal ; Mr .: Shoriaud begged the servant-maid to mention his name , to her master , when the answer was—"; -I . t :-WilI bii of no use . ;;^ ^ master will not get up . " Cpmmori humanity demanded assistauce , and oh such an Occasion the petty broils of proprietPrs and coachmen ( if any ) ought not to interfere with the moral , if opt legal , duty of innkeepers to the public .

      by whom they are sustained . With his usual decision arid kindness , Mr . Shorland accompanied the manto the Dolphin Inn . ; Mr . Payne , the proprietor , ; Was ; instantly on the alert , and with horses , carts , and other assistance ,, accompanied by Mi , Shorland , they braved the dead of night and the depth of water , ( many places more than four feet deep , ) to the relief of coach and passengers ^ and safely removing them , in the . first instance , to the stairs of the Victoria public-house , fortunately :. a . fewyards distance , and which was itself inundated , andultimately to the Dolphin Inn , llchester , whero they experienced every attention .: IJnder the direc-\ ioa . of Mr , ; Sfiorland , horses were procured from Mr . Haiftes , a neighbouring farmeri and the coach

      was , with Uttle damage , safely extricated ^ During the attempt : the London mail passed , and ^ with a jeering laughy wished them success . Heedless for the moment i the coachman : drew , his horses on the bpppsite bank , and was liearly overset ; the poof guard , arms deep , descended to draw off the'leading horses . Pigs in their styes were : in great danger , and many were removed intp the first floor above the waters , with the inmates . ' The Nprthover Hotel was high and dry , but the houses opposite suffered a severe ^ inundation . The loss of apples must have been _ immense , one man ; having secured 1 as many as will make him two hogsheads of cider . Proyidentially , no material personal injury has been received . The town of llchester stood proudly above the waters—a safe asylum for all around .

      SiiEnBdBfJE .- ^ The inundations cansed by the heavy rains cf last week , and ' more particularly of Thursday night and Friday last , Were truly , terrific , puttingu total stop to travelling over great portions of the lower parts of Somersetshire , cauBirig . at the same tjmo considerable injury to property situate in yales in the immediate vicinity . , of -large rivers . Tho waters of this neighbourhopd also were never known to he higher , although fortunately : no seribu& damage vva 3 sustained . , Irt neighbouring districts , however , it will be seen by the present weeks paporj the results were , in spmo instances , vory disastrous .

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      JUDICIAL ^ SLAUGHTER IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA , The latest papers from South Australia being accounts of the trial and execution pf twp natives . They were found guilty of murder . It ' appfeaxs probable from the evidence , that each of them had been concerned in putting a settler : to death . . We say probably only , because no jiiry in this country would have returned a vordict cf guilty on the evidehce produced at either trial . The evidence , moreoverV in both cases , consisted chiefly of admissions made by the accused—or said to have been made by them . The distinction isimpbrtant , inasmuch as the alleged admissions consisted partly of words and partly of manifestations . of feeling , which may have been misuuderstood , In the face of the public at the trials it was doubtful whether the interpreter succeeded in

      making the prisoners understand the nature of the proceedings , and quite certain that neither their language nor their sentiments were made intelligible to the court . *< It is , " said the judge * " a ,, painful feature . of the present pasei that , ; however desirable it may bo to make the prispners thoroughly under--stand the proceedings j this can only be done through the medium of interpretation , in a broken laneuage Of which the interpreters themselves have onlva limited kripwledge . '' What reliance then wasi to be placed on supposed indicatiens of guilt manifested by the words or demeanour of the accused before the tnall . ISO evidence for the defence was adduced Nor would it have been possible to adduce any and for two excellent reasons—first , because the rmsm ,..

      ers wore obviously ignorant of the nature of proof and disproof—had rip more notipn than the floor of the court-house of what it behoved theni to establish in order to rebut the charge ; and secondly , because even if they had had twenty native witnesses' even to prove an alibi , not one of them could have beeh heard without being sWorri . arid the natives of South Australia , being profoundly ignorant of the nature ot an oath , are not allowed to give evidence in the c ° urt v , ' Christian settlers . Of malice aforethought ' : . not the slightest . proof "was ofterpd ; nor , for the reasons above-stated , had the acaused any opportunity of showing that there was provocation from the deceased . But counsel were : assigued to the prisoners , who bade speeches in their defence

      - ; yes , but without ; ' instructions , Without the possibility of atty commuhicatipri from their clients—just as if a learned gentleman had been assigned to plead for two dogs uppu trial , for the purpose of inducing the jury to tako a favourable view of certain reported barks , howls , and motions of the tail . The ? e creatures were condemnea on interpreted symptom merely , and had no more means of defence , even supposing them to have been wholly innocent , thau a dumb brute . It was clear , however , that they disliked being hanged . JAfter , ' says tlie reporter , . *< the warrant for tneir MMution had been read by the Sheriff , the unfortu > mevrnen were led . or . rather dragged , upon the scaffold , and placed by the executioner on the fatal Detore

      U ia 0 J l " , ^» ° t ) setemed quite aware pt the tate which was overhanging them . Their countenances , especially that of Yerr i Chajbetrayed every ^ ymptom of terror , exhibiting none of that stern determination which despises to show a fear of death- ^ a characteristic of the natives of some countries--but , oh the cPutrary , evincing every symptpm of apprehension and dread of dying . Yeirr i Cha's limbs quivered , and his , whole frame was agitated , while Wang Nucba , though showing fower symptoms of trepidation , made violent protestations in his own language , as we understood him , against being hanged , " Nothing in the whole case is

      certain , except the decided objection : of these savages to be hanged . All the rest is doubtful : whether they killed the deceased—whether with or without such lughly probable-provocation as would have rendered the . act manslaughter or justifiable homicide in English lavv—Whether or not they ever understood the charge of killing with afbrethought- ^ whether they had ever heard of the English law of blood for blood , and even whether they were in any degree aware of the aim and scope of any part of the judicial ; process . which subjected them to trial for " murder" by "God aud their cpuiitry "—all , save their terror at being hanged , was doubtful , and was so because theyxveresavages . .. ¦ :.

      On these grounds alPrie ,, then , it seems repugnant tp every spurce of moral justice , that sayagesshould be made liable to , the processes and penalties of the criminal . law of England . But these were not the only objeotiona to such a course . - ' -The ' .-whtte ' men settled in Soutiiv : Australia without consent from Jihe- natives , and ¦ declared . them to be British ; subjects . equally without their consent It was impossible feu-them to consent ,, either to the commumcation ; of ^ their territory ,, or their bwhsubjecticn to the ^ Enghsh lawvbecausetheYareincanablA oi the result

      . unaerstanaing s of either the one or the other . It ^ ay ^ be too ,--for we know , ^ t fd ^ an know , so little of these very inferio T ; beings , astcS incapable of speaking ^ with certainty on anf S respecting them ^ that in their estimation of S and wrong , the killing of a white SI ^ S country , is rather virtuous than : criminai ^ ' » On E » & ^ *? . eye ^ toess , " the native huts , h £ mediately atter the executioii , wo fouMthe . women and ^ chi dren i and many of kern , lameSSl mqst pi ecus : manner , and with their sable fies bathed in tears , the , death of the twj S ? ' Not only , it seems prpbable , are they utterly ighorani of ihof ht ^^ Reachable with : respect to ^ b ui sublet ^^ rS 1 UgS i Common witli U 8 ontffi supject . pt crimes . In many savace lands tW greatest thief , as we should call him Si ^ honoured of his tribe . This SpeSo to le ^ S case luSpnth ; Australia . " I ^ m iu £ ed " s ^ d the advocate-general , "by those ^ ho ^ reSewhat acquainted with their ci ^ toms . ; thS tneVSS inemseives

      is almost unknown ; and this Aow ^ tfiat S ' weRv ^ T ^ * ^ ^ ^ Sm gh as ^ woll say , that inasmuch as beavSra do not sftal wr ^ titfe ^ f ? ^ of ^ Wd wrong . But the fact does show that these savages have sensos ^ widely different from 4 ^ tSK r V& punishmontwhich ; he clearly regards with -horror ,- for any act which we consider

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      wrongs bat which he ajay deem right or ^^ indifferent is joprjall y as unjust as to haric the cat for killing a ' mouse on Sunday . ! "We subject their , instincts to tiie penalties : of our law ] we punish these stranw custPm 8 , ; habitSi and jJropensities , call . them what you will , according to this statutes at large . It would be equally ju ^ giriorally ¦ speaking , if a MosBUl man invader of thetr' oonntry should bastinado them for drinking that rum with'which , as it happens we encourage them to labour ;— Colonial Gazette of Wedaesday . ; ' < .-. - . \ ' : ' - . .- ¦ ¦ --.- - ¦ - ¦ ¦ - ¦'¦ ¦ ...-. ¦ ¦¦ , : v ,. ; ,- ; wrong , bat which he ^ may deem right or iridiffo ^ t

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      The . CHATitiSTS of Bradford are taking steps to l-aiseasmuch money aawiUbufld a Radical Hall : this they propose to doin shares of £ lj to he paid by instalments as required . ' - ; . : : - Mr , BiNNs addressed a crowded ; meeting of the Radical Reformers-pf ^ ewcastleron Sunday evening ltibSt * '" _ . ... - ; . : "• ¦ - /' '¦'' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦; ' .. ¦¦ ¦ " . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '' . '¦' - ¦ . ¦ : ,.-: ""¦!¦' - ' ' -. '''' - ¦¦ . '¦ "''¦ : ST , / PETEft ' s Quav , NEwexsTtE- ^ -On Thursday evening , this most spirited d istrict was visited by Messrs , ! Hume and Charlton , who addressed ameeting of working men , oel the present position of public affairSi . Arrangements were promptly entered into for forming the men of the district : into classes . It was also announced that the Joint Stock Company , established here for some Weeks , is returhibir £ 70 to £ 8 Q per week , the net , t profits of which will be over £ G 0 per cent , per annum .

      : . Jqint Stock Company i . v Cockerjiooth . —It ia inspiriting to know that every town in the empire furnishes its quota of volunteers to advance the sacred cause of liberty ^ On the publication of Mr WilhamsMetter , concerning Joint Stock Companies it wasTe-published by Mr . Simpson , in a hand-bill shape , and a company formed , of which there were one hundred and fifty shares \ taken up in the first week ., / " ¦ '• : ¦ ¦ - . - - ¦ ¦; : ; .:. ¦ . . . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - - . ¦ ; - ; ¦ ' - . ; ; . , . ¦ ¦ : - :., ¦ - ¦ . ¦ Radical Joint Stock pKoyisiON Cojipany , Newcastle . — On Monday evening , the Shareholders of this important Company met at a public tea , in their spacious premises , Popt ' of the Side . Two very larae ware-rooms widre fitted " up in a commodious and comfortable style , and hung round with Banners , on which sported emblems : and moUos hateful tp the eyes of ihe Whig and Tory Rump of Newcastle .

      John CoLLI ^ S , arid his fellow-prisoner , ; Lovett . haying made an . upsnecessfill attempt to induce the magistrate to alter their diet , ' and to allow them the society of their wives , we understand that Mr . Edmonds made a ; formal applicatipn to the Chairman of the Quarter / Sessiousi to overrule their determination , ^ Sir EardleyWilmbt refused to interfere , stating , nrst , that he had , no power . '• , overVthVvisitin ' i magistrates ; and next , that if they were dissatisfied the / prisoners might apply to Lord Normanby , who could make what Order he should ; think fit—Birmingham Adiiertiser . : '

      BlBMINGHAM FEMALE POLITICAL UNION . —On Monday ; evening last tho Eemala Political Union hem their weekly , meeting at La ^ ence-street chapel Mrs . ^ pworthhaving been-called to the chair , sh « opened , the meeting in anappropriate speech , calling upon the women to . unite and exert themselves for thepurppse of supporting those victims of Whia tyranny and persecution , the noble . Collins and Lovett . . After the usual business of the meeting was gone . thrpugh ^ other friends of the cause && dressed the meeting pir the present state of political Monda ex ¦ meetin S v adjourned unAU

      j Durham County Meetings . —Hylton . —On Sunday morning Mr . Binns 4 elivered an address at this place , m which he powerfully opposed anddeneunCed the injustice aud cruelty , of .-.. the Government in the recent Chartist peraepution . ^— SiWDERtAND . — On Sunday Mr . Binna delivered ah address to a iarae meetirtg held in the open a& when after an able address , the sum : of 13 s . 2 d . was cpllected for tha County Defence Fund . —West RAiNT 0 N . T-Qn Sunday morning Mr . Williams visited this place , but " qwina to some negle « t in caJhng the meting , there jva 8 but a , small attendanco . 7- ' - ' ^ . ~ VlirilIiaina .-a 9 ' di ? $ sse < i '' ' . t b 6 meeting on the present ^ tate and prospects of th « cause .: After which thei siim of 16 s . 8 d . was received for the Durham Charter Association . —MobssLEr ^ -

      - On Sunday afternoon Mr . Williams held a meeting in this place , and delivered : an address in faVour o ? the County Defence Fundj after which the sum of T . a . 3 £ u . vras C 611 ectea . ^ -THOMELY ^ -On Monday evening Mr . Williams ; delivered an address afthis place on ; Co-operatiori , after which several sharea were taken in the :-Durham County Social IhstituJe . and Mr ^ Welsh , schoolmaster , appointed local collector . CoxHOEir-On Tuesday eveningMrv WilSaiM delivered a similar address |» the above in thipplaoe ; an excellent spirit : was manifested by those present . Mr . Lawsoni schoolmaster , was appointed lo receiv * the names , and tlie deposits of those wishing to become shareholders in the Durham County Secial Institute . .. .. ¦ ¦ '¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ...: ' : ; . ; : - - ¦¦ :..:-. ¦ :.

      Bedlington . —Mr . Julian Harney addressed an SP exLaiT S ^ evtig of the democrats of this place at the Cross , on ^^ Eriday eveningi the 18 th ; the-meetinff Was numerbvsly attended and evinced a spirit mos cheering to the heart 6 f the patjiet . " ^ Al ; the conclusion of a lengthy , and soul-stirring address , which was received with repeated applause the meeting unanimously adopted : the : Spiith Shielda plan Of organisation ( printed in a recent numberpf th ? b Liberator , ) and giving three cheers . for Mr * Hariiey , retired to their resjpective homes , each man resolvea to put ; his shoulder , to the wheel , with a determination never to cease the struggle until tyranny shall be crushed in the dust , and freedom , and habpihess , re-established in our father la , nd . Tha * uiuonia strength '' haa been well exemplified in th « case Of the Female Political Union formed at Bedlington , by Mr . Harney , in the month of June iaat . Ihe members of the Union who annually l

      ' . "Reap thegolden grain , ' * determined this-year to " stick ^ for" an advanc « of "The hard-earned wages of their honest toil ;" h £ SS- ^ — ^ ^^^ and ? together & the holy bond of . union , this they , . effected . It is but jusuceto . botti parties : to : ad 5 , ; that on the recent visit orMr . Harney to Bedlington , his fair friends present ^ him with , testi moniali of their esteem , ia acknowledgment of those , services which he iad rendered to them , the good results of ; which had been ^ shown : m the ^ riumpli of the fair democrat over the labpur-grmding aristocracy . ^ rthewj Political Unions-The Council met ^ ^ ^ o - illg as ^^ aVMr . Charlton iii tBe $$£ nt The ^ ecreta ^^ eportedrthat he > M& farourawe intimations from several places respecting the calli for ^ provincial Convenlion to be held in Newcastle , . He should ,- howeyerV withhold his report till next Wednesday , when he expected to be in possession of such iriformation from flie various large towns as would enable them to discuss ahdsettl * ^ jT , 61 ?/ 'P Poriant vsubjwt . . Several class leaders paid in their ampunta of subscription . A committe « was appointed to-draw ^ up ^^ an address to the working men of thp ^ North of England ^ with orders to have it : published ^ without loss of time

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      . Cambridge EtECTioN .-eAt the Cambridge Borough ^ . ^^ George Smith ,, and Attempting : toS T ^ T + % - ' ^ . t the ^ - Manners Sutton at the late election for that bprbugh . TheDroS . ings have been removed by qertiorari into tfie Court of Queen ' s Bench . —Cambridge : Advertiser . fejiS" ° Of r ° H confirmed several tefn £ — T ¦ ¦\ and m ? * ens , at Newark and Comngham , on ; Tuesday week , adds , " in the afS noon scenes Of great disorder and : iniprPprie ^ v ^ exbxbited by thos ^ who had received tne ^ rS | ome of the ; ^ urig men , ; stripped ; fighting In the street , and pthera were very much inebriated "

      bv ^ r ^ l de .- ^ Aii ^ quest wa s held on Thursday ^^•^^ icowner , at Street'Inn ^ oh the body ofanewhora ^ b ^ aid-cbild : ; ^ he mother : ^ DPPnM ?^'^^ - ^ ^ ' for nearly fourjears been in tlmservice of ^ Mr ^ John Pinch , Street Farm , See ^ J ^^ N f * i « tpnbury ; * s 2 e * S since she . was , suspected , and charged with being with child , but she stbutlydenied itf In the afternoon of the Monday , Mrs . Porch found her lying on the bed- ^ complaining only of head-ache . ^ She had continued to ; do her work up to that : time without maKing any . complaint and after that she was seen ^ al ^ ng ^ PQu > the premises and not at all suspected she had had a child . In the ; evening , between five , f ^^ x ; : o cldck ; , sheleft Glastoribury and went to the house of ; Mary'Walterswho soon came home ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ 4 % & 1 44

      , i- ' " ^ . ' i ...- ' * I « WV ^ U 3 * " ** " U % f \/ A ^ ' VWUV -AAVAV atrdrgayie her : some tea : andalthpugh attended with W H ^ convenience made ^ preparations for her sle eping there ihat night . When about to go up a ^ i ? farmed the poor woman by telling her she had brought a dead child . The matter soon became ^ public , the parish officer ^ were apprised of it , and a medical gentleman , Mi-. Newman , of Glastonbury , called in ; and the result of his visit was that an-ic ^ uest in irst be held .: ^ 'At ^^ the inquest Mr . ]\ ewman deposbd'th ^ t there had been a iacerationon the left angle ; of the . mouth , ' extending about half an inch : On bpening ; the mouth- he foun d a quantity of blood arid ; a fracture ' of the tinder jaw on the right side , and-laceration of the throat , with a communication down theneck into tlie chest . The right lobe

      Of the lungs wasHvoundeid , ' and a quantity ofextravasated-blood accompanying the wound . He produced the jaw , arid part of the lobe of the lung , and was convinced that the ffactuire of the jaw an'd the wound' in the hini , must have been caused by spinel hard substancS haviUjg ^ been forced with violence into the mouth , arid down into the chest j which Would bd quite suflidient to cause death . He had no doubt the child was born aUve . The jury r * arnod a : Verdict of ^ Wilful murder' against Ann ]^ odham , th « jmpther . The coroner . then . issoma JKrarit pf epmmitmehtto the : coiistable , direcH ^ Jpa to convey the prisoner to ; llchester gaol for : v -j \ uhenext assizes , as sopn . as the surgeon c ^« «** tify that , she is in a state proper to be removea .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1081/page/6/