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      -Aatigfe ms called byjaaJ ^ B , m the Coffee HpMKgoiembly Room » oa Stonday evening , for the WTO ^ of-promoting the b ^ ter obserrtoce of the SEMpT A Rev . Mr . Hqgere , Seciistsry of th& l # iinggii Society ,-wastoadfcesBtne meeting . Long 1 B # 8 ^ g | lie . time announced for themeeting , thelarge W& » was crammed almost to suffocation , and it w 3 l 40 ntain iwelve or fourteen , fiuitbred persons . . mjijlflrliwcett , barrister , mored , and the Rev . ¦ John Faweett seconded the motion , ihat Thomas EsaBT . Graham . Esai take tha « V > a . iT . " -

      i&amentoeat wss made , that Mr . W . Halliake tDeeJaif ^ rjdehTras earned by acclamation . vl ^? 0118 ^ 1111 ^^ **» <*»»» iwmamlir the purpose of obtaining & hearing for apy . ' jgBrijenian Tdio might -mah to address the meeting ; and he hoped that during the proceedings they TOoldkeep good order , for he would not hold toecbairfor * smgle moment if they attempted to roerm * any of the speakers . He then read the mag-bUi calling- the meeting , after which ** % —**' Mr- ^ S came forward ' and said—5 , ^ "Sa Friends , —I request your attention ^* ? e I lay before you the objects of the society to Fhich I belong , which are for the good of the poor smb . The rest on fee Sabbafc is the sroatest boon

      « » an . . For many years there "were thousands of ¦ - your feBow-creatnres deprived ' of that great blessing , lag being compelled to ¦ wort > a tJ » mines of Cornwall , and other places , on ^ tbat sacred day . The ksrgy united in-endeavouring to influence tne iron -jipiBtett te'giTe their workmen - * - day of rest , to * ig » u . ~ ? ritih- their families in demotion to God ; ' •^ ttJJJfSCMffi 6 * ' fo tibeit goofl intention . In jSSiJfflOWWF * * wft that neighbourhood , they " " ^ g BBw P ^ fa aess taace of the London Association - « pif » Qt down , and in a ehort period * " > less than fifteen associations were formed , sad they were assisted in their good work 3 > y many of the iron ¦ astew themselTe&i One large master came forward and declared that Sunday w » rk was » duuoefel isolation of tbf ^ Lprd ' 8 dsy ^ W others tn * fr » ¦ milarstateaaeitt ^ ntl ^ ha h « ljend there was ntfw

      -. toagi&BuG -J » ttttdsy - wort eut _ uKLqn _ , except iadtex ^ JW ^^^ ftK E ^ jWBg ^ D ^^ j ^* Turnfl ^ " tWp *» pfe » eji « e ^ B ^^» de ^ mterert i&gg -Tttrttet ^ fi »« I ' ^ eBt from town to town , I observed " ihe wiaaE-placaarded in large characters , " No more ¦ Sunday work . " I am thankful to be able to state , _ inat sfthelast < jBarterly meeting at Wolverhugptep , fte iron masters agreed among themselves to do away with Sunday-lab our as much as pofflible ^ jid throuen " * ht « xerdons of the Society , atfft by ^ ethen ., 10 , 000 pwriamiliee had got rest on the Sabbath . Jthink MUSi results must coBuaaudit to erery man's atten-?^« on and respect . We r taad'fcrward asihe friends " « the poor man , aa . 41 . trust if there are any masters here , who employ men . on the Sabath , that they - ' win immediately cease to do so . What would be the

      awful effects on society , if the Sabbath was not kept sacred ? The object of the Society may not be well understood here , and some may think we wish to ooerce the people : no such" thmg ; we wish to improve their condition by moral persuasion . Oh I my mends , did you but know the blessings of hallowing the . Lord s Day , you would ^ strictly observe it , Jbr your temporal as well as your eternal "happiness depends upon it . Mr . B . here related an anecdote of a bntcher in London , who had got married to a woman whose father was a Yery religious charaeter , and through whose influence the bntcher gats np » mday fading . For Borne time he suffered seriously Bi his business ; bnt he persevered , and finally sncceeded in purchasing the poperiy he occupied . Mr .

      K . mentioned this to shew that the hand of God was upon him .- Be told a Tery similar story of a bargeman . The Society , observed Mr . B . has done much m all ranks of Hfe . He hoped every householder wonld follow the example of the late King , who _ wouldBot allow anything to be served up on she Sunday . He spttoi of the great good that had been done by such Societies , in having indneed masietsto pay their workpeople " on Friday , in place of Saturday , which was a great advantage "to the poor man , for it enabled him to lay out his 83 . " or 10 s . to advantage . ( Cries of " We cannot earn three Huttings . ") I am , not aware of the amount rf Tour earnings , and feel sorry . yon are labouring * nder _ such severe privations . Man cannot be so

      paced but be may be a blessing to his fellow creatnrea . You are called here , my friends , for the purpose of taking steps for promoting the better observance of the Sabbath—and nothing should excite so deep an interest in your minds as this subject—for yonrfoture welfare depends upon it . The way to tkfcain everlasting salvation is to come to Christ—I trust yon are his followers—for he has said there is more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over rnety-and-nine just men who never went astray . I tbank you for the patient bearing you have lltJostL Ferensson then ji ^ rfiRwi tW -rnt ^^ i-nn

      Jb » short butfeeiing speech , when The Chairman enquired if they had any resolutions to wit—and on being answered rn the negative , i-- ifc ^^ o ^^ Armstrong came foxwardand moved the Wfiwiag itsoThfion . ir- " * That" all interferences with the conscienc es of JBSfc—either by Government or societies ,- is a crime -against the liberty : of the subject , and that any attempt to extort funds to supporra particular form of worship , or any attempt to compel the observance of any particular day , is an act of gross tyrannyinconsistent with the principles of Christianity and ooeht to be resisted to Hie utmost . "

      Dr . Tatxob—I cannot allow the resdnlion which yon have just heard to pas 3 without a . few observations , nor lose this opportunity of expressing my thanks for the admirable and impartial way in whichyonliave acted , and the . good order yon have iept . Expecting a very different address from the the Her . Mr ; Rogers , I had come prepared with documents to meet him , but since he lias merely dealt in generalities , and endeavoured , in the most flimsy manner , to draw the most erroneous conclusions from a few ridiculous anecdotes , which he nay perhaps believe ia , but in which you cannot be expected to put much faith , I shall content myself with following him through his rhapsody , pointing © at the incorrectness of his assertions , and the injnstiee of his conclusions . Mr . Rogers tells you

      that the society t » which he belongs made their first attempt upon tho iron masters , and that in Wolverhampton they now never-employed men upon ihe Sabbath , except to keep up the blast furnaces . Oh , the pious creatures 1 The law does not allow them to make money by smelting the ore on Sunday , but their holy cry iSj ^ fceep up tbeir blast furnaces !" Oh , the blessed cry , says Sir . Rogers , which now re-Bounds through that country . Ko more Sunday work for the poor collier . I know something of that district , and I and all who know anything of colliers know well enough that they never . « orked on file Sundays , ana very many of them but half-a-day Oft the Saturdays , or Mondays , that they axe obliged now to work more , and are worse paid for it than they formerly were , and that if they ask for a cessation from labour to enable them to till their lhtle

      plot of ground thronghwit the week , it is refused ; and then the pious hypocrites tell them on . Sunday , remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy , but at all events , ieep up onrilast furnaces . { Great sensatioH . ) I am as great an advocate as any man ean be for a day of rest . So much so , that I would like to pee two 6 r three Sabbaths in the week , and I would think more of the honesty of the clergy , if instead -of endeavouring to destroy what little plea-* ore , or few comforts , are left to . tbe poof , they would use their exertions with the richer classes to lessen tbeir labours and increase their resources , and instead of recommending masters and manufacturers to see Aatiheir workmen keep holy the Sabbath d » y = after the manner of the Pharisees of old , to act

      tip to the precepts of a religion they pretend to be"Beve i » , to give them better wages , to clothe the Baked , xnd feed the hungry , and join the people in their just demands for those political rights , which , if&oeh longer witblieM , Will be wrung from their reluctant grasp- by an infuriated populace , -whom their tyranny , cant , and hypocrisy have driven to madness . Oh , says ilr . Rogers , did you know the Uessisgs which result from keeping the Sabbath , iow happy you would be ; but if by keeping the Sabbath- is meant the refraining from indulgences , how jnnch ought ion not to be indebted to your oppressors , when they have withheld from you almost the necessaries of life ! And do these menfpractice what they Dreacli—do they ever go without a Sunday

      dinner * - Do they follow the dictates « f Christ , and share their substance with the poor I ( "No , " Vno , " feni " shame . " ) Bo they which have two coat 3 rfne one to their neighbour who has none . Trust t&e , this is no part of their religion , to institute a day for fasting , which has no place in the records affchrir tianity , as delivered in the lessons of its < fiTine founder , to rear a bloated- hierarchy on the amp le precepts of the disciples of Jesus , to deluge ihe fields whh the blood of the widow ' s ions for iithes—to keep back by fraud the hire of the labourer - ^ -to bnHd up splendid palaces from ihe sweat and blood of starving millionB . This , this is all their « kre , and their nnrrersal cry . Serve the lord on Sanday by fasting and prayer , bnt keep up our blast -fnrnMfis ^ Mr . Roeers nas told ns in terms of

      rapture of a butcher , in London , who thrived by cant . We do not need to go » o far ; we have plenty oi fctttcbers at home who ri » e by the lame means , and with the word of God upon their perjured lips , hay « Hammon only in their hearts , with » crew of jackalls ever ready to pander to their -rices , and thrive ¦ pon their offids . Oh , what » blessed thing it js , » ys Mr . Rogers , to see a family pray . In my opinion there is no holier act of prayer than willing Mid cheerful labour , in obedience to the first commands of God . And rather than Bee them " making long prayers at the corners of streets , in the high"trays , and in temples madewithbands , I would rather 6 ee them making longer meals , and enjoying the good things which Providence has provided , afr ihe jeward ofwillmgand successful labour , in making ¦ jhp . sstirth bring forth abundantly . But , Mr . Rogers

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      Bays , that hy strict observance of the Sabbath , ano which is no where inculcated ia the New Testament . We add to tiie" glory of God . 1 hold such-language to be very like blasphemy , nor can I ever conceive that man—the frail and erring Croatia * « J a day , the only things in aature which posseiw the unenviable faculty of going wroigconld t ni any way add to either ' ^ w . gWry or happiH # fi 8 of the Most High ; the idea is ' monstrouB . No , my friends , it is not tfie glory of God they are seeking , ^^ neither is ft yoor happtneffl r but ^ it is their own worldly benefit , and when yoa'iook around yoa and eostrast their preeent position " with ybux own , Trmnnvn MnmiM du Ktir'kA ' &J . ^ il : ^] . u ; j rCnL ««

      . v— J » . . ^^ ' . ml ^ 'v . & ^ # ww **^ gf * A—A ^ nt mill rTl " jWUM xrtOUUU or lordly manufacturer roffing lMaydftin Ms gilded chariot , whh the poor weaver by tiSeWdnight lamp a want and wretchedness coining iAo bread for his starving family , those honrs w ® & ftonld be dedicated to reptse , you cannot failtoowtoto the same conclaaon regarding them . Becarf * a chance disobedien « eto to master , probably iawpefit of drunkenaeaB , got a bargeman into fayoor » tiie self-stiled aateiaJjOBdon , as Mr . Rogew haB « wwn you , do yoa think the same conduct h « re » If even from a higher motive , would prevent foa ftom ifiseline the « &ete oTjeor master ' s vengeanee ; do you think the «» n » Ha * you were eerving : the Low would be itfmraent .- . No , the answer' would be , serv « - «» Lordtf you wiU . but keep up wiy blad furnacet . Or jwitit Ir'tluim hii inntkn . t ~ ... ~ : _ jt . « *^ . i—i

      _ representation-of the wrath ^ God , they are prt-« i ^ or ^ inselvwbla ^ fta »^^ whieh jtre not pnijntofafl , even on Sundaj . ^^^ jaog « i » ig » 'fold you with an air « £ lrfumph , thatKiBg ^ l ^ liam the Fourth gave orders that nothinfSouTd be brought into the Palace on Snnday s ; but he should have added , that he gave orders that nothing should be served , to his table , and no work done on that day by any in the Palace , or the pretended sanctity went for nothing ; for does not Mr . Rogers know—and if he does not , do you not know—that George the rourth shut himself np on the Sundays , in oider to carry on with greater zest those scenes of debauchery which justly entitled him to the appellation of the greatert blackguard of his time ; and can you , my tnends , all lay up enough during the week to prevent ihe necessit y of providine yourselTes on Sundays ?

      Hare you pa ' aces to live in , at other people ' s expense ! Can you command , by a word , every luxury , without labour ? Have you each of you within your own premises all that i 3 required to " pamper the most delicate , appetite , with ready menials to wait upon your will I If not , away with the cant of royal sanctity and royal privation , which are so falsely and unblushingly trumpeted forth for your notice and imitation . Dr . Taylor continued in the same strain during half an hour , taking up , by turns , every assertion of Air . Rogers , and replying to them with tho most crushing effect , and even morathan his usual brilliancy . We regret that our space does not allow us to give the whole of his Bpeech , bnt the effect was electrical . Heary Bowman then came forward and moved the following resolution : —

      That this meeting-cannot approve of the conduct or believe in the honesty of those who have pretended to interest themselves in favour of a stricter observance of the Sabbath for the sak » of the poor , because , on all occasions , they are found opposed to the fondest wishes and best interests of the poor , and have jiever assisted in any attempt to better their condition or to regain their lost political rights . " The resolutions were both carried unanimously . After the Doctor ' s address , the gentlemen " observers of ^ the Sabbath" requested the Chairman to endeavour to make a road for them , as they wished to retire ; after which , Mr . Cardo and Mr . Harney each addressed the meeting . While the latter was speaking , the Superintendent of the Police came

      forward to the Chairman , and said that Mr . Gray wished the room to to cleared immediately , which was in a great measure comp'ied with , and a collection made at the door ft > T the defence of John Frost , Esq . We were highly delighted with the part the people tookJon this occasioa ; because , when the same ^¦ oom was taken for Dr . Taylor to lecture in , it was werwards denied ; and no doubt Mr . Gray was infiuencedso to act by some of those very gentlemen who took it for this occasion . The spirit displayed av this meeting ; i » a strong proof of the feelings of Unpeople : and meir snffermgs are now too great Sf £ ? £ L , v * , * ° * ? . ^ Pe ^ with . W « revere the Sabbath , and would keep it as a" day of

      reston * w # efflBBKler tteriBfimteWMaaiar j ^ pcaiMae : to se « the producers of all wbU fedTwelT-ttadTand enjoying -all those blessings to which they are first entitled . The police were instructed to ask for what purpose the money was collected , and to demand payment for ihe room ; but the people were not such dupes , and told them that when they took the room to hold public meetings , as they had frequently done , that they always paid for . it" beforehand , and that they must look to the parties who took it . The whole police force were in attendance , by order of some of the magistrates , and were somewhat rude in their behaviour , anxious , no doubt , to create a row ; however , their efforts were thrown away , for the people dispersed in the most peaceable manner

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      JUDGE TINDAL'S CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY OF M 0 N 3 I 0 UTH . " Rebellion . foul dishonouring word , . Whose wrongftd blight so oft has stain"d The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained . How many a spirit born to bless , Has sunk beneath that withering name , Whom but a day ' s , an hour ' s success , Had Wafted to eternal fame . " In the last term , a motion was made in the Court of Queen ' s Bench to remove the trial of the Chartists from the scenes of their conflict , and be it spoken to the praise of the Corporation of Newport , they were the applicants for the rule . The Tory press abused

      or ridiculed the application , as a motion premature and unnecessary , as no Special Commission was to be issued , and as another term would intervene between the period and the Spring Assizes . The Special Commission has been issued , aad the men are to be tried in the localities of their imputed offences This speaks much for the animus of the prosecutions . To try men on a spot where strong prejudices exist , for or against them , is an offensive insult upon justice , and it is not only rendering a trial a mere mockery , and a cloak for predetermined vengeance in the casein point , but it is a proceeding which greatly injures society by bringing justice itself into disrepute , and making all its functionaries odious . Our law , base as it is , pro-rides a remedy

      against this evil ; but here the remedy has not been applied , and yet in cases of High Treason , where the advantages of the Crown are so immense against the accused , the provisions of the law are necessary in a tenfold degree . On this stage of our subject let ns Jay down a principle that whenever a human life is sacrificed by execution , without its being absolutely and indispensably necessary to the safety of society , it is a murder by fir more atrocious , and infinitely more prejudicial to the community , than even many private assassinations . Let ns fnrther observe that our laws are so artificial and thoroughly absurd , that juries , unless they positively perjure themselves , are obliged to convict their fellowcreatures to capital punishmtnt , with a full

      impression that they deserve no such fate . Jurymen depend upon tho mercy of the' Crown , and never was a term so terribly misapplied . Not an atom of mercy had our Crown ever shown to culprits until the reign of William IV ., and even he wantonly and brutally hung men without the slightest necessity , and for these offences , which are now yisited with a milder punishment . Is is our duty to impress these facts upon the public mind , for with respect to these Chartists , there is raised against them , by the Times , and other organs of the Tories , a savage yell for blood . The men are to be tried before the passions excited against them have subsided ; and every effort it made by the Tory press to keep thoBe passionB alive long after they would otherwise have died and

      given plate to the influence of reason and mercy . We have firmly expressed our disapprobation of tho proceedings of the Chartists , and their insurrection in : Monmouthshire was an enormous folly and as great a crimi , but this does not imply that they ought not to have an honest trial , or that they ought to be executed upon a feeling of vengeance , and not up » n the only principle upon which public execution ean be justified , if such a justification cau possibly be found . Our Queen ' s life is yet much unstained by ar / ying into effect the detestable principles of our laws . Her marriage is about to take dace : and

      a memorable sacrifice of human life would be a sad prelude to it . Certain State occasions and ceremonies of Royalty , throughout all Europe , give the Sovereign an opportunity of showing mercy to culprits of-every description ; and the marriage of the Queen is surely one in which this prerogative of the seeptre might be extended to these misguided men . We apply the term not only to the common people , but to their leaders ; foriheir theory was sound , and their intentions honest , although they took > most unjustifiable mode of attaining their object . Were light sentences to be passed on these men the country would be immensely benc-fitted . Either a few or a

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      great many executions can have no effect , or at least no beneficiald effect , upon the public' mind either now or hereafter ; but the history of the attack upon Newport will do most potently what -exeoutions cannot do—it will teach the people tiie absolute stupidity of contending by force with public authorities . Execute these predestined men , and the people wiu have their revengeful passions , and even their manhood excited ; and they will make another trial ; but let . the case rest upon its own results , and they will eee their- folly m repeating the experiment of a resort to arms , and they will naturally find refnge in moral force ! Judge Tinaa ! gives a verjr unfair exposition of the case , and our apology to him to a certain extent is , that as a Judge he is obliged to set forth the stupidities of the law , and has it not in his power to expose them . He says to the Grand . Jury : — -

      " Gentlemen , the crime of high treason , Ih Its own direct consequences , is calculated to produce ' the most malignant effects upon the community at large ; its direct and immediate tendency is the putting down the authority of the law , the shaking and subverting the foundation of all government , the loosening and diaaolvinf the bondi and cement bjr which society is held together , tfao general confusion of property , the Involving a whole people in bloodjhed and mutual destruction j and , accordingly , the crime of high treason has always been regarded by the law of this country as the offence , of all others , of the deepest dye , and a » calling for the severest measure of punifiiment . "

      TIm is an abstaet % ^ d antiquakKi > yie »« tjfliii « ih-^^ mm ^ m ^^ m ^ m impossible occurrence , anq ? Sr cenWriea it has neW existed but upon the strongest justification . High treason / with respect to a contestietween the people and the Crown , is a mere chimera , and there has been no instance of it in England since the reign of Richard II . But what is the law that Judge Tindal refers to ! It is an Act of Edward III ., which had relation to insurrections ' : . of the Nobility who led

      tneirserls to hght against tho Crown , without their knowing wh y or wherefore . This old law of high treason applied to times wheu Kings hid mothersj brothers , sons , nephews , or cousins , who were always ready to unseat them , arid has no relation to "bur . existing state , or to a case like the present . The law might have been wise in those days , but is abominably stupid now . The Act of Edward III . was expounded in the reign of GeorgoIII ., a roign from which no sane or hooest man would wish to draw a precedent . Judge Ttudal says : —

      " The statute of Edward III . declares it to be treason ' when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our Lord the King' ( within vthich designation a Queen regnant is included ) , ' . " or if a man do levy war against our lA > rd tne King in his realm , and thereof be proveably attainted of open deed by the people of their condition . ' The statute afterwards declares , 'It is to . ¦ be understood that in the cases above rehearsed , that ou § ht to be judged treason which extends to our Lord the King , and his Majesty . By the more recent statute of George the 3 rd , temporary only at first , but afterwards made perpetual , it is enacted , ' That if any person shall , within the realm or without , compass , imagine , invent or devise , or intend death or destruction , or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction , niaini or wounding ,, imprisonment or restraint of the person ofthofBang , or to depr ive or depose him from the style , honour , or kinglj of the

      name imperial crown of this realm , or to levy war against his Majesty ^ within this realm , in order by force or constraint , or compel him to change his measures or counsels , or in order to put any force or constraint upon or to imtimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament , and such compasstags , imaginaV tlons ; inventions , devices , or lntentionj , or any of them , sball express ,-utter , or declare , by publishing any printing or writing , or by any overt act , or deed , every person convicted in the manner thfcrein mentioned shall be deemed , declared , and adjud ged to be a traitor . ' Gentlemen , it cannot hate escaped your observation that in the statute of Edward , the substantive offence of treason thereby declaredj affecting the life of the King , and inthe later statute , the substantive offence of the several treasons thereb y created , consists in the compassiDg , intending , deviaing , and Ihiagining the perpetration of the several |» cts heroin specified , not in commission of the acts themselves . " ? ¦ '; :

      Why should this trash continue ^ n eur Statute-book ; and why Bhould a Judge pour it into the ears of the members of a Grand Juryl ^ Lord Tindal then « onr fessesthat no "director immediate intentioa of in : bmtf be surmised to . have existed © a this <» ce » sion . * Here the case falls to the ground , for the law of Edward III . was aimed solely at those who conbpired against theThrone . In those days principles were not understood , or if understood , were not heeded . and all treasons those

      were of Noblemen attempting to get possession of the Throne . But there is a levving of war against the Sovereign , a » d the Judge makes some common-place observations upon this point , which are very ridiculous . He says ;—"But every insurrection which in judgment of law is intended against the person of the King , whether to ( dethrone or imprison him , or to oblige him to alter his measures or government , or to remove evil counsellors from about him—all such risings amount to a levying of war within the statute . "

      If this be the case , and -th ? " laws were to be put in force , we should have executions in profusion . Half the country might have been hanged during the commotion of the Reform Bill , or during tho riots of 1780 . It is absurd to apply the spirit , or the letter , of such laws to the present times . Judge Tindal says that a rising to enhance the price w labour is high treason . What absurdity it is to class such enormously different offences under the same name . The term high treason is very terrible m common ears ; but when we find that it includes many offences of almost a trivial nature , and such as arejiow punished very slightly , we shall treat this high-sounding word as a mere humbug . The following passage in Judge Tindal ' s address to the Grand Jury is at least ridiculous : —

      Insurrections likewise for redrcss ' ng national grievances , or for the reformation of xeal or imaginary evils of a public nature , and in which the insurgents have no special interest—risings to effect these ends by force and numbers aro by construction of Law , -within the clause of levying war , for thoy -are levelled at the King ' s L ro ^ vn and Royal dignity . And , accordingly , it was held in the time of Queen Anne , that a lttrge body of men tumultuOusly rising and assembled together with the avowed purpose of putting down all the meeting-houses of Protestant Dissentersand proceeding to

      , pull down several , until prevented : by force , brought the parties who were guilty of that act within the the brauch of the statute of levying war against the Queen . And in a more resent case , where a riotous multitude , headed by Lord George Gordon , and acting in concert with the declared design of pulling down or destroying all chapels belonging to those of the Roman Catholic persu ^ ion , procoeded to put that design in force , there was no doubt but the facts , if proved against the parties accused , amounted to the offence ef high treason , by levying war againjst thcKing- '' :

      Here the evils aro real , and the insurgents had the greatest interest in their being redressed . When the law was passed the case was different . In the present day , if a mob were to attempt to destroy , a Catholic chapel , or a Methodist meeting-iiouse , decided as the offence might be , how ridiculous would it appear to the public to find the culprits indicted fo ^ levying war against the Queen ! We perfectly understand that this law phraseology is technical and conventional ; but it brings persons guilty of very minor offences under statutesthat in their

      ab-, horrentnaturenever can be executed . This is not all , for the high-sounding terms of these statutes about treason and levying war against our Sovereign Lady the Queen , stupify Juries and confound prisoners . Judge Tindal expresses to the Grand Jury his ignoracce—a most pretended ignorance—of the charges to be brought against the prisoners ; ' and then he ' addresses the Jurymen npon what these charges really ^ are , and how the law applies to them . There is one passage in Ms address which we think extremely culpable : —

      I would add , also , my most earnest hope that it may be found in the result that the great majority of those who may have been involvedln the guilt of these transactioi s have been misled by the arts of jncted and designing men , and have sinned thus through ignorance and blindness , rather than from premeditated guilt ; and I can suggest no remedy which can be applied successfull y to counteract a state of mind and feeling so unhealthy and diseased , and infecting so large a portion of . the community , except the diffusion amongst them of the benefits of rehgiouB instruction , and of a sound religious

      education among the rising generation ; bo thai as the younger part of the community advance to manhood , they may feel the conviction of the v / holesome truth , that they are bound to yield obedience to the laws of their country , not from the terror only which law inspires , but from a much higher and more binding motive—the fear of the Almighty , and from the thorough belief that' the powers which be are ordained of God . ' Gentlemen , in conclusion , I entreat you , that in approaching this investigation , you will dismiss from your minds all which you may have heard upon the subject before you entered into this court . " We could have hoped that the Jury would have dene nothing of the Bort . It -would be i > v far better

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      thatJiluryshoaldhave entered info the free discusei < m mh * pubUtt press upon tto subject than to takewJiiBiyejy the oDe . gided . vie * ' of the Judge . JuagtfTindal- speaks of the ^ great . majority of tho accuse <| navlng been misled fc by the arts of -wicked and de 6 | gning men . " Is it not scandalous in a Judge to say tms ? ; . - . l 8 it not directing the passions of the Juiy * gatnst Frost and \ a fewvotfier individnals » Thej |* udjw ' B . remedy agajust occurrences of this natttw % ;* ae diffusion amongst the people of religi-° , 1 fi ^ l * _^ ' If the people have erred through ^ ^* WP # ! frM : is solely ; in the rulers . Our S ^ JP . *? ? ^ ha 4 in its power tenfold means P ^ i ^ ' % ' W > ' u by dissipatiiig the ^ nd ^ j | g % it aa trust , the people haye Btni ^ cd f ^ JpB | K <) f Pducatiiw . it is ^ the Cle rgy ^ ipd hot ¦ ' n £° - j ^ HP ^ » - *" at ^ ug nt to be hanged ; Judge " 5 ? ll 85 » l * w charge , has a most yillanoua sentence

      ~ vlllaP ? PI 9 applied to the'case . ; It is *« the Power 0 imjfr be are ordained 0 / God . ' This is nothiB ^^|« e than the old stupid doctrine of the miscr ^ to ^ famea I . an d of 3 ir Robert Filmer , and w . as in Qm days current iiiider the phra ^ ey" the * $ *** Tm ^ King ... " Thft Charges of Jydgte to brand gwnes are considered so foolish and commoa-FiWi' $ & £ & G ^ BttUs it iB ; &point of ^ ouette thai 5 ? ™ l ^¦ t 9 B ^ fi evoi ? ippear ^^ in Court when they ar < Bi » jwed . % > n «^ : '' «» < Ad «»* Uw .. t ^ the l ^? a ?<^ P ^^ g ^ i ^ Dj ^< i 6 ^ ii * upon 8 ^^ » PP ^ " « ' * Mb ^ 1 ^ s 1 « w , for tge i * S nic ^^ ' ^ M ^ y <>»»» their time ; ind * iJBK ^^^^ w ^^^§^ - address to tSKGtA ^ d Tur ^ ¦ t ' ifTliittjSlBBft Jim lili tain an impartial 4 rial for th& accS ^^^ reVw opinions may diffiecbn the suWeo ^ pSttaeflt ^ f the doiibt ought to be © a the Bide of iiercy . — Weekl v Dispatch . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ "• ¦ : ¦> . " ; .: : ¦ v " ;¦¦ : ; -. - ' . ¦ - ... - . ¦ * . ¦¦ ¦ .- ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• , »

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      , TO the EDITOa QF THE NORTHEftN 8 XAR . Buiy , December 16 , 1839 . SiR .-rMy friend Dr Taylor paid to me ^ in London , as one of the treasurersof Siephens ' aDefence Fund , a sum remitted to hiiu ftpm th ^ ATaVJ ot X * ven . 1 made a memoran , dum of tho arabunt at the time on the cover of a letter , which I unfoi ^ Bntiteljrioat , aud I could hot recollect the precise amount On applying to the Doctor , he bad also forjiotten' it , but promised that when he wrote totthe committoe , he would ascertain and inform mo w |* t the sum Vraik I afterwairds j in a letter to Mr . Sm «^^^ requeste d that ; : gentleman to re mind Dr . Taylor b ftt ^ dwu instance , but he baa not sent me the statemen ^^ uid , probably , the ^ ^ exciting eyenta in which ha it

      he hasjj ^ i-engaged s driven from his mind . I do not know . nibw to address bin ., nor do I know any . peraon in UtoVale { pf hox&i to whiom I can write . Under these oiWBaatfiiceB , - |; inyust request space in your columns , "W » deBire the Doctor , or the committee inithe Vale ot I ^ Sveh , to ^ r ite to me , stating the sum ( for which ' . -I'm * Dr . Taylor a receipt , to be forwarded to thenfl , and it shall be duly acknowledged . 1 may mention that 1 reported to -themeeting at M » che « iar , on November 25 th , ^ that , in addition to the £ 56 from this district , acknowledged in 3 Ir . Fielding ' K aoeoont , £ 2 3 s ; 4 jd . htid been paid in to the local treawwwj from which 12 s , Gd . had to be aeducted for ^ penae ? Incurred , and , the balance was handed to me that woniiug . : . ' : ¦"' ¦ ¦' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ I am , Sir , ¦ '¦¦ " . j Your obedient servant , ; ¦¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ Matthew Fi-etcher .

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      TO tHE EDITOR OP THE NORtHERN ST 4 K . 8 m , —Having seen the generous offer of that nobleminded nan ,, Mr . Feargus O 'Connor , that the profits of the star of ttie 2 let would be giyen for the defence of Frost , I take lipon myself to ncias agent for that day only , and now send you £ 2 10 b . 3 d ., being ihy proflts . also for Northern Stars at 5 Jd . each , for which I have g : ot subscribers for that day . I trust yoiu ¦ will take notice of this , as it . may encour rage others . to do likewise . Hoping justice will be done to the oppreat , : , .:- ; ¦ ' '¦ } - . '¦'¦ ¦ : '¦ ¦ . '" ; '¦} . " - / -: IrenudnatnieGharUsir , - ; ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ .. ¦ -:. ' : ¦ : " ¦ -. ¦• "' - ¦ ' . . " "¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ' , ' . ¦ ;/ A .: ^ . C 5 OLI . lE .. 14 , „ Reform-street , Dunfermline .

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      : i tqqkmAXtiS : And poor laws ,, C ""¦ n ' WtaL ' .-i ' * *" - *; . ¦ " ** ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' * » * ' " '' 1 ' " * i ' ' ' 1 ' ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ " . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' £ ^ &g&t §* ty ? : ' -:- ^* JL ¦¦ -s : . ¦ . ; .. . - . _ ' :-.- . .- ¦; ¦'¦ . - " ¦ ' 0- ' - \ ~ ^ :: ^" i & *?* i ^^ „; . . ; . ¦•¦ - - v Mondar Sir W ; S . \ Visema < Bart ^ and Messrs . T , Lagnall , TwT . Clark , aeri . ^ and T . T . Clark , jun ., tho sitting magistrates , were occupied a considerable time m hearing and determining the claims ot" a numbei of the poorer inhabitants of Ruislip , arid other D * iiBhe 8 withih the division , to be telieved from the payment of poor rates . Tlioso belonging to the parish of Ruislip wore the most numerous . Tho following aro a few of the cases : —

      John Allday was assessed on two rates , each amounting to 83 . His wife , a popr miserably dadyoung woman , declared his inability to pay the rate , they finding it difficult to obtain a siifficiency of food Sir S . Wiseman- ^ -What is the matter with your husband that he ' s not here ! .: Mrs . / Allday--He ' sverywell , thankyou "Sir . He musthaye lost half a day liad he come . Mr . Dagnall—What does your husband eaTn ! M r . Larkin ( overseer of Ickouham ) --He \ yorks for me , and sometimes earns ten shillings , ebmotimes eleven-, - and at times twelvo shillings per week . Last week he oarued eleven . v * ^ " Wisoma ^—What- family have you got!—Mrs , Allday—Two , your worship j the eldest of which is six years old .

      / Mr . Dag . nall—When was the firat rate made ' . — Overseer—In April last . v Tho bench having conferred together , 4 Sir W . Wiseman said the parish-officers do not act rightly toward their poorer parishioners . The J-ate made in April ought to have been enforced in tho summer , when there wag plenty of work . The Bench could not excuse her htisbaud , in justice to other poor persons who had paid the rate . Mr . Dagnall—It is a , great hardship on this poor man , being now in the dull season , called on for two rates , i-

      v Mr . Clark , Ben . —The overseer ought , according to the provisions of the act of Parliament-. j before signuig tho laBt rate , to have either had these parties excused or enforced ttie rate by distraining indiscriminately . Tho object of the Legislature in passing the Poor Laiy Amendment Act had been the mending tl-: e btato of the poor , and making them ashamed of oeingpaupers . .:.- Mr . Dagnall—And if we excuse your husband , we make a pauper at once . / ¦ ; Mrs . Alld \ y was then told her husband must pay the rite * and the overseers were directed to allo > v him some 1 time to do so . » Isaac Andrews was assessed on the two rates in a like amount . : " ' ¦' . .- .

      . His wife said that her husband , who had oilly one hand ) managed to earn about lOg . or Us . per week , out of which they had to niaintain themselves and four children , tho eldest being ten yeap of age ; sometimes , however , he > does not earn , more than 6 s . per week , Out of which they have to pay ' 2 s . :. r Sir W . Wiseman—That cornea within our rule Xonr husband is excused .-Thomas Bray was similarly aBsessed . ftlrs . Bray ^ My husband / ea-ns 12 s . per week , to which I am able to add nothing , as 1 have three children to take care off . We pay Sk i ' erit per week . ' :. ¦ . ¦' ; - ., ¦" . "' :: " : " : "¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - - . -- " ¦ ¦ .. " - ,

      Mr . Dagnall—Your case doea hot coime within Our rule , . it : is onl y when persons earning 12 s . per week ha , ve four children that they can be excused . You must pay the rates . . / r Mr , Clark v sen . —Mygood woman , we cannot make you a pauper . —I am sorry for it . William Bunce , also two rates of 3 s . each . i j Mrs . Bance ^ Your worshipsj we have two children , and all both my husband a . tid I was able to earn laet ; week waj 3 8 a . 6 d . betweeii us . We cannot get constant work . ^ .

      . Sir -W ^ Wiseman—What werier you at work at last week . 1— -Mrs . Bunce- ^ -At clearini ; and snipping turnips . . ¦¦ - '' " ¦ : . , v ¦ . : ' . - " : ; -. . ; . : ¦ :. ' ¦¦ ; ' . . /¦ , . ; ,-: ; ° &r Wi Wieenian—i-How' much did your husband earn per week in the summer 1—Mrs , Jiuhce—• Fourteen shill ings and sometimes n » ore , but then : we had rent to pay . :. .,- /¦ ¦' . -.. ; ¦¦ . ; . - . . . ; — . " " . -.- ¦ : Sir Wi Wiseman—^ But you have . " to pay your rent now f-rMw . Buiice—Oh , no , yoiir worshipe , w » pay it once a year . ¦ .:. ¦; .: ¦" ... ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " : ; - . ¦ -. :: ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ M - Sir W >; WiBeman—You could har * paid these rates better in the summer than now , could yo ^ not ! Mrs . Bince—Yea j for we can hardly get victuals enpughnow .. ¦ .. " ¦ ¦ ... ' . ; , ¦¦;' ¦ ¦'¦ . : ¦ .. - . ¦ ¦ - . .. - ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ . ¦¦' . " . . v Sir WiWiBemans-How much did your husband earn out of the 8 s . id . ! . Mrs . Bunee—It was piecework , and he earned 5 s . 6 d .

      • -Mr . Clark , sen ;—I would ask publicly , whether it is proper for farmers , at such a time as this ; when br « ad is at eo high a price , to make men work as hard as men can work , aud theo for theta Only to he able to earn , it even piecework * no more than ten or eleven shillings per Week . * : I cannot sufficiently reprobate Bueh a system . They ought , at lea ? t , to give the men 2 s . more pet vreek . They will suffer for it by-aad-bye . aud they deserve it . :

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      - ' ' * ' * ' JfeJ- " ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ -. ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ¦ -- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - " ., ¦ . ' - - ' ' ¦ - ^ ^^ ~ ; /^ . ' --l > ag ^ aU ^ An ^ ' --i '' iap ^ sti-: tUcr © . ' ar 6- ' a . great mMypopr creatures who would be ' . glad to get pieeewor j c , even at the present rate . r ¦ Mx . Larkin- ^ I have not the slightest doubt that many would jump at it . Mr . Ds-gnall- ^ -It is au awful state of things , and I am afraid it will be worpe yet . v ¦ Mr-Clark , sen . r-It is a disgrace to ilio agricultural interest that wages should be reduced to so low arato , V- " : ¦¦ ., " . ¦ ¦\ - . ^ - ? : \ ¦ - . '¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' .... ''" : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' > ¦¦ , - ¦¦ •• Payment was theflExcused . Daniel Collins similarly rated

      , . Oveweer---He e boJ h ^ re , Ho ' s just on the point of beingmarned . : ; ^ ^ T ^ e JBenbh—Th 6 n lie must pay tho rates . He has bo business to get married , it' he ' s not able to pay ; jai 8 . » ttes ; : ; v- : ¦ ¦ :: ¦ -: : _ ¦ . , . , ,.: ; .. ; : - :. ; '" V ' ¦>" ¦ ,. ' ¦ - ' ;; : James Bunce , aa old aitenaated man , simii £ ir ] y ratedj Baid . he ^^ had a wife , whowas a ^ ^ criple , aud able to do nothing , and he had no employment ; : : Sir W . Wi 8 eman-r-Th ( Bnhow ; do ypulive ?—Bunce " -Why I hardly know . - > I draw sand about a little , and sometimes earn about 5 a . per week , but not frequently *

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      > * The worthy magisteate , our reporter was informed , pays all his fctjjourers at this season 15 s . petyiodki •"¦ . - . '• ¦' .. . ¦ . \\ . . - , "¦ ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ " :. - ' ¦ ; .: " " - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . '¦ , ¦ " . ' . ¦ : "

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      TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . The Petition of the Members of the Surry Political Union , and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Xambeth , in the County of Surrey , in public meeting assembled , > . ¦ •' HUHBLV SllEWETH , That your Majesty ' s " Government haying caused to be arrested , tried , and sentenced to death and various terms of imprisonment , several true and loyal subjects of these Realms for alleged political offences ,-we beg to approach your ih » jesty on their belialf * in the hope that your Majesty niay be graciously pleased to grant unto all sucli persons a free pardon . Your petitioners

      are aware that , in times of great excitement like the present , it is the : duty of those in authority vmderjour MaJ | esty , vto take every legi ! precaution for themaintenance , of the public peace , -but yoiir petitioners ivould humbly submit that when the lavs are strained beyond their fair construction to obtain a convietion , or the punishment awanJed exteiids to the utmost pifcehpf seventy , as in the cases to -which we now implore the humane attention of your MajeBty ,: ; the reaiilts must be a contenipt for the law thus so pkrtfally administered , and engendering a spirit of disaffection Which ia highly detriniental to the welftvre aud happiness of the whole community , upon which alone depends the permanent tranquillity of the empire , and the security-and ^ stability of . the throne . '

      It is tlierefore under the influence of these considerations that we would direct your Jvlajesty ' s attention in particular to ; the case of those unfortunate individuals Howell , Johes ,: and Roberts , who vrere sentenced to death ~ for an alleged participation in the riots at Birmingham . It is true your Majesty has been pleased to reprieve those poor men—but can it be possible thiit your Majesty is aicare that they are doomed to transpprtation for life , a punishment in the ^ es of your petitioners little short of death itself , and that too without further inquiry ^ although sufficient proof has been adduced to shew that they were not guilty of the crimes imputed . to them , and for which they were doomed to die . : ?• Thus are the people deprived of the full benefit of « ie mercy-of their sovpreiien—and thus it is that

      the sovereign is deprived of the grateful homage of a brave and a loyal people ' foryout petitionere honestly declare that they cannot consider that asa boon which , inflicted a punishment so cruel so degrading , and so utterly at fariance with every principle of justice that it wiU reauire something more than meteofficiW asBeyexation to convince y 6 ur petitionew that your Majesty is cogniwnt of the 4 gw . nl cfaxS stancerof ttis case . Ypnr petitionera 3 d aiioW your ^ Majesty to observe that the whole of the ca « S ^ hi ?^^ ^ e W . the free and unfettered eieKsiae ol your Rogal prerogative hayo arisen out ; of a state o / Se ^! & ^ ^ « «» 4 patientl r . ndu « d ^ an indttstrio « e and loyal pe « ple ~« Tery effort by peUtioa ar ^ other ^ eg ,. and constitutional metos ob

      ^ * E rejected with scorn and « ontempt by both Howes of Parliament ,: aad . the ear of the Sorereig . effeltSy S" * " *** ^/ Court etiquette and Ministerikl influmw g ainst their prayers for : -relief ; still have tiwi y not , in the opinioft of your petitionera , violated any constitutional law , but Binipljr ( BndeaVoured to unite the people m ^ a legal effort to obtain a cohsUtutional remedy in a fair and equal representation of ybut Siajesty ' s subjects in the eoinmons' House pf Parliamehfc . We therefore numbly pray jour Majesty to cause to be instiUted such an eaquii ^ into thie canses of Uie disturbed state of the country ^ will leadtoa ^ , -proper ^ adjustment of tho claims of to political freedom of all classes of the COm . mainty . ¦ ¦

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      HIBHHP- % > ^^ - ^^ ' 'v ^ ^ pToui WpgKSthus l ^ WrlBbpiQw youf Mal ^ Sf t o ^ yo « ^ i 5 | B ^^^ ftScS- ^ between . your opp » ewed : people ; and ffip tyrtpmy of " the nation and the Throne itself , for their immediate toltati of power aSnd aggrandizement ; a « a- yvur Petttioiiersare also further of opinionttat 6 yg&ntii « fti © prayer of theirpetttioit , ybm- M ^^ Srmdd SSe peace of tho eountry upona mm fisttng ^ foundation tta ^ can bo aWtJdljttted ftoin ^^ the cpeMv ^ ineaswes adoptoa by . yoiirMajesty ' s MinisiOT , and so secure the affections of . your subjects : aa may prov e the Solace of your declining years . And your petitioners will ever ¦ pray * v . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; . : ¦ : ¦" . - . ¦ ; ;¦;¦; , ;• ¦ :- - . ¦ .-, ~ - K .- ; ¦ : /;¦ . ¦ j ^ - ,:-..-i . . ; : ¦ ¦ ; / , ¦ ; .. ' .: ; 9 a behalf ; of tho lneetingy ' - ¦' .. .. : JQJH « CoLLEir , ChairmanI

      PptmcAjL Union . —At a public reeling heid at . the rooms of the above XJnion , \ So 1 , H « fl ^_ d Place , WesMroad , on Monday , Dtp . -1 % to cjonsider the propriety pf eUbting a Delegatii to the Generil Convention , the 1 following retcliiti-n - was carried with but . tiiree digsentieEtti : —' , « Tha . t thie rneeting ia of opinion that it is theduty oftHe men ol ^ asi Surrey to send a Delegateto the " pexi GeneralQonveBlion , and thatandeetionioK » th ^« % stern division of thevctunty of Surrey should take place onMonday , Dec . 23 , 1839 . " A cotiimuhicaaoa

      was also read ftoni tne WaudsworthWotkiijg Men ' s Association promising isupport , but ; fegr * -ttiiii ; tbejr inability to send a Delegate : to the CoftVenHoa themselves , on account ; of their : not being of lite able to land a rboia to , meet in , * ad therefore ; at the present being father unorganized—Vut that they were about to ral | ytheni _ ie ! lvea , an < | enter . agaiii 6 tt the . campaign . At fbe ' concluAiojJi of themceliiag several persons ; cinaq forward tefc subsoribfe thiir names towards the support of a IPelegat *^ Hie meeting was yrell attended . r ; V ; J ^

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      LARGE AND ^ fSl&ITiElJb PUBt n > .. . , ; . -,., / . ' MEJETINC ^ yX ' B ^ TQN . ? ^ .. ¦ \; :: .. ¦ On Tuesday last , : the Radiokitr ^ held a ? fuhiie meetin g in the Town Hal ) , Li « le Bolton , > -r ' : jfto - purpose of eleqtisg * delegate ? lo tibiB Cdiu intioO , aiw also of declaring their Kjmpithy with uiik ( ieterminatwitto support Jobn ^ rost . The siine i ,,. oaii * « y ^« ert yf « 9 mpared with the (< ia ? of the tovit- is t » »^ fou nd "ffiKte ^^ atroVhet place ; Nofc ^ ^ withgtaj ^^ hbwever ^ tbrlarge ^ buildi % wafr cramm ^ jihoiigh n iot ^ n ; individual" * ai wiinittoa forlejiathan threepence . V , " : ¦ , : : \ Mr . M ^ Eeiinibnsirajs called to the chair * and After soipe ^ pirited gp * eehei , Mr . Dewhiret wail iuaanfc mausly elected delegate ^ At nine o ' cipek . •;¦• ; / ; :

      , Mr . O'Conjjob , who bad been invited , arrived , and was greetid with the most aatottridirig ylauditii . He addressed the meeting for more than h » hour and a half , pointing out the great odds whil-L were opposed to Mr . Frost , ; upon ¦ the present irfkl of ^ f n gt h between the two parties , ; naro . 'K the Whigs , and the Tories , both vieing as to whict-iould go furthest in defaming th > prisoner , so as t .- > e . isure his cbuviction . He fxpownded the law * of high treason , and dealt heavy blows at tie ChaV- ! . in of

      tne High bhenff of Mopmouthshire , for what he termed his bloody and atheistical sermor ,, Which was intended as a . precursor to his , the cutiite ' B , exaltation . He gave a most heart-rending ? account of the suflferings of the operatives of ' ^ Leeiv , Uradfbrd ,: aad other towns , and of : the ma . nuii 4 tiring diHjricts generally . He also gf ave a most iu : M ex-JioSitou of the iffects wbich a repeal of the Corn Laws wi thouc the Suffrage would produce n « sud tijat he had ooly received the invitation on the previous night , and-left Leeds ; that day . ; He was mutih

      pleased with the invitation ^ because itwould ba ro . membered that a kind of split had taken place bet * een him and the ; Working men of . Bblton uponthe queritibn of the Sacred Month , and that nweriDg proved that honesty ot intentipa and ; time wr-re all that was re ( iai >< ite , in order to restore confidence in honest suppprteri . of their prinfiplea . / Eh * discovery by th ? meeting that three or four spies Were concealed in the muije gallery , and who hid thera ^ elveft under the fron ., but wished to have a peep at Mr . O'Connor , gave him an opporfunity of convulsing the nieetiag with laughter . Upon getting a glimpse of one of the heads , : be said , " Behold Peepiiig Tom of ^^ Coventry , ' ? the repreBentatiyeof the ^ ^ Whig Governent and

      m Tory faction . That fellow has an id- ? to busineBa now ; though he . has one eye up thfi ehiin- ney , he has the , other skimming the poty and whai danger can-the ' re ^ be in enemies who are only thu » . represented ? -, . Mr ; O'Connoj- explained the efToct of OYerbmlding and over prpduciipn , and pointed out how the starving people , ijnacquainted with t . i « application of tbeir labour , had iow to pay the renta , ra . te «» , a . nd taxes , not only of : manufactories ^ hur also -of the full and empty atupendotts t tone houses ^' . r hi all ;» ere ^ o iti&ny . competitors against their faiioar . He , told the meeting that he had Attended moid public meeting * since FroBt ' s arrest than iriy utter ; man , and uppn his own ^ knowledge het vas able ^¦ asMre ^ t ^^ Wi ^ thBreBO strong . a svmpathy for anj individad ; He had addressed the nieiof Leeds on Mondayy he ^ is ^ thei ^ oi : T * wdayi he would

      be at Barnsley ott Friday / iiir ^ BrsdfoTd on Safurday ; at ^^ Midd feto o ; , « ad Majttohester ^ 6 n J&'iu&aj , morder ta test ; poblio opinion , Whkih \* a 8 pjatiipol tent Mr . O'Connor then drew a comparison ' between the appearance . of the mansion ; of the master and the cottage of the man ; daring the' Chdstma 8 holidays . In ; oidea time , said he , it brought joy , withrelaxation and carousal to ail . That . was ; -whto one million . e-ght hundred thousand pair of _ i'ind » regulated supply and demand , andwhen every ; iiahd was a component : part of the wealth of thij nation ; but now that man ' s hand only guides michraeiy revolving by steam attd joint stock hank power , the master revels -while the slave may starve , aiid yet this was merry Epgland . Merry to : whom ? To the virtueu ? arid industrious ? .,: No"Y ' :-brtt to ttv- idle and licentious . He went into a variety ot other sub ) » et sy Jim . sat down amid the most trenie . idoui and enthuHiasncapplausie . .-. ' ¦ . ; ¦ ' " ;;¦' . ;; :. ;

      Mr . Warden , Delegate to the Cbnven ' tion . rose and - -said , that lie was induced ; to offer a few observ « tiong in consequence of what bad fallen from Mr . O'Connor ^ relative to the sacred month ; H ^ wa * one of thoso who denounced Mr . O'Connor ' s litter upon that suHjVet , and ht . wa * not a pewoh Wdo that in his abtfence , which ke would shrink fr .-m in hi * presence . ( Cbeei-r . ) - } : _ No , heithpugkt thai -otter abouudedin misconceptions . Ote instance he woul ( Ji state , MKO'Connor said thai Bplton was cHided b y . Mr . Carpenter being against , vrhile he Mr . Warden was in favour of the measure ; he 'Wottla thea put it tp the meejiog whether pr not Bdltcp Waa prepared and ready . ( "Aya , aye , if other n ^ ea were , ^ and ch eers . ) He , Mr . VYarden , wasetiVfoJihose who always thought it most judicious and honest to speak a « he felt . ( Cheers . ) He had how done

      so r and was as praud as aqy man there oncp more to see their valued and bard-working friend aindnK irhem . ( Loud cheer ; .: ) ; ; ' ¦ Mr . Kenyon was also one of those who did not entirely approve of Mr . O'Connor ' s coDductupoa the question of the . Sacred MpntbV arid he said go , while at thesame time he was bound to adnin . that Mr . O'Connor had dope mere for the workin t ; people than my man ; in the world . ( Cheers . ) Ha deligbted in a fair stand-up fi ght ^ hear , Jhesr)—and fee / was alsa glad : to see their valued frienrt oiiot mo ^ e amoBgst them ; bnt , like Warden , he could riot , he would not , be the mart whom he . may Withhold censure when . he thought it waa dese ^ ved ( Cheers . } ' .. .: ; - - . ¦• - . ; . ¦ > - - - . "" - .- .- ¦ ... ¦ . > -. . .

      Mr . L 10 YD , secretary tp the association ; ' Paid he ; mi ( iht have differed bo ; h from ; Mf . Warden knd Mr . O'Connor , but when sp strong : a vinibn was formed amongst our enemter , this ; was not just the time either for di » union or bickering anuwgjr : thsmselyes-- ( veryloud ; eheer 8 );; --and therefore . he h * d mexpres | ible joy and dehgbt in tenderiDgthe tight hanoVof Mlowshrp to both O'Ccimor « nd Wtirjden ; < . toere the parties shook hand ^ whioh ; Vfas foUowed by loud cheers and waving of hate , j „ A voUj of thanks and three times three Oiieerr were then given to Mr . O'Connor . Three cheers for

      tne new delegate , thr « e cheer * for Trost , and three ftr the cause . After which Mr . O'Connor returned thanks , when , at eleven o ' clock ^ the m « eting broke up , the vast multitude forming a procession as Mr . Q (>« nnprgbt into the carnage to depart for Mancheiter . ; - ; ¦ ¦"¦ •;' ¦' . - . ¦ : ¦ ¦¦'¦¦ ¦ ° :. " ~ - . y " ¦ - . :- ¦ :.. ¦¦¦ ' ¦ - ¦ . ;¦ . ¦ , ¦ ¦

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      A " most Fatal Go . "—A IJew York paper contains the following account of the destiruction of New Orleans b y an inundation of the Mississippi . The language of Mr . Squeers alone is calculated to ph&raoterise thiij calamity : — " A sudden and mighty inundation of the Mississippi , bearing upon it « - bosom an enprmous avalanche of timber from above , and . sweeping in its course every town uponits bank * below the estuary of the Missouri , came thuriaerin * against Neir Qrieans in the night , and with ait awfiU rush swept the whole city into the Gulf of Me _ fico . The soectacle was awful . Trees , timbew , foresta , ci * ie » , churchei ( with and withott steeple )! 68 ladies

      n « gro r . ^ treolosj judges , aldermen , pi g * . poultry , banks , loco fbcos , indomiltbleg « nd bvt& raders , were » U heaped up together in a crude ^ Shapeless mass of confilomerated improbabilitiee . Lko an unapproachable island , about forty mile * from the Dfelta of the Father of Waters / whos * impetuous course inflicted the calamity . The consequence was , that aU ; business Was sutmended—4 h « banks could not resume , hecaust their specie ^ ha * B -S ** ]*?? $° bpttont , and when the express left , about 1 5 , 000 peoplej Btandiiiy upon the fragment * or interlocked tiinbeis , waUs , co 1 ubuib | masts ; chimnty ^ and pyrayddfl , were waving wliite pocisU i ^ Ei , dk < ec 9 ] u « fe « a mfiotfii of diet ^ w « ; v ^ f ^

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      V [¦ ' _ / . ;¦ ,:.. ¦ ¦ ' ;;;• TR ^ f ^ ap ^ s . ' --- ; : : ¦;;; : ; ¦ -y ; -: ^\ FBOST s Pb ^ bnce 'EvND .-rOn : Monday eyeiing , ¦ Dec . ¦ ifitn ^ jit ft leeeting of the Trowbrid ge Working , 2 PH ^ Qtimmtitik . ¦ ' ¦ CUw ColiiectotB , the fo _ lowia « ^^ sfa ^^ pltV ^^; idef ^ e : % - ¦ . ; ,. ' ^™^ , ¦ ¦¦ l ^ . miclitut ... : ; ... . I \ $ ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ '"¦ 2 . J . Hwrtell ... ... 0 ^ 0 3 . J . Pappa ... .. ; ... 0 1 0 4 . " W . Berowtock ... .. < 0 5 7 5 . E , Marvea > .. ... ... 6 1 6 6 . H . FerriB ... ... ... 0 211 7 . B . Pnrneil ... ... ... 0 2 6 ° . W . Evans .,. ... ... 0 2 5 - 10 . J . Knowles . ... ... 0 5 8 ll . W . Harford ... ... 0 14 8 . V 12 . J , Cariniiig ... ... 0 10 2 13 . J .. Harding , jun .,.. ... 0 45 17 . D ; Shipway ... ... 0 2 0 18 . H . HoUoway ... ... 0 8 0 19 . J . Say ... 0 1 4 ¦ 20 . J . Berrett ... ... 0 12 7 21 . W . Puraell ... ... 0 3 1 22 . G . Bath ... — ... 0 1 0 24 . J . Read ... ... ... 0 9 74 25 . W . Dallimore ... ... 0 5 fi " 20 . J . Hall ... ... ... a 1 ' th 28 . H . C . ¦ , , . 0 7 " ' t v . ; 1 ^ " ¦¦¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ' •¦ = " '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ & ' : : i * . ' ¦ < ! ; ¦ g ??* i V ¦ - 1 17 4 i Milksham .. v . .... 0 3 1 Bromham ... ... 0 loo ¦ Wirminster ... . ' :. 1 00 Pflriwa ,... ; .. ; .. 1 00 Bradford Committee ... 3 2 Q ¦^¦ ^ ' S ^ B ^^^^ r-:. Stavefton ... ... 6 16 * li Westbury ... ... 4 ^ 9 } * Trowbridgo ... ... 43 15 / T . ne iremales ... ... 1 16 0

      61 . 9 1 J P . S . —For tho bensfitof John Frost and others , a public tea meeting wdl take place on Wednesday , £ ec . 26 th , at the Trowbridge Democratic Chabel Tho place . will he . brilliantly lighted , and decorated with laiirel and other evergreens ; also several portraits of ; John Frost , Esq ., Brontprre O'Bnen , Stephens , and many others . W . P . Roberts , Eso ! and his late bride haye kindly promised to attend Tickets for admittance . Is . each , may fee had at J . Sloan ' s , Market Place , or of tho Committee at the Chapel .

      SURREY . TO THE EDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAR , ¦'¦ _ Political Union Rooms , Dec . lGthu 1839 Sm , —By inserting in your highly valuable and determined ^ paper , the following Address , &c . ' , of the Surrey Political Union , you will much oblige , . Sir , -.. ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ " " " ' - ' -. . Yours obeiiet-tly , J . Williams , Sec .

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      TOL . III . ifo . 110 . SATTJRBAY , DHClEl $ lil , 21 , 1831 l * . ^ ^™™ ., . ;

      " - " - - Rr ^Afeia*^ . ..:-_ ';. ¦ . Imsobiant Pt[Bli€ T Meeting. I^Eamlgg-T.He Saihtsjj!&& Triumph -: . " - -;Qf The Chakk8#A _;

      " - " - - rr ^ Afeia *^ . ..:- _ '; . ¦ . IMSOBIANT Pt [ BLi € MEETING . I ^ EAmlgg-T . HE SAiHTSJJ ! && TRIUMPH -: . " - - ; QF THE CHAKK 8 # a _;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1088/page/1/