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      TfflS STAFFORDSHIRE MtRDER . — EXECUTION OF Dowxixg xsn Powxs . —Stafford , Saturday Evening . —A communication having been received this morn ing by the authorities , to the efieet that the Queen having been pleased to respite the execution ot the prisoners until the 23 fli instant , for the purpose of sufenrittajsacrwra case tor the decision of the judges , and thai decision having been against the prisoners , no further instructions would be given to the sheritt . The sheriff , therefore , feed twelve o ' clock to-day for the execution . The prisoners were fully apprised , since the arrival of the respite , thai they would be positively executed this day , unless a further respite or reprieve arrived . The convicts manifested no ahum when apprised , at five o ' clock , that they would which had beca found

      expiate ihe crime of they guilty by an ignominious death upon the scaffold this day , at twelve o'doek . ^ At an early hour this morning the reverend chaplain visited the unhappy men , and continued with them up to the list moment . Although he affectionately admonished them of their near approach to death , and of the necessity of confessing then- sins , yet they continued to reiterate the declaration of their innocence of the crime of murder . At eleven o'doek they received the holy sacrament in the chapel with the chaplain and governor , and paid marked attention to every pan , of that impressive service . After leaving the c-hspel { Ley returned io their room , accompanied by the reverend chaplain , who continued his exhortations to their repentance .

      In the course of the morning 'Downing said , in reply io a question put Vv the reverend gentleman , " I have spoke the truth ; it ' s a hard thing to suffer for other lolk ' s deeds ; the lad and me is asi ' ar from it as the bible is . " He afterwards said , in tlw course of conversation , "Ifwesufl ' erwe shall suffer wrongful . We could na' help what folks said agenus , or the jury bringing us in guilty ; but we are as innocent as a child 0110011 ] •* ' and Percys , in reply to the reverend gentleman , said , "I am innocent of it . " After the unhappy men were pinioned , the chaplain asked them whether either of them had any request to make with respect to their relations ' i They both desired frirn to inform ilieir friends thai they hoped they would prepare to meet them in heaven , and that they would lead a good life ; that they were going out of the world innocent , and were not afraid to die .

      Precisely at twelve o ' clock the tolling of the prison bell announced that the melancholy procession was moving towards the place of execution . Tlie culprits , who had undergone no apparent alteration since the trial , walked with a firm step . On reaching the lodge , Powys , who saw Jir . Superintendent Bergen , requested him to shake hands with him , and said emphatically , "God bless you ; it is hard to die innocent ; but I can forgive . " . Downing ascended the drop with a hasty step , and placed laniself immediately under the fatal beam ; and , whilst the executioner was adjusting the rope , said— " Gentlemen , here is two chaps going to be murdered ; we are going to die as innocent as child unborn ; we are free from it . " l'owys then ascended the scaffold , and whilst the executioner was putting the rope round his neelj , said " Iton't put the ixij . 'e so tight ; I can't breathe . " The chaplain then shook hands Avith Downing , and exhorted him in the most solemn manner to tell the

      ¦ whole truth , as he was about to leave the world ; to which Downing replied , " I am not guilty . " The chaplain having also shaken hands with Powys , and repeated the exhortation , Powys said , "We are going to die for a thing we know nothing about , and 1 hope the Lord in Heaven will protect us . " Downing further said , "I hope it will come out , and that the country will know that we are innocent , and that our friends will be released of it . " After the caps nad been drawn over their faces , and whilst the chaplain was proceeding with the burial service , both the criminals prayed aloud and apparently with great fervour . "While they were so engaged , the drop iell , andtlieworldclcsc-diipontheirpresence . Downing ceased at once to live , but Powys straggled for several minutes .

      Execution of "Wm . IIoweix for Murder . —Ips--srich , Saturday , Evening . —This wretched man icxpiated his ofienee on the seafibld Li front of Ipswich gaol , at twelve o ' clock to-day , His two companions in crime , Walter Howell , Ins brother , and Israel Shipley , were respited on Friday ; a special messen ger from the Home Office arrived at half-past two o'clock in the morning , and delivered the important document to Mr . Johnson , the governor . The Rev . Mr . Page has been unremitting in his attention to the condemned criminals , all of whom have conducted themselves in an exeniplarv manner . When the elder Howell ( William ) entered the gaol , about five months since , he was not able to read or mite , nor did he know a svllable of the Lord ' s-praver , but bv

      the excellent regulation of the prison he had made himself a tolerably plain scholar , by a close application to the broks that were furnished him by the visiting justices and ihe chaplain . On Friday he saw his mother and sister , in the presence of the governor and another officer , and the scene that ensued maybe more readily imagined than described . He addressed them in a religious and penitent manner , The chaplain was engaged with * him In prayer throughout tie whole day , and from nine o'clock until nearly eleven the three criminals were allowed io meet eaeli other , and they freely gave vent to their distressed ieeliiurs , af ter which they entered upon their spiritual devotions . •¦ William Hoiveli impressively adds-essed lus brother , and exhorted him to

      be penitent , adding thai , he should die happy . 51 e prisoner tliroughaut lus comuieinent has protested his innocence , and on Thursday night he slapped Tomer , one of the turnkeys , on the shoulder , snd remarked , ' ¦ ' 2 know I deserve to die for the many offences I have committed , but I declare to God i revcr steeped my hands in human blood . " Soon after ie observed , " There is a man in thisprison who could save my life if . lie liked . " This was in reference to a smuggler lately apprehended , and whom all the condemned criminals addressed a letter to , which tiicv entrusted to the reverened chaplain to deliver . On another occasion he observed , " That man ought to pray to his God to-morrow , at twelve o'clock , when I sm on the scaffold . " On Friday night after the ehap-3 ain left the prison , the culprit ofierad up a sincere prayer , and then sask down from exhaustion on Ids

      eed . He took liis tea and toast with , apparent relish , and slept soundly until nearly eight o ' clock this morning . From an early hour thousands began to assemble in ihe vicinity of the prison , and the all-absorbing topic was whether all the culprits were to die , for it was uot generally known in the town that any respite Lad arrived . At nine o'clock the Kev . F * . Page entered the gaol , and directly proceeded to the prisoner ' s celi . The wretched man hvA dressed himself , and was at-piayer . - A few minutes before the arrival of the reverend gentleman , Turner , the turnkey , inquired if the prisoner would have any breakfast , but he declined doing so . The chaplain , having remained aboutan hour with the culprit , next proceeded to the riiapel ta prayers , where all tie

      con--ricted prisoners were ajready assembled , Including Walter Howell and Israel Shipley . The prisoner joined in the devotional service with great earnestness , and at , the conclusion partook of the sacrament ; his brother , Walter Howell , and Shipley also partook of the sacrament , and betrayed great emotion and penitence . The prayers having been ended , the two Sowells and Shipley , accompanied by the Rev . Air Page , went into the rev . gentleman ' s room , which is adjoining the governor ' s house , at the eastern end of the convict yard . Here it was thai they took their final leave , and a most distressing scene ensued . 3 rom eleven o'clock the bell of St . Margaret ' s Church struck at short intervals up to twelve a solemn death-knell ibr the criminal , and about the latter

      Iwrav the awful isrocession was discovered merging out of the door-way of the governor ' s house , and wending its slow progress across the garden to the gate-keeper ' s lodge , in front of which the gallows was erected . The Rev . Mr . Page walked in front , reading the burial service , followed by tie culprit , who rralked with a firm step , and with his eyes turned upwards , repeating in a load and audible voice the prayers . He was a robust young man , 23 years of age , and stood nearly six feet high . He appeared to he in good bodily health , although his face was palid , and to have possessed great physical power , lie was dressed in a smock frock ,- corduroy breeches , and long leather gaiters . On either side of him walked ihe governor and the executioner , the ender-sherifis and other officers bringing up the rear . On entering the lodge the prisonerknelt down in the centre More a stool , and the chaplain continued reading prayers

      The culprit during this tune prayed with his hands upraised and clasped together in a £ an . but aggrieved tone . Calcraftpimoaed his avms while hewas kneel ing , He took ' no notice of those who surrounded Mm , but ascended the ladder unassisted , and with a ihm step . Calcrafthaving adjusted the fatal noose , and drawn a cap over his face , he continued to move his hands and pray aloud . Immediatel y before the drop fell , he said with great emphasis to the mob , * ' j ^ y'dear friends , I die innocent of the crime laid to " me ; that is all I wish to say to you . " The drop Ihen felL and the wretched man was hunched into eternity withqutmaking scarcely a perceptible strug gle , Th " e body havingbeen suspended an hour , was cut down , and buried within the precincts of the gaol K was calculated that there were above 12 , 000 spectators present , a majority of whom were females and boys .

      Attempted IIukmekaxb Suicide si BIRMINGHAM . — On Friday morning , between-five and six o ' eloek , iae inhabitants ot " Deritend were alarmed by an attempt made by Mr . Bunnv , a carpenter , to kill his wife and afterwards destroy himself . The unfbrtunateman , it appeats , isanative of Coleshill , but has jesided in Birmingham many years as a small master carpenter . He rented some shopping at the rear of 3 fr . Bliss ' s , Spread-eagle , in Spiceal-street ; and although it was known to some of his customers that lie was occasionally of unsound mind , he was nevertheless enabled , by attention and that adroitness with which persons labouring under his unfortunate malady conceal their infirmity , to command a very good trade , and enjoy the esteem of those who knew nan . In tie summer . « f . 1843 , he , however , became much worse , and conceived the notion thathe had been poisoned by some person , and could not live The result of this idea was a constant apprehension

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      gasgggggssgggg ^^^^^ of death , terminating in paroxysms , which rendered restraint necessary , and he was accordingly removed io the Lunatic Asylum at Sutton . There he remained a few months , and at the expiration of the time came out apparently quite recovered , and resumed his avocation . He was , in fact , so tar restored , that he had got rid of some eccentricities by which he was previously distinguished , and an opinion was entertained by hig friends that a radical cure had been effected . 115 s business increased , and for afew weeks nothing particular was observable in his manner . About three months ago Mr . C . Walker , of Round Hills , Aston , became possessed of the Rainbow publie-house , at the comer of Adderley-street , Deritend , and which was formerly occupied by Mi . Mmehm .

      Some alterations being deemed necessary in the premises , Mr . Bunny was employed to make them , and , during his employment at the house , became acquainted with the barmaid , an interesting-looking and agreeable woman , named Sarah Turner , about 3 i years of age . Mr . Bunny being also a welllooking man , a courtship ensued , and he was constant in Ms attendance at the house , comporting himself in such a manner as . to preclude any suspicion that he was , or ever had been , labouring under anything like an aberration of intellect . After the lapse of a short time , he made an offer of marriage to Miss Turner , which was accepted , and they then entered into an agreement with Mi * . Walker to rent the Rainbow , and carry on the busi-1

      ness on their own account , in the event of thengetting married . This agreement , we believe , was duly signed , and was to come into operation on Monday next . In the interim the marriage of the unhappy couple was arranged to take place on Tuesday last , and , pursuant to agreement , they repaired with their friends to Aston church , where they were married ; nothing whatever occurring to indicate an approach towards the return of that terrible disorder from which the unfortunate man had formerly suffered . After the ceremony they returned to the Rainbow , and in the course of the following day he was observed to be particularly gloomy ; but this was attributed to excessive drinking , in which he had indulged a few davs previously . On Thursday he complained of his

      head , and walked out seven or eight miles in the country , for the purpose of recovering himself , and on hisretum in the evening he seemed better , but still dull , and complained a little of his head . Nothing , however , up to this time , amounting to insanity , appeared in his manner , and he and Mrs . Bunny retired to bed after supper , about ' twelve o ' clock . The house was closed by the domestics , and nothing occurred until about half-past five o'clock in the morning , when the servants in the place , and the persons living in the adjoining houses , were alarmed by the most awful shrieks and cries of " Murder , " issuing troni Mr . Bunny's bed-room . The servant man immediately rushed up stairs , and hearing Mrs . Bunny screaming for help , he tried , but in vain , to

      force open the door . He then ran into the street and niatle an alarm , and presently Mrs . Bunny was seen at the bed-room window , calling Ibr assistance . A ladder was immediately procured and placed against the window , and Mr . Bunny instantl y nladc Ms appearance , and descended by the ladder into the street , half dressed , with his throat cut and his person literally covered with blood . He was received at the bottom of the ladder by a youth named Samuel Stephens , who conducted him into the shop of Mr . Fletcher , a butcher , within a few doors of the Rainbow . Here his appearance and conduct left no doubt of the state of his mind , and , in order to prevent further mischief , Mr . Fletcher had him well secured in his shop by his neighbours , and he then proceeded to

      the house of the unfortunate man , and up stairs to Ids bed-room door . This he found locked , and so securely fastened inside , that it was not until after several efforts by himself and the servant of the house that they succeeded in forcing an entrance . When , however , they did get in , a scene of the most horrifying description presented itself . Mrs . Bunny was leaning against a side wall in her night dress , which was saturated from top to bottom in blood , flowing from a number of wounds in various parts of her body . The bedclothes , curtains , and floor equally presented a most frightful appearance , She-was lmmediatelyputinto bed , and in a few minutes Mr . Archer , surgeon , was in attendance , and on examining her person he found not less than seven

      severe wounds , which had been inflicted with aknife . The poor woman ' s throat was dangerously cut ; there was a great gash on her left cheek and a deep wound on her left side , and four other wounds on her arms , back , and legs . He immediately rendered the necessary assistance , and was incessant in his attention until he found that there was no immediate danger of death . He then visited the unfortunate hnsband , in Mr . Fletcher's house , and found a wound upon his throat , which he secured , and also some other cuts of minor importance , which he dressed ; after which , Mi " . Bunny was removed to the prison in More-street , and there secured . At eleven o ' clock Mr . Archer attended before the magistrates , and stated that there could not be the least doubt of the man's

      insanity ; that he was evidently in a state of great excitement , and must be taken care of . -In a short time after , Mr . Redfcm having - additional proof of the necessity of prompt attention to -the unfortunate man , lie applied for and obtained an order for his removal to the workhouse . A car was accordingly procured , and , in company of Spittle and two other officers , he was conveyed to LichficM-strcet , where , witlimiK'l ) difficulty ,. he was strapped and properly secured . Indeed , during the drive to the'workhouse the men had great difficulty in keeping him in the « iv , and preventing hhn from farther injuring . himself . In the course of the day Mis . Bunny was so far recovered as to be able to state some particulars of the unfortunate occurrence . . It appears that about Jive o ' clock in the morning her husband got out of bed hastily , and locked the door . In his doing so she

      was awakened , and presently heard him say , " My dear , we have lived together , we have loved together , and we shall die together . " He had no sooner , however , uttered these words than he seized hold of her in the bed , cut her on the throat , and began to stab her with a large clasp pocket-knife in various parts of the body . She jumped out of bed screaming for help , and the impression on her mind . is that the unfortunate man became terrified , and attempted to cut his own throat . It would seem , however , that to the bluntness of the knife the salvation of both their lives must be attributed ; the edge Avas quite blunt ; and not equal to the frantic determination of the lunatic . Mr . Walker and family are now in attendance at the Rainbow , where the poor woman lies , receiving every attention which her melancholy and precarious situation requires .

      Mcbder and Suicide . — The neighbourhood of Clapham was on Saturday evening thrown into the greatest excitement by another horrid murder and suicide . It appears that Mi . Goulding , lighterman and corn-factor , of Horselydown , has a residence at Clapham-Rise , and a considerable number of servants ; amongst them was Eliza Daniels ,-who ' 'had- been in that gentleman ' s service about six oi eight months as housemaid . She was about 2 a years of age , of prepossessing manners and appearance , and had been highly recommended to Mrs . Goulding . During the time she had been in the establishment , her conduct had been excellent , and even up to Wednesday night nothing had occurred to exeite suspicion . She that night went to bed late , and about two o ' clock on

      lliursuay morning Mrs . Godding avos disturbed by a strange noise proceeding from PanicJs ' s room . On procuring a light and going up stairs , a frightful scone met her view . The floor of the room was deluged in blood , and the clothes of the girl , who was in a corner of the room , were likewise saturated with it ; and there were suspicious marks about the room , which led to subsequent investigation and discovery . Mrs . Goulding , in great alarm , having called for assistance , a grooni was dispatched tor Mr , Dodd , of Siockwell , surgeon . In the meantime it was discovered that the unfortunate woman had made no less than three deep wounds in her throat , from which

      the blood' was gushing in streams . Mr . Dodd attended in a very short time , and having sewed up the wounds , Daniels was placed on a bed , and another servant placed by her side for fear she might attempt to open the wounds . Mr . Dodd , on ^ examination oi' ihe deceased ' s bed , discovered what had before been suspected , that she had delivered herself of a child , which he found rolled up in the bed-clothes , and quite dead . It was a fine female child , and there appears little doubt that it was' bom alive , and kaviug been made away with , the mother made the desperate attempt on her own life . On searching the room , one of Mr . Goulding ' s razors was discovered on a wash-hand stand . Mr . Dodd was unremittin g in

      his attention to her , but sne expired about two o ' eloek on Sunday . Tlie only reason that can at present ue assigned for the desperate act is the fear which operated on the mind of-the deceased at the exposure . An inquest was holdcn on Monday before Mr . Carter , coroner , at the Bedford Anns Tavern , Clapham-Rise . The facts of the case having been deposed to , Mi * . Dodd , the surgeon , in answer to a question from one of the jury , said , " I am of opinion that the sufferings of the mother , added to the shame and remorse , produced frenzy , during which she perpetrated the murder of her infant , and afterwards destroyed herself . " . During the course of the proceedings , Gibbons , the summoning officer , informed the coroner that the father of the infant was in attendance . The jury said it was unnecessary to ask the father any questions , as he knew nothing of the dreadful transaction . _ The Coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict—That the mother , Eliza Daniels , destroyed herself in a fit of insanity .

      Dbeadfli , DKATn of a Servant by Fire . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Falcon Inn , Wandsworth-road , before Mr . Garter , upon the bodv of-Mary Spencer , cook in the sen-ice of William "Ward Esq ., an East India merchant , residing in Lavender-sweep , BatteTsea , whose death was occasioned bj her clothes being set on foe by the spirit of camphine , which she had incautiously Jgnrted . It appears from the evidence adduced , thaton Wednesday nisht weekj about' tenji ' clock , the deceased kaving ' no candle to go to ueil with , poured some spirit of camphine . ; into a tea-cup , and placed a thin floating wick : therein . This she lighted , and was proceeding up stairs , when the spirit suddenly caught fire , and the deceased , in endeavouring to put it out , set fire to her clothes . The nurse-maid who

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      was preparing her master ' s bed-room fire , heard tlie deceased scream , and found her , on the second landing , a sheet of flame . The nurse-maid was so terrified , that she ran past the deceased , without attempting to render her assistance . The poor creature followed her down stairs imploring her fellow servant to save her , and the latter only escaped being caugh by the deceased by running out of the hall door , and shutting it after lier . The deceased then ran down into the scullery where the housemaid was at work . This young woman immediately commenced quenching the fire with a wet mop , and it was ultimately put out by Mr . Ward wrapping a door-mat around the uhfortuuate woman . The deceased by this time ha < every bit of clothing burnt off , except a very small portionlof her stays , and her screams were heart-rending . She was got to bed under Mr . Ward ' s direcmounted

      tions , and that gentleman dispatched . a servant for Dr . Parrot , at Clapham-common , who attended , and rendered every assistance in his power , but bis services were unavailing , tlie unfortunate woman dying at five o ' clock on the succeeding morning . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death . Suicide at the Ddke op Northumberland ' s . A man named Hollick , in the service of Mr . Hughes , xipholstcrer , of Piccadilly , and who was employed with others in preparing the mansion of the Duke of Northumberland for the reception of the family , was on Saturday moraint discovered by his fellow-workmen to have committed suicide by hanging himself m one of the water-closets . For some days past the deceased had been labouring under a depression of spirits , but he had frequently expressed the greatest abhorrence at persons committing suicide .

      -Awful Visitation . —Saturday morning , between ten and eleven o'clock , a young man , a . compositor , in the employ of Messrs . Savillc , the printers , of St . Martin ' s-lane , named John Woodberry , whilst workina ; at his case and talking to a brother workman , suddenly fell down speechless . He was removed with all speed to Charing-cross Hospital , where he shortly afterwards expired .. The medical men attribute his death to apoplexy . . Fire near Bagsioge-Welis-ROAD . — On Sunday

      morning a fire broke out in the house of Mr . Joim Brain , an engineer , in Bagnigge-Wells-road . Ilie horizon was illuminated for miles round , which caused the quick arrival of the London establishment , West of England , and County Fire-office engines , but unfortunately such was the delay in procuring water , thaj the flames made great progress ; and by halfpast two the whole dwelling-house aud its valuable -contents were one burning mass . The adjoining houses were , however , saved by the firemen , who finally obtained a plentiful supply of water .

      Accident . —A serious accident happened on Saturday , about eleven o ' clock at night , * at one of the wings of the Maison Ccntralc at Caen . The third and fourth stories gave way , and fell upon the second floor , breaking the main beam of that also . The room contained many old men , one of whom was killed , and two were severely injured ; but the rest were able to save themselves by hurrying out' of their beds and placing themselves close to the walls . In this state of terror they remained for fifteen horn's , the time required to release them , although a great many workmen were employed . Several of the poor old men are ill from the effects of the fright .

      Fam , of a Mountain . —Java papers , of Sept . 2 t > , state that in the residency of the Prangor Regencies , part of a mountain in the lvarang district gave way suddenly , and buried several houses with the inhabitants under the masses of earth and stone . Considerable portions of the Kwassenand Bandjar districts of the Kahepatjang residency were flooded over about the same period , and 600 houseB totally destroyed by fire near Djocjokarta .

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      THE EXECUTIVE . " Can ' t you let the little creature pull your hair ?" "Once upon a time ' a very affectionate- niothoi was nuraing a baby suffering from teething . She had another child about five years of age , to play with whom was the baby's greatest delight . One day baby laid fierce hold on its brother's hair , whereupon , the sufferer having extricated himself from the hands of his juvenile tormentor , and runaway , baby criod most lustily ; when the mother exclaimed : " you nasty little brat ! how cross you arc ! can't you let the little creature pull your hair ? " The foregoiim bears such a striking similarity to the good-niituvca yielding expected from ourselves and the Executive Counfit of the Chartist Association , that we consider

      it a suiting preface for what we have to say on the subject of that division , the success of which was built upon the hope of placing , iis and the leaders of the movement in the situation of the little " cross brat" who -would hot . stand to heave his hair pulled to please the baby . ; - . .. .. , .. ¦ -. * . Some weeks ago , there appeared in our columns an extract from a letter written by Mr . Smith , of Glasgow ' , secretary to the- Chartist Association , to one of the Executive Committee , and deemed by that body to be of sufficient importance to warrant publication , as well for the defence of the character of the Executive , as for tlie protection of the Chartist cause . The extract contained information which to withhold might have subjected the . Executive , to a charge , of

      very serious neglect . In a week or two . subsequent to the publication of the extract referred to , the Executive , having been for a length of time beset with applications for the substitution of . a . -more democratic , mode of electing the Executive than that at present practised , submitted the disputed point to the judgment and decision of tlie whole Chartist body ; let us now see how those two questions have Ijccii dealt with , as well by ourselves as by persons pvolessing strong admiration of Chartist principles . With respect to the first matter , we published , as it was our duty to do as the recognised and accredited organ of communication for tlie . Chartist body , the address of the Executive : Mid as that address contained statements which were held by the party spoken of to be

      inaccurate and injurious , we published every word sent from every quarter in reply , even though much of the matter so sent was totally beside , the mayk . The few words of comment with which we accompiinied such replies , were mild andinoffcnsive . j . aud . f / tciv , when each party hail had their " say , " we expected the matter to drop . All that wp had done up to this stage was , as we have said , to publish tlie address of the Executive , as in duty bound , and every word sent in reply by the party deeming , themselves' aggrieved : with the subject niatter we did not at sill interfere . W e expressed no opinion on tlic . question h \ dispute : we spoke disparagingly of ho one ; we rightly left the subject in the hands of those to whom it belonged . But did other parties act towards us in scicli

      manner and spirit ? Were they contented . with the opportunity we afforded tliciu to ' set themselves right , and then , when they had done so , to leave the " respective statements of tlie respective parties in the hands of the public , to bo decided on as judgment arid discrimination should direct ? No . This course , — the only proper one as far as we can see , —was grossly departed from : and the manner of that departure " , with the circumstances connected with it ,, induces more than , ' a , belief that something ' more than mere personal vindication was intended . In our last number we gave an . account of some most extraordinary proceedings * at" Glasgow , whither , it appears to us . Dr .: M'pouallhad repaired , not with a view so much of arraigning "Mr . Smith , as to have

      a shot at the Executive and the Northern Star . Why * fas course should have been adopted , we own burselves at a loss to imagine , viewing ' it in connection with any supposaWc honest purpose or fair intention ;' What the Star had done in this matter , that could at all warrant its most jaundiced enyier to ask for a vote of condemnation , is- past our comprehension ; and why the "Executive' wore tobe ' censured for setting themselves right with the-Chartist body , as to the nature of the connection" between them and a certain party who they had ' more than reason to believe was tliwartiiig ' aiid undoing what they had in their judgment dooniodit' ' essential for the good of the Chartist cause to do ; i § also ' most puzzling . However so it was . The- Glasgow -people were asked to do

      these things . They properly refused ,- ' and so far the purpose failed . . - — ¦ ¦ .... , ., , So much for the first branch of our subject- and now for a word with respect to tlie several propositions referred by the Executive to tlie Chartist body . There is no question that has given" riko to so ' ' much debate among a very important body 6 i tlie Chartists as the mode of clectiug the Executive . It is well known that the decision of the last- Conference , that the Executive should be elected * by "the Delegates annually assembled , failed to give general' satisfaction ; and that many times and oft has tlie question been mooted in the several localities , to the breeding of much contention and no little division of feeling Anxious that'the opinion of the . maioritv of tlTe

      Chartist bod . v should be taken directly on this particular aud important * matter , they suggested that the several localities should call special meetings to specially consider the point ; and after due delibera tion , come to a decision which should be binding on all concerned . It is almost impossible to imagine how exception could bo taken to such a course : and yet we regret t « find that it is ' even ' so . Last week Air . Wm . Bell of Heywood , and Mr . Ambrose Hirst of Olilbam , sent to us a communication , - . ' complaining that the Executive had manifested a ; desire to collect and act on public opinion , and'treatingIt as a cross breach of dutv . A ow wo do riot sav that

      these two gentlemen had not a right to think as they did : but we do say , that to send such a communication io xis , or to any public newspaper , was most improper . These parties had a right to take exceptions if they thought proper : but they ought to ' have sent their complaints to the public body whose policy and acts they called in question . We presume their object" to have been to cause further deliberation-go . the matters they spoke of : and thiscould not be best secured by sending their complaints through the columns of a ' newspaper , instead of directly to the parties whose attention was sought . If controversy , and not deliberation , was aimed at , there was , a certain mode to secure it : if it was not wanted , there was as certain a mode to

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      prevent it . Feeling that there was but one proper course for us to adopt , we handed the letter of Messrs . Bell and Hirst over to the Executive : and the receipt of their communication from our hands was the first intimation they had that any party , even the most slender , felt the slightest objection to the course duty had called on them to adopt . Other parties , however , did not so act : probably they were not imbued with a similar desire to prevent divisions and bickerings , and useless contests in the Chartist ranks . Messrs . Bell and Hirst had the gratification to know that their complaints against the head-officers of their society — and respecting conduct , too , which has secured general approbation and admiration—were in mint betore they were in the hands of those officers to

      whom they ought to have been sent direct . On tlie question itself we shall only say , that had the Executive consisted of more seekers after office , personal interest would have led them to act in a far different manner than they have done . Instead of endeavour ^ ing to arrive at the wishes of the majority , they , if anxious for dissension , would have allowed tlie disputed question to have remained unsettled , until it became impossible to agree upon a satisfactory mode of electing tlie Executive body for the ensuing year . Having now dealt with the two charges upon which the Executive have been arraigned , let us turn for a moment to a consideration of the manner in which the Executive have discharged the duties of that office to which they were appointed , They have been now in office for nearly a year and a half . Tlfbv

      entered upon their functions under the hot fire of a disappointed faction ; and it appears as if they are to close them under the pop-gun discharge of individuals who are determined to live , though Chartism should perish . The Executive have , one and all , laboured with an earnestness , a zeal , and an activity , deserving of the highest praise . From the first hour , of their assumption of office , they have buckled on the armour of agitation , and have traversed the three kingdoms , ably expounding the objects of their mission . They have allayed those differences under which they found the cause tottering . By self devotion they have inspired a large portion of the community with a like good feeling for the caused They have sought for no repose . They have presented no anomalous item in their accounts . They have been niggard to themselves , in all but toil and labour . '

      We would ask what possible motive any man can have in the destruction" of-such , a body , Beyond the belief that , the less supplied for their maintenance would leave more for individual distribution ? .., It is not wonderful that the balance sheet should present a large item against the Treasurer , when "we reflect upon the fact , that " withholding the supplies" from the Executive is a material item in the tactics of those who make a more profitable livelihood by counteragitation . We will venture to assert , that lecturers traversing the country upon their own account , have received larger contributions as their share of agitation , than those supplied for otherwise , carrying out the whole movement . We have seen move

      acknowledged in one week for such services , than has been remitted to the Executive for six weeks together . We have biown A B C D , or E , during a moment of excitement , to receive more money for their individual services in one week , tlian the _ Executive have received in six ; and we have invariably found that this system of poaching has ended in the denunciation of the Executive , tlie Northern Star , and Feargus O'Connor ,. whenever the " supplies" were likely to run short . The people have the corrective for this in their own hands ; let them unsparingly apply it . If they do so , all the mercenary and designing -will bundle out of the ranks , and the principled and devoted alone will remain . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

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      Someks Tows .- -0 n Sunday evening last , Mr . John Sewell lectured at Mr . Duddridge's , lonbndgestreet ; Mr . John Hornby in the chair . The lecturer delivered a very able address on the constitutions of England and America , which gave great satisfaction to a crowded audience . An unanimous vote of thanks was awarded to the lecturer , and . the meeting separated . TunsAom ' -uLVE . —Tuesday , Jan . 28 . —A _ special general meeting of the members of this locality was held this evening ; Mr . G . II . Tucker in the chair . The following resolutions were adopted , viz . : —

      " That the city locality , in public meeting assembled , place the most implicit confidence in Feai'gus O'Connor , despite of the wicked and wilful lies and foul calumnies that have been heaped upon him by money-mongering and mushroom Chartists ; and that we tender him our sincere thanks for lus indefatigable exertions in behalf of the woyldngmillions . " " That in the opinion of this locality , it would be better for the cause of Democracy were the Executive elected by tlie members instead of by the Covcntion . " " That we deem it advisable to hold a Convention this year . "

      GREXWI 0 H . Lecture . —On Tuesday evening Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture to a numerous audience in the Assembly-room of the George and Dragon Inn . Mr . Sawyers occupied tlie chair . At the termination of the lecture , many parts of which elicited the unanimous approbation of the meeting , the chairman , according to our usual custom , invited discussion ; no opponent presenting himself , the following resolution was ably moved and seconded by Mossrs . Abbot and Morgan : —Resolved , that it is the opinion of this meeting that the Northern Star and National Trades Journal , is the only portion of the British Press that fearlessly exposes the wrongs , and honestly expounds

      the rights of labour ; this meeting is , therefore , of opinion that every friend of the interest of labourevery lover of liberty—should rally to the siipport ol so valuable a journal , and hail with delight its establishment in the metropolis ; and , furthermore , . this meeting hereby expresses their unqualified confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the proprietor of the Star , for the unexampled zeal , energy , and disinterestedness which have , up to the present time , characterized his untiring labours to effect the liberation of the industrious millions from the odious thraldom of the upper and middle classes . The resolution ¦ was adopted una voce . Thanks having . been TOted to the enaii'man and lecturer , the meeting separated .

      ROCHDALE . The Coxperesce . —On Sunday and Monday the members discussed the recent letter of the Executive , respecting the forthcoming conference , when resolutions were agreed to affirming the propriety of calling a conference to be holdcn at Leeds . On the Sunday evening Mr . Mitchell read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter addressed to tlie Manchester Council , when it was resolved to wait the report or decision of that body , which Vr'C hope will be speedily given .

      " BIRMINGHAM . Ship Locality . — -At a meeting at the Ship Lin , Steelhousc-lane , Mr . Bently in the- chair , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting having heard with regret of the attack made on Mr . O'Connor , cannot remain silent on the occasion , having the greatest of confidence in the honesty of that gentleman . And we trust that the men of Manchester will in conformity with Mr . O'Connor's wishes , afford the fullest inquiry into the charges preferred

      against him ; this meeting not doubting but that the inquiry will terminate in the disgrace of the unjust and unfrateful slanderer . " The Testimonial to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., was next considered , and some subscriptions were handed in . The following resolution was unanimously passed : —'' That the subscription to the Duncombe Testimonial be kept open nntil tlie 16 th Feb ., and that all persons feeling desirous to contribute to " the fund , are particularly requested to send their contributions to Mr . J . Smith , Ship Tavern , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . "

      Lecture . —On Sunday evening last Mr . Thomas Olavk delimcd a highly interesting lecture in tlie Democratic Chape ] , Thorp-street , to a respectable ami atter . tive auditory ,

      BRADFORD . ' OsScsdat the memuevn of tlie General Council mot in their room , Buttenvorth-buiidings , to arrange the votes of the members of the Chartist Association resident in Bradford and the out localities . "When tins was done ,, it "was unanimously resolved- — " That the present Executive , namely , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Philip M'Grath ; Thomas Clark , Chvistophev Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler , be nominated as fit and proper persons to serve as an Executive for the ensuing year . " . It was also resolved— " That the tlianks of this meeting arc tendered to the Executive

      Committee for the = praiseworthy . " manner ; n wlnoli they have performed their duty , arid this meeting pledges to support them to the utmost of their power . " Resolved— " That this meeting has implicit confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and sincerely tcndoi's liira thoir thanks for his untiring xeal in the cousc of the working classes of this country ; and . are not only surprised but shocked at the revelations made in " the letter of Mr . O'Connor in last Saturday ' s '« $ & »* . " The meeting adjourned to' Sunday next , at , two o'clock in the afternoon , when it is requested every councilman will attend , as business of importance will bo brought before the meeting .

      Lectcrk . —On Sunday evening a lecture v . - as delivered by G . "White , on the People's Charter . The audience was respectable , and at the conclusion highly applauded the lecturer . A vote of confidence in tlie Executive was unanimously adopted . The letter " of Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Saturday , was read , and a vote of thanks to . Mr . O'Connor , for his past services , aud implicit confidence in him , was carried hy acclamation .

      KETTERING . ¦ ImpoRiast Meeiiso . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this town , held on Tuesday evening last , Mr . R . . Ridgyard was called to tlie chair . " After the preliminary business of the association was settled , the letter of Feargiis O'Connor , Esq ., ' to the '" Manchester Council , was read from the Star , and , after considerable discussion , the following resolutions :, were put , and carried unanimously : — " That in the opinion oi ' tliis meeting , the attacks made upon Mr . O'Connoi * by I / i ' . M'Doiiall , if grounded on falsehood , are a disgrace to tlie accuser , and render him unworthy of the confidence of ' the working classes . " "That " we , the Chartists of Kettering , call upon Dr . M'Douall to come forward and prove the charges , made by him against Feavgus O'Connor , Esq ., -. vklcli , ifke cannot , iP will not do , we shall look upon him . as an enemy to tlse rights of ^ industry , and . a traitor to liis country , unworthy of being ever again recognized by the peoftle . " ; - " ¦ ¦¦ ;

      . .. . BRADFORD . ¦ ¦• : ¦ ¦¦ - [ Z ] The Executive . — -At a nieetimr of tlie "Chartists of this town , held at ' . 'Buttcrworth ' s-buildings ; on Suiir day evening last—Mr . Jackson " in the " chair—Mr . "White- delivered an addvess in defence of the Executive , and the general policy pursued by the'Chartist body ; and concluded by movinjj the following resolution , which was seconded by " Mr . Cole , and carried unanimously— " That " tlie Chartists of Bradford have full confidence in the present Executive ; being fully satisfied with the zeal and industry th ' ey Have displayed in the discharge of their duties ; we also consider them justified in calling on . the members for their vote respecting the Conference . " The general feeling was in favour of having the Conference held at Leeds .

      LEICESTER , " Discxssios . —A-. meeting of tlie Ilampden locality was held at Mr . Oades' Room , on Sunday last , for the purpose of discussing the question announced in last ' week ' s Star . The meeting v , -as not so numerously attended as on some ' former occasions ; but the best spirit prevailed throughout . At-the close of the meeting it was agreed that tlie Bubjcct " -f

      PLYMOUTH . "" The League "—We had another of the peviodical exhibitions of tliis body on Friday evening last , accompanied by the usual twaddle of the immense advantages that would occur from "Free Trade . " The lecturer , ¦ -G . Soltan , Esq ., on this occasion tacking ' National Education" to the usual nostrum , . anxious to make his audience believe that that would be a consequence of " Free Trade ! " The lecture in fact , was anything but a lecture on " Free Trade . " The lecturer stated that " the abundant harvest had caused a lull in Free Trade agitation . " We presume this is to account

      for their not holding any meeting ; 6 ? late , although on occasion of the preceding ' nieetin * they pompously announced in their organ- "the defeat of the Chartists . " Alas ! another ' such " a victory on their part , and they will be no more . This was allbutverificd . on Friday last , when , after Messrs Robertson , Smith , Btackmore , Giles , and Loc-kwood had-replied-to the fallacies of the Free Traders ' the' chairman at the conclusion rose , ariwatinn- 'to himself praise fov the '' impartial manner" in which * he had always acted in the chair , gravely announoincr ' at the same time that for the future he-would ' exert lns influence to stop these proceedings . The humbug dare not hear the trutli . * ; . ¦ .. °

      . ; v " . ; . ; ,. ; . . : \; derby ; . ;¦ . . { . Tlie -f ollowing resolutions were passed at . a general meeting , held ; at Chester ' s Coffee-house , Omastonvoad , Derby , on the 26 th of Jan . : — ^ First .,-That it is the opinion of this meeting the Executive Committee ; shoukl be elected , by the members , of thei-Associa tiqn . Seeond . That . it k requisite to bold a Convention tins year ; and that the place of its sitting ought to be Lomian . . fhml . That we , the Chartists of Derbv will not receive any lecturer except he bo a member oi the national Chartist Association . "

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      PRESTON . r ^ At a MKETKG . ofthe Chartists' Council of iw held on Sunday evening , January 26 th , it was un 3 monsly ' agreedto- " That , taking mto , conaidewST the serious charges brought by Dr . M'Douall . wi } Mr . Feargus O'Connor , we recommend the jj ' vf Chester Council to institute an'investigation int 0 fi ?' case , believing such charges calculated to do ini ,, „ to the Chartist cause it not speedily and \ m ? decided . " y

      NOTTINGHAM . The following resolution was passed at a special meeting of the Seven Stars locality , Nottingham January Mtli , 1845 ; resolved— " rhatthis . inoct : ^ having ' heaid with regret the ill-treatment which Mj . ' O'Connor has received at the hands ot Dr . M'Donali and others ,-feel themselves called upon to espr ^ their entire : tnd unbounded . confidence in him , ^ lias proved himself tp be a public instructor , a warm . hearted philanthropist , and an ever-determined o »

      poncnt to tyranny and oppression . That we are f % . ther resolved , never to withdraw that confide ^ from him while he continues to pursue that strai gj ^ forward course which he has hitherto so nobly ijj . lowed ; and we trust that the ¦ ingratitude n ^ intrigue which has been resorted to to calumniate and destroy liis character , by those , whom he has ^ humanely succoured when in distress , mayieyii j , awaken the working classes to a sense of their < Jittv and beget a determination to boat down that opp ^ sion against which their champion has so atdcini y and manfully struggled . "

      Delegate Meetixo . —At a town and county d& gate meeting , held in the Democratic Chapel , on ;| 19 th ult ., it was unanimously resolved that a levy ^ one penny per member per month be paid for the sj ., pose of defraying the Local Victim Debt .

      LANCASHIRE . . South Lancashire Delegate Meetj . w . -. % delegates from the various localities in South I . £ cashire , in connection with the National Cliartj .-i Association , met in the Garden-street lecture rm Bury , on the morning of Sunday last , January $ 1845 , when delegates from the following p " ;^ were present : viz ., Manchester , Rochdale , Oldlian , Heywood , Bury , Waterhead-nulis , < fce . Mr . %£ Itankin was unanimously called to the chair . % minutes of the last meeting were read aud confirm ^ The delegates then paid in the following sums : — £ , the Executive . —Manchester , £ 2 4 s . ; Rochdale , 8 s . ?{ Oldham , 7 s . Id . ; ,: Watoi"hoad-mill , 2 s . Gd . ; I ! evw « r *

      2 s . Id . i Itochdale , tor accompt book , 4 s . —T , ^ £ 3 8 s . 4 d . South Lancashire Fv . nd . —Maiichesfo 11 s . ; Heywood , 2 s . ; Oldham , 8 s . ; TVaterheail . . | jj 2 s . 6 d . ; Rochdale , Ss . 4 d . —Total , £ 1 Us . lOd . % following resolutions were agreed to ' : —" That ft ! county accounts be audited , and brought to tlie nat delegate meeting . " " That Messrs . llank ' m aei Nuttall be the auditors . " " That our secretary wr ' -a to the Star , informing the Chartists of > £ empire that the South Lancashire delegates ii « about to bring out a Chartist Hymn Book ; and fjj wish , if possible , that it _ should contain only ^ compositions of an ^ elevating kind . Any Clii \ v ; i .-wishing to aid their efforts , would oblifre tlie ii \ gates by sending their contributions to the stcveta gratis , on or before the last Sunday in l-Hniim Contributions should be sent addressed to Jir . RieliiH

      Radford , 8 , Violet-street , Welcombc-strcct Ifiib Manchester . " " That the Victim Fund Coming be requested to publish a balance sheet of their it come and expenditure from the last sitting of tl » Convention ; and that the same " , be requested jj appear in the Star previous to the last Sunday i February . " " That the county secretary coiTcsporf with those localities who have no delegate preen ; in order to ascertain whether they will go " on 4 local lecturers' plan . " " That the next tlde-at meeting beheld in Ashton-under-Lyne , on their Sunday in February , in the Chartist Room , Cilii to 1 ) 0 taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . " "Tfe tlie levy for the county fund bo discontinued for ties month . " The thanks of the meeting were tla given to Mr . Rankin for his able services iu : b ehaii " , and the meeting broke uv > about four o ' ci «! in the afternoon .

      Bunv . —The funeral sermon of Mr . John Lornas , hate lecturer for the Miners' Association , and t » io lost his life by an explosion of fire damp in a eoahh at Rxdeliffc-bridge , was preached on Sunday l ;» in the Garden-street lecture room , to a croviM and respectable audience , by Mr . AV . Dixon , of M « Chester . Mr . Dixon selected for his text the last clause of the fourth verse in the nth chapter ti Hebrews— " He being dead , yet speaketh ;' " Iran which he spoke for upwards of an hour , diiriiiK \ iM time both speaker and hearers were deeply aifcctcj ,

      ' CARLISLE . Meeti . v « : op . mE Council op t / ir Ciuhhst Assi-C 1 . 1 T 1 O . V . —On Sunday last the above body held their usual -weekly meeting in their room , Xo . 0 , Jobstreet ,. G ' aldewgate ,. when , after the subscriptiois were paid in front the different districts , Mr . Henry Gatie was called to-. the chair . Mr . O'Connor ' s Jeter was read . from the Star ; -aigS&thc report of i Glasgow : proceedings , which ec $ Q * tw ""> o snwM dc « i ! of surprise amongst the meeting :- "The doctiou of * forthcoming Executive was also brought before & meeting ; and Mr . Lowry gave notice thaton r . a ; Sunday he would move , "That tlie Executive be * pointed by die different localities , and not by thcC& rename . " . After some other matters woi'c ( aliai over , iiic council adjourned until the follows ; Sunday .

      Mfjetixoop the AVoukixg Men ' s Mental fc rnovjc . uEXT Sociktt . —The members composing ' Js society held their meeting as usual hi the Ar-ssp tion-room , John-street ; buttlieve being nospccii !?! question before them , the evening was passed overs desultory-conversation . It was njrreed to , fbtffi next Sunday , Feb . 2 , at six o'clocK a nicotine ski 8 be held / with a view to an exposure of tlie yillan ; : Dr . Unndysidc , of Edinburgh , who gave his . we testimony before the commissioners in that city , tta a , man could live on sixpence a ' week : and that ' s na ; his wife , and four children , could live on two sB lings ¦ arid -sixpence a week , and that tfcoy eouli ! lie comfortably on- throo shillings or three shillings xl sixpence per week . It is to be hoped that a pi immtyT will attend . Admission free .

      , . -... . . DUNDEE . • The Council of this place , having coii . sideicil i the mstnifold privations the- members or the Jisctfr tivean : ! the other-accredited lecturers of the As > ciatioa lisive to undergo , when prosecuting tlifirt bom's far away frorii home ,-with their families as ™ ¦ as themselves to •" maintain out oi" their wage ? , ® subject ( as- they are ) to the exorbitant cfiavgc- " - * hotel and--tavern-keepers , recommend that oacli » cality-provide-a- comfortable private lodging » " k town , -where'tho lccturo-soan regularly resort to , 30 where theJittle means they have car . W mallet " ' ? to UiHwst ' advantage- - The Dundee Cmmcil ! : ;"•< also donc'somcthiug more than nsrev to' fin * li K ' (! ' J ¦ mendation-. - They have acted o ^ r it themselves . * therefore they arci in- a condition to < -i \ y to o lter *' " Go and do likewise . " ¦

      ... / .-... NORTHAMPTON . Old -Locality . —As we have not reported our 1 * ee ' edinsrs lately , it perhaps may be thought h' f ? that we arc-dead ; but though * we have been sil * we have ; not been apathetic , for wo have establish a school to educate the rising generation ; & » * have-devised-means to commence a Co-opci" ** Store taeonnection with tlie Association , and a 1 ^ fund-to-supply , any of ourmembers with small sunK " money //; instead of their being imposed on ty" * pawnbroker ^ or-anv other grasping capitalist- <•*•

      , last Monday evening the following resolution 'ri proposed by-Mi * . Pebardy , seconded by Mr . Corby , * carried -unanimously— " That this meeting W ?* , that Feargus O'Connor is a hearty and sincere fn ^ of . the , working'classes , and that ' hc has done to * utmost of , Jus power to emancipate them frott * evils under-which they , now suffer ; that we ?} ' !«? thise with him' under the calumnies and tiwi ' cheff ' his-and our , pretended friends ; and we are g ) r . i ? seethe determination he has conic to in having XP calumnies investigated , and thus set at rest . "

      . ., TAVIS . TOCK . T . Ue ; Chartists of . Tavistock arc of opinion tli " - ' Executive Committee should be chosen hv tho « $ Chartist body ; and that no lecturer ought to 1 k >( # tenacced . h y . the Chartist-Council "who is not a F ^ member . of . the Chartist body .

      ' . ; ; ' TRURO . LEcfOKE .-r-A ' ccorditig to public announces * ! ' '" lecture was delivered in the United Irwtitn- * lrurp ,. on Wednesday evening , January ii ^ J . half-past seven o ' clock , by Mr . W . M'Gratb- k meeting was wel ] attended by the sons oftoili > ' -K good ' spHiiklirig of the middle classes . jUr .- *? ? . Skcwes , jjin . ; of Cariiborne , was called to the <* and ' opened , tlie business with an excellent tpt Mr . Longinaid followed with a stirring appcalj 0 * townsmen to ' bc up and doing in the cause of l ^ j Mr . "M'Gi ' ath" being " next introduced , deliver " most able lecture , eliciting tremendous amJnu * ; " ' Mr . "Waddingtoii , ' a journeyman Cabmet-ju'L spoke after Mr . ' M'Gratli , and was replied tofc ; •" , gentleman , '"; to "the " satisfaction of the meetir-g- ¦ ' vote Of "tjianks . to the leetuvevs and chnirniR " ' eluded-ti ; e proceedings ; '

      Ij scTCR " EJ : — On "Tuesday afternoon Mr . ^ ' ^ j addressed between five ' arid six hundred P ^ ,, * o the wharf , wlio listened with tUe . deepcsUUeU ' " j liis exposition of the - rights ' and wrongs . of the *•* Labour : ' -Af the ¦ coiiclusioiV , it was announce" "• ¦ ' second-lecture would-he delivered at . the same 1 » at six o ' eldoK in the eveiimg . ' . Tho weathei F ' j t unfavourable , Miv Tiibbert , " a middle-class ^^ granted the use of the ' Corn Market'for t / ie . 111 ^ , whicli / notwitlistaridingthciricleniency of tlic" ^ ., , was excellent : Mr / 'Guscbtt , " of . Penamec , V j ^ pointed to the chair ^ M having in anwsfcw . M opened ¦ the ' -business of "tlic ^ meeting , - » ' * . i » ( ll ) came forward , and spoke for upwards o two w , ^ the principles of the Charter . A locality " jrf National Charter Association was iftrmeu auspices favourable to its future prosperity .

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      Since the foregoing was in type , we have received a long letter from Mr . Smith , of Glasgow , detailing the whole of his conduct from the moment that he heard that Dr . M'Donall was to visit Scotland to the end of the " strange meeting ; " a report of which we inserted last week . In that letter Mr . Smith shows that the act for which he has been so vehemently blamed by those whose publicly expressed opinions he merely reported , was one which duty called on him to perform . It is not in our power to give the letter at full length ; and this is the less to . be regretted , because most of the points and facts contained in it were set forth in the report of the Glasgow meeting ,

      to which we have referred . There are , however , one or two falsities'contradicted in it , which we must notice , as we happen to know that they have been most industriously " whispered" about , in the hope that the " sly insinuation , " uttered with "bated breath , " would prejudice the parties who showed a disposition to prefer public good to individual predilections . The letter of Mr . Smith is addressed to ¦ Mi * . 11 . G . Gam-mage , secretary of the new locality at Northampton , in answer-to a note from that gentleman , as sub-sec ; , to Mr . Smith , which said note will let tlie reader know the nature of the said " whispers . " Here it is : —

      Crispin-street , Northampton , Jan . 20 , 1843 . Deaii' Sin , —A resolution was passed by our Council hist nlglit , instructing m •

      Mr . Smith ' s replies to these very pointed but very strange questions are most direct and most conclusive . We call the questions strange ones , because they imply that either Mr . Clark or the- Executive committed forgery and stated direct falsehoods , and that Mr . Smith " tamely submitted to their doing so . - But here arc his replies . In answer to the first query lie says - — "Toll ask me if the . extract that appeared from ray letter in the Star be indeed of my . writing ? My answer "to that : question is , YES ! it-is of my writing . : You say you have grounds for belief that the extract , was not all mine .. My answer . is , tliat it is alii wrote upon ttot subject . " .-Very : explicit : and decided , that , at all events . Surely it : will set that portion <) i ' . the . matter at rest . The second question Mr .. Smitli . thus disposes of : — .. > -......

      ' Ydu asknie in ' apostcriptif I wrote to Mr . ' Clark to the effectthat there was no necessity ibr publishing my second letter . Jty answer to that question is r . s follows —Mi \ Clark wvotc to ' nie , " stilting tliat he had t ' estt-oyeij my second letter , as it was liis general practic to do with nearly ' all communications ; but if I could inruish him with a copy of it , he would cheerfully corroborate it . I wrote him in answer that I had resolved to give myself no more trouble with Dr . " M'llouall j ' aisd " all 1 ivas sorry i ' or was , that 1 had given niyself so nuieli " already . ' 1 also stated ; tliat I understood tlie Doctor had written a private letter , in ' which hehadniade air unwarrantable attack on my private . ¦ character ; and this ' whs ' . hiy reason for being regardless whether ihy second letter was published or not . ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦•• ¦ ' ' " . ¦

      Surely that question is settled also .- And now , we think ,, we . arc fairly entitled to ask Mr . Gammage who it was that " gave him . grov . ni > for belief" that the Executive were . forgers and Mr . Clark a storyteller . Mi 1 . Gammage don't like - " piivate-lettei *" writing : will he publish the " private letter" on which , he and , his friends , in Northampton founded their queries to Mr . Smith ? We think he is bound to do so , . in justice to those therein charged with forgeiy , falsehood , and pusillanimity . ' As ait act of bare justice to Mr . Smith , we must say "that the ' statement of facts he has sent us , is certified by every member of the Glasgow Council . The facts generally are those detailed in the speeches of Messrs ' . Colquhoun and Sherrington at the recent Glasgow meeting . The P . S . of Mr . Smith ' s letter we give , it'being a necessary explanation to set himself right with the public , on a point of which dexterous use lias been made : —

      P . S . I perceive certain parties are busily engnged in discovering the proper meaning of that portion of my hitter , on tlie correspondence-with Dr . M'DouaU and the Executive , wherein I state my letter to ilr . Clnrk to have been written unguardedly : for their benefit , and in justice to myself , I inform them , that in private as wel ! as public letter writing , I , on aUaccar . ioin ; , wr ite the truth : and the meaning ot ' . the passage referred to is , that had 1 intended it for the press , 1 would have made a belter selection , of words , —heaving the same meaning , —than those in which my letti'i was couched . That iras . the only , . matte * I " was sorry for . J . Smith . LONDON .

      * ' Mu ' tropoutax District Covxcii ., January 2 Gth ; Mr . Mills in the chair-. —Messrs . Simpson and Wheeler reported from the Duncombe Testimonial committee ; the report was received . Reports were also delivered from Hammersmith , Soniers Town , Westminster , and Cambenvell , all in favour of electing the Executive by . the whole people ; arid all , except CainbenvcJl , were of opinion that it was not advisable to hold a Convention at present . The Council then adjourned . Little Town . —The Chartists of this locality held their , weekly meeting as usual on Monday evening . The membevs present gave in their votes as directed by the Executive ; after which the affair of Dr . M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor ! -was introduced "to the

      consideration of tlic members , which cndcd ' ih a vote of confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq .,. with a determination to stand by him and the Star of Liberty , so ong as they continue in their straightforward course , labouring in the cause of Labours rights ' . ^ TitATFonr i . —Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday eyening , to a good audience , at tlie Temperance Coftee-rooms , Stratford . The chair , was ably filled by-Mr . Charles . -At the close of the lecture ah addition was made to the members of the locality .. ' . : Saffron Hiii . —At a meeting held at ilopkinson ' s Coftee-Iiouse , Little , Saffron-hill , on Sunday , it . was resolved unanimously— "That this meeting ' havin " for a number of years placed the greatest confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., can see no reason for withdrawing that confidence . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1300/page/6/