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      Mr . Sharjcan Crawford ' s Motion . —The Patriot of Tuesday , in reference to Mr . Crawford ' s motion on Monday night , in opposition to all grants for religions purposes , says : — "Mr . llindley seconded tlie motion , ti kick found no otlier supporter ; aud it yas rejected by a majority of HI to 2 . " This is incorrect . " The two that voted we Messrs . Dnncombe and Wakley , the representatives of Finsbury Messrs . Crawford * and Hindley were the tellers : so the motion was supported by / our .

      Liyebpool , Thc&sdat Evexixg . —The new packetship Waterloo , Captain Allen , has just arrived here from New York , whence she sailed on the 11 th ult . ; and by her . we have been put in possession of papers from that city three days later than those previously received . The New York Sun publishes the particulars of the loss of the steam-boat Swallow , having on board 350 passengers—the particulars of which we subjoin . Loss of the Steam-Boat Swallow . —The steamboat Swallow , having on board about 350 passengers , left Albany last Monday evening at six o ' clock , for this city . When opposite Hudson , near Athens , she struck a rock and broke in two . What rendered the scene more appalling was the total darkness of the

      night—the water comingnp to the hurricane deck , and the Ladies being drawn v \* through the sk ylights drenched in water . The heeling of the boat brought the fire of the furnaces in contact with thewood , and a flame burst forth , lighting up at once , and adding to the horrors of the scene ; surrounded by fire and water , every effort was made by each person to pro-Tide for their own safety . The terror seemed to be at its highest -when the boat broke in two , the water put out the fire , and the stern sunk . At this critical moment the steam-boats Express and Rochestercanie up , and immedisLely got out all their boats , to p ick up those who were in the water , and save the residue wno were - clinging to the wreck—of these the Rochester took on board 150 , and the Express fiftv .

      Many were known , however , to have reached Hudson and Athens , as boats were promptly dispatched from both places . The rock is well kuown , and had the pilot kept in the channel the accident would not have occurred . We have received the following particulars from C . Pratt , Esq ., of Covert , Seneca county , Sew York , who was a passenger in the Swallow at the time of the disaster : —On going into the ladies' cabin , after the vessel had struck , he found it fall of ladies , and , seizing his two daughters , lie rushed forward , in company with bis grandson , leaving in the ladies' cabin two ladies named Coffin , who -were in company with an aged lady from Troy , these U-ifig the only ladies whose names * were known to his daughters . Passing to the forward deck , Le

      was met by some one who told him to keep off tlie bows , as the boat was going down ; sind as lie turned to get to the hurricane deck , with his daughters and grandson , he was met by a rush of water sweeping over the lower deck from the stem , and turning round caught a glimpse of the two Misses Coffin behind mm ; but , on gaining the upper deck -with his charge , tuey were missing ; search was made for their bodies on the . lower deck , and on * of them recovered , but quite dead . The other could . not be found ... As the SfJ ? ^^ ? *» MF * w ttirty , w more , took refuge in the state room ,. believing that . they would canW * Utih ^ wer t * W overwhelmed , some es-ZSSFiSmL ** * * " - * & *¦** ** H and floating % Tfearrfft » f ** ^ &e hurricane deck , but it fo ^^ Mft ** ? 118111 " »«» rooms and were aroiraed . Of those who floated off ( about fifteen or

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      twenty ) two gentlemen and a lady were found clinging to a settee about a mile and a half below the wreck , all three alive , " but greatly exhausted . They were taken to Athens . Of the others who tried to save themselves by similar means , nothingwas known up to yesterday afternoon , and it is feared they have perished . Passengers saved : — The Express took on board 40 The Rochester 94 - Carried to Athens and Hudson W

      Total 204 Passengers Lost or Missing . —The following are the lost and missing , as far as ascertained : — ¦ Missing . —Mrs . Conklin , Miss Coffin , of Troy ; Mrs . Gilson aad two young ladies , from Albany , whose brother was at the wreck anxiously searching for their bodies ; Airs . Walker , of New York ; Mrs . French , and Mrs . Lambert . Bodies Fouxd . —Sixbodies were found on the main deck , between the captain ' s office and the ladies '

      cabin—viz ., two Misses Wood and Miss Coffin , of Troy ; one gentleman , and a lady , names unknown ; a middle aged woman , apparently a native of Ireland ; two more bodies were picked up near Hudson ; Mrs . Colton aud Miss Briggs , milliner , both of Troy , and one lady with a thimble in her pocket having the initials W . M . C , were found at the wreck . A gentleman of Detroit , named Huest , having a bag containing 1-500 dollars in gold , jumped overboard with the bag upon his aim , but was soon obliged to let it go . He was only saved by having fortunately grasped a narrow strip of board as he jumped .

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      THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT . From whatsoever cause the chance may spring , —and all , even the very existence of the nation , now depends on ctace , —there does appear a chance of CHANGE ; and whether that cten ^ e may arise from "the disarrangement of our system of currency ;" from " over-stocked markets ; " from an " explosion of the railway bubble ; " from '' the limitation of artificial credit ; " from " a European or American war ;" from the death of the "King of the Barricades , " or tlie exit of the "Iron Duke ; " from "a kick-up in Ireland , or from what is more likely , more proximate , and more natural , from a bad harvest : from

      whatever cAanec CHANGE may spring , it is the duty , the bounden duty , of the Chartist body to remain firm , united , and determined , so that when the time comes their fold may be the one secure spot in which all affrighted stragglers may take refuge . To simple individuals or half-instructed communities the achievement of so extensive a change as that proposed by the People ' s Charter appeared easy of accomplishment ; while t » the more reflective mind it naturally presented the necessity of a union of those elements by which alone it could be secured Not wishing to underrate even the value of the cloud

      which portended the first storm of universal indignation that burst upon the present system , we shall not underrate the value of those who rode upon the whirlwind ; but we do accord greater honour to those who kave not abandoned the pursuit after the storm had passed away . A nation may be roused into enthusiasm : but can be only led to thought by philo sophy : and to a proper direction of the sound mind alone must we look for the advantages of enthusiasm and thought . The interested leaders , who ingratiated

      themselves into popular favour during the first moments of excitement , placed no more practical advantages before the public mind than those which were promised from the transfer of power to their own hands . That day , however , has passed awayas proved by the recent representation of the improved mind of the cwnfcy in the late Convention : a body which did not confine its efforts to such a narrow point , but who patiently mapped out the one valued social object ; and expounded the mode of achieving political power for its accomplishment .

      When a people , bowed beneath the weight of national suffering imposed by class legislation , delegate to others the onerous duty of thinking for them , upon the assurance that their recommendations shall be carried into effect by universal compliance with all suggestions that are practical , feasible , and safe , the propounders of such plans are nottobeblamedfortheir failure , if thatfailure depends upon the apathy of those for whose benefit they have been devised . To the proposition of the Convention for the extension of the franchise to all who under the Reform Bill , may acquire a vote , as well as to the

      project for testing the value of the land as a means of establishing the standard of wages , we need not say that we give our hearty concurrence : and , al > though in the present corrupt state of the House of Commons little importance may be attached to the acquisition of ten or twenty Chartist members , yet the people may rest assured that the several measures of taxation , economy , finance , free trade , agriculture , and State reli gion , forced upon the country through the corruption of its present representatives , will before long preclude , and forever , the recurrenceof such

      an anomaly as we now daily witness—the surrender of a constitution to the caprice of a single Minister . Never again will the people of this country witness such a slavish toleration as has marked and degraded the present Parliament . And , apart from any of those changes to which we have referred , none would be more astounding in its effects upon the nation than a contested election . Those warring strifes and antagonist fears , now subdued and moulded to one man ' s dictates , would be let loose , and submitted to the control of the popular will . It is for this

      tune—lor such an eveut—that we seek to prepare our readers : for , however distant all other chances of chaxge maybe , the "days" of our present representatives " are numbered ! " and "the day of reckoning is at hand I" We were not prepared for the last contest , further than to enter into an alliance for the destruction of our Whig gaolers , who held five hundred of the advocates ' of true principle within the walls of their dungeons . Our triumph then , though of a negative qualHy , taught us oun stkexgth : and shall we not upon he neat occasion turn tliat strength to positive advantag \ It was cheering

      no doubt , to sec the workingman standing besides the lordling and the squire , propounding the principles of his order ; and it was creditable to see those hands for whose emancipation he contended held up in approval of those principles . But how much more advantageous to the national cause if the experiment had resulted in the return of some twenty representatives whose labours would not have ceased when the enthusiasm of the nomination had subsided \ Then , as a registration committee has been appointed , presided over by Mr . Duncombe , we trust that ere long we shall be enabled to present the fruits of their labour as an inducement to general action .

      As to the Land project , the important Trades Conference and the Chartist Convention having loth decided upon the necessity of such an experiment , we must naturally come to the conclusion that the principle has made no little way in the public mind ; and that all that is now requisite is a vigorous effort on the part of those entrusted with its management to give it effect . Upon the whole , passing events impose upon us the duty of warning the Chartist body . There are symptoms , strong symptoms of approackiug dissolution—not onl y ol the Parliament , but of the rotten system of which it is the faithful

      representative ; and the question with tlie people must be , whether or no they will be prepared for the contingency—whether they will submit to another seven years of misrule—whether they will allow the last remaining portion of their common lands to be enclosed for the benefit of others—whether they -will submit to worse than Egyptian slavery , in order that Ministerial influence may be purchased by a seoond State Church—whether they will submit to the insulting declaration that " one in every

      ten of their order is a pauper , " while their taskmasters are seeking safe investments for the produce of their labour ; u-hetJter they will submit to twelve hours' toil of their . wives and children , that ' a Tory Minister may remain in the ascendant ^ -or whether they will have a small band of patriotic representatives in the House of Comnwns who will make their wants , their grievances , their wishes , and their principles ring throughout Europe and the world ; whether they wifl establish a standard round

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      •*¦ - " " - •** j i \ i a . i which the popular will outside may rally ; whether they will insist upon the restoration of martyrs who have been the victims of traitors banished from our ranks ; whether they will have their own land , and cultivate it for their own purposes ; whether , in short , they will have a Ministry of their own choicelaws of their own enacting—comforts of their own creation—aad acouatvy they may can their own . Such is the choice that we place before the Chartist body . Apathy , indolence , aud neglect will lead to the perpetuation of the system that we have so long laboured to destroy ; union , activity , and energy will lead to the blessings we have described . -

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      i « j- * u x a the House place in their hands , to make that resistance successful . But , if after all , Peel should succeed ; if the horde of time-servers by whom ke is surrounded enable him to vote public opinion a fool ; if he should manage , by the arts and speciousness of which he is so great a master , to defeat the efforts o the opposition—divided and disjointed as it is , because springing from such different and opposing principles of action—yet there is one ground or which atf . ;

      can cordially unite , and that is the motion of Mr . Duncombe ' s , alluded to above . It strikes us that even Peel himself , specious and plausible as he is , will find some difficulty in furbishing up a set of reasons for the rejection of that motion . He now gays , that the opposition to his proposal springs from a "FERMENT" in the public mind-a "ferment which time will allay . " He deems it is his " duty " to oppose , directly and unflinchingly , public opinion ,

      because he knows better than the public what the nature , scope , and intent of his measure is , and what will' be its effect in operation . lie arera , that wUen the ferment has subsided , the people will view the question in quite another light than they now do . Here is a test for the sincerity of those declarations ! If he is convinced that those opinions are correct , he will not object to try them . Mi \ Duscombk ' s motion provides for that trial . He proposes , that if we an to have the infliction of another endowment for

      religious purposes , it shall be but , m the first instance , as an experiment ; that the time shall be limited , at the end of which Parliament can again deal with the question . He therefore proposes the limitation of three years . During that time the " ferment " surely willhaye subsided ! the people will have come to their senses : and if they are convinced with Peel that the measure is really a blessing and a boon , they will ; having the benefit of experience to guide them , as stoutly support it as they now oppose itand be better satisfied into the bargain . Therefore Peel , if he has any regavd fov wkatlie says , and any confidence in his own predictions , will be glad to avail Minself of the opportunity offered him to establish his character as a statesman who " saw before tke people he ruled . "

      The period fixed by Mr . Duncombe for the first duration of the now Institution ( if we are to have it ) is just the exact one to enable the people to express their opinions , after the ' FERMENT" shall have been allayed . He proposes three years . Before that period expires , we must have another General Election , unless , indeed , the present Parliament should be ao enamoured of Sir Robert Peel , and he with the - servile crew . by whom he is supported , as to induce " the House" to follow a former famous precedent , and vote itself , when elected only to sit seven years , qualified to sit fourteen ! In two years , or so , the present Parliaments-God be thanked ' . —will die " a natural death , " save and except the contingency

      we have named , ivhichis hardly likely to occur in the present temper of the times . There will then be a legitimate opportunity for the people making manifest ' --their new conviction respeeting the Maynooth measure and of the electors returning members to the new House to give effect to the altered opinion of the country . But if it should turn out on that occasion , that publio opinion has not undergone the great change predicted ; if the election should result in the rejection of Sir Robert Peel and his obsequious supporters , why , it will only prove that our " greatstatesman " committed a mistake , mi miscalculated : no great faults in statesmen now-adays !

      The { imitation of the measure is just upon every principle , aa well as upon " expediency " i-the real principle of action now set up by all parties . Let us suppose that the measure is carried through the House , according to the Minister ' s present intentions ; and that so carried , it becomes permanentthat is , as permanent as this Parliament can make it ; and suppose that a subsequent Parliament—a Parliament'that will not be bound to " the support of the measure either by hope of place , distinction , or notoriety upon the one hand , nor intimidation upon the other ; a House that will pay at tention to

      petitions—if not of the unrepresented , at least to those of the electoral bod y : suppose such a Houseto repeal the Maynooth endowment , we ask if that fact , together with the unblushing disregard of public opinion now manifested b y Sir Robert Peel , would not furnish good and ample grounds for his impeachment ? But suppose the probability of this measure being acceptable to ' a majority of the people , and that it should turn out that the present opposition has been marshalled b y the fanatics of all religious patties ;—in such case a subsequent Parliament / representing

      that- sound opinion , would doubtless fiat tlie measure , and throw the shield of its protection over its present supporters . Should thesupporters of the measuretherefore object to the proposed limitation to ' three years , it is evident that they are . sceptical as to public approval of it—that they dread the " cry to which it would give rise , notwithstanding that Peel is sufficient ' of a tactition to know that there would be less interest attached to a " cry" for a repeal of a measure that has been earned , than to the " cry" of resistance to the proposal for the endownent of a rival O ch .

      Our firat impression as to the ultimate intention of Sir . R . Peel , has been strengthened by the admissions o * ° emost influential of both parties in the House Commons : admissions to the effect that the proposed grant is the mere ' preliminary step in the march of Catholic Church Endowment : a march to be measured in its strides according to the ability of Irish agitation to advance it . And hence Mr . O'Connell ' s fresh enthusiasm pending the

      discussion . This is his policy . He says , "Imust p \ ill the strings of my show-box . I must parade my puppets in rapid succession . I must keep the gaping eye and strained ear upon the stretch . I must divert thought from the real object—the purchase of the Catholic priesthood . I must lull suspicion by a series of popular exhibitions , where Repeal out-tops all other considerations , until Ireland , all Ireland , maket itself party to the ministerial measure : and , that done , the people will have harnessed

      themselves in the new State Church-cakt ! Repeal shall then sink , through local apath y : and I will seek for some less disturbed waters whereon my shattered bark may float for the remainder ' of mv days . " ' It is quite evident that the resuscitated Repeal agitation is not a real agitation . It is but a " dclu . sion , a mockery , and a snare " intended to lure the popular mind , white Ireland is being sold to the

      English minister . Sir Robert Peel will truly understand , and justly appreciate the necessary ribaldry of Mr . O'Connell . He is playing precisely the same game for the Tory Minister that he played for his Whig friends , whom he abused and ridiculed in public that he might be the better able to furnish an excuse for protecting them against the assaults of their enemies . Peel knows that he could not carry tlie Maynooth Endowment if the people of Ireland were allowed to think upon it . lie knows that the

      counter agitation is to prevent thought ; and thus ho and Mr . O'Connell are playing into each other ' s hands . O'Connell will have the bluster ; but Ireland will have the blister . He will soften down the odium that would otherwise attach to himself—while the thingonce done , fastens the Union between the two countries with a . newly-forged chain , while the slender one that bound them might have been snapped if the Irish leaders had but the common courage of men . It is a melancholy thing to see a nation sold , while her heroes bluster like bullies j to see a people conquered by conspiracy , while their frothing advocates speak in warlike thunder .

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      The " moral force" repudiates of the " physical force" Chartists do not condescend to limit their ruminations to the '' torch and the dagger . " Thev speak of whole " fleets sweepingthe channel ; ' whole " nations rising" as if b y magic , and countries dun * : ing hands like railway shares . " Should fifty thousand Frenchmen land on English ground , " says Mr . Smith O'Beien : " should an American fleet sweep the channel ; " " should amillion of Irishmen in England and Scotland , and should seven millions of Irishman rise mmuu , " and timid noting stand in the lVayof

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      success , Mr . S . O'Brien SHOULD have said , " what could prevent the completion of our object ? " Mr . O'Connell ' s very logical answer to Mr . Macaule ?' s verymagniloquent bluster , was " Bah ! " " Bah ! is our answer to Mr . Smiiu O'Brien . Should the "fifty thousand Frenchmen" land upon English ground , there w t one Frenchman for every forty of the two millions of English Chartists that would . . . ,

      bIiow them the way to their boats or their graves . No , no , Mr . Blusterer : the English Chartists are not to be caught with honey , whether " civil" or " religious : " The English Chartists have a principle to contend for , and they will admit of no Foreign aid , used upon their own territory , to insure its success ; while they will cheerfully take advantage o * all foreign circumstances to aid them in its accomplishment .

      It is not during the moment of excitement on such a question that its effects upon the actors can be felt . The treason of the "Conciliators" and of the '" S 2 Warriors in Buckram" will not be discovered . unti - their hall is empty , their regimentals faded , and their country sold ; and then , if not till then , those who subscribed their pence for the purchase of their country ' s freedom will ask for that " balance sueet" in which " Ireland for the Irish" was to appear on the credit side .

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      Anticipated Death of General Jackson , We are sorry to announce that , by tho late New York arrival , we hear that the death of GencralJackson was momentarily expected . Horrible . —Can it be Trde \—The following letter appeared in the Times of Wednesday : —Sir , —I reside very close to a certain churchyard at the west-end , and therefore have an opportunity of watching the proceedings of the gravediggers . On the 23 th of April last , to my astonishment , I saw a gravedigger emptying a pit full of human hones ; he placed them in a basket , which he covered with a cloth . He was watched out of the churchyard , with the basket , bv a person in mv

      house , and was followed to a rag and . bone-shop in Upper Rupert-street , where I have no doubt he got a good price for the bones . When a grave is made and any bones are found , they are always put into a pit in the church-yard , aud whew tUc pit is fu \\ , itis emptied in the manner above described . I intended to have informed you of the above on the day it occurred , hut was prevented . However , I will leave you and tlie public to reflect upon , and draw your oivu ' conclusions from these disgraceful facts , so abhorrent to a Christian nation . I enclose you my card in confidence , and remain , sir , your obedient servant , Vigilans . A Manufacturing Operative . —Put two or three seeds , in each hole , and , in thinning out , leave the most healthy plaut . Dibble the seeds two inches deep .

      Our correspondent does not say how old the seed is . It will vegetate when five years old , in all ordinary cases of preserving it ; but new seed is always the best . The plants are stronger , and sooner push into rough leaf , giving a sure and a much heavier crop , in the same time , from the sowing . W . Seaorove , - Barnsley . —We will reserve his letter for future use should occasion call for it . Elizabeth Smith , Dockhead . —No . She cannot wUl the property . She has only a life interest in it . It is left to " her and her heirs for over . " Of course her eldest son is the heir , and succeeds to the property " at his mother ' s death * and holds it for fits life , when it

      again descends to his " heirs and assigns for over . " A Constant Subscriber , who posted his letter in Great Portland-street , should have given his name , when asking such questions as he has put relative to Mr . Farrer , secretary to the harmonic meetings at the Feathers Inn , Warren-street , Tottcnham-court-road . If that gentleman pleases to call at the printing-office , ho shall have the letter , as it concerns him . W . Hameb , Oldiiam , wishes to know the present address of Mrs . Duncan and Mrs . Ellis . Perhaps the parties will communicate with him . A note addressed to him , at Heslop's Temperance Coffee House , will reach his hands .

      J . II ., Camden Town . —His communication is declined . He grasps at far too ranch , in the present state of information ; and to publish such an extensive project would be but throwing a cap against tho wind . C . Reynolds , Penzanoe . —His letter , dated March 26 th , announcing the election of a Chartist Board of Highway Surveyors , has but just come to hand ( Thursday ) It was addressed to " 180 , Strand . " The office is situate at " 130 , Strand . " No . " 180 " is a post-office , at which we desire our remittances to be made payable , but certainly have no desire that they should be favoured with our communications . Let our friends be careful to observe the exact address . T . Winters , Leicester . —A letter addressed to the secretary of the Barnsley Weavers' Association , care of Mr .

      F . Mirfield , Barnsley , will best answer his purpose . Ellis Lathbury , Folkstone . —Theagrcomentwillstand He cannot be ousted . It would , however , be well for him to get the document stamped . This can be easily dune , he paying the fine . Wm . S . Jones , Lancaster-street , Birmingham . — "We believe that the law allows an offer of marriage to bar the claim a mother has on a " putative" father for the support of his bastard , and we regret that it does so ; for certainly the support or non-support of the child ought not to rest on such an issue . 'Marriage is an engagement to which both sides ought to be willing parties , and any law or custom that seeks to drive either side into a matrimonial connection , when the mind revolts

      from it , is an intolerable tyranny . In the case in question , if our correspondent , knowing as ho docs that the woman whom he has seduced has " strong objections" to a matrimonial connection with him , should mtke the offer of marriage when before the magistrate * for affiliation , he will prove himself to be a very rascal . He has seduced her who confided in him ; he has caused her to become a scoffand a bye-word to those who knew her ; he has burdened her ' with Ms own offspring ; she has both a moral and a legal claim on him for pecuniary aid in support of his own child ; and if he should shuffle off that claim by a mere subterfuge , he adds injury to injury , and shows himself to be destitute of all honour and all shame .

      Mr . O'Connor ' s Engagements . —Mr . O'Connor has been long engaged to dine with tha Carpenters at Highbury Barn on Whit Monday ; and his other engagements for the week will preclude the possibility of accepting any of the other Invitations he has received : but he hopes shortly to be able to make an effective tour for the revival of Chartism . To Persons fob whom Monies have been best to Mr . O'Connok , —Small sums of money have been sent to Mr . O'Connor for individuals . All persons from whom such sums have been sent , will have tho goodness to say , by letter , to whom they shall be paid in London or sent by Post-office > der . Mr . O'Conner begs to say , that he will not in future receive sums sent for private purposes . He has quite enough to do with thu

      national funds entrusted to him : not that these are large in amount , but they become eomplicated , some sending to the General Secretary , and some sending to the Treasurer Now , this is to give notice , that all monies subscribed to the national fund must be sent by Post , ofhee order addressed to Feargus O'Connor , E ^ ., Aorftern Wor ofcee , 340 , Strand , London ; and payable to Icargus O'Connor , Esq ., at the Post-office , 180 , Strand : otherwise Mr . O'Connor cannot keep hisac counts correct : and every incorrectness must be his own loss . Let this le plainly understood : that all monies for the Executive must iu future be sent to the l ! : 1 ! " 1 !' : " ^' , ^ : 11101 ' a »* M *> O 1 Co «« or requests that all having for

      persons money individuals will send it direct to those for whom it is subscribed Patrick O'IIiGciNs . -We are reluctantl y obliged to withhold the address till next week . Samuel Spoonek , Sheffieed . -Wc thank him for his letter . The conduct of Mr . Steel , as detailed in that letters U-uly disgraceful . It is also « % Imagine a ' man complaining that his speeches were not reported , because the reporter could not write short-hand , and then complainingthat thfcywerenotinsertod . bocauseapartyauout the office had once had cause to complain of the speaker . Why , the silly man contradicts himself . If his speeches were not reported , and could not be because tho re .

      porter could not "take" them , how the deuce could they be refused insertion ? The fact is , the man wanted a grievance , " and told a falsehood to make one He was treated just as every other member of the body was treated , and every word furnished was duly pub hshed . But some people cannot appreciate an effort to serve them . Was there another jouvn&l in the Une . dom that took the slightest notce of the meeting ? Steel ought to be ashamed of himself . ' MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR From Dundee .. F 0 . ! T"E EXECB W « - j «• * Fwm three persons at Newcastle ' . ' . " " o 1 0 From Newcastle ^ ^^ '" "' Q fi q ' From Dundee .. .. ' ° T " .. .. [ o 4

      v , ,. , CONVENTION . irom Dundee 0 10 0 PONCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . i rom a few friends at Ilkeston , per J . Sweet .. 0 i 9 MR . COOPER . * 1 ' rom the Chartists of Deptford and Greenwich .. 0 7 G * This gentleman having declined to receive the sums subscribed for him , it is requested that those partiesTv o have forwarded subscriptions to Mr . O'Connor wil send o ff ^ a sat 81111 * *" «^* Kritt RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . 3 > d > d Clock-house , West . T . Salmon , ditto n fi P = WaUty ) I I SSS ?^*^ wVaKTmouthi t ? * ' « Wi * tS ,, j §

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      ,. ... MAY 10 , ^ 184 5 DONATIONS . Mr . Drewctt , Oxford T . Salmon .. " ' 0 d levy . " ¦• 0 i ; City of London DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . " ' William Salmon THOMAS MARTIN WHEEler ° ' Secretary ,. ... May 10 , ^ 1845 .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF RECEIPTS AND EXPiNDITBR THE LATE CONVENTION . ° Receipts of Delegates from fifteen districts ? - "I . Vale of Leven " ' " > 0 Dundee " " 19 j , Norwich " " 9 ' 0 () ; Greenwich " " " H o " " 05 , f irpmditure . 9 " « Rent of Room * - 'I . Doorkeeper " ¦ > ( I Paper , pens , ink , penholders , < kc " X J * « Printing bills " * { U Marylebono meeting " ' * I South London Hall " " '' : » " •• 0 lj a

      Donation from Directors of the South Loniloin ' ' " Hall , and Collection .. ! |( m " Total Expenditure ,. 77 ^— ¦ Total Receipts .. .. 9 f , o " U Total Expenditure .. 4 Is 1 $ Balance in hand .. .. 4 1 ] lol

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      Daring Robbery . —On Saturday afternoon ( Mav 3 rd ) , between four anil five o ' clock , Mr . E . Turner ' of the Rising Sun , Broolcsby-street , Barnsbv-i oad Islington , was robbed of a small casli-box contninini * notes and gold to upwards of £ 110 . Tlie robberv v » cilected . br three men who were hanging about tho house for some time , and of whom he had received a quantity of silver , for which he returned < -old an i having occasion to go to the cellar a short time ' ifter wards the robbery was effected . Hc unftrtuilatdv exhibited Ins cash-box at the time of giving elnn » e " which the thieves took note of , and having left it " in the bar parlour in his absence , they secured it ind got safe off . . Death of Mr . Thomas Hood . — ' Wcvegret toliaw to announce the death of this distinguished writer ' The event , which had been anticipated bv liiiuaclf and his friends for some time past , took place on Saturday evening . —Globe .

      The Late Fatal Accident on the Ashtos BltANCII OF THE SHEFFIELD AND MANCnuSTElt lluu-WAY . —ASUTON , TiiunsDAr !—Yesterday , the adj ourned inquest on the bodies of the fifteen men killed bv the falling of nine arches on the Ashton Branch Railway was held at the Commercial Inn , in this town , before ¦ y . S . Rutter , Esq ., coroner for the Lancashire division , and Chas . Hudson , Esq ., - coroner for the Cheshire division , and the joint juries of the two coroners The inquiry excited considerable interest amount the railway people of this district . Mr . Chapman deputy chairman of the Sheffield line , and several other gentlemen connected with the comiianr were nresent . The object of the inquiry vaa really into the cause of the accident . Mr H

      F . Mackwovth , the resident engineer to the com ' . l > any ( the branch ) , was examined at great length as to the performance of the work .. In his opinion tlie contract had been carded out . The original contract was put in and read . It set forth the nature of tho materials to be used by the contractors in the formation of the arches , &c . —Mr . Samuel Iiolme ' en < nneer and builder , of Liverpool : Was frequently cmployed as surveyor . Had been in the business thirty two years , twenty-four of which he had been a master . Was one of the contractors who erected the viaduct at Stockport and Salten Ford , near Holmes Chapel , on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Had been requested by the two coroners to examine tic works at Ashton Viaduct , in conjunction with Mr .

      UeUhouse and Mr . Lee , of Manchester , buildcra and surveyors . They had unanimously agreed to a report , which he would read to the jury . The report stated that they had examined the ruins , and had taken a description from the plans and specification , which were set forth in the report . Onrexainmiiie the plan they found'the interior filled up with rubble stones mixed witk scablings andbrickbats negligently thrown in , without being regularl y beddedvaUimortar ot a very inferior quality , all of which bore evidence of the slovenl y execution of the works The report , which was lengthy , concluded with the following declaration : — " "We cannot close this painful examination without expressing our opinion that great blame has been . incurred , and that tliisami .

      dent lias taken place through the inferiority both of the material and the workmanshi p . We refer particularly to the construction of the piers . These were totally insufficient for sustaining the weight which had been placed vertically upon them . The pressure eould only act on the exterior casing , for the interior did not m the slightest degree contribute to their strcw-th , and would not have borne their own weight if the exterior casing had been removed from them The want of binders also , to connect the two sides of tho piers together , has been a most fatal crvov , awl paintin as it is to us , we are compelled to stale that in our opinion this accident would not have occurred had the works been executed in a proper manner . " —Mr . John Davis , chemist , of Manchester : Had received from the last witness several packages of mortar , which hc had analysed and made a report of them in a letter to Mr . Lee , from which it appeared that theye was 70 per centof sand 8 * of limeand

      , , , ^ 14 . 01 iron , « kc . Several other witnesses were examined , after which , the coroners each recapitulated the evidence , commenting in strong terms on the nature of the works , and explaining the law ot dcodaud which could not in that case he levied ; after .-w hich the jury retired , and in about forty minutes returned with a verdict of Accidental Death , accompanied by . the unanimous expression of their opinion , that they considered the sole cause of the accident to arise from the insufficiency of the works and the inferiority of the material used , together with negligence of the men and the contractors , also that of the company ' s servants , and a request that the coroners would forward the evidence taken belore them to the Lords of the Privv Councilor the hoard of Trade , with the view to the Government sending down some competent engineer to inspect tlie whole of the works prior to the line being opened to tlie pwblio .

      bnciDE OK THE CAPTAIN OF A DaXISH ShH ' .-OB Wednesday the Captain of the Danish brig Betsy , whose name is at present unknown , coimnittiil suicide by cutting liis throat while in a warm hath , at the bath establishment in Tower-street . On Ihursday evening an inquest was held on the body l > y Mr . Payne , city coroner , at the White Horee , Roodlane , lower-street ;—George Reid , one of tlie waiters at the above house , said that on Wednesday , about noon , tlie deceased applied for a bath . Witness showed him into one of the bath-rooms , and there left him . In consequence of the deceased not making ha appearance after a reasonable time had elapsed ,. witness went and knocked at the door ; but , receiving no answer , the door was ultimately broken open , and the deceased was found in the bath partially dressed , with his head under water . Upon lifting him up , a dreadful wound was discovered in the throat . A razor , covered with bloed , with which the deceased had

      committed the rash act , was found in the bath It boro the mark of "Bengal" upon it . Michael Juelson , mate of the Betty , said that he had known the deceased tor about ei ghteen months . Iho vessel armed at the Limehouse tier on Monday last . He was a man of very large fortune and he intended to retire on his return home , after the present voyage . He had neither children nor wife , and all his friends arc well off , and reside at Copenhagen . Hc was a perfectly sober man . ills ather was a clergyman , and his brother , witness ltcaevcu , committed suicide by shooting himself . The last time witness saw deceased alive was on Wednesday forenoon , when he complained of being unwell . Ot late witness had seen a great change in his spirits . Air . Wm . May ship-broker , and several other witnesses , gave such evidence as to prove that the mind ot deceased had become impaired , and the jurv , alter consulting , returned a verdict of Temporary

      niSW ?* o f oc ?» " » fOB .-Thc famil y of a labourer named John Hughes , residing in the rural district of 1 omck , near Worcester , had for some days detected au unusual impurity in the water of the well , but were unable to conjecture thecauseof suchimpurity . Un Wednesday last , however , on drawing up gome water , a substance of a whitish colour was discovered m it , and this , on examination , proved to be a portion of human skin , apparentl y-belonging to the ¦ loot ot an infant , and to which a part of the toes and toe-nails were attached . On making this horrible discovery the inmates immediatel y . proceeded to make further search , and eventually succeeded in drawing out of the well with a hook the 'body of a tul grown male infant , which had been sunk in the well by a brick being tied to the body . 'At present no clue has been obtained likel y to lead to the deteevm a * . ( PWt « tor of the murder , but there is little doubt that the bod y was brought from a distance , and deposited m thewell as a spot the least likely to lead to detection . - * reford Journal .

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      MORE OF THE " FERMENT . " The following address was adopted unanimously bv one of tke greatest and most influential public meetings which has been held in the country for the consideration of the Maynooth Grant . It was proposed by Mr . Mason , and seconded by Mr . Councillor Baldwin . The Town Hall , capable of containing ten thousand persons , was crowded to suffocation . Tke Address of the People of Birmingham assenMcd in the Town Bail , on Tuesday , Mag CtA , for the consideration of the State Endowinail of Maynooth College . .

      Fellow snbjects , —Haviug been assembled by authority of the chief magistrate of the borough of Binning ham , iu compliance with a most influential requisition , comprising members of the corporation , burgesses , and householders , to consider the political tendency of the contemplated Endowment of Maynooth College , we deem it our duty , in respect to the national rights . and- claims of Ireland , that the principle upon which we feel it necessary to oppose this grant should be distinctly understood , to prevent that misconstruction which has hitherto been made of the motives of the British people on all matters concerning the interests and welfare of Ireland . And in the expression of this opinion we here solemnly declare that the people of this country have no wish to perpetuate the degradation and sufferings of the Irish nation , whether inflicted through religious prejudice or by political authority .

      It is , therefore , with the patriotic and just purpose of objecting to such legislative measures as we consider tend more to perpetuate the degradation of Ireland and the miseries of her people , than promote either the religious purity or moral power which ought to characterise a nation in the sacred pursuit of establishing just institutions , that we oppose the present ministerial proposition . We object to tlie endowmeut of Maynooth College on file principle that all religious institutions should receive their support directly from the people who wish for them ; and because all history proves that State Eadowmenti

      have tended to alienate the instructors of the people from their interests snd welfare , and rendered them the instruments of Governmental oppression . They have also defeated the great purpose of the founder of Christianity The injustice becomes still more evident when we reflect that but for the impoverishment of tlie people , through the instrumentality of unjust legislation , the people would hare abundant means to support their religious instructors without requiring aid at the hands of a Government which possesses no revenue but what is derived from the industry of the people .

      We , therefore , in thus distinctly and unequivocally pronouncing our opinion , free from all national and religious prejudice , take this opportunity of reminding you that the British Parliament does no more represent the British people htt the interests and welfare of Ireland —not more Ui : n oae-tenth of the adult male population being represented in that assembly : and conceiviag that the interests aad destinies of a nation must ever be sacrificed at the shrine of class , we , in conclusion , solemnly assure yon , that , provided sou ¦ will accept our co-operatiou in the great struggle for a just and full representation of the entire adult male population of the threekingdoms , without distinction of class or condition , in the united Parliament , « e will ardently aid you in securing for belaud such institutions as will guarantee the right and power of self-government . T . raiixips , Esq ., Mayor , Chairman .

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      4 lOTUElSffiMKElSS ^^^ fj !^ OF THBDUHNFIEHJ COAL COMPACT . ^^ i . rsfssrSi- ' Sfiri - ^ S £ ffS ! tS 2 i 11 Sy S » 2 SK *''> = JVan- to , total SSSerrscstssE < Wta » , * e columns of wMch were . closed agamst me-Zribej would not insert mj rsplj «* thout my paying for such reply as an advertisement . . forto 4

      Itfetrue , the colttmnsofthe' ^ ftxr" were open me defend myself ftom their vile imputations ; and for this I am thankful . But at the same fime , it is but just , if a man is attacked inapublic journal , that that same journal should allow him the p rivilege of speaking for -Wr . » - s « K ; tot . alas ! suclt is , li" « teualilj of the main portion of the English press , that nothing but gold can get you adtnitted into ite pages-However , justice has been done me ; and that without me saying one word to you on the subject . You saw I was villined and belied by the Dukinfield Coal Company in the Guardian , and you determined that I should be defended through the same channel . You found , like me , that this could not be done without a vast sum of money ; aud notwithstanding you bad been on strike for ten weeks , you subscribed the money out of the scanty support wliich you have received during your struggle . This act of generosity on your part demands my warmest thanks and gratitude .

      Friends , all I can do is to thank you for your noble conduct , which I do with all my heart : and may the jus tice you have dealt out to me he speedily conferred upon yourselves , hj the honourable conclusion , of your struggle of right against might . Friends , before I conclude this , allow me to give jou a little advice . I am sorry to hear of the repeated cases of petty assault which take place betwixt you and tke knobsticks . These not ouly give a handle to the opposition press , but they are calculatel to injure you with the public . Let me , therefore , implore of you to keep the peace for our own sates , and the sake of the glorious cause you are engaged in .

      I am fully aware of the annoyance and provocation which yon receive at the bands of these knobsticks ; but remember that you have characters to maintain . You are tnmen in you various neighbourhoods : not so with the creatures you come in contact with , who it is well known are the " very scum of society . " They go prowling about the country in search of places where the men are on strike , in order that they may have " good money" for doing nothing for a few weeks , and then they are off again . The very fellows now working at Dukinfield went into the north at the time of the strike there ; when that tcr . minafed . and as they must live , they left and came to York ? hire , and from thence to Scott and Enowsley ' s , near Boltou , ihen to St . Helen's , and to other places . Hetd them not . Let them say what they will , take no notice of them : for , believe me , it is their game , aud that of those ¦ who employ them , to drag you into rows , and then make noupay .

      Friends , in conclusion , I agam request you to keep thepeaee ; and would suggest the propriety of your sending some of your body to have an interview with the magistrates . Let the authorities know how you are annoyed ; aud that your wives cannot walk the streets without being insulted with debauched language . You have a Meadowcroft , * Parkinson , and others , intelligent men , who , if they want and laid your case before the magistrates , would surely procure redress . Use every legal means of obtaining justice , but do not break the peace , is the advice of your friend and well-wisher , William Dixox . —Manchester , May 6 th , 18 * 5 .

      The Noetheen Star. Saturday, May 10, 1815.

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      MAYNOOTH . THE TWO STATE CHURCHES . The policy by which Sir Robert Pekl has been enabled ao far to ensure the success of his measure for the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland , while it reflects great credit on bis head and heart , as far as it is a manifestation of contrite repentance for past sins ; and an exhibition of consummate skill in the manner in which hc has managed the refractory of his own party , and chimed in with the necessities of his opponents , still confers but

      H $ tle credit upon the House of Commons . The one may plead " tlie tyrant ' s plea , "—necessity , —for liis act : but the alacrity with wliich the mass of " the representatives of the people" have not only eaten their own oft-paraded professions , but set themselves in direct hostility to their own " constituents" at the bidding of the Minister , proves them to be thoroughly abject and servile to power , and wholly oblivious or disregardful of the relationship that ought to subsist between a " representative" and the " represented . "

      Hitherto the opposition offered to the measure has failed ; it having become the fashion just now for the members of Parliament to demonstrate their " INDEPENDENCE" by voting directly in the teeth of those who sent , them ! The Minister lias set the example ; and , like well-bred Ministerial adherents , the bulk of "the House" must follow it . He has openly confessed that it is his duty to set at defiance the expression of public opinion that has greeted Ids " necessary" perfidy , because it is all the result of a mere "ferment " in the public mind ; and heavers that when the feelings of indignation

      which , his conduct in seeking to establish another State Church shall have cooled down some little , judgment will resume her seat , and his measure be not" only understood , but even suppwud by those who are now carried away by the opposition "FERMENT ; " We can understand this language , when addressed to one portion of , the opposing party—that which maintains the righteousness of the principle of State establishments , and whose opposition is grounded on the fear that the endowment of a second Church will interfere with the ascendancy of th » first . We can understand this as a gentle , hint to

      the raving bigots of Bxeter Hall , that the " signs of the times" are such as to denote the speedy overthrow of all State Church Establishments ; and that the one , the only mode of at all retarding the evil day , is for the present holders of the property stolen from the poor to admit of others participating in the spoil . Such is , iii fact , the meaning of" Peel ' s measure . It is to strengthen the hold that Mother Church has on the State—a hold becoming weaker and weaker every day . It is to detach from the people those who have hitherto headed them in the assertion of the voluntary principle ) because they were

      " out of the pale" and cut off from the enjoyment of the immense riches which excited their envy . It is to sop these gentry , that Peel has taken his course and thus make it their interest to maintain and support the existing establishment : and the manner in whichhis proposal has beeiireceived in Ireland by the priestly repudiate of all State connection , shows that the Minister did not much miscalculate , when he baited his heok with the golden bait ! To that portion of the opposition whose desire is to keep in their own hands the Tithes , ' the Glebes , the Church Lands , and the magnificent Churches and Cathedrals of our land , and maintain the presumptuous

      ascendancy of a mere sect , the words of Peel are not devoid of meaning , and probably will not be thrown away : and even to those who have taken their stand on the broad and intelligible ground of resistance to all State endowments for religious purposes ; who enunciate the true principle , that to favour one sect is an act of injustice to all the rest ; who contend that the people should be allowed to chooBe their own parsons , and pay them in accordance to notion of service rendered : to these the words of Peel are also far from devoid of meaning , and will surely incite to redoubled exertion to prevent the double evil wliich those words so plainly indicate .

      At the outset we stated one objection to the measure to be ; the deadly inrluence that the promised " boon " would have upon all questions of political agitation : and our misgivings upon thatsu b ; cct have not been lessened by the several admissions that the new grant is to be considered as the mere " restitution of a portion of thatproperty which had been plundered from the Catholic Church of Ireland . " We could very well understand the propriety and justice of RESTITUTION , if the plunderers vim the par tke to bestorb , and if the parties plundered were to be Hive recipients : but we cannot understand that

      justice which says , " the pesple of Ireland have been plundered ; the plunder has been conferred by law upon the professors of an opposing faith ; the holders of the plundered property are too strong to contend with ; the Irish , priests , who look for restitution , are too powerful to reset ; and , therefore , our will is , that the plunderers shall continue to hold what we dare twt take away , while the English people shall be PLUNDERED to furnish compensation , not to the Irish people who were robbed , out to the Irish priesthood , who aforetime were the mere distributors of the plundered property . "

      This is putting the question upon its true basis . We deny that there can be " RESTITUTION" «« - less tlie thing stolen is restored ; and we deny that the compensation goes in the right direction , unless it is made to the parties for whose benefit the original property was applied . If ever there was a measure to which , notwithstanding all the fascinating prospects held forth by a strong Minister , public hostility has been unequivocally expressed , it is to the permanent endowment of the Col | ege of Maynooth . And this circumstance alone leads to the conviction that the present House of Commons , " whose davs

      are numbered , does not represent even a decent minority of t / tc peopkof this country . And thus we arrive at the conclusion that the motion of Mr . Duncombe , to confine the operation of the grant to three years , supposing the opposition otherwise to fail , is the only tenable ground that the opponents to the measure have now left to them . Of course every effort will be made to obstruct aud deieat the measure in committee . Those members who respect public opinion , and who are anxious that it should be brought to bear on an iniquitous measure like the present , are bound to take tlial course . It is no ori

      dinary battle that they have to fight , nor is it to be fought uuder ordinary cirannstanees . Peel has avowedly set himself up against the people . He tells them that he holds their petitions to be of no value —that their opinions arc worthless , being the result of a "FERMENT " -that the more they petition , the more he is bound to oppose himself to them . He has done this nakedly—undisguisedly . lie has an unscrupulous time-serving servile crew of supporters . All the principlesofaction foraREPRESESiAT ivEAssEMBLTare trodden under foot . Tho ' contest has resolved itself

      into a struggle between the minister and the people . The former seeks to carry his point by wrecking the " lskbpespence" of the Members of the House of Commons ; the latter can only succeed now , by : the few who have regard for character and honour ' rcWsting the unholy attempt . The nature of the struggle they are engaged in ; the momentous consequences to themselves and to the whole system involved in the contest , demand that they use every effort : that they avail themselves of all circumstances ; that thev take advantage of all the powers the forms of i

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      Honour to the Champions of Free 'IWtht A soiree of the friends of Mr . G , J . Hol voal c u take leave of him previous to his departure ' for ft , gow , will be held at the Hall of Science , oSv-Sri onSunday May nth . Air . Julian Harney will £ the chair , and Mr . Thomas Paterson will be presort Tickets may be had of ' . Mv . Watson , Pauf IX I ' iiternoster-row ; Mr . Hcthorington , Holywell-stiect-Mr . Powell , 266 , Strand ; Mr .. Stewart , 23 , U ' street , Tottenham-court-road ; Social Institution T Charlotte-stveet , Blackfriar ' s-road ; Ditto lli ' rl , ' street , WliitechapcJ ; Ditto , Frederick-place , ( j £ well-road ; Hall of Science , City-road ; and at the Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane . C

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1314/page/4/