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      MARTIAL LAW . TheJ hypocritical , tyrannical Whi gs seem j ternlin " ed to give the world another illustration of the truth of that celebrated saying of the ancients , that " Those whom the gods mean to destroy , they first drive road . " Not even Xouis Philippe rushed more rtcklessly to ruin than this vile faction are posting to perdition . Unmindful of the humiliating punishment indicted upon them in ISil , they are again , by their drivelling incapacity and brutal tyranny , courting that popular vengeaHce , . \ vhich seven vears a ^ O hurled them from power , and wilt " again smite them to the dust . Like the

      Bourhons , these wretched Whigs have neither forgotten anything . , nor learned anything . They Save not forgotten their ancient hatred of the men , who earnestly desire to carry out the principles that Whigs only mouth about when tut of office , merely that they may again get in . ! Nor have they learned , by past experience , the impossibility of governing the country on the strength of forfeited promises aad broken pledges . Like the Bourbons , they have also had a " restoration ; '' and like that doomed lace , they will meet with a pitiless overthrow . As well-wishers of our country s we pray that that overthrow may come quickly . It has been laid down by " " constitutional authorities "—

      "Tfeat it is the andoabtcd constitutional right of tht people of the Unitid Kingdom Jo inest free ' y . vfen . } , y 2 andichireihtf eSwrs , in public places , peacefully in tKdsy , tQ discmt tbtir priemncn , and political of other inbjfcis ; or for the purpose of framiug , discussing , cr passing any TOteof remoaetrance , on sny sutj-ct

      Khaterer . And 3 gaia : — " That the interference of any civil or mUitsrj force « r authority , for the purpose of suppressing or dispersing sny meeting eo pjaceably assembled end conducted , li highly ttMjntti ' . aasaal aad Hrtitrary , " Such is the theory of " the Constitution , " which the Whigs have violated most grossly and infamously . A memorial to the Queen , setting forth the grievances of the ' people , and praying for the dismissal of the Whig Ministry , and the dissolution of the present House fof Commons ,

      had been adopted at great public meeting held in different parts of the country in April last . To receive the report of the reception of that memorial , and further to consider the imp udent assertion of the Whig Premier , that the people did not desire the Charter , a Metropolitan public meeting had been called by the Chartist Executive for Monday last . The meeting was summoned for " the discussion of grievance ? . " It was advertised to assemble - '• peaceably in the day , " at a ' ' public place " out of the range of the ordinary traffic of the capital , and where , therefore it was n ot possible that injury could result to the " busi-1

      ness ' of these selfish enemies to popular rights who drefer the sale of a pennyworth of tape , to any question effecting the liberties and happiness of millions . In answer to the lies and calumnies of the hireling Press , the projectors of the meeting apprised the Prime Minister , by a public letter , of the real object of the meeting , and tlia certainty that , if unmolested , it would be strictly peaceable and legal in its proceedings . The member 3 of the Chartist Executive made themselves responsible for the perfect peace and good order of the intended assemblage .

      All in vain . A triumvirate of despots—Home Secretary Grey , and Commissioners Mavne and Rowan—coolly set aside " the Constitution , " and , by " specials , " police , infantry , cavalry , and artillery , prevented the meeting . The unarmed working men relied upon the Constitution ; " the iWhigs put their trust in bludgeons , bayonets , sabres , muskets , and cannon . The last argument of Kings was the only argument of the Whigs . Of course , they had the best of the discussion . Quotations from Blackstone and De Lolme had no chance against levelled muskets and loaded cannon . The Char ' . ist Executive prudently eave way , and the WhiiiS , a la Jack Kttd . " finished" "the Constitution . "

      The same day , a similar act or brutal ^ tyraany was performed by the " authortiies" of Manchester , under orders from the Home Office . There , too , the Liberal magistrates suppressed a public meeting of the people by force . Had the meeting been persevered with , the Liberal magistrates would have imitated the butchering deeds of their Tory predecessors in 1819 , and another Peterloo would have stained the annals of that town .

      At Loughborough military violence prevented the people receiving Mr O'Connor , and prevented that gentleman fulfilling a pledge long given , of addressing the brave men of Leicestershire . In short , the reign of terror is established . H * e lite wider Martial Law ! In the autumn of 1838 , the Authorities of Liverpool entertained Lord John Hussell at a public dinner , when , alluding to the anti Poor Law agitation , and the agitation for the Charter , then commencing , " his Lordship ' ' said .-

      —Thera mre some who would put down such meetings . Suteuehwis not his opinion , nor that of the govern , ment with which he acted . He thengbt the peorls nan a right to frea discussion . Is was free discussion which elicited tratb . They had a right to meet . If they bad grievances , they had a rig *> t ts dtelsre * he « a , tfcat they might be known end redrtEied . If they had no grieT . acce § , common sense would speedily come to the reseat and put an tnd to these meetings . It tra ? not from fret discussion , it wssno : from in . unvested delaraJian ct peblic opinion , ibat goTernmcDte had scything to fear . TVf teat / ear Klin men uere driven ly force to sesrd con tinah ' emr . Thirties : the f < ar-there vat the danger , asd

      ?•;! vifrecdusv . srion . the " riijht" acknowledged by Lord John Eussell he has deliberately tramp led upon . He has put an end to " free discussion" by the terror of the bludgeon and the bayonet . By musketry and cannon he has prevented the people declaring their grievances , and , thereby , torn from them the last hope of obtaining redress by " constitutional" means . We have ever opposed " secret combinations , " but to that resource Lord John Russell and his colleagues

      * re driving the people . If that "danger ' co jnes , the Whig Premier may reflect that the "fear" that will then beset society he will be respon sible for . We warn tie people against tife dark and deadly schemes of Government £ pi « i but we must also warn the Whigs that . ie course they have entered upon must result ^ producing that danger to society which , ten years ago , L > rd John Russell declared would ? the natural consequence of forcibly deprives the people of the ri g ht of free meeting- and fr discussion .

      ^ ainlv do the cruel , corrupt , and falsehearted rulers of this country strive , by fraud «! id force , to stem the tide of progress , l'revent the march of Democracy . Persecution * : li hut accelerate the oppressors' fall , and the JvopJe ' s triumph . ¦ " I jrantt . ' in vain tc trsce tht wizard's ring ; la t&-2 ye limit mica ' s caweariie spring . Wfck ' .: can > e lull the tsiegei winds ssle ; -p ; A * rtu the roLiug vrLrld . er chain tit deep ? K • trie wide K-r . ve coatem n ^ 'jur sceptred hand—!"• luL ' td not iaik whtn Canute gave ctmaaad ,

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      THE PERSECUTED PATRIOTS . POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIALS . It will be seen by the reporfc ' of Thursday ' s proceedings in the Central Criminal Court , that the trials of Messrs . Jones , Vernon , Fussell , Williams , and Sharp , are postponed until the next Session , which will commence early in July . At the time we write , Mr Jones and the other prisoners are still in custody , but we presume that renewed efforts will be made to obtain their liberation on bail .

      The appeal for the Defence Fund has been thus far liberally answered , but not one-fourth of the money required has yet been received . The local leaders and active Chartists must therefore exert themselves to obtain the necessary pecuniary ^ assistance for the defence of our incarcerated brethren . Eminent counsel have been engaged to defend the London victims , and we may add that Mr O'Connor has engaged Mr " W . P . Roberts to prepare the defence of the Yorkshire prisoners . To the good work , then , brother Cnartistsswell the subscription to THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND ,

      and prove , by protecting your friends , that you do desire the Charter , and will not tamely allow the Whigs to destroy its honest advocates .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a lumbering and heavy debate , of which we have purposely refrained from ? inflicting the smallest portion upon our readers , the fate of the Navigation Laws , as they at present exist , was sealed—so far as the House of Commons is concerned — last Saturday morning , by a considerable majority . It is said that a stand will be made in the Lords , for this last vestige of our Protective system , and that they will even go the length of

      rejecting the new measure , as they did the Jew Bill . But , though they may succeed in throwing the question overboard for a Session , there is no dou ' ot that these laws are doomed ; they must follow in the wake of the defunct Corn Laws . The Commercial and Manufacturing clusses—the representatives of the buying and selling interests^—are at present too potential in the Legislature for either the Peer or the Peasant , and in these matters will have all their own wav .

      It is , howevever , s stranger thing- to see these classes still following so madly the ignis fatuus which has already led them into such dreary bogs and quagmires . We could have understood them if the previous Free Trade measures for which they clamoured , had been successful in practice ; but in the face of the general depression of trade which now exists—which has existed ever since these measures were passed , and to which , at present , we see no termination—it is astonishing that they should cling to this exploded fallacy with

      such desperate pertinacity . Not one of the promised blessings of Free Trade have been realised . The Navigation Laws may be good or bad we pronounce no opinion tupon thembut , at all events , their existence cannot be assigned as a cause for the shocking state of the country , and their removal cannot , in the slightest appreciable degree , improve that condition , while it may , and most likely will , produce great loss to the shipowning and building interests of the country , and , consequently , a reduction of vrages to the operatives ] employed in the various trades connected with

      shipbuilding . By the existing law , no / oreign ship can bring into our ports the produce of any country but that to which it belongs , except it be merely brought here to be bonded for reshipment . The object of the framers of these laws was , evidently , to shut out foreign competition , as far as possible , and give to British shipowners , shipbuilders , and sailers , a monopoly of the carrying- business of the country . At present , we believe , that , notwithstanding the alterations which have been previously made in these laws , they afford considerable

      protection to the shipping interest . The shipwrights—whether in consequence of this protection , or not , we do not pretend to say—are a well-paid'body of operatives . We remember being struck with , their healthy and respectable appearance , at the annual dinner of the trade in London last year , and the comfortable way in which they treated their wives , families , and sweethearts , upon the occasion . Jt was a slight glimpse of the by-gone times of "Merry England , " to find a body of workmen able to give such a holiday out of their own independent earnings .

      It is very questionable whether they will have many such holidays under the new system . The Suitalfields weavers , who have beep longest subject to it , are not renowned for their festivities and merry-makiBgo , nor the district in which they live for its prosperity . How far Limehous ' e , Poplar , Blackwall , Deptford , Sunderland , Greeno ojc , and other ship-buiidiDglocalities are likely to resemble Spualfields in future , we are not prepared to say—time will tell . The "buj cheap and sell dear' ' mania has , however , in every instance deteriorated the condition of the operatives subject to its will . Is it probable the shipwrights alone will escape ?

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      MrJoHv CuoGHA . v .-The lines will not do . Mr I' LeeT ivbo was Utely imprisoned for contradicting IhVstatment of Lord John Russell , that the peoge ™ - t £ -jffissrtf ™ K ^ r ^ 23 fej »^» r ^ ^ iSKTiWK rt ^^^^^^ h u ? 1 T ? ew el ^ tora of rhUpot-sttcet , Comme . cal . road mmm ¦ iiiistii S wse wlw are avt ior us are agaiusj 'iJ .

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      Newpout , Isle of Wight-, ! Ebax .-Threitwed Invasion of the Iile of Wightby the Chartistt . —k correspondent informs ui that , on Tuesday last , reports were flying about that great numbers were killed in London en Monday , and that the metropolis was in a conflagrafaon , which , added to the fact of large bedies of troops quickly passing through the town , caused a great consternation to the holiday folk . Breathless with alarm , they inquired what was the matter , but in yain . Nobody knew , until a sergeant , who was sent to order all goldiera out on leave into barracks , stated , ' that a dispatch from Osborne House to Parkhurst , announced the approach to Cowes of three steamers , containing 1500 Chartist ? , determined to land ; their object being to feree cancessions from the Queen . The soldiers and police stationed at Cowes , were holding them at bay until the arriral of reinforcements from Parkhurst . The writer adda , that— On receipt of the information , the Colonel sent large bodies of troops both to East and West Cowes , to defend our island from the invaders , and protect out dear whistle—the Colonel himself continually moving between Osborno and Cowes to watch the movement of the enemyand direct the operation

      , of the forces . The steamers , like the three crows , turned out to be one , filled by a pleasure party taking a trip round the island , and desirous of landing to view the Royal seat . The Colonel returned , disappointed at finding a ' mare ' s nest . '—Jacques . —Nevsport , June 13 th , IS 4 S . J Swkt acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , for the Defence Fund , via ., — From Bjron Ward .. 0 7 0 By Mr Proctor .. o 1 * By Mr Harrison .. Oil By Mr Hunt .. 0 J 6 By Mr Gilbert .. 0 1 Sh From the Nottingham Council 1 7 " \ From the Balloon .. 0 3 0 From Sneinton Elements .. 0 14 From Shoulder of Mutton , Barter-gate 0 3 o By Mr Camm ., o l 0 From Lanlbley .. 0 4 4 From the Colonel Hutehinson 0 3 3 From the Seren Stars .. 0 3 "j From Hysoa-greon .. 0 2 6 J Mr John Cooper ,. o s 0

      F 2 B THOaiS OBME 8 HEB , A few friends of Mial's Plattera 0 6 6 Bellchamber ' s shop .. ft 3 2 Mr Rerenc-ro / t .. 0 I 0 Jonathan Ljixon , Heyrod-street o 2 6 Edward Berley .. o 2 6 Oar correspondent does cot say to what fund these items are to be appropriated . J . A ., St Helens . —We cannot say whether it is Mr O'Connor ' s intention to visit Newton Bace Course during the tummer . We cannot answer the other qucstionSi Apply at the Land Office , 144 , High Holborn . J . S . W . B . —Address Ibish Felon Office , Dublin , The first number on the 24 th imt . Pcdsey Torf Hall Chabtists . — Mr Hume ' s motion consists of Household Suffrage , The Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , and an alteration in the Electoral Districts .

      Thomas Poolet . informs U 3 that for the future , policemen on night duty are to be provided with cutlasses , and that six months notice raustbegiren in future before they can resign , on acceunfc of so many of them wanting to leave the ' force . ' As Essatist . —The verses will not suit us . J . Watsox , Manchester . —The member on whose behalf you have written , had better apply to Jfr Clark , the corresponding secretary of the Land Company , and from that gentleman > . e will get all the desired particulars . J . Keeoajj . —We are sorry we have no room this week , but the verses shall appear in our next . J . Wabd , Wakefield , —No room . Mr Mandes Mat . —No room this week . Jahes Doban , Hull . Thanks for the report but we had received a notice of the meeting before yeurs came to hand .

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      agp— RECEIPTS OF THE WATIOSTAS * LAN © COMPANY , FOR THB WEEK EKDING THURSDAY , JUNE 15 , 1818 . ? ER 1 IR O'CONNOR . BBliZB , £ B . d . Aslton-under- Tredegar .. 6 10 0 Lvne . i 3 i 2 0 Nottingham , Thrislington ! .. 2 4 3 Sweet .. 1 12 8 Central Rossen- Carlisle .. BOO dale m 5 0 0 Padiham ,. 3 4 0 Southampton .. 3 0 0 Glasgow .. 2 11 0 Westminster •¦ 0 8 0 Northampton .. 5 0 0 Rotherham .. 2 10 0 Hull •¦ 3 7 6 Stockport .. 10 0 0 Holme Mill .. 1 13 6 Totness .. 0 15 3 Rochdale .. 13 4 Bilston .. 3 0 0 Shiney Row .. 15 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 9 South Shields - 5 0 0 Manchester .. 4 9 6 Joseph Errington 1 IS 0 Edinburgh H X 8 0 J G Effland .. 0 7 0 £ 69 2 !¦) SIPEN 8 B FUN » . Tlirisiington ~ 0 12 6 Padiham .. 0 2 0 Totness „ 6 7 0 Glasgow .. 0 2 0 Bilston .. 2 0 0 Bull .. 0 7 0 Lambeth .. 0 10 HoJmeMill „ o 3 0 Rochdale ., 0 18 £ 3 16 0 Land Fund 69 2 10 ExpensaFund ... ... ... 3 1 G 0 Rulei _ ... ... — 0 5 6 73 3 4 Bank SOI 13 10 £ 874 17 2 \ fU , DlXOK . Chribiopheb Doxle , Tho » . Cla * k , ( Corres . Sec . ) Philip Ji'Gbath , ( Fin . Seo . ) BECEITED AT BANK , Manchester .- « .. •• •• &i ! > 18 7 Barnstaple .. .. - 2 0 0 T . Pbice , Manager . RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Croydon ~ 0 10 0 Wat Tyler Bri-Mr Miler's Book 0 3 0 gade , Greenwich 0 10 0 South" London Jas . Fisher .. 0 10 Locality .. 0 7 M Hartlepooi .. 0 4 0 Ivestone .. 0 4 u Shields .. 10 0 Birmingham .. 2 o 0 Reading „ 0 15 C Dundee .. 1 0 0 Winchester .. 0 7 6 Mr Brown .. n 3 0 South London Bradford „ 2 3 19 Locality „ 0 5 8 Paisley .. 1 10 0 Bolton .. 1 0 o Beith , per Kirk- Marjletiono Lo « wood .. 0 16 9 cslity , per Longton .. 118 Godwin .. 6 10 o For Plans of Or- Stratford .. 010 0 ganisation .. 0 12 6 £ 15 8 3 j N . B . Some money wa 9 handed to Mr Jones at Man-Chester ; but , as we cannot see him , we cannot state how much . John M'Ckae , Secretary . Dr II' Douall gave receipts for tha following . — Per Bloomfield .. 118 0 Mrs M-Douall „ 0 18 0 Blue Lion .. 1 0 e Land Office . « 0 6 0 £ 4 2 0 REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACC 0 UN 7 OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . SECX 1 VED BY W . BIDE& . Stockport , per T . Webb .. ~ .. 036 FOR MRS MITCHEL . BECSIVED BT W . B 1 DEE . H L undy , Hull 0 2 0 John Newhouse Birmingham , Profit oh Stabs 1 18 0 £% _ 0 _ J )

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      LETTER FROM MR JOHN FUSSELL TO III 3 BROTHER . Newgate Prison , June 12 th Dear Brotheh . —You have bpard by this that the government have commenced a prosecution ngainat me and others for sedition , for having taken the part of the unfortunate John Mitchei . 1 have befn accused also of recommending private assassination upos the affidavit of a reporter , who , from the appearance of the fellow , I should say would swear anything that would secure hi . ^ i mon ey or favour , but , So Help mb God , though I should be eonrioted , I have never uttered such words , and you knew my character and disposition would not allow me to think it , much more to advocate such an abominable doctrine . I ehould have wrote you before but did not know the direction . My employer has acted admirably , for which I feel very grateful ; Mid latmotellyoutw ( I mean ray fellow priBonera , i , .

      nest Jones , Looney . Vernon , Sharp , and Williams . ) have been visited by Mr O'Connor , and that we have received eTery kindness from the governor and aJJ the officers of the prison , and I am in good hopes that we shall receive an impartial decision from the jury There are several rioters here in prison , but not one of them Chartists . In fact , you know our object la to instruct the peaple in social and political principles , not riot and disorder as ihe press represent . No . Dear Brother , I hope you will sea that something is done for my wife and family ; write to her and she will explain the situation things are in at present in London . I trust yeu will do this from time to Urns in justice to me and my pnncip . ei : tor ' come weal , come woe , ' we shaJl remain hrm to ino principles of eternal justice , and freedom in action and thought , till the poor of this country are property protected . Wishing yoa prosperity , 1 am ,

      yonr affectionate Brother , John Fdssbll . P . S . —Write to rao aa soon as you can . I &tn asxious to tear from you if anything 13 doing in Birmingham for our protection : now is the time Jor CHartisrj , or the triumph oi Whiggery .

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      BififfixVQIUM .-SlIJF Lw .-Atthe usual weekly meeting of the above locality on Sunday evening last , a committee was elected for the purpose of cckotin * funds for the general defence Jund , and £ 1 5 j . vcaB collected in the meotin ? . Any person de .-kous of taking out a collecting book for tbe aooye purpose , can do so by applying to tlw treasurer , Jamea Smith , Ship Iun , or John , Newhouse , Secretary ,

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      REPORT FROM DR M'DOUALL . Friends , —You were no doubt aware that I was appointed to remain in the metropolis during our expected demonstration at Bonner's-fields . 1 made every arrangement requisite for holding a peaceful demonstration on Monday , the 12 th inst . The Central Committee were directed to be at Perry ' s Coffee House by six o ' clock in the morning . I was up at my duty by four o ' clock . Means were adopted to secure information continually from all points . It was soon ascertained that the police , the

      military , and pensioners , were OU the move . I visited the Fields , and found all quiet and unoccupied at eleven o ' clock ; pointed out a suitable place for the van , and engaged it . On my return to the coffee house I was pleased to observe the number of Our bills posted in the shop windows , and the entire absence of any alarm . The number of Specials I also ascertained to Le unusually limited in number , the loyal steam having evaporated from the empty tills .

      After twelve o ' clock , ifc was reported that the forces had taken possession of the ground . I immediately announced my intention of proceeding to the Fields , which I did in a cab , accompanied by several of the committee . The Government having g ven no reply to our letters as an Executive , and perceiving the immense mass of police armed with cutlasses , drawn up so as to flank the position we usually occupy for meeetings , I considered it my duty to make immediate inquiries as to the real intentions of Government . Another reason was , that a vast n umber of friends had Jeft town under the idea that no interruption would be given by Government to our meeting .

      I went amongst the police , and demanded of several inspectors an interview with the magistrates , announcing at the same time my name and business . I could not , however , make anything of the head crusher , and I instantly proceeded to the workhouse , were I found 500 old Pensioners . I demanded admission to speak with the commanding officer . He made his appearance in a very short time . 1 told him who 1 was , and wished to lie conducted to the magistrate on duty . We went through the soldiers , and I waited a short time , until the officer returned and conducted me to a gentleman who gave his name as Arnold . I bowed very politely to him , and asked what his intentions were , stating to him the legal notice sent to the Government . He said , there was no intention to interfere , provided no riot occurred . '

      I replied , that I knew very well what that meant , and wished positively to know whether the Government intended to stop the meeting . He replied , Well , Mr M'Douall , my name is Arnold , the acting magistrate here , and you may take my word as an authority from the Government , that they will not allow the meeting to take place , if it docs , I must do my duty . ' ' No doubt sir , and I will do mine . Having come / or a peaceful purpose , and that being known to all , 1 will not risk a mnnierous collision with the immense force collected here . None of our people will be here , and I shall take steps to prevent them , but I solemnly protest against the violation of the ancient right of meeting , and shalJ hold Lord John Russell responsible . "

      ' Very well , sir , that remains between She people and the Govenimeut . ' ' iUay I ask , si ? , if it is your intention to sanction an attack on the poor women and children now on the ground , when we ave gone . ' * Most certainly not , sir , on them . ' I thanked him for his candour , ami retired . I found all prepared outside during the brief parley , and the forces in line . I walked down the police line , and made my otysemtions , accompanied by a great crowd , who , however , speedily dispersed , when informed of our intentions , and the intention ot the Government . I remained in tho neighbourhood until eight O ' clock at nig ht , receiving continual reports , but nothing occurred , except dread , ful hooting and grtoaiitt at the mounted police .

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      A tremendous thunder storm closed the proceedings , and drove the police from the fields . J The feeling in the metropolis is most indignant at the cowardly , mean , and treacherous conduct of the government , whose fate was sealed by the voice of public opinion . So let it be with all tricksters , tyrants and traitors . Yours , faithfully , P . M . MDovml .

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      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRIALS . Shortly after the opening of tho court , Ernest Jones was placed at the bar . Mi ? Clahkson applied for a postponement of the trial until next sessions . The learned counsel said the prisoner at tho bar wa 3 charged with a very serious misdemeanour , and that he had m > t been able to obtain a copy of the indictment against him , or to subf ( ona a material witness . The affidavit stated that important points of law would arise on the trial , which the prisoner's counsel had not had time to prepare themselves to argue , and that the application was not made fop the maro purpose of delay .

      Mi' Bopkin , on behalf of tbe prosecution , aaid he was prepared to go on with tbe trial to-morrow morning . It was evident , for the purposes of jusice , that no unnecessary delay should take place , but at the same time there was no desire to exercise any pressure injurious to the defendants . The defendant Jotea had been in custody since the Tib . instant , and when before the magistrate heacksowlsdged that every word of the speech which formed the ground of the indictment agairst him was correct , and he was prepared to justify it . With respect to a copy of the indictment , that had been furnished . Similar applications were made on behalf of the other prisoners . After a discussion ,

      Mr Baron Rolje said , he thought these cases Ought to be treated like all other charges ofmiBdemeanonr , in which tbe prisoners in any court in the kingdom besides the Central Criminal Court would have the right to traverse . Under all the circumstances of tae cago , therefore , ho felt justified in ordering the trial of the cases to stand overall next

      Beasioas . Tee Chartist trials are consequently postponed until nest sessions . The following counsel are retained to conduct tbe defence ef the different Chartist leaders : — ForMrFussBix—Mr Serjeant Allen , and Mr Uuddlettone . For Mr Wilujub—Mr Serjeant Wilkina , and Mr Bsltantine . For Mr Siubp — Mr Serjeant Murphy , and Mr Robinson . For Mr Ebne 6 i Jokks—Mr Cockburn , Q , C . and Mr Clarkson . For Mr Vernon—Mr Parry , and Mr Metcalfe . For Mr Loo ^ ET—Mr Parry .

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      COERCION OF PUBLIC OPINION . TO TDK EDITOB OF TEE tfOKTHERN SlAB . Sib , — The Reign of Term' has commenced . Tho truculent WhtgB aro once more trampling upon the rights and liberties of the paople . They are onco more resorting to thtir old game of prosecuting , transporting , and imprisoning the friends and advooatea of freedom . Lord John Russell u attempting to rule with a rod cf iron , and treats tbe claims of tbe working classes with scora and contempt . He ia playing the part of Gmzot in England . But , if he thinks b « csn put dasvn , or even

      atiflo , the cry for justice , liberty , and poll tic » 1 equality , he is miserably miataken . No , Lord John , yoa cannot murder a prinolple—yau cannot kill a trulh—you caunoi imprison , transport , or bang an immortal thought , and you tnsy destroy toe men who adrocate those priacipleu ; but neither you ner all your co-coaspirators , spies , packsd juries , partisan judges , and the whole of tho prostitute Press put together , will bo enabled to destroy the principles which those men have so nobly , manfully , and fearlessly , Instilled into the minda of tho great mass of the people . No ,

      • You may as well go stand up \> n tho btacb , And bid tho main flood bate bio usual height ; You may is well use question with the wolf' Why ho hath mndo the ewe bleat for the lamb ?' You may as well forbid tho mountain pines To wag their high tops , and to make no noi 9 o , When they are fretted with the guatB of heaven ; as attempt to stay the upward and onward progress ol DoaJocrecy , The right of public meetings must not be destroyed lu Efig . ' and . BnglishmcH ! ar . you prepared to receive this blow at your liberties ? I ( you aro , tell the minister that you aro satisfied with things aa they » re , that you ire content to bi < slaves , and that you are willing that tho aristocracy stou'd still continue to oppress and degrade the people , for , rfmembtr ! tnepoet says : — Tyrants make not slaves , sI&tcs make tyrants . '

      Butifyou are prepared toreaist tho unholy attempts of the Whigs to put down publio meeting * , then tell the minister in a voice which eanaot bo misunderstoodthat you are sick of Wliig intolerance , and aristocratic misrule , and that you ere determined to peraovere in the ojursa you hare hitherto taken , to spread the principles of' Fratoroity , Liberty , Equality . ' Tho trial , cenviction , and sentence of John Hitchel , and tho bIack-hearteJn « 8 B manifested in the House of Commons by tho ministers , when any questions have been addrosBcd to them respecting tho conviction ok' that truly

      noble man—hava no : tended in the remotest degree to make the ' Crown and GoTernment ' of tho United Kingdom more secure , nor has it pat down tbe ' rising discontent' of the starving people ; bur , on the contrary , it has taught the people of England , that to hope for justlce from tbe House of Commons , aa at present constituted , is rank lolly and madness ; and tbe people ol Ireland , that it is tbe intention of tbe Saxon rultrs of that country to make it their Poland . But the Irish peop'e are beginning to understand tho words of ths poet , when ho esid : —

      ' Who would ba free , themselreo must strike the blow . Thank God , they aro beginning to see , that if they are to conquer tyranny , oppression , and wrODg , they must be uultcd as one man , and then they can—aod not till thendefy all the assaults of their common enemies , who like that arch fUnd , MlTTtENlcH , Ctioso his reuWefioo in courts And conclaves , stirrlug princes up to acts Of blood and tyranny , and moving priests To barter truths , and swop the souls of men For lusty benefices , acd address

      0 / lofty sounding , but who is now n miserable ootcast ; and , Lord John , you may go " a step too far in your caroer ef tyranny ; therefore take warnia ; from wh&t la pissing around you and before you , and instead ot treating the ' wealth pro . ducars' of tnio country like beasts © f burihes , treat thtm like men , and grant thom the rights and prlfilegeg ol men If you do not yield to the just deraasdsofthe people , you mny—when too late—sea through their folly , and wish that you had heeded the cry of an enslaved p ? apl P .

      I well remember hearing Mr O'Connor state , at tho Convention heli in Lsods nearly two years ago , ' that tho cause of Ctmrtism had to undergo another drendful ordeal of persecution and prosocution , that the loaders would enoe more havo to pine ani Suff&f in StatO dun . geon * . ' Well , ho was not wrong in bis predictions , as tbe arrest of Mr Jones , and other Chartist lenders , testify . Chartists cf England , rally round your friends , and how tho government that they know , respeot , and honour those men who have—ia spito of pagging bilh , and 'Protection to Lifa and ; Property BlUs '—preached forth tho great principles of political Equality .

      Hoping you will find room for the abovo , you will oblige A yoans but sincere Chartist , Waktfield , Juno 12 th . T . G .

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      W 11 IG WAR AGAINST THE WORKING CLASSES . PUBLIC MEETINGS SUPPRESSED . ANOTHER ARREST . On Saturday , at Bow-. ^ reet , Fbanch Loonef , a middlo-aged . serious-looking man , was placed at the bar before Mr Henry , charged with making a sedi « fctous speech . Wilmam Counseix said he lived at No . o , W * chard-place , and was a short-hand writer . On t& 9 evening of the 5 * . h of June he attended a meeting at the Chartist Hall , Webber-steet , BJsekfWars-road . Loocey said , ' I am not a speaker , but I am one wha has a deadly hostility to Lord John Russell , and I sill tell you moro , I am one of his most practical opponents , I believe , at present in London . I go into every neighbourhood where Irishmen and

      Englishmen are to ho found , and try to get them to become dissatisfied with his gorernment ; and I will tell you more , I adviso you to get arms . All tha world seems to heave at this reonient for liberty and for justice to the working classes ; and now the oaly inan who effectively preached the true doctrine calculated to give the working man the means of living , is taken away by the horrible machinations of an unjust and pernicious law , and transported away from us . We have not his fellow . I believe he wai the fir 3 t maa who preached that doctrine ; and I beieve it ia the ODly true doctrine which ia calculated to save tho lives of the people . ( A voice , ' Robert Emmett . ' ) Emmett did his business in his day ; but mea have forgotten Emme&t and the teacoieg of Emmett . ¦ We must not be afraid of government . 1 tell you from this spot that I am a Republican in

      heart and soul . In my own club this is our nigot of meeting . I shall not , therefore , inflict any more o £ my remarks upon you , for there are other men who have come here to speak to you ; but I tell you to bo particular and do this . Let every ten or twenty ot you in i he neighbourhood you live in meet , acd if your means are very poor , and you cannot provide yourselves with guns or pikes , you can get pikes from \ a 3 d to 19 6 d each , and mind you , you can get piatols very cheap . I tell you , as one of your friends , not to misuse thera . Do not go abcut tho streets ^ I am opposed at present to street work ; I do not like to act such a part ; I do not like to go into open-ait meetings or processions ; bat any fellow who is paid for cudgelinjt my head in , will find me stiff enough for him ; and I can tell him , that if he attempts to strike me he shall strike no body e / s ? . '

      Mr Mcrrouoh addressed the Court for tha prisoner , whosa only offence ffaa , that he wa 9 the determined enemy of Lord John Rusaell . Aad who , ha would not ask , was not hostile to the miserable administration of the noble lord ? As to sedition , if his client ^ speech partook of that character , why Earl Grey , Sir J . Graham , and some of the first men o £ the day , were guilty of sedition , for they had spoken in terms qnite ss strong when advocating , nay demanding , the Reform Bill . If bis client had called on the people to arm , ho told them at the same time for what purpose—> 'o defend themselves from marauders and buTalsra , and the royrraidona of oppretsion . He was an Irishman , asd therefore aprke in strong terms ; but his only crime was hia love of his country . Ilia own speech proved he was the friend of order .

      Mr Henry had no doubt as to the tendency of tha speeeh , and should certainly commit the prisoner for trial ; requiring two sureties of £ 100 eaeh , and hia own rdcotfnismces of £ 900 , with twenty-four houra notice ot bail . There was a second charge against the prisoner . W . GoDFHEr , another constable of the C divhioa , deposed that he atteflded a Chartist raeeting ia Dean-street , Soho , en the 5 bh instaat ( the earns evening a 3 in the last case ) , and saw the prisoner there . Witness did not take any notes , but recollected some parts of the prisoner ' s speech . He said he had just left a most enthusiastic meeting ab Southwark , where he was glad to find that the pao « Die were organising themselves into sactiena in

      different parts of the metropolis . He advised them all to arm themselves , as the time , was fast approaching that they WCUld be required to use them , aa they had taken them by surprise otoe . and would shortly < 1 & bo again . Any person who wanted a pike , and did not know wher 8 to get it , could come to him . He couidget them one , or as many as they liked , st 2 s eaoh , or if they wished it , they might leave their address , and he would send the manufacturer to them . Their meetings had been denominated meetings for pickpockets ; they intended to do away with those meetings of pickpocket ? , and they would shortly commence with the House of Lords , and do away with that meeting for pickpockets first . Any permit who wished to learn to write with a steel pen migi . t Btop behindand ha would be taught .

      , Mr Murrouoh presumed that the witness's evidence , unsupported by notes , could not Le believed . Mr HuNRr would kavo tbe jury to decide that question , and committed the prisonsr on this charge alao , with the earns order as to bail . The prisoner was then taken to Newgate . case op mr Jones . While the night rhargeB were disposing of , Mr Feargus O'Connor , Al . P ., accompanied by Mr Mac * namara , his solicitor , attended before Mr Henry , to be admitted as one ot the sureties jointly with Mr John SewelL for Ernest Jones , who wa 3 committed

      from this Court on Wednesday last . lie stated ihat he had waited on Friday evening on Mr Jardine , ths sitting raa ^ istrate , for the same purpcae , and being referred by him to Mr Maule , cha Solicitor to the Treasury , he broueht back a note frcm that gentleman authorising the court to accept him as ona of ttie sureties , but on his raturn Mr Jardiae had just left , which caused applicant to be kept in town , much to -his inconvenience , and he hoped there would be no objection on the present occasion to accept him at a surety in order that he might leave towa in the afternoon .

      Mr IIenrt said he had received no communication from the Solicitor tn the Treasury respecting Mr Sewell , and inasmuch as the recognisances could not be taken separately bo had no power to oomply with the request . Mr O'CoNMOR ! in reply , said he did not consider ifc absolutely necessary to have the sanction of Mr Maule , particularly as there could be no doubt of Mr Sswell ' s solvency . Mr Hbsrv said he was not guided by the sanction of tho Solicitor to the Treasury , it being indiapen 3 able that twenty-four hours notice should be given byeach person offering to become a surety . Mr Macnamaba said that on Friday he SSnt ill four name ? , and that Mr Sewell was among them . Mr Henri said , if such was the casf , ? he specified time would not expire until two o ' clock , by whicft time there might be a communication made by Mr Maule upon lhesubjeot , bat , as the matter stood , he knew nothing of Mr Sewell ' a solvency .

      Mr O'Connor said , that as the twenty-four hour 3 would not expire until two o ' clock , he would return to the court with Mr Sewoll by that time . Mr IIenrt waa willing to give every facility , and begged to draw his attention to the fact that members of the Hcme of Commons were not eligible to act in the capacity of bail tor any party , such being the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in the case of Duncan v . ili'l ( 1 st Dowling and Ryland ' a Reports ); bebides which , there were ether decisions to the same effect in the other couits , the cause of which was , that members of parliament , by reason of their privileges , were not amenable to the ordinary processes of tie court , and could not le proceeded against should it be required ; it wonld therefore be necessary for the hon . gentleman to consider the objection before his return to the eourt . . _

      Mr O'COffNCB replied that the Solicitor to tho Treasury had omitted to point out the objection mentioned , but of course hia worship was moat likely to be well acquainted wiih the law upon the subjeot , and he would take occasion to look into the case referred to ; but probably there wna a distinction ia the rule when applied to Euch Blatters aa the ona under consideration ; however , Bhould it turn out that he should not be qualified , the other names that had been submitted would be found quite competent , —The honourable gentleman then left the caurt . BAlt KR Mtt JONES RKFUSXD . Ia thecourseof the afternoon , Mr Macnaraara , nha attended with Mr O'Connor , said , that that gentlernan had gone out ot towo , as the magistrate did not think him competent bail . He proposed as bail Messrs Sewell and Bloons field .

      Mr Skweil , an upholsterer , of 2 , New Kent road , having been a householder for twenty-four years , at a rental Of £ 36 , produced his receipts for rest aud taxes , and aaid be was worth mora than £ ' 250 aftei paying ,- his debta . He poasessed freehold andkasehold property . The latter produced him £ S 0 a year , and the latter £ 500 a seas . RoBaai BLOOMFIUV ; oi Ilarlow-bouso , Mile-endroad , employing sixteen meo , came forward-., acd aaid he had not paid hia taxea for four quarters . He hsd not paid his last half-year's rent , which wa 3 payable ejSBrterly . He had been dUirained upon for rent within eighteen months , or jcrhaps twelve months . Ha possessed iWo small cottages , threo of which were mortgaged . The others produced h : m JIM a year , lie had ' enly one man ia ha employ at present . lie could not _ produce his last receipt , not baing cjdeied to brisg it . Ksnpal , a detective otlioer , said ho distinctly told him ho was to produce his receipts .

      Mr IlKNRY refusid to accept likomfielcl as bs . il upon which Mr Murrell , a grocer , ot 10 i 5 , Berwick stroct , was put forward , who said Ye paid £ 50 a j tay rent , had been three lnouih ) in fcusinesp , ar . d had put d !> wn £ lo 0 towards setting up kimsulf . Tbe rett lie had found by rceacs of bills . Mr Henry reiutcd to accept the bail , and , fe 3 both , sureties should be taken jdntly , he could not accept Mr Sewrll , and fresh notico should bo given , 'ihe parties then left the court , asd in tho ktter part of the day fresh notice of bail wflS ECrvcd on Mr Bur . naby , the . chief cleik , the names being Mr J . Sewell . and Mr Edward Dipple , publisher , -12 , Holywell street-, Strand . I . Wa believe that subsequently Mr Dipple was also refused ; Mr Jones , therefore , remains in custody . Tbur . vJov , June li ? , ]

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      e 5 = ^ tLand which they are commanded to ' fr" ? to their own use ? fand who will be 5 j mi ^ h to asser t , that there are ten acres ^ d in aW Eng land cultivated to one-tenth of I ^ r their capability of yielding ? And who f ^ ;< rrate to a Foreign Land , and trust to * $ ^| r mercies of those who persecuted tbe te ^ jiome f for protection abroad ? Under tlf 2 . -c circumstances our answer to Emigra-4 -if the Land is too small let the drones ti - th froin tne kive > and tnere wi ^ honey * ot ° \ for the bees ; let the idle non-proen - cro forth from the Land that they have duC r « read with misery , and deluged with CF

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TUB PEOPLE . Fellow Countrymen , The right of public meeting has , as we anticipated , been unconstitutionall y put down . We gave legal notice of the meetings , and explained that the objects were to discuss grievances , report the reception of memorials , and petition Parliament for the release of political offenders . The government never replied , nor sent any communication ta us , as the Times asserts , except those already published in the Star . The Whi gs have virtually declared that there is no constitution , and , what is still more infamous , no law , save brute force , in this country . Our placards bavebeen torn down , the bill-sticker arrested , and our property stolen by the police .

      ^ e pl edged ourselves to peace and order for the sake of our political prisoners , and to prove that we were not aggressors , but defenders of ancient and time-honoured rights , We kept our word . The glaring inconsistency and trickery of the Whigs , in breaking their promise , made in the House by Sir G . Grey , not to disturb peaceable meetings , has been made pitifully apparent . The Press , with one or two honourable exceptions , —the middle classes , almost to a man—and both Houses of Parliament—have sanctioned the enormi * ties of the Government . Not a member of the House of Commons put a single question to the Ministers of the Crown , no longer now Ministers of the nation . Their treasonable acts , at one time , would have cost them their heads .

      The question is now one of perfect open and advised hostility to all Reform , and the opposition is justified by what ? Not by the peaceable meetings of the people , but by a reference to France . The French people have not bad the political edu . cation oi the British , and they would have been equally ignorant , had it not been for public meetings . The Whigs , having chosen a false and most odious position , let us pin them to it , and let the people decide the issue by a most rapid , unprecedented , and overwhelming organisation of numbers .

      Let a million of men organise . Let the cry be ' Our ancient and present right . ' Let all be open as day . We have now a powerful reajon for action , a hated enemy before us . vVatch the result of the trials , make no secret preparations , nor be led into seeret organisation ; avoid all concerted plans , signs , or conspiracies . Be men . The right of meeting is strong enough , as a rallying cry , to put any government to flight . Spies will , of course , be universally employed , but their trade is easily stopped if men act openly , and with that manliness which the defence of a right , made venerable by the custom and practice of a thousand years , must assuredly create .

      The Middle Classes , who rejoice at an imaginary defeat of the Chartist body , may be reminded , that if the People stand aloof they are powerless in any struggle with the Aristocracy . The Specials have played the game of a ruthless and blood-thirsty aristocracy . The y have bludgeoned the peoplfijfrom all union with them ; acd the Government have sabred them out of their righteous meetings and peaceful agitation . The Middle Class must abide the loss of such fatal policy during their impending struggle , aud the Government meet the fate so fast approaching , and so inevitable , when the basis of all powerpublic confidence—is withdrawn .

      The hostile Press should also have it hinted to them , that in case of invasion it would be anything but safe to have a rigbtless , and by consequence a disaffected population . The sullen apathy of an enslaved people , the absence of a militia , and complete indifference on the part of the Chartists , would place the Government and Aristocracy between two

      . Our agitation must not , however , be allowed to flag ; continued exertion at the work of organi-ation must notv be far more apparent than ever . The Liberty Fund must be secured , as a powerful means Of gaining the Charter . Every arrangement is being made to secure the best of Counsel for the prisoners , and likewise to support their families . We again call upon you to strengthen our hands at this particular moment . We are narrowly watching events . The news from the country is of a

      cheering description , and from all the eviaence before us we are inclined to believe that the Government is in a false , and we in an improved position , although it -must be evident that at no time were the People and the Government so decidedly at open war / are . Firmness , prudence , and vigilance , must be by all exerted to the utmost , and if the people are only true to themselves the day is at hand when liberty will be enshrined , by the realisation of the glorious principles of the Charter . Yours faithfully , P , M . M'DOUALL , J . M'CRAE , ERNEST JONES , SAMUEL KYDD , JAMES LEACH .

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      Murder neaii Ledbuht . —OnjMocday night , about ten o ' clock , two men , named Bennett and Cook , woreretnrninghome frcm aciderhouso , called the ' Cro 3 S Kej 3 , ' about a mile dibtant from Ledbury , when , on their approaching a uscluded spot , near to 3 radlow turnpike 1 , tkey were accosted by a fellow named Samuel Taylor , better known by tbe appellation of' Gander . ' A few words in a friendly manner passed between them , when Taylor , addrissing himself to Bennett , s * id , ' Well , Tom , you recollect

      dropping it on me some time ago , don't y oh ? Iehou'd liko to pay you for it now ; ' upon which Bennett entreated him not to do 30 , as he did not wish to quarrel with him : but Taylor , regardless of his entreaties struck the deceased a tremendous blow which felled him to the ground . The poor fellow , S 3 scon as he could recover himself , again importuned for meroy , but t& no purpose , ncr did he desist ut . tll Bennett fell from hia blows , a lifeless corpse . The villain then made off , and has not yet been taken , lie is about twenty-two years of age .

      ' fig" WAVflRLBT Temperance IIotri / . —Our friend 3 who may visit Edinburgh will do well to give Mr Cranston a call at lm Temperance Hotel in Princesutreet , [ see advertisement ] . The proprietor of the ' Waverlej'isavery intelligent and earnest Democrat , and well deserves the support of the Democratic party . We hav 9 visited Mr Cranston ' 9 former eatabiishmsnt in High btreet , and can testify that a hotter conducted hotel was not to bs found throughout the land o'Cakes . —Good ' board and lodginp , ' good attendanco , and reasonable charges made . —Mr Cranston ' s residence is ;< n ' excellent houoeof call / or all travellers , whether business , pleasure , or politics ;* uide their steps to ' AuW Reekie . ' From inorcased means of accommodation , tho ' WaVGl'ley ' promises to even surpass tho old establishment . We wish Mr Cranston every bucjess .

      United Patbiqis and Patriarchs Land akd Building Sccikiy . — At a meeting of fclio Directors and members , held at their Subscription Office , -192 , New Oxford-street . It was resolved , That their firat ballot shall ba held in Colchester , whqn all members eligible by having paid _ up sis months subscriptions , and who may be desirous to obtain an advance , shall be included in such ballot .

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      I Tn * Ej 7 . 1648 . THE NORTHERN STAR , _ m _ , _ ¦ * ¦

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      done for the nation by the new Parliament of the present most detestable Ministry . Only one consolation can be extracted from this wretched state of ^ thin-s . It must soon come to an end . We know from extensive experience of the feelings of the middle and electoral classes , not only in the metropolis but alsojin the largest of our mercantile and manufacturing districts , that they are thoroughly and utterly disgusted with Lord John , and the set of knaves and imbeciles who make up what is facetiously called a Government ; they want ,

      TVe have now arrived at another stage of the Session , which naturally affords a resting place aad time to look back upon what has been done . Such a retrospect in an ordinary case would afford matter for a column or so of useful remarks , but the business of a Whig Parliament may be comprised in an exceedingly small space indeed . The deeds of the three acts now played out are two . First , the Irish Coercion Bill before Christmas ; second , the " Gagging Act" before the Easter holidays . For the Whitsuntide holidays the account is »» 7 . 1 bat isin sad and sober reality all that has been

      but the opportunity to treat them again in the same manner as they did in 1841 . The nation at that time was not to be deluded by the new trap , " Cheap timber , com , and sugar , it rose unanimously and threw off the Whigs , who had produced one universal sensation of disgust and nausea . We thought at that time they were gone beyond all power of resuscitation . In that we were deceived , but we will say , that after being once moregdriven from office , if they are ever permitted to hold it a ain , the nation will richly deserve to suffer to a hundredfold degree all the evils of Whig misrule .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1475/page/5/