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      No . 36 , { late 2 ) , Bart Street , NORTH END , PRINCES DOCK , LIVERPOOL . ^ f& a ^

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      NOTICE . To the Calico Printers of Lancashire , and elsewhere . WHERE AS JAS . HEALEY , Block Printer * near Cumersdale , near Carlisle , and late os Wigton , Cumberland , has defrauded and embezzled his fellow-vroTkmeB out of £ 30 , and absconded with the same , the greater part of which he obtained under false pretences . It is generally reported that he bas gone to America , bat there are strong reasons f < tr believing that he is still in England or Scotland .

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      STATE 8 EC&ETS . RJ . RICHARDSON begs to thank the Pub-• lie for the patronage bestowed upon him ALMANAC of last year , and he begs to announce , in accordance with hi * promise , that he will publish , on the First of October next , the Sheet Almanac for 1840 , p rice One Penny ; which will contain , beside the usual information ,

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      BLINDNESS . MR CHILD , Jan ., who , with his Father , baa been performing such extraordinary ewes ia Hull , Bradford , Halifax , Manchester , and other Towns in the North of England , begs to announce bis intention ef again visiting tbe following Tows * , yiz .: —Leeds , Griffia Inn , West Bar , Monday Tuesday , 19 th and 20 th of August ; Bradford , Swaa Inn , Wednesday and Thursday , 21 st and 22 nd of August ; Huddersfield , Plough I nn ^ FriMy and Saturday , 23 rd and 24 th of Augrnt ; Halifax , Boat ' s Head , Monday and Tuesday , 26 th and 27 th of August ; Rochdale , Boar ' s Head , Wednesday aad Thursday , 28 cb and 29 th August ; Stockport , ABget Inn , Friday and Saturday , 30 th and 3 ist Ango * . ADVICE GRATIS * Hours of Attendance from Tea to Fount

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      3 BANP MEETING OF THE CHA . BTISTS ON KENNINGTON COMMON . On Mooday last , the 12 th instant , amagnificent icBoattratkm , ' on tbe part of tha Chartists of Lon-. ofl , pf BKHml and physeal force , w *» * iu > wn on CennittgtOB Cobujmo . The object—the main ob-Kt- ^ of th * meetiag , tu one of the holiest , as it &i in vie w the prevention of the shedding of hum an ] ood—ot maooe&t blood , condemned to be Jpuled t an illef al eonrictioa . The Chartute of London , j their eternal honour , » u » k ywterdaY all « launs - » 11 effort , that could be deferred : they were inintlj , and almost » olely , Wat in a combined effort i ay it be * oecw « fal to rescue from the gnpe . or the xecationer . their fellow-eounfcrymen , Frana *

      Roeru , Joseph HewelUand John Joae * . At aa eariy iwjnr the Ckartiettof the four ^ narters { ttft metropolia » e « in motwn ; sections of them ; ft , at eleven o clock , thnr separate localities , and hey all met between one and two in Lincoln ' s Ina 'ield * , From thence they proceeded in orderly rray to Kennington Common . A -waggon , with a ustuifi erected apon it , was placed in the middle / the common , and aroaai this principal waggon rere tnenl ot&ew , filled with commHtee-mcn , and ith the wire * asd children of the most active ; b * rtists . The bo « ne « of the meeunf commenced t about half . past three o ' clock . Top meeting wag a complete tmunph over the b&rast calumniator * . There fixe vile Aaaderera of onest Btn might » ee ten * of thousands of those horn they called " dagger * nd torch men , ' peaceblr awembled withomt weapons of offence or

      detnce , to sne for mercy at the hands of a weak girl -to aumbly and respectfully appeal to her that she oB- 'd be fracioojily pleased to exercise tie royal rerogaiive , and extend the royal parfoa to their sllc-v-wertanen iUtgaliy tried and convicted . Never id a more orderly meeting Uke place . The Lonofi Chartists met . transacted the tmdaexs for which iey were assembled , aad then dispersed without M * - * % * te « breach of the peace hating bean eomdtfcxl . The character they displayed on Monday as won ova to thair side the tuaid , the waToriny , ad the ill-in / ormed ; and it has overwhelmed with lame those bad men who have hitherto exdeaoured to represent the Chartists u men of disorder , tpine , sad bloodshed . Hoaow to the Chartists of London , w » o met on xe x 2 m ; and may a speedy and favourable answer t returned to their patriotic and humane address to le Qaeea I ' .

      The vast multitude having taken up quietly the pace in front of the platform , by a Tote " of aeclai » con , Mr . Fkargvs O'Coksok took the chair . The > ad cheering having died away , tbe learned , pa-. "ionc and eloquent Gentleman said—Moral and 'hy aeal Forc « of the Empire , 1 am delighted to have ii 5 > opportunity of taking on myself all and anv re-? onsirility that xray attach to this meeting . I have as often told that 1 bsve frequently attended illeal meetings , perhaps 1 shall be told that the premt is an Illegal one , but 1 tell yon that my prejnc 6 has always legalised die meetings 1 have ttended , and my presence here to-day will render iL » floriDM meeting ler&L ( Cheer * . ) Why , this is

      meeting of the people , of die mighty , thj sovereign aople , m * t to give expression to their will—thereire it is legal , leginaate , constitutional , jmst , to . ie—« ot eTwn a Whig Attorney-General can deay lit . ^ Cheers . ) When we are thus met , who or hat can frighten u «? Can a Whig Government o it ? Do they suppose th ? y can strike terror into s because they have their dungeons filled with the iartyrj of liberty , because they have their scaffolds retted to drink the blood of the innocent ? Vain lppoadon ! Ponuhment- ^ death in the most ioaman , excrncia . ting , and ignoainious form bu do irror for the true patriot . ( Ckeers . ) What do the hardsti meet for ? To reconsider , to reform the i *» of this country- That ' s not illegal . Seven

      ears ago , there wsj meeting alter meeting for aa Iteration of the laws of the land—many of the lembers of the present Government wefe actiw ctons at those meetings— they were considered tfil , and they effected their immediate object . Qe Reform Bill—now a law of the land—sprang ut of pnbiic meetiBg?—those who passed it , j onidsring that it was founded on the wishes of the eople , tacitly acknowledged , by passing it . that the ill of the nation ought to become the law of the md . ( Loud cheers . ) The Charcsts of the prefect ay are only doiog what the political Re'onnerg of B 32 did—they are endeavouring to make the will f the people l » w—they are endeavouriag to carry 10 ) effect a principle that the very fact of the

      p&sia | of ue Reform Uul recently and irrevocably egisiiahed . ( Hear . ) We are at this present moment a » e » bled for the holiest of causes—for one that lust Hke a grateful sacrifice ascend to Heaven—we re mat to give liberty to the persecuted prisoner , to «; o » freedom on the illegally convicted captive . Loud chesjing . ) We are assembled in thousands -I look before ma , and I excitingly girltvim in tens itionsands—to endeavonr to *» ve the b ' res of those 'bo hare been ill gaily tried , illegally couvicted . ni sentenced to deittu ObL , the intaraouj pic ^ ceedlg of the Whig Attorney-General ! Those unhappy risiaifiM now in Warwick—could those who were eraecuted for righceousDeas sake , could the incofBt , the suffering , in a holy causa be called

      unappr?—were committed for the simple offence of im , wit they were tried for a capital trims—tried a an old Act of Parliament , ferreted out by the inraaaa ingenuity of a Whig Attorney-General . Cheera , asd cnes of indignation . ) I teD you if ho * e mm suffer—1 teU . yoi if yon suffer them to ufier . 1 am no longer a Chartist . ( Cheers . ) If you How them to be exficoted , you are cowards—if you ¦ ermit them to be xnnrdered , go instantly and burn < mr ChArter , aad let its smoke aacend to Heaven , token of t >> wir martyrdom , a $ ymbcl of rrar successfss gympathy ? ( Hear , hear . ) What I now say will < e carried to Government—there ire Government eporteri here—gentleman , forsooth . '—thsre are spies isre of every sort -, there are present policemen in

      oloured clothes , but vie do not fear then . Our * ase is so good , that if we do not injure it by misondact of oar own , it can receiva no hurt from the a&chinations and information * of reporters , » pies . Jid polictmen- I cannot help here alluding to the xcellenl articlei ih * - * h&ve appeared this -wees , in iTour of our care * , in several of the Sunday papers ; ai I beg of you to look opeciallv to one article hat appeared " in the Weekly Dispatch of yesterc-ay , n which the Government are told that if the people io no ; receive full and fair representation , Chaxtiim aast go on daily gaining ground , until it cannot e uprooted , bat flourish eternally . 1 / those excelent articles hid been con * t * ntl j- written anterior o this time , we should bow poJ * e « Universal

      Safrafe . ( Cfaecrs . ) Good God , what a mass of cant ll-i hypocrisy there was in tbe world ! What inerraJ hypocrites the Whig * are ! They had libertv ii their lips , but tyraixny is bursting ( their organs ire so crammed with it ) in their heart * . Oh I how hey sympathised with the Pole *—what deep indiganoa ' they breathed against Rui «* i » : tkey subscribed > rivately—they roted u wmsil gram tor the relief » f tae ffufferiof Poliib . refugee * . « iks for doetnne--aey would not forsile . Tney did thi *; and yet at he ' very present momt-nt , if one of those Poles gave > ut that jour cause was a just oue ^ and that he was rilling to aid you in accompliarriBg ir , he was sure a be declared ' by Lord John Ruwell or Spring ifcce < sot to be a fit obi ct to receive any longer a portion

      - >{ the money voted to alleviate Polish suffrnng . Shame . ) There is npoa this platform a Pole Major Beniowski ) wha has been thus treated by isUHs ;* . ( Shmme . ) I can scve-lj tee any ia / ety : oor liv e * and liberties ; there w « uld be noneao : a shadow , if ire w » re at the mercy of the Whigs . Tiiey tell us to arm—they proclaim the right EngiiUiai have to arms themselves , and yet they allow ia magistrates and their myrmidons the power of searching at all hoora o ^ r houses , ard stizing , not 3 nly tbx » e arms , but ourselves . Why do you allow ii * ?—why do the Whigs dare treat you thus : simply because you are not as yet properly orgaaued . ' ( Hear . ) Mea of London , 1 tell you—it is » ith deep regret that 1 tell yon—that you are not

      organised . You are igaor&nt of the organuatian . o . i ' la men of the Norti—yon do not know how they Uve acted , and how they act ; but let me ad-rise you to make yourselves acquainted with the mode oi 3 ff animation adopted by year brave brothers of the North , and let me assure you that yon may religiously rely on their co-operation and strenuous suppsrc " Every man in . this world must eat his peck of fin : erery body of men contending for a priaciple hare their ordeals to undergo ; we cannot hope to be eseapt from them . Knowing beforehand our ( rials , let us ba armed with fortitude . I feel that many lives aay be lost before we completely succeed : patriotim has its penalties to pay ; but I do not deepair , for 1 know that there is an undying spirit abroad the unextinguishable spirit of liberty , -which &em me on , as it fills you with buoyancy and hope . Be but united , and your cause is v : ctonoas . Banish from tout thonrtte and hearts every feehng of bickhow enemies

      ering and dissension . See our are snited-how firmly they cleave together . In their tmioa is out vreatoess—in our disunion is their streafth . ( Hear . ) The moment our dwacioB has iaappeared , then will I i ** ue the word of commsad , "March . " ( Hear , hear , and loud cheer-» ag . ) My friends , 1 have hitherto been with you is all your straggles—be united , be wor thy of your-• elves and of thi great , good , Mai « W »« " 3 ™ ° vivocate , and , so help me God , yon will find me nth ycr a—reaaining amongit TO * to the verr JMt . vLoTid cheers . ) My enemies and yoortfinttola you &at I was a Tory spy ; then I was ft friend to the * tigs , and playing their game . I h » ve no fnends « ther amongst Tories or Whig * . I have no earthly -T « ds bat among the working classes , (• bnteadistic chewing . ) This head of mine woaid wag gijice have been hanging over Temple Bar were i * not for the affection tb * working classes bear me , « ad I thall set at nought the endeavours of the Torv and Whir factions arainit me se long M I

      « o » that the working classes are for me . ( Cries , " aad that wffl be far ever . " ) I acknowledge that « ere have been faults committed by some of the

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      meiaben of tbe ConToutioB . I do not claim mvself to be exempt from those faults—but I trust that they are venial and pardonable ones—more ths offiprine oftkehsad tW of the heart . Working Men of England , veiA our faults with our virtues , mS i ^ JU ^ 8 ee which aro *• heaviest in the scale , K ^ een . ) I again repeat that 1 take the reiponsibihty of this meeting on myself , and I hope that tae several speaker * who will have to follow me will not give utterance to one word that shall not be to the purpose- or if it should be in any way foreign to the Durpose—for God ' s sake let it not be injurious to the cause of Roberts , Howell , and Jones—to the cause of humanity , of liberty , and of justice—to the cause of aU England . ( Coeers . ) I ftave been this morning at Marylebone police offica oeio

      re jyir . Kawlm * on , to defend three bill-stickers who were taken up for posting the placard * annonaang this meeting . . These placards were at hrst . pronounced illegal , but I soon convinced the magistrate that they could not be illegal , as they simply announced a meeting that was legal , and the bill-stickers were accordingly discharged . ( Cheers . ) I beg of you to bear in mind the cldef object lor which you ha-re this day met , viz . to gave weaves of innocent men , unjustly convicted , and wno would have escaped if they had known in time that tiwy were to be tried on an indictment for a capital offence . They were taken by surprise by the Attorney-General , and , therefore , were nnore .

      parea wun . witnesses for their defence , or with persona to rpeak to their previous character . This meeting vnll have a good effect—it will enable me to cause the people of England and Scotland to rise more generally in your cause , and ia behalf of the prisoners at Warwick ; and last , not least , it will bring OTer to us many of the brare men of Ireland . 1 am most happy to announce to you thit I have seen to-day one of our delegates who has been in Ireland , and he tells me that in a short time the majority of mj country-men will be decided Chartists . ( Lheers . ) I will now conclude , and make way / or jmy mend , Mr . Bronterre O'Briea , who , I May gay , threw the first stone against the dtadel of corruQaon . fCheere . )

      Mr . B . O'Briek rose to move the first resolution , and was received with loud cheering . He said-Men of LoDdoa , these are times when every man should be prepared to carry Ms head under his arm , like St . Dems . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These are time * when , without scarcely a shadow of proof , a man might be pnt to death by tho ingenuity of a hu-ed lawyer . These are times when we must all stick close together . ( Cheers . ) The mny that c ! e . serts ns now is a tr&itor . We are now living under a government which ha * abjured it * own laws —under a government that not long rince said th » people had a right to publicly meet and declare their grievances—under a government which now employs the police to take into custody poor people who

      assemble to mention their wrongs . I alway * told yon to obey the laws as long hi those whe made them obeyed them , but * bn the very law makers themselves are destroying the laws you must trust to your right arms and defend the laws against the robbers who are breaking throngh them , ( Cheer * . ) There is scarcely a county in England at this present moment in which your brethren -were not seized , and arrested , and dragged before tbe magistrate * , and by the mostinfamso * evidence commuted tried , and convicted . ( Cheer * . ) Among * U these arrests have you heard of the arrest of one single Aristocrat , or one of tbe middle classes ? You have not beard of any such persons being arrested . When quiet agitation took place a few days ago , in which the tipper and middl * classes t ^ ok a part , were any of them arrested ? They were not arrested because middle men then agitated to get a middle

      class bill passed into a law . It is vain for yon to expect independence or justice in this country until you have a power over tbe law , and you cannot bar ? that power -whilst the middle men virtually make the laws . The law m * kers represent the middle men . The middle elates are interested in making such laws as would oblige you to work for low wag « i and enable them to have large proriu atyoar expense . Yout interests are eternally opposed to those of tbe middle classes , and as long : as the middle clas ^ e * have the making of the laws you can n *» ver reasonably expect liberty . The only -way that vou can obtain your liberries ' and your rights is by one simn ' taneops crj for the Charter , for nothing else short of this will obtain for you equal jostice and eqnal right * . We want and claim our lib rri- * s —we want the same Toice in th

      it from them by force . ( Cheers . ) We have used peaceabb means—we have petitioned . That celebrated petition of ours agned by two millions of men , bad been contameliously " rejected by the LefiiOarare . The next course then left for us to pursue is to try and annoy the Government in every way we can . We must try to take all the gold ont of their c offers , and leare them nothing but paper meney , wbich will be the cause of their ruin and of our prosperity . ( Cheers . ) Another pJan we must adopt is an " excellent one , viz .: that of exclusive dealing , for why should we deal with oiir enemies , with those who actually rob us . We have no right to do it , and we will not do it—we will deal only with our friends . ( Cheers . ) No enemy to the

      working classes shall be dealt with , aud no farmer inimical to ocrprinciples , -shall , if we canpievent it , hare hh crops cut for him . ( Loud cheering . ) Another plan I advise is to arm not for the porpos * of attacking tbe constituted authorities , or of acting aggressively , bnt to protect ourselves against the hired assassins of the upper and middle classes . ( Cheers . ) ] have been told that the upper and middle claasea had a right to have arms because thex supposed they l . ad everything they wanted ; and * so l # ng as th = y osve arms they wifl continne robbing you per secula seculvrum . ( Cheers . ) It was Lord " John Ruwell that rir * t gave advice to certain persons of property to have arms for the defenca of that property ; and I did not give the people

      advice to arm until Lord John had set me an example . In fact , I scrupled to do so until his Lordship said that the principal inhabitant * of the country had a right to arm . Now , I maintain that the working claaseg are tie principal inhabitants of the country ; for they are the pro ^ oeers et all wealth and power ; and I therefore tell them , that they must , with their right arm ? , and their fire-arms , protect their countrvf their own property , and their own lives . ( Loud ch ' eering . ) As Lord " John Russell told the upper and middle classes to arm , to I tell you to do the same . 1 do not tell you to do no in order to protect Lord John Russell ' s propertv—that is hi ? business and njt mine . ( Cbeers and facgatsr . ) Vet I know not what his property consktg of . It formerly belonged to the poor of this coontry ; but it was

      robbed from them in the reign of Henry VIII . That is not the sort of property that I wish to have protected . ( Langbt « r and cheera . ) I do not advise yon to attack the lives and properties of the middle cla ; se ? , because that would be setting a bad examp le ; aud they , in their turn , woald attack yours . 1 hold it to be essential that erery man who is a wealth producer snonld have a mnsket hanging over his m autrlpiece ; and that ths answer should be to any man who came to take it—By God , you * h&l ] have the contents first ! ( Load cheers . ) I hare bees called a da . gg :-r-a . nd-torch man ; but the men vho called me s : > gave tbe same denomination to Mr . F . O'Connor and Dr . Taylor , and J am not ashamed o ! my company . The men whose whole live * were

      passed in rendering evil for good—who refold the people their rights—who enslaved and ( under the form of mock trial ) nrorJrred them—those were the real A&gger-zn&- torch men . ( Cbeen . ) Thote who came and took your arms , and delivered you over to gaolers ; who ordered that Physical Force should be applied to all that differed from them in opinionsuch men were tbe true knights of the da ^ ger-androrch . ( Cheers . ) The resolution I have to propose to you pledges that you will never relax your effort * until the Coarter be the law of the land . I told you that without the Charter you mnf t remain slaves ; and that to obtain the Charter you must be united in one band—that every working man must consider his fellow woikman * a a brother—that he mnst not

      quarrel with him about matters of gain , or trifling differences of opinion , but that all must march forward in one nnited phalanx . _ Those who had a little property always united with the rich , and therefore when the battle ghail be fonght you will find the man of £ 1 , 000 a-year nnited against yen with the man of £ 50 . 000 a-year . In the same way shonH you be united , ' the man that earns at . a week gliosld unite with the man that earns 8 s ., and the one pound a week man should agree with him that earns only 12 s . The law of the land ought to be held sacred , and the Govemmfnt would never have attacked the Chartists , if the middle classes hai not calumniated you by telling the Government that your objects were the destruction of life and

      property . You are this fenr day giving the lie direct to such a calumny . U you wished by violent means to destroy life ana property would you be here quietly petitioning for your rights ? Property is your own creation , I do not think it likely , J do not think yon so unnatural as to destroy the child of your own creation . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 now propose the following resolution : — " That this meeting hereby pledges itself to the principles of the People ' s Charter , declares that it will never desist from its exertions to establish those principles until the people shall be in a condition to demand by their nnited Toices the ecacrinent of it as the Jaw of the I&ud . " Dr . T ^ tlor next presented himself and said , 1

      regret the state of my health and voice renders it impossible tor me to address you as long or as loud as I could wish . I have not anything to state that I am ashamed of , but that I should not hare embraced Chartism if I did not think it would lead to republicanism . ( Hear , hear . ) Three innocent men have been condemned to be hanged . I am not much in the habit of quoting Tories , but a Tory stated to me this morning , that if the Chartists allowed those three men to be hanged they ought to be Kkewise hanged with them . ( Cheers , and cries of ** We ought" ) I am something of this opinion ayself , Dut being a quiet person , I have no objection to dying quietly . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) 1

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      ——¦— W ^^———^^^ M^—I ^^^ MI ^^^ M ¦ — - " ^^^>— . » .. ^^~~»——**»* have a petition from Birmingham , in which it is asserted that one of the oondemned was not at the Bail Ring at the time of tha burning . Thi * maa was convicted on the sole evidence of apolic-man named Hall , who having beea formerly well kicked by tho liberals for hi » apostacy now wants to hang us . The petition from Birmingham will be presented to day , and I hope that both it and the address you are going to agree to , will have some effoct upon the Queen and make her grant not mercy but justice to the prisoners . If not , I have a petition froa the North that will Hot be refused . ( Laud Cheerg . ) You all know that I was arrested and for trying to save the lives of two policemen . That was my crime , aad yon majr rely upon it that I shall never be caught committing gueh s crime

      again . ( Laughter . ) I was accused of another crime , namely , the advising the people to be quiet at the time for I kaetr that they were not sufficiently organised to kick their enemieo then . If ever I am caught protecting the peace again may I be a Dutchman . ( Cheers and laoghter . ) I have pledged myself to the men of Birmingham ; I have promised Mes » n . Lovett and Cc-llin * to g » t a remission of the sentence on the men who were going to be murdered , and I again pledge myself to do so if tbe men of the South show themselves ready to act as the men of the North will do . ( Cheers . ) There are two ways of applying Physical Force . Stopping the supplies is one ; the other I daw say you all can guess . ( Cheers and laughter . ) A combined movement may effect the

      first , but a chance spark may bring about the other . Combustible materials yet remain ; and if my hand can fira them , I shall not be found wanting . ( Loud cheers . ) I caution you not to trust to spies , or to any man who tells yon that he is a spy of Lord John Russell ' s , and then promises that he will be a spy for yon over his Lordship . [ This allusion the Reporter understood to be to a delegate named Hancock . ] I thank you for the kindness yon have shown to me—I thank you both on my own behalf and that of the men of Biizaiogham ; and I promise the men of London if tkey will only keep the water hot by by their peaceable meeting * , 1 will take care to keep it boiling in the North . Dr . 1 ati / OR thea seconded the resolution , after which

      Mr . O'Cosxon pnt it from the chair , and it was unanimously carried , amid lond acclamations . The Learned Gentleman then stated that he regretted circumstances compelled him to leave the chair , as he was going to attend a Delegate Meeting at Glasgow . Mr . O'Connor then retired from the platform amidit the heartiest cheering . Mr . Carpenter was then voted into the chair . Mr . Goldjng spoke to the resolution ; but the only thing remarkable in his speech was an attack he made upon a person of the name of Hancock , who , he alleged , had received money from the Commissioners of Police , t o act as » spy upon the Charti&ts .

      Mr . Carvo , in moving the second resolution , p aid —Mr . Chairman , and brother working men , — I appear before you , not as an humble suppliant to the Queen , but to move an Adiress to her Majesty calling on her to dismiss her present Minieterti from her Councils , and for other purpose ? . Mr . Cardo here perceiving that he had the Wrong resolution , said—No ; the resolution I have to move relates to the prisoners at Warwick , who are going to be offered up at the shrine of the base and imbecile Whig Government . When 1 saw those three p rironerg arraigned in the dock , knowing their innocence , I thought that they should depend upon that innocence for their safety ; but when 1 see so many thousands of persons round me , let the Queen s Government execute them if they dare : however ,

      let as not peril their lives by any act of onrs ; bat let us approach the throne for mercy , and I hope that we shall be enabled to call it a throne of mercy . The Jnry were led by the sophistry of the Attorney-General to condemn those men , because they were told by him that their lives and property would be in danger if those men did Hot perish . ( Hear , hear . ) It will be a matter of satisfaction for those men to know that if they should die , that they will perish with jonr sympathies , and with a knowledge that you consider tLem innocent , and deem them murdered men . ( Cheer * . ) If we fail to-day in saving their lives , let it be remembered that thoy are not the only parties that shall die . I at once declared that I wou . 'd never petition the Legislature , nor address the Crown , but as that is DOW the only

      constitutional waj to save those men ' s livi >» , I do «; and if the Throne is found > d on mercy , fraercy will be administered to those men ; but if tho Throne is not founded on meicj , then perish tbe Throne end all that surrounds it . ( Lond cheers . ) The people al * o have a right to demand it . The sovereign people of England condescend to sue for mercy , from whom ? From a creatnre of their own powerfrom a Government which , if the people of England were united , they would have the power to annihilate in one moment . ( Hear , hear . ) In connexion with the men of Birmingham , 1 ask her Majesty to spare their Hve . « , because , by God , those men are as innocent as you are free . ( Hear , hear . ) Our lives hanif on the conduct of the police , and it is vet a

      question whether the hocses at Birmingham were > et on fire b y the people , or by the police . ( Cheers . ) Public opinion will decide to-day if these men are to be executed or not , and if they are executed , 1 forete ] that they will no £ be the onlr parties who will meet a similar fate . Before I sit down , I beg to mention , that on the back of the indictment were seventeen names of witnesses of whom the prisoner * bad no knowledge , and whose evidence , therefore , they could not contradict . On such an indictment they were convicted and sentenced to death ; and if mercy was rainsed to them , we shall meet again in after limes to do jnsrica to those men , and to offer to their memories the tribute which their lives so justly deoerved . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cardo concluded b y moving the following address : —

      " We , your Majesty ' s loyal subjects , had reason to hop } that the mi id spirit of the age had rendered obsolete all those sanguinary laws which , in other reigns , bad subjected offenders to ignominious death for comparatively trivial offences . We regret to learn that three of your Majesty ' s subjects have been recently convicted " under an old Act of Parliament , which appears to have escaped the eye of the Legislature in its revision and repeal of barbarous enactments ; we cannot avoid oelieving that had those crimes been found upon the calendar of a general assiz ? , and not treated as political offences , that they would have been more mildly construed , and the punishments , even after conviction , would not have amounted to a sacrifice of life . Under these cireumgtanees , we humbly and respectfully appeal to your Majesty , that you will be graciously pleased to

      exercise your Rsyal prerogative , by extending the Royal pardon to Francis Roberts , Joseph Howell , and John Jones , lately convicted and sentenced to death at the assizes ol Warwick . We beg most respectfnlly to direct your Majesty ' s attention to the unfavourable circumstances under which the prisoners were tried , being committed ior a mere riot , and afterwards being capitally indicted . " Mr . HiRTWELi , seconded the resolution—saying Mr . Chairman and men of London , I rise with mingled feelings of pleasure and of pain—with a feeling of regret that in the 19 th century , men should assemble to sue for pardon for an offence committed against the life of no man , but against property only—with a feeling of pleasure because that meeting was a proof of the titTOD ; SvmDathv

      felt in those vnhappy men . All of you know the result of the trials at Warwick , but if you had seen the way in which they were conducted , you wonld have risen up and said that no jnstice was to be expected from the constituted authorities of the state—you would have gaid that if justice and mercy were wanted you raust obtain them by your * elve » . If job saw the Judge and every anthority down from him to the commoa policeman—if you saw the Attorney-General—if yon saw how they were all preasipg for a c 'nvicrion , you woeJd have burst with indignauon , and many persons in the Court , not Chartisw but simple spectators , so loadly expressed their indignant feelings , that the officers of the Coert were obliged to repress them . The evidence by which one of those men wa ? convicted was

      that of a fellow named Hall , formerly a notorious p rize "fighter , who hid fought * with Sampson and beat him , and who was in conseqsence of his bullying and thievish propensities , thought by the magistrates » tit peraon to be made a police officer . The evidence of tbiu gconndrel wag the only one that was adduced against Francis Roberts , all he said was that he saw Roberts in the crowd . He saw him throw a stone—he did not arrest him then , but he saw him on the following morning looking at some rains in the Sail Ring . ( Shame . ) This man had a most excellent character , was an excellent workman , had never been taken before a magistrate , and there were many respectable neighbours of his who were ready to swear that they saw him at home at the time tbe policeman swore he saw him in the Bull Ring . They did not appear as witnessss in his favour at Warwick , because they understood that be was to be tried for riot only , aud had they been aware that he wag to have been tried for a

      capital offence , they would have attended and given such evidence that no Judge or Jury could have convicted him . There was only one witness against Jones , and all that that witness swore was , that he saw Jones waving a stick over hi * head at the time of the conflagration of the houses in the Ball Ring . Jones had also an excellent character from his master , which would have been sworn to before the Judge , if Jones ' s master knew tbe full extent and nature of the trial . He hoped that these facts , for they really were facts , would induce her Majesty to spare the lives of both there men . ( Cheers . ) If those men were executed , fee hoped that their blood would fall upon the heads of those who had condemned them unjnstly . ( Lond cheers . ) Major Beniowski , a Polish r efugee , spoke to the resolution , and said that it was rather peculiar that a foreigner should advise them to address the Queen , but he coald not help doing so , and telting them that they would not be worthy of the name of Chartists , and thai the blood of those men would be upon their

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      heads , if they acted passively on thw occasion . *^ H > trembled at the idea of shedding human blood , though he had « hed much in Ms time , yet it wai not the blood of the innocent , bnt of the tyrants of hit beloved country , Poland . ( Cheers . ) There was blood » ow being ahed everywhere in France , in Portugal , in Spain , in Poland , and blood would continue to flow until there was a Reformed Parliament in England . An English Reformed Parliament could . alone save Europe from * lavery and increased bloodshed' ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . Johnson moved the following resolution : — "That ( he meeting viewa with feelings of indignation and alum the encroachments upon the liberties and rights of the subjects latel / madobj the country maeistrHteu , instigated ana directed

      saMy by the advice of her Majesty ^ ministers . That thin meeting considering such conduct on the part of such ministers as uaconatitational , and opposed to all law , both common and statute ; and also as being both inhuman and mean , has been principally directed against those classes of her Majesty ' s subject * who are the least protected by the Legislative body from having any influence or voice in their control or election . That we , her Majesty's subjects , legally convened in pnbiic meeting , humbly snggest that such despotic aad illegal advice is sufficient in itself to demonstrate the Bnntnes * of the present Cabinet to possess the confidence of her Majesty , arid humbly request that she will consequently dismiss from her councils those men who have proved themsslves ao opposed

      to the rights , have shown such an utter want of sympathy with the great masses of the people , and who kave to uncosstitotionally endeavoured to deprive them of . those liberties which they have received from their fathers , and which they are determined shall be transmitted to their children as perfect and as entire as they have received them themselves . " Mr . WittrAMs said , there is a committee now sitting that will eoon organize London , and you will soon have , if yon give your assistance to this committee , the Charter , which we all so eagerly desire ; bat let me now speak ( o the most important question of the three * nfortunato men who have been committed to death . I deny that I am a torch and dagger matt , and I will tell the Aristocracy that my hands have never been stained inhuman blood ; and

      I wpl PbU them that I wish to prevent the Aristocracy from staining their hand * , as they will if those innocsnt men are executed . ( Cheern . ) The law hassaidyou shall not commit murder , and if you do not prevent the execution of these men yen will allow the Aristocracy to commit murder , and yon will therefore be accessories yourselves . ( Cheew . ) Several of ns went last Sunday , with black , crape oa our arms to St . Paul's , to shew the Aristocracy and the middle classes how we felt upon this itnbject , and we afterward * assembled to the number of 3 , 000 in Copenhagen Fields , and declared that these men should not oe executed . I advise you all to wear black crape around your arms , and to visit the different fashionable churches of the metropolis on Sundays , in order to shew the Aristocracy that if

      these men'are murdered there will be other murders . ( Cheers . ) I advise every man that can afford it , to have a front room , and to hsva a black flag hung ont of his windows . The Qaeen can save these three men if she likes . She is still popular , but i will tell her that if she does not save these men she will g oon lose all her popularity . I am no enemy of the Qaeen ' s , and I hope she will consult the feeling * , of the working clasges of this country , who are her real friends . ( Hear , hear . ) If to prevant this execution , you do not ug * your physical power you will not be worthy of the name of men . In thecourse of another week we shall hold far g reater meetings than this—1 feel that it is useless for ua to hold out for a three days' holiday ; we are not yet prepared for it , bat with ' yoor assistance we

      snail in a short time be enabled to organize London in such a way that no power can put us down . For every nine men in our unions there shall be a leader , so that we Khali be enabled to correspond with one another without tbe necessity of calling great public meetings . If the people are united , I promise them before the year is oat , the Charter will be the law of the land . ( Cheer * ) I hope that instead of going into pnbiic houses ou SuBday ? , you will frequent the churches , and use your efforts to save tho lives of these wretched men . I advise you to keep sober , for a drunken man can never be a real or a tree patriot . Instead of going into tap-rooms , frequent intelligent society , aa by that means you will every day become more useful members of the community . Mauy honourable men wiil desert von .

      and will naver come before you again to address or advise you , * b « cau » e they wjJl at once say that you are cowards if yon gaffer these men to be executed . ( Cheers . ) S pies have been pointed out to you—let us have nothing to do with spies—let us make no attack upon them—but let ns pass them by and spurn them with silent contempt . ( Cheers . ) I hope you « ill join me and my friends on Sunday next , and meet us in Smithtteld , in order that we may go to the several churches , and mix among the aristocracy , and show them our determination of saving thore unfortunate and innocent men . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hare , from NtfWcastle-upon-Tyne , said tkat a short time since he was arrested in the dead of the night on a charge of sedition , and that be was most glad to have that opportanity of delivering his

      opinions to the people of London . Those men they bad met to tare were not unfortunate , bat innocent . They were living under the oppression of aa iniquitous Government , and the Chartists and the people at large would be for ev « r to blame if they allowed theaentence passed at Warwick to be carried into effect . He had no faith in anything that would result in application toiler Majesty . His only hope wa » in the moral and physical power of the community . ( Cheerg . ) He had been arrested a few days ago , and torn from hi * family by four hired ruffians , for having told the people to arm , and he wonld now , on the very threshold of tyranny , repeat the advice . ( Renewed cheera . ) The working classes had nothing to , loose , they were alteady bankrupts . The beginning of each week saw them without a

      farthing . What aid they a « k for ? A large day ' s wagas for a § ood day ' 8 work , and nothing more . Lord John Russell may commit 10 , 000 of them , trad 10 , 000 of them may be execnted , but there was a spirit in the rimng generation , the fruit of agitation and extended education , which could never be put down . ( Cheers . ) Ho believed that that very day the people of the North had begun the National Holiday , had ceased from work , and bad commenced stopping the supplies . He had heard a great deal said about physical force . Why , it was by physical force the present Government was maintained . He had passed the Horse Guards that day , and he » aw

      uothmjc but physical force in the shape of soldiers in that neighbourhood . ( Laughter and cheers . ) He wag not for spilling human blood , but he thought that there was no hnman action better , no one more acceptable in the eye of heaven , than that by which the blood of ft tyrant was shed . ( Tremendous cheerine . ) His last odvico , for it was most probable it would be the last time he should ever address them , was to be united and strong , put crape on their arms if they thought proper , but by tho Lord God they should carry something better in their hand * . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then carried .

      Mr . Carpenter . —Allow me , in the name of myself and my friends on the platform , and in the name of all those who have witnessed your conduct at this meeting , to thank yon for tho steady and peaceable way in which you have conducted yourselves . It is tha way in which you always conduct yourselves when allowed to transact your owh business , and it is only when the Government interferes with your useful proceedings that rioting and destruction of property occurs . It is your enemies that are the real destroyers of property , and not yon . ( Cheers . ) 1 am » nre 1 need not twl yon to disperse quietly , but when you go away remember that you have your work to begin . We want yon to increase your number * , so that by the nnited strength of the people , tbe Charter must become the law of the land .

      The Trade Societies of London have taken no part in this meeting , not because they are averse to it , but because the time Allowed to them for so doing was not sufficient to enable them to go through the usual routine business on such occasions . However they have pledged themselves to a demonstration in favour of tbe Warwick prisoners , a demonstration of their own , and within a month irom this time I shall have tbe satisfaction of gfeeiag the Trade Societies joining their voice with youra in deprecating the punishment of innocent men , and demanding the Charter as an enactment necessary to secure the persons , the property , and the well-being of the community . ( Load cheer * , ) - After a most flattering vote of thanks to the Chairman , the immense assembly peaceably departed to their respective residences .

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      HALIFAX . National Holiday . — On the evening of Thursday se ' nnight , the bellman was sent round this town , by erder of part of the Committee belonging to the Radical Association , to auaouace to the inhabitants , that a public meeting would be held in tbe large room lately oooupied by tha Socialists , situate in Jail-lane , to commence at eight o ' clock , when Mr . Bussey was expected to be there from Bradford . At the hour appointed , a large number

      of people , ooBBisting chiefly of tbe working class , were assembled together , when having waited a short time , and Mr . Bussey , from tome cause or other , not having arrived , Mr . Robert Wilkimon was called to the chair , who stated that they had been called together for the purpose of ascertaining , as far as possible , tbe general opinion respecting the Holiday ; asd wished any who thought proper to come forward and state their opinion on tke subject Robrrt Sutcliffb made a few remarks on

      Universal Suffrage , and called upon those persons who thought themselves deserving of that right to hold up their hands , when every band in the room was immediately held up ; lie afterwards made some

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      ARREST OF BRONTEEBE . Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien , the Chartiifc Delegate , was brought before Mr . Minshnll , by Thosv Click , a constable of Newcaatle-upon-Tyne , upon a Bench warrant , signed by Mr . Justice Coltauut , ia . which he was charged with having true bills fomufc against him for seditioH . The defendant wa » attended by Pr . Taylor , Mr , Carpenter , and several Delegates ; and after be avowed himself to be tfa » persen earned in the warrant , v Mr . MiashuU said there was not much use in hi * making any observations , although he was prepared : to hear anything he had to advance . Mr . B . O'Brien said he « m » war » there wa » aot much use in saying anything on the present oew casion , and he would reserve his defence fora . higher tribunal .

      Mr . Minshull inquired of tbe constable if he was authorised to accept of bail . The Constable said he was instructed to have bait accepted if the defendant could procure it . Mr . O'Brien observed that there were foar other persons naned in the indictment , for each of whom bail to a moderate amount was takes , and he « ra * prepared with the same if it met with tbe Magis trate ' k approbation . Mr . Minshull had no objection ; aud tbe bail fee should require would be the defendant in £ 100 , and two raretie ? in £ 50 each , te meet the charge at tfaa Assizes . Mr . Rogers , of High-street , BloomsbuTyy and Mr . Hartwell , of the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , then came forward , and they being coHsidered sufficient securities , the defendant was liberated .

      Mr . O'Baen was to have started by tbe evening train for the North , for the purpose of surrendering kimself , but in thin be baa been prevented , and saved a troublesome and fatiguing journey .

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      ^——observations on tne SoUday ^ Merviugltaat it Miigai be a roleun fast . An operative named Gibson next addressed th » meeting , deprecating the Sacred Month as inapplicable to the present state of the working olawes , but advised the people to arm , ia order to protect themselves a * d their property , and also to abstain from the Hie of all excUeable articles . Mr . B . Hushton , chairman of the Radical Association , next addreutd them on the seriousness of refraining from work in mnill numbers , as it might be , not far three da ; b only , bat for a much longer period , aad advised'caution in that re * peot . Sitne enquired

      what tbey were to do for the three days , for when they worked one day it was to earn victuals for the next . In this stage of the business the chairsavn adjourned the meeting till Saturday evening , when Mr . Tetley begged to make a few remark * which were nearly similar to the advice given in the Star , the week previous . On Saturday night they again met to discuss the question , when Mr . Thomas Cliffs , read a resolution purporting to oall a public meeting oa the Monday following , when Mr . Tetley made a feir remarks as to the legality of a meeting so called , should they adjourn as spoken of to Skireoat Moor . Tha resolution was afterwards

      abandoned , and another adopted , calling ou the meeting to show how many « f them were favourable to keeping holiday on Monday , when about half the number present expressed their willingness to stop working oa Monday , by holding up their hands , ' a few to the contrary , and a great many remaining neutral , as though undecided about the question . The ohairmam then announced , that so many as thought proper to keep a holiday , would meet on Monday noraiug , iu that room , at half-past nine o ' clock , when the meeting brake up . On Moai&y , at the time appointed , fron 300 to 400 persons assembled , - and ttfter addresses delivered by Messrs . Cliffe , Sutcliffe , Rushton Wilkinson and Tetley , the address to the Queen , as proposed by the Council ef the Convention , was read to the meeting and unanimously adopted , and signed ou behalf of the meeting by the chairman , to be presented to her Majesty by Earl Stanhope .

      Gkntlbmen , —Please to add to the account of the "Defence Fund" sent you last w « ek the followiag suioa whiefhave been received siflce . As the article did aot appear , I preratne for w&nt of room . We hops to see it iu your next . 1839 . £ . b . i . July 30 th , From Ripponden ( received by R . Wilkinson , Halifax .. 3 14 2 £ 6 th , Mixenden Stones , Ovenden , paid in by B . Itaahton , J . Charnock 0 6 0 Ditto a few Amateurs 0 4 0 „ a few friends at Illingworth Moor-bottom . 0 15 8 £ „ a few friends in the Association room .......... 0 6 1 10 th , „ aftwfriend 8 atWarley town © 3 6 „ a few frienda at Highroad Wells 0 5 8 „ atOldand New Pellon , of tbe Association 0 20 6 £ 6 5 8

      KEIOHLEY . Chartist Meeting . —On Tuesday evening last , a numerous and spirited meeting of tbe Chartists was held in tbe Working Men ' s Hall , for tbe purpose of addressing the Queen , according to the recommendation of the Convention , and on behalf of the three victims to middle class cruelty , now in Warwick gaol . Mr . Thomas Walton was appointed te the chair , wben the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . Moved by Mr . Joseph Firtb , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Constantiae , " That this meeting has lorgbeen convinced that nothing can rescue the labouring class of thia country from their present

      horrid state of slavery and oppression but by a speedy and effectual reform in the Commons ' House of Parliament , based upon the principles contained in tbe People ' s Charter . " 2 . Moved by Mr . James Bedford , and cecondtd by Mr . John Smith , " That the late attacks of the present Government upon the constitutional rights of Englishmen , by dispersing them when peaceably assembled , by an armed military , and police force , and afterwards by mercilessly punishing them as the greatest and worst of criminals , is a fall proof to this meeting that tbe labouring class is now under a syetera of brute force , divested even of the appearance of liberty and justice . That it is ,

      therefore , the duty of every honest man to come forward in tbe present ; alarming crisis , and unite in putting a stop to this state of things , which , if suffered to proceed , will ruin the country , and leave the labouring class , as they now are , the greatest slaves in existence . " 3 . Moved by Mr . Charles Sunderland , and seconded by Mr . Joseph VlckrerB , * ' That this meeting sympathizes with the brave patriots who are now suffering in the different dungeons of the kingdom , for exercising their constitutional rights , aud wo especially consider the case of tfee three unfortunate men now under

      sentence of death for the alleged destruction of property at Birmingham , a * * ne of extreme and cold-blooded cruelty , inasmuch as , if at all guilty , they were drives to the crime by the outrageous conduct of the Government aad the local authorities , who , in our opinion , are the parties really deserving of punishment . " Mr . David W . Weatherhead read the address , which it was agreed upon should be sent off immediately to the General Convention , for presentation to the Queen . Tke different speaker ? , in moving and seconding the resolutions , received the repeated applause of the meeting for their manly and honest exposure of the present middle-class Whig Government .

      BUM .. Hull Election Union . —A meeting of No . 1 district , called together by circular , was held at tbe Royal Oak Inn , Blackfriargate , on Friday evening week , for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing tbe return of Colonel Thompson , as representative for this borongh , and for other business connected with the unjustifiable conduct of a section calling themselves the Reform party towards Colonel Thompson . Mr . John Peck was called to preside , who read a great deal of correspondence betwixt the Colonel and his immediate friends here , which gave geBeral satisfaction ; after which , Mr . Larard gave a detail of an interview with Mr . Clay , the other candidate , on the Heform interest ; Jikewi « e Mr . Wilde gave an

      account of his mission to Colonel Thompson in London—all of which were highly approved of . Moved hy Mr . Wm . Holdea , chemist , seconded by Mr . Colly Bedford— " Tkat this meeting having beard the statements relative to the transactions of a clique of persons 8 til \ Bg themselves tbe Reform party , are of opinion that Colonel Thompson was perfectly justifiable in refusing to enter in the plan for purchasing the freedoms of new burgeeses in return for a written engagement to vote as desired at the next election for this borough ; and that tbis meetiag having full and entire confidence in the talent , ability , and known integrity of tbe gallant Colonel , do hereby pledge itself to support that gentleman at tbe next election for this borough , and if necessary , give to him our sole and undivided support . '

      Chartist Meeting . —On Saturday last considerable excitement was caused by the appearance upon the walls of large green bills announcing that a public meeting would be held on Dock-G-reen on Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , to address the Qaeen to dismiss her present ministers , and call to her council sueh men as would give the people good and cheap Government . The Mayor having refused to call each meeting upon tbe requisition of twelve respectable householders , the requisidouists thought proper to sail the meeting themselves . Upon this announcement , the Mayor aud Magistrates sent down to the garrison a strong body of police with a cart , and brought back with them a sufficient

      quantity of cutlasses and other physical-force weapons as was suffiouiit to arm the whole body of police . These proceedings caused many reports to be in circulation ; one was that a great seizure of Chartist arms had been made , which turned out not to be true . Ou Monday morning the dreadftl 12 th of August arrived , when great numbers ef people were seen to be slowly marching to the Green about the time appointed for balding the meeting . About half-past eight the Committee appeared oa the bastings ; when Mr . R . Lundy prepostd Mr . John Jaciuen to take the chair . At

      tbat moment between seventy anJ eignty policemen marebed up in' a body to the meeting , which for a moment caused a little stagnation . The chairman then addressed the meeting for a abort time requesting them to be firm and peaceable , and not to give the enemies of the people any cause to disturb their peaceable assembly . Moved by Mr . Tate , seconded by Mr . Pawsou , ia a long ana sensible speech , — "That this meeting deeply lament that the conduct of the present ministers of the Crown , notwithstanding their professions of liberal sentiments has been marked ever since acoetsion to

      power by a coaunued series of aggressions on the righto , liberties and comforts of tbe people . " Moved by Mr . John Walker , seconded by Mr . Wallis , — 'That their tyranny and insolence is bow at . length be « ome unbounded , as evftced by their

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      recent niegal , UDConsutuboaal , aad sao * t outrageouan attack on the people when peaceably assembled . " Moved by Mr . Lundy , seconded by Mr . Bell , — " That an humble address be presented ia bet Majesty , praying her to digmws her Ministry , aad dissolve the present Parliament , and call only rash men to her councils as will give tbe people cheap and good Government , based upon Universal Suffrage . " After which Mr . Read spoke at considerable length , wbeTein he gave Lord John Russell mat the Whigs a most severe lashing , and highly cob * plimented the Magistrates for their attendance « # the meetiag . Moved by Mr . Walker , seconded Kj Mr . Read , — "That an humble address be

      presented to ber Majesty , praying her to remit the sentence of Jeremiah Howell , Francis Roberts , an * John Jones , the individuals who are now lying under sentence of death ia Warwick jail , for the late riots in the town of Birmingham . " - — Notice was then given tbat in tea days time a public meeting would be called to elect a Delegate to the National Canvention in the place » f Mr . Henry ViHcent , who has resigned , in cHueonenee of being incarcerate j in prison , for advocating the rights and liberties ef the people . The meeting broke up about 11 o ' clock , without the least breach of tne peace , indeed the whole fear was that tha authorities would be the first to break it .

      Fire OK Sunday Ljjbt . —Ab ? ut mid-day & fire was discovered by one of the police in tbotw extensive premises belonging to Mr . 8 . Bennett , Wincolmlee , and occupied by him as e \\ merchant and Seed crusher . Plenty of water being close at hand * , and sufficient number of persons being speedily on the spot , - the fire was soon got under with very little damage ; but if it had happened in tae night & great deal of valuable property would hare btea destroyed .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct357/page/5/