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      PUBLIC I'ESTJIsG OF THE KATiOXAL COMPLETE SUI- 'FRAGn UN'IOV . .-f From the Evening Star . ) Bristol , Oct . 19 . Tbe Chairman ( Mr . Evans ) opened the meetiDfj by reeling the objects of the National Complete SufiVsge Union , after -wfcich be called upon Mr . Joniaton to propose the first resolution . Mr . Johnston , on rising to address the meeting , complained of ths smallnesa of their numbers on an occasion liks the present , when a meeting is called to arnfcal to the sympathies of our fpllow-men , on behalf of tiioee- men who hs . 3 stood so nobly np for onr rights , but perhaps I condemn them rss- ; iy , 88 the meeting was oririnal ^ y intend-d to have bt-tn b ?! d last night . It

      was , perhaps , owing to this that the meeting was so nns , H . Other a ; aneerucnts by tbe parties belonging to the Hall had prevented them holding the meeting l ^ et nizht- He then read tbe following reseiution to the meeting : — " That this meeting consider it to be their duty , and tbe duty of ail friends of true liberty , to contribute to the National D-. fenee Fund , thereby enabling the advocates of the people ' 8 rights to provide assistance at the forthcoming trials '' He ( the speaker ) , tr ^ s not in connection -with that body , who had suf fered . yet he agreed with the bold manner they had advocated the right of free discussion ; and in order to alleviata their sufferings be saw bnt oae course , "T . z . to come forward -with tee smallest mite . Put tbe case to yourselves : —it nr . gbt come to their turn .

      TL-j r very act \ J . meeting there that night might brmg them under the haa < f the Ist . If this were the « se —if thsy were t : > ra from their families , from their ho ! ue 8 , snd » v > ject to like treatment , we would wish that Eome friends w . ~ nld come forward with thsir pecuniary assistance , with what they conid afford . Ho diii not struggle tor the name of the Charter , but for its principUs . It mattered not to him what lault he bad to finii with any nr < n ; he came forward now on principle . The ? i ) an who remained silent on the pre-Btct occasion •^ 03 an enemy lo his cause . The a&sist-¦ v ce of every .: aa . s ¦^¦ ai-. t ^ a now . Some might object ana say that tb- n otey n-as given to patties who were interested in the j . rr- $ »* cu ? i ; .-iJ of the individuals ; but he Would ask , wtert Fr ^ si would have been bad he not employed conns * -. ? He would rather see a Cn . artist come bo ' . dlv toward and defend b ' : mself—he admired the Epirit of such a man . At the rame time there ffii ^ ht be ai ^ gal point , that would be denijrfi by those

      Who made the Law thfcir stndy , and the prisoner would in aJl cases be the betlsr of engaging a legal person . It Would not do to loae one single friend at present—not the humblest individual- There could not be a more melancholy scene , than a man dragged from the bosom of Irs family , asd immured wiihin the walls of a dnugi-r . for teaching the trnth , and spreading its principles tlircufchout the bed , avA then to be deserted by his fn ' -.-nds . Lit me aak you to look at trial by jury . la the weaver trieri by his peers—his equals—when placed in the dock before a iniddle class jury ot yeomanry and middle-class shopkeepers , who have never ODce Witnessed the scents thst tbe poor weaver at the bar has btf-n familiar with ? I tit , doas ha not require ttic : issi 8 tanc 8 of thews whose principles are identical with hia own ? Compare his case with that of the aristoerit—a p ^ ar on arriving at twe :: ty-one years of ageby an accident of birth , he will be tried by his peers , by those who kave lived < md moved in the same scenes as himself . He appealed to the sympathies , and , af : er potntir . i ? out the trevrment of the prisoners , and of John Frost who was kept an exile , for f « -ai ttat Le Wouid be a rallying point Iot the Chartists . By a re-TicW of those trials that had already taken place , he fonr . d that the prisoners were much benefitted by the eniploynjent of counsel , and he implored tbe people not toii-sert the leaders now . but rally around with renewed vigour , and by feubscribir . g the smallest miK-, shjw that persecution rouses t&s spirit teat is within yoa , and tbat you still are the fronds cf the persecuted , bu : jort patriot * of the people's cause . Mr . Johnston was repeatedly applauded throughout his speech , of which tbe above is but an outMue-He resumed hi * seat by proposing tbe above rejoin t : on .

      • •' r . Chard , boot and shoemaker , on name to Becond tbt resolution , said , that he never in hia life seconded art-solution with more ardour than the present one ; it waa trne wbat had been ststed by Mr . Johnson—men « v ; v brought up before juries of yeomanry ft-r advocatini : your rights ; aya , brought before men who were as ig- . rant of the crime tbat the prisoner was to be tried for . and knew aa much about what was and what was cot sedition , as tha horses in the ploughs they drive ; he wished be bad the strength of a legion- to crush the tyrants for ever ; it makes no difference what association th ; men belonged to , whether they were member * of

      the Complete Suffrage Union or members of me National darter Aasociation . th 3 y were Chartieta , they were his friends , and they are your friends . Frost had been mentioned , but for what wns he banished , for what waa he condemned ? Simply b-itauae he was the opponent of Lord John KnsselL Mr . Johnson had so" fully , so ably , an 1 so much better than him , laid the subject before them , that be should not take up their time any longer , but call upon them not to flag , not to be ( iktrarteteii , but to putthvir shoulders to tbe wheel , and let them tee that we are men trying to regain our rigbt 3 ; let us ab"W a bold trout , and let every man assist It irsa with great Treasure he seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Eammenta , master tailor , Redcliff-hill , Bristol , wished to fcndw if this was a meeting cf the Ccmpl 6 te Suffrage Union , oi cf a few individuals fcr the purpose of subscribing funds for a certain purpose . The Chairman stated , that it was a meeting for V e purpoae of raiaing funda for tbe defence of the Chartist prisoners , and to be forwarded to the General Defence Fund , to the Evening or Northern Stars offices for that puipose . Mr . Hammenta—Do I understand tbat thlt BK-eting < TTnmafrm from tbe Council of the Complete Suffrage Ui .: on ? Mr . Jebnxton stated it did ; that Mr . Newman , baker , bt-3 met Mr . Griffiths , and asked him if ttu-y , the S . urgit = a , were not goinr to do anything for the defence of Chartist prisoners , and tbe Council had at their meeting agreed to that effect .

      Mr . HammenU did not know tbat tbe Complete SrStage Union bad but one Ceuncil , and , tbat sat is Birmingham . Mr . Johnston—The name Council is . given to the general committee , as ii is illegal to have more than ose Council . Mr Hammenta did not think that the object of this meeting had any thing to do with the Complete Suffrage Uuion , of which he was a member ; be did rot agr *« with tbe plan of raising money for such purposes ; he had seen money collected in Bristol btfore for such objects , and as be did not agree with tbe manner in which thu money web expended , be would move an amendment : he condemned the conduct of the men who had

      burned and destroyed property in tbe north , and bad tbey attained their objt-ct by physical revolution , a Center revolution would have to be got up before a twelvemonth was over our heads , for tbe purpose of up-Betting the tyran < y they had established ; they did not require to go far fora precedent , only to a ne ^ ghcourinjc country , France . He totally disagreed with the late scenes of riot and plunder tbat had taken place , and thought tbe parties richly deserved punishment ; be protested against the body having any thing to do with it as council or committee ; let it be done by parties apart from tbe association , business . Mr . H- _ was met by frequent marks of disapprobation , and aat down by proposing a counter reselntion .

      Mr . Johnston explained , and pointed out' the abgurditf of coupling the namea of the Chartists with tL ; = outbreak . They had been Btiz-sd while promulgating the truth , and be waa not aware that the Defence Fund went to dtf ^ nd any but Chartists . The outbreak waa a strike for wagea , and the men were ( 3 r > e ; to Jo what they did . He waa not an advocate of physical violence , but ha considered that the m « n to ? t had done what the Je&de-s of Chartiem bad done ougtt to be sup p-j .-ted . He alinded to such men aa M'DouJl and other *—Ken who "were to be tried for sedition , and be was anxious that the fund should prosper . He did not csre whether it was a Council or not ; the meeting ' was decidedly a meeting of the Complete Suffrage Union , B £ d » m » nrft , l frnrn them .

      2 dr . Hamments wished to enter his protest in justice . Be th ' -ught the men to which Mr . Johnston had alluded were to blame ; they , the Chartists were the ringleaders ; they were the promoter * of the bloodshed , rapine , and plunder that had ensued , and tad the time that had been lost , and the money that bad been thrown away , been devoted to the moral and Intellectual improvement of the people , tbat would be the means of o ^ tuin ' ng <^ nr rights . He would withdraw his amecument , and almply ask for his proteat to be entered . He considered tbe loaders aiders osd abettors . Xir . Dutton , President of the Complete Suffrage Union Mr . Chairman , I should like to see a meeting got up something like a meeting ; none of your bole and corner affairs . Wbo is to collect the money ? I think tbat it is strange that no notice of this meeting should have adptared .

      The Chairman of the meeting . * tated tbat tbe meeting Was advertised in the Bristol Mercu < i , and large bills bad been printed and posted . Mr . Dntton—Wa » tbe object stated ? 1 hate each doings ; let a good meeting be wiled . Mr . Johnston—The object was stated in the notice sent to the Mercury ; but be oould not be answerable for tbe editor ' s curtailing of it , and Mr . Dutton had Dot been preaent aa be ought to bare been . He bad been absent for five ot six nlghU , or he would have been aware . Mi . Chard—Mr . Dutton bad not attended , and be was surprised that Mr . Hamments bad not expressed bis dissent , aa be waa preaent on tbe committee , and beard it passed that this meeting should be held .

      Mr . Dotton never liked two-faced people ; let the public know what they were doing ; let a meeting be called in a proper wsy . Ee was not opposed to the object , if it was a good meeting , and he Relieved his friend , Mr . Hsmmenta , web of tbe same opinion . I cannot bear to see each tbirgs—such upstarts . I hate such d—d sneaking waya . What right had they to forge bis name . I do not like such things . I am desirous that a fund should be got np ; but 1 cinnot agree with such conduct Who is to collect tbe money ? I can hear my friend Mi . Simeon's voice . ( The apeakei then came to where ilr . Simeon was seated , and banded him one shilling tc ~ arda tbe Dtftnce Fund , which Mr . Simeon immediately pat in bis pocket , which highly

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      arouse , tbe met-tsno I bate tuch d— d ' . ioin ^ s . it jVLr to n-ak" use cf njy Bsrns ? Who cave you ler . ve i \> f - . r ^ e my name- ? tTra spp . ' / fcer herestcpp . il forward io ts » ' va jW , and sLov . inu ajina letters , he accused iir . Johnston , we understood , of forgery ) Mr . Doyle bere whispered to tbe chairman tbat he had a riiiLtto the letters , tbat they were the propeity of the Ucicn . The Chairman demanded tbe letters from Mr . Duiton . Mr . Datton—Wkoare yon , you d—d rascal , to demand my lettere ? ( The uproar w&b such that we were not able to follow the speakers , for three or four were speaking at once . ) Mr . Chard moved that this day week Mr . Dutton produes tbtsd letters , and retract bis expressions , and apologize . Mr . Dntton was willing to meet and defend his conduct , and prove the charge of forgery .

      Until now the members of tbe National Charter Association who were present had not interfered , all the foregoing epeakers being members of the Complete Suffrage Union . Mr . Simeon regretted , that on an occasion like the present , parties should have introduced matters per * fe-c . iy irrelevant to the business before tbe chair . He bad known the time when had be done less than that , parties were ready to pitch him bead foremost fr- ^ m the platform , for introducing subjects for which the meeting was not called ; the met-ting being called for a specific orjtet . Thougb fat bad been termed violent he hail never made use of the language tbat had been made use of that evening . Mr . Copp here recommended the propriety of cal inj ? ano ' . her meeting , or adjourn this one till this night week .

      The Chairman accordingly adjourned the meeting till vfcat night week ( the meeting at no time amount ^ - ! to more than seventy persons . ) Several ltf c tbe room quite satisfied with the 4 ish set before them . The case of forgery , we understand to be as follows : —At thb meeting of the Complete Suffrage Union , an address was passed by the meeting ( Mr . Dutton , president , in the chair , ) to the Whig member for Bristol , Mr . Berkeley , to be presented at the Agricultural Show . Mr . Berkeley did not come to the show . Mr . Johnson , as secretary , drew up tbe address , and attached the name of Mr . Datton , as chairman , without allow , ing him to sign his own name . The address was forwarded to Mr . Berkeley , an < i he wrote a rpply to Mr . Dutton , with whom he is personally acquainted , he being the chairman ot traaea meetings , and other meetings for the return of tbat gentleman .

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      M . \ Vincent rt-piied . ana csnsured Mr , A . Very freely for his ii : ja < iieioa- reiri . irjcp . He w-j foll ; ' * ed by Mr . Leg ^ o , who defended the work ; a ? classes from the imputation of illiberality and intoDwaBce , cbarued upoa them by Mr . Adam , and cited , as a proof , that they bad agreed to allow a delegate from the Complete Suffrage party along with one from them , the working classes , to attend the Conference proposed some time ago at Birmingham . Mr . MacpbersoQ also spoke a few words in answer to what had fallen from Mr . Adam , and showed that the

      working classes were neither tyrannical , illiberal , nor intolerant , and bad they not been anxious for conciliation , and avctsfi to cavilling and fault-flndiDg ? that there was much more contained in tbe address , to which be had net before adverted , that would afford good ground for the most strenuous opposition ; and further contended that the greatest fault of tbe working classes was too much gratitude for any little service rendered them , which they bad often cause to repent of , but never either of tbeir illiheraUty or intolerance , A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Vincent , and tbe meeting dismissed .

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      NORTHLEACH PRISON . ( From the Cheltenham Free Press . ) Adjourned Inquest on Chakles Beale . — The aiijoumfd investigation into the cause of tbe death , of Churles Beile took place at the board-room of tbe Union WorkhouEe , at el « ven o'clock on Friday . Mr . Rowland J . Ticthurst , clerk to the Boar' of Guardians , attended officially by order of the Board . Mr . Curtis , head-turnkey of Northleach , and several of the Cheltenham Board of Guardians were also present .

      John Newton—I am a shoemaker . I nm now residing at the Cheltenham Union workh « uso- I was sent te Northle ; ich Huuw of Correction on the 14 th of April , and left on the 7 th of July . I was sentenced to hard labour . I frequently saw Charles Beale there . I first saw Beale there on the 15 tb of April . He looked very i ! I . He was { hen working on the wheel , he was doing full work then . We were not allowed to speak to one another . He appeared very weak and poorly . I think be continued at full wor *; on the wheel for six weeks after that . He gradually got worse . He complained of being ill He was taken under tbe doctor ' s charge , and 'did no work for about a fortnight or three weeks . I saw him passing through the yard several times He looked very ill . I never spoke to him . He

      went towards tbe mill honse . I have seen him frequently . He had no particular heavy loads . Two people were carrying them in a basket that would contain about 801 ns . He was on one side and a man assisted him . It was only occasionally I saw it . We art ) not allowed to look round . At the end of three Treeka be w s put on tbe wheel snd did half work . He waa taking pills at tbe time . They were given to him by tbe under turnkey juat before we got off the ¦ wheel , between five and six o ' clock . I beard him complain of beiny ill . He worked bis whole turn when he got up . When it was my turn to follow him on the

      wbcel he told me he was ill , and unable to go on with bis work . I never he . ird him tell the under turnkey ( who was always present ) , the surgeon , the governor , or the head turnkey . He never complained to tbe under turnkey when he was carrying potatees ; it waa no use . If it bad been Mr . Curtis , it might have been of some nsa As to tbe under tnrnkey , I never saw such a heart-hearted man in my life . He continued at ha ! f work and taking pills for about a fortnight . He was then put upon whole work . Buforo that I thoueht Le looked better He complained of weakness . He continued much the same until I left I did not communicate complaints to anybody .

      The Corouer said those complaints were not evidence . The potatoe bury is under the house , about half n dozan steps below the level of the lower cells . He brought the potatoes apparently from the potatoe bury . The way to it is through one of the women ' s day cells I am sure be was several days at work in the carrying potatoes . Deceased ' s day cell was nearly on a level , or a little higher than my day cell . We had both two cells . Our nijjht cells were over . My day cell was very damp , particularly in wet weather . It was never heated with hot air while I was there . Tbe stones on

      tbe ground were damp . The side walls were not . There was no glass in my cell , tbe roof over mf day cell door overhung two or three feet That was some height above tbe door , having a tier of night cells between . Both tbe day and nigbt cells open into the outer air . Above the door of my day cell , there Is a wa king way of stone , by which we got to our night eel ! . It protected tbe door of my day cell from rain . Notwithstanding this , the rain water would run ioto the cell . The water lay in puddles . I have known a gallon there at a time . I have been shut In the cell with tbe water

      Charles Curtis deposed—I knew the two cells occupied by Newton and tbe deceased Beale . The fl jors , and tbe walls , and tbe means of ventilation were alike . Newton's examination continued—I have complained about there being water in the celL There waa a halfrouad opening over tbe door which I coold shut with a shutter . It was not glazed . There was a wooden Bhntter to tbe opening , but I never saw it shut . I believe we were not allowed to shut it There was mother opening at the back . There was a shutter for this opening also . I never tried to close a shutter . If we made any noise in the cell , we should be punished . There was no glasa to this opening , We left the night cells at six o'clock in tbe morning , and

      went to chape 1 . We remained a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes there , and about balf-patt six went to work on tbe wheel until eight o ' clock . We then went to our day cells to breakfast , and wero locked in there for half an hour . We then went to work until one . We returned to our day cells , and were locked in there for half an hour while we bad onr dinners . We returned to tbe wheel , and worked until six . We stopped until eight . We bad not much Bnpper . That We ate at dinner . It was given out to us in tho morning . A hungry man might eat all his brtad at breakfast , but we were not allowed to do bo . Each was oblig « d to put half bis leaf outside the cell to snow he had not eaten It We were very hot when we came off the wheel at six . We never came off without a good

      sweating . My shirt was very wet from perspiration , especially when I first went to prison . I never bad a dry shirt to put on , either to go into my day cell , or at bed tinie , except on Saturday evening , except when I bad any cle-m one given to ma I never complained to any one there of my shirt being so wet I know one young man whose shirt was very wet frem perspiration complained to the tnrnkey and he bad a dry shirt given to him twice every day for about a fortnight . The under tnrnkey did not abuse him for It The young man was only in for a month . The shirt was brought by the under-turnkey without grumbling , and appeared as an act of duty , at dinner time and at nigbt . It waa some time in May he came in and left in June . I had been there , a moutb bufore he came in . I never knew Beale apoly for a clean shirt , although he was on the

      wheel and knew of ths indulgence granted to tbe above . I did not apply , as I did not perspire so much as I did the first fortnight The wheel was hard t 6 work . I should have preferred being locked up in a cell , for , although it was cold , I should not have worked all the flesh off my bones . It is not having food enough to keep ourselves up that Is tbe great thing there . I have se-n Beal 6 ' s hands dirty , as though he had been picking potatoes , 1 have never been at Nortbleach or any prison before , and should not 4 lke to go again . I waa never charged before any magistrates before . The charge was leaving my wife and children chargeable to tbe parish . I was sent for three months . I had three small children in tbe workhouse . I waa short of work , and they would not allow me anything out ; so I went in search of some . I was t-iken up at Gloucester , and committed on a charge of leaving my children chargeable to the parish of Cheltenham .

      Mr . Curtis said tbe evidence waa , bo far as he could judge , pretty correct . By the Foreman—I was very ill when I came out , scarcely able to walk . The Coroner said that his state of health could have nothing to do with the death of Beale . Mr . CutiIs—Tbe complement of men Is eight on and sixteen off . The wheel goes forty-eight paces , or twice round in a minute . By tbe Coroner—I have no reason to suppose that if I bad applied for a dry shirt I should not have had one . I know if I bad applied to Mr . Curtis I should have bad one . I don't think be would injure any body . Newton—I do not say this because Mr . Curtis is present One man was very ill , and they corded him up to tbe wheel , and beat bis head against it aa long as tbey liked , an * let him drop through . They might have broken bis neck .

      Tbe Coroner said that waa not evidence in reference to the deceased Charles Beale . By the Coroner—I have known the visiting- magistrates to come rennd , and tha governor has asked the prisoners if they bad any complaints to make : bnt tbey were afraid . If anything waa said very little attention was paid to it , and they made it out to be a pack of lie * . Tbey came round about once a fortnight 1 never heard Beale complain to the visiting justices . I have seen plenty of them eat potato rinds , but not Beale .

      Alice Beale—I wn the mother of the deceased . He waa in good health before be went to Northleach . In consequence of tome information I bad from a discharged prisoner about my son ' s health , about two months alter hia committal , I , in company with the wife of Joseph Rowley , went to Northleach . We had a magistrate's order . We walked there and got to the prison about twelv * o ' clock . We were with my son about ten minntea . Rowley and tbe governor were preaent ; I thought he waa at tbe point of death . He told me he was in good health , But he has told me since , he said

      tbat to cheer my spirits np . He looked exceedingly ill . The governor seemed to push us on aa though he did not wish us to stop any longer . He made no complaint All he said was overheard by the governor . I should have liked to have remained longer , bnt the governor did not appear to wish as to Btay longer . Three weeks before be left , I received a letter as from tha governor , stating that my son was very ill and wished to see-na all , me in particular . I started at two o ' clock , and was with him one hour and & quarter . Tbe governor was not present , nor the surgeon , nor the turnkey . He had

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      a . quant ' . ty of . to . iit and watsr , of v . 'hMi he ( Irani p . good deal wiiil' 3 I was tusr . ; . H « hiui ab <; ut baif a - threepenny or ipaipsony loaf toasted , to make tbe toiit and water . One of the turnkeys brought him a box of pills . He waa in bed in the hospital . I did not see him oftet wards until ho came home . I saw him three i ! aya after he came home . He was as bad as be could be and alive . The first time I went with deceased to tha diapensaiy waa Thursday , the 22 d of September . On the Thursday before he died he despaired for the first time of bis recovery . On the following evening ( Friday ) , Mr . Hollis called . My son asked me if I knew where that gentleman lived . I tolii him I did not . He said he was fearful that Mr . Hollia had misunderstood him as to the hours ha was in the potatoe bury , which was very shortly after the first ,

      time I went to seo him . He said is was wrong that he told Mr . Holiia . He waa not down ten hours in the potatoe bury in one day . He wished to correct this , as he wished to put all straight before he died . His head wandered at times . On the Saturday before he died , when be was quite Bensible , be said— " Mother , when I was in tba potatoe bury , I found my blood run cold . My hair st « od on end on ray bead . I pulled off my cap and ktieelad upon it I think that caused me my death . Tue starvation of tbe prison that 1 suffered , mother , no tongue cnu tell , I did not bear my eoa say , in the presence of the governor and turnkey , tbat fce was perfectly satisfied . He Eaid , " Don't make yourself uneasy , mother , the turnkey has been very kind to me . " His satisfaction was confined to Curtis . Ho watt always of a delicate constitution until he was grown up a man , when he became strong and healthy .

      By tbe fortimau— : He was tit work as a sawyer the day he was taken to prison . He was in perfect health and had been for a twelvemonth before . Nathaniel Beale—I am father of the - deceased . He was twenty-three last birth-duy . He told me on the Saturday evening before his death , that he was down in the bury " cbittiDg potatoes" with Churin , when he at « Borne raw potatoes . He did not eat so many us Churin . It v / as hunger tbat induced him to eat them . He said the prison caused bis death , hiu being put in tbe potatoe bury caused hia illness . Ho said he made no complaint because be was afraid of been served worse . My son said he would Boontr saw for seven years than work at the mill for a month . It being now half-past four o ' clock , and one of the Jury having to attend thu funeral of his mother at Camden , tbe Coronor a journed the inquiry until Monday .

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      MIDDLSEX SESSIONS . —Wednesday . CASE OF CRUELTY TO A CHILD IN MABYLEBONE . ( Before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Chairman , and a Bench of Mayistrates . ) Barnard Gavan , aged 39 , and Mary Gavan , aged 35 , wore indicted for assaulting and beating Eliza Gavan , thi'ir child . The male prisoner was first arraigned , and pleaded not guilty . Mr . Clarkson , who was assisted by Mr . Payne , conducted the prosecution ; and Mr . PrendergaST defended the prisoner .

      Mr Clarkbon stated tbat this prosecution had been instituted at the instance of the parish authorities of St . M . irylebone for assaulting a child of tbe tender age of nine years . Upon perusing the depositions he observed that the child spoke of a series of brutal assaults and ill-usage , yet it so happened thitthe present indictment referred to only one charge , although it should have contained at least twenty counts , setting forth as many instances of most aggravated assaults . Ho should therefore be compelled to confine himself to the isolated charge in the indictment . Tue object of the prisoner ' s ferocity was the child of a former wife , and lived with him at No . 2 , Henry-street , Portland Town . Tho prisoner ¦ was in the receipt of goed wages ,

      and earned , as a tobacco-pipe maker , from thirty-five shillings , to fifty shillings per week . He had six children besides the one in question . The jury were aware that the prisoner , in point of law , was justified in administering wild and wholesome correction to his child , but it waa not to be endured that it should : be treated so barbarously a « it had been . It would appear that , on the 26 th of September , while a policeman was going bis rounds , the little girl was brought to him aa a lost child . She was taken to the sts'ion house , and it transpired that her father had turned her out of doors , and had been in the habit of exercising the most extreme cruelty towards her . The policeman subsequently went to tho prisoner ' s residence , and took poasession of a leathern strap , with which he was in the habit of beating the child about tbe head nntil the blood flowed . The

      learned gentleman than gave an outline of the evidence he proposed to lay before the jury , and expressed hit regret tbat , by reason of the form of the indictment , he could not go into the whole circumstances of the case . After the jury had heard tbe child's statement , corroborated as it would be by otber witnesses , it would be for them to say if the prisoner was justified in inflicting such punishment upon a child of nine years of age , or not Tho parish authorities considered it a case in which tbey should not have discharged their duty unless they had brought tbe prisoner there to answer for bis conduct He was happy to inform them tbat the parish officers had not only taken tbe child tbat had been illused into the workhouae , but had likewl-e received under their protection all the other children of tho prisoner .

      Eliza Gavan , a poor , attenuated-looking child , was placed near the bench and sworn . She said—The prisoner is my father . My mother is dead . I came from Ireland with my father a good while a ^ o . The woman sitting down with the baby in her arms is my motherin-law . On the 26 th of September , I saw the policeman , Hobbs , in High-ntrvet , Portland-town . I had been turned out of doors by my father . I remember that , a few evenings before , ho beat me about the head with tbe leather strap produced ( a thick strap , about two feet in length , waa here exhibited to the Court . ) I ran into the privy , and be followed me , and again "welted" me . The blood ran from my bead . He also took up my clothes , and beat me with a strap about the body . Tbe reason I was punished was for blowing my nose behind the door . He beat me about tbe back , and every where eiee .

      Cross-examined—He kept the stjap to beat me with . He did not use it to punish the otber children with . I had been living , until within some months , with my grandmother , at Ballymena , in Ireland . She died , and my father fetched me home . My mother was Nancy Qnin . I had sores upoa my head , and was begging about when my ¦ father fetched me home . Re-examined—I never saw the female prisoner until I came to England . William Webb examined—I live at No . 2 , Henrystreet , Portland-town . The prisoner and his family lived-there . I saw the child run out of the house , followed by the prisoner . I afterwards saw Mood on the flooring . I also saw blood on the hands of the child . The blood appeared to have dripped about the place , and tbe stains covered about a square foot of tbe boards .

      Cross-examined—I was never on bad terms with tbe prisoner . A son of mine worked at the same shop with him , and be made an objection to bis doing so , as he had nut served his apprenticeship , but I bore no malice towards him on tbat account I never threatened to punish the prisoner in tho bearing of Mr . Cunningham , bie master . Police-constable Hobba , 174 S .. said—I remember the child being brought to me on the 26 th of September , in High-street , Portland Town . I took it to the stationbouse , and I met the mother afterwards , and told her the child bad been terribly ill-used . I went to tke prisoner's house , snd obtained tbe strap produced . Mr . Robert Bays , tbe parish eurgeou of Marylebone , sworn—I examined the child , and found blue and yellow marks upon its body of long standing . Thero were superficial scabs on the head , and bruises around them . I do not tbink the sores were the result of disease , but of violenca .

      Cross-examined—I will swear the sores did not come of themselves . Mr . Prendergaat said he never beard of a more trivial and disgusting case being brought before a court of justice by any parish officers . Let the jury examine the facts without prejudice , and they would at once perceiva tbe barrenness of the cose , notwithstanding all the garnish and misrepresentation that bad been brought in aid . Several witnesses were called to prove that the present wife of the prisoner was the child ' s own mother ; and Mr . Peter Cunningham , a tobacco-pipe maker , gave tbe prisoner a good character during sis years that be had been in his employment The witness added , that , the day after tbe prisoner was examined before Mr . Bawlinson , tho man Webb said the prisoner had been severe with him , and he should be equally severe with tbe prisoner , for God paid all debts without money . Mr . Payne replied .

      The Chairman , in summing up , told the jury they had to decide whether the punishment inflicted by tbe prisoner was justified by tbe offence committed by the little girl , and whether it was a mild and proper correction , or an excess of violence had been exercised . Tbey were to say , aa men of good sense , whether he had or bad not substantially exceeded the laws of nature and humanity . The strap appears to him to have been used over the child ' s head , as there were stains of blood upon it . The strap was then handed to the jury for their inspection , and , after a short consultation , a verdict of Guilty was returned .

      Mary Gavan was next indicted for a similar offence . E G » van , thechIM , provedtnat the prisoner had frequently dragged her about by the hair of the head , kneck her head against the mantel shelf , and threw her o * the ground . In consequence of a discrepancy between the evidence and indictment , the prisoner was acquitted , under the direction of the Chairman , who remarked that the parish authorities ought to have employed a competent person to draw up the indictments . If it turned out that the blame rested with the officer of that court , he would hear of it again . Mr . Prendergost said be believed the parish oflicera were willing to reconynend the man Gavan to mercy . Mr . Payne said they would do no such thing .

      The Chairman , in passing sentence , observed , that if the indictment bad betn properly framed , so tbat all tbe circumstances should have been laid before the

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      Court , both as rogsvded tbe prisoner" and Itfs wife , a vtty severe sentence would bave been passed upon tbsai . The depositions contained a stries of ctueltitB which would niako every humano man sbuuder upon reading them . The hands of the Court were , however , tied , and , although their better feelings spontaneously rose up against such conduct , they must not allow themselves to depart from a strict administration of the -tow . The Learned Gentleman then sentenced the prisoner to bix weeks' imprisonment in tha Houae of Correction .

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      EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SWINDLING . On Friday afternoon , at tbe Police-court , Liverpool , after tbe usual business of the day bad been brought nearly to a close , a young man , apparently belonging to " the Bwell mob , " and wbo had just been apprehended , wjb brought before Mr . Rush ton on a charge of having , with the assistance of a com-rogue ( who has e » caped ) , tricked a stranger , who bad arrived in town only an bour before , of a sum of upwards of £ 60 . The pri-Bonar gave Mb name aa Thomas Rule , but his real name issaiii to be Daviea . The circumstances of the case are so extraordinary , Bbowing the cunning cf the delinquents as contrasted with the apparent simplicity of their dupe , that we supply the evidence at length . The complainant , a slender and unintelligent-looking man ,

      in a long top coat , and who stated that he was thivtytwo years of age , said , I am a joiner and bniider in Chefctham-hill , near Manchester . This morning I arrived in Liverpool by the railway , a few minutes before twelve o ' clock , to buy timber . As I came along Manchester-street , the prisoner , Thomas Rule , overtook me , and asked me the way to tbe docks . I said , " I am a stranger , I cannot tell . " He said . "lama stranger too , from Rochdale , and am going to do business at the docks ; it is a cold morning , will you step in . and have a glass ? " adding , " Perhaps you bave not time " I agreed , and we went into Whiteley ' a publichouse , in Manchester-street , into tbe second room on tbe ri « ht side of the lobby . Rule said , "I will have half a elites of brandy . " I said I would

      take the same . The waiter came into the room , and orders , were given for the glasses . We each paid for our own . Before we had tasted , another man came into the room , and placed himself in a CMmer near the fire . He said , " What buBtling places these large towns are ; these big streets contain nothing but Bbops and public-houses . " I said "Yes ; " and the prisoner said , " The back streets are very dirty . " The other man then took up bis glass , and said , " Here is our good healths , gentlemen ! " We returned him the compliment Tbe other man then said , "I am a stranger ; , I came from Bollington to see a lawyer . " Prisone-r said , " It is not a very pleasant job . ' * The other man said , "It is not bo with me ; I have come to draw some money which an old uncle of mine has left me . I have

      been to my attorney , who saya I shall have to wait a week or ten days , and he wanted to know if I wanted any money . I wanted none , but he handed me £ 30 , and said , "It is customary to have a glass on paying money . " We went into a public-bouse , and tbe lawyer and his clerks had glass after glass ; and when I came to pay the bill , it amounted to more than £ 2 . I then went into that big street ( Dale-street ) , and looked through a shop window . A laily came up who had a feather banging in her bonnet , which reached nearly to her feet She aaid to roe , " Well , John I will you go with me and have a glass ? " I went with her . She told me fche was a it-dy ' s-maid out of place , but resided with her aunt in Williamson-squate . We went there , and found a number of ladies sitting in tbe bouse .

      I threw down a sovereign for some gin , and whilst we were driuktng gome officers came in , Tbe prisoner said , What kind of cflieerB ? ' The other man said , they bad gold lace on their caps and coats . The prisoner Baid , they roust have been captains . The other man then said , " I went to bed with one of the iadiea , and in the morning , on counting my money , I found that I bad spent between Si . and 4 L Tbe lady of tbe house was very kind to me , and invited me to dice there , which I intend to do , and she said tbat the woman who was so very handsome would ba there . " I said to all this , " If you would be advised by me , you will never go near tbe place again , " I endeavoured to dissuade him . saying tbat be would repent it if be did . He said , "I will , " and took out his money , and

      showed a number of sovereigns and some notes , saying , " I will go thero and spend the remainder . We had been playing the other night with something tbat counted very many , but 1 do not know what it was . " I said perhaps they were dominoes . Tbe prisoner said , tbey must be cards . Tbe other man then put hia hand into bis pocket , and took out a pack of cards , saying , " These are them : I brought them away with me . I played with them the night before , and the young lady would in&truct me hi something which I did not understand . W « played a considerable time . '' Tho prisoner faid , "I won , " and laid tbe cards on the table , and showed us how he had done it , by cutting the cards and guessing black or red ; and be placed , a crown down , saying that he would beat either me or tbe prisoner .

      Tiie prisoner betted half-a-crown , and won Toe other man went out , leaving the cards on the table , saying he was going to tbe lady . I then said to the prisoner , " What a pity it was that the man should loae hia money : our beat way would be to get him to deposit it in some bank . " The prisoner said , we had better try to get it from him , and givo it to the- poor , and be took hold of tho cards and said , " We will take out all the black oues . " He took out about two-thirds of the black ones , and put them into nis pocket Tbe other man came in again , and I endeavoured to persuade him to put bis money in a bank . He said , '' I will not ; 1 will spend it all . When I draw tbe full amount it will ba £ 800 , and I will then return homo . " Tbe prisoner said , " Will you give it to the poor ?' - '

      Tbe othnr said , " £ ha poor shall never cave a tartbing of my money , " ana pretended to be very tipsy . Prisoner th « n » aW , " Let us get it from him , and give it to the poor . " I sail , " It will not be right to do bo , as he has objected , but w » ought to get bis address , and send it to him . ' * The other man then produced the cards , and said , " I know nothing about you ; you are a stranger to me . I will bet you any thing you like , " and he laid down two sovereigns . I laid down two sovereigns als » . The prisoner then cut the cards , and the other man won . The otber man proposed a bet of five sovereigns , which were placed on the table . Tho

      prisoner again cut the cards and the other man won . I believe I proposed to bat ten sovereigns , and we placed our money on the table . Prisoner cat again , and the otber man won . Prisoner kept saying to the other , " What a lucky man you are . " We carried on betting till I lost one £ 5 Bank of England note , one £ 10 Bank of England note , and forty six sovereigns . The other man then said , " Wait a bit till I go to tbe back-door . " He went out , and I followed him , but lost him . I returned into tbe house , and found the prisoner had thrown the cards into the fire . I then suspected I hed beeu cheated . A constable came in and took the prsoner into custody . .

      Mr . Owen , who attended for the prisoner , cross-examined the witness , with considerable severity , aa to bis entering into gambling with strangers , and endeavoured to elicit an acknowledgment tbat he would have pocketed the £ 30 , of tbe man who had escaped , or any part ef it , which he might bave won . The witness , however , strongly denied all such intent , alleging tbat he was solely actuated hy a humane desire that the man ( though a stranger te him ) should not squander his money at the places be had mentioned , and that he should receive it " when he caine to hia senses . "

      James Berwick Whiteley , landlord of the publichouse , eftid , that about one o ' clock this day ( Friday ) hu was called down stairs from bis dinner , and saw tha prisoner Rule in the lobby , and he ( prisoner ) said : to him , " Landlord , if you will come into the parlour all in a hurry , and say you will fetch a policeman , and tfeat you will not allow card playing , I will give you £ 5 in an hour ' s time . " Witness made some n . qttiries respecting thi prisoner and his company , and then went for a constable , He returned with police-officer Charnley , and went into tbe parlour along with tbe prosecutor The latter charged the prisoner with having defrauded him of £ 61 at car . is . The prisoner made no reply , and Charnley took him into custody .

      Jane Whitely , wife of the last witness , said , she served the glasses called for between twelve and one o ' clock . About ten minutes after , tbe wther man ( wbo has escaped with the money ) came in and called fora gJaesofgin . That man and the prisoner sko had both ueen together in the house several times , and generally with spongers . Her husband mentioned to her th < j propeaition made to him by tbe prisoner , and she stated he * supicions , upon which the constable was called , and the charge wa « made against ; hiu by Foggett , aa stated . The pcljce-cfficer Charnley corroborated the facts stated as regarded himself by the two last witnesses . He fcuiid on the prisoner the sum of 5 s . 6 d . only . The pris'K : « r , oa being cautioned , aaid that the complainant Lad never accused him of having cheated him out of anytbv . g . or of having betted with him at all , until th » landlady came into the room with the con-Btabie , and said that she had seen him there before .

      The piiaoner was committed for trial . He inquired whether he could be admitted to bail . As the case as it stood resolved itself into ( we believe ) a misdemeanour , Mr . Ru 8 hton said he would be so admitted , by finding sureties , himself in £ 100 , a ; id two others in £ 50 each , with forty-eight hours' notice of bail .

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      WELLINGTON , SALOP . ( Correspondence of the Evening Star . ) A few friends of tbe common cause , in this town , beg t « forward their mite to you for the Defence Fund . There is at present no organized locality here , apd the enclosed trifle has been collected by calling on . the well-disposed at their homes . Those who have began the work will continue their exertions so long us tbey ehall be needful or productive ; and they b '^ g at the eame time , most earnestly to call your attention to the isolated and hitherto unnoticed case of Thf dj as Hal ford

      a moat active and useful volunteer Cb' ^ ist lecturer now a priaoner in Shrewsbury gnol tv . using exciticc language at a meeting in the nei ^" . ^!^ . ! of Irc * Bridge . He fa known to Lmiwy ¦• „„ ,, m ^ been , as a member of the ^ Coalbroo '^^ e iocality > mtM * instrumental In the mtroductior . of chartism into tfeis Tory-ridden county , and tn the getting up of the Demonstration on the WreK , , ^ fj ? S $ J * « g VnTl I ' fllT * KM * 3 ' aHlon « the c ° al and tiutb Rinosg the , QOtf \ ers and others of that district ;

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      and at hia own door , once a week , delivered a sonnd , reasonable , and temperate lecture , besides attending two or three other places . He soon became s marked man , and , consequently , had bis body-guard of green dragons constantly at bis heels ; and as cool and biting sareana is his forte , he treated them occasionally in a wsy that excited their ire , and that of their employers , in no common degree . Aware of this , be has parttariarlf guarded binuelf against giving , them a ebanee , but , determined not to be foiled , they have broken through every barrier of law and justice , and he is now , nn . friended and alone , in their power ; and being tbe only Chartist prisoner in the county , and unable , from tha alarm excited by the late disturbances , to procure the heavy bail required , viz ., himself in two hundred

      pounds , and two sureties in one hnndred pounds each , besides extra bail , himself in fifty pounds , and two sureties in twenty-five pounds each , for good behaviour until bis trial ; he is , to use an old Irish saying , " At law with tbe devil , and tbe court held in hell . " Mark what follows .- —When taken be was committed for trial at Weolock Sessions , an obscure Tory borough , where the " jolterheads" would bang , draw , and quarter such a roan if tbey could ; but for f « ar that even they could not for shame convict him , we are now informed on good authority , tbat they intend his trial shall take place at tbe Assizes in March , thus making sure work of his incarceration for the six winter months . Hia friends , the colliers , are beginning to do something for him and bis poor wife , who is in a destitute condition .

      ' N . B . Tbe charge against Halford is wholly and solely a quotation from Blaekstone with regard to tbe tight of the starving man te take rather than perish , which has been put down as Halford ' s own words ! .. '¦¦ ¦

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      NATURAL RIGHTS . Much has beon said and written upon the great and practical advantages t « be derived from co-operative communities . But the advocates of those societies seem to overlook the fact that the system now established by common consent among all nations is in truth one vast system of co-operation . Is not the farmer raising pork and « wheat for the wea ver / and the weaver in return fabricating coat and pantaloona for tbe farmer . , co-operating with each other , as literally as if they domiciled under the same roof-tree f Let the Measure of value be uniform snd unfluctuating-

      let the farmer sell his produce at the price put upon it by an open market With the proceeds he can purchase the proceeds of tbe weaver ' s skill ; and not only that , but tbe labour and ingenuity of ten thousand artitana are at his feet , soliciting him to take them in exchange , at prices regulated by public opinion , for the produce of his farm . Thia is indeed co-operation In its moat comprehensive sense , aDd , if freed from the Anti-human influences tbat are at work upon it , it would presents bvstem as much superior to the little hole-and-corner communities that bave been proposed , as tbe sun's light is superior tethe dim and drowsy twinkliDgs of a midnight taper .

      All human life , then , is one vaat eo-operative society . Their capital is the soil and minerals of this wbele earth , and all the mechanical forces that are in existence , or may be called forth by human ingenuity . -Why has the great co-partnership—instituted by God himself , and extending through all time and over all uationa—why , t ask , has it been productive of so little advantage to the great mass of the human family ? The answer is—simply because a few direetora aeiisd upon the whole capital—made it tbeir own individual property—and reduced the mass of tbe people from tbeir natural position of working shareholders , to be mere drudges in tbe establishment .

      Search the entire page of past history and yon will find tbat thus it has ever been . Look at tbe picture , deatitntton and woe , which is at tbia moment presented over Europe and " the East" Contemplate tbe causes tbat are in active operation among ourselves , and see if tbere is anything in them to eave us from the universal lot of all past and present nations . No ! Society has

      » o escape—posterity has no escape—from servitude until seme boundary is put to the individual accumulation of tbat capital stock which belongs , and inalienably belongs , to the whole human family . We may , if we please , adhere to the blind prejudices of the barbarous ages—we may in tho plentitude of our ignorance and infatuation set aside the well defined laws of nature , and the nn lesa explicit injunction * © I God ' s Word—we may permit individuals to monopolise the soul , and shut out starving man from tbe ftuitfalness of Nature , we may say to the grasping and toe rapacious , " Go on |; clutch all ; you have full liberty ! " bat if we do so we ar » sure to pay the deep , deep , penalty of our unutterable folly .

      I do sot propose a disruption of society—I urge no interference , present or prospective , with the ownership of personal property—I desire not to limit individual accumulation of artificial wealth produced by man's labour . I fix ne bound to the possession of houses , er anything created by man's hands or reared by his industry— -I do not approach , to disturb it , the present ownership of land—let all existing deeds and titles remain in full force , no matter how unjast or unreasonable such titles may be . What I propose to prohibit is , all FUTURE Monopoly of tbe Sail—to pass a law declaring that no deed executed or transferred .

      for the time to come , shall be valid in law if granting , or conveying , to any individual more land than is necessary for such individual's rational requirements ; say a quantity not above tbe appraised value of 20 J ^ fi dollars , and in no case to exceed 500 acres . ^ Brthis law be passed—let it become a provision of th ^ pieral Constitution—let it be preserved intact as a sacred principle of our institutions , and in return it Will preserve those institutions from change or decay , as long aa a respect for freedom lives in the hearts of our descendants , even to the remotest ages of the worla .

      But , on tbe other side , if yon permit unprincipled and ambitious men to monopolies the soil , they will become masters of the country in the certain order of cause and effect Holding in their hands the Storehouse op food , they will maka men ' s physical necessities subdue thxir lore of freedom . They will flood tbe halls of legislation , sent there by the votes of tbeir dependant tenants . Then rapacity and wrong will assume all tbe due forms of " law and order" — then our unhappy descendants will be coerced , enslaved , famished to death by Acts of Parliament—then resistance to the oppression will be stigmatized as a " crime" against " lawful authority "—THEN our country will career down the steeps of

      " Wealth , Vice , Corruption , Barbarism at laafour fate will be tbe csmmon fate , with thia difference , that we will inn our veaael on the rocka with a full chart of tbe destruction spread oat before us—we will madly dash upon the lee shore wbile ten thousand beacon lights flime above , to warn us off the danger . Reader ! You are a rational and accountable being . You are accountable , both te posterity and to your God . Examine thia queation with that Berious attention which is duu to its great and far-reaching imp rtance . If on a careful examination you are satisfied that there is no danger ahead , then of course yon are at liberty to " pass over-on tbe other aide of the way" and offer no help , where , in your opinion , no help is required . But if , on a deliberate fximination , yon come to . tha conclusion

      tc = it there is danger to our institutions and to our poete . ity from the unbounded accumulation of wealth : then I call upon you not to lay down this book , and with it dismiss the subject from your thoughts . If you do so you are ntt doing your duty—you are not acting either a just or a manly part towards those countless millions whose bondage or freedom , whose weal or woe , ia staked upon the momentous issue . Meet tbe necessity like a man . Come to tne rescue of our inatitutions while it is yet time . Put a stop to tbo accumulation of enormous wealth . Why should it be suffered ? What good can accrue from it even to the rich men them * selves ? Whether squandered in riot and excess , or hoarded up with the iron-grasp of covetousness , is it not alike subversive of morality and religion—alike produc *

      tive of guilt and crime ? Look iato the simple and harmonious laws of nature , and see how little man's rational enjoyments are dependent upon vast accumulations of wealth . Search the Scripture , and there see the doom denounce * against those who " lay up for themselves treasures on earth . " In pity even to those men themselves , limit their field of sordid accumulation . Bat still more prohibit it , in compassion to the countleas myriads of coming posterity Look to the eximple already furnished en our own " free" bills . See bow thirty thousand freemen must be degraded into serfs , in order to manufacture , and support one *? Lord of the Soil ! " And , seeing these

      things , will you permit the soil—the source of man ' s austMiatce—to become tbe prey of the monopolist ? No ! Let him take all else be pleases ; let him add bouse to house—let hia ttonrooma groan with accumulated merchandise— let him heap all the gold and silver he can scrape together with his clutching and palsied hand—but , oh , preserve THE SOIL from his pollution . L 9 ttbe cultivators of the soil be the proprietors of the aoil . Do this , and whatever corruption may be engendered in cities by the baneful influence of wealth , will be purified and dissipated by tke unpurchaseable virtue of an independent and rural popu * lation , —Williamsbmgh Democrat .

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      MR . VINCENT'S LECTURES . ( From the Evening Star . ) ABERDEEN . Tbe Complete Suffrage Association of Aberdeen having it-. vitt-d Mr . H . Vincent to visit this city , determined to ( five th-j occasion all thb pomp ana circumstance im = ^ inabie , aticl accordingly preparations ware made for a epkndid soire ' d to come off in the Temperance Hall . Admission one shilling . It was to take place on the evon'ng of hia arrival , and all their energies were at ¦ work to get up a good attendance ; but notwithstanding all their exertions the number who attended did not amount to 300 , and proved to the party tb&t any mevement not supported by the worliiug nisn is completely powerless , as they are now the only party capable of wielding public opinion . There were several lrcal speakers at the soi : e ' ^ , but all the dependence of the evening was upon Mr . Vincent His friends were highly Miiified with the manner in which he acquitted himself , but impartial auditors eaid he bad failed to support the high character , as a public speaker ) which bad been assigned him . It bad bfen cuderstood , ahhough not mentioned , that Mr Vincent would lecture on the Tuesday , and there waa a considerable strnggle bv . wixt the inquuitivene * s and the ambition of the party ; the money-lovers contending for sixpence of admission , and thoae who were anxious for a full attendance for one penny . After a good deal of cogitation it was settled by a sort of compromise , the price being struck at twopence .

      Tbe Chartist body did not wish to ereate or foster any ill feeling betwixt themselves and the Complete Suffragists , by any reference to the past conduct of Mr . Yinont . and therefore determined to view him only aa tbe accredited advocate of their principles , and to deal with him only in that capacity . The attendance at the Tuesday ' a lecture was very full , being from nine to ten hundred . Mr . Vincent commenced by an account of hia own political life , and the persecutions be bad buffered -, be also showed tbe tempting offera that bad been made to him by the Tories and others , to obtain his influence and asststiEce in support of their cause ; he also gave an account of the Sturge Conference , held at Binning , ham , and the reasona which influenced their deciaions in adopting the six points . Mr . Vincent then showed that be bad laboured h ard in that conference to have

      adopted tfcp name and ail , but this he did not carry . He then adverted to tb « Nottingham and Ipswich elections , and dwelt particularly on the success which had attended his addretses in the , ' atter place , and the opposition he had met with from a clergyman of the Established Church , whom he ( Mr . V . ) mimicked most successfully to tbe great amusement of the audience . He ( Mr . V . ) then referred to the Leeds Mercury , regarding aome articles which it contained asainst the principles of complete Suffrage , and more particularly an argument therein nse d , that it would beuDjust to give the working classes the ? ote , as they were tbe majority . Mr . V . condemned this in the s'roiict-st and most unmeasured terms . Mr . V . then concluded by stating that be was willing to answer any questions or meet any objections tbat might be askfcd or brought forward on the subject of his lecture and tat down amidst considerable approbation .

      Mr- Janata Mscpbersou then rose and Raid that he did not fctat < i up for the purpose of opposing or finding fault with an > thing that bad fallen from tbe speaker during the course of his lecture , nay , he highly approved of the greater portion of it ; but while he approvtd ef wb ^ t bad fallen from the speaker , he wished to uraw the attention of this meeting to some of the ac * s of tbat body , of which Mr . Vincent waa theaccrt-siud organ , namely , tbe Birmingham Council , in tbe adurraB Usued by whom , there were Several paragraphs diametrically opposed to the sentiments which had fallen from Mr V . during his lectnre . Mr . M . then read the following passage from the address : — " But in the election ef representatives to meet in such conference , all party spirit must be excluded ; all efforts 'or foicing individual opinions through the power of nuiub' -rs must be avoided . " Mr . Macpherson said , tbe portion of tbe address he had just read waB in

      direct opp"siticn to the opinions promulgated by tbe speaker th . t evening , and -wtre in perfect unison with tbe article * ia tbc Leeds Mercury , to which the lecturer bad sn stro :: ? *» y and bo jubtly objected . Mr . M . then drew their attention to the mode of election in that address , nod condemned it strongly as arbitrary a-. d unjust , and in direct violation of the principles they sought to establish . He further observed , that the individual who drew up this absurd and contradictoiy document , might be honest ; and , God forbid , that he hb'mld chiiT-ru hitn with dishonesty , if his intent-ions were pure ; for he would rather that two knaves should e . « oape ¦ ari'h the character of honest men , than that one honest m&n should , through his instrumentality , be branded m a rogue . But if he was honest , it was plain th : t he had allowed his feelings : ind wishes for a union betw-en the middle and working classes to run away with his better judgment .

      But while an excuse might be offered for an individual , no such excuBe could hold good for the Council who Lad adopted that address ; they had shewn themselves nnerly incapable of conducting any great and comprehensive movement by the adoption of such a co-. tradietory and inconsistent address . He ( Mr . M . ) had no ictfeution of opposing tbe complete suffrage movement if confined to ita proper aphere ; on the contrary , he coDsidered aucb a movement as in some measure necessary to meet the prejudices of the midale classes , whfise class-pride prevented them from receiving the truth . But while he would ( Mr . M . contlnuedi bo far give way to tbeir prejudices aa to lay aside tbe name of the Charter , by those who were willing to do

      so , be could by no means consent to sacrifice one iota of the principles therein contained . He would never allow them to dir ; -r ' se off at an angle from the paths of rectitude , frittering away one principle after another . No ; be wished them , after having given up the name , to be kept by tbe force of a powerful and well-directed public opinion—to be kept moving in a direction parallel -with tbe great CharVat movement Mr . Mao pher-on vhen conclu : ed by asking Mr . Vincent If the plan for eltrtint ; the proposed Conference , contained in the Address of the Complete Suffrage Council of Birnnccharo , waa in accordance with the principles of Complete Suffrage ! and sat down amidst immense efceer ; T : e .

      Mr . T . ncent , who had been noading assent and approbation during the apeech of Mr . Macpherson , then rose to reply . He said be had not been preaent when the address was submitted to the Council , and bad not therefore , an opportunity of expressing bis sentiments on ita merits , and although he was satisfied tbat the Council bad adopted it from the beat ef motives , and had considered tbat in almost all instances the electors and n . n-electors would agree and elect their representatives at the same meetings , yet as tbe question had been put in a fair spirit by Mr . Macpherson , he would just give aa fair an answer , and that would be juat what had already been given to a similar queation by Mr . Sturge , which was , that he disapproved of the mode , and would try and get it brought before the Council for their reconsideration ,

      Mr . Maepberaon expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the candid manner in which his queation had been answered by Mr . Vincent , as Mr . Vincent had joined with him ( Mr . Macpherson ) in his unhesitating condemnation of tbe mode of election proposed in the Address , and trusted tbat the Birmingham Council would take thia aa a warning for tbe future , and never presume to tamper with the glorious principles of justice laid down in the People ' s Charter . Mr . Adam , of the Aberdeen Herald , then rose , and proceeded to defend the proposed plan and the Birmingham Council in adopting that plan , but found it impossible to proceed , so great was the disapprobation of the meeting ; and , after an ineffectual attempt to be heard at greater length , sat down amidst a shower ef hisses from all parts of the balL

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      - Extbaobdinabx Fecundity . —Mr . Musty , milk * man , at Horfteki , has in his possession a bow , two years and three months old , which baa farrowed , in the short spaee of eighteen months , the extraordinary number of fifty-one pigs , and with the exception of one , they have all been reared . Aucb Lowe , a girl charged by Lord Frankfoit with stealing the trinkets with which she was lavishly adorned by his Lordship , while under his " protection , " haa been committed for trial . On being asked by the magistrate whai she had to say

      for herself , her reply waa , " Oh , sir 11 har 8 only to say that the whole of the things produced Lord Frankfort gave me . They were given to me to indues me to go and live with him . " ( At the conclusion of this hrief statement the prisoner covered her facewittt her hands , and applied her handkerchief to her face . ) His Lordship , who appeared not a liitle ashamed of Fiimself , was glad to make bia exit from the court privately , but was recognised by the niob , and most cordially hooted . The girl 13 described as very handsome , with" an expression of cheeriuiness blended with innocence in her counte'U'We vrhica has a Tory winning effect . "

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      _ 6 THE MORTHE R N ST A K . " ' ' ' - : ^ .-- a - - ^ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct622/page/6/