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      G 1 OIUOU 5 AND TR 1 XJMPHA-5 T DEFEAT OF ALL THE RUBBER FACTIONS BY THE WHOLE HOG CHaRTIST BRIGADE OF SUNDERLAlsD . On the morning of Friday , the 20 th , large bills appeared on the wills of tMs town , announcing a public meeting , for the purpose of taxing into consideration ihe charges made against Mr . James ¦ William ? , by Feargus O'Connor , E ? q ., in the Evening Siar of the 3 rd , sad repeated in the Northern Siar of £ he 7 m . « f this month- Tae meeiing was called vrith a penny admission ia the Athens tun Lecture Room . By the term 3 of the hill a Tote of censure was to have been passed on J ? ear £ U 3 O'ConnorE ? q , butalas , for theameertanty of all human

      . , Ecnemes , poor Mr . Williams reckoned without his hoit ; the Chartism on the firs ; appearance of the bills 2 E 5 t in their Council Rooms , Robinson ' s Lane , to ir-ake arrangements for defending their brave leader . All things being settled to their mutual satisfaction , tbey steady awaited fixe tug of war on Monday nigat , and to their great delight and satistaction , two of ibeir brother hogs * Messrs . Con Murray and Samuel Kidd , arrived from Newcastle at lour o ' clock in the afternoon . On iheir names being annonnoed in the Council Room , all was joy and gladues 3 , and it was at onea agreed that Mr . Kidd should appear a' -ainst Mr . "Williams , as the fnend of O'Connor .

      "We should also hxxe raid thai the Char « st 3 sent a tjeputa'lan to Mr Wiliiam ? . requesting him to allow thf poor working men tree admission , as some thousands had no pe « jny to pay . They contended tLat the public character of O'Connor was the projhrtv of every Cnariist , and before he should be p- "t on trial , it wonid be only justice that ail were avowed to be present . Tee deputation offered fo pay the half of tbs expense of the hall , if Mr . Williams ¦ Rouia pay the ocher hall , this he would not accude to , aid hundreds of our brfi and bravest men , through poVcity ^ WcTe kept Tmr . om ihe building , and the ball filled with those only who could pay their pennies .

      Having now skctcbed the previous proceedings in as short a manner as possible , we proceed to gne a candid , fair , and impartial report of she mr-eriDg . and discussion . Long betore ehz ' m o ' clock , the hall , which is capable of holding 500 , was densely filled in eTery corner . Mr . Williams arose and proposed that Mr . Knot , a working man , should take the chair . ( Loud cheers ) . Mr . Hesketb Reillt proposed , as an amendment , that Mr . John Cnaik . another working dan , and one of ibs Conacil oj the whole hog brigade , should take the chair . This amendment was received with txcmendins thunders o * : appianse and load cheering , which lasted for several minnteK .

      Mr . Retllt then took a show of hands lor Mr . Chalk , when , to onr juegment , two-thirds of the Et Ating Toted for him . Mr . Wuxllms ntx . for Mr . Kaot , when about 150 supported aim . . ilr . Chalk , on taking the chair , remarked that it wa .- well known to the audience thai he was not a Ep ^ eeh-maker , ma would not therefore wast * their time longer than by cal ; mg ot every man in that room , no matter wbai were his individual opinions on iae subject aboul to be discussed , to give a fair hearing to boih ^ peakex = ; nothing elicited tru'n eo well as a fair oi ^ cuswon . If they did not hpar ail parties paiiejuij , tiwy conld not judge impartially ; he wpnld now leave ihe matter in thesr own hanas , and trusted they wr-ald aii support him in keepicg good order . After thanking hi ? brother Chartists for that mark of their cc ' -iiidrnce and respect , he ss . t down amid = i loud cheers .

      Messrs . William * asG JL-id then entered into the foiiowing arrangement : —Williams to take fifteen minntes in opening the ci ^ cussion , and proving O'Connor ' s charges to be false . Kiiid , fifteen minutes in defending O'Connor , and proving his charges agaiflss Williams to he stricJv in accordance ¦ Riih truth : each speaker thereafter to have ten mintt-s alternately nuul the c ose of the debate . /•!* things beiue nrw se'tled , Mr . Williams came forward , lociiy cheered by his friends , and said in substance &s ivilow .-:

      —Mr . Chairman and Gem ' Tnen , I am charged in the leading aru ^ l ? o ?" : he X / n-shem Siar of iarardaj , the 7 ih . cepiftd from the Eccnlnp Star of the 3 rd of this month , and frow the pea of Feargns O'Connor , E-q-, "with havir . g made a-base compromise of principle to the esemie ^ of tire Charter in iae Birmingham Conferenc ? . Secondly , in having impudent l y ana audaciously endeavoured to form a third parry in : he ? aid Conference ; and lastly , with b . ^ rcg actuated fay mercenary motives in the pin I have taken to secure the six ptnnd 3 a-week as a Complize Suffrage lecturer . These charges , couched as ihty were in langnage of the most insulting style , called upon him as a iaan to whom character was valuable * to defeud hiojscif , and that such defenca

      should appear through ? he same channeL He did not > tand there to tiecy the K ^ ht on the part of a free press to discuss tie character of every public man , fcnt while he would fredy admit this right , he "would also maittain thtt if a man found that he " » &- unjustly charged , that same press ought to hear Mm in replj- Be "wonid then take these charges © us by one , ard show to any unprejudiced and unbiassed man that tbi-y were each and all de-To : d of truth , that they w . re si ^ nderuus and ungen'lemaniy . Tae first charge was , that he had made ahase compromise of principle to the enemies of tbe Charter a ' , the Birmh gham Conference . Now , ti . denied thiLt h& had rnade a base compromise . He denied that Le had violated ary one single point of the Charter . He prcceeded to discuss ihe points of the People ' s Charter , seriatim , at each point turning to Kidd , and ' asMne

      him to prove totha ^ ass . jnbiy , which of them he had compromised . H =-a-jmried thai he had d ff-.-red in opinion with ihe majorhv oi the Conference , bnt he had aoneso consciei-riuB-ljand hehoped his talented : opponent ¦ would loot d « = ny b ' B the privilege of think- 1 ing for himself , or exsrtificg hia judgment vdthout ¦ beisg abused for so Going , or pinning his convictions ! to tJse ^ kirta of £ nv min iiviiig . If a man were io be denounced in such a manner as he hid been ^ by | O'Connor , and such denunciatmn wa 3 called Chartism , then he ( Mr . William ?) would cease to be a ' Chartist . If this were to be called libPTty , he would declare before G-zd tnat he would cease to advocate its principle , in conclusion , he called npon them in ths most feeling manner to pan ^ e . tre they came to a decision that evening , < o bauish ail pr judsce , if : they had aay agaiusi him , and give hi > opponent j the same impaxt : a \ hearing they had given him . He sat down loudlv caeei e-i bv his fnends .

      llr . Kidd came forward amiusi the moi-i deafening cheers . When Hience had been restored , he said ' Mr . Chairmaii , ladies and fellow-wgriiEg mm of Sunderland , 1 must keg L ^ ave to correci an expr ? s- ; soa which Mr . WiUiums me-d to me individnaijy . He has told yc-n tsat I » m a very talented gentle- i man . now he believed Mr . Wiiiiaias had not said so j di-TespeetfuBy , bni be Lad bp « n in error , for the ' fact waSjhelMr . Eidc ) was on ] y jost a poor hard workiEg man , who ma ^ t earn his brtad by \ he : sweat of his brow , and a- to bis talent , he conld lay ' do pretensions to that , bai he haa truth and jnstice J on nissiile . He siocd tLere on the sure f « unaation , on the glorious , on ' -be puTe and unsullied doctrines of democracy , and on this solid roik he stood i to prove ihat Mr . James Williams had compromised , hoi any one particular pr . int Of tbe Charter , but that he had done tho mi ~ chi « f by waolessle—that he had basely violated all ihe Six J oints—that he had

      grossly compromised the fundamental principle on wnichihe People ' s Chaner waa buslt—( deafening cheera , clapping of baiiis . and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . } And now for the proofs . They wonid all be aware that tbe Conference at Birnmigiam was elected by TJiiv ,-r ? ai Suffrage , at least the majority—it was Tirma ] 3 y a fair represenration of the whole peop ^ f ol Gr . at Britain ; its members Jfcrc- elected si public in-timgs fairly called , unless in suea cases as thai oi Paisley , Don caster , and the Eeeoiid Teinriis of such as ^ twcaszle-upjn Tyne and Oldhaa , -where the vulsny of the Sturgit « s interfered to raocr ^ s thf public voice . The address of ths S- ^ rage "Uaion called upon the conniry to elect their delegates and send them to Birmingham fur the purpose of conferring wiih oiis a :: os ? r in framing a bill fo be sent into the Hcu ^ e o ; Commons on the part of the peopie . This address did not = ay to the people , you must send del .-satts who . on their arrival in

      Birmmgnam . are to si ? . "l-aily and s . vallow every nos- ' trnm we , the ScSr 32 e Council , think proper to ' propose , without con = * ltiag xheir own judgment , Or tbe instructions or opinions of their consiuuents . If it had said so , the people would have treated such a proportion nib . cuawmpt , by ivot tiectinii one single ce ^ saie , a .-d in his opinion v ^ ry jusily , too ; but tne rtvsrse was ihe fact . Taey were called t ^ etner on pcreij democratic pnaciples ; it was noi pretended , by sdj party , that they would . aJ be of cue opinion on aay point ; but it wasexpected taat , m accordance with tb ^ se principk = ) the minority wcul-3 give in and be governed by the I majar ? £ ? i Otaerwis < i * kcTe was no nse of iheir meetnig . Did the Complete Sr . ffrage party acj on ty 3 principle ! ( Hear , hear , aaU loud cries o £ no , no . ) Ko ; he most- strenuously midutaijied jiot . Their doctrine was Eisspjy thia ^ we -uplTX agree with all the world if all the world agrees with us—Cloud cheers iost their

      —thfy dogmatical motion on sheir huge bill of rigcte , and after being ltfj in a mmoriiy , they then kick up their heels against the great majority &ad got off to a room b y themselves . In thus acting yoa will observe t £ gy-did not take , a 3 I have said , any particular point of the Charter for violation—they- did not pick them—th = y were-so far whole hog men , for they swept tbe principles with one fell swoop —( laughter and cheers)—Mr . Kidd then inning to Mr . W _ , you have asked me , Sir , to Bhow you which of theie points you have compromised , here is my answer—the wnole of ihem inasmncli > syonian awsy with the minority —( continued cheering ) . If Mr . W . Cfnid saaw him that " ihe majority were to bo gn dvri and governed by the mitonty , ihen would hebe prepared to admit that be had not made » comprcm ; 5 e . In farther iilustraiion of Euch a libel on dem = > cra 2 j . he instanced tie Corn-Law Repealers . If stu . r ijin S great uun . Dickey

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      Cobden , introdnced a measure to the next session of Parliament for the repeal of tbe Cora and Provision Laws , and the majority were to divide against him , what would be thought of the eighty cr ninety repeal members , if , with Dickey at their head , they were to leave the House of Commons , meet in another place , and declare themselves the Parliament \ — ( cheers ) . Now he held this was just the position in which Mr . W » and his Sturgeite friends were placed Thej had acted on the old Tory principles of the few dictating to the many . He would , before sitting down , call upon his opponent to answer his question without endeavouring to hide himself under a cloak of sophistry , for he ( Mr . Kidd ) was not to be bumbugged after that fashion . Here is the qnestion , is the right of the minority lo govern the majority in accordance wiih the principles of the Charter!—( great cheerintO .

      Mr , "Williams , on rising the second time , showed by his evasive and shuffling attempts to answer the question of his opponen t that he was writhing nnder tbe first speech of Mr . Kidd . He contended that , in Eome instances , the minority had a ri ^ ht to act independent of the majraity , in proof of which , he referred to the Protestant Reformation and the persecu tions of the first reformers , by the admission of every man . They were in the minority , and a very small minority at the commencement of their career , and ¦ would Mr . Kidd dare to hold that they should have given in to the majority 1 yet , this ho must do if he contended for this doctrine nnder all circumstances .

      He called the : r attention io America , where their Charter principles were in full operation . In that conntry , the majority of 17 fiOO , ( H ) Q white people kept the minority of 2 , 000 , ODU in bondage , on no other pretext than that of their skin being black . Here then wa 3 convincing evidence to prove that there was extreme cases in which the minority Teere justified in opposing the mrjority , and acting icdrpendent of them . He held that the case of the Conference was one of them ; he did not leave the majority until be found there was no good to be effected by remaining longer with them , until he found that the seceeding party were active business men , and more likely to bring about the regeneration

      of the country . He tried to do some little good to the people ' s cause , by moving the preamble of the Bill of Righi 3 , in the Chartist Conference , as being preferable to the preamble of the Charter . When this was lost , he considered he was in duty bound to go orer to the minonty ; he maintained tbat this was fully answering the question of his opponent . He then called on Mr . Kidd to show what point of the Charter he had compromised , as in his whole speech he had never attempted to do so . He contended this was the whole foundation of the discussion , and , as yet , he stood acquitted of the charge of compromise , and would in his u < xt ten minutes take up the second charge . —( loud cheers . )

      Mr . Kidd would not permit his wily opponent to lead him from the real subject under discussion to that of negro skvery ; he would say , in reference to th 9 poor slaves , that they were kepi iu bondage , not 35 Mr . W . erroneously held , under the lull operation of the principles of our Charter , it was under tbe damning influence of class-legislation the poor blacks were kept in bondage ; as a proof , Mr . W . would now be informed that , m the Northern States of the Union , where universal suffrage was the basis cf their State Assemblies , there was scarce a vestige of slavery to be found ; while in ihe Southern States , where there existed a forty dollar qualification , there were more Blaves than freemen — Uoud cheers)—it was the rascally middle

      classes that kept the poor Indians in chains—it was the rascally clas 3 that fonned the minority at the Conference , and to whom Mr . "W ., had now become alhrd . He would a ^ them what interest the poor working American conld have in keeping bis poor ntgro countryman a slave I—( continued cheering . ) Mr . Williams was more unfortunate in his attempts to make the minority at the reformation serve hia purpose , for there w&s no similarity between a iahior ? -v on tbe question of religion and the question ofpohuc-s . In Ihe question of reiigion ite held the rule of majorities and minorities was uncalled for , and not only that—it was tyranny of the worst description to compel a minority in religion to believe with the majority , when at the same time

      their holding different tenets conld not iDJure their majority , while they paid their own clergy on the voHntary principle , but it was quite different as regarded politics ; for if Mt . W . ' s minorit ? had the power of making laws effecting the lives and properties of the majority , it would be high Toryism , and not democracy . He weald again call the alien-: i '« n of Mr . W . to the simile in his last sp < jecb ., viz the Corn Law Repealers , as a minority in the House of Commons , which was quite to the point , and which he had uoi yes answered . ( A great uproar heie ensned on the part of Mr . W . ' s friends , and they continued to interrupt Mr . K . during the rest of the evening ) Mr . Kidd , standing until the respectables became a little more quiet , coolly observed ,

      Gentlemen , thtBe arguments are nipping ye—your troubles are only beginning—you will gel more of them —( roars of laughter , and cheering , andrufiing , which made the gallery shake ) . Air . W . gave another reason for leaving the majority , and going with the minority , it waa this , because the minority were men of bnsiness ; yes , he ( Mr . Kidd ) could not deny it ; they were men of business , and ho mistake ; their huic » and overgrown bill of rights , that took five hours to read , was a practical proof thai thoy conld do a deal of business , but it was no proof that they had done it welL He had been told by Mr . W . tbav the preamble of the biU of rights was preferable to the preamble of the Charter ; this they would see wa 3 only an assertion ; he had offered Tio proof . Now , in what consisted the » nperioriiy of this preamble to oars ; why , because it was written of

      by la ^ -yvrs ; it was made up a whole bushel of lei » l phrases , such as whereases , aforesaid * , & . c . &c &c , and in a very holy and reverential style , addtd io that of extreme loyalty . They addressed the robbers of this nation , including the big-bellied bishops , as the lords spiritual and temporal —( great laughter and cheers . ) He had been asked by Mr . W . what point he had violated ; why did he ( Kidd ) not prove that he had violated the whole by destroying the principles ; and until his opponent met the qnestion in its proper form , he would keep him as nrm ' y nailed to it as a bad shilling to a grocer ' s conuier—Laughter and cheers ); he would keep him there till he answi red openly as a man , and a pro-Jessing patriot , and from what they had heard , he wa 3 not likely to answer it—( continued cheers and disapprobation . )

      Mr . Williams now cams to the consideration of the second charge , viz ., ihathe had imprudently and audaciously endeavoured to create a third party in the Conference , by proposing Ihe preamble of the Bill of Rights . Why if this was a crime against the majesty of Mr . O'Connor , he could prove that that Gentleman held in 1839 that the Charter was dcficicient in its details , sud not only did he bay this bnt had almost damned the Char . er by declaring its details to be nonsensical . He then read Mr . O'Connor's speech delivered in the Convention from an old Star of that year , went on to say , * ' am I to be denounced for endeavouring to amend what O'Connor has told us was nonsensical , and aftsr being so denounced in the columns of a Chartist

      journal , without being allowed the insertion of my defence ? " He wished his opponent to note this well , and as he undertook to defend Mr . O'Connor , show him how he conld square this with Chartist principles . Mr . Kidd held it was an attempt , an impudent and audacious attempt , to create a third party by Mr . W . introducing a document for discussion , when on the day before , it was rejectedby a majority oi 99- Was there any thing more clear and reasonable than this view of the question ? His opponent fii > ds fault at not geiting free access to the columns of the Star . Did he take a proper method of eefending himself ? He denied it . A letter which would ocenpy three columns and made up of scurrilous abuse , was not likely to find a place in

      any paptr . Were the poor working men to pay 4 jd . for such trash , to tbe exclusion of better matter ? It wa ? quite common with the enemies of Chartism in their dispntes with the Star , to write sui-h letters as would disgrace a fish wife in poim , of abuse , well knowiog that they would not be published , nay that in point of fact , they wereui . fi ! for publication , and then cry out against the conduct of the editor in not g ring ihem fair play . Mr . W . had told them that Mr . O'Connor cabled tbe details of the Charter nonsensical in 1839 ; well , for the sake of argument he would grant this to be true , and what did it amount to I why , that Feargus O'Connor had not changed hi 3 mind in the Birmingham Conk-rence , for he there spent the greater part of ' -wo days in assisting to amend these detail *—( loud and enthusiastic cheering )

      Mr . Williams now rose to repel the lying insinnation that he was ingratiating himself with the Ccmpkte Suffrage party tor the purpose of beoomicg tbeir lecturer at five or six pounds a week . He sa-. d this was done to injure him , for those who knew bim , and the physician who attended him , knew perfectly well that from the Btats of his healtn he was quite unable to deliver a Jecture for any pariy . Ax . W . by this time had got off uis coat , and drawing himself up to his full height he made one of the most powerful appeals to the sympathy of the people we have ever heard . He asked them were they going to censure him after what he had suffered in their cause 1 were they going to send him to hia grave and leave his wife and family without a guardian ! were they now going to tell him who had so

      often stood their friend , James Williams we will never again allow you to appear on onr platforms as the advocate of oux principles ! Surely they would not ; he thonght he knew them better ; bnt after all , if they did he coidd n » t help it . Mr . W . here became much affected , and many of his friends , especially the femaleB , shed tears ; indeed we frankly own that we ourselves began to think the whole hog men should relax their stern severity for his desertion of their cause . Mr . W . sat down in a state of complete exhaustion , crying oat don ' t blast my characffir—< load cheers from the friends of Mr , W . ) Mr . Kidd , in rising for thf last time , said , he felt himself rather awkwardly situated , not as regarded the strength of his position , for he now stood master of she field —( loud cheers , and cries of

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      " yes , yes , " and " no , no , " from all parts of the house ) ; but he felt that he was now approaching the most delicate part of the dispute , viz ., the money matters in Mr . O'Connor ' s charges . Mr . W . was said to be on the look out for a Stnrge office . Well , even on this subject , he would boldly give hia opinions , —and here they were . All those lecturers who bad been brought into public life , who had been made valuable by the poor Chartists , and had since joined the rankB of our enemies , did net go away all at once . Uo ; they went bit by bh , just as Mr . W . waa now going . True , Mr . W . had told them , and referred to his physician to hear him out in it , that the state of his health would not on any account permit hie giving alecture ? but was it not a fact ) that no man in these countries

      was in the habit ox giving ench speeches and lectures , Mr . W . had made a strong , and he would say , a very feeling appeal to their feelings and their sympathy . He asked them not to censure him . ( Cries of ** It wont do ; " and great disapprobation and hissing . ) He ( Kidd ) had no wish to see him ceusnred , if he came forward and honestly acknowledged his errors , and faithfuliy promised to be a good boy in future . But why did Mr . W . cry so loudly against being censured , when he was using his every exertion to censure such a b > ave and disinterested advocate of suffering humanity as that bold indomitable patriot Feargus O'Connor ! ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) In conclusion he now called upon them to vote in accordance with their

      honest convictions , regardless of the sympathetic appeal of Mr . Williams , or the many and valuable services of O'Connor . He held , and he was proud to say . that he had by his humble abilities defended O ' Connor , and confirmed the charges preferred against Mr . W . He . had one word more to say , belore sitting down , which was , that for the character of his species ho was sorry to be compelled to admit tha" all who now endeavoured to injure O'Connor were creatures whom he made respectable by feiB purse and his press . He would bid them farewell , and sit down by again calling on them to do their doty Tne cheering which followed Mr . Kidd ' s last speech surpassed anything we have ever heard .

      Mr . WiLLUliS immediately rose and without comment , moved the foilowiug motion . * ' That the principle of democracy and of natural justice requires that a wronc done to the humblest nR'niber of the state should be regarded as equnlly important as one iiifiicted on tbe most distinguished ; that it is one of the most sacred and inalienahle rights of man to bi permitted freeiy to exarcise the powers of bis mind and as freely to declare and act on his honest convictions . That thiB meeting i s , therefore , of opinion that the conductors of ths press have a right to examine and comment upon the public conduct of all public men , while the latter are equally entitled to

      vindicate themselves through tbe same medium . That as the character of a man is as sacred as bis life , and as Mr . O'Connor , as Editor of tlu- Evening Star , has brought charges and made insinuations against Mr . Williams , "which , if true , would lender him unworthy of public esteem and confidence j it was , therefore , the right of Mr . Williams to he permitted to reply to the sniue , and the tlnty of the Editor of the Star to insert such reply ; and this meeting finding that the reply of Mr . WiiMans to the said attack has been -withheld by the Editor < f thu Star , aT 8 » f opinion that such conduct is at variance with the principles of dtmocracy and with the principle of doir . g unto others as we would they should do unto us . "

      Mr . Kidd immediately moved this amendment : — " That it is the opinion of tbia meeting the conduct of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in exposing the dishonest and treacherous trickery and shuffling of Mr . James Williams , as one of the delegates from Sunderland , to the Birmingham Conference , was manly and straightforward , and entitles that gentleman to the thanks , gratitude , and conniiecce cf the hard-working , illused sons of toil throughout Great Britain and Ireland ; and it is also of opinion that every word written on that subject in the Evening Star of the 3 rd of this present mouth , is Etrictly in accordance with truth , and justifies us in withdrawing any cotfldecce which we reposed in Mr . James Williams , in the early pait of the Chartist agitation . "

      The Chairman then pnt Kidd s amendment , calling upon all who supported his as being tbe resolution of this meeting to hold up both hands . With one universal about , up went a forest of hands , which , to our appearance left none down . Ho then , in the same words , put Mr . Williams's motion , for which we should think about 200 voted . Tho Chairman then declare the amendment carried by a large majority . Tnis amendment was earned with every demonstration of applause and loud cries of 41 Long iive O'Connor , tbe people's champion . " Mr . Williams ' s friendB here created a great confusion , denied the correctness of the Chairman's decision , and called for trie appointment of tellers .

      Mr . Kidd then appointed ivir Con Murray , of Glasgow , as hia teller ; Mr . Williams , another gemkman , whose name we could not leurn . The rotes were agam taken , when the majority seemed even still larger . Tne tellers consulted , when , strange to tay , the gentleman chosen by Mr . Williams declared be could not say on which the majority wa 3 . Mr . Wjlliams then remarked , O , then , we will give it up on both sides and stand as we began . " Mr . \ i TJMUy Stoppfad him : " Not so fast Sir , " bft had an opinion in the matter now , and he would tell Mt . Williams that he was prepared to prove to the best of his judgment that there were at the very least between 80 and 100 of a majority for Ksdd ' s amendment ; and this , with the Chairman ' s decision , and the fact that the Chartists had carried their friend to the chair , completely knocked poor Jemmy alciO 3 t stupifkd . Tha meeting then separated in a very uprorious manner .

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      HTJUi—Defeat of the Complete Suffragists —On Wednesday evening laBt , > lr . J . Collins , of Birmingham , delivered a lecture in the Free Masons ' Lodge , Myton-gate , on the principles of Complete Suffrage . Tho inbeting was but thinly attended ; too great msjoiity , however , being Chartists , as the result proved . At tight o'clock Mr . Firth was called to tbe chair , who briefly opened the business by stating that as discussion vras anticipated at the close of the lecture , aur person would be at liberty to a&k Mr . Collins any questions tbat might be to tbe point . Mr . Cuilina then went through the Six Points of the Chatter , defending them very cleverly , and replying to the objections raised by their opponents in a convincing manner . He then pointed out the utility of the

      Complete Suffrage union , in bringing the electoral body to act in concert with the non-electors , and concluded by requesting all parties to join with them . This was very coldly received . The chairman then asked if any person had an ; question to ask Mr . West rose and astbd if he might be ailewed to make a few observations in reference to the conduct of tbe Sturgites at the Birmingham Confereuco ? Tbe chairman slid that was contrary to rule , as the questions put should be in reference to Mr . Collins' lecture . > Jr . West stated that with the lectare he perfectly agreed , bnt he bad charges to make as ? &iust the Complete Suffrage Union , and against Mr . Collinv in particular . There was than an universal cry for Mr . West to get on the platform , which be aid . Mr . Burns , or "

      Moscow Barns , '' as he is called , rose and said they would allow Mr . West ten minutes to make good his chargea . Mr . West said he Was in the hands of tbe meeting , and that when he wanted the permission of Mr . Burns to address a meeting , he would apply to him , but that at present it would look much better for him to sit down until his services were needed The Ch&irnian then pnt it to the meeting , and Mr . We 3 t was allowed half an hour to state the ca ? e . He commenced by referring to the Conference , and the shameful manner in whicb they hud treated the people ' s delegates after putting the country to an enormous expense , and then because they could not have all things after their own fashion , to kick up their heels and run away . Mt . Collins here interrupted , saying he was not tbe representative of

      the Completb Suffragists , but as Mr . West said be had ch-irges to make against him he was sorry that gentdid not do bo . Mr . West ,, then I charge yon with being a renegade to yuar principles , and a traitoi to the cause of the people . A ? a Chartist yon suffered impriBODuient with William Lovett , and yet in tbe Conference you voted against Wm . Lovfctt and the Chapter . You went through Scotland , rallying the people under the banner of the Charttr , receiving tbe tribute of their honest gratitude ; yet in the Conference you voted against their representatives ; and , not only that , but , like a sneaking coward , you ran away and left them , thus treating ihe People ' s representatives with scorn and contempt Mr . Collins attempted to justify hia conduct by Baying ha

      never deserted his principles , tbat they were tbe same now they ever had been , but , as & member of the Complete Suffrage Csuncil . he contended the minority n » d no right to yield their opinions to the majoritythat their Bill wassupfcrior to tbe Charter ; and , therefore , mure worthy the attention of the peop e . Mr . West replied , and exposed the hypocrisy of the doctrine , tbat the opinion of tbe majority should not rule . He defended the Charter for its simplicity and clearness , compared with the Sturge " MONSTER , " and concluded by moving the following resolution ;— " That it is ths opinion of this meeting that tbe best means of carrying out tbe principles of Complete Suffrage is in a steady perseverence in the advocacy of those

      principles , as defined and laid down in tha document ( aa amended ) called the People ' s Charter . " The Chairman refused tojput any resolution , when Mr . West said , then he should be nnder tbe necessity of moving another Chairman . The meeting responded , and this brought them to their senses , tbe Sturgites saying it ought to be put Tbe Chairman , making a virtue of necessity , put it to tbe meeting , and it was carried UNANIMOUSLY , Collins' own committee voting against him , and thus by tbeir vote stamping their champion as tho renegade wklcb Mr . West so successfully proved against him . Tbe Sturgites looked blue , and their boast that they would destroy Chartism in Hull , has met with a signal exposure .

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      iECtuaES . —Mr . West delivered three lectures on the influence cf Chartism on the physical , moral , and intellectual condition of the people ; the first , on Saturday night , in Mr . Hill ' s room ,,-which was well attended ; the second , on Sunday night , in the same place , tbe room being crowded , numbers going away who were unable to obtain admission . Oa Monday night there was a public meeting in the Masons' Lodge , to adopt a petition to Parliament for a committee of enquiry into the conduct of Lord Abinger . The spacious ball was crowded to snffoeation , Mr . Hickman was called to tbe chair , who opened the meeting in a few appropriate remarks , and callec 1 on Mr . Barker to move tbe petition ; Mr . Barker , in a very sensible speech , pointed out tbe necessity of the people speaking

      out on tbis ranject He read extracts from Abinger ' s charge , which were highly unconstitutional , and proved the necessity of Lord Abinger being removed from the Banch to preserve it from impurity , or being sullied by political bias . Mt . R . Pinder seconded it . Mr . West supported it , and it was carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mt . West to deliver bis third lecture , who commenced by contrasting the present state of society physically , morally , and intellectually , with what it would be under a system of Government responsible to the people . These lectures have done much good in removing a deal cf prejudice from tbe minda of many who were misled by tbe misrepresentations of our enemies , as to tbe objects of tbe Chartists . At tbe conclusion , Mr . West invited

      discussion ; but no one appeared . Mr . WeBt then rose to set himself right as to Wednesday night ' s meeting , a false report of his resolution having appeared in the Hull papers : this brought oat Mr . Burns , who , in ^ tbe end substantiated the truth of Mr . West ' s statement Dr . Richatdson then tried his hand with but little better success . He ' then asked Mr . West bow he would pet the Charter 7 Mr . West aswered satisfactorily . Tbe Doctor then commenced an attack on the Chnrtista and Feargus O'Connor , and said , we never could get tbe Charter without the purses of tbe middle class ; tbat all our leaders could be bought , and tbat the intellectuals were leaving us ; that he had a conversation with a member of tbe government , and that be gave bis opinion of all parties , acd tbat the Chartists : were tbe BioBt insignificant because of their poverty . He then made an attack on Mr . Maloney , the

      honest delegate to the Conference , for voting as bis constituents instructed him . Mr . Maloney replied to tbe ( Usi . tiai ' s insinuations in a nmnntr tbe man " of teeth" will never forget . Mr . West gave him the finishing stroke , te ' . ling him to go and tell bis party tbey might keep their g \ Id ,, for the Chartists preferred honest poverty anl principle to competency without principle ; that they might buy some of the leaders , but the people were independent of them . He wished them joy of their " lumping pennyworth , " but they would find out , in the end , it was uot worth tbe purchase . Tho meeting guvo three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three for Mr . Hill , three for Went , and then sung " We'll rally around him , " iu grand style . Tbe meeting was a most glorious one , and we think will be a finisher to the petty faction of discontented " rene-Kadt s , " who for some time have been trying all schemes in tbeir power to destroy the Chartist movement .

      COIiWE . — At tbe Council meeting held oh Sunday it was agreed that a delegate meeting should be held on Sunday , the 12 th of February , in tbe Chartist News Room , Wii . dy Bank , at two o ' clock , p m . TODMORDE MT . —Mr . Isaac Barrow preached two sermons on Sunday List to numerous and respectable audiences , and gave great satisfaction . WORCESTER . —Mr . R . G Gimmage , of Northampton , visited tbis town on Saturday , and delivered an able and argumentative lecture on the present state of society and the People's Charter , in the Chartist Association Room , bottom of Bank-street ; and another on Sunday , in the same pl . ice

      CARLISLE . —1 he Working Men's Mental Improvement Society—This society held their usual weekly moeting at their room No . 6 . John-street , Caidewgate , on Sunday evening lust . After some conversation on the subject , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That tha members of the Working Men's Mental Improvement Society , anxious for the increase of the Roatral dafeuce fund , more especially as the Liverpool Assizes ate rapidly approaching , would respectfully recommend to tbe notice of the members of the Council of the ' Carlisle Cbaitist Association , ' a letter , sitned Con Murray , which appeared in the Northern Star of January 14 th , 1843 , suggesting an excellent plan for increasing tbe said fund , being fully convinced it thai plan be rigorously followed out , a considerable Bum of money might be raised in Carlisle , fur that laudable purpose . ' *

      LEAMINGTON . —At the usual weekly meeting at the Prince of Wales Inn , on Sunday last , Mr . James Green in the chair , Mr . Henry Sansford delivered a very eloquent and instructive lecture on the evils of priestcraft—the different opinions they promulgate , the evil tendency those different opinions have on society , and concluded by proving that essential saving religion , or true Christianity , wholly co&sists in doing good to each other . MANCHESTER . —The Chartist mechanics held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , Brown-street , ou Thursday evening lost , when an instructive lecture upon the position of political parties in this country , was delivered . Carpentebs' Hall . —On Sunday last , two lectures werH delivered in the above Hall by Mr . Dixon and Mr . Little .

      Cropper-Street . —The Chartists of this part of Trtaiicbtsnttor have opened a now room for the purpose of advocating tha principles of democracy ; Mr . D xon lectured upon the monbtury system , and tbe policy of Sir Robert Peel . The following resolution was carried unanimously : — " Tbat we the inhabitants of Miles Platting and neighbourhood , consider the Evening Slur to be the only daily paper that ever advocated the true principle of democracy , and we pledge ourselves to support that paper to tbe utmost of our abilities . " B UK V . — On Monday evening , a lecture wan delivered in the Garden-street Working-man ' s Hall , by William Dixon , from Manchester .

      NOTTINGHAM . —A meeting of delegates from the various localities in Nottingham , was held in the D ,. ui cratic Chapel , when it was resolved that local lecturers be employed to agitate tbe surrounding villages , and twelve names were taktm down for that purpose . The Chartists also met at the above place on Monday evening , when a resolution was passed that a quantity of tbe Bills containing Mr . O Connor's challenge to tbe Corn Law League should be sent for , and five shillings was voted from } bat locality as tbeir share of tbe exponce . Ten shillings waa also voted to tbe local victim fund . Arnold , near Nottingham . —Mr . Richards , from the Potteries has been lecturing bere to good and attentive audiences , and has given great satisfaction .

      Carrington , near Nottingham . —The Chartists of this locality met at tbeir room , Mansfield Road , on Sunday evening last . Tbe Tea Party Committee met on the same evening ; and , after transacting business , agretol ts meet every Sunday evening , till the tea party takes place ; tbey will meet next Sunday evening at six o ' clock . BARNSLEY . —The ChartlsfB held their weekly meeting in tbe schoolroom , under the Odd Fellows ' HalL Mr . John Vallance wus called to the chair . The Council laid before the meeting the plans they intended carrying out , in tin hope of giving new life and energy to the moveMiwt , such as reading , lecturing , and providing matter for general discussion , by which they hope t » give a new impetus to the agitation bere , Ten shillings and fourpence was voted for four hundrbd Circulars , in the disposal of wbicb they earnestly solicit the support and assistance of all those who bava tbe regeneration of their common country at heart

      Those-parties holding monies belonging to tbe Defence Fund , are particularly requested to attend with it next Monday night SHEFFIELD . —CHARTrsM . —A meeting was held in the Fig-tree-lane Room , on Monday evening , Mr . Harney r ^ ad from Oaatler's Fteet Papers a withering caatigation of the Free ^ ooters ,- ^ tbo " Old KinSV unveiling of the infernal theme by whicb the late " strike ' Whs brought about and his cutting txposure of tbe rascally objects of the Siurgeites were warmly regponded to by the meeting . Mr . Harney added some comments , and was followed by Mr , Parkes who delivered a brief address . Dungworth—Messrs Harney and Gill visited this * ' bighlaud village" on Wednesday week , and ia the evening addressed an excellent meeting .

      Home Colonization . —Mr . Lloyd Jones lectured on this important subject at tbe Hall of Science , on Sunday evening laat , to a crowded audience .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . SALFORD . Mr . Peter Pollitt , Davisstreot . Mr . Robert MacFaxlane , H « ath-street , Pemileton . Mr . John Ecolea , canal-yard , Windsor , do . Mr . James Sanders , Hope-street . Mr . James Wilkinson , Methvino-place . Mr . William Sumner , Ford-dtreet . Mr . Robert Hulnae , Durham-street . Mr . Raipb . BuckJey , Market-street . Mr . William Gillebrand , Bevel-street . Mr . George Roberts , Legeuder-street . Mr . James Sandiford , Corporation-street , Mr . John Millington , 43 , Hope-street , sub-Trea-Mr , John Miller , 1 , Boundary-street , sub-Secretary .

      TROWBRinQB . Mr . Edward Payne , weaver . Mr . Israel Say , do . Mr . George Barnes , cloth-dresser . Mr . James Harper , do . Mr . Alfred Marchant , do . Mr . Jokn Johnson , shoemaker . Mr . Arthur Heath , grocer and baker , President . Mr . James Watts , do . sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Ames , marchant-spintier , Mortimer * street , sub-Secretary .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 27 . BANKK . OPIS . ' Alexander Hay , of Great Queen-street . Lincoln-i Inn . flelds , coachmaier , February 3 , at balf . nal twelve , and March 10 , at twelve , at the Court o * Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alsagar , offldS assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; and Mr . J . B . May selieW Queen-square . w » George Cole , of Bexley-heath , Kent , grocer , Febraaw 3 , at half-past ten , and March 10 , at eleven , at th « Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . Alaatto official assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; Mr . Sadgrove . soto tor , Mark-lane . John Sead Gowing , of Lowestoft , Suffolk , noaet February 4 , at half-past ten , and March 3 , at eleven * at the Court Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Penned official assignee ; Mr . C . S . Gilraan , solicitor , NW wich ; and Mr . Storey , solicitor , 5 , Field-court , Gravi Inn-square . *

      Jeremiah Gillman , of Stewkley , Buckinghamshire grocer , February 9 , and March 13 , at twelve , 5 the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . William Tarqnand , official assignee , 2 , Copthall-bttildinM . and Mr . W . B . Buchannan , solicitor , Basinghall-street Alexander Wintoa , David Winton , and Jaoe , Webber , of Wood-street , Cheapside , warehousemen February 14 , at half-past twelve , and March 13 * , ^ eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Ur William Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-baildfijgj ' and Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street Cbeapside . John Enson , jun ,, of Sawbridgeworth , Hertfordshire veterinary surgeon , Febrnaty 4 , at half-past-one , and March It , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy ,- 1 ^ don , Mr . Eiward Edwards , official assignee , 7 , Fjg . derick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; Mr . Lewis Henry Brah&Bi . solicitor , 101 , Chancery-lane .

      Richard Payne , of 20 , Hatton-walk , HaUon-gaiflm brass-founder , February 10 , at two , and March lo at twelv e , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mt ' James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchuttlj , lane ; and Mr . Lewis Henry Brahara , solicitor , 101 Chancery-lane . John Orbell , of Brundon , Essex , miller , February l \ at two , and March 3 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , L > ndon . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee 12 Abchurch-lane ; Mr . Thomas Marston , solicitor , 66 , ToiringtoD-sqaare , London ; Messrs . Stedman , solicitors , Sudbury , Suffolk . Thomas Brighton , of Spalding , " Lincolnshire , apothecary , February 8 , at half-past twelve , and March 14 , & { balf-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Binning , bam . Mr , Rehard Valpy , officialassiguee , Birmingham M cesrs . Ctarles Bonnor and Son , Bolicitore , SpaUung , Lincolnshire .

      John Bancroft , of Salford , Lancashire , grocer , Feb . ruary 9 , and March 9 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . Richard Powdell , offi . ciai assignee , Hobaen ; Messrs . Gregory a ^ Co ., solidtors , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Makinson , solicitor , Manchester . Thomas Simpson , of Gateshead , Durham , painter , February 6 , at eleven , and March 10 , at one , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Ml Thomas B . ifeer , official assignee , Newcastle-apsn-Tyne ; Messrs . Crossby and Compton , solicitors , 3 , Church-court , Old Jewry , London ,- and Mr . Joba Theodore Hoyle , solicitor , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      Charles Mottram , of Liverpool , wool broker , February 6 and 28 , sit eleven , at the Court » f Bankruptcy , Livet » pool . Mr . Jamea CaE ; nove , official assignee ; Liverpool , Messrs . Cornthwaite and Adams , solicitors , 2 , Dean ' s , court , Doctor's-commons , London ; Messrs . Fisher and Co ., solicitors , Liverpool . S unuel Highfleld , formerly of Liverpool , but now of Birkunhead . Cheshire , merchant , February 13 , at twelve , and March 7 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . John Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Mailaby and Townsend , solicitors , Hvepool ; and Messw , Chester and Toulmin , solicitors , Staple Inn , London .

      DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . Joseph Morgan , Earl-street , Marylebone . bootmaker . Nancy Williams , Powick , Worcestershire , publican . William Uopton , Wakeield , out of business . Mary Ann Ogisthorpe , Wullasea . Cheshire , out cf business . Joseph Tonge , sen ., Manchester , dealer in manure . James Lidgote , Upper Rosamond-street , Cleikenwel ) , journeymen carpenter . - Stephen Traviss , jun ., Doncaster , builder . Alfred Harvey Bristol , licensed retailer of beer . William Bedford , Wick , Bedfordshire , victualler . Rev . James Day Heckford , Pidley , Huntingdonshire ,

      curate . Thomas Cbaffey , Brighton , auctioneer . G-orge Snow , Kinnington-atreet , Newington , compositor . Henry Brown , Nicholl-square , Cripplegate , enslaver , William Biddle , Cornbury-street , O . d Kent-road , oat of business . ' William Mallinson , Mirfield , Yorkshire , farmer . John Harrison , Sedbsrg , Yorkshire , hatter . Robert Whitaker , jun ., Rochdale , woollen weaver . John Gerrard . Thelwall , Lancashire , publican . John Cater , South Ipland-plaee , Narth Brixton , officer of Her Majeatys Customs .

      Edward Fox , Liverpool , perfumer . Jo . ' m Vataa Simpson , Union-court , Old Broad-street , corn operator . James Pennlstone , alias James Penistone , Sheffield , cordwainer . John Warburton , Stockport , joiner . John Emmet !; , Bradford , Yorkshire , wool-sorter . William Gilbert , Bland-street , Dover-road , out of employ . John Townsend , Great Barr , Staffordshire , farmer . Walter Armitage , Birstal , Yorkshire , feeerseller . James Hall , Oxford , journeyman plasterer . Henry Pittman , Patriot-row , Bathnal-green , boatmaker .

      Anno Percival , Halkin-terrace . Cadogan-place , milliner . David Boast , Pbeenix-row , Great Surrey-street , discount agent Robert French Laurenee , Charlgrove , Oxfordshire , Clerk in boly orders . Thomas Marshall , Sheffield , butcher . John Bayly , Woolwich , shopman . George Wilkins , St . Albau ' s , eoacb-bnilder . James Jones Dransfield , Hales Owen , Worcestershire , accountant . John Rankin , Manchester , biker . James Armitage , jun . Sheffield , fender-maker .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Andrew Birrell and George Wright , of Liverpool , vinegar manufacturers—John Kay and George Kay , of York , boot and shoemakers—Thomas Case , James Mort , and John Simpson , of Liverpool , and of St . Helens , manufacturers of earthenware—John Woolfall and William Ryder , of Higher Grimsby , Lancashire , c * al getters—John Simpson , Joseph Simpson , and Robert Simpson , of Leeds , Tobacco manufacturers ( so far as regards Joseph Simpson . ) John Moore Ingham and Rachael Baines Ingham , of the Olive Branch Ian , Swinegate , Leeds , innkeepers—James J onus tone and Richard Aspinall , of Liverpool , timber merchants—Arther Oughterson and Company , of Liverpool , broken , ( so far as regards Arthur Oughterson )—Cutbbert Bate-Ban , Christopher B . tteson , John Bateaen , and William Bateson , of Castleford , Yorkshire , potters ( so far as regards John Bateson )—Charles John Waduington , Robert Lewiu Holt , David Ogdon , and Joseph Ogden , of Liverpool , and of New York , America , merchants .

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      From the Gazette of Tttesday , January 31 . BANKRUPTS . Francis Fenton , grocer , Little Peter-street , Westminster , February 10 , at half-past twelve , and March 10 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Busingbailstreet . Whitmore , official assignee , BMinghall-street ; Lucas and Parkinson , solicitors , ATgyle-square , Regent street . William Woods , sen ,, and William Woods , jan * hardwaremen , Newgate-street , City , February 1 * . a ' one and March 3 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , B « ingball-street . Pennell , official assignee . Godtfard , King-street , Cbeapside . Robert Ames , linen-draper , Margate , February 11 , and MarcU 10 , at eleven , at tbe Court of BanKruptcy , Basinghali-atreet , London . Belcher , official assignee . Cox , Pinner ' s Hall , solicitor , Old Broadstreet .

      William Henry Turner and Thomas Blucher Turner , cotton-spinr . e- s , Blackburn , Lancashire , Ftbruary l * i and March 4 , at twelve , at the Manchester DiscncS Court of Bankruptcy . Fraser , official assignee , Manchester . Grimsditcb , Macclesfleld ; Slater and Hcsi ^ i Manchester , solicitors ; Bell , Brodrick and Bell , Sowchurchyard , London . Joseph Bradwell , ironmonger , York , February 16 , and March 16 . at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Fearne , official assignee , I * ?* Wood , solicitor , York ; Ricbardsons and Gold , YorK . John Ridsdale , stuff merchant , Leeds , F « bruary 13 . and March 6 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court ot Bankruptcy . Freeman , official assignee , Lteds ; ( ieorgu and Raweon , solicitors , Bradford . . Johu Jones , -wine and spirit merchant , wy P ° ™ { February 8 , and March 7 , at twelve , at tbe Li verpool District Court of Bankruptcy . Turner , official assignee , LiverpoolRobinsonsolicitor Liverpool . mviw

      ; , , JLUVOipWl t 1 WUUWVW ) ow *>« " r V «« tiiVW 0 David Robertson , merchant , Liverpool , ^ f ^ : ; at twelve , and March 14 , at eleven , at th ° ? £ Z District Court of Bankruptcy , Bird , official assignee , Liverpool ; Watson , solicitor , Liverpool . - i , _ ..- » Richard Rymer , house painter , Manchester , Fewuwy 13 , and March 8 , at eleven , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Pott , official assignee ; Foster , King-street , Manchester ; Lake and Waldron , solicitor * Basingball-atreet , London . . T , . Thomaa Cartwright , banker , Heaton Norris , Lancashire , February 13 . and March 8 , at twelve , ^ at too Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy , row , om ciai assignee ; Lingard , Vaughan , LiDgard , Son , i »» Vftttghan , solicitor , Stockport ; Bower and Bao& , ca- « eery-lane , London .

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      Caitatw Thomas Roberts , mas ' er of th- ^ ship Ann Mundell , app ^ arrd at the Thames Police Office , on the oharge of ; assaulting John Crouch , the carpenter of the vessel , on the 28 sh of August last , on the high soas . The misdemeanor was of a perious order , and the defendant iwas ordered to find bail , himself in £ * 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each , to answer the charge at the sessions . Loss op the Wak Steamer Ariadne . —By a private letter , received on Monday , wo regret to announce the total loss ' » f the splendid war-sfcfiamer Ariadne , in the service of the Hon . Ea <* t India Company , attended with hi lancboly cone qnences , which

      occurred at about eleven o ' clock at night , on the 23 d of June last , near this entrance of Chusan harbqur . The Ariadne was aii iron-built steamer , about 400 tons burthen , with two powerful engines . She was constructed upon a new principle , for th ^ purpose of navigating the Chinese rivers . Tho Ariadne was 130 feet in extreme length ,. and about 50 feet from one paddle-box to jtha other . She carried two swivel guns of larpe calibre , one aft and the other , bofore the mast . The British fleet in China during the late war , received tho most valuable service from the Ariadne and four other small steamers belonging to the navy of the Hon . East India Company . The officers and crew were saved , but three Chinese who were on board perished .

      Scandal . —Dublin ; Jan . 28 . — A trifling incident occurred at the drawing-room on Tnursday evening , which has furnished aj subject of much conversation , and of eome dark my ^ terions paragraphs in tho newspapers . The Frerman ' s version of the affair is aa fol'ows : — " It is rumoured that a certain member of the legal profession—who , however , has recently figured in the « ourt more frequently as a client than as an advocate—was j in the act of ascending the Caatle stairs , with the intention of mingling in the glittering throng at the drawing-room on Thursday evening last , when he was intercepted by an irispector of police , who disputed his right to enter . Mr . , who had gone to the trouble and expence of attiring himself in a full Court costume , was

      highly incensed at this interference , and demanded to know how it was that he , who had attended the Courts of the Monarch , and had himself introduced debutants to the halls of St . James's , would not be permitted to confer the favour of hia company upon the mere representative of royalty in Dublin . The inspector confessed that he was not fully prepared to assign a true and veritable cause for this anomalous circumstance . So it was—* But wherefore it was so 'twas not in him to say' —and all that he knew was , [ that if Mr . did not take himsftlf away , he ( the [ inspector ) would have to discharge that office for him . Mr . looked unutter ' able things at the inspector , but having the fear of the Rtretche . r , as well as his person before his eyes , ' pulled his bonnet over his brow , ' and , thrusting

      both his hands despera ' tftlv into his breeches pockets , walked away evidently highly disconcerted . Some Galw&y gentlemen , who happened to be entering the saloon just at tho moment that Mr . was ascending the stairs , and before the ill-omened inspector had crossed his , path , mea-nwMc spread the report that Mr . , jtho barrister had been admitted , and was one of ( the company ; and this mischievous rumour having reached the ears of some of the Castle officials , two inspectors of police , ' attired in ball costume ! ' were introduced to the ballroom for the purpose of ejecting the intruder , in case he should be found amoug the courtiers . It fs needless to say , that owing io the interference of the officer on the stairs , their search was unavailing . "Globe .

      Murderous Conspiracy to take a Convict Ship . —Intelligence has just been received of an intended massacre of the officers and civilians on board the Eliza , Government transport , which sailed from her Majesty's Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , a few mouths since , with convicts for South Australia . It appears , as the vessel neared the Line , a murderous conspiracy lexisted among some of the conviots , which would have terminated , no doubt , in the certain destruction of those marked down as their victims . There w ; ere two hundred and sixtyseven convicts on board , among whom was a soldi . r , who had been transported for fourteen years for striking a sergeant . Ho privately sunt a letter to tho surgeon , informing him of the inteudetl

      outbreak , on tho morning of the 4-th March ; chat the design was to put to death all the soldiers , tiffiuers , passengers , andjsuch of the crew as offered the least resistance , and then to steer for the Brazilian coast . Tbe man was prudently conveyed to the cabin , so as not to excite suspicion , where he was minutely examined jby the surgeon and captain . He never varied ih his statement , and so answered all the interrogatories put to him as left no doubt on the minds of his h ' . arera of the intended horrors . Extra sentinels were immediately posted , aud at 3 o'clock on the eventful morning the passengers and crew were summoned on deck , when their situation was explained to them , and all then being well armed , were ordered to defend Stheir lives to the last . The

      morning , our correspondent writes , was calm and beauteous—not a whuper was heard on the mighty deep , when suddenly eight bells announced tho hour when the murderous conflict was to take place . Ths prisoners ware well organized , and armed with iron bolts and other weapons stolen from the ship ' s stores . The surgeon , with all tb ^ gallantry of the navy , wap unwilling to sacrifice the life of the sergeant who ^ e duty it was to open the convicts' gate at four o ' clock —all was breathless anxiety , when the surgeon unhesitatingly himself advanced to the gate , de siring a couple of file of soldiers to advance and shoot the first prisoner who dared to pass except tb 0 one he

      named . They at once peiroeived their plo * , was discovered , retired to their berths , and thrp , w the bolts and all offensive weapons out of the ports into the sea . Had the colliaioa taken placar the loss of life would have been dreadful . The r ingleader was a young man of the name of Dicken ^ on , who had been an apothecary ' s assistant in Thavies * Inn , Holborn . He was a desperate opium ea ' . er . He leaped overboard immediately after the viiscovery , and notwithstanding every txertionto ay . ve him he was drowned . Every precaution was adopted for the Becurity of the convicts , and they Were handed cser to the oivil power on arrival ,

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      MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS . The following very important railway circular , was issued on Friday by the Board of Trade : — " TO THE SECRETARY TF THE RAILWAY i COMPANY . " Railway Department Boarrf of Trade , Whitehall , Jan . 27 , 1843 . " Sir . —In consequence of the late occurences on the North Midland Railway . the Lords of the Committee ef Privy Council for Trade think it right to wll the attention of the directors of railway companies generally to the extreme importance of observing the utmost caution in making reductions in their estabJisbmenta by whJch the public safety may be affected . The experience of the last three years \ has fully satisfied their lordships

      that the comparative exemption which ras been latterly enjoyed from the alarrainz accidents whicb occurred so frequently in the infancy of railway travelling , is to he attributed mainly to tbe gradual formation of establishments of expripneed and trustworthy engine-drivers and other servants . ; upon aii the leading passentrer railways , and that I it is only by maintaining such establishments tbat [ a repetition of such accidents can ho effectually prevented . This opinion has been confirmed by the rece ; t accident upon the N ^ rth M idland Railway , and the investigations which their lor > lsnips have directed , in consquence . have fully satisfied thum that sudden and sweeping reductions in tbe branches of the establishment ' connected with tbe public safety can rarely be attempted without occasioning great danger . ¦

      " Under these circumstances , although my Lords have no wish to interfere with the discretion of the directors of railway companies , especially in cases where pecuniary considerations are involved , they think it their duty to remind'them of the heavy responsibility which they will incur if they allow themsfalves to bo influenced by a mistaken economy , so far as to attempt reductions , either in ; the number and efficiency of the establishment which ( previous experience baa led them to consider necessary ; for conducting the public traffic in safety , or in the accustomed wages of the class of Berwnts upon whose intelligence , sobriety , a-. d habitual good conduct tbe safely ef the passengers depends . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , •* S Laino . "

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      i ^ TTINGHAM . Mr . B . Humphries , framework-knitter , 11 , Lee ' s Yard , Narrow Marsh . Mr . J . Burklaud , ditto , Colwiok-streefe , New Seen ton . i Mr . Walter Smallwood , do . Crossland-street , Narrow Marsh , i _ Mr . Isaac Barton , do . 5 , Cherry-street . Mr . William Rice , needle-maker , 21 , Wadestreet . ' . Mr . Silvester Truman , bobm and carnage maker , 4 , Oat Yard . t _ _ _ _ . _ .

      Mr . Samuel Richmond , shoemaker , 21 , Drakestreet , i ... Mr . Henry Barker , framework-knitter , 8 , Commerce-street , j Mr . Charles Roberts , tailor , Hackley . Mr . John Baum , framework-knitter , 16 , A . binger 8 tr

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct636/page/6/