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    • TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS. i
    • — " -¦ ;- -- ¦ m GLORIOUS DEMONSTRATION IN (LEEDS W FAYODR OF IBELAUD AND THE REPEAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE UNION.
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      Mr 2 > £ AB J ^ bjj ^ jus , —In a leader ia last week ' s Star , the Editor , in speaking of my joining the-Bepeal Association , ' savs that he is glad that I got a " lap on &e knuckles" for my over zeaL It i 3 ju * ihBfesl I tare-tad ; nor , I feat , will it be Jhe last . I however entirely agree iriih lie Editor , fi » t it was merited ; yfhUB I flank & majority HiD pity fiiose who gave it more than Mm who jeeeiYed it .

      Iara now going to write about ot » ojts xbxubsj and I tare the consolation to know itat ¦ uhei I write for men engaged in ahonest straggle fK liberty , SnstewUf" » xap on the innekles , " I receive eorredion in ihe mildest form in -whiei sonnd reason xn& good feeling can administer it . TFb must . sow sb-obgakize 1 We must start £ rom thai yoint -where ire were stopped 1 The preliminary step -which I propose is the appoma > en * of ^ Genaral Secretary , P ™ fen- to whom ncmmationB

      i&all be sen * preparatory to fie election of * ns Executive ; and as we mnat place * OBfidence somewhere ; and as Hr . "Wheeler has alreadj fflled that office during the absence orfiie late Secretary ; and as he was elected by his own oraer , and discharged the duties to their ntisfac&m ; 1 propose thai he shall be &b man : and that when the votes are to be taken for the ixecntive that a delegate shall be appointed from each Chartist district an London , to aid and assist him in making his return .

      "When an Executive is elected , they should , in my cpmion , call a Conference of Delegates , to whom * D Plans of Organization shall be snbmitted ; for the purpose of agreeing npon such plan as shall test rait-out poation , and guard the body from any legal persecution . Hat is , to digest and adopt * a good , sonnd , legal plan of organization , by which the Executive , the local officers , and the members , shall be formed . Oils done , J shall make a bold pain to procnxa some central eemmodions boDdiag

      in London , as ihe property of the Association , as She tjentre and jaUying point ; fee building to be used as I pointed eat in a former letter npon Organization : for , rely npon it , that the Ghartis ; body never will prosper until it has "head ^ unriersf and I know of no place so fitting as the Metropolis of the conntry . HoweTer that will be a subject to be hereafter submitted to any Conference that may be assembled , The election of an Executive is the first step j and one which is indispensable to our existence as a party .

      We find ' the Complete SuSrage" men , as &ej eaB themselves , mridng with ihe leaders of the anti-Corn Law Leajjae , aad endearonrin ? » nce more to defame the people with masked principles Itisiigb izzne tiat-tre should be np and d 01 H"l Above and Before all , it 13 necessary , that we be on out guard against the machinations of villains now traversing the country , m the hops of gbttxsg to > -& 50 THEB betoibhos ] I hare conversed with two or three , who were very nearly entrapped by those monsters . They proceed tbas ; they make iheir way into jrahlic Looses in densely-populated

      localities ; and , after sponlang a quantity of stuff , ask those present , "if this would not be a good opportunity for raising wages , while E 8 very many soldiers bare been drafted to Ireland *! aud insinuate that ** a tow in England woold hare a powerful effect npon Irish polities . " How hear what 1 hare to say I and as my ad-rice , if followed in 18 S 9 , and in August last , would hare spared you much sorrow as well as much money , yon hare a right to give is its due weight . I tell tou , thex , thai THE OBJECT OF THESE

      BUFJIAAS IS-TO DESTROY US ! and althongh ihere may not be any other man in England to do BO , J aifl resist this new attempt to annihilate Charturn . ' It is your duty to think of the past , and take warning by it . Nothing would so mnch gratify all parties as the diversion of ihe public mind from other subjects to a feeble Chartis ; cnihreak 1 1 assure yoa that Ireland would become tranquil as if by magic ; and the soldiers -would te all spared nnifl we were destroyedi and a compromise of some sort or other worfd be entered into , -when tbe only body TeaDy sincere sad in earnest had been crushed .

      I have beard it proposed to send Chartisi delegates to Wales . I . tell you to do xo such thtsg I If j «_ -iT- n ^ tyv-JgiiJ , Bg gJ » TT > ¦ + r ^ T ^ -g" ^ - * —J the promoters of the plan , to cover themstlves , will as before , drsrge" ell upon the CSiartists .- " and again tell yen , thai isi ^ as Feai ^ ns CCoanor wi ; o did , * or nbo *• spoiled a 31 " . I therefore speak out at once . TFi hare , thron ^ J Ise inierpoation of Provideficej escapcde , great calamvy ! not from any tenderness of onr Torr persecuter = ^ a -Whiemsligners : for both eqnally

      thirsted for our blood ; but because we lelied upon ihe Isw and out own innocence ; and used the law proj » er 2 y for our protection . Let us n » t then be haaiiy embroiled in another canjVicl aiih the ** Strong GoTETTanenf I tteo , jojboegh ** the whole 3 HI 5 G " "WiS X&BASGED SEX ^ TESS IHEM AST > MX , " would , I asnre you , be well pleased to draw iheir pack oS file Irish scent , and balloo them in iull cry after me ; and in which all the " Liberals " would giadiy act their part of huntsmen , wbippersin , scouts , and dog-boys .

      A person called upon me on Tnesoay < yeEterday ) i and ssld that ^* lie bad serious nonces of going k > Wiiisr ^; and asked ** my ojanion of his project ?" I told bJEJ 10 " go xo the . Deril if he liked ; but to goonttif my house at all events" ! Old Mother Thoajbeon , Dr . Bowring , Br . Bitchie , and ihb * Complete Safirage" men , had a festival lasi night , Jostoa Sturge in the chair ; and ao sp ? aker -srss ict-re londly cheered than Mother

      3 ! ho . n ; p ~ 53 , wMIc ZEOinhin ? oz . % her old balderdash little Tinetu :, wio swsifc 10 lbs men of Derby that u "sras a ontnte paiiteni . aud would never err again f Mr . B = > se 3 , wbo moved aie Birmingham B Complete Safirager 5 re ? ointjons , in the BirmHigbkni ConfcT ? Ece . and refesed 10 wrhdr&w liem ¦ wh ^ n LoTeti cSered to -wi- ^ -cra" ^ bis , -eyere lis * T * 2 ! v > . Id Aoti , as we aii pre ^ ic . ee at BincLgaais , \\ - j have iiow cpenly and uiibiaaaiagij joined for onr s-tsirsetios .

      Dr . Bowring , the " poet Laareate" of : b ? ** antimonopolists , * and "foregn Bag-maa 10 the Whigs , declared , that " imb did not § o far enough Jar his cosmt' jKJUe notions *'; for "he Troold mmtsils . iiD ^ lj enfranchise women . " Kow , I weald cot : and ill tell jon my reasons why . . Not that I dtmbt their judgment , or > he proper use of it ; or their hocefety : but b-eaasa rr ftovui i . ^ ai > to vxsavs disseutioxs , ¦ aJMe it tcmild not advance or zerve the cause of de-Sivrracp one single Oil . I ibink a working nan sosd bis -wise could agree comfortably as to the most bcneneiai use to be made of the one vote : and I fed

      assu ^ d that the opinions of the wife would have a powerful coB&oHing tSeet over her husband . Bnt wiih a F « na | B Suffrage , every prostitute street waiko-, l 2 d 5 es of fashion , soldiers' wive ? , idJprs , and the -srrres of livery servants , with the treble female staff s . t the command of masters , men of Jasaion . asd Esciblers , would be ever marehed up to tbe poll in support of tyraauy , prostitution , and ^ j > prfc-s&n . TkcM- E-ib philosophers have made many ancaapts w > cni-bjd 32 by extravagant professions ; but I r » joice tliai ike su'o ^ i ^ oud sense of the working cls ^ sts "p ; s ecso td ii « a to cicccver , that all are but so man j auempis ** to thoke the dog with butter " .

      1 * is u > be remembered that these extravasaszas corns from ihe principal supporters of that faction irho for ten long years assisted ihe Widgs in tlirir crusadrs against the Chartist iodp ; and who now mertiv msie a profession oi liberality in the hope or x Job ! They attempted 10 change our same , and taBed ! And itey know full well that any change of principle would be a still more fatal step . It fe , then , that we may be in a position to give

      battle to onr enemies oi ail =-bades and classes , tbat I implore of yen to lose n « i a moment in reorganis ing ihe Chartist bods ; and while thanking my London friends for Jhe honour they conferred npon me , I take this , the most fitting opportunity , to state that , upon the advice of several of my best friendsj I have come to the determination not to become a candidate for the Executive . My council * ua assistance shall beat the service of those whom fhepeopk tfttr . 1 t proper to entrust with their

      confi-I do sot see the necessity of saying more upon the R&jeci of Organisation for the present ; lest is should have ib&appesranee and give xte to tfce cry of " pjciinos . " Less I could not say nnd ^ r the

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      circumstances . AH I do say is , that I am ready for any honourable and legal part that shall bejaseigued tome in my proper sphere ; And remain yonr faithful friend , Feabgus O'Coksdji .

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      On Monday , in accordance to previous announcement , the Democrats of Leeds held a public meetings the Vicar ' s Croft , for ihe purpose of aidingthe movement in Ireland to obtain a Repealof the Legis lative Union , Long before the appointed time for meeting , the vast area in front of the platform was crowded by great numbers , whose serious and orderly demeanour at once bespoke their feelings on the occasion . A little after Beven o ' clock , the speakers , Messrs . West , Ross , T . B . Smith , and several others ascended the platform , when , upon ibe motion of Mr , Brook , Mr . Joseph Jones was called to the chair . The Chairman having read the placard calling the meeting , at once proceeded to

      business , by introducing Mr . Ross , of Manchester , 83 xhe first speaker . His address was listened to with the most intense interest by the thousands who surrounded him . As an Englishman , hisj words carried conviction to the hearts of his countrymen ; and at the conclusion of his address he was honoured ¦ wiih the most lapturouB and nnbonnded applause . Mr . West , » f HnD , was next introduced ! to the meeting , and for more than two hours rivetted the minds of ins audience upon the past and present condition of Ittland . It is impossible to do ; justice to his speech , unless-conveyed in his own language . Mr . T . B . Smith next followed , and in a speech remarkable for its power and pathos , nobly completed what the preceding speakers had so well begun . Mr . Beaumont moved , and Mr . Boothman seconded the first resolution : —

      "Thai it 13 the opinion of thiB meeting , that the inhabitants of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland have been for many years subjected to the most unmerited hardships and merciless oppressions , against which evils no protection can be « 3 ered so long as the laws are made by the few , and framed for the advantage of privileged classes ; and in order to afford a fair and full amount of justice to an classes of society , we are of opinion that Ireland merits , and that justice demands , the immediate restoration of her native Parliament .

      " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the present affairs « f Ireland do not warrant the British Ministry to attempt to put down the mind of Ireland , by the introduction of Coercive measures , such as the Arms Bill ; believing that all such airempts are dangerous to every interest connected with our country and directly opposed to every pnneiple of justice and humanity ; and as we are of opinion that Ireland is more than justified in seeking the Repeal of the Legislative Union , we , as Englishmen , oiler onr bast sympathies to Ireland in the fearful ; emergency ; and -we respectfully , yet firmly , call upon the British Ministry to adopt such measures , as will at once enable them to restore tranquility to Irelasd by at once Repealing the present existing Aetof Union "

      The Chjubmas put it to the meeting , when it wa 3 carried unanimously amidst enthusiastic cheering . _ Mr . Wat , Bbook iben moved the following petition for presentation to the Honse of Commons . Mr . Joseph Bbiggs seconded it , and whep put to the meeting , thonsands of willing hands expressive x > f the feeling of the heart , were elevated in approval . To the HonouroWe ihe Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of the borongh of Leeds , in the county of YoTk , in public meeting assembled , June 26 th , 1843 ,

      Sbeweih , —Thai yonr peridocersiave long viewed with sympathy and deep regret , the Tarions hardfchips and oppressions to which the inhabitants of that part of the United Kingdom , called Ireland , have been subjected for many years , which hardships and oppressions jonr' petitioners believe to ansiaate ia eliss legislation , and also in the virtual 1 oa-represeHtaaon 01 tae irisn people m yoar Honourable House . : That your Petitioners have bebdd with extreme alarm and regrei , the jaea . -urrs recently resorted to by her Majesty ' s MiniFitr& for the suppression of the legal &ud p ^ aceabie agitation of the Repeal question in Ireland , believing , a 3 your Petitioners do , that nothing shert of a Repeal ol ihe Legislative Union , and the salutary influence and fostering-care of a domestic Legislature , fnily and freely chosen by the whole people , can give satisfaction or prosperity to that long misgoverned portion of the British Empire .

      Your Petitioners humbly pray that yonr honourable House will refuse its sanction to any bUl or bills introduced by the Minister of iho Crown , or by any Member of your honourable House , having for its obj- ct the restriciion or abridgement of Irish liberty ; and your Petitioners further pray that jour honourable House will , without delay , proceed to pusa an Acs for thB imaediate Jlepeal of the Legislative Union now subsisting in name , but not eonlcrring equal advantages as regards civil or religious privileges between the two countries , ! and providing for a full and free election of an Irish Parliament . And vour Petitioners will ever pray .

      Mr . Brook then moved , and Mr . John Firth seconded , — "That the petition , whea signed ^ bo transmitied to T . S . Dancombe , Esq ., M . P ., for presentation , snd that John Fitlden , Sharman Craw ford , loos . Gisbounie , and Wm . Aldam , Esquires , be requested to support ita prayer . " As soon as Mr . i > aiicon > bf ' 5 name was mentioned , threB hearty cireers wre given for him . The resolution was carried by acclamation . ; Tnanfcr were then given to the chairman , accompanied with three cheers for Repeal ; after which ibe as = embl ? d thousands dispersed , declaring that such a meetiiis bad n ^ ver before been hel d in the of

      v ^ :: ry Leeos . Such a feelmg was never before exti-biied oa behaif of Ireland . And when : the cemoerais n ; England follow ths noble example thus stiUiemly their Leeds brethren , England and Ire-Isusa n ; asi pre = Ant such an aspect , as will ultimately l ^ ad io xhe en ^ ocipation of both countries . WiJen the petition ( wnica is bow ready for signature ) shall have btxsn signed by 40 , 000 or 50 , 000 Englishmen , and presented 10 1 arliament , Ireland will find that ibe miiia ol Eagiasd , once roused , never shrinks from me eoa < £ * i , and that Ireland ' s besl defence wiil be iound ia the de > rminatiou evinced in her iavour bj the democrats of Jin ^ -aad .

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      The Lord Mayor , however , said , the 52 ad byelaw to which the' solicitor pointed , referred to vessels lyiBg at anchor , and not to vessels in the condition in which the Gazelle had been placed . The Attorney for the defendant then stated that the Lion had cat the hawser for the purpose of preventing any injury to the Gazelle , wbiph had most improperly refused to slacken the hawser . The Lord Mayor said he ehonld like to hear evidence in justification of the act of the defendant . Robert Fenner , marine , and managing man on board the Lion for the Yarmouth Mackarel

      Company , then stepped forward . He had been , ho said , placed on board l > y the Company to see that the people on board did their daty , and ho witnessedthe transaction complained of . The Captain oi the Lion directed that his vessel , in consequence of the want of room to pass the Gazelle on the other Bide , should go inside , and called to the Gazelle to slack her hawser and allow the Lion to proceed . The Gazelle refused todo aa she was required , and the Lion then certainly cut the hawser and passed ; and if she had not done eo considerable iosa would have been incurred .

      The Captain of the Lion said he had been for forty years , in the habit of trading upon the Thames , and he had not violated the regulations of the river during that time , jlf he had not cut the hawser on the occasion stated he would certainly have lost his mackarel voyage . The Lord Mayor—If yoa have had any experience you must know , that you wero transgressing very eeriously when you cut the hawser . The coDsequences might have been , in the case of bo large a vessel , and with : the river crowded with craft of all kind 3 , most frightful . You must know that it was your duty to go into the main stream . I consider the case is a very bad one , and fine the Captain forty shillings andicosts ; and I must say the public are much indebted to Mr . Hall for having brought it forward .

      The . Defendant ' s Attorney submitted that aa his client did not cntthe hawser with his own hand , the penalty could not be inflicted upon him . The Lord Mayor-- ( evidentiy surprised . )—But the Captain ordered one of his men to cut the rope . The Defendant's' Attorney said he could not deny that , but still he must put it to his Lordship that the men tvho cut the rope ought to be compelled to pay the penalty , and not the Captain . — ( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor—Surely , you do not mean to say that if a poor , ? saman obey the directions of his Captain , the Captain is to make him responsible 1 The Defendant ' s Attorney—If the aoi commanded to be done by the Captain is illegal , the man has no right to perform it , and becomes responsible if he performs it . : ¦

      The Lord Mayor—You cannot be serious in laying down such a maxim as that in & cate of this na-tpTe . It would be calculated to produce insubordination . Mr . Hall said it wa 3 disgraceful in any professional man to recommend such a course , as well as disgraceful in the Captain to order one of his crew to perform such an act , and leave the whole weight of the responsibility upon the poor man's shoulders . In order to save ten jtninutes to himself the Capiain of the Lion had put lives and property in itopardy . The Lord Mayor—And if any lives had " been lost , be might have been prosecuted for murder . There is no excuse for such conduct . Mr . Hall requested that the amount of the penally should be deposited in the poor-box . The Defendant's Attorney said , in his opinion ihe penalty would not be paid by his client .

      The Lord Mayor- ^ -Taen the alternative is three mouths' imprisonment . The Defenant ' s Attorney—The Captain did not cnt the hawser , and is therefore not responsible . The Lord Mayor—You don't mean to tell me that the Captain would let the man he ordered to cut the rope , and who obeyed the order , go off to prison to suffer for the offence ? The Defendant ' s Attorney—That ' s matter of feeling , my Lord—( great derision . ) Mr . Hall declared thai he never witnessed a morn

      unworthy case zn every one of its puts . It was but natural , he admitted , that a person who was capable of giving so reckless and inhuman an order in the first instance , should iflinch from the consequences , snd make the mere instrument under his absolute controul reaponsibie : i but it was very seldom indeed that a fellow capable of acting iu such a manner would come forward to make so disgraceful a defence , with a lawyer to back him . The Lord Mayor—It is altogether bad , and the penalty must bo p iid . Mr . Hobler here called to the officer not to allow the defendant to ieave the room without payment of the penalty . A young man , who it was believed was connected with the Yarmomh Mackarel Company , said he could not see the man who obeyed the order sent to prison , and paid the money ; which was , according to Mr . Hall ' s desire , deposited in the poor-box .

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      parable interest of the droneai of whioh we have spoken , and who exorcise at twill political , civil , and military power , that we should be thrust backward—if possible beyond the point the two last centuries of civilization have enabled us to distance . And looking consequently by ? this light at such a measure as thefurtlier arming and drilling the bluecoated creatures that Peel oalled into existence by thousands , } must of necessity engender suspicion and watchfulness . The suspicion presenting itself to our miads is ufti that the further suppression of crime is designed , put that covert means are sought whereby the blow shall be rendered secure which is destined to 6 trikefrbni us the hope , the name of political t > Tmn- > cipation . ¦¦• Peace and be still' arfc not to be thewords employed to lull the agitated waves of our political ocean , but a mongrel race composed partly of the « p ^ the policeman , and the soldier . aaA exercised in the

      bad qualities of each , are to be thrust forward to awe us into submii- 'sioE—perhaps by such means as attending the public meetings we may hold in support of our most sacred rights—parading forth with bludgeon and " brofd-evrvid , " ready to use either indiscriminately on wtizatia , on women , and on ohildren ; and as weU , perhaps , by sneaking more numerously in disguise throughout , the land , urging the foolish and the weak to commit that they may betray . Shame on such tJiings , and shame on their employers . " broad swards" are not requisite for the pursuit of felons , but are e * tremoly necessary , in the estimation of our most righteous governors and masters to suppress Chartism and the just demands of an oppressed people . ; Watchfulness , we say , too , is likewise engendered among . the millions . Ic is our saered duty , as far as we may , to render that watchfalness permanent . — - Chartist Circular ,

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      SUNDERLAND . —Mr . Beesley delivered an excellent lecture here on Monday night last , the subject of which was , " the evils arising from an Established Church . " Mr . B . handled the question in a masterly style , and gave general satisfaction . SOUTH SHIELDS . —Mr . Boe-sley lectured here on Tnesday evening , 5 a tbe Martbt-pJace , Mr . Giffillan in the chair . : The subject waa the ; Repeal of tbe Corn Lawg , whichihe handled in grand style , and showed the fallacies of the humbugging League in their true light . A vote of thanfes was given to Mr . B . and the Chairman , after which the me ating separated .

      NEWCASTI » S— Mr . Samuel Kyrid of South Sa ield lee . ured on the Town Moor , 011 Sunday afternoon ( being race Sunday ) to a numerous audience . He very ably showed up the pernicious effects of the present system upon the productive portion of the community jian ' d as several limbs , of tho aristocracy were listening to him , he enumerated to their faces the schemes which they resorted to , to rob the labourer of his hire , and challenged any or" them to deny his statements if they dared . Mr . Kydd lectured again in tho Chartist Hall in the evening-, with very jjood effect . Mr . Sinclair in the chair . A vote of thanks was tendered to Mr . Kydd , for the able manner in which he had advocated pure democracy ; and a ^ re £ o 5 ution adopted unanimously , that Mr . Kydd be requested to lecture again in the same place on next Sunday evening .

      The Chartists of Newcastle and Gate shead held their usual biuiness meeiiaa on Monday evening . Mr . Young in the chair , iho minutes o \ tbe previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Frazer , shoemaker , Maoford ' s Entry , Northumberland-etreet , took his seat as secretary . Mr . Sinclair read the answer whioh he had received from Mr . Wil . iam bharman Crawford , Evq ., M . P .. respecting the Newcastle and Gatoshead petition for the Repeal oi the legislative Union , which was highly satisfactory ; ithat gentleman having considered it a pleasure to aocedo to the wishes oi the petitioners . Not so with the memburs for Newcastlo and Gateshead , whom Mr . S . was instructed to request to support the prayer of that petition . Mr . Hutt says

      . x bDoulti ieet it his duty to oppose such a measure as a Kepeal of the Union . Mr . Ord aaya that he mil consider lit his duty to « ive his most decided opposition 10 it . Mr . Fleming then reported the proaeedlu ^ s of tho delegate meeting at Smiderland , havifig beta requested to do so by some of the delegates thero pieaiut , whioh gave rit > e to a lengthy oi-cubtiiou , Wueroupon the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — -1 . " 1 'hat a committee of o'Kht persons be ufpointed to investigato the rcpons circulated by certain parties inimical to tiie good cbnruc ' tr or' somoof the Chartist body ; cha ' two oi bu . a mnabrr-s be chosen by the CbartJsts of each t-i" ttho iiiiowiiig localities , viz . Onseburu , South SbiulJs , burulerland , aud Newcastle . " Messrs . FraZ 9 iv and Cof kburti were elected from Newcajtle .

      2 . that u . deputation be now appointed to confer with ' he Chartists of Ouseburn on the subject , and that our secretary be instructed to correspond with the Cbartiscs 0 ) Sotuh Shields and Sunderiaud , apprising them pt the decision which the Newcastle Chartists have come to , and requesting them to make the necessary arrangements for the meeting of the connriiuee at thc : r earliest convenience . " Messrs . Fit ruing M » d Jobnstone were deputed , to Ouseburn , and alter disposing of some local business the meeting was aujourned until next Monday evening , at ei ^ ht o'cltiek .

      ROCHD / VLE . —On Sunday last , a . camp meeting was held on jingpiate Common . The meeting was very respecta ' ol » iu numbers a , ud very v-Aci . iive . The speakers were Messrs . Mills , Chadwick , Wood , and Donovan ; the' lattgr ot whom spoke chiefly upon the wrong 3 of Ireland and her presonfc iamentable condition ,. coiiUaBung theDatriotism of Morris , Fitzgerald , the Knight of Kerry , and Arthur U Connor . In ; the ^ vrniug , Mr . Oonovan lectured in our room on thiriiepeal Questioh" which was al « o well attended .

      TROWBR 1 DGE . —According to notice on Mon day evening last , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town was hol'tan iu the Democratic Hall , for the purpos j of a ^ opung a petition to Parliament on' behalf of & ! os ; i-3 . Cooper , Richards , and Capper , now undergoing the nc » oo : cruel trratsent in Stafferd Gaol . Mr . Kni-chii * wu 9 unanimously called upon to preside . lie panned the bus ; - uess of the meeting by ftating the o ' hjcct for which they had met , auct concluded , by imreducing Mr . JPajne , who gav « a long unri p- > wertwl address and mov .-d the adoption of aptDiion faiJin ^ lor redress , which was seconded by Mr . bievent , and carried unanimously , after Mr . Ilibbert iruii spoken iu us support . The petition was cnirusrtd to th ' . > care oi Mr . JUuoconibe .

      WAi « CHESTEB .--At the coiicluuwri of Mr . Gammage ' s Lecture , on Sunday evcLii , g , in the Cart / eiiter ' t : Hall , tMr . James W'litii . jer wa- exiled te the chair , who 6 vatcd that about feur uiosj ' . hB a ^ o a coaimiltee had jbeeu appointed tor tn ^ pu , poso of prcimoiin ^ ihe erection of a Ch ^ xtial iiaL , i : < Mauc . icster ; that 240 shares had been fakiu , > ;^ h : y-iw : ir f which w « . re paid up ; and that thero waa then £ 70 m ihe treasurvr ' o haada . Ho calteti wm Mv . t . vurd Clarte , who , in a neat and eilectivo t-pe < ,-ch , i ^ oi ' - ' - the followiu ^ resolution : —** Tha . 1 thia niuut-\ i > u ' , i . iking inw consideration the necessity ior , aud tbn advantages iikely to reouit from , the Cnirrisu 01 Maneliestdr having a Hall of their own , in which to sr . * n . sact all busiui . sa connected with the Chavuso to

      mi / vcmeut , do hi-icby pUd ^ e themgelves ast . i > i . tho C niaitteo appbin ' . ei for the furtherance ol ihid o : j ft , by taking up Miares and collecting voliiJiJary tii . i ribuu ^ . is . " T .-iia was seconded by Mr . Joiu Murray , 5 . < .: ri effectivtij- .-pokeii to by ; Mr . Gamica ^ e , aud carr . ua uiiuUiiii"U .- Hc'vi ' . ^ moiuuon , ' * Tliat ihe iomi of ' uauchcbtev . h- \' ni ... teen divided into district * -, iiiid vs ? it ^ r . i'api--t » i ») Uii ' ov eacii dostrioi , this meeting recomineii i th . ; C-m . ^ 11 tee to idaue books to the

      van . 'Ud vi'itoid for t . - u yt . xiios (> 01 entering tha names ol Uio . e w ! ..- ! i-ji : « 10 ruke up ehares and for tho receipt of Vulr . utary oou . riliuwonsi , " wliich , boiB . 4 seconded was carriea uiiarumously . We hopo the Chartists of Mauc .-csur will tollow up their resolutions by the erection of a building iu which the pure doctrines of deuauuracy may be taught to the adult and infantile population . Dissenting Parson's iMiDEUTY .-r-At a meeting of the Cnartisi General Council , on Tuesday evening last , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Daniel Donovan , seconded by Mr . John Holt , and carried without a ciibseutieut : " That . we , the Comr miitee of Management tor the Carpenter ' s Hall Locality , feel beuud to express out gratitude to the

      Dissenting Parsons ot this borough for the publicity they have given io the fact of our having established a Cnartist Sunday school . We also beg leave to inform the saintly hypocrites that their lying denunciations have bad the effect of increasing the number of scholars from 70 to 159 . In justice to ourselves , however , we are ! bound , unequivocally and without reservation , to deny that we are engaged in the promulgation of infidelity , or that we teach the ohildren to hold ihe Bible ! in contempt . So tar from thia being the case , we hereby call upon the parsons generally , and those who have traducsd us in particular , to act molt in conformity with the precepts contained in thai book ; more especially that comnianofliens which , says ' Tnou shali liot bear f ' aise wi iiii . cs against thy aeighboor . '"

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      GIiASQOW . —From & combination of circumstancsa matters have been rather | Btill hero for some time . To those who have paid close- attention to all the circumstances connected with the Movement from the comrnencemet , it must have been cleat that a calm would inevitably follow the storm ol August last . The people were duped ; advantage was taken of their ardour in tbe causa Those whose paly object was to live upon the Movement , through ingenuity and falsehood , succeeded for a time ; and , as a natural conaequencs , the enthusiasm of those who bad been victimised was tamed into bitter dissatisfaction . In nineteen eases out of twenty these were our best men . However matters are now promising to assume a healthy tone once more . Many who for sometime past Imo remained inactive , are again rallying round the standard of our country's freedom , and the pool man ' a only bope .

      A Meeting was oeMj on Friday evening , la the Young Man ' s Aeademy , College-street , to consider the bt st means of organizing jjthfi people of Glasgow and suburbs . On tha motion of Mr . Co ! qahouu , Mr . James Lang was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Brown sutetl tbe object for which the meeting was called , and urjted upon those present ithe necessity for using their influence in again placing tbe cau * e of Chartism in that proud position when Glasgow was , and justly , called the key-stone of the Movement . The mefetinR was afterwards addressed by Messrs . Sherringten , M'Ewan ,

      Smith , Hopley , Petttgrev ^ , &c . Mr . Golqahoun Bald be was happy to ass uomo ot their old friends in the meeting ; and aa there appeared to be-some little difference of opinion as to the beat means of carrying on the Movement , in the bope of ( meeting the views of all he would move that a committee be appointed to draw up a p \ an , and to report ] at the next meeting . This ¦ was supported by Mr . Dennis M'Millan , Wm . Clymic , &c ., aud unanimously agreed to . Tbe Committee was then appointed , and instructed to bring forward their report on next Friday evening .

      NOTTINGHAM—The Chartists met on Sunday morning last , in the Democratic chapel , Bice-place , Mr . H . Dor ' man in the chair , when tue following resolutions ¦ wer e passed : — •« That eacbjloculity choose collectors for the purpose of visiting members to receive contributions . " " That we have viewed with the utmost indignation the base and slanderous conduct of the Times newspaper , in calumniatingjand traducing the charactar of F . O'Connor , Esq . with referenee to tho part he toek in the late elections at Nottingham ; at which time

      every action of his being well known to us , we declare thatgroBser libels against any man were never printed ; and we further declare that Mr . Walter knew them to be such when lie published them ; but he did it for revenge , in return for the rsvere caatigation he got from Mr . O'Connor on the day of nomination , which was applauded by Whigs , Radicals , Sturgltes , ami Cbartiats . We ore highly gratified to learn that Mr . O Connor is about to punish the Old Weathercock by entering an action against him for libel . '

      Tue members of the Female Charter Association of Notingbam met in the j Democratic Chapel , Riceplace , on Tuesday evening , ( June 27 , when the Treasurer ' s and Sectetarie ' s books v ? ete examined , and found correct A unanimous vote of thanks we ? given to them for their services . ( The snm of 5 s . was raised for Mrs . Eiiis , and 2 s . for Mr . M'Doual ! . STOCKPORT . —The causa goea on well here . Poverty and democracy keep apace . Much fuss has been made through the country about " trade mending in Stockport . " It is quite true that a few of the many mills that have been standing are now at work ; but those that are employed gei | so little for their labour , that it matters little whether they work or play , aa

      poverty is there never-failing portion in either situation . The calico printers , who , before the introduction of machinery were probably the beat paid operatives in any branch of the | cotton manufacture , may now be seen going from door , to door , craving charity , and thankfully receiving the bard-crust that ha ? to keep the wif « and children of a ? ' free-born Britain " from the tende * mercies of a Poor Law BastBe , or the bondage of the grave I No body of men in England has felt half so severely the effects of machinery as the ill-used printer * . Tbe mule spinners , according to toa doctrines of the j" Free Boaters , " ought to ba in most comfortable circumstances : as

      the " improTementa" in [ * puroing department have boenso great , that whete upwards of eight hundred spinnora were employed some eight or nine years ago considerably under two hundred will now turn off more yam than the eighv hundred cou ) d at the former poriod ! These poor fellowsjare to bo seen each Saturday night standing at tbe factory « ate , hat in hand , begging the smallest trifle fro | m their old shop mates ; and frequently they are ordered off by tbo purse-proud If-rd of the smoke and long chimney , who first made tnmn paupers and then treats ! them l \ k « dogs for being sued . So much for the " { increasing prosperitj" of this " PIazue " -ridden borough !

      On Sundat LAST , Mr . Tho : naa Ciatfe addressed a large camp meeting twice ; first , at two u ' clock in the afttrcooti , and again at six 1 o ' clock in the evening . Both addresses wwte attentively listened to , and well received by the large assemblages . The poliou were in attendance , as well as a special reporter . The military , it is said , were confined to barracks , in order to be ready for any emergency . [ Fortunately , neither the police nor magistrates createdl any disturbance ; tfatre-/ bre , there waa no necessity for the interference of the " boiled ones . " J OLD HAM . —On Sunday last , the Chartists of . this town had to undergo another disappointment , in consi queues of the uon-attendinee of Mr . J . Leach , of Hyde , wbo had previously majde arrangements to come .

      These thiDgs should , if possible , be prevented : as jt h « s a tendency to do great injury to tbu progress of our cause . Fortunately , Mr . R . Cooper , of Oldham , was present ; and he kindly consented to deliver an address on education ; -which he did in an energetic and masterly style , which gave general ] satisfaction . —[ We have before taken occasion to reprobate the practice of lecturers leaving their engagements unfalfl'Jed . In this case surely some misunderstanding , or fercetfulness , must have caused the disappointment complained of ; for we perceive that Mr . Leach was fully occupied at the Hyde camp meeting : a prpof tkat ho waa not disinclined to labour . Care sbouW , however , be taken that these disappointments should not continually occur . ]

      On Monda y Evenj . no , IUjc . M'Cab 8 of this town delivered his third iecturt on j' Repuai unil the history of Ireland . " He show ^ l cl . arly that if Ripttd was obtained under a mk-Iu ' . eiuij tOi . attUieiicy , it would not confer that b-i > ent which ! ttfc labouring classes of Ireland i . taud in need of ; anti he proved to a demonstration that unitea the Rerealj wi accompanied by an exteution of tbe Suffrage , Loeeil on f : ; principles of the P ^ ple ' BCbarter , thf y n , efl nv < . < xy . cz their condition to be bettered . His iv ' « trc . is v . i ) autened to with att > ntion . A vote of thai . ka wua uoa imoualy passed to the lecturer- at tho ctoad .

      COVENTRY . —Mr . J . U 11 . R ihstow delivered a truly eloquent address in " T'iv 1 c pjal of the 0 nion , " on Greyfriar ' s Grten , < a M rj ' ay of-bniu ^ , and afrtr-^ iirJfl addressed th e pt . p : , in | iu « : l-: o' -mv- n mom , on ifc ' .- crut ! treatment of Ct >* ' { - ' 1 | , ' - r-p ^ r , an' RicborriB . It was resolved to presv . ; t up ' . \ t \<*\ to two House of C / 'jtitiuons , praying for a mrjg .: U , u of ittiir term of imprisonment , or that tl . ty to coi . fi > . c ; l in the Q ^ sen's prison . Tbe petition to be irr ' . rut , ted to l ! i » care of Mr . Xiaomahi Duncombe . j ABEHUBSK . —^ The weath < rt l- 'ivi-nj ? become excee'lingly mud . the Chartista hav-jl ; . . iy L .. i b " ¦ rai outdoor meetings in various distviciB Tw f tL < jso w » re he . d iast week , one at Jach ' s Bmt-, »«¦ ' . t ' o \' mi nt ¦

      tbo populous village of Woodi- ; i ¦ . ;" - ii' -e- 'iif * were well attended , owin ? tojt- j .- 1 :.- « v ^ . m ^ iiit ^ -t taken by every person in tLe pr-. i . ?' . \ - ..- > iti ... •; of ireland , against a Ojvernment which L ' .: c !! y ovuwi a fixeJ ^ termination ; o d « al out bia | 3 ^ A ' S * he . vy La id . ij . thfr th-an trouble itself to V-fra-j £ 0 hu : ui : i-tir > : a t : > redress advances , v . bic !) h ^ ; t . * i pri . vul n Ilo ' j . * znd times over to ho nnbw ^ k by j ^ y P"Cf Io ou ths f ; ..-.-. ¦ of the chiiti . The various ; ¦ I ;; . k < - - -u ttew : ccca-^ ne Lave ciiL-etod toe peopi ^' s K'icnii . n to the critical poslUon of Itt ' an-1 ; and hv . ve u ^ cl 1 ^ ery prader * arguuiftnt f' < avcuse the wannest bjn > v > uth"S i « bebalfof that u ? .-i-nt , oppressed , and 1-ti ;| Butfeviiig p . ople ; and it ia ; : ' toT ou 9 th : ' . t every wueru | he shortsightedness of of the

      the B'l •>! Government ^ a subject deepest regret . A putitJoa waa . approved of at a public meeting prayiny Parliament to allow iMr , Kobert Peddia to ba heard at tbe bar of the Hous ^ © f Commons , to lay before them , proof of his inanuc-aice of the crime for which be suffered . It will be ^ wrwarded this weefc to Joseph Hume , Esq ., for presentation . BIRMINGHAM . —The monthly council meeting of tbe Birmingham and Midland Counties Charter Association was held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lnne , on Sunday laart . Mr . Dints waslunaniraottsly called to the chair . On tbe motion of ] Mr . Welspond , tbe

      Secretary read over tbe minutes of the previous meeting , which were confirmed . Letters were read from Coventry and Warwick . A conversation ensued on tha present state cf tbe people in tbe districts . It was tbe prevailing opinion of tbe delegates that a delegate meeting should assemble at the earliest opportunity , to take into considsratiots the present atato at organisation . The meeting was I a journed to Sunday , July the 9 th , then to meet iii the People ' s Hall , Wednesbury , at two o ' clock ia Jie ut ' ter > -ocn ; when business of great import * rce , jin reference to the present plans of organisation wiil be auunmted for the consideration of the assembly . J

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      London .-A public meeting will be holdea in the Britannia field ? , City-road , at six o ' clock oa Surifv evening next . ui . ^ ay' th i ; £° r u ! inhiotli V S ^ dayereniajr , afc the Star , Golden-iane , at ei ^ bt o ' clock . Golden Lion , Dkan Street , Soao . —Mr Mantz Bermondsev -Mr . BolweU , from Bath , will deliter , at the White Bear , Long-walk , JJermondsev-Sing ? " JUly 3 rd '^ 6 igh * > c ™ ^ 2 e A Concert and Ball for tho benefit of Dr M'Dpuall . will be held on Monday evening , July in Tickets sixpence each , J Mr . Wheeler mil lecture ou Suadav evening » fc the Flora Tea Garden ,, York-place , BaSry ^' art at half-past six o'clock .

      City of London Political and Scientific Institution , TxjRNAGAi . N-LA . va . —Mr . Wheeler will deliver an address on Tu-day evening , upon the , Pleasures and adnutw&tfknowledge , " bein ^ an introduction to a course of ) ect « res on scientific " and hterarv sublets . Adini ^ en free . To commence at eight o cloek . ? % . A Ball will take place on Monday evening at tha Uty of London . Institution . Single tickets one shilling , double , one aud sixpence . -MaRtlbbone . —Mr . Buchanan will leoiure at the Mechanics' IastUutioo , Circns-streeD , New-road on Sunday evening next , July 2 ud , at half-past seven o ' clock . Kepeal op the Union . —A lecture will be delivered by Peargus O ' Connor , E ^ q ., on Monday evening next , July 3 rd , at the S . jcip . l and Scientific Institution , John-street , TotU :. h * a Court-road . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock .

      A discussion will take place at the Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-efereet , Waterloo Town , on next Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock . Subject— " What beaefits would acorue to the industrious classes under the present system of class legislation , from a total repeal of the Corn Laws ?" Mr .. Mantz will deliver a funeral oration on tha death of Mr . Wm . Evans , oa Sunday , Juiy 2 nd , at the Black Horse and Wiudmill , Fieldgate-stTeet , Whitechape ]; the chair to be taken at half-past seven o'clock in the evening .

      The Members and fmnds of the Black Horse and Windmill locality will take an excursion with tho other localities of the Tower Hamlets to Whatford , on Monday , August 7 tb . Working Wens' Hall , Mile End Road . —A discussion WiJl take place here , on Monday , July 3 rd , subject— " Will a repeal of the Corn Laws remove the present distress of tho country 1 " Mottram . —A Chartist camp meeting wiLl be holdeq on Wedensough Green , on Sunday , July 9 ,. at two o'clock in the [ afternoon , and six iu the evening . Mr . J . M . Leach , Mr . Booth , Mr . Candelefc , and several others will address the meeting . Stockport . —A camp meeting will be holden on the vacant space of ground at the back of the railway arches , ou Susday ( to-morrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and again at six o ' clock iu the

      evening . The People's Paper , the Northern Star is read every evening , at the Chartist Room , afirkgate . The Chariists of Cheshire are requested to nominate delegatea , to attend a delegate meeting , to be holden at North witch , on Sunday , July 9 th , for the purpose of organising Cheshire . All communications ior the delegate meeting to be addressed to Mr . Thos . Clarke , Park-Street , Stockport . Nottingham . —Mr . H . Dormant -will preach in the Markfct-piace , on Sunday evening next , at 9 ix o ' clock . Tbe subject— " The duty of the Government and duty of the people towards each other . " H 9 will also deliver a lecture in the chapeU R'ceplace , on Monday evensng next , at eight o ' cit > ck , upon the " Life , character , and patriotism of William Tell . "

      Carrinoton , near Nottingham . — A public meeting will be holden on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , in Mr . Lee ' a largo room , Mansfield Road , sign of the Net" Inn , when every lover of liberty 13 requested to attend , as butiness of importance will be brought before the meeting . Halifax . —A camp meeting will be holden on Norland Moor , ou Sunday , July 8 th , at two o ' clock ia' the af ceruocn . Otjjham . — On Sunday , to-morrow , July 2 nd , two lectures will b « delivered ia the Chartist Room , Grv-aves-street . First lectura at two o'clock in the afternoon , subject— " The Land . " Second lecture at alx in tho evening , subject— " The wroBga of Iroland , and Repeal . " A collocuou wiil bp made after each lecture to defray the exponce of the Room . Sukderlasd . —Mr . Beesley will lecture on Monday next , on " The evils of a Standing Army . " It is earnestly hoped that the working people will attend .

      Manchester . —Chartist Painters . —A meeting of the Chartist painters will bo holden in the Painters ' Reading Room , Watson-street , Peter-street , on Saturday ( this evening ) , at eight o ' clock , when business of importance ) will be laid before the meeting . Bjio . WN'STiiEET .--On Taesday evening next , the continued discussion on " the cange of the present distress . " A Special Meeting of the Srolh Lancashire delegates will take place , in the National Charter Association Room , Brcrm-street , near St . Andrew ' s Church , on Sunday mxt , July 2 nd , when tho delegates are requested to corae fully prepared with the opinions of their constituents as to the most efficient persons to be put in nonnna . tioa for tie contemplated Conference . The chair will be taken at one o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Carpenters' Hall . —Mr . Daniel Donovan wi / I lecture ia the above Hall , od Sunday next , at halfpast two o ' clock in tho afternoon ; and Mr . James Leach , at half-past eix in the evening . After the evening ' s lecture , resolutiona of considerable importance will be submitted to rhe meeting . The Quarterly Meeting of the members of the NaUeual Charter Association , residing in the Carpenters' Hall locality will take place in the above Hall , on Sunday next , July 2 nd , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; when business of an important nature will be brought before them . A numerous atteadaui e is . particularly requested .

      Route of the Souih Lancashire Missionary . —Mr . L ^ ach will visit the following places : —Monday , July 3 rd , Ashton-under-Lyne ; Tuesday , 4 ih , Rf . tfhvale ; Wednesday , 5 th , Stalybridga j Thursday Cih , Oldham ; Friday , 7 th , Middlefcon ; Sunday , 9 tb , Hollinwood ; Monday , 10 th , Bury ; Tuesday 11 th , Ratciiffo Bridge ; Wednesday , 12 oh , Bohon ; Thursday , 13 th , Failsworth ; Friday , Uih , Halahaw Moor ; Sunday , 16 th , Newton Heath ; Monday , 17 th , Chowbent ; Tuesday , 18 th , Wigan ; Wednesday , 19 ^ i , Hindley ; Thursday , 20 th , Leigh ; Friday , 21 st , Warriagcou ; Sunday , 23 rd , Milnrow , near Rochdale . ...

      RocHVALE . —A camp meeting will be holden tomorrow ( auuday ) , oa Lobden , near Whitwortn , to commence at two o ' clock . Several speakers will be iu attendance from Rochdaie and other places . r iHEFFiELD .-FiG Tbbb LANE .-The Northern Slur and Nation will be read , as usual , on S ? nday evenin-, comtnenciuK at six o ' clock . A public dis-TiiJSl ^ u ^ , holden , on Monday evsniug , July 3 rd , at cyh * » cIo <*» *™ fP . room , when tbo propriety oi tbe suggested National ConJerence will be taken into consideration—also ttto out ; -fioa of organization ; . jjiiui . NGHAM . —The Council of the Birmingham Ciuiti .-ts will meet at their room , in Aston-street , a * three o ' clock on Sunday next , whea business of i ; o portaaco will be brought forward . The collectors a ;\ j carnally requested to bring in their books and subccriptions .

      A Li . ctuRE will be delivered in the above room , at b «« t a o ' sloes , on Sundaj evening . Mr . G . White ' s Support Committee will meet in < . ho Aston-street Room , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , to receive subscriptions . Bradford . —The memembers of the Council are rtquested , to meet in the Council Rcom , Butterwoi ^ u ' B-buildingB , on Sunday evening next , at eix o ' clock , to take into consideration the propriety of holding camp meetings during the Summer , in various parsb of the district ; aleo to draw up a local lecturer ' s plan , for the ensuing three months . A . full attendance ia requested ; and aJl persons holding eolkcting booka are requested to . bring them in , to be examined by tbe Council . A committee will be appointed by the Council to raise subsonpitoma to defray the rent of the room .

      A lecidbe will be delivered by Mr . John Arran , in ihe Large Room , Butterworth ' a-buildings , on Sunday eveniBg , at half-past seven o ' clock . A Public Meeting of the woolcombers of Bradford , will be holden on Monday evening , in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , at half-past seven a clock . The committee respectfully solicit the attendance of the trades of Bradford , as a co de of rules will be read to the meeting , a > -d arrangementsmade to enter into subscriptions immediately , for the purchase at land , in order to locate as many as possible of the " surpks l abourers , " made so by machinery . Little HoRTON .-Tae Chartists of Little Hoftoa will meet ot aorniay cuorning at nine 0 clock , ia the school rcv-m , Fark-pkcj . A lull attendance is requested .

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      MIDDLE-CLASS HONOUR AND HONESTY . At ihe Mansior lloaie Poliea Offica , on Monday the Captain of the L ^ on S earner , which was ststed 10 be in the service of the Yarmouth Mackarel Company , wa 3 summoned before Lii * : Lord Mayor for hearing cut the h&w ~ er ol ihs Gaz ; Hes : £ am vessel , by which act he cot only pbu ^ ca a great deal of property in the Thanhs iu grtit hazaid , but endangered she lives cf the passengers . Mr . HalL tbe whaiS ^ ser at the Custom House

      Quay , gtatfid that , m all his experieace , he never bt ard of a more reckless and wanton act on the river Tcamt 5 than that uf « Lxh he appeared to cc-inpiam , asd he trusted thai ample exposure wculd be given to tbe cnmplruiit , for ibe sake ot bnisanity and of public justice . It was neither m-- » re nor less than that ths Captain of a vessel had , in order to tn ^ c himself aud h 3 citw a utp minutes mmbje , cm away , at two o ' clock in the morning , ibc rope uy which another vtfsti wa ? . secured from muniiij ; into danger herssii , nud endau ^ enng ihe lives and arupt-ny of others . steam

      Cap aia johii Hnrst , of tbe Ga ^^ le v « - « - * d , Ftaied ihat he armed in the rivt .- a * u-x , o'clock . « : m iiaJurdsy nisit , at ebb tide , 1 }> po-it ? to the festom-haase stair ? , and made tfa' ? ves-il i « st to ihe lovTi-r t ' . airs there , 'n order to waii tili : hu fo ' iowiBK flood , -when sh- was 10 clear out . Th « -e were ' asseegtr ? . and eight bc-rses and a carrin ^ e belongujj ; to ihe Pnke of St . Alban ' s , on board , and the n ^ -. ch was ordered to call ihe hands up at fonr o ' clock in morniiiK- At two o ' clock in the morning , the Lion came . down the river , and instead of going in the middle of ihe * -m » ani , wished to pass between the Gazei 3 e and ice snore , and called out to the Gszdle to Black her hawser , "which was fastened to the stairs . The watch refnsed to slack the rope , and

      i-told the Lion to pass en the outside ; whereupon , j without more ceremony , one of Ihe crew of the Lion , ; cut the hawser with a baschet , leaving the Gazelle j at the ttfcxcy of the tide , and of coarse running ! along with the stream . The passengera and tjie * crew , alarmed at tbe occurrence , ran upon deck , in their shirt ? , and exerted themselves to preT ^ t the consequences to -which they were exposed , and ' -which Hiight have been very serious , if it cad not ! been for their zealous sctmtj . ) An Attorney , who appeared for the Capt&m of : the Lion , handed to the Lord Mayor a set of byeiawE , which Le sabmiUed eompk : ? iy settled the Question in favour of bis client .

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      r ' ¦ —^— MORE " PBYSICAL FORCE . " It seems desirable that earnest attention should be directed to the subjoined paragraph , whioh has recently * gone tbe round' of the newspapers , indi - eating as it does the system that gradually obtains in the Government of Great Britain : — Arming and Broad S-wokd Exercises op the Police . —The police aits bbiug converted into something more than a semi-military force , in order f bat

      they may perform the duties of the military , sho . uid any sodden emergency render their service neccs-Bary . The mounted horse police are being ins' . ructed in the broad sword exercise , under the immediate inspection of military ; men , and in which they have already made great progress 1 In the event of the military being called off from the metropolis , the police will be enabled to act in their stead ; and it will be in the power of the authorities to uee them , either as a civil or miRtary force , fts they may judge proper . —London Paper .

      If there be any truth in this—and although widely promulgated it has not received any contradictionwhat a fearfnl future is shadowed forth in this virtual confession by the ' powers that be , ' that such sway as thtire can now only be upheld by undireufced physical force—that hencefonh they can only role by tbe aid of the " broad swobd . " Aye , a ? Lord Grey once emphatically exclaimed , " What a picture oi a government is here presented ! '' The mere contemplation , indeed , of such a picture is " horrible ,

      most horrible J" Bui this u more than a eemirailitary force "—this new standing arrty—is but a mere portion of tbe fruit of that atrocious and libertyd stroying parent tree of evil , ' yclep'd centralization , wc : ch ihe Whigs planted in our Englth soil , and wh . ch their Tory successors in iniquity are apparently determined shall ; cover the land with its upas branci . es And now it seems coolly contempiatsd that ihe roots of this tree must be nurtured eveD at the expence of blood spilt by tbe " broad-swords " wielded by the blue-coated myrmidons .

      Meix-Jy as professing Chrisrians we are bound to fe-rl 5 > m Jit-r . ' eof respect for those who follow bk-orfspillinj ; as a railing—the implements of whog ., ; trade are swords , and muskets-, and bayonets , — ¦ whose bread is moist --with tears and blood—yt-t mubt we adnii : lLat something like honour a . \ d » kin to humaa feelings may be discovered in somf . at least , of tlose who nnfortunately wear th ? scarlet uniform of tyranny ; but as for the blu-. ; coated , blao ^ eon wif ) drng , and now " broad sword excreted" army of Popays , we should be puzzled » nueed to discover anything creduable to our coanson naure in their coaipasitji . n—aye , eFrn ro ranch as a homoeopathic

      dose of buB :. i . ) ty iu th-.- whole " force . " While the soldier «\ <• ' £ di .-dain to act t ' . ic part of a spy , tho experience ot iate years , '* ¦ u bo held as worth consideration , bas tfaewn that no employment is too ni ' - anor toaiEfamuu ? for 7 > o / i . j ? . Thi ? o \ dihr wvvli hesitate to fire upoi : : tu oiiHra .-d ti ; aititurir > , but such outrages as those of CaJ ; . 01 p =-ptreeT ai > d Keoninj ; on Common , ttsufy hov cater me policemen , aivi » ou >« h his own eow&ruiy «; . rca . se may bs in no pos . -iblo danger , is to knock ULaraicd men on the head , to trample defenceless worn n and even children under hrs feet , lfsisea . wtre the 'darJnjj d etis' of thc ? e * men of mettle' {? V when armed oniy with tbe bludgeon and cutla ^ , what may w <» not expect them to venture upon with their * " 6 rr . au swords ?"

      If we read the coueluding Ben'euco of the newspapcT paragraph quoted above , in connection with the present aspect of tffairs in Ireland— the swarmmg thai eonntry with eoldierb—iho iatereiiCO 18 strong that our most humane aud upright rulers aro " looking ahead" for the time when they may proclaim martial law— " war to tbe knife" against Freedom in both countries . l * t our friends " at home mark these words , " / n the event of the military being called off from the metropolis ( to Ireland for instance ) the police will be enabled to act in their stead !'

      The fact is that the condition altogether of affairs in this country indicates a crisis , the event of which must be to ensure its forward progress immensely , or , on the other hand , to force its retrogression to a hopeless extent . The labouring classes—we may 5 a » , w 6 e

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct657/page/1/