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      Lpsdoh . —An Elocution and Dramatic class for arntnalinstrneJion ^ ipon £ be above Enbjects , is held every Thursday evening , at the City of ^ London Polities ! and Scientific InstitaSoD . Pesons 4 earons of joining are invited to attend . Atcbuc 2 SKEHSG of the shareholders of the CSty ftf London Political and Scientific Institution , frill be held on Monday evening , to elecs a general secretary ; joid receive the report of the auditors . OfT OP LoSDbs POLlTICAl ASD SCKKTIFJC Jssimmos . —Professor Wale irifl lecture here on Snniiay evening . Snbject—The past , present , and injure . Mr . Mas 33 "will Hdxrrr ihe third of s course of lectures on the French ^ Revolution , on Sunday morningai the same place .

      A Pcbuc Meehkg on the Bepeal of the union ¦ Hill he held on Sunuay evening , at ihe Star , Goldenline . Siab Coffee Bousb , Govdss Ljjxb . —A public meeting 's ^ ill bs held on Sunday even-Ing next , at half-past seven , to take into consideration the necessity for ins Bepeal of the Union . Messrs . Bolwell , Wheeler , and several of the sons of Erin , -frill address the meeting . AsHio 5-t ! 5 DEK-LTXE . —The Chartists of this place Trill intei on Snnoaj next , -when a full attendance b TeqnesJed , as business of great importance "will be bronght before ihem . All letters for the Association Ernst be directed to Wm . Eaunett , No . 5 , Portlandgtreet .

      Khghst—The monthly delegate meeting of thia disaicr will be holden in the "Working Man ' s Hali , Snn-street ^ Keighley , on Sunday Jnne 25 : b , at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . A full attendance of delegates is requested . Mr , D . Soss , from Manchester , Trill be present at the meeting . BounTRiH- —Mr . Shaw , from Hudderefisld , ¦ will lecture in the Chartists Room , Eibbledon road , near ihe Uadonal School , on Snnday , at half-past two in ihe afternoon . Mr . Dated R 053 , from Manchester , will deliver two lectures in the Chartist Boom , RohnSrtb , on Monday and Tuesday evening . Subjects—Elocution and Total Abstinence . Lectures to commence at eight o ' clock . Mr . Joes Peppeb will preach at Silston next Snnday night ai sis o ' clock .

      A CtaiP Meetxsg wiB be held at Krkby Fol > y , on the 25 tb of June , at ten o ' clock and two , and s % Sutton at six o ' clock at night . When Messrs . Pepper of Silston Grange , Harrison , of Calverton , sid others will address the meeting .-Oldhajs—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivertd in the Chartist Boom , Greaves-street , at ^ x o ' clock in the evening , by a friend . Also on Monday , at eight o ' clock in the evening , Mr . M'Cabe wiH deliver his second lecture on repeal and she history of Ireland . Haxifax—Mr . Snowden will lecture here on Snndsy iio-morrow ) at six o ' clock ia the evening . Sidbaxl—3 ir . J . Greenwood , of Wariey , will address use Chartists of Siddall on Snnday nest , at m o ' clock in the evening .

      Bbompsos—The General Council are particularly requested to meet the snb-Secretary on next Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock , at their late meeting place , to take into corsideration the best means of re-organising the locality and other important business . Lekssteb—Mr . Bairstow wiD lecture in the Pasture next Sunday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , and in ins evening , at six o ' clock , in the Market-plaee . Ths subject in the morning—Ireland ; the Bepeal of the Union ; and the prospects of Democracy . Bochdale—Mr . E . P . Mead will deliver two lectures here on Snn day next . Dsrbt—Mr . Clarke , of Stockport , will deliver two addresses on Sunday next , in the . Market-place ; in the morning , at ten : and at six o ' clock in the

      evening-The Cosdctteb for Mr . Wesfs defence being desirous to balance the accompts connected with Mr- West ' s trial , beg to request ihai all persons holding monies or collecting books , will forward the same to Mrs . Parry , newsagent , Cheapside , on or before Sunday , 25 ih instant . MiCCLESFiBXD—The Chartists of thi 3 town intend holding a tea party in their Boom , Stanley-street , on Thursday next . Tea to be on the table at five o ' clock . A ball will take place on Friday { the night following ) in the same room , to commence at seven o'clock in ike evening . Tickets for the tea party one shilling each , may be had of ^ ota Warren , Crompten-road ; and of Mr . Slubbs , news-a ^ ent , Back WaHgatt . Admission to the ball , twopence each .

      Kom > GHA 3 i . —A delegate meeting will beheld in ihe Demoeiatic Chapel , Rice-place , Barker-gate , on Sunday , at ten o ' clock in the morning , for the purpose of maturing a plan , and carrying intatfiect the local organisation of "Nottinghamshire and South I > erhyshire ? Revising means for the spread of Chartist principles , and transacting other important business . South Shtelbs . — Mr . Beesley will lecture at "Walker on Sunday moning , at ten o ' clock , and proceed from South Shields at half-past twelve , by steam-boat Jo Blyih , where he will address the people in the afternoon . Tickets there and back , ax shillings .

      Mr . Beeslev will lecture in ivewcastle on Monday evening ; South Shields , Tuesday evening ; Sunderland , Wednesday evening ; Bishop Auckland and EeighoonrhooQ , on Thursday , Friday , and Saturday . The adjotjesed mebusg of the delegates of Northumberland and Durham wQl be held on Sunday , ihB 2 sih iast-, in tbe ^ ChsrtiBt Boom , opposite Rob-Btm ' s-lane , High-street , SunderlatuL To commence at one o ' clock . The several localities are earnestly requested to send delegates , as business of the greatest importance ha 3 to come before the meeting . Sheffield . — Fig Tske-xasb . — The . Northern Star and Nation will be read . a 3 usual on Sunday evening , commencing at six o ' clock . A public -discassoB at eight o ' clock .

      A public keeesg will be held in the Fig Treelane Boom , ou Monday evening . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o'clock . A Ca 3 o > vrrrrait will be held on the Sabden side of Pendle BUI , near to the road leading from Sab-< len io Glitheroe , on Snnday , June 18 ih , at twelve o ^ dock at noon , when Mr . IX Boss and other parties from Manchester will addres 3 . the meeting . The Kobth Lancashire Delegate Meehsg ¦ wJH be held in the Social Institution , Padiham , on

      Sunday , June 25-h . The delegates are desired to come fully prepared to vote on the following questions , viz .: —first , the new Executive j second , the 3 » w plan of organization 5 third , a district lectnrer . BrB 3 H 5 GBL&a laosiHXT Co 5 F £ ee 5 Ck . —In consequenee of the Bepeal meeting on Monday night last , this conference was again prevented , but it will positively be held on Monday evening , June 19 , at the Royal Oak , Great Charles ' -street , when the attendance of every Chartist is reqnested .

      BotKbxLE . —On Sunday , June 25 th , a Camp Meeting will be held on Bagslate Common , near Bochdale , to commence at two o'clock in the aftersoon , when several speakers from Manchester and Bochdale are expected to attend . Os Suxdat , the 25 rh insk , the North Lancashire Delegate 3 V ! eeting will take place at Ihe Socialist's Bocm , Psdibam , when delegates from all localities in Korth Lancashire are expected to attend . The meeting to begin at twelve o ' clock at roon .

      THE MAIL-COACH CO 2 s TBACT . ( From the Evening Post of Saturday . J There has been a strict investigation , by order of the Post office authorities , " respecting the coaches supplied 1 > j the Scotch contractor , for ihe Irish establishment . This inuuiry was made by mancfacturers of the highest professional capacity and by men whose oharrcter is a guarantee for their honourable and tfficient < liseharge of tbednty . Their report goes into minute details ; bnt the following letter Embodies their opinions : — Dublin 29 th May , 1843 .

      Sa—We beg leave , as desirtd , to enclose our reports of the msil coaches examined by us in Dorset street , and cannot close them without expressing our opinion that the manufacture of the coaches , with very few exceptions , is of the roughest and most "unworkmanlike class . We are also of opinion that the bodies aad other parts , after some work , * ill Rive further and decided evidence of inferior materials and workmanship . ^ 1 * -a whole , tee are of opmion thai these coaches are not what any respectable competent coach JnuMer vnmld turn out as wellamslructed mailcoaches , ij buUt to order . The value of ine coaches in question m , in our opinion , at least twestt-fiyb P £ B cBsi . isss than that of-weU-bmti coaches .

      We are , or , xour obedient servants , THOHiS HCTTOlt . JOHH S . D . IWSOS . To George StowsjEeq , Ganenl Bosfoffice , Here , Tibon eviaence which no man can quesGon , m aei ^ ult of 0 * change in the contract from Irish toSco ^ unasmfactBretB . Lord Lowther talked of » saving of £ 2 , 000 » -y ear ; but caa that be Bsving which gives the public , in place of the very best and safest coaches , such article * as those described by Messrs . Button and Dawson I What the public have obtained is not a saving of a Rhini ^ t alosa of twenty-five per cent npon the whole trans action . Is it possible thai Sir Bobert Peel can now permit the preaent arrangement to oontinue 1

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      IB 1 SH ACT OF U ^ lON . To many of our readers it may be interesting to learn what are the real provisions of the Act of Union between this Country and Ireland . The following is the substance of the ¦ Eight Articles of Union as ratified by the 39-40 George III ., c 67 of the British Acts , and 40 George III , 0 , 38 of the Irish Act : — " Ab . i . L That the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shall , after 1 st January , 1801 , and for ever , be united into one kingdom , by the name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . " AB . T . II . That the succession to the Crown of the said United Kingdom shall continue limited and settled in the same manner as the succession to the Crown of Great Britain and Ireland stands i limited and settled according io the existing laws , and to the Term of Union between Great Britain and Scotland . " Art . I 1 L Teat the said United Kingdom be represented in one Parliament .

      " Art . 1 Y . Thatioui Iwte Spiritual o ! Ireland , by rotation of Sessions , t 5 z One of the four Archbishops , and tLree of the eighteen Bishops ; ( See 40-Geo . 3 ( 1 . ) c . 29 , sec 1 . ) and twenty-eight lords Temporal of Ireland , ( elected for life , subject to forfeiture by attainder , 40 Geo . 3 . ( 1 ) c 29 , see 4 . by thePeers of Ireland : i shall sit in the House bf Lords of 1 the Parliament cf the United Kingdom ; and in the HouBe of Commons , 100 Commoners ; two for each ofithe 32 counties in Ireland ,- twa for T > nblin , two for Cork , one for Trinity College , Dublin ; and one for each of the 31 most considerable cities , towns and boroughs ; viz . WaVerford , iisaerick , Belfast , Progheda , Carrickfergus , Newry , Kilkenny , Londonderry , Galway , -Clonmel , Wexford , Yoncnal , Bandonbridge , ATmagb , ; Dnndalk , Kmsale , Lisbum , Sligo . Catherlough , Ennis ^ Dnngarvon , Down-Patrick , Coieraine , Mallow , Athlone , New Kosb , Tralee , Cashel , PangannoD , PortarlingtoD , Euniskillen . 40 Gsa 3 . tl . ) c . 29 . sec . 2 .

      " That the Irish Act , 40 Geo . 3- c . 29 . for regulating the election of th » said Lords and . Commons shall be part of the Treaty of Union , and incorporated in the Union Act . *• Questions tespectingtherotatdon or election of the Peers shall be determined by the House of Lords of the United Kingdom . — * ' Irish Peers not being elected to sit in the House of Lords , may be elected as Members of the Commons Honse for any place in Great Britain . In which case they shall be considered merely as Comj noneTH .

      •* His Majesty may create Peers 01 Ireland , under certain restrictions , viz . whenever three such peerages of Ireland become extinct , one new peerage may be created ; aid irhen the whole ot such peerage is reduced to 100 , then , on the extinction of any peerage , another may be created ; bo that the peerage of Ireland may be kept up to 100 , ovbt and above such peers of Ireland as may be entitled by descent or creation , to an hereditary seat in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom . Qaestions tonching the election of Commoners , or their qualifications , » ih « . n be decided by the laws of Grsat Britain . " The temporary regulations respecting Commoners holding piacas under Government were superseded by 41 Geo . 3 , c 52 , bj which all persons disabled from sitting in the BritiBh Parliament are declared disabled from sitting in the United Parliament as Members for Great Britain , and so for Ireland .

      " Anx V . The Churches of England and Ireland shall be united into one Protestant Episcopal Church , to be called The United Church ofEipland and Ire / and , according to the doctrine , worship , discipline , nud go-¦ venKaent of the Church of England . The Church of Scotland to remain as under the Union of that Kingdom . "ABT . VL The nihjeets of Great Britain and Ireland shall be entitled to the same privileges , said be on the same footing as to encouragements apd bounties on the like articles , the growth , produce , or manufacture of either country respectively , and generally in respect of trade and navigation in the ports and places in the United Kingdom , and its dependencies ; and in all foreign treaties Irish subjects shall be put od the same footing as subjects of Grest Britain . : " Ail prohibitions and bounties on the export of articlaa , tee growth , produce , or manufacture of either country to the other , shall cease and dettTmina

      " That all articles , the growth , produce , or manufacture of either country ( not -enumerated and subjected by the Act , to specific duties ) , shall be imported into each counvrj from the other free of duty , except coontervailinst duties . " For twenty years from the Union , that is , until the 1 st January , 1821 , certain manufactured articles , viz . apparel , cabinet-ware , pottery , saddlery , &c are subjected to a duty of £ 10 par cent .. Salt , hops , coals , caiieoes , and muslins , it , to certain dnties specified . " Articles the growth , produce , or manufacture of either conntry , snfcj <*; t to internal duty , or to duty on

      the materials of which they are composed , are made subject , by certain schedules in the sets to countervailing duties there specified ; and it is provided that all articles subject to such internal duty , shall , from time to time , be subjected , on their importation into each country respectively , for the other , to such duty as shall be sufficient to countervail such internal dnty in the conntry from which they are exported ; and that , npon the export of the like articles from one country . to the other , a drawback shall be given equal in amonnt to the countervailing duty payable on such articles , if it had been imported into the country from whence it is exported .

      ' All articles , the growth , produce , or manufacture of either country , when exported throngh the other , are made subject to tbo like charges , as on exportation directly from their own country . : " All duty on the import of foreign or colonial articles into either conntry , shall , on their export to the other , be drawn back ; and this is confirmed by 59 G- 3 . c 52 . Bee . 8 . and c 83 . sec 9 . " Bj stats . 55 Geo . 3 . c . 83 . 59 Geo . 3- cc 52 . and S 3 , foreign or colonial goods , imported into Great Britain or Ireland from each ether , shall pay such duties as on

      their first importation , according : as they were imported , either British or foreign ships , or directly or not directly from the place of their growth ; aad for this purpose the clearances on ihe exportation of susb goods from either country to the » taer , shall state whether the original exportation into the exporting country was in a British or foreign vessel , or directly from the place of growth , or not ; the purpose of these acts is to prevent the evasion of the higher duties , payable on the original imputation , if made in foreign vessels , ic .

      " Corn , meal , malt , flour , and biscuit , are exempted from the operation of the Union Acts ; so that all these , except malt , were declared free between Great Britain and Ireland , under 46 Geo . 3 . a 97 . — The intercourse of Malt between the two countries is reflated by stat 50 Geo . a cc . 34 . 53 . and Ihe souctervailing duties are ascertained by the several acts imposing the internal dnties . " AST . TIL By this article it was provided that the eharge of the separate national debt of either country before the Union , should continue to be separately dtfrayed by the respective countries . That for twenty years after the Union the contribution of Great Britain and Ireland towards the * ynnn ; tii expenditure of the United Kingdom , should be fifteen parts for Great

      Britain and two parts for Ireland- —That after such twenty years the future expenditure of the United Kingdom ( except the interest and charges of their ; separate debts ) should be defrayed according to a proportion to be settled by Parliament for a subsequent period of not more than twenty , nor less than seven years ; and bo from time to time ,, unless the Parliament of the United Kingdom should declare that the expenditure of the United Kingdom should be defrayed ! indiscriminately by equal taxes imposed on the like j articles in both countries . —For defraying the national I debt , and the proportion of her expenditure , the reve- nne of Ireland was , by tie same article , constituted a consolidated fund . —It was declared that the proportion of contribution cf each country should be raised by

      taxes in each country respectively ; provided that in regulating soch taxes , no article in * Ireland should be made liable to any new duty , so as to make the amount exceed the amount of duty payable on the like article in England . —That any surplus of Irish revenue should be applied to local purposes in Ireland , —That all future loans should be considered as a joint debt to be discharged by each country in their respective proportions , unless particular provisions were made in any particular year . —That if at any future day the separate debt of each conntry should have been liquidated , or if the values of their respective debts should be in the same proportions as the contributions ( viz . as fifteen-seventeenths are to two seventeenths ) , or within one hundredth part thereof , and if the Parliament should think that the respective circumstances of two

      countries weuld admit of their contributing indiscriminately by equal taxes , the Parliament might declare that all future expense , and all joint debts then contracted , should be defrayed indiscriminately fey equal taxes on the same articles in each country , snbject to any reqnisilB exemption in Ireland or Scotland . That afier such declaration , the contribution of England and Ireland respectively should cease to , ; be regulated by the proportions before mentioned ; bnt [ that the charges of the separate debts should ba defrayed separately by each country . That sums granted by the Irish Parliament for encouraging agriculture , manufactures , charities , &c , in Ireland , should continne to be granted lor twenty yean ; and , finally , that the revenue from territorial dependencies should be applied to the expen diture of the United Kingdom in the foregoing proportions . 1

      "The effect of this Article TIL may be considered aa almost -wholly superseded by the provisions of 66 tb of Geo . 3 , c 98 ( amended by 57 th of Geo . S , c . 48 ) , by which it is enacted , Out the Consolidated Funds of Grest Britain and Ireland shalt" become one Gtneral Consolidated Fund of ihe United Kingdom , charged indiscriminately , whether in the Exchequer of Gnat Britain or Ireland , with the -whole of the interest ani risking funds of the National Debts of Great Britain and Irelaud , as one joint consolidated National Debt , interest , and sinking fund ; with the civil list establishments in Grest Britain and Ireland ; -with all other charges on toe former separate consolidated lands ; and , subject to such charges , to be indiscriminately applied to the service of the United BJngdem .

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      "The offices of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Ireland are united , and the office of Lord Higb Treasurer of the United Kingdom may be executed by Commissioners of the Treasury . A Vice-Treasurer for Ireland is to be appointed for the issue of money out of the Irish Exchequer ; and regulations are made for directing such issues , under warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , and the issues ont of the Treasury of Great Britain , from the growing produce of the consolidated fund . " The British Commissioners for reduction of the National Debt are declared Commissioners for reducing the debt of the United Kingdom . Two additional Commissioners of the Treasury are to be appointed for Irish business ; and the balance of joint contributions between Great Britain and Ireland are declared to be cancelled .

      " ABT . VIII . All laws in force at the time of tbf Union , and all courts , civil and ecclesiastic , within the respective kingdoms , shall remain as established ; sub ject to future alterations by the United Parliament . All writs of ; error and appeals ( determinable in the House of Lords of either kingdom ) shall be decided by the Bouse of Lords of the United Kingdom . The Instance Court of Admiralty in Ireland shall continue , with ftppeals to the delegates in chancery there . All laws contrary to the provisions enacted for carrying the articles of Union into effect shall be repealed . ''

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      THE PROFFERED ASSASSINATION OF MR . O'CONNELL . ( From the Times of Saturday . ) 1 In our columns of yesterday we gave an account under the above heading of some proceedings which took place at Bow-street police-court on the previous night ; bnt in consequence of the extreme secrecy maintained by all parties concerned , we were enabled to give only such particulars as were derived from sources totally independent of the court ; but although some of those statements might have been slightly overstated , they were in substance perfectly correct .

      From information subsequently obtained , it appears that on Monday morning last the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department received at his private residence , Hill-street , Berkeley-Equate , a letter bearing the Gloucester post-office stamp . On perusing it , he found it to be dated " Gloucester , June 5 , " and Bigned " Samuel Mayer . " The letter , which was couched in very rambling language , related chit fly to Irish politics , and contained , among others , the following sentence : — " I will undertake , as I may be advised , to run the risk of my life against O'ConnelL" The Right Hon . Baronet , immediately upon receiving the letter , proceeded , to take the necessary steps in order to ascertain whether any person of the name of Samuel Slayer resided at , or was known in the

      neighbourhood of , Gloucester , and having been satisfied upon the subject , he deemed it necessary to have him &t once ] apprehended . Accordingly on Wednesday evening an application was made to Mr . Twyford upon the subject , who forthwith issued a warrant for the purpose , which was placed in the hands of Inspector Otway , of the A division , who without delay started for Gloucester , for the purpose of executing it The officer experienced no difficulty in finding the accused , whom- he at once apprehended , and as speedily as possible conveyed to town , where they arrived at an early hour yesterday morning ; the prisoner was taken to Gardiuer ' s-lane Btation-house , where ho remained till orders were given for his being conveyed to the Home-office , for the purpose of undergsing au examinat ion . : Shortly after eleven o ' clock yesterday morning Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate , accompanied by Mr . Burnaby chief clerk at Bow-street , ^ arrived at , the Home-office ,

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      when orders were Immediately given to have the prisoner taken there , whither he was at once conveyed by Otway , but the examination did not take place till between one and two o ' clock . The only official persons present at . the examination , we understand , werej the Right Hon . Sir Jas . Graham , Mr . Manners Sutton , Mr . Hall ; and Mr . Burnaby . The prisoner , who is a person of very gentlemanly appearance and demeanour , and apparently about 33 or 35 years of age , was then introduced . On being asked by Mr . Burnaby whether his name was S imoel Mayer f The prisoner said it was . Mr . Burnaby having stated the nature of the charge against him ,

      Sir James Graham briefly deposed to having received the letter in question , and stated , that in consequence of the expression above alluded to , contained therein , it Was deemed necessary to call upon the prisoner to give an explanation of it . Mr . Hall asked the prisoner whether he admitted the letter to be in his handwriting ? The prisoner immediately admitted having written it . Mr . Hall then asked him what statement be bad to make in answer to the charge , or whether he wished to give any explanation respecting the letter ?

      The prisoner said the fact was , that on Saturday last ihe was dining with some friends at Glocester , and in ¦ the course of the evening the present state of affairs in Ireland was the Bubjeet of conversation , and particularly the conduct of Mr . O'Connell , and whilst under the influence f wine , he volunteered to write a letter to Sir James Graham upon the subject Without for a moment thinking what thu consequences might be , he : wrote the letter in que&tion , but he bad no intention whatever of sending it ; be put the letter in his pocket , iin ¦ which was another letter he had written to his mother , arid on the following day went to the postoffice for the purpose of posting the letter to his mother , but by mistake placed in the box the foolish letter in question , which he had addressed to Sir James G- 'ahain . He did not find out his mistake till some time

      afterwards , but as soon as he did so , he consulted his friends upon the subject , and suggested the propriety of writing another to Sir James , is explanation , but so little did his friends think of it , that they advised him not to do so , feeling assured that Sir James would net look upon it in a serious point of view , but consider it as it really was , the effusion ef a man under the excitement of wine . He solemnly protested that he had no evil intention in writing the letter , and expressed in the strongest terms bis regret for hia folly in having written it , and the unfortunate mistake he subsequently made in posting the wrong letter He confidentently submitted that the whole , tenour of the letter , from its very rambling character , showed it to have been written under the influence of drink , and could not have been penned by him at a subsequent period whilst in bis proper

      senses-Mr . Hall said the writing such a letter was undoubtedly a misdemeanour , for which be was liable to be severely punished ; and it was certainly sucb an offence ' which could not be passed over without notice . The prisoner again expressed his extreme regret at What bad occurred , and banded in a testimonial , signed by the High-Sheriff of Glocesterahire , and many Of the most respectable ^ inhabitants , as to his high respectability and good character . Mr . Hull repeated , that under the circumstances such an offence could not be passed ov * r with impunity ; he should therefore eall upon the prisontr to enter into his own rtcognii uiceiv in the sum of £ 500 , and find two sureties in . £ 100 each , for his appearance at the July sessions at the Central Criminal Court , to answer any indictment which may be preferred against him . Two gentlemen who accompanied the prisoner from Glocester immediately entered into the required sureties , and he was forthwith released from custody .

      : We understand the prisoner , who is a married man , and has a fattier of four children , is much respected in Glocester , where he for some years practised as a solicitor , but latejy relinquished that profession upon being appointed to a situation in the Custom-bouse at Glocester .

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      MANCHESTER . —On Thursday week , the Chartist Council of this town having engaged a boat from the proprietors of the Irwell and . Mersey Navigation , made an excursion by water to the delightful village of Barton-uponlrwell , . acconrpaoied by upwards of 400 of their Chartist friends . The company assembled in the Carpenters' Hall , about six o ' clock in the morning , and having formed themselves into a procession , moved off , preceded by a band of music and a beautiful silk flag bearing the inscription , " Labour , the source of all wealth , and liberty , and equality , " arrived at the New Bailey Bridge ; and the party having taken possession of the boat , tho band Btruck up— " Hail noble O'Connor / ' amidst the cheers of the numerous spectators ,

      and the boat glided swiftly along ; the Captain jucosely remarking , that it was thu first time be bad sailed with such a cargo , for he verily believed he bad thirty tons of Chartism on board . The utmost hilarity prevailed throughout , which was in no way interrupted by the pelting of the raia that , with some few intervals , fell in torrents . Having arrived at the place of destination , the company proceeded to the large gardens of the Rock House , where they spent several hours in dancing and other rational amusements , and arrived in Manchester time enough to attend the meeting in Carpenter's Hall , which had been called expressly for the purpose of giving an opportunity to the pe pie of Man . Chester <« f listening to Mr . O'Connor ' s opinions upou the question of a Repeal of the Union .

      Carpenters' Hall—On Sunday last two lectures were delivured in tke above Hall , by Mr . Wm . Dixon ; the audiences were numerous and attentive , and listened with the most intense interest to a very eloquent defence of Chartism , commingled with explanations of the objects sought by the much calumniated and despised Chartists . Mr . Oixon made some remarks upon the Repeal of the Union , and advised hia bearers to render their Irish brethren all the support in their power , regardless of the fulmii ations of Tom Steele or his brethren of the Gorn Exchange . Mr . Bixon then entered upon the subject of the Land , and took a review of the various statements wade by the tree traders , and having exposed tbeir fallacies , he went on to defend the plans laid down by Mr . O Connor , and showed by arguments the most cle-ir and irrefragable that the

      people of our much-oppressed country bad no hope of bettering their condition in any other way bat falling upon the land , together with a firm determination to continue tbeir present struggle for the attainment of their political rights . Mr . Dixon was loudly cheered at the conclusion , of each lecture , and an unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to him upon retiring . —At the conclusion of the evening lecture , a menmriil on behalf ef the whole of the prisoners confined in Klrkdale Gaol for offences arising out of the late strike , was moved by Mr . T . Rmkin , seconded by Mr . J . Lane , and supported by Mr . Dixon . 'Upon being put to the meeting by the Chairman , it wns unanuseusly adopted—A motion was then made and carried , that it be signed by Dr . Hulley , as Chairman , and transmitted to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . for presentation to Sir Jas . Graham .

      The Chartist Youths of this town held a concert and ball on Whit-Friday , in the National Charter Association Room , Brown-street . The room was beautifully decorated with the portraits of O'Connor , Frost and other Chartist leaders . The company was numerous and respectable , and the utmost good feeling prevailed . ;• tpNDON—A public meeting was held on Monday evening , at theCity of London Political Institution , to petition the Legislature 1 relative to the treatment of Thomas Cooper . At eight o clock Mr . Skelton was called to tho chair and ably detailed the object ot the meeting . Mr . Frazer , in an eloquent manner proposed the following resolution ^— " That in the opinion of this meeting the treatment of Thomas

      Cooper , John Richards , and Thomas Capper , now confined in Stafford gaol , is utterly unpropornoned to their offence , and is highly disgraceful to the Government and the judicial authorities of the kingdom . " Mr . Holyoake iu a long and . able address , seconded the resolution , aud detailed his own experience of prison discipline . lie characterised the conduct of the Government , as cruel and unjust . They galloped like a race horse to the commission of injustice , but crept like snails to perform an act of humanity . The resolution was carried unanimously Mr . Fussell briefly moved— " That the petition should bo presented on behalf of the meeting , Thos . S . Duncombe , E * q ., to the Commons House of Parliament . * ' Bernard M'Cartney , in a long ai-. d eloquent speech , seconded the adoption of the petition . Mr . Cox made some remarks on the language of the petition , which he was fearful would cause it to be

      rejected , which were replied to by Mr . Wheeler , and the petition unanimously adopted . Mr . Dowling moved and Air . Fussell seconded , " That Mr . Gisborne , M . P ., be requested to support it . " Cartied unanimously . Mr . M'Gra * , h , in an address which was greeted with loud approbation , moved the following resolution— " That in the opinion of this meeting the principles for which Cooper and his co-patriots are now suffering , are the principles of truth and justice , and ; the treatment they are onduring is another proof that the laws will never be justly administered or the condition of the working classes ameliorate , . until the People's Charter become the law of the land . " Mr . Bolwell ably seconded the resolution , which was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting , which was Urge and enthusiastic , departed after giving cheers for the Charter , victims , &o .

      I Cut of London Political and Scientific In-BnxDiibif . —Mr . Mantz lectured on Sunday morning upon the rabjeot of the French Revolution , which he handled in a masterly manner . In the evening Mr M'Donald was called ! to the chair , and a very eloquent and instructive lecture was delivered by Bernard M'Cutney , to a' numerous audience , who were highly gratified with hia able advocacy of the democratic principle . At ! the conclusion of the lecture Misa Inge delivered . ah address on the rights of women , and was deservedly applauded .

      { Wal worth . —This locality met as usual to transact their local business on Monday evening , and it is requested that all the members will attend on Monday next , as business of importance is to be brought forward .

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      KEIGHIiEV . —A meeting WR 3 held in the Wo ) V ' ing Mcns iiall , on Monday evening last , to petition Parliament on behalf ot Cooper and JRichards . Mr . William Thompaon was appointed to the chair , and after several able speeches from Messrs . Firth , Constantino and others , the following resolutions were unanimouslyj passed— " That the treatment of the Chartist prisoner ? , more especially of Cooper and Rohards , is marked with a spirit of vindictive cruelty on the part of the authorities , of this country tha ^ shews the nature of the Government underj which we suffer , and calls -loudly for the ^ interference of every man professing Christianity and a love of every thing like jnstice . " "That a petition on behalf of the prisoners be sent from the inhabitants of this town , and confided to

      the care of T Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for presentation . " " That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given , to T . Duncombe , for his noble aud patriotic , exertions in behalf of the unrepresented , and cruelly used inhabitants of this country . " SUfTON-IN-ASHFIELD . —On Sunday week , Mr . R . G . jGammage , delivered a lecture in ^ the Chartist Reading-room . On Monday evening , a concert was held at the house o { Mr . James Turner , Mr . GeorgejKenaall , in the chair . Songs , recitations , and addresses occupied the time till midnight , when the meeting broke up . On Tuesday , a public meeting was ] held at the Forest Side , to petition Parliament for a Repeal of the Legislative Union

      between England and Ireland . Mr . Gammage delivered anj address on the sufferings of our Irish brethren . Atter the lecture , a concert was held at the house ofJMr . Parks , Forest Side . On Wednesday , a public meeting was called in the Marketplace , to memorialise Sir James Graham , on behalf of Thos . Cooper and John Richards , and also to further sanction the petition to Parliament on the Repeal question . Mr . Gammage addressed the meeting at considerable length and wa 3 listened to with marked attention . After this meeting a concert was held ] at the honse of Mr . Evans , the Ring of Bells , at which great harmony prevailed .

      NOTTINGHAM .. — A public meeting was held according to notice , in the Democratic Chapel , Rice Place , on M | onday evening , Mr . J . Barker in the chair , when Mr . T . Clarke from Stockport , delivered a most eloquent lecture on the Repeal of the Legislative Union * ; after which Mr . R . J . Morrison moved , and Mr , Simmonds seconded the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons against the Arms Bill . The Chairman was instructed to sign the petition on behalf of the meeting , aud forward , it to T . Gisborne , Esq ., M . P ., for presentation , with j a request thai he would support the prayer of the petitioners . ' A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried by acclamation to Mr . T . Clarke for his talented lecture , and to the Chairman for the impartial and able manner in which he had i ' ulfilled his office . i

      The Chartists met in the Chapel , Rice Place , on Sunday 11 th inst ,, Mr . G Rodgers in the chair , when the following' resolutions were passed , "That the secretary be instructed to inform these localities who have not paidjtheir share to the incidental fund , that they are requited v > ' 0 the same immediately , or assign some reason f < r iheir omission . " " That Miss . M . A . Abbottjbea !! '• ved theuseof the above Chapel , i for the purpose of giving a lecture , on the 26 th instant , ' for the benefit : of the Sunday school held in that place . " Mr . JT . Clarke gave a lecture on Monday ] evening to a crowded audience , upon the Repeal of ' tho Union , aft | er which it was proposed that a petition be sent to T . Gisborne , Esq , for presentation , againBt the Search for Arms bill for Ireland . Mr . A . ' Anthony will lecture in the above Chapel on Monday evening , 19 th inst . <

      AYR . —ThejChartiBts of Ayrshire , at the present moment are like those of other districts , very quiet , though very numerous and well informed . The writer has , within the last past two months , traversed the whole length and breadth of the county , and few could ] have bettor opportunities of knowing what the working people were thinking about ; and he feels confident that were a public meeting called at this instant" , in auy towa in the cosnty , for any purpose whatever , and the Charter proposed as an amendment , that ten bands would be displayed for one that would be held up for aught else . It is true that O'Connell and his Repealers have excited some attention here of late ; but when we call to remembrance tow often be and they have abused us all as Socialists and Infidels , while they knew we merely sought our political rights , what are we

      to think of their present critical position J Had he and his followers eon ^ with ua some three years ago for the glorious little bill to which they , as well as tho Cbrapleto ^ friffra ^ iscs must yet come , there is not a | vestigCIjtjdpuDt but it would have been the iaw ^ of th ^ BKid ere now . Many , then , we say , hereabouts , a * . well as in other distant parts , consider the Repeal movement highly apocryphal ; and that supposing Ireland had a domestic legislature , the day before to-morrow , unless the working people had , to a considerable extent , the construction of it , the labouring classes would not be one pjinch of snuff the better for it . But the late anti splenetic disruption of the Kirk has also caused some little sensation in the West .

      It has been alleged true , not among the workies , however . Mey cannot perceive the least particle of difference between the creed of the loyal , moderate , and the unintelligible non-intrusionist . - The only remarkable feature in the whole of the hubbub is , that tho rigid Calvinist is now to be seen holding ! forth in the temple of the Armenian ; a faot that will scarcely be credited in some parts ' , it being notorious that a few years back , Calvinists were as inveterately opposed to Methodists , as the Orthodox are to Sooimans . But the unadulterated truth of God is , that the miserable millions who have been driven to beggary and

      starvation by ] class-made laws , care not a straw about the squabbles in our Church Courts , no matter whether they I consist of Puseyism or iron intrusionism . So long as the sly priesthood will not move a finger io help the working people out of their temporal difficulties , so long will the white slaves doubt their sincerity while rantiug and canting about spiritual affairs and a future state . The Chartists here [ still continue to bold possession of the Hall of Wallace Tower , and let it to all-parties without distinction or favour at a very moderate rent . It is occasionally used as a school-house , and on the Sabbath as a place of public worship . It can accommodate about 500 persons .

      RBDPITCH . —On Whit-Monday , a public dinner took place in the Chartist Hall ; at the close of the day's proceedings £ 1 Is . was handed over to the treasurer towards the establishment of a local fund ; and on Whit-Thursday , a public meeting was held in the above [ place . Mr . Clarke , of Ledbury , delivered an excellent lecture to an attentive audience .. At the I close of the lecture a petition was adopted on behalf of Cooper and Richards . BIRMINGHAM . —At our meeting at the Ship , Steelhouse-lane , on Tuesday , a'discussion arose about the Repeal meeting that was held in the Mechanics ' Institutionon Monday lastafter which the

      follow-, , ing resolution was passed unanimously : — " That the best thanks of" this meeting be given to Mr . John Mason for thejtalented and manly manner in which he defended the Chartist body at the Repeal meeting held at the Mechanics' Institute ; and that we are determined , notwithstanding the calumny that has been heaped upon our body , by some of the Repeal leaders , to usd every exertion that is in our power to assist our btoiher Irishmen in carrying the Repeal of tho Legislative Union . " 10 s . 6 d . was then collected for Mrs ] Ellis , and the meeting adjourned to Tuesday evening . The chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Repeal Meetino . —A public meeting of the friends of Repeal tooli place on Monday , having been convened by placard . Mr . Duffey proposed that Mr . Daniel Kennedy should take the chair , which was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Doffey was elected Secretary to ihe meeting . Mr . Mac Hall moved the first resolution : —* ' That this meeting views with mingled feelings of contempt and indignation the recent conduct of her Majesty ' s Government towards the Liberator of Ireland , Lord Ffrench , and the other noblemen and gentlemen , whom they have dismissed from the Irish magistracy , because they patriotically linked with the friends of justice in demanding for the Irish nation the adoption of a principle recognised and in operation in ) every county , city , or pariah

      throughout the three Kingdoms , namely , the right of local self-government . That such conduct on the part of Government , more particularly at the moment they were affecting to complain of others causing excitement amongst the people of that country , proves them to be totally ignorant of the character » f the people they pretend to govern , thereby furnishing additional proof ( if any were wanting ) that the demand of the people of-Ireland is justified om the ground of expediency , as well as moral justice . p The motion baviD « been seconded , and carried unanimously , Mr . Hughes moved the second resolu | ion , " That we , that portion of the Irish ' people resident m Birmingham , do in the most unreserved sense , in common with ail our Irish fellow subjects , declare that we yield to no other portion of thejpeople of these realms in affection for the person of our gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria , and in loyalty ( tho most devoted to the maintenance

      of the throne and constitution . " The motion having been seconded ! , Mr . Mason , Chartist lecturer , said , Ireland during the continnance of her struggel would always find friends in the Chartists of England ; forjin struggling for ( Repeal they were struggling for justice . " The motion was put from the chair and carried . Mr . Wise moved the third resolution , tailing upon the men ] of Birmingham to support the Irish nation in their present straggle . The motion : having been aeooHded ; and put from the chair , was , after some discussion , carried . Mr . John Donovan moved H That we forthwith forward a petition , to Parliament , as numerously signed as possible , praying for a Repeal of the Act of Legislative Union . " Mr . Michael Farren seconded the resolution , which was carried . A resolution was next moved and carried , " That the petitions be sent to Sir R . Peel for presentation in the Commons , and to the Duke of Wellington for presentation in the Lords . ' .

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      Conspiracy to Murder . —The Carlov v ^ announces the committal of three men tothfi " ^ K ilkenny , charged with a conspiracy totnnA «?< jf , * mn , a Roman Catholic Magistrate , and b ™ ft in-law of Mr . O'Connell . ' a 6 r < % The Athlone Demonstration . —The jtu Sentinel announces that preparationa on I j extensive 5 » ale are being made in that town fJSl reception 01 ' Mr . OTonne'l , Lord Biggins J 3 M and adds , tb . it "the Repealers alone are tSSS only people that intend to honour the LiberTJr for " the cannons of the garrison haveifcl repaired , cleaned , and fitted up for the pimJ !? 5 aa the Sentinel believes , " of welcoming huh « 2 $ Royal salute . " * %

      Dublin , Monday Evenijfg . —The Repeal Asaw tion has closed its sittings . The amonnt of thT ^ for the week has this instant been annonncJ 1 ! r * £ 1 , 717 Us . lOfd . The enthusiasm was bejj ^ description , the immense mob outside the build ' joining in the cheers from the inside . Proliant the adjournment , the obair was taken by tnalu Mr . Lowery , a Presbyterian clergyman of the noS " of Ireland , whose appearance at the meeting »? hailed with reiterated thunders of applause . Heavy Loss to the Bbitish Abmy 1-Lieutena . i Sutherland , of the S 6 t , h regiment , the largest offii . in the British service , sold out on Friday . 7 *? gentleman is about twenty-three years of age a *? weighs twenty-five stones 1 ^ -CorA : Constitution

      Amebican Honesty . —A friend of onra , trarellm to New Orleans , walked up to a ftunotts-lookJuB SJ cbap sitting alone in the bow of the boat aid » marked : " Where are you from , my friend ? " « j > T from Illinois . " ** Well , are you going to repad e . j ? up there in Illinois as they : do down here ? " " m ? no , " said the old sucker , 1 don't think weeKi ! repuderate exactly as they do down here . We ««* they tell me , about 20 , 000 , 000 dollars , and I reckon by waiting till our bonds get to be worth bntfiM per cent , in the dollar , we can borrow a million j-1 pay off the whole , and then we shall hate to ren » derate only the million , We cannot think olmX a thing as repuderating the whole 20 , 000000 dollars . Thank God , we suckers have some honestr " —Montreal Transcript . J '

      The Bishop of Norwich has invited fta y en Rev . T . Mathew to stay at bis palace . dura . w » visit to Norwich . . The Defaulting Cobporation Tbeasuskb . - ^ a letter received from Mr . Ross Cox , it would imL that he is on the " trail" of Mr . Finn , the defimlting treasurer to the corporation . On the 21 st liu Mr . Cox left New York for Pennsylvania ; next for Baltimore ; and was on the 29 fch of May in Phiij . delpbia , from whence be was to start on the next day for Ohio . —Mercantile Advertiser .

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      Richmond Cohn Market , June lOra . — We had a good supply of Grain in our market to *} ay > . ¦ Wheat Bold from 6 s 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; Oats , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 3 d : Barley from 3 d 6 d to 3 s 2 d ; Beans , Ss Uta 4 s per bushel . HuDDETtspiELD Cloth Market , June 13 . —Our market this week can with safety be quoted as j decided improvement upon that of last week ' s , A good amount of business was transacted , and there are more operatives employed at present , than there has been for some months past . Wools , Oils , kc . steady . ' Malton Corn Market , Saturday " , Jvm 10-On this day the supply of Wheat was rather sparing , 1 but anticipating an advance in price . Wheat , from ' 54 a to 55 s per qr . of 40 . stones . Barley , 28 s to 30 s per ¦ do . ot 32 stones . Oats , lOd per stone . \

      London Corn Exchange , Mondat , Junk U . ~ The returns of the past week exhibit fair arrivals of English Wheat , a 9 also , of Oats from most quitters but those of all other grain were small . Fresh up tcday . a moderate quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex , yet from Kent , Cambridgeshire , and Lincolnshire , tho supply was small . Although the stands were well filled with samples , the demand for all descri p tions of Wheat of home produce ( owing to the prevailing changeable weather , to the somewhat unfavourable accounts which have been received relative to the appearance of the Wheat plants in some of the lower districts , and to the increased attendance of both London and country buyers ) was active , and the quotations of that article were from Is to 2 s per qr . dearer than on Monday last . la foreign Wheat , free of duty , a large business was passing at a rise of fully Is . per quarter . Most of the bonded samples were withdrawn from the

      market , arising from most of the holders being of opinion that prices will be higher than at present . Good and sound qualities of grinding Barley were inquiredfor , and produced in some instances , ten advance of is . per quarter , while the value of all other kinds wai supported . Malt sold freely , and was considered the turn higher , with a moderate quantity on show . Corn Exchange , Wednesday . —Although the arrivals of English Wheat have been tolerably good since our last report , the demand for that description of Corn this morning was very fair , and Monday's advanced rates were freely supported . Infrce foreign Wheat an extensive business was transacted , and , in some instances , rather higher figures were obtained for it . Bonded grain was generally held for more money . The general sale for Barley and Malt was firm , on full as good terms as of late . Oats , Beans , Peas , and Flour were quite as dear as on Monday . .

      Smithpield Market , Monday , June 12 . —Notwithstanding we have to report the arrival , up to this morning's market , of a fair average time of year supply of beasts—in the general quality of which a decided improvement was appaitnV-the beef trade , owing to the attendance of both town and country buyers being large , and to Newgate and Leadenhall markets having been well cleared of their last week ' s receipts of most kinds of meat , was very firm , at a rise in the quotations to that on this day se ' nnight of 4 d per 81 b ., at which improvement a clearance was easily effected . The primest Scow sold at 4 s . to 4 a . 2 d ., runts , Herefords , and Durhams 3 s . 8 d . to 4 s . per 81 bs . Nearly 300 beasts were taken for speculative purposes—namely , for re-selling then

      in some of the Kentish and other markets , the facilities for transmitting stock per railway appearing to form the great inducement for such purchases . The arrivals from Norfolk were composed of about 15 , 000 Scots and homebreds ; from Suffolk , Essex , aud Cambridgeshire , 200 Scots runts , and homebreds : from Yorkshire per railway and steamers , 240 beasts from the Western and Midland Counties , 200 of various breeds ; from other parts of EBgland 90 runts , Devons , &c ; from Scotland , by sea , 230 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland , via Liverpool , 40 Irish beasts . The number of Sheep were tolerably good , yet there was a great scarcity of really prime old Downs amongst them . The mutton trade was again firm , and the currencies were

      enhanced quite 2 d per 81 bs , the figures being from 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d per 8 tbs . Comparatively sptaking , but few cases of disease were DOticed , yet the prm--cipal portion of the mutton supply was composed oj shorn tugs . The number of lambs were large , and of fair average quality . The very primest Essex and Sussex breeds were taken at an advance of ' per 81 bs ; but in the value of other kinds , no alteration was noticed , though it was freely s upported-Although the supply of Calves was good , the Teal trade ruled firm , at a rise of quite 2 d per Bibs , w Pigs , a fair amount of business was transacted , ana tho quotations had an upward tendency . 1 « w have been no imports of live cattle , from abroad , a any part of the United Kingdom , during the parf

      week . Borough and Spitalfields . —A full average time of year supply of Potatoes has been received at we waterside in the last week . Prime quart-essuppo " their previous rates , but the value of all other Kin has a downward tendency . York Reds 80 s to w * * Scotch ditto 50 i to 65 s , Devons 65 i to 75 s , Kent «» Essex Whites 50 s to 553 , Kent Kidneys SSito WB , Jersey and Guernsey Blues 50 s to 55 s . Borough hop Market . —Ther * has been&gow falling off in the demand for all kinda of HoP s . X ! our last ; indeed so few sales have been effected in * prices may be considered almost nominal Jy would advise our readers to be very cautions in vpe \ purchases , as we are confident the present quotations

      cannot be supported . Pockets , 1842 , WeaJds & > J » 100 to 145 s , Sussex 80 s to 100 s , Farnbams lios io . 160 a per cwt .-Pockets , 1841 , Wealds 60 s to m East Kents 70 s to 84 s per cwt —Bags 1841 , W *" Kents'GOd to 80 s per owt . —Pockets , Old olds 6 'Js w 70 i per owt . . Wool Markets . —A very large importation « j Wool has taken place during the week—therehav' ^ been leceived from Sydney 1 , 000 ; from Port rnwv 700 ; from Adelaide , 1 , 500 { from Launceston , > from Alboa Bay , 332 ; from Swan River , 452 ; " <«» Mogadore , 40 ; from Hamburg , 70 ; from Smyrna 16 ; from Constantinople , 30 ; and from raxiov other quarters , 600 bales . The public sales will com menco to-morrow , and continue for several budsv quent days . The quantity already advertise ? ' about 10 , 000 packages , chiefly colonial . By P « contract , little is doing .

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      PRISON DIETARY . ( From a correspondent of the Times . ) W » should be glad to learn from Mr . William Merry , or any other « l vkiling justice" who ia an advocate for prison starvation , and who justifies oatmeal porridge by reference to ducal commissariats or xaore plebeian victualling departments north of the Tweed , the exact daily allowance of raw whisky which is served out to every prisoner who has tbe twofold misfortune of expitating hia offences against the laws of his country , by undergoing a rigorous system of coercion in confinement , and of being subjected at the same time to a

      cruel experiment on the capabilities of his digestive organs . . It may comport whitb Mr . William Merry's notions of the decencies to be observed in that class of society in which every unpaid magistrate is presumed to move , and of the amount of consideration due to the feelings of men who , whatever may be their crimes , are unquestionably objects for the commiseration of their fellow-creatures , to indulge in unseemly jokes about" mucous membranes ; " but the subject of prison discipline is of too momentous an importance to be laughed -out of countenance by a more merry than wise reference to the oatmeal porridge which is eaten with impunity in Scotland .

      The oatmeal-in-Scotland fallacy is one requiring a more serious attention than Mr . Merry ' s letter alone could tempt us to bestow on it , because there is a certain amount of plausibility in it , not unlikely to impose on those j country justices whose mental calibre is not exactly proportionate to the authority which is intrusted to them , ' aud who , like Mr . Merry , draw general inferences from particular propositions , and draw them with mischievous consequences , since , even where they have the best intentions , those inferences will generally decide their line of conduct . We have no abstract

      detestation of oatmeal porridge , any more than we have of train oil or rotten eggs . They are all good in their "way for those whom hereditary predisposition , habit , and hard necessity have reconciled to their use ; but because Gteenl . tnders relish tr * in oil , and .. tho South-American savages among whom Commedore Anson and such of his crew as survived their shipwreck passed several wretched months could boast no better larder than a store of eggs which bad been laid up for many months , we Bee . no reason why either ot those articles of diet should be introduced into this country ; and , though oatmeal is reckoned in England rather more palatable , we mast protest against the Scotch diet being crammed down the throats of Englishmen , except under circumstances

      similar to those -which render it an endurable food . And what are those circumstances ? Did Mr . Merry , when he was deer-stalting at the tail of a Duke , ever hear of mountain-dew or Glenlivet ? Ia he aware that every gillie who runs at tbe heel of a deer-stalker is in the fullest « DJoyment of liberty , of the free and unrestrained exercise of his limbs , of the finest mountain air , and yet that , with all these a ^ ts to digestion , he " fortifies his stomacb" by repeated " rams of ardent spirits ? Can any one who will bestow a moment's rt unction on the subject believe that a diet which may suit a man under those circumstances is therefore proper to be introduced into a prison ? But it may be said that the labouring classes in the most crowded Seotch towns are compelled to resort to oatmeal as their chief food . We grant it ;

      but who that has passed , as we have , through the wynds of Edinburgh and Glasgow , has not been struck by the astounding number of spirit-shops which supply to tbe poor what we have no hesitation in calling one bl their n&ce&saries of lite ? Contrast the Highlander whose life ia passed on the heather , -with tbe pallid , worn , and sickly artisan of the Cowgate , and then boast , if you will , of the virtues of mure oatmeal . When you resolve to make your experiments on English ' prisoners , deprived of liberty , constrained to pass their days either without the exercise of or in the performance of tasks to which labour they have never been accustomed , cooped up in cells , breathing the close and contaminated air of a gaol , deprived of tbe cheering daylight , except in such

      glimpses as serve only to make its deprivation the more painfully . i « slt , and , beyond all thia , suffering , except in rare instances , the constant mental anguish which a total disruption of all tbe ordinary habits of life , a forced separation from all the wonted scenes , amusements , and excitements of every day existence , from ascociates , friends , relatives , and home , and a constant sense of known guilt and shame must produce—when you resolve to practise your oatmeal experiments on men like these , and to administer the diet to them without any of those stimulants which tbe practical experience of a whole nation has shown to be essential to its answering the purposes of food , bear that contrast in mind , and » Mnfc how much below the condition of that artizan you are about to bring your

      neighbour , if one man may go to the north of Scotland for the basis of a theory in wVich he delights , another may seek in a higher latitude his ultima thule . If eatmeal is fit for English prisoners merely because it suite the Highlanders , the same reasoning will suffice to establish the claims of Lapland and Esquimaux dishes , and oatmeal may be superseded by blubber . If the food which agrees with one man under his peculiar circumstances is therefore to be given without discrimination to any man whom the country is bound to . keep alive , what logical reason is there for not giving it to every one who is supported at the public expence , and why are the turnkeys and gaolers maintained at the extravagant co&t of bread and meat ? If oatmeal is in all cases sufficient to nourish a

      man and keep him in health , why cot at once reduc& the army and navy estimates by striking out the superfluous rations ? We have abolished the stocks and whipping-post ( except where Royalty is concerned , an exception proving the absurdity of the rule , ) because the march of humanity cannot bear to have actual suffering for crime brought " between tbe wind and its nobility ;< ' but we have no lack of soft-hearted persons who shut their eyes to the sight of a discharged convict pining for mouths under the effects of his prison discipline , and enduring the misery of an injured con . stitution , an exemption from which would have been mercifully granted by the application of the lash . Let

      them make the cose their own , and fancy themselves condemned to oatmeal porridge for a singl 6 month . Bach of them as remember the events of 1799 , when , in consequence of the scarcity of Wheat , tbe universal substitution of brown bread for white was recommended by proclamation , and was attempted by every one , from the throne downwards , will probably recollect the fact that thia change of diet , apparently of such slight importance , was obliged to be abandoned after a single fortnight ' s experience of the disorders which it produced ^ Can they , can any one who has any feeling for his feuow-man , who , whatever may be his crime , is still his " neighbour , ' uphold the oatmeal toriure ?

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HGBSON , at bis . W * tog Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggstw and Published by the Bftid Joshua Hobso *» ( for the « ai 4 Fkargus O'Cowcoa , ) at h& JW * ling-house , No . S , Market-street , Briggate ; ** internal Cemmunication existing between the No . 6 , Marketrrtreet , and the said No * 1 * •»* ¦' 13 , Market-atreet , Briggate , thus constftoting & » whole of the Baid Printing and Publishing Ofl <* one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid . » Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . . ( Saturday , June 17 , 1843 . )

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 17, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct937/page/8/