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THZ FUTURE LIFE . Haw si » n I kxsnr tire , i = -tlas « pW * wiiA . keep * Tee £ sembo&s 3 sp irits of the de&i , "When iU of thee that time could wither d » ap «; And perisiei among the dust we tre * 5 ? For 1 shall feel the sting of eweless pain , It there I meet thy gentle presence not , N&r hear the voks I lore , nor read iR » in ; la thj serenest eyes thi tender , thonght \ Till not thy oirn meek heart iemand me there ? That hea . * : wioae fondest throbs to me were gives I My name on earth -was ever in thy prayer ; > ~ h *; l it be bsjish'd from tiy Ungae in hesr « n ? In meadows fanned by hearen'i life-breatiuig wind-In the resplendence of that glorious Hphere , And \ arpeT movememU of tha unfettered mini"Wilt thon forget the kiTi that joia'd ¦ us here ? The lers tk& ; Hved throngh all the stormy past , And meekiy with my harsher nature bore , Aad deeper crew , and tenderer , to the last ; Shall it expire with life , aad bt no more ?
A happ ' jsr lot than mine , and larger light , Awsi : thee there ; for thoa bast bow d thy wBl 1-2 rh ^ ensl homape ts the rnie of right , Aid k-veat ailj and rendsrest good for ill . F : r me—the sci 3 id cares in winch I dwell Stnnk snd ronitps the heart , as heat the scroll ; Asa wrath has iefi its srar—tha : ere of hell Has leit its frigktui scar upon my sml . Yet , thocsfh tit-ti w » ar '» t the glory of the sir , WU : taou net keep the ^ sirie bd ' ored naai » , The saa ; fair , tkonshtful'brow , and gestle ey « , Leveller in h . enren ' s sweet cjaiate , yet the Bama ? Saai : ihs-c act teach me , in that eilaie- home , Tee wi-ifm that I learn'd » o iU iu thi »—The tvi _ - ; o = i that it lore—till I bec-me Thv it companion in that land cf biisa ?
STRAY RHYMES ON WOMAN . How exquisite that charm whose iciiic lies la a-i ' . eis bhishe- ^ , and arerled ra !" Ye : why thccAd charms onr rery hearts enchain . Anyway should we their wiling . ' laves remain ? O ::= t deceived , why do we stsii pursae , Aid ireach'roc 3 p ' ieasTires still embrace as tra »? M hy trsst we still what often we have trie » i , Eopes taat o ! t lured , and yet as oA belied ? "W cman aerseit—dews the fair being prove nn ;^ -c Etill ^ as "triiec s ^ e won our love j 3 n stiii her eye * their m * ffie Bower retain , KTLr * r . ar , r onr ssnits , and our lieart * enchain ? Oh , Jet ii »; Reason that austerely ask , Nor take o'er hearts and happiness to task . Let e ? : hsr frown put all crur hopes te Eight , Nor cash the csp ot kapplness from Eizh : 1
It may be to : —yet , Lam , thon wilt e ' er Be w £ at ihoa seen ^ st , and to thought as dear 4 Tho = e eye *—( 1 ne ' er may in their lustre share ; Tet wsdi my heart fain breathe the ferrent prayer ) Oiu may tier- still beam gladxeas \ and that brow -De ay zs c ' . eiiilfi ^ End serene as now 1 Thine be those hopes , which hare their home above , Where h-aris respsnd , and without sis may Iotb !
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TO TES EDITORS 07 TEE NORTHERN STAR . GEXTLEiirx , —Having no liberal press in Birnjng'hnyn to advocate tie principles vre imbibe . re are isipeiied to crare your indulgence a _ in * irt Tis * few liaesi in yoni invalnaile and ilinmnadng Siar . la behalf then of the body to which belong I ask yon . Gentlemen , this favour , that the uen of the North may be apprized that the Radical : * JBirmiagbzm are detennir . ad to do their duty at his remarkable crisis in the ^ titihI . ) of freedom . Ve have been ( as the conn try well knows ) most inJTistifiabiy , and we conceive most illegally , asanltei by an armed gang of Hue devils—the seem
t od offal of society . We have ( both Whig and Tory £ mi ;) been impudently and most cruelly treated by ie Terr men lifted to of £ c 3 bv onr unceasing efforts . Wen . Gentlemen , who . , arrayed in th * garb of tefDrm . gained our unqualified respect , ani our manimoTis Fnpport , wheel ronnd wiri the facility o / i - Weathereotk . and rr < g hardihood of an unblushing lasper&do . and do ail in their power , insignificant is it is , to crcsh the mighty energies of a mighty ¦ id tmcocqnerable town . ' Bnt , Gentlemen , let it > e known wherever the Star glitters in the political traHT 2 ° nt . or stilts in ia esfendsd and * xtpndii : g noral rph" ?? . that tie trick of omt enemi # s has icwed ur-i ^ crrs rc ] . and that nased tvraanY itself
gEp o : B .-snaii not arreit the swelling flood of ^ iver-al S-. r .-aio . which most wash the fonl , consminA ' .-c . apostate B ^ nch of Bamiu ^ hBm Jn-r-¦ 6 » s > - wheier those a . < , Genderx . ec , they see onr rr ; -vcctb ; e drtermmadoa to shake off onr " Ttckles > |§ 3 re ;? : r .- We have resolved to a ^ ^ ert ocrrijht to iicc ? s ocr jrr-evaEces . -o meet peacefully . I ^ ccTit . Ed c- . ^~ 'M ^ iij-jLiLJy to e'emsnd-a s ^ eeir redres . * o * t « f- £ ~ i- ~ 5 t ; ctf »; trat if mole ^ ed in the ex » r « L ? e tozr iniiieipJb : ? privilege-, *> , the Ridic « .: i of Birii : ji ?^ i ; . tire fiiily rrsoived \ o defend ocr »; lves aefltaiiy . rco-slly . and intellectually if we can ; « c ; entTgencajJy , resoiuielr , and physically if ws aus : : !
The Chartists of thi » town have been attacked in manner thai satll not be forgotten , niTich le ? s argiven . TtzmK God , notwlttMBncing ail otir aiseries . aii our wants , aH cur oppression , aud all cr pining ? , there : ? yet some place in onr heade' « some room in onr hearts—yet some patriotism n our blood—yet some courage in our nature—and ei some strength in arms , to know , to despise , to gpo = f . and to resist a wrong inflicted npen us . . jlai wrong has been inflicted ; it i «_ known , it is . espis-ed . ana i : shail be resented . Universal Snf-^ se mn » u and that soon , bft the law of the and—EEglishmen shall then . Gentlemen , treat nih just and righteotis indignation , the unmanly , pos ^ re . scoundrel crew that icsuited andprovoked ¦ ee . cp-2 . b-e men , by letting loose tie Eietropolis bice -regi and Londoi ! d 6 \ il « npon them . Britons than b ° ' \ sweep with the besom of liberty all petty caiaps from the sea ; of ought-to-be-justice . Vp . ' = rimen then shall exercise thpir ancient
Chrirared rights . icotchjEen then shall with tmeqiialled era fiing oppression into the ocean of obscurity , ri-imen then shall dxivs misery and itarvadoc rem her fruicfcl and fertile shores . " Ye » , Gentlemen , Ingiishmen and Welshmen , Scotchmen , and Irishnen , at a day not far distant , shall at one sitculaneous and genera ] movement burst the galling 3 tzen of tyranriy . Tyrants may if they please ncrum in anticipation of the event , and in oitter sinentarlons werp at the idea , and pray to the issmals for ia prc ^ ction . but mo urning , lamentaions , and prayers will for ever be unavailing . Tyrants themselves will expire , for freedom is an Kmojphere they cannot inhale , while the liberated ens and daughters of the United Kingdom will oin in one grand chorus , shouting Oppression is 10 more I Universal Suffrage is" the law of the an ^ ! " Such is the desire of the Radicals of BirnisghaiE , for whom 1 write , and whose cause I \ dvocate .
Remaining yours in the cause of , and struggle for , Liberty , Jas . Taylor . Birmingham , July 23 rd , 1839 . The iiaa in itcuict , refer ia oar geistle Just-assas , who ia « -e taken a promiDen : pan against " Chartists generally in Khs to * r =-
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TO THK ZBITOBS OF THE XOBTHEBN STAB . Gextlemex , —1 am a member of ^\ o . 63 Lodge of Vacient Or 3 ? r of Odd Peliows of the Bolton Union , md we ( Xo . 63 Lsdge ) hold onr me * tiEgs at the ilaypole Inn , Warley Town , near Halifax , bni my ¦ esi ' dence is seven miles off . so that I cannot attend he monthly meetir g . On . hit gsing to the Lodge it tie yearly meeting , intending to pay 5 s . cf araars , " they ' told me they would not receive any n : n ? y on that day . I waited until ei ^ ht o ' clock . » nd they still refused . Afcr I had retired , they x > ened the books and received monny . On the 1 st ¦ £ June last I had an accident , and got lamed ; I
sent my name to be put m the sick li « i , but no per-- < m tiated me , I ei ' terwards went on the Lodgelight following , but could get no pay , althongh I lad always paid ererr demand on me np to the pre-> ent time . There is no article in our rules that i-OTild stop my pay Ender these circumstances , but t kas been stopped for the five weekB . I was off srori , and i thici it my duty to make it town to ie public . 1 am , Si , Yours respecf uBy , Richard Hoij > swoiitb . Halifax . July . 1339 .
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= s == ^ = aH 5 aaHSBSi a ) length become my 4 i »* ti » nea , aai haTiai hnxi a little eoiwerajM the " People ' s Ckarter , " and ieiievag that if the tame Charter were to keeo » e the law of England , their worldly condition wonld soon ke tetterea , the eoRgeqoeBee l » that auiT ol them hire become Chartists . Thr . j » » frest raortifiwtion to "both Torie * aad ^ big * , md from both "wsepartieiwemeet witl ieaiH oppoaiUOD , ma erro persecution in every shape and form . Bst HBtKing daontrf , we » re detemin * a to co-operate with eur brethren in other put * of toe kiagdom , for the purpoae of gaisiDg onr oljcct ; » mr niotto heing " UniTeraal Suffrage aad no surrender . " M a weekl y meeting of the members of our Working U , n '« Aujociau » n , held in their room on MonSaj evening , the ISth mst ., th « faUowing resolution wa « propsied , seconded and earned -unaniniotuly : — " That ia the opinion of thi « meeting , the recent cmtrqjrf » ani bloody procetdmgs of an oacongliiutioaal and blood-thirsty lores from London , toirards tie peaceable inhabitant * of Birmingham , seat thither bv the ^ - « - ^ w » t ^« . ^ Uwof B 4 i «« , « heir
B » me Secretary , at the request of the Mayor and Magistrates of thatborcughj affords another proof that the adminiatratien ef justice u the last thought of the practically infidel Whig U # rermment ; ani al * o , that the working clmiei hare no bnpe of ohtainiag a rcdnaa of their « rievanc « s , bat from an effectual union amongst themselves , and an unqualified obediencs to the National Convention of the Iciustrioua Ciassej ; we therefore res » lve , " That whilst we regret tkat from the jjoer condition in which we are p laced , ire cannot afferd to the Conrention that pecuniary ai « which we could wish ; vet shscld the Cenrention need the assistance w « can give , tkat assiitacce shall be forthcoming at their biiding . " And en Monday evening , the 2 "id inst ., the following resolution was annnimoniily agreed to : — " Tkat we the numbers of t ' ae TewkestBry Working Men ' s Atuocialion , in our weekly meetings aBSsrntled , do new soberl y pledge ourselves to practically cany out to the ntmoit in tar p » wer , the five recoaciBniatioini recently Lojued by the National Conrention . "
We are » ot a little promd that our respected member , John Mania , Esq ., vote-1 tor the Natireal Petition . Yours , very respectfully , William Morris Moore , Secretary . July 23 rd , 1 S 39 .
QEXTLEMEN , —At * r what Mr . ' Woi , re has saia , it is my pleasipg iatr to iafena 3 o « that ire have a Female Ka ^ ical Assoeiation in this borough , and though few in ¦ number , yet ar » we determine to d » all in our Btwer to assist our deaT sisten in different parts of our beloved ctantry , in their attempts to ebtaia for them and our husbands , brothers , and saretaearts—Unirersal Suffrage . At onr weekly meeting on Monday evening , ths 22 il jest ., the following resolution was ucar . iiaetiilT passed : — " That in th « opinion of this meeting , the National Cenvsntion of the Industrious Claisre , having been chosen iy the people asthpirjustrepre&entatiTes , to watch ov $ r and secare their just rights , eccht to be obeyed by the same , w ? , therefore , resolve to adopt a » d abide By the five reeommendati * n 8 which they have justiisued , to the utmost ia oa power . " Iha . ve tlie konour to be , GeDllfcrnen , Yonx 3 , verj sincerelv , Eliza Hale , Sscreiary .
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GREAT CHARTIST MEETING AT MACCLESFIELD . ( Abridged / rom tfte Macdesfield Courier . ) A considerable wtcitement was created in this towa on Saturday , by the appearance of two placards announcing a caeefeg of Chartist ? , oa Parsoaagfl Gr « en to take pkee on Monday , at five o'clock in the aftercoon . Th « Mayor sent for gome regular troops ; and the Tattoa and Tabl * y troops of yeomanry were also directed to be in r * adiness . as well ai the special constables who had previously been sworn in . On Monday morning two troop * of the sixth Dragoons arrived aa well as the yeomanry ; and the Market-place was in a bU 8 tle all day . Towards the hour of meeting the special eonstablM wer « directed to repair to appointed places of rendeyoas in their several ward * ; and a strong muster of them took place . Neither the troops nor the constables were on the ground , but were at hand ready to act if necessary . The numbers wer # esrim » ted at ten or twelve thousand . Mr . Johk Stxbbs was called to ike chair .
The Chaibmak observed that he had one favoxn U > beg of them , and that ?« . , that th » y would keep ihe peac » by all means . The last time that he had kad the honour to take the chair at a similar meeting , waa about nine months ago . At that time their worthy chief magistrate told him personally , that such was his confidence in the people of M » cclesfield , that he would sot send one single constable to the meeting . He would appeal to them , he would appeal to Mr . Ryle , he would appeal to the whole of the magistrates aad ask , what they had done since . There had b # en no public meeting since ; there h * d been no breach of the peaoe committed by them . Why this array of armed force then ? Why this muster of sp » cial constables ? Was that right , wn » n the town was as peaceable as it ever had beefi wkil * he kne » it ? He would sir it was unfair , and
mating te tna men © I Mac : le . -tield . to do what tke magisrxau-s had dens that day . ( Hear , hear . ) The object * for which V ^ e me . ting was called , were L-eady well kn » vrn to iheia . Th . re wer * raea fciag to be tried fcr what we * called sKliiioa . The $ a men ka > d attended public ^ eatings ; they had used strong lang . ajje ; they had conJemac ^ tht government ; a » d they were to be tried for it . Tke meeting wrs called i * obtain asai y tasce for these men—to » ake the people acquainted with their ca *« , aad with what Jhey wanted . It was n ? c * ssarj tfaat they should hav » the mean » « f fe ^ i » g coun « 9 l . Eud' « r so doing ke hoptd they would give * li the aijstaace in their po * er , if it wers ever so imall . 11 we « his in ' j to warB them t « be very precise id waiit they said ; xud havijix said thus ilnch . he shnald tall en Mr . T \ illiam Barnett 10 » ove th- fir .
Mr . Vt " . Bakxett said they were met that evening ro take advHutase of the last rprcntint of British rights that was left to Britons—to meet and t . peak concerning what was , in their opinion , either wrong in the Government , or what would be advantageous to tk-Mseiv « s . This right wo * id be destroyed by fire and sword , if it w « -re in the power of their Whi g magistrate ? , who had spent ih » whole of the Sabbath —liat most holy day—in deliberations » t the Town Hali , to know what was the most ready war —? rhat was the bloodiest manner , to meet the mischievous Chartists , arid sweep them off the laud . That was the purpose for which they met to deliberate . If they only whittled , they weuld be surrounded by ssldiers and cavalry ; ior the Mavor himself had brought down the military officers , shewing tb-m every mouse-hole by which ' a Radical could escape .
Good God ! how was it that scch men could be raised to = mcii rituatiaas ? Why was not tke wisdom of the countrj coc-alted in the appointment of magistrates : It would be , if they had obtained the Charter , which he weuld spend the last drop cf bis blood to get . They recollected the meeting at Manchester , which was well known by the name of " the bloody meeting of Peterloo . " The Tories had never been able to redeem their character from tue blood » f that day ; bnt let them compare thp Tories of that day with the Whigs of the present day . Oh the 21 st of this month , twenty years ago there had been a public meeting in this town . The Tories were thes in full gower ; they were « U the borough owners , and had everything in their hands . " Yet , on that occasion , not a gingla constable was sent to interrupt tbe proceedings of the meeting . How was
it m this day , after all the march of intellect after the Reform Bill —( laughter )—after all the purging of reform , which Lord John Russell assured them would cause good men to be put in the place of bad men ? At that time the Whigs said , only giva us power , and then all will be right . They had given them power , and their first act was to make Ireland a gaol , and to dedaro that that country should ba governed by the sword . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The object of the meeting was to raise by subscription the means to assist those men who had fallen under the lash of Government—to raise a sum adequate to meet the _ law expenses , that they might obtain as much justice as an unjust law « would allow . The second object of the meeting was to declare themselves-firmly attached to tue Charter , sod ready to obey the Convention in all just and
legal things . I ceciare , he continued , thai I owe the British Government no allegiance , but what I am obliged to give it . I declare , that I will obey the Convention ; nor death nor hell shall prevent me from being obedient to them . They are icy Government . I had a hand in chnsing them . I will not be governed by the House of Commons in any respect bnt what I a " m obliged . This imperfect allegiance is ail the allegiance * hat I will give it by jnst observing the law . I will naver be active in aiding it . I will no : advise you not to observe the law ; bat whatever yoa do 1 will ntt find fault with yon . He teen proceeded to read the resolution , which was as follows : —1 That this meeting strongly condemns the proceeding * of Government in causing several to
persons be Ejrested for advocating the rights and liberties of their fellow-connirymei ) , and that we consider the enormous bail demanded by tke magistrates to secure the attendance of the said persons at the ensuing assizes , as a tvrannical and unjust infringement of the princi ples" of the Biiriab . constitution ; and we deem it onr bounden dnty to assist the &aid persons by every meansin om power , by public subscription or otherwise , " These men , he add # d , were in gaol on their account , and ho hoped that they woald not desert them . The weavers vrere a poor set ; but they gave liberally as far as they could . If they only shewed a bold front tie bad Government must give war . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Wm . Lowe came forward with pleasure to second the resolution .
Mr . Jasies Mitchell , of Stockport , said—Tha people naturally expected , when the Reform Bill passed , that tiey were going to hav # something don 9 for them . The middle-class , the shop-keepers , the pablic&ns , the cotton lord ? , the capitalists , were all with them then , when the object was to elevate tho Whigs to the pinnacle on which they now rest . The people waited with patience , they petitioned , they prayed , they went on their bended knees ; and so often as they patitiact ^ , so often were they treated as a set of asses ; and so often as they , went on their bended tacea , so often was a hand laic Xipcn their shoulder . * , which crc ^ a-.-J thrin ro the ? &rthi Thev woald no more } . rr-t—Tiey would co EC" re petition—they would demand . That' ? the ticket . ( Licghter . ) Ke whom they caca coEsid ^ red tie friend 0 ' the people , and who covr reigned predominant in the Government , had , at tke opening of
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the lwrseMio * of Parliament , declared te the people of England , in the Honw » f qommonB , that the Reform Bill was a final measHre . He meant that tke peopla had got all the reform that they noed « pect—that the people had got all that they jaouja liaTt—that he would not mow a straw—( a voice , not a peg)—not a peg further . He thought , m short , thai the people had got enough ; and if they went on dribbling , with m « re and more reforms , the Ministers would bs onsUd . Then the lion arose from hi » slinnber , and the people swore by the God of Heaven , that they wonld neter rest till they got such law * as w « nld make them happy and comfortable . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Since that time ,-the people had gon « on meeting legally , lawfully , and consritntio « al ] y , nntil the authorities of the country , those who were Mpointei to ke « D thn % 3 & £ ft& ** > » * % J ?"• LS ?»*»* h ^
peace , came fcrward and btedg * 6 aed the people illegally , tmlawfnllv , and unconstitutionally . They met peaceably until tken ; but it wai then said , " if the authorities act illegally , the peepU must rebelif the lawmakers will not obey the laws , let the people mak « th « m obey them . " Birmingham had been insulted , and placed in a st * U of siege , caused by the authorities . The authorities brought the murderous police of London , aod the encouraging Magistrate * of Birmingham had cansed the people to proceed to thoss thinars which he did not approve . The day wa » not come f » r destroying property The day wag not corns yat ; hut he would say , if the authorities broke the lawg , why Bhould they blame thepeeplefor correcting them ? Lord J . Russell , nfter hearing all that was going on , advised the principal inhabitants of England to arm themselves tie added
JNow , , I Mk you , gentlemen , or , rather , you , slaves , are the shopkeepers , the publicans , ( although 1 am myself a publicam , ) are the cotton Urds , are the magistrates the principal inhabitants of En gland r Do they produce anything ? 1 gay the principal inhabitints are those that produce all that keep all , that pay for all . They are the principal inhabitants of England . Then , I t « ll you , as the principal inhabitants of England , » ccording to Lor 4 J . Russell ' s advice—for tn « purpose of protecting yourselves and your property—arm yourselves with weapons « f defence . ( Cheers . ) Get guns , got pistols , get pikes , get blunderbusses , get daggers , get all these things for the purpose of protecting your life and property ; for , I say , they are in danger . \ on are not breaking the law in obeying Lord John Rnssell
' s advice . Hang them over . your mantflpisces- ^ ver yoar chimn ey-pieces ; . and let the authorities see that you are prepared to obey the law . Let your motto be peace , law , aad order- and if they break the law , yon must keep the law . The speaker then went on to observe that some fancied if the Com Laws were repealed that all wonld be right . Who were those who got up the agitation for the repeal of the Com Laws ? The very men who get up the agitation for the Reform Bill . They saw the people wera dissatisfied , and therefore they wished to make a split amosg them , in hopes that they might be kept content a little longer . They had been defeated at Steckport . Let them not be deluded by them . They were not their friends . They say , the repeal of the Corn Laws would benefit the country ; but how were they to get it ? If they ¦—— uoif i
--- ~— - — »» w * uj M * ugub » it . tf ny tnen d n i ^ if they must fight , why not fight for all at ones ? Thus they would have but one instead of twobattles . If theygotthe five principles of the Charter , they would soon get the Corn Law , and the Poor Law , » nd » very otker obnoxiona law repealed , and withont injuring the jaiddle class . He was sorry to see the spirit which prevailed among the shopkeepers and the publicans . If there was one class that ought to assist the working class more than another , it was that of the shopkeepers and publicans . Who kept the shopkeepws ? Whj , the working class ; and as the cendition of the working class got . worse , go the condition of the shopkeepers got worse . They depended upon each other , and therefore they onght to have bnt one voice , and be as one man . They would tell the shopkeepers and publicaais , if they would aot assist them , they wonld thera
compel to do so : for if theyc would not assist the working class , they woald not assist them . He would tell tkem an anecdote . A man , in Stockport , we understood , wantei to buy a Chartist shirt . He went to a linen draper ' s shep , a » d selected some clotn that suited him . The shopkeeper asked how mcch he wanted . His answer was , he did not know ; he must first ask him a question ; do you pay anything to these Chartists ? The answer was , Oh ! no ! for we consider them a complete nuisance to the town . The man wonld have none of this linen draper ' s goods . He proceeded to several other Jin&n draper ' s » hops witi the same result . At last be if . ll upe * one , who to his question ( Do yoa pay anything to the Chartists ?) replied , Oh ! ye * . I br-! orjg to the association , and pa / regular every week , offering to * kow him his tickets . So he succeeded , atlas ! , in petting a Chartist shirt . He advised
them , therefore , fo buy none but Chartist skirts , and Chartisi ihifts , and Chartisi bre * d , and Chartist butter , and Chartist cheese . They were geing to send round to every shopkeeper to se # whether he weuld su > pott them » r sot . They would take th « nasei dow » of those who iD suited them , and th « so who did aos . They i » teaded then to make out a list to > hew wko wore their friends , aad wko were their emenies . L » t not religion divide them . As some o »« had s « i « i , they esuld » ot « erve God witk an empty b * lly . There was Mr . Essler , who wa § * . iIe : * odUtpre * c » er , mid himsal ' , who was » member of the Chnrch «! Rome , and they could shake bauds together in this cause . ( Here the action was suited to the word . ) He could tell them that , in Birmingham , in Newcastle , in Ashton , the Precursors were coming ever to them . He c included in the wordi of Burns : —
Taen let U 3 prar tli&t come it may , As come it mil for a' that ; That sense and worth o ' er a the earth , ilsy bear the gree and a' that . For a' that and a' that , I ;' d cottiing yet for a' that ; That man to man the warld o ' er , Shell brothers be for a' that . ( Applause . ) The resolution was then put and carried , no hand being held up against it . Mr . James Robinson proposod the second resolution , which was to the effect Chat the meeting relied , with the utmost confidence , on the General Convention , and was determined to obey every legal and constitutional command that might emanate from that body . Mr . John Weavers said heshouldonly second the resolntion .
Mr . Essler was received with great huzzaing . He contended that the rich hai no right to eat that or which another had laboured . God designed all to be rich , and every man is rich , according to the late Adam Clarke , who has got tnoHgh to supply all that he wants , and a little to give to the poor . If they were poor , it was becousa they were robbed . The aristocracy had robbed them , and Eany of the middle classes had followed their example . Good God ! had it come to thij , that a professor of religion—hear this , he interposed , ye Methodist cants—that a professor of religion had said , that a poor Methodist should be content with a crust and water in a cellar , if he had Christ in his heart ? How couU they subscribe to their centenary fund when their poor members must be content with a crust and water in a cellar ? The good Mr . Wesley would have deserted thera , when they coald leave a poor woman with a crust and water in a cellar . He proceeded , for a considerable time , in the same strain . He would not have them take any rebellions
movement , although the condact 01 the Legislatnre had been such , that it deserved not the homage of a dog ; yet , for their ) own sakes he prayed them to be cautious , as to every step they made to make no premature outbreak , bnt to go oa telling what they wanted . HLs opinion with regard to the final rcovv ' , was the same as that expressedbyRichtrd Oasrler , two months ago—that , if they wanted to secure pp-ace , and the liberties of themselves and their feliow subjects , they would each of them procure what their forefathers had had—what they had a right te have—he meant a gnu . If their rulers refused to grant them their Charter , they would then come with their guns under their arms , sign another and a last petition , and then , if relnsed tkeir just demands , they would know what to do , without any mistake , they would have to fight for them . A better advico never was given . He concluded by advising them to hearken to the advice ot the King of the Radicals , and then they would get their rights .
Mr . Fixx raad the third resolution , upon which Mr . Essler had spoken , which wag to the effect that a system of exclusive dealing should be adopted . Mr . Richardson , a member of the Convention next opoie at great length . He commenced by desiring the Chairman , the Tories , the Whigs , the Radical * , the working men , the shopkeepers , the capitalists , to hear him . Above all , let those who were charged with the commission from Lord John Russell to take down e \ fry word that he should utter , and note him distinctly , in order that they might swear more conscientiously to what they deposed . It was necessary that these should hear , because it was found that from the evidence given by their colleagues , Lord Jab * Rnssell co * ld scarcely make out a good case . ( Hear . } He advised them to be very accirate , or te should get off , as surelv
as George Julica Hawf would . He thought it necessary that they should proceed to business in r ight good earnest , for this was a time to try men ' a souls . This was a time to try , not the working classes only , for they had been tried too Io 2 g > but the middle and upper classes . They must now bs put on their tr ial . 'The working clashes , if firmly united , —( hf » ar , hear . )—could withstand any force . The middle clashes were too sordid , too avar . ciou * , too cwel , eren to theirown ordw , to be bound together . They were at war -with , each other . Every shopfc ^ qier , manufacturer , and capitnlisT , -n- * s s ; dy ; i : ; r to get the tetter of his reighbotr , as wpll as to make the people his prer . They T , - cre called to express their opinion about " the Convention , aad he maintained that they were met for a lejal object . It was highly essential that they
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shorid meet legally . It waa a point" of law that a pwetmgjngkt b » legally caUedTani yet illegally conducted ; and a meeting mightt be legally called conducted , but for an ilfegal purpose . Such wastheiickle state of the law . Bnt wbat had the Learned Jndge said m his charge to the Grand Jury at Monmeutk ? He said that tihe ptople had a right at all times to meet for a legal purpose . He ( Mr . Richardson ) was a constitutional Radical . His education . has taught him to know what was the Constitution , and what was the law . Whenever any principle of the British Constitution ia riolated , fhe people have a nght , nay , they are bound by the oath of allegianc ^ to the crown and to tho laws , to meet and to deliberate and to petition respecting Mch infringement of < he law « . fte then proceeded to eulogise the hbertreg of Englishmen , Thev had ¦ iBeebDg mig ht fe * legally caUedTani yet . UwSt
PirJr 7 ?? *?• to" ¦*»«« how it was that th » liberty of ttw subject had bsen violated . Therefore , &ey were met for a legaUhject . First , let him show how the people of Birmingham had been treated . He had been there , aad had seen it with his own eyes . He saw the whole afl * ir of the first disturbance . The Convention had assembled for the parpose of reading the daily paper * , and reporting to thej > eoplp what was th » r « af state of the country . The Mayor s and the renegade magistrate * of iJirmingnam saw that the etorm was about to break upon them , and they sent to London for a band of Lord John Rusaell ' s body guards Th&y «» nt for a band of hired mercenaries—a band of tmcosstitntional bravoes—to do that which the Mayor ought to have done himself , by calling put the peaceably disposed inhabitants of Birmingham . Mark the
result . 1 ney came by railway and were pmtinto five omnibuEses to be broughtdown from the railway . There was an orderly in waiting at the railway-stationa military man on horseback , and as soon as they Arrived , he scampered off to the barracks to direct tie troops to mount and be in readiness . Then the police came from the railway , ' and wer » headed by the Mayor and Dr . Botth . Thftyctmato the public pfftcp , and from the omnibusses where these blood-thirsty monsters were , without any ceremony , Dr . Booth and the Mayor headed them on , marched them round'the meeting by the top , and then the Mayor cried , " Now , lads , do your best . " Now , he ( Mr . Richardson ) was there to tell them a point of law , and not only or law , bnt of right . He had an act passed by the Whigs in the 1 st Gsorga L , called the Riot Act . This act provides that twelve or
more men assembled to the disturbance of the peace , and not dispersing within an hour , shall be deemed guilty of felony , withont benefit of clergy There was another clause which ha read about proclamations . Dr . Booth aad the Mayor , he admitted , did read the Riot Act ; bnt ¦ first of all , they bludgeoned the people's heads- supposing , perhaps , that if their had not done so , their heads would have been so thick , that they would not have understood it . 1 he Mayor and Dr . Booth led the foot , and the horse , and the metropolitan police ; and after they had dispersed , the meeting vi el annis , then the Mayor and Dr . Booth thonght it" wm " . safe to read the Riot Act , for which purpose th # y crept under a lamp cloae by Nelson ' s Monument . Immediately after the policemen were ordered to clear the streets . They fell to and cleared the streetsand himself
, among the rest But the police did not do th « ir duty effectually , and the troops were sent for . Now , the Riot Act did not say one single word about calling in the military . There was no law for it , but that of power and despotism . He challenged Whigg and Tone * to produce a line , or a word of an Act , from Alfred to Victoria , which sanctioned the calling out of the military . ( Hear , hear . ) He denied the aathority of tha Queen's proclamation . There was nothing in any of their law books , to shew that the Queen's proclamation has the authority of law . The Queen's proclamation gava no more power to use the military , than that pimping fellow had to seize the arms at Ashton . What took place afterwards at Birmingham ? Muntz , the treasurer of the National Convention ( great hissing ) Patrick Henry Mnntz , he ( Mr . Richardson ) himsflli
saw on horseback , leading on 100 policemen rank and file . They marched along blocking np every avenue . He ( Mr . Richardson ) stood by a stnmp ; a woman was by his side , and sha ^ saw Mnntz too . Muntz said " make way , get home . " " '] shan't" said the woman . Mnatz then said to tke policemen , " Take every one up , and lock them up . " The woman then again said— " I won't go home . 1 hav » left a large family at home ; and , if the women were all of my mind , they woul-i soon pull you off your horse . " He ( Mr . R . ) believed that thiB brave woma * saved him from Warwick gaol ; for , when Muntz received this sharp rebuka , he turned his horse round and said " March . " Was there a Whig or a Tory that would defend tke Whig Mayor of Birmingham , Muntz , and ihe Peelers ? Thnn they all stood condemned , rq 4 he cared not how soon , in tho words of the law
, execatioM was put in force . He then prcce . de « t to denounce Lord John Russell as a traitor to tho Constitution , and said that his ancestor , Lord William Russell , was executed for a le « malicious attack on the Constitution , than h » had beeaguilty of ; and there might be a time ivhen Lord John Russell would share the fate of Lord \ Viiliam Rasseli—adding , Godspeed the plongh , say I . Were not tho men of Macclesfield anharaed of their degradation ? Another Chartist meeting or wo , and the Mayor here wonld be persuaded to send f . > r the London police . Nay , ke was conscious that there was enj cr two of tu ^ m at that very meeting . Tae policeman were the precursors of the military , and cursed bad precursors they were . The time was approaching when every Peor Law Union workhouse would be considered incomplete withoat a barracks for policemen bthe side of it .
y Every tnrnpike gate wonld be a barrier where passports would be demanded , and every turnpike house would be a police station , under which woald be a dungeon , to put in every Englishman who presumed to travel from one town to another withoat permission . ( A voice— "We won ' t have it . " ) Yes , bnt they would have it . They had it now . They could not travel by the Railways without having their names taken down ; and when common roads are destroyed , there wonld be only this mode of travelling let . But the roads might still be left , and they were , therefore , hatching a plot against them . Oh ! it was well that there were some cunning folks to pry into these matter . * . The plan was to purchase all the mortgage deb's _ on the roads . This was the first step of those swindling vagabonds to get the turnpikes into their hands , when they would appoint lor
policemen toll-collectors ; The people must meet often , but in small bodies , to discuss every act of the base , bloody , and brutal Whig Government ; for every step they took was intended to destroy tne liberties of the British people . Mr . Richardson then entered into some legal statements concerning Universal Suffrage , which are to be found in most radical works , the effect of th » m being , that before the Act of Henry VIII ., the suffrage was universal . If they did not obtain this , their ancient right , they had the power to use those constitutional means which they were admitted to possess . When public virtue ceased to direct their rulers , they had a legal and constitutional right to fall back on that power , which every man ought to possess in a free constitution—to defend the constitution with the last drop of blood that flowed in his veins . ( Cheers . )
Three cheers were then given for the Contention , and for several Other parties . Among the rest , three eheers were proposed for the Magistrates of Maccieitield , on the ground that they had not actually interfered with tie meeting . The cheers were given aftersome demur . The meeting afterwards quietly dispersed .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-frHfey , July 26 . The Earl of WICKLOW expressed a hope that their Lordships' House would be as carefully ventilated as the House of Commons had fcr sometime been . ' . Lord DUNCANNON answered that he had consulted Dr . Reid on the subject . . If it were the wish of their Lordships that the change should be made , he would issue the requmte orders . . The Earl of GLENGALL moved for some correspondence between the Poor Law Commissioners and certain Magistrates touching the election of Guardians of the Poor ; also between hii Lordship and an individual respecting the Poor Laws , cfecdocuments which he doubted not , would be considered as proper to be referred to a Select Committee .
On a motion that the House resolve into committee on the Lower Canada Government Bill , an extended debate ensued , in which Lord Brougham , Lord Melbourne , the Duke of Wellington , Lord Durham , &c , took part . Their Lordships , shortly before twelve o'clock , resolvedinto Committee , on the Bill . There was much opposition to the third clanse , and their Lordships divided on it ; the clanse was carried by-56 to 49 . The remaining clauses were adopted ; the House resumed , and the report ordered to be received on a future day . The remaining orders having been disposed of , by being deferred till another day , their Lordships adjonrned . Monday , July 29 .
ROYAL ASSENT TO DIVERS BILLS . At a quarter to four the LORD CHANCELLOR , the Arcnbishop of CANTERBURY , and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY tcok their seats in front of the Throne as Lords Commissioners , -when the following Public and Private Bills , 19 in number , received tha Royal Assent , with the accustomed formalities , m the .-presence ot the SPEAKER and the Members of the Commons : — The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill . •' Tiu > Soap Duties Bill . Tke Inderanity Biii . Thj Supreme Courts ( Scotir . cd ) Bill . The Pleading in Courts ( India ) Bill . The Bill * ol Exchange ( No . 2 ) Bill . 1 he Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill .
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The Pentefract Honour Court * Bill . The Aberford Small Debts Bill . Tha Gloisop Small Debts Bill . The Grantham Small Debts Bill . The Rotherham Small Debte Bill The Warrington Small Debts Bill . The Liverpool Building Acts Bill . The Ship Propeller Company's Bill . ™ Marquis of Cholmondeley's Estate BUI . Bhgh ' s Estate Bill . Bralton's Estate Bill . Templar ' s Estate Bill . Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure . At ii ? e o ' clock the Lord Chancellor took his seat oathe Woolsack . The Bishop of EXETER presented two petitions for a rednetion of the rate of postage . _ The Shannon Navigation , and the Militia Ballot SHspension Bills , were brought up by Mr . Bernal and others , from the Commons , and read a first me . m Aw ! fS feW llL
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY , having adverted to Chartist movements and exactions at Newcastle , Stockton-upon-Tees , &c , and to the alarm a » d injuries thence resulting , inquired whether it was the intention of Government to adopt any other measures for the protection of life and property beyond that of proposing to add 5 , 000 men to the army ? L « rd MELBOURNE answered in the negativewt it was not , at present , intended to propose anyu » g beyond what was now before Parliament : at the same time , if further measures were deemed requisite , they would be brought forward . The Copyholds' Enfranchisement Bill , which stood for a second reading , was lost oa a division , the numbers being—Contents „ 28 Non-contente aq
Majority against the Bill ...... 11 HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , July 26 . Several petitions were presented by Mr . T , jUNCOMBE and other Members , against the Poor Law Commmioners Continuance Bill , on the ground that the existing law deprived the rate-payers of all superintendence over the parish funds , and degraded them from the position which they were entitled to hold . Mr . T . DUNC 0 MBE afterwards gave notice that , on Tuesday next , he should move for a return of all orders sanctioned by the Poor Law
Commis-. Mr . MACKINNON gave notice that on the report of the Postage Duties Sill , he would move that provision should be made for taking an account of official franks , &o . Mr . O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to move " the call of the House" whenever the Bank of Ireland Bill should be read the second time . . Mr . LABOUCHERE proffered further explanalon regarding the condition of the " hill coolies" in Ddmerara . The papers that would be laid upon the table would , he observed , give full information on the subject . Lord J . RUSSELL , in answer to questions put by Sir R . Peel , stated that he proposed to bring forward the Birmingham Police Bill on Monday , and as early as possible . With respect to Turkey , the Ijovernment had received information generally of the defeat of the army of that power ia Syria , with gr ^ iU Ios 3 of men and cannon .
Sir EARDLEY WILMOT requested Mr . Leader to defer Ha motion till Tuesday , regarding the treatment of Lovett and Colling , in Warwick gaol , as the papers were not printed , and as the men were to be tried on Monday . Mr . LEADER acquiesced , but complained of the delay in printing the papers ; or , rather of tb . e negligence of Government . It seemed , he added , as if delay vrere the only weapon of the Government ; it did nothing but by delay . The CHANCELLOR « f the EXCHEQUER moved that the House again resolve itself into committee on the Banks of Ireland Acts , to resume ite consideration of his resolution for the continuance , during a limited time , of . the charter of that bank , Mr . flame's amendment thereupon having been negatived on the previous night . Mr . O'CONNELL again opposed the motion ; but the original resolution , after two divisions , was carried .
TheCHANCELLORof the EXCHEQUER afterwards stated , in answer to Mr . Eilis , that he proposed to bring in the bill , on Monday , for continuing the Bink of Ireland charter . The Metropolitan Polica Courts Bill , after considerable discussioD , wtut through committee . Tho discnssioQs and several divisions in such committee occupied tho remainder of ihe sitting . The otlwr orders weie chieily postponed . Lord J . RUSSELL vilhdrew . j ' or the present setsion . ihe '" Factories Bill . " Tho house then adjourned at two o ' clock . Monday , July 29 . The CHANCELLOR ol ' tho EXCHEQUER state ! that , in consequence of consultations with deputations from tho Lioen-ed Victuallers , and the Berrsbop keepers , with , the leave of its originator ( Mr . Pakington ) , ho should move to discharge the order , for tin present st ssion , lor further proceeding en the Si ' . ift ot Beer Bill .
Mr . PAklNGTON acquiesced , but said that if it were not brought forward next session by the Government , h « skould renew it in its present form . Mr . ELLIS complained of the Shannon Navigation Bill having been smuggled through the House at two o ' clock on Saturday morning . Sir E . SUGDEN made a similar complaint regarding the Copyholds' Enfranchisement Bill ( a measure , however , that experienced marked notice m the House of Lords last night ); whereupon Mr . BROTHERTON observed , that the only effectual way of preventing such unseemly proceedings , would be to adjourn nightly ai twelve o ' clock .
The Postage Duties Bill and the Public Works ( Ireland ) Bill were severally read the third time and passed . Tho question of gcing into Committee on the " Birmingham Police Bill" called forth vt-ry ex tended and animated discussion , Sir R . Peel contending that the Government ought to appoint the officer superintending the proposed police force , and Mr . Scholeneld maintaining that if the control were withdrawn from the Council , that body would not be made a tool of , and wocld withdraw horn all responsibility as to the repayment of the £ 10 , 000 , &c . &c .
Tho further proceeding was eventually deferred till Thursday , to enable Lord John Rasseli to ascertain what could be dono for the Improvement of tha
Bill . Lord J . RUSSELL having moved that the House resolve into Committee on the Poor Law Commi 3 siocers' Continaance Bill , Mr . DUNCOMBE moved an instruction to the committee , to make provision for abolishing the plurality and pr « xy system of voting for guardians ; it was negatived by 112 against 85 . General JOHNSON then nloved that the committee be deferred till that day three months ; that was negatived by 127 against 26 . In the committee there was a division on Lord J . Russell ' s clause , regarding the duration of the act ; but it was carried by aye ? , 110 ; noes , 4 ? . Further disevssion took
place in the Committee on Mr . Darby ' s clause , &c . The clause , as adopted by Lord J . Russell , proposed that it should be competent to afford out-door relief to widows ( with families ) who had been married before the 14 th August , 1834 . Sir T . FREMANTLE proposed to omit the word , " 14 th August , 1834 ; " and on that the committee divided : it was carried by 78 for , and 48 against such amendment . . Sir T . FREMANTLE said that this would lead to so much abuse that he must vote against the clause . Mr . WAKLEY , in order that they might understand what they wero about , moved that they report progress , on which the committee divided . The motion was lost . The committee , however , divided on the original clause , which was lost by VJ ayes to 64 noes . The House resumed , and , the remaining orders being disposed of , adjourned .
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State of Qockebmotjth . —We received the following from our cot respondent : — "We are all very peaceable and quiet , and actively preparing for a great Bational struggle . The doings at Birmingham , and the recent punishment inflicted on many of our leaders , has excited much disgust ; and , should the Government dare to put down oar peaceful agitation by establishing a rural police , or deprive us of our leaders , we will rise in our thousands and release them , and never rest uatil we have gained our long lost rights . We are very well organized , and will soon be in a state to defend ourselves trom any foe , however formidable . The Magistrates do all they caa to create a disturbance by a ruffianly set of police and special constables , who perambulate the streets every night in a state of intoxieation , and abuse every one they meet
with ; but all their attempts have proved ineffectual , they have not got one single Chartist to glut their brutal appetite with . We will remit you more money next wcrk for the Defence Fund . Dreadful Explosion and Loss of Life . —On Thursday morning week , as Mr . William CaDcon , a firework maker , in the Westminsterroad , was sealing a letter , the candle fell among some fireworks , vrhienimmediately exploded , tearing away the greater part of the flesh from his legs and body .- Mrs .-. Cannon rushed : into the room ' , and mmediately attempted to extinguish his b 6 rDing garment ? , but in doing eo her hands and face were f everely r-oorcbtd , and her hair and eyebrows burnt off . Death put a period to Mr . Canacn ' s sufferings at five o'clock , he having survived to that hour in the most excruciating agony .
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MesT Extraordinary and Extensivb Robbbkt . —On Saturday ee ' nnight a man of gentlemanly appearance , who gave his name JoBn Davis , and laid he wM an exciseman , called upon the Kev . George Morley , at Newport Pagnel , and mduced him to write his name on a piece of blank paper , < s a recommendation for him . Tbe fellow had no sooner get the signature than he converted the paper into a draft npon the Newport Pagnel Bank for £ 450 . He then started for Leicester where he changed notes to the amount of £ 350 , and soon afterwards left for Birmingham by coach . Un-MesT Exma . mikaev and Extek ««
fortunatel y the robbery was not discovered tiU lhursday , and on Friday two gentlemen gave ft » - formation to Mr . Goodyer , superintendent of the Leicester police . Davis ( who no doubt is on hia passage to America by this time ) sometimes passed M - ? T t ^ rtley > i 8 about 45 yeara <* age , ofeet iy inches high , nearly bald , light hair , small whiskers , prominent cheek bones , pale face , and lght complexion . He was dressed in a black coat , light yellow waistcoat , and dark trousers ; and when he left Newport , he r . de a grey ho « e and woae a Mackintosh . —JDerty Reporter .
Funeral oe an Extraordinary Cha-Racthr . —Oi Sunday , Mr . Mercedora , who was many years an iababitaDt and parishioner of Beihnal- green , was buried in the burying ground attached to the Parish Church . He was supposed te be worth about-. £ 300 , 000 , though he always appeared to be m poor circumstances . He was followed to ^ eJraIe ^ Mft Byn e > M-P- ' and Mr - Musgrov ^ , M . P ., besides the chsrohwaidens and all the pamchial officers , the children of the poor school fcrf which he was governor ) , and of the workhouse , accompanied the procession . Nearly 20 , 000 persons were present . The deceased ' s body was in a hearse drawn by six horses , and there were three mourning coaches , each drawn by four horsep .
The Biter Bit . —Ose day lately , a sturdy beggar-woman called at a farm-house in Strathallan , ' and seeing only a young girl , she asked where her mother was ? " At Dunblane , " was the reply , ' " selhng her butter . " She then asked where her fither was » « IB the mose , earthy peats . " And so there is nobody but you at homei you mast give me , said she , a " guidpickle meal . * The girl replied there was but little in the house , and that was at the btttom of a deep girnel beyoBd her reach . The wife not liking to be put off in this way , said she would lift it herself , and when in the act ihe girl tripped up her heels and threw her injo the girnel , telling her , after securing the cover , te lie there till she brought her father from the mos ? . SOrting Observer .
Death from Fright . —A coroner '* inqueut was held on Tuesday at the Three Tuns , Bridgewater-gardens , Cripplegate , on Mary Ann Turnet aged five years and six months . It appeared thai as the deceased and h » r brother were walking last ; Sunday week , near their parents' house in Silveistreet , Bridgewaier-square , a bey named Jonas Goodenough threw a dead kitten at the deceased brother , who , he said , had called him a thief . The kitten unfortunately struck the deceased , when afte screamed loudly , and fell into visient convulsions .
Medical aid was speedily procured , and tho deceased partially receveTed . . The convulsions , howeve * , returned daily with increas « d violence until last Saturday , when they put a period to her existence . Dr . Yates , physician t » the Ald « rsgate-street Di * - pensary , stated that he had attended the deceased , and that she died of epilepsy , which he had no doubt had been occasioned by the shock her system had received when aha was struck by ihe kitten . Ve » - diet , " Died from fright ia consequence of having been struck by a dead kitten . "
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^ xkximLahd circuit . W A R W ICK ASSIZES . Monday the Assizes commenced at Warwitfc , Lord Abinger presiding oh the Civil , and the Hon . Sir J . Littlodale in the Criminal Court * . In cva&-quence of the Se ^ si m % under the Act of Corporation , latol y grwated to Birmingham , having been recenirt r held th « rt > , the Criminal Calendar was umii-unlly light , there' having been only rifiy-e'gLt prisoner * ot whom twenty-eight were char «* d v . ith . political ofte ^ ces connected with the laio Biriuir ^ hnm Ki « w $ tho attorneys generally , it ii expected , i--it , ' i Mc . «* rj ) . Bulgay , Q . C . ; Hill , Q . C . ; and Mr . Wa-.-cH ^ Ttfn . will conduct the prosecution age . iu . tt ile .-rr .-. Loveti Collins , < fec . ; Mr . Sergeant Goulbourtis v . ill be , U is 8 air ! , fertile defence , for Wts » rs . CJUiiu , r £ ft » - ney . * c , < fec .
At ten minutes after eleven oMocV . Oie > JndgQa entered cbe different Court * . Ia the Crii ...: al Ccuw upwaris of ozk > hundrc ^ l Magistrales , v /; .. .- ¦ ujmira according to fcustom ware called oior , ii iy txenty . threu aus » t ; red . The follovviug Grand J ' cry virtue thennworn : — Sir Joha jilordannt , Bart ., forem > m \ Sir Juim fe . Cave , Bart ; M . £ . V -rries ; C . It . Aii r ' ev ; ii Bolton King ; Arthur T . Gregory ; W . Dicker , ^ F . Coiville ; H . C . Wyse ; Robert S . Bnrrelt ; i \ t Wyse ; — Chamberlaino ; S . Tertius fialton ; J . Wieldon ; J . OMham ; W . S . Harding ; K . Groenaway ; J . B . Friere ; Jas . Radfcay ; S . FroemuE ; Charier Ward , Esqrs . ; andCapt . Dilkc .
The proclamation against immorality and vj&e having been read—H : a Lordship addressed the Grand Jury . The calendar , his Lordship observed , was not numerous in consequence of tke Sessions which were ! at-ly granted to and held at Birmingham . Many prisoners had been tried there , who would ouuirvisa have been prosecuted at the assizes ; this reduced the calendar . Even amongst these to be tried , ttst > cases were of a common and ordinary deecri ptke , with the solitary c-xception of a man narn ? d Wylr ' n , who was accused with having hanged Lis vrife . He regretted that thi > y had to investigate ? evt / ral cr ^ h ot persons aceus id with attempts agairgt the Government and the established inslitutiors of the
country . It was well known that fur a c-n « iiierabJB time past the opinions had been circulated , and statements made , by a large number o ! ' pereor * throughout the kingdom , especially by -a . huge portion of the operative classes , by which it was understood that they were entitled to c .-rtain lights that had been withheld from them , and that they had been deprivod of their fair share in the administration of the laws of the country . Tho ? e peepto also , looked to an equalization of property , and were of opinion , that it should be equull / divided , so that all niight be reduced to a common leveL If those statements and speculation kad beon conftned . to private opinions , the law would not have thought proper to have noticed tLeu :, as the entertaining of those opinions would not be attended with consequences dangerous to tbe peaco . Tho *
persons might not have entertained those opinion had thoy been left to themselves . There were fo- nd restless and ill-disposed persons who would not allow them to remain s «—who influenced their minds by inflammatory speeches end placards , find p .-isuaded them that they would co-op c-rate with them in eud"avouring to gain their fancied rights . Amciijj * e other modes adopted for redressing th-s 3 grievance * , the National Convention had been established , to «; hich delegates were sent by parties from distent district * ,- for the purpose of exhibiting an appearance that they were seeking for those fancied rights . What was the object of that institution doen net appear ; its objects were not defined , nor wes it shewn what ulterior measures wero to be adopted . The name " National Convention" was cpitfi anomalous . In the prosecution of their vdans riota
have taken place—property was destroyed . H « trusted that tne pprsons who"lndnced ther . i to look in this way for their fancied rights wonld see lira consequences of misleading them , and wor . ld fed it their duty to abstain from their illegal acts , and s ; ibmit to the laws . That such proceedings were ill egal , all must admit : it was the bonndon duty of t ! w authorities to suppress them , and bring the offenders to the tribunal of justice . The acts alluded to rn 3 y be arranged nnder throe heads . Firs . ' , felony , in the destruction of houses and prtpeny ; stcoj-il , nots ; thirl , seditious pamphletB and spp ^ clirs . According to the 7 th and 8 th Geo . IV ., c . 30 , the pulling down or demolishing chapels , sacred edifices , or houses , subjected the offenders to dc-r . th . Tb < second class comprised tumultuous meetings , held by three ; or more persons , for illegal purpose , * , executed ia a violent manner , and if the grie \ ar : ces complained of are of s private nntnre , those acts may amount to high treason . agaiu 3 t the Sovereign .
bvery ease depends on its own merits , and tto circumstances -attending it . For instance , oa any ace calculated to strike terror into the pecp lp , or even violent language , may constitute a riot . Ho did not know whether any cases of unlawful assemblies ¦ wou ld be submitted to them : if so , he ( Mr . Ju .-iice Littledale ) did not hesitate declaringas clerrly illegal , a meeting of persons in a warlike lnaar . er , or any great aeeting of persons calculated to excit e terror , fears , or jealousy . Meetings very pi-mercits have been held , ontrBges have been comiaittcd , Ei ; d great terror has been excited by them . All vrhy t . ><; k a pare in those meetings were equally guilty . Th « third class embraced seditions fcpeeches at pv . bhc m-etings . Those speeches were delivered by p ^ r .-Oiis who wectabout the country briaging into coii ' . rnr . t the established institutions of the land . Th ' .-. ; persons we ' re punishable at coimnon law . H ; s L :. h \ - ship , in conclusion , called cpoa the Jury to wchrh with coolnessahd-deliberati-u the scv r ^ I ~ p ci liiiiL would be submitted to their consideration . The Court was crowded to excess . Mc ^ r :-. Lovett , Collins , and tho other person .- ; acz-yj ;} . wir " : political offence * , wero present .. Th i pe : pia wric looking forrrard to the approaching trials wit ! the greatest anxiety .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1068/page/7/
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