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AND NATIONAL TRADES' .Totrewa T ^4 /^Ua^ ^ ^ «Z£, *4^ •RULN*HIM WITH EXPBXSES.'-£or<I MtOmnt. 1 Ons enemy can do jba tnore harm than a thous and can do you good.' —Lord Barryxtwe. ciends . fnonds having briefly addressed Hio 'DUMUng, Uet S m v a the arf urilI TO THE WORKING CLASSES. ciT^ion ,', n T " > J° »<™ of tho dis- FrJESDS,—I- thinfc the two maxims 5lY Wllh the iDStructirf » which had [riiU which 1 have headed this letter are true. gifon? been letter from Sir. Tl SU IIoL " [ received a Christopher ton finr£' C '3E Tine^trcet , Hat* o °^?Fnday c ' Doyle on Wednesday, in which he states that author of «?" 'on««« Mr. Womldine, flic £85 PaiQ to ^m ty Mn Fbxherstox l Pue1 w-is lia'.ided over to him by Mr. M'Gowan. merous otueVSoifi t Hff 1 a"d of nu" lookiug over the accounts I find this is Tragic Muso of Gr«^ Ttut^T' on tha Iu cor- _ > d lilt tllG hut he also states that 1 AND had ever boon coeval wiHwf; - ! drama rect ; ,COG—with NATION AL TRADES' .TOTrewA T keep pace .fth which I charge the Company, and which part of that tKi^SBa"" }^^C ~ proposition was Twified bl'til - borrowed from Mr. Boberts—is r" —" mousi testimony was due by HV. P. 712. , |8 , S85r~~ of hittory and thei ttl VOJ ^ LONDON ¦ ¦ , SATURDAY rs=s »mB Company, and not by me. Now " ' ' ¦ ¦ JDl'— —~ _._. Fire Sh HIfgg, and SixpeHcv.Ww the other followed as a logical ""T the , this ; : ¦¦ ———: . ™ per Qunrirr inferriS M'J ?l me CRUEL^ E T ,v,,»i j j x. _ o. -j ^ -y^ """ - .—__ tho drama, and ' £1,006 is due by , and not by the Com- CRU L TREATMENTREATMENT OFCIV EERNESTRNEST J.TnvpcONES judiciousl?n^i n ym murdered . and —— yon circumscribe the aspiratim WH to-morrow. Sharp the min d ; set on foot the wild " * paiiy ; as it shall be paid out of the funds ILST IS TOTOILL FIELDS PRISON. Williams bad been so murdered ; and so would Er- The examiner's more ' fire of fanntUs due . certificate of proficiency Mid you usher in a dynasty hostile to and not by the C nest Jones have been had ho would in ovory case becomo cho scholar ' tho righti w to me, ompany. I should not possessed a con- . s electoral uocrtios of mankiml ;. lor it irw during A public meeting was held at the National Hall, stitution like a horse. This was because they did 'ii'A BS'.K qualification , on aitainingSxhe n«e tho pristSn*- also state that I received Mr. Fetherstox' Uijfh " ^ •ft of twenty-one days of the A thenian drai»» that s Holborn, on Wednesday .evening, to petition not act with one heart and mind. Until they fc ven with our present machinery we rhetoric, poetry account just as the " Star -was ' the House of Commons think this is history, soulpturo, and pliiJosoph " goiug to to grant an inquiry into the banded themselves together, awl got past the age S' to a certain -extent practicable. -Wo y were at their es, and which I sent snbjeet. Long before the meeting ltt ?raU=tborit 168 »p«^=ml Inenaced do not pre- zenith ; whilst justice and liberty were pr to be inserted iu the comiiienced , the when charity was doled out to them as aright , they 5Sr?TSinnW . witl > bat Lord J°hn Russell means to attempt tlio basis- « galleries and other portions of r ™Dt . Pasted' in the exer- mTRt\ t of the laws and in stitutions of Greece, 1 Star " by my secretary. the building were would never become otherwise than they now were. S Jf tmE *»'° thn he Po'rt'cal emancipation of the hi lu-r . lie said crowded to excess ; in fact, ?Ugll the 010 ri llfc of roteo n kL ?* g that the modern stago h;id, un der a jisucdo Perhaps Mr. Dotle has not it was the largest ga- Mr. Le Blond then read the rules of the prison , and tSS SnSdedS a; Prl8t ' « P - ™ .of to«ary and leawied persons, but while ,iri3to> read Mr therine for any political object which has been held iSS • »>er-that ho was refused a tht « C S undep cr miSllti y faliL'n from its former Gbet's accounts delivered commented upon the manner in which the rules had r Va[ CS n?° . consideration in the Cabinet % ' . elevation to the Committee since 1S48. been violated. tOymcd ior tlie Su^ance Jh! V ntid dignity, so that it did not propound to tho He had no doubt that Mr. Jones had ofvMS^^ll '?th0 visitin '"ay arise which would '««» *o lic pub- of the House of Commons that sat in 1848 ; in At precisely eight o'clock, Mr. Wakley, M.P., an action against the governor h m Sitii 1 V™ S justices denied aannTnmfirv mqUlry whether»wl it- ' tno8<! sublime lessons of morality and philosoDhv , and he had no ob- heg ™«f petitionin g r may not be botter to adopt a which which he states that, although was called to the chair. Several other M.P.'s had jection to put down something H Ip & ° ° , by y°« Honourableof larger basis for the con temp it was originally designed to dewlope the accounts handsome, if Mr. '^ refuae(i the Governor the lated changes- tho gr in all were been invited, hut were not present. Jones would go to law a andeur of truth and poetic conception IRREGULARLY KEPT, that that with him. ( Tremendous ,n interview with the visiting justices stated tbora mis ! He Mr. Wakcet, on taking the chair, was louded cheering.) He would not do this merely to do in- ShSL diV blended with the Tragio Muse told rather against, than in favour of. Mr. cheered, ?~a right which tho prison rules Oroeoo all that was 5 of lie stated thafc the question at issue was, jury to the governor—perhaps a sprig of the aristo- Li^ P y m^ that he ©ijawfot smtiugtnce. moral, .nathetic. .™, IT O'CosNoB, and the whether I wasMntimidatcd Committee reported;that , by. torture, they should be prevented from cracy, ^oo proud to work, and too poor to live with- frnm ir,UZ ^.U lie u giving expres3ioa r had 8 Ht tbeir quarterly interviews " r.-To tl10 *^«y«W. ^iBtotla the affairs were condacfed^withv-peH^^Ki ,to their political opinions upon out it. Mr. Uol^Jfe shown them that the If EV& n thT NATIONAL CHARTE R A? ^nS'° Passl0"s by pity and terror " : * the governmeutcof the ° afc ^ . received, and that the ASSOCIATION, O CoN-NonyiLuso .-A fides (good faith.) - -"^^ \' : the 'country. Ile/would-not surgeons—the nieijL^ho stood between prisoners said«iK£ governor ofJ said- Drisnn wrnm\imoaif «,„ Offic es-14 public mooting of the allot- v^&^Y' preiudgeTthe'qaestion nor s t* , Southampton-street, Strand. tees and neighbours, was held at the Now, if I had kept the accounts as^ottier , ay^whether torturef-had and the grave-^did hot-dare to act otherwise than 8ald pn30ner intlm scl.oohS, been inflictcdrdr not ; bus he would listen atten- r™^iv: t- idatin g her from The Executive Committee y eVe mg> to henr a lcctuvo from persons would hare done, they did. Their bread depended unon it. The commubwatiog the, treatment of. her husband to of this body met Johnta« Sturgeon«! " Mr I should be able to tively to what the speakers had to communicate to people could not expect martyrs every day. The me of: ur , ja n,, on the Life of Mr . O'Con prove that 7, uri$l y° honourable house. e™ning kst a* the National and us connexion ner I had expended much more money th|. meeting - on-the; subject, aad they could speak treatment their martyrs received was not sufficient Petitjoners the ?LlHall, Higu-Th HolbornA > with the Lund Plan . Mr Georra ' fronrtojowle'dge and experience. jhril having learned above , but as there was no busi- W CilI (l than I charge the Company with. Is not ¦ He {Mr. Wakley) to induce them to do this. Mr. Le Blond then ^facts , withvothers of the same ness, ot t0 10 C air aud b*od«3f£ Mr Boyle should shortly .have an opportunity, in another read, from serious nature;; your particular importance or urgency to SbSS MMv - SwS' rS«»" treated" ' his . aware that there is not a word or " a book published : by Dixon, entitled petitioners, therefore, are of opinion that the sen- transact 5S-great ability,.vr , . subject with place, to speak his opinions[upon this matter. They London Pris ons, and commented upon tence , the Committee adjourned to Wed- tracing tho career of Mr O'Con- figure of mine hi any of the account books ; the account u^on^sajd Jrnest,.Charles Jonea was not nor from his commencement were met specially to consider the ca«e of Mr. E. there given of Mr. Jonea, and, by his happy man- only one which presents^ nesday evening, July 2nd, then to meet at the in publie life un- and that when I-paid, the labourers every Jones ; who, they would have imagined a moral confusion of poli- abov^.op ' '¦ ¦ to the present time, and , would have, ner, created immenso laughter. Tbe book con- tics andfelony, untenable 1 icef : ' ¦^ ¦ ' ui^c^:^¦¦¦) h; ^ > r\- :. ( , demonstratinVhiscoT- Saturday night, and the tradesmen, Mr. received kinder treatment at the hands of those who cluded by stating iu theory, undTeprehen- ¦ sistanUdvocacy of the rights of " that the account came from Mr sible m-practice, but. that the said * N.B.-A detailed Balance' g man.
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