The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

mine on liberty, and when each "an got his own let who
dared term it rebbery. (Cheers.) tie found by history that
when s people had made a demand ;win government
with arms in their hands they had al ways been
successful ; but with bare words .oily mid on arms,
if they asked ter their rights the dungeon or the gibbet was
their reward. He hoped, however, that they should see no
more of that work here; no, when they raised again the
standard of democracy, they would fight it to the death. If
he wanted the people's charter it was Iheragas he believed
they would never hate any relief till they bad the shatter.
But one thing he would tell the autoordiea—thry wt.uld die
fighsing—either they would die for 'something, or they would
live for something, while it was wortl. living for. (Load
cheers.) The motion was carried unanimously. Janus
Abram Ball, alter • violent speech, proposed the saved
resolution.

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Tbat ul the opinion of this meeting the true nit nos of government
is to find employment for all who WV wolfing to labour; and to pro-
tect the Hoes, the libertien, And the property of all. And that we
believe the present government are neither willing nor Able to carry
out this great principle. We, therefore, call noon onto mvercign lady
the Queen to dissolve this present laughing House of Commons.
Wm. Schofieldeapported the motion, and said the resolution
was not to put down the Queen. It was tie House of Com-
mons they sought to remove—the Inghinc Hunt of Com-
mon. When Mt. FearguaO'Coari,r sod Mr. Morgan John
O'Connell gsve notice of moving lur she charter, the house
laughed. Be would show them a pnllel to thot. When
Odillon Barrot proposed to impeach the French minirtry the
house and M. Ginnie laughed diut the nett thy Ociillon
Barrut and the government he sought to impeach were left
behind and a republic established they wore made to laugh
on the wrong side of the mouth, and sent on the tramp.
(Great cheering.)—The Chairman put the resolution, which
was carried unanimously, and Nixon then ',minded them
that there was a meeting the ant night, and would be pro-
bably every night for weeks to come. There was also
to be a meeting of the chloride of Lancashire en
Sunday, on Houghton-green,
.um.r.Denton.
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FATAL PRIZE FIGHT has disgraced tie county.
It occurred at Ashover on Saturday last ; the combatants
b log a young man of respectable connexions, named
John Smith, a dyer, at Tansley, and Henry White, the
son of a blacksmith, in a good way of business at Aahover.
Smith, who was killed, was • eingl- man, aged about 71,
while Whit*, who is stated to be under 23, is married, and
has three children. Both men claimed some provinsial cele-
brity as pugilists, but had never quarrelled, ant, in fact,
were on the moat perfect good terms ; hot throneti the mis-
chievous instrumentality of some persons, whose chief avo-
cation appears to be running about the country, attending
fights, or fighting themselves, the men were at length in-
duced to try " which was the better man," and with this
view they met and fought in a field near the old engine-house
at Aahover, on Saturday afternoon last, surroolided by a
crowd numbering from 100 to 200 persons. Atter giving
and receiving great punishment for more than au hour,
during which time from 50 to 60 rounds were fought, Smith
received • blow somewhere on the head, fi 11 bleeding irons
the nose and mouth, and died almost instantly. The valiant
and considerate crowd, who had with savage pleasure wit-
nessed the two youths beat each other for the time named,
immediately on ascertaining that Smith wits dead, all ran
away, leaving the battered corpse to be cared for by those
whom chance might send that way, and whine humanity
might prompt them to remove it to a place of decent shelter.
A miner, named Marriott, who resides tear, but who had
not attended the fight, at length remov. d the body to his
cottage, and was assisted in doing so by a youth named Red-
ford, who was a companion of poor Smith's, and who had
accompanied him from Tinsley to the scene of his prema-
ture end. An ini,ueat was held on Monday. Verdict
" Manslaughter against Henry White, and also against
Joseph Cupitt and Augustus Cupitt, the seconds in the
fight." It was understood
CthESTERat thSeH hole had absconded,
GLOUIRE.
A MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS OF BRISTOL and
its neighbourhood was held yesterday no Brandon-hill,
for the purposes of discussing the people's grievances, of
agreeing to an address to the French nation, congratulating
it upon its recent triumph in the cause of national liberty,
and also of adopting resolutions in favour of the petition now
being prepared calling upon the House of Commons to make
the principles of the people's charter the iew of the land,
and electing a de:egite to the national convention. The
numbers present varied at different points of the proceed-
ings, and were variously; estimated at from 3,000 to 6,000.
The chair was taken by a working man named Nicholls, who
urged a strict observance of order and decorum. The first
resolution, moved by a Mr. Tudor, was as follows :
That the monopoly of political power snowed by the laws of Eng-
land is a flagrani usurpation of the rights of the Milton people, uld
that this meeting, composed chiefly of the victims of civil poltcy, do
hereby solemnly, covenant with one another to resort to every avail-
able mesas consistent with law to terminate the vice.esgendering
system of misrule, and to establish our political rights on the basis ef
Use people's charter.
The speaker explained the points of the charter, universal
suffrage, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, no property
qualiheation, and payment of members, and insisted that
the social and political difficulties of the empire had arisen
from the wont of a full, free, and efficient representation of
the people. The proposition nas unammouay adopted
amidst loud cheering, as was also one pledging the meeting
to support the national petition.—Mr. Crook then proposed
an address of congratulation to the people of France, which
was supported by Mr. Norris. who spoke at some length,
complaining of the unfairness of the present suffrage. Is
the course of his address he drew a parallel oetween the
ministries of Lord John Russell and Guiz it in these terns:
The principles of Lord John Russell's ministry bore a resem-
blance to those of Ouizot's ministry. There was the same
recklessness of expenditure, the same contempt for the
popular voice, the same tendency to centrattsation, :he same
desire to create places and patronage at the disposal of the
government, the same disposition to avail themselves of cor-
rupt constituencies, and he should not be surprised if the
same fate were to overtake them. (Cheers. There was an
analogy in their position, and there might be is their exit.
He did not wish to see Lord John Russell forced to run
to France, but he did wish to see him give up his finality.
CHANNEL ISLANDS.
THE CONTRACT of the PACKET COMPANY for con-
veying the Channel Islands mails expires on the 27th of
this month. Only 2,0001. has been passed for this service
in the naval estimates for the ensuing year. The South
Western P.icket Company have declared to the government
their inability to renew Um' contract under 4,0001. a year.