The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-16 00:00:00

PRIMROSE-HILL.

The procession arrived 'on Primrose Hill about three
o'clock, previous to which between two and three thou-
sand persons had assembled. At one time it was an-
ticipated the proceedings would have been summarily
'irought to a close, for about half-past 2 o'clock a pelting
,power of rain fell, which caused numbers to seek shelter
M the houses of the neighbourhood and under trees. A ray
,f sunshine shortly after shone forth, which infused fresh
vigour and enthusiasm into those assembled. The sky
again overcast, and continued so for some time, but ulti-
,nately it cleared off, and the weather was delightfully
fine.

Mr. Bligh, who acted as marshal of the proceedings,
appeared on the ground bef)re the procession arrived,
and by his admirable arrangements a space was speedily
cleared for the reception of the hero of the day, his
friends, and the committee, and for the accommodation
of the representatives of the press, but the overpowering
number and determination of the " sovereign people"
,et his good intentions and directions at defiance,
and the utmost confusion prevailed for a con-
siderable pefiod, and it was only by physical force exerted
to its utmost that every man could maintain his ground.

As the procession arrived the crowd became more
dense, and the conduct of those present was the
most disgraceful imaginable. The rush became
so great that people were in imminent peril
of their lives, and it was a miracle that many were
not thrown down and trodden under foot. The screech-
ing of women, the shrill cries of children, and tie bois-
ttrous exclamations of the men bafiLis description,
whilst amidst the general confusion men were to be
seen flourishing sticks around them to clear a
space for the orators, and in close proximity to the heads
of those around them. Ernest Jones, with a bouquet of
flowers in his hand, mounted on the shou!ders of two
sturdy "points of the Charter," and begged the "sove-
reign people " to keep back, but all to no pur-
pose the " voice of the Syron " was heard
in vain, and a tremendous rush from the op•
posite side of the crowd of the hill sent the others to the
bottom with a narrow escape of their lives. The huge
mass continued to surge backward and forward,
side-ways, and in every conceivable direction,
and upwards of an hour elapsed before anything
occurred. Of all the meeting we have attended we
never recollect witnessing such disgraceful conduct
which can only be accounted for from the assemblage
being composed of the lowest class of "roughs " with
which the metropolis abounds.
From other sources we have obtained a repot t of the
proceedings, which we have no doubt will be found an
accurate one, of what really took place.
On Mr. Frost and the committee appearing Oa the
top of the hill,
Mr. Ernest Jones was called to the chair, and he
opened the proceedings by saying that the day on which
they were met was a day of note in the history of labour.
In Moscow, the metropolis of the east, a procession of
willing slaves had been paying homage to the oppressor.
In London, the metropolis of the west, this was a pro-
ceesion of men desiring to be free, who had gone to pay
homage to the oppressor's victim. Nor would this be
merely a vain ceremony—the effect of that demonstrati, n
would reverberate through urope. Its immediate rt-
sult would be that two or three reformed measures would
be brought forward in Parliament, for the governing
classes would say, "These Chartists are getting strong.
:gale, and if we do not give them a sop to strp
their mouths they will gain the public mind." (Cheers.)
They had been conducting that movement for many
years, and by his side he said he saw the living evidence
of their constancy and their sufferings. (Renewed chi er
lug.) Every other party—every other &ass—has tried
its hand at reform measures. Each has pro nixed pros-
perity to the people ; but which of them bad been able
o realise those promises ? After having tried all, a ld
all had failed, they, who had Lever given up the field,
stepped forward prominently before them, saying,
"Support us, rally round us, adopt the people's chatter,
and prosperity will be the result." (Cheers.)
The ode having been sung, Mr. James Finlan pre-
sented the following address to Mr. Frost, which was
received with great cheering :
" Respected Sir and Fellow-Chartist,—We are glad that
we may take this opportunity to thank you for your ines-
timable services, and to congratulate you upon your
re-
turn to your native land after an exile as protracted as it
was dishonourable to thcse by whom it was necessitated.
We congratulate you, too, that you were able to
sustain the trials and indignities of that exile
with such exalted and dignified composure; such coin •
potato', indeed, which it is seldom the lot of humanity to

itness. The heroic vindication of yoUr deeds, the cx
sure of the misdeeds of the people's enemies, of those who
became your enemies, because you championed the inte-
rests of those whom they oppressed, are acts which
still hold a prominent place within the memory of
your countrymen, and we, the Chartists of Lon-
don and its suburbs, iu connection with the
representatives of Continental Democracy, avail ourselves
of this gracious occasion, this happy and auspicious hour
of your return, this significant and eventful day, to declare
our gratitude to you for those acts, and to make known
our Joy at your proclaim: I disposition to work again for
the removal of those wrongs which fifteen years since
prompted you to the performance ofsuch acts.
"it is refreshing, sir, in this day of blasphemy and re•
preach, in this day of political epostacy and compromise,
to know that while we have had men who publicly re-
cognised our cause, and who have since succumbed before
the fiery blast of persecution, or forfeited the future
greatness of being true for the present advantage
of being rich, that we have you amongst the
number who have bravely endured the cross,
despised the shame, and still foster fealty to that faith
which our doctrines, the doctrines of the poor, have engen-
dered, and which, sir, the sufferings of all have sanctified.
Permit us, then, to bid you welcome. Wo do so as stran-
gers to you in person, although we aro by our common
cause familiar to each other. By the influence
of the justice of that cause are we now, and
still hope to be, united. From this day we take up new
hope. We do so from the circumstance by which it shall
be marked. Your name, associated•as it is with the wor-
thiest of worldly objects, is, while it calls us to a sense of
both a duty and a right, so suggestive of the highest
aims and purposes of men, that we accept your
presence amongst us this day as an earnest of
future weal, as a guarantee, sir, that there shall
yet be attendant upon the necessary efforts of the people,
those fair and happy issues for which the philanthropic of
the world have worked. And, guided as you are by your
long experience, attached as you are to that cause, the sue-
ceas of which will be equivalent to the manumission of your
fellow-men; accredited as the advocate of justice to all, gain-
ing vigour even from your sufferings, and love and sanction
from the poor for whom you have especially worked, thought,
and suffered, we recognise in you those high and rare attic
butes, those peerless parts which make the patriot, and
render you, sir, as one fit and destined to rank amongst
the deliverers of nations.

" May our whole hope and partial prophecy be realised.
May the evening of your life be soothed and solaced by
the oparation of that beneficence which will be the result
of your country's liberation from the detrimental dominion
of those sectaries, both political and theological, that have
flourished for so long a period, and that to the material
injury of your country's people.—Regard us, dear sir, to
be
your friends and admirers,
" THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS."

Mr. Frost having received the address, which was
printed in gold on green satin, then replied as follows :
Brother Chartists, I accept with much pleasure your kind
congratulations on my return to my native country, and
be assured that I seta proper value on them. lam
convinced of their sincerity, and nothing shall be wanting •
ma my part to continue to deserve the confidence of the
working men. On principle and humanity I have ever
taken the part of the weak against the strong, when I
believed the weak to be right ; and to be held in re-
membrance by the industrious classes gives me more
real satisfaction than anything the wealthy and powerful
could bestow. It is the leading principle of that reli•
pion which I profess—this was my practice when I held
situations of power, to succour the oppressed, and I
shall do so while life remains. (Cheers). Forty years ago
I became convinced that the miserable state of our
country, and of its industrious inhabitants, was occa-
sioned by the law-giver, by the corruption of the House
of Commons, and I did all in my power to point out to
my neighbours the cause of the evil and the remedy.
The only remedy, as it then appeared to me, was to re-
cur to the principles of our ancient constitution, which
principles are embodied in what is now called the
Charter. (Great applause). I saw the demoralising'effects
of the present mode of electing members of the Howe
of Commons in my native town. In the year 1837, on
the accession of Qaeen Victoria, I was the mayor of
our borough and the returning officer. At that election
I believe that 20,0001. were Tent, principally in brib-
ing the electors, in corrupting society in its very found-
dation, and I was obliged to receive the votes of men
whom I with good reason suspected bad received money
horn both canci lates. (Applause). During the agitation
for the Reform Bill I warned my countrymen that the
thing was a humbug, that it would put the same sort of
men into the house as those who occupied seats under the
borough system; and I have lived to see the day when the
ablest writers in England have declared that since the
Reform Bill became the Jaw of the land the members
elected under it were greater imbeciles, and more dis-
honest, than any elected under the old system. (Hear,
hear). Bitter as was the hatred which I formerly
felt for the men who oppressed and impoverished
my country, it was nothing in intensity compared
to what I feel at present—(hear, hear) ;—and base,
indeed, must I be if, after witnessing the sufferings
and depravity of my countrymen in Van Diemen's
Land, there occasioned by the laws, I did not exert
every power I possessed to change a system which,
unless altered, and speedily too, will bring down on the
nation the vengeance of that God who, for crimes of the
same kind, produced, too, by the merciless severity of
the lawgiver, destroyed the fairest spot in the world.
(Cheers.) lam greatly pleased to find that the Chartists
of London and its suburbs place confidence in my integ.
rity ; that confidence shall not he disappointed. (Ap-
plause.) Let cur organisations be preserved where they
exist, and let others be formed where there are none.
When the parliament meets we shall be able to place
our cause before it in such a manner that the enemies of
' the people will not be able to resist our claims. (Cheers.)
They are founded on justice ; the powers possessed by
the House of Commons are usurpations, obtained at the
expense of those principles which deputies ought never
to have violated ; and the poverty, misery, and crime
which now afflict our unfortunate but beautiful country
are to be attributed to these usurpations. We play for
a great stake—for life or death—let the game be ptkied
skilfully. (Hear, hear.) Let us be coo', but determined
—prudent, but fearless—giving up no principle—satis•
feed with nothing less than our due, and we may yet live
to see our country once more bearing and deserving the
name of " merry England." (Continued applause and
cheering.)
Mr. HENRETTE then moved a resolution, in favour of
the adoption of the charter.
Mr. A_MBROSE TOMLINSON seconded the resolution,
which was put and unanimously agreed to.
Three cheers were given for John Frost, and a similar
honour having been accorded to Mr. Ernest Jones, the
meeting separated.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. BOUPELL, OF

LAMBETH.

—_ -
Last evening Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, and a highly respectable jury, assembled at Mr.
Day's, the Eight Bells Tavern, Cross-street, Blackfriars-
road, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances
connected with the death of Mr. Richard Palmer Rou-
pell, aged 74, a gentleman well known in Lambeth on
account of his immense wealth and liberality towards the

poor.
The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, said that be
apprehended the case did not call for any particular ob•
nervation from► him, beyond the fact that Mr. noupell
was found dead in his bed. lie had, however, ordered
his friends to get the body opened, so as to satisfy his
family as to the cause of death.
1 Louisa Maria Hannan, a widow, said that she was
housekeeper to the deceased, who resided at 16, Cross-
street, his family residence being Aspin•house, Brixton-
hill. He slept generally at Cross street, but on Sunday
n'ebts at his country house. She was the only person
who resided with him in Cross street. On Friday last,
about twenty minutes to seven o'clock, she went into
his room to see whether he required anything, when she
found him, as she supposed, in a comfortable sleep. As
she did not hear him breathe, she went round to the bed-
side and found that he had died. She immediately sent
fa. Mr. Clarke. who proceeded to Dr. Barlow, and
bought him back in a cab. She had been told by the
family some time before, in the event of the deceased
being taken ill, to send at once for Mr. Clarke. De-
ceased gal a prescription from Dr. Barlow, but no medi-
c►L gentleman attended him at his own house. On
Thursday Mrs. Itoupell and his son William were with
h:m, and ho took some gruel in their presence. They
left about half-past ten o'clock, and she saw the deceased
into his bed. After his family bad left he said that he
should like some more gruel, and witness made him
same, consisting of the best meal and milk. Daring the
night he appeared very restless, but net more so than on
Wednesday, and she heard him as late as between four
and five in the moroin7. Witne.s considered that the
deceased was ill, but not dangerously.
By the Coroner.—She had lust a kind friend and good
master, and so had a good many others.
Mr. John Shea, M.D., said that he had made a post
mortent examination of the body, and found that deal h
had resulted from serous apoplexy, brought on from na-
tural causes, and not from anything taken.
Mr. Ciarke deposed to the deceased having been
greatly annoyed, owing to some lawsuits and a fire that
• had taken place on his farm.
Ths jury returned a verdict of "Natural death from
serous apoplexy."

ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS.—This evening a grand
fete, in aid of the workmen who suffered by the fire at
Messrs. Broad wood's, is announced at these gardens.
We are informed that several novelties have been added
to the usual entertainments, to make the evening& gala
of no ordinary kind. An amateer company will appear
in Lovers' Quarrels and Tire Turned Head. On former
occasions the efforts of this litt' corps have been libe-
rally responded to, and it is reasonable to hope that their
good intentions on this occasion will meet with a simi'ar
reward
THE MURDER AT ARMLET, NEAR LEEDS.—The
pli-
loner John Hannah, charged with the murder of Jane
Durham, at Armley, 3n Thursday last, was brought up
at Leeds Court-house on Saturday, on remand, when the
ofEcr in charge informed the bench that a coronet'A
jury had on the previous day returned a vcrillet of
ir Wilful murder" against the prisoner, and
the purposeudthattlie oiin
quest had been adjourned to that day for
having the depositions signed. The officer also stated
that the prisoner wished it to be asked whether there
was any one in court from Manchester or e!sewhere who
knew him. The question was asked, and the prisoner
looked anxiously about the court, but there was no re-
sponse, and when he was told that there was no oue
present who knew him ho appeared greatly disappointed
and depressed. The bench ordered him to be remanded
pro forma until 'Monday, and he was then removed from
the dock, his expression and anguish betraying great
mental anguish. At 2 o'clock the jury re-assembled at
the Malt Mill, Armley, and the depositions and inquisi-
tion having been signed, the coroner made out his war-
rant for the prisoner's committal to York for trial. The
warrant was intrusted to the coroner's officer, sad the
prisener was removed to Yvrk by the 4 p.m trait!.