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and Mr. Lovett was appointed Secretary. It was
then discovered that the late Secretary had carriql
away all the documents of the Conference, with the
exception of the minutes of proceedings. -A deput*
tion was instantly sent to him; and the answer re-
turned was considered satisfactory.
The Chartist Conference then determined to resolve
into " a Committee of the whole house," to consider
the Charier with a view to its amendment ; so as to
render it a perfect Bill for presentation to Parliament.
Mr. F. O'Connor announced that every amendment
adopted would be submitted to "the people," and
would receive final sanction or rejection at another
Conference to be convened for that purpose. -
It being resolved to read " the People's Charter,"
clause by clause, a great many alterations were pro
posed in the very beginning of it, namely—the pre-
amble, which was, however, ultimately allowed to
remain without receiving any material amendment'.
One of the most startling propositions that could be
made in a meeting composed of the triumphant party,
which had beaten Sturge's band out of the field, was
that the preamble of the Bill of-the SturgeiteB should
be substituted in the "People's Charter" in place of
the present preamble of that document. Nevertheless
such a proposition- was made, but it was, of course,
coldly received, although the proposer did not hesitate
laud the superior lucidity and simplicity of the
preamble of the Sturgeite Bill.
After some further conversation, the Conference
adjourned at two o'clock till the evenin

Mr. STURGE expressed his acknowledgments for
this favour, repeating that he thought he should best
serve their ,cause by withdrawing, in company with his
friends, from the Conference.
The Rev. Mr. SPENCER added, the thanks of such a
meeting would be a great encouragement to the Com-
plete Suffrage Union.
The meeting then broke up, at eight o'clock in the
evening.
The Chartist party then determined to meet again
to-morrow to proceed with the business of the Con-
ference while the Sturge party left the hall to arrange
their plans in another room. _

[We copied from the Herald an account of the
proceedings which
.took place at the opening of the
Conference, and regret that some impertinent re-
marks which were made in that paper escaped our
notice till after publication. We did not suspect that
a reporter for a respectable journal like the Herald,
whose duty it is to report both sides fairly, would
have deviated from the usual practice, and therefore
paid less attention to the introductory and offensive
comments.)

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BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY NlGllT.—Cooper, the
Leicester Chartist, opened the adjourned debate this
afternoon at three o'clock, by stating that he should sup-
port the amendment of his young Scottish friend Robert
Summers, one of the four motions before the Confer-
ence, and which was to place the People's Charter and
the Bill of the Council on the table of the Conference,
and consider the provisions of each simultaneously.
He did this, because of the amendment proposed that,
in his opinion, was preferable; and if beaten upon it,
they could fall back upon the amendment proposed;by
their friend Mr. Lovett.
The Rev. Dr. WADE said he should regret the con-
sequences of victory on R,ither side, because he was
afraid, that be vvhichevii-way it might, the result
would be divisions. Now, if .aIL uaiddle.class-
Were like" theli friend Mr. Joseph Sturge—if he was
their true representative—he should have no objection
to take the Bill proposed by the Complete Suffrage
Council. But Mr. Sturge was not a sample of the
middle classes, and, therefore, he was for the entire
Charter.—(Loud cheers.) If any concession was to
be made, seeing that the middle classes were the
aggressors, they ought to make that concession. The
argument of the Sturgeites was, that the designation
of Chartists would ruin their cause ; in answer to
which, he would only reply, that the Sturgeites, if
designated by any particular term to-day, would to-
morrow contrive another loop-hole out of which to
escape, and adopt another designation.
Mr. J. DIXON, of Northwich, supported Summers'
amendment, and said, he was sick and tired of the
proceedings, and was afraid he should have a very bad
account to give to his constituents.
At this period there was a very general call for a
division, and it was with extreme difficulty that the
Chairman could obtain a hearing for any of the dozen
speakers who presented themselves to the Conference.
Mr. O'Connor 's interference alone restored order.
Mr. Vickers, of Belper ; Archibald M'Donnell, of
Aberdeen ; bez Vines, of Reading, and others,
then addressed the meeting. The latter named
speaker said—lf the Chartists wished the Charter to
pass into law, they would unite in the complete suf-
frage movement. The question was, how could they
best influence the electoral body of the kingdom ? and
he was of opinion that supporting the Bill of Rights,
as it was termed by the Council of the Complete
Suffrage Union, would most effectually accomplish
that object.
Mr. PARRY said, the question was, " which is the
best way of operating upon the minds of the middle
classes of society?" They had been told that the
members of the Complete Suffrage Union had adopted
the principles of the Charter—then why not agitate
in its support ? The fact was, that the support of a
man who agreed with the points of the Charter, and
would not agitate in their favour, merely because of
the name of Charter, was not worth having.—(Loud
cheers.) He concluded a long_ and energetic speech
by regretting that the members of the Suffrage
Council had not come out from amongst their own
class and given their support to that measure—the
People's Charter—which was the only one which
would ever give satisfaction to the country.—(Cheers.)
Mr. L. HEYWORTH, of Liverpool, as a supporter of
the National Complete Suffrage Union, said, the fact
was the present contest was for " who shall be your
leaders.' The party and leaders with which he (Mr.
Heyworth) had associated himself, would not lead
them on to slaughter and bloodshed.—(Groans.)
Mr. Honsos.—Let the gentleman go on. He is
a fair representative of his own particular class.
Mr. HEYWORTII.—Yes; and you and others may
congratulate yourselves that there are such represen-
tatives.
Mr. BEASELEY (of Blackburn), in very strong lan-
guage, denounced the Sturgeites.
Mr. JONES (of Liverpool) declared that Mr. Hey-
worth's professions of philanthropy and benevolence
were nothing but rank hypocrisy, which declaration
only served to increase the uproar of the meeting.
Mr. Jones proceeded to say that he had little confi-
dence in the political honesty of any class of men.
Ile believed that the working men would not have
turned Chartists, had it not been for the heavy bur-
dens which pressed on them; nor did an of the mid-
dle classes talk of " complete suffrage,' until they
began to fear the results of failing trade and impeded
commerce. He gave his support to Mr. Lovett's
amendment.
Mr. LOVETT said, he had been so anxious for
union, that he proposed to the leading members of the
Council of the Complete Suffrage Union, that their
Bill and the " People's Charter" should be laid on the
table together, and that clauses from each should be
alternately read, and decided on by the meeting, so
that a perfect Bill might be prepared for presentation
to Parliament.—(Hear.) He thought this course
would tend to conciliation, but the leaders of the Coun-
cil rejected his proposition.—(flear.)
Mr. BEGGs, of Nottingham, the mover of the ori-
ginal resolution, was called on to reply. He said that
he and Mr. O'Connor had fought side by side at Not-
tingham, and he was sorry they should differ now.
lie thought he could not withdraw the original reso-
lutions without being a party to a vote of want of
confidence in the Council.
The Conference then proceeded to a division on the
several motions,
Mr. STURGE observing, that he should record his
vote in favour of the original resolutions of Mr. Beggs.
The motion of Robert Summers and the Rev. P.
Brewster were negatived by show of hands. Mr.
Lovett's motion (in favour of the Charter) and Mr.
Beggs' motion (in favour of the Bill of the Council of
the Complete Suffrage Conference) were then put to
the meeting, and the names of the members of the
Conference being called over, it was found that 193
were in favour of Mr. Lovett's motion, and 94 in fa-
vour of Mr. Beggs' motion ; 73 of the delegates were
absent, and 14 remained neutral. Mr. Lovett's mo-
tion was accordingly declared to be carried by a ma-
jority of 99—the Sturgeites being completely beaten.
Mr. J. STURGE, as Chairman of the Conference,
had now the unenviable task to go through of an-
nouncing the result of the division. Having dis-
charged this function, he took occasion to characterise
the People's Charter as an excellent document, and
said he had no hesitation in stating, that those who
had drawn it up were deserving of the highest praise,
being persuaded that whatever errors there might be
in the details of the measure, the authors of its prin-
ciples had had the honest intention of securing equal
justice to all parties. Yet, after the vote of that
night, he thought he could best serve the views of the
majority by not continuing any longer in the chair.
He trusted that they would consider themselves not
enemies to each other, but as working on the same
road; but he and his friends felt they should best
serve the cause by now leaving that room and consi-
dering their own "Bill" in another place.,
Mr. F. O'CoNNoR—Am I to understand that we
are not all to meet together, in future, in conference ?
Mr. STURGE said he spoke for himself and he be-
lieved he expressed the feelings of those who voted for
the Bill of the Council ; but of course he dictated to
no person. With respect to that Bill, he had no
doubt that when seen, after it had undergone conside-
ration,suspicion that thy
wished ittowoduoldanythingeverye
todamage "
the People s
Charter."

THURSDAY EVENING.
This morning the Sturgeite section of the National
Suffrage Conference assembled at 'Wilkins's Tempe-
rance Coffeehouse, in Moore-street. Mr. Sturge oc-
cupied the Chair, and amongst his principal supporters
were the Rev. Thomas Spencer, the -Rev. P. Brew-
ster, Dr. Ritchie, and the principal speakers of the
" moderate" Chartist (or Suffrage) party, who distin-
guished themselves at the combined meeting at the
Mechanics' Institution. The proceedings throughout
were certainly more subdued and orderly than the
assemblages of ,the " Conference" on the two pre-
vious days.
Mr. GARDINER (of Manchester), in a short speech
moved, and Mr. MYAL (of London), seconded a re-
-solution, to the elTdct that the majority, who- on the
previous night had refused to adopt the Bill (brought
forward by the Council of the Complete Suffrage
'Union) as the basis of discussion, should be excluded
from the Conference.
By this resolution it was intended that the Sturgeite
minority, notwithstanding their defeat and retirement
last night, should still be considered the only real
Suffrage Conference.
Dr. RITCIIIE regretted the terms in which the sepa-
ration was expressed in the resolution. He did not
deny that the separation between the Complete Suf-
frage party and the Chartists was inevitable ; but still
he hoped that they would not place themselves in a
wrong position. He did not see bow the minority
could exactly be termed the Conference, and he did
not like the idea of excluding the majority from their
deliberations.
The Rev. T. SWAN concurred with Dr. Ritchie,
and expressed his deep regret on account of the sepa-
ration which had taken place.
A discussion of some length occurred, in the course
of which Mr. Myal and others contended that the
present meeting was " the Conference," and that the
Chartists assembled at the Mechanics' Institution had,
by refusing to make the Bill proposed by the Council
the basis of discussion, excluded themselves from the
Complete Suffrage Union. Several of the Delegates,
on the other hand, maintained, that a minority of the
Delegates returned could not be considered as con-
stituting the Conference, and that they could only be
looked upon as seceders. They thought it would be
bad in principle, and a bad precedent,-if they laid it
down that a minority (the majority being 2 to 1)
constituted " the Conference."
A DELEGATE observed, that " the Conference" had
now been assembled for two days, and had really done
no business whatever,—(Loud cries of " Hear.")
They were, however, he admitted, no longer a Con-
ference--only now a meeting in favour of Complete
Suffrage ; and in the words of Mr. Sturge last night
could only now, under the unfortunate circumstances
in which they were placed, make the best of the pre-
sent movement.
Mr. VINES, of Reading, contended, that they (the
present meeting) were the " real Conference.' The
majority had refused to entertain the Bill for the dis-
cussion of which the Conference was convened. By
so doing, he maintained they had excluded them-
selves from " the Conference."—(Hear, hear.)
The Chairman and the Members of the Council
here retired, in consequence, it was stated, of some
communication from the Chartist " Conference " at
the Mechanics' Institution, Newhall-street. The de-
bate was pursued in their absence.
On the return of the Chairman and Council
Mr. STURGE expressed a hope that the meeting
would extend their patience for a few minutes, as he
thought, from what had occurred in another room,
that such an alteration could be made in the original
resolution under discussion as would in all probability
meet the views of all parties. He might, perhaps, be
allowed to say, that so anxious were the parties by
whom " the Bill" was drawn up not to offend the
Chartists, that the person by whom the draught was
so ably drawn carefully read over every clause of the
Charter pari passe with the Bill, and wherever an
improvement could be made from that document he
adopted it.
After some delay,
The Rev. T. SPENCER moved " That i the Bill'
brought forward by the Suffrage Council, and laid
upon the table, be now discussed."
This motion, upon being seconded by Mr. Anstey,
was carried unanimously.
Mr. VINCENT moved, that "The document, called
The People's Charter' be laid upon the table, and
considered in connection with the Bill prepared by
the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union.'
Mr. J. COLLINS seconded the motion.
Dr. RITCHIE said, it was perfectly competent for
any man to propose amendments to the provisions
contained in the Bill, and they might take them from
any source they pleased ; but he objected to recog-
nising the Charter.—(Hear, hear.)
It was here stated that the Members of " the Coun-
cil" who had previously retired, were now prepared
to submit a resolation and an amendment to the
meeting, with the view of settling the future conduct
of the Complete Suffrage party with regard to the
majority of the delegates then assembled in the Me-
chanics' Institution. It had, however, been arranged
that there was to be no " speechification," and it was
hoped that the " friends " assembled would come to a
vote without oftering any observation.
Mr. GARDINER then moved, and Mr. MYAL
conded, the following resolution :—" That a portion
of the Delegates sent to this Conference having re-
fused to make the Bill prepared by the Council the
basis of discussion, the Conference having been ex-
pressly convened for the purpose of preparing such a
Bill, feel themselves bound to declare that such Dele-
gates are no longer a part of the Conference, except
those of them who shall hereafter comply with .the
course of business prescribed by the Council according
to the terms of the Convention."

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WILFUL MURDER.
SALISBURY, DEC. 28.—The adjourned inquiry as
to the death of Samuel Bruton, was resumed this day
at eleven o'clock.
The first witness called was Louisa Adams, who
was not heard last night in consequence of some sus-
picion that she was then labouring under the influence
of liquor.
Louisa Adams examined—l lodge at Mrs. Mus-
pratt's, who resides in the same yard as that in which
the prisoner Greek lived. About half-past eleven
o'clock on Monday evening I was standing at the en-
trance of our passage, when the deceased went to-
wards prisoner's house He wished me a good night,
and said he hoped that I had had a happy Christmas.
Shortly after he returned, and told me that he was
going over to the Globe public-house to get half a
pint of beer.
The CORONER—This does not exactly correspond
with what you said last night. Is this correct ?
Witness—Yes, it is, Sir. Deceased was quite
sober. He did not remain in doors above a quarter of
an hour before he returned. I saw him come
out of the Globe and go in doors. About an
hour and a half afterwards the prisoner Greek
came to Mrs. Muspratt's, and she gave him a light.
After this he came a second time for a light.
During this time I was standing on the threshold of
Mrs. Muspratt's door. I also heard deceased cry
" Murder." lam sure it was his voice, as prisoner
was drunk, and the deceased was sober. lie cried
out " Murder " more than once, and I heard prisoner
say to the deceased, " Come down stairs, you b—;
you shall not remain up there ;" to which the deceased
replied, " For God's sake, Dick, don't murder me
quite." I then heard a man fall down stairs ; during
the whole of this time I was standing on the threshold
of Mrs. Muspratt's door. The reason I stood there
was, I had no shoes nor stockings on, and there were
no other persons up in the yard that I could call. I
heard prisoner call out to a neighbour who lives next
door. He said to him, " Short! Short ! come and help
me pull the b-- down stairs." This occurred be-
fore
I heard deceased say, " For God's sake, Dick,
don't kill me quite."
The CORONER—I really cannot understand you; if
you do not, tell the history of this affair more correctly
I must use other means.
Witness—l did not hear Short make any reply to
this. After he had said "Don't murder me quite,"
I heard deceased call out " Murder" several times.
Prisoner then said something, but I cannot tell what
it was he said.
The CORONER, addressing the Jury—l do not know
gentlemen, whether you can understand this witness ;
I do not.
Witness—lt was after he got him down stairs that
he cried " Murder."
The CORONER (to witness)—You have told the two
clergymen of the parish a different account from this;
mind, you must not make any reservation. Did you
not tell them that you went down to prisoner's house?
Witness—l said I was following Greek (the prisoner)
down till he said I should not go with him.
By a Juror—l was quite sober myself that evening.
The CORONER--I hope you were not sober last
night when your statement was being taken down, as
it so widely differs from this.
Eliza Short, the wife of John Short, tailor, exa-
mined.—My husband and I live next door to the pri-
soner. I saw deceased between 6 and 7 o'clock on
Monday evening; he came to Mrs. Muspratt's for the
key while I was there. lle appeared to be quite
sober. I did not see the prisoner at all that night.
Some time in the night I was awoke by a noise, and
I heard some one call out, " Short, give me a light."
At this time my husband was not awake, and I made
no answer. I then heard him (Greek, the prisoner)
say, " Come and help me drag the down stairs."
I cannot say whether it was the same voice which I
heard before, but I believe it to be. I then heard a
rumpus on the stairs, as though he was dragging him
down. Deceased occupied a small bedroom just at
top of the stairs. I have frequently heard the pri-
soner say when he came home drunk that he would
go and pull the deceased down stairs.
John Short examined—The last witness is my wife.
I went into prisoner's house a little before seven
o'clock on Tuesday morning. I saw the deceased
lying at the bottom of the stairs. Prisoner was then
standing up in the middle of the kitchen, and I said
to him, 4- Dick, I hope you have not done this your-
self," and he replied—" Mr. Short, I have not
touched him." I then said to him—" I am afraid
you have, Dick," and he then answered—" My child,
I have not." He appeared to be very much uncon-
cerned about it. Before this conversation, I observed
some human filth on the deceased's thigh and hands,
and as the stench was so bad, I was obliged to leave
the room for a little while to get air, and a short time
after I returned, and then the prisoner was wiping
the filth from deceased's clothes. I observed the necker-
chief which deceased wore ; it was, I believe, an old
black silk one, and it was strained tightly as if a cord
had been put through it. I:could not put my finger
between it and his neck ; the neckerchief was not ori-
ginally tied tightly; my impression is that he was
caught hold of so (the witness showing the manner),
and by this ineans dragged down stairs. Anybody
could see it was done thus. The filth most certainly
was made on him after he was down stairs. (Here a
great sensation of disgust and horror ran through the
audience.) I made no observation to prisoner about
the filth.
Mr. Lush, surgeon, examined.—l visited the de-
ceased and found that he had been dead some hours.
Under the circumstances, and from the result of the
post mortem examination, I could not trace any other
cause of death but that of suffocation.
Police-constable Frampton was next examined, and
corroborated other witnesses as to the position of de-
ceased, &c., and said that his waistcoat was torn into
pieces. Prisoner said to him that when he came
home he called out to deceased to know if he was
upstairs, that he might lock the door, when deceased
made use of very bad language to him, and said if he
came upstairs he would serve him out, and thinking
Short did not come in to help him he should be mur-
dered, he called him to help him, but he did not do it
himself. Witness added, it was thought by every one
present that morning that the prisoner killed thO man,
and which might have made him say so.
Dr. IV. Finch was next examined, who assisted Mr.
Lush in making the post mortem examination, but this
gentleman was of opinion that the deceased died from
natural causes.

The Rev. Mr. ROBINSON moved, and Mr. MITCHELL
seconded, the following amendment That having
been called together to determine on the essential de-
tails of an Act of Parliament necessary for securing
the just representation of the whole adult male popu-
lation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland ; such act to embrace principles and details of
Complete Suffrage, Equal Electoral Districts, Vote by
Ballot, no Property Qualification, Payment of Mem-
bers, and Annual Parliaments, as adopted by the first
Complete Suffrage Conference, held at Birmingham,
April sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth, 1842, and such Act of
Parliament having been prepared by the Council
which called the Convention ; and the majority of the
persons present having refused to receive it as the
basis of discussion—viz., to proceed with the busi-
ness for which we were summoned; we who voted in
favour of taking the Bill provided as the basis of dis-
cussion do not proceed to the business we have been
assembled to transact; that all delegates willing to
comply with the-course of business prescribed by the
terms of the Convention he considered as Members of
that body."

Mr. MORGAN, the secretary, said the only question
was whether they (the present meeting) would by
the original resolution declare themselves to be "the
Conference," or whether, as proposed in the amend-
ment, they would say nothing at all about it.
The amendment was carried by a considerable ma-
jority.

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thought, with Mr. Sturge, that they could best effect
that object now by the independent movement of the
Complete Suffrage Association. ne wished them
success in their endeavours to alleviate their condition ;
but as it was impossible for the Bill
prepared by the
Council of the Complete Suffrage -Union to be dis-
cussed clause by clause in that assembly, divided, as
it now was, he called upon the minority of 93 to with-
draw, and to meet in the rooms of the Complete Suff-
rage Union, while the Majority might continue to
meet in the present hall to consider the Charter. He
denied that the last Conference had pledged itself to
take the Charter into consideration. He knew that
there was a suspicion that the movement of the Com-
plete Suffrage Union had a free-trade object in view,
but this was equally unfounded. He conferred with
those who desired reforms, both in trade and in the
Church, but he thought no reform could be effected
until they reformed the representation.—(Cheers.)
Mr. LOVETT said, that if the Complete Suffrage
Union was charged with using their influence for free
trade purposes, he felt bound to say, that he was the
first to induce the Council to introduce that subject
into their address. He therefore took all the blame of
that step on himself. He concluded by moving a vote
of thanks to Mr, Starr, for his conduct in the Chair.,

The Rev. T. SPENCER next moved the resolutions
contained in the programme of the proceedings, and
which, upon Mr. Lovett's amendment in the General
Suffrage and Chartist Conference, were rejected.
These were carried unanimously.
Mr. VINCENT then renewed his motion with regard
to the Charter being " laid on the table" for the pur-
pose of its being discussed in connexion with " the
Bill." To obviate Dr. Ritchie's objection, he would
add to the words " the Charter," "and all documents
which may be required." This resolution was then
carried.

Mr. Lush was recalled and confirmed his former
statements.

The prisoner, who is an old man, and of a very for-
bidding countenance, was then brought up to hear the
evidence read over, and the summing up. He looked
ghastly pale, but seemed perfectly collected ; he stood
quietly, and made no observation till the witness
Adams was re-examined, and then he said that her
statement was not true.

"An Act to Amend the Representation of Scot-
land," and also Major Cartwright's plan of Parlia-
mentary Reform were, upon motions by members,
also ordered to lie on the table. After which the
house adjourned until four o'clock.
" The People's Bill" goes into committee at five
o'clock this evening.
The Bill is duly printed, contains 99 clauses, and
occupies 64 page 3. Its provisions go almost the whole
length of the Charter, the name of which the authors
are, however, very anxious to avoid.
The Chartist Delegates met together this morning
at the Mechanics' Institution, which the Sturgeites
had given up to them, and voted Mr. Patrick O'Hig-
gins into the chair.
`ln a short time a letter was received from the late
Secretary, Mr, W. Morgan, tendering his resignation, I

The Learned CORONER then most ably addressed
the Jury, after which the Court was cleared, and at
half-past four o'clock they returned a verdict of " Wil-
ful murder" against Richard Greek, and, conse-
quently, the Coroner issued his warrant for his com-
mittal to take his trial at the next Lent Assizes.

1' The Marchioness of Lansdowne, on Saturday last,
regaled the children educated in the school maintained
by her Ladyship at Bowood, for the young children
of the cottagers. A substantial repast was laid out
in the conservatory, and the wants of the youthful
recipients of the bounty of the Marchioness were
attended on both by the Marquis and Marchioness.
After doing justice to the excellent fare provided
through the liberality of their patrons, the assemblage
broke up,