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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARN 1542.

from 151. 14s. 4cl. to 651 14s. 4d., and the name of
Peter Click had been erased by some chemical process,
and that of William Bowch substituted for it,
Mr. BALLANTINE took several technical objections to
the indictment, but they were overruled by the Court.
The Learned Counsel then addressed the Jury,
and intimated that the evidence did not support the
charge imputed to the prisoner, and he submitted that
the evidence showed that he had been the dupe of the
other party, and that he had no intention to defraud
the prosecutor.
Witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner a good
character for honosty ; and one of them, in answer to a
question from the Court, said that the prisoner had
served with the army in Portugal, and that a man
named Bowch was in the same regiment.
The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury returned a
verdict of Guilty.—Judgment was respited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.
Yesterday two young men, named Richard Sluggett and
Frederick Barrett, both of whom are well-known to the
police as forming part of a gang of daring burglars who
for some time past have infested the neighbourhood of
Lisson-grove, were placed at the bar.
Police-constable 168 D stated, that on the same morn-
ing, about two o'clock, as he, was on duty in Wimpole-
street, Cavendish-square, a lady threw up her window,
and told him that two men had just climbed over the
wall into the back premises of Mr. Sanders, landlord of
the Rose public-house, directly opposite ; he (witness)
sprung his rattle, and on another officer coming to his
assistance both the prisoners, who were the parties al-
luded to, were taken into custody ; the former was found
in the yard, and the latter was seated upon the flats ; and
both were then conveyed to the station-house. A "jem-
my " (a crowbar used by burglars as an effective imple-
ment for forcing doors, windows, &c.) was picked up in
the yard, and from the pocket of Barrett were taken a
candle and a box of lucifers.
Proof having been given as to the bad character of the
prisoners, who, it was stated, had been several times
charged before, they were each committed to the House
of Correction for three months.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Michael Foley and Thomas Neale, were yesterday
charged with violently assaulting George Best, 42 B.
The complainant, whose eyes were blackened and his
face and head bandaged in several places, stated, that
about half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night he was
on duty in Great Chapel-street, Westminster, when he
heard the defendants and two others, who were in their
company, making a great noise. He went up to them
and quietly asked them to desist, and turned away in
order to proceed on his beat, when he received a violent
blow on the mouth from Foley, which knocked him down,
and as he was falling Neale struck him heavily on the
side. On witness recovering his legs he saw the defend-
ants and their companions running off, and he then drew
his truncheon, and went in pursuit of them. He over-
took the party in the Broadway, and made a blow with
his truncheon at Foley, but did not hit him. The whole
party then attacked him, and Foley having wrenched
the staff from his hand, struck him twice on the
face and once on the back of the head with it with
such violence that he was again knocked down. The
blood flowed copiously from the wound, and while on the
ground he was several times kicked on the head and
body, and must have lost his life had not two other
constables fortunately come to his assistance, when Foley
was secured, the others having made their escape. In
the course of a few minutes, however, the defendant
Neale came to the station-house with Foley's hat, and
having been immediately recognized by witness as one
of the men by whom he had been assaulted, he also was
taken into custody.
Inspector Taylor, of the B division, said, that when
Best came to the station-house he found him bleeding
very much, and so severely injured, that he deemed it
necessary to send him at once to the hospital to have his
wounds dressed. The inspector here produced a certi-
ficate, which stated that the constable, Best, was so much
injured that he would be for some time um& for duty.
Defendants denied that they had ever struck the con-
stable in the manner described.

Mr. BuRRELL said it was a most violent assault, and
the defendants must pay the full penalty of 5/. each, or
be committed for two months to hard labour in the
House of Correction.—They were sent to prison.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Gqtr, a young man, was placed at the bar, on
the charge of robbing his employer, Mr. James Segress,
the landlord of the Grapes public-house in Old• Compton-
street.

4The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been been
in his service for a considerable time, and the utmost
confidence was placed in his integrity. Latterly,
however, circumstances transpired whieh induced
witness to believe that some of the persons employed
in his business were in the practice of robbing him daily.
On Saturday night, on the house closing, he counted the
number of cigars that remained in a box in the bar, and
on Sunday morning missed 22 of them. The prisoner
at the instant was about leaving the premises when it
ness stopped him and insisted on his being searched, and
the 22 missing cigars were found in his pockets, and also
a quantity of loose tobacco. The cigars cost about 2d. each.
The prisoner admitted his guilt, and begged, for the
sake of his aged mother, that Mr. Segress would not pro •
secutehim.—Mr. Segress intimated that he was inclined
to be merciful.

Mr. ISIALTRY said that robberies by servants were on
the increase, and he should therefore committhe prisoner.

WORSHIP- STREET.
George Rose, a carman, was brought before Mr.
Broughton, upon a charge of • having maltreated two
horses.

George Wilcock, an officer employed by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, stated, that he
was in the City-road, at eleven o'clock on that morning,
when he saw the prisoner driving a van with two horses,
which were in so diseased and debilitated a state that
they could scarcely crawl along. Both of the poor ani-
mals were literally living skeletons, and one of them had
an open abscess on its back as large as a crown piece,
and two bleeding wounds on each of its shoulders, caused
apparently by the friction of the collar, which was press-
ing on them at the time. The prisoner admitted that
one of the horses belonged to him, and said that he had
borrowed the other.
Hanley, the chief usher, said that the poor hacks were
then at the outer door of the Court, and they attracted
general notice, in consequence sequence of their wretched scare-
crow appearance. he only place to which they ought
to be driven was the knacker's yard.
The officer, Wilcock, said that if the prisoner would
consent immediately to dispose of the horses, he would
undertake, on the part of the Society, to pay him lOs.
more for them than he would be able to got any
where else.

Mr. BROUGHTON said that it was a most liberal offer,
and although he must order the prisoner to pay a fide
of 10s., he should allow the payment to stand over for a
fortnight, to give him an opportunity of acceding to the
officer's proposal, and in the event of his doing so the
penalty would probably be remitted.

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CROYDON PETTY SESSIONS.
At the meeting of Magistrates at the Town Hall,
Croydon, on Saturday, Robert Jobson, an engine driver
on the roydon Railway, attended to answer a charge
of having, with a hammer, inflicted such severe injury
upon another driver belonging to the Company, that his
life has been for some time despaired of.
Mr. Russell attended on behalf of the defendant.
The complainant, who still appeared to be suffering
very much from the injury, and who gave his evidence
with great difficulty, said that on the 10th inst., in
consequence of learning that Jobson had removed his
engine from the shed in which he had placed it, he
spoke to him on the subject. Jobson told him he ha.l
no business to put it there, and he replied that if he
moved it again he would shake him ; to which Jobson
answered that if he did he would get " sucked in."
Jobson then went on to his engine, and called
him a " useless old thing ;" and on his repeat-
ing the words, witness went up to him and collared
him, and Job;isnn immediately struck him on the head
with a har,-imer, and before lie could recover himself he
repeated the blow twice. He said, " Don't kill me with
th;.:s hammer," and Jobson replied, " - thee, I will,"
and was about to strike him again if the hammer had
not been taken from him. After this they had a struggle
together, and fell to the floor, and while they were upon
the ground Jobson attempted to bite him on the cheek.
When he got up he found that he was very bloody, and
•he went to a doctor, end had been under his care ever
since the occurrence.

When the complainant had concluded his statement,
he appeared so exhausted that Mr. Russell said he would
not take upon himself the responsibility of exciting him
further by cross-examination, and he should, therefore,
not ask him a single question, and by the direction of the
Magistrate the complainant was immediately removed
from the Court.
Mr. W. Sutherland, the surgeon, deposed that he was
called in to attend the complainant, whom he found in a
state of collapse, and upon examination he discovered a
wound in his head, and there was also a slight mark on
the face, which might have been occasioned by a bite.
The wound in itself was not dangerous, but the blows
had occasioned concussion of the brain ; and for ten
days the complainant was in a dangerous state, and he
was still underltreatment for concussion of the brain.
In answer to questions from the Bench, the surgeon
said that the complainant was going on well at present,
but' he would not take upon himself to declare that he
was out of danger, because it frequently happened, in
cases of concussion, that the patient would appear to be
going on well, and a sudden change, attended with a
fataCresult, might ultimately take place.
Mr. Rua :ELL then addressed the Bench, and complained
of the proceedings that had been taken to hurry on the
present Inquiry before the unfortunate complainant was
at all in a tit state to give evidence, and to bear the ex-
citement consequent upon a public investigation. He
then went on to say that he would not attempt to deny
that Jobson had most unjustifiably used a most dange-
rous weapon, but said he should show the Bench that he
only did so after he had been most grossly provoked and
insulted by the complainant. Witnesses were then.
called, who proved that Archer had threatened (ai
the previous night that ho would have a quarrel w'th
Jobson, and that he had put his fist in his face, and col-
hired him before he struck him with the hammer. I:, was
also proved, that after the occurrence Archer said, it was
a rum job ; and that he admitted he was in Ole wrong,
and asked Jobson to shake hands with him. The Ma-
gistrates, ultimately, after a brief consultation, said, that
from what the surgeon had; stated, they did not feel
themselves justified in disposing of the case summarily,
and they ordered him to enter into his own r ecognizances
in 1001,, and two sureties in 50/. each, to attend at the
Sessions to answer any charge that might, be preferred I
against him.

WHAT'S IN A NAME ?--.The brig Tempe-
rance, from. Rotterdam, has brought 140 pipg s of gin, 2
cases opium, and one case fiddles.—Boston Polo.

THE MASONS' STRIKE,

An extremely large pliblle Meeting Was held last night
io the large room of the White Conduit House Tavern,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the present
position of the masons, and also for the purpose of con-
sidering the best means to be adopted in supporting them
in their present strtiggle,
Mr. Wakley was one of the first who ascended the
platform.
Mr. DUNNING, a bookbinder, was called to the Chair.
He said that in taking the chairl that night he felt the
greatest pleasure. The strike had then continued
20 weeks. In the strike there had been 375 persons, of
whom mil) five had proved false to the cause. The cir-
cumstances peculiar to the trade which then solicited
their support, rendered that support at that moment the
more essential, as the masons, at that time of the year,
were generally out of employment from one end of the
kingdom to the other. Therefore it became those of the
other trades to come forward and assist them (the ma-
sons), which would enable them to get over the present
period ; and when that period was got over, there was
no fear as to the result of the struggle, because the New
Royal Exchange, the Museum, and various other public
buildings, would be commenced, and. when that took place
they might depend upon the victory.—(Cheers.) He need
not go into the case of the masons since their strike.
They had taken a high moral stand—a stand the result
of education. He hoped they would still adhere to the
cause, and soon bring it to a successful termination. He
would conclude by calling on Mr. Golton to move the
first resolution.
Mr. GOLTON, painter, said he rose with much pleasure
to
.propose the following resolution:—" That it is the
opinion of this meeting that the steady, upright, and
manly conduct of the masons during such a long and
arduous struggle pre-eminently deserves the utmost
praise, and our additional support."—(Cheers.) He
would endeavour to lay before them such faqs as would,
he was sure, cause them to carry out this resolution, and
which would not only prove to them that the masons
deserved their applause, but all the support they could
possibly bring to them. It had been stated to them that
375 men were on the strike, and of that number not one
had broken the laws of his country. They had never
seen any police reports inserted in any of the papers
respecting them. Their struggle was founded on Chris-
tian and humane principles, to resist the oppression of
a being who was not worthy the name of an Englishman,
who had been raised to his office for the sole pur-
pose, of pursuing a system of slave-driving. He (Mr.
Golton) would endeavour to show that the masons'
interest was the interest of the masters. He then went
into the various details relative to the strike, and which
finally led to the men leaving their employment, all of
which details have appeared in our reports of the various
speeches delivered at the earlier meetings of the masons.
He concluded a very long speech by calling on them to
use their utmost exertions in supporting the masons, and
then they would not have to return to their work com-
fortably with Allen, as Mr. Grissell had last Wednesday
said they would. He had said that "in the course of
three weeks they will be all comfortably back again.
" But," he had also added, " I must confess these men
of principle were the best men I ever had in my life."
' Mr. WA.KLEY briefly seconded the resolution, which
was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. CLARKE, a painter, said he felt great pleasure in
calling their attention to a subject of the highest im-
portance to them as men—a subject they had met that
evening to advance—that of obtaining for the working
man that moral, that social, and political standing, the
the sons of labour, the creators of all wealth, were so
fully, fairly, and justly entitled to. They had been
opposed by the combination of capitalists, but, owing
to the unites efforts of the trades, they had
been able to stand against them—(Hear,
,bear)
—and if they still held together, they must, and
would be successful. Many perhaps at this moment
would ask " what have we to do with that strike, we are
not masons—we have nothing to do with stone," but he
would endeavour to show that they had to do with it,
that they were attacking the strong hold of corruption,
and what was the masons' situation then might be theirs
to-morrow. Let them come forward and break the chain
of tyranny asunder.
Let us unite with hearts sincere in truth,
Our mental might to this ennobling work,
The mind's regeneration, and bec sum
Messiahs in th cause of liberty,
Nor cease until from out the book of life
We blot the name of tyrant and of slave.—(Cheers.)
The resolution he had to propose *as, " That it is the
opinion of this meeting, that the bold and decisive con-
duct adopted by the Quarry-men, in nobly refusing to
prepare stone for the supply of Messrs. Grissell and
Peto, until justice has been conceded to the injured
masons, thereby sacrificing their employment, deserves
our cordial thanks, and creates in us a greater stimulant
to exertion."
Mr. THOMAS briefly seconded the resolution, which,
on being put to the meeting, was carried amidst loud
applause.
Mr. Feargus O'Connor then entered the room, and was
received with a tremendous burst of cheering, which
lasted a considerable time.
Mr. BUTLER said he could assure them that he had
always anticipated success with respect to the question at
issue, and he was now still further confident of the re-
sult from that meeting. The resolution he had to
propose was something of a political character :
"That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the partial
conduct of the commissioners of Woods and Forests,
and the Board of Admiralty, in assisting Messrs.
Grissell and Pete, against the masons now on strike,
clearly proves that the Government is determined to
oppress the working classes ; and therefore it is abso-
lutely necessary that extensively organised unions should
exist for the purpose of protecting ourselves against
the combined efforts of those who live upon the fruits of
our industry."—(Loud cheers.) H e did not think he
need be under any apprehension in that resolution being
received by them. They knew perfectly well that Lord
Lincoln and other great men in the Government had
done all in their power to starve the men into submis-
sion, but he trusted the good men of the trades of the
metropolis would never allow them to become the easy
tools of such a base faction.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BAKER seconded the resolution without comment.
Mr. A. WALTON rose to speak to the resolution. The
resolution just submitted to them, condemnatory of the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the Board of
Admiralty, he trusted, would meet with their entire
concurrence. He rejoiced at their again assembling on
that occasion. It was a proof that they felt the deepest
interest in that struggle—that they were fully sensible
of the fact that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
and the Board of Admiralty had rendered their services
to Grissell and Peto, for the purpose of oppressing the
masons. They (the masons) wrote to the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests, and they sent an answer to the
lettet, stating that they could not interfere, while they
were actually holding a secret correspondence with
Grissell and Peto ; and when a deputation of the masons
waited on the Earl of Lincoln, for the purpose of explain-
ing the stri'ie, he said they were decidedly opposed to
trades' unions or combinations. Grissell and Pete were
left to do what they thought proper, and they were pro-
tected. The quarrymen heard of the conduct of Allen,
and immediately refused to produce anymore stone until
he was dismissed. The Commissioners of Woods and
Forests immediately wrote a letter by their agents,
Messrs. Burgess and Walker, stating to Messrs. Grissell
and Peto, that they might get stone from any part of the
country they chose. He (Mr. Walton) called their at-
tention to the systematic union amongst those parties,
whilst the Earl of Lincoln was condemning union amongst
the working classes. The Times had said that if they
could not get stone from any part of England they could
get it from South America. He (Mr. W.) thought it
would be rather an unprofitable speculation.—(Laugh-
ter.) The Times had recommended the Government to
re-enact the combination laws, but if ever they attempted
to crush trades' unions, that would raise such a tem-
pest round their heads as would with some difficulty be
quelled.—(Cheers.) The Government ought not to have
interfered ; and, if they did so, they should have made
inquiries into the merits of the case. The masons had
at all times been ready, and were so still, to submit the
case to arbitration ; and if the reporter of the Times was
in that. room, he trusted he would take that declaration,
and let them know the fact. But they would never get
justice from the present Government, nor would they
ever get justice from their representatives, until they
were made responsible to the people for their actions.—
(Loud cheers.) They might as well expect to find the
sun in darkness—they might as well expect to find the
great universe acting in opposition to the established laws
of nature, as expect the Government to have any thing
like sympathy for the people while that Government was
based upon a system of class legislation. He would
endeavour to show to them the extent of union which
existed amongst them, as they could appreciate the
value of union as well as the Government. He would
endeavour to show them the absolute necessity of uniting
for their own protection. All classes of society, except
the working men, were protected by
.law. He would take
for instance the solicitor, the physician, the surgeon, all
these were under the protection of the law, and no one
could practice in either unless he had taken his degrees.
But where was the protection for the honest and indus-
trious working man ? He would tell them what their
protection must be. It must be union—union which
would tend to their own welfare and be the means of
bettering their condition, and which would be the instru-
ment of their own regeneration. For this union it was
indispensably necessary that delegate Committees should
exist as in London through the provinces. In every
town in England they should be formed, and the whole
of these unions, directed by intelligence, would show to
the world that they were not that bloody and sanguine
mob they were represented to be, but an upright and
generous people determined to be free.—(Loud cheers.)
The resolution was put and carried with loud cheers.
Mr. DurtnA a proposed the next resolution:—" That
this meeting do, individually and collectively, declare
their determination to assist the masons while the strike
lasts."—This resolution was received with loud cheers.
Mr. TRIBE seconded the resolution.
Mr. ANDERSON having spoken to the resolution, it
Was carried unanimously, and with vehement cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then stated that a meeting would be
held every Monday evening at the Craven Head, Drury-
lane ; and every Tuesday evening at the Prince's Head,
Prince's-street, Westminster.
Mr. WALTON said it was the intention of the Com-
mittee to have had a ball on Wednesday week, but, as
that was Ash Wednesday, the landlord had been threat-
ened with the loss of his license, and therefore the ball
was postponed till the Monday following. Perhaps it
would be thought strange that they came so fax from
the centre of the town, but the proprietor of the room
had given it gratuitously.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. WARLEY theti presented himself, and was re-
ceived with cheering, which continued for some minutes,
As soon as silence was restored he said he could assure
them that he had attended there that night for the purpose
of witnessing their proceedings, with unspeakable satisfac-
tion. Nothing could be more grateful to his feelings than
that of discovering that a large portion of his countrymen
were struggling for their rights with a fixed detennina-

Lion of being victorious. In the speeches they had heard,
*hich 1164 been delivered for their information, were the
details of grievaiiceg ithiCh the rtlen employed ,on the
Houses of Parliament had endured ; arid he would ask
them, and he was boll to make the appeal not only to
them but to the whole of England, whether it was possible
' tor ene man to possess an hunest English heart who did
not sympathise with the hardships these men had en-
dured? It was an easy thing for those Who had capital,
which had been accumulated by the labour of the people,
to say that unions were mischievous, and that the working
men were aetitig tyrannically. They had heard of
physic being protected by law ; they might go further,
and say, the Church also ; in fact, the aristocracy of
England were united as one man against the interests
of the working man. If they wanted a clergyman for
their parish, could they have him ? No ; he was set
down as a black.--(Laughter.) The Church said they
would not have your black, but would have a black of
their own.—(Cheers and laughter.) Take the law, of
which Mr. F. O'Connor was a member, and they knew
how ho had taken up the cause of the people, and so the
law sent him to Coventry.—(Cheers.) Suppose they
wanted him (Mr. Wakley) to plead their cause in any
court of law, could they have him ? No. It would be a
very bad thing for them if they did. But that was not
to the point. Could t hey exercise their own will and
judgment ? No because the benchers would denounce
him (Mr. Wakley) as a black in law ; they would
not have his coif and gown, as it would not be
according to their liking.—(Laughter and cheers.)_ Take
the practice of physic, and look to the Apothecaries' Com-
pany. They were a voluntary company at first, but they
had a charter granted to them by James, and then came
the 53d of George 111., by which Act any man who dared
to prescribe a dose of rhubarb or jalap, unless he was a
member of the said society, must forfeit 201. for that very
grave offence. Yet the parties who created these unions
denounced the working men of London as tyrannical be-
cause they had the sagacity to stand up for their own
protection. Who did not feel the spirited conduct of the
men at the two Houses of Parliament ? they had taught
even hospitality to Grissell and Peto, for they had had a
dinner party, and one thousand seven hundred of their
workmen had dined at the Horns Tavern, at Ken:
nington, and those men obtained a good dinner by
' means of the masons' strike.—(Loud cheers.) He never
could believe that nearly 300 men would throw them-
selves out of employment, at a season of privation and
distress, without feeling that they were right in doing
so. The Hon. Gentlemen then went on at considerable
length, urging upon them each to subscribe a weekly
sum, so that the masons might have a permanent income
that would last as long as 'the strike lasted. He was
willing, as long as be had a shilling in his pocket, to
contribute his share. The political unions in the House
of Commons were such, that he had seen, in close divi-
sions, the leaders of adverse factions bring in idiots
and lunatics to give their •votes. He pledged his word
and honour that he had seen idiots and lunatics voting
in making laws for this empire. These were the men who
had denounced their unions, and were prepared to de-
nounce them still, and who would, if they allowed them,
pass laws for the abolition of all Trades' Societies. The
Hon. Gentleman then went into very lengthy details re-
specting the Dorchester labourers, and his exertions in
their behalf. The Hon. Gentleman concluded an ex-
tremely- long speech by calling upon them to assist heart
and hand in the masons' cause, and then to form associa-
tions for the purpose of obtaining Universal Suffrage, and
never to rest till they had obtained it.
Mr. FEARGUS O'CoNNoit then rose, and said, if the
concluding advice of Mr. Wakley had been taken and
acted upon some few years ago, the masons would not
have been in the painful position of being obliged to look
to that meeting for support. He rejoiced in making
one of them there that night. He rejoiced the more in
consequence of the last sentence he had heard from Mr.
Butler, when he (Mr. Feargus O'Connor) entered the
room. He told them that the motion bore something of
a political complexion, and this it was that gave him (Mr.
Feargus O'Connor) so much satisfaction. As Mr.
Wakley had said, it was not so much the
aristocracy who pressed upon the working classes
as the middle classes of society, who trampled on
the people. No truth could be plainer than the
rights of these 400 men who had given up the sources
of their own maintenance rather than injure their trade,
or allow these tyrants to have the victory over them.
He had told Lord Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley,
and the rest, at the time of the Dorchester labourers
case was brought before the House of Commons, that
they ought to be in the convicts' dress, and going on
' board the hulks. They were now in a position to assert
their rights, and to go at once to the root of the class
legislation. Mr. Wakley would be going down to the
House of Commons, and ho hoped he would stand
there the leader of those who were master-arm of the na-
tion. Union was necessary in order to effect
triumph. The King of Prussia was going downqo
the opening of Parliament, and would sit by the side of
the Queen in that House of Incurables. What would
he think if he was told by Mr. Wakley, that in the
other House idiots and lunatics voted in making the
laws ? He would think that one was an Hospital
of Incurables, and the other an Hospital for Lunatics.
He (Mr. F. O'Connor) had been in the Queen's
Bench, and he never found a man there that was in debt;
he had been in York Castle amongst thieves and vaga-
bonds, and he never found a thief or a vagabond there
yet; and so in the House of Commons and the House of
Lords, they would never find an enemy to the poor. The
present time put him in mind of that when Charles
James Fox accepted office. They then contended
for all the six points which he (Mr. O'C.) did, but when
they got on the other side ofpowning-street, all they
did was to remove a few contractors from Parliament,
and deprive revenue officers of their votes. It was like
the old lady when she got her feet on the fender, she did
not think the poor people could be cold. So when C. J.
Fox and his party were in office they thought the state
of the, nation was not half so bad as when they were
out. lie concluded an extremely long speech, of
which we are only able to give the heads, by expressing
a hope that those men who had taken the place of those
in strike, would get the new Houses of Parliament built
by the time the Reformed Parliament was ready to take
possession of it.—(Loud cheers.)
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

[ADVE RTISEMENT.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—In the Times of Wednesday last, the 26th inst.,
there appeared an article from its Editor replete with
scurrility and misrepresentation respecting the means we
have taken to prosecute, to a successful issue, our strike.
In reply to this, with a view to disabuse the public mind,
an article, of which the following is a copy, has by its
professedly " fair play" editor, been refused insertion.
We, therefore, respectfully solicit you to favour us with
its insertion in your next edition.—We are, Sir, yours
respectfully, THE MASONS' SOCIETY,
THOMAS SHORTY, Hon. Sec.