The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-19 00:00:00

CHARTIST MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.

ciSilarklY after 12 o'clock on Tuesday, a public meeting of the
iartists and their friends was held (in pursuance of previ-
telleM ef s notice by placard) in the Chartist Association Room, hot-
Preston-street, for the purpose of electing a repre-
sentative of the body in Liverpool to represent their interests
`fit. the Chartist Conference to be held, at Manchester, on
dnesday and the two following days. A considerable crowd
wasti. collected in the immediate locality of the room, con-
sifting e,hiefly of working men, and others—most of them
edi),tecteu from mere curiosity. No disposition to promote
in urhance was shown, and the whole proceedings went off
na a Peaceable manner. A good-looking young seaman,
upeulne`,l (as we learn) Pyles, was called to the chair, and
sae;e .the proceedings in an address advocating, in a
sa"alle, the principles of Chartism, and evincing con-
ducable oratorical ability in the speaker, but an absence of
elna;a„tie,,„e• Four or live other speakers followed, and in-
IN'?,t,P...r!e'vlisell(night, Jones, and others whose names we could
Y ascertain. It was proposed that' Mr. Barnard
tillek-krthy (now in Manchester) should be the delegate to.
tiariocuttsstiolvv,neeefeexrei:.tei,ue.gfrom this town, and the motion was unarm-
tila
.y arried Another resolution followed, to the effect.
fre riots in the manufacturing and. other dis-
the cot not caused or promoted by the Chartists, but by
who bje-masters, gold-masters. and other capitalists,
work -I' most unwarrantably reduced the wages of their
Peole
lutio to te straton point ; and th sae rer-
of n concluded h a
with av declaration that, ins them opinion
wn Icl?'e electing, the well-being and happiness of the
p r in,g classes could alone be attained by obtaining " The
laetPle 8 Charter." The speakers generally advocated the
an
_er clause of the resolution, contending that all the misery
d destitution felt by the labourers, who were the real pro-
ducers of wealth, were occasioned by class legislation of the
Middle classes and the aristocracy, who enriched themselves
while they starved those under them. They all, too, spoke
against any resort to physical force; expressed their convic-
t
ion that their principles were fast gaining ground in every
direction, and that by union,
perseverance, and additional
numbers to
collect such theirstream ranks, they would ere long be enabled to
a of public opinion in behalf of their
cause, as would, withont bloodshed, dislodge from their
Positions their oppressors, whether whig, toryotoior radical,
~ and
enable the people to take their own goernme tgoet,hthee ir
ionate -n.
hands. They also reprehended, in stvronglangon
rested and hypocritical conduct of the Anti-Corn-Law
l'etigue then, who, with all their pretended sympathy for the
ring labourers,
were the first to show their sincerity by
"ffe
cutting down their wages, already reduced to a miserable Pittance. Strong opinions were also expressed, that the
teituutr.y had ample resources to produce abundance for ten
, 'ea its present population, were it not crushed by bad go-
,ern, rnent, and were these resources fully drawn out. Ap-
keata were made to the working men who had not yet joined
their ranks to enrol their names, and assist the cause by their
Bthib,seriptions. A vote of thanks was finally passed to the
,-"airrnan, and the meeting, which was on the whole of a
dispersed houred character, gave three cheers, and quietly
Were
Whitty, the head-constable, and several inspectors,
t-e:ie in attendance at the end of a neighbouring street ; but
called lrvices, for the suppression of disturbance, were not
The,„, ron
into requisition.
mence
afterwrae"t of
m (which is pretty large)
.was not, at
btloiet csoornon-
the proceedings, entirely 1.1
tiec
working men
11,,71 ~ards became much crowded, chiefly "below were also'
117401,11 e beat, was very great. The streetsdto
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b pre-
sent, r_Penple, Many of 'whom, who were disposed
this
not obtain admittance.
Wednesday some little apprehension
town b
from the
tnann by rumours circulated that strangers
was excited. in
facturing districts had come into Liverpool. Another
alpacrFinpgalnf the Chartists was held on Wednesday,
Portion of the speakers conjured the chartists to
a quiet and orderly part, and not for the purpose of
when the
working out the objects of the League, to brave the muskets
of an armed soldiery. On the "me da received
y, Mr. Whitt y information that a l
Swan, and were detarge. body of men had arrived at the Old
diately rode out in telfzEilt'in direction,
to enter the town. He imme-
roction, and found all quiet, not

riialf a dozen individuals being seen in company in any direc-
' tion, nor could he learn what had given rise to the report.
Shortly after his return to Liverpool, however, a communi-
cation to the like effect was made at the Town-hall, and he
was directed to ride out again to the Old Swan. A large
body of officers, armed with sticks, were called together, and
kept in readiness for action in case their services should be
required. Mr. Whitty, however, again found that it was a
false alarm, the whole neighbourhood of the Old Swan being
as tranquil as usual.

A meeting of the chartists was expected this evening.
(Friday), as announced at the Assembly Rooms, Lord
Nelson-street, on Wednesday ; but towards sunset, yester-
day, some indications presented themselves in the town of a
chartist meeting being about to be held that evening, and
the police were consequently on the alert, though not in such
a manner as to display their force, or disposed to disturb any
merely popular assemblage in which inflammatory language
was avoided. The only two places at which it was appre-
hended the meeting would be held, were the room at the
bottom of Preston-street, and the large room in Lord
Nelson-street. Towards eight O'clock considerable num-
bers of people, most of them actuated by curiosity
alone, assembled in and at the bottom of Preston-
street, and lingered there in groups, in expectation
of a Chartist meeting in that quarter. No such meeting,
however, took place. The room was opened at eight o'clock,
but it was merely for a tee-total or temperance meeting, for
which, it appears, it bad previously been engaged, and at
which even females were present. Those who bad entered
the room in expectation of a Chartist commotion, speedily
left it, and in a short time half the seats were left unoccupied.
Meantime, a large body of persons (many hundreds) assem-
bled at the bottom of Lord Nelson-street, in expectation of
the Chartist meeting being held there, but here again a dis-
appointment was experienced amongst those wishful for com-
motion, as the doors remained closed until half-past eight
o'clock, and it did not appear that any such meeting had been
intended. Towards nine, the whole quietly dispersed. The
principal thoroughfares in the neighbourhood were much
crowded during the whole of the evening ; but this is to be
accounted for chiefly from the extreme fineness of the
weather ; and from the general peaceable disposition of the
inhabitants, we have no apprehension for the peace of " the
good old town."

MOVEMENTS OF THE LONDON CHARTISTS.
(From Yesterday's London Papers.)
On Tuesday night a very numerous meeting of the Na-
tional Charter Association took place at the National Asso-
ciation-hall, in Holborn, at which several speeches were
made deprecating any physical force movement on the part
of the London Chartists, but a determination to maintain
the right of public discussion, and to resist any infringement
on it. An address to the working population of the disturbed
districts was ultimately agreed to, calling upon them to
yield obedience to the laws, but at the same time by the ex-
ercise of moral power to maintain the principle of the Peo-
ple's • Charter. During the earlier portion of yesterday it
was understood that there was to be a great meeting of the
Chartists on Kennington-common. Between one and two
o'clock an assemblage of trades took place in Lincoln's-inn
fields, and the appearance of a large number of flags and
banners, together with bands of music, men in armour, &c.,
gave rise to a belief that a grand Chartist demonstration was
about to take place. Such, however, proved not to be the
case ; the assemblage being of a more peaceful character,
consisting, as it did, of several hundred members of the
Benefit Societies Asylum, who were about to spend their
anniversary. Their march through the streets, however,
was very imposing, and created at the first view considerable
alarm in the minds of the public.
Shortly after one o'clock his Grace the Duke of Welling-
ton and several members of the ministry, and also Mr. Hall
the chief magistrate of Bow-street, waited upon, and re-
mained for a considerable time in conference with Sir J.
Graham, at the Home-office, and it is understood that the
subject under discussion was the proper course to be pur-
sued in the event of any movement of the chartists likely to
alarm the inhabitants of the metropolis and its suburbs.
Subsequently Mr. Pease, and a deputation from Sheffield,
had an interview with the Home Secretary, and, it is statedf
expressed their apprehension of a riot breaking out there,
and asking for prompt and efficient assistance. Expresses
were being received by every train from the disturbed dis-
tricts, and Superintendent May has received orders to keep
the A division of police in readiness to start at the shortest
notice in direction their services may be required.
The directors of the London and Birmingham Railway
have received instructions from the Government to have
trains in constant readiness for any emergency, and between
6 and 7 o'clock last night preparations were, it was stated,
being actively made at the Euston station for the conveyance
of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), who, it was understood,
had received orders to hold themselves in readiness for their
immediate departure from the Albany-street Barracks. It
i:; also stated, that the Gist regiment are on their way from
Dover, under orders at once to proceed to the north. These
rumours drew large bodies of people to the terminus of
the railway at Euston-grove, and at the time of writing this
(a quarter past eight o'clock,) there cannot be less than from
500 to 600 present.
The inflammatory placards calling the meeting for this
evening at Islington-green, and for the exhibition of which
several shopkeepers have been summoned, under the orders
of Government, to Bow-street, were during yesterday ex-
tensively posted throughout the metropolis ; and in the
neighbourhood of Islington the shopkeepers are very fearful
of riotous proceedings.
The troops were expected to depart via the London and
Birmingham Railway immediately after the mail train.

GREAT CHARTIST MEETING ON CLERKEN-
WELL GREEN.

Yesterday evening, at 20 minutes before 8, a numerous
meeting (convened for 7 o'clock) took place in the open
space in front of the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, to
discuss matters connected with the present disturbed and
critical state of the country.
Long before the commencement of the proceedings a con-
siderable crowd had collected, and amongst them was a num-
ber of women and children.

An extraordinary degree of excitement prevailed through-
out the neighbourhood, and it was rumoured that upwards
of 50 policemen were in the Sessions-house, in order that, in
the event of any serious disturbance which might call for
their interference, they should be in readiness to sally forth.
There was no platform erected, but in the absence thereof
the speakers and their friends were crowded in a van, ihich
was drawn up to the spot amidst the loudest cheers from
the " people."
A man named Pollard was in the chair ; and in the course
of the several inflammatory speeches uttered, Sir Robert
Peel was charged with the heinous crime of committing mur-
der, by sending troops into the provinces, with instructions
for them to cut down a suffering and unoffending glass of
men, who were struggling for nothing more than such fair
and proper wages for their daily labour as would enable them
to prevent themselves, their wives, and families, from dying
of starvation. This aristacracy, who were rolling in wealth,
and revelling in all kinds of luxury, might fancy themselves
secure ; but they might rest assured, that the words, " Vox
populi, vox Dei." would speedily convince them to the con-
trary, and that in the end the people, who had manfully
struggled for their rights, would, in spite of the aristocracy,
gain their ends. The harvest was a most abundant one,
and by the great God of Nature was intended for the benefit
of all; but the rich, if they were permitted to have their
own way, would take every sheaf and ear of corn to them-
selves. One of the speakers set .forth, that at Manchester
50 of the soldiers had laid down their arms, refusing to fight
against their suffering fellow-men. and that such conduct on
their part could not be too highly extolled.
The meeting, which at one time was of a very uproarious
nature, was at length brought to an end by a quarter-past 9
o'clock. _

It is understood that another, which will probably draw
together a greater number, will take place at the same spot
to-morrow (Thursday.)

THE CHARTIST MEETING AT STEPNEY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 10 O'CLOCK.

The announcement of a Chartist meeting at Stepney and
the alleged assemblage of 8,000 or 10,000 persons in the me-
tropolis have, as it was well calculated to do at the present
moment, excited the feelings of the nervous and timid, and
created some stir at Scotland-yard and at the Home-office.
The fact, however, is, that the number assembled on Step-
ney-green has been very much exaggerated, and it is the
opinion of military men, who arc the best judges of the num-
bers in a public assemblage, that at no time did the crowd
amount more than 2,000 individuals, including of course,
men, women, and children, and it is acknowledged by the
Chartists themselves that the meeting was a total failure.
There was another circumstance which must have struck all
perscins present, and which proves the fact, that the
nine-tenths of those present took no interest whatever
in the proceedings, and appeared to have come there
from motives of mere curiosity, for after listening for a
few minutes to the harangues of the speakers they departed,
and during the principal part of the meeting there were not
more than from 1,200 to 1,500 individuals present. The
speakers on the occasion seemed to be strangers to the
neighbourhood with one exception, and his weight and influ-
ence may be inferred from the fact of his keeping a small
shop for the sale of old and second-hand shoes, and is what
is technically called a " renovator." The Chartists at the
east end of the metropolis have been labouring incessantly
to enroll among their numbers as many of the Spitalfields
weavers as they can ; but this effort of theirs is also known
to be a failure. It is a fact, that though the prices are some-
what low, there are double the hands employed now as silk
weavers than there were at Christmas last, and those persons
find it infinitely more profitable to themselves and their
families to stick to their work and have nothing to do with
the Chartists or Chartism ; and as a proof of their present
industry, Spitalfields has not been so peaceable, nor its inha-
bitants so apparently comfortable, for many years as at
present.
To add to the excitement created at the east end, some
silly person has been writing letters to the principal managers
of one or more large establishments at the water's side, the
purport of which is calculated to create alarm, though on
inquiry none really appears to exist, and the object of their
author appears to be to give himself some factitious notoriety.
At ten o'clock last night the utmost tranquillity prevailed at
the east end of the metropolis.

The legal records of the trial of Queen Anne Bullen, which
were supposed to have been destroyed, have recently been
discovered amongst the ancient documents of the Court of
Queen's Bench.

TIIE OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDlA.—lnconsequence of
the delay that is incurred by the transmission of the de-
patches through France, via .Marseilles, from India and
Egypt, by the new arrangements with the French postoffice
department. and the complaints that are continually made by
the London journals at their detention by the French go-
vernment, the Right Hon. Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-
General, has been for some time negotiating with the Direc-
teur General des Postes of Austria to have them transmitted
via Trieste. Should this arrangement be concluded, which
is at the suggestion of Mr. Waghorn, the agent for the Bri-
tish Government at Alexandria, several days will be saved by
this route. The steamers have a greater facility in reaching
the ports of Trieste front Alexandria and Malta, and they
have the most efficient telegraphic linesand railroads through-
out Austria to Hamburgh and Belgian to transmit the ear-
liest intelligence of the war that is now carrying on in our
eastern possessions and China.

PART SINGING IN GERMANY.—Every one who has been
called upon to take a part in singing a glee, or quartett, has
felt the inconvenience of a number of persons looking over
each others' shoulders, and straining their eyes, at a single
score of the music placed at a piano-forte. This is rarely
done in Germany, nor was it the practice in England in the
days of madrigal singing. Each had his own part, tenor,
alto, or bass, placed in his hand, written, or printed,
in a book by itself ; and in Germany separate parts are
almost invariably printed, of every composition intended
for more than two voices. The work entitled " Orpheus,"
is a
large collection of vocal compositions very popular
in Germany, and printed, as we have described, in sepa-
rate part books, forming small pocket volumes. Every
singer carries about with him his own book, the tenor his
tenors print°
or secundo, the bass, his book for the bass;
and thus, on a walking
excursion, or at an evening party,
each is ready to join, with little ceremony, in the chorus
which may harmonise best with the feelings of the moment.
All the world has heard of the Biirschen choral songs of the
German universities; but what most interest us in that land
of music are the musical family reunions which the tourist
sometimes meets with, where father and son, brother and
sister, friend and neighbour, pass alo winter's evening
cheerfully together, with no other resource, and wanting no
in ng
better, than conversation and singingReview. parts.—Westminster

THEATRE-ROVAL, LIVERPOOL.

THE Public is respectfully informed that the celebrated
Dancer

MADEMOISELLE CERITO,
Of Her Majesty's Theatre, London, is engaged for FOUR
NIGHTS only, and will make her appearance at this Theatre
ON MONDAY NEXT, AUGUST 22,
In several of her most popular Dances, in which she will be
assisted by
MISS O'BRYAN,
Also of Her Majesty's Theatre.
Mademoiselle Cerito's Nights of Performance will bo
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. Gd. ;
Gallery, Is. No Second Price.
ON TUESDAY,
A GRAND CONCERT,
By the Principal Members of the Italian Company,
For One Night only.
MADAME GRISI,
SIGNOR LABLACHE, SIGNORA E. GRIST,
SIGNOR MARIO,
SIGNOR F. LABLACHE, and M R. H. HAYWARD,
Principal Violinist from Her Majesty's Concerts.
Conductor—SlGNOß COSTA.
The Prices on this occasion will be—Lower Boxes, Gs.;
Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, Is. 6d.
The Concert will commence at Eight o'Clock.
No Second Price.
The Box Plan will be opened for Mademoiselle CERITO'S
NIGHTS, On SATURDAY next, August 20, and for the ITALIAN
CONCERT, on MONDAY, August 22, when Places, with their
number of Tickets, may be taken of Mr. COOKE, from Ten
till Four o'Clock.

PROSPECTUS OF
THE CHESTER SCHOOL,
Established for the Education of One Hundred Resident

Pupils, preparing them by
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
FOR THE UNIVERSITY, THE MEDICAL PRO-
FESSION, THE LAW, THE SEA, AND FOR
MERCANTILE PURSUITS. '
CONDUCTED BY MR. JOHN BRINDLEY,
Formerly Head Master of the Oldswinford Hospital Endowed
School for the Maintenance and Education of
One Hundred Boys.
IN the CHESTER SCHOOL it is proposed to furnish a
COMPLETE EDUCATION to ONE HUNDRED
BOYS, between Seven and Sixteen years of age; giving
them a sound course of Classical and Mathematical Reading,
in addition to thorough instruction in the French and German
Languages, Navigation, Oratory, Practical Accounts, and the
usual routine of English Instruction ; and to combine with
these advantages, unceasing attention to their moral and
religious improvement, with strict regard to domestic com-
forts.

For fourteen years Mr. Brindley was actively engaged in
Tuition, being successively Master of the March Endowed
School of One Hundred and Eighty Boys, Second Master of
the Brigg Endowed School of Sixty Boys, and Head Master
of the Oldswinford Hospital Endowed School, where he had
the entire superintendance of One Hundred Boys, who were
boarded, lodged, clothed, educated, and entirely provided
for, from seven to twenty-one years of age. From that situ-
ation he retired in 1839, that he might devote his whole i
energies to the suppression of the then rapidly advancing
evils of Socialist infidelity, which, under the divine blessing,
is now as a system broken up and exploded.

Mr. BRINDLEY Will be assisted by the following Masters:—
FIRST ASSISTANT MASTER—with the degree of M.A.
SECOND DITTO DITTO-with the degree of B.A.

THIRD Drrro DITTO-a native of France or Germany.

FOURTH DITTO DlTTO—for Scale Drawing, Perspective and
Design.
FIFTH DITTO DlTTO—for History, Geography, and the
English department generally.
SIXTH DITTO DITTO—a Military Serjeant, to superintend
the Gymnastic Exercises, and other out-door recreations.
In addition to the above, who will be resident, a Master
will attend, at least once a week, to give Instruction in Hul-
lah's System of Singing. A Medical Officer will also be ap.
pointed to furnish a weekly report of the health of the
Establishment.

Exclusive of the usual round of Elementary Knowledge, will
be given the following
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
To those whose career can be determined upon.
UNIVERSITY CLASS—Latin and Greek, Mathematics,
French, Bible History, Oratory.
NAUTICAL CLass—Navigation, Mapping, Astronomy,
French.
MEDICAL CLass—Latin and Greek, (Celsus, Gregory, and
the London Pharmacopoeia) French, Chemistry, Botany.
Law CLASS—Latin and Greek, French, History, Oratory.
MERCANTILE CLASS—French, German, Practical Accounts,
Drawing, Design.

The whole School will assemble for Prayers and Religious
Instruction every Morning and Evening at a quarter before
Eight o'clock.

POPULAR LECTURES
On Astronomy, Geology, Chemistry, applied to the Arts,
Natural Theology, and other useful branches, will
be delivered during the winter evenings.