The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-05-12
Gbe Gantaster Ga3rtte.
LANCASTER, OHIO;
Friday Morning, May I2, Is4s.
Further Foreign Extracts

The telegraphic summary Of the news brought
by the America published in our last was re-
markably correct. The report that Louis Philip
pc was passenger proves to be a hoax practiced
upon the news.men. We make some further ex-
tracts:
The Chartist meeting passed off so
quietly and with SO comparatively fee
Bile demonstration of their strength. that
it was regarded on all hands as decided
failure.
The procession was given up--and the
meeting on Remington Common proved
to be one of the quietest and least eventful
of all possible demonstrations. We pub.
lish full report of the whole affair.
The monster petition has been subjec-
ted to scrutiny by order of the House
of Commons, and its dimensions are gre
viously curtailed by the ordeal. See the
following report of the committee to
which it was referred:-The committee
Of public petitions, &c: &c. have agreed
to the following report.
"The honorable member for Noting
ham stated, on presenting the petition in
question to the house, that 5,705, 900 sig
natures were attached to it. Upon a
most careful examination of the number
of signatures in the committee room. III
which examination thirteen law.station-
ers' clerks were engaged for upward o
seventeen hours, with the person ordin
arily employed in counting the signatures
appended to the petitions, under the su
perintendance of the clerk of your com
mittee, the number of signatures had
been ascertained to be 1875, ,406 (hear
hear, and loud laughter.) 1t is further
evident to your committee, that on nu
merous consecutive sheets the signatures
are in one and the same handwriting.
"Your committee have also observed
the names Of distinguished individual!
attached to the petition who cannot b'
supposed to have concurred in its prayer
and as little to have subscribed 1t; among
such occur the name of her Majesty il
one place as Victoria Rex April l, th'
Duke of Wellington, X. g.; Rober
Peel, &c.
"In addition to this species of abuse
your committee have observed anothe
equally in derogation of the just value Il
petitions namely, the insertion of name
which are obviously fctitious-such a
"No cheese" ""Pug-nose,' Flat'noSe &c
(Roars of Laughter.
"They ire other words and phrase
which, though written in the form of sig
natures. and Included in the number re
ported, your committee will not hazar
offending the house. and the dignity an
decency of their own proceedings. b
reporting. though, it may be added, thu
they are obviously signatures belongin
to no human being"
The reading of this report was follow
cd by a scene between Mr.. F. O'Conn'
and Mr.. Cripps-formerly we believe
New York, member Of the committe
Matters went to such pass betwee
them that Mr.. O'Connor was arrested
the sergeant. alta under the order
the speaker. Having left the House, wi
parting hint to Mr.. Cripps that he mig
sonsider himself challenged, but on h
being brought before the House in Gust
dy, mutual explanations and apologi
were made and the affair dropped.
The only interruption of peace. ev'
to partial extent, seems to have occu
red IN the progress of dispersion, aft
the meeting on the common. Of Il
the following account is given:
After the meeting on Remington Coz
mon had dispersed, an immense CROW
on their return struggled irregularly
long Blackfriars road. Upon arriving
Stamford street, they Of course car
face to face with the mounted police, W
refused them passage, and ranged the
selves s.across the road. Many strenuo
attempts we're made by the chartists
get across the bridge,
Az fresh numbers arrived from NJ
nington common. those in advance We
pushed forward but were immediate
driven back by the horse patrol With
draw wing their sabres. The metrop'
tan police made use Of their staves'