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      Till preatly . rising in . hi 9 . eoantry ! s right ,. . Her KossntE—her deliverer , sprung to light ; A race of brave ; Hungarian sons he led , Guiltless of courts , untainted , and unread . "Whose inborn ipirit spurned the ignoble fee , Their hearts -scorned bondage—for their hands were free . " T _

      " Unite J Write,'. Ye Chartists Orate, L...

      " Unite J write , ' . ye Chartists orate , Let the land your watchword be ; Scout , oh , scout , the servile slave , Who crouches when he may be free . Up , ye Leroes , at thedespota , Lick no more the tyrant ' s hand ; Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots , Live like freemen on yourland . Then £ rea trade - will he a blessing , When man can work , and eat , and play When shepherds cease to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . "

      Tto The Veritable Chartists. My Fkiends....

      TTO THE VERITABLE CHARTISTS . My Fkiends . —The ' Times ' of Friday has another article auusing Kossdth , -but we learn that he is to arrive at Southampton on the 20 th of this month , and it is my intention to go down there to receive him ; and I hope he -will have a warm reception in this country , as lie has been banished from his own country for endeavouring to secure libert y for his fellow countrymen . The men of London arc preparing flags , with his name and the colours of his country upon them , to meet him at 'Southampton .

      Good God J onl y just think of an English paper abusing a foreigner for trying to secure liberty for his fellow countrymen . If Kossuth makes a tour through England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , I will accompany him ; and I promise you that in Ireland he . will have such a reception « as no man ever received in that country . . Nowj what do you think of a man who has conten 3 e 3 * "for liberty for his own country being abused by the 'Times ' newspaper ? I need say no more about Kossuth , than that I hope and trust that the English people will give him the reception he justly deserves .

      I shall now answer the invitations of my kind friends , who have invited me to Sheffield , ^ Newcastle , Halifax , and Itforth Shields . I have published their letters and my answer is that I will first attend Sheffield , then Halifax , then-Newcastle , then North Shields , and other towns in the nei g hbourhood also . The Sheffield friends have invited me for , the 20 th , tut tbey will see by this letter that I am going to meet the brave Kossdth , at Southampton , on that day ; and if my Sheffield friends will g ive me a week's notice , I will have great p leasure in visiting them , as theirs was the first English town that I visited eighteen years ago , and they

      cried—• HTJRHOW PAT . ' after me . But I knew I would make them abandon the hatred of the Irish people . And let me now tell the English people that I am Tesolved , however persecuted I may he , to advocate Chartism , and to establish another land Company upon my own responsibility , without any connexion with law , for as I have told you before , and I repeat it again , that it makes my blood boil when I reflect that you h » ve idle land , idle labour , and idle money in this country ; and 1 again declare , and most solemnly , that I would rather live upon a a humble meal a day , and not see a drunkard , a criminal , or pauper in the land , than be Emperor of the world , and have a hundred millions a year . to

      You ou ^ ht have some feeling for me when you know that I have given up friends , relatives , family , racehorses , hunters , hounds , a splendid home , a splendid domain , and my profession , at which I made three thousand pounds the first year I was called to the bar . I gava them all up for Chartism , but when I came to England in 1832 , when I was returned to Parliament , I hated the English people , hut hefore I was with them a month , I discovered that they werejas much oppressed bv the government as the Irish people .

      Now , iny friends , I think you must come to the conclusion , that no man in this world has contended * br liberty for the poor as I have , and no man has been subjected to the same amount of persecution that I have been . However , I am now resolved to end < avour to arouse the English mind , and to traverse the country to do so . 1 remain , Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feaugus O'Connor .

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      To Peahgus O'Connor, Esq.,M.P. < Sheffie...

      TO PEAHGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . < Sheffield , Oct . 6 th , 1851 . ' Dear Sir , —I was g lad to see in the last *« Star " a letter from you , in which you speak of paying us a visit 1 wrote to Mr . Sweofc immediatel y to learn their intentions , promising that I wcuUfecoHect a few together to consider what could be done . I did obtain the the attention of a few of the ri g ht sort .

      * You must know that great apathy exists here . However , mention was made of a soiree , but nothing could ho effected until we heard from Nottingham , beyond looking for a place of meeting , which we have found rather difficult . Our Circus ia transmogrified into a Casino ; and the proprietor of the Theatre declares he will not let it for our purpose . But we are expecting that we shall be able to arrange , so th « t wo may have it for one night . ' i have just received a letter from Sir . Sweet , wherein he informs us that they have abandoned their intention , iu consequence of -Your not having received his letter iu time .

      " « Should you agree to a meeting , 1 wish that our arrangement could be made for a soiree , as ft tea meeting WOUld go off better than a simple lecture . I shall see some of your ; friends toiiiwht , when we shall talk the matter . over ; and I shall advise with our friends in Nottingham . If yon could name an early day I think that would ba tlw best course to pursue . A goodl y number of tho Land shareholders here ivould yet go any length to sustaiu you . | I entreat youlto name a day - « hen you ' could be with us . Suppose 1 suggest the 20 th of October . "We shall then be jn the midst of the Municipal elections ; the people hero are now taking much interest iu local elections .

      « I also consider it my bounden duty to suggest that the whole of " tho proceeds be given to the Honesty Fund . Awaiting your answer 4 1 am your obedient servant , < Geoege Cavill . ' V . X Bear Sir , —I am instructed by the committee for your reception , in case you visit our p lace in your Northern tour , to write io v » u ' and as we have heard you intend to be

      at Sheffield ere long , if you can make it convenient to come to Halifax , it will much oblige a committee of forty formed for your reception on the occasion . Your answer direct , or through the ' Star , ' will much oblige the committee and Your humble Servant , BK . - J * xiff Bismol * , Secretary . Halifax , October 9 ih , 1851

      If you writes address ' 13 . linahton , Ovenden , near Halifax . ' INSPECTED SlB , ^ lTa public mee * jug of the enrolled Chartists , held , a the J * nw * H-U . on Wednesday evening last , n wasmoyed Lv ' \ M'Leod , seconded by John Bro « n — " lUtMr . O'Connor hi respectfully invited to TOk Newcastle on as early a day ** be : may £ „ a it convenient to do so ; and time iul conespondin" secretary forward the same to O'Connor '

      Mr . . . „ , { tear Sir , 1 have great p leasure in forwarding you the above , knowing that your pre-S « U amongst us at the present time voultl 1 > 3 nailed wiih acclamation , believing that the tii-c has now arrived when amp le justice must

      To Peahgus O'Connor, Esq.,M.P. < Sheffie...

      be done to the character of one who has always been , at his post to defend the rights and liberties of man . _ ' [ I am respected Sir , Your most obedient Servant , . Angus M'Leod . 2 , Melborn-street , Gateshead-on-T yne ,, Newcastle , October 9 th , 1851 . P . S—An earl y answer will ! oblige . . SlE , —I ' write on behalf of the ; Chartists of . this town to request that when you take a tour throug h the country to rally up Chartism , that you will come to North Shields ; when it will be the endeavour of the Chartists of this

      town to g ive you as g lorious a reception us possible , knowing that Chartism only wants to be stirred up to be a greater giant and more healthy than ever it has been . 'We are glad that your health is restored , ' so that you may begin a vigorous agitation ; and , b y the assistance of all true reformers , I hope that we shall be able to affect even Lord $ ohu ' a Reform BUI nest year , and make it approximate to something like the Chatter . Hoping that

      you will not belong befgiR . yquare amongst us , when we will ^ ndelwBif to get up a bumper meeting . Looking tot your'Saswer in Saturday ' s * Star , * we conclude with kind wishes for yonr welfare , and that your health may be spared to carry on another Land Company , when foremost-araong its supporters will be Thomas Thompson , Secretary . North Shields , October l 4 th , 1851 . — - ^—i—

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekl y meeting as above on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , Grassb y , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . Harney and Holyoake being in the country , were absent . Mr . Hunt from illness , and Mr . O'Connor were also absent . The correspondence received was read .

      The Secretary reported thai Mr , James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster-row , had kindly presented to the Committee two thousand copies of the tract , entitled « What is a Chartist V T he same to be disposed of in aid ofthe ' Charcer Fund . ' And therefore , all localities and friends who desire to circulate this excellent tract are requested to forthwith appl y at the office , ( by letter or otherwise , ) when they will be supp lied therewith at one shilling per hundred .

      The Secretary also stated that the ' subscription sheets' were now ready , and all who were interested iu collecting monies for the ' Charter Fund' are solicited to immediatel y app l y for the same . The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , October 22 nd . The following friends have been nominated to fill the vacancy in the Executive Committee , caused b y the resignation of Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds : —Robert Le Blond , Charles

      Frederic Nicolls , John Shaw , John James Bezer , Athol John Wood , and George Haggis . AH persons are requested to vote for one candidate from tho above list . Tho election shall be decided by ballot , and the agent shall make a return to the General Secretary of the name of the candidate elected , with tho number of votes polled for each . Such returns must be forwarded on or before Wednesday , October ihe 29 th , as all votes received after that dato will ba null and void .

      Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , General Secretary . The following letters have arrived from Messrs . G . J . Holyoake and G . Julian Harney : — ' Stockport , Octobers , 1851 . 'Dear Ahnott , —Absence in the provinces has prevented mo taking auy part in your Wednesday councils of late ; and for some short time longer it may be so . Perhaps , by way of compensation , I may regard myself as a species of free missionary of Chartism ; as means of serving it occur in my jourueyings ; but I would rather join in the meetings of my colleagues , especially at this season .

      'Tlienecessity of making such an " appeal , " for so it will bo regarded , as that just published iu reference to our funds , or rather want of funds , argues an unsatisfactory state of Chartist ideas respecting the maintenance of their views and position . "Will our friends never learn that if their princi p les are worth holding they are worth maintaining ? If wo are to answer for Chartism wo must be enabled to supportit ; we must not be set up as so many ci p hers to represent a bottomless exchequer , and a stranded party . Where are all the deputations who wait upon us time after timeand all the localities who stand up for the entire

      Charter ? Is not their enthusiasm worth a few pence ? If they would subscribe an " entire . -hilling " eiich , we should be able to move . But your statement speaks of " liubiUtics . ' "' What have been incurred must bo met , but 1 cau be no party to inclining more . I would go some lengths to servo Chartism—I would serve it at the expense of liberty , perhaps of life , but 1 will not go into debt to serve it , for the sufficient reason that Chartism cannot be served in that wav . A movement that attempts tolivo after that fashion does uotdeserve to life . Let us g ive up our secretary , relinquish our offices , rather than justify this

      susp icion . ' When a Congress was about to assemble in London some two years ago , 1 asked a gentleman in Manchester what would be the best test that could be proposed to try the fitness

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      of members of it so as to secure their influence out of doors . ' Simply that they should believe in their tradesmen ' s bills , " was the brief reply , and there is truth in it . There can be no lasting political influence that is not based on some moral character . And so small a proof as this of political sincerity is the least we can give ; therefore , one of two things must take place—either the Chartists must take care ( and that without twice soliciting ) that we are . supplied with funds to meet all liabilities , or we must take care that there are

      none . In my absence , therefore , understand moto vote for the liquidation of all existing claims , and against every proposition which shall iu any way impl y a new one . But I need not argue a point upon which there will probabl y be no difference of opinion among us ., A . course so severe as this , ' will indeed restrict some of our operations , but it will better ^ ntitle us to the co-operation of men of bu-BJniejte . and '" character . . Ail ! men . who . love a ielrVaustaiuiri g course will be disposed to work With us .

      « It has been a source of pleasure to me to see thaj Thomas Cooper has for some time been working / or us ; and I hope soon to find him working with us . In filling up any vacancy occurring in the Executive , our intelligent coworkers in the localities will not forget one so able to advance our common cause—one who is , indeed , the greatest missionary we have . Were I not a member of tho ExecutiveI

      , should take some mean s of communicating to the Chartists on this subject . So practical an all y as Mr . C . F . Nicholls is proving himself , would be desirable as vacancies occur . I do not allude to Mr . Robert Le Blond , one who is our Treasurer , and who so constantly sustains Chartism by his tongue , his pen , and his purse , is not likely to be out of the thoughts of any of us .

      'Mr . Arthur Trevel yan , whose name is familiar to the friends of every progressive cause , instructs mo to pay you forty shillings , as a subscription from him . ' Yours faithfull y , ' G . J . Holyoake . ' John Arnott , * 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , London . ' * Temple Hill , Troon Ayrshire , October 14 th . '

      'M y jjeab Arnott , —I am glad to see that in response to the Executive ' s late Address , certain localities and individuals have forwarded their contributions towards discharg ing the debt of £ 34 . It is to be hoped that what a few have alread y done will be imitated by the party in general , and that a handsome balance will remain to hand to the treasurer after payment of the debt . Should this hope not be realised , it will become a serious question for tho members of tho

      Execxtive as to whether they will continue the thankless task of serving on tho Committee , For myself , asking nothing of the Association , I am not willing to make shipwreck of my honour—personal and political—in acting as the officer of a body , impotent for everything but that of getting into debt . Each member of the Committee will determine his course , I have said enough to indicate that which circumstances may not unlikely determine mo to take .

      the . present nothingness of Chartism is greatly to bo deplored . The game of polititical humbug will , as heretofore , be successfully played by sham reformers , through the want of a bod y powerful enough to spoil that game . As to Lord John ' s bill , it is enough to say that no good thing can possibly come out of the Ka 2 areth of Whi ggery . When the skies fall we shall catch larks ; and some such unnatural phenomenon will bo sure to transpire ero Lord John will set his seal to a measure of real reform .

      1 observe with sorrow a disposition on the part of some of our friends—even members of the Committee—to g lorif y the' Parliamentary Reformers' for their enlarged liberalism ! In the 'Leader' of the 4 th inst ., our friend ' Ion , ' otherwise G-. J . Holyoake , trumpets the late Manchester meeting , and tells us that ' tho points of tho now Parliamentary Charter are so comprehensive as to merit tho description of being the largest practicable measure of reform the people can ask of tho House of Commons . ' If such is friend Holyoake ' s conviction , 1

      do not see how he can , consistently , continue a member of the Executive , of a body existing to obtain what ho must hold to be an impracticable measure . Ho approves of Sir Joshua Walmsloy's fling at " uutractable ultra-liberalism ; " that is to say Chartism . The talk about " great concessions made to the people" is an insult . B y what ri ght do Sir Joshua and Co . assume the authority to withhold or concede rights at their pleasure ? It is not true that " tho overtures now made are generous and truthful . " The Editor of the " Leader , " too , asserts that " that which

      the Parliamentary Reformers now stand for is ' Universal Suffrago '—the representation . of the whole people , & c , & c . The Extension of the Suffrage to every occupier of a tenement , or portion of a tenement , " sounds very fair ; but there must bo some system of registration . Will the Editor of the " Leader " tell us whether we are to have Charter registration , or the registration always hitherto set forth by the little Charter men , namel y , "for which the occupier shall be rated , cr shall have claimed to be rated to the relief of the poor . "

      Has this rate paying qualification been thrown overboard ? If so . how is it the Parliamentary Reformers have kept a matter of so much im portauce to themselves 1 Moreover , let me ask what system of registration do they now favour ? They hold fast b y Triennial Parliaments ; for the working of which see France . They shirk Payment of Members , clearly to keep working men out of tho House of Commons ; while the abolition of the Propert y Qualification would enable them to secure the return of their own paid , needy , and unscrupulous hirelings .

      'As to tho " honest tone , " "boldness of speech , " "broadness of sympathy , " " vigorous" and " warmer spirit" —old birds understand this kind of chaff . Let them give us bold measures , broad princi p les , and details strictl according therewith , and then I will trust them , but until then I will trust them not . ' 1 might have said much more , but I will not trespass on the time of the Committee , ' Health and Fraternity , ' G-. Julian Haknev .

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      THE FACTS OF THE EXHIBITION . Mr . Editor , —I am heartily glad that the great event of the year is now numbered amongst the things that were . Enough has been said and written respecting the Great Exhibition during the past ei ghteen months , not only to satisf y its most enthusiastic admirers , but also to disgust those who perceive in the proposal one of the many means devised b y crafty men to misdirect a nation ' s attention , and to lead it from following certain profitable inquiries , calculated to

      benefit the suffering classes of the country . In so far , the idea itself has proved eminently successful . But one thought has occupied the minds of our countrymen latterly ; and so deepl y has it penetrated , that it is not too much to say the Exhibition will long be remembered , not for its elevating tendencies , but for the inculcation of a sight-seeing desire , producing , as a result , an increase in the number of drones , and hence greater oppression of the bees , than we have had hitherto occasion to complain of .

      As , then , the Exhibition has been so great a lion of the year , it is to be hoped , now , that it may be fairl y pronounced to be dead—that men will consent to g ive it a decent interment forthwith , and let actual experience , during the next four years , write its epitaph . I am content , for my own part , to adjourn the final decision of good or evil in respect thereto , and to ask public opinion , at some future time , to pronounce the verdict ; trusting to be disappointed , that when given , it will be to the discomfiture of my own countrymen , and prove that John Bull ' s disinterestedness was more honest than wise .

      Let me now suppose , that this fragile construction is destined to disappear , and ' leave not a rack behind ; ' and that , the facts con ? nected therewith , being real subjects of thought , are the onl y traces of its history . Then , there is enough before us to prove to the world that the Exhibition of 1851 is not worthy of the columns of commendation bestowed upon it , and that it has failed to be the might ? scene of attraction , drawing to its portals those masses of the community whose labour and skill alone formed the sight which other eyes than their own have feasted on . The minority of our adult population has onl y seen the world ' s display , and of those who have , the labouring classes have formed the smallest portion .

      Tho published statistics of the Commissioners declare , that 6 , 201 , 856 visits have been paid to the Paxtoniau work ; rather more than one-fifth of the population of the United Kingdom . Of this number , we may fairly say , that taking into consideration the repeated visits of 20 , 000 season ticket holders , as also those paying 5 s ., 2 s . Cd ., and Is ., that at least one-third of the total number may be deducted , for those visiting the Exhibition more than once . The figures will then stand as 4 , 201 , 056 . Of tho visitors , not included in the late census , foreigners from all parts of

      the world , as also persons from our own colonial dependencies , another million of souls may bo subtracted ; whilst for all the youths , and children , male and female , varying in years from three to twenty-one , not less than nn additional million must be allowed . Thus , the adult visitors of our own people may be stated as 2 , 201 , 856 . Taking tho population of the three kingdoms to be twenty-eight millions , the male and female adult portion thereof I set down as twelve millions , which is their estimated number , now that Ireland has so fallen in the scale ; leaving the figures as

      two and a half millions of visitors out of twelve millions of adult peop le . Certainly , this is a vast improvement upon tho present representative system for the election of members of parliament ; and would be , in any other circumstances , worthy of being pronounced a decided hit j but , always considering the extent of the patronage and puff , and the liberality of certain railway directors and steam boat proprietors , with the many other sources of extraneous aid afforded , as extended to the

      Great Exhibition , It is anything but mi extraordinary achievement , which leaves nearl y ten millions out of twelve as non-participatory in this mighty work of royalty . O f course , many of my deductions are merely hypotheses , upon which five out of six men would more or less differ ; but let the reader observe for himself as respects the numbers of the divisions mentioned , and I think ho will readil y admit , that my conclusions are by no means exaggerated . If they be , that tendency is assuredly in favour of the success of the Exhibition .

      Again : How man y of this two and a quarter millions have como from the ranks of the arltzau and dangerous orders . birstl y— J-hemen . Who will refuse to say , that for every working man entering the buildiug , there lias been another who lives upon the product of his labour ? Secondly—Of the women . Who will hesitate to admit , that the majority of the female J £ ngii » h visit-rs were not composed of the wives nor dependent relatives of the labouring men ? Probably , if the truth could be ascertained , we should discover , that not more than one million of men and women , belonging to the working classes , —such as mechanics and their wives and adult sisters ,

      and other weekl y labourers , factory and agricultural , have sew : the Exhibition ! Truly , it may bo said , all thii , if true , proves nothing against the great event itself , but an unwiliiugi . ess , on the part of the remaining ten millions , to be spectators of so vast au underfciking ; but I repl y by observing that it proves as much tin- - inability as tho unwillingness of the many to visit it , notwithstanding the charge was but a shilling , and

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      that people were carried four hundred miles for 5 s ; as also , that this talk of unparalleled demonstrations , this mighty congregation of the p eoplej jg « something too much ; ' that it is more ideal than real ; and the facts are a lasting evidence of the wide-spread misery pervading the country , showing that at least one half the British adult p eople were unable to dedicate even a few shillings to the ^ appreciation , byiheir sense of sight , of so gigantic a scheme , ,., - >

      I fear , Sir , of the one and a half millions of men and women in Ireland but a small proportion of these have been partakers of this great national sight ; and that Scotland has not sent , of her million , any very considerable addition . The towns of England , including her metropolitan residents , have chiefl y contributed to the rich coffers of the Commissioners , leaving populous districts elsewhere ,

      in numbers of people amazingl y large , wholl y without ' , a chance of witnessing the Palace of Glass ; indeed , in the eastern ' part of 'Loudon , such as Bethnal Green , Whitechapel , and i > tepney ,, of the poorer classes , the question is how , to bo heard passing from one to another , ¦¦* Have you seen ^ the ^ Exhibition ?\ , And the answer obtained clearl y evidences , that but few amongst each hundred , of them has seen more than its exterior .

      And now , that there is nearl y a quarter of a million of money in the hands of the Commissioners , how ranch of this great sum is likely to be devoted to the benefit , present or ultimate , of the wealth producers ? 1 fear but a small portion only . In this , as in all other surplusages , the money will be frittered away , and the good accomplished too transparent to be profitable . . But , as public

      attention is very generally centred upon this inquiry , it is much to be hoped , that no idle monument or statue work will be permitted to play the part of a sponge , and so absorb the larger amounts , that the lesser would he too small to be troublesome . Of all things this kind of abjectedness must not be countenanced ; albeit , I am anything but satisfied , that some such proposal will not be submitted for the approval of a ' discerning public '

      Sir , if I were to give an opinion as to what should be done with the said surplus , I should most certainly advise the following course : Firstl y , the setting aside of one-half the amount for the benefit of the creditors of those made bankrupts , and insolvents , in consequence of a deficiency of trade and imprudent speculation , the former caused by , and the latter engendered as the result of , such Exposition ; and secondly , the dedication of

      the other half to feeding the poor creatures , who will be thrown out of work and pauperised , through the development of foreign industry and skill . My proposal I know will not be adopted ; but , when the money is expended , probably some persons may recollect it ; and like Lord Geo . Bentinck ' s suggestions for Ireland in 1846 , it may be again mentioned , but with regret , that it was not properly appreciated . Censor .

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      Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... .. 0 10 0 * Torquay , ; ¦ ... ... ... 0 5 < f Vtctovia Park Locality ... ... t ) io ] j Washington ditto ... ... ' 0 4 3 WaterloOrBlyth . , ... .... ... 0 7 0 white Horse Locality ( late Grown arid Anchor ) ... 0 15 0 Worcester ... ... 0 10 3 Yarmouth , Norfolk ... ... o 11 5 Collected at the National Hall ... 2 10 42 Ditto at tho Hall , Finabury ... 0 i Si Ditto , by John Arnott ... ... 0 13 o Subscriptions for meeting at the National H « U 3 9 0 G . F . Taylor 10 0 Small Sams ... ... ... 0 12 3 Balanco in hand ... ... ... 0 4 2 J Total receipts „ . £ 29 9 8 J EXPENDITURE . Rent of office ... ... 2 8 0 Ditto of the National Hall ... 4 12 0 Ditto of Coffee-room , John-street ... 0 5 0 Ernest Jones ' s expenses to Cheltenham , Hantey , Exeter , & o , ... ... 2 6 0 Boardmau 0 5 0 Printing ... 2 6 o Stamps , Stationary , and Parcels ... 2 13 4 Secretary ' Salary 20 0 0 Total Expenditure 40 15 10 Ditto receipts ... ... ... 29 9 Si Balance due to Treasurer ... £ il G VI ttCWttClMSbM Audited and found correct , this 20 th day of September , 1851 . Alfred Honniball , \ A ., jitnr . Augustus PiKncy , / Auditors . " * " . M- — . —¦ ¦ i -- , m , ,

      Bradford.—On Sunday Evening A Large And ...

      Bradford . —On Sunday evening a large and influential meeting ofthe Irish Democratic Alliance was held at the Neptune Inn , Bridgestreet ; Mr , John Kirwiu in the chair . After the enrolment of several new members , Mr . Smyth moved a resolution , ' That the Irish Democratic Alliance do pledge themselves to support the two liberal candidates for Little Horton Ward iu the ensuing municipal election for town council . ' Mr . Smyth observed that the Alliance were now bound to create an

      interest in , the borough for themselves . In 1850 there were not twelve Irish burgesses in the borough ; there are now 120 . As a political party , they were onl a few months in existence } and this was the gratif y ing result of their attention being called to the register in municipal affairs . In a year hence , there would be 400 or 500 burgesses ; and thus the interests of Irishmen would bo respected , and courted . Mr . Smyth called upon themtosupport Mr . Hudson , secretary of the Chartist Association , and Mr . Glover , whose address declared he sought no political privileges for himself that he would not award to all . Mr .

      John Glover is now a member of the council , and his votes iu that bod y proves him to he a man every way worthy of the confidence of the democrats of Little Horton . So convinced are the Tories of this town that they are exerting every means at command to bring in a Tory coupled with Mr . Glover , and hoist tho Chartist candidate ( Mr . Hudson ) whoso conduct in the case of the Hungarian and Polish Refugees has been the theme of general approval , and admitted by his opponents to bo a man well qualified to till such an important office . The resolution was unanimousl y adopted . On Monday evening a meeting of the friends of Mr , James "Wade , and Mr . Glover was hold at tho Queen ' s Arms Inn , Manchester-road . Mr . Gillard in the chair , who stated the object of the meeting was to propose two fit and proper persons as candidates for municipal honours , in tho forthcoming election . He was informed that Mr . J . Wade held an office in the corporation which would exclude him from becoming a candidate , and , under these circumstances , the meeting would be at liberty to propose whom they thought proper . —Mr . Thomas Walton , landlord ofthe Queen ' s Arms Inn , was then proposed , also Mr . Joseph Hudson , and Mr . John Glover . On a show of hands being taken , Messrs . Walton and Glover were declared the successful parties . On some questions being asked , respecting the political creed of Mr . Walton , tho Chairman , a Tory , declared he would allow no questions on politics . This led to a regular fight of kicks and cuffs , and with some difficulty the interference of the police and landlord finally restored order , and the meeting broke up , not in any way satisfied that iu asking a question tho answer would be a broken head or a swelled leg , by the brougc ol an Irish Orangeman .

      Political Victims' Association. Mr. Brze...

      POLITICAL VICTIMS' ASSOCIATION . Mr . Brzer in the chair , The following address was un uiiinoualj' adopted after some discussion . "THE THIRD ADDRESS OF THE POLITICAL VICTIMS' ASSOCIATION . " Brother Victims axd Demqriutic Friends , — In addressing you once more we fell on honest pleasure in st : itin ^ , that we are progressing slowly but steadily ; which we take asan indication of our future stability . We have not been responded to with one of those bursts of popular enthusiasm that pours in for a fleeting hour , and then sinks into apathetic

      indifference and ultimate neulect . Hut we find that those who join eur ranks , do so after reasonable inquiry and evident conviction , that in supporting our Association they are aiding in V e erection of one of the best bulwarks of popular 'ibcrty that has ever existed in this or any other country . " "To tho thinking portion of the people it must bo gratifying to know that an institution is being raised , the permanent aim and interest of which is to afford protection to those who have the sympathetic courage to stand forward in the advocacy of populnr freedom , without the fear of being deserted in tie day of persecution .

      "At the present time the people of Europe are looking forward to an advancement of their social and politics ! rights * . They are tired of contending with section against section , ; ind are now be ^ idniiig to understand their true interests , rather than continuing to waste their strength upon trifling disunions . " KevertUeless many fallacious plans of reform will be offered to you , and they will endeavour to enlist you in their support , and in tho event of your will

      non-compliance , they not fail to persecutcyou because you have exercised with integrity your jud gment ; prosecution will then become the instrument of the government , to silence , for a time , the voice of tl : oso popular touchers who may nUQuUtl to warn the people of tho dangerous tendency such plans would bive upon their future welfare " Hut who will bu willing to come forward for that mir pos * under the present state of prison imposuioi » which have o » late been introduced , for tho express purpose of bringing a bold -Assertion of rh-ht on a

      Political Victims' Association. Mr. Brze...

      level with tho crimes of felony and liurglary . When men , for g iving expression to tboir sentiments of dissatisfaction , in the language of remonstrance , in defiance of the statutory law of the land had to undergo tlu > horrible brutalities of the ' silent system ; ' while others had to perform the filthiest drudgeries for . ' the transported felons confined in their prisos :. And all this was done , not because the Judges who tried them had ordered it to be afl —neither had the legislature at any . time given them any such power , but because the Secretary of State , or some one over or under , him in the government , at their caprice , set the authority of the House of Commons aside , and' ' substituted penalties of their own creation . Any one ) coking over the treatment of the victims of' 39 ti

      , 42 , and ' 46 , can scarcely credit the fact that these men Wei'O imprisoned under the same statute and for the same specific offences ; for during these periods , there have been every variety of prison discipline , degradation , and drudgery , as well as unconstitutional , illegal , and hitherto unheard of restrictions , inflicted upon thorn , and all in open violation ofthe atatuatory Jaw . These matters are now no longer to be looked upon with . indifference , and we are happy to inform you that some members of parliament are now alarmed at these uncoa * stitutioual encroachments , which , if not ehecked in their onward career , will ultimately lead to the ;

      annihilation of legislative authority "by official usurpation . If tho people of this country hare given their Representative Assembly the power of enacting pains and penalties , which are to become , with the consent of the Lords , and the sanction of the Crown , the law of the land , how comes iC that a single official , without consulting either of the three powers , can set aside their authority , and increase or diminish these penalties , or substitute others at his own discretion ? Surely members of parliament have not been guarding their own rig hts , in thus allowing their powers to be set aside by officials exercising authority under their , own guarant e .

      ' It isour duty to forward the interest—that is consistently to protect the champions of the people , which interest will be greatly facilitated by supply , ing those members of Parliament With any statein en ts of abuses which have occurred in any of the prisons where political offenders have been incarcerated ; and liy this means obtain a Committee of Inquiry during-the next session -not only f ran investigation into the Ohnnist CaScs , but the cases of all political offenders ' that have s-uffered restric tions of any kind at the instigation of their prison

      authorities , not in accordance with statuatory law . And thus two interests , both dear to the people , will be conserved by the same means—the representative authority over the government officials , and protection for political agitators . Since we last addressed you , we have , at the request of a number of our democratic friends , admitted them as members of our Association , giving them the right to speak and vote upon all questions , reserving those official duties to the ' Victims , ' which could not be acceded to others without destroying the characteristics of iho institution .

      " It is the duty of all political victims to forward a statement of their eases to the Secretary as early as possible , because tho facts so acquired wilt form the foundation of the charges that are to he laid before the House , so as to obtain protection in future for all classes of political reformers . " Dy order of the Committee , "J . M . BitrsoN , Secretary . " 25 , James-street , Sew Cut , Lvmbeth . " On the motion of Messrs . Shaw and Phowting , tho following persons were added to the Committee' . — " Messrs . White and llamsden ; of Bradford ; Messrs . Aitkcn , Pilling , and M'Douall , of Ashton ; Messrs . Leech , \ V > st , and Allen , of Macclesfield ; Messrs . Yates and llichard , of tho Potteries . " The Secretary was instructed to writo to the above individuals , and request them to form branches in their neighbourhood .

      Messrs . Martin , ' Bryson , and Prowling , were elected as a deputation to \ vait on the Kossuth Committee . Mr . Shaw then brought forward the case of Mr . Ratcliffe , of Ashton . —The Secre aiy road a long and interesting letter from Mr . Aitkcn relative to the case . Mr . Wjiesler moved , and Mr . Shaw seconded : — " That a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Shaw , Bryson , Young , and Dick , should be appointed to wait on the various M . P . ' s favourable to the object , and request them to attend the deputation with Mr . Hindley , M . P ., to wait on Sir George Grey . " Afier various other motions , the Committee adjourned .

      — An * ©O-Ojwniiibc Lu'ogrcm

      — an * © o-ojwniiibc lU'ogrcm

      The " Christian Socialist" for this wctk contains cheering reports of the progress of tho Associative principle , in various parts of the country . In Salford , a Working Hatters' Association , which was established in March last has , despite great difficulties , made considerable progress . They state : — " Iu the middle of July we were determined to take a p lace of more convenience , and to employ entirely a portion of our members ; our workshop up to that time being very inconvenient , whilst we had none of our members permanently emphyed , but the work had to be done after the usual hours cf labour at the manufactory , we were then employed at . Capital to the amount of £ 40 having been paid as subscription , ( s : » ce converted into shares ) , and

      * 27 as si Io » n from some of our members , we have now a shop capable of accommodating eighteen men . The business transacted up to last month amounts to . £ 11 'J ; the profits bdng hitherto left towards the purchase of tools , & c , wo cannot ascertain the amount until we take stock . These figures we consider to bo yury fsiro » r ; ihlo , as we have only been fully fit work for the lust three months . We have served , in addition to the Uastlestreet Association , the Dvv . ford store , the store in Garratt Head , MancheSier , of which we arc alt members ; the Tailois' Association , Priucessstreet , . Manchester ; the Tailors'As .-oci tioii , Trongate , Glasgow , io . ; and we gradually increase in our retail trade with tho public , although it is tho worst part of the rear for our business . "

      Mr . Llojd Jones , who has been making ; v touv in Scotland , reports that he is surprised at ihe extent to which the co-operative principle had been adopted and practised in that pact of the island . At Cumbicbie the store numbers sixty members . At Parkhead 110 . At Ayr ho found three co-operative stores there , doing about £ lot ) per week , all belonging to the same company , which has beea three years in existence : Uie original share of 5 s . is now worth 15 s . At Kilmarnock , he found a store belonging to the Society of Foresters , opened three months back . Another store is about to be commenced here , and the shoemakers are about to associate for production . " They culled me , " he writes , ' * a puhlw meeting by boat of . drum , at which there was a first-rate attendance . I addressed them for an hour and a half , and left them in a state of tolerable co-operative excitement . "

      At Mauchline , he called at the store , which is a fine new building erected by themselves . They started in 1 S 30 , do about JL 5 ' 2 per week , and enp ftalise their profits ; the i ) s , Gil . share of I 83 t > U now worth £ 110 s . There is a store at Uatrino doing ' a good business , one at Auchinbeck doing £ 40 per week , one in Old Cormock , doing £ ' 2 i per week , one in Salston doin * ; £ 80 per week , another at Newrnills doing ± ' 30 per week , anothor at Darvel doing £ 70 per week , and two at Ilutherglen doing £ 100 a week each . " This is a pretty fair crop of co-operation , " he adds , " to discover in one week , and there is much more to discover . . , , t t Earl y in next year 1 shall return again to . Scytliind , and lecture in all the principal towns on the organisation of production and consumption . As I before told you , I had not the least idea that co-operation had made a tithe of the progress which it ha made in Scotland .

      SnKErt . VESs . —The Co-operative Provision Society , under the firm of Corner , Blake , and Co ., dealing in groceries , provisions , spices , teas , ana cotl ' ees , have been in tho field since January 30 th . 1850 . They have had much opposition from " parties interested in the trade , but have , nevertheless , prospered beyond their expectations . The number of members is 822 , and the yearly amount of business , £ 8 , 5240 7 s . 7 d . They are enrolled , and their articles specify that they bhould sell to members onlv . Oldham . —Tho Industrial Co-operative Company , under the firm of William Mavcuft , and Co ., Gl Manchester-street , Oldham , dealing in groceries and drapery , hats , shoes , and clogs , number . 150 members , and have done a business Of £ , lS 27 in three quarters of a year . They are enrolled ami pay dividends to members onl y . '

      Halifax .-lhe forking Men ' s Co-operative Society , No . IS , Cow-green , Halifax , ' numh . 'is M 0 members , and does a yearly business of £ ; j m It deals in groceries , provisions , and drupm ' -imi is enr ., llou . lis yrosuccts of a continued and ' sue ce .-stul progress » rc clioerinnr . Goi . noK 5 B .-ThB Golborno Co-operative Store , ^ w ^ ss & "rss l ^ ltfs - ; , } - * - »»»* . MinnLEsnononon . —Thu Middlesborough Co-operative Association in Stockton-sireet , numbers tortypaid up members , and does £ 7 10 s . business Weekly . It deals in general groceries and Hour , and is not enrolled . Middlkton . —The Middleton and Tonge Industrial Co-operative Society , L"ng-street , Middleton , has ICO laembt-l-s , and does £ 3 , 400 business yearly . It deals in , provisions and drapery , and is net eu-I rolled .

      Padiham . —Tho Padiham Co-operative Store , Guy-street , Padiham , numbers 125 members , ana does £ 3 , 300 business yeuly . It deals in gioccii-s and drapery , such as ginghams , fustians , checks , and also iu butcher ' s meat , and is enrolled .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18101851/page/1/