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Instead _ September lQ t 1846, THE NORTH...
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RECEIPTS OP TRE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETT.
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PROGRESS OF THE SELF-EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM BY THE AID OF THE UNITED TRADES* ASSOCIATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR.
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Hen . Instead of meeting the men honourably and furly in discussion , they meet in private amongst wemseKes to devise new methods for cutting off the supplies of their victims . For this purpose they nave extended the antt-wages-ieague to Sutton , and enlisted two other manufacturers into their society , one of whom has thrown about one hundred , and the other about fifty more combers out of work , t increase the difficulty of obtaining support . One firm has fixed np a notice in the factory that they intend running short time in the course of a fortnight , unless thecombers give in , and , to punish the factory bands , they are contriving to work a full day without lighting up . To effect this , the hands are compelled _ £ -. _ _ a ¦* *» __ " *
to begin work at half-past five in the morning , with only a half hour allowed for dinner , thus making it impossible for any to go home to their meals , excepting the few -who may lire about the factory doors . Some of the combers having procured wool from Bradford and Halifax , the manufacturers are now intriguing with the parties who hare supplied them , telling them that the men hare tamed oat for an advance of wages , and ought not to be encouraged . To terrifV their poor victims still further , they are g iving it out that they can do without their combers till Christmas . Some of them are buying tops , or combed wool , fr om otherparts , while others are sending off wool to Bradford to be carded by machines , although the process is not at all suitable for the manufacturing of pieces .
" Among tbe many and impudentattempts to injure and degrade the men into worse than the condition of negroes , was the following , played off by a few manufacturers in the neighbourhood of Keighley . Thinking that their combers bad either no sense or spirit of manhood in them , or that they were so impressed with the power of their employers that they darat not relnse to submit to anjttiuig they might propose , they each presented their combers with a document for signature . On inquiring into the nature of the articles they wished them to sign , they were very modestly informed that it was only a promise in writing , to the effect that they would belong to no anion for the protection of wages , and hare no thing to do with those ineonigible men who turned tut for wages .
" Although many of the men belonged to no union the proposal was too glaring for their sanction , and they refused , to a man , to have anything to do with It , which has defeated the plan for the present . Indeed , such a combination to break up a union for the protection of wages , and to binder a body of starved and over-wrought men from re lizing the amall advance of ninepeace per week , was never beibre witnessed . The amount required , as the combers jocularly remark , is only about tlte price of an inferior ¦ s heep ' s head per week , and they think it very hard that the" great measures " carried by Peel , Cotdra , and the manufacturers of England , will not afford that small matter extra , for a comber ' s Sunday dinner I ' i ,
" The determination of the niannfactartrsto r i-h the workmen has had the effect of making the men equalled determined to resist . The majority of them ¦ declare that , rather than be subdued by sueh an in » famous combination , they will wander through the -country soliciting alms , or work on the highways for 31 twelvemonth on parish allowance- There arc still -upwards of a thousand out of employment , the most of ihtm with families depending upon them , besides abont two hundred of Robert Clongh ' s power weavers : and as thisnnmber is too large to be supported 3 > y the contributions of the inhabitants , they are -sending out delegates td solicit the assistance of the people of Bradford , Halifax , Huddersfield , and the surrounding places , and there is every retson to believe they will rnest with liberal support . The countrv should understand that this is not a
mere struggle about an advance of wage ? , but the ¦ deliberate attempt of a body of Free Traders to prevent working men uniting to protect their labour . While they are ! combining themselves to ieep down wages , they are denying their workmen the right of resistance , by telling them they shall belong to no society , and payjao money without first asking their leave . Not content with the power which -capital gives them over the poor man , they are now trying to deprive bim of the right of subscribing his pence for his own protection . The attempt has had the good effect of drawing the attention of the combers to ? lie best means of defence ;] and they are ! now determined , that at the expiration of the present struggle , they will unite themselves with the grand armj of the United Trades , and let the -next battle be betwixt the manufacturers of Keighley and the trades of England . ¦
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"WEEKLY REVIEW . The only event having the most remote approximation to political importance at home this week , is the commencement of the revision of the "Voters ' lists in the Registration Courts . This annual nuisance began in the City of London on Tuesday , and is likelj to continue for some weeks , inasmuch asthe '" Liberals , " "theLeague" and the "Con aervatires" are each represented by professional . agents , ready to do the faction fighting . At the Tower Hamlets the list was disposed of in one day , neither of the wealthy parties attaching any interest to it There were a hundred and seven claims , nearlv cne-half ot which were disallowed on the
ground of non-appearance in person or by agent to support the claim . This is a great hardship on the poorvoter , who must either lose his time or money in the attempt to substantiate his right . But , in truth , the Reform Act , aa amended by the Registration Act , is nothing more than a series of traps and pitfalls for the poor man , and an arsenal of weapons which may be used against popular liberty by domi-Bant factions . The authors of this celebrated abortion professed to give the right of voting to householders paying £ 10 of yearly rent ; but by the rating clauses , the clauses as to notices of claims , and the other duties imposed on the voter before he can fight his way within the pale of the constitution , the profession is reduced to a mere mockery . Everything has been done that ingenuity can invent for ihe purpose of practically aarrowlns the franchise .
So attached , however , are the Whigs to their pet measure , that they resisted the abrogation of these -Taxations clauses with as much energy as the Tories dictheJongestaUished institutions , emanating from the " wisdom of our ancestors . " If the will of the people was , however , strong enough to overturn these venerable ancient and time-hononred relics of the past , there 15 small hopes of a " Whig creation of yesterday withstanding it for anj lengthened period . Already the Poor Law , another favourite measure of the same party , has ran its brief career and is about to Idrop rotten ripe into the grave . The Reform Act must follow it , and the franchise hecome practically what it isTirtually , the birthright of every ¦¦ m an of proper age and sane mind . Tie suvans of the British Association have
continued their feasting , excursions , and lectures , at Southampton and its neighbourhood during the ¦ week , honoured hy the presence , once or twice , of "Prince Albert at some of their " lectures . " The Queen too , has run over from Osborne House , in her yatch , toiake her husband , home to dinner , and altogether the visit of the scientific folks seems to have made quite a holiday at Southampton and the vicinity . The Times , as usual , has attacked the errant Association with a series of articles half jocular half angry , but there is this year rather a better tone ia them than formerly . Whether the accession of royalty to its ranks is the cause of this alteration we will not pretend to say .
The rumour that Parliament is to be dissolved in October , has again been revived by the Standard . It does not appear to be credited by the journals likely to be best informed ; nor in Lord John ' s present position , and that of his party , does ther aeem to be any reason for such a step . It was mor likejy that he would wait and meet the old Parliament with a series of measures , professing at least to be comprehensive of their kind ; and if defeated npon any of them , go to the country with a " new cry ., Go where he may , however , he may reckon upon a Sturdy opposition from the Protectionists , and we hope from the Radicals also . It is the only way of driving " Finality" from the helm of aflairs .
In the absence of topics of a more novel character , the daily papers have been discussing that standing diih . Irish distress and its remedies ; and varying It now and then by an excursion into foreign politics . The marriage of the Queen of Spain and her sister , occupies the first place in this category , and must be quite a God-send to the "leader" writers . Columns on columns issue on the subject ; which , -whether it is looked at as respects its own intrinsic worth , or its bearings on tbe condition oJ the people of Spain , ia not worth a single line . The only feeling the whole affair can excite is , f that of disgust at the manner in which the poor young puppet , called Queen , is forced into the arms of an i mbecile and ugly fellow wDom " ^ ^^ ¦ " * irao ssaid to have ho great liking for her . The morality fthe higher classes stands greatly in need of reformation .
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TrrllUMPH FOR LABOUR AT STOCKPORT . ZZ THE LEAGUE MAN AND HIS WORKPEOPLE . We have received a long account of this important case m which Mr . Roberts has again , in his character of Champion of the Rights of Labour , obtained a signal victory over the tyranny and dishonesty of Capital The complainant was Thomas Eskrkee , tsq ., of Mersay Mills , Jieatou Norris , a great Corn Law Repealer ; the defendants were Charles Potts , William Eye , and James Pattison , three of his workpeople , and whom the master summoned for leaving his mill without giving notice . The case was trieS before a bench of magistrates , ef whom two were Leaguers . The account , however , has arrived too late for insertion this week , as it is rather lengthy ana onr space is occupied—but it shall appear in full ra our next week ' s publication . ... ____ , _ . _
The case has produced quite a sensation in Stockport , and it will , no doubt , operate as a powerful check to some of the extortional practices of the cottonocracy . Sir Thingumbob Pendulum , or some such name ( we cannot recollect it and have miskvd onr M . S . ) was one of the League magistrates .
Receipts Op Tre Chartist Co-Operative Land Societt.
RECEIPTS OP TRE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETT .
Per Mr. O'Connor. Section No. 1. Ehabes....
PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . eHABES . £ i . d Rusher , per J . Sloan .. •• •• 0 7 2 Dudley , ' psr TV . Rankin 2 12 i SotangUum . per J . Street .. .. .. 129 RadcMc , per VT . Bummer .. - .. .. « u G Barnsley , per J . " Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Brighton ( Sussex District ) per W . Ellis .. 4 2 0 Eiland , per J . Kinnersly .. ,. .. 211 6 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 614 Stockport , per T- Woodhouse .. .. .. 300 Manchester , per J . Hurray .. „ .. 2 5 9 £ 31 n 4
I SECTION ISO . 2 . I SHAKES . Wotton-uuder- 'Eoj'e , per B .. Laeey .. .. 5 4 Newcastle-on-Tjne , per J . Harrison .. .. 169 Bushey , per J . Sloan .. .. .. .. 340 Shrewsbury , per J . Powell .. .. .. 084 Carlton , per S . Hudson .. .. .. 046 Xottingnani , per J . Sweet .. .. 2 15 6 Radcliffe , per XT . Riinmer .. .. .. 200 Oldtaarn , per XT . Hamer 2 0 0 Lancaster , per J . Harrison .. .. .. 200 Brighton { Sussex Districtl per "W . Ellis .. 10 8 6 Northampton , per XT . Munday .. .. 500 Torquay , per J . Stoneman .. .. .. 8 12 6 Ashtoa-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 117 0 Paisley , per S . Iathsow " .. 200 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. 200 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 6 16 9 Swindon , per D . Morrison .. .. .. 500 I £ 60 17 10 PER GENERAL SECRETARY
* H ABE 3 . £ a . A . £ a . d . Westminster . . 020 Merthyr Tydvil - 1 6 6 Butterly - - 0 9 0 Stalybridje - -500 Sudbury - 5 0 0 £ 11 17 6 SECTION No . 2 . Chipping Norton -0 13 0 Merthyr Tydvil -010 Leamington - . 1 ID 0 Burnley- - -500 Butterly - - 2 19 5 Totness - - - 7 6 9 Belfast " - - - 1 2 0 Lambeth . -200 J . Hart , Bradford Shiney Row - - 0 14 G ( Wilts ) - -0 10 0 G . Brooks - - 0 7 4 Bilston - - - 5 0 0 Washpound - - 5 13 2 Mr . Johnstone , Li- Thos . Tree - - 5 4 6 verpool - - 0 10 0 Westminster - 0 8 6 G . Yarrold , A"freton 2 0 0 Jas . Kiddle . -010 r . Russell , Forest Edward Sullaway- 0 2 G of Dean - - 1 4 4 Kirkaldy - - 0 8 o Q . H . Z .. 1 G 11 S - a 4 G Gosport- - -080 G . J . Harney - 0 2 0 Peterborough - n 12 8 £ 49 5 2 Thomas Maktin Wheeleb , Secretary . TOTAL LAKD FOND . »¦ f \ . 1 fW— F * l * » T * Aa * t- 1
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Progress Of The Self-Employment System By The Aid Of The United Trades* Association For The Employment Of Labour.
PROGRESS OF THE SELF-EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM BY THE AID OF THE UNITED TRADES * ASSOCIATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR .
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The Star of last week announced that the Directors of the United Trades' Association had taken up the ease of the horse rail makers on strike at Cradley ( Worcester ) . Mr . Gimblett , one of the directors , proceeded there , bought materials , &» ., and set the men to work on their own account , much to the delight of the operatives , who could scarce be restrained from expressing their joy by means of the town bellman : however , this act proclaimed to Mr .
Rock , that he and other employers must henceforth fairly remunerate their workmen , or otherwise they will take the wise step of becoming their own employers . Mr . Gimblett also visited Belper , at the request of the workmen , and ascertained that a Mr . Carr , a nail maker , had , by the employment of a " Fogger , " or taskmaster , reduced wages as much as 2 d ., 3 d ., 4 d ., and in some instances as much as 6 d . per thousand , under the regular "card list" of prices ; and that the odious ' 'truck system" had been adopted bv the " Fogger . "
Mr . Carr formerly employed f-om seventy to eighty workmen , which number is reduced to about twenty —the remainder being placed under the control of the "Fogger . " The workmen are supplied with iron from Mr . Carr ' s warehouse , and are compelled to take the nails manufactured therefrom , to the " Foggers , " who pay the wages in "truck , " instead of in coin . This system has , happily , been discontinued by other manufacturers in the district , and cousequently this firm ' s conduct is a source of annoyance to the respectable employers . Mr . Gimblett subsequently had an interview with Mr . Carr , who appeared ashamed of the " Foggers " doings , and Mr . Gimblett assured him , it was the full determination oftfae Board of Directors to employ the men , unless speedy justice was done to them , as they had done the neighbouring men of Cradley .
It is understood that Mr . Carr has subsequently had an interview with the other employers of the district , when the correctness of the report given in a previous Northern Star was acknowledged . The employers evinced a desire that battle should be given to the " Foggers , " but Mr . Gimblett gave them to understand , that the business of the Board of Directors is not with those "Foils " of the employers ; and that the "United Trades" would not merely attempt to lop off a branch , but at oncestrike at the root of the the evil tree .
A deputation from the Silk Glove Makers of Holbrook , Driffield , Belper , Ac ., waited on Mr . Gimblett , and stated that the Messrs . Ward had reduced wages by imposing extra work on the gloves , thus occupying more time without giving a corresponding remuneration ; and that another firm ( Messrs . Brittle ) although they had not adopted the extra work in qnestion , but had threatened to reduce their men ' s wages sixpence per dozen ; which cases Mr . Gimblett promised to lav before the " Central Committee " of the sister Association for the Protection of Industryimmediately on his arrival in town .
, Several Shoe Clubs are established amongst the Chain and Nail Makers of this district , in support of "The Workmen's own Shop ,, ' and numerous shares taken up by trades and individuals , in the " Trades Self-Employment Association . "
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VETERANS , ORPHANS , AND VICTIMS RELIEF COMMITTEE . At a meeting of the Committee held at the Chartist Land Office , 83 , Dean Street , on Sunday afternoon September 13 th , Mr . John Simpson in the chair—letters were read from Mr . Richards , Mrs . Ellis and Air . D . Potts , on behalf of Mrs . Roberts . The sum of 10 s . each was voted to John Riehards , J . R . Smart , Mesdames Ellis and Booker—being the second remittance made since the amalgamation ot the committees ; the sum of £ 1 was also voted to Mrs . Duffy . Mr . Arnott gave notice that at the next meeting he would bring forward the case of W . S . Ellis , with a view to the bringing of evidence forward , to prove to the Secretary ot State the entire innocence of this victim of the crime of , vbjcj » he was found guilty by theiury'averdk * *
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NORWICH . ~ . " *~~ CHARTISM AROUSING FROM ITS SLUMBERS . The few good and true men of this town , whose union has never been broken since the commencement of the movement , resolved , a few days ago to make an effort to arouse the public mind " from tlie sluggishness which for some time past characterised it . They accordingly applied to the Executive for a deputation to attend two meetings whieh they proposed holding . Messrs . Clark and M'Grath were appointed by the Executive as the deputation . That magnificent structure St . Andrew ' s Hall , capable of holding eight thousand persons was granted by the Mayor in which to hold the meetings . On Monday evening last , at the appointed hour a largo assemblage was congregated within the magnificently adorned wal ' s of the Hall , when Mr . Laws was
unanimously elected to preside . He congratulated his fellow townsmen on their assembling so numerously on that occasion . The subject for their consideration that evening was the land , and the way to obtain it . He would not detain the meeting with any observations of his upon that great subject , as he felt convinced that most ample justice would be done to it by Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , he claimed for the speakers an attentive hearing , and assured the meeting on their part , that they would feel the greatest satisfaction in answering every inquiry regarding the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , its principles and objects . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman then introduced Mr . M'Grath , to the meeting . He said , he felt delighted that the subject of the land should arouse the attention of so
many of the inhabitants of Norwich , as he had the honour then to address . The pleasure which he experienced , was built upon the hope that the blessings and advantages oi the land would be secured and enjoyed by many of that numerous assemblage . ( Cheers . ) If such were not the result of that night ' s proceedings it would be no fault of the conveners of the meeting , of him or his colleague Mr . Clark . They appeared before the working men of Norwich , as the heralds of cheering intelligence , they came to point out the means of social emancipation ; to show wronged , and robbed , and insulted labour and unerring path from the morasses of poverty and abasement to the verdant and flowery meads of prosperity and independence . ( Cheers . J The time had arrived when the improvement in every respect of the
wealth creating millions , demanded undivided at tention . Those classes who form what is called the upper stories in the social structure , heed not the sufferings of those who bear the burden of their luxury and aggrandisement , hence if the condition if the labourer , the mechanic , and artisan , is to be omproved it must be by their own combined con-| tinuous , and vigorous exertions . ( Hear . ) It has been said by high authority , that one-tenth of the inhabitants of Great Britain are dependent upon law-forced charity for support ? Take this appaling fact in connection with another great fact , that we have an extent of cultivable soil , which will support fonr for every one ot our present population , and who was he that would say , that this was either a land of justice or liberty ? We have land to
cultivate , we have labour willing to cultivate it , why then should those dens of degradation , those receptacles of woe and misery , those blurs npon the character of England , the Union Workhouses , be crammed with the sons of toil ? The very thought that such should be fact in this land of genuine Christianity , and high civilisation should stimulate to exertion the misanthrope , let alone the christian , the patriot , and philanthropist , for the removal of that mass of wretchedness , which imbitters the lives of so many of our fellow creatures . As the government would do nothing for them , as the aristocracy who have monopolised and appropriated to themselves God's heritage to man , will do nothing for them , they must endeavour to do something for themselves . The Chartist Co-operative Land Society ,
enables the working man to rise from his down trodden state , like the good Samaritan , it is ready to minister to the wants of suffering humanity . It invited them to partake of comparative comfort and independence , at an expence so trifling that the poorest may become recipients . lie bespoke their undivided attention , while he showed them the benefits of this noble institution , and the principle of operation , by which it was proposed to realise them . The aim of the society was to put its members in possession of land upon such terms that they may live comfortably upon its produce . This the society could accomplish at an expense quite trifling to its members . Mr . M'Grath then showed the meeting the great benefits which membership with the society would confer , he explained clearly the modus operandi by which the society proposed to effect its objects , and was heard most attentively and
approvingly by the audience . It had been said that two acres of land would not yield enough for a family . If Chat Moss , near Manchester , can be made to produce thirty tons of potatoes to the acre he thought other land properly cultivated would do at least likewise ; that would be at the rate of sixty tons from two acres , which at thirty shillings icrton , would amount to £ 90 . He thought he would not be avoid of truth , if he ventured to say that only few of the Norwich weavers received £ 90 for plying the shuttle for twelve months . ( Hear . ) The rules of the society however oermitted members to have three or four acres , by taking out a share and a half or two shares , Mr . M'Grath refuted satisfactorily the objections which at the commencement of the society were urged against its practicability , and concluded a lengthy and able speech , amidst the universal plaudits of the assemblage .
Mr . Clabr on coming forward was warmly applauded , lie said , that at no time was it an enviable task to follow his eloquent predecessor , and on the present occasion , as was his usual practice , his address had contained so much upon the subject , that there was little left for him ( the speaker ) to advance . But a few ideas had suggested themselves to his mind upon which he would dwell for a short time . In addition then , to what they had heard already , enjoining them to become members of the Land Society , he thought it was the duty , as well as the interest of the trading classes especially to forward the objects of such an institution . Who were tbey in times of distress and commercial panic ,
upon whom fell the chief burden of supporting the unemployed operatives , that upon such occasions were reduced to a state of pauperism ? Was it not the shop keepers and small tradesmen , whose who ' c capital was sank in their business , and who from their profits , and , very often their stock , were compelled to pay enormous poor rates ? But was it right that it should be so ? ( No !) Let them recollect what bad been the conduct of the landed aristocracy , in depopulating tho agricultural districts , and , by their cruelty , driving the unfortunate labourers , who had been in the habit of tilling the earth , into the manufacturing towns , to seek for employment . ( Hear , bear . ) These labourers and their families it was who constituted the reserve in the
manufacturing labour market , and who by being forced into unnatural competition with their fellows , tended to reduce the wages of the whole . ( Cheers . ) The Land Society proposed to remedy this monster evil , and in so doing , they sought the co-operation of every good man , and such co-operation they were confident of getting —( hear)—because they were deserving of it . ( Cheers . ) The aristocracy had broken up the small farms , which were once the bulwark of English comfort and independance , and had converted whole tracts of territory into one large farm . This they had done , with a view , firstly , of riding themselves of the trouble and cost of the pauperism , which their own selfish conduct had created , and secondly , for the purpose of availing themselves of that political power , which the enfranchisement of the Land
guaranteed to its possessor . ( Wear , hear . ) lie trusted , however , that ere long , Mian , and not Land , would be enfranchised . ( Cheers ) The operations of the Society—which bad attained a position so glorious and commanding ; would , he had no doubt , force the consideration of its objects upon the legislature itself—and was it not . he would ask , the duty of that body to take the lead in the social improvement of the people ? ( Hear . ) It was true that the Government bad not , heretefore , interested itself much in the well being of the working classes , but henceforth it would have to alter its tactics . — Some persona contended that Government had » io right to interfere in such matters , but he considered it the most important function of a Government to watch over and stimulate the social progress of the
people . ( Cheers . ) The present unfortunate condition of the people of Ireland , had compelled Lord John Russell to recojnise such principle , aye , and to act upon it too . ( Hear . ) His Lordship had succeeded in carrying a measure through Parliament , to tax the property of the merciless aristocracy of Ireland , for the employemnt of the starving population of that ill used land . ( Cheers . ) And in justice , he would say , that the little man was entitled to praise for having caused such a measure to become law , especially as it was about the only good law of which the Noble Lord had ever been the author . ( Laughter . ) Howsoever , let us " give the devil his due , " altho the black gentleman—be thought , was often defrauded of " his due—( laughter)—if it were not so , they weuld not be troubled with such a corrupt House of Commons as at
present cursed the nation —( laughter )—but let them pray that in future the gentleman in question would be more punctual in his demand , — ( cheers)—and they would take care that he should be paid in full . ( Renewed laughter and cheers , lie Mr . Clark ) said that the principle of the measure was good , but the act itself was not sufficiently extensive . ( Hear . ) Now his object in calling their attention to this subject . w » to shew them that what the Government was partially doing for Ireland by law , the Chartist Co-operative- Land Society was doing wholly by union , in Eng ? and , and backed up as the society would be by the public spirit , and intelligence of the working classes of the country , they must succeed . ( Cheers . ) He need not reiterate " tbe statement of . the preceding speaker , but he would invite their attention to a few calculations founded upon indisputable data , to , prove the correctness of Mr .
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MGrath s assertions , to which he challenged contradiction . Mr . Clark then entered into details SS miV ^ T 11 fams over large ones , in point both of utility and revenue , and having again appealed to the meeting to swell the ranks of the society , he retired loudly cheered . The Chairman then announced that a public tZfiZii ™ " ' - be held in tho same Place upon the following evening , ( Tuesday , ) for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament for the People ' s Oliarter , and the numerous assemblage adjourned . On luesday evening , pursuant to announcement , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Norwich was held in St . Andre w ' s Hall , to adopt the National Petition fer the People ' s Charter , as well as to hear an exposition of the line ofproceedure laid down by the late Convention for promoting the weal of the Democratic movement . The attendance was much more numerous than that of the preceding night Mr . Smith , having been unanimously appointed to preside ; regretted that their choice had not fallen I
upon a more competent person to fill the office o chairman to so important an occasion . lie however , cheerfully responded to the call of his fellow-townsmen , and hoped that tho time was come when every true Briton , would be prepared to do a man's share in the great work of establishing the freedom of his country . ( Cheers . ) The chairman concluded a very neat and pithy speech , by introducing Mr . Lynes to move the first resolution . Mr . Lyses considered the defects in the reprc sentativc system of this country to bo so obvious as to demand an immediate remedy . Long since , these defects were perceived , long since they should have been remedied . But as the errors of the system are left for correction to us , let it be our care that posterity shall not be able to accuse the nrcsent
generation with bequeathing evils , which they had the power but wanted the will and the virtue to remove . ( Cheers . ) Why , he asked , should such a place as Thetford have the power of sending as many members to Parliament as Norwich , seeing that the population of the one is but eight thousand while that of the other exceeds seventy thousand ? He asked , ought such a political anomaly as this exist in the 4 Cth year of the 19 th century ? The People ' s Charter made law would prove a sovereign panacea for this state of things , it would purge the House of Common ' s of its impurities and make it what it should be , the friend and protector of the rights and . interests of labour , ( Cheers . ) lie would submit for the approval of the meeting the following resolution : —
That in the opinion of this meeting the representation of this country is most defective , and , therefore , fraught with much evil to the community ; and this meeting believing that the People's Charter contains a system ot representation , just iu principle and harmonious in action , are resolved to exert every legal means in their power to make it the Law of tUU Land . The motion was seconded by Mr . Flowkbs . Mr . M'Gkath rose to support the resolution and was warmly greeted by the meeting . He said , the seconder of the resolution which he had the honour of supporting had asked where were the vaunted friends who upon other . occasions might be seen gracing with their presence that platform . Let their absence teach the people to place no confidence in their hollow professions . He hoped that the
conduct of their soi'dissant friends that night , would prove the necessity of making Peel ' s maxim , that the people should take the management ot their business into their own hands , the rule of popular action henceforth in Norwich . ( Cheers ) The resolution adverted to the present feeble , inefficient , and corrupt State of our representative system . In that system only 800 , 000 are enfranchised out of an adult male population of seven millions . ' sad this is part of the glorious constitution which challenges the admiration of the world ! he ventured to affirm , that when the corrupting and intimidating influences had done their work on the occasion of a general election , that not more than one-fourth of the privileged section are free agents—electors whose votes are the untrammelled expressions of thoir own
feelings and judgments : here was one of the monstrous defects of the system—the people ' s house constituted in reality by one-fourth of tho electoral body . 'J he source of legislation is narrow and corrupt , and long and bitter experience has taught us that the stream is tainted with all the impurities of the source . Mr . Lvnes had complained of Thetford having as many members as Norwich ; but that state of things is justiceitself , when compared with other monstrosities of the system . There was the little village of Harwich , with its four thousand inhabitants , sending to Parliament as many members as the Tower Hamlets with a population of a half-a-million . ' Who is he that will dare say that this is a just system , that it n ^ eds no reformation , and ought co . be continued ? Mr . M'Grath then proceeded to show the
impoverishing operation oi laws made by Parliaments not representing the people , and therefore not heeding their interests , and contended strongly for the principle , that equitable legislation could alone emanate from equitable representation . The resolution pointed out the people ' s charter as the correctors of the errors of our representative system ; as the means of making the House of Commons a genuine reflex of the improving feelings , the expanding intellect , and increasing intelligence of the whole community ( Cheers . ) He hoped that no man ' s mind in that meeting was warped by prejudice against the Charter j if there were any present who considered themselves unfit for liberty , let them proclaim themselves . Whigs , Tories , or slaves , if all present regarded the franchise as their right , then did they belong to the
phalanx of freedom ' s votaries—the Charti > t party . ( Cheers . ) Mr . M'Grath then fixed the attention of the meeting on the principles of the Charter , proving by incontestiblo fact and argument , the truth , justice , and necessity of each' point . If , then , the Charter be true , just , and necessary , can the man be considered anything else than a traitor to his country who will not struggle to secure its speedy triumph . ( Cheers . ) The people have the means , without riot , violence , or bloodshed , to emancipate themselves from the thraldom of class dominance ; and if they will not use the means in their power , then degradation aud wretchedness are the just penaltiesoftheirnegligence . ( Cheers . ) When man shall have learned to unite with his fellow man , when he shall learn to confide in hiRli when he shall have learned to respect him ,
those who now regard him with supercilious brow , and treat his prayers with contumely , will pay the most worshipful deference to his remonstrances . ( Hear , hear . ) He advised them that very night to commence the work of fraternisation , to begin to join hand and heart , to put foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder , and thus give moral battle to the fees ot the rights of man . ( Cheers . ) A movement for the Charter was on the eve of commencing , to which , he felt convinced , the history of agitations could furnish no parallel . ( Cheers . ) lie conjured them to wage incessant war with the cause of national calamity , until its entire extermination is accomplished . ( Cheers ) Through the medium of the Charter they
would obtain a representative body characterised by humanity , wisdom , and intelligence ; a body which would stand to the people in the position of their servant , and not their taxing , imperious , and tyrannical master . Under the rule of suck a parliament they might hope for brighter and better days ; under such a parliament they might hope to see freedom and justice scattering the blessings of peace , prosperity , and contentment over the extent of the empire ; with such a parliament they might hope to see realised in Western Europe , reposing in peaceful loveliness , in sublime grandeur , npon tho eternal bosom of the ocean , a land where the sun shall not shine upon the palace of the tyrant , or set upon the abode of the slave . ( Loud cheers . )
The National Petition was then moved by Mr . Batsos , and seconded by Mr , Sprisoiiall , which was adopted without a dissentient . Mr . Laws moved the next resolution , which was as follows : —That with a view to convince people ot the injustice of institutions not based upon political equality , the return to Parliament of a few friends of liberty must be achieved , who , by continuous exertion , shall arouse the nation to a sense of the degradation now inflicted upon it , by the exclusion of seven millions of men from all participation in tho making of the laws whieh govern their lives , liberties , and property . This meeting , therefore , pledges itself to use its utmost energies to secure so desirable an object . Mr . Goat seconded the resolution .
The Chairman then introduced Mr . Curk , who on coming forward to support the resolution , was loudly cheered , and said , the resolution declared it to be advisable to secure the return of a few good men to the House of Commons , in . order that faction might be bearded in its own , den . ( Cheers . ) True , the people bad a few stirli » g friends already in Parliament , but they needed more ,, as corruption was strong , and would resist ts . the last , any attempt to deprive it of its murdcaous-power . They had the gallant Duncombe . ' ( Loud cheers . ) The unflinching and incorruptible Waklay ! : ( Cheers and cries of no flogging 1 ) They had Sharman Crawford . ( Cheers . ) John Fielding . ( Cltaers . )) General Johnstone and Others , who were realty . and willing to assist the people , if they ( the people ); would only make it manifest , that they were in . earnest . ( Hear . ) He had said that the resolution contained an answer answer to the calumnies of their enemies , who were
eternally taunting them with physical force , Now , as one of the authorised dircito » sof tho Chartist movement , he repudiated all such doctrines . ( Cheers . ) The resolution pointed out the mode by which they hoped tr , accomplish their rights as men . It pointed to tb e House of Commons , corrupt and illiberal as it is , ' and said , " Post your advance guard within the citadel of the enemy , and Jet the main body of tbe army attack it similtaneously , energcticaly , and perseveringly from without ; and your labour wil . i ere long be triumphant by tho complete rout and total overthrow of both factions . ' " ( Loud cheers . ) A mere class Government cannot much longer exist in this country . "Yime an ( l the growing intelligence of the pee . ple , are gnawing at it ' s heart , and the D' 4 mp . cratie genius which is abroad in every count ry , ' jjag jgsued jta irrevocable fiat against all olig / ro ' us , and ours amongst the number . ( Cheers . )
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They proposed to present a petition to Parliament early next session , which petition they expected would be signed by fonr million of British subjects , and 'tho tbey did not expect to have much attention paid to the prayer thereof , they were determined to petition again and again . In fact , to inundate the House with petitions , and never to give them a moment ' s peace until the rights of the people were conceded . ( Cheers . ) They were resolved that there should be no cessation to the moral and constitutional war , until the principles of the People ' s Charter were inscribed npon the Statute Book of the realm . ( Cheers . ) An Election and Registration Committee had been formed in London , to act in conjunction with simJWlocal Committee throughout theeoun- '
try . The Committee in London , would have to select the boroughs to be contested , and npon such boroughs would be concentrated the whole weight and influence of the democracy in every pirt Ot the empire . Messrs , Duncombe and Wakley , were at the head of that committee , and under anch auspices they were sure of aaccess . ( Cheers . ) It was time for the good men of all classes to unitetheirs was not a war . of one class , or one man , against the other ; but a war of the Spirit of Liberty and against that'of despotism . ( Cheers . ) When they saw the crowned tyrants of Europe leaguing against the people , ho asked was that the time for them to stand idly by . and witness with calm indifference the strangulation of the idol of their soul's liberty ? ( Cheers . ) Let them turn their attention to the situation of Poland—brave , but unhappy 'Poland—and contemplate her
sufferings under the three royal monsters of Austria , Prussia , and Russia , and at the same time consider the alliance of that triple alliance with our own illustrious ! sovereign , and he thought they would find ample cause to bestir themselves . Louis-Philippe , too , was at present playing an artful frame , by scheming to get one of his sons married to the sister of tlie Queen of Spain , with a view of perpetuating his own hated , treacherous race—of the House of Orleans , upon the throue of France ; but whether his cunning would succeed time alone would develope The tyrant of the " Barricades " was fast approaching to futurity ; he would soon descend to the " tomb of all the Capulets , " and then it would be seen if the people of glorious France would submit to the rule of his degenerate progeny . It may happen that the Republican guns of 1830 will be turned against the Republicans of a future period ; but be that as it would , his anxious pray r
was-SUCCESS TO THE REPUBLICANS OF FRANCE , ENGLAND , AND THE WORLD !" Mr . Clark sat down amidst loud applause . The resolution was then put and carried . After which , votes of thanks wore passed to Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , the Chairman , and the Mayor , for granting the use of the Hall for the meeting . Three cheers were then given for Messrs . O'Connor , Duncombe , Wakley , M'Grath , and Clark , and the meeting dispersed , first having extracted a promise from the deputation fiom the Executive Committee , that they would try and prevail upon Mr . O'Connor to visit Norwich , which they promised to do . *'
MANCHESTER . The usual weekly meeting was held on Sunday evening last in the People ' s Institute , John Sutton in the chair . John O'Hca read Mr . O'Connor's letter from the Northern Star , after which , Mr . Robert Wild , of Mottram , delivered ! a most interesting lecture . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman and lecturer .
NOTTINGHAM . Election Committee . —This committee met on Sunday evening last , at tho Colonel Hutchinson . Castle Terrace , when after a lengthened discussion the following resolution was agreed to : — That a meeting of delegates from the town and county of Nottingham be held at the Nerv Inn , CarrlnRton , on Sunday , October 4 th , to take the mcessnry steps for holding a public meeting of the town and county to adopt the National Petition ; to which meeting the following places are respetfully requested to tend delegates—Nottingham , Arnold , Radford , Hyson Green , HucknaM , Calvcrton , Carrlngton , Bulwell , Carlton , Lou ton , Rud . 'Hngton , Lainbley , Basford , and as many more places as can make it convenient .
The committee beg to direct tbe attention of tin Chartists of this neishbourhood to the proposed Election Fund of £ 25 , 000 . The battle of " right against might" will have to be fought in the Britisli Parliament , it depends upon the people how soon . Nothing can be done without the "sinews of war . " The committee , therefore , trust that the Chartists will send in their contributions of sixpence , and a .-much more as they can aiford , either by instalments , or at once , as may best suit them . The speech of Mr . O'Connor in Devonshire has made a wonderful impression here , even the enemies of Chartism say they never hoard anything to equal it .
LEICESTER , f Mr . O'Connor ' s Chartist Section . Chartism has been pronounced dead at this place . It is riot so ; principle never dies . It has survived the ruin so ruthlessly began by Cooper , and so pertinaciously carried out by Bairstow . A few half-starved operatives , aided by an old man , nearly worn out in the service , have created a revival of Chartist spirit which will ere long produce groat results . The committee meet every Tuesday night , at 36 , Sanvoy Gate , for the admission of members , and the body , every Sunday morning in the pasture , CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION
COMMITTEE . This body met at the Chartist Assembly Rooms . 83 , Dean Street , on Tuesday Evening , Septembet the 15 th , Mr . James Grassby in the chair . Mr . Stallwood reported the result of his and Mr . M'Grath ' s interview with Thomas Wakley , E .-q . which was that that gentleman had consented t " become their Vice-President . lie had also written to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., who had returned an answer , and appointed a time for an interview with the deputation . The election for Secretary was then proceeded with ; Mr . M'Grath's letter declining to stand for the office having been read , and Mr . Wheeler having withdrawn Mr . Ernest Jones , Mr . James Grassby was ^ unanimously elected . Mr . John Simpson wae also elected Treasurer .
It was then resolved , That the next meeting be held on Tuesday Evening . next , at the Assembly Room , and that the absent members be warned to attend . The following sums were subscribed to the Election and Registration Fund : — Thomas M . Wheeler ... 1 0 0 James Grassby 0 2 G John Simpson 0 2 G Edmund Stallwood ... 0 2 6 John Shaw 0 2 C '
BARNSLEY . " At the weekly meeting of the Chartist Association , held in the Chartist room , on Sunday last . A lively and animated discussion was opened by Mr . Frank Mirftelt ) , on the beneficial effects that would result by working men using the power the law allows them to possesss in parochial and local affairs . The meeting was very ably addressed by Messrs . Segrave , Mirlield , Lingard , Garbut , Leary , and others ; a goodly number of members were enrolled , when the meeting adjourned till next Sunday . WROUGHTON , NEAR SWINDON , YORKSHIRE .
The Swindon Chartists held a meetiHg here a few days ago . which was addressed with great success by Messrs . Morrison , Barber , and Burton .
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MRi fJO'TER . —ONE OF MY IiUliljrTtE » , —As I cannot discover Mr . Cooper's present rusiti < : nce , I am constrained to take tins tii « Uiod of informing' him , that his Bill for X' 2 G 5 s . with which he discharged tho balance of his obligations to me , has- been returned , dishonoured . 1 ' . CCS ' . RiciiAUD IF . aKK 18 .- ~ The law does aotallow an atheist the privilege of " affirmation" in lieu of oath-taking :: that privilege bciUK confined to Sjiakers ami Moravians . Whether a witness is bound by law to answer a-Judge if questioned as to his religious belief , we dc > not know , but we do know Judges cxpsct any question they as * to be answered , under ptiu of committal ) for " contempt . "
SuttsciurrioNS received bb Jta . O'Connor bob 1 ' miate Mattuewsok . —From ITork . jicr G . Jei & rsoii ,, coIIeeteii in pennies , to purchase his ( M . ' s ) diseharye t ' rora the Tib Ket f iraent of Ilttisurs—4 s . 6 d . Notice—As Mr . O'Connor is not Treasurer for such fund , nor awan who ia , he would thault G . J . to suy to whom . ke must hand o ver the nmoaaS . James- Wtttsos . —Bsvuy Tracy , Devon . says , « ' "With feel , ings- of unmingled gratification 3 second tbe propositfon . of W . C . Smith , of Halifax , for raising a subscripSion for the champion of Chartism , Fearocs ©•• e »» NSE , to . enable bim to carry on the war for Labour ' s emancipation . ' ! James BleaSDALE , Sutton-in-AsbficlQ . —Thanks for
your good wishes . Our publisher will forward the plate . * W . Beesujv . —HeceWed . Write again . J , G . HoitAND . —The secoad section will not hare to wait until the first is locatedi A purchase wilt be made for the second section as soon as they have a sufficient sum of money . In fact , a few weeks will see the second section in possession of an estate . Mr , T . Winters , of Leicester , begs leave to acknowledge £ 1 from HueUnal-Torkard , towards the Frame , rent Trial debt . Will the Secretary to the Manchester Chartists oblige Mr . Beesley with his address—hia letter was mislnid .
J . ft . —It is too true ; how the blunder has occurred we know not , but the printer will correct the error . Northern Stars . —I have to thank my friundi for a further supply ef Northern Stars ; with many thanks I must cry ' hold , enough . " O , Juuan Uabhet . J \ Bowden , Halifax . —Received . —Thanks—Will any of No . 3 be wanted t See advertisement .
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To thb Chartists of Enomitd . —IJboth £ » 9 , —A fellow of the name of Thomas King , of Woodbridge , Suffolk , having been hawking the country with an address headed ' -To tho Chartists of England , " appended to which jg my iWUJe > yyjth { j , ose 0 f u 0 ,, ald ai-Pheraou and Joseph Taylor , thi < ig to caution all , that snch document and names are wilful forgeries . T ' le Individuals named , with hundreds betides , have long been o < opinion that Thomas King is an unprincipled adventurer , I thank H . Borrow , of Leicester , for gsttms possession of the address in questionand
, Mr . Wheeler for forwarding it to me ; it shall be care * fully preserved an a memento of Ibis man ' s bareness . — William Garrard , news-agent ,-Secretary to the Ipswich district of tl 10 Chartist Co-operative taiid Society . Answers to several Cobrespon-dekts are prepaid but through press of matter postponed till next week ! Mr . Alex . M'DoNAJJS , Garstoi 1 . —The address is No t , R- 'bert-sireei - , Adelphir Strand , London . Mr . Joseph Poweu , Shrewsbury . —If the London Publisher calls at our office he can have the number
required . W . IL—The ' Revolutions of Russia , " two volumes , is published bv Mr . Colbtrrn , Gnat aiarlborougli-street . The price is 21 s . We do not know the publisher of nor price the work entitled " Kings the Uevil ' s Vicegerents . " X . —A common custom in this country notoriously is to demand p ledge from parliamentary candidates . M . Guizot ' slnw is not law for Eng land ; A Reader of tub " Star , " wishes to know the "address of " The American North West Company" in London .
More Kidnapping . —A correspondent informs us that a certain manufacturer in the neighbourhood of Winchester , has lately sent his agents into tbe agricultural districts to obtain a supply of new hands , under the pretence that he is in want of hands , and gives good wages . He is not in want of hands , and does not give good wages . His object evidently is to obtain a surplus number of hands that so he may control his workmen who lately came off victorious in a stvggle against his tyranny . Alfred Rowlet , Congleton . —If you never " run"from , the service , and e .-. n show your " discharge" and other " ship papers , " we arc confident you can obtain admission to Greenwich Hospital . Many of the inmates have not served longer in the navy than you have . " The Aristocracy of England . "—In reply to several
correspondents we have to state , that the price of the publication is five shillings , ( worth ten times that sum . ) We recommend those of oar readers who may not be able to aftoi d that sum for the book , to form book-clubs , and by subscription of a few penco each make thsmselves possessors of this excellent work . Cuautist Sick , Bubiai ,, and Travelling Reliw Fund . —The Chartists of Bolton suggist the establishment of a Sick , Burial and Travelling Relief Fund , in connection « iih the Chartist Cooperative Land Society . They say that the members brlonging to tbe society are already sufficiently numerous to establish such a fund . Many of the members undoubtedly belong to the " Fivemasons , " " Odd-Fellowg , " . " Druids , " or " Benefit So < rietb > s , " & c . These Associations are notoriously faulty in many respects ; for instance , at
least one . fourtll ot * the members' money is spent in " drink , " the " regalia , "' and a lot of tom-f < iol > ry which the Chartists would avoid . It is to be expicted that if such u fund was established , many of the members of the Land Society who belong to tbe above societies would leave them ; any way there are thousands of Chartists who are not membgisof the " secret orders" because of the objections above alluded to , who would certainly contribute to the suggested fund , the utility aud necessity of which cannot be questioned . The Bolton Chnvtius suggest to the several localities the consideration of the following question : — " Would a Sick , Burial , and Travelling Relief Fund , in connection with the Land Society be beneficial ? If so , how could sueh a fund be established with the greatst advantage , and the least amount of sub-eription ?"
W . COOPER , Derby . —Prose on stilts is neither powerful nor elegant writing . A little declamation is allowable , but piling word upon word , epithet upon epithet , to express even the most common-place ideas is a great blunder , which mars instead of makes th .- effect intended . The pith of our correspondent ' s letter amounts to this , that the working classes have two duties to perform , the first to secure the defeat of the Whigs at the next election , the second to support Mr . O'Connor in his indefatigable exertions to obtain for the people the Cbur ' er and tbe Land . Of course we heartily concur wit ' i our correspondent , One or the Disfranchised calls attention to the " « v « n
mile boundary clause" of the Kefotm Bill , which has disfranchised so many voters ( principally of the working class ) who from birth or servitude enjoyed the franchise previous to the passing of that bill . He suggests that meetings he held in all the principal towns for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the abrogation of the seven-mile clause , and in lieu thereof inserting one for reinvesting those with the franchise whom the Reform Bill disfianchised , permitting them to give their votes in the city or borough where residing , er the nearest to their place of residence . As Lord John Russell has repudiated "finality , " this demand , our correspondent thinks , would test ' ¦ his Lordship . "
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Dkvonsiuue . —We havo much pleasure in giving the following as the result ot Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Devonshire . We have more than thirty shares taken tip since our last meeting nkht , and as for Teignniouth , they are going a head finely , they have from twenty to thirty members joined since last Motulav
TO FEAHGPS O CONNOR , ESQ . Newton Abbot , Devonshire , September Uth , lSiS . Sir , —My aim , my wish , and my bojie , is to cheer you in your onward path ; you have propounded a great problem , you have solved it yourself j and the friends of the labourer thankfully accept the boon , by which his social condition is amended . You have shown us a means , easy of attainment , to provide him with a cottage , an abiding place , aud a hause , and while tlie labourer and the artizan , rear the palate for the prlnue and the peer , your great principle carried into practical effect , is , that he himself shall be the possessor of an humble lowly cot , suitable to his inherent right and standing in society .
I wish you long lite , and that great sweetness of it , the ability to carry on and carry out the desirable details of your benevolent plans : but whether you do live or not , tlie merit is your ghii of its commencement ; and I beg to subscribe my guinea for the O'Connor testimonial ; persuaded that if 1 am not the first , I shall not be the last in so doing , and remain , Your humble Servant , IV . C . Kadlsx . My Dear Sib , —Your letter is to me a source o f great ^ ratiKcation and pride . 1 must es . teem those of your class who anticipate no benefit from my project , but yet encourage ic for the uooU of
others , as sincere philanthropies . 1 accept your guinea thankfully and proudly— 'tis the fire 1 ever did accept ; and I feel convinced that you will be phased and gratified at tlie use to which I mean to apply it— 'tis to lay the foundation stone of an agricultural college , where a thousand of the children of the working classes shall receive a good and useful education , upon a plan which I should develope in this letter but from the crowded state of our soluniris , which compels nie to postpone its announcement till licit week . I am , vour obedient servant , To Mr . W ' C . llatilev . Fea . rg . us . O'Coxxok . "
•' Caution To The Chartists Generally, And" All Per-
• ' Caution to the Chartists generally , and" all per-
Sons, Who Hold Premises Where Thi T Hamm...
sons , who hold premises where thi t hamm nmeni ' . ga arc held . We , the Chartists of Brighton ,, dewn ic our imperative duty to caution onr liii . thieii against a pCl'SOIl ° f the name-of James Osborne , by trade a Currier ;; ( we beliew now- residing in Museum-stiei ' t , Blowusbui'y , London , ) who has been in tkis town within these few days- ; and mi conscquoiice of representing himself as one of the Chartist btid-y , and stating that he expected to-receive the sum of XI from Mr . Mm Good .,, a member of this locality , and inquiring for tbs Northern Star which he was supplied with ; . the landlord of the " Artiv-hoke" ( . the house where wo ms « t , ) was induced to give him credit to the atnouni often shillings , until he attempted to
persuade M r , Akcliurst , our worthy host , not to belong to the Land SoeJefcy any Iwigcr r which led Mr . Akehursi to doubt Mv . Osbovue ' s sincerity , and on inquiring of the nisuihersoniheirnext meeting night , he foun « Osborne's statements to be c ^ uite false ; and moreover that he bad behaicd very dishonourably tothe Brighton Chartists ou former occasions , lie lis * decamped without pay in } : Mr . Akclsurst and others , therefore we do hope the Chartists will discard him wherever lie may intrude himself among them , as he is most decidediv an enemy to our cause . " \\ i ^ tam Flower , George ' Giles , Ileiiry Mitchell , James Williams , Henry Bourne , William Litshfoid , Ctcm-go Pago , Members ot * the Genual Council of \ Ue Na-• ional Charter Association .
Royal Polytechnic Institi ^ ion . —These is now exhibiting at this c 9 t . iblis . tuu . t nu intention of great importance for the purpose of Yeutilating mines . As a description of it might ifi interesting to our readers , we gi ? o it in as few wotds as possible . It consists of a spacious pair of chambers , inserted into large tanfcs filled with w » t « ff—a wflWwillt , somewhat after the manner in wi & li gasomctm are constructed . These chambers & se suspended m such a way that a reciprocating morion may be- Riven to them , on receiving which , a Juries of inlcji mid outlet valves are brought into operation , am i ; are- so arranged , that as soon as tho inlet chaKiber begins to dnsennd . the nutlet valvesoacn . and thoairisejectcu ,
and so on , alternately , a continuous * » being kept up ; the down-east shaft suppjying the necessarv quantity of fresh air to tho mine , during SSLln of tho vitiated ; ta ^« £ Jj ^ cast shaft . The inventor states , that a ooumoer oi ixleon feet in db . meter . with » opwjg « HJJ gg irea would evcrv minute remove . iO ^ . cuoic ieej oflmlair ; und ' tlna , » " fy < £ » -omplfehed aUvwytrMifls eipeudltur e at power . ; . ¦
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