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LEICESTER . A public meeting of the frame-work knitters was held on Monday evening , to elect delegates to the three counties' meeting , about to be held at Jtottinghani . Mr . H . Birrow in the chair . Air . Warner , of Shecpshed , addressed the meeting at length on the free trade policy of manufacturers , and the desireability of union to withstand the reductions which are taking place in the various branches of frame-¦ work knitting , Mr , George Buckby , the secretary of the glove branch , made an effective speech on the principles of union ; he concluded by moving the following resolution : —
" That It is the opinion of this meeting that the framework knitters are in duty bound for their own protection , to cement themselves together in tho National Union , for preventing further reductions in their wages ; and that this meeting is further of opinion , that delegates should be sent to the three counties" meeting at Kotringbain , on Monday next , " ¦ which was seconded by Mr . "Winters , the general secretary . Messrs . Buckby aud Winters were elected , and the meeting dissolved .
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LABOUR'S JUBILEE . The 17 th of August , 1846 , will ever be a day memorable in England . For the first time in the Mstorv of the country , or indeed in the history of any country , thousands of the working classes witnessed what may be made national by a co-operation of their order . The valuable and instructive lesson to be learned from Monday ' s demonstration is the fact , that throughout all ages the rich oppressors have used the poor oppressed for their own convenience and aggrandisement , while it has stamped upon the minds of all who witnessed the value of cooperation , the fact , that to complain of misgovernment is but to complain of man ' s own slavishness and cowardice .
The people have had a great practical lesson to learn , they have hail to be taught that there is no wealth in the world save that which is created by labour , and that there is no combination in this world save that which is established by labour , which is capable , or willing , to render to the labourer anything Hfce a fair proportion of the fruits of bis own industry . The labouring classes have
learned that the contention of faction is for the appropriation of the lion ' s share of labour . And they Lave also learned , that the natural state of the husliaudmau is ihe only situation in which the individual labourer tan work out his own salvation . They have learned that the power and abuse of machinery has overthrown the manual labour of the individual operative . And . they have learned , that the increase of population has given an increased
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value to land , while it has . also increased tha com petition in the labour n arket , which makes oim-CUlt fortllCTlisinherited Slave to p rolong a « etched existence for another hour of misery . ¦ They hear of national industry , and th y know that they are its only promoters ; while at the same time thev are mocked with the ineroafihig destitu tion of their order . They see , wealth heaped upon
wealth , as if by magic , while those who create it are allowed but the poor privilege of honouring and obeying its possessor . On Monday last , for the first time in this country ' s history , the agricultural slave , the manufacturing operative , the metropolitan mechanic , artificer and artizan , met together , and cheered together , and vowed together , for the accomplishment of what , to all England now appears to be the nation ' s darling
object—THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND not by plunder , not by force , not by conquest , but by purchase out of the parings from their humble board . The association , of whose complete work Monday's exhibition can be considered but as the miniature , has not been in active operation more than twelve months , and yet we are bold to assert that no society ever made the same practical progress within ten times that period ; and that all the acts of parliament from the Reform Bill to Free Trade are looked upon as mere drops of water in the ocean when compared with the practical result of the society ' s undertaking .
To judge fairly of the exhibition , those who were not present must receive their impressions from those who have visited the People ' s Paradise , and when they reflect they must bear in mind that , contrary to all former practice , not a shilling has been spent in advertising the plan , and although consisting of numerous branches , all having working men for their secretaries , that no officer has been a defaulter to the amount of a fraction . Now , these are
things that we love to dwell upon , because a knowledge of them is necessary to inspire an oft-deceived people with new faith and confidence . To us , Monday was a day of triumph such as no conqueror ever witnessed before . If there is glory in a victory gained by carnage and bloodshed , the heart of the most savage must be stung with the reflection of the misery he has caused , while in our breast there is lut one unalloyed feeling of thankfulness that we have served all without initirv to any .
The infant has now become a monster , aud to guard it , not from its own ferocity , but from the danger that it threatens to noxious animals , it will require the united judgment and discretion , not only of the directors , but of the whole people . It matters not whether tyranny's power is threatened with the cannon or the sword , byjfasting or praying , whatever tends to diminish it will be looked upon by its possessors as an assault upon their prerogative . But we think we have arrived at a time of day , and at a judgment that may defy even the malice of the Wbigi .
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IRELAND . And so , after the many escapes " that this fairy land has had from Whig tenderness and patriotic affection , after having escaped the Coercion Bill of Peel and the Arms Bill of Labouchere , she is now threatened with a most gaunt and horrid monster , which far outstrips its predecessors in atrocity and duplicity . After Buncombe , in the absence of the Irish Patriots , had defeated the Arms Bill , the Whig minister , aware of the inevitable effect of his time
serving policy , has proposed a measure in the last hours of the sessioa by which trial | by court-martial is unnecessary , domiciliary visits are unneeded , the protection of witnesses is uncalled for , as the power of all is merged in the clemency , the Judgment and discretion of the very whig " Lord Lieutenant , to whom , in 1836 , the Liberator first sold his conntry-This closing act of- Whig atrocity is the most uncalled for , the most tryannical , and the most base , blocdv , and brutal , ever concocted bv the base ,
brutal , and bloody Whigs . We give it at full length , it has come upon us like a thief in the dark , and we ask the English people whether they will submit to be taxed for no better or more laudable purpose than that of bestowing WTiig patronage among Irish place hunters to the end that they may be blessed with the mild rule of Whig-O'Connell domination . We know that this thimble-rigging system of policy cannot last long , else would we rouse the country from north to south , from east to west , to throw off this Whig incubus .
We protest against this bill as unconstitutional ; we protest against it as uncalled for and unnecessary ; and we protest against it , because its object is to confer favours upon the Irish landlords at the expense of the English working classes . The demand upon our columns this week precludes the possibility of favouring the monster with the notice it so justly merits , but we ask the working classes to read it , and to judge for themselves , and to read its exposure , and the exposure of its propounders b their champion . Where , we would ask , is the big beggar
man ? In Ireland now , while his \\ big patrons are secretly establishing the despotism of an Irish Lord Lieutenant . Is it not melancholy to see the lickspittle Pigott , ( a Roman Catholic , ) coming over here at the close of the Session to qualify himself for the judgment seat by aiding the Whigs in their assaults upon his country , and is it not deplorable to find a people so deluded as to receive stones with cheerfulness when they ask for bread . But we tell the Whigs , we tell O'Connell , and we tell their lickspittles , that no false clemency , no forced charity shown to tyrant landlords , will reconcile a nation to starvation . Alas 1 poor country Almost afraid to know itself .
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¦//// y //////// r » " ^^ ' /'" '" // ' // ' // i THE JUVENILES . We extract the following from the Nation of last week . We have received a printed address from the Chartists of England to the Irish people , with a request that we should insert it in the A' ati ' on . We desire no fratcrmsatven between the Iri-h people and the
Chartists—not on account of the bugbear of " physical force , " but simply because some ot their five , points are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , thou-rh well enough for Eiiiiland , are so essentially English that their adoption in Irebnd would neither be probable nor at all desirable . Between us aud them there is a <; ulf fixed ; we desire not to bridge it over , but to make it wider and deeper .
Poor silly simpleton , poor trampled worm , poor slavish thing ) willing to wound but afraid to strike , did you hope to regain the lost smile of your taskmaster , by proclaiming your own political ignorance , and bv reprobation of princip les of which y ou appear to be wholly ignorant ? You desire no fraternization with the English Chartists ! When they ask your aid , you may withhold your bit of poesy and your ginger-beer prose , but wait till you are asked . The English Chartists desired not , courted not , fraternization with you , they merely desired to make your columns the vehicle of their defence against your party's slauder aud falsehood . But spurning a cooperation that we shall presume was offered , from whence are you to draw your strength to aid you iu the struggle with your conquering tyrant ?
You yet hope to diminish his wrath , if not to repurchase his countenance and patronage , by bartering fulsome adulation for unmerciful castigaiion . It was not enough that you were compelled to plead the expediency of time as the atonement of crime , but , slave like , you harp upou the string that you hope will convey the sweetest music to your master ' s ear . You are not intimidated by the hug-bear of " physical force , " but bv the " ABOMINATION o ome
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of their FIVE POINTS , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings . " What then , great Mentor , founder of the reading schools , ballad singer general chief instructor of the Irish nation , powder monkey of the physical force department , and expounder of Ireland ' s ancient history , have you too , from your infancy upwards , been engaged in abuse of the Saxon and denunciation of Chartism , while you are ^
yet ignorant of the number of its points ? Were you aware that you were casting abomination upon your chosen chief , upon your illustrious Liberator , when you thus cast abomination upon five sixths of his adopted child ? Were you aware that the Liberator attached his honored name to the document entitled the People ' s Charter ? And that it consists of six , not of five points ? Aud now , tell us which to
you is an abomination ? Is it an abomination that Parliament should be annual , for that's number one ? Is it an abomination that every man of twenty-one years of age , of sane mind and untainted with crime , should have a vote , for that ' s number two ? Is it an abomination that he should give that vote by ballot , for that ' s number three ? Is it an abomination that the country should be subdivided into equal voting districts , for that ' s number four ? Is it an abomination that the confidence ot a constituency , instead of land possession , should constitute the qualification
of a representative , for that ' s number five ? And is it an abomination that the servants of the people should be paid a stipulated salary by those who employ them , rather than by a fancy price by those who corrupt them , for that ' s number six ? Annual parliaments , universal suffrage , vote by ballot , equal electoral districts , no property qualification for representatives , and the payment of member ' s , are the six points of the Charter , and now ; we challenge you in support of what you have written , and in the face of the world , to point out your objections to all or any of the above points .
Perhaps in your finicking study of elegant ex . tracts you hare read Theodore Hook ' s definition of Chartism , and mistaken it for the people ' s principle . That funny fellow defined Chartism to mean ' triangular parliaments , universal suffering , and vote by bullet . Can it be possible that a journalist seeking the honour of now rousing and anon curbing the fiery mind of enthusiastic Irishmen has lived in ignorance of the only principles by which their liberties , if achieved even by force , could be subsequently defended ; or can it be possible that the same journalist has been contending for the establishment of a class legislation Parliament , instead of one fully , freely and fairly chosen by the whole people ?
"We now tell the Nation , that without the six points of the Charter , the greatest evil that could befal Ireland would be the representation of the Ir ish people by taskmasters , elected by their own slaves . And if English co-operation be necessary , or if English neutrality be desirable for the achievement of Irish independence , the Nation , by its eleven thoughtless lines , has done more than any
other paper has heretofore effected to disgust every right thinking person with the whole process of Irish agitation—if the end and aim of all is but a transfer of power from the Saxon to the Irish oppressor . We are told that the spirit and tone of our proceedings , though well enough for England , are so essentially English , that their adoption in Ireland would neither be probable or at all desirable . To this we fullv assent . The tone ot our
proceedings bespeak the national will . Here there is no intolerance or masterdom . Here there is no tax for the support of a venal press . Here there is free discussion , an inexpensive agitation , and a BALANCE SHEET . Here labour tells its own tale , defying the tyrant aud the capitalist to overwhelm its order , now by the charm of patronage , and again by the threat of the despot ' s displeasure .
Here we hare no committees to mould a nation s will to an individual ' s caprice ! Here we have no adoption of a principle to day and repudiation of the same principle to-morrow . Here we do not exhibit the double face of prosy adulation and poetic damnationl Here we do not see in juxtaposition fulsome praise of the Liberator hi a column of prose , and side-stabs iu a neighbouring column of poetrv .
What we do here not only bears inspection , but defies criticism . And yet these trembling infants , not yet out of their swaddling clothes , and scarcely able to limpi proclaim to the world , that between us and them " there is a gulf fixed ; we desire not to bridge it over , but to make it wider and deeper . " How magniloquent 1 How exquisite ! How Irish How patriotic ! The scribbler falsely presumed that the gulf that separated the Irish resident in England and the English Chartists , was as wide and deep as he and his Liberator had tried to make
it ; and calculated upon the chance of retaining a portion of his English circulation , as a setoff against the Irish loss , by abusing the English Chartists . But we beg to tell him , that we have bridged the gulf over—that the Irish people have learned to distinguish between their friends and their enemiesand that the rejected of Conciliation Hall will fail in their attempt to make merchandise of the old profitable ware of dissension . Again , we challenge the critic of our principles to declare openly his objection to those points which he designates as an abomination .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The task of Legislation hastens on apace to its conclusion for the year , and the present , the last week of the session , is quite as remarkable for what has been abandoned , as for its positive enactments . When the present Government , in the face of the recent vote against Coercion for Ireland , by which they climbed into power , resolved to bring forward a new CoercioK Bill , under an new name , it might fairlv hare bceu presumed , that for so outrageous
and flagitious an abandonment of principles so much vaunted , and profe .-sions only a few weeks' old , they would at least have been able to adduce the plea ol an overpowering necessity ; that they would have proved the state of Ireland to be of such a threatening and imminent description , as to render imperative such an obnoxious enactment for a temporary period , until better , more conciliatory , and morepermanent measures could be devised . That no such necessity did exist has been conclusively shown bv the " withdrawal of the Irish Arms Bill . " No credit whatever can be claimed bv the Ministry for
this concession to public opinion . In bringing it for ward they showed either a want of judgement , s > - great as to render them unworthy of public confidence , or a shameless want of principle , which was disgraceful in the rulers of a great country . In abandoning it so hastily , they have shown a pusillanimity equal to the temerity which they exhibited when they dreamt not of opposition to the re-enactnientof the Ctercion bill . O'Connell and his tail'they thought were comfortably—we do not say by prearrangement—out of the way ; and it was a capital
opportunity to smuggle through the house such a gratuitous piece of Whiggery—a Bill so much according to its own heart , as that which unexpectedly brought Duneombe and a host of objector about their cars . They did not dare to face that opposition as ; ain . The tocsin was sounded . They dreaded n defeat on Mr . Escott ' s amendments—they were nor prepared to resign place and pay , when just in sight of the recess , and the consequent six months' snug enjoyment of these luxuries—therefore they beat a retreat , and hurried ingloriously from the strugglebeaten , soundly , deservedly beaten .
The Irish people will , however , no doubt remember , that the Whigs showed themselves " willing to wound although afraid to strike ^ in the face of the
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disinterested and patriotic defenders of their liberties , wko ^ in the absence of . M exclusive advocates of Ireland , stood up to oppose this tyrannous , enactment . They will remember " , that neither to Russell nor to O'Connell do they owe their deliverance from domiciliary visits , and all the hateful machinery which brands them with political and social inferiority . The Parliamentary leader of the Chartists , of that party whom they have been taught . .
to suspect , fear , or hate , by tho wily and selfish demagogue who has so long governed Ireland , was their advocate on this occasion . The Saxon representatives of Saxon constituencies were those upon whom the defence of Ireland and her rights devolved . In these facts are to be found the reply to all the bluster , declamation , and falsehoods , of a thousand harangues , intended to set the people of the sister island by the ears , in order that the declaimers may pick pockets during the squabble .
The consistent and hon ? st conduct of the Morning Chronicle on the subject should not be passed without notice . It opposed Coercion when proposed by Pbei ., and was equally opposed to it when brought forward by RnssBLL . To the Times and the Weekly Chronicle was left the glory of finding arguments to combat tho > e which but a few wseks previously had filled their own columns . The Times has long been faisous for the facility with which it "cai turnabout and wheelabout , " and the cleverness with which long practice has enabled it to execute the manmuvre of turning its back upon itself , but the poor Weakly Chronicle does not yet understand the dodge of turning the corner so cleverly . To be sure there is something marvellously pleasant in an undsr-Secretaryship , and " George Henry" in
gratitude was bound to do his beat , but " bad was the best /' , The poor man was compelled to have recourse to the cast-off weapons of those whom he so recently assisted to defeat on the very same battlefield . Thus speaketh be in his paper of last Sunday : — " Perhaps , the Arms Bill is not , in operation , so effectual for the prevention of Crime , as its Contrivers might wish ; but it is folly to say that it throws no impediment in the way of murder ; and to have left Ireland suddenly , in the face of a failed Potato Crop , —and its consequent wretchedness , and temptation , —without seme restriction on the possession
of deadly weapons—after half a century of such restriction , would' have been to have delivered her up to a winter of assassinations . Under those circumstances , the Minister proposes to renew the expiring Bill for Six Months only , contemplating its supercession by some measure , in the mean time , more consistent with his recorded feelings in favour of . Ire ' ahd . He proposes also to relinquish the more objectionable Clauses , as those relating to domiciliary visits : with regard to the Branding Clauses , we do not see that they are more objectionable in principle , than the Goldsmith's mark ; unless the safety of Life be of less consequence than the purity oi Gold .
More than this we doi . ot think the Premiercould be expected to do : less than this , we think he would be censurable in doing . This was published on Sunday : on Monday "the Premier" announced his intention to drop ihe bill altogether ! Unhappy Under Secretary ^! to belong to an " open question Cabinet , " in which nobody knows what anybody means to do ' . Transcendently unfortuna t e apologist of Whig rascality ! to be putting forth such an earnest plea , dressing up . such a " raw head and bloody bones" as an excuse for retaining at least
" the branding clauses , " in order that Ireland may not " be delivered up to a winter of assassinations , " proclaiming that ' less than this the Premier will be censurable in doing , " when on the day following the publication of this declaration , the Premier publicly abandons the whole bill , and leaves Ireland to all the horrors conjured up by your " lively Imagination . " Really our contemporary in its future articles on "the Russell Cabinet" must be discreet . The Russell Cabinet is a sphinx which not even so accomplished an CEdipus as tiie under Secretary to the Admiralty can unriddle .
We have only one bit of advice to give him as to his future articles ' . never assume for a moment that a Whig will stand by his professions . The political principles of that party are pre-eminently typified by pie crust , i . e . " made to be broken . " The failure of the potatoc crop in Ireland , which all accounts concur in representing as total and complete , forced on the Government the duty of devising measures to meet the consequences of that failure . On Tuesday , Lord Jons propounded his plan . He had the good taste , which Mr . Lino chere the new Secretary lor Ireland had not , to give all credit to the late Government for the laudable promptitude and liberality whieh distinguished their conduct and measures under the pressure
of ft Qavat'P « nd vtntrnl nnlnvnif . r TTa nl * ot a severe and novel calamity . He also acknowledged the great advantage derived by the present goverment from the experience of the officers appointed to superintend the carrying of those measures into effect , and the valuable information they had furnished . Upon principle , however , he was opposed to the plan of the government supplying the people with food . It led , in his estimation , to great evils . It injured the regular trader who supplied the market , because he was incompetent to compete with the government , and it prevented the people from looking for employment elsewhere
so long as they could rely on receiving even the scanty relief afforded , For these reasons , —while admitting the value of the late ministerial measures , under the circumstances in which they were introduced , it was not his intention to continue "imilar measures . His plan is to empower the Lord Lieutenant to summon a barony or county session , to promote works of relief . The choice of these works is not altogether to be left to them , but is subject to the approval of government , and if so approved , advances from the treasury will be made to carry them on , to be repaid in not less than ten
years , and to bear interest at not less than three-and a-half per cent . To re-pay these advances , a rate is to be levied on tho barony or county , on the valuation to the poor rate , by whieh means the very poor will not be called upon to contribute . In very poor districts this mode of action is not available , and therefore , a special grant of £ 50 000 is to be set apart for the furtherance of works of public utility in these districts , to be designed and executed entirely by the government . Commissariat Officers are also to be stationed in different parts of the country , to communicate information to the chief Commissariat
Commissioner in Dublin ; for though the government no longer intends to supply food , it would appear it is intended to exercise a general surveillance on the way in which it is supplied by the regular dealer in provisions . Such is a brief outline of a measure intended to meet an important crisis . The only merit that we can accord to it is that of being sound in principle . As a means of meeting and effectually coping with the probable famine and distress in Ireland it is ludicrously inadequate . The whole sum to be granted for the purposes set for this , as we understoo d
the Premier , somewhere about £ 200 , 000 , an amount which might be expended in a single distressed country in a mouth , instead of being estimated for the wants of all Ireland with such a dreary prospect before it for the next six months . Should the apprehended calamity really fall on that unhappy countrj , the Government will be compelled to advance more than the estimated amount , and to take an Act of Indemnity next session , but tho more manly and straightforward course would have been to have made a grant at oucc somewhat commensurate with the extent of the distress requiring relief .
It is the curse of Whiggery , even where it means well , to be unable to carry out its own intentions , If by chance it gets hold of a good principle , it renders it useless by the paltry and fearful spirit iu which it is applied to practice . In the plan of which we have now given an outline , we see a principle recognised which fully acted upon will effect a perfect transformation in Ireland , It is that the Government are bound to provide employment for the population when they are unable to obtain it elsewherev aud that it is better to employ the industry of the country in . adding to its wealth , convenience , and comfort » by the application of national funds ,
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than to dispense viese funds . in the shape of > l emosynary relief to those wi ° are made forcedly idle . , This principle must not be lost sight of , nor the fact of its admission in prflciine by tho Government . It will form the base of a magnificent structur hereafter . Lord Georob Bentinck " the future Premier of the British Empire , " as he has been dubbed by h : s party , brought forward on Tuesday , what he con-.. . I r .... . 1 . :.. 11 .. .. i . _ * i
sidered a fresh "raw" in the hides of the late Ministry , and thrashed at it eon amore . When he laid down the whip it was taken up by Disraeli , who administered some strokes with all the cordiality which his well-known love to Peel could incite . That the straightforward onslaut of the one , and the fierce sarcasms of the other were acutely felt , was shown by the indi gnant and touchy manner in which the subordinate members of the late Cabinet who were
present replied to them . If its chief had been there , he would have been more politic if less natural . The cause of attack was an alleged ministerial job , " perpetrated when the late administration were in extremis" when in fact they had ceased to hold the seals of office . Such a charge against a Ministry of which Peel waa the head , was a new one , for we believe that it is universally admitted that a more unselfish or disinterested distributor of public patronage never held power in this country than the late Premier ; whatever other sins have been alleged against him , nepotism has not been among the
number . But it was stated that this job was without his cognizance , and was a nice little drama in which Lord Brougham , Lord Lyndhurst , the Earl of Ripon , and the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , variously and with different degrees of merit appeared as the principal characters , the animating motive being to provide for the comfort and convenience of sundry gentlemen , friends and serviceable allies of these parties . Our readers will find the details of the alleged "job " in our Parliamentary columns . It is unnecessary to give them here , because , in the first place , the charge was on the following day withdrawn , with an ample
apology to Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ripon , by Lord George , who must be more careful in future , if he really wishes to secure the Premier's place ; and because , secondly , it actually consumed a whole "day of Parliament—for the Small Debts Bill , which was to have been the business of the day , was merely considered pro forma , in consequence of the length o the discussion , —and lastly , because it shows the fierce and yet unappeased anger of the Protectionists against thelate Cabinet . In looking forward to a General Election , this is an element in the present state of parties not to be lost sight of .
Upon the whole , the week has been a busy and an important one . The Sugar Duties Bill received the Royal assent on Tuesday . Its passage through the upper house was merely one of form . The Bishop of Oxfi . rd , who did not expect that the debate would fake place on the first reading , and who , as a son of Wilberforce , has a sort of vested hereditary interest in the slavery question , made a speech on the second reading , in which tho arguments of the antislavery party were put with that peculiar force and logical style which distinguishes his speeches . The bishop is a powerful debater . He was followed by the sleek Charles . James of London , who also considered he had a reputation for philanthropy to support , and there the speeehification in opposition terminated .
By mmng the nick of time , the little lord has clevfrly jockied the West Indian monopoly , and given the finishing stroke to the -old system of commerce . It remains to fce seen how tho new one wiil work . On the same evening the Royal assent was given to another Bill , which deserves notice as a proof of the advance of the age in enlightened toleration , The Religious opinions Relief Bill , sweeps from the Statute Book a great many dozens of those relics of the wisdom of our ancestors , which manifested itself in pains , penalties , and persecutions for a difference of opinion upon subjects of which no man can predicate anything with certainty , and upon which , there fore , every man should be humble and tolerant .
There is yet much work of this description to be done , but in the meantime this clearing out of a heap of old rubbish is a hopeful beginning , and heralds the way to a more complete assimilation in law , to the now daily increasing tolerance , and enlightenment of the public mind on these topics . The Standard has a rumour of a dissolution in October , which it states to be baaed on certain information . The Globe says its evening contemporary merely puts that forth as a feeler to ascertain what the ^ intention real ly is , but the ministerial evening organ declines to aid the ruse . It is by no means
improbable , however , that the Standard is right . The short experience Lord John has had of the present House , thinned as its benches are by the moors , the game covers , and the racing season , has been sufficient to show him that no pig driver in the werld ever had so difficult a task before him as he will have should he venture to meet it again . He may also wish to know what kind of measures he should venture to propose , that is , what it will be safe to propose , with a chance of keeping his place next session . A general election during the autumn would very much help his deliberations on the sub
ject . We trust that if he does " screw his courage to the stickiug-place , " and appeal to the country , that the resolutions of the late Convention will not be suffered to remain a dead letter , but that at least a score of vigorous and all-alive Chartists will be sent to back the indomitable Duxco . mije , and the monster petition of next year . Lord Jons will in that case re-consider his speech on " the Five Points , " forego his opposition , and abandon the monopoly of Legislation with quite as much facility as he did his eight shilling duty for free trade in corn—lyion compulsion .
Before we again address our readers it is expected this long session will have come to a close , and in a valedictory "Review" we will endeavour to give a resume of its "life , character , and doings . "
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WEST RIDLNG DELEGATEMEETING . This meeting was held ; iccording to notice iu the Working Man's Hall , Halifax , Mr . Thomas Wilcock in the chair ; after the money matters were settled , the following resolutions were passed : — 1 . That the minutes of the last meeting be confirmed , 2 . That the Delegates from eacli locality bring the cash book for inspection , to the next delegate meeting . 3 . That a levy of one Imlfpenny per member be made to defray the expences of the West Hiding Delegate Meeting . i . That the Secretary do n-rite to T . S . Duneombe , Efq . M . P ., requesting him , ; it his earliest convenience , to pay a visit to the principal Towns in the West Uidiu" of York .
5 . That this meeting wish to impress upon the Chartists the necessity of acting on the advice of the Convention , by attending to the Registration , & c , in order to secure the election of as nwuy Chartist Candidates at the next General Election . C . That the Delegates of the West Biding , hero assembled , view with astonishment and disgust the conduct of the present Ministry , who , after having ousted the late Government , by voting against the Irish Coercion Bill , should be so base as to propose a continuation of the Arms Bill for Ireland ; and that we have no conndeuce in a Ministry who can trick and shuffle with the feelings of the people—that we will do all we can to hurl them from office , as not having the confiden ce of the people to vule over the destines of this great nation . 7 . That a Camp Meeting beholden at the New Holland Farm , Wilsden , on the second Sunday iu Septem . ber , at two o'clock in the afternoon ,
8 . That this meeting adjourn to tho second Sunday in October , to be holden at the "Woolcoinbers' Arms , Bradford . Thanks being voted to tho chairman , the meeting separated .
CARLTON . The Land . —A public meeting , on the subject of the Land , was convened here on the 13 th inst Air Hastings in the chair , who opened the proceedings with a few brat remarks . A Mr . Orange , then rose to address the meeting on the benefits to bo derived (?) by the member of " The Land Saving ' s Bank and Building Institution . " Being a man of few wordahe remedied that deficiency by tantcWot wuichcottlmodity the meeting were no admirers ? In the course of his " vain repetitions , " he told the meeting that the truateca . of the saicF & ocietv were
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out of pocket ; as they ieiu " » e money to government at £ o 103 . per cent ., while * ney guarantee £ 4 per cent , per annum to the shareholders . This assertion was contradicted by a person present , who observed , that a levy of one per cent , waa . _ imposed upon tha subscribers , for expenses , —thus reducing the rate ot interest given to members to 3 per cent . In reply to a question , Mr . Orange stated that the trustees were bkfaid by a voluntary subscription . An amend * ment , based upon the principles of the Friendly So . cieties , was then proposed , and carried by a large majority , against the proposition made by Mr . Orange in support of the Institution of which he is the worthy mouth-piece . At the conclusion of tha proceedings , it was announced that a meeting would beholden , in the course of a fortnight , in furtherance of the objects of the Chartist Co-operatire Land Association . . . , n
MANCHESTER . On Sunday afternoon August 16 , the Hall waa crowded to hear Dr . M'Douall , who delivered a very interesting lecture . On Monday , we had a tea party in honour of the People ' s First Estate . Three hundred persons partook of a very comfortable repast , when the Doctor delivered a second addresti , which gave great satisfaction . All communications to the Manchester Locality , must be sent to Thomas Roberts , No . 25 , Mountstreet , llulme , Matichester . .. .
NOTTINGHAM . At a meeting of the Election Committee , held on Sunday morning last , at the Dove and Rainbow , tho following resolutions were agreed to : — ' "That ifr . James Sweet he requested to furnish the committee with Subscription Sheets for the use of the different Democratic News Booms . " "That Mr , 11 , Kirk , of Old Brentford , be added to this committee . " . " That live persons be appointed from this meeting , to be called an observation committee , whose province shall be to watch over the events of the day , and to arrange for the reception of Mr , O'Connor , on his visit to Nottingnini . " The nest meeting of the committee will be held at ttie King ot tb . e Trench , on Sunday morning , the 3 lst instant . .. ...... ...... ... .-.. ¦ .- . . -. ¦ .. _ . . SAMUEL BOONHAM , Secretary .
HUDDERSFIELDi The Chartists of Huddersfield are about to re-organise themselves . Meetings will be held every Sunday , at three o ' clock , at Awnitage ' s Temperance hotel , Paddock . All perions wishing to become members are invited to attend .
SHEFFIELD .-At a meeting held at Mr , Cavill ' s Democratic Temperance Rooms , on Sunday evening , Mr . Jackson in the chair , it was resolved , ' That a subscription be entered into for Williams , Jones , and Ellis . * The collecting books were ordered to be issued immediately . BIRMINGHAM . At the weekly meeting of Chartists , held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Linne- ' gave in a report of the proceedings of the late Convention , when he received the thanks of
t '\ e meeting for his services as delegate . Mr . Linney then handed in lis . 10 d ., moneys collected in the convention for Mrs . Roberts of Birmingham . It is the desire of the committee acting on her behalf to send her out to her husband as soon as possible ; they therefore earnestly request those parties who have not already subscribed their mite towards so praiseworthy an object will do so without delay . The committee also request that any locality having money to transmit , will direct to Mr . James Smith , Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , Birmingham , or to Mr . John Newhouse , secretary , No . 7 , Hanley-street .
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TIIE CHAR 11 ST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —
SUNDAY EVESIKO . South London Gharikt , Hall , 115 , Blackfriars « road at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms ; 72 , St . Martin ' s-Iane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven— Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marykboni at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-sti eet , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia-street . — Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplaoe , at ten in the forenoon . —Neivcastle-upon-Tyne ; at . the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester : at 87 , Church-gate , at six . Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hopestreet , at fire ,
MOKDA . T EVENING . Rochester : at the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Cam & erureU : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —liniefouse : at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , at eight o ' clock . —Chelsea : at the Temperance Coffee House , Exeter street , Sloane-street , at eight o ' clock . — Leicester : at No . 17 , Archdeden-lane , at seven o ' clock . — Chepstow : at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o'clock . —Arndey : at the house of Mr . William Gates , boot and shoemaker ,
Armlev Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at eight o'clock , at Mr . Farrell ' s Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazneau-street . — Belper : at the house of George Wigley , the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven till nine . —Bristol : at No . 16 , Horse-fair , at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Darlington : at John Moss's , No . 24 , Union-street , at half-past seven . —Chorley Wood Common : at Mr . Barbor ' s at seven o'clock . — Rickmansworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —Mile End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock .
Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) two lectures will be delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , by Mr . David Ross , lecturer on Elocution , ehair to be taken at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon and at halfpast six in the evening . Land Society . —The committee will meet precisely at two o ' clock in the school room of the hall , to receive subscriptions and enrol new members . Noiti . vciiam . —The next meeting of the Land Society in this district will be held on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , at the Seven Stars , Barker Gate .
Manchester . —Richard Marsdenfrom Preston , will lecture here on Sunday next , chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . Halifax . —A camp meeting will be holden on Cold edge moor on Sunday August 23 rd . at 2 o'clock in the afternoon , when Messrs . Bawden , Rushton and others will address the meeting . Lower Warlet . —Mr . Bawden will lecture at Lower Warley en Sunday , ( to-morrow ) at six o ' clock in the evening , and at Sowerby on Sunday August 30 th , on the proceedings of the late convention . The two Sowerbys , are requested to make arrangements as to which pl ; tce * he is to lecture at and send the notice to the Star . \ Torquav . —The members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meet every Tuesday evening at Mr . R . K . Putts , 61 , Lower Union Street .
Newcastle . upos-Tyxe . —Dr . Marston will deliver his fifth lecture on the '' Chemistry of health and life , " on Sunday evening , August 23 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely . Wolverhampton . —This branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society meet every Monday evening , from 7 to 9 o ' clock , at Mr . Allen ' s , Russell-street , Moredale Fields , to enrol members , and transact other business . Salford . —A members' meeting will take nlace on Sunday next , at two o ' clock , in the National Charter Association Room , Bank-street , Great George ' s-street . Stockport . —Dr . M'Douall will lecture in the large room of the Chartist Institution , Baniber ' s Brow , on Sunday evening next , August 23 , at six o ' clock . A member ' s meeting will be held in the above room at two o ' clock .
Stanningley . —A camp meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at two , and in the evening at six o clock , in the Park , opposite the Temperance Hotel m this village . Hum ,. —A meeting of the Chartist Association will take place at the Ship Inn , Church Une , on Sunday afternoon next , August 23 rd , at two o ' clock precisely . Kidderminster . —The carpet and spinning trades are very bad here , and have been these last four months ; the weavers were led to understand that after the Com Bill was settled we should have a
roaring trade , but they have been wofully mistaken . Tub Gekkral Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , August 24 , at the sign of the Pig and Whistle , Bridge-street , St . Helen ' s ; chair to be taken at eleven in the forenoon , There will also be a public meeting , which will bo addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq . and several pother gentlemen . Chair to be taken at three o ' clock precisely . Maschesteu . —The adjourned meeting of tha Shareholders of the Co-operative Land Association , will be held in the hall of the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street , Travis-street , on Sunday nest , August 23 rd , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon .
Rochdale . —Mr . Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , will lecture next Sunday , at six o'clock in the evening , in the Association Room , Mill-street , Rochdale . WOLVBBiiAJirroN . — The members of the Land Society meet every Monday evening , at saven o ' cleck , at the house of Mr . Allen , Russell-street , Mereadle Fields ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 22, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22081846/page/4/
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