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( Conllnu'dfroM the 1 st Page . ) ie more likely Io lead to hostility in Europe than if hey continued separate and independent kingdoms . I'herc was so little difference of opinion in that [ louse and in Europe on the extinction of Cracow hat he would only say that that fatal taint which islonged to the first partition of Poland attached tlso to the annihilation of this its last remnant , and md induced the three Powers to forget their relations , not only with other Powers , but also with ustice itself . On the topics ot the speech he would a « t say another word . He should bring forward his hfierent measures in a few days . On Monday next ie wornd Rive an outline of them . Tbey would be smoothed in different bills , and would be submitted
ib that shape to the House . If his noble friend •? a , Bent , nc , c Bad a better plan , let him state it , and let us all endeavour to perfect those measures which will unite Ireland to England , and winch will give her that help in her necessity which she is entitled to demand . Mr . Disiusu rejoiced that the debate had shown no difference of the opinion that assistance , ample and prompt , should be given to Ireland ; and in such manner as to conduce to the future happiness of that country . But with respect to other portions of the speech from the throne , there was room for much difference of opinion . The interpretation put upon the Treaty of Utrecht by Lord Palmerston was unfounded , and would , if carried out in its
principle , disqualify every Prince in Europe from marrying the Queen of Spain . . But , in fact , there had been no violation of the Treaty of Utrecht by the late Spanish marriages . It was a mistake , also , to call the occupation of Cracow a violation of , the Treaty of Vienna . Whatever our opinions of the Spanish marriages or the occupation of Cracow , it was of the utmost consequence that a perverted version of treaties should not be made the ground of protest against the European transactions . Colonel Coxollt indignantly repelled the eh & rges made by Mr . Roebuck agaiust ' the Irish landlords . Sir RoB ? Ki Peel said that the topics in the royal speech would be best debated after the documents promised by the Government should be on the table
of the house . He should abstain from all reference to the Spanish marriages , further than to assert that thelatu Government , during the period of their power , never made any attempt to secure for a Prince of the House of Saxe Coburg the hand of the Queen of Spain . As to the occupation of Cracow , he regretted the extinction of that independent territory , and thought that the pretence of danger to the three Power . * , urged as the ' reason of the occupation , utterly inadequate to warrant an act of such dangerous consequences . He regretted that no reference had been made in the speech from the throne to the state of tbe revenue . He did not
blame the Government for not having called Parliament together at an earlier period ; and , considering the difficulties that surrounded their Irish administration , he was prepared to consider their measures with attention and fairness . To the proposed removal of the 4 s . duty on corn , the suspension of the Navigation Laws , and the admission of sugar for distilleries , he was prepared to give his cordial support . Lord Palmiimox could not acquiesce in the interpretation put on the Treaty of Vienna by Mr . D'lsraeli ; for , if that interpretation was correct , the treaty wonld have no effect whatever . The inter pretation also put upon the Treaty of Utrecht by the hon . member was quite incorrect .
The Address was agreed to without a dissentient voice , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS , —Widhesdav , Jancabt 20 . The Sveakek took his seat shortly before four o ' clock . A new writ on the motion of Mr . Parker , was order * d for the election of a member for Middlesex , in the room of the late Mr Byng . Mr . Domcombe gave notice that he should mov « , on the 28 th instant , for the appointmtnt of a select committee to inquire into the treatment of convicts on board the hulks at Woolwich . Dr . Bowsing gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return ofthe number of corporeal punish , meats in the army since the last parliamentary returns , made up to the latest period at which they could be furnished . The first business transacted was the passing ofthe usual sessional order * . Among others ,
Mr . Ewakt moved that the committees on all private bills , as well on railway bills , consist of five members neither personally nor indirectly interested in the question submitted to their consideration . Mr . Tbobklet seconded the motion . Mr . BEoxneaTOH objected to it , on the ground that the present system had only been in fojee for the last two or three years , and that it was premature to change it at present . Considerable discussion followed , and the motion on a division was lost by a majority of one hundred and three to thirty-six .
POOR-LAW RETt / R . VS . Captain Pec a ell moved for a return from each Poorlaw Union and parish in England and Wales , ofthe number of non-resident families and persons who were in receipt of relief on the 26 th day of August , 1846 , distinguishing those who have since become chargeable to the unions and parishes in which they were residing at that period . He wished for the return referred to , because ofthe extraordinary operation of a Bill passed last s « ssion , entitled the Poor Law Removal Bill ; the working of which had proved most injurious to the poorer clases . It had created the greatest consternation in the country , and had benefitted none save the legal authorities connected with the various unions , who , in fact , were living upon the plunder derived from the poor . The son-resident had been harshly treated , and had , in many cases , had relief altogether suspended , so tar as they were concerned .
Mr . G . Bahkes seconded the motion , and so doing gave notice , that on Friday he should move the appointment of a select committee to consider the operation of the Poor Law Removal Bill , as an amendment upon the proposition of Lord J . Russell . That bill had inflicted much injury on the ratepayers and the poor of Dorset , shire , and ought not to stand a single hour on the statute book without material alteration . Sir G . G » et had no objection to the production of this return ; but as Mr . Bankas had given notice of his intention to bring the Poor Removal Bill under the consideration of the heuse on Friday next , he hoped that be should not be considered wanting in respect to the house , or to Mr . Bankes , if he deferred till then any observations which he had to make on this subject .
Mr . Fesband called th * attention of the hon . gentleman to the conduct of the poor law auditors . It would be difficult to describe the injustice inflicted on tbe poor by those functionaries . He would be able to convince the boose that it was their duty to rescue the poor from the clutches of these poor law auditors . He would mention one instance of the harsh conduct of these officer * , It was the custom in the Keighley Uunion to direct the parish constable to relieve the poor , and he if as in the habit of providing the destitute with a lodging , food for a short period , and a small sum to assist them on their
road . But what was tbe case at present ! Why , the poor law auditors had intimated to the constable that he should discontinue tbe practice , or defray the expenses of such relit-f out of his own pocket . The auditors ot several Unions had threatened to commence actions against the Guardians if they gave relief to any person iu opposition to the orders of Somerset-house . He was happy to state that he bad observed in the present Home Secretary greater humanity towards the poorthan he had ever witnessed in his predecessor in office , and he therefore hoped that he would inquire into the accuracy ofthe statement which he had just made .
After a few words from Mr . Spooner and Mr , P . Borth wick , the return was granted .
ADMISSION OF SUGAR AKD MOLASSES INTO DISTILLERIES . Lord John Ruiiell , in reply to a question from Mr . Christopher , informed the house that government intended the measure about to be introduced , sanctioning the use of sugar and molasses in breweries and distilleries , should be of a permanent character . It was , however , quite open to the hon . gentleman to propose that the Bill should only remain in force for a given time .
THE MILI . BANK PENITENTIARY . Mr . T . S . Dokcombc asked tha rie , ht hoa . baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department , whether be had any objectioa to lay upon the table of the house the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the condition ofthe Millbauk Penitentiary ,, and any cor respondence which had passed upon . . the subject 1 Sir Gkobge Gbet said he had received the report , signed by two of the Commissioners , and the evidence taken upon the occasion , which he would lay upon the table ofthe honse .
THE ADDRESS . The report on the Address in answer to her Majesty ' s Speech having been brought up by Mr . C . Howard , Mr : Uuiii expressed his regret at the omission of several important topics from the speech . Nothing was said in it respecting the education of the poor of England . The noble lord had solemly promised to take that subject into his consideration ; and he , therefore , hoped thai his lordship had only postponed it until the distress of Ireland was alienated . He could assure him that if seme grand and comprehensive scheme for the social and moral improvement of the people were not speedily carried into
effect , the country would not be able to stand up against the pressure of such a calamity as that which was now devastating Ireland . Not a word was said in the speech respecting tbe intentions of Ministers to carry out the system of free trade introduced by the late Government ; and that omission had caused him and others great disappointment . He should also like to have heard from Ministers some acsuiauce of their intsntion to introduce measures for facilitating the cheap convey anceof property , and for breaking up the obsolete system of entail * . On * the destruction « f the free state of Cracow , the language of the speech was notatrong enough .
Colonel Sibthosp thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to have given the House some statsmtnt respecting the financial condition of the country . As the speech did not contain the usual intimation that the revenue was nourishing , he theught . tbat he had a right to infer that it was not ia that prosperous condition in which he wished it to br . Mr . P . Scrope , Lord Bernard , Mr , D . CaJlaghan , and Mr . Hamilton , censured the Irish Poor Law . Mr . S . CBAwroan said , that if evsr there was a cruel , op .
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pressivs , and anti . Christing Law , it was the Irish Poor , , which prohibited all out-door relief . The consequences of that principle had been terrible , os he proved Ibyrefeience to the accounts received of the illne , mnd . pestilence which had mcently prevailed in the work-Uiouscs of SWbbtreen , of the South Dublin Union , aud | of the union of Newtonards , in the county of Belfast . Under such circumstances he called on the Government to give a discretionary power to the boards of guardians : to give out-door relief . lie lamented that the Labour ' Rate Act had signally failed ; but it was not fair in ihe Irish landlords who had not attended in Parliament to amend an injudicious act to blame the Government for passing it . Instead of relying on voluntary contributions , the Government ought to make the landed property of Ireland responsible for the employment and food of the people ,
The Ciuncellob ofthe E * cueq . ueb and Sir G . Grey defended the course which the Government bad taken in the supply of food , the management of the unions , and the employment of the people ; and expressed an opinion , that when the papers moved for should be laid before the house , the propriety ofthe steps they had taken would be more apparent . Mr . F , French and Mr . Lefroy shortly spoke on the subject , and Mr . P . BosrawicK , after congratulating the house on the unanimity displayed in supporting tho measures mentioned in the speech from tbe throne , proceeded to comment on the annexation of Cracow , and the Montpensier marriage . He concluded his speech by calling on Lord Palmerston to lay on the table of the house , if he had it , a copy of the letter which M . Guizot had addressed to the Count do Montcmoiln on the Spanish marriage , and , if he had it not , to demand a copy of it and its six propositions from M , Guizot ,
Mr . Pluutbe conceived that it was possible that we had deeply offended God by certain acts which of late years we had placed on the statute book , and that He was now visiting us with our present terrible calamities iu conse-. quence . He , therefore , suggested to Lord Joha Rutsell the propriety of appointing a day of general humiliation for the whole kingdom . Mr . EwaBT made a few observations en the omission of all notice of the subject of education from the Queen ' s speech . Lord G , Bzniinck said , as some observations has been made with reference to the conduct of Lord Lucan , it was neeessary that he should state that that nobleman was the principal proprietor of the parish of Custlebar ; and had it tn his authority that , during the sis years he had held his estates , he had not only expended the entire of bis Irish rents , but a great portion of his English rents too in that parish . It had been said that tbe ratepayers of tbe parish of Castlebnr had refused to pay rates ; but it
was only justice to them to sity tbat , if they did refuse to pay rates , it was because baronial sessions presentments were made which it was not within the power of the barony to pay . In the county ef Mayo he believed the baronial presentations amounted to no less a sum than £ -100 , 000 . The assessments were in the habit of being made at sessions , where not the ratepayers only were assembled—though they alone had a right to vote , — -but in presence of large mobs with shillelaghs in their hands—( a laugh)—and they were not carried by reason or argument , but were shouted down ; and , in point of fact , the unfortunate landlords had no alternative but to acquiesce for the sake of their lives . ( ' Hear , " and laughter . ) Before sitting dowu , he had just to remark that his hon . friend the member for Evesham ( Mr , Borthwiek ) , who held the office of Lord High Treasurer to King Charles V , —( laughter)—perhaps wished to provoke him into n controversy on some points of the Spanish question ; but he would rather declinu being led into that controversy by his hon . friend .
Mr . P . Scbope would ask tbe noble lord , after tbe statement he had made about Castlebar , how be could account for so many paupers being sent over from Ireland to Liverpool and other places ! Lord G . Bestwck . had been in communication with some ofthe merchants of Liverpool , and he lound that it was not tbe Irish landlords who exported the paupers to Liverpool , but that they were brought over by a most extraordinary speculation . At this time of the year the « teamers were very short of passengers aud cargo ; and 5 » luitetthe purpose of those in charge of them to bring over paupers from Ireland to Liverpool free , on the speculation that the Liverpool ratepayers would be obliged to send them back again , and by paying their fare remunerate the titeam-boat proprietors . ( Laughter . ) The report on the address was then read , and agreed to , and the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , Jan . 21 . ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS . The Lord Steward { Earl Fortescue ) presented the Queen ' s answer to the address , which was ordered to be entered on the journals , and after a few questions on foreign and colonial subjects , the House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-TnuRSDAT , Jan . 21 . A number of petitions in favour of the Ten Hours ' Bill were presented , also in favour of a repeal of tbe Union , and other subjects . Certain Poor Law returns relating to the parish of Bingley , were ordered on the motion of Mr . Ferrand .
THE REFORM ACT . Mr . Buncombe cave notice that ho would , on Thursday next , move for leave to bring in a Bill for the abolition ofthe rate-paying clauses in the Reform Act . MEXICO AND TIIE UNITED STATES . In reply to questiontfrom Mr . Roebuck , Lord PiLiiiRSTONB said the Government were not officially informed ofthe fact that any a ^ nt resided in this country , authorised by the Mexican Government to issue letters of marque against the United States , and letters of naturalisation as Mexican subjtcts . He had had a conversation with the United States Minister , on the subject of Englishmen who might obtain such letters of marque , and had put a question to the law officers ofthe Crown , us to the steps the British Government ought to take in the matter ; but he had nothing further to communicate to the House .
OPENING TIIE PORTS . The house having resolved into a committee of tha whole house , Lord J . Russell submitted to it his resolutions to suspend the Corn Duties and the Navigation Laws . At tbe close of last harvest , the general opinion was , that the wheat crop , though below an average one , was superior in quality , tbat barley and oats were in many parts deficient , and that a great failure ottho potato was general . But a very large importation of grain in the course oi last year , not less than 4 , 830 , 00 ( 1 quarters , having taken place , no very considerable rise of price occurred , and therefore so apprehension of a large deficiency was entertained . In October and November prices rather declined . But from that
time a considerable rise of price began , and in the present month the average price of wheat was very high , and that of barley remarkably so . This rise had been unexpected by persons engaged ih the trade in Great Britain , and it had been equally unexpected ia France , because in November last the Minister ot Uommmerce bad no apprehension ofthe scarcity in that country which had since been felt . Various statements bad been made of tbe loss occasioned by the potato failure in Ireland and Scotland , and he estimated it at the money value of £ 12 , 000 , 000 , and thought that it would require five million quarters ot grain to supply the deficiency . Any large supplies between this and harvest time can only be expected from Odessa and America , and ships had been sent
from Liverpool and other places to bring home these supplies . Such being the state of our deficiency , and such the prospects of obtaining food , it became imperative to remove every restriction . He should , therefore , propo : e that tie corn duties be suspended till the 1 st ot September next , leaving it to Parliament , should it deem fit at a future period of the session , to determine whether the suspension should be continued or not . With respect to the Navigation Laws , the present freights threw considerable difficulties in the way of importation . Shipping of so large a tonnage as was now required had raised the freights to an unprecedented height . The ordinary rate of freight from the Danube was 10 s ., but the present rate *» s from 15 s . 6 d , to 17 s , ; the ordinary rate from Odessa
was 8 s ., at present it was 13 s . 6 d . ; tbe ordinary rate from the United States was 5 s ., it was now 12 s . Gd . to 13 s . ; the ordinary freight from ^ London to Cork was Is . to Is . lid ., it was at present 3 s . to 3 s . Od . It was obvious , therefore , that if the corn were imported in the vessels of all nations , the rates ol freights would be lowered . He would , therefore , propose a suspension of the Navigation Laws till the 1 st of September in the present year . He would give no opinion as to the policy or impolicy of these laws . All he would say was , that the necessity of the time rendered such an experiment imperative , and he did not anticipate any objection to these proposals either Irom the advocates of Protection or Irom tbe friends of Free Trade .
Mr . Ranges , an ultra-Protectionist , heartily seconded the motion , and at the same time dealt some hard hits at Lord John for not calling parliament together last autumn to suspend these laws . If the Irish members could not have attended the English ones would have gladly done duty for them . The debate would have been short and unanimous , but the Chancellor of the Exchequer went into details as to the state of Skibbereen and other places in Ireland , with tbe view of showing that the government had done everything that was possible tor the relief of that country ; this gave rise to an Irish debate in connection with the immediate question , ia which Sir H . Barron , Mr . Goulbourn , Mr . Ewart , Mr . llume , Colonel C ' onolly , Mr . Grattan , Mr . P . Scrope , Mr . T . Baring , Lord J . Russell , Mr . Bright , Lord G . Bentinck , Mr . W . Browne , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . D'lsraeli , Mr . B . Escott , and Mr . F . French took part .
Mr . Bbiohi attacked Mr . Baring for his ignorance Of commercial affairs , and the failure of his prophcciesasto the effect of Corn Law Repeal . The resolutions for suspending the corn duties and the Navigation Laws until the 1 st of September were agreed to and reported to the House .
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Whitecbapel , and residing at No . 33 , Bcdford-square , E < e mey . Mr . Pelham appeared for the prisoner . The ease , as made out for the prosecution , was , that the prisoner had lived in thc service of the vevcreud gentleman about three rr . onths , and that vari-uus articles bad been missing . The servant was at tout suspected , and on Sunday night , daring her absence from home , Mrs . Spencer , her mistress accompanied by her sister , look advantage olthe woman's be-x feeing unlocked to search it , and there found three pair < sf muslin cuffs , such as arc usually worn hy ladies , a » ilkbaudiiette for tt « neck , two artificial flowers , a kitthen towel , a i * ic of chinti cotton , about a yard square , and a pair of gloves . Ou the following morning the prisoner waa informed by her mistress that sundry articles were missing , and she must
find them . Mrs . Speucer aud her sister accmiipanwd the girl to her hsdroorn , wheie she delivered up tiie articles mentioned . She . cknowledged tfcat she l « d « tofe « the things , and said it was very wiik « d to do so . Her master was then .. unattending to his clerical dut . es , at Whitech . p . 1 Church ; but on his return h « me ta « ai informed of the affair , nnd immediately discharged his servant . She was allied to take her boxes away and her master promised to call upon her mother , and pay the w * ees due to fiW . On Tuesday the prisoner 8 mother came to the house of the Reverend Gentleman , and then , to use his own words , " had the ttinerily and desperate hardihood to abuse him and his wife , and make use of bid language . " on which he procared the assistance of a police constable , and gave the prisoner into custody . Mr .
Pelham eadeavoured to ahowtliat Hie prosecution was a trumpery one > and unworthy of a Christian minister ; and bv his mode of cross-examination , and his remarks , brought down the odium and tbe ridicule of the people in the Court on Dr . Spencer , whocertainly pressed the case very earnestly , aud made the most of it . Mr . Pelham said he had waited to w . s how far the prosecutor would act with proper feeling , and whether he would not , compatible with his duty as a Christian minister , oirry out his original intentions , and forgive the young woman . Mr . Yardley could not allow any appeal to be made to the Rev . GenVWman . If he wanted to withdraw from thc prosecution he must do it voluntarily . He must send the case to tbe sessions , but he would take bail for her
appearance . The Rev , Dr . ' Spencer prayed for a remand , and said he waa informed by Mr . Worms , the prisoner ' s former master , that she had robbed him , and he had identified two handkerchiefs found in the prisoner ' s box . Mr . Pelham said that the Rev . Gentlemen was acting vindictively . His conduct waa most cruel ; it was iniquitous . Hecouli show the handkerchief * belonged to the girl . Mr . Yardley directed the handkerchiefs to be delivered to the policeman , and said he would take bail for the prisoner's appearance on Monday next , herself in £ 40 , and twosureties of £ ! 0 each . The Rev . Dr . Spencer tequested that two o'clock might be appointed as the hour . Mr . Pelham , emphatically—Let it be two , Sir . He will be engaged on his Christaiu duties all the morning .
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Hcddeksfield . —A special ceneral meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company in the Huddersfield district , will be held at Turner ' s Temperance Hotel , Chapel-hill , on Tuesday , the 2 Gth , atS o ' clock in the evening Choblet . —A meeting of shareholders ofthe Land Branch of this locality , will take place at the house of Wm . Wilkinson . 0 , Princes-street , on the 31 st instant . Chair to be taken at ( J o ' clock . A-htos—Chartist Reading Room . —The members of this body meet every Saturday and Sunday evening , in tbe Chartist Room , to read tbe newspapers ancf for discussion . At the meeting on Sunday evening las t , it was resolved to establish a library for tbe use ol the members . Upwards ot 38 volumes have been promised . Any person wishins to assist by donation or books this noble undertaking , the same will be received with pleasure by the com
A Tea Pautt and Ball will be held in the Char- j tist Room , Bentinck-strcet , on Saturday evening , ! January 30 th , in honour of the birthday of Thomas > Paine , the proceeds of tea party to go towards esta- ' Wishing Dr . Maedonald in Ms profession at Oldham . Manchester . — The adjourned meeting o the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Com ' pany , wi l be held on next Sunday , Jan . the 24 th , 1847 . in the Hall of the People ' s Institute , Hey rod- ! street , at two o clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of bearing the report of the auditors of the ac- ' cunts for the Manchester localhy . The share- holders are also requested to come in and pay all the ' r levies , both arrears of 1 S 40 , and those of 1 S 47—tog-a ( thcr with their names , trade , and residence , else they j will bv excluded from the Ballot , and all other bene- fits ansinjj from the registration of the Company .
Ouiium . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Robert Wild , of Mottram . will lecture in the Working . Man s Hnll , at six o ' clock in the evening . The ' Chartist Land Company meet every Sunday at two o ' clock , to enrol new members and to receive subscriptions . Birmingham . —The members of tbe Land Company are rc ( iuc » ted to meet at IU , Rea-itteet , on Monday evening next . Jannaiy 25 th , to pay over to the treasurer a levy of ninepence to meet expenses incurred during the sitting of Conference . Bristol . —The members of the association are desired to attend on Monday evening next . Bilstos . —A public meeting will be held in the Chartist room , Stafford-street , Bilston , on Tuesday evening , January 20 th , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition- Several sptakers w 11 address the meeting .
Bath . —A special general meeting of the members ofthe Chartist Cooperative Lind Company of the locality , will be held on Monday January 26 th , at eight o ' clock , at their rooms . No . 1 , Margaret ' s Hill , to receive the report of the auditors on Mr . Franklin ' s account ? , and other important business . Auditor .- —Mr . G . Winslow and Mr . 11 , Page . Hell . —The Chartists of Hull are requested to attend : it the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sundayevening next , at six o ' clock . The members of the Land Company meet at thc above place eveiy Tuesday evening , at seven o ' clock . Sheffield . —The anniversary of the Birth Day of that great and good man , Thomas Paine , will be ce ! eb : r . ted by a soiree in tbe Hall of Science , Rockintlnti Street , on the 2 nd of February . Tea on the table at six " ' clock , tickets may be had of Mr . Caull , or at the Hal ! .
Oloham—The Central Committee , in connection wiia Dr . M'Douall , will be held on Sunday at Mr . Leonard ' s Haslop ' s , Temperance Hotel , Manchester-street , Oldham , at two o ' cltck , p . m ., when all pers'tns , friendly to the worthy Doctor , are particularly requested to attend . HiBV . —Ti . e Bury Branch of the Land Company will meet , in future , at CUrk-street , in the room above tbe ^ Old Water-works' Office , on Sunday evenings at six o ' clock , the members who are in arrears are 11 quoie 1 to attend and pay up their arrears . L . isciiHiKE Mixers . —The general delegate meetin ; of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , Jan . 25 th , at the Black Bull Inn , Hcywood , chair to I e t iken at 11 o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Alberts , E ? q ., and other gentlemen .
XoiTiNGiuv . —Vhe next meeting of the Land Companviu this distrktwill be held at Mr . Hardy ' s , The Leopard , Tulltiousi -liill , at 6 o clock on Sunday evening next , when Mr . Douse will lecture on the cultivation of m- soil . Bradford . —On Sunday the members of the Chartist council will meet in their room , Butterworth Buildings , at nine o ' clock in the m truing . The Chartists of Daisy Hill will meet in their room on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . The Chartists of Mauninjlinm will meet as usual at l'J o ' clock on Sunday morning . 'I he admirers of ike political princip les of Thomas Payne , will celebrate li " n birth-day on Friday , 29 sh in-t ., by a soiree at the bouse of William lioldsbo . ougli , Wakefield Road . Chair to be taken at 8 oYiwk in the evenirr .
I BEDJ . —To-nio-mw ( Sunday ) afternoon , at two o ' c . uu ¦ , t ie members of the Charier Association are req eited to meet in the back room of thc Bazaar , on nupo tint business . —In the evening , at haltpast MX , Mr . Brook will introduce ford sou ^ sioa the Queen ' s Speech and the suggested measures to be broujjhi before Parliament . Bboas Tow . v , Wilts . —The Committee of the Land Company , Swindon Braiu-h , will visit the above named place , on Saturday evening , January 30 . Ii , toetplain the objects and principles of the above Company , aud enrol members . Ihe inhabitant * of the above and surrounding district , ar « earnestly invited to attend .
AsiiLtv . —The members of tbe Land Company met every Hon Jay evening , at eight o'clock , atthe house i John Barker , Town-gate , Wilton Fold .
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OLDHAM . At the weekly meeting of the members of the Chartist Land Company , on Sunday hut , the following resolution was agreed : — "That the secretary forthwith summons all person s who do not come and pay up their levies to the Chartist Land Company , on or before Sunday the 31 st instant , for whieh summons one penny will be charged . " . LirffiEwooD , near Leeds . —A scrutineer and two auditors have been elected by the members of this branchthe sub-secretary attends at the house of Mr . C . Brook , opposite Cbarch-lane , every alternate Sunday , to carol members , wha may also he carolled at the sub-secretary ' s residence ' , HfUry Suminerkill , cooper , Market-place , Zlcckmondwifce . I f HYDE .
At a general sseeting of shareholders ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land ( Company , held at the house of Ut John Leigh , John Street , Hyde , on Sunday January 17 th Mr . Bailey in the t-hair , it was resolved that Messrs . Smith , aud Hode . kiuson . i'e auditors for this branch , that Mr . Lawtun fill the officd of Scrutineer for the month that Mr . J . Gaskell . beSub-TrersuMr , and Mr . J . Hough be the Sub-Secretary . That every shareholder in this branch pay one penny per week to defray ths local expenses , and that the director ; be paid out ofthe expense uad i
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MANciiEsrEB . —Mr . Dickinson , will lecture here on Sunday evening next , January 24 th , at half-past six .
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GRAND FESTIVAL IN HONOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENTARY LEADER , T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ . On Monday evening last , a dinner took place in the large room of the White Conduit-house Tavern , Pentonville , "in honour ( ns stated by the advertisements ) of the people ' s Parliamentary leader , 1 . S . Duncombe , Esq . " Three hundred persons sat down to dinner , I . O'Connor , Esq . presided . At the cross-table we observed , in addition to the guest of the evening , Charles Cochrane , Esq ., the candidate fur Westminster ; T . Duncombe , Esq ., T . Allsop , Esq ., tbe Secretary , and several members ofthe Central Committee of thc National Trades' Association , of which Mr . Duncombe is President ; the President and other members of" tbe Chartist Executive . " Tho
Company included both sexes , and the proceedings of the evening were concluded by a ball . After the removal of the cloth , a large number of persons were admitted at a small charge to listen to the addresses delivered by the various speakers . The large room in consequence became densely crowded . Thc Ciiaiuman , in announcing the first toast , said that their presence there that night convinced him that they appreciated thc importance ofthe occasion . They were assembled there for a double purpose ; first , to do honour to thc only man in the House of Commons , who had the courage and the honesty to advocate in that House , the rights of labour and the interests of industry . ( Great cheering . ) They were also assembled , because on the following day
Parliament was to be opened , and the intentions to the various parties in the House would be developed , and it was necessary that thoy also should declare what were the views and policy by which the people ' s party were to be governed in the ensuing session . ( Hear , hear . ) For himself , he had very small expectations from that or any other session , as the House was atpresent constituted , and the only effect he anticipated from it would be , that its proceedings would deepen the feelings of distrust , want of confidence , with which the people at large regarded that House . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not further otcupy their attention at that time , but at once proceed with the business of the evening by cauins upon the Secretary to read the letters in
reply to the invitations which had been sent to various gentlemen . Many ofthe excuses were , in his opinion of a very frivolous and insufficient description , but the time would come when they would be able to reckon with those writers . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . T . Clark then read letters from W . P . Roberts , Esq ., Douglas Jerrold , Esq ., J . Fielden , Esq-M . P ., W . Hewitt , Esq ., W . Williams , Esq . M . P ., T . Wakely . E * q .. M . P , W . S . O'Brien , Esq . M . P ., excusing themselves on various grounds from being present at thc dinner , but generally concurring in the propriety of the demonstration , and paying a high compliment to the talent , courage , and honesty of Mr . Duncombe , in his capacity of a member of the Legislature .
Mr . Ernest Jones , who was received with gre * ; cheering , then spoke to the following sentiment : — " The people , the real source of national greatness ; may the temple of their social and political rights , as designed in the People ' s Charter , be erected upon the ruins of despotism ; and may their wisdom , intelligence , and courage ever suffice to guard the sacred edifice from the assaults of the foes of freedom . " The sentiment recognised the people as the real source of a nation ' s greatness , but the ruling classes had not hitherto shown by their conduct that they had regarded them in that light . The priest , the autocrat , the millocrat , the soldier , and the lawyer , all looked upon the people , as merely the material on which they could prey and grow rich ; but if , turning from these classes , he looked at the people , he found that to them society owed all its wealth and all its progress . To them the
discoveries , which , either in ancient or modern time . * , had forwarded the physical , intellectual , or moral progress , and well being of society were alone due . ( Cheers . ) He was delighted that the people had that night met to greet a leader , the patent of whose leadership was a people ' s confidence . ( Loud cheers ) To-morrow the representatives ol * part . v politicians would meet . To-night the people ' s Cabinet were assembled , and he hoped that the result of that meeting would be such as to reassure Mr . Duncombe in his arduous struggle . ( Hear , hear . ) It was gratifying to see that while the leaders of almost every section were either loth to enter the field , or , as in the case of Richard Cobden altogether absent—it was gratifying , he repeated , to see that the people ' s party , headed by such a leadtr , were at their post , and the voice of the nation must in the end triumph , for even monopoly had said that the voice of the people was the voice of God . ( Loud cheering . )
Mr . M'Grath cordially concurred in all that had been so eloquently advanced by Mr . Jones , and also in the sentiments contained in the toast he had introduced . By the people he did not mean any particular class of the community , but the whole body of the population ; in short , that the great principle oi ' universal duties , and universal privileges , applied to every class of the community . ( Hear , hear . ) They did not ask for any privilege for the working man , which they would deny to any other class . They contended that the only property ol the working manhis labour—was as worthy of protection as thc property of the wealthy classes . If , however , they looked to the House of Commons , as at present constituted , they found that it did not at present do
justice to this principle . The millionaire , the landlord , the manufacturer , the merchant , all were represented there . Labouralone waseither not represented , or altogether misrepresented . ( Hear , hear . ) Labour , thc tnlismanic power hy which the wealth , the greatness , the prosperity , and the happiness of alt other classes was created , was itself neglected , trodden down , and oppressed . ( Hear , beer . ) It was the prey and the spoil of all other classes . Now what they contended for was , that not only on account of its essential and indispensable value , but also on the broad ground ol national justice and Christian principle , the great bulk of the community now excluded , were entitled to participate in the advantages of political power , and to have social instructions so framed that they
could fairly share in the wealth they created . This could never be the case until the brand of slavery was removed from their brow , and the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) All the previous political movements of tho day had been more or less defective , because more or less sectional . They had deluded the people in consequence ; and even the last great movement , universal as it seemed to be , had ended in delusion , for the benefits they promised were not realised . ( Hear , hear . ) They had got a free trade more extensive than either Mr . Cobden or Mr . Bright ever expected ; and recollect that these gentlemen promised that free trade would give
thc people high wages and cheap bread . How was their prophesy sustained ? They would have those gentlemen before them again . lie called on them to a-k them how they could justify the statements they had previously made on this important matter . Let it be recollected , also , that Mr . Bright was the first man to put his mills upon short time . This was one ofthe advantages of the success of the free trade principles . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He thanked them fur the attention they had paid to the few desultory observations which he had made ; and he trusted , in conclusion , that the principles they advocated would be triumphant . ( Cheers . *
The Chairman said they were now coming to the toast of the evening , They had met on that occasion to pay a compliment to a gentleman who was the champion of the rights of the working man . — ( Hear , hear . ) The present Premier would enter Parliament this session floundering between two wounded wings . —( Hear , hear . ) He would have Peel and his janissaries on the one hand , and the Whigs on the other . —( Hear , hear ) Then there would be the Irish party—more corrupt than either ot the other parties to which he had already referred . — ( Hear . ) These gentlemen were to sink all previous differences , for the purpose of stopping the calamity , which they said had been caused by Providence , but which , he would say , had been caused by man . —( Hear
hear . ) Well , who was the jnan to tell to these men tbe broad and naked truth isrthe House of Commons ? Who but their valued friend present , Mr . Duncombe . —( Hear . ) lie was the pslar star ofthe people ' s rights , —( Hear , hear . ) He would tell the landlords and the manufacturers who had determined to have food brought from foreign countries , tbat the people would have their share of it . This was what they were entitled to , and this was what ; Mr . Duncombe would say in his place in the House of Commons . Their respected friend was endeavouring to rally the trades into one grand union . Now , he was sure that he could select six hundred and fifty eight persons from amongst tho men of the trades who would be better able to attend to their own interests and to
those of the people , than the six hundred and fiftyei | . 'lit indiviuuals who represented them iu the House of Commons . —( i Icar , hear . ) He would now cometo his own brood —( a laugh)—thc men with fustian jackets , and be could honestly believe that he could select six hundred and fity-eight men from amongst this class who would legislate for them much butter than the present members of Parliament . The man who was their guest was . their tried friend in Parliament . He waa the man whu turned out ol the House of Commons the Masters and Servants Bill , lie was the man who was not ashamed to tax the Cumberland yeoman with open ng the people ' s letters . —
( Hear , hear . ) They were now on tho eve of the meeting of Parliament , and the Queen ' s speech was now being read at the house of tho Prime Alinister . Although his hon , friend was not in thc continence of the government , aud could not therefore say what was in the speech , he yet could say what it * would not say . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion he begged to propose , " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the incorruptible friend of tho rights of man , may lie long live to witness thc triumphs of those principles ol social and political justice , which his powerful and eloquent advocacy has tended so \\ L , l y to disscuii nate . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Duncomiib rose , and was received with lout ! clu-ers . He said that being the cvo of thc assembling of what was called the great inquest of the nation , he could not conceive a more felicitous occasion than that was for those who took a deep interest
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in the welfare of the social condition of the people to meet and consider what was the course of policy which they should adopt at such a crisis , in order to see how the one and the other could be secured . ( Hear , hear . ) The only right he had in the matter was , that the occasion was made one of compliment to himself , for all he had done in Parliament was his duty—the duty which an independent Member of Parliament ought to perform . ( Loud cries of Hear , hear . ) That time last year they held a similar meeting . Then they bad a different Government from the one now in office — great changes had occurred since tbey had last assembled in that room . Sir Robert Peel felt it right to bring forward a measure in reference to corn ; but thinking it due to ... ... .
Lord John Russell , who had been for years prccedinj : an advocate for an alteration of the corn laws , and who had just then avowed himself in favour of total repeal—he offered to give up the Government to him . The Noble Lord , however , finding himself not strong enough , as Punch said , refused office on the declared ground of some difference existing between Lord Grey and Lord Palmerston . The result was , that Sir Robert Peel brought forward the repeal of thc corn laws ; and , although he ( Mr . Duncombe ) differed with Sir Robert Peel as a politician , he must say that that Right Hon . Gentleman acted last ytar in a manner that commanded his highest approbation . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Then came thc Irish Coercion Bill . This Bill came down from thc
House of Lords to the Commons , having , in the Upper House , received the support of the Whigs , and ot the present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . ( Hear . ) In the Commons , the Whigs refused to support the Bill . Sir Robert had done their dirty work , and they had , therefore , gained their point . ( Hear . ) Sir Robert Peel had been assailed by the Protectionists , and then the Whigs turned round upon him . They rejected him from the Government , and then they sneaked into office . ( Hear . ) Well , now they were engaged at dinner , playing the Tomfool , in Mayday dresses —( a laugh)—and reading the Queen ' s speech , which was to be spoken the next day . The Chairman had informed them , that if he could not say what the Queen ' s speech would contain , he might
guess at what it would not refer to , ( Hear , hear . ) When Lord John Russell came into power , he ( Mr . Dumcombe ) asked him what course of policy he would pursue ; "Oh ! " said the Noble Lord , " my usual course . " A laugh . What that was he really could not say ; nor did Mr . Ward , of the Weekly Chronicle—or rather the Weakly Chronicle—a laughseem now to know what that policy was to be . This , however , he did tell his constituents at Sheffield , that they were not to expect much . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They could tell them of the frightful state in which Ireland was . They could tell them who were the cause of the distress which prevailed there ; hut they would atthe same time , no doubt , declare that they were not equal to meet the crisis , and they must
all agree that the government ofthe present was not equal to the crisis that had arisen in that country . ( Hear , hear . ) One party in Ireland was anxious for a repeal of the Union . Why , a repeal of the Union had literally taken place . If they were to believe the Young Ireland part y , Conciliation Hall had gone to Corruption Castle . ( Hear , hear ) . But they had not got in Ireland the Parliament which was promised to them should be there in 1844 , —( hear and a laugh)—and now both parties were coming over to this country to stick their hands into John Bull ' s pockets . ( Hear ) . He thought it would be much better to give them repeal than allow this . ) Hear ) . What was the cause of all this distress in Ireland ? Why allowing the people to live
upon that " accursed root , " as Cobbett called it— I the potatoe . ( Hear , ) It was said that the Government were going to open the ports . This was something after the fashion of locking the stable door after the steed had been stolen . ( A laugh . ) They were going to open the ports when there was no corn to be admitted . Why did they not do this three months ago , instead of waiting to ask Parliament for permission to do it ? ( Hear . ) Something ought to be done for Ireland , but not at the expense of the people of England . The hon . gentleman , after ad . verting to the necessity of reclaiming the wastelands in Ireland , and of the propriety of getting to the people of that country an equitable poor-law , procaeded to denounce the conduct of the government
in allowing the imperial pirate of Russia to annihilate Cracow . ( Hear . ) Lord Palmerston had " protested , " but what was that ? He then proceeded to say , that the only safeguard which the workine classes had , waa by their combining together fortheir own safety . That combination , or confederation , should be national , otherwise it would be ineffectual . Without such an organisation , labour could never cope with capital . If he wanted any justification for this statement he would find it in a single case ot combination by the masters against the workmen , which had recently been brought under the notice ol Central Committee of tho National Association , The conspiracy , for such it was , had been brought to light by the letter of one master basket-maker to
another in his capacity of secretary to the master ' s union . The writer lived in Nottingham , and the party addressed in Manchester . The objects of the masters' union were so plainly set forth that it was impossible to mistake them , and thoy fully justified him in calling upon the working men to meet th se conspirators by counter combinations . ( Hear . ) Mr . D . then read the letter referred to which showed that the masters had in replytoan application from the working menforanadvanceofwages . resolvedthattheywouldgo back to the same wages as those given in 1830 , which happened to be a very bad year ; and it should be recollected that since that time they had had free trade , under which they were told that ten masters would be running after one man , ( Hear , hear . )
Yet notwithstanding these boasted measures . they now saw the masters going back to the wages ot 1830 . ( Hear , Hear . ) Finding that the journeymen refused to accept those terms , the masters formed a union for thc purpose ef throwing the men out of work , and thus , by exhausting their funds to break up theirunion . The workmen thereupon established a shop called tbe Beehive , which the masters called " a dastardly and mean action . " ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . )—He ( Mr . Duncombe ) thought that the use of such words was a downright abuse of language . The document went on to ask from Lancashire not so much for money as the adhesion of the Lancashire masters , in order that the hands throughout the country might be turned out generally ; and it went
on to state , boastingly , tbat in Dublin and elsewhere this had been done to a large extent , for the purpose ot exhausting their funds and breaking up the working men s societies . ( Hear , and hisses . l lie said that such a document was a most dis graceful one , whether it emanated from masters or workmen-( hear , hear)—and also that a more complete justification of the principle and organisation of the National Trades Association had ever-been published . When they saw the masters have recourse to such means , it was requisite that they should bo met by similar measures on tbe part of the industrious classes , and by no other means than a general association could the operatives expect to secure what they had a right to look for—namely , a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s labour . During the recess he had , in conjunction with the Central Committee of the Association , done all he
could for working out the principle of that association , not to encouragestrikes . but to encourage the industrious classes of the community by means of their own savings , and their combined energies , to rescue themselves from their present degraded position . ( Hear . ) That condition could not have been produced had thc labouring classes been properly represented in the Legislature as the interests of all other classes were now represented in that body . ( Hear . ) He could only , in conclusion , say that the great principles for which he had heretofore contended , he would in future be found labouring to the full extent of his powers to further . He might not be able to effect all he or they wished , but he trusted that ho should cease to exist when he found himself no longer worthy of their confidence . The hon . gentleman retired amidst enthusiastic and long continued applause .
The Chairman then introduced Mr . Charles Cochrane to propose the next toast . lie knew little ol this gentleman , and was prepared to heir an exposition of his political principles . All ho could say was , that thc man who was not with them was against them , and that he could not support any man who did not fully subscribe to the great principles of political justice . embodied in " the People ' s Charter , " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cochrane said that when he came to that assembly he had not the most remote idea that he should be called on to inflict a speech , ( Hear , hear . ) The reason why he was there at all was , that he had received an invitation from a Mr . Clarke , secretary to a Chartist Society , inviting him to a dinner , in
honour of that most excellent and honourable gentleman Mr . Duncombe . ( Hear , hear . ) On that ground alone he came there , and as their guest » n that ground he threw himself on their hospitality , and trusted that he would not be called upon to express any opinions on questions not fairly before tho meeting . He was there simply because he honoured highly and esteemed deeply the talent , honesty , and disinterestedness of the Honourable Member for Finsbury . He had no desire whatever to trust himself on the meeting or to seek popularity by any unworthy means . If they wished for an exposition ot his political opinions , he could only say that at any ef the numerous meetings which he was now holding in Westminster as a candidate for that city , any gentleman in the meeting who chose to attend would
hear an ample and strainhtforward explanation ; but he would not be turned asiVe from the toast which lie had unwillingly undertaken the duty of proposing tnd the duty which he felt he owed to the highly valued representative of the people , who sat by his side . ( Hear , hear . ) Although he mi ght not concur in all tho opinions ofthe hon-gentleman , yet it was not the less incumbent upon all who appreciated an honest and courageous perseverance in a course of political action—tho onl y object of which , it was apparent , must be tho benefit of thewholo community - ( hear , hear)—to do honour to so foithful and worthy an exponent of popular principles . ( Hear . ) Ihe toast he had to submit was— "T . Wakley , Esq ., and all other friends o » right and justice iu the House of Commons ; may they continue , as hitherto , to support the claims of labour ' s som to a fair
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participation in labour ' s fruits . " He had pleasure m submitting this toast to the meetin ™ L cause he highly respected Mr . Wakley who ' ^* most worthy colleague of their honourable an ii ? a noured guest ; and his conduct for many years 1 especially on fhe Poor-law question , and recenth the question of military flogging , showed that ho i . ° the interest of the people decidedl y at heart ( n * hear . ) After alluding to the effects ofthe ' p oo . i r ' in bringing down wages , and the necessity f or- ? abolition could be done in the labouring classes \ t Cochrane concluded amidst cheers by proposing )'* toast . ° tlie The Chairman said that the next toast wlii c K l had to propose was the following : —" Co-opera t May the varied efforts now making by the Chart- Land Company , and the National Uuited Trai » Association for the employment of Labour , ami ,, other pioneers in the cause of co-operative lab and community of interests , meet with encre as ° success until they eventuate in the com plete " ^ franohisement of labour from the thrildora of ' canin *
and the establishment ol a class ol indepemj ' landed proprietors decking the fair surface of ??' British soil . " In illustration of the value of ii principle of co-operation , he adverted to tlle f "J that the Government were looking to the pro / of the land of other countries to feed the puobll f the empire , and suggested , that if this were so 1 it not wise in the Chartists to carry out tl , 'J ciple of co-operation , to till their own land I'll feed themselves from their own resources . (\ u ^ hear . ) No alteration in the poor laws could ser ^ ' the working classes—nothing but thc emplov nient c labour upon land , belonging to the workin gcC . and ot the passing of the Charter , could ensn ' peace and comfort to the great bodv of the dcodIp ( Hear , hear . ) ' He " *
Mr . Wheeler ( Secretary to the Chartist Co-on rative Land Society ) , in an energetic address L if * to the co-operative system . In less than Is tnoMV , the Society to which he belonged had 13 Quo T scribers , with a fund of £ 20 , 000 ; they possessed tZ estates in thc finest portions of England ; but thi was not all , they were about to become bankers ( Hear . ) This would soon induce the master s tn think more of them than they had done . Mr . Robson ( a member of the Central Committee of the Trades , Association for Co-operation ) also ad vocated the princi ple supported by the previous speakers . He deprecated strikes , and said tliat tbe working classes could best attain their object by cooperating together ; and he could assure them tW if they would join their pence together , they would be able to meet the millions of masters ;
The Chairman then propesed thc following sentiment : — " The Irish nation , and may the cloud oi misery in which that coerced and unhappy people ig now enveloped , be speedily dispelled by the light o [ political equality , and its famishing population be in . sured freedom and prosperity on the soilot Erin , free Irom foreign tyranny or domestic oppression ; and said the Irish were making a great effort to support their rights ; and ho thought ho could assure them on the part of the English people , that if they re ! quired their assistance they would have it . This terminated the dinner . The ball then com . raenced , and the evening was spent most agreeably ,
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PROGRESS OF THE CHARTIST PRINCIPLE The following letter was read to the members o the Central Registration Committee , at their meet ing on Tuesday evening last , and we are desired to publish it , to shew what progress the great truths oi Chartism has effected , even among the thopkeepinj classes ; the writer being the Proprietor of a large Establishment and the employer of a considerable number of hands , in one of the principal streets in Manchester : — Manchester , January the 5 th , 1847 ,
Sib , —I received yours of the 21 st ult . and regret that circumaUinceshave prevented me replying ere this ; as an accident has opened a correspondence , allow me to ex . press my surprise that you do not adopt more decisive means of propagating your views , especially now vshen society turns with distrust from all other parties—joa are bad tacticians . If you really are sincere in attaching public importance to your cause , you are guilty of a great breach of public trust , in the coldness . and apathy of your present public conduct , of course , I refer to you as a body ; no doubt , there are many individual exceptions—observation has taught me to consider you Chartists as considerable r « . ders , correct thinkers , great talkers , but sickly worker .-your principlee are respectable , your party is large , and public opinion is now much inclined to you , and yet your demonstrations are so weak and meagre us to generate misgivings and almost despair in the minds of many , an ! even of your most sanguine friends .
Mow is the time for you to come out . —Thousands who would be valuable auxiliaries are naturally unwilling to join a party , however just its claims , who contest themselves with morbid contemplations of their wrongs , and longing desire for redress but assume a more cheerful and determined tone , ( not in your hr > guage only , but in your movements ) , and you muil speedily succeed—you ought and may this session ban an extension of the Suffrage—what have you yetgained ! I would suggest to you to concentrate youretforUalit . tie more . Take some such place as the Free Trade Hall here , bring your lending advocates , make it well knows , and I [ am sure you will fill the place . Then bold / y and ffl : > dt-rately expound jour principles , and it will product more effect than a hundred of your little detached , grumbling , meetings , you every week or thereabouts go
to , the expense of placards on a small and very limited scale announcing your lectures , which scarcely one thou . sandth part even of Manchester even hear of , or care for , and thusyoufritteraway your resources and court » lit > gering death , whereas now and then one strong and vigorous moral demonstration , at a tythe of tiie cipease of your continuous writhings , would bring" large ace . ' - sions of members and muney , and would tell all over tbt country . Yon will excuse me writing thus plainly , and believe tbat I do so from a feeling of good will . If you hare a spare moment I will thank yon to acknowledge there ceiptofthis . Tour ' s , A'c ., J . Meb , Oldham-stmt , ToT . M . Wheeler .
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROCHDALE SOCIETY OF EQUITABLE PIONEER . On Tuesday evening ; the 12 th inst . t- ' io co-operatoriami their friends held a public tea , in the Bethel preaching rooms , in celebration of the « econd anniversary of tlit society , 150 persons partoo k of " the cup that cheers but not ineberates , " about one half of whom were female *; wives and daughters of those present . The tea being concluded , the party returned , after a short walk , »«* the meeting commenced . Mr . Kershaw , the President of the society , occupied the chair , and called , on the Secretory to lay before the members and friends , the state of the Society , UlCIUUVkP UUUI 1 KUUD , LUC OlftlU Ul l « t . JUllC ' , ' (
gfgfj The Secretary came forward and said , he wasglao WRJ meet his brother co-aperators , and hoped they mif M | | j live to hold many such meetings , lie congrawWti || them ou the prosperity of the society ; and said tseio- 1 ciety consisted of about 110 members , and had at pre ** II a capital of ill'SO . The society neither gave nor reeei ™ || credit , this of itself had many beneficial efftf "' || He said the discount for cash paid by the Society forth * || last quarter , amounted to £ 13 2 s ., which had wore ttJ" || paid all expenses of rent , taxes , and wages for the sif * 11 time ; the store only being opened at certain stated mo" 11 each day . The next rule in their Society he wou ^ " 81 attention to , related to thc division of profits , wliicb M || recommended them to maintain , lie said the mode oj 11
dividing the profits was , that on all invested cspi t » V || per cent , per annum was first paid , the refflS " 11 dor was dividtd , or formed deposits aoeotdwg 81 as each member had traded with the ScK'K ? gf j —There had been £ ; 10 disposed of in the WKr | way , on the trade of the quarter just end ** I By the above arrangement two important renulu M 1 been obtained—It often happened that persons wits W families had but little spare capital with much trade ; ;; aud those with no , or but small families , had more sp » " ' money with less trade , and therefore the above rate 0 * " * ' * Utted both parties , —One , by having good interest W * their money , and the other by having the profits oil ^ f larger trade . Capital did not claim all , neither oug ht i ' i i < i and it appeared to him whenever it did , the poi ' ' '' members ceased to have an interest in the Society "' •' fact which had been proved by experience . Several other Gentlemen addressed the meetinS t " t " the benefit that may bo derived from , and tho yn *' *' that may be acquired b y Co-operation . After a vote of thanks were passed to the Chair " " " > and the officers who had conducted the affairs of * Society during the past year , the meeting separated . Corresponde d } Rochdale , 17 Jan ., 1847 . '
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Bigamx . —At the Middleton petty sessions , on MonW d »? last , a smallware weaver , named Timothy KeHy ( w * i " * i brought up under a warrsnt , by Inspector Win . WW" '" on a charge of bigamy . It appeared that on the H "" h ° June , 1831 , the prisoner was inaaried at Leek , S tafford- , rJshire , to Hannah Breretoo , and that in June , ltW * i " was married at tha Collegiate Church , Manches ter . w w Mury Jane Crimen , with whom he has resided in Mi ^ , Jle # , ton for several years . Both the wives were in cour t , »« ' if the prisoner , who mailu no defence , was conunUted » » trial ut the next Liverpool assizes . . . IUnlev and Shblton , —The following membersi H » h « been appointed officers for the next six . mouths : —Scr * cr * tineer , Mr . Hem-y Price . Auditors , Messrs . TboW iw Wtnekle , John McKiiight . Treasurer , Mr . Th *« J >« J Shirley . Assistant . Secretary , Mr . Christop her Siia / 'V '' President , Mr . George Brunt . Committee , M «» *' Joshua Stubbs , Thomas Parker , fieorge Barker , ow •¦ *[ Pickering , Samuel Smith , Edward Sale . Sub . » cre » r . i tir . i Win . Silvester . - * - ??* 3
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prietor , 1-EA 1 UIUS O'CONNOR , Esq ,, and l > liu' .,,,., ' , > by Wiluam Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , ' ^ . / 'V .,,, don-strcet , Walworth , in ths parish of St . Mi'T- ' ^ ' ^ mgtou , in the Cuuntv of Surrey , at the Oflu-e , ^ J ^ Great WindinilUtrce ' t , llaymarket , iu tlwCitjot" ' " ' ; Minster , Saturday , Janiary 23 , 18 * 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23011847/page/8/
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