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Huekah For Kossuth ]
HUEKAH FOR KOSSUTH ]
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" "We were slaves nil oreatlv rising in his country ' s right / Tier Kossuth—her deliverer , sprung to light ; A race of brave Hungarian sons he led , Guiltless of courts , untainted , and unread ,, ¦ ff hose inborn spirit spurned the ignoble fee , Their hearts scorned bondage—for their hands were free , " 0 tEHEIilBERAIi MM CMNGLAflD .
jit Fbiends , — -The noble Kossuth , who risked bis life to secure liberty for his country , has arrived at Southampton and was pjbly received . I regret beyond expression that I coald not discover the time when he tf ould arrive , otherwise I should have been there to meet him ; but there is to be a grand
d inner g iven to him on Tuesday , at Southampton , and I stall attend that dinner . The jlayor of Southampton went on board the vessel to meet S . 05 SUIH and his family before they landed , and no man was ever more corjiajly received than Kossuth was by the Eng lish people . He-was much better received thanlshould be , notwithstanding the sacrifices X have made to try and relieve the English and Irish people from hunger and slavery .
I wonder what sort of a reception that ruffian , mongrel , savage brute , villain , Hay-5 AU would have received ? I attended a meeting on Monday last at the Hanoversquare Rooms , which was crowded to suffocation , relative to Kossuth . Sir De LACY Bvahs was in the chair ; and when Lord Dudley Stuart sat down , I was called upon to Bpeak , and no man was better received . The Ball was crowded ; but I told them that I could not speak long , as the thought of Kosstuh would so rouse my blood that I should make a rebellious speech .
I will remind yon again of that bloody infernal ruffian , Ha . yka . xj , having the legs and arms of women and children dragged of ^ and thrown down for pigs and dogs to eat . 1 told them , at the meeting at Hanover-square Rooms , that 1 could not speak long upon the subject—however , I was loudly cheered . Now , my friends , I shall conclude by answering the letters that I have received from Finsbury , Padihara , and Manchester—which I should have published at length , but from thecrowded state of the columns of the 'Star 'which is , that I will attend all those places to which I have been invited . Tour Faithful Friend , Feabgus O'Coknor .
Free Tradeand Protection, Mr. Editor,—Co...
FREE TRADEAND PROTECTION , Mr . Editor , —Cobbett used to say , he knew well when he had hit bis adversary hard , fur that the latter bellowed so loud as to exhibit his sufferings in his murmurs ; and certainly , by the same rules the agricultural party has been most mischievously struck , for their complaint is as lengthened as it is doubtless grievoui . During the past three mouths , there have been several Agricultural Association gatherings , and the burden of the song there heard has been Ruin—absolute Ruin ; but so impotent for good has been the strain pat forth , that in place of it awakening serious
attention , the Orpheus of the Protectionist choir has only excited the risible faculties of opposition writers , and brought down upon his devoted head missiles of abusive leaders , and crashing blows from private correspondents . Yet , despite of such heavy artillery , I doubt much whether the policy of Free Trade has gained a single convert , which the leaders of that party would trouble themselves concerning , as a , result of such systematic and unmeaning ribaldry . The land power is earnest in its complaint ; and its enemies know that there is a cause for the same , which must be listened to and satisfied , or it will be a disgrace to the administration of English justice .
I am no Protectionist , as some men define that term . With me Native Industry has a priority of ri ght ; and before I am prepared to forego its imperativeness , 1 must be sure that English labour stands upon the platform of equality with Foreign labour . Do I desire to tax the food of the poor ? God forbid . Bo I wish to see Englishmen labouring , as now , for wages reduced to the Continental level ;
or see my countrymen obliged to change their habits of living for the unsubstantial things elsewhere fed on ? God forbid . Surely , it is not necessary to make bread dear to preserve our present condition , had as that is , in too many cases ; or to admit the latter alternative to secure it at its existing price ! This may be the logic of the Manchester School ; bnt it is not English common sense .
How is bread made dear ? Sometimes by Famine , at other times by an imperfect yieldmore often by speculation and knavery . How is it made cheap ? By abundance , and successful growth . It is dear when it cannot be purchased with results of labour ; it is cheap when those results enable the consumer to buy with greater freedom . If our senators had been wise in 1315 , when that the Corn Laws were imposed , they would have said 50 s . shall be the maximum price of the quarter of wheat , previous to its introduction duty free into the English ports . Probably this
would have been equivalent to a sliding scale varying from 15 s . to 0 ; as in 1835 good wheat sold for 35 s , —an average duty of not more than 6 s . or 7 s . per quarter . This when made into four pound loaves , would have affected the price of bread about one halfpenny per loaf , certainly not more : for granting but ninety loaves to be the number made from such a quantity of flour , yet the stimulus that would be given to the growth of corn would so increase its produce in the markets as always to keep its price down to the lowest possible level . Now , will any reasonable man say this is taxing the food of the poor , when the four pound loaf can be ensured
for 5 d ., and our lands be kept in profitable cultivation , and English labourers employed thereon . I say the admission of foreign grown produce at 50 s . 6 d ., would always keep wheat down to that price , which would give to the poor , bread at 5 d . per four pound loaf ; and if it would do this , no injustice is being done to the community ; since the non-admission of Buid wheat at less than the stated sum , duty fwe , is but doing an act of citizenship , which calls npon the people of every nation to look to the immediate wants of themselves , in preference to the mock philanthropy , that teaches them to starve , or cause to be exported their own flesh and blood , to receive the produce of others , who are not so foolishly disposed .
What is going on now , Mr . Editor , is this : —In order to buy foreign grown grain cheap , English manufactures , or products of English skill and labour must be sold cheap . This means , firstly , the sacrifice of Profits ; lastly , the reduction of the labourer ' s earnings . It is illustrated in the following instance , which is a type of the whole system . * In 1845 , ' ( not a dear year ) , says a friend of mine , 'Isold |
goods realising me £ io . In 1851 , 1 sold precisely the same quantity and quality of goods for £ 30 , and had a difficulty , then , to find a buyer . Outof that £ 451 paid £ 31 for labour , £ G for materials ; my profits being £ 8 on the transaction , when entirely completed . Of the £ 301 paid £ 22 for labour , £ 5 10 s . for material ; my profit being £ 210 s . M y business is not increased ; my difficulties are greater . The men who worked for the £ 31 were in the
receipt of an average wage of 25 s . a week ; they cannot earn , at present prices , more than 20 s . My profits have fallen 75 per cent . ; and if I am to live at all , I cannot long continue to pay the wages I do . ' Now , Sir , what has fallen upon this man , whose case is by no means singular—for I have heard men of various trades state similar facts—is fast falling upon the small master tradesmen , and through them , the labouring classes ; and seeing the loss is to the extent mentioned , what reduction | n the pr ice of bread will ever meet this Alan cannot 'live upon bread alone ? ' He
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can only consume a certain quantity ; and the 4 lb . loaf had far better be selling for 6 d ., with the labourer earning 25 s . a week , than at od ., with his wages reduced to 20 s . As soon as the reaction has terminated , caused by the introduction of the Free Trade system , and by the distress of 1847 and the disturbances of 1848 , the true tale will begin to make itself known . Men will not be duped about the numbers of paupers , and the diminished — .. — __ _
sums expended for their support , when the miserable bubble has burst ; then their own experience will direct their actions . The cry of the large loaf will no longer be the rallying point ; unsold produce , reduced profits , and fallen wages will speak with a trumpet tongue to the milloeracy of Manchester and its neighbourhood ; and their doctrine of ' buying cheap and selling dear , ' will be properly translated to mean , ' more work for less money , ' ' reduced profits and fallen wages . '
But it is quite amusing to observe what pains these Free Trade advocates take , to show up the advantages of their much- vaunted scheme . Here is an example , the latest one 1 can place mj finger upon : —* He would not trouble them , ' said Mr . Cornewall Lewis , at the Herefordshire Agricultural Society's Meeting , on Saturday , the 18 th inst ., ' with any long or tedious returns , but would read two or three figures , which would illustrate the state of things in this county ( Hereford ) , and show that there had been a very considerable diminution of paupers in the last three years , ending July 1 : —
Paupers relieved in the year ending u viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiai ...... 8 , 061 Ditto ditto Jvrtj 1 , 1850 , 8 , 028 Ditto ditto „ 1851 , 7 , 833 What a wonderful diminution is here to make much of . Only think , that in twelve months , the county of Hereford should have so actually experienced the advantages of Free Trade , as to have thirty-three paupers less to support for the first year ; and for the second the pleasing deficiency of 195 upon the gross number . One would think , that such an insignificant decrease would be allowed to make itself heard , if there were any soundness in the fact , as it stands ; for , at best , it is but an
evidence of that kind of fluctuation which is so likely to occur in such an agricultural county . Free Trade had no more to do with it than the Free Trade had power over it , and if they will take credit for it , then let them claim a mastership of the rise and fall of the mercury in the thermometer ; or anything else they can imagine , which exhibits similar changes . But although the buy-cheap system was powerless here , most likely it was active enough in causing the following lamentable state of things , as put forth by Mr . Booker , at the same meeting . Since 1841 , the last census shows the following increase of population in the counties enumerated : —
Gloucestershire ... 23 , 900 Warwickshire ... 70 , 800 Monmouth 26 , 100 Worcestershire ... 28 , 300 Staffordshire 101 , 600 Glamorganshire 62 , 10 n These are mixed manufacturing and agricultral counties . But in Herefordshire ( the county for which Mr . Lewis is the consistent representative ) , the increase is only 2 , 500 ; in Shropshire , only 3 , 300 ; in Wiltshire and Radnorshire , a positive decline ; in Brecon , an increase of 3 , 700 ; these last five counties being composed of a purely agricultural population . Emigration had done the work of
depopulation in Wiltshire and Radnorshire ; and kept the numbers in the other three counties almost stationary . 'In the parish of TedstoneDelamere , ' says Mr . Booker , 'there were in 1841 300 souls ; in 1851 , but 150 / ' This is an over true tale' indeed ; for the facts would have further shown , had they been gone into , that whilst these rural districts were being thinned of their able-bodied men , hearty women , robust children , the ' halt , the blind , and the lame' were left behind to starve upon a pauper ' s allowance , and descend to a pauper ' s grave .
Let not my reader think that I sympathise with that party , called the Tory faction of the House of Commons , led on by a Disraeli , and whipped in by a Manners . No , ' I would not march through Coventry' with such men ; because for the people ' s wants they have but little regard . I argue the case of the contending parties in the way here set forth , in a just appreciation of the condition of the English artisan . It is his interests I battle for . In Free Trade , as understood in the north , I see nothing short of free booty against the masses of the community . Badly remunerated now ,
less will be their portion , I fear , ultimately . Heaven grant that I may be deceived ; and if so , no one will be more ready to acknowledge his ereor than myself ; hut as an eye witness of the workings of Free Trade in London ; observing , too , its influence npon the trades of others , I have no hesitation in giving a decided expression of opinion against its present partial operations , and declare that it is working , however inperceptibly to some , but apparent to others , to the annihilation of everything that should be held dear by the English workman . Censor .
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National Charter Association Offices—14,...
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting as above on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , Grassby , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . Harney and Holyoake , being in the country , were absent , as were also Messrs . Hunt and O'Connor . Correspondence of a highly progressive and encouraging character was read . On the motion of Messrs . Jones and Grassby the following was agreed to : — ' That , since
members of this Committee have met on several recent occasions in sufficient numbers to form a quorum , and those present have thereby been prevented from entering into business , the Secretary be instructed to write to the non-attending members , for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is their intention to attend in their places on this Committee , ' | The Secretary reported that JNo . 3 of the 'Monthly Circular * was now ready ,- and all localities and friends are respectfully solicited to forthwith send in their orders for the same . The price to localities and the trade is fourpence per dozen .
It was then agreed that the Marylebone and White Horse localities be requested to elect one member each , to attend at the Office on Wednesday evening next , October 29 th , at six o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of inspecting the votes which may have been received for the several candidates , nominated to fill the vacancy in the Executive Committee , and report thereon to their fellow members . The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , October 29 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Aknott , General Secretary . The following letter has been received from Charles Frederick Nicholis : — 10 Great Winchester-street , Old Broad-street ,
Oct . 19 th , 1851 . Deab Sib , —Having just been elected on the Council of the Parliamentary Eeformers , somewhat unexpectedly , ; mj duty appears to be to . ac-
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quaint those Chartist friends who liavo nominated me to set on their Executive , with the fact , as they may differ with me as to the policy and justness of it . I need hardly say , that I accept the position with pleasure , and regard it as a ( to me ) new and important direction for useful action . Whether I give umbrage or not is never the question with me , but whether I am acting justly , whether I am extending the sphere of my usefulness . This , it appears to me , I am doing . I write for the purpose of acquainting those who may think otherwise , and who might have given in their votes . I write to you for tho purpose of giving this letter publicity . In doing so you will greatly oblige , Yours truly , To Mr . J . Arnott . 0 . F . Nicholis .
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . October 20 th , 1851 . . Esteemed Bhoihehs , —The . great object at issue is the reorganization of Chartism ; the machinery of which cannot he kept in working order without some little assistance . It appears that the Chartist exchequer is more than exhausted , and a balance due to our worthy treasurer of £ 34 0 b . 7 Jd . It is our doty as men , especially those who are struggling for liberty , to liquidate with all speed the above sum . In making an appeal to our friends , some say , that a debt ought not to be incurred by-a few members without the assent of the whole ; f and ejrery locality' say , ' they ought to
meet its own expenses ,-and form its own executive . ' The scattered elements of Democracy must ascend to the highest degree of refinement , in order to secure a softening impression on the two houses of parliament , and that our unanimous sentiments may be concentrated and brought within such limits as to destroy the power of a proud aristocracy ; without which it is impossible to secure an equalisation of those good laws to which the working classes of Great Britain are complete strangers . - I am , yours , fraternally , in the struggles for justice , Joseph Matwemj HbtdkringtoN , Treasurer to the Sunderland locality , Hope-street , Bishop Wearmouth .
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Sheffield . —A meeting of the Council was held on Sunday , in theDemocratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street— -Mr . Lye in the chair . The letter of Mr . O'Connor was read from the 'Star . ' Messrs . Attey , Cavill , and Whaley were deputed to complete the arrangements for a place of meeting . The deputation have made overtures to the proprietors of the Music Hall , but their charge being very high , nothing definite has been done . Next week , however , we hope to be in a position to announce both time and place . Ashton-tjnder-Lyne . — The weekly meeting was held on Sunday forenoon , in the association room , corner of York-street , Charlestown , when it was resolved— « That Joseph Taylor should attend the delegate meeting , to be held in the People ' s Institution , Manches . ter , on Sunday ; that a subscription should be
commenced towards the liquidation of the debts of the Executive ; and that a tea party and ball should take place on Saturday , the 8 th of November ; when it is expected the Ashton Democratic Band will be present .. ' Several members were added to the council , and Mr . Aitkin was elected secretary . Finsbuhy . —At a meeting , held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-place , Ray " - street , Clerkenwell-green , on Sunday last—Mr . Osborne in the chair—after a lecture from Mr . Cowling , it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . Fennell : — " That a public meeting be held on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the Cowper-street Institution , for the purpose of adopting an address , to be presented to Kossuth on his Visit to the metropolis . " T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., was invited to take the chair , and a Committee was appointed to carry out the arrangements .
Historical Advances to Democracy . —We shall scarcely meet with a single great event in the lapse of 700 years which has not turned to the advantage of equality . The crusader and the wars of the English decimated the nobles and divided their possessions ; tho erection of communities introduced an element of democratic liberty into the bosom of feudal monarchy ; the invention of lirearms equalised the peasant and the noble on the field of battle ; printing opened the same resources to the minds of all classes ; the post was organised so as to bring the same information to the door of the poor man ' s cottage and to the gate of the palace ; and Protestantism proclaimed that all
men are alike able to find the road to heaven . The discovery of America offered a thousand new paths to fortune , and placed riches and power within the reach of the adventurous and obscure . The various occurrences of national existence have every where turned to the advantage of democracy ; all men have aided it by their exertions ; those who have intentionally laboured in its cause and those who have served it unwittingly , those who have fought for it and those who have declared themselves their opponents , have all been driven along in the same track , have all laboured to one end , some ignorantly and some unwillingly—all have been blind instruments in tho hands of God . It is not necessary that God himself should speak
in order to disclose to us the unquestionable signs of his will i we can discern them in the habitual course of nature , and in the invariable tendency of events . I know , without a special revelation , that the planets move in the orbits traced by the Creator ' s fingers . —Be ToeqwvUb . Foolish "Labk . "—On Tuesday morning , at five o ' clock , while the mail-cart driver of the Deptford and Greenwich " ride" was waiting for the letter bags inside the post-office in Deptfordbroadway , some parties , supposed from information since received , to have been too freely
indulg ing in the pleasuies provided at Charlton Fair , jumped into the vehicle and drove off . The driver , upon reaching the street , was utterly bewildered at finding the vehicle and the horse had both disappeared . No traces of them could be found ; and as the delay of her Majesty ' s mails , under any circumstances , ia a very serious matter , the luckless driver was compelled to find a cab as soon as possible , and make the best of his way to the General Post Office , in St . Marcin ' s-le-Grand , leaving the delinquents and the ve . ' . icle and missing horse to the investigation of the police . Shortly afterwards it was discovered that a mail-cart had been
seen on the road leading to Ilotherhithe , and , upon inquiry , it turned out that the toligate-keeper at one of the bars had noticed two strange putties in a mail-cart , which he thought to be exceedingly singular , as no regular cart passes that way at that time of the morning . Thence the fellows were traced to the Six Bells , Lucas-street , Rotberhithc , where the vehicle and the horse were found left in front of the tavern door , the drivers having decamped . Information of the occurrence having been forwarded to the Post-office , Mr . Cook , the foreman to Mr . M'Namara , the mail-contractor , hastened to Itotherhitbe for the purpose of investigating the matter , which remains in the hands of the police , as the parties who have ventured upon this foolish lark have not since been heard of .
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob the Week Ending Thursday , October 23 rd , 1851 . THE HONESTY FUND . DECEIVED BI W . BIDEB , £ s . d . J . Mayman . Ita .. 0 10 NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received by Jobs Abnott . —Chelsea locality , per Mr . GUI , 5 s-J . Ftnlin . per G . Hoppey 2 s 6 d—Great Grimsby , per J . Button 2 s 6 d-Wakefield , per D . Heald Bs-White Horse locality , Bethnal-green , per J . Hall lis oa— -J . Wright , Paddingtou Is 4 d-Hoxt n locality , per 0 . t . NicholWTslOd-Leicester , per J . White 6 s 6 a—Torquay , per W . Tope 13 s Id—A . J . Hill 6 d—C . Stevenson , Kingslaiid Is 6 d—Stockport , per T . Clews lOs-llanley and Shelton , jierE . Nixon £ 1—A Democrat-Is—Peterborough , per i .. Scholey 5 s—From a locality ( address mislaid ) , P « E < Jones Is—landport , per J . Coeper Us 2 d—M . HV Leicester « d—Three Friends , Liverpool , per W . L . Costine 2 s 6 u—J . Body , Paul's-alley , Cripplegate Is—For the Tract , ' What is a Chartist" 10 s 3 d . —Total £ 6 is 8 d . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Received at the Stab Office . —W . Rigg , Bridgeford-gate 2 s 6 d . . . . N . B . —In order to prevent any misunderstanding it « s considered necessary Vq state that the sum of £ 5 5 s 6 d , announced , last week , as having been received from the Concert at John-street , was the gross receipts , and that , after deducting the expenses , thejproceetts ; arlsingtUcreh-onj were £ lls .
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THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Under the powers and provisions of the act of parliament 14 and 15 Vict ., c . 129 , Mr . W . doodchap , has been engaged in visiting the various extensive estates , with the view of obtaining information on their past and present management , and all boolcs , documents and papers must be delivered up . They have also served notices upon the 300 allottees to restrain the future payment of rent to any other person than the Official Manager . _* ' ' ^
On Thursday , in consideration of the satisfactory manner in which the interim manager and his solicitors had prosecuted their preliminary inquiry , the Master has conferred upon them the appointment of permanent managers and solicitors to wind-up the undertaking . The 6 th section of the act provides that it shall b © lawful for the Master in Chancery to delegate to the Official Manager and his solicitors any discretionary , judicial , or other p ower or authority which the Master himself possesses , and he on Thursday directed Mr . Groodchap to ascertain the relative position of the parties now located on the estates .
, It is understood that proceedings will be taken against the ^ mortgagees of the Minster Lovel Estate , which was conveyed by indenture of grant August 16 th , 1847 , between J . Weaving , corn-merchant , and W . Pinnock , farmer of the first part ; John Walker and Mary Ann Walker , of the second part ; and Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., of the third part , to set asidej their mortgage of £ 5 , 000 , at £ 4 10 s , per Icent , interest , and to prevent their disposing of any portion of the property .
National Loan Society. At The Meeting, H...
NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . At the meeting , held at Golden-lane , on Wednesday , the following address to the Shareholders of the National Loan Society was agreed to : — "Brother Shareholders , —We once more appeal to those among you , who have faith in the principle of associated agricultural labour , to exert yourselves , ere it be too late , in rescuing the estates oi the late Land Company from ( he grasp of those who would feel pleasure in destroying this , the greatest monument of the power of the combined pence of working men , which the world has yet seen . This ohject can be easily and speedily effected by taking shares in the National Loan
Society , and depositing your scrip with its officers . Declarations from all parts of the country have been forwarded to us , approving oi the principles and objects of the Society ; but these have not been followed up as they should have been—by an extensive demand for shares ; thereby enabling us to have sufficient capital at command to carry our objects into effect . If you are willing to abandon the fruit o ( years of successful combination without a struggle , this appeal will fall without , an echo on your apathetic minds . If you are not willing to abandon that , for which you so successfully
struggled , you will at once become members of our Society , by which means alone can you rescue your interests in the Company from being a complete wreck . Many enthusiastic shareholders are appa . rently waiting until Mr . O'Connor fulfils bis promise of starting a new Land Company . By joining our Society they will he prepared with both capital and land , and will thus be enabled the more readily to co-operate with Mr . O'Connor in carrying his plan into operation . By the provisions of our laws it is impossible that any risk can be incurred , whilst the benefits are certain . "
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LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MINERS . A public meeting of the Miners of Blackrod , Aspul , & c , was held on Monday last , 20 th inst ., at Aspul Moor . A band of music and banners , with a carriage , met W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Mr . D . Swallow , at the Horwich Railway Station , to take them to the meeting . The afternoon was very wet , but notwithstanding the men of Aspul and Blackrod mustered in goodly numbers . Mr . H . Dennett , of Wigan , was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . D . Swallow and W . P . Roberts , Esq .
A special delegate meeting was held at the Fleece Inn , Bradshawgate , Bolton , on Monday , Oct , 20 th , and Tuesday 21 st . It was the most numerously attended delegate meeting ever held in Bolton , upwards of 100 delegates being present . Among other resolutions the following were agreed to : — ' That two men from each district be appointed to form a committee , to meet at John Croston's , to make arrangements about both counties joining together again . '
' That the county meetings at Haydock and Oldham be dispensed with ; and that the j oint county meeting beheld on Monday next , October 27 th , at the Unicorn , Little Lever , instead ; and that bills be printed calling a public meeting at the same place ; and also on the same day , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , so that intelligence might be sent to the various lodges and districts about the Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton . ' * That statements be printed and sent to all
the Masters of Lancashire and Cheshire on the 3 rd of November , asking for the same amount of wages as was paid in the year 1845 . ' ' That alldelegatescome prepared to the next county meeting , with the opinion of their districts as to the propriety of a General Restriction of Labour to one given sum per day , the meeting to order what the Restriction shall be per day , and when the General Restriction shall commence . ' The meeting then adjourned .
TrjESDiv Mobnino , October 21 . —After the confirmation of the minutes of the previous day the following resolutions were adopted : — " That D . Swallow getlQO statements printed as soon as possible . " " That W . Milner , of Blackrod , be the county secretary , and Charles Meadowcreft , county treasurer ; their wages to be 10 s . per fortnight each . " " The question of the tubs being cut , lay over for the present . " " That a vote of thanks be given to the Chairman for his services in the chair . "
Resolutions of the Select Committee above referred to . — " That the Miners of the two counties of Lancashire and Cheshire be now and henceforth united together in one grand consolidated union ; and that this committee do take each other by the hand , heartiiy and cordially , as a pledge of the good feeling and union now formed among them . " The above resolution was carried with acclamation . " That each district send twopence per member to the next county meeting : each delegate to be paid from bis own district this time ; but each district must send word whether delegates from districts are to be paid from the county or district fund after the next meeting . "
Another Strike .—No Sooner Was It Known ...
Another Strike . —No sooner was it known that the men in the employ of the contractors for the works of the Great Northern Railway had been successful in their demands on Monday , than a general strike took place amongst , the large body of bricklayers and labourers in the employ of Air . Myers , the contractor for the erection of the Kew City of London Hospital at Victoria Park . It is stated that a deputation from the East-end men met a number of tho Great Northern workmen on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of bringing the contractors for the City of London Hospital to the same terms which the Great Northern men | have succeeded in obtaining from the Messrs , Jay and Co . A book and nrintseller at Pesthhas been arrested and sentenced to eight days' imprisonment , for having in his possession portraits of revolutionary personages . Another bookseller is now under examination for a similar offence .
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PUBLIC SUPPER IN HONOUR OF MR O'BRIEN , AND IN COMMEMORATION Of THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . A public supper for the above objects was held on Monday evening at Mr . Rudd ' s , the Golden Lion , Wardour-street , Soho . About 130 individuals sat down to a most excellent repast . Mr . Fi-exmobe occupied the chair , and proposed , as the first toast , ' The Sovereignty of the People , ' which was responded to by Mr . Harrigan . The cause of the sovereignty of the people was advancing throughoutthe whole of Europe ; it was making rapid strides in Prance and Italy . When the people
possessed Universal Suffrage , they would soon establish a Democratic and Social Republic , or a government founded upon those principles which the Reform League profounded ; and without which , leVthe government be called by what naras it might , there would be no equality of rights , no guarantee for an equality of those comforts which man's labour ever purchased , and which every man had a right to enjoy . The toast was drank with great enthusiasm . The Chairman then gave ' Kossuth , and may be live to / est & bliah the independence of his country . '
Mr . G . Hopr-Y responded to the toast . That Kossuth would live to establish the independence of Hungary he had but little doubt , and that it would be of the utmost value to the cause of liberty in Europe he had no doubt ; and if Kossuth was not so advanced in democratic axioms as themselves , it was the duty of the Democrats of London and of England to spur him forward in the cause of progression , until be became truly one of the Champions of the people . Tbe next toast was , ' James Bronterre O'Brien , and may the Universal People soon appreciate his ' laborious exertions as President of the National Reform League , and as the untiring friend and teacher of the people . '
Mr . Rogers responded to the toast . It had been his happiness to have known Mr . O'Brien for many years , and he could safely say , that he never knew him vary from the cause of Political and Social Reform . Under all times and circumstances he had always been a good and true reformer . The coast was then drank with three-timea-three with immense applause . Mr . O'Brien acknowledged the compliments paid him . It was with extreme happiness that he met the members of the League upon the present occasion—not because tbev had met to pay a mark
of respect to himself , but because it was the celebration of the second year of their establishment as a Society . Notwithstanding the predictions of false friends and open enemies , they had outlived all the opposition that had been so assiduously brought against them , and tbe ; would , he had no doubt , live until their end was accomplished . The National Reform League was not an ephemeral body—its principles were for all time . Individual members might die , and greater numbers would supply their place , but , as an aggregate body , the League would never die until a veritable social and democratic
republic Should be established . Socrates , the ancient philosopher , on being told that his ro % m was small , wished that he could only fill it with true friends ; they had two large rooms , both were ( nil , and he knew the majority were true friends , because they were the men who had rallied round him in the days when he bad been denounced and abused by the leaders of all parties , and were still at his side , battling for the cause of human progress . Mr . O'Brien then paid a high compliment to the members of the League , and showed that perseverance , when combined with honesty , would
ever rise to the ascendant . Mr . O'Brien then dwelt with great fervour upon the wrongs of the people , and their folly in not uniting to remedy them . He then entered into a retrospect of his career during the past twenty years , and gave some interesting reminiscences of Hunt , Cobbett , and other reformers , defending their characters , and that of Maximillian Robespierre , from the calumnies which had been thrown upon them . He concluded by showing tbe great progress which true principles had made during late years , and sat down amid tumultuous and loilg-COntinUed cheering .
The Chairman then proposed the following toast : — ' The Chartist Victims of 1848 , and may those who fearlessly advocate the People ' s Cause never want the support , protection , and sympathy of the People . ' Mr . C . Murray responded in a feeling and appropriate manner , and expressed his opinion that their sufferings and the heroic devotion which caused them still to be found in the ranks of the people was deserving their utmost appreciation , and that the cause of the people would never progress until they threw the shield of their divinity around their champions , and caused them to be respected by their oppressors .
Mr . J . Wilson , in an excellent speech , proposed that the toast should include the victims of 1839 and 1842 , as well as those of 1848 , which was unanimously agreed to , and tbe toast was drank with enthusiasm . ' Mr . Bejer acknowledged the compliment in a song composed for the occasion . The last toast of the evening was , ' The National Reform League , and may the doctrines it advocates upon tbe nationalisation of land and public works , equitable commercial exchange , currency , and the poor laws , rapidly spread throughout tbe country . Mr . Binney responded in a speech of great ability , which was much applauded .
Songs and recitations occupied the remainder of the evening , and the greatest harmony prevailed . Votes of thanks were given to the host and the Chairman , prior to the guests departing .
Parliamentary And Financial Reform.-Meet...
PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM .-MEETING AT TAVISTOCK . On Monday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Tavistock was held in the Town Hall , called by the Portreeve , Solomon Perry , Esq ., pursuant to a requisition signed by about 120 of the inhabitants . The requisition was to the effect that the requisionists " having observed and conof tho age , worthy of a great people to adopt , and sidered the ministerial announcement in the House of Commons of an intended measure of parliamentary reform , do hereby request you will convene a public meeting for tbe purpose of forming an association to promote , by all legal and constitutional means , the obtaiuttig of such a measure oi political and financial reform , as may be fitted to the wants satisfactory to all who have just claims to be considered in tho government of the country . S Perry , Esq ., tho Portreeve , took the chair , and after adopting resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting , several persons entered their names as members Of the new Association . The meeting was of a local character , none of the leading members of the association being present .
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; PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY . 70 THE KDIT 0 R OF TUB NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —The interest which you have taken for so many years in the discussion of the rights of labour , induces me to solicit you to give the enclosed a place in your columns . I think it mainly valuable for the quotations it contains from our leading political
economists . I have a strong impression that the question of labour ought to be argued on its own merits , apart entirely from , party purposes and influenoes . The labourers of this country are very far from enjoying the comforts which their own industry , and the wealth which that industry has brought into existence , warrant them in claiming , Nor are they likely to rise in the scale until they , by their intelligence and perseverance , make their claims fully known . Tours truly , S . M . Ktjdd .
"MR . KYDD AND THE ' ECONOMIST . ' " to the editor of the morning herald . " Sir , —The unfair use made by the editor of the ' Economist' in his paper of Saturday last of my attendance at a meeting of working men , held at the Beaumont Institution , Mile-end , on the evening
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of Thursday , Oct . 16 , and reported in your columns of Friday , tho 17 th , induces mo to otter , for tiio henent of tho editor of tho ' Economist , ' a forewords of explanation . "lam in no way connected with the shipping of tho port of London . I was not invited to attend the said meeting . j . " My attendance at the meeting was mainly the result of my beiog ia that neig hbourhood on business . • • * ¦ ' " The chairman was concluding his address when I entered . " 1 was seated in the body of the hall during the confusion which occurred . Was waited . on . by several workiog men , and subsequently my name was called out from many parts of the building . ;
" My chief object in ascending tho platform was to make order permanent , if possible . "' Pho ' Chairman very ' properly refused to hear me . except on condition that I should move a resolution . I consented . " The resolution moved by me was not eveu written out , and was totally unknown ( until moved ) by all parties present . It was subsequently written , and I immediately left . Next morning 1 was pleased to know that the resolution so moved was unanimously adopted . "Throughout my brief address I distinctly stated , ' in arguing this question I discarded party and all partisan influence . I wish no party use to be made of any words of mine . ' and
" Prom circumstances to slender commonplace , the lynx-eye't editor of tho ' Economist' has discovered that Mr . Young has brought the ' support ' of myself and others to the aid of ' Lord Stanley and the Protectionists . ' What a keenness of vision he must have ! Now , Mr . ' Economist-, ' what was the resolution which I moved ? Read it ; remember it ; do your b .-st to reduce it to practice . For youv especial benefit I will quote it . 'As labour is the only legitimate property of the working man , it follows that cheap products , the result of low-priced labour , are injurious to his best interests . ' Is that resolution true or false ? ! = > it or ia it not consistent with the fundamental truths of economical science ? These are the questions which it becomes you to answer . Sneering is a vulgar , immodest , practice , of which you ought to think shame . "Adam Smith opens . his introduction to the ' Wealth of Nations' in-these words ;— ' The annual
labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and comforts of life which it annually consumes . ' "At the beginning of chapter v ., book 1 , he writes : — 'Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries , conveniences , and amusements of life . "In chapter viii ., book 1 , the samo author wiites : — ' The wages of labour are the encouragement of industry , which , like every other human quality , improves in proportion to the encouragement it
re-. , . , " It would be an easy matter to multiply such quotations . " Mr . M'Culloch writes— ' Very low wages , by rendering it impossible for any increased exertions to obtain any considerable increase of comforts and enjoyments , effectually hinders them from being made , and is , of all others , the most powerful cause of that idleness and apathy that contents itself with what can barely continue animal
existence . A fear of trespassing on your space prevents mo from quoting Malthus at length , who most forcibly urges the strong necessity of good living and high wages for tbe ' labourers , ' and severely censures those who might condemn the working men of England to ' rags' and ' wretchedness , ' ' for the purpose of selling a few more broad cloths and calicoes . ' —( Condition of the Poor Considered . ) " John Stuart Mill , in his most recent work , writes : — ' If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly he said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . ' "' Cheapness of goods is desirable only when the cause of it is that their production costs little labour , and not when occasioned by that labour ' s being ill-remuunerated . '— ( Principles of Political Economybook v . chap , x . )
, , " The ohject of the meeting in the Beaumont Institution was to consider tbe interests of working men . Its chairman , Mr . G . F . Young , may , or may not have enunciated sound opinions . It is not for mo to interfere between Mr . Young and tho ' Economist , ' but it is not in the power of tho editor of the ' Economist' to prove the object of tho meeting to be cither unpatriotic or unjust . I , for one , do not envy tbe feelings of a gentleman , who can hold up the proceedings of working men as ' mirth' to the ' manufacturers , ' and tbe paucity of numbers as a source of ' consolation , ' It is much easier , and decidedly less honourable , to sneer at ' Chartist orators , ' than to reason tho question of labour in its fulness . "lam in no way interested in the success of any system of policy , except in so far as my judgment warrants me in believing it to be beneficial for the best interests of my country .
" Will the editor of the ' Economist' prove the converse of the resolution I moved at the meeting in tbe Beaumont Institution to be true ? I will be most happy to wait upon him at his leisure . " Should he decline doing so , it certainly will not be for the want of courage , for assuredly the gentleman who voluntarily undertakes to whitewash the ' Manchester men , ' has ' pluck' enough for anything . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " Samuel M . Kidd . "
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* THE CHARTIST EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDITOR OF IDE IfOBTIIEBN STAR . Sin , —Having been nominated to fill up the vacancy in the Executive caused by the resignation of Mr . Reynolds , permit me to state through your columns that I respectfully decline . There are noble men already nominated , who will do more essential service to the cause—independent of the talent they possess—than my present position enables me even to promise ; when , however , " ministers resign " —and their year of office has nearly expired—I shall feel honoured in being permitted to sifc as one of the acting servants of Democracy , in the truly-evontful 1852 . I am , sir , yours , tfsc , John James Bezer . Christian Socialist Office , 183 , Fleet-street , Oct . 21 , 1851 .
Irish Democratic Alliance. On Sunday Eve...
IRISH DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE . On Sunday evening tbe usual weekly meeting of this body was held at the Ncp'une Inn , Bridgestreet . Mr . M . Maloney in the chair . Several new members were enrolled , and a new council of thirteen elected for the ensuing quarter . Mr , O'Sullivan , secretary ; Mr . Curtis , treasurer ; and Mr . Maloney , chairman . Tbe lecture of Mr . Bready was adjourned to Sunday next , at hall-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Mr . Dowling brought forward the merits of the candidates of the southward for municipal honours . He ( Mr . Dowling ) was of opinion that the alliance were bound as democrats to support the two candidates , Mr , Bobson , and Mr , Kershaw ! both candidates were men ot liberal
opinions . ' Mr . Robson was what they commonly termed a six points man ; and Mr . Kershaw was more liberal than the majority of his class . The meeting unanimously agreed to exert themselves to the utmost to place Messrs . Robson and Kershaw in the council chamber . On Monday eveing a large and influrntial meeting of the Burgesses of Bowling Ward , was held at the Wheat Sheaf Inn , lo nominate two fit and proper persons to represent the interest of the ward in the town council . Mr . Moore , late treasurer to the Chartist
Association , Mr . Sharp , an out-and-out democrat , and Mr . Pickup , a solicitor , were nominated . Several questions were asked oi tbe candidates , which Messrs . Moore and Sharp answered to the satisfaction of the meeting . On a question being asked Mr . Pickup , respecting his pelitical creed , he declared he was not for extending the suffrage to householders . The show of hands dec ' ared Messrs . Moore and Sharp the choice ot tbe meeting , four hands only being held up for Mr . Pickup , and a committee was appointed to secure the return of the people ' s choice .
The Political Victims' Association.—At A...
The Political Victims' Association . —At a meeting of this association , on Sunday evening , the secretary reported that the Kossuth Demonstration Committee had declined to recognise the three members who had been no * minated to represent the Association , The report gave considerable dissatisfaction , and it was agreed that the Association should give no further pecuniary aid to the De monstration Committee . It was also resolved that an appropriate banner should be prepared , and other arrangements made , to enable the association to take Us proper place iu the procession .
The Testimonial In Favour Of Blair's Gou...
The testimonial in favour of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , from Garret Foster Gill , Esq ., concludes by saying , ' Whenever I feel any symptoms of the disease appro'iching , I have instant recourse to this medicine , which to me is so valuable that , were it not that the days ot magic have ceased , I should certainly attribute the reliet 1 "bta ' m to that cause . Moreover , I rejoice to say , that my health has not in any degree suffered , ; but , ori ne contrary . I believe the tendency of Blair ' s 1 *» " « «* ° * rf " its improvement . '—Solil by all medicine venocis , priBO 2 s . 6 d . ner box .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25101851/page/1/
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