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CHARTISM . _-r-i-rvnX OP THE " PROCEEDINGS" OF COXTI _^ _gsxCE OP DELEGATES AT MANGBSS « f _from last week- * " Star of Freedom . ) 1 THURSDAY , Mat 20 . a hr Mr Coceeoft , and seconded by Mr . _Flvlex : — jfoved 0 } _j » - _dig-rences that have taken place in ( , Th « a _sj _ _MoTCmeut , aave been _aggravated by one ihe l' j , * g . _« s c 3 use having been exposed by the members ort _^ C | at - I 00 ) we consider it advisable to recommend _^ _^ r _^ artists in general the propriety of ceasing to supt 0 nv party engaged in suoh dissensions . " ? « _Sl _> v Mr . Citte , seconded by Mr . Tvsas :- «« That _inriaion behalf of this Conference he presented to _sW \ _fvVc ' ty ' 3 Ministers , praying for tlie _liberation of the fce r ; 5 rarcxile 3 of Great Britain and Ireland . " _Matters were read from Ilaaley and Bristol , the first con-. _rr : ,. 10 s ., the second 8 s . _^> r Gbocoit brought up the address to the people , -55111011 ' _sls _followa :- e
__ ' n " _tbes Chartists . —An important mission has been confided to Men we have endeavoured to fulfil to the best of our abilities _, _^" _' nart of that mission is to inmiediituly appeal to you . indivi . - Hraud _collectively , so be more and more on the alert for the fl ? _r _^! _- » ment of that cause , which can never be won without yonr _= _Ss t _mnpathy and candid co-operation . We have lonjr _. in _¦^^ _on wiih yourselves , seen ana _deplonrf the apatliyaaa _infr . E _* _n _^ _rlAeh has _ba-n manifested liy the toilers of oar country to Ji > l _* s t interests : but , vie would ask , ha 3 not the dissensions es-- t _n-ia _ourovroranksbeen the principal cause ? We have been tear-- »» _-ch other to pieces , instead of forwarding the _sucred cause we _^ _vurofessi-a to love . The time of the local councils has been _oc-„ n _^ _l in framin'r denunciatory resolutions against each other , _in" to the foeTo endeavour to put
a „ f preiorin _? repel common . In _effectual termination to rich a _dls = slrous state of _thicp , has _vnoie of f * _eobjeeta for which we have _asseutbkd . And , autr Sre deliberation , we hare decided on measures which will jf _Sinaretruetovonrselves , fully answer the purpuse . A \ e iaida ' r ian of _oTpamsati-m , which , although not entirely new , « . _»«««« Sets , _msteriallv different from any precedmS one . That plan _£ T . _« Ufim yoi - . and it will meet wrth _theapproval of our _h-r _ihren throughout the country . But mere approbation ts no . « . ou _" . We must _hweyonrze-dons co-oper ation ana support . wm \ u not "ive itf We _beiieve your response mil be mi the 5 L ?« fl « A ? _Charts _, vou have a duty toperfona . On you _S _Scc 75 or prostration of the veritable _Semocracy . We _^ iV _™™ bv vour _professions of adhesion to the _ernse
_ofsufferic- auraanitv-hy your determination never to _•«« }< = u . So ' , s-bv fee memory of _ihose who have seale . Hhe truth of [ Sri _^ pfes inthe du _^ eons , on the hulks , or ou the seaffoM _toSyoiselves , _auda- _^ ino _rganiseI _orjm . se organise ! not for pnn _^ e ; ofvi . _aenM-not for the creation of _viohnce , but for the _purjHises _"i » i « c" _ , _, _;„» , _; il « liow to the _gor .-ramr-nt that _injastly _relied ? Yon ra „ *> -. _«!« y _„ ur To-. ce * heard and _yourselves respected . Bat to do thosethings , yen must respect _jourseives . If > 0 i are sincere in your desire lor political emancipation , you will _ddiuitsattainmeut . This aid can be giveuio many ways , _* . w _cancnnaibuteat-ccrding to your means for a more extensive diss m naftm of vonr principle ? . We have appomted an _j & xecutive of _dir-M _c-nsistingo : working men , whom we have every reason to _h-licve will enter _npnn their mission wish energy and detcrnr . _na-« nn . Tliev will travel east , weft , _nortJi _, and south , _spreading the ' dutio
-loroiss iratha of democracy . It is your y strengthen ? heir hand-: , to animate their hopes , and _encourage their zeal . This v .. u can do by contribalin _? towards their support , —not as _genfleait-n hut bvplacinpthem at least _abave want while doing your work . ' To _different _oancils and mow influential members we w < _uHe-a >? cia !! v address ourselves , for on them rests . an awful re-Boin = ibllilv ; and we earnestly call on them to discontinue at once _all those _bicfermss and _disseasions in tbe localities to which _theviespsctfalivbelone :. Our cause is too sacred to thrive amid jhii turmoil , " dissension , and disunion , for the sake of all that is good , great and ennobling , elevate Chartism _, let us _each and alL solemnly determine tbat henceforth our . _IssiWalJ un shall be carried on for the purposes for which it wa = established—namely , the attainment of that Charter , which is _calculated to promote the happiness of this country , anil the _re--Hieratjoaof the world . ....
There K _likenis ? , another subject to which it is necessary we _riioud direct your attention ; and believe that we shall have your most hearty response , when we inform you that it is to call _meetings jin our _different localities fur the purpose of adopting memoria _^ _VirV-etiHoas on befc ; ilf of Fros t , Williams , and Jones , with the _oiker _political exiles , whedier _English or Irish . We are _disposed to think that the present time is a most propitious one for au unite ! effort on behalf of our expatriated friend ? . The government , we have everv reason to believe , are favourably disposed , ar . d wilt , no doabt , should anything like a national tffort be made , yield to _deforce of public opinion . Then , at once to the woik—at osce rpmemherthe old adage , ' Delays are dangerous . '
Mr . Cockbofi moved , and _" r . Fixlex seconded , the _following resolution — " That we advise all the Chartists thrna _| hont the country to resolve themselves into election _cauiauttees , where practical , to decide upon fit and proper men to _onr in nomination at the _forthcoming election , to canvass the towns in which , their _respective localities are stoned , to collect money to defray their expenses consequent upon their immediate contest , and that we urgently _rtq-. _i-iit that no member be put ia nomination who will not pledge _hiaself to tbe People ' s Charter , whole and entire . " Mr . Cockeoft said that heforc they separate they ought to take soaie steos to pay off the debt .
Mr . _FiXLEXsaid yes , they had that monster humbug , tho debt to consider . T _« e _ecoriuotw sum of £ 6 was ornng to _souie t > W woman who kept a public-house—it was so awful this Xa-ti-oa-al _T ) eht . He tbougiit it was a dreadful thing , and one _wiiteh required their most serious consideration . Be would move : — " That this _Convention pay the sum of 2 _? . _Cl . towards that debt as soon as they got £ 10 in hand . " Mr . CmE seconded tbe resolution . _Ultimately it was resolved to request the members to pav of the debt by voluntarily contributions . Mr . Citie then moved , and Mr . Cocxsoet seconded : — "That tbe " People ' s Piper" be adopted _asthereeogliieu . _«> rgaa of the Chartist body . 3 Ir . _Gkocoii was opposed to the motion . A _di-cuasion ensued , in course of which ,
3 Jr . _Fislen * said the " People ' s Paper' was the best organ we had . True , it did not advocate such high fangled _notions as some papers did . It did not advocate extreme and impracticable measures , but went for things which could bo accomplished . They must _sappc-xt the able , tbe intelligent , the talented , tho indomitable , the _nnpurchasahle , and the incorruptible Editor of the " People ' s Paper . " Mr . _Cockroft said , it was absolutely necessary that the " People's Paper" should be recommended . Ti e re elation w . _-is then carried , and the meeting _adiiurned . FRIDAY , Mat . 2 . PLA _3 _T OF ORGANISATION . The Goverkmest of the Association is vested in an Executive Committee , consisting of three members , to be paid for their services . The Executive shall be elected , for the term of six months .
Tbe duties of the Executive shall consist in faithfully attend ' w . _% to their appointments . They shall report each week : n the Association ' s organ a faithful account of their mission . They shall hereafter elect the General _Secretary , and have the power to dismiss him for dishonesty , _intrisuing , secret letter writing , neglect of duty , or general misconduct . They shall also have the power to appoint Lee tnrer _? , issae addresses and tracts , directing the localities in r _^ riiamentary and Municipal Elections . Tbey shall also take advantage of all circumstances aud events which to them may appear best calculated to obtain the enactment of the People ' s Charter .
_Lr-cit . —That the members resident in every locality shall have the power of nominating seven of their number , including a Treasurer and Secretary , to act in the capacity of Council of tbe Local Association . The Council of the _Association shall hold office for three months from the time Of their nomination . A list of such nominations to be sent _s ? sow as possible for the approval and sanction of the _« ecut . ve Committee . Bciies of Councils . —That the duty of the Councils _sia ' _. l ) e to attend to the circulation of tracts , containing SOurd political information , promote pablio _nieet ii ? s , deliver lectures , attend discussions , establish reading rooms , _librarie-s and _cthirsvise act as tbe Executive shall direct , is disseminating tbe principles of tho Association . The Councils of tbe Association shall assemble at least once a Week to deliberate npoa . and tike the necessary measures for , promoting the spread of Democratic principles ; and _rTheeter it is practicable , it is recommended that delegate meetings , representing districts , shall he periodically held , thus bringing several localities under one united barmoni
_ons Association . The Council shall have the power to divide the localities into districts , appoint local lecturers and district visitor * All localities shall have the power to enact laws for their guidance , provided that such Jaws shall be in accordance to tbe fundamental laws of the Association . The Council dissolved ,
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ADDRESS OP THE MEMBERS OF TOE CITY _LOCALITY TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BR 1 TAIX . Brother Chartists , — Onr mutual attachment to the principles of Democracy creates that fraternity which leads to an interchange of ideas between tho Chartists of one district and those of another . When one portion of the tttn tngaged in onr holy cause fed deeply upon a question , it is well that they should speak oat their sentiments to their fellow _lalu-urers . Much evil wculd have keen destroyed had this been more common ; much good would havebeen done had we not kept too distant from each other . We now claim your earnest attention to a _question which should no longer * be suffered to remain in a beyance . There was a time when Chartism was powerful - _~ _tv ; en it bearded ministers—when it called forth an array ° f cavalry , artillery , policemen , and specials—when , had it
B _« t been misdirected , it would have triumphed . The _prin-S | ples to v : h . _ichv ! eajeattached areas sacred now as ever _, -found ed in justice , they cannot be destroyed . But , though Onr _ecca : ie 3 cannot subvert those principles , their triumph _*& a y be impeded by those men , who . while _professinu to _!!•¦ _« the cause of truth , are , in effect , its mortal foes , _"hi ! e we should unite against enemies , we should save _curves from "friends . " On Monday , May 17 th , in Manchester , five persons , _^ snniin _^ to represent tbe Chartists of Great Britain , ° Pene _4 the first act of a performance , which will , jf we be _?| p : ue , ever remain as one of the deepest stigmas inflictsd P ° n Chartists . The next day three more were added , _? ! ? ei ght to represent Chartism in Convention . From _^ _"jdoa _^ wo were elected at a tea party and public _meeting _rising in all about 1-50 persons . Twenty-two persons elected - « . . J _SEBtativn of _Hnlifnr rnd whpn fhn _/> _nnef ! _fi !« i _... ;< .
not th 5 ma , nder are scrutinised as they shall be , we doubt Tho- i _wbole of t , ie elections will be in keeping . obihT , onsand thes 0 " delegates" we repudiate . If , j _., , H ° nnd , we are wrong , we proclaim that we dis-0 _aatenance the deeds of this so-called Conference .
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Against ail protest—against all authority—against the constitution agreed to by thirty delegate * in 1851 , representing the most important places in Great Britain , these men , representing six towns , have dared to assemble to _legislate for the Chartists of England , _Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . With a curious felicity they have pursued a course of lawmaking ( which was marked out for them ) equally in con . _sonance with the hardihood which characterised the act of assembling . To assemble while there was an Executive _existing , to protest is a notorious breach of tho laws of the Association , bnt they havo balanced the breach of one set of laws with the enactment of others , to which all who wish well to the Charter will refuse adhesion . Had a Convention been desired , the Executive Committee are the only persons who had a right to call it . Before even _tlieu could have called it , it must have had the sanction of
tie paying members of the movement . At the request of a few—a very few—the Executive pledged themselves to c : » _U one when they had acquitted themselves of a duty which , whatever some interested persons ni 3 y think , is the paramount one of all—the liquidation of a debt . Locality after locality protested without avail . They met . Now for their laws . The first action of any importance was to depose the residue of an unpaid Executive elected in January last , and to seat in their places a triumvirate , whose services Are to be remunerated at the rate of £ 1 10 s . per ireek . They are to so round the country lecturing ! But the question _arises _' for whom—for what—Is it for Chartism or Dictatorship ? " Aye , there ' s the rub : " and , truly , this rub , with other reflections tbat _sug-rest themselves , make the whole afftir look l _& e a _? on J Chartists , draw your own inference : wo draw ours .
Xo one rejoicing in his full development of brain , will endorse tho sentiments there enunciated , with reference to the middle classes . We will let other reformers have fair phv—we will not ' ' smash in upon them ; " but we call upon Chartists to repudiate those men as fair exponents of their views , who , whether designedly or othenvisc , by the violence of their language , and their love of imputation , have laboured to make a movement ridiculous , which should command the respect , and enlist the sympathies of all . Chartists ! Brothers ! If jou wish well to the movement for which so many brave men have been martyrs , rally at once ; Jet your mighty voices be heard in repudiation of this unholy compact , and rest assured tbat we will take sueh _stips as will go far to originate in London a real and bona fide People ' s movement . But if you stand slavishly by and suffer , without protest , this conduct in the name of Chartism ; then do we mourn for Democracy , and feel that our enemies aro right in proclaiming our unfitness for liberty . Signed on behalf Ot the City Locality , Jons _Washington . J . B Leno . James Morixg
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METROPOLITAN DELEGATE _COUNClif-DISSATISFACTIOX WITH THE _PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . The Council met at the Literary Institute , Leicester-place , en Sunday . May 23 rd , 1852 . —Mr . _Athol Wood Wits called to the chair , and the report of the _Jate Convention was brought up _i-y Mr . E . Jones , who said there were eight _delegates presert . The smaliness of their number arose from _thedisi-r _^ anisc-d , and consequently impoverished state of tho Chartists ; but thirty letters had been received from localities , expressive of approbation of the Conference , and regretting tnoir inability to send delegates . Mr . Jones was proceeding to argue in favour of the measures adopted , when Mr . ' T . M . Wheeler rose to order , and reminded Mr . Jones that his business was to give a succinct account of what was done at the Conference , and to _vpceify his own votes , & o . —Mr . Jones proceeded , and said the expenses of the Conference amounted to £ 7 . Ti ; ey had agreed that .-ill contributions for the future should be voluntary : that there should be an Executive of three , composed of working men , to receive salaries of £ 110 s . each weekly . The Conference had proceeded to the election—provisionally merely—for three mouths . The election had fallen on Messrs . Finlen , Gammage , and Crow , who had aU . _aceepted tUeofn _.-c , and to the election of a secretary , Mr . W . Grocott had accepted the office at a salary ef £ 1 per week , and ho was expected to reach London to-morrow ( Monday ) , when they would select an office . The delegates had also determined that , in the event of public meetings being called for anything less than the Charter , tbe Chartists should be _sumiuoned , and go to such meeting , and move an amendment for the Charter , name and all . —Mr . Farrah begged to ask Mr . Jonas if tho speech attributed to him , relative to middle class meetings , in which the words occur of " Smash in upon them , " " Break in upon their doorkeeper ; and storm the _meeting , " was correctly reported . — Mr . Jones declined answerieg the question until the report he had delivered was settled . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler said he beiived Mr . f . irrah was _perfectly in order , and had submitted his question at the proper time . —Mr . A . Grant moved that the report be received . —Mr . Washington thought they ought to be first informed if that speech had been ' delivered by Mr . Jones , and secondly , if tho thirty letters said to have been read were from localities , or from their representatives , or _fromindividuals . —Mr . Farrah said if the report he held in his hand was correct , they were
. . Jones if that was a correct report . —Mr . Jones bogged to ask the name of the paper . On being apprised that it was the " Star of Freedom , " he said he did not stand there to battle with newspaper writers . Ho had been sent to Manchester as their delegate , and had delivered in his report . Mr . Jones was then reminded th it the " People ' s Paper , " his own organ , said the number of letters was only sixteen . Mr . Jones said he did not depend on that cither , he having to report _Jiimse' f , and his numerous avocations not permuting him to give it s ; i $ cienfc attention . —Mr . Stratton said , under those circumstances it becomes his duty to ask , if a _person being employed specially to report , having nothing else to do , was not more likely to be correct than Mr . Jones's report , he having so many duties to attend to . Mr . Jones did not depend on any paper . lie was their delegate , and if they _disputed his report they could write to the Chairman of the late Conference , or to its Secretary . —The report was then received . —Mr . Farrah again rose , and read tbe speech relative to the middle class from the " Star of Freedom , " and pressed Mr . Jones for a reply yes or no , did he deliver it ?—Mr . Jones said , tbat report was " founded on a phantom . " It was a base , malicious , and dastardly lie . " Mr . Jones said ( taking the " Star of Freedom" in his hand ) it is certainly correct that Mr . Cockroft did say what is set down for him respecting the Chartists of fllaifax and _themiddleclasses , and equally true that he cried "hear , hear , " to it . De would give them a sketch of the speech he did deliver . It was in reply to a question by Mr . Grocott—" Suppose tho middle classes called a ticket meeting , how would they act then , " Ho had replied " they must break through such flimsy barriers ; " and should they convene a meeting by tickets , giving their tickets away , the Chartists must accept their tickets , attead the meeting , and move amendments fyr the Charter . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler asked , why the Conference had elected an Executive , _vhen no such proposition was on their programme , espeei _.-illy as another Executive was in existence . Truth compelled him to say , that men elected under such circumstances could carry no wei ght with any of the old Chartists . —Mr . Jones thought it was in the programme . ( Cries of" No , no . " ) Well , then , the best steps to reorganise the movement was the deposing of one Executive , and the electing of another , Besides , the _Executive alluded to was hardly recognised . Wheeler , Shaw , and Bezer , had resigned . Ti ; ere was , then Linton , who nad never acted , Grassby , and Arnott , and G . J . _IToiyoake , ( who had spoken against the Chartists , ) and Thornton Hunt , and Le Blond , whose election was not recognised bynny one . The election that had just takn place teas ly' men representing nearly the tchoh Chartist body . —He . Wheeler complained that the Conference , in secret conclave , had etideavoured to blast men ' s characters without giving those men a bearing , or without the least evidence . —Mr . Jones Baid , the doors of the Conference were always open . The reporter to the " Star of Freedom " was present , and , therefore , he could not conceive how that could be called _^ secret _conclave . Only tho character of one individual was called in question , with tbo slight exception of tho question asked relative to Mr . Robinson . Mr . Citte and another had alluded to MrTMWheeler for tho Executive
, when Messrs . Grocott and Clark atked , was he stiil addicted to excessive drinking , and he ( Mr . _JoneB ) bad , in reply , said Mr . Wheeler was a firm and sterling Democrat , but lamented to say he was still given to intoxicating habits . AU this took place publicly . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler said Mr . Jones had told him that tho whole of the men ' s names comprising the former Executive , and their characters were called into question , and added that it was his ( Mr . Jones ' s ) intention to propose him as a member of the Executive , and Mr . _Finlen ' _s to have seconded him , had he got the chance . Mr . Wheeler proceeded to defend himself from the aspersions thrown on him . He aaid , it might suit Mr . Jones's purpose to stigmatise him in the way ho had done . He ( Mr . Jones ) instead of serving , would break up the movement . —Mr . Washington moved : — " That this Council , having heard tho report from the so-called Manchester Convention , repudiate the unprecedented action of those persons in electing an Executive , and called upon all those who wish to preserve the _disnity of the movement to follow the same course of repudiation , believing that that conclave of persons were not authorised by the Chartists generally to adopt such a resolution as they , at the instigation of a few factious men , calling themselves Chartists , Lave arrived at for the _t-ratificatiou of the selfish ambition of two or three individuals who wish to _prsy upon the movement . "—Mr . Stratton , in seconding the motion , said , he recollected the time when Mr . Jones deprecated an election by saeh a few . Here were seven persons electing two others from their own body . What a farce ! What a complete burlesque ! Ho did not believe Mr . Jones knew sufficient to justify him speaking of Mr . Finlen as he had doue . lie thoug ' ht on their Executive t _' ney should have men of some standingmen of character ; hut here were men appointed scarcely known at all , so young that the ; were totally unfitted for their position . Again , why send out missionaries , when there was not money to pay them ? Why send men begging round the country ? Would any man be justified in starting in _business whilst in a state of bankruptcy ? But they had been to Manchester , an < i ae always maintained that Manchester was good for nothing except cotton , long _chimnies , and smoke ]; and in this case the smoke was superabundant . —Mr . A . Grant moved the following amendment : — " That this Council , in recehiag the report of their delegates , hereby express their concurrence in the acts of the Manchester Convention , believing that they did all they could do , in the circumstances , to resuscitate tho movementand that this Council , _therefore , accord its hearty
support to its programme . "—Mr . _Bligh seconded the amendment : —Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved a rider as follows : — " That this Delegate Council disapproves of the conduct of the Conference in electing an Executive , without appealing to the country , believing t will be productive
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cf injury and division amongst the Chartist body Mr . Smiling seconded the rider , and said , _Jjr _, Finlen had * pledged himself to Buppovtan Executive of nine-sayintr that number was less likely to sell the movement than one of tbre > persons ; yet , when at Manchester , he had not only _supported , but actually become a member of an Executive cf three—Mr . Jones defended the election . —Mr . F . Farrah said , on the top of Mr . Jones s paper was inscribed " The Sovereign . People . " _^ But after Mr . Jones ' s actions at _Manshester they must infer that tho soverei gnty meant himself . —After a few more words from Mr . Jones and Mr . Stratton , Mr . F . Farrah moved the adjournment of the debate , in order that the localities might have the opportunity of considering the matter . —Mr . _Snuggs seconded the motion . —The question was then put , six voting for adjournment , nine against . —After _a _ fBW move words from ' Messrs . Farrah and Jones , Mr . Farrah again moved tho adjournment . —The Chairman , Mr . Grant , and others protested against it ; and tho Chairman was about to put the
motion and amendments , when Mi' . Snuggs moved the adjournment . —Mr . Stratton seconded it . —Some confusion ensued , and Messrs . Washington , Stratton , Farrah , R . Farrah , Wheeler , and _Snuags left the Council in a body , declaring tho time for the adjournment had come , and that any vote _takintr place after that time would he illegal . —On the motion of Mr . Mills , it was resolved that the Council Bit a quarter of an hour longer . —The Chairman was about toput the motion , dec , when Mr . Snelling objected ; and said should it be carried , it would only have to be re-discussed next Sunday—The Chairman persisted , and for tho rider one voted , eight against . —For Mr . Grant ' s _amendment seven voted for , and one against . —No one voted for the original motion . —Mr . Grant's amendment was declared to he curried . —An analysis of the _division will show , had the six remained , that there were seven for tho amendment , and s _.-vsn fo * Mr . Wheeler ' s rider , which would left to the vote of the Chairman—the glory of upholding the " Manchester Elected Executive . "—On ( ho _mot'on of Mr . Butler
it was resolved that an aggregate meeting of _Chartists bo held that day fortnight in that Hall , —The Council adjourned shortiy before seven o ' clock . [ We cannot ' conclude this report without testifying to the genera ! uprightness and _impartiality evinced by Mr . John Athol Wood , tbe chairman . Mr . Wood ' s gentlemanly demeanour and honourable conduct affords a striking contrast to the peculiar debating Qualities of some of those who are interested in carrying out tbe policy Mr . Wood is for the present unfortunately committed to . His friends would do well to emulate him in ( hose good points , and by so doing they would at least make a bad cause worthy of some attention , and possibly even gain respect for _tKemselves . l
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . At the request of a great number of friends from various parts of the country , who havo strenuously called upon us to retain the powers delegated to us by the voice oi the Chartist party , and especially calling upon Messrs . Shaw _.-ind Bezer to continue their services , and by the proof that the people _iwe in earnest , by the funds sent in since our last , we are resoived to continue our services till such time as the people shall decide to appoint our successors . The Executive Committee , in accordance with the _iibove , met on the 25 th instant , when the
following members of the Committee were present : — Messrs . Arnott , Bezer , Grassby , Hont , Shaw , and Holyoakc . After reviewing past ' and present circumstances , and Sliding that the de » t is reduced to £ 4 some feiv shillings , we hope the remainder will be immediately sent in ; after which we will issue cards of membership to all who requiie them , and enter into other arrangements to _reorgajKM the Chartist party . As regards a National Convent on , we think the preseut time inopportune ; but if the people think differently , and supply us with the means , wc are a , their service .
In our opinion , the present time should be devoted to election purposes—such as selecting democratic candidates , aud taking them to the pull , where practicable , and , where it is not so , to be prepared to offer the firmest opposition to the enemies of ihe entire enfranchisement of the peoples . This , like all other great measures for the people's advancement , will require funds—if sueh fund 9 are _suppplied to us , _tva will use our best exertions to carry the object into effect . If ihe people are of our opinion , we trust they will immediately get about forming local committees for election purposes , and supply us with all necessary information immediately , and otherwise give us their instructions as to what they think the best policy for them and us to pursue at the present crisis . Ja . me 8 Gra . ssby , Secretavy . Receipts : A . M ., Paisley , Is . ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , per G . Grant , 9 s . 2 d . ; Croak , per Isaac Wilson , 3 s . 9 d . ; Glasgow , per James D . Ferguson , 8 s . 8 d . ; A . J . Hill , Is , ; Total , £ 1 3 s . Td .
City Of London Locality-More Repudiation...
CITY OF _LONDON LOCALITY-MORE REPUDIATION . At tbe locality meeting of Saturday , May 22 nd , Mr . Leno took the Chair . After the minutes of the former meeting had been confirmed , Mr . Farrah and Mr . Moring reported from the Delegate Council . Mr . Leno , as Chairman , read the report on the Manchester Conference . Tho following resolution was adopted ;— " That we , tho members of the City Locality , having read the report of a _AL-inchester Conference , assuming to be a Conference of the Chartist body , hereby repudiate the same , knowing
that this Conference was called in consequence of vilo misrepresentation , which the representation of this locality again and again pointed out at the meetings of tho Metropolitan Delegate Council amid the unfair opposition of the parties favouring this despicable scheme . We , therefore , resolve to abide by our former decision , of carrying out the instructions of the Executive elected by the Chartists throughout tho country . " It was then agreed : — " That an address * be issued to _recnmsicnd the example to other localities , and that Messrs . Leno , Washington , and Moring prepare the same . " The meeting _adjourned , —J . Takuau , Secretary .
Smr Locality . —At the meeting of this locality on Sunday last the following resolution was adopted : — " That in expressing our heartfelt regret and disapproval of the recent conduct of certain persons connected with our _movonienr , fully convinced the course they have lately pursued , has had a tendency to weaken tbe people ' s ranks hy splitting tnom into factions , and instituting a miserable section of partizans apart from the vast body ready to be re-united for the attainment of the People's Charter , under the judicious direction of those in whom thousands of good men and true have yet unbounded confidence ; while we hail with delight the advent of any journal devoted to , and honestly _plead ing for , the rights of man . We , nevertheless , regard with distrust any attempt to establish one democratic paper \ ipun the ruins of another . We are also of opinion that the late ridiculous display , called a National Convention
at Manchester , was a mere man : _festatton of the few engaged thereat , and calculated to create a belief in the disunion of fie Chartist body , and render our party the laughing stock of our foea . This locality hereby declares its determination to stand aloof from , and not to lend tho slightest aid to , the self-elected Executive , but will cheerfully support , to the utmost of its power , the men , and those acknowledged organs of democracy that remain faithful to the cause of the masses of our down-trodden fellow men , and respectfully call on onr brethren averse to the assumption of dictatorial potver to do likewise . —E . Smith , Secretary . Sheffield . —At a meeting of a number of friends to the _Charterhiild in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , it was unanimously it , solved to _re-ekct a Council , and commence anew the good work , when tbe _fallowing address was adopted , snd the Secretary was instructed to forward it for insertion ; the names of the Council elected are appended to it : —
" _Novr ' _s the day . and now ' _s the hour , See the front of battle's tower , See the fall of despot ' s power , Death and Liberty . " " TO OUR CHABT 1 ST COMEADES . " _Fbiends , —We , the undersigned , being elected a Council to guide the helm of affairs for the next three months , take this opportunity of a < idressii : p you at this critical juncture . If we may believe Lord _Palmerston , the Chancellor of tbo Exchequer , or the ' Times' newspaper , we may infer that > n European war is inevitable ; even that benighted country Spain is said to be bordering upon a Kepublic . France is moving . Other continental countries are also uneasy . Ihen what is the duty of all true Democrats 1
We entreat you to throw away your present apathy j never was there a greater necessity , or greater net d , for the working classes to look about them ; depend ' _iiponit , if ' you be not prepared , sad » vi ) l be the lot ef him who toils for his daily bread ; the much vauntud prosperity has all but disappeared—wages are fast _descending io the pauper _level—stagnation and starvation is everywhere apparent . Friends , where does the remedy lay , but through the dec tive franchise being conceded to the labourei in all its entirety . _Ba determined , then , that no marplots , no trifles , no foibleB , of any dc & _ctip' . ion , shall _thvinvt _yoiir futures efforts in the coming storm , fur come it will ; therefore , we hold eut the hand of fellowship to all the poorest of the poor . If fault is found with us , we will cheer . fully follow and allow others to lead ; but our bent is , and our motto shall be , to organise ' , oiga » ise ! organise ! " On behalf of the Association , we remain , respectfully , " James Leak , War . _Kobebu _, _Jasies WiULtEr . ' ¦ Jons _Alhnbok , Treasurer . " _Ricu & to Buck . Financial Secretary . " Geo . Cav _ixCorresponding Secretary . "
Re-Organisation Of The John Street Local...
RE-ORGANISATION OF THE JOHN STREET LOCALITY . On Tuesday evening last n numerous meeting of the members and friends of Chartism , in the above locality , was held in the Coffee Room of the Institution . Isaac Wilson in the chair . Several members were enrolled , and seven shillings subscribed towards the funds of the _Associati ; n . Messrs . James Grassby and Gerald Massey were unanimously elected to represent this locality on the Metropolitan Delegate Council—William MiU ' ord ( late of Bland ' ford , Dorset , ) then moved , _aiidT . S . Clark seconded , the adoption of the _follovrirg address , which , on beiug put , was unanimously agreed to : —
Brother Chaetists , _—Although we , tho members of tho Johnstreet Locality , have refrained for some two or three _raotuha to express an opinion on what has recently been enacted under the name of Chartism , wc still have closely wrtched all that has been one , and we consider that the time has cow arrived when it beho res every Chartist , who has the least _sparh of independence in his breast , to boldly state his vhws on the _presant aspect of _affai-. s . Baring tht past weak we have witnessed the most impudent and _auti-dt-mocratic assumption of power that has ever been manifested in the annuls of Chartism . A so-called "National C ., nvcn : ion , " _consititii : of _eiirht parsons , pre uming to reprt sent six
_plai » s , and , perhaps , some 2 ( Jt ) individuals have dared to constitute tke « sslres a dictatorial body . They have trampled under foot all existing laws , elected without the least authority , four persons to whom we are _expected to bow as an Executive , fixed their salaii s _, which we are called upon to pay , and towards all others who cannot subscribe to thsiv Shibboleth , have enunciated such a despotic policy , that even " out lle .-ods" Napoleon Uonaparte , Vr _' e , believing that we have some lid & a what true Democracy is , and that such conduct as the above is calculated t ) bring ( he principles we honor into contempt , hereby enter onr solemn protest against it , and urge on all our brethren throughout the country ti repudiate this miserable attempt at usurpation .
* The Address Will Be Found In The Colum...
* The address will be found in the columns o . ' this vreels ' s ' Star of Freedom . '
* The Address Will Be Found In The Colum...
A resolution having beenpass _^ d , _requesting the Executive Committee to issue cards of membership as speedily as possible , the meeting adjourned to Wednesday _evenin _* _aext . __ °
To The Editor Of The Stab Op Freedom Mr ...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAB OP FREEDOM Mr dear Sin , —In looking over the report of tbe _"ManchesterJGonfevence , " in last Saturday ' s " Star , " I was struck by tiie following passage :- « Mr . Finlen said ho was satisfied tbat Mr . Robinson was a very clever man—in fact by far too clever , for he was au atheist , and he was too clinching a reasoner on that point . They had already received too much harm from baring men holding thoso opinions on the Executive . " Had this sentiment emanated from some ignorant religious enthusiast , and been uttered in a methodist conference , I should not have been surprised ; but to find it coming from a Chartist , and spoken in a Chartist Conference hy a delegate professing to
represent the Democratic mind of the greatest city in the world , was really more thin I was prepared to meet . To say tho least of this , it is the commencement of a new era in the history o f Democracy . Of all the inconsistencies that evef disgraced tho Chartist movement , this is without parallel . What Mr . F . means by the term atheism , I cannot tell ; but , surely he means something which in lis estimation is very criminal ; so much so , indeed , that to be an atheist is suffi cient to disqualify a man for holding any office on the Chartist Executive . It is true I am hardly orthodox in my opinions , but how Mr . F . comes to know so exactly hnw far I am heterodox I cannot conceive . lie has had few
opportunities of learning my opinions on religious subjects , excepting such as were afforded him during the sittings of the Convention of ' 51 ; and I think the men of London , and my brother delegates , will bear mo witness that Domocraey was not dishonoured either in my speeches or conduct . My atheism , as Mr . F . calls it , toadies me that a man may differ with mo on those speculative subjects , and be none tho less worthy ofconfidencc _. orthe less virtuousontluvt account . If Mr . F . means , by that term , one who cannot see sufficient reason for believeing in the God of popular orthodoxy _, and who has not a sufficient amount of hypocrisy to profess what he does not believe , I have no objection that the term should be applied to me . It may bo that I cannot see quire so far into these mysteries as Mr . F ,, still I hope , if necessary , I may venture an opinion upon them a 3 well as
he , without being thought extremely wicked for so doing . I may be wrong in my opinions—I lay no claim to infallibility—but I should think myself presumptuous indeed did I , as Mr . F . seems to do—set myself up as the great sun round whom all the little stars must revolve . If it he criminal to differ with that gentleman , either on religious or political principles , I plead guilty . My Democracy is not the Democracy of class or party , but the Democracy of humanity . I clatm the right to vote—but I do not stop there . I claim tho right to think , and to express my thoughts , whether priests and phariseos are disposed to allow me that privilege or no . Free the mind from the thraldom of superstition , and its social and political freedom _tn'li follow as a matter of course . None are slaves—as a people— but those who
are slaves in mind . " It is slaves make tyrants , not tyrants make slaves . " " For a nationtobefree . it is sufficient that she wills it—to will liberty , 'tis sufficient thatsheknows it . " To know liberty it is sufficient that the mindbe freed from superstitious fears , —secure this , and it will rise superior to all social and political despotisms . Superstitions in-Vented by priests , and patronised . by governments , do more to enslave the down-trodden and plundered masses of this and every other country , than all other causes put together . I have my opinions on theology as well as politics . If I am in error , the error is my own , and I think I may venture an opinion on these subjects . It may be less orthodox than that of Mr . F ., but it may not be the less true on th it account .
Though , in Mr . Finlen j opinion , my atheism disqualified me for acting on the Executive , still it did not disqualify me for acting in my own locality as a collector of monies for the support of the very Executive who had disenfranchised me for my religions opinions . __ What strange inconsistency is this , —however , I am more disposed to attribute the error to the head than the heart . I think , Mr . Editor , there has _beenin the Democratic movement too much pandering to the prejudices of the people . In many cases its advocates have appealed morn to the passions than ' to the judgment . Mr . Finlen says , " They had already received too much iiarm from having men hold '
ing those opinions on the Executive . That gentleman will excuse me , if I tell him that he is not competent to give judgment in this case . In my opinion , when the persons he alludes to cease to fight the batt _' es of Labour , Mr . Finlen ' s efforts to do so will be of little service . It is they who are the first to give battle to prejudice , and the first to fall before it—they are the pioneers to ' . the march of Mind . It is they who have paved the way to libercy of speech by their own bones , that we may follow with comparative ease to the goal of our hopes—it is they who fight the battle in front , and for a reward are calumniated by those who bring up the
rear . I remain , dear sir , yours fraternally , A . Robinson _Wilsoen . _Culingworth , near Bingtey , Yorkshire . N . B . —The reporter for the " Star of Freedom " will accept my grateful acknowledgments for the generous manner in which he spoke of me .
Guide To The Lecture-Room Literary Insti...
GUIDE TO THE LECTURE-ROOM Literary Institution , John-street , _Fitzroy-equare . —May 30 th ( 7 _J )> a Lecture . _South-place _, Moorfidds . —May 30 th ( _UJa _. tn , ) , Q , Ierson , M . A ., will Lecture . Hall of Science , City-road . —May 30 th ( 7 _J ) , Thomas Cooper , 'Lift and Genius of Shelley . ' National II ill . 242 , High Holborn . —May 30 th ( 8 ) , P . TV . Ferfitt , ' _Opening of the Lone ; Parliament . ' South London Hall , _Webber-street _, _Blarkfriars-road May 30 th ( 7 _J ) , Charles Southwell , 'Bible Prophets and Bible Prophecies . ' East London Literary Institution , Bethnal-grecn _. —M . iy 30 th ( 7 _J ) , a Lecture . _Areopagus Coffee and Heading _Iloom , 59 , _Church-hno , Whitechapel . —Every Sunday , Monday , and Wednesday ( 8 ) . a Lecture or _Discussion . City Forum Coffee House , CO , _Redcross-strect . —Every Sunday , Monday , and Thursday , ( 84 ) , a Lecture .
Eclectic Institute , _Denmark-street , Soho . _—clvery Friday ( _SJ ) , Mr . J . B . O'Brien . Home aHd Foreign Politics . Every Suuday ( 7 Jl , on 'Moral and Social Science . ' Commercial Hall , riiilpot street , Co-nmerciai . road . east .--Theological Discussions every Sunday morning ( 11 ) , Sunday evening ( 7 ) , Tuesday ( S ) _, Thursday ( 8 ) , and Saturday ( 8 ) . Social Institution , Charles street , Old Garratt _, Manchester . —May 30 th ( 11 ) , a Lecture . _Progrcsslo-. ist Hall , Cheapside , Leeds . —May 30 th ( _GJ ) , a Lecture . Workinjr Men's Academy , Edgar street , Preston . —Lecture every Sanday at 10 J a . m . —Discussions every Sunday evening .
The Late Affair Ov Honoun/'—A Correspond...
The late Affair ov HoNoun /'—A correspondent says :- " The Hon . G . S . Smytho and Col . Romilly , the two combatants in the " affair of honour , " which came off ou Friday last , left town , attended by their seconds , Capt . the Hon , J . C . Vivan . M . P _., and the Hon . John Portescue _, M . P ., by tho South Western Railway , at an early hour itf the morning , and proceeded as far as the _Weybridge station , where , by previous arrangement , they had agreed to alight . The appearance of four strange gentlemen at this quiet 6 tation was calculated to excite no little observation , aud , with a vieiv to disarm suspicion of any hostile intentions , tbe pistol cases , carried by two of the gentlemen , were , for the nonce , converted into something like sketch-books , with which the party trudged away as if intent upon an artistic excursion in the neighbourhood . They had not gono very
f . _tr before an impression that they might possibly be watched seems to have entered their minds , and one of the _partj returned to the station and chartered the only "fly" in attendance , for the purpose of conveying them some little distance into the interior . A difficulty now arose as to hovr the _oombatants should be disposed . It was not very desirab'e that two gentlemen entertaining such deadly intentions should be " cooped up" within reach of each others noses inside an old _post-cbaise for three or four miles . At length it was suggested that Mr . Smythe should mount the box , and that Col . Romilly should go inside with the seconds . Mr Smythe readily yielded his assent to _eojoy the fresh air , and away the party drove some two or three miles until they arrived at the boundary of Lord _Ellcsmerc ' s Hatchford estate , where nil tho gentlemen alighted , and bavins given the
coachman an injunction not to leave his horse , they struck a path across some greensward , and entered a wood on the rising ground above . A dell on the otlier side of this wood , partially bidden from observation in every direction , was selected as a convenient spot for the settlement of the dispute . Mr . Smythe having again declined to withdraw the expressions of which hia colleague complained , and the duty of measuring the ground having fallen upon Capt . Vivian , the gallant omeer proceeded with his task , quietly and deliberately marking twelve paces in a very _business-like manner . Tiie principals were then conducted to their positions , and Mr . _Fortescue was on the point of putting the ominous question , " Aro you ready , gentlemen ? " when a cock pheasant , which had been a quiet observer of the scene thus far , suddenly rose within a few yards of the combatants , and with a loud cry dashed into the adjoining wood . Tjiis untoward circumstance occurring at such a moment caused a little excitement among the party , who at _Itst
teared they had been surprised . The alarm having subsided , the combatants resumed their places , and exchanged shots , as is known , without effect , when Col . Romilly having expressed _himself satisfied , they left the ground . The party returned to the station in the manner of their arrival , and thence to London by _railway , but not a word was exchanged by the principals . " _Prevention op Opek Am Preaching . —As Dr . Massic was about to commence a service in Victoria Park , on Sunday last—the second service of a course opened by Dr , Cox on the previous Sunday—the chiefs of the police requested Dr . Massic to desist . Ho demanded thci authority . The answer was , tbat as inspectors , they wcro instructed by tho Commissioners to prevent preaching . Tbey added , however , it was with the design to stop the lectures and discussions of infidels ; and seemed surprised that the Rev . Doctor did not concur in that object . A committee has been formed with a view to test the legality of this proceeding , — Nonconformist .
[ We are rejoiced that Dr . Massie made so determined a resistance to tho crusado against free discussion . They do not want to prevent Dr . Massie from _nvewsUing , out to put an end to the dissemination of social , political , and religious truths . May they bo defeated in their object . — _Ediioh or the Siar of _Frkeoom 1
Notice It Will Be Seen From The Report O...
NOTICE It will be seen from the report of the Metropolitan Delegate Council , that Mr . Jones has denied tho truth of the report of his " smashing" speech at the " Con ference , " and that of his friend Cockroft . We have authority to state from Mr . Christopher _. Shackleton , our reporter at the Conference , tbat his report is strictly correct .
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? jr We shall be glad to receive Reports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations and Stores , ia England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales .
C _0-0 PEATI 0 N AND THE TAILORS The most patent argument against the present Co-operative Movement is iu its alleged selfishness . Now , every plan of the kiud , which , holds out the hope of gain , and the betterauco of physical conditions , must in some sort be selfish , seeing that the first instinct appealed to , and most easily aroused , is that of self-interest . _TJiis is peculiar to human nature , ai ° Assoc _'ution merely . It lies in the deeps which do political panacea can reach . Was not the Land 1 W based on this principle ? And was it not that which made it so eminently successful in wining over the masses «•
ti , « « i I * _? rne 8 t Joues _Wm 9 oIf _Elding out the sumo luro to mduco subscriptions to his paper ? Ihe very same Ho is Wak 5 „ g appeal to the very _foeW which he accuses Co-operation of having developed Wo do not war with this principle of self-interest ; we be wo it to be man ' s mainspring of action , but , wo would havo it wisel y directed , so that what is the interest of one , shall bo the interest of all , as wobohevort to be , and wo have faith that tho world __ will see and acknowled ge this fact , in the light of a hotter day , and will \\ nr . ture up , a oneness and mutuality , cf interest in tbe stead of _isolated individualism and warring antagonism . Meanwhile we have to pass the ordeal of transition from the present societary state , and no one interest cm possibly move for tbe _bettevance of
even a few , but to the injury of other interests , so _fttally are we bound up together . Still , this transition must be passed , and we believe in Co-operative Associations for production and distribution , as one of the best and most available means . It has been urged that the men in association are only so much more strength added to the middle classes , and so much more opposition raised up against the _workers . If this be so , the sooner they are out of the ranks the better , so that we may know our enemies . Men who are merel y clamorous because they are hungrj ' , want bread , and not reform or revolution , _t'hey want pence more than principles . These are not the men to carry the Charter or any other change , let them go feed like the stalled ox , and wallow in their selfishness , for they are none of us . Neither do we
advocate Co-operation at the expense of political revolution , but as a means to "further it . And we maintain , that it is a means , and a fulcrum on which we can rest our lever to move the world . True Chartists are Chartists still , though tbey be in Association ; and in Association they are at once freed from tho tyranny and cost of mastership . They are at once on an equality , and feel themselves their own masters . They are in a position to agitate for political reform , which those in the competitive world cannot command . In Association men learn to know each other , and can get heart to heart , and realise something of the beauty and blessing of brotherhood . They can learn invaluable lessons in self-government , and see , more and more , the necessity of political power , before laboar can obtain a fair vantage ground for its combat with capital .
__ For these things we advocate Co-operative Associations , and rejoice in the success of tho present Cooperative Movement . It has its errors , and what movement has not ? But if ever there was an honest endeavour to emanci pate Labour we look upon this as one . We are glad to hear that the Working Tailors have started another Association in the Westminster-road , under tho management of Walter Cooper , with the intention of taking the Slop-workers , and working for the working classes , at their own prices , and thus compete with the _Slopsellers themselves . This can be done ; the Slopworkers getting much better prices , because tho Slopsellers get
immense profits out of their custom , and the Labour they employ . It behoves the working men of the metropolis to support this Institution to tbo utmost extent of their ability , especially when as good an article can be assured them , at as low a price as they can get it for of Mosos , or any other dirty despot , and infinitely moro trustworthy . If the working olassea- do not cling together and support each other , how can they expect deliverance from the crushing force of united tyrannies which surround them ? We understand that the Co-operators themselves are by no means united in supporting each other ! This will prove most fatal to them , and frustrate the noblest aims . We should like to see a
law in the Associations binding down every member under penalty of a heavy fine , to purchase all the wares produced in Association , which they need for their own use . What will be gained , if the money earned in Association is spent in the competitive world ? Moreover , we would have Association organised in this wise . The present Associations should form the nucleus of a grand federative Union , on a national scale , for tho purpose of tho organisation of Labour on the Associative principle . If this were done we do not doubt but tho Trades would rall y round them as well as tho working classes generally , seeing that all would then have an interest in it , and would work all for each , and each for all .
Galasbiei.S,--The Annual Division Of Tho...
GALASBiEi . s ,--The annual division of tho profits of the Galashiels Score Company took place in the Assembly Room of the Bridge Inn , on Saturday last . The division was mado in proportion to tho amount of purchases made by each member throughout the year , with two-and-a-half per cent , on deposits . Upwards of _one-third of the salc 3 mentioned in tho following abstract was effected with the general public—non-members . In this Company the number of shares at present is 3 , 035 at 5 s . each , amounting to £ 785153 . The Bunk Fund is now £ 25819 s . _SJd : —
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KOTICE . We are compelled to postpone reports of the Co-opera ' tive League and others which shall be inserted in out next
Tue Forthcoming Elections. The Adjourned...
TUE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS . The adjourned meeting , convened by the National Reform League , was held at the Eclectic-hall , Denmarkstreet , Soho , on Tuesday evening , May 2 oth . Mr . _Ilogers was called to the chair , and after briefly and lucidly stating tho object of the meeting , and the duty of Democrats at the coming election , called on Mr . _Mattheison , who moved a resolution to the effect— ' * That the middle and upper classes never did or over can represent tho working classes ; and , expressive of the determination of the meeting to do all in its power to seoure a . representation of the wholo people with tho view to the obtainment of social rights . " It was seconded by Mr . Lombard , and ably spoken to by Messrs . J . Murray , _Loomes , Donovan , Johnson , Osborno , and Mr , J . Bronterre O'Brien , and carried unanimously . A committee , consisting of the council of the ltoform League , and several other gentlemen , with power to add to its numbers , was formed , and the meeting was adjourned for a fortnight . We understand it is the intention of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien ' s friends to put him in nomination for the Borough a' Lambeth .
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