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TO THE WORKING CLASSES
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My dear Friends , It was my intention to...
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To The Working Classes
TO THE WORKING CLASSES
My Dear Friends , It Was My Intention To...
My dear Friends , It was my intention to have addressed you at come length this week , hut , really , press of business , nnd all on your account , added to the writing of a treatise on the Land Plan * which occupies the whole of this month's number ofthe "Labourer , " bas made it impossible
to address you at all . I have only to say , ir reply to our Somers Town friends , th . it if they are not satisfied with the addition of the Land Purchase Department when they read my illustration of it in the " Labourer , " that I will publish their observations and my reply , Yours faithfully , Feargos 0 'Co * s * _sor .
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TO TnE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brcthrmi , —The following are the _names of the persons whom you havenominatedasfitand proper candidates fr the office of the Executive Committee dnring the ensuing twelve months , and whose names appeared in the Stnri of March 27 th , viz , Mcssr _* O'Connor , Jones ( Ernest , ) Jones ( of Liverpool ! . M-Donall _, West , _D-novan , Tattem ! , Lloyd , Ross , ( David ) , Sweet , M'Grath , Wheeler , Clark and Doyle . The General Councillors of the several localities ire , therefore , requested to forthwith prcceed , and make the necessary arrangement for the takinK of your and their votes , and transmit them to the office . 83 , Dean-street . Soho , London , ob or before Tuesday , the ISth instant—By order of the Executive , CHisropaEi : Dons , Secretary .
METROPOLITAN . Soho . _—Mrtropoutai ; _Demgates . — -The delegates met at £ 3 , Dean-street , on Wednesday erening . Delegates _v-ere present from each locality , with the exception of Lambeth , Camberwell , and Marylebone . Mr _Casghlan was appointed to the ehair . Several of the delegates expressed themselves as to the course that should he taken to arouse the friends of freedom from the inertness which has for some time back characterised them . Mr M'Grath moved , and Mr Tapp seconded the following resolution : "Tbat the committee pledges itself to use its utmost power to aid and assist Mr Duneomhe , in his endeavour * to effect the repeal oi tbe ratepaying clauses in the Reform BilL" Carried unanimously . "The delegates having given their
opinions on the question . of ways and means , Mr Knowles moved , and Mr Stretton * seconded , " That this committee get op a benefit at one of the London Theatres , the proceeds to he appropriated to the earning out the objects of the committee . " Carr ied ' unanimously . Moved hy Mr M'Grath , and seconded by Mr Miln _, " That each delegate appeal to his locality for pecuniary aid , by loan or otherwise , with which to commence the _agitation . " Carried . Moved hy Mr Miln , and seconded by Mr Ford , "That Messrs Stratton and Knowles be a deputation to make inquiry as to the prices of the Theatres , and to report thereon to tbe committee at its nest meeting . " After transacting soma other business , tbe committee adjourned till Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock .
The Vetkbans _' , Orphans ' , _axd Victims Committee . —The committee met en _Tuesday evening last , Mr Simpson in tbe chair . Letters were rear ] from Mr Richards , announcing- bis liberation from his earthly hell . £ 1 each was voted to Messrs Booker aad Duffy —and 10 s . each to Messrs Richards and Smart . The committee then adjourned lo Tuesday evening , April 13 tb . Tower _Uiulets . — The local committee met on Tom-ay last , at the Globe and Friends , Commercial Read , when the following resolution was passed : — That all persons bring in tbe _signatures they have for Messrs . _Thomas and He / worth , on Tuesday _eTenia , Annl _IStli , at eight o ' clock .
PROVINCIAL . Alva . —A public meeting was held in tbe Hall os Wednesday morning , tbe 2 ith ult . anent tbe proclamation of Jier Majesty , Alexander Drysdale in the ehair . Tbe following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — Tbat , in the opinion of this meeting , it is the bad _lavs , institutions , and arrangements of society , that are ihe causes ofthe present distress . *' — " That _. _t ' n the opinion of tbismeeting , ber Majesty ' s councillors are entirely ignorant of the causes of tbe present distress , as it is manifest from tbe nature of the remedy they profose ; and that we therefore _memor-afce her _Majesty to _d'smiss her present advisers , and draw arecud her practical men , more suited to tbe wants if the age . "
_Bilstcv .- —At the usual weekly meeting held at the Louse of JosephLianey _. on Sun _» * * ay evening last , the case of Daddy Richard * waa again brought before tbe members asd a sub _* cription entered into , when lis . 5 d . was collected . Mr Linney _acksowledges the following sums : —Rochdale , Joseph _Fershnw , Is . ; Edward Mitchell , Gd ; George Marsden , 3 J . ; Henry Smith , 5 i . All communications and _saascripttr'ES for Paddy Richards to be addressed to ., Joseph Linney , nigh-street , _Biaton . _BiasisGEsn . —At the meeting ' , at the Ship _Idb , ' On Sunday evening , Mr Stephenson in the chair , i the case cf _c'd Mr Richards was discussed , when it was _unasiaiGSs'y resolved to » ote ten shillings to the i Victim Committee .
BRiGaioN-. —At a special general meeting , held ; in the _larje r * cm < A the Artichoke Inn , on Wednes- ' _daj the 2 ith nit ., Mr I . M . Capell in the chair ,, Mr Page , after _re-vdin _^ the address ofthe " _iiSve't : _Testimonii ' i Committee , '' pro *» seu a resolution tothe elect , that tee Chartists were bound to liquidate i t ' _aefai'd due t > Mr O'Connor ( on account of the ) Defence Fund ) before taking up an ;* other pecuniary j proposition . Five _shiUiLga were collected for Mr Richards , and a feeling was _geierallv _expressed of ! regretthat _prcper _exertion blul not been , made in * Oiny localities * * .: ; behalf of the Victims generally . Dxssr . — l'he fo ' _livizz in . ** been nominated _ibrtfce Executive : —Mr O'Ccascr , Mr DMe , Mr _M-Graib , Mr T . M . W & eekr . Mr Cb . r _! z .
E * 3 _» 5 csoa—ihe _carter ; vgenerr _. ! meeting of the ; _oembers of the National Charier Association , was I he'd here on _Mondav _evening , the _-Cad uit ., in tbe Painters' Hall , Camber ' s Ciese , High-street . A good i numbir or members _atEer-dsd . T 5 tt _minuses having i _teea read ane approved of , a _* ui tie election of _office-, bearers proceeded with , it was _unacimotaly agreed * that discussions on the _heading _aaestioua ofthe day be got ap ; and tiat the _arst take c ' _Jtse on the evethg of Monday , the oth . _Ifcocaiit , at hair-past eight o ' clock in the _eveci-e , ic the _abo _***? hall . " The sub-1 _jecttobe "The _Currecc _? . _" ' Tie deba e will be ) _opeatdfey Mr James _Mor-.-n _I' _^ u ' a ai "; deference to oar _Edinburgh fr . _ecda . we _p-it it r . _3 ± em whether the _dilutable ieuttT . ce passed upou the Burghead _fcheynie-u is not : one ct ** t ' _ai _Uadlcs questions of the day : " and _whetha-. * tke _tneaas to ¦ jav _** these _pu-uri me * : from the horrors of _trarsrcrjicioa is not of more immediate _cc-i'eqcec _.-e , azd mere ' _-v-iribj of consideration tban the Carre * : * : ? csestioi : ?— £ 3 . N . S . ]
_Norwich . —A : a social _zzkev . 7 . % ieid on tlie 21 th nit ., Mr Attow in the _chjlr , the iollewing _resolutiona were _ajunimeusl * - agreed to : — That this ruetfa- is *> f o ; . _bus , that _rhs icc ' . _rine that the present misery aai el '»? _r-j js _Siliag upon ths people c " Ire-land ' s te _hvaitribskizc aa al ' . cc ! i 3 : _' _: _o-isProv : _dtacrf is &!* 5-phenou < , _fcvjejcr ' c ' cai _, iui ¦ _zsuirlaj : ta God and bus * ba : _tkit _meeting bt ' _d-fTH tilt i : "? _aitrii _^ _- _able to ¦ m ' icoTerarse _*!! : _ac-I % _graspls _' , a- » arielo »; s , " ¦ Se .-riied anil lacd » i _atis'ociacy . "' " ThU = _^^ . iz . ; it a . Uc cr" opinion thattie cUy _ira-. _tdy is , : _•; _p-z the Irish people upon the La * -. d sad th _* n _as-iit _tcaa _iz : _roJ-ucisg fur themselves ; * td ii xa _' sin ; the _priaciphs li tits P _^ _oiilt _' s _Charter tbe _li-oftb- _sLaai . _**
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_rora'HcoMLNu meetings . Asi 3 MBi . T VlooMi . — -Mr E . Jcses w * ; i deiiver a ceu * -se oi tarte lectures it 35 , D . _^* - -str « t , 5- ! ao , com-Qeacmg on _aunday _eveniaz _, _Atril lltk , and con . _.. _mmI , _% ? l _? ° •& Uo _««« _Surdava . Subjectsiti'i ddle _Ctais Interest ; " « _Sjron ' _s _Werser ; " and _Zprw _; Time Thoughts , " _co-saeacing each _Sun-• _w . v at half-past seven precisely . _Asssmsu- S . c : m , D _^ _AS-aTssai . _Soa . _** * . — Mr T . _Uar _» will lecture at tseseroona , _ca _Sucda _** evenin " ** - $ April 4 ta ; _s-ibieci , " IV _Gsrerameot _Pian w _cjiicatton . " Bainioaa . —The members _wiii meet in their worn , « tt ;* rwertii _buildine-s , en _Suaiav , at two o ' clock in fi _aUemoon . Mr _Ciissett , of " iialifts , - » ili _ad-« _cs 3 tne CLar & ts of Bradford , os _SuUs . y , at two _oCrt-ctE in the afteraooo , i- theaco _. e toem . _oaisiOL—A public cueettae will be hoi-den in the
" _^• _wc rooms , Broatimead , on Easter Tuesday next , * ih L _k * ukea at niEe o ' clock . R . _Ncrris , Esq ., "iii ce put 12 nomination . The Rer . T . Soencer , _J . in . **•» _w _- - _« _^ _EOecs , azd Mt _^ _si-s " Chrk _^• _j Dovle _ari invited . _cpmT _** - * - " _" - _* * -ti _* -g _^ Teetotal _ChartisU will be BaH [ . _it V * - _^ ' ciock , in the large room , in ¦ _¦ _ouated hi the General _Ccuucii . _CbuSh'r " Chartis ' -a "ill meet at the Ship Inn , So- _cloT-Jr _* ' ° a SUDday * reoh > S' - * - _•? " - _^ ' a * _hotiito _^ s . -The West fi « iio _* i delegate _meetinit
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will be held on Sunday . April 11 , in tbe association room , to commence at 12 o ' clock . Mabvi . bdo 5 b . — A members' _meeting will take place on Tuesdav next , at the C » acb Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New-road , on business ot importance . The Registration Committee will meet on every Wednesday erening . * Merthtk Trpvii ,. — Mr T . Clark will visit Mertbvr Tydvil , Newport and Chepstow , daring the ensuing week . Mr M'Gkath will lecture at thc Coach-Painters Arms , Circus street , on Sunday evening next ; to commence at _eis-ht o ' clock .
Oldham . —Easter Democratic Festival , on _Monday April 5 th . —A grand Tea Party and Ball will take place in the Working Man's Hall , _Horsedtre-stiwet Tea on thi table at half-past i o'ebek precisely After tea a public meeting will take place , wben tbe following friends of the people ( wbo have been invited and are expected to att * ad , ) will address the audience , vis , _Frarcus O'Connor , Esq ., Ernest Jones , Esq ., and William Fronting Roberts , Esq ., and others . _RirEPATixo _GtAtrsBS . —A Public Meetin- ! - will be
held at Harrison ' s Assembly-rooms 9 , East-lane , Walworth , on Thursday evening , April the 8 tb , for the purpose of adopting a petition , praying the abort . ion of these clauses . Jobn Sewell . Esq .-will be nroposed to tbe chair ; Messrs"PrM * € h * tb , Ernest Jones , and T . M . Wheeler will atten I and address the meeting . The chair " -ill be taken at 8 precisely . _REOisTBiTios . —An Harmonic meeting will tafce pla' -eat the Princess Rural , Circus-street . New-road , os Easter Monday evening , in aid of funds for tbe above purpose . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock .
_Pvochdalb . —Mr sD . Donovan will lecture in tbe Chartist room , Mill-street , on Sunday evening , at rix o ' clock . Subject : '" The Government measures for Ireland , and the Irish landlords . " A Te * Party and Ball wili take place in the Socialist Institution , Yorkshire-street _, on Easter Tuesday . Tea on table at five o ' clock . Messrs Doyle and _CIa- _* k will address the audience . Messrs F . O'Connor , P . M'Grath , Clark , Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler , have been nominated for the Executive . _Saltord . —A meeting of members will be held in their room , Bank-street , Great George-street _, on Sunday nest , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Shoksditch . —Mr Lyltyle will lecture to-morrow evenine . at S o'clock , at the Railwav-engine Coffeebouse , 122 . Brick-lane . Mr T . M . Wheeler will also lecture at tbe above place , on Wednesday next , at 8 o ' clock . Subject , " The Effects of a Landed _Aristocracy . "
Somers Toiry . —The memb ra of this locality are requested to attend on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayers' Arms . _Tonbridge-street , New-road . _Spitalfielos . —A concert will take place at the Weavers * Arras , Pelham-street , Brick-lane , on Easter Wednesday , in aid of the funds of the Eastern Philanthropic Emergency Society , commencing at _ei-ibt o ' clock The song of Freedom Benefit Society , will meet on Easter Monday evenin ? . at the above house at eight o'clock . The Silk Weavers * branch of tbe United Trades' Association , meet every Saturday evening , at the White Horse , IIare _* street , Brick-lane ; tbis evening for reading and discussion ; and on next Satnrday for the business ot the society . Chair taken at 0 o ' clock .
Thb Chaster . — A public discussion between Ernest Jones and Archer Gurney , _Ei-qrs ., on the principles of tbe People ' s Charter , will take place st the South London Chartist Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , en Monday eTeninZ , the 12 th inst . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . The Committee appointed to get np the Tea Party , at the White Conduit Tavern , on the late Fast Div , will mret to wind up their accounts on Wednesday _eveiing next , at the office , 83 , Deanstreet , Snho , at _eieht o ' _.-lock precisely .
Tire Metropolitan Delegate Committee will meet on Wednesday evening next , at 83 , Deanstreet , Soho , at eight o ' clock precisely . _Towsb _flAHtsr . _* . —Mr C ; Harrison will deliver three publie lectures at tbe Globe and Friend ** , Mo _* £ an-street , Commercial-road . The first on Ea « ter Sunday , April 4 th , subject , " The moral and political evils of the State Church ;"—on Sunday , April 11 , - 'The Land ;"—and on Sunday . April 18 , " The six points of the People ' s Charter . " Chair to be taken at 7 o ' clock each evening .
_WssTMiKSisn —A special meeting of Chartist members will take place at 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday nest , April i , at six o ' clock .
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METROPOLITAN . Pock dead . —Thc men of Dnckhead and Bermond sey held a meeting on Tuesday evening last , at the Dockbead Hall . Mr William Hewitt was unanimously called to the chair , and said that it was the land that furnished government with the power it wielded . Cobbett bad said , and Feargus O'Connor bad frequently reiterated it . that land was the most important subject that could be considered . The other subject for their _consideration was the " Charter ;" the rote was also a decided Land question , as great _landholders always took care not to let tbeir land to any one whose vote thej _coold not command ( Cheers . ) Mr Stratton then rose , and moved the foll ' _-wlng resolution : —
That it ig the opinion of this meeting that the plan as propounded bv the director * of the National Land Company , is not only deserving of the approbation , but alio the support of ail persons who are friends of the working classes , and tbis meeting : pledget itgelf ta da all in its power to farther the ohjects of thc company . He said ibe Land Company presented to the wonder ine eyes of the people another miracle , for in leR" > tban two years it had obtained fifteen thousand members , and a capital of nearly £ 30 , 000 . ( Loin ! cheers . ) Ue knew a man who ha ! been fortunate enough to obtain , by tbe ballot , an early location _, fie hud previouslv worked so hard at hh * occupation
tbat it had affected his eye sight , and yet with this incessant application to labour , he could scarce obtain an existence ; but he bad . by pinching bis belly , _managed to pay up his shares in thc Land Company , and 30 highly did be value his prize share , that he would not take £ -500 for it . ( Load cheers . ) Mr Thorpe , in seconding the motion , cited Mr O'Connor ' s tables , showing how the allottees , from the allotments as specified by tbe company , conld derive more in value than could be obtained in the competitive market at the present day for thirty Shillings weekly , and yet , at the year's end , have a surplus of some £ 30 .
Mr P . M'Grath , on rising to support the motion , wasnost warmly greeted , aud said he knew the adage " the day sanctified the deed . " fie thought ha might paraphrase it , and say the cause * ancti 6 ed the place ; for certain it was a more righteous cause could cot be advocated in any place , and he moat heartily wished that all places wero used for such hdy purposes as that for wbich this building ( Duckhead chapel ) was now appropriated . ( Much applause . ) lie held it to be the duty of all philanthropists , patriots , moralists and religionists , to unite and break down the | Landmonopoly . He knew that prejudice bad invested certain individuals with a sort of prescriptive right to hava and hold certain portions of our earth as tbeir own ; buthe ( Mr M'Grath ) _entireiv dissented from the doctrine , that any man
had a right to monopolise the land , and he did not believe that any man had any right to take and monopolise the soil , other than snch _rights as -robbery , murder , plunder and spoliation ooald confer . ( Great _appiiuse . ) The land was the great source of every blessing possessed — food , clothing , buildings , overything was derived frem it —( Cheers)—yet it was monopolised . Was it not a scandal and a _stame that a Duke oi Sutherland should retain eleven hundred thousand acres , whilst the men from whose labours be wrung his princely revenue had not so much to call their own as would make a grave in wbich to deposit tbeir remains at tlieir decease ? ( Great applause- ) It had often been a matter of surprise to him how it was that the people had so long submitted to such gross iniquities—( hear , hear)—but it was very pleasiDg now to find that the people were becoming alive to first principles . ( Loud cheers . ) The National Land Compmy did not wis _' j to carry their object by brute
force *; no , that was left to Louis Philippe in Algeria , and to tbe three devil kings , of Russia , to perform in Poland — ( much applause ) — whilst they met in _cbnpeh to consult upon the best means of buying back the Land , which had been so unjustly taken from them . He knew not why the Land should be kept to feed and fatten wild fowls and useless animals whilst the people starved . He had now the _pleac ' ng information to convey to them , tbat the Nation , Dublin newspaper , had thrown open its columns to them , and its editors tendered thc use of their talented pens , and hence be believed the National Land Company would soon become as formidable in Ireland as it had already become in England . ( Cheering . ) Mr Stretton had intimated to them the number _ofmembersintheLand ; Compairv , also the _asftonat of _fvnids accumulated , and he had * no hesitation in saying , that the number of _sharehoVJets would soon be quintripled , and ttr _^ t their tond would shortly exceed £ 100 , 000 . Mr M'Grath most lucidly descanted on the great good
the Land Company had already effected , _aou concluded > most eloquent speech amiJ the _loudest apvbvm ' ,
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The resolution was then put and carried unanl mously . Mr Stallwood read and moved , amid much applause , the National Petition , which waa seconded by Mr Jeffries . Mr Ernest Jones rose , and said he did not think there were many iu that meeting who could sing with cheerful honest hearts " Rule Britannia , ' as he believed tbey felt that they were slaves , and for his part be much preferred open slavery to covert slavery , like that of England . ( Wear , hear . ) What had they that they could call tbeir own ? Mr M'Grath had shewn them they had not the land . True , the Poet had said : — Breath , _s there the man with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said _.
This is ray own , my native land f But he ( Mr Jones ) denied that they could say " ray own "— they might say " my native" land . ( Hear , hear . ) They had nothing they could call their own . They were not free ; but , fortunately , the spirit of Chartism had again reanimated them , and frightened their sapient legislators out of a Ten Hours' Bill . But this was of small use , unless accompanied by other _measures . It was said that the people were not fit to exercise the franchise , that they were loo bloodthirsty ; but lie would ask , was it . the people who murdered the poor , flying , drownmg Sikhs ? ( Load-cheers . ) No ; they denounced wat * and bloodshed , whilst the Archbishop of Canterbury returned thanks to Almighty God for the murders that had
been committed , and the blood that had been shed . ( Great applause . ) The principles enumerated in the petition are only such as were ot ancient usage ; and Sir F . Pollock , as well as several of the _juducs , in 1842 , admitted the legality of Chartism . For his part , he would much like to know why one man should have the vote , and another not . Chartism demanded the vote for men , not money . ( Cheers . ) It was futile tn suppose that labour ever oould bo represented until such time as every man _possessed the right of voting for those who make the laws . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr M'Grath had mentioned _thcDukt of Sutherland . Well , it was somewhat curious that , _whiht the papers , on the one hand , told o the poor cotters on his estates starving ; on tbe other hand ,
they announced that after Easter some splendid parties would be given by his Grace at Stafford Ilouse . ( Hear , hear . ) The Press also furnished us with another pleasing piece of information , namely _t tbat her Majesty was in a very interesting situation , and that the happy event would take place in August next . ( Loud laughter . ) Ue was happy to find this "interesting" piece of news gave them so much pleasure , bnt he was quite sure tbey would be much better pleased if they could ( ind that the Learned Dr Chancellor Albert had resolved to support his own wife and family . ( Loud cheers . ) However , it would be in vain to look for justice , virtue , or happiness _, before the advent of Chartism . ( Much applause . ) The resolution wag then put and carried unanimously .
Several shares of the Land Company were taken up . It was also announced , that the hall was opened every Thursday evening , for the discussion of questions connected with the movement . A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the chairman , and tbe meeting was dissolved .
PROVINCIAL . Banbprv . —At a meeting of the shareholders the books were audited and found correct , and a levy ot" threepence laid on . Bibjhscham . —On Sunday the members were highly delighted with a report given by Mr Fussell ofhis tour to the Redmarley estate , on Wednesday , March 24 th , which he described as one uf the most beautiful places he ever saw . After entering into minute details , ho urged upon the members the necessity of supporting their own Bank , as upon that depended their more speedy location upon the land .
BucKisonAMSiiiBK . —A few patriots _residing in the town of High Wycombe , being desirous of extending the knowledge of the Laud and the Charter into the benighted county of Bucks , set to wcrk , and by a requisition to the Mayor , obtained the use of thc town bad , in which a m > eting was held on Monday evenir . g March the 20 th . Tbe hall was crowded to excess . Mr George Cole wal unanitnoualy called to the chair . The chairman called on Mr _Fnilip M'Grath , but no sooner had heiione so , than up jumped the Mayor , a Mr Wheeler , a brewer and banker , and denounced the National Land Company as a " monstrous humbug , " which was _receivt-d witb great coldness by the meeting , who evidently took bis worship to be the " mon _* . _tri : us humbug . " Mr M'Grath then rose , loudly cheered , and in a clear , forcible , and eloquent _, manner , shewed the rise and progress of the National
Land Company—detailed its working , its possessions , estates , buildings , and National Land and Lahnu < Bank , the immense number of shareholders obtained in less than two years , acd ths magnificent capital subscribed in the same brief period . The Mayor again rose , and staled tbat the gentleman who had so eloquently addressed them , had put matters in a different light , than he bad at first seen it ; but _stili he had his doubts , and thought they should be very cautious . Mr M'Grath having replied to his -worship , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to Mr M'Grath , and a similsr _compJiraent was paid to the chairman , and the meeting wasdissolved . At an adjourned meeting , Mr Coie was appointed secretary , and ten peisons _brcame shareholders ; and , from _fche feeling maDi _' _esteil , tbere is every prospect of a flourishing district cf the Land C . _'inpany being formed in this town .
Ckieff . —On _theeTening ofthe 22 nd , the mem bens of this flourishing branch ofthe Land Company he'd a soiree in the Weavers' Hall . J . McAiaah . was called to the chair , and gave "The People , tht source of aU legitimate _Pawer . " Mc J . McNab gave "Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the Founder ot the Land Plan . " Mr Scrimgeour proposed '' Tbe Land Company ; niay the exertions ofthe Directors be crowned with _Mrccesss . " _Several other toasts were given . The party broke up at 12 o ' clock . _Uvjjj ,.--ThefollDwingrDsiilntionhasbeen passed : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , to allow members to be located without ballot , on the _condtticnov' _pa'ir . it * _uo their redemption money , would beinjurious tothe pecre : portion of the shareholders , inasmuch as it would hav- ; a tendency to introduce class interests . The Hull Branch Land meetiug will fee held 0 :: Monday evening , at 8 o ' clock , at the Ship f _*** i _. Church-lane , and every alternate Monday .
_Newtox-Ashott . —Messrs Doyle and Clark paid a visit to this place on the Fast bay , and held a meeting in the open air , in the centre of the town . 2 o ' clock was the time named fer fhe meeting , bu : owing to a misunderstanding , the lecturers did aot arrive until near 6 . Although this delay cccurred , the anxiety of the people to hear waa a .- - ** at all abated , for , when Mr * Clark was _introduced to the meeting by the chairman ( Mr J . E ! rae ) , _ai _* clt asight was presented as _mu-Jt have convinced him that the men of Devon have some faith in the Land . Plan , and are anxious , through it , to gain their freedom , both social and political . Mr Clark delivered an excellent address , and Mr Doyle followed with oae ofhis telling speeches . Altogether , it was a splendid _ajeetiag ,
and the people were highly delighted . _OswAtniwisTLi _* . —At a meeting of this branch . , it was unanimously agreed that _Lowtaatis is the most proper place to hold the r . ext Conference . _Toec-cat . —On Thursday evening . March _'i > t * i . a public Tea Party and Meeting took place ir . tke Temperance Hall . A splendid band was in attendance to add to the night ' s entertainment . Shortly alter six o ' clock , the time appointed _forconoecci * : _? operations upon the Eastern beverage and tho old English esculents , Messrs Doyle , Elms , and Radley , arrived from Newton Abbott , and were received with acclamation by a numerous and highly respectable assemblage . During tea , the band played several populat and soul-stirring airs . About half-past seven , Mr Elms was unanimously elected to the chair , and in a
brief address introduced Mr Doyle . Mr D . upon rising was received with loud cheen . He _addressc-d the meeting for two hours in a speech replete wiih lucid reasoning , and was repeatedly _applautie _* : throughout . A _school-otisier of the tows , _atd the only man , we _' are informed , who has heretofore stood forward as the public charapiea oi' tbe _lar-dlord asd capitalist , and the opponent ot our glorious principle *" , hoasted that he would make att _on-laught upon . Mr Doyle , and of course demolish him . However , the valiant gentleman's coaia _^ e cooled a 3 th 8 time drew near , and he acted upon the old adage "that prudence is the better part of valour ; " though Mr D was quite prepared , to receive his fire , it he kad thought proper to pour in a volley , aud would hav-. ' , we are confideat returned the _coaplitaent iu good style .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . CAP . BijfGTo . N . —The sub-secretaries for thc Land Com- _pany of the following branches are req uested to send two delegates on Sunday next to the - _* Aew itui , Carr _' vngton , at live o ' clock , on bimuess of importance , namely : —Nottingham , Radford , Basford , Hucknall Torkerd , Lamley , and Carleton . Dewsburt . —The sub-Secretary of the National Land Company , in this district , will attend in the Chartist Room , Bond-street , on Saturday evening . April 3 rd , from _half-past six o ' clock till _eieht , and _etery attcceeding Saturday evening .
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IlAtiFAX .--Sharebolders are requested to meet in the Large Room , Bull _Close-lane , on Sunday , April lltn at two ei clock . IIou .-The shareholders ' _mcetintr will be held on and after the first Monday in April . on Monday nights instead of Tuesday nights as heretofore . Members ™ ¦ i . « i ! a ! _* wd «»» w « ag to rule , and not doing so _ZShasKK _*** * mhare Iheir names OtDHAM—The Committee will meet on Easter Sunday , at one o ' clock in the afternoon , in the School-room of tbe Working Man ' s Hall Pudsey .-A public meeting will be held in Pudsey at Green Side , near the Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday , to ex > Iain the principles ofthe National Land _Comnany , and form a branch of the third section . Several members . from Bradford -will attend and address the meeting .
Rochdale . —Shareholders are requested to meet in Mill-street , to-morrow , at two o ' clock , to elect fresh scrutineers and other officers , & o .
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_DRM'DOl'ALL'S MISSION IN THE NOIlTff . TO THE BMIOB OF THE KORTBEBR STAR . Sm , —Having observed that several important meetings which _Thave attended were Sot reported inthe star , * I take this opportunity of giving a brief sketch of events in the _Nnrthi I lectured first at South Shields on the Charter and the Land , to a very good audience . I visit it again to-day , March 30 th , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition , at an open-air or gas light meeting . On Sunday , March 14 th , I addressed the people of Newcastle , on the Quay side .
On Monday , the 15 th , I lectured in Nefcon-street Room , to a very attentive assembly . Many questions were put to me , which the proposers themselves publicly admitted to have been answered to their satisfaction . On Tuesday , the 16 th , and Wednesday , the 17 th , I spoke in the Athenaeum , Sunderland ; first on tiie Charter and the Land , and secondly on tbe Petition . Both meetings were more select than numerous . I also attended a colliers' meeting , and found the spirit . of Cbarthm still active amongst them , and itis high time tbat oppressed body of men had the power of protecting themselves from the gross riving and reiving of the masters . Thc old border system practised by the moss-troopers , was honest robbery compared to the refined cheating of the modern pit troop .
On Thursday and Friday , the 18 th and 19 th of March , I lectured at Shotley bridge , where the petition was adopted , and active measures resorted to to advance the C harter aud Land Movements . On Monday , the : 22 nd , wo had a very large and _enthusiaitie meeting in the Town Hall , Newcastle , to adopt the National Petition . The local press , especially tho G ' uara ' ian _. _has given » full report , and the impertanee of the meeting fully merited the columns devoted to it . Town Halls have now been granted for the same purpose in the following large towns , viz .. Northampton . _Nottingham , Leeds , Sheffield , Cheltenham , Hull and Newcastle . That proves that we are making progress by an undercurrent , which , in time , if circumstauces are favourable , will influence the whole stream of society . On Tuesday , the 23 rd , I lectured at _Birt _' ey , and on Wednesday , the 24 th , at Blyth . Both meetings were well attended .
On MondftY _. tho 29 th , I attended a capital meeting ¦ '• • • Wiukiyton , where the old spirit is still glowing , and far more ta be depended upon , because it has been tempered by experience . Wher < -ver I go I find that Chartism has made a silent , slow , but sure t > _rogre--s . The people may seem apathetic , and they r . o doubt are so . but it is not the apathy of disgust , distrust , or hopelessness at , or of Chartist principles . The people have heard all they can hear in defence of Chartisra . They know all they can ever know of i : theoretically . The argument is all on our side . We require t _* i reason no more on that which is so obviously right , so absolutely necessary .
The peofile are convinced , triply eonvinred , that nothing short of the Charter can remove their griev * ances , but they are pausing to ascertain how they arc to get it , .. Now it strikes my mind , that no one circumstance can , but many combined , and all of these taken advantage of , may achieve the great aim of a ten-years' agitation . The Petition is one mode that has been adopted , because it acts upon an almost defunct parliament , and is pushed forward at the proper timo . It is of vast importance at this particular crisis , and I hope the pecple will not neglect the time of _presenting it with effect . The roe e act of petitioning is a farce , but we arc so situated now , what with the sham famine of the corn dealers , and multiplied difficulties at home and abroad , that the discussion of the merits of our principles will lall
with good efT _' . _'ct on the minds of a people already sick and perishing from the" results of an iniquitous system of legislation . Besides , France is moving on the Suffrage question , and the debate on that subject has "• _liakf-n the government of Louis-Philippe . It the petition is to be presented , it ought to have as many signatures as the last one , otherwise it would be infinitely better to petition separately from towns and pour them all in together . Thete is no time to be lost now , and the sooner Mr Duncombe is consulted as to the best _v-nd most effectual mode oi' proceeding , the sooner will we all be prepared to support him . I hope , theref _.-re , that the Chartist body _everywhere will at once meet and consider the question of public meetings , camp meetings , < kc ., fer the _a-Mtion and signing of the National Petition . I
_hp . < e found everywhere a most excellent spirit prevsaiiing , which " when once called into operation , should not le allowed to subside . The Land movement , the Trades movement , and the Registration ¦ mov ement , are all great means towards the great "it is useless denying the fact , tbat practical and immediate means will always be received with more _f-tvour than distant and uncertain ones . Besides , t . ' . e Land movement is a practical plan for enfranchising the people , and in the absence ofa betterand nore certain one for securing the Suffrage , it must b ; accerlab ' c to thousands , who have been long thirst ; :. ); ia the dry bed of some former stream , waiting and watching until the waters flow past again . 1 c is with the itnost perfect conviction that but for the Lasd movement the Charter would have been nowhere , that I always weave in tho one with the
ether ; aad I have determined to devote a portion of my time to the furtherance ofa scheme , which will Jo mora to advance our principles , than any other , because it is a practical mirror of the intentions of Chartism , whose purity and excellence of purpose no man can dispute . I _prspose strengthening Mr O'Connor ' s hands , as well as the Land Movement , by a series of lectures with illustrations on Agricultural Chemistry , with which I am perfectly familiar . I think they will prove useful , instructive , and amusing . I think no oce will object to me being as useful ai I can , so long as I am amongst the people , and unattached to professional duties . A tall times I shall bo found what I was , am , ar . d will be—a sincere and devoted advocate of Chartism , aud the friend and supporter of * . ' acse who strive to ameliorate tha condition of my fellow-men . I remain , Sir , yours truly , P . M . _M'DotlALle .
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Public Meeting At Croydon To Adopt The N...
PUBLIC MEETING AT CROYDON TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . On Tuesday evening , March iferd , a public meet . ing was held at this place for tbe purpcBe of adopting tlte National Petition for tbe enactment of the People ' s Charter . The committee had prepared a reoui 3 ition tothe churchwardens , requesting the use of the Town-Hall ; but though tbey obtained the signatures of _thirty-two electors and ratepayers , they were refused , and a subsequent application to the trustees of tho Waste Lands met with no better _suce-t-sl . The committee were , therefore , constrained to convene the meeting in the large elub room of the Ship Inn , High-street . At eight o ' clock , the meeting being numerously attended , including _severalties , on the motion of Mr Clark , seconded by Mr Frost , Mr Hodges was unanimously called to the chair . Mr Hodges said he would rather tbe meeting had
elected a more competent person ; but , in the absesea of the gentlemen who had been invited , he did so from a feeling of duty , regardless of the _consequeuces . The committee had invited Mr Alcock to take the chair , but that ' * gentleman" had cot condt _* . * cended to _answer them ; and he thought he was mere fit to exercise the functions ofan unpaid magistrate than those of a member of Parliament , to which he aspired . Mr P . A . Taylor had also been invited , ( jut that gentleman , who was so warm an advocate of _electoral reform four years ago , now thought their demands ill-timed . The subject of tbe meeting was most important ; they bad assembled tbere to petition Parliament for an extension of the suffrage ; how vveat an extension the meeting was prepared to suppert he knew not ; but he hoped they would go the full extent , and ask for the a _\ ifft * ije on the broad _r-r ' _aciples ot nature and _reaaop ,
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Mr Frost moved the first resolution : — That , in the opinion of this meeting , the rights _liberties , and prosperity of Great Britain can only be secured by giving to every male inhabitant of the _population a voice in the making of those laws which he is called upon to obey ; and , therefore , we call upon tbe Legislature to _cnsict such laws as shall carry the principle into praci al effect . Mr Clark seconded the resolution . Mr M'Grath said he fully agreed with the worthy chairman , that the subject they had assembled theie to advocate was the most important which had ever occupied the attention of the working classes . Was there one in that meeting satisfied with his present condition ?—was there one there content to bear the stigma of political inferiority ? What a monstrous
anomaly was our present constitution—an electoral body of 300 , 000 in an adult male population of seven millions . ' What working man would join a benefit club in which the whole managing power was engrossed by two or three individuals ? Yet the State was but a benefit club upon a larger scale . He held that the ninety should govern the ten , and not the ten domineer oyer tbe ninety . He contended that every man in the nation had a right to a voice in the making of those laws which he was called upon to obey . There was a time wben the Tories maintained that working men had nothing to do with the laws bnt to obey them ; nor with the taxes , bnt to pay them ; but he thought no Tory would have the unblushing assurance to rise in that meeting , and promulgate such a doctrine now . ( Hear . )
Blackstone , thc learned commentator on the laws of England , had laid down the principle , that no man should be taxed without his consent . That was the opinion of _tlieableat of our jurists —( hear)—and those terrible fellows , the Chartists , asked no more . He contended that taxation without representation wns more than injustice—it was a robbery . ( Hear . ) The supporters , of class legislation asserted that the working classes were too ignorant to be entrusted with the suffrage ; but he contended that the intelligence among the working classes preponderated over that of the upper and middle _classes . We were accustomed to regard members of Parliament as _beines of superior wisdom and eloquence ; but he ( Mr _M'G . ) who had sat in the gallery ofthe Ilouse of Commons , and listened to their frieid harangues , knew
better . There were not in that house one hundred and fifty men who were capable of expressing themselves in decent English . A short time since he had waited upon Captain Pechell , with an invitation to a meeting in London , got up in honour of Mr Duncombe ; and Captain Pechell , though he represented the aristocratic constituency of Brighton , declined to attend , on the ground thathe very seldom spoke in Parliament , and if he attempted to address the meeting he sbould be lost in tbe contrast with the brilliant oratorical powers of Mr Duncombe and Mr O'Connor . He contended that the intelligence of the working classes had always been in advance of the _government ; and he did not stand there to make assertions wbich could not be supported by fact and argument , When the Corn Laws were
forced on the people in 1815 , who opposed them ? The working classes , the men who , led by the bravo Henry Hunt , fell beneath the sabres of drunken yeomanry , on the bloodstained field of Peterloo ! ( Hear . ) Peel and Russell had now _acknowledgtd that they—potent statesmen as they are—wero wrong , and the despised and calumniated working men were right , in tbeir estimation of that measure . ( Hear . ) And when Cobden and Bright were agitating a repeal of those laws , though acknowlodging the correctness of the principle of free trade , the working men maintained that their abrogation , unless accompanied by other _m-jasures of reform , wouid fail to be productive of benefit to their class . And what had been the result ? The advocates of free trade had carried their measures , and ,
instead of dispensing comfort and happiness among the homes of the industrious millions , it had been followed by reduced wages , decreased employment , and starvation . ( Hear . ) Thousands of our Irish brethren were beiBg hurried to premature graves by the gaunt hand of Famine , and the only remedy the imbecile Russell couid suggest was the solemn mockery of a National Fast' ( Hear . ) What , then , had become ot" the vaunted superior intelligence of the Upper classes ? On the broad ground of c . ature and religion , he thought the meeting could adopt no otber course than that proposed by their worthy chairman . AH men were equal by nature ; there was no difference at birth between the child of the peer and the child of the peasant ; all social
distinctions were artificial , and were produced by circum * stances acting and reacting upon the _organization , from the cradle to the grave . Neither was there any difference between the close of the aristocrat ' s life and that of tbe pauper's . The grave levels all distinctions , and tbe sun shines as warmly—the ttowers bloom as luxuriously—on the grave of the peasant as on that of the peer I And when the peer and thc pauper stood together nt the bar of Heaven ' s tribunal , _uas there any distinction of persons there ? On the broad ground , then , of religion , nf nature , and of justice , he demanded the Suffrage for all , and gave his most cordial support to the resolution before the meeting . ( Loud cheers ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Share moved the second resolution : —
ThatH petitiein , etnbodjing a full and fait representation of the people in the Common * ' House of Parliament , as contained in the document called the People- " * Charter , be now adopted by tbis meeting , Mr Macaoty seconded the resolution . Mr T . M . _Wusrlkr then read the petition , and observed tbat the stirring address o ' f Mr M'Grath had left him little to say in its support . There was nothing unjust or _unreasonable in their demands ; those privileges whieh they asked for themselves thev wi-hed to extend to all . In entering into the sucial compact , in order to enjoy the _advantages and refinements of civilization , man gave upa portion of his liberty to obtain protection for the remainder . But the masses bad gradually lost the remains of their liberty , and now they were assembled to demand freedom for all ,
tyranny for none , ( near . ) Lord J . Russell had declared thc Reform Bill to be a final measure ; but he had yet to learn that it was in the power of any man to fix tho limits of human progression-Ho was suro there was no one in that meeting so utterly selfish , so unutterably depraved in heart , as to desire a _privilegs for himself which be would deny to his _fellow-mao . Ho agreed with Mr M'G _**» th , that taxation without representation was a horrible injustice ; he contended that the meanest beggar that crawled the streets had a right to the franchise , insomuch as he paid a tax to government on the crust of bread which maintained his abject existence . lie therefore felt great pleasure in expressing his entire concurrence with the principles embodied in the petition wbich had been submitted to the meeting . . Universal
Mr G , _WnsBi-CR said , that though Suffrage was the basis of the plan of eleetor . il reform which bad been proposed , there were © ther measures required to give it full effect . They all knew that a general election never occurred but petitions were poured _in'o Parliament from all parts of the country , _cosstplaining of bribery and _corrnptioB , Tbe ballot would remedy this deplorable state of things . lie _oonsidered that seven years was too long a period for the duration of Parliament ; some thought that a seven years' apprenticeship was necessary te acquire a knowledge of legislation , but he contended that Parliament was not a place for those who had to learn tbeir trade , but for those who had already acquired it . ( Hear . ) They were all aware thata property qualification was required for a member of
Parliament ; but , in his opinion , a man should be tested by the depth of his mind , and not by the breadth ot his acres , ( Hear . ) With regard tothe payment of members , he had found it a sore subject with working-men , who thought they had enough to pay already ; but he thought it better to pay the members than send them into Parliament with the power and opportunity of paying themselves . ( Hear . ) The last point which he had to comment upon , was tbe division ofthe country into equal electoral districts . It was a monstrous anomaly that Harwich , with a constituency of 368 , should be represented equally with Marylebone , with > constituency of 10 , 000 . Neither could he see the justice of giving a vote ton £ 10 householder in Guildford , and denying it to one in Croydon . ( Hear . ) These w »* re glaring anomalies , whieh ought to be amended . He trusted that every one in that meeting would not only sign the oetitidn but also assist in promulgating among
his fellow-men the principles of Reform , which they I had heard enunciated that night . They must remember that "he who allows oppression shares the crime , " and thnt it was their duty , as psen who wished to be free , to aid the _emaneipafam of their fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) The adoption of tho petition waa -then put by the chairman , and carried without a single dissentient . Mr Hodges here informed the meeting that the district council of the National Charter Association inert wen Monday evening , - at 8 o ' clock , at Lovedays Coffee-house , _Surreyjttreet . Mr Frost afterwards * moved a voto of thanks to MewnM'Grath , T . IU . _Wheeler and G . Wheeler , for their able services ; which was also carried unanimously _. The Chaibma h then declared the meeting dissolved , when numbers , pressed forward to sign the petition . Such a strong and unqualified demonstration in favour oiDtanooracv haa never beenmade in Croydon , before *
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D « _Mitucrivi * FiRi ! s . _—OnFiidayafternooiian alarm " ing fire was discovered on _the-premise-jin tiieoceupa * tion of Air Saunders , hunnet shapo _muiitilncturer * No . 5 , Old Gloucester-street , Hoxton Old-town . An Hbundant supply of water having been obtained , the firemen set to work , but were unable to _a-. t the flames extinguished until tlio whole of the sunk in tiadeintheupperfliioroftlie premises was consumed and the lower portion with its contents much injured . About two o ' clock a most awful _destruction of
property took place by firo at a ruw < stabling in Canonbury-lane , Islington . Tin * e » gim soon arrived * , but before the fire was arrested , th above-named loss was the consequence . —A irightfti accident occurred in Ilart-sireet , Giosvuiieu square . Mrs Lnxton , a young married woman , _agei 22 years , dealer in confectionary , at 10 in the . ibove named-street , was standing with her back fc the fire-place , when her gonn being drawn to th bars ignited ,, ind iii one moment she was envelope ! - _*« . _a _lj ,.. l _» _V . « 11 JU 111 UHG _UJUiULUU uill , .. « _. _j _v _... _v ... -..
inflames . Rushing into the street , screaming vio lently , thinking to extinguish the fire , she _laiet dowi in some sloppy gravel in the road , when some neigh hours , being alarmed by her _crias , she was rescue * fiom her position , but not before nearly everj article of clothing was consumed , and her person dreadfullyinjured . She is not expected tosurvive ; Fatal AccmKNT , —Last evening a young man , named John Pyne , living at 5 i , Windmill-street , Haymarket , was drowned in the Thames . The boat
in which he nnd four others were seated , in their _emieavours to get out of the way ofan approaching steam-vessel , ran against tbe abutment ot tbe fourth _, arch ot . Westminster-bridge . Pyne foolishly rose up and reached out to lessen the shock , and uu * evueua * sion threw him overboard . Fbiohtful Occubrencb on the South Westerk Railway . —On Good Friday evening an accident , attended with the most deplorable consequences , occurred on the line of tbe South Western Railway , near the London terminus , Nine Elms , Bait . rsea . It appears thnt , shortly before six o ' clock , a maa named John Glazier , employed iu the goods department , proceeded somo distance down the line between tbe rails , for the purpose of performing Itis usual duties , when the three o'clock up-train from Southampton ran on to him . The "buffer" struck
him with such violence us _, to force him forward under the down train , which . happened u ba passing at the same instant , and before the train could be stopped the wheels passed over iiis legs . As soon as possible several persons ran to the unfortunate man ; and discovered him lying across the rails , most shockingly mutilated , Iiis right foot was cut off near the ancle joint , the left was dreadfully crush * d , and seemed to be hanging by apiece of flesh . Hia head was lacerated at the base-, the left arm fractured , and his body , in various part * , was seriously contused . He was removed with every care to St Thomas ' s Hospital . There seems but little _chanoe ofhis recorery .
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CHARGE OF MUKDEll .-DREADFUL DES'iTlUTIOfl .
Jenifer Bolitho was indicted for the wilful murder of her female infant child , at Redrucb _, by refusing and neglecting to give it food and sustenance , by reason whereof it _lin-ered for six weeks and then died . This case is one ofan extraordinary nature , it shows that starvation and complete _destil-utiun are not confined to Ireland alone , but are to be found in many of our rural districts . Hannah George stated that she was the wife of a miner , and Jived at Redruth , in the same house with prisoner . Tlie house is a tenement let out to lodgers . The prisoner has three children , respectively aged three , nine , and twelve years , and is a , widow . On the lst of February witness heard one of the children open the prisoner ' s door , and begin tohry . Witness then went to the prisoner ' s room . There iv _^ s neither
fire nor light in the room . On asking the prisoner what was tbe matter , she said she was very ill ; upon which witness fetched a caudle from her own room , and told the prisoner that she _thought that she wan in labour . She asked witness to tl-tc ' i a midwife , which she did , and returned in about five _mirutes , when she heard a baby cty ; and ongoing into tho room found that the prisoner had been t ' eiivered in her absence . The chili ! was lying on tbe floor , and the prisoner standing near it . it was a very fine child . Two days after the witness saw the child again , and asked her if she bad any rslief for it .. She said her aunt had heen to the relievisig officer tor her the morning before to seek _telief . The witness w ent again io the prisoner ' s room on the following day . Ths baby was there , and seemed to he well . She did not see the child a _^ . _'iin ; but often heard it cr . i ing in tho evenings , when witness returned from her work . Tlw baby died mi the 3 rd of March .
Aune Messenger stated that she also lived in tho same bouse with the prisoner . On the lst of February she was called out of her bed to _a-sist the prisoner , soon after twelve at night . She hud a baby in her arms . Witness washed and dressed it , 13 the prisoner was in great distress . She then gave it to tbe prisoner . She saw it again the next day , but not after * wards for a fortnight . It then appeared to be iu * very wretched low state , and to all appearance dying . She gave it to Jane Hicks , and afterwards took it some bread and sugar , and left it on the prisoner ' s table , and begged the prisoner to give it to the child . She did net afterwards see the child alive , but heard it cry " brave loud" many times . The cries afterwards became fainter , until they were like those of a cat .
Charles 'IVegoning— I am a policeman of Redruth . On Monday , the 22 d of February , I went to the prisoner _^ rfcom , and asked the prisoner where the child was . She said in the bed . I then saw it . Sho said it was very bad . I asked her why she did not nurse it . She said she had not had any milk , and could net suckle it . I asked her why she did not givo it some food . She said she had none to give it . I asked her if she had cot any bread in the house . She said nothing but the union bread , and that the child would not eat that . She then showed rae her breast It was very thin .
George Harris—I am the relieving officer of tho Redruth Union . On the morning of the 2 d February last an application was made to me for relief for tho _prisonei _* . I went to her house , and then sent the dectar to her . He ordered me to give her some bread and some sago . I sent her a loaf and somo oatmeal . On the Friday following she sent again , and I sent her two waves of union bread , and after that the guardians ordered her four loaves of bread * week . It is pretty good bread ; no bran is taken cut of the hour . T _« _iat continued for six weeks . Jane Foik 5 r . ghi . rne—I am aunt to the prisoner . I received one sispenuy loaf and two pounds of oatmeal from the relieving officer for the prisoner . Mr Harris was told sho bad no fire , or soap to wash fho baby wit !? . I hid twelve loaves of bread for the prisoner in all .
By the _priaor-er—I went to sea the prisoner from time to time at her hot ; se ; she asked me to go to seek for meat fer the baby . I asked Mr Harris it' h _» would be so s > od as to give me sixpence on behalf of a _atsAtviag child . I got nothing else but what I have _raor-tioaeu . She desired me more than once to go for fond for her baby . I gave the child gruel and bread front time to time . She was a distressed woman . 1 have brought her turnips , and she haa given eaeh child a slice of turnip to eat lor their supper , and pat _th-jm to bed . I have begged bread for ber . She bad not tea , coffee , or anything else , but had soaked barley bread ia water for herself and children . Samuel V ' ncess _Pi-rce Mitchell—I am surgeon to tha Redruth , uniem . On the 2 nd of February Mr Karris desired me to visit tiie prisoner , I did so , and found her ia ted . She- had been confiutd tha day before , I did not see the child . I was sent for again about a week after . I did not tben see the child .
My _attention was not called to her circumstances , and I never saw the child alive . I examined the child on the -ith of March , and found it very much emaciated , the itomach empty . There were no signs of disease , tlte _sewala nearly empty , not _"juite , I should say the child had not bad sufficient nourishment . I should imagine death was caused by it » not having had the common necessaries , of life . I cannot _imagiae * iay other cause of death . The prisoner , ot * being called on for her defence , said tba * . for some time pbst sue bad been in a complete ! sUte of starvation , with no bread to cat or to give hu chiiJrea . They had often gone to bed without _brsasitiij ¦ their fast , and that " starvation waa _bitta ? eat ! . " Three little orphans , had nothing but
raw _luiTips to give tbem ! The baby she was unable to ijeiok ! e , as 3 he had no milk in heV breasts owing to-starvation , and the child would not take the union bread , it w _.- _»» so coarse . She had no fire , candle , or even sea ? ta wash the child , "ihe dear baby _' . sheloved i ; too well to hurt it , but it died through want . Mr _Jiwt ' ee CresawelV then summed up the case , telling the jury that it was- , first _necessary for tho prosecution to make out that the child died from starvation , before they cou ' d enter into the question . o £ _whelher ibe prisoner had ia any way concurred fa its death . On thu point te _* ie evidence of tho surgeon , _confirn-ed ; i & it was by the other witnesses , was very 9 trcsc , If . Let-., they thought thatthe child did die
frora starvation , wa * that caused by the wilful wiihhoidia _,: 0 ! _iv-ui-lshment by the mother ? If bo , it would te murder in her . But if , on the other hand , turn " * . as onlv _ETOssnegl ' _igence on her pa _** t , but no intention to cause death , then the erime would be manslaughter . If , however , they thought the woman hid r _<• meara cfsupplving the child with food , ihea sh ? _w- _*' .- t ; _:-t se lesPcnjiWo , and thoy must _acqu-t ber ait- _czibec . There wa 3 one observation he could not ! _iul ? _maki * : •* , - - was to havo been expected that alter tiie _oolicticaii had seen the destitution 0 ? _Uva woman , that " -one _oso would have ealled to ascertain her real state , and render such a _* sist : _iiicQ as sho tnighc b . _'avs required ; that , however , had not beea ths o _" ise .
The jury retired to consider their verdict , and ' aftiir half an Uuur ' 3 _oOA-sultat ' wn , _Acc _^ _U' _-d . i _& tj prisoner ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/1/
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