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> LETTERS : TO THE WORKING _CLASSES . XLTI . " Words are things , anil a smaU _d _™? of _«* Falling-like dew —« poil a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions _, think . " bison . IRELAND AND ENGLAND . Brother Proletarians , I must again direct your special attention to the frightful revelations of Irish misery , and harrowing record of Irish suffering , you will find in this number ofthe " Northern Star . ' You -will read of shops closed in hundreds , the keepers being -utterly ruined—beggared by rates and rents , and the total deprivation of business . You will read of Protestant parsons , and Catholic priests , reduced to one level of destitution—a fact -which does not excite much of my pity , seeing that both have agreed in one thing—if in nothing else—to humbug the people , and reduce them to the abject condition of d ying of hunger , rather thanresist oppression by the means dictated by nature and sanctioned by examples setby the most glorious of our species . You will read that " the famine" has reached those Devil ' s cubs , the lawyers—the Judges are sitting idle , and ** briefless' * is the lot of nearly the entire race of legal cormorants . Tho landlords—at least a large number of them—are still worse off . The femine he praised for that ! Yon will read
that " the sons of the gentry are squabbling for situations which the butlers of their progenitors Would scarcely have deemed worthy of acceptance . - ' Ha ! ha ! so their pride is brought low . Those haughty tyrants , who deemed themselves ah * but gods—certainly not ofthe common clay of which we , brother proletatarians , are formed—those dainty gentlemen , those lily-white-handed idlers are compelled to descend to the level of flunkies I Their doom is their own seeking . The misery they inflicted npon their victims has recoiled upon themselves . " The poisoned chalice has returned to their own lips ; " and
who sobaseaspity them ? Up to this hour they have waged a war of extermination _ao-ainst the poor . You will read—copied from the "Limerick Examiner "—that only a few davs ago eight houses were levelled at Castle-« onneL and " fifty persons turned out to swell the crowd of paupers clamouring for relief . " Por miscreants who belong to the order who do such deeds , can we feel pity— -nd matter what their doom ? Certainl y not , if we are . menif we have any respect for Justice . Away with the fudge of— " Blame the system , not the men . " Away with the humbug of "Charity , " and "Love . " I say , with the German
poet : — "Wehare _aR had quite enough of "lore " Be our watchword henceforth "Hathed . " And for that hatred there is reason more than sufficient in the horrible story of . the misery and murder of your order , as detailed in this week ' s Irish news . You will read , that at the - ' Quarter Sessions of one town only , 1 , 200 prisoners ( for the most part charged with what thelawcalls " petty theft , " ) pleaded" Guilty , " * n the nope of being detained in prison— -for the sake of the prison food ! Two who wero discharged , were the next day accused of " riot , " committed in an attempt to break into gaol I You will read that numbers of the unhappy
peasantry are clamouring to work for any one , i on condition of being only fed , and that too upon the coarsest food . It is true some go the length of asking ten shillings a year , in addition to their food ! Think of men being driven to offer their labour for potatoes , oatmeal , and twopence-farthing a week I You will read of the unhappy creatures beingpositively poisoned by the abominable oatmeal , or some substitute for meal You will read of hundreds dying of hunger , and hundreds perishing of cholera caused by hunger ; the hving dying by inches , and the dead , in many instances . unburied , rotting without the decenrc _^ ering of grave or _ahroud .
"When Ster >* e desired to impress hisreaders -with the horrors of captivity , he singled out a solitary victim to illustrate _& eMghtful system he wished to bring into disrepute . So , perhaps , it would he well to call your attention to the case ofa particularvictim , to more forcibly illustrate the horrors of Irish suffering . I request , therefore , your particular attention to the case of Patrick _Coxoiat : — " On Fri day , the 20 th of April , " says the " Cork Examiner" " weak , tottering man—or the skeleton of what once might be called a manstaggered info the workhouse of Youghal . He
was lean and hungry , with ihe voracity of a wolf" That day he had the usual " in-door relief , " evidently insufficient , for , on the Sunday morning , he stole , or attempted to steal , a morsel of bread . Por this " crime" his punishment was DEATH . It is true he was not publicly strangled ; he was not so fortunate as to . share the comparatively easy death of 3 Jt / sh . Cold , starvation , and mental torture supplied the place of the hangman and the gallows . Por attempting to take a morsel of bread he was thrust into the Wihonse Black Hole—a den Avithout
air or light , 2 nd measuring only eight feet by six ! His miserable meal was also torn from him . At the hour appointed for religious service , the fiendish , hypocritical torturers of poor Cokollt led him forth to pray ! " When he staggered up from his trembling knees , he was ledbach : again to his cold , dark , airless cell , to tenant it with his raging hunger and un--utterable sufferings . " At length Death—merciful Death—came to the wretched man's relief" An inquest was held on the hody , and the Jury returned a verdict of— "Wilful Murder ? No ! nothing ofthe sort The verdict was—" "We find that on Sunday , the
22 nd of April , Patrick _Conollt , a pauper in _Youghal Workhouse , was confined in a place ) called the Black-hole , being at the same time deprived ofhis rations , and while so confined , beino * seized with sickness , shortly after died ; and the Jury find that the said Patrick Co-- HOLLT came by his death in consequence of being so confined in the said Black-hole , and being deprived of his rations ; and the Jury _Td shtopntonrecordtheirmarked condemnation ofthe Black-hole of the Youghal Workhouse , condemna
The Jurors express their marked - tion ofthe Black-hole . But what is the Black hole ? Can it be made to feel the " marked condemnation ? ' Can the Black-hole be prosecuted or hanged , as the murderers of _COSOLLT ought to he 1 Most respectable and worthy Jurors—if-poor Conolly died because he was put into the Black-hole , and because ho was deprived of his rations , do you not see ihat those who deprived him of light , and air , and food , were " guilty of his death—m feet ,
guilty of -Murder ? It is true , worknousemurder is not _recognised as a crime . _•*'? true , that even those -who prey npon the hives " of little children escape punishment even in this country ; - _ why then should" Jurors he very ! _-auce concerning -the death of any one victim—-particularly in Ireland , .-where _Deaths-char tered by Oppression—mows down his hundreds _< lany ? Ireland is in a state of social _revolutionindeed , society is utterly breaking up ; and ionest , practical statesmen , would - _seizeupon "tiiis _opportunity to establishanew and just : order of things in that nnhappy counfay . But the Whigs are no such statesmen . Tbeirpal - tv . _-oedduneiireasures are inadequate for the
occasion ; they may salve-over the sore , but the cause of the disease - will remain . Free Labour on a Free Soil is the only possible solution of "the Irish difficulty ; " but no such solution will the Whiga , or any rival faction _efflwpri'idleged orders , attempt or sanction . _" * 3 _^ can be no hope for , Ireland until Pri--rilege and' _Gapifcalrceaso to monopolise the resources * of the State—that monopoly , will only C « S 8 Vh » Hie » 6 nopoly-of _tegudatwn v
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brought to an end by the enactment of the People ' s Charter ; Brother Proletarians , I rejoice at the prospect of a renewed , and , I trust , wellgrounded struggle for the Charter . The immense meeting of the Tower Hamlets Democrats , held last night , and the numerously attended meeting ofthe Marylebone Chartists , held this evening , have cheered me with the hope of an earnest endeavour , on your part fo bring the present infernal systcm to a conclusion— " a consummation devoutly to be wished . "
I observe that Mr . Sharman Crawford has given notice of his intention to move _ an amendment in favour of "Universal Suffrage , " on the forthcoming motion of Mr . Hume for a reform of therepresentation . Had this notice been given by the member for Nottingham what a howl would have been raised bythe genteel reformers against " Chartist obstructives" and " Tory tools . " Mr . Crawford has
taken a right course , and I trust will persevere . Honesty is the best policy . The people may be rallied in defence of a-principle , and if Hume and his friends are seriously anxious for Parliamentary Beform , they will unite with Mr . Crawford in asserting , and insisting on the recognition of the great principle of Universal Sum-age—that is , Justice for each and for all .
I must again defer my promised comment on foreign topics . Brother Proletarians , let me again entreat you to prove your love of freedom and justice by following up thr good work so well commenced yesterday . There must be no unreasonable haste , no irrational excitement . Perseverance and the ' _ehthusiasm of a steady determination to win , . will infallibly achievevictory , and that , too , at no distant day . There must be no folly ; but there must be the fixed , unflinching resolution to beat down inequality , and establish the Reign of Political Sight and Social Justice . _. L'AMI DU PEUPLE . May 3 rd , 1849 .
Receipts Of The National Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob the Week Endiko Thcrsdit , Mat 3 , 1849 . SHARES . £ a . d . £ 8 . d . Ipswich .. 819 0 Coventry 2 10 0 Rotherham ... 0 13 4 H . Gradatis .. 014 0 Glossop .. 956 R . Pattison .. 026 Preston , liddle 2 0 0 V . _M-Donnell .. 0 3 0 Market Laving- G . H . Chatwin .. 0 2 0 ton .. 0 5 0 C _. Mowl ., 0 . 1 6 Birmingham , B . Moss ., 0 6 0 " Ship .. 3 6 0 J . _Tigurs .. 0 2 6 Nottingham .. 074 — Preston , Brown 2 . 12 8 £ 2713 4 Sleaford .. 0 3 _' 0 ' EXPENSE FUND . Ipswich .. 020 Birmingham , Rotherham .-. 0 2 0 Goodwin .. 0 4 0 Glossop . .. 1 10 0 _Kottingham .. 0 2 6 Birmingham , - Ship .. 0 2 0 £ 22 8 Prestoi , Brown 0 0 2 _-h _^ _-hb TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 27 13 4 r Expense ditto ... ... ... 2 2 8 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 127 1 10 Loan . ditto ... ... ... 0 12 4 Transfers ... ... ... 0 3 0 Returned Aid Money , & c . ... ... -15 0 0 £ 172 13 2 W . Dixon , C . Dona , ~ ~~ T . Clauk , Cor . Sec . - P . M'Grath , Tin . Sec . EXECUTIVE PUND . Received by S . Ktdd . — Stockport , 5 s . ; Manchester , 10 s . VICTIM FUND . Beceived at Lakd Office . —Portsmouth , per L J . Herrimas , 7 s . Received br S . Ktdd . —Crown and Anchor Hall Locality , 5 s . 100 . ; _TSortoTk Arms , ls . ; Four Brothers . 2 s . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by "Wm , Bideb . —A few Friends , Stoke-upqn-Treiit , per Bob Charter , 5 s . ; Carlisle , Chambers' Warpers , 10 s . ; Swansea , per J . _PhillipSi 13 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 s . 3 d . ; Preston , Proceeds of Lecture by J . Barker , per J . Brown , 12 s . ; Dunoon' Pifeshire , per G . Brown , 6 s . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Beceived by Jobs Absott . —Mr Kider , as per Star , £ 2 9 s . -3 d . ; _CrOKTi and Anchor Kail Locality , per £ . Stallwood , 8 s . 10 . ; Mr . Kewby , Tower Hamlets , 6 d . ; ErnesSTones Locality , per Mr . _M-Veigh , 3 s . Sd . ; Mr . K . 2 s . ; 2 B _, Goldenlane , per T . Brown , 4 s . _IJd . ; . Hermit , " Bedford-square , per E . Warren , Ss . ; Globe and Friends , per Ditto , 4 s . Id . ; Lecture Hall , per Ditto , 3 _si 6 d . ; Total , £ 4 0 s . Hid . As this is to be divided between thirty-two widows and upwards of seventy orphans the Committee feel compelled to State that unless funds are forwarded forthwith they must resign . S . Aiworr , Sec .
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DR . P . M'DOUALL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Having seen Mr . M'Douall to-day , and being convinced of the evident failure of his health , I feel it to be my duty to address the public upon the subject , through yon , and to request the friends of Dr . M-Douall , in each town lo petition parliament through their representatives , for him to be placed in the list of first-class prisoners . The effect which twenty three hours' close confinement gut of _twenty-fonrwillhaveuponamanoflheDdctor ' sactive
habits must be apparent to all . From several letters which I have received , I do not think it is generally known throughout the country , that the treatment of Mr . M'Douall differs so materially as it does from that of the other Chartists confined in the same prison . I am sure those who saw Mm twelve months since would not recognise him at the present time . I trust . his friends will see the necessity of immediate exertion . Tours , & C . | M . A . M'Douall . 1 , Front Portland-street , Liverpool , May 2 nd , 1849 .
The Miners Of Northumberland And Durham....
THE MINERS OF _NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . TO THE EDITOR OF THE S 0 RTUERN STAB . Sib , —The miners of this country , as -well as the working men of all other classes , owe a debt of gratitude ( which I trust they will redeem , ) to the proprietor of the Northern Star , for his readiness in _living insertion to any and all of their varied and manifold grievances , thereby ensuring that publicity among the working men which could not be obtained from any other source . Being fully aware of the desire , the wishes , and disposition of those parties who conduct and carry out the principles and objects which called the Nortliern Star into existence , I forward for insertion the following proceedings relative to the miners , of Xorthumberland and Durham , whi ' h" took place : at
a delegate meeting held last Saturday , at the Cock Inn , head of the Side , _Newcastle : — The dele <* ates met at eleven o'clock in the morning an ? proceeded to call over the roll , when the various delegates answered as representing their respective collieries , and forthwith handed to the treasurer all monies as being levied to meet the expenditure , as conditioned at the last meeting . The next business was the petition to Parliament for a better system of ventilation , which having been numerously signedby the miners and others , it was unanimously -agreed that a correspondence be opened with Mr . Duncombe and Mr . O'Connor , to ascertain whether they would honour the miners with the presentation of the same to the House of
Commons . \ - " „ - * _^ - A proposition from a certain colliery for the immediate establishment of a Victim Fund , the necessity of tho same being well and ably argued by several delegates , from -which it appeared that owing to the regular and continued oppression of the employers , their invariable practice being to discharge from their employ aU-who take any promment part in the organisation of the workmen , thereby engendering a slavish fear among the rest , and _ thus preventmethe extensionof thegloriousworkforwantof officer ! . It is intended that each member joining the union shall contribute a small sum fortnightly
to be kept-at the colliery , and-. waea _smy oi _ino , workmen shaU be discharged from _thexolliery , and . the committee of the same be clearly of opinion that the said party was discharged' because he took an ; active part in forwarding the Miners' Labour Pro- _, tection Society , then this committee shall be em-: powered to vote from the funds any adequate sumi to enable the said party to procure employment ; elsewhere ; This proposition will be laid beforeeachi colliery , when it is expected that the next delegate meeting will be unanimous in the adoption : of the principle enunciated , which is so obviously _neeesgary that no opposition can be expected . Yours , Ac ., ; M . Jcdb . - April 30 th , 184 _& . ; '
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PUBZ-IC MEETINGS . GREAT MEETING CO ? . PROTECTIONISTS AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE _NATIGATIOH LAWS . An aggregate meeting of the agricultural , colonial , commercial , manufacturing , and shipping interests , was held on- Tuesday , at the Hall of Commerce , _Threadheedle-street , the object being to form a general and united association of all thegre . it interests of the country ; for the purpose of resisting the progress of the free-trade system , andre-estabushing protection . - i At the hourfoir which the meeting was summoned , the hall was about three parts fifled , there being
some 700 or 800 persons present , and at no period of the day was that number exceeded . The Duke of Richmond presided . The front row of seats on the platform . was _occupied by the follow- ; ing noblemen _and-gentlemen : ' The Marquis of _Dowiisbire , Marquis of Winchilsea , Earl of Eg linton ,- Earl of . Malmesbury , _Jfarquis of Granby , Lord Charles Manners- Lord Sondes , Lord John Manners , Lord Talbot , Lord Nelson , Mr . Newdcgate , M . P ., the Hon . Mr . Law , M . P . ( the recorder of London ) , Major Beresford , M . P ., Colonel Sibthorp- M . P ., G . R . Robinson , Esq ., M . P . ( chairman of Lloyds ); G . F . Young , Esq ., Sir C . Burrell , M . P ., A . Bosanquet , Esq ., P . Miles , Esq ., M . P . ; Alderman Sidney , M . P ., P . Fosket , Esq . ; and on
the seats behind the chair were several landowners , farmers , and others connected with agriculture and the West India interest . , The Chairman , on rising , was received with loud and general marks of approbation . He said he had advocated pro otion—not only to the agriculturist but the manufacturer _^ not only to the sailor but to the Spitalfields weaver , * and he believed that this country couldnot continue in the course which it had been pursuing—a course the result of which had been to promote the prosperity of the foreigner at _ the expense of the interests of our own population , It was most desirable , then , at a crisis like the present , to attempt to-unite into one body , those whose interests were actually the same— -for with
the exception of- those of the small knot of Manchester and Stockport manufacturers , he believed that the interests of the agriculturist , the manufacturer , the merchant , and the colonist went hand in hand . ( Cheers . ) What was the present condition ofthe various classes which he had enumerated ? He need not enlarge upon the deep distress felt in the agricultural districts . That distress was as notorious as it was severe . But he would ask the small shopkeepers in the country , and tho larger shopkeepers in'London , what they had gained by free trade . ¦ ( Cheers . ) On the subject of protection to native industry , 'Parliament could , if it thought fit—and it would be obliged to think fit—retrace its steps , and grant to native industry that
moderate protection which was its due . ( Cheers . ) But the subject which : had more immediately called them together was the threatened repeal of the Navigation ; Laws . ( Hear , hear . ) Were that repeal to be carried he . would assure them that the defences ofthe country would be crippled for ever , and that the . time would soon come when they would be no longer able to boast that the footmark ofa foreign foe had never prostituted the soil of England . ( Cheers . ) A repeal of the Navigation Laws would . cripple our commercial marine , and without a commercial marine , how could they expect to man the guns of their men-of-war ?
( Cheers . ) No doubt -there were not wanting people who were going about saying , " Oh , war , is over and _past-slaughter )~ -m future wo aro to have arbitration and universal peace . " ( Laughter . ) Was there ever such humbug ? { Cheers . } Let the gentlemen of the Peace Societies go to Donnybrook Fair and try if they can prevent the factions there from-fighting —( lauffhter )—and when they havfe been so far successful let them offer their services for the suppression of all future wars throughout Europe . ( Hear and cheers . ) . Ho , for one , would never consent to vote for the destruction of the ; wooden walls of England .
The Marquis of _Gramjy , who was received with tumultuous expressions of approbation , read and moved the following _; resolution : —" That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the adoption ef a freetrade policy has * failed to produce the national benefits predicted by its promoters ; that it has been followed by deep injury to many of the great interests of : this country ; that a reaction in public opinion is widely diffused , and is rapidly extending in favour of just and moderate protection tothe productions of the land , the manufactures , and the industry ofthe United . Kingdom and British possessions ; and that it : is of the utmost importance to the restoration-of prosperity tothe nation that the influence ofthe airricultural , colonial , mercantile ,
manufacturing , and shipping interests should be united in resistance to the further progress of experimental legislation . " The noble marquis said , free trade was a failure—an utter failure . ( Cheers . ) How could it be otherwise ? How could our heavily taxed population ! compete with the untaxed energies of foreign countries ? ( Cheers . ) But , besides , the freetraders were' wrong in a cardinal point . Thoy never tliought that , the result : o _£ ) 4 _* ieir principles would be to make the peoplo lose as producers what they gained as consumers . ( Loud cheers-. ) But there was another point . The producer lost upon tbe whole ofhis income , whilst th ? consumer benefited only upon a part of his expenditure . ( Loud
cheers . ) Who , then , was really benehted by tree trade ? Nobody butthe . idle consumer , who had a fixed income ; whilst the producing class—that class which was by far the most important to the country —had to stand the whole brunt of the late fatal change . Only one great interest remained untouched . Long might it remain so ! . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) No doubt the House of Commons had decided against that interest , though by a small majority—a majority , let the meeting remember , very considerably smaller than that of last year . But , thank God ! there was a House of Lords . ( Tremendous cheering , which lasted for several minutes . ) Let them all be unanimous in their determination to obtain for all classes of their
fellow subjects a just and fair degree of protection ; let themleave that hall with a stern determination totakceyery means in their power practically to carry out their views , and they might depend upon it that free trade would not exist much longer in thiscountry . ( Loud and long-continued cheers . ) Mr . Bosatmqcet seconded thc resolution . Hc commented in severe terms upon the inconsistency with which we had paid vast sums for the abolition of the horrors of the slave trade while we were now actually encouraging , by unsound commercial relaxations , the trafic -which we had done so much to extirpate . ( Cheers . ) Our recent legislation had been , so far as regarded our sugar-growing colonies , perfectly suicidal . Not less than 200 English firms
connected with the production of sugar had failed , in consequence ofthe free trade policy which had of late been so recklessly carried out . ( Loud cries of "hear , hear . " ) The hon . gentleman then proceeded at some length to read a letter which he had just received from the West Indies , and in which , the writer stated , that upon his recent arrival in the colony he had found matters in a more miserable stateeven than he had been led to expect , and that the cultivation of his own estates was only being carried on for the benefit of his creditors . Thc hon gentleman then proceeded to urge that the country was not . fairly represented by the present House of Commons , for , whatever the majority ofthat House might sav , public feeling not only did not call for ,
but was strongly opposed to such a reckless and dangerous measure as that ofthe repeal of the Navigation Laws . The hon . gentleman , amid some interruption and crie 3 of " time , time , " concluded by seconding the resolution . ... ¦ . The Duke of Richmond rose to put it to the meet-: ing , when a gentleman suddenly rose from the body ofthe meeting just under the platform , and handed his card to . the noble chairman , at the same time proclaiming in a loud voice , that his name was -Mr . George Bacon , and that he wished to make a few observations upon the resolution to be submitted to the meeting . Amid considerable interruption he spoke as follows : M y lords and dukes on the . platform —( laughter , and cries of " Turn him be
out" )—it appears to me that this is a question - tween Protection and Free Trade . ( Cheers , laughter , and fresh confusion . ) But a great deal is mixed up in the matter before us about manufacturer s , colonists , and merchants . ( Uproar . ) Now , don't be humbugged by these noblemen about the matter . ( Great uproar , and loud cries of " Turn him out . " ) What is Protection ? " (• ' Oh , oh , and increased confusion . ) ' I ' will tell you what it is . ( Uproar . ) These men ( pointing tothe platform ) are aggrandising themselves and their families against your interests and against the interests of the whole community . ( Tremendous hootings and yellings , ) in the midst of which _,. ; . ... . . .. ¦' - ¦ . . , Mr . ( i . F . _You-so exclaimed : I rise to order . ( Cheers . ) This meeting is a meeting ; of those favourable ; to the cause of Protection . . ( Loud cheering . ); _j ; _,:.-. _. , . . ¦ _.. _ : ¦"'_ - _; . '• ¦ •' , and
' V Mr . ' Bacon then rose againamid great uproar , _spokefor a moment in dumb show .. . _- _ .... , 7 The Duke of Richmoih > _thensaid : Haying been appealed to upon apoint of order , I must decide in favour of the honourable gentleman on my left Hand ( Mrl G . F . Young . ) ( Great cheering . ) ; __;; " the noble lord was proceeding to put thc motion iri the midst of great ' eonfusion— .:. _' , ;! . _Mri : Bacon shouted out that he had been . misunderstood ; thathc . had not meant to , . call the noble lords humbugs '; that he had only expressed ahope ' that the country would not be humbugged by The Earl of Winchixsba , who Was seated . quito close to Mr . -Bacon ; replied , in a _^ species of parenthese that ho should much like to meet that gentlpma ' n in argument , and that he hoped to bo able to conVuice bim ofthe error under which he wash-¦ ¦
bouring .. ; : _'* : . _:-. : : ¦ : >¦ : . . ' ' _- - ¦•'; . - . _;; _- ! _- 'All this took-place amid the uproar , _whiolxxon . tinned _forUsome * moments : after .. the : nobta ' ohau _* _- _rn _^ _n had gol . upon his ilogs to putthe wsolubon _^ _KR & g . _' _Sileuw . _kYBg _^ _u _' irt _-lwgfc . ft ;
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tained _,-thc resolution was Jproposed and _C- _^ ned by acclamation ; Mr . Bacon ' s haid forming thO _s . _" ™ total ot the manual minority . This result was haK <* by great cheering . _ Mr . _Edwaud Ball then moved the second vosolution .. It was to the following effect : — " That with tins view an assocfl _^ ion be now formed , to be called lhe _Aational Association for the Protection of British Industry and Capital , ' and that all individuals throughou t the United Kingdom connected with agriculture , colonies , trade , commerce , manufactures / and shipping ,, whose sentiments are in accordance with the principles on which the society is proposed to bo founded , be invited to become members thereof . " He could assure the meeting that for anyone fully to annreciate the _consonuonnM
of Free Trade , it was necessary fo live , as he did , in a rural district . The periods of agricultural distress of 1822 and 1835 were , no doubt , time ' s ofgrcat depression , but still the farmers had , to a certain degree , some relief . If they sold corn cheaply , at all events they had plenty of corn to sell . , ( Hear . ) They _^ had , in both of the instances to which lie referred , enjoyed a good harvest . But what was the case at present ? Why , they had had a deficient harvest , while a vast quantity of foreign corn had been flung into the market / to crush and cripple the fal'mer- ( Hear , hear . ) He assured them that never had the labourers been so broken . down—so brokenhearted , he mi g ht say—as at present . ( Hear , hear . ) It was had with all classes , but particularly with the labourers .
it *? AMUBL _^ AKKS rose t ° second the resolution . He said , they had been " deserted by their leaders , and it was therefore time for them to bestir , themselves ; to rouse their own energies in' tlieir' own behoof . First , there had been Lord Melbourne , who had declared for Protection , only to throw it overboard . ( Cheers and hisses . ) Then there was Sir Robert Peel ( uproar ); the meeting , perhaps , had not forgotten how they had been treated by that right honourable gentleman . ( Cheers . ) And then there was in the third place , Lord John _Russelr-A Voice : " He ' s the worst of all . " ( Cheers . ) —Mr . Baker continued - . Then there was Lord John Russell , who , after proposing and resolutely arguing for a fixed duty , in 184 ( 5 , turned round and went
tor total abolition in 1848 . ( Hisses and great uproar . ) The honourable gentleman . proceeded to refer at some length to the intelligence brought'b y the American mail which had arrived that morning . ; The resolution was then put and carried , amid general enthusiasm . ; Mr . Alderman _Sidney moved the next resolution which was as follows :- _"That tho following gentlemen—Mr . R . Baker , Mr . Edward Bail , Air . Samuel Baker , Mr . Augustus Bosanquet , Mr . James Blyth , Mr . Robert Brooks , Mr . John Chapman , Air . Dumcan Dunbar , Mr . John Ellman , Mr . Paul Foskett , Mr . Alderman Finnis , Mr . C . D . Guthrie , Mr . N . Gould , Captain Higham , Mr . George Marshall , Mr . Stephen Mills , Mr . M . _M'Chaleary , Mr . J . Macqueen , Mr . W . Malins , Mr . J . D . Powles , Mr .
Alderman Sidney ; M . P ., Mr . W . Tindall , Mr . Alderman Thompson , M . P ., G . A . Thompson , Esq ., Mr . Anthony _ltidly , Mr . Money Wigram , Mr . G . F . Young—with power to add to their number , be requested to act as a provisional committee , for the purpose of framing , rules and regulations for tho organisation and management of the association . That they prepare - and circulate an address , . exp lanatory of the principles on which theassociation is established , and enforcing its claims to support ; And that they be empowered to collect subscriptions , and to adopt such other measures as they may deem advisable , ' forgiving efteet to the objects ofthe present meeting . " He was very ready to enter into competition with foreigners , if lie was only allowed a fair field and equal terms . But how could the field be called fair , or the terms equal , when the producer in this country was burdened by the interest of a vast national debt ? ( Cheers . ) They
heard a good deal now-a-days about progresswell , had they made any very satisfactory progress during the last three years ? ( Loudcheers . ) During the last two years the poor-rates paid in Great Britain had increased upwards of seventeen percent ; and in Norwich , Leeds , and Manchester , cities with which he was connected , these rates had doubled within the last ten years . ( Hear . ) Moreover , the workhouses , 'the prisons , and the lunatic asylums , had never been so full as they were within the last three years . ( Hear . ) The honourable gentleman then proceeded to illustrate the fatal effects of free trade upon our manufactureshy a narrative of the consequences upon the town of Bradford of a great importation of Frenoh merinos , wliich had lately
taken placein the north of England . The trade of Bradford was for a time paralysed , and the artisans of that once-flourishing place at once thrown out of employment . Now if a Bradford , manufacturer employed 1 , 000 workmen , whom he paid at the average rate of 15 s . a week , it was calculated that out of their wages £ 250 went annually to the state . But the consequences of a free-trade system would be not only to throw the 1 , 000 men out of work , and upon the , rates , but to cause a loss to 'the revenue of the annual £ 250 which , were they in" work , they would pay- _^ -and be . able to pay—to the revenue of the countrv . ( Hear , hear . ) The honourable
gentleman concluded b y moving the third resolution . Mr . Foskett Seconded the resolution . He said , that on Monday next Lord Stanley would move in the House of Lords the rejection of the Navigation Bill . ( Hear . ) He believed that he ( Mr . Foskett ) was justified in saying that the noble lord was ready to take office , should it be required of him to do so . ( Tremendous cheering , the whole meeting standing up and waving hats , & a ., with every sign of the most red-rot enthusiasm . ) It had been said that the noble lord could not , as Parliament was at present constituted , carry on the government . But Im had his remedv in his own hand . Let him
ask for a dissolution of Parliament , and he ( Mr . Foskett ) pledged himself , on behalf of his agricultural friends , that after a general election the noble lord would find a very different House of Commons from that which was now assembled . ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Ho was horrified when he heard people say that England could got no better men to carry on the government save the miserable clique Avho had disgraced their country and their times . ( Cheers . ) He maintained that statesmen existed m the mass of the people as the statue did in the block of marble , and that it only required the pressure of a great exigency to produce great men fit to meet it and to guide it . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was put and carried , amidst great applause . The next resolution was proposed by Earl Q _' albot . It was as follows : — " That this meeting views with the utmost anxiety and alarm tlie bill introduced into Parliament by her Majesty ' s Ministers , intituled ' A Bill to amend the Laws relating to British Shipping and Navigation , ' deprecating the measure as pregnant with consequences destructive to the mercantile marine , uncalled for by the people , and repugnant to their feelings , introduced at a most inauspicious period , ' and dangerous to the safety of the State . He trusted that no ministerial influence , no court influence —( cheers)—no influence of any kind whatever , would be regarded in the House of Lords , save and except those influences which
ought to weigh with them in performing their duty to their country , and that by no consideration whatever would they be deterred from taking that course which in their hearts and consciences they believed would be for the good of _^ the people at large , and which the people at large wished and expected to see carried out . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . G . F . Young seconded the resolution , and gave an account of the rise and progress of the bill for the Repeal ofthe Navigation Laws . That the public might understand the tactics of the ministry upon the subject , ho would tell them an anecdote which would perhaps surprise them . ( Hear , hear . ) The provost of the borough of Montrose formed one of the deputation which was sent up to London by tho
inhabitants ofthat borough to oppose by every possible means the passage of this obnoxious measure . Well , the provost waited upon the representative of the Montrose district of burghs ,-and urged upon him the inconsistency of supporting abillwhich was really in direct opposition to those principles of Free * Trade , which he had ever advocated . Now what was the reply of Mr . Joseph Hume ?—and it was a reply given yesterday week , in the morning of the day on which the third reading had been carried . Why it was tin ' " You need not be in the least alarmed "—said Mr . Joseph Hume—" for I was with Mr . Labouchere for an hour on Saturday last , and I told him that , in common with several of niy friends ,. I entertained conscientious scruples to
many clauses of the bill , 90 much so , indeed , that he couldnot support the third reading . " Well , and now whatwas Mr . Labouchere ' s reply ? It was this : " Don ' tbe alarmed , Air . Hume , * if you and your friends will onl y support us now , the government will next year bring-in a bill to repeal tho . _clauses to which _jyou object . ' ( Loud , groans and hisses . ) Now , continued Mr . Young , were those such tricks as statesmen should be allowed to play ( loud cheers ) with our national interests ?; ( Renewed cheering . ) Did the men deserve to be honoured by the name of statesmen who stooped to such subterfuges for the purpose of _carryingintoeffoctanabstract proposition , embodying a most misehie _vous principle . ( Cheers . ) He hoped that the House of Lords would do . their duty , and that the loudly expressed opinions of the
peoplo would go far to . emboldon them in their task . _fCheers . ) It was , well known that the Duke of Wellington had great influence in the-. Upper House . ( Hear . ) : __ Ho did not . pretend to be aware of _, what tho sentiments of his grace mig ht , be upon this peculiar point , but he trusted that it-would ; be explained to him , in language . _^ _tmch would > not bo misapprehended , that , the coiiawyi : now looked to him 111 anxious expectation of _^ J 5 . doing all that in him lay to save _> it . from an ajS _^ tjbin which , should he bo the means of applying it , would go far to tarnish the lubtro of hismighty _deeds , and to dimiaish tho respect : and . affection with which he was . now * > o justly and . so universally regarded . ( Hear , hoar . ) One word niore _^ _It . was whispered that apprehen * _aions _. were _, entertained that the _Navigation Laws would ;; be _repealed in eonsequenoo of -the probable vote * _tf-thtbench _tf-bishopfc ; : ( Uowv hear . ) Sow
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it was with no disrespect to that right reverend body that he ventured to say , that if the spiritual peers were to depart from their legitimate functions , and to sanction by their votes organic changes _£ f a secular character—changes which tho community believed to be most , dangerous in their nature —that £ . _' . _*«} ' would be doing moro to dissever the peoplo of England from the Church of England than they would by any act wliich they coulcf _posgibly commit connected with thoir own duties and in their own sphere . / Loud cheers . ) The honourable gentleman concluded by seconding the resolution , which was put _^ and carried by acclamation . Mr . T 0 B 1 . V , of Liverpool , proposed the next and last resolution , as follows . * " That the cordial and
respectful thanks , of this , meeting be rendered to his Grace the Duko of Richmond , tot the readiness with which he complied with the request that he would preside at the meeting , and for his very able and impartial conduct in the chair this day , "The hon . gentleman shortly alluded to the feet that Air . Cardwell had voted in direct _opposite to the opinion of his constituents , and in contradiction of the opinions which , at his election , it was understood that he entertained , and . which .: one of his principal . supporters—the present Alayor , of Liverpool—had assured thevotersof Liverpool that the hon . gentleman would support . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . Tobin ) entertained full confidence , that tho subiect
of Free Trade was one on which Parliament would be obliged , bythe unanimous voice of the country , to retrace its steps , ( Hear . ) , . Afr . Dasikl Gold , seconded the resolution , congratulating the meeting upon tho splendid demonstration which they : had witnessed , and which he hoped would not bo without its effect upon that branch of the Legislature through which the obnoxious bill had yet to pass . ( Cheers . ) The Duke of Richmond in rising to return thanks was loudly cheered ; ' : Three cheers were then given for the noble chairman . A . cry was raisod for three groans for Sir Robert Peel , which however were not giveH , and the meeting dispersed .
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_FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . _Smia-HAM . —At " the weekly meeting of the Feb pie ' s League Association , on Alonday evening , at the Beehive Tavern , in Sydenham , the question of co-Operating with the Aletropolitan Financial and Parliamentary . Reform Association formed a portion of the business of the evening . Air . West presided . —The Rev . W . Linwood , of Sydenham-placc , in moving a resolution on the subject , remarked that although ' all sound political movements ought' to have reference to some abstract principle of justice and right , it . was not impossible to realise large reforms Dy some other force of reason ; and therefore if was the duty of all practical men to give
consideration to any movement professing to advance the cause of reform . Looking , then , at the scheme proposed by the Aletropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association , ho conceived that the objects contemplated by that movement would effect an important 3 tep on the path of suffrage reform , and in practice would nearly realiso the extension advocated by the friends of Universal or Manhood Suffrage , us it was only proposed to limit the franchise to' persons diily registered , and who occupied a residonce for a certain period . Hc believed that the association which had now commenced its labours in the metropolis under such favourable auspices , was prepared to do everything that was practicable with regard to the extension of
tho suffrage . In lending their individual aid and support to that association , he conceived the members of the League would be doing much to bring about the triumph of Alanhood Suffrage . On thc _ground , then , of princi ple , in reference to the suffrage movement , -as well as in reference to the other important questions embraced in the scheme , including a __ complete reform of our financial system , the extinction 01 all monopolies , unlimited freedom of commerce , and the total abolition of exclusive privileges , the removal of all undue influences from the House of Commons , and not the least important consideration as a step to these ends the important scheme in connexion with the association for enfranchising the people by the purchase of county
freeholds—on these various grounds he considered it was their duty to join hands with the Aletropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Assoc ' ation . ( Applause . ) The rev . gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That , believing the members of the Metropolitan Fiiiaricialand Parliamentary-Reform Association contemplate a most important step in the right direction , we , the members of the People ' s League of Sydenham , in the county of Kent , do , in our individual capacity , render them every aid in our power ,- at the same time asserting our conviction of the abstract justice of Manhood Suffrage . " The resolution having been seconded , was put by the chairman , and carried by acclamation .
Reaping . —On Alonday , a public meeting in favour of financial reform took place at Reading , John Wcedon , Esq ., ex-mayor in tiie chair . . Thore was a large attendance of the inhabitants , the new hall being filled . —T . Beggs , Esq ., addressed the meeting on the subject ofthe national burdons , '" and the necessity of retrenchment and reform in every branch ofthe public expenditure . As affeotingthe question of taxation , he instanced the disturbed state and mismanagement of our colonial possessions , and adverted to the maintenance of an expensive system of warfare , which it was the interest ofthe House of Commons especially , as at present composed , to uphold . He alluded tothe enormous and unnecessary pensions granted by the
state . 10 the Duko of Cumberland , King of Hanover , £ 21 , 000 ; King of the Belgians , £ 50 , 000 ; Prince Albert , 30 , 000 , with a proposed increase of £ 20 , 000 ; and Adelaide , the Queen Dowager , £ 100 , 000 of which he thought they might take off just one-half . In noticing tho pensions received by the Duke of Grafton , the Duke of Afarlborough , and others , he asked why perpetuate your pensions to those who are mere descendants of pensioned ancestors ? As an instance of the way in which men of education , industry and talent , whose services the state needed , were illiberally and disproportionally paid , ho stated that while in the Foreign-office the income of the librarian , whose office was a mere sinecure , was £ 800 ; tlie
translator , who had a very arduous task to perform , received only £ 300 . The salaries allowod to the various officers of state were extravagantly high and greatly disproportioned , while the whole cost of the executive government was far too expensive . He instanced the salaries paid to the government officials in the United States , and remarked that the total cost of the executive government there was only £ 16 , 885 , which was a less sum than the government of Ireland costs this country . He then took , a review of the unequal and unjust system of taxation , which pressed far too heavily on the working and middle classes , and expressed his conviction that the day was not far distant when retrenchment and reform would be brought about , and a more equitable system of
taxation substituted , in which alone the safety of the country depended . The Mayor , T . Harris , Esq ., moved the following resolution , which was seconded by the Rev . J . J . Brown . — ' That , in the opinion of this meeting , the present system of taxation is oppressive , unequal , and unjust , and , therefore , they cordially approve of the labours of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association in its endeavours to obtain _^ a reduction of the taxes , and a more equitable system of taxation . —Air . Brown proceeded , amid general cheering , to stigmatise tho conduct of Air . Serjeant Talfourd , one of the members for Reading , ' for refusing tovoto . for Air . Hume ' s recent motionrespecting tho national expenditure . —Other resolutions having been passed ) the meeting separated .
WniTECiiAPEL . —On Tuesday ovening a numerous and influential meeting , of the reformers of the Tower Hamlets , ' residing in the neighbourhood of AVhitechapel and Stepney , was held at the Grave Afaurice , Whitechapel-road , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming the Stepney and Whitechapei Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association . ' Air . Bishop having been called to the chair , stated that a branch association had been formed iri the parish of Stepney , but it was thought that tho object of financial and parliamentary reform would be better promoted if the reformers of Whitechapei were to unite with those of Stepney . ( Hear . V They had joined together for the purpose of obtainifig tho repeal of the corn
laws , and he had no doubt but that their- combined exertions had a great influence in the borough of the Tower Hamlets . ( Hear . ) It was in that view a similar plan of _orgiuaisation ; was now proposed , and he had little doubt but that it would be attended with a . result equal to that which attended their efforts for the repeal of ihe corn IaWs .. _< ( Hear . )—Mr . Maskell , jun ., moved the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That the present state of the political institutions of this country is anomalous ,, partial , and injurious to the general weal ,- and that great and immediate reforms are necessary and , imperatively called for to accomplish such an altered form of the representation as is based on . equal rights and popular principles . _"—rMr . White seconded the resolution , - which was unanimously agreed to . —
Mr . 1 _' cllcock moved the socoad resplutioa _^—r'Mhat _toemaneipate-tho ovcrburtkencd _industi-y ,. and to . _develop the illimitable resources of the- nation ,, a total reyisioia of the system of taxatioa and expeudituro , with a view to- lessoning the- samo » and equalising its _inflictions , is indispensable . " The _onlyi-jiajfby which it was possible , to expect that a reduction of taxation : could take place was b y reducing'the expenditure . This was the proposition ofthe Liverpool Association , and they could do no better , than follow the . course , whioh had . been _recowmended by that important body _,- —Mr , W . Watt _rflwbnded , the resolution ' - -which was . adopted nem _^ coti _.-rrMr .. Maskell , sen ., . proposed the . third resolution , which stated : — "That-, for _^ thei . _purpose of aiding . the efforts now making to . _.- . earry : out' _. tho necessary _reforma ; and ia _CwtUerMW _otithe sup-
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_? on _^ 5 1 lrin , ciple 3 oflibora _* -- '" _- l _« d retrenchment a _SSnP-iW the Step" * " _« Whitechapei be now fori ? " it" _"" _S _^ ' f _Association , there _wonhUn ' ¦ "l , ° bsciTcd tll ! lt hu _' . _truslfii i _& wouM fnn _" T ) tlle 1 , 1 ™* ' - _' « »* bordiM ported the present _nioScnf vhoTero 1 £ _"S » 5 £ ful advocr . es of the repeal of the corn laws nnd _hn was confident that if the voice 0 _^ 2 ' count £ assisted theso gentlemen in the _nroCt e » , 7 there would be _' no fear of _ttJ _^^ _ipSjK The resolution was seconded and _carricTSjmoiisly , When several gentlemen became members _, ofthe asscrsiation . __ Thanks were voted to the chair _* mnn , and the' meeting separated at a late hour ' '
Kknt . —Proposed _Reduction ov the Hop Dutt —A numerous meeting of the principal hop growers of Aiid Kent , and those of Sussex , took place at the Railway Hotel , Sta / plehurst , on Friday , April 27 th , to consider the propriety ol petitioning either for a repeal ofthe whole of ' of the war duty on hops . Afr . Hodges M . P .,- was present . A very warm and lengthened discussion took place , the Aiid Kent planters insisting on a movement for the repeal of the-war duty only , the Sussex planters being _unwill-i ing- to be satisfied with less-than the whole . . Ii was i at lenath mutually arranged that the war . dut ' v only ' should be petitioned for , in tho hope that by this ' union of strength the object might be more " easily obtainod , . .
Dublin . —Capital _Puxishmkws : — We are "lad to obsorvothaft a meeting on this- deeply _important subject is shortly to . be held at the- Rotunda . Tho scenes which have taken place at some of the lateexecutions in England have been such as almost to make the blood curdle . They nvove- clearly than ever demonstrate that as a means of prevention of . crime they . ire _worse . than useless ' nay ,, that they have a tendency to brutalise and to render more callous those for whos « _ospecL-il warninsr . thev profess
to be intended . It is quite obvious that pickpockets ; ply their trade at such exhibitions , and that thou- > sands resort to them as places of . amusement . . Ofthe awfuliiess of hurrying a guilty fellow-being int ' o _* etcrnity with'his Bins ob his head—of tlie * system of . chronicling every doing ofa wretched culprit , andturning the eyes ofa _whalo country upon * bim—of tho anti-Christian _tendwney of _rieath punishments , and other branches of tho subject , wc- shall , perhaps , take opportunity to- consider more- fally . — . ' Freeman ' s _Joumak
O^C Onnorville/ : Aiay Day Festivities I...
O _^ C ONNORVILLE / AIAY DAY FESTIVITIES IK _CELEBR-A-TIOK ' OF ITS SECOND ANNIVERSARY . This event was celebrated on Tuesday , by a dinner , tea , concert and ball , on the- Land Company ' s first estate . The Chartist tri-coloured flag was "fluttering in tlie breeze" from many of the allotments , as well as the larger flag from tlie demo of the school-house , which gave a holiday appearance to the occasion . Tlio interior of the schoolhouse was also tastefully decorated , with' festoons of . flowers and evergreens ; the walls- were hung with portraits of celebrated patriots- ; : while facing the entrance to the hall was- an- excellent emblematical design , painted bv- Mr . Graves , who unites tho functions of" an " artist
with that of schoolmaster . Tho . centre- of tho design represents the honourable member for Nottingham in the act of presenting the- National Petition to the House , on tho memorable 10 th of April ; while , another portion depicted under - tho canopy of a severe blue sky , an allotment withtha free labourer cheerfully following his work , _and- _'the various animals , such . _as cows , goats , drc , arc-reposing on thc rich and verdant soil ; the whole is surmounted with a ribbon , bearing the triteiinseription , " Speed the Spade . " At two o ' clock upwards of fifty persons sat down to a sumptuous dinnor of " old English fare . " The cloth being removodV there was a considerable addition to the company . Air . T . _AI . Wheeler , author of "Sunshine aiid
Shadow , " was called to the chair ; and _apologiefrfor the absence of Messrs , F . O'Connor , M . P . ' , G . J . _Harnev , T . Clark , and P . APGrath , having been delivered , it was announced that Alcssrs . Dixon and Stallwood had accepted their invitation ,- , and that consequently both the Land Company and the National Charter Association had their representatives present ; the chairman also added that Afr . Leno , of the Uxbiidgo Spirit ofFreedom ,. had done them the honour to attend . " ( Loud cheers . ) Air . T . M . Wheeler haying briefly alluded tothe proceedings of thc day , and the cause that had called them together , took a cursory glance at the several sentiments about to be submitted to thoir notice , and after thanking the friends who had como
from a distance to share in their festivities and encourage them to persevere , sat down much applauded . —The following sentiments were responded to by T . Ireland , W . Dixon , J . B . Lcno , E . Stallwood , J . Pocock , and Wheeler : — " Thc People—• may they soon be in truth , as well as in name ; -. the source of all power . " " Tho National Land Company , and thc speedy location of all its members . " " The People ' s Charter—may those who are suffering for its advocacy be speedily restored to their homes and liberties ' . " " Ouf'Brothor Occupantsmay they be enabled to roalise their hopes , and lead the way to the social redemption of tlio working classes . " " The Fair Sex . '' " Our
Chairmanhealth and ha ppiness to him . " — The speaking having concluded , tables were set for tea , which appeared to be much enjoyed , the country air having furnished the town visitors with a keen appetite , and a rare gusto for things " rural ; " this was succeeded by the concert and ball ; here song , recitation , and dance succeeded each other in pleasing variety , until half past twelve , when the company separated , evidently highly delighted with their ' " May Day '' recreations . Our O'Connorville friends are again at work , in hopes that fate and the seasons will . be more propitious than they have hitherto been ; and with a lively assurance that thoy will ultimately reap a rich reward from their patience and perseverance in the establishment ofa race of truly independent farmers , and an enlightened body = of British yeomen .
Benefit Societies. To The Editor Of The ...
BENEFIT SOCIETIES . TO THE EDITOR of the noktherx star . Sir , —Permit me to make a few observations through the columns of your widely-circulated journal to the members of Benefit Societies _throughout tho kingdom , on a bill now in tlie House of Commons , brought in by Alessrs . Sothcron and Adderley , entitled , " A Bill to make better provision for . / tlie Certifying the Tables of Contributions and Payments of Friendly Societies , and for ascertaining from time to time the Solvency of such Societies _,, by which means all societies ( Sick and Burinl , ) . now forming , and to be enrolled , and those also that-nre enrolled , will have to send their rules and a table
ofrates to an actuary , previous to going to tho -regis- : trar of Friendly Societies , for which lie is to receive- ' the sum of one guinea , in addition to the registrar ' s ; fee . They will also have to send a return , every year to the registrar of all their transactions during that period , or be subject to a penalty of £ 5 ,. The committee of the New United BrQthorly . , Society * ; held at the Fisherman ' s Anns , Cold Bath ; . Green-J wich , numbering about 420 members , and possessing _i a capital of £ 2 , 600 , have taken the-subject uppretty warmly . They called a public meeting , in- '* viting delegates from other clubs , which ; was numc--vously attended . They then resolved on : petitioning _^ against the-bill . Sow I think , Air . _Silitor , as we have somewhere about 34 , 000 societies , and fourmillions of members , and some millions of money :
belonging to the same , that it is high time they should look after their , own interest , , . and not let members of , parliament , or the _gyvernment , be- - dabbling with their hard savings against sickness ' and death ; for depend on it if you once let them in- _, terfere with your affairs , so sure _wli & they endeavour _, to centuol you altogether , more _Banticularly whea _* it is money they are looking _aftei _\ * I would therefore call upon all officers of the difilnent societies ; throughout the country to get a copy of the _billj _^—} call their members together , _andgetition againstdt , —and show to the House and . tlie world at large , _, that they are not to be played wifih when their property is at stake , and that tbpy -ire capable- of : managing their own affairs without paying others to . doi it for them .
I am , Air . Editor , _yousAumblo Servant } . 1 and a well-wisl > e ** ito . my order ,. ; SiilXKWiDS _SWKETU _3 KE . _; ' . Greenwich , Alay 1 st , 1849 ... .., I _P-. S .. —A deputation _waitsdion one of the _UoBOUghjmembers ( Admiral Dundas )) to . solicit his _oj-j-osition 1 to thebifi ; he stated to-those gentlemen , " tMt he . i wa 9 not aware of such a _measure being _ic _& ioduced _,. _though ii had passed a _stcesnd reading , ? _aidi I dare _isay otJ- _** members would , _veiurn a _simHan-answei _' ; if spoken to on the subject ; I would recamoiend , in tho event of their _cifwips being inte _«& ired with , that they draw it ou _^ and . invest it miaou " , which wilt -return them a , twofold intci- * . sfc ,, and be a lasting benefit to ifcsdnembcrs . —S . S ..
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_Tnu Danish WiAf ? : _AM » the Pom o * f Huh .. —Tt » Banish war continues very seriou _& lfj' to affect the shipping _trade-of-HuuV " Our _lasgest steam _veei seta , says { -h ' _p--JScu & rn Coun « t « s , Herald , " wbjieh . usod to sail for Hamburg three q _* four times © wry week ; aro now . _ljiag empty _andiijjucmployed , _sisjeby side , intbsHnjaberDock . _th > foroign steamers , which used . to . piy to other pjCRts . on the Elbe , are also idU _^ whilst all the b « _$ iih *> attending ihe _disT chargo . of unequal numbe _* ojt ' steamers _^ and many mora sailing vessels , is nm hushed . 1 i » _loading of . a couple of . _steamersi , and sundry brigs and basque * , with cotton a _? A machinery ,, for St . _Teterf h « rg , _givc 8 some relief . , to tho _wwwtony , but the termination of German and Danish hostilities ia hero most devoutly wished by aU classes . The two large and _powerfuTflrat-clasa steam ships , - . < Helen _MiGregor _, _' - aoA - _' - " _vlctorin _^ are both _appointed-jBi _9 _f _tU _' _. _oatb _. _6 _lstMwJ _fo _^^ _Clfoa _»^ _ft'it _, _' _. _> v - -
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